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Got. TA.irCE’S iVlESSAOE. Oentlemei of the Senate and House of f'ommont; T>r* years » I i't^u d aiy first lOO sig^J t » the 0*^Dcral A?9'mb'y ot ^^o^th OtiroUaa t;ie Btirnn? 83ont8 ol war, n lly T ni'i:ht. greet the ufX'’ cjn«’ooifi m i?f t ie p'^oplci’s rc, ro Ben»au»~8 nj »i i ig in g aitifui pr;) pe.:t of pt-K-'o * and la'f' pcuilenet’. That hjp'. lik> ni i3t of the short s ghfcd desirt a of ni'io. God h s not necii pro-'or to c u e us to retlii'. Atfpr w • yoars of fio c! and o>n8iminv; wir. wa»d witi all our energies, and attjod'd w'tth atl it-« inpcpirdoljj ca lamii ('S, Hooia!, p >liiiual and physijal, wa et to diy n"lc uen, bat lo C)nt,ntio those ardaous Ja> bors w lich b ro so hcavi y Oi'Oa yonr pre ieoissors •Dd rayj'’lf Whatever may bo th? result, I caa but h p3 thut eur Ci op»'ratioj may b; u3 sincere and tempered with as m’-ch^forbeafa; c1 pro Oicd then at occ3 ta ‘rive you a statemeiit of the condition of our alfiiro, aai to 8Utf»xf3t. suetj remedies for whatever lUfty be w.ong, ns my oh- servatioo aad t'xperi.nco may have enabled me to reo »maiend. Vv’ith piroere gratliuda to tho Giver of all gocd. I a :D 'U“c ■ tb;it tne crops of ihc* pist ^caS ’O wpca rc V f i% and in kidins; i>ir a fUi'i *'s aftnee ri cro^hor - ard ho e, it u r^MtuacMl m.r ihrt i« >>n p >ly i f tne si; II >)f Hie to pr r *i: ,;ot o ’ly Ffar vu ion, t>u' oven any adui, snl rijtr, it it can b pi Ol d Wi:tia ib.o rt-ac^' of L r S. IOC tie aij ur ni iii ;;i yo ir p**od •••fss.irs. tl>o e: o iiy hav o:.c oachcvl n 'aw np>n our t*'rri tory, » sj'*pt (>y tt:e rj cap u o o; ttio tj^a .f Piy m jutfi, a id 'he j ‘n iqa'Dt evaoa»uaa of vVasfi ii'gfon; c>^ents g eu:l^ to bo r*d. Ti-«* Wes.era bjrd r i^, ho^ev.’r, sii^j t») o.’DStan'' raiJi and the situ^fian ol 'hj inhutiitant? is dto lr>83iDrf in the extreme. I> ads if lawl-88 men, many vt heaa oar owo ci*i*jDB, feo'iog or pre tending to act. under commissions fr'^m tho ene my, flwarin in the moantiin frontier, mtirderia?, burning and d.slroyirg. To.ally reasrdlfss of the laws of civil'z d warfare, they have inangurRtcd a system of cru'Uy, at which hi^mani^y shudders I have written Goacral iirecLinriuge and urg.d him to take sacli steps as may be in his power to stop such proceedings, but I do not yet know what may be tne result. Nor is the interior of tho State entirely free from the disorders natura'ly to be expected from a state of continued war Dosertjrs rcpre«entiag almost every State in the OjulpJeracy, infest the swamps and the mi uatains of maay CDunti??, s oa'irg, piundcring. and in many insf'ncea murdeiing the iahalicants In some places they muster in such force as to alm:8t amyuut ta a suspension of the civil au thority, aided and protec‘ed, as they are, by their relatives and friends. All of my effjrt.% to abate the nuisance by cifwrs of pard'^n havic(ir proved fruitless, I see no remedy for tho evil, but to outlaw them and drive them from the State by the st'ong hand If my control over the Militia for this purpope were unrestrained, I am confi dent I could easily rid ths community of this pest. I also recommend that the hw against harboring, aid ng and abetting desertion be •mended so as to facilitate the m'king of the proof required to convict, and that it be made the duty of all civil, as well as military cffioers, to assist in their arrest under such penakies as will enforce obedience Too much importance o:incot Well be attached to this subject, sincc it haa be come not only of great momect to the well being of the army, but alfo to tho eeccrity of soc.ety and the execution of the law. I feel quite ashamed aho to add, that a nam ber of the Home Guard, in certain interior coun ties, holding both ciril and military offices, «ictuat ed either by trevion or cowardice, or perhaps both, have recently d'serted anl Bad to the enemy. 1 earnestly reojmtaend that you taka such steps for th* pani^’hmeat of mucq a crime by cinfisca ion or other »ii^, as may deter OTheri from snch *o«?ardly an i degrading treason. Tnere should be no more trifling in tiis m*tt.T. Th se wno s-eic the ai i of our eneiDies stioulJ ahjra taa f»te of enemies The bl'TjJ of O ’r d;jid hero')S, ai well as the livinic who carry their livos in their ha'i'Js tverv day, deann 1 t lat. tn • p'lni'hm’nt a-f»rded by all ci? 1 • iird conoiiini hi to trea oa, shojll be yiet.'i o to t'^aUofd. It t 'cfc i’t-.' be no {•U'-i-hTieijt f ir this kio J of t.e i j.K 1 yr*l naon fir j eaticied to ka > *■ it. VVadoe. r weq li tly suffjr trjiiii o fain a grea.e' i.ajjuaicy rr ja dii^/eria'id hirda tip- taaa pitrijtijui, wa m^y cx^ ’CC th' cias-* to perish. 1 regret to s%y th*.' thj bi>jkil> run .114 ot.e- ra i -u I ur fi j S I j -1-' pr :vj f A t j,>pj i T v regiU:.O H ijipMji by tiic 0 tar'j I t^:‘ G Vcra XU n , i i d tiiiij; us L ' lio'i ot • ti3', ot (’ >.i_r s to waici I hirj rie.jtofju'e -iivcrt d, n^vj .'ver- at .d s • i j ir’ou-ly m 10 c Jjip3l !H ‘ io a .no 1*^0- to wi ni.aff our v d.e’s ir>ii the t fJe Aft r loi^e^ Dy djfen i m3, rn • surrm 1 jr of >, sp^c &j , ot QOC l’=s than 00i> ia ^0 df I .'fisr. t al.-o 'o hive t> a no ru-j ca ; i«j3 of .‘le r AdVin .-e iar n^ he rn>ifA of S;pt^>inb r. T i- nobb ve ao , 110 pr..tj uf c-.eSt tj, aad o.'n^fac-o' of Oir suldi !rs anl neopl», was ojptared b, thi ®n.*Jiy ale r sne hid bu jjf^s^iuily mal3 ber w^y thr U'n t05 bujicai.j' s'juilrin n oins qijno? Cf t ic -i.iz iro of her t’jr i; 1 c a! lor :he my jf th • craii'r lali hi,si-, Cjm j.'iLo^ h-r t) put to s>a wi ,h N ^rth Cirohni cojj Triij being un ui*'.3i to ner farn^ces and icaciinery, ren j r^l her ia- capiblj of miking jioro thm ^alt jf her U'-Ui! fipeid, ani lo't bjlnnd her a dn3j colnim of bajt iaiok-, by Wiija sio Wis ca .ly loUo^od aal oij.-urjl. Sj oi7ioa*U \i h-r hj? atfr bitv bie 10 -hu u iwir.a';«d a-Az r of her c^ai, tha*: I tr »3. yo I A ill lu »_n >r .1 z) Cja^'c f(»r c )T3p*.*a^'\- tian, liij ujvfi^e po'i^y of uiakiii our 0'ly ra- miiQia^4 ^uprt ; Tjiui i t oar cr.x'j-ri, oAmot bo t)> .-tr).i;(/ c)ai*mi J I; ha« tnplji the fl*rijgM.-y of tiu bojiid , h»-> aroid; ciu».-d th:: 1 9-) :,t ujiny Viliable 8‘.ca.ne.v, aad will ahi- mr.cly ycj"oko tho ut^wst efijrrs of t'\Q cacmj to Ciptuf^ Wiimng'.ja. It is n j exagerAt on to Bay, i^iat the A i-Vinjc aloac io 93 i i hw been wjrrh mo.e to our G vjro-nr-at than u',1 tho o.'ai3'’fs we hjve ever put jfl rat. Why it t'houid bj tho paltcy ot our govtrnmeat to com pel th3 Stite tj fjiit ttie iup.rtatioa o( Fupplim for the cjmcnim bjoeSt, aai then purius a coarsg wish o:ir armei vj.'a.ls so W’ll cilculated to crash all iJipDrtatiojs wnataocver ia to ms iacxpHcably Btraig). 