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' . '. .. . ! ( ; . , . ' -1 Xj . . "' . -.- - . , .,. , - ,.. :-; -. ....,,.. ' YoLIIL - yo.20. . 1 ; r : : : "T : : j ,. : t : ' ; I C!je State Journal. TEEMS FOR ADVERTISING, One square, first insertion,.-......;.........'.M.-..w.;. n- EachsubscflTen insertion,:.. .J. i .bo (Ten lines or ander make aiquai e.) " " - ' v . . . v . ; . -. ' : " ' a. Contracl will be entered inta with yearly, half-yearlj aa quarterly advetiaert, at a redoetioa from the ikrt rttes, in the Dally... ; . . . Va;, No deduction from the realar rites for adrertbement i inserted in the Weekly EdiUon. - - r . ' "' . JOHN SPELMAN, Editor and Proprietor. l iiorized'publisiieu of xnE laws of the CONFEDERATE STATES. ! A 'DAILY '.EDITION", per annum..; !tR1-WEEKLT EDITION", per annnm 5 3 WEEK-LY EDITION, " " RALEIGH, K. I C.t WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22. 1863. Invariably in Advance.) FRIDAY, April 17, 1863. Prom the movements of the troops it would seem that the Coivfcdcracy is about to assume the aggress ive intho prefect campaign. In eur own State Gen. Hill is attacking the enemy ; we gee it stated in some of the papers th.it Longstreet will probably attack the enemj- at Suffolk ; .our troops have partially com menced the invasion of Kentucky, and our cavalry leaders have been seeking the cpemy in Tennessee all the winter. ' 'i . ' ' v It would appear that! t is incumbent upon our leaders to attack the eneml' upon our own soil. How do vvc expect, to get rid of him unless he is driven off? Tie certainly is not going away, -whilst there js an ac- jknowledged stale of hostilities,'of his own accord. We must tfyen cijher drive him. from our boundaries, or8uffer the evils of . invasion until a . peac( is pro claimed. A quiet occupation 'is not the most effectual argument for a restoration of peace. ' Let an enemy iemaih undisturbed for a few years, and ho insensibly loses the idea- that he is an Inva der, and ccrhes to believe himself the rightful occu pant of the soil. His pride is stimulated, and he un consciously feels in battle that he is fighting. for his own. . ' . - . . ' I If it could be tp that Ave could chase the army of Kincranx ffmu Tuessep, and c impel them to re cross the Ohio, the reality of war ..would be much inre forcibly Vniuj;ht home to the enemy ihan when that army .is upon our soil devouring our substance and desolating our homes. We know what consternation seized upon the Yan kees when Ix-e and Jackson were driving MeClellan iVashington City. Could another le samc kind be vouchsafed to us, the fcenrrs-ferf peace, in the IVorth would strengthen at jevery retrograde step their armies took towards home. We do not suppose that the Government ever in tended or wished. 'to invade tne Yankee States irr a ! formal manner. We arc fightiti? not for the destruc tion or subjugation of 'the enemy, but for our own preservation. "We hojie that vc have suHicient men and mcaus to idrive the -invader from our own soil. That would not be aifc invasion of the enemy's country. We have no doubt that our generals are fully alive to the. necessity of aggressive movements upon the enomy, aLd we have full confidence in their skill. We are aware that it requires a higher order of ability to plan an aggrossive campaign, than to contc t a de fensive one. But we believe our generals are compe tent to. either. . We have heard no confirmation of the rumor cur rent upon the street that Gen. Longstreet has attacked Suffolk. We -heard on yesterday that ho was near that place several days ago, but we doubt whether an engagement hVs yet taken place. We see nothing in the situation of the plixce to tompt the enemy 10 ri.sk a fight for its possession unless they were confident of a victory.. They can approach YVeldon and Peters burg by more eligible routes than this, and their gun boats give them ciomplt tu control of the country bor dering the rivers aiul sounds oi Easteru Virginia and North' Carolina. It is a place of importance to us, jvs enabling usio procure provisions from a rich sec tion of country, und. probably to prevent this is the reason why thte enemy have remained there so long. For the Slate Journal. Messrs. Eultors Statk Journal: How is our Governor1; proclamation, in which he speaks ot the "cries which -reach 'us fronl tho por in all sections cf the land that starvation will We the fate of many,'' to be reconciled with the conduct of his Excellency and other Conservative officials, in allowing over-dressed negroes to assetnble on their uretnises for die purpose of indulging in luxurious repasts hath t. i'iu .riotous' living," thus or as tne parahle wasting the sub- stance7' of the land ? ' . - Parties of colored-people, in which "high life" be hind the mansion is innocently caricatured, have been quite frequent of late in ur capital ; ami printed tickets soliciting the pleasure of Miss Dinah Tmp kins' company, on a certain evening, at a certain hour, at the house of a certain Hon., are even now being V'toted " round in tiny baskets by little Pomp and dancing J uba. ' , Now, these tilings lead us to conclude that the Scries" which reach us. through the proclanJalipn, though sadly rexl, are. only used for buneomb. Uut can to grave a matter be Treated in a inoe-hcroic manner,, is the solemn inquiry of A SPECULATOR. We publbJi t'.e following reply to a card which Jps heretofore been laid before the public by Calvin .("f. Perkins.