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" . - The Register 'joVOflace; - It Bnpplied 'with unriTalled facilitie. for executing all kind, of Book and J.b Jr tt.w4, M .xeellent STEAM POWEB PRESS- we are enabled to execute Job prinUngwim quunealled celerity KEEPING UP 'THE FORCE ARB Y. V. OF OUR - - --. ' ' A irabiect of .vital, importance," ; to "which : ' the prompt and earnest attention of ihe Con ntUahonldbecaidris that of guarding i against tho diminution, of North Carolina - K "... -r, -? .t: ,.14 v. rmatioalof the 1 -f trri, of scrriee of her twelre months Tplan- ; teersV WHle e are: hopeful of a speedy ; and honorable conclusion -of it; vt cannot 1 tell how lonff this warVdl last, and it la the r" "cart' of wisdom, indeed of absolute necessity . - that every Soutnern otaie ;anouiu , s. F ' the war was to be continued for an indefinite K length of Ume. This is a course from which H mnch rood may arise. " tlf the warxontmoes, ' ; we'must have the men ftp meet the foe. I :-' it is soon : ended,' the; force we - propose !'-: raise will not be needed t r: '.' ; - to . I - V Again, the fact, of our preparing to keep" I . np our foreVs in their present, if not greater 1 J numbers, until an honorable peace is secureo-, j : wiU fall heavily upon the Yankee heart, and add vastly to the numhers of those who al I . ready wish peace because they have daily ' u 'evidence that the subjugation of the South . I i becoming more and more an" absurdity, vk ;mTsntrATiqhment knd ruin of . the f North is approaching daily an absolute cer i tainty. Let the . Convention at :once set about a business, tbe t eiecation .or wmcu would alone have warranted, aye, demanded its re-assembling.; ; j ; ELECTION OF SENATORS. i li It will be seen that Messrs. R.M.T. Hun i ter and Wtnl Ballard Preston have; been i elected by the Virginia Legislature to the ; ! Senate, of the Confederate Congress'; In this eleeUon a s pirit worthy of all praise was manifested, inasmuch .as both ; old 'party and geographical prejodlcea' were laid aside. l k! or .Mr Hnnto ft Dnblic " man ; we need Vj not speak, as . his' care -a household word?' "tci he whole country. ;., ; iirl Preston, though Jess distinguished as ' a public man than his collegue, jhas filled ; j important stations "with" credit to 7 himself. : He served often in both branehes of the State 'legislature at one time , represented f ,'hia .District W the Congress of the United " States, was Secretaryof the Navy . under I General Tajlor, -a member of the .State t ConvenUon i of ;50r'51 and 'rjO-l, and when . elected to the " Confederate Senate, was a j ; member of the Provisional Congress of Jthe 1 Confederate States. -. JONATHAN WON'T FEED SAMBO, lb- The following is an extract from a letter I - from, a highly respectable and intelligent i g'entleman in Savannah to his' friend in this -city. From it, it will be aeen that the Yan- kecs are tired of their, bargain in "eontra I bands," and find that the Union sentiment in i ' South Carolina is all a myth : ' ' . - The negroes are returning in a very des h j titute condition to their master. . Sherman ! V". sent "word' to Gen-Lee that the negroes were . starving' nd asked for provisions.; Gen i Lee replied that if the negroes, were return- ! ed to their maiters, they would be cared for. . Two hundred were said tp havo returned ia ;i body last week.! The desertion of Bean- "fort and the burning of cotton on .the Sea "I Islands has convinced Dupont and Sherman 'k that there is no Union fientiment here.' ; ; i ' -;'v " YANKEE EXVLfATION. , ? . The Yankees are crowing with a forty cock power over their slim victory over cur .forces i at Somerset. ; Swaney Bennett opines ; ' that it will secure 'an extinguishment of , the. V " Rebellion" by May. Well, poor Devils ! the: Yankees have been so be battered, and bedrubbed that it looks hard to deny them the small drop of comfort which their success f f at Somerset afforded them, althoug,has.as.u-. , al they have vastly exaggerated it, and with out saying - a ' word about - Jeff.- Thompsan v having lately thrashed themT soundly in Mis ;'souri. : Uennett - tallca about .extinguishing - the "Kebellion" ;byVMay, as if tbo fauie .loon? did'nt know as well jas that he is inor ally "and physically cross-eyed, that - before ; the first of. May,' the 'Confederate States of ; America will'beone of the; Irightes: stars " in the constellation of nationar --:: ii' ' ' . In New Torkoa the SltU North Carolina 6'a sold at 62; Virginia 50 a 602; Tnnis 6,43j $.411; THE COTTON SUPPLY ! L". M - now tojiu ix Comnieoting on the newa brougM by tke Arabia, the New lork H erald ?ays r , The foreign new. received ywterday' oyMj A-abiabad a larorabla influence upon the cotton market. Holders askpa one u. -r. rtr Taoce OTor previous current qaowuonw. were quite limit owiop, in some dgroo, lotto absent cfspinnerj with off by the extrenve inclemency of tbo Tbeatock here is very light. andsupp.oUo exceed much over 5,000 baM ioi wJ" The stock of American in :Liver P"JJ . 