North Carolina Newspapers

' .. 3 b n; Pr I : ' f ,r: i - A 4 I (.it I i - - . - 't : I :. .. " -' - r : , r . ..... .vrt,- ;.n..-.: i i . . , . ' ,; Unwrp'd by prtj i ii' f4 broth ert. " . - . RAliElGHV 'Jf. C?v WEDNESDAY MOBHIKO. AfrBIL 30, 1863: pifmnum if pi7mnt ia delayed until Ihe explrtUjn r tu wuripty".- - .iX'V.T'il The Weekly Register - ' U pbblUhed. erery Winedy omiB& t per pyibl inwiibly in iujTno v 6bcri- Wn an notifled Uire weeki Ufore their nbwription nm expire by ft eroi-mrk the margm of thelr pipen, aa4 If 4tb pyent i notMBt for Botb .rJ their..- wUl be trickn from l-r.118 tbi expirUlon ef Ue aboription yew.. -Tbie role will foatiaa to b iBlexibly.4bred.o. , . i - r: i r" & -v-.:; Club Rates. " v; ' - : Clabe vDI U snpnlied'upon tt foUowiBg tenni : I Va, 1 Wnh" ft Ted to ibe Eemi-lteeily, $30 per wm For Club ef Six to the Weeklrl w 10 r.,. . rmh i.r To t the Weekly,-; J 1 ; " w ThV Register Job joiflce U kind of Book mnd Jeb prUU'Of with B6taeu end di.rh. nrin as exoeUent . STEAM POWER - PEES 3, we ar enabled to execute Job priBtiag witb ild equalled celerity. ; . ; - : miAT MAY BE EXPECTED FROM - -vYAflKEI?; DOMIW AT IOJrj. " -j Tin the "following Vctoimt, from the Peters bare Express, oft some of batnses fierbetrAted lby the fiexiaiflhrr Yaii" kees on the Peninsula, we may form a fxint idea of -the atrooitiea which, we maj expect at i the-haoda of ihe '.Yankees ehonld they ent accounts; all the fighting which took place was done at Forts St. Phillip and Jack son a hnodred imles below the cjlS": We tbink that Generals' Pillow and Ployd should ilot only be ( restored to command, but be p'remoted -tc; higher positions than they have yet occupied Such a course' on the !. - L Xi : J rA ra rra I Crmi,' f. - 6"v,-";---n! er Succeed in,rtheit .ttempt tobjogte fiction to ttopecpl. of dM.?hd. 'JivS.tt hfi P''SOTSr ot Wen ...lA. f hbu. W reWtr l0nt Mioier. u ."rr ontr,.eJ :m known Uljjtho end of liUO Wat, AUU r X wv w bssv you may hkye planned And ptatted, and manceuyred only ,to i-uinoura elveSv-Qf.? h "The only real capital I polljfcian; can ptuay 'y. -.-. i , v uwfbr future use, if an pearliest enrgeAic fairnnelfish sertice to his cqunto extricate nenaisnrr j an t .r - ? vi an n i MctiMt. Ahp.r oni tiAfui nrosecution of the wari. 'B ' ? ';SxATE RjFROM MERTllVlift :-" The latest Northern . papers reeei ved In : Bich . nTond are 'ated 21t Inst, We ubjoin a few ext A letter dated Fortress Monroe, 1 9th inst ..says; Thlrtv.nine wounded.' from Yorktown; arrived to-day, making ninety in all, wounded in tbe fight I'l'he following regulations of tbe War Depart Inent fn Telatiob to the'act4)f Congress known a i,Ci3QnscriPtAoiTepabU3n lor the infornition of ' the pttblfelii lfatiivjk ffil; kio or the rank; ot.major wui fededachSU f indomiubie valor ' "it is a buVning Bufferers by these outrages inay prefer to hide t&m flon karsdaVHe.means W , Of indomitable jalor. i s a urn g sileno . y . Tbe . whole number was . thirty r that a mere mistake in miliUry; eti- ,t i r- :v,iu-..,...-':--.--r-:V kilIed 'and ninetywounded-?-v ' Wed two namesare regarded by .nur men as the syno nymes fihame that a mere mislaice in muwary . i-1 .i , -, & - j' . - - ; l tnied and ninety . t . . i , j.:;-! AAMntrV of the ser4 1 ' i Infamous Outrages oh.thj x jusjijjibux.-.-. u jenHaeruder'a report of ttheame fight, m "Ly?Wi? iAgentleman of theJugbeBt ratability juat vices of such men At.suca a;uino as tromuiim8argi gs jawmeuou ... indadiBg (L McKinney, and seven tyflvewoun-: .h.n nothinf? but hard and; persistent fignt-i ded ;n m'h hva nti from nerdition.u Pillowand I ximii Vandiila how in -oossession of that portion 44 4C 44 ;-TUE FALL OFt-WEW ORLEANS . t ' -News.of the'fallf New Orleans reached this oity in thtf-Ricnro ond paptrs of Saturday last, and was received by a great 'many read erK the writer of th is amongst them j w ith" inorednlity. We had been so often assured that the Forts below New Orleans were am " pie for its protection, and thai the iron-clad ram steamship Louisiana was rmore fomida: bit than thei" Virginia,,, andi therefore, could easily destroy the mortar vessels, that we felt almost sore tht a mistake had been made imporUnt City, j On Sunday j night, how eer all doubt was solved by a dispatcb from Richmond, recefved here, 'stating that General Loyeil, In? response t to a demand upon him by. the .Yankees to surrender the -city, had evacnated it with his .army, after having burned all. the - cotton and v Dublio stores. No mention ia made of the "performances of the Louisiana,,,?i and her - - - - ' - i . I - i ' - ti Flovd' are like Napoleon's Old Guardf they M may die, but can never surrender." ' w ., VSfc'V 1 : 1 '" '" "' ' i " - W 1 i a . . " " .. 