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i t f Ouxi are the plans of fair delightful peace, Unwarp'd by. party rage to live like brothera RAliEIGII, X, C; i 4" SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 5. 116. , I LOOK OUT FOR THE CROSS-MARK. ! We'shall send our SemWeeklj t? tbope who are in arreare, for tobscription for two eeks more with a croie-xnark oil "their pa pers. At .the , end if - this time we; eh'ell strike from our list ill who are in arrears. Vft trnst that it will not be necessary for us to strike off any of bur' subscribers, but we must have "the money in' advance for bur. paper hereafter; . . f. - -"v . -.- 1 " "r i - ; , l . THE KALEICIl STANDARD. Since the commencement of this war the Editorof the Baleigh SUndard- baa. been moat persistent in his effort to make mischief, and distract and dinde ; the people of . tie State, at a time when, of all others, they should be most thoroughly nnited. Jf the people are not disunited and discordant now, it is from no lack of effort on his part to bring about so dire and calamitous a condi tion of affairs. Nothing can be done by tie authorities to win his approbation. The fnft tivea of some of the jery best men t in the "State are impeached In almost every issue tf his paper, and if the people credited his statements, they would be brought to the conclusion that they were the wont govern ed set of folks on earth. Disclaiming all partisanship, he is notoriously attempting to build up a party for his own aggrandizement and the gratification of his own insensate ambition. To this end he is toadying to and lickspittling men whom, he has spent a life time in maligning. Scorned nd repudiated by the Democratic party, which he betrayed ' because it would not make him Governor, he is now making fulsome and disgusting advances towards certain leaders of the old Whig party, to which he originally belonged, and which he deserted for toe consideration or a 'newspaper cfEoe, and hopes, by their aid, to be enabled to attain his selfish ends. ; His instant Tituperation of what he calls origi- ii secessionist, and sxgar-ebating of those whoVhe calls "old Union men," warrant the inrence that he is tired of secession, and wouSJ gladly hail a reconstruction of the Union.'1 What does the Standard mean by such a senteW as this, which we find in an editorial in hirUat paper ? Io February; l$V vast majot ity of our peo ple decided against iusolving the , Union until someorert act should havo been" committed against the Southern 5aiea ; but the ,; minoritv were diratigfied with tbe tci$ion, aid continued to agitate for disunion, am. u the result ha shown, for a bloody war. March, 1861, a convention or meeting of orittnal secessionists, compoeed of old Whigs and old Democrats, ' was held in Golisboro. . A new patty' was formed, as the proceedings show, called instates right party ; and it was resolved by that Meeting- that the Stite should ba taken out of the(jnion by a revolutionary movement, to be coniVnmated. at Charlotte on the 20ih of Iay. . But Soh Car olina fired on . Fort Sumter io April, Ypd air. Lincoln then drew the 'sword on the, cotton Sute?. ' . " : . The above language is in perfect keeping .with that whieh the Editor of the Standard used on he 17th of April last, when heW serted, after the war commenced, that tb responsibility for the bjood shed in it would rest ppoa the shoulders of Jefierson iDaVis f and the Confederate States.. His assault upon the members 'of the Convention at Golddboro' is, in substance, a censure' upon them for paving more foresight than he pos sessed, while, at the same time, it indicates that he would, if. possible, undo what has. been done, or, in other, words, place us in the condition in which we were in February, 1SG1. We repeat that his langaige means this if it means anything. No other con. s true tion ean, by possibility, be placed upon 'it He is actually, arraigning and censuring a portion of his fellow-citisens for baring a better knowledge of the. ends and aims, of the damnable Yankees ' than he had. For our own part we were as good a Union man as tired in the State or out (jf it until Lin coin's Inaugural Address csnrinced us that his purpose was to coerce, the South into a submission to all the acts of his Administra tion, no matter how aggressive upon it they might be. The Editorf the Stan Jard took a different view of tbe Inaugural, and said it wis peaceful io. its tendency, and was willing to await an overt act of aggression by .Lin coln before he would counsel" resistance, al though in thecase of Fremont, four-years' .previously, he was unwilling, in the event of his election to the Presidency, to