1 frrtm the circular orpine akAciaUon PrJ-. Carrot, was 2163 hales against 403434 at the Same SW ncobelTtV uHimo Ihsve been active, reaching, during the week PTS J the sailing of the Arabia, 80,000 bales. , Allow. inc that a due woporiion of the sales we w-b K for exporuinee tbe 27th; ult .(clg&ng someparcel. to the United .States) or gj sumption, it U fair" to presume that -bythw time the stock of American coium in Liverrxwl.uoea not eiceed 150,000 bales.. Al a lr export and consumptive demand 030,000 bales m week, (the consumpUon alone having averaged c locft t nnn M:: wikJ it will b used .up in L- ' Hut fiiirtno9e we reduce tbe Actual - consumption down- to 20 000 bales per week, this will onlr give 'uPP,.TfSit2 eight weeks from'tbis date.and which wil exj i by the middle of March or the 1st of . Apnl at far, thest J On tbff 27th ulthnobe stock of East dia cotton in Liverpool embraced 20190 . bales, and tbe supplies from all other countries amoun ted to"47,100 bales. It must' be "niembered, however, thaCthe.-weig6t Of these. bales,, ott tbe average, is full one-third, less, anA in some cases one-hiif less, than the American, and that to spin India cotton successfully -requires an .admixture of American. : Hence it may readily be suppled that the Steele of alt kinds in Liverpool cannot, .:, .r6inf fft bflvcnd & 4rjeriod of three months to thiM an(Va half monthi jupj ly.-fronf I From th?abovVit will ;be Vperoeived that bn the 27th of December "last, there re mained on hand, in Europe; (says the Lynch burg Virginian o( the SthOscarcely mpre than one half the supply of American jcot ton that was .heid aV the corrwpondipg A pe riod of .the year preceding," and ;notl mofe than enough; from all'sources, than will last till the first or middle VpjfApr.::efl. have the admission from Ih'Hfatto epin India coUonsnec'essf admixture of ; American. e-iayehejre-fore, first, the fact whichTeyej body. knew before that India cotton not equal to the American article, and cannot be worked sue cessfully without an adniixture knd second, the still more pbttnt fact r that the supply of this article is totally inadequate to the wants of;Europe.:.-.v. - ,v-;"' .-i'j: ': ' ' "; ,The "Calcutta; Englishman," j which may be received as good authority uppa Bbf ject, intimates thatthe low estimate placed upon the value of Indian cottonjlas evinced in. the difference existing in the market ! be tween the price of it "and 'American cot ton, will not induct an increase in the cultivation; The cEngIshman, puts the; expense of cot- fton per pound to the- cultivator or shipper, at 4J penceand remarks ihat'it wthus clear ly perceptible that the present price of India cotton in the Liverpool" market ia pot sufii cient to induce any increase in.' , Che cultiva- jiob ; the more so as the charges here 'given are irrespective of ..the jthottsand and one de nTands made upon the ; trade by every native a en t throogh ; trhosehanda it pasaea.'fT1 0 ne acre iof ; cot ton r lan; the . jRaichore Poab, one of the best'eotton. districts in India, pro duces, sayis 1 the . 'Englishman," ' only . 260 pounds of cotton in tle seed,-or when elean- ed 70 pounds. To add to Jfe igrowth, new lands would hive to be -clearedrnpon wmoh that paper remarKs as louows : ; . "The clearinjr, leveling and prenariag the land woud scarcely bo done under 1 10s. an acre, and the subsequent weedings and hoeings, with out which the plant woman not tnnve in newiy turned soil, would further1 incr'ease tbe cultiya- tor'a outlay by at least another pound sterling. It is therefore evident, without some more sure ana substantial prospect of remuneration, i there can belittle prospect of the ryos being induced to enter largely into the cultivation of new lands ;! thmiEh they may cultivate more of their old lands with cotton. ' But this cm not and will not be sufficient r "and unless Manchester is prepared to raise the priaa of Indian grown r cotton nearer to that now being paid for the produce or American slave labor, there, is, wi fear, but a poor prospect of any very great increase to