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THE STATE JOURNAL: JIOJTdAY. April 13, 15163. When we speak of secessionist?, we mean those ; uno jireiorreu to rresi& up Hie uin"" iuwu.vi. - ;;trtes seceded." Standard, April 7Ui. ' The cotton States did not all secede at once. South Carolina sccfeded in December, 18G0, and Tennessee, the last of the States which seceded, and which in obituary times raises "quite a quantity of .the staple, .left the old Union in June,iS61, we tLiok, some time sifter North Carolina seceded,. Wc think .the old Xorth can claim to he ranked amongst cotton States, for avp believe that her bales count by the hundred thousand; Now, at which period docs the Standard place-the destructive nature of the secessionist, at the .secession (if Souiij Carolina or that of Tennessee ? ft peems that the people of South Carolina, Georgia and tlue Gulf States'-are i:i the Standard's opinion, iiof K'CcsMonie'sj Jr they preferred to break up the Union before they seceded, not afterwards ; and the Standard's definition applies only to those who pre ferrerthis'tep at the time of their secession. ' Hence hill the bitter, unjust vindictive and silly abuse which ihe Standard has heretofore heaped upon fjpcession ists, applies not to the people of South Carolina, but t'i those of North Caroljua. And he has continued this abuse f-.r months. Yet if any one retorts his Hai ders he sputters and epitaworse than a cat tl ragged backwards by the taifV about the dignity of XtvjUi Carolina and her sovereign rghts, &c., when in fact, the greatest calumniator the State has. There was-an interval of nearly two months be tween the secession of South Carolina and that of 4 Texas, the lafst of the Gulf States which left the old ! riion. '.'Docs the Standard mean that only those are seces-jdufiists-who wished our State to go with South Caro- ilinaor does he apply Ins definition to those who only : wished to &0 out with Tcxas the last of the seceders mi the gulf? Docs he himself know wjat he means Ty a secessionist ? lie -has given several definitions to the, word , nore of which scents to suit him and v.hfch re certainly none of thfem true. favor of gⅈg cut of the Union before Lincoln's, jro 'limatLon iir 'April. 18G1, not designating the precise lime at which a man-was to be called a secessionist or a- Union mail, home were in favor of going out upon the election of Lineo'n, others upon the freak ing up of tle Fnoe Congress, others upnnj.thc expo miiv of Incoln's trejichery which led to.H-thc attack tijion Fort Sumter, others gave in upon the issuing of his proclamation., aid ethers have never yet given the;r assent to setesiion even to this day. We ex jsct thjs la'.ter class; is. the especial" favorite of the i tily true-Miicn. i It is very certain that every other class we have ii inn-it fri hv 'vcrv p itiiiTfiV) t inn mural ormital ilp 1 . .,, ... , ..j . . ....... ....... ., . A...v..v,.w, Icral and nolit ical. socessionis's: '(tnlv tlHs vlu tiow fdndeinn .l!u? Kfoessiirm ot I N'ufth Carolina and have always done so. c.tn be de clared free from .!!. the' responsibility of secession. l i;e ordinance nausea nv me convention 01 Aortn ( '.ijolina, ,dis?ul ving her connection with the United Stales, recognises to. the full the right of a State to nsnnio its sovereignty, and this is the very doctrine f secession. X j . - All (flash's of the j people, except those who have never turo'wn i ff their allegiance to the United States, j ;:iif 1 i c i ! 1 n j 1 1.17 flic Virtinn nf thtxt f!i in vr'nt inn "Evn i. . . .we laner-cia.-s are exposed to mo nains or secession. .i .. i t : l: 4 i i..s....i to tne uiuuiu states, sueli as coma convict teem V I' treason to jcr Confederacy, yet they have never 'U'cn oi the Confederacy the willing support which i..'-n. who are fconestlv devoted to a cause, feel it their ! !i;t v -to accordl) I It wns the hovt duty of' all men, not secession -;i-its, to4ake up arms in support of -the Union which ; they .lament, and whose overthrow, with so much bit rteru' s, they charge upon tt hose, whom they call sc- Cr-.N:,.l,'ist. I Not having done thisj they arc aiders and abettors (of secession, and in the eye of Yankee cupidity they JwiiiVoiho in for all the pains and penalties wf seccs- jM 'IlisS. t ' ! Kverv '.man in North Carolina, who is not reallv a r-u.uh'r both to the United States'and to the Con fed -U'liO y, is a secc.-i.)iiist.y and the uniiring malevolence ivi'.-h . prompts' thej Standard in every issue to de ;'i. 'iim;e secessionists; proves cur c!iarg(! that he is the Rri'tea!un;itiiator of the State living. r The-' Standard was a rank secessiotiist to a- late tl.ite. '-Jan. 11, 18o(V, the Standard uses this lan guloce '; "If a Black Republican or sectional President ' hail ho elected in 1860, we'icitl go wit hA he South ii ,f ... ; 1 1 t i-i.i... l . .. l .1 . j c :y"-'l S. nth Carclina,"as oar ancestors did at Yorklown :1 t-owpens, and wc wul do it, c'ingin to the Con ritutit.ti at;d disni.sing the fot"jji-i of it vicious, op-. jn.-stc' ana vsurjuny LtiKm. itutt will D3 its r e!nrnclfi tinder' the Black : Republican rule, ar.d for u.w.tce irili lun-rr bvw our head to its degrading yoke.. V tnean 'what we s.:iv Wo Invp pnnsiilornd tho wi:!e subject calmly, and arc prepared for the consc- : .i.v,t,-. .. mii Ke awati an occri ace : way tne . vciy act of electing such a President, would be' a ; . Mtplafa-tion of hostility to .the slave-owning State" , 1 was 'some t ime before the formal secession of i :;! S.'uth Carolina, and if there be ant guilt in '(s.i..M, iinon the head of the Sandard will tae vial -. "J .choicest- V' n gvancc be poured ; for ha was, for .t:s; the nriin advocate ot the measure in North . I'.irina and the' leading champion, in upholding 'ii'e principles of Southern policy which in the end : W to secesssi.;:i. ; : n'v,v I.'