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i ; i : ; vol. lxi RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1861. NO. 36. - i ;v v ..i-..j ,r... ----. , ?- ... - PCBLISHKD BT ' YMK A II ALL. Editor tad Proprietors. irtJU-WiEKLT, (single copj,) 94 00 WctKXr, " 2 00 Citable t&Yiriablj io d ranee. RATKICII,. C. SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTpT. 13d. run legislature and tiik con- VENTIOX. We take the following article from the Charlotte Whig : The Lkcwlatcm axd CoxTKXTiox.-r-The 4 Legislature o( North Carolina U now engaged ia dissrsoelul proceeding. Toe bill which lately rawed the house f Commons, to annul the Con vention of the people, wu conceived and brought f rth in a spirit of faction, whicl richly deserves, a it will surely receive, the unqualified condem nation of an overwhelming majority of the honest vter of North Carolina, an lam- the Senate, leas isfatualed than the House, shall kill it before it rt-betbe people. What right has a Legisla te r-, elected l waive -nsooths ago, to annul a sot rrrign convention elected only four months since, xti i thattnonnder a combination of drcumstaeces huh diJ not eilt when the Lerialature was r h.n ? The only legitimate province of a Ivg i. iture ii la legulate within the sphere and in ivtbforn.ity to the spirit of the constitution, which u prescribed, ordained and established by a Con tniioo. The CofvtituUon declares "that all no- k .:! powr ia vested in and derived from the only, ana "that toe people of this State ;-tt to have the ante ana exclusive right or ree - nine the internal government and police there- i f. " How then can a Leetslature,'whoae author i t the election of the Convention virtually re ialed.arrorate to itself the power to sit in btdz- meet upon the life and death - of the sovereign iVctituUon making rower of the State? The n "l enible thing that the Legislature e. old now ii. vouM be to reign thetr seats, and leave the l" r.TftcUon unmoierted to supply what legislation !' exigencies of the times may demand. We .-t n recctions upon the members or the Leg is- :iure personally, many of whom are entirely tbvortbe peoples conudence. tint we do :fhk the bill in question is uncalled for, ill-timed r I yneri vea in a wantoniv lacuous rnrit. wbicn ell calculated to incrae largely our prevent " t;r; lr4ilHff. We hope therefore that the ,v-l irn-e of the Senate will intervene to save .r fe fruiu k h miirhieTOus result. With the excepttoa of the State Journal, rjtteu by .iir. ceiaun, ana the Winston ,., . . i .i M v-l ntioel, edited bj Mr. Alspaub, the Clerk i f the benate, not a paper io the Mate ap iroj of the bill that b passed the Con Uii DH. UIIAT IS TO IIK I MINE WITH THE K.N KM Y AT 1 1 ATT ERA. On this subject the Newbeni Progress mikes the fallow in sensible remarks : We uilertand that it is the opinion of Captain i "vua that it wiU be ioopoible. at oresent. to- : vpoe them or the ground, and we heartily ncur with him in opinion; but that they can be b. l to their present position, or at least, prevent- i frum Dialing any decisive inland demunstra- i wear eq gaily con fl.ient, if the amount of en fy is manifested that North Carolinians are ca li: of, when fully aroused. The only possible r tt arctmplish thb desirable object now, is by :ri.finour inland waters, which, of course, .. .-t tdone at snr enormous expense, but it must tv -l-Hie. For if it should cost $50,000,000, and -.-ry cer.t of it hai to be paid by the population &t f the Wilmington and Weldoo Railroad in ir own State, it would be immensely cheaper than ! fruiit the polluted hoofs of the invaders to r-re over our country to pillage, burn, and de v.:ieour houses and farms and steal our ne-.-. Meantime, while our river are being fortified. :-t laxdt b el to work building gun boats or f. -Aim batteries at this place of sufficient strength t move dwn the river and drive the Pederal -- t into the Atlantic, where it belong. This, we '-'., is a practicable thing, and if the govern ment will not engage in, it, individuals who have :- hundred thousand at command by taking th nisuer in hand may embalm their tombstone th a wreath of tame as durable as the anna's of DEFECTIVE TENTS. We hear great eoioplaint concerning the character of the Tents furnished to portions f oar troops. The encampment at Kittrell's f rings is said to be .especially coned in this particular. The cloth of the Tents, we fcoir, is of a miserable sleazy quality, and as there are no flies to them thej furnish little fr no protection against rain. We hope that thoe baring this matter ia charge will iottitate a reform. Camp are at best sub rct enough to desease, without anj tempta tion being offered for its. appearance. In the case of measles, to which the troops have been in great numbers'subjected, pro- t-ftion cue. against run is indispensable to a EXCITEMENT IN NORFOLK. We learn from a gentleman just from Nor uA't that there is areat deal of excitement in that eitj, cause-J by the capture of Ilatteras the Yankees. I' is apprehended in Nor-f-'ik that an expedition will be sent against i Lit city and the Nary Yard from Ilatteras. We do not thiak the apprehension well found as the Yankees know fall well that the warer would be drawn from the Canals, and that if tl ej approached Norfolk or Goaport hej would hare to doit afoot, and that it vould be impossible for them to transport rillcrj through that swampy country. NORTH CAROLINA TROOP.. -. The ?Ctb Ro"imDt of North Carolina Volun Hon. Z.J1. Vance, Colonel; U.K. Burgwynn, -Ir . lieutenant Colonel, and A. B. Carmicbael, Mkjor. Smte JoHmmt. - t "":" " This Re Junest left for Newbern on Mon 'hy last. We bad the pleasure of seeing Col. Vance in this ci-y on Tuesday. He took his d'pirture