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'V- V ' ... i- 3' -: , . . "p. I .4 Tj. it - HI n Lb rt i I :S1!1 Ml I. VOL. II. WILMINGTON, N.C., WED XKNING, FJEBR'tfARY 8, 1865. NO. . 1 v' iTv II. H. 3IUXSOS. KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION IN ADVANCE. One Copy Three months, ..... $25 f'O To Soldiers one mcnth r (-() No snbsoription Taken for i'k longer, or shorter period than three months. TIIE WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER Is published every Wednesday morning at he following rates, in advance : Oue copy ix Months S10 Of) " Three month?, -r 00 Tke paper will be discontinued at the ex piration of the time paid for unless renewed, ADVSBT1SIXG RATES: .nvEiiTKSEMKSTS will be i&serted daily a rt Fivk Dollaus per square for each inei. uou, teu lines or less constituting a square Advertisements inserted as Sjc;ial or CHlhop Notice!? are c'uarged one-half more tiian above rates eight (leaded) lines or lcs! counted as a square. Obituaries' Marriage Notices, Funeral and 'tetigious Notices, when not exceeding four Jines, published free. , No' publication made without a responsi ble name. , . n-ib la-;:ra.v. ;-!m't tumble "v'jauhtand'baClc; and think . because yon " haven't the 6gnre of Adonis or the face of Apollo, you stand no chance at all! It is not mustache and straight noses that do the business, women, bless their fouls, don't care a fig for such tilings. 0'ily lemember a few little preliminaries, and you can make them like you, even if your hair is red and your mouth wide ! When you go to make an evening call, don't start too early. Ladies are not well pleased to bo eiught before their curls and basques are arranged. V-o particularly careful not to sit down on the cat or kick the dog across the floor the girls are sure to appreciate any one who know how to be kind to their pets. If there's a piece of worsted work, admire it ; don't mistake the artificial flowers in the vase for real : if the youn Jady is doing crotchet-work, ask her if she can't teach you. Beyond everything, don't tip back in your chair ; for every crack in the fragile furniture, there'll be a worse fracture in your friendship. Arjd when she begins to yawn behind her pocket handkerchief, take up your hat and go. ' Uiort and sweet, long and .bitter,' is the motto. When you are walking with a lady, iioo't be striding along until she has to t an to keep up with you the first thing " you knoiv, sb will oil' home. Z o tice just how she walks, and moderate your gate accordingly. If she meets a t'einiuine acquaintance and stops for a nice little chat, it is essential th.it you should not manifest impatience by balan cing first on one f.-ot and then on the other. If she wants to look into a shop window, stop and admire too, though' you may not know a ribbon, from a railway station. When you come to a crossing, give her the wlioU? oV it and go meekly into the mud. Toll her how becoming her linnet" is. and implore her to wear it the next time she goes to the opera with you. If you meet a rival young gentle man at her liouse, don't be rude to him, it is the worst policy in the world, lie us polite as possible to him ; crush him if you can, with courtesy. Never laugh loud in a parlor, and re tnember to speak low. It is just as well not to talk very much' yourself ; let the iulirs have the preference, and they will prefer your society accordingly. lie blind and deaf to whatever they choose b.. tVm.i v.nir si?ht and hearing a VV Jw I' . v.i J " o steel spring escaping from a crinoline, for instance, or papa in the hall wonder ing 'whether that young fellow means to gohome to-night or not V Nothing is easier than to be a favorite with the la dies. Humor them, wait on them, study their peculiarities, be always ready to es cort them anywhere, amuse them when they are dull, and laugh with them when they are lively ; and though you may b homely as a hedge fence, they will like you ten times better than the handsome blockhead who thinks that his looks arc goiug to do everything for him. . ' The following, apologue about the angel, in one of Franklin's letters to bUclaughter,i3 full of the force and beauty, that characterized every thingof this kind from his pen, and manifests his deep horror of Avar. A young angel of distinction, be ing sent down to our world on some business for the first time, had an ot?ourier spirit assigned him. They arrived over the -seas of theiUartin- icus in the middle of the iong- lay. of an obstinate fight between the fleets of Rodney and DeGrassei When through the clouds of smoke he saw the lire