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mm nti i uvpii#!, 1* 8, l)«o 10, 186S • 1»T ruufg from Gr»»t i« jM*»5ion doapat*^ ■« ni«rchiDf up^ rain^HM th« Utlar, nuz\ilU to th« iaai IfK' b«e* *M *»lliDg ba«^ »ts »jcurdingly l«t| pt to c»^tur« «»• io Mmt jKiim irgiuu kud T«u*o,. i ou, &iid, M a «t«|| •LnCy, ail assault waa outJuu Thia is m I a Ligii hill to tha eparatiooa ior tba for ncarlj a w««k. ri»?r in tiro aai^ll u«L iratioDs od tk* re, and, aftfr ui«ak rs got into poaiti*% Q.'jaodtd th« w«rk* Ur», u far m pra*. 89, were made, |»at as to the deptk of Hj aooia it waa w»* *uTj alight; by d present an iaa«- thia rariauce, botk kiij* »uggeat«d tha ^jou mth faaoinaa, iBiilar means, that emertjencj. Un- t heeded, and tha s w .rk of capturt rk8 iale’a, Brjaa'a >’ division Ker- , laeiog iha right > opeiat« with tha t Hi; .meut’a aotica, iHiou, waa to per* t'kirniiabiera aa4 »Q 10 front of tk« not nhow hia h«a4 If shot; aiid tha toij ailonosd tha ariz;5 dariog.tha oldest, draarieat, jg to which our Four o’clock ia to the boo«, thair ocks, and in tha >u which ahoald ieaperau Datar* lUt to engage, ted arrangemaot, opposita height, itiy ihelldd tha a ted to the de- tders. Daj light ;h the cold, thiek aaaauk. Up— lia ot the great ttj ailoQtlj »4- r and aaucrtaiB r—than audden* e erics that hare eoQteateJ fiaida, litch at the very fuaion! A wire caught the icct iu preienoa, e j&wning trap. 1 ottiera—thoae Bfl beiore, antil boiling, bub- i>f which iaaued a4 ordera, with But there lid apt be dis- [great, though It—4,‘ffioera aa g tha misaioa pressed on to e sbouldara of r fiagera inta the oppoiite thera, a little low acaled the J ol the hour. the I 'Jrhand flag# lor -aaore I proudly over I Finer, of the I most gallant p the parapet. iGa., Af’j’t of I brigade, cot Led into the I caunooieri. lowered, but laess, hia re- Ira;-' -It is a ■word io the Kroinm were I not permit I the parapet Id h&nd gre* Bere, added Ich existed, led, Everj ftoadcd from ft the brink. Baeanareably Bin to direct ■ emergencj. B^flankB of ■portunei of . Billj succeisa- BCol Fitfcrj Karapet and Bary oban^# Igivo 08 the vod, and is Bqiq wa» in fttupendooa nillerj and ftet ballefa w l'v*ru:.i ftf I way oom- miifideutlj flushed Aopeful of Iter, aerea wad, or in ftabij twe Boisaanee, K aiiother Hdow ob- Kttdioatea Hth Caro> Haora in g. I*and ail tMlgEKVER. FAYETTEVIL.LE. THFKbilAf ICTK.TIJitt. J.l?f€ABY 7, I SutM Caa.tha Standard daabt tbia? We pat tha j qacttian soleasaly, and hop* tha Staodard will answer it flainlf and eanrfidly: If “the people of North Caro- lin» taka thair own affairs Into their own hands,” thas separating tka State fross the Confederacy, does the Standard ezpeet it t« stand alone, or to come again un- I dar tha gorarnmant of the United Stales? No more luo- I BeatoQs qaestion has been asked of the Standard, and i noR6 wbioh onuht to b* mprft plainlj rud fr^r^ily an- f.7«red. We are tempted to ask it in cona^qnencc of Too Pombbs —la Trar’s article. Ike Raleigh fpfrit of tbe Ag’e,—a lr>* fri-fud t» «he cause of the C9i.t*iictikC7, ►nd coDdMO'.eu will* "wffb mt-ieratiou and *0 Jes«rT. it. Isrgs circuictioE.-speaks sf [ ,k, article in the Standsrd of the l/t infant, prMrnt a. the iHrUnt hour ourcjuntrj 1,m kptu-i, | j ing fxtract frpm » get Oration ret'suily deliTer»d at •sfiifc 6f»rce » ^liuiEi.-r'Bg ti^r of h p*. •n*'* a^di,— “And yet, m a ptcp'.e, ws ara tra*, covirKgeou*, ua- ressl?eJ to bstile with the foe to i.he lsi, and a«*sr giro up tho strucgle until our aaantrr is redeem ed, acd Gsd crowa ear trais with rlsCi^rj and in dependsEce. Wat, tben, rhcutd such » people b« gloomy. dfHpdsdeat aad e»st dofrt? T^e fta*w*r tt pl»;n And palest to erer^ niiarf, our otrnpeopU mt home sr« iht ctutt «/1^' We arr. our own worst etiem^! We are of th» poer—we *re •tsr^-iEg the wi Joiss and or- «nt>rnat a'CA oth« I’k" w wii are gTinding ibe pikt ns o' our hrsre d^r^nd^rs who gcn« down uq- dtr tbe ieu^sst of the Uaden kail cent hj cur ennmiQC —wi> »r« weskcBing. tr.' gOYotBmcot. through wbese ng«roy Fe resist the J''?poiUr; and the Qc»eTnjneBt, tkrcugh tbo Tile abuse 'Sf itd -ig^uts, ii tr«.mpUng up'jr tkf rijbii of tha cit’itc, dsapcilirs hpn of t7co llv wkieh be Itath for the support of hip irV» »ad little eces. and tberbby eetenug tha bocd» of ocnfidenoe and alfaotioB that must ezivt in ariier to m»k« un a united, a eoursgeeos and euee^Sfful peopls VTc are Abuslog and msiigaing onr ohie! ui»pi.^tra t* »ad dnr lesdera in the field—we are r*j»cting in ditd»ia aud aouiem|..t th* anrreaey of our couutrjr, wbich ib its right arm, i;s sin ews, its vsry life-blood Ttaiti we are doing—all of uri ^aad eter^ da?! And is it aoj wender t>>&t gloom aad dsrknees like a tbick pali surround us on err'.y hanoT Is it surprising that we btrain our eyes in TAin te pieroe the dismal fniure before at* “This state of things is all of onr owb e'-eaii'g. The aasiay hath not done ii. It we were a uuUtd people— if the ric3 and abundant harvests of our asuotrv were distributed to tha needy and iha ue^titusr—if we fcl' aad acted as broth?rb sQgagad ii^ itie same glo?icut •anse and involved in the same dsi^liDj for wes.1 or woo —If we fell thet de«p duolioa hnd flhal atfection th %t shenid possess all true and loyal sons of tbe iScuth for ear eoscmon governs)^;.!, and yielded a cheerful and pa trlotio acquiescence to oil i s • quisiiioc!. for the ocm Sioa defeace and fcoad of the whole; aiiJ if that Govern ■sot ware sacrsdiy and iaviiiably to maintain anJ defend tbe rights, privileges and prupert; %f every one •f its oitiisns, if, iu a wo.d, as a GoverncLS&t and Peo- pla we possessed that oonfidenoe, regard and devotion 4«s alike to eaoh and to both, all bickei >ugs. jealousies, heart burnings and strifes would be at t»n end, and ae a united, harmonious, invincible nation « e should aia&d ferth in all onr mor«l an.l physical grandeur, uaoon- peered and u^ic^Bquerabie! “Ne Tictcry ihai the enemy hath gauivi over aa, •Tir ale' i ,r «. n^.-d pa.Ui Tt-ar lo b’.inoa our oheeis. Ti:kiburg, G‘tty*.ourf siUvi ','tatunc :g* di as'^ra env «4 n«i '■'> unnerve our erms;—"».it >L«' -trmT '.1 exto.'iion* •rs, tptculators, Ccniaaelrate mor:“y i^pr'ciat rs—'on Cvverc 'jk.'Ui. ag'iinst liie pnople, fend iie ^ ^gaiLa: th^ Qk^To.-:.me»i—tbtse t^iiigs havt brcugbt us lo our present dei^icra.ile condition. “We hope and believe that tbe GJvernmeDt and Peo ple have beeoma well apprised of theee ihi’ics, aud that they wiit labor to effect hsroiony, reooncilia ion and seafidenee between beth. Let the Quverument act so ai to oonTinse the people that il is their frunu, proteo- lor aad d:feBdrr, in>t*ad o&rtheir persecutor anti op- pree*-r, and let ih# po>>p'e aw»'d to our rc!