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BY FULTON & PRICE, PROPRIETORS, 2b uhom all Utters on business must be addrmed, JAS. FULTON, Editor.. .A. L. PRICE, Associate Editor. Terms of Subscription. Teeilj, six months, invariably in advance,.... $10 00 m-iv caper, 6 months, invariably In advance,.. $25 00 Smooths .. i .,th l to soldiers only,) 4 CO Ko subscription to either ptper take for ano time under reo cr over hix tnocthfl. The on deviation from this breo T.J? J' in the case of eoldiera an above stated. XAKK' UP AW1 COMMITTED. r. One Jar b; 'he Dame of John (c!;-j Dick, who says he belongs L'r James aciiee, tormeny oi Wilmington, rt. u. "Z?o -tr f aye hia rmc ia Eecry and belosg to Dr. Hicks ofT'i! a County, N. O. The owners of said negioes are rfqited to come forward, prove property, pay charges sr. x tke thsra away, or tLey will be dealt with as the law d"CC E. ilDEFJLL, Jr Sheriff. Oct. Gib 1S14. 26 ll 3 tt CONSCKIPT OFFICE, 1 r.lLaiaa, N. C, Oct 21, 1664. J C r.tTLAB -g FOil the information of Enrolling Officers and all con cciied, it is announced that the Camp of Instruction, K ; i-.n aa Carep Vdnce, heretofore located near Morgan ton. hvfc?en broken up, and a new Camp established at Green';' :.o' under the narao of " Camp Stokes," for the r-- I. zvoui snl assigemen. of Conscripts, deserters aud ,b.' ,5!0 ri. It T: a oj-ci of the now Camp being to avoid delay asd Ti r occf.sary waete of transportation ia forwarding recruits tor armies in tt-e field, it ia leit to the discretion of EE roil .ng i).'fiCt-rs to M-nl i'ouncripta and deserters either to tmp II.I.mcs or Ciitap Stokes, whichever may be most evly it icLed. Thi discretion wi.l be c&refuily exercised sv:tTi a iw t- tLie craad ol j jet. ot siviug time. JIT- i.i.roiicsr Ollioari ae caa-.ionc-d against obeying any or les s lr. ,.n ar.y t-oarco wLateer, which confiicta with tho or3: rj of tho i.ieo.;. Gen. CommaauUg, issued through thid 03i.'s. aid tbe lLF(jctord of the several Districts. Dv oidtr of iisj. J. K. McLxa. E. J. HABDIX. Adjutant. (Vt 25:m 42 3-6 2t HOIICK TO FA It :iEn. fllFi'v undersigned wi'l attend at the foJSowing timea and X. x.i r to nceive iisU of all raatared crops, viz : Corn, i"V'jJ.r, BuokwLeat, Il:ce, Iris'a Potatoes, Sugar, fdolas3es, CoV'.u,' l'fcii Bf .rs, and Ground Peae : At the IJ.irrow, tor th3 farroers of C.iintnck, Nov. 18th ; LjiM : ivrel. I'iLii ; Fmey Woods, 21st and 22.1; Upper I!i-,k iivcr. 23d ad "21,h;hcutu Washington, 25th and 2'J'Vi ; ivo -i;y l'oiut, 2?:k c.jd 29:h ; Lillingtoa, Nov. 30:h aLd Dec. lal. , G. II. EELL, Aeieisor. Nor. 3. 6 3t Vt'ii L fittend at the above p'acea "With the Areessor, . t.- . i iivc t! " :axponali property heretoiore aBS"ia,oed, .tl -i T.hJch ti.e tax:a are cow due. -J. ii. EIJiES, Collector. X .v. 10, U 7 2t WlLMLNGiOX, X. C, NOV. 3, 18C4. V.k: rivmi cousiy, :ira:.J juc'crJciy that in our opiaicn the f tll cf nil i-t llurcd tbit of Washington, Beaufort and although re. do not know it yet, we shall be vcr of the Lind wiibin the week. Th9 YaDkea have never e&i'-ii to ja'.iiji tli river be'ow that town with their gadi-.jats, to prevent cur peoplj from uiag it for the pa.'pos s c f fLhcry aud navigatiou, aud Lave eveD, cn on-? cu m r.c ccusious, approached to near as to throw BUSiIa ia'o .he corpr.tto Iitriits. For ti n cf ct;ni( d hnc, at ka-t, we feur thut the Esstern sec 6vAi uiUat rt-hps3 iato tie position it oc-!x-!orc t'u recapture b? H3 of Plymouth aGd Vrashui-'ion. 'J'his ii the more to ba deplored on ac coau:. o; :Iw abunaac t crops now being gathered in that most pro.Iu.ive section. WiLi.v.;r A ltc V.Tashiugton latter to ths New York Fiar cUy ' cm u -y says : 'j at.:c NVi'lfooa be made on the onter e'ecBes of V.'i 1'i ieio" by a.n immense fljot under command of Admi-rall'i!"t-r. V.'ocdau vtsseis are now beiug mailed with ehaius iu a hiroi'ar marker to the fl;et which captured Nev? (JiUah. It is believed that it i- inteuded for a big frigate to fco in G:Btawl rtduce Fort Fisher. '1 htt c: vtnre ot thia important work would operate in re- r urd Gum ird Ut V"iti!'.i!feton precisely as the capture of Forts k a rcl 'to.-aa hua operated in regird to ifobile. The capture o this fort wtu'.d completely relievo the immenae bio'."-a Jl-jg ilitt on da y at the mouth of the harbor. Wc LtrJ'T know how that " big friga'e " is to " go ia " i.nd cop' ure Fort Fisher. A big frigate might '.d torow prgcdiles at Fcrt Fisher, but un- Ions L"; frig.acs draw less water than tfiey used to, or that n.03t of the Monitors do, we do not think any of thcra vii'l go ia. Do these Washington letter writers ctct c-.t iLeii ejes ever the U. 8. Coast Survey ? Add;.-.! 1'orter of course knowa better than these cor rt spoL'-len's, or any of them. We wish he did not. j"'ii2 Macon Intelligence; of Suaday ha3 ioformation ropj vrhich its informant draws the conclusion, with which t! cdi of thrit paper agrees, that with energy p.'.d r sjlation Atlanta will be again ia our handa in a few dnvg. (Jeaeral IvEaaoN bid had a fight with the li.nhel Church, and whipped hin. Yellow FtTEr. We resrret to note, ia a file of Halifax pipers, for w! iea we are indebted to the kind nr.r.s of Mr. IIeatuskin'gton, an Eaglish gentleman re ccntly r.irivcd from that city, that a good many cass of yellow i:r:v existed there away iato October, chiefly if net wholly among the crews of vessels arrivicg from F-cimudi, cr refugees from tl at place. Those taken were qnrtercd at the Naval Hospital. it appears to be a marked characteristic of this vi.e tr.al of parties removicg from an infected to an uninfected atmosphere, and especially from a Southern i-j a .Northern b.titud:,upon whom the disea32 manifes-s i r-elf after eush remova1, fe;7 or none recover. Sach r.ppeai s to Lave been the caao of persons going from Iivra-uJia u iicIiLx. 