ifci.
thi battm op siombibs
Correapondenoe of the ftiobm ^ ,
FBOM THB HOBTH CAROLINA 80LDIKR8
rOK THB OBSSaVSE.
Near Dalton, Ga.,
no .dvoce of Thom» “PJ.V GeS Soh"
the ^ depleted to reinforce
^on s ^ppurtuuities lor the exhibition of
’‘f^Siaoco^^ bis iu.petuou« onsets, *ad for
♦ if'^Tnfliction severe punishment up«*n the ene-
enij which so unitormly characteri*e« conduct
of our troops upon siuailar oocMions. But *0^ *“0
(letcrojinfd valor and tremendous effort which
our trojps oppjst'd to the advance ot Thomas on
the -5th ol Ftbruarj, what was intended as aa
easy march to Atlanta would have resulted in a
'Tcneral engageoieot, which was not as desirable
then a*' it would have been a few days afterwards,
or would a^^inst a similar force. It is
not my purpose to give a gftneral acoonnt of what
was really a battle, though only looked upon, from
ibe iadiffercnce with which ita proportions have
been treated by the press, as a small skirmish.
Certain It is that for over a day Thomas, with all
of his force, attempted to penetrate oui lines, and
was compelled suddenly to iall back upon his
base at Chickamauga. My desire is to chronicle
the enduring nerve displayed by the Virginians
and North Carolinians, who, far away trom home,
are bat little noticed by the press in the imme
diate vicinity. A brigade of these troopa, under
the command ol Brig Gen. A. W. Keynoldo, or
“Old Gauley," as he is more familiarly known,
beins; stationed to contost the enemy's approach
on the Cleveland road, were, on the evening of
the 24th, ordered to report to Gen. Clayton and
prolong the right of his line. Reynolds |oon
put hts troops io position, occupying a ridga and
covering a gap by which th6 enemy might turn
the point.
Having deployed his skirminhcrs, be and bis
gallant troops rrsted, prepaTatorv to what was
supposed would be the dread conflict ot the mor
row. In the morning it yas discovered that the
enemy had withdrawn his linos. Reynoldi, mov
ing forward in person to reconnoitre, discovered
his line of battle one mile in his Iront Rapidly
moving forward his skirmishers to accurately de
velop his position they became soon cngaced, and
there ensued one of tue hottest skirmishes of the
war. The yankee sliirmishcrs, far exceeding
ours, were held in check by the firm stand of
Reynolds' sharpshooters The main forc« now
supporting them commenced to pres* back the
Confederates, slowly, but surely. But soon are
heard the guns ot Hotchkiss, near the centre of
Reynolds's brigade, and supported by it, and tha
vankees hastily retire. Reinforced with more
infantry and cannon of loneer and more efFeC^iTe
range than those ot Hotchkiss’s, they compel him
to retire his picc-'s, and move exukantlj and de
flant-ly to effect the demolition a^ thej supposed
©f the Virginians and North Carolinians The
quick eye of Reynolds detected that it would be
impossible to withstand the onset of th«ir over
whelming numbers 'ailing for reinfo'^ceiueutfl
Clayton quickly sent him three Alabama regi
ments, which he speedily disposes on the left ot
his line. On come the enemy, in a determined
and confident charge, pouring in as they oome a
tremendous fire.
But the line of these ga!lant Virginians, North
Carolin;an3» and Alabamitins presents an unbroken
front, and receiving the fire, they return it with
continuous and repeated volleys, which drive him
back chagrined and discomfited Reynolds quick
ly advances his skirmi.shcrs, who, firing upon the
routed foe, causc him to redouble his speedy ex
ertions to get away. Now they rcfiort again to
artillery, and at long reach keep up a terrific,shel
ling of the lines. Again, their infantry comcR
largely reinforccd, and again he drives them back
steadily inch by inch until, reaching an ofen field,
they could stand it no longer, and ran every way
in the most dire disord*?r At ten in tho night
they sneak off altogether, and at day in the morn
ing nothing is s’on of them The conduct of
these gallant troops and their heroic and skillfnl
jirigadier is on the tongues of all here; and the
army is as resonaot with his praise as were tho
mountains of his mother Virginia after the battle
of Gauley Bridge. . Observee.
On Picket, below Kinston, N. C ,)
March 21. )
At
pany
a meeting held by the members of Gftm-1 modestly, that I should li
I, 3d N C Cavalry, Orderly Sg’t H W ! dry toast, an egg, and a lit
.A BRITISH VIBW Ol? YANKEE CHARACTER-
Mr. Sale writes to tho London Telegraph from
Waehington:— ’
The first time 1 breakfasted at Willard’s I said
like a cup of tea, some
little toasted bacuji. It
Jones was called to the Chair, and F W Uur.iii- struck mo that the waiter rogai Jed me with a
cut and 0 E McCuliers wore requested to aot as t very (ontemptuous look, and that he retired from
Secretaries. After the object of the meeting was my presence in a very slow and supercilious
explained by the Chairmsn, the following com-; manner. I waited, and waited, but no tea, no
mittee were appointed to draft res-olutions ex i toast, no egg, no bacon came. There was sitting
pressive of our sentiment on the present political j opposite to me a dapper little man with a large
agiutions of the State and the condition of the ! beard and embroidered shirt front, wi*h .iiamond
ouuBtry at large, viz: W 1> Harrington, J T Joy
ner, J J Winborne, Thomas Luther, W U Den
nis and H A Thompson. On motion, the chair
man and secretaries were added to the committco.
