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BT PUITOlf it PRICK, PROPRIKTORS, To whom all lelU-s on business tnust.b addretesd. JAS. FULTON, Editor.... A. L. PRICE, Asiocf ate Editor. rm of Subscription Weekly. ix months, invariably in advance,. $5 60 Diily paper, 6 monthB, invariably in advance, . . $15 .00 3 months..... .... 8 00 No subscription will be received for either paper, for a onge r pet ind than six kntks,and rcao for the Weekly paper r.r a 9'jortcr time. . j I-AOtiUAH.TEUS CAPB FEAR, 1 Vii.MlKcrOK, H. C, March 30, 1664. f (CISGULAB :) It bavnt: bun ascertained that traitors in our midst Diva beca id 'h.) habit of communicating information to the enerny through onr linee on the Whtje Oak River and elsewhere, all crossing cf these lines, except by permis hion iiom thts Headquarters, i? hereby prohibitf d. Offl 'cers cMnmutidicg ut-posts of thia command will arrest and bend to these EeaJquartcra all persons infringing thia order. Py Commend of Mej. General Whittkg : JAMES O. HILL, Kaj. A A. A. General. April 7:b, ISC-i. 28 tf T0B1CCO AND SNUFF. iff COXES NAVY iOBlOCO, J ..i.-vo'a p'-S-id lumps. Hi -,' ftSUKr, lt f V- tib:-'M Carolina C. jt Fou irra star. y-'T sale by .Anc. 20-h J. VAN8T0KLE. 203&4-tf '.: 10 lit: ATK TAX SOTfCK. rt -ns UNDii-S.GfJi-iJ will utttiia at the following time3 jL an J p:uccs to rnpk'i uiHeesnviDt of all property, real, vcs'-nat ad mixed, cf efery kiad aal description, not ;jstnut-d : Ai i Li Swprup, Cnintuelr District, Friday .Acguat 26th, rn.i Haair.iay 27Ui. Point Caawe-11. f-iocd&y 23tb. Piney .vc d', TatdiV 30th. Upper B.a:k River, Wednesday 3'fct. Hout'i V. t,ajiEKtcn, Thursday September l&t. Reeky p.-mt, r-iittuay d. LoQic Creek. (Lillirgton ) lho?f (d:ibg to render ll?t wilib subject to the penalty of th-5 lav. W. H. LARKINS, Asuor Money Tax. I sri.l also att.-nu at above namai tLnea and places to receive li-f. oi Tax in K.;al of till ttatarci crops nd wool. S, Ii. BELL. AsS-BcOJ Tax in Kind. 4y-tf An.c;. 25. : I WILL bkll hlf iuUret of s'x (6) Bal acd t ha'A iuitt:ciL of fou.- Lnndred (400 corda of gcodsea oi ei t iL-e vv'oue, iil f wiicn is v erf ronyenient to the w-tko. Thesa v:s e t-iiiy yiu'i twcnH (20) bushels cf -.It in .x f"ay aud u' lr.. The situiiiion ij a very good ens, cr V.'a-tba v.rctk, Irotiawck cennty, oab xuiie irons the .'ai-s Ki;.ii (Liver, u trineportatiuu of the Salt very ao icariltlii. Ariy o-e vrislii-g to purcLasa said works will call ai.d mo tu ia piacu on 1'owu Creek, rrdvo miles b..a:fctdt if SVi'.sz'-Lztr,. JA-5E3 C. GBIME3. A::g. 2 . 48 2i : T.'-XK L-J' r-iOJCIlf CAtiOLISA, NEW HAMuVsH Ctl'STI IN ZQU1TT. Yd. rclitlcn for Divorce, vvn. ii. iJi wnirg, i1 T iPP.'u HlNvi to t -i eatisfactioa of the Coit, that the efoieM, v.H. o wrung, h a r.on-reBident. It in iii-rtuwx t mo. a-i yy tho Louri, that publication be made i:dr at tno iscst lerui of aaid Coa.n, and p!?ad, jaaga-'. vm to tnKsa pro conjesso A. M. V7ADD2LL, C. & M. E. 4- s .- ' i n. Aur 23 h WILMiNOrOX, X. C, AUG. 25, 18C4. We uc.tvj that there was much wisdom in the Tro j.. . usasini whic'- icculcated the propriety of watching their v. Iky enemy, tha Greeks, even v;hea they ap ; . ,-;---l:r J -nth gilts ia iLcir Lands atdsoit wordaon their iip-s. ihWs, cbangia a word, that we ought to dis trust L'.e Yankees lvcu when tbey proicca a desire fcr ii 'uc:. Tucy Lawn to get tn advantage ot ua if they TLs i'crk 1 let aid talks about cn armistice for Hal.e j-urpote oi iv rotiatioris. "Yet what sort of an ar ih Et:a4? (Jar porle are to be blockaded daring its cor.t:rjuai;ee and Yankee trcops are to ercamp on cur doi!. Oar enemy Js to hare all the chance La the world t'i rrcrnit and no aie o lu-ve none. Such, eo far, iue Yarkte o-eriurea for peac. Il is a onesided game aiiogMher. It is "leads T. Tvis, taila jcu lose." A kc.r people are these Y'ankees and their fcjolch coadjutors like James Gobdon Bennett, bat we donb: very mush ??hether they will find them selves c n.irt enough to take in Mr. Jeffsksdn Davis The Cinieloratc carjle is too old a bird to permit Mr Lincoln, cr my other miscegenator to put szlt on its variable tcil. Their talk obcut an armistice is, so far, ravha eii,-pioIcu?, and will bear watching, as indeed wi l u'Cbl of their e.yiiiga and doings. We have seen all ihut tie Nero Yoik llecaid has Lad to say in favor of pcac:-, and e must confess that we have been una ble to fcce anything in it, offered hon.stly and in good Still, that ia not a natter upon which any stress caa he laid. "We did not lock lor any honest utterance frtra the Herald upon this cr uptm any other subject, and e are not disappointed. We simply wish to warn cur people against putting any confidence in apything that may appear ia the Herald- If they do, they will simply be deceived themselves, and may be tho means q! deceiving others. The Tallahassee a eras destined to kick up even a birr-nr ius3 in Ynkeedcm than did the Alabama, cr thj Fioridi. She dipped out so quietly that she an nounced her uwa appeurunc? on the broad waters of the Atlantic. Fcroucj a secret was kept, would that it had fxen k:p; as t.eir in u much more important mat ter. CoCfii-ii wdi iocii he "r!z," for we take it for granted that CcmmaLder Wood vail devote pora-; time and at toiitini; to the New rou:K"rIani Jlanki, and the fisher men there congregated, he hiaisilf being a fisher oi men. "All that comes to Lia net is focd fur the flames, provi ded it hiiis out ul a Yant-.;-. pirt. V.'lo? the Ya kes liud o i vrpicu ih. ir gunboats t -n overhaul the- Tallahassee, lru-it thtt they will the fact for public information. TuSks Mci;th5 is tus Ecvm: -April June, 15C3. By Lien. Col. Fiikmamlk, Coldstream Guards. Mobile, S. 11. GoaTZ-tX, 104. Thi ;s a Look or booklet of 158 pages, well printed for the times, crd will te found highly iateresting. It appears to have been written by an intelligent English man, who came Cere to sec what he could see, and whose position gave him access to all the nectssary E.iutcls of information, while