the cotton lands now existing." ;--r S.r ; V':-. '''rWi ' . Ths statement, put forth by an organ of the British. Government in Indian and - de- signea, aouDess, 10 nave bu eaeos upon me Home Government -; and people, vindicates pretty clearly that they cannot rely npon In dia for a supply of that indispensable article which now controls rthe commerce - of the world. It is not unreasonable, therefore, to suppose that the English ''demand for cotton will serve to make the stone blockade appear even more heinous than were it possible it is, in English eyes , and , prompt the peo ple and the Government; to s the adoption of measures. I hat will tend to remove the block ade of Southern ports.' . TnE BIIRNSIDE FLEET. . . : The movements of. the Burnside Fleet are as mysterious as those of the Flying Dutch.; man.'' It is reported as hero to-day and "gont to-morrow; '- On Monday we bad two reports in Italsigh. '-rlu tte-'morning it was reporte d that 150 vessels were' ia Pamlico Sound, and 25j ;lyingoffj.'the bar and in1 the afternoon, another Teport sai: thaVjhere were no',yes-; eels in the Sound, but 26 were outside. w r t O ur leaders must make what ttey cai out of these conflicting rumors.; There has been very stormy Lweather on 'ihecoast eyejr sinee the great expedition left: Hampton Roads, and wo should not be'at all surprise d' if very many of the. vessels composing it had gone ' MAJOR II A. GILLIA3I. The - many friends of this gentleman will rejoico'to learn that be arrived in a; flag of truca steamer in iliorfolK on Saturday , after win W9 aB ., r c H (iOOD NEWS f JftOM ABROAD. . Our readers; will see-by the news brought by tiie) last steamer "" froni ! England: that the probkDiiities pf ou spledy uecoitibn as A 8overeigir;Nation ;aro very strong indeed.-- Thoy will also"; see that the very reliable Richmond correspondent of . the Savannah Rtpiiblican has' good reason, to .believe that Great Britain, France and probably Spaiii, are only fawaiting i the f organization; ofour permanent government to recognize it.asi pov-; ereiga and Jnepndcn"';' ' Tne iaoxcC ' jj.ou.so vi xveureauuiaiives have decided that, the redoubtable J oe Segar is riot entitled to a seat in that dy.; While we rejoice that the traitorous j Joe has been baulked in his aspirations, we do not see the reason why he,is nptas ranch . entitled tp a seat in Congress as Carlisle and his confreres WD0 claim to. repieseuu t ma. 'r - 1 i. ' v WAKE BANGERS, i We leatn that thb Company organized on Saturday last by eleoting tho : folldWing onV J ceis !'.;.; ; ; v-4i,-rl'4 "Ctf KrS. TuckeYi Captain. jji.TVJi,:Utleylst nV. ! 1 v G. J. Allison, 2nd; Lieut. . "V.-.. r ; W. W: Clements,: 2nd Lieut.;; f 1 TheV folio winer 'non-commissioned officers we're appointed;; ir r-:T; iley KiddiokHlst Serg't; fCi H?'StephensQnlds; . t VvHenry wf j ones, 3rd ; ;;- I'ey totrA. Sk orris, 4tn . ; G. wIiolinglsi;Corp1i , tf 0A. Woodardi 3rd Coip. ;;V;n; i. Thos. Jeffreys, thfjCorpv' f"fe.t--J We learn . that thir Corps will ta.ko a few more good, reliable meni &c.r j .v v': f 3 The -Wake Rangers are ordered into Camp at Camp M an gum on Saturdayweekik ' f ; ' . tee 'stone IbloCkade: " n t The Boetoa Courier,- one of the most respecta ble as well as able joufnaft inv New England, and a paper which never has ; joined tbe hue and crj of the Northern demons against the Sputh,1 has the following very - sharp ! article , on the 1 stone blockad:; ;--" - ; ; I. . ' " - "The criticism r to which the 4plah of choking up the harbor or unaneston is sunjecwa oy tne London. EvamiAt'ri with which'we perceiveother foreign journals coincide,! deserves much !j more - ." ' ? a .i.- 'nr. J it.' than trans eni consiaerauon. o my unu me carrying put of o this delendaest Carthago policy si much more serious cause of hostility, And even hatred towards us among all civilized v nations, than any deviation from a deubtful - principle of international law. JWe lidV supposed when., we had glanced at tbe accounts of prepaiations for this expedient, and until quite recently; that? it was only intendea tor a ;more eiteeiuai pn $uu, temporary' blockade than couldwelt beput ;ini force ty other means; oui we aia - nor imagine that the object was to change the very geography of " nature m a point so essential. 