CI lit A 4 nearer. I'ubliahrJ ectr; TCJU i A Y, at So ar Klitoi:. TUKSD.A V, JCN'K 2 J; ISC i. The Vi s. tm.i Pf,i1,- rj Rcoress jrivrs very in- teretiting "etails ef the Kantz raid upon thatcitv The enemv was led by Gen. . Kantz, having with him the notorious Col. hpeure. Our militia was commanded by j V It HIV VU . Gen. Colston and Col. Archer I After some maneuvering the enemy ' charged our lines, led by the notorious Spesue, to within forty yard.; (dour works j strengthen m loree an-i position, aim pie hut a well directed aim from our brave j sent as formidable a front as it .has at militia drove them bi. k in confusion. 'any lime. W!' :n the e.mfliet and shock of The enemy were in heavy force, prison - j ern sav three to five thousand, while the! men numbered only 100 id I told. The paucity of our numbers ii-;:.;itated our falling back, and the-enemy look posses -!ion of our breastworks. The Express says that after this the j r .... ... ! eiiemy ciiuie um 111 muic oicinn, 1 . . . ... ,M .,,11.. ....1i.IV.. ,A' 1 T I 1 sabres drawn, until they renched t.ie hiHjas opposite the Water Works, where they ' planted a cannon for the purpose of shol-jthcn retired to parts unknown. The Con ling the eity. They then started down j federates killed sever il negroes, the Y..n- hill, and their advan -allC tik possf-v-iiiHt l a ros3ts Io 'veil's Ituu at th AV ater .Works Hill. column netu-'kees bridge wl.idi : IojL of the Thay were almost in Petersburgcould j see its :-pires and steeples, and many of ' the houses on our suburban limi s. Just alj .To ft.inftrtunn mnmi'iit G-ah i la's BattC- k.llO ( ... V. - , A ry reached tne ueservoir inn, uiuiuioei-o ...-i.,i it.. puvm;, Hill onl.mhered I . . i i in an instant, and with a precision and ; rapidity which we nave ncaru spowen 01 hi being almost without precedent, threw into the iR.ikrf of the enemy a shower of eUil. The missile-i of death corning so unexpectedly to the foe, he at iirst secin-jtuc ci ov.rA'hehnued with surprise and hal-! morrcw, we hope to herald the glad ti ted, neither advancing nor retreating. dings that the victory has been won. But a minute or two later, another branch ... . - . ! Freinon' in accepting tho nomination quickly detemined the i-nemy us to the h--t , j course for him to pursue. I) firing's Cav i .. j.. ,i; l o.,.t .1 v J o l J ' bco.idmg tho hill with a yell, charged n the en-'my in Leautilui style. un- Tt,o mV"wrP not ,reared for this ! . r : ion among the real y patriotic men of the and fell back in confusion, our forces pur-, coim!rv My own lei;iaed preference' is fcuing. We ciplured o le piece of artil-ito aid n tUii vv.ir, (in supporting the Bai lor v and eix fine horses. j timore nominee,) md not to be myself a The fighting must hive been at pretty close quarters as we notice that a youth, a resident of Petersburg, had his breast pierced by a bayonet and his head muti lated by the butt of a musket. Among the dead and wounded are some of the firt citizens of Petersburg. We notice among the killed Prof. Staubly, Professor of French at the Petersburg Female Col lege, and prominent merchants, druggists and doctors. We have but little of interest from Lee's army. Grant has begun his parallel and it is said will attempt to' dig Le out of Itichmoud aa he has failed to licht hum'' If out. Grant' t? cam naitrn has been a most!0 f..:i..-4. ir - I..,.- i.wf UUnsUiUiuikU tauui c, ill' ii. ir ii.-Tiij urn- hundred thousand men up to date and is as far from the pot-icsiion of Richmond as 1. n , .vi.. fi l I fr ti-Ari 1 .-1 n aI cnnwiyii nu ! ... . . A. , litooi's. 1 lie array oi promotions of N. to learn of his removal from the command ! .... , . , ; Carolina oflicers to Brig.-Gens., lias taken of. that army at an early day. ; - The battle at Staunton in the Valley ofjus surprise. North Carolina cannot Virginia seoms to have been a severe one. The Y'ankec force under Hunter are said to have formed a juuetion with Crooks. In addition to the loss of Gen. Jones on ourside, it is said that Gen. Vaughn wasdar individuals, not to the promotions as wounded and Lien, lmoouen is missing. This lacks confirmation. Our entire loss is estimated at 400 killed, wounded and luiesinsr. The enemy's force is estimated thfrteen thousand, " hey occupied j Staunton .on Sunday night. - The Richmond Enquirer gays that a prisoner broucht in on the Uth. describes! the. morale of Grant's army as being anj" thing but favorable. Grant, he says, has ffectually broken the spirit of his army by forcing tho men upon points which the our exchanges of yesterday. Grant is merest military tryo could discover were j not making any move. He has taken a impregnable against assault. They look i rest after his great feat of destroying upon him as an obstinate and unscrupu- j 75,000 Yankees. Grant is a brav boy, loua butcher, and his army is called the and is doing as much good for the Con-daughter-pen." The prisoner also says ! federacy as Gen. Lsc. Ho brings up his that the army is almost united in its pre-j men and Lee's boys kill them. Sherman Wenco for McClellan as the next Presi- is also quiet. Lincoln's fate having been dent of the Northern States. His virtues decided by this time in the Baltimore Con Imve rocelved a crowning lustro since the j vention, things will remain quiet for a rpening oftle present campaign. " He . ; w hile. took care of his 'men," they say, and the; The Petersburg Express lears that Col. contrast with Grant elevates him accord. Clark of the 2ith N. C, is rapidly recov- lngly. GRAFTS TACTICS AFFAIRS ON THE LEFT A correspondent writing from "the left,'' Bonds us a letter from which we make- the f oHowing extracts : Had the Federal authorities consulted Gen. Lee thoy ceuld not have shown great -.' ity of votes in tlicse counties. The peo cr deference to his wishes than they have : pie of Cumberland and Harnett can there by the assignment of Grant to the com- mand of their forces. Destiny has point - ed him out a the mn fr.r t.,w. it.. : the only one of all the Yankee G .; . orals vrb -. U ' -4 43VI llOl.l- UIV lUl , . . , .4 , ' lighting behind oar lntrenebments, uud it f . m.