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vx .X "t i, AT as .in VOL LXIII 1 BALEIGH WEDNESDAY MOllNlNG . ArillL 22 1863. mi All liilpipiilil 4- - - .,.'--.' ,- . j ... ; , j , 1 I. i JNO. W. S VME, Editor and Proprietor. Oars are the plans of lair deligntfal feeaco, ( Unwarp'd by party np to lire liko brotteri.. RAtiEIGU, C : SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1863. THE HEWS I We h?e Botbiog-frcsb -from Washington. Beyond the fact that Jthe placa ia completely Eurroxiiaded hj pur troops, and that the TTio- . kees cannot relieTfl the town, either Dy meir gnnboats or bj peinforceoenU by land, we know nothing. We miy expect, at any Urne to hear that the place- has either been taken or destroyed . ;wV;i ! . -l . Snffr.1V -1iV WaaKInffton. has been the- ! roughly invested. " ": The Yankees thought that onr troops could not get; in the rear of Suffolk, and, therefore, left that part or tno country between the Dismal Swamp Canal and Suffolk unfortified. Bat they reckoned without their host, for to this point.' our d the town sow is en- r a , , . . v tirely cat off from land communication with. Norfolk. Nan-emond Hirer, on whicb Suf folk stand?, is a very narrow stream with high banks. As not more than one gunboat, or transport, at a time can approach Suffolk, onr sharpshooters and batteries can play havoc with anj Yankee craft trying to relieve it. So we. mav consider that' Suffolk ia as 1 pood as wrested from the erasp of the Van- o - w dais. i " From the account from Vicksburg it -would seem that the enemy ! has despaired of "taking that point, and have left for. some other place less troublesome to be deal with. It eeenas very questionable whether the Yankees wil). make another attaclc on Charles ton by water. ", " KThe Raleigh Standard, few-days eince, published a letter written to the "Hen derson Times," in which the writer stated that .Confederate money was discredited in South Carolina, and accompanied the publication with the following brief commentary i ' This confirms what we have heretofore said, and -what we have ob-erved in this Stale, that original secessionists are the first to refuse Confed erate money. Raleigh Standard , . Brief as is this commentary, it. contains two gross and deliberate falsehoods : 1st. The Raleigh Standard never did say,rior to the publication of the letter to the Hen derson Times, fthat "original Seccessionists ; were the first to refuse Confederate money," and we defy its Editor to show by bis files when he did so, prior to the time above men tioned. Th'u is falsehood No. 1. 2nd. If the Raleigh Standard had said j that "origi nal Secessionists . were the first to refuse Confederate money," it would "have told a falsehood, of which its own files would have convicted it. A year ago, 'the Raleigh Standard attempted to discredit Confederate money by alleging that the Confederate debt would be "repudiated," and 6ince the pas sage of the Confederate Tax Bill by ihe. House of Representatives, it has said he ' taxes could not be paid, thereby sounding an alarm as to the solvency of the currency founded upon the basis of such taxation, and inducing people to "refuse Confederate mo ney." Not only so, but in tho last fortnight the Standard has said that no Government can ( pay eight per cent, and maintain its solvency, thereby again induciog people 'to "refuse Confederate money." Here is falsehood No. 2. Bat this is not all. , Months ago, as j the Standard well, knows the following.! transaction took place in Raleigh. A party in this City held a lien on apiece of proper- - ty, which the owner wished to raise, in order to make a sale and good title to another party. The owner of the property waited on the holder of the lien and -tendered to him the amount of bis debt and interest in Confederate money, which was "refused," The owner then bonght, at &pumium, State Bank Notes, and tendered them to his credi tor, and they were "refused: but after wards, through the medium of a. third party,' the mailer was settled and the lien "raised. Now, who was the holder' of this lien who t)ms discredited, not only. Confederate,' but State money, and went in for the legal ten- der of gold or silver? An "original Seces sionist "a Destructive ,Not a bit of it. But a " Conservative "an "openly avowed rcconstructionist a "man . who charges that the Yankees have been foully slandered by the Southern press, and alleges that our own soldiers have committed more outrages on southern people than the latter have sustain ed at (he hands of the Yankees ! ' This is the man who "refused," not only ''Confederate," but State money, And at" the very time he was doing so, was a salaried officer of the State Government. ; We have no doubt the excuse will be made for this reconstructionist, that he was disin-. clined