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SALISBURY,; N.-.C.,:JUNE 15V 1863
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utijoM. akd rorKirroiu.
rrora ami alter wis uate, aim uum there is
change ia tbe price of proviom, paper
1 andvXheeTt3clei Yetj aired to carry pVTui-'
nesa, me suMcnptioQ tale? of this paper will
b twu dollar for six mouths, and Ihrm dot
tan for year. . ,; ; ;r .f
AbvMnsura, one dollar for lb first, od
fifty cents for each subsequent publkatioa.
-April
-from A Awim -r1
-V (rani atarrtuor mkbovkt.) V
The facts of this case brinr it withio the
decision in "the tr alter .of Irving." ,, That
decision isixit on the ground that the. Con
scription J&ct tf iNfteuiber, 186 doe not
embrace) subbtitutea. , And so the qaestiens
growing out of be reguUtions preaoribud by
tbe'W'ex JDeparlroetit, -"where 1 substitute
becomes auLject to m.liury awTice, the ex
emption ot, the principal shall expire," was
not presented, .
Jt seems to me that any one accustomed
to iudkritl inrtwlfi'Mtiori ninnot n-x.1 h i
end fail temrW-iQtr
does not embrace vo'uiuVrra ayd aubstilutes
who were ulri-adj boend to serve for the
war; dit-m.l ouuMructiou is excluded by
the words used, sud m incotuUrol aitd re
puinant u tut provisJoiM. .
Luei reMuoiii u atiUiOfMeti., "to o3 e: iuijoea oy uie act, ami it may te urgia
ad fhet in mMUrf Krvtc nil while men. ' againat tlu ra tlie power, to add other
Jiv:" --The wont '2? iu(f and fcire m-ouodiUons that! liuae eouuined to the enact
Piititery terxic" ane not applicable Id men uient is an ad vf Ugitlatum which Congress
who axe already io the nrihtary senrice lor has no right to tietrgate le a department of
the war; no legislation was necessary to ' Ute Executive branch of tlie Government, and
nude soldiers of them. If only a part U of coume an intetitwo to do so, can Only be
oailed for prH ieio!i m made (or ukittg "those ' inferred from'hun and direct words, aod the
who ire between the age of and any eth- words in tiis iustauceare stlicd by tlie
er age ls thn 4." oan this be applicable to 4 4atr.uaion"aSt bufft'! ' ... .I..T,
volunteers and Substitutes? It i further pro- ! The aanie quesuua ol construction jspre
videdl Uit "thuse cJIcd out under this act, .' seated lu the uiatter of II uie, from Cabarrus
aud the act to which it is an amendment, ooouty, under dve iu the exemption act
shall be hrst and iuimediateljr ordered to fill which exempts all persons who shall "be held
lb (heir maximum number xistr companies, uulit for ynliutry service in tlif field under
bat taltoos, Jcm.r row the aeejieetie t$tate rele ptcr0M ey Ihi jSasrstery IFor,
Ac3btt.juriiu.a the power is confined to making rules
the) rolunteers aiid substitutes composing the to ascertain whether the persuh h) or u Dot
companies are to remain io. the field, aod the fit for military service io the field, aod it is'
xtttipmeeatd battahwtMrare to be filled op by I decided that the act does not confer power
those who are ordered into service Under tl to prescribe a rule under which a citizen may
Conscript Act. - v . be taken as a conscript, although held .unfit
Again, bow can the regulation Uiat all . lot military service iu the field, on tlie ground
coosenpts are to be eeut t camps of iustroo- Uiat be tuay answer aotue .purpose in the
lion be- applicable to volunteers and eubsli- hospitals, iic. '1 Ik-c instances teml to show
lutes? , Are they to be uken (rotn Um army the wisdom of the Constitution in not cou
and seal to cauiof tusUjction? Certainly tiding legislative, judicial and executive pow
oot, because they are not called out aad era to any one dejartuiecut
placed in the tnihtary aervice under the Coo- i I Aiii ol opinion, that the petitioner is ec
scriptioo Acts, but ae bound lor tlie war by,( titled to exemption.
.torc .clh$oWiialc of eulistmehtaj Tlicretore it is considered by me, that P. P.