Wednesday to join his Regi- -7 S6TII REGIMENT. , t This Regiment, we learn, has been station ed at Hnnie Island, forty miles below New krn. " . ..." ' : t THE FIGHT AT CROSS LANES. : -We Jearn from the Richmond Whig that on Tuesday erening a detachment of one hun dred prisoners, including a Captain, Lieuten ant, and one negro, taken at the battle of Cross LaneJ, arrived in that city. Eighty or a hundred more are on the way. (The .Whig learn i from one of the guard, who was also in the fight, that the battle occurred Monday morning, the 26th, beginning be tween 5 and 6 o'clock. The scene of the eombat waa about two and a half miles be yond Uanley, three miles West of the point at which Meadow rirer empties into Gauley. U The force on our side numbered about fif teen hundred, under the immediate eommand of General Floyd, and waa composed of troops from South Western Virginia, with the ex ception of a company from Amherst, under Captain Speed, and a detachment of artillery (three gumf belonging to Captain Hart's (late Kirby's) company from Richmond. The enemy's force was one thousand,, the 7th Ohio Regiment, under Colonel Tyler. t The fight lasted but little orer half an hour, the enemy breaking and running like sheep Colonel' Tyler setting the example. The loss on our side was fire killed and twenty three wounded, nearly all from Taswell coun ty. Of the enemy, thirty-three were found dead on the field and in the woods. It was believed that many more of the dispersed and panio stricken fugitives would be taken by our scouts. A considerable amount of '; arms, eommissary stores, ic, were secured. This inaugurates Gen. Floyd's military career very handsomely, and is the precursor of very important events on the Kanawha. Praise be to the Giver of Yictoryr The Examiner in commenting on this Wil liant victory, says : ; ! Tho victory of General Floyd is in soma r- siecU tho moat brilliant and cheering of the. war. i f ha force under his command rendered a 'great battle impossible ; but it is a perfect affair of its kind, and breaks the spell of our misfortunes in Wetlern Virginia. Up to Ibis moment va hare heard nothing bat evil from the other ido of yon Blue Mountains; but there is reason to hope, and e?en io Mknr blii the fir,t npws frwu oyd com mar d are the first notes in a long strain of triumph from the West. For once the Northern press gave us statements more reliable than the early rumours from our own side. 'They admit ted, on the moment, a loss of two hundred and a disastrous retreat, and their accounts were correct. One hundred prisoners, from that combat at Cross Ijines reached Richmond on yesterday. Sixty others are on the way. Seventy corpses were counted on the field, and the retreat f tho enemy was a disorder I j rout, in which they out ran everything, their arms and baggage included. GENERAL GW YNN. j .We find the following, letter in defence of this accomplished officer and skillful engineer in the Richmond Examiner of Wednesday : Kirnuoxp, Sept. 3, 1361. It is natural that inquiry should be made to find who is to blame for the disaster at Ilatteras Inlet. I have no disposition to lay the blame where the facts will make the lodgment, but I have a desire to repel the censure from points which it cannot justly touch. The coast defences of North Carolina were in the charge and control of the authorities of that State, until the troops were transferred to the Con federate Government, on the 20tb of August, the day on which the services of (ion. Gwynn in that Department, ceased by oeration of the Ordinance of the Convention ot that State. No troops or munitions of war were withdrawn from that coaU by the Confederate Government, after the trans fer, and before the surrender of the garrison at Ilatteras Inlet- No requisition for larger sup plies is known to have been made on the Confed erate Government in the time from 20th of Au gust, when the transfer was made, to the.26th, when the garrison surrendered. Before the 20tu of August there was no authority vested in Gene ral Gwynn to make any requisition on the Con federate Government ThU Government, then, is not in fault. No man ever addressed himself with more steadiness and assiduity to the dis cbarge of his duty than did that meritorious citi zen and skillful officer, Walter Gwnn.Trom the 25th of May to the 20th of August. To bis other virtues he did not fail to add Kohr'uty. . The for. tifications be projected and was prosecuting vig orously in Norfolk, ami tehieh hare been erected as he designed them, and the system of defence constructed under his direction on the coast of North Carolina, to the extent it was supported as he designed it, repel the imputation that has been ascribed of incompetency from want of sobriety. It is uot without indignation that I repel the re proach on myself the imputation on him implies that I have been four months associated in the ser vice with a man in the habit of excessive drink ing that disqualified him. U not true. ' A knowledge of the coast would satisfy any one that Hatteras Inlet will be worth nothing to the eneuiy. Ue will soon abandon it, unless he extends his conquest. It was only intended to be one of the obstacles in the way of the enemy's march to points in themselves important. 