to take 'the. amount "of bis debt, be- causehe didn't wish' to keep his money idle, and had no other mode of investment; But that won't do, for if bis debtor bad tendered him gold or silver, he wonld have taken it, not ' because the law would have required him to take it or submit to a loss of subsequent interest, but because' the gold or silver, by appreciation, was worth double the amount of tLe debt as originally contracted. INEFFICIENCY' OP THE BLOCKADE. . While the Editor of the Raleigh Standard is permitting his editorial-columns to"-be used to sustain the abolition British Minister in the position which he has assumed against . j tj :Ji- -h--:. j x- .u. efficient; and does not come1 up to the requi- sites prescribed by the Treaty of Paris, it ia m iub 1&0T8 ujr wuicu mo jrresi- i martial law, and is enacted by Congress in por-Ae-nt 'nA Anr'mmiaMnniir'ftrA snsfinfl1 I snance ot ! the Constitution; 4tb. That without These facts, we find well summed up in the annexed' article from the. Richmond Enqui rer, which wd commend to the reader of the "great work of Chillingworth," the quota tion from which had as much to do with tho question under consideration as with' the man in the moon : WHY THEj UNITED STATES DO NOT " : MAKEPEACE. . Eveixjourhal of "the Confederacy is repeating this statement, as il the fact were a gratifying one- " ! : nA letter rrom c;narieston states mat tne im porting business is heavier at this time than it has been for several yeari. We know also, by Mr." Mason's correspondence with Xiord Kussell, tnat tne import duties collect ed in Charleston laatrear, tnough witb very low duties, exceeded the amount collected in any former year.; ' r W6 know also tbat lines of steamships yly reg ularly between Nassau and our ports of Wilming ton and Charleston; and that they enter those bar- Dors wun assured impunity nnaer tne guns or a blockading fleet. i . Furtherr we know that while hese Nassau ves sels are scarcely ever interrupted and then- prob- Diy oy mistake every - vessel coming rrom .Eu rope with army stores, machinery, cannon and ammunition, is chased and fired upon, and most oi mem captured. ; m Even since the late attack on Fort Sumter, and while a great Federal fleet was lying inside the bar, the "Anna and Emma,' with general cargo from Nassau,' ran in at her ease: but next day a steamer 'from .bngland, with ammunition and shoes, was attacked and destroyed. 1 lias any one taken the trouble to analyze these remarkable facts, or draw any inferences from them ? What do our readers think Of the follow ing explanation ? " It has lately, become known; through several channels, that many large commercial houses in New York and .Boston, which lost by the war their direct legitimate custom with the Confede rate States, have established branch houses in Nassau, to which tbey send goods adapted to onr market, making up and labelling their packages as English. With thesere laden the steamships that "run the blockade" to Wilmington and Charleston, i The steamers are known to the commanders of the blockading fleet, or there Is a private code of signals agreed upon, and they pass, without interruption, Inward and out ward. v ''.! The pretended "blockade," then if this expla nation be the true one ia nothing more or less than a contrivance for monopolizing our trade, and shutting other nations out ef our harbors. It is a fraud, first upon u; secondly, on all out side mankind and the existence of a certain risk, consequent on an occasional capture, ensures the higher profit to Yankee merchants. Tnus, while they waste1 our substance and ,burn our towns on the "one ; hand, they swindle us on the other, 'under the cunning pretext of smuggling.; The Confederate resources are a Candle lighted a. t both ends; and if we cannot.be conquered by fair fighting, it is hoped we may be subdued by an ex haustive drain ot our resources,' debt,: starvation. - tt? The Raleigh Standard says that the "Register" "does injustice 'to government officers in statinc that government Cotton has been exposed and injured." - The "Register"" does no such thing." 