7I am iulornied thaL soon atteir tlie Con-" ileruney, be iorth witirdisclfarged, with leave
scriptioa Act ot" Apnl, a regulation was made to go wherever he will It is lurther can
tor the discharge ot nil volunteers for the war sidered, tnat Uie cost ol this proceeding al
wbo were over the age of 32; and uudvr it lowed by law to be taxed by tlie Clerk of
inaoy were discliargcd, but the regulation the Superior Court of Itowan County, accord
Wfcaft4cedUv WarIjortii.ent bewiiii Jug to tlie act ot the (Jeueral Asaemoly, be
Satisfied that the act by iu true construction laid lv Jesse McLean.
did not apply to .inett Af ho were bound by
the terms of eBlwtmcnt to serve for tlie war.
Thia k the- same coustruction given by me to
the aot, Under it all volunteers and aub
MiUite wlielbvr over Or-or(der 35 or 45 are
to ovaliliue in aervke beiatue they are not
ruibraocd by the'Coiiscnii.km Acts. lean
.see no reason why tliit ixuuaetion oltoald
iMt be followed to the luitUr ounseqoeace
that as substitute .e no; i Ui braced (y tlie
Conscriftti'ois ,Vcli, aud do not becon.e sub
ject to uiiiitary service as conscript. The
fact nccwsa'ty to tho ntiiiliculion of the refu
tations ol the War DepArtitierit dit-s not ex
tott CooWlW ntlY tlio; qm'ftuxi that maf
grow c-ottrt that- reguiathni w not prewnted, " trtate a h mav iWem ueeesary 4ot the pab
It la mall the ancal til Uujoiujv Ur Ue dfmce. He hU eaueetae Mo ee eaihxl
ediff disn-fardl the dxiiOii in the matter
of Irvio, bccaii.-Hj tlie Secretary of War does
rwt consider the count ruction given te the
ConscTtption Art ol September sound eX-
position of Uie Act.', the enqmiTr hatarally
u?tsltM.TrVho mado "the s&ietav
of War
ra Jini:
pe? He N hot Wiade so by the
Wrtistitution trtin'TT-? Ian no power to
- make bim a Juige,- aud has by no act sien
lied an intent ion to dovs.. It is true for ilw
purpose I earrjing 'ad.-iW Cofigress into ef
lect the Secretary rf War, m the first place;
PtS eonitliict :rn mi ).i hirt mil
"-git; UCtion'1 lUUSt -bti ?Blyrr "to th-adk'iafT
oUKTwi.eourrinHt.rgomimenttf.bvw't-
:r -T' T."-" i""'-' "7 wiiktm
Aocordin to the view uL by tue it is
not tieces-ary, f ur the puqo of this case, to
decide upon Uie legal ettevt tt'therebhttien
precriht?d bytla Scwtary cf War in re
ard to recetving 'substitutes, .but. aa . ihorc
regulatioiis ane n-licd 011 aa-mUiorieiug the
arrest of tlie petitioner, it is propee for me to
say that msny ohjecton entitled to oousid
eration insy )e urped to tbe power of th
"letary cJlS t
-oettiorr-; TiTe-rrraxmrrrt tinder- whtchrit at
-vMmed that the ower to nutica a rrgulation
that "in all ca.j u Lcrc a ubt ilute beotnnr
subject to military eervjeej tl "discharge ot'
"lie nweirsu'exjHrr " 'owne within Uie
oop of tho power coufiJed by Congress, is
th 8tb eciionof the Coucnpiion Act of
' . filk, . ' 1 "'-mfiiWTrrr
- E Jl 1 rliete. of war of
.tnrr mno cuecK ; or t r-e-lye ike
April, 18C2,in the words! Persons not
liable for duty may be received as substitutes
for those who arc under tuck rtgulationt ui
may bt prtecnbtd by Me Secretary War."
; Tbekis-;coiwtr(sctioit X)f' tbis section
substitute must be an able bwlted wkitely'T.
man. fir for inilrtare service In the field. ' The
otl&r ex prtfied;nb wit r The 'substitute
must be person, wbo is not liable to uiililarj
duff under the exuting law, tie titne,pUce
and manner of rwertrfoe nbkituta hi"-which
is included the tuode oi ecaUiojf whether he
is an able bodid white man not liable to
duty ; to be reguhvfed by rules prescribed by
the Secretary of War. -
If the regulation in question be confined to
cases where Uie substitute oeui uuder the
"C vHcV vrwerds brrieet i that si and
sitwwai liable to smutary amy, Uaocwrds whh
the Hyiafou of the ficL . Itui if it be ei
tended to eases where the subetiiutc is Dotal
the date of the eoutract of tubatitution kable
to duty, but ia alterwards madt UnbU by a
uosrqnent act of Congress, jt departs' from,
and goes beyond the provisions ot the act by
addnig a third coodjiion aod the power to do
so majr well be questioned ; especially, where
tlte rrtaliou as Well as the act of Uiogresa
which is supposed to give it application are
both subsequent to the contract of substitu
tion, aod the dMcharge is absolute on its lace.
