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e . ..." 1 . ' -. ... . i .. t ,' . .- I - I -'. ' ' 1. !" ' J 1 ' .It " . . ...... . j I : . ' . J-f . -.1 'A . ,4 -RALEIGH WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY ,6 1863 VOL; LX1II i . ... " " r .. I .... .' i. tf,; ! I ... .. i ' ? ' - i . ill i 1 i i I i T i I t ft 4XO. W. SYMB. Editor an Proprietor. , Uawarp'dby partyrage to live like broths . 1, SATURDAY MORJJINQ, MAT J, 1863. HOW TUB MONEY GOES. ' At this lime when there i general paue in -the movementa of armies, and no exciting eventa claim and monopolixe the pablio.it- tention, it wiU be jwell for' tha Poplo,of Norllr Carolina to look a little into their own internal affaift, and among otter things, in auirehow their agents " are managing ' their moneT matters :Th- People o this State ha?e been always regarded as very pradent in their pecuniary operations, and not at al disposed to open the public purse without a xeasonaple.expecrauon ini. "..pu6 its oontents an equiyaiensinpauo guwu ii:. irnnM Ka received, lo an extraragant GoTernment, lirge salries, and therpomp and fanfaronade or omoe, tney navs, as a people, shown a peculiar opposition. They have always exacted a plain and eco nomical, government, and while they have al ways been willing to pay whal.tne puDiio good required, they hate been exact in see ing that what they paid was for; the poblio good. These traits, however they may lay dormant during the excitement and hurly bnrW of a war. vet exist, and will b made - , patently maiifest when excitement gives place to calm contemplation and calculation. In connection "with this train of thought, .we propose now to call the attention of the peo ple to a few faots which deserveduo consider ation. ' But a little while ago tha 'whole an nual expenses of the 8tait Government did not exceed the sum of some tighiy thousand dollars, ft id it mieht almost haye been said that taxation-was unfeit 'in North Carolina. How ia it now, and how will it be hereafter t . It is apparent that the State has been invol ved by the war, in vastly increased expendi tures, and the people consequently subjected to largely increased .taxation. Nor do we, nor will they, object to any expense which may have been incurred in doing, what was necessary or essential to the vigorous prose cution of a war on the result of wbioh so much depends. So far from it, we believe that to secure our success the people would, with out a murmur, submit to any-taxation which might by possibility be met and paid. Bat while they will do thi, they will rigorously - bring to account all who are concerned in spending money pot necessary for the main tenance of the civil government, and for tne prosecution of the war. Bearing cheerfully necessary taxation, they will dismiss from their' confidence and employment all agents concerned in tlnnecessarily increasing their burthens. The fast Legislature, elected on pledges of retrenchment and reform, by.one single act unnecessarily increased the annual expenditure to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars, or more thati thrice the 'amount expended in peace times for the sup port of the4Government! ! And fJr what 1 To add to the efficiency of our army operations ! Not at til, but to keep np an expensive De partment, for a Sorgeon General of North Carolina, fter all the soldiers of North- Car olina had been turned over to the Confeder ate Government, which has nndertakenand is doing all that is ceoessary for hospital pur poses, and all that cm be done for the health of the army. If this appropriation had been maddin a time of profound peaoe, it would not have been more uncalled for than it now'is. Are the people if tiling to be. taxed : for this f Are they rich enough to bear taxation, heavy enough when imposed for necessary purposes, and throw away money for utterly useless ob jects ?! It will be fo? them to answer. Again, the Legislature passed a bill appropriating thirty thousand dollars, or an amount more than one third as large as the sum necessa- ry to support the Government in peace times, for the purpose of paying a Company of Doo- ion 10 yacoinne in people of the State, when,: under the bill, not one man will be vaccinated who 'would not tave been vac cinated without the bill. Will tha people endorse and approve this profligate waste of money ' So muoh for these two particulars in winch waste and prodigality are o glar ingly illustrated. But let us" look Jittle farther.; A law was passed 1 establishing the 'office Joif AdjutantV General, and prescribing the duties of the incumbent. After prescrib ing the duties, the aot says : "The Adjutant General shall receive for Lis service! is above directed in time of war the pay anfl allowance of a Brigadier General ia tho army of the Confederate States, and in time.of peace, one thousand and five hundred dollars," &c.,, &c Now, the