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- ' t'nwwp'd by ptj rs to like brothers.
WEti'ESDAT MRNlifO. MAT , 1863.
porelukses mado bv certain agents, Wh&i it
will .lm worth ia t$9 market wUca; the drafts
come to hat?d? biabe Jadged 6f bthcrfact
that a' portion bf ltispolr Mteingi Bold in a
dimed Toonditioa; for prices tax vbelow ,te
faaiket pribe fot fair cotton.vhatweiVGroy-
ernor VanceV Ttwo ' Aids' ' about that they
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JS Th RKGISTKR ia pubjiibed WEEKLY, ct
ry :WdM4aj.-aa4 FEMIWCEiCLTrfry
Md7 end SatsHty, ipe ta falIoirli.g tcm,
f : TERES: ' T
TTxixlt RtaiSTaa, onjr, If 3.00 ;
5 -v" ix mirths -"." I yi-.tO
i - - . j , j4, raonUu . ? 50 ' j
Tb BEOIcTER it conducted trictly on the
eaiih-'Ttm. Bubcrierf are Bctifleft, by a croas
mark 4 ;b margin mt thair ppera.-tbra veeks b-t
f.tra the expiration of their uboriptionf, and if the
BocaT la tir.tent for tba renewal ff their subscription.;
thir sama ara atrickea fron cr sariptiAn bookt-
at thejaxpiraiioB 01 Mic terms ei saoacripuuB.
a-Tha RATES AhXVKZlSl are. for
one raar (tvelra Ihiea or tcuone insertion, $1.00.
a ad at eatua for tmry ue-dlng insertion. '
J .. - - -i - - '
Jktf- rJsTinc recently ad-Ied to our Job OfSce, and
harinf nnawf the bast Steau PaarPraSea. in. th.
Foura we are prepere-i to etecute every dtssriptinn ol
J3 ad BOOK WOS1! tv thabstatyle.and.with dis
patch 1 Vi bar also-no hana l t of ?)per ealiable fot
printing Cirealavs, Blanks. Labels, o-
these alieo gjntry, a&d it is a burniog rhime
to see it oarried 44, "hue we see otxr own
ci;izD3 snbmittiDg, to all the privations of
: h ojtap aod the battle, and knowiog while
ihej are dolpg f ptbat their wives and chil
dren are, -for tHeji?tcntnoe of life, at the
mercy of these foroVn harpies and b'rda of
passage and of pre. 1 We say . that is is a
hime that arch a state of things - ahoald
"have "been perniitted to continue an opm: else tlan aot-in' the capacity, of a sort of. he
ion wnioa win oe enaowa Dy dido dui m nouua iwi iuo,uu5i.uvi,
Ia Vegird a Me.ojJghU. keep lo W
Ion lws, we telieve thereii among the peo-
CONFEDERATE FORCES IN F"E , j oftheConfaae at3trcd ani thai the,
,oe Itauiea i it Qe j Mu u tn inw.coun jry wv wbbr
Vj-ederjctabJirgand SjoteytvaniaJUour ; Uowo,
did not see to the sheltering of this cotton
Ttee two Aids really ought to do something
"ole , like unanimity of sentiment. There is
r . j . . .. ,
eery reason to believe that when peace corned
nd the independent nationality of our Cob
ftderacy is recognixfd land established, we
hll have a tide of5 Yankee emigration rush
ing iu upon us, unless 'measures are adopted
io prevent itT" The natural di?position -of
open,r Thii u .mistake. 5 One eye is S"5
crent wr mm, particularly it ue win carry
put his threat to bring us to "account tho
not on paper
the Yankee to emigrate : his known .disposr-
THE BATTLE OF PEKRTVILLE.
Tne operations of Gen.. Bragg ia Kentucky last
jear, at meciosa orwnicone retreated rrora the
.Stated tas been a! fruitful theme for animadTer-
tbe pre and has never been fully ex-
sioq by
(lained. To sb w the controlhre oecesaitT which
tioo to rush to tH verse of reidi'icm itself I led 16 the abahdozjment of Kentucky we copy the
luiivwiu atpiiif i rum ueiu ormsg w wen. fjoor
.a - . " t a .
AXOTIlER GREAT VICTOR Y OS THE
I j RAPPA HAW STOCK." 1
The Ood of-Uaules has vouchsafed to on
glorioas knd gallant army another great. vio
tory.on "fbt hanks of.the Kappahannodk,' a
stress dea'ioed to be classical ihfouhoutall
tiQiC iWhilee do. not know to what pre-
to -pursuit, of a'bV liar his knoa ledge that
as the Southern goose will no longer go to
him to be pluokedhe must oome to the South
to pluck the goose, will send him amongst
as with his notions 'and his knaveries, hi
Ab jli'ionism, his Pnritanim4 his interfering
and imrertineDt atd intolerant propensities,
aod all the other, damnable traits which ren
der him, cf all the bnnian race, the most
hateful, if we. will let him come, and
e will.begin at" once to lay the ' (bjin
da ion for ; another" Onslaught upon our
property.- and cur -Jnstiiutions.. .So, let
lb ck sgin" over the river which he so defi-
anly' crossed, atd. we hare every reason to
hr Uer c .i hat his retrograde movement has been
accompanied by -greater loss than Burhside
8Utaiped in "recfopsing the llsppahannoek.
Figh'mg Joe will now take Lis place with
the i ther ex-Ies .ho have been sent to the .
Yankee ;S'iberia" for not eoiOff on to
lliehmrnd-with JJcDowell, Pope, 51cClel
vlan and,Hnrnidc i.W'ho will -be the next,
victim of an atrempt lo.take Itichmoad ?
Who wil snceeed Hooker ! - ' ' 1 1
(L- Sin:c the above was wriften diparch-
cs have been re.celred at tbe State Journal j leai, very decided. They have been raised
cite ifent the cnemy hs:! suffered, we know
that FichtippJoe ileoker his been conrpelled, 1 biui be kept our. or if he will come, let him
like the' hero whom' Le fuperrededf to go I bo content wi h living amongst us as one of a"
proscribed .race, with no fight to hold ral
estate, aod no voice in the aff .irs of bor Gov-'
ernmeutr, Municipal, State lOr-jUonfederate.
