- i .111 i THE ItiilBIGn REGISTER. SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1863. THE IiATEST NEWS FKOat " VICKSBURO-ANOtflEB IEON .-. CLAD CAPTURED- . ; RiCHM0KD.Peb. 16. the following official die Aatehw were received here to-day : VicxaBxnu?Febr 25. I hare the honor to re port after a severe and hot engagement, the cap ture of the Federal iranclad steamer Indianola, Lieutenant Commanding" urown, u. o. &.tw Vll the officer and crew, by the Con federate Statee ileamara Queen of the West, and w-v.K rnrmno an expedition sent out ny me ior that pmrpose, under command pi MsJ. Q. I. Brent. i . . . Major Uenerai uommm"i8". : 'Another dispatch fromXieuL Geo.' Pember ' ... .-.,nr tha canture. savs : Indianola i !v rK. f MiasiaMPoI ahore.with bow and Tarzl cTtTnear ifr. Joe. 'ItU "pWit- j - : COU PEDE SATE CONGRESS. Feb. 26. Ia the Benate the im ..vm fmm thm House wu taken up and Jmen&neats proposed. The Senate then went Into session ;fh7 House passed a .resolution of thank to Gin. Bragg and the army In Tennessee , - v Tnan want intft lUi MIPHHJ tiecret eeasion. . ,1, '; - - A- rROil' PORT. ROYAL. . ' CHAXlisTO,Feb..26. Our UteitadTioei from Port ISM itate that the Yankee , flej now there number 123 yesseif lnciuiung - twentr Kunboafi. xna reel are cuibut tmUSt urenij . ooUacted there and 106TB Bra uw , more expected. -5; 2" ;-. !.;-; 7 a 11 VANCE IN GOLD AT RICHMOND Ricmroins Peb. a5. Gold advanced here to day Id ccnaeqaenoe of more aCUye demand. it was told at 240 premium. . puTor . . ' ': v CHARLESTON. U ; The WningUm Journal in speaking of the nroUble attack oa Charleston, says : We are pleased to know that General Beaure- 1 - J---Thl f,,iiii confidence of success. urance we know "he gare to a gentleman of big .Und'ng7througK whom we got it, and we rely , i- Baaareeasd's skill im- XlaTtRnhT ThVinemy, if he comes to attack Charleston wUI catch a tartar. He will come after wool and go back shor n. . Two English steamers, the Douro and the Granite City.-wiih full cargoes, amred this - morning in. a Confederate port. - . ' - . - Wilmington Jounial of Wednesday. FROU CHARLESTON.; , ' Chaelxstos, S. C. Feb. 25rWe haust- 1 worthy information from Beaufort that the diffi - culty between the Yanks General. Hunter and . Foster, which resulted in the return of the latter to Washington, was a fisUcuff between the rival Generals, growing out of disputes as to prece . dence. The new programme of Hunter is no w un derstood to be aaother expeditton to cut. the Charleston and Sarsnnah railroad at ToooUligo, and simuiuneous naval operations against Gene eaU Point and Coster'a BtafT, preliminary to at tacking Sayannab, The first of March " the day fixed for these movements. ' The merchant steamer which went aground yesterday is now within the harbor.. FROM PORT HUDSON MOVEMENTS OF . THE ENEMY IN LOUISIANA. ; rn TTTTTwnv' Pftbruary 24Uu f via Mobile, 25.) A flag of truce boat arrived from Baton ' Rouge yesterday, bringing 32t exchanged I pris oners; belonging principally. to the 18th and 30th The New Orleans papers contain nothing aaA - ' "i there was a report of the killing of BuUer by : BouUgny, in "Washington city, ; V Tk.. aMnM of an early advance upon this point Several mortar boatr have a"? at . Baton Bouee. also reinforcements, and Intelligence i Zwrut r, h . nrioner8. strtnztnens wis oe- C3TW H"V5 f- ' .f.Lfi tiiat reinfcrcemenU are con tin ually arriving at New Orleans, and confirm pre- Tinill TADOriS Ol CMJIHWf W"""" J TFROM VICKSBURG THE CITE SHELL vn.RV THE YANKEES NO ' HARM - .DONE! --s - . - I ' . nrTi i. FeBniarT 24. Th correspondent o .the Advertiser and Register writes from Vicks- .-j burg, February 18tb, as follows: . ; . Th nemy erected batteries on the levee, in . V. rangeof the city, and commenced shelling at one vO. vatAKiir. on a oi our DHwrjauoir-tuo depot. Every shell came within the city, but no harm was done.' Oof guns .replied slowly, giving shot for shot. From the position of, their : wiaHpb that Dortionof the city fronting the '.- river will be 'untenable. The firing continued at rmmlir intervals till nizht. and occasionally till , morning. At daylight all was quiet. " " ' In Sxati Lnrx. The Seaate i "of Virginia .. na riiL hr a verr decided majority, a bill transfarring the Virginia State Line, under the . . command of Mai or General Floyd, to the Con federate authorities. , This step has been rendered , necessary by the fact that the Line is a very heavy burden upon tne btalo ireasury, wniie vxo Dene- flu accara as much to the Confederacy as to the .-' State. It is generally noped and believed that , President Davis will assign Uenerai irioya to tne command, with the rank of brigadier or major reneral an act which will be as honorable to the . President as it will be deserved by General Floyd, for a 'more patriotio and gallant officer is not in the public service. lyncAourg nrpuoucan. j RUNNING THE BLOCKADE ANOTHER . STEAMER ' ASHORE THE FRENCH STEAMER BON AUDIN, ETa -.