meaning of the act which gives to the Adjutant General the paand allowance, of a Brigadier General in time of war,". is that he must discharge the duties prescribed. Untfl the troops of North Oirolinaeretur ed over to the Confederate Government, the duties of . the Adjutant General, were ardu ous, and he earned his pay. Since the trans-. fer of . th e troops, can any one say that the' duties of the Adjutant General have been nf that arduous nature which, in the oomtmpla tion; of , the Legislature " "time of war!, would neeoessitate ? Can any one jray that Adjutinl Generar Fowle earns; "tne , pay and allowance of a Brigadier General in the army of the Confederate ;'-Btitejit'-Can my one doubt . that if the tleaign of the Legislature was carried oat that he would get a pay of "One thousand five hundred dol lars a year," instead of the pay and allowance of i Brigadier General, amounting to some four thousand dollars add upwards a year! Bat granting that by the tetter of the law, Adjutant General Fowle has a right to draw the pay and allowance of a Brigadier Gene ral, does the law; compel him . to keep up a Commissary Department when there are no troops to feed to keep a .Captain" and two. clerks in sineoure offioea i Is this the promised" "retrenchment" of which Adjutant General Fowle was a prominent and -enthusiastic ad TOCate Again, look at GOV. Vane a's Aids , and their ioint nav and allowance of nearlr - w . - - - , m eight thousand dollars ft year. What servi- ces ao iney renaer ior a pay amounung o mo interest on Upwards Of one hundred and thir- tu thousand dollars! We understand that Gov. Vance justifies his course in rCgard to these aids by saying the law gires "him the authority to appoint them and : prescribes J General. .Their friendship was .prised, 1 heir alli their comDensation. Granlinff that this IS I anoe courted; and defensive treaties were formed with trn fl, V.n.ll tW thlw U A 7 W. lmpcrauTB inas me law rays ue saau p- l J il & L . point them, and leaves him no discretion in the premises ? We hardly think he will. But we do not believe the law gives the Gov ernor any authority to appoint and pay aids whip they do not do duty with him on the field, and therefore that the "Aids" now get ting such a handsome pay are not entitled to it. . . The subjects to which we have above re erred are eminently worthy of the attention of the . people of this State. We, .tell them that thousands upon thousands of their mo ney have been squandered on favorites, and I their taxes thereby unnecessarily rncreasod. There is no necessity for a Surgeon General's department for North1 Carolina the' three hundred thousand dollars, if expended, will be thrown away the thirty thousand dollars will bring no equivalent the Adjutant Gen eral is getting a pay that he does not earn -his commissary department is a sineoure, and Governor Vanoe has no more need- of two "aids' than a wagon has of a fifth wheel. ... ' ' . 0 A PRECEDENT IM NORTH CAROLINA . FOR TAXATION IN KIND. - The Raleigh Standard, true to its vocation of fault finding, attacked the provision in the Confederate Tax Bill which imposes, taxation in kind. The Standard says such a thing was never before heard of in this country, that the Jews of old resorted to it and that it is used in England to support the Church Eatablish tnent. Now, with duedeferenoe to the Stan dard's lore, we tell it that taxation in kind has' been resorted to in North . Carolina at a period which is possibly within the memory of some persons now alive.V At a meeting of the General Assembly held at Hillsborough, on the 5th of Septem ber, 178U. an aot was passed, the title of i which is as follows ; Ch. 1. An act for levviner I a specific provision tax . on all the inhabi , . , . . Unts of the State for the support of the army and navy of jhis and the United States in the Southern Department. " I , We would suggest to the Standard by way -of a change to "pitoh in" to the memory of our "Revolutionary Fathers" foe setting io I bad an example to their descendants of this SIGNIFICANT It is now nearlv two wVa ainfl ; a rhxrtr- ai is now nearly two weesis smce wecbsrg- ed that the editorial columns of the Baleigh SfanoW werejBsed, W lMtum, 'bja 'emi- i ' - i ! n en t lawyer . of this city, whois an avowed reconstructionist, and sympathizes with the v j ' -i a 1.. t lanxes, and up lo th present time the charge has not been denied. m The Standard cannot pretend ignorance .of the "eminent lawyer" td whom wereferred'.lUti knows u- x. i.