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-v v il. - ' ' ! 1 ".' ". ' ;. : ,1 - t I : I i 1 " r i i 4 1-I- 4 . 4 1 .1 J.NO. W. 8VME, Editor aid Proprietor. 1 ' Outs ere the plans of fair delightfnl puce, . Unirarp'd bj party rg to live like brothers." VI RALiEIGIIt JT C. ' 1 WEDNESDAY. MORNING, APRIL 2V1S63. The KEJ3ISTER is published "WEEKLY, ev- ry Wednesday, and SXMI-WEKXLY, every Wed- m3ij aad Saturday, apeh the following terms, .1 t ariallg in mdteanc ; ' I. ( - - . . - TEftttS t ; : ; ' ' E WMkLT Blister, one year, J tS $3. 0t ii mo.ith, ; 1-60- Semi-Wxxxlt Beqjster, one year, . 5.00 :.; V " . , aivmonthj,,,.2ou; fSrT REGISTER is conducted strictly on the eash srsUnx. 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We hare also on. hand a lot of paper suitable for printing Circulars, Blanks, Labels, - erection of dt:ots.! t;orn in the car anc wncav may both be kept InfoOn, so covered as to keep OUt too rail'. j a is a manor ui uerj -t eriepce. in many parts of lh Confederacj. A niere helter from the jain is all that is -nectssary for jnoat'of-lbe article of agricultural produco hlch will, be delivered The eontfnel who keeps the watch will be able to prefer the deposit from theft. ' In responen to the second question it may be raid thatbe Quartermaster's Department is now collecting from the farms of the country and dia tributiog to the army tho afjricultura! produce which it porchases. The work which would be reauired from it nndjC-.thie,biU would bojeis difficult than that now pre. formed by It, bwiauie be foaad. This enquiry naturally resolves itself into wo braaees, first as to the money which the proposed fcUl would yield,' and .jext ai to the value a t the Ux ia kind. A reference to table No; L appended to tnis report, will show that the MU, if amended as the com mittee prt pose; will probabiy yield about $65,000,000 in money. A cum snore thaa sufficient to' toet the interest doe on any debt which may be funded on the lit of January next, and to pay the expenses of the government incurred for purpoes other than these' for the war. It , is extravagant to suppose that we will have $600,000,000 n funded debt on tho 1st of January next, and if this should bo the ease, all of it would not bear an interest of 8 per cent, nor, would the inaere on a wh"le year be doe apod much of it But if there should be $48,000,000 dae for interest on that day;$60,000,000 would pay not only the interest, but the efvil expense of the government besides XATEHFROM THE UNITED STATES, If - ' ! - ' ' - - 1 Te u Web nund papers have datoa .from the. more tbi'n eight miles from the place of produc tion. Thtute teams of the farmer, which t.ow pirform but little of tbff transportation, would contribute an important part of .the eervico un der the requirements c the. proposed law. In addition to this thi arrangement; made pecessary by the law wddld Introduce inbro system Jito the the service, and the work would be better1 lone than it is at preent, when the 5 .employment. Is desultory inctead of being regular as is now pro pojed. But the conclusive aoswer to the objtctioo is to be found. In the fact that, with the exception of the portion ablate!y necessarr for tbe farm. nearly the whole of tbe transportation oi tne country, whether it be done by steam or norse power, is in the panda or ipetiovernmnv!0 thatlbe woik of colleoting ana autriDuung tnu produce is to be doneai Ust by the Government. The question, then, is not bo muih one of trans portation as, whether tbee tfrtices are to be urchased by 'the Government or taken by taxa tion in kind. ' . 3d. The scheme is to be considered in reference to its expense Will it mulviply Government igerjts loan inconvenienl extent? The'cnmmit-' tee are of opinion' that ft will nor. Tbe assessors and collector who are necessary for the assess ment and collection of tbe pecuniary tax will be able to discbarge also tho additional duties im posed on them by tbis plan for a tax in kind. The Quartermaster's Department, .which now purchases," collects and distribute as much as it will ha rrnuirpd to dO Dnder'ihln Lill. will bo ftde- TAXATION IN KIND, f ; j quate for b performance of this work a'so: and KoowiDg the great interest fe.lt m tbe the more easily, as the farmers themselves must x.u ' rp ; ;n tiViwiA ' I contribute a snare i ineiransponauon. -it may working 6C the .jstem of taxation id kindf I pe rjpp0ied lhat ,hese Po6t Q rtermasteri woulj which ksi just been set on fcQt bj the Con-rcooititute an additional corps of -oificers. But federate'Congress, we give up all our ! dispc- lDcre rd,t considerationa wbtqb wou d semto iwsvngiv. " B r l I negative thu sunnoMlmn. Tha tart i. that there .-. . .m i i o ci : table spaoe to-day to that portion OI toe rel are already quite a number vf supernumeraries m port made bv MrHnnter; oq behalf of tie commission and receiving pay. ibe second is J . '! fthat i hose who now noYform the vrv service Senate's Committee, which relates to tht I r'quirel by this till would only, di charge thii- enbjeet. Many, we "know, are apprehensive raorfl emcienyy .when ,oy a division oi that the system ( taxation jn kind,' if not duced it.to the work. . impracticable, will-!bo eumbrbua' and incon- If all this beso,itis probable that there is no otior - 1 i I vmaa w tnklnVt M nmmAm 4 an A t 1 frttl AMl 1 A KiS M k A A vementwill moltiplj cmgnlf, invite pecn- u the value, derived from taxaUon, with loss ex- lation and opdrate very hardly npen small j pense than in tbt wh'chiaaow proposed. Because -m i i i ( ! n 1 I the increased machinery which would be nece-ta- iarmerav XO allien w9 y, reau izir. aun- , if ,h Tteasurv ndnarttn6nt had to - t.. . . - - T . - - ..' ... .. terfl rerjort in a BDirit of eacdoor, and we leel I collect a Jarce amount of