'i'Qe73 cruisera sally forth with tho coil seize 1 irom .'•t'aai?rs ea^igoJ in bria ’■in"' us 8upt>lies ol vital irupjrtinje, t.luj eniu.ing neif Oipiure, destroy a lew icsig.iificant smacks which only serve tj i.rita*^ the ou«my, and then they Btoam baok intj Wilmington to seize mare cjal, bringing djwa upon tho inlets a new swarm of the enemy’s gun-boats. Where our supply of shoes is to come from this winter I do not know. I havo an abundant sup ply at the Islands, but have now no means of get ting them in. I trust you will again instruct our representatives in (’oagress to ask I'or a repeal of these regulations. This done, our remaining steam ers coul'i soon bring in the many valuablesupplies w« have bought abroad The act of Congress au thonz‘ng the President to impose regulations upon commerce oxpre.^tly provides,“thataothiug herein contained shall be so construed as to pronibit the Confederate States or any of them from exporting any of said articles on their own account.” WHiat po.icy so urgently requiring the States to be forced by executive construction out of the benefit of this provieD, i''fluencefl our Government, I have not been able to learn. The construction is that if a State «wns tlio vesael out «od out, the restriotions ahall not he Imposed, but if ihe owns a part, or merely charters the entire vessel for the voyage, then she nnu'jfc surrender half her osrgo space to • the voveroment, and give the bond to return, &o Thi! %Me^ation th»( privatj ships should not be , al o.vid tj ' ri’MirictiooN by sellina apart in- j tefffii to tap Siato ia or.ly snroioas My at'plioa- t't'n ro the Into 6 oretary ot the T.easufy, di.i’los- in^ Ectual in'tr«8t of the State .n the Co^iie j line of 8.i*amerH, an.* a^-kiag onlv, to have that in- j forest -xtiuptcd, was pt-r« mptorily refused. It j st'Cii.s to ojc, tht*r(f.jre, in thoab-xnce ofarynohd j reason for the &c i m of the government, t^at j wiadjm and true polio ’ drm'ind the ri^pcal of the j lawi4 auiho’ii.ng the irop'^sili ns of the.^e r^’gwla- I ti >i a, and that cvtry possible iadaoeoiont should I be he'd out to the Stites to exchange their great staple's for {^up^iies it r the eom non benefit. ! Fi'rtunatelv of clothing and ^'lankets we etiU ^ave an abundance. A f jH exhibit of our ope a- tio:j8 i** the Q larterma. ter’s D. partaneot, it)c*u 1 i g this d^^•j ot- will be found in tht* report of A juiunt Gcaoral Guilin, whi'-h goeo | erewith, apd which I commend to y ur c >nsiderafion Fr m th»s i: will be seen th^t cot only have tho irty a'>d the pjoole i'oen supplied with indi?- pensabl^ ftr»'cfe.-i witbout loss, *!ut witli actuil p"o5t to the S -to, notwitbsta-iling thj fears of sum ' tj tiic c mtrary I* hw n -t oeen onr aim to nuVe m'iij-y b'v: to surplv- t e nee SMti-s of ur people ana ar:aj for -:in ,ij cost and chargcs, which h b on i ' re r;*ril to ii'sinuaiions jchich hav.‘ bc'’n ind.’^ti ia Hga’nsc th's enter- pri-e, I can only s^y t'".it 1 h^vj hcrotof rc an f •lo n'W chali* nge the s.iiete-^t invei^tigation Much has, pcrbsps, bi en Jooe that fuirtit ntu, a id maay Jo'-'ea have b-*en bust liuod which no iivi ig D'an could prevent in sr> reckless and dan g ro’s a tradvj, an«^ many impoaiiiucs have been prac is^d ufon us that were unavoidabla on ac- eouai ot our unre’oenii’d and dcfencele.^s condi tion abroid liut a lair invcstitraiion will, I t>’ir k, cat’gfv even the man who is oppcsed to fur nishing a 8’Idier a pair of shots and a blanket unless the State were to mske money by the fra.os:;ction, that all these bentfi a have been con ferred without loss and even with a handjcme profit It has seemed a little strange that there should be found among us any to object to this enterprise, even should it have occasioned the loss of monoy. It is ccrtainly a narrow minded view of the subject to regard it only as a matter ot u 11:trs and cent‘s The saving of life and health, and the cheerful acss of spirit imparted to our soldiers, and the comfort add«d to our people by the introduciion of indispensable articles not obtainable in the Con federacy, I regard as invaluable. No money csti mate can mea^^ure these benefits. A debt abroad, it must aliO be remembered, is quite a different thing from a debt created at home. Both are to be redeemed in gold at the face value of our 1»onds, but for the one we receive gold vaiue, and for the other Confederate value, so to speak. Take one of our State bonds for $1000, issued here, for ex ample, and one of our cotton warrants sold abroad for the same sura. For the first we receive 874 only, specie value, according to the calculation of the Treasurer, whilst for the last we receive 51000 of specie value. The last bond nobody grudges to redeem. Again, hai^ we been condemned to rely upon our State for clothing, blankets and shoes, the same quantity of very interior articles could have been obtained, if at all, onlj by the seizure of almost every pound of wool and leather in the State, greatly enhancing the price and the public distress. It would appear, therefore, to every candid mind, not only indispensable to import these articles, but also economical in every sense of the word. The simplest way after all to look at it would bo *0 consider what has been itnported, ask if it was itidispenaably neoest-ary, and if so, could it have been obtained at home, and if to, at w>-at price? \ou will per:reivo the great difficulty of render ing a simplified statemnt of the account, owing to a part boiHg a snrcie and part a Confederate currency trans^cuon. This, with the’constant fluctuations in the value of money and exchange, hj^endered such a statement almost impossible. 1believed, however, that the accompanying sta^pm?nt of .Maj .r .John Devereux, marked A, presents «s fair au:i simple an cxposirion as can be u'.v?3. IJy this it will be seen that, including ,'hip5. c-^^ron a-id exchn^'e. we have a balance in ft-ir tivor HI sp.cic ot SiJ0.‘J57 SO, and on the cuTeni'y account a biianc! 01 Si,S52,5G7 5 * T o t >U tiVin^ a-n -unts ha^e bev?n expanded for the t>?:!Oit, of th*f Sut', for pirt ot which sp'citl a ji>r >pr; .tioni w lald 'lavtf other jvi^e beea mi le, a-i ! w.iien ih.s .1-pn-rm.'at has the right to ac- c >iiat tor *• p ofi.s, viz: '1» hin^ is-a.'d t> State troops. 8o.)0,0D0 O'J Piii into th*" Trei->u y, * Ordaaoce and ord.ianoe stores, 4^*,870 t.3 Cloiiii'jg iss-j’l Sarg.-on Gen’s Dep’t, 35,'JUU (JO Siife bunds (r,ale of Ad Vance,) 4GJ,'> HJ OU MeJicio33 lurui-«‘icd .'