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I f - J-i-r t r : s--- ., .---T LL-V:" : 1. "-- "s i' . L ' 'c;.;K'.HI4J..if..: .i. : , F - A. V I I i r - 1 I t 7 . VOL. LXIII ItAtElGH; WED f" -a3 a ?stjs"- -' ' - . - .' i .-ST --'1 - - , ' 1 ' - I . . 1 f ? llii 4 -. r i JNO. W. SY3IE, Editor and Proprietor. Iftvup'a bj partjr to lire like brother!. , ;. , SATURDAY MORNING, MAY J3, 1865. FllOSf MISSISSIPPI. . We get little from Mississippi to relieve tho anxietj which ia o intense jyf el t about matters and things in that reg-iori. Things in that qaarter are decidedly in a fog, through which we can discern bat very little. That Pemberton'a battle with the enemy,' although gallantly fbugMfreaoItelQ defckrdf ;ar troops, cannot bo doubled. It is probable that before this lie has joined. Johnson, and that all our forces' in Mississippi arepow un: der command of that General, a fajt which will revi?o the hopes of the Cod fe der Joy that Vicksburg-will ye sarTive the stonfl which has so long howled around her, and tb Yan kees be as far as ever from the attainment of their darling object the unlimited coDtroul of the " Father of Waters." The R&eigA "Progress" of yesterday states that Peciber ton had joined Johnson, and that the united forces are within eight' miles of Vickshurg, - but we can find no ground for such a stfcte 'ment nnder the telegraphic or any other Lead of that or any other paper.- The Richmond Examiner of Thursday speaks thus hopeful ly of affairs in Mississippi : In the meantime, while the line of dofeoce Sonth of Vickjburg is teing reorganized, the 3t uation of the enemy is' desperate, and must fce 4j (ermined rrj toon bj a decisive battle. "UoHs many miles from his depo'.s Of tupplies ; his lida has weakened by the great extension hehAs male of it ; and his forces must soon be reduced by tfie expirations of the terms of enlistment of mans of hu troops. We hare still reason tj an tici rale sacctss -in the future battle for Vicksburci and shall vol have more when we shall be assured, that Gen. JoassoK has active command of our.1 forces, aad the practical direction of the Musisrli sippi campaign. Notwithstanding Gen Temberi-y toes disaster, there is as yet nothing ceriouftlj dis couraging in the aspects of the campaign. The nemj is still confronted by a formidable army on & line twenty miles dUtant from Vicksburg; the city is not only atroogly fortifltd, but provisioned for a longseige ; and a battle more important tl an has yet been fought, and probably more than one, rembins to decide the long contested' palm of the MutLisippi. THE VERY LATEST I VICKSBURG CLOSELY BESEIGED1 Fronrthe rotate Journal Extra, May 22. FKOil VICKSBUEQ. Mobile, May 21. " The special reporter to the Rrgister and Adver tiser, sends from Jackson, on Tuesday, the latest from Vicksburg. In the fight of Saturday, we lost thirty cannon, spiked and abandoned. On Sunday, the i ederala advanced to take possession of the Big Black Bridge. They were repulsed, but crossed higher up and took us In the rear. The bridge was burned and the Works abandoned. The loss was heavy. Gen.' Lortng has assumed command at Jack son. ' Vicksburg ia closely beseiged. The enemy is closing in on every side. THE BRIDGE GUARDING. ! Citixenjof Kaleigb, in parties of four, are now cooling their shins by standing guard over the railroad bridges in the vicinity ef this place. - Well, every man to his taste. Jlad we been liable to be called out under the militia law, we should cheerfully have obeyed any summons to do militia duty ; but if, instead of being called upon to do militia duty, we had been summoned to do police or ' guard duty over bridges owned by corpora tions abundantly able to havo their property watched or guarded, we would have politely deolined the honour, and if arrested for so doing, would have favoured our cap-J tors with that bolus which has snob charms in certain quarters, a writ of habeas corpus, and thus, have tested the power of Governor Vance tA confiscate the time and labour oT citizens, cot for the welfare of the Sta'e or country, but for tho benefit of the property of corporations who are making money hand over hand. To repel Yankee raids upon bridges and other property, the militia should be promptly oalled out ; but this guard of four men to a bridge is evidently not de signed for any such purpose. They are noth ing, but watchmen forced to guard property that doea'nt belong' to them, .and to do it witbout fee or reward. . - DEATH OF AN. AGED CITIZEN. We are grieved .to announof'the death of Oapt; Stephxn SrxPHiiisoN, one of the old est and most respected citizens of Wake County. He died at his residence on TueJ "day last, of a cancer on the tongue, inTne sixty-seventh year of hisge Capt. Ste phenson was. one of the oldest subscribers on the list of, this paper, he having taken it for forty-one years in succession. DRY WEATHER. We begin to fear that we are in a pro tracted droughC The'wind, after being at