of the guns, the decks covered with mangled limbs, and bodies dead or dying, the'ships sinking or being blown up and burned, and the quantity of misery; and destruction, he "turned angrily; "to his guide and said : "You undertook to. conduct me to earth, and you brought . me to hell." No, sir, says the guide : "I have made no mistake: This is really the earth, and these . are men ; devils never treat one anoth er in this cruel manner, they have more sense, and more of what men vainly call humanity." There is depth in the following dialogue which bur readers will ea sily 'fathom - Dialogue. "Jim, what you think about puttin cullud pussons in the army, d'ye think they will fight r Well Sam, let me ax you a educa tion. Did you ever see two dogs fight, over a bone ? "Well, did yer ever see a bone fight yi State Conventions. Anions the mtst mischievous in pur pose or dangerous "in character, of the factious propositions of the- present time, are the calls for State Conventions which are being made in several quarters. No occasion could be more unpropitious for obtaining a fair expression of the wisdom and the will of the people. By very far the major part of the courage, the worth, the intelligence, and the patriotism of the country, is m the army. The duties" of the citizens who are thus engaged are such as would prevent them from taking their appropriate part in the organization or the discussion of a Convention. The scheme fur calling a Convention is prac tically a scheme for disfranchising . those virtuous and brave men, and for placing the great, sovereign authocity of the States in the hands of a portion of the people, and of the portion t'-iat is least to be trusted with .its exercise. Though some true meu arc entrapped in it, it is essentially a scheme of the ex tortioners, the time servers, the tremblers, the cowards, and the disloyal, to get pes session of the gre ii seal of state, tt au gust symbols and prerogative of sover ei'utv, that thev may betray us to the- k he ha.2 maderVut f the war ! The mail ot property would give his liberty to saye iris gold, ine person who js whipped in spirit foels stir.ed by spaniel instincts. r The disloyal man, ever watch ing for Opportuuityo betray his country, hopes that this nia be the time. All these are moving for a convention for the chance it will afford them of gaining power, by -corruption, artifice, activity and duplicity, and by a fraud upon the popular sensibilities. In the event of success, the betrayal of the Confederacy would be their grand aim and immediate eftbrt. The soldiers in the field and the people at home, would be alike sacrificed to the interests and aims of money-makers, dastards and trai tors in Jisguise. The efforts for conventions, to which we are referring, are appropriately heai! ed Jjy the Augusta C'tioitide. One would suppose if its editor was .anxious to re connect himself to Abraham Lincoln, that the short and honest course wo dd be sim ply to retrace hij oicu steps, and fo bade to th:tt Connecticut whk-h he so recently h"ft. He h:i! no part or responsibility in tiie secession of (,'torijia why not leave her alone ? It is from thai paper, thus invest f J with all the signs yf systematic treachery, ta;it the call for a State Con vention, for motives no longer veiled, is constantly cl-imored. In North Carolina the call is tuken up by the notorious "i'v.yv,'-'' and l'Sfinhn J," of Raleigh, ami a convention for that otace is ear-: nestlv insisted uii, witii the s.imc eads in view. 'i'nc patriotic .eoplc oi" our country will c-scln-vv and s)urn such treacherout ieaderslfip and such tainted associations. The ju'liei'Ui-anl intelligw.t will see that thi.-i is a most unfavorable time for hold- tivc1 f'u;: conventious e know will ex- that the persons who urine them caiun that we mis "afraiu to trust "the people." .But "the people," so far as the soldiers an: concerned, arc ow-iy. It would be unjusMO them, as well as dau-got-fjrrs to vi siIl-,lT tnki tsovcreigu sit:tlo:i ; in t'neis absence. This eiwiventiosi mov' incur is a cOtn?piinu-y f disloyal dema "(("vk'S, 2"ot un S'delv for the chance they suppose it may a-ford them to betrar the Confederacy. '"W" certainly arc unwilling to trust tlu nil We doubt not we should ho sold "to Connecticut with the utmost speed of steam and telegraph. We doubt not Lincoln's heel would be upon our neck in less than a week. These -convention callers have no object in view with -which a loyal niaji can sympathize, and our good citizens will scarcely deem it wise to oblige conspirators with opportunities for mi: chief Ilich