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' .. ... ;!iVs.H:;: ..-v'i.;'.: i t a nitiiGBER; SATURDAY MQRNOO, FEBRUARY 13, 1S63.. THE LATEST NEWS; . . . . . '11 ' - ' I L ! FRO it,, ,V ICKSBUBG ANOTHE a IRON -l CLAD CAPTURED i-RiCHMOHP Feb. 25lhe following oflcUt dli-j F""-'" - w . - , J- - inM vnrn rMMTn uira umuv z i . i i . . ViacsBTXBO, ireb. 35. 1 have the Conor to re port after ft severe and hot engagement, the cap t.ir of tha Federal ironclad steamer Indianofa. Lieutenant Commanding " Brown, ' TJ. 13. .N.jto getter with all tha bfijcers and crew, by the. Con federate States Hearten Qaeen of tha West, and Webb, foirmln? an expedition sent out by t me for that purpose, under command of O. L. Brent. The prize U a good deal damaged, -.' - i. !--.-. : -...--v i.tt TAYLOR;... , ; r Maior .General Gommmaridine.vM Another dispatch fronv Lieut. Gen. Pemiber ton, announcing the capture, isayi t Indknoia fa tha tha MississiDDif shore, with bow and upperworks out, near. Jir. Jot. Davia plahta CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. ;.;.jst ; RinflMiNoJsFeb..36.-!-In tha Senate the rinai m-an 1 hiii'fVnm -the House was taken no ..timailfi nnnmaA. Tha ftanata than want into uiouuwsi.iviviwM t-- - secret session. TbVHae passed a resolution of thanks io Gen. Bragg and the armyjri Tennasaea r- i. - nf.rrwiaKArn,TJ' rTiAn wArtl into "went into FROM PORT 'BOYAL. - , I r CHARLtsTOir, Feb. 28. Out tatesiadvicei from Port Rojal state that theTTankee fleet now there number 133 ressela iBcladingVjthree fxigttes and tweaty srunbbais. The rest are chiefly trahsports. Thero ara now 30.000 men collected there and more expected. : '. 1 .' ,v 4 "k t-.-. . - 'A ADVANCE! fN GOLD AT RICHMOND. RicHfloNiv Jfeb". 2 5.--Goldl advanced berB to day io ictfnsequence of mora aclive demand, It Waa SOld. W proiuiuiu. ujiibi vi : Cn AKIJHSTUri . The Wilmington Journalf In epeaking of the probable attack on OharleBton. iay t; i We are pleased to know that uenerai ueanra.. gard expresses the fullest confidence f suocesa. He believo, the city to be Impregnable"; Tbia as surance wd know he gare toj a gentleman of high atariding, through whom we got it," and we faly. very largely upon Gen. Beauregasd's skill rlm plicitly upon hia saying iovhlng that he doea not believe. : ' v-.'.'4.-j V.u;. iif ; .U The enemy, if ha comes to attack Charleston,, will catoh a urtar. He will come after wool and go back.shoro. . j ;v, . ,.j - Two English steamers, . ihe Douro and the Granite City, with full cargoes, arrlyed hla morning in a Confederate port. . ? - I ' ' ; , i Wilmington Journal of W edneaday. ; i ' fS-'" ' '' : y : :. . ' 'tROM. CHARLESTON., . " CnaaLMTOir, S. O., Fb.;25. We hara trait worthy information from Beaufort that the diffi culty between the Yankae Generals' Hantar and Foster: which reaalted.ln the return of the Utter to WeibiDgton, was a fisticuff between thermal Generals, growing out f disputes as to prece dence. "Ilienew programmo of Hunter is now un derstood 19 be another, expedition to out the Charleston and Savannah railroad at Poootallgo, and simultanagus naval operations against uene riJiJidCoter8 Blotr. preliminary to at lacKiDg oaf auuso: mi , . -y dav flrd kr these movements. : The merchant stoamer which w,ent' aground yesterday is now within the harbor. FKOM PORT HUDSON MOVEMENTS OF j THE 4JNEMY IN LOUISIANA, j ,. . , ? Port HItdsok, February 24th, (via Mobile, 25.)-A flag of truce boat arrived from Baton Rouge yesterday, bringing 32 exchanged pria oners, belonging principally the 18th and 30th Louisiana regiments. . ! ' ..(.! "-"U ! The Neyt Orleans papera contain 'nothing oi importance.' . . ! ' J I There. was a report of the killing of Butler by Bouligny , tn Washington city. ' : i '" . There are evidences of an early advance upon tnis point, k Several mortar boaU have arrived at Baton Rouge, also reinforcements, and intelligence received through prisoners strengthens this-belief. v i . ' - .'i'inK Prisoners state that reinforcements are contin ually arriving at New Orleans, and confirm pre vious reports of demoralization in Banks' army. FROM yjcKSRURG THE CITY SHELL ED BX THE. YANaJ-KS-UAUil DONE,! ' . , , . I . . 1. :;' M MoBiLKFebruary 24. Tha correspondent 0f ! the1 Advertiser and Register writes from Vioki burg, February 18th, as follows : ! ( ! I 1 I The enemy erected batteries on the levee, in range of the city, and commenced shelling fit one o'clock, yesterday, one of our batteries neajr.j the depot. 'Every shell came within the city, ,bu no harm was done. Our guns replied slowly giving shot for shot. From the position! off their batteries, that portion of the city fronting the river will be untenable. The firing continued frt regular intervals tin night, and occasionally f till morning. ; At daylight all tvas quiet. ; , ? . 1. j - ;u "v - - ' j i Thk StATK Lini. The!-Senate of Yirginia has passed, ;: by a very decided majority, a bill transferring the Virginia State Line, ; under j the command of Major General. Floyd, to the' Coo federate authorities. This step has been rendered necessary by the tact that the Line is a very heavy burden upon the State treasury, while the j bene fits secure as much to the Confederacy as to the Htate. It is generally hoped and believed that f President Davis will assign General ITloyd to the command, with, the rank of brigadier -or major general an act which will be as honorable to the President as it will be deserved by .General Floyd, for a more patriotic and gallant officer is not In the public service. Lynchburg RipublKari, ' . 