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Flojd made his es- | Congress.—In the Senate, on Wednesday, nothing of cape from Fort Donelson just before its surrender, and | the least interest occurred in open session, his escape was made the text of much glorification of j On Thursday, a bill was passed fixing thecompensa- his qualities as a General by the Examiner and other , tion of members of Congress at $3,000 per annum and papers which make a regular business of puffing him. mileage at the rate of 20 cents per mile. For each day A sentence in Gen. Pillow’s report is made the occasion 1 of absence without leave there is a deduction of the a- of new laudations of this Virginia hero, and new depre- mount of a day’s pay. The pay is the same as in the ciations of Gen. Buckner. (len. Floyd (says Gen. Pil- j U. S, Congress. The Sec’y of the Senate is to receive low) -refused to surrender his command, and refused | S2,.'iOO, his Assistant g;2,00rt, two clerks each fl,GOO, Sergeant at Anns $‘2,000, Doorkeeper $1,500, Assistant 5^1,1200 per annum. to surrender himself a prisoner.’’ Now what are the f:icis? The reader of Pillow’s report will find that Gen. Floyl wns chief in coinmand. Oen. Pillow next, Oen. lUickncr third. Those three agreed in council to sur render the place. Thereupon, the two former pul ou heroics and decHned to surretider lhemselves. So Floyd piissrd the command to Pillow; Pillow immediately fol lowed suit by slnitlling if on to Hnckner: anI the latter was burned by the enemy. Magrudor was to at- not only became a prisoner but is made the scapegoat tack Newport? News in the rear on Stuiday morn- ing and the Merrimac to attack it in front.” ^\ e may add, that the dispatch was fully credit ed in Haloi;h, and was confirmed by the passoti- uers who arrived from Weldon in the afternoon train. Further we have a letter from a friend wlio was at Weldon on Saturday last t!ie Sth, inloriniti: us, on the authority of an Army officer, that such an attack was arranged for i-'riday, but the rain pre- of his superior officers. ^'e know nothing of Buckner except that he is an old armj’ officer of reputniion, and enjoyed the coiiti dence of the troops at Donelson in a greater degree than pit her Floyd or I’jllow. The surrender of I lie army, it seems to us, was indefonoible. But it is not fair to make a hero of Floj’d ami a cowanl of his subordinate. Gkxkrm.s Bi I'K.NKR AND TiLuii.MAX.—Late Northern piiper> give accounts of the ]>as."i;i2e of the.se Genera’s through several towns in .New York on their way to Fort W.'irren. Great crowds assombU'd at each place vented; and tlie officer had no doubt it wonKl be j throngl) which ilie jirisouers p js.seJ to gaze or groan at j blockiyle In the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, there was a long debate on the bills providing for the de struction of cotton, tobacco, naval stores, &c., likely to fall into (he hands of the CTiemj’. No deeisioti was reached. On Thursflaj', nothing of interest in open session ex cept the almost unnnimous paftsage of a bill providing for destruction of cotton &c., which will be found else where. In the House, Friday, a bill was introduced to purge the military service of all ignorant and inefficient officers. Mr. Foote presented a bili authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to pm chase cotton and tobacco, paying one-fourth of their value in Coiif»derate notes, and the balance in twenty years’ eight per cent, bonds Also that the cotton and tobacco heretofore burnt be paid for in eight per cent, bonils. \ bill was introduced authorizing an export duly of seven cents per pound on cotton, the growth of the present year, and a similar duty of cents on to- hncco; both duties to cease upon the raising of the done ou Saturday. The attack by Magruder was to bo made in case the two vankeo frigates were caj)tured or disabled. A great tight is suppo>ed to be impending at Suffolk. them. At Butlalo, the Herald's correspondent says;— “.A person who was in the room on otficial business with Colonel Cutts conversed with the bitter person treely, and as he was about to leave remarked to (Jen. Buckner. “1 hope to see you again. General;” to which Gen. B. replied in a gru‘1' wa^’, ‘'Yes. 1 suppose so — on the gallows.’' “Gen Buckner is exceedingly severe in hi^ deniinc'a- IIIE i>ATTi,K 01 UO VNOKK IsLANK —We copy to-day tions of (?en. Floyd, and calls him a cowardly poltroon, the most interesting and bt-si written account yet pub- thief, and every other bal name that he c>jn think of: lished of this battle, from the pen of (’apt. E K. Liles. ''' •*>. denunciations of him than i» gen- nf (ho .m u' ij I' r-1 I. ■ 1 ' •''■'‘"y'"'hilged in by the Northern press. To a miiita- ot the .Utson 0. K. Bnys. ( apt. Lilos has a r.gh, to ; ^y officer who had an oppo,inni.y of couversing with Gen. -peak, for, though nev«r even nauied in the Virginia j Bucktier. he «tated that after Fort DoueU>n liad becoine papers, it is well established that he ar>d his compaii}-. vested, and all hi,pe ef escape cut off. Floyd pioposed to hi-i tellow otlicers to make tlieir escape under cover A bill prohibiting the exportation of cotton and to bacco, unless in exchange for war munitions, iron clad steamers, or other articles essential in war; provided, not to include the cotton and tobacco previously pur chased by foreign Slates, and now under theiraclual »>wn- e.'ship. The act to cease at the raising of the blockade. Congress has passed a bill regulating the destruction of property under a militarj’ necessit3'. It authorizes the military authorities to destroy all cotton, tobacco, ttiilitary or naval stores, or other property which may aid the enemy. All property destroyed by the owners or the military, if the testimony of such destruction be made conformably to law. to be paid for out of *he pro ceeds of the property confiscalet or seijuestered, in 'Uch manner as may hereafter be provided for. Thk (?o.