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THE CONFEDERATE. A. M. GOBM.O & CO., Proprietors. ' TERMS": ' DAILY EDITION, for 6 months $12 T R 1-W S E K LY, for 6 months. ""."..""."""."." 7 ' "3 . WEEKLY EDITION, for 6 monthr."".""".".. 5 No suoscriptiona will b- received on any other Wins than the above, "or fur a. longer or shorter period. THE' CONFEDERATE. V.KUNKilJ.lY, February 17,1864 i-Mli-wing the unanimity and c rdial fn tend y which signalized the act of secession on tlio part of North Carolina,eame the.electioa cf. U-presentatives to the Confede ate Con-gre.-v at Kichmond ; aud in t;o political ac tion ft r many Teni lias the absence of party f fling l-t-tn nicre clearly derm rM rated than vas i!i .'LP in this ii.f-tante. The li-t ran thus : (.;... .rge 1) t vi-ij, W. Y. Avery, Y. X. II. Smith, Ties, liuffin, J. M. 3.!i rtl cad, K. C. Pur v ar, A T. Davidson. T. 1. IcI.weiI, A. W. Venable, IJurton Cruise: M.kii;ir (qunl number of each frrm the ..." robin al !: i izati-i s tl at to voice of ............ .i :. u .i ... I) l' V II. i I l ' l l 1 " J '' " - OHWil WilS 11115 uy,;.t , vo.:..t U v th- previous and continu- m - ,a. to . f i :.i:v. tin tu the Oth of June, ; i Hi ', a.' ! the taction of tie i ( . '!.. -!.: ! ! 1" :-p the piai- of the (', .v :,. n a. i jac tr.!it to tie larc ' i. t.'ty v i.o wcie i:n.i g at tl.e pn d of the 1: true intei v;os ( f djvfi;s:un occurred. a: : ti.e t.i.d.!d is ..ot free ft on. resj-onsibili- J :v i i ti.e v o'ii.t ;i;tv sjiiit th-r.after en- r :'t r. xi, but in No-n;l- r, 1.0J, reeuriing j lo :':i s ' r.t of g od feeiiiiLC.'' and aiA nated by j a !.a oiilie ; i d jt;st sen.-e i t n t rit, ti,e legisla- j tu: o it: "ii.ly u'i un i:.ino i v.N aco nled its v. i;. in it. !. d ot ti' t ti' e to Pu sick i t Da is ai.'l G'.vtn.'.r Vat ct thns advanciig to a c n.rm n gr- v, t n.igij'. meet and , where I al sympathy : hat ge gr.ttings. And this re-union f jdl p-srties, in a ublishet.l Cetiinif rid:iti"!i o t'ne two Governments, was aj j r ve 1 by the Standard, and carried to the jfoj lean imen ef r.T.ity nt.d eorcord, at ti.ee aeeeptable at d thitrir g. Why is not tiiis the policy of North ' Carolina tlos day? 11 -v much more potent does, she stand in her str-i.gth. when she stands nt:it d w hen no 1 'en.ish n.ais the swiniutry of her propor- '1 i.e pr.st t ee of the invader Lis ruthless ! wart'art his unscrupulous strategy, ami his I (i 1 ;;i ai vtj te, invite ti.e junction of all o-.r it ergits and ti.e union i f all nir force, 'lie ;.! not s ixainpie. tf oi.r troops iheir 1 vr ;j e; onranre, th. ir unrepieing subinis si' ii t lr.nj:er aui loi', their bold and patii .' ic re- n'istnu tit all appral against dissen si' 'Ti and dhisioi. Lit the croaker stand iii'ash.d in the presence of tl.is uitrli ncTii i ier t : li'v. Let tl.e weak-kneed borrow I;. are ew.Pi'd s ti.i ! film n the hato iron, this m.inly oi-ph.y ol forti.ude and Miei .-th. I.e' the keen critic, on his fat , Oia' .eks, s;t si er ctd 1 1 h re this ( Uthuist of I sub! iii- ir.sj iiati ;. tie x tort inner let go 1. - i. ! '., in tier fare ol' thu wealth of patti- .. virf.ie. L-'t hirn who wiite wrdsotdv in t -.Tj-'-irv, , i , , . 4 rttiel (It spi 'TitlvfiCe, aixi in'.ih .tin-j, at: i 'a::! re, dip his pen in this cum n: of true p.ti ioti.-m. and language, of i I i : -liiit. el-'thiiig senlin.ei ts of hope, eta--'tifageTi.en?, .ippianse ; and success will t' fr in its point; .is heart will be irn- pr.jMtl; his n,:iure eler itctl; his couniry i e:.t fitted, and the brave soldier doubly re- v.ar.l. tl. iu tl.e trie.mph of his virtue al home ari,vit t"ty up"ti the field. Tht n North Carolina will be re-f;stablisht d hi h r own g'--l oj'inion an ! iti the esteem of le r sisters. N- voice cf Mispici-ai will tlare a-.iii her. l!.r rccrtl will spe.k in her I- h. '.'. a nd tie nations will say Amen! wi.t n I r v wr:t her renown. W e r t .rn thai ks to a coiifsi)t ni'oi.t f i r tt:r;.ihit!g us wt'h an account vf th.e recent 1 r;.it i:.t affair at S nithttehl, : bur tiaving p'.a-l-.jhrtj fill p.irf.t u! .i- of it alre.i l v, there is. n i nect ; : v l' r.i r ; . t i t ": .n of thewn. We will te p.. a.-nl P i,e:ir fr. ;: . ur fiiend whenever he has a: vi! n;g to roiun.in.icate. An untinis!. .l ttv;fte r.ote in i.i !t er i a c 1 U'S t !l ll he i!;t-ia; ,1 it.. .-;i n.on.-y th. it in. There was nu: e ;:i il wa -l it r - 1 t ur h-iuds. '1 i.e B.i;ie Agt nt on tne U..h igh am; G is t 'i. Railroad, wh . h..l th.irge of the in ti's on Tiiis iay last, on which day ti e CnJ'-'lcrate thii not reach its subscribers, informs lis that tt.e ei lire mail from . ur oiliv-e returned from Jtfhtnontl, the next day ; and k must have I. n p:ace.l in a baghibeie.1 "Kiohtno-.d," and liiusstn: fronrtlie Po-t C'tlice here. "Ye iti "w mistjk.s are liable to happen in the lest regulated cstab is'.n cntrf a: d while wc arc w; :i:g to make all le aMowances, we hope a!, t:.e Post O;;.io tinploytes will try and pre v. ;.t s '.ch totiii.ing errors in future. TiiF. L'liiLi'KK.s's F hi end. We are i; -deb:ed to "the Presbvterian Committee of i' .i'liiati.'ii, lI!chii.o:al, Ya.,"' fr a file of i ' ' ' : ti ; interesting little ii;!!ication for the ju- I 1 J. j v.i .i ,s of the country. It is especially de- ; ed for c.r.