-nm C V. n ... 4 l:i--1 4 .1 ? PI C,U3 4-c 4a uut l-' &ut,n Tve us;rouud thousand on this and could cet one of that-pleasure, for he perseveres in but- .titig agaiust our works, each time leaving in the'r front many ghastly evidences of the determined valor of our troops. Grant has been worse whipped and more com pletely out generated than any other Fed cral commander of the war. Scouts from within the enemy's lints report that he is continually drunk and his only order is, "Go ahead, boys.'' The Sentinel of the 9th says that a scout who has spent some days in Grant's lines jay that the Yankee soldiers speak of their loess in the battles of last week, as fully equal to those sustained at Spottsylvania C. II , if, indeed, they be not greater here than on the former battle ground. The Atlanta Intelligencer of the 10th says that Johnston has offered the gage of battle several times during . the past! week, but Sherman persistently refuses. We have, wo doubt that the general lout-j ljjs of his carnp.in ii to avoid buttle and J-iaaiuUhi his-position on the stronghold he uuw.uccriue.-5 until he -an recruit his; -j tded and worn command. lhere is lit- ! tie doubt entertained that Lis men are! , very mi.e.t disa.iecte.l and leaving htm as their term ol ser: ice expires," bat this Lei 1 remedies by fre.di levies and reinforcements j !he is constat, tiv receiving. We must .tare the hard reality in the face. Sherman - - ----- , will not become any weaker. But if he remains a month in his present fastnesses and is permi ted to secure rest and reeu- perate by reinforcements and war material, yet the Intelligencer "does not .have any fear that when he sets his masses a.5aia in motion, that ho will succeed in reaching Vtlanta . We are confident he cannot suceed, be cause whilst he is resting, our army will bat th? comes, we see as clearly through the smoke and lurid hames to tue clear sky of our victory beyond, as if it already had occurred, and was joyfully proclaimed. corresponcteut ci too luuu.gcncsr who has just returns! from the rear of j J Sherman's :.nny, s;ys that two weeks!.. , . r ., r, ibis own troo')s, but ox the whoic United ago, sui!ie i euei.-, unu.no au 10 uie wruer . . ... -.11. ....I i- .1 . well as to the .Yankees, took Dakon an Kl -stroyed their store:; at that plice.! bein too cowardly to f.ce the muie hemsc'. v: s. Since that time Dalto;; has been gin ironed with abligulj. 'IM I'l l . I. . 1 i 1 A " 1 liiu rcuerais are uruncimii; out out 111-1 tie from the lino of their rear, Of the situation ia the Valley , the Char lottcsvillo Chronicle of the Utli says ; No tidings from Aliens la. rx'cent that! O O T 1 -. . . ,,r our p-cUcts wcro driven m near Waynes i --- -- - - u ji a -vesteruay, in .icaiing mat me arm- j vaiiee. 110 u;i.s uicovvu ttwoiy a.uo,ouv . . v'llCe uf 0,ch other. a!,,,.. tn nUf wntu. ...v.. !,,,! f,. j battle is imminent at any moment. It is thought that Crook has effected a junction 'with Hunter. MeCausIand's command anu are wiui Li;e iiriiiy in ueiieiai Taurhu. Our position is very strong : mouutain gaps are all-defended, lo of the Cleaveland Convention, uses the ! follow!. ;g language : it If th Convention at Baltimore will : ir.AniMi'i ii on-v neiii w'wwe nast. lite io;ti. - i.v .1: : i.A ' v. ivi.j ....... .. - - - j J 1 a . . 4. ..ii M.,,ii ,,.n i.nA i, ! . lierS I ne well ti uiinii.ii imuii,iii.v in nio o ... ... . . his i i fidelity to our cardinal' principles, there is " th('r(, shoul a.be anr ! i ; 1 . 1 But if Mr. Lincoln should be i uaiiui iu; i.. renominated, as I hem e it would be fatal I entirely to the composition of te.egraph ; c to the country ta endoTse a policy and di spatciieg. He succeeds far b Iter at f ' 1 ';, vours rcr.peptfulh-, -renew a power which have cost us the .1(P...; t,,, wi.;n. " SIO. ii. ROGERS lives of thousands of men, and needlessly put tlie country on the road to organize against hhii every elemert of conscion lious opposition, with the view to prevent the misfortune of his re election. The telegraph informed us yesterday ' morniner that Lincoln had been nominated! & . by the Baltimore Convention, hence wc J , ' for the Promotions ix Xcutu Cauoeixa jconipiaiu ac uns ume uniess ig oc ior inc selections made. We are satisfied that some of than would make better Captains . than Brig. Gen'ls We refer to particu- ia cass class. Capt. D.J. Devane of tho 20th, who I n t r T , 1 -v - ni 11 AA t- n r L..i -.I n . 3 w wowia mako a better I5riS- Gen- tiian some lately promoted, that vc read of, is lv at home wounded. Duncan's time will come yet and right honestly and fair- ly lias he won his stars'. Wo have but little additional news in. jering. We are glad to hear it M.r Tloklen savs that the people of Cumberland and Harnett are Conserva tive; after the stfrattest beet by a large nia- ,'joiity. j M.r. llolden therefore 'expects a major- iol'e .appreciate the full meaning of this j ame of that is ii1(Ul1 l? hY "the " 1 ro.jr::.s '.ui bkindard. If t-j.e ratio of i Mr-, i : tl:-,-- Id' :.)'s rotes is to be on a par with ? is i: recei ve in Cumberland and TT 1.1 "111 1 , 1 . 