\sKyui-;NCKS ok Si BJtcatios.—They are de bating a confiscation Bill in the Yankee Congress •Among the extracts from late Northern papers we see the speech of >«eJiator Trumbull of Illinois on the sub ject. Mr. Trumbull is said to be a representative of the views of the more moderate, the majority, of the North ern people, with regard to the future treatment of the people of the Southern Confederacy, should they be subdued in this struggle. He advocates the trial for treason of all Southern men in the hands of the Yan kees at the end of the war, and the division of the I property of the Southern people among the Yankees crowd sei- him u.iw tor the tirst time, and tlie building , •, r.i u i > .V „ 1- 1 11- atter pajing out of it the expenses of the war. He ad- ting-- witli ctieers tor I tie I mon and groans and hisses i ^ tor all rebels. Buckner turns and gives them one look. i he treated as belligerents and enemies like that of a snared tiger upon his captors, in which i so long as the war lasts, but, says he, “that does not pre- correspondent who makes this charge was not near the ; «*’>'*' ra»:e and scorn were concentrated tlian we thought i vent the governinent after the war is over from trying ■attle field. - . See Capt. Liles's statement, that the Richmond Blues disappeared when their commander was wounded. cir- roboratin g the admission of ihe Richmond Dispatch's correspondent, that they couM not be rallied after that The Ue.moval or Gen. Hill from Roanoke Ulam>. —In reply to some remark of the Wilmington Journal, the Raleigh Standard makes the following statement of ihe circumstances attending the renjoval of (^en. Hiii from his command in the Kastern part of this State; — with the .Martin county company, were tlie las! to re treat Irotii the battery at which they had fought, (the Kichmoud Blues having retreated previously.) bef.re an overwhelming force of the enemy. The Richmond Dispatch’s regular correspondent, giv ing an account of the battle, says; — ••The 3lst North i’arolina at once run to thrir gihirteri, t ol. Jordan riding at the head of l\\ej'riyhtenfiproce.t- The Standard replies that this statement is utterly untrue; that the two companies of‘.he 31st regiment in the battle were the last to retreat: that the retreat of the 31st to their quarters, where the surrender to(>k place, w^s quite as orderly and deliberate as the retreat of the other troops on the Island; and that the Dispatch's of darkness, and leave the soldiers uuiler their com mand to tiieir fate. Thi'; remarkable proposition Gen I’liickuer and his associates indignantly rejected; but Floyd soon after dia['peared. and was not to be found wiien wanted." The Bufl'alo Courier, after mentioning the large crowd eagerly waiting, says: — “Hil there they come!" sijua 1 of armed soldiers had matle a lane through the crowd, anil down between the rows of loyal men stalk the two traitors. Buckner steps first up»n the platform—a tall, muscular, proud looking man. dressed in a gray rnilitary coat and wear ing a genuine Southerner's slouetied felt hat. The the human couni-eiiance capable of. and passes into tiie . t. - i. i i ' * , as a traitor any person that may be in its hands, and ‘•Right after him comes Tilghman. jauntily dressed ' ^ which this rebellion is finally in a fatigue suit and a foraging cap, a smaller man \ to be put down." Ireating us as enemies, h? claims a than Buckner, fair, with a bionde mustache. Miavitv right denied by the U. S. Constitution to its Legisla- and politeness written in everj’ line of In'* f;tce. . -r ... shout comes from the crowd, - Three groans for the we were considered as rebels, the right ot con- rebel Tilghman:” lie turns and lifts his cap and bows , ftscation. “Look,” he says by way of illustration, “at and smiles, as though appearing on a balcony to answer . the condition of things at Port Royal, where all the in- atlaticring serena.te-ihen follows Bm kner into the ^ i,„i,iiants have fled, and left the country desolate. Is c.ir, an t le cr.^-t . i-j «ised. | j; ^ remain unoccupied, and a wilderness, or shall we real it as the Europ«an nations did the places on this •iintinent when the savages fled and left the territory The Fokt Domi.-jon I’ki'ont.hs—It is hard to get • Gen. Hill, who was admii.ably qualified for con.m.iud i • : ''nocouped? How does the conduct of the people at c n the island, and who would have put it in a complet: ; ' at.kees at Fori Donelson. First they claiuied I'l.- * I’xrt Royal differ from that of the aborigines'.' They state of defence, was removed, because in obedience to ; ''OO; next we we re t:,ld bv our si lethal the actual num- , everything to waste, abandon the country, and we orderstromlheatUhoritiesatRaleigh, hecalledomoniherw ,. but I-' lO- then it was 1KmH» 1 1 o..O P>o.m. jpo.-session of that country and apportum it a certain occasion the militia belonging to the Counties 1 .. .. i ’ . • | out among the lojal citizens of ihe Union; and this act composing his department. This cjill created exoite- ! ' given way to the belief that it reached | of confisc.ation by which we do this is not a bill of at- luent and discontent. Judge Biggs, of the Confederate ! latter tigures, wben herti conies the ftdlowing state- i tainder.’ » ourt, and then a member of the Convention, was es I ment from the Chicago Tribune, which revives our i again, in reference to another species of our pecially excited. hat agency he bad in the removal j jjopes of a smaller lo.'