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THE 'STATfi JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, April 15,1863. t i A Ctcrlslied Endorsement. . The following endorsement ol our course is from one of the wisest and best men in the State, and one of the largest slave-owcers in the Confederate States I admire the course t tie Standard has taken. It accords well with my sentiments. I have discontin ued all my Virginia papers as they are not worth the postage, Ac. The State Journal and antiquated Acg ister are hardlj worth your notice. The Standard say, an endorsement from such a source is highly cherished, &c." Standard, April 10 That must be a wise correspondent indeed, who does not know that the- Standard professes ot. to notice the State Journal, when in almost every issue of the Standard, that paper protests and vows itnever gees the Journal, antl a very large slave-owner must bcaaood man, when bs pats Holden on the head and calls him "good boy," "bully boy," and other endear ing names. There is another evidence of this large slave-own er's wisdom. Holden and the Enquirer have a con troversy in which "the general opinion seems to be that the Standard "did notjeome off first. At any rate it has been baying the whole'press of Virginia ever since the Enquirer let it go. , And this wise man who gives "cherished endorsementsVise because, ye Gods he is one of the largest slave-owners in the Confeder acy, instantly stopsj his Virginia papers. What think yon of that, ye minor Conservative ftols; who don't own slaves enough to make you wise, and who take the Richmond Whig, or Examiner, or Dispatch, or Sentinel to say nothing about the En quirer! The wisest man in the State has discontinu ed all these papers and says they are not worth post age. Will you, who are .not blessed with as much wisdom, because not gifted with. as many negroes dare, hereafter, to look at a Virginia paper when con demned by this wise man who gives such "cherished endorsements." The Virginia papers are doomed; one breath of the wise man has destroyed them.- Tearful is the. Standard and its displeasure 1 great is its correspondent, whose wisdom is derived from his kitchen. "The tTburnpand Itegibfer are hardly worth your noticed Ofcourse not. The Journal and Register do hot pretend to have more wisdom than all others. What little intelligence and foresight they do possess," was gathered from the teachings and the writings of white men and from their observation of causes work ing upon the condition of white men, as wiil those who own no slaves, as those who do. . " We have never studied wisdom in the school o'f the "cherished Endorser." We have always looked for information to men guilty of a white, skin, and ave never tbu3 far sought counsel from slaves. , ajvvs ma wise uiuu UUJC-UI wj tuc Virginia -uunuia too because they are white men, and write for the benefit of their own color ? Holden and the large slaveowners in league 1 Shades of Ad Valorem shudder I and ye nascent buds f Abolitionism, which looked to the blandard lor the refreshing dews which should give you" strength and vigor, and the tender hand which should train your infant shoots into the full foliage of the deadly Upas, your expected champion is in caucus with a large , slave-owner, a wise man, too, and a good one, who is . giving the Standard " cherished endorsements." We have seen many communications in the Stan dard containing the same sentiments as that of the "wise man," and some of them written in a far supe rior style. By the comparison, which the Standard itself makes, the jnultitude of its informants are not deserving the name of wise men. Probably they are not. We shall not undertake to revise the Stand ard's judgement upon its own correspondents. Prob ably the most of them are not very large slavi-owners J and therefore are not wise. j As their chosen organ assigns them the position of fools, of course we cannot be expected to notice or re 1 gard what theyjwrite ; for who carr.s to be hothered with a fool. But we thought it courteous, to pay our respects to a correspondent who is heralded as a prodigy of wisdom. - iioiuen auu nis wise man iaiaam ana nis ass Here's your mule," - .). : J- J we unaersiana mat me uovemor s uouncu which was convened on the- 10th, did not in fact, have a quorum until the next day, and that the Governor had to send after one of his advisers by Gubernatorial express a carriage and horses. ., e remember cn one occasion that the failure of tho Council of State to 'attend the summons of the Governor, was very grievously complained of. t Will those, who made such' a-noise about the delinquency of the former members of that body, give the present distinguished gentlemen who occupy the position, a. gentle reminder that they should always be on hand, S reason or no reason. We arc not prepared to say that the members absent ' were detained from improper - considerations; We expect they had good reasons fur not being present. But as in' a former occasion the . Conservative party was throw into spasms by a sim-.-mar delinquency, we wish to see whether Ihey have grown less sensitive to duty, since their inauguration into power. The Council appointed J. II. Flanncr o? Wilming ton, a member, of the Internal fmprovemcii Board in -place of E. J. Hale, who declined Xhe position. They rTrecomraended also the- embargo upon carrying pro duce out of the State, as will be seen by the Govern ors proclamation: Q r The rppcrt of tho Democratic Meeting in Gioper In stitute, New York, on the 7th, readslike a very weak ly'effoft. Rhode Island and Connecticut have given & sot hack to the Deruocrats, and we see that they are losing ground in tho municipal elections, in various portions of the United States. The fact is, that no pai t can flourish long upon a half-way course. Tho Democrats, if they go in for the war, must quit talk ing about peace, and if they desire peace they most stop talking about restoring the Union.. So long as they give effectual aid to the war, so long they vil remain in the power of the Republicans. There is no such thing as conservatism in this war. A man must either be in favor of supporting tho Var to its legiti mate results, or he must desire to see i t stopped withou .regard to consequences. Whoever takes any other course, North or South, is simply a