- ; .' Ouis are the plans of fair delightful peAoa, . Uuwarp'd by party rag to live like brother," KALE I Gil. N. C. ll .. . SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 8. 1861. j A WAR of miracles. ; The war iiowrsgvng between the South and i the North has up to the present period been imiraoutously in fvor of the section which is fiohtinfr for its hearthstones and its liberties. ! i - Let us go paok to tbe beginning of this con flict, and trace it to tha last accounts from the ene of action.' The immense fleet sent to relieye Fort S tmter was at the most crit ical moment blown off the coast by a gale of wind, and before they could return, and make an effort to, relieve the beleaguered fortress, the batteries 'of the Confedeiate State forces had compelled its surrender, and that too without the, loss of a single man, or even a single wound received, on the part of the besiegers. But for this gale of wind a bloody battFe wonld hive boen fought in Charleston harbor.! "Vhen the oap'ured troops of the Federal Government were permitted to aa laf erhs otfl Nat ional Hag, the bursting of a gun killed -five of the troops engaged in fir ming the' salute. -: Not long after the above mentioned trans actions the Federal troops stationed at the Gpsport Navy Yard, having the! two towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth perfectly at their yiercy, in a moment of most umcoountable ' panic, having made an ineffectual attempt to destroy the property, the preservation of . which they were charged with, in gloriously fled a? ;fast as steam and wind could carry theni from the post at which they had 'been stationed, leaving an immense quantity of itore? and munitions of war to fall into the hands of the South. Therejis no telling tb,e valija! fo the South of tbe acquisition of the Gosport Navy Yard.' Had the vandals, in ; steai of running away, from it like a pack of cowardly curs, continued to hold it, there is no calculating the trouble which suoht pos session on their part would have given to the South ; With Frt ress Monroe and the Navy Yard in their handi th y would have had a key to- the very heart of the South. Instead of tat, however, the South has been supplied with abundant implements and'munitions of war, taken from the Navy Yard, and is now raisin? tram tbe bottom of tne .Elilabeth River ships whioh will form the Coming on down and passing over minor events fo? the present, we point to the battle at Cn cat '.Bethel, at which 1200 Sou hern ' trodps not more than 300 of whom were ever iu ac'ipn any one time during the engage-. "meat, repu'.8ed with great slaughter a body of more than 5,300 Yankee troops, with the loss op the part of the South of but cne man. Neve? was there such a regult sine the in . vention of gunpowder. When we reflect upon ;-' the number engaged on both sides, and that thel action lasted upwards of four hours, we caqBd't help regarding the result as most mv raisulou3i " tn Jaddftion to tLe above there have been divers other instances in which the South 'haveicoi&e off best, against ereat odds. Ai witness the frequent pepperings and repulses winch the Pawnee, Harriet Lane and Monti- ' cfllofhave received at different poin's, and te 'skirmishes at Vienna, Phillippi, and Fair fax Court House. Up to the "present time tie South has not sustained a single reverse, fir 'evert; at Phillippi, although the Southern .troops retreated, in the face of overwhelming -odds again3t them, and after killing several of the enemy, and losing bat- one or two on dur.wde. Almost every mail brings in tid ings'of Southern success. In our last pa- - per we published an aocount of the most gal- fahtjexploit of Col. Ashby, wherein nineteen men (other accounts say seventeen) on our Udemet and thrashed sixty or seventy of the ' enemy, killing twenty of them, five of whom fell by ithe hands of the gallant Ashby, and wpunding and dispersing the rest. Our loss was only two killed and one severely wound - ed. I Ih the same paper we published an ao ' count jof tbe action at Mathias' Point, in . . which Captain Ward of the Yankee steamer Freeborn, and a number of his men were Y killed,! ar.d the Federal troops effectually v VreveD,ted from executing- their purpose of erecting batteries on shore, j Cl&e upon the heels of these glorious ti- dingsicoEoes an account of another most bril liant jand extraordinary achievement. We allude to 'the capture on the Potomae Biver by:, insurgent Marylanders of i he Federal J steamer Sc. Nicholas and the subsequent , ! talcing By the captors of three other Yankee I vessels, one laden with ice, one with antbra ' I cite coal, and the other with 3,500 bags of ooffee the aggregate value of the cargoes .', being estimated at $370,000. j The above is in substance a faithful history sof ; the belligerent transactions of the last ' !; three months, and from it we think we may, ' I witbont irreverence, draw the inference that 4; the hand ef the God of Nations is raised in ; ! behalf of these who are fighting for their ?r Hyee; their liberties and their honor. .'fe. t !! . : ' - if E3CTBAOKDINARY AND UNEXPECTED VISITOR. if 'The good people of this portion of the ter iraqueous orb were surprised on Monday night ' ai the eight of a brilliant comet with a tail very ranch longer than that of "our puss." This comet is moving towards the. North vies t at the rate of about a million of miles a minute, and we devoutly hope that it will give Lincoln and bis bordes a tip-top scare. : The approach of this eomet was, as far as we know.