^s;— I property: “We are taxing the loyal men of this country lit Gen. Hill, we do not know; but we have heard, on I ‘ b j j good auttiorily, thal several gentlemen from the Albe The number of prisoners already arrived here have ' to the farthest limit in support of the war, and we marie country who waited on President Davis to repre- -L-nt to him the defenceless condition of the island, and f the region to which it is the key, were told by that funcionary that he had removed Gen. Hill because h« iiad been informed by the ••highest authority,'” in thi'' ::ate that he was not acceptable to our people, on ac count of the call made by him on the luilitia in the Counties referred to; that he had been informed by tlie same “high authority ' that Col. Branch was the very man to succeed Gen. Hill; and that accordingly, not having been able to acquire higher or better information lu the subject, he had removed Gen. H. and appointed ol. B. a Brigadier in his place. The President was also understood to evince anxiety in relation to tlie mai ler: anti the inference drawn from what he said, wa.-'. :hat if he had erre-J. he bad done so relying on the ••high authority" referred to. Who that -‘high authori ty was we do not know; but we do know that Gov. riark caused it to be stated that (ien. Hill had called out the 11 ilitia without authority from him. and that Gen. Hill replied, and proved, by official documents, that he acted under full authority from Gov. Clark and j the South. Gen Martin. Soon alter this, Gen. H. was removed." , — Cotton.—The supply of cotton in England holds out been variously estini-iied. Vi'e h ive conversed with the offictrs at (7amp Dougla-i, and think that there cannot be more than ti.i'iOo, The regiments, with two exce[>- tioris, are all of small numbers; numbers were killed, and others escaped, ~o that there has been an over es timate. About '^tiOo is the actual number of prisoners now in camp. Iln.N, John Bkli, —The Atlanta ;Teo.) Commonwealth says that ihis old patriot woulJ not remain in Nashvi' to be insulted or imprisoned by the insolent invaders o. hi* State, but is safe, along with the rear of the retreat ing army. It is reported that all he possessed about Nashville is lost, the vandals having destroyed a large establishment in which he was interested if not sole owner. Th« Cumberland Ironworks near Dover were also de stroyed. Mr. Bell was one third owner of these, which have been engaged in manuficturing war munitions for R' inoke Island was the back-door of Norfolk. It ought to have been held at all hazards. It is unw uni versally admitted that its ilefences were so btidly planned to be almo.st wholly worthless. Yet General linger dej:ended on these defences without ever going on the Isl jnd to see for himself— B7/. Journal. Roanoke Island wa-^ only placed in Gen. Huger's dis trict three weeks before the battle, and one may well •Oppose that he had enough to do in giving his personal -upefvision to the defences of Norfolk, Craney Island, Pig Point, Suffolk, Smithfiel 1, &c., without interfering with Gen. Wise's duties. The Journal has nothing to M>iy against Gen. ^^ise, who was in direct command of Roanoke I-land, went there merely to look at the place, posted forthwith to Piichniond, aii'l was peremptorily ordered back, but instead of going back, located him self and his Legion at Nag s Head, situated some miles across the water fiom the Island, on the plea that there were no accommodations on the I'iiuid for them: No accommodations on an Island lU miles long by - wi le lor a few hundred men! Tne North Carolina legiiuents had accommodated themselves to the place, and tne Legion c >uld have done likewise. We have no special p.artiality tor Oen. Iluger, but we do not like to see him >add!i*d with the faults of otiiers. i • L. HENXiNficE.s —This officer, to whose “mistake ' ’he \ -.iginiH letter-writers attributed the loss of R(jan- oke I-land, is out in .-i c>ird denyi/ig that he either mis took or disobeyed his orders. Me would have disobeyed :hern, he says, if he had gone to Roanoke Islatid in stead of Klizabeth City. The “mistake ’ was that of his commanding officer, we suppose. \ oLi XTEEKs.—Capt. Blocker's company, the .-\nder- “on .Artillery, leave this place foi Wiluiingtoo onThurs- lay. See advertisement. .Mr. James R McDonald w.ants 4l men to make up 'I'.e company of lUO which he undertook to raise a week ir two since. See advertisement. bieut. Thomas W. Baker (late of the P>ethel Reg't,) 1 ‘It here for Raleigh on Thursday with 15 recruils. I.ieut. George'B. Baker, (also of the Bethel Reg't.) ‘ ' here (his morning with about 2U recruits for Capt. •Mailetfs Co., !ld State Troops, at Fredericksburg. * apt. Charles B. Cook of this place has a company H' lrly or quite full, we hear this morning. He has Vjeen iv'Tuiting in Randolph. Capt. C. was second Lieu- ^ant in Co. 11, of the Bethel Regiment, and is a good r. : also learn that Dr. James F. Foulkes of this town I company under way with good proepects of early ipletion. It is composed of recruits mainly trom i; iiidolph. '.iiatham Coal Fields Roau.—The election in Ral- ■ di on Tuesday last resulted in favor of a subsciip- 'i-’ti of i.j0,0(X) to this propoieU work. \n attempt was made on the night of the 0th to burn railroad bridge over the Trent river at Newbern. The fire was put out. asfoni'hingly. La-^t summer it was coin[»uied. from the usual weekly consumption, that the market would be bare by the 1st of December last: then the time was ex tended to the 1st of January; and now we see that on the 21st of February there remained in Liverpool 47!