-ulation iu Sabbath Schools. It j is t admirably a.lapvd to the little ones j ;n-.ructive and entertaining, Biet free frnm sa :ar; tinsin, so fir as we have been able to j ' si; r. Term Ui) copies of each monthly iss sent fr a year to one a hlress, 40. cents load oilers, oO cents a year per J e "py. A.: :. C-iildren's Friend, Box ! - i .... 1 -I 7. Wxl.i.. Tii,; Cv.i.uv in M:sistppi ias been di- j vlltd into two parts; ail north of Grenada j a-din West Tennessee is under command of i Mtjor General Forrt ; all so th of an ima-V- I i-.rv- Ii:jf running ihn.iii 'h Hrf-n.U njet on.i ; " x.tv auvi : ..nd in Louisiana, is under curamaud of J r General S. D. Lee?. General Forrest's Le , Ji;' iters will be at Como, in ranola couu ty, and General Le's at Jackson. ''ir Pkesident's Home. The -homo of i'resi ient Davis aud his brother Joe, in Mis-v---'i'pi, is now iu the hands of the Yankees, ii.ey have cctivrtd it, say thir papers, into a r.egr j camp. The estate was once highly improve.!, but it is now iu mournful ruius . li it uur President has a home in the hearts of i-is c "iiiitiymen that will never be destroyed tven by the ravages of time. W If K VOL. 1. Th? Standard of the 2nd inst., substitutes for an ordinary editorial, a Dialogue between two imaginary persor.s h m it is pleased to style ' Conservative " and " Destructive." As perhaps herafter the Standard intends to ap peal :or tiial of its sentiments from its ed itoriaU to these diahgyesfit is weH to bestow notice upon them. " " Conservative " is under taking to explain to 44 Destructive" how that the Convention proposed is innocent in its ob jects, and may be useful in its results, and to this end he sits tut with" the assurance that it is wanted "mainly ftjs tl.e purpose of taking steps to obtain peace " by negotiating, along with the other States, or joining the common Government in negotiation Unfortunately f r " Conservative, " no other State consents to j. in it in the trovement. So far as the Voice 'f the other Stales are heard through tbor ; VTn a,ltI Pubiic ..theyare wholly opposed j v M,ch State actioa- The common Govern- "s 11)1 DCCU ue aul OI a estate U.nven- t ti"n LccaUs:c l,J t'' Cttrstitutic-i it already lilfs inserted in it the power of neirotiati' n ' ot in ass.M iation with the Slates, but sep arately and above them ami s far as sug gestion of terms is concerned, the Government can more readily attain the. views of each State through its public presses and 'represen tatives in Congress. B-side?, the President has made three efforts to negotiate : one by sending two Commissioners ;. one through an eminent officer whom he sent into the enemy's lines after tl.e battle of Manassas, and the tiiird through J,t. Stephens all of which efforts were ntived with contumely by our foes. And since then, the Lincoln Govern ment has not only given no evidence that it wouhi receive a proposition to negotiate, but both its Pi t side nt and Congress have rep ated v declared that they wouhl hear nothing s'.ort of abject submission. All tins" Conservative ' kiiows to 1 c ti ue. Unless, then, he is pre pared lo submit to Federal rule relii.quish indej end -nc and receive the voke his Con- ! vention srjis totcanh cart will result in a i dead halt. But Conservative " does not rretend that separation and independence re the onlv terms he would receive. By necessary im plication he admits there is something short of this that he would acept :- " the very besf that we can set v sofriftl.it j ss jroml than we could have gotten "twelve months ago." Now, anything, no matter irhuf, sort of sep aration " and independence." involves t!.e d"-f-truciion of the Confederate nnverrunnrd, and either reconstruction or sul iurr ition. Seeincr, then, that the Standard and " Conserve' I vr .-. arP hrnth 1;nitPf ,,y a chr)- . tl,p Stan1,rd is to fake ten' hmv. -r ' cV.-. ... ration and independence t e Standard com mits itel f to one or the other alternative, of is addeil tie further epirnn cf " Conferva -tive," that the pmr-ocp,! C -r rent ion is to be a " sovprt-icrn potver " o pn-teet. the State against the encrachiron's of its own ajent anl the oti er Siamese (the Standard) hai-insr already arnounced that th " people in their sovereign capacity are ab nt to take their flffa'rs into their nwoifapds." and if anyl iwor authority of the Confederate Government stan Is in the way, " to break it like a pip ftem " that the time ha arrived "oelck tie tiaurpations of the Oowrnmpnt." and that North Carolina will oflv remain rne " so In?i as she remair-s in the C"nfp'pracy ard when .he joj on t that the " kev-stone will fall and the reh tumble ;", when to this is added, that the Convention is to acser t'tat " the suspension of the hnhen.t rnrpnx would si'opeo our Judges woo W( can nor submit to it ;" or " vit have .lecfroved our militia svstem and vou now propon conscript ail our males from 1C to 50- we cannot submit to that i ; When to th;s it is ndrleJ. that the enmv j deduces from the Standard's wri'imrs, that it j bears hostility to the Confederacy anil is seeking to break it tip -and so publishes: ! When to tins added that its associates, j newly elect to Congress, write that " forlvar j ancetowards our Government is no longer a virtue'' that it is a despotism"to be resisted. : and the time is come, and convention is the ! mode ; and these writings are sent to th.e S'andard for publication, and thsy are pnb lished with editorial eulogy of the writers' : When to this is added, that all the meetings assail the Government in lik terms - as a tyrant amh despot and ure resistance by ! the exercise of State sovereignty, and in ;io sincle instance, hy resolution or speaker, is any j aid to the Government offered or hintel at : When to th is is added, that leQerffr f hor i.. i - i j- i , , known to be tones and. d'sloyal such as pu. t r- ,c. . x- i " . i nas. J. roster, now in Newborn practicing' 1aWtJtvh has a professional cfrd referring for ;h nnalifictio to theeditor of the X,nr.UrA wllCn afj hail (he Standard as their organ and exponent : When to. this is ad.led. the dread and ap prehension in which the Standard and its as sociates are held by good and loyal papers and good and loyal men in this State and in alh the Confederacy : " j When all this is summed up vith" the ad- dition that" Conservative " and the StamUfd, no longer twins, but now blended into one and tne sarne being propose to take "steps " to peace on the terms " the very best (thev) can eref worse " than twelve months an 99 - -r ' r perhaps better than .twelve months hence. What can the Standard -expect but that ve, and all reasonable men, should reach the con clusion that it and its Convention mean sepa ration frrm the Conftdracy, and the perfor mance of the " hard work to save slavery on any terms " or in other words, re-uuion,Tf possible, with the enemy. It is in vain for the Standard to cry -jfersccu-tion. We do ne t as-ail it socially, and do not mean to. Ye condemn threats of personal violence and in doing so, we are obliged to condemn tlj,e Standard, who but the otj.er day threb?n,d some citizen with a mob of its RALEIGH, indignanffriends. We support the law. .At present its arm is withheld. We trust it need not descend on any one. We shall never in voke it but in behalf of the pjiblic safety. As there is no reason for the Standard's cry of persecution, so there is no justice in it. Iif the course of an editorial life ol twenty years the Standard has alike assailed and applauded' every man of political fame in North Carolina. It has not hurled its blows against an ad versa-' ry with mildness ; few partizin papers sur passed it in ferocity ; the only soUe it can take when it reflects upon its assaults on the good .and upright of the State is, that if for party purposes it has assailed one to-lay, a change of its position has enabled it to ap plaud him to-morrow. We do the Standard the justice to belipve that its heart was no more in one case than in the other the pen in both instances speaking only the voice of the politician. But die Standard is estoppvd from. crying persecution, by the practice of it for twenty years, on every political man and every political party. Bright and Brightenins. While dissatisfied and disloyal men at home men who hnm not struck a blow at the enemy during the war, but having , the opportunity have avoided it, and taken to the wagons men who have not suffered au exposure have not felt a want, but have been all ti.e while snugly fixed, out of danger, and are grown fat and sleek while this class of men are aud have been grumbling, complaining and abutting while they have exerted to their ujmost all their powers to discontent and dissatisfy the soldier, and thus open to the euerny the pathway to the vitals of am land while these baneful persons have been desiring the actual disbandment ef the army, and its reorganizatioa in the spiing, the soldier himself, inspired by the noblest emotions, and anticipating the necessities of the nation, has repelled the base seduction "get thee behind me, Satan" and with enthusiasm enkindled and spreading, has re-enlisted for the war spontaneously and voluntarily has devoted himself anew to the cause aud to the indepen dence of his country. They come, these men of chivalrous patriotism, by Brigades and Regi ments wh le soukd and determined ; as flush of hope and full of purpose as when the war cry first resounded iu the land. All hail, these joyful omens! Sink lower and grovel deeper iu the dust, ye tame submitters, who would have invoked the soldier to discontent, and urged him to an abandonment of the country al its most needy hour. P.i azen as ye may put your front upon it, ye are marked nd by no brum more intensified than that which the soldier is now putting upon your conduct. Let the faithful laborer in the good work rejoice. In the armies of Generals Lee, Long street, Johnston, Beauregard ail along tt line the true heroes of the war are renewing their vows .. f levotij. Float the anner8--ro!l tin? drum The country calls they come thev come. The Alexandra. As we predicted last fall in the Congressional canvass, the Courts of the higher jud catuie of England have sustained the decision of. the - Lord Chief liaron, in the case of the Alexandra, and this long detained vessel now goes free; and the New Yolk Chamber of Commerce may howl again cvej another pirate turned loose upon the scas. The Emperor of the French too, -has sent down to Callais, to let go the Bappa hannock and thus two bull dogs are un muzzled upon the Yankee Curs. This decision virtually decides the case of the iron-clads, and thesuiiust