- It will appear, from the statements of the gentlemen who si;n this communieaXion, that Perkiuo has K-'rpelr;vted ku outrageous slander Upon Capt .MtCov : - ' 1 ; - -S.vMsliUKV, N. C. KdiUtvs hj 'thcilafe Journ'al : GtSTLKSiKN : The Standard publishes a card from Calv'n April 13, 1SG3. of G. April lOth'inst. Perkins, which contains the subjoined sentence: "Ca.pt. Ikiiry McCy procured ' my signature to that paper in this w;iy : The ympcr was offered to me .aher.dy written, ano! he said to me, 'if you will sign, this paper you can have your liberty, or be r.e- . kied ,-or go Not U''.'" : -. - This slatenieiit is false in general and false in every ; particular. Ca)t. Id c Coy did n- t ask C. G. Perkins ' to Hgn'.tlie paper Avriting Capt. McCoy w;.s no t ven preseiU when he was arke-'l to sign it rior was ('apt. "McCoy pre.-ent when it was signed, and has U"t ; ,;n C. G. Perkins up tONthis- day s;nce. No in duament. neither of hope nor foar.; no 'persuasion, no threats controlled his conduct ; nor was there anjT ti iik, or -contrivance, or cunning about the transac tion. ..On IhccoiiUarv. his sicnature was attached to tne paper iree'.y, calnuy and voluntarily, alter due ce-L:".ii.;eratii' having imnseli read the paper once ad twice, making such corrections- as ai.u nearu it iic.umucu proper, wit uoiit a suggestion troio any one. The fact is, it indy emboliel sentiments which die was known to entertain,-and frequeutlj" and open- lv ;.YoViil to iiift wlu-ku-xitd I'OitveiSft with JiLii on that subject. We Have deemed it cur duty to say this in , justice t Capt. McCoy ; and o further certify that ids treatment to the prisouers is as humane as it can be with a just regard to his duties as an officer. " lvespectfully, H. P. ALLEN, 1st Lieut, co. IV, Prison. Guards, t W. G. WILLIAMS, 2d Lieut, co. A..P. G.- From the Savannah Republican. Columbia, April 0. The" following dispatch has just been received Sv To Gen. Bra.og: A report from Col.AVoodward Fays : '-With a section of King's Missouri 'Battery we sunk one gunboat and one transport End disabled others, on the night of the. 2d instant, near Palmyra, on the Cumberlaudrivcr. (Signed) , Ekl Van Dobn, , Maior General. On the 4th, in a skirmish near Franklin, we cap- tured sev.cu Yankees. anckl'one towarcCri imnaiern oftt For the State Journal. Charleston, S. C, April 12, 1863. M v time has been bo taken up since my Arrival here, visiting the various points of , interest in and around the city, that I have scarcely had time, to think of anything else. Bat fiuding myself at leis 1 ure this morning. I devote it to writing you a hasty letter, in accordance with . a promise, made when I left your city a few day? ago. My trip to this' place was as pleasant as could be expected in these days of excitement and hurry, and nothing occurred beyond the usual routine of changing cars, grumbling con ductors and squalling babies. I arrived in Charles ton late at night, and judging from rumors I beard while on my way, 1 expected to find "everything in a state of . excitement- drums beatingsoldiers marching, and all the preparation going on for a great battle, and you, may judge of my astonish ment as I walked from the depot to the htel, to find everything as peaceful and quiet as. it is' in' the' "-City of Oaks," and not a soul to bo seen, save here and there a policeman "walking his accustomed . round. I stopped at the Charlestonllotel, and find mucl belter accommodations than 1 have seen at any other point South. The first day after ; my a.rriyal I spent in walking. o7cr the city, looking at the Various points tlllt WOUld Interest a stranger, rtw I muet, confers I was most agreeably disappointed in the opinion I had previously formed of 'Charleston and Charles tonians. -1 conversed with a great many citizens, and found, as a general thing, they j spoke in a very complimentary manner, of bc " Old North State" and her gallant soldiers, and great confidence was ex pressed in toe N. C. troops stationed around the city. Yesterday I visited the camp'of the Slt Regt., Col. J. V. Jordan commanding, and spoilt a very pleas ant time with the Col." and his Staff, j. I wa exceed ingly gratified to find the Regiment in ia fiue state of health, and judging from a hasty glaucc , as I walked through their camp, I think they'll' sustain. the rep utation of their State in the coming struggle. Their encampment at present is at Mt. "Pleasant, a most beautiful locality near Sullivan's Island rthey were formerly stationed on James' Isla'nd, but moved from there a day "or two after the bombardment. 1 have not visited the jjcamps of the three N. C. Regts., but intend doing so shortly. I learned that Col. Hall's -and-Col. Radcliffe's regiments were moved to a point near the .city. During my! visit to 'the. S 1st., I walked over to Fort Moultrie j in company with several officers of that regiment, and had a fine view of the iron-clads, and he frigate Irqnshles, lying within the bar, but some distance beyond the range of otir guns, I also saw the smoke-stack of the Keokuk that was sunk by smr batteries. The Ironsides is something different in the way of floating batteries, from any tiring I ever saw before,' and presents very much the appearance of a first class hotel at least in size, if nothing else. The damage done Fort Moultrie during the recent bombardment was insignificant and quickly repairedand the only man killed was. by the ilag-staff falling on him, which had beerl parried away by the enemy's balls I would write you the parj.ic ulais of the engr.gemenUbut I presume!; they are fa miliar to the most of your r aders before this. The steame r Stonewall Jaclcson. was! burned off the bar latt night by - hVr tfiiecrsj to prevent her falling in the hands of the blockading . fleet who were making every endeavor to capture her. Wa have not yet learned any ofithe particulars, but I suppose you will have received tliemj by telegraph before this letter reaches you. . Some of the pas'sen gers wh escaped in the boats -report j that they re ceived, three shots through the hull of the vessel be fore they abandoned her. 