4 1 stated a fact when it alleged that several hundred bales of Cotton, purchased py the State, had been exposed, at or neat Camp Mangum, to all the heavy and soaking rain of March. If the Cotton has since been sheltered, that fact is, no douit, altribntabl? to tho notice given by the "Reg ister" of : its exposed condition. By . the way, will some one tell ns by what authority Gov. Vanoe, has been i buying Cotton 'for the State) Did tho Legislature make an appropriation, for the purohase of Cotton on State account.?. If it didit's air right. -Rut if the Governor, in. the absence of such an appropriation, drew money on his warrant, from the State. Treasury, for the purpose of buying Cotton for the State, it's all wjong. The' Governor, hasn't the rieht to draw-a dime from .the Treasury, in the absence of a law making an appropriation. v- - J DT Holders V of Confederate Treasury notes who- wish to make a good' investment should not fail to remember that after Tues day next they will no longer have the privi L0a of funding their notes in eight percent, bonds. So all who wish to fund their notes, must do so within the next three days,. From. Wednesday next, to the 1st of August, Con federate Treasury Tijotcs, issued previous to the 2nd of December, 1862,-wilL.be funda- M T j ' j -.. irt ble m.7 per. cent, bo.ds.and thereaftcTlhey will not be fundable at all. KF"Do not forget that 'George W. Mor- decai, Esq., irthe Depositary for this place. EKRoilbra Mjujistrxtxs. Col. Mallett, com mander ot the. Camp of Instruction, Kaleigh, N. C-, has 'received , instructions from . the Bureau of Conscription at Richmond, to enroiftmagis trates immediately, with orders not to put them in camp, but to leave them at home until called for. . v CONGBESSIONAL. In the Senate, Tuesday, several unimportant bills" were passed. The session was chiefly con-1 sumed in the discussion, of the bill toconflscate i the interest of the American Telegraph Company ard other alien enemies in the lines of telegraph in the Confederate States. Mr. Oldham advocat ed the bill. . Messrs. Johnson, of Ark., and John- son, of GaJ, opposed IL :The further considera- i tion of the bill was postponed until Wednesday. In the House the greater part jot the morning session was spent in discussing the resolutions re ported from the Jadicary Committee in relation to martial law and the suspension of the writ Of habeas corpus. The resolutions were introduced at the first session of the present' Congress, and j haye been on the calendar of the House since that lime. Thev were luassed ' These resolutions affirm, 1st. Tbat martial law, in theense of the exigt in the. Confederate SUte. 2d. That if it f w.vl"fyriS.?w Tl7i I !?sTriyo martial law a military oommaader may some times exert extraordinary authority : but in doing so he assumes the hazard of responsibility accor ding to known principles of law.- A motion to reconsider was laid .upon the table. The Senate bill increasing the postage on newspapers was passed. " 'v In the evenine reports were made. from tne Post Office Committee. The bill of the Senate to allow soldiers to jsend letters free of postage was defeated. There were also several bills re ported from the Committee on Indian Affairs. . In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr. Yancey sub mitted a joint resolution of thanks to Gen. G 1. Beauregard, and the officers and soldiers under his command in iha battle in Charleston harbor on the 7th inst. -Beferred to the Committee of Military Affair. The House bill explanatory of the act authoriz- ing the President to accept and place in the ser- vice regiments and battalions heretofore raided composed - of persona liable to conscription was passed. -.-.!' . Also, the Senate bill authorizing tne secretary of the Navy to lesae a site, with or without build- inga near Kichmond for a laboratory, etc. A report from the committee of conference on 4he Exemption bill was postponed until Thursday, at 12 JU..-. The report of the committee of conference on the copyright question was agreed to. In the House. Senate bill to aboiuh supernume rary offices in the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments, and to abolish all pots of delivery in the Confederate States, were apprdpriately, re ferred. ' j The bill to refund to the State of Alabama the sum paid for the gunboat Florida was passed.. beveral other reports from the Committee of Claims were made, i . The Exemption bill, as reported from the Com mittee of Conference,; was then taken up. After tome disccssion, the bill was postponed until Fri day, and ordered to be printed. AsroTKxa Gujtboat GoiJ. Just as the Keo kuk was going down in front of Charleston, another Yankee gunboat was following her ex ample in the C&osaw! river, a few aula ..distant. The Federal gunboat George Washington, Capl. Campbell, mounting four guns, anchored off Chisolm's Island, and shortly after the ;Con fede rate light artillery was brought to the bank and commenced pouring a hot fire into her she took fire and was burned to the water's edge. Seve ral of those wounded on board were burned to death, another Yankee gunboat having come up and commenced firing on some of our soldiers .who had gone out in a boat to take the poor wretches off the burning vessel. RxviBiixa. The Columbus (Ga.,) Tintes of Tuesday last, says: "Cotton and tobacco took quite a tumble yesterday from their lofty emin ence. The former could scarcely attract a buyer at 25 els., while of the latter, if you said tobacco to a fellow, ten to one you got a cup between your two eyes TV stlf ma AvnAtf o f IT m i3 Kill I r , --- not quite so toon, and "we expect a tumble in pro visions shortly.