his pro'essiocal training enable him to muke the best use of his opportunities. We presume that it is for sale nt the bock-stores. The bock is very interc. tinsr. By the extracts which we have published ft-cm north ern newspapers, it v. ill be seen that the Yankee cfiicers recently tiohju'-ed cil . this harbor have given most rjathtsc accounts to their pecple of the barbarous treatment to which they were subjected while held &b prisoners ot war ia Coarltstca. In remarkable con trast to these unblushing lies of Seymour and his late companions ia captivity, we find the following letter, cidreFScd to General Foster a short time ago by the five raukicg ollktis of the titty who were exchanged, all of whom received precisely the earae treatment as the Brigadier Geucials whose names are affixied to the letter : "(copy.) UncJJiciui. CniRLESTON, S. C, July 1, 1864. General : Te journals of thi3 morning inform us, kr the mst time, that five general officers of the Con foutiite service have arrived at Hilton Head with a view to ihjir being subjected to the same treatment thjt we are receiving here. We thick ii, but just to ask for these officers every kindneFa and cc-urteey that you can estend to them , in acknowledgment of the fact that we, at tbia time, are as pleasantly and comfortably situated as is possible for prisoners 0i wax receiving ficra tto CeafederniQ au I I ir irwirirtr irtr r rf-airtr ii i II in u i i it m u h ii h ii h h m in V VOL. 20. CONFEDERATE thorities every privilege that we could desire or expect nor are we unnecessarily exposed to fire. Respectfully, General, Your obedient e?rvant, (Signed) R. W. Wxssbll, Brig. Gen. U. S. Yols. (Signed) T. Sethour, Brier. Gen. U. S. Vols. (Signed) E. P. Scammon, Brigadier General. (Signed) C. O. A. Heckman, Brig. Gen. Vols. (Signed) r Alexander Shalxr. Brig. Gen'. U. S. Vols, prisoner of war. To Major Gen. G. J. Fo3teb, comd'g Dep't of the South, Hilton Head, S. C. Official : Jno. F.. Lay, Dep't Insp't Gen. Tc this letter Gen. Foster replied at once, promising in distinct terms that the request it contained should be complied with. Our readers know how faithfully he redeemed this pledge. The Confederate officers who were in his hands were confined between deck3 on a wretched transport, where, ciamned together and al most euff jcatiog with thejintensa heat, supplied scantily with the coarsest food, and subjected to all kinds of in dignation, tbey suffered through the long weeks they spent in the hatbor of Fort Royal. We tru3t that car exchanges will give the widest publicity to a letter which shows in so cleor a light, the mendacity of these exchanged officers of the United States army. Chas. Mercury. Well Timed. The following extract from a speech of the Hon. John Law, cf Iodiana, in the Federal House of Representatives on the 1st ult., was a severe rebuke to his abolition associates : Sir : It is said by way of sneerinir at the loyalty of the Democratic party, by those who never put foot 02 the tented field, and never mean to, so long as they ccn coeat the government out of money enough to pro- cure a substitute, that the Democratic party is the spend the last dollar, sacrifice the last man, and die in the last ditch," to put down the " accursed rebellion." Iney are for " war," war to the knife, and the knife to the hilt. When Cato called his little senate together, at Utica at a timo when Caisar was marching upo.i the city the fkry Sempronious proclaimed in furious and indignant eloquence, such as we frequently hear in mis can, Hv voice is still for war : Gods! can a Roman Senate lorg debate Which of the two to chooae slavery or death ? Go ! Let ua riso at once, eird on car swords. And at the head of oar remaining tro.ops, Attack the foe, break through the thick arrav ! Of his thronged legions and charge home upon him. Perhaps some arm more potent tnan the rent. aiay strife ma atari, and tree tne world from bondage. I he conservative Luciu3 replied : " My thoughts, 1 must confess, ae turned to peace." The advice and counsel of Lucius was the special object of the warri or s indignation. Ihe loyal berarronious, who seemed to Eubmit to meditation, and could not brook the idea of mediation, whispered into Cato's ear, " beware of Luciu3; he is "a traitor." The very next night Sem pronious deserted Cato acd pined Camr. While Lu cius, the advocate of peace, remained and bravely lought for the liberties of Rome. There is a moral in this to which I would call the c' teation of every bla tant radical of the Republican party who is crying cut for more blood and denouncing the Democrats. Instead of being the enemies of the irovernment, a3 tbey are charged, they are its truest and best friends. The worst and most violent enemies of the Government are those who blindly and wilfully throw Dp their caps and cry, "Long live King Richard?" who blindly und wilfully yield to the "Sic vols, sic Jubeo" ct Presi dents cr Kings. IISCVKS AUMY NOIIHIKHN VAv, AaousT 10th, 1864, General Otders No. 54. All persons connected with this army who arc ab sent without proper authority are enjoined to return to their respective commands without delay. This order is intended to embrace those who have remained absent beyond the time limited for their re turn or after the causa of their absence has ceased All such persons are admonished that every day they re main away from their posts, adds to the dangers and labors of their comrades, while it increases their own responsibility to the law3 they are violating. The Commanding General deems it only necessary to remind those who have erred through though'.essness or negligence, of the shame and disgrace they will lring upon themselves and their families, if they shrink from the manful discharge of their dfty in the hour of their country's need, and leave their nomes to be defended, and their independence to be .secured by the unaided courage of others. To those whose absence has been prolonged until they have incurred the guilt