? has t!i, face to jihu'se secessionists, and "'-T i" 'die same bed with men who ,f v twenty years fln"l liiavss the etubodiment of every' thing hateful) . anil who t-.ow use him for their purposes without re- t Met; iv a s-'ngle cUrse they ever hurled at him', or ! M-u-.i a single confidence n.-t. bought ,y Yo V'liary serieo. 1 -ere is no sense Ln ilcnonucir.g a mm for secession ?' nsi Februarv, I8'jl ; and allowing liitn r.ot ,;iiy to h ,1,1 them in Mav but to jiutthem intoprac ' re is n . honesty in the. course, and so far. as ' ;in jiidgo. ther- is ho wisdom in it. A some dav " l, i ...,,... :...:m .. i .- .' . f. 1 i 1U ae u.p u a nut appieeiation of all 'i jaohiig, tricks and though jho coujurer' may '..'i.Uik.lis veputaiion n estalibhed as a prophet, be t'ored that the verdict of aborning time will label l-'ui as a mountebank. ! t ' .. rahlic Meeting of the .Farmers or Wake. U are requested to state that a meeting of the J.rn;ers of Wakd-ViU be held ia Raleigh on Satw- ucst, 18th inst., to give expression to their opin ''S as ttj their tlutv in rersril to tl.n rau' r,r M-nr.a the present year. ; e 11 1Un alteu,1anoe s most desirable and we trust the . -M will be responded to bv the whclc farming and l"rrt:ng -mtefests of the countV. . L'ty papers please notice. " ' - ' t, -- ..Af-AJiATiow by the GovEUNOE. We invite at- P'ac - Vh GoVerPr's Proclamaticn in to-day's ir e s"PP6e iere are reasons why this stop wnr pUt to sPeculation before this late date. We a 'pose peas are beneath the notice of the Governor - l ''-O'jnru. ;. Tin's I a strange war." ' Its .origin wa& not mo!.'' conused than jts. progrc lias been xhaotic Tltj Coufederacy, acting on the detent ve miistj so long 4 that policy is necessary through the pressure" of cir cumstances, wait the erratic movements of the enemy and met him when he choses to offer battle. Tho Unij;d States is always preparing. ' No -sooner doec that country place an array in the field, large enough on paper, strong enough in every material of warfare aad l r tve enough from the representat o is of Northern papers, inarch victorious from the North tp the South pole, and when we are holding our breith in pale anxiety, "anticipating its terrible shock-f-no sooner : docs the Not thern invasion reaih our boundaries thaji I it stops in its onward .flow and waits fori' repairs. The fact isr the Northern people believe ha the power of numbers and force to accomplish everything. They know that an engine of forty horse j power will over come a greater resistance than "oe of ; only twenty. Tbey know also that a large gun is more effective than a small one. . Reasoning"' from such premise, they conclude "that an army of a million of men, should atcoraplUhxnore than ten times the - results of one of a hundred thousand. They have accustoined themselves to look at every undertaking duly in .its t, as requiring only a certain 'amount of j matrial aspcet force to overcome all the resistance th it can- be offered They rooked upon the col quest .of thejSputhas re quiring only a larger army -than we could'raise, and they have acte'd on that policy throughout'tjiq war. They have raised larger armies, equipped, them iu' : a ityte tar superior to our soiuicrs, suppiieq, mem with arms of the finest aud mott improved - pattern and lavished incredible sums to. render every step of their invasion easy. Upon a simpte cakiilatioa of physical force, their success appeared; : jcertaifl. It4s astonishing even 'to us why they sdmit'mes : have not overpowered us. . To them, their fail- j ures ate disappointments indeed, very mortifying very costly ami. very disdouraging. But still regard- -. ing an army only as a machine, and the rebellion as only so much resistance to the power they employed, they set" their iugenuity to work to discover something' in the machine itself, which prevents the exertion -of the force necessary to overcome the resistance. They institute "costly experiments,- invent turrets to put upon their gun-boats, iron frames; to swim at the bottom of the water, iron breast-platesi to cover their men, and such like notions. In th$ "meantime . they rest until all These levers, pulleys, wheels, etc., arc introduced into their machines and adjusted, and then set it in motion again, with the explosion i f fire-worksr the shouting of mobs and the oratory ot strong-minded women. ' $ : We of the South grow again frightened,? like the . poor beast who is pressed by the clamor; of ? the hun ters and their dogs, and the world looks on with the deepest interest, to view the close of the - catastrophe iu the final subjugation of the South. . ;'j But the machine reaches Richmond, or- Manassas, or Vicksburg, and suddenly stops. It has Rotten out of gear and needs further repairs. The, Yankees haul it back to Washington City, covered over? with ribons, like the horns of a prize ox at a fyir. They publish : to the world the most astonishing results, and preduec ; certificates -from their generals, as -long and born has- . tic as those published on their bottles of Hair-Restorer by the Miss Mary Janes, whose heads have been rescued from baldness by the inimitable compounds. . They claim that their patent llebel-Thrasher has used up every rebel army aud they only put it under shelter to repair damages and sharpen their knives. But when asked vvhat about the rebellion,;' whether it .still survives and will require more abb"' to over come it, they reply that some little remnant of-it is . left, and it will demand another season,1 arid a few . 