Let hini be content with that equality with ;
7 laves, mnattoes and free nogrocs" which
he so much craves, with. the exception tha
ho shall not be, allowed .by intermarriage to j
corrupt tho comparajivtly pure blood of the
former. . . .' L . . j-V'-.' ' -'As
to the naturalisation of emigrants from
-fr.as found in the Richmond correspondence of tbe
noxniie nogisier oi April 23:
- H JEaSQUABlTSRS DxPAtlTMXNT No. 2,
t ir" Brvantiville. Kv.. Oct. . 12.
WSir: By a great preciure of activ engagements
i nave oeen unaote to commumcait since my last
dispatch until now. My rapid lour of infoection
ws suddenly terminated at Frankfort, jui-t at tbe
uioso. or the careoaooy- of installing tbe proTi
tonal t overnor into olSce, a heavy advance of
the eneraj on that point renderir g it necessa
ry ior me- to concentrate my forces. Gen. Folk
iwaa about tbe lame time heavily pressed at Barus
town, arid be, in accordance with prtvious orders,
fall back towards. Uarrodsburg. v
Not having succeeded in feettine mv sunnlies
from L-jaing ton to my sew (depot near Bryants-
vuie, it was neoossary to Hold a large a portion
of Geh. Smith's forces in that direction.
" ' Finding the enemy pressing heavily in bls'rear
near Perry ville, Olaj. Gen Bardi e, -of Polk'
command, was obliged to bait and check him at
that point. Having arrived at Harrodsburg from.
r tritKiort, i aetermina w give nim battle there,
-and accordingly concentrated three divisions of
my old command,' the army of tlVe Mississippi,
now ondr Gen. Polk Gbeatbam s, Buck
iter's and Anderson's, and directed Gjn. Ipollc to
ake the command on tbe 7ib,and attack the ene
my next morning. '
Withers' division bad gone tbe day before io
support Smith. Hearing on the night ef the 7th
hat tbe force in front of Smith bad rapidly re-
ireMieu, x movea eariy next morning to be pre
rem, k mo operauons oi rciK't lorces. Xhe
effijr, ta ire that a) houeh the war office at
Richmond had received no additional news
fiom the rmy, private di-patohes ha reach
ed Itichmotid on Monday, stating ihat our
victory is" ecmpiete. c csret to lav that
to detest slavery ; they know nothing of the
true theory of our government.' and after at
taining the age of manhood' in -their own
country, are, for the meat part, incapable of
attaioinc anv knowledco of our idstita ions.
the same dispatches convened tbe intetligencofln tbe last qiarter of a century tbe great
id a. oioucwaii tiacsaOQ wouna n tne left onis oi iraos-Anuiio euiigrauon to vmeri-.
arm has reequ'rd its amputation jast below ca has been composed of t So riff-raff and
two
armies wer fluni mnfrnntim- M-
otherorcin counties, our ol jections, though posite aides or the. town of Perryville. After
oot equally strong as thcee we entertain to naut.g with Ve Gineral, reconnoitering the
,. - - v t. i. ground, and examining bu dispositions-, I de
the, naturals tion of lankces, Sreneverthe- coined to assume the command.. but sureated
some ebanges and modifloations- of hu arrange
mnts which be promptly adopted.
The action opened at 12$ p. m. between the
skirmishers and atiJlery on both sides. - Finding
the enemy indisposed to advance upon us, and
knowing be was receiving heavy reinforcemenls,
I deemed it beat to? assail him vigorously, and so
directed. . j ;.' r '
The engagement ;became general soon thereaf
ter, and continued vigorously from .hat time
until dark, our troops never failing and never
faltering in their efforU. . From tbe time enea?ed
it was the severest 'and most desperately conte?l-
THE
KTHKRlT RO .OAPTURE OF, ONE OF
i GENERAL MAHONE S COtf PA JESg,
HEmHtONTHitKSDAYWU
': W.TANKEES-ARTlLLERYDTJELSff
CONFEDERATE SURPRISED AND
capturE0-stua;rt AT 1USOL0
- TRICKS, &c. ' - j. I i
.-"... A lsop's Faem 8 Hrxira brlow ? .i) --i
FaiisKBicKSBuao, I o'elock pay, 1,'63.
? :f waslnihe siufdle vwdayfromv'early dawn
until mdnigbt, endeavoringw f it be grains jxt
truth" from'the' masi of falsa reports in clrclilation.;
The-rosUlts'of my invostisratkinsarb that the Yan
kees on vwterday . did notbfbe oftrour rigfii oi
much Importance, their operations being Jluni fd
io throwing acrpst addittonaH forced, including
artillerv. and to marm ivrinff-' preparatory', to' a
fiebt. The, hft wiog. of ,be Yanke- extends
frbrnHaaei Run to af po'nVuir' belbw Pratt s
bouses, .ttRd nearly opposite Uamutm's CTotsmg.
Our troops occupy the )ine of tbe railway , I rpm
and'bflow t6 crussfng up to town." " '""
Oar forcesistill bnld.Ube towiif, ihert' being ho
eUurt on the part of (beenomy.to tako poes;6sion
UI II... ...-, ' ' - . tii ,
On burleft a&d above ;ti4 tflwn, av 20 - miles;
t Grmanna and Eilev'a F.nrds. tbe Yankee on
yeslerday effttctecr a cro&siijg.'in f rce, estimated;
at oUjUUVi svrongi auu nuvwu upuu mini vwupiw
Coancfiilorsville about tu.reoyeaterdy,afterno.ih.
their column beinz pushed as, far as Z -ar Oourch,
in Soots vl van !a,f eight' iniles above Fredericks'
burg, tbe enemy feeling his ..way very, cautiously
ail the lime and usme no artillery, xiw marcn
thus far on this route has be ti but feebly coriti $
ed. Atnile. preparations, howwr, are made to
give bim a warm reception whentv r be feels dis
pijeed to move from-his present position. ' r
Oar loss, all told, on this wine, yesterday, in
iho akirmibing, was not over one killed and six
or seven wounded. r thoutih company Froni :. on
of te regiments in Gen. Jlabone's bi iiade was
cantured. while on; picket'. near, C.hanc,.IIorevm'e.
tmaz turprused. Capt Taylor, A. A. Ur ., oi lin
ilahone'a staff, also narrowly escaf-ea ix-n xmain
and capture.' -He bail just ridden) to the post oc
cupied. bj tins captured picket, when he, was call
ed to a. bait. At once i-erceiving tbe c.aracttr
of the troops, he q iickly turned h's horse and fl A,
not, however, until oree lannea uans naa oeen
fired at him in VuiiiJ j .. r.