For illustration, suppose a regulation to be
prescribed that lu all caes wbere the nubsti
tote ir titled br dreatoled; or where he tfrseru,
( the diauharec sliall e'iwre, which stand on the
' aaiae footing with the. regululion that the
' duaJiarge siMtll expue if the substitute is made
liable to duty by - subsuqueut cl of Con-
1 greas, lor all add a thud condition to the two
The Cletk will file the papers fn this pro
ceeding among the papers ui his office and
give copies. . .
II M. Pkskbox, C. J. S. C.
At Kkhftiond 11 ill, June 4th 1S0J.
la let ta ssirsd at let eatUled ''JUilUs.."
- Issctiom 1. Br it enmeted ly tkr General
Ahif e Svrtk Carolimm, twd it U hereby
tmtrttd y the eutkfnty the eume. That du
riug the war, h tiiWrnior aliall bsve power to
call out ae liiililla for kieal aod temporary ser
vice, all able bodied men between the ages of
righlreu aud firiy-five J rare,' or such KirtMin
hrreuf tn the Whole State or any part of the
out I'roni each frgnneiilal ditrict,as ia uow es
iablihed by law tube tamed imecnianiceof
uol leesjthatt aisty uor more lhaa ope hundred
privates, who hall f leet .the Company officers;
wheurvrr any of aiJ diatrieeis hall fnrniih 4
auiuller uumlier thna a, eurftpany, or there haH
be a rdue after j
onn.panie, uch vw-ner auaiber aiay be at-
tacbed to aay adj amiiff rict, aftrf the com-;
panle. fornmay ke erg.ai.ed i.,to reRi-
inenis Sud tmltdfinttii, ia whieh eaee the com-
leirnained oflitera ttf c4tDaaira shaU'rlret the
field offi'ri ''" '"ne.aumbrr of etaff officers
lor-each reiauent a're rvldd lor in i he
ihll laws, sba.ll e-appwate.d, nd thojjov
ernor-ahalt coiuatftaiou all officers denafthe
. , . r,xftettarffj 'Thar .he ,.r.
IJie l.Hidrral Stit, and
fcine y, talMins and al!ow.
a'ucea while br erol SerttiTrea theeeef -Mi f
grade ia )he 'Coiifi-drrat d'leie eervice.
C. 3, Bt it further euaeud. That iher
hall be esempl fr seivice eader this act the I
r..n..i..- ... a,t .. -h- ufBCerlr the.eieetitive
departments of ihefisle, with their clerks and
secretaries'; mrtnbere and oflireraof tie
oialJtaaemhlv t iorfires of the Confederate and
rotate courts; tke aiowney jeaeral, aokciUirS
of the several judicial eircaits. clerks of eoerte
ctTieBKt miTidrste-eird keiNtS jeTt ef nw
terSx COUM -J I rstees a nd k eepe ' ; of thepoor
oa salt eoaiwiouer' of eae6eitoty, two
blscksniilhs who have edabUhed sboaiB each
Captain's dletrict oa miller t ck pnWie
taitt J rftretar Hiarfs cf iuu sxwwM tke btB.
eera aad aeeer sspky ika iaaaas
aeyiant,p4 iaautate lor.lkedaaf, dsmb and
khad, with tkeir iamales aad. pajals ; phyai.
eiees fbw have area habiiaalty aagaged la the
practice of their rofesioa tor font ysars lmm
dietary Mure this dsy .the prtMdsel, suaeris'
osuot.aada rtSMoable aeenerf mt - tmrimrrLA
inswnt MdT'W flFr
Friwt Mor aaa we aseess.
titeacb HMipet ; lbs ureal.
