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If 1 J i- 1 Register. JNO. W. 8YMB, Editor and Proprietor. - - Uttwarp'dbyptjrtoUbroUieri. nALElGH, y Cy i SATUBDAT MOBNINO, APRIL 4, 1863. . CFTbe writer of -the following comma Diction u one -of tbe most iutelligent men in the SUtc, tud one, top, bo owns Und admirably fcdtpted to the culture of tobacco, iiith all the? fixtures upon it of barns, &o., necesfiary to securii a oropr He. 'however, will not plant iobceo thU jear. Not pnlj hij pitriotio impulse?, but an enlightened Belf-interest forbid him to do so, and prompt bin td deVoe every foot of hia arable land to the rearing of food crops. Our corres pondent will regret to ace. that Got. Vance declines to reassemble the Legislature for the purpose of controulliog the aotion of men who have neither patriotism nor sense to refrain from conduot which will endanger the cause in which we are engaged; Oar cor respondent will, w are sure, agree wih us that the Governor assigns a. most lame and impotent reason for declining to summon the Legislature; to wit : that it is too soon after its adjournment. " If : the Legislature ad journed without doing its duty in -vitally important particular, no time at which it could be .re-assembled would be too early for it to supply its omission and make up for its short-comings. But, as we : apprehend, the truth is, Governor Vance. wasr ..afraid to reassemble the Legislature. : During its last session he had the mortifioition of again and again seeing his recommendations slighted and treated as the idle wind, and was appre hensive that "after he brought it ba,ck in extra session, and tent in his recommendation to it td restrain the. culture of cotton and tobacco, it might, as of yore, turn a deaf ear to his advice, and embark in something entirely foreign to the purpose for which it bad been re-assembled, and thus leave him in a ridicu lous predicament. We thought the Legisla ture, ignor&nt and mischievous in other mat ters as it has proved itself, wooW,. in thia particular, hav heeded and carried out tre Governor's recommendation, so palpable and b vitai is the emergency. But wc suppose the Governor knows the character of the Legislature better than we do, and must therefore Conclude that he is right, and wewere mistaken, as the Governor 'was afraid tp bring, back the Legislature. Knowing it as well as he does, we hope the people of the different counties will adopt his suggestion of holding meetings, and endeavor ing by the force of public opinion to check, at least in some degree, a course of conduot which, if-indulged in to any considerable i ex tent, will place in imminent peril eery thing we hold dear. As the Council ot State has been called on te meet on the 10 th inst., we hope the object of its being summoned by the Governor, is to obtain from it tho. au thority to ro-issue his proclamation against the export of certain articles from. the State. This the Governor ought to have done, weeks and weeks ago, for his attention has been call ed to the faot that large quantites of the ne cessaries of life have been boughjt up in this and other parts of the State by speculators from abroad ana sent to otner states. Fob tu Bigisteb. 1 FOOD, OB FAMINE AND SUBJUGATION. - Mb. Editob : Food, or famine, rubjnation, confis cation, of proprt7-i-wita all ihtii concomitant "hor rors, is the issue to be decided bj the People of the Confederate States at tkU critical juncture. Open the map, and you will see the most fertile portion of oar country in the -hands of the nemy. Texaa, Ar kansas airi Leoisana, may ba eat off with the fill of Vickbarjt and the remainder of the Cosfoderaey is subject to droughts, and not well adapted to the growth of the cereals. ' Bj the coltiyation of cotton and tobaco, of which we hare an abundance, we will assuredly fall to sup ply ooTselTes and the army with food, and thereby lose our Liberties, andur all, i to say; nothing of the blood and treasure so profasely spent for two years past. ,1 . Oa the era of gaining oar Independence, shall we inglorioosly fail for the sake of realising a little mon ey, and thereby lose this inestimable boon T The war now being waged against us fa no for the sake of the Union but for subjugation, and the con fiscation ef all of our property to pay their war-debt and to enable them to make cotton, eta, with un lands Vnd negroes. " , Soma aay thay will grow eottoa and tobacco be cause their neighbors do others to raise money to meet their taxes ' Some men would sell tkejr coantry and their God I old as did Arnold and Judas ; but their sins will hot justify -us in following their exam ple, and the man who would risks his country's liber ty for the sake of a few dollars, is nn worthy of it njoyment, and richly deeerrefl tha lots of his . pro- pt7- u x ; Xx:'-"y ;. r- As to taxes, the man that makes food alone, will not not only be a publio benefactor, but will realise more profit than the one that grows totton and tobae oo ; for as soon as the present super-abondance cf money shall naraeen withdrawn from' circulation, by faadisg and faying taxes, the high prises Jor J these artialae