- - ; . - - . Chaujcstost, ifeb. 24. A British steamer reached a Confederate port yesterday. -; Another British steamer in entering this port last night, ran aground on Ihe shoals about one - mile from Sullivan's Island. The beach where ahe lies is in full view of .the blockaders. She contains a very valuable cargo from Nassau. The news at Nassau was unimportant. Thiron ..." vclads Chicora and Palmetto State have gone down to protect her, and it is expected she will be afloat . this afternoon. " ' V 2rThe French war steaader Ronaudin was tagged off the shoals this morning, and is now within . the harbor. . - " ..... "' It is rumored that another merchantman steam - er from Nassau got . aground last night several miles above Sullivan's Island, but the - report neads confirmation. . ' FROM THE WEST FREMONT AND BUT .LERMOOKEE PHIZES CAPTURED. Chattajtooqa, Feb. 23- Parties from- the front report that cannonading was heard in the . direction of Unionville, on . our left, yesterday . morning. . t - l - - - It is reported that Rdeecrans has advanced half-way between! Marfreesboro' and Middleton. Dispatches to the Nashville "Union," ot the 18th, state that Fremont has been sent to Texas, and that Butler returns to New Orleans. - Three prizes were captured by the Alabama off Kingston. ... LATER: FROM THE UNITED STATES. J. NATIONAL CURRENCY STSTEn AD0P- ; . : "J', THE "REBELLION" TO BE "PULYEK IZED." COUNTERPLOTS IN CONNECTICUT, ;A' Fw V More Kumore of RecognitloB. THE ALABAMA AND RETRIBUTION AT WORK. GOJLD 162 3-4. Special Dispatch to ' the Richmond "Enquirer " ; - - F&XDXEICKBtTBO, i) e0. Z4,.lot. v I have received United Stales paper of the 20th and Slit, from which I extract the folio w- iagr 'v-'l';V :-'-' ATTTTUSK 'OJF T BXKCX TOWARDS THI .TTNITID : ' ; . btatxs, . ; J'i'. 'j:"1- The New YorkTime3" of the 19th avows the conviction, to which it has come r'wUK reluc tance," that the French Emperor has determined to-open Southern ports by the first of April for the export of cotton, and that he (Naipoleon) will welcome rather than deprecate war as the conse quence of such an act. -t "The" tenor of the Moniteur," the general tone of the ministerial journals and etna recently changed language of the' liberal press combine," says the "Times, "."to ihbw that this is the policy which the Freuch Emperor has resolved to carry out" - . - - -V: v " The "National Intelligence does not share thiaconvicUon.; ' J,, ' Both houses of the Yankee Congress have pass-. ed the bill to provide for national currency, se cured by a pledge of United States stocks. -Some idea Of this bill can be gathered from the speech of Mr. Baker, who said : S . This bill, if carried into efFoct,' proposes to in troddce an inconvertible and irredeemable cur rencv. Shame uvon its authors. By this scheme our banking system will le totally annihilated and driven out by taxation. The bill gives un limited power" to one man. It places in the hands of the Secretary the basis of the whole bankinz institutions of the country. A. breath rn?oht mtfl and a breath mteht unmake us all. Suppose this system of operation waiin the bands of the Comptroller and suppose that a rumor should go forth that there naa oeen a oeiaica- tion, what would be its effect 7 None can.meas ure it. It is incalculable. He was not willing to place the 'whole business and interests of our country at such hazards. If this By stem had been inaugarated in "Air. Buchanan's Aamin- istration, what to day would have dee a our con dition. ... . - -' - . , . Mr. Noell said : This bill gives the government the cower to eu into all the States and inaugurate a system of opening banks independent of each other, and having no national character. 1 ILLINOIS XVD rZA.CZ BESOLUTIOKS. ... - . ,. f ' Peace resolutions passed the House of Represen tatives of this Statej but the Senate being Repub- ican by a small majority, its members absented themselves, and the resolutions failed to pass. ' ' "I - . - ARIZOVi.. V - The United States Senate has passed a' bill for organizing this territory. Mr-. Wade, in discuss ing the bill, said the JNortn naa notyei seriousiy felt the war, and he did not want the rebels to get a foothold even there. . D. VT. MAEOKKT AND J0HI( yA BUBS If. - In the Senate on the 20th, the sabject of illegal arrests- being up, Wilson, of ; Massachusetts, said : " - -v. ;.".'; . ' . - ; ... : John Van Buren is a capital barometer to show which way the popular current runs. - At .the commencement of the war he made speeches against it; now he is beginning '.to show which way the current runs, and showing that the peo ple do not sympathize with traitors in or out of Congress." John Van Buren made a speech the Other day that has' the ring of patriotism about it, not , that the "erring sisters might depart in peace,", but that he never would consent, to re- coenlra this traitor Confederacy: and this Ma- honey has taken especial pains to have it under- I stood that he rebukes John Van Buren, and her is writiner to the New York press to prove of him self what we knew that his heart is black with treason. ' . " TROM VICKSBUBQ. .. A special Cairo despatch, dated the 20th Feb ' ruary, says the sickness among the army at Vicksburg is Increasing. . - A barge containing seven thousand tons of coal ran the blockade on Saturday, the 14th, without accident or discovery. . . . . t TOWS DESTBOTED. . The town of Bolivar Landiog,fifty miles above Memphis, has been destroyed by the gunboat Conestoga, in retaliation for firing into the Jen-" ny Lind by guerrillas. . ' 1 ; - ; .. GALVESTON'. "'' ' The steamer Brooklyn and Scioto were block ading this place at last advices. - ' . . FROM NEW OBLEA2T&. i , Hates to the 12th say there is considerable dis content among the troops, growing : out' of the unwillingness of white soldiers to be placed on a common footing with negroes. . - . ' There are also reports that another vessel had slipped out of Mobile harbor. .Thenews from' Galveston iaHt hat the fleet had entered the bay, but finding it strongly fortified, deemed it best to draw off for the present, A report was current that the Brooklyn was aground in eleven feet of water.: , ' CONTRABAND TRADE ON .THE MISSISSIPPI. . Four steamers have been seized near : Island Number 10, as prizes, for containing such con traband goods as Quinine. Morphine, in large quantities, arms, Confederate uniforms, ; army blankets, and other general merchandise contra- oana 01 war. . . One of the steamers bad on board a Iar?a rebel mail containing important Informtion. . CHARLESTON AND 8AVANNAH. ' The New York "Commercial Advertiser' says aVi 1 ml 1 1 . . ... I me aasaun on mesa piaces win oe more like a nro-1 tracted seige than an overwhelming attack. The Charleston and Savannah channels have been planted with torpedoes, and ; obstructions ' v? 1. : HeTT; "OTmnwrnw' ere&t truths which anderlie the government and THE SENATE PASSED A CONSCRIPTION which for three-quarters fa century, have ;'. 