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It will be remembered that the yankee reports stated that they landed ^’15 men at Fort Clark on the evening of the first dM.y of t!ie bombardment This writer discredits the stateHient, and probably with rea son, for it is scarcely credible that they wouhl have landed so small a force Just at night, and then withdrawn all their ships out of supporting distance. It may be well here to remark what was not sufficiently borne in mind by those who made comments deprecialive or otherwise upon the conduct of the defence, that all our luiftrmation with rejrnrd to the Si'cond day’s bombard ment, as also to the number of nu.-n landed auFort ('lurk on the nig'nt of the first, was deriveil from i/anfue soura^. Acc.irding to the sajne authority, our most gloriou-i •victories were our grOatest disgraces, and Man.is-as even brought us but little gl-yy wiien wo whipped with difficulty one third our ■number. The Examiner writer saj's.— “Com. IJarron wag in Newborn, N. C., i^rganiiing his little force, when he received inlelligence of the threai- ened attack upon Hatteru-s, and immediately hastened thither. He arrived at ten in the evening of the fir-t day’s fight, when Fort Clark had been abandoned. Th»> garrison consisied of volunteer militia. sufTiciently brave, but wholly ignorant of the mauagement of urtillery. There was not one gun of heavy artillery, and a 10 inch columbiad lay upon the beach unprovided with a c;W- riage whereon to move it. Nuvertheless, in a spirit which does him honor, he accepted the proffered com mand and spent the night in prep'Mration. “One of the first subjects discussed w;is a night at tack upOl^ Fort Clark; but owing to' positive a^sertimi that it was in possession of 25()t> men, the idea waa a- bandon#d. The staten»em of the en&my as to the num ber of men landed, we know, from their memlaclty in other matterti, is not to be relied upon. “Under the terrible cannonade of the following day our shot could only reach the nearer and smaller ve« sels. whi*ch were so severely handled that they withdrew beyond range. .At the time of suirender the battery was untenable, there being imminent danger of the ex plosion of the tu^trazine, anil no shelter for the proicct ing force except in its immediate vicinity Lieut. Pea cock, taken in the prize steamer Fanny, told the writer that he w,“ut into the battery with (Jen. 1.5utler. atui n«» ver before had a proper conception of the devastating effects of sl.jt and shell, and that, short of insanity, thi' place could tioi longei' have been held The batteries at Hilton Head ami Bay Point were commanded by Gen. Drayton, and n?ver had been in i;harge of. nor were their garrison instructed by, naval otiicers. If liiey had, so many guns would not have been disabled from precipitani'y; if driven fjom them they would have been carefully gpikcror, with tueir m^gar.ines, bV.>wn up; and it is not improt)able, considering the admir.aole con struction of thv batteries.” Ke E.vlist.ment.—The Richmond Dispatch has along a]id forcible article on the probabili.ies of the present experienced-and well drilled army of volunteers renew ing their terms of service on the expiration of the year for which they volunteered. It lAakes a suggestion, which may be entitled to grave consideration, that Mc Clellan may be postponing his advance on the Potomac with the hope ai?d expectation that our volunteers will not coiuinue in the field after the expiration of their present term, and that their places, if fille-1 at all. will be filled by raw and inexperienced recruits, over whom his well drilled army, three or four times the number of ours, may hope for the victory which he is now afraid to contend for, though he now has perhaps dou bl» cur force The Dispatch fears that the rust of in action, and' the heartless and brutal neglect of some of the civil and military otticlals, has piit the cause of the i!outb in more peril, by preventing re-enlistments, than Hil the arn.*ed legions of the North. But it reminds th? volunteers that the time ;or submission and compro mise has forever gone, and that their enemies are pant ■ ing to bring desolation and defilement upon every South- ert. home. “Nevgr,” says Dr. Moore, as truly as eloq«ently. in his late Fast Day Sermon, “never since the terrible 'C«3es of LaVendee, under the ravaging hordes of Re publican France, has Ae olJ heathen war-cry V-f I’ffix, ■ wo! to the conqueredi) been more unmistakeably sound ed by an army of invaders Let this trBmendous cru sade become successful, either by mi«im.\nagpment in the .\rm}'”—or. we may add by the refusal of volun teers to ra-enlist—“or cowardice and greediness at home, and history furnishes no page ao dark anil bloody as that which would record the result, ('ur best and brave;>t men would be slaughterfd like bullocks in the •ihambles; our wives and daughters dishonored beff're our eyes: our cities sacked; our fields laid wa«te and homes pillaged and burned; our property, which we were perha;. s selfishly hoarding. wre«ted from us by fitiei' and •unfiscations; our broad lands parcelled out to insulting emigrants as a feudal reward for t lie rapine and murder of the new Norman conquest; whilst the owners of these lands n.'ust either remain as cowering facl.ors tor insolent conquerers and oppressive lords, or wander as penni less and homeless fugitives in a land of strangers." The Dispatch says, in conclu-'ion.— “In view of all thes,e solemn considerations, we it;- dignantly reject th^ idea that Southern volunteers will hesitate on the subject of re-en’isi ment one moment af ter they become apprisec] of the trick to which McClel lan l^oks for our destruci'ion. Their plac,“s cannot be supplied by •ihers; it will be impossible to manufacture such troops in a few months as (hose tried, experien ced, and v.kliant veterans—those heroes of Bethel, Bull Run, Mana-sas, Carnifak Ferry, Greenbrier river, Lepsburg, Alleghany, as well as others, who have been panting in vain to meet the enemy. more gr^at sacrifice for their country, and her inilependense i« se cure. their homes free and ha'ppy, and their own hearts irradiated to the end of time with a more satisfying glory than, that of the most brilUant battle-fieUl—the consciouoness of having done their duty.’' Moh La ft.