4 more machines to eradicate it. They then advertise new improvements, more pulleys, a few more levers ' scattered about in the frame, and a large amount of lubrication. And thus from month to month, the -world: has been : filled with Yankee advertisements of the expected suc cess of their machine-war in the next campaign, ywij now we find their machines, standing lik? huge en gines at some deserted gold mine, disabled,! fu&ty and sad, before Fredericksburg, Vicksburg,. Charleston and Bragg. , 1 V The Yankees are not fond of speculations which do trot pay. They have lost much confidence; in their machinery, but the stockholders do not wish to ac knowledge a failure until they, can sell out.: j To sell at a fair price, they have been turning their attention, to the procuring of engineers who whether they can successfully run the machine or notj tan main tain its reputation by successful' lying. They have tried Scott, McClellan, McDowpU, Pope, Burnside, Hooker aud Ualleek. The latter sucks, bc cause he is only tho salesman, and is in a position to repudiate any of his lies. The -Abolitionists, who first patentee? the machine have already sold out to the Democrats and a new bar $h of engineers will .shortly, we expect, take 'command. The negro was at first supposed to be the most competent to run it, but upon the failure of Cufiee, the Democrats, believing them- selves better practical machinists, bought Out the es- j tabhshment, and are now looking how best to enter I J t uuariesLou, c.-c. . : : : The Yankees have, found some men in the South who have adopted their view, and who wish to be come stockholders in their establishment j We are glad to say that no secessionist desires a share. The situation of affairs istiuly wonderful, j An ar my of probably a hundred thousand Yankees l.as 1 pent nearly six months before awl arouod.Yicksburg defeated in fair fight, and now at last despairing of success iu any other manner. They have been aided frotn above and below by jnc'most powerfnl ,floc?s and by every appliance which hatred assisted by-ingcoui- ty and the most lavish supply that money could com mand. .- . ' .'":-.' 'i: ' The army is defeated and demoralized, j the fleets broken up and funk, aud Yicksbusg still; stands stronger than ever. ' : -, K very stream has: been explored and every bay a in which nothing larger than a yawl boat lias ever before disturbed the siesta of .he alligators u on its banks, haslxicn threaded by powerful gun-rboals seek ing a way to undermine Yicksbifrg. But the city still stands a monument of an .overruling Providence, and an example of the folly of trusting aionc to mere force, - " - , . ;.!'' 1 The faihire bcfore Yicksburg nd Port Hudson ron-- .-."'. j . ; . : ders a new cast of "the coming campagn necessary. Whether Grant's, army will now joiu Rrsencranz and attempt an overland route through Mississippi, or whether their combined 'forces will attempt to crush Bragg in Tennessee, and secure that State to tho eue my time will alone determine, No movement in tl,e main body of the. armies in Tennessee has yet occurred that we have learned. Van Dorn, Morgan; Wheeler, Wharton, Forrest and McCann are hovering around Rosencranz, aud their , daring exploits render; his stay insecure, and bis motion almost impossible. : . Preparations are going on upon our side ;to invado Kentucky, either to direct the attention of Iloscncranz from Bragg, or to secure a lodgement in that State. . The complications of a campaign are so intricate that none but the commanding Generals can explain the object of a particular move, and we test satisfied in simply chronicling the movements as thgy occur, ' On the Potomaej'all is yet qniet. Tlie sunshine has not yet infused sufficient life iuto the enemy to cause a general attack, v. . j . In our own State, Gen. Hill is leisurely conducting operations, no doubt; ia. full harmony with the pjan of the? whole campaign. He is besieging? Washington at this time and haa the Yankees at a disadvantage. We believe he knows what? he is aboat and we have full confidence in his jsagacity, capacity; and skill. WeVili doubt'ess heajr from him when the time comes to show the design ofjhis actions. j . The enemy have been engaged in a Jjttle ameteur practice the forts which protect Charleston. Of course they did not mean a serious attack, but pimply j to give their men and guns practice as at McAllister. j They lost their strongest iron moni'orj the Keokuk which sank on Tuesday night after the engagement. But as they were only in fun this loss, ol" course, does not count. ' They have not renewed the attack since Tuesday, tbat we have he ird. What they mean by their un accountable delay is more than we can tell, unless the wish to weary the Confederacy iuto a peace by con-fctant-flrreats accompanied by no actional 1 Bialosne Betireen Philosopher Greeley and . Captain nolden or the Wake bounty Militia. Gkeely Captain- Holden, I am gljad to make j-our acquaintance, I have loDg known iyou by com mon report," and. as there seems to be a remarkable coiucideuce of opinion between us on khe most "of subjects, I wish to have some conversation with you on those relating to our preseut dtrhculties. , Holden It affords me great pleasure, my noble friend," to meet with you, and especially to hold con verse with you, in regard to national affairs ; but you surprize tne when you say there is uch icongeniality of sentiment between us. j Gbeelt How so? I once acknowledged the-right of secession, as you will perceive by reference to the Tribune o Sept., 2G, 1862, in these words: "What I have tiUtght and believed, and still maintain, is the right as a 'pledge to form and modify their political in stitutions without the necessity of fighting for . such change. - I believe our revolutionary fathers had a jight, for reasons which were cogent, and seemed to them conclusive, to terminate their connexion with Great-Britain and that the British