. .. ' : i: - i ' . ' . . . -. Till! iiiiato llElilSlli. BATULDAY MOaKINO, J.UNE 6, 1S63. THE LATEST NEWS. ifitaMYiCEtsBTjRG. I Jackson. Jane 3. u The ieof Vlcksburgsoiar U tomt encourag ing Th. enemy has been repulsed with IrntowM slaughter in every attempt to storm the 6rke.- Urant will b compelled to raise the. seige in taw days, (irioi reporwa as returning w flrand Golf. ?Ad attempt to storm the works U looked for within the ttext forty-eight bourn. .. 1 1 i Memphis. Bulletin of the 30th instant claim ,000 prisoners, .a Young' Point. , It "7f -ty news from Vfcksourgts not stimulating, but the slaughter on Che Federal side is not to large M .Qrwti Th nlina ii closelv inresjLed. AppNH hension is felt as to the result in Memphis.'. Coy J cdence is IP rgu mi m i oon ... : by the Confederate. r. r ' FIRE IN WILMINGTON. Wilmikotow.-N. C, June 3. A Are brok out at eleven o'clock last nigbK end dtroyed tb residence of James Dawsoa and T. D. Walker., toth valuable buildings. The latter was partuAUy insured. j ; LATER FRpM TUB If ORTII. N TUF. SITUATION; ATVJ.0 BU RO TtlB ENBMY DISOOtJRAGED BY ltKPEATKI) failures. -i I : . 'S : II ci'rti Correspondence of the- RicJitimd WHfy FRjcrRicK8BURa, June 2d, 1863. The follow! is from the N. Y. Heraiot the 30ih and Washington Cbroniclo of the lit : ' DZSFA.TCHEB 1KUU USD. usiB-r. A f asbington telegram of the 2&:h, says : Despatches from Gen. Grant, dated near Vicka Lurg, 25th, (Monday, bave been received at ths War Department to-diy. They represent tbe siege of Vicksburg as progressing satisfactorily, and thai Grant is abundantly able to maintain nis invest! went of tbe town and repel any 'rear, i - ' i- .vJ : ... T LATER nmnlcated to Bracz bU deteVmJnatioa to-hang all rebel oQoera in bis bands ih- caso retaliation for iplei tried and .oxocuted according U.tba. nsages of warp kbould .jb reaocted to. a If THJD SXrKXIT10NVF TUB TAZOO FORTBRI Of- m -; jFiciAiKFoT. t ?; f. HiAjdmlral Porter telegraphs the! NaTjDfpart mert the 23th as fallows . , --trmyi ' I have the honor to inform yon that the eif e ditin I sent up the Yazoo, after taking possession of the forts at uainei Bluff, -was perfectly soccess fuUTbree powerful steamer rams were destroyed at Yazd city one a monster 310 feet long, 70 fuel beam, to be covered wim 4-mcn iron ptaies. A'fljne nary yard, with machine shops of all kinds, saw! mills, blacksmith shopt.'&e.i were burned up. Thai propwty,deitroy6d aad captured amounted to ever $2.oAo.ooO. Had themunster raoLbeea fin ished, she would have given as some trouble One batbsrv waa tlestroved at Drurv'aUiuu. uur loss in tbe; expedition wasone killed and isven woutid- a. i. i I FROM TDLLAHOMA. u " , Special to Mobile Advertiser. . - ,' ft ! TULt-ifiOMA, May 27. A bfifvvv rreconnoisance of ihi enemy advanced this morning i Hoover's Gap, and were repulded" by jUusbrod Johnston, wuo papiureu prisbnera, U "- a i dozen attack on his i ' FROM JACKSON, M1S3. ! fSjxeial to Mobile Advertiser and RegitUrA i'yM ri. ?..'JACK80s?,'May.. .; i Gk JototaAdOoW IV'- frve to-dajr; It-' aued a svpp1 to the pepe if mmzlt i--Hsw a the asslstanee k ihe Siataw i v. -- f i 4 all ; is" inadee fof ail to -oginize as cooip nleS of cavalry and. Iftfaotry, to serve for ninesjr daw. . ! . -i- v; -- ; xfo compaoy i to eoaaistbf less than forty men. They erw to report to Gen. Johnston., ' ; H . ''f Home Yankee hospitals in the neighborhood of Baker's Creek have been taken and vver a thou sand men paroled. - . , ' A GLANCE AT AFFAIRS IN THE NORTH f' " 'yfE&T. ' '-r ; 1 5 rtwn Atlanta Confedeaey. ' A frlen.l who has had an opportunity of read lag the Cincinnati Enquirer oltbe 22cl May; fur nishes us with the following items' of news from the Northwest:?1 f -; . Tbe Democratic State Convention of ObiO will rmeet on the Mlh or June next ; and it U almost absolutely :cerUir that Yallandigbam will b tbe nominee for Governor of the State without oppo sition. . . ' ' Tbe columns of the Enquirer teem with ac counts of outrages by Lincoln's soldiers u j on unof fendicg citizens in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana ; and several cases. ar,e referred to whorein soldiers and officers have been assaulted and beaten for no other cause than merely wearing Ufncoln'e hated livery. . ?M: '. -iiKfrl The comments jjpon fhe war in its general fea tureft are melahchnty and full of forebdingi The follies of .flin coin, the incompetency of his Generals; and the atrocious, profligacy of his ad ministration , are sorrowfully . deplored. ' The story of Mrs.. Vallandigbam's insanity is a sheer fabrication she glories in tbe fearless and f a' riotic attitude her husband has taken. ' Tbespeeehof Voorhe-s, made m the midst of threatening bayonets, and eurrounded hy hofSile cannon, is pronounced the abUst and most plain fpofce and .withering oration fever delivered, on. this continent. " It is considered far more treason able andjobnoxious than the one of Vallandigham, which