Sentinel. "We lent il that deserters from the Yankee lines around Richmond have very largely increased since the general orders of our govern ment, offering to put deserters through the lines to go home, or elsewhere, have found their way in to the ranks of the Yankee t We know that the most careful measures have been taken in the Yankee lines to keep this informa tion from the private soldiers, and that it has only been obtained by them by rare accident. It would be a very good idea to have the general orders pla-carded along out lines as well as printed in the Rich mond newspapers ; as there is eve ry reason to believe that an effec tive advertisement of them would do more. to deplete Grant's army, than all other persuations put to-o-ether. Any one who has had an insight into the composition of this army, and knows , the large number of men who arc ever on the alert to jump the bvaniy, will jnrdcrstand the value of a getieral circulation of i the order referred to. :And we may remark '"here, that the authorities in Richmond have hitherto most faith fullv and efiectuallv performed the promise of sending deserters through the lines, and putting them "en route" for their homes ; hundreds at a time having been transported to-convenient points, whence th?y migkt make their way to any part of the North which they chose to designate. They arc detained in Richmond only so long as is neces sary to make up convenient lots for transportation, and in" the mean time, are comfortably '-subsisted here. It hit :n : ;;. n-i.j.i a cAmM P-j the :iys mpmgt, 7;" -, " --d Central Joseph. E. Johnston to the cause ot a pun. borne , j cpiWmind the Army of Northern Vir jnentioning, in. Laml s presence, gjuia . Tiwg-Mieval expectation had been the coldheartedness of the Duke of j that General Johnston would be assigned Cumberland, iit retaining theDutch ess from rushinir up to the embrace of her son whom she had not seen for a long, .tinuy land insisting on receiving1 ; him ' in state'. "How terribly cold it was,' said the narra tor. "Yes," said Lamb, in his stut tering way, 'but you know he is the 1 Duke ot Cu-cumberland. Don't ISet. 'Amasy "May ivss cured of bettingl How ? ; Keep quiet and I will tell j'ou. Not a thousa'nd miles from Jamaica Plain lived Lcm'Seavcr, -Bob Emmons and' Amasa Mny. 'Lem was fond of shooting," could shoot well, and was rather pfroud of it. It happened on a bright October day that he had been bunting the cover Ha the Newton side of the pond, and camVbut by the old barn' whore Bob Emmons was' at Work After a little talk Lem left his gun and fixings stindijg out side,'- and went into the burn to look at the' cattle, and finally passed through to thc cider mill, whica slvod'just beyond.. A half day's tramp-, in the woods makes a nfan dry, you'd better believe.. While he Was gone, Bcib Emmons, who was always at the bottom of all the deviltry done in the vicinity, dropped ftn extra load of ehot in to each barstl of the gun, and stood by waiting For Sun. - J r " . ' lr Presently- Amasa came tip th rad with a new haton. The half-formed plan that floated, in the brain of Bob was instantly completed, and put tat . action as follows: : ... . . ; ', -t iraihng Aeon sa. - .' " " 17" Bob earefuilj drew : oolf Aht of jue Had just put in, and pu-.taef jgun baek, where ho found ilk " Ju3r then Lem came back, having suckod eider enough to ibake himself perfectly comfortable, and prepared to go. ' v ' - V.- " Heh'o, Lem," says Amasa, " what are you toting that ?hooting ircuu about for?' . - . s -tr-r''i w Oh, it's a way I have," replied Lem; sometimes I get a chance to shoot, and t-ieu I almost always hit;" , " But youA3n't hit my hat six rods," exclaimed Ainaa, "bet an oyster supper for the boys to-night. "Done," says Lem, " set it up !' Amasa put his hat on a post, and measured the six rods, almost bursting with suppressed laughter at the imagina ry idea of Lem's looks when he should find that lie couldn't hit a hat at six rods ; Bob also chuckling ?u the success of his plan, and Lem, pleased with the idea of winning the bet. He brought the gun up to his face to tire. "Double your bet, and give it both barrels," said Amasa, jr'- " Aye ! aye !" replied Lein, antt jie let drive, right and left in quiicfc4 Succession. Bcfoie the smoke rolled away, Amasa jumped forward with a shout and laush. to show Lem that he couldn't hit a hat in broad uay.Ught. But where was it? Bits of fur here and there, and a misera ble, dilapidated wreck of a hat," that look ed as if ail the w-oodcocks in Norfolk county had stuck their bills through it. .was the sight to