were wrbng in resist ing their cldim to do so. AnG the right which I claim foroUr fathers and fcr ourselves (the Yankees)-. I will not den to others." This is therjoctrine I triedjto pro mulgate in the winter of 1S60-1, it seems, with ill success. But I still insist that it has been proved that if the people of the sLwe States, orj even of the Cotton. States alone, had really desired to dissolve the Union, and had peacefully, deliberate y, and au thoritatively expressed that wish, we (of; the North) should have assented to it. I i Holhen That, sir, is the very doctrine which I : promulgated from 1850, to 1860 '1, a period of ten . years, in proof of which I refer , to my; file of the Standard for the time already mentioned;. I told the '' people of the Southern States in 1856, that if they did ; not dissolve the Union in the event of Fremont's election, their Slaves would jser them for; their mean ness, imbecility and cowardice. In Jan.1860, I held this language : "If a Black Republican or sectional : President shall be elected in I860, ice will go with the ; South we will stamd side by side with; the sons of Virginia aud South Carolina, as cur ancestors did at Yorkrown .and ihc Cow pens." j , . CtReely Realiy, Captain, no two men ever thought so exactly alike on this or any other 'subject, but there 1 is stUl another more remarkable coincidence between; us. ,, '"'.! IIolden Pray, sir, what can that be 1 Gueely It is, that both of us, simnltaneourly abandoned the doctrine in the winter; of !8C0-'l, and cried, Union, Union forever. j Holden This can only be .accounted for by the fact that the thoughts of all great iuen flow in the same channel and arrivo at the same cendusion. . . Gkfely "Well, Gaptaipwjare now at war." Tad vised the South to secede, that tho North might have, a pretext lo their subjugation. This could not have been your motive. I go in for the prosecution of the war, you aie crying peace, peace, without naming any terms. Why did you preach s- cession for ten. years i ar.d then suddenly abandon it, after getting the two 'sections into a war ? . " i . Holden Subjugation of the Smth. ha 1 had wc known that, sir, we, should have Cried Union, Union, longer than we did. If we thought alike, we were actuated by very different motives. I talked about .secession merely to bully the North and; for " party . purposes,'' never dreaming. that it would Jcver lead to cur present difficulties. Novvy there is a; discrepancy between us yen go for a prosecution of tlhe war, I am for peace. . ( Gkeely That is not the only discrepancy between us, 1 supp rt President-Dictator Lincoln;; you oppose President-Rebel Davis, and call him an j unmitigated pariizan. I support all the .measures of the Federal Government especially those for the prcsocutiou of - tiie war, the subjugation of the South, the confiscation' of the property of rebels, a division of it among the loyal men among you, the abolition of;slavcry, the equalization of the blacks and whites, giying all a'.ike tho right of voting, holding office yea, a perfect amaj carnation of the races- it id emne genus, j United we atand divided we fall. Do not flatter yourself that the. Dcmderats of the North will 6 top thjis war short of your subjugati n, even if they get in power, which is all they want. l"Yin'ce.John desires td bo the next President, hence this Democratic rally, -j It is not in tended for the relief of the ;'outh. HoLt'E I have long since loj-t all confidence in the Dann cratic party. They are the most uugrateful wret cehs, I worked hard for them eighteen years, placed them in power in my own IStat, and ye they refuse to make me Governor, UnitedLStatcs Senator, and took the public printing from me. Hjw.could I continue to support such an -unprincipled party ? Tin y were the I lginal recessionists they are responsible for the war . l citing to ine c,'ni"ii uniii liiiicohi issuru nis cjsi proclamation, and then I and the Unjou men, at the time in the majorflfcy, voted to withdaw jNorth Caro lin'a from the old Union." This was dotie uuderthe excitement of the moment. We soon discovered our mistake, -and as the conscrcaties of the hind, we hold together, securing all the offices, acd leaving the se cessionists "out in the cold." Gkeely I am a philosopher, let me give 3011 some advice. I feel an interest iu your future welfare and political promotion. If the South should conquer her ind pendence repel the invasion and judgiug from the sign's of the times, there is a great probability of her success, you are -a ruined man, yeur Conservative party will be overwhelmed, its organ rejected, and the secessionists and war mem, I mean the soldiers, will tri umph. Adopt Gov. Brown's plan he fought Jeff. Da vis and his .administration until he found he waski'ek bjr against the pricks now, he loves old Jeff, vvtmder . fully. Yor. must adopt a similar course,! or else be a dead cock in the pit. Expose, .as did the Charlotte Democrat some mouths ago, the purchase of a large amount of cotton by your conservative Governor with out the authority of law now exposfd to all the weather, without any shelter. Did your Goveror buy up this cotton on a speculation ? If so.; he is an ex tortioner, has advanced the price of this article to such high figures that the Piess of the country; will be sip pressed for the want of paper. The poor will be without clothing ; expose tliewholc business, Captain, and you may reinstate yourself in the Confidence of your quondam friends the Democrats, j Holdex I can never do that,- frieryl; Greely, this is my secr-nd desertion , and the pt-ialty is death. If the Conservative alias Whig party, -should ever be defeated, I am a ruined man. I will, however, pon der over this matter, aud at our next interview, ve may be able to devise some means for my safety ar.d benefit. Exit Holden. - ; Gseely, solus What an uuhappy man my friend . Grpt. Holden, of ihe Wake county Militia jnust be In the meantime, I will - ask the prjtyers of the con gregation in his behalf.; ,r i , '". -, FROM OUR KIXSTOJf CORRESPONDENT. ' I .1 " Kin'ston, April 10. , Editobs State Jocbnal: ' ": ;f I have uot a word of news to communicate to you this morning. All is mory quiet here than usual. r The Yankees, reporled at Swift Creek; have fal len back to Newbe.n, having received advices about Streets' Ferry of the position of.our troops, who were laying in wait for them. i ' " .; We heard from Geu. Hill last nightj .and all is well. . - : BY TELEGRAPH. jgfP-tedexpressIy for the Stato Journal. - MORE YANKEE LIES!' . a - - LITEST FROM THE XOBTM : t .