*rs honestj - an^ pi'C3>ty cf purpose, and b;ar up under ireatni«ni ihat Bay scem hard but is cn voiasbte—and tben we may defjr our northern foemeu -taen shall we go forth sotque’ing and :o c. nquer, aud ver;’ suou the bright haw of PcaoejinaU spaa heaveut', aiid tranquility and pToapttliT encircle cur entire boraeri These are (he lersis on which a Pcace, gloricus and permanea-,t, aay he secured; and we see not how it is to De achieved la any other way." We €4>y all this because the^e is n.nch of truth in it, hut als« aeoatue (here is much if error The pictare of starriag widows and orpbans was ciost assuredly not drawm ia this locality, nor do we taink it will justly apply to any section cf this Stnte, ooriainly to none of the many counties from which we have heard. Vfe »re aiiored by those who have the matter in eharge in this tawa and county, that they knov ;hat the poor have aavar beea so well pr«>vided for as ainoe the war, an •dsaission whioh is often made by thtm T1.S suas eon- trlhatad here for their comfort may be coutt.-d br hun dreds of thousands of dollars; aad if w«i add the saies of sheetings and yarns by the manufatiturers prices be- lew what they eould readily get and what ii dailyaof- fsrad, we would say miilious icsiead of hundreds of thsaaands. There are, besides, thousands of small straaas ef isidividual eharity, both in town and county, af whiah the world knows aetning, but which ought to, •ad wa think do, cheer the hearts of the soldiers in the tald aa wail as «f the wives, and widows, and orphans, •I hasae. Deubtless there are heartless speeulators, aad grasp- Laj mtauf= Ofurer*, a.uJ fiirmir« tbac ••withhold th#- •eru;’’ but taese trp tha exc‘:pti*«n«. So alio, we think, ••r. ; h« » U3*8 i>; aoverDoient agtuis, and IBe diFatfcO lieu towirJs the coreintfifnt iistif. t»t;d ii§ A '.iuinis'ra tiou, «na uener.ila. u the currency, he Ate laii 10 wuatsver ioc*;uy ifs remarks tnay &; p y, it is not, to this, iflstead cf all rejecting it in disdain and ceotampt, all here, and axmobt ever; whera ei«e that we kjibw at, receiTe it without hesitatiou. Having thus brushftd away asm's of t?ie gloom that haa ueciiad upon the mind of our comeHiporar/, we beg. 'v lo bt '>f good itheer. Tha world, bad enough in ail fiuj, 19 Uvt so bad as u ib reprfsenfed; aud our c .30, u ^tere:i with b'^-.oesije-i and reverseh, is in the ji.-.o lif i' svidence. If ae ls.ok the puwer io.&ctticve vti' IE ;^end«nae, Ue dows nol, aud iisk will must be 'I >i.e. iie requires Faitu in ue—let ua noi witiiuoid ii. X na lNPi.csNcii or tus Uta^daru.—For months r,ast w. uave had int’ormHiiLn, p*rte«tij reliable, that the &iadiJakd is regarded at ibe Acrih ac in avor of a re- luru io the old and despised (/i ion. 8 andard hbs had precisely lae same iz.fofmi.iou, put>2ic aud private. It aaa known, but eonoea.ed froui its readers, thai ar tides published by it wiih approbation, h*ve been taught up ai tna Nor'h, priu.ed bj millioua, au the Btandard has been informed, we repea*;, wiih a preCx •tating that they were evideno^ss ihat the i3ianiar4 and (ha people of Nurih Carolina wir: hoswle to the Oon- fsaeracy and in favor of r^)oousiruJtiea. Al:>o the Stan dard has known aud coucealed from its read«rt, mat iha yankees at Washingtcu, iS G. were so thoroughlj •Mifefisd by the Biandard’s publications liiat it aud the Slate were fcr ‘the coustitu iou as U is ana the Uuiun as It was,” ihu ths/ held k merting, calimg for re n- foroRmeuts to march into the i iterior uf the Slate for ilie purpc^e of u«relo( iug the Uniou sentiment U is Irna that the Standard denied the correct aces of such iafsreaces, and declared that U vas cp^ .-osd to recon- •traetion And we were cnly t;o happy to belioTe its declarations. We were uuwiiiiag’lo believe, aad did not bdi.eve, th>ii one wh-* voie i us into the war aud iatc the Confcdetauy, a-d tiau eol*-.Tiaiy p.^'lged “the k.ud t.*« luet m.ku ’ to luat v**te eon d be unlaitiirul to t>ii pied|ie U is likcwitx* >rae UiHt ili« ^.ticdard has uut yet cpeul|^ (■ ivoo-iud rocou- strixiiioii, .huugn soiae of its friesnds thr^tu^h iu> eolumns and oihcrwise; and though itself ha'i emphati- •ally declared that in oootingenoies which it eeeiub to aatUipate, 'HhepeopU of North Carolina will take their own %f»kTt mto their own hand*,''—a guarded manner of da- s.ariug that Ntrth Carolina will tn (hat tvent »«c*df from iht Cpn/tdiracy If she were thus to secede, neither t:.i) !:'t^iiiard nor auy one else can imagiae for a mo- nt«ni lu^i the eould stand alone, with a considerable ft-ri of nmr territory oeoupitd by yankee troops, and on treat iers four States whieh woald necessarily feel tA* ire esi indi^uatiot) at tne base abaiidoaa.«Bt ef the t!'i.i.d«.ra’6 pie ge and the State’s pledge. What thenT ' b.aie weuld oeoeasarily resort to that roeeastrao- tica ;u wkloh the Standard has (leclari>d itself opposed, ihen, igiiin one of the United Statra, North Caroli na woald oe as far as aver from pea=je, for she would ^ repaired to assist Liaeoln la the •nbjugatiea of Vir- fhua aad feath OaroUoa aad Che othtf Oeafedarate UMtysburg by ihs Hon. Kdward Kverett.of Massacha- setts: ‘■The heart ef the people, NortV i»nd South, is for tho Uaion ladieatioDS, too plain to be luistakru, announce th** fafit. both in tbr Sast and the Weit of the Slates in rebellion In North Carolina and Arkansas tbe fatal ebarni at length is broken. At Raleigh and Little Rook, tbe lips of honest and brave B3?n are unsealed, and an ini^eprndent press is unlimberlng its artillery. TLe woary aAS^es ef the people are yearning to see the dear old fl’ig floating again upon the capitolt*, and they »igb for the return of peaoe, prosperity and happiness which they enjoyed under a Qovernment whoso power was felt 05\ly In its blessinys.” We earnestly nail the attention cf the Standard tr tbfs also, and ask it if it is a tmo repreteutaitcT; of either “tb* K^art af the people” of North Carolina, or of tha “honest and briive men” or the ‘ independent press” at Raleigh, or of the character of tho old gov- ernmeniT Mr. Everett's allusion is manifestly, without contrtsdimion, to the Raleigh Statdard. Acd in all se- rionectss, and In most respeotful terms, we aHk the Staadard to say yea or nay to the above queations We will not praeame to determine what will be its annwer;' But we think we cannot be mintaken in bn lieviag, that if it sball answer yea, tbe scales will fall from the ef*s of thousands wbn now follow the Standsrd blindly, but have no thought or wish lo follow anybo dy’s had inta a new associat'on with the vile yankei'i; and that if, as wa hope, it shall.an8W3r ray, then thou sands who are now graduaUy inclining to what they think the t*iandad means, will pautte upon tho edge cf tbe precipice which they are approaching, and will br saved trom that fatal plunge into a gutf Mbich wiil whelm property, life, liberty and honor. PosTAQB OK A«mt PAPaas —The ditlicul'.y whi'h soldiers in the ariay of Northern Virginia exverir .o > iu getting (heir ncwspapv* fro® home—a difficuliy v,hich dees