K - 4 v. , wmmw TDBllMGfl THE LATEST NEWS. , .: . ..P03 THE NOBTU. - ! .-'. - '. ' v BicsHoto, .March 2. jrorthern letto th 26lh recelTd.; Tb blll to enroU and can put the mliitia paawd tha House with amendmeuia yeaa a a, nja is. - v - , The Senate Basaed the bill authorizing the Pre- aidant to eaipend the writ of habca corpuju 24, liaya 13. ' ' " v- The N. Y. World aaja Gold waa fariooa on the 24th- The premium touched 7VW!ia Deary aaies. . The ateaaer Jura, with larerpool dates to the . 12 Ih had arrived. , -. , . -- -1 ! - ' The DitpttcK has dates to the 23d. George N. Saunders sailed from Halifax on the 21st for Eu rope. He h&d Confederate dfapatchea wita jum. The fact that lare numbers of Ambulance weue shipped from Gncinnattim the 18th nit, - with orders tnat tney aaouia oe t wbtuw u the 20th. is takan-aa an Indication bf an erly en gagement by Roaencrsna'a army. -.'..'' 3Ij. Gen. Casaius 21. Clay has been recommij sioned United SUtes Minister to Sussia, : rice Simon Cameron, wifned."- I ;,', The New York 31m8 baa private adricea oon firmiu, to some extent the rumors of trouble in Gen. Banks's command, growing out of the in troduction -of negro troops. Four or Are oficers . of the 1333 regiment of ITew York Volunteer hare revised, and- one Brigadier Geberal . has flatly "refused to: recognize the colored troops, or to march with them. ; - A dispatch, dated Peb. 17,-sUtea that the success of Gen. Grant'a new cut-off in the rear of Vicka ' burg, is now the talk in military circles. Within a fortnight gunboats and transports will pass through the new channel completely circumvent ing Vicks burg. Contrabands are salted wherever found and pressed into service to cut trees, dig np stumps, and clear out obstructions. About 3,490 are already at work. ' The Times says Gen. Grant'a plan evidently is to jurround the enemy by gunboats to prevent retreat, and then to take the placet by regular siege operations, And not by a bold dash upon their batteries. . The Washicrton Republican atates that a com mand has at last been definitely arranged for Gen. Butler, and adds that there is no more. Important field of operations on .the continent than the one which will be embraced within the hew depart ment about to be given him. ' Gold was quoted in New York on the 21st at 162. ; ; .. r '--v;-. v. , In the Yankee Congress, Powell of Kentucky gave notice, that be. should call for an inveUga tion concerning the dispersion of the Convention, recently at, Frankfort. . '' " The New.York Times has the fbllowing'parn graph: - ; . " ,r- '. Our veteran Army of the Mississippi is beinsr depleted at a, fearful rate: and a letter from "Off Vicksburg," which we publish this morning, as serts tbat "since our army has been there, over on hundred men kav every day failed to respond to roll call, and been carried out, never to return." Gold in New York, 163 J. . On the same day, Geo, William E. Jones, com- I manding. ji brigade in the valley, attacked and forty miles from Winchester." killioc one hun dred and taking between three and "JLjb hundred prison Qt.RicAmond JSxaminerJ faith to i certain extent more or less, as the case may be and ber object i to unfold that faith'-J to exiena, iireDginen, ana caaKa it" operawvo.- She takes mm up, therefore, as a pabe tn Uinst, nua. on io COLONEL ZARONA. i-' S ;Tha ,Na88au "correspondent "Courier? writes of the Cbarlestprf in interesting' letter under date ANOTHER ADVANCE IN GOLD. --'X - ':: i'ii'f- Richvoitd, March zjz 1 Gold advanced here to-day forty cents, closing at 300 premium. . .The market is muoh excited- bank cotes firm at BO per cent premium. r ; 1 S-;. - ' From the Countryman. I p'?' z. SLAVES AND EPISCOPALIANS. ; ' : A correspondent of the ChaxkJnUUigencert published In Raleigh; N: 0., gives an accountof Episcopal instruction to his. slaves-400 in num berand thinks it had a tendency to make them loyal to their master. I quote him at some length. He says: ; ':j:-;;:'-p. "The principle on which the master of this plan tation has proceeded, is, that the Church of Jesus is Suited to all sorts and conditions of men ; and that i( the Liturgy of the Church Is above the com." prehension of his servants, then, it Is .'not the Church for himself or his children! Hence, the same services, the same Sacraments, the eame ser mons, have been one and the same for ail, wheth er white or black. r r : v -? '; ."h-'r . The children have been, baptized as soon as -they were 8 dsvs old.1 As soon as they could astc tor the bread which perisheth, they : have been aeain sent to the minister, and, in the Catechism of the Church, ' in her holy Ptalms, and riermona, and Doctrines, have they been taught to Arid, to theft own soul's comfort, that bread of life, of which, it a man eat. he shall live- forever. And so soon as the colored child could say the Creed, the Lord' . WW - J S 1. prs jer, ana we xen vommauamenu, ; uu uu bean suflciently instructed in other parts of the Chnrcn Catechiim. Set forth for that purpose, he has been brought to Jhe Bishop to be confirmed by .him.' ' i X "- -v' '; .r -'' ' -Unhealthy religious excitements.revivals, and. the like, have been avoided as. religiously as the chobra and yellow fever ; the former .being con sidered as detrimental to the soul, as the latter are to the body. " The only prayer meetings e?er heW there bave been the'znornios; and evening servi- ces of the Church, without addition or subtraction; and, at certain timpa; during the . week, sermons have been preached on the duties of the baptized. The servants have, in one word, been; brought up as one great Christian family, with their, minister teaches him, leads faith, and a fuller discharge cards him; irom his baptismr as having entered on the path of life ; never eufters 'him to suspect that he has got to pause, turn backhand begin (he process of running the race set before him anew, but Urges him on -toateady perseverance," and daily .increasing, diligence. ; And herein lies her auccesa,- .The time lost by,' others, in efforts to make a beginning, is, by her. redeemed ih mak ing progress. The slave is properly taught that he is, and actually comes to believe himself, Christian, just so far as he designedly conforms to the revealed will of : trod so far actually a. Christian, but no farther.. - She teaches him tbat the faith which does! hot lead. to action, is nothing that the ieeling Is, nothing worth which does not develope itself in the sanctification of the life that ! praying Is inot'V religion rtbar singing psalms and hymns is hot religion:; that going to meeiinsr is not reunion : out, inai reunion la uomg the will of God that all these, arid such likeSn- (: higher degrees of 1 of the" Plh Instantj'f rom Slrhich 'wo make "tho fol-; ol duty, - She re-j lowiqg stirring extract M&'f &yt- ; Ke case of that gallant spirit, .the ; h.igh-ton-.