We have 'capture! several ! prisoners on' thi.
win?, who. reoredent that the enemv a torce i-
forty thousand'stronir. i T - - '
No crocsingi bad ; Ueen effected at the U. S. Or
Baak' Fords, though three army rjHls bave beer
constructed to the latter place, and a. redoubt
infnwn nn in ironi nr u.
Firine has been heard from a Dove this morn
.4. 4 --. - -'! I
ill);, uu is u'jrjad nnmium5iigiin wu.
The picket lines at J? redencksourg ares tut Jtepi
DA On .OOIU .4.-.v ; 1 , rw - J"rA Mi
There was ureal cheering xn irontyeswn-aay.-Tf
O.ie of the YfiT-fj pickets hauooad across and
said they had taicen Vioksburg. This of course i
art of the proirramroe of lying iri order ti get:
th hmit trmv nn th'a nlanet to move..' - r '-t
i 1 esteraay morning lue x anave eaiveriea.ipeur
ed on our ricrbU but after firing half an hour or
more ceased until about. 5 P. M. From th s hour,
until r.ightfill a brisk artillery duel ccurred oh
our right. The baV.eriea r gaged on our side bt
ing Fry's, of ; Orange, which was stationed at' a
point about one mile below Hamilton's Crowing,
and Har da way's old battery, and the Rookoridge
battery, posted o the bill just above Hamilton's
Crossing, i. ' ; 4..i.-"'.-,;' '". "T-
Our shell fell thick and fastarjong the Yankees,
ani are believed to have donoconsideraote execu-"
tioa. The Yankee batteries, w bicb were posted
on Gray's and F tthugh's farms, did ris no injar,
t. . . t l .L ,;i .1 IJ t-J A.- 1'
Hamilton's Crossing.
One shell trooi t.ur side bust among tome wag
ohlees the inemy.&ould; endeavor, id continue bis
Eins movetnent. Deyona vai ias uieu pmv;o
t ihe Central K -
THE TEACHERS' ONVENION; I
The Convention of the Teachers of tbe Corled-
eracy met pursuant to notice, at Columbia;, S.'C, J
on the 28th ult., Dr. R. iY. Ceifcbs, of Columbia, in
the Chair,' and Lieut. Patrick, of that city, acting
i t Five States were represented by. .forty-two del
elates. The, States representea were : i rgii ia
North CarOftnaif South CarbiUnaGeorgia :and;AV.
abamaV 'A texapor&tf orgaaizatloh was effected,"
and the Convention adjourlriedHiir evening1. :t'
" Tbe followingls Klist of the delegates from this
stite r .. f . i ;.. ; ' - - r im;
FUR-
NUMBER OF , YANKEE :TR00P3
.-1 i 4WV4V w IIO, -rl
We have befoMOtrome very lmteresUng official
statiktica , in ti e? p)ges,of thej . tftttonci Almanac
for :;.1863;:publwhed t inhjfadeJ As fperti.
neat to the wiryei select the Tojlowicg figures
lr m thpir conntions. and present tbemln the
form of asuromary sr-'.pi';',) , I '. i '
Kumber of Troop Furnished tfo Abolition A-'
" my, bf thlffirent $taie$,fa Com.
mewement of the i War vp to Jonua-v r
1863: i ,s '. 1 -' . j ; ' .
JKw Yrte44'Namber iei to the fiW to Jtnm.
rv, 1863.
.... .... ..M4. ......
Prtnos lv-ni......
.' Itichard Sterling, EJge worth Female Semiba-y,
Gr-ensbori. '" " '". ':f1 ' . ' . "' , -.,
Rftv;CH. -WifSup't Cbmraon Schools' of
Nrt Carojina. .V- ' Ifsa&SCi??.
Academy1 . - -i:-r
i M i D. , JtJinstonsJlIali-Aca3niyv Charlotte.
w u.. .rainier, principal jN. u. institute ior
DHHfDmbapd BiirrdrRaleigb. " " " "
S. H.- Wiley,-SalisburyMale Academy Salis-r
Unarls w. "'Smyth: 'English and Classical
Sch)fJ,;Lxington-;fl i t-' ? '
S. L aider, Li, colnton Female Seminary. Lin-
colntorfr 4 ------ ; - -.
I. S : Richardson, principal of the Wilo6
Schools," Wilson. 4 v ttwVf..-V-:-
iA. 13. Wllkinann. Prmninal Saliihiirv Faihii a
S miarv, Salisbury-. ". - :;v' -s-
s E F.. UhII, Teacher Common Schools, MuVer-
norr, a iwan ir'unty. . .
-At th pvnini H-sirtn anm fiftpn mfr dple-
gatea epui td thems,Lves VVra Bingbanr, O iks,
Orange scouiity, and J H. Gibb n, 'CrHt-,
leck;'entHifg county, being added to the Norb
Carolina Ddlagation. Louisiana was , pfA added
to the number of States represented, making the
sixth. ;.r--.--.'lv?:- - a.
V On motion of -31 r Sterling ot North Carolina.
the Convention resolved itself ino a nerma-
went iiiucational Association for the Confederate
Oi motion of Rev. C. H. Wiley, of N..C.ta
cotnnsitt'ee ot oni from' ach State was "appointed"
to report -a p?rr.anentvCunstiiuiion and By-La w'
for the g"Vernment.of tbe Association . :.;
Mr. Wiley waa'i appointed on the part of this
State. - - x: 'f-f ? :c.