'I j ' 8 o'clock, p. M. Since I commenced writing this letfer, a movement has been going oft! .amongst the blockading squadron, and it was thought at first to be the prelude to .another engagement, but subsequent movements have demonstrated thatit was only anoth er "change of base," and at sundown not a single "iron clad" was to be seen tho whole business ' having re crossed the bar and disappeared from view. Alt was very evident from the movements of the frigate Iron siacst that she was very much 'damaged, and men have been distinctly seen engaged in takiug off her guns certain it is, that she was towed off by two' other steamer.?, and the general impression seemed to Ce that rhe was in a sinking condition!. Poor DuoOnt 1 I wonder what kind of a yarn he he will fix up to satisfy the universal how! that will go up-from the Yankee natior. I suppose. like his il lustrious predecessors, he will lie out of it. It seems to be a conceded poi. t here, that the. enemy have pos' -poned the attack upon this place fori ijsome -time to come, and I am inclined to think that their programme has been very much upset by the denouement of the reficut engagement here. !i Should anything occur of interest, ijl will let you know immediately and will write you again in a day orso. MAT. Olll K1SST0X COUltESPOXDEXT, KiiisTON, April:15th, 1S63. Editous State Jourxl : Rapid, cannonading has I teen going on in the direction of Washington, for the last two days. On yesterday the booming of tho cannon was most terrific the like has never been heard before iu North Carolina, since the outbreak of the war but wc have nothing definite from that quarter this morning; wa. expect to iliear something to-day. I have just had an interview with a Reliable and in telligent gcntlemau right from Swift, Creek," who in forms me that he has direct information fronXew bern, within the last day or so. Thcj enemy are in heavy force at that place, supposed to liumbcr not less than 25,000, and more reinforcements tsnected daily.' They admit a whipping at Blount's Cl'eek, and say their loss was very heavy considering-; thc'.u timber engaged in battle not less than 300 killed and wound ed. They admit having 12,000 there, but disown having more than three regiments in the engagement. They had 18 horses and two men drowned by the foundering of a boat in crossing the Neuse frohi Bar rington's Ferry to Newbern,' oa thdjlf retreat from Blount's Creek. The following private letter was received here by last night's mail. It is fi-om a reliable and worthy gentlemeu, a tihvsician and surgeon in the army, IF. viil give you an insight into -the situation of affairs m and around Washington. I hope our friend will not take it amiss in my sending you the enclosed ex-, t: acts for publication : - ! ' v' Tawboho', April 12, 1863. Washington is not yet taken, tht ugh I hope e;e this reaches you it will have been. Gen. Hill is making great preparations f r its capture, and; the retaining it. Our batteries on the river have most successfully contended with from 7 to 9 gunboats,,. and every at tempt on their part has failed. The tovfnas completely invested and guarded by our troops Quite a number of heavy guns are placed in position for (Lfjc attack, aud after, defence of it. Our troops had avjpicc skirmish at Blou it's Creeii tvith the enemy, v;heu they were driven back and possession takeu-of the; field, with but the loss io us of one killed and several wounded.. I 'ho'e to be able to visit my old homo (Washington) in a few -days. I leave here again to-ibbrrow for its vicinity. ' - j General Jtfnliiiis' Campaign in Wcstcirn Virginia. LYNCiiBUUQ, April 13. ' A special dispatch to the llepttblicaii, dated Salei. 13th, says : . ; 11 1 , " Gen. Jenkins' expedition with a small portion of his coramad iii Western Virginia, has Keeu comjnete ly successful. , ' Hiil The elwc tiens and spring courts of the bogus govern ment in all the counties west of thelJianawhaTivcr, were broken up, and the enemy driven with loss into his fortifications at Hurricane bridge!. r I He proceeded thence to the Kanawha river, and four miles below Winfield riddled two government steamboats, which were passing. He embarked atisight in flatboats, and floated down the Kanawha, attacking, and capturing Po:nt Pleasant .the next morning, j : It He killed and captured a number iof the enemy. Took 15'9 horses and destroyed a larce amount of stores. X The enemy made most desperate efforts to cut off I his retreat from the Ohio river, but tney were elude' and the command was extricated ia safety. The Fight at Charctoii. A correspondent of the Charlestonr Courier who has been "dn'a visit to Fort Snmter and had a confer ence with its officers," gives some interesting: facts of , the attack and tight at Charleston. He says : ' There has been but one attack on the Forts tnaf of Tuesday afternoon. . At half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday morning twenty-seven vessels .were yisi-I ble outside the bar. Four of thesd were Monitors pf. turrctted boats, and another was the Ironsides, a tjuge iron frigate.