4 Harnett, he vrdl be beaten by twenty -live L. n .,,''- -. , , , . ; thousauu majority . We would bet one J thousand to go our halves. A Dhs'zkter Recap turi-id. The Rich mond Whig says that just before thebat tie of Plymouth, Harrison Sawyer, belong ing to a North Carolina regiment, desert ed to the enemy. Y'esterday morning he was captured by our forces jiear Bottom's Bridge, clad iu full Yankee uniform and gun in hand. He was comLcitted to Cas le Thunder to b tried. A Neat Daily. A friend has shown us a copy of the Salisbury Daily Watch man, " Tewly stai ted at the above place, which is neatly gotten up and edited with spirit and ability. Our old friend, the Marietta Rfbl, has changed its base through the conduct of Sherman and makes it. nimmrne,. n-iin " "I I "i 1C, in Griffin, Ga.. Wc we 0ui oruictum ci.ee more. 1 .-, tuc n.bj to - ' inav inter. laKintr 111s own worn 1 4 n l -M i-ii i- i 1 i 1 14 "o iv.w44o, . ... . e .1 1 -iis on tue w ay io i eiuiorco me army oi i , u . . ,T , , c . r. , , ,-, 1 that Frcment will certainly be a candidate. , . i t , I time. W ithin the past few days the smoke , J J felt hat. He had none of that iunuurra- The rebel G n. Shelby s reported to r., , 1,- i j with that instrument, why cannot he take . s r tne. Potomac. All those movements show , . . , i lhus we have a jllack Kcpubhcan and a 1 . , , .,, . - Tl, A , ,. . ! houses ol R. P. Buxton, hsq , Or. McKae,;., . . . . -., , r .,- ' bio staff or retime ot oflicers and couriers have captured Dardaiiidle on Monday last ! 'Richmond with it? Il a telegramuo vie-' ; 1 that concentration is now tne order of the i i i , i , ,. ! "straitest sect". Black Itepublicnn candi-i . r . . , , A. r !Gtin. Ih'aughoti, Mr. Wilson, and an ut-!-i.ix. i t, . ,h. , f ,:..,,,., 1 iloiig with him whicli is always to be seen with two hunurcd prisoners. Oardcneho 1 , ttory satisfy Lm-join and the rest of Van -.- ., . . .hi. a. id loat- uiio sim.ii.) to ov.itnrow ! . " , J - . , vi ,, ... . aie III Hie lieilJ01 lUC lie.L 1 le.MoeiilVi, , , . . , , , ., ..i-.n il It .ui. i VJ o V I J'i' ir. n h.l ini i-i tn h- tuoul ill t'lt- tir.i-i'i ivitu uiu-i I'VHfiai i'l-.i;i. oi iuiiiw --- - 4 , -- - tho "glorious Union," which will havci , Tr y has hcino successful as to lix thej- oni.:muits. Ueil. Grant will soon have Get,. Lee nm-t have a very numerous i m aboW Little Hock -- effect of ensuring the elections oi the . . ' ,. , - . . . ... ., tn guilt upon a very, worthless class or per-;au army which it will bo impossible tor stall, but he uses them as necessity re- - ; .... rw..... Utmocratic canuiuate. ' , think it may be Safely inserted that, Gkam's Tactics first I i became k 1 iwcumonu i rifieed his in.n so leckh ,,f:s1 aml to SO lutU P!rP s General G'"ant-. IK "started from ms camp on, the north side of the Kuppahannock. little more than a month ag, with 13),005t men. lie has been reinforced-, according to the statements of bis friend-, by more than 80,000 since that dme, viz. : Stan ton says hu sent iiitn 2-3,000 veterans af ter the battle of the 12th May Butler has sent hitn 20,000, and prisoners .say he has received 40,000 froi Ohio and other sources, making a total of b5,000. Yet his army, at this dy, in the opinion of those best qualified to ju Igc, does no. greatly exceed 100,AOf men, and is, cer- ftainly, greatly inferior in numbers to whai it w vv;((Jn he siarted 01 his crusfd lie lost 75,000 in Spolfsylva nia, and hi losses in Hanover canma Ivive fallen vcrv f1' , f , . , .,,,w,-,; 4! , 1 4,r, 1 Infill, lit mmi tlt- U Vfr 11 l null- n States army. In return he has effected nothing, absolutely nothing. Lee's en tire loss incrc the c un; a:gn opened, does nut amount to 17,.H)0, all toll, killed. WOlUU i J' 1 d am misiu. He has never jonce been forced from a positiou, and bus I only fallen back, when ids enemy, dis- pairing of victory, has attempted to slidt !off to his kft and set to rear without further fighting. Grant m the mean has been bro u--r.it up before 2dcCl'el old lines beyond the Chickahominy '. , , . . u Tltf (lift (ft t-i.fi M tlrinrfi utull I I ;IT 1-i j" "'o- r . . ,,-,;,,; nothing. The ' Confederacy has great cause to congratulate itself "upm the choice Ldn coln has male of a Lieutenant General. They desire ti see this war brought to an end, and Grant is the very man to do it Had the distance between Richmond and Spottsylvanri been one hundred miles greater, we aro disposed to think he would lhave reached the end of his journey, with not more than nno hundred men. Tf f!r:i.nt iv ivhimi(d n:i bind, however , . , ... ,r in w iihiiivc riftnr.rioj nn mnpr We have sometimes wondero l why he takes the trouble tj fight at all. lie can de molish armies with a stroke of his pen, and capture cities byr a fl ish of the tele graph. WI13' not confine his exertions that than he does at fighting. Lee whip ped him iu at least ten battles, in Spot-; sylvania and Hanover; yet he oonti-uialL 1 flogs Lee on the wires. He infl.ets very j little loss on Lee with his army, but he j slaughters his men bv the thousand with , , , Arr, tho telegraph. V nere, , . . . L. fisrhting with any other then, is the use weapon than the If he can cram so muiv victories T.rd flr:int- c. f- flaw ii mid tideo-rnnh a bitri . . . victory every y or , wee. - ... a ( tne captureof L.chmoiid. ".llbea, greater demigod with the ankces than . - 1 I ... ' . 1 he ever was. Great advantage will be found in the fact that ho will be without a competitor. Gn. Lee can beat Grant in the field, but he is t.o match for him i telegraphing. Grant may lie as much as he pleases. Gen. Lee will not eontradic. it mi 4-, . 1 .. , .- bitn. Ho wnl onlv n,ia him the next tune he catches him, and set him to inventing more lies. Gloomy Forkhodixus at the Nmhtii It is refreshing to the Southern peoi le to witness the manifest alarm, and gloomy forebodings which prevail in the North at the commencement of the Spring cum paign a campaign which it was pt edietc 1 mouths ago by the Northern pre.