'I'- Drli'ali C!'MtIi!rtal Colutilss. .Att-.ocg tie qiestiOLS njw agitating the British Col or: ie? oa the American Continent, it i3 known that that cf a Federative Union of the Cana-Ja3 and the Mari time Fro-i iacos occupies a prominent pc3ition, and that co'.faenar. upon this ubj-:ct have recently been held, aru p'.Tt.aps have not yet closet?. It is also generally cjuccd.d thai the British government will interpose no LEnpf-rabta obstacle? to the gradual assumption of an attitude oi indpenJent naiicnalny by her present Col C:n!.i. Indeed, it would seem that he: present policy is designed to tra'm the.e Colonies to self-dependence in a!m)ot every reptct. The Caauitan Provinces, incomparably more produc tive ai:d popu'.cu3 thaa the Acadian or Maritime Pro Tine.s, would a'aiost certainly become tho controlling e'etneut in any such federation. Mete written consti tut;o.;s or compacts could not permanently prevent, nor even loas retar.l the acfioa of inevitable canse3. Can ada wants the Maritime Provinces becaaso she wants a front i n the AMantic sauth of the mouth of the Saint Lawictic, and not, like that great estnary, liable to be Ehut up by ic? during an important portion cf the year. But of'cer ail, the great expansion of the Canaoas, their great moreraeot i3 towards the Northwest, towards tte valley of the ireat Saskatchewan, the Mississippi of the North, where exists a magnificent territcry, interposing no impassable burier between the Atlantic and Paci fic, while ca the latter ocean are magnitlcent harbors, ivir.?' ccnosite to Janan ac d even to Northern China. The Atad:an3, cot one-third as numerous as .the Cana dians, and having no prospective interests of the eame character, are jealous of a union that might eubject their future interest to the schemes and projects of their more powerful and ambitious associates, and some cf them, arocng others the Halifax Acadian Recorder, keks to a different union in the future, say in a quarter of a century hence, which is not the absorption of these Maritime Provinces by the republic of the United estates, hut, on the contrary, the erection ot a monar chy out of the32 provinces combined with the northern poison t.f New England, between which and the Brit- isa Acidiaa provinces of Nova Scdtia, New Bruns wick and Cape Breton aa identity of interest an of future developement 13 asserted to exist. rhe idea ot bemg swallowed np by the Blue-Noses VOL. 21. CONFEDERATE would have rather astonished the Yankees of the day! of Sam Slick, and would appear not a little incredible now, if anything could be so regarded in these latter days. . Ths'Dake of Newcastle, who travelled through a portion of the United States with the Prince of Wales Is dead. He was a respectable man, of hardly respec table abilities', but then he was a u Dook," and New castle no- more required braics than the town from which he derived his title stood ia need of a cargo of coals ; end nobody thinks it necessary to carry coals to Newcastle. Anoya the evidences of progrcps in tbis c2ntury that, by their rapidity, would have astonished the peo ple of any former century, we may adduce tha receipt of well printed daily and weekly papers from Victoria Varjeouver's Island, oa the Pacific coast of British North America. The Daily Colonist (every morning except Sunday ) ia $10 00 a year in-advance. The Weekly Colonist is 86 00 per annum. It is an eight page paper. The Coloniit reports 29 arrivals and 21 clearances during the week ending on the 15 th August. Most of these are mere coasters cr run fu Puet Sound. The foreign trade is with San Francisco or Shanghai, China. We give some market items : Flour, $14 per bbl.; Tea, 36 a 46 cents per lb., by the chest ; CcfJee 22 a 28 cents per lb., by the sack ; Sugar, 7 a 14 cents per lb., by the bbl.; Batter, (fresh,) 4a a 50 cents per lb., by the case ; Hams, 18 cent3 per lb., by the dozen hams. Oat of seven pages of reading matter more than half is taken up with minicg news; and the Sooke district, the Lee:h River trail, the discoveries on Leech Riverf the arrival of Celestials Ac., & 3., figure largely. A district known es Nanaimo, giving i(s nsme a'so to a town and port, seems to be s coal-mining Iccility. Talking about Sooke, the Colonist is guilty of the following : Force of Bid Example A 'gentleman who recently visited New Wcstminisrer informs ns that while there his attention was attracted by a s'ring of little girls holding each others, hands who approached him with doleful, woe begone countenances. T.je Victoriais'e best feelings be- came aroused and the miik oi human kindness be;an to ex pandJstu sympathising bosom as he tenderly enquired of tbe thrtrefsed ycurg maidens what was the matter, but to hi? astoniaurueni e received lor answer " Please, sir, wa're all icr-koke." A High old Toddy. Dr. Dickson of New York, editor ct the Scalpel, whose grandfather owned the site of Fort Lee, near the Hudson river, and about 11 miles above the city, on the New Jersey side, mentions as one cf the incidents of the o:cnpation of that section of the country by the Hessian troops under Gen. Knyp hausen, during the Revolution of '76, that the Hessian soldiers rolled a barrel of Sngar and a barrel of Whis key out of the cellar, emptied the contents of both into the rain-hogshead, stirred the compound with a fence rail, and used their shoes for drinkicg-cups. Some of them got tight, which is surprising. The 2d day of November, 1864, appears to be any. thing else than plaasant. Indeed it does full justice to the character of the month for gloom and unpleasfant nes. Tnrs Yankees claim to have captured tbe Hope, a magnificent blockade running vessel, carrying a very large cargo. We "hope" not. They have not captured either the Tallahassee or the Chickamauga. The Wando, reported captured, used to be the "Let Her Rip." Some doubt appears to exist about the Tall of Ply mouth, N. C. We wish we coald share in theae doubts. Tha enemy had probably little or nothing of a land force, but they had plenty of gunboats which had free scope after the loss cf the Albemarle. What a crowing the Lincolnites uill make over the affair at Plymouth, in order to operate on the election to take place throughout the North on Tuesday next ? The Sumter, S. C, Watchman, denies the report that Gen. Cobb ha3 purchased a residence in that vil lage, and request its exchanges to make the correction. We dislike, after any reverse, or apparent reverse, to join the hue and cry that would hunt down a command er who may, for anything we know to the contrary, have done all that any man could have done under the circumstances, cr at any rate, all that he could have done. For this reason we have refrained from censure upon that really gallant veteran