wul explode in the hands -of the rpocu lasor like the Sonth-aea babble. If all' artielas of food at the first of April bring such f balous prices, there is no telling the prioes they win command. The belt of country left us has but little rich bottomlands, and. the enemy may occupy more ; of it yet, and it all should be devoted to the production of food for onrselTes. the natriotio army, and their families. To accomplish this all-important result,, our patriots Governor should conrene. an extra session" of the Legislature inunediately1; nothing but caution will make the man that lores money more than country do -bis aaty. "- j j t The expense would be nothing compared to. the beneficial result that would grow out of such Legisla tion ; without it we may lose alL If, the Governor will not call together the Legisla tion, much can bo done by the. patriotic citizens in each and every pounty in the State, by resolving to grow food alone this year, and stigmatising all, as enemies to their country, who will not follow their noble example. ; ' v' " MACON. Warrenton, Nt C, AprU 3rd, 1863. IIOLDEN AND TREASLKISK wuuxu. In a recent issue of the Standard, Holden states a a faot that irnen nis new .treasurer went into office, he' found the Treasury i1nUt1 urn) 1oImnd (Trout nro1it frtr hlfl UCUlWiCUl auu Vl.l rf www lavMiiku iui u.uug xv.vUH w sury by ni9skill, energy and perseverance. Rppi hnw niiin a statement will demolish his insidious attempt' .to injuro the faithful and iri ve credit where it was , not due. T& the D . . i first place, the Treasury was not "depleted, and in the next. Treasurer Wortn Had no i. . -.1 .ii- -.isr- .1 rr-i more to ao witn niung its coners vnaa nui- den himself Under the admirable system which that muoh 'abused and most efficient officer. Gen. Martin, had established in the Adjutant Gen eral's Department, under a former administra tion, for reimbursing the State for outlays for clothing, &o., the Paymaster, under his direction, had gone to Richmond and receiv ed from the Treasury of the Confederate States about ode million and a half dollars due to North Carolina, and paid jf over to Mr. Treasurer Worth, and all he had to do with the matter, was to count the money, if he even did that. Wonderful financial skill! Let the friends of Hamilton bow to the su perior' ability of the "Conservative" Trea surer of North Carolina ! The people the taxpaying people will soon find out bow rapidly, and unnecessarily, and wasiefully this excess of money in the Trear sury is being spent by the vast and useless military establishmsnt cow feeding on it. EXPORTATION OF PROVISIONS. It is said that largo quantities of provi sions are being1 bought from our people and exported to our sister States, and thus di minishing our already scarce stock on band. Without endorsing the policy of prohibition, or expressing an opinion on state f facts with which we are not familiar, we would ask, how comes it that the late ''Conservative" Legislature gave no power to the Governor on this subject -and if he is Jeft, in the absence of legislative action, to the limited authority given by the Constitution, we would ask, what has become of that "Conserva tive" Council of State which was elected tn mere party grounds, and which was to aid Ilia Excellency on these important matters ? We were, told: by tho Organ that if the Governor could only have a Council of his own liking, all these things would he attend ed to, and there would bethen no cause of complaint. But like their, promises of "Re trenchment . and Reform,", all the pledges 1 have vanished into thin air. FROJl THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON. A skirmish took plaee'at or nearlhe town' of Washington on Monday,' which resulted in the capture of three Yankees. . No one hurt on our side. A big battle expected in a few days. ' D"'The witty editor xf the Raleigh Standard savs that one look of ours - would! ev . , . - . turn sweet eider into vinegar. One took at the editor of the Raleigh Standard when in the vicinity of a sheep-fold,; would make the owner thereof place a double guard otci hio fleecy treasures. Wht Besad is Dxak. The : editor of the Milledgeville Recorder taw at Marshalville last week a large "building filled with sacks of government-corn, said to contain 12,000 bushels, a great part of which was rotting. Any person acquaint ed with shelled corn in large ' bulk knows that whea.from heat or' moUturo; decay once begins, it is like leaven, which permestes the whole lump. This waste of the staff of life Is positively a crime at this juncture, when the counties in appar Geo is gia are almost destitute of 'breadetufli from tha failure of the crops last year. . ; . Gvoaas HowABOj Esq., long Editor and Pro prietor of the Tarboro Southerner, formerly the Tarbero' Press, died in Tarboro; on the 24th inst., after a brief illness, in the 64th year of his ae'. Mr. Howard was an iionest man, a goci aad useful citizens, and " a true friend of the ' Con federticy. . -f '--iu "3 A State dinner was given last week in Wash ington by Secretary Seward to the Haytkn Black Minister There were present the British, Bos