—Our friend of the Charlotte Democrat a- vows himself “as much opposed to mob law as the Ob server, and as much in favor of strictly maintaining the laws of the State as any one, but not in cases like that tried at RuiKerfordton, if we [the Demo.crat] are cor rectly informed Abiiut it.” That is, the Democfrat is opposed to mob law, exce-pt in aases wht;re it is iu favor «f moVi law; and in favor &f maintaining the laws of the State, except when it is in favor of violating then.-. It adds, that it is “in fivor of backing up and supporting regularly appointed vigi lance committees-, composc-d of good prudent citizens ’’ But how are they to be “regularly appointed”'/ and who is to judge whether the citizens are “good and prudent'.'’’ Doubtless by the citiiens theinsdves, who will be ready enough to certify to their own goodness and pr;;dence Tiiere is n > other known source of appointment. The Dsmocrat admits that fhere is a law for punish ing incendiariep., “but getting the proof is a different matter,” Kxactly, for tfiat very reason t.he law and it!, officers ar.» invested with the exclusive right to punish, so that mobs p.hould not hang people vithoul proof. It will not do. If one clais of men assumes the right to band together tis a vigil.ance coirimittee and execute n."s)b law. othr.r ami worse clasaes will do the same, and who ahall gainsay them? Town Election —On Monday last, the former May or and CommissioniTs of "this town were re-elected with out opposition, viz; Maj. 4. McXiEAX, Mayor, f'orauiissioners of Ward N#. I. S. T. Hawley “ 2.-M. McKinnon. “ “ 3. 'K. L Pemberton. “ 4, R. M, Orrvll. “ “ 6. A. A. .McKethan. “ “ 6.. W*. McLauria. “ “ 7. W, Thkn and Now.—The Richmond Enquirer has col lected together, at great length, the braggadocio decla rations with whwh the capture of Mason and Slidell •j was hailed by the -Lincoln Administration; Congress, press, and people, and contrasted them with a few of the pitiful whines of the chop-fallen yankees when tlx demand came for restoration and 'apology- It com mences with the letter of the Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, to Capt Wilkes, in which he says,— “Especially do I congratulate you on the great pubUt sert'ice you have rendered in the capture of ll»e Con federate emissaries. Your conduct in seizing these public enemies was marked by inUlliyence, ahiUty, de ciniou and jlriiinesit, and UHy the emphatic approral of this dtparttnenf.’’ In Welles’s Report to Lincoln, Liid before Congress, he repeats all this: — “The pronipt wd decisive action of (?apt. Wilkes merited and received the cmphcelic approval of the dt-/iurl- nient, and if a (f>o generous forhearunce was exliibited bv liim in not capturing the vessel which hMl these reluil iMieniies on board, it niaj’, ill vieW’ of the special ^ir- cumsiHtices, svinl of its patriotic motives, be excused; but it must by no means be permitted lo- couatitutc a precedent tiereaftcr for tin- treatment of any c.ase of similar in fraction of neutral oftligrG'ions by forpi^n vessels engaged i-ti commerce or the carrying trad«.” Next, as soon as (,’ongress assembled, on the very first day, “.Mr. Lovejoy. of Illinois, offered a joint resolution tetnlering the thanks of Congrtss to ('a{,K, Wilkes/>/- //(.v ifrrrst of the Iraitor.ti Sliddil and Mason." 'I’his was adopted. .At Boston, Wilkes and Fairfax were feasted by the Governor, Mayor, and the leading citizens. (Jov An drew delivered a speech, iu whicii he said that Wilkes “bad performed the most illustrious service that had been rendered since the war bt-gau.’' Chief .)usti««e Bigelow pronouiiced the capture'as “being in exact and striat accordance with international law,” and added,— “Nothing could be more deplorable than a war with KnglantI; but he trusted that if il did come we were pre- {>artM,l to meet it like men. We needtnl peace with all nations, but wi» should never buy it at the cost if oui dtgradatton." Tlien’comes the press. The N. Y. Herald said.— ••The i^urrender of those notorious traitors. Mason | and Slidell, into the hands of Knglaud. is als duTi-hj (>m if the qurstion. It is ilitlicult to believe tliat Kngljuid will disgrice iieiself by a demand no uHtply impossihh if 'ulnUmt'ut as this, and, as an ultimatum, so exlrrmeli/ '2^tnsive.'' The N. V, VTorldsaid.— •■If iliat demand is mude t^) comprehend the suiren- der of Mason and Slidt.ll to British protection, it can Ih- met with nothing short *>f u pi’i'it hlanh rifu.-al: and, if England insists, the seiileuient n;iist be made at the i^nnon's moutii. If the British (J.nernmeut demands the restoration of Masou and Slidell to ihe shadow uf n British flag, tlmre must be an at'Sohiie refusal, let the consequences be what they may. Tliis nation can sul- mil to iio rufh },uinil^:i!f'n as snrreiiiiering her own citi zens, even tluugh they be rebels, to foreigu auflionty.' Tlie N. Times said, ••The Confederate »‘mi'-ii ie?- can ntver surrendtreii." The I'iiltimore .VmericaTi said,— '•The (> ivernment lias no nt'.ir ahirnn'n t than ad here to the position it has alreJidy ;issumed. In numer ous ways ti'overnmeni and peo{'le have lully end.irre i the act of ('aptain Wilkes, and the ver diet will pi>r..r !■« ru'frnd. altlioiii:*) all Europe, with Kiiglund at i(s heiul. demand ii. What may be done lo qualitv. or snfte.’i the matter, is yet to bt; seen, l*ut to tttler any humble apology, ot t Uj! the two ■ rai'nr.i who h.ave ilone so miicU to imperil u- ;it Il uh' and abroad, n d /, . .■ P’Ctfd: and if that is ihe only gomliiiun t.n which ilie na- tinii ran remain ai peace with Knglajid, why tiiv sooner we enlarge fur prepar itioii'^ for contlici the Iietier.” Similar furious warlike decl iraiioii' were ma le bv the Philadelphia Ledger, itie Philadelphia Press. Sena tor Hale, aud indeed the whole N 'rth. And all this now passes for m)thing. Mason nd Sli dell ha> ' /j surrendered, and that too upon a must im perious and in-ulting'lemand The I'niied St.aies, by ihe sliowing of its own lixeci’.tive. Legislature, press and people, is humiliated, degraded, driven from what it unanimously claimed to be it» eleir rights, by the infc)lent demaud ^f England! Its ^lory is depar'ed The world will set down the arrojrant. blustering, bul lying Yankees, a race nf cowards, whu have forgotten •lackson's policy to “ask nothing but. wh:M is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong. " riiE RKyt iKEo .