1i'.v,;il' BILL, .- :; Cry-'- eecurely 'Tested: the liberties, of the people; and ' -.: 5 i 1 'nV-Vv- . ' :I th nresent administration of the General placed therein, so that the torpedoes failing to ac- sovereignty of the States.and ifsanctioned,de3truc compjish their mission, the vessels will be held I tioi to the Union, and establishing upon the com- ' ader fire long enoueh to seriouslv criDnla them. If Fort McAllister is a specimen, we mr pause before we comtemplati an easy victory. That fort is now plated and as impenetrable to the ir..t.-UI. .L -mr . . . ... iuuunui. uufc as uie jaonvauK is to mat or the fort Above the fort is lined with obstructions and torpedoes which prevent lron-clads. from successfully passing the river. Until the torpe does and obstructions are removed, the iron.clada cannot be made effective, and thete-cannot be re moved while the fort remains. ... c The defences of Charleston i I'. :: - Jnarleston are reoreaentad & equally elaborate as those of Savannah. - The attacc upon these nlaces will ba a ' aavera one, and a yictory, if gained, will, be dearly purchased. . , . Frond the New York Times, Feb.1 20Ul THE DEMOCBACTOI' CONNECTICUT AND THE WAR. The Democracy of this State met in can vp n- wou at Hartford, .on Wednesday the 18th. and nomint1 ffn Tk. tt a- t r ' Whereas, it is the hriviWa .n-l ik! A- e l free people, livin ? nndAr that rti.r.nvA. r . . . t t i i w wt m written constituUonfwhichVcimbineV' the proyi - ! mthlLhe cereal nrincinles of federation and fraternity, frankly and faarless ly to assert their HghU, freely to canvass the acts of tbeir appointed sefvants, and to Reaffirm the . . " " a s...lf t flMMAfirnAnf Vltkcl 4Vt1l T1 Axr twrnr vfiara h&eh 1n Zmioniih ofthe States comprising the Confederacy; and ' in the prosecution oi me eivawn win, v,. ers utter at variance with the 'k letter and spirit of the Constitution, of the. United Sialo8,yt be comes us, the representatives of, the conservative noonle of Connecticut, while-reasserting our de termination to adhere to the iruef principles upon which our; Union ia founded, and proclaiming our devotion to the ConititutfonfJfir.miy but tem perately to condemn the errors of our public o&V cers: and whereas the Administration of -Abraham Lincoln has violated the Constitution of .the United States la many of its most important par ticulars : Therefore, -f .-: ;i' - .'": -'" . i; Resolved, that the United States are a con federacy of Statesxoequal in sovereign and po litical power, independent in their separate or ganizations, and reservingto each jill powers not granted by ; the ConsUtdtion to the central Gov ernment, i -' ! . ' ;'' '- ' m l, ""- ' 2. That hile, as". citizens of Connecticut, we assert oyr devotion- to Uhe Constitution and the Union, and will hereafter, as we have heretofore, support with zeal and energyUhe authorities of th Unitl flta'tea, lnf the full ' exercise: of their Constitutional powers,' we deliberately avow that the liberties of the pedple are menaced by Con gressional and Federal usurpations, and can only be pre8erved.by the energetic action of State au thority and we are determined to maintain and defend the honor of our State and the rights of the people. ' : i , ' ' ' 3. That, while we deaounce the heresy of se cession, as undefended and unwarranted by the Constitution, we as cohfldeptly assert.that what ever may have been the opinion of our country men, the time has noW arrived when all. true lov ers of the Constitution! are ready to abandon "the monstrous fallacy," that the Union can be re stored by the armed "hand : and are anxious to in augurate such measures, honorable alike to the contending factions, as will stop the ravages of war, avert univerearbinkruptcy, and unite all the States, upon terms of equality, a Members of one. Confederacy. - . - i ' -' i' ' 4. That the democracy of Connecticut, sympa thizing with their conservative brethren in the Middle.and "Western Scutes, pledge themselves to unite with them in the adoption of all honorable measures, having in view the cessation of hostil ities between the North, and the South ; the re construction of the Union on such terms as. shall thoroughly! define thei rights of the States; the reprotfuction of those friendly J feelings whijh form the true foundation of the Federation, and the erection upon a m1 ore enduring basis. oi the temple of the Constitution. 