aot seem to exist in other armica or at oiber pcbta —hf.8 brjugiit us to the conclusion lo pro ; ay t: e pos- on all papers tent ^oir this ciSc? to ibjt' «in)y This v^ill sul'jw'Jt us to ccnsidtTab!e t-ij« s.' a\.i 1 i)or, but :l is an ofiFenitg we will very obeerfaliy aako to lu« grat lS‘)aiion if the gallant svl- iers in Lee's army. Il is, hoHtiver. a,shaio) that the Postmaster vJeneral docs not recumiDcnd te Congress to alloir the sildiers to re ceive their papers free of postage la addition to numbers of letters of complaint fron> that army, we find the fol’owing in ihe papers: . Obakqi C II., Jan’y 4 —A heavy snow storm hai> keen ragtog all day, which will blocitaae itJiluary ope raaont for the gf'eseut. Persons writing lo soldiers or kenoing^hem pat ers are earnestly lequcsted tu prepay the postage Over fifteen hundred letters for soldiers, besides a large number of papers, on whioh the postage has not beea prepaid, were remaining in the army posi office on the 1st of January. Wailc OB this subject, ther« is another mailer that we may mention. W« get letters and papers from Rich- Ooaoaiss —The Senate on Satarday adapted aaan-! imcusly the following resolutions iatroduoed by Mr { Johnson of Arkansas: Whereas the eampaigas of the brave aad gallant ar mies. covering the Capital of the Confederate States, during the two suecessive years of 18S2 and 1868, un der tbe leadership a&d eommaad of Gea. RobWt B. Lee, have been crowned with glorious reeults—defeating greatly superior fo«*c^% ir aRsed by the eneay for the cc’quf fitcf thfsaSiai'f; repelling the Invaders with imineoet* L sfos. «>d tw^.'e transferring the battle from onr own c^uulry to tLat of the enemy. And wke'ers, !';»• »..»^tevly and glorions acUavemeBts nil',’■‘rii: j ;'ar-v-r cr>cniora)li* the fields of “Seven Day^ of Ureal i^attlea” which raisad the aiege of Riehmond —bs Weil as those of Cedav Pkun. that of Senoad Manas fiss, Harper’s Ferry, Baouabora’, Bharpaburg, Shep> ardstown, Fredericksburg, Wiaohester, Qettysburg aud rhanoellorsville—command the admiration and grati tude of cur country. .ind wbereaa. these aad other illuetrious serrioes rendered by this able eommander einoa the commenoe- roept of onr war of independener, have especially ea- deiired him to the hearts of hi^ eouBtrymen, and have imposed on CoBfrress the grateful duty of giving expres sion tc their feelings; therefore Resolved, by the Popgrees of the Confederate States of America, That (he thanks of Congress are due and are tendered to Qeaera! P^obert B Lee, and to tha cffi oers and ecldi^Ts of the ('onfederale artnies tinder bif command, for tbe treat and signal viotorirs they have "Won over the vast host" of t%e enemv, and for the Id- ^ftimable ^erviocs they ha rendered in defence of tbe liberty and independence of our 'j.mnfry. Resolved, That the President be requested to eom uinn>cato thesi* r-scluil ns to Q^u Robert E l4ie, and the pflic*>rs and soldiers herein designated 8ona di^cuKsinn took place on a bill to increase tbe p^iy of clerkH in Executive Dfpartments, but without tinal a!fioB l^e Senate w«nt into "xecativo session The House on biturdty deba'e'd a bill to »ut In the I ar; y all citizsas of any U. 8 Territory or State, he- iWiPR.18 an 1 45, in ^ht Ccnfedcrtey .\pril 1, 1861 No dec’sion was. reached. &I«i>a'.y w\3 iS iinlj. pasted in secret *«M.on by batb Iloiises Of busiae^^a with open doors, we note the passage by I the House of the reHclutions of thanks to Oen. Lee, an J ihe r port of the foH-.Wjng bill by tbe siililary com- ii;it:sr: A bill lo be entitled.an act fptaling rzi*ling and reguirtt iug future exempitcns Jruri mtluary ttrvice: I The CoitgreiS cf the Vohfeder'ile ISlatet ao enact, Thai frurn and aiier ihs p.»84|{e of t*^.)b aci all ao's aud t art^ O' acks eaeu^ptine per»>n4 from Tatli.ary service be aud ibe eaoie are hereby repealoi, exarpl in so Tar as ihej relate to clfisers i.f ibe Coufed^raie and S.aie govern- insutp: ft-nii here%Ji?r no other persons shail bo exsiupt trocj tucl. > rTiC'’tliaii iho following, to «U: All who Suall bu LoiJ unfit :'_ r miltiary svrvice under rultc to b« ireBCi.in'd by tl^v' iSei tary of ^ar, and euoh other V 'H . as I. liaid .SeTdary with the tpproval of the i e,ji> uaj irc «i expedient losxempi in view of tcp u t, rLich UiUbi bs saitsfactor ly esta«ilished, that such per.MOiia o;ia ! y thwii' iator., occupaiion or eouploy toiler subswrvo :l-o vit»! inieresis of tb; country nnd contribute more substautially to iie defence outaide ol tii» a-niy tban in tb» ranks. Provided, That even in such oases absolute exemp- ti.ns fr.tm military service sball nol be granted if in me opinion of the Secretary ef War the same end can be alt’lined by regularly enr&hing and detailing for spec^fio limes and ttated purp.jses those whose skill, ittb >r. ocoupatica or cmploymeut may make iheir ser vices more valuable odt of th;in in the actual ranks of the army. Considerable debate occurred on a reseluiion in re gard to this war fcr independence, which was finally re ferred to a select oommittee, that it might be made more complete, perhaps in the form of an address lo the people. Un Tuesday, the Senate parsed a bill declaring the j irei.t and meaning of the 11th seciiou of the ti,hiDg act nond the day after they arc mailcl. The army of Nor- i lo be >hat farmers shall aot be required to pay a lenth them Virginia is bul four or five hours’ trarcl from Kictimond. let we never get a letter from that army in leae than four days, and it is oftener five or six. We can imagine oases—of sickness, &o.—in which it is cf the highest importance aad interest that letters should be conveyed without unnecessary delay. Could not some arrangement be made, (perhaps by employing an additional clerk or two iu tbe army post ofiice,) by which the letters oeuld be mailed uireet to the oSlces to which they are addrcBsed, without having to be de layed at Kiehmond, Raleigh, and perhaps other dinri- baiing of&eeelt Whoever will eifect a reform in this matter will deserve the thanks ef the soldiers and of their wives and parents. Hoi OioRGi Datis AYpoi«tid Attoevkt OciiiaAL. —It is w'ta pleasure that we copy the following an nouncement frem thje Richmond Whig: Appointment tf Aitornty General. — We learn that on Saturday ih’e Senaia conhrmed the appointment uf Uoa. Ueorge Davie, of Ncrth Carolina, as Aitcrcey General of the Confederate 6taies, vice flun. Thcs. U Watts, re signed. Mr. Davie ;is at present cne of the Beuatora from North Carolinii, and has displayed a gocd Jtai ot abilily in dealing with the quesu jui uf > u. lutcr* - ! rrijugat belure tlie ^enaie lio i>s tu ncau. .» i>i v- y-r, litsd Will aja*.e :iii ex3tll^t»t /■ tit^i Air. Davis is indeai La^;'«r of nigh reputatiou, aud tjsiUes i!: ;t iie li a echolur anJ'a gen;lem:*a. W.: ji'csuui:! th'U tue Ujveruor i^ud Council will as scon aa possible appoint Gov. Graham te hli Mr Davig’a nnexpired time in the Senate, vix: till ui next V)iiih; after whch Qov. Graham’s ov«u six years’ time •rill eornmence. Ikblaro —it appears from the following paragraph that there is some alarm about the drain of Irishmen to fill Linoofn's army and fight the yankees' battles. We are glad lo hear it. England deserves to have Ireland depopulated and made a howling wilderness for allow ing her laws to be opsnly violated by the yankee en- 1 aimenta of soldiers in Ireland:— A Sentation in Ireland.