- ednd gallant Zarvona: vis one of-the moat haw sowing on : record:Let it le published to the woria.r uutier,- the lieast, could notiinvent a more atrocious piece of. brutality.' Our coverh.-. ment should put each captured- Federal cerfink cjoai voiiunemeni, na Keep cim - mere uniif- r vona iffVestored to freedom, When Capt Carlin leftflFort Lafsyetter lasfmooth: Zivona wM Still n iohtary confinement J 'ht he had. been for the last six months, liis windows are nailed up so that a fay ot light! enters not -to cheer his deso late soul- He is.allowed notbin? to read not even a Bible. The prisoners know 'very;-little about him, beyond what they pick up from their jailors. Very often the physician is seen going to. his 'cell, and the natural, supposition- Js tbat he is grid'ual? ly: sinking -under hi3 Eufferincs, f Frequently large volumes of smoke are Been bursting through the cracks of his door : after the door is opened determined to kill hi boasted ucu ten ess" of stru mentalities, are only .means to the one great I by a sergeant and guarded until the smoke wholly with the precepts and principle, of , the New Tes tamentv 'r:-' -V : y'v';.'ST ! Such Imperfectly ' sketched; we. admit--Is the Church's teaching. Its wisdom ;ia seen: in suchj results as the case mentioned by;6ur - correspon-1 dent-a case,. we repeat it, which is not solitaryf but is one among numbers tbat have been already spoken of in this journal by oursel ves, and, ; among bundre-ls, we verily believe, 'that might be ad- duced, if -our too modest clergy would only con-f sent to make known what has 'occurred in their own ministry. . We1 cannot but agree,. with our correspondent, that the revival system, and the orot ratted meeting manoeuvre,, ana an eucu un Keolthy uppliances, would be fatal to it. Every thing of this kind, should be avoided with the utmost care,. wnether in tne care ot blacks or whites, but eipecially of the former. : The negro,1 though of. an inferior race, is a rational being. Treat him as such, and you may lead him, as rea son, properly consulted, chimes in with revela-j tion ; but be is raturally the creature of vastly Susceptible passion- land' affection.- Commit the reins to bis emotions, and you lose control of his rational being.' lie becomes tne victim or an imagination, stimulated to madness by the lower and more controlling elements of his nuture escapes victim.' 'A-.ruse worthy ,of the Brother Jonathan, was practised at ope time oh the prisoners. '. The keeper of tire Bdstile suspect ing that Zsrvona was in correspondence with his 'fellow prisoners had him quietly removed to the uara House,: one day, and."placea one oi tne j? eaerai oergeants; who- borer a reS3mDian.ce to Zarvona; dressed in his uniform, at his cell wfn dow. ' . (This was before the window "was hermet ically sealed.) -(The- pretended - Zarvoaa i salu tea tte prisoners as they pa?sea, ana : occasionally threw to them bits of paper, wrapped around nails' or.Amaii riiAopn'.nr vmnn.- Th r. en EUGcaeaea.-- Those of the prisoners who picked up the decoys were thrust in to the Guard -House. . Among the suspected was -s gentleman' from Maryland, Mr. 3 asl E. W. Cec U : On 7 suspicion of. the -crime ot . fle als0 fpHE SJBSCItlDER'WOl7IJ..lxNFOR3I This friends and the ndblie in eroneral, :tnat ho fcaj procared the valaable services, of Mr. O. F. Ra (lato of Kichmond.) known aa a very r tasty-, ana skiuiui "Catter; and will bestow his whole attention to the satW isfac tioa of all who njay patronize him with .their or ders. - He would also refer the publio to tne supply or READY MADE CLOXHINa, -; v,V? iV;3.V;villLlTABY- GOODS, -J.-: TRIMMINGS, Aev Which can constantly be found at bis eataUUhment. Betorninsr his thanksio the public . for the - kind and liberal oatronaio bestowed on. him, he reapectfttllv so licits a continuance of the 8ama, as' no pains yiVl be spared to serye hu-eastomers, ' fr;. a-;. t- , f ; .... , -g:$L. (itHA UjSJdAJM, Jfayetteviiie es., v Feb 25-swlwvfe-"-i-:.r: - ..Raleigh, N- C. 'MM0Voi I Sale. : ; . 'feT; SMAXI, jFARM OF ABOUT 6t ACBES in the Tillage of Oak, Hill,. Granville oai.tyr H. C.,12 mile from Oxford. .Tkere is good dwelling. school housed and out-houses oa the. plao. - Also, a very jeood Apple Orchard. - Mr. Wm. iu luryear, tne jPofctmaster at Oak Hilt will show any oneth nrem ises.1 For information regarding terms, Ao.; addres jan 21 2m " . Richmond,. Va. ' Sale.'." ; iy MATCH FACTORYi WITH A IAKGE jOl. stock of raaCBrial 'btC hand and fitted ap aocording to the mos t approyed ;uropeah plan for saving time and labdr The proprietormfendiag to" leave for En ! rope is anxious to selland will oSe'r inducements to a nurehasar: Address' Ui .f-f : '"rlp. $K v. '.V ' '-.V ii U V4 D.R." Box 246, Feb 25t ti viiJ 4, Bichmpad P0. '.Blooded-Horsegfor lalo. :z'h- I0. BI. TOBACCO FLY. BYTUE RED, L i outof Fire Fly, Imp. Priam, G. dam by' Imp.. . Lufboroaghlost nly one rao oat of fix b years old now stinted to Albion. Ji4MQ::.. . v - Z:. K j fZiicir procluoei 9.; jf by Albion, Jr fpaled last spring price i 3. Of Fire; . Br."- Ill; Horse Fly, by Imp Fly W Night out i . ' ire; Fly 3 years ML $709, ft V -. N- - : ? .,; .