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SATURDAY. MORNING,- APRIL 26, 1863.
THE MOVEMCNTS OP : TI1G ENEMT
The accounts which:, wo publish v to-day
give reasons Cor thpbelief thtt Eicbmond is
ifnore in dinner of 'an attacVfroTn theNorth
than from the Peninsula. 'The KichmondS
s Examiner of Wednesday has r the following
article on this subject : ' '.; "':
The clouds of war thieken each moment." The
enemy are pouring large forces into th- Valley of
the Rappahannock from several direction. ; jlc
Clellan u reported to bare dispatched a body of
troopa op the Rappahannock from the Bay,
to reinforce McDowell'4 dirision i at - Fred
ericksburg A' citizen f f Fauquier, who -r
rived yesterday, reports a large array as advan-
cing from Warren ton. Ueo. Jackson Is said to
have fallen back from the Valley to Gordonsville
before Bank, who follows after him with a cot
"umnof about thirty thoa tand men.! If Banks
and McDowell should combine their diviriori's,
which is probably their purpose, Richmond
would be threatened from the direction of ' the
Potomac with sixty thousand men. '-;-.- ; i
Our govern meat has ordered heavy reinforc
menU to meet these approaching coumns, and it
is very probable that a decisit e battle may be
fought north of Richmond before that on. the
Peninsula has transpired. Our best fighting
generals bate pursued .the policy of giving the
enemy a fierce fight before falling back under
the pressure of superior forces. This was : tho
tactics of Jackson at Winchester ; and, if he is let
alone, will doubtless be his tactics again before
falling baek behind the line of the Chickahominy4
The effort of tho enemy will, doubtless, be to
e fleet a junction of hia,force under Banks and
McDowell somewhere in the county of Ijouisa or
Caroline. "We su pose it will be necessary 'for
General Jackson to withdraw until be can get
both of these columns in bis front. 7 This . doae.
the instincts of the man will, doubtless, induce
him to offer a battle. Our Corinth is on the
Chickahominy, and our Shiloh somewhere in ad
vance in Caroline of Louisa. ' We sheuld not be
surprised at bearing within a week of a fierce battle
on this advanced theatre, whatever it may be.;
, We augur well for the result of any engage
ment that ma come of in that region of country."
The enemy will be far from his water tase of op
erations. He will bo compelled to meet us on
equal terms ia every respect, except his superior
numbers, and we can manage pretty heavy odds
of these. . A soldier accounted in a soldier's sat
isfactory way for our yielding at lat in one of
our "most important battles. . lie said we whipped
them the best part of the time and as bng as we
could fight, and we should have whipped them all
the tiracif .they bad not "out . reinforced" nntil
there was no end. to them. They got the belter
of us on the second day at Shiloh simply by this
process of "out reinforcing" us, which their, prox
imity to the river enabled them to do) If they
j come in upon us as zar as uaroune orlixilsa, they
, i will be so far from taeir water transportation that
; this favourite plan of "out - reinforcing'.' will be
.'- impracticable. . Whatever odds they open the
battle with thoeydds only will they hold against
us. -me mentnat ngntana are wnlpped one
S day will have to fight and be whipped tffo next
i if they renew the encounter. A whipped . army
will not rest while a fresh army comes forward
- to engage our troops, worn aad weary with a day
of exertion and excitement, as on other occasions.
i It is not for us to divulge thendmberof our own
troops that are concentrating on the lines - north
of Richmond. Suffice it to say, thate believe
them to be ample to withstand and repulse the
enemy. . There is this further encouraging fea
ture of the campaign in that direction, namely :
that both Generals Jackson and Ewell have the
reputation of being fighting generals.' Earnest
and vigorous work on our side-is all that Is want
ed. Dispute every mile of the road : sell every foot
ti territory lor Diooa is tne true tactics. - The
sage policy of the back track may do very well
at times, and the virtno of spades and sandbags
may be very great in the proper place ; but here
is a campaign in open field, where numbers will
not be greatly unequal, and where neither 'side
has had time for engineering and airt digging.
That country, too, offers many battle fioids ; and,
as this war at last must be decided by, battles,
better that they should be fought pri mptly - and
bravely than postponed to more convenient sea
sons and localities. j . "
If Richmond is to fall by the want qf valour
in troopa or conduct in generals, it may as well
fall this month as tho next; and if ther enemy is
to be driven, Jbeaten and disgraced from our soU,
lar better that it should be done when they have
freshly entered than after they have ruined the
country hy a long occupation of it. We ; lose
more by delay than they do. Their ex senses go
on whether their armies are within our territory
or hanging upon our borders. We lose thousands
jof dollars in value every day the marauders re
main jn our midit. :
The strategy of the back track is a very costly
qno to us. It exhausts the pocket, it crushes the
heart of tha country. The wear and tear otleeling
it entails is fearful. It protracts the Work of
ruin, it intensifies and prolongs indefinitely the
agonies of exile, which is the citizen's livingldeath.