-\i*()L>Hiv,—Tiie Hii h.'iiond Whig calls atteniion to the f,act. that Earl Russell demanded an ! apology for arresting and boarditig a British steamer, 1 and bearing otf her pa«s«ugers. Sewy^l makes t;c apology for this, but defends it all. His a'lniisfiion of 1 error is, in the failure of Capt. Wilkes to bring i.he Trent into port, liut this is a point not raided by Karl Uussell j at all. The gist of the British despatch is that pax-ien- | gers tnvelliiig under the I.’ritfYh flag shnll be held free i from mol«staiion. Thegistof Seward'si-espvsase is that j if those passengers happened to be "rebels.” they are [ subject to arrest, provi fe^.l ihe -hip on which they are •rravelling is also arrested and brought into port for ju dicial trial and coudemiuktion. Under this doctrine the offence of Capt, Wilkes migUt bs rejieated to-morrow. car« being ouly takea to aggravate it by seizing the British ship and flag, after outraging them. Sewai^i's concession, therefore, does not n.eet t'fie case, and will be as little satisfactory to the French as to the Knglish, for both governments have shown unmistakably tliat they will not tolerate either the late outrage or a repeli- FROM THE 31st REGIMENT N. C. V. for the observer. ^ RoANoK^d Island, .lan’y 3, 1862. Me.ssrs. Editors; No fight yet, though, like ev^r^- body else in fhe service, we are ‘in ilaily ex pedal ioii'?>f one. W'e have frequent rumors of an atfack upon our i.sland by the denizens of Ilaller^s and Fortress Monroe, and some of tfiem weiw the ijppearance of probability. At any rate we are rapiilly'advancing our preparations to receive the Yanks becomingly, and all w« have (o say is, “let ’em cotite” just as soon as they please, if ihcj' doii’t do So soon, we will go down and lake Hatleras, just to vary the monotony of camp life: To-morrow (ien Wise is to arrive here, and will. I learn, esiablisii his perumnWit hciidquajlers upon tiie islsnd. Wo? are all much pleased ai our sn-ap. (Jhivalric, gull-anl and bravi#—without being understood as denying the [los- session of these ijiiuHficaiions by his ;predea*ssor—we regard him as the man for us new, howey^r some of us may have differed with him in by-gone days. Health of the Regiment good, except in two ci>ttipfl- nies which had not gone lUrongh the, usual vnitiatori^ cercmoni/ of mea.'les prior to their nrrival here. Letters to p>rrsoim ihpI known to our Posimasier fre quently remain in the regimental jtosi office tor a toiiL; time, merely because fhe (\mpanii lo which ilie per^^Oii belongs is iKH meniiojied in I he direciion. Fovinslance. a leHer to one of the “() K. Itoys;'' should be directed thus: “A. B (\. ('o. li, lirg't, Roanoke l^dand. N (^ Via N>rfolk, Va.” Or in case of the letter /' the Companu not being known, the (’ap4ain's name siiould be menti«ned. Either will insure the prompi delivery of any mail matter. The Observer reaches me regularly, .about five days •'afier date, " when ihe Norfidk boat riins! When she don't run. we don't get anything, Wiih best wishes, yours, truly, (). K, Siidden J>eath.—t)n Frida)’ last. Dr, Peier M. Walker, long a resident of thi* town and county, from wh^.-h he lia^l but recently Hiovod to Mississippi, returned home, for he still fplt to fhis place as home, to attend to some business incident to the 1st of .January On Safnnlay he went some little distance into ihe country, and re turned. we think, (tn .Monday morning. .\t any rale he w»s in town on Monday, apfiarcnily in the snjoyment if porfect health, looking lietler, an his friends said, than he had done fur years. On Monday night lie felt unwell, chilly, but we do not suppose that lie npprelieud- ed any danger. But it would appear that ihu unfavor able symptoms increased, and by nine o'clock yesteril.ay forenoon, the congestive chill which proved the precur sor of iJi4ith. .and from which he never rallied, had set in, and he die«l ai five o'clock yesterday aflernoon. Dr Walker was well known h'tre—had so many friends who esttenied and loved hiir. h^^d b«en so re cently seen in the full enjoyment of health and vigor, was, in faci, such a splendid speuimen of mature man- liooil, in the very prime of life. I hat the announcement (fhis death fell with starihfig eff'wct u}>on the commu- nitj. but few ot wliotu knew thm he was even ‘•ick The blow will b« a heavy one to his family, who. we believe, are out iu Mississippi. Dr. \V:ilker wa-, a man of great perseverance and en ergy of characier, and of the sirii-iest integrity His dealt] will be felt as a great loss to the communiiy. both in his oM ;m,-l h»>m». ■Ml iliMi the «kil! of oiir most experienced physicinns could sngcest Was done, but, as the result shows, iu vain. Truly, in the midst ot life we are in death. Dr Walker was a luiiive of this ei'>unly,and was pro- liably ab iUt 14 or l-> year* ot age.— W ihn'n J iurmd, >"th. Dk\ths ok SdLoiwns,—^,\t (,’arolina City, on the “th lilt., of iy]>hoid f'ver. priv iteOrren 11 Smith, of I'o. F.. ”'’th Heg'r S. C. Troops, in the I'.nh year of hi5 age. •\t I'anip Greenbrier Bridge, Pocahontas I’o.. V.a , on the 'lih ot l»ec., of diptherea. .Mr Jas. C. H-iden, for merly of Davidson ('ounty. N I'., in ihe'Jlih year of his age. a volumee!- in ('apt. 11 efctonl's company "from Henry county, Va ,At \Mlmingtoii. R, Moore, a mendiei of the How ard ('avalry. of that place. ,\i Camp Mangiim, on the 1st Inst,. N. Wilkin>-’. a sol dier in (''apt. M"»,-ly'" Conq aiiv fvnm Duplin *'ouniy, ,U saiiie place i>n the fiih insi . Hatch Lanier, eldest 'Oil of r.. Lanier. Esq . a siddier in Caj'l. Mostdy's I'ompany from Ihtpliu County. P.\'l'RIt »T 1C CONTmBt'TI )N\s P.\rsSI’t>HT r'iKKICK, ) Richmond, Jan'y 7. l>^»i'J, )' 7'u iLt I'.'Utor 'ft!,' l^jra'Ttirtr: As your re|>"rter ha-; bt'en in the ?i.abit of j>reparinir f.^r publicativn iti tire Kxaniiner a weekly sfatemeut of c"nlribu'ions made bv the people to the .Army ^f 1 ndeiiendence, 1 am induced to send you an analytit^il summary of the amount te- ceived and forwarded during the last quarter of the year just expired. You will perceive that the Kum total, according lo the best nw ins aff'ordt'd for estima ting values, is .