The following preamble and resslutions were
«ubmittcd and unanimouslj adopted:
Whereai*, We h^e roou WJh h?;irtf?U‘ n-grt* ib»*
amj humUialing olamor fur prMC, briiigiog forth
a pshMoal agitation th%t tbreatens to tKruish th« fair
Dftma of car mother Suie, and «uhmerg« her beet in-
t«rei)t in eomman rain Aad whereat, we bel’eve that
the course pursued by »hp'«e agitators in oalonlftted to
injure ibat oaaee'iD the iefeaoe of whirh s'* rcao;^ of
our * raT« oomraJes hare fallen, and wber;;i * fo'>i
that «v»>ry voice aboul*! be heard and crrry ncrv? be
Btraioed in this boarW ri^l, ih*r^fore
Resolved, That we fire oppc.^ed to all cej^oiialion np-
en the eiihjeot of p^a-’c. po lon(? as tho9» whetn wc hsvc
placed io an»hori«y eball nay that this army oar be tuv
t»(Qed, long aw w« have one aore of gr >uad
whioh to Htruggie, or np*jl the 'n¥iny shall off.’r 89m.>
honorabl# terme basrd «pon eternal s«?pa!^t)on and
complete IcdeptndPDce
RpsoWed iJ, That we have the utinoM oouiiJ«BC>: hi
President ]>aviy. onr brlot^d Commo.oder io Ohit*?, tij-i
that we bold in niter oootpmpt all wbo w. uM radoavur
to »iBbarrt>08 hiw admlniiMration, or t^a fr»itont any
wou'd endeavor to impair the pablio aoafld^ae*-
UA. ITL.t. -i>i gt- — • >—•>..
prl^ilpge of re-election, a tight^ we felt due «e, ytt
wa cheerfully tend*r onr serviceB to oar c. uatry s*»
loDir as the war ah*ll ooa'inae or a?itil the la ** vandal
foe ‘'hall b« driven dtscsuli'^d f^om oar noil.
Rrjolffd 4ih, Tbst »b« unMring energy and patriot
ism dieplajed by Gov’r Z B Vanoe during his adntiuis-
traMon tbe f’ithtrlv care PX'Mded by him to ihetroop«
from No'lh Cart'ina. hie faithful endeavors to promote
the irae ^nferest rf the State, elicit? the prflse >'f both
the army and the peopit" at home
Resol»ed S'h, Th^t he oor ohoict* above all others
for re »leoii>»n. and f.-at we extend t-j him o«r cord -vl
an i andivid^d sapport
Resolved 6'H, That copies of tbeee r^soiutions bp
sent to the Raleijth f^onfcderate. a^d Prcgrrsa, V^ii-
mingtcD Joaraal F*yetteTille Obsc'.^tr, a&d Richnon:!
Examiner; wiih arequcat to publtab, and that, a copy he
sent to the Comoiaoder ef thid post.
U W JO.N Sa, Chm’n.
F W ncaiiioo^, 1 o ^
0 B
THE WAKULLA HPRIN06
The following is a beautiful description of a
fountain of water in Florida:
THE HABEAS CORPUS—A VERY GREAT ERROR
Gov. Brown, in his late message, sayo: —“I am
not aware of an instance in which the British
Taking a narrow path, I crossed through some ' King A
dense underwood, and all at oflce I stood on the i a^d aft
baiUts of the Wakulla spring. There was a basin of | since _ e i o j would
water one hundred yards in diameter, almost cir- i P^ed in 1689. To
oular. The thick bu:fhes wer«i almost growing to | cost the presen ^ reigui g Q
the water's edge, and bowing their heads under crown
This is a most unpardonable ignorance ot hi.s-
tory in the Governor of a Confederate State, and
shows how little attention Gov Brawn paid
to
A Xorth CnroUr.a —There is plenty
of labor in the ct uutry for all tbc demands of
«elf-rupporting war All thsit is ‘necessary to
place us on a war footing is the display of a lit
tle directive iutelligcnco on tho { art of the *.u
thcrities, ijiatc and ‘-/ufoderate, to this end. II.
lustrating what can be accouiplishcl toward?
m?’ ing the country eolf-Mupportiag, even in the
midst of a desolatincr war, Gov. Vance, of North
Carolina, (who, bj the by understands that the
mission of a Gov.,raor has as mucb to do with
tho material welfare of his pe- pie -is with the
writing of poIitie>-metaphysical me.'sagch,y in a
recent speech, narrated an instanoe that came un
der his immediate observation, where a ^poor
widow with three children, the eldest incapable
of taking care of the youngest, cultivated last
year a patch of rented ground, with tho assistance
of a little steer not much larger than a calf.
Afraid to leave her little ones at home in her
cabin, she wonld take the m daily to the field
build for them a small pen, cover it with leaves
to protect them froai the sun, and when she had
p!ow#d a distance from her littJe brood, would
move the pen to a more convenient fipot that she
might watch over them and nurite her babe at
the end of a weary row. 3ho rai^^ed three hun
dred and sixty 8Qveu bu'hcl.'j of corn, had plenty
to support herself and children, and sold to her
neighbors. “Tho brow of that woman (contin
ued his Excellency) is worthy the preudeat
laurels that ever rewarded 4he virtue of the
patriot or testified t» the endurance of the hero.”
V Richmovd Enquirer.
Gtn. Forreit'* Affection for h>$ Brother.-^A
uorrespondcnt of the Atlanta Appeal says:
Near Prairie Mound, be'-Vtcen Okoloua and
Poatotoo, while fiallautly loading a charge, f’ol.
Jeffrey E. Forrest was B'ruck by a minnie
ball. lie fell Ir.jm his hor.’^c and soon his troub
led spirit pas.scd to that unseen world, where the
sound of battle never comes, and tho tread of ar
mies is never heard He f !I upan the field his
own valor had already half woa. The earthquake
shout of victory was in hl‘^ ears, and his dying
gaze was turned proudl'- upon his triumphant
brigade as he brea»Vc,d out his hcart-stricken
soul. In his fall, a. gallant young spirit sunk to
rest, and the blazing star that snot athwart the
firmament Iclt the heavetii forever. This sad
event fi'kd Gen. Forrest with the profoundest
grief. Forgetting the loud thunder-shock of bat
tle and all save his d»ad hri>thcr, he knelt down
and fondly kissirg his nujiling bps and pressing
his mauly brow, sadly cxclaimed, “noble brotherl”
whilo the tears fell thick and fast. Ob' what a
tide of agonizing emotion must fill the heart
when a soldier weeps. The lips of the lion-
hearted General, which during the day, seemed
made of iron, now rjuiveretS ij'iih unutterable
iecling, and the ^ye that had.fi* v. r blenched in
the wildest J battle no*v flovctd with tears.