reet his eves. The sud den and instantaneous change of his countenance told Bob who had lest the wager. And that was the .way Amasa was cured of bett:n;. ISfclu Scene. Tom gets the following ctf for " Confederacy." Tom' fs a rare bird the but we (den't) always vou h for him : I heard quite s noise in one of our cipal KiivutH the ouier evening, anrt as plumb of curiosity is largely developed in my raput, I hastened to the spot, andstvv quite an excited crowd, but coul 1 not divine the cav.se, such was the confusion. I saw enough to convince me it was the old theme being discussed, that of the war and the state of the country. I saw ex traordinary gesticulations, heard violent denunciations, and thought I inhaled the perfume of strong libations. Every body was talking at the same t.'me, and ail winded to be heard. Theie was congre gated Jeff Davis nd Joe Brown men, war men, peace men, and not a Lincoln- itc During my stay in this throng, the fol lowing conversation occurred, as near as I could remember : Gentlemen, ht ar me if you please says the advocate of peace, if you only knew how very important that' mules, sir, they are Avorth' 4 Who could suppose, gentlemen, that,' ' Doesticks is in Savannah! Why he is 'A good horse, about 2o0' Millions of money, sir, you say j yes, spend it for gunboats and for' ' Whiskey, no, I thank you, I have' 4 Head the Confederacy ; it is not an advocate lor peace on any terms, but' Cotton wdl go up, sir, and' ' So will the gunboats ; they can travel at the rate of ' A dollar and a quarter a pound ! Pshaw, man ! you are' Drunk, (hie) I never was' (hie) 'In the army? Yes, sir. I am proud to say 1 have three sons iu' 'The smoke house; I just smoke my meat, and then' ' Hurra for J o. Jo no, no, not Jo, but (hie) D- vis (singing) I wish I was' ' ' A yoke of" steers will bring' Consolation to widows and rhans ; peaee, sir, yes tir, peace will cost us' A pound of wool, then wash the cot ten, and then by mixiug a little' 1 J-.Kii.ci rum, the best -I ever tasted; it was brought irOhv- , i. 'The Constitution. of -these . Confederate States t does hot specify, sir, :at time ' " , To make, good soap, the potash oug-it to be thoroughly' Investigated ly England and France ; sir, we h'aVe tried them, and found that when' 'The soap is fit for use in about" : Four move years of War and blooJ. I want independence as-micfi as, any man, and I believe it attainable by standing up to our rights under' . lion clads they arc powerful to some cx ten tr but they are rot equal to' ' Po. k and turnips; they are very' Here I could stand no moreI had to give vent to my feelings, but not in a flo d of tears. ' " . The Richmond ': Dispatch" of Friday last says: It was reported yesterday that the President had appointed. General II. E. Lee General-in-Chief of the Armies oi Uie couieaeraic otaies, t 1 r.i i."' 1 and had assign- to" the 'coitinind of our foices now con fronting Sherman, in South Carolina. rEE.soxA. V"e find the following iu the New York Herald of the 20th ; , Notice to5 Mr?. Col. Wm. Lamb, Wilming ton, N. C."-rFather will visit your husband as soon as he learns where he is, and ivith his consent, will bring you and the children hme. HfiUitr and other .' our ifl lend, Clovei h at; i Hr'leoiue The txauced in Congress "tered spot where J treiitcd by the ) levitj'i . Cci-tain- 't s Uiled Stn tes, sequestrated,- not 'C jgrvni, Jonathan is of "jseekin there is iv. Inquire M ly tnat spot Perhaps 1 sequestered the very ..We thiii; , Ci expressed any dcsirel Vi h rtilotb United states, it vf rated. T cilities' foir-) land uf 'ix grant' to be seques .ords : 'ryater ' fa? t. thaa any other Confederate emi Jsposcd of iii tltat .t thVr captain's ' lUi, we believe, t h-Un i ted v.- 1 .pe they will Lei the old getult-man pass. iZe -Basr been a geM enough " Confederate it is irucv but: aliuse of" Jeff. Davis does, not atone for tha eritho in Yankee eyes. But he.is (ui old man, uiy lord a vefy old mail." lie does "not want to be se questered, whatever lie .