7VY e only put on record asalnst it an unavailing remonstrance Tbe scheme is. bare than! heathen. .When ola Onto repeated at the end of every speech his per- ricUUl formula even in a Koman senate, there wasabapio always reaay ta reiori, "nq my amnion is that Carthaee should ttiid.'Vi'-.i. i "iVflhoU with Scioiosf not with Cato. But even the purposft-of -the cruel old It unan was noiiiiofr ui'lhii. A boetiid or rebellious city, iles-i troved tV J eTdinalrv means. ,may he rebuilt; nd be tCTOtherehralJonsr it not now, the seat of comfort, rropperity, and- happiness.- But this choking up forever nature's channels of! life, inJ lercourte. and plenty,' is ? a measure diclatod by neither wiidom , nor . any.; feeling . with which Christian principle could have "any sympatby.j It willraaSeus expressly xecrated as It becomes known by. all tbe civilized world, or is it to be overiooicea toatetner nations may auege,.wnn a reason which we shall find it difficult to answer You can. blockade your ports and exclude us . for a time, for your ad?antage or from your necessi ties, from commercial benefits J ordinarily free to all mankind. V But you have no right to change the ordinance of naturef so as to deprive us and 'all mankind forever of those benefits, t If you do. wecaa no longer regard yOu. as of the family ofl nations, bat ratper.Uke some savage Dew retiring to his den, whom those who are able have a right to assail and destroy-after 'your ownr? example, i As for the article quoted from the New York Timis, there is a depth of unearthly malignity about it which we do not? remember ever to have read in any composition. , Even , were the , deed necessarv in itself, to" perpettate it-with such feelings and motives would be to surpass the bar-- ; ISIPQKTANT MILLITAEY CHA NGE f The Bichmond Dispatch haa reliable authority fori making ' the .following . statement General Beauregard the distinguisbedofflcer of the Army of the Totomac, takes co mm ana or me Army at Columbus Ky,. and General Gustayaa Wrmith 'succeeds him tnkthe posiiiori'he ! hss'iso long; and acceptably occupied.- Ai'-Columb we nnder. stand, he II subordiaate to no one except Gen? A- Sidney- Johnston. -vTbisf change goes into effect without delay. ;;:-!H -L;.:ni-. ;' -w.. ! M.'WwaaHYiaiijiuTheL tion has been, adopted by the Provisional Congress and 'will be - communicated Xo: the Governor of .Ygima: . v ;, - v;4; ivjiw-U'ir ftJUsolvedt That Congress hereby, approves of the resolQUons passed by; the iiegisiature of Vir ginia, expressing -her determination- to vindicate the Inteeritr of her aneient boundary, and nledees all the resources of the Confederacy to unholy her determinaUon. Affire pccurred in iMemphisTn),bnthe'Szad inst-l on the outhslde.bf Court Square, destrdy ' ing three houses valued at f iPjOOOQiJ-ittt 'H Measr-k'::Tli auUanioiBallard Preston, .have beeq elected, jby the Legislature of Virginia Senators from that State to .the Confed erate Congress.' Mr Hunter being now Secre v tarV' of; State bt the Confederale Go?ernment; his election to the Senate will occasion a Vacancy Sa the Cabinet;''! &imZ0" $yx- k--- Jii i " ii'"i't--i.Av.i-.l.--"--,4V' : a - private lener iroiuv vuanosw" ws vu the Federals Succeeded iainking five, of .their stone-laden vessels in tbefcbaRoelbf, that -.-harbor Oft;the 22nd ins; .! IfThe SavannahRafpublican, saya that the state! merit that1 tbe Federal vessels haa gone up Urpad river is incorrect.;:': tti;,,:-'.x:U W: Jthe Washington. Congress has refused to admit f osepn begar, of via Jf oint vomxori, a., to a seat ia 'that' body, -'Served thotraitornghfc;; John Hughes fiwaTVlrginia; aged about forty VMn:itinmUr lTdft W&S found "Vlftftft on 4 ; oanaDory, . v.'- ..w - - f' ' " ' T"v ' - i t MPORTANT FltOJI itICHMON V. ) ThoVfK correspondent of 'the Savannah fie publican, whose statements and opinions hitherto have always proved Just andiwelVfodadjwrit inWr;6k:Blchinod,:n-the the following interesting Information !: '1 4. v the reason that I desired Jirst to procure rel lab a (nlonnation in regard tq amatter of great public concern X aniglad tohave it in my poer novr tqsayi tut oy;isbeginhmgbre4y e . ii:. ?i fAr-nriftil. and I blierrt it thathe Tndet)endeoQ3 of thQConfederate Stiteswill becon ilXed and recognized by? G reat J lit ital a ; and ! Trailer within the .next tony: cays, fill is also said, and I thiol truly jbataiHnt 'fotion Was given to our .Government some weeks to Sehatbe-Britishl and French GVerna.enU.