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T TEH NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD: FRIDAY, , APRIL 2 J863. W, HOLDEN, EDITOR AND FKOPRIKTOR. xnr. No. 84. "LEIGII: FRIDAY. APRIL 24. 1863. OUR. NEW TERMS- Cl ire announced tbat in consequence of the excessive ft of all articles of living, and the oost of publishing "IjtJxnl, that nficr the 15th of the present month, 'c'h carr ) u"r rates of cnar2es w,n De M f"'In w" : ' lf .. " !: -..! venr. - 5 00 in advance. " 6 months, - 2 50 ' Weekly a year, - . 8 00 . .. 6 months, - 1 50 " ijrertising 1 per l're of 14 ,ines for flrat ill!rtio' j v cents for subsequent insertions. "1-Subscribers desiring their papers changed most ioa the Post Office . as well as the one to, which Jrdeeheibe change to be made. ."Persons sending a less sum than the above, after tistn inst., will be credited according to the above rales. The Situation The News. t Fredericksburg the situation is unchanged, ,n3 Hooker, instead ol "changing his base," or rearing again t0 advance, is quietly awaiting, it seems, the time now rapidly approaching, which ill relieve linn at kst o06-'1 of his army, jhe term of enli.-tnfent of a large number of his uun will determine about the middle of May, and it certain but few of the will remain any longer service- The object of Lincoln's late visit to Hooker's camp, was to secure if possible, the re-en-litmeiit of those whose time of bondage is about to cjnire. in this lie totally failed, though during his vis:t unbounded license was suffered to prevail, and ,-rv was supplied ad libitum. It is true the YMort were consumed with genuine Yankee ra- citv but his speeches, profuse ! promises ' to cq.;elc'h the rebellion" in the ninety dajsprover , - ii jsji.rned for that purpose, were received iritu apathetic indifference, for they knew full well that previous predictions of analogous purport hd successive!)' heralded bloody and disastrous defeats. The President returned to Washington, it is said, a fjjjer if not a wiser a man. From Suffolk. Advices from Suffolk up to Sunday at twelve o'clock, state that a general engagement was mo Bemarily expected. Skirmishing was going on between the two armies, and had been for several cars, with pretty considerable loss. The Yankees hid taken to the rear a number of their killed and grounded, and the fire had grown quite sharp be tween the opposing forces. On Sunday . there Was in incessant cannonading, which continued up to 12 o'clock at night, and the opinion prevailed that the skirmishing, which was gradually increasing, would bring on a general action the next day. A portion of our forces are said to have certainly crossed the Xansemond river. The object of this is to cut off the enemy's communication. During some davslast week the enemy's communication was cut off with Newport News, but whether the ! Yankees have forced a passage, is not known. It is now certain, however, that in attempting to come up the river one of their gunboats (the Louisiana) was sunk and two others seriously disabled. The fire of our artillery had been so effective, that the whole flotil'a had been driven back. The Yankees are said to be receiving heavy rein forcements. There was the greatest alarm of the capture of Suffolk and the advance of our army, and trains of powder and combustibles have been laid under ail the bridges leading from Suffdk, so tbat they may be destroyed in an instant, if ahe necessi ty should arise. The greatest fears were felt for the fate of Suffolk. " Major General Dix had arrived at Suffolk, and it was reported he would assume command there. From Port Royal. The Savannah Nevs states that there weVe on Thnrsday at Port Royal 2 steam frigates, 8 gun boats, 5 iron clads, 3 ships, 4 barks, 3 brigs, 7 ocean 6teamers, 6 river steamers, 5 tugs and 36 schooners. On Friday morning four additional iron-clads and K schooners arrived, making a total of 118 (inclu ding 9 iron clads) now at Port RoyaL All quiet at Charleston. From the West. There is no prospect of an early engagement in Tennessee, and we have heard oi no material chances in the relative positions of the armies of, Bragg and of Ecsencrans. Gen. Wheeler with his command, swam the Cumberland river near Nashville, captured a wagon train and killed and captured forty Yankees, on the 18th inst Scouts from the Tennessee liver report the land ing of twenty-four transports at East port, eight miles from Iuka, with twenty thousand Federals, chiefly cavalry. The Progress has the following dispatch, con firming the capture of the " Queen of the West" Pout IIudsos, April 21. New Orleans dates of the ICth confirm the report of the destruction of the Queen of tlu West and Diana. The former got aground in Grand Lake. As the Yankee fleet ap proached a fierce bombardment ensued. A shell from the Calhoun exploded on the Queeris deck, igniting a quantity of powder which commit tiicattd with her magazine and caused an explosion. The Diana is reported to have been burnt by the rebels. One hundred and thirty-six prisoners, in cluding seven commissioned officers, three surgeons and eight of the crew of the Queen of the West ar rived at New Orleans on the loth. Among them is Capt. Turner, commanding the fleet, who was (lightly wounded in the ankle. He is now at St James' hospital a' prisoner. Forty-five of the crew are reported missing, and supposed to be drowned or killed. A dispatch from Berwick's Bay on the 15th reports the Federals beyond Franklin. Their forces are landing and marching on. From Eastern North-Carolina. We have no intelligence of interest from the East. Ve are looking with interest to that quarter. A skirmish occurred at Core Creek on the 20th, in which we had three men killed and some taken prisoners. Confederate Congress. Richmond, April 21. In the Senate to-day a res olution was adopted fixing the first of May as the time for the adjournment of Congress. The House Miendment to the bill authorizing newspapers to be tnt to soldiers free of postage, was concurred in. House bill for the assessment and collection of taxes s amended and passed. The House passed Senate bill abolishing supernu merary offices in the quartermaster and commissary departments. From he United States. The tone of the Northern press indicates a final tWdontnent of active demonstrations by the gov 'fmer,t for the reduction of Charleston ; and a pur ple to avoid as far as possible decisive engagements ur,S 'be summer campaign. Impending famine tht.