*,- • >00 bales, of which 178,iMiO were .American. We sup pose that very little of this large stock is of much val ue except the .American, and indeed we are inclined to think that even a considerable portion of the American is damaged and refuse. There must have been a vast falling off in the quantity manufactured during the last six months, a.s compared with previous years. England is still intent tipon forcing the cultivation elsewhere than in thii country, in spite of all previous tailures atid losses Viy experiment. Not failures to make cotton indeed, but failures to make such col ton .as that obtained Irom the Southern Stales of thl.i Confederacy, .“'he imagines ihat in some }' irt>. of her vast dominions, upon which “the sun never sets,” there will yet be found a region etpially adapted to the growth of the finer staple. It is possible, but it strikes us that her half-starved operatives will Fcarcely be willing to wail till the spot is discovered, the seed planted, and the Colton gathered. The four or five millions of her peo ple who are dependent on the cotton manufacture for bread, must be supplied The cotton in Liverpool will be exhausted very soon, and it is manifest that no more will go there from this country till Englaml makes a Way for it by setting a«ide the blockade. The owners here cannot send it to her if they would, and the Lin- oolnites cannot manage to steal enough to supply even I heir own factories. We think there must be a good lime coming for I he hoWers of cotton—ami Ihat it will come ver^- soon. Congress has passed the following bill to authorize the destruction of Cotton and other articles in military emergencies: — Be tl > niicitj. That it shall be Ihe duty of all mili tary commanders in the service of the Confederate States to deslrry all cotton, tobacco, or other properly, that may be useful to Ihe enemy, if the same cannot be safely removed, whenever, in their judgment, the said cotton, tobacco, and other properly is about to fall into the hands of the enemy. The question of compensation for property so destroy ed is yet to come before Congress. But the amount of Cotton liable to destruction is said lo be very small, not more than 5 per cent, of Ihe entire crop. The great bulk of it is still on the plantations far from the enemy’s gunboats or armies. Owners of cotton at exposed points of course can save it by removal. A Bad Investment.—The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersburg Express learns from “reliable private sources” that when the ship with the I’ori Royal stolen cotton arrived r.t New York a match was applied to the hold by some one, and ship and cargo were consumed. ' Militarv Governor of Norfolk.—Lieut. Colonel Edward Cantwell of Ihe 2d North Carolina volunteers has been appointed Military Governor of Norfolk, jiow under martial law^ may call upon them personally to serve in the army. Wliile we can do all this, can it be pretended that we cauDot control the negroes and the men who fight ;igainst the government? I know this seems to have been the course pursued. 1 know that, while loyal men iiave been suffering in person nnd property-, the proper ty of di.sloyalists has l>een untouched. I know that, while my people are to be taxed to support this war, we are not to touch the property of rebels iu arms against tiie government. But it is said that you cannot enforce the laws in these Southern States now. True, we can not till the armies advance, and, when they do advance, let us take that property, make it contribute toward the expenses of the war, and save the property of loyal men, and let the men who have instigated the war pay the expense.” Mr. Trumbull is of the moderate faction, and these are their propositions. Senator Pomeroy of Kansas, proposes to colonize us as dangerous to the country, and .Mr. Willey of Virginiii, who thinks it would be expen sive to transport us, proposes to hang us and “thus save all the expense of transportation.” -Mr. Liucoln's Congress is counting its chickens be fore they are hatched. This war will never stop until Southern independence is achieved and acknowledged. There may be confiscation and hanging in Yankee land, but Southern men will not share in either business, either as executed or executioners. Borrowed Pli:.mes.—It appears from the following, whieh we copy from the Augusta Constitutionalist, thal South Carolina is resorting to Georgia as well as to North ('arolina to fill up the ranks of her regiments, which it appears her own men are not willing to do. We think there must be a mistake about North Caro lina officers being there also. We have heard of no in stance of the kind, and there is no reason for it, since this State readily raises her own quota, and has spared many men to Virginia and South Carolina regimeuM: — “/i’»rr(/i7my.»—MK. Editor: I notice that there :»re several recruiting officers here, who are recruiting for South ('..rolina and North Carolina regiments in the field. Georgia is willing to do her duty to its fullest extent, but 1 object lhal men should be taken from Geor gia for other than Georgia regiments. All the soldiers enlisted for other than those from Georgia, go to Ihe cretlit of ihe State to which the Regiment belongs. Is this right? Lei each State fill its quota from its own citizens, and each Regiment be responsible to the State from which it was raised, and let each State be respon sible for Ihe gallantry and heroic conduct of its own troops, and none other. Georgia.” Cmakle8To: Titoot's.