e-ume out too, uulls Earl Bussed shouii deter:uit in his obsequiousness to Seward to hold on to them, and apply to Parlia ment for an amendment to the foreign enlist ment ict. We are not urc that this is not the more desirable course for us. There is scarce an act on the statute book of England more obnoxious than this same act, which are oc casions of wars between o reign countries in terdicting so many occupations aud militating so many important interests. Ti.e heavy dam age too, to tie now ex icted from the Govern niei.t for the detention of the Alexandra, will not, aiMyiigthat practical and economical people, add to the popularity of an act of Parliament, which thus doub y mulcts their pockets. We are satisfied pom cur own observation, that no amendment to' increase the stringency of this law can possibly pass the House of Commons; and if Earl Puissell and the Ministry put them selves on this plea before the Parliament, they are quashed beyond redemption. With all Englishmen who love the honor and dignity of their Government and value their national interests, this ought to he a 44 con. summation most devout.y to be wished " while to our cause, it would be the precursor of Re cognition. Let no man talk of what we have lost, says the Constitutionalist. Let all men think and speak of what is. not lost. By setting a proper value on what retnaiws, we can intensify its capacity a hundred foid. All admit that we are fighting a colossal power under great dis advantages, but the very moral of the war is Couched in thus grand fact. If. flushed with resources, we could conquer and crush our in solent foes, it might not prove a Providential result. If we bafllo them it wih he the best discomfiture that American tyranny can re ceive. And, beyond doubt, we can utterly thwart their schemes of sensu-d aggrandize ment and triumphantly secure our indepen dence. The work is nearer completed than we know. Nevertheless, the great sacrifice the final offering of property, ease, luxury manhood is now steruiy asked at our hands. If we meet the demands, then 1864 will prob ably Le our year of jubilee. We call attention to -the artWe in this paper from the London Times. It is indeed a ray sunshine, and should inspire every man, woman and child with cor.fidjnce in our suc cess. "None but a elhronic grumbler will croak over misforMn s, which, without vrtajly damaging t.ur resources, have developed our virtues, and made our people a bright and chining light to the nations of the world." fM WEDNESDAY, . FEBRUARY It is but natural and just to suppose that the President of the Confederate StatesRal his Cabinet, before recommending to Congress the measures nectssary for ihe defence of the nation and the proper means for carrying those measures into effect, have t iken the best and wisest conrisel tW they could procure. Their individual interests are identinVd with the Con federacy. Its success will be their glory; its downfall their destruction. We may take it for granted then, that the Military bill prepared upon this joint recommendation, embodied the opinion of the highest, the ablest and the n,it competent minds "in, the army. That, that great officer, Genen 1 .Lew, and those other compeers in ability and patriotism Geffcrals Johnston, Beauregard. Polk, Longstreet and others, have nil been consulted, and that the plan of strengthening., the' army and es tablishing th system -5T defence has been matured under their advice. m'e wish now to put a plain question of common .sense : which is the more liKejy to know the necessities of the country, those who are daily studying these necessities wlfti have opportunities for- more full and better information or.'tho people who remain at home editors, speculators, princi pal of substitutes, critics who never fight, but descant on how other people ought to do it ? As a matter of plain icason tieic can be no doubt upon the question. Surely, tjiey wl lead the armies, who have daily reports of ti.e number of, thei: men and the. effective j strengdi of their comm unis, they ho recon noitre the enemy, lean, his strength, rind cut his plans, and come to the possession of his method of putting them in execution, surely, with all these opportunitw's. thev knov far better than we here at home, what "force .is necessary .to meet the preparations of the foe. Another question f vhtfrh in the more in to, ested to decide th'su matbrs rightly? Li one tense. w e are all equally interested for suc cess ensures tlje independence of all gives us a speedier peace, and bestows upon us the blessings of liberty. Iu another sense, they, our military commanders and soldiers, hate a deeper interest than we have who are not ac tually in the ueld Tney are immediately in. face of the peril they buffer tie rigors, en dure the privations ami fignt the battles of the war ilry tnak no profits and they re ceive no gains. Thcpiide of victory is their reward : the humiliation of def at ther punish ment; tLejfSfauliiin.iU: h pe, the gratis tide oi a liberated people. Divides, the main bud)' of the critics at home are not disinterested. It r.inks aie filled up. it must be by incorporating 'themselves; and this thuy are averse to. If the conscript a0 is- extended, manv must exchange the comforts of home for duty in the fie'd. Principals, v ho havo been already ha.i'lsoUiely requibd. must meet the ueectity and 'fhoiilt1. r arms. There is no danger ei:h-r. tint tlnj.e cii.iiiRist men ho ad ie the passage of a strong .VPiitary llil1, will hazard i t'.er in'en -sts f.r the s-.k; of nu'in rica! force iu the army. Tney u.i l.;rstaiid tint n vus-ity of leaving farmers to tilt the soil ami pro vide the necessary foot; rncihaniiS to cairv on the trades neces.