11 is reduction of that battery will induce an adtquato defence of the more important points. R. R. COLLIER, Late Aid-de-Camp to General Gm sx. -INVASION Iltr MEXICO. . " . c i We are not in the slightest degree appre hensive of the invasion of Texas by Mexico: The domestic troubles of Mexico give her employment enough at home. Torn by con flicts between rival partizan chiefs and mili tary leaders, she has not a man or a dollar to throw away upon an invasion of her neigh bors. So this precious scheme of Tom Corr win to distract the military movement of the Confederate States will prove utterly abor- ti T A. VlkETISG OF BANK DIRECTORS. At a meeting of the Directors of the Banks of the Citv of Richmond, held at the Rank of Vir ginia, on the 2d September, it was unanimously toofWThat the Banks of this city , will re ceive and pay out at their counters the Nots of the following Banks, and none others, till further determined: : ' : - . Among the other Ranks included in the list are the following : - . - , ,ORm CAtOLl.VA. . Bank-of Cape Fear ard Branches. t r. Bank of North Carolina and Uranches. ; . .. Bank of Wilmington. j Commercial Bank of .Wilmington, -i r LEGISLATURE VI'-Li The following Act and Resolutions have been passed by thU body. . . . I, An, Act to authorize the Governor to pay the officers and privates of the First Resiment of North Carolina Volunteers. Resolution concerning the Militia Law. In structs the Committee on the Militia to procure tne aid or Adjutant tieneral Martin in the re vision and construction of the Milita Law. Resolution , instructing the Quartermaster ueneral to furnish Hospital Tents to the armies. Resolution authoring the tender of forces from tnis state to the Confederate States. I : Resolution concerning special messengers. . An Act to authorize the increa.e of five com panies commanded by Col. S. Spruill to ten companies. .f Resolution to provide Surgeon's and Hospital Stores for North Carolina. '. An Act to e"heourage the manufacture of Gun Powder.' - j . .- j i An Act to divide the State in Ten Congres sional Districts. An Act to amend the county lines of Mitchell County.; . An Act to provide hands, to work the public roads. An Act to enlarge the powers of the County Courts for raisin revenue for County purposes. DThe Riohmond Whig is mistaken as to the distance of Hatteras from Beaufort or Fort Macon, j So far from being in sight, Ilatteras is all of eighty miles distant from these points. j For the Register SHAM KFUL NF.GLECT WHO IS T(i , i BLAME ? .Mr. Editor: We have a right, f r the sake of our friends, to make public and special inquiry into the neglect which has followed some of our troops into Virginia. The condition of the noble Clh Regiment State Troops, which fought at Man assas and has suffered much since, is matter of the deepest solicitude to those of its friends who know the farts. A gentleman direct from Man assas states that some of those noble fellows are there barejooted not a shoe to wear. Their un. i forms are either worn out or wearing out, and there seems to be no source to which they can all look with any chance to be supplied. The winter is pressing upon them, and in a little while they will be shivering with nakedness, unless their wants are speedily remedied. Whose business is it to attend to these matters? The plain truth is, the abominable dh worthiness and inefficiency of some who hold responsible and important offices are doing the cause of the South more injury than1 the Yankees themselves. By their wretched and unmercilul conduct they are gcttingup such feel iogs as are calculated to keep men of reflection from exposing themselves to such imposition. It will keep men from volunteering. It will dis hearten and kill those who have volunteered. It will engender a disaffection that it will be dil tlcult to prevent from interfering with our pros-i pects for success. These "big men'' with their fat offices, will bo justly chargeable with the misery and death of many a soldier who suffers and bleeds, whila they fatten on bis sorrows, boast of his bravery and treat with contempt every sppli cation for redress for his wrong. Such men a re as mean as Yankees, and in proportion to number do more harm. Is there not humanity enough in North Carolina, or in the Southern Confederacy, to remedy such a curse ? "Will you tell the friends of that Regi ment what to do? Very Respectfully, A M. ; Sept. 2nd, Oar correspondent will peroeive, from the communication of Surgeon GeneralJohnson, in another column, that measures have al ready been set on foot to extend aid to our soldiers in the field, and to provide for their wants during the approaching winter. We trust and Relieve that the philanthropic ef forts set on foot under the direction of Sur geon General Johnson will be successful to a great extent in relieving . the wants of our troops. But we would remind our readers of the fact that cold weather will soon be upon us,nd whatever is to be done should be done quickly .t k i- j For thk Rkgimtkr. GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL. The object in establishing a General Hospital in Richmond or some suitable place in Virginia, is to relieve the wants and sufferings of tho iek and tcounded soAAVrs of the North Carolina troops in Virginia, f which maybe found not sufficiently provided for under the rules of the War Depart ment of the Confederate States." . . This Institution will be under the control of the Governor of the State of North Carolina, and the necessary officers for its judicious management Through it will be established and kept up direct communication between the citizens of North Carolina and the Regiments of North Carolina troops thai are ia the field. From this point it is proposed to distribute all contributions to the sick and wounded. The Officers of the Institution will keep open a direct and constant correspondence with the Regimental Surgeons and the Colonels commanding, so that, at all times, it will be known: where our wants aro greatest, and also, what par ticular things are most needed. This will save much confusion and needless trouble and expense, as will be shown presently, and give efficiency to all charitable efforts by insuring