(iver H million and a half of dollars. ,\nd 1 think that at leiwt nine,?,y per cent, o!" the sum was wntribiited to the army ot th« P-.Homac. It w.as impos sible to aptiroxiniate the correct aniouut sent lo flu- uriuy of the Peninsula; the army at Norfolk was sup plied by agents who were not under the necessity of oij- laining pa-'sports in Richmond; and the army in West ern Virginia was similarly furnished, very few of the packages being s.ijit via Richmond. Of the !suj>plie- sent lo ihe army in .Missouri. Arkan-^as and Kentucky, 1 have no account whatever; but as the same patriotic devotion animates our people ev>rywhere, there can bu no doubi that an equal amount of cKiihing. stores, ,^c., have l^\‘en «ent to those troops. The whole amoujii ot ConiriTmtions. during the last three nu'nihs, could not have fallen short ot thre^- millions of dol1ar>i. The sub joined list conif rises Hlmost exclusively the donation- made to the army of the Pofoniac; North Ciiroliua, $:V2.^. 11 7 .Mabam*. 31 7.1.1 '0 Mississippi. 272.t'.70 Georgia, 24 4.8S5 South t'aroliiri. 187,2'If. Texas, 87, Si 10 Louisiana, ,t'.l.',t5t» N’irgiiii a. 4‘.l)7ii Teniirssee, 1 7,'MMI F'lorida. 2.351» .\rkari!*4S, 'i.'iit $(.515.8'.iS Si ccBssoRs TO Maso.n Ani> Si.iiikli,.—it was ieport- erl some weeks since that Messrs. Breckinridge and Hunter had sailed for Europe as successors to our ;ap- lured commissioners. The report was universally dis credited, but it 'seems to have been true at leasi ari to .Mr* Breckinridge. The Halifax (Nova Scotia) Exiuess of the LUh ult, says as quoted in late Noi'the-n papers; “.Mr. Breckinridge arrived here about a week ago, accompanied by another gentleman, and took passa^i^-e lliis morning in the Canada for Hiiglauil, It appears that tlie authorities in lloston were aware vf >h.* fact of Mr, Breckinridge being here, and the Attfifney (ieneral of Boston sent a notice to tiie captain of the (>'an;nla, j.'revious to his sailing from Boston, foibidd.iiig liim tak ing Breckinridge on board. We learn that (.'ajit. Muir very quietly replied that he was not siippijsed to know who his pas.iengers were; and he would like losee any passenger taken out of his ship, while under the pro- lection of the British flag. It is also st.ited that a simi lar notice was served on the Capt. of the Canada here; but we are infe.rined that no notice was taken of it, and .Mr. Breckinridge is now on board the steamship en rente for Europe.” >- Tiifc N Y, Hkrali) on thk Chaklesto.n Fikk.—This .■^atanie press was delighted to record the fire In Charles ton, and felicitated itself that the “treason .‘'hoj's” of the Courier and Mercury, aud the “Hibernian Hall, where the Secepsion Ordinance was passed,” were burned. Not only were jj.ll these unharnicd by the fire, but in a list of 78 public buildings, banks, ‘h>lels, and prominent mercantile houses, which it euumerates as fiaving been burned, only S were actually destroyed. Eight truths to seventy lies.' .About n fair proportion for the Herald, The Courier, from whicli w>S glean these fticts, says that there wouM have been a greater loss by the destniciion of llayne street (which the Her ald includes in its accCKint,) (han.by all the houses that were actuaUy destroyed. Hard Timks and their (.’ausk. — friend writing to us on busine!8 .from Richmond county, adds,— . •‘I really fear that people have lost all confidence in each other. Not a penny worth of crvdit can be given to any pe'rson, however solvetU he may be, Cagii is very scarse among us here, and would be scarcer had not your town and n»»ight>oring factories afforded a good market thus far for Cotton; but the rates charged for necessaries are so very high liiat they take away more than ibe income. Is not the unconstitutional It^gisla- (ive meddling and interfering with private, contracts the main cause of the present want of confidence and stag nation of almost al'l. transactions between mau and man?” We assure the Concord Flag that we had no idea of atiributiDjj to it any of the blafae of the “rich story,” written by a Cabarrus volunteer about the Uraiaaville baUl«. The Secretary of W^r a!low«il me to giant transiior tation foi the goods and the aeents accompanying them ] frivm this city lo the points of disiribiiiioii; fttid recently tilt? agents have been given Tran-'portation fnun ih'- camps back lo Richmond. I have jtreserred the natrw^ ofthe pat«uts and agents having in charge the soMiers' clothing; the ainoiin; lirought by each parly, and the designatii^¥i of the regi ment- th.'Sji rHieived them; a«d these details, altlwnigh prot)ably loo voluminous for the columns of a newspaper, may be of value for future reference, and of some int‘e rest to the historian ■\n opporlnniLy has niso been affordeil lo see a peopt*' — inielligeni, brave, iimi virtuous—eng+tg(d wiih [x-r- fect unanin.ily in the noble work of fret ing iheinstdve' from oommercial ihraklom and the political contamina- lions of the .North—a loyal peojde, a race of gpntlemert. to preside ovor whom is an honor of which the grp.atest ami best men in tln^ wwrld shoiiM be prgiid; and. pos sessing eight hun lred I honsand sqiiarf' miles of territory, with “Girt* ,'M> ofii nativk i.\,m)” itjscribed on fheii battle flags, all the despots of the parth may strive in vain to pubjugatp them. I am, sir, \c , .7, I> .lONES. Cotton. — Late aco-.iunt-- from Liverpool ..tale (hat the stock 4if celts'll on hand on the 1 kh of December was ^'.•T.tMM) bales. Jt is eslimateil, in intelligent quarters, that ihe sta;k in England, wfth what was in the hands of spinners, would not be entirf’ly absorbed by the first of \Ia3’ nest. If Uiis Ve so, i:. is not likely that “iho cotton famine’^’ will be felt much before .April. rr'imoted.—Col Edward .fohnson. of .Alleghany .Moun tain fame. Ins been promoted to Brigadiei (ieneral, and C-apt. .latnes Deshler promoted lo Colonel of the I'Jih Georgia, in place of (Jen. .Johnson, promoted. It j,« slated that insleul of the loss by the late burji ing of ordnance supplies ii) Nashville. Tennessee, reach ing two milliyns of dollars, as reporleil. it :*ill not ex ceed. at an exirwagant estimate, five huiiilriE'd thou sand dollars. — Ri^imond Ezamimr. A\ Offknsivk Movkmf.nt.