^urj-o .n Gen’l, 170,0'.):] UO ‘^ ipplies furii’d i)a*f d‘ D ijib As’m, ‘JO.'j.) > 00 S:&ciO iary furn’d Sec’y ot S^dte, 28,O';I 20 Total, 82,14G,1D7 57 There is also in the hands of and due to Major r»>wfof the Clothing ne:»artmant, the suai of Si 072,090, whi?h it so uivi. roJ caa be made a Viilitji'j to tho Treasury f jr tne carrc.it fiscal year. .My intention was t) buy cotton, tobacco, for 6xporiution, s5 as to ?n^ko tiiC ship*s Cir^u iowird buy the cirgo outward without any connection with the l’roasury, but perhaps it would be better to divert it to this purp jso to aid ia avoiding an increa.se of the publie deb:, aad depend upan the proceeds of the s ippliea ( 1 iind to furnish the means for exportation. T.iis sum when added to the ab)Vo will when paid into tho Treasury ex- ti.iguidh the original appropri itioo of S2,oi4,000, leaving a balanca of 82,4!>5,l87, which with the articles on hand cstiuiated prices paid by the C'jniederato Qairterma.stcf G«aeral, which are far below the iinritet price, will I conc ;ive constitute tbe not profits rrHliziJ. It proper t j ad l, tirat I have reason for be lieving the estimate fir funds abroad to bo far below the truth, and that there are large quantitCB of shoes, cards, clo'h and blankets, iron, bacon, &o., b.>ught and paid for, yet abroad, which do not come into this calculation. U ,i-r anr-ori.y vo.»: .-.-.-a Of t'iQ Imi L?gisl*ta^0. 1 e»pp.i:ntJ our fjr.acr Mr. Join Wtii’te, wio Q^s pane to E jr .p» TTith intr'xotioa9 to win 1 up our tu in s. ‘hera an(t fiiwwi as soon aipmiblo. Fuob stiteruents M »iU eaablj uj to a fi lal seUl.^an. at wi'h tha pub.i-; aaiitor. U jtiJ this ia dons we o%anot fhow i; j8iti»*ily bow th5 »oa ai«B al»nd. aad titeao eUte- m nta are fn'alFh-d nurely fj- yoar iafora>-*ii«n. For A 8t»t -r>r!*» a* the oind Uoa of oar fiaauo?^ *«d tho ir;JaM r.f tie Stat?, I rofer yoa to the raport of Mr. Wonti, o ir vory ufiisient Pablio Treasnror. Ba> Wvil «1t.pi t b7 Ul nta aad uxperienoe to the con d'jp.' of 2n*?n >UI AttVirs I am veneraliy ooatcat to abiie by alt h'8 sagj-iRtioaB ia i-s ^t rftgard. I am Borry, how eT«r, that 1 c»noot yie’d the same asavnt to his advice au to niiiit»ry iffsirs, and the method of coadaotior the war I can jrreat pr.ipriety in tha retention by th« State of a smaU lailitary Iwe in lima of war, and very little in trtBsfcrriojj abnolutely »!l hsr pbyaio*! power to o»rer haads^ The tiae h»a already eima when, to say the l«is‘ of it, the «ss:rtim of a rigat as portainiav to a BcTsreign State ia worth muah more if backed hy 00a fi show of pbyeioal powar to eaforoa it Neither oan I r?5f*rd it as ia anywise anomalona thi»t the State ehould emp oy h«r militia in trying to arrest the nu merous bin’lfl of ie3«r„ers who infest the oouotry, rob bing »ni murderinf (ho oiiis^as, and in some instances oompeliing a strong force to be under arma to protect the Bittiaga of the courta Tha animaly, if any there be ia the ease, might csrtaialy be fouad in the Oovern- ment permitting these ontlawa to att the eivil aathori- Uei at defiaaoe, piUaga and Botdar at will, twtil loj^ oiti?n3 flee for lifo> and not undeHsking to prevent tt. be'-anse racb preveuiioD wcuH iiAreav) State taxes! As a mair'er of onata* it is cx^ec'ed tha' the nf>nferier»t«« gov'mmeut w il vlMmat^ly asaun* a'i mi itary ontlavx neo^fsarily inour***'! ^y t’ue StAtea fcr that dsfen'S'^ of viti 'h i? is ui'^Me to renct^ iJut creu if it BbculJ ao». I onbmit irs must be protfoteJ nevcithnUs ; ♦.aJ tfO oij c ioa Ibai in protraUug oofici«*c wa are i 'rx'3 >e a t? Osafrn^it. h»J ’ly hold *-.od uoufcUfSH if woiM l.» a jf •),„ recplocuU o-rrj ap a w*- aa ' pr^S'rve i^ ^ i a oui-t ▼i bcut any expea i.nire of n^a^y at ali I djubt leu, heo*«fi» Io n y kn jt hxg ne»»ir te'o iruid Bui ba^ia^ bafor-' cur ejes ib 'T»ry etronr«».«;i eTidiice •f if e 0 ne'iut nec'ori.y of (hcsc in cps I can see no »*y t lit ificur ihe dei-t pdU do oar utmoct to protect !bc o auvry »nd tx cu e the iaws D.ubfieas an srrarg nji^nt toj«bt be made ■'ith the "’onicd.r*te j(0Ternm> nt ij asfure Iho payaent rf State 'orcea nrw. 08p-ci*ily of rai- rppalirs and inn IJorae au«rd n doty ar ths fr'at. ^s Votn int, u i.^fr Ccufad- riHflf ffia Ti* atdiio vf iheser’.ic* of Conffd^rnte‘.ro^'pa I bn»e»^r»^>^o^r in th-j Ir*aaur?r*- Teiomtne^Jdati.w •’'at thfi taif^ wi!l ha^e to cousidrab!y iuo-eass 1 for th? ».ex fiio 1 y ar la aMuion to the flight ia ir»a9e in ib« military »pi>ropria ioii9 ard B®all am- bereaf.6r met,tiActd for tbe beaarini; cf a prop«r '.:pTly nf fit, Ih peii will be nrcfssiry to •nla-Re •l e kxm-.vf apj rc'ri.tionn oalr in r- g^rj lo ihe fsmi lies of ouriniigfot Bsldifra It is atiuifei t» be onr mp‘t*vi?e dt:i^ tr. pro? de f^r p-rso'-e. and t .e v.rfif.a rorr fur'u- i *y the ciRntJO^ it prori.^injr racb f r i's own 6olJj'rs’ ffviuijif* 1 conceiTc to te nijnst (0 hem'Blvi-.s. A pcor o:u ty, pcteps w alavpa. but i'lre w^hiie rnpnlnioa, woul t bo i«X'i «nh t‘-H euppoi t vJ fnrne or four tini’n ibo nutrb^r of per/toaa, that a wpa'thy ooui'y. w»th a sns^U wh te ropu-atioa, an * Jwbfc the ati’ity M pay, wou’d to oire for. ^5t.rd the sifpori c*tbr83 fsn*; aj mu;h a pub'.'c 'laeihitof thj) BjlJtor himioif anl that tr..c ,.rirc> ,: is te IsTy it nji^n iha Sts.io at »rg«» It is • Lffijiout, tiiHt in tines iika tliee^, ihe ooa&tiud bavo (o .Uj.port thair own pj>r n>)t the ler* fc*ir*f.-»ro i^oomtae.>d an •p^'opriailsa r.**rj mii.io in cuirfnfy, anc- the JUlpo^i;il}n of a tax in kinl. Bay jue iw*ctitih •( c.>rc, wi>ea ard pean Ion ot ijrup, &3., BO trrsrgcd aai ^ysiemaiised aa yuu o:ay deem bcst Froott a carrfal observa'ios o' ih«» '’ifiSculties txp*ri fU'-eu ty t: * couaty Supply commi..