- During that day andnight various chnnges took place in the position of the fleet,; and on " Monday there was an addition of four Other Monitors, . making a total of nine. -itiLvV ' . .ff-r In front of Fort Sumter, fourteen hundred yards distant, is a buoy. "In the direction of this buoy the first line of the enemy slowlyadvanced tei Passaic as is supposed", taking the lead. Meanwhile our sev eral batteries were as many scenes of intense ex citement. Men and officers most of hoin had nev er been under fire1' prepared for battle, and waited vfor the opening loar as eagerly as if about' to engage in a holiday display. In Fort Sumter even the men under arrest and .confined, sent vjord to Colonel Rhctt, "for God's sake, let ils come out'and go to our guns." At half-past two o'clock the long roll irai beaten, and the garrison, responding with a clieer, properly manned the batteries. A few minufes later, the strange yet inspiring spectacle was presented of three colors the Garrisou, Regimental: and Palmetto f;,gS running proudly up tothei& respective mast heads, amid the smoke and thunder of thirteen guns ' the national salute vjhile at the same liTie floated away across the water, until it must have readied Mir enemy, the defiant music of 'Dixie," by the band. . - The rassaic, though at a-distance of from twelve . . . ' i ' . j 1 c . 1 , t . . i to t.mrtecn nunarca varas. was Mruetv m mo mna beveral times, and it is said the lainaging etlectof our projectiles was distinctly visible, one shot having 'torn off a portion of the iron plating and left an unmis takeablc rent. ' After receiving the fire of the Fore and batteries for thirty minutes, she r.Mtnded off and returning in the . direction from which she came, moved out of range. The three other vessels of the first line now came up successively, were punished in the same manner,emaiued -About the same length of time as their predecessors, and retired at nearly the same jKint,. taking but little share iu the engagement afterwards. t The Ironsides came up next in order, and in a man ner thandicated the supreme confidence of her com mander in his really splendid ship. But he, too, was destined to dUappointmcht. With his tremendous armament of fourteen eleven-inch guns, and two two hundred; pound rifles, he opened vigorously at Cum mins Point, Moultrie, Beauregard and Sumter, once or twice firing broadsides ; but these now rained upon him such a terrible, storm of 4ieavy missiles that to avoid certain destruction he was prickly obliged to nove out of range. Three were observed to enter, and those with strong glasses, who observed the ship at a distance ot eighteen hundred yards, reported that the plating could be distinctly seen to peel off. As soon as the frigate turned, the second line of Monitors advanced, led bv the Keokuk a boat which differed from the others in having two turrets. Ta king the track of the first line, and passing under the stern of the Ironsides, she came gallantly into action, and took position withiu nine hundred yards of Fort Sumter.' The latter concentrated fire on the Keokuk at five minutes pat,t four, as did alsoPialiery Bee and ot hers of fcur works, and in forty minutes she, too, wbhdrew from action so badly crippled in both turret and hull," that it was not -without difficulty she was prevented from drifting ashore." The first shot fired at her from, the fort was from the Brooks rifle cun, and aimed by Lieut. Col. Joseph A. Yates. The boit weighing one hundred and nineteen pounds, entered one of -thv cmbrazures in the turret. A second shot, fired by the same hand, struck immediately above t he first, making a ragged .hole",, ami a third, tired by the gunner of the piece, tore up a portion of the deck, near the bow, in such a manner that a leak must have been started then and at that point. , The projectiles now aimed at her from every buttery soon finished , hcr-short career. . There-is little doubt that every one of theenemy's boats was damaged; and where they now lie, four thousand yards from the fort, the workmen can be neen making repairs. Thus the question of vulnera bility ha.sbccn fully tested, though at fourteen hun dred yards the effect of our fire is by nomeans so' de cisive as at the. shorter range afforded by the daring commander of the Keokuk. It is surmised that the reason why the attack was , made so late in the day was to take advantage of the flood tide in ca-je either of the vessels should get aground. The channel in which they fought 'was three quarters of a mile wide, and about sixty , feet deep. The enemy fired eleven and fifteen inch hot and shell, but with great deliberation, as it requires from ten to fifteen minutes to load the guns. The turrets revolve slowly not ofteuer than once in a quarter of an hour. Probably less than ninety balls were fired by the Monitors durhig the; entire engage ment, and . of these only about forty struck Fort Sum ter. . The effect on the walls of the fort is not as bad as many officers had predicted, and the damage lias been so qui&kly repaired that the fob is now even stronge r thnn before the battle. - One fifteen inch shell exploded in the eastern quar tcrs and two in the western quarters.-") A third struck and shattered "a gun carriage? thereby disabling for a time a teu inch Columbia 1 ; and a fourth knocked a bushel or two of bricks out of one , of the traverses, some of the. fragments of which caused severe contu sions, but only one person was hit by a piece of shell, and he was a negro who look refuge in '-the rear of the Fort on the outside. None were killed. The terrible power of the fifteen inch shells -was we'll illustrated by the explosion of one opposite the quarters of Colonel iRhett, on the outside of the-walls. The concussion was so great as to break nearly every window glass in the apartment. ' j 'i During the battle an eight inch Culumbiad on the parapet exploded, throwing the fragments in every dbectio..:, one-third of the gun being precipitated over the wall to the rocks beneath, and another thrown in to the parade ground In the fear. Fortunately no One wasjiurt. Suchwat'he admirable discipline of the men, that not an individual left his place. Kcws from Western Tlrglnin. Wc