taxes, would De snosii- lee already existing 4ih. Tbe scheme ia to be considered n refer ence to tbe system of accvunts by which fraud is tarmeis are. required to deliver It at aepgu not, ju table No. 11 will be found ao estimate or tne yieia or tne oroDosea ut in etna, xne sraeiee uai coi- looted, if valued at present prices, will probably amount to $130,000,000, which will be in addition to tbe money derived from other sources as specified ia 4he first tabular statement. Nor doos this estimate give tho true value of the tax to the government, be cause that value is to be measured by the prices whioh ,would be given if the articles had to be purchased with a currency constantly increasing ia volume. In other words, it is to be measured by the issue of Treasury notes which will be saved by receiving this ux la kind. But tbe proceeds of this tax, if valued according to the table, will pay nearly one-third, of the military expense of 'tne Wax itself, for the eubsli ' tenee and forage of the army constitute about that portion. , If we do this, we shall thus establish our credit upon the respect and confidence of the. world, and we shall certainly give a new value to it. Tbe adoption of this measure would afford the world such evidence of our determination to discharge our1 just obligations at any cost as would necessarily "'whs its I confidence and inspire respect. With a credit thus established wa should be able to use' it for alt tbe pur noses of the war. . Whilst the tax tn kind would di mlnish crratlv the issue of notes, the bond, when we established in credit; would enable us to control the amount in circulation. For if thesclnotes wer set funded with sufficient rapidity, we might purcbawd them with bonds, ao aa to bring the circulation witn in trorer limit! and reduce nrices.' From i reduction of prices there would follow a diminution of the debt whictrwe are contracting, and so long as iae amount of the debt shall be equal to the actual' value received, we shall be able to meet whatever liabilities i ma. innnr. . But reason : more convlnclnr loan anv which las vel been ureed recommends the4 im nositiofi of a Ux in kind. It ensures the .means, of nruseeatioi the war. come what mav to the currency With food, raiment, and munitions of war, wo can and will protract the eontest until our enemies are ex&ausi ed.' Defensive war has this advantage at least, an advantage that would promise success even if the in ducements to fight we equal on botn sides, uut wuen a spirit of conquest and oppression anim tes on party, and a determination to defend homej honor and' liber tv direota the other, there can be no doubt as to the party which wiU protract the contest for the longest period. Nothing is wanted to ensure success to tbe latter but the nuans o,proseeuting the war. We have these means, and the only queston is as to the nroDer use of them. To ; the extent that we coiieoi what we want in kind we relieve the currency by di mioishinr its isan. and we thus avoid. all the incon veniencer which might arise from a failure tn the purchasing power of the currency itself. R. M. T. HUNTER. On b;kalf of the Committee. fo be prevented and fidelity is to be secured on the r's report in a spirit of eacdoor. and we feel I collect a large amount of taxes, assnre-d that jonr- doabU.and apprehenaipBS hnthe War 57 will be relieved. There are some, w know, as, fo tins tance,' the Raleigh Standard and its "eooservatjve" friends, who will cavil it and object to this plan, bat it is .not to such as these that we address oursclf, bat to the honest and true men who" are wiljkig and anxious to stand by and co-operate with the KF"Tho Editor of the Daily Progress must really excuse us for not eing frighten ed to death at his irate article of Monday. In faot, he must exouse us if, at tho risk of . i . S . - , flit f J . I part ox me agents, .iae proposed system oi ac- fa,;n hrnnoht fn raw , .n1 ,btt v not on BtitBtk utj fbiu fcu im ire) iruiu luiuvii- i - counts may cation.1 When tbe estimate of the tithe Is made, tho assessor files tbatestimate with the Pott Quar ter master, who gieee a receipt in. exebargt. Tbis receipt is forwarded by the assessor to the thief tax oollectoi who charges it to the Post Quarter Confederate authorities in the great strutfele I master in bia account. When P.st Qaarterraas .. , i j. m A i ' I tor delivers tbe articles to tho Distributing Q iar int which we are involved. To thesa we say again, reid the" report, and fyour doubts will be diminished if not dispelled. In addition to this, they propose a - tax to be rwrr-J in kind by the agricultural industry -of the country, wdico win prooaoiy wesougo toiurnisn the forage, tbe breads and a large portion of tbe meat of the army, together with cotton and tobacco enouijtrttf purchase the forefgn exchange nceaary to pay for most ot tte ordnance stores which we procure from abroad. If we do thu, we shall probably pay, in addition to what has been already mentioned, neaHy' one-third of tbe actual expense ot the war itself. In aomg this, we shall not only.take the moat etScient of all prrcticabl steps to reduce the volume of our cue reocy, by diminishing the amount issued, but we shall secure the subsistence of tbe army, and pre serve the capacity to Keep tue neid, happen what my be to tbe currency. If we can levy the ( forage and subsistence of the army in kind from the people, the amount of the Treasury .notes to be issued will be so much diminished that the great problem of reducing the currency within , proper limit, will become capable of a prac icnl solution.' But whether it dors or not," we shall secure tbe means to main lain a protracted strug gle, and to carry on the war so long as our system ot 'productive industry- continues to be efficient. That suck would be the effect of the receipt of thes supplies in kind, no one can deny. .