soldier, General Jcbal A. Earlt, although the conviciion has been gradually forcing itself upon us, that the Army of the Valley is not what it formerly was ; that its organization is de. fective, and its discipline relaxed. Accounts, both pub lic and private, render this conclusion inevita ble, and quiet, tLoughtful men, who seldom jump at conclusions, hardly hesitate to attribute most of our troubles in the Vailey to thi3 cause. General Les reports the following little victory in the Valley as obtained by the cavalry under General Lomax. Outside accounts speak of three guns' captured , etc.: General Lee does not mention thi3 : A VICTORY I IT THE VALLEY. The following despatch was received on Saturday : Head quarters Army North ebn Virginia, ) ' October 29, 1864. J Hen. Jas. A. Seddon, Secretary of War : General Karly revjorta that the enemy attacked General Lomax, at Millord. on the 25th instant, with one bricade aad two pieces ot artillery, and were repulsed. The next day taey attacKea with two brigades and six pieces of ar tillery and were again driven back. Uen. Lomax reports our loss very alight. Co!. Blosby reports that since the advance of the enemv up the Manas3afj Gap ra.road he Las killed, wonnded and captured over three hundred, his loss being four wounded ard oce captured. (signed,) it. E. Lbb, General. Tlie Capture iinil Dtstructlon of the New York )Stemer Roanoke. The following is the statement of the capture of the Roanoke, as gieaned by Capt. Peiper, of the brlgantine Mathilda, from Capt. Drew : The Roanoke left Havana for New York on her reg ular day. She proceeded on her course until evening in the usual manner without anything remarkable oc curring. Captain Drew retired to his cabin about 10 o'clock, p. m. At that time a number of the passen gers werc assembled aff, singing ; suddenly, several men, r-rmed with revolvers, entered his (the captain's) cabin, and in a moment he found himself handcuffed. Others cf the party, meanwhile, adopted similar meas ures in other parts of the ship, and in a "few minutes she was completely in possession of her captors. Oaly two shots were fired. One took effect on the carpenter of the vessel, who, offering resistance, was shot dead. The captors Laving gained possession, at once shaped the course of the vessel for Bermuda. On arriving off the island they did not attempt to en ter the harbor, but waited for a passing vessel, by which they could get rid cf the crew and passengers fifty of - a m a e At 1.11 mi r the tormer ana tniny 01 me lauer. toe wrmtr were mostly Spaniards. The Roanoke had but little freight, but she had on board 5540,000 to $50,000 partly specie and partly pa per. She tad but verv little coal on board when the transfer took place. After the Mathild reached Btr- muda with her passengers, a party fi om the Roanoke arrived there in boats, she, as previously reported, hav , icg been get on fire and burned. rrfrSi STATES OF AMERICA WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, NOT. 10, 1864. NO. 7. Running tna Bloclcacts at Wilmington. The following account of the perils and profits of blockade running at Wilmington, is taken from an En glish paper : From a passenger on board, the Flamingo, we learn that tbe blockading squadron cn Wilmington consists of ene nundred and seventy vessels, so that it is a won der that any vessel can escape such a close blockade and indeed it is a very difficult anjd dangerous work. There are now about forty steamers engaged in running 1 L! l s ni i i . . i -. iue uiuc&uue. i litre ib ptcniy ui jjuiiqq always reaay lor dispatcn, but none growing, as every man between the ages of sixteen and sixty is objiged to serve in the war. . The Yankees have removed all the lights approach ing tbe harbor, and everything that will enable the Confederates to find their way into safe quarters. The consequence is, that besides a pilot every Confederate ship has to carry a signal man, who works the ship by agreed Bigns, with which he alone of all on board is ac quainted. When a ship is going to run in he makes a signal to tbe shore look out, who then lay dowi range lights to guida the vessel in. These only burn for a very short time, or they would be aids to the enemy as well as to the friend. There has been only one man killed while engaged in ruoning the blockade. He was a signal officer and Southerner on board the Old Dominion. He was down below, drinking a cap of tea ia the steward's pantry. While there a shell burst over him, and "took his heal off as clean as a whistle." A very large number of the men engaged on both sides are Englishmen. It is a most profitable business, when successful. Tbe officers receive a thousand pounds a voyage. One officer has run the blockade 27 times, and he is now in England with a proper;y estimated at 40,000. The ships engaged in running tin blockade are splendid steamers, which rua at the rate ot 13 to 15 knots an hour. ' From the Augusta Constitutionalist. Our Surplus Women. This question has attracted the attention of some of our learned brethren of the Press. Many remedies have been suggested, and in all probability all the old bach elors in the land, not in the army, have prepared plans to be submitted to tho public upon the concluding of a treaty of peace. But as far. as Georgia is concerned the questio vexa la, has been definitely settled, and the whole thing made easy. And in this connection we would call the atten tion of our legislators, who are shortly to assemble at Milledgeville, to this interesting subject. 