—The British governmont commencing fortifical ions to command the city .of De troit, in Michigan, must be an act of the (leepest offence lo the United Stales Gen. Cass, wljo lives there, and who never had any love for Ihe English since they took him prisoner in Ihe war of 1812, must be especially in dignant. I'or tli‘ Mtate C'oiiveiitioiji. WE are authorized to announce- W.M. McL. .McKAY as a Cantiidale to repre^eiU the ('ounties .of ('am- berland :wid Harnett in the Stale (Convention, in place of the Hon, Warren Winslow, resigtieil, Jan. n. 89-tE . At the request of many citizenftr Col. MfL McDuffie has consented to present himself-to the ^vot^s of Cumberland afld Haniett Counties, as a cundidafe for a Seat in the State- Convention* mitde vacant by iije resig nation of Hoq. Warrea Wiaglow, VOTERS. Jatj’y 8. 88-ie LATEST WAR NEWS. The Upper Potomac.—Richmond, Jan, 8,—Tb« heavy eumors of the past few days have rapidly aubsided, since it has become known th-jt there has been no de cisive battle at or near Ihe town of Bath, in Morgan county, and none whatever Bath county. TheR? has toieen vigorous skirnjishing in Morgan county within a. few days past, but with no important result on eithor side. On FriiMy evening last,*:/ companies, were sent forward to a point near the town of Bath and met a small body of the enemy. Mr Wm. Exall, of this city, was mortally wounded, and Lieut. Jas. Paine received a severe wound iu the neck. No further casualties are reported on our side. Twelve Vankee^were takeu pri soners and it is- jirobable that some were killed. We have not received any definite intelligence in regard to Oliver skirmishes, though from the fact Gen. Jackson’s brigade occupies the neighborhi»od of the town of l^th, and that no Ftiderals are on ihi^ side of the Potomac at that point, we inf'^ that we have got thi. best of it so far. The recent capt urea of prisoners, vpe are re liably infornu'd, amount to tfiirty. — Dispatch. U'ar 1'umor.t.—There was any quantity and jumble of reports yesterday in relation to a reported engag*'- ttieut between General Jackson'fi; commafid and the ene,- my iu I Up vicinity x>f Romney. .After a cireful analysis ot these reports, the riiost intelligent and reliable slate- i«,ent of facts which we have been able to derive from them amount to little mure than accounts of skirmish ing on the extreme litP.'s of our advance. Tlie War l)epartmeA>t has received ivo dispatches what ever of any engagement in the vicinity of Romuey Some infnrmaiion, however, has reacheil H through private souroes, which are considered not unreliable, tbe pointsuf which are that the rej»orie5l capture of fivehundreil Yankees at or near Bath or Berkeley S{>rings i-s false; but ih;>t, on the contrary, ihe enemy there, on the approach of our extreme advanco, had taken re fuge by crossing ihe river The report ir= btdieved to be reliable that General •lackson's comniaud had succeeded in destroying a dam on I he ('hesapeake and Ohio canal, beyoml Hancock, so as cut off' i:ie enemy’s communication with the west. Gtnieral Jackson’s column is composed of seventeen regiments, anti is no doubt jmshing its way to Romney with success; but the reports referred lo of any serious ‘.’iigagement. as yet, are probably premature. Richmond Kxavuner, ^th. Jnti resting from Western Virginia —LyxciiiiL uc, Jan. 7.— riie Republican of this city will iiublisii a letter to morrow, daied at (’amp .Alleghany, •'iih instant, in which it ifi stated I hat some excitement prevailed there during the last four or five days, in consequence of a icpori that the Yankees, about ten thousand strong, from the direction of (’'amp R.u'low. were expected to make an uHack on Camp .Mleghany. (’olonels (Jordon and Scott's regimenit. were promptly ordered to Vlle- ghany; bul, upon reconuoissance being made, the ene my were lound (o have gone in the direction of Hun tersville, where there was a large quantity of our pro- visious. ammunition, \c. Gordon and Scott's regiments were then ordereil back tti (Jrab Bvfiom atid .M'jiiierey, wtiere they arrived on Saturday night. This exciieuient had hardly subsidt'd when a courier from Monterey reported that the enemy, with 8,0tX» iroops, hail gone to Huulersvi!le and taken possession ■ four stores, and it was believed that the}’ intended to Ci'ine iu our rear and take po-ses>ion of .Monterey, where .a l.arge quantity of provisions were stored, aud by such means cut «ff our Mipplie* General .Iidinson has sent out scouts who will rcjiort to night; an.I if the rejiorts be true, our pigmy force hen* will fall b.ack to Staunton It is not sufiicient to contend witii 'JO ur SU,i.MW Federals wiili any hope of suc cess. If, liowevtfr. they do not cut off our supplies, and ■iiltvck us here, we will give them a very warm recep tion,— /ichfri"Kil Kxiiitiiner, ^ih. h'ff nreof Lfie Western Frvnti> r. — Riciimo.m>. Jan. S. — In a Iduion to oilier iroops. ttie War Depaiimcni has ordennl back one of the Regiments of (.Jen. Floyd's ciunmiind that had departed for Kentucky lo the re- ■ri'iii oi country threatwied by the enemy. A cavalry regiment ii»j been ordored to ih»‘ same [loint. Xeirtfrom ihe t'n'ist. — .\ccounts t rom I he Coast brouglit by passengers, represent all quiet in tiie ititleri’ni camps, Tfiere were two blockiiding vessels off' thifi port yes terday. one a sailing bark aud the other a steam trig- ■ lie,—Vharl'ston Courkr, Ith. .\ifurs in Mi'souri. — MLMfitis, Jan. 7,—Gen. Price is reporied to be at Springfield, .Missouri, with D.l.tKjO men .Military liiovemenis .are in i»p«raiion wliich will, ioubiless. soon clean out the Federals tfom Northcra Missouri. . The Vtdtral Fltt'f off Sew f'irlean.'. — HA.'tOsiiOKo', ^below New Or'.oans,) .pin. 7.—No additional ve,s>e5s liave iH-en added to the Federal fleet iu the sound. They seem to be doing but little. The firing and oonst.eruaiion which resulte'l on the oril instant is reported to have been from one of the shots having seri^iusly injured French veswl off Ship island. From h'l-ntuch/. — Nashvili.f, Ten3i,,'Jan 7.