-, would certainly end iu the " crushing out"' of the rebellion. For instance, the New York World, in a late issue, says: '-It seem'-1 us easier, to siate reasons lor leirincl. inserted, that, since war iirstllug resolu' :0r-s'-vxcmptiu" State and others nown to mankind, savs th IRcerWciaintio.K - . ! " 1 miW!f,,ftm ccn.-uiin.iuii JJtsjjaitfi, no general ever sac- Whkkkvh, The fearless and free dU - iinui con. 13 110 .0 .i "-i . ... x. 1 . t - -.t 11 41. c .I . li.. .1. 4 . . .... . are s.uu to uc active in arK;tiis;is. ami- it 4l 1.4.1 4 ., .iiV" U lV U 1. .UUI illlVll,.. n'll. UVy.llvilVl that tho courtry is on the verge ot a tern J , r A , c ; lid fivintr and receiving of deadly blows ii l , i 4. , ,. , ble catastrophe, them for believing that .i i l -4 . 4. , , ' . , the hour of its redemption drawet h nih ii ueu. vjiiaiu s eampaign snouia reiuit ml if r r ii. ... iii , . u . . 4 4i . .i uisaster, woo uoes nor see mai me coun-j 3-i bva fbvu - .,V ; try would be at once overtake cial tornado, prostrating every path f The Snrinc-fiold Ronnbl'pMn n irnvon i o t , . .,TI 1-411 mcnt paper, sa3s : "Things begm to looV -n . j .t ' i fcquuaij' A Government dollar is wonh cents ; speculation is running up the . P,.r .. A are llicmstlves honest, but one scabby L.,, , , . .i i , . ,r ecessiries of life even faster . ., , ,. I When the rebel strengtn had spetit its If . - , sheep will sp-dl the flXk that there ii'e. !,...,,. u ( ; ,i.,,u;no. ,.,T..:.Kf rnmeat paper runs do.vn ; 1 1 , jso.newhil m d.i.-,ning against the noti thecountrv is passhc fromU,vo or ihrct.ejhm- tbr-ArseAaT'TIa7.Ttc'.f the Federals, then came the lirst prices of the nece than the Gove me weaitn oi tne country is p flin m QnTT r I li c f . wr nn.l it... I .1. v..i4 luuu t 1.1 iuv ., iiiiu inn .inn .v J . . . . b ,.l n n .nn 4. 1,... . ... .. ..... I 1 ' wassca aic ureuuiiii ui.-spiiit.eu aim 'iu.-. i it ii. . The New York Times, the organ-of .Mr. . Seward and advocate for the re-ideci ion IVlr. Lincoln, storms at Congress, "and asK.si if the state of the country is caused by their "imbecility or treachery." The Journal of Commerce savs " Ruin is hoforA nc ac n ,vmn!.. -i . -,t. im -. i Tn" t L , ... , - -- ion," and adds : " It is useless to'sptcu- late on what a few weeks may decide the results of the campaign in Virginia but it may be doubted if any possible suc cess of Gen. Grant can save the North from repudiation, bankruptcy and ruin.'' If the events of the lat four or five weeks dnrd. 44 fin.li im Hi ;,a.'' fA- i-.4m I tiioi-.fi-. r i- -,, , then the next four or live will, or the Yar kee journals have been sadly at fault iu their predictions. A correspondent of the Richmond Dis pateu has it from good authotity that our captures f ptisoners since tlie campaign began will foot up j bout seven thousand well, besides a number of w cunded ones. Kaktz or inoro properly speaking, Cu,'ecd by the enemy,' h ' this morning's made a desperate effort to get posses" Moll Ol ltlt'I SrHirr-- ml rmiii nnt pnm : t . - I- T 1 K r.,. . . ' -I' . ! The brave malit'a of the Cockade city:cnr commenced in Alabama give Hm Midi a warm reception that he had to ;k. did lie. " " The ! Lvgiilature passed the iV.lo .v - charge uf the tlfficers of tlie Mute is cssen-1 lial td the Dre.crvntijon of its sovereignty ; and, whereas Congress has no power to conscript Statu officers ; and as thi.4 Gen eral A' semtdy has already, by act, de- cliue I certain " cflicers and employees of! the State exemot Jiesofoedrj!h:t this Sfatc demands ex emption from conscription of all the Civil ana Military oflicers thereof, and aisa an oountv 5itrvrt'or and Jailors, and all and every class of oLlieers named in.," nn ; ct to exempt ccrtair-.dOcers employ-jous ees ot the State tiom conscripuo.i, pa-;ie by this General Assembly at its ad-!of joisriK-d sessi.ftt in 1 So-3, and ratified the. 1 4th day of J)ecmber, !??:. Head three times and ratified in Gener- u A sembly thia 2Slh day 01 May, A., !., 1804. It 's. DONNKLTi, S. 11- C. GILKS MEBANI-; S. S. TIte folio whig are the olfi-ei s exempt tle Jn incrloct to which the above res- ; j.dutions refer All Justicei? of the Peace, whose np poiotineiit were m tdo previous to May 1 1 tli, 16o."3. Cminty Trustees, County So; dei tors. Registers, 'lax Collector;:, one o . ' . . . . -o- . . m ... v- .---4 l v. ;iliny wno w Mini acsire it, nic io-i- Oeptify Shcrdf m each county whore tti.-rr, vorth Carolinians. She ir.f.rme us that 1 i: r T. , .... r .-, , . 1,0 -ax. col lector, Coroners, Constables a committee of ladies of winch she is a T. . ,, , .' vvli.i MiiAr;;.!.: i,rri tn-thai , ... . ,, .. . . . . .'Aoi t n'o'in Ian , imbhshcd in Kiveite- llthof MayIS'iS. or their successors in j . ...... C:irl.vin ti.ei0 ,!, Ucies of 1 Vl,ie. N' - tr P 'Mon vvh;c'1 l" - ili.e, i.)gvpm$. Cicjkf f r "each Court j nU;,.ita5.llt MS" xv 1 1 suit the condition of ! si-ued in tho .army hi -1303, (the rank of pare the public for the details of the re cipairiogtjtro'r iCbunty Commissioner j t;uqr beth. Ui. Saturday lant thoy car- Lt.-Col. it tbc jirid ) pulse in t ho moiling, which he knew would- for e?'