1 ' . i ii. ! "-' RUNNING1. THE BLOCKADE--ANOTHER STEAMER ASHORE-THE FJRENOH ' j STE AMEB RONAUDlN, ETC. n . CuARLKao,Feb, 34.4-A" BriUsh reached a Confederate port yesterday. 5.. , steamer Another 'British steamer in entering this nort last night, ran agronnd on the shoals about one mile from Sullivan's Island. The beach, where she lies is io full view of the- blockadera, j She contains a very valuable Cargo from Niaau. The news at Nassau was unimportant ..The iron clads Chicora and Palmetto State have gone down to protect her, and it is expected she will be afloat IhU afternoon.- -) - v -a The French war steamer Ronandln was iugged off the shoals this morning, and is now within, the harbor. . '.--t r '! '1 - It is jrurdored that another merchantman steam er from Nassau .got aaroun'd last, nieht several miles aboe Sullivan's Island, but the report FROM TIE WEST FREMONT AND BUT-.' LER MOORE PRIZES - CAPTUBEpJ ! CnaTtaioooi, Feb. a1 Pafiies from the wont report that cannonading'' was heard In " the dirccuon of Unionville, on-our4 left, yesterday mornioir. . Tr c ? k i . " " potted that B-wecran has advanced half-way between Murfreesboro' and ' Middleldn,' 1 aRWpftfhff ir NMhville .Union - ot the 18th, state hal, Fremont has been Sent toTexasl and that Butler returns to New Orleahi." 4V inree pnze were captured by the Alibami off Kingston. 1ATER -FROM THE UNITED STATES, A lNATJONAl CUnRENCrsrSTEMDOP M l , .: -1 , -Tm ' . 1 . i if-. THE SENATE PASSED A CONSCRIPTION l&e'tUIUbs tXexi to be r Haiked. THE ""REBELLION TO - BE 'PTJLVEB- COUNTEHPLOTS iN cosiiEcrnciTT; 4 a. ifew aiore uumora of iteeegniuoB THE ALABAMA AND BETBIBUTION ; -AT WOJLK. Special DiBpatch to Jhe Richmond "Enquirer." PaxcDiRiCKBuno.Tah. 34, 103. j I have received United States '; papers j of the 20th. and 2U from, which I extract the follow ATTITTJD1 01 7BAJTCX 1 T0WAKD8 SCHl - IWiniD The New York "Times' of the 19th avows tha jcviction, to which It has come ''fvrith' -rehte-mce" that the Prench' Emoeror has determined to bt)en Southern norts . bv the' first of April for the! export of cottoni and that he (Napoleon) will Welcome rather than deprecate, war as the conse quence of such an act. : . .il "The tenor of the '!iIoniteur,' the general tone of the 'ministerial ' journals: and the recently hanged language of tha liberal press combine,'4 say 1 ih'MTimtstw to.show that this is tho policy rhich theJFrench'Emperor'has resolved to carry J The' "National l&temjocaV- does f not jibare thiscohTlction. . . , . z : ; 1...: , ATIOHAl,'CTJRRKSCT, - . . .. Both hous"e of the Yankee Congre&s have pass ed the bill to provide for: ' batlonal currency, se en red by a pledge of United States stocks. , ! Soma idea of this bill can be gathered from the apeech of Mr. Baker, whoiaid r . ;' .; " j This bill, if carried into effect,: propose taJn troduce an inconvertible and , irredeamahle currency.-, Shame Upon its author: z By this scheme our- banking system , will be ' totally annihilated a,nd driven oat by taxation; The ili gives a n limited power': to one man. It places - in the hands of the Secretary . the .basis of : the - whole bankiog j institutions ' of the country : A breath might make and a breath might unmake us all. Suppose this system of operation was in the bands of the : Comptroller and suppose that, a rumor should go forth that there had been a defalca tion,. what4 would be its i&ffect ?, None canmeas-. are iL It Is incaloulable; Jle wJ pot wiling to place the' whole business end. interests .of . our country at loch hazards. If this, system had been inaugurated in Mr. Buchanan's 'Admin istration, what to . day would have deep out. con dition. -.. -."V. ' : ' i:- , ' i Mr. Noell said t This bill gives the government the power to go into all the States and inaugurate s system of opening banks; independent of each either, and having no national character. ! -i ' UliUVU AAV fMVS BJOVitUlWao. j Peace resolutions -passed the House of Represen tatives of this State; but the Senate being Repub lican by a small majority, its members absented themselves, and the resolutions failed to pass. The United States Senate has passed a bill for 'V organizing this territory; - Mr, Wade, in disouas iagthe bill, said the North, had not yet seriously felt the war, and he did not want the rebels to get 41 foothold even there. fkWSeni arrests being up, Wilson, of Massachusetts,' sidd r ' -. John Van Buren is a capital barometer to show which way the popular, current .runs. At the commencement of the. war he 'made speeches against it; now he is beginning to show which way the current runs, and showing lhat the peo ple do hot sympathize with; traitors in or out of 4 Congress. John Van Buren made a speech the other day that has the ring of patriotism about it, not that the "erring sisters might depart in peace,'? but that he never would consent to ' re cognize this traitor' Confederacy; 'and this- Ma honey has taken especial pains to have it under stood that he rebukes John Van Buren, and he is writing to the New York press to prove of him self what we know that his heart is black with treason. 1 J': " " -: VBOM V1CKSBUBO. ' ' L special Cairo despatch, dated the 20th Feb ruary, says the sickness among the army at Vicksburg is increasing. , V ii A barge containing set en thousand tons of coal I ran the blockade on Saturday, the 14th, without F : J j. acuiaeai or auoovery. : TOWN DXBXROYXP. The town of Bolivar Lendiog.fifty miles above Memphis, has been destroyed by the gunboat Conestoga, in retaliation for 'firing into the Jen ny Xrtna oy guerrillas. V ! ''V ..TSfV The steamer Brooklyn nod Scioto were block ading this place at last advices, jt-it-i ."f . j ; VBOK Ttrm'otiLXAXi?