6. .That the militia of Connecticut are the nat ural quarchans of the liberties of her people, sub ject to the cocitrol of her chief Executive ofScer. actiog under and by authority of the laws of the State; and any and al acts or tne Uongress oi the United States violative of the sovereignty of the State in relation thereto, should receive the ex ecration of a people justly, jealous of their liber ties, "who know their Tights,; and knowing dare maintain." v . .. . .4. - J- -; 6. That the militia bill recently introduced into the Senate of the United States by Senator Wil son, of Massachusetts, is subversive of the sover eignty and rights of theSta es, and .designed to make them mere dependencies upon the central government ; unconstitutional in its provisions and dangerous to the liberties of the people, the au thorities of each State should Bternly resist the op eration of -a scheme eo fatal to the just relations which should always exist between the Federal and State Governments. .. . 7. -That the banking system recently passed by Congress, based as it is upon an unconslutional and irredeemable paperj currency cannot fail, -if forced upon the people pf the States, to prove de structive te the existing moneyed institutions of the several States, and fs covertly designed to es tablish a vast central "money power," alike nn known to the Constitution of the United States and dangerous to the principles on which the Gov ernment is founded.. - ' 8. That the President of the United States, by hia emancipation proclamation, has struck a seri--bus blow at the rights of the States ; erected an al most im passable barrier' between the North and South, in attacking the people of fifteen States through an institution wmen is Dienaea wnn tneir social fabric, and over which the individual States possess exclusive control ana power ; ana, regaraj less of the great lessons of the past, the National Executive, in pandering to the insane fanaticirtt of the abolitipn faction, has ventured upon a sys tem of public policy, which, if successfully inau gurated, woula disgrace: our country: in the eyes of the civilized world, and carry lust, rapine aud murder into evejy household of the slaveholding SUtes. . -!. - !.-'- ' ; 9. That the act of the Federal Administration in suspending the writ of habeas corpus ; the ar- rest of eitizens not subject to military; law without warrant or authority ; transporting them to. dis tant States ; lincafceratiog them without charge or accusation ; denying them the right.of trial by jury, of witnesses in. their favor, and counsel in their defence; withholding from them ail knowl edge bf their accusers) and the cause of their ar rest; answering ;their petition for redress by re peated injury and' insult; prescribing in many cases a condition of their release, test oaths, &c. In the abridgment of freedom cf speech and of the press: - : " la suppressing newspapers by force and in es tablishing a censof ship wholly incompatible with the freedom jof. thought and expression of opin ion; ' '".;' " , , : . ' In the establishment of the espionage by secret . police to invade-the sacred precincts of unsuspect ing citizens ; j . . ; In declaring martial law over States not in re bellion, and where the cburts are open and unob structed for the punishment of crime ; In attempting to strike out of existence the en tire value of property in slaves throughout the country ; In the attempted enforcement of compensated j emancipation : In the attempted taxation of the white man to purchase the freedom of the negro and place his labor in compensation with the white man thus taxed ; - :' . ; . . . -.In the dismemberment of the State of Virginia, erecting within her boundaries a new State without tne consent oc ner leeisiature: - . . m 4 ' "W Are eaih and al" "arbitrary and unconstitution. al,subver ting the constitutions, State and Federal, invading the feservedriehtsof the neoDie and th mon ruina of the liberties of the people and the sovereignly of the States, a consolidated military despotism. ' j . , - 4' -; :. . ' And we hereby solemnly declare that no Ameri can citizen can, withont the crime of infidelity to - wuut4j b vuuduiuuvu auu ujyU miogiauuu WHICH he bears to each, sanction such usurpations.- Believing that . our, silence will be criminal and constrte 1 into! consedt. in deep reverence for our consuiuiion, wnicn nas Deen ruthlessly yiolated, we do hereby enter our most solemni protest against tnese usurpations o power, , ! 10. Tbat, In connection with our" folldw-citi- zens of other btatea, we wul use our.unttiost in fluence to prevent the payment of4 a single dollar of the money, of the people, unconstitutionally appropriated, 'for the unwarranted project of wmjwnsnwa emancipation. " llj That the enormous plunder of the public treasury by self constituted been rife throughout the country," demands the , .v-b"". kua wuuuj, uoaiiuias wie ajr uas ueea Buojeciea,viu sicKness and in health, and that we demand, in the name of hu manity and justice, that the great frauds which I have aencivea:them of-rirbpet I care i shall be exposed and the i authors dulypun- taiiuvuw,, iihed.1 I3i That as representatives of va large proporf for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder; :nit j . . r IL- . r f 1 i: - J 1 thi of the people of Connecticut, we dexnapd the public, exposure of the manner in -which, fullest theyastv sum3 of four vimilhons ofd,61Iarsflp- . , ir . 'a . t. ..... -- . - .' ' - ' . . ' ' . . . . - . . propnaieo. oy our otate durine the pa3t two years or any portion of it, has beq expended, with a de r I i' ii . 1. ; 1 4 . . ' i . 1 .