- unheralded. It oan be seen in the North Northwestern portion of the firmament, - irom about dusk until about 11 o'clock Jini, section I .j I and powers of ihvt death, inability r.or ab tate,; the Speaker of the Senv 'Governor, after auch death, or during sue absence or inability.' xne Clause seems to mdioate its meaning very concisely and very plainly, and yet many enquiries and doubts are suggested as to &Q extt6f its meamnir. or the aartienUr mode 0foarrvin(. itftnl. tu ; Jkii:- .i:. i" . ' m u5emffl i&uai oe wen es- tablished, and where it does not come under tboimmedijite view of the successer, he should be notified It is sometimes asked and claim- ed that the vacancy under any of the above contingencies being once filled, becomes per- Mlnmo, 't rr, ' " 1 " resumed ny the Governor when the disabll- lty or disqualification is removed. The words of the Constitution above Quoted Pf have in view both a normanent and temnn. rary vacanoy, and the mode of supplying both the same for instance, death, resignation, permanent' removal, or acceptance of some disqalifying office, would render the vaoanoy permanent. While a temporary absence or prostration from disease, would only suspend 1 the tffice dnrincr tha dUahilit.w. Tn itW ! I . i .. .... tV0nt t h A raAinitu la annnliail in fha I j . '- D"'MO way. in tbe litter ease, the Constitution using the words during suoh inability or absence," indicates, as plain as words can express it, the vacancy is temporary, and the office is to be resumed again on the removal of the disa- 1 . ."Vr' . m . - puny, opining is more common than tfie delegation of the duties of an offie, without I the office; Itself. Tbe pro tern, appointment of a presiding officer belongs to all deliber a live, bodies. The command of a brigade, regiment! lor; company often devolves on an inferior officer. Cabinet officers and heads of bureaus are suimlied with ad interim tn. j- . . , I pointmenfs, aooordine to the words of the ' - :. i . 3 I law establishing Such office. And, in private me, a power oi attorney transters and con- . ! . . . I w,,, r-"""" r,nuu l" I oe neia temporarily ana exeroisea oy anotner. OO our Constitution says the powers Of the I Governor shall be held and cxereised by the I Speaker i "after the dea.h" or "during thai ..' O I I - . - i UVV UCUUIUC liltJ UtVCrifUr. Ale HUH holds bigt original cmoo, wbioli enables him 1a .....tu tdi Anllm nf it. A L.. 1 nt r. - : le i i . 1 f . i ' I ion view is eonnrraea oy me iaer, m3 i Constitution On the same page which OOlifer8 the duties of Governor on the Speaker, re quire certain qualifications for a Governor which are hot neffssary for a Speaker. It says no one shall lie Governor who is under thirty yearg. of and been five years a res- ident, and held ur thousand dollars' worth cted by tbe people at a reg- wo years disqualified after Stbe oata oi omas neiore t and Legislature. None Vlins are required of the lequently he does not be- but only exercises . tbe ng a disability, or for an unexpirec is eligible to be Gov- ernor for two fall constitutional ! terms, (not counting " MS temporary Govern- orahip.J j Thb evident construction of the Con s tit u- tion has been adopted ever since the forma tion of the Government. Every precedent furnishes the same confirmation. During the Revolutionary War and immediately after the Constitution was made and adopted, and while every department of the Government was in the hands of the very persons who made the .Constitution, Gov. Barke was ta ken pijsoner and eariied to Charleston. Col. Martin then speaker of the Senate, exercised the duties of the Governor for some mon hs, till th return of Gov. Barke,. who, on his return, resumed them. f In the latter part of the session of tbe Leg islature of 1805, (see Senate Journal, page 45, Dee. 19;h, 1805,) Gov. Alexander notified the Speaker of the Senate (who was the same Col. Martin) that he was too sick and feeble to attend to the Executive duties, and in that ease it devolved upon bim to take charge of them. Col, Martin, Speaker of Senate, laid the letter before the Senate, who acquiesced in the propriety of it,and elect ed a temporary Speaker (Jo. Keddick) to preside over the Senate during tbe tempora ry absenoe of the Speaker. Col. Martin act ediias Governor, signed and issued com missions, and afterwards resumed the chair of the Senate, adjourned tbe Senate and signed the Journals, and Gov. Alexander resumed the duties of his office, as if he had not been out of it. Here are ..two precedents of a temporary vacanoy one. occasioned by absence, the other! by sickness, the contingenoies mention ed by the Constitution. A j permanent vacancy was occasioned in 1854 by the resignation of Gov. Beid, when elected United States Senator. Upon that occasion,' the whole matter was investigated and diaoossed upon resolations introduced by Go r. Graham, tbe Senator from Orange, and the decision of the Senate was precisely in accordance with the abave precedentsthat the Speaker only exercised the duties of the Executive, and was still Speaker of the Sen ate and Representative of his District. The words of the Constitution, sustained by the practise and precedents under it ever since; its adoption, deelar tha ia ease of tbe inapility or absence" f the Governor, the nowels and duties of bis office devolve on tbe SDeaTte7ot5Mti ffthottt changing bis duties or his'ebaraeteT V--presentative of tboHDfionkn41prf' officer the Mniiar reeoT- TJ of real estate ular elej four yeri the Supij of tht4 Speak come t r auties i l T3t 1 hV I V Senttte, ffF"The annual meeting of the Stock- holders of the Ralegh and Gaston Railroad was held at the Court House in this city, on . Thursday last. We learn that all the old B. Batehelor, Esq , of Warren was elected to fill the vacancy. IIEUTE'ANT GALES. Lientenant Seaton Gales is now in Raleigh k.:r : tt i - I H a onei Y1SUIO MS iamiiy. ; He IS lOOKing exceedingly well, is in good spirits and gives - or o.i fvoralle onnts of our troops at Suffolk, Som.e cases of mesles, but of a mild type, &re lD 166 oamP? otncrwi8e the ujen re neaI" thj' onten'd.an''eady for the battle-field. vOLinn an the war. lnCe Vwn to our twelve- mpnths - jolufttera l "ident Jeff. Uuvis has J declined" ta"rfee than dx resiments tw' taita), Mmn, we are tbat theres ;-.m"hle disrKition on the par ui irwpnu jamisi ior me war. uy tnis 1 Bt for the war. means our ten regiments of State troops are being rapidly filled, and we doubt nt that we shill soon be able to annoimn that the whole ten regiments are full and complete. It was unfortunate that the call at first had not been alone for volunteer? f"r 13x0 war- Wbile ther is a strong probability Trot it vaTf lv n.nlfnjAfl f ' 4 .n w nn iv.iuij it. iwiuujou tut tnu ui mirn verr, . . J ' and in that easn our retrnW rmv t fh nH f one year would bo as t fficient as anv resul-r in the world, and would be invincible in the face of an7 force that the North could bring against it. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The Confederate Congress will assemble in Richmond on the 20th July. Tbe steamer Vanderbilt has arrived at Fort Pickeus with Billy Wilson's regiment of New York cut-throats oh board. Tknxksskk. Presid-nt Davis has issued his proclamation recognizing Tennessee as one of the Confederate States. The Baltimore papers state thai the Confedera'.e . . . . , . troops at fliariinsourg ana narpers r errv nave destroyed forty-eight locomotives belonging to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad I Oil Thursdar. tha 27Lh inr. a l r Wm Khett, pf Charleston, was returning from bis farm? near that city, he was fired upon by an assassin the! bushes ' on the road side, and severely wou'Mled- The assassin was supposed to be 1 . w : ' . - 1 i. : . . . ,-. .. urn uiwugui iuiw.on uiHisiiitus recently ior vreG- Tha ldKoiiAP una AAnanAiian ilu ,inA lodged in jail. 1 ... . . . ... vine register eestows a n:gn compliment upon tte Hth North Carolina Regiment encamped near tuatpla e. 1 heir orderly boliavior and gentle manly deportment win tbe esteasn and friendship ! of the Citizens. THcie- Rifles. Th- New York Herald says that the number of rifli-s brought by the Bavarian recently, was 5,000 instead of 50,000, and were . intended for a dealer, not for the Govern anent Mistakes will sometimes hapan even in the New York papers. Impost akt rau- ova Commission ki. We are reliably informed (says the Montgomery Post,) that a letter has been received in th'i3 city from thp lion. W. L. Yancey, in which he states that oar independence will ccrtaimy bo recogniz ed by Engla id during the month of August, ut.d J that h to be at home in September. Deskrved Compliment. The BoarJ of Trus tees cf Mad'son College, Mississippi, on the 3d of June, conferred the honorary degree of Master of Arts upon .Major Jas. 11. Line, of the 1st Reg lment of North Carolina v oiunt-eri!, now at Yorktown. A deserved compliment, and given before the fight at Bjthel, in which the Major did efficient service. Distressing OccukaicNCE. We learn t from the Charlott Democrat that on the 24th ult., Mr. J. F. Ilough, Clerk of tbe County Court cf Union County, a man highly etetmed by all who knew him, was instantly killed by the dis charge of a pistol in the. hands of James Rich ards, a citizen of the same county. The shooting is believed to have been accidental, thr-ogh at the time of the occurence there was great indignation against Richards,- and he bad to be hurried to jail to prevent the citizens from laying violent hands upon him. Distressing Accident. On Wednesday lasf, Mr. Joseph Laidley, chemist, of Richmond, Va., while engaged in preparing detonating powder for the use of the Confedera e army, came to a 8U(jden and horrible death. O'ving to some cause the powder exploded, instantly killing and muti lating Mr. L in a horrible manner, and blowing the building in which ho was operating into fragments. An assistant of Mr. L's, Mr. Robert Clayton; was also seriously injured, but-his injuries being internal, their extent cannot be ascertained, as he baa been insensibla ever since the occurrence. The Fifth Regiment of N. C. Volunteers ar rived in Richmond on Monday last, en route for Yorktown,, The D'spatch says of this fine Reg iment : The Regiment is composed of the choicest ma terial. It comprises twelve companies, embrac ing an. aggregate of eleven hundred and fifty men. The regimental omoers are joi. juca-enny. Lieut. .Col. Ibrie, and Maj. Green, all good and exnerienced officers. Immediately on the ar-ival of the Regiment, they went intoamp in the vi cinity Ot tne - lora XilVfr fvauroau iepui, arm being nnaermsrcningiiruBre.-ianu iur.in3imin. Trte men of thi3 Reeiment bave no reason to com plain of the manner in which they are armed and equipped. They are capable'of meeting the ene my witn any weapon witn woicn ns may em ui, to advance. Their muskets are of the latest and most approved description ot that weapon. Capitjbb 6r a Scouting Pabtt. The Balti more Exchange publishes the following special dispatch : j " WiLLiAMSPORT, June 28. A scouting party, consisting of forty Federal troops, left this placethis morning for the Virginia shore. In the evening four of them returnod. The-xest, thirty-six in number, were taken prison ers by the Confederate forces. A great deal of dissatisfaction prevails among the troops encamp ed in this viciuity.owing to the quality of the food and the quantity of it. Tbe troops are murmur ing greatly, and threaten a mutiny if a change ia not made immediately. ;Tbe health of tbe troops Is very bad. Measles, dysentery and fever and ague are prevailing to an alarming extent. The vandalism of the Tankees is becoming insufferable. They have lately burned several elegant mansions on the Rappahannock and in Northwestern Virginia! belonging to persons who sustain their State GovernmeBt against the old usurper at Washington, and if they are not speedily driven from the borders of Virginia, there ia no telling to what extent wey may currj their Infamous vandalism. The Secretary of war hia pubi'shed the follow inS well-timed and appropriates notice to news w ""pondents Confkdkrati States ok Amkefca i-MKBlCA, "J MKKT, I 1, 1861. j War Department Richmond, July To S?ewspa2er Correspondents G kntlemejt : While I have rut withheld permission from any of the represen tativ.es of th press to visit the ciimps in Virginia, and whila I am- as much the uncomnromi-ino . nf an unshackled press as I am of the freudum nf speech, and of the Indermndence of ih Hr.nf.vl. crate State.', yet I have thought it proper, under iuni; circumsiaRc-js, to ruako an apiyMM 'o vou lo frher from tb tra nStnifi(in unit milllixalinn of eucn iiilelligeTco as might be detriments to ,). ,,, i.; it r , . i the groat