«i^jJrri .aa‘. year. \nd owing to ibe iaiprejsmrct and ti'te lava of Con new riraiered etihgr a er *>y the bonding cf i arfe rtriicn of our farnters o sell all 'h ir surplui tt> the Confcderais Ooversment, 1 am ocn'tnoed tt>at th.a • iLe su'rst and best w.jf lo prcriis for the psor St'rvlj P3 bcSK'C jt pairioiio cit i .n o^n abj>*f. to this plan If it should meet your apprahatioc, the soanei '.b-r bft:;r, as tho ara'sua is already f«r aJvaiced. I lo-^mit aanec.’j'faTy te elaborate 'his snggesticn as yen Will ioubtkss bf aVifi to maiore „be plan of ipsratiof boi'ertaaa ! o n r?jself. I dfsire to ccll your a'trnMon to the oonditirn of the M>!i!;a tr J lh» Gu*rd for Home Pefenca ^ibich r-q ire >fc;c aMiticnal legiflaM n Pcth at lats* crgtniia ■'am fr«re rnt oa fo t wh»n the tc'r toj-v at'otted toy;* ii'T real rrg m- nts ani batia’iace o:ntaine'l R>ca rnffi }ieut i.o fill ihetn to the cuxbera ^eqcired by Bath ?a»e becw siripped by ocns'riptlou unil »oarcely any tirg rictkin* of ei'ber rrginient or batttlion. but ofli- Qcra When I naw cad oat the U:inf Qa»rd for Stat* DefehOft I hav»« to p ti ioaaj companiea together ia or to re) ore of cjnviniect size and the sn^'eranmerary 'fSoer* coGs'ituting a large per ornt cf the w'aolt force nre ecdt hc>j« as tUcy oann >t be made to serre in the r»Qls. Tka oaujfs the gft-atest iaconveniease and in jasiioa. T aa oaiy reoady i reorgan'ittion and consol td&ticn I ihertf jr;, rrcommtnd the aboHtion cf the Hoi»e 6n>rd crgeciittion as being one t >o matjy, and (he passage of iaw arthorixiog the coxbiBaticfR of the ek2!etoa compftnies of the Militia iato new regiments -laving the cam'^ers cecesdar? to take the field «t enor And so that allra»y beoompellM to doda'y a'‘i9 1 deem it unnncccsaary farther lu gire th« details of the pro p sed plan, as thr Aaja.aat Q.'nerai will rrcaeni thsm 'ally to yonr military aomuittae in a fora whioh has my approvtl I tlio roacicmend the extenioa cf the a;;e to which men are required to serve in the miliiia to fifty fife years I'ticngh there are net a great many msn et that affl carfcbla cf active field, ssrviee, there are yet •vany who cculC pjrfarn* mcs» ma erisl servioa in ar '■9H'hx dtKTlt and reprtssingd sirdars at borne, whose 'OQ.'Mija wiuld gr ::ly strcagtaen tcis important arm ».' tbe 8uto. The records e the cjuitry will be%r me wifnssf. g«- :'.tm3o, *fcai I .•.a¥a n*Ter son^at to hsve extraordinary powers cf an} kind oonfrrrea upon me, t>«lng coat ct •0 abide by cur ai'^ient rustorna even wLrn unuinal cir- un)8*aii'*fb hare rea-Jtr.‘d them ahor i»e B it I aio firm ly ooovincelby aciuaiexperirure that iiis loiposs'hie to -if-roe di^'ipliiie and otsiidroft ts crJera ia a military rtrauiitliou ihroughont tb«> 8 ate wUncnt ffn>n!B«ry Dowere in tha Oom'naader in C-i?fto drop tac cff ndor from toe r-.^lU for o?rt»in ep«cifisd cff.-nj'a Wita great rii a:;‘)n tterefir?, an’ hy a r:co}.’e cjnfi'*ti n f dut”? I reccmaicnd th? oonfjrriag cf '.his pow«r cq I e Esecii iv.*, »> coiitinue oily during I'ae vfT, and sc *'frirt!«fd M yen may deem n«iwary to guu*d againa. i(r. im roper cxcrctse In ooanec.ion I wllla^k 7 nr c naid-ration ff ^ o'py wf tiie roartln'iona adop; d by s. mepiiog of the }jw ra.i bof !b“ t*>»>es of V.rgi i*. N-rifi Car.'ilina, ■♦inith Cir'lira Oicrgia Alab»ma and .Mif«iaji.;pi, held :a A 'gu3' a. Q •, 0a .'in 17;a n't aai rrqu s' »’ou to re *n1 iQf as a- « pan of tiis m'rj>ge T .is lato'iac wis ti’od b» isi"?, in lb-est a->( lOkt ?»ij i:;iag miga. »g »fd npou 13 aid ia rein'or.inz ur *rm oj aud fHiig ’jTi^ rm tts .• a- tion 0/ ih. 8’aw: it» uauy im p'rUnt p*r ic iUre, eiptciaily 'e.?:rl to ta« ex- .•nation fr m (J >n»rriu i,t> >7d %i8-3ffi':e;s Aficr BJPic d-.T3 ol f.-xte ani i braicai.'ui in ercbfc:.jre cf opinions fu r«^nli »an loe res'iui -UH TDfirrs i to Tatt ont- to dt*!... |c,rj s icing d itt b ly >ad tseir owp )o dira h\a a:lu»ioa only to tp.si*l aid estraor^i lar/ “TJ "ejjens'e*. w'.en rs of ea b-.pnoos th* prp>rd‘fen- iiia piiai may >e b •yon. i ihe &.at» i>a* anl u a wita in it Cjjt.'^ry !■'> t*it inpres'icn rsug 't to oe aM'^e b« •ii n?, ia!^ rt>co;u i rcl!>-‘’ng tj me im;r Haaaa*. or !--nj.Tipii jn pt ol»» n w%’ ry «7 niea's iut'Vid-d 10 ia ui» la*! arui Qg of larm. nu^'i l*na ueir fi kl i>.oaa3i ttt .i wai bl i*iis it wtuii f .U-w a^a l a’ural ooa- q i?ocr. I Hf» :-del liiat aa praper y tbeif teaij'orary se'^ o^a wer- within raa>'h ^f the gxircm at 1 s.t> ai , he pr pa't , 11 be ^mplijel »a ptoaens, crtsa iag i:»na. •) cks. teaTisi9*9 >oapiual “er»a-iU. i-b r ia ir * fl-»or*i depurtTionts, aud whorevjr, i \ sh'rt thd aegro 03U:d t»te the pUuv of an ab 0 ho li d waitc •nan wjo 0-u‘d ctrt' a t&trske' (Jaiernoo;roanigtauoeB *rou’d I ci-a at m s-'b io :ri armed waioh I would r»- T^rdas not on y daogi^roHS ia laa «;x rom*. bu‘. as les6 t?i;ra'jipg, oa'y, i.ma tbcireaioloymja; iatiii-i otaaoiiy 'ly'■•ar eaoTiics Tjc prapoji>ija «o eaaiic pate taem i»y the Oonftfdoratv Q j»'*raoj-*at, (w.iich la ooneci'^nod •i'^o jJd ba done if they fuig i in our armied.j I regard ■i eztiro / cut i>t th-j qustion I iIa^;5i(le tbat each »B id?a aa abo-isiing el.very by t*a General Qjv/»'-n •n’a*, a3v.'c*t«d yufi ago, would l*a»e made p«o- >' otar.% aal nazte sovin liitli ssaite'’cat. Xaie c:ursa woall it se*ma to me, surr>'ad'r t*i« enilrn qj-js- ii >a whisn h« ever s:>par»ted the Njr‘h froji tue Soato; YTO'ild s. J t fy ctiraelraa la *he eyo' of ihe world aad 'on lisr Cut - J le r.^roiutian nugatory—a m)re o‘j;ot- 1 'CB wiifii.': 9l a-: tjtjn iita I not a'.ulo “tl to lae ojns i ut:on»i qi h ioi laToWad. wliio*i I prjiumi muj* be u-d«r^to d oy tais tim j. Oar iadspatidenc«, I im» ?ine. i! caitfl/ d:sirabl3 fvY the pr jBjrfatioa of our pMi- tiO«l institaU'ns. the priacipil of waioh i» slavery; aad it ia onlr to bo won by *b:3 ^load wf WhUe fre*aiea The eHve, however, ehsuld certainly be mada to do hia part ai * nan oitabk'ant. Tae resolution reforring to the rriafofosTifl^t of the army is worthy of your special aad oa-n»t,i atteotion Tbe Saoremi Court having in the ease of Jabaatan vt M ..Lett, affii'mcd the opinion aivanoed by m** ia n»/ i*«t raoesage, t-.*t the exjmptioa of offijen ard aga f« of tli« State is derived fron higiier grauid^ than the •ot of Congress, thas placing ii as favarably as th^ .nen ia of 8:ita sofereifitnty desire, it bjoames oa to ex- carefaliy to sfo if taore ba not any wto oanld, of onr own j^faoa, be spared la f^e servloa of the a'dairy. I know that taa i;rowinc dlsposilian of the public to do tau hai received a eevcrs check in tha rerin^ti'B of aetailo by wh.Ci tiij War Depar:meut has strippel the country buri cf ;?a mon valuable ani ioJiopan&able ^echanios and ^rliiass Still taer^ are qjite a aum- bsr of OUT cffi jcra wh jse offi likl servioes arti not indis- ^ns*ble. acd vt,o are lieUhor farmers nor mechaPics With the r(»f*nioa of suoh I do not sympathiia, and think it a ! ard«hip that thay should eat the broad of ease and comparative Idlenees, whilst ofiiers bear the heat and bart*>en of the day Should voa not thirk proper to tu-n them over to oonsoriptioa. tiien I think discretion should be vested ia tha Exsovtive when a ” oamber than the whole of the militia or home f^aara is o^uod for, to disorimiaftte agMo^t th are not produoera or mechanios And if ia th?