-. t t iL, Lola by BaUfe-Ppywn out of aregtWara, now ten yearsold and .stihied. ,.io Tai Blrer a fine 1 hleod and saddle aniraalf $45. J . : . - . . 4 t. Her produce. B. M.. Esther, by Gin, Hawkins. bay Friam, 4 years old, now sun tea 1 -IV IT 8.-KF.,' by tmp.'Fly by iSMjrht, .S ytava old, $500.' , 9. :B, Jipsilon, by Epsilon, Jr? one sarcoid,; ; 400. 'i - ! '"r f ' -" j j . . ' ? ' . ' 1 10. B.'C4 by Albtoni -Jr.; :; which horse' Co!. Green ; : lost upon the fall, of Boanoks Jjland last spring's ' colt. . . - 'l, : . 11, B:C. by same out of No. 6, foaled Mtv 1U.'. 1802, as was No. 10 a perfect match, price for pair, , . ; to Tar' Elver, HJ full! brother to last named, 3 years old. - t. r- $500. i . substituting feeling for duty,' ana the ravings of n u 1 rm-w w nn m nn i mi iim th iLrivinv in hmt w mm mni 111 a the ways of UU holy Uhurcu. . : ; EUKOPE. The Canada brings English dates to that 7th. The Qaeen, In her speech before Parliament with regard to American affairs, said aha had abstained from taking any steps with a view to inducing a cessation of hostilities, because it had not seemed that any such overtures could be attempted with any probability of success. - t3be however viewed with deepest cencern the conflict which still raged, and witnessed with grief, tb distress. which the war inflicted upon portions of her subjects- Z The JLondon Times saysrit is reported that cer tain parties in Paris had .offered a loan of Ave million of pounds sterling; to the Confedorate Government, oa the basis of. Cotton at Ufa pence per pound with the option of exchanging for Con federate Bonds at seventy, bearing eight per cent Witness the mult: 'When tba enemy came to the Eastern coast of North Carolina; where these servants of God lived, and when tney were offered Yankee freedom I God aave the mark J they al refused to a man to leave their earthly" Christian master and with one mouth, they all promised to follow their minister, if be would only lead them to him, who had-been a Christian master to them. This 'they did under difflcalties, and when they might have fled to the enemy with but little dan ger. Yet they evinced every desire to maintain their Christian character in which it had pleased God to place them. - - - , , i What but the holy Church- the Holy Spirit of God operating through the holy word daily taught, and the holy Sacraments duly administers ed, with the daily prayers,-could have brought about such a glorious result ? . Surely it is all due, not to the minister not to the master, but to Him who established His Cburcn as an ark of safety for all men, the only way of salvation, and the only refuge for Binner." . . " . ; Upon the communication from which the fore going is taken, the editor of the Intelligencer, Af ter giving various' reasons and examples to show that it waa not kindness alone on the part of the master which prevented his correspondent's slaves from forsaking him, thus proceeds : ' ' "We must then look for some other explanation of the conduct of the servants referred to, than the iafluence exerted upon them by the christian kind ness or their owners. In what, then, shall we find it 7 We shall And it tn this in the influence, we candidly believe, of Church teaching; which, where'properly understood and carried out, le'stm- pty the leaching of the wcrd of God. These peo- intrest, and that the offer had been accepted. The Liverpool Cotton market dull, prices weak, pie had been born And reared under the influence Consols 92. . j of that teaching their very cradles had been the The insurrection in Poland Is said to bedspread- couches of it. They were not taught that they ing. A sanguinary battle had been fought at must be converted. .They were treated from the Win ere win which the i as ur rents were defeated outset as Christians aa believing the gospel, and and the town captured by the Russians. At the Lord Mayor's banquet, if r Mason said he anticipated speedily established friendly rela tions between tne British and Confederate Gov ernments. The declaration was received with much applause. " ' ' The Times says Mr. Mason was much too fast that present proceedings mean nothing. Lincoln's reply to the Manchester Address, has been published. It deplores the sufferings occa sioned by the scarcity of Cotton, but rejoices that the efforts tt create sympathy for the seccfionists have failed in England. Ha enlogixes the utter ance of tbe.Mancheter meeting as sublime he-' roism, and expresses aaj earnest desire! for per petual peace between the two nations. ' The ship George. Griswold, with American contributions for the relief of English operative's, had arrived in Liverpool, and was received with salutes. . - - . . . The Confederate steamer Sumpter had escaped from Gibraltar, and the Tuscarora had sailed tpr Cadii. . , - .-. .J.; It was stated that the new steamer 296" was in the Mersej on. the 5tb, and was expected to sail in a few days for a rebel rendezvous. . In the new Corps LegisUitifft paragraphs in the address to the Emperor have passed relative to Mexico, America and. Italy, but the opposition strongly denounced the Mexican; war and the continued occupation of Rome. " The Berlin papers announce news of an alarm ing character from the Polish provinces. ' The agitation- having crossed the Bulssian frontier, the Prustian troops are concentratiag there. . . CoTTox Sales at Liverpool for last week amounted to 25,000 bales; the market closing at a decline of one-half penny. . x DESTRUCTION OF THE C. 8, STEAMER ' . NASHVILLE. ' SjlVjlsxxh, Feb. 28. The steamer Nashville, in coming up the Ogeeche last night, grounded on the sand oar above Fort McAllister, and was discovered this morning by tho enemy's jflaet An iron-clad opened fire across the marsh at the Nashville at thirty minutes pn:se van o'clock' and continued until ten, when ah incendiary shell struck the Nashville, setting her on fire, and she is now a total wreck.' The fort fired upon the iron-clad, hitting her twice. Other gunboats from the fiaet shelled the fort, doing no damage. FROM NASSAU RTjNNING THE BLOCK . ADS. . CHArnxxsTox, .March l.