—There is quite a sen?ati'?n being created abroad on toe Irish question. All the fioglish papers state that the drain co. the f%rnii-.g population of Ireland is giving serious alarm to the lan i- l.>rd.-> oi thal country. At a recent agricultural d'.nO' r, tie .Mirquis of Waierlord deolnred laai if tne eioigrsi tiou couiinuod ai the rate at which u had liteiy pro gressed, there would be no laborers to till the soil, and- Ireland would become a mere sheip-walk Town Elictijs.—On Monday last M»j Archibald MoLean waa re-elected .Mayor of Fayotleville witfaoui oppoiiiti'>n, fcud tho following were elected Commission ers for the several wards:— Ward No. I, A. Q Thornton, “ *' 2, M McKinnon,^ *• 3, E. L. Pemberton, *• •' 4, K. 8i. (Jrrell, “ •* 6, A A. McKeihao, “ 6, J. C Poe, “ “ 7 J. K. Lee. Fbom N. C. Soi-oiEEs.—A ictier from a North Caro lina oflScer, near Orange C. II.. Va , Deu. 30tc, saye: “All is quiet here, and we are building wim.«r quar ters, and drawing winter olotbing Tne health oi the troops is good and we will soon oe eomforiabl i tv tn« winter.” • Another letter, Jajuary 1st, says;—'‘Onr iiiigad* [Cooiio’B] ;s d jing piokct dury aionjj ih3 HipiJai. All quiet'h.s iQornmg »Ve h'is'o li.it oo:t,aidcictl)b rub me three daj ■ pt»&t. This nuruiag is fiir. Roadu very bad.” Dsaths orSoLDiaas.—In Guilford county, lOih Dec., David 0. Hardin, of Capt. Rankin’s Cavalry, agnd 55. At Camp Winder Hospital, Richmond, 5lh August, J. P Randall, of Co. D, Hth N. CJ. T , of wcviuds received in a skirmish*St Hageretowa, Md. Near Webster, Jackson ooanty, Got. 29, Dr. R. A. Edmonston, ia the 86th year of his age, a private in the 26lh N. C. Reg’i, then 21 Lieutenant, and thsn Captain in 62d Reg’t. In General Hospital No 1, Richmond, Va, Nov’r 2, of wounds reoeivad in the battl* of Bristow Station, Jaha K Clark, of Co 0, 127th Rsg’t, aged 24. *' At Poplar Lawn Hospital, Petersburg, 21st Aagust, LuBsford P Lashley, Co I, 41at Reg’t, Cavalry, in tbe 21st year of his age. The following it extracted from the True Delta, of the 16tfa nit. PaovosT CocaT—.A A. Atecka, Judge.—number of negroes were charged with having had a sedi*loas religieu meeting, praying for the rettira of their mas- ten, for Beauregard aad Jeff. Davis, saying th-t their ezpeetatioM of Abe Liaeola had «ot beau of their atraw of wheal, rye, tats, barley, shacks, or c.>ra!italk3. A bill was repor.ed to the House authorising tbe Im- presdmeot of sUves and free negroes as laborers iu the military service. The UilUaty Situation.—The news from Charleston is intererting. The following official dispatch from Gen’l Beauregard was received yesterday at the War Depart ment: “CuAKLxsToa, Jan. 4 —The enemy has been recon- noitering una soubdiug lu iLie vicinity of Dewes’ inlet, north ot Ljn; idland, laiicaliug a possible mcvement in that direction. His encampmenis on Ools island h >e lately increased. G. T BiAuaaoAaD.” it is prohaV'ie that this conjectured uovemeat of the I eiiemy will ~ axe it necessary fur Gen. Beauregard tu cover Charleston wi'h his waule force The neceasity I of defending the country and railroad between CharJes- ; ton and U&vauuah is also indispensable, f There is nothing new from ibe iiaes in the Csatral I Wes^ Longstreet is slill supp;issJ lo hold a position which threatens West Teunossee and Kentucky, and keb>4 Gram in tbe necessity of protecting his line of oomuiuuicttion itith loihville am* other Ucalliies in nis re&r Tae cabualties in the recent Kncxvilla oam- p^iiga cf Loiigstreel, it ii said will not exaeed twelve huudi'. I r iiu T : -re fc I. . viru'fcs'ness felt for his pres- ' p si'i:.u 1 lo c r^ between the t linch auu :i«.ra ibb^uaas la strung points, capable g. tusv defi'Dco Geu -- li"'‘'3 ara entirely quiet. *Jitchmond I^zaminer, 5th. BhckaJe Kunuer Ativre—'.Vt: unje.'si«id that ."lo ntiiig neard Utro Sunday aud yester came from tbe direciion of L«ckwood’t Folly, where the Slesmer Ben digo bad ruci.tehure II would seem that in the doubt ful light of Sunday moruisg, the Bendigo mistook the wr^ck of the Steamer Ehxibeth for one of the enemy's blocki^ders, aud iu endeavoring to run between her and the fi>i(«s got aground. The Bendigo is a small vessel, and we su;>posj would hardly draw over 6 Of feel ot water. — \VU. Journal, oth. Cha'!e»ton —16 shelis were thrown into the city on Monday uight. Nobody hurt. Interesing to Jifiil Contractort.—Thi Bureau of Con Bcripiion, under instructions from the War Drpartment, has determined, with reference ta mail ointractors, “that the cau^e of exemption saouli exist at the time that milit^iry cervioe is c.aimed It a person otherwibn “ubj^ci ic cvnsviription, betore or tiio tinjc of eiiroii- ut;a . cKiois exemAion by reaiun uf b;iLg such a mail ■ 'jiractor »8 is m^itiutuiJ in the act, eXs.-mj)iion muai ujt ov refused, even though t^e ootitract was obtained iiince thj yassage of the aot. If the contract is obiained subsequent tO tae i.oroliment, the part/ virtually be- oomes a member af the army, and a release frum service is of the nature of a dittonarge from the army, whioh is nut contempiatad im. the aci oi Congress.” Antl;'sU oj the Tux Law in Congrext.—It is known that Corigrebs i^f now njaiuring, in secret session, a bill 10 l3v> laxes for the support of Government. This bill has come froui the Special Committtse on Cdrrency. Iis le.aurcs mi'y be b?ufly but reliably ?iated. U } ro posea .1 Mix i.f twenty per Cfnt- on all agricultural pro- iuc:b; wa»*?it, Ot r«i, iota00'>. naval fliiire^t, prc»vidiv»n«, cljthH, »»nd. generi;l_j, ail amclea which may be eau- Uieraii-d aa »riny oupplifu tJtocSd, cota tli pa^-er ised ko uuirtucj »?-ie i»xed /ivej.er cent. All detits wuich nave b-»en pnu ti t oafe»ter.itc luuLcy pricr M ttie p»e- sage of the aol at a f &x againti tne purty who puid them, let* io twei')>ccn, aecv^rding to tbe date ot payment. Prohtis in tvbdo aud bu^iDess, made since tne let of j January, lbb.2. aro taxed thirty-three p.jr cent., with ♦'Scei'tioi',8, and w.iii au additionvl tax of twenty- ' '' cii p-wV Col I .n .be exotss over twenty-five per ceiit of (lie pr.lit.:^ .1 iacor/Mi'atcd and joint siock companies m.. Je 'U r.ujr oi t,;.v j e ,rs Siuoe me war. i'he lucome ia& 13 b-iepc'-.jc j —Rich. Ezamintr. Suppoted jfncendiarisn —The eitensive foundry aud maciiiue s^o^'d uf D.xj;;, Altiri^ni & Co., Snow Cump, N. O , wero buiuel to the ground on ihe night ef me 18th iiiat Loss heavy. No insui'r-co.i.