- There is more to eat in the land than many think for, and if Government paws could be kept off, it would soon come to light- Stand from under 1 Fight xx Wiluamsburo. The forces of Gen. "Wise engaged the enemy at Williamsburg last Saturday. It. was stated by a gentleman, who came up on the - York river train, Sunday even ing, to Kichmond, -that the enemy's pickets had been driven, in and that their forces ad retired to Fort Magruder, some half mile below the town, from which point they had opened ffre upon the city. Gen. Wise had taken position near the old College building. ' . V " Arbested. Col. I Clarence Prentice, of the Confederate Army, son of the editor of the Lou isville Journal, and another Confederate, name v hf Uargraves, were arrested in Liouisville on 31st March. They -came to the . city sometime during the night, on horseback, and were captur ed at theresidence of Mr. Prentice. O.ne other who accompanied them to the city, and whoso name was not ascertained, effected his escape. . The Georgia. Legislature and the Pf.Air txrs. A dispatch from. Milledgevllle,' dated the 7th,' says that the House has rejected the measures further restricting .cotton planting, and adopted the minority resolutions appealing to the planters to raise provisions.'- This action was thought to be final. . -1 - - -". ; - j - . -. : ..; !. . : Cattle Drao ro& Want or ' Salt. The? Pincastle JKxpreas says that in Craig county, 7v4ur the Cattle are dying by scored from, not having had salt during the past year". One farmer had lost fifty head, another thirty, and all cattle own ers had sustained some Ims, . Slfeep and hogs are also dying rapidly from the same cause. A Reminiscence. In Major Pelham,s purte alter n aeam, was xouna to idea away a iuwo l, hehftd newfmad9 allmsion, oh which was WittenTBrarTJ-oi his . . . . - . . : .... companion and friend,. thesa 'words: '.. ' After long silence. I write. Tfod ilia.' vou dear. XPel ham, J am proud of your sueees" Government Stoxes- Bhnt. Th ? Go vem m'ent store near Br&nchxille, S. Cj was .destroy ed by fire Sunday together with ' fifty.thofw and rations of baeon. and a large quantity, of flour- and, sugar. Thera 'were about three hundrel hogs inthalwilding. ' - THE LONDON INDEX. ; 1 Ihej?ichmond Examiner has received the "In dex of March 12. The Paris correspondent-of that paper, speaking of the apparent indifference' of the French Government to Mr. Seward'a last and most impudent despatch, says : JMf lncln and ht$ associates refused to see the meaning which waa obvious to every one bat hf his Cabinet that read th French despatches.. It IS probably tor nravent rtiv n.KBihilitw nf nv further apprehension of this kind that the Impe- rill flrtva.nx..! T.- 3 . . . . 4 . . rial Government has caused to be inserted in the rMoniteur." in th hn nf a Wt xork a statement of its views of the state of af fairs throughout the length and- breadth of he North. Though not strictly an official document; the insertion of that letter in a prominent part of theMoniteur,wthe nature of its contents, and the significance of its toneinvest it with all the im portance of a Btate paper. It is not usual for the French official print to treat with such scant cer emony the government of a Country with which France is, I will not say. on friendly term, but at neace.; , Hear how the "Moniieur"? describes Mr. Lincoln's last . convulsive effort io raise an "That a State which has successively 'called un- uer arms, nrsr, 100,000, tnen 300,000 then 600.- 000. volunteers. BDent several thousanrl millinna nf dollars as premiums for enlistment, and resorted to 'araugnting' as a last resource, should, alter a war oi oniy two years , duration, be fit a loss for men to Continue the struggle, is an extraordinary and abnormal fact yet that such is the fact ! is proclaimed by no lees an authority than the Uni ted Stales Senate itself." ; -'r The writer then gives ah outline of the last ex traordinary, measure by which the Federal Con gress has actually contrived to surpass itsfelf in ex citing the derision and contempt of civil:z3d na tions, and proceeds : K ,1 X "What has become of those clouds of volunteers that encumbered Washington last autumn? The enemy's fire, disease, the winter,' can account for a good many no doubt, but the losses, heavy as they may be, are out of all proportion, and a ttate of things which requires such extraordinary ef- torts. it can only bo accounted for .by the fact which the Democratic party have already I proclaimed, and which the abolitionists sturdily J deny, (of course) but which ihe measures they are compelled to resort to