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. p fe: 1 cz: r -.. el k . -.'5 , ft fff ' - V -A... .? I "''V : -'-W-2--.V ::V'-.:-j''v 'ty f, ..T.r.-.' IJfy'---' :; V fltl" lliil - ! JOILN &PEL31AN, Edltor.and Proprietor. AUTIIOnrZEU PUBLTSrim OF TFIR LAWS OF THE f CONFEDERATE STATES. ' ' . DULY EDITIOX, per snnm...........1.. TR1-WEEKLY EOITIOX, per Annum ST 5 3 WEEKLY EnjTfQ. -- - " - .4 Invariably in Ativan.) THE STATE OTIRAJr WEDNESDAY: larph 13, - " " ' ' ''" ' .' ' ' " ."" ' -" ' lYe kpo an ajrficle in lb F yetteville , 0'ercer on Mr' Cn!s wlijicii klnu's f hehproMuud. iu'siiiht of Go- Rervu'iMt-. Jn.toj the knotty qm Nth-n of h'nanrp. It s-Hs that Mr. Courts lo t -(.. the Stab- at $320.T. 000 in t olstf .siti;"i ofSvu bonds. N twithstnnd ihg it i- .-J-n-fw!crcd by that im-del party that Mr.' .Gu'rt5"h4"iui p Aver t sell his bonds, yet they chA.je," nun wun gn ai iiit'iij'.i noy iwcaue lie ni'i no- sen them. ' . ; - ' ,'- Again, the ' Qbserrer says that Mr. Co.irrs nnht Jiave?a ved to the sinking fund the amount of 135 - - 000, if he had madet he Convention pass a law to al low him to sfcllj tle bonds, ami thendiad procured the passage -of another giving him power to com pel the . Cmniissirners 'to invest their ac -rued interest in those bonds. In other wonls, if Mr.-Courts Kad had legisladve powra'confrrrel upi.m him, and the right to manage .'the funds of "the" State as he ple ised, i e might hat c savl these sn.i,8.r Now," he did not -have these extensive grants of power, and was compelled to- act according to the law pre.scii .ed to him. But how about the calctuaiion of the Observer? That " paper says he might have, saved to the State 320,000, and to the s'nking fund 135,000. Now these sums make 455.000 j I that .the loss sustained by the Slate?- Is it 20.000, or ii it -$135,000? Again, how'happens itUhat if 320.090 couU Irave been saved to the Staitfc, why eoul'd not the same sum have been -saved t the sinking fund ? i-ince common sense, con.ii j vice, and ordiifary 'arithmetic have' to be thrown a.-iijle for the' sake rt iijjnrin'cf. a political "opponent, why did not the Observer make a . still 'larger caleulati -i ? 'Why not Maine Mr. Courts fur. not having a. law pat-i-ed- to sell, '.My five millions av,,i;'ii .f six icr CfiVf . buds at liar -.-usu invest tne 1. . I r etdsof the' sale in (iht ;-(T cent, bmls? At p-: (K one time the latt' i s 4.i n' Iwjh a 12; ? i'y this op. eraiiou the State V,.-i't' hav-i.i.-d a .tiuTii u of lo! fars. ' Thw added ht!.e 455,0-0 would hav i.nade the neat little ssii'il.of nearly oncm a ha.l in mi us ofdrjUars, which Iiave heen.hL f tin- S ate because "Mr. Cjurts obeyed the law, wi ini- he w.is weak n ngh to think w;W intendi-'d lo (iiix h.i.-s a -ii' -ns. I'r the same reason. 4 Mr. Courts uiit to liue mane ii .. . r i llil hi. rarv luml soil out an us nouns collect ali.jhaf was jowmg to it ami niv.t m v.-as lowing U it and inv.t in -eight - per cents.. Bv ihi. rp vat!-n - 'ine scL-ral hundred tiv-u.ind d-'liars uiiut have been "imide -say 500. 0;)0 ; u's ..f n- us:- tw o - ac urate, the bluer the bet- t- r lor p -li ijn si":- s. Ti.i: nuk,- .'.hOD.ODU.' In -the sani uhhd to the . ( the wav. bv not c uis ng the Srat-': t..d. sevl-r'rd c.t'nr- things which mijht i-a'hly be ugc:tdi the ii"termii'n'd' c.i'umuiators' of ' Ml.. C .ni ts euuld. sw!ell th.'.sum t 3.0 K) .0D!J. . 1 XfU trm t":-i it th n:i unit of ei-'ht ii -V --ents. is. RUP.l u-,,i:',! I,:ivi. lviii i-xiiaust.'d srvcial tim.-s m car- ',-. ;,,,r ,.. t il, imVii! ..ir.ioii. ' L'.iit 1. '; -urts- on - to l.av but L 1 1 'J. : ii -ii not nuly i" vhil'i-.U she :ave m.iiie i.vc !e l.vL' mil 1:i- w- 1 1 h o! b'MHl I f r ten or S i'tci ii md'.ians w ;th of demand Tin ahuve is a fair, O'-eiuie i of the ciimetlt whiHi C-ii-erv.itive 'ii ..m. iers nr o--l in (I' t- rinined pu -po-'e to scr'u "tJT i i.'irrv juo n from s rut in v . Tliey aie r.-.hic l n th,' cut-!!': t.nit M- 0 m t ;-'i: . ! ii. They state, in the :-.!- to sell bonds, and ..n; e. he did n t S!,-!l . ,ti ;,: ly at vri.oee ir b.-nnd" the Oon- whi -ii outrage jill they man them i T ; re. v imi ii.- t';.- wit i e:n4 o-lu-r.-ainl " p'TV.'i ; v . i.nre inakii! c iil n u -n-e an 1 -e : 1 a et n 'tt vr .1 Ii inve. - Is the m;h;i.-!(.t e-t of North.C.ro!in:i likelv to ( be advanced by ih' .leius.d of Gov.-Vance to appoint Geu.r.Martiu to ti -ollk-i ol Adjutant General, and filiin-r the nlacc v ,th a ticntk-man who knows noth- .ing of tKe-ari- us tlfuies of the position ? Gen. .Martin has ncei d a thorough inlUtary cduc-tithm and lias obtaitb" a practical knowU,e'of the details hel luL'iug to th ; ailrpaiiiiriitioii of an army. lie is ; rjvoginiz'.tl as : :i. a'h' bureaij officer, and under his main gr-n.e-nt foe armies of North Carolina have been S.M,t fn in li'dd i i m-'ve th.oroirg!i state ol cqui isi -m fi.ui thoe. -!r. n any otne depai-Miieuts of his oiV-ce hive i l! -Ut t'l.Ul other state. The various p.ii-tineuts j. his oi: .. li ive i ten a1 i:iP.ii.-tereci nai- ni.'Mioit.s!V. uuietlv an 1 eSicienjJv. Wh.a Gen.. Mar- tin ca:ae into ofii.e'thc ni'.Hti sltdr. of North Car olina had fallen into' distil. It has heon organizcl a'i:U sy--t-:ii)-.it;za.i ini-ter him. The Quartermaster's aud the C-.mmis.-ary,s departments have at. ad times c,:.:ne up 1 1 their duti. s, and in fact so well has he administered nis department tint iveknow.of not a singly comjdain frojm friend or foe. Gen.Jilaitin us-wjell known to.tha commanders of our armie:, and by his knowledge of military affairs as well as his efti i.u-v as the Ileal of a.-B'ur-J iu de piirtmeSt, he has ivu 'cred important service to the whole army by b"iag abb- to appreciate and promptly execute-orders re pi i ring immediate attention. ;Gen. M.iriin, b.-.- hi -s a 1' this, has bravely served his country on t'w'b-ittae li .'1 ?, and l-oars i: his muti lated bjly the m;.iuu -n his deyotio.i to her cause. . ' ' t . ' Il - is Ji.-q iIiiied f.-.-m ia activ oointnt i-i. by the ..f -his arm in ..iatt!c. .an 1 ihe is a n iiive son of. North arolin i. Yet hh.