-!,!H tjjL.7 say, will soon disperse our armies I,1,.-,he 'hellion. The IhrU of the 18th MJS that till" l.:lut niiM frnm CfT.,11- In in.i. v'tes that the attempt of Longstreet to cross the - j 1 7" u r,ver ,,lr, ine aia oi pontoons was ue. MUntrtUIe,T" ItS othet n8Wi items un" ILLIAM The Confederate Tax I,av. We publish to day from the Richmond Sentinel, a synopsis of the law recently passed by Copgress, and which has no doubt been 'approved by the President This law will bear veryk heavily on all classes of our people. The income tax, for example, is to be ascertained in this way, that is, if we can form any definite idea from the synopsis before us: The gross income is to be ascertained by estimating "the an nual value of property of every description, occu pied, or not hired by the owner," and to this is to be added the gross income or profits of the owner. From this is to bo deducted "all the actual costs, expenses in carrying on the business, the repairs of houses, machinery and the like," and. this will leave the hett annual income ; and on this is to be levied the amounts set out in the law. If the income is five thousand dollars, the tax is six hundred, and twenty-five dollars; if ten thousand, twelve hun dred and fifty dollars; if twelve thousand, eighteen hundred dollars, and so on in proportion. But no such tax is imposed on those who pay tax in kind. This income tax will not, therefore, fall on the, planters and farmers ; but, after reserving a certain quantity of articles produced, they are required to (Vender to the government one tenth of what re mains. For example, a small farmer who makes forty barrels of corn, will be entitled to reserve twenty, and then of the other twenty he will render two barrels to tho government, which, at fifteen dollars per barrel, would be thirty dollars tax ! And the same as to everything else be produces, with some reservations; and besides, one-tenth of all the pork raised is to be rendered. Many of our small farmers occupy and work rented land, and pay to the owner one-fourth of the whole crop ; and after paying this fourth, they are required re serving the quantities mentioned in the law to render one tenth to the government Tho synopsis from the Sentinel is not clear as to the income tax. Section 9th, it seems, provides for settling disputes as to annual income. When we see that, we will know more about it It is a noticeable fact that no specific tax is levied on slave property by this law, and that no tax at all is levied on slaves or land owned and occupied by planters and farmers. It is true, " the annual value gf property of every description, occupied or not hired by the owner, is to be counted as a part of his income-," but this, if intended to include the value of slaves and land, does not apply to plant ers and farmers, because they are to pay their tax in produce. White labor on the farms, and capital invested in slaves on. the farms, are thus placed on the same footing. The owner of fifty slaves, after : reserving the quantities of produce mentioned, will render his one tenth on the remainder to the gov ernment; and so will the small farmer along side of I him who works no slaves, but relies on his own labor to support his family. It is true, the owner of the fifty slaves will render his just proportion of tithts to the government, as well as the small farm er; but it will be, not of his own manual labor, but cf the capital he has invested in his slaves. This law provides for "estimating the crops and delivering and receiving the government's one-tenth at some depot, not more than eight milt from the place of production." This, for example, will re quire at least five depots in the County of Wake ; and it will require the services of at least two per sons at each depot to receive, store, and keep an account of these crops. Thus we shall have ten Confederate office-holders in this County alone, to receive and take care of produce. The number in this State will not be less than one thousand. Judging the future by the past, they will nearly all be the partizans and creatures of the administration at Richmond. The old Union uicn or Conserva tives are very well suited to fight battles and raise produce, but they are not fit, it seems, to hold office. These office-holders will swarm through the country like the locusts of Egypt, gathering the tithes. As many teams will be required, when the crops are gathered, to haul the government produce to the various depots as will be needed by our planters and farmers to haul, their share to their cribs and barns. The administration at Richmond will not only pervade with its tithe gatherers every neigh borhood in the Confederate Slates, but it will be come a mammoth engrosser and monopolizer of produce. Holding the purse and the sword,, as it j docs pow, and holding hereafter one-tenth of nearly all the produce of the country, it will indued be a j power in whose shadow the State governments will j repose as little things. We fear it will be