show to be true, viz : -that tne soldiers are (at least ; quite as tired of tne war as me citizens, jtnemseives. The "Moniteur" proceeds to demonslrate he correctness of the conclusion it has arri ved at, by arguments whicb Messrs. Lincoln, Seward and Co., will, no doubt, think unfeeling the official print seems to be strangely forgetful of the fact that those high and mighty seigniors (I canif&t with any regard for--truth call them "grave and reverend") hold it treason to doubt their ipse dixit: . : ; .1 "If the soldiers were not weary of this struggle should we have beheld the Army of the Potomac melting away without, fighting that immense agglomegration of men, to form which the United States had devoted the best of their blood and treasure? Letters from officers have described the perpetual flow of desertion,: rnixed" yfith out breaks of mutiny which paralized in their hands that formidable instrument of war. Its disolu lion, which discontent had commenced, weariness completes. . ' " The "Monileur," then goes on togie a rapid but graphic and striking sketch of tjie utter in action which prevails in the Federal camps from the banks of the Potomac to those of the Missis sippi, Tom is doing nothing and Jack is help Wlom. Th Federal armv is doinpr nothinsr. and the Federal navy is fiefpiug the f Federal army : . "An immense feeling of hesitation une tt mense . hesitation) hoyers 'over the war. What are they waiting for? Reinforcements ? Why, by their fd wn confession, the Federal Government have not one man at their disposal. The idea' is ridicule u?, it seems. to be considered so even at Washington as the whito population is eummpned en masse" . . With cruel irony the Moniteur ' asks if the North are waiting for another -strategic movo1 ment." This is the unkindestcutofall,and even the exposure of the absurdity of the Yazoo Canal, and the inaction of Grant in Tennessee and Kosencranz before Vicksburg, "where; his army is wasting -under the influence of miasma andmarsb fever," appears good nature itself when." compared I with this cruel sarcasm. Surely this should be suffi cient to satisfy even .Mr. Seward. Ia case, how ever, that model of transatlantic diplomacy should not think his last dispatch adequately answered Kn rnhat T hA ntioted aboveJ there is more to - - , JM'S k come. lie IS told no long' t artne uruanta iimeu does of M. Drouyn de Dbuys, but with, galling bhintness, that it is all oyer with the war Iha the soldiers will no longer fightr because they feel that it is all up with the Union, and. that it is hopeless to attempt to restore it; because; they have no sympathy with abolitionist cant; because they know that the South are waging a defensive war, nbt an aggressive war; because iheyare con scious that they are risking ; their lives for no practical object ; because, in short the war "don'j pay." '. - ':.-X'--''X- . - THE BLOCKADE: . .i; ' Mr. Hautefeuille,the well-known writer on in ternational law, published lately; in the itawe Contetnporaine, an able article, proving that the pretended blockade ot Confederal ports was no real blockade. ' ThelIndex'"says : v : ; A Southern resident in Paris,' M- Edwin de Leon, has pulishad in the Cbnstitutionnrf a lotr ter on the same subject, which has the rare merit of placing the. principles- which regulate the right of blockade, beforehe reader in, a concise and lu M. de Loan points out that whilst all 1 the authorities on the subject have arrived at the conclusion that a Oockade must be - effective," yet they differ very widely as to what an effective blockade consists in. According to Hauteraeille, Wheaton and Phillimore, to De enectuany diock aded, a coast require to bo. watched St a distance of four miles, at the outside, by a lino- of cruisers, sufficiently numerious as to prevent any vessel entering or leaving the blockaded porta.. Jaord &issoll, however (probably as M. do Leon' hu mourously remarks, 'owing to his being a .vete-4 ranf the Liberal pa'rty), gives the most liberal interpretation to the lerin effective-holding, for instance, that half a dozen mansoP-war would be suflicieii to blockade effectually the coast of Spain. : - V . X 'X.;:X ft , j. TIIE Fulr JT Aa If AB iuflUii-V ' ; His Holiness has refused to accept the resigna tion of Cardinal Antonelli. The difficulty arosd out of tho enmity borneto the Cardinal by Le Merode, Minister of War. The Iluly Father has. .inkiatflfl nnA entreated until he WMndueed the Cardinal to continue in the -office which no other J prelate of the Roman ;ourt caonu so wen. . . air James Outram, 'the Bayard of India," the companion of Havelock, and indeed his superior; though lie declined the command, in the, relief of JLuckbow, died in Paris recently; ' " The Corn Crop in Alabama. The Macon (Ala.) Beacon, speaking of jthe coming