Invasion should be the sirnal of blood v and dna.
per ate work, of fierce encounter and wrathful
blows ; not of a cold strategy, and impossible
T
oiiiciai policy. - . '
Liot those who thus cbartro us ' with beincr un
true to our native land. tonder the . folio win ir.
from the 21st chapter of Revelation "All liars
shall have their part in the lake
rhich
burneth
with fire and brimstone; which
death." JfaZoyA Standard, t
U thd
second
The above cornea with a peculiarly good
grace from aa individual who, in lanother
column of tho same issue, admiU, substan
tially, that for partj purposes," hej "lied"
about a gentleman whom he now thinks the
fittest man in the State to fill the guberns
torial chair. If the Editor of the Ealeigh
Standard has his part in the lake whioh"
burneth with fire and brimstone," he' will be
himself a witc ess to prove that he deserved
nis rate.
ENOUMOU3 EXPENDITURE.
The. WashingWn correspondent of the Cin-
cinniti Enquirer sajs: -r j . '
T.ht.wua f War says that the inereased trans
portauon required by the advance ia the enemy ter
ritory, has increased the war expense to jiv, million
per dy more than the prmtinr machine has the
power to supply. - .
Gen. Price having been appointed Major Gen
eral in the Confederate States service, bai resign
ed the commission of Major General given, him
oy we Governor of Missouri. .
THE EDITORS OF THE HAL EI Gil
r STANDARD; 'A 8EI.F-CONVICTED
-1 XXDBhLESU o.v-v::!'.!-.:;;
; The Editor of the Raleigh Standard, in
his issne of the 22nd ; insi; adrnits. - in sub
atancei? that he grosaljr Hiecl QoTcrnor
Graham, now his favorita candidate for the
office of Governor:-; Here ia wha the wretoh-
ca man aays : ti- : -r . i
;Nowi wit admit that we ised every word-whlch the
Register has eopiad fromTthe. Standard against Gov.
Graham We did so in the heats of party strife, and
for arty purposes. - If we impeaehed Gov. Graham's
patriotism; or honesty, or fidelity to his State or see.
tion,hen we did turn injusUee, and we hereby retract
it. If wa denied thai he Dosdessed superior taleats
as a statesman, then we were mistaken.1.
- Here is a confession ?by the Editor of the
Standard that he knowingly and .wilfully,
for j)arty purposes," inade charges against
Governor Qrabam, v which were utterly -nn.-fouuded
in truth. These charges were made
in 1846, and over and over again, since that
time, has the Editor of the Standard assail
ed the character j of Governor GtJ,' at one
time cointr so far as to charge him with be-
ing an ally'of Seward. . He has; permitted
long years to elapse without repairing the
injustice which he admits he did Got. Gra-
ham, and only does bo now because it suits
his present selfish " purposes.' : In 1846, he
deliberately charged Got. Graham withjbe-
ing a usurper, with haying injured his State
by his gross errors, and blunders," with
being a Federalist of the blue-light stamp,
with taking " sides from principle; with the
money power against the people,' and with
being " in favor of splendid echemeg, the
result of which must be to tax the laboring
classes enormously, for, 'the benefit,. of the
privileged few." But the Editor of the Stand
ard says that if he did these' things he ws
" mistaken." Unfortunately for him, he has
not the excuse of a . mistake, for in, the first
place, he admits that" he made the charges
against Got. Graham "for party purposes"
yes, "for party purposes," utterly careless of
the truth or falsity of his allegations. Who
hereafter can place any the slightest confi
dence in any charge preferred against any man
by this seif-convictad libeller? But, in the
second nlace. the . Editor of the Standard
has not the excuse of being ignorant of Gov.
Graham's real character, for he was raised
in the same town in which Gov. Graham re-
sided; and boasts that the " first, dollar "
he ever possessed wss given to him by Gov.
Graham, from which bad investment on the
part of Gov. G.J he (Gov. G.) has reaped an
interest of long years of the foulest calumny
and abuse. " There is another reason to show
why the Editor of the Standard was not ig
norant of Gov. Graham's true charaoter.
He felt himself to be on such terms of ac
quaintance with Gov. G. as would' warrant
him in asking the Governor's aid to enable
him to purchase the newspaper office of the
Raleigh Star, and on being refused that aid,
he intantaneously turned Democrat and was,
for years, the wholesale libeller of Governor
Grabam-and every Whiff whom it was his
interest to assail, and if possible, sacrifice.
mm ' a ' - -e a - 1
. 'I he charge of the. standard that we are
bitterly hostile" to Gov. Gl is as wilfully
false as he admits his own' charges against
that gentleman to have bcen. tVe have had,
and still have, the highest respect for Gov.