-Two steam err, the Douglas and the Ruby, arrived here at daylight this morning, with Nassau dates to Thursday last. The Nassau was fired at several times by the blockaders ; but not hit. . - The steamers Stonewall Jackson and Hero from Charleston, and also the St. Johns, from Savannah, had arrived safely at Nassau. - MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN NORTH ERN VIRGINIA. On Wednesday last, Brigadier Gen. - Fitxhguh Lee, with detachments from the 1st, 2d and 3d Virginia cavalry, numbering five hundred men, 'crossed the Rappahannock . seven miles above Fredericksburg, and fell upon a cavalry encamp ment at Harwood church. .The enemy were du perad with little resistance, and were pursued un till they found refuge behind a heavy body of their infantry, our men killing, wounding and taking prisoners upwards of 200 of their number. Ojr troops then beat a retreat, bringing off their irisoners and a number of horses, and having ost in the affair only one man kPled and one wounded. , One hundred and fifty of theprison ers, amo ig whom were, two captains - and three, lieutenants, were brought to this city on -Balur- day. They represent six different regiments of eayalry and the 15th MassAchawtUicfautry. - were led on, from day to day, and step by step, in the ways of tho gospel. Among other lessons taught (hem, we know this to have been one to be contented and satisfied with the condition in which God, who allots to all their place and por tion in this world, has fixed them. "Art thou called being a slave 7 (doolos eclethes?) Care not for iL Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, abide therein with OodJ" This they were taught as a part of their religion. ' They ware not taught to get religion, bat to do it to live in jt to make it part and parcal of their daily life and actions. - As servants they were taught to be obe dient to their masters, in all things not with eye service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Now, we would not say that these, and such like letsons are omitted in the teachings of the de nominations. By.no means. . We believe them to be aa faithful as we are, in their own way p but the difference is this : The denominations treat the negro, as indeed they do all persons who have -not gone through a certain mental process called con version, as a heathen. '- They approach him as if he had never heard .of Christ, and were in no sense or degree, under the influence Of His religion, and tell him he must be converted. To is end, means and appliances are resorted to music, especially, which, has peculiar power over the race to excite his feelings, and to work htm up to a state of en thusiasm. In this etate,he loses sight of everything that is real, tan gi Die ana practical. ; tie becomes excited and happy, just aa he would at a dance. or merrv-makmer of any kind, where music and singing prevailed,' and he takes that brief state of pleasant reeling," ror amzBSiox, taxing it for granted that he has got religion. After this, the duties or the gospel may De urged upon him. with the greatest fulness and power but he thinks all this is only something by the way. This may all be very well, but the main part of the business has long since been aooomplishea : he has been convert edhe got religion at such a time and place, and it was a very pleasant process. He would gladly go through it once a year, iz not once a week, and "hence looks out, with anxious expectancy, for eve ry opportunity of a revival. Practising the du ties of the gospel, however resisting his natural propensities to lie, steal, hate,' aed revenge him self going about his daily labor with steadiness and diligence, from a sense of duly to God de nying himself, and taking up his cross and walk ing in tba commands and ordinances of the Lord, blameless all this Is comparatively, a dull and lifeless business, it is much more agreeable to get religion by the wholesale under the influence of an exciting tune, adapted to words of soul stir ring energy : nd no matter how he may fail in the moralities of the Christian life, he goes back to Its commencement, or what he was told to be such, and consoles himself by the recollection of the happy feelings he then enjoyed, trusting that all subsequent deficiencies will be overlooked on that account: Now, we ask -all those who coun tenance the , system of things which favors and leads to this process, whetUer we are not speaking a little not a little, either, but a good deal to their own experience? Whethef tbe do not find in themselves a constant propensity to go back to past experience, and to console themselves, espe cially under the painful consciousness of short comings in duty, or the commission of sin, with the pleasing . 'recollection of their espousals" and their first love 7 If this Is the case with the free, what are we to expect In the bond?' If this is the conscious experience of the rational, what are we to look for; from such s system, in the simple, ig norant ereatures of whom we are speaking ? - - Now, the Church, on the other hand, treats the negro, as aha does indeed all persons; born, bap tized, and reared in a Christian land, not as a' heathen, but as a Christian. To preach con ver sion to such a person, in the sense xn which Christ and the Apostles preached it to the Jews and hea then of their time, is siinpljabsurd- She takes it tot grant! that such a person belisve, or fas The extracts from the Intelligencer are so long, j tbat I have but little room for comment. I must say, however, that these extracts present food for serious thought, and careful consideration.! The religious instruction of our slaves is a matter which must be attended toj if we intend to do our duty. We owe it do lees to the well-being of the slave, than to oar own interest. .Does not the Episco palian system, as here presented, offer superior advantages Tor the religious training 01 our ne eroes ' ; .'