the reception of every benefit, conferred.. Many hundreds, nay thoiinands , of dollars have been lost to the donors, and what is far worse than that, to the de serving and needy objects of such donations, for the want of a system like this. It is not doubled for a moment but that the kind and generous peo ple of our State will contribute most liberally of money and hospital stores in such a noble cause. With many it will not be con venient to contri tribute hospital stores. All such can contribute money, with a perfect assurance that it wit! be properly fin ployed,' for the management of this Institution will be in the hands of gentlemen of high standing and unquestioned integrity. . f s In regard to getting up aid or relief societies in this State to further the great and beneficent objects contemplated by the establishment of this; General j Hospital and system for the distribution of" charities,- it is respectfully suggested, that it; will be found, in all probability, to be best for. Leach congregation of .worshipping Christians to form itself into one of these societies. Separate, i but at the same ti me organized Christian efforts of this kind have been found most efficient elsewhere in our country. . They certainly work more harmo niously than other plans, particularly those asso ciations which are formed of whole towns, villages and neighborhoods. In any regulated Congrega gation, individual relationship and comparative merit are all pretty well established by intimate personal associations of long standing. Such can- not be the case in associations hastily formed of the members of different congregations, from the very nature of things.. Much, therefore, of the dissonance and even heart-burnings which might result from assembling several congregations. to gether in one society will be avoided by adopting the plan proposed, besides obviating the inconve nience attending upon an unwieldy organization For the same reasons, ii will be best, When there are two or more congregations of thesamedenomi nation in the same place, for each to organize sepa rately. I ' "' : In this way, much more will be accomplished for the cause of the sick and suffering soldiers than there can be by those spasmodic efforts e some times see convulsing whole kJtmmunities, but which are always speedily followed by correspond ins depression. In associations such ' as I have recommended, no one will feel slighted or urged to do more than he ought, either by the conduct, entreaties, or examples of others ; and these, it will be admitted, are the fruitful sources of failure with all charitable undertakings. Rut when eve ry one knows the ability and willingness of others to do what is right, all will feel called upon to( do what they can; and thus from a mutual knowl edge of, and reliance upon each ether, will result even handed justice, and from this, again, a proper charity abounding in good works, for our people are both able and willing to give. I will conclude by stating that the proper De partment of the Confederate States will give transportation for Hospital Stores, sent to this Institution for its own use, or, through it, for the use of the sick of the Regiments in the field. This will save much individual expense. The chief of ; this Department will also take great pleasure in furnishing at all times whatever information may be needed upon thi subject; and he will receive all money contributed towards this great charity, and give a proper acknowledg ment for it. The articles most needed at 'present by pur sick soldiers, are Blankets Quilts, Shirts, Drawers, Mattress and Pillow-cases, Sheets, and Socks, Rice Flour, Sago, and some Money, to buy such articles as cannot be sent from a distance. , j CHAS. R. JOHNSON, i Surgeon General of N. C. All papers friendly tothecause will please copy, and urge upon the people the importance of this matter, and the necessity of promptly attending to it. 3 FOR THE R ROISTER. ! THE EARTHQUAKE. Wll-KKSBORO' N. C, ) September 3d, 1861. f M K5SRS.' Editors : A very heavy shock of an earthquake was felt here on Saturday morning last, at a few minutes past 5 o'clock, lasting seve ral seconds. Bricks were shaken from the tops of Chimneys; doors jarred open ; clocks stopped, and many heard a rumbling noise coming from the South and going Northward. Several persons felt a similar, though much lighter shock in the early part Of the night before. My own doors and one other were jarred open at that time. What's in the wind? J Yours Respectfully, R. F. HACKETT. RETALIATORY LAW OF THE CONFED ERATE STATES OF AMERICA. The Examiner, gives the following abstract of a very important bill passed by Congress shortly before the adjournment, for the sequestration of all Yankee property found in the South : . A Bill to be entitled an Art or' the sequestration of the extaie, property ami effect of alien ene mies and for the indemnity tf citizens of the Confederate States, and persons aiding the name, in the existing w with the I'uiteit State. The bill recites, in the nature of a preamble, the departure of the Government and tharpeople of the United States from the usages of civilized warfare, and the necessity of our only protection against such wrongs in measures of retaliation. The following is the principal legUlatrve clause : Ba it enacted by the Congress of the Confeder ate States, That all and every, the lands, tene ments, goods and chattels, rights and credits within these Confederate States, and everv right and interes. therein held, owned, possessed or en joyed by or for any alien enemy, since the twenty lirst day of May, 1861. except such debts due to an alien enemy as may have been paid into the Treasury of any one of the Confederate States prior