-1 . . j Tba doubt arises from the difficulty of. col It ct ing, transporting and preserving these agricul tural products, if thu doubt does not vanish; it termaster which ho forwards to the chief tax col lector, and this receipt is credited in his account: If the taxpayer faiU todlive according to esti mate, that estimate is delivered to the col lector in exchange for a receipt, which is also forwarded to the enter tax collector, who is thus enabled to trace the operations of the Post Quartermaster at any time by a reference to his book?, ine esti mate, whether in tbe hands of the quartermaster or district collector, 'is also forward-d to th chief tax colr-cior, who, by a comparison of tbese esti mates with the receipts taken by the assessor, can ascertain whether thero has been coMusion be tween tbe assessor and quar.errxaster to defraud the Government of any jortion of its property. it win do seen mat a strict sysiem-oi axcounia bility to the chief tax collector is thus required from he assessor and receiving: quartermaster, and thai the first can at any time ascertain the exact state of the accounts of tbese two latter officers by a refer ence to- their looks. 5.h, and lastly. The plan is to be considered in reference t its applicability to all parts, of the cuiitry. i may be said that in certain sections it will oe impossible for tbe .Secretary of War to collect tbis produce because it iso distant from the fieli of military operations, and frOra the ar mies which are to b suriilied. Unon reflection. it wi!l be tound that such cases will be of leas fre quent occurrence than would be at first supposed' The war is carried on- upon so large a sca.e that the armies are scattered over nearly the whole country, and are thus ready at, most places to gath er their tupp'iea. But when 'such i cases actually occur tne tui provide a remedy for them. Wnen- paper' we repeat tbe otfjnce whioh has to stirred up his gall, to-wil : declare our belief that a -portion of "the, test talent in the State,'' of which he says he has (the com mand," is found in the possession ofja man wto openly avows himself a re-oonstractionist, and proclaims the belief . that Confederate soldiers have committed greater on t rages on Confederate soil,, than have ever been perpe trated by Yankee soldiers.- will be greatly diminished at least by a comuderafe I ever the Secretary of War shall notify the-Secre examination of the scheme -presented; The bill f ropwee to levy and collect a tax of one-tenth of the annual produce of corn, w beat, rice, oals4 rye, barley, tsgar, molasses of cane, cotton, tobacco, wool peas, beans, cured bay fodder and of pork, the tithe of which is to be commuted. for bacon, estimated in a certain manner described in the bill itself, v Tbo tithe is to be estimated, collected and distribaud according to a certain scheme which will now be considered. . ' 1st. As to the convenience and fairness of the estimation and collection1 of the Ux. It is pro posed that tbe assessor, ai soon as tbe crop is gath ered, dull proceed to the- place and estimate the tenth to which tbe .Government Is -entitled, ac cording to quantity and quality. . If there should bew disagreement between tbe .tax-payer aoa as sessor, exh u to call in a freeholder. of tho vicin age, and they are to a sleet a third appraiser in case of dispute. Their award is final, as to quan 'tlty, quality and value. Duplicate estimates of tbis appraisement are to be made, one. to be left with, the tax payer and one with tnV assessor.,, This estimate is left by the' assessor with a post quartermaster, at the nearest Government depot, where these articles are to be delivered according to tb9 estimate, within a certain period fixed by law. lbe tax payer is bound to deliver these ar ticles at this depot, but is not to haul them more than eight miles from theplaca of production. If be fails in this, the Quartermaster delivers the estimate to the collector wbo tball dispose and seli enough of tha property of. the tax payer to cover the estimated value of the tithe, tbe in terest, the costs, and twenty per cenLdsmagesi'i The assessment is thus made in a manner accep table to tbe tax-payer, and the tithe is collected . with certainty and oispatcb.. j . j 2d. The scheme Is to be considered in reference to convenience and facility cf collecting and dis tributing this produce so far aa the Government i concerned. To effect this, if is proposed 14 divide tbe Quartermasler'e Department into two branches, one for the collection and the other for tie distribution of these articles. wThe-jeollacting branch of the service is to consist of iQuarler mas ters to be demoninated post Quartermasters, who are to receive and preserve tbese articles and to deliver them upon order to the distributing Quar- . te-siar, who wiirtrans port tbe articles of sub sUtace to designated places, thero to be transfer- . red to. the agents of the commissary's department! The forage will be transported by the distributing branch of the service to' tbe arrays aad cotton md t'-.bacco will be carried to places convenient for delivery to tbe agenta of the Secretary of the Treasury,. And here two queriea suggest ibera selvrat IsL-C.ji, these articles bo preserved witk ont incurring a creat expense for building dejiots? and 2d. Are the transportation resdurces of tbe quartermaster's department adequate 'totlhe work proposed to be done by it ?. In replt to tbe first doubt, it may. be said that ao far as tbe preserva tion cf the articles; in' merchantable order is -...v.vm, j ripense ia rtquirea in tne fary of .the Treasury that' there are certain Uis- tncu in which it will be Impracticable for him to gather the tithe, the law