-and probably the Srnish Govern ment also,. werrfavprablj; inchned,! towards tbe Confederate States, and that they were disposed to. ricocnize our independence "at an early day, It waVthought besW howeverf as the time. was short,; toawait the inauguration: of; the Remanent goy VO;a wai iw f , Pflhniflr viThese Seshadaefuropi,before6 nforn ??TJli4A th of the' unwarrantable seizure i ;Vitiiinr ready intimated, bring aoou wr.BU.;f- T - . . . t - .AAiiwnilKln, fir ari earlier aay nan, wsnuouwys r; nrH j; icm, to bel eve that simultane- bui VithlhV acknowledgment f bf .f ufiindepeh den Se blockade wilt declared, bythe same Powers, to be ineffectual andjllegalnd as such, notVnding or ' worthy to be observed. Should Hd iTrtezfc States resist thisroceeding,? then- there will be war between them and theantime PowerabfrlEtfrbUrx) introductiop,of foreign. goodswijl. rommence A sense of relief will then be experienced thought out the CtonfederacyIohey will becotoetabuu dan t! An adeqaate saupplyof armi and ammu nition Will I -obtained.- the ocoqp&to of the xtortionerr-lhe aider and abettor ofthe.nemy will he goner and lhe GbTernmehtand. pepplaf: be placed in a rltfborfo'-'lpbntfuci''. tht'wa,Itli vi'andiucceeslSf mtm? 1 have nothing to report of the ? armyv which youTwin not find in the papers'. The tumor lht Gen?Priee.no4r-1ft'Cbmmandfofthfr State troops of iittsourihaa been made a Al8j r?General in the XJonfederate'army, fsI understahdwitfaputr fouadation The people of 'Missouri are Very de4 sirois that ihPresident should confer upon him the appointmebt in questionin which event the State troops- would immediately enlist into J the Confederate servicer Bui the President is laid to take the position that the; troops must enlist first, and that then he will take into consideration th9 appointment I of hPjric&WMn whilet:the Confederacy is in danger "of losing Missouri,, the ,t" imrwirtArtt. in a militanr view; of all the border States. -. Il is believed that the beople and the troopswould readily consent to the transrer 01. the Litter to the Confederate serfice.lbut forthe attempt, which was happily; defeated, tosuper sede! their favorite officr;by;the appointment of Col.jileth. i-.iv,-i':v ;v . - ... . I may mention a rumor in tnia conuecuoa, ium a committee of Congressmen proceeded to. M. nassas yesterdayi charged with a request to Gen Beauregardibat he fwouid consent; to be trans ferred to4he military . department embracing the State' of jilissauri. Gen.,B. is almost indispensa ble to the Army: of the Potomac, and ? theriS are many he woutd regret to see Jiim! leave it. It is reported that the President is entirely willing to make the transfer. Of one thing you may feet eatisfied to wit: that GehB8auregardj!! will do what he f believes to be best Tor. le puDue ser vice.! A more loyal ? and f. uhselfisli pair iot does uot breathe within all tte .bounds otHhe Confed eracy. J m ; i;'":::'-F-;-:fitv-'$ W-td THE LATE GEN. . ZOLLICOF; - THe intelligence of the death of this noble and gallafit man will be receiytd everywhere in the South with regret. Though not a soldier by pro fession, he had many qualities that admirably fit-5 ted hfmtb command. ? .lie was a brave! yet) dis creel ; and mingled! great firmness withmarked kindness and urbahityi'? -Though not what might be termed: a brilliant man,- his endowments were iar above the averagMa.pre4orbtnantdUait Mfi tn5g57"Ogmeul Knu sirong.poiuniuatiHe.--r Itf his intefcourse with mehrhoaa very boarte dus ahd pollte, :fad "exacted Jlhe same! deportment Irm otners towara nimseu. xniueiu. o. iiouse of Rerre?entati vea,;of which he was a member from, the Hermitage , : District, for isix years, be held a high position, and was esteemed for the excellence bf his judgment! the, integrity, of his character, and the flnnnesa with which he adher ed to! his, convictions, "'He! ' was a livery modest man i without Dretensionil bluster bravadot and Vet, he nof only had commanding -infloence, but was realty jearea oy tne uiaeK jepuoiicaq members of the Housed J?" '"r i ' We can call to mind an instance whenK aa one of the members of that little band that upheld the fortunes of Millard Fil"mi6re; InJoprtionHto U'rf Tmno PtiAhAnon eni4 'TviAYl iH,ramryit a taunt wai thrown out by one oftheRepublicans which provoked the General to taker the floor. After rising' he - indulged an '.expressive j pause, ,meanwhile shaking his long, finger ;ih the ; direc tion of the Black Republicans, and "prbdbcing visible seneation all over the: House. ,' They knew that he Was not a smajtl to be trifled with, and would not submit to any" i mputation upon his " motiVet'1'--.'