The voice of afTvCtion PpriKt*- lt*u(i*‘r than the roar
of artillery, and the I’ aillr ’.-urr.>.. hero wept
like a child. And v.-11 he mij/ht, for there, bo-
^ro him, lay his brotht:r—his youngest. favt>ritc
brother—ho'«1io waP u tower ol Ftrength—he
wtio had contributed «o lar}^ely to the victory
nay, the right Laud ot his power, broken aod
i&UeQ iorever.
poa Tax OBdSRTKH.
Camp 48d N. 0 T., Oranqb C. H . Ta
March 24th, 1864 )
I wish to addresc^ a few words to the ladies
of Riohmond county in behalf of the soldiers in
this Regiment from that county who are hueard
ing existence for their protection
We arc now in Camp on the Rapidan, where
we have been all winter. We have comfortable
quarters, convenient to wood and water, and are
drawing good ration? of Corn Meal, Flour, Bacon,
Rice^ Sugar, Coffee and Molasses. We are toler
ably well supplied with clothing blankets and
shoes. We havo been in the greatest need of
gloves They are never issued to u.-« by the gov
ernment and we are dependent upon our lady
friends at home for these.
The citisens of Riohmond county, fn^m tho rich
man’s largese to the widow’s mite—have devoted
themselves with commendable feal to the comfort
of those who havo left their peaceful homos to
defend them from our merciless foes, and they may
be well assured that we are truly grateful to them
for their numerous acts of dlsinter'^estcd &indocBrj
and 1 am persuaded that the fact that winter will
find us much in ne«d uf gloves to protect our
hands from the cold when our breast faces the
rude North winds, ou our lonely boat at night
without fire, without a companioa, save our
trusty rifles, has only to be made known to
the ladies to secure iw a full supply More de
voted love of country' and self sacrificing patriot
ism swelled not the hearts of the famous heroines
of Sparta, than has b*'«n exhibited by Southern
ladies during this war, and they will not let us
suffer for anything that is in their power to sup
ply. Their deeds will never be forpotton whilo
they live, and they will shine with undyiug lustre
vhen e^rthiy sicry and its fashions are forgotten
A 'obpurat, in Co K
roR T«K tlRSERVKR.
]MroRT*AT I^■Vi:NTl'>^' liV A NORTH t^RM-
LIN^ Pf'LDlER.
Louis ]• Giddiiigi*. a poor j'ouijg man from
Golds’itoro’, now a memb«.r of the hand of the COUi
N. C. Regiment, h^s recently invented and con
structed a steam engine which ruo.» without steam
chest, eccentric wheels or any ot tho complicated
machinery which so encumbers an engiae. Ho
made the engine while in camp out of the hrass
rim of an old drum and a piece of wir«, with no
other tools thas a pocket knife, blow-pipe, plyars,
file, pair of dividers, taok hammer and hatchet.
It runs well, can ea.sily be roToracd and can bo
adapted to moit any kind of machinery he thinks.
He has filed an application for a patent which
will be granted as s^on as he can get trp a more
perfect model.
N. B. C.
A Tank*:e Father (o Bis Relrl Sun —We
have heretofore noticed the appliaooe^ bruoght to
b ar upon Confederate prisoners at the North,
put forth to induce them to desert the Houtheru
cause, and perjure their patriotiacu atjd their
principltiB, by the oath of aJIcgIauc:r tljg
States. The following is an extract .ium a letter
from a father ix» New Britain, Connecticut, to a
Tfl^l son, after a vi«it to h*!ii when a prisooer of
war at Point Lookout We omit names, but we
may state that the son^ who was recently released
from Point Lookout, has resided a number of
^ears in Kichmond, and is now a member of com
pany 0, First Virginia regimeot, Piokett’a divi
sion. The letter is dated New Britain, .Matvh 6
Thank God, Pat, » arrived hom*' safe, but
with a broken he^rt, after seeing you a‘ p'-i!*i>ncr
of war at Point Lookout.
V Pat, I can tell you that I went to a great deal
of trouble about getting you out of prt'^n, and
then you would not come home. My dear son
as-you disown us, ’tie my intention to disown you
for evermore. Pat, you need not, write to me
evermore, or to any of your brother? or sisters;
they don't want to see you anymore. Therefore
do not expect anything from me or your brothers.
I offered you a good opportunity to h;aye tho
rebels, and you would not take it. fou know I
would send you to any part of Europe y«i wish
ed to go, and plenty of mornoy in your pooketj do,
you would not take it; you are so true to Jeff, end
his “d—d-niggers.” You have not an inch of
land, or anything else, and what are you fighting
for? If you lose an arm will Jeff, take care of
you? Yorf know he will not. Now, Patrick, you
know you arc fi^jhting againal your own interest-
you have no right to fight against tho United
States Paf, I have no more to say to you.
“Farcw.'>il, my dear son; you must not ►rite tj
me any more
^ “Your father.
studs, out velvet ve.«t, and a pea jacket. “Here,
you," he cried to the nearest Ethiop, “bring me
some fried oysters, and some stewed oysters, some
twnderloin eteak and onions, some scrambled
eggs, pork outlets, somo fish balls, sumo dipped
toast, some (Graham bread, some mashed turnips,
some cold ham, some buckwheat cakes, some hot
coffee, and some blano mange. I’ve paid my
money, and by 1 mean to see the showl”
Tho only way to get on in America is, having
onoe paid your money, to insist on seeing the
show. If you don’t the people will think yon'
are mean spirited, and trample on jou. See it;
BOO the show; have the animabi stirrt^ up with
the long pole, pinch the spotted girl to i?ec it it
is real fiesh, or only tights she has on; pick the
kangaroo’s pouoh, make the pclican bleed again
for your gratifica.tion. You have paid your money,
j don’t be imposed upon; halloo with stringent
I voice; ouriM) and swear in a land where ezeora-
! tionn are rife; brag louder than the greatest brag-
i gadocioe in the world. If need be lie—lie with
i face of brass and lungs of leather; crack up your
own country, to the detriment of all others; vow
that we wou the battle of FoDtdBoy: swoar that
of the age; dcclarc that Mr. Roebuck is ninety
fe.?t high if a man spits on your boott> spit on
his waistcoat, and tuen • ■ th’it you did not
aim low enough.”