—Kal Standard. Kailsoau Dividkkd.—Tne North Carolina Railroad company has decl.tred a dividend of C per cent., payable on tbe tst of February. This will add $180,000 t« tha State SinkiD^ Fund. Tbs fact, that Dr. A. V, P. Garnett’s house, ia Wash ington City, rents for $2,800, while under the eunfisca* lion iaw ii sold for only $8,600,ahows that the Yankees do not consider the investsasnt in eonfiioated property •0 being a permanent one. rOR THB OB8KBVBA. Camp 46th N. C. T., xsaa Oaaiiai 0 H., Va , Deo U8, litiS. To Laurinbargh Soldiers’ Aid Society: I hereby ac knowledge the reesipt of thirty Shiria, thirty pairs Drawers, thirty-three pairs Sooks, and two Towels through Neill 0. Patterson. Ssq., for whioh pleaee ae- eept the heartfelt ihat^ke ef my Coapaay. ' COLm BTSWART. Oapt. Qo. 1>, «6tH M. 0.1. OBN. MORGAN’S ESCAPE FROM PRfSON w^re a-cusu,a,"d to lie. As tbsy moved qnie'ly mir» OBSKKVKR. opesial Correspondence of the R!chTti''od Enqu er ak.i!g ihrntKh ibto dark recent to the termicus’"here ^ . w li-j - reeelved frcm ).im. How often it ccc.r -! at ■ iru;h who U d re«..lv.d ,o he fr« Tr er were of all “f ^ u stranger than ficlioii,” and to tlf^r t*G 'L*‘ ‘>I i:i »riih l i-. vi-s. n.ftd*? cut of oasa kr-iv^s Life ^ I® C bis nodeet w«'-. , all the - "!•* n hia fscapi;, unt;l h\i Kafs arrival within ci>** , ucare like a t»l> o!' the Arab''-.- Nlfcbis th u a true cord of fac'^, whie’' su ’iiR'. htive lui recectiv faV;" plaoc: In tke fire* pripon ■* ■ of -.i- ‘t. 1 eiloer in tbi« country or Sj.'cpo, as I caii f/ V' a j a personal inspcc'icn. ant fiv men woe!'- ;.-t* tiie | osurage ?o at tc af ^ f’.-i f ’ 'i ’■ ; ^ n if | thtrt w#re ao otb*r o-siaila than - be .-r •oiuf; bul when it is remembered that therp »»r^ tJ-ireo liTicr of sentinels to pass, besides bull d'*gs, we oa.i • u; mire the d#i'»rnijualion which oould resclv-' nut ih*- fertilitT of rescuree wblo^' fould tf”.cee8‘»fi>''T • HCim- pUsh, suoh a vast und^rtakicf. Ob the 26tb day of July Gen Morjrati. w.th his officers, was taken to the penitemiHry. He w« fir.-i carried into the “Scouring rocms” and ord^rrd to di vest bimfelf af lits clotbir.g each arlic^e bj-irifr carsfiil’y searched as he la*.d i* asid*. Ho was crxt ov>j!*red i« 'o a large hogshead of water and severely scru^-hed by a convict. During »11 tbi*' tiinp he w(.8 t^u^jectpil to thr vulijar gt*e of a large numhai' of people. wl>c w?r.- » - trsft 1 by curiosity to 9»*e the “great chief.” TMh bn '.(.jt err be was taken into th'. “Shavir.i; roor” s,ad r * q ■ ed to take a peat, and then cavinj T.e*d ihe “• r.r- j ht-risinff procoes.” WM1« tlris was Clnk. I aud Dr Steel came in and r rclaiineiJ in 5ur: ' “M/ HeKTeij, Oer.eral, what are you h; ■siiij t ou H; in disfikUrrd for?” He veryjj^ulily ar,,l p!et«r»nt!y e;>ii- ■! “W«H a few fion:cnti, p-’titUrrt-n, and yf v i;: aad sure enough they did Frou! h -x»- eondiicted to bis room, wh'ch cm ’stcd »' a r, 'r"> C“!l, f'lur aud a half feet wide %r,d cig^t ft-.->i I' n? T. r g''(ifr(' i1f>or w»p c’ft^ed. and be n w rcs’ii d Nia 1 ffAiitiiiior: a prinoopr in hf''-';s'f f ir'‘’'■iqr;,-— who bad ever heew lenlftu. bort'.r'^inr' c- v --vk’'. v ; who had titae and again re'ea“cd (‘icir ^ lli' r.a. • 'j !b*ia to retain Iheir hivrses 6cd •-ide arin•, '.i! d rvp>; fuTt)i*ibed their privates with T'.i jr.fj t > defr .v • ; way bi roe, scrnbbed, sbaved snd loci''d it> a is i o’il Like a true phi!o“orhpr, tqu-») i > ar>y r'Mvy ).• i7.el hie fate cht'tr^ulW. Li- c u. i; '. : i t'lae to prudence and fi - uaM v r*m iri n.' ••tbtt tbeir tinis wciiM c> ni«; ngr i' ? ly c >tae ” At?d, th ink G ■ ' ' f ?s r-' v? iv- Ci ir? By hir* prud-ace "vr..i 'p: - i ^ won the good fu^-line cf • ?: :u' - -n i i aa'S. l^at tb'*'!' wi-e di.ifnstii him kl; ^ ; -^’i • do STiall f^Tfir* him .\*f.r .v f*'®’ d'>y o' ijorbuemert, he .nd hii cflirprs t»*r >ili w d f w iu tbe nasaaije wnr. on wbiru ibei'* ct]'« c’ei. ' ;. Tbt"”eila c*Tici>-d two \ - of i a in ih * wall, one or'>r •b;- ofhpr They opened iu*' ■» wsy. twelve Tfi wide and i. i!»fy Io: p Kv i v pnvert 01 an oonv«ai*neea of 'oirfHaf. . , I We have received msny kind donitioas from tbe pa- BOarcely to be d«ai-ei. and the mo- Indies of Robsscn couaiy, which, owinc to olr- ,v . I ctiBsmancea attending the soWier’s We, we have bee* I ■ ?,3u frcm tb« ^ onad, thai. the dcg should ' ■ I si»c I- ; rtu—they eould but die Hut cor.d:‘ U!f»! f;. depperate unable, pablicly, to acknowledge But I hope our kind lady friends will not think that wa appreciate thefr pre- « -rf ‘I** -^han we cannot pnhlioly aokno^ge. ^ ^ ! w* aankful f r all, and caa only r*,ay th^ by -i.u.1 jes.p “‘5^*'bad euddenly ; . - , . . , flsAse Storm, aad Krro>Q carlt ‘.nd ra^ny; th? k?t.nt:i8 and (he i>entinel' had taken refugs dnder shel- t.'r T; e ir>rer wal!, by life aid of the rope ladder, was «f-on RJib-d, and n.wth^ otn*roi:«» fcvid »o be aiteaiptpd ’int Tiy^r. (wt'f, hy the WaV. 's a aephew i f eld Z't’k.) hpiT'f a, vrrv po^ive mat-, by ibe aaaietance of his C'n r'i i-;-, rcaciuf J ths tap cf the ^at« and was enabled to Bet tb.? repp over the wall Tittfu *'f'* top was ^ain ei thi-r found a ropp eitendiug t.l; crfund. whic*> the Genrr-1 immf diately cut, as ba su •pr-ott.i that it riipht le?>d h:t' the warden’s-room. Tbie {urn* *’ ui •> b»* nrnrpct Tt'-ey then cr-lerrd tfce sentry t>ox cn e w.’l | ar.ii cHarppd 'h:ir elo'hps, and let tb. oioelves dowa ifap j trail. In ►Tdinr do»?n the General •kirned b?« band / verjr b.-tdly au.i %!! w! ro core or lea* bruised. Obcc | d 'va rlipy *i!>ri:rat."d—Taylor and S-oebon go’ng one » av, nokefsini'h, Bennett and Gee anciher. »u 1 Gea | j \T fr.d tNpf llJnes pr-oe«d:ng iiuri'edisteiy towards 1 th>i li- nfi. Tb'-- G»n»rr! had. by paying fitfppn dollars ' in c !'i, H'jPC'-'^-df l iij '■■bt-^nine- ?v f^>er wfcicK i:.fo:n:d I f • 0 scl •dul-' tiai' ot tbeajar*re>t ro*.'.H TS»* j f-l i t ■‘•'‘uclf ■.! f kn-w ty turr>iug te o: u’i j ■''at'b ibp ifo* ri trK,in r t rii,c’(*.'S.ti Ha got thtreju-l •in ;he t':i:i w ?t: t n„ IF lie at cace b'«ked «ut to j U. .* ,f ri> ftr; ...y Jjl.i;. rj V.fSld aOtJ Pip^’iD? at Fp jfi! i-fi: ■ r vri'ked np and took a sks: b^- •id - r-irn >ij ^err^rk' i tn b;.r> =':.8 tbe night »?»*• ^ 'Umo HL'l ct:I1'', pcrh ’ronld jjin hiw in a dHtik ’’ j Hu did “o, d ih'* p-^r!y s'jf-n bpcp.me very agreeebleto I -■iCt- otb-*". Th^ ciir- ir ero>-e;rig the Sc'c'o have to j i.-> Km a iio,' ■iisra'ict! .{ the PeBiteatiary .A«! .i-L,- I he cdi.' r r rn-’kei tbe hct»-l at | VI;’,'.' ->!.-yi.T Rvi . . Ii>’r3 sre "p •?>r*ir p >];. i** ii.i ! ' ' i''." T'S -iit c rj-;., iti). .-‘/.n’ l^iop'r«■!_. j •■ ■I hp r iil r-tip his r-.’t.! ' ■ h pnt itiirc >1 niiii • ■ ' • "f » ~ f r- !;• a i.'