.ch tsfinry for dhtr:.biiMig monej and jirov-isioHs aTiifnest "ldier's lamilies, Agents appointed under an act of Assem b 'iM . Counceliors of State, Board of in ternal Improvements, and Literary Board, and cmplo3'ecs of tlie State Government in -different depaitrm-nts. Gov. Vance has referred to Attorney General Rogers a' question as to tho effect ..... r d. . fl-, .,.1 i.,r- iii'j i ii e-i i: i o oi inc ui si jii uuitu m vvn-,; ction -willi the above resolutnns, and ne the following is' his reply : Kaj.eig.iu May 27th, 18G4. Hi J-JxceVmcy; Gov. Vance Sin . Yours of this- date has been re- ceived. Upon an ex .Kiination of tlie two j acts. 1 am of - opinion that all Const ibles iegally appointed, whether " successors " j or no:. i are intended to be exempted by I these acts Further : Lam of" opini'-.n that the rcs - olu'-iort of this session is not to be limited j .... . w.. uuteii it among ineso g iuuul ioi m uaiu- .,..1.. :,, t , , fti i Hrnf ot lb Militia of t'.,U Slid. n I'nnvi. s- i- .. t. .....fo i- .. . . .o.i "ake 111 the held. liilv nr mil' iin I ...iiihii.nnii'ii ( liti s; i i .-. .i ii . . . xt .i i . . , itiilaiiS,' w noni uo . am r mv ai e e.ineo . y , i soiiw officera of the Home Guards M-.v-hm ..i ' i," u ,. ,i.:. r,. ... i. 1 his otl.-r is mad J in g uid'r ant lM,l,,re 01 ltjl,t'h' U "'uuigton. Nl-c,03f!y to the battle field that they arc Mlltl Tne iU !'! aesirc .laaL v ' ' jisbury. Charlotte. Favetteville and (tolds-! .,i.i in ,.pln..ti " ; who is physically inr.ib e to be iiio t ; - - .-- . - j. ai net ia, uci.iov; uitii itci aiuitii. by the act of 18G3. On the .contrary, the! The Yankee Ahmtes to be Coxcen resohition claims theiexemption ot " all j tbated. The ciy of concentration is be ciril and military officers,'' and, in addi- j jnfT jrot updn the hone, that iu the union tion, surveyors. annjai.ors, anu suen oui t e:s as are enumerated in the act oi iy i, j uch as commissioxiers. deputy clerks, Attorney General. "" " t Bacin Thieves. For some time past the town has been infested with a -class of j robbers. Every-' night some meat-house j has been broken into, and its coitents stolen. No clue could be found to the , ntlnr. nf thK nntra for snme t . 'to tlie citv rather than a nroleetion. . 1 - I infonncd that on Frllay nightJ 0V!,rheartl SOUJ, KoMil...s fVom .... tlie Arsena; propose or a-'rec Avdli lier ne-i . . ' . I ,it'!n- trt nccict flinn m hv iL luir tutu Kr.r ! te ' smoke hoiise. Sue sent foi her brother and an other young gentleman to remain with her Mr. T, being absent. During the iht the three ssOUiers arrived, and with 1 lie fl -li o iiut.curu iu u luiiai u ciiiuivi;- r i 1 .l. .. .. fl..."! ....v. tl.rt . . vi - r house, when Mrs. T., becoming alarmed, .-.reamed, (a woman's weapon when in dan ger.) and the soldiers made their escape. fhe negro was however caught, having a chisel on liini, with which to accomplish' the wo; Luring tne past' winter and spring much stealing has been done houses have been broken into and the blame put upon negroes; but there is now hut littloi doubt of the fact that the Arsenal sold icrs have h ul a band in it. They are be- coining ah insulTer-ble neus tnee and ioii htto be pl.iceU iu the held immediate-1 Vl'y is it ih.it slron: i i i i.i ; vour.2 men, anu i.u, iay omceis are ai j " " , , I " , . , ' . ,. , ! are concerned, i: may be said that he was 'lowed to remain here, doing noth ng butir , A .. , . " -1 T. f i , ... .forced to it by tactics of Lee. before h;s ; -iti. on uo uiii. iiim.i . ii urn- aie me ie- --'. ves -t Can th not do t:io uiity nc-' ''"e5;sary to e i1r'fur,ntich a"- omi dljthc rebel hordes were upon them like pon- these, fljshy ollictvrs and bacon men to the derous avalanches. 'Grant had liuchiitiee i tan v Of course we("dv 'not chfinje this theft' , upon ail ol tue soloicrs- 1 ! f them. Some .?re var We know many ' , , neighbor., ami nave been lia'ii brought up honestly cind evid nt. Gci.dCee wants List such . ; -, . 4 i i !et hunt)-; to tram tnt'in a little. 1 i There is something' wro-.g hi the disci pline 'of tiir.se men! - Wc aro aa old stager i.aiio Minn lill. 1 ill. niirn- .v, vi - in 1 1. 1 1 ii . i i on ,. . . - , ,- , . ;.... i i .. ii.: ' !!... i...fo ........; i.-. a ! -d'ler la too, at a time when soltitrs have1 . , - ';.'; ; , r..rt,: u - 1 , t iJ .ll,ui w . 4t t V- - v i . -w rt. o W e le am tnat on yestcr i iy, t.vo ne-! ! . 4 '1 " i ...i . !. . ,r i ... .1 :i .- ! hics h i.- t ia.ii.iii tu oo o.m uuut-.i iiiiu, i ! Mr. u ifson s edahiistim eni. a. portion ol ! r'": ' 1 ie s'olcn goads was found about them. ; . C t I . Z - - - ' 4? Insar- U 1 ..... .. . ! One of tiiem is named Joseph Kenty, a sluve of Mrs. Smith, and a boy belonging I to Rev. Jas. McDaniel. Both are now in jail, and we trust will meet their reward. Tdo much leniency has beeD shown to thieves ah eady. The case of the Rock fish Warehouse is stilb fresh in the mem- ory of the light fingered darkiesi K. Potts, J b iiiuvu.uieu geutieiuau, i-uuucunuiii wiai. expedition, wa.? only sent toTha trenches to work,' instead of being punished as hi? crimes deserve. Wc learn that Gen. Potts has returned again to the scene ol his old campaigns. P. S. Since the above was put in type, we learn that twp of the companies at the Arsenal leave for a certain joint threat- l . . 1 4 1 .-v 4.-.m . rt n -I r Xx f- at. ix- . A : ,f .,.1 i;"t . w HtA-i .-me arveMi.iS i iu vuib.ii, a -t week, 'The yield is' r-sid to' U icry ' ; abjveau avcingc one. . much' ( t) ami Wlnhk:: 'Hospitai: N. 0. Wocv in liouse 01 ..epreseiuauvea, a- few days a3o s ! ot orth Carolma in z-d.ously advocating uh - enaUhiK Ohfuiiouis to wounded oi- i .. In'.! he House of Representatives, a -J Jiur ; for a less term th n sixty days, as pro"ided by the thenVxisting 1 iv. alluded in strong terms to the i-ufTenng of the N. Carolina wounded at Camp Winder- We approved of tho change as advocated, and would have now, and until the war is ov er (and God grant it may be soon,) every brave boy from North Carolina in the bosom of his family, as soon aa wounded, jf it were practicable. It will ba thus jcf opinion bet -veen us and tho most zeal- advocates for the pr.t,osed change in furlough system. However the tone , the remarks alluded to, induced us to i ufar that at Camp Winder JI .