mischief maker, and a load on the Government, without contributing anything to the return of peace. i lucre is an interesting account in our columns to day of the recent attack upon the camp of the Btf- faloes in Chowan county. The escap of Col. Brown and his command from their perilous portion, is tru ly remarkable, surrounded as they were on one side ' by the Buffaloes, on tho other hy a superior force ol cavalry ana their retreat across the river cut off by the enemy s gunboats. We hope to hear before long that the encampment has been entirely destroyed . We learn that for some time past, the Buffaloes never leave tneir entrenchments. To men whose sole ob ject Was the unrestricted privilege of marauding at will upon the property of ttheir neighbors, this con finement must to any thing but agreeable, The farmers of Franklin, Warren and Uas well nave already called meetings discourage the planting oT tobacco and cotton,, and those of Wake will hold a meeting on Saturday next. Will not other counties come up to the work? What are they doing in Edgecombe, Johnston, Anson, Granville, Rocking-, ham and other localities ? We were glad to learn from a gentleman of lngli standiHg from Rockingham, that the farmers in that county would plant grain ex clusively. He is himself ordinarily "a large tobacco grower, but this year he will plantjohly grain. We have 'faith in the patriotism of the people when once they consider. .. . ',. ,;'-ir;": L FROM OUB KiaSTok CORRESPONDENT. 1 ... KlNSTON, April 12. Editobs State Journal We Ireceived glorious news from below last night. Reliable information w h.n received at this place, stating that Gen. rwHrrrnw with his Brigade, engaged the enemy m heavy force at fount's Creek, in on Thursday .evening lat, the 9th Beaufort county inst., and gave u;rv n nan(M thrashing. . Jjju u - . - 1 . " . i It appears that a very large jurce , suppesed to number between ten and fifteen thous and (not less), tinder Gen. -Foster, finding it im- stand, landed at the ' mouth of Blount s reek, 17 miles below Washington, ou the South . side of the Tar river, with a view of attacking our tr oops un der Gen.' Hill, in the rear, at Rodman's farm. - Gen. Pettigrew attacked them and routed them, horse foot and dragoons,' killing and wounding many of the' enemy. The Yankees broke and- ran in dis may and confusion athe first attack, (cutting down the forest for miles in their rear to impede the pro gress of our pursuing troops), leaving all their camp equipage, ordnance, commissary and Quarter Mas ter's stores in our possession. It was a complete route and no ; mistake. Next morning Pettigrew was reinforced, but not a Yan kee could be seen on land.thgy having taken refuge, during the night on board of their shipping, which lay well off in the- stream, out of harm a way. P. S. Since writing the above, we have learned 'that the enemy marched by land from Ncwbern'to Blount's Creek, and did not go-by shipping, as was first supposed. They did not trcat on board their boats, but weut.back by land as they came. For the State Journal. The Attack on the Buffaloes In Chowau Co. Allow me to give your readers some brief account of the attack upon the Buffaloe camp in Chowan called by the Yankees Wingfield a Yankee account of which with their characteristic disregard of truth is quoted in thejlichmond Enquirer. of the 4th April inst LieutCof. Brown with portions of companies m. E, and F, of the 42nd regiment ofN. V. Troops started on Sunday evening the 'Z6ra 3iarcn, ieod, From his camp3 in Bertie ; marched up the. Chowan river six miles ; crossed his men, one hundred and fifty In number in small boats the river being four miles broad at the place of crossing anil marched bout fourteen miles to the camp called wingneia. This cam n is situated on the Chowa'n river where it can be protected by the Yankee gunooatsana s Ge- fended by a semi-circular oreastworK ana aitcn miea with water, and inside had two, block bouses, a large house, barns, &c. After a continuous marclLall night, just before" daybreak we arrived at the hostile camp, laving been joined by Uapt. wun tarty guerillas. Six men were detailed and sent forward by Col. Brown to capture the pickets ot the enemy to prevent any alarm in their can)p. Eailing in this, our boys were ordered forward, and after driving in the pickets, charged the breastworfes ot the.enemy at a run, and with an enthusiastic shout that carried dis may to the foe, who fled Irom their well protected works without bring a shot and took retuge in their block houses, as we supposed. Col. Brown ordered Lieut. Peebles with a portion of Company ti, to re connoitre one block house, while Capt. Clement, with Co. F, felt The pther. The latter found one block house unoccupied ; but Lieut-Peebles was fired upon from the other, with musketry and artillery. Shel terinc his men as well as he could, under' cover of a large barn arid house. Col. Brown kept up an in cessant fire of musketry directed at the port holes of the block house, which frequently silenced the fire of the enemy for a time. At length becoming satisfied of the impossibility of reducing the block house de fended as it was by artillery, without having artillery, ac.1 anticipating succor by the gun-boats. Cxt. Brown took measures to destroy the commissarv and quartermaster stores'of the enemy and withdrew, hav ing burnt the house, barn, and air their stores, and safely brought off thirty mules which have been de hvered to a Confederate Quartermaster. Is or was this resolution taken too soon. Fur ou Monday evening, while he was crossing his men over the Chowan, necessarily a tedious operation on ac count of the small number of the boats gunboats appeared some thirty odd having thus started over, leaving Col. Brown, Capt. Brown and Capt. Clement, and some 10 men. The men thus embarked, were forced to return, thus giving Col. Brown forty-five men to make head against the Yankees. Tuesday morning, after our men had boon well fed by some true men of Chowan county . Col. Brown heariugthe Yankees intended landing a force, ordered his men down to the river sidd to prevent it if possi b!e. But in this we were too late, the Yankees hav ing already effected a landing, were ambuseaded in a swamp near, which they allowed our men to pass, til as the rear . got opposite them, a Yankee officer came from