'WpNESD AX MORNING,
JUNE 10,
THE LATEST NEWS.
THE NjSWB. 1
Prr,i ivickibore we have, nothing latv
grrUoaitili hbllt out nd have inflicted if or
accountl 1 correct, tetrible loee upon he enemy.
Ai to Geo. Jofcaton'i movements we arecomphto-
itand tbt he 1 MlUely engaged in raising trcepa
lorMve the garri.on at Vicksburg l I torn
tfort Hudson all accounts agree that Banks baa
been dti"a off with terrible "laughter. , ; .
' On Sklurdaj JUit the- enemy crossed .the Rap
pfthaimook at Ueep Kun, below Fredericksburg,
In considerable force, and' advanced to tafce $02
aelfiion e0f Hmiltoi'croMing, luppoiing U la
thourhl.' that ou trpops had been withdrawn ;
v... li- .kma brigades of our troops made at jJ
them with yell, when they scampered back to
the bluff at D.p Run. .It i supposed tfia ha
moevnt was either- feint, or ihe. anks
aupposea ouriuoopahadWu withdrawn, We
are given to understand Tram the Richmond pa
pers that Gei X.j l engaged in some important
movement. The Whig of Monday says 5 "It
too generally known to raise any question W pra
a.nM (n aneakine of.l.'tUt..Gen. ha put
his army in motion. Hla doaign axe knou a-
ly to himself and those with whom it was bi du
ty to oonfer.; A few days wfH disclose thern to
the public, who are willing to wait patiently,: in
fujt confidence that the result will vindicate the
wisdom of what be undertakes A forward
movement on his part has boen for eonae tine:
anticipated by the eney, and is regarded witb
Very perceptible uneuW. .Wibff ;
about tolustffy their apprehension, by ofujngj
the Rappahannock, we have no batter mana of
determining than our reader. ShouM be do 0,
events of great consequence must speedily follow'
'Speaking of (be Virgini election, the Dispatch
of Wednesday, says : t 'The returns of the elec
tion held on the 28th tilt, are yet very incomplete,
but sufficient is known to warrant oa in saying
that General Smith, of Fuuiiuier, has been chusen
Governor and Samuel Price, of IJreenbrierj, Lieu
tenant Governor." .
Toe news from Mexico is interesting;. The
French' armv have-captured the entire Mexican
army at Puebla, consisting of 23 Generals, eOO
subordinate ojffictrs and 17,000 men. The French
army is now! marching upon tho city of Mexico.
VALLAflDIGHAM MEETINGS AT THE
( i NORTH.
From the North we learn that large Yallan
digham meetings have beon held at PhiMelphia
and Newark, N. J.., at both of which the speeches
- and resolutions adopted were very denunciatory
of the (Administration, and seyerl of the speakers
proclaimed their opposition to a further prosecu
tion 01 the war. At the meeting in faucet
ohia letter, from Hon. Fernando Wood, was
"Itheartily sympathize with the friends of lib-1
erty everywhere, io their efforts to sustain the in
stitution of free government in this land. ,
But do not let ua forget that thoe who perpe
trate such outrages as the arrest and banishment
of Ulrl; VllM4iglMHM, do po as neeewry .wttr:
measures. Let us, therefore, strike at he cause,
nd declare for peace and against the war."
At the meeting in Newark, letters wera read;
tromGan. Fitz John, Porter, Hon. Thos ll. Sayv
inourt and others. Gen. Porter said : "AVithouli
freedom of speech there can be no lasting ; liberty i
thet republic cannot exist. .. " Other men
may talk about the principle, but those of my
name, and blood will not, at the proper tune, fail
o fight tot itL" -.';:..'!'
. MrJ Seymour tloses his letter with the following?
manly: declaration :. ;
tWbat is the true remedy for tbe evils which
threaten to utterly destroy our free institutions?
Thereiare many palliatives,. but only one remedy
and 1 that is, to stop the war. Whila that iuat.,
violence and'wrong will last also, nd thejcltizer.
be dooiried to a pirpetual struggle with the op
pressor. If we would save our litortie, save the
Constitution , and restore the - Union,-we mus;
look for the accomplishment of lhe3e groat Seud?;.
in the! efficacy of peace mtamrei, and nfr jw-i
ivhre4 L. . I ; ;
Fricmi the State Journal Extra if yesterday.
FROM TnE UNITED STATES-REpULSEi
0F THE FEDERALS AT FORT HUDSON.; ;
j : ' Richmond, . Junei 9.
The; Herald of the 6th has received the Morn
ing Stkx af New Orleans, of the 29th. bringing
knt account of the first day's tint at Fort Hudi
son. j
The attack commenced on' tho 27tbt .The;
Herald' correspondent says, it has been n'rie f!
the bloodiest, if not tho very bloodiest battlo fought;
4n this continent. The assault -was repuUei b
the rebels with terrific slaughter to. tho Federal
troopHf The negro regimeat was put in advance,!
and lost--600 out of 900. Gen. Sherman loat a
leg. iToe Federal loss will roach 3000. ' ;
FIGHT lN'TENNESSEE.
It
Shelbyvills;, June 8.
AlJ quiet here in front., The Nashvillft! Uniok
1
of the 6th etatos that a rebel forco of 20.000 ai-j
tacked Franklin yesterday." Ffghting continued'
all day -result unknown.
Grant declines storming Vicksburg.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 4th, has a
cial dispatch from Vicksburg to the 20tb. It saji
spades are tramps again. We are erecting earthworks!
to proteot our men and mining to blow the face off tfioj
two most prominent forts of the Rebels otherwise un-j
approachable The idea of carrying the place by
storm has been abandoned ; thoreis.a safer and surer:
plan bf storming Peinberton into submission which isi
favored everywhere. ! i
Andy Johnson has received an oration at Nashrille.
Burniide is constructing a railroad, as a military
necessity, from Nicholasville to Danville. There' has
been reliable! Information received of the suppression"
of two papers at Nashville.