-ary to the comfort ot army and people; what State officers arc needed Jor the performance of public duties ; and there is not the slightest danger that the public in teres' will ba sacrifice 1 in niy one ol these particulars. 0. the contrary, by en trusting the head of the G ivernment with the -ftower of detail, and for limited times, many vx;.tU'i!S questions will b-? a folded the tl chojf" iciil be. uinnoud fiom tw itkal" and while useful men at home will be left iu their1' avocations for the public . bent fit, the useless will be put in cim;). The lathers who have sons iu the field; the wives who have hiii-bands, all who have relations ami friends, are deeply interested to aid iu sending all to share the perils and strengthen in battle the hands ol their dear ones who have all along been ri quired to fight against too heavy odds The soldiers need he. p. They c ill r it. As their friend we cill for it hi th'-'ir behalf. Let no one bt left at home icho is not more useful Ae0. The soldiers will appreciate this legis lation. Cortgress will ram the everlasting gratitude of the soldier, if it legislates to in crease the number of our troops as. much as pos sible. And the parents.and famiSie. ,and kindred, and friends of the soldier will rejoice at the act. No one is the soldier's friend who throws obstacles in the. way of this necessary and just legislation. We wi.l recur to this subject Correction. Iu our article ou44 the Alex andra " yesttrday. an awkward typographical blunder occurred. Tne sentence commencing "'There is scarce an act on the s atute hx.k of Knglaiid more obnoxious than this same act, which are occasions of icttrs between foreign countries i uteri acting, " &c, should have read " There is scarce an act on the statute took of England more obnoxious than this same act, which on occasion of war between foreign countries interdicts so many occupa tions and. militates against so many important interests' The error occurred in the failure to properly correct the pi oof stint. tfe regret to learn that Mr. .Lewis II. Pad gett, of Beaufort County, who has been serv ing the peop'e-of Beaufort and Hyde as -volunteer mail agent, conveying, papers, letters, supplies, &c, to ami from the. soldiers aiid their families, Las been taken from his useful and benevolent work aud ordered into camp. Mr. Padgett was in the service for some time, until seriously wounded. Alter his re covery he devoted himself to the business re ferred to, carrying papers and frequently five to six hundred letters per week. His absence will be seriously felt, for without some mail line of thOikd it will be impossible for the people of Beaufort Hyde, anuWhc lower part of Mai tii to communicate with their'relatives in the army, or send them supplies. We con cur with the Spit it of the Age that it is a hard caso, and nothing Would gratify i-he people of the Counties referred to more than to have Mr. Padgett detailed to resume his former work. ' FflfMTE 17, 1864. Oar Recent Sttecetfie. fa the interval between the projection of campaigns and the putting of them in execu tion when general advances of the oppoking armies are forbidden by iheconvAtion of the roads and the state of the weather our various command hare not rested idly iu whiter quarters. We have the pleasure of chronicling various important and brilliant successes, showing the metal of our oldiers and the skill of their commanders. Gen. Longstreet has effectually pushed the enemy back into Knoxtille and closed Um in there with his hospitals crowded with small pox, 'dependent on long lines of transportation for his supplies; while our troops are m possession of the itch valley around Russellsville extending towards the Cumberland Gap. That veteran and inde fatigable officer, Gen.- Early, is doing indus trious service in the valley, having captured, by the Yankee accounts,-500 or GOO prisoners, horses, cattl- and supplies. Gen. Rosser, of ,the cavalry, has just taken ninety-three wagons loaded with commissary stores, and sent in fifty of them, with seventy prisoners, twelve hundred cattle and five hundred sheep. The reconnoisance towards Newbern, was successful in capturing three hundred or more prisoners, in killing and wounding over a hundred ithe euemy, in dtytroying a power ful gun boa', in breaking up the Railroad be tween Newbern and M orchead city, and in securing valuable supplies. C1. Jordan's Command of the North Carolina Ifcist, tiiah r Capt. Stuidiva .t, has met one of those awful gunboats, in fir fight, and totally destroyed it.; capturing a handsome string of Yankees, and solving the question of the vulnerability of these dreaded monsters. Altogether, these desultory movements are highly favorable in dications the harbingers, we firmly believe, of grandtr and more enduring success. The Co'ifi-dcrate l.au. In close association with tl.e good news of the