the re- j pose of death. Every good citizen is not only ready but anxious j to contribute his full (.hare to support the govern- j trent and sustain our armies. Money is abundant, j and we had thought it was the policy of the gov- ertnent to collect all the taxes in 'money, and thus I diminish the volume in circulation. A tax in kind, ' as it is called, or of one-tenth of all the produce, is a new thing in this country. The system is of for- ; eign origin, and is as old as the. Jewish government. It is the favorite system by which the kingly gov ernment of England wrings from a portion of her subject the means of supporting her splendid Church establishment It belongs to an era when there was no currency but gold and silver, and that in small quantities, and when barter or swapping prevailed instead of enlightened commerce, based on currency representing property. Such a system is odious to our people. It was agreed upon in secret session, and the people, therefore, had no opportu nity to instruct their representatives against it Not one in ten' thousand of , the people of this State ex pected such a law would be passed, or even knew it was under discussion. They looked for a law, and were anxious for a law which would tax them, and tax them even heavily if necessarj. to sustain the government ; and they were ready to payheir taxes in such currency as the government had pro vided; but they were not prepared for the tithing system, with the inconveniences and evils which, in all countries where it prevails, necessarily attend it We do not refer to the constitutional power of the Congress to adopt such a system, though such a power, it seems to us, may well be questioned. We will publish the law in full as soon as it is received. . Quartermasters' and Commissaries' Clerks W this Ranks. Congress has passed the following law, turning out of office all the clerks in the Quar termaster and Commissary departments, who are capable of shouldering a musket, and authorizing a detail of disabled soldiers to take their places : The Congress, etc., do etvut, That the act enti tled " An act to provide for an increase of the Quar termaster and Commissary Departments," approved February 15th, 18G2, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the proviso at the end of the same, and inserting in lieu thereof the fol j lowing: Provided, That no Quartermaster, Assistant Quar termaster, Commissary : or Assistant Coir.ruWst ry be authorized to employ as a clerk any one liable to military service. And the 'commanding officer of Quartormasters. Assistant Quartermasters,. Com missaries or Assistant Commissaries, may detail from the ranks under his command, such person or persons as may be necessary for service in the o(fics of said Quartermasters, Assistant Quartermasters, ? Ooromis-sanes and Assistant Commissaries; Provi ded, That only disabled soldiers shall be so detailed, while one can be found for such Mrrioa. Public Meetings. A public meeting was held 4n Charlotte oh the 17th inst, with a view to securing supplies for the army, and relieving the wants of families of indi . gent soldiers. The meeting was organized by the appointment of Hon. J. W. Osborne Chairman, and Messrs. Britton and Yates Secretaries. Effective speeches were made by Maj. Carring ton, C. S. A., John A. Young and Wm. Johnston, Esqs., after which resolutions were adopted ap pointing district committees to canvass the County and ascertain and collect what provisions and forage they' may bo able to gather for the army, and re port to a Central Committee of three, -also to be appointed by the Chair. Tho Democrat says editorially of Maj. Carring ton's remarks : " " We wish every farmer in the State could hear him. He stated that the army had consumed all the food, it was possible to procure for 70 miles around the point where it is now stationed, and that unless moro corn and meat was furnished from North Carolina, it might have to fall hack into North Carolina. It is important that the farmers of all the surrounding counties should remember this. It would be much better that etch man should now sell to the government one-half or two thirds of what be has in the way of provisions, than to have the army fall back into this SUte. If the anny is compelled from mere want to retire from Virginia, it will be disastrous to nearly every man in North Carolina, for he wilPnot only then be compelled to part with his provisions, buthis fields may become the battle-ground for the contending forces. It is a serious 'matter, and we want to im press it on the minds of all" ' A like meeting was held in Salisbury on the 1 8th inst , Hon. Burton Craige presiding. This meeting was also addressed by Maj. Carrington, and oom .mittees were appointed to canvass the county for provisions and forage. On tho 14th instant, the "Justices of the Peace of Anson County, held a meeting to deprecate the cul tivation of cotton, and urge an increased culture of grain. Amcng the resolutions adopted are the fol lowing. They have the ring of the true metal : kciolrel That it is our deliberate conviction .that he, who, regardless of the wants of our government and army, shall attempt the cultivation of the usual amount of cotton, docs a greater injury to our cause than the invasion of our immediate country. Revolted, That we will, as citizens, forego the cult.vation cf cotton as an article for market during this year, and recommend to tho citizens of Anson county to adopt the same course. At a public meeting held in the same County composed chiefly of agriculturists, resolutions were adopted not to plant more than half an acre of cot ton, to the hand, and use every effort to promote the growth of breadstuff's in larger quantities. In Hillsboro', on