caused the latter's arrest Thare were moTe than 75,000 cif'zens t resent t tbe matting at Indianajoli9,on the 29th May, twitbitsnltTi l&ai ins grouna wasencircjea vy ! jli : I"' da-1 ACCOUNTS TROM YICK8BURQ QKNJ5RAL jtfHiraToSr's itkntions. A Cairoyieepatoh of. the 29sh says : ; "" , Advices from Vicksburg are to the afternoon of Tueday the 26th. No fighting had:, taken place 'ince Monday The position Jof the army Is said to bocbsDgedMcPherson's corpa holding the ex treme left and McClernland the centre, while Sher man still holdjl the right. Five or six thuusatd prisoners are expected to arrive at Memphis to-day! Johnston it reported to be at Jackson, with 15,000 men. The rebels aleo hold Big Black .Riirer bridge , i . .. ' k',: , ',. ' A St. I puis' telegram ef the same date say s . 4 Geo. Johnston , is rapidly receiving reinforce ments in the vicinity pf Jackson, wlth the inten tion of attacking Qrant in the rear. Gen. John ston is reported to" have said that if Vicksburg should hold out for, fifteen days, he would throw 100,000 troopiinto It, If it required the relinquish ment of every foot of territory in his department to eflect it. ' ; I VICKSBUBQ RATHER STRONG FOB GRANT.. t : A MurfreMDcro' despatch of the 28;h iays : Reports from highly respectable sources repre sent that Grant,' since. Sunday, bad made some ihifig like a general attack Upon the rebel works at Vicksburg, and lailed to carry them ; that be had thereupon concluded the place was too strong to be taken by assault, and bad opened a terrible and tuitained tire Upon it with bis artillery . OTHKRljDCirtTNTS FROM VICKSBURG. Unofficial despatches from Grant's army, of the 26th, represent no material change in affairs there on the 25th. 'On the evening of that day Pern barton askei a truce of two hours and a half to bury his deadji which was granted. A Cairo despatch of the 31st says "the lighting Monday lasted six hours. The battle was renewed Tuesday. Bqt few if any batteries bave been , taken. Shells from Sherman's guns come over into tbe city, asan be seen trona the fleet. Banks' forces have hot arrived. Four ' thousand four hundred prisoners are expected to-night and wilt be tent to Indianapolis; .; i ne inronicie s corresponuence from tne rear oi Vicksburtr, the 2 2d. says to day a eeneral charge w3; ordered on the enemy's works, though 1 can not learn- that at' any point tbe works were completely carried. The singularly rough nature of the ground, mkes it almost impossible to tell what we have to encoUhtcr befoious, and rapidly fatigues tbe men. COMMENTS OfHK HERALD ON THE SITUATION; Commenting on -the military situation in' the South and tb4 moves on . the chess-board, the tier aid says On the whole, considering the de fensive position it (the South) baa at least equal : ttrength with the North for this campaign. ' Pem ' berton, according to our latest intelligence) will te able to noia out in that strong bold ten- days or a, ; tortnight, until Jobn&ton with his army raises the siege and engages Grant in battle. Johnston ia rapidly receiving reinforcements from all quarters at Canton, a central pdii: ton the railroad.! Grant a being reinforced, too, ;ome down the Mississippi, wblcb land at Haines' ; BIuM on the enemy's left flank, and, some up tbe Mississippi landing at v arrenion on tne enemy s ngnt frank. " it is thus reduced to a Question of sneed and numbers between, the opposing forces, complicated with the quettions of tbe strength cf the fortress and Grant's tactics ip the approaching great battla. Tbe rebels cannot afford to lose Vicksburg, bat If they succeed there, by concentrating the victorious army of Vicksburg at Chattanooga, it will bean easy matter, to clean out iTennesseo. Johnston was only prevented from dealing- Rosecrans a heavy blow ;by Grant's landing at Port Gibson and attacking Vicksburg in the rear. Lee with heavy reinfuroetriints is about to move into Pennsylvania, and Stuart, with 15,000 cavalry, Is muMm mo jiunuuuw, vv iiai is ineir aesu nation? Bill Hooker, whose array is twice as large as Oeneral Lw's, , must ! first be whipped.; One cool, sagacious head at Richmond seems tjo direct all this movements on the Southern chess board of the war. Wlat kind of a head and what ueau mazes; me counter moves at Washingtori ? " FROM; TKNNX8SRE AND KENTUCKY. j A Murfreesboro' dispafch of the 29th says r j Parties who' entered our lines to-day trom the South report thaf Breckinridge's ad Carotier's divisions of Bragg's army were on their way Smith. ..ii- . ! ; All is quiet at this point, and the rumors of ai formidable demonstration on our right are hardly, confirmed. 