? ?Z'4:&- :C3S:':r: . Such v waa . the man as we knew bim and we had the honor ot a personal acquaintance 'with him. t . , . i y ' - -1 ; A Union man while ; it was honorable to be such t he was a leader in the movement that aepa rated his State from the abolitionized government -of Abraham liinooln, and has sealed his devption to his principles'with his blooaVfJHla death: is ia loss to tne whole nation, ana especially sx io our cause in the State vf Tennessee, -where hi3jfiame was a tower of strength. GenZollico&rilwai a native of North Carolina, but emigrated when a boy to the '-Stato!of. hia'MopUonptbiily-is-the aeaui.u4 sucxi a uiau a eeripus toss o , us a i tuia time, but we fear that the: engagement in .which he met his end is the most serious reversethat we have ytt experieHcedV ,; How. shall it be. repaired 2 The enemy, will doubtless push tn towards Knox- ville, to get possession of the most important line of railroads intha iDOuth.s A jQordpni Jis $bemg drawn around Ytrglaia, and she- may bb: , Within the foal coils of the serpent Unlesl the important point now referred to be strengthen 5d ; immedi-1 .t . J: it ...... - - i .,- --Sv ieiy. jjtfn&novry -Virginians. . THE GBEENSBOROTJGH AN JT DANVILLE RAILROAD CONNECTION. The Richmond.Dispatch urges the speedy build ing ohlhis road in view of ihe following facial 7; ,v ,The disaster in Eastern Kentucky and the ap- prehension it has excited for , the safety of our connection with the Southwest through the Vir-! ginia and Tennessee, and the;East Tennessee andj VirgitiiaJEtailroadsandih.er of our intercourse with the South via. the .Wil-' mmgton and Weldon Railroad, by theRurnside - Ex ped tion, directs atten Ubb' ; to the -vi tal imporp tance of completing the connection between the Richmond and Danville and the NorthCarolina! Central Railroads. .-V JThis connection,, only "some" j3; or 4io, miles-iong,jQ weeki. We have . the rail js - we imagine, ormay jget enough from the Baltimore and Ohio jRaifV road to add to. those, we have. to finish the line. It would be a surety against aninterruptiOn 6t wutiuuutvauvu - wibu iuo oouui ; uuu oou i lowest, Which at this .time is of vital imDortance; . We ,trust .that Congress wil 'prb'mp&y.driitsetf.to. 4,ne consiaerauon: r. tne matter, ana. mar, it may adopt such, measures as witi effect this work as ;peediliih -V" Craven... iounty.has.; eight jcoumpaniea in, t the Hbldp seven to the : Wat land one? for Uwelve months.: xne conuiouuona receive in Charleston thua farfronx all aourcea for the relief of the Jsufferers by the late fire axsounta to $29464.13. of tbe I UUI Ml"'" - . v . ...rntmin Sokmecla DSassuialver S?uiA inliment; It may be-on this i dis- wise, J -m;; ita LitlIo Giant - i jyiissMar How many;. fr is V h ad children.'?' t'dont kdbwf ti'a.notimporunt. hT?iJp- 'titihnr- Camt as namd Rafter :mtt?&&m North 7 VfW'11"" w wavI think such an Nprjow.jtndntf et awaj . j honor as naming our camp r mu, -y - - :orth''CpilnaTbfoo' He 'certainly - is j a hair 1 H'hear -some call it Camp Dudley -Thissoundi xliaifitls" must have heard of Gov. D.idiey.:TOv helehief magistratef Nbrth Carola. Be this a! il&ayl Ydob't elffbae old aaMeyres much about it nowV- In wch confusion, I can t tollfwhitll theambbf bAir camp:a;Fearing that. I-ay hayeit wrbb I leave Ujjlankwat your readers guess for. themselvee.. .r ;'-J - Iwbare now about, one v and a quarter; miles.. from the Wi5 of Yorktdwn, if you could find it We came tothiaAMv lotDea.'lseiiabbl the;5tb!pT thepresentj month. .. s,t.-v . .v,1 '...-. - Martin (near Bethel) Wth0t'?XUJ.ij ;' 'If 'mai oe a. matter f mteresV to; .the fiends of the bhatham Rlfleallnd the rogi meht geberally tofe;nbw socwiriingf bur jmoyementa :;Vnca that tmie mOnTtibned U or our second oegmuiiig vu wi"" y" !3dbfiheinbnth. ; The boys rwept;attwUx'eart and wofed like noble fetibwwit nearly all the poles and boards - wero: ready -And thecabins commencea going up ii f were all in fine V epi'rits. because ' we"" bad such "a blooming prospect of being sheltered fr 6m the vpasTthens al ready ;long;roll fell most unwelcom Vi e .were uxuoreu. hwbjt. - a vw., v in line of marchr Oam pDioieEarekafOT kJ lefE Yorktown ,fbr Wbrmley i Creeks SSieftormley's Creek forTorktown tf aij.!4 3t -.left Yorktown for Wormley 's, Creeks Mi - .(' -- - rf5 -- ..