Gold H. . ' ;' j
FEACrS i)EMOCKATTc MEETING IN
i. NEW YORK. , 1
Thie tiiftrald says the Peace Democrat io Meeting
ueia iu Ae? xorK 011 ute aa, numoerej ovef
ao.oqo, ana . tnattne JNew iork jLemoory, uo-i
der the Head ef Fernando Wood, have declared
. ? masse in favor of a vigorous prosecoliou of
peace, armistice and separate Conventions of the
layal and rebel States. ! t
A fargrt fire was seen in Vicksburg orfthe llj
cause unknown. j
Twelyft' rebels have beo4 captured, endeavor
ing to get into the city of Vicksburg withfa larg
quantity of j percussion capai I h
Seven thousand copies of ihe New York Herald)
were burnt at Aquia Greek; by order of Hooker;
on account of its criticism ojfins generalship. j
The' Herald ays the Peace candidatO i for the
Presidency , will certainly be elected. ; !;
Fernanda ; Weod had aj long interview tvithl
lrnoojnon the 5th. :.
A Qoov BGiNNKia,We are informed that;
the Augusta Powder Works, now getting; fairly
in operation have made and lurnishbd 10 the ar
my during, the last year ona million pounds pow-f
der. The operations for the next year will reach!
much, higher figure.' Augusta
UanttitutUmaliat,
FROM VICKSBURG AND PORT HUDSON.
; . ! jACXsoNinne 4!
Confidence in Gen. Pemberloo since bis answer
to' Grant has been fully restored. v!
No fears are felt in regard to the result either
at Vicksburg or Port Hudson. .
' Mobilk, June 4. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
commenced to advance from Canton . towards
Vicksburg, via the Yazoo, on the 30',.h May. His
army is in splendid condition and their spirits
buoyant. ' " .
sf!OND DISPATCB.
Jackson, June 4.A gentleman from Port
Hudson on Saturday morniug last confirms the
reported defeat of Banks, and Bays it was a most
bom plete rout. Our forces are pursaihg tnem.
The Yankees are burning all their small cratt
ferry boats, &c, on the Big Black.
I At the last assaalton Vicksburg the enemy lest
four Generals, namely.: Shea, Lay, Burbridge,
R a imir and Kerr.
; A gentleman direct from Clinton, L., states
that the Federals assaulted Port Hudson, and after
four day bard flghtingi Gardner routed them at.
every point with great slaughter.
The negroes were put in front, and ttere shot
down like dogs. j
: On the last day Gardner slipped out regiment
of mounted infantry, who came charging through
the Federal lines, whooping and yelling. The
enemy stampeded, and were pursued and s.augh
traA AtakW. The cold steel was freely used.
The enemy are at Baton Rouge,and;the siege of
Port Hpdson has been raised.
Tne enemy bubsequently landed arid burned
the town and savera country resiaences
OR1KR80N HEARD FROM.'-'
A ,Mw Orleans exilsf from Summit, reporu
that as he was leaving that point last Wednesday,
die rumor was current that Urierson, me 1 aneu
cavalrv officer who led' the recent raia tnrougn
aairiP,, hn hflen reouxsea wun a iv o iu
h.w.rtBPd killAl. manv wounded and several pri
onerf. Tbe tight occured'on the Baywu Sara and
Woodville'road.Grierson was at the time on.his
wav from B tton Rouze, for the purpose of do
c.Av.ino ihn Wnnd villa Factoffr. bul was met
with tho abyve mentioned result by two regiments
which were sent after him from Poruiudeon.
TL ivfort teemed to be generally believed.
Mobile Tribune. 2d.
a.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS, &C.
Richmond, June 6. The latest returns indi
cate tbe election of W m. Smith, Governor, and
Samuel Price Lieutenant Governor. Four mem
bers of the last Congress, candidates for re election
have been defeated, viz : Garnett, Lyons, Boteler,
and Preston. Returns also indicate the defeat of
S.aplos.
The Tredegar woras are again in lull blast; the
machinery destroyod by the late fire having been
replaced, they can now turn out guns rapidly.
Frank P. Blair, jr.,, was arrested on the charge
wf larceny investigation postponed .
"FROM THE COAST.
Charleston, June 4. An official dispatch
from Gen. W. S. Walker, Poootkiigo, reports'
that the enemy fired the town of Bloffton to-day.
Qar forces engaged them, and ' prevented their
further advance.
A late dispatch ffom Lieut. Col. JohnscJn, to
Gen. Walker, says we are now in Bluffion, which
place is in flames. The enemy have retired. No
one-hurt on our side.
Blowing up the Gunboat Chattahoochkr.
We learn that Captain Brockaway, of the sttam
er Jacki-n, which arrived yesterday from Chatta
hoochee, that as the Jackson was on the eve of
leaving, a courier arrived at that place with tbe
Intelligence that the gunboat "Chattahoochee"
had been blown up 20 miles below Chattahoochee.
It is said to be purely accidental and occasioned
by tbe explosion of her boilers. We regret to
learrr that Mr. Woa. Bilbro, the Pilot, jwas killed,
ard several of her officers wounded. Columbus
Sun, 1st. !
! Since the above was in type, we have receive'!
the Columbus Times, containing the following I
Jiat of killed and wounded by the explosion.
; Killed Henry Fagan, 2d Assistant'Engineer,
of Key West, .Florida; Euclid J? Hodge?, 3rd
Ass't Engineer, of Maryland ; Fred. W Arents,
Srd As't Engineer, Richmond, Virginia, Eu
pene Henderson, Paymaster's Clerk, Tuskegee,
Alabama ; Wm B Bilbro, Pilot, Colrtmbu3, Ga ;
Joseph Hicks, first class fireman, Ga ; Enoch C
;Lanpber, second class fireman, Columbus, Ga ,
Edward Conn, coal heaver, Apalachicola, Fla ;
Chns C Berry, Qiiartermaster,Tarflpa, Florida ;
John Jolifl', aeamao ; Lewis (j Wild, landsman ,
Fla ; John S Spear, landsman, Fla ; William
Moore, landsman, Fla; Jai Thomss, landsman,
Fla; Charles Douglas, second class fireman, res
idence unknown; James n Jones, '"landsman,
Fla.