.u:ii.tc " j • li. • ,■»'I I r V f!i 1 Z^nia 1; w.is> dr:oii.. t-r b-i'i’ ‘ c ; i.L- ti -. n iii,ur. Ii.i .eicp J in .tnx--'v , K. I • I bariaic our breasts the braver to the fla^e stom, aad doep had ret.red to tbeir , ,tri\ing lae bolder for thfir Tirtne, siippiaess an4 lib«rty Very truly, Ao, A. A McITFBt Capt. Co. O, 24th N. C Reg’t. FAYETTfeVLLLl^ MALIKKT.—January 7. REVIEW OF THE MARXET. B»«ou 2 50 Pork 1 50 trl 75 Lari 2 25 Beef 50 tis hy side, 60 at retail. Beeswax 2 Butter 4 00 Cotton 1 25: CofFee 12 50. .Cott«B Yarn—$10 to JSO per bnnoh. Dried Fruit—Apples 60, Peaoheg 75. Egg? 2 00 per doarn. Eiiract Logwood ¥5 to $6 per lb Fb-ur 90 00 to f 00 •fiaxseea $6 ppr ba. Fov»c»r 10 O') Ft 8 00 Sh;;clt5i i 00 to 7 00 Or-- t.’v'-n .1, O't. V, v- jj,! 20 00 Rye 8 00 t'e 10 iHJ .>.;s G Ir. . I 50 Pt-a.. ^ to *10 —Ori*:i. 'J to 55 ^0, dry 4 6V to 5 00. Iron—8w«Jes H 00 ro S 60 LeMher—tpper li 50 per lb.. Sale SIO. L'quor?—C>»rn Whli^kw -50 (K). Apple esd Peach B'auo^ 30 OO —Ceuatr^ sniJo f 10 to $11; N 0. 10 to f 12 NalU 2 oO to 8 60 per ib 10 00 pa- bu«hel. P.ifliot»--iriih >7 50 per bnshol; aw«et 6 00. 40 to W I 'H. — r'.Ri'.;, f'i.r «i jer io.", Toilet 2 00. r. .. -1 ‘0 ij ; . .. i iol ^9 to ?? p" ? 'on. V ■-i ( ao ^ t%» '0 •V ( 1 l>: f S V i' k .. 'i ■ '■ ir. 1 ; •I p rl r k .1 C! t i ,.-n .*11 ( P • . 'hr t‘ ■ t l-H-.-i f II '.i •; 'li- r> U'. 1 ■«' 2 •.’ \ii- it - re i l : e (th.u w>'- due 'li'ii nas i‘-“ ii''ir Hi Kii’oh r c -Ue, and vt urno thfur ivp»-ta lu K { ■ r;wT’,‘> n . stecO'iD'ry Tbe t^ i morniajr, a' k. ib»v w»ire turn?! into t>'p 'age way r. i a lo»?pd to c mn-nnicntH *ul' e^.on ■;;Hpr and at 4 c'c’ -ck rtr» loi-k-d i- l..,i • •, on the on s'd* .'f tne w -g f tbi* bu‘N:i s in r r. : w«>re coLfS'J^d, w'"® a whU tnvy fe;i >ph, f- , tbeu/ frcm tbe m»l3 ■; -rn. et - a • ur -idi- of this dopsr'.a was a.j^'boi ~ *. nv. f.t. bigh, with a large cvet biikDg upon waio;> the .‘'vM’l'ne'.' walked their beat. Ou tbe ground, ^e wtf;i trse ;r-'r and the cuter wall a ohaiu of sfiiiiueis 9n'i di-inbir d and another ou the outer wall during the d-y, biu .i- night were •'sn^ferred to the grouod o'> ibp ouf“id' Last, and most d-fficult to ehi^f-, was iho tpnilne! entered tbe prison at ail iitsca dunn? me dar. and hi stated intervals of two hours auring tbe r gat, to i>e‘ thal evprything was c- ioK ou well. Wbea the deter mination to sBcapp at all hanrds wa>i fixed upon, t'l first ihing was to gel hold of some laplemrnts* t.' work with. Ho Q‘Oer*l goi sick aud waa o di?red to lfc>v> his'T'p ghi 10 him ia his room, f-nJ ai canvH- ierr i!i.b bid plate went back a ca-e Knif/. Wn*' ■ jient numWr had thus been ptoturei, i bravp V jU'T sdes went io work Separate holes bad lo be aade,*as they wure confined in separate oeiis. Toeir bedsteads were email iron stools, %aiaaed ic t: w wilh binges. They eoaW bo hooked up or -n'l. Wfi ’ aland on the floo;; and to prevent any BU'p . icu. f ■; several days before any work wasattetuprei) tt.. j tr.^ I-- it a habit to let them down and sit at Leir ■ i-, -_i ' rpad. Captain Hines superint.-n led th*’ t -rk. w i Uenoral Morgan kept watch to divert tbe at!rn'; .n o the sentinel, whose duty it was to eome anuuo' au i g the d y and cb.*erve if anything was goi« g oi. >>*> this feMow came U whi'e Hoksrisniuh Wi: »tti ic- • th* flfior buring away, and, mis'sini; hiui, -■ is HokersiLitfcT'’ Tbe Oeseral rr-!i(•^ • i--it •• rocm sick,” and immediately pun.; • a do-u:-..bt cu' . t his pocket and said to hioi: “Here is i.i m. ill have drawn up to forward to tbe Govpr: air i a Vs ingtan—what do you think of it? ’ TLe f. i^. v. > perhaps, sodld not read, beine bijf’^b »i li General’s COB J!’ieca*i«n, took it, utvt v.ry g > ». at it Jcr several motaems before be vouch- fed ..ny re ply Theu handing i»b»ck, h** ip -i r i ’ :iikJ:ly pleased with it la the meaetioie. Hokr’‘‘ni:tb *i.!- been signaled, and came up, pr i fpei v* ry ua well This sentinel wa* thr ircsi tiiilicuU ai.d iang >i. u« obslacla in their progress, becauvc thwrp win n > '.elunc at what time he would euter during t’"?* day, ar-d s: nifht he came regularly pvery twj bourn lo each c»r. and ipstrted a ligui tbr''ugh ti.e v- ; cir d. - see that t^e; r. . '“ily slcepii.^-; t-ul. ir. qu r, after he baa cottip-ciPil tn- rcu a-», te wou ■ s’lp . in the dark with a pa-r f’' na . . ubb?r ebi s . n, i;> isten at ibeir cnis ii -u.i- ii.vf going Xh Genera' Pnya thu h« w.u d a.’: ■> i i variably ' ^ :w uis presence by c*rtHr.. m»pr-. ti_ s' u.i'i. r would prpduee; but tor fear ifi vi "i* •icut?^ r.ei I'v might sonjci'icis *nl bij, ue br-if up : of coal enry moiniut. aad tp: ‘ door, whicn would aiw*y» aai.uUi^ci« .Si: i i: . Everything was now ready lo begin th« w : i t5> about the latter part of October, they r ’.jr,, .iicpd ■ bore. All were busy—on" making a roj.e UiJ'T by tearing and twistiogup 8irip' of bed tick, aa.;; or'ii-i ing bowie knives, end another twis'ii.g >ip tr-w- T'j.y labored persevt ringly for several d .y?; >-.nd aft r boring through nine incbes of c.'tnent, ‘»n 1 uiue ttiieiu "S -.t ot brick placed edgewise, tbpy h-g in to wonder Wtieu they should reach the soft en . fudderly a bric-i; through What infer^^i c. in’b.-r ind they re »cii€ i? - It wa^ immediately entrrud. and to tbe.rgroat amcn’*ih- uiCT-i (.t d joy, il pr oved .0 b_ au air cnaiuoer ixi-u liug hp df l.'nt?th -jf '.ho row of cel's, lieia wa.- an uu- xprc;pd ?nierro?ition iu the'r fivo’". IL hniti t“ y ! , ■ w rr tu'u L j ' ' w- 111 J ' p ' h -.1 I ;t wvui i bn j . =-.Tiag ^>-en dvtainf i hi Z ni^ w > ru-;n*ng very r.ip'd ] I I' • u-f, tilt It WHS F,^ - ..jy p.-.3i 6 o’cli ck. j I i ^ • p'. rI >ai'! to '■ ^pt. limes: ■ 1. is after bix; if we I* o depot we aie deed men. N' w or neverl” They i >■ t tse rear Had pul on thp britkp? “JuKp, HinenI” | Oil - w -Qt. Pu1 'rll boeis over heai in the- I'^nd. An ' ■ b; «re turn of the krake, and the Gener---t'jumppd i H.’ T) 9 ■nf.Tr. iiurcrs?fui, and lighted on bia f't t Tber? j w rp ■'■.me roldierp near, wno r l ark/?d: * ??hat in the | :i—1 dj ycu men mean t>y j-umping cff thr Oira here?’’ i thi" G -neral r.-plie^ ; “Wh»t in «be d—1 is tcie Uie of try Kcin? into town whet 1 hve here; and besides, wnai { u*!nes- it • ( jour:.? ’ Tti> j ■r«nt iramedi'^tfl; to (he riyp’-. Tbey f-iund a sk'.lf. tu' no oars tj lou a iiitl 'ii-y csTse over, and ••I rc».r d 10 b - waitibg j u waiting for?" • id tb. G r;fral •tva waiaii.- ■ y lead ” “What iistbefr.cc *• .i load? ’ 'Tw ■ d “W 'I sane h.re iird an i Lucgry. we wil. fri^ • . u dcliari>, and ncu cnu pui.u.- over.” ,So over s- ’ ok ineui “VVnere u j.« Mi»r> livt':''' ••Just HI' .' I.; '.ar si i'rora ere.’’ • Wui you ehow lae her hous»: -Y. *, s^r.” The house I wai reacbfd, a tiiie breakfa-i was bouu obtaipfd, money rut a Lor’ne furnist.ed; a good woman s pray-.r bssiow- pd and tff be went. Froiu u vre forward t^roMgn iipu- ■ uck?, everybody via. with eacU vther as to who should ■how bin* I.he most attciticn, «ven tri the negro-.e; an« ■ ?urg ia'Ues ol retiacment hv,’e“d bci->T to ccok Mt’ la.n.ti. He ifiiiaiut'd iu K n utky .some di-ys. fe»ling : ^ = cily sr. , r.ua «xr.dii g into L 'uinviiie for many lit ■- 'tiing' te R'sit/led ’.