- may say. , Soli tary conlineinent would kill him ; or, if shut up with (ther -prisoners, he would talk thein to death in twenty-four hours. The idea of one Yankee-journal,' that lie' is to make a tour through New England and bold sweet converse with its inhabi tants, would be more humane to him and merciful to mankind. All the old women in that country would die of vexation from not being able to get a 5 word in. The AmericMii clown, who boasts that he can talk so fast that it tukes echo six months to repeat hitn,was slow of speech com pared with Foote. On the whole, let us hope that Mr. Foote wilh go o England. The United States is j place for emigrating Confed erates.. IIh will; find a good many heart broken exiles in Great Britain who will like to hear the news from their., dear The TM Federal jor or Foote, I intention . . , - .m, .yTieiie;tli, and supported h 1 j f " r , which , vitally totiches their sensitive na tures :wtxr.ie"Ue'stering in England means 8eq',.:fe:fe in the CotifeJeracy. - Richmond Dispatch. Subjugationjis a possible though not a probable thing. But we should esteem it highly probable, if we could belice the Southern peo ple capable of such self-pollution. Nay, they would deserve to be sub jugated. Wc do not deny that JSngland is responsible for this war; we are well aware that for thirty years she has been employing the anti-slavery agitation to divide the Union, using the abolition faction as the cat paw to pick her chesnuts the 1 J O We mav desircf to see sucli deliber ate . and cold.blooded selfishms-i overtaken by just retribution. Such sentiments we may entertain so long as Ave are permitted to walk the earth as freemen ; so long as we have a world which is a world to us; so long as we are not Strang o-ers, foreigners and vassals in the land that gave us birth. But when wc have no more a country; when halters are rouii&the ' .necks of our best and brayesti; and fetters on the limbs ,of thosfwbdBf' permitted to live; when all Y idane things to us have lost ifcheu1,aterest, we shall not be reluctant to fight for those ,xho have robbed us of all that makes life desirable ! Wc think wc are nearer the mark when wc.say that a subjugated South, so far from wishing to fight England or any other Power, would rejoice to see an enemy of its subjugator, wheth er the Queen of Great Britain, or the Emperor of Austria, triumphant over its Yankee masters, even though it ended in transferring our own vassalage to the hands of the conqueror. Once subjugated, it is only not a matter of inttiference to us who are our proprietors, bccatise we would infinitely rather he the leighnien of 3-hiropcn kings than the bondmen of Yankee taskmasters. ltich. DU. . '-.'' . ';.":-v ' v A New Port for Blockade Ruxxe'rs The Netr: York Tiinea' publishes the Vh40 the n 1 . ii, -iV'in hlnrl'iiilr rnn- rrlsl foRrtWtMsscek a new point on the coast where they may still continue their trafHd to a limited extent. In this connection, the following letter from bur Consul-General at Havanna, -to Collector Draper, of this city, is interesting : U. S, Consulate General, Havanna, Jan. 9, 1865. J Simeon . Draper , ' Eq., Collector of the Port oj Xeo: York: , , Sir: The tsteamer Coquette sailed from this' port on Thursday last, the 5th insfr.; Fruui information communicated to me yesterday, I believe, sbja bes gone to one'of the Kejs. called , ,Cayo de Sal' about fifty miles north-west of Ccrdenas, to bs fitted up as a piratical cruiser. It will be well to warn masters of vessels sailing from your, port to be on their guard against her. 1 She is about 225 feet long, and has two smoke-stacks, lays low ia the water, and is painted a light color almost white. The Secessionists here are making ef forts to stake out the harbor of St. Marks, on the -weitera coast of Florida, as a new coast for blockade runners, so that they may enter with steamers in the niht time. . ''-... -; - I ar5' tot respectfully, z i i-r uent airv t. J. T. Mixes. U. S. Cons. at Havanna. ft?, Eosseau used to say, " To write a good love letter you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to fin ish without knowing you b&r irritiva. out ot tho lu-ei ana persuading Telegrupliic lie port of Hie Is Aso iaiion. Entered aeeorUing to Act of Congress in the fear 1S63, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk'e office of the District Court of the Confederate States, for the Northern District of Ueargia. Richmond, Feb. 1. The Senate passe a bill abolishing the office of all quarter-, masters and commissaries on "duty at post dfpotsrand provides for the apjoint inehtof bonded agents , to take thiir place. . .,;'..;" Thet act also, repeals all authority b de-taiLpersons-between the ages of ;18 and 45 in said departments. The Senate then resolved in secret ses- sioilw i' :,. - , No Yankee, paets 1avc beu received n - -4 federate? Staled have ever been, and are nov, -re'dy t'j make peace on terms hpn orable to both pirties j yet-, in the judg meiit of this 'House-; while ve shall mani fest a 'Willingness to treat for peace, we should not omit vigcrously to prepare for WHT. 