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WILMINGTON: THURSDAY, DEC. 29,. 1864. - Compositors "Wanted. Three Good Compositors wanted at this office imme- diately, to'do newspaper work. woDol labs a'kd Fifty Cbnts per 41 ousand emu .paid. ... OUB SU" ,CBIBERS TTiir please 'tfyvHfca8e the Car riera foil toer tteirfpapefs. )ur readers will please bear in mind that oar paper is issued Sunday morning. ,'We issue no paper on Monday. lye been informed that .the. news boys charge one dollar per copy, for 'then 'North Carolinian J 3knnM fKi'c Vo tvraCl : tised. We trust riur citizens will atimri xa of it iBiiBe3tttelyrw e aorji&r allow ''it Single copied of the paper are sold at COcts. ' . Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. This des-: tinguiihed officer passed in the Danville cars on his way South , during the latter part of the week. We jfear that there is ' no such good news to be heralded to the country, as that he is about to be placed in command of the army of Tennessee. While he commanded our forces no disas ter occurred-f-he saved, his army-and every mile gained by Sherman was at the cost of hectacombs of his, hireling somcry. Johnston was removed oecause he was not able to wjiip Sherman with only one-third , the number of men pos sessed by the enemy. . Hood, withVmore dash and less judgment, is substituted in the place of a great General, and Suer- .Man ' walks over Georgia like a " lion un :ii vm :n . i uaiucur aiHiiui. (i ucu vriu vnauum rum our counsels- have we not yet nad suffi cient experience ? On the Danville Railroad, while the en ' gines were taking their . usual rest upon that efficient road,'the soldiers learning that Gen. Johnston was there, called upon the, old veteran -for a speech, to whichhe resoonded in a few remarks, statins that T V o - " he. wished he coald be with them at the front. Hons. T. C. Fuller, of this Lis- trict, andt J. M. Leach, also addressed the crowd in brief. Position op the Fleet. We are in- formed that twenty-one of the enemy's fleet were' seen off Maaonhoro' Round on Wednesday last. Another account rep resents forty-four to -have been lying . around the point. We give theso re ports for what they are worth. Last night there could only , be keen the usual blockading squadrpn. Wilmington is safe again, for , the present, and things will go on in their usual way. .. -.;- : ' - :- galvanized i ankees. correspon -1 dent.ofi the Augusta Constitutionalist writing from Hardiville, S. 0., on the 13th inst., gjives the following account of the conduct of the Battalion of Yankee de serters sworn into the service' of the Confederate States : Whilst stationed hcre,a battalion of 250 galvanized Yankees, commanded by offi cers from the 1st an i 2d South. Carolina Regulars, were assigned to this brigade, and did most excellent service in erecting field works - on the lines at batteries ' Wheeler and SimkinSj exhibiting qualifr- scoundrels and traitors. On the night of the 15th some fifteen of them under the :my, aeceiving the .pickets with the idea that they were to go out in the advauee as pickets. Next dav a nlot was disr.ov. discovered that the oScera in the immedi- m iriviiuiij viutfuumg our Drigaae com mander and General .Mercer commanding the wing) was to be bdeked and cariied . into Sherman's camp, the guns spiked in me oaiienes cioseat nana, the nickels lorcea ana they were to secure nardW at the hands of the great vandal Sherman. At night-fall the guns of the batteries were doable charged and turned upon their camp, an wiianiry xorce whs placed around r their campaDa at a eiven'siffual-thiafft advanced, the arms, of te Yankees were seiAd, aud the ring leaders, seven in num . ber, most guilty by tcstimjn and con fession, had. their hands tied behind them were stood in a row and a dozen rifles quickly despatched them to the "echoe less shore." This had a most satisfactory eftect upon the others and the whole crowd were marcaea 10 me rear ana sent to the stockade at r , i - By prompt action in this matter many Hves were saved, and it is hoped that this will abolh the plan of giving such mcu liberty, under any pretext hereafter. " . - The Alabama Legislature, adjdurned on Tuesday, 13th intt; Subscribe for the Carolinian. ; For the Carolinian. Mr. FAtisyrln vour lai?t issue, I read a little dissertation on themerits, .quali ties and powers of a drop of jpV,"and as my name is 'Ink Drop aJf me to turn my sincere awledSements for the complimp-mani:ier which my abiliti're .t10 5 at the same time ,aestly alleging that you navel possibly ascribed to me more attributes than I ac tually posses. I am sorry to add that the Pen is furious at the injustice, (as he . calls it,) of your article, and it Was not without the most urgent pleading and strenuous persuasion, -.that" I succeeded in obtaining his assistance in inditing