cause in which we all feelsodeep an in-' You are aware of the ereat amount of valuuble information obtained by us through the medium of the enterprising journals of the North ; and 7 . " ?er,ve prni Irom their example by adis crimiiiaUng and judicious reserve in communica tions nr Southern journals. . It must be obvious tnt statement of strength, or of weakness, at any of the point in tbe vicin- ity of the enemy; when repr duced in the North, " iney wou,a b" m "Pue or a" the vigilance in manner, any statements of the magnitude of bat- " .i4uuniy auu vjuuiy vi arms or i Hiiiinuniiion, oi movements la progress or in sup posed contemplation, ol the condition of troops, pf the Commissariat, &c, mjght be fraught with es sential injury to the service To gentlomerV of intelligence and of unoues- tionable loyalty tp the cause of the Confederate States, I do not deem itjifcessary lo be more ex plicit; nor can 1 doulttf3r a moment that vou will appreciate mr maifVrWn winking this frank appeal to your patriotism and discretion. L,. If. WALKED, Secretary of War. The Britwh Consul a. Richmond publishes the following card in the Richmond Dipstch : . - 'British ConJulatb, "1 ' f . BlCHMOSD,,July 1st, 1861. To the Eiitor of the Dltpaich : For the benefi t of the met chants nnd shippers by tbe British hooner Trbic Wind, lately. seis ed by the blockading fleet in Hampton Roads, and sent as a pnzi to Washington, I beg to state that officinl information bas rBa"hjd this offion from the British, Legation at Washin2toi, which status that the Tro-.ic WTind and her caro have ben released and given back to the charge of tbe master; I am, gentlemen, voirs very trulv, FHEl). J. CRIDLAND. Subfq-ient to the publication of this- card, tbe Tropic WTind Wis again taken possession of by Lincoln's blockadors as shswas passingout of the Chesapeake, and. brought down to Fortress Monroe and placed under the guns of one of Ihe blocka ding vessels. A. guard of three soldiers was put on board the schooner on Monday night, two of whom fell asleep, and the third the Captain, en tertained with a newspaper. Then taking off hi8 bbocs the Captain went on . deck and noiselessly slid into the schooner's boat. Quickly cutting the painter, he suffered the boat lo drift a short dis tance, and then commenced sculling for Seweli's Point, seven mil- dii'nns, which plaee he reached on Monday morning, and from thnco mnde his way lo Richn.oni, wherf he l.":i the facts before the British consul. A letter from a MeckV;nburg solliirat York- towD, under du e he t'-a int. , Freaking of a visit of Gen. Lee to tbatpoft, fays : 'G'n. Lee Vinson a visit to.'uir port last week. He is a cusin of our LUut. ij A., and i-i a., fine a specimen of the yemis frjao as one generally sees beyond the lowiy hills cf l T old riorth Mat. lie spoke cunubm ntary of our-traverse- and re- d.)ubts, and sneaks in Wns of admirati-'n of the N. C. ltegimnnt. On learning that Gen. L?e was iu Camp the boys ruebod into hoe, ana, bv acMOA at laLii-d bMto iw, wweH he uid by riding in front al the' battalion, when three ni urty cneers arog" ior me nooie irginian. jn turning lo ride in the rrr ot the line our boys faced about, w hen the General remarked that he would like to sen thoir backs, Some one in the ranks replied, in a low tone, that 'they never presented their backs tojriend or foe." A destructive fire oscurred in the Virginia Penitentiary at Richmond on Monday last, de stroying several large work.-liops, and entailing a loss upon the S(ate of $15,000. The incendiary was supposed to bo one of the convicts. Ihis is a ff-rious loss at this time, when it will be almost imnnssible to r enlace ho mschinerv. The con- victs were encase in the manufacture -f goods for the use of th Limv t be time f the fire. and it was doobtless in order to stop this source of supply that one of the villatn conceived the in famous plan of burning the workshops. ! THE FUTURE. . Tho Louisville Courier, of June 22nd, Las sn editorial on tha Past and the Future, which con cludes as follows: As fnr hi the South is concerned, the result is not n mattor of doubt. Sooner or later the irrie- nenoVneo of the Confirate States will oe ac knowledeed : and purified bv the contest through which they will have passed, the S.-utLern people will more stnctly than ever guard tne sacred ana inalienable rights for which they have twice taken up arms By September, at furlbe.-t, we have the bes. reason ti believe that England and France will recognise their independence, ana if necessa ry by force opn their ports for the export of their principal . r recocts. And we navean aoia ing iaith that, despite the ostpntatious promises and indecent noastings of what they are going to do by the Hr , the Confederate States will have achieved the -object for which they have taken the field, by the 4;h ot July, 1863. The prospects for the North are more gloomy Their boasteatwealth is really a sourceof weakness for railroad and bank aad atte stock, ma.iufactu rin pstablisbments. Bhirming. and all such invest mentp. thoueh verv nrofiiable in peaceful and prosperous times, are worthless in periods like the present; nana or sucn aoes normern wwnu con sist. Thev raise wheat, ar.d corn, and hogs, and bo-ses ia abundance; but-all these things bave been sold to the South - rr Soutbern goW ; and experience has shownl ihut" the Slive States can produce all these, and it is clear that they will do it, keeping their gold at home. The North pro duces nothing of importance which they can sell to anybody for gold with which to conduct tbe war not one thing ; ana uio war vu lueir fmrk mutt be fought on credit. Can they borrow four hundred mifibn dollars one year with which to prosecute tills war? If so, from whom? But were this the worst feature of the case, it would be a source of no regret to us, for the sooner they are compelled to- make peace the better; but whether ihe war is terminated in one month or one year, it Seems cortain tbat constitutional gov eenmei.t is destroyed in the Confederacy of the North, while it is probable that the bad passions excited