- i l 2 i " j .t that we took his likeness to hair, and f here- fore its failure to deny what we have al leg- ed, fa proof that our itUegtion is correct-j There is another thing, too, that is sigmnV cant. We made a similar . charge upon the Standard's satellite, ."the "Daily Progress,", audit has made no denial, but attempted te evide the charge sunder a cloud of bluster m ... - ' - . . , . , : , i 1 auu iromv menace, wmcn we mina not ataiw- We shall keep an eye, upon both the major and minor crgan,' and when we see an effu sion from the pen of Ihe "eminent lawyer,1 : -:, t 3 hold it up to tha .reprehension which it de- serves, utterly unmindful Of-ihe threat that we shall b held aQOCuntable, "though not on papers r" ')" I CHEAT Britain aki thesoutiieiu t Tho position now occupied by Great Bri tain in relation, to the Southern Confederacy. is not j only most disreputable to her, but flagrantly inconsistent with her course in othec instances. To show this,' we make the following extract from a speech delivered by that great andT distinguished man,' Sir James Mackintosh,: in Jtrae,1824, on presenting the petition of the Merchants of" London to the House of Commons, praying for the rec ognition of the independence of the South, American mates, une reaaer wui see inat the case or the Southern Confederacy (runs on all fours" with ithe instances ci'ed by Sir James Mackintosh : " i It was not till the 30th of Janaary, 1648, nearly eighty yar after tho rerolt, nearly nventy after tho declaration o independence, that tho Crown of Spain, by the Treaty, of Monster, recognised the Repatlie of tfce Unitedrovincea, and renounced all pretensions to sorereigaty oyer their territory. What, during that long period, was the policy of tho European states ? Did they .waiter eighty years, till tho obstinate punc tilio or lazy pedantry of the Esoorial was subdued ? Did they forego all the advantages of friendly inter course with a powerful and flourishing republic- f Did they withhold Xrom that republic the ordinary courte sy of keeping op a regular and open correspondence i . f 4 . - . with her thrpdgh avowed and honorable ministers ? t Did they Muse to their own subjects that protection A11 thia thV ought to hare done, according to the I principles of those who! would resist the prayer of the y But nothing of this was' then done or dreamt of. Every state in Europe, except the German branch of the House of Austria, sent minis ters to the) Hague, and received those of the jStates- I . ... J - tnemoyi-pwers at peace wltn bpain, from the Heroic I i MasC0Ty. Iay nothing of Elisabeth herself, pro- j scribed as she was as an usurper, tha stay of Hoi- lwld and r Itdr of; tne llbenl Prv throughout Europe. Bat no one can question the authority on this point or ner successor, tne great professor of legiti macy, the founder of that doctrine of the divine right of kinga which led his family to destruction. As king of Scotland in 1594, forty-four years before the recognition by Spain, fames recognised the . States General as thosucoesors of the Houses of Austria and Burgundy py stipulating with them the renewal of a treaty Concluded between his mother Queen Mary and the Emperor Charles V. In 1604, when he made peace with Spain, 'eager as he was by that transaction to be admitted into the fraternity of legitimate kings, be waa so far earbedby the counsellors of Elisabeth, that he adhered to his own and to her recognition of the independence of Holland : the Court of Madrid virtually acknowledging, by several articles of tW treaty, that such, perseverance in the recognition was no breach of neutrality, and no obstacle to friendship ; with Spain.; At the very moment of the negotiation, Winwood was despatched with new instructions as minister to- the States-GeneraL It is needless to add that England, at peace with Spain, continued to treat Holland as an independent state for the forty four years which; passed from tnat treaty to the recognition of Munsterj The policy of England towards Portugal, though in itselffarj less memorable, ia still more striking-. ly pertinent to tne purpose ox tnis argument. On the 1st of December, 1640, the people of Portugal rose in arms against the tyranny of Spain, tinder which they had groaned about sixty years. They seated the Duke of Bragansaon the throne. In January 1641, the Cortes .of the kingdom were assembled.) legalize his authority, though, seldom convoked by his successors after their power was consolidated. Did England then wait the pleas ure of Spain? Did she desist from connection with Portugal, till it appeared from long experi ence that Uje attempts of Spain to recover that country mhst be Unavailing? Did she even re. quire that the Braganza Government Bhould stand the test of time before she recognized its indepen dent authority ? No ; within a year of the procla mation of the Duke of Braganza by the Cortes, a treaty of peace and alliance as signed at Wind sor between Charles I. and John IV., which not only treats with, the latter as an independent sov ereign, but expressly speaks of the King of Castile as a dispossessed ruler , and. alleges on the part of the King or j&dgiana, tnat ne was moved to con clude this treaty "by his solicitude to preserve the tranquility of his , king iom, and to secure the lib erty of trade of -his beloved subjects.'1 The con- tea' was carried; on :the Spaniards obtained victo ries ; they excited conspiracies ; they .created di visions.