- 1 tail Of thi tait ot-'.iuQuujecis. ipr. wmcnme money trsa ubbu bsed, and we: protestl against the uncafled;fof and extraordinary appropriation by the last session of ouf Legislature of tea thousand dollars ftd the. Governor of this State, to be used by him in se cret for any object he may see fit to extend it. The election: wul take place the first Monday in ; . - : r 1I1S TAK&XK CONSCK1PTIOJT. . ; . . ; rThis meafiurei; .which has-: passed; the. Senate; provides ior xne enroitmntiana camng?ynm- ?cvt: vice, if needs Tte of aMUne able bodied meri oetween twenftf'and fortyfive. "The only exemption being the Governors and -State Judees. the only sons of -poor widows and a few others". . Substantially, as the New York; Times'f e.ays,. it is putting ajl the able-bodied men of the loyal States in for three years, and all .told," the force will number: three millions, j i . . '. : . j : The enrollment is to be made.by offlcers direct 1 y accountable to ' Lincoln. K It is to be called forth by. draft in such' places as Lincoln sees fitj-r ISo otato functionaries nave anything to-do. with it. Provost M arshals are to be appointed in each Congressional District, who are to 6ee id the com pleteness or the work. Heavy penalties are imposed -for '"all resistance - - : i ? ? . . ; . . t i p. f -r . ; e. a. or counseling resistance to we arait ; in : lacv, says the VTimes' every, part of the bill .bristles viiu : piuvisiuiiSi ensuring -viiicieuuy. j 'x us Southern Confederacy, it continues, has put every dollar and every drop of blood in-its limits at the disposal of J eff. Davis ; .if we are j not; prepared to make similar submission, -we 4 might as .well give up our minds for infamous and ruinous dis comfiture. : It i3 glad, however, thajt the sacrifi ces will be made. The currency .bill will pleige every dollar, and the conscription act will pledge every drop of Dlbod, to thenatiosal cause. .JMow, for the first" time", it continues, we shall have the power of the nation pitted against that of the re bellion. - It predicts now the successful crushing out the rebellion. . This act, it says, furriishes the means of pulverizing the Southern Confedetacj It can nqw defy armed intervention and Center a caveat to the world. It now sees the signs of ul timate triumph, inasmuch as the Uuited States now realizes her strength and its work. -, T . tUb blockadk. ' . The New York' Times savs Mr. ! Mercier ODenlv predicts at Washington that" Napoleon will break the blockade before the end of March just, it says, as he announced 'intervention from Jb ranee : weeks betore it actually tooK place. THE "CONNECTICUT RSSOLUTJONS. vThe Times says the.only things these resolutions do not denounce is th& rebellion of tne aoutnern traitors land the usurpations, of the' .Rjchmorid despotism. It says Jeff Davi3 has triqmphed 10 the State Convention where the platform of South Carolina: prevailed, and. : that : Seymour stands squarely np to it, and the issue how is . Rebellion and Loyalty.- : : '. ' - -v. - '! ATTACK ON CHABLKSTON. ' 1 ' It was positively asserted at "Washington, the "Times" says, that the attack on Charleston was to takeblace on the 20th. The "Times" says the Rebels hav 290 guns in position there, some of tnuui very utrgat &. j - ." ' i KENTUCKY AND PEACE. . . ?. ' . The Kentucky House of Representatives, on the l lth inst., rescinded the resolutions passed the dav before, invitin? commissioners from other States to meet its commissioners at -Louisville to discuss term3 of peace.! 1, WORK OF OUE jPKIVATEERSMEKS The Alabama, after leaving Kingston, captur ed the brig Ch&stelaine, of Boston, took her nau licle instruments, $800; in sold, and then burnt ;her. She has also captured ana burnt the . bark" Golden" Rule. This vessel purported to; have but the captain having no proof of the facte, the whole were destroyed. The crews r were , landed at San Domingo. The; schooner Haoover,. from Boston to Am Cay es, was captured and burnt by the Retribution near Hayti on th . 31st ult., where her crew was landed. ' ,; Three awift sailing heavy-armed; "steamers are to start from New York in pursuit of the Florida' and Alabama as soon as the Yankee Congress passed the bill before it granting letters of marque, and reprisal. ,:. y .; ; ';-. .:;;. : -i .!.:; MORGAN'S CAVALRY AND THE YANKEES. .. f' (.!..- s; - ;:;?---; - A despatch, from Murfreesboro', , approved by Kosecranz states "that n February 12th-?Col. Monroe took 430 men and started to beat up the enemy in 'the Oirection of 'Uainsviue : that ne met Morgan's cavalry fftur miles from that town, 500 strong. He reports killing 20, wounding a large number, taking six prisoners, j outing the remainder, taking 50 horses, and destroying 300 stand of arras. Morgan, with" 3,000 men) is re ported at Uainsviue. I - ;' t; . BEAST BUTLER IN BALTIMORE. ! Butler was received at the hall of the Mary land Institute on the evening of the 18th, where handsomely decorated Were"! on the stand, and patriotic airs were sung, and a bahd of mtHic was in attendance. He spoke of the triumph's of the Yankees, told them .ho Government was de termined to succeed, eulogized-the conscription act, and alluded to the bight when he formally occupied Federal Hill, in May, 1861 ;said the' nation was" but teething when the teeth were drawn tyrants and traitors must beware and stand back. He. was to have had a dinner, but this did ndt come Off owing to the fact that a salute fired at Fort Marshall killed Commander Maxwell Wbodhullr United States ; Navy, a relative of uen.Bchenck's. MISCELLANEOUS. Charles Carrol Hicks, formerly a detective "in Richmond, .was. arrested ' in New York on the 20th. !:-f :.; The Keokuk Constitutional newspaper was de D)acV stroyed an the. 2d by convalescent troops in" that Some half dozen vessels which Tiave run the blockade from Southern! ports have arrived vat .Nassau,- and. at least - fifteen have cleared from Nassau, which are no doubt blockade runners; : Hooker has been made & Brigadier General