.-'. -' j . rZ', I am, too, very much . pleased to find that. the views , of the writers (unuer cnurcn sanction, too) coiocide so entirely with views which have been eliminated, in my own mind by my own observation and experience, . without ever having met with them before, from any other person, in print, or out of it. j j - At some' future time, I will Center more at length upon this subject. Now, I must, content myself wtth noting, in brief, some points in which I so essentially agree with the writers. . - "Unhealthy religious excitements," says the correspondent, have been avoided as religiously as the eholera aud yellow fever the former being .considered s& detrimental to the soul as the latter are to the body." . - j . This is "the truth, the whole truth, and noth ing but the truth." . .!-.'. The editor, says, the negrosa spoken of, "were not taught to get, religion, but to do it to live in it to make it pact and parcel of their daily; life and actions. '.-. 'j ... . .'- j Again the editor says : "The denominations treat the negro, as indeed they do all persons who nave not gone turpugh a praticuiar men (al pro , cess, called conversion, as a heathen. They ap- j proach him as if he had never -hard of Christ, and were in no cense or degree, under the influence of His religion, and tell him be must be converted To this end, means and appliances are resorted to 'music, especially, which has peculiar power over the race to excite his feelings, and to work him up'to a state of J enthusiasms In ; this state, he loses sight of everything that is real, tangible, and practical." j . , ' : 1 But why should I 'continue to quote' extracts which are particularly good ? - W ere I- to con tinue to do so, I should . have to quote all the editorial by piece-meal. ,i will return to the article, again, at some fuiure time. ; . Will not the Savannah Rebuplic an, which has sbown a commendable disposition lately, notwith standing it is a secular journal; and not withstand ing it may be a matter of surprise to see Sahl among the prophets which has shown a com mendable disposition1 lately to advance the caue of Christian truth and liberality will not the Savannah . Republican republish this article, in order, to show' how much good sense there is among the Episcopalians, in some things, and bow little real danger there is in patronizing their schools? ,. - I communicating with Zavona, ha was;put in a cell two and a half feet "bv six in size, ana though he was in delicate health there ho was incarcerated for ten - weeks. - His food was coarse and ecant ; his health'failed and finally he ? was taken ilL The doctor was Sent5 for,- but he brutally declared that nothing was the "matter! ". A good natured tjoldier, however,,exclaiming m bis own empnat ic way "that it was a d d shame," subsequently procured Mr Cecil some medicine which he thinks saved his life. Supposing; perhaps, .that he was sufficiently ' punished, or that they were j sufficiently; revenged, the authorities released Mr. Uecil from soiitarv conunemenl, . ana . he - came again among his fellow men, a shadow of his for mer self, his fce haggard,"thi hair turned grey, anA In KnrliT watcrl trk - a' drolofnn--i f)fllv.-thA- greatest attention . from his lellow prisoners pre served - his life. He "was .released from .the fort two months afterwards, after haying been confin ed for fourtsen months for no ascertainable cause whatever. 4 Z ; , ' - - A Scknjs AT St. Louis. The following para-, graph is taken from a late number of the New York "limes :" : : The boat from St. Louis, just in. brings intelli gence of the arrival there yesterday of the Rebel" prisoners from Arkansas Post.'!. An- intelligent paisencer informs : me that tffere was a very nu merous gathering upon the levee io witness, and, as it proved, on the part of. hundreds, pf sympa thizers, to. welcome their arrival, and to make the occasion a kind of ovation to treason. . Finding so mapy friends on the dock, and so many manifes tations of sympathy,, ' the Rbcl ; prisoners 9 gave vent to savage outcries of defiance whh were re sponded id from the landing.- One of tb!e privates, more lmpudentrond tonguey than tne rest, volun teered to be spokeman for the crowd, and, mount ing a temporary rostrum, harangued the assem blage for an hour inthe ' most exciting and trea sonable language. He applied to.the Yahkee every term of abuse and Contempt which . his peculiar vocabulary could furnish, without the slightest interruption from. the officers; ih charge..; Barrels of apples were brought down to the dock,' their heads stove in, and their contents showered among tne prisoners. And this is tne way we receive in a Union city red-handed- rebels trom the battle fields where the. blood of brave men has flowed in defence of the Government. ' ;i 1 :Z ' Scotch Snuff ? nE SUBSCRIBERS, AGENTS FOR Messrs. Ridd'e and McDwaino, are.ubw prepared to furnish to the trade their superior' brand Scotch Snuff, which will be found equal to any manufactured in the Southern Confederacy. r Tney also offer the "W. H. Beasley" and 1 "Smith Eserton". 