by wicked men for other ends, and the ruin brought upou them by the suicidal policy of the Administration, will stimulate the population of the great! manufacturing districts of the free Stages to such excesses as the world has witnessed only in the terrible scenes of the French Revolu tion. ; L. H. Candler A correspondent of the Pe tersburg Expresi thus notices the departure of this individual from Norfolk : The Empire City went up from Norfolk on Mondav evening under a flig of truce to Fortress Monroe, tocarrv some discontented Yankees. Among the number, I hear, was L. H. Chandler, of Norfolk, a lawyer of some note, and ihe man who figured somewhat conspicuously in the late Presidential campaign. It was at his request that he was permitted to leave, and if I am permitted to ex pr ess an pi nion , I won Id say he has left Vi rgi n ia for Virginia's good. May her soil never igain be polluted by bis footsteps. CoL.J. J: Pettigrew, of tbe First (S. C ) Rifle Regiment, has volunteered as a private in Cap tain Conner's Company (the Washington Light Infantry) of Hampton' Legion, and. has got with that oorps to the seat of war. , LATEST NEWS. REPORTED ENGAGEMENT NEAR WINCHESTER. Probable Future Movements of Gen. Johnston's Column. ; A number of passengers arnved from Winches ter on the Central Cars yesterday, who report that early on Taesday morning the Federal forces, estimated at 22.000 men, under command of Gen erntS Ctidwall&der and Patterson, crossed the Po tomac at SnepardV F-rry and Williamsport. Tbcy state that C I. Jackson, in command of a detachment of GeneralJohrston's force, variously estimated at from one to." four thousand men, was at the latter placa and attacke 1 th enemy whil they were crossing the river. Col. Jackson is said to have killed some forty or fifty of the Federal troops, and to have tukn ubo it seventy prisoners , but Winp: unable to cope with so largo a body, re tired biek towards Marti neburg, for the purpose of forming a junction with General J ihnsion. Clur. infrmanfa atafi fhnt. urhnn t.hov rmsspd tbro - igh Winchester, nh(mt eleven o'clock on luesd:ty night, General Johnston was then on the way t meet the enemy with his entire command, supposed to consist of from 12 to 13,000 men, and the prisoner taken by Col. Jackson were momen tarily expected to arrivo at Winchester, they having bten passed on the way, and their coming announci-d. Col. Jackson writes, we understand, that if he had had f000 m;re troops he would have contin ued to engage tbe enemy, instead of falling back on'the main body. These facts are abundantly confirmed, and it is reasonable to suppose that there was an engage ment yesterday in the neighborhood of Martins burg. From indication, the Fourth seoins to have been selected as a daV for the advance of tbe Fed- Keral troop3 at all points, ar.d we shall expect to near of numerous engagements. Richmond Lhs patch July 4lh. ' IXTEKESTING FROM BALTIMORE. We learn from a gentleman ju-t from Balti more that the condition of tbat unfortunate citJ i deplorable in some respects ; but that the tyran nical rule of Linco'n's minions would, in the end, certainly induce Maryland to unite her fortunes with the Southern Confederacy. Our informant states that when he left Balti more the city was full pf Fuderal tr jops. A reg iment, consisting of part of a Pensylvania and the Bos '.on Flying Artillery, was station' d in front of tbe, Gilrnore House, a JNew York Regiment in Exchange Place, a battery of brass field pieces on Monument Square, in front of the residence ol lion. Ri'verdy Johnson, and a battery in Ex change Place, both unlimbcred and ready for ac tion. In some of the waTds tbe secession feeling can not be kept d -wn. In ibi eighth ward, the Con federate fig is conspicuously displayed, swivels being plnced in convenient places to protect it in case an aitompt i made to take it dowr. The B ack Republicans say that they have 80,. 000 troops in and around Washington. This is not believed, however, by the Secessionists in Baltimore. Richmond Examiner. FHOM WASHINGTON. Washington, July 1. John C Fremont has been commissioned as a regular Major General. ranking next to Un. M.;tJlellan. An order has been given to supply the whole force on both sides of the Potomac, with extra rations for six days. Qf.n. Patrson s delay in advancing keeps eve rytbing waiting. It is understood tnat the Gov ernment has decide! to tske him out of the way, and ltis believed thata general advance will occur about tho 4ih o! July. Cip'ain Ciaven now commands the Potomac Flotills, vice Captain Ward. Toe Frevbr rn has been so badly crippled tnat she will probably bo condemned. Fourteen of the scouts of the Confederate forces attacked the Federal pickets at Shu er's Hill and killed one an 1 wounded one of the Federal forces. Skirmishing continues at Grafton, but the de tails an snppress-ed. Tha Confederate steatuer George Page is cruis ing in the -vicinity of Aquia Creek. Colonel Stone is to occupy the Maryland ueiichts commanding Earner s rerry. Wm. Brent, of South Carolina, and Hnrv Scott, of Maryland, have been arrested as alleged spies. Two Southern Regiments at Harper's Ferry have destroyed the balance. of the railroad bridge. Af ter doing so, they crossed to the Maryland sideand captured many boats. The Southerners are running railroad cars with in ten miles of Alexandria. Frank Blair whs serenaded here to-night, and in hia sneecb returning thank' for lh compliment, re'ered in disparaging erms to the Maryland Legislature spke tauntingly of Southern chiv airy, which was amusing itself by picking ofl Federal pickets; and declared for war until there was noinemy left. He said he abominated com promises, and closed with complimentary terms to Liord Liyons. The Federal forces are ordered lo occup3'Fair- hix, V a., the 4ui of July. No diplomatic appointments will be considered until arer the adjournment of C ingress. The if ochHh;intas and 1 awneo have sailed lor Mnthin' Point. Alexandria, July 1. There has been another skirmish, in which two of the Federal pickeis were killed. There are no