‘’tiii to Bitrd.-lown snl lound a ,• .-dtrui rcfe .r.ie;;:t Sid jii?i trnved iciere, 1 . kiug fer ^ T1L.1 Kjait-iii'd ijtr‘ an'J ab ul for three or four days, j ni tbrn brri.cE. oul for D;x:e, dlfgiiicing himself bs a • .'Crvra. T'l C'l^ii' ionti- ot.jr, buying lar/e lots of >.t tibtr lim^/s as Quiriirn:>»(iter. until he got to •:';e T -r nvs^Pc .i^>-r H« ie hp found ail m'.anH cf trana 'iti.ii I'j-Toy d -^^d 'he b^» k:( wrrii.j-Tr guard d; bu' ^ Il s..-J i; I. H-d j .ne l iiiiu iu s, K*. of «'i« r«'wonstrsn ! , fie suc'?*-, icd III n .jk.rg i r*,;.', >ii.d h*- end - spra n j ^liU .3 cr j -?, i or«r II;i‘ tsc. *'., wi^r. ij«-ro;4 b»lf »;.cr j ti, T' f.-j. i - r f» ciitii ■'./Wi'S ir f »r,r. II.- ihe;- } Ted a i.- jro t Alt**iitio ! i o. 110^21: GL AKDS. \'’)U wiU rtvp - ^r .t tc - iKt Ml fi.r Drill, oa 8a* inrday, J-in‘> 9 , at 3 o’clock P M T josa who pr*» nr>t preeent at roll call will be considered abtent. By ordt-r of Capt. J A. PethbertoB W. N. TILLI^GHA8T, l«i Sorg’t. Jan’y 6. ' It R. H. BROWI\’S SCHobLT QOME 15 boys will be received in tt^is Sohool, if ap- lO plication be madp soon • Rale* of Tuition per q iarier of 50 days, J.30 f*r g'C*} pnpil, &nd no other oKurges. Jan 6, ?854. 'J » ST. WOOL. Dli’APPOl'^TEU in prucn nginjispensablesurpHee, I am obligp'J to dpfer the oiening of the next Term. >(hf rl 0:i! 4y. I irusi. will enstle me to fix a d •* ♦•'r thp return of my pupilw, with the a*MiraD0e that J-'ij will find a larder not empty The price of pro^^ons will eaflipel me to iecrsase the charge for B^ard^j ALBERT SMEI>ES. Raleigh, Jan 4 It HAY I^TRCET i^TORE AT AUCTION. ILL b“ a ..ll at Auc»>on, n TUESDAY next, the 12 h i.i-t , hp Ml ,« 0 flouti sid. of Hay street c-.-npi*?.^ by Vr D --. d T-yirr J H COOK. Auct’r. J,D 4. 96 i2t W 0 Mules jiii'l nrirH'.s at luctfon. N Tuesu.*^ n. XI w.: iupi '‘ t.i ' p «o!d at Ane- tion. 4 good Mult", 3 good rici'cs JOHN. H. COOK, A'-'i’r. Jan’y 6, 1864 , I*. A to u t. 4 ‘ d ►'»en ob.iKei conctal iheir ru. bis ticks, each day burning a pro^or . ^i.ii straw; now ihey had ro-.)m pn jugb ic.r » I dig. They at rnoe coiumeuced to tiiiiO! ■ ^ith tbis »iir chamber, d i«’. .> L and day after day they b.)rt,d, d .y i. . r j-;j of granite were removed, and siU tii.- wor. seem-’d intermiuable. ^ After 23 days t'f unrtmiyiing labor an 1 g^t; a granite wall of six foet iu taio.iuet' the H'Jil. Ttiey tu:inell**d up for sru.-. • ■■ liffht hp5«.a to eh’oe. How frlvn ;uj w tr. I'.neunce* the fulfillmi^ut of ihtii .r,. , dfncc would only con inus its f-*v .r, t-; y be fr?« This was the morning oi itif vembor, 18G3 The next oiif^ t, 41 tw. Ivp ' i 0 detcrni’ned on as ibe hour at w«*!0'. t.’* y »= u ; .i th'-ir li'^er'y ■ Etoi m'‘tn at t.i.iu'U i r, . . w»tb Irealfu! anxiety and s.i-ppn-n, >».i i a- U 1 enird entere.J incr?aaed their d pi ■ . 1' ra: 6 "78 h • h'l I pr»yd f-r r-v'u b>.i >' '■•• i.. ibe ‘iTfh dawae 1 bright anJ 1>; lu :iai 1 c came, and cl.'>uds began to ga'.hi.r i{.j r t e. for them 10 ..'.crease if r^kiu nboub onl .- L-t ii ohane?s of icicotson would bo g.^rat y lea«. a. »• tVesa ihcugbis were pa:ising ihrjue‘i tn ir t i ■ keeper «ate'»I a letter tor 'I •^;a^ li ed it, aj*.* wa-. ais surprise, ».nd 1 may r- .j. t. i 0 tc i; • •Jg ti (i-v ni i. ^ t ! Lo:s? •— r, ;iyii g him $«20 f. r iiz I ^ I n-an sv V.iii ihc.1 .uo hoi:*c c*me near jsna wti i R!?cr more tha’i ont boar’s strnggHrg ! Wiih tbe striMu w*s palkd our so exhausttd ai scarcely ■ ;o bf s.b'.e ts sta: d Tho General itirew blaiikst on j l; !i • .d ojijr-ut I to w»lk. hiai, wfcen sudtenly, hoi 8 iz.'J »iti6 a pres- ntimeni that ha w-u’d • oe .>.::*c'»- d, ".ia remarking, to Cspi Hines, -‘Wo w.ll be i'ai.kcd 1. - ' ruauies, eorrmenced sadalrng hi^ Ucrse h -'»>r * rtii" ti«a hiti liir'h • uen bang, hang, went the in unie br,.> He bounced horso, and t^ip noble an imal, aj'P‘ >.to be inspired with new bounded U'iika:. ' .1 tne aiountaiu. Tae lust .e saw of his !•. vT i.-i. • ;he opposiie side, they were disappear- ■ up ;r bank, fired upon by a waolo regiment ukv this t.ujc it was dark, and also raining He knew : , pi rfi'ci oord-.j of pickets would surround tbe foot v. tne lu'.un'.ain, and if ue rexaincd there uai:l morn :ri^ nc would ba lost .So he determined to run the t ii.inilet at once, and commenoed to descend A« he li, -roi fL.' fc !, L' .d ng bii fcorse. L» came almos!. in ■ •i - ti .l c .• ■‘Cl vi'h 'I ?icke:. Hta fl:st impulse was t.i ki'l nun, but lindinj: nim asleep, tn d. . rninpd to le U-. i s’.;'! p n H“ ru ide hi;i wiy to i.i - ■ u - of a Uni n lli .a tt.it h knew iivei nr »r tr-.'r*, a; ’ •• nt. ur -.n i ;■■ f cfF aa Cip'a'n Qa-irt.jr . »s r . H I'lt h rtgi.a-, n(. wno on tn-^ wiy .\then-, T nn . . ; v - curp supplitfs of Si i:ar and c:tl'..'? for i ,» U.i a ; . .;f ih-»r c-un ry. Tne lady, who appe. i .‘d . a-i- . while IMe interview was tuL ng plicf wi n her hrid >ni, , Ihe Hi li u of sug ir aud c. ff e jau.j d out of bet inhernigtJL olotaes, ana t-aii; • T.m.K Gji fv.r ion we >ii..i sefu any rale cottep up tjere f;>r 0 d feu ‘W- I W i n I ’ Sue w s x . d-. :r ' t‘‘.i ai • t>e ; ■ • t. ,• «^0\PED'K\Ti TAri:.d COCTt’ON BOND No. l-iTyo, f - l.ti) io.l bt -vrhig 8 per cent, inter-; p«i'. d* ed M zii'.. 2i If "?, r.sy »ble July 1st, 18#8. .^11 er..iins .1 r-. -1 • "iKiinst trading for it or any of the c up* n« i, ii..^ i t* it a T. HAIGH. Jan’y 6. 18*:4 96-tf A saiall lot oi :%’orth Carolina BAR IRO.'V OF Si^erior qu.»lii/, to bs exohaoged for COl^N, POBK, B.\.COS, or other obuntry Produce. Apply Jan’y 4. li. ROSE. 95-8t ilfOTICE. There wiU be soli on Monday. 18th inst., at the late resid'nce of David Jones, dec'd, a LOT OF .NB- GF.OEd Amongst them one excellent Cooper. Also, a large lot will be hired out—Men, Women aad Boys ' HUGH SIMP?ON, Sr. Jan 4 9.3 2tpd Rank Hitock Tor 9$ale. APPLY.to . A McLEAN N V 2^, 'S'? i»' 1*. TAYLOR 0FFER3 for Fale. 1 ca.-j of Maddsr Prints; White Fi. liUoH r.nd W at Spoil C'tt-in; Fin'i Brown ;->ugar; Rv- BUok Pppv'tr; Ta ead; 2.50 S«’ks S uni Ski', mbstly made in 1862; a few Sacks^ 'liiia S L’vo^-pr).-*! Salt. J.r.’v t 18-,4 Valu ble Land j>V - U ■ ..t ■ n .. U' bj • g fi." l c if! a 1: • k- J • juat I r J .d is :>;.»;..p !y iiup . ■! • '!t lor or I 1:. IV 1 .1 . i.. -.d.cv:*:. - p y. -t-u ■ -a ill..out. ill- il.‘ ttiea ge. 10 AtbcU^^ by .g ir an J c If e. I ■ .'.a i{.*i ,• ,i.r- .) i I. .«■ g r.i!Ud, a, 3 her, “it s ij-njorroH’ an 1 I -110 t- e- • .. ir -V !‘ile il* I'le r> ^-e;. •r. ■ !er. .. .. fr-.: r,r.u.h' it: ) a . • Ti.pil-,. I-in. 'nr. in'! r . U ! r .. s . .. . -» 1 Ul' 1‘ r I. tr niy lort II.' (■ pt .sL..Tir . it P..) . m a ri J u sa ' >. II V . y 11 •.» , ^ ..J t » ■■ i!nT R a' in w’.ili -J k in;, oi V ;ry v.'iluabl:', ; r- this c.'UQly Ther \!iv po.