the thicket and demanded a surrender without firing. Little Billy Iloose, of. Company F, replied in .phrase more curt than rouricous, "surren der, hell, 111 give you surrender," and fired, as did others. The officer fell and jwas dragged back into the bushes by his men. Our men were withdrawn and soon were formed in line !of battle, and advanced in an old field in front of the Yankees in the swamp, and exclianged rounds with them. Col. Brown ordered his little' band to fix bavonel.. and prepare to charge the Yankess thon could be seen retreating Into the swamp some fifty yanlv ' By this time our men had got to the edge of the swamp, and Col. Brown discovered that the Yankees largely outnuinberod"us? and that from the thick un dergrowth of Bamboo briars in the swamp, it was im possible to charge them, orderad his men to lay down and load, and the.) after giving them another round, as ordered, the men withdrew across the open" field, which Ihey didiu as perfect order as hough on pa rade, carrying off their wounded, although under a shower of bullets 'it shoi t runge, and not leaving even a knapsack or gun- Cipt. Clement, as his men re tired, seeing they bad left the guii of a wounded man, deliberately gathered it up and bore it off, determined that the foe should gain to trophy bu-that field. In this fight were engaged forty-five, men, to wit: Thirty-seven of company F ; six. of company B ; t wo Of company E, Capt. Brown', alUnough the ranking officer having gracefully yielded the command to Capt. Clement. Our men withdrew to au opposite swamp, aud there lay down! in viow of the Yankees and awaited their approach!,: which they declined lo make, although outnumbering -us five to,on. Iu the meantime the Yankees- landud a cannon from the gunboats, and reliable in loimatiou was brought Col. Brown that Ibijce Yankee cavalry 'corn pan es were approaching and within five miles" of him. The gunboats had beeu shelling the swamps. Col. Brown availed himsejf of the cover of dark ness on Tuesday uiglit to. recjross the Chowan which he did successfully the lights upon a, gunboat bein in view at the time. , , The Yankees in their account admit, that Gen. Foster broucht three coaipafiies from Piy mouth, and Gen Peek sent three cavalry companies from Suf folk. 1 With the former, Col. Brown aud forty-five men (chiefly of little Davie V skirmished nn T.,v kand came off without material loss. Casnaltifts nn on r side m Monday morning's fight : Lieut. Peebles of co. L. wounded in foot,and three privates wounded, one mortally. On Tuesday's fight, Lieut. Wilson se verely wounded in shoulder, also private Collett se verely wounded both of co. F. These were left on the Eastern side of the Chowan, but are improving they onlyiell into the hands of the Yankees. jS?.' from Co1 Brown down, acted their parts well Thisis a plain unvarnished tale, and may bo con sidered reliable.- Our boys only regret that the gun boats and cavalry would not let them fight General Foster and hia brave (?) 300 marines from their Cannon- . ff J, RAMROD, A rebel agent in Paris says the Confederates hare powder enough on hand to last them six months, and that he has just sent them seventy thousand stand of arms which is about forty s thousand more than they I The Post understands the Cabinet of Vienna have .Tesolved to parole Langiewiaz and assign some Aus- trian town as his place ot resiaence. : : European ties by the Canada detail the progress of the Confederate loan to its close in London, Paris, Liverpool, Frankfort and Amsterdam.; The bids amounted to 15,000,000 sterling, and the premiam . averaged fully 4 all through. . The London Post (city article) says : " In the for eign market the Confederate loan has been steadily maintained at 4jto5 premium. The amount of sub scriptions to-day (21st.) were again exceedingly nu ruerotft, not only from London, but the continent and the provinces. The txal amount applied for up to this evening exceeded 10,000,000, affording suffici ent evidence that the continental bourses, as welt as a great portion of the commercial interests of London, Manchester and Liverpool, recognize the South, and that in a substantial manner, by subscribing to a loan within two days,- more than three times the amount asked for." - n The Liverpool Post. 20th, says : "On yesterday, cne of the most eminent of our merchants declared he was commissioned from. London to buy 20,000 Con federate bonds. Who shall say there is no faith left in the earth after that?" The Lendon Post (Government organ) says : "That the dramof establishing a Confederacy independent or the United States government, is not so chimerical as Northern statesmen 'and senators would have us believo. the negotiation of this loan abundantly proves. There must be many who not only believe that the Southern Confederacy will ultimately establish its independence, but that it will not repudiate its debts, or otherwise three millions of money would not be lent, even on the substantial security which is offered in the shane of cotton. ' The London Times rcity article l zxi says: "ine - - m . . 1 trr ' . mi demand for money at the bank and in the open mar ket was very active ou the 21st, chiefly in consequence of the large amount locked Up in the shape of depos itcs upon the Confederate loan. The aggregate of the subscriptions in London, Liverpool, Paris, Frankfort and Amsterdam is about fifteen million of pounds sterlingr." " ' Capt. Knowles,-of the ship Olendovwr, reports that Capt. Semmes, of the Alabama claims to k ave de stroyed thirty-eight American ships up to February 28th. The crew of the Alabama were all in good spirits. The ship Washington, captured and boarded by the Alabama, had landed at Southampton 350 men irom Golden Eagle, Olive Jane, and Palmetto before th Alabama .destroyed them,. The English bark Liviena, at Swansea, saw another lame shin, which he supposed. to be an American, on fire at sea, shortly after the release of. the Wash ington! . The steamship Southerner, supposed to be, intend cd for the rebel service, has been made ready for sea in England. The Darkies In Council. Hie Boston (Jourxer publishes an account ol a meeting of negroes in New Bedford, Mass., convened by request of Gov. Andrew, for the purpose of en- coursciuor enlistments. " Mf. Crow1 the chairman, after delivering "the opening address, sat down upon a barrel, when the becretary read the following resolu tions : 1. Whereashow, kokin' back trou de vista of dis war,-we don't see nothin' encouragin', and lookin' tliiou de retrospeck ahead, things looks vrus'n ever ; resolved, sumthm s got to be done I 2. Resolved, white folks haint done nothin'. 