2T!too of the Justices of the inieriot; court, of the county of Sumter, State of Georgia, have declared in banco in the case of the State of Georgia versus Dr. A. J. Joyce, who was on trial noder the grave charge of bigamy, that whereas, the Code of Georgia beicg un constitutional, ergo this thing of having two or more wivcB is a very good affair and eminently proper. The discharge of the prisoner was granted on the motion, that as the constitution requires a law to be read three distinct times in exlenso before it becomes binding, an3 as the law against bigamy was not so read, th relore the law was no law at all, and the prisoner had commit ted no crime in duplicating housekeepers. Truly a very " Daniel come to judgment," and tbe Court in every sense of the word a Demarara team. This disposes at one fell swoop of oar surplus women . The whole question is defiaitely settled. We trust our " wise men " at Milledgeville will vote their thanks to tbe Sumter Court. Movements on the Coast. The Savannah Repub- lican of the 25th inst. says : The movements of the enemy cn the coast of Caroli na and Georgia, for some weeks past,' have kept the mil itary authorities wide awake and puzzled them no little. War vessels and transports, the latter in considerable number, have been hovering around, apparently with some malicious intent. In the last few days their ma noeuvres have become more apparent. As if ap prehensive that we had a fleet of blockade run ners at bavannan anxious 10 get out, tney nave effectually blocked up the channel of Savannah and Warsaw river. Considerable bodies of men have been landed on Tybee and Big Warsaw Islands, and a flag stafif planted on "the latter, from which floats the bated ensign of Abolition tyranny. Whether the men landed are Yankee troops, or Confederate prisoners ot war brought to be exchanged does not appear ; there are circumstances that favor the belief that it is an ex change movement. A flag of truce boat is expected up the river in a day or two, and then all doubt will be re moved. In the meantime, our authorities are exercis ing all vigilance, and holding themselves prepared to' meet any emergency that may arise. If the Secretary of tha Treasury has the time to read all the gratuitous advice that will be published for his benefit between now and the next meeting of Congress, he will have a severe task in selecting the grain from the large quantity of chaff that will be offered him. His first budget will bs looked for with a great deal of interest, and it is very difficult for one who feels keenly the importance of the financial question to keep Bilent on the subject. His predecessor erred in going before Congress with reports that put the best possible face.. on the public in debtedness. Every liability was made to look as small as possible, while prospective revenue was exaggerated, and the whole report convejed the idea of a defence or excuse for a very bad state of affairs, the worst of which was concealed, an extenuation of that which could not be defended. This is not what the country wants. We are not now afraid to look oar affairs ii; the face. Let us know the worst ; place the terrible millions in their most aggravated form on paper before us, and demand of ttie country tbe means to redeem them, and to pay the current expenses. Ask for no system of finance ; we have too many systems now ; a revenue commensurate with tbe debt and expenses will make any system Bound that is honestly carried out. Our enemies have had more financial experience than we. They have tried every sjcheme that their fertile brains could devise ; let us benefit by the testimony of the retiring Chase, a3 he voluntarily yielded his portfo lio. " Any p'lan (he said) that does not embrace an im mediate revenue from taxation of five hundred million musf fail." Our present tax law pretends to levy five per cent, on property, but as it values property in gold and takes payment in currency, it is in effect but a tax of one-half or one p?r cent, and that has only been par tially collected. The real aim of the present law was an attempt to get hold of the large apparent profit realized by persons engaged in trade, over one half being demand ed as a tax. The manifest injustice of this law and the facility with which it may be evaded render it of little service as a source of revenue. But the policy is still more objectionable, as its obvious effect is to prevent the exchange of property, and thereby destroy tbe arte ries of trade, that would otherwise absorb so much cur rencv. and give life to tbe whole mass. But the failure that has attended this law will attach to any system cf revenue but that founded on the principle that properly must bear the burden of taxation. It is not yet too late to apply this system with sucjess. A tax of ten per cent, on all values, real and person al, to be paid in the same currency in which the valua tion is made ; or a tax of fifty per cent,, payable in Confederate paper, and on a gold valuation would ac complish all that is needed to reduce our debt to per fectly safe limits, and pay all current expenses of anoth er four years' war. Indeed, such a tax, collected through out the Confederacy, would sweep every issue of the government into the treasury, and give a large surplus; but we can of course only calculate now on the ter ritory within the lines of our army, and, however unjust it may be, that we who are within those lines should bear all. the burden, wehave no help for it. The currency that we now carry depresses U3 much more than would the tax ne cessary to absorb it all. Trade licenses and incomes may be fair subjects for State or municipal taxation, but the general government should avoid such " class legislation," and look to property, and to that alone, to produce a revenue. One cause of the depreciation, of our paper has been overlooked, it is to be found in the great variety of government securities that are afloat. The people were induced to invest in lour per cent, cer tificates, on tbe promise that they would be good for taxes, but between the neglect of duty of the war col lectors and the hindrances of subsequent legislation, 1 the country is flooded with them, and they are selling at sixty cents. Interestbeanng notes axe at seventy Wit! in in i f mi five, and the list of bond3, long and short date, four, s'jr.. peven and eight per cent, at various rates of depra- ciaion, teed to confuse simple-minded persons seeking e.n investment, and bring discredit on the whole, as it is a fair deduction that a system of finance that requires sp.cn a multiplicity of forms of loan must be rotten.