—Charleston has iu the service ;},18D men: iu Infantry and Rifles companies of 1750 men; of Light Artillery JI batteries of GO guns and 870 men; of Cavalry 7 companies of 5ti0 men. Of these 020 are in Confederate service, and 2,200 are organized for State ilefence. There is yet to be a war draft there for 000 or 700 men. In the course of an article on the “falsehood and du plicity of the enemy,” the Richmond Dispatch says: “No nation that ever existed could eijual Ihe Northern people in this department of their hosfllities, [lying aud boasting.] The Chinese were as nothing to them. The false statements about their battles were mere feeble efforts at misrepresentation, compared to those of the Yankees.” The Dispatch has evidently forgotten the Virginia stories about the Virginians at Roanoke—their annihila tion, their weeping heroism, their chafing indignation at the surrender which weighed so heavily on theirBouls that they must needs resort to the excitements of the foot-race to buoj up their drooping spirits. Deaths of Soldier*—At Camp Stephens, S. C., on the 20th ult., Caleb Sutton, of the Robeson Rifle Guards, Co. D, 18th Reg’t. At the same place, James S. Ilighsmith, of the New Hanover Moore’s Creek Rifles, Co. E, 18th Reg’t. At Swannsboro on the 20th ultimo, Ira Reese, of the Gatlin Dragoons. At Suffolk, on the 5th inst., Wm. Banks, of Captain Hughes’s company from Camden county. At Coosawhatchie, S. C., on the 11th ult., private H. L. Boney; and on the IWlh ult., private B. S. Herring, both of Co. I, 18th Regiment. At Tarborough, on Monday last, John N. Edwards, of f^uUierfQrd Sergmt in th« N, 0, Regiment, LATEST FOREIGN AND NORTHERN NEWS. Norfolk, March 8.—From Europe.—The Canada ar rived at Halifax on the 6th inst., with dates from Liv erpool to the 23d February, being two days later. In the British House of Commons, Mr. O’Donohue censured the Government for not having prevented the breaches of neutrality by British ships running the blockade. The Solicitor General said that private vessels might carry contraband of war at their own risk. Mr. Slidell had an interview with the French Em peror, snd communicated a correct and enlightened view in relation to the affairs of the Southern (’onfed- eracy. The Eniperor is said to have replied that he hoped the war would soon close, as it was inflicting in calculable injury daily on France. Markets-—Havre, Feb. 22.—Sales of cotton for Ihe week 18,000 bales. The market is firm and buoyant. Stock hales. Liverpool, Feb. 2:5.—Sales of cotton yesterday 8.- 000 bales, 0,000 for speculation and export. Tiie mar ket firm and pri?es unchanged. From the North.—Si’rinofield, Mo., M.arch 1.—On Wednesday night 850 rebels surprised Capt. Mont gomery at Keatsville, .Ark. Several Yankees were kill ed, and 70 horses taken. It is believed that Gens. Price, McCulloch, Pike, kc., will overrun the country. Loui.sv/llk, Kr.. March 4.—Two bridges on the Nashville and Decalur Railroad have been destroyed. Navigation continues gooil for Ihe largest boats. CiiiCA}o, III . March I.—Columbus was burning from Friday until Sunday, and a portion is still on firt^. -■V large number of cannon were thrown into the river, and a portion of Ihe works mined. I'.t.000 Confederate troops left by railroad, tlesiroying the track and bridges for six miles. Cincinnati, .March 5.—.A dispatch from Nashville says lhal the Mayor has issued a proclamation, which states that every assurance has been given by Gen. Buell for Ihe safety and protection of the people and their jiroperty. The city is quiet. The post oflice will ojien lo-nmrrow. Washington, March 5.—.Advices from the Lower Potomac slate Ihat the rebels are concentrating a large force opposite Hooker’s division. It is supposed that a larire number of Southern troops have recenily arrived. Brigham Young has been re-elected Gov'r of L’tah. Pri.^ident Lincoln about to takr the Field in Per.wn.— The N. Y. Tribune announces the following important news: The town listens with delight to a rumor that President Lincoln has declared his purpose to take the actual command of the army, and suppress the rebellion in Virginia without further delay. From Mtxico.—Advices from Vera Cruz to the 20th February slate that the negotiations at Ihe City of .Mexico faileil to accomplish the end of the allies. It is stated that Mexico is again the victim of treachery. The forces of the allies were allowed to pass the strong hold and occupy the strongest fortified points. Havana, .March 1.—The elalenient that there was no armed resistance to the allied invaders in Mexico, has been confirmed. Ulizaleth City.—From a gentleman just from Eliza beth Citj’, we learn that the enemy has not yet at tempted to occupy the town, but that they have fre quently threatened to destroy it. Tiiree gun-boats have been anchored in the river, near the point where the small battery was placed. The men are allowed to go ashore, about a mile below the town, and for some time have beau guilty of daily outrages upon the farm ers living in the vicinity, killing their stock and steal ing everything that comes within reach. No kind of private property is respected. The pickets of the ;3rd Georgia regiment are stationed in the town, and are or dered to fire upon the A'ankees if they attempt to enter it. In returB, Ihe Yankees threaten if a single man is fired on, the town will be immediately destroyed. Near ly all the inhabitants have left, (.(ureick and wounded have been removed to Norfolk. — Hieh. I)i.“j>aich, >lh. Sick Soldiers.—A portion of the 5th N. C. Regiment, numbering in the aggregate lt>5 men. were brought t'rom the Peninsula yesterday morning, to the N. C. Military Hospital on Perry street They are attached to the diflerent companies of the regiment. With care ful attention, a short visit will restore many of them to perfect health.—P(terslurg Exprtaf, Hth. Commiindifij (J-neral. — Rioh.'iond, .March 7.