crop in that Stato, gives . the fallowing cheering intelli-. ger.ee': - , - ,r" 1 . J' X ? . . We took a,8hort trip in lhe country lasr week, and found our planters husy with their spring crops. Corn, corn seems to be the only cropJ COrn everywhere. Not a planter among at least Iwo hundred we have seen the past- two' weeks, are olanline a hill of cotton. We have heard of a few who will plant enoughfor seed and home nso hnt m mnv have a suddIv oh band.; the most oi our planters will ignore a eotton Crop en tirtJy.' ' ". V " ' ; ":; y: f ; ; 'X-; i.JJiXTiSK FKOM VICE-PRESIDENT A. H. STEPHENS HIS VIEWS' ABOUT THE WA vii ' xr- . .r; - - x Raymond (MJss Gazette publishes iome extracts from a! private letter written by; Vicc Preeident Stephens tch a resident of that city. They .contain inatter b$ interest, a expressing the views ef !pna of the chief ...vfBcerf of tEe nation in the present juncture of affairs. t In reviewing the ability ot the South to maintain the stand it has taken and held for tho last "two years, the Vice President epeak confidently. y He saya i Xt ; We can, without doiibt, subsist our armies just aa long as the Federal Government shall . contin ue to wage this crusade aeainst us. if we DroDerl v. judiciously and wisely avail ourselves of our re- sources, j viney are abundant, ir prudently devel oped, husbanded and applied. No jequal number of people on the earth ever had more of the essen tial elements of war at their command than we have. ; Internal resources for subsistence is one pf the chiefest of these.' But Che development of vueBa-oeeas looKing to ny tocse wbo conduct war quite as much, if not more than, the raising of armies. I gave a close attention to this subject in the beginning of our struggle, and i. was weH satisfied that we could maintain the war m our defenea as long, as the enemy could prosecute, it for our .subjugation. Frederick, of Prussia, defended his kingdom in a seven years? struggle against &H the combined powers. The odds against him in fighting men Were three to one yet his defence was successful; and not only this, but at the end of tne war did not owe a dollar. This shows what can and may be done, for his kingdom was far inferior to oar terriiory in those internal resources essential to success in war. All that is wanting with us, under a kind Pro vidence,1 is thesape brains to manage and mould our resources that elevated those of Prussia. Every energy of the country now in the agricultural line saould be vigorously applied to the production of tood and clothing. For while I am satisfied we possess the means to fur nish the necessary supplies.etc., I am equally sat isfies that if they are not properly and efficiently used, the supplies will fail, and then failure will be attended with disaster. ' After speaking of . several minor matters, and dwelling some a hat Upon the movements in the Northwest, Mr. Stephens says: In the meantime we must, with a patriotism, patience, and fortitude, bear all the ills, priva tions, and sacrifices which are the price of our independence. - These ills, privations, and sacri fices must be heroically borne, not only by the gallant men in the field, but by all who are at home. All have duties to perform. Every one who can turn 'a furrow or a spindle, use a hoe or a needle, wield an axe or a- shuttle in a word, every one who can turn a hand to anything in the way of supplying food and clothing for the men in the held, can render important and essen tial service to the great cause, and contribute something towards ultimate success. THE BATTLE OP SOMERSET. From newspaper notices which have from time to time appeared, the impression has been induced that General Pegram's recent raid into Kentucky resulted in a disaster. That such is far from be ing the fact will appear (says the Richmond Ex aminer )from the following brief but authentic ac count of the whole expedition:. Brigadier General Pegram was ordered by General Johnston to proceed, with his brigade, numbering something under fifteen hundred men, into the centre of the State of Kentucky to collect beef cattle for. the support of the army at Tulla homa. General Pegram left the neighborhood of Knoxville, crossed .the Cumberland river and proceeded to Danville in - Boyle counfy, in the yery centre of the State. In Danville were seven regiments of Yankees with twelve pieces of ar tillery These were at once attaeked, and, after! little resistance, driven out of the town and pur-' sued across the Kentucky river to within fourteen milea of Lexington. Haying collected seven hundred cattle, General Pegram started on his return, driving the cattle ahead, and having di vided his troops into three bodies, .who were to proceed by parallel roads to prevent surprise, On reaching Somerset he received information that the enemy, with overwhelming numbers,was in purs tit, and that the Cumberland . was so swollen by a freshet as to much delay the cross ing of the cattle.'