* re- crganintion »f the mil-.tia the power was ve:ited in the Uovernor to appa;nt as oifiocts oaly farmers or useful mechan;o9, mu:ih good might be ao'^ompJished and muah ^8s» isfaoM-n T^m-.vod from tho rmy and people. My observation has b»en that it i. not so muah the nnmber as the charactor of the exempted persona, many of whoB, if not produ'ers, ar^ tha worst of apecu- ifttorSy Waioli o%iiis^0 iho diBSftttsfAotioQ ^ wistt policy oalla np n m to remove it. If act by tha meane I au^ geat, thoa in aonie other way. Bj a reee.H tgreaduat entered into betweaa oor lOV' eruMBt aad ti«k ol tk« e—y, U ia jrerMrt i inav have the prlvllri^ of sopolyiog its eold’.era j held as priaonert of war by the other with osnain ne- OMfavjr articles Jajgs Oald, oar ^ommiee*o*inr of Ex- ehange, Informs me that the sams privilege will be j extecded to Ihe States I therefore atk y'^ur eo.neent j ® *‘*P*nd, sbr>al! it be PceeB**ry. .j, pT>rti->n nf onr j fun..s abroad, not fxe?.fdii.g £iOOO stvr>iniz. for tbe j • eaefit of North f ai-Hna eoidie^'e k*l-i in No? btrc I ^ri*oua—cffi , rs an. rr-a I u.do'at»i,d ihr Uait-1 n c.iea will p%r le any 'ffii r dc6irta-r^ far ii-ip par p a-*, w'lio won!) gurar t^e aa easyaud i ropor disposi- tif'n of tte fa-*Js .» » . t Tie rep'^rl of the f*n^g«-n Qe-rral. 1^ •■eiit in is wotihy of y ur eor»i d-ra *cn. I dpuht If any di- rartment of ta« SsAt? Q-;.t rnmeat hai djf'C r'ore jfoo > •o our e''ldiers wit>j so sm«!l -.n eTpe-duur? f ra-3'*.» Bvery fffart will be made lo incpase iis as*fol’^‘*e a«'i extend ii.d aid wberevera enff rinir soldier o«n f nnd I doRira &!»o to chII yonr attention to tho fii‘jf“3^ of ^e supply o* «alt f he monthly renorts of M * D Q w irth, saperinteadant of tbe State works at Wilciing • on, are herewith scbea^tted From these it w J? be se^ that owing to the a;:warranied (ai I ooa- clve ) n «rierenft» of t*e 0>neai comminimg iMit dep'rtm the pr'siiuotjoa of »-alt fron thi.t scu'c* ha^ (^reallv f-»t' en#(ff aad enaffMaiabV less hft* been i^ojrreJ in laic-r »nd laaterial 'Afu>r appealing in vain* to Ga^eri' B«a«r>ra'd and fh« S^-rnarr ''f War. and b-'ing ei> I’reh'-n-ivo ly cf tbeir dfettivlion in C*“e of attack upon WilwiDRtcn. I ijave a'- ’ecgth oHerc l th- :-«n»oval of tbe p’-oper-y to the ra'.lroad. My iat«nti''n :*as tf re erect iheos at "omc oI^•' point. If ench ooul') be fonn 1 ^h.-ro ta'.t is Svt hrld In suoh disesterm an ' • IS B.aua^*o ur» woo'd not be d-’cice t ioJuTion* *0 tb.‘ o»u*0 of the Ccnfederacr. Tae a •iros»t'>nd?’ice wil. ■ on'^d nta ofiSaials on thi» fintj^ot ii» a-ro 80*imii.e ’ n-* I atiall await yonr advi>« *- i-' th» pr per plso? fci pnttio^ t'>Rin in opeiation again which I think lad’s penaatle to bo doa« I hftva r*iCcivod no writ‘?n report for m^ny frrm Mr Woodfia, cur UcTnn^is'ioapr at Si!tviUe Vir /itia, bat ni»dfrs aud the; are ci'hing v.b. at 150 u •( -!• f*r dty. Too pripcip'l dit&ru'iy »t »bi*t foiat is i l »«•*>, tin t> J 00 ouDtr'^l f the C'-'f d‘!r»t.'» j?'vnrnincat K’.- 3:ate cf Virginia 1 hare roseat'-. b«.:c enCeavoricg *o lire or ^oy faginra^ofuton ih« Vi'guiiaroaJs ti tr*p» port eur a»U, and hop^' to sn;o».« Wubout tai», ij ohauoe for gi^icg away any ia bad, escepi itr wagvr^ Pheoufrh Mr ^ocdfln I h*»o »-l8o maf.9 an exc Heai ooutraot w'lh Stewart, Bu:hanac A Oo., fcr ta» jur ibase of 64,00‘J bujbeU at s x djllar ,'C.r bu*h«i, ur llv*r>ble at the worka A oocaiJer»>.Je quaniity «.f ihii- aas a’rtad’T been delivered and paid for, asi more it ready awaitlac tras^portaticB Aa appr’>friatija I v^alled for to meet thia njiouat. which can b; refundd CO the Treaiur'r when the salt is fco'.d A sot' II apjiro ribiioB i‘ alao required ta pay tb« atrc»;at cf tixe-* Uvied, scaewhat tj ny scrtr.a*, by the 8!ate of Vir sinia u^'on enr prtptrfy at the w, rks. Mke'»He a some-i «h*t Urter one for tiia treo'icn of tbus* a: ^ilairgton. r«e p‘p^n submU'.eJ will enable >cDr com- i te» to rp- 'n;>te tha amia ts rjq iircd N twi «ira liag all »h Uffijultifc? thrown in lUr way. I laink I c^u^d Ksf>!y ae ^n-o yo” of a supply of s» t provlija iranrp' rlatlot e&n nWiia4 The aulj ct «'f eur Common S:hoc'.k Is cna which I heg yonjpili not forget amid the great cotic^rni cf »ht war Tsfc ^'fis O'^klng by the frisa ^8 of cdnca'iop, w>th our aeaiovs and ii.dc fatigtb'e Sorerintend^'nt at their lead, to previrat th? fubMo from b»in)r sljtht of this great ^tciest, is worthy of our ndccir.;ticn I e*,*n>et’y reeommeal to yoar consideratice Ihe whole fabjBct, and egpecially ’he tyntia. • f g^ad^e c^h-^ols advicitec ny the guperintendeat, for which meiaori' is wlli he pro- aented by tha Literary B'ard. and tha EJncaficnat .As «oeiaiicn of North Oaruliaa 1 aUo eu^geet that repi;ular teaoh(rs be exampted frnia State oiliiary duty whiltt employed in leaohiuf Th->ngk fall? aware of the i» portanoa of their vocation, I h«ve not f*l at liberty ir exense them, under «X'.«iaf Uws Tbe oromon f>ch»ole should sorely be kept viag at every c?«t, and if eaffi uient indnoements oancot be offertsd to disablsd soldiert and aduaatad women to takd he'd of thee, the cscas- a«ry m«les rhonld bs exemrv*ed. inrsly th':ngb if oonvinoai of the great aeacasity, onr patriotic Ciuatry- won>en woold a»i't, in the a^stsjoa cf these m'le in R'.ractcrv. in preparlrtg tho uinds of (he ria at iroaera 'lea lo ap'^reaiaie tha Go'rcrameit wh;ch tcts one in ^lefdirg to establish Wh*a we see so liule doia» te educate tha youth so»a to succeed u.», anl beao! J ebroad the vio’ona and demoraiis eg t'fli*njts ev?rywher. flighting Ua 'and, it is encu^h la fl l o&e wih ehn ; leriag for ti»e future Truly the m jbi vl farrowi arr -api"g for tb? eeed and tf the jfaid he not p»jt :a. the crop cf e»il will b>; epontae?ons aaJ feirfol It is with pride that 1 o^atrve »be pubjioatio:: In cur S a»* cf Ta rione new school bojks orediUbla ahke to ihc author* a-id '0 the publis which baa 1emaad«'t them r>a? great system of Common So*;oals ia, after all, our onh irn" •sd aolid faandation far rublio education ani domtnde yonr constant and fo^terin^ ctrs. Tae exfccuticB of ihe iairt bcoames moro and marc aiffijult, cwicg not so maoh ta ih« i: crea» of orime, in ny opinion, as 'o thir wantcf boM&t«k in tlie cir'.’ tasgis irat^a Many oamplainia ooniiEae to •‘each ms from ali p»r s of the d^.-vte of depredations awl cutrajes of stra • •?'ii g 8oI4i»'ra. illegal impreasmenta of '-Toperiy by Ccn- fe-ierate Agents, and many high handed vieUf’.nas of -iv'l rifiita c* mi'itary oomiaand^rs M;st of the suf forcr^ .ippral to m» for redreei which I am oftoa unable ioaff>tdth;m They farg^t tiat >Ae law stili «>xi€ts «nd I hit it is .heir rg*!! and duty to applv il, w'as-aver md t^y wacmaaevar as^riaved. in ihe eccient w>y. The ien-r^l in oomsand and ihe priTMe*olaier el ko, m-j >0 *nJ ebould be arrested foe aey agt'U't ilie r’ghta or libanie* of ti* ei> s a. and if reit!