of desertion, he can only say, that a prompt and voluntarily return to duty alone can palliate their cflanc3 and entitle them to expect any clemency. If arrested and brought back, justice to the faithful and true, as well as the interests and safety of the country require that they shall suffer the extreme penalty of the law. (Signed) R. E. LEE, General. From Kaaficnntsscc. We are under obligations to Major Wallace, Presi dent of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, for some interesting and cheering news from East Tennes see and other points. We have intelligence that Gen. Vaughn has been placed ia command of our forces now advancing on Knoxville and Lower East Tennessee. The latest news locates them at Bulls Gap. JVo doubt (ho plan is to cooperate with Gen. Wheeler. Captain E Carnes.of Bradford's Regiment, Vaugh'cs Brigade, whose gallant escape from Andy Johnson's Nashville prison we noticed some weeks since, it seems with his company, has been watching the Hiawaeee acd Tennessee Valleys. He has captured a number of Yankees and bushwhackers, destroyed a cosiderable amount of sutlers stores and supplies and retaliated on several of the East Tennessee torics for their brutal treatment of Southern families. Captain Carnes savs the crops are m fin- condition in that section, and that so far our friends have had enougn to live on. The determination to be indepen dent of i aukee rule is mre intense than ever. i ou can give a Southern woman a letter and if important to thecause.it will travel forty miles per day. No dcubt CaptjCarnes waswith Col. Rowan (of the same Brigade) in his raid on London bridge. This bridge crosses theTrr nesaee'river 30 miles south, and is 1,700 feet long instead of 780 as stated yesterday. Augusta Constitutionalist 23i insl. The Election for President. The la3t Federal Congress declared that none of the following States, which had been formally declared ia insurrection should vote lor President till readinittpri into the Union, viz : Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, lunua, Aruansas and Texas. According to the Constitution, the next President and Vice Pre sident will be chosen by the following vote : States. Ohio Indiana..... Illiroia Michigan... Wisconsin. . Hectors. States. Maine leif Hampshire Electors 21 .13 .13 . 8 Ha&a&chusetta . . .25 Rhode Island 4 8 Connecticut Minnesota 4 Iowa 8 Knas 3 Kentucky ...11 Missouri 11 California 6 Verunnt New York 53 ew Jersey Pennsylvania. 26 Delaware d Maryland Oregon 8 IVest Virginia 5 Total, zi bt&tes, Electors 241 Necessary to a choice .121 A Fbekcb Yankkx. Monsieur LeBra Pierre, alios James Francis, a Frenchman, who had been galvanized into a Yankee, deserted a day cr two ago, and came into cur lines at Petersburg. Major Bridgford sent him over on yesterday. U con enteriug the buildmsr to which he was escorted, he observed to the guard : " Dis is zc grate Caetle Toonere oh ? a rcud maison eh ? built of Z3 brick and ze mortare. Give mon compli ments to ze commandant, acd say to him I shall take mou depart in a few days if he may not discharges me de soonare.4" Very likely," eaid the guard, and Mon sieur was locked up. He bails from the 11th Conncc- STATES OF AMERICA WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1, 1864. NO. 49. From the Augcta Constitntionalidt. Another L,etr from Secretary Trnbolin. Major Wallace has kindly placed at our disposal the following letter, which we take great pleasure in pub lishing : Teiaschy Dbpaetmsnt, C. R. A., ) Richmond, Aug. 15, 1864. J Campbili. Waliacb. Eeq . President, Angusta, G : Si? I am greatly obliged by jonr letter of the 8th inet., which is conceived in the tree spirit of a patriot. . If the people stand by the Government sad enco-rae Congress to do their duty manfolly, thare is not the slightest danger about th? public debt. Our people a-e committing an act of grea; folly to be bujirg properly of all kitds at ten tims what it will bring wr.cn the war is ever, while for eigners are bnyfns: thtir 6. 7 arid 8 per cnt, bocdand car rying them abioad. These bonds will bring mora ia specie when peace cornea than they are bringing now in curren cy, and we will hav5 to pay these strangers ia full, eh3th er we wish or not ; whereas, if we kept the bonda at home, we wm'd get back all the taxos collected to pay the inter est. I am trying to pay for a?l foreiarc supplies otit cf the profits cn cot'oo, and w have nothing tobuv wish bonds and Ireasury No'ea but fl .nr, corn, neat ai d nianufjcrnr fed grorfB, and to pay transportation to railroads. If wa break down usder tech circurrnt&rces, if will be cur own fault, and we will doat-rvo 'nobov'd cornpssf,ioa'or sym pathy. . Your?, repecffa'.ly, G. A. Tkenuolm, Secretary of Treasury. The people cf the Ccnfedrate States, by a wise and judicious support of tho measures of Mr; Trenkoltri, have it in their power to restore the currency to a hetdtby standard, and place cur fiaances npoa such a foundation as to remove all epprehenaioa of further re pudiation. If our people fail to give him that sapport, then the fault rssvs with themselves a.id not with him, for without their cOnfidenca and co-operation all his ef forts will be useless. There is now in the country in pc33:ssioa cf indiyid uals and corporations a hirge format of gold, tho-tix upon which will ia many instances bs a. dead letter, as holders will under ome plea or another ova je the tax imposed by Congress. It wcu'.d be far better fcr those parties who have this money to lend it to the Govern ment at a fair rate cf interest than to keep it lying idle on their hands. As the Government is shipping largely of cotton, we think it fsiblo to adept, some plan ben eficial alike to the capitalist and country, by which this money could be brought forward and placed at the dis posal of tho Government. Could not Secretary Treu Lolm borrow the gold, say for six or twelve- mont::3, and repay it with intense in' England? Ihe adontiou of pi. me such measure would be