theNorthfor some days, and 'giving us un seasonably cool weather, has got to the West, where it seems determined to tarry. The wheat and oats in sdme localities are begin ning to feel tbVeffec'a of the dry weather, and Indian corn and -garden vegetables are decided!? jet back. CAPTAIN; ELLIOTT'S EXPLOIT There; is something refreshing in thg gal lant and well-matured exploit of Captain Elliott, an account of which we publish to day." Our military adventures in the East ern part of this State have, for the most part, been strangely, barren of striking incidents We say "strangely" barren, because it is a country so nearly similar .in topographical features to that which was the theatre of the feats of Marion and Sumter.during the Rev olutionary war, that we 'looked, but looked in vain, for similar exploits during the pres ent war.- - i ' A, BATTLE IN THE SOUTH WEST DE FEAT OF GEN. PEMBERTON. . The following dispatch has been received at the War Department, in -..Richmond, from .Gexu J'-S. Camp bktwkbn LlVINtlSTOH AND Brons fc - villk, May 18, 1863. General S. Cooper : Lieutenant General Peraberton was attacked by tho enemy. On the morning of the 15th instant, near Edwards' Denot. and, after nine hours' fighting, was compelled to fall back behind the" - General Commanding. A dispatch from Mobile dated May 19, contains furtter particulars of the battle : ' ' . A special reporter at, Jackson on the 18lh, has sent particulars -of Saturday's fight, from the Ad jutant of the 15tb Mies, regiment, who left Can ton on the night, of the l?th. The battle was fought at Baker's. Creek, about 20 miles west'of Jackson. .We whipped the ene my badly until he was reinforced from Jackson. Pemberton estimates his loss at 3,000, the enemy's at three times that number. Gen. Lorine, on the left, was cut off and cut bis way through "the enemy to Crystal SpriDgs, 25 miles south of Jackson ; his loss is unknown. Gen. TUghman was killed. The refugees from Pascagoula are now coming in daily. Banks has extended the time of their leaving to the 25th inst. ( ' A BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT TWO YANKEE STEAMERS CAPTURED IN NORTH CAROLINA WATERS ALL HONOR TO OUR PARTI Z AN RANGERS. We'bare one of the mojt daring nd brilliant feats of the war to record. On last Saturday, the 16tb, Capt. E. T. Elliott, commanding a, compa ny ofYartizan Rangers with thirty men, captured two Federal steamers in the Chesapeake and Al benaarle' Canal,, and brought them thfdughthe Sound to Franklin, on the Black water, passing on' the waya number of the enemy's gunboats. Capt. Elliott arrived in this city with bis prisoners, some thirteen in number, on yesterday. ;1 In Capt. Elliott's report to the Governor, be says: "I have, the honor to report the capture of the steamers Emily and Arrow yesterday, the former a fine tailing side wheel steamer, and tb-e other a propeller, used on the canal between Norfolk and the Albemarle Sjund, Roanoke Island and- other points. I had conceived a plan of capture some time ago, and yesterday found an opportunity to execute it. About 6. o'clock p. zn.t at the usual hour, the Arrow hove in sightin the Currituck Canal. I made the proper, distribution of my men, thirty in number, and when she came alongside, we baked her and demanded a surrender, which was complied with without resistance. After cap turing the Arrow and knowing that the Emily was lying about two miles below awaiting the ar rival of the Arrow, I took twelve men aboard, de termined if possible tQ secure this prize, and be lieving that it would require a good deal of caution,'-1 placed the Captain of the Arrow in the wheel bouse and required him. to steer up along tide of the Emily as if nothing unusual had hap pened. My plan succeeded, and she surrendered without resistance.. We captured on board the Arrow the officers and meo, numbering eeven, and thirteen on the Emily. Among tkoee cap tured on the Arrow was a Surgeon U. S. Navy. The great haste required gave mo no opportunity of reporting their names. We found no guns on the boats, but a lot of mail bags which are for warded to yon. After 8 o'clock I started for some port to secure my prizes. We steamed all night, passing a large gunboat (the Whitehead) mount ing six guns ; we passed Edenton about daylight, the people believing wo were Yankees. ' In pass ing up the Chowan fivanegroes hailed a?, believ ing c their Northern' allies. I received them on board and immediately dispatched them- to their o wrier, who no doubt have them in a more avail able and certain shape- After a good deal of em barrassment, I concluded to run op the Blackwa ter river,arriving at South Quay abAt one o'clock to-day. I was met by Major Rodman, afterwards by Major Boggs, who assigned Capt. Dobney, an old officer of the Navy, to the command oL the boats, and sending mv prisorers to Franklin, we started to the latter plactf,arriving there at about 10 o'clock. Bat few ar tides, except supplies for the crew, were