3. Resolved, it takes cullered folks to do. sumthin'. 4. Resolved, how's it gwme to be done? 5. ' Resolved, dat's de question 1 The r solutions having been read, there was a great rush for the floor, and' gentlemen treading upon the elongated heels of each other, there was no little con fusion and outcrv. Order being at length restored rompey Cole, Esq., was recognized by the barrel Mr. Cole remarked : Mr. Cheeiman, I don't know 'bout dis ycre thing. Fus' place, afore we licks de Souf, I wants to know what ice's got to do 'bout it? Tread a story in de Carrier tedder day 'bout some white fellah askin' a c-illered gemman if hedidn' mean to list. Says the cullered gemman, says he,. ' Look you nere, wnue man, ma van ever see two aos a tightin' over a bone ?" Wall, white man 'lowed he had. " Berry-well," says de cullered Kemman, "did dc bone fight ?" ' - Now, den, Miss'r Cheerman on de barrel yonder, dey tell us dis's a war for liberty for to set dem niggers out Souf free. Well, who axed 'em to do it ? Nigger out Souf did'nt. He's better off afore dan he is now, kicken' 'bout atween two armies a kutchin' it all rouud. Collered gemmen here at de Norf didn't ax em. bpose we wants dem dirty niggers cirkla tin' rouud here a taken' business out o' our hands 1 Is ge gwine to shave for six cents an' black boots for twcents like dey can ? No, sah, no 1 My senti ments is, dat if vvhite folks had waited till culler'd people aud niggers had axod 'em to fight 'bout 'emr, dere wouldn'fbeen no tightin', no. way 1 Gov'nor Andrew; can't come it over dis chile. If he wants a dinner, I'll give him ojie, like Mr. Hayden did, 'cause I an't -proud ;"hut he ain't a gvineto getrhy shoulder behind a musket if ho kiss it all day long No sah! an' what' more, white solgcrs don't leant us no more 'cnive waii't to go ! Dis yere country'U be safer to let de white folks fight it out, an' to let de culler'd gemmen stay to home au' mind dere own business !'' The'speech of Mr. Cole had such a convincing ef fect upon the assembly, that the efforts of President ' 'row, who was the only darkey in the crowd who had received a five dollar bill from the Governor, were totally ineffectual for the preservation of order. The' barrel upon which he had mourned was kicked fro oi him, but as he fortunately alighted upon his head, he sustained no persona! injury, so that he was not prevented from fulfilling his engagement to take tea with his Excellency on the following evening.- His report of the proceedings of the meeting will probably be. published at the expense of the State, unless it may be deemed inexpedient, as not comport ing with the public welfare. i The Parole of Federal Prisoners. General. Grant, iu command cf the land forces, around Vicksburg, has communicated with our side, under flag of truce, under orders from Washington, to give notice that paroles. granted tokFederaJ. prison t rs by C!mifeieratc officers wo,uld not be recognized, and intimites that this is the policy decided and set tled upon h.the Adniinistratiun at Washington. This is done by the Yankees to overawe their own soldiery, and is really an admission of the demoraliza tion of their army. It is in direct violation, of the rules of war, as well as the terms of the exchange car id between the two governments, and it should not be regarded s far as we are concerned. The balance of exchanges is greatly in our favor now prisoners are daily coming into our! hands these we do not want to guard and feed.r Let them be paroled, as neretoiore, and sent home; It thoy submit to tho tyranny of their own Government anc allow them selves to be placed in the service again before boiusr re gularly exchangedand are captured, let the specified piudshment for their crime against military lav be visitetl upon them. Our authorities would certainly oc jusiiuca in pursuing such a course. t private dispatch from a prominent military offi- ecrm Charleston, dated four o clock yesterday after ntnj, states that the ladies evidently consider the city safe, as be had not seen as many promenading the battery which looks out Upon the harbor, for months were then straining their bright eyes in the vain hope, of catching a glimpse at the enemy's iron-clads. late and Interesting From Europe. lie steamship City 6f Cork, from Liverpool, 2isUe has arrived. ii . - . Her reports announce the end of the Polish insur rection, so far as operations in the 'field against Rus sia are concerned. Langiewicz was defeated in bat tle by the forces of the Cezar, and driven, with many of his soldiers, into the Austrian territory. Here he was for some time held as a prisoner, his followers being placed under the surveillance of the police Langiewicz was finally surrendered - to tho Russian authorities and conveyed fto the; fortress of Craco It was rumored in Paris that the Czar had tele- graphed ixapoieon promises of an amnesty" a liberal constitution and the right of aelf-government for Poland. It was said the; j RusrianT had continued successes against the Poles, and their troops -were marching through Posena fact noticed by Prince Napoleon as putting in operation the Pru'kso-Russ- L?TenTS0nf Febrnary 8th, which is very dis tasteful Jto Napoleon. !j 3 ?eJfDdon Txmts eays the Allied Powers are justified m requiring that Poland shall have all'thlt was guaranteed her by the treatv nfVilL'1.. THURSDAY, April 16, 1S63 This would be a hard world, were we always to de pend upon the strict letter of the law for our rights. We use the term law in its technical, sense To ob tain relief from accidents, -from " fraud or from igno-. ranee, we appeal in vain to law, however wisely con sidered, or ho'wevcr generally wholesome.; The im- perfeclionsi of the law and the hardships! which its unbending Tales would frequently impose upon tho innocent, the unfortunate and the deceived, have given rise to other jurisdictions, which, in the ordinary trans- Muuiaw.me, uwmw tUO iiiu lUD jnuu.