in the regular army. : - Joe Holt ia Judge Ad vocate'General with rank Of Colonel. I V - : - ... Kepresentations make both Hooker's and Rose cranz's armies as in excellent plight. . " - Burntfide has been assigned a new command, A despatch from Memphis, dated the"17th; says the Yankee iron-clad Indianola" had i passed r.the natteriesat vicaspurg and it was regarded: as a great teat, bhe was seen and heavily cann'onaded by the Confedofates. ' " - ' A letter of Gen. Scott's, of October 4lb, 1861.' nas Deen canea lor oy theiiankee Senate, which will show that McClellan treated Scott with dis respect while the latter was commander-in-chief, and that McClellan wouldiiave been court mar tialed out for fear" of doing injury to the pause. - THS MARKETS, a ' ' ; Gold closed in New York on the 19th at I62, though it had reached during the day 163. On the 18th' it stood 161 Sterling exchange com manded 180.':. This was brought about, tbe Times says, by the National Loah bill and tue discus sion of Freneh mediation.' t - New Auction and Commission :.;- " House. : -?A- ' v ' " i f. ,;V;; FRANK. I. WILSON. - 5 '-:' ;-'v i I FAxaTTKVtttB SiaKir, RAiaioHN. c t IN A CENTRAl, POSITION AND HAV ing a spacious housed will receive ' and Sell at Ana. tlon or on Commission, all kinds of GOODSi-WARES. MERCHANDISER PRODUCE m fact abd Vll arUeles. ; Quick sales and nromnf returns. Feb.25-lm - .. : . . ; - . FTUIE ALABAMA AND BIISSISSIPPI -v l RiTer, Railroad Company oT Alabama, -will offer ft l-n(a K n Vn.l . W A rt m A ' U A k ri a w r. Ueas thanpar) on .Wedaesday, the 4Ji dayvot March, f ll863,vat thBank ofrgoIma,, in the City -of r Selara, j I Minn fin1 S em 4rW h IMiMrinM $100,000 bonds of tha Company, dated January 1st, isoz, ana aae anaary -lit, isio, ana $u,uuu oonas Of the City of Selnaa, dated January l lst 1862r and due January 1st, 1832-tilh last jsamed . bonds ;jt ill be endorsed and guaranteed by the Railroad Compa ny. All these bonds bear 8 per; cent interest -paya-; He semi annually, at the , Commercial Bank-.of Ala bama, at Selma, with; coupons attached for the inter- - f The bonds of the Company (interest and prinl bay Priam, 4 years old, now ftlited to ! Tar Riyer mortgage duly executed andj $500. :r;i'r'v.h.v,,.:,,. j eipal) are secured by recorded,- on: the entire Railroad of- the-Company, with all its macMhery and . lands,' and franchise, and other appurtenances. - The road commences at ' the City of Selma, where it connects " with- the Alabama 'and Tentiessee River Railroad (completed 135 miles,) Confederate Government, to Rome, Georgia and with a daily lin&'of steamboats, plylns between Selma and .Montgomery,' and extends West, through a well culti rated and very ferule region, via, umonto-ra aiid De mopolis, about. 77 miles, and. is connected by means of the Northeast and Southwest Alabama ; Railroad, with the Mobile and Ohio, and .Southern" (Mississippi) Railroads, at Meridian Mississippi. Beaides its very marked local advantages, securing to it a. large loca tiUSihess, this road holds a most 'favorable' position) in the great Eastern and Western line of. traref between Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and the Northern, and Eastern, portions of the Confederacy, affordingl.the most ' direct tandt shortest route from Vicksburg and all intermediate places to the Capitol of the. Confederacy, and the 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 as regularly-as it will, so soon as the arrangements in"4 progress are completed, the in come already far exceeds; the 'sum required to make good the bonds proposed td be issued. ,. In short, it is beueved, that no better securities than those bonds, can be found: in the 1 Confederacy." Two prior liens exist, to - wit j a nuAigage to secure $150,000 bonds of the Company, due January next, X be paid out of the proceeds of the bonds now offered,' 'and which" will be received in 'payment for the Jatter 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, vy irauuponation ior ine ttovernmens. uesirea; wui receive aue attention. j G. G. GRIFFIN, President. Selma, A?a., Feb. 11 t28feb. :.i V A -;.y.. . HSADQUABTBBS 3D . N C. BaTTAUOIT. LlOHT, IHT,V J. , J ABTILLEST, , . , t ... .' WiLMETSTOir. January 23. 1863. SPECIAL URDERS, -V J . No. 32. J TOalN U. IIINES, JOHN A. 'MOODY, Thos. Johnson, Joseph R. Vincent, Nathaniel Jones, a., li. Vder and David Coffield, of Capt. A. J Ellis' company James S. Jackson, Samuel; Privett John, L. Outlaw; James W. Farmer and Charles L. 1 Bailey, of Capt. William Badham's company, absent without leave,' are hereby ordered to report immedi ately at these headquarters or they will be considered deserters, and treated accordingly. V , - vv-.. Hj order of Maj. Joair W Moobb : . ' , jan 31 lm V . AUG. M. MOORE, Adj't. c ' Broom Corn Seed. ' ' A GENTLEMAN WHO RAISED A CROP il of Broom Corn last year has a large quantity of seed for sale." Price $2.5.0 peri bushel ne dollar extra when a bag is furnished. Printed directions J"or the cultivation of broom oorn will be: sent to all who desire to raise a crop.-.- V4y--.:-' All orders-sent to WILLIE JJ PALMER; Principal . of the Institutiori for the Deaf and : Dumb and the Blind, will receive prompt attentions ' ; Feb 21 swim "'1 , . ; IiOSt. sTlERTIFICATE OP STOCK FOR ONE 17 bbare m the Worth Carolina Railroad Uompany, No. 865. Application1 will, be made for renewal of same. . . . ' ; JSO, W. 6YME. feb 18 lm "r'i T,il .'. A r-.'