f tr beit'r for the holders thSh to keep it ia this country. As Mr. Trenholm ba3 set his face agaicst everything lise repudiation on the part of the Government, capitalists would fed perfectly safe that whatever measure iac wi:h his approval would be carried out ia good faith. Speaking of the shipment of cotton reminds us of a matter which should meet the early atteoiioa of Cn gre?3 at it3 next session. We underatuna tbat the 2 a- ; vy, War and Treasury departrmiis act independently ia i he purchase, shipment and sak1 of cotton. Now, if this be true, these 1epar'ments must ccmo in crmpeti'in with eaea other ; and hence necessarily throw d tU cuUies in the way of the head cf.tbe Tie&sury Depa- -ment in the munaemewt of tba financial affjiirn of. the country. One cf the first ae'S ot Congnsj pLo'i: i be to placo this whole matter unocr the charge oi the Treasury department as no man in the country ':nd2r staoda thi3 Lusiues3 so thoroughly as onr present Sec retary. Air. irenholm jastly ahude-s to the lolly o! our people it: buying property at ten times its value ioViead i t in vesting it in bond. These bonds are purchased by European Capitalists, carried ab'O id and thus avoid the tax imposed on them by the covert ment, wherea:-, the coupons of thesa bonds must be p ud smi annu iiiy without regard to where they are hId. (Jar advice is to invest Confederate notes in bonds, as we are confi dent that Mr. Trenbolm will do all that :s possible for man to do, by bending his energies to the amehoratiou of the currency, and ii he meets with that sapport to which he ia entitled, will redeem Coniederate notes dol lar for dollar in eold. "a.i:v;?j oiiiuic KoUiii'-WiiAT say iiihi JuTA.Tis.XIC3. A correrpcadent cf the Baltimore Sun call? attention to some Ftriktng and interesting fee's, to show that the bugbear of " starving out the South " and cutting off supplies," &3., may be Eaid with euse, but doirg it is another thin;?. He says : 1 will select liist, South Carolina, to run the parallel with, for severs: reasons, the chief of which ore that she Las been supposed to produce nothing but cotton and rice, and sha is the most derided and contemned of all the slave-holding Spates. Not many persons are aware that this State alone produces uve sixths r.early of all the rice grown, but the c?nsus of 180 shows that to be a fact : besides nearly nil the rice, she produces wheat to within 3,000 buahels of all produced by the six New England Sta!e3 together, bbe produces al most as much corn as the State of New York, and six millions of hushels of that grain mere than all the New England States together, tut she prodocts upwards of 16,000,000 ot bushels. She produces more "oats than Maine ; more by.l 000,000 bushds Uin Masaicnustts; more than 1,000,000 busheis cf potatoes over and above what Maine produced ; more bt-ans and peas by 180, 000 bushels then alt the Northern States togetttr, ex cept New York ; mora bjef cattle than Pennsylvania by 1,740, and almost as many as all the Iew England States toge'ber ; more sheep than Ioa and Wiscon sin by 10 699 ; more bogs than New York by 47,251 ; mere than Pennsylvania by 251,138, and 86 000 more thin all the New England States, with New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin acd California in the bargain ; rmre horces and mules by 10 000 than Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Is'anl together -besides all which she produces largely of oxen, cows, and a variety of pr-ducts of the smaller kinds. Virginia and North Carolina produced jointly 13 363 000 bushels of wheat, or 241,000 bushels more than the great wheat State of New York, or a quantity equal to tie whole product of the s'rx New England States, with New Jersey, Michigan, Iowa end Wis.'onsiu, ail put together. Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee produced 115 47a,593 busi'eitj of corn, u quantity ex ceeding by 300,000 bushels the joint product cf New York, P ncsylvania, Oaio, New Jersey, Connecticut, Mcsjaohusetis, New Ilamslvrc. Vermont nod Maine. Tennessee alone produced 16 506 mors hogs than all the New England States, with New York, Pennsylva nia, New Jersey, Iowa and Michigan, for th:it ti-a'c rrrduccd 3,104 800 hoga, while tbe eleven Northern States famed produced but 3,088 3U4. M sl of people have thought that the North was reaily tne hog pro-J ducicg section, but such is by no means tne fact, me whole number of hogs produced in 1850 was 30,316. 608, of which the slavtholding States furnished 20, 770,730, or mere than two-thirds of the whole ewiue production. It will doabtles3 surprise many p-'rsona to bo told that the seven gulf or pot ton States of Sou h Carolina, Gaorgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas produced 45.137 more beef cattse than the six New England States, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan acd Wisconsin, altogether ; but such is the fact, for the census of 1860 tells ua that theso Beven cotton State produced 3 354,489 beef cat tle, whila the thirteen Northern States named produced bat 3 312,328. A single glance at the livestock columns of the sev enth census will prove to the inquirer that the slave holding States produced more beef cittte than the non slavehoJding by 1,782,587. That while the North produced 3,541,121 cov3, the South produed 2,829; 810. That the Northern States produced 866,397 work oxen, against 820 340 produced by the Southern Slates. That white the North Produced 2 310,962 horses and mules, thn South produced 259,358 more, fcr the Southern-production wa3 2,50,420. In conclusion, as people have been so much in the habit of conceding superiority- to the North, in these aod other points of view, may "be the above statements may doubted ; if so, I refer the skeptical to the seveath censue of 1860, the last date we have. Tiid Rebel PekcbV ax El itiaA. The Roches ter Journal says : " There are cbout eightlhcusanJ rebel prisoners at E'mira, and more are coming up daily. They are most able-bodied