I Mortally Wounded M Fairclotb, landsman,
Fla. '
Dangerously Wounded Midshipman Charles K
'MaUory, of Virginia, face, hands and feet badly
fCR.jcd; Corn-jhus Duny, ot ApalaCBlcola, fla.,
facu und haiids badly scalded.
Slightly Wounded Hamilton Goldfcr, Master's
'Maty Mary laud, right arm scalded Jost-ph Sia,
ApuUchicola, lace, burned ; Midshipman W J
.Craig, Kentucky, foot slightly burned ; Joseph E
(Jo'tii, co il lie-aver, Fla. ,foot burned.
The Vrj,t-1 h.-u sunk below her deck". ? The
wounded were brought up to thecity lastevening
by tho steamer Wui. H. Young.
The Columbus Times of the 2d, received yester
day, says thti wounded are all doing well, with th
exception of Midshipman Mallory, whose syinp-'
turns are very seriou. '
YANKEE PRAISE OF JACKSON.
The Enquirer passes appropriate a.nd pithy com.
merit upon tho Yankea praises of Jackson, now
that he is dead. Him "they never coald afford to
admire until he was dead, and the sorrow is tern
pured by a sense of relief." The Enquirer thinks
that their creditable mimicry of admiration of
him "is seoond only to that unfeigned homage
which, in their inmost souls, they pay to the liv
ing grandeur of their own hero, Butler, who
embodies, in highest perfection, all that they can
conceive ot" moral grandeur; for - hia is patriotism
that pays a glory that can be measured in gold,
ihvevted, discounted, made to bear interest." It
proceeds lo undeceive them, and to prove that in
accordauce wiih their own standard of trui glory,
m di?pluyed in Butler, their, great model, Jackson
is unworthy of their praises. It says :
"It may seem harsh, at such a mopient, to dam
age, in the eyes of the Yankees, the memory of
our Con federate General, just when the public
heart of that nation is thrilled with the luxury of
magnanimous sympathy and the editorial tear
hardly yet dried ; but we think it a duty lo inform
them they will scarcely "believe ua; they had
formed r. smarter opinion of human taature that
Gen. Jackson did not accumulate a fortune in this
war. . tie did not speculate in sugar, or molasses ;
in tobacco or in flour ; he robbed no houses ; stole
ho plate, nor jewels, nor pictures, nor wines ; sold
no passports; extorted no black mail. But enough;
ho more need to be said in order to disgust our
Northern sympathizers with the man whom, in
the unsu peeling nobility of their nature, they were,
for a moment, inclined to honor with their re
grets." Prices "Long Ago." Rev. l.Vtl Barston.bas
furnished the Norristown Herald with an extract
ffom a letter written by his grandfather in I780i
giving the prices of several substantia! and neces
sary . articles of food at that period. They are
CUriou, and furnish a broad contrast between
those prevailing at the present day. Here they
are: ' , A
Rum and sugsr continue to fall. The best rum,
I am told, may be had from thirty to thirty-five
pounds per gallon. Sugar from two hundred to
two hundred and 'fifty pounda per h undred. Tea
from $80 to 90 per pounds; co'Jee from $ 10 to
;Jll per ncund ; fresh butter from $10 to $13 qer
pound ; veal from $3 to $5 pr pound ; mutton
.from $ 0 to $9 per pound ; beet iu tne came pro
portion . This, I think, a fair abeclmen of the
markets. .
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
Through th polite ttenlion of Hon. Roiert
Ould.'CominUrfi orr of Exchange, the Richmond
papers bavo b?en placed in pofssion of New York
papers of the 2d and 3d i'tt : 7
A letter to the Ne York Times, dated in the
rear of Vicksburg, May 24th, gives the foltuwlng
account of v .?
THE STORMINO OF THK WORKS-
About half past one Blair's : division waa all in
line, screened by the west of the first .range of
hills bebnd the rebel works.-
At precisely 2 o'clock tbe various regiments rose
to their feet, and, with a tremendous cheer ginned
at double quick over tbe hill.
Passing over the crest of the first hirl, behind
which they lay, the charging eclumn eaw in front
-of them another hill about 500 yards dirt ant To
reach thia, it was necessary to descend a slope, for
about 250 yards, the surface of which waa broken
with deep gulliesj and covered with fallen timber
Down this our men rushed in double q'dck, -took
a moment's rest at vthe bottom, and then com
menced the steD ascent beyond.. This slope is
cohered with an abattis of heavy timber, beyond
which.is a high rail fence, then a ditch ten feet in
depth, then a nearly parpendicular ascent some 12
feet in height, and then the rebel parapet ancfrrifl
pit, protected by a ttrpn toakde ten fe?t in
htiht. . '
Th j ditches around iho works were coiuminded
by an enfliaiurg fire from guns mounted upon
traverse, whilj W the right and laft were work:
and buridiDgs and other otjHH-, behind which
rebil Bharpshooteri cjuld una protection, and pvor
a detruetive fire upon a is enemy, after as well as
before they had guided the interior of their main
works. ' . . ,
The Thirteenth infantry, Fourth Virginia, Forty-seventh
Ohiov Ono hundred Mivd rwefrty-seV-enth
Illinois, Sixth and Eighth Missouri, and pos
sibly one or twoothr regiauen is gained the ditch.
The conflict wa 'Short and decisive." In twenty
minutes the brieade hnd ascended the hilL and
returned minus pome eicht hundred men. The
rebels mewed our gallant feUowS down with
crape, canistei and musketry ; they were protect
ed, wo had nothing , shield ua .fr m the deadly
storm.