ar-pa'ent-indications liere ot an advance by the Fedoral or Confederate forces. FROM MISSOURI; Mkmphis, Julvl. ?4." Express has just ar rived at Little Hock frtim Fort Smith, brineing nuws that Missouri is buing overrun with Federal troops. i . I linois Lincolnites possess the towns on each hid of the Missouri river. Lane and Montgomery are marching fur the Indian country. Springfield is filled with Federal troops, who intend to invade Arkansas through Fayetteville. Ben McCulloch has issued a call iortbe Arkan- sians to rendezvous promptly at Fayetteville, to drive back the invaders, and sustain the Missou- rians. Dinvib Citt, June 25. A Secession force left tboir rendezvous, near Cherry Creek, to-day, for the nurrxwe of takine Forts Wise and Oarland. The fo-ce is well armwi and equipped, and much valuable property, eflectsand money are in the forts. - Indkpkndknck, Julyl. Intelligence has been received here announcing that 10,000 Missouri- aos are encampea about one hundred milts be low this point, and are there preparing for an advance. FRENCH "RECOGNITION OF THE CON FEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. New York. July I. A mo6t sieniflcant ar tide is published simultaneously in the Paris Pat- rie and Monitetir. It evidently toresnaaows tne comine recognition of the Confederate States of America. Tbe Emperor of France announces days before his death be commemorated with his devo foi" himself and other European powers that the ted parents in his sick room the death and sufferings Soutbern Confederacy has the same claims f-r its acknowledgeinent as a new kingdom tnat Italy had. Wntn it snows u can mm main liseii, in ternational relations can be established by its rulers. FROM NEW ORLEANS. Nkw Orlkanb, July 1. The enemy has seized the telegraph instrumentsat Pass a L'Outre. The Federal blockade steamer Brtoklyn lea the bar yesterday morning, and tbe Confederate war steamer Sumter went to sea. The operator at the Southwest Pass saved tbe ins rumenU, though they had ajjuardover him for about twenty-eight hours. The telegraph office at the head of the Capes is hourly expected to be attacked. A BLACK REPUBLICAN FALSEHOOD EXPOSED. Nkw York, July 1. The lime?, of this city, publishes a letter from Mr. Russell, the correspon dent of the London ; Times, in which he denies tbat his corespondence has been tampered with in the South . NEW YORK COTTON M ARRET. Nxw York, July I Tbe cotton market waa firm to day. with an upward tendency, and with aalea of 1 ,200 bales. Middling uplands were quot ed at Uc AFFAIRS' AT LOUISVILLE. LotrisviLta. July 1. Messrs. Brcckinridee and Burnett have left fr Washington. Po.ell will also go. V Three half-filled companies, have left here and gone into camp at S Iver Creak, opposite this city, I in xnuiHna.. .xaeexouua ereucu- murn ijujuvci than indignation. They were a ragged set. VICE-PRESIDENt STEPHENS. . Augusta, July 3. Vice-Prosident . A. H. Stephens was in our' city id-day. Ho is enjoying his usual health. ; j H speaks at Waynesborb' (30 miles balow this city) to-morrow, on the cotton loan, and a liberal subscription is expected from the wealthy and pa triotic cotton planters of "pld Burke." AN ORDINANCE To provide for the dispos.tion of the State Troops and Volunteers, rams! under the act3 of the General Assembly, respeotivelv. entit'ed "An act 'o raie Ten Thousand State Troors," ratified li e 8th day of May, anrj An act to provide for the public defence " ratified the 10j.h day of May. 186 1, and fr other mirposes. 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the. peo ple of North Carolina in I Convention assembled, That the State t-oopi levied under the act of the Gerie eral Assembly, first aforesail, which fcarebeen formed into F.eftimenLs, with proper iomplament- of officers and men, be, and the same are hereby transferred, by regiments, to the Confedera Slaws of AmarVi, npon the same tor ins and conditions as if they had been rais ed un-Ur tbe authority ol thea'l Confederate States 2. Be it further ordained by tht authority afore taid, That all levying ami raciitinir of troops under 8aida t shall cease and determine from and after the 2Qtdav of August nextjaud t hit all troups which shall have been raised under said ast prior to tbat diy, shall be organised into regi vents and transferred to the Con federate States, in the manner aud upon; the terms and conditions jgforosaid. And, if there shall b an excess in th number of said troops, sufficient to form a battel ion, companies or oompany such excess miy be organ ized according-to )(s appropriate numocrs, ana trans ferred in like manner. J. 2?e it further orditined. That all appointments of offioe-s under said act, either in the line or in the 'staff, over and above the. number appropriate to and required by the regiment, battalions and companies thus organized, shad ceaso and be vacated on 'be said ?0th day of August next ; and that His Excellency, the Gove.nor, may, in his discretion, order any QasTter moKter, Commissary or Medical stores, owned by the State, and not required for immediate use, to bi turned over to tbe said Confederate States upon prapor receipts for the artieloa thus delivered, to be taken by the offi ceis accountable for the same. 4. Be it farther ordained. That all commissions to officers in the af repaid State troops, issued by, the Oovernor and Military BDard: under the authority of the act of the G neral A-ssembly to create a Military Boura, ratified the 10th davof May. 1S61, who shall re main in service afUr the 20th day-of August next, as aforesaid, arc hereby ratified and con'irmed, nofwith standiDg any provision in ihe Constitution of the State for a different mode of appointment. 5. lie it further ordained, That the naval forces and essels of the State.be transferred to tho Confederate States, upon the same terms aod conditions that are provided as to State troops, in the second section of this ordinance, the said vesselsto be paid for or accounted foi upon terms to be agreed upon by theflovernor with tbe Confederate ittes 5 and that n.ftr the ZUth day 01 Au gust next, tll Naval officers of this State shall be dis charged, and all vessels of the navy not accepted by the Confederate states, shall be sold under the direction 01 the governor. 