- o Hu.j • l-e .n fhp la rfiii ipF: > 94 i8t Uariiett for* Sale* iio I in ma hy the last Will - \1 N' ..oau, d o’d, I will A • .n'er'T-^i from sal». -O' I -I vVla t)|p I V ! ;■ ■ vi.M' * ■> 1 i ■ ■ ^ i • > lit . :^ul- ind ■ |.Jirt,r. a-idruu- 1—' '-5- Thts Inni ,t J., I 'i'.. C j ‘Site an 1 II jri'^' g ■ V >‘ii kct r.4itly ctt . i-1 ;p .h »'.! T.iluabl.? MILL liE on .a de^iri ,k t-; ex t.u.a ; the premises L. r. t| . or t'j G *n. A D Mo ,ui w'l' jjie^-ure ia sjowiog liifFlr’. v'cLBAH fc«x'r i li. M. .MdLE.\N. il 9,>tf ye.l >w t-'.filir ih » l.lllf l|. -N. .>ll V TV »v to find it to t>e, froio i poor womati, of ht-' .vcqu'^iut anoe, in Kiutceky, n;;;;u,cnoiu % ‘ My d-iar G:’i'- -il, 1 feel Oprt“in ycu Kr? K.»ing ? • tr^ t.i f-j't oui of oria u'. •’■■t fjr your sake -lou’- j *;u fry ‘t, my dear 0:ar-i . Y ■ • oply be takieu pri:o''er a-zin, ;.d nsa ••• m si.if . nvir- tban you do .".ow.” The r mea w * i: 0 to b e^t of his kiitdoc-s t J ihe* pjor wocn ii ; .1 ,.! L x;.-?!*', . and conclu jod by *igain vxtmriiiig iv t. • . i G d and wait bis lime What could tais m-an? No hu;-’'-n being on the outside had been iutormcdof h:4 ia'emi.)u to escape, ana yet, just at all things w?re ready for him to make the attempt, here comes a letter fro'^i Wincbrs- ter, Krntuoky, advising him not lo “try it.” T ■i'^ le. ter had passed through tre examining of&oe of General Mason, and then through tbe bands ot the lower olii- eials. What if it should excite their duepioion and oanae them to exercisc an inorsa‘^ed vigilaicp. Their situation, hewever. wus desperate Tnair fatp cauli act oe much worse, and they resolved to |,’o. Notr.ing new remained »o be done, but for tbe Osneral and Col. Dick.Mot «,i. . obange cells. The hour approacbei for lima t.j .J looked np. They ohangrd ooa's, and each J-' "'iJ a- tae other’s cell door with his back expos ed, and p-BiPiided to be engaged In making up their beds. As '-'-e turnkey entered, they '‘turned in" aud palled their doore shut. Six, sight, ten (10) o'cloek oame. How eaon pulse throbbed as they quittly await ed tke approach of twelve. It came; the sentinel past ed hie ronad—all well. After waiting a few moments _ to see if he.iiitended to elip hack, the signal was given —all quietly elipped down into the air ohamber, first Btoftog their lUuel ihirte aad plaeing them in bed as il n \'V(-; :«rt * t-s ■ .; i' nc’ir •.» iUi» r '.v ;r i t en tlj> lii.R iiml li. it llie s\.iy ■ itie IP il II 11... lip bi.'ii, lip qn.i t.y nU it i-i5si j by withiMil oti'tffving Th y went yeiliiifcal.er lltuea, uml, I'Mpr felloiv, he hjn not . oi siiire. U>e' n.ii! til iSjliiH ill'*, he shDnlJ oiltier be •: iiillfd iifier K> miny brav.^ et{iirt!t, i..>t only t:» his own I , 1)111 il '.I ill thal of the lienPral. tiir the Genernl say* th»t cliietlv ti> HiOts * eplerpriso anJ skill th»t they nmdp il.T! .1, ;i , « li II 1 io 'vmt 111 ih- Inn w ,» V I. ..') ore tv.iI.'V ■ ^ ; 1 ni. -UiB 1-! itir. r>.> ll:!!^ th 1. h’.p'; iiiiii lit,-. II CH(.; btfliii It thiir VVlu-i he arru. J Hi ihc r.ver referred to above. ti« tneil to eet f'ver. iiilemling tu ilop thnt nis'ht wiiti a gOixl -Siulhprn in in on itis i.thiT siiie. lie roiilil imt pjl over, unil tind tu remain «t the hnu«e ot’a t'lii'in iiiiin. I’tie next luornin; he weal to thn hi>u"i»’ th«t he tiMit siiiivUil tiie nigUt prt-vmus. Hn«l loumt tin* tr u’k of th»* yankePs scarreii i:oil. Tl:e> li-t l lieen there all n.ght, ex)>ectiiu; tie wnuld c ifii • there. :iinl ha.I :ii'ii»lcrod everyb-x'y u ho hm aiteniptrd tii i'eitcJi ihe hiiu«e wiihoiu huU:n" ihPiii lu pnr.Hiilag thi. brufil (••(urse. Itiey had lUree yviUQj tn»n. ppis'.ib. r; 'if tW> ueuUe- inan. and w> nt iiway leuvin!! ibc.r d »il it-i i » on t'le gmunil. • Afier he h.'ul ero«>eil Ubey'u river. ,in! *'t ilowa into .Middle Tennessee, he found 11 almi«t i mp u.* ble ' . . void rccufinllton .'Vt one liioe he pa*ed some P’Mir women, and oi'* of th»'ni cnmmenGed clapplne her tiands ar.d said. ‘•Oh. 1 know '• h thnt ia, 1 know « ho liiai Is!" but. c.iiching herseif. «he mopp**! .-t.oft and psaaed oa wilh her coiiipHnion*. The tJcneral siys that hl« cjtcape was tu do enllreiy w'.ihout atilstarce from any one on ihe outside, and »u far -x* heliRii’.va. also without iheir knnwiedae of hi* lnUi'i".‘n; that iii0 annoi.nce- nientof hia arrival at Toronto was oue m iboae fo iultous co^rci dencea tha cannot he accounted lor; that li aaahteci him tn.ueiial- ly, no doubt. In fitet, h« aay* that his “wife » pr.tyi-'s” naved tiiiii iind. ‘is this i» the mosi agr«eablo way of explaining ,i, ke .« J«-i r cuineH to believe it. The above arcoaiit tn.iy bo relied on as correci: ^ od aliboufh much has been let» out.'yet onounh la printed la iiamp it aa on* of the ransi remiirkable eacaj)G» in history MiKeiiCB, On Haymount, 3d in«t, by the Rev J C. Kiske, Mr. J D. BURKAKT of Jefferson eouniy, Va to Mite IMidA IS. GAGE of Vergeones, Vermont. In Ghathain ooanty, Des 24, at tba reeideae> «f BoV’t Emerson, b/ Her John Emeraoa, JlM£l3 CAMPBELL j to Miaa F&NK7 HUXSOK, all of Oaathao eoaatj. 1 mia !i. . ■ I .ti'iiu uu '.er t I y.t .mi i .f Vj.,-iii li on one of nin n * b i k sp.ji b.*' ("Ui.iw and Lf rtr bi» %ri-t th»n his boy 1 -url/ /i ' . • i-> le i • VVil- I * .* r, w-jik ng K i i.ii'j 1 mark •-a hd wrist and ■Iboit; 1 think it is on his left .ar/a I will give tne anove reward for his delivery to me r t^^.fiar.Twnt in any Jail do that I get tim I will givb twenty fivfl doil .rs moro for proof suf ficient to convioi any person of harboring or conveying him off. This boy .-^ilaii is belween 19 aad 20 years of age. aod is nearly six fee* big*i .My addrr..'»s is at tbe Pont Office, Fayetteville, N. r: , Cumberland cnnnty. GEORGE HOLME‘S Jr Jan'y 4, 1S64 - M‘>.‘ €oiit*tl€rat‘ Tax !%'oUGe. 1WILL .i ;•i' til’- A x-a.tors at cffioe of A. M Oinpiieil in Fayptt^yi'i!* daily from We^csday ih> 6i;- d-»T f^f lanu irT aotil the 'ilst lo receive the In- cons*- Tax due -Jan’y Ipi. 18ii4. and llie Tax due frow De.‘'l'T3. I‘. a>i»rs ni'l rake rAice that their Licences I xpire »' i' *3 ^1^' U c 1B6S, and they will bo required t'l r^u ’c ard 'o r'-»Tvyi the amount of sales for the qua’" er -«i'liig l)#e 3*n*, 18ti3. Tar Inc ita»' Tax p.»yable by each person, joint •ijr's eonataKy aci oorpcraiion. from every oooopation, «^nnploy:aent rr ^ueinf^si. whether registered or not, ia wh'ch they may have be»‘» engaged, and from every i«- restment cf labor, skill prcp’rt" or money, and the in come aad prcfii^ derive^ source whatever frooB Jaa’y lei, ISt.S, to J*u'y it? 4 Toe f»>llo**nr ex^n>-*tifla^ from tho tax are allowedc lat. Incomes cf anl nder Jo^JO 2d. Profits or ineome arrived from eaeh prodaete ot land aa are taxed m kind. R. W. HAEDIK, Ui»t. C m. fi^Cuiu'^erland oooiUj. »e«'r ltt» ISM
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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