If you find hifi letters i_, • -^l.mt read them;
if he tolia you anythiua; in u eace, publish it
In a newspnp- r; keep on moviigo ahead; go
! into lu.-ii3C3s; sma^h; recup. raic; -irink with
everybody; talk dollars from sunrirc to midnight.
Do this, and the Americans will admire you, and
you may admire them. They will say you are a
“cmart man,” ani at la.st you will be npoken of
as a “remarkable" man. But if you pay your
money «nd don’t walk up to the booth; if you are
nervotLs and not abashed; if rudoniss, pains and
bestial manners difgust you; if you strive to .«ub-
stitutetemp4>rateari;um'>ut lor frothy declamation
and rational proof for impudent assertion; if you
tell the truth and are uiode.st and a gentlemen—
you can nevor hope for success in this young,
edvftnturoaa and astoDi>hing country. Tou had
better “clear out’’ before you are ‘‘run out.”
Ypu had bott r go hjme by the ne.it .Cunard
stekmer, for you are ch'arly not fitted for the in
stitutions and people of the 1,-niied States.
Erxkihilion f>f Paritian Folfy.—The Paris
oorrespondent of the Boston Poet has the follow
ing;
The most striking cf tho dresses worn by the
ladies was that of the Ducht sh de Morny as an
English lady of the l;ist century, and the Princcos
Anna Murat as a pcacock, her train being of
white tulle covered with “peacocks’ eycf," her
petticoat of yellow satin, poacoeka’ feathers in her
breast and in her hair. Her ornaments were a
band of magnificent emeralds and diamonds, worn
from one shoulder to the waist, as Queen Victoria
wears her royal ribbon—a necklace of the same,
and the aigrettes of peacocks’ plumes in her head
confined by an immense brooch. The PrincetH
is naid to be frequently bedecked with the Em
press’ jewels; she is tne only laay ot tne Court on
terms of abnolute intimacy with her Majesty,
whom she always addresses as ‘-my aunt.” The
Princcf-’s Troubcskoi was dressed a.-t a cat—cat’s
head upj*n her botom and sleeves and in her hair.
Another lady as an aviary, with a lace dress
covercd with birds in resl feathers—her head
dress consisting of a bird cage nearly six incties
square, in gilded wicker—a bird inside with
another perched upon her head. Tho bosom of
her dress wa.** covered with red !>«rrice; birds
nestled upon her shoulders, another wicker cage
hung from her side in wliich were several canaries.
One 1 »dy represented photography—^mall photo
graphic cardti forming ^he trimtuing of her
berrhc; larj^or sized cnes formed the bascjU", still
larger, the trimming of the sk;rt, which wa«i of
white patiu Tiic nocklacn was comjiosrd of very
small pictures .‘■et in gold, and the eur-rmgs of
likene.'sse.'! of her ho.•^tc^H, the Puchohs do Mi riiy,
also set in g>j!d The head-dress completed the
eccentricity ot thi.s costume. U consi.^ted of a
camera, the iront of which was a n irr.>r, instead
of au ordinary gl!!;.« One ol the most elegant
urcdscH was worn by a very beautiful English
woman, very tall and well tormed. She called
herself Rome; her dress was of black velvet; upon
the train was embroidered tho wolf, with Romu
lus and Remup; her hair fell in waves to her
waist, and upon her head she wore a turret like a
diadrift of gold. A belt was embroidered in gold
with tho name sh« had chosen. Another ex
tremely pretty coetuine was worn by Madame do
Girardin as snow. The dress was formed of tulle,
covercd with swan’s down in flakes; a mantle
cloac around her throat, trimmed in the same
way, fell to her fe9t The hair was powdered,
and "lintened with diamonds
the unrippled surface. I stepped into a skiff and
pushed off. Some immense fishes attracted my
attention and I seized a spear to strike them i - v i- u j KJa
The boatman laughed and asked me how far be-l important subject before he undertook hi.s
neath the surface I suppose they were? I an-i fV,;.!
J , . 1 1*1 Wi» understand that others have caught up tiiis
swcfed about three feet. He assured me that | " e unuerstaim timi ” ^ .
-1 J'. ♦ rpir^iin ilf (tOV BrOWIK aDQ tuilt 31T. ilOldCD, ID
they were at least twenty from rue, anti liwaaso. , reirain oi uov. oruwn, auu j
— ... J Standard, has stated freely much the same
thing.
The Columbus Enquirer refers to “one ol its
war NEWg
The water is of the most marvellous transparency.
I dropped an ordinary pin in the water, forty
foet deep, and saw its head with perfect distinct- , , - — —^ lo.i
ness as it lay on the bottom. Ab we approach ed ! e3cchange« m having said tha. it was 8«ipe^
tSe centre I noticed a jagged, grayish limestone
rock beneath us pierced with holes; through these
boles one seemed to look into unfathomable
depths. The boat moved slowly on, and now wo
hung trombling over the cdgo of the sunken
cliff, and
forth, with immten^e velocity, a living river.-
Pushing on just beyond its mouth I dropped a |
ten cent piecc into the water, which is there 190
feet in depth, and I clearly saw it shining on tho
bottom. This see^s incredible. I think the
water possessed a magnifying power. I am con
fident that the piece could not be so distinctly •
It is, perhaps, neodlesa to say that “Pat” de
termined to forego the visit to Europe and plenty
of money in his pocket, and came off in th« com-
pamonship of the “ragged rcbela.”
seen from a tower 19U feet high. We rowed on
toward the north side, and .suddenly we perceiv
ed in tho water, whi«h were darting hither and
thithvr, tho long flexible roots and the wide lux-
. .'.Vi all ,a.rrave.A in the
most t>eantirul prismatic nues. ine gentle swell
occasioned by tho boat gave to the whole an un
dulating motion. Deathlike stillness rciuncd
around and a more fairy ^cone I never beheld.
So great is the quantity of water hore poured
forth that it forms a river itself, large enough to
float fiatboat« with cotton The planter who
lives here ha^ thus transported his cotton to St.