- Jibe palace or the King of Portugal was tbe scene of 'domestic discord, court intrigue, and meditated usurpation, There is ao trace of any complaint or - remonstrance, or even murmur, against the early recognition by England, though it was not till twenty -six . years c after wards that Spain herself acknowledged tha independence, of Portugal, and (what is remarkable) made that ac knowledgment in a treaty concluded under the mediation of England. , To these example let me add an observation upon a part of the practice of nations, strongly il lustrative of tha principles which ought to decide this question. All the powers of Europe treated jungianc, unaer tne Commonwealth and. the Pro tectorate, asi retaining her rights of fovereignty. They raoOCTteed these governments as muth as they had recognized the Monarchy. The friends SJihwSS1? S-1.1 -iat Monarchy when estored, aid not disallow the .treaties of foreign Powers with the Republic OT wIth ctm J. ?b3 7 Became these Po w- era were obliged, lor the interest of their own snb- jects, to negotiate wth the government which, whatever Dejhs chatacter, was actually obeyed by on the legitimacy of that government, no judg.' ment nnfavqurable t th claims of the. exiled prince; the cbnsulted only tha security o tbe commerce and llntercourse oi their own subjects with tha British Island, j . . . : 0h! THiiiXRs.XThe Georgia legislature haspawed bill relieving Mrs. M. A. F. SneecT, of Floyd couinty, from the pains of bigamy. Her husband desrted from Capt. Hargrove's compa ny while atj Jackson, Miss., about four months "a Tr.""!Tlr . 116 wal aT wnicnnas prpvea since to be incorrect In the meantime she married i another husbsid. - .. - CoNvxpEAT Stocks.- Charlotte funded 526,000 in '.Confederate bonds. .The pemocrat aJ $5.0.000 :waa funded at Raleigh and elsewhere a depositary wa. tabli,h in Charlotte, At Raleigh $l,oo,6po was funded ; Fayetteville $SOO,000 ; Greehsbofo $800,000. . At Coulmbia, r S-C $6,000,000 Montffomerv. Ala.. reports nearly $8,000,0j&O. v Ir. Samuel H. Prosise, who is a perennial candidate for the .-Mayoralty of Petersburg, is out, in ft card in. the Express of tnat city: wmon;.oe :pucnea in" to - the: present Mayor, Among other things hesaya to the -people whose sweet voices" he is, wooing: "Ye poorYnd destitute, has he visited you in your distress and: sorrew -seen your suffer ings and ever applied a remedy You - who pay.br your privileges, look at the man, and siyhas he ever employed a police tdee your ngnts protected Echo answers. No," This is a very remarkable Eeho, quite as femarka- Dle as that described by the Irishman who, Speaking of a very singular eoho, said, that when hei cried "out at the top. of his voice 4ioUoaAt" the Jficho replied, go to hell ;! LATEST FROM THE NORTH. . ,. '-' Fred-ebicksbo-bq, April" 28. I have received the Washington Chronicle of Monday, the 2Hb, and send yoa the blowing sum mary of its news. It says: ' f i '1 he news trom Missouri is exciffng. : The: reb el division of Marmaduke and Burrridge, num. bering 8,000, the whole. command under Price, ad vanced on Cape Gii ardeau and demanded its sur render. The demand being refused. they attacked the place, but after threa. hours' severe .fighting fcuey were uanusopaeiy repuisea. , Tne rebels then took a newposition, and at the latest accounts were preparing to assault our works. Our troops have ueon reiniorceu, ana two gunboats have arrived there to ajd them. Gen.; McNeil, of Missouri,; is in command, and he feels confident of whipping me reooi uenerai. jx later aispatch received from lien.i JiicJNeil says the rebols are retreating. Our loss is. rasa than twenty killed and wounded. , Gen. Banks defeated the rebels on tbe aieht of the 27th, at iVermillion Bayou, about 60 miles ' . I . ..it. T T-B m . r ' west py soum ot, o&wu xwage, an viDg-tnem alter a. hard flght, i aking over, 1,000 prison ers-p whole companies at a time. ' The rebels destroyed; ten steamboats and two gunboats to prevent their fail ing in.to our hands. The steamer Corwin wasr eap tured, The rebel batteries at Bute 'la Rose bad been reduced by our fleet; On the 14th the rebel works at Bethel place were entered by Gen. Wei t zel, and a- large amount of stories, ammuniiibnnd arms left in them were captured. , . Gen. Grover had defeated Gen, Dick Taylor, with two Texas regiments and three batteries, at Irish Bjnd, capturing some prisoners and over 1,000 head of beei cattle, horses and mules. One hundred and eeventy-nlna wounded had arrived ai New Orleans. One thousand six hundred reb els have been, captured, and more are being taken. Franklin had been captured, and it was thought the whole Opelousas country would be clear of rebels,:1 ; .' Six more of our transports on the Mississippi have succeeded in running past the Yck6burg bat teries; also, two double deck flat-boats, capable of carrying i,oou men eacn transports run past Warrenton, tbe batteries barng silenced. Ogr ar my is at Pain t Coupee bn the Ited lii ver Tne rebels under Gen. WoocUlave been .driven from Bear Creek. Skirmishing stili continues on the Cold water CoU Van Burenof the l62dN. Y. Volunteers has resigned the command of that regiment in consequence oi in peaitn.i Eumors say the rebel caivalry in the Shenando ah Va' ley .were threatening anotiier raid on the Baltimore ana Ohio jKaiiroaa. L Several ' ofiBcers have; been dismissed from the service for dishonorable conduct drunkenness, Our iron clads are off North Edisto Island, and our troops: are encamped on tbe island; 30.000 have been sent from Australia to .Lon don to pay passage for 300 emigrants. Unless 300.000 emigrate there will be no relief to the in anufacturinor districts. In the letters of three Ohio deserters, to be shot in Western Virginia next week, letters were found from their. fathers advising them to desert : Go-v, Tod has advised. the President to shoot th fathers instead of the sons, One; night last week a soldier in a Pennsylva nia regiment, while on picket, complained of (eel- ine ill. I The surgeow ot tne regiment was caiiea, when there was some whispering instituted. I The sick soldier was a woman-ncinfei jof course. The result of theurgeon's work was the delivery of a fine boy. Gen. Josh U wen named tbe child -Picket Falmouth. Ellsworth. Tha Chronicle says ' we now Bee n formidable movement striving to divide and distract the loyal States and to induce them to swerve from their vows of I fealty." I Two regiments of "two year's men," the 7th and 8tb N. Y . Regiments, trom Hooker's army, most ly Germans, arrived in Washington Sunday. The 7 th went out 900 strong, has had but 95 killed and 465 wounded Sixteen vessels of war are now being built at the Brooklyn JSavy x ard The Florida has captured two Boston schoon ers, r . ''J . The report that the rebels have abandoned the Siege oi wasningwn, iv. is uonurineu. A dispatch from Memphis, df the 21st,. says Blvthe'8 rebel cavalry! were repulsed near. that place by three regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, x wenty were Kiuej, iorty woioqeu, anu. eighty captured. The rebels fled in great confu sion across tWS Cold watpr, and were reioforced.-r-The Yankees fell back to Hernando, and were re inforced by infantry and artillery, and moved to the Cold water and fought lilt sundown with tbe rebels on the opposite side of the river, with a loss m m. : ii . j . j . j . j of five killed and fifteen wounded. , ', In passing the batteries of Vicksburg the trans port Henry Clay was sunk- and all hands lost. The pilot floated do . Ana miles on a plank, and was picked, up opposite Warrenton. There are eleven gunboats below Vicksburg now, including three under Farragut. ! . r The rebels continue to cross the -Kappahannock in small bodies and prowl about the lines of Gen, On the 21st the commanding officer of the rebel Black Horse cavalcy, and six men-, were captured at Waterloo, i ' The f fiver ia falling rapidly, and the condition of the roads improving . . ' " j ' The I-British mail bag fband in the'Peterhoff was transferred by decision of the IT. S. District Court to -tbe British Consul.; Proceedings against the vessel an r! cargo are suspended for the pies-. ent.' , - ' The British prize' steamer Grtrdekh gun powder and military stores, captured by nth e Van derbilt, arrived at New York on the 22d. She found Charleston tod closely blockaded, and was returning" to Nassau.;; ; '. Rumors at Havana say the 'Mexicans' were de feated at Peubla, and speak of Ortego's offer to capicuiaie vo tne j? rencn uenerai auer oemg re pulsed in a sortie. ; . t - ' w Gehoraf Halleck was at Fortress ilonroe on the 2ist. - - ' ; Idle contrabands at. Alexandria are to be sent out to work on abandoned farms. 4 ' Gold was quoted in New York, on 234, at Exchange 102. Cotton 65. LATEST FROM EUROPE. THE SlfJUS FOR TH? EMPEBQR OI CStKA. " ONE OF: THEM SEKED--Il!rvESTIQATION f INTa THE OASEI . OF . THE ALABAMA -THE . DERA&tOAN.