found on board. The Arrow is valuable on account of her machinery, which is said to be fine by the Engineer who was assigned me by Maj Boggu. The Emily is valuable for heri machinery as well as hull, which in ..my opinion and that of officers stationed here,' "would make a valuable gunbovt. " The following are the names of the prisoners as registered at the Provost Marshal's Office in this 'cityiGea W. Howland Peter Ford, .William Salt, Ambrose Brown; Albert, Brown, Seneca Young, EdwaxdVan Aken.J. Jester, Albert Par sons, of New York, Levi Bennett, Hyde county, Buffaloe ; Rob't E. Taylorv Joel Jones, X3eo. H Everett, Pennsylvania.Daiy Progress.. Niwbirn Itxm& -The New York "Wrld publishes a letter from Newborn, N. C, dated May 6tb, from which we extract the follow ing1 ' .. " ' A sensation vras created hereby the marriage this moming.of Charles JW. Lawreace, of Boston, a member of tie 44th .Massachusetts, to the ac complished daughter of Israel Disosway, a bank er in . Newborn.., After making a transfer of his property to tho bridegoom, the father left our lines with J other disloyal citizens.- . ' Nearly 12,000. men, belonging to the two years and nine months regiments in this department, will soon be mustered 'but of the service. It is hoped that the patriotism of the North will ler-T ceive the propriety of raising a fund to promote enlistmenta in loyal North Carolina. 'regiments. The U. S. transport Long Island, Captain Phillips, accidentally took fire on the evening of the 30th ult'., and was entirely destroyed., Arbivzd, The steamer Eugenie arrived here yesterday from England via Bermuda, load td on Government account. She is a handsome vessel. . Also the steamer Emma, from Nassau,' got in night before fast, with an assorted cargo en pri vate account: Wl. Jonv C. -i'-f' , , SKCKSSI0irTIL.tB, C-S. A,Y J r- vUllay.. 1st,. i863.;-f J.:.i Mr, Editor V Since the full moon in March last all estray No. of the Raleigh Standard was taken' up in. this village and advertised according to la w No owner appearing to claim this ixmservativt bu ffato t sheet, it was duly appraised at i three cents less ! than nothing, and committed I to the flames pro bono publico: 1 Acting : as one of the appraisers; Lfelt it my duty to glance over its con tents for the purpose of ascertaining its value, and my a ttenllon'was arrested by '.the following; : start-lingtpropositioo--"That the federal government had never violated the Constitution of tho United States. , Vex hces'U faueibus cofe sieteruni. In eomjany with ibis bovine, was fyund a' yearling bull cal f,marke on the h a I The Daily Progress. .It was distressing to hear the bleating of this little animal-sheet whonit witnessed the conflagration of its progenitor.; Iu ' incessant ; cries assembled all the cattle of! the place-when they snuffed the ashes orthefr defunct kind. un, wnat a oe-iewr ingwbellowing. ' The town constable; by order of the Mayor, was required to scrape up the ashes and pour water on the p!ce to prevent a repeti tion of the scone and noise. The calf has been committed to the care of an old dairy woman in JheJeountrywith a-positive injunction,, and a promise on her partpthaVltshall be emasculated at tho proper age, to prevent fhe crossing of our stock by the buffalo breed. So much tor the ani mals themselves.1 j : I will now recur to their"oar-marks. I had not supposed, Mr. Editor, that there was a man in all Yankeedom, notwithstanding the innate fondness of the tribe for lieing, certainly not in the South ern Confedei acy, so destitute of character, reputa tion and respect for himself as to venture the as sertion that the federal government bad never vi olated he Constitution of the United States, I will not trouble you, sir, and the readers of your paper now the boldest and mostfearlejs advocate of Southern rights published in the State, in ex-j-posing the corruptions of that miserable Conser vative party against which you are so nobly conf tending with the enumeration of all the viola tions of the Federal Constitution by the Congress of the TJ nited States, from its adoption to the time of the dissolution of the Union. I will only men tion a few, by way of nailing another lie of Hol den's to the counter. The Alien and Sedition laws passed during the administration of the elder Ad ams were they not violations of the Constitu tion ? Dii the latter amount to an abridgment) the liberty of speech and freedom of the press? Was not the'Missouri restriction of 1820 a viola tion of the Federal Constitution ? It has been sol emnly decided by the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States in the Dred Scott case, tDat Congress had no power to impose any such condition as that df the 8th section of the act of Match 6th, 1826, excluding slave property from all the territory North of the line of 36 deg. 30-min. North lati tude. Was not the admission of the territory of California in the Union as a free, sovereign and independent