'Some portion of the enemy's vi delta Ime has been retired. " ! TI'he -Exch va Business SuspKNDEDftTbe Fec eral Commissioner having refused to deliver reg ilarly paroled Confederate prisoners according to the agreement defined in the cartel, baa, been informed that no more Federal prisoners who may fall into Our banda will be exchanged until ?ibe ?jid Confederates are handed over. Our comrais s&ner has faithfully delivered over all Federal prisoners demanded under the terms of the cartel untfil this occurrence. Our account with the yojited Slates gives us an excess tf prisoners, cap tured by.our torces in all parts of the Confedera cy jjf about 17,009 non-commissioned officers and privates. The captures of commissioned officers abrjut balance. Nearly every one of the former have been duly paroled and tent home. vV e have no Inforrdation as to tbe cause of the retention of. ne( uonieaeraie priaooers siiuuw wt aiuitatwi ui Wbni should have been delivered three months egej. One thing is certain, tbe United States will make nothing1. by iter breach' of honor. Richmond Enquireri . ' . Certain itta, that recent cavalry ex "ploits bave-geaerally been Yaokeesuccee9, While ca1 lvraltttatirlr atrnfjd -tas j IpEPLiTioN of the Ekimt. There are grat ifying evldenoes that (he enemy has exhausted his best energies in the struggle for our subjugation, and that from this lime hfs.efforts Will be the spas medio endeavor) of 'desperation. From every military department reliable intelligence reaches rus that the troops whose term of service has ex- . - - i j i i nirea are eoine norae. wnne we nownere near 01 any material accersion to the Federal forces from enliijtmerit or conscription. 4 .'. ; from North Carolina the Newborn correspon dent of the N.York World informs us that 12,000 of the nine months and two years regiments ire hi ijng mustered out of Foster's army. From the Rappahannock we learn that on one day'of week bofpra last live transports, containing 6,000 men, iefi Aquia Creek for Washington, being a portion of ithoee wbosa terra of enlistment had expired. The Herald admits that fromXwoto four regiments peij diiy are arriving at home from the armylof the Potomac; and late le'egraphic advices Irom the North state that the departures have been so groat as to break upQen. Humphrey's division. Passengers irom New Orleans say. that 9,000 are going home ftom Gen. Banks's army, and the same reports come from the armies of Grant and Rnseeran, The number of effoc live men thus leaving the Federal service during the month of May and J une will be between 200,000 and 300,000 The draft thus far has not been enforced, and, from our own experience with the conscription, it will be Come months before tbeir places can be filled if its enforcement is attempted, and, when filled, that number of levies of raw conscript will add very little to the efficiency of their army. 'TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. On Saturday night, about half past 12 o'clock, a iterrible accident, attended with tbe instant death of eleven negroes,, and mortally injuring several others, occurred to an extra train of box cars, havidg on board from 500 to 600 negroes. The train was from Augusta, and the negroes be longing to General Wade llampton and brother, were mrotite from Mississippi to Columbia, S. C The . accident took,' place near Bamber? on the Augusta road, about fifteen miles fromBranch viille. It appears that several of the cars on the eXlra train became disconnected and were left standing on the track, the negroes inside being asleep and totally unconscious of their situation- ' , ,:' The down passenger train, which was running . on schedule time, came up, and the brakes applied, but too late to prevent a collision: Tbe engine plunged into the train of cars, tanning over and into them, making itself and two of the cars a Complete wreck. "Tbe scene that followed was indescribable. As sistance was sent for to Branch ville, and every thing possible done for the relief of the sufferers. Only one, a colored, fitrem'an, was injured on the Eassenger train. He attempted to jump off, and ad his leg slightly sprained. In addition to those .killed on the extra train, it is thought three others twUl die from their injuries. Charleston Courier, 'June 1. - ' J' . soldiers, and that no one was allowed to enter, with out especial permission . ..Voarbees presided, and his speech was received With enthusiastic approval. Tber resolutions stated that government powers J are vested in three departments legislative, ex- ecutive, judicial, and all legislative power therein granted should bo vested in Congress. ' All power is inherent in the people. Military power must -be in stricUubordlnation to civil au thority. , The Constitution enacts that Congress can make no law abridging freedom of jx?ecb, and of the pres;, the right to ;a?s?m bio, petUion for the re drew ofwrongs, &o , ' The people have a right to discuss the acts of public servants. The day bus arrived when the servants of the public, setting themselves above their employees have two wars on their hands one on the rebels, the. other on the Constitution and those attempting to uphold at he North. . . - ; The Legislature of Indiana are denounced for deserting