to the passage of this law. be and the same are hereby sequestrated by the Confederate States of America, and shall be held for the full indem nity of any true and loyal citizen, a resident of these Confederate States, or other person aiding said Confederate States in the prosecution of the present war between said Confederate States and the United States of America, and for which he may suffer any loss or injury under the act of the United States to which this actisretal liatory, or tinder any other act of the United States, or of any State thereof, authorizing the seizure or confiscation of the property of citizens or residents of the Confederate States, or other person aiding said Confederate States, and the same shall be seized and disposed of as provided for in this act :" Provided, however, when the es tate, property or rights to be affected by this act were or are within some State of this Confeder acy, which has become such since said twenty first day of if ay, then this act shall operate upon and as to such estate, property or rights, and all persons claiming the same from and after the day such State became a member of this Confederacy, and not before: Provided, further, that the pro visions of this act shall not extend to the stocks or other public securities of the Confederate Govern ment, or of any ot the States ot this Confederacy, held or owned by an alien enemy, or to any debt, obligation, or sum due from the Confederate Gov ernment, or any of the States to such alien enemy: And provided, also, That the provisions of this act shalLnot embrace the property of citizens or residents of either of the-States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, or of (be District of Columbia, or the Territories of New Mexico; Arizona,' or the Indian Territory south of Kansas, except such of said citizens or residents as shall commit' actual hostllies against the Confederate States, or aid or abet the United States in the ex isting war against the Confederate States.' ' " Sec'S makes it the duty of every citizen of the Confederate States to give information of the pro perty of alien enemies." ; v 'v-.'a J;:.' ,' Sec. 1 3. Attorneys, agents, former partners,, trustees, or persons holding or controlling any de scription of property or interest of alien enemies, are required to give information and render ac count of the same to receiver, on pain: of being adjuged guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding $5,000, and imprisonment for a term .not less tEan six months, and of being sued in addition for double the value of the pro" perty. .. . t-, .-- ,;;- -: , : ' . - : :j : Sec. 4 charges the Grand Juries in the Confed erate Courts to inquire and make presentments' of the property of alien enemies affected by the pro visions of the act. ' j . --' : . -. - ; .j Sec. 5. provides for the appointment of a recei ver, by each Confederate Judge, for each section of the State for which he holds a court, arid jn occasion or necessity, for sub-districts, said recei ver to give bond, and toj make oath to discharge nis amies wen ana truly. . . ; 5 Sec. 6. The duties off the Receiver are to take possession and control of the property of alfcn en emies ; for accomplishing the purposes of the act he may sue for and recover such properly in the name of the Confederate States, by the form bf petition to the Court fur a sequestration. All or ders of seizure necessary to secure the subject matter of the suit from danger of loss, injury, de struction, or waste, may be made by the Court : but when such necessity does not exist in the opin ion of the Court, the property or credits miy re main in thehandsof the party in possesion, except that bank and corporation stocks, dividends, and rents on real estate shall be delivered up, and On further condition as to ther property or credits, that the party in possesion hsll pay ail interests and net profits acci tied since the 2 1st of May, 1861, ; into the bands of the Receiver and at annual pe riods thereafter, on pain, in case of failure, for i judgement against principal and security, 'for i which execution shall be issued in the name of the ; Receiver. ' I - .. ' ' Lj-.- Sec. 7 allows any claimant or party interested the subject matter of the suit to intervene and de fend to the extent of his interest on affidavit that no alien enemy has any interest in the right wiiich he asserts. , ' ; Sec 8 authorizes the issue of writs of garnish ment to attach credits due alien enemies ; and the courts shell have power: to condemn the property or effects according to the answer ; and to make orders for the bringing in of third persons claim ing, or disclosed by the; answer, to have an inter est in the litigation. , . Sec. 9. The District Attorney of the Confederate States is required to prosecute all causes instituted under this act ; his compensation to be two pes cent, upon the fruits of the litigation. Mi bee. 10. The Receiver is required at least every six months, and as much.oftener as he may be re quired by the Court, toi render an account of a 1 matters in his bands or tinder his control, stating accounts and making settlemenss of all matters separately, so that the transaction in respect to alien enemy's projierty fnay be kept recorded and preservea separately. Sec. II. Notice of settlements to be published for four : weeks. The interlocutory settlements may be impeached at the final settlement, which latter shall be conclusive, unless reversed or im peached, within twd years, for fraud. . Sec. 12. The Court having jurisdiction of the matter shall, whenever sufficient cause is shown therefor, direct the sale of any personal property, other than s'ave3, sequestered under this act, on such terms as it shall seem best; and such sale shall pass the title of the person as whose property the same has been sequestered Sec. 13. Settlements of accounts for senuestered property to be recorded, and copies forwarded to the Treasurer of the Confederate States.