-i In this conjuncture he deter mined to go back and meet tne enemy, and Dy retarding his advance to give as much time as possible for the transportation of tne cattle across tha Cumberland with six hundred men. He met the enemy three thousand strong, a few miles out pf Somerset. After a severe engagement of sev eral hours duration, he, was forced to give way, but retreated in good order and enected his. es cape across the river.. Of the seven hundred cat tle with which be had started from Dariyille, he brought five hundred; and hirty-seven safely across the river. His loss in killed, wounded ana prisoners was onehundred and fifty. GERTAIN CUBtE t"0B THE HW CHOLERA. At this particular time a pestilence among the hogs is an affliction of no ordinary character, to the whole land. The cholera or a disease called by that rjarnOj I-as been for some time, and is still, prevailing amongst the swine in. various locali ties in Virgioia, with the most fatal effects.-r' Hundreds arid thousands of those valuable ani mals have beon carried off by.it. . , .. . 'it gives us great pleasure to stale that a remedy in every one's reach has been discovered for Wis terrible disease. - CoL" E. A Wyatt, of Dinwid-. die county, after losing 30 or 40 of hu nogs, changed their feed to raw turnips, and he informs as that not another one died alter tnis. ah tnai wre suffering fromthe disease at the tim recov ered, and are now as healthy as eer whilst none nrA Rtihsenuent v attacked Dy . vve aeora this' information eminently worthy.of beinggiven to the country, so that all may have an opportuni ty f nmfitint? bv it. We hone that it will be the means )f Saving to the- people a vast quantity of meat which would otnerwtsa De lost, jsrom mo result of Cot. WVatt's experiment be considers the remedy a certain cure. rtiersourg express. fiKNKRAL JENKINS'S '. CAMPAIGN IN I WESTER VIRGINIA. ' ' ' 'special dispatch to the Ly nchburg&?pttWt can dated Salem, 13tb, says'i " , - Gen- Jenkins's expedition, with a small portion in Wftstarn Vireinia. has been The elections and Sprin Courts of the begus Government in all the coun ties West of the Kanawha river, were wonen nr- the en em v driven with loss, into his for- 'Hflimns atHuricana Badge.-He proceeded theace to the Kanawha; river, and; four - miles 4wlow,Winfield riddled i tw-QoxermeoXsteam boats' which were passing. He embarked at night iffcflatboats. and floated down the Kankwha.. at tacking and capturing -Point Pleasant the next mnrr. nir i lie killed and captured a Dumiwr rtf the enemv i took 1 50 horses, and destroyed large' amount of atores.- The enemy made most AarTtA ffrirfc; tn nut i nff hia retreat from the phfo river; j but they f were eluded, command was extricated in safety, i- and the - ' ":-:':'f.l:f'!..FpR'TH REOISTeI ' v 'Camf,' -47th Keoiment, 1 t, NfBlbunt's Creek, W IV'-" . Beaufort County, April 13, 1863. ' v !t J , . 1 4 Mr. Editor:--If you Know as little about the movements of our army in Eastern Caro lna as we do of what is stirring abroad, then your Irifor ' v nation Is indeed limited. " ' X . ' ' About the 9th of last month, our reeimenL with . others of the brigade, left Goldaboro'ea route 'to ' ,ewwroi ana uoaiDtiees many tnooght ' thatNewbern would soon U ' uV"I,f eooDecl sec- ing in a Ealeigh paper about that time, Iore these Jinerwil! reach the ejes of our readers New- -.bern will be ours,? Ac. Wel.'we went near ther, had an artiUery fight with their gunhoau; and af- ter some shirmishing, withdrew. Since then, we have done some tall marching and a good deal of 1 it. In a few days slier fe left Newberi; our v forces were in front of Washington; but for about I aL week the weather was so terribly bad that we" had to stop OperaUons, in fkc the artllley eould not be maneuvered at all on account of the mud. This winter, in Eastern Notth Carolina, we have had a ."rainy teason instead of winter. - When! we stopped, I have seen thai men build up pens of, logs to sleepon, to keep outjof the water, and that! on high ground, if there is any such place in some t parts down here.; After the weather cleared up, ! we again moved on 'Washington and f proceeded j to surround it. Our right waa then moved on the 'I aide of the river opposite the town. We had our pickets posted in about two miles of the town, on the Newborn road. In a day or two after we.had taken our position, Co. "Kf of our right, (Capt.1 Faucett, of Alamance) which was then 04 picket -duty, was attacked by fly e companies and a piece ot artillery of thb enemy, but they gallantly re- , pulsed them after a few minutes' fight, and" succeed ed in taking rhree prisoner! That night we were