- Tt is may be remedied by making all forms of govern ment security receivable for taxes at par, but cf course a corresponding nominal increase of taxation would be required. This is, however, comparatively a minor con sideration. The great fact lhat must be recognized by Congress is that tbe debt must be distributed between the property owners of the couutry and absorbed by them, or be practically repudiated, and government abandon the purchase system and depend altogether on impressment for the supply cf the public wants. There ia no other alternative. Richmond Enquire, Oct. 28iA. TUe Fight Ia the VaU.j-What I Expected of Sherman, However much the Confederates may have been, de ceived by Sheridan's lying bulletins, the Yankees have not been gulled. They can see that the capture of a certain number of guu3 is not a victory. A letter from Harper's Ferry, in the Herald, cites all Yankee gener al! whose heacis have been cut off for their failures in the Valley, and says that Hunter, who got as far as Lynch burg, came nearest to success, but got his head cat off for faiiiDg to do what the government expected of him. It says : The question now arises, therefore, what is to bs the fate of "Little Phil Sheridan," who, afcer three very gallant and splendidly-fought engagements, has wisely abstained from trying the strength of his teeth against the iron defences upon and afound Mount Crawford ? Is he, too, to feel the relentless headsman's axe ? Shall the failure to capture Lynchburg now that Early has been reinforced by Longstreet be imputed unto Sher idan, as unto others, iu the light of a crime ? Is the last born of our young hero brocd to be strangled while still in the very teething process of his fame; or will not the strong common sense of General Grant step in to assert that "iailnre to accomplish impossibilities" is not an effenoe for which any true soldier or officer should be punished 1 These are questions now much agitated here as there can be little doubt that Sheridan will soon be moving this way, instead of pushing higher up towards Lynchburg. Some call his return a retreat; but others and probably the wiser, contend that be is only return ing towards his base, under orders from Gen. Grant, to make ready for another expedition, to be undertaken with larger knowledge of the country ani its necessi ties. A correspondent of the same paper, writing from Sheridan's army, gives the following about the cap ture of our artillery. It was all picked up by cav alry : Devan, with his little brigade, kept swooping down upon their rear, gobbling up their officers and men by scores. He pressed them so hard it was impossible to get their artillery out of his way, or their wagons and ambulances. The drivers and cannoneers' dismounted and ran off into tbe woods on either side of the road, and the rear guard of the demoralized rebel army, if it had one, loiiowed suit, leaving the whole tram in our hands. Cannon, limbers, caissons, wagons and ambu lances were all huddled together in the greatest disor der. Gen. Cobb to the Georgians. Everything that comes from Gen. Cobb is patriotic and animating. The following address to his people has a noble rmg, even at thia distance : Hdq'bs Georgia Reserves, And Military District of Georgia, Macon, Ga., Oct. 20, 1864 The movements now being made to redeem every portion of Georgia from the occupation of the enemy, it 11 -ll 1 . !! 1 - will oe attended wun success, 11 ner own people wmao their duty. The active and faithful discharge of this duty by every man who owes service to his country, alone is necessary to accomplish the result. To effect thia result at once is the object oT this circular. All officers belonging to this command, especially en rolling officers, are instructed to use renewed efforts in enforcing all orders for the return of absentees to their commands, as well as sending forward those who have so far failed or refused to report. These officers are notified that they must see to it that every man in their respective counties or districts, who belong to the Con federate army, either of the field or the reserve, is made to report at once to their proper commands ; and in case of the men belonging to the militia, they will report to these headquarters tho names of all such found, at home without proper authority. It is the fixed purpose of both Confederate and State authorities that the men who can serve the country in this critical juncture shall do it, and no effort will be spared by either to ef fect the result. Not only to officers, but to every good citizen, is the appeal made to bring into tbe service every man able to do duty in the field. A few weeks et laithlul service by every man in Georeria, able and liable to do it, would drive the last enemy from ourBOil, and rid the State forever of their hateful presence. Georgians I tbe de3tmy ot your totate is in your hands. Now is the time to strike the blow : and if the enemy is not driven from your soil, it will be your fault, not theirs. Howell Cobb, Maj. Gen. Comd'g, etc. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. A month sicce. some paroled prisoners reached ihe North, and published a statement relative to the condi tion of Federal prisoners iu Southern prisons. The picture drawn was a most sickening ose ; and for the purpose of firing tbe Northern heart in the crusade against slavery, " loyal " journals gave these revela tions all the publicity in their power. Admitting that the picture was not overdrawn, the question arises whether its contemplation should fire the Northern heart against Lincoln or Davis whether, in fact, it is the rebel or Federal authorities who are responsible for the continuation of the fearful condition of our gallant men now in Confederate prisons. Let us see. Under the cartel, as originally adopted by the Feder al and Confederate Governments, all prisoners were to be exchanged within ten days after their capture, the excess on either sice to remain on parole. Up to July of last year the Federal authorities had a less number of prisoners than the rebels, and consequently the ex change was carried on without difficulty. But about that time the surrender of Port Hudson and Vicksburg gave us an excess of prisoners, and then began a diffi culty which, in one form or another, has continued to exist ever since, b or a reason wnicu can easny De im agined, our authorities refused to release on paro.'c such prisoners as were in excess of the number actually de livered by the Confederates. This stopped tbe exchange almost wholly, and since that the exchanges made have either been informal, or ol sick and wounded. Last month the Confederate authorities