-pital the North Carolina wounded were iivated with neglect, to use the mildest term. What t.ben was our astonishment, yesterday, If UWU 1 tillt 'lift Clltlt Ul. V4tJ.I Virginia one of those angels of mercv whose good deeds will never bsi fully known or appreciated until they ae un f ldel in another and a better world with a subscription list headed by a well known citizen of Richmond, wdii fifty dollars (and th? amount promied to reach a round sum,) with which to purchase delecacies for a ward in this Hospital, t-liiLii a muf .vi. 4, r, iv . . m 1 -1 , r 1 k t 4,,. 4.1 ried four galloas of ice -cream a dv:ia-j tion from Air. Pizzini, tlie well known j .... i . ii- . I eonleetiouer on liroau street ana ui-iri- We have no Lsue to make w ith the North Carolina delegation ;or Uieir zeal in i . .. ii i . iii uenaii ot the wounded, out we puuiisin the above to let the. mothers, wives and sisters of v ounded North Carolinians know tiiat iheir dear ones in Virginia, though prostrate from wounds received while iuraveiy opp smg tue j CUM(Hi Yankees, find, r , advance of ; lie ac fimoug their .sisters in Virginia, man' a Fiorewc. Nightingale, ready and anxious to minister to their wants. In a word, that while sJum;; are deprived ot the enJ a.ing a-;soci tions f home, because the ci arac er ot thei wounds will not permit them to be mov- ed. that they h ive excel e it and attentive surgeons, and are not pt rmitted to suffer tor tne want ot suitame loou or Kind nui- .s:ng .A'cA. T7"' v t h uig. - f tIjclr foroeH thev will bo able to carry the two greatest points in the campaign Richmond and Atlanta. The Philadel phia Inquirer iu urging the policy says : A dispatch ti the Cincinnati Gazette, jfrom Meadow Bluffs, West Virginia, states that General Crooks' command has started jou jt!. second expedition .this time, it is believed, to join the army of the Potomac. ' It is also announced that General Hunter, j in command ot Sigel s army, is moving in t.i . . it. . i . .. r il s:1:1- '"iccuoa, .w nne inc. army 01 tne Nrtlll'ret' 11,1 ler aeneral Vo?, said his command, to resist, and shcrt woik will be made of the seigo of Richmond. - This concentration, we apprehend, is the true nrinciwlo of determined, viirorous ' , ' warfare. It gives strength, and. strength Minder tlie command ot such a irencral as Grant, must bring victory, as surely as ef fect follows cause. (den, A. J. Smith, with his command, it is also said, is fn ro'd". for Chattaa oga. perhaps to reinforce Sherman, while at the same time tlie Ia4ter is being strength, ened from every available source. The rebels arc no doubt pursuing the same policy, and in a very short time the con tending forces on both sides, will be mas- d at the sreat objective points of the campaigti, Richmond and Atlanta, and the defeat td" the rebels at both places will be Waterloo defeats. mwji: li uui n alluding "to the carnival of blood in Virginia, the Chicago Times has some very . pointed remarks, from which we make the following extracts : -In palliation of Grant, so far rs these 1 1 11 4.1 . - 4 1 ! - 4 - 1 'onnrmnnn in rn-i f on r.e.i n ins. iiiim sroi- i: . . .... ,..,.i i,.r4. i.:,, iiiiu wuii. ii-ziiiaiu i.'-wiiu iii v-'i.iiuiiio "ro.,ched their designated position-. i fr strategi.-;, no room tor mancenvenug uo coulil on,y. hurry up his divisions as : ust as V' ann.uo ni, uesc io pre- f orve his army from being split -. ? - . . to frag- incuts, under the trementlus blows of his concentrated and powerful antagonist.- ; moment in w hich Grant could avail him ! self of strategy without subjecting him- I self to annihilation. Sending Burnside around the 1-eft to threaten Lee's rear he : t;iree(l fcti.at. Comma odor t. i'ii.in-ro us im - - --- - - -.- i whh.u i-i ii,a ' . tim.. v.-.. .,hh. . intermit the sickening routine of slangh- i ier. It is onlv in this country an i under i i i - 4i 4 American generalship that immense ar- ",JtJS meet and strugiTiw lor 1 is on x res- trioted space, and then separate with no . I 1 . 4t 1- -.1 .- other results than limitless lists of woun- ded and dead. Yank.ee Atrocitv. 'Gamma" thus writes to the Mobile Register : Your readers have not forgotten "Colum bus, the old negro switch tender on the Petersburg road. Poor old man ! Super intendent Gill found him yesterday hang ing to a tree, took him down, and had him decently buried. The Yankees hung him because he helped our wounded men to water when Capt. Cole's Battery was in action, and President Ellis assures me thai he also served a gun until his strength gave way. The Yankees burnt his little house on tho side of the railroad, and as he was going through the woods to cret som? silver he hsd buried near his house, the laokecT caught him and hung him up. The Trans-Mississippi Department has ucca wnuauy aoamioueu y uitj ianKC3, .' i t i t. . it and A. J. Smith's Army Corps, which was with Banks. ha? rca Uci Chattanoorja ! cit rvutc for fifherman. (Tiii.' i u .iiNMini. il ii' nnnn fithi.r than oi. -.1 i .1 i . l .i - i A Nkw II ailroai Line To"R!Cii.c6-:.-- jao i:Aaiuicr ifuds the following rich an Tii0 i:A-aiui(lcr ,fuds the loilowing ncd an 110,Ct:llle.it in the Washington Chronicle , , , - thtJ - 1 inst- written aw the con U act ox headqu:irteif : l'M;jjr Wentz.-superintendent of the ioverumnfe railroads, arrived here this Gov m n hing with engines, cars. au ". materials tor building a railroad fro si West Point and the White House to Richmond, when it may be required." On which the Enquirer remarks : V1.V Tl n,-tr I, a mm 1 1 rod 1'' Then W O reckon there is some djubt about it after all that if Grant does not come poking alo,1S neither will the railroad. One thing ,s ne iuw noi i)u.uie v... rihtof way-, nur obtained a lailroid jrant from ou-o il. E. Lee, who holds all the bogs through which the road must run to reach Ri -iimond, and recognizes not the "Squatter Sovereignly'' of the Digger." To oolain that runt, and purchase that bloody riht of way, IT. S. Grant will have to tiiro.y down another seventy fiv:. thousand human .