Thj hTiPda under Gf-n. Thayer advanced, and
1-11 Lack ti.ur sutfering some slight loss. Had
McClarnard aivdnced, m was intenaed, the cap
ture of Vicksburg would undoubtedly have taken
pla?e at tbe lime of thi hrst assault.
REBEL COURTESY-
Many of our wounded were left on the field un
til hfter dark, particularly those who were lying
close to th9 robel works. About midnigtt the en
einy called to. oar .skirmishers not to fire upon
them, as tnev! were-about to carry in some or our
wounded. Attbo stirno limo they built a fire up
on the parapet vi their work, s.uck up a small
white flacr bv it.-aud then called to our men to
comearjd carry oil tbe wounded, as they would
not be dtsturLed.-VTfiis was done by the ambu
lance corps; puitlwo by th lire, they went all over
the ground covered by tLe tiijht, even in the ditch
cs before the works, and before morning had se
cured every wounoe l man left upon (he field.
A SKASnX oy qriKT.
The next two daye, Wednesday and Thursday,
were in the man quiet, except in the case of the
batteries. No ii taii fifty guns, cf size vary
ine from six to toirtv-i ounder-. v?re mounted in
the rear of the civ. a, short distances from the
enemy's work?, and these from daylight till dark
and marjy of them trom dark till daylight, kept
up a ceaseless "p nin.erinti" sgainBt the rebel de
fences. On the rivor tide tne gun and mortar
boats were also busy, tiu? fairly encircling the
rebeU with thunder and fire : but thev seemed to
care very little for it, rarely replying to our fire,
ani seemingly paying s no other attention than
kePDinir a vieilsnt watch ijp-jn tbe movement- of
our infarjtry.
ANOTHER ASSAULT AND RKI'ULSS.
Wodnesdav and Tburiday were given tothear
tillery, and to gMtinc; our men ro-ady for another
httucic, wliich took ptfee ct 4 P. M. ot Friday.
Il is needles to ivo pHrfoukrs it was in th
main like tho uthfr,.vily on a larger scale, and R
;net with a repulse as dtiue-l a did that of Tues
day. Steele was repu'soi," Bla r was' repulsed, Ran-.-od,
Logan, M Clernard, everybudj' wo "gained
nothing of ground, wt lost in killea and wound-t-d
in lts thin half an hour twenty-fjyo hundred
men.
"Several of our Qjen captured by the rebels
have boen paroled r.n account of a scarcity of
food."'
Cxrao, J'ine 2, 18G3.
A de-"fmtc;i bo:t from Vicksburg, 27th, con
firms the Finking of ;ha gunboat Cincinnati by
shot from tho rebel batteries. She was ordeied to
move dosvn the river, and, when turning the,
point, was. opened on by s-everal batteries from
above, which were Supposed to have been silenced.
She managed to return to a point just above the
upper battery, -wnere she sank in 15 feetof water.
From 15 to 40 aro reported killed, drowned and
wourde'.
REINF 'HCEMK.VTS FOR ORANT.
The Chicago P st of Saturday publishes tLe
o'llowin p-trtiigrMph :
The Chicago Irish ,L i;iun, which for a . time
has been siatio.'iei ri-ar La Grange, Tenn., has
gore to Vicksburg, with ether reinforcements,
for Gen. Grant It would be contraband to say
how many troop? bavo gone &n aro going in the
amo diro'jtion, but they ura a. "good
many.
RUN
A NOVEL ATTEMPT TO
BLOCKADE.
THE
A few days "ago an old gentlemen who resides
either in -Jackson or Putnam county drove, a
little wagon into Warfrace, loaded with a large
box of pies. After he had sold out his entire
stock ho chanced to meet a soldier of his ac
quaintanca one of the 25th Tennessee regiment,
John Smith. John very gravely informed him
that he was desirous to go home and take anoth
er look at the scenes of his childhood. He now
-saw an opportunity of gratifying his long pent
wi.she.s- The said box was sufficiently capaci
ous .to hold Lis ror porosity, and- he asked the
privilege of becoming its inmate until 4ie could
be drawn beyond the pickets. The pie mer
chant thought it would be decidedly naughty for
him to haul out of Wartrace in this strange
and unique-manner, so precious a load of hu
manity; but finding thut John hud fixed his
Whole heart on the scheme, and no argument
could change the direction of his thoughts and
desires, ho told him to'bundlc up his clothes and
he ready tor shipment at a- moment a warning.
vvnereupon the old gentleman, alias the pie
merchant, called on John's colonel and unfold
ed tho round, unvarnished facts already given
Col. Hugh's ridiculous bump was manifestly
touched, and ha at once said : Box him up and
carry him as far as the river. There you will
find me and some of my men ready to charge
you with having contraband goods in your box,
and to demand a search.
It was not long before the pie merchant made hia
appearance on the road designated with his
wagon and box, and when he had reached the
middle of the. river he was ordered to halt !
"What have you in your box?" was the en
quiry made. "Pies," replied the old man. "!
do not believe it ; you have whiskev, and I in
tend to make n?y boys throw your box into the
stream. Off with it," cried he. Two of his
soldiers promptly obeyed this order. They not
onjy tumbled the bo into the river, which was
about three-feet deep, but they jumped on it.
JroorJohn now iound himseli in a bad box, and
how to get out, was the question.- By a sort of
.instinct he kick-id off a side pUnk, and out
protruded one leg. There was not a moment
to be lost in his watery quarters without her
culean efforts at extrication, and most gallantly
did John use. all the impl-menu that nature hid
given him. Having cleared away the oftstruc
tions at his feet, he made a plunge at the other
ed of his box, almost equal to the force of a
battering ram, when out popped his head, and
he shouted like a whale. ' bat are you doing
in that box?" demanded the Colonel. "I was
only after a little fun." muttered John. "Well,"
said Col. Hughs, "I reckon you have found it
now put buck to your regiment.