their scats in a time of emergency, and the Governor can only Iree himself from parii cipation in their cnjme by repudiatflg their ac tion. The arrest of VaUadiham for no other cause than the exercise of his right of free discussion, has been received by the democracy of Indiana with feeling!" of Just disapprobation, as another evi dence that the first and most sacred right of the cit izen has been stricken down in his person ; and we send to that gallant ribune of the peoplethe sym pathies of bis democratic friends of Indiana, who,- tbough availed at homo by. kindred oppression, are yet prepared to stand firm by him in his de fence cf the tacred rights of constitutional free dom. LOCALITIES-IN MISSISSIPPI. r Tbe following description of localities in Mis sissippi, will be rend with interest now, and in view. of the interesting and exciting events now transpiring in that Stale, will be useful for future reference, and will enable our readers to under stand more distinctly than they could otherwise do, the position of our own and the enemy's for ces in Ihe proen-as of the control of which that State id tbe theatre miles, enters Ihe. Ytzoo -about 75 mile from its moulb. M ;iBig Black River rises 'in nothern central Mi fissippi'T.in Choctaw ounty) and flowing about 280 miles in a southwesterly direction, passing between Jackson and Vicksburg, r rap Us into the Mississippi river twor miles abve Grand Gulf. ,f YANKEE CAVALRY. .' Tbe Yankees say they are t going to have 100,- 004. more cavalry. Following tip their late horse-; back exercises in Mississippi alia Tennessee, tbey are goingtb ravage all parts of the : Confederacy JTariner, Abajr-declare, wUh tbe view, aa.aouDt, of encouragiae. . cavalry enlisimentAhat their tro pers are playing the' deuce with oura where-: ever tber meet them. Uf late, it is no unusual thing for aaicglo company of Yankee horse to scat ter to tbe winds a whole regiment of Uoofederaie We need not place implicit faith in these assert taons, but it will do no harm to prepare for raids. Sidneman did very little, it is true : but be made dutch's programme and sent it lb- us in Yankee newspapers; giving na ample warmug and plenty of time to make ready for his reception. But we thought he was joking Grierson kept quiet un til he was ready to strike, and then rode tbe whole length of the State of Mississippi;;? burning and plundering right and left, to the, everlasting dis grace of the worthless officers 'in . that j region. We taught the Yankees these cavalry tricks. Morgan,. Ashbyr . Stuart, Forrest, Wheeler and Mosbv .were leachimr-theui Tor more than a- vet before they ventured to profit bv their teachings.- Now they seem to know ofore about the business tban we do. COilMISSIONEU OF P 111 AlffERI ESN T FOR THE I which Will be just; coin A for the next ulxty days,? H TT7E THE UITOERSIGNEDJ V V State f . North Carolina, do hereby declare the followioir prices to' be (hesi pensation to the 'owners of property impressed lor the. use of the Qorernnuini v:..t i i.; i i t.:t . . .. . . ..ii siiujoiv w uieiHiuD iuuuiu circuiuiiiice pwuwsua occur w mailt n aansacuej ; t . We divide the State into four districts, as under present circumstances, we find juiaterial ifleranoef exist : mbliUCX Ao. l, a to consist or all the eennstis Kast of Warren, Fraaklin, aon.too, Sampi and Colombusy inelntive, and in-said District the prices shall be as follows : ,f won, BlA'l!n Corn, MesL Bacon, Beef. "Wheat JTtoiuv Oats, baled, t " unbaled, - " - -cleanedV.y- i Peas, ". Hay and Fodder, Rice, cleaned, ' Salt, . . r Sugar, Lard, ' Leather, upper, " sole, ,L harness. Wheat straw. 1 v neat strew, baled, -Molasses, i , Whiskey and Brandy, -3 SZ A o 16 00 3 15 ; , fss 20 ceo 30 00 6 50 6 00 3 50, 3 50 3 00 -3 50 16 8 00 ,60 184 -2 50 2 00 3 50 1 00 1 30 4 01 , 3 00 i 350 00 per barrel ef i bushels, 68 lbs to the bushel: " bushel pf 48 lbs to the bushel. .lb. . t'-f-;V .-v..x : i M bushel of 60 lbs., for choice white. , . barrel f 196 lbs., first quality superfine. lOO lbs. j f -..jj . 4 t "100 lbs. '. " " ' ashel ef 32 lbs. v t. bushel,' meaBre4. ' 100 lbs, taabalea. H ' " lOOtts, bajed. y : " " lb. 4;.. " bushel of 50 lbs., dryland clean. " lb fabr quality. - " lb., good. . ...'i . " lb. " lb. lb. ' " f lOO-lbsr v " 100 lbs. " gallbn. " gallon. " ton. Ji I I I: V . v j r f consist oi all the counties West of the eforesaid Cou'etlea to Bockingham, Quil i tord, Randolph, Montgomery and Richmond, exclusive, and in aald District the prices shall be as follows : MlHeXLLi.NJCOU8. A Ctncidnati dispatch reports that President Davis replied to a dispatch of Gen Bragg with regard to Vallandigham, that if he took the oath of allegiance to the Southern Confederacy t4 te ceive him, and if not, to sand bim backx I Msjor Frank H. Cleary, said to be atUched to tbe command of Gen. Henry A. Wise, was arrest d in Baltimore on tbe 25tb, whither he had gone to get married. 