requires that tbe esti mated money value of tbe- articles constituting this tithe shall be paid by the farmer or planter. If, then, upon examination,. tbe Sonate should deem the proposed plan practicable, it will find that, in addition to tbe reason -already urged in its favor, there are other .considerations which should recommend its adoption. . If the effect of this measure would be, as doubtless it would, to withdraw the Government to a great, extent, if not entirely, from vbe - market as a purchaser of the stores proper for U e suDsistence and forage of the army, tbe middle men would be deprived vi one -of the leading inducements which prompt them to purchaseandLhoard the necessaries of life, They will no longer be euro of -tne great custom-, or who most jbuy of tbem at any price. The ne cessary consequences of this would boa fall in tbe prices of the great articles of human subsistence. Supplies would thu be once more plrced within convenient reach for the people, and could be pro cured on fair terms forjhe army -itself, if, to some moderate ex tent, ?it should beTorced to gp into tbe market for them) , i .- That the tax fn kind would enable tbe farmer, or planter to contribute largely to the aid of the Government with more easend convenience than in any ether mode, is ao obvious as, to require no argument in,prool of the proposition, ; , If, then, upon a fu'l examination of the subject, the reasons - in favor of a tax in- kind should De found sufficient but little more need be said in re commendation of the general features of the scheme proposed in the amendment offered by your committee. , . THE BROOKE GUN. . Tbe following description of tbe Brooke gun used by . our batteries at. the grand reception of tho' Monitor fleet, (rather of a contraband nature we think ; for the Yankees are of opinion the gun nd her projectiles are English, and they are an. imitative race), we find in the Charleston tor respondence cf the Richmond Enquirer of tbe 18tb : J;' " Tbe gun which fired the bolt through the tur retot the-Keokuk has been invented by an officer of the Confederate States. . Called. after the in ventor, it is known as the Brooke gun. A hoi low casting, -rifled to a seven-inch bore, consti tutes tbe body of that cannon. The breech, how ever, is strengthened with, bands oLtwo and half- inches of wrought iron shrunk on. The trunnions are. of wrought iron., and like tbe bands, are also shrunk on. By obtaining a regu lar distribution of tbe crystals in casting the body of the gun in a. model of uniform outline, tbis method of supp'ying the trunnions oufcht to re sult in increased strength. of breech. Be.thaf as it may, the Brcoke gun was the-most effective o the powerful cannon of Fort Sumter during tbe t.a.. ! a a . e . ii ..'i . 1' lata con met nere, ana is : at an events tne onty one known to have penetrated an armor plated turret-in actual war. Tbe charge with which lhat has been done was twelve pounds, but a ten inch of tbe same pattern, on firing a bolt of 120 .1 t. ; i - i . . ij pououa laivuga eignt-inca piates oj iron, expiuu- ea a enarge of 2b pounds. - - North of tbe 21st ;We make the foJlQw1ngexV' . - v. s -. i - t tracts: . ' ' v. r raoji tux Ibmt or thb ?otomac ordipr Vkom flKHXUC HOOKER RELATIVK TO ;RK01SlETS WHOSK TKRMOy SJEKVIC 18 ABOUT TO XI?IR. The most important-item of ictelligehce fur nished by our files may beound in the following general orders wbich were issued to tho army of the Potomac, by Gen. Hooker on 31onday;: r ; ' H SIA.DQTJ AJtTXES - - ARMY OF THK . POTOMAC, ADril 20. General Orders No. 44. In order that no misundertanding may exist as tothe course to be pursued wih-regard to regiments whoee. terms of service are about expiring, the following rules will govern the action of corps coruroanqrs and others in tbe matter; .,,. i,.. t m li' Where companies and.j;egi men ts re-enlist after tbs expiration of their present term ot ser vice In accordance with the provisions of General Order No. 85, April 2d, 1863, from the Whj De partment, the regimental 'and 'company officer will be retained. Tbe regiment will have a fur lough for tho time specified in the order, and; will be allowed to proceed at the public expense With arms and equipments, to the place. of their enroll ment; the date ot the furlough being the expira tion of the'two yertTS or nine months' fronr the date of the original muster into the service: vaf the T7 nit aA fltatPB ' "J." Where the regiments in a' body decline tS I re-enlist, the officers and men will be musierea out at the expiration or the two years or nine months" from the time of their actual muster into tae Unite' Stites servicetheir armi and -. equips ments be turned into the ordnance officer of the division to which the trbops belong, and trans portation and subsistence furnished them to place of their original enrollment." ... i : , . Tl.e third paragraph,, of tbese orders provides that in catw-whereiees than one-half of the number of a regiment roenlist the corps iconi manders shall J -let mine how many .and,; what officers ahall be' retained ' 'J ":- H " The fourth paragraph provides for the payment of bounty money upon the return of tbe men from furlough; . rit'will be recollected thatnfty dollars bounty ana thirty days furlough is offered as the induce ment to re-enlist.T - Tiior, fifth paragraph -states "In ircginaent where two. years, men, and men enlisted tor three years or' the "war are;;' associated 'together; special recommendations may, be made to these headqtiar ters for furloughs to the latter, when the number of two years mcri're-enlistinz may, In the opm ijn of the borps commander, justify the indul- countrt aunng a penpUjOi two -yeare uov, i uan vuieiuieu, ia com mu 0104,1 too with it. Beauregard and Ripleyjrsuccesjion have exhaust-' law officers of tro Crowny your letter of the iRtt ed their rofeasiorutl efforts to make, it; impregna- ot Marcb, rrqiisting to be informed In riJl j '5 uruttirptavM vt iraae with Slat iora?, ber Majesty's.4 Government liar ble, Kvervthinir tb4t-the most improved modern artillery an d jBliniited resources of labor can do has been'jdone fto inakethe passage a fleet im posstblef And it is impregnable. 