- has been displaced from an -3i.-e which he is admi;.Ui!q lahiie t f r. a:. 1 hiss, r-M.'c-s in the ba'ttte fu-fl have' been dyspled,-ti; rde'r to "tS .-.tify a "m i!igii.v;;t' p u ty revenge, by a Governor. l::o. tiectd ti his high oliice by the v..tes of s.-ld'tfrs .! ..1 pdedged against a partis ui adudiiisjratie. f the .iifja'.rs.of North Can-li'., . I thi- the re rd which tt:iserv;;t:s,:n' h-.Ids out, I'liedlug in hisx n(!i- rv '. ibie!i G .v. V.iiicchrtde i-e ' o ti;e soldier now baling ami. eeie-jM! '.' Is this the way in :in- his pledges t the p-eo- North Carolina Kr.ilroad-CIiaiiSC 4f Schedule; On ;iula;t:i to-d.ty ( Tu sday) the 'trains - on this ' nad will strive at v..d "depart from Raleigh as. fol lows : The mail train.fr. tn Charlotte will arrive-at 9 40 a. ni., and leave for GUdoht.ro" at- 10.30. ' The ,maij 'tiiiir tn ni UohLboroNvill anive at i'2 at night, and leave f r Chai lot ie at 1 t .'chn k at night, Connecting here with the mail train from Wildou. The acchn.modation traiu wiil arrive, fimm Cba lotte at 11 (M-loek -at night, and leave for C'ddsWo' at 12.05. Arrive from GoIdsbtiW at 12.30 in the day, in d lAave tor Chiiilotte at 1.20. h' Thpacdonunodatiori train from the West C( nnects Vith the mail train fi-otn" Wehloii. " I The Fayetteville myil leaves at 1 o'clock at ng t, ud arrives at "8 a. m. . 'h " :: - o.w-J n:,e ! to their' j si; on i I. i n il itVff Hfitr- fi Vnl Iff ; '": ' ' " 'i...r " : "o ' . - ::i i v1'. ": "J L -4 - -W "371.-- r-.--....1. .. - ,- . - J v. " . o ! : vif- . -v . .-,.; ...,a -.v.;;t-rv.nsfw.-v? u rJ'-vK-'r'llO.'Ifiu'''' A few ilaya since we vrravC arytlej giyiiigtt- e gwigragry oiJ t he ewub-inpla tn opi asiyn-s V( t he :e.iiej itiy in the YaZ t river an4 Lake lVvidie. (Tle t'oUf.wiug from the New rk! Mercury; ffiyvf tail the de-4gn? of the YattktHtr.in,ibatiectitu7f;.thc' couri'ry: Ve are struck with, th" fears of; -that pat ier that the turniti'r.'of the ltsissirm-' Hfver '.into Lake Fromieuce will divert Hf-1 ;uvl cause an overflow .. . . . .. . . ... - ' it from itipr.4nt ehan- . of:.nwirly.ati 1 unuui Lake Providence ; was oiiee the channel uf .th- MUt sissippi. "Why, did it not -then Irowri ih country i tind make its .nuTtf: thnrngh Atehafayhva Giilt ? J- . . , - , - r ' i - Their eth.ru to. penetrate, the c .untry are or. the pur- . poe of. plunder and not to gain a&wwrtages .ovf Vickibar' aud Pi.rr ilnd.soti.0 . - t THK Yazoo PARS. - ' . - -, ) About 150 nd'w aljve .Yicksburg is the Yasoo ' Pi ass, well known to steamboat men, wlrich opens up- ; l the Mississippi six miles below Helena, andflgiin ',- on fifteen "mile U-hw. that city.. At high .water - the; Mish-ippi ptriially empties into this Pass, whence ) it runs into the Cold Water, then .into tue buntlower river, thence into the Tallalitchie,'thence into the.Ya ii :itul ki i into thn ii icsissiniii flirai! If is in contem- ,latibn bv Geu. Graiit to go clear this passaKo t;at a t tfeetof iitinboats can nassdown the Sunflower, andean- tnre t.helarfirefleet of New Orleans boats which -were fun. 1 mp that. small stream last summer. Thi4 Would enable them to get into the Yaz-o above Harte'ti Bluff, and thus cut off the very little Supplies which.the Rebels areefting by thAt river. The steamboats. "too, if they ; could be obtained, would be very valuable at thia time. General Gorman and another officer have sflr- veved the Pass, and their decision will; bf apparent in a few davs. A success of this sort would be a great source of discomfit to the garrison at Ticks- ; burg, and materially assist in "its redaction. The rivet will be high enough to help us for five weeks to come. . , - A fleet of our " ten-clads," known as. the " Mus- -nuito Fleet" is destined for this service. Tho l-pute is entirely jyactical for vessels .of- not too heavy draught and width, find passes through : a tract Ofj country of immeitse"! richness, and. fertility. Three hundred thousand -bales of ; cotton were annually r heretofore bniuoht oiiCfOf this; Yazoi rher, and it. is -. believed that a large quantity: of this greatly "cover- i ted material is still' nntonsTflnetl, and accessible in those rivers and bayous. But let no speculator go ' mad over this announcement in anticipation of sud- den fortunes' Aa.sooti as Geh.'Grai rant had landed- his forces opposite ;Vicksarg. and almost before the ( t egi mental tents had been pitched, a party jf sharji- ' trs who ha 1 lieen folLiwitig the army,4 wailed upon him in a J.ody and requested permission to buy cot- ton. His ans'.ver" to them was this; Gentlemen, y -.ii cannot buy a pjiiind, of eottoa until. Vicksburg j is taUen ; ::rul i will not pr m.se that you may do o then.'" The chil'lren of 'Israel departe! with a large sized fl-a in their ear. - Tlie dtstaittes through this route, commencing at ' t he ' Vicksburg terminus (o.n the Yazoo.) are a3 fol low : ' " Froni Vicksburg to Yazoo City, (on the Yazoo, at;' ! the ccidluprice f tlie t aUahatchie:) 120 mile? ; frotii j Yazoo -City t- Williams' Landing or Greepwo-rd, 18f .: i .miles; from Greenwood to head of big Tallahatchie', Vt 1 1.180 miles; from head of Tallahatchie to : Mississippi"!1 j 'river. 6d miles.. . Total 540 miles. 1 .'" ' . . Th - whole rr.ute-is through slack water or sluggish hayi.us, easily navigated, except- from -occasional trees and snags lying across the 'marrow pisses. .-Th land also fal's away from the river : -along tlirj ; greater part of the route, alfording fewitxppprf iini ties f-.-r attack from the enemy ( IiPISUN'A TO Bt LAID WASTE.., Bi t by far 4 lie 'most, excii'utg ne ws of nil. is tl-.at fh projected canal-which is to lb ciit i roni L k- jj' Piovideoce into the B tyou Teu-aoj Bavo.r ;M .... .' liieiice i'V thf rel!-:;s or lv.XMt I i VCf-jtltio the ' ():'l i.'.'i 1 ta ate I Bud river, hivniix' Vickst.iirg fif' v -.i h- r. the easr ward. Tint tliis i nmte! f -asii) e.-we .- We ii i v.- 5 the 'testimony of o'd uveiineo. Tlie iVnsa nu.r : small boats as f.-n- , 03.H are at tunes r.avtg t) e tor ss th- .iSlut" veport r.:i!i-ov-l er s.