decision of the English C"tirt in favor of thev Alexandra and the release of the Bp pahannock, by order of the Etnp-i-or, is the rise of tlie Confederate loan in the stock inar ktt of London '1 his stock had been htavily depressed by ihe fa' I of V'icksburg the il ure at Gettysburg, an I the rnvvd tf our army back into Virginia. Charleston, too was cl- se!y beseiged. ?u.d it was'sca ice tlei m ei possible, that sh e u! 1 ho! 1 nut, nffPr the enemy got fo ,ih ! ' on M nis I laud and brout.h't t., bear his immeiu-e free of iron cl ads. But Beauregard has conducted the de'e ce ; Charleston is still free fiom. pol lution. Batt'. red ami beaten, the iron mon sters have hauled i ff, and Ktigla-nd has heard Wlu ir confess'on of disaster and dt feat. There is a firm coo ve-th.n in thy European mind, that our iudep tnlence will be sehiev' d .That most s-1 sihlc and seinsi ive ni' lllUt f con metciaL s c.eiy co'ITal is confident of i ur success, an.l tnis-ful of air hones.! v. ' T;.e C -tot'derate loan at fifty dollars in gold, in the London niaiket, is equal to one ihousmid do'hvs here; and thus is English capital most plainly xprcssiiig its faith in our pow er ami i ur will to rid ein, our national o'!i rations. While narrow-minded motley holders here aro afraid to touclv Confederate Bom Is peo ple over three thousand miles .hence thoroughly versod as t our political and mil itary status make them a. matter of dailr negotiation paying for them in specie the value of one thousand dollars of our currency for a Li ud of one hundred dollars. It is high firm for our own people to learn wisdom : the day is not far distant when he wiil be a fortunate man who ran fold up his Confederate Bon. Is whe the hoarder qf rl ur, and corn, and pork, and bacon, will mourn and lament that he did nyt sell them for Con federate money ami turn that money into Con federate securities. If Congress docs n t meditate the most wanton felo de a",, it i I hasten to catch up to the popular demand, and bring these times on. s We must invoke the protection of tho Post Office Department al Richmond against the imposition piactised upon us in the deli very of The Cunfeelerale to its subsriibers. A day or two ago we complained ab ut the failure to del'.v -r the paper at the Post Offices along the R. Sr G. Riilroad on Tues lay of hut week. One of the Route Agents lays the blame on the P. O. in this oil v. What av thoe who make up the mails here ? On Monday 'ast tl.e package of The Con federate for Forestville was nt dcliveied .Whose fault was that? Vekuow".it was put in the P 0. here hours befote the train left. - On Saturday 'ast at Hiilsbor,,' , and perhaps Greensboro', the Daily Con f Aerate for Thurs day, Friday and Saturday were ail delivered at the same time. s There must be gross mismanagement or wanton neglect on the part of employees in -the Postal arrangements, or these outrageous blrnders (;f not intentional mistakes) could not occur. We have gorre to great expense jiiid labor to get up our establishment, and the utmost pains is taken to supply our rapidly increasing list of subscribers with the paper promptly and regularly ; and we will not sub mit to be thwarted in this purpo-e by the wicked designs or culpable negligence of those whose duty it is-to attend to their delivery. We call upon Postmaster General Reagan to ferret ' out the guilty parties. Wo- do not positively know who they are, but if asked for our opinion, we -shall not hesitate to give it to -the Department or its Agents. P. S. Since the above was in type, com plaints have reached ns also from Coarlotte of three issues of The Confederate being received by one mail ; ami from Fayettevillc that the paper is almost always one day behind lime. The remedy for this mismanagement will be applied in a few days it. We will not submit to NO. 3. Bright and Brightening. Th,e release of o Alexandra and the Rap pahannock the rise of the Confederal loan to fifty dollars the confident tone of the Knglish press in our favor, ami the glorious re-enlistment going on through all oar army, the return ot the absent aud the filling up of the ranks, are not all the glad signs ot the times now reacting on the popular hearty The evident contrast, dark and portending on the enemy's side of the line, gives to our iight a, brighter lustre. Read the following from their own sheet, of. "II .w they raiite Troops in the North." From the Jfew York Herald. How They Raisb Tros iW the North. When the facts in regard to tne mode of procuring vclunteers, white and colored, in tbis city and the cuaatry dhrtrict. are made known, the public will be forced to recognize a picture beside which all that Ciarkmm and Wilberforce once declaimed about the horrors of the slave trade, will be (cTgotten. "Ho cussing," or the administration of drinks con taining narcotic poison, has been for months one of the ordinary method of promoting enlistments.' False representations of every variety have also been in use, and in many cases' the recruits have been compelled to swear in under threats of physical violence iu case of refusal. N is this the worst. Between the volun teer brokers ami "certain of the authorities there is at least piiiwt ficic evidence ot some, thing like complicity in a scheme f fraud, themcst cruel, rutnhss and gigantic