6nu and solicit orders for 'the same. i r ' ! McILWAiaE, SON & CO. . ' . ' ' i ' : c ' ' : . " . ( - . ' Mcllwaine, Son & Co, , - PET E R S B U lt G , V I R G I N I A , KEEP CONSTANTLY ON II AND A well assorted stock of manufactured and Smo kiug Tobacco. Also - the - celebrated 'Riddle k Mcllwaine" Scotch Snuff and other brands suitable for the trade. , - - . ; McILWAINfl, SON A CO. : JFebSl-lm ; ! Zv"-,.ZZs' V-j- s:'.v.. LETTER FROM JOHN MITCHEL. Amond the conespondence captured recently by the Yankee.' Government from Maj. Saunders, vraa a letter addressed by John Mitchel one of thejrish rebels of 1848 to the Dublin Nation It commences by telling how he escaped into Vir ginia. He arrived incog, at New York,vand pro ceeded as. fast as possible I to one of the . Southern .counties, where, in company with two officers of the Confederate army', he crossed the Potomac, "close by four gunboats, and under the bow of a Yankee revenue cutter." He extols the people of the lower counties of Maryland, says they are loyal to the core to the Confederacy, and that they are constantly smuggling contraband goods to their friends in the South. . JUr. Mitchel says tbst north of the Potomac there is no law, and he was in doubt all the time whether he was in America) or Poland, or Venetia. The; people of Maryland engage a great portion of the writer's attention, and he cannot find words "i enough to extol them for their patience and Southern pa triotism. Richmond he finds very little changedj and tbat the' Irish citizens are giving a hearty support to the Government. The letter concludes with the following : i, ; i There are, as I learn, about forty thousand Irishmen in the Southern army;' but they are distributed, as they ought to be, through all regi ments and all nrms, of the serviee, and have never b en formed into an Irish brigade. They do hot pretend to fight this American quarrel as - Irish men, nor do they desecrate the name nor prosti tute the flag. of Ireland at all. As for the North ern Irish, who. seem to have got, themselves pur soadedthat the; enfrenchisement of Ireland is. somehow, to result from the subjugation of the South, and that tne repeal of one Union, in . Eu rope 'depends ;on the enforcement of another Union in America, pur friends here do-cot well understand the process of reasoning which leads to that conclusion: nor do I. TheV call those Northern forces,'by the one general name, Yan - e,ana indignantly protest that the green bunting, under which 'Irish',? brigades havef chosen to march to the invasion and subjugation of. the South, is not the banner of Ireland at all mere ly one of the Yanked insignia. In all this I agree with them entirely. Nobody has tho right to un furl the colors of Ireland in.a war of invasion and plunder and coercion j These Irish at the South have never pretended io . mix up their native country in the. struggle; they indulge in no Fon- tenoyism; they uaunvno bunporst?: they display on their, banners no round' towers, wolf-dogs, or crownles harps; but go ahead quite simply, under the stars and bars of their adopted country, to de fend thtir own homes and hearths from a host of greedy invaders.' If i they should ever be- over powered and def eated, Ireland at least will not be dishonored in their, persons. But they-have no thought of being defeated: and I will sum up my impression by declaring my conviction that this Confederacy can never bo conquered. SnufF& Smoking Tobacco .Factory ' Z - Z ' ' Pbtbesbubu, Va. : . i ' ; -jlroORE & LYNCU HAVE OK HAND lVl Superior Scotch Scuff; and Smoking Tobacco (Climax JJrand.) Orders promptly attended to at the lowest rates. . V- ' ' . ' Feb. 25-3t j- ::. 4; Certificates Lost. 4 -z BY ACU OP US-6NE SHARE OP the Stock of the R; 4 0. 11.. R. Company. All persons are hereby warned-from trading for the Bame, " as we shall apply tor. tneir renewal. ;, :. ; A. L, STEED. r . T 3Irt. -E. B. STEED, Feb. 23lmpd jAdmin'x of J. H. Steed, deo'd Z R F.j liESTHlJl, 'ZJ-: A UCTIONEER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, PETERSBURG, -'.- . . ;t (OPPOSITE MCILWAINB, SON Sb, CO.,) Store recently occupied by Stevenson," Weddell Jt Co, i ' : Z: " .BEVBRS.ro ,'i -i'ZZ, .''"ZZ- ' H. D. Turner, Esqt, Raleigh. f-:y :"Z:Z:-- " - A. W. Venable, Granville. ; ' ' 1 f Prof. W. T. Walters, Forestville." , Feb 21 -lm , .r-r-Z- . ,yv p ?Conimitte4. To,; Jait;:: ' AS COMMITTED TO THE. JAII. OE Warren County, on the 31st day of December last as a runaway, suNegrdT man who says; his name is Washington Jewell :: that he belongs to vapt. wm: Smith of the 6th Reffiment N. C. Troops,", and that h is master lives irt Faquier County, Va., when at home. says he escaped from toe Jail or wane voua . ty, soma six or eight weeks since, and subsequently from Nash County Jail. t; - ; 'Z- "v Z' " Said Negro, is a dark ginger cake or bacon. color ; about 6 feet i or 6 inches high has bad teeth in front and appears to be about 40 or 45 years , of age.' - The owner must prove property, pay eharges ana take him away or he will be dealt with as the law di rects. .., 4Z : Z- ' wm. u. har Also,: . Jan. 10 tf Z Z 'V,v.r-'J"- V Z:' "'. - " ':"- Jailor.. ' . -:Z-:Z. TaoMASviULE, Feb, 16, 1863..- NOTICE IS HEREBY' GIVEN . THAT one month after this date I shall apply to the North Carolina Railroad Company for the re-issue tf, Certificate No. tor- 'one share of their Capital Stock standing in my name, the original having been lost or mislaid. A ? r JAMa iLUVhi:. Febl8 wlm . , ' -- ' Office oi the Chatham R II.. Co., ; v Z Z:ZZi Raleioh, February 61 8 63. j fpHE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE. CHA.T- L ham Railroad Company will meet at the Court House in the City of Raleigh, on Tuesday, the 3d day of March, 1863,. to consider the propriety of accept ing the amendments to their Charter lately-passed by the1 General Assembly. - - v , feb 14 td ; : FJBALiLJS, President. V f' Committed a IO THE JAIIX OF WAKE COUNTY, ON . the 11th of November, 1862, a negro man who says his name is HARRY, and -that he belongs to John Thomas. Mebane, of Bertae County.' - Said boy is about 35 years of age,, and of dark oomplezioD The owner of said boy is requested . to ec me for ward, proret property and pay charges, or he will be dealt with as the law aireots. T -- , :W. H. HIGH, Shff. ; - Deo. 15th, 1862. f . - J" dec 15 tf r ' 1 1 "... .';''''. ' J - '-' .' ' ,' ' " V To Cotton Planters. z.- T HAVE BEEN APPOINTED. BY THfl A. becretary of-the Treasury,-, Chief. Agent for. the purchase of Cotton for the -Confederate. Government within the State of North Carolina, and will pav for the same in 8 per cent Bonds or cash. ". Such agents visiting the different parts of the State, bnying in miy name, will have written certificates of appointment. patriotic citizens are now" offered an opportunity to aid the Government by selling to it their cotton rath er than to private capitalists. : ; ' I - ' - ! LEWIS S. WILLIAMS. : Charlotte, Feb. 11 1863. . - . feb 14-r-lm . tl2. Be. IL, Mid NbrhLby lmpJ Albion, dam by Imp. Gleneoe, 4 years old, $1,000. . j., . . 