determined to make another effort to resume the exchange, and for this purpose twice duricg August did they address the Federal authorities, oflering to waive their rights under the original cartel, and to exchange man for man until their side was exhausted. To neither of these communications has autocratic Abraham deigned in rpnlu. The case then stands thus : The cartel as agreed nnnn was first broken bv the Federal authorities, they insisting upon a coarse of action which was a direct violation ol that instrument. After resisting for over a year, the Confederate Goveinment agreed to resume the exchange upon the plan insisted upon by the Fede ral anthnrities. To two different letters expressing a willingness to accede to the term3 insisted upon by our the Confederate Commissioners have re ceived no reply. , Thin ia a niain. truthful statement of the facts con nected with tbe exchange difficulty, and, in view cf it, we esk if the Liccoln or the Davis despotism is to blame for the rpanlt. For every man that suffered in a boutb em prison since July, 1863, the Federal government is directly responsible. For every man who has remained an hour over ten days for every soldier who after the tenth day ot bis capture, died in a Southern prison, the vv asmnftou autnotiues arc aujuuuuiuujc. Let nq hear no more about Southern inhumanity so long as we alone are to blame for the existence of this state of Affairs. Let the odium of all this be placed wherp it. hpinrcs. and that is upon the head of tbe Washington Government, whose -duplicity and want of faith have alone been tbe reason why a stoppage has been put to the exchange of pnsoners. , Chicago Jimes, St m ibm i i i TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to the Act of Congress, In the year 1863, by J. S. Thbashkb, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern Dintriot of Oaorgia. ' FROM RICHMOND. Richmond, Vam Nov. Jd, 1864. Col. W. H. Payne, of the 4th Alabama cavalry, and Col. G. M. Sowell, Gen. Longstreet's Adjutant General, have been made Brigadier Generals. The former has been as signed to Maxle's and the latter to Wright's Brigade. UNITED STATES NEWS. Richmond, Nov. 3d, 1864. New York papers and the Baltimore American of the evening of the 31st have been reoeived. A Telegram from Chattanooga, dated Oot. 30th, states that Hood attacked Decatur last night aa d this morning, and was h&ndiomsly repnlsed esch time. Granger cap tured two pieces of artillery and took two hundred and thirty prisoners. The rebels are ret re&tlng from Decatur and are reported to have crossed the lenneseee river at Cypress Creek. Prisoners say that Beauregard and Hood are both with the rebel army. Hood, in his general orders, assures his men that Sher man's army does not exoeed 35,000 men. A Louisville telegram says that the Journal learns from parties from Chattanooga that the report of Sherman's evacuating Atlanta is discredited. Meredith ia making extensive preparations for the de fence of Paducah. The Union majority in Pennsylvania, Including the sol diers' vote, so far, is 12,000. Lincold has issued a proclamation admitting Nevada aa a State into the Union. A riot occurred at Philadelphia on the 29th. Several buildings were icjored by missiles thrown at them. One man was killed, and a number of citizens and the police seriously Injured. Nearly one hundred arrests ware made. The Militia of Buffalo were under arms on the 30th ex pecting a rebel raid from Canada.. A. P. Garland is elected to the Confederate Congress from Arkansas to fill the vacancy caused by tha death of C. Mitchell. The Legislature ia in session. Gold221. FitOM PETERSBURG PsTBitSBuaa, Nov. 2d, 1864. It is reported that the enemy were busy last night shift ing troops from the North to the Bouthside of James River, and there is considerable activity in the enemy's camp nothing definite. Their future purpose is not developed. The weather is cold and It Is raining. From the Macon (Geo.) Intelligencer, 1st instant. ABOUT ATLANTA. Last Wednesday Gen. Kilpatrick was quartered at New Hope Churcb, with over 3,000 cavalry. A large number of Iverson's command were in the same vicin ity, and numerous skirmishes were occurring daily be tween detachments of both forces. A considerable force of our cavalry was sent on last Tuesday to the rear of Marietta, to operate on the enemy's scouting parties, and keep up a continuous picket line with the various positions of the Yankee army, the largest por tions of which was at Summerville and along the road to Chattanooga and Bridgeport, on Saturday and Sun day, a week ago. One entire Yankee corps remains in Atlanta. The men have been on half rations during the past two weeks and will have twenty days' supply. A train of two hundred wagons laden with subsistence reached At lanta one day last week, having come safely by tbe highway east of the State railroad. Our cavalry have not been scouting in force in that direction, hence the comparative safety with which the enemy succeeded ia carrying the train tbrongh. The enemy have contracted their occupation to the inner lines of the fortifications in Atlanta. They oc cupy the hill on which the City Hajl stands, having strongly posted entrenchments about it. They have destroyed all the frame houses, stables, Sec, in the city, and used the material for fuel and to secure a clear range. The female seminary was rt-zed to the ground and the material used in strengthening their forts, barracks and posts. They forage in the neighboring counties with entire divisions for escorts, but lately they have found but little subsistence and have, become very much alarmed for their prospects of supplies. Their sources of supply by the railroad is completely cut off. Oar cavalry destroy the road aa rapidly as the enemy repair it. There are 800 Yankees in Marietta, which post is not so strongly fortified but that a rapid movement on it, with a superior force, would easily secure its capture. Ihe garrison there is on very short allowance ot rationF and hud it impossible to subsist eff the vicinity. All the frame buildings have been destroyed tor luel. ihe Military Academy bad not been destroyed up to lues- day last. Tlie New Uangmnn. Calcraft, the once famous English hangman, now su- peranuated, has been succeeded