submit even to his inauguration. What shameless incon sistency! For our own part, although we did adhere to the Union until the appearance of Lincoln's Inaugural, we sincerely regret that we. had not been a secessionist -months before that time, for in that ease we should hare counselled the seixure of 'Fortress 1 Monroe, the Goeport Nary Yard, and, in fact, all the strongholds in the 8oulh, and .making all those) preparations for war, the want of which has been so severely felt. " From the same editorial article we extract the following: ;. . ': 1: The result was the people of this State deter mined to resist coercion. - and a Convention was called'. ; The Hon. Weldon N. Edwards; wbohad presided over the meeting at GolcUboroogh,- at whfch the new . party vr&s formed, war elected President of the Convention over the Hon. Wil liam A. Graham ; and Mr. Johnston, of, Meck lenburg,, voted for Mr, Edward, thas abandoning the Whigs with whom he had acted, and identi fying himself t with the State Rights or original secession party. We do not know whether Mr.: Johnston attended the meeting at ., Goldsborough or not; but he no doobt approved its proceedings, and. as we have seea. he identified himelf witb the party forced there, by Toting for the betd of this party, and against .that able, ' conservative, and patriotic statesman, "WillUm A.; Graham. ;, Here it will be seen that the Editor of the Standard assails , the original secessionists, and Mr. Johnston for yoting-with ihem, when, oo the very day on whieh that vote was given, North Carolina was, with the assent of W. W. U olden, declared to be no longer a mem ber cf the Federal Uniou Where, then, Wss the offeooeof Mr Johnstons voing for M. Edwards, when Mr. Holded voted with Mr. Johnson and Mr. Edwards, and all the other members of the Contention, for the ordinance of secession t .. ; rZ i- The Editor of the Standard charges us with spending a good; deal "of our time in " abusing" hinu If the exposure of his mis chievous practices and purposes can be called " abuse' we plead guilty, and shall continue to be guilty until he 'changes his conduct. BRINGING FORWARD .TIIE BELLS. We are clad to see that the congregations of different churches are readily complying with the request of the Confederate Govern ment to give up their ; bells with a view , to their being cast into cannon. They will be devoted to a holy and sacred work that of securing to us civil and religious freedom.- God will smile upon them in their new vooa uon ox nurung aeam ana aestrucuon upon rnfi(l(T nrl vi.nf?il)i .mftn rtha h&vtk mat at naught all the preoepts. of His gospel as benignly as He did when their chimes sum. moned the worshippers to His altars. We are very sure that there is not a church bell in the South that will not be tendered to the Government. If we do cot prevent the Yan- kees from getting possession of our country, our church edifices wilrbe of little use to us, as their pulpits will be occupied by puri- tamcal, Praise-God-Bare-Bones,; cropp-ear- ed, round-head, Yankee Abolition parsons,, who will preach blasphemy through . their noses and compel us to pay for it. , BURJf SIDE'S MOVEMENTS. . There is a great deal of uncertainty abont the next movement of the B a reside Eipedi tion. " Burnside is said to be making en trenchments at Newborn, and we think : it extremely doubtful whether he will attempt to move from that point westward. We aro inclined to the opinion that his nexjt move ment will be either upon Wilmington or Suf folk. Should we be wrong in our conjecture. and ar-nnlrf KnrnaMn atl-mnt f.A tmx Golrlo. . : r .- I boro'.-we predict for him a signal defeat, as oar men are all ready panting for tho fray. LADIES' GUNBOAT. ti Lot t The ladies' of .North Carolina, determined to be behind those of any other State in any work calculated to advance the cause of our glorious Confederacy, are agitating the aject of building a ganboat for this State, the fund for this purpose to be raised kv 8uhscriotion. . We nublished in our last - . .. ... ,. . . - . . v - " J nv uuujju kuuuici uuui ujio. vmiij xk. wt- lins,. proposing somethini? practical. We call aMeotion to Mrs. Collins' communica tion, ami will simply remark that whatever is to bo done should be done at once. , . - " v -Foa tHBEs4MSTsa. J To th Woutm of North, Carolina . Alrady have the women f Virginia, Soulh Caro lina and Alab&ma collected a fund to build gunboats for the defonco of their rospeetire States,, and the in terests of the .Confederacy. Io oar straggle for liber, ty, oar State has been behind hand in nothing, nor ean I think she means to be, in any project, (whereby her aealaad honor can be vindicated. I call