—Con gress has passed a bill creating the office of Command ing General, to be appointed by Ihe President, with the consent of the Senate, and to continue at the pleasure of the President, his usual healiiuarters to be at the Capital. He will be charged with the direction and distribution of supplies, and when necessary to take command in person of the army or armies in the field; pay to be $400 per month. The General impression is that Gen. Lee will be appointed. [He has been summoned to Richmond from South Ca rolina.1 liri'jadUr Gtntralt.—Rich.mond, March 7.—The Sen ate yesterday confirmed the following Brigadier Gen erals: Carter Stevenson and Wm. B. Taliaferro of Va.; .Albert Rust of .Ark.; Wm. W. .Mackall ol Md.; Dan ville Ledbetter of Ali.; John B. Hood of Ky.; Robert Ransom, Jr. of N. C.; W. S. Featherstone of Miss.; Thos. J. Churchill and P. R. Cleburn of Ark.; Samuel B. Maxey of Tean.; and Hamilton P. Bee of Texas. [Un Friday, C. S. Winder of .Md. was also confirmed. ] Cotton J'rojects.—Richmond, March 7.—There is a project ou foot, favorably considered in prominent quarters, for ttie government to take all the cotton sub scribed to the produce loan at nine cents per pound, or such other fair price, and as much more as may be subscribed ou same terms for government bonds, and send an agent immediaily to Europe to negotiate its sale, or make it the basis of a treaty with Napoleon. It is believed that if one million of bales of cotton can be offered to the French, at a fair price, to be delivered in this country, France would open the present ineflective blockade and take possession of it. It is further proposed that our Minister to France be iustructed to propose a treaty with the Emperor Napo leon on condition that he would open the blockade, to grant him for a limited time favorable discriminations in our commercial relations over England and other na tions who are indifferent about making treaties with us. .Macon, March 7.—The intelligence received here from difl'erent portions of the cotton growing seciions of the State confirms the opinion that no cotton, or very little, will be planted tliis year in this State. Intelligence obtained from the .Adjinant-Generjil's of fice iu Milledgeville announces tliat Georgia will furuish twenty-five per cent, more troops than have been re quired as lier quota by the Coulederate States Gov'm't. Frovi Brunswick and F rnandina.—.Al’OI'sta, .M.arcii 7—A special dispatch from Savaiinaii says that Bruns wick, (.ieorgia, was not burnt, as reported. On Sunday, as the train was leaving Fernandina, the enemy's gun boat shelled the town. One shot fell in itie passenger car, killing two persons and wounding one. The town has been evacuated, and is in the pos session of the enemy. Defences of Savannah.—Lieut. Mcllhenney, of .Moore's Battery on the S. C. Coast, speaks confidently to the Wilmington Journal of the ability of Savanuah to resist any forces that may be sent against her, either by the land or by the river. It is said to be the opinion of Gen. Lee that the city can be held by the forces avail able for its defence against a hundred thousand men. The Lincoln gun-boats in the Savannah are not iron clad, like those on the Western waters. Th* i'iSth Regiment Militia.—Col. D. Coble and stafl' conducted the di aft of this regiment on Saturday liist in a very satisfactory manner. The number of volun teers sent V)y this regiment was about 400, only leaving a small company to go as drafted men.—Greens. World. FOR THE OBSERVER. Carthaok, March 7th, 1862 At an election held at Carthage on the 7th inst., for field officers of the 51st Reg’t N. C. Mililia, the follow ing ig the result: For Colonel—W. B. Richardson received 20 votes, Clement Dowd .3. For Lieut. Colonel—Sylvanug C. Barrett 23, Dorson P. Tyson 4. For Major—Samuel W. Seawell 19, Wm. W. Hun- sucker 2, J. I). Stewart 1, .1 Minter 2. FOR THK OBSKRVER. Home, 20th Feb, 1862. .Vtssrs. Halt: Will you be so kind as to give Ihe la dies, in your widely circulated paper, a hint to put some mark of distinction on the socks they knit for the army. I have seen many sick soldiers Ihat could not tell their own clothes for the want of a mark of some kind. I am kuiiting summer socks for the army, and as I can't tell who will get them, shall knit in them A for army, and a cross with a stripe of blue or re'l or some color at the top, so that as soon as the owner sees them he may know them. Selling LiyioRS.—The Commissioners of the town of Lumberton have p.assed an Ordinance absolutely pro hibiting the sale of wines or spiritoiis liquors, except on the certificate of a physician for medical purposes, un der a penalty of $10 for each offence. Hymns for the Ca.mp,—We have receiveil a copy of this timely little book, gotten up by the indefatigable Tract Agent, the Rev. Mr Crowder. It contains 151 Hymns, iu 127 pages. It is fairly bound, and can be carried iu the vest pocket. Price 15 cents. JJd.'itrrn Nor(h (kirofhia.—An oflicer in a Georgia regiment writes from near J^Ili/.abeth (Jity: My feelings in the last ten da}'s have almost reached fever heat from the .'^ad scenes which I have witnessed. While on the march froml^orts- mouth here, the road was tilled with refugees from Elizabeth City and vicinity. Old inen and wouien, young ladies and children, some in ear- riages, some in carts, some on horseback, and others on loot, mingled in the fleeing throng. All flying from their homes, and many, perhaps, not knowing where they were to rest in the fu ture. The whole country between Eliiabeth City and South Mills, a distance of fourteen miles, seems literally a desert. We are now quartered in one of the houses abandoned. Such scenes 1 have beheld with indignation against those who have caused them, while at the same time it is pleasing to witness with what patriotic cheerful ness the sufferers submit to their present depriva tions. Sale of yei/roeti.