that modern dns have witnessed. In aln.t rvery s'reei of our city, paren's are lament ing the euhstmeiit-of theii hapless sons, mere boys, between fourteen and seventeen years of aop, who have Ik-cii m vledru ik a .d iheti.en listeil and robbed of every dollar their It aiu ty. Cases are on record, iu which iM, grey hea.ied men, tottering on the vcrg- of the grave, have been can ied; while intoxicated, to a barber's shop, their hair dyed, their gi-ntral appearand spruced up with some s mhlance ot fifth nun juvenility, and then enlisted, thtir b"im!y m ney being the rewird of the ptr ots ttigigt-d in this honorable business. Cripples, w th ruptures, iiernia, varic se veins, -pnltnoiiary diseases, broken l gs, hmktit arm-, toothless, ch-af, half sightless, htluchba ked, wry net ked, half lingt-i lcss.deerepit m i-'iotic. hiveU-en received into the service of the United States in certain of the rura! district, the brokers in these cai s seldom givi g their victims more than twmty tr"thirty dollars out ftiireeto five hundred dollars vvhi h they have received f-T them through the criminal negligence of the town or local authorities. Whit a horrible piciare of frad. wicked ness and debauchery. Wdl IVivldence fur ther uch a cause ? No christian will fear it. Bit this is not all: No volunt-.-er tnlist- ! n"'"ts "rt U"'1' " th'-ir arii y. Whole tht isi .ns aro being mulered u: win. refuse to re-enlist, and those who are retained are bought by the most exorbitant - bounties from $800 to 1 1,000. . hen the motive to fight thus bee ms Mo.'i'y m r.riary, eu rago take its tl -part- ini. I i tlu face of ur .st. I lifi-t, li -! mikI faithlul, lih'ii g only for country. di.s 1 liiiful if-'aio, t cpol;r'i abo.t it inn-.l bec.au, only f.n I to- g i 1 -r. Li inj .von-' propnlio t as their s 1 Tiers re fuse to volunteer, and charge high price when t-M-y are bought, so i- their cuirency u-coming deprec:a-d, and tl.e means ol nusUinii.g their credit, more exhausted. Specie is flowing -out of th.ir vaelts European credit is . mirnf if wu on them the bank of Km md bavin, raised iis rate of discount t seven per cent.. L dea'ing w lb them for specie must slacken and if a g. od harvest shall bles Kifope in the ensuing summer, and no grain bo lie ded, then bankruptcy cru.hiug and overwhelm ing such as the world hath nver Keen, is yaWr.ii. g at the feet of the Yankee nation, with folds as powerful as he anac md l, and throat as vast as a whale. L-1 us relax no ex- rtion. Ix?t the Militaiy biil include every one capiblo of bearing arms who is not more useful at home es pecially those tchi h ice seta riv service ; most especia'ly thos- who have pretended to be in the service, but 'vhose own progress to words the battle fn-!d has always been in the rear, and away from ita I distance in" trout men who have ignob'y run, and know it, and km w that others know it, yet have the audacity to talk and write of th'-ir tieve and their intentions, a if they deserved to have any. They ought to be thankful that they have life, ami otrrs to fight for them; and the tiin? is at hand wh?n these men, brazen as they are, would ijlfe millions if they could be so situated that noljody in the with world would know they were in exis tence. Gen. Biugg! This true patriot. trid dier, and able comm.Mider, is now on a visit to his numerous friends and admirer, in Kufala, Ala. His stay, says tie Spirit of the. Suth, will be vi ry short, on account of the impera--live nature of his public duties. We trust he wih soon he assigned a place "where his j-reat txpe-iei.ee. skill and ability, will ai l rcaiise' iu the fu'uro ai much as thev have d me iu the pa-t. Fkom Kentucky. Person who have re ceiitly'cotne from Kentii'Jcy, recess it th.iLa vaat change has taken pl.te am ng the people of that State hi reference to the w tr-that a hrg number of citizens, f r nerly opp se i to the S "tithern inoctnnt . for hupar.it i .i atil independence, have ch ing'l th-ir view1, ami the S..ut:.erii cause is stronger Tit.iu ever, and getting stronger every day. ' There is a report in this city, that a Yankee cavalry force was moving towards Asheville, and have probably reached that town before this time. We do not- thiuk the report well founded but bha.ll probably have something, authentic conccVning it in a few hours. The increase of Provost Guard) and post details of all kinds, is a terrible mistake at this time." The army needs every effective man. All the post duties should be performed, as far as possible, by local organizations of themilitia, and invalid and disabled soldiers should be em ployed to every practicable extent in lieu able bodied soldiers. TJie Bill before Congress, organizing an idvulid corps, we "presume looks ' to this object. THE CONFEDERAL ADVERTISING. ADVERTISEMENTS will 1 toierttd of. ten lines (or less) for m insertion. Marriage notices and obitnarks.srUC cfcarg drertkemsaU. inn work. JOB WOilK mt every dcwriptlen will be eente4 1 tki Office with dipateh, and mi 1 ueuW dm aajwk la tM oeaoer ederacy. TKLEGRAPHIC , j - - . REPORTS OF THE PIW3S ASSOCIATION Eatertd scenrdin to act of Coarrefjjn tie JJK 183. by J. S. Inaasnsa. fie ft; i im u isuaci wirt n for the Northern District of Georgia- - From Gca. Lee' Am. OaiNas, C H.Feb. 7. m. I t- I.m frrnf M Sstnrdl. at Morton's