1 , . , f Brig. Geh. A. L. Lee, of Ojterhau's division, was seriously wounded in the rear of Vicktburg on tbe 20th nit. ' ' ' ' ' :' l'r In reletldn to tbe l'eaoe Convention in New York, oti the 3d; tbe Herald says the war Demo- rats are ehimipg, in with the peace men. I AustriaMississippi, has been burned by the fed erals ' : i ' Forty-five hndred rebel prisoners, captured bv rntt arrived at Memphis on tbe 2Stb. r Poenl. of Hunter's army t Port UoyaJ are said to have furloughs for 30 days ; it " Ii I . Gold in iNow York rose to 14&, closing at U4i. Kichane W7J10 168. ?. IM Barnside has removed the hoadquarlers of tbe D.pertment of Ohio to Hickmaa'a Bride. Kv ua milts South of NicholaarlUt. Htbas com- V Stonswall Jackson's Message to the Wo ifKs or the Confederacy. A correspondent of the Knoxville Register w.rites at follows of an interview, with Stonewall Jackson a few days be fore his death : i After a visit' to the Ilappahannock army, tbe writer of this made a parting call on Gen. Jack son, in his tent. As we stood exchanging the last words some reference was made to what our ladies aro ; doing. " Yes, " said he, " but they must not entice tbe men - away from the arm v . You mayitell them so for me. We are fighting for principle, for honor, for everything we hold dear. If jwe fail, we lose. everything. We shall then be slaves, we shall be worse than slaves we shall bave nothing worth living for." The Central Presbyterian publishes a letter wri.ten to a friend by Gen. Jackson about army chaplains. It says : ! 'Denominational distinctions should be kept out of view and not touched upon. And as a general rule, I do not think tha a chaplain icho would preach denominational sermons should be in the army. His congregation 1s bis regiment, and it is composed of various denominations. 1 ,would like to see no question asked in the army what de nomination a chaplain belongs to, bat let tbe ques tion be, does he preach the Gospel? Tbe neglect of the spiaitual interests of the army may be seen from tbe fact that not half of my regiments have chaplains. . i. ; The provost marshal pf Nashville has ordered the orchestras at all places of public amusement jn that city to play at least three national (Yao kee.or negro, we suppose) air each night I Aus trian1 tyranny never surpassed this, ! Sit Os. Wm. Garvey, charged with rob jblog the Southern Et press Company of $21,000, waa examined before the Mayor' in Dan villa on the 26tb iustaat, aoa sent onto the next term of t be Hustlogt Court for examinatloD. Jitckson, ire ropusl l .uioiti.rippi, cor.tRins about 10,000 inhabitant', acd i situated on Pearl River, about forty mx - miles en.t oi Vicksburg, and about two hundred iniles north of New Or leans. The Southern MiMiseippl railroad, from Vicksburg U Meridian, Alias , and New Orleans, Jackson and Gre.it Northern railroad to Memphis and the North crnrs eaili other at Jackson. Vickburg is pitURtxl oif elevated, uneven ground on the bank of the Mississippi, about forty six miles west of-Jack3ou, and by the course of the river, about our, hundred miles from New Orleans. Railroads are projected, and partly completed to Sbreveport, in Louisiana, on the we9t, and to Selma, Ala., on tba east. The latter road "f Southern Mississippi) crosses the New Or leans, Jack-on, and Great Not them Kail road at Jackson, and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Meridian, Miss. - Meridian is a-small place, 134 miles west of north of Mobile, si.uated on tho Mobile & Ohio Railroad, where it is crossed by the Southern Mississippi from Vicksburg to S3lma. It is about 140 miles east from Vicksburg, and 94. east from Jackson. - Grenada is situated at the head of steamboat navigation on tbe Ysiabusba river, one of the tributaries of the Yh7.no, and 113 miles N by E of Jackson, on the N. O., Jackson and Great Northern Kailrcad. Canton is a flourishing town in Mftdison coun ty, Missi-sippi.'of whichit is the county ssat It b kituated on the N. O., Jackson -& Great Nor thern Railroad, about, twenty-five miles N E of Jackson. Raymond is a village about sixteen miles S W of Jackson, and about eight miles South of the Southern Mississippi Railroad, with which it is connected by a branch road, and about tbe same distance from the N, O., Jackson & Great Nor thern Railroad. Okalona is a small town in. Mississippi, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad , about 170 miles N E from Jackson, and. about 75 a little north east of Grenada, and 3C0 railoi. by the railroad, from Mobile, and 67 miles south of Corinth. At'pre sent the cars on the Mobile and Ohio railroad do not run beyond Okalona. Grand Gulf is a small town on the eat bank of the lli-sie'eippi river, two miles blow the mouth -of the Big Qlack, and about 90 miles S W of Jackson.. Port Gib:on u a fk-uiihihg town on tbe Bayou "Pierre, a small stream which enters the Big Black, and is situated about 28 miles from the mouth of the Bayou, about 10 miles southeast