—Un Tuesday last, several negroes were sold in front of the Court house in this town—terms, one fourth casli, balance twelve months with interest—as follows: Clarissa, aged i>t), infirm, and 2 children, 5 and » years old, Matilda, infirm, aged years, ilUO; .Nancy, infirm, aged 48 years, 7!>; l>ick, aged 18 years, oTG; Joe, aged 9 years, 475; Prov, aged 40 years, 4U0.— Turhurouyh iSoutherner. Cotton in Auijvsta.—We are gratified to find a statement in the Augusta Constitutionalist that the cotton in that city is less than 1UU,U0U bales, and that ample arrangements are made to remove it to the interior, in ease the city becomes en dangered. Geit. Buclcmr Indicted /or Treaaon.—The Louisville Journal of the 2Uth instant asserts that J udge Catron, formerly of Tennessee, of the 1. States Supreme Court, holding a session of the circuit court in that city, had issued a bench warrant tor the arrc.st of General S. IJ. ]iuckner for troa->on, and that an oflicer had left for Cairo to obtain him at the hands of the military authori ties there. W e notice, however, a dispatch in the Chicago Tribune of the 22d instant, which alleges that no capias had been issued for the arrest of Buckner, but he had actually been indicted tor treason, as asjsertcd by the Journal. The Tribune, allutling to the matter, says: “Judge (’atron is a native from his home in Nashville, and will not be dis posed to stand on nice points of law in sending liuckner at once to the gallows where he may at once end his ignoble life.” We have no fear that this malignant threat of trying one of our prisoners of war under such an indictment will be executed. The retaliatory policy of the President, announced in the case of the privateers, has impressed itself too firmly upon the mind of Lincoln and his advisers. Punch has a picture in its last number called “Colonel Bull and the Yankee Coon.” The coon, faced liked the Federal Secretary of State, is represented as “up a tree,” and as saying to the Colonel, who is pointing his gun below, “Air you in earnest Colonel!''” The Colonel replies, “I am.” “Then” says the coon, “Don’t fire, I’ll come down.” UIEU, In Hopkinsville, Ky.. on the tih of Jan'y 1802, ROBERT F. MITKPHY, in the 38th year of his age. He was amongst the first to answer the call of Texas, his adopted State, to'go forth in the defence of her rights and to achieve the independence of the Confede rate States, but fell an early victim to disease. He left a wife and four cliildren in Texas, with a large circle td' relations and friends in'North Carolina to mourn their irreparable loss. S. FOR TllK (tBSERVKR. TRlBUTi: OF RESPECT. At a meeting of Phienis Lodge, No. 8, held on the 0th inst. the following Resolutions were adojited, viz. “God, the Grand .Architect of the Universe, having taken from us our friend and Brother Past Master Hkndekson (' LfCAS. it becomes us in humble submis sion to bow to His divine will, and with grateful hearts to praise Him. tliat by His wi.^lom and through Hi* grace ojr deceased Brother was, by faith, enabled to pa'-s through the dark valley aiKl shadow of aeath to a blissful immortality. To his kind and affectionate mother, as friends of hers, and brothers of him. we offer our sincere and heartfelt condolence; and may that God, who was his friend, be hers through life. Resolved, That is a mark of respect to our deceased brotlier, we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That these proceedings be spread upon the Records of- the Lodge, and thal a copy be delivered to the mother of our deceased brother. Resolved, That the town papers and the Western Democrat be requested to publish. From the Records. THOS. WADDILL, ) JOS. A. WORTH, VCom. JAS. G. COOK, J A. M. CAjiruKLL, Sec’y. TO ARHIS! TO ARMIS:: YOL\G .KE\, lOtR COQTBV IS IWIDED! Who will not come to the Rescue? The subscriber wishes forty more able-bodied men to complete bis Company. One Hundred Dollars Boun ty Money and Eleven Dollars per month and everything found. Address me at Fayetteville, N. C., or call at the store of C. E. Leete. J. R. McDONALD, Recruiting Officer, Marah 8, 1862. 6tf iftENTIOm ANDERSOS ARTILIERF! I^VER\ member of Capt. Blocker’s Company of Heavy J Artillery is ordered to be at the River at Fayette ville by 8 o'clock, A. M. next Thursday the 13th inst.. The Company is ordered to Wilmington and will leave on steamer Hurt Ih.at day. Let every man provide him self with one blanket and two days provisions. Persons from a distance who may wish to come in town the night before will be entertained /'rce of cott during the night. HENRY BENTON, O. S , March W.isr,-. Anderson Ar.ill.rj,. iN.MAL MEETIIVG. Wef^terii Kail Roal I'o. The .Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Co. will take place at the Town Hall, on Monday Ihe 17th inst.. at 11 o’clock. C. B. MALLETT, Pres’l March 8, 1862. (i-tm \\e would call fli; al- tention of Farmers nnd Carriage Manu- facturers to Ihe large sale of IRON and N.AILS at Auction ou Thursday, the 20th inst. We learn from .Mr. Avera that he has 700 bars farming iron assorted 1 to 10 inches, (j to 700 bars tire “ “ 1 to 2A “ lUO kegs Nails assorted, 4s to 12s. Smilhfield, March 8. Gts “HOES! HOES!! HOES!!! " DOZ. half Bright and Steel HOES. For sale by ^0 c. E. LEETE. Richmo.nu, (Va.,) Meuical Collegb.—Among the 35 graduates of this institution for the ssssion of 18til-’2, we find the following from North Carolina: Edwin Barnes, Wilson county; Marshall T. Bell, Iredell; David Berry, Burke; Jesse P. Brown, Pitt; Henry V. Dunslan, Mur- freesborough; Wm. R. Harris, Oxford; Robert W. King, Wilson; A. M. Lee, Sampson; A. F. Osborn, Oxford; H. W. Tate, Burke.—10. A Little too Fab Back.