-diiigs. ; If e ."Uudi of the Mis is-ii.t.i could he i liver ted Miijt.'i Lske'lhovi- t deuce, the channel would be navigable frt the whole '. ltngth of tlie iVusas. The strip, of ex ;ava:!o.i .s t nss than three miles in width, and General ,Mc.i- ; thur is, already at wo. k up vi it at. that phi u v. itii a brigade.' The d.dlicuity in this case . iii he not. t uet enoiun w.it'er into tne cuanuei, out i ).veii getting too leiich. If old Katie r Mis-i-'sippi but rise an inch too hiiih, or if Geucrd ic Arthur and Colon-. 1 Biss -ll but. dig out a few shov'sfull to.) "much, he may '"not only escape- Yicl-; b ug. But rui'n tlie whole ja-f .'Louisiatia, The Well known propensity of the Lower -Mississippi to cut and spread Iw'e need not 'explain, further than to say that, in higli'jwater, they are innumerable bay ous, bra!ichi-7ufJfs, and even rivers, vhkh ruij from ankl iut iihe mi iret stream in curi-ms altema ti mi 'pie 'New Orleans people noti-c d thirty years ago that the Mis isiippi w;,s eating into the shores at the moiuh of Bed (Bivtr, o as to be. in danger of making over ii to tie Atchnfaylaya, a river which is fed froni the l!eJniyer, an. I empties into the Gulf of Mexico at the "bay of that name. Thisfvvou'd have diverted the valuable I river ' away froni ' to city, and left it by the side "of in insignificant ba.vou. In order to -prevejit this catastrojh?, they cut through a narrow neck of land a few nHfsbeL.w the mouth of Red riverand the. channel, washing through, made what is called ths R iconrci Ciit-otf. TTiis had the desired effect, and New Orleins h-hs grown some what iu the .interim. What would be the effect of turning any considerable portion of Hhd Mississippi fnto tire lensas :y.d Red Rivers? Thefe would be the most imminent Wauger of the "iminenie toi,reut' or water rushing right, into the AtchifalayA with .such force as to permanently change the i bed of the Mississippi to that channel. This) would be,' in effect to leave Yicksburg far inland;; : hut it would leave New Orleans too. We should have an indepen dciit p.i;?age to the ocean, and we should "have de stroy 'd the prosperity of New Orleans and the coast. The .city would then become the prey; of the Confede rate Army, and the great artery of commerce "trans- ferred a hnadrcd mdes further, west, j j 'idi'e laiigt-r, it is thought, has not Wn foreseen by t t . . - t t i t 1 .t 1 l?.e engineers... i t nor, no time sooum oe l-.-si in warn- . it.g them. Half the sugar estates in Louisiana ivonal Se rcnderc.l worthless by this new soittrd? of 'the river, and thousands of miliums of dolytrs.' are at stake. Let us trust that this great cafastropKelmay be avert- ed. v i I ,1 Til?: frLAX ur ATTACKi ;M - - Should this, last named canal be carded th rough, .there- can be scarcely any doubt that Geh. Q rat it will avail himself of :t to send half of uf a'r&iv in al licet f Jight draught boats to .the a.'sist"aice j;of Banks.al Port Hudson. , Thf force Vvhicli yeshujd thus bring to beat into a this stronghv.ld,-would fiiodm compel its suneiu'.er. The rebels would, not t-e:id'jatiy'reliei' from , Vicksbiirg. for the roads are impassible and the troops' couid i.ot be fed, even il there, witutmtthe river. Port Hudson would be ininestiohably evacuated, and its garris m withdrawn t the supporter Vicksburg. wherts 1,1 si:ch case, the united forces ofboth xartus would be pitted agunst each other. A Lament oi; the Naval Glort ot the Nobt.h. TIk-.Ncw York Tribune has the fnllhwfng lament fr the departing naval excelletrce "of thj:fj tilted States : , The Arnerii an navy in other days achieved. proud " and. woild-widtTfame, which it stenis je.s-.lved t lose ; in the present contest. To thi loug ;fisf .f"its.ie: ent" .disgraces, we have now to add the capture of. the gim-' oat ludiauola, whereby the rebels agairi: become un- dispute 1 "masters of the Mississippi aiid its tributary s tom Vicksburg, to Port Hudson "Of itnir war vessels run bj' Vicksburg to oA'eep that imp ftiUit stretch t inland navigafi. u, toe Qu en ' f the VVest vyas eapi'ir--. Ha .by a shore batter or to t, and now tUe li eeu oi the West has" captured the Judianula ITbe measure of our disgrace is complete. j-r, --T.i" v,:;. f; w -X i. ':';For to State JdrBal. ; Tne Bzttle or in.;iikurg. SI.OX-. -, . .'.;' t"."';.l25tht; l;8t: Tn the h;iitle r.f. Winianial jKg it wa ihe ion: ti-iri M (Jen; L- nsti.cet 'til gihrtiie r?r:of the Yankee batu -py or. (r- Ctftfeii-iiv fey 4n' thttHitih tti wvis. r;lfc was iie.vej iiitetHlwI to matve a front attack . P l I i'My"" fh j; f'7 ilo: Vtl itiaiiini . C! Rgimeiit;1 t.d af Hri er regimei.t (3& h'Viritii r j to clear the';;wl etV'tliB':'MmVlttrjuiriiew.-. -.Tiw-,wa8.' diM ?ery hands,.,. lyuand ha-lit nca.W.Ki.e, the.rennt advaiiems acrosis tlie nvJs,wiu!n have Let'ii p. ,i to a cross" fire all the;way ' jThe 23 I r-gliin nt w is in a very ba'4 -rtate or-drlfafi ecUteJ 'it i-fto'remeW with difficulty ; bat. Cnli H..lke seernetl anxious. to do t11 "Uw uiuy auu ctriaimj eviyceu no jhk ri co.- nejs and gallantry-. I) M, HILL, a ,M;.jr- General..'.' Vr -'"'- ; LiNCOLSTtov March 10th, 1863. EqitobsiState Jouunal ; On yesterday I read toe .letters ul uen. UU Uiuanu Uapt.-iLt Uae, bmd- lishe.1 a few days sinoelTUtbe Journal, a-nl.it is Am that I-should 'make a-statementr-ml tt ft; 7i file extract of Gen. Hill's statement of the battle nfWil . liamsburg was hot furnished by me tw the Bulletin In"Juue last I applied to "Gen. Hill by letf-r f.r -a copy of his report of that battle, and in .July' at M il- verh Hill he promised to send me a copy.as soon as he ha1 time to write it. On the 24th Decern I'-e'r Gen. Hill sent to me from Fredericksburg his statement, the ofiicial report,- owing to the " pressure of military affairs," not being Written. On receiving this sta'e- ment I sent to Col. Garnett of the 5th Begunent N. ' C. I roops, .tu extract, ana a ruii.copy to Ia. utirtie, 23d iS. C. Troops, and a. couple of extracts to tw. friends in North Carolina. That part which spe-iks of" the bad state of drill of.thc v-jgHne-it; and that part which speaks of myself, not being necessary to my vindication, were omitted:' The. statement contains no allusion to the aehvi from" tire ' want of drill and discipline in the regiment. ; It is due to the oflicera of the regiment to they well understood bath the. tlteory and pi It is due to the ofiicerstif. the regiment to say that practice of battabton 'drill, and couid .promptly execute any movement required.. Gen. Hill h d never seen the regime Mt drill, ami could have no correct idea of ifs capacity. ;Tho regiment, too, had been noted r its subi.rdi:lation and discipii-se, and at that time was equal to au'y regim'eiit ih the brigade. Gen. E-irl '.jmder-whom the rcinmei.t had served n.