'Hasolced further. That in the judgment of this House, this prtparation c.in best be made by using every effort., and place at once in the army every man liable un der our laws, to render military service, by causing quarterma-ter, commissary, Hitd other departments to he administered with renewed energy; and since Lee has been made General in-chief to assign him our best and most acceptable Generals to command .our separate armies; and by ceasing to aTtate the policy 'of employing negro troops, measures which have divided public sentiment, and produced much despondency. Mr. uholson snoke at considerable csolutions. He Incidentally aid a tribute to the effi ciency of the Press, which, he thought, had accomplished more; in aid of our struggle than a hundred (old it number of employees could have done if armed and placed in the field. Tho House then resolved in secret ses sion. - "Rich mono, Feb. 1st. General Lee's n.)inii,aiion as General in-chit-f was con firmed yesterday by the Senate. Reports from the Valley represent troops from Thomas's army parsing over the Haitiutore mid Ohio radroad. Dcputatiotis from the North Carolina Legislature aimed here yesterday, and had an interview last iy-ht with the Con- General '""Lee has issued an appeal for the surrender -of all cavalry arms, equip-tm-nts'iu private hands. He sa3 s prompt compliance with this call will greatly promote tho efjiok-ncy and strength of the army , particularly. tfie cavalry. A large public meeting was held last night at the Hall of the House of Dele, gates. It was addressed by the lion. Thomas Flournoy and several members of Congress from Virginia and Georgia. Great enthusiasm prevailed. The meet ing broke up at a late hour. All tho speakers declared in favor of prosecuting the war until ourlibeity and independence is achieved. Chablestox, Feb. 1. There bus boon no. move of importance to-dav. Prisoners taken vary in their statement of the . ene my's destination- The enemy are reported burning all good houses. Mobile, Jan. ,11. A special to the Register dated Svnatobia 1th, says the Memphis Argus of the 29th received. Grierson's Cava'ry, about two thous and strong, embarked at '.Memphis last Friday, lximd up the river. Schotield's Division had gone to rein force Sherman. The Canadian difficult', growing ont of the release of the Sr. Alouns raiders, has been adjusted. The objectionable portions of Gen. Dix's order have been re voked. Judge Conso!' s. conduct has been denouueed. The Br-filian Government ha; denied -entrance to a United States .Suamer at 1 the Vovt of Bdiia.- ' A general cTiange of brisoners. fa ex- j)0ieXsoOll. ' '' - ' '. Lincoln s administration intends pur suing a more liberal policy with the rebel States. He thinks thel Confederacy has reached a point in its downward career when the true policy of his Cfoyernment is to temper justice with mercy. Lincoln has written to Canby showing the necessity of bringing: out jdl"the' Cot ton possible, , as absolutely essential in financial point of view even if eontraband goo.ls should be furnished fa Return. The steamer Atlanta," frKni '. Mobile, with one thousand bales Cot or benefit of Confederate prisoners, has arrived at New York. 5 Ex-President ".Pierce "'was' hourly ex pected at Washington. He is said to be one of the Peace Commissioners. Cotton, in Memphis, after deducting Government charges," thirty-five to forty five cents. ' ' Large amounts of Cotton is going to Memphis and much whiskey is coniin back. SMacox, Feb. 1st. A special diapatch to the Columbus Enquirer, from jfarian na, 30th, says the enemy laAded a strong force and came to Ricas Bluff, on Apalo schlicola river, capturing a Lieutenant snd forty negroes, on the 26th, and then left. . On the 29th the enemy were again re ported advancing on Ricas Bluff num ber unknown. -Richmond, Feb. 2. The Xcw York Herald, of the 30th has been received; It contains nothing about the appoint ment of Peaca Commissioners by Lincoln, -j but over a column about Mr. Blair's second visit to Richmond, in the shape of Wash ington correspondence. The writer as serts Hlair's mission not a failure, .and predicts Commissioners from Richmond will soon be en route to Washington. Great seusatiou was produced in New York, on Sunday, by the reported fall of Charleston, and an arrangement between Lincoln and Davis for immediate attain ment of peacev ' The Herald St L,ouis. correspondent gravely anno4 4ces Kirby Smith negotia ting Witt ;inillian for a transfer of his forces to Mexico. v . - -" . - ' -. I The &lec!:aS T:b. Plenheim'from idle to talk of peace until the rebel army of Northern Virginia is defeated and cap tured. Seward made a