Sent', profs ufS and sis ward U euHet-rst tit
J Kiiaeioat aad teaebere C aeaSaitf he ffla-
cipai aua a reaauatiMe eemoer M saipliyf or
RMauraeierers vt euitoa and aula goods, irea
Isstker, shoes, and eher ankles aeatfeMrd
f leather, who are iverking uUt aoeUaeis
with the CoefWA-rals of Uf eovframrat, or
who have hsnSflit iheasrfe'wiihia tae term
of the set el Covinm, v atMaiss: t taka
and y ukiag ae asore the erveaty five fer
eeei. aVait apoe their asaaafaetarM betiaev.
er ease H mI a smnJ Pf pear i tae eaiiie
Mtisfaetiea ef seek oSeris ae tae Governor pay
appoint.-that wea aeeirscs ae afreraaeet' raa
eaaaV.aad aei entered ''ieia erarsUadee?
aiernly le eeeape atihlary dsly aad that jhe
UoVarmir shall have power ia special aad rn
tratedinary easss t eaesspt say ether persee.
8ae. 4. B it further seecfei. That ia
eating thia act the GnVeranrls eaipewsred Io
eaiptoysoch office rs of the asditia as may be
aeeeMary, and be ma appoiot a mi labia asm
br of drift effioers. with ike rank aad aav of
junipr sreoee seeieaania.
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.fcSfl. a, aw it Jmriher rutcUi, That wbea
ever Ike Governor hafl drm it espedieal to
raiae atereeily, ia plaees where It cannot be
doae pekhely aadet thia aet.eaanpanieslbrsps.
ciil servie,he aay commiMion anleera for that
ptrpoMt with authority to rai such coinp.
uir to eotniat f as many aiea and- uffieer a
ha may determine, who whra in aettve service
shall be eoUlUd to Iks same pay nd nnder tke
saateralnas tke tbrce krrvia aetborised es-
eeet lu the appntntneul of etneers, which
than or niad by the bovrrnor.
(ice. 6. BtilfurtktrtuaeUd, ThttlheGov
rraor (hilt huva power to ippuint field officers
to- couinind any force rird uader the ath
eeclioa that he eiay think proper and expedi
eat
Sec. 1. B it further enaeted. That all lawi
and claueea of laws coming In eoudiet with-this
act are hereby rrpaaled. and this set shall
be in frc aad take efleci from ud after its
ratification: Ruttfiii the 10M y a fV6re
ry, J 663. ..
.There are such llilu as lb laws of
civilized war. They areas well enoVrstood
and settled as lb international law of
peace. .VJb jfe, ;f aisitipis of any v ariny ob
serves aad oley the taws of war in the
conduct of hostilities,- iia oitiaens or b-
iects ire. entitled to certain immunities
and protections' when they frit tufolbe
hands of the enetay. ": Bst when Ration
or an army perilettlly ioales the known
laws of civilised war, that nation ia AovJi
kuvuini fftmerii ; all its individual mem
bers partake of that character, and every
man in it should be, and can Justly be,
shot, bung, destroyed hke mad doga, or
noxious reptile. It is, indtcd, a crime Dot
so to .treat them, as that omission is a per
uiLtsioii. of lheir l comlticjL. : - : . ,; ,a
The Federal Government and armies have
been and are now, sstematicsllj violnling
the jaws of war. Plunder of private pro
perty, ravage and-devanUtioit of peaceful
districts, are tibt eruiilted by any mod-'
ern code. The ravage, of the Palatinate
by the troops of Louis XIV, is generally
cilled in the writer Ofc internationHl law
us one of the latest instance, of thi pe-
cies of public ofieuce, and . .condemned- as
an outrxge on civilisation, rood gathered
i for the ue of a hostile army, or iltunedi
I wtelv within its teach, nmv Ih: If L'iliniHlelv
detrovMl ; hut to burn, the instruitientsof
hosbaiidry, to maitnilMs csitle and deniroy
the houses, groves, fence Slid rowiiuj
crops of a country, is bitfbarous. Todrhe
awny tlie unturned population of a con
quered State; and send thousand of wo
men nnd children into the wilderness or
foreign IsikIs, m simply Jvilitih. TThia and
tiiocli more, the United Suite a. doing,
and. have been doing 4or eighteen moiitU.
The nicnstrous acts wLich brin" beii;
and starvation on thousand of innoceBVf
kumaa beimrs. era-UmedteiBati.