-irly twelve motitlis, was an officer "f tinit ehararj;,! who required the nuuHleuaHce"6f discipline and wuu.d have noUiing ie.-s. 1 - Tfe de-ay tha cocurreTl on that occasion was not from tlu-iack of kn-jwicdue in the . fri ers. but from the Way in which tlje movement .was' directed ( In m ad ..w" The regiment vas advant.-ing in one of b.atie tl'.r-i.iuh the woods towards the ope field, ti.e 5- ;i-N. C Tr.i'.ps-.on its im'ii--.liat"e-right.. Gen III! ..i-...)v-i-red ti:'.1 extreme left -i the ! egiment-as it f tcie l a smali pecc f open ground in the woikIs, and-g ie tlie direction to them. The ofiiceis of the fegimenr did u-t kn w what he i di.ded imr ii I I know until 1 'had gone up t hini. a distance of -half t:.e regiment. As S'un as the ofiVers knew t'h-ir w-e were to f. n:ii a no'.v '"ii.ie?,-ierv-endicu!ar to the former hue bv " in- v-rslmi. -onlv ha it was promptly nted. f -ur got on t i th eew -liu-' when Jtlie fight on- i-. li; field. i; Vc were o deo-d to charge tjc - in, a lu.i, wiili foin coiiijianies 1 c I'.np-iV.is" moving ly g-t t i . 1 1 in t! i i .1 h." wo. il-, a ti li Woods-' Which H'il- lo! i s iin ' if ; attl iiauk.'' W hen w t.aiiCe of some six is ,;o ired v .ii'.Ij, t lie i eJ;ijeoto ill i!h fi.-M were in n tr. ;it A - I u d d it at the time.. G i! Hill Wl; il .he :i- "V' i. d hat tile line of a-1-.vjii-eo!' t'Mi .brig id w' ,i . .vry -it im i the op-m field, tTi'de:iyor-d to anst its jr.-gress, tiidto this md sent a.i sd.l ' t i (Jen. E.oly ; .t owing to tlie very .treat density of tiv u.-di-rgtowtu l;e no sc-.1. him. If an v. error was 'e- tinnitteil' on tb.at day i t 'was not -at-tribnta'4e to tlie c inman-hus 1 1 the n-gimenfs, as they acted ruder the lm nei'i.iti presence of -a Jlaj-ir a-.d B' ijj.i ti-j or f.is and iu t G-M;viMi. Yot y J 1. HOKE. Tin- xor.Tn ami the or A PAItAl.T.EL BETWEEN 'i mi two i-;ii:iDL:'f s TA 11 v ii G. Vi..iN M K;;t wiiKii is -i-.ue nt:iu:':si;- T ie New York (Jauc tsian, one oi' tlie most feailess owners iii the Xorth, draw.- the following contrast .V b.etwe'n tltf NoitJi and the S s.nuui. i-tid shows v h: Govcrnnient of the two is the true'expouenfand -n.-bodnne t of the -principles of the An.cric in pepb: ' We presume no Blacc irepubiicAit or anti-sKveiy-ist, wiil say that the ' Government" at fiicf,nio!id. piesi.led over by Jci'fcrsoii Davis, embraces aiiy new principle or principles different from that of Mr. Buchanan at Washington two years ago. Indeed, there is hot an Abolitionist or " war for the Union" mm in the count rv, but will admit that tW'tJorir federate Government'' Trankly and-truly ' embodies the y.rincile of the Died Scott decision ; or, in other words, that the R chmond Government embodies the construction of the Federal Constitution as laid down by the Supreme Court on the sole question, in issue between the North aud Sout . And we may go further and declare that the Confederate Govern ment,, presided over by Jefferson Davis,- embodies thc'priuciples of flie Federal Constitution aiiil, tlie entire practice of the Federal Government from' 1800 to 1S60 indeed, on the question of so-called s'avery, from the foundation of the Government until the ac cession of Mr. Lincoln, It is as.if the country were cat directly into North ern and Southern halves, but except this mere; mate rial line of seperatiuo, tlie principles, the system, the external forms, reinaiu absolutely the same in. the South as they have for the sixty years -past. Indeed, we may say the Southern hah as regards principles, is just the same aria Mr. Buchanan's administration. Why, then, is this murderous conflict. Are Ameri cans so iguorantmd stupid as tit-shed t eir blood-and waste their substance ' Tor a 'war f- r the. Union," when Uiereds no 'disunion of principles. Indeed, is there such a thing in ad hist.iry as a conflict, ot any kind in principles. 1a it a Mipiv-gah! cas.J that the men of tne South would se.c -de simply' J.o make Mr. Da vis "their President v. hen Mr Linco'n represeiUi'd their principles iu-t. as. truly? W'hat, v- rep.reseiud tl.eir rrmeiple-s j j then, is. the cause o! the c jitict. x Vvhy, flic NiH'thern halt of the country is revofutiomZi'l, 'and striving to ' jev,.luti,iii"iie the S utifti-ioiigu" the agei-acies of the 5 c n'iin-4 gover .ment. The G ;vernmeut was made' for Avh;a tiieiitiuiie, and iiegiyes were not included in I the jioiiti. al sysf am: All tiieS.rate buveone regarded j them as ia domestic snbo.-di.iatio.j, aud uo owcr in the land, or on ihe earth, o under the earth, could tr.tu.