13.1 B. a M, Pitch Dark, 4- years eld. In foal to Al bion, Jr. -he by: Imp. Albion, dam Stockholder, G' 14..Ch."M.K KiUy, 6 years old s splendid saddle : horse, by Roanote, $500. " ,---': :' j: 15. S. 11. Regent, J r., fay Regent, 2 years old,' $700. V 16. B. IL' Beauregard,. 4 years old, -by Qitu if. T. -Hawkins' bay 4 Priam.. This horse U-bVlieved to be the 1st or 2d racer in the vountry. '. He wen tbe rreat ' New. Market Sweep Suke in, two straight bests, beat- ing a fine field. Among them NlEette, fall sltt.r to ' the renowned Planethis dam by Imp. ' Trustee be ' is a fall brother to the celebrated race horse Frank Allen. We will sell one-half interest la him for $ 1 000. ' 17."' Also, a pah of dark, brown carriage oms by a' . Wagoner, horse large,' gentle and well broken . to" Single or double harness, $700. ; j , v y . . . ,k ; ,' .Being orerstocked with horses, we will selLat pri vate sale, the above list. ' Most of their pedigree are ' as thorough and fashionable as any in this country.' More complete pedigrees wjll be furnished purehtMrs. ' . . -- ; : - THOS. Ji GREEN 4 fON, . Emerald!, near farrenton, N. C Jan. 23 2m - . r asr After the lpt .of next menthlO per cent will he added to the prices of any of this list then unsold 4 v.K- : W. J. GREEN A fcOJiS.1T February 9th, 1863. ' - .. c j feb 14 tf. . , : XTORTn CAROLINA muttal jifk': jZ INSURANCE COMPANY .OFFICIt RALEIGH, ' N."' C THI8 COMPANY Ukes risks npoq vail healthy lives between . the agce of, 14 and f 60 years--for one year,v for seven yeaf s, er ' for life the aeturere for life participating is the pro fits of the Company. Slaves between the ages of 10 and and 60 years, are insured, for one or fire ye&rs, for ' two-thirds their market value. " . - : ' ' All losses are paid within 80 oayf after satlsfaotory proof is presented. ': . ?....' . r'"-; v xt -DIRECTORS FOR 1861 AND 1862. . ; V ' ,. . Charles B. Johnson, Wm. W. Uolden, J, Gi Williams, r Z . Quentin Busbee, V :;Wm, H; McKee, ;. , ; Charles B. Root, T Rioh'dvH: Battle. 1 Wm.1 EL Jonee, XL W. Hosted,. P. y. Pesoud, A: K. P. BatUe, . ' 1.. W. S. Mason,'" fiverard Hall, Z.z officers: ' ' Dr. Chae. E. Johnson PreslienU - -: f i 4 W. W. Holden, Vice President, : h vH; W. Husted, Attorney. . ; - ' . Z. : Wm. H. Jones, Treasurer, Z - I v ' Z: r R. H. Battle, Secretary. ' Z ,. ' X W.: H. McKee; Medical Examhjer.'. : . W. m MeKSey . i:V . Z' : . i v -J ; Charles B.j Root; V Executive OonmitU. . : ' i: 'Q,-Basbee,. J. - , ''' Z For .further- information, the public Is referrea the pamphlets 'and forms of proposal, which maybe; -'. V 1 4. .1. r rrr . ? ii . . - ... oouuuea. at yao vuice oi ut vompacy, or maj ( 11 .Agencies. .Address ; - "4-' r .' X- 'Z ' vr- 4x- . - Rr JLr BATTLE. SeVy." i,th,.i8e r- 1. Raleigh Jan. 8, S02. Jan 11 OUT1I CAROLINA : MUTUAL FIRE i INSURANCE. C0MPAN3r-At the annaal meeting of the North Carolina Mutual Fire Insuraaoe , Company, held on the 14th' January, 1862, the follow ., ing persoas were elected .Directors and OOoers tt the t- Henry DJ DIRECTORS. ' Turner, ,Ralcilgh ." ' 3room Corn Seed. ' : . " A GENTLEMAN WHO RAISED A CR5p of Broom Com last year has a large quantity oC seed for' sale. Price $2.60 per bushelone dollar extra when a bag is furnished. Printed directions for the cultivation of broom corn will be sent to all who" desire to raise a crop. " Zj;-,Z- Z''"-:Z AH orders sent to WILLIE J. PALMER, Principal of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and tbe Blind,- will receive prompt attention.' : . . Feb 21 Swim; ' -;-;1r:r H ;:,- . '.'j-.--' de.. de. i CERTIFICATE OF STOCK FOR ONE Share in the North Carolina -Railroad Company, No. 865" Application will be made for renewal of Bame. . . ' JNO. VV. HXMJfi. f : V Shocco Springs. 1 THIS CELEBRATED WATERING PLACE IS now open for the reception of visitors, (refugees and others;, h or terms apply to - ; - , " HYMAN N1CHOLLJ5- ! CO, Proprietors, , :V Shocco Springs, Warren Co., NC. Febl8 lmpd ' -." For Sale.-' A FIRST . BATE Z CLOSE. CARRIAGE and harness, but little used; also a good Carry alL Fbrestville Feb.l75tpd. ' r C Z Z. i, -. nDxpabtxeitt Nobthekjt Yieoisia, .' February 16th, 18C3. - , j Spbical Order, 1 zZ'i'- Z No. 47. ' A :-Z.Z rZ?-!S T CAP T. LATHAM OF THE BRANCH X Artillery, will proceed to North . Carolina, with. three of his Company for the purpose. of procuring Horses for the use of the Artillery. j ; : q By command of General Lee s -f- : ( Z- W. W. TAYLOR, ' Z'i"l "' :J . - A. A. General 'Z In pursuance of the above order; all persons'engag- ed in b urine- and selling Horses or "Mules,-- or those having the same for sale, will find it to ; their advan tage to -write or-call on me at my Headquarters in Greensboro', N. C. --. '! " I ": I shall visit the different portions of -the btate as soonas possible. - ' A. C. LATHAM, r -Feb 28-lw" :; :"ZV" . Capt; Branch Artillery. State Journal,-Itegieter and Standard copy one week and send bills to Progreee Offiee. i -. J. - Z J. P. KNIGHT & CO., ; ' (snccESsoas to knioht, -kobkrtsJn A CO) ' NO. 2 IRON FRONT J1UILDING, .SYCAMORE STREET," PETERSBURG, VA.f :. ; Will sell on commission : -jtf Z- TOB ACCO, CO TTONl WHEA Tt FL O VR, CORN, BACON, LARD; BUTTER, BRANDIES, &C. Will attend to the filling of ordsrsj " will make ash "1. advances on produce' in hand.lt , f - " V -ff-;-' Zi rr'-ZZr ... 1 J. P.' KNIGHT & CO. V NOTICE. I am eonnected with the above house, and will be pleased to have my old friends and cuato mere patronise me aa heretofore. ' ! 