-- Shocco rpHIS CELEBRATED WATERING PLACE IS J j X now; open for the reception of yiaitors,' (refugees I ' HTMAN NICHOLLS A, CO, Proprietors, " , : ' Shocco Springs J Warren Co..N. C. For Sale. :. :;- 'St : A FIRST- RATE CLOSE . HARRIACR .jtland harnessi, but little used; also a good CarryalL : X : -.U " J. W. FORT. J . Forestville Feb. 17 5tpd t ; ' ; . J : :-. . To Cotton Planters. . . I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE Secretary of the Treasury. Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for the Confederate Government within the btate of .North : Carolina, and win pav for tne same in 0 per cent. Honda or cash. . Such a&rents visiting tne aifierent parts .of the ptate, buying in my name, will have written certificates of appointment. -Patriotio citizens are now offered an opportunity to aid the Government "by selling to it their cotton rath ej than to private capitalists. . - .v: . - ' .V LEWIS S. WILLIAMS. , CharlottB, Feb. 11, 1883. I ; J. . feb 14 lm neadquarters,' Ilamseor's Brigade, , ;" - VT-f February 7th, 1862. . f ! A LI COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF this Brigade,' absent, without; "proper authority,, are hereby ordered ; to return immediately 'to their commands, or they, will be. recommended to be drop ped from the service, and their names will be bent to the nearest Conscript officer for enrolment. " " " i. All 1 A "ll A. .'ill . ' to their resrarttiv. cam nan iM K. -0.11 uiuu auaeu wituoat aumoruy .are aiso oraerea alUes ; rr-? ""I us oi au Bucn ansentees commissioned of." 1 ficersnd privates-will, in a few days, be published. All officers now absent ' on detached service for the purpose of collecting absentees; procuring recruits,' c, are hereby reminded that St failure on their part to bring or send a sufficient number of "such to this Brigade, will involve a rigid "investigation as to the manner in which they have discharged their duty. ; : . By .order of Brig. Gen Ravsbur. i 4 ; ,.; ' ;; ,t-i':;vv a::.A?. seaton ales, . - ' '-Ai Ah -AjBs't Adjutant GeneraL -.. Camp near Fredericksburg, Va.- Feb ll-5t . State Journal, Wilmington Journal, Charlotte Bul letin, will copy fire times and forward account to this Brigade Headquarters, "GuinealStationI near Fred- ericksburg, Va." A ' .Thomaivillb, Feblft, 1863. XTOTICE IS IIEREnY RIVPJff Til ar 1Y one month after this date I ahaU apnly to-the hi orth Carolina Railroad Company for the re-issue of ceruncateiNo..lJLror one share of their Capital Stock standing in my. name, the original having been lostormislpid. " ' -JAMES UH, HOLT. Febl8-V7lm; ' s . Office of the Chatham R. R. Co.,) t JHALsieH, J!-ebrnary 6, 1863. J fTUR STOCKHOLDERS. OP. THE CHAT- : JL ham Railroad Company will meet at the Court House in the City of Raleigh, on Tuesday, the 3d day of March, 1863, to cohside the propriety of accept. mis uio auiouu.uiuiui 10 mejr ,unarter lately passed by the General Assembly. : ; . n ' leb xt td , KEMP P. BALLE, President i Conimltted , : . ' I '"11 'WVV.yVAKUVOVXTY, OX xxyu Vl auTumoer, ioo, negro man wno John Thomas- Mebane. of Bertie CountV. ' Said bov is. about 35 years of age,'and of dark complexion. - The owner of said: boy is requested to -cc me fori kward, prove property and pay charges, or he will be ueait wiiq as tne law airecia. ' i :. , - ! 1 ' - W. H. HIGH, Shff. Dec 15th, 1862. -V- - : p . . dec 17--tf Oommittea To Jail, i - WAS CtWIMITTED TO THE JAILf OF WaiTOTi COlT.: Oil tK 21 Qt Hftv Af naAamka. ruiaway, a jsegro man who says his name is WashihgtonNewellsi that he betonm ta Cant. Wm Smith of the 6th Regiment N.; C. Troops, and that luaaier uvea in jaquier uountyj Va when at home. He a'so says he escaped from the Ja.it f WiV nrtn tr some six or eisht. weeks from Nash County JeiL ' yA-i::; . -. . . : Said Negro is a dark ginger eake-or bacon color i -wufc a iwb 9 or a incnes high,, has bad teeth in front ana appears to oe aooat 40 or 45 years of age. " The owner must; prove property, pay charges and take himawiy or he will be dealt with as the law d rects. j :i WM, L. HARRISS,. sealed proposals or bids, directed to the undersign- I ; , wT 1 r a nivv . iTSnvo-' ed aU)emopoUs, or W. S. Knox, Esq., Treasurer, at AKrniW 0,1, Selma, Ywho Orf annUcation wm ft ve Iny information , 1863. . . . t- febl4-f Mbod6:H6rsei; f oirTs'aie. l: DMv TODACCQ JPXY.IDY THE npn eat of firefly, ImpPriami G. dam fc. t- L Lusborongh last only, one raee out of yaaf .-.rr '.i K 1 V. n .tin PA: 1 . IKImi T .flKA w old now itiited to Albion. Jr.. $300. a 2 Her producev B. by Albion, "Jr; foaled W spring price oo. v- y.t j . i 8. Vt. JL. Horse Plv. bv Imo. Iyby Nigh oat of Pira Fly 8 years old. $700 ; i 4. Br. F., fall Later to last named. $500. - 8- B- M., Lola by Bailia Peyton1 out of a rert. mare now ten yaars 'old and stinted toi Tar Birer a fini blood and .'caddie aaimai, $451.-: I - ' - , -u 6.; Her praduee. B. M. Esther. It JnJ TT.-v:-. r. is. ii full brother to last named, a - 8. B. JVby Imp.;Fly by NighJ 1 years' old, $500 Br O., EpBUon, by Kpsilon, Jr., one year old. 10,: B C, by Albion; Jr. which hone Col, Green lq st upon the fall! of: Rosnbke Is andlast sprinr'i cm y.yrr; -r ;-;-v - v , JU B. C.r by same out of Ho? 9, foaled May lfth 1862, as was No. 0l a perfect xnakeh, price for pair. $500.- -yx'r-i--;--'-r,---;v: -. IT. Be. BL, Mid Night, by np. Albion, dam by W Gleneoe; 4 years old. $1,000. I . . , . 18. a M., Pitch Dar?, a years ld, la foal to Al bion, Jr.'-she by !Imp. Albion, dam Stockholder, Q. data by Imp Leviathan, $700. 14. CfaiM., .Kitty, 6 years eld,' ja1. spleudid saddle horse,"by Roanokoj $500. . , , t J 15. S. II. Regent, Jr by Regent,! 2 years' old, $700. "18; B. II.