-.ioyn or deform a negro. into a citizen, and thus he reTiiamed uutii. two- years ago, and thus he rem-fini at .. ftichm aid noV. But after thirty years .'of auti .slavery ilgitatioii, a pirtv s-rung up at the North li is revol;itioriia.t our po'litical system, to reieife th" Dr."C . Scolt. dici-ion,- to change the .entife. practice of the Government for sixty years pat; in a word, to de "biuch; revointioniz-.ry.nd destroy o.u Repu'olic in sys tern by " nuparfi il freedom" wit negroes! The ; ,nieie ..icecssiun to power of thi party, With its con j str'actum of the institution, was the most stupendous I and deplorable revolution peilnps t-Ver Attempted, silica time.l-egiin ; for 'could: it succeed at the South as well as at the N rth, it w id 1 n-verse the whole past history of tab cm try, and ".lest roy.1 die civilization of" one section, while it destroyed ihe libeiU of tlie other. Mr Jeffers'-n Davis is ttie pi-o luct of irregular action, it is true; but as. the t xo-.'oe .t of a government of woite uieii unle-sthe men who uiad; it designed it tor a mulatto or in.ugre- oya' -nr, - anil huuless those who have hitherto admicUterftl it were utterly" laith less to its principles, aud u:dss ihe S-ipreme Court is eau ill v so 'Mr. D.ivrs is the trn renresentative of . Auier can ptinciples, and the legitimate emfKlimeut of American history and American civilization.' UO t t,ie ct-.tiarv, however legal ids ijHisition, Mr. JUaoc-lti, S the exponent of 'impartial Ireeiloin," is the leader i of a revolutiou which seeks to reverse the whole past . - -t i flft f w -it'.,. -f tFT.fVPJt niencan people, aoil liQ h efforh, tn i-u:- la rr; yW' it, ought tu bi., w bduiuly Wiving - "v twyrk oC Washmgu-ir and Jefferson, and f Bs-t UtK-rtV fore Wl- im n.iV.!.. wu u tryire.sent 'r pn ai jW? otterly snbversiv of. tne Auwrjpaa system ahd hi hf to the precise exteut fchjU they are practical! zed. m.i'rutn our.ctv- iizih4i weJt?s .ur Uemoiratio institutional Wfet a itatal c mtlict of thim'sas. well -ai of ..riii.-'L tfa I iWkat.nn eadles& .war, .if .war is to lie the, ar-J ,w.r.T : "flat a stiipi.i, and. wicked dtvtruetioin of aii ram of lamilt I But the war mast some-tuur- stopaiid the ideutkar quest i. ns -agaiv cmo up t,. be -tfced : by reason 1 -Tne war U Mmplp, blindj -tuptd iWrructiot?. It cn only sueceetl b:. the atiui hija' ioirof eiglit miilt ns of . white people, who will prefer ;ihilute; extinction " iiu -partial freedom' ' and; -consequeut anialgaoi,atioi with their negroes. But it,aiay be -ilsi- asstunel that the great American peop.e viH never consent to disfTnion or the perma- ferW hM. DWfr V4iat,tnen ? . Why,, ' fne K.naton is as simple the.iight.-lVstore the vi.nvi.iiircu w uic oj iw-j . yaTS a ro, and obliterate all that . has been done in; the ' inter va!,' and tie work, ia- ccmpk-te i. Let Mr. Lincoln place the Government just whtr he found it, and se cess;ou wiili .die in a week. Let him adpt.".tlyj prin ciples of Jefferson "Davis, aiul Mr, Uavis is no more. Let him restnftj the Union as it was made by Wash ington, and admini;ered iy all his predecessors, aud disunion su brides,. of course. In a wordlet him ac cept th.e Constitution, as interpreted by the Supreme Court, and restore the Union to the status in which he found it and all cause for conflict ceases at once. He. has unikrtakeu too big a thingvhen he attempts to revolutionize our system and instead of a Union of white men, as hitherto, to 'make it a mongrel con cern, and he must fail. If he cannot see this or un derstated this, the) there are worse things to come than any yet .seen or drtamed 6fat the North.. This whole country will be what it was a unit ; because it is both its interest and destiny to Le a unit, and as this is only poesible.on the white basis, and domes tic subordination of the negro element, as at the South, the simple question is, how shall union b restored ? by ballot or by bullet ? ' The struggle with the South is substantially' ended, and now, if Mr. Lincoln wilt not aband.m his nigger lunatics and tomfooleries, he must prepare himsel' for & struggle . ht tlleNortti. Whether th.at struggle-shall be at . the ballot box, remains for him to decide ; but this is cer tainthe " Union as it was" will be restored ; all the Abolition lunatics .have done will be obliterated from he national record's, ami Ab.-litionism and free nig eerism driven from the American Coutineut in the end' From thi Agu?ta Chn nicla and Soqtinel. The Tax Bill. j . We are indebted to H.ih.-'D. W Lewis for a copy of the tax bill reported in the Confederate Congress by the Loinmittee The bid is a. long one, and may ,t-e altered and amended in various ways before it becomes a law. We sha-l therefore give only a syn opsis of the bill as intuxluced. . The bid. as r ported from. the committee, proposes a tax of one per centum on the value of albpersoual property," mop. ys anil credits, del i on the 1 1th day-of. January, 163, "and on the 11th day of.JuniiQj of each succeeding y ar thereafrer. exe'pt on such jirop erty, "money .a- credits, as m y be em'ployed in. a li censed business, oi tf. profits of which are by the bill especially raxed ; prescribes the mode of taking out license-, ami tax.-s bnsiuess as fallows : Bankers three t uousand dollars for each license, and ten pot e. n'otm up-ni-the gr -ss atii'Mint of-iirofits realized during the year ending on the 3 1st of Dc c mber, JSij3. " Auctioneers twenty-five dollars for'feacli license, and one per centum upotitfhe gross amottn't of sales. Wiioh sale dealers in liquors one hundred dollars for ear h license, and one per centum -on the gros amount of sales. - . Retail dealers in liquor fify dollars for each license and one per c 'l tum on the gross amount of sales. Retail - de oers, (in groceries, merchandize, &c.,) .twenty-five dollars for each license and due per cent um on the gross amount of sales. Wholesale dealers;, one hundred dollars and one per centum on the gro.-s amount of a!es. Pawnbrokers 'one hundred dollars for each license and ten jier centum on tne grtss amoutrf of profits. Distillers, one hundred d-illhrs f.r each license and lei ptT-euttim on "the gross amount f sales. Brewers, fifty dollars for each license aud one per centum on'thegr"ss amount of sales. Iwepcrs of hotels, inns and tavrrns.tweiity dollars for each liccie, and ten pe centum on the gross amount f prbCts realized: Keep-rs oi eating nouses, and boarding houses where tfiere -are six boarders or more, the same. . "" Brokers, one hundred , dollars for each license and ten per centum on the gross amount of profits real- iZ3uuimer'cial brejier's, one hundred dollars fr each license and one per centum upon all sab s. Tobacconists, twenty-five tiollars fc.r each license and'onei per cnt'un on' gross aniduiv of sales. Afld prsou whose business it is-to retail cigars, snuff, jird t.t.acco. in anv form;. shall be deemed a tol.a-co-nist' under this act; hue wholesale, and retail dealers, having taken out a license therefor, shall notbe rc qmrerto"takeut a licei.se as a tobacconist, anything in this act t the contrary notwithstanding. Theatres, three hundred dollars for each license. Everv edifice used "for the purpose of dramatic or op eratic representations, plays, or performances, and not includim' hall?" rented "or used . occasionally for con certs or theatrical representations, shall be regarded as theatres under this act. '.