learn from a gentleman just through from. Uie West, that the Yankees are endeavoring to force in to their. service, (whether by draft or conscription he did iiot know) all persons liable to military duty in the county of Randolph,' aud it is presumed that the same thing is being done in. other counties in their possession. He says that crowds are flying to the mounftvins to- avoid it, and will, as opportunities offer, come through the cuemy'slines aaJ swell our ranks. ' ' ;! ; - Last Friday night a report was J received at the camp of our forces in Pocahontas, ; that a Yankee force was advaucisg; immediately ;two com panic?, C;ipt. Marshall's and Capt. McNeil's,! Started "to meet them, but failing . to find them at Green Bank where they were reported to be, they scattered in final! parlies for the purpose of capturing Union i men . .mown to be in their proximity, and were attacked at . to different points by the Union men. - They suc ceeded in taking three of the traitors prisioners and tiling one. The notorious Gibson, who was one of i e party, "escaped. jj . The officer's of Pierpont's state are collecting taxes f th'e two preceding years as well as the present. t tunton Vindicator. The canal across the Isthmus of Suez which has . :en so long talked of, is half. finished. By next y 'ar it will have progressed -sofar that all the coal .stined for the steamship companies, which have ow to be transported around the Cape of Gcod Hope, will be sent to the Red Sea by canal. In three or four years the whole work will be completed, at a cost of $40,000,000, and the ancient track of com merce be again resumed, ii , -.- v Vor the State Joaraa!. - Letters from the Army. fabia report for Febraary, 1863, Rev.B. F. Jessup, Colfcorter at Wilmington, writes ; H receWer) 137 hymn-books, all sold not half enoagh. 1 have sold abont 40 testaments, and, if I could have taken then? out to the camp, 1" could have sold several hundred. As to the tracts, I have given away more than'all you sent toe. I have been very kindly and welcomely received by officers and. men wherever I have been. Send me 1,000 or more of Soldier's Text Books, and the same of the Pocket Bible, 1000 ffrne Riches and Security,' and any oth er you ca'n send tee."' - ' - - i FBOM CLIHGM AST's BBIGADE. , ; ! Rev. O. Churchill. Chaplain 31st N.C TiAirimflnt and Cblporter in our employ, writes from Charleston. "After I arrived in Wimiington, I sold Testaments and hymn books to the amount of 3700 and if I had,, the books I could sell any amount of them. When I got to Wilmington, I - found most of the Brigades gone to Charleston, S C, and I am'now in the Bri gade on James Island neae "Charleston. The 31st 8th, 61st and 61st RegimentVisre in this Brigade, Is you could furnish me witiwjofcji I,couJd sell a great many of them. The soldiers of this (Clingman's) Brigade arc all from N. C, and are anxious for book." fbom boles' brigade." j Rev. W. R. Gaultney, Caplain of 1st N. C. Regi ment, writes Feb. 5th, 18JS3, near Fredericksburg, Va.:; 4,I have preached one sermon to this Regimont, and held one prayer meeting, at which a deep interest was manifested. Several mourners came forward. I trust the Lord is going to bless us with a great re vival of religion". Will you please remember us in your prayers ?." FltOM EAST TENNESSEE. Rev. John .Amnions, Col porter and Missionary among the troops in East Tennessee , and Western North Carolina, writes from Marshall, N.- C, Jan. 26, 1863-: "- "For the present month I have not been able to do much as colporter. The last of December", the Yan kees made a raid into East Tennessee, which pro-! Uuced a great moving about of our .troops. ; Immedi ately the Tories along the mountains between; JS. C. and Tennessee broke out in lare force to robing and plundering the defenceless citizens, upon which a great part of N. Carolina's troops were called back; to defend their own homes, and have been scouting,! marching and countermarching through tho raoun-1 tain fastnesses fighting Tories, aa they are likely to do for a month and probably over.- What sick there are in this department are scattered all over the coun try, depriving one of the privilege of visiting" but a few of them. They are at Knoxville, Morristown, Cliuton, Jacksboro', Greenville, and various other places. " . As to the spiritual condition of our troops in this department, I can only say it is not the most favora ble. Few of tueso here in East Tenn. have ever seen an enemy, and so far as preaching is concerned, uiey appreciate lc very iituo, yet mey respect -ine colporter." FEOM DANIEL S BRIGADE AT! K.INSTOU. Rev. J. D. Davis, Army Colpotrer at Kioston, writes in his report for February, 18G3": " I visited Gen. Daniel's Brigade and gave away 7000 pages of ' religious reading. As I passed through the camps, the soldiers would come to me from every direction, and say, " Give me something to read,' 'Send my messmate one.' 