---." ' Richmoxd, April 9. New York dates to the 6th have been received. Tho news is unimportant. A dispatch dated Washington 5th, says: - A report reached here from Fredericksburg, derived from Rebel sources, that Charlftston was bombarded by theFederal fleet and attacked by land forces, on Thursday last, and is now in possession of the Federals under Hunter and Dupont. The.report is fully credited by the officials of the Government, who were in possession of the facts in reference to the contemplated attack upon Charles- ton, wmch it 13 net yet prudent to divulge. ! It is certain, however that those who possess this 1 ,ii.ur.Ualluu are connaenttnat our soldiers aud sailors' ! will celebrate the second anniversary of the fall of Fort Sumter in thecaptured City. The restrictions upon the publication in the North ern papers of adverse news are so stringent that it is i not expected to find much in reference to the cap- 1 turo of Charleston until the disaster .can be no longer I concealed. But the reports which have arrived are ! definite and positive, and are believed by those who h.lVA tbl bf5t: Plfrtif tr 1-iiAi.. !... f....'l .1 . ' , .uv nix.n louuuauou mere is for them. Maj. A; J. Sheppard, of Stuart's staff, capture.! a few days since near Dumfries, is to be tried as a spy. Passengers who reached Cairo'on tle 3d, state that j the late movement on Haine's Bluff was a failure. Thb fleet and transports returned to Young's Point, j Grant had succeeded in placing a battery of eight I four-pounder Parrott's, beyond the levee, in position, i to easily reach Vicksburg. The bombardment was to have comme..ced on the 27th, but the storm vented. pre- j; The Y azoo Pass expedition abandoned three hun dred boats at Young's Point, on the 4th. ( Farragut had captured several rebel gun-boats ut' Vicksburg, which floated from their ingorings durin"" the storm. Pegram's loss in Kentucky in killed, wounded and prisoners, 350 ; twenty commissioned officers, now in Federal hands; 400 cattle, many horses and firearms. Gold on Saturday, 15G; cotton, 73. Latest from the Xorth. , Richmond, xpril 9. Fredericksburg Northern dates up lo the 2th have been received. The rumors of the capture of Charleston created great excitement in New York on the Gth and gold suddenly fell, A Cairo dispatch of the 6th says that all is qniet in Rosencranz's department. ' The eleetiou of Connecticut resulted in the succc-s-of the Republican, ticket for State officers, ind three out ot four Congressmen. . The Legislature is strongly Republican. Buckingham's majority over Seymour is about 3,000, being a Republican loss of 3,000 since last year. . The. Steamship Crescent Citg, of Cork, brings Liv erpool dates of the 21st. . Further successes of the Russians over the Poles i s reported. European files detail the prtgres3 of the Confede rate loan to its close. In London, Paris, Liverpool, Frankfort and Amsterdam bids amounted to fifteen millions pounds'sterling, and the premium uvenged fnliy four and a half Leading English papers com ment favorably on the loan. t Gold in New York fell to 44 on Charleston stores, j but rallied closing at 52A. Middling cotton, 71$. I From Charleston.. j Charleston, April U. j All quiet. The Monitors were still in sight yester- day evtning. Many pieces of the Keokuk's furni ture, with spy glasses, Sea., washed ashore on Mor ris' Island beach. Many of these articles were covered with clotted blood, and the impression prevails at our batteries that the slaughter aboard the Keokuk was terrible. SECOND DISPATCH. Charleston-, April. 9 8 p. m. AU quiet thus far to-day.- Our people and troops are in high spirits at the result of yesterday's fight. The Keokuk is certainly sunk. The fighting was chiefly at -a distance of nine hundred yards. The Monitor cannot pass fort Sumter without coming within five hundred yards. The impression is very general thai, the enemy will renew the attack after repairing damages. Seven Monitors and Ironsides j arc still off the harbor. . j At 10, p. m., tho latest official intelligence from j the bar states that only the iron-clads have gone j South, leaving seven remainirg besides the Keokuk, j which lies about one thousand yards, from Morris" .Island. The Yankee machine, called a Devil, design- j cd for the removal of torpedoes has floated ashore j and fallen into our hands. Ail quiet now. "! Tee enemy constantly signalling kbnt no rei-ewal of an attack anticipated before to-morrow. The Yankees have been busy all day repairing 'damages. THIRD DISPATCH, Charleston, April 9. An official dispatch 'from Uardevillc; announces that early this morning Gen.. William Walker, with his light artillery, destroyed cnc.ofthe enemy's gun boats in Cobsaua river. , FoCUTH DISPATCH.'' . ' ' . ' . Charleston, April 9. . All quiet. No prospect of a tight to-day . A Cou- fedcrate officer from - Morris'' Island boarded the wreck of the Keokuk last -night, and 'found her Ufr- rett had been pierced through by a ball. Pieces . of furniture and wreck arc. Coating ashore. Gen. Wm. Walker has stiuk a Yankee gunboat on Coosana river. 