Grabam, and scarcely anything but a knowl
edge of the fact ..'that he was the political
consort of so vilo a calumniator as the Edi
tor of the Standard admits himself to be,
could induce us to believe that we had formed
an erroneous estimate of bis charaoter. f We
do not blame Gov. Graham for the tender of
support which ' the' Standard now mak es to
him, no more than we would blame the sturdy
oak because the "sycophantic -ivy." twines
itself around, it. Governor. Graham has
no means of preventing ; the Editor of the
Standard from damning him with his praise,
although we are very sure that he, in his
heart, feels he -was more honored when the
Editor of that paper loaded him with the
foulest abuse, going so far, even, as to'ebarge
him with deliberate falsehood.
' " PORT JACKSON. : . " j
As at the last accounts Fort Jackson had
held out for more than a weok against the
most terrifio bombardment recorded in his-
tory,- we hope its fate will not be like that of
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Island No. 10, which, after holding out for
fourteen dajs, suddenly caved in on 'ttfe i 'fif
teenth. The Yankees attacking Fort Jack
son, if they hare pot along with ihem si mi
raculous amount of ammunition, must soon
fire 4 way all their powder and balls. '
MEMBERS dF CONGRESS RETURNING
Several members of .Congress reached here
on Wednesday .evening, and tarried a day in
the city. They represent 'that the Govern
ment and everybody, in -Richmond are ex
ceedingly hopeful or the result of the eon- j
fiict which will take place far the possession
of that city. Gen., 41. S. Foots was pecu
liarly communioative, and gave to it gentle
man of this city the details of the 'plana of
our military authorities. i
THEITEWS. 1
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I .The Unoxviile Begiatert 'ot Sunday r hat relia
hie InfortnaUdB j from qEastern Kentncky that
General Fremont- sj left' thatj section with hft
whole forcosome 2(,000 men for Corinth. ,
The' Savannaft - jteltcan, of the; 22ndf Says
that the post-bitt from jamp Fla received the
day before had the following eaido'rhent : The
commander-of the ' blockading floet," within two
miles of this place, has sent a boat here and or
dered the town t? jorrender, ori.be Tbombarded?
Major Thomas replied i Come along, then, and
take us ; I shall not aurrender. -- ' ' -tV;f
" A: dispatch ' from; lichniond dated the?2nd
savs that the Yankee tun boats which went u
the Eappahanoek River last wek,fassedlD"rana
on Monday, outward bound, with three captured
schooners in tow. J -
Pkomotions. Generals Breckinridge and Hind
man have been appointed major-generals. Col.
Thomas Jordan, assistant adjutant general to
General Beauregard, has been appointed briga
dier-general, and Captain Jack Morgan; colonel.
The Memphis Appeal publishes a list of the Fed
eral prisoners that have arrived in that city, as
far as known. General Prentiss has actually car
ried out his threat- to dine in Memphis, and we
presunW that his desire to visit the far South will
also be gratified by our very polite and indulgent
officers. The list is headed by Colonel Madison
Miller, "''of St. Louis, for 'many years a promi
Black Republican politician in Missouri, and
linent
d one
of the confidential friends of Frank Blair. If
there is one thing more than another which dom
onstratea the completeness of our victory it is the
large number of officers captured. ; The list pub
lished in the Appeal embraces one Brig. Gen., four
Colonels, three Lieut. Colonels, three Adjutants,
thirty seven Captains, fifty eight Lieutenants,
one Scrgeant Major and one Orderly.
The report of the Special Committee on-the Fort
Donelson affair, contains! a voluminous mass of
evidence and documents, jexplaining the conduct
ail the generals engaged, and closing with the fol
lowing resolution : '. I - .
Resolved. That the the thanks of Congress and
the; country are justly due to Generals Floyd,
Pillow, Buckner and Bue&rod Johnson, their sub-
j ordinate officers and menj for their gallantry, en
ergy resolution and persistent bravery in the va
rious sanguinary contests witn the overwhelming
forces of the enemy at Fort Donelson.
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The papers of the enemy contain Commodore
Foo'te's official account of his occupation of Island
NoJ 10, on the 8th instant. From this it appears
that General Pepe bad succeeded in crossing the
Mississippi below the Island, whereupon our'for-
ces evacuated the Island ; and tho works on the
neighboring Tennessee shore. Seventeen of our
officers and 368 privates, besides some sick soldiers
and employees, were taken by the enemy. Also
70 pieces of cannon and 4 steamers.
The French Minister. M. Mercier, the
French Minister, returned from Richmond to
Norfolk on Tuesday last, and after a viBit .to the
Gosport Navy Yard, went aboard the Gassendi.
Immediately after bis arrival the steamer proceed
ed to Hampton Roads.- h
The Petersburg Express says that the sick in the
Confederate hospitals in Charlottesville are .to be
removed to that city at a very early day, and lor
their reception several of the large tobacco facto
ries have been secured, and are to be fitted up in
Petersburg. ' -:
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. .
Although the Yankees are forced to admit that
they suffered a most disastrous defeat in the first
day's fight at Shiloh, they insist upon it that they
.gained a brilliant victory! on the following day,;
and more than retrieved their fallen fortuues.