speech before the Chris tian Commission in Washington, on Sun day night, iu which he said we wait only at the hands of the rebels for submission. which, however delayed, necessarily fol -lows military defeat and overthrow. " Several destructive fires in different States are recorded in tho Herald. Gold advanced as high as 220 on Sat urday, and closed at 2124. Richmond, Feb. 2. European advices of the 18th has been received. Rumors prevailed in Paris confirmatory of the report bore that Maximiliian had ceded Louis Napoleon five Mexican States. The Paris report states that Marsbal Baseaine had received orders from the French Emperor to seize and hold Senora as indemnity for expenses incurred by the French government in plgcing Maxiniil iian on the throne. The London Times says: Xo European Power would guarantee the independence of the Southern Confederacy, as proposed, even with an agreement that slavery should be abolished. The blockade running stemer Leila foundered at the mouth of .the Mercy, on the 15th. Only eight out of fifty-two per sons on board were saved. The Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, wr.s destroyed by lire on the 13th. A number of persons were killed and injured. - Liverpool cotton market dull, with de cling tendency. RiciiMosrp, Feb. 2. The House passed mr!tmtfu President, and increasing the salaries of officers and employees of Government in Richmond. Also, adopted resolutions cS pressing grat iheation of Congress to the additional evi dence of patriotism in the various com mands, which have declared their purpose to maintain the war for independence. Richmoni, Feb. 2. The Senate was occupied to-day in discussing the House amendments to bill providing lor the em ployment of free negroes and slaves upon fortifications;, pending which it regolved in secret session. liicuMoxo, Feb. 2.--Weather greatly moderated. The navigation of the river still -obstructed by ice. ' Flag of truce eommunications at Vari na, will be resumed in . few days, when several hundred Yankee prisoners will be sent off. The question of a general exchange of prisoners will soon be decided. Charleston, Feb. 2. A dispatch from Mroston's Bridge, 7 40 last night, says the enemy advanced to-day across Whippy Swamp, driving in our cavajry on our left six miles supposed to be in heavy force. There is a column of cavalry on the Augusta road, moving rapidly for some unknown point. Latek 1 r. m. Yesterday the enemy hnd possession of McBride's Bridge, and skirmishing was going on in front of Broxton's Bridjre. The enemy aao certainly moving on Branchvillc. A dispatch from Adams' Run,' says th'e enemy came ivp in his barges toiYoung's Island yesterday about noon and Mrove in our pickets. -They fired several build ings and plantations, and retired. ' This mornin- three steamers oflf White Point. A landing is threatened. Ricumoxo, Feb. 3. The Senate adopt ed a Joint Resolution" of thanks to John Lancaster, of England, for assistance rendered Capt. Semmes. The negro bill furtherdiscusscd. Orr and Maxwell strong ly opposed the employment of negro sol diers. Burnett declared he preferred in dependence to negro slavery, and if the time ever arrived when it was necessary to use negroes to aid in accomplishing this 1 cnu, nc would employ them. Subject laid over till to-morrow. In the House to-day, Gholson's resolu tion was taken up as unfinished business Atkins hubmiUed the following substitute: Resolved, That arming slaves in our cause, upon promise of emancipation, is in conflict with a well established prin ciple, therefore it .should not be done. Ilesolvod, That the character of the war the enemy is now waging against us and the immense re-sources ho is now b inging to bear for our subjugation jus tifies and requires that tve should exhaust all resources within ur reach rather than I submit t? 39 terrible a fate. Res9lyedtherefore, That between sub jugation and u.si n g our slaves in; out' de fence, every principle. of nature andself prcservation. reqnires tl latter, therefor , we shouM at itfnce ptitj one hundred, thou sand slaves, between ihe age f lZacd 45, in the fiefd,.and -in ; order to render them effective?-ani- immediately interest our soldiers n the institution, 'tis expe dient that the Government should pur chase all slaves thus put in. the army, and . to give to each white soldier iu. the army -a slave to be his absolute right of poopv erty, tic. Boyce moved to go into secret session, Rejected yeas HO, - pays l60.- -Conrad having the floor spoke in -appsii-; tion ia tbe resolution ntitiltha xnirtwa- . 