On motion of Prof. Sterling, a like committee
was appointed td consider the'geperal interests' of
of educationt 'iri. tbe 'Conft-dracv, and th supply
t school books, and 1'rof. sterling wai appointed
232,83ik
.200.000
.Ohioj (Besides" over 10 OOtt enlisted in the ! j
' service of other SU'es);!.......... 174 73g
Illinois -To December 3M 802!i......H'l35.'ooo
Ind i Qt' JT-.J a nuar v 1 1 . 1 863'...4 .t, , 1 02,698
MiFa.chuslts-r'lTo.lJ-vernber 1, I8C2,"
j ah nt one t every 13 2 3of berWpu
. i lat.l:;.ir.;.s';:LU.!i..iC4.'....' i
I6wa-TtDecember, 1, 1862.'' Joiotb
"than,...: aaeaess e
M ch iga n D h-9 m ber. 1 ) 8 62. .,.'.. A , . . .
,Wisconsin--Dmber,! 1862, "a-idi trout r
f'he three months' "r(gimeU"........... 42 5S7
if aine... ...... i:.i,,.;UUi, 30,000
iJnnecticuiTo NuvemOb'r 10, 18W ...... 28,651
New J rieyV.i-'MM" ----. 20,000
Vermont, fnearly I in every 15 of Ltren- .
; - tiro popuiat,o'-j... f ae eaeai 19 000
Nw ,U am' ibt rey u if to : Nv l-t X862...r 18 261
Rhode Island, f one in 6 23 100 of h-r
; wLit,ft; funic population. 1.
90,000
50 000
48.000
4xa3aalP4eaaaaaa , "
.UiiMtet-ou.ewe.
ahfwrnia, five full reglirinu
and two of cavalry, say..;
15 736
.... 14 000
..wtleSBT
olmfatiiry
re a
Orejon--nofeportf
larylin.i,-rintPrtJ ....... i.... 10 000
Dj.awre, ttima'e49 ...... ' 000
Kmtuckyr NT- t. 1862;r.atout"-4. .55 000
Missouri............ :......,..,.;....'.;... ... 3 031
yrgfnia-November' 1, I86i-aboot'...l 2o 000
Tolai ..w.... ,. 1 356 301
Tnii j;Iarte numoer, H.will be observed, is be
tides" iKe three fllont n,! ;regfaaeDa,y j In"' Wiscoo-
" Tbii is not the whol of the. bost which has
,been p.ni against u. The f l!Iowing shows the
naval-' Oct with which tbe Yankees bare assail
ed ua
Strength of the'U.S. Navy.
BTKAMERS.
Sc-ew Steamers.
1
ri-d whetl Steamers, Gunbuab',' .Trfnspurts,
CwU.r..... ........., .......
Irpu-maJ bleaiuera.. ..... ...;...
Total
........... 118
in
............. ..v wi
k..
li
r. ......
SAILINO VX8HKL8.
the. shoulder. Bit we are glad to bear the Lcurf of over-peopled Europe : Most hap-r ngagement within my knowledge. Fearfully ? GrfrV hUl, and thereupon groat sjamr.
"B-ouvuci-iuiijr jJtwu.iucu.ami iuuv i jinjf iwr mn ijuuiu, uiuovrcu-k wcubieiu. oi i gage at any oaas, ana though checked at times
l i i.j.: .i I t ? . :... - .. I th vAntall MrriiJ r.n.u;v i j J
the glorious hero is d jtng well at a farm house
some fifteen Djiles distant from the battlefield.
Old Stonewall has still his right arm left to
hioj, and will, wetrus',ere many weeks have
elapsed, have an- opportunity again to wield
it in tbe great cause to whidh he has conse
crated his life.-- : t
The m in who acted ai guide to theYsn-
"kee cavalry raid upon Ashland and Hungary
. Station,"! was . captured by :. some of out men
down in the dtreation of ihe Pamui.key.:' Of
course he wilt be strung. up.
1 1
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ADj"OUtV!HEXr. OF CONGRESS.
The two O oases of Congress adjiurned
cn Fridiy Bight las, to meet; again in.'De
eeuiber.; This body did- n-t coma up in all
respeetsi to pub! c. exicita'tiod. '.''Its. mental
clib e was, not such aa. was expected from a
cooa itueniy eo intellectual a that of the
Sou hern ConfeJercy. Io the Con grew of
the old - Union the repre-entation from, the
slaveholding Siaes was always, in jtn tn'il
leotual poiot cf view, far supdrior to that
fri xa the DOQ-Vlaveho!d.ng &ta'j, and- for
th it tenon, perhaps, a Congress repres'-nling
exclu ively .flavehtflding o nstUueneies (Was
expected io pres-nt a larger ' and more'bril
: liant amount of intellect than was shosrn in
'. the one which, has j ist ar?j nroed... Among
: the acts of commission of. this .Congress are
; three very 4Qjpirtat.t ones, which we believe
i will command public coaiaicndation. to,wit :
.; Tne.TxaiiD: Ac, the-Currency Act, and
; :tbe Act Ugolaiiog impressments. ';. Each of
' these, vitally "iuipu-taiit acts - bavo bcn so
; "f rimed as to jmee"t-; the emergencies of, the
country, apd -will be haileotNiith the appro.
:, bationof all-but .the grumblers, and ; the
comparatively, few whose" -hearts are in the
, Yankee camp, and who would rej'rioa at the
I downfall ' o? "the , Confe'deracv. Per contra,!
j ' I There were two signal ae s tf omissioo'j which
j : wu -tie ua wo US--JIIJ ucpiuicu uj
, th3 country. e' mean,' the fail ure to pasj
'i '
ihis emigration sought tbe Free State, whitb
er. they were attracted by the - absecce of
slavery and the iudoceaaeots of c. ep lands
in the vast and fertile regions of the North
west. ' ThUfv reign element in the frw 8rates
has long ago been sub id'zed by the Aboli
tionists, and helped moit mttenally to bring
about that triumph, .in the election of Lin
coln in which culminated at once their own
success and the dest. notion of the Uuion.