ordered .to croesa the swamp and occupy a position. Known as Kodman's farm, immediately on the riv er just below the town, and threw up some en trenchments for artillery, The nfght wai culU dark and rainy acd-we did not start quite early enough ; so when we arrived at the place the en my had anticipated us and bd !on a piece in jpoti tion. But we quickly drove! them back to tbeir boats without any loss to us, their shells pajiihg" harmlessly over our. heads wile We were lying down in the mud. Next morning they attempted -to land some trooj s in flat boats, but they were : driven off by our pickets, who wereVecreted near ', the landing, with considerable loss, judging from their, cries. r j . The next night the 26th regiment aucceedej in .! erecting batteries and putting guns In position without molestation. After one or t wo false alarm! : we heard that the enemy were advancing from Newborn in force to the relief of Washington, We moved forward to 'Blount's creek (near our present position) which had already been occupied andortified by thejBeth'eliuiajoui. ) to 'cul my arrived on the other sida aboct the same time, an the ball commenced. After a fight of about aa hour and three quarters, they turned about and made quick time for Newborn, blockading the way behind them wiih failed trees. It was entirely 1 an artillery fight, except two of three volleys fired nto them by the advance company of the 1 lth'i Our loss was only one killed, and - Ave or six wounded, while theirs was at least fifty or sixty killed and wounded; among them a Col. Rolan, who had been lately made General. It : was dis graceful on their part, as their force was at least four times as much as ours in men and artillery. They used thiry-two pounders in the fight,- while our parrott gun was a twelve pounder. The peo- pie may rest assured that Gen. Hill will do every - thing right' I tell you he is death on Buffaloes and Conscriats, and Gen. Petti rrew is not afraid of anything, I belieye, and he has a Brigade thai will. stand by him, and oae which North Carolina may bo proud of. We have tbej river fortified about four or five miles below Washington, at Hill's ! Point. Thece has been a large fleet of gunboaU and 1 ransporta trying to pass ever since we surrounded the place, but have not succeeded. They have been " . i ' - ; shelling our worka for the last ten or twelve days, but have'done no injury. One of the Buffaloes ' we arrested the day of the flight had letters from Gov. Stanly, congratulating; him on his Union. course and sentiments, . h ? i - j . f - More after we meet the enemy. f ;. : ; I "DOMINIQUE 111 1 1 ' 4" tmmmmm THE FIGHT AT WILLIAMSBURG. f We get some particulars of the light at Wil- . liamsburg, through a gentleman who participated intbeaffair. "' ' ' : On the night of the 10th, the Fifty-ninth Vlr- gislsk regiment, Colonel Tabb, was sent to the . rear of Fort Magruder., I At the break of- da? next morning, he dashed upoU the cavalry camp at Whitaker's Mill. The attack was a splendid succees. lie oestroyea tn enemy wnoiecamp,. commifsary and hospital stores, and an immense amount of ammunition; besides kliung a .arge . number of horses. : The enemy was also prettt severely, punished. I Five of them were killed, several wounded, nineteen taxen prisoners, am some twenty, or so of the sick paroled. After this splendid feat Colonel Tabb made goo i bis retreat WltQOUb ine loss Ui K mu vuij vu vumt wni 1 and private . v'ourided. Fort Magruder is lm mensely strengtnenea oy newreaouou ana nae pits, and the enemy' had at least 5,000 men to do fend it, but, like Pope, (hey did not look well to their rear,: ;. . ' - .-. t . 1 The enemy wreaked their eogeanr? on Wu liamsburg and shelled the town .for oyer three hours Though ahot and shell fell in every dl . lection, fortunately, gone of bur men were hurt, our only losr being one of the artillery . horses killed. . f :, .X;X' "-.."A ,. : Some of our forces are just out of Williamsburg, on the ridges-commanding the city, on . which we j have stationed seyeral batteries of artillery. Odr (roops arcLiu BPieuuiu coouiiiuu. iuu uoruuiwu ly awaiting the wnemy to showiishand. R&hmond Examiner. 14 - ' Carols toa Sore Throat, Diptuxxia. or Scarlet Feter. Mix in a common size cap ojf fresh milk, two teaspoonful of j)ulxerized char, coal and ten drops of a-'riU of UirpenUoe. . Soften , iheucharcoal.withA fgw drops of mUk before put,. : tlnTinto the cup. 1 Gargle' fluently,' accorinK : to the violence of tho sy mpUm.--Ftondian. ; aSointed. Wm. HllHoward has bes a ap pointed Pos-master at Tatboro, N. C: in place pf ; his father. George Howard, jdeceaged 9 ;;.&eorgU nantltha huvlnc MilintT. CUCUWWUKi U . UL nnta: bill, or draft sit the United States 8-'f 1 i i i 4. -.ii
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