-Beauregard, 4 years ofd, Jby Gen, M.T. Hawkms bay Priam; ThU horse I is believed to be the 1st or 2d racer in the country. He won- the great New Market Sweep Stake f two straight heats, beat ing si fine field.; - Among them Niaette, full sister to the renowned Planet bis- dam by Imp. Trustee he is a full brother to the celebrated, race horse Frank Alien.. -We will sell ope-half interest ibim for $1000. 17. Also; a pair of dark, brown carriage horses by a Wagoner horse large," gentle . and well broken to single or double harness, $700r; j !. , ; ' ; Being overstocked with horses, we wili sell at pri vate sale,: the above list. ' Most 'of their pedigree are as thorough and fashionable as any In this country. More complete pedigrees will be furnished purchasers. Sv -:'.,.:. f THOS. J. GREEN' 4 S1N. I Emeralds, bear Warrenton. N. CU Jan. 2S 2m .'. . After the 1st of next month, 10 per1 cent will 7VTOJITH CAROLINA MUTUAI LIFE ji INSURANCE COM P'AJN Y. OFFICE RALEIGH,, 'N. v. THIS COMPAXiX take risks upon- ad; healthy " lives between 1 the ages of 14 and: 60 years-for one year, fo seven years, or for lif il atnirert for lQ participating in the pro fits of the Company. Slaves between the ages of 10 ana and 60 years, are insured io one Pflve years, fox two-thirds their market value. - j ;A11 iosses are paid.within SO day after satisfactory proof .is presented. 1 . - '. ' 1 ' DIRECTORS FOR 1861 AHD 186Z Charles E. Johnson, W.mi W. Holden, JG. Williams,- Quentih Busbee, 1 Wm. H. JdcKee, ".' - :. Wmi II. Jones, IL W.'Husted, P. FliPesoud, K. P Battle,? -W, $. Mason," Charles B. Root, Eveard UalL 'Rich'd IL Battle. i ' v OFFICERS. y. - jW W. Holden, Tice President : U. W. Hustad, Attorney. ' " ' " v t V Win. Bw Jones, Treasurer. r : ; R. H. Battle, Secretary. T 7 VW. H. McKee, Medical Examiaar. " , ;;W.'H.'McKee'?':.y -.J.'.v sj'.-'H . , - Charles B. Root, Executive Oommitte ;; ' . Q. Buslxee, V y ) -j. : f . For further information, ' the public" is referred , the pamphlets and. forms of proposal, which may be obtained at the Office of the Company, or any Its Agencies. riT;Addresa ' 1 '.. - i j , . . .: :JL IL BATTLE, Sec'y. ' Italefeh Jan. 8,th, 1862. . Jam 11 TVTORTH jCAROLIlfA 1I1UTCAI. FIRE il INSURANCE COMPANY; At the annual meeting of the North. Caroline Mutual Tire Insurance Company, held on the 14th January, J862, the follow ing persons were elected Directors and Officers for the ensuing year : IRECTORS. . j Henry ; D. Turner,; Raleigh 1 .I :-4: 'jonnt wunams, : T. H.TeIby, ' C. W.D. Hutchings, ITemp. P. Battle,, A H eorge Little, 4 ' j ? James M. Towles, An, ' do. - r doj , - do. J -.do. do. '- !' James dE, Hoyt, Washington, Alexander Mitchell. Newborn! I Jos. G. Wright, Wilmington. - J ohn M. J ones, Edenton. ' ' George W. Charles, EusabethvtJlty i Jos. Ramsay, Plymouth. I - f J- WrHarrell, MurfreesborouEhi . i .v .tjQu.0. nautuui vnariocte,' ; - i! E Samuel Watkins, Miltoa. v ': ' " ('A. W. SteeL FayetteviUa.-';: ; - j Joseph White, Anson oounty ' - Josh. Bones Salem ? 's fA. P. Summy, -Asheville: ' - '. . ' OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY " .- X. H. JSelby, rrttident, ' Henry D, Turner, Via da. John H. Bryan. Atuev. , William., r: I Ex; QommUuu r ' . ; fS. W. D,Hutchiiigs, J ' , - - V- . " TJus. Company has ; been in suoeessful operaUoa over 33 years, . and continues to take Irisks upon all ilasses of property in the State, (except Steam Mills "P WrtiDeHes) upon favorable termi.-iu-ee-?5! amounting to nearly: , rw vwiw over uour Hundred oums, m noads properly seeured. - All Mmlnnfiliul!.. 2 f . . be addreafloi ta th fUt. ZZZZ. iT "vw ' " 7 TiW fiMTTrr V' : Jioauary 18th, 1862, Ornqa or m Chatham R. Rl Covriar. ) . tr i: i Ramioh, October 29th. 1862. f . A tfONTllXY INSTALMENT OF, TEN P eni , payaw on the first day of each month, until the whole subscription is paid, is hereby called for, by an order of the Board of Directors. . -r-h-.f;--?4,;.;v - -w:.w via fi-.ij -- - aleighi Oct 31; 1862.: " ; "j-T ' 1 aoTZZZ Wanted, 4 4 - I Z i, V aKKVOMEN AND . ONE X Cook, at Fair Grounds Hospital, Raleigh. Good ?aS6aa?4ations Jr- Apply to wit i -IfJiL -I BURKE nAYWOOD, Feb 11 wAtsw-St each. I T Burgeon. mUE i FIRST' YEAR 'OP TUB VAR- jLuy juowaaa a. Poiaahd, Author ojf "Black D amonos; c K, - - Price, .t.". , " . , : When sent by mail, ' . " $2.00 s in 0 ffi L. POMEROY. Qrocerles, lirooerles. 21 SACKS FAMILY FOUR " Just received at . s - -,: . ; js..a. jhitaker's, U-; t- . A ;.t' Hargett streef. ACKS SUPERFINE FLOUR J : a BUSHELS MEAL, ill II ff At ir - WrTTH i xr-vrte i r OUSHCLS, swe;et potatoes, a .i.Vi,,.T ?i.ct - WHITAKER'fl Fi.BS SUGAR, Zl. -;' y , -: ; 2000 At . - WniTARER'i TV?" W. R OYS TO ft. ' A . 1 . ' - - " ; i - . PETERSBURG, VA., ! MANUFACTURER OF CITIZENS' and military clothing of all kinds, i the beet style. Cloths, Cassimeres anT Ves tings jf all the b8t paterrs, Staff Button, wholesale or retail, Trim- -mings of all kinds, Jfce.,Gold Lace by the jplo or tJL retail. In fact, I bare a complete stock ojf military ' oairts, drawers, oocas. uioves, Cravats, 1 Ties and Uniforms, all ready made..; None but the best hands emiloyedat.A-'ii vv--'1'" -'r ?--.' ; )' ' -:i 1 1 ii .. Ii1;,;; : T. w. iRoysTOiN'S" . ' " vl-:rH:'.-;ry-it;iWW--.r;Syoanior4- street. 1 : ;; P S-Ordeni for military blothlng promptly filled. K,jan 2lrA"'h'Ay.;::tAi,,: T. W, R. : GQUNTRY PODUCE 130UIIT ' At market rates. ' ' E. A. WHITAKER; - . 1 no a.acn( t.n tun nnna nr in. Af thi titr. nAmT.i . -. . I r 1 1 1 . J" 1 1 ' 100 i- ! 1 V. V r 7 Jan. IOtf ' . -i , " , ; Jailor. Feb 13 It Hargett street. AA t fiida'a; Idi at rritrl.(rM!l.H)-j: atr ln n una 1 -")nb, Tennessee xwv-r.