Marks Near the fountain we saw some of the
remains of a mastodon, 'which had been taken
from it. The triangular bone below the kneo meas
ured nix ioohes on each side. Almost the entire
skeleton has been sent to Barnum’s Museum.
The Indian name of tho fountain is beautifully
significant. Wakulla means “The Mystery,” It
is said that tho Spanish disoovcrers sprang into it
with almost frantic joy, supposing they had dis-
cov'erod the long sought Juventutlf,'' or the
fountain of youth, which should rejuvenate them
alter their exhausting marches and battles.
Aa EnytUh Opinion of Oen, Hornl —The
following haudsome tribute to (ren. Hx>d we clip
from the Loudon Times' Richmond correspon-
denco, found in the Cincinnati Enquirer;
“The sight this day in the streeta of Richmond
of Gen. Hood’s tall and stately form, seen for the
first time on horseback since he lost hw leg at
('hickamauga, has occasioned general gratification.
There are few officers dearer to the people of
Seccssi* than Gen. Hood. Modest a,s a child,
fearless as his intimate triend, General Longntreet,
un.-elfish and un*ullied ss a Bayard, he hcs already
given his right leg and four inches of the bone
of his left arm to the cause which is so doar to
his brart. And again in a few weeks he will be
found torem3flt among the I’oremost, offering up
perhaps an&ther limb, perh-,«p8 life itself, on that
altar for which no sacrifice is too costly. A sin
gular commentary upon the old text tbat *ne«*cs-
sity is the mother of invention,’ may be observed
in the artificial leg which supplies General Hood’s
wa£» throughout tlie length and breadth of the
South no artificei cunning in the construction of
artificial lim^, hut such was the demand occasion
ed by the tierce batt*es of the bloodiest war of the
century, that Kiohmond is now teeming with every
variety of wooden leg and crutch, ann there has
ari.nen in Charlottesville (a little town in the in
terior of Virginia) an arti«t who has attained no
inconsiderable skill in patching up and supple
menting lokt arms and legi^, and enabling the
maimed again to take tho field. Is this people to
be subjugated by the sweepings of Germany and
Ireland—a people whose sons are not satisfied
with giving an arm or leg to their cuuntry„but
insist, again and again, on carrying their mu-
ulated forms into the deadliest hail of the battle
front, and whose appetite for dinger and suffer
ing docs but increa.'^e with the urgency of their
country’s need?’’
Yanktt; nrtrs of Gen. I'orr^-nt —■*.TI.an'i
April 1.—The .Mcuip)ii.-> Htjlhtv' r>\ ti>»‘ jv,’,.
says that the steam.T 1> Perry arriwi.-.J
above on the evening ^ liTth, .u!-’ f , .
of Alton this ruorning, bn- vxcirir.'.-i new
Gen. Forrest Late Friday v.euing *h'j!
the Perry left, a Cniro dispatch just rcc'-ived
Paducah city wa^ on fire and fighting goi..jr kd
The city of Alt^m left Saturtiay evenini: iwjuj
above and confirmed the new,-,—that Patiueah
was in ashes—fightingstil eoingon be(w eu -he
gunboats and rebels on Mhore. Picket*» driven ij.
New York dat^s to tho *27th quote gold at ItJbj,
(_\>njii"nfinti»v nf ih*-. AVir Hn-rtu —Wf
have a general confirmation at the fight at New
Iberia, northwest Imm N. Orleans, relcrrcd lo ii,
the official telesrram frt>m Gen. Maury. The a]
fair was undoul>tedly one of importance There
are private advices from New Orleans, whioh
ftatc that the extent of the CEeuiy’s loss was a^
known, but it i.-4 reported that hundreds—one re-
purt says thousands—of the enemy’s wounded
were arriving at New Orleans The gentleman
who brought this newn read the Picayune of the
eleventh instant, in which the loss of a battle
was acknowledged, although no details ot it were
given.— Richmofid Examinery 30/A.
BriUinnt Affair,—Five gunboata on Moudaj
evening «*ame up to Fort Powhatan, and after
shelling a wharf in that neighborhood lor soiue
The question was thoroughly de- j time, started two barges, loaded with trooi«j,
! bated Mr. Pitt and iMr Burke, and tl^e leading I the shore. When the barges were within a lew
men of England, with lew exceptions, supporting j jard? of the land the troops attached to our eig
the bill, which waa presented by Pitt. The bill | nal corps at that point from an ambush pourtil
as to Ireland in 1848.” We presumo that this
reference is to ourselves, as wo published some
time since a statement to that effect.
For the' benefit ol’ Gov. Brown, and others like
him, who arc wont to harp upon the sacredness
F^ngland, and to commit
far below it lay a dark, yawning, un- , ‘he hnheas corp».\u
fathomable abyss From its gorge comes pourin-z ! egregious mistakes and follies in matters of
plain history, we propose to furnish a resume, to
day, of English legislation on this subject, to
( some extent:
i In 1791, on th'^ PJIth of May, the king notified
I Parliaifient of “certain seditious practices,” and
1 asked a suspension of the habunx rorpuA through
FuunJtr /t Uorseti.— I send you a recipe for
founder in horses, which I have nt>ver seen in
pri^it. 1 hive used aud recommended it for fil-
...a, —r—: L ;*
is a sure aud speedy remedy. 'lake a tablc*spoon-
fuj of pulverized alutn, pull the horso’s tongue
out of his uouth as far :■,£ pu^tiible; ^nd throw tho
alum down fis throat, i c his tongue and
hold up his head until he sv .v:> In six hours'
timo (no matter how bad in * 'ider) ho will be
fit for moderate scrvice 1 tiav* had this remedy
tested so often with perfect ?uccca.-, that I would
not make five dollars difference in a uorsc found
ered, if done recently, aud one that wa.s not.
(J^ntrif GentlrttHin.
Ur.moiHil of a Tomjue.—M. Msisonneuve,
Surgeon of the Hotal Dieu, dcRcribes how ho re
moved from a patient the whole of a tongue
alBicted with cancer by means of what he terms
cauterizatif^u enfteches. He perforated the tongue
with eight of his cauterising arrows (JUches),
80 /IS to cause all the affocted portions to slough
off in one mass. His patient^ after the removal
of the tongue, could neither swallow nor speak,
but performed both these functions on being
supplied with a gutta pcrcha tongue of the natur*
al size.