ford, bt after har contest wsrl repulsed y Oeneral Edward jonnson iti sadSdriven across Ithe river and parsaed. O . . . j, .v.. Th Mcnr a temptetl to croM at Barnett's ford, bat were r natM hir fi-n .!' !f. C. brlffadc and Oenen Lomax'l cavalry brigade. CsaaaUles thglxt. Th enemy bave retni'bed. setrstD DiaraTcat. OsAMSKi'C. H.. FeD. oUl. One t'aptsln and S9 privates eaptr4 at Bar nett'i Ford by Gen. Early's dtvUloa wae nroago in thin rn Anin r - - - r The enemy crossed at Bsrnett's Fordeaily IbK. morning bat ?oon re-crofsed again. Latrr from Ihe Xorth. Ricaaoxp. Feb. 7. Tlie Ynnkee House of Repppnentativee paafed. ... . .... . t I a oiu reviewing i tie graue ol i.ieuu urncrai, reeiimnt -ii.h'il Hon. (Jriint for the position. Jamo 11. Clay died recently in Canada. A New Orleans letter to the New lurk lleraia, dated tin IClU Janutry, aaya, all parties ia this city declare Mobile about being attacked by Farragut on water, and with tr.a by Banks on. land. Te La Vie aavi, the Florida ha chal lenged Keararge to a falf fight. The latter having accepted, they intend going a few milea oat to sea and elt I.- the tlitlerencea at th cannon's range. The A aba tea haa tloKtroycd the Yankee ablp Content in the Strait of Sunda. Veaaael and cargo valued at one million. From Klrhmond. Hichmono, Feb. 7. It u i-. i.orted tint the Yankees are advabciniT in c-isi l ,rabl. forco towarl. thU city from theO I'eninsIa. Ibavy tiring beard this morning in the direction of Button:' bridge. No particu lars receive.'. ffccoxn ntrrATCH.J . KiviiMotfo, Feb. . The innu-tnttion from bdow la meagre and con flietinjr. The force of the enemy ia estimated at nbout five regiments. On report ia tbat they were repulied; another, that they cronned the Cliitkuhominy near White Oak Sr mj. No sp prehension exists here of further approach. The moveuient ia believed t be a raid for the deatruc tion of property, or a diversion to draw attention from movements elsewhere. I M I ft t MslMTI ii 1 .ItieHSoxn. Feb. 8. The latest report from b-.'low ltt night, repre aent jbat the Yankee force which appeared at Bottom's Uricge, had fallen back nine wiles to Tall yvi!le, where th-y were reinforced by aey. col Ji ; '.( iu-Bim&titr inrnntrjr and cavalijr Tii Ktuatin trt.uncli.injr-! 1J1N morning-, t ut another d 'mon.trstun by tho eu-mr Is vjtH.ctt-d f(-drty. Lieiitt'iiant-t'eneral IIiMid has command of tLo Cotitetlet te troops n tlie lint of lilt CLicka- hiwnin'. roi-RTH sirircH. Kicii now i, Feb. 8. ('ir. (ihmble, of M is.'otii i, died on the second. ( org. K. II.-le, a ktrong Unionist, succeeds Bayard of Delaware, in the Yankee Senate. The latest in formation fiom below is tbat the Yankees have taker, the bark track for Wiliiami burg. Tin movement w at ptobsbly intended as a reeonnoisst.net. The iinprctfiun prevail here that the next cam paign will com in. nee at an early day. Hostilities on tl.e Hapidan -n ill probably be de layed until the lec.erery of Meade, who at laat ac counts was cShvaleaent at 1 ia. hoaie in I'ennsjl vania. Weather farorabh; for military uiovementa. . Death ofllon. John A. Wilcox. . IttruMo.tD, Feb. 8. Hon. John A. Wilcox, -rtf Teaa, member of the llous- ef Representatives, dropped dead in a mo mint at his room yesterday niorniug, while ap paientlr in perfect health. No business was transacted to-day in either of th.- brant ties of Congress, except the annoattce meiit of his death and the passage of appropriate resolutions and eulogies were pronounced in the Seuatir by Messrs. Wigfall of Texas, Henry of Tennessee and Phelsn of Mississippi, and in tho House by Sexton of(Trxas, Smith of North Caro lina, McKae, of Mirr.ippi, Atkina and Jones of Tcuueaaee. Slr?t or (harlrston. Chaslkstom,' Feb. 8. The enemy renewed their tire upon the city yes terday evening. Seventeen sheila wers Bred up to 9 o'clock this nioiaing. . .. A fifth Monitor made its appearance in ths ' respects nnchangep. The enemy "are engaged in mounting several guns at Wagner bearing upon the channel. ,An official dispatch from Lake city, Florida, dated th report 18 af the enemy's vessels, gun boats ar.d transports s having arrived at Jack sonville, Florida. It is believed that a large foroa has been lauded and wero raid to have been ad vancing laat night. . Erom Tennessee. Mobbistowk, Feb. 8. Reports fom Knoxville and variant sources representee garrison there in great suffering , from rmall pox, which there are ?(M cases, and a scarcity of rations Prisoners captured bsv'a bread made of unbaked flour. Col. II. L. Oilmort 4th Kentucky cavalry, Las been commissioned Brigadier General. Trains run to Strawberry Plains, within IS tulles of Kboxviile. Mobri&tow.x, Feb. 9. A fljg of truce, for the purpose of bringing a Dumber of ladies out of Knoxville, went oat yes- tenlay. Gen. Motion's cavalry drove in the enemy's picket and cartureil one eai-on and a few wagons within fwar mile of Knoxville yesterday. Yankees in Florida. Kit ii wo d, 7cb. 8. Some ofTieial information has een received of the arrival ot 18 gi.bats and trsatports at Jack lonville, Florida. Tho enemy presumed to be in 'large force had ' landed, aad were repot ted ad-. raaclnj? hjaturday oij-Vl. JOBWORsI Of all desc Of al description neatly executed at 1 1. Is o flics
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