'Yonder is a sick, man who said send him some good reading." " I heard a man taking the name of God in vain, and gave him the tract, 'Don't Swear.' He looked at it iCnd taid he had been giiilty of a great crime, hut he would try from this time never to swear any more Rev W. M. Kennedy writes ffrom Magnolia, N. a, Feb. 25th, 1863 : I received j'bur paekago jf tractj the other day through brother Gold just after Pettegrew's Brigade had left here, but I had a fiue opportunity last Mon day of distributing tracts in Ransom's Brigade. I found the troops very anxious to get them. As scon as I made my appearance among them, I was throng ed by the eager crowd uutil all were supplied. I visited one Regiment when my supply was well nigh exhausted, but when I told the Colonel I had more tracts up town he detailed a man to go back with me for a bundle, promising to have them distributed in the Regiment. FKOM FREDERICKSBURG. Rev. A. B. Ervin. a soldier of the 4th N. C. Regii ment, who has been detailed by Gen. Lee to act as Colporter under our appointment, writes from camp near Fredericksburg Feb. 27, 18Q3 : " I have visited nearly all. the soldiers in two Brig ades and conversed with tbmi on. the importance cf personal piety I have distributed 15,000 pp. of tracts, preached twice, and held two praycr-meetiugs. There has been no general awakening, but my meet ings have been well attended. Large congregations have given me their serious attention. The soldiers and officers have received me with courtesy every where, and were glad to get tracts aud have preach in". A great many wanted Testaments and hymn books but I had none." - ' . Wc have forwarded this brother by Express a lot of Testaments, hymn-books and tracts, which we hope he will soon receive. FROM WELDOH. . Rev. VVm. Brunt, colporter, now . at Wcldon, re ports, that during the months of J.muary and Febru ary, he distributed tracts and hdd religious conversa tion wih five regiments around Goldsboro viz: 11th and 42d Mississippi, and 45th, 53rd and 59th .N. C. Troops, aud with the troops iu hospital and camp at vi.fnn lie has sold and give- away 314 books and .;t.t'ni afmiit '22 000 naircs of tracts. He writes UloU iviiiv' i w " J from Weldon, March 3, 18G3 : . , -.J " I have preached itr tha hospital whenever the health of the patients would admit, and I had oppor tunity from other duties, and also to the 42nd N. C. Regiment, and the company guarding the bridge. ti tr.,01 have not enioved the advantages of a chaplain, and I -find that the ground, in nearly every iustiuice, must be broken, up ere it is good ground. Officers have every where treated me with great re spect seemingly. - No conversions, as far as I know, have taken place at the camp. Some from the 42nd regiment, however, 'have-professed religion in the hos pital. . There have been four professions. vpfnt nnf)Kfi BRIGADE.' '- Rev. S. W. nowerton. colporter in Cook's Brigade writes. Feb. 17th, from Magnolia: I find that there is a great destitution of religious lnv-iks Ji-nd insf ruction 1 n this Brigade. Thercns not : 4i,nt ari r f 1 1. r- P.ri .ruin f a tioned hert' The men are very anxious, t get, ana seem 10 reau fseem to wiiii lYiiien ar.reniion. un ui uui w-vw. .ic. b'1' hvrmi-books I brought with Chit iiiv a vi't,lAiVUl" --j m i me, and yet they crowd around meand beg for them. Some three or -four -told mo that they have not had a 'Testament since they have been in the service, which has been twelve months and npaaids. I lxlieve that four-fifths of the men, are without Bibles and Testaments. , I wish I could tell yon how anxious they are. to get these Testaments and hymn-books," but I cannot. We bad preaching for them three times yesterday,, and have prayer-meetings every night. I never saw men more attentive and respectful to the preachingof the gospel. They go in crowds to hear.it. Please send me 250 Testaments and 250 hymn-books if yon can possibly do so ; for if men ever did r ever will need them, these do now. I '' . . ' iuch is the testimony of those who have been la boring among the soldiers, in favor of theVork ol Army Colportage. Let us continue to furnish them with.the Testament, the Camp. Hymn-book, tke Sol dier's Pocket Bible, and the tract, to console them in their sufferings and privations, and to direct their .thoughts and footsteps heavenward. Enclose contri butions for this object to " . j N. B. COBB, ! Gen. Sop. Army Colportage of N. C. ' Goldsboro', N. C. " - BY TELEGRAPH. .Beported expregslj for tha State Journal. The Iron-Clads leave Charleston; - n ; ; Chablsstoh, April 12: During yesterday all was quiet. To-day. the en tire i?on-clad fleet departed, three going North and font South. The frigate Ironsides was towed over the bar. . -. -; " ;' The impression prevails, however, that they will soon return to renew the attack., ;' : -';.."- .' i Last night the steamer Stonewall Jackson, formerly the Leopard, whilst attempUng to run Jnto thishar bor was Kotly chased by halfja doieii blockadera which sent, several shots through the hull of the Jackson Uapt. Black finding it impossible to escape ran the steamer upon the beach and burnt her.' The crew arjd passengers took to the boats, and have ar rived here. Very little was saved, except the mail and th e effects of the passengers. Tb steamer burned to the water's edge in sight of the Yankees. Her cargo consisted of several pieces of field aitillery, 200 barrels saltpetre, forty thousand pairs of shoes, and a largri assortment of merchandize. ' I Fom the United States. Richmond, April 12. L'he Whig has Northern dales to the 1 1th . A large meeting of the Democracy of New York city, on the 7th, at Cooper Institute, adopted a platform-expressing Opposition to the policy of the ad ministration as hostile to a restoration of tho Union, subversive of the Constitution and of prcssive to tho people. i j It denounces the measures of the last Congress as repugnant to every principle of justice calculated to strengthen ihe Southern States, and to permanently establish theso-calied Confederacy ; declaring thattbo war,i as conducted by the administration, has been a failure, (loud applause,) and that the immense resour ces in men arid money freely given by the people, have been dissipated without any favorable result. The 4th resolution declares that, under these cir cumstances, we declare for peace, (great cheering ;) that this administration cannot conquer the South if they would, and would not if they could ; that this war .having proved unsuccessful; we favor peace and conciliation as the only means, left to restore tho Union, &c. " Fernando Wood was the-first speaker, He said, if asked what the democratic siicbessor of Lincoln should do, he would answer, cease hostilities and ob tain a conference officially or unofficially. m John S. Carlisle, of Virginia' said the South can never be conquered. War can! ibnly end iu the tho rough exhaustion of both sides, j . News via Mobile. . SIoBiLE;,' April 11. An officer from a British ship-of-war, off the bar last higlit, reported the capturc.df thl city; of Mexico by the French. : A; dispa,tch from Senatobia says Gov. Toild, of Ohio, has been arrested and held to bail for kidnap ping Dr. Olds. '"'. 