State, the greatest violation of the Constitution of the United Stales ever perpetrat ed? .Considering all the circumstances, it was as great a violation as ever was or can be perpetrat ed. It, in fact, involved every conceivable prin ciple of violation of the Constitution and of civil liberty. I shall not undertake to relate the cir cumstances of this transaction. i It was denounced at the time by the Editor of the Standard as a gross and palpable infraction of the compact an assumption of power dangerous to the liberties of the people, and he now has the impudence to aisert that the federal anlhorities have never been guilty of violating the Constitu tion. This false assertion was intended as a death blow to the doctrine and right of secession. I have mention xl three palpable and flagrant violations of the Constitution by jthe Federal government.- These are sufficient to convict Holden of intention al ialsuhood and nail his last-lie to the counter, un less he has been guilty of another, and he never publishes a paper without telling more than oaeor two, Bince I saw his jjper. -But, Mr. Editor, let us return to the bull calf. We were invited the other day by. the old dairy woman to witness his Progress, and we found it bearing on its front the following inscription : "AFTER A "STRONG" GOVERNMENT." "It is evident that there is a party' in Congress, and a party outside, that are bent on a "strong" government or in other words, a party that are trying to fasten a despotism upon the South as odious and as despicable as any that opprees the sufferers of the Old Vorld.wJlA grosser slander, a more outrageous" libel, a baser lie, a more'unmlt igkt6& 8candalumft7iagnatum, was never spoken ,r written or published against the South by Har riet Beecher Stowe, the author of Unce Tom's Cabin, Hinton Rowan Helper, Wendell Phillips, Gar rison, S lade and -company. I defy the -writer of the article above quoted, the Editor of the Pro gress, who published it, or any other Untbnm Con servative in the State: to name a single man, or party of men, a single press in the South, now ad vocating the establishment of;a "strong govern ment a despotism, &c. The author of this infamous change, no doubt, prefers living under the federal government, Lin coln's despotism, to th enjoyment of freedom un der the Confederate Government. I strongly sus pect that he.has already avowed his preference and declared himself in favor of reconstruction. Iam confident that. hevwoujd not receive Confederate money for debts due him by honest debtors, and that Be has advised others not to take this curren cy, upon the credit of which depends the salvation of the South. Such sentiments as these have been avowed in Rsleigb, publicly, and I can prove it. Men holding and giving publicity to such, de serve the contempt LofaTl - loyal i true- hearted Southerners. They should be considered and treated as traitors, tpiesr buffaloes of the fist watery avoided by all honorable man, hated and despised by the women of the South, jeered by the negroes or their "meanness, imbecility and-eowardice"-i-handed down to posterity as aiders and abettors of the .Yankees buried When they die, as dogs on the commons. Hell itself contains no viler wretch than ; the man who I asserts that this war was brought on by the conductor act of the South. Tbe present ravilers of original secesionists f refer to day, submission to the Nortb,rather than a- further prosecution of the war, wbich"will ioon result in the achievment ot our independence and U its attendant bkifigfc I have not the com mand of language that will enable me a draw correcti peopiciare of the miscreaiits wW'Mve been grumbling, finding fault, trying to throw ot sUcles and difficulties In the way of the govern mant-rUicisjng our generals and military -con ii-. manders ; ever since ? the commencement of our difnculties. 1 r':"'.;''vVyvivl;:;i ; ,? Mr. fedifor, let me give you another: extract from, the same rUcle : rWa often hear people, uwcu yui gooaoiq freedom-loving SUteof .North Carolina," lalking about a strong governmen don'l Iwtieve in .freedom of thepress and speech &c I challenge and def v the writer the above-not the Editor.for no one euspect j hi of writing anything for the paper to give the name tf any man In the State as having made the declaration charged. Jt there be such a mobster io the SUte, his name should be given, that the penile may know their enemies and! tranish. them t accordlnglj. aTfjne'ihiog t"am Iquite certaitf, and that is, should the Editor or writer of the ar Hole under review, give the name of the fellow who don't believe in the freedom of the press and of speech jit will turn out that he belonged toUlie old Onion now. Conservative-said not to the Secession party, yclept by the submusioniats "deatructivos.". What tho writer m the Progress was probably hitting at on the subject of a strong government, may be found in the Richmond Enquirer notlong since. The Editor of that