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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COVFEDEIl&TE STATES OF AMBKICA. "WILMINGTON, N. C SATUBPAr. APRIL 30, 1861. TKURIBLE FIRKJ-GHKAT DKSTUCCTIOS OV PROPERTY X! - Yesterday morning at 20 minutes to 1 o'clock, re inie tut in a arebcuse or shed, on the Western tide of the Cape Fear River, some 200 feet South of the Ferry, rhich is opposite to the Market Dock. " . Frcm this point it spread with amazirjg rapidity, and la an inconceivably Bbort space of time every build ing on the Western side of the river south of the depot of tie WilmlDgton A Manchester Railroad was envel oped in flames. When ve -arrived at the dock, the whole Western bank of the river for several eqnarea was one line of flame, and it "was feared that the Railroad depot, with the workshops of the Company,. would also be destroyed. The destruction of property is is very great. We Earn it S3 nearly es we can as follows : The Confederate Government lost 800 bales cotton bnrnt, of which about 200 were Sea Island say $800, 000. It ioet also in materials and work in progrees at Beefs' Ship Yard about $100,000. T. Andrea lost 2,500 baleB of cotton 300 of it Sea Island say $2 430,000. The Nashville !f Chattanooga R. R. Co. lost 1 87 bales ; J. W. Thomas 37 bales say $200,000. In Capt. JlalleWs Sheds there were 850 bales of cot ton, 47 of it Sea Island, belonging tethe Mate of Vir ginia, and Eundry other parties. Also rope and bag ging to the cmonnt of $100,000. AH burned. Total less about $'900,000. Rankin ? Martin and B. IJaUett's Rosin Oil Wrks, about $0,CQO. Icscrance to the amount of $7,000. Ii. JJalltt's io3 in shed'abcut $25,000. Insurance $3:000. The Southern Express Company lost two cars with mer,chardi3:, also some merchandise in a small ware house. Lees about $100,000. John A. Taylor, shed, etc., at Firry, $10,000. The damage to the machinery and tools at B. W. W. L. Berry's ship-yard is comparatively light. Most of the workmen's tools were saved. They expect to be ab!e to resume work in about three weeks. The sheds and taw mill machinery in rear of ship yard is the principal lor? Estimated total $25,000. The Wilmington J' Manchester Railroad Company lost the mall woeden building ia which the President, Treasurer and Superintendent had their effi.-es. All the contents were saved. The building .was of little valup. The thief losa of railroad property wo3 25 freight care, 15 cf them belonging to the Georgia Cen tral Road, 8 to the Wilmington & Manchester Road, and 2 to the Southern Express Company. Total loss in cars $150,000. Thus far we Lave u summing up cf about four mil lion t ight Lun "red thousand dollars, but this does not include the iojary to a quarter of ka mile cf wharfing, mairJy ruined, rcr the Iofs of the sheds and buildings belonging to the Confederate government and to other parties, nor the ir.jary to the cotton press. These and. othf-r thirgs cot r.ccestary to mention can hardly beea ti mated lor at the present time, since it may be impos. aibla to replace them and difficult to do without them. We are lappy, indeed, to learn that the cotton press itseif i3 ezpcctcJ to be in operation again ia a short time. It ia probable that when the whole loss ia known and the wharves, baildirg?, etc., have been included, the Whole loss will lull little if anything short of six mil lions of dollars. The usual ccuLfs i re t. pressed as to whether thes tremendous Sre wes accidental or the result of incen diarism. It may hve bctu either. We havo not been able to disccver arjthfng that will warrant U3 in say ing that it wc3 the cne cr the r-ther, if we except the astonishing rapidity cf its spread, which does look as though it were too rapid to be merely accidental, and gives rise to suspicions of fcul play, although, indeed, the combustibility of all the materials the fire had to work upon could hardly be increased. Wc doubt whether any human power could have ar rested the progress of the fire when it had once gotten under way, still we could not but remark upon the fact that even if the fire had been within the reach of control by the exertions of the fire department, there was no fire department to be found by which such, ex ertions could be made. This struck U3 the more forci bly because clour having noticed the activity and zeal of the firemen on several occasions durirjg the present year we had seen that they were practising with their engines, and wc know that the town author ities had been mukiog exertions to increase the eCieiency of the department and to have its apparatus j ut into the best order. We believe they had succeeded ia accomplishing both these ob jects. We enquire why the present state of thing3 exists, and are told thai the white companies are on duty as Home Uoard, and that the colored companies, mu3teriug ISO Bicn in all, mainly free negrces, have had their members either impressed or Ecared off- by the fear of impressment. Whether incendiaries are abroad or not, we shudder at the thought of- a fire breakirjg out in the closely built part of the town, filled as every place seems to be with cotton cotton Is oar next door neighbor cotton 13 everywhere. We make thece remarks iu no captious, fault finding spirit, for that is a thing we despise, but we desire to call the atVoiionof the authorities who have control of thtje matters to the condition of thing9, as we have the test authority for believing that they actually ex ist, hoping that ccrue course will be devised calculated to provide tor the safety of property, public and pri vate, and relieve the apprehension naturally felt by the community. Capture of m i4 sjiatt; Argro.A Dangroiil Gang In tlila County. On TucEday last three citizens of Long Creek Dis trizt, in this county, viz : Messrs. L. D. Cnsnar, P. Moxtac.ve and "Wm. IT. Register, started out with the deter mi cation to capture a runaway negro of a des perate character, known as "Williams' Jim," who bad formerly bclorged to the estate of Tms. II. Williams Ksq., fl. ceased. Jim had been larking in that neigh borhood for several months past, killing stock, breaking open stm kc-houses, stealing, robbing and committing all manner of deprcdatiots.