Lincoln’a Draft.—The following is a list of
the several drafts ordered in tho North. It shows
that over txco milliont of men have been called for,
and yet ‘-the rebellion is not crushed.”
April 16, 18«1, 75,000; May 4, 1861, 64,647;
from July to December, 1861, 600,000; July 1,
1862, 30U.000; August 4, 1862, 300,000; draft!
summer of la03, 300,000; February 1, 1864.
500,000. Total, 2,039,74a.
We recently conversed with a “Cantraband”
who had effected his esoape from the Yankees
hi North Alabama. W hen asked lor his opinion
as to his abolition friends, he replied:—“Well
maiiaa, if a Yankee ever gets to heaven it will be
to ^36 th(B door-keeper/'—Mini$*ij^ian.
..4 \ uluable Machine.—The Richmond En
quirer, from which we clip tho following, will do
a public service by giving some informarJon as to
the machine alluded to:
V^cry little has yet been efiected towards what
might be accompliched in tho encouragement of
domestic manufacturos. This year, cverj^ farmer
in this State will raise .sufficient cotton for the
use of his family. What is wanted, in the pre
paration of thi? cotton for the loom, is a simple
spinning machine, such as is employed in the
western part of North Carolina, by v«hioh a wo
man and a child cSn gin, card and spin as much
as fifteen persons can by the ordinary hand pro
cess. These uiachines are e::^ceedingly simple,
and can be manufactured by any mechanic. Com
panies ought to he formed in every State for the
building of these machines on a large scale, and
the distribution of them among the wives and fa-
miiieii of soldiers in the country dependent for
Bupjjort on fheir own labor. 'I’his would be true
-.-.i i»t^li,Ant chitfiUf. A JtaiUiin and little child
can readily mako Trom ton toTriteein ODIlars a uay
by one of these machines, 'fhey can be manu
factured in large quantities, by machinery, at a
trifling cost. Will not capitalists move in this
matter?*
A n'rap Jrom Hixlor^.—We find the follow
ing in the Albany Argus:
‘ Just after Pope’s rout in front of Washington
the high officers of the Government wore seized
with such a terrible panic that they gave up all
hope of saving tho capital. In tho wild desjpair
of the moment, orders were actually given to
blow up and destroy the Washington Arsenal
and.the millions upon millions of dollars’ worth
of war material to prevent theiM from falling into
the hands of the Rebels ”
9100 REWARD.
RANAWAT froi. my S*lt Works, Loekirood’e Foily,
BruuHwick C9untjr, about 25th February, siy >>oy
DAVE. 6 feet 10 or 11 inches hi);h, 22 ye»rs of ftg«; tae
eads of hia two middle fingq^s off of hU richi h«ad; he
is n^ar copper color. No doubt be is lurking about
Wilmington, as he was working around the wharves
there for the blockade raaoers laat week I, will pay
the above reward for bin coDflaeiaent ia Jail bo I eao
get biiB. A. O. THORNTON.
Fayetteville, April 4 20-tf
WAHTfiJD,
An OVERSBER, one withoot family, aad having Bome
experifnoe oQji farm. Aoply to the Bubseriber or
*J, P. R0BBRT80N.
19 Im
LO M»j Jouathaa Evans
March 29
HKiLUQVAKTlBi 5M BegU N. 0. HUitla, \
FaTKTTavtu,a, March 19, 1«64. /
Captains of Distnets embraced in this Regiment
are harebj ordered to furnish the Commanding Offi
cer with a oorreot Moeter Eoll of tbeir oommands.
« These lists maet inolude every man between the ages
of 18 and 45, and most be reported by the 4th day of
April next, without fail
16-iU] J. A. PMMBSaTOH, Ool. 6Sd fteg’t.
pasactl by vorj' larji^e majorities, aud was tor some * into them such a murdornus volley of tnn.sketrjr‘
time continued In that debate it transpired Uirf] caused them to make a precipitate flight. At
«ra>at ol‘
been nint- suapf-arhtJ—among other times in
1715, ’22, '45, and ’77.
It wa^ a^ain suspended in Ireland in 18Ml, and
again in 1S02.
In 1x03, on which occa.sion ^heridan and Fox,
who had b.)th opposed it in 1794, .su.'^p'^rted the
bill. In 1801, 180.5,*from 1807 to 18lU, again
in 1814, and again in ]S22, until l!^24 In
1817, it WHS suspended in hlngland proper. In
1848, in the reig'- of Queen Victoria, the 12th
year of her reign, Lord John Ru.ssell, then her
Prime Minister, introduced a bill for the suspen
sion of this privilege, as to Ireland, into the
House of Tummons, on the 22d pf July, and it
wa. debated until the 21th, on whi«th day it pass
ed the House ol Commons—only eight members
voting in the negative.
On the »amti day it was sent to the House of |
Ivordh, and on that day passed that House unart- !
imoiii'g. And o» the 25th of July, it teeeivod
(he royal as.>ent of Queen Victoria, wh* not only
did not lose her crown, bi^ was enabled thereby
to arrest a very dangerous conppiracy then foment
ing in Ireland; and by the seizure of Messrs.
Meagher and tjthers, to prevent bloodshed and
civil war
At one time or another the vrry be.st men of
England, her chiefest statesmen—Lord? and Com
moners—in late years, such as Lord Campbell,
Elienborough, Brougham, l^ansdowne, Earl Grey,
Lord Derby—and in the Commons, Burke, Pitt,
Fox, Sheridan, Palmerston, D’israeli, and many
others whom «c mi^ht enumerate, of all political
parties, of liberal views and sound statesman .ship,
liave voted for the suspension of this privilege, as a
wise, Hound, neoessary policy of eovernment; and
on occasicjQs not uomparing in magnitude and im
portance with that now existing in the Confederate
States —Jfi^ei>jh f ovfxh'ralf".