-'sleepers'' in the mud, 1 ... .1. .. .. 1 1 1 and m ike a hiinrnn corduroy rood, Jnrca dml,jd by the bodies of the slain. . . Fiii thi: Bexlkit. or Mk. JIoldkn. The Editor of the io th 'Carulinia i ne vs- ; paper oifjrs iu exch i.ige to a ly oilic i in '1 lie above position will exempt any of- j ffcer jrom oonscriutioa. and secure for him ! 1 A . n ,,, ,,,..;,,. ( , t, lt. .vu; .i, l... . j l . ... ... 1 faith, and me otti ;er ar the h ard- ships of camp life will make the exch ingo. Address Editor, Favetteville. N. C. ON TllU L'HiCKAHOMlNV, Va., ) June Gth. f M'y last letter left me o i the Souths.de Day before ye-tenl y we were brought re by a forced march, a id are now on 4i -v ..l, .1 .. 1... .......t lUC lOHV lUlO l.liilO.lll, III!.: liOllll. . . . , . w.iere mat r au nouses uie v u.c.vunoai- in-, some twelve or fifteen miles east of Richmond- Tin enemy is unu.Msk,-i 1 to be in cur front-073 the ot'.ir s'de of the Chickhominy. but in whit forcj bus not yet transpired. We have a gold position here with something which I will call an Aerial monitor or ili;rhb::i I terrapi.i im medhtidy ;;i our rear, to rake the enemy should he. attempt .kn ad'.' ..nee on the rail road. Yesterday my eyes were permitted to behold, though at s me distance, w hat I was informed to be the veritable Robert E. Lee. seemed be i ling down the lines for the purpose of observing the dis- position of the troops hee, and of giving such instructions as might seem necessa- rv. He was ridina: a lar;re steel ry. horse. ui ipp irel consisted 4,, I pints, to itederate grey coat .and hlacK quires and not as paras a tower of strength" to our army. Wo are now encamped on a part of that ground rendered so historic by the mem orab'e events whieb occurred here in June :uid duly 'tri, when McClellan was thun- deling at the gitcs of Richmond ; and the indications are that that bloody drama is not only to be re-enacted, but intensified during the Summer of 1$P1. What anx iety, what trembling, what 'hopes, what fears must we all now feol as to the events of this campaign. The bones of men and horses, of Confederates and Yankees, ar nov bleeching in the sun upon all the streams of the Cliickahominy, and the "shadows of coining events'' tell us that these relics pf warfare are to be multiplied indefinitely ihrouh all" this district o. country. M iy the God of battles judge be tween us and our enemies. A decree o! ! confidence with some, f checv fulness prevails. All, I believe, look upon this j lh(, rnmor current (lay before yesterday, campaign to end the war, or at le ist to ' t at. the Yankees were at Lexington, is bring it to a'eri-ds. Sh u'd the end o. j u tcrly w ithout foundation. It ought to the F.di find tho enemy repulsed at al ' j h ive been stated, by way 43 completing material point.-. should Richmond still be 1 t ,( story, that Crook had burned the Na e ore in our hands. 1 1 in eneinv d: iven i tur.il lridgc. b ic'i from Athmtt. an 1 our arm v success- fid in the Trans-Missisippi , why then w e ! will all look upon tho Confederacy as es tahlished beitid j era lventure. I thitd tlie lescd inuicaooiis are that this stall of things w.d hn realizetl. (ibd frrant that the ''day of our deliverance drawetb ivirb." Tint peace, with its umnberies. - bh-vsiras?, tniiv soon come upon us, j n I that wcmiv'b - pe.uiitted to return to the pursuit and ei iovHient of professions more agreeable than that of war. ALEXANDER. Tuk Captuuko!- tue Steam Kit Water j Wi ica Last evening we gathered only the following additional part'u:ulars-ot the! j capture of the U. S. Steamer Water Witch ... I . : .1 .' 1 !.! ! V 1 !.... 1 'ivm. i ciui. v. li'j m ii mail' in i Liixr 1 i I r .,f nlt.i 4ili-Si-t-i4l. l - v- . . . I-.- . i , . - I 1 1 , t i . ditioa, was the first man w ho boarded the i water V itch tic cut. dowu a sailor with j his cuthss, and was immediately shot i.l , , . , !' t Wigh tho heart, and died instantly. .1 I 4 ' t . . WW I 1 ..,1 1. . . . I . killed wounded. The dead and the wounded were brought to this city last eyening. The crew, of the Water Witch also ar rived in the city last evening. Capt. Pen dergrast commanded the steamer, and she had a crew of ninety men together with her officers, who have taken quarter.? for the prescut at Oglethorpe Barracks. The Water Witch carried four splendid guns. One of the Federal officers received a ball in the back from a pistol shot. The num ber of the enemy's killed ami wounded we haw not been able to ascertain.. Savan nah A'eics. Please take notice of this fact, that nil 'marriage estate "and funeral notices are to be paid in advance w hen left at this of fice. In the absence of our clerk" the money i a am 'y foft w.fi our Sfrman. .1. IL K:. wh:f- receipt is-go-jd at all time.. v ine.i y k. pi. ice vissaoaw ounu, at Tni; Kksi,uve Fokcks. The (Holds bn two ocIock on yesterday morning. A ; y(y state doiunal of the 10th says that more gallant act was never performed by j a . (;fore vcst.nUy (;en. Holmes' di, any band ol br.iv me... Wc learn that j tf) hoim;,K. rcser;.cs betwe-u - L:to.vi tun mCiiMosii w.uu.j A MAN OF TRUTH. AVc are pained beyond measure to learn that a number of Gen. u ran fa eneiwies iu this city are about to deprive him o. hi well e.rned title, "The Butcher of the ildeiiiess," and substitute in li. 11 there of H13 disagreeable and unjust appnlla ion of 4Thc-Liar of Cold Ihubor.'' As the warm personal friend of Gen. Grant, we undertake to say that, however fond he nny be of blood, he ia not a liar. It is true that Mr. Secretary Stanton, that pat tern of all the virtues, in one of the in teresting despa'.chi.s which he delights to send daily to Gen, l)ix, in New York city, undertook to give an account makes no ment:on of the operations of the morning , which resulted so unfavorably for General Grant. But a moment's observation will show that Stanton gives only so much of Grant's dispatch as will do to go before a public, and now tor some time past, la boring under a nervous tremor in regard to the fi iunces. Stanton docs not sav that , Gen. .Grant denies all kuon le.hre nt .1 n.. i pulsc in the morning, lie says dispatch 1 . . . . 