then npon our patriotic women to eo-opexat In contributing a suffi cient sum for a gunboat, to-be called "The Old North State," and I venture to submit,, for their approval, a plan for obtaining the necessary fond. ; It is this : lo ask some one or more persona ia every town in - the Btate to accept the post of collector, and to extend the subscription list to high and low, rich and poor, s o that every women and child within our borders may have the opportunity to aid in maintaining the, cause of the Confederacy and the honor of the good old North State. Mrs. John W. Ellis will take the wes tern part of North Carolina, and in the middle and eastern- portions, 1 trust I may meet with tle same cor dial response from those , with whom I have yet to communicate that has already been returned by those who have consented to act as collectors. , K . j Any person not within reach of a collector, and de siring to giva to this object, can de so by forwarding her subscription to Gen J. Q. Martin, who has kindly agreed to receive contributions. " ' -'..- - S4.LLT R. COLLINS. EAU the papers in the State are requested to gire this as extensive a circulation as possible ' y " FoaaiQK; Ysssxis at tm South of thbt Rio Grjlkdx. JThe Galveston iVsws,of the 15th ulu.haa private advices direct from Brownsville, from which 1 we learn that there are now 16 foreign vessels loaded with T merchandize, con- '6uou atamoras, out none or tnem are au lowed by the Lincoln hlockaders to enter or to discharge their cargoes, unless the foreigV-3on-suls will give bonds that the . goods shaV not cross tKe river into Texas.' .The Consnls . are awaiting instructions from he irrespective Gov ernmenta. ' RAIXROAD c It will be seen- by.' the proceeding of ,the Stockholders of the -Ealei and -MtoB Railroad Company at their meeting held on Tuesday last, that it hey have r instructed the ;rs to subscribe' for S200, - Board of Directors 000; worth of the : stock-- of the .Chatham Railroad Company. - We hone - that tio time will be lost in getting this vitally important work under way. j The vast mineral treasures whicn, wnen. compietea, it win; aeveiope, will supply a demand vmore urgent thafl has existed at any previous period ofour history. X largo number of negroes hare been re moved from the: eastern ; part of the State, and their owners 1 will cladlv'hire them out to. work in so healthy a portion ; of the State THE VIRGINIA. ; Wejadge from! the following paragraph, which we take from the Petersburg Express of Thursday, thai the Virginia is fctfo ut to make ahotbJer cruise in Hampton; Roads. Onr to Ko&folk. The train to Norfolk yes terday morning, went down crowded with ladies and reatlemen of ! this city. -The object of so many vuiung KorioiK at tnis ume is so wen known, that we need hardly repeat it' Theis seems to be a general expectation that something interesting will transpire in that quarter at an early day, though' we are altogether ignorant of foundations or such reports. We nope tnat none who go down wilt return disappointed. We need something stirring from somewhere, to arouse the dull 6plnl9 o. the community. :: , . EXTRA SESSION OF THE VIRGINIA IwEGISLATUltE. Tho - Virginia Xepislatnre will meet in cx,tra session on the. 1st Monday in May THE BATTLE OF NEWBERN . The State Jouroal publishes In its last is;ue a report of the killed, wounded and missing in the iaie oauie at rtewoern, a recapiiuiauon 01 wnicn we .subjoin : ; ' i Kined. 6 Wounded, t Missing. ,7th Begiment, 15 30 26th - 5 10 8 23 11 3 8 2 3 2 11 72 42 .6 144 9 8 25 7 7 39 2 22 1 2Tth " . 4 28th ' 33rd u ' 35th M 32 5 1 1 37th Leecrafts Co. M Brem's Evans - t it ' u l Whitford's Herring's Mayo's Latham's 10 64 101 , ! 13 1 578 I . Total, . ; This report of our loss was furnished to Ihe Journal by Gov. Clark, but that paper baa no con Aden ce in its aocuracy, as it was made up from Company reports immediately after the battle, and it is certaia that it will be found that many here reported missing have since reported them selves, and that many of the reported Killed; and wounded are prisoners or have returned to their regimen t3. Thk Cotton Pla-xters. We notice -that several meetings have been held in the principal cotton region of Georgia, at which the planters resolved to raise a mere nominal crop of cotton, none exceeding a fourth of their usual breadth of land. The Milledgeville Recorder says that many large planters are acting upon the scale of T. M, Furlow. Eo.. the intelligent and natriotic Sena- a , , , . , tor from Sumter county, who declared his inten- tion to plant about 1200 acres in corn, and twenty j acres . in cotton tnis year I - xne jnecoraer also states that