- fie is a "tall and very powerlui negro, and hsd frequently expressed his deter ruination not to be takeu alive. He was also known to be well armod. When Mr. Cheeky and Mr. Moktagdb approached tne negro's camp in ing Creek Swamp, about eleh miles below Long Crees Bridge, the negro was lying 00 wn, out on seeing mem ne matte movements indica tive of surrender, gcing on his knees and holding out hia hands ; "but wUn they drew near he eprang up BP?7-:rl o V II. J ! . . .. ... . uUUUlc uuritneu guo, ana snapped it at them, Mr. Cherry .turning thcmuzzle aside. Air. Chebrt drew a revolver, but conld not use it. In the senffla the negro got Mr. O.'s left hand fbreficger in himonth. and bit it eff between the first and second ioior. Ira ing it hacgirg by a -slight integument. Mr. Cdbrrt eirucs at mm several times with a hatchet but failed Z 7hTb Z V tDgCr- the W Sot hold the hatchet and struck both Mr. Montagus and Mr. Chirr withjt. lathe progress of the fight Mr. 0ZA!. JbBt and used it by lhis!me coTered S 'Eg 5SSfS desperately, but was captured and "SEnS lodged ia jail m Witainltwu ' M cow He had ia his camn 5 fine double-barrelled gun, with- powder and shot, & blade from a sword-cane fitted wi b a scabbard, two hatchets, an axe, a set of Bboe-makerV tools, leather, dried hides, beacoD, a spade and other im plements, and in fact a general epaortment of all eor's of things Oonsidering.the desperate character of the nrgro, bis great strength and ferocity, bis expressed determina tion Eot to be taken alive, and the fact that he was known to be well-armed, too much credit can hardly be given to Messrs. CuERExand Montague for their courage and determination in undertaking ani 1 fleet ing hia capture, and thus freeing the ccuntry frcm a character who bad been lor some time past a terror to both black and white in the neighbourhood. It is reported and believed that there is a gang of desperate runaway negroes hauntiDg the swamps fn Ka.intuck, Lorg Creek, and Black River Dis tricts in this county, along with two or more white men, deserters from the army. From the accounts given by "Jim," and other negToes, and derived Irom different sources, ir ia believed that this gang is headed by Jikemiah Collins, said to bs a deserter from a company raised in.thia county, perhaps ia Wilmington. The negroes agree that this man, who-is well-armed, and says that he will not be taken alive, has been tam pering with the Blavee, giving cut that he is an of ficer in the Yankee army, by these means indacing them to run away, and himself piloting squads into the Yan kee lines, and then returning to his haunts in this coun ty. It is certain that negroes have recently gone oil from that neighborhood in tquade, and the people "be- Iiptp that thev have dene so at his instigation. His 9 camp, by the last accounts, waB siid to be in Black River Swamp, in the vicinity of the " Sandy Islands." Such are the amounts given to us by parties immedi ately engaged, and supposed to be best informed. This matter seems to us well worthy the attention of the military authorities. We uederstand that ilr Chebrt, whose intimate local knowledge would render his services invaluable, holds himself in readiness to head any equad of good and determined men detailed to clear that section of this gang of desperadoes, and it is to be hoped that seme tfjBcient steps will be prompt ly taken in the matter. j. Not Qcitb. The Richmond Whig of the 17ib saya that Gov. Vancb by hia Fayetteville speech is an advocate of " peace by the 'nterveattion of the Stites." Gov. Vance himself says that peace can only be made through the Confederate Government. The Governor says : " Why not appeal to the Government throngb the Legislature, and your Governor will unite with you in that appeal, to present some terms of peace to the enemy, or, while we wage the war, to oner to nego tiate for psace." If peace or negotiations for peace could be brought about " by the intervention of the States,'' why appeal to the Confederate Government ? Gov. Vakcs has nothing to do with the foolish politi cal heresy of " separate State action." It is strange into what culpable inaccuracies the desire to say sharp things, and especially to sneer at the Confederate Gov ernment and to d n all who don't d n . i, leads a paper so essentially true and respectable as the Whig. . Commander Jtmii VV. Cookr, C. S. If. This fearless, efficient atd gallant officer, who com manded the iron-clad ram " Albemarle." in the recent bombardment and capture of PI ymoutb, entered the Navy of the United States in April 1828, and that of thf f 'onfederacv in September 1862. In the former, he saw nearly sixteen years sea .service and upwards Oj eight years shore duty, making about twenty-four yeara of active official employ ment. He is, like Major-General Ilcke, a son of the old North State heroe both in their respective spheres. Previous to the present war Lieut. Ccoke owned a comfortable estate in Vir- of Lis own energy Commander Cooke has lest all be possessed, but the certainty of this in profpect aid not prevent him following the dictates of hia sense of duty, and, so soon as the Old Dominion passed her'act of se cession, fce offered his services to the home of bis adop tion , and was appointed by Virginia a Lieutenant in the Navy. He stood at the bead of lieutenants in the old service, which he relinquished when his commission as Ocm mander had been made out in Washington City. So soon es North Carolina withdrew from the corrupt and dismembered Union, Cooke resigned the commission he had received from the State cf Virginia and offered his eervices to this his native State, which were ac cepted. Subsequently be was appointed a Lieutenant in the .Navy ol the Confederacy, the same rank and position held by him in the old Navy, from which he was advanced to bis present rank of Commander by seniouty of commission, not for gallant and meritorious services, though justly entitled to promotion for such. Lieut. Cocke was engaged in duty in e force com manded by Flag Officer Lynch, operating about Roa noke Island, and in the engagement near Elizabeth City his command wus captured by a greatly superior force of the enemy. Before departing fa the sphere of his contemplated operations, he required thirteen men, whom he was anx ious to procure. As characteristic cf the