elan Trench and Prussian Ministers ; Secretaries Chase, Blair and others ; Solicitor Whiting, Sen ators Sumner, Harris and .Morgan. . XToktion. The Sooth Carolina Senate has adopted thebllowing resolution t.'That the prac tice of extortion , expeciallin- the, existing state of the country, ii.odious andwicked, the offspring of heartless selfishness, and justly places "those en-gsgediiTin-tbeclassof enemies of the human race." i" . i ' ' 4 Jv THK CON FEDERATE TAX BILL The bfll to ba entitled "an act to lay taxes for the common defence, and carry on tbe Govern ment of tbe Confederate States." which was oass- ed by the House of Keprfsentatiyes onhe 23d in stant,' and is now pending in tbe Senate, provides that a tax of one per cent, shall be levied on the value of all real and personal property, moneys and credits, except on such personal'- property other than slaves which have been taxed, money or credits as may be employed in a business taxed under this act, or ,the profits of which are herein specially taxed. .; ' ' . Uoon tbe value of all agricultural products not owned by the producers, ten per cent; cotton and tobacco, when tn the hands ot the proaucer, sve per cent. - Bankers shall pay $500 and twenty per cent, upon the gross amounts of profits realized on the business. ; . '. ;' Auctioners, tobacconists.cattle Drokers, peddlers, apothecaries, photographers and confectioners, shall pay $50. and 2 per "cent on gross amount j oi eaier. - i.ne lax m auouou hiw vi iwv u ."J" 1 - U1T" bo one-fourth of one per cent.: - ri - Wholesale dealers in liquors, $200. and five per cent, on ross sales. .Retail dealers In liquors, $too, ana ten per I c(nt A l and 2 1-2 per cent Wholesale dealers $200, and 2 per cent Pawnbrokers, $200, and twenty per cent, on gross gales. Brewers, 5100, and 2J per cent, on gross stues. Keepers of hotels, inns and taverns, $26 and 2 per cent, upon the gro9 amount realized in business: Keeoers of eat i ner bouses and boarding houses, in urhii-h thorn ira at lnnt i T hflftf llftrd. $40.. and i - , , 2 per cent. Money proters, $zoo, and 2U per cent, on gTora Commercial brokers. S200. and 2 per cent. upon all sales made. Owners of theatres, $500, and five per cent, on all receipts -ttacn circus, $100, and $10 for each exniDition. Jugglers, $50. . I On each bowline alley or billiard table, 40. Livery stable keeperst $50, and fiye per cent. on gross receipts. iiutchers and bakers, $50, and one per cent on sales. j Lawyers, physicians, surgeons and dentists, $60, and 21 per cent; on gross receipts from their profession. . . I On all excess over So.OOO or net pronw ot any banker, auctioneer, ect., 121 percent. : on all ex cess over $20,000, 25 per cent, t Salaries over $1,009 and under $1,500, shall be taxfd ono per cent.; over $1,500, two per cent. ' . - i Rtilroad and steamboat companies to pay five per cent; on receipts: Irom passengers; two from freight. Hants, savings institutions, gas telegraph, ex press and manufacturing companies, partnerships and individuals shall pay 28 per eent. on all prof its, dividends and sums added to surplus funds. Insurance companies shall pay nve per cent.. quarterly, on gross receipts from premiums. . " w - On prohts on all real or personal property bousht and sold during. 1862, and to 1st. April, 1863, except in due course of business, ten per cent. On all land, slaves, tobacco, naval stores, forage v.m.Iii ..J ..1 .n.. i.t .ii..--) vi pruvisiuua uougui aim guiu, iuir in xviri, ac cept to Confederate Government, or by persons .or company taxed under thi3act, percent Af.er 1st Jan. 1863, fourteen per cent, on in- comes or profits from all sources other than from property on which a tax shai' iuve been paid un der this act. When the income exceeds $10,000, an additional Ux of ten per cent, on the excess shall be levied. - Anv Derson not d citizen of the Confederate States, between 18 and 45, not in the military or naval service of the Confederate States, exercis ing any calling, herein taxed, shall pay a double tax. . shall be taxed two and one third per cent., paya ble ouarterlv. - i. The last section exempts Irom taxation, provi sions nurehased for family consumption: real and personal property of civilian?, of a less value than $l,000;real and personal property of a military or paval service, of less value than ;ta.uuu; property of college s,schooIa person in tbe charitable or relig ous corporations, public lands, bonds of the Confede rate States, and of the several States thereofjproper- ty from which the owners have been disposessed by the enemy during tbe tweiva montos preceeo.1 ng assessment; fire engines; books, portraits, pictures, and wearing apparel of every person and family, except watches and jewelry; all agricultural pro- . . ... . - J 3 1 J ducts ot tne last processing crop pruuuwu vu uuu taxed under first section, in hands ef producer, other than agricultural products specially taxed; all f aiming implements, and tools used by me chanics in their respective trades. Without commenting, at present, on thfi gener al merks of this bill, we may say that there are obviou3 crudities and: inequalities in