for your paper a series ofiDrops in .which I hope to. warrant your flattering "eulogi ums of my I (ialjties, and also od naturedly soothe the turbulence of my worthy cpadjufor, by -placing him in? a position in yours, and the world's eyes that will in t some measure, compensate bis offended dignity for the blow .which you have inflicted. ! ' .Our 'Drops I have determined, snail be as little .like blots J8 V I canpossiblyU maice tnemrana it thj contribute to, fill up creditably a space m the columns ,of the Carolinian, with a dash at 'life and its contingences,' having always in view the bright side of the subject, and with numorous allusions to events, passed, pas sing and to; pass, they will thoroughly serve my purpose, audI trust, answer the requirements of your s'elf and your many readers, i j, l By INK DROP & Co. .Drop no One. What do we, want with money, when' we can get along as well without it ? . Credit is infinitely more couvenient, besides you don't have to wear your breeches pockets out .lugging it round wjth you, while at the same time I sincerely belifeve that the dealers in gro eeries dry goods, corn, potatoes, whisky and tobacco, rather prefer the giving- of credit to the receiving of cash, Inasmuch as the charges are, of course, more for their advantage in a sale, and While the cash has to be locked . up aifd guarded with jealous eyes, a -bill on the book is continually expanding and frequently in a little time, by some hocus-ppcus, im proves one-third on its original amountl Money, pooh ! a little of Inkdrop & ' Co's assistance, and it can be entirely dispen sed With, for instance, there's the State of Texas, which every body knows s flat broke,' yet it doesn't seem to annoy her at .all ; she is quite as- popular when you have her script in your pock ets when I say popular, I mean it in a general sense, expressed in the fact that every body has taken her, script, is buy ing and selling it, and trading with it and gamblings with it in short, that with a. moderate discount, say, seventy per cent, is full as good as" cash, ' , It is a standing axiom with the world that 'Time is money !' thus money cea ses to beof any importance as long as you can get time.' Time is what you ; want then' and be sure to get as much o it and as long time as possible. The jol ly old fellow with the scythe is very good natured generally, and will be glad to accommodate you, if you ask him in the' right way. Cultivate the - old gentleman then, and he won't fail you in your ex tremity, i - Our first drop is evidently not a 'mint drop,' and we wish it to be distinctly un derstood that we claim no affiliation with any such vulgar up-starts ; we abjure the companionship of even the youngest mem bers of that shining, ringing, : showy, heart-breaking,) crime-provoking, , soul destroying class of drop's, and we warn any of them that if they dare to insinu ate themselves (on us, we will immediate 'ly take it upon ourselves to get rid of them in a 'most indisrnant and nonchalant man- ner. ; W, . i A Brooklyn livery stable-keepef let a span of horses and a carriage on Sunday for a ride. -The'team ranaway and the vehicle was ,smashed The stable-keeper: brought 'suit for -damages and carriage hire, and has been non-suited, the court! holding that the letting of horses, fort pleasure traveling on the Sabbath was an illegal act. - The official canvass in Nevada shows a majority of 800 against the organization of a State Government. Lincoln was slightly premature in issuing bis procla mation. of admission; i 'V . Gen. W. Hampton's residence, near Columbians. C., was recently robbed of many , valuable articles, among which were a diamond bracelet, large diamond ring, set in black enamel, sapphire ring set in diamonds, gold card case, several gold coins, sett of vest buttons mosaic, sett of sleeve '.buttons, marked T Pf H., sett seed opal, a number of letters to members' of the family, with copies of Gen. Hampton's Reports. Five thousand dollars reward is offered forthe articles or the thief. The Yankee prisoners at MeridaD have been transfered to Seima for safety; Col. Bulgar of Tallapoosa, has consent ed to become a candidste for. the . Guber- natoriallcbair of Alabama 1 Two hundred thousand dollars has been guaranteed to the Columbia and Green Yille Telegraphic Companyj and'it fs pro posed to, make the-capital stock $350,000 to complete the lines to Greenville, Abbe .ville C. H., Henderson C. H.,l and Pendle ton. The ta ire to complete the' line from Columbiato Greenville ia now ready. WAR NEWS. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. : SIEGE-OF -CHARLESTON- 536th DAT. , Since our last report, there has been no. firing be tween the batteries. Heavy firing was heard at sea Saturday , and Sunday nights. About noon, Sunday a small v side-wheel steamer,; setting very low in the water, with two (smoke-stacks painted white, was observed in tow of a side-wheel Yankee transport. She had the Confederate flag flying from her main-mast, with the United States flag over it, ad was doubtless a captured blockadejrunner, believed to be the steara er Juliag'which sprung a leak in the heavy gale of last week, and was beached be tween South Santee and Cape Romain A Yankee gunboat hove in sight," which steamed towards the abandoned vessel, arid reached her but a few minutes after .the last boat's crew had left. It! is thought the enemy succeeded in getting the vessel otr. Courier, . m It is reported that Sherman has sent a force from his army around to the as distance of Fosters troops on the- Coo- . sawhatchie. The enemy's batterids in that quarter have increased, as evidenced by the continuous shelling of the rail road doing, however,, very little damage. Our cavalry continue to scour the coun try around Hardee vill. In other res pects affairs; in that quarter are unchang ed, , A gentleman who left Savannah Thurs day night, states that Sherman had sent. about three regiments into the city as a guard. The. remainder of his army is. encamped outside the city. Sherman, it was stated, had offered the Mayor every assistance in preserving order, and had stationed guards for the i protection: of private houses, stores and public build ings. So far as bur informant had .ob served, citizens were unmolested, and all private property respected. Oar informant states that Sherman de manded the surrender of the city of Sa vannah unconditionally, stating that if complied with favorable terms would be shown to the garrison, but if not that he would proceed to take it either by as. sault, investment, or the more sure pro cess of starvation; and if taken in that manner, no quarter would; be given to the garrison, nor would he be-responsible for the conduct of his -troops. He after wards sent a copy of Gen. Hood's !de , mand for the surrender ofj Dalton. i j Sherman's Inspector General, who was bearer of the flagvof truce with this, in formed one of pur officers, Captain Mac beth, that Shermkn came very hear be ing killed a day or two previous by a fragment of shell from our side. jHis, body servant was killed, and Sherman" barely escaped by dodging behind a rock; From a gentleman who visited Savan nah last Sunday under flag of trued, we learn that everything is perfectly, quiet in the city, and that a number of steam boats swarmed in the river, something like old times. . t . ; Private property has teen respected, and nothing has been burnt in the tcity except Mr. YVillinks' Ship Yard, and Mr. Roberts' Mills. ? Gen. Sherman's headquarters are at the residence of Mr. Charles Green ; General Slocum at John E. Ward's ; Gen. How- ward's at Mr. ' Mulyneuxy and General Ward's at Mr. Wetters'. i Che city is to be garrisoned with negro . troops under tlie command ' f General Foster. -. j Gen. Sherman has by an order refused to receive any more flags of truce from subordinate 'officers, and -says if his, boats running on the river are fired into', he will force every citizen in the city to leave it immediately. Aug. ConstUutionalisU ; FIFTEEN PAY'S GRACE TO SETTLE UP. - We understand that Sherman has given tne citizens ot savannah niteen days grace to settle up their bank and other accounts which are to be balanoed by gonlederate Treasury notes. If this re port is true there will be but few open accounts m savannah alter the fifteen days of grace ?exp re. Every body and every body's relation will be eager to square up at once. L kilpatrick's movements. - The Yankee General Kilpatrick: at last a . rrtt . . . M - accounts, was in xnomas county,4nf this State, with a large force of cavalry, de vastating and laying waste as he advan ced. It is thought that he intends to lay waste all Southwestern Georgia, abd then to go- into Alabama. 1 - Aug. Chronicle 8r Sentinel. ' From Above Atlanta.;--From a gentle man from up the road we learn the fol lowing news from the country above At lanta. ' - ; r Manassas, formerly Cassville, the coun ty seat ef Bartow conuty , was almost en tirely destroyed by the Yankees. Three churches and only- four houses are all that is left to mark the spot where lately stood a thriving village. j . AH the businesst houses in Calhoun. I Gordon county, we are ' also informed were, destroyed. . - , r A11 the business houses in the town, of Cartersville, were . burned, the aptist Church was pulled down, the pulpit from the Presbyterian, and the 'benches from the Methodist church were . removed ..and destroyed. The houses of Col. Tumlin, Major Bonbam, Mr. Puckett, and Mrs.! Leake, in the neighborhood of Carters-j viUe, were also either burned or pulled down. ' ! ' T . The miljs in Bartow county were gen erally spared. 