11 t ' .' . ..; " - SDRRENDER OF FORT MACOfr.v 'After 'a "gallant defence Fort '. Macon was inirrgndfj' Pjr "fr .T0?8 highly honorable to the. garrison. Our men wer all paroled, and the officers allowed to retain their swords, and the privates their side arms. Our loss' during the seige . was ;7 killed and 30 wounded: luuueu. r ,: 1 CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS NORTIl - -jrOF.RICIlMOND.v Vv -j Thero is no doubt that large numbers of troops are concentrating North of Richmond; Should we succeed in defeating the enemy on that line, we earnestly hope , that our army will cross the Potomic, strike .the shackles from the wrists of Maryland, and carry the war into the enemy's country: Had this been done last July, when it so easily inight mad about the i' fill of this great and . most lAave been done, what a vast amount of life, health and money might have heed saved td the. South:. If another opportunity to do what should have been done then is present ed, and we repeat the folly of letting a panic stricken foe recover" his wind and his heart, we shall deserve to be conquered. . . I of. -humanity, that theee acta of Atrocity were un truo, but they comet from a, source that cannot be doubted. , lay a righteous . God nerve the arms of Confederate Soldiers to avenge the wrongs of the defenceless people now overrun by a foe far worse than the Goths and Vandals of historic infamy. - - i -' " ' -. ," - ; The first on the list given us, is CaptI SamUl . Ilolley. who resided! in the lower end, of War wick Co., a gentleman about 55 years of age, of tbe highest respectability, and uni versally esteem ed by his 'neighbors!'. His residence was invaded by a lot of Yankee officers ana men, wno jniror duced themselves, by a -brutal' proposition "to Capt. H.'s two'daughters, toth young and beau tiful, ladies. While j endeavoring to accomplish their designs' by force, tbe indignant father ehot one of the demons' dead, and had taken aim at another,' when be was instantly killed. . Mr.' John Patrick,' who resided near Warwick Courthouse, was killed last week, by a party of the invaders, while ebdeavoring lo Eave an only and beloved daughter from a fate - worse than death. Deceased was a. pious and consistent member of the Baptist Church, and we under stand, has for a long time filled the post ofdea con He was nearly60 years ol ago. - 7 j Mr. Edward Harwood. who also resided in the vicinity of, Warwick Courthouse, was bu tally murdered a. few das since, while defending Lia daughter's honor. .-We were, unable .to ascertain the particulars of this case. We can hear occasional cannonading J towards yorktown,but learn that itjs merely h attempt of. the enemy to disturb our working -parties,-With the- excention of the affair of , the rifle pits on Thursday" they get'-th worst tf all ekfr misbing. J : x .;v - J 'Theuwork Is progressing rapidly, and when,.the Siege UlM cuuiuiiflive, l k nui u iu luus, wi"v -. - ' - -- - ,; t--; r,:7 -- ; ,MJS INTJtRCEPTKD XISTATC,f-?;.iy' f; . ;ThV Herald ? publishes th fpllowingdespatdb from Nashville, under date of 1 5th; inst : . ; f : ; 'Later'information from the South is of; the uf- most importance. Beauregard! army has . been terribly demora1ized,and according.lo bis own con fession, be has now only 35,000 men,' The following telegram has been intercepted by General Mitchell, and is a full, confession of the!. hopelessness of '; the rebel cause in tne VV est. l appena x erpCLtirrt, leaving you to comment on its importahce.4r - f, . - - -"!-f;.. : CoKtNTH, April 9, 1862, ;: . To Gen. Samurl Coopicb; liichmond, Va.-f : : Alt present probabilities are that whenever the enemy move on this position! he will Uo so with aix overwhelming ,.lorce of not less than '- 85,000 men. We, can now- muster only about 35,000 effectives. 'Van Dora may pessibly join, us in a. ; ew days with about 15,000 more; Can we , not be reinforced from' PembertonVarmy ?: "If 'de feated here we lose the Mississippi Valley, I and probably .our cause. Whereas, we could "even afford" to lose lor a while, Charleston And Savannah, for the purpose of defeating Buell's army; which e particulars of this case. r woultl not 0fy insure us lha Valley of - the Mis- The fourth and last victim to the, lust of these 8, but our independence: lv ' MAKE CORN AND POTATOES. Unless every foot of ground in the South whidh will produce them is planted with corn ika amAMA Af . .ti j-jtACf fm 4 I ivrCQCS iiuui uis eucuo vi wwuu evea v , t ' l i- prove the truth of a report, hat she was sunk tlie eloai of thla T the horro f - ml ' - A A 1 L L.-f Tit. V. in me aiiempt ui lauucu uer exuiuugu iuo of a famine will be upon us. 'And yef, such is the insane greed for money that some men! worse than demons who now infest that section of Virginia, was MrJ Thomas R. Dunn, of lurk county, who resided near Har wood's Mill. He died in defence of , Lis .much beloved daughter, who was being outraged by a ;. Yankee. officer... He killed the monster, but was in turn quickly killed. BimselfJ Mr. Dann is represented to us as having been a gentleman of universal and deserv ed popularity. His age was 45 years. wbese are the scoundrels who profess-1 have come South for the pUrpose of restoring the Un ion and defending the old flag, j The accursed calendar of their crimes exceeds in enormity any we have ever been called upon td record. ' r - . - i newspapers have, over and over again, staled ' that she was all right and" afloat. , If would be wicked, as xiell as idle, to deny that.the fall of New Orleans is a terri ble blow upon the .cause of the Southern