&o , . ' f- :fH The steamship Psris with two days' later dates from Europe, h arrived at New York, v U The English Government was.till engaged in ions osunsiDiy aire c tea against tne fitting oat of reb el war vessels 4n the ports of thp Kingdom. Although -the "Alexandria was seized by the offiwrs of customs at Liverpool previous , to' the sailing of the Jura, a number of men still continued at, work on her, making her ready for sea. We learn by the Persia that these men had been turned off .tbe vessel by the Government officials, who had taken fall possession of her, previ ous to a rigid investigation as to ha history and des tination; : :'t :; :' , It is said the Cabinet had also ordered a commission ia Liverpool to report on all the iroamstanoes em nectedwith the ease of theAlahama. . i . The Japan, of Trjrgiaia, was built at Danbarton. not Greenock, and ran out from tha Clyde on the 3d of April. ...The order for her arrest arrived from Lon don'on the 4th the day of her departare. ' The Eng lish Government having inquired t the Messrs. Laird as to two gunboats being built in their establishment for the Confederates, have been formally assured, by that firm that the boats are. for the "Emperor of China.":1 ' il j . v i The, rebel loan had rallied: in England and was again at a 'premium, with an "enormous business" done in Liverpool vn. the 18th inst. The loan was regularly dealt in on the Paris Bourse at a premium. . There is nothing hew with respect to the Federal loan in England. The London Herald hints that the Union agents feared the undertaking would not be successful in England and that they were consequent ly disposed to sees: i to raise tne required amount in Holland, and adds : . . . . "Throesrh this means it is anticipated they will re ceive some applications from England, and if the sums should not be considerable, the bonds, when issued and arranged, caat a more convenient opportunity he in troduced into the jsngush market. Any transaction of the kind at the wresent juncture would not in the slicrhtestdeerea be noDular. and this the representa tives of the Washington authorities have already as certained. It is questionable even in Holland, favora ble as Dutch capitalists are known to be to cheap American securities, if any laree amount could be placed; The prospects of the operation seem to be generaly disoonragiag." It is reported that able-bodied young men are ieav ing Ireland to the' number of 15,000 week. The English journals are v ry severe upon this, and so are the officials. . The papers say these-men go with the hope of ultimately liberating Ireland from .England with the' help of Americans. The matter has been al luded to in Parliament bv Lord Palmeraton The Pohablinearreation is sail in great activity and vigor. The Czar Has offered a ceneral amnesty to all thePoles who return to tieir auegianee oy tne i&ui ox. May. England, rrance, and Austria have sent notes to the Russian Government All were Coached in friendly terms, bat dll containinnan intelligible warn- tna to the. Rustia Government. Sweden is said to favor the Poles. Napoleon inquired, it is said, if Italy could take a part under certain circumstances, and has ' i xt- tr: it ij r :v. ka nnA receiver rep 17 tun wa xwiug vuiuu. xuiuioi uv,vy v men.. '?.:!- - ; : - The Herald says Napoleon recently declared! that he could see no present considerations inducing- any recognition of the Jeff Davis Government, and the Herald; says "recognition of . the rebellious boutn is now quite out of the question. - Tha London Matmina Post remarks that the Amer loan blockade Is the only effioientnode by which the North now carries on the var, but the maritime pow ers may in time' have ta consider how long such a mode oi warfare is to be endured. , The London Timtt says nothing farther has trans pired Vith regard toi the proposed negotiations f or the Federal loan, bat it is, presumed if any partiee are found asking to entertain it, they will at least wait to ascertain if the predictions brought by the last mail of conclusive victo ries over the South to be achieved within a fortnight, can be fulfill d. It would also be well to learn the effect of the conscription ou the first of May, and also tha answer of. the Washington Gov ernment in the affair of the Peterhoff. A- NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS. We have an official and tabular statement of the troops North Carolina has in the field. It ap pear! from this statement thai North Carolina hat in the service about sixty-fl.ve regiments. The regiments are brigaded as follows : ClingmarC s Brigade--8th, 31st, 51st and 1st. : Cooke's Brigade ISlb. 27th, 46tb and 48tb. Bates Brigade-i-lHh. M - Daniel's Brigade 43d, 45th, 50th and 53d. ' ' " Davis1 Brigade 55th. . " Hoke's Brigade 6ih, 2.1st, ,64th and 57th. Hampton's' Brigade 9th. . Iverson's Brigade-bih1 I2tb, 20th tfnd 23d. Lane's Brigade 1th, 18th f 28th, 33d and 37tb..: .1 LetfSt W. ZT.'if., Brigade-mh. Pryor's Brigade-' -1st and 3d.,, ; ; ; Pender's Brigade 18th, 16th, 22d, 34th and 38th.' -; - l Pettigrew's Brigade 1 1 th, 26th, 42d, 44th, 47th and 52d. Ransom's Brigade 24th, 25th, 35th, 40th and 56th. ..' j - tv " ' Ramseur's Brigade 23, 4th, 14th and 30th Robertson's Brigade 41st, 59th and 63d. Not Brigaded 10th, 17tb, 36th, 40tb, 58tb, 60lh, 62d, 64tn ana eatn. t . . The lollowing are the Infantry regiments ; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8tb, llth,"12lh, 13tb, 14th, 15th, I6tb, Uth, 18th. 20th, 2Mt 22d, 233, 24tb. 25th. 26tb, 27th, 28tb,' 29th. 30tt. list, 32d, 