Ouri Southern accounts sufficiently expose; the
falsity of the assertion t A correspondent of the
Montgomory Advertiser, who was in the hottest
of tne Datue, writes as tonows: u couia not see
that either party gained any advantage in the
second day's fighting, except that in our retreat
in the evening we were compelled to -leave be
hind an immense amount of camp equipage and
army stores, which we bad, captured the previous
day. r Most of this, however, was burned by the
cavalry which remained behind. Altogether we
have gained a great victory, and from the bloody
field of Shiloh' lingering hope will again poise her
silvery pinions, our troop3jwill be inspired with
fresh energy, our people be assured of , the success
as well as the justice of their cause, and the banner
of Southern independence will again float ' in tri
umph over a brave and patriotic people redeemed
from the thraldom of misrule and oppression."
EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE CONSCRIP-
I TION LAW OF- CON GUESS. "
The following , exemption bill was passed by
Congress, and signed by the President just before
the adjournment r ' ' ; ' . ,
4 bill to be entitled "An act to exempt certain per-
j- . . i i i . - ... r .
sons from enrotmeni jot service m the armies
of the Confederate States. " )?- '
8ICTION I. 1 He Congress of the Cbrtfed erate
States of America do enact. That all neraona who
shall be held to be unfit for; military service un-
j i . . a . -1 -1 i , .
aer ruies w oo proocrioea ov tne Hecretarv ot
War i all in the eervice or employ of the Confed-
arata Dtatea , an juaiciai ana executive officers of
Confederate or Sute Governments : the members
of both houses of Congress, and of the leffislatures
of the several States and their respective offi
cers : all cieras ot tne omcers of the State and
Confederate Governments allowed bv law : alien-
gaged in carrying the mails all ferrvmen on
postroutesall pilots and persons engaged in the
marine service, and in aetual service -on river
and railroad routes of transportation : telegraphic
operatives, ministers of religion m the regular
discharge of ministerial duties ; all engaged in
working iron mines, furnaces and foundries : all
journeymen printers actually employed in print
ing newspaper;, an presidents and professors or
collies' and r academies,' and, all teachers having
as many as twenty scholars;, superintendents of
tne public nospitais, lunatys asylums, and thercg'
ular nones and attendants therein, and the teach
ers employed in the institutions for the, deaf and
dumb and blind j in each, apothecary store now
esUbliahedoneapothecary in good standing, who
is a practical druggist : superintendents and op
eratives in wool and other factories, who may be
exempted by the Secretary of War, shall be, and
are hereby; exempted from military service in the
armies of the Confederate States.
U9. Charleston Mercury, of the 10th insWhaving
aasnmed that it Is the poliey of the Government at
Ruiajaond to supersede the notes ef the State Banks
by an &im of TTeaaory notes, iroceas to argue the
w wu Mupuw raca a course, r. ; l , ;
, xae tnjurtxce of ft, because, he eays, it s. contrary
to aa vnderstanding or agreement between the free
ury department and the Banks, 'to the efiecf, that of
the whole amount of enrroney vsed In the Confede-
ry tne,.rreasnryJshould supply a eertainv amount
aaa tne iianks the remainder. How this may be, we
are not informed, except by the Mercury, and have
omj .r remar1 jn that case, that theTreaeary should
adhere strictly to such an agreement, if entered into
ptliMilessmte ocoBrrence of nafbressan, n4 qaite
unexpected contingencies, should imperiously demand
a departure from it. : r . ; ! r ; -4 1 ,.;
But, independently of such agreement, the Mercury
(as we understand it), goes on to argue the impolicy
of such a course on the part of , the Treasury; and
asks : "Is it wise, and is it practicable if it is wise?'
And by way of argument inquires, "what would be
the effect of the refusal by the Banks of Treasury
notes on deposit or in payment .of their dues ?" He
answers, "A sudden and most disastrous depreciation
of Treasury notes." "A blow," he says, "would be
struck at the credit of the Government from which it
would never recover ;".and goes on to show the dele
terio as -consequences, that he j supposes, must -result
from the adoption of such a course by the General
Government. ' .1 - ' j' "
To which, and all similar arguments, we beg leave,
very briefly, to reply : That of the wisdom and policy,
aye, and the necessity, even, of such a course, on the
part of the General Government, the Mercury hai,
perhaps, furnished, in answer to, the very interroga
tory he has propounded, (above quoted) the strongest
argument thai can be urged. What ! The' credit of
the General Government in the power of the Banks !