the 18:h instant, a public intet ing was held pursuant to notice, and Andrew C. Murdoch, Esq., was called to tho chair. At the' Chairman's request, the objects of the meeting were explained by Hon. Vm. A. G-aharru A full and free interchange of views then took place, in which Gov. Graham, S. U. Uinsted, H. K. Nash, Nelson P. Hall, Josiah Turner, jr., P. 0. Cam eron, John W." Norwood, Wm. J. Bingham and the Chairman participated ; and all necessary informa tion was eliciUd from the several sectioifl of the County as to the destitution of the families of soldiers and other persons, and also of the means at the com mand of the County to aid all who need assistance. In the course of the discussion all violence and dis orderly conduct on the pari f females or other per sons was strongly condemned ; and as the sense of this meeting, the following resolutions offered by Gov. Graham were unanimously passed : Rtsohed, That sufficient means have been pro vided by the appropriations of the Legislature and the County Court to relieve the families of sol diers and other needy persons in Orange county ; and that it is the duty of the proper agent of the county to receive the share of said county, of the State appropriation ; and also of the corn commis sioners appointed by the Caunty Court, to apply the funds at their command to the purchase of corn ; that the whole may be distributed according to the intention of said appropriations. Rewired, Tbat in order to insure greater effi ciency, that four persons be appointed by the Chair man, and recommended to the corn commissioners to co-operate with them. Ak Appoistmsst xot fit to have bees Madk. We observe, in the Richmond Enquirer, that the Secretary cf War has appointed Mr. Henry K. Bur gwyn on the part of the Confcdort'.e States as a commissioner to impress property in this State. Wo arc at a loss to know on what ground this appointment was made, except on that of partizan politics. Mr. Burgwyn is not remarkably gifted in any respect, smd he is cerihiuly deficient in judgment and common sense. He has but little if any sym pathy with the great body of our people ; and his manners are not such, even if he were to condescend to n.uke tho effort, to render him popular, or his appointment an acceptable ono. He has but little resect for the inaNS t)f the people, or for popular rights. The only recommendation which he could have had for the place was the fact that he was an original secessionist, and has joined in all the un founded and injurious imputations which have been cast by the Destructives generally on the Conser vatives of this h'Utc He was conspicuous, in No vember, 1S0O, when the Legislature was assem bling, in button-holing members and endeavoring to induco them to make the plunge of disunion. From tlat day to this he has talied, and, we be lieve,, has sported for a time a nominal commission ; but we have never heard of his getting within even Whitworlh range of the Yankees. In entering our objections to this appointment we are satisfied we speak lor a vast majority of our people. If the appointment had been submitted to , the people at th-polls, Mr. Burgr.yn would not have received five thousand votes. We learn that other gentlemen applied for tha place, or were re commended oy their friends, who were well quali fied for it, and wnose appointment would have given general satisfaction, and one of them, we are in formed, had the endorsement of the entire delega tion in Congress from this State ; but the appoint ing power paid no attention tothese recommenda tions, or the claims of others, and appointed Mr. Bur gwyn. Pouixhmc'iit In the Army. Wo are glad to see that the Congress ' has pro hibited the whipping of soldiers in the army. 7e inake the following extract from a recent general ordor by Adjutant General Cooper : "The following acta having been duly approved by the President,, are published for tho information of all concerned.. Aract to 'prohibit the punishment of soldiers by whipping." The Cougi ess of the Confederate States of America do enact, t jai from and after the passage of this act it vbali. not be lawful for any court martial or' inilit ry court to cause any woldicr in tho servico of the Confederate States to te punished by whipping or the inilictin of f-tripos upon. his person ; and that al laws and ciigtoms coDti-avening the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.. Sec 2. T';w: Article 20 of th Articles of War be so amonded as to read as follows: All officers and soldiers who have Teceived pay, or have been duly ehlij;ed in 'tbe terric of the Confederate States, and shall be convicted of having, dascrt d the same, shall stiff 3r deai.li or confinement in a Pcrviontiary, with or without bi:rd labor, for a period rot less than one year, or more than five, or sucli other punishineut not liccasistcnt with the provisions of thia act, as the court, martial or miliary court may determine. Appro? pd April 23,' 18G8.' i Notice to Subscribers. We continue to receive complaints from various points that the Standard fails to reach- some to whom it is sent We assure our subscribers that our papet id carefully packed up and punctually mailed, and if packages or numbers are missing, the fault is not ours. We fear that some whose duty it is to see that our papers are duly conveyed and delivered, are not doing our subscribers and our selves justice Postmasters who entertain preju dices against the Standard, should remember that they are bound by a solemn oath to deal by us as they do by others. We trust there are few, if.any, who permit their prejudices, or their opposition to ns, to influence them to withhold our paper from .our subscribers. . Our losses by mail have recently been considera