33d, 34th, 35th, 37th, 38th, 39ih; 42d, 43d, 44thK 45th, 46th, 47lh, 43tb, 49tb, 50th, 51st, 52df 53d, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 60th, 6l8t, 61 ana 64th. ?rx , ' ,- : "' '' The following are Cavalry Regiments V ' r 9th, 19tb, 41st, 59th, 63d, 6th. The following are Artillery Regiments : .. . lOtb, 36th, 40tb. V " " ' The following are the Battalions: Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Shober's, for uaerly Wharton J.Green's Infantry' ; Maj. J. H. Nethercutt't Bangers ; Major R. W. Wharton's Sharpshooters j Major John W. Moore'a Artille ry : Major W. 1. Young's Artillery s Major Alexander McRaes . Artillery : Uolonel Peter Mallett'a Camp , Guard j Whitford'a , Battalion Bangers. Col. W. H. Thomas' Legion of Highlanders and Indiana is composed of one Regiment and one Battalionand numbers over 1,600 men ; Major Alfred H. Baird'a Battalion of Cavalry. t Here is proof of wbaVtha noble old North State has done lo-.this war, Well ana liberally has sne contrionted, both men and money, to the cause, ana whatever her enemies may say of her, the record of this war will show that in spirit, and chivalry." and patriotism, the old North state la not behind any of her sister States in thia great 8truggle.:iacAmo7uf Examiner. FIGHTING' BELOW KlNSTONr A dispatch from Goldboro', dated ; April says : Three or' four companies of the 66th N. C. T- .Cot Faison. ware atucked yesterday at Gum Swamp, nine miles below Kinston, by some. 6000 to 8000 Yankees. . Oar boys fought them over two hours with the con stancy and determination of vetemnsand only retired from their breastworks when flanked and overp'ower ed bymnmbers ' 1 . ' ' Oar loss is estimated at about forty killed, wounded and missing. Among the killed is the brave Lieut. Lnttarloh, of Capt. Lockkarfs company, who died thUT. morning of his wounds. i - The .Yankees were expected te eontinue their ad vance this morning,hut evidently1 have sot done so. ' tten. lull wui give them a proper welcome wnen tne y , come. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT IT. C . k ' GotJWBoYAprfllMUi, 1863. ..!vwc..; ...,7;,;-.r t. : . The Department Oommander returni hit heart felt hnks to the troopa under his command, for their courage ia BatUe, patient endurance on 'long fatiguing marcljei In the cold aid wet, tot their vigilance on duty, and. uniort good behavior everywhere. Unlike thef rascallj Yankees, you haye protected private properly land nodepreda- 1 tions have been committed,! except In a few- In- : stances by the J5th N. C; Eegiotent. . It is to' be hoped that this brave Regiment Will leave off this ' i jw x anxee practice, and will behave as well on tne marcn, as ft has always done on the battle 'fields'-.- j '.-Ty . . Some twenty Cavalry men, nider Lieutenant Beard, behaved badly in presence of the Yaokeec, and the same Is bhvged agnlnst apUin Nicholl'a Company of Cavalry. , All the est of the troopa behaved most handsomely, j -1 v ;,i ; ' Soldiers riwith forces inferior to the Yankeeil' i you drote them Into their rat-holes io . Newborn 1 and Washington.- - Yo held the latter place in close siege ror sixteen days. Wltlf ligt t field guht you whipped the four gun-boats Sin the harbor At. Washington; disabHag two of them, and driving the poor poltroon Rarsbaw, U.IS. Ifavv, under shelter of (an Island. WitJI some half a doaea 1 field pieces, you kept back j nine) gan-beaU front coming to the relfef of their afflfcted oonsorliv 1 The relieving force of seven thouiand men, you whipped jo easily as to think the! battle was but a . skirmish, and were preparing foil tha real contest when you learned that tbe foe had slipped off in, the darkess of the night, blockading the road be-' hind him, so that a dog, or a sneaking exempt ' could not crawl through. If you failed to ac complish greater Ihlnes, tha fault was not yours. ' How much better is it thus to deserve ihe thanks of tbe country by your courage and patience, than to skulk at home as the cowardly exempts do. ( Some of these poor dogs have hired subiUtutes, as' though money could pay the service every man owes his country. Others claim to own twenty: nsgroes, and with justice might cladm to be mu-' ters of an inflnale amount of cowardice. Others " are stuffy squires: bless their dignified souls t- Others are warlike militia officer, and their Reel- . menu cannot aispense wi.tn aucn moaeu or miuta ry skill and valor. j i V t And such noble regiments they, have I Three .field officers, four staff officers, tea Captains, thir ty Lieutenants and one private,! with a misery In i bis bowels. Some are pill and syringe gentlemen, ; and have done their share ot killing at home.