- ' ' " Dates to the 12th say there" is considerable J dis content among the troops,- "growing out of the unwillingness of white soldiers to be placed on a common footing, with negroes. ',.:-. .u --: ! There are also reports that another vessel had slipped out of Mobile harbor.' The news from Galveston is, that the fleet had entered the bay, but finding it strongly fortified, deemed it best to draw off for tha present. A report was' current that the Brooklyn was aground In eleven feet of water.. - ; C03T1UJ3AND TRAD ON TH1 MISSISSIPPI. Four steanlers have been seized- near' Island Number 10, as prizes, for containing such con traband goods as Quinine, Morphine, In large quantities, arms. Confederate uniforms, army blankets, and' other r general merchandise contra band of war. - , - - i One of the steamers had oh board a large rebel mail containing important information. . . CHARLKtoK A3TD SATANKln. The New York "Commercial Advertiser" says the assault on these places will be more like a pro tracted saiga than an overwhelming attack. . ' The Charleston and Savannah, channels have been planted with torpedoes, and obstructions placed therein, so that tho torpedoes failing to ac complish their mission, the. vessels will . be held under fire long enough to seriously :cripple them. If Fort McAllister is a specimen ..we . may 5auae before we comtemplati an easyvictory. 'hat fort is now plated and as impenetrable to the MonUuk's shot as the Montauk is to that oi the fort. . Above the fort Is lined with obstructions and torpedoes which prevent iron-clads from successfully passing the river, Until the' torpe does and obstructions are removed; tho iron-clads can not be made effective, and these cannot be Te- tnovaa white the fort remains.. ; -.j . - The defences of Charleston are reoresented as equally elaborate those of Savannah, w ' - xne aiiacK upon . tnese pieces . wl he a- severe ne, and a victoryj if gained, will' be dearly ii From theNew York'TimeSi PeW 20th.l .' t HI .3XMOCRAOT OV CONMBCTICUT JLSJ) HR WAR. The Democracy of this State met in conven- von at Hartford, on Wednesday the 18th. and nominated Hon .Thoa. H. Seymour, for; Govern- w. . Axe tvi, vqcb acceDiea.. ,xion. xssao . Aoucev as promised to stump the State for himJV - The following resolutions were adoDted as the ilatfbrm of the parly. -' They :were unanimously dopted and d urine Iheir readine were vocife- rousiv eneerea. - , - -rr ". Whereas, it IS the DnviWe and the dUtV Of 4re I people living under- the guarantoea ot written oohsUtution which 'oombinea' the provi sions of ao organic law with the great principles of federatioti and fraternity, frahkly and fearleB-f ly.to assert thjeir rights, freely to canvass the) acta great truths whlcii underlie thg government, and upon which for three-quarters of a century, have securely ., rested the liberties .of . the people ; and wnereas the present administration of the General Government .has for, nearly two Jears been in armed collUIon WIh more than one-third of .the States comprising the Confederacy; and- in the prosecution of the extstiog war, bu assamed po w- eraUtter'y at variance with the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United SiAtesit be comes n the representatives of the conservative people of , Connecticut, while reasserting our de-. termination to adhere to the true, principles upon wbichour Union la founded, and. proclaiming Our devotion to the 'Constitution, firmiy but tem perately to condemn the errors of our' public offi cers t and. whereas the Administration of Abra ham ,Llncoluhas violated,the Constitution of the United Stat'es In many of its most important par ticulars t Therefore, 'U ? X V' v'i; K I. Eesblvedthat the :United.States are aoon'' federacy of States coequalin sovereignty and po litical power, independent in their, separate or ganizations, and reserving to each all powers not granted by the Constitution to the central Oov .ernment.,''::,;:' -. ,--' ' i ;JL .That while, as citizens of ConnecEoutwe aesert our devotion . to . the Constitution and the Union,' and will hereafter;" as We have heretofore, support with zeal And energy' the authorities of the Unjted States, in the full exercise of their Constitutional powers, twe deliberately avow that the liberties oT the people are. menaced hy Con gressional and Federal oaurpffliona, and ean only be preserved by the energetic action of State au thority ; and (We ar determined to maintain and defend the honor of pur State and the rights of the people. .e$ f; 3 That, while we denounce the heresy of se cession, ;s undefended and unwarrauCed by the Constitution, we as confidently assert; that what ever may have been tho opinion of our country men, the time has row arrived when all true lov ers of the Constitution are ready to abandon "the monstrous . fallacy," that the . Union can be re stored by the armed hand ; and are anxious to In augurate such measures, honorable alike to the contending factions, as will stop .the ravages of war, avert universal'bankrupt'cy, and unite all the States, upon terms of equality, as members of one Confederacy. . ' 4. That the democracy of Connecticut, sympa- Ihizing with their conservative brethren - in the Middle and Western States, pledge themselves to unite with them in the adoption of all honorable measures, having in view the cessation of hostil ities between the North and the South ; the re construction of the Union on such terms as shall thoroughly-define the rights of the States; the reproduction of those friendly feelings which form the true .foundation