paper, expressed the opinion that "IF were fighting to resist the inva sion of a foreign enemy, and for that only; -We thought it was to cot off forever all connection with an alien and despised race of people,-and hereafter to govern ourselves here aa independent i and Sovereign Confederate Nations." "To'atlain this great end of our struggle" (our independence) the Editor goes on to say, "we do avow that we would willingly vest in tbe'Presi dent (Jeff. Davis) (for And during the war) not the power of suspending the habeas corpus only, but the power of life and death aho, with summa ry drum-head justice. n?De gustibus nonestjiis' putandunx. I prefer living under President Da viV administration of the Confederate Govern ment, notwithstanding he may be authorized to suspend the writ ot hahcas corpus during the re cess ot Congress, or during the war, in preference to the administration of Lincoln. To gainour in dependence of an eternal separation from the North,!! am willing to undergo many hardships and privations; We have had some violent spe cimens of Lincoln's despotism his1 object is our subjugation, the confiscation ef pur property, our enslavement. All who would 'avoid this calami ty, should be willing to invest President Davis with 'some discretionary power to be exerted in cases of emergency to prevent it. I repeat, in conclusion, that the man w o ex. pressed the opinion that any portion ot the people In the! Southem Confederacy are in favor of a strong; government or opposed to the freedom of the press and of speech (outside of the Conserva tive party) is a liar and a traitor ; and that who soever holds the South responsible for this war is no better. South Carolina sent Commissioners' to .Washington to propose an amicable adjustment the purchase of United States property within her borders. Virginia, during the session of her Con vention sent a delegation to Washing totf, The Peace Cosgress failed in their'eflorlt to arrest the bloody edict of coercion- All this establishes the truth of my "assertion. . BEEH I VE, THE NORTHERN PRESS ON THE DEATH : OF STONEWALL JACKSON. ' ; We are enabled to give fuller extracts from the Northern jress ,written after the receipt of the intelligence of the death of Gen. Jackson. The Herald says: By Intelligence we published yesterday from, Richmond, via"Hooker's army on the Rappahan nock, our readers have learned that the celebrated Stonewall Jackson died on Sunday last, partly from pnuemonia and partly from the effects of the amputation of his arm, rendered necessary by a wound he received in the battle on Sunday be fore The interment was to have taken place on Tuesday last. This event is a serious and an ir reparable loss to the rebel army ; for it is agreed on alt hands that Jaekson was the most brilliant rebel General developed by this war. From bis coolness and .sagacity, rapid movements and stub bornness in the fight, and his invariable good fortune, he resembled Napoleon in his early career more than dors any other General of modern times. According to the estimate formed ; of him .hy the, Richmond Enquirer, the special organ -of Jefferson-"Davisr the loss is greater to the rebels than if they had lost whole division of their army. Their victory at Chancellorsville is, there fore, Nearly bought : To Jiim was largely due the victory a,t the -first fight at Bull Run. Here he received his nick-name of "St one we1' " from the firmnessVwilh which he and his regi. t fought. His raid through: the valley of the benandoah was a, masterly stroke of strategy for while he b-ont TVfcDowell'a and Banks's corns emoloved. land struck terror at Washington, by a rapid re trograde movement he appeared on the battle field, in the seven dayf fight On the Qhickahomi ny, to turn the scale just at the critical moment, while McDowell was rum jest, like Patterson at Bull Ru'n Again, wheq7 Pope was retreating from the Rapidan and the Rappahannock, Jack json, by forced marches, gained his flank, caused terrible confusion, and obtained vast spoil. Lastr ly, at the battle of An tietam, after capturing Harper's Ferry, ha turned upon the right' flank of our army in time to repulse Hooker, save the remnant of Lee's force, and prevent the battle from becoming a ront. Whereverl Jackson arP, peared on Any field victory sems to have perched upon his banners. . . . . ; . . ! V-'.f ; Io his demeanor he'.ia, represented as having been extremely ' quiet and modest, plain ;aqd on ostentatious in hir dress, silent and thoughtful ; in his habits temperate, in hia conduct strictly moral, aud in religion he is said to have been almost a fanatic Ha was a universal fa7orite in the sebel armies, and popular even. in our; own. Over his men he-exercised the strictest discipline, and always moved them with the i least possible quantity of baggage Hence his" rapid marches, and the eobtiquet by- which his j troops I were known "foot oavairy."' -What is curious about the manner of bis wound la that, according