I need not add that John returned a wise? if
5 r. "
not a better man ; and as the stoty passea irom
company t5"company, the woods -resounded with
shouts or laughter. (Jhattanooga ueoei.
CONFEDERATE NOTES AND THE
BANKS.
The Banks of Richmond have given: notice that
from and after the 10th of this month they will
not receive on deposit any Confederate States
notes which bear date prior lo the 1st DecomBec,
1862, and Ibat from and after the, bib 01 mis
month (yesterday) they will not pay out any suph
Dotes, nor use t-hecu in settling balances. Premis
ing the remarks which we have to isubraiton this
proceeding of the banke with a staiement ol im
portant facts connected with it, we eralf hare a
better view of its nature, tendency ano eneci.
There were bewoen three 4.Hd four hundteu mu
ttons, of these notea issued by the government. Up
to the 22d of April, at which time they ceased to
be fundable in 8 per cent, bonds, tier were fuid-
ed between one hundred and sixty a.nd one hun
dred and seventy milluns, leaving still in circu
1 a ti on between one hundred and fifty and one hun
dred and seven five millions, fundable in 7 1 er
cent, bonds until the 1st day of August next .The
1 t V 1 1 j . - : .. . . U a. . . . . .
oanns nave long since ceaaeu w pay out vucn vwn
notes, and Con federate notes Lsued prior to jthe
1st December lasC wero up to that datff the avy
money they disbursed. These facts are entitled
to weighty consideration In discussing the Jate
movement ol the banks.
We have no hv-sitation in expressing our ull
eoncurreuco intbe ktrictures which some ofour
contemporaries have made up--n this m ovenvot
of the banks. We can see nothing in it but eil.
In its nature it is inconsistent wiih the public -interests;
which the banks were created to advance,
for if thecurrencyj whieh is the liifelood of hf
comuuoityi be injuriously affected io Any way by
their action-, let the' motives be ever so innocent,
nothing but trouble and doss on a" heavy scale can.
follow. It is the duty of these institutions to guaFd
and protect the currency, and if in their opera
tions they do anything, directly or indirectly, that
is calculated to have the opposite' effect, they are
responsible to the power that created thm for a
grievous violation of that dutyand thny should
in all such cases be held to a strict account. Sudn,
in our view, is the nature of tho relations between
the banks and the public.
That the tendency of the course thev have de
termined to pursue will be to depreciate tbe yaluC
of the Confedarato notes issued prior to Uecemoer
1st, 1862, (of which at least one hundred and fifty
millions aro still in circulation) there is every rea
son to apprehend. We-do not see bo.w it can be
otherwiso' In a few days they will ccao to re
ceive any of said notes on deposit, and the infer
ence is, of course, that th'ey will also refu?e to re
ceive them in payment. What ae people 'tA do ?
They bavo received from the bank3 themejveii
this very money", and now they are told thatVfter
the 10th of .Tuna the bank; wiH not rccd ve RuEfiick
from them either on deposit or is paynrlffVif
debts' A very larga amount of this moneys rwnl
out by tbe banks, in the first instance, is hMibj
ihe parties to whom it was paid, or, in otherjwipds
by the people! Tboy may plead in exteiiajin
mat Mie object tiey nave in view is simcpvvio
compel the notes in question to be furidtd jfrijiho ;
1st of August in 7 perceitt. bands. But thjf'pfea j
is not admissible, even if the object be as sUUJl- 1
for, in the first place, it may be answered tai j
there is no greater occasion or necessity ft)ftbm ;
to resort to this measure now than there wal e- j
fore the 22d day of April to compel the samft-vtFs ;
to ba funded in 8 per cent, bonds? If thero as
no reason for compulsory interference in ti One
case thero is less reason lor it in the other ;' .
much as the result of the funding operations ' :o
the 22d of April was moat .encouraging ; at tst
half of the aggregate amount or tho riotos beting,
date prior to December lst,1862, having beeritshus
withdrawn from circulation, with a fair j rve t
that the 7 per cenL bonds would by tho 1st of -August
absorb a large amount cf tho rcmaind-jr.
How then, we ask, could the compulsory agency
of the banks facilitate or secure the desiroi osult
as it reeards tbe 7 per cent, bonds anv inorr .han
it would have done in the cao of
tho1 i pr
cent?
We have not room to discuss the quesliija of
good faith, which arises from 'the premises. $Tbe
Banks, after substituting these Confederate totes
lor their own, and making tbem tne sole oais 01
their business operations, stood in the relation to
wards them that they did previously to their -own.
By paying them out, unconditionally, a; currency,
they incurred the oblietftion to receive the n as
such in return, unless, in tho meantime, som 1 law
of Congress or the Legislature should be pissed
qualifying such obligation. No such law hitviug
oeen passea, ana nouwng, urni we aoow o. uWvm5
occurred tochaogebr modify the status of tho un
funded notes, it appears to us that this virtual re
pudiation of them by the Banks is clearly a viola
tion of faith' on their part. We could multiply
arguments against their course, but as we df hoi
like long articles on any subjett, even :.f we had
the space to spare for them, which wo have- not,
we will add but few more words in conclusion,
if but to express the hopo that the Banks will
reconsider the matter and withdraw from the po
sition which they have asiimod. The soonc-r they
do il is the better.
We are pleased to learn that one Bank in this
city, at least the Bank of the Cityof Petersburg
has refused to enter into this new nd very ob
jectionable arrangement. Pet. Express. -
MOSBV'S BRILLIANT EXPLOIT.
The following is reliable in reference to Major
McBT'a latest exploit.