CMv ou ,,rudple, and in aWd'wUh the
J . P fjVwHineut '
iiiruvlioub ol a tjoveniineiit. ,
. The United Stale doee not make war
on the Confederate anihorities, hot on the
w... i. Ti.:.... ii I
veiilatii aiid redres : it hi t tieat ei-err
unit aa aearri ' v v v 1 1
" . s eae v e e a vs a.as.T - - 1 1 11' 1 I a "a
man, whether, officer or iivtv enured J!1'1 dj!'M uunlof testifying
iu the execution if 'that Goveriiineiit or-
um, at fyone; -'Tirr trirth 1ti been httij;
urtrk hj..imiiul Lu 1 hi. t iiifjtrf tmla f M'Vrn.-. i
menu I he pn.clanTTirTir-rTtpgetrriM-via
CHtinot hitVe been forgotten, jTlie ..tin.ie
".' . s 1 n it 7
xxi eTCecu,tebe"Tawx rrich"iieririrfnrrT
enunciated ha Bow fuilv coriie. Il ia ue-
rrptUicpr.Iaiiiatiotnw If ojr
f" "l"1" VT t . -.
Oovetnment ana Its OeUetal. are too inol-
ly -hearteil to act, they should at least have
eaough manhood not to threaten and rail.
" Kick. Examiner.
f . .. ..: ..
lt.aU U aa-iatereaWM Jiejtnjuf hisiyir-rei
after to he able loksw the aumbef of aaliiie".
TiicK aeh ft5Qiuy bs foraiayd i tk wf
V b.'ipe ibat th adjlai GBraJ wdl eamw
such record to kekepi. dMnineaisbinf ihedalea
ef retry luto ihe armr- Tka reeeed will be a
pnaul ea aad hi pajee is O-wsehed a cost
vferwMtforMias aay that Jleraldx
koaat--Slls MU-aal
r Date 'obo! 'ktlfario I A Ymikee
editor of eewspape
lliathe people of t
- mm - mth3M
oa J
I l.endrcd hoosaad dollar, and Proceeds to
dexterous pufff ua ef his townstns n, ala
a ijicio'ft t(t Massacbusettv fU, )iaa rnade
the ItiagnilJcent donation of on bthdred
dollar to the aforeaaid'suin on hundred
thoaaad.' The proposition I eharaoteris
tio of Yankee yulffaritr. ; I the opiaiom
of this peopje, money ia th penano of all
evils aud b ar of p!l griefs,, f fully
part is generalfV considered, M th bignt
est testimony e'popuTar 'approbation In
lb North: UllhW redpienta f such
bcjaalia arc enarally aa r ulgar a tbav saabJ
that deaigna Ihetiv, Thai coars Jteatiaaony.
ol ibe Mpaiar favor may d very wail (or
actresses aud th favorite of Ui prit ring,
while it would inslt those wHos refined
estimation of pollic honor repels (he tho'l
of tlie pecuniary tribut of parasite -'
We have no reaeon to bliviliat th
atnily of General Jackson is is) any pecu
niary necessity or danger, to eu lor th
remarkable sehctre of relief proposed by
the aiiiall editor iu Georgia, II is munifi
cence, and that of the small grocer bo
lias started bis list, had better be directed
W the" indtgtnt and aiiSering ' familie of
private soldiers.' Jiio people of Virginia
are quite ready to honor and olierisb tlie
lamny oi ineir great cuieiiain( ana to sur
round them with the most tender respect
and assiduous attentions without ' lb aid.
of gilt schemes and the interjiosilion of a
muiual-aciniratiou society of Yankees and
grocers. If Uieir stor be small, it will b
the duty of the Legiidatura and of Con
gress to provide i proper and honorable
peDniou.