to the I juenmona junqutrer, ne was snoi Dy some or lis own men which is very probable in the smoke .and confusion of so terrible a battle, with ief- haps one part of. hir Hoe more advanced : than another, and he, as he generallywas, in the front of the fight. His death is no doubt owing less, to the wound than to his exposure in the rain storm, and by continuing: Jo command in such a condi tion, superinducing pneamania and a fatal ter- . The Washfngton Chronicle, speaking of Jack son's death, says : Stonewall Jackson "is deatL - While : we are only too glad to be rid, in any way, of so terrible st fie,oU sense of relief is not nnniingled with emotions of sorrow and sympathy at the death of so' brave a man. -: Every man. who .possesses the slightest particle of magnanimity must admire the qualities for which Stonewall Jackson .ras celebrated his heroism, his bravery, hia sublime de-wotioj, his purity of character. He is not the first instance .of : a good man devoting himself to a bad cause.-. Let us devoutly acknowledge the Providence of God, who, while- He smite. that accursed land with famine, and the people with madness, takes from their accursed caose ite bra ves noblest, purest defender... Stonewall Jack son 'was a great General, a' brave soldier, a noble Christian and ure man.- May Godl throw: these ivirtnes against the sins of the secessionist; the advocate of a great national crime, y ' ; : WLATER FROM THE NOETHJ 5 . Northern dates of the t6th (one day later) have been, received. We subjoin' a summary of the news , - JH VAIJLSDIQHAM ' AFFAIR. ' A Cincinnati disnatch of the 15th. savsl: ' Judge L;avitt renders the decision? in the Val-f- landigham habeas corpus case to-morrow, i It is L understood Gen. Burnside will announce thejdifcpo- nuon to do made ot Mr. V. as soon as Judge Leavitt's decision is made known." If Burnside was in Washington, Thursday, in consultation with the President and Secretary of War with regard to the disposition of Val landig ham. , . I-"'-- ' The Hrald'says two or three government papers at Washington, feeding on government crib, maintain, that Burnside has done belter in the capture of Vallandigbam and. the town of Day ton, Ohio, than if he hfid succeeded in capturing Fredericksburg, and Gen. Lee.; The Star and Chronicle seem to bo ignorant that he has knock ed bis head against the thicker wall and precipi tated himself into a more dangerous collision. Everywhere, public opinion, without distinction of party, is pronouncing agaiast Burnside's course. The united Press of the Empire city, excepting the Times, are of more value than the tune played out to order by tho miserable OTgan . grinders at' Washington. EFFECT OF THE ."LOYAL LKAGUFS." The Herald alluding to the movement of "Loy al Leagues" in , Philadelphia," says : "It is evi dent that the design of the abolitionists is to cre ate an insurrection in the North, in order to ob tain an excuse for making peace with the South. xney are unable to put .down tne oontnern rebellion produced by the anti-slavery question, and now propose to foment another rebellion at the North by the suppression of free speech. Let them beware lest they raise another "monster which they can not quell." THE AEMT OF TBS POTOMAC. VA11 quiet" is the report .fros ' the army of the Potomac. Hooker has returned from Wash ington. ' ; Late accounts from the army peatly reduce the losses in the late battles. It is thought that the aggregate will not reach. 11,000. Gen.' Hooker issued a general orderompliment ing the retiring troops from the army onlhelr efforts and devotion. " r - The 25th N. Y. Regiment, of the arniy qf the Potomac is under arrest for refusing to do further duly. :. . ' ;; The Herald thinks Hooker "is to have another opportunity," although it cannot .be denied that his late nine days campaign is the most inglorious of all the failures of our Generals in Virginia since the beginning ot the war. We do not sop pose he will advance for soma days or weeks to come." ' Quite an interesting, letter appears in the Times from Hooker's headquarters.; It Speaks in torms of high appreciation of the kind and res pectful treatment the Yankee. Burgeons and wounded received at the hands of our military authorities, and.states that "the bitter animosity which existed between the respective armies at the commencement of the war, has, to a great extent, disappeared' ' "tieneral Lee is now in Fredericksburg, where4 he bas taken up his abode for the pfesent. - Gen eral Barksdale, of Mississippi, one of the original fire-eaters, bas command of that place." j THB CONSCRirTION ACT. 1 - Secretary Stan "on has decided that the section of the Canscription AcfT authorizing the accep tance of $300 from drafted men in lieu of service, is permissive, not mandatory ; that it is optional w th him,to receive the money or reject it. The President concurs in-his views. Conscrip's will have to hunt up substitutes at their own price, or an equal number