ble. We are satisfied there are rogues somewhere in this State, who open letters and purloin money. We charge no one with it, because we hsve no clue to the criminal or criminals ; all we know is tbat we receive Tetters almost every day, informing us that money had been previously mailed to us which had never been received. We do not believe there is any dishonesty In the Raleigh postofflcc; but we are V) re there is dishonesty somewhere, for moneys mailed to our address have failed, in a number of instances, to reach us. These losses are so serious, and the cost ol publishing a paper so great at this time, that we are compelled to give notice that after -the first day of nextpnonth, all money mailed for the Stq.iJUtrd will be at the risk of the persons send ing it This is the rule of many of the newspaper establishments of the country, and, under the cir cumstances, it Ml just rule. The Editor 'cannot be justly expected to send the paper until or unless he is paid for it; and l o is not paid for it, if the money is stolen on its way to bim. Besides, the loss will be slight to persons sending money (and losing it; whereas, whei the. loss cfaZtwhich is'sent and fails to be received fills on the Editor, as it has been recently falling on us, it amounts to a serious diuiunilion of profits. - Corn meal is selling in Raleigh at the shops at six dollars per bushel, and very scarce. We learn that many of the poor are buying it by the gallon and peck. Resolutions by farmers who have cribs full of corn do very well, but they do nit supply our inhabitants with meal. Persons whose means are small must suffer unless more meal is brought in. V On the 22d instant the door was closed on funda ble Confederate notes at eight per cent ; but our readers should bear in mind that the same class of notes will be fundable until the 1st of August, in seven per cent bonds. We learn that over a mil lion and a half were funded at this depository. We advise the people to fund at seven per cent, as these notes may depreciate in value. The State of Virginia has virtually repudiated former issues ; by providing that only the issues after the first of this momh shall be received for taxes in that Slate. From the itappuhaunock. We make the following extract from a letter from an intelligent printer soldier, belonging to'th'e 12th .N. C. troops, dated Ivcrsou's Brigade, near Guinea Sution, April 14, 1863 : " There is no news of importance in this section, but we anticipate stirring times before the lapse of many days. It is reported that 'righting Joe' Honker has sent off 40,000 of his army m the direc tion of Culpepper, but 1 think' it Is a rue of his t induce General Lee to weaken our army here, and thus give, the Yankees an opportunity of crossing over. It is a certain fact that at daylight on Sunday morning not a Yankee picket was to be seen on the river opposite that portion of it .guarded by this division, which is ominous of some movement Come when they may, they will meet with a warmer reception than on 'any previous occasion, for our troops remember the various victories we have gained during the past year, and are confident that if we persist and defeat them yet a little while longer, that independence will be ours. Never be fore since the commencement of the war has our ' army been in a better condition to meet the foe. Well-armed, well-clad, and well fed, the men are getting tired of inactivity, and as fine weather is on us, they are anxious to go in the field and do what is to do. Thc-Yankee troops say they are heartily tired of the war, and say that if they had a chance they would quit the field for home. Our men send over tobacco on a piece of plank, which the Yankees receive as pay for sugar and coffee. The recent Confederate victory at Charleston has proved almost conclusively to us that ere long peace will be made, and all who arc spared return to their homos. What a happy time it will be to those whose friends return safe and sound; but then, on the other hand, will it not be a mournful sighto those who have loht dear friends, to see their places vacant when the compa nies return home in triumph ? Two years will have elapsed on the 18h instant since this" company was called in'o the field. The first twelve months we were stationed at Norfolk. At the evacuation of hat place in May list our regiment was fent to R- pidan Station, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroa L We tlicn belonged to the brigade of Brig. Gen. J'hone, bui were temporarily attached to that of Gen L. O'B. Branch, and were in the tiht near Hanner Court Uoue, umler his command. We were then taken to Richmond and placid in the brigade ol Gen. S. G irland, thun whom a better man never livcL He !e.d us on to victory at- Coal Harbor, Malvern Hill, and at Boonsboro Gaji. where, i:i advance of his brigade, cheering thepi on, he received his death woui.d. This brig- ado misses him as much as a child misses his parent He was one of nature's own noblemen. After his death we were engaged at South Mountain, Sharps burg, aud Fredericksburg, aud are now ready to meet the Yankee horde again v.herever they may be, ns we have confidence in our commander, Gen. Alfred Iverson." A Weldon friend, who recently made a trip to the RappahannOw'k to see lus son, has furnished us with some notes of his trip which we give belaw. Hav ing been detained in Richmond for the want of a passport, he witnessed the women' riot of which so much has been said. He says : u As you have the particulars of this riot in the Richmond papers, I shall not attempt to give them to you but such a scene I never witnessed before. It was a promiscuous assemblage, old and young, crying for bread. I saw poverty and distress depicted-on many