man, when in Portsmouth in tMs State, he procured the town belt to be rung by the municipal authority, made a stiring appeal to the assembled people, to their State pride end patriotism, succeeded in enlisting the needed thirteen volunteers and went on bis way rejoicing. In the engagement alfud ed to he was wounded in the arm by a miunie ball vhich disabled it, but be fought with resolute dctermiration to the last refusing to haul down hia flag and resisting with a -cutlass upon the deck of hia vessel until overpowered. After a briej captivity he wa3 carolled and subsequently ordered to river defences in North Carolina and "superintended the completion of tie iron-clad ram Albemarle, ia com mand of which Tessel be was placed. His efficient tnd gallant bearing in the recent bom bardment and capture of Plymouth is freeh in the minds of the peple. By the law of proportion and the ussage which h'is bc-eu inaugurated by the government at Richmond, Commander Jame3 W. Cootz is enti tied to promo tDn. Governor Vancs could not do a more popular ait, one jast and merited, together with the delegation foot the State of North Carolina, than to piesent and uge the claims of its gallant son to the notice ot the prcper Department, and see that justice ia meted out to 9 brave a man as ever walked the deck of a ship. A? others have been promoted or like conduct, and seme because others have been placed above them, the law of proportion, to which reference has been made require! Gommander Cooke's promo tion. Full of ercrgy resolute, bold, brave and darings- devoted to -lie common cause bis. efficient co-opera-1 tion in the captnre of; Plymouth as1 well as the fearlessl nearing n exhibited x i the engagement near fcuzibetn 7... . . . City, aflnrd an earnetfi of what he will da when the opportunity is presented. General Uoke has been! ... i 1 promoted. Let the ex me be done in the case of com. manner Cooke. They are both men of whom North Caroliia may be justly proud, and whom fbe Confed cracy till rejoice to see "equally honored. Wi learn that the blockading fleet wereBbeIlrng the Salt works on Wrights grille and Masonboro Semcda on yesterday. . . , Tat Makion (8. O.) Stat learns that the handsome" residence 0! Hon. John Mc Quikk, at MtneraJ Spriags, Marlboro' District, a. C., uith the furniture, was con- lamed by fire a Sunday eraoicgi 1 ith insL wiimipcton Rtiur ahoiiiiIhi i The weekly reports of trU e&t ciat ion f made through our paper, 'have given torn idta of what it has done'J but bave fai'ed t explf m its churacttr and mode of operation. Its desigi s i.8 we understand ti ig), arp, first, to dis tribute gratuitius telitf 10 partif s'unable to purchase, and second, to sell to others, able to purchaseybnt not to pay the ex re tne "prices tuliDg in this market, provis ions at cost and charges. To enable it to carry cut these objects, the association, s l;cits and thank fivy re caves contribatrbrs in money or it) provisions. The officers-of the twocintion ere Col. Jon.v Mc Kak, President, Wm Reiton, Secretary, and we pre sume Treasurer. There are also committee-men for the different wards into which the town is divided, who as certain and repoit upon the casts requiring assistaoce, and give orders entitling individuals to receive gratui tous assistance or to purchase at the rates fixed by the association. Theamcunt in each case is regulated by the number in each family. Thus, for the week ending Saturday, April 23J, 18C4, there weredistribu'-d to 191 families, consisting of 030 persons. of all tig s, articks of f;cd to tic value Of $2,424 05, end for the same period there were sold to 265ifamilics, conth-tirg f 015 persons, articles to. the value of $3,375 10. It will be seen that the cmount of suits considerably exceeds hat of gratuitous distribution, atd the sales have been the means cf quite as much relief, and per haps of more real good, tlun the di'ributiocs, inasmuch as it is always better to place it in the power of parties to provide for tbemsi Ivf s than for any one else to pro vida fcr them. So far, the Association has been able to ob'ain pro visions at such rates 'us has permitted it to sell them to parties for below the prices 'or which they could oth erwise havo been procured. Of course these sales nave been made in certain limited q.niiiies per week, and to such -families as the committee-men in the respective wards might authorize to purchase of the Association the orders to purchase "teirg regulated in. amount by the number in the family. We have not the figures upon wtich to base a state ment of the operations of the Association ince its be ginning, but we feel confident that they bavj resulted in a saving to persona if limit d means, of from fifty to sixty thousand dollars upjn ihe " purchase of supplies for the sustenance of themselves and famiiifs,--this be ing exclusive of the amount gratuitously distributed. Very frequently, indeed, meat, meal, rice, etc , has been sold by the Association, at not more than half of the price for which such things ctuld elsewhere have beeni obtained in town. But our main obj ct iu referring to this praiseworthy and benevolent society was to bring it to the notice of parties at a distance to sn iw that it ia a purely phi lanthropic society, free frcm the slightest taint of spec ulation, atdg descrvin to have every assistance and fa cility extended to it fir tLe purchase and transporta tion of provisions to this p-nk The scarcity here is known the high prices are Ucown, as also the absolute necessity of relict to the indigent, and also of more mod erate prices for those in very moderate dreams auccs. Ill Kutl of llc War. So many e f our ixcnabgcs, as weil as public speak ers iu diff orei.t Eections of 'the country, appear to regard the present as the last year of the war, that we must suppose such is the iuipres3ioa rjpldly gaining ground aaongthe Confederate people. .We trust that this iaipre33ion mxy turn out to be correct, but should be bii ry for it to gain suc'u hold upon the public mind aa to udfit it for the contemplation of hostilities, even shculd tbey be protracted still farther, a3 they possibly may be most probably will be. We are warned by pait experience to draw no Jlat tsricg pictures of peace to build no shining ca3tles in