1 Tjie Memphis Argus claims :tha safe retreat from the iSuhflower as the masterly exploit of the war. A special dispatch to the Advertiser, from Spring Hill; Term., says the enemy is reported as evacuating Franklin. ' The Nashville papers acknowledge the sinkiog of transports and the disabling of gun-boats by our ar- tine Farragut is again, blockading Red river. The Yazoo Expedition Returned. j Jacicson, April 10. Fifty-three yardvCTTtoa ats have gone up the Cold- water. Three guns aLd an iron-clad have been adandoned audi destroyed by the Yankees at the mouth of the Amiu. The Memphis lines are closed ' hcrmctircally for sixty days. Neither cotton nor contrabands arc to be admitted. ' . Georgia Legislature. . Zl MlLLKLUEVJLIE, April 11. The Senate adopted, as a substitute for the bill en dorsing Confederate bonds, a resolution, submitting thel.ineasure to the people at the October, elcctiou ' yeas .25, nays 10. The House rejected Stephen's resolution declaring agwinst the endorsement yeas GO, nays Gl. A p From vicKsrjurg. 1 , - VicKSBUao, April 10. JNothinrr new licrc. I wo auuuionai transports went up to-day loaded wih troops, and othcis are preparing to go. . ! ' - From the Southwest. Chattanooga, April II. Pasnger? from Memphis, arrived at Cairo on the 7th, and report two important expeditions on foot, tho object of which is not made public, j The Herald's Washington correspondent. of the 7lh says tho President arid the party that accompanied him to the army of the Potomac, will return Tuesday or Wednesday. " . , Municipal elections in Maine and Columbus, Ohio, went in favor of the Republicans. : A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Tress from Reaning; Pa., speaks of the arrival of a numeroiu mob of Knights of the Golden Circle in that towii to rescne em'tspi raters against the Government.; Diffi cujttcs of jlib ordinary characttr arc apprehended. .Go'd iutNcw York on Uio 9th reached 145. Northern accounts Tcachcd AVashirigtoii on the 8th iroi wie nuiui "" V"','?, '"o"??. 1 applied for rjitv thousatia trofps to clear aicemane Sound, ; nd ihat thirty thousand were furnished him from tlie army of the RJppahsnnock, and tho bn!- i , - . - z. - . . auce to be furnished; by Gov. Tancc, - Reinforce ments were sent from Fortress Monroe when this inlvrmatKjn reached there. r .. " From the Mississippi. - Jackson, April 11. The enemy on Black Bayou is retreating towards the river, laying waste the whole coup try bctwesn Grenada and ,;the nver. - Tho- patrol report two gun-boats convoying fire cavalry transports passing unithe Mississippi, also 19 transports with intantry, ' , i r . ; ,- t and1 40 freight boats loaded down. I The enemy is rer """"6 mw.-Yrw Railroad. A special dispatch toihe Appeal from Sen- nfnrnlnnr all ! lUrnrtTH ntlMhfl MpTnTihU ftnfl I JUlO atobi'a $ays 20 boats and 12 gun-boats have gone up from Memphis to operat on the Cumberland river.' There are heavy shipments on fye Memphis Railroad. Corinth merchants are shipping Ncrth, and sutlers are selling wagons, &c. A great strategic movement is on foot. ! : ... ;i ; .. 1 '"- Wheeler Captures Yankee Trains. : ; TciXAHoMA, April 13. Reliable information to day; etates that . Wheeler captured two trains, ond i between Louisville and Nashville, and the other fce- tween Nashville, .and Hurfreesboro', with a : large . number of jnen andofficers.' He destroyed the wains. All quiet elsewhere. i f ' 4' : ": 'From Charlestonr ."V " t u d ? Chablestos, AprU 14. All quiet. " A fewblock-' -aders andjthe frigate Ironsides off the bar are only" seen ro-aay. a steamship arrived this morning fromt Bermula, with a cargo, Of . army "equipment 'k &c. for goverhmentV ' - ' '"' 'i r--'' f-n'. ! ' 'V -.. trh,l i '.J y 1 . Basencrani Reinforced. - Jacxson, April 13, A. , special dispatch J to tho '4PPJ9 205 (?05 whatr Jld.) passed tip bjisk- ly to-day to reinforce Ro&encranz. i Wheeler's Raid Confirmed. '.."!'. v "TclUhojia, April 14. " Further information from Wheeler confirms his cap- ' ' - ture of two trains, ccptaining 30,000 greenbacks and ' a number of prisonrs, including 3 mijors, 2 captains and 3 of Rosencranz's staff. . It is calculated that 80 of the "enemy were killed and 70 wounded. Our l loss, one man slightly wounded. V - Confederate Congress. Richmond, April 14. The Senate to-day was chiefly occupied in discuss- . ing the bill to confiscate IcaseboltTiaterest and share of stock owned by alien enemies in the telegraph lines. The further consideration of the bill wai postpoued until to-morrow. Tho tax bill and ex emption bill are now pending before the Committer of Conference. The House passed joint resolution declaring that martial law, in tho sense of an arbitrary suspension of all law; and civil jurisdiction, cannot exist within the Confederacy, nor. in any serfse only by virtue of ; legidativo- authority. The Houso also passed tho bill to regulate newspaper postage. ' Much of these dispatches were so worded in tho copy sent us as to be unintelligible. Wo