>.»j c ; adi tae waole militarT rorcs cf tbn Sikte »oa'^ be r> ugrht t'> near, m *B*arc» sabiissioa One wroaj r'?dra» ed by the late •'culd le wo^'tx fw;fciy re'r* “.d ^ Ex'»:'U'.:*e acpe% i I'h^aap-rior i5 er of He jU® Jer I this conveoiion I ca.lyoue r.tien ion lo tbe insnf fl;iency f tte pxy of onr JulffP. Tietr exp»n»»ri laouli b» berae wai!st on tho circuit w ta j>\t U.ni a’ijr. f tbe amount, m least I regard th'ir situ\tion in th:* ffspeot as wrse tbao any otber publio sjrv*ci«. atij jarnestly inv i« you to toe reneiy Tie war still 'rajs 'to e.'ow ;en,(th alo»>g Oso Lee has been matfrjslly reinfand all feari cf thi early a ture cf Pjie^abarK anl R o^moad are dis-tipaied 0 ir piopis and armies with * wood»r(al eias:ioi y «' i^ir 1 bave rj«*ivj»rod from the tffitcfs of ut?t tsp's in lie V^lUy of V.r^inl* and in laa doituwd'^t Ta- Cia Paiga of l‘'6t, ta^) blao'tirsi by far oT &nr yo'. f->ar -t n tr.e o>n i i^rt. ijidt fa'r ta ol-j e wiiba n a p>''t'.cis o ant»g-4 to uur aao3.1e., if uot with pcsiti'e ai-.iuitigo 13 oar arma. Nobody hca yet starved, *'id wUb eutBolsnt o%to n'' body will, dur*n the oomi..g season Bit ihe ^nd of ibis war and the return of ^leaae aeeais stiM hid from human vision When il sha'l oime, how it sSall be raised, and witi b:>dy it shall eomc, are qu?3tiars it ie act ia my pawer to answer Tae glimmering prosip ots 'e thougat wa saw in the spriog and early eummer «eem ta n^ve vanibhrd It ia a matter of sioosre oongratnlatioa. however, that the goad senee and conservatism of our people hav» res- aued our State from the rnia of atte.mpting to slek for it by aeparats aotion. Their unparallela i uaaniaiity at the palla hae put to ret all oar a'^pra.^e’t'^ions on tnat icore, aal satisfied oa” enemies aad uur frieids that North CaeoUna will ahare the fate for weal or wae cf aer Cmfederates. A oobi^r monl speotaale haa Scldou baen 4Xhibitei than that of our araiy and people ia rat iryiog anew tbe plighted honor of t.hair oonvgntion, af- 'or alffiM; f'ar yean ot moh sjffiriag aad bl^od^hed BS rarely happene to tbe lat of naiioni Sufforiav moo and wamen and ebildren at home, and w^ar.sd a'ld tlooddtaiaed soldiers on tie r kceea in tbe tr«?nohsi at P st-rsburg, with tbe enem.es Bhjt ora^hmg ttiroujh the r ranks as they oast their ballots, vied with eaoa o'her la tbe nable t«sk of apholdiog the bonor of their Slate and the independence of their oanatry. If I ha»e ever maintained m noaaUnt and abidisg faiia in our ul hlofdy !e«aon9 of c?vil »?r, shall yet, I hnmWy tmet in Ool, esttblish and p?rrat«»3t«, f.-.r the’r fortnntte cfcil •trcn a ffovarnmant rfob te tr-dfMi.ns of liberty a*d otviliaation. ZEBULON B VANCB fmate triumph, I owo that faith mira taan lo skillfa! ;en9ra‘a, great and gallant armies, ships of war or for- aifisi o'ties, to that pure an i anjclfiai pa^rioti8m whfob g ows in the boaom of our people la s' ite of all we SCO of tae ways af human aaiare, tha greed of gain ex lorttonandrapioity, selfljhneas. grinding of tbe p>or. in- differeuoe totheagonife of our oonntry, andallt'^e w«w« of the heanle!s «nd eraven prophecies of tne nnpatriot- io, I have yet in my «wo years of el^ae interoourae with khe people of my native State, ev^r ^ound a pure aud undying flame of that bright and glorious love of coun try, whioh can make the poerest widow or tbe nnmblest boy a kiaaman of the Angela And I have said, it oan- not be that Gad will reject all thia saerifloe and oount as naught all this patienoe and long suffering beoauae of the wiokednees of e>'me, that the littla rills of patri- otie love triokling from the mountain gorge, flawing on- war* through the plain and reoeiving its tributaries of blood in every vaUev, must yo* reaoh tae aea, in strength and volume mighty enough to bear in triumph the ark of Southern freedom whioh we are strngt^liog to launch upon it* bofljm. Let as eontinne to sa-itain our govero- aient ia all rightful and nooeesary poweri), anJ give to that woadertut and victorious army (vary pMsiblc phy8iiai and moral support; lot us whUe watching ansiausly every visible and raasonable means of peaee, esebew every plansible by path whose mile marks point to ruin and diahoaor; let ua aoaept tha aimple f*ith of the piktriot in the Jastioe of oar eanse whioh leadeth to aalvation, aad avoid the learned akeptici«m of the doabter whioh taketh hot* on hell, and the *e*®lt will be all that the fHend of good goremmeat asd huHA Craadaas eoald dedre. A aatioa aarifted bv iww> tf wiWiHt vlM ttm tht From Georuia.—The latest reliable intelli gence from front io Georgia, we ha've received froRJ }» 8^*■-T;^Jo .laa who l;»ft Griffin la,st nivrht, at lOo’clo k. Gen ^'her-Kr foaght the enetny—■ who w'l'i advapoi^g with a f>rofl estiiioalod at from 25 to 30,000, in two o lumns, one on th« McD.mout'h ar.d the o+brr on the Jor.cflhoro’ road —at B'tr Crc'k, lO miles above Grif&a, anti! i' tc in the evening, wlioo fee IsU back to Griffin, aad '^08 nnasinic through thst city op r>gbt, when oat in^orrcant l^ft. Oir in?»ntTy fnrcen vfpro falling bat^ to BifnrsviH« Tt is prebaWc, at the time wo wr’tp, that Sbrms.i oacu^i"^s ariflBn acd wi'i r»»pidlv aeaa ns^^rsto upon tfai!* city, and „erf aps Mil dgeville. It is report^-? that S^ermm ha? applied tho torch fo a large t5'»r>ion of Atlanta, a'^d has burnt J^r.ehbjro', ala » AIcDonongh It i.^ also report.d th%t he de ftroyod tho Riitroid from Atlanta to the Chatfa- hooii^oe and burnt the bridge at the rivrroR lisat Ro’d The fori'going we de^ra fo le reiiahb in- I'orafatioo, aad i: i t»il we have the time ..•■ write It is now evident that Sherrrs’» han i;»- aogu>-atsd a wiiit‘'r cimpiien s-;i thit G'c' 'ia B the fi wh oh he designs to 'it'f-olat:* A t*rrible erisig i-i therelore upon us E/r-’y in tho State '*b'.e to bear atmj sho jrJ rnlly ‘o 'tic rcBi'ao.—Afla'^'fa 1 'tri! ige’nrer, 18.'/;. ''’ovr'-vor Brown’t Ilovte burnt hy the Van- ,}nU —We learn f''om * r iiable that Gav. Hro\n'« rcsi feice in Caofon, Oherokto ooaatv, vuibracing hie c -mmodioas dwelling ^OlBe, kit.h •:n. outVious.9 &3 , together with his office build ng, wera all burnt to the ground by th, vandal f >e a few ?avB cgn. The cflSocr in command of the vandals wtio were sent to execnte the work they 8j rutblcssly and pticcefsiuUy performed, allowtd t'.’e favily who were living on tho premi s'-s at the time, only fifteen minuted to renoovc fbft farritnre from the noase aad all that was not removed within that tiao vras devoured by the fl imes The Bame party burnt the Coart House, Ja'l, Aeademv, both the Il.