men, evidently of good families at the South. Tbey are orderly nd resiiectful in their deportment, but mo3t decided in their coherence to Southern prin ciple. The discipline of the camp is very rigid, ard there is no intercourse between the prisoners and the public. Few civilians can even get a peep over the high fence at the mass, much less get within epeakiDg .cUsianoe. The following extract of a ie'lef from a clergyman in England to a friend in thia city r&3 been handed to us for publication : .f Eng., June 23, 1864. " Your most interesting letter was extremely wel come to us all, for very often since the commencement of thi3 mighty struggle have our thoughta traveled after you. " The fate of jour gallant and distinguished associ ate, General Jackson, was a subject of almost national regret amongst us ; and a similar, thongh not so drep an emotion has been felt at the death of General Stu art. No soldier, and especially no ehrisittda soldier, could have followed the brilliant career of either of these gallant men without the liveliest interest aud con cern. " General Lee's talents as a ppueral are universally appreciated in this country, and hat you ttil us cf bia piety lends a far deeper interest to bii mo?em?nts." Oa the mighty qaesiiors which have caused and maintained thia fearful war, I feel myself ill quali fied to judge. I grieve at the bloodshed, sufLring and desolation, and destjuctioo which are proceeding on so gigantic a tcile, and in proportions so enormous, and pray daily, as I love many dear brethren on both sides, the conflict may soon cease, and that on honora ble at.d satisfactory separation may take plies. The fury ot the Northern States is a perplexing phenome non to me, and I mourn over it. In all this I am only cardidly describing my own individual feelings. In this country generally, the current of sympathy seta strongly in one direction, and that is in favor of the South." TUe Uulf Stream. The warm weather rushes out of the great Mexican cauldron through the Strait of Florida aaviug a tem perature 81! dtgrees, equalling that of the hot springs of Alatioek, anu whose wid h ia a hundred miles with a velocity of from three to five miles an hour. Thence it paes s through the Straits of the Bataus, and right on to the banks of Newfoundland, aoreodio iiecif over the western half of the North Atlantic, which is there by heated ia wituer considerably abive the tempera ture it would otherwise have. Arrived at the banks of Newfoundland, tbti Gulf Stream, aa it is called, is sud denly deflected to thj eust ; and, becoming divieJed, one portion makes a bend southward in ih dueeiion of the Azores, -a od fimlly merges into ihz great equatorial cur rent ; wbiie the other povliou rues N. E., or N. N. E., untii it impinges against eha wea ern shores of the But-L-h Isles, hete it has tne effect oi charging the air with moisture, and rendering thtir winters considerably milder ir.au thostj cf the eastern roasts. The Gulf Stream, iu its course ccros3 the Atlantic brings wuh it West India seeds, (Mimosa scandeu?, Dolichos urens, &c ,) and doubtless portions of trees, throwing them on the cosBta of Devonshire, the west of Ireland, the He Dnus and the Chknc-y Isles. It contributes to give to Ireiarid its perpetual verdure, and to make Bute the Isle ol Wighi of Scotland. A n... u-e of ihi Green Isle taijjht fancy there was sometr;:og holy in his father laud on Jeurn.Dg tbut a boJe was tkruwa overboard by an Amerie'in captain, of! Capo Horn, ia 1837, which, ai- t2r liouticg Ailan'.ic for some years, uaven oa his- was at Ust pxiiea u o in a own fcnores. xne water oi mo i . r a i Atlantic cn the south and southwest coast of Iicland u not o-jly warmed by the Gulf Stream, but its tem perature appears to be increased by another stream, koowii litsnnel'a current, whieh flows due north from Spain along the shores of France, and on to our south ern coosts. Hence it happris tht the water off Kerry, and somewhat further north, i-i, in June and July, werm--r th.n that of aoy part ot tLe Atlantic oq tue same parallel, the surface temperature ranging from 54 deg. or on the average of fitly seven and u fcaii dcg. On the Newfoundland coast, about 8 ceg. of latitude furth er south, the temperature ranges'1 tecweea 42 deg. and 52 deg , averaging 45 dcg. in the same months. The influence of the Gulf Stream extends much farther north than Cape W roth, in Sco'lacd. Siowiy contin uing its western course, this great geniahzer of climate patses the Orkneys and the Suetlaed; mthe former the pools are said not to bi frozen in wiutev. Next, it sweeps along the coast of Norway to Hummerfeat, (71 deg. north latitude,) the nertnernmost town ia the world, where, as we learn from Loid Dufferin's Letters from High Latitudes, the water on a July day, in 1856, was actually 52 deg., txactly the same temperature which he hud registered at Stcrnoway, ia Scotland, in the previous month. Lord Duflerin was enabled, by sailing along tee "tailed the Gulf Stream," to reacn Eoghsii Bay ia Spitzbeigen, situated in north latitude 78 aeg. 20 inin. (only about six hundred and thirty mi,03 from the north pole,) where he found the temper ature of the vater, ia August, to be 37 dig. The nut like st-eda of Mijiosa eeaudens have also been fouod thrown ou ike shores of fcpitzoeren. Fiazi 2t's Magazine. SKy ul Charleston. FOUR HUNDRED AND TWELFTH DAY. During the twenty four Ljurs closing at six o'clock Tuesday afternoon one hundred and thirty-two shotB were fired t Fort Sumter. A Yankee barquentine, in coming inside the brr Tuesday' morning, grounded on the bar. Three tugsw were engaged during the day endeavoring V2 haul her off. About half past three o'olock Tuesday afternoon the enemv commenced sbellinfr the city. Eleven shots were fired up to 6 P. M. 1 be seeding was s;i;l going on at the hour ol closing: our report, mere was no change in the fleet. Charleston Courier, 24A. More of Grant's" Promises. Ulysses is trjirjg to repress tne impatience