havo guessed at their meaning tho best we could. Ed. : Onr Prisoners at Camp Doaglas. Among the prisoners brought up by the flag of truce boat, on last Monday, were some from the West, who have been confined at Camp'Douglas, at Chicago.. the very sight oi tho poor fellows is enough to Btrtko pity to the heart. We wish the Government could hear their tales of suffering and distress, and wb hop1. that they will tako some step to lay their grievances before the authorities here. Camp Douglas is worse' than the Hole of Calcutta. Not satisfied with putting our men to death by suf- lenngand torture, toe lanKee aemonshave taken to poisoning tJiem I The little things Bach as peas and cakes, that our poor prisoners, would buy out of their few remaining cents, bad killed a number of our men. and on an investigation beingordered and the food analyzed, poison was plainly detected j and its pres ence' admitted by the Yankee surgeons I The au thorities tried to exculpate themselves by laying it to an old Irish woman who was permitted to peddle cakes among the pri. oners. . " The death of our nien at Camp Douglas has been appalling. One ofoiir prisoners-estimates that in the short 6pace of three months there were over seven. hundred and fifty deaths. This was caused by a combination of causes, the low, wet and marshy situ ation of the camp, being, half in water ; the filth and e j.' - l ' i 1 1. i . j j i i vermin oi mo pi;icc, nuu mo mug aim uesqiaie con finement of our men. In fact, some of the prisoners who canie up by the last flag of trues had languished ' there for nearly frwo years, and their dejected, sorrow- stricken and emaciated faces boro testimony- of moro than all they told of their suffering. ' , The suffering to which our brave- men have been subjected by the demons is enough to melt tho heart to tears. Even in the cold winter, when our prison ers were taken there from the West in mid winter, they were thrown into' prison, ' withj nothing moro than a pallet of wet straw as a bed, and without a part'clc of clothing to protect tbem from , tho cold aud piercing blasts and ono who knows any. thing. of Western life knows how tearfully they sweepovcr the prairies. Inall tho cold our men lay exposed to the storm, cold and shivering and benumbed. . A ' cold snow storm came, and tho result was that twenty-five or thirty of our mGn actually froze to'dcath. We have this from reliable authority, and tho story -is substantially confirmed, in every particular, bv an - ascouut which we published sometime since from the " Chicago Times. -l , . , On their way from the West, our prisoners were : 6till objects of persecution and malignity of the Yankees and were made to travel two live-Jong days without a morsel of food I They left at Camp Dong las about two thousand prisoners,, who were to bo exchanged, and were leaving in bodies of four and five hundred. It wa3 hoped by our men that thev' would bo out of the clutches of the demons who have lorded it over them with a tyranny and cruelty. worse than that oi ine aarx ages. pxaminer. " . ' Iforthcrn Jews. SEVEItlS FIGIIT WITH INPlAyS IN WA8UIN0T0N TEKBI- TOBT TEGBIBLE SLAtJOTITEU OF SAVAGES. ' ' -." OfiScial information has been received of Col. Con nor's severe battle and splendid victory on Bear river, yashington a emtory. Alter a lorcea march of ono . hundred and forty mile?, in mid winter, and through deep snows, in which seventy-six of his men were disabled; by frozen feef, he and his gallant band, of only two hundred attacked three liurdred Indian warriors in their 6trorjghold, and after a hard foucht battle of four hours destroyed the entire band, leavinrf two hundred ana iweniy-iour acau upon t.;o field. Our loss was fonrlcen killed and forty-nine, wounded. These Indians , had murdcra! several miners durinc the winter, and were a part of the same band who had been maysacreemg emigrants on the overland mail route for tho last fifteen years, and the principal ac- tors and leaders in tne noma crimes oi the pat sum mer. During Col. Conner's march ho assistance was rendered by the Mormons, who pcemcd indisposed, ho 6avs. to divulge any information regarding tho In dians, and charged enormous prices for every article .furnished bis command. , t r . NEW8 FROM 8A rHANCISCO. I San Fsancisco, Marcli 31 18a3.Thcre is notb- ing new regarding the threatened demonstration by - ;-.r.i r. ti-:i tr secessionists, on the-Marc Island Navy Yard and Benicia Arsenal.- The public are informed of na circumstances which warranted the alarm manifested by tho authorities, although all recommend their dis- -position to take every precaution to guard, against possible uanger. l uere are many secessionists m Napa county, though not presumable enough to en courage the most oaring to tafce up arms against tho . nr;-i : . - . autnonues. nun pramarjr Tiguance at gnaromg tne ten danger from the secessionists withbithe State. San Fhancisco, April 1' 1803.--Tho excitement continues in xMapaauuoanocovjnues. n is nenevea ll. t.nnnsunnli.ljl.i.... . . ..: ! .. r 7m c "t. OT' I ... . . . 1 - .1 1 ' L - n tr. . .' . i joyat citizens, navo-armea inemseives. uen Wright j hag ordered .i detachment of troops at Fort Point to rccreaso tho Benicia garrison. ; Nothing but reckless ness, amountiug to msanitv, could induce-the seces sionists to. m3ke any hostile demonstrations in this State, i".-. . -f The Assembly has passed a bill punishing privateers and aiders of treasonable enterprises, fixing tlie death penalty. x i : K;r.: ti r-. " 1 , 1 V ;J t 4 -.Ii: '' ii i ( ' ', i'i ' S " j. '. 1 f U: . ; V J 4.' , ( ' I I . 1 j . i j Si , IA- l i : 1 1:1, 3-i :ii-;:-'.t . " -A 3 V:: ! 1 -'-ij J
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