In their; power " to strike a blow ' at its credit from
which it (the Government) would never recover I" A
power in the Confederacy above and superior to the
Government itself! An imperium in impeajo ! .Then
the sooner the Government can get out of that condi
tion the better for it, and all wise means of extricav
ting itself, should, at once, be adopted and carried
into active operation. 5 " . '' ' '
! Bat, besides this, should not the General Govern
ment be the sole parent and guardian of th Curren
cy? Is it not the only power in the Confederacy that
can limit, restrain and controul it ? The only$ower
that can regulate it that can apportion it relatively
to the currencies of other countries the only power
that can regulate the value, of money, whether of
coin or of paper or of both ? No State or Banks f
any State, certainly, have such a power, and if any of
the States or Banks had it, it dpuld not be exerted to
any beneficial efiecf- or advantage. Our experience,
under the Government of the' United States ought.
forever, to have settled that question. And the terri
ble consequences of an heretofore unrestrained and
licentious currency of the State Banks which we are
now, and for the past' year, have been suffering, ought,
forever, to deter -us from subjecting ourselves to their
recurrence. jj" . f'. j: ' :j
But, "Is (asks the Mercury) such a course on the
part ef the Confederate " Treasury: practicable if it is
wisef--, Yea, we reply, completely eo, provided the
General Government go the length in it that they 4
ought to and must do. " The credit of the ,Confederate ;
Government (the Mercury goes on to say) rests on the
confidence of capitalists in its ability to pay," So it
does, unquestionably, and there.1 it must rest.' Tt
Congress then make its Treasury notes-a tender in
payment of all debts, and there is an end of all the
Mercury's difficulties. There; is indeed, no real ne.
ces sity . for legislation to that specific, effect, for al
lawful money of the Confederacy, necessarily becomes
a tender, but to settle all doubts, and make the matter
plain and indisputable, let its Treasury notes be de
clared a tender in so many words,- and all the evils
that so alarm the Mercury, will be obviated, and the
Confederacy, under a. wise and provident aJministra
tion of its Treasury Department, be put upon much-
higher, stronger and safer ground, in this respect, than
it can in any other way be made to occupy.
' - Respectfully yours, Ac,
.',''' The author of ..
i "OUR CUItRENCr."
Raieigh, April 21, 1862. .
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the House of Representatives, on Saturday
Mf. Foster, of, iAlabama, "presented a protest
against the act entitled "An act to provide for the
safe and expeditious transportation of troops anT
munitions ot .war' by railroad," which, at his re
quest, was entered on the journal. 'Mr. Boteler
presented the report of the joint' committee on
the flag and seal, with a resolution for the adoption
of the flag heretofore described. After .discussion
the subject was postponed. Mr. Miles reported a
bill to create the ofhee of 'Uen era! Superintendent
of Armories, but no action was taken thereon.
Mr. Miles also reported a bill for the relief of the
leeal representatives of Capt. Wilkes, which was
passed. series oi resomwong, ouereu Dy m.t.
Lyons,- in respect ,to the memory of Hon; John
Tvler. were adopted unanimously. ; At the night
session the House defeated the exemption bUl of
the Senate yeas 21, nays 38.
Most of the time ot tne benata yesterday was
consumed in secret session business. A committee
of three was appointed, to act in conjunction with
three of the members of the House, to wait on the
President and. inform.. him ef 'the intention of
Congress to adiourn at 12 M. 1 f ,
When the hour of 12" arrived it was resolved to
prolong the session till two P. M, and afterwards
Ih'e hour was extended to three P. M., in order
to give the President time, to approve certain acts
hitherto passed. u ; ;
air. ttemmee, of .Louisiana; called up the bill to
repeal the tariff, but the benate did not entertain
Lis motion. ! . ' ' '
Mr. Clay, of Alabama, called the attention of
the Senate to the necessitv.of electing a President
pro tern, and nominated R. M. T. Hunter, who
was elected,' '-the role requiring balloting; being
suspended.-' ? . y :; Z'L-'" "!
Finally, the "Senate adjourned till the second
Monday in August next ' , I !r
. ' The House also spent most of the day with closed
doors, A committee of conlerence was appointed
on be proposed House amendment to the Exemp
tion bill -namely, to relieve from 'the operation
of the Conscription act alL persons' exempted by
State law. The House" finally receded from its
amendment and the bill passed as it came from the
Senate.'"" ' , ' : : . i , j:-
A. bill explanatory of the Conscription act,' and
a bill lor the organization of battalions of sharps
shooters were pasecd. .1
The House, at 3 o'clock, adjourned till the sec
ond Monday in August. 'Richmond Dispatch, ;
A Djesxktxr SHQT.r-Wm. Bowland. a private
in Capt. Fowler's 54th Ten nessee volunteers, who
deserted and was captured on the Shiloh battTe
fisld of the 6th in the enemy a ranks and clothed
subsequently shot in " Federal ; uniform $ was
in the presence ef all the Tennesaee regiments.
From the. Wilmington Journal
TO THE PEOPUS AWp PAESS OF THE
.IX-r
STATE.