of the Federation, and the erection, upon a more enduring" basis oi the temple of the Constitution. , f; ' jf 5. That the militia of Connecticut are the nat ural qrjarcbans of the liberties of ber people, sub- ject to the coatrol'of her chief Executive officer, . acting tinder and by authority or tne laws 01 me State; and any and all acts of the Congress of the United SUtes violative of the sovereignty of the State in relation thereto, should receive the ex ecration of a people justly jealous of their liber ties, "who know their rights, and knowing dare maintain." . - -s . , u . - ' ' 6. That the militia bill recently introduced into the Senate of the United States by Senator Wil son, of Massachusetts, is subversive of the sover eignty and rights of the St a es, and designed to make them mere dependencies opon the central government ; unconstitutional in its provision's and dangerous to the liberties of the people, the au thorities of each State should sternly, resist the op eration of a scheme so fatal to the just relations which should always Cxiit between the Federal and State Governments. , x, JtKtet tiatsyjjteratonjly Pssedby and irredeemable paper currency, cannot fail, If forced upon the people of the States, to prove de structive te the existing moneyed institutions of the several States, and is covertly designed to es tablish a vast central.' 'money rywer," alike uns known to the Constitution of te United States and dangerous to the principles on which the Gov ernment is fosftded. v . 8. That the President of the If nited Stales, by his emancipation proclamation, Jfas struck a . seri ous blow at the rights of the StaLea ; erected an al most impassable barrier bet wee f the North and South, in attacking the peopVj of fifteen States through an institution which is Vlended with their social fabric, and over which thf individual States possess exclusive control and po;er ; and, regard less of the great lessons of the j Mt, the National Executive, in pandering to the ."insane fanaticim of the abolition faction, has vectored upon a sys tem of public policy, which, if tfcessfully inau gurated, would disgrace our cofe ijfry in the eyes of the civilized world, and carrlJust, rapine and murder into evejj household of yie slaveholding States. ; ; 8. That the act of the Federal;; Administration in suspending the writ of habcci corpus ; the ar rest of eitizens not subject to mif ary law without warrant or authority ; transposing them to dis tant States ; incarcerating thenwithout charge or accusation i denying them te- right of trial by jury, of witnesses in their faVp?5 and counsel io their defence ; .withholding rrofftlhem all knowl edge of their accusers, and the! jftuse oftheir ar rest 1 answering their petitioned!: redress by re peated injury and insult; preqjslibiog in many cases a condition.of their releasefjfest oaths, &c In the abridgment of freedorjaf speech -' and of the press : " . . " , , r. In suppressing newspapers b4orce and in es tablishing a censorship wholly incompatible with the freedom of -thought and expression of opin ion; 1 In the establishment of the espionage by secret police to invade the sacred precincts of unsuspect ing citizens; In declaring martial law over States not in re bellion,' and where the courts are open and unob structed for the punishment of crime ; In attempting to strike out of existence the en tire value of property in slaves throughout the country,; . ! In the attempted enforcement of compensated emancipation ; Inthe attempted taxation of he white man to fmrchase the freedom of fhe nezro and place his abor in compensation with thefwhite man thus taxed;" : ' la the dismemberment of the State of Virginia erecting within her boundaries a new State without the consent of her Legislature; ' Are each and all arbitrary and unconijitution. al,subverting the conslituUons, State and Federal, Invading the reserved rights of the people and the sovereignty of the States.and if sanctioned.destruo- Uon to the Tj nion, and establishiag upon the com man ruins or tne 11 Denies of the people and the sovereignty of the States, a consolidated military despotism v x ' " i r- 1 And we hereby solemnly declare that no Ameri can citizen can, without the crime of infidelity to nis country 'svjB8titutton and the allegiance which he bears to each, sanction such usurpations. Believing that our silence will be . criminal and construe 1 into consent, in deep reverence. for our constitution, which has been ruthlessly violated, we . do - hereby - enter' our most solemn protest against these usurpations of po wir. t , 10. That, in connection with out follow-'cili-cans of other States; we -will use our unmoet in fluence to prevent the payment of a single dollar of the money of the people, unconstitutionally appropriated, ' for ' the unwarranted - project - of compensated emancipation." f . : v. , ' - 11. ' That the enormous plonder of the' public ireeatrryr; by self consUtuled pabioti; which has been rife throughout the country; 'demands the closest - scrutiny, and the r aeverest ounishment should follow a just exposure; and that we insist upon their being paid for services rendered i i 12. That we tympalhize with the soldiers who enlisted to sustain theCoBstitutioa- aad the Union; In the great deprivations and hardships to which 1 lftoI livi kuA '. inMurfail ,i (n tliVfi. mrr In albaaltb. ana that Wa damand: 1ft tt nimA rfSo. I xnaniiv aud iostioe, that the great IrnMa.which, have deprived them of proper ood, raiment -and vara muni ue exposea uu ine autnors amy pun iihed.' . - V - : : -.: q.J, 7; 13- That as .representatives pf a large prbporr tion of the people of Connecticut, we demand the fullest public exposure Of the manner in' which the Kva&t jaum of four k-millions-of ' dollars, . ap propriated by .our State during the past two years or any portion of ii has been exoended? with a de- f (all ot the objects for. which the money baa bees used. and. we protest against the uncalled!for and extraordinary appropriation by the last session oi oar Legislature of ten. thousand dollars . to the Governor of this State, pd be used by him in se- cret lor any oDject he may see fit to extend It. v . The election will take place the first Monday io '5- ihx TAsxxi oosBCRxrnosr. Thia measure,-which has passed the Senate. tproMdes for the enrollment and tailing into aer- vtee, , neecu oe, pf au the able bodied men between teniy and forty-five. The only exemption being the Governors and State Judges, the only sons of poor widows and a'few others. Substantially, as the New York "Times'says, it is putting all the able-bodied men of the loyal States in for three yesK&v andall told,' the force will number three minions. ' '.. ; . , x.. i '- The enrollment is to be made bv officers direct- 1 ly accountable to . Lincoln. It j is : to ' be called forth by draft in such places as Lincoln COGS NdStatO functionaries have anything to do with it. i Provost Marshals are to be appointed in each Congressional. District, who are to see to the com pleteness of the work; : -Heavy penalties are imposed for aU'resiitance or counseling resistance to the draft:. In fact, says the "Times,", every part of the bill bristles with ; provisions ensuring its efficiency. . The Southern Confederacy, it continues, has put every dollar and every drop of bloed in its limits at the disposal of Jeff. Davis ; if we are not prepared to make similar. submission,' we might as well give if p. our minds for infamous and ruinous di comflture. It is glad, however; that the sacrifi ces will be made;" The currency bill will p-'eige every dollar, and the conscription act will pledge every drop of blood; to the national cause. Now; for the first time, it continues, we shall have the power of the nation 'pitted against that of, the re bellion. It predicts now the successful crushing out the rebellion. " This act, it sae, furnishes the means of pulverising 1. the .Southern Confederacy! It earn now defy armed intervention and enter a caveat to'.the world.' , It now sees the signs of ul timate triumph, inasmuch as the; United States now realizes her strength and its wjrk. THX .BLOCEADK. 1 ' The New York Times says Mr. Mercier openly predicts at Washington that Napoleon will break the blockade before the end of March just, it says, as he announced intervention from France weeks before it actually took place., THJS CONNRCTicrjT RxsoLtrrioys. " ; The Times says the only things these resolutions do not denounce is the rebellion of the Southern traitors and the 'usurpations of : the Richmond despotism. It'saya Jeff Davis has triumphed in the State Convention where the platform of South Carolina prevailed, and' that Seymour' stands squarely up to it, and the issue poji )& Rebellion and Lfoyauy. ATTACK ON CHARLESTON. It was positively asserted at Washington, the 'Times" says, that the attack on Charleston was to take place on the 20ih. The "Times" says the Rebels have 290 guns in position there, some 'of them very Urge s:z 3. KXNXCCKY ANB PXACE. The Kentucky Hoase of Representatives, on the 11th inat., rescinded the resolutions passed the day before, inviting commissioners from other States to meet its commissioners at Louisville to discuss terms of peace. WORK OF OUR yRIVATKBRSMENS. The Alabama, after leaving Kingston, captur ed the brig Chasielaine, of Boston, took her nau- OnMnf nfia& ftlso capered and burnt the bark i Toi8 vessel purrted to have goods belong to BntiniZUr AaaJSLSvJ but the captain having no proof of tne facts, the whole were destroyed. The crews were landed at San Domingo. The schooner Hanover, from Boston to Aux Cayea, was captured and burnt by the Retribution near Hayti on tho- 31&t ult., where her crew was landed, Three swift sailing, heavy-armed steamers are to start from New York in pursuit of the Florida and Alabama as soon as the Yankee Congress passed the bill before it granting letters of marque id reprisal. MORGAN'S CAVALRY AND THX YANKEES. A despatch from Murfreetboro', approved by Rosecrahz, states that on February 12th Col. Monroe took 430 men and started to beat np the enemy in the direction of Cains ville; that he met Morgan's cavalry four miles from that town, 500 strong. He Teports killing 20, wounding a large number, taking six prisoners; routing the remainder, taking 60 horses, and destroying 300 stand of arms. Morgan, with 3,000 men, is re ported at Cainsville. "BRAST BUTLER IN BALTIMORE. -Butler was received at the hall of the Mary land Institute on the evening of the 18tb, where he made a speech. Thirty-four -j young ladies, handsomely decorated, wore, on the stand, and patriotic airs were sung, and a band jf mujic was in attendance.? He spoke of the triumphs of the Yankees, told them the Government was de-, termined to succeed, eulogized the conscription act, and alluded to the night when he formally occupied .Federal Hill, in -May, 1861 ; said the nation was but teething when the teeth were drawn tyrants and traitors must beware and stand back.. He was to have had a dinner, but this did qot come off owing to the fact that a salute .fired at Fort Marshall killed Commander Maxwell Woodhull, United States Navy, a relative of Gen. Bchenck'e. " MISCSLLANXOUS. ' Charles. Carrol Hicks, formerly a detective in. Richmond, was arrested in New York on the 20th. r . The Keokuk Constitutional newspaper was de stroyed on tho 2d by convalescent troops in that place. Some half dozen vessels which have run the blockade from Southern ports, have arrived .at Nassau, and 'at least fifteen have cleared from Nassau, which 'are no doubt blockade runners. Hooker has been made a Brigadier General in the regular army! ' , Joe Holt is Judge Advocate General with rank of Colonel. . ' - l -, 1 Bepresentations make both Hooker's and Reso cranz's armies' as in excellent plight. ' ' Burnside has been assigned a new command, but it ia not stated what it is. 