it, which call for correction by.theSena'.e. For example, sec tion XII provides that Brokers shall pay two hundred'dollars tax, nd twenty per cent, on the cross amount of receipts realized, while section XIII provides that Commercial Brokers (Produce or Commission Merchants) shall pay two hundred dollars and two and a half per centum upon all sales made. The first is a tax upon profits the second: upon gross sales. -Now it so happens that the latter is the. entire1 amount of commission charged by Commercial Brokers, at least, it is so in' this city. While, therefore, the Broker is Uibwgeduwr - JU - hu pmflta. tW Merchant is charged the whole of his and two hundred dollars besides. Korean he, relieve him- kell increasing hiscommission, for heistoren- IThe business of three; months has already -been t . . .( J . ii traneactea at pr coot, vummuuiiuxi. a.ii wis he must give up. Of course Congress will Jbe guilty pf.no such monstrous injustice as this. mi 1. Jl x4 -L.! . U I.t ta hViZ trtZl -nVrnr th.t it be ha.ye, 2yX fx? and re1Qire that U U euai. wnTwnq nnff. ; .; ! I . f. haii., .y j. ua iraiuou ppruvevi uu ugucu uv of Congress recently, passed, regulating the issue I and funding of TreatUry notes. It isWelLlhere- r vi- .vi t ji v j v fbre,for the pubho to bear in mfnd that under the provisions of that Act all Treasury notes not b$ar- ingjnterestjiffiued previous to the 1st December last, will tease to be fundable in eight ner cent, bonds or stock, on the 2 2d day of April, inst, but will be fundable in seven percent, bonds until the 1st oi August," Tbe expecUaon of a premium upon these Tiotes has been defeated by the concentra tion in Richmond of large amounts from all parts of tbe Confederacy. The flow ui that direction will doubtless continue until the ZZd or.Apru. Bia Protits. The Crenshaw "Woolen, Factory, of Richmond, "Va.f with a cash capital of $100,000, has declared , and divided a dividend of $530,000 with $100,000 subject for dividend, should the di rectors think it desirable. rpp I A paper mill ior the year 1860, 186i:and 1862, oa a cabita' of $41,000, made pro3t o.' $2a3,t50, of 'which $175,000 -was'made in tha year 1862. And astockholder of tbe Belvidert Slanufactur- ine Company received since the war began, on $2000 "worth of shares, dividends amounting to $6,450, an of which he has gi ven to the artfiy, con- sidering itlmproper if not extortionary." ; , IV, M i . ; POUT HUDSON GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE EN- Xkhta XiQ Xl- It is rerely the public lave an opportunity get correct idea of the manner of bmbain. . i w," on me Aiuflissippi. ,The Port Hudson (Lap'correepondent ot the Jackson Aikeal eirea ATSroeal crives iimn(ffr.li;. 4. s ... . .ft. "r - utwcripuon 01 tne oombardment that place on -the 14th alt. i The bmbardin. fleet consists r rr.. , wv vi, iud Dituiu miMji is an x.riinm VK guns; Monongahela, 16; Richmond, 26Mfasusip- , - P'l guDDoatS Kinnes, 5 guns, and Tennessee, . b una. csnortl y , before midnight the .boate, navmg tormed: the line-of-battle as described, their : decks cleared for action, and the men at their quarters, the Hartford led the way and the .. ' - others promptly followedl her direction . At the moment ot their discovery a rocket was to be gent up from the Admiral's -flair-shin. the E?sex and fier aocomoanvin? mnrt&r hnta which were concealed around a point in the river. wwianieaM us woric. uar men : were all at tneir guns. The letter says : So dark was the night, however, and so eilent- ly nadtUQ armed craft noised their way- up, that , a 1 ; r guui uu an the fleet were within' easy ranee before their an- ...... U 1 . . - - i l F"" nown. . imost at tne same time a rucei irom-our signal crops, and the discharge f j ; jr c'i aiwubtyf our una. Quiokasa flash, while the falline fire of bur alarm - . - ,m ri w r rocket was yet unextinguished, there sht up into tne sity, irom tne Jiaruord's deck, another. Then came one grand.long, deafening roar that rent the 1 !.! . ... . . . avmospnere wim lis migniy tnunder,snaKing both land and water, and causing the hig1 battery crowned clif& to tremble, as If with fearfand won der; Every gun on the fleet and everv mor tar at the point joined in one simultaheous dis charge. ,.. ! I j One instant, and what a change in the aspect of affairs! Many thousand soldiers springing to tneir ieet at a oouna, exenange glances with com rades, their eyes glistening with tho light of -a grim sauaiacuon. lnsuneuveiy musKeta are grasped with a firm hand, and each soldierly heart relieved oi tne weight ot a long protracted jexpec tation, throbs a glad echo to the startling peal of cannon. ne Datteries on the long line of bluff, but a momer.t belore silent as the chureh-yard. now resound to the hurrying tread of xqen, whilo tne quiCK, siern tones oi command are heard above the awful dm, and the .furtively i glancing rays of. light from the battle lanterns reveal the huge instruments of death and destruction, and show the half-covered way to magazines. Relying greatly upon the suddenhess and vigor or their attacK to disconcert and confuse the de fenders of our cliffs, the roar of their