THE GTJNBO AT SUBSCRIPTION,
uTie people of this State, In common with those
oil pur sisier , stales of Virginia, South Uarollns,
Georgia, Alabama and, Louisiana, have displayed
a desire to build one or more Iron-clad gunboats.
or joiner means ot aetence of that class. Coupled
wth this desire, a general 'willingness has been
shown to contribute liberally for this purpose.
The fact that the Confederate Government has
also entered upon the business of creating a navy,
and has directed its attention largely to this class
ofiselsTnerther renders ffiiTeffbrf unnTgcwsaryr
nor aoes ji interpose any lnsuperaoie oarrier to
btate or voluntary effort.:; The slightest reflection
wip be sufficient to convince atf, that the present
struggle calls for and will continue to call for the
exertion of every energy on the part not only of
tha governmental authorities,, but also of the peo
ple. of the Confederate States.
The ladies, ever foremost in good works, may
uc niu iu uaro luiuaicu uic luvvouitttlh ill i.iOrm
Carolina. "We trust that they will continue to lend
their invaluable aid and countenance to the patri
otic effort. . v ''ti'.lv,:,: ,; ;
Without claiming for Wilmington any peculiar
ngt to take the lead or assume the control of
thii fmatter-i-in any way, we 'may he per
raitted to allude to the deeply to be regret
ted Etate of facts which necessarily indicates
thfl; C.ne Fear River aa now affnrHnn. th.
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only available locality In the - State, sUll with
in ,he control of the Confederacy, for carrying
this'prf ject into practical effect. At Wilmington,at
Fay'jettevil;!e,or at some intervening poin t, the work
must be done, bo far as the ship-building is con
cerned. The preparation of materials . and the
construction of machinery can go on at any other
available and convenient, points. r "
The fact that now the Uape'Jrear is the only un
obstructed outlet to tide water which our State
Hostesses, gives to all measures for the defense of
that outlet, a character not merely local, but
co-extensive with the State, and its importance
is enhanced by its absolute necessity to the sup-J
ply pi satt to meet tne requirements 01 tne peo
ple.! ?
These being the facts, we feel no hesitation in
appealing at once and strongly to the people of
the whole Slate and of e very county in the State,'
to come tor ward and lend a Helping hand to this
State work. It is true that the Confederate gov
ernment may build vessels incur waters, but these
when built, do not, Dy any means, Deiongexclu-
stvely, or even peculiarly to' our harbor, or to our
defence. They may, when completed, be ordered
off to any point on the whole Confederate coast,
and! mav never return to the waters of North
Carolina. We want something different from
thisi Something made by the people of the
State I ' to be used peculiarly for their pwn
defense. ''" -'j- ' - '
Feelinsr the necessity of organization for the
accojnplishment of any work, and more especially
of a' work of such magnitude: we have urged; the
formation of associations and the appointment of
of committees not only ftere, out in every town
and bounty and district in the State, for the pro
motion of the desired object by .the collection of
funds, and by all other enective and proper menns.
Recognizing, this necessity, the people of Wil
tninsrton neid a Town Meeting, at whlch they
expressed their sense ot the importanco of the
measure, ana lnvitea uie co-operation oi tneir iei'.
low citizens in all the counties of . the State, but
especially in the counties of the Cape Fear, section,
at the same time placing the matter in the charge
of the Safety; ; Committee of th Town,
which body has constituted Messrs. O. I G.
Parsley, A. J. DoRoseet, and -William A.
Wright; a Special Crtnmittee on - this; mat
ter. to solicit and receive subscriptions: and
to mike all necessary arrangements for carrying
out the object which the subscribers hsv m view.
They will no doubt discharge the trust confided to
tnemiwith energy and fidelity.,
M4y we not earnestly . request all who feel an
interest , in this truly state ; ellort to , give
tangiplo proof of this interest by placing
themselves in correspondence with the above
gentlemen, and by immediately : forming or
ganizations for the promotion of this -object
by the contribution - of money .and by all
otherifeasi ble mean s of co-operation. . : -
In connection wun tnete remarks wo re-pro
duce ftne statement ot tne special Committee,
although already published ' in " yesterday's
journal, v . .. .v.-,' -, ' :
The Committee of Safety of the Town of Wil
mington, to whom the citizens of Wilmfneton in
public meeting assembled referred alk matters con
nected with the construction of one or more iron
clad gun-boats or floating batteries for the defence
of thej entrances to the CapeTFwirRiver and the
Coast if North Carolina, have cbnstituted the un
dersigned a Special. Committee on the subject re
ferred to them. ..-if r- -:y y
: Thol means of defense indicated, whether ty an
Iron clad gun-boat, or by an iron clad ' floating
battery, to meet the impending exigency, should
be constructed as promptly as may be possible; and
it is therefore of vital importance that we should
ascertain without delay whether the necessary
means-, can be procured. Contributions . for this
purpose are earnestly solicited. Should the amount
contributed not be sufficient, or should any un
foreseen contingency prevent the commencement
of this work, the sums tendered will be returned
to therespective donors. , '-: . "
j Among the resolutions adopted at the public
meeting of the citizens of Wilmington, it was
Resolved, That the citizens of the several conn
ties of the State are requested . to organize Com
mittees to solicit confributions aridotherwise to co
operate with the Committee of Safety in further
ance of the proposed work. h Ji ( '
' Ther manifest importance of the contemplated
work to the State at large, justifies us in calling
on ; every patriotic citizen of North Carolina iq
come forward promptly and liberally in aid of its
speearaccompiiflnmenu - - yyx u: -
Comimonications to either of the undersigned
will receive attention. . .-. .:r.-.,'v';V:
-!;i' ' :-, 'i O. G. PARSLEY, "-
f . -. - j Ai j: jjkkossbt, -.