- ' . Some are kindly making shoes far the army, end generously tgive them to the! poor soldiers, only asking two months pay, Some irettoo sweet and delicate for anything but ; fancy jduty: the sight . of blood is unpleasant,' and shocks, their sensibilities. - the roar of cannon W cen our independence Is w on, ihe most tri- fling soldier in the ranks, will be more respected aaneisnow mora respectable, than an army or these skulking exempts. - j . i . J - D. il. HILL. Major Gee. THE POWPRB MILLS IN THB COFEDK- ; : ; bate states! . ;. ;- v - The London Times of March 18th, has another direct correspondence from the rebel States, dated Augusta, January 26th. It is written (says the,, Cincinnati Enquirer) in the usual style of the Con Ij ; federate correspondence of the Times, moreeulo-r. gistic of the rebels than -even the rebel psperi are themselves, .The following account of the powder mills established by the Confederate Governmen t contains some valuable information : i j When, upon the 13th of April, 1861. Port Sumter surrendered to Gen; i Beauregard and the Confederates, not one single pound of gunpowder V was anywhere manufactured In tie Confederacy. A rigorous blockade of the seaports of the South was immediately commenced; through which the principal Ingredient of gunpowder1 (saltpetre) had . to be largely sucked in. At thisj aocture it seem ed advisable to President Davis te Intrust to Col one! Raines, formerly an officer! of the .United States army, the responsibility ol planning and building a large tiovernment mill for the) manu facture of gunpowder. Fof th Si post Colonel Raines possessed eminent qualifications. He had - been professor of chemistry at West Point, and ? for someyears,Uince 1 leaving tbe army, be had been at the bead of some large iron works at New- burcr. on the Hudson. Augusta, In Ueoreia. was .. selected as the site of tbe Intended mill, and never, both as regards the person and the situation pitch ed upon,- was happier sagacity evinced by the President. Following, so far as he was acquainted with it, the plan upon which ihrSr&unpowder mill' at Waltham Abbey, belonging to the-English Government, is built, Colonel Rajnes proceeded -to construct the works necessary for his purpose; and the success which has attendee his efforts has been such ai could never have bean believed be fore the pressure of war and privation had awaken ed Southern ingenuity and enterprise. Th result . is that, at the cost or about xzu.oou, one oi tne most perfect gunpowder mlus in pe world has been produced, which turn! outf five thousand . pounds of powder per day, and jcould produce double that amount if worked day land night, and much more If worked under the exigency of a.', pressing 'demand. c ; ' 1 p ' . . - " f ; 4 The cost of this powder, In tpita.of the costli ness of the saltpetre which has been introduced J through theblocka4e,ls about four oenUper pound, , which is about the same as ita cost In England. ' The mill hat now baen f conitantly at work for many months, and consequently fmore powder than the Confederacy is likely to require for years ( to come has Already been produced. . There la another Government, powder mill at .Columbia, ; in South Carolina, working, I believe, to tnppty the wants (not wery large as yet) of tbe Confede-w' rate navy; But all the gunpowder issued for the service ot the Confederate armies of Virginia and ' the West, and also for the defence; of Charleston and Vicksburg, has comeout of the mill at Aug us- -ta; and It was ' I to me by an ordnance oQce" In Charleston tL& tbe powder which he bad re cently received there and tested was tery nearly,, if not entirely, up to tbe standard of the, finest English-, manufacture -r J 9 : . ('-"t. r - .' i " The extreme deliberation wfth which the Con-' federate Government ba engaged In many large .. and costly hndertakings requiring loqg time for their completion and much ingenuity la, their da-, ' sin is the best earnest of the quiatness and con fldence with which they have,! fromi the very com-" -mencement, looked at their Indepekidence as at a thing which they could not fail to Obtain These . ' Government powder mills at Columbia and Au gusta are by no means the sole achievemeuta of ' the Confederates at home in support of their ol- . diers In tbe field. It may be noticed in tbe North, . and altboueh the necessity for the- erection of a ' ' Government powder mill baa of ten been represent- r . ... . . . ' TTTi. v r . . - - ea to tne war jueparimeni a rvasningwa, .no such mill has ever been erected. It hu been too ; found' that , private interests! have i been ? ' strongly represented in Congress td admit of tha ,. withdrawal of the Government pasronaee -from the great private firms in Connecticut and Dela- : ware between which It is.IJjeUevfl.divlded. Jn -hundreds of matters, that necessity which , was ' thought by the North certain to crtad the South-w2 ernoower. of reswunce. naa ux aevmonea an energy for which the world and especially j&ng- land wsb very litueprepartu.. " 111 r i i , - M ! K 1 r
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