1 And whereas, the President of the -Confederate States, through a communication frm tbe Secretary of War, has informed this Convention thatbe will accept from this Stato into the service ef the Confederate States, two thoutand volunteer" fer twelvemonths, in addition to the four regiments already in service, and cannot accept any greater number of volunteers for twelve months: 6. Be it therefore ordained, bu the authority afore laid, That llvolunteerswh have been cal.ed out by the order of the Governor for twelve moiths, over and above tbe four regiments aforesaid and two thousand men, to be designated by the iovrncr,and tendered to the President -for service as afo-eaid, shall be dis rha'ed on the 20th of August next; Provide J, that any of said volunteers who shall stgaity their desire to en list in the State troops aforesaid or in any corps tbat may be called for by the President in the mean time, shall be discharged forthwith to tne end that tbey may enter such new service; and provided, further, that the Go vera or shall again lender such volunteers by regi ments to the President of the Confederate States, and if the President shall agree to accept them or any pan of them by, or before the 20th day of August ne't, it shall be the duty of tlie Governor to order them, or as many of them as the President shall accept, into th service of the Confederate States s-nd discharge only the nsndne. Provided, further, that any volunteers discharged a aforesaid shall, iu audition to their pay, be allowe I reasonable expenses for traveling to their several homes ; and provided, further, bat the Govormor may order-out theM'litiaas volunteers or otherwise, incase of invasion or eminent danger thereof. t 7. Be it further ordained, That all provisions of the afuresUd acts of Assembly, authorizing the rais ing of a greater number of men, or of a different spe cies of force than is hereinbefore comprehended, or as are otherwise inconsistent -with this Ordinance, are hereby repealed and declared of no effect. 8. Be it further ordained, That the act of the Gen eral Assembly entitled "an act to create a Military Berd," be, and the same is hereby repealed from and after the 20th day of August next; Provide-', that the office of Milit-ry Secretary shall be continued until the 20th day of September next, for the purpose of set tling the Military accounts. 9. Be it further ordnined. That bo oath shall be required to be taken by the offcers or soldiers of any of the forces aforesaid, except tho oath of allegiance to the State of North Carolina, prior to their being mus terd into the service of the Confederate States; but each man phall be held and deemed to ba in the milita ry service and subject to the rules and artioles ol war of the Confederate States.frsm the time of his signing the articles of enlistment. 10. "Be it farther ordained, That it shall be the duty of the Governor to take immediate measures, and issue the necessary orders to carry into effect the fore going provisions of this ordinance. Read three times and passed, June 27th, 1861. MARRIED. On Wednesday, the feffth nit . at the residence of the bride's father, byHhe Rev. Dr. A. Smodes, Hkhry M. MiLLitR, Esq., of Raleigh, to Miss Lisznc D., daughter of Major William F. Collins, of Granville county. On Tuesday, the 19th ult, at , her father's residnnce in Rutherfordton. by the Kev A. Shntwell, Mr. Wil liam Jonas, to Miss Ma.kt v irginia, oaugnter oi en. Edmond Bryan. DIED: In Warrenton, North Carolina, on the 22nd Ultimo, Gborse Biali. aged 8 months nd 10 days, and on tbe 30th, Johs Blocw, in the 19th year of his age, children of Capt. W. Templeman and P. Jane Muse. Csptsin Muse having resigned his office in the United States Nnvy, was compelled to leave his comfortable home near the District pf Columbia, and sought refuse in his native State Scarcely had he found a resting place for his family when his youngest child was taken away by the hand of dS&th, and ere one short week af ter had rolled round, another, his eldest son, just en tering on the thresh-liold ef manhood, ws also laid in the grave. But amid the affliction and losses of Capt. Muse, he has much to console him. Pesides the support which an approving conscience will ever give to the patriotic christian heart, he does not sorrow as men without hope for those who sleep in Jesus. Like tbe father, tha son bad given bis heart to the service of his God and country. John Blount was an obedient son, an affectionate brother, an earnest, exemplary christian. His advancement in spiritual things was far in al- ranee of what is usual to christians of his age. Afew of his Saviour, and tten gradnallysank, as tbe sun be hind the summers cloud, till he fell asleep in Jesus. WANTED.--A- GOOD COOK AND Washer, for which a reasonable price will be paid, in advance, if desired. Apply at this office. ju6 tf. NORTH CAROLINA KATLROAD OFFICE. ) COMPANY SHOPS, July 1st, 1861 J flIHE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE I Stockholders of this Company, will be held at Salisbury on Thursday, July 1 lib i. s ant jo 6 td j P. B. RUFFIV, Treasurer. ANTED.'-OliD BRASS, COPPER, Tad and Pewter, for which tbe highest Cash price will be paid. . ju 6 lmpd .... . a . ' A J 3 COREY k AVERY, . Petersburg, Va., CORN! COM!! CORN!!! 2000 BUSHELS FOR SALE. IWILIDELlfER FOR $3.0O PER BAR REL at Union Mills, a point on thevAtlantie and N. C. Rail Road, thrwe mils below Kinston, 2000 bushels orC ORN. Persons desiring to porohaae will address at Kinston, Leaoir county, N. C. jn 0--m2w E. B, COX. SPECIAL NOTICES. K. Ba,K,H: -'Comtt, Oct,l,'l860. Dear Sir My wife has bea snrr-.n ,, which time she w8 at Ul L- Th du"D,g hopes on, by her It&Z' Uvea jind frisnds, were blnstnl r- ' i . menoe, in small 'qutitie th IKPn PREMIUM BITTERS h;Jl - BlKER S eight weeks, (by daiiv Tu. tuB ' the c"araa f perfect health. I a, II t : T' m, child, about eight y0lf MS tbat wuhtb Diarrhoea. attoada '.T4 S ff?ting Aii n a, without giving any relief : " ! bottle of those INESTIMABLE BITTtRS fit. trad him antiMi l. . A J- A3 hob v J umj re- . . v"",vv v ueaun and tmp. Tna . sician's, that BAUER'S P R 52 .tl IIJ MEiri'EKS ' utua uuiut.