a countenance." Thero can be do doubt that there was suffering for bread in Richmond at the time, and the observa tions of our correspondent confirm the fact This could not be otherwise, with meal at $10 per bushel, and bacon at $1 50 per pound. Our correspondent gives a brief sketch of tha custom of searching travelers on the Fredericksburg Railroad. He says: " For the first time in myMife I had rjy carpet bag searched by the insinuating finger of an inso lent traveling police officer, who sp.id jt was his business to search all the baggago to see if they contained liquor. I think he was searching more for his own gratification than anything els for a friend who sat just behind me .old the fellow that he had some spirits, and asked him to take a drink, w-hicli he readily did, and parsed on to try his hand on some one else," Our correspondent speaks in severe terms of the manner in which bick sold ers . are treated on tho upper Rappahannock, about twenty miles above Fredericksburg. He says Geh. Mabone will not let them be sent to Richmond, .where they can have good accommodations and every attention, while the sick at and around Fredericksburg are sent by special trains to Richmond. He concludes as follows i " Hearing that tho 2d N. C. regiment was near by, I repaired thither, and frund two of uiy.young friends, U. W. Fulghain and A. Powi.ll, in toler.tliiy comfortable quarters, with whom I r.ta.d that night The nTen of the regiment look r ell and hearty, and make a fine appeavncs on dress pai ad e. Noth'ng tut the Rappahanpock hot di.idj-s the belligerents. It vas a melancholy "sight to see' a people once so ' firmly bound together in the bonds of national fra teuaxy, now in deadly conflict with each o$nr." GENERAL ITEMS. . -. The KewYork H.rald of the 11th aayaof the defeat at. (barleaUo : " Tharepnbe'of iron clada from the gaiaway of Charleston, though almuft bloodleaa in its reaolla, may beclasned among our mott dineourofing tnUitary ditatUr." The Baltimore Amtrtcam ia indignant over what U call the " shameful atandonrntst of the seigs." There baa been a serious riot between the white anI ne gro laborers in New Tork City. The whi'ea undertook to irive the negroes away from a ahip Which they ware loading. . . Gbohgia Statb Taoora The Charleatoa paper highly compiimrut the promptitude and xeal ef the Georgia Slate troopa who hurrieJ to' tho defence of Char!eta under Brig. Gu. W. H. T. Waikef. No - eouflicl " in thia case with the Confederate government. Eion Paicaa. Field hands, girls and boys, sold in At Uinta, Ga , a week agu, at from 2,1C0 to ti,i00. They aro worth nearly as much in this State, and vet we learn that certain assessors of property have pat down the high eat value of any one slave at $ i ,000. The average will be about $o00 in this State, Thia, in ordinary times, rilh no redundancy of currency,' would be about $10"! This is shameful. There are certain persona who are not wil. ling either to pay ot fight. DisTULWis. Some partiea from Union Couuty were brought before Judge O&hprne last week on the charge of distilling spirituous liquors in violation of law. We learu thejr were bound over. The Grand Junjr of Mecklenburg Connty, last week, made some some presentments for the same offence. A Goon BavtsAac The seeds of ihe sorghum (Chinese sugar cane,) parched quick Ij, pounded in a morlar or ground, and then thoroughly boiled for fifteen minutes, creamed and aweetened wilta tho boiled juice of ita own sudk, makes a good and palatable drink. We hope some of our planters who are now cultivating the sorghum will try it and report. ' Coax. This indispensable cereal is selling freely near Macon, Ga.j at $I.iO per bushel, and thtre isun abundance of it to be had. Another Riadt. The steamship Southerner, supposed for Confederate service, has beeu gotten ready for sea in England. 'Liberal. A merchant of Charlotte, who is at home from . the army on furlough, has placed bee hundred dollars in the hnnda of the editor ej the IlulUtin to buy corn and ba con for the destitute families of soldier in service. Rich Mown Marklt. Apbil 21. Pom meal $12 to tUper bushel; Hour $3" lu til. on; bacon $1.40 to $1.50. Con fedemte bood, one hundred million issue, Ki4 to 110 fif teen million loan 14. North-Carolina bonds, old i'g'ucs, )K5 Virginia, Xorth-Cnnilina, South-Carolina, Georgia, Alubama, aud Tenuessee bank notes, 6(rto 65 premium. Pivmsjro. The bank f Cape Fear hns declared a semi annual dividend of 5 percent. ' The Wilmington aud Wei dou liuilruad 10 per cent. Foreign Consul. The following just and cogent observations are extracted from a London newspaper of the 12th of March: " We trust that in the debate which may be ex pected to ensue to night in the House of Lords, on Lord Campbell's motion, attention will be directed to one consideration of the subject of recognition, which has heretofore been almost entirely over looked. We refer to the fact that during the pres ent anomalous condition of the relations of this country with tho Confederate Suites, the large num Iht of British subjects resident in those Statex, and the immense amount of British property located there, are dependent for protection at this time, when protection is most needed, upon the forbear ance alone of the Confederate government The appointed protectors of the rights and property of their fellow-countrymen in foreign countries are the Consuls, of whose office this is the most important duty. The British Consuls who discharge this duty in the Confederate States are accredited to, and re ceive tho permission to exercise their functions from, government with which the Confederate States are at open war. For two years they have continued at their posts solely by the toleration of the