(jh Sunday last, he capt ured and effectually de
stroyed a train on the O. &. A. R. 11., consisting
of an engine and twelve car6, heavily laden wiih
commissary stores. On retiring, he encountered
five regiments ot the onemy's cavalry in a nar
row lane in column of fours, which he repulsed
with great slaughter, using canister from hii
mountain howitzer at eighty yards, and charging
with his cavalry. Ho estimates the enemy's I068
at ono hundred killed, and a large number
wounded; his loss three missing, one supposed to
be mortally wounded. Stfft retiriug, his rear
guard taking the wrong road at a fork, be enemy
charged.him and succeeded in capturing the gun,
afler the last round of ammunition had bceu
fired, he carrying off the limber, the enemy tuir
l?uing no farther. ' . -
I The enemy at Bealton, he'aring this
firing in
their rear, burned their commissary stores-
and
olber supplies, broke up their camp, sending their
baggage aDd dismounted men toward Falmouth,
kand hurried with their available force in the di
rection of the- firing.
The foregoing comes lo jus from a source that
makes it virtually "official."
Richmond Sentinel.
CULPABLE IF TKUE.
Tbe correspondent of the Savannah Republican
relates .the following ;
I am Informed "by an officer of engineers that
if Gen. Lee had possessed accurate information
in regard to the approaches to the United Slates
ford, he might have intercepted the retreat of the
Fight wing of the Federal army, and captured or
destroyed a large portion of it. The country in
the vicinity of the ford, and especially that part
of it known as the J"ilderness, is intersected by
numberless roads, many of which lead in tbe di
rection of the. ford and unite & short distance
from it. The river at this point is bounded on
both sides by high rcky bluff;. between which
and the water the road passes duwn some distance
to the ford below and then up to the opposite point
on tbe north bank. There- Was only one road by
which General Lse could hope to advance and
cutoff tbe retreat of tho flyttig foo, aVhe passed
between-these overhanging bluffs, and that road
was nowhere laid do vn on the maps- lurmsbf d
him by his engineers I When Gen, Lee discover
ed,, too late, that there was Just such a road as be
desired, you may well believe that, mild a he is,
be jgaye the delinquent engineer who had
been charged with the operation jin that 'vicinity,
'a regular blowing up." It was a similar - error
thai prevented Beauregard, ju.-t odo year ago,
from (retting his army into position to attack
Halleck near Corinth, and which prevented him,
as I have always believed,from achieving a signal
Ticto
TnE CjUNNING EMISSARY.
The Detroit Free Press of 'he 26th ult.j states
thatCcommtiniCation hs juct b-n rrceiysd from
Mackinaw; wbijc.M gives the j articular of the
passage Uirough; that country of Raid Sanders,
Son of George N; Sanders, and bis 1 scape to Can
ada, with dispatches from the Confederate Gov
ernment, for transmission to Commissioner Slidell,
at Paiii. The statement is as follows :
Tbe United States' assessor for the Mackinaw
county, bad beeh on a visit to Dela county, in
ihflBay ofde Njoquette section, for tho purpose
of asC8ing and collecting taxes. On their, way
back, they overtook a poor looking young man,
of whom they made inquiries concerning the roads
and other matleson which they wishi to be. in
formed. They received ho answer to their interrogate-!
ies, however, and the fact was soon aacer-
tained that their! fellow travelhr "was both deaf
and dumb. . lieibad with him a small sibt", with
which he a-i ablo to converse with them in writ
ing. Tbe ats-8or and sheriff endeavored to per
tae tbe "unfbrtunate" young man to return
with them to Green bay, for tbe reason that be
had no bedding, and not sufficient clothing to
protect him from the inclemency of the wcatt er
in lhat cold cliniato. To these kind persuasions,
however, be refused to listen, stating that he had
acouiin at Sauli St.Mri, who.:0 name be gave
HSuMr. MalUitie, w'hom he bad not seen in 23
jea.s, and it wtjs hs unalterable d'iermination
to. steer for ihatiplac." lie also stated that he
jvished to enjoyj tbe plwsures of a hunt in the
vicinity, of San 1 1 and 10 com line profit with pleas
ure, he y& intending to speculate in - furs. He
accompanied the c-fficinl'i as far as Mackinaw, en
joying the bt spitalities of their tents, and'passing
the time as sociably as, under the circumstances,
c uld haffe been expected. He stopped at Mack
inaw a few days, and at the end of that tim, ac
companied t-jn mail-carier to the Sault.
On the way they often met other travellers,
with whom the mute convemd with his slate,
writing French as easily and fluently as Eng
lUlf. He is described as bsing a splendid penman
and a scholar of no ordinary meriK When with-,
in about three miles of the Sault he bid adieu to
his comp'uiions oa the journey, and procuring an
Indian canoi.ciossed the St. Mary's river for Can
ada, at a double quick rate of speed. No pocrer
had he reached terra firma on the Canadian tide,
than heV or.ee re"7aii;ed full posst-sion of all his
faculties, and, in good French, ordered breakfast
and, likewise, ordered a tf-am to go to Colling
wood, on the Georgian' Bay. He "stated to his
Canadian friends that his name wa6 Re;d Sanders,
tGat he was on his way 10 Paris with despatches
lor Slidell from the Government of thn Southern
Confederacy.
The United States jtssoj at Mackinaw has,
since the escape of Sander?, received a very polite
letter from his 'mute" companion on this voyage
home, thanking him for his kindness and the
H-any attentions bestowed so profusely upon an
unlorturm'.o varftrrsr. He has since taken his
derarture, and is now on his-way to his destina
tion, beyond the reach of interception by any in
quiring officials of the "Yankee Government."
Tae assessor and sheritf state that he played his
;.art to perfection, and, as Ihey bad no reason to
suspect anj tiling wrong, they do not seem to re
gard themselves in Hiiy way responsible for the
e.-orrpe of the impudent, "emissary."
ABSALOM'S SWORD.
The French journals give tho following singu
lar paragraph":
A strango discovery his been madi by Major
Pappazilu, of Bucharest the sword whic 1 be
longed fo Absalom. Tbe blade has on one side ihe.
following words traced in Hebrew character :
Present Irom G-ssur to Absalom, son of David
Jcho, Jeho." On the game side is engraved the
image of tbe hexagonal seal of David, and on
tho other some characters, the meaning of which
has not been yet explained. On the corresponu
ing place to tboe of the Hebrew characters, and
the opposite fiie tbe blade, aro thesj words en
graved in gold : 'Titus accepit ex Jerusalem."