—-A gen- tlemrin direct, from Lcruisville, says that the Federal ar my b.Mween l.oui!»ville and Rjiwling Green amoiuits to tine hundred thousand mon. about twenty-five thoiisand of whotn are unfit for duly,—the larger portion in con sequence of sickness. The Federals ar»=- pushing forward the work on Green river bridge, which will be Ci;»inpleted in a few d lys. when a probable movement will be made tow>irds Bow ling Green. ■V gentleman who has just arrived here from Padu cah. s;*ys it is reporteil that the Federals intend con centrating a force of 1IM«.»mm) men at that place. It is reported here this evenii.g tlml Ihe Federals arc crossing lireen river ir considerable force. Xr rth’’rn and Foreign If'ms from fhe II-raid of the Ath nsf.—The Pari* corresponden.1 &f the New \'ork Her ald, dated fhe iMli ult . says th;U the Soiit-heru Com missioners are working actively against the North, and with inweasing success. Only one journal in Paris (the Opiuionif Naiionale) is friendly to ttie North, When the .Asia moved out from her whurf for New York, the bauds were playing “Dixie,” thus showing a strong Soulhern feeling. ^ Sales of oO** baWiH of Cotton were made in New York on the ;ld cnsi. The closing {irices were and -'17 cts, —middling upland comiaanding the outside figure. The Legisi.itlire Qf Massachusetts convened at P.os- loii on the ^^Id insr. The Governor's messace saj’s that tiie expenses of the wur lo iha»-Siaie, so far, have hoeti nearly Mass ichiiseii j haf furnistied twen ty-nine regiments of infantry, 'ix 'naileries of artillery, 1 wo companit's ot sharpshooters, and five ritle battalions. Gov, .Vndrews says M the close of hi;i message that • t!>v great rebellion mu;,t be put down and it.s promo ters ciushed beneath ihe ruins of (heir own ambiiiou. The gj-eatcsi crime of liisiory tnust receive a doom so ,^«ift ami s'lire lliat the eneniies of popular gov(H'iiment sh.all stand in awe while they conlempl.ale the elaMic energy arid coiicentraiive potver of ihedemocraiic insii. I mions of a tree ()eop!e,” (huxh f>>r thv — Vostorday one ol’ our city wliitrves pRVsettteil (|uitc an active soene, in coiisetjiu'iice of a fine disphiy ol‘ inerchatulizc which erowded the surrotinditiii space uihI which was beintr (Hscharired I’roiii u VP.s.sol lately troiii t’orci^ii parts. The cai'”;o consi.stol of Knt;lish ]{hinkets, federatc (jrcy (Moths, Hardware in casks^ ('orti'c, .^oap. Candles, ('odlish. Spool Cotton, i-^ii'rlisb. 1‘aper and Knvelopes, Butter, Arrowroot, CUf'cse, tiiniMis, Hosiery, l»iittons. Needles. Sjtrtnish Se- ;,^ars, and various other articles of j^reat value at this time.— ('Imrlaiton ('nurier., Itk iitsf. Ittcr/ii/iarifa Si lit South.—Informatfon wis re- eeiveJ hi>re several weeks ajro, hy the governnient, from reli;iLle p;irties, friends ol the (\)iifederaoy in I’hiladelfihia, tliat :ih oriraiiization had been perlected there 1>y pinirs of dcsperaJrics, in the pay of tlH^ Jiincoln (iDveriiment, ehar;;od v.nth iIk* duty of pen«tr:itin£j into the South hy ine usual lueutis and npplianccs used by Vankces, and when there of burning all r:iilroad bridj^s tkicmed useful in the convcysince of troops atid the transportation of munitii>ns of war. All su.s- picious chaiacters should be watched, and es pecially in times iike these should an efficient guard bo placed^n the vicinity of every Soutli- ^n railroad bridgew The g^yernnient niaj' hiive taken the pi-oper steps for aught we know to the contrary.—Richmoni Exa mitier. tL a Cannon can be heard at a great distance. The guns at Pensacola were heard by negroes 130: miles distant, who called the attentiort erf tPreir masters to the sound. The firing of cannon at Port Ro^'al was heard at Jacksonville, Florida, a distance of 200 miles on an air line. __ __® The history of the pending war will be derived by a coming historian from newspapers. All tea- sociationa or individuals that have opportunities should preserve 61e«, Death oj a Memhe.r Congrets—Hon. John HemphHl, of Te;xa^s a anember of tb:^ Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, died at the Ballard House in this city, »3ii Saturday morning last, of typhoid pneumonia. Judge Hemphill was formerly a member of the U. S. Senate. Richmond Distpatrh, i\th. A Monti Ihfeat.—The-Louisville Couriei' aptly says the Yankees huve sufl'ered their second grand defeat since tbey commenced the war. The first was the defeat of theit' arms at Manassas, and thy second the defeat of their plans against Mason and Slidell. The forme-r was a phy.sical defeat whife the latter was a moral defeat. Each wa.s iiignal and complete, and both were overwhelming. The moral defeat is not at all Itas important or significant tlian the other, while the damage may be greater and more difficult to be tijpaired. A defeat of arms may be retrieved;, bat a moral defeat, with its disgrace and infamy, can only be wiped out by long years of trial, probation and good behaviour A Xoiahlf War ('fiih.—At the recent battle at Alleghany mountains, where t.uir forces, under Colonel Edward Johnson, so gtillanlly and heroi cally whi[)ped several titiK*s their own number of Vankee desperadoes, the commanding officer, in tlie confusioti incident to the occasion, lost his sword. Its place w'as very well supplied by an immon-se war club improvised for the occasion by thp Colonel. It was composed of a crooked root, of a red oak tree and very heavy. It has been sent to the State Library, where it can be inspect ed by the curious in such matters. Judging from the weight of the club, we should imagine that it took a considerabltf exercise of .strength to wield it in the trld-fashioned ami eftective manner with which it was reputed to have been used. A tap on the side of a Yankee sconce, with such an instrument, would prove a “settler" for all time. Kichiuotid Examiner. Eionomj/ iu Itiiofa.—Ectuiomy in boots and shoes is very desirable at the pre.sent high nitcs of leather. To make them wear as long as pos sible, therefore, should be the aim of ','ach and every person. IJy making the following ajiplica- tion to them, one pair can be made to last as long as three pairs ordinarily. It will not only pre serve the leather, but will keej) the feet free from wet. Put a pound of tallow and a hnlf pound of rosin into a pot on the fire, and, when melted and mixed, warm the boots and apply the hot mixture with a painter’s brush until neither the sidi’ t^r the uji]»er leathtTs will receive any more. If it is desirable that the boots should take polish, •dissolve an ounce ot beeswax with an ounce of turpentine, to which add a teaspoonl'ul of lamp black. A day or two afcer the boots have been treated with the tallow and rosin, nib ovor tiieiu the wax and turpentine, but nut before the tire. 