Confederate government, a toleration, be it re marked, quite inconsistent with the strict theoreti cal construction of absolufe de facto independence. Suppose the Confederate government, weary of this inconsistency, weary of retaining this only. re maining vestijff of a repudiated authority, should decline any longer to recognize the official status of functionaries whose exequaturs and presence are a contradiction of its rights and powers. A proposi tion to this effect, viz : to dismiss all . foreign Con suls not accredited to the Confederate government on the first of May next is actually before the Con federate Congress. The number of British, subjects and the value of British property thus left without consular protection in a country engaged in one of the fiercest wars" on record, must be reckoned by tens of thousands of persons and scores of millions of money. We do not mean to imply that the Con federate authorities would seize this occasion to wantonly insult and injure the persons and property so unprotected. Fir from it. On the contrary, we feel assured tbat every care would be taken to mit i nte the evil and to relieve individuals from the in conveniences caused by a public necessity. But if Consuls are deemed necessary to the protection of personal and property interests abroad in time of profound peace, and of uninlerupted and rapid in-, ternational communication, they can scarcely be dispensed with at a time- and irt a country where general conscription laws convert the whole popula tions into armies, when military conflagrations com plete or anticipate the work of retreating or advan cing hosts, when deathK in many shapes, stalks over the land, and when, in fact, every part of tho social and political fabric is strained in an agony of desperation. It is at such tijnes and in such places that the foreigner .nost needs the advice ahd assis tance of his country's representatives r.d these alone can prevent or relieve mucn grievous mumu ual loss and Buffering. It is this humane 'consideration which has in duced the Confederate government to forbear where forbearance from any other motive would have im plied a want of self respect. Its right to dismiss summarily from within its jurisdiction all consuls exercising their functions by virtue of an exequatur from tho Washington government is unquestioned, it ; ..rwionluhV also, that were it to-day" to enforce this right, no one could justly accuse it of a lack of moderation in the entorcemen. n nas giveu mo other governments of the world two years" to ohv ciftxr nnon the nrorjrictv. exuediency. or conve nience of establishing with it the usual relations which obtain among governments. If, after two years consideration, the other governments con clude such relations to be improper, inexpedient and inconvenient, we eould not well blame the Con federates for accepting tUe coocluoion as Hn.ii, ana refnsm? in their turn that convenience of relations which is refused to them. As matters now (stand. t'riR forbearance of the Confederate government af fords to foreien nations-all the essential advantages resulting from recognition, without reciprocity. The dismissal of the foreign consuls, although not a Ktpn which we are DreDared to advise, would simply place all parties on the same footing. Sooner or later, if recognition is indefinitely delayed, the Con federate government will be lorcea to mis measure. A rnntumnorarv. in a very able article upon recognition, on which we commented' in our last impression, statei in substance that the chief reason why the Confederate States have not been admitted into the family ol nations is mat vneir nuii auuiia sion had not heretofore been fejd; as a serious in convenience. "If. for instance." says ourcontein porary, by way of illustration, " the Alabama, or Florida should accidentally or wilfully destroy a British merchant ship, our government would be obliged, as affairs now stand, to apply for compen- . ' ... tt:.-J c. ...... . .nil sation to toe gpverrmeni oi me umwu oihiw , -- refused, which it very probably would be, make reprisals on the Federal mnrinn and declare war on the United States. On the othtfr hand, if the Confederacy were acknowl edged as an independent State,, then the demand for compensation would i mauew its gcruuiDuS - J :- 1.-4 ka am- under the circumstances, supponeu iv wuuiu v mpdiartdv nrnuiesced in. ' . It would be most ungracious pcrverseness to re irud this Dtissage as a friendly bint to Captains SirnniPR and MaiilL but if tbo position of the Jlr- idq Post he well tki n, as we Vlieve it to be, it may soon force itself upon the serious consideration .-.t rim f!nn"diralo government, whether sound pol icy does not reqnir .: thit it should avnjl itself of all honorable and legitimate means to make other na tions feel the same inconveniences which, through no fault of ita wu, l i inade by theo; to, experience. Foreign Intervention. In a recent debate in the British Parliament on American affairs, Lord John Russell said : . etFR? U?" m? Lords' if the war in Aneri n.iprtfr.w'8 &r bettw U 8bould fZV Zh W Part of th North ' on Jf ey "J1 neTer liTe Sfn PpiIy 8 d-0De "PMic, and that thi ter. anVfeSlS I w th interference of any European power. (Cheers.) I sepeat I have spoken only of the duty of the governmental the pres ent time, and I trust now there will be no further debate on this subject (Loud cheers.") " In a recent speech delivered by Lord Palmerston before the workingmen of Glasgow, he said : " It will be our anxious desire to pursue a course calculated to preserve the peace and welfaro of the country, and we bae done so In regard to those lamentable events now passing among our kinsmen on the North American continent, in spite of invita tions -from