Since the war. began, the broken and disor
ganizid and demoralized ranks of the Yan
kee armies have again and aga'n been filled
up by trans-Atlantis recruits, and at this
moment recruiting on a large scaU is going
on -in trans-A'lantio countries, to enable
. , -,. ... . ...v
Lincblo, when H forces nov, in the field have
been reduced by death in the camps, death
in the field, aud desertion or refusal to re
enlist, to still carry on his war for our sub
jugation or -extermination.' Shall ire thjn
make, under our new government citizens,
men elig Lie to trusts' of honor and emolu
uienr, of mencooiiog from such a quarter a
this?.'; We tcust every eitizen f the Confed
eraey w 11 say, No We trust that every
cit z n of tho Cod ederacy' will, while eeon-
rlig tbe righ's'of all foreign born citizens in
our armies, and who Ate hilling us to fignt
oor bat le, demand that the franchise of be-'
I mg a ci izen of the gouthern; Confcderady
shall not be -o'.eipened as it bat been, and
le 1 uiited, wb the i i exdeption ; wg haVe jait
mentioned, to those who are "native, and to
the ' manor born " ' If 'we ; would tmt?tain
our liberties, this policy is Imperatively de
manded. -!;..; -
tbey eventually carried every position and drove
tne enemy aoout two miles. Jim fuf the interven
tin of ntgbt we should have completed ihe work.
We had captured ;15 pfpces of artillery, by tho
most (jnrinz charges, killed and wounded twn
Brigadier Generals and a very large number of
inferior fficers and? men, es.imated at no let
than 4.000, and captured 400 prisoners ,r including
three tUff officers with servants, carriage anu bag
gage of i!aj. lGen.i McCook. .TUo ground was
literally covered with bis dead and wounded.
In such a conflict our own loss was necessarily
more probably no 1am than 2,500 killed, woun
ded and missing, j Included, i in the wounded
are "Brig. Gen. Cleburne, Wood and Brown, gal
lant and noble soldiers, whose loss will ba so
verely Wt bv their commands.
To MJ ben. Polk, commanding the forces
Maj. Ghu. Hardeo, commanding tbe left wing,
two divisions, MiJ. Gens.r Cheatham, Buck
ner and Anderson, commanding'' division' is.
mainly due the brilliant achievements on this
memorable field. Nobler troops 'were never more
gallantly led.: The country owes them a debt of
A shell was al?o seen to expMde fn group of
offieers, near P: atl f , and such "skedaddling never
was seen.. ' '
- a Yankee battery wa also seen to double quick
Away from its dangerous position wi Jx woaderiuJ
celerity during this fire.
There have been no demonstrations up to this
hour to-day. This morning not a single tannon
has been fired, an J no engagement with small
arms, not even skirmishing has taken place. 1 I
One report has it that the Yankees wbo crossed
at Bt rnard's and Pratt's ve recrufsed and takeu
up tber pontoons. Another statement i that the
Yankees are entrenchii.g in" front of Brnard a
and Pratt's
From the movements on band ; I should not be
surprised if the Yankees at Bernard's and Pratt's
havn recrossed.": Their' tents. however: in.Iarg
numbars, are visible on tbe opposite shore. -The
bolief now. is that the battle will be fought above
rredenckabarg, and in the vicinity ot Ohance:
lorsville. The crossing below town is, in all prob
abilitv, a mere feint. s ' i J'' '
'Everything betokens an early, heavy and deci
sive fight. Toe baggage has beeo sent rearwards;
gratitude which I am sure will be aCkcowkdeed. The hospital flags Can be plainly keen. O ir men'
Ascertaining that the enemy was h eavily rein- are in; their right positions, and the artillery i
furued during the night, I withdrew , my force 'all up." l '7" V
fairly the next morning to, Harrodsburg and During tbe skirmishing at Chancellors vllWjes-
thence to this point. Maj. Gen. Smith arrived at terday, Capt. Piter: Of Gen. Lee's B'ody Giir rd,
Harrodsburg with most of iiis forces and With nd Lieut. Walihrop are reported to have been'
iMutvu urn urtk uiy , 1 1UIU, 1, auU yeSierQY I nvuuuru,iuu wing wur iir u,g ui-u .Iliou.
I withdrew: tbe wbo e to this point, tne enemy
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1
f.Iloinsrslowly, bat not pressing us. ""Mr future
movements cannot be indi -ated, as they will de
pend in a great measure on those of' the enemy.
. . The campaign here was; pre dicated, on a belief,
and the must positive assurances, that the people
f Ibis country wuld rise eh masse to assert their
independence. No people bad ever so favorable
an opportunity, hut I am distressed to add, there
is little or ho disposiion to avail; themselves of It
W l.ifg, perhaps, to ssert"tbeir . independehor-,
they are neither disposed nor wiling to risk, their
lives or ineirproperiy m iu achievement. With
In the rriiesing i Pratt's I bear that the Haior
or Lieut. Col. of the Sixth Louisiana was wound-'
ed and ma Je prisoner, and avme fourteen pi ivates,
b side a good number of the 1 3. h' Georgia. 1 The
crossing at thir point Was hotly contested.-
At Bernarv's, however, the Yankees got over I
hear, and surprised the picket-, a part ol Col ne.
McDowell's regiment, tbe fault being; it is a I leg
id, in the captain cornmaudinsr the picke,' who,
though often appr'ard that tbe Yankees were nwJk-.
I"g a great noise in front tbe togbeiog at thv
time too heavy to see any thine failed to take' anv
precautions, and bis mien,-when surprised, were
-th; bill fprVthe
all aliens
h AAteVlMlAn a
vvurvtivtivu v
i within the conscription agein tho Confede-
raey, ard the bill to repeal the naturalization
' laws. The conscription of alien residents is
. regatded by a vast majiri'y of the rjeoplo as
j .eminea ly jul and fair. These alien resi-
I deats are living. in our midst and enjoying
1 the protection of oor laws. Many of them.
without rtak4o lifeor imb, are accumulating
large fortunerby ex tor "ion, speculation, and
. unlawfal intercourse :witb our enemy. They
I ! have no rjcrmaneni stake in thi fortunes of
i t ,- . - . .
; W- the country on whose woes and necessities
they are battenings and when the timear-
3
5 : . rives at which theirintre3tx
rill prompt them
:4
v , to do 8o,hey AwiU depaf with; the weaLh
wrong from our nece-sities for their "fader?
laud," and. leave to natives and naturalized
cuwmbst the bag of: heavy taxation to. hold:
Xbla Is the programme of nine out of! ten ot
DAMAGED STATE COTTOX.