Col. Leonidas A. Jordan, of Baldwin. who i, perhaps, the largest cotton planter in the State (his usual crop being about two . thousand bales), will cover his several extensive plantations with grain crops, and such other artiolesof food I aWmav be ncceasarv to afford an abundant suddIv during the war. Dr. Jarratt also has .instructed not to plant any cotton whatever, but to plant 1200 acres in corn,potatoesJ&c, to aid In supply. ing provisions for the South during the war. Such patriotic examples deserve all praiser and we are glad to see the like spirit pervading all the culti- vators of the soil througnout me oouixern 4Jon- federacy. JLn a few weeks tbe Yankees will learn the terrible tiding that not a bale of cotton will be frown in 1862 to tempt their cupidity, and re ward their search ! The i fact will break them down. . r -Resignation of . Rkv. Da. Hawks. Br. Hawks, who, in consequence of his secession pro clivities, fell into great disfavor with his congre gation, has resigned; his pastoral charge over Calvary Church in .New Yorkl r ...J.. . All the generals of our army of the Mississippi are now at Corinih, including , Beauregard, Sid ney Johnston, Bragg, Polk, Crittenden,-Gladden, Buggies, Carroll, and Kirby Smith. . Gen. Jack. son, of Georgia, is in command at Corinth. . ; Tbe French Government owns three thousand i hogsheads of obacco in' New Orleans.: It "will be huTned,' says the 'Crescent, "or rolled into the Mississippi before be (the Emperor) obtains pos sesion Of It." ; : " ' " "i- : A -i '"'ft - Fort Macon ahd thx Nashvlli. The Wib mington Journal of the 3 1st ult. states, on the authority of the Rev. Mr. Martin, frcin Beaufort, that the Nashville did go out, and that Fort Macon; has neither been blown up orTevacuated, nor is it -.::.. i.i-t a -l - Tankxk Tax oh Tobacco. Remonstrances from Kentucky have! been presented' in the Fed Z 1 eral .Congress against the project for taxing baf tubacco three cents a pound.. The tat of Ken tucky would be three millions, and that of Mary land a million and a halL It U said that some of the principal tobacco planters In Maryland hesitate to pitch a crap this season, from an apprehension of 'loss oo account of this tax RALEIGH. AND GASTON - -From, the' Ekhmond Dispatch. v TO; r: The Ordnance Boreaa of the Cob federate States aolicilj the use of such bells as can be spared idur- png the warfor the ''pupfjpridiniht Ertinery for thepubfic defeucviWiippii vuuuauh, mo euppij Qi na isaeacient tocoiver the copper Into bronze, Bells contain so- mach tin that 2400 ronds- weight of belI-meWrfniied with the pierXquaotity'tof'coj 'sotBoe' for a field batteryof six jpiecwli;;N;i 4 Those whaare willing, to devoter their beUs W .this patriotic purposa will receive -receipts! for them, and the bells will be replaced, if required, at the close of the war, or they will be purchased sb prices. .: - - y ... "-s. ; Bells may be directed as follows: V Kichmond .Arsenal Eichmoort.'Va., Cuvt- B. b.vfittevina A Charleston Arsenal, Charleston, S.'C, Cant.F. L. Child. : ; - ; . , Augusta Arsenal, Augusts, Oa-i I.t. CoIJ W: 1 Mount Vernon Arsenal, Mount Vernon, Ala., Capt J; L. White. -. .V-j . - . Cfelumbus Depot, Columbus, Mbs.. Mnjor. W. R; Hunt: :.7H "- - : . ' t: , Atlanta Depot, Atlanta, Ga., Lieut. Ma II. Wright," ; -.:::x: U H'i-i:" Savannah Depot, Savannah, Ga., Capt. Ri M. Cuyler. '-). -- ," -. -j-. . , . "I Knox ville Depot, Knoxville, Tenn ," Lieuf P. M. McClung. ,V. - ', - '--" : :;- Baton Rouge Arsenal, Baton R uge, La., If. C. Humphreys, Military Storekeeer: . :.-. Montgomery f Depot, Montgomery, Ala., (X G Wagner, Military Storekeeper. -Lr : ; -; .' t '4.ne uovernment will pay all charges to these 1 ; t ji.-;n -- ' 1 5- . 1 piauis, uu receipia win oa promptly return ea iQ thS proper' parties. . : .1 . '- -:.,y la Persons and congregations placing their hells at the service of the Government, are requested toseud a statement of the factwith ' a description and weight of the bell, to' the Chief ot the Bui reau of Ordnance at Richmond, for record in the War jj'epartment. 'i - Our Nisxr Govbrkor. The following pagers,' about all wo have left in the Stste; have expressed themselves opposed to' party-tsm in the . selection f our next Governor, and in opposition to a Jean- f ass by candidates,and Holien is opposed to all of 4nem : For Unity 0 Action. , Against it. : Raleigh' Standard. The State Journal, " Raleigh RegisterJ V Wilmington Journal, Fayette ville Observer, Winston Sentinel. Salem Press, ! 1 Greenboro Patriot, Salisbury B inner, " Salisbury. Watchman, j - ' f Charlotte Democrat, . i Charlotte Bulletin, ' if Charlotte Whig,' . i Concord Flag, f. I . I ! Mountain Eagle, , , . "" Asheville News, j . V:" - Western Carolinian, .". ! : id IreaemJxprees.v I" Milton Chronicle, . : ' " I 1 State Journal. 