''' -'".' WM.A. WRIGHT, i;
A subscription book will be opened and contri
butions at this point received by the undersigned
at tne j$anaoi cape Jfear. j r , 4 ,
WM, A. WRIGHT.
Wilmington, April 9th, 18G2. f
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The Huntsville (Alabama) Democrat says that
a company of Federals,, while on a scouting ex
pedition ' to McMinhvilJe, Tennessee, asked the
wife ef a Confederate captain (at home on a fur
lough, we believe,) where her husbaBCT was, and
on her persistent refusal, to tell, (hey ungher.
It is suggested that they probably did cot intend
to take her life, but merely p extort from her
the desired knowledge and that they let her hang
longer han they designed. . Admitting this to he
true, itldoes not, in the least, mitigate the-devel-
ah atrocity of the act.
lJttlfi ; AR 11 1 E3 r A ROTTT nrtRTNrTT ' r v.
s QUIET-THE PLANS OF THE ElTKMr-i
THE LATE'BATTIETCl-'t ;"j f.k?".
that at the date of hU letter, the 2lh: all waient '
et,VHesaysr;;gHW-;:.fv:- f? -;;.
Both armies seem; to have setUed down Into
tateofquieL There !snreorJes skirmishinjrbe?
twn the picket and,cavalry, in which the Cooi
federates invariably get the best of iL; It has'
rained almost uniaterreptediy since the battle.' and
the condition of. the road Ja h
them impassable to arUUery and barza L.n7
i It is not probable! taerefoii th.t AJL
undertake any offensive movement tl a gicral
character for some davar-.rh.M
weeks. . -l. -V 'r."' .
tru rrr -vT- una ja.empnu and Charleston
railroad at Hunts villo should create no alarm.. It
is to be regrettedy of course, but it has been tx-
peeled for some time. The armr for the'defenco '
of the south est ha already been more or lots ' ,
concentrated ; and sheuld it be found neoenarv to -
caii tor aaaiuonat troop irom tne SOQtQ Atlantio
SUte they can be forwarded bv" another
The interruption of cooimunjcation by the toad
will doubtless interfere with the arrangements ot '
the Quartermaster's Department, wbi?h has been
drawing a good deal of forage from points eakt of
tfuntsville. So much greater tho heceeaitv. there. 4
fore, that every blade of fodder and every grain ' -of
corn In the cotton 'States should be carefully '
husbanded. Kothinsf unon which man or beast ran
subsist should be wasted. - " I ; K J . ,1 - uh
There is no reason to bellove that the ehem v will
seek to move down into Alabama from HunUville
iiis ( destination is Memphis ; and , New Qrle-i
ans.- He .may occupy so much ,'of .Alabama
as lies north of the .Tennessee river, but be 1 1
will hardly veutulre to crow' the' river' so -far I
east. .That portion of the railroad lvinir north
rht the Tennessee river cannot be much, if any less, '
a complete auster rolj of. the Federal erpodi.
tion up the Tennessee ! was libund' on the battle- f
field. It shovs .that the enemy had a forco at "
and around the battle-ground of 61,000 men.' This
includes the division of General Lewis Wall .
at Crumps landing four miles below Pittsburg,
nuu virutca w no engagea ontll early Monday i
morning, There were twenty-one batteries, aver. '
as:ing six pieces to the battery thuf making the '
number of their 'crun one hundred and tontv. '
six. After . deductine the division at Gromn'i i -
anding, and alio wine 5.000 for the sick.' we havft ;
a force of 48,500 men. These m erf we fourht on
Sunday. The force opposed to us on Monday. .
25,000f whom wene iresh troops, were still lar- -
ger. ' Allow 10,000 for the captured, kill- i
ed, wounded and disabled on Sunday, there
would still remain of the force. 38,000 men. 1
Wallace's division f 7,5CfO, and Buell'a reinforce-1
men ts, who came tip Mosday, roughly estimated
at 17,500 making-together, 25,000 men would
swell the Federal army opposed to us on Monday ;
It would be Improper, perhaps, to offVr anv es
timate of tho forces engaged on, our side. When
all the facts shall have come out. however, there 4 '
will be found additional reason for the pride! wa - 1
bo justly feel in Southern arms and Southern prow
ess. The Confederate forces! wers chiefly from "V
Alabama, Mississippi, ' Louisiana, Texas, Arkan-.
sas, - Tennessee and Kentucky. Georrte was
represented by an excellent batterv and a fine cav
airy company, and gallantlf Ultle Florida had a
regiment on the fid id. - ..
Dispatches x-rom Gb. j BxauBxaaan. We
find in our exchanges the follo wing - dUpatches
from Gen. Beauregard : ;' j-'V" v VH j .-,"'. ""'
-J : . Corinth,. April H.": '
To Oen.R. E, Z, AetHnff GineralnChief f
Reports of commanders: show that fourteen
pieces of the enemy's artillery have been brought '
from the field of battle over twenty. flvo color
and three thousand prisoners captured. My gen-,
era! report of the battle will bo sent in two or
three days, t -ji sj-.v-" -i')" '"'j''.---'
I have applied for an ; exchsngo of j ptisoners '
with those taken ait Madrid Bend. ! I . f
. '; -v J"; G. T.I BEAUREGARD. J
The following dispatch, received from Geo.
Beauregard, was published By the N DelU, '
Coeiitth, April; 8. Wo bad another severe '
battle yeeterday, and have return cd U this place, !
which. I can hold easily." The army is in good '
spirits; - 1 ";1'-::-i'vjJ-v '. "
. The Louisiana troops behaved wjjlli IamstUl.
untouched.: 'r.;i- . . ' :: G. T. BsAtraxOaaoi ,
The N. O.Picaynno, of the 8th Instil contains'
the following dispatch from the General to hi
wlfe;--r-:.v-, ,'.:;':' ' "- .' j' .
.'- ?'; 'f'-H BatixkFiil, April 7 ',' I
Mrs. Caroline BxArBKoaan i. ; ' I - 'K. ?
, Tfutnks he to Oodt we have gained a most coin i
plete yictory.v C; j , :J H G. T. Biaurmabd. ' ,
FROM MEMPHIS CAPTURE i OF r IS
LAND NO. 10 CONFIRMED-FROM OOB
INTH. , v1"-v'.-:i:ffv r '...'.'-("
. AuapsTA, GkoJ April 21st, 18CJ
The,Merhphi Appeal, of l lth Inst, lav that a
-detachment of CoL, Forrest' Cavalry, and a par-,
ty oi Aexas Jiangers unaer MSjor Thos. Harrison
three hundred 'strong, were attacked on! Tuesday". !
after the battle-of Shiloh 'by the Federal, and
the latter were repulsed. : The Federal loss wa ''
two nundred and fifty, killed and woundod, and "
forty-eight prisoners. - The Confederate loss was '
ten killed and wouaded. V Col. Forrest was pain
fully, but not dangerously; woonded, '
The capture ofjSland No. 10 by the Federals, was '
made on.Tuesday. . The men threw their enni In '
the river, spiked thi cannon and scuttled the float
ing battery and transports. ! One thousand man
escaped. ' It u estimated that two thousand wera'
captured. V; y t" "-U . . ; .-
The Columbus fGa.) Times has adisnatch from '
Mobile, April I7thj which says that all was Quiet
at Corinth, and that ?the enemy were going- :
down the Tennessee river. , . . , k
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Tnz Battle Near Corikth.-Wh have aoma
Interesting advice from the battfe-fleld of Chi- ,
loh and Pittsburg. These accounts assure the fact '
mat in tnese engagement the enemy was repulsed
on every occasioa. From what we can gather
from the reports of officer enlaced in tha battle.
oar loss in both engagements 'was about five thou-' ;
sana in aiued, wdunded, and minings The eee- i
my toss was aDout twenty-live thousand in kill-;
ed and wounded. "Our 'forcevJn' falling bick
to Corintb, were not pursued. From informa-,,
tion we have gathered, we have , but littlo doubt
that General BtraiX was kflJed. i;. j 1 r ;
; r There is no. Joubt that the action near' Cor
inth was one of the most sanguinary lo history in
proportion to the numbers engaged; and w have
reason to believe that official report will increase
the account of on r loss; On account of the great "
distance over which .the; dead were strewn, the '
battle-fleld4 did , not: present aa horriblef a spec-"
taclet as the contracted field at Donelson where .
the men were killed in imasse and an acre of
open ground was .filled with dead, In many in-.
stances, several feet 4oep.-RicAmo?id Examiner
r Tbx"Yaskxx "JJ sasttlates. The editor of .
the Dalton (Ga.)Tinies has been shown one of
the steel preastplates 'worn- by some of . tie Yaa.
kees at the battle of 'Shiloh. .. There' were -'three
bullet bole through thi oie, aad the man ' wio"
bad worn " it was : ceadJ
The
ballet ; from
Southern rifle had found i
ts.way to bis' cowardly
heart, nptwithalarfdfn he was clad with steeU
i'- -t.
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