of the pecple of the North ; to remove their doabla of his bucos, and to dispel their unreasonable anticipations, whilst modestly promising them that he will accomplish certain results which no one upou the face of the earth honesUy believes he is capable of tff -ctiug. Grant recently took sundry juleps with a Go. Ramsey of Minnesota, and during tueir hobnobbing, he tsked Ramsey to "request the people o? the Noriu to 'possesd their sou s with patience that all will corns out right that his success is be yond doubt that his grand plan has been successfully ce-rtied out to far, and is certain to be succets'ul ia the end." Gen. Grant has never felt greater confluence of puccesa than he feels now. But it 13 a stupendous work be has before mm, and the people must not D3 unrea sonable in their antieipatioae; thej- must not expect that t-j be done in a week which canuot be doue iu a.tnonth ; :cr if they will have patience, they will in due' time be fally repaid lor the exercise of chat virtue, by the splendid suc-ess that will crown the efforts of the Army of the Potomac to overwhelm the chief army of the rtbeilioo. 1 be destruction of Lee's army will ioe almost eqaul to the suppression cf the reteliioa. The people, therefore, can afljid to wait, it that achievement is hiiely to rosuit from the present apparent mectivity lor :t is more ep parent than red. Richmond Whi. The Water Approaches. The following fact3 a??d figures from the U. S. Coast Survey (1856) will prove irufirestinor at this tim? : To proceed up to Mobile is only practicable for ves Rpfq drawee not more than 8 ft. water. When opposite Alab&ma City. sitKr xy- uc&' " ,oi JiCailB u viiion. (nearly a miie of Choctaw L;ght); when toe Lower Stake bears N. 7 deg. E. steer ior it, pt ssmg it r-msfi fthrnrd on cnr pvrt bsad. 1 hence to the Up per and Wreck Stakes steer N . 18 deg. E, keeping tham i.!r ohe ab yard on your per, band. Irom WitkStcke steer N.li" deg. E for Turn Stake; haul clo30 around Turn Siuke, ai.d when it ar.d Fow ler': are in rnge steer N. 58 deg. W. keeping this rarie astern until you get near the i'hoctaw Point shore at tLe entrance of MobUe river, thea haul up to the Northward, keeping the Mobile side of tne river close aboard. . Vessels drhwing raore than -1 1 feet rauEt anchor in he Lower Fet i vessels of 12 feet may proceed to the anchorage cf tbe Upper Fleet, crossing the Middle Ground in not less than 15 feet, passing Point Clear, 3 miles distant, on th3 starboard hand, and anchoring off Alabama City, midday between the Enst and West shores of the Bay, ia 12 feet water, blue mud. Dog River Bar, on the chart, is about 4 mues from the centre of the city. Tbe nearest point of the Upper Fleet, nearly 9 milts. The depth from Dog River Bar rp to the city ia 8 feet and under. A chandler had some candles 6toleo, a person bid him be of good cheer, "for in a short time, " said he, "they will all coma, to light." TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF TIIK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to the Act of Congress, In the year 1863, by J. s. Thkashxr. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. P30M PETERSBURG FIGHT ON THE RAILBOAD. Pktkhsbueo, Aug. 21st, 1864. About cine o'clock to-day our forces again attacked the enemy, lodged on the Weldon Bailroad, la front and flitk. The column assaulting in frost pushed the enemy back for half a mile, capturing two liaea of earthworks and three hundred prisoners. The foroe assaulting in their flink, owing to the heavy force of the enemy, and tho strength of their works, and the unaccountable giving away at an important moment of one of our own brigades, was re pulsed with loss. The flanking force succeeded in 'captor ing the line of skirmishers, and reached the enernj's heavy breastworks, when it was compelled to retire.' : Fighting ceaaed about 11 o'clock. Since then we have had only skirmishing and sharp-shooting. The enemy now have the 2d, 5th and 9th oorps holding the railroad, with fortification of the strongest character. The brave Gen. Saunders of Alabama was killed. S-The enemy made a heavy demonstration on our left, on the City Point Road, with artillery and musketry firing for half an hour this morning, but accomplished nothing. TEE FEDEQAL HAIDERS IM GEORGIA. THE CAP TURE OP MEMPHIS CONFIRMED GEN, WA8H- BURNE AND STAFF CAPTURED. Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1864. A dispatch from Joneaboro' states tht a Federal raid ing party, in heavy force, haa appeared at Fayette ville. Official dispatches from Gen. Maury at Mobile, confirm the capture cf Memphis by Forrest. Gan. Washburn and staff were captured with the city. Dixon bridge, over Fdnt river, noir Fajet'.eiille, was burned thii moruing. FROM ATLANTA ANOTHER YANKEE RAID "WHEREABOUTS OF MORGAN. Atlanta, Aug. 23, 1864. Ecou's report that another Federal raid, 7,000 strong, wi h 9 pieces of artillery, had started from Decatur curly thia morning ir the direction of Covington. A letter from an officer at Greenville, East Teno., states that John Morgan had left that point for Knoxville. Trains were running regularly from Bristol to Green ville. The' situation arr-uud Atlanta ia unchanged. Tho enemy shelled the city at intervals all night. All ia quiet thia morn ing, except occasional picket ekirmishing in lront of our right. A lady was kilted nsa the xprecs office last even ing by a Bhell, and a eoldier lest his leg. 3T.OSI. MOBILE THE YaNKKK; FI8E ON FORT MORGAN. YAKKEE VESSELS CRIPPLED FItOM. FORSEST'S COMMAND. Mobile, Aug. 23, 1G64. Several Federal vesiU'b oro cruibing beh w the obstruc tions in the upper bay. Ecouta report that on yesterday morning the Federal fleet hauled up clono to Fort Morgan tnd opened fire. The Fort replied and badly crippled two vessels. On the eastern shore the enemy are landing and plunder bug near Point Clear. , bpecial dispatches to the Advertiser and Register, from Panola acd Oxfoid, Miss., state that Forrest arrived at Panola last night. The