the air. Tne colors of tfce o ie my bs but as the hues Of'the rainbow, reflicting oaly tb.3 suashrae of our own imaginations, and fading at the first shadow tbot aveepr across cur skies ; the Litter miy be only thd b .s.'less fabric of a dream, toppling d ) from cipatoa3 to foun dation at the first touc'i of roabty All yet is doubt- ful, save the end that sleadily approaches, and thit end, under Cod, is independence, if the people' of the Confederacy remain 'rue lo themselves, and fjr this they have given sufficient gurantees in their past con duct. Battohea that end will be reached whether in this year or in the next, no man living cm say, flor even pretend to say, without indulging in mere random speculation. . The skiS are bright the omens are favorable the prospects for an early peace are better than formerly. We have enough to eu.ouruge us to make renewed ex ertions, but not enough to warrant us in saying that at this time, or, indeed, at any other time" in particular, the war will close afd our trials be at an end. It would be an act of suici 'al foliy for ns to permit aDy anticipation of speedy pea'e to influence our con dact so as to relax our efforts, or unnerve oar arms, or slacken our preparations. f , . Governor Vance's Spett-.h. We devote a considerable amount of our space to day to'the publication, fro n the Carolinian, of its re port of the speech made by Gov. Vance ia Fayette. ville on Friday last. We prefer doing this to dividing it. We hae expressed ur diseent from many of the po sitions assumed by Mr. Stephens and Governor Bkowk, of GecTgia, atd of comsado not ngree with Governor Vancs'j endorsement of them, but we do more than dissent from their opinions we deprecate their course, in making their noa -approval of the acts of the Confederate government the occa sion for a ruhlic and vule.it attack upon it. The course of Gtvciner Vakck in cemmuuicating'his ob jections direclly to the President and to members of Congress was certainly in better taste, and, we must think, more patriotic, and his tone appears to U3 better and likely to be productive of more gocd atd certainly of less form. The impression made by seeing the Vice President of the Confederate States haranguticg, in studied phrases, against' a government in which he occupies a position next to the highest, cannot be otherwise than unpleasant. . Considering that Gc Ternor Vance spoke over two hours at Fayetteville, we must suppose that the present. report of. his remarks ia very much condensed. Wi hardly think itworlh our while to notice oie tenth of what appears in par ty organs like the Ral eigh Progress, net even when referem-e is made to our course, especially 'aa Euch things rieither affect nor in fluence us one way cr the other. The Riogjess and papers like it. appear wholly unable to understand a plain course, controlled onjy by a sense of daty, and permit themselves o -insult the common sense of their readers bv njhering aboat subsidized presses, applying Jhat 1. - eiithe to all the rui.erB which do not abuse the Con- . . ferrate administration. What these papers mean by their talk would be difficult to say, unless they actually mean to say that a majority cf the conductors of the press in North Carolina atd throughout the Confed eracy are venal, bribed,- bought and sold. We are glad to perceive that euch c atrocious libel finds place in but two or three papers throughout the Confederacy, and that even with them it-ia hardly of spontaneous growth, but appears to have been transplanted from the nxorf congenial soil of Northern politics by Mr. MoESEf of Comjcdticnt, now cf the Augusta Chronicle Senti nel, gentleman of whom we know little and say no harm, beyond expressing oux regret that he should a . . . ... . v a 41 t; bave brougnt witn rum irom linage port uie peculiar rfcode of etbies prevailing of late days at the North. We at the South have sins enough to answer for, and the press can not plead immunity from its full share of failing, but we do not believe that any part of it is subsidized, und we would not suspect that any part of it could bn subs dized were it not for the imputations cd8t by these t apers upon the purity of others It is so natural for people to suspect others of doing what they know they wtuld do themselves". But Lt tl.eee things go, and, fcr the time being also, 'et tLe-cinvass in this State go too. The Legislature of North Carolina will meet befoie long and we wilj lsam eundry thing's. In the meantime wa beg our friends and other, people not to fret their gizzards about our position. We are not Vance men and never pre tended to bo we have nothing to do with the fquabble aa to which is the simon pure Conserva tive, Vance or Hold en. We have no interest in any euch discussion. But as between Vancb and Holden VANeVs position is decidedly the fairest and most pat riotic. D"e gives to the people words of cheer and en couragement, and although his utterances aie hot clear of buncombe and partizmsbip, they 6re indicative of a determination to stand b7 the Confederacy as a Southern Governor ought to do. ' On the oontrary.tha Standard has been a sheet of bad omen of, discour- lagement of dfspor.deney of disaffection of separa tion, atd upon the Slar.daxd Mr. Holdex rc6ts his claims. 5utT'or Court The Court was engaged yesterday iu the trial of John Taylor, a free negro, for the murder of a slave belonging to A.J. Hill, E:q The alleded murder was committed two or three years ago 00 a raft or flat on the Northeast River. For the State, R. P. Bcxton, E?q For the defence, Colonel Strange ard A. Evpie Esq. Daily Journal, 29.7t. Snp rlor Courf A little after seven o'clock on Thursday evening, the jury in the case Of John Tatlor, a free negro, indicted for the murder of a slave belonging to A. J. Hill Esq., returned a verdict of" not guiity:" The Goidsboro State Journal of Thursday morning mentions a report of our forces having captured Roan oke Island. We fear that this report i3 iuc'-rrect. We hardly sae how the thing could hav.3 been done, still we trust that it has been done, and that our doubts and not the report is in error. The Conductor who came in yesterday f jrenoon from Weldon says it was reported at Wilson, when he pass ed that point, Ihat our troops were in possession