-u, and the fullest measure of, justice, which is possible in human affairs. - ' - : A man may be arraigned for murder, and testimo ny be adduced to pi)ve his guilt, convincing beyond the reach of cavil. A jury of honest men must pro nounce him guilty. Andyet he may be innocent, and only unfbxtnnateiy involved in a web of circum stances ot which he is ignorant, and which ho cannot explaia. To execute the judgement , of the law in such "a case is wrong, yet. the- law itself can give no remedy. ' To pfievent the injury to society of inflicting the penalty of law upon, innocence, which the law itself is powerless to arrest, a power is, generally lodged in the executive of enlightened Governments; to stay the hand of the law. Governors are entrusted with the I power to arrest its judgements, and to restore the in nocent to life. ; So in the various matters which belong to, the ju- i risdiction of Courts 'of Equity law must te set asioej when its judgements interrupt the course of justice: ! Yet the power of reprieving convicted criminals,; or of staying the judgments of law in the ordinary: transactions of life, are clear innovations of law, and are simply the investing the Executive who pardons, and the Judge who grants an injunction, to that ex-; tent, with th" powers of a tyrant. Those powers arc,j however, heccessary to the safety and the wel fa re of "society. 9- We will find that in every department of human affairs municipal, political legislative,-.; and even ecclesiastical a discretionary power -roust be lodged somewhere, to correct the failings of proceedings which depend upon general laws, resolutions, canons, or whatever name you give to rules which are obligatory upon you. ' - ' ; No man can always comply with his engagements, however honest he may be, or however- grieved to violate bis faith. So it is with Governments. They cannot always fulfill their technical contracts, without entailing upon society evils of most serious magnitude. To prevent. these evils, good faith to the; subject de mands a departure from the printed law. To perse vere in the forms of law when every step is adding to the weight of the burden upon the citizen, with no corresponding advantage but a blind adherence fb technical scruples, would be to stamp a government with a policy hopelessly asinine. There are occasions when the rulers must threw themselves upon the. sense: of1 patriotism, upoh" innate perception of justice, and upon the practical sense 'f the people, and these occasions demand a de parture from the law of the statute book. The expediency of the departure may be questioned; but no honest man will question the mofSvc, .when the circumstances make it apparent that the public -good is the aim, whatever the re.-ult may be. Recently the Confederate Government, feeling the immense evils resulting to the. Government and to every citizen from an inflated currency, iu order to reduce its volume and to save the existence of the country, called upon the holders of its notes to fund them in eight per cent, bonds by a certain date, un der the penalty of being thereafter privileged to fund them only on seven per cent, bondsj The Government saw that a debt bearing eight per cent, interest would be a perpetual Incubus upou the citizens, and -rcsolvcdpis far as possible, to reduce it. Here there arc two motives which led to its ac tion, the present good & the people, and the prospec tive good of posterity. Everybody sees the wisdom of the measure. And yet there are presses and people iu our midst, whdj consulting only a heated partyjopposition to the Government,! or governed by the prospect of gain, arc attempting to give these measures of Government the odious nameof repudiation. It is to be feared that such limited views are put forth in the interest of the speculators in the land, who are not content with moderate profits,- but wish to double iind treble their gains before funding their notes, though in the meantime the country may be mined. , We sec it stated that there is a bill before the Leg islature of Georgia to repeal the law forbidding the teachirrg of negroes to read. It was introduced at the instance of the clergy. The bill is said to have' pass ed the Senate. The la-w forbidding negroes to be taught to read was passed in consequence of the inter meddling of the abolitionists of the North with' the subject of slavery. " AVe hayc no doubt' thatwhon we are-freed from the pestilent influence ofHhe abolition ists, the condition of our slaves will be very much ameliorated. -A 1 The following correspondence contains important information for portion of our people: ' ' Richmond, March 30, 18G3. Hon. R. Ould, Commissioner, &c Deak Sib: Many citizens of parts of my district beyond the lines ofour army who have not boon in the military service of the Confederate or Sato gnv- ern ment, have at different times, been arrested by the cnem ,A " - - They have been discharged from imprisonment only on condition pf tlirif taking;, an oath of neu trality. This oath binds such as take it, not to com mit any act of hostility to the United Sfates, nor to aid their enemies so long as the U. S. forces occupy the particular local ty where 'the party is resident. In some instances the obligation has been imposed to the extent that the person, so arrested anct held, . will commit no hostile fjefnor aid the enemies of the United States during'thc pending war. j May I ask whether the recent agreement between yourself anLCommissioner Ludlow, discharges tjhese obligations when entered into ? Most respectfully, . , . ' ! - W. N. II. SMITH. . RiciimoKp, April 1st, 18S3 . Ail citizens heretofore arrested by Federal author ity, and released upon parole, whether that parole was to return to Federal lines, or to procure the re lease of any ocr person, or for any other purpose or with any sort ot obligation, have been declared by tho express ogreement of the Federal Agent'of I Ex changerreleased from said parolo or any obligation named therein. RO. OULD, ? Agent of Exchange. Hookeb's Abjiy Repobted ok tub Move. Pas- Dcncia uu auiTtu Vj me i reuecksoutJ, train Ves- icrudicYcuitigung me . report that the Yankee army has at last commenced a move, which it is supposed will result in active operations afnb distant day. From this report it would seem that Hooker despairing of;a successful attempt to dislodge the Con federates from the'Hoights around Fredericksburg, is moving the lorces under his command in the direction of United States Ford, which point is some fifteen miles above Fredericksburg. What truth there may be in thi3 statement w e are not able to say, but be believe that it is not without foundation. ' 1 , Plant Corn, plant Peas, plant Potatoes, cultivate the land and harvest its products. This will insure our dependence. Addrcss to the People of the Confederate States. .In compliance with the request of .. Congress, coh ! taincd in resolutions passed an the fourth day of the cu rreut mouth, I invoke your attention to. the pres ent condition nnd future prospects of our country, f'ar.d t the duties-which patriotism imposes on us ail ! during "this great struggle for . our homes ! ; and our ; libcrtiea - ' " ; -"' - - - '' Theso resolutions arc in the following language: ' JOINT RESOLUTION EELATI50 TO THE PRODUCTION OF .