-u. f -lufwiiaien nv tHur r i . w above-mentioned disease. DUB x onra most tru'.y, P. W. J. oiiari'm. These Bitters can bo had of 'VILLLA.MS a 11 A Y- WOOD, Raleigh, N. C, gists in North Carina and 1 AUofb, -.. aui cv nil th. 1 rv y -.- , si,, n .vtn hifir fi- w.,u: bo., Mcmf us, rennossee. and hv n.. o u.,.. -,. in ii ac x -Vew Yerk. ; ' "v" " ' Orders promptly f iled by address 11 il.nr. L TJ--U C BAKEK, Proprietor, Richmoad, Va. no 14 -1 10 w JK. ARE AUTIIOUIZEO TO ATtf. toua-e J. U. P.ot.. 8 , naA:ia , .u. office of Clerk of tho County Court of ;Vake co:.ntv iu 3 td w ARE REQUESTED TO AS- nounoe x. jnr. lirhEV. - i-,..i, f. omce o County court Cleik, for Wake county, june 29 tf FOR COUNTY COUKT CLERK. He are aathorued to announce J. J. FKRRELL ae : a Candidate fo- the offijo of Coanty Court Clerk.' Election the first Thursd iv iu A-jgust june 59 tt 1V A IV n r. u e s T E O TO AS" f T nounce w il.lia.u h MUUKE, a candi- d.it for the office of Superior Court Clerk, for Wake uounty. june 29 td FOR SUPEllIOlt COURT CLERK. Wr. yhb: PLrsse anr.oaace as a Handidate tor Supenor Cjurt ClerK fjr 'ake oounty JSO a BOTINa, Esq., at the ensuing elecoioa. thj first iuursuiy u August, ana obhge jane 29-3t MANY VOTERS. 1861. JUNEJ7T". l86i. NEW CLOTHING JU5T RECEIVED. 50 PAIRJ FANCY CASSIMERE PANTS. lOO PAIRS I'LAIS CAS v MERE PANTd lOO PAIliS BLA'JK DOESKIN CASSI MERE PANTS, f be-t quahtv 50 PAIKS BLACK DRAB D'ETE PANTS, 50 PAIRS DOESKIN CASSIMERE PANT3 mido m Broail fa:l stj le. WHITE MARSEILLES VESTS, Piuin ai.d floured. WHITE DUCX LINEN PANTS, BLACK (silk warp ) ALPACA SACKS AND FROCKS, FATIGUE SHIRTS For Military Companies are received daily BY EXTRaSS. Treasury Bonds of th? "Confederate States" takes at par for gojds. Also, from tlose who are indebted to us by n ite or open acomt E. L HARDING. june 99 6t TRACTS TOR THE SOLDIERS. REPFINTED A X RALEIUH, NORTH CAROLINA, "A voice from Ceaven," pages. "Don't put it Ofi." " "All sufficiency of Cnrist." " " "Self-Dedication to God." " " "Private Devotion." " " "The At of Faith." " The Sentinel." " " "Motires to Ei !y Pieiy." " "Come to J'is," (Tornierly "4 pages,) now in 32, and in 8 four page tracts. - APPROVED BY ALL THE PASTORS Of THIS CITT. A large ediion of the above should be printed be fore the type is distributed, as it will "Oft $40 to reset tnem. Tho number nnd variety will be increased as funds are given. $100 pars for 150,000 pages; $20 pays for 50,000 pages, and $1 pays for 1 500. Donations to be sent to the Ageut, which hs will ac knowledge by letter and report to each of the Pastors of this C:ty. More than 40,000 pages of new tract have been sent to our soldiers in Virginia. WM. J. W. CROWDER, ju 6 tf Tract Agent. HILLSBOROUGH MIL.11AKY ACADEMY. THIS INSTITUTION IS INDEK THE conduct of Col C. C. Tew, formerly Superinten dent of the State MUitary Academy nf Columbia, S. C. It is designed to afford an education of the same scientiac and practicul character 8? tbat obtained in the State Military Institutions of Virginia and South , Carolina. COURSE OF STUuY. Firet Year, bth Clans Arithmetic, Algebra, French, History United States, English Grammar, Geography, Orthography. Second Year, 4th Clatt Algebra, Geometry, Trig onometry, Fronch, Latin, Universal History, Compo sition. Third Year, 3rd Clas Descriptive Geometry. Shades, Shadows an d Perspective, Analytical Geome try, Surveying, French, Latin, Rhetoric, History of England, Literature, Driiwin, Elocution. Fourth Year, 2nd CUui Dif. and I"t. Calculus, Natural Philosophy. Chemistry, Rhetorio, Logic, Mo ral Philosophy, Latin, Drawing, Elocution. Fifth Yenr, lt Clatt -Agricultural Chemistry, As tronomy, Oeo'ogy, Mineralogy, Civil Engineering, Field Fortification, Ethics, Political Economy, Evi dences of Christianity; Constitution of the United States. Infantry and Artillery Drill will form a feature of the whole course. ACADEMIC YE AK BARRACKS. The- Acadomio year will commence on the first Wednesday in February, (Feb. 6, 1861,) and continue without intrmissioB, ' V tbe fourth Wednesday in No vember. The Barracks are arranged with specia' re ference to tbe necessities of a Military Academy. Tha main building, is 215 ftet long and three stories hlghj another building 190 feet long, contains the mess hall, kitchen, atro room, suren'tt office andbospital. c TERMS. The charges for tbe academic year are $31a, for which the academy provides board, fuel, lights, wash ing, instruction, textbooks, medical attendance and clothing. ' For circulars containiug fall information address COL. C. C. TEW, dec 5 wtf 'W- n- M-. A ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, RALEIGH, N. C. Right Rev. Taos. Atkinson, D. D , Visitor, Rev. Aldf.rt Smbbbs, T. D., Reotor. .t- The thirty-ninth Term of this School will coaassaoa on the siath da' of Ju'y. For a Circular containing full particulars, apply to tbe Reetor. janel9--wt - . HUGHES'S ACADEMY. ; The next session of our School situated 4 miles noith of Hillsboro', X. C, will commence on the 8th of July next, and continue twenty weeks. TUITION. In Clsical Department, . $25 00 In English " 15 00 , BOARD, including washing, room, Ac, In good families at from $3.50 to $10.00 per month. Should the circurn stances of the country demand a suspension of the Schivol before the proper lime of closing the seseioa, a deduction will be made in both Board and Tuition. ?AM'L W. HUOH18, june 29 w3tpd II. NORWOOD. BELMOT SEL?CT SCHOOL, -GRANVILLE COUNTY, N. C, i 10 mdesSouthof ClarksviUe, Virnioia. Tbe 12th Sossion begins 15th July, 1861. TERMS t For Tuition and Board with the Prinei p, $90 per session ef 0 weeks. Addres, ' R. H. ii RAVES, Principal, jn 3 w3w Brownivills P. 0 N. C. BINGHAM SCHOOL; OAKS, ORANGE CO., N. C. rpHS WAR MACES ROOM FOR MAN" NEW JL Pnpils, Tbe next term bogins Ag. 58th, 1861. Addrass -Wj- J. BINGHAM. 4 S0N8. IN