of Washington, N. C. We will soon learn perhaps re ceive something by telegraph before going to pre?s. Youthful Industry. VV; had on Thursday l ist, the pleasure of inspecting a epecimeu of cotton thread spun by a little girl of five yeais of .age, djuiihur of Mr. C. Prevatt, of Robeson county N. C. The thread is regular, well twisted, and we believe a good aitic'e. We ieurn tbait the little eirl, who has been spinirng' for the laH six months, ba3 also spun some, very goe'd yarn for knitting. Surely when the little children set such an example of iudustry and appear so well ;ible to bear a hand in providing for the wants of the country, we- ought not to despair of bciug able.to tastain ourselves in spite of the blockade, and eventually to work out a substantial independence of the world, I : commercial as well as political matters. Somb tima since .we published, an enquiry addressed to us, for information ia leg rd to how and where arti ficial limbs cculd be obtaineJ. Perhap3 the following articlo will throw some light qpo the subject : , To LlutbUsa SoIiHcr. The Asaoci&tioi: for the Re i f of Maimed Soldiers recent ly egtablidbtd in Virgiui, baa commenced its Lumane work : . 'Any person may btcoroe aa honorary member of tie Board of IMrector upun ihe paj merit to the Treasurer ol the sum of one thousand dollars. Hi's plan will enable soldiers to express their respect and petpm for thpir fiftip.pra fYl- mnrif.nriAiia Vimrartaa nnntrrA. J gatioas lor tueir paatorp; the people for their patriotic oublio servants in ail departments : whrletfe?v oSer their sentiments of honor ana regard lor the maimed soidicr in the inoBt substantial fUrtn. Nor -will it be improper if any one person shall, by dif ferent parti's, he made a member any number of times. The iollowi g form of application must be made, to the truth ct which oath or formation must he made before a justice of tha peace, a notary public or a commistioned ofiler : tia : I respectfully app'y to be furnished with au order on or on whatever manufac urer m y be deeignbt d, lor an artiriciil limb. When a (private or 1 fiicer) 11, company (letter and tumber cf) regiment, on the.. day ot .. ...... 186 , at (battla hospital) my was amputated by Surgeon..- , at (seat of ope. atiou,) ou acoount of (wound, accident or disease,) received in the a rvice of the Confederate Stated, at (battle, ic) on the day cf , If a . aly place of residence ia ctuaty, State ot , and present address. Signature: u To D Win Carringto'i, CcireHj o.'iuirig tectetary A. i M. 8., R ctntoi d, Va. Affidavit : Mty (or County) of , Stato of to wit : The above nsmed , Las this day peieonaily atpeared before me, a and madu oath to the tru-h ot the above ktatcmen'; and I furthermore certify, hom my own persona) obs-vation, that thi said at 1 lost hii liaib as stated ia thid application. G.vou under my naud this day of 18 J It is ihe pu; poe ar d determkaiii.n of the Association to prceent an vrutic a' leg cr arm, as the case requires, to tverv soldier or tjeaii.an who hatt fcUflereS loa- in eer- vice of his country. The rtbnlt6;l the organization are now already being realized : men aic daiiy throwing away tl.eir crutches, and walking upon their tew limbs with great gratification. It is heped to turn cut bttcen per day before many weeks( ii geneiccs fiiei.d-i will aivo the money. - Iix. W. A. CarriLg-oQ. Medical Director, Vi B. A., Rich- niOLd, is ti.e ctrifctpondii g teiretaiy ol the Association, and a i busincnB ccnjmuuicationa) may bj addressed to h m. Frcm the Columbia South Carolinian. PUICKS. Theresa something difgracef u in the fact that Co Iumbia and Wilmington are now the only two promi nent cities in the Confederacy -in which old prices are still maintaicid, and where public spirit and patriotism in this respect appear to be utterly ignored. Elsewhere, the evidences of a tight money market are becoming apparent, in aioDiie, nve dollar bills are repcrted by the papers to cQmmand a premium, , and seven-thirty notes are being readily exchanged at par lor this issue But in Columbia, there is scarcely a sign to indicate that anybody ha? been & lkc ted, anybody cares, or any body is grumbling, except, the unfortunate consumer. Ihe explanation may be found in the doubt which tin necessarily attaches to five dollar bills, the blindness of the people to the fact that there are, or soon will be, three or four hundred millions of dollars less in circula tion than there were. three montns ago, and more than all, the iron-hearted, miserly fingered extortioner, who9e unfortunate) privilege it is to take advantage of public necessities. There is a certain jclaa who are bard head ed enough to believe that a tremendous reduction in currency can be taade without changing prices. We only hope that every man who is hoarding with this bo liet will hold on to his property until the day cf reckon ing comes, and if he dots not lose from one-third to one-half, we arc mistaken in the signs which are visible in every other portion of the Conlederacv. In Mobile. corn has fallen ircm $8 to $3, and . bacon from $6 to $3. In Columbia, ve3terdiy, country people were ask- mg a pouna ior isru ana $o ior Dacon. j? uunoi. bills and new currency eliewhere will buy the article for 52 and $2. '50. The fact 'is, we want regulating, lhere are some individuals whose destiny is frnaiter a cala boose piece or bread and a 102 of water ana ine soon er they are made to feel the near approach of same such punishment as this for their crimes against their chan try, the better will the exampte prove to the whole com munity, and the sooner shall we emerge from darkness into light, ' ffe5 Rowland Hill said once to some people who had come into his chapel to aroid the rain : Many people are to be blamed for making religion a cloak ; but I do not think those much better who make it an umbrel la." - TELEGRAPHIC Reports or th Press Association. THE LATE YANKEE DEFTSaT 3 IN LOUISIANA CON8PIBACT IN THE WE3TERN BTATES MAR TIAL. L1W. ' Mobile, April 29th, 1SG1. . A special dispatch to the Tribune, dated Sanatoria, Hiss., April 27th, states that tLe correspondence of the wounded officers at Yicksbnrg says that the several engage ment in Louisiana resulted in a complete defeat of the Federal fore 0i, a&d that 8mith (Federal) aaVed Eania' army from destruction. The subordinate officers are indig nant against Banks. ' ' A great conspiracy has been discovered ia the Western Btates. Crawford county, Ohio, has been placed ar der martial raw. FROM D ALTON. Dalton, Ga., April 29!h, 1664. A large force of the enemy, consisting of infantry, ar tillery and cavalry, attacked our pickets cn Ringgoid road tbifl morning, captnrfag ten and wound id g several. Our pickets retreated naarly to Tunnell ,BiH, wnere they met reinforcements and turned npoa the Yankees. After a sharp engagement they drove the enemy back. The Iobs on either side was small. The affair is regarded simply aa a recunnoiaance to dis cover onr position.. The enemy were reported fo he unvirgout slowly from Cleveland on yesterday, in the dirtctionof Red Clay. UNITED TATE3 NEWS. - JJiCHMOKD, Va., April 29th, 1SG1. The fl a: of .truce boat arrived at City Point last Eight, with 0 e fficers and 350 mf e. No. them papers cf the 27ih, P. M , have been icctived. The accr nuts of the battle of Plyrrocth were snprressed. The Federal losia stated to be 150 ki!?e3 and 2 500 prisfcfcerR. The Confederate lots 1.500 killed. What a lie. Ail the negroes found in uni form were taken out and shot. DispatcUs from New Orlraos state that the rebel have deatio. ed not le&ts than 75 0QA bales of cotton on Red River. A St, I.cniB t'egram cf the 25;b f aja that New Orleans advices t the IMh had been received there. It is gener a ly conceded ihatthe battles in Le uisiana were adverse to Banks, as the entmv (Confede-ates.) remaindd on the f ground after Saturday's fight, whilst Barks retreated - rty miles, t he report ot anouier ngni onjee iuiq was a mis take. 1 he Union army was at Kco re Tmi tying both sideB of tbeiver. Banks and Admiral Porter w re both there, lhere v as onjy five feet water at Orand Fcore, and the gunboat" mete east of the part, aground. Prisoners taken report Kirby Fmith Sibley (?) killed. In New Orleans cotton bnd d' C'inc d Sugar tidvanced Memphis advices of the 22d fay that Fonssi'a entire force was moving tr. wards Al.it am , fcl owed by Ot ierson. Price hasevacaated Caaden, A kntmas. and 8teele (Fed) fad occupied the ilace. . Aiurphy bad been inaugurated Ocveror cf Arkarsas, with great pomp. The Yankee Bouse of Representatives has adopted a join ieaoiutiou iucieasiDg the tariff temporarily, to 50 per c&nt. Lincoln has accep'-td tioops tt-ndered for s'x months eervica by the Governors of Fei-nsylvania, Ohio; Ii diana, Illrnoia, Iwa enl Wif-coDsiu. They will he used for gafrison duty, rcteviug the veteran troops. A large foice l.'lt Port Royal on the 14:h for Fortrets Monroe. ' ' Accounts from Mexico Report that Vidaurrl flad from Monteray with ul hibiforces, oa the advance of Jaurez's troops. Burnside'f corps, iccen'ly eccarnptd at Aoapolia, pass ed through Washing on on last Monday afternoon. The report that thi P'iciida wa? at Remodios turns out to bo untrue. Labor strikes continue throughoat the North and West. Butler denies wiiting the protest recently attributed to him. Gold in New York cn the 2fth was 185. Ia Baltimore 181J. FBOSI.BICBMOKD. The Yankees who came up the Peninsula yesterday were 150 cavalry, who remained at Barhamsville a ehcrt time, and returned in the direction of Williamaburg. From West Teiinmrr. - Ness from West Tennessee represents that forces are rapidly organ;z"tn throughout that part of the State to join (Jen. Forrest. The greatest enthusiasm prevails among hia men, as well aa the true population of that section of that State. A gentleman from the encmy'd lines reports that the M ississippi Bulletin published particulars of the Feder al defeat at Shreveport, and admitted a heavy loss. Richmond Whig. Governor Charley Pinckncy used to relate the fol lowing excellent anecdote of General Gadsden with great good hamor, tlthough it wos at his (Pinckney's) own expense : Mr. Pinckney inherited a fortune on coming of cge, and taking possession of it, his first ob- ject was to get elected to the Legislature. It so hap pened that his overseer wes appointed judge of the flection. The day was very stormy. Air. Pinckney went and voted, the judge voted, and no one clsa went to vote ; consequently "he was returned, duly elected. When the Legislature met, and Mr. Pinckney had been qualified, Gen. Gadsden rose with great gravity and said, "Mr. Speaker, I congratulate ti e IIous3 upon having young gentlemen of talents and fortune come among us ; and, in what add3 greatly to the interest qpon this, occasion, I understand the gentleman has the unanimous vote of hia constituents. This pat the IIoosj in a rear. Charleston Courier- Twins is the IIouse. Dickens ia taill, and with truth, no dcubt, to have acquired ti3 extensive know ledge of, and remarkable faculty for portraying, char acter in low Hie, in his experience a a Police Court "penny a liner" on the Londoa j )uru ais. Certainly, if there is any particular theatre wherein the peculiar phases of low life are practically illustrate d, it ia in the police tribunals of cities, f n our own court, for ia stapce, scenes of the rho.it amusing and interesting character occur alnfbet daily. One ol thcs3 which never fail to set a court-room in a emile, but which lose nearly all their flavor in the mere description, oc curred a day or two eince. His lienor,, th Judge, was called upon to administer correction to a fresh son of Erin, who, the nif?ht before, fcad been picked-up in that hilarious condition which the - police, in theiV stereotype witness-stand vernacular, pronounce "very druok.". "Pat," said the Juigp, " what have you to soy for yourself?" A drunken slunbsr 4a the cell of the station house had done but littie toward clearing Pat's intellect of the cob webs of the previous night's debauch, and it was with a threat effort that he managed to assume a laughable expression of innocept apjal, aa he re plied : "Thrunk 1 wats, jcr.O. ur, tut devil a bit cud T help it." "Why so, Patrick V "Bekaee, yer Onur, we had twins in the house, (Court room in a noisy condition) and betwaxt the tw ins and the thruble the whasky got the bether of me, yer Onur." - ' - "Well, Patrick, 70U ar3 dismissed on payment of costs." "Hould, yer Onur, (with a dissenting Wave of the hflnd and a look of