'A despatch from Memphis, dated the 17th, saya the Yankee, iron-clad Indianola had passed the batteries at . Vicksburg and it was. regarded as a great feat. - She was seen and heavily cannonaded by the Confederates. I 1 ' . , ". A letter of Gen. Scptt's, of October 4tb, 1861, has been called for by the Yankee Senate, which will show that McClellan treated ooott with dis respect while the latter was commander-in-chief, and that McClellan would have been court niar tialed but for fear of doing injury to the cause. ;V 1 . 3. , .., v thr iutKiTs. ' , ; Gold cioaed in New York on.lhe 19th et 162" though it had reached during the day 163;, . Oji the 18th it stood 1611. Sterling -exchanse-com manded 180. This was brought about, the Twfoe- says, fcy the National lioan bill end the discus sion of French mediation- r.sU New Auction and Cbmmisslb n ': .wu8Wi.l !:-. XTRANK XT WltsdNJ4 1. - ?FAtRTTWvii.ui Strut, RALnea, N. C; ':U TN A CENTRAIVTOSITIO N AND HAV- JL log spacious house, will receive and sell at Auc tion or on Commission, all kinds of GOODS, WARES," MERCHANDISE; v PRODUCE in fact any and aU articles. ; Quick sales and prompt returns, jreo.z-xni .To ..Capitalists mn5 AlAJU Allu" MISSISSIPPI ' vi . , . '. a . ... uver juuiroaa company 01 Alabama, nil oner for sale at publio auction, to the hishast bidder, fnot Jess than par) on Wednesday, the 4 Jl day of March, 1803, at tha Bank of Sal niacin tha City ' of Selma, $400,000 bonds of tha Company, dated. January 1st, 1862, and due January 1st, 1875, aad $42,000 Wads of the pity of Selma, dated January 1st, 1862, and due January 1st, 1882. The last named bonds will be endonad and guaranteed- by t&a-Railread Compa ny. UAH thesa .bonds bear 8 par oont iaforaot, . paja- blo semi annually, at the Commercial Bank, of Ala bama, at Salma, with aonpona attached for. tha Inter est. . Tha bonds of the Cojapany, (intarasf - and prin cipal) ar secured by a mortgage, duly exeeated and recorded, on the entire., Railroad of the Company, with all its machinery; and lands, and franchise, and other appurtenances.; The - road eommeneer at the City of Selma, where it connects: with the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad completed 135 miles,) and now being extended under a eontract with the Confadarata Government, to Roma, Georgia; and with a daily line of steamboats, plying between fialma and Montgomery, and eXtendr West through a well eolti vated and very fertile, region, via Uaiontown svbd De taopolia; about 77 miles, and Js eonnaetad by means ortna Xiortneast and conuweet .Alabama - Railroad, with the Mobile and Ohio, and Southern (Mississippi) Railroads, at Meridian Mifcdwippi. ' Besides its vary marked local advantages, securing to it a large loca business, this road holds a most favorable position, in the great Eastern and Western line of travel . between Texas, Arkansas, 'Louisiana and Mississippi, and the JNortnern and .Eastern portions' r the. Confederacy, affording the most direst and $ shortest route from Vioksbarg, and all intermediate places to the Capitol of the Confederacyand the South Atlan tie cities. Although the route through, from Salma to $leridian has been opene only within' the last few weeks, 'and is not yet working as regularly as it" wiUy so soon as the arrangements in progress are completed, the In come already far exceeds the sum required to makel gooo tne Donas proposed to be issued, ,1a short, it is believed, that no better securities than those bonds; ean oe round in the Confederacy. Two "prior liens exist, to-wit : mortgage to secure $160,000 bonds of tne company, due January nex to-be paid aut of the proaaads of the bonds now offered and which will be received in payment for the latter bonds. - Second, a mortgage to secure $150,000 advanced by the Confed erate Government for tie completion of the road, and payable in 1872, unless sooner discharged, as expected, by transportation for the Government.' -.X . Sealed proposals or bids, directed to the undersign ed at Demopolis, or W. S. noxv Bsq.,' Treasurer, at Selma, (who on application will give any information desired) will receive due attention. ' v r G. G. GEIFPHf,- President. Selma, Ala., Feb. Il--t28feb. v.. 1 i' j-t ,. - ,r , " f ""' c Hbadqoabtihs 3d N. C. Banaxioir, taeH,") . Artillirt, r ' :- ' ; WitHiKOTOir, January 23, 1863. J SPBCIAL ObDSRS, 1, 4 r :. - :no."32. ' ' l JOHN II. I1INE S, JOHK A. MOODY, Thos. Johnson, Joseph K. Vincent, Nathaniel Joner,N.L. Oder and David Coffield, of CapUA. J Ellis company j, James S.Jackson, Samuel Privett John It. Outlaw, JamevW. Farmer and Charles L. Bailey, cf Capt, William Badham's company, absent without leave, are hereby ordered to report immedi ately at these headquarters or they will be considered deserters, and treated accordingly, - " -By order.of Maj. Johh W. Moore: Jan 31 1m - AUG. M. MOORE, Adj't. ' Broom Corn Seed. AGBNTI.EMAN WHO RAISED A CROP of Broom Cora last year has a large