of volunteers will be called for at ihe time the draft is ordered, to be accented only as Substitutes for d raited man, . and receive $100 bounty and the conscript's price of exemption be sides, 'j t y ' . ; JX'CLELLAK'S OPIKIOIT OF JACKSOlT AHX LIE. Adeputation of citizens have presented Gen. McClellan With a superbly gotten up copy of res olutions passed by the Commcjn Council of Wash ington, thanking him for his defence of that city. After the usual ceremonies and complimentary speecberincidentrtoauch an occasion, there was much drinking of healths and successes to the army, &4, and then a general conversation fol lowed, which is thus, narrated in the "Herald :" Some one asked if there' was any doubt about the (loath of "Stonewall Jacksoif." . General Mc Clellan replied that he thought not, and expressed. himself much griovea at toe event, "no one," said he, can help admiring spenan like, Jackson. He was' sincere, and true and valiant. 4-Yet no one has. disappointed me more than he" has.. Jackson was one ef my classmates, and at college never promised to be the man he has proved him self. He was always Very slow, ?and acquired a' lesson only after great labor. Ana yet his de termination was so great that he never gave any thing up until he succeeded. His character seems to have changed since ; for he has exhibited great celerity in all his movements, while in command of rebel forces." ' V - ' 4-I suppose," remarked a gentleman, "Jackson was the ablest General in the South." - He is, undoubtedly, a great loss to the rebels," replied Gen. McClellan. "Lee is, perhaps, the most' able commander they, have, and Jackton was their best executive officer." . ; WHY ,HOOKCR DID FALL. BACK, . WA8HiKaTow,May 13, 1863, It will bo recollected by" our readers that it was stated that previous to falling, back Gen. Hooker held a couneil ofwar of the corps commanders o( his rmy,"and that the result of that council was, the retreat across'the Rappahannock. With Ibis statement in view the public will be surprised to know thit four of thi. six" generals present urged upon Gen. Hooker an immediate advance on theA t . - r e ' . i reoei, army, omy two were in iavor oi . reerossing the river. Jt is" believed that a forward move jnt would have, crushed the rebels. V .' ,; MISCELLANEOUS." . :' ' ' jjjjF' : " - " ': . -. ' ..." ' - The bridge over the Monongahela at Fairmont, Western Va , destroyed -by the rebels, has, been restored and railroad communication with the West re-established i ; ' H ' . John J. Crittenden has - hAan .,nomnstwl t.,r 1 Congress from the 7ih district of Kentucky: Ha comes our stronerly asalsst the rehoiuon and . pledees himself to sun nor t evsrv measure of the ' administration to - a vigorous prosecution of the -war until the power of government aid the con. atitution is re established in all parts of the ceun ' - , -try--1 ;-' --: . v ; - A i '. -t.i -''J, u Hooker has been in Washington ia fine health ; . and spirits making calls with Mrs Lincbl a. f : - ' '. All rebel property in Washington Is to be seized - by 1st of Jane."' . . ':' fc.-1! ' The English schooners Wanderer and Express, : , from Nassau, have been csptured. -'I i-' . -, Secretary Stanton refuses his dfScial aid to the organisation of negroes in Washfngton until they, t are numerous enough. ' j j V , The position of the French in Mexico Is said to be most critical. The Mexicans are receiving large reinforcements. 1-1- - - . . , , -General Wild and staff sailed from New York t forNewbern,the 15th, to organize a negro brigade. " The 3d,th,l4th ana 23th New rort reglmetrts have arrived in that city homeward bound. 1 ; , ' Gold, 0 per cent, with less spectlation thao usual. . Exchange 165. ' . - ; I The military resources of the South werf never more ample than now; and the present condition . of the Confederacy, with f oforonce) to material , elem'onia of success- la . j thewar, Is obe of varied and lively -encouragement; -; . - - It is estimated that we have arsas enough to' put in the hands of a million of men, aad oar , available miliUry strength is VatsNi at bat little less than s million and a half. Wf have now ia the Confederate service from 00,(00 to 659,000 effective men; the Irregular, organizations and. State militia would probably add ?00,000 mora.' These figures are authentic ; a portion of tbem are derived from such public data aslappear In the debates of Congross: while ' the estimate of the dditional forces that might be called outincir- umstances Of paramount necessity is probably not Jut of proportion to the well-ascertaloed statistics f population, j j j Other aspects pf the picture ; of our condition are not disoohrsging.: TUs reosot alarm with reference to the resouroes of subsistence In the Confederacy has, in 1 4 great measure, lobsided, and given place to better informed and more confident views of the stocks of provisions on hand, and our vast capablliUea of production, i which are now in exercise; The crops in the South were never more promising than at .the present season.i The crop ol wheat llkelv to be harvested this year will be without a parallel irfJ the South. From all parts of the Confederacy from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and the re- motest Western boundary, we bavs) cheering news of the grq wing grain crops. 