7 t- ' j v BENJAMIN M. ROBERTSON. Feb 15 lm -' -z To Capitalists '.z, K '"jz'y- f:; mHE ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI "JL River Railroad Company, of Alabama, will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, (not less than par ) on Wednesday, the 4vh day of March, 1863, at the Bankof Selma, in the City, of Selma, $100,000 bonds of the Company, dated January 1st; 1862, and due January 1st, 1875, and $42,000 bonds of the City of Selma, dated January let, 1862, and due January iBt, 1882. The last named Jonds will be endorsed and guaranteed by the Railroad Compa ny. . Ail tnese Dpnds Dears per cent interest, paya ble semi annually,' at the Commercial Bank of Ala bama, at Selma, with coupons attached.Tor the Inter est. The. bonds of the Company (interest and prin cipal) are secured by a mortgage, duly executed and recorded, on the entire Railroad of the Company, with all its machinery and lands, and franchise, and other appurtenances.-' The road commences at the City of Selma, where" it connects with the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad (completed 135 miles, and now being extended nnder a contract with the Confederate Government,' to Rome, Georgia; and with a daily line of steamboats, plying between Selma and Montgomery,- and extends West through a well culti yated and very fertile region, via TJniontown at.d De-' mopolia, about 77. miles, "and is connected by means of the Northeasts and 'Southwest Alabama ' Railroad, wi(h the Mobile and Ohio, and Southern (Mississippi) Railroads, at Meridian Mississippi. .Besides Its very marked local advantages, securing to it a large Iocs business, this road holds a most favorable position , in the great Eastern and Western line of travel .bet ween Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and the Northern, and Eastern portions . of the Confederacy,' affording the most direct and . shortest route from Vicksburg, and all Intermediate places to tbe Capitol ot toe tOiueaeracyj and tne . south - Atlantic cities. Although the route through from Selma- to Meridian has been opened only within the last few- weeks.' and is not yet working aa regularly as it will, so soon .as tne arrangemenis in progress are compietetJ, tne in come already far exceeds the' sum required to make good the bonds proposed to be issued. Iq short, it is believed, that no , better securities than those bonds, can be found-in the Confederacy.' Two prior liens exist, to-wit: a mortgage to secure $150,000 bonds of the Company, due January next, to be paid eat of the proceeds of the bonds now offered and.which will be received-in payment for the latter bonds. . Second, a mortgage to secure $150,'000 advanced 'by the Confed erate Government for the completion of the road, and payable in 1872, unless sooner discharged as expected. by transportation for the'Gdvernment. - TY ZZ bealed proposals or Dins, 'directed to the undersign ed at Demopolw, or W. S. Knox,' Esq.,. Treasurer, at Selma, (who on application will give any inlormation desired) will receive dne attention. . " -j : ; U ZZZZZ" Z Qw G. GRIFFIN President fieima,A:sv, jreD, 11 tzsteb. .r 'Z' John R. Williams, J . IX. Bel by,- . C.'W. D. Hutchings, Kerap.'P. Battle, , G eorge Little. ; . James M, Tewles, James' E. HoyL Waehinrten. ." Z Alexander Mitchell, Newhem fr Jos. G. Wright, Wilmington. : John M. 'Jones Edenton. I - 'George W. Charles, Elisabeth City L' Jos Raiasay, Plymouth. '1 , : ; ! J. W. Harrell, Murfreesboroerh , ' xi. x, n uiuuns, vnarioiie, 1 Samuel Watkins, Milton. Z A. W. Steel, Fayetteville, 1 ZZiJ Joseph White, Anson county .. join, jioner, caiem. j A P. Summy, Asheville, OFFICERS OF THE COMPANT , 1 J... U Belby, Freexdent, Henry D, Turner, Vice do. "V John. H. Bryan, Attorney. ; Hameaa S. Smith, Secretary and Treaewrr' ... i . vvuum. 11 uiiatna, C. WiD. Hutchinge," , aims vompany nan been in successful operation 1 -over 13 years, and continues to lake risks uyon "alT slasses of property in ' the State, fexcent SteanTMine and Turpentine Distilleries) npon favorable terms. .! j Its Policies now cover property - amounting ti nearly i $4,60,0,000, a large ' portion of whieh. is in country ; j risks j and ijts present eapital is orer Four Handred i i Thousand Dollars, in-bonds properly secured. . j , jxxv. ouuuauuicaaaDi in reierenee to insuranoe should i be addressed to the becretary, postpaid. . 1 -: r i IIAMDSN S. RMTTTT. .C.V. ' January 18th, 1862. . . ja -: ; Ornca or the Chatham R. R. Cokpakt, ) "' .Cs s i: .RAteH,,October 2th, 1862. MONTHLY INSTALMENT. OF' TEN per eent , payable on the first tUv of each month. until the whole subscription is paid. Is .herebv called for, by an order of the Board' of "Directors. . V - W. W. Y ASS; Treasure ' Raleigh, Oct. 31, 1862. ; ... , nov 8--tf ' E. Committee. J. 4 fTTHREE Wanted, WASHERWOMEN AND ONE JL uoox, at Jfair Grounds Hospital, - Raleigh. 'Good ' ly tO- . ' wages and ratlins giren. Apply to E. B Feb 11 w&sw-3t each. IRJ 1UYW00D, .Burgeon. THE j FIRST YEAR OP THE WAR By Eowsjto A. Pottaxn, Author of "BlaokD &monas," :r . - ; . , Price, . ;Wheu sent by mail, se $ :Z-. ? : .... ' ! A. 't T. , w. 1 .ZtUO' ': ' $2.20 P0MERO7. I Groceries, Crrdcewa. 1 SACKS SALT, At WHITAKER'S. E.. A. WHITAKErS, . . . j Hargett street WHITAKER'S.. SACK PAMIJUY FOltR vJX Just received at ; j J . 6riSACKs SUPERFINE FLOUR, AAJ At v 100 100 di(( LBS. SUGAR, BUSHELS MEAL, ! At , , . WHITAKER'S. ; -. ' .' v : - - ': BUSHELS SWEET POTATOES, At v U v ' r-: -; WHITAKER'S, . . At". WHITAKER'S. KZ rZ- ' PETERSBURG, VA., - - r M ANUFACTURKK ' OF; CITIZENS ' and military clothing ef all kinds, la the ' best 1 1 r siyie.V Cloths, Cassimeree and Vestiegs of .all the . f bst paterrs, Staff Buttons, wbolesale er reUTL Trim-' -misgs fif all kinds, ee., Gold Laoe by the pieoe or sis' . retail. In fact, I hare a complete stock of mUitary " Shirts, Drawers, Socks; Gloves, Cravats, Ties and x ' Uniforms, all ready made.-: Noae bat the best hands . :: . emjloy&latv, iv f -Jf.i r ' " - i - I r z - zi z t.i vrSnfastQVB -.u '!' -1 Zi- 67J 8yeamere street. . - P. S. -Orders for military clothing promptly filled.', f -; nl i?zzz'z ZuT-':Z - . , 0OUNTRY POOUCU DOULJUT, : - At market rates. JL Ju WUITAKXR v ' Feb IS It fHarnUstreeU . -7 ' . si . - rfoZZrritnt. - J-. :H-jl2!1l,toa,by 0Vktonea