first dis charge had not died away upon the eat before it recommenced, and then the quick and irregular, but unceasing, volleys and broad sides showedthat the crew of each Yankee gun were vicing with each other in celerity. Tbe sheets of flame that poured from the sides of the sloops at each dis charge lit up nearly the whole strefcH! of river, placing each craft in strong relief against the black vky. The noise was stunning to the aarl but they knew not yet the position of our batteries, and the shot and shell, fired at random, had' no mate- rial effect. - The. shelling from the mortar boats I presents the nnest neoa of tho two. Si . Jt v i at t-:. ' i- .First the distant nasn and pun or white smoke 'i then the star of light rising by spasmodic effort so its rev- plutions make it appear up to the' very firma ment, while the more slowly traveling sound brings the ixn roar ot the mortar; f then the now - brightening star descending by the same spasmodic motion; next the ominous whirring, growing louder and still more clear, until bang! right in your lace,, it seems a flash use that of sheet lighting, a sharp, terrible explosion and then, thud ? thud I thud 1 the iron strikes in every direction, burying its jagged fragments deep in the solid earth. i - . Minute after minute passed away, eafh driven to eternity distracted, by the maddening roar oi so many cannon, and tho fleet kept up iti uncheck ed course up the river. Amazement seized upon the Yankee officers and men. Where were the' long-talked of batteries the rebels had been con structing with which to hold the Mississippi ? Had they been abandoned in a panic caused by the terrible bombardment of the fleet ? 1 The ma rine officer of the Mississippi (now a "prisoner) tells me the query was seriously - propounded whether the rebels had not evacuated their strong hold and thus cheated, the "brave Yahke ta.Ts"out of the glory they were expecting to reap. Only too soon did the enemy discover that t&ey were but waiting to bring theifc whole fleet, irretrieva bly under our guns before they went o wor JTor fifteen minutes had they plied at thir mon ster canaon, and now tney were commencing to relax from sheer vexation, When a nash oi light from the crest of a cliff lights.the way fr a shell to go plunging through the Hartford's'deck.--This was the monitor, and at once the enemy saw a cordon Oi vivia iigu as iung :as tuwir own. . ' - j !.-' ; Now commenced, tbe battle in all l-U terrible earnestness. OutnumDerea in guns, ana out weighed in metal our vollies. were as quickly re- peted, and the majority of them unerring in tbftir aim. As soon as the enemV thus discovered our batteriesthey opened on them with grape and canister, which was more accurately tnrown yian fheir shells,- and threw clduds-of dirt upon the guns and gunners; the thells went over them in every conceivable direction, except the right one. The Hartford, a Very fast ship, now made straight for nn the river, making tne Dest time, and try- ini? to divert the aim ofour gunnera by her iu- cessant and deafening broadsides. She soon but- stripped the balance of the fleet. Shot after shot struck ber,riddling her through and through, but still she kept on her way. ' . , ? - I Every craft now looking out for itself and bound to make its very best time to-get by, the fleet lost its orderly line of battle, and got so mixed up it was aimcuiv anasomeumts jmpceaiuit;, w tu&wu- -gawh one from another. It was speedily apparent to the enemy that the fire was a great dfeal hotter -mora destrnctive than had been expepted and the captains of the two gunboats and of the Mo- nongahela doubtless resolved quickly that it would re madness to attempii to run suca a lerriuc gaani- let of iron hail. " Whether the commanders of the JMcnmona aco Mississippi u .ircnuy 4he same determination, or came to a ;oon aiter, u nQt kaQ they alff cept tha Hartford, undertook to put about and return the way they rcame. For thIs 'bur'DOse the Richnrond sheared close in to the left bank and tbe batteries, and.then cir cled round, her course reaching nearly tip to. the opposite point In executing this manoeuvre she gove our batteries successively a rakirfg position, and they took excellent advantage of it, ripping her from stern to stem. From the crashing of limberl plainly heard during every brief Interval of the din, and from the view bad of shots' that struck her, it was evident that her doom was seal ed. Instead of making a tun for it down; the, riv er, hugging the opposite shore, sne again turned er pfow towards our atteries ani mn wgnt in. under them. As she got this position a voice from . -nnwr-t nv... : ' - . : i f - i I :. cn. pom w ?er rieu tm; rwoif io yw me t'ojn those biUs, Q ddn ynl'V' As if i " answer to this blasphemous appeal a batry above and below got his range, abd white a shelf crashed through his foreca&Ue a double charge, of grape, swept, his decks from . tbemizzenmast for-- ward, It musUave .done.fearful execution, and tDO vo,ce which had just before rnng out an oath ... : .. . . 