Notoriety hunlera and private ad venter-
ers have already iteized ntod the nam of
1 Uen. Jst:kon;-a.nd-TiBed trior fhi tnort
base and indecorous ends. A subscription
of (Hipular pence has. been started for his
monument. The bogus military of Rich
inond and -newspaper whose skirt ar
draggled in the Msuttitutan bnsines and
tke JlUi of back door li a nsactionsr are de
lighted with th opportunity of tm in
ndvertisiniE therelva a Ueasuear aad
collectors of the patriotic fuud. Tb sub
scription appears to be an affair of a liftle
Tnati dressed in uniform in Gov. Letcher1
closet, and the very enterprising and ac-
euinphshed theatre manager of Richmond.
tt is paiuiui to see now toe uame ot mia
great bero has been dragged in th dust
bv those who have fastened npon'it Tb
" subfeription" to tb Jacksoa monument
is tie convenient handle, after th most
approved f;u.biou ofihe Yankees, of schemes
of self laudation, puffs and pV-ace, It i
made a text for showmen s advertisements;
paraded by tradesmen Ui sell their wares;
used to advertise theatres 4 and even pros
tituted to give a-respectable maakto pub-
I iv " ha lb., which ar declared to be for
the "Jackson fund. Of courmi it is a
God end tp ljiHt elass of extortioners, wlw
are always buy in displays of pairiotisni
t-v puonc suuecnptioos. w . wiaii iook
to see the list rtwde4 witli the name of;
idelliono aiwculators, ungramatical grooers
Ld tHcuniou. adventurer, who Ji.ne to
RichLiid peddling puppies. . H
We are deeply- senaihle of the debt uf
honor aud gralitud wbivli the teopletof
this Cotifederacr owe, to the jH;eils and
iiiHUortal hero of, this war. IIh deserve
a iiHwioKil t his' nHKiy, and hi un
inedinttf family are wards of the republic.
Hut the debt rhtmld, be dweharged dvent
ly ; Ht with Yabkeethows and hya Jack
iiuddin in uriilorin. The Legislature of
rMpreaaBia ouy o t"
niH - KuliebV - wHUJio a graceiuBna jioo
Diablo office, in tn-king an appropriatiou
( CMniBeiuorating the seryioeS of Jack-
e
b. - oaum;ul or, other a1?ropnate
." Was teauaioui, ucu mnuineeaac s
4 teiMaiioii are 00101011 i eery . civmV
i-d jouMbtry.. ThT ,re a fkr nior r-
IO puiHi; iria umu wjiii r.inmvn.
wilh4fedivatiBye4i
ii-aii.l Midecencv. Hkli. Axumier,.
BOUNTY iOiilUt-AUDt:
W hav brtn requested to Ub i re
stKne to the comiriunication in the 'Pro
er of MooJiy, signed W. T. Gn corn
plaining that Wunty had not been paid to
conscript in th th Regiment, thai the
Paymaster of the Stale is always ready to
pa ' bounty due to North Carolina soldiers
jmit preentioirof the par rolls prbper
Jy.juai outTbe duty of baring ihte
pay loUr prepared dtvoivMe ttpotilh Com
paay Comhiandrs d all bounty rolls
presented for payment al Raleigb, w are
informed, bsv been paid Vltbont any de
lay.. A there is bnt on officer charged
r in tJeorgia propuaei m, b la ot WZ&ft7ft'W)'iiM
with ibt dntie of iKe Paymanter' IprJ, .
TaVfaetfta tare be tbvs msde. but it Ue-
pctd that the" company oncers win it-
tend to th interests of their meu In thi,'-
snaiier, vu pexevaajr oinnsa puuuniroc- .
tions art fuipislted MPOJlf Pp Ww 19. Uul J
layipawtriit is-tbu-ffacticor witb
Imirimeals aa salnal laiaT -niaaf linla i'iiia ' t -.
liT.-or Wnnaid absenteer setum u cairtiD.-' r 1 I
to prepar roll for 'each company, and' .' J f
AtiI llis arhta In idi Pifmailu li Ik.'' '.' I 4
RegimeutaJ Qurtermastekorli'tlrfct of-, .
fcer attached, to lb'lgirBnV wjio rnjr47 -T4t
Raleigh-1 tbi. y there ; k no,.
f KBcvlty -a' obtaminj pay meat M ..tho
$tat lommj.Dmily ProgrtUJ i
ene Wib' iv Vf rt- -
t - v . a ; -w uyiii xAr
OontVary to- kxtetatloa, tb Yankee
on resfetdaT till remained ou "the outlr
baok of the Rppahahnock, at Deep Ron. : '
They occupied hlie angl formed try tb . ,'
creek aud th river, and were throwing vp f
tin of entrenchment of a anil io lengtb, -exteadinf
from Bernards. bQOM " up U '''
Deep Run. By aid of field glas thir ' '
dirt digging operation could (be distinctly
seen from th hills aboe nmtlt6p Cross--
ieg. bijt K wa Impossible to form any cor
rect Mlimat f tlteir umlrsr - Deaid
tb ditches, only about Iwojregfment wr,"
vsible, but there may iav .been several
thousand concealed in the gorge of th
creek, aad under th river.bank. On tlv
Stafford bills, just opposite Deep Run,
night be seen about thousand men, ap
pareotly cavalry. -- : v
Ther bad been ho skirroiihto or "
onading sine Saturday. ". ; 4 '.