Yankees lcat five hundred at Mem phis. The surprise was complete, and the night charge exceedingly terrific. Forrest sent a flag of truce offering to exchange prison ers, but WaBhburne refused, saying he would capture him before reaching Panola. Bmith learning of Forrest's movements, hastily retreat ed from Oxford towards Holly Springs, burning tbe Court House, the principal business portion of the town, and the private residence of Col. Jacob Thompson, and committing many othrr depiedations. Our forces re-occupy Oxford, and are pursuing Smith. FROM ATLANTA. Ailanta, Aug. 24th, 18G4. The enemy shelled the centreiof the city steadily all night. McDaniel's warohouae on Hunter, between Prior and Whitehall Streets, was destroyed by fire this morning at b o'clock. Five hundred bales of cotton were burned. The city fire battalion was promptly on hand, and check ed tho spread of the coEflagration, under a heavy Br from the enemy's batteries. A small frame building near the State Eoid Shop, was also burn -j d last night. Bothbuildirgj were fired ny shells. No casualties reuulted from the BheLlnar. Ine city is corcpaiatively quiet, save the usual skirmisLing with artil lery and Brj.ail ai ms. The Yankee raid reported oy scouts on yeBteru&y 13 not confirmed by reports this morning. FffiE IN ATLANTA THE YANKEES SHELLING THE CITY, 4c. Atlanta, Aug. 24, 1864. Another large cotfligration occurred this evening in Al abama btreet, destroying a large warehouse and several dwellings. The fire was caused by a thell from the Yan kee batteries. During the fire -the eaemy shelled that portion of the city with great rapidity. Prisoner a report that Sherman's army continued to be well fed. Citlzena.from Marietta report that the Federal offioers claim to have 20 days supplies at that placo. Additional returns from 8 brigades, give McClusky 1E1 majority over Sneed for Congress. t . FROM ATLANTA. Atlanta, Aug. 25th, 1364. For some cause the Federal batteries were silent this morning. Last night a shell struck the Presbyterian Church on Marietta Street, and exploded in the basement, where a number of citizens had sought shelter. A fragment of a shell cut oft the arm of a cuiaan lyiig in the basement. No other casualties reported. The Yankeca have again destroyed the Georgia Rail Road below Decatur. Lt. Col. S. A. Henry haa been terjfporarily appointed Provost Marshal General of the army. Col. G. W. Gordon of the 11th Tennessee regiment, has been appointed Brig General, aid assigned to Vaogban's brigade. FROM MOBILE-FORT MOF'IAN IN THE ENEMY'S HANDS FIGHT Hi MISSISSIPPI. Mobile, Aug. 24th, 1864. Fort Morgaa is in the enemy's hacds. Whether surren dpred, evacuated, or blown up, is unknown. The reports aie c ocflxting, and nothing reliable received. A flag of truce visited the enemy's upper fleet tQ-day, but tbe Federal exchange agent tad uotairivea", and noth ing was accompli bed. A special dispatch to the Advertiser, dated near Abbe-tt'-'.o Aug. 24th, sf iei that the enemy burned Abbeville last night. Their fdvanc psed through Holly Springt this mornicg, towaids I aGra ge. Th-ir wagon trains crossel the 'ialla-ctchie.and camped at Waterford last ivifiht. Their iniantry arrived at Abbeville, crossing at Chimera' ron. Their infantry force jesterda had obarp ekirmi-h. We captured three wagon team - and five prison ers. Our ioeawaatwcitj priatneM. The battle was re newed thia pornicg. FEOM THE TJNITrlD &YATE3. FiTiBSBCBG, Aug. 25'h, 1664. Tiie New York Herald of the 22d ha a letter from Niag; ara Falls, which eay that JuJge black, Attorney uener d Hav. Lincoln' private Sectetary . . nther interview with Messrs. Clay, Hofcbmbe and Co.. and that Lincoln is about to offer an armistice o ma-Hncr nf rnmmiisioDerj in Baltimore, or lUJ4irujw5 ui.b - - sume other border city. FROM PETEB5BDRG. PBTaaeBU&O, Aug. 25. Our forces engaged and drove in the enemy's skiim.aa Ing line in front of Bermuda Hundreds thia morning, cap tar iaar some 50 prisoners. The engagement lasted but a short time. Our loaa waa small. For several day past tho etemy has been picketing 11 lront of Bermuda Hundreds with negroes. Ia front and on the line cf tbe Weldon Bail Road .v v. t,Hi or no chance. TLe enemy have tcca ecged to-day la saUtiog their force froa their right 1 TERMS OF AJVKRTttIa lWafture, of 10 lines or leal, fox each and every in iertion,$3. Special Noticei will be charged f per square for each andevsry insertion. All Obituaries and prirate publications of every charac ter, are charged a advertiaementfl. JWNoftdvertlsenjent,refiecting upe'n private character can, under ANTOiscmsTAKoai!, be admitted. to their left. Our cavalry engaged the enemy's cavalry about ten miles below, night before last, and repulsed every effort tbey were making to drive in our pioket lines. The loss waa small. - Heavy firing has been heard some distance from town, on the line of tho Weldon Bail Road for the last boor. The cause is unexplained. For tho Journal. Certificates of lndabtcdntM, Messrs. Editors: The efforta now bing msde by the new Secretary of tbe Treasury to relieve the country of the burdens placed upon it by the late reign c f incompetency and cunning, cUira the cordial co-operation of every good citizen. Mr. Tren holm starts out tairand equil. He puta down his foot againBt all kinds of repudiation, or make-sbift, and ap peals boldly and confidently to the only source whence could, or can, corns soundneis and safety the people to whom he pledges his zsal, hii honesty, and his large prac tical experience in return for their confidence end patriot ism, it is a pioootiitlon suggestive of the honest merch ant ; and, oiScial though U is. will be. 8 are efinlni(t. aa religious'y observed as have been the mercantile obli gations maae ny Mr. irenholm a business house, whose name is a synonym for integrity and honor for the Secre tary is of that class who believe an official's word to be ai binding as that of a ptivate individuL With the fear of uiifulfllled