quantity of feed for sale. Price $2.50 per bushel-one dollar extra when a bag is furnished. Printed directions for the cultivation of broom corn will be sent to all Who desire to raise a crop. - ' - All orders sent to WILLIE J. PALMER, Principal of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, will receive prompt attention. Feb 21 swim IiOSt. sTlERTIFICATE, OF STOCK FOB ONE J Share in the North Carolina Railroad CompanyJ No 865. Applicauon will be Xga? same. feb 18 lm W A.1 V. ShpcoovSprings. THIS CELEBRATED WATERING .PLACE IS now open for the reception of visitors, (refugees 11 X MAR NICHOLLS". CO, Proprietors, . Shocco Springs", Warren Co., N. C Feb 18 lmpd For Sale. V FIRST RATE CLOSE CARRIAGE XJL and harness, but little used: also a good Carry alL . J J.W.FORT. Forestville Feb. 17 Sfcpd ' ' . . . To Cotton Planters. I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for the Confederate Government within the State of North Carolina, and will pa for the Bame in 8 per cent.. Bonds or cash. Such agents visiting the different parts ef the State, buying in my name, will have written certificates of appointment. Patriotic citizens are now offered an opportunity to aid ue government by selling 10 it then cotton rath er than to private capitalists.. ' - LEWIS S. WILLIAMS, .Charlotte, Feb 11, 1863. feb 14 lm Headquarters, Ramsenr's Brigade,! February 7th, 1862. . . i A' LL COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF thii Brigade, absent Without proper authority, are hereby ordered to return immediately to their commands; or. they wfll be recommended to be drop ped from the service, and their names will be sent to the nearest Conscript officer for enrolment. ". . All men absent without authority are also ordered to their respective companies underjhe severest pen alties. A full list of all such absentees commissioned of- noers andprivates-will, in a few days, be published. All officers now. absent on detached service for the purpose of oolleoting absentees, proounnir. recruits. Ac, are hereby reminded that a failure on .their part to bring. or vend a aumcient number of such to this Brigade, will involve a rigid investigation as to the manner in which they hare discharged their duty. . By order of Brig. Gen. RAvntrn. j .BEATON UALES, a1 : 1 ' ' " Ass't Adjutant General. Camp near Fredericksburg, Va Feb ll-6t State Journal, Wilmington Journal, Charlotte Bnl letin, will copy fire times and forward aeeount to this Brigade ilaadquarters, "Guinea Station, near F red erieksburg, Ya." . ' - ' Thom ASvuia, Teb. 16, 1863. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT lw one month after this date I shall anolv to the NorA Carolina Railroad Company for the re-issue of Stock standing in my name, the original having been Febl8-rwlm. - - . . -....'! -1 Office of the Chatham RSt Co.,1. 1 ' " V I : RixxiOH, February 6, 1S63. J rtlHE STOCKHOLDERS1 OV THE CHAT X ham Railroad Company will meet at the Court House in the City of Raleigh, on Tuesday, the 2d day of March, 1863, to consider the propriety of accept ing the amendments, to -their : Charter lately -passed by the General Assembly; feb 14 td ' -v -. KEMP P. BALLS, President, Committed mo THE JAIL. OP WAKE COUNTY, ON A. the lltb of November. 1862, "a, negro man who lays his name is HARRY, and he belongs to John Thomas Mebane, of Bertie County.- Said boy is about 85 years of age. and of dark complexion. - .The owner of said boy is; requested to ecme for ward, prove property and. pay charges, or be will be dealt with as the law directs. ' , - ' -i W. H.;Hlan, ShiL : Dee. 15tbil862. 'dee 17 tf - Coxnrnitted.Ta JaiL TXT AS- COMMITTED TO THE JAIL OET f V . Warri Coiuiy, on the 31st day of December last as a runaway, a Negro man who sayi his name id Wasbinrton Newell: that Jie belongs to .Capt." Wnu Smith , of ; the 6th Regiment .N. C Troops, and that his master lives in Faquier Cpunty. Ya- when at noma. He also says be escaped front the Jail of Wake Cone 1 ty some six erflgrii weexs suoo,ana suosequenuy from Nash County Ju.s.-i.'..i--v;.v .v.;' ;wr -A'.; V Said Neero is a dark ginger esjte 'or bacon oolor : rabout 5 feet 5 or $ inches high, has bad teeth in front ana appears w a aoou aw or jwi.w : Tha aaraer nnt jcrova DroDartv. ttav enarea and take him awav or he will be dealt with as the Uw di. reta.-i r WM. K,iLaJUSS, Jailor .:.tt- K k r w, 1:-... iV . Blooded Horses: br 8ale. hi B.Mi TOBACCO F1VY, DY THJEnED, I I a.- W - m , . w J w stm 1 . L Sf . ' t x out 01 ir jriy, juxtp. rnaiu,u. asm oy amp. LuiboroDjrh lort anlv i one race out of fix 5 years old now stinted td Albion, Jr., $808. -k x 1 S. Her produce, B. It., by Albion, Jr., -foaled last spring-price tmflJ-U- 3. Br. II., norattJIy, by Imp, Fly by Night, out of Tire Fly 3 years old, $700 4 , 4. Br. P., full sister M last named; $500. ? 6. B. M., Lola by BaUia Peyton oat of aregtmare, now tan years old and s tin tad to Tar-River a flue Wood and saddle ailasl, $451. ' ' 7 e. tier preduee, B. M. Esther, 1 by Gen. Hawkins, bay Priam, 4 years 14 now saataa so xa Juver, $500. . -ii -V-jU. w f. B. full brother to last named, 3 years old, ; t . ' ' ' by flight, 2 years old, $500. KpsUon, Jr one year old. $500. ' ' 1 8. B. by Iip.prtyj 9. B. C. Epsilon, y 10. B C, by ATbidn; Jr., which horse CoL Green lost upon the fall of Rioanoke Island last spring's obit. .'"-Ph -v- 1L B. C, by same out ot No.- $, foaled May .Utih, 1862, as was No. 10 perfect matoh, price for pair, $500. -...-r..rf-p..--., V-;.! - 12. Be. Bn Mid Nlgati by Imp. Albion, dam by Imp. - uienooe, years Old, fl,000. 