This sword had a handla in gold, representing at
tho upper part a warrior's heal covered with a
helmet, and joined by a chain to a dragon's head
which lor mod the hilt. The old monk, possessor
of this weapon, procured il from a Janissary, into
whose hands it tell during disturbances at Con
stantinople, in 1807. In a moment of distress he
sold the handle and tho scabbard which was, he
tsays, madeof a-kindof serpent 'sskirf, and mount
ed in gold. The ancieul origin of ib3 blade is
trovedv a manufacturer's mark traced in Sem
itic charucterp. '
rr
HUE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MKET-
, Life Insurance Company will be beld in the office
of the Company, in Raleigh, at 12 o'clock, on Mon-,
day, tho 6th of Jul v. 1863.
H. II. BATTLE,
Juoe6-td Secretary,
Fa.Tia.erB ! Farmers ! Farmers !
BLACKSMITHS At EVERYBODY ELSE.
RISDSTONES,
GRINDSTONES,
GRINDSTONES.
Made bv Patrick Lenchn ut the Deep River Quarry.
For "sale by D. 11. BKEEN.
Any person wauting 0 RLNDSTONJ3S must co-e
quick as they will be told'CIIEAP FOR CASH.
June ti 2t
Tobacco: Tobacco! !
1. STILL MAVIS ON HAND SOME 30O
or 400 UogUeads of Tobacco. I would like to sjsll
in crops, to be delivered at Franklinton, Henderson,
Warrenten, Macon and Littleton, on the Raleigh and
Gaston Rail Road, about 151) Hogsheads'. The crops
on hand are generally very good prices would vary
from $40 to $100, and quality would vary from com
mon to the best bright coal-cured leaf Address me
ut Louisburg, K. C THO. K. THOMAS.
June 6 wUt
pilE CONCERN OF J. I. KMC 11 1' & CO
I having been dissolved this da.y by J. P. Knight,
I take this method of notifying my friends and former
customers, that I am no longer a partner in the con
cern. Tbcy will henceforth please address me in per
son. I shall continue to carry on the Commission
business, and solicit consignments of Tobacco, Cotton
and produce generally. Having been engaged in tho
commission business l'or the last eight years, 1 flatter
myself that I can give, satisfaction to all who may
favor me wiih their consignments. Hoping that my
old customers will continue to stand by me in the fu
ture as they have done in the past, I pledge my best
efforts to give the utmost satisfaction not only to them,
but to all who may favor me with their patronage:
As to my character and qualifications, 1 refer to the
following gentlemen :
A IKMcI'lwase, R. . Lkstkr,
Thos. Wallace, President of the Exchange Bank.
. Jno. Kevaj, President of the Farmers Bank,
and the merchants and business men of Petersburg
generally. B. M. ROBERTSON.
Petersourg, Va., April 30, 1863. May 13 tf
Large Arrival of Valuable Import
ed Drugs
AMD
TQILET- ARTICLES, JUST RECEIVED
it
PJSSCUD'S DttUG'STOKE.
CONSISTING IN PART OF TUB FOLLOWING,
viz :
10 Kegs Sup. Carb. Soda.
10 Cases Cooney's Indigo, 10 lb cases.
200 0ices Quinine.
1-60 lbs Gum-Camphor.
300 lbs Copperas.
300 los Extract Logwood.
Superb Eng. Mustard iir 1 lb Bottles and 6 lb Cases.
2 Gross Low's Old Brown Windsor Soap.
8 Gross English Tooth Brushes.
Very Superb Young Hyson, Gan Powder, Shouaong
and Congou Tea, in chests and half chests.
L0 Gross Matches; 6 doz. Henry's Calcined Magne
sia. ,
24 Doz. Fine Tooth Combs, Ivory, Horn and India
Rubber.
500 lbs Black Pepper.
Gum and Powdered Opium; Ipecac; Dover Powders;
Chloroform; Salad Oil; 200 lbs Flowers Sul-
pBur.
JZ&28 lb Bottles Balsam Copaiba.
English Blue Mass and Calomel, in jars and pound
packages, 25 lbs Chlorate Potah, and many
'"other goods bought ab recent sales in Charles.
to and Wilmington, whieh will be sold at
: small advanot-s in- quantities to suit pnrchaa-
f era.
Daily expected a supply of SUGAR and COF-
A Teacher Wanted.
PLEASANT! AND ;OOD SCHOOL
can bo had (of a Ml teacher of good moral char
A
acter and compete t,
by applying to I. P. BRANb
LEY, and others, near Greenville, N. C.
May' 19, 186S.
May 30 loipt
Bank of the State of North Caroli-
! na.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of thU Bank wiUU held at their
Banking House in this City, on tho fust-Monday iu
July next, at 11 o'clock, a. m.
! C. DEWKY. Cashier.
May 88, 1863. May 30 td
TREASURE DEPARTMENT, cJ S. A. f
ItKHMOND, May llih. 1883- )
aTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES TO AtL.
holders pf two year Trossury notes issued under
the set of loth May, 1841, that they mast come in and
present the said, notes for funding at tbe Treasury or
some of its Depositories on or before the 3 1 st day - of
July ensuing,"or they will be debarred tbe privilege
of funding. . 1
The said note are entitled. to be fuudeu iu eight per
cent. Bonds,payable in ten years.
(Signed). i ti. O. MEMMINQEE.
May 20 tla
Secretary of TAasurj.
t. Mary's School! Raleigh, N. C.
Right Rev. Thosu Attmsoif, D D., Visitor,
Rev Alobkt Sxedk, D. D., Rector. ' -
.....
T
M1E NUXT TERM. WILL BEtf IN JULY 10TH,
and end Deo. 5th.
For Board and English Tuition, tbe "oharre will be
$225, payable in advance.