- . pnovisiONSi, ' - TVhereas, A strong impression prevails through the r.n.mfrvthsit.hfl.war nowtbeioS' ' vraced against the people of the Confederate States may termihate du riir iko rosnnt ven.r r and whereas this impression . . natriotic citizens to-- engage largely. is leading many painouc ciiizeua in the production of cotton and ..tobacco, which they would not otherwise .lo ; and whereas, in the opinion of -Congress, it is of ihe utmost importance, not on.y w th n vipw tn the nroner subsistence oi our itruiica, but for the interest and welfare of all the people, that th aorir.urtural labor of the country should be em ployed chiefly in the production of a supplyof food t.r moot fivprv contingency : Therefore. lioarlnrdlm the Conaress of the Confederate- States ofxAmericayibaX it is the deliberate judgment of Congress that the people of these States, while . ho n;r..r'nofu Khnnld look to nrolonsei? war as'thc only "condition proffered by the enemy short of subju gation : that every preparation necessary to encoun- gatic ter sue n war should be persisted in. and that the nmnW si'imdv of broision8 for armies artd people ..vr.ii K firct nhW.t of all asrriculturists : where- fore it is earnestly recommended that the people, m atPAil r.f'nlantinf? cotton and tobacco, shall direct ther agricultural labpr hiain'y to the production of such crons as will insure a sufficiency of food lor all classes and for every emergency, thereby, with true this "hone of rain to the Sec. 2. That the President is hereby requested to j B-if a rm.c.lama-.ion to thepe(ple of these States, urg ing upon them the necessity of guarding against the rot flriU ofa short r.mn of nrovisions. and setting forth such reasons therefor as his judgement may die t.n Fnllv rnnrAirrin2 in the views thus expressed by the Congress. I confidently appeal to your love of country for aid in carryiug into effect the recomnicn- ' 1T L.I'm. dations of your Senators and iveprcsenrauves.. . havn rn.ir.hed tlidMosc of the second, year -of the war, ami may Ipyint with just pride to the history .of our young Confederacy. Aloue, unaided, we have met and overthrown the most formidable coinbinfiwns of naval and military armamentsUiat the lust of conquest ever gathered together for tle subjugation of a free . people. We ncgan ims struggle wiwwiini t.u;, Suu afloat, while the resources of our enemy enabled them ;tn cyatber fleets, which, according to their official list, published in August last, consisted of -127 vessels, measuring 300,036 tons, and carrying 3;258 guns. Yet we have captured, sunk, or destroyed a number of these vessels, including two large frigates and one steam sloop-of-war, while foux of their capture! steam nun boats are now in our possession, adding ' to the strength of ouf little navy, which is rapidly gaining ic numbers and efficiency. To oppose invading lorces, comnosed of levies which have already exct eded thir teen hundred thous'and men, we had no resources but the unconquerable valor of a people determined to be free; and, we were so destitute of military supplies that teus of thousands of our citizens were reluctantly refused admi&ion into tire service from our. inability to provide them with arms, while for many months some of our important strongholds owed their safety cheaflv to a care ul concealment of the fact that w were without a suodIv of powder for our cannon Your devotion and patriotism have triumphed over all these obstacles, and called into existence the munitions of war. the clothing, aud the subsistence "which have enabled odr soldiers to illustrate their valor on turner ous battle-fields and to inflict crushing defeats oh suc cessive armies, each of which an arrogant foe foi.dly imagined to be invincible. The contrast between our past and present condi tion is well calculated to inspire full confidence in the triumph-ofour arms. At no -previous period of the war have our forces been so-numerous, so well or ganized, aud so thoroughly disciplined, armed and equipped, as at present. The season of high water, on which our cnomies renea to enable their lleets ol gunboats to penetrate into our -country and devastate our homes, is ast passing away. Yet, our strong holds on the Mississippi still bid defiance to the foe, and months of costly preparations for their reduction have been spent in vain. Disaster has bseil the re sult of their every effort to turn or tost irm Yicks burg and Port Hudson, as well as every attack on our batteries on the Red river, the Tallahatchie, and other navigable streams. Within a few weeks the' falling waters and the increasing heat of summer w.ill complete their discomfiture, and compel their bp filed and defeated forces to the abandonment 6f expeditions on which wasi based their chief hope of success in ef fecting our subjugation. We must not torgct, however, that the war is not yet ended, and that we are still confronted by powerful, armies, and threatened by uumerous fleets ; and that the Government which controls these fleets and ar mies is driven to the most desperate efforts to effect the unholy purposes in which it has thus far been defeated. . Ivwill use its utmost energy, to avert tho impending doom, so fully merited by the atrocities it , has committed, the savage barbarities which it has encouraged, and the crowning infamy of its attempt to excite a servile population to the massacre of our wives, our daughters,-and our helpless children. With siich a contest before us there is but one dan ger which tlie Government of your choice regards with apprehension, and to avert this danger it appeals to the never-failing patriotism and spirit of self-sacrifice which you have .exhibited since the beginning of the war. . The very unfavorable sea on, the pro tracted droughts of last year, reduced the harvests on which we depended far below an average "yield, and tha deficiency was uu fortunately still more marked in the Northern portion of the Confederacy, where sup plies were specially needed for the army.