- Any embezzlement of money under this act shall be liable to indictment, the guilty party to be confined at hard labor for not less than six months, nor more than five years, and fined in double the amount embezzled. : " Sec. 14. The : President is authorized, by: and with the advice and consent of Congress, to ap point three Commissioners, with salaries of two thousand five hundred dollars each per annum, who shall 'hold at the seat of Government two terms each year. It is made the duty of tlrese Commissioners to hear and adjudge such claims' as may be brought before them by any one aiding the Confederacy in the present war, who has been put to loss by the United Stales or. by any State thereof. The finding of the Commissioners j in favorof any such claim is to be taken as prima faeie evidence of the correctness of the demand, and whenever Congress shall pass the same, it shall be paid froru any money in the. Treasury derived from sequestration under this act. ( The Board of Commissioners is de-igned only to! con tinue until theorganization of the Court of Claims provided, for by the Constitution, which shall take the place of the Commissioners. -. " j . i Sec. 15. All expenses iucurred under the pro ceedings of this act are required to be paid from the sequestration fund ; the Receivers to be allowed compensation of two and a half per cent on ire ceipts and the ?ame amount on expenditures : j Pro- viutxi, luai vlH same uu nui rnn. iuuib iuhu $5,000 in one year. . !. ; Sec. J6 provides that the 'Attorney General shall" prescribe uniform rules of proceeding 'under -this I a iiui utun niao uiu? luni iui i-f-; Sec.; 17 allows appeals to be taken from any final. decisions of the district courts under this law, as in ordinary cases. I . , j .j i " Sec. 18. The word "person." as used in tne law, to include all private corporations. -j ;';; Sec. 19. The courts are vested with jurisdiction . to settle all partnerships between citizens of ( the Confederate States and alien enemies' ; to separate the interest of the alien eneuy and to sequestrate it ; and to sever all joint rights where an alien enemy is concerned, Cor the purposes of sequestra tion. j . .. - v ,.- ;if';- Seel 20. In all cases of administration of any matter or thing under this act,lhecourt having jur isdiction may make such orders touching the preser-. valion of the property or effects under the direc receiver, not inconsistent tion or control of the with the foregoin provisions, as it shall; deem proper. . -. ' - . : ; .. . Sec. 21. , Treasury notes are made receivable in payment of all purchases of property or effects sold under this act. I " - i f: Sec. 22. Nothing in this act is to he construed to destroy or impair the lieu or other right of any creditor, a citizen or resident of the Confederacy or of friendly States or Territories ; in all such cases the court to determine, by making parties and bv the proper proceed id, the respective rights of all parties concerned. " j A HERO IN THK BATTLE OF CROSS ' LAN ES. '.' -; : A young soldier, writing from Floyd's command, says that they are strongly posted on the Gauley. His letter is dated the 26th ult., the day df 'the battle of Cross Lanes. He thus speaks o4 one of the participants m mat battle : , "While Lwrite, there is a young man.' who is theherooftbeday. 11 is clothes are perfectly rjddleu. lie got surrounded by Ahe enemy ; bnt,getting be hind a tree, he dared them to take Mini. One fired at him, cutting bis cartride box off, and . al most instantly another one shot the lock off of h is rriusket : when, drawing hi revolvers two six- shooters be killed both and wounded several others. He is a surgeon by profession, and savs that he was in the thickest of the fight- He pitched in, and after finding that he had fought himself out of his scrape.he thought it time to com mence his professional duties, and look two- arms oflj besides dressing a' good many wounds 'and cutting out some four or five balls." v- " t ;iV' ; 1-; AbrXstof CocxTicBrsiTKBs. "Ye learn from .-4.' .1 1 . . T L . - . . 1. ' 1 . ' . i ' iuo jrevcrsuurg Aspress idh idb circulators .. 011. the counterfeitConfederaleSf State Bonds . noticed r in that paper a tew days ago, have been arrested : and taken to .Rich mond for trial. Two fit tie ! parties were Express messengers on the Soiithside Kailroad The Bonos' were genuine, but the sfgi'i natures were counterfeit. .They, were abstracted from a'package2Oua Bonds which were being I sent through the: Express to Richmond from the lithographers ia New Orleans). -It v LATEST, NEWS.! FROM WASHINGTON HEAVY FIRING. I Washtngtox, Sept. 3. Heavy firing heard on i tne v irginia side to-day. Kepons vague concor ' ping-it. - " '. ..v.;:Ve .r; -':. -.r";1-. --: - fSKCOND DESPATCH.! A " ; . - i i"i Washington, Sept 3. The Confederates are concentrating aiarge force south of Alexandria. They are erecting batteries near the mouth of Oceoquan river. - . --i :, : ' ' ; Heavy firing heard in the direction of the Fed 1 eral lines this morning, but no report of a battle i u a noen. received. ;rome skirmshuig has occurred in the vicinity oi the Chain Bridge over the Potoantc; but it wa? not believed to have been serious. ' ; MARTIAL LA W PROCLAIMED IN MIS 0 SOURI. v.