4 From Florida; V Savannah, April 9. A letter to thejAoi-oj XeKS, from Pihukn, Fia., says that on the 27th th Yankee gunboat, Ben De Fordy was attacked iu St. John'.- river by. Capt. Dick en's cavalry battaUion. They were driven off, and many Yankees killed and wounded. - Confederate Congress. Richmond, April b. In the Senate to-day the substitute from the House for the Exemption bill was disagreed to, and a com mittee of conference asked for by the Senate, Bills passed extending the provisions of the Exemptiou act to supplies for the navy, and to provide' for the trans fer of persons serving in the army to the navy . The House passed the Sena fee Bill for the relief of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad of Georgia ; al so the Senate Bill to. authorize ihe publication of the nc.h State, with amendment ; also the Senate Bill to prevent the ab- $ " np his mind that under our present navy managc , , ;Li.t:t i ' I rnnt. "290n cant bo taken. Boston Tost.' ; sence of officers and soldiers without leave, V 8 Hichmond, April 9. Nothing important ia open session to-day The Senate-in f-ecret session pasetl a sutetitulc fori the Tax-bill. ' From Charleston " . ClIAl'LESTO", Apiil Six Monjtoirt aud the Iron-bides utill lie -within the bar, about 21 miles from Sumter The enemy is waiting ; for" a new macbitio to remove torpedoes. Every thiug-jis in readiness for an attack.:. Senor Moncado, the Spanish - Consul, ' who recently left here in a Spanish war steamer, returned to-day via. Richmond, having left Washington on Thursday last, on hearing that an attack.here was imminent; Neither the French nor th". EogUah Consuls are here. , ; . , ;i ". : -".;. Accounts from Fort Surntt reflect - tha highest credit on the Oanison for cxolnVss and bravery in the recent fight! When jI2e Monitors wcro discov- ered approaching, the men were at diuuer. At tho I sound of the long roll they sprang to their Runs with t - cheers, the battle flg was run up to the air of Dix- f le, piaycu uy tne baud ou the parapet, and a salufo of thirteen guns was.fired. Col. Alfred Rhett was commanding officer of the Fort, Lieut, GjI. Yates commanding the Barbette Batteries, and Maj. Ormsly Blandiiig the case-mated Batteries. The enemy fired 80 guns at the Fort, of which 81 struck. The Gar rison are eager for another chance at the Monitors. i Froin Port Iludsou. Tobt hcosox, April 9. All quiet here this evening. The fleet above and below disappeared the former above Byou Sara. Forty paroled and. exchanged prisoners from New Orleans ; arrived here yesterday. The troops are in excellent spirits, vigilantly watehiug Yankee ves els. We captured this morning a skiff of negroes at tempt'tPtg to pass our batteries. , K From Chattanooga. Chattanooga, April 9. -The enemy occupy Lebanon whh a division under Gen. Reynolds. They are also in force at Carthage. News from Kentucky is cheermg. The Louisville Democrat spurns the tyranny of the Union Demo cratic Convention and its platform. Alt is quiet at Columbia. Twenty more prisoners reached here yesterday. ' ; Yankee scouts burned the railroad bridge North of i McMianviile. r- p From L'odncj. f I Koinev, liss.,; Aprtl..9. I Ilarrisowi'il pickets captured a negro bearing dis- ' patches from the lower to the upper fleet. The na ture of the communication has not betn made public. The negro was hung to-day; The cneiny have been reinforced with three regiments. FronrVicksbiirff. Vicusr.uko, April S. Ever3thing is quiet here, j Two more transports left this afternoon bound up the river. . A mimbcr of transports are still in sight. . Serious Railroad Accident. LY.vcnnu no1, April 10.. The train which left here this, morning on the Vir ginia and Tennessee railroad, with four hundred ex changed Confederate prisoners on board, ran off the track near "Lowry's Crossing, wounding eleven sol diers, five seriously. Confederate Congress'. iRichmon'd, April 10. In tho Senate the report of the Committee of Con ference, recommending that, the Senate agree to the amendment of the House to the bill exempting Mail Contractors from military service, was concurred in. The House bill amending the Copy-right act, and tho Senate bill abolishing all ports of delivery in the .Con-; federate States except Mich as are also ports of entry, passed. Tlie Senate then went into secret scssiou. i The House poitpoued thc-Supreme Gjurt and Claims i bills till next session, and passed the bill to reorgan- j ize the M-euiea- Depot. The House concurred in tho : report of the Committee of Conference in relation 0 ; the exeiyplion of Mail Contractors. ! The Food Crops Proclamation of the President. Richmond, April 10. The President y,ill issue ;a proclamation to-nior-row morning urging the people ts direct their stgri cultural labor mainly to tho production of food crops. He takes an encouraging view of tho preseut situa- j tion of affairs, and urges the raising of food.for man j and beast as tlje means of averting . the oniy danger I' the Government regards with apprehension. He ad- j m i i i st c r s a j u st r e b u V e la specula t n'6. Confederate Congress.. ,. Richmond, April 11. -The Senate bill to, organize the Ordnance Depart ment passed ; also the Senate bill prescribing rates of postage on newspapers, etc., and the Senate bill to or ganize the Medical. Purveyor's Department. The House last night passed .1 substitute f-r the Senate bill to amend the sequestra ticni laws.. The vote was reconsidered to-day, "ml the bill referred to the Judiciary Committee. . The House-was in secret session on th" Tax bill. From Charleston. Charleston, April 10. No change of yesterday. ' All quiet. . The steam ers Anna and Enwa, formerly from New Orleans and Galveston, arrived? this morning from Nassau, with a cargo of merchandize, inc'uuing; a largo quantity of Havanna RUavs. From Hie South net. . Ck ATT AN OOO A, April 10. . Nothing additional from the front to-day. Eighteen prisoners captured near Frankfort by Van Dorn, reached here to-night. . Parties taruugb .the lines report that Confederate prisoners have been lib: rated frotn their guard by cit-iii-ns of ;Mount Sterling, Indiana.' Bir.nsidc is at Louisville with 20,'XH) men. Fight at Pascaoula. ' Moctix, April 10. An officialMispateh states that the 'enemy, 4ijr0 in number, mf tly co'ntrabainl troop', lauded at Pasca goula on yeslcrdayj il. were attacked by our cav alry. The enemy 1t 15 killed. .Our loss was one Lieutenant and one ptivat-, slightly wounded.. The . 