- If, through aeonfidence in early peace, which may prove delu sive, our fjplds should be now devoted to the produc tion' of cotton and tobacco, instead of grain and. live stock, and other, articles necessary for the sulsistcnce .of the people. and the, army, the consequences may prove serious if not disastrous, "espccially.should the present season prove as unfavorable as the last. Yt ur country, therefore, appeals to you to lay aside all thought of gain, and tor devote yourselves to secu ring your liberties, without which those gains would be valueless.' It is true that the wheat harvest in the more Southern States which will be gathered next month promises, an' abundant y ield ; but even if this promise be fulfilled the tliffisulty of transportation, enhanced as-it has been by an unusually rainy wiu "ler,WTIT cause viritjarrriPSTCcn is lrr lirititJir y "ir'attuns and suffering among the people, should the crops in the middle and northern portions of the Confederacy prove deficient. J But no uneasiness need bo felt in regard to a mere supply of bread for man. It is -6r the large amount of corn and forage required for the raising of live ttock, and.-' for tho supply of the ani mals used in military opc-r'aUoes ;bat your.id is spe cially required. These nrlidcs are too bulky for dis tant transportation, and in theM the deficiencv in the last harvest was most felt.' Let your fields ha devo ted exclusively to the production of .corn, oatbcar.s, peas, potatoes and other food for man and bfast. Let corn be"; sown broadcast for foddt-r, in immediate proximity to railroads, rivers and canals, and let all your efforts be directed to the prompt supply of these articles in the districts' where our armies are vpera ling. Yob will thus add greatly to their efficiency, and furnish the mear s without which it. is impracti cab e to make those prompt and active movements which have hitherto stricken terror int.) our cm-mies, and secured our niot brilliant triumphs. Haying thus placed before you, tny country men, the v-reasons Tor the call made on you for aid in strjiplying the wants of the coming year, I add a few words of appeal in behalf of the brave oldjiers tdov confronting your enemies, and to whom youf Government is unable to furnish all the comforts they. so richly merit. The supply of meat for the army is deficient. This deficiency is only; tempora ry, for measures have been adopted whicfi will, it is believed, soon enable us to restore the full ration. But that ration is now reduced at times to one half ihe usual quantity in fome of our armies. It is known that thff -supply of meat throughout the'eoun- . try is sufficient for the support of all, but the distan ces arc sefgreat, the condition of the roads has been obad dnjing the five months of winter weather hrough which we have just passed, and the - at empta of groveling speculators to forestall the mar et and make money out of the life-blood of our de jnders, have so much inflamed tho withdrawal from 4 of the surplus in. the hands of the producers riat the Government has been unable to gather fulf supplies. The Secretary of War has prepared a plan, WM'-n is appeuuea hi iuis aaurcss, riy the a; 1 of which, or some 6imilar means to be aili,r,ir.,i'( vburselvcs, you can assist the officers of the ment in the purchase of the bacon, the pork and i narts of the country. ' Even if the surrdus h 1. than is' believed, is it nt . a bitter and liiiniiriW reflection that tliose'-who remain at home ,,1 tronvhardship and protected from -danger. ini i,! 1 in the enjoyment'of abuudance, and that theiy sav also should have a lull supply of food, -whilst thc.; sons, brother, husbands and fathers are stinted V ine raiious u wuitu uiwr uraiin auci ttiittt . i ... i. : u . : i t . i . . - depend. - . - 'ucy " Enterta nmg no lear that you will mher nr n f.:i - "y- miscon-i the call of patriotism, I Imve placed tie facts fi'i! a f k before you. Let us all unite in the , JJ L V j .1.1. 1.: i. . :-. r M-'UH- certcd, persistant, and well dnccted effwrt there stems little reason to doubt that under the blessing -, - n to whom we look for guidance, and who has i,0, n t ! us our shield and our strength, we shall ntainfaiu tl xsoveignty ana inueneuut-ucc oi tnese Ci;f,, ?,;,.., States, and transmit to our posterity the heritage l.,e. queathed to us by our fathers. & . - Signed . druitoUN DAVIS .' Exa:uTiVE Office, I Richmond, April 10, 18G3.' J PLAN SUGGESTED-BY TUJi SECBETABY OF WAR.; ' I. -Let the ieopIe in each county, .parisli. or w-mi 6elect at public meeting, as early asconvenieut a 'i,! mittee of three or mcre discreet citizens, charged with the unties hcr.cinaiicrmcnnoneu. II. Ijet it be tho duty ol this committee to nw,-. tain from each citizen in the county or parish wftat amount of surplus meat, whether bacon, nnrk or lcpf, L. can spar for tUo w of tlo army,' affcr reserving a supply ior nis lanniy ana those, dopuudtm uu 1,m v for food. ' . Let this committee fix a price wliich u 'dirmcl 'i,t them a just compensation for the articles furn'isln... :r.id uitofm lb - citizens what this price is, so tliat -a h may know, before delivery, what price is ti h.j.uii for the articles furnished. Let this committee make arrangcniei.ts fcr ilm transportation -of the supplies to sonic coiivoakiit, depot, after cowsul'tatio:i -with the oflker who U t ,r,,. v'e them. Let the committee.-make delivery of the snprifc on receiving payment" of the price, and iissu'ine the duty of paying it over lo the citizens vvlm iiavc fur nished the supplies. HI. Where the dutyof the committee is p'erformcil in any town or city at! which there imj be a Qr;;ir terrnastcr orCommissary, no further duty iiceti bcr, qui.ed cf them tlntn to deliver ta the ollicer n list of tiie names of the citizens and of the supplies wbiih each is ready to furnish, and the price fixed-; where upon the officer will himself gather the supplies a.:(l. mako- payment. ' ' ; IV. Where the supplies are furnished in. the cm!