4 Of tho mooring hour.' - A dommuuicellrri ' f trom th iteoretary ot4t4 Twaaaty 4 proectr'aiaUnff thai fortj&&jdZJ :;.'rf '-fr 4 orfhern papers of the 31st received.- . , Foote arrived jn Sheridan's lines on the 29th. Declining to take the oath of alle giance he will be sent to Washington under arrest. ' The Philadelphia Inrpiirer says Sena tor Wade in his denunciation of the Blair mission, is endorsed by nearly the entire Republican delegation in both houses. Geary has beeii relieved of the military Governorship of Savannah and is suc ceeded by Grover. Three steamers with supplies had ar rived at Savannah. In the House, a resolution thanking the President for the removal of Butler, was laid on the table, yeas 97, nays 43. The Kcw York Tribune, in double leaded type, mentions a report that a sr eret league among the Roman Catholic powers jf Fiance, Spain and Au&tria under guidance with the express concur rence of the Pope, has been formed, pledged to recognize the Southern Con federacy, ou, or immediately after the 4th of March, under the pretext that the Union will thereafter consist of those States only, which participated in the late Presidential election. Hold 2H. MomLE, Feb. '1. A special dispatch to the -Mobile Advertiser from Senatobia, r.ays : The Memphis Argus of the 31st is tilled with predictions of an early peace, on the basis of reconstruction. It says Blair's mission was crowned with com plete succcs. , . Blair pays Leo is in (avdicof laying down his, arms and returning to the Union. Davis also made a similar statement. Arkansas "advises-- 6f the -:17th sys. ffrpft jMiU'iV" --'yyr '' -L- f prevent eup plies going to rort French. A sharp fight occurred in which the Yankees were worsted. . Steamer Shenandoah arrived on the Brazilian coast, and destroyed tour Yan kee ships. She is reported as a formida ble cruiser. JiEPOKTKD nv . WILKINSON Sc CO.. ItioUcVw, 31 Market SC. Feb. 4, 1365. Cin is in demand at tho following rates: Silver, 35. Gold, 40. 0 per cent. Bonds, CO, 7 ( 4 70, 50, Dull. S " " 1.00 to I.2o. 7.30 Notes, G5. North Carolina Bank Notes, 7 to 9. bauth Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, ti it it o Virginia Treasury Notes 10 per cent. Sterling in demand at 47 to 48. I'UOtJI. AIHATIOX BY TIIE PRESIDENT, APPOINTING A DAY OF FA ST I NO, HUMILIATION AND. PRAYER, WITII THANKSGIVING- The Congress of the Confederal States have, by a joint resolution, fevited me to appoint a day of public fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving to Almighty God. It is our solemn duty, at all times, aud more especially in a season of public trial ana auvcrsity, to acknowledge our depen dence on His mercy, and to bow in humble submission before His footstool, confessing our manifold sins, supplicating His gracious pardon, imploring His Divine help, aud de voutly rendering thanks for the. many aud great blessings which he has vouchsafed to us. Let the hearts of our people turn contrite ly and trustfully unto God ; let us recognize in Hi chastening hand the correction of a Father, and submissively pray that the,triala . and sufferings which havo so long borne heavily upon us may be turned awny by His Merciful love ; that His sustaining grace be given to our people, and His divine wisdom imparted to our rulers; that the Lord of Hosts will be with our armies, and figLt for us against bur ene mies; and that tie will graciously take our cause into IIh own hand and mercifully es tablish for us a lasting, just and honorable peace and independence. And let us not forget to render unto His holy name thauks and prfiie which nri so justly due lor His great goodness and for ihe many mercies which He has extended to us uuiid the trials aud sufferings of protract ed and bloody war. Now,' therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of Amer ica, do issue thib my proclamation, appoint ing FRIDAY, the 10th day of March next, as a day of public failing, humiliation and pruj er. (v'uii thanksgiving,) for "invoking the tavor ana guidance of Almighty God; and I do earnestly invite all soldiers and citizens to observe the same in a spirit of reverence, penitence and prayer. Given under my haad and the seal of fiHAL. the Coiififdedtratc States, at Rich mond, this twenty-fifth day of Jan uaty, in the years of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Dy the President: J. P. Uenjami.n, Secretary of State tii0makb.camui.d., .dentist; OFFICE and residence on Second Street 2 square's South, of Market v"- f ' n V 0 ; M .
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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