in his hideous position by one Askren, who is thus described in the Edinbarg Courant : Askern, the hangman, is a man about forty years of age, tan, daris compiexioned, wen formed, and with large whiskers and moustaches. N ot less than six feet in height, and a little bent as if with care, he in nrocor- wuuuojjf diuul, nuu wau ui uppaicm urmness and de termination. He is a person of considerable intelli gence, possessing a good knowledge of current events. lie has oeen a soldier, and seen much of tbe world. Dove, the prisoner, was the first person on whom 'he performed the last offices ( f the law. When Dove was sentenced to be execufpd at York Castle? Askren, who had been unfortunate, and was at that time an insolvent debtor, imprifl0ned hv hfc? credit- ors in the Castle, made offer of his services for the oc casionwhich the 1 ork magistrates, from their knowl edge of his character and skill, did not hesitate to ac cept. Me expresses himself strongly on the ignorance displayed by the mob in almost always hissing tbe hangman wtaen he appeared on the Bcoffold. He takes the somewhat broad view thu ,tbe finisher of the law has no more right to be condemned than the Jadge who has pronounced tts sentence. Askren, who belongs to Yorkshire, arrived in Edin burg on Sunday morning, and during a portion of that day and Monday, he walked about in company of oce of the city officers in plain clothes ; but was, of course, quite unknown. Hitherto, his practice as a hangman has not been extensive, but he is not unlikely to suc ceed Calcraft, who is now upward of seventy years of age. Askren spent the night of Monday in the Coun ty Buildings, without going to bed, and occasionally going out to see the progress tbe scaffold was making, to ascertain the working of the drop, the measure of the rope, and other particulars. Notwithstanding that he conducted himself with the greatest coolness, it was observed, as he come down from the scaffold, that tears were trickling down his cheeks. Afttr the unenviable office was falfilled, he entered into a room into the County Buildings and burst into crying, exclaiming that he hoped the Lord would for give him, and then remarked that he had only been dis charging a solemn duty. Askern's fee was twenty guineas and traveling charges. Before he left the town he received the expression of the magistrate's satisfac tion with tbe way in which he had performed his task. The executioner left for York by tbe 10:15 train on Tuesday night. He occupied tbe copattment of a third class carriage alone, and shortly after taking his eeat was recognized. 1 he intelligence soon spread among those on the platform, and till the train started tbe car riage was surrounded by a curious crowd. Askern, however, sat with his back to the window during tbe whole time, and appeared, inclined, if possible, to bhun observation. Victory in thb Chcctaw Nation. We learn through the Texas papers that official information from General Cooper's headquarters, Indiaa territory, state that on the 19 th ult, General Sandwatie commanding the 1st Indian and Gano's brigades, attacked tbe ene my's post at Cabin Creek, and after a six hour's fight drove the enemy away, capturing a train of over 250 wagons and 120 prisoners. Oar loss very slight. The enemy's loss in killed, wounded and missing, is over 1200. The blow will bo severely felt by the enemy. rm TERMS OF ADVKRTlSISrQ. . 1 qaare, of 10 line, or' les, for each and very in All Obituaries and private publicatlonB of every charao tw.are charged as advertisements. "Soadyertisement,reflecting upon private characto cantpnarM,YqIBOrTlf8TAyCBgtbeaammd. Contar.te Leaders. From a late number of the Londcn Illus'rated News' we extract the subjoined hearty and kind! notie;; 6ome pictures of our great Confederate leaders : To those who are reading the present page 0( Amer ican history, thess pictures authentic and reliable por'. traits of the 8partan leaders of the South will be in valuable as illustrations. A curious interest attaches to them, moreover, from the fact that tbey have " run the blockade." They wen passengers cn some low, black snake of a steamer, that crept through the be leaguering equadron and pped away to s:a, laughing all pursuit to scorn. We almost picture to oat8elve3 tho canvasses hanging in the little cabin, gaz:ng, with strange speculation in their painted eyes, out "toward the Federal cruiser in chase. They hava passed the peril, and are here among us to briDg before iu vividly eouie of the chief actors in the great tragedy of endu rance that is being enacted South. Matv aa exiled Confederate will doubtless visit this collection at No. 314 Oxford street, and find food for comfort ia the pale, stern faces of the .men who guard the freedom of his country. . By ecme strange freak of nature, Jefferson Davfe. tin? President, whose portrait is tho first to which cur at tention is drawn, has much in it that is usually held as indicative of the "Yankee" type. Thi3 may, perhaps, be owing, in some degree, to the peculiar beard of tho same cat cs that so familiar in the portraits of his rival, Abraham Lincoln. There i3 more refinement, though, about Davis; and the intellect, cool, calculating and In domitable, which looks oat of bis clear grey eye, exerui a "higher preesure" on the physique than is usual to the common run of Americans. Our impression which the portrait leaves on the mind is that the sword is fret ting too thin a sheath. General Lee's honest, fine face, with its silvery locks and beard and bright brown eye, might well look out of a middle age casque, so marked is it by a chivalry nobility. As he stands, ia an easy but coinmau ling posture, clad in the plain grey uniform, with tho simple three stars on the collar, he looks the very impersona tion of firmness, boldness and vigor ; for the snows on his head ar those of experience, not decay. In tho original Bketch, the eye has a jovial, rolflcking expres sion, and the face a merry, kindly smile, which, in' tha absence cf the uniform, make as fancy that wo are re garding tbe likeness of some veteran lilerateut, running over with bon mots, epigrams and anecdotes. Beauregard's face is probably the one which would be selected as the handsomest by a lady visitor. It bears unmistakable signs of