5EDstopol was as nothing to it. . " Our floet got but to the entrance of- the harbor. It oever got within it. Had the ifon-clads suc ceeded in passiftg the obstructions they would still have found those miles of batteries to run. They wou'd have entered an Inferno which, like the to amora?. rived. The Government ' of the United' Sutes h i clearly ino HVht to seixe Britishi vessels 6ono w bound from tbis country, dr from anv oth, nt-r ish possession, to the ports of yef Crux and Met uch vessels attempt to toticli.ador have an 'jni J ujuumiecir cue tinyeiifc ueauqauon 10 some block- fortnl ofDacte'a hall mi&ht well bear the flaming aded port or plade, or jirei carriers cf contrah legend, Who enters here leaves hope behind.''' of war destined for tha Contederate. 8utes ; and Not a point at wbich.they would net; have found in Hny aomtttedra-e of such, unlawful capture themselves; s " , - - H .' her Majesty V Gofernmentwouldeel it their du' 'V "Mid npperrnetherrandrarronndirrg fires.",. . Ce'th a tiew toobtain tb9 ; , ? ma ' A .immediate restitution of. tbersbirj and careo vrii k W7r.WRl?hl? Vullcompensaticnand withoutihe del.of ter and Moultrie. -Beauregard and Bee, ah d tbey j; .'i . , . , - , Vl PTo i, i And themselves arrested under the rafnges of Sum ter, the Kedan, Johnston, and Ripley. Tbey get beyond this, and. a c0ncentriC;flrC.ff om , Ripley, Pirrlrnv th Wr.nnrt Fiftfterr. "ind tho euns of , 7 i-.;. 7 . M.-rr j . ? ornairrfina tnese places any general exemviian the city iallpon them I Merely ty un iy bat- nw tf Mlert& HgKic;dmum bv iUcruZ teries aa was done at the forts below New,Orleans, . rTJ.. L '.ZVUl' is not a very .difficult thing even esseis' 6t - - Z"IZ as K were unuer ', a 4 nL.-r. j j .. ' av yj i GiMGf irifii w.fiu.1 c Ifiwj ut 171(1 jUMtin. ccedjngs in a prize court.- w-w sr..e m uer mj'-bij i uroveri.useni, powev.er, fannot without violating the rules oi iaternatlnnat i.-' claim for B-itirh vesselnavigating between Gr' Bri tain -and these places imy ' general exemniU- iron-clad i but to ba anchored I L a Z7CS ..T-, . . - i V cf to renin sucu urea aa inrsa h wdm no auipa .-ww? P Z able. Nothriig s more common than for th.ie who contemplate a brt-acb of blocuede, or the carriage oi comcauanu ty nyuw inew pwjx8 Dya limn ed uponjto suffer. A YANKEE ESTIMATE OF GEW. BEAJREdARD. The N.'tYv World, in apeakiig'vf the fight at Charleston, niakes the followJftg'a'lus'o11 lo" Oen Beauregard f --"' rhr-'-t: ? One result of this Charleston flgb. wilhbo to re store Beauregard to the favor of the Southern" peo-; pie. TniP, he is boastful, egotistical,; untruthful, and wanting in tact, but he is .certainly the most marvellous engineer of - modern times. ' By7 his genius and professional skill he has erected batte ries inJPbarleetoQ harbor tbatwould sinkaU.he wooden, fleets of the world did they come under fire, and e had succeeded, moreover, in driving lated destination, and by deceptive paper ; and the tl nation of tie poVts o i ihe'corBt of MexicJ with reference to theConfrderates'li stch ai to make it not py possible, bat in-tuapy CNSes probable, -that an rpstensibie Mexican destination would be re sorted to as a cover for objects which would really justify capture. It has already happened,. in many cases, that British vessels have berr seized while engaged- in voyages, appareutlyf lawful, which vessels have afterwards bcen Drored in the prita courts to have been really guilty of endeavoring to break tbe blockade, or of carrying contraband 10 ins vonieaeraie. : ?- t. fleet afloat.- There is no den vire. what this man ba9 done..; unfia.latable though :it may, be;to. the Northern people. . Abraham Lincoln has issued a Proclamation making'the 30th day.of this month a day of fast ing, humiliation and prayer for-the manifold sins of tbe nation. ! H. K. Bucgwyn , Ksqj, has beea, appointed by the Secretary of War a Commissioner to assist in th assessment of property ' impressed for; the use of tbe Government in North Carolina. A Yankee soldier recently became tired of the war and deserted, first taking the. precaution to forge a parole fxom Gen.'-Kir by Smith in ordr paying travelling expenses. The -forged parole worked like a charm, until it Was at last present ed to inJ officer who knew howtoead and who discovered the ignature ' to be written "Curbt Smxth." This will dp very well for a shortfar- lough" ssys he,' "but Kirby Smith haa quit spell Jng'hU name with aC ! ' ' Release of ZartonA- The Baltimore Sun say's : We learn lhat0 Col. Zarvona, so long kept ...... . . --v '-- i i ut. i : ' ; -- in common , wun the llouse, they propose to I in military, connnemeni, 1 jjort AAiayette, has been exenangea, and, with other prisoners, is now on hU way Bouth.'v v ; levy a license tax and duties upon the srross. sales of merchants, because jx their opinion, tbese fall as a tax upon tbe consumer, and have the merit of all such imposts in proportioning the burthen to the actual1 consumption, and measuring the contri bution by the wjll of the purcLas"er. ' - But Instead cfa tax failing upon all property alike, Whether productive or unproductive which would be peculiarly bard at the present Wane, your corner) it too propose to tax only productive proper ty nd incomes derived from all sources whatso ever, for it is believed that a much larger tax coud thus be laid and collected from the people than in any other racde. That the contribution wiil be made more cheerfully In this way than in any other your committee do not doubt, because then only are required to pay who are able to do so, and nothing is exacted from those Who make nothing. - ' Itnowremalns to oonsider what will bethe probable yield f these taxes. - Upon this subject yonroommit tee regret that tbey have been onabl- to obtain saeh statiaUea aa would affnra the basis for a reliable es timate. - At beat estimate sieot ha muni MUrtB jai,and wbnfonished,they wiU seem rather tesur rest tVi an a.,l.r C.:11 -v i . I 9. 