^tel.^, and about two taififs uf the be.it dwelling and business hocBes in Canton A f-^roe of sjice three or four thou Sind Ol tbe vnndils were within a mile or two of the town, •'1.lie Fome eeventy cf the band were ■•ent into t’ e tcwi under an officer with orders to burn tho houdc of Gov Brown, tbi publio build iag^, and the hc-ujps of all who have been promi nent Souliiern men.—.^1'/ rnta 1-ittlligevcer, \%th Tne Lotton Dunatiou to cur Pnaon'-rt—Re- pi^rts have been circulated tlirou^h Northern pa pers that the Confederate Governire'it was nego tiating with the United Srates authorities for an exchange of cotton /or b’ankets for the Oonfed erate ar ay. Tho truth of the matter is, that (3ol. Ol Id, our ComTniE>sit>ncr of Exchange, aathoriied by tbe Confederate Government, m«dd a propsri- tioD to Geo. Grant, on the llih inft., to S'^nd one thousand bales of cotton to New Yo:k city, prcvid. ^d the proceeds of their sale be appropriat'd *o the snpply of Confederate prisoners with oamfor s and neceasaries, the sale of the ejtton end the pure’ P.S3 of fluppli^»s to be made by Maj Gf fj?r»l T:inii>'e, now a prisoasr ia F^rt Warren, r>-, ti his alternate, Biig. Gen Wra. K Bmle, slso » prisoner, who Bhall be pjroled rod allowed evrry fjoility to m ike an advaatageovi® a«le and outUy; the dis'ribution to bo ni:Ado by a OiFTtTBI 0 .’ PI.OHID.A WtSt tie (B.oaa l) Jqu»b^5 i Ba'^la, O t 3 To day we have to record ou*ra^e dj;,o to our sovereignty, and aligUt to ear means of defence The ptibii {r.fijv/r 'lio fa,-t which took plac^ iu our port, be *5.,.,^ States KV^amer Wachusctt and .. , Statfifl B*'5aaier Klor-d'., but as i' ;,.^y v.,^ , iucoTrectly, we will, for cur ovm re .. .. it aa it took pl-*oe The Florida came in on the ii; CruB de Tenoriffo, in nrd**r to rop\i; And take in water, ko , f.;r V-er cr-w . jj from eutlng ^*»ionsot aalt iceat ind 0 ,,j' ^ ‘er fi*ti re V Thi* Uni‘'’d •i>" sa.f -•I ; (’ th'*. Piesidcnt o our prnvi-Cf ' 1 v, „ , tut- oor uvr' tin*! r i irjp -sc i t • r-ri. , , uot rec-p« ct’fii-r br?.«:»ian ws i-ft, 1; r .ut.j-, Amoiioac v»‘-'i‘i n^.ar th.- of rop'ictt ti^at i«j3 i7. ,kf tbs repa > J, »e jf neutr.ilif- placed fi.' N-»ro:na T."-' .^raalC'j *.'a~ f her cr'?’inf' liP^dc'! There wp' i*^i tho Ui'it/'d .States si-„ Waeh’i'*-. ir, wr ic i. «iue? uio •'’• raiirc in » Fi.'iri^i, ha? r^vt i's-’f io Tuiii r |r> »bc i^’t -'r-f *1 nv'- s r.ce a «■ :.!Lngc LaJ t, er. sireii, tijf: l*rr ,«,i;'if:i’t of t't*' p'ov nee otta'tr.^i ir’lit 11:!’ I’rri ul hiM wo'-i !■./:;>r th’it pC"-,, ’’OJ fi hr k r**, an'i tlia? 00 a/u fi would taV^ Ti'.ic ■ lu T' "* Of wit* in 't>i ! 'f h rj 'J.’ i. ;■ botf -r dor th. ‘ .1 flag/: 1., Ol! ’he Gtb, the or w btiog iii n:’ed of jtom® rocieatio:-, r hall of it vrr.B ru? 0:1 liberty and w.Dt C'l 8iior.% ojming ba.ir, ia l^'e evening '?any of tbe men boivg dru k .md eonfi^erir-g himscJi t?aaraatif!»i i?i a rejtral port, the Captain ot tbe Florida let thirty of his crc:W ard n-'mo of his 0-. cera sleep on shor.’ on ths o'ghtii ct Jhe 6th aad 7fh. At 3.10 or» the br. akot d-y, ihe rffiser of the d-’ok, Hunter Juolor, wa-« pu r n«ed fo ar the oables loosen on board of the t’) WacVuBCf and her crew ea'led to quarters, which waa very difficult for it to do Nearly at the f.it time some boat’, filled with n,cn, t oarded t>e Florida receiving frojo her a vo)l -y of mvstet y, end they were seconded by tVe Wachu?ett, wi:ith not b?in2 seen owing to the smoke of t’ e futin-ij k>id tho and (’’e . ^ \\\i m once trdered it to heave to but the (’ar.tai'i ol tie Wacbus-tt diJ nof be.d toe order, ranninc rapid ly upon the stern of the Flor da, wMc!, hy to the north. Hardly had she struck tho htjer when dbe fired a Rhot from a bow gun At ogco 5 ojMt of Ihe Florida fell over, ar,d «ho lost some kod- but »be oiew returned a fetb'e fire ’ It is asserted tbat ther . was gr^at lo^s of life at ill p-»inta in tbe stnjggle tha* look pkce with ro folverj and cold stf^ei, and that itd d r..nt last for tbe complement of the Flori-fj* w*fi rednotJ by nearly fifty m-n. Among ;Le dead is g^id to be the officer of the d?cV, who t- czlred a tall in the brca'^'; nnd it i.s Daid tbat ar officer named Stose w.v also killed from ^ sh )' in the month An' ther ffi •'r j -?vifjg 'n byr.ru the n'aebu-cit itraoif aboa^ h:n>, aac ifll d^ad u:.der the- mmy blows dt-r.h a' Kin! Four vailcrs of the filreen who Kspcd ir.t the s- e»''&ped, and thete weja pi'!£>.d up by vf;»f:fcj3 lying c*ar. T^s 'I vcr w ( j'-ot i.n tha wat-^r by the entcay After th;.. h-M f rtinteat there cam^ aa ioteival ct »il»i:c - which wh* broken by pr.df't g d c' tera fioiu the Wai l nsett. The chief ot Dtvi«io)\ 'Janf*a?'0, «ch\ ol IJeut. Varcl'!* night being very dark, h»d left her pjeit^on rapidly ran tiwardi the Florida pas.j-ig by .■«ternofthe corvette D.>nna Januarii ommi’»??on of Confederate cffioe’’s, who are pri.soncrs, and who will bs raroled for the purpose; the tran«porri*tioo j * bar?e nnucr th? coirmand . . ^ to be cffordfd by the United States government 1 on hoard ih.* W&jhcaett, to t:'!; i s Capttiia t-j free, from the places of purchase to the places of I rnohor at r oe. or h.‘ woiM prk i'im il he tried di.'>tributioa. Gen Grant replied on tho 12.h, to oont.aair hi» provocatian. To this tha latter ro and acceded to the propoaition unhcs'utiogiy The c.Jtton will be shipped at Mobile within the next ten days.—Richmond JSugitirer. S’cand Re;im’ntcf Firtl f'lau Hom*> Gm ird. —'Ihe ll*gijieiit was formed the 19th Oatober, »t G 'iJj-boro’, &nd sent to Rale’gh, where it lias remained to this tioie In forming the companies into u R*gimeat, ccmpauies from different coun ties were cjnsohd^ted in the following order: \ M oonip So I of L-*Boir, Qreeae aoj Pitt, and cjniTSMi'od by (-apt Popoc? Lsnoir. B. WvrOJ end rra'!k'ic. o*tf Stsed of Warren 0, Cda’^ba’ an.i Sampsou. oapt Au^rw o* S^rcpsos. I', I)af Uf and Lincoln, o-'pt Re^'r->oa «f Dnplla. K. C . ly i a aul 'law.:n, oipt-^e •fi' of Ch’^iBi'm. F. and J Ln«no, 0. p*. PliJlips of G e4pt P.i'ii.-'Bof IT Rt d.:!p’. capt W^od 0? litid-Iph I a.ruaaal !4*-it('n can* of OabaTros. K I’ r .on -ni 0^ ve !. ccnm -i'.’d by capt Patiiio >' (! 