3ut : the people were" stripped almost entirely of their horses, mules and stock; of every kind. . A large.unraber of lawless'men and de serters ar roaming over the upper coun ties, committing depredations on the in habitants, ''hi' ' . Chron. & Sent. 28th inst. ' The Convict ;SouiKRs.Wa learn that about oneMhalfjof the Convicts ef the Georgia Penitentiary, who were placed-'in the army undr Gen. Wayne, have de serted. The rest have , acquitted them selves bandsonely. - -1 , Ckronicle & Sentinel 28th inst. j Foukd. f-The body of one of .the, Yan kee prisoners who had taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederate Govern ment, was!, found floating down the river -on Saturday last. .We learn that there . was a bal hole- through his head. When or Where, or by whom his death was oc casioned, jremains a mystery; unsolved as yet. j. r BxciViaxs' Tbuk Information comes t us from Athens that our scouts re pof that ome: ten thousand Yankees had made ther appearance , at Dalton, Ga., with the -fiew, "it is though, of ptevent ing Hoodlfrom retreating this way. . We doubt whether there is any truth in the report, because in nine cases out of ten the reports of; scouts are unreliable. Georgia Railroad. W learn1 that the bridge oye the Ocouee riter, on the Georgia Road, was not completed Sun day, as anticipated, bntiwill be during this weeki The work has been retarded . in conseqnence of the extreme -1 coldness of the waiter m which the workmen have been corialpelled , to labor in. . It is ex pected ttiat trains will run through to Social Ci 'cleln eight or ten" days. Aug. Chron. & Sentinel. FROM THE TRANS -MISSISSIPPI FROM GEN" I , I ERAL PRICE. " . A gentleman direct from the Trans- Mississippi department Dnngs miorma tion that General Price has organized the recruits brought out of Missouri by. him into five jnew brigades. Gen. Joe Kelly and Gen. John B. Clark, Jr., have each a division. Gen; Jeff. Thompson commands Kelly's brigade ... Col. John T. Coffee has recruited a regiment, 1,800 strongj On the 33th of November,. Gen. Price was issuing rations. to 33,009 men. His expedition into Missuri was as completely successful as his orders parmitted it to be.. He has now the largest corps in the Confederkte army,1 and every man a Mis- sourian. VTieneral Fagan, whom he de tached for that purpose, captured Fay etteville, with its garrison of 80b men, on the 4l h of November. The Richmond Sentinel has been kind ly favojd. with the perusal of a letter to a Member OLUoneress, dated Viaden. Miss., the 3d inst., inclosing another.from Cam . dent Arkansas of the 16th November. These letters ars fromj responsible sour ces. . ' . ,1 . ' V . ' ' Our line of couriers o the Trans-Mis sissippi has been re-established, so that we mayjexpct hereafter earlier and more regular mtejiisence. . ' The capture of Com. Montgomery and ail his fram, in attempting to cross the Mississippi,! is conceded. The stores in -charge of another party were gotten across safey.: j .1 The j. letter from Camden says: "We have just received information (correct) that (Jen. Price was at Cane Hill, Wash ington county, Arkansas, 6n the third in- stank with men, about of them unarmed, but all well mounted and equipped. He is expected to arrive at Lanesport; JArkanas, tomorrow.' Gen erals Marmaduke and Cabell were' cap tured the latter w'ounded in the arm ; both had their horses killed under them. Cols' Lewther, Shanks and Smith also captured. lien. Price iJosx 8U0 men and four cuns. but afterwards captured two guns. "The Jarmy of this Department goes, in to winter quarters on Red River. Two uivisioub' movca io-aar. uen. farson s division tremains here. The reader observes, says the Seiitinel, . that weshave substituted a blank in place of the, number of men which Gen. Price brought with him out of Missouri; It will noti be held an indiscretion, however. to-statefor tne encouragement of our peo pie, thai it! was sixteen thousand more than th& highest estimate we hsye heard made of the army with which he entered Missouri. Probably 20,000 is about the true increase, of strength which he gained. 1 1.: ii ;J mi it f ii uy uis inp. iue smauuess 9 1 me loss which le suffered, of which we have now our . first intelligence through our own sources trty gratifying, and is anoth er eommentary upon the extraordinary men dac jty of Federal reports. It is also anether caution to us not to be discouraged by their falsehoods in the absence of in formation of our own- With vast trains to cover, and jsuch a multitude of unarmed1 men tojprotect. it was only ordinary pru dence on Gen. P.'s - part to get thm into a place pf safety ; hence his rstreat, and hence .that rctorious pursuit" of which the enemy's; generals sent us such finci ful stores. t . We learn that there was an abundant supply fof arms in Texas, anu that Gen. Price's j recruits have doubtless ere this, been clad in steel. Thanks to General Banks, the federals last year supplied ua with a large number of arms on the'Red River, and! thanks to Missouri, we now have thi men to handle them. - During the war Ohio has had disabled in Lincoln's service 167,076 soldiers. 