4 ind adefiancB now exdaimed in piteous accents : bsko uon't shoot any morel: We are EinKingi " . -j -. - It was reported amornr rlLu,A to . ! DI",that a voice.fronr her deck had called HL f. i we; surrender I , If this o ! u ib was noi PrODablV innnnhi Wn: not Drohahl v manderi who,! hoveveri w ywMnag upon ner, as the th n -vu TnHn . A( sda dm Mi. 3 jT - & of I V T, urig aown in an unman " "l ': turned their attention to Other craft. Whether or. n'ot Bhe. sunk. I do not to.auuw. uercoinmanflBr maw ha ncA v kee artifice to escape by; the mistakeft humanity of v". ."vi-vio,. uut xi bub is not, sariouslv disabled, then many an experienced eye was greatly de ceiyjd. . j f -I- V &t ine Mississippi undertook to mancJ 7e ef ; turning round and makfng her g 4 nUMhapt tn (ha Mini f - i . dhck to tne point she started frnm. hAh rounded and just turned dowa stream, when one vi wur uuis vore on ,ner ruddeT, and another went crashing through her machinery. "Immediately after cam the rushing sound of steam escaping from some broken pipe, and the now unmanagea ble veesel drifted aground directlv onnosita onr crescent line of batteries. Her ly gained, and'she was rapidly ; ;tbrn to pieces by onr missiles, when the commander gave the order 1 unuua ivea.ra lucujsmves tne D6SS Way t3ey I codld. At thli Sam-A timo fir a 1 iivnv vu IM W places. The prisoners we have taken are ofopin ion that she was set off fire by her owa officers. 1 uui, it is quua as iiKeiy mat it was -caused by our I . ; w wwua asvsvaa ill vu UOI U.11" interruptedly, i At this time, her decks were I strewn with c doadand wounded -accord! nc tn nn of her crew, with, whom I have conversed," who thought that prie-half her compliment of men .vn . m r were inciuoeq in jne list of casualties. I In the meantime I must account for the othar vessels of the fieet. The three larger vessels had occupied mo3t of the attention of the batteries, but the other cralt had not by any means been overlooked.' Two had turned round and-started down streani. One of them apparently escaped wuaoui serious pisaoilty ; but the other which was probably the Kinne?. ; float d down oast the usitent'B in an unmanageawe condition, receiving our volleys without being able to return themi and from the confusion of voices and mingling of oaths, execrations .and orders heard from her deeks, it was evident that! great slaughter must have beenxnsde among her crew, else'that the boat itselt was in a critical predicament. A vessel wnicn was eitner tne uenessee or monongahela. . 1 2 1 -1 - I 1 'mm- ... most probably the former, slipped by in the contusion, and joined the ttaruord up the-river. Some fifty-five or sixty persons saved them selves by jumping overboard, and swimming or wading from the Mississippi to the shore. Of these the Major and Captain of Marines and Assistant ifinglneer, wuhforty five sailors and marines, have been arrested fay our cavalry and brought across during the day. . Some few others are reported to be hiding themselves in the swamp.; The uad and, wounded were left upon the Mississippi. whieh soon fl mted off and started down with the current. All, the olhen vessels were now out of range, and the Bpectale of the burning ship was a grand and solemn one, yet mingled with painful thoughts of the horrible fate of those mangled un rfortunales who wer being burped to death upon L tiiis floating funeral pyre.: As the flames would reach the shells lying among the guns, they ex ploded one by one, adding to: the novel grandeur oi tho signt ; of thb sight When the burning! Mississippi reached the point where the mortar boats and other craft lay; she created a perfect panic among them. 'Troba bly from the fear of her magazine exDlodin? among them1, itxsj speedily cast J0039 from their moorings and run before her, not making their appearance agam until pear . tho hour of noon to day; The light of the burning wreck could be seen steadily increasing Its distance for two hours and a balf. At five 'minutes past five o'clock, when the Mississioni was orobablv within five miles of Baton ? ttouge, jb sudden glare lit up the wnoie BKy. me cause was known to be the ex plosion of the magazine. ) -After a considerable in terval of time a. long rumbling found -brought fi nal proof that the Mississippi, one of the finest vessels of the United States, which had earned an historic fame before the commencement -of the present war, as the flag ship of the Japan expedi tion, was a thing of the past. r- , i . ' . THE SPRING CAMPAIGN 'A GLOOMY , opening: The New York World thinks the campaign seems to have, fairly opened. The various Un-, ion armies and fleets are either in actual motion-, or are just about to move. With, fair weather two weeks cannot pass without a vfolent shock, of arms in more than one field. It draws, however; agloony picture of the Federal prospect, so Jar as heard from: . . So far the usual bad luck seem3 to have attend ed the Union; arms, not at one point only, but in every quarter- Admiral Farragut'4 fleet of wood en Bhips-of- warhave been beaten off by tbe rebel batteries at Port Hudson; of this there can be no longer ianv doubt. At least one ship (the steam I sloon-of-war Mississippi 1 was destroyed, and two, I if noUthree,other vessels mere or.iess aamagea.