'I’allow or any other grea,se becomes rancid aud rots the stitching, as well as the leather, but the rosin giVes it an antisepic ijuality which preserves the whole, lioots or shuv.s should be so large as to admit of wearing in them cork soles—cork is a b:td conductor of heat. A K K I E I). In Kiclimond county, on the llifh December, by 1. I’.ostick, K-q,, .Mr .-STilKLS COLK, ot .Moore cognty. 10 Miss M.\KG.\lii;'P .MtKAV, daughU'r of Mr. Joha McKay, of Kiclimond, In Robeson liouuJy, on the 'Jd insl.. by Uev. Daniel .Johnson. NKILL SMITH. Ks.j . to Miss UK»Kri!A J.\NK (_’iir>l>. both of Kobeson couwty. N. I'losbyiertnn please copy. In .Moore t'ounfy. on the litith Dec., by ThiVstias Hol lins. Hs-i . Mr. JKKKV l!.\HnKK Jr., to Aliss ELIZ.A- IJK l'll I’.AUUISH, daughter of Hlake Pai-rish, t>sq At the rcsidu-nee of Ool. Carey \V. Styles, iu Wara Oount}’, Ga., o.n the ‘JtVth of December, bj’ the Kev. Jno. II, Caldwell, c*f Savannah, Mr. THttS II. STAFFORD, of .Vugusta, to .Miss AL*LLAIDF. E\’.\NS, of Feruandl- na. Fla., daughtur of tUe late John Kvans, of N- DIED, .\t the residence of her tincle. Hev. J. J. I’railver. on lla\mount, ne.ar Fayetteville, on the L’fith ult., M.\KV K IMIRTKR. lijjed U years ai.d thrw month*. In Mon^gome^'y V-, 'ii ?die I'^hh of Dec., at Kwin^ .'springs, ,M,\RV iJKL EWING, wife of I'homas Ewing, years of age. T,b.e deceased proftissei religion in early life au'l was a cwisisteut member of the I'resby- terian Church. ’ Departed this life, in Richmond Co.. N*. C., L>ec. '.Hh, ?S'il. .Mr .VNGUS Ms^D(>N.\LD. a n:nive ot’ tl; • Isle of Sky. Scotland, aged years. Departed thi'/s life in ih* same neigliborhood, on the morniug of Jan. ;Jd, IbW. .Mrs. .M.\14Y ST.\LKEtl, a native of .\i g^ lesliire, Scotland, and relict of .Mr. Dun can Stalker, in me '■•1st y\iar of he;* age. JJoth of these persons were members of Laurel Mill Church, and sus tained unblemished ctiaraciers, A FRVEND. In .Aslie\ilie. on the liiilh uli.. .lAMES . l’,A l'T)N. E.'Sq. after a lon^ and protracted illK-yfe*. He was okc of the oldest and best citiK'ns of .\sheville. FAYETTKVILLK MAKKET.—Jan. 9. I¥olice to rates. The Mtigistrates of Cumberland County are requestei to attend at th* Court House in Fayetteville, oa JPriday the 17fh of this inonfh, at 11 o’clock, A. M., for the transaction of public business. DA\ ID McNElLL, Chm’n. Jan’y 7, 18fi‘2. 8y Un Cap a lift Letter Paper. H.WING sold out our stock of writing papers at old price.s, w« have lately obtained a small supply, at very high prices, which we desirV to sell for cash only. JiU'y 7 E J. HALE & SONS. FOR HIRi:. A GOOD VOOK AND WASHERWOMAN. Apply to A 0. W. L GOLDSTON. Jan’y 7. 8«:3t 10 rOR SALE. BALKS GUNNY BAGGING. * 15 Hhds. New Oi*leans Sugars/awortad.) 5 ii'oxeg Cuba, HaTana Ditto. l'> Ubls. Crushed, Powdered and Cut Loaf Ditt*. 10 Bbls, Ntw Orleanti Molasses. By • AUG. W. STEEL. Jan’y 8, 18t5‘2, 88-i‘2w Slate ol !¥ortli Carolina, CUMBERL.\ND COUNTY, Co(iri of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Dec, Term, 18tU Sarah Denning vs. .loseph Lee and wife Elizabeth, Jo- sialrDenidng, Young T. Denning, lUidd W. Denning, George H. I)enning, ClarenJon Denning, Sebartas 1*. Denning, Selia. Napoleon and James F. Denning, H«irs-at Law of'i'homas Denning, Petition for Dow*r, IT appearing fo the satisfaction of tb« Court, that Josiah Denning and Young T Detining. two of fhe Defendants in th.is case, reside beyond the limits *of the State, so that ihe ordinary process cannot be served on fhMn: Il is therefore or-lered that publication be made in the Fayetleville Observer for six weeks, for said De- femlants to be and appear af our nexl Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the County of Cum berland. at the Court House in Fayetteville, on the first Monilay of Match, A. D. 18G2, and then and there plead, answer cr demur to said Petition, or a decree pro coiifesso will be rendered and a writ of Dower issued. Witness, Jesse T. Warden, Clerk of our said Court, the first Monday of December, A. D. 18fU. * 8i» Gw] ‘ J. T WARDEN,-Clerk, State ot ]\'ortli Carolina, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Court of Pleas and'Quarter Sessions, Dec. Terra, 1801. Ambros Overbaugh vs. Giles Overbaugh. Attachm'eut and Levy on Real Estate, (yondilional Judgaient. IT appearing fo the satisfaction of the Court, that the Defendant in thi? case, Giles Overbaugh, resides be- yoltd th« l&nits of the State, so that the ordinary pro cess of the L-aw cannot be served on him: It is therefore onlered that publication, be made in the Fayetteville Ob^^rvcr for six weeks, for the said G'iles Overbaugh to be aud appear at our next Court of Pleas and (juarter a3e#.«ions to be held for the County of Cumberland, at the Court House in Fayetteville, ou the first Monday of March, A. ]>. 180'2, and then and there plead, answer 1 or demur to said Attachment, or the Conditional Judg- met^,will be made-Hbsolute, and the property levied #n oomlemuad to satisjfy the Plaintiff’s claim with costs. Witness, Jcsst-T. Warden. Clerk of our said Court, at Office in Fnvptieville, the first Monday of December, I A. D: IStil. ' I [Hy-i;w] J.- T. WARDEN, Clerk. i^tate 4>t iVortli Carolina, CU.MBERLAND COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. December Terra, 18fil, .JoscpJi L« and wife Elizabeth, Budd W Denning, George H, Denjiing. Claroudon Denning, Sebartas P. Denning, Selia Denning, Napoleon Denning, and .lamed F, Denning, by the.ir next friend Sarah Den ning, against Josiah Denning and Young T Denning, p. tition for Partition. * IT appearing to ti?e satisfaction of the Court, that the Defendants in this oase, Jusiab Denning and Yotiug T. Denning, reside beyond the limits of the Slate so that the ordinary proccs.s cannot be served on them: It is therefore ordered that publication be made in the Fay etteville Observer for six weeks for said Defendants fo be and appear at tiur next Court of I’leas i^nd Quarter Sesnvuiis to be held ‘or the County of Cumberland, at the Court House in Fayetteville, on the first Monday of ■March, A. D. 18(^2, and then and there plead, answer or deruur lo said Petiliun, or a decree pro confesso will be rendered and partition had as prayed for. Witness, Je.sse T. Warden, Clerk of our said Court, at Oflice in Fayetteville, the first Monday of Decsmber, A. D iht;i. J. T. WARDEN, Clerk. REVIEW OF THE MARKET heef—On the hoof, ti; by retail. 