- . St. Louis, Aug. 31.' Gen. Fremont has pro claimed that the State of Missouri is under mar tial law. Persons found with arms in their hands will be court-martialed and shot. The property, personal and real, of persons who take u arms against the Federal Gevernuient will bo confisca ted, and their staves' declared freemen.; The people are warned to return to their homes, and iheir absence without sufficient cause will be con sidered presumptive evidence against the absentees. The Provost Marshal, Mr. McKausley ; forbids all persons from passing out of the dountrywitj out a pass. '!' At Roila a skirmish is reported to iave occurred hetween Montgomery ot Kansas notoriety, and Gen. Raines. ' "''.'' '" Baltimore, Sept. 3. A letter from Key West says that the U. S. f learner Powhatan had captur ed a prize. A letter bag was found containing a letter to President Davis. It describes the movements of the Confederate steamer Sumter. The Powhatan has gone in seach of ber. I Macon Citt, Mo., Aug. 31. The Secessionists have taken St. Joseph and bhebina. ' Louisville, Sept. 4. Tbey are fighting all over Missouri, and both parties , are capturing many prisoners. . . t . Pknsacola, Sept. 4. About noon yesterday the Dry Dock, aground between Fort Pickens and the Navy Yard, was burned. It fs not known whether it was the act of the Con federates or Lin colnites. "..;' . ... .- -v.;:"" N kw . York! Sept. 4. The Sumter was seen off the Venezuela coast on the 15th, steering west Her Captain, when at Trinidad, expressed an in tention of going to Brazil, to cruise for East India and California vessels, ; Cincinnati, Sept. 4. Lincoln's Marshal yester day seized the interest of all citizens in the rebel 1 States in merchandize now for sale here on com mission, amounting to $50,000. - j ' j Charleston, S. C, Sept. 1. A brir, laden with offee, ran the blockade to-day. : Sbe- was chased by a Federal steamer, but at rived safe in port.( Another vessel, with friiit, has arrived in land. , , jr , - Cairo, Sept. 3. Col. Wallace, of the Yankee army, and Gn. Pillow, of the Confederate forces, 'have exchanged prisoners. New YoRK,Sept. 4. The steampship Northern Light has arrived.: She brings $750,000 in gold. New York, Sept. 4. The prisoners captured at Fort Hatteras have been confined on. board the hull of the U. S. frigate Brandywine. . New YoRK,7Sept, 3 John C. Rshming, ' a merchant and native of the West Indies, has been arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. , ! New York, Sept. 3. The editor of the Watch man, publishod at Green Point, Long Island, has been arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. 1 LorisviLLE, Sept. 4. The Legislature has not yet organized. There is a difficulty regarding the new districts, as there are several extra Senators. New York, Sept 3. A special despatch to the the Times, says there was no Cabinet meeting to day. It is supposed that the villains are prepar ing to evacuate. New Yokk, Sept. 4. The- Herald reports a plot to blow up the Croton Aqueduct. ' ; New York, Sept. 4. Middling Uplands 22. Marketvery firm. No sales.- DIED: Departed this life at , his residence, id the county of Granville, North Carolina, en 1st September, 161 Jasprr Hicks, Esq., in the 80th year of bii age. His high intelligence, sterling integrity of character, bis devoted patriotism and unsellioh spirit, plied bim in the highest position of influence in the com ma -nity, where bin long and useful life was spent. There was pot a duty, in life which ,he left undischarged ; there was not a virtue, which -in his daily life be did not illustrate. Most faithfully, most nobly, did he ful fill his misxios on earth. - He left a large family of sons and daughters, who, while they abed natural tears over his grave, will by the wise teachings of his pre cepts and example, learn submission td'tliesdispensa tions of Providence, with the fortitude and Cbristaia resignation that , formed so eminent a trait in bis character. .-. . ". ;. :, t T. : :fsT,'Standard please espy. ::' J v-V: :'-'. THOMAS GRISWOLD & Co., ; (FORMERLi' JTYDE d" GOODRICH.) ' Corner Canal and Royal Streets,' , ' l . ' ; - NEW ORLEANS " yf-ANUFACTUREKS O F JEWELRY, ItA SILVER-WARE, SWORDS, and MIL IT A -Ui ACCOUTRKMfiXTSj and importers ot - WATCHKS, DIAMONDS, CLOCKS, BRONZES, IFOCF.LAINE, PLATKD-WARE, GDNS, CDT LERY and FANCY GOODS. The subscribersf WM. M. GOODRICH, HENRY THOMAS, Jr., and A. B. GRISW0LD, call atten tion to the change, in. the style of iheir firm, which is still conducted by the same partners who have man aged its affairs for the Uoffifteen years, with the same Capital and business facilities as formerly. We shall have always on hand for the inspection of our friends and the public the largest and best selected stock of goods in our line, in the Confederate States. THOMAS, 6KISWOLI) Jk Co. te 7 wl2m V ' -',. ;.---- - ''-- '.' "7. XECUTORS NOTICE". r : - We, the undersigned, having qualified at An gut term of the County Court of Waker as executors of W. Crenshaw deceased, request all persons indebt ed to said estate to mke immediate payment. All persona having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. . MICHAEL THOMPSON, I JN0..W. CRENSHAW, j "en 31 vim T- ;-.: i, CaaRLOTTK, N: (K, Sept 3, 1861. OFFICE OF M. W. GRAND MASTER, F. A. M. All persons having business with the M. W. G. Maaterduring his absence from the State, will address all communications and applications of whatsoever kind, to the Dept. Grand Master, E. W.; WARD, Jacksonville, Onalow county, who will assume the duties of the G. Master's Oflioe. - s - LEWIS S. WILLIAMSr ,ffigrStandard copy 3 times. ; V. FAIR NOTICE. THE SUBSCRIBER having this day sold out his entire Clothing Es tnbli8hmentftfinds himself under the necessity of call ing upon all those endebted to him, either by note i' account to eome forward and settle up without delay, as further indulgence cannot be given. Those having claims against me will please present them at ence far adjustment:'--:.