4&We take the subjoined items fromf he unarieston JViercuTy: i . . j Mors YakAckes Baooxn on Edisto Ist.aNDi-1 At midnight, on Friday a body of our troops landed on Edisto Island, with a view of makinir a little ."raid." At 3 o'clock: a. m., on Saturday. they attacked the enemy's picket guard, contdstink- of 60 men. - Our boys succeeded in kiilinir oue. and making twenty-one of the -Yankees prisoners. This neat little exploit .was accomplished; almost without loss on our side, three of our men having been slightly wounded. The captives were brouiht to the city on Sunday. - -'1 :'"- - . " i ;i ' i Doings of the Yankees at S antes. A re port has reached this city3, ' stating tbat a Yankee I I l- r ii- - 3 - i it t h . iauBn. r"ra vuw5 KBm.8 i,nfar vapeomam last Katuraay,ana aestroyei several coasting ves- Belg wtJch W6re loaded with rough rice. - A sloop belonging to Mr. Doar, and a schooner belonging iuumw, wem u4eu.1uucu.1u - w,ig amonS the vessels captured and destroyed ; Fkom Nassau. Information has reached tljus "rnfe f n have 3000 troops on board for Ship Island f M'isavV bad passed Nassau on her voyage. The schooners Leonora and ;Zaidee were at that port.-: The steamship EUa Warley had left for Havana. The schooner JL&nra, uapt. xacKionpurg, Caa arrived out. - The. - Bahaoia iierald : mentions that j the steamship Karnak, which reached Nassau on twie 16th inst. from Havana, brings a report that t-ae steamer Miramou, with H00 bales of cotton 6a board," had been captured off the mouth of-jtbe Mississippi, ! anq mat me .-engineer maue an ? at tempt to blow Ler up, but failed. A disturban'pe had taken nlace on the shin Ella Warlev at Nas sau, during which one of the crew stabbed a com rade. A detachment of men from her Majesty's steamer Bulldog quelled the riot and placed the offender in jail. ' The Abms iSAFsMuch apprehension having been felt for the safety of tbe large amount pf arms and ammunition recently .in. Dor led . into New Smyrna, we are pleased to be able to state that every portion of it has been removed ...f ron the neighborhood, and Is now en route for , ue army, which the last of them will reach in the course of a few "days.- : .'--;..V.,L Captain K. B." Pegram, C. S. N., who "became so famous as the commander of tbe steamship NashviUe during her recent voyage to Soathamp wu mill u;&t ao uvn . u . aaki bwitiuk . Charleston . Hotel. - ! Gen. Gideon J. Pillow passed Branchville Sai- day morning, en route from Richmond to - the Seat of War in the Mississippi j Valley . .: THE SOUTH-WEST AROUSED, - r By a gentleman who has just arrived from - tKe ' Sooth west via Mobile, we learn that the whole Southwest is most - thoroughly and heartily ioorV YThe Mississippi valley istmecamp." : The wave is garnering wnicn is suoruy io ineei ana rou back tbe tide of invasion 'Had the elements of re . . i i . 1 a - - i im. sistance been thoroughly aroused, ' and the proper machinery sooner set In motion , much Joss and sujf- Tennz might have been avoided. It1 Js now matter of time. : The.enemy's advancs ; will le stayed and his forces driven back-, but - at what point is somewhat doubtful. He may be able to compel the evacuation of Island Number Ten or he may not. r This will have no serious effect .urf on tbe eventual. course of the campaigs, or 'upon its final results,! although upon tne length of time during which that post can be held, may depend tbe extent to which the advancing wave may go. Below Forts Pillow - and '.Randolph the enemy eannotpenetrate..;, iv:&.bV t5-.; l-i Of further important movements we do not feel at liberty to speak fartberj than to say that tbey n In the right direction and -U is . only io be regretted that they were not atfoner made.4 Wit. Journal. 1 , - ORiiTHEiBAIEIGH;& GASTON ,R. B jAt a called meeting of the Stockholders of the Raleigh 2c Gaston Kailroad Cbmpaoy, held at the uouri ttoose, in ine uty 01 j&aieiga, on x aarsaay, the 20th of MarchH862 1: vi Hon. Jno. II. Bryan,' cu the motion of George y Mordecat, was called to the Chair, and W. W. Vast appointed 'JwUryJ:'iv--i'-'rlpV. '4Ho.rD M; Barringerapj eared as the represen- ,Oti motion, the Secretary w8 reqaeslod to ascer tain the amount of stock, represen ted in person and by , proxy-. ' . On rnotion, the meeting adjourned i until ' 7 i.V-- T.O'CLOCK, TBUKSDAY EVKNIKO,, . . - wThe mee ting was called to order bj the bbair- ' : xae xscretary reported that th. arapont i or -norsutflcien aecording quorum lor the transacuon of business wQere- lOa motion, the meeting adjourned to meet io i .,. -- ft. RALiidd, Tujcsdat, April Yt 1 862. i Pureuant to aa adjonrnmont the stockholders of; the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. Company met --tne jfresident resumed jthe chair, and called the meeting f to order. PircKreedings of ;tbe former meetinc read and approvedn 'jC; Vci:..' i The Secretary having ascet lained, . reported to the meeting ..that of the 'individual stock of the Company there were represented in rnerson L047 shares by ; jproxy 8,225 shares-4-toUl number of enaresrepreeen ted, 4.272. " .