—Some of our contempora ries are puffing themselves as eminently free from party spirit in that they express favorable opinions of officials or candidates who differed with them in politics in the days of Whig and Democrat. They go a little too far back. We know of no partisan feeling between Whigs and Democrats. Those party lines were wiped out by the formation of new and more hostile parties, and we do not discover any great magnanimity in the fact that one of the official party in this State may endorse as fit for office another of the same party, though in the days of Whig and Democrat they differed. The original se cessionist who #1 few days since recommended Gov. Morehead, an old Union man, for election as Governor, did show that he was free from party spirit, though both had h^.n Whigs—Gov. Morehead up to the date of Lin coln’s Proclamation in April last; the gentleman who reoommQada hitp aqI withio five or FAYETTEVILLE MARKET.—March U>. REVIEW OF THE MARKET. Bacon—New hog round 18 to 19. Beef Cattle—In demand. Beeswax '20 cts. Corn—8o to 'JO cents. Cotton—Very few buyers; macket dull. Cotton Yarns §2; 4-4 Sheetings 2;') by the quantity; 3-4 Shirtings 20. Colton Bagging—30 cts. Candles—Fayetteville mould 3-j. Flour -Receipts light, super 8 OO. Hides—Dry 20 to 22; green 8. Iron—Swedes 15 to :iO by the quantity. Irish Potatoes—1 60 to 2 00 per busheL Molasses—$1 by retail. N. O. Sirup 1 25. Nails 514 to $15 per Keg. Shot—none. Pork—12^ cents. Peas—$1 to 1 10. Rye 2 50. Oats 60 to 65. Rice—4 cts. by ihe cask. Sugars—^Have advanced^ Salt—Sound $3 to 3 50 per bushel. Spirits—Peach Brandy $3; N. 0. Apple 2 50; Whis key 2 50. Liquors of all kinds have gone up, prices unsettled. Spirits Turpentine—19 to 20 cents. Tallow—22 to 28. Wool—Unwashed, 30 to 40. CQirecte^ hj FiNfiiaTOM & 6iqaii. NAILS! NAILS! NAIL^ 5 KEGS NAILS. All sizes, for sale by C. E. LEETE. •March 10. 6-4ti OIL AND LAMP BLACK’ TANNERS’ and LUBRICATING OIL. LAMP BL.ACK in barrels. For sale by JOS. R. BLOSSO.M & CO., Wilmington, N. C. March 7. 6 tf i\OTI€E. The subscriber having qualified as Executrix to iBe last Will and Testament of Catharine E. Fitzharris, at March Term, 18C2, of Cumberland Count}' Court, hereby notifies all persons indebted to her Testatrix to mike immediate payment; and all persons having claims against her Estate to present them for payment within the time prescribed by Law, or this notice will be plead ed in bar of recovery. CATHARINE E. McRAE, Ex’x. March 3, 1862. 6*3t i%OTl€E. The subscriber having taken out letle s of Adminis tration upon the Estate of Robert Williams, dec’d, at March Term of the Court of Pleas for Cumberland County, 1862, will on the 25th of March inst., at the late residence of the deceased, in said county, expose to public sale upon a credit of six months, the following property, viz: One Horse and Mules, stock of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, Corn, Bacon and Fodder, Kosin, Tur pentine, Spirits of Turpentine, Farming Tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and other articles too numerous to mention. At the same time the negroes will be hired out until the 1st of Jan’y 1803, and the lauds Rented. Purchasers will be required to give bond with approved security before the property is changed. JOHN C. WILLIAMS, Adm’r. Further Jloticc. All persons having bills against the Estate are re quested to present them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law for payment; those indebted will please come forward anl make payment. JOHN C. WILLIAMS, Adm’r. March 4, 1862. 6*2tpd Palma t'liristi Seed. Flat dutch turnip seed, together with a good assortment of Garden Seeds, for sale by S. J. HINSDALE & CO. March 6. 5-4w r.1 TIBER. 1AM now sawing froai 5,000 to 8,000 feet of Lumber per day at my Steam Mill in Fayetteville, and have a large supply of Seasoned Timber on hand. Will be glad to receive orders, and will give them my person al attention. E. F. xMOORE. March 4. 6-ilm TO HIKE. t \OUNG SERVANT WOMAN who has been ac- XX customed to Wash and Iron and to Housework. Apply to W. N. TILL1NGHA8T. .March 6. 5itf VracUer HaUer^. H.AVING procured the ,«ervices of a Cracker Baker, J am now prepared lo manufacture a superior ar ticle of IlaiKl-iiiade ('rackerM. which I will sell ;it wholesale or retail. A fresh sup ply will be kept constantly on hand. Wholesale prices, 12| cents. Retiiil prices, 15 “ GrJer..i from the couiitry with the Ciish, will be prompt ly attended to. .Mrs. .M BANKS. March 5. 5-i2w Just Received, (T)/W k DO/. CO.VTS’SPOOL COTTON. /iUU BLACK FLAX THREAD. BOVS IIOSIKUV. and a Fine Mock ol Triiiikiii, At GEO. BR.ANDT’S, 4-iit 14 and 16 Hay Street. 2000 Yards of Bleached Shirtings^ A FULL YARD WIDK, of the best English Manufac tory. Just received and for sale at a reasonable price, at GEORGE BRANDT’S, Nos. 14 and 16 Hay St., Fayetteville, N. C. Feb'y 10, 18ti2. 9H-itf iSIIOES! 5i(liOE.«i>!! J!iHOES:Tr~ P.AIR BROQ.AN SHOES. Just received and for sale at GEO. BRANDT’S. Feb’y 8. 96-itf. 400 Ilardee’M Tacticm, (lie only Copy- Kight—.Mobile Edition, 2 vols. Gilham’s Manual for Volunteers and Militia. Gilham’s Tactics. The Volunteer’s Hand Book. C. S. Army Regulations. The Southern Song Book. Further supplies just reaeived. Feb’y 25. E. J. IJALK & SONS. AV«:V I.. HAI.V., FornardiDg &. Comuiission Merchaet, 117 ILL give quick despatch lo goods co signed to him V f Particular aiieation given to all prod'ioe sent him for sale. Consignments of Naval Stores, lor sale or shipment, solicited. WiiMiNGTOJi, Jan’y 19, 1862. 92ily B. MURRAY. D.^. MURCHISON. J. T. MURRAY. E. MURRAY & CO., Commission Hlerciiants. AND WHOLE^^AEE «RO€ER.«», NORTH WATEK STREET, Vf’'^ltniug'ton., .V. C. Partioular attention given to eale or shipment of CoUon Mid Stor«t.
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