- : ' ''-'; ... '- :i-t j . -r--i,- ' au 31 tf '.-'- HACKNEY POOL. Salad Oil, ;'.,,-.-, ; : ,, . : Bakers Bitters,", 7 V- " ";':'T'. Black Tea, f -.; .v r?? '(,'.' .,rv :,. -'".'"English Mnstard, ' -:V' C - ' A large Stock of Fancy Soaps, ' V: '-' - ;" Received at P. F, PESCUD'S, aa IT tf rV-:S ::?-:" Itrug StereCr; StaBdard,'' "Srirft of Areaad Joaraal copy. A. LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Office at Rslvlgh, North Caroliaa, Sep- teniDer ist, issi. ? AHsobJS " '. Adams, Rsv L I. Allen, Rufus II -Adams, Edward Anw,'RS" Anderson, Wra M Alexander, Syd h . ft .' " oone,BP ltrowa, Jaa H Barney, John H Brown, Miss L . Bird, Samuel - Bailey, S C - Barron Misa Anna Burt, R Q .. .,' Bradahaw, Mary F Bower, Eli . . Bouldin, Lt Eph -Bishop, W . Bowsn, TS . , Brauole, Jill f . BurneyJ William CA Bouse, Joshna L . Blake, Mrs M L Collins, John A Carr, Sam'l M Coleman, Nil Caldwell, J V I Clopton, Lt A W Cook, Sallie Carmak Dr R II . Cherry, Jr., Jos B .., Campbell, Mrs L K . , . Conner, JJ? . ' Clayton, Jefferson u Christian, Mrs Ilellsn E 1 ; Clegg, H M " Chambley, Miss Martha W ' Cox, Joseph M Cobb, Frederie v Craafield, Llttlstoa P . I L ;- v Donglston, J H ' Dowd, A H , Denton, Mlis Jane t . E. ' '-.' V. v ' Cooke, Miss Ann Carpenter, Isaac Cherry Noah ; Deaton, Mr Noah 1 Dade, Miss Martha Dell: Miss Gertrude Duvall, Augustus Eley, Miss Fannie R . Freeman.J F, Guion, II W - 2 Goodwin, Mils lien a M Hawkins, Jas V Fittsbnrg, Johaioa G - . Goold, Benjamin ' . . ' . H " . ' : ',L Hight, JB" -Haughtoa, J H ' I leaden, Lt Joseph" Hoaaton, Major -Uoaston, H M i Harper, William Hill, S D Herring, Mrs Delilah Hanson, Geo Clark Hook, Pklnner m Co, Hatsler, Isaac Might, Miss L A M Halt Miss Eliia J HilL Miss M E Hart, Ysargin Hill, Dr Taoina Harrell, Mr E R Hill, Miss Mary Ann Hanson, John W S Howard, Miles B Jackson, James Jennings, R E '. Knight, Bnrwell f . Johnson, Mrs M W ' Jones, Mrs Tahitha Kerr, James E Ketchum, John W , L : ' ; London, II A ' Ligon, fi L . MoCandle, Tbomas Mann, Mr: .' Myers, J L Meddling, Mrs Cynthia Mosely, Lt R A . McDowell, Mrs James Martin, E A ' McCllntock, Sam'l N Mason, Calvin Moore, John S , Mills, JC Overton, lY R , v Parish, Mordeeai J -Pate, William . Palmer, Dr J H ' , : Persons, T J ' Parker, Rev W ' r : Roberson, W C . Baffin, Thomas Rogers, Jaiaer . . . S , . Sherrill, J A . Siler, T Pi, Smith, Mrs Rachael ' ' '4 T - . . ; ' Tucker, Peter 0' King, Dr J r ' Lawson, J J , Laadreth, J W Lynn,-Willie Makepeace, George Myers 4 J$ro., Matthews, B W ' May berry, James Meddling, Mrs Jennie Mann, J T L McLean, Miss Mary Mayberry, Sam'l - 2 McCaan, John ' ' McKetham, J W J McCray, Capt ! Oneal, CO Pigott, Dr A Snowden Picott, Julian J Porter, James ' , Philyaw, Gideon i Powell, Geo V ' .' Parks, Marshall '-,. Rosenstock, Miss ? Rogers, AYeston , Ringgold, Jamea Skinner, Nathaniel , Stuart, Richard : Sartain, Ellis E Smith, Henry II - Thompson, II W Taylor, AVilliam V- . ' ' Upchnrch, R C W Windier. Dr 8 Underwood, S M 1 , Williams, William T Wilson, Franklin Waddill. W R , Ward, WAV 1 AYheeler, 0 C - . White, John J AYilson, John v. Wollard, WUIiesa J - Wheeler, Gen Jao H , Whitford, John D -. Wooten, Allen W Walker, James Walter, Piak - AVoodrongh, . .;, - , Two cents is charged for advertised Letters. , Please call for Advertised Letters. sep 7 ; . . ,-. GEO. T. COOK , P. M . RICHMOND ' . T VP E F 0 UN D It V. - !.'. v ' THE ONLY : s ' -MANUFACTORY OF TYPB ': "ON SptTHEBN eoilt '. ' "'. -SOUTH OF B.iLTIMORE, ' . . " ; - ' . THE PROPRIETORS OP THE ABOVE FOUN- DRY have also uniud with their Fouairy a. complete ' v -: ... . ; y ', Printer's Furnishing Warehouse.! Having oa hand, or furnishing to order, every ertlole - requisite for a Printing Office, : t s FROM A BODKIN , :'r ''--..'.-'-'i:; TO A ' : :' K. I.'-' i TENCYLINDER PRESS. Type and Printing Material ftom any Foundry North furnUbed when desired. -, , . . Wa can and will manufacture in Richmond as feodj . f an articU, as any Foundry North. Wa repecttul) . solicit the patronage of the South. . . HENRY L. PtEL0CZE A CO. ' ' We refer you to every Printer in this city. We al o desire every News paper in the South to copy this ad- , vertisement for one month, sending as Abs eepy f the-r paper, and receive their pay for kueh advertise, meat upon purchasing five times the amount ot their kill fain. Am : -.- ,:;'! y. , -k4 . ' au 10 lm n. L. P. A CO. 170R IIIRK. ' " ' '. - ? A FIRST RATE CARPENTER- ' ; FOR 8ALE. .'r.-: ; :. v . ; A VERY FISE T0UNG MARE. Apply te ' ' ' -' apt 10-waswtf X. BURKS HAYWOOD. .... . , , ,. - , i .hi, ' JUST RECEIVED AT w ; W. H.AK.f. TUCKER', a large Io t of Colts Navy and Packet Pistole. . '-"'- , ALSO,.. T5 more fthos Beautiful MILITARY SASHES. ju 10 if, ' - - .-:. y JUST RECEIVED AT FRAN KX.I Kfs. , Strong Fresh and Salty Pnuff. and alHo befa , in the SOUTEKRN CONFEDERACY . Also, a Large lot ef Every eoaeeiveahls artlele kaswt ' .. -- -.- . r;.:. ;--,.-..- to the trade. ' i tmr'' , Come one, corns slL to - "J ' " "' " ' . .(.e-T tf - FRANK IAIN'S Call. afStaadard and Spirit of the Age copy. ' y WANTED. :, "V '''- . ' -r . 22 Buglers for the 3d Cavalry Regiment. Apply to Commaadiag Officer by letter er 4a person. - . . . S. B. SPRUILL,. . ' - CeL 24 C Regtmeat, . VeT St'T, ' ' V. Cemp CUrt, KlUrell Springs. . .. ik' TTENTION OFFICERSI ',- - " ATTENTION CAVALRY. r -J as t received a large let of COLTM DUACOOV PISTOLS and Sashes. ' ' ;' .' r At - J i ttSl 8t f v YwVH. K. S. TCCKEE'S ANTED TO HIRE . For the remainder of the veer. ALL NKGRO C1RL. to act as Nurse. Aucly atUie . OCoe. .j' '"': ; '!'.. aa 11 U f ' f J
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 11, 1861, edition 1
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