0 . - . . from t.cn. (,ra it slates'' so and so : bid. be it re linked, he does not say this'isall Gen. Grant states. On the contrary, after repealing -Gen, Gran t'j account d a few trilling successes which attended his arms on that fatal Friday, he (Stanton) comes out with the astounding announcement that our entire los, "according to tlu Ad jutant General' Jiepori," does not exceed 7 500. This is somewhat of a stunner, in .seited adroitly by Stanton in order to nre- so n appear ih the daily papers. Knowing Gen. Grant as well us we d ,1 4,..t :. . i.:... . i i.. ... i . ... e.-..eeui.og nun as u;g-uy as we u, wc I. .4 11. . 4'.. 4 .... ..(" : K.v.1 viy Mm, inai, iii w.i.e iirst part oi .- i-i despatch, he blurted out the facts in bi-i bold, soldierly way. Stardon struck out. all this, and left only so much as woold serve to delude, the public a few bouts longer. Stanton, then, is the liar at d Grant is a man of tiuth. The alio pi made in this city to brand hitn with men dacity must fall, and oii;ht. to fall. 'Gen eral Grunt is no liar. He has his faults l.ke other men ho loves to smoke a ci gar and Sv'iid iu Yankee rdfralf 10 ue'shot j down like dogs by thy Confederates but j he is not a liar, at least not much of a liar. A S Jotchmm by birth or by extra t on. he has t;0 svmoathy w ith'the Yankees, and doubtless meters tt see them ki.kd off" . , ,,,,,, 1- as rapidly as possible. Could be have his i .Vav .,ot 0,.e UoZen t). thu 1:3uu)Ut Ya. kees nov in his army could survive thy next lorinigiit. lie is something 01 a Wholesale Yankee Butcher, but we repo i , he is not a liar ; or, if a liar, not a great big liar, like Stanton Opekatioxs VYkstok tue Mississiprr. The Northern papers have the following report of affairs in Arkanus: disparch from Cairo states that th rebel General Miirmaditko is active in Ar kansas, with twelve pieces of artillery, and that he had captured and burned tho steamer Lebanon, taking the crew and passengers prisoners. A heavy rebel force, supposed to num ber til teen thousand are reported to lo within twenty-five miles of Duval's Bluff, and marching on that place. Duval's Bluff is in Prairie count v. Arkansas ad- ' 7 ocr A situated is not luuiKeiv mat me re Deis win airam - 4 1-1 1 .1 . .1 t 1 -11 resume a temporary sway over a largo porti. n of the State. Our force, how ev- er, will permanently hold Little lioek, and I Helena, on the. Mississippi river, which will keep the keys of the State in our l'ssessiou until the time comes to resunm offcn.iivc operations again iu this region. St.intox not jOocuPiEP. -U was r imored on the streets yfserday during the day. .and as late as 8 o'clock in tho evening, in a quarter that inclined us credit it, says the Richmond Whig, that Staunton has not been yet occupied by the Yankees, as reported. We hope' thn. it is true, and will anxiously ferret out th; latest information from, that quarter before going to press. If there is any of ficial conformation of the above rumor, it will, as a m liter of course, be appended t this paragraph. From the information wc r ave at the time of writing, we feel well assured that An 'Tiir:a riKiv Doner: We learn that t icre are scattered vor the State I Lt . k. f-ims of :i petition or memorial to bo signed hy the " faithful M of .th .-tritet -ect . q nPxtiii'j lloldr.ii t rjfhrltC ll om the G (dieruatot ial coldest. Ye sbaib s ot id the conti -mjiliblc ' dnntrhills that cvm j 1 ce ' h-'- Ltq icMng llolden ! j Withdraw ! Holdeiv. the pifor sneaking cniSen. i re iorling to tins petty suhtcrttige eith. 1 to jct out ol h s imp"iiding disgraeef u1 defeat, or ty raisi-w cry gaiii.t the pro.n - I in 'nt friunt.s ot Gov. i.;c -, v-. o on in ' t!lis vit"'v "f the case, he will cn-rge with j S-t--! "P peiiti .. j in at pool uiiu coiiiciiipiiui'' . St'de Journal. ' fci tr 4 1 r n ages ot o and o(). llv. or;ecs n n.i 1" 4- putting them into camp was to organize and drill them, atfd as soon as that was mil i-i!v..-i'1 liv m-i4rc fVoin RirhlllOI! I. j . jn the dismissal of V these troops Gen. Winder fully concurred with Gen. Holmes and the War Depart ment. At the depot here, in waiting for tho cars, there was many a hearty hurrah for Jeff. Davis and Gov. Vance. What Banks did kok Us. It is said Kirby Smith had only sixteen si.v-potind rifle guns when he encountered Banks. He has now 71 pieces of artillery, eight of whi-h arc 32 pounder Parrots, forty-seven 12 pounder N?poIc;n-, and his own o iin-d sixteen six pounder. Banks al so f-quiped him with 20,000 extra small arm,, m-d varion other things necessary to furnish a complete outfit for im army. Pnk1 trnkes a capital ordnance officer.' Wo arc sorry to hear that he is .uperce dod. Hex. Toombs. We learn t,at this gn tieauam in.wiilimr to'bc il!c when bis " ! S'.alc invaded, has joined the Jlilili an a r,.iv.ltc- .,,,. rcIIO..trj to UfC Waj-wc, I al Atlanta, for duty-. I . 1 . 4 t I I " .V III . .llil1