blank despair) divil the hapurtb have 1; betwext the twins and the whas'sy me moneys all gone, yer Onur." Case held for advisement. .Cincinnati Commercial. From the Peninsula. The Richmond Dispatch of the 26th instant says : The report in relation to the landing of the enemy in large force at Yorktown was again repeated yesterday, and seemed to be confirmed by scouts who .came in from that direction. Bat on the other hand, u citizen who reached the city yester day from the vicinity of Yorktown, states that they were embarking. A few days will probably develope their movements. We learn from a reliable source that a barge load of Yankees who crossed the river above Yorktown, were captured by our forces on the. other side of the river. Bushwhacker. Some time during 1862, when our forces were in Ji.entuciry, Judge John McUuire of uar- man, was taken prisoner, but was released oa his takirjg the oath cf allegiance to tye Sou;hern Confederacy. He returned to his home and oon after made himself so notorious as a union bushwhacker, thattie was made Captain of Co. D, 40th Ohio regiment. One day last week he was captured by some oi our cavalry in West ern Virginia. He was brought to Richmond yester day and committed to Castle Thunder. He declares that he did not understand the oath of allegiance he took whilst a prisoner in 1862. R. Whig. Thefe is a good story told of Meohai, the native East India General. His followers took from the English a lot of hermetically sealed provisions, in tin cans, and not having seen anything of the kind before, he mis took" them for canister ihot and fired nothing from his guns fcr three days but fresh lobster atrd pickled salmon, and other delicacies, thu3 supplying the British camp (which he waa trying -to starve into a surrender,) with a shower of the freshest of English provisions. Count Rossi, known in this country es the husband of Sontag, the celebratei singer, has lately dieiat Brussels. - . Gold is mounting op again ia New York. Chase's " pile " has given out, and he has retired from the fight qold is now going up to stay. Lt. Col. Wm. Lee Davidson. .... , - ""V IIU 11 VJ. ltOl ment, declines to become a candidate for the State Lr islature, upon the ground that his "patriot ism willhn much more weight upon the battletkid e Vicmmjmi. Vicksburc is garrisoned almost cntirp by; nfgrors, the wr.ite Yankees havine been riui y elsewhere. (Jen. McArthur is in command of the city at present Blown TJ Fort Deltassey, on Red River, retett ly captured by the Yankees, was accidentally blown nn a few days after its c ipture, killing four or five Yan kets. Brief and to tub Point. Proclamation by A lie Lincoln : m "Louisiana id a free Stair. (bigncd) A ii Lincoln (Countersigned) Ni P. Banks. Endorsement on the Proclamation. - "Disapproved." (Signed) K. Kirby Smith, C-ne Creek. April 1. CABP OK TI1K 18ih K. C. T., Near Libert Mills, Va., Feb. 6th, IS 4. ( THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully announces to the citizens and soldiers of Bladen County, that be is a can ij. date lor the effioe of Pheriff of said Copnty, and wenlj to pleased to receive their support. If eloctedhe picJR( a himself to discharge the duties of the offije with the tamo fidelity and zel which'he trimtH has characterized him aa a soldier. BENJ. F. B1NAL1M. Capt.Co. A, 18th N. C. T. March 2nd, 18q. US XtA2t.tr MAltKlKD. Jo this plce, on tho 27th inst., by the Key. Ker,bn Grnt, Mr. VAT5()N HALL, to Miss MARY E. KlVcK HOUSE, all of this place. mtou. At the resideBce of Mr. H. J. Barnhill, in Bladen cm i ty, N. C, on the morning of the 9th inst . CaLVTN V.., u of G. W. and Elen J. Harnh 11, ("eceased, in the 12th ji.;ir of his age. On I ong Creek, New Hanover county, on the I4tb int BENJAMIN LARKIN3, son of Jas. F. and Piiecilla Crccm' aged 11 years, 3 months and 4 days. ' Biblical Kecordei pleats copy. In thia connty, on the 31 init., Mr. HENRY (. MaL. P aH8, aged 66 years At d 3 days. Fxccutlve Deparlinriit KorlU Caruliiiu, ) Adjutant (Jeneril's Officc. Raleicb, Apiil 14, ISti. General Obdebs, Nr. 12 f I. Tho following General Orders from the Adjutant nl Inspector General's Office, O. 8. Army, friclimcnd. W, concernirg impreRBments, are pdbliahed for tho informa tion of all concerned : - Adjutant and Tnfpector Jenkual's Oft ice, i IlicLmotd, Va., March 7, 1801. ( Geneiial Okdeks I No. 0 f 1. The following Acta of Cocprcfs coccernirg "Impious mcnta" asd the inst-nctions of the War Departmct.t re specting it, are published fcr tie iuConuation and direction ot all concerned : An act to amend "an act to.regulatCj iirpreHBments.' approved March twenty-six h, eighteen hundred and sixty three, and to repeal an act amendatory thereof, approv ed April twcnt-seve nib, eighteen hundred end enty three. Ihe Congress c f the Confederate Males of America l . enact, That in all cases where property in impressed fur the -e of the army and navv, or lor other public use, u; d9r said act, the s&me Bhall be paid for at the tinin of sail! Impressment, unlets an appeal shall bo taken from s vA valuation, as hereinalter provided, according to the valua tion agreed upon between tho partior, or aticertalued Ly loyal and disinterested citizens of tho city, county or par iuh in which the impressment may bo made, in tho niant.rr and according to tie regulations provided in the flint, second and third sections of tu) above recited act, or ia the eighth section thereof, where it in applicab'e. 8rc. 2. Whenever the officer making the impetsmcnt of property, under the.act hereby amended, sba 1 bciirvo that the appraisement is fair and just, he shall endorse hid approval upon tho appraisement, and make payment ac coidicgiy ; but if be bhall believe it is not fair and j 1st, chen h'.