- - . Cjrout:es one hundred dollars for each circus. ' Jugglers and other persohg exhibiting shows,, twenty-five dollars." . . - ' - Bowling alleys and billiard rooms, twenty dollars for each lfcens?, and one per ceutwm oi gross p otits. Cattle -brokers tweuty-tive doUars for each license, and one per centum on gross amount, of, sales. Butchers aud bakers, twenty-five dohars lor" each i:,..c ....,1 ,.no. .r ppntnm oil the 2MSS HUioUlit of lUUC'C, rt!l.l J w i-f - ! sales. ' - . h. ! I'edjllers.'Gfy dollars for each license-and me per j renltim on t e gross sales. . Apothecaries: twenty-five ' dollars br each license, , and one per centum on the gross amount of sales. Phot-gra pliers, the same. : K' ' Lnwvers, physicians, surgeons and dentists, twen- tv-tive dollars for each lic-ehse. aaF one per centum j on the gross am'..uut of receipts from practice. Confectioners, twenty-five d -liars for each luense, , and one per centum op gross amount ot saies. Salaiies n .t exceeding ti ft eCu hundred dollars, taxed one per c.-ntum, and any excess over that amount two, T-ic-re are also provisions proposing To tax railroad and steam -navigation companies ; hantis, trust compa nies, savings-institutions, gas compauies, insurance companies, and telegraph and manutacturingTompa nies. 1 1 further proposes to kvy a tax of one per centum upon any juts n or persons,.firm of ctunpany, publishiiig any newspaper., magazine,' review or other literary, scientific ur news publication, issued periodi cally, on the groe-s receipts jl.r all advertisements, or all matters torque insertion of which iti s-iid newspa per or other publication, as,.- foresaid, or in extras, supplements', sheets, or fly leaves, accompanymg lhe same, pay is require.1 tr receiveel. The t-nly article whiclr brought an extravagant price at the sale of blockade' gc-ads in Wilmington, last week,' was infant's shoes. H8 'pairs brought $900 per pair. By reference tour advertising columns, it will be seen that they were purchased ly Ricbard- seat i ., ..t. r s -'su--i -tj-t w i .i . WWy-m ftTeverJmpiblc.. , W1 ' .... " The crime" of ..t. 1.1' -' I . rmp I,-" tiie sitsutitm Air Ttvi'W VWi '-'' - 1-"""" am consequent mauce- wf. H n succor of Ulik presided over I m, Uie IP'es on the-increase every day'. Men 4t.-:-Mr. 'Bwhanaa'- -Uile Mr. LiuV j Iw have tnW -are -curst with an inPane thirst'to coltow the formal and,l chief of the Wba . d. flble " ti -Anvi.Tnf Tu. 1 . W - . - . ' ' . - .., f L I TIIUfiSDAYi March 19,1$6SV sell are fearful' vf -"demanding 1 ttx little and ara tor- metited with the thought that they have Parted with their produce or;rwares at less than might have been obtained. Many Wrose Lares -are full refuse to! sell M all, expecting in a short time to realize doublu-the ' present fearful priws. Many 'of. these men tire loud in their professions of devotion to the success of the Confederacy, and from their talk one WorJd 1 thiqfc had no frieruls so sincere. j: Yet their ' practice is to add to distress amongst thf poor and to accumulate upon the families of the soldiers misery upon misery." These men's actions are. translated by the people in this wise; you were anxious, to bring a revolution upon us professedly- for the good of the entire coun-5 try and to secure to our posterity the blessings of con stitutional liberty. You knew that a state of War would bring suffering and soiw upon the land.and many, if not all of you, promised to relieve that W feriig, when it didcome, to the extent of your abil ity. But instead of acting an unselfish and patriotic part, you seem to rejoice in the distress upon us, as givjng you an opportunity to opprefs the poor and to add to your hoards. . at the expense f the lives of your fellow-citizens and the .cries of their hungry children. Tjhoui-ands do and will Ask the question, was it for this that you were so" loud in your profes sions ? Did you intend to strengthen your hands in the general kverty that you knew would ensue in order to come out of this struggle more powerful and wealthy? Did you calculate .by means the most atrocious to concentrate all the wealth, and by that means all the political power into your hands? If you did, what guaranty have the people that you will not oe as tyrannical and despotic in the exercise, of power as you have been unfeeling aod cruel when you had the opportunity" given you of -showing, hu- 1 inanity and true patriotism? Piofessioive of devotion to the South in the mouth of an extortioner are an iusw'lt to the cause and'a mockery of God. We donot expect that bread shall be as cheap at this time as it wiis in times of peace. A rvdundant cunency necessarilj' increases the price of. everything. Even were the currency gold and silver, the price of bread would be higher than usual .owiug to the diminished production. These conse quences are inevitable, and we are. willing to submit to sacrifices for the good of the cause. The people. are willing to submit to necessary evils, and tho poor more readily than those in better circumstances.