Some time sines . we" stated that several
hundred bales of cotton, puiohased for the
State, was .lying in a very exposed condition
at or near ' Camp Mangam, aod that it had
remained in that coudi'ion during the heavy
and oontiuued rains of February' and March
ample means to arm. 20.000 men, and a force with I found with unleaded guns.
maiiuiij wruii-enj iueoiaie, we nave not yet
issued half the arms1 left us by casualties incident
td the campaign.' "; f 4r. ' -
; - lam, very t eepectfuHy. . ,
Your obedient servant." "
' BRAXTON BRAGG,
5- ! '-; -Genensl. Commanding.
V To Adjutant General, Richmond, Va. : ; .'
EXPECTED FINANCIAL TROUBLE IN
KTT KOPR
The New York Journat of Commerce remarks
tho about the position of matters io Europe :
The! prophets in Great Britian have sneered
over much at our .financial troubles, but from
present appearances they are quite as likely to be.
iwjana wt uiuuicu luus criui as XuCir
more reckless cousinion this side of tbe water.
The tiade with India for riner nbs leave iliam
tU" Wi v MVU a difloitof overlltty million u-ilars, to he W
without a partiole of shelter. . .The Baleigh jout in specie; and the continued arHval of cotton
Standard, wi.h i:..,uU;pert.nd ipudt SSS: 3'.i'4-!"?I'"!2?':
' . t . - ' . "44. i .1 J ).- - ,'.."--4. .i 4. UUIIEI w- inr
uu xg.iu ui viui.u, auriuawca our Biaxoment j nouung out suver, ana w no swallow all sent
to "malice," and said that the auhorites were
ai rapidly as possible sheltering the cotton.
This was week's ago, aod yet we learn thaf as
lae as tho latter part of la.t week, no: shel
ter was qver this cotton. sThere were some
posts stuck up, but no plauks or any other
oovering over the cotton; :.Tbis cotton has
4,
been much damaged. ' Tbe lower tier of bales
was not high coon
nut of tho. necessary circulation' of air, and
The Yankees constructed their boats on tbelr
side ot the river, and. threw v them around by the
use of oars, so quickly, that bu little effeciive re-
The balloons of the .Yankees were up all day j
occur, a ihmk beiora ounday. Toe cuunfy may
rely that, when it dr.ea come, 'our at le Generals.
and brave, reliant army, will befulty tqual to th
. Jl . -a lift. t.f '.
uv raiiaons oi -ngnung'tie:" -. - i r.
From above I learn .tbatStuart bas been .quite
active,. and has taken one hundred and sixty pris
oners, representing three different army corps.
A prisoner taken last night, says the enemy
nave aireaay cross ea over iorty mouaana men. .
Not a gun has heen fired to-day. Everything
is renjarKaiy q-o. ; ice roaas are Dtflftg ranicjy
dried by the sun's rays', and the fight cannot long'
oe aeierreu,.u, muetu, me xanxeesmean nght.
e T.T r. i '
ior or iu Carolina. -I ak.lfVa. .'"wriLi.-
Letters were read rrbm 'President Dtvisnd V"Pl8er"' "
ent.' Also from a numbej of trenilamen distui- V:, ' - -
guishedio edueattohal matterttw : '?
The Chairman read a Mter frm; the ladies ot
Atlame, Ga in reference to the "Home cf In valid
A cnstituuon for the. Association was then- re
ported, the committee deeming it inexpedient to
frame b -laws at thiss'age of tbe proceeding'.
A committee was appointed to nominate per ma
nent officers, and tbe Convention adjourned till
dbi. uurniDg v s, m. . v
The commit too on permanent 'organizition re
ported tbe following nominations for officers : .
President Rev. J.! L. Reynolds. D. IK, Pro-
fesj-or Roman Jiterature, South Carolina Co 1-
M.323
leg-'
to
them without a promise or. disgorging a dollar,
will be found a very' different task from buvimr
of the Yankees and paying in surdries at a hand
some profit. It is true that a large amount of
linelUh capital heretofore sed in the tT. S has
bfen drawn bome.and a still greater amount add-'
ed by the timid' Americans who feared to leave
their all la their native land amid these scenes of
commotion and bloodshed; and this will partly
bridge over the English difficulty. .But it will
not five permanent relief; and it onr " Acuities
should be settled, and this money called Lack, the
gh from the ground toad- pinch inlheXtlUfimeneymarket would beany-
the consrquence is that the cotton has rotted, predict the suspension of the Bank of England
This is the wayln which the People's money - ore lhe clo"of this year; but whether .this
- , - . J , , . - - . oc-nrs or not, u is certain that there will be suffi-
goes while . m the hands of the "coroserva- ctent stringency over there to turn the attention
lives," the men who take" care of and tre- h 'meward which la now occupied concerning
- .. ' , - ; J ' American afftirs. -France maysbsre in, tbe same
serve every ihiog, and hate-destrocuvea" trouble, m her impru from new avenbes of ttade
With such a holy horror. This cott.n, we ,fe no been counterbalanced by exporta of
presume, wa. bought to b. drawn aaainst fo l llSST to
P. S. J ust as the cars are abott ti Start heavy
a . . -ana ' - s
nnng is neara (owaraa reaencaaourg. a.
The Tvichmond Examiner says! 'J,'
: The passage of'the Rtppai annnock on Wed
nesday was a feint, he bulkpf (the 'Yazrkee
army moved Up the river while the.' Confederate
attention ws nxed' on, tho detachment 4 which
s 1 T "T . 1.---r4- -.-..'-. " - . .
naa vrovceu bv ugvv .nun.-, ado ; aeiacnment ' was
.th tn withdrt w i. to Stafford. 'Meanwhile Hook
er passed the Rappahannock at Kelly's and other
fords, marcbed-tbrough that portion of Culpeper
which fills tLe fork of the river tilt he reached the
Kapidcn - at German n a I alilli and Ely's Ford,
skirmif bed with our cavalry near Chancellorsville
and having gotten posaesfcion of that place is said
to have teacbed point very near to Spotsylvania
Court Houe. ' . ' Vj ' f--. w XJr?" I
'-. ' The line of battle baa been completely .chang
ed. .It stretch- t from Ely Ford, on the Ripi-
dan, to Spotsylvania Ci url Hjuse. jTha Fuderaf
army is now. on the sotf ihside of both branches
oi lhe Kippanannoclr, and its front u paralle!