1 i ' From the Montgomery MaiL "Tfce'Sonj; of tle pr. The fallowing excellent verses, after the ' P HA'a foninno HQnni sf iY,n. Clttw ' were written by Captain Withers, A; A. G., to the lamented General John Morgan, while in the iron cage at Knoxville, where himself ... and brother officers of the staff were con fined by the Federals.1;. In measure andVsen--timent, the lines have the ring of their il lustrious model, and: are not inferior in Ttathbs and feelins : A captive sits in his lonely cell, t. And his brain grows weary and dim As he thinks of the joys that are past and gOBe - - Of joys that are lost tp him: j; Tho' memory strives to recall the past, ' The present, the bright vision mars, Till his fancy finds vent in poetic strains, :.. And he sings the Song of the Bars. Bars, bars, bars , - 5 Of iron, covered With rut ; . i JBars, bars, hars ' u' jr Cold, and hard, and grim . f Grim and hard, and cold, As the miser's heart or ehemys steel, Hoarding, or fighting fqr gold Dark, dark, dark As the raven's sombre hue;' Dark, dark, dark And dismal to the view; Barred, and crossed, and seamed. With bolts and ponderous lock, ' Which laucrli at the strength of the cantire . 0 - - 0 . - t - -within,' . Though his sinews are firm as the rock. Strange, strange, strange Though his clothes are' tattered and torn, And the worms sreep out from 'the food he eats, . And his beddingjs scant and worn - " Yet his body is strong, and his faith is firm That "the Father" the invader will f blast ; s Let fate do its worst to that body the .heart Will be true to the South to the last. , r i i - urns, uurs, . uurs Fashioned and wrought with skill, K Can keep, the body secure and safe, - 4 ' - . But the spirit moves at will ; t Through the chinks in' the cage comes the merry song . f Of the dauntless Reb and the lively joke, Are proof enough that the soul within Is boundless and free 'neath the galling yoke. ' , ' . , . , : Gloom, gloom, gloom! . Night with her sable pall, , Has shrouded the face of the beaming sun, And Morpheus summons all, ' , f Still, the; thoughts of the eaptive have stray ed to his home To his mother, God bless her, the purest and best;- , - (What a blessing, to think without fear or restraint), . " ' 'lights out ir cries the . guard and the ' Reb goes to rest. Knoxville, Oct. 1, 1864. An Item for Slave Owners. --Here IS an item fnp clfivo nmnon wVi7aT i. vu.tj moil uousiucraiiuii. 1TO find it in the Milledgeville Union : , m. It is a little remarkable that those ne groes left who wre least expected to leave. It is a lit tle-v singular, too, that those negroes who took up with the Yan kees w.ere universally known to be roost free before the Yankees came. Negroes who had been managed as they shpiild be; were content to stay with their mas ters, but those who had been permitted to do as they pleased were the first to fun away. . . We do not belong to that class who think it necessary to treat servants un kindly. But we believe in treating them with .all the kindness possible,and at the ' same time with great strictness. They should be made to know their proper places and kept there. . Any q4 isobedi enc on their nart should meet with prompt correction. Aug. Chron. & Sen-, tinel. The following is an extract of a letter received in Columubia, S. C, dated ChnT ton, Gan Dec 13-: " j ? f w v u v uaj fit : aa ' sing through this town. Nine dwellings Were destroyed, bpeidac n. nnmhor n f rtiit-- J J - W houses, fences,", etc. My house was not injured , but all the ouUbnildings, cornr fodder and provisions,, etc, were destrov ed. My oflice was 'broken open and " all the jars smashed and th m,v;nM nnnr- 1 ed on the floor. Every one in town has suffered in like manner. For several days after they left, the only meat in the wwn was placed up in theyankee camp. How we are to get fire-wood this winter, is as serious a matter tas thfe ood ques--tion. The Yankees declare that if ever they get into South Carolina' they woald not leave a house standing in their line of march. . Stampede op NfiGROEa. A rezular stampede of negroes has . taken place in - mio vuy. ; iesween iprty ana mty ran off to the yanltecs .since last Satur day, in most cases carrying their trunks and household goods. On Wednesday mguc,- seven negroes , neionging to Air, Valentine Hickler. living jus't beyond Union Hill, went off, carrying all their furniture. The cause of the stampede !? the report thaj; has gotten abroad that ail the male negroes are to be put into the- army . .: . JiichK Sent, . Subscribe to the Carolinian.1 4
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