- -t; ' v r:. . " I The Chair announced the meeting to be regu tariy organizea. ior ine iransacuon or any bust . Hon,' D. M." Barringer appeared in behalf of George. W.' Mordecai. at th request of the t:i Cbair stated to the fit ickholders the object of the maetinr, when, . ' --': '-:-- '' ; j Dr. E. A. Crudup offered the following resolu tion : A-.."--..' f V j -L--l - " --v.i : "V:V- Resolved, That the directors of this comoan V be, and they are hereby authorized to subscribe for 2,000 shares in the Chatham RailroaoT Cotn pany for and oh account of the Raleigh, & Gaston Railroad pompany? t.:- vO-f- k " The resolution waa'unanimously !adotecl?i i K. P. Battle offered 4he following, which pass ed una n i mouily ; .' 1 , K -" A j -.; ;; : 1 Resolved, That the Board of Directors -may pay said kubscripUon to the Chatham Railroad Company, in bonds of this Company, or in any other manner they. .think proper. - " "r.; ; '. On motion of Hon D. M. Barringer, the meet- 1 ng adjourned.;;.! ,. t -- -. 1 ". r -.? ? 0 jP:'.' ..-,; , - J JMO. H. BRYAN, Chm'n. , W.W y ass, Secretary. ....! PATRIOTIC EXAMPLE. . The coegregation of theSecond Baptist Church in this city have set an! example; that may chal lenge emulation but for self-sacrificing patriotism cannot be ex(mlletL They met not . long since, and by unanimous vole gave their church bell to be cast into cannon to be used in the public defence. 1 To show -that this was. was not an emptypro miee made for effect, they immediately cacTll; la kes down to be put to the use indicated.' At the saore meeting at which the resolutiou- above stat ed wa passed, it was determined to subscribe a sum sufficient to purchase eaough metal to add to that in the bell to form into a battery to be called the Second Baptist Church battery. "Mr. John F. Tanner, an influential member of the church, and largely engaged in the foundry business, pro mised on behalf of himself and associates that the battery should be ready , at at as early day, and without cost to thore who furnished the ma terials. "The churches in ; Kew; Orleans (a large proportion of them bei nff Catholic) ba ve. s .with the sanction of their Bishop, adopted the . same course. ziswreA. ; , '"y . The late attempt of Captain John . Morgan io capture a Fedetal General has been ; heard of at tbe North!, and the Louisville Journal makes. the following allusion to the drcunutanray-. f'V- '."It is said that an attempt was 'made near Le banon, Ten nessee a few days aeoi by Morgan's cavalry, to capture General Budll arid two or three members of his staff. The story goes.thst Gene ral Buell was on horseback and: as he approached a toll: gate the .keeper warned him of the dose proximity of - th: rebel ' cavalryvi : Subsequently the cavalry approached the gate, after Gen.. Buell and his f staff bad retired, charged the keeper of the gate -with disclosing . their plans to General Buell,anct then killed him.?r , jy .f " . ' II Tothis thVAtlanta Confedei'ae :: " 1 V: We are in possession of information that the yankee General was invited by a : Ucioa- man,'; some distance from Nashville, to come out and , dina witfrjhim that3Iorgan, by a contrivance of his own,whieh nobodyelse'could have concoct-; ed, was made acquainted with the fact of the in vitation' being extended,, and or his acceptance, and was, with his men, posted at a point where he would have bagged him and his staff, but , for this gatekeeper, who' knew Morgan and proved to be a traitor to hia country. Tbe swift judg . ' s : i s ' - m " - a a .: ,i : . ! men i vianea upon nim dv juorgaa ior nis treason was a righteous one. Morgan is a trump.: He has a-! way l way or nnuing out thiner which no one but himself, or one equal ly fertile in resources and' schemes, could invent., tie knows all tuemoveranu or th Xankeftjienr. erals where they sleep at night, and where they intend to go next day. We doubt if the world contains his superior in this line. He is certainly tbe Marion of this war. t We fear he will be made a General of some of these days, and hereby his usefulness be put to an end t: .;,..!. k If: it. r- ' . -J';."1 - " " I h h;' T?