77 "h"7- mij mij oe anie to ae- asribe certain limiu (wide, to btfsure,) within which the amount probably to be yielded by these taxes will Vexoeaxce at XiAst.- A correspondent of the Savannah 3tPa, writing from Palatka, Florida,' March 1, gives an account of a brilliant exploit, resulting in the death of the famous Kansas Jay- hawker, Montgomery. - , 1 . " r'aoKyiccssoBO.--One Yankee gonVeat and five transports ran past oar batteries i Ticksburg on the night of the 22od int. ., The transports were proUet ad by barges, Two of them wepj djsabbjd by of gans, one of which afterwards juqk lve miles "below Vlcksborg. - --'-: . 1 The Yankees feaye bornjt tte eourtheue and 0 buildings at Hernando, Miss. . - , In Jtkhjaond on- Priday'last Mr. R. Jl. Dixon clerk of th Jloaw of Bepresentetives, was shot Seai by Ff S. Ford, of on'tchy, 'one of his1 assistanU.' Tae aCaircauaed great e .clement in the ejty. 1 Bales of Confederate bonds,- of "the If ,09,9nq fpn, were made in Richmond on Thursday at 18? te 186. ! The sixth paragrapb proviaes tnat wnero two ...... niuni rin nTit rn.anllil u.nKnTit' rttv. . .. - .1 l't l vided ipr, those men oeionging tnereto wno naa beon enlisted for three years shall -bo transferred to tbe three years - regiments, or formed into sep a rate battalions, at the discretion of corps com- I -r- . ' The New York Post, on the srutherity of an officer of the Army of the Potomac, 'states that "General S,tonaman bad reached Ualpepor Court Bouse, where 3 000 rebels surprised and eapturrd a number of tbe Harris' light cavalry, at. a place where so mo caralrv wero killed m a previous skirmish.";. " i- V C Over seven hundred sick reached Washington from the Army of the Potomac "oh Monday TROM SUFFOLKNO BATLLERUMORli, 4C, A telegram from Fortress -Monroe states tbat General Dix and his stall left the-.Fortress, "this morning fur tbsa Nansemond. . Heavy bring has been heard for the last twenty-four hours on that river, occasioned from our gunboats shilling out the rebels, who are attempune to-plant batteries at different points along the banks. X ist night ourgunboa'fc, with the Eighty-ninth New .York arid lbe ICignth Connecticut Kegioient, captured a rebel battery of six pices .of artillery, together with two .bunce red pnsocers, all belonging to the Forty-fourth. Alabama 'Regiment. 7 , The correspondent oi the New York Herald wr.tes : "The delay of the enemy in making an attack hat been as ?ood to us as a reinforce nent of 10- 000 men. General Longstreet'has expressed it as his opinion tbat Suffolk is too well fortified for him with his present' forcecto risk a direct assault on our works.'' Here, for once, is a plain demonstration- of the fact tbat no matter how politicians may laugh at dig, die, digging the shovel and the axe have saved Suttolk.'.' t INTERESTING FRO.51 EUROJPE. PROGRESS OF THE COTTON LOAN DE-. CXiA RATION OF-LORD ' PALM ERSTON. ON non-interventi6n-oettbr FRO M fEARL RUSSELL 0N;TUE.RIGHT OF FEDERAL CRUISERS- TO SEIZE VESSELS AT SEA, &c. . From our late European papers, we get up the following summary of late European intelli gence : . , , .. . .H;it, PROORESS Of THE COTTON LOAN. . . The London Times says : 4In the f reign mar ket there ha3 again boon great activity, and in most instances an improvement. Tbe'Confede rate loan, however, has been ao exception. t.Tbe price in tbe mornice was disceuot to par, but in the afternoon a further fall occurred, which was increased just at the close by "a telegram announc ing tbe stoppage of J. B.Dpence, of JUiverpooI. ln tbe graid trade. A report was immediately cir- cilut id that this wasMr. SpeDce, the Confederate back in dvgfacthe most impenetrate irbn-clad At J th r,KLt of tha belligerent to capture ail transgretswns of internatiohallari, and whenever any ,such caw of capture iakljegedi (hecase cannot be withdrawn fiom; (he consideration of the prize court of . the, captor.! Afta(r .the lease has under gone Investigation fijt thejduty d tbe prize court to restore, any t?uch prize linlawTiilly made, with costs and damages, -and thej prope time for tbe in terference f ber Majesty's government, is in gen eral, when jie prize courts' have refused redress tor a capture which' the evidence shows to have been unjustifiable.,, ... t . .. 1 j ' ' Her Majesty's government cannot, upon ex parte statements, deny ihe belligerents in this war the exercise of those righU whicb.jn ail wan in which Great Britain has been concerned, jibe h-u claim ed herself to exercise f J' : I am, sir, your most-ob't humble servant. q,.v ' , ' IE. HAMMOND. .( Ei TI Cotjrlay, Eq:, Np. 3 Leaden ha 1 street A BATTLE IMMINENT! IN TENNESSEE vVe judge from, the, following extract from a Jetter from Tuliahona to tlie Chattanooga Rebel of the 24th insL, an4 from other! information 'in our pdesesiion, that a great I battle? is imminent in lenncssee. It is .conceeded onjall bands that jsragg's armyis in.vincibloi-Theitroope are said financiaragent, and the scrip, of Jhe; loan went to be eager for the fray-ancl perftctly sanguine of down to 1 a 2 discount. The Confederate fl- -faL v.