The Travs-Mif»is»ippiand M^’xifO.— Col. Dash-
all, Adjutant General ol Texas, and Col. Shel-
hj, Atfor»oy Ocneral of Texas, have arrived
here as commissioners from their State to repre
sent her interests and views, and those of the
Trans-Mississippi generally, to the Confederate
aut^iorities. The mission of ihese gentlemen is
one of patriotic import, and brings ns tho most
gratifyip;r intelligence of the military condition
of the Trans Mississippi, and the high spirit of
the people whom they represent.
It appears that .Texas.'cut off as she has been
by the exigencies of the war, is discharging the
duties of an independent empire; but this in happy
accord with the interesl of the Confederacy, which
is the supreme consideration. She has sent an
agent lo Europe to look after her ordnance inter
ests, and has ulso commissioned a special repre
sentative to Mexico, who will regulate with Max
imilian the interests of trade acros;! the Rio
Grande. Great enterprise is b»ing shown in the
erection of*powder mill«, cotton and woolen fac
tories, &c. To employ the hitter there has been
secured, on Government account in Texas, ove
million pounds of wool. The amount of subsis
tence from last year’s crops is said to be suffi
cient to last army and people Jive yeart The
rumour that Brig. Gen. Preston (formerly Min
ister to Spain under the old Government) had been
sent by the Richmond Government on a mission
to Mexico, which has had some circulation in the
n'ewspapcrs, has no foundation in fact. Gen.
Preston was ordered to the Trans-Missisippi, and
has since been furloughed to visit his family.
Hence the absurd rumour of a diplomatic nego
tiation with Maximilian.—Richmond Examiner.
Alfa irs iti East Tenn^Asee.—'fhe Columbus
(Geo.) Sun ol the 23rd, says:
If the half uf what we hear from this unfortu
nate region is true, it bids fair to rival Mexico in
its palmiest days of an&rchy and bocial crime.
A low Dutchman, fresh from the political cess
pools ol Northern Europe, is in command of the
district between Knoxville and Greenville. He
13 saiJTO nave iweivu aiuusaua luttatr.^
command stationed alorg the railroad from Straw
berry Plains to Mossy Creek. Their conduct is
most wanton and outrageous, exceeding anything
that has transpired during the war. A few days
sisce, they burned the line mills and private
dwelling of Mr. Mas^sengill, on the Holston river.
Massengill was an old man some eighty years of
age. His wife, about seventy years of age, was
lying at the point of death when the ruffians ap
plied the torch to her bed room. She asked them
to carry her out of the room, and not to burn her
alive in her own house After some hesitation
the leader of the clan—a member of Brownlow’s
regiment—carried her out into tho back yard on
her bed, and remarked to tho dying woman that
she was getting her “Southern Rights.” Tho
old man they tied to a tree and whipped him
with hickory wythes until they supposed him
dcati. Another band of outlaws—members of
another renegade Tennessee regiment—hung
a Dr. Mynatt near New Market, after making
him dig his own grave^ After he had expired,
the ruffians beat his head with rocks and cut off
h^s oars. Such is the brief outline of events as
reported by private letter from Greenville. It
may be true or false; but there is abundant rea
eon to believe the facts here stated are mainly true.
Captured.—Eight yankees wore oaptored in
East Tennessee during the recent advance of Gen
Longstreet, and have been forwarded to Richmond.
Ch*.ap Soap.—Six pounds of potash, four
pounds of hird, fourth of a pound of rosin—beat
up the rosin—mix up all together well, and set
aside for five days, then put the whole into a ten
^lon cask of warm water, and stir twice a day
for ten days; at the expiration of which time you
will have one hundred pounds of exoelleat so^.
liahtax I or/ius had ! i^Ast two-thirds of the yankees in the ^ats are
ft«YkAi3 IVk ! • « . « I 1 *11 1 1
said to have been either killed or wounded.
There were no casualties on our side.
Kich’d DispiHih.
From Kinston.—KlNSTON, March 28.—Four
teen of our men, belonging to Col. Whitlord’*
ooiumand, yesterday captured, within three aad a
half-miles of-the breastworks protecting Fort Au
derson, near Newbern, where the yankeeti ar?
bh'kading the Ncusti river, a large fiat-boat load
ed with two thousurd hand spikes and a pile dri
ver. They threw tfcetu all#ver-hoard and bunjt
tho boat, rj-ncec-ding further towards Fort An
dersun, they came in contact with about two baii-
drcd yankees, going to the boat’s relief, aini druve
them into their rifle pitii near the Fort, wiili uc
loss on our side.—RaUi*fh i'mfr.di;ratr.
From .\oith Ala/turno.— The Division ui th«
Yankee Uentral I>odge has crossed the Tviuies
see River, and i-! represented to be devartiting
the country on this side in the vicinity of Deca
tur. A party of State militia, about 70 in num
ber, under command of Capt. Smith and Col. Sani‘1
G. Henry, of the 9th Alabama Volunteers, crusd
od the Tennessee, at Claysville, Marshal county,
recently, and atUcked a party of 100 yankee caval
ry, killing 5 and sapturing 69, with their horse:,,
arms and accoutrements 'The party returned with
the loss of 2 men, bringing their prisoners, and are
now armed with the Spencer rifle, trophies oi
their victory.
From the SouthvDcst.—An arrival at Mobile
on the 22d, reports that all the Yankees at Mad-
isonville had left and gone back to New Orleans
The New Orleans Picayune, ot tho lltb instant,
is reported to havo giren an account of a battle
in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, in which the
Yankees, under Franklin, were whipped hyGeu
Dick Taylor Their wounded were arriving at
New Orleans. No details were given. This
may be but another phase of the little on the
Teche already reported.
The MilitCa Organization.—The Confederate
authorities will allow the present militia organi
zations of the States to remain as at present con
stituted until further orders. All men between
eighteen and forty-five, capable of active duty in
the field, will be at once ordered into the regular
service; but as it is supposed those intend^ by
the law for a reserve force will, by their present
association with others not liable under the Con
federate law, yield a larger local force than might
otherwise be collected, their present organizations
arc allowed to remain, so long as it may be deemed
expedient, without, however, any surrender or
qualification of the right to organize them at any
time under the Confederate law.