each of the two parties to take a more active part in the contest than we thought it our duty and for the national interest tbat we should. Cheers. There are in the United Kingdom, as there are in America, Federal and Confederate ad vocates ; there are some who wish success to the North ; there are others who desire separation for the South. It is not fitting or becoming that the British nation, as a nation, should take part in that contest Cheora. That' war has, indeed, inflicted deep suffering and priva tion upon large portions of the working classes of this country Jess, perhaps, in point of extent here in Glasgow than in Manchester and other manufacturing districts ; but even here it must have been grievously felt, and many might have felt that we, by taking part in that contest, and declaring ourselves on one side or the other,-might have put an end to that privation and hardship?; but tbat would have been a short sighted course, and, depend on it, if we had taken that course we should have failed in our object, and increased, instead of di minishing, the suffering we intended to alleviate." Cheers. Exemption of Mail Carriers. The act of Congress on this subject approved on the 14th instant, provides as follows: "That the contractors for carrying, the mails of tho Confederate States shall be exempt from the performance of military duty in the armies of the Confederate States, from and after the passage of this act, during the time they are such contractors : Provided, that no more than one contractor shall be exempt on any one routed and that no more than one niernber of any firm of eontractors shall be exempt, and no contractor on any route of less than ten miles in length, and on which the mail is carried on horse, shall be exempt under this act; and if one or more members of any such firm be exempt, from age or other cause, from the performance of military duty, the other member or members of such firm shall not be exempt by this act, on account of being mail contractors; and provided, further, that no person to whom a contract for carrying the mails may be transferred, with the consent of the Post Office Department, after the passage of this act, shall be exempt from military service on that account.- : Sec. 2. That the drivers of post coaches and hacks for carrying the mails on all routes where the weight of the mails require that they should be car ried, in coaches or hacks, shall be exempt from mili tary service in the armies of the Confederate States from and after the passage of this act, so long as they continue to be emplqyed as Such drivers. Provided : the contractor by whom any such driver is employed, shall take and subscribe an oath, to be furnished to the . enrolling officer, that the weight cf the mails on his route requires the use of coacMPs or hacks for their conveyance, and tbat he has not a greater number of drivers employed in his service than are indispensable to enable him to fulfil his contracts for carrying the mails, and that he will not, while a contractor, employ a greater number of drivers than may be indispensably necessary for that purpose ; and tbat he will give notice to the enrolling officer when any such driver ceases to be in his employment." .HARRIED. On Tuesday morning. April 21st, at Christ Church, bv Rev. Dr. Mason, Capt. Walkrr Axdirsos, of Florida, and Kits N ash, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Thomas N. Cameron, of Fayetteville.- On the 9th of Apr'I, 1863, at the Leigh Street Baptist Church, hichmond, Ya.. by the Rev J. B. Salomon, Cap tnio Natbamcl C. Hahho.i , of the " Warren Guards." Co. F. V2ih r:iment X. C. Troops, to Alias aIabtha A. Baca. hell, of Henrico County, Va. DIED, At bis residence 'in Washington County, Va.. on the 15th of April, 1863, John Wcslet Pbicb, Esq , aged 6i years! . WANTED. -B7IFTY SHARES OF STOCK IS THE "BANK OP J6; NORTH-CAROLINA," or. "CAPE FEAR BANK." Persons hnviiiir stock for sale in any of the fiorth:Caro lina Banks will please give us a call. JUHJI U. WILL. LAMS A UU. Raleigh, April 84, 1863. 84 9tpd. nORSES AT At'CTIOJf. WILL I.E SOLD AT THE OLO BAPTIST GROVE in the City of Raleigh, on Saturday 2oth inst., at 10 f o'clock - 1 fine maing ana i"xK7 nunc, Buu $0 or.2S good Farm Horse. 3 VMES M. TOWLES. Anct. Raleigh, N. C, April 24,1 S63. 84-lt. ' SMOKING TOBACCO. A-SMALL LOT PKIMiS SMUMSl TUUAUCU liN barrels on consignment. -. . JAMKj M. lUWLfS, A act. Raleigh, K. C, April 24. 1868. 84 It. NOTICE. HAVING BEEN APPOINTED VACUUMS AMI for the Couuty of Alamance, I will vaccinate free of charge, all persona who present themselves at the Hotel. Corn pan v Sbips, on Saturday oLach week, between me uoura 01 . . , .. April 24, 1863. 18 w2t. NOTICE ABOUT RUNAWAY SLAVES. rinHE SUBSCRIBER, RES1D1M JM!.ak i amvrr, ' V J. T , Dine Off nna4 a.ll.trainui M- aan couniy, irns a.,a. wr " ' for I nn:ing runaway slaves, and he offers his service lor this business to the public. His charges will be reasona b'e. He will make no charge againal the families f sol diers in service, where tliey are noi ame """V": inroucenience u. themselves. Neighborly troubled with bad slaves who have escaped from tbeir masters, would do wen 10 uybu - r Anii catch them. . " .ONf- Nash Co., . April inn- ' "T- 100 REWARD. r.uB r.r 9Rn Rear. N. C. - miles below WwOiinglon, N. Ct 1 h.il lutk luAft ONR HUNDRED DOLLARS Wll,l, Kfc riw run, the apprehension and delivery to bis reglmentof private CHARLES LEE, company C. 26th regiment N. C- Troops, -h. ArtA thi service of the Confederate States, on or b'nt the S?.th February. 18V Thia reward is onereo ov me pnie iu uu...mu.,r sinned olficera of said eomoanv. Tho above rewara wm oeraiu 'i "e,",r,rJ " months from date.' HA AC A- JlRAlT. tpu KM. j, zom "fg- f