1 Conary to the ex- pectations of some, that the cotton region would prove not to be adapted to thef cultivation of. . wheat, it has produced this grain iwlth a lsxuri- ; ance quite equal to that we have seen in the best wheat districts of Virginia. The corn also ia said to look healthy and thrifty in kll parts of the Confederacy, with the prospect of an overwhelm , ing crop. V... " , Extending our survey of the internal condition' of the Confederacy, we have also, cause for can- . gretulation in its improved flnancek ; the excellent res nits of the tax'bill ; the withdrawal of the cur rency ; the reduction of, outlays arid the enlarged revenue of the Government. - We learn that al ready, under the operations of the fundtnc system, there have been at least eighty millions, with drawn from circulation and returned to the Treasury. The consequences of this reduction are already felt In the decline of prices, the discour agement of speculation, the moral as well as com mercial benefits of renewed confidence in the cre dit of the Government. Tnese traits in the general condition of - the : South,' which we have hcstilj revifwed, era full of . patriotic enoouragement. We commenced this war without manufactures, without access to the markets of the world, and with scarcely more than a hundred thousand arms. Surely, since we have accomplished so much under the disadvantages of the past, we mav look with confidence, to a m- ture in which we shall contest the fortunes of the war with armies more numerous than wehaveyat brought into the field, with welj-discipllned In- , dustry at home ; and with aj revenue large enough to pay off our, presentwar idebt in Ave years, ana therefore to put this credit of our Government beyend all doubt, j Richmond ' Examiner Clebical Rev. A. W MUrer has retired from the pastorship of the Tabb street Presby terian Church, In Petersburg, Va aad his con gregation, in token of his,usefulqeu during his . ministry there, have presented him with a purse of $6,000. Rev, W. J. Hoge hu been called to fill his place. , ' i 1 v , mm . I i In a letter to Major Genera) Hancock, General , Meagher has resigned hia commission, upon the ground that bis command Is reduced to a mere handful, and that he cannot recruit his brigade, .. ; The California overland telegraph has paid Its original cost back to the stockholders, within the first year, -and now makes mensy so fast that the proprietors are troubled what to do with It, . Two Federal paroled deserteri, a few nfehts since, knocked down a f.egro in Jackson, Miss., and robbed him or IQ9. ; - J . C. S. Attorney General T. H. Watts has writ ten a letter in reply to his friends In Alabama, granting the use of his name in the gubernatorial election in thai State. - I . ' Jl Hbavy Hol. An Irish clerk In a foun dry charged a customer with two large' castings of a similar pattern except that one had a large hole through it. Both were charged alike as solid, but discovering the mistake, he calculated, the amount to be deducted, and gave the customer ' credit Mby one hole weighing 421 poifnds." ; DEATH dFAl, OID CITTZCN- Mr. John Kax, a native' jor Irelasds boi for many years a resident cf fbis place, died suddenly, of disease of the heart, at bis res idence four miles distant from Baleigh, on Wednesday last. Mr. Kana, wo auppoie, was between sixty 4tnd seventy years of ace. He baa left behind him many, friends to de plore the Ion of an .honest, kind-ttarted man.;.,,-, .w!." ' . Executive Department North CaroUna, - J r ABDTATUaAl.-naiiWTiA,j - f . . , xvALkicth, stay lata, so. General CJtderVl :' - -' ' ..- ? ' : MI LI T X A OFWCEKSr WHOaT VB BSkN . tmplled by th advaaos of the eny, to Itav .'. their raspeetira districts, are: oriarei to report fsr . daty to the Commanding Office ef the RegimeaUl , Dutrkt, in which they may be tasidlng Umporarily. . By order of Governor Vack I - . 5 '.''-:' V ! : : DAHLl O. FOWLS, . 'w ' ' ;' -g i-; -Adjataat Ganaral..;. -i' Executive Department North Carolina; tllna; ) ' , j Vr Ralxiuw, May 15tb, 1883. a u f si I . i- j, r , - . No- 8. , J ' I ' EXBMPTI afTS FROM iMILITIA VVTY oftaocoant of disability, will, not be rtaogaU, j xJti upon the Sistjcmb's eartiftrae udorste by th . Commandieg Officer of the BegineSt, and approved at this office. it-. - ..:' ;- - By ordsr of Gorsraor YAica : . I - DANL. G. IrOWLJv . Adjutant GsnaraL May 1?, 1863, J4ay z wiw ' '; ' i !' .- ' . ' . I '-..'I i! '(; :t i i ;'m ? i. -i-i : i "1: : ' - 1 - . -. ! t-. - : '
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 27, 1863, edition 1
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