- : ; - j , nanctal agent, however, is Mr. James Speaceahd ' r ? although nearly related to J. B. S,t yet there has not been the slighest connection between tnem Among the supporters of the loan, it was stated that a large number of 'speculative sales were ei- focted'in order tbat the Cunafd steamer on Satur- rom present ipdlcati-nsL I think I mav haz ard the prediction .that the cami-aiirn in Middle Tennes.e wilf, ere many days e'apse, open in ear nest.. The army is beiugl rapidly mobilized pre paratory jto active operations in the field. In nur- I 1' ' v f W daymay carry out adverse prices.-. Nolhipg ap- suanee ot a recent order from Gen; Rrapg, all the pears to have transpired politically to alfcerjta con- ten" xtra baggage is being sent to tbe rear ditioa or prospects, and it is with the cotton bp I feserving only, thl-oe flies .fcx every hundred men. rators throuehout the kinedom that tbe Usk of pyou may iook qui wa squalls." determining its value must still rest." rv a The London Herald says, "in case of. the .Con federate cotton loan, a further full in the quota tions having occurred to-"day, the scrip remained dull at the depreciation to the close. The drop is ascribed chiefly to heavy speculative sales promot ed by jpartiea favorable to the North.'! , 1 Our Growing Na.vt. One- of oui" most ac- uuuipiuuvu nivsromoen la aooe 10 start with a fine-vesfel on a : tour of exploratfoif, to rlvtX the doiogsof the Alabama and andthetiwlll he ready on the lt of May, under ahotbei! galliint com mander. CAarieaion Met eury. IV i VROU VICKSBURO RTJNNINO'OF THB BATTERIES.' The "Washineton Chronicle of the 2 1st, Bars : "OfBcial dispatches, , received ry tbe I'resident last evening.-sav tnat a portion ,01 au irai A-or- ter's fleet, ladan with a large number of sydrefs from General Grant's army, haves succeeded Jrr run nine tbe batteries at Vicksburg, !and are now in a condition either to help General Banks in an attack upon Port Hudson or make an assault on Vicksbure frrm the South. This news from this t quarter will be eagerly' looked for, and no doubt will be- highly encouraging to tne naupnai cause." ... ; . '. ' y. VROM ARKANSAS REPORTED ATTACK ON FAY . ETTXVILLE. Telegrams received at Saint -Louis on the 20tb of April, states that Fayetteyille, Arkansas, . was attacked bofore daylight Saturday morning, by about three thousand rebels with foun pieces 01 artillery. Our forces were less than two thousand, ' i r.t - : rj rri i part 01 tnem were luisrmeu.- xhj rousts woro ro pulsed with 1 considerable loss. Our Joss was five killed and seventeen wounded. , . "4 A second dispatch states that "the fight on Sat urday atFayetteviIle;lasted about four hours. The rebels were commanded 5 by Gen. Cabell, and re treated in 3(sorder towards .Ozark. Our1 troops are all -Arkani-v.j recruits, under- Col. Harrison, only partly armed "arid equipped, and without'ar illrT. ' - f V - - POPULAR OUTBREAKS IN INDIANA RESISTANCE TO MILITARY ARRESTS SERIOUS RESULTS iP- PXXBINDXD. t ' - . -. - The Washington Chronicle say4 that there 'are signs or tnucn trouble In the State of Indiana, and ha a telegram,' under' date 6fApril 20tb, from to travel without inconvenience arid abo wtthrjutfIndiBPw follow,: 'Tho foroos sent to Dan ville last night, report all quiet to-day. Several arrests of armed men! were m-def '2 It is reported that another Union man Was killed in Brown county, yesterday, by the Jaybawkere. Prosser has been removed to his residence at Georgetown where it is said a force has been organized to re-' sut his, arrest by military authority! Leeding Democrats from Urown and adioioinir counties have gone there to counsel submission to the au thorities. ' "r-- -m' -t- TROM CH ARXSTOK ALL QUIXT THE BLOCKADE. I The following telegram appears in the Wash ington Chronicle: , , ' j - ' f 'A : Fortress Monroe, April 204 liaat eventne tbe steamer Freeborn arrivM irom unarieston, bringing no news pfjmportance uvuiw.t weroBit jvinir near ina nr nnna or tnem, having left as reported The Ironsides is also at anchor off the ar." . - The Hilton - Head correspondent of thW Ni , v Herald, under date of April : 48ib. av i yTh viwmvo vt jUMWWij uaruvr Wll DO KPpt with renewed vigor. Admiral Duponi bas determined to augment tbe number of vessels in this duty,' and to replace several vessels bf swifter The Ionsdea, bwtaken. up her positron in the main, ship channel, tbrouch which all tbe Iaf-ce contraband vessels bave hereto'fprfa" passed up to tho city: , The pfesence of the Ironsides will r?n der the business quite hazardous in the future. CBARK8TON IM PR EG N All LX. f . r J The JSTew' fork Tifty thinks Charleitoii im-' pregnable: In speaking prthe'fiht there, U says: ., r . . . . ' - On those natural advantages have bean bromrb ? ,U" 'ee vugiuKcung sk ii in the Uonfrde .LORD PALMER8TON ON NEUTRALITY HE PR0PO- - SES NON INTERVENTION FOR' HIMSELT AND HOPES IT FROM THK DERBYITES. Lord Talmorston alluded to the American ques- tion,'duribg his speech in Glasgow, in the follow- ing:tercns : 6 r ? - I wish I could tell you that we anticipate any very early termination of that mott lamentable struggle which is goingou iamong our ''kindred deplora that unhappy , war. The most uflbappy of all yars is a civil war, but any interference on . the partof'tbe nations of Europe, so fa'r-from ex-' tinguishing the fla.me,rWouid, in all human prob ability, have only made it burn fiercer and. with greater beat. When the passions of men are deep ly enlisted in the contest in which they are engag ed wnen foe is opposed to foe, and on .the point of striking his antagonist, any friend. who inter poses would only fare the worse fbr .hia interposi-. tion. but would not avert the blow levelled bv the one against the' other.,: I think the people of Uie United ivi ngdom have judged. that their govern ment has determined rightly in not attempting intervention.. A great and most est lniable part of our population has been suffering deep. 