For a circular containing lull particulars, apply to
the Rector. . i j
Parents desiring U enter their children the utxl
term, should address the Rector immediaety,
' Raleigh, May 30th, 1863- June
JgXCHANGK' NOTICE--NO 5.
. - RiCHiroyp, May 9th, IS- .1.
The following Confederate officers and nren have
been duly exohsngedj and are hereby so declared :
1. All officers and pen who have been delivered at
City Point at any timie previous to May 6th,l8o3.
2 All officers captured at any place before the lt
of April, 1863, who hare been released on parole.
3. All men capt&red in North Carolina or Virginia
before the let of J&arbh, 1883, who hare bet-n released
on parole. 1 j G
4. The officers and men captured and paroled ly
Gen. S. P. Carter, inlhia expedition to East Ten.e6.
in December last. ! .
. 5 The officers and men captured and paroled by
Lieut. Col. glewart at Nan Bu eu, Arkansas, Jannary
25th, 1S63; by CoL pickey in December, 1802, iu bo
march to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and by Capi.
Cameron, at Corinth, Miss., im December, 1302.
0. The officers and n,eh enroled at Oxford, Mississip.
pi, on tho 23d of Deomber, 1862; at DesArk,Arkanas,
on the 17th of JanaLfy, 1863, and at liaton Rouge, '
Louisiana, on the 23uof Pedruary 1863,
7. All persons who have been captured on the sea or.
ihe wafers leading to! the same or upon the sea ooatt
of the Confederate :or United States, at any time pre
vious to December 10th, 1862.
8. All civilians who have been arrested at any tiuio
before the 6th of May, 1863, and released on parole,
are discharged from j any and every obligation cou
tained in said parelel. If any such person has fiikeu
any oath of allegiance to the United States or given
any bond, or if his release was accompanied with an
other condition, he is discharged from the sain.
6. If any persons embraced in any of the foregoing
sections, of in any section or any previous txchangn
notice wherein they are declared exohangof
are in any Federal prison, they are to bo immedintelv
released and delivri to the Confederate anthoritiej-.
f ROBERT OULD,1.
May 16 Ct ! J Agent of Exchange.
- To Cotton Planters.
I HAVE BEEN APPOIMEUBY HIE
Secretary of Ihe Treasury, Chief Ageut for the
purchase of Cotton for the Confederate liovernint-iu
within the State of North Carolina, and will pay iW
the same in 7 per cent Bond or Cash.
Sub-Agents Visiting the different patts of tbe Slate,
buying in my name,! will hove written certificates oi
appointment. ;
By order of the 'Secretary of the Treasury," all
Cotton purchased by myself, or my Agents, on aol
after the 18th da-y-of -.March, 1863, will be paid for In
7 per cent, Bonds orj Cash, and not 8 per cent. Bond
as stated in a former; advertisement. Up to tLat time,
however! the 8 per oftnt. Bonds will be furnished
stated.
Patriotic citizenfi are now offered an opportunity to
aid the"Governmentby selling to it their Cotlon latuer
than to private capitalists.
IjBiWia S. WiLLlAMa
Charlotte, Marcjh 20, 1863. ' mar 25 11
Hillaboro' N.iC. Military Aoceda-
f my.
T
THE aECONI) SESSION OF THE FIF 4 11
Academic year f this Institution will commence
on the 1st of July next.
For circular? aad Information apply to
' "maj. w. M.GORDAN,
May 27 3m Superintendent.
Dickens New Novel
JREAr EXPECTATIONS.
. By Charles Djukeu1 Bos.
Price,
When sent by .ni.il
$3.o0
$3.2ii
L. POMBROV.
For sale by W.
Steel Pens.
GROSS JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STICKL
300
IfENS, VARIOUS KINDS, by the single
box or quantity at I POMEROV
ad Pencils.
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, AT
1 POMERO'V'S
Envelopes.
YffHOLESALE 4ND RETAIL AT
W v -
POMEROYS
Blank Books.
LARGE SUPPLY CAP, DEMY AND MEDI
UM SIZES FiOR-CASH ONLY, AT
POMEROY'S
Gilliam' s Manual,
FOR VOLILNTEEKS AND MILITIA.
EW EDITION CONTAINING ALL THE
PLATES FOR CASH ONLY.
Price
For Sale by
$10,00
W. L. POMEROY.
Bank of North Carolina
THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE
Stockholders of this Bank will be held at their
Banking House in, this City, on the second. Thursday,
tt. llth of June nex t, at 11 o'clock A.'M.
C. DEWEY, Cashier
May Gth, 1863. May td
John G
Williams &, Co.. -
STOCK AND
MONEY BROKEK8.
Balxioh, N. C.
CONTINUE TO. CAHRYr ON THE Bro
kerage business at their old stand as heretofore,
in all iu various brabches. . '. -
Feb. Z5-Ompd I
CitUE,
: j tLUE,
THE BtST IRISH GLUE.
MANUFACTURED BY
THIEM & FRAPS
' . RALEIGH, N. C.
March 11-tf
BLOCKADE GOOD'S.
PS AfElilNiOS AND CA8HM1EKEH
40 pieces' Black Alpaccaa.
50
100 doten fieary Jeans Drawers, utf calved.'
100 pieces Fine White Linen drawers all sisaa.
212 prs Liaea! SheeU all ready for 1.4a.u.
50 lbs Black Sewing fiflk.
100 lbs White Rrowa Flax. No' 1 .ni.u
Coats, Pants, Vesta, Over Coats, Military and Citizens
Dress. M T- W. ROITSTON,
April 1 . i Petersbarc. Va..
FOR SALE AT A SMALL ADVANCE ON
cost at I - B. A. WHITAKERS,
24 Cases Claras Wine.
10 " Blackbery Wine.
May 8th, 1SS3. yi
A-
VEYV DOZEN BROOSIS FOU 8ALR
N . A. WHITAOR'S