1 . t 1 . ol:.. T ;l-.wl n-ItV. tVV I Yankee gonooat put, ouck u nww mm mo wounded. Reinforcr'tneutshave beeiiHfiit to thctcene of action. . L r ! From Washington, orth Carolina. -; .-'.,' GcujjKBoro, April 12. New s of a partial victory over the abolitionists near Washington reached us to-day. ItHppcars that the Yankees under Foster, inarching to the relief of Wathin2tcu, how iuvoted by cur troops, were me aud routed last Thursday evening ucar Blonct's Cretk by Gen. Pettigrew. No loss 011 our side. - ' : 290. Quilp, Who has mounted a hat, has inscribed instead of bis name, the number "230.'f Ho assigns, as a reason, for his eccentric behavior, that ho has lost a good many bats by felonious capture," and he thinkf Kf ihxtvxottimrA will save the felt havinfi: macks men, "290" cant be taKen Coxkomng Avllaine' newspaper, tboPortland Arents. saVa -that thoush thousands of bravo white men fell at Fredericksburg, it is consoUng to think thai n4 a rfngl ngro;wi? hurt. i ' From the Xorth. - The election iu Connecticut resulted in the success " : of tho Ilepublicaa ticket, for State officers,? and three j t of the four Republican nominees for Cbnrassi wbi'e ' ' both branches of the Legislature are strongly Repub lican. - The Democrats lose one member of Congress - !, , Buckingham s majority for Governor is estimated at S,000, being a Republican loss of 0,000 since last year, TOwjr ELECTIOXS IX THE WEST' , ' Town-rhip elections in. Indiana indicate large gains for the unconditional Union tickets. . ( 1 ' "In Missouri and Ohio mnnkipa! elections of the 6th show the same result. In. DetroitMichigan, thef Democrats had 100 majr riSy. , t . . , ; ! FROM THE AUT OF THE foToM AC. 1 Six or eight bundled sokliew on furlough came trp on the boat from the army of the Potomac to-night.. Iherc was a grand review of. General Stpneman s cavalry in the army of the Potomac tc-day Au . in lfknt rcview mU me Place to-mornj FUOM THE WEST. Nothing new froin Vicksburg. ( ' Perfect quiet is reported in R-iscccranz's Depart ment. Large numbers of dest rters are availing them eel ves of Lincoln's proclanatiQn,and returning to their regiments. t ". ' " .. "TnE WAR ACTIC S ACTION THE, DAKOEU OF FOR EIGN INTERVENTION REVIVED." ; The leading editorial of tie Herald, under this title argu-s that the Polish insurrection crushed, and tho French army established in Mexico; tho selfish policy of England, and the restless ambition of 'NftpoTeon 1 will surely unite in 'some scheme of intervention iu -American affairs. Therefore vigorous blows should. be struck, anil successes obtained that Geiifat Hooker had boastiugly. said that he commanded tha " finestarmy in the wo Id. but all he had accomplished was the capture of the Herald's correspondent. Thd article concludes with urging on the Vicksburg and Charleston movements, but says however important victories at these points might be, ."Virginia is the particular field in which the present is the golden . opportunity. ' , SPIRIT OF TTfE NORTHERN TRESS ON THE WAR'-CURIOUS COMMENTS SIGNIFICANT ADMISSIONS. The Philadelphia Inquirer has an editorial under the style GibraltHrs," wherein,; after giving the. I origin and siguifiennce of the term, Is stated : J r " This war has furnished numerous illustrations, : but just now the rebel Gibraltars srem to defy all oiir . attacks aud to stand in all the pride of invincibility. Richmond, Charleston, Vicksburg, Port Hu3son and Chattanooj:i, the keys of- the great situation, hold our armies still atbay i spite of the plans, materials and time we have made and, employed. Some ol these must be attacked for obvious reasons, but must the attacks be made where the enemy is prepared for us ? Along the coastline cannot we find unprotected points whereby wc may penetrate the interior? Cannot Charleston be turned ? Cannot tho Missis sippi be opcued by a movement fir in rear of Vicks burg ? These arc very general questions, but may be suggest". ve. The rebels are now how long it may be we know not acting on the defensive. They Btand "in' our front, bristling with cannon. 'We should, by proper strategy, force them to come out from -their , hiding place and either fight in an open field, cr go to digging in a new place. Their Gibraltars are thuv far too stroug for! us. " Iu Heaven's name, lekus try some other plan than direct attacks under most unfavorable circum't stance;, such as lost liurnside the battle of Freder icksburg, and Sherman that of Vicksburg Cut their lines ofcommifnicaton ; stop their supplies; and when isolation au 1 starvation take the tie'd, heir Gibraltar will be cvacuatd for us." , The Washington CJtronicle has a leader entitled "Thirty years war if necessary." It argues that Lord Lyons committed a grave error in stating to his Gov ernment that "political interests of the party now in power render a continuance of the war necessary " that the war i¬ depcudent on the political- in terest, parties or combinations; that they may all -perish, yet the war will be left, until its mission for the destruction of slavery and consolidation and per fection of the American Republic, .is fulfilled. TI16 article closes with the adjuratiotT,-vusT -a thirty years war is necessary for tho attainment of these objects, so he p. us God, it shall be establi&hod." i. BY THE GOVERNOR OF NOUtH CAUOLlXA. 