- i 3 A-;1Mttemotjs HiKTVhejNewlprleana DeltOy Ot the 27th ult, referring, probably, to the naval movements which it is expected will, be made from that' city during the ! present week," says i ;;" :: ;vr Sundry and divjpra indications lead us to con elude that there is something going, on of grave importance, but wnat it is we are restrained from even speculating, Irom prudential reasons as Well as out or kind regard for the tender nerves of the old male and female : ladles, who are easily flur ried, who always seek the dark side of every pic-' ture, and whose fevered imaginations conjure up danger where it ; does) not exist. Still, we ;wiu venture to assert that Abraham's statement that '"nobody's hurt" will be lar Jess truthful ; a week hence than. when It was first msdei f' v fe i ). 'Captub or X' Noted Bridob trajrim akd Tbaitoe. -The Knoxville Register, orthe 27b " menMons a rumor, wuico a twucucu ior as reii able, that the notorious Capt- Fry,;, bridge burner and traitor," of Greene-county, '.waa -captured In Lee county, ' Ta.'WiUi a company recruited in East Tennessee for Lincoln's service,he was mak ing his way to .the Federal lines, but was encoun tered by a body of Confederates when a fight ensued. - Twenty of Fry's men were- killed, and lorty, including himsui, were taken priaonara. The fi-Repbeai published the lowing extract of a letter from an oCcer of ' army in Tennessee 1,14 i: 'q n? ?. -ivj..; ,V tur . j ' , "Since lny last letter was written, I have eiauoueu xtastpori, iu.ua. i . in support O river, battery of twenty-foor - pounden. ; gunboats of the enemy engaged us twice. Hiovinsr ine Daueries. we unmasaea upon mm '. a M - 9 j (-. - twice, and forced him to retire to. his raservd at Savannah. f We experienced "o lc the shells ff vinar wide of the mark. . L L j .1 . : ..1 , . i. VTo day jwa march to oin thegraad army Corinth.-- Our.", force there can be increased at to a hundred thousand.: Gens. Johnston.' Hard be, Crittenden and Breckinridge are all there with their commands. O an. Pope Walker's brigade, to . which our regiment is attached, moveelto Corinth to day, at twelve 1 v :'; i f -It Is impossible Id say what the titn of .the great battle .swill, be.!;. The., enthusiasm of . fair ; friends is great, and believe j their aucceaa In- ! evitable.- Wer tnwit no low tha -day, or .the vvorst is. tolbe apprehended.'') -. i.V -vi;''; ' I . j-X TWENTY ; FO UR. SHOO f EU. :-Dr, J. G; Pettersoni of this place, lias laid ujin bur Uble, a Fittol which fie hus invented, tbal w . regard the ne plus ultra ot: revolvers. k It Isf Twenty FiiurShootMi wnstructed nnoa to aeat a scale, that we can Carry it in our vect pocket with little inconvenience.'. It i has two tiers of tube , with twelve tubes in each tier: and so. arranced i that all the chambers can be fired without hal tin jr. ' except to depress the; barrel, whieh is done in an mstaut, preparatory to tbedischarea of the second circlftofcbmbes.--;-c..;; -ki-'L'.' I.v'l f .- . 4 . xdq jr.naj. aeierinioea to put up a nine upon the tame ptani which io the hands of our armv.in. tiie absence of cannoo,' could ever be conquered I ' JVacn soioier migntcarry'2 or 3 loaded i cylinders . extra, in bii pocket, and when one round Of i- ?4 shou was flred be eo?ld attach another cylinder -in a moment, and continue his firing... We hum bly trust that our military authorities will supply ! .our army; with tese weapons. V1, ;- -Vp. '-- ' The inventor has made application tp the " : v : Mario C.) Express L- -r i . ..;. . i e iearn jfpm a private letter just reoelved in vuis cny. by wst.w xamntco. aioxioo. inst l&a -.t,.. r . Tiri..., ' .liI' - ' .tA. ... t uiuuuvr nuuiuai iTaru, ji mj pun, WQICQ 101 1 Matanzas on the 31st February with a return car go ; for the Cpfederat States, was captured on ' tbe 24th' of the same month by tba federal steamer ' Harriet Lace. 4 A prize crew was placed oa board ' the Ward, and she was taken to New York. -i-Cantain Dennis' was taken bv the Uarriat L.n" to Ker WesM and was-sent from thence to New York,C4aiZsto. Courier: - ; : I :JHtvv homicide;-. r:-v . On Tuesdav. nifht of - this week. v Jamet H. Jones was cDmmitted4o tbe prison in Graensbo-' rqugh for killing Wm- Sieverisoo. .The affray took place some eigbt or ten nailas South ot tbis plade. i We know nothing of the alleged cant pf the murder, and but little "of either of ; the parties. The decoased was; t we - learn, aboat twenty. 