? . t . I .. . T - .. ." .1
who voe rauroaa from j TeaertcKSDurg to R-ch-mond.
Itis oppn the flank, and nartlv u Don the
rear, of the.position defended by tbe army Under j
Lae in lasVDecember. . , 1,,!? 4
According to this statement which we eonsiaier
exavtv Hookelr
VtcePresidenisW. T. Davis; Principal Smith .
ern Female college, Pteraburg, V. ; U-jvC. H,
Wiley Superintendent Com.nion ,SjOo Ij'','-' North
Carolina ; B. W. Gibbes., Suutd Cnrtjina a J
S oddard, Ga. ;'VY.'H.Stra.t6'3, Louisiana ; S. T
Peace, Alabama. '';'- '' .. X--' ' - '
Jiecoi ding Secretary -T. Sumner Stevens, Prin-
iCipatt une ville Academy, Gwr
Corresponding SecictaryYf J. Palmer, rin-
IJcipal North Carouna i Institute, for Djaf, Dumb
land tbe Blind, i , v ?i
Treasurer Lieut. J. B. 'Patrick, of Arsenal
;Military .Academy. S. C. . . - r n
A resoiuiion offred by Dr, J. ,H. Gibb-p, of
.Charlotte, to introduce the Constitution of th
Confederate States into the schools as a text book ;
as referred. , ,-,fS.'- -:-x,x' xix'.
I The remainder of the session was spntin elicit
5ng information in' reference to the faoifities for
obtaining a supply of text, books. X .
i'lS-ven additional delegates were reported... , -
4.u vuaTeufciuu aujourneu mi p. m.
We subjoin the letter of President Davis read
o the Conventon:': . .. . -ir-'c
i i A vExpcutivsv OvriCE,:
r f: Richmonii.' Va , April 22," 1863 '
fe'ssrs C H. Wiley J. Dl Campbell and W. J.
V pati&rfJtateighi &C v.' N ':':'--- 'f' ' '
Gkntlxiikn:! have the honor to acknowl
edge, you r v in v itation to attend a meeting to , V
held in Columbia, b. C., .to deliberate upon the
best method' of supplying text bookt 'for scbo l
. t'--.; ...
ana college, and promoting" tne progr s ! edu
cation in the Confederate States. The object cu d
maads my fullest sympathy, and has for man
years attracted. my earnest consideration.-? . -
It would be difficult to over-.3stiuiate the ir uu-
ence of primary books in the promotion of char
acter, and the development Of mlnd. i Ojr f.rih ot
Government is only adapted to, virtuous an J in
ellient people, and there can be no more imiiera
tvr duty ot. ihe generation which is passihgaway,
tian that of. providing for. the. m-rl..intellec ual
and rel gi us culture of those wbo.aie to i-uco ed
tbem. As a general propo-iwiori, it may, I think,
bp safely asrted that all tu,e greatness rests upon
virtue," and that religion is in a people the source
ana support of virtue.'. The first Jm rewions on
the youthful mind are to ita subsequent current ol
bought what the springs , are to Jhe n ver they
farna,.and I ! j ice to know that the task 61 pre
serving these educational . spiiags in. purity ba
fetm devolved uponmenaO well quafifi d.to secure
tQe uet-trea result, r have only to regrei my inab 1
ity ta meet you because it deprives me ol tue pleas
ure your aaociauon would give.
;j i a mj oesbv wisces, x am very respeciuiiy,
;r, ieiiow-ciuzwi. " r
JEFFERSON ,DA VIS.
.1
turntd. the fsuapus hills tf
? 1 a a
iLj YANKEE ESTIMATE OF GEN. STER
:I ; '.mx' LINGrPRlOEi?:p:f- -4The
Yankees seem to have a drea'diof 'eTen ihe
naloae oftfiis Cor federate General in ' Missouri.--The
LonisvH.e (Ky X Democrat has the following
crjfof warning to its Government T - -
'' The na'pe of the rebel General, Sterling Pricaj
Is now the -rallying cay of the rebels sou -h west of
tht Mfsissipt)i.' ,He has lately; yiaitfd Richmond
ana been empowered with all the aathontji ha d
tnandea: am now he bo ds exclusive command
over the department west pf the: Mississippi rivef.
"ujno iii m1'1 jcpivn- kuc iijupiea in,
flicted on the rebtl cause by tbe mh-management
ui y f.. u Muioa iiiu uinuman, wnu ,na ve oeen
seni east of the .Mississippi. YV.vi'.f.iiv,-.,?'' :
'-Sterling Price is the m at fbrmtdabia man t ha
uoTOiiuiiuu wuiu present to tne irderal cause in
MjsHmri He is bold and able, and e j ys tbe
implicit confidence1 of hij followers. . Missouri
must now be watched " Will he be allowed to ar-
pitwvu uer u-iruuH who any vuing iiice a respecta
ble army 1 "If any man can work apparent im-
possbilttieain Louisiana. Arkansas, and Missouri.
that man is Sterling Price. :r -4 '-b Xi
it; is the command be now has that he has at
J sought, and it is s part of the relisr'ous fanh
of the weakest aa wll as the wickedest Sectssion-isuv-who
still to the number of ten ot thousands
iahabu Missoaritbat Sterling Pride is the fore-
orcWned leader who A;ill yet saise the triumphant
nainex oi wie 0-iinernv Confederacy over., that
."...I.:... 12
20
72
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TOtal 101
Total, oiSfawtn-irs and syliiig veseis...., ...4s7
; The fl et in commission exceeds thatf Eng
land by' fifty Vessels: v" O'er 40,000 men' are Serv-'
:' ing - in ' ttiatHS'.fivessehi'. . X .vx ? i'-'.