--1.1 4 4, left .Wormley's . Creek for Yorktown 6neftbiwke's;Miiis for Ybrktownvt 11 V Such moving as this tries both bur patience and bonstttutionsaswellaaf ourvpcwr msy little tents. -The boys, however, have got so used to mov ing about fromyone camp JUi'anotbery that , they don't seem to mind it "There's nothing like get- line usea to a ming. commenced for, the Airi time on our winter quarters on the 2hd.'init. - After getting out a good mian; poles,: wa abandoned the work altogether, and I believe it is the univeml desire among us th&t ai fourth, beginning shall .never,be madei The7winteriribw i half - gone, andthe presumption is, I suppose,5 if we can stand the firsthaif in burtents, !we aa i stand the 3ast Aby'hbw''wtfvftirot!ittotil!y : Wb now have Some hard " weather jpw The" sinwrabouTirx i cold. , ?' il?l4'!;"!cISt':i ; We manage to keep from freezing by ; having eood, because it U rather inconvenient and trouble some to get our wood. Sometimes we bave.it hauled to vusomctimei we don't: Upon the whole, there's vor v little fun in being a soldier any way The billy luxury we now enjoy, consists in the most delightful reflection, tnat our term (ot aer, viceit fast drawing toHart close, j A 5 few more weeks, and we'll be free. God be praised for the nrosDecfi !; ' i'V :' '.-0 fv' ? There's a eobd deal of interest being manifested in our camp Chatham Ri2eg,3 as to ; the exact time when our twelve months ' shall bnd." The office fa of the company .: were4 cobamissLor.ed iron the l5thApril, 1861. The J muster ? rolla: s.were made out; and every soldier was put down as en listed at that time, by the direction of Capt. Love, the' must wine oflicer. ; We were mustered into service at Raleigh "On the 4la day of -June, with the express uhderslanding!before the oath ;wa administered to us that our term of service com ¬ menced on the 16th April, 1861, and ended on the 15th. April, 18 62. r The Confederate Government paid our officers from the;. 15th - April,! but the privates, (poor: unworthy devils,) were paid from the 4th June bntyi" A private is hot considered anybody. -Tbey are supposed to be able to get along with little or no odt and never to have any use for money. 1 This is tbe reason hy they don't pay them;) cine ooiaest weatner mat ver comes don't efbet them at all. Just give them itoo baircotton blankets, and they can sleep to: be aiiowea to nave any "-To return to our lime When la it " out ?, It seems to me that no power can ; hold us longer than the 15th April next. rr We are' anxious, ex tremely ,scy. to? returhto out homea: at the, earliest possible' day, and we hope .thai some one io 'au thority will see to It that We are disbanded tohen mtrjtimc ii KrvDoubtlea we'll be? kept here as long as possible. The oflcera of a company I get irora oy w 5iov per uuuiu, miu vu ui.- appears ancea do nothing, while Iherprivates get $11, and do ewer thing that is done, or will be done daring the terrible struggle that lies! beXore us. ; ;; It is fact indisputable; that- IherS are 'inany officers in the Army new who are making -more money than they ever made before! ;i wouldn't be surprised if there aint some in the service who were satisfied heretofore with' orfy cenfa a day. Tbeir pay now is somewhat cf an inducement for rthem to bang on as long as possible, and, with some I suppose their patriotism is worth just $80 per month, no more : To speak a little; plainer, there rare doubtles some; 'oQoer8''iltt&the. aerTice I who Would not be fnit but for the one considerar get sick every time ' there's a prospect of a fight) just as long as the Government will continues to pay them;fe:3:,vy ' -4 I've written enough. V are, aa I've said, nearYorkto wn at thU time. tTJey Bay we'll re main! where -we are during the winter;-but they don't knowanjr thing more about itthan toe do. - I wouldn't besurprisedjf we didn't strike our tenia to-day and pitch them'before nightfall behind the magnificent entrenchment at Curtis' tLaneufWe are all f&'a sort bt don'l-- eare y' aboutTavery thing, except aa to the joyful day when we- shall leave thia Peninsula bound : for, our t loved .and happy hemes.: Grod bless our; mothers aisters 'nina mnA riarxAa Ull ra RArt thm I ' " - . ;fi ORTATFEOM KEKTUCEY. , j PfJo&iskiLLx Jan; It. The JIunfordsYinecor respondent bfthe Jownal:ot this rcitysaya the Confederates are driving cattle into the ponds and watering places on the route of the advance f -United States army, aad killing theia, so as to render the water nnibrihliog. I bitter bold bf afewinter taat; ?N 6t so. ;On the 9th,. at 9. o'clock, A' .31., tne soundly and sweetly upon a snow bank or In a pool of waterl Yesj air f . two blankets is a plenty for any privats to have, tin fact they ought'nt more. : ' - il li II hi I Hill I I " I I I II I Ml I H II II fc I ! I A N 1 M PORTA N t ;TZr gratified to W tASl'- TH1 ted movement is on w?rn it v I'- ' railroad officers lSv$ OP of rMlroad iron and , iron miA ...T' wrth. r'A." the eeesc ttries federal S ate.. T ktSCfiN conim.ioi?tion1ihroaSK,V .wc-iionai renewal 0f ."Vtt IzN considered project';?, S 5, Coosidekble prejudice '.aiatsi M many V the pieces KHft dangeroua and tmwtfS. hl kS may be said of tsentotS? UeaeSt UrbyrivJcSffiM having so alight a hold fa:fifcf blow out and iniur'. r wrd. fc BUI1 UltlU I the bar rel -ft . I J ..