W e no reaspa to chsnge,th opinion,
bilbertq expressed, llial tliavdenooslralJon ,
of tbe enemy was designed aololy lo dis
concert or retard iom supoad plan of
Gen Lee That it'JiiM I)eeO a dead failure 1
U already knowu to th Yackee Gcneoal
( Wbere Hooker, with tl tnaia bod of
hi force now is, is a matter open to con
jecture, H may be at Kelley's Ford, 80
mile abov Trederiebburg, at DaiQfrie,
on the) Potoroae, or even so far away aa 1
UanaasaJuoctbnWwooIdiaMttiBav'
ly 4nc4in to the belief that b was at on
of tb hitur plpce,' were "h hot the "great
Fighting Joe," nnd io command -of ' tbe
finest army on th planet," composed of
th vicloriou veteran of Chaocellorsville.
But with Mcb a nam and such aa army
he cannot tura hi back upon a foe, b has
always pretended to despise, wherever he
is, we hav no fear but that w shall soon ,
bear from him. Even while we writ a
great battle may have leen joined. " Tb
latealreporlwhiobt. bbwererjdoes come. .
Very well autbeaUvated, from King VViIl
lam is, that th Yankee gunboat bat
again ascended It afattaponi. .But there
is little doubt that they will renew their
raid unless some step ar takenNto pre
vent them. One batteryof flying artillery
stationed at West Toint, would effecpaaUy
keeptbeio out of both th . Mattaponi and
thj rauiuuket. This matter s well wortby
the attention's of tb commandant of AS
departinenL Tlie wheat crop cn these rivenr
is uncommonly large aad most ready for
7,n.r wrge amos. raoy ior
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ready we bear the people of mean are.
making preparation to remove witlf their
families and" tiegroe. !Tbe Confederacy
can at this juccture but ill afford to throw
away so rich and. productive, a section of
country, and especially -one t1iaCcatj b,
retained 'by so small an Mpendilure ' of
aav-aast '. i' .jsite; .sm. j m -i-'x
Frora other utru of tbe Stat w harano
recent ialelllgenoe of interest if we etcep
CoiumUia,ou tlie lame rfver 'and Kana-'
will canal At tbls p1scther waaa grear
panic tast tSundsy, eaaaed bt ammor
which obtained circulation and credit that
SloQetqan was again advancing from Lou- -Ua
Court House upon the devoted town.
For several housr Iher was a tnigTity flurry
Md excitement. 1 Fartnert bid their horse,
paople' f an. jnto jb oods.;and 7H the .
boats - Iviugat th wharfs wer sent off in
bssbj; lip andoif nlIifTiwaWBy a"i
gOjAC JJuctdjncj, at thi; verj lime tb r-
Iit t'rei ailed iw-ix)iiiia that lue X
cavalry were at Cofumbja. ra' route for the
Central ranVoadAeVs-iJraasiaen -r
i Ceumeil e, -Sfee. Thie body aet ia la
city ok Tbarsday, tk I ItV. oa the caitaf th
Uwveraor. ' Al the aaeutbrrs preoeat. to wit i
fclr. Sattenhwaibs of Pitt, Mr. Stnbba of Mar
tin, Mr. EldrWe of Johaetoa, atr.Pick of
Gailfbrd. Mr. Haerav of Asa.. Mr. Ca!k
way of WUkes, aud Mr. ratten of Buacoeah
We anderaUad the Council he beea eafrfeed
Io CottaWleriia aeveral ahjeets ef imponanle.
rroosediBis ia oar ari,-at, iiasrfar-
. 'Uon. E.G- Reade, ef IVsoe, has beea ap
poiotsd oa the" Inlet nal improvement .Boardi
ka piece of Willi ai Fa toe, Jr., of. Warren, re
sirasd. Tki is ks azcelleat apooieiiweat. . "
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