'distress. - xa&i aistress uaa. ueen less, porpapg, among you in Scotland than in the districts south ; but even hero iu Glasgow and in other places graat roisery lias. been experienced by the cessa.ion of the eupply of the great staple of our industry, But if we had attempted by forcible means to' bring over lhat supply which, owing to the contest, has been with, held from us; I am convinced that, instead of di miiiishidg the pressure, we should have increased it, and should very, much hate increased the evil wumu wo mwuueu 10 aiieviate, ana tne Tesuit would have been hat the country would have blamed its for having taken a wrong view, and having adopted- a policy Ml suited, to the circum stances, I trust still that. this calamitous war mav 6oon have an end. I cannot but think. When the passions wnrch excited that .war. have had their vent and all passions must have their vent and when the results of that "war shall press more and moreeavily upon both parlies engaged in it, that without intervention, which they would resent as .an affront,' their own good sense and their own proper feelings may dead then to, peaceful inten tions, and that arrangements may be made which win put an end t that dreadful bloodshed and that widespread desolation of which. the American continent has now for nearly two years een (he sosme. 1 Gen tlemen,T ,ean only assure you. that the policy which we, the present- Government, pursue, is founded upon our belief that we iare the faithful exponents of the feelincs and sentiments 1 of the English people. I believe, andall indica- a 1 m mm mam a n Jt A 1 2 . . I - . . . . tiuus iuiD wuutuieu buo convieuon, inat iji vnat judgment we are not inistalbni rCheers.1 And I win eay wis, apeasipg as 1 now do to an assembly . THE TiiMPES-TJ ( Of this tsweet old ballad of thu Tempest, by Fields, one tan never weary Thei is something in the little daughter's whisper above all human philosophy: I 1 j We were crowded in the cabin . , Not a soul .would darje to sleep-! ik w ns raioaigni on too water,),. Aad a storm was on the deep... 'lis a fearful tbrog in winter ' To be shattered jn the blast, And to bear the rattling trumpet ' . Thunder, 'cui jiway the.mssti- So' we shud Jered . tboM in silence xor toe stoutest neia ills' breath. While the hungry sea. was roarlnc. the breakers talked with Death. And V i As thuiCwe jat in darkness. ; ! .Each 4one bufly inv hh prayers t We are lostl. the paptfh shduted, t as no staegerea cjowh the stairs. :. . : ... f , - , Bdt his little' daughter whispered, As she took bis icy. band, Is'nt God upon the ocean. ;" Just the same as on the land ?' -v . ' Then he kisfed the little maiden, - i And we spoke in better cher, - And we sfnehored safe ia harbor I . ilWhen the morn wasl shining clear. f 1ST OF LETTERS REMAINING UN iJ called for in the Raleigh' PVsti Offlee, April 27, 1863. The cents each f 411isan, UW Allen, J N . Braatlejy.M A. Bradford, Mrs . Thosi Boon, Mehaley, ' Bryan, JD, .. BaiIv,T Barton, MaJ A W Brauden, Mrs Butler, A J ' Cope, Joseph Curt.'s, Wilson " ? Cooke, J H hooper, Miae Ana Craig, WQ r. Cooper, Mrs Sarah Chandler, Jesse T1 Crease, iliiabethj Clements, William- ' Carrol;? S ' , " Callawa, BF ' Cooke, Mrs Sarah A Cooper, Miss J annie not composed entirely df men of oae political par j 5nni' Robr " tv I will ay in- the 'spirit of an English manflMSJ Xcneersj tnat 1 am convinced fbat ir crcumf - w if stances should lead to acbarigein,tho8t who d-.'! sSJSVb?-'. minister ti e affairs, of the country, and tbat K the j FindaJ J of n ly our antagonists, though not personally ouren. Ginespie II L " 1 e oiios cheers-should take the places which we Gbodwin) f : ' now occupy, they would; both from their personal Gaitber, Dr W W ' feeling, but,mcrethan aU,by'2kieffett and pres- Harris-, FB ' - '' -sure of public opiniontin . thi . counts ' I Heathcoek.JaVia -" course much the tame as that which we ourselves I Harris, Miss Louisa pursue, junpers J I say it not to their disparage men t, but to their honor, for .T hona nH ". jio.n vuw, tue uonor ana interest ot ih Country would be safe: in their hand?. I do nnt at the same time, tell yoa that I look forward with oujr great, or particular impatience Jo tbe moment When they will be, put tq that whichfl truiL would oi be to theu a severe. trial. ri THE LATBf EIZTJRE8 BY' TXDXRAI. CRTJianRS IMPORTANT LETTER FROM XARL RUSSELL. V FpRiiaM.Ojf ics, April 3F 1865. .Batehmsoo, James II HowleJnoA. J-'i '-.'., iiatncock Hobby, Simoud; April27 It ; postage on advartised letters is tw9 r : IHat, Larkia Haiighton, Mrs Mary A Hill, MareaS i(servaot) rUytaan, FB . Johnson, Miss Fanie J .Jackson, W A Janklns, Miss Halen Jones, Mary ft 1 Johnson, Sfiaa Jillen C ' Lane, Robert (colorsd) Lumley, Fjli Lovett, Haraourt . LackaySamfaal I ! Maaswell, Miss Francis A Matthew, Mn'Sosan A Martin, Willlara r MeNaal, Jho R, , Marshburo, W, . . a Pool, EUsabeh . iPate,W-.W. V, " Parker, Mareailas I , raaas, James A BmithiTB-!-. Stafford, Gfcorge Simmans, MUr AUira , Srnithi Sarrc Jaanb U Wood, F - ' H Woodib.N W! Walton, Joseph A Warren, Mrs A Z Weathars, Mrs A Weiamaon, J ) - WbiUkar, Miai Ahala J '.Warren, Taos - Woodley, Mia Sails II ' Whiuon, H : ;t . Williams, .GeorWs t Whltaktr, JanteaM 1 WheaL MrU . , , . . .GEO. C(jdKE, P. M. ! V ftTO T ai awaL ' J! . a by Earl Itusseil to 1 - , .liAWlCAt2 VEAH, j ;.; :.;:, i . .1- 20hArriL186J. I TflUE, ANNUAL flIEE TING OF THE JL Stockholders; of this Bank will be held at tba'r Banking Room on Tbtusday, 7th Mav, at 10 o'clock. w h --'j. . J, O. BURR, Caah'r. Wilmington, Apriiaoh. !So3. J 4p iMti . 0) 1 SACKS FAMXI.Y FOUK j 1 1 r Jaitraceivad at ' :.-f':.. - E ' ; A. WHITAKE&8; I '. V ... . t " i I' 1 I- at which, ITargaU strtet. 4 -.