-., try the cost of transportatiotf fp the depot e paid by the Government, in .addition to the riot fix d by the committee. . - V. As this appeal is made to the people for the benefit of our brave defenders nowdn the army, tile Department relies with, confidence on the patrintknt of the people that no more than just coinpensatino would be fixed by the committees, ' nor ncceptedhy those whoso chief motive will be to aid their country, and not to make undue gains out of the news of uuf noblc soldiers. . JAMES A. SEDD0N; H Secretary of War. 4-.s- . ... w . ' ' . i lit. m . uow me liinKees propose to uciu wnu lorp.PHocs. u The same correspondent, alluding to the dtlay i:i the attack upon Charleston- .through apprehension t'f torpedoes in the harbor, says : ! ;. . Hut Captain Ericsson, 'of New York, has devishla plan by which this difficulty is.nbviaru!, 'aia! Lns al ready ent down fair of these machines, three iTwi.ih were lost in a J;ale of itnl, while the rcni'iiian'ono, with difficulty, the steamer Ericsson has s il'oly Hwcl into Port lioyal harbot. , It may be of interest to J--'- scribe -the principle on which 'these arc coiistriietgiL An iron frame, .floated to the warter's eue iiy'iH j sponsons, is pushed ahead of the Monitor -as she rui;s j in. 4 Its length, from the bow of thg Monitor, is fniia, : 20 to 30 feet. An ar)jcrt ire is made next to the vfjs- sel of the shape of her bows-., intended to rttvirelt. J rfThe breatlth of the ".-Obstruction llcmover," asjit'is.i called, is 12 feeU From each side of the exfreiiiiiy a strong iron bar or shaft runs , down als'i 12 feii the Monitor drawing but from 8 to 10. , fust water, jbVu's ' readeirng it impossible' for any torpedoe. over, ".virtjcli this Obstructiois'Uemover?passes to injure the vM.i, A number of irn bars are used, not only tofutm a net-work so as to eitl cr push forward '-or cxi-il.khf. every torpedo hss than twelve fest in.dcr waicr, kt also lo strengthen ai u stuidy-1 inp masts. At the i" tom .a heavy tie-bar unites these two vertical -n, upon which rests fhe percussion terpedo coiit.shiir Efeyen hundred pounds of powder. AbovQ UM h a hammer which catches in a spring "so'.Miff as to re quire two men to set it, but constructodo that the lever, which protrudes in fronl, forming thchandle'ur bthcr end of the hammer, will cause the tprii;o give with little pressure. This is to remove' ' pife The cxperimeuls made' upon this machine iii h"?' North have demonstrated the fact that it is a citojiha j' success, and an amount of no.wtler creator than jii ever been proposed for any torpedo tH:fre oattadjEo i f injury to the vessel, and indeed did not disUu-o -an. the ties f the ' obstruction-remover." It will readily seen' that under no circumstances C..ia,i st rain h TivtMi to 1.1 A AlnnUttr : for. H .llMiii! . Is" j!.0 - r: - : - ... j it apparatus to be destroyed, as Jt-uVits iniu-pHHli'ijiij of the Monitor, supporting itself, the worst that happen is its loss. j i - A Losing Game. k The- Natchez Courier makes up a .,lalanefsUc? proving conclusively that tha naval -.canipaign .li" .... ll .-!: ... il T,:..1.-..l r,.vri. lill.tlif ! If river. TbCv first lost the sunboat.s ''Cairo, Qiiteli ' J the West and Indianold. At Port Hudson, thoy"CtJ tain iy lost the stea m iUop-of-wa i- jjmm''?', j the whole naval force in that vicinity tnis b "';y up. The Richmond, accordiirg to the XeOiU Pi:a;une, was severely hurt, causnr' the- ''J'.11"' her Lieut. Commahdinj Cummings. At i-.-k-I.iiiA another cf the Federal gunboats was sunk ly Confederate bat, ef its, when all the forces 'tr.'fj went with her lotbc bottom if the river. II- was so -badly punished that she -floated under tm; protection of the; enemy!s encampment. j j j I This is rkMicr an unfavorhle plight for thi: navy that was to 'sweep the MissisMppi 'cr , -its tributaries," and open it for nav ir.li n ,M' the Inst. Christmas ! TWv iithrini-.t to'ruii rboV" i- C.J.... !. 1 1 ,;,.;.. irn -illlL-ifS 1 1 JCUCliUt;. UUILC1 1C itIIU - IUNJ IHV.11 ,tvj, itji. the KsMijpi river and lofC t;'.- ir yo-r.i f l'J lied rivfr rams 1 Snrnlv the fates do mt lavortlif"; fsiiif rv tlin hit c m n:ii(Tfl &1 . i i " I -l tf , .f V IfKSl ill- ti' " Pott lladson coromcMctd, and. it has not totui o-; mnnt.!,.tlio- nnomu l-'ivn lost, in' k il led, V.'lUl. sickness aud desertion, ever 50,000 men ! A"1 y j have they accomplished ? Vicksburg and ''v!" son are Loth in the hands of the Confi.ea!,K;; both places are impregnallc. What have ili11: j: They have lost their" boats, lost then--.jV ;o their sailors, and gain in their pbve a fen-w.-i;f ' i populate the Grat West ? . Itis truc'they bavc done other disgraceful-acts,' yet we have the fv tion of knowing tha the' elf.-ct ol these P,;. must rcc-iil upon their own heals at a muiii'f:y When they make the people of the S..""' P" acts of infamy, Ihey forthwith htnkc & W-" , owa homes and make themselves b?gg'r on 'r ; ' soil of a'bouuteous West.. Erjrress.- j -l """"."'' ' ' ' : ;i! ' ; Foreign Official Dispatches. I'AVc lean that our Governmenthas rccaycaK: the-last day or two, official dispatches of an uj ant natur'e through the Spanish Consul at France Munoz Itaraon de MonCada, just avpve the North, lie was among tho-.-passsenscw up by tho flag of truce boat on lilsbf Jii-f was understood that lie -was the ucaicr ViV," i(t(J oivit-iita iu me auinoriues ncru. o "v- . .nturo avowed thisliimself, but did not disclose 1",. of these dispatches he bears, further than to s) patches MAC fA t tn nfltl.n.lliA 1 ltltrfc III I . LV. . ' "it was good news, anrt wuiua oe auV ' Bbicn papers, in a day or so." The incredulity wi cf 'this announcement Was received by n.t if IllCU, gaTO " Jf 0 U LUUUUViivu .v. ; ' ! earnest and reiterated-starements. : pri11" ..In the passage up the river he treated ourj ets with many marks pf respect" and km. in - manifested the greatest anxiety of the fight ai jn ten, and expressed a great desiro to reach . WJj time to witness it. As soon as his mission ac completed, and his dipatches delivcA'd, he i : tcrday evening, for Charleston. ;. t
Weekly State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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