13. B. CM. Pitch Dark. 4 rears eld. in foal to Al bion, Jr. she by!' Imp. Albion, dam Stockholder, G. dam by Imp, Leviathani $7wO. : - .v ; .14, Ch. Ml, Kitty, 4. years eld. a splendid saddle horse, byRoanQke, $SuA. Z-hf. 10. sli. Regent, Jr., by Regent, 2 years old, $700. 18. B. H. BeaUrearari. 14 ' Veara. oldbV den. If. T. Hawkins bav, Priam.! JZhia haraa is : baliavad , to ba the 1st or 2d racer tn the country. JIa wen the great jxaw Jiarket Sweep Stake in two straight heats, beat ing fine Aald. ii Among them Ninette, full, sister to . the renowned Planet bis 'dam by Imp "Trustee he is a full brother to. tha i aalabratad raea horse Frank Allen. We will sell one-half interest ia him for $1000. 17. Also, a pair of dark, brown carriage horses by a Wagoner hone large, f gentle and well, broken, to single or double harness, $700. Being .overstocked with horses, we will self af pri vate sale, the above listi Host of their -pedigree are as thorough and' fashionable as any in this eountry. " more complete pedigrees wme furnished purchasers. y ' -M ;XjUUS. J. GaJJN SUNi Emeralds, near Warren ton, N. C, Jan. 28 2m iB After the 1st of belt' month." 10 ner eent will be added to the prices of any of this list then unsold. 1 M W. J. GREEN SONS. February Jth I86S4 jv .u . . feb 14 tf rORTH- CAROLINA ' MUTUAL LLF E 11 INSUHANCEICOMPAN Y. OFFICE RALEIGH, .N.i C THI8 COMPANY takes risks upon ail r. healthy Mi between ' the ages of -14 and.. 60.-years--Tfor, one . year, ,for, seven years, or for lifetie .irefrorj ttf participating-in the pro fits of the Company.; Slaf es between the ages of 16 and and 60 years, are Insured for one or five years, for two-thirds their market value: " All losses are paid within 90 days after eatisfaetA'v proof is presented, j j j . :.: r sr ; DIRECTORS! FOR 1861 AND 1862. Charles E. Johnson,; Wxn. H. Jones, H. W. Husted, P. FPesoud, KP. Battte, W. S. Mason, ' wrm. w. llorden, J. G. Williams, Quentin Buabee, Wm. H. MeKee, Charles B. Root, Everard Hall, Rioh'd H. Battle. OFFICERS. Dr. Chas. E. Johnson,' President. - -W. W. Holden, Vloe President. H. Wi Huste(L Attorney, Wm. H. Jones,. Treasurer. R..H.I Battle, Seoretary. . . W. H. MeKee. Medical Examiner. W. JJ.' MeKee, 1 ;-- Charles B. Root, Executive OomfmitUe. . Q. Buabee, : ' Jr ' - ' 11 .... i " jr r -- ine pampniets; and forml Of reposal, which nisy be wvmuuvu uio viaoe 01 we uompany, or any ex its IITIT VAitm 'rwa N 1 SJcWE COMPA MUTUAL FIRE J3 INSURANCE COMPANY At the annual meeong or tne nortn garonna Mutual fire insurance Company, held oh thel4jth January, 1862, the follow ing. persons Were: elected j; JUlrec tors and umoersior tne ensuing year: ;j. ''1 ' ''-' : DlllilfiCTOriS. , TV fTn HlA. j una zv. Tf 1 1 1 ulfti T.H. Selby, C. W.D. Hatchings, Kemp. P. Battle, j George Little, James M. Towles d07 do. do do. do. do. James Jfi. HoyV Washington, Alexander Mitchell, Newbern. Jos. G. WrighV Wilmington. , John M. Jones, Edenton. ' George W, Charles, Eliaabeth City . Jos. Ramsay, Plymouth. J.W. HarrellfMurfreesborough H. B. Williams, Charlotte, Samuel Watkins, Milton. A. W. Steel, Fayetteville. Joseph White, Anson county Josh. Boner, Salem. A Sammy, Asheville, OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY . T. H. Selby, Pfimdent. 9 Henry D.Turner, Pteerfo. John H. Bryan, Arny. . I?idtfl,?' 6mithi Secrar and Trtaiurm- T. IL Selby;: exojflcio, ") C. W. D. Hutchings, J This Company. has been in successful operation over 13 years, and continues to take risks upon all slasses of propertyin the State, (except Steam Mills ?ndJnrPntine 3WilWios) upon favorable terms. iVaavSaA1 now P06' 1 WPrty amounting to nearly $4,000,600,; a large portion of which is In eountrv risks i Mdlts present capital is over Four Hundred Thousand Dollars, in bonds propetiy secured, i All eommunioationi In reference to insurance should be addrecsed to the Secretary, postpaid. t 7ctv i,m AMDEN S. SMITH, Ste'jf. January 18th, 1862. j Jan22i- Ornca or th ChaTHAx R. R. Conr airr, 1 . Rax xt op, Ootober 2th, 1862. J- A MONTHLY INSTALMENT OP TEN per eeat, payable on the first day of each month, until the whole subscription is paid, is hereby called for, by an order orthejBoard of Directors. . 1 ' 1 W. W. VASS, Treaaurer Raleigh, Oct 31, 1863. not 8 tf . '; ! Wanted, THREE WASHERWOMEN AND ONE Cook, at Fair Grounds Hospital, Raleigh. Good wages and rations jgivani Apply to ;j u. BURKE HAYWOOD, -! Feb 11 w&sw-3t each. - v Snrgeoa. HIDE FIRST! TEAR OP THE WAIU- jl aj jdwabu a. Foiaiu), Author of "Blac k D amonas, o. .f Price, 1 ! ttm An When sent by maSL . $2.60 'W. L PCTMEROY. 0 3 . tS- GrooerloB. jGrooerles. T 1 21 SACKS.. FAMILY FOUR Justreoeived at E. A. WHTTAKER'S, v Hargett Street,. rwSACKS SUPERFINE FLOUB. t vmm m . .. ! 1 T7 At j j" WHIXAKJERS. iAA BUSHELS MEAL, -WHTTAKER'S. : A ff BUSHELS SWEET POTATOES, 1UU At ; ."J;' WHITAKER'S r : ' ' . 1 - Imhmm 61 AAA LBS. SUGAR, UUU At ; j WHTTAKBBfS. 4- 4 T. VT. RjOX ST ON, : ; r..,-:' . .'petersbtjrq, va . M ANUFACTURER - OF. " CITIZENS' and military clothing of all kinds, in the best style.-"..Cloths, Gasslsaetes.and Testings of all the bst paterrs, Staff Buttons, wholesale er retail, Trim-., mlngsaf all kinds, Aei Gold Lace by the piece er a retaU In fact, I hare eomplete stock Jftf mSltary Shirts, Drawers, Books,! Gloves, - Cravats, . Ties and Uniforms, all ready made. None.bttt the best hands Jt. w. nvui vfl p ;MJ Byeamere street; clothing promptly filled, ''''-.w; si P. S-0rders for mtU jan xi-j-iy riOVWTRY: PODCCE BOTJG11T, Kit At market rate.' ' -3 I. . r - iimi erriaii J...?.? i-at i-f- '4:-TXcr- rOiS' -.'ik-V. .-a
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