from. Grand Gcilf ar d 65 miles southeast from Jackson. . Poit Hudson is a town of some importance in the parish of East Feliciana, La., and is situated on tbe east bank of the Mississippi, 155 miles above New Orleans, and about 250 miles below Vieksburg, by the course of the river, and is dis tant about 130 miles southwest of Jackson by land. ,, 5 Baton Bouge ii the tapital of "Louisiana, situa ted on the east bank of the Miasissinpi, 25 miles below .Port Hudson by tbe course w the river. Pearl river rises in the Northern central part of Mississippi, and flowing in a southerly direc tion pait J-acksoo, a distance of 150 miles, pass's Ltbrough lake BorgueJnto the Gulf of Mexico. . Xazoo river is a aeep, narrow, sluggisa stream, 290 miles long from the junction of the Talla hatchie and Yallabusha (which form it) to the mouth of the Mississippi,, about 12 mile above Vicksburg. hi navigable qualities it is said to be unsurpassed by any river of its size, i- t Yalabjsba rivnr riseaa little Ij tbe westward of Okalona, and pursuing a westward course-, umtes atL'florew th h3 Tallahatchie and o ms the Ya zoo. Ih the. wiotcr it Is navigable by steamboats to Grenada on tbe N O, J & G N RailroaJ, a dis- vaui oi yu mil s. .t. , ( ., ; ... v Tallahatchie river risesjn tbe extreme northern middle fart, of the Slate, and funning first a southeast, and then a houthe 1 dlcec ion, for.ns a junction with the Yallubusba at Leflore, about 100 miles by land, north of Jackson, and forming tbe Yazoo. lit length is abooi 2SQ mUer and it is oavigable to the m..utb of the Co Id water Creek, a distance of one hundred miles. . -Sunflower River is a strearm rising near the llfisissippl river, aad uftsr njwiog jibout 250 dashes aave been foiled- vlf we.penait the Yan kees to tret the better of es In hovsemanshio. we are donefbr : - -r-:..-'wU . - ' Citizens most, no longer rely, on the army for paotection against Yankee raids.. They must im itate tbe b)ld Georgians, who held Strait at bay until Forrest got in his rear and iasreed everv man of the raiders. A hundred men: armed with double-barrel shot guns, loaded with buckshot, can do a deal of harm to a party of Yankee cavalry. reopie wno know tne country ougbt to be able to take tbe raiders at a disadvantage. Officers disa bled irom active service, bnt who have Learned to be cool under fire, ought to take command of or ganized companies of citizens. Boys of twelve or fourteen, accustomed to shooting rquirrels, can worry a squad of Yankees amazingly. Duck guns are fine for shooting Yankees in 11 cks. i ; A few trees cut down here and there, and a judicious fire or two at certain points, will be of service. A Ti tmber of small mines, containing a couple of pounds, or so of powder, with trains laid under ground, in tubes of reed or elder, to keep them from getting wet, will come in very prettily at times. These mines should be laid secretly. Ne groes should be watched, especially at night. The vigilance of the whites should never be relaxed un til it is known that the raids now con tern elated by tne xanxees nave been abandoned, and that can not be kn.own, wu take it,.Unti4 lfae war is over. We entreat tbe people in town and country to make ready, keep ready, and suffer no aisiurancei from any quarter to lull them to sleep and throw them off tbeir guard. Gen. Randolph has been charged with the organization of the citizen defen ders of Richmond. We could wish to bear more of his alacrity. The sloth of Richmond should not be imitated in other cities or in the country. Before the summer ia ended, it is certain that Yankee raiders will make the most adroit, we 1 plannod and desperate attempts to destroy the James River and Kanawha Canal, the High Bridge, near Farmville, the lines of tbe Danville, Souibside and Virginia and Tennessee railroads. An attempt will be made to rush a regiment or mors through Virginia in two. directions first, by way of Farm ville, Danville and Clarksville to Weldon or to Raleigb, and thence to Foster's forces below Kinston ; and second, by way pi Wtheviile and she Salt Works to Abingdon, and thence to he forces that Burnside is throwing into East Tennessee. Offshoots from thee raids will scour the country right and left, Stealing negroes, borse, provisions, forage, and burning stores wherever they cin be found. The main security against these raids must be the individual deter mination atd more particularly the preparation and vigilance of private citizens The whole State df Virginia should be thoroughly patroled and picketed. A system or signals should bo adopted to apprise the people when the raiders are coming, in what direction and in what numbers., These signals should be guarded as jealously, as those in the army. Should hostilities be resumed in Virginia with in any Short time- and 'this is not at all improba ble the Yankees will be sure to avail themselves of the confusion incident to the battles to make another dash for Richmond, the railroads and the canal. The country north -of the James river and embraced in the triangle formed by the points Richmond, Gordonsvitle and Lynchburg, is'apt to be overrun, ihe citizens of that region should be on the look out. Kich: Whig. Corn, -.