obligations, and (worse) open repudiation, thrown aside by the manly declarations of the Secretary, It becomes us to give all his measures a lair and candid consideration. It is our purpose to refer to only one at thii time. There are large sums due by the Government to indivi duals and corporations, which it is proposed to liquidato. for the present, by "Certificates of Indebtedness," instead of currency. Th latter has been, ia, and must continue iu a measure, to be uncertain and flactnatinsr. Tha volnma is 6till too large and unwieldy, notwithstauding the large reduction made by the late Congress. These Certificates Without the accompanying disadvantaaes. For instance. they nre payable at a certiin timo in thi future, sufficient ly removed from the present, they draw six per cent, in terest, mey arenol taxable, and, on ue other side, the v are no'hing mure than an acknowledgment by the Government of its indebtedness, from which circumstance, they can no more be repudiated, oc their vlno imp aire J by artlul le giaiaMon, ttian can the original debt, ihey are not trans ferable, it ia true, but thia ia an advantage, because, if t.acafercble and hawkel about tha streets as currency or bonds, our bloated finances would be swelled a still larger size, and the vory lineution of tbe measure defeat ed, la other wordj, this proposal is arrqaeit, fiom the Government to its creditors, to defer the dty of settlement until af.er the ratification of peace. It is a common remark for a man to say that h prefers a good note payable " af ter the war," to receiving payment now iu Ccneilerat9 money. Ap-ly this re .aoiiing to the Government, and-yon relieve it of in emb&missment, aid the cauae, aad, beyond a peralvcuture, secure yourself. We are sur the more this ineahure ia coasideici, 'ho greater will it grow in pnn lio fiver. C. LEGISLAXUR.K OV HIOItTIl CAROLINA. The followiDg Iit of membe-a elect to tho Gflnflral Aa Beraoiy, ior ih4- bo wo oeiirtve to be co.rect Ji is com plo'e with the txcepMH o' the two Conmonersto which Curritnck a- d Tyrrell are eutitlbd. We havo heard no'h iax trom titter of ihf.se cont'Pi, aurt Uiiok it piobabie that in n-ither waa an elec-i u held. Observer, EN.T2 Paf quota: k and I'erqu.. iouf W 1 1 Bagl'y. CaiLdeu and Curritnuk D MeD Lirey. ttaies and ('howflii 4 L Euro. Iljde and T; rrell-- Edwrd L frlam.. Nur:httnptia-J B Od ai. Heitioid -James "A Wynne. Bettie John Pool. Martin'aud Washinorton J R 6tuL.ba. Halifax Mason L Wiggina. Wdgcombe anil Wilson J H Powell. Pin Dr .E J Bloaut. Beauion-E J W rren. Craven N a Vbitford. '.trteret id Jones Dr M F Areudell. Mreeno and Lenoir' P bpeight. New H u 'ver fcli W Ha.l. Duplic W it Vard. Olh ow Isaac M Sandera. Eladen, B.uuswick and Columbus John TV Ellis. Cumberland and Han ett W Ii Wright. Sampson William Kirby. Wasne Berj Aycock. Johnstju 1' D H.ead. Wake W D Jones. Naah A J favlor. Franklin W Harris. Warren Dr T J Pitchford. Granville B W Lasiier. Peraon C S Winsreid. Orange John Berry. Alamance and Randolph Hon Giles Mebane. Chatbam E H Btraughn. Moore and Montgomery Dr J WL Crump, Richmond and Rooeeon G:ls Leitch. Anson and Union Col W C Smith. Guillord Robt P Dick. CasweU Wiiiiam Lorg. Bockirgham D W Courts. Mecklenburg W M Grier. Cabarrus tnd Stanlv Dr J E McEacbew. Kowan and Davie W B Marsh. Davidson Henderson Adamd. t-tokcS and FTsyth J fdaiheB. Abh-1, iaurry,.c J liorton. Iredell, Wuke, 4c A M Bog'e. R;;rke, MoPo'el. Sto H F Patterson. Lincoln, Gauton, 5ri fcl L McCorkle. butherfotd, I'ok, A.c-Dr W J 1 Miller. . Buncombe, Henderson. &c M Patton. Macoa, Haywood, 4c 8 C BrjBon. HOU8E OF COSIMON3. Alamatice R Y tcAden, C F Faucett. AlexanderJ MCaison. Anson A J Dargaa, E U Liles. Aue Mr. McMiitpn Beau'ort Hon B B DonneU, D M Carter. Bert'e " T enry, Jas Bond. Bladen-J vV Brunswick D L 3DeH0ll Jf Burke J J Erwin. Buncombe J M GuJger. Cabarrus W S Harris. Caldwell J M label. Camden W A Duko. Carteret Btepheu D Pool. Caswell ivicnitord Mctiehee, 8 0 Harrlaon. Catawba W P KeinUardt. Chatbam Jas H Headen, W J Headen, W P Hadley. t umberi&ud aud Harnett Hon J G Shepherd, A D Mc Lean, Dr John Mccormick. Cherokee G W Hays. Chowaa L C Benbury. Cieveiaud D Beam, J WGidney. Columbus Forney George. Craven Wiu Lane, T H Gaakina. tuirituck Davie H F Johnston. Dupiiu Zich Smith, R B Houston. Davidson C F Lowe, Lewis Haoea. Kdgeocmbe David Cobb, L D Fanner. Fraukiia W K Davis. Forsyth W H Wheeler, W B Stipe. Gaston W T Bnipp. Gates Richard Bond. Guilford D F Caldwell, A Clapp, A S HoUon. . Granville P P Peace, Eugtne Giiasom, J ti Ami. Creene H II Bibt. Hali? Dr H Juyner, A H Davie. Hay wood Dr ti L Love. Henderson VI lV.toa. Hertford J B Vana. Hyde Mr Gibbs. Ircdeil T A aiu'dod, L Q Bharpo. Jacsson W A Enloe. Johnston W A bmith, V G Banks. Jones F G bimmoni. Lenuir Allen W Wootcn. Lincoln Ambrose Coslner. Macon Dr J M Lle. fidadica W H bio n. Martin tt W OalterbridgO. MoDowe;! W F Cra ge. Meciii"Qbarg J L Brown, L C Grier. Moulgomory H Davis. Mo ne-fcUmJ Harrington aih G C Lewis. iV-w Hnuver Hon S J Person. J 10 Hawes. No.tlaaptoa H T fcfioill, W J Rogers. Ora'. ge S F Pmliipa, W N Patterson. Onflow A J Mar. in. Pasquotank W Maan. perquim n J ii lli'idick. Peiun Jotn W Cunuiiighatn. Pitt li G Aioritton, C i'eifcios. Kauaolph- Joel Asneworih. I Bialr. Kovan K Miooer, W H crawford. Bichmoud -B P Linlo. . Robeson David Be.hune, T J Moriaey. KockiPUbam- Mr Htiong, A J foyd. Lntheri Jid J L Larson. A RBijau. banpon L a Powell, Pawic aarpby. 8:anly U Urr.fl. Stokes v li clyni. riurry-Mr. Wauh. Tyrei Union ' uiua. Waie-D G Fowle, G H Alford, C J Rogers, Wav nt iv K Ciaw.od, J M 0 aro. Wan en '.V X Albion, T J Jujkju. Wasngtoo L C Lii -ai. " WtAUg-t Wm Hor.ou. WiikeaA B Callaway, P T Hortoc. Yadk n a C Cowles. YanC D M Yonrg. Men ara mauc in thu imago ot God." Geuthnu-n ,. ..nrmpdim h trDers and boitblaaia MVoman is the las: and moat ptr.tct work of UJ. Ladies are tne production of Eiik-worms, miliioura aad
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