- Nothir g more signally iru?trates he prowess
ana energy f ibe Conlederaies than thi magni
tude of tbe array "wbiclwhas thba bHerf brought
against thena, and , which they have iuccessfully
wi bttood. " ; - '"x) ": ''. -;. . .' j , . : i
More tnin T urteen hundred thou ad teen in
arm, by Jand and by sea, an4 thoroughly equip
ped, have b'on precipitated upon us. '" What oihr
peple,' with a nk por ulaiiun, bdt- eVer hurled '
back such a shock ? And to qiote the. language
of a great Southern orator, in ano ber connecii n,
,wo have not only withstood it,7 but this day we
stand not Only unbroken, but uhawed,Unbeut, un
tdrrified. j . T-J,". i... ''. i ' . .' .
Aod the ktbryis-ltit haiFtoldwbenjwe reoite
tbe nu tubers that have been sent against as. The
Van itcea, with their wonderful, talent at loul
suekbc, which thoy call free speech, have talked
uf tho Confederates having stolen l! is fort and
that lor-, and tola or that magazine of arms.' Con- .
-iuerg the milt ary q iipnient of the late Ui.ion
a c m m stock, in wnich buth stcions bad am
tquitabie roporionate interest, ihe Yabkees'stole
liearly a.l or .our share. They stole otpr share of
the army and navy; and they Stole oui shaie of
warlike munition?, save such as were in some of
our.ofcn toit3.?Tbey stole even some of our most'
tmoi'tant forts i anxLcommenced the wir with all
tni su atolen advantages against us J, No. wonder
ibe raise the cry 61 S.op ibiet I " It Is tbe old
cry of adept". vTn.e8tf.suleoHd vantages gavelhem -the
seas, and excluded us from them, r 'ibey have
thus had tne nai kets ol the wwrld IromT which to
draw.at pleasurejnVe have bad to ropafr to them
under great .disad van tage,nijd bad, at fi.rti no.
uianulaciures of our own on which to (fall back.
Uur eiiemi-s then rushed upon us as the Jian rush
ed upon SainsoO. Like Sauoti, we had. nothing
in our band wh n the furious wild beaet roared
ngainkuvtut we, to , hava u .cceded iri escaping
.uedesUfiedu- S-rueiion.,.! It not wonrjeijut J LA
us thai.k GjkI ana taaecourage I ; j .
W e haie nut space to-day oshow that tbe ene
my bath no 'more that he can da ajgai.it Uf.- We
iave felt hi fixtrchye p wer,,anu still live
Henceforth thl ttfirw lll weaken! ' Let ua re
jou laliiura. ; QkI has man if wily aided Our Cau ;
nd Deo vinUicef' we mltst and foill o qui 1 ;
.,Y'.-- h H y-"'1''." T Richmond Stoitintl.
.j - H Printer Wanted. : i
WANTED Ai TL118 Or'r A GOOD
Cotnowaitwr. ' Fur a goia buoa and jup luuia ws
i A . py tae hignest wiges. ' ' T . '
I 1ST OF tETTEK'lfliai AIDING. UW
' MA alld fur' in'Hbe KaleLrh V oat .' Omce. Way
., ,69.w ino pataa oa arertUea loiters tr
ata eaca i f
Alien, Garland'..
.Arey, Farney 1 1 ,
c road well, J alms
Bowman, Abel
liru'wn, "Missft B.
Casey, J no if
;i-'i
MeCullers,pollyj
McCailutMt, Mu Bailie
Moore, Col W U
Miller, Capt AltXinder
MeMaUr, WJW.-I
Nowj11. 8 II
Crp'nter, Miss Sarah 2 ' Potter, Mrs Martha Aaa
Uaaa, Ola. Miss Phee P. Fickard, Miss Lyula I
Cooke, MUsearah " ' Piekett, Miss oarne Va
ClaraViMT --t r ' Farlab, Jn L. j
Uanipier, Mrs Elisabeth Ba iey, Mr Settle
JTQreaa,- lr V P - Ki n rdaon, F It
Uates, Miss 'Jenny v r JSoweil, Jamea Cv
Uraham, CapUin Joseph Simpson, Lewis
liladsbn. Mary AV . Kmith. Cnllen
iliuton, James ,: . v . , Shaw, Mrs Mary A
Hodge, H AM " a ' . - . Thbipen, L Kennth
House, Wiley: vWV - Terrell, jmaa S 4' '
Jones, Mrs Julia . ' WiUUms, W Hv J.
King, J,hn C ' WUlUmi.MisS'Safah li'
Mrtchai, i ni'V r; - Wyatt.U. Yu '-, X - '
Mcintosh, N P ' Woodiest, J f . ' h
May41tY;4:ffH. .:(frWx
S iX ' -.: - -
mUC X.VBHATla.v oP-THE STfJ
'JL dents o- tne University cf North Carolina will be-
afa on Monday the 25h inst , and eonUuae annl-the
day of the College Cjminenceinent, Tharsdaythe4U.
t June.'1, ;r vi ;' '' ' -J m X-
. The Committee Visitation for the' year. 1862, eoa
sieU of, .-'.. . s .'r? f . . '
- xtm i '.nUVzjiZ;B .VANCE, j : ;
. :r- ;li?.h ,.i Gov, ot .the btate, aad-JEa .Ojfiioi ?A
j, .jaes'sei tbe Board of Triplets, j
. Roni DAVID L. 8WAIN,' L. L' O , j
.. .- s , Praa'tof the Caller. '.fH
Taoxas 8. Ashs, I . '. . wiiLrair Laaoaa,
WitLiaw W. Avsat. 1 Bar. B. Mooaa,
.uamau n. j4aajaea ; Auru.u. ramii
Kaar P.BATttx, . -'.D.avjDS.Raio,
WiuiAJi. A. Bhovnr, '
Thomas Baaee,,.
li BO KG B JT. JUiFlDSOW,
WiiLrair Kate sr. Ja,v
Beaeas F Uairaaa,
Jaaas P. E. Uxasr, ,
WiLbIA v W. Holdx,
FaAK.Ma K."Haasa. .
, E iaiJAS V. PiLaaj . ' ' '
DaWirTC.6Taa l
JosHMTaTiai
Ma L..Wioois,
icbolasL. Wiluaxs
All other Traataaa of th University who may it-
tend will be eonsiierei meesbers of tLts CoSaoiiitee.
: i ; CilA. aA.1lii. Beeresa i
May 4th, 1863- May
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