-i OneiDf our fleet' passed tbe batteries, but, as she was alone and-unsupported, she no doubt by this time has fallen a prize to the rebel rams . Webb and Queen ot the "WeeU It will be a rare piece of lack if she escapes. The endeavors of Admiral Farragut to get past the j batteries would seem to indicate that he wishea to aiiacK rorv nuason from above while Geh. Banks.with the land force, invested it from below. ; But the plan, whatever it was. has Tor the time miscarried. - - , I Nor is the news from Gen. Grant's department at all what the country has 'looked for. Yazoo City has "not been 4&ken,'our fleet is not above Haine's Bluff, nor have there been any rebel gun boats and transports destroyed. Gn thecontrary , both rebel and i Union accounts agree 'tbat our force has met with a check on the T-allatchie, and was beaten.bacl by a fort on the river. This is verv bad news, and explodes into thin air all the reoorts of the evacuation of Vicksburg which nave pre?ailU U uuivorsaiijr iuv ouuio huio imvm i ii- r,. ; that; ciiy,as there is of RiChmqnd,the way natters Stand at present. ;. " 7'"- ."'' - A ' The recent gobbling ep of some two thousand of Gen. Rosehcrans's command by Van-Dow is as vet unaveneed. : At last accounts a battle: was imminent on of the most desperate of the war- but from Gen. Kosencrans'a known ability, and the faith of the men in him we hope for the best' ''Y-t'-?: :HXXt- -v-'' From Gen., Hooker's army we bear that all Is in readiness for an advanee,.but. fhich of,course may not take tAce for a couple of weeks yet--'all Kdepending upon the' weather. ' The recent caval ry fight in tne.aireciion oi Ajuipeper was-gu affair, but it obviously was net as complete a sue rfeWas, it was designed tor be. There baa , been flrhtin' on the Blackwater. but as Nothing has come'over the wires in reference U It we judge the ews cannot be good. : : --'.'J :. ' It must alio i be admitted that the preliminary -movements against Savannah and , Charleston f have been unfortunate. Uoyer It over as we may, the-failure to take Fort .McAllister is aiscpurag- ; ing, and ; if the rebele have simijar worka in Charleston t arbor, the, iron-cjads will; haye.st very bard road to travel. ; , . . :"- Altogether tbe retrospect is met pleasant, but we can omy hope that matttert inay: tnend-oon-It is increadible that We can bo beaten every where in 'the fiaal conflict, r - X-:- ' -"in iTa vntr A a lk - - I AuuAjtfttJB OF COTTON. Throngh private sooroas fi-0mL.. UlJ tl ' .vl. Gener&l Mmi.. v.. T . : . -a m 4asaea an order allowing per- ons to transport cotton to th. M.,u. This has-bean done malniy from" the necessity of ' : tog supplies from Mibo,ver thlsltlo Graadfton. f tier, turongh the sale ot cotton. 1 4 -J - ' t By the rules of this Order Importers of supplies or goods are . allowed to export cotton to the custom house raJu. of their original invoke, at the port of": entry, with one hundred per cent fddod tha 'cotton ? to be valued at, $100 per bale.; ,pUon thus expor. ting cotton can only take ii to thl1 sido of tho river, : hen they must go over, and purchaa. their soppUes, -bring tbem across, and en exhibitioil of their oririaal invpices, be permitted toekpirt cotton to donbl. the amount, valuing each bale of. cotton at 1 00 In sp- ' ow. -This opens a find field for slaving "at'aU tha .' cross,g.-on the river, bere therel are Shylocks suc tioned ready to advance the specie Ion the cotton as it arrives, and gires o the-mfexiiaara-rompie-eonxrei" ' of the cotton trade. , Latterly it tad' been ordered ; that no contract based upon the exportation ot ootton i should .be rocogniied unless made b authority of the ' j War Department, or some fuperiori power to that of ! the commanding genera! of that dietriot r ' . Another recent order of General iMagruder is that " all foreigners between the ages' of elhthteen and ftrtv- 1 five, holding any offioe or employment connected with : the; army in Texas, (but not in the krmy) or carolled ! for" service, will be immediately deprived by their em-.-1 ployer of such office, unless tney take the oath of al-3 legianoe to the Confederate States land enWdthem- .' selves as subject to military duty,! or furnish alii." r bodied Substitutes not liable to cohsfertption unless the same shall have been appointed by authority su perior. . : - . A PEAT OP DARING. V- A correspondent of the Chattanooga Rebel vouches for the literal correctness of -tha fnl1nrin it being taken from official-sources i -j- r .nKiiii .I- Two days before the battle, of Murfreesboro', First Lieut O. a White, Company Ax J0th South Carolina Eegiment, was on" picket half mil in froat of our line .Having taken three men andstarted to estab lish communication wih the pickets eh his right, he was suddenly surrounded by i . party of Yankee -eav- airy, and ordered to surrender. Seeing he was over- powered, he gave up bis sword. The Lieutenant com. mantling the Yankees then ordered j him to tho rear, lie stortedjfbut noticing the Yalnkee looking agitated,' immediately turned and grappled him, calling to bhi three men to knock down as many ai they could, and ' to his company to .rally to hii assistance. Having succeeded in getting a sabre, he woaaded'several of the enemy, and kept them all at bay till his company earn up, when he called out to them, "Shpot the raacala doa't mind me." They fired, killing some and driving- off the rest By the timo he had reformed his company, he was charged by 'a pretty large force of cavalry, whom he repulsed with as loss of fourteen killed and three wounded, left upon the field. . Among the Yankees killed was a Maior Kosemraaten of PhiU auuuuia. ., .4.1.1.:. . . " . i TRIBUTJE Of RESPECT; - V ; ' V HrXlisBOHO MlLirART ACABKKT, V -' . f. March 24tht 1803. j " According to previous notice, the Jcorps of Cadets ef this,tbe IIillsboro' Military Academy, held a'meetihg on March 5th, 1863.j ; u" " ' ' ' On motion of the; House, Mr. Thos. B. Roulhao was called to the Chair, and. Mr, Alex. Cunningham, appointed Secretary ! j . . . The house being organized, the President rose and ' stated the object of the meetipg, wtioh was, to draft -resolutions expressive of their regret at the untimely death of the late Cofi O. C. Tew, founder and former ,' Superintendent of this Academy, and to assist 'in he erection of a monument to his memory. A oom mittee was appoints! to ooilect the ooatributioBf, alse a committee to draft resolutions, which retained thek follawing, whioh were received and adepted, vis Whereas, Almighty God has in His aH-aeeing whu" dom taken from our midst the lamentod Col. TsW. late' Superintendent of tiis Academy, who. fell, in the prime and vigor of life, 'on tha . memorable field of SharpsHurg a jBoldie'r whose life waft.devQted to his ' country s cause ; an Officer, efflclont; competent and v brave; a man, upright, honorable aid without guile f and while we bow, with humble resignation, to the will of Him who doeth all things well, we vet deem it nro- per that we should acknowledge our j high admiration for the moral worth, and many noble qualities of the honored dead. ' xherefore, be it I ; ; I , Ruolvtd. 1. That in the death of Col" Taw, the Confederate' States have lost a devoted son and an ' able officer : North Carolina: an-intelligent and ac complished citizen j' and this Academy a proprietor. who. unselfishly and without reserve, devoted ali bis energies to the' task of spreading its fame and useful- , nesfl. . . . v- ' , 1 Betolved, 2. That the intention of erecting a'monn-i ment to his memory, expressed by his' devoted Eeg( '. ment, and by . tbe citizens of Hillibro,"eciTes our most hearty concurrence, and that w4 earnestly deaire . . to .co-operate with them in the aoeomplishment of eo - praiseworth an object. , netoivevtf o. iu a auoBonpuon tor uu puuon.D ' immediately taken up, and that all former cadets of tbe Academy who may wish to unite with us, be in- vited to do SO. H .!':- ' . : f- '1 .- ; ' f S. 'i 4: - Retoltxd, 4. That we tender to his afflicted family our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy, aod treat ' that He who tempers tho wind to the shorn lamb, will be with them, in thi their hour of sorrow. .' 3 . ' ' , Resolved, That . copy of theeo reaolutioue W sent to the family of the deceased, and that they be published in tbe Hillsboro Recorder, Raleigh Regit, ter and Standard, Columbia Ouardia and Cafolin ian, Charlestoit Jfrcwy and Courier , Committee J. C. IIUL E. B. Mooa, W. R. Moore; B. B. Holt, I W. Fouranrean, W. H. Withers. There being np other busineii before the Bouse the meeting adjourned. ' r" T ! ;'"--. , ' . ' : V THOS. B BOtJLHAC, Pratt. ; Alxx. CmnruGHav, Sec'y., v. j. ., " ' ' r- -, - : " . 1 a ' AK.'IxroitTijrT Ixvxxriox. AeorrMpondent of the Greenville (S. C.) Enterprise, writing from Jones" Island, thus speaks of a new appliance, recently in troduced into . Fort Samteir and other fortifications.' around Charleston, for traversing1 guns i " : 4 ' Among the new discoveries brought out by tale- war is one by Lieut. CoL Charles A; Yates, ef Fort Sum ter, which facilitates .traversing a gun to such an ex tent that it will require two hundred and fifty men less to work tho guns Fort Sumter, now than for-' inerly. It is aaid tha boy can move a eolumbiad as easily aa the quantum of me8 required, before, whichis generally from six to twelvtJ,' '.-'., Wxx In Johnston County, on the 25th' Inst, la thjarl8 year of his age, BERT RAND EBTN1S, son fxlr. H. C. ana isaney JGnnis, alters oner bus paiaiiil nine. From his childhood he was was sedulously morai, and for the but' three years he 'bad beetf in exemplary .member1 of the Baptis ehurenHAfpolUas Iff and bussiul immortality, lot bletaeare we uw m aw in tho liord, for they rest fronf their Ubor, olid their j works do follow after thanCi ?v ' Z MS Tb Bibli'al Recor&r, fux& Progress, pjeaao copy. ARD- OP SUPEnllNTPEPTDETS .f 'Comaon Sehools for Vake County will meet .Tk 1.. Airta t th Chm.'trmm.n'i offio la? the CitV ' of Raleigh on the Sd Monday of ApriL inat, for the transaction of buaineaav. - . , i- . .- ." (Aprfl-IWJ.? iLl-ap4-n2. TRADINO JJETWEEST TEXA.S j AND afEXlCO 18 V ! "5 . I .1 1 9 . - ' . -, : !-. - . i . 4 1; v.l.
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