his French origin. Indeed, with shaven cheek and small iron grey moustache, he might pass for a hero of the Crimea. A fiae, thought ful head is his, and there is no lack of firmuess and de cision in the thin, compressed lips, half hidden by tho small iron-grey moustache aforesaid. Gen. Stuart is another whose nationality is to bes read in bis features. Unmistakably Scotch, with a bold, laughing blue eye, a tawny beard, and the Icrgth of feature peculiar to tbe North, he looks like soma gallant cavalier who followed the young Pre(ciidei The illusion is assisted by his slouch hat and black plume. This picture is one of the mostieliiug of tho group, marked by considerable vigor and diameter. But, undoubtedly the best is that of Stoncwull Jacksoa. If we see the cavalier in Stuart, in Jackjon we almost expect to find the brown beard (time had dealt more gently with the great captain than we were led to sup pose curliDg crisply over the steel gorget and buff coat of the Puritan. He seems like a modern Hamp den, (in fact, there is some resemblance to ono picturo of the patriot that we have seen,) and is pamtcd, as his men " loved to see him," in the act of reading prayers. Hia arms are flung out right and left along the horizon tal limb of a tree, and his head is thrown buck. Thero is a tender expression in the sweet, almost feminine, upper part of the face, and if he were just praying for the women and children : but in tbe firm mouth we caa see the spirit which will anon call on tbe God ol Bat tles to ngbt lor the oppressed. Ihe head is a very no ble one, most expressive ol the lofty and unsullied char acter of one to whom may be applied, with far more truth than to the Knight of Round Table, the elegy ut tered over Sir Lancelot of the Lakes,: "There thou liest thou wert never matched of none earthly knight's hand; and thou wert the truest friend to thy lover that ever bes trod horse ; and thou wert the truest lover, of a Binful man, that ever loved woman ; and thou wert tho kindest man that ever stroke with sword ; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among pres3 of knight's ; and thou wert the meekest man and the gen tlest that ever eat in hall among Iadus ; and thou wert the sternest knight to tby mortal loe that ever put spear in resf." We observed in the gallery unfinished likenesses ot Generals Fitzhugh Lee, Ewe1 1, Price, and Hill, a3 well as a portrait of Mr. Volock, the sculptor, to whom it is entrusted tbe noble task of raising the monument of tho great Jackson. Photographs' from the pictures are ob tainable, and will no doubt be welcome to admirers 01 the indomitable fire and energy cf tbe South. We Bhculd recommend all who tuke an interent m tbe great' struggle now waging in America to make a point of visiting Mr. Robertsan s pictures, we know ot no better commentary than they afford, by thij light of which to read and understand the heroic endurance and long suffering of the handful of Confederate States. From the Detroit Advcrtieer. A DRAFTED CATHOLIC PRIEST. As considerable interest is attached to the view? cf TJoiioi. TTpnnpflRev. in connection with the draft, wo eive a report of bis remarks to hi3 congregation on oUnday morning, xio duo iu ruusmm,o ua luuuwd ; "I ask the prayers and Kind cmciuis or ice cnurcn lor the poor men who have Buffered from the draft. Daring the paBt week it has passed over the city Ike a whirl wind. It is worse than cholera or tbe piagijt', having none of the compensations of those dreadful r.M.ctiOLia. They only destroy the body; thia tortures tLj sou!. It drafts its victims from their agonizsd families. Talk not of the tortures ano DarDaruies 01 me miuuic gts. None of them ever equaled tbis in cruelty, la all the countries of Cdristendom (by which term I do not mean the United States,) the priesthood are exempt from conscription; but here there ia no exemption. How long will it be before they lay their hands upoa the church and the sacred veisla ? Soon they will rca'jii that pcint where they have no respect for God hinmlf. Some have been so foolish as to suppose that I woul l acquiesce in tbe demand made upon me, and tear my self from my beloved people. It is now seventaen year3 since I have withdrawn from tbe world and devoted myself to God, and I shall not, unless upon compulsion, do violence to my eacred vow3. In all Cbristiun coun tries the peiest wbo becomes a soldier ia degradfd to the extent corresponding with excommunication among tbe laity. Many loving friends have stepped forward and gene rously offered tc take my place, but I cannot ask another to do that which I do not think it right to do myself. I shall abide in my own house until 1 am torn by sacrilegious hands from my ova people and from the altar- If another is sent, I s'jall not prevent, but I would prefer that these mea th juld carry out their bar barous dictates and drag me through tbe streets fn my sarcardotal robes. It is cur duty to obey the laws. To good laws we should yield pa3eiveiy. The great evil is that you have sent men to nuke laws, who do not even know the nature of aa enactment. rhey know only how to carpy cut tne dictates 01 tneir savage natures. Death of Gen. itamaeur. The death of this hercic and gallant yoanj oEcer will cause a feeling of sadness throughout the State. Of the sad event the Petersburg Express siya : Tbe death of this gallant young officer reaches ui through an official dispatch from Sheridan, pablijLied in the Northern journals of the 21st. He died on the morning of Friday, the 20 :b, from a wound in the bow els. . We are not surprised at thia melanc.ioly result, since physicians have always been of tbe opinion that not one iu a thousand similarly wound-d, ever recover?. Tbe loss of Gen. Rimseur will be severely felt. He has always sustained a high reputation in tbe army, and good officers can now be iily spared, after the loss of so many. Gen. Ramseur was a native of North Curohr.a, and possessed a thorough education, having graduated at West Point with distiuction. He bed net attained to his 30th year, but bad made for him If a name which will keep his memory fresh in tbe recollection of all who admire patriotism and gallant deeds. The fault flader to not wanting In fault
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