- ttball refuse to approve, and endorse the reason ot his refusal on the certificate, and shall bave the right to ap peal from the decision of the appraisers, by reportirg the case to tho commissioners appointed under Raid a:t to which this U au amendment, for their decision, wln tc judgment shall be final ; and in the meantime, the proper ty bhall he held and appropriated bjiiha-oOicial imprcHainK the same, who thail give a receipt therefor to tho owner, who fcfiall alto Lavo the right of appeal aa herein provid ed. Bee. 3. The said- commiiBionera, shall have power to summon ar d ezamico witnesses to eLablc them to fix tho value of property impressed, which thail bo a just com pensation for the property so impressed, at the time ami place of impressment ; and when the commisHianera rhall have fixed the value of property in cases of appeal, they shall famish the owner and impressing officer with ast ue ment of such value, which valuation by tho commifsioiK rs shall be witbia three months from tho timo of iinprifH ment. fcec i. That said ccmmiiBioncra shall be swotu faithful ly to dibchargo'all their duties under this uct, and the u t to which this u an amendment. Eec. 5. That tho tenth section of the act of which this i 1 an ameadment be stricken out, and the following inserted iherecf : No slive laboring on a farm or plantation rx cluBively devoted to the production of grain or proviuioiH, shall be taken for public use, without the consent of th owner, except in case ol urgent necessity, au I upou the order cf the Ueneral commanding the department in which said farm or plantation is ffitaated." . bee. 6. Thaf the act amsndatory ol the above recited act, approved April twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred atJ sixty-three, and so much of the first section of said act as requires an nfli Jarit to be made by tho owner, or Lis agent, that such property was grown, raised, or produced by sail owner, or held, or has been purchased by him, not for Bale or speculation, but for his own use or consumption, he, and the same is hereby repealed,. Bee. 7. That no imprehsment shall be mada under thi act t r the act to which tbis'is amendatory, fr thi use or the act to which this ii amendatory, for the uso or benefit of contractors with the government. Bcc. 8. Nothing in this act shall ba construed to anth. r ize the impressing tflicef to enter au appeal from any d ciBion of the local appraisers, under the ecventh tettku of the act to which this in amendatory. Approved, February 16; 1864. I. Impressments according to this act, and tho a to which this is an ameudment, may be mads for Decenary supplies for the Confederate armies in the field, aid tor their accuraalatiod in magazines and at posti and depots, a.'d to carry on the various operations of ttie Military Mu reaux connecttd with the War Department, whenever the same cannot b obtained by contract. II. They may be made under orders from tho 'JeDcrals commanding armies, dep irlments, corps, divisions, aod hy commanaers 01 aiaca-u parties when a necceHnity ariec-i th? reforo. ThBe orders may be executed by appropriate officers ol the staff belongirg to the army. The Chiefs ol the various Bureanx shall designate the officers and pnr sore who shall re competent to make impresimcots uad .r the authority conferred upon tbrm. III. Before any impresement nfcall be mads, ths impre--ing cflicccor Lis aent wiH make an ofler to tLe owner, m bailee or agent, in wtitisg, fo the purchuao of the proper ty, describing tke property he winhca to purciiate, the price he is wiiliDg to pay, and the. mode of payment, 6dJ stating that, upon a relmtal to accept the same compere 1 tton will be made according to the acts of Congress on ini pre&iments. Thisaotica will be considered as Liodiui the property until the completion of the negotiation for the sale and transfer of the same t ithe impressing officer. The property wilt remain in the cuBtodv of th owi.r nn.l at IU risk during the peidirg of these proceedings, naleud a delivery of the jsame be thereupon made to the impreaHiy: officer, with hia consent. In case of a change of pobnebsion tmder thesa circumstances, the Confederate 8?atoa will ho regarded as the own r, and thj property held for its u3e and at iia risk. IV. Jn all catea in which the offtr of an imprefceh g of fleer ia refused, be will proceed to adjust the price aac ti ding to the firs eection of the act above recited, that ii by the jadgment of two loyal and disinterested pernor of the city, couojy or paii9h n which the iaprebsmciitH -may be made one to be selected by the owner, hia bai lee or agent, and one by the impressing officer. Jn the event of their disagreement, rheao two'will select an n:ii ptre of like qnahflcation. 'ihe persona thua selected :11 proceed to assess just compensation for tho Drocertvro Hmpreeaed whether the absolute ownership or the tempo rary use tcereoi do reqnire.a ji me imprestiag ofliscr &e lievesthat the appraisement i fair and just, he will endorcJ his approval, and pay for the property ; and the ngt iu the object impresjed will become the property of the Con federate Btatea. lint if he does not approve of the p praisment hs wdl decliae toapprore it and endorse the re 1 sons tor hia refusal oa the certificate and forthwith report the ca3e to the commUsion!ni aDDOinted-under the otj section of the act, to which the act ubtvi recited u an amendment, and in the nteantime the property will he taken and a receipt describing the property and proceed ings for the adjustment oAhe priceand, the appeal, given 10 the ewner. xns impreeBiag oiajer will lmmeuiately ro part tho caa3 to thj appraisera, with a statement t, quality and cbrditioa ol the properly, and hia opinion u;;oa the subject. V. No cmcer or ngont will impreea the nceassirv t,u:.- olies which aay person mav hava for thn can himelf, his family, employees, slaves, or to caciyonhm ordinary mechanical, manufacturing or acricnltural em- plojments. Jl aDy queauon arise as to tho fact whotier the supplier ar necessary, or whother there be a surplus, it win ho dstermined by appraisers mutually seleeted according to the preceding seotion, and in this case the cUcitioa of the appraisers will be bindinar on the omcor. who will not be .allowed an appeal therefrom. ti. These reeulations are puoaanea as a substitute ior the regulatiens contained in Ganerai orders, No. 37 and iti, aeries ol 1S63. By order. iBigced) S. COOPER, Adjutant asd Inspector General. II. The foregoing regalatioca are published as a aubati- tute for the regulations embraced in the 1st paragraph ot General Ordera No. 9. By order of Gov. Vanci : B. C. GATLIN, Adjatant General. AptU 27, 1881. WWJrIt
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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