Richmond Sentinel, 31*f.
Fund'inj.—Ralbigh, April 1.—The amount
funded in this oity is $3,110,000.
Goldsbobo’, April 1.—The amount funded
here by citizens is 31,435,500, and by disbursing
officers, 8772,934.
Columbus, G a., April 1 —Total amount fund
ed 87,265,000
WiLMiNOTi^N, April 1.—Amount funded hers
about 86,000,000.
The Old Issue—Large i^otes.—The RiohmHid
Whig says;—
‘^W^e take occasion to reiterate the expression
of the hope that notes of the present currency
(fives of course excepted) will be universally re
jected after the 1st of April. No detriment o-au
result (o any one from the adoption of this policy,
hut much good may follow its observance by ac
celerating the disappearance of the discredited
currency, and the substitution for it of th^ new
and improved currency whioh will be ready for
issue on the 1st of April We want uniformity
ot currency in order that uniformity of pricett
ixiay pTw«il The merchant or tradesman who
advertises that he will sell goods for the old cur
rency, at par, after 1st April, will he sure to
charge such a price as will enable him to ooa-
vcrt tho old notes into new without loss of tho
tax of 33^. Tho better rule for all sellers to a-
dopt is to make their charges payable in new cur
rency, but to reccive the old (if at all) at its
reducfii value, and when they have accumulated
a few hundreds, or a few thousands of dolUrs,
according to the extent of their business, take
them to the '!‘reasu y for conversion into the new
currenc/. By all means lot every body discount
enance thei' firctdution as a part of the currency.
The holder.^ of sujall amounts cm readily effect
an exchange >‘.t llie Treasury, at the rateoi'Sii
lor 2.
T/i*! Currently.—Already two effects are be
coming apparent rcaulting from the currency and
tax laws, namely, a stringency in the money mar
ket and inereas^ confidence in the Confederate
issues. These are evidenced by the declining
wholesale and auction priccs of neoisssaries, lux
uries, spocie aad all sorts of stocks, except Con
federate securities. Retail prices, provisions and
rents must speedly follow tha same course.
Richmond Whig.
Death of Hon. David M. Chirrin.—We are
sorry to announce the death of Hon. David M.
Currin, of Tennessee. Mr. Currin was an atten
tive, useful and highly esteemed member of the
House of Representatives.—Rich. Sentinel, 31/.
A Mammoth Establishment.—We leam, from
the Constitutionalist, that the Augusta hctorj
employs over 800 hands, and manofiaetares up
wards of 20,000 yards of cloth daily^ all of whioh
ia sold at ^enuoent prie«.
¥A\
^NDA
€H>%
Prom and aftpr
Observer will be
^er annum. For
t> e Semi-Weekly
We hoped to h
But apart from ih
thing we buy, au
a3ea of printing
Varoh 17, 1804
Tai Statb £le
0 - aor, about the r
si.^ns, a new Legi
coiion in August.
'i^ake to the great
tiotic men to till
choose iio man ot
fuses to say what
f .’^teu Jb to be for
ajoeptable to the
happen for the mo
weathercocks, no t
tot the time for t
d.-mani men—true
n.en who are for ih
» whatever coet, f-
^'^hjngatioa cr sub
fhcourages tho ene~
and people by tal
North Carolina to
bii.ad9, to wilhdra
that the whole Coof
ground. Let ua ha
bl*8t the isiir farnfi‘
iug her sister State
ing to patch up a se
(Hing which cau't p'
pressibly base if it
the Legislature
wbo is for any on
uo one wbo is not d
Hll
There is another
fbe Confederacy to
lug too many aau
^.erchance creep int
ktroEg the true
erarneatly urge them
are entitled to have
lii^n among themsel
auiuggled in In lb
their patriotiHm as
ing their country’s
bcaat of some good
ihus stand aside rat
this is not done, an
reduce the candidat-
iuoetiugs, or oonven
to give a fair directi
I may not be scattere
thia will not be nco
otio spirit among th
Thb PaospsoT.—
‘Our soldiers are
deal, and our peopl
BO campaign since t'
we bo nearly appro
tbe enemy. Well eq
our veterans (heroes
a wall of livlDg ro
hordes of Lincoln
swift and certain des
Most of these thin
the feeling and cond
fulness of the people
the Sentinel which w
semi-official cbaraci'
access to informatio
allude to the assertio
numbers of troops on
ant and encouraging
ba reasonable autho
An Aomiitku Vio
ture of 400 well arm*
ry, wuh pockets full
b;*ck8. It is probabl
recent report of the c
truth may be comewh
yaniiecs are not apt
losecs. But even 400
of no small importan
cavalry has also bee
And the report of a
eeeuLa to be credible.
'fUB l>&ULO£Cji P
gives farther evideu
intentibns ot tae yan
against KichmuaJ.
memorandom book, i
and deposited m tae
Lee. It IS apparent!
the paper faeretoi'ure
iC£ with it in nearly
that the paj^er sa>ct,
ed,” whilst the otem
Cabia«;t must bi> aiii
ed but oiLg of tiie cit
fereiit parts of tua
aver>ihiug in the wa
u>g up the principal
before ttcm ” ‘-Wa
(lU Itelle Isle, «od 0C'~
d-wih thr'^ugh the cxy
ers 10 de^troy th* cit
“Tte priMuers ouco
city ciiust be deatr yt'
(>e 1 F. Lee oeruti
iu the book. L
beture, ibe «ilo puip
met the fate he ioteo
Tua TithsTax.—
frobi a gtutlemau iu
thonty 600 per cent
delivery of the tax i
tihe farmeis were pr
leutors last Nov. and
law, and unicr it an
many farmers Lave
(not on speculalioD)
assessed price and t
St Is impossible for
in kind, for they bav
it will be extremely
600 per cent, penalt
We ociaour with o~
an oppressive reqni~
orofs. But it occur
of Congress amecda'
fers, we suppose, oul
Therefore no one wi
penalty unless he sb
ecme to be delivered.
We have receive!
ter, by sabscribers «
eent lower rates, to
aad the present prio
other needless oUers
we appreeiat« the lit
w« moat deoUae all i