8w-!’, re.Tesiroii ir mae*n->-.L coiir!t:?g T ’c F -'l I i'l I tf »ff -rf rh« R-^f’ n^nt ar« Oil G C ■'‘S ni WijTf L* ‘'ol W p L’i>i i f B ^"-c«-»b* %f»j. Pe'ro-.n of Rd’ufir, A ij t D 0 t'lai-k. of H^,.irex, •'"it 'sii^t»nt 8 irgeou H Tiira»r of M'>ore. Tna second is one of the fiifst Regiment'} that Win ever mast jred in tho forvie? of a G iverninent, and IS c miiaad d Oy the b's£ pet of cffijere. R sleigh ('cnst vativt. Pinic in a II s^pif'l —A letter from Columbia Tc njc'seo, gives an aocjuat of a fright whioh yiQkccs got who had occupied a charob as a hospital: ‘“Oir ohurchos aro bo5pit\l.?, aod we live in condauil r’eir of having t) vacate pi i^-ato dweU ■ ngfl. A tew diys s'ac'’, quite a piitio oecarred at t.io Epis.r>pal ci.irah iloapital. Ta’re had O'ca eigh^ death-i in aboat forty eight hours, and at midnigut, wnilo the cightli min was giving up the gSost, out roshe i all the patian's ioto the street, doola-iag‘a j idgaient from the L>r l for desecrating 11 3 h^uj-1’a^'d neitiier love nor mon ey cjulJ biiag tti3m baok ” ..4/1 hnportunt Kvent to h ippzn t wo years h'-nce. —The date of the end of the world is satislacto rily fixed tor the year I8 j'i3 There is an ancient prelic ijn, rcpjatad by Nostrademas in his ‘Jcn- turics,’ which .siys that when St. George shall crucify the Ljrd, when St. Mark shall raise Him, ani iSt. .Jo'mi kIiiII a.>4sist at Ilis ahconsion, tho eiii of tha. world shall cjme. la 18t)t5, it will happc’i thit G JO 1 FfiJiy shall fall on St. George’s day, i*]ist,‘r Sandiy ot St. Mark’s day, and Holy Thursday, or \sceasioa Day, will also be tho Feast ot St. John the liaptist. It is twenty seven y'ara sinoc the tidrgrapb wsB first pat t) practical test Then it was con- si( ered a mere toy. By 1851, however, 1,000 miles wore ia operation. Sinoo then fall 200,- 000 miles 0! t-ilegraph h i-;o b. en called ii^to ex istence throughout tbe world A badly bunged up J«1 nerald IsUnder, in re sponse to the iuquiry, “Waere ' a»o you be^n?” said, ‘‘Djwn to Mrs Mulroonj's wake, and an ii- legant time we had of it. Fourteen fights ia fif teen minutes; only one whole nose lett io the bjtxse, and that belonged to the tSy-kettle." “Why doss the operation of hantring kill a man?” ioqaired Dr. vVha^ely. A phy.4ologist replied: ‘Because respiration is checked, oircula- tion stoppcJ, and blood wifuses and congests the br»:n. ‘Bojh,’ replied his Grac?, ‘it is because the r >pe ia not long enongh to let his feet touch the ground.” Celtic Froverbs.—Aa old Ceitie rnyrae ma? be thus Eaglishcd: Tbrioe the ag4 of a dog, tt that of a horse. Tanoe the age of a horse, is that of a mau. Thrloe the a«» of a man, is that of a deer Thrloe tha age of a dear, la that of the aagle. pli d ihttt 0:1 h's word of Imoor he would do no aiore, and that he w .-uld g) back to his'anchor a?c Th’f «vr*wer vras given to the cfficer, tLe commander of the steamer n*'t allowing him to eomj on b:.arl. 3ui the steamer Wachusett hsd smartly made fM a cable to the Florida, aua than feigned to return to put iteelf oat cf »ange of our gun?, whioh would have hecn delfrer''d with good effect, being manned by the beei gunners. At this moment the crews of *ill the ve®‘'c's 0* war being at qjnarters, the chief detorn-'ired that tbe steamer Par"cuse, which had put np p*eam from tbe outs;it of tho incidents, shonld take the oorvette in tow as soon a^ it hid enough s'ea j np, sail at the same li \ e beiog set cn »he ooTvetie, ®o tbat the ve.;sel.s might rapidly overtake fhe prize. In this order tlie division pet out. Tre Paracupe, corvette De Januaris and tender Ri i De Contas- eout O^ing to tht" t;w of the Florida, it was thought tha- t^e co.vett3 could g^in upon the United States steamer On pissing the light house, the cli f rf the di vision*! called togetccr his o.ffic:rfi in his cabi?, and to! 1 them ot tbe insuU th.it bad been receiv ed, declaring thar be w?a gjit g to sink the stram- er, take the pr z-3 and anrrf it into this pTt, if it was po3*ible. He added tha* it wis their duty to shew that the hoa^'r of a nation could rot with impunity be wounded. Th.-so w >rds were received with eathusiasu by all the cffij'rs, who called ogt f r action with great ardi'r. Cfaa'»e was given to th« steamers, wh'o'i were ftbiut fire miles ahead, m*iking all eail and ucam to effect their escape. At nine A M the P.»ia ca.se, c^sfin-y rff her tow ropi ftom the corvefto, gained prent'y .ip' u the Atueric.ia vessels An action app'ar d ccrfiin to every one; but the wind beg,»u to rHii. T e stcam'r Flfirida, wh-eh up to tha‘ time wiis criog to ved, b.-'gan to e'cam alsj, and wit.b fp.li fi)rv*e, g%inin?. 'vith the Wacti- Ua’tt, V ry fnet on our vcsse’s The latter eoatin- u:'(? the caa.s’, tbe 8team»‘r'= lo run, until f h* y fin «l'y wnit o.:t ef sight. Being in rhral water, and los’n.^ si :ht of the fugitive, they gave U£> the charie. ai 11 15 Ir has tild n-? thar tbe courage and ar.^or of rh'j chfofin coionisn i ct the corvette, and of !»11 tha other ofBccrs, aa well as of tbe crews, vera abo’*? all praise. At the s'gial fo p»‘cpare for •ic'ion, it seem d ss if n pnp?rnaturil power mored those men of the se^v Not b ing able to do any- thing more, the chiof^ wiih his staff, vreat or; board the str-snur Piraeuse, leaving tho corvetro and tho fender Rio de Coutsssout, and entered the port at 3 30 in the aftcrno'>n. The Florida was having o^e of its boilers re paired, the tubes of whioh were in the marine arse::al. It is unfortunate that-not one of the forts dis charged a shot at the Gamboa, by which point the fugitives passed at a third gua-sboc. The eeapcrt only fired three blank shots, as a signal to tuofc on land Though badly manned, they could have done much damage? to the fugitives, hut it seems that all were asleep in thia moment when tho honor of the country was in dagger. It is undeniable that the Americans priO'ieed in our waters and within onr j-ort un act of bar barity, an aot of real piracy. It was trearbery to their adversarie«>, an undeserved in ult to un, and a shameful want of proper spirit for r na‘ion whioh prides itself upon it» naval fcrces Death of Capt. 3ioA'ei7/.—Capt. McNeill, the veteran scont and partisan leader, whose exploits promise to be repeated by his gallant son, died in Harrisonburg on the lOth in.stant, we learn, of wounds received on the 3d of Oct -ber last. Richmond Ecumimr. J and one ene rou ti ra.r tb.. Jars-. Vi. very t meat C' q!c ecufT less I 03 to un i oc w.'Uij poPl of L.,1 1 Ictt-1 ya:.iii it B*n no: :e- d-.ci I Hi J . Some writer says that “children are pl»oed like mile stones along the road of life.” That may be Tkrf-. • Tv —•**=' ^
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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