-' We have learned from -an officer in command of con scripts that the men who make most excuses and re sort to the most unmanly expedients to' escape going into the army, are those who are in easy circumstan ces and who can ve their families supplied abund antly with everything necessary. What the people complain of is not the higher prioe of necessaries, the result, of. a superfluous cur rfcey or of a diminished supply. They expect this. But they are outraged; and every feeling of hatred aud revenge aroused," -when men, who have to spare, instead of freely selling' what the' have to those who need at a large price, refuse to sell until their gains hidl grow to'-be enormous. . Those who are in the army defending everything and "making secure the liberty and property of those at heme, have a right to expect that those who have more than they need, shall divide gratin'tously, if need l-c," with the families of the soldiers in the field. The soldier giving'up eveiylhing.fVr the cause docs not Wish charity con ferred upon his'family so long as they can, by indus try, economy and sacrifice of . much comfort',, manage to procure a living. Our people are too proud of that; But when every resource fails and his family are in actual want,, he does expect them to be fed by .those at home who have the means to make bread. This expectation is only just, In ordinary times a man may excuse a hard-hearted neglect of want by ' the selfish remark that thrra is no need of suffering in this country, and that he is under tio obligation to giye his substance to others. - This will pass current in the world in times of peace. . . But in our situation no one will admit such selfish maxims except the heartless extortioner. Tlfo virtue of the people can alone Sdve the cause - of the South, We need I.pe little from legislation, either State or national. Congress has proved totally inadequate to the demands of the limes. Thetcur-. rency, the most important measure which could en g3g Ih'eir attention, is daily neglected by them and allowed to go to ruin. The members of that body ' have learned thr little, legislative tricks of dema- " gogneing from Yankee Icadors, and. they know hot how to mauage a momentous crisis. They never had any independence ; they have a! ways, taken their si g- sal to act from Yankeewire pullers, aud now, when they are thrown upon their own resources, they merely study and practice the little tricks by which pofulatity mav be" won . We conclude that the people mii-ft look alone to -themselves aud they must practice thosd'Virtues, plca f sing to Providence, which Ccui alor.e fave us from ruin. Extortion is not ambngst those virtues. . The wives and children of tb.e soldiers must" be fed, and thosewhohave.com and menjt must do. it, else the soldier will return home to. save his dearest objects from starvation, and leave tle extortioner and bisill - gotten gains to the mercy of Yaukce.cohfiscation This is plain talk, but wc' believe' it to be true. i . - The Attack on Xewbcrn. . The "attack on Newbern'j Avas not an attack, after ' ath If it hadjbeei, the results would have been. as we predicted yesterday they would. t Cy reference to the letter of our Kinston correspondent, 'and to a spe cialdispatch from him, it will be seen that our forces feavo'returned having accojnplishtd their object,. Of this ''object-' we may spe-.ik-uioTe hereafter." Gen. Longstreet was uotin command, he being in East Tennessee, 'according to Yankee authority. Gen, II ill commanded the expedition..,. The Printing Establishment of Messrs. Sterling & Campbell, of Greensbt.fo,' was dwstrbyed by fire on Monday. 'Also the branch bindery of Messrs. De Carteret & Armstrong, of this-city. bNo insurance on 'the bindery.'; - ' ' . . -h :- ' - ':'::- i y '-"'.' r- J '. '' Concebt Last NiGfit.-r'yVe understand the enter tainment given by. Mr. and ' the Misses Slbman - last night, was very satisfactory. ; The Uill was crowded. The second entertainment will be given Ihia evening 5 - 1 - - r- um iiaic hi i villi f i r rn TEBJISi F,0B ADVEBTiSlllGr .-'-;..!'.M.!.,: I.,'-. lf QJi t One sqaare finInMrtioo I" '".tMl,lll,MlSl,K Each sabteqaent insertion h" l 'i '. i (Ten liaM or uuUr saak a iqoare.) u - Jf4 ' -: . I. ' r s v - r-, 'Contracts will be entei-ed IntA-rUfc Terlf;half-yarlj 'y verrt'-ii-iettoa from too abiv rates, in the Daily "rvo-j-:-! v -Su-Ay.:.-.SC.i: : . ;! . i..4.rjf , .. ?,,-u.. , t - ; - I No deduction from "the regalar "rates' tot aarerUwWnV hrted hi tho WsekVlaitibn. - - - i; ' -- , '"' "'--"- X'' - - ----".r- J,'4 v:i.dn'i; . i ' " ;"we palisQjbclow Tiedeclaration of G: G.t'erldns who was recentry examined In Raleigh under arit of habeas corpus. . Jfwilf W seen ihat U avows titd self an enemy of the Confederate 'Statcg, and4 farther that he owes his 'allegiance to the United Sfetes. Ur The:fecen act of the7 teffislatnre- of ftorta fina npon the Subject of fhl writ of habeas' corpus was ' a0WedJy passed to force atrial of the priscners'ari rested by the Gonfecerate State's. Uoder 'that Vet H Perkins was brought, beforaa Judge, and because there was no proof of technical treason against ht'n-beH. cause two wrf hess3 could not' bo produced to- show that he ever gave direct assistJance to the enemy. eitlPj ' , "j b,i"b tuiviuiauju ur oiuerwise aiding; them, he is released on "bail ; an open avowed in?myi is permitted to go at large tb gather what1 Infofma- - lion ho can to send o theenemyand to imperil -the liveaV our'soldiefff-''-- ,v- f,il - V?, . Becaase the Gbvernnient restrains iti enemies k' howl has gone forth from every pair of Conservative lungs in the Stato over the "violation of personal lib- ' erty. The first victim, of Confederate oppressioDai they call it, turns out to be an open enemy.' ' i . ?; Can anything show" more plainly than this one act what regard Conservatism pays to the interests of the country, and how tenderly it treats the enemies of the Confederacy T ' . ' '; yV'-::- r!:- :L'r tA true Copy. " i . Confederate States Militabt Paisoir, 1, Salisbury,,, (fj., March 6, 1868 I, Calvin 0. Perkins, a prisoner confined at 'the Confederate military prison, in Salisbury N". C, on, fler charge of being a Union mart, having been ar reted by the Confederate military authorities for so expressing myself, declare, with. my own free will and accord, without restraint or fear, that I am an avowed enemy of tho Confederate States, and acknowledge and hold my allegiance only to the Government of the United States, and desire to go Norih to the United States ;. and I further declare that I do not now ask or desire piotcction from the Confederate State Government-' . 