11 vd veari of age, bad a family, and was a son of Robert SteYonon,(rm6or patriot ' Mr. j3tME; Will you allow me, through tbe Regis., ten to call tho attention of our State authorities to a medium by which to secure a supply of arms ior our defence? J.t.ls tnis: JLet those having the aathorlly. . appoint men in each county in the State, lo hunt up aid purcaais ail toe rifles thai win ao ior serrioe, and Mtoar' gTOSinith throagaout the Stat to alUiiar thent so as to earry the Minnie balh Many of tham are- long enough to make two 'guns, eaeh two bet long a more deadly weapon seed net be wanteds ' There are some half dosea sruasmiths la this mhii?. and It is quite reasonaWe to suppose that there is not a eounty in the Stat that cannot furnish at least from t two to four smuns. Vrt u tbis process should appear t wv Slow, lemre m xew gnus wim eaeo smiu, or la each county, and take tho others to rayettevilia, there to be put in order. . 1 tulnk I aca perfect! safe In ear. ing, that there are 600 good rifles la this souaty tkst might be converted into 700 or 800 good weapons at a trifling expense to the State. And the ohm ean I obtained. ; If the . State would purchase these fuss, ,t and each county , in the State would furniih,' ea an J average, 175 rifloir, allowing for those that would bear! being eat in tsro, we jronld soon bate at least 20,000 of as good and efficient lfuns as any people need want. 20,000 stand of good arms cow, would be no ssull ! item in the defense of oor good old State la the pres. 1 ont posture of affairs-- Tennessee has adopted this mode and has supplied herself with arms, lit kepe : our State authoriues will see to It at once, ; j .. , j . Ona of our gunsmiths (and he is aa excellent work man) has bored oat and prepared snoflgh ef our home made rifles for one of our volunteer companies, aad these guns, the smith saya will throw the common round ball, pup inch over the centre, J 00 yards.' , Aad to the distance of 400 yards they will not fall suwre than front 4 to d inches. JUesides the rifles,! there are a good many Shot guns that would do fearful exseu tku at close quarters.' I hope, Mr, fiditor. the press generally will take this matter is baud aadj ergs tbe imperatire necessity of it. ; j, . , I. A word, to the. wise, atc. tev. -..V- f -- - V $ Q UBB RN ATOKIAL ELECTION!. i -;ais.ua vsiwivcN ivj svs v 4avasia 4MI MIV W MSB VI WjwWj voter who loves H ortb Carolina, to place in the ehatr of 8UU snsh who-ii emineatly jqualified for tbat high and responsible 'positloa. I, ihnrttor, present tbe name of I)r. CharleS B. Johnson, cf Raleigh Dr. Johnson has every ,uli flcation for tbe office. lie has a very superior order of intellect, is highly cultivated, and remarkable ior executive talent ; besides, be has great firmness of purpose, combined with sound Jadg mentand untiring energy. Be Is emphatically the man for the times, and if elected, will be an hon-r to tbe State.. Be: is an unflinching Southerner ta his Eolitics, but be is no partisan, and if aleeUd, will are no friends to reward aor enemies to punish, j Xmake this nomination without tbe knowledge or m-pproWtiei C Dr. m, W kaw he is too patriotio to refuse his services to the public at this Im partant juncture, and if elected,,! koow he will de vote all the energies of his mind and body t promote the suocess of our arms and the general interests of thaState.----1; ; - -f.iV ' ;-1 CHOWAJf.l ' P!re:y::piED :t:j:;v.h: -'vl ' 'Near Aliens villa, oh the 23d' of Febniary last, C. B. B LAUGHTER, a little son of spL J. T. Blaugbter. . Also, on the 18th ult., Mr. J. A. BUKCH. Both much beloved by all wbq knew them, i- ' " CONFEDERATE STATES P. O. DEPARTMT,) ' . ; : iRicoaoiri), Va. April 1, 1S02- j JIROPOSALS WILlU HE RCCJCXVED . at the Contract Office of tbis Department until S M., Tuesday tbe 1st day of May next, for earryiag ; the Mails of tfc Confederate Btate till the 30th day of Jane next, on the following rentes in North-Caro-lUa,jto-wit' ; f .f'r.-y'., . .j .;. .-. Route No. &O0(W7rom Tawboro', by Sparta, Falkland, Oseeoville, Paetolus aad .Boyd's Ferry to Washington, 45 miles and back, six times a week. Leave Tawboro' daily, (Sundays excepUdJ a 1 p. as, - immediately .after tbe arrival of tbe cars frtw "ORockv-Mount. ' . ' t." Arrive at Washington next day by p.m. j Leave Washihgteu daily, (Suadays excepted) at ;':-a;saad ye:H'i-v-"- -' f- . " ' Arrive at Tawboro? same day bySjm. ; u r ; llonte No. 5008-From Wilsea by Saratoga, Waysville, aad Maiiboro to Ureearuie, sr sauea -aad back, twice a week r " I .. ;" i Leave Wasonuesday aaa jrriaay a o a. m. i, Arrive at QreenrUle by 7 p, in. J h - ' Leare dreeaville ? Wednesday aad ; Saturday, at at nu and ' ; -i " I, ' "!!' Arrive at WUsoa by 7 p- - JODN If. BEAQAN, apf 4hbt4w:- Peatmaeser Ueaarai. Ucn n a ; The - i ark 1 i- -1 i 1 . i
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 9, 1862, edition 1
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