- .j : Meal, Bacon, Beef,' Wheat, . Flour, : - ' r Oats, baled,, i " unbaled, '-" cleaned, Peas,. Hay and Fodder, Rice, cleaned, Salt, 'Sugar, 'Lard, Leather, upper, " sQle, " harness, Wheat straw, Wheat straw, baled, Molasses, Whiskey and Brandy, Iron, round and plate, a e 20 4 6 80 5 t 3 4 4 10 2 2 2 1 4 .3 350 00 15 90 25 00 00 50 00 50 50 00 50 20 00 60 90 50 00 50 00 30 00 00 00 pe? barrel of 5 bushel, 56 lbs to the bushel: " bushel of 48 lbs. " lb. . .'Lib. - y - . bushel of 60 lbs. for choice white. " barrel of 196 lbs., first quality superftnt. " 100 lbs. ; . "100 lbs. " bnshelefSJlba; - . : bushel, measured. 100 lbs, nnbaled. 100 lbs, balaf. . v ; 11. . bushel of 50 lbs., dry and clean: lb., fair quality. , . lb., good. lb. V, lb. --.;.. ioo lbs. i . 100 lbs. v f gallon! ! - ' ' gallon. ton. ? Hi . i i -4.4-- : e ti ft ti u tt it tt 44 44 D MICiN3'wki ?M,iik of, the countiM wt "d including said counties to Alleghany, Watauga, McDowell andRutherford, exclusive, and in said counties the prioea shall be as follows : Corn, Meal, Bacon, Beef, Wheat, Flour, Oats, baled, nnbaled, cleaned. Peas, Hay and Fodder, Rice cleaned, Salt, V Sugar, " Lard, Leather, upper, sole, " harness. Wheat Straw. baled. Molasses. Whiskey and Brandy, iron, round and plate, o 18 3 5 .25 4 4 2 3 2 3 12 2 2 2 1 -.! 3 a a : 00 75 85 15 00 00 50 00 .00 50 75 25 25 00 60 85 50 00 50 00 per barrel of 5 bushels, 56 lba to the bushel. .". bushel of 48 lbs to the bushel. "lb. . "lb. " bushel of 60 lbs., choice white. " barrel of 10 lbs, first quality superfip. " 100 lbs. V . " 100 lbs. " bushel of 32 lbs. " bushel, lheasured. " 100 lbs, nnbaled. " 100 lbs, baled. " lb. " bushel of 50 lbs., dry and clean. ID., lair quality. rf 130 4i00! 3 OOj 350 00 lb lb lb. IK 100 lbs. 100 lbs. gallon, gallon, ton. for good. -1 DISTRICT No. 4, is to consist of all counties West of and including said counties, and in said District the prices snail be as tollows : , . f o 13 St. Mary's School, Raleigh, N. C. Right Rev. Thos. Atkihsox, D. D., Visitor, Key Aldkrt &ukdks, D. D., Rector. fllHE NEXT TERM WILL BEGIN JULT10TH, X- and end Deo. 5th. For Board and English Tuition, the charge will be amp i , j . 2Z3, pajauie in auTncs. For a circular containing full particulars, apply, to the Rector. - Parents desiring to enter their children the next term, should address the Rector immediately. Raleigh, May 30th, 1863' June 3 4t XCHANGE NOTICE--NO 5. Richmqno, May 9th, 18f3. The followine Confederate officers and men have been duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared : 1. All officers and men who have been delivered at City Point at any time previous to May-6th,1863. 2 All officers captared at any place before the 1st of April, 1863, who have been released on parole. 3. All men captured in North Carolina or Virginia before the 1st of March, 1863, who have been released on parole. 4. The officers and men captured and paroled by Gen. S. P- Carter, in his expedition to East Tennessee in December last. 5 The officers and men. captured and paroled by Lieut- Col. Stewart at Nan' Bu en,' Arkansas, January 25th, 1863 ; by CoL Dickey in December, 1862, in his march to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and by Capt. Cameron, at Corinth, Miss., in December, 1S62. 6. The officers and men paroled at Oxford; Mississip pi, on the 23d of December, 1862; at Desark, Arkansas, on the 17th of January, 1863, and at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 23d'of"Fedruary, 1863. ; 7. All persons who have been captured on the sea or the waters leading to the same or upon the sea a oast of the Confederate or United States, at any time pre vious to December 10th, 1862. 8. All civilians who have been arrested at any time before the 6th of May, 1863, and released on parole, are discharged from any and every obligation-contained in said parole. If any such person has taken apy oath of allegiance to the United States or given any bond, or if his release was accompanied with any other condition, he is discharged from thaaame. 0. If any persons embraced in any of tEte foregoing sections, of in any section or any previous exchange notice wherein they are declared exchanged are in any Federal prison, they are to be immediately released and delivered to the Confederate authorities. ROBERT OULD, . May 16 6t Agent of Exchange. To Cotton Planters. 11IAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE Secretary of the Treasury, chief Area! for tbe purchase of Cotton for the Confederate Government within the btateof North Carolina, and will pay for tbe same in 7 per cent- Beads or Cash. . ' Sab-Agents visiting the dhferent parts of the State, buying ia say name, will have written certificates of appointment." , JJy order er the "Secretary of the4 Treasury," all Cotton purchased by myself, or my A rents, on and after the 18th day of March, 1863, will be paid for 4a 7 per cent. Bonds or Cash, and not 8 per cent. Bonds as stated ia former advertisement. : Up tw that time, however, the 8 per ceut. Bonds will be fernLshed as Patristio citizens are hew offered an opportunity to aid the' QovernmentSy selling to it tbeir Cot.on tatber than to private capltaliata.- f ' J ' " . LEWIS B. WILLIAMS. ' Charlotte, March 20, 186S. . max 25 4i Corn, Meal, Bacon, Beef, Wheat, Flqur, Oats, baled, unbaled, ' cleaned, Peas, Hay and Fodder, t. Rice, cleaned, Salt, Wigar, Lard, Leather, upper, " sole, " harness. Wheat Straw, " ." , baled. Molasses, Whiskey and Brandy, Iron, round and plate, 175Q 3 65 175 12, 5 00 25 00 4 50 4 00 2 00 , 3 50 2 00 2 50 40 isloo 75 75 2 50 2 00 2 50 1,00 1 30 4 00 3 00 350 00 per barrel of 5 bushels, 56 lbs to the bushel ! bushel of 48 lbs to the bushel. I " lb. fc I lb. i I bushel of 60 lbs., for choice white. j " barrel of 196 lbs., for first quality suDerfiiL " 100 lbs. I ; " 100 lbs. " bushel of 32 lbs. j " bughel, measured. " 100 lbs, unbaled. i 100 lbs, baled. ! " lb. j " bushel of 50 lbs., dry an.d clean. i " lb., fair quality. " lb., good, "-lb. " lb. " lb. ' 1 100 lbs. " 100 lbs. " galton. . . j " 'gallon. " ton. The undersigned having earnestlv endeavored to adint ,isr-.:-.L tween the Agents of the Government and the hold-, i .,,; Zi.?. Tl' ":lEM1 fl&Te n,tneno .extea defence, do now. mn. rnoatl r,-i o;.,..i 1, f.r . frjr w icarry on a war lor ineir own ll.AtlllAI,. ' .n f . 1 . ... . J . - o-; nuuiu nave meir nwn support the Government of their from the 11 their own property from the hands of an unprincipled. deVilish and bittTJ JL ' it WD 1U!rt,e!' a"d w clared the entire confiscation of all their estates, Pand even fheir verv rlTt f: once, with all they can spare, to rhe support ofheir brave son and broth! " 'L 'a?? a their aid and sympathy for the Government of their own makme -J- v 4 m the fMl ftn.dtwlth a'1 and great difficulties and dangers, and to cease ,thia woTexrtin W tl w so-'besot with many graceful to its citizens, and SGg threatening theiwn JSJ IH. K.BURGWYN, n . . JR. V. BLACKSTOCK, The Wilmington Journal; Western Democrat, H.nSrTn Time? artK f?rtNorth Carolina. Observer will copy for two 'weeks, and send theirSlVS totZJ f atmt' and f A Teacher Wanted. A PLEASANT AND GOOp SCHOOL can be had for a Male teacher orgood moral char acter and competent, by applying to L. P. BRANS- LJfix, and others, near Greenville, N. C. May 19, 1863. May 30 lmpd Bank of the State of North Caroli na. THE ANNUAL ; SIEETING OP THE Stockholders of thij Bank will be held at their Banking House in this City, on the first Monday ia July next, at 11 o'clock, at m. C. DEWEY, Cashier. May 28, 1863. May 30 id TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. S. A. ) Richmond, May llih, 1863. j VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL holders of two year Treasury notes issued under the act of 16th May, 1861, that they must come in and present the said notes for funding attire Treasury or some or its Depositories on or before tbe 31 st day of July ensuing, or they will be debarred tbe privilege of funding. The said notes are entitled to be funded in eight per cent. ion8,payaDie to ten years. (Signed) C. G. MEMMINGER. May 20 tla Secretary of Treasury. John G Williams & Co., STOCK AND MONEY BUOKEKS. Ralxioh, N. C. iSONTINUETO CARRY OX THE BRO J kerage business at their old stand as heretofore, ia ell its various branches. 'Feb. 25-6mpd ' ' Q.LUE, , GLUE, GLUE, ' THE BtST IRISH GLUE MANUFACTURED BY THIEM & FRAPS . RALEIGH, . C. - March 11-tf - ,. - Hills b or o' N. C. lMUitary AocrIa- rpiIEftECOND SESSION OF THEFIPriLt Aeademio year of this Institution will commence" on me isi or July next, i J! or cu-cuUrs and, information apply to ' ; IMAJ. W. M. GORDAN, My 27 3m 5 1( j, Superintendent. Dickens New Novel REA r. EXPECTATIONS. By Charles Dickens Box. Price, ; : When sent by nail; ! iror sale by . , i W. $3 00 $3.25' L. POMEROY. 300 box or quantity at Steel Pons. GROSS JOSEPH GILLOTJT'ti STEEL PENS, VABlO US KINDS, by the singl. tPOMEROY'S Lead j Pencils, 1T HOLES ALE OR RETAIL, AT TV POMBROY'3 . - Envelopes. "IT-THOLESALE ANP RETAIL AT POMBROYS Blank feqoks. v A LARGE SUPPLY CAP, J)EMY AND MEDI il. UM SIZES FOR CASH ONLY, AT 1 POMEROY'S Gilhani's Manual, FOR VOLUNTEERS AND WILITIA. NEW EDITION COTAINING ALL TUB j PLATfiS FOR CASH ONLY. , Price' . TP'"" - " tlffOO4 ' For Sale by, 1 WUPOMEROY FEW DOZEN .at BROOMS FOR SALE E. A. WHITAJLER'S Bank ,of North Carolina, h miffi. ANNUAL f MEETING OF Til R x . J X Stoekholderl of this Bank will be held at their . Ben ting House ia thUG'ity,oa the second Thurs'day,1 :' ' the 11th of Jane next, mi U o'clock A, M. K C DEWEY? Cashier May 6th, 1883. 4 - ..: May8tii;