'A.. PROCLAMATION. " ' Whereas, It has bceome apparent to nic and to all who are interested in the welfare of the State, and who Lave any. feelings of humanity for. aafferinpf among1 their fellow-men, from the cries which reach us from the poor in all eectioua of th land, that starvation will b& the fate of many of our heretofore favored people, unless the crime of upcculating in the nccettarie of lift can b arrested ; and whereas, it is my bounden duty t protect tlie citizens of the State, of which I have the honor to be the Chief Magistrate, against the evils con- sequent upon this crime, to tlie utmost of mv ability ; , - Nov, therefore, I, ZEBULON B. VANCE, tidvernor of North Carolina, do, by and with tho advice and eon sent of the Council if State, issue tliid l'roclamatiou, for- - bidding' all persons, lor the space ot thirty days from the date hereof, from exporting any of the following1 articles -beyond the limits of the State, t -wit: any Salt, Bacon, Pork, Beef, Corn, MearJ Flour, Wheat, Potato?, Shoes, Leather, Hides, Cotton Cloth,-.and Vain, and Woolen Cloth. j From this prohibition the following1 persons are to be exempted : All Quartermasters and Commissary Agent Confederacy, exhibiting' proper evidence of their orlieia! pharacter. Also, ail Agents ofany County, Drstrict,'Town . or Corporation, of other States, who shall exhibit satis- . factory proof of their Agency for the purchase of such arti- ' : cles for such; County, District Town or Corporation, for putlie uses, or for distribution at cost and transportation, ' and not for rcEale or 'profit. Also, aft t)ersw'',,Hiether residents or non residents of the State who may'1 purchase I anv of said articles for their private use, of which, befere ithc articles are removed, their, oath, before a Justice of Uhe Peace, may ba taken a evidence, and also those non resident! who may hare purchased befor the date hereof. The exception is to extent to Salt made by nonpeidehts ? on the sea coast and in their own work?, and to cargoes i entering a port of this State from abroad. v l Any of said articles that may be stopped iraustit from our bordersare to be confiscated to the usC'Ofthu.l State. The Colonels of Militia throughout-the State are I V. enjoined- to see that this Proclamation is enforced. 1 earnestly appeal to all good citizens to sustain and aid , me in carrying out tlie object this Proclamation is design ed, as far as possible, to cuect.' , (,) In witue whereof, ZEBL'LON B. VANCE, skal Governo', Captain-General and Commamlcr-iu- , ; J Chief, hath signed these presents and caused tho Great Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at our City of Raleigh, thi.Sth day of April, A. D., 18G3, ind in the year of bur Independence the 87th. . By the Governor: i Z. B. VANCE. R. fJ. Battib, Jr., Piivate Secretary. april 12-l2w. . All papers in the State copy two wed! and cnd bijls to. -Executive Office. - ! -i . ; . 1 . A- ' ; Lana and Tan-Yard for Sale. W 111 ..II I m m .f 14 FA ttma I V. 4Un A Inili sfii mj lunu uju ftiitis,; nuu nic iii- . yard, (31 vats.) The land is very gcod, and contains. ' gome 15 to 20 acres of excellent bottom!, a house, barn and out-houses, with a good well. The tan-yard is somen ht out of repair, but very little labor can make it flr?t rato. The above premises is about half a mile from China Grove station, on tlie North Carolina Ka'droad, ten mile, from Salisbury, in a very good ntijEhlxu hood for tan-bark ic. For further particulars call or address the under- f .;m,d i W. C. MILLER. inarch 6-w5t. Coleman's Turnout, N. V. t ". T)l-trirt Court nf AJhermarle. General Orders. 1 KecclTcrs under the Sequestration Act J. . must hie the'r accounts ia the Clerk's Office of ths Dis tritfwhereiathey reside, on or before the 10th of May, next, and the day of holding- the next term of the Pistrict Courts is hereby appointed for settlements. 2, The next District Courts will bo held as follows : For Albemarle District at the Court-llouae in Halifax, . " on the 26th May next. . For Pamlico District at Uie uourt iioasc in uwasooro , . on-the 4th Monday la May next. . . For Cape Fear District at tho Court-Housa in Salisbury, 6b the 1st Monday in June next. v i ; Okdert-tj. That the Clerk of this. Court cause p bliea- i . tion of the above General Orders t be mado weekly for four conseeutive weeks in the Stat Journal, Fay tuviU -- i'--. Observer, Aiheviile Ntw, Carolina Watchman aud Wil- . tninyton Journal, and that the bills for such publication b ' sent to the Marshal, to be paid as contingent expenses of -this Court. ASA BIGGS, JcDi,Jte. ... . i rt . ..... A true c-apy irom me uccoru. . : W. Ramset, Clerk. . i . C , : March 14, 1863. ' ' v ; " ;. w.4t- ; " . . Steam Saf Mill lor Sale , t - i I OFF FR for Sale a Steara Saii-lHllntea miles. South West of JUlclgh, near Mwldle Creek P. O. .Tho . Engineis of 18 horse power. The Saw U 1ifty-tvirrln('h''-.V circular one, nearly new, with a new gum-clastic Bel t i j vry beavfb The machinery is so arranged that ono man can run tho Engine, manage the saw and et the log-v There Is a plentiful supply of lons-Ieaf piue ttnd otbcrtlm.- . ber in tho neighborhood, and a readj sale for lumber. "Tha ' owner has, -with two. other hands, sawed three thourand ' " feet of lumber ia a dftji ; For farther information Apr lj "x . . . '. , V G. W. ATKINSON, .w -Feb. 11, io-tf. , .
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