5 to 7. Ufes-ivax 20 CIS. C.indles—Fay'CitcVille mould 2o to Sti. t’oru—Soils re.adi!y at yo. l’easV*H to lOO. t'oiion—LiH'ge receipts (o-day; gooil commands !• '1~> to '.(■ ')tt. Coitoii r>a;rjing—.Sij to :!:-5 cis. Floyr—Is C'liiiitig ’in pretiy Ireely: seliiis-r ai 2'» ti j'lO ;.ir famii^, 'Jo cents tiuder lor ilie otifier grades. Hides — Dry 2tt to 22; green t> lo lit. Iron—.Swedes 1> to 12; American 8 to y, .Molasses—Very little on hand., retailing at 7-j. Nalls—l;i’)0 to S'1 t per Keg. Shot—None. (lats 50 to ()U; Rye 1 To to 2 (Mj. Pork—Finds ijuuk sales in any ijnjamiiy at 12A. S ill—The iwily supfdy ou iiatid is that f'lom liie Sound: j-ells readily ill .^s^o Si'.t per lilishel. Bpirius—I’eaidi Br-;indy, 2 5H; N. C. .-Vpide, #'2; N. C ''vliiskey, i'l to .^1 ot). Siig.irs—Have declined; commou browu by the Hhl. It) to 11’ belter grailtti. 1 •'> to 18. Siieetings—:’> 4. 15 cts ; 4 1. I'i to 18 oi.s. Yarns—Nos. 5 to 10. 27 cts ; 7 to 1(», 28; 8 lo U), 80. Spirits Turpentine—2l cents. Tallow—22 to 25. Wool—Unvvashc'i. 30 to 41). Corrected by Pk.mbkkto.n \ -Si,o.\n. W ILMlNG l'ON MARKET—Jau'y 8. Beef on ho"! 7.1 to i*. F'Ceswix 20 lo 22 Batii'ii, hog I nind 18 to 20. I.otter 40 to Candles, 'I'atiow 2^ 10 ot>. .Vdamaiiline liO. t.’orn .Meal 80 to Fiour la irkel almost liail'; selling from store at ;511 to ;^12. Corn 70 to 75. Peas S-'i lo ‘.Ml. Oats liO. Lard ]•'•' to 20. Molasses 7t» to 7-f), Itish Potatoes .'?2. Pork 12 to I2A. Rice 4 lo 4,V Sugar, yellow 14 to 15, while It) to 17, Salt ^1. Tallow 15 to Iti, Wlw'skey 1 tiO. At Petery-burg. Cotton *.'J to 'JJ. Corn t'i5. Salt 5s22.', to 2'28, Hye 1 75. Wheat ami Flour in deinniid, but no iuotaiions. ,\t Richmond, Flour (1 75 to ?8. Molasses'.i5 to SI. Salt 3'o5 for Liverpool. Wheat, prime .at 1 20 to 1 Twenty-live iVleii Wanted I^OR a Company of LIGHT ARTILLERY in th# Provisional Army of the tJonfederate Stales. Th* lerui of service, during the war. The Company will go rnto camp .at Uichmond in eight or ten weeks and into actual service late in the Spring. Pay jfl2 per month, anil a bounty of #50 when sworn into service. Any one desirous of entering the service can find m« at the Court Hous'e, or in my abseuc* Mr, John W. Baker, Jr,. will a«t for ma, OHO. B. BAKER. l>oc. y, 18«1. 81tf A:\ORDr\AiVCE To authorize the raising of a BaMalion of six Companies or Regiment of Troops for twelve months. I)pE it ordained by this Convention, and it is hereby O ordained by the authority of the same. That the (joveriior is auihoriZ'‘d to receive into ihe service a Bat talion 61' infantry, to consist of six companies, for I'i months, or a I’.egiment of ten companies, to V>e composed of voluntee's who belonged to the First Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers, (the Lafayeite Light Infantry ai d the Independent Light Intaniry c.f the town of Fay* eueville inciiided.) and such others as may enrol them- $elvt-s wiiii ihein. Be il furtiiev orilaineil. Th u the said companies shall have the riuhl to elect their ( omniissiQiietl (/fficers, and i!ie Batiiijioii sliali have, the right lo elect a Lieutenant t.’olonel and a UaJ.ir, and a Colonel it a llegiment b« Corme-.i: s.iid officers of Companies and of the lirtllalion tr Regiment to be chosen iu accordance with the law now ill forcc^ providing'for the election of Otfioers by Ilie twelve ooiTilhs' volunlet rs, Providi'd further, Ttiat liie s.'ii'l Battalion or Regiment sh;jll be tiansferrod wiihill convenient time i.o. and accepted by, ihe Govern- inent of the Confederate Stales. URIt'K^ FOR N.ll.K). well burnt BKlCKS for sale, E, W. BARGE. Jail. 7, I8til. ' (50,000 HOi Kii: i'4»K Ki:.\ r. ACO.MMODIOUS and convenient Dwelling House on North Street, having a good Garden, a Spring bn the lot, and all necessary out-houses. E. W. BARtJE. Jan, 7, 18*)2. -89-21 TO RKHT. " ^piIE DWELLING HOUSE on the corner of Dick and X .Mumlord Streets, the property, o.f iames Jenkins. Jig.j. Apply to J. H. ANDEH.SON. Jan. ti. 89-1 f AVOi\ L. Forwardiu^'4 Commissio.n Merchaot 'Ijl^ILL give quick despatch to goodsco signed t/) im Yf Panictxlar attention given to all prod’;ce sent him for sale. Consignments of Naval Stores, tor e or ahipment, i^oUoited. WifcxisaTOK, Jao’y 19,1862, dSil; THE FIRST BATTALION -C. VOI.l \T(t:i:R». ftOj^Thc al^rove Ordinance having broii passed by the .State Convention on the 12'h inst , a rare chance is now ;.tl'cr*tJ to iho.se who wish ij) enter iheir coi.ntry’s ser vice. .As it i.s*probable that the State will finally want the services of the wli'ile .Miliii'i of the State, it will be better ^'or (hose who can, to jotu this Ibittalion, so that proper jnep-wraiKji can be iiMde for comfort before en tering the fiv’lil for active duty. 'I'liose wishing lo ( nrol ti eir names can call at ihe Store of -V. .M. Johnson, Military ;-iorekeeper. on,e door East of G Brandt's; I hose fiom a disi.aiice can addres.o me, for ftiiihfr iu- formnrfion, j>cr mail. F. N ROBERTS. Dec'r i:», .'Siil. 8'5 • riv. N. TILLfN(;ilAW~ -OKFIIKS FOR SALF— '’ a gooil rtssoi iment ot u I. s » Ml r:. ALSO, I>oz. Knives and Forks 7;) “ Pocket Kniv^.s. . Spooiis of various kinds. Silver I’latW. Ware. Selt-Sealin; Tin Cans. Glass Fruit .Bottles and Jars; Looking tllasses: P.nper Hangings: Stone-ware; Wood-ware; Ti:i-w.are: iirushes; Baskets; Castings; Bell Metal; Brass and Porcelaine Lined Kettles; Tin Liueil Tea Kellies and Saucepans; Floor Oil Cloths; Canton anj Cocoa Mattings; Platform and Counter Scales: Wheat Riddles; Water-proof and Common,Safety Fu5e; 5 Coils Hemp I’acking Yarn for steam Enginps- and a variety of House furnif^Siing Hard ware, AT THE CROCKKRV STORli. Aug'. 7. ' . ■ * 4l'.-iif E, MUBRAT. D R- MURCHISON. J. T. MURRAY. •. B. MURRAY. & CO., AND NORTH WATER STltEET, • ' n^lmington, V. Particular atteation given to »al« or shipment of Cotton and Naval Stor«0,
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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