1 . Signed, G G. TERKINS. Witness; . -, ' . -. .;. ',. '. . :- WM. G. WILLIAMS, 2d Lieut. P.O., ". ; II. P. ALLEN, 1st Lieut. Co. B, . N. B. 0RNE,d Lieut. P. G., J; L. LYERLY, Qcrk of Prison. ' ' : From Tennessee. NTtnporle, the interesting correspondent of thr' Savannah Republican, writing from. Columbia, Tennh? March 4th, gives the following aoboitnt of "the reor ganization of the cavalry in Gen. Bragg'sarmy : : -.? ; Since my last letter au.order has been received from Gen. Bragg, reorganizing the cavalry, which by thi- new organization is formed into two divisions, one un der the command of Gen. Wheeler and theother un- , detGen. .Van Dorn, Morgan being attached to the former and Forrest to the latter. -This very materi ally alters the plans of the cavaliy wry ice, as a corps ' had been put under Van Durn's command to act in dependent juf other orders and to be moved and man aged at his will and discretion. . , Now this corps is formed into a; division andat tached to Bragg, who commands the army of.Tennos see, and, is to bo kept upon one of the flanks of Ae army, white the second division of Wheeler in retained on the other. While this reorganization will have the. effect to prevent those brilliant and successful dashes upon the cr mmunicatipns of the enemy, where by so much spirit ia givu to "our iorvice, it fl&ill strengthen the army of Tennessee as much as 20,000 reinforcements ; for it will take twice that number'oi the enemy to guard their flanks successfully and keep open their communication. ' ' Writing from Spring Hill, Tenn., under date of the 5th instant he says : ' General Van Dorn tdok out with him' ycaterdav the division under command 6t Brig. Gen. V. if. Jackson and Gen. Forrest, and advanced Upon the enemy in the vicinity of Franklin, with, a view of as certaining their numbers and position H3 encdunt ercd the Yankees in some force two miles and a I half this side of Franklin, and formed hilv troops inline of battle as did the enemy. The enemy at oner, opened with a battery of light artillery, and. at first directed their fire at the position occupied by, Van pom, his staff and escort. So soon as Captain King, commanding a light battery -of Missouri artillery, could get his pieces into position, he compelled tho enemy by a well-directed tro to cbaage position, when their battery opened upon his, and devoted their attention to him most of the time. '.',.. The cannonading of the two batteries was carried on very sharply and handsomely at a distencofot about 400 yards in an open field. . The batitery oJ' Capt. King is one of the finest in the servicoy consist ing of four rifled pieces and two twelve hound how itzers, each piece and caisson drawn by eight horset, and all the cannonneers mounted, and all of the men are veterans, having accompanied Sterling Price in all his engagements in Missouri and since. The bat ter proved its efficiency and disabled more of th,-' enemy than did either our cavalry or infarjtry mount-1 "ed rifles. The skirmish continued About an hour and a half, with ft loss upon our side of about 4 kill- ' ed and 15 wounded. I have visited all the wounded m yet brought in here, and giv their names -and th-v" nature of their wounds blow. Wounded James M. Riere, company . A, lt Tenn., .wounded rather severely brlow the - knee ; Aaron King, 1st Mo. battery, wounded in. the calt slightly by a piece of shell; Geo. Carter,' company i.: 4th Miss., wounded seriously above the' right jk'dney by a piece of shell ; Patrick Griffin. 1st Tenn. Polk'rf company, woandod slightly in elbow joint by it piece , of shell. All of these r5oor fellows: were found to bo bearing up heroically in tneir .mfsfortuno. Henry Harder, of the 4th Mississippi, was-killed and left upon , the field. ' y ..'''- ' -' ' Having ascertained the forcd of the euemy on this side of Franklin to be three tegimenjs of cavalry and two of infantry, at four o'clock our-forces were or-a dered t withdraw from the field,-but as Forrest did . not receive the order until late, lie drove the enemy on the Lcwisburg pike, and finally retired. There U every prospeat of a renewal of tho engtrgement to day. It is said by citizens, just through from FraBk-r lin, that the enemy rccefv! 10,000 reinforceraenL" ' frorruNashviIiC last. night, trains having beult run. all j night. The Town Hall was again cfjwded by a fashiona ble audience to -withcia the entertainment of Mr; and the Misses Sloman, last idght. Another is announced for to-night, and we would advise those who wish "to J-i jf etmre seats to go early. ' Ax Ikcidest at TtfE Battle ot? MrjnrnEKsBo ro'. An .esteemed friend hasiandcd U3 the follow ing letter relating an incident in this battle not yet -published, which we cheerfully put ia print : Du ring the fighting on Wednesday evening, our sharp shooters were, compelled to fall back, when one Ser jeant Murnhv cominjr alo'njr the bank of Stone's Riv- 1 y-ft, accidenUilly carrie"tion a Yankei Licutenanc Col. 1:. 1 aud four men. Quick as thought, he brought his gun h to hjs shoulder and demauded the .surrender of tha ! nartv. " ThoLieutftiantXJjloael hereupon onlerc-l hi meu to fi npoii the rcl-eH but nhfortumsrteU; i fo them, their guns had been dikharged. The Colonel then drew his sabre, and flashing over his head said be would never Eurrfnclef- ' to a rebel, -which words were no.6o.-ner said than 1 lie sharp crack of the rebel rifle cau.cd the Yankee Cloncl to lie hfelcsS at his feet. , The Sergeant then drew hi' revolrer and marched the four men into camp. This man Ls brcn recommendca to tne war Department tor pro motion, to which he is well reserving -Natch G?itr ter. I k j! . i I w 4 ... I i t . i-. I r ' t' -I : 1 ; ..... - i 1 1
Weekly State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 25, 1863, edition 1
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