-.. ,. - J v un urom . the barrel of a flu. rfkwiaE the muskets altered at t U.: FayetteviUe, - whArX bv 4k the metallia crowded iiJS? NaS! the tube the sCrei the sdrew knd renaar iu ki Y. lMfaiirt w as w aaa nmu,i.H . MI as firm as thatofhvrr.,"Wc1n. TheW S-,ate arn1"'lhu.MlSrco fcwU equal to ainy muskets ia use: and 'I4 U rior to any guns that could noi ilZTl m ghtbetiilficult, if Uot ioSil tain aa gdod material. mWS0' tacture o; guai tasda carefullj dS when unlamiied opporiuuitv U J had. '; -v. i-j"? r. 'v.- ,. ponu ( ;.Experimenti .have been ihada at thl 1 J' to test the valine aod efficiency of iiu. they hay been perfectly f cases bt guns thai did not pm ktJLTj ing or a Jmndred rounds failsd toibt whatever on the! firmness of ihe lube.; J DISASTROUS ! FIRE IN EW OBLlm I N ai w Orleans, Jan. 25.4a disaitroui h qurred thfs morbiDg, which 'dcilroyed Uo rtct3 dft Magazine street, occapiod by Chtj, C. Giis Ooi as a -hard ware store, and another bj H.H. fquipmerits. ; The loss is about $150)00, , u uurpni;j uoe? uuk eicea f 40,000.; ! 1ST OF LETTERS BEflAWUc t. JJ caUed for in ; tho Raleigk Pott Office. Jinm ta 18621. JL .. J- K ,j i' -; , Areritt, Miss Carrw R ElaketMrs Joseph . Beaton, Ftanklin .1 Bo2eman,! James F t ' CJoTingtoii, LtM fi Gope, Andrew '' "iiP-.-V dnnpbelljA.M''!t; Kennoa, VilllimA ' LneM, tieorrr . Lowder, Willuua ' Mort, MinJalU ' . ' Morgan, AG i Mill, HP ,'.t" . ; Mfldliu, Mm Tirjlul Caaroly, Miss Martha W AleUIffl, Miu AniEiO C5arptBter Miss Helen M 2Nicholi, Etepbei Carter; Mn Lncinda Newton,' Soloaoi EdgertonDr TK Emery, Qorge' H IVanka, Jmesy l; Flowers, Joel , Ferrety Mrs Leonoria Gully i Lnach . '.ri ChwranGienl Walter Kipper, Loan l 'O'Neal, Tyne j. .' Penon, Ilou StaulJl .'Pilcg Mn fiaralit 5 . ' Kideout, Min Kuxj Reddish, WilliM -:Eagle,AdjtBI ' - ' Saaderford, Ciiht . Smith, Hits a BvasalJoiepk! ' 'L 1 . WilliamiAddii?. j ;WtwB,MrfVAV Wilaoaj JaaMK ,; Watkiaa, UiuMtl 'Webb, MeunJlJS HU1, Miss Elizabeth llambrick DN , Keflin Rev R T iarris; Wb L v JiwelL Milss Julia Jones, MlirWilloy t Jordan, Carpt B J, ij Kelley, MiflS Marjr! i ' King, Miss AdeUQ 'I'rwrr t nn'a n Dart' vertised Letters, and rin tbe itlt the List.' - . GEO. T. CUUaB, l'.:.-. - v i Pod Mm jaifc29 Bethil Regiment to be Ee-orrta ized." v EXECUIIVB DKPAEMETt C, at Amirtum GaHiaifi Ornci, I milE FIRST .REGIMENT K.CVOLlJj teiera for tba war wUl Jb forme4 to taki to Pi without deiay, with,te ifl""". meat, wbicfc wiUreceiTS -hi Miflituiar comuiun " accepted towbom ajbouuty ot Majj MjgJ will he-paid by the State and fiftj JW'S States.? Whan afall oompaaj i. cew. willbe commission;. a -55 j; iu.- 4 ws.fc Llea aant for tvent;-iri f, lUi WHU " w .. n. Lieutenant for fifteen. : " 1 TheMUitia whoave . "-Tr;, iJu. is Mil etill ara" mv r:t:t:- h.v bMB OrMfta aw Sportanity of mSS, l hJ, n doirnr wlU ba credited t tw r 1 be ia readiness, can su isnortnnitT of eettint inl the nombef so doing will tiro counties.; - ' J v (Suit : "-"-stv1. By order ai """"-.T.tOia : -t J. G.MaatnArr All, tae paper. 7 , V "i: EXECUTIVE asXaJ i inif hnrriHIC.i l m - . a. ail prue .satui , r:,V: war a-; "rLr wae have yoiuniec !r:.T" gnj Diitrm- -made; and hohld piitrW k mtnt, volatiteer for the ; ..tii wL. ...mni from tne ewu ,fitTO. i Jn29 It ;. - J L - 1IC FOREST MACT PANT will pay the hig- And LJaen ras daiiyerea m -r f . a.'-- . T (1 1HT Jn. 19.1852 3w,' 1 4 SUadardi please copf Aid 1 KiABLiBYi GOODS U assortmentof 0 : J . Cloths, Caasiame., V-ajlJ- Bi 0 illusion BoUs, TarUto 0 ( ?,? ."I toa ana ou r,..k u0 VSsU aad Drawert, BUrt : M .u . . VaKAS. MUM 1 VADk ' broidery la.:CloaU aflg Clftha, ana , ftu, dowd w.-- pr 'Jkat, Ac. Ac , 1 M goUjust teeiTf t9 ' , r- IflOOWinter and Spnnf LlaH I - $0&: pieces MWJXL 1 1. ':.J t per CoUon Uoee ana - . , , .a T - al -r-? ' V , trSi of tha .MlHfDl' GOODS ,5Sa!a-Sri JiT PAY, the S0U inat, wa-Jgr f lJi Jaa21; i badslnsresKionaV towards solving . ui 1 r freedom, as any class om .rob,a St . lincalthe breakil r'' lUBoouia ran riM L. ?biiii therefore hope tb.t lZT O minds-will be brbugj W the dav desie-n r.Ver. in ,U ij "a t .in wwu. - . 1 1 1 .- . 1- - Vi4 -A -fv- 3 : v i1- ! A- B! , - -'f,I' 1
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 29, 1862, edition 1
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