Confederacy.. It givesup to the enemy the , . . - . , .. f-n . , . I mum of cotton which should he made to the I rem their sisterfi tates.of the Confederacy the , , j . . . . - i, . , . i nana i xnis is a maiier 01 mosi momentous KF" Major Wm.j Gaston Lewis, of the S3d in this State are actually planting cotton for Regiment N. C. Troop?, has been" elected market, instead of devoting teir land to the Lieutenant Colonel of tbe 43d Regiment, st G. T. BKA.tTRBOA.1tD. The abdveis all gammgn. fft is nothing more than a Yankee attempt to "screw the courage': of Buell's army to the slicking point. .Oa the 9th of April, General Van Dora's command had : ar rived at Cptintb, and all. aecoanft from that point represent our army to bain tine spirit and "eager for the fray. n- Richmond Whig. 1 ' . j '" :- ' --:- ': The Herald says:' The news from Banks' de partment reports that the rebels have left Harri sonburg for GordonBville. j ... -4Z A despatch from General Hunter, dated Port Royal, April 10, says : After -thirty hours,.! con tinuous firing, a practicable breach was -made in Port Pulaski, cjpd preparations for storming' - the Fort were about to commence, when the rebel flag was strucic. wecapturea 47 guns. 7000 snot and act. S, "i :t-i-j$-Wj :. : ir: -. 2l a : I a! t;Applicattonwuftemaae .mm VZ7 the Governors ft. the, several tateift.F per i.Xvh tviiTr.ntnv mAtVofScers , for said enroti- 1 inent ; and incase such permission be not granteu officers of the army wui oe seteqiea, oy partment to perform that duty tinderr such tr, lationSJLS mav ne prescriDeaY uer-ow m.. " - . V C i. . A dill iected in: camps of Instruction' by ' tte i officers in eommand7 of the ecruiiB,;tbet said camps to, be ioAti with reference-: to-healthand the facili iitiesforohiainiltiesubsistenes and transportfon.The rnumbef drthese camps shall not axceed two in r- r . --. : -. -.t . .1 :. ..l:. u f.. IV.. eactt Diaie : Wliuoufc auiaor.ky itw"- w -roentand to each will be alio wed a quartermaster and com&ajmi.i.i ,4. .The commandants ot the camps of instruction, lit the several" States will call upon the generals commanding the inilitary deparroents, in which their camps may 6esirpated, for-competent- drtll officers to ipstruct the secruiui, and will , prepare them for the field as rapidly as possible. 'I ney will cause tbe'm to Sbe promptly vaccinatedand in of such." corps may volunteer Into crops fcr gooftrsl service, as nereiuabove -provlJeJ. - 1 yilLDiscniiiaEs..-V J'.rv.-i- . j l6Wben; any icompany ,now In - sorvlco Ibr twelve manths shall, before the 1 6th day of July iifext,-attain the maximum, numbers prescribed by this act. without iacludm the men under eigh teen and-over, thirty-five years of age, $11 txch men may; be'discbarged, and sucbr of them as re main in service oc the said day will, upon their application, be then .dischargedVwhether . such maximum be attained or not. ' v r ..v IXC TBajTSFKESJ ..v.r. ' i;; 'i .'l'- f 07Th right t change Compaq or corps, fn virtue of Teenliimnt, ceases to exist by the' re peal rail .laws in regard to r eptistmeot, but iransfers of indivduali or of companies mty fa made as heretofore, within thai discretion of the .deptmenfep.''5)- jprr- .-.:v '. ' ! . SrjjBs'wlJsl --718. When any person liabb to mih'Ury (Juiv Under this act, 'but not yet mustered into service lttxany-company, desires to : furnish a substitute be shall report himself with the substiluU, to the commandant of a camp of instruction, and if the suVstituta be. lawfully exempt from military duly and,-on xacainatioinv by . a : surgeon' or astistaaj Surgeon, be pronounced sound and in all respect fit for mi ntaryl service,' he may be accepted and enrolled, and the ; person furs wbinsf such saboti. idle may be: discharged .by :thf Couimandari of the camp ; , but no, substitute shall be entitled to brauepurtawvir vr oiuer bjiowbimxj m. me eiperiM 01 uq govern mom oniu so accepcca ana en t 'in u . s ' m ... t i. xtjjbuim claiming exempiion, irom rail duly under this act shaft Itsrv be reqnired by the etu ordering Uiem tQ the .fiel,wiU;as far practicable I roinngfilcer to makeoatlr that! they are lawfully . prefer those who nave passea tnrougn tne usual 1 exempt; unaer tne act oi.Uongress, and sbll b camp diseases! 1 They, wilt establish Jiospitals in I fufnisned py him with, a certificate of such e- empuop.:- j" .r.';- vp- connection wUh their camps, and make requisition tor sucn meaicat aiteoaance ana stores as may oe reauired;-,v . ' --, '" : , 5. The commandants of regimen ts, hattalions, Squadrons and Unattached companies in service, on the 16thinstanL will isend copies of their mus ter rolls Co the commandantof the proper: camp of, instruction in. their respective States; with offirr cers to take charge of such iccruits as may be fur nished to said corps, v The said commandants; will apportion the recruits among such corps in propor tion to Uie .deficiency of each, except when other empiiop. : v ! w P ARTIZf AN.R AN G ERS. ' ' l, .Wepubljsb.thjia morning,; the reoent acjt of Cengrees, authorizing the.' raising and bringing Into servicedf partlzah rangers. Tbli is a most attrave:.lrahcb for ha'seryJcto men of our.' age and enterprise, and the torrdition of affair, nawis most inviting for'the operations of mc bands.. Now, IS' the time -fori free fighters. ' tLa wis especially directedby the if department, allot- men ofdashlanl daring. v;Letj! the fo ahfarvaa;acficaW aVd motainsa woodsmen, and the br. men from the regions of country .in which ii has r 7 - . - . . v ' M , orv? . . . 1 . - . . - 1 o nn .nvonrnrmi. nvnrv urnara nnii. t . . i Deert siaised. xnev win irom time 10 lime sena 1 - lutvHuuaai. off such bodies of recruits as- ate- ready r :tbe I choose tneirp ieaaers, ana tall to ; work. This ii thew.ay to fchieyevihdividAali.farue, and reader tne most effective service. : ' AK ACT TO. OROA.N1ZS BANDS ,of PARTIZAN RAS-'- V--":'-:.! ''"-I:"" ' '" . ;. kohon ;-The bongress- of! the Confedt- States of: America do enact, That i the President be, and he is thereby, nuthorized to CommiMion sucn omcers as ne may aeem proper, with author- -jilL.t j .ri i ui- M-r.r xf-i t 8v"t an0 dbu prisoners. une ot our.men. was RiH- prouuewou 01 ariiuics eHseuiai 10 lue support. j.uuguit usi imo jjowh I e(j none wounded' ' ' ' ' '' J of life.. Should not the Convention interpose distinguished himself at the battle of New- The capture oftfort Craigr.New Mexico, by tb'el .0o . -f-,.l-0--;,; m--. bern. and hehaved -fftllanttv. a-l,iAnrn- outederates, is contradicted. L.ater advices say rr w.1jWH(,pj .. i " J Z that CoL Canby has obtained a success over the field : and will report on the first Monday of every montb ..the number : of " recruits in camp .their condition,: thi number senir off during the monthJ ana lue regimenia ana corps w wdicu -uey wro will niat.nhiit.A th . reortnta am An r thfiir nevarl comp nies, ana i Buco .aB xiave doe laenumoer 01 (vtrrmiimes allowed fav law to, a recinQ-int. the said commandants may organize the required number J-y 10 f0Tm bands oPartlzan rangers, fn compan of new companies, .after first filling up the exist ie battalionp, or regiments, either as infantry or ing companies to tbe minimum numbers required - cavalry, the! companlet?, battalioos.'or regiment- by law j thatis to sayfor each company of infan-. t 10 De composeu, eacn, or sucn number as tbe Pres try, sixty-four privates ; Tof cavalry. sixty privates, went may approve - v v ' I of artillerP.8eventv ijiivatestV 5 s ; r SKC 2 J&u -urther enacted, That such Prti- ' 7. The recruits will be apportioned-among the I an Rangers,-after being regularly received into Beverai arms oL service. accoramg to ineir respec- t -- .u. oihhiou w vuo nome pay, rsr rtive wants, consulting as. lar as'-pracucaDietne preference, 01 ine men ; . wnere a greater numoer oiler tor a particular, arm than can be assigned to h,; the distribution -.will be" determined by lot but recruits for the cavalry will only betaken from those who furnish their own horse. - ant, in the Edgecombe Guards, in tbe battle 6oncern, and not a moment shpold be-lost in I men promoted, giving it the ' gravest consideration. The oorn planting season is passing away, and if action is not taken now, we may. fearfully realise the truth of the adage that "delays are dangerous." : Next to subjagation by the States of Louisiana. Texas and -Arkansas. - The loss of Texas will be mo8,t severely felt, as she was relied upon to furnish beef cattle for" our armies, and 200,00 j) be eves, were being driren inr the direction of New Orleans J when that city fell; The loss of Louisiana, too, will be severely felt, las it cuts ofken-'l tirely from the . Qonfederacy' its supplies of sugar and molasses. - Bat. heavy: as is the i blow, it will . not to be a fatal . one.- It will remove, the .'theatre of war, from! j' The Convention on Saturday" piassed an or- the water lines, on which the enemy's vessels dinance providing for. the election of a Gov can operate, to the interior of tbe of Bethel, and we are glad to see fighting FOR THIS BICaiSTltR. "The spirit of faction is even more to be dreaded than the 6piritof avarice and plunder. It is equally selfish, and is, besides, distracting and divisive, ine man who now labors to weak en the hands of the j Government, that, he may Yankees, death by starvation., would be the j seize the reins, of authority, or cavils at public III. most fearful fate we could imagine. THE ELECTION bP GOVERNOR. i coun- be; fought until achieved. We 'may will ernor on the first Thursday, in August next, tbe usual day of. election,, who shall be qual ified on the second Monday in September, I before the Chief Justice or 6ome other J udge of tbe Supreme or Superior Courts, and shall enter on the duties of his omce.on said try, where battles our independence is derive comfort in the present ly recur ring .to the past history of the country, and in this connection we may quote. the language of the London Times. That paper, in com menting on the capture of Fort Donelsoo, says : Its intrinsic value towards the conquest of the Southern States is no more than would be the capture of a fort upon this banks of the Danube towards the conquest of Europe.' Tbe oistances are enormous, tbe inter vela are not to be march ed over by volunteer armies, and tbe capture of Charleston or New Orleans itself woald. if the ' Southerners intend to bold oat, be but the com mencement of the war. - t. k- Let il be remembered that we took all these ci ties, and Boston and New -York besides, daring the War of Independence. We marchetl three armies into the country, winning every ba.ttle.and taking every city, until tbe scanty pODulation closed behind us and cut off on r commuTWtion We had nothing to conquer but the Allan tic coast, I pointed by Con cress to I ascertain at whose i . mvi-u w iumi wk iaw v-iuubct:r levies iuu peasants in arms; and our generals, although we condemn them by the event, were experienced soldiers of good reputation in Europe. We found, alter a lair trial, that the achievement was 1m porible. It was not so much the volunteers or the French as the country which beat us. We had a ! measures and' policy1, that he mav "rise to dis tinction and oflice, has all the selfishness of a miser and all the baseness' "of a' traitor. , Qur rulers are not infallible : but their errors are to be reviewed with candor, and their, authority sustained with unanimity. Whatever has, a ten dency to destroy public confidence in their pru dence, their wisdom,' their energy, and their pa triotism, undermines the security of our cause. We mustJiotbe divided and distracted among ourselves.' Our rulers have great responsibili ties ; they need the support of the whole coun try : and nothing short of a patriotism which buries all private differences, which ia ready for compromises and concessions, which can make in Bain CM)1 W u . u V v ... v Nrf . l W W . VU WAV. B I . . . . . ... . - j cnaritable allowances for differences of opinion, ond Monday in September nextand hold the and even for errors iof judgment, can save us same until the first Monday in January, 1865. from the consequences of party and faction . - -.. . f I We must be united.! If our views are not car- Afle ordinance tarther provides that If overn- tied, out, let us sacrifice private opinion to pub- or i;iar:, tne present incucuDent oi tne jx- ecntive Chair; shall occupy it until his suc cessor has been qualified in the manner pro vided by the ordinance, j ' . - . GEN. HUGER AND ROANOKE ISLAND. We cal upon the Convention, by a unani mous. vOtei to demand the removal ot lien. Uugerfrora command at 'Norfolk.' It is due to North Carolina that this removal should be made. ,: The Investigating Committee ap- much more desparate battle,' and a- muen more glorious success at Bunker's "Hill thaa the Fede ralists had at Fort Donelson, but it had no value towards the coaquest even of Massachusetts. . GENERALS PILLOW AND FLOYD. The fall of New' Orleans naturally- sug gests the inquiry why it is that these fight ing Generals of the 'genuine Old Hiokory stamp are still kept in a state of suspension, door the responsibility lies for the disaster at Roanoke Island, reported that the blame rested upon the Secretary of War and Gen. Huger. . Congress neglected its duty by fail ing to impeach Benjamin, and; the President has neglected his by failing to remove Huger, apd it is the duty of the Convention of; a State which has been so seriously injured. by his remissness, to demand his removal. "THE VIRGINIA." When the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad train left Portsmouth on Sunday morning. s CI t . . n instead of being placed m positions in which the Virginia was in the sot of ; firing, up. If jthey might , render efficient service tb the there Is any game .afloat in Hampton Roads, "eountry." Did they fight too well at Port we may expect soon to hear juore of her Donelson, and" are' they, 'for that sin, to be perforniances. We hope the f " Monitor," kept forever in retirement ? It would al- this tlmei will' pull the white feather out of most seem so. It is our , deliberate, opinion er cap, ana maxe a lair trial ot strengtn thatf either of them had been in command with the Virginia." We dopbt very much, at New Orleans we should either have re- however, if. she will do any such thing, Saw- tained the. possession of that city, of made -;the enemy v pay a terrible ; price for its cap- tore.-We .know comparatively nothing of Gen. Lovell. " We know that he is a northern man and that he made his sppearanoe very late ney Bennett's gasconades to the contrary, notwith8tknding. 1 " ' ; CITY - TAXES. We are requested to state t Bat the Collec- m the Southern Confederaey, and was immedi- . - K, t , . - , , .. . .1- u a payers in a few days for itheir taxes for the atoly plu-pedmto a most high and responsi- , -k 1 -- L.J&n j ..... m v ' . . 1 JV AVV, IW UVIAI3 IUC V Will UOiil Iflfiffl U1U vww w J www mm i. , . .. for the fall of New Orleans, but it ren-arks- bly strange that that citywwhose capacity for defence was so signally and gloriously tested by Old Hickory, should have fallen into the I to pay up,' A VERY. ACCEPTABLE PRESENT "r We are indebted to our friend, Mr. Junius T?. r .- -Ii. e' :' " - 1- ' ui urea. Tue,.ior a present ot some hands of the ene-ny without, a-Wow. beiog' of the nicest- Butter we have seen since we toaue ip it pei me invaaercr as far as pres- have resided in this State. lie safety. In the great conflict with Persia. Athens yielded to Sparta, and acquiesced in plans she could not approvie, for the sake of the public good. Nothing could be more dangerous now than scrambles i for office 'and nower. and collisions among the different departments of the 'Government. We must oresent a united front" ' ! Mr. Editor : The above extract is from a recent address by that truly pious and patriotic divine, the Rev. J. ;IL Thornwell. D. D.. of ,j .9 South Carolina. .Does it not appeal to us at this time with peculiar force t.t Do we not witness still, in our Convention, the continued strife and antagonism of party,;'anf of individual patuah ahip f Does this not, mingle with almost every question? Witness the voting. (Witness the clinging of parties to individual ; leaders. Is there not a certain press in this city which has been striving during this, our second war of In-. dependence yea, even in thisl the darkest hour of the bitter -truErelet against the hordes of in- vading "marauders and desolating plunderers, not only to organize a new party for the benefit of certain individuals if not for xUelfl but, in its. blind and-bitter enmities, to decry the Government, to denounce our leaders, and to 5 niW-tA rmudiationt Could "the Government have been struck a more mortal blow than even to whisoer to its creditors that it would or it I might violate its promises to pay ? It is not, however, to partizans that I would address these linesi but to the people to the honest, well meaning and patriotic people of this country who now have their all at stake in this struggle, and who can only save their property from con fiscation and plunder, and their families from violence . and degradation, by bending their wuoie energies aca li to tne oatUe, ana by con quering and driving back the barbarous enemy. It is to plain, unsuspecting people, who have so unfortunately .bestowed their confidence where their, watchful mispicumi . alone should rest, that I speak, and hope to influence at least so far as rebels, has been reinforced, and is now in pursuit of the Texans." - i - :'--- ' ' : t-V ' j ,r. iAn arrivaiat New York-brings-Newbern dates to the 18th. Fort Macon is reported to be 'thor oughly cut off." It having been ascertained that the Bupply of provisions in the Fort was, short, it 4 was thought that no attack would be made, but that the . garrison would be : starve out'. Slight expectations prevailed that the rebels would at tack Newbern, and fortifications were being built .Norfolk, Apnl 25. Northern papers of the 24th instant have been received here. The - fol lowing is a summary of the news; ! , I : ..LATER 'FROM EUROPE. : ! ' The Persia, from Liverpool, via QUeenstown, with dates to the 13th instant, arrived at New mi r i I r. .. . . Aue privaieer oumter was at Uibrauar, tne' Tuscarora at Algiers. v . '.! The schooner W. C- Alexander, of Savannah,! was boarded at - Palermo', by armed boats and? crew, from the United States Corvette Ino. Tbe master and crew were taken prisoners, . but were released by the interference of the officer of the fort..; . i :.. :i i i :-5- '-',- :: A Recent experiments in England give reason to believe that Armstrong", will soon' produce a- six; hundred pounder, . which will do; great damage" at the distance of- 22,000 yards to jnail clad steamers.; . ' ' " .;: :-!'' .',. - il : The doings of the Virginia in Hampton Roads are still discussed by the leading English journals. They say that Great Britain' has two effective war ships to one of the United States. . . ;- ': -l j 'Lord Palmerston thinks that the unity ) of Italy will soon be completed by the 'possession of Rome. - ' - - .. i :":;-."-:l -::'"! It is said thattJount Walewski will make a special mission to England, on the subject of h& difference between France and England in Meii-j can affairs. - 'i '..K'y -; " '"T-' ,:.j ' THE FRENCH MINISTER .- IVashington, April 23. 'poiilicanmpoi lance is attached to the visit of the French Mm T?;kmnl: r! It is said that his busnless .o. t '.in-a his connection with the Cohfede4J . - . .. , J'- -. ; ' -- ,"' . A . ' ; ' - IB-J.flfl ' - : .,;.!..'-(':,... if- Dispatches from the French Minister have gone to New York, where asteamer is 'wailing to take them to France. :-lf 'j i::'C'H?--'f '-v. ; .SENATOR GTWINN.V- .. y' ... It is stated that the business : of ex-Senator Gwinn in Biohmond was more of J a domestic . .- v ..i::..t .-r.it .-..,.!.... -if . ... S CuaracMS- wu ;j :, ViJ - ! . ' REPHBLICA-T CATJCOS. a poiiuoai caucus was neia at tne capitoi on the 23d. The sense of the caucus was in favour 1 of discriminating against the leading rebels in the confiscation of all kinds of property. - - ' ', ' FROM THE TALLER OF VIRGINIA.. ' tj Habrisonburg, April 22. This' townwas enl' tered and occupied by Donnelly and his cavalry to-day. Large quantities of forage and grain were secured in the Valley. . .; A. - . j? tion,,nd quarters,; during their term of service. and ba Bubfoft to the same' regulations, as other soldiers.'.'.-. i - I " ;-' L "' '' ECV" 3. Beit frfrther enacted,1 That' for anv arms and munitions of war captured from the en emy by 6ny body of partizan ,Range'rs, and de livered to any Quartermaster at.uch place or pla ces "as many - be dbsignated by! a Commanding 8. 'Persons liable to military service under the Genera, the Rangers shall be paid their full val - - i. . ; ' " . T . ' . 1 ' . I. vm.m . . . .1. a.. - TIT . . uu in iuuu uuuuer ins mn oucreiar ui var may. prescribe. '1 i - Appreved April $1, 1862. - -Volunteers for Existing Corps.1 above "act, not in service on the 16th of April, and wishing to. volunteer in any particular com pany in the uon federate service, on the 16 th day of April, may report themselves, prior to their enrolment, at a camp of instruction within their respective States, where -they will be enrolled, prepared forihe field, and sent to the said company untit me same, soaii.oe nuea up.-, if . : s : v.. - 9 Recroiting oflicers may be detailed with the permission .of the generals commanding military departments, by the commandants of regiments and corpe, and sent to their respective atates lor the purposing of receiving for such, regiments our bele aouered capital: The'ehemy is pressing on with vast and iplen- didly appointed-armies to tbe capture of - Rich-' mond. McCLiLLAN has promised to his people the speedy fallof tb- rebel Capital, and the North cow regards the event ' as a foregone conclasbn. What military measures have bean taken bv obi Ui-UtS I o-' ' , ,-', ..V." i and corps,in;conformity with reo tions heretofore adopted, (general order. No.A htTC ;t,,n,-o .in.toWiiffem::-rflnfth olnnf; LBB, Gen. Johnston and Gen Randolph, the Sec. volunteers desiring to join .them." Such volunteers mav be assembled at the camps of instruction in their respective States, , prepared for the field and sent to their respective regiments and . corps until the same shall be filled up, or if ready for tbe field, may be ordered directly to their corps by the on cer so recruiting them. j ." ' " ;-' IV. Volunteer Corps Heretofore Author ized, 10 Persons liable to military service under FROM FORTRESS MONROE. f Fortress Monroe, April 22. A boat arrived here to-day, from Norfolk; with three jmen, j a woman and two childreh-refugees. They report that the steamer .Virgraiwill be ouVin two or three days, and give information about tbe work oi tne navy yard, and also about the troops and army movements in Richmond ad Norfolk., - A Federal steamer reached Fortress Monroe on Wednesday, having on board fifteen bodies of ofli cers and one hundred and fifty wounded soldiers. Strict military law was enforced atewbernL Heavy earthworks had been thrown npScommah ding all th e approaches to the" town V ; ; 3 I t:: ... -Si : , BEMOTAL OF PRISONERS. : ' ' .' 1.; f Washington Anril 23.---The ' Confederate to watch closely the conduct of those who are oflicers who are prisoners at Columbus, are to be i . m ' . . . - i . - s . tv j i j-- mi . . . : 11 a. -. - tnrowmg obstacles m tbe way of.'' and casting oauuu.ay. , xney ; win oe . requiru this act,and not in service on the 16th dayof Apr i may, until the 17th day of May next, volunteer in cops .heretofore to be raised ; by the . Secretary of War, or by the 1-xecutive of any atate, as part oi the : duota- thereof: in DurSuance ot s call .maae UDon such State by the President Persons an thorized to receive sucn corps wno may uoi on . hn.f. Av tavA th nacassarv number of men en- .rnilol And mustered into service, according to th$ terms of their authority, will proceed witu meir men to a camp of instruction in tneir ,- respecuve States and will deliver their muster rolls . to the commandant thereof. " v r ; 7 , r : ;-; t 11. -The commandants of such crops as are com- -fptfld on or before the 7th day of May,and not otherwise -ordered,- will report r to "the eomm&a-, Aonta r,r the. recruits 01 tneir -resoective Mtate.: and, with their corps, wilObe placed by hiin in a camp or- insirucuoD, ana reported-, lmmeaiateiy to the department. Such corps will be under the command of the commandants of recruits in their, reepecti ve "S tates, and, will ' be prepared for the field in like manner, with the recruits until re moved from the camp. . They will onlybe moved under orders from the department, from the com manding general of the army; or in urgent cases from the - commanding general of the military department in which the camps may be "situated ; and in such cases report will, immediately be made tb the department by the officer in command of hecamp."',:;.;:.....;1: :.-,:.: - V. Additional Corps Guerrilla Service. ! . . ,12. Under the prohibition ot this aciagalnst the organization of new corps, ho further author-, ity for - that purpose can be given, except that specially provided for in the act pf Congress, en7 titled "An act to organize bands of partizan ran gers.0 For this latter purpose applications must be made through the commanding generals of the military departments in which tbe said crops are to be employed. $ S'v .--;: VI. REr-ORGANIZATION ' OF. TWltLVE ; MONTHS U3, Alt Lregiments,i battalions, squadrons fandi companies of twelve months volunteers will, re organize within forty days from the 16h of April, by electing all their oflicers 'which they, had a right heretofore to elect, and on such days as tbe brigade commander may prescribe, and the said brigade commanders are hereby ordered to fix and announce the day for such re-erganizntion J as soon as practicable.- No person who is to. be UlWUMjni UlflKI u o piuiuivui Vi Ul. M.t Witt take-part In. such election:: r Zf ..' 14. The '' form of holding and certifying the elections will be in conformity with, the laws of the State frora which the men, or the major part thereof, may come": and 'when the election ' of field Officers is to be made by company , officers, retary of -War, concur in the confident belief that we shall certainly beat toe- invading armies in Virginia, and that Richmond cannot be taken. We have this encouraging .statement from high -.- f.i'J,-. -. ... I r ,A country paper .refuses to publuh obituaries gratis, but adds: We"? will publish the simple announcement of. the death of any o with pleasure."- Our friend i - The Chemical, Works at Montgomery, ft Is an nounced, will, in a few, weeks, bejn a odaditba. to make from three to f6ur hundred wefgbt of sul phur and brimstone daily '- ''' - f ', : 1ST O F J-ETTEttS ' HEM AN IN G UN called for in the Ealels-h Post Offioe, April 28tb. is.2r '.' '..-".-i-'r' -" '"' - ; : Albert-on, J W Ayers, ThosT ; Ashe, W 8 - ? i Alstoa, S F ' Aehe, Thos S i Bell, E M - ' Ball, A -, '-! . Eirchett, R L f .v U Cox, Isham- Cobb, Miss Mary B Capeoter, J B; Crowder. Wo O - Cobb, Caswell M' Marlar, Henry '. MsOorkle, J M MerM, R II k Co -, " M4AGster, Mrs Martha T Poble, Needbsm W 1 Powell, MUs Cora PowelM-UsRA Palo, Tbe.i 1- 1 . ." Powell, Mrs Mary E Pato, Edmund or Wb Rogers, MUs Celestial ' Rankin S Cor J M Wkart-a Kowiet, Mrs Mary Deshler.'Col Jas ctforjee Sulnmey. Jao S K EUs, MTis Laura r : i? Smith, Capt At. M Ford, K tr Jones, Miss S A Jordan, Lieut II B Jones, Jna.:; ri Lynn. J&e M :-. L-ne, Mrs' Mary ;:' Laughter, J Lee, Thos W ! Long, Robt W ; " . Miney Wily "r r MeRae, Henry !:; ' -1 ! 4 !' '''! cj-ib Singleton, W, .; Soott, Abram. 4 Shaw, Mrs M A Shield, DrBlI . Thompson, Mrs .Tucker; Jno D Jr Tool, MUs ME Thomas Jao M Taylor, JIIns Caroline Weaver, II C, '' Yates, Thomas r SSSt Call for Advertised Letters, and rf r the del apr 29 It , iQKO. T. CQ0KE, P. M. Executive Department. North Carolina ) . " ?...' a n rrr4i i rsw btb l v 'a Aawj L tvt visi'viaiiaswiM w sr w say m . f RALKJ0H, April Gbnerai. OrdxrI - i w. v. . . , j -. 23th, 18S2. ) suspicions upon our Government. But a word to, these partizans and these lead ers:;!' : '.: " -!'": . Ykln are your best laid plans, idle your deep- si piouings, lor wno can teii now tnis-war will end?; when it will, or'what new questions will arise at Its ead? Ton are. laying your plans as if the war was to end in time for the Go and reflect I hereafter to wait upon themselves! . IBTTsa Postagx. .he Congress which has just adjourned, passed ja bill raising tbe rates of postage from, five to ten cents for all distances.--This act was rendered necessary by" the constitu tional clause "which declares that the PostoflLge Department shall be self-supporting after the year 1862. The new law taJTes effect !on the let of July All certificates the Adjalant- the latter : will be first elected of election will be returned to General's office, and the officers will be commis sioned by,the President They will, however, on receiving a" copy; of ibe certificate "of election immediately " enter ..upon .'duty.'.- Officers not re-elected ' will be. relieved from duty,' and tbe brigade commander will -return: their .names lo the depaHment-i"! .-i 1 .:' VII. Corps Raised fo :(K 16., Corps raised 'for local defence wpl retain their organization during the term of such enlist- xnent, unlea previously dUbanded. but members I '"1 : - 'i- ' -' " -w- , . ' r. -' - " '' - V ''" ;' . ' . i" . ' " '-" AI COMPANIES IAUTIIOBIZKX the Governor to be raUed prior ; to tbe passage tf the iaw known " the "ConscripUon BiH," mast come to Camp Mangom, near this city, before the 17th day of May ; otherwise , they will not ; oe , receiveOv All thosetoot in by taat tie will be sabjeet to the Wr Deo-rtmeat asuler that law. aad had. better re main at home till ordered by that Department. .', - I 1 tBy order or uoverner Clark: ' . ! . -l:X'..:.. , ' J. O. MARTIN. " apr 28 2t -. . AdjaU Gen. AU papers m tnesute copy twice. i ( GQMMITTEDVI TIIE JAIIt OF LIN COLN County, on the 18th insUut, a Negro Boy named JIM, who says he belongs to Wm. Day is, or EUzaeeth City, N. C- Said boy U about t or 10 years Id, dark eompleetion. Tbe owner is reqaested preve property, pay charges, and take bim away, otk erwlse he will be dealt with as tbe law directs. , " ... . : : C. MILLER, , Linoolntoo, N.'C, April 23t j Jailor. ANTED TO HIRE FOlt THE 1! AL AN CB of the year a GOOD COOK, without ineombraaee. Apply at this effiee. . :. . apr ;r - " r"; BANK CAPE FEAR 1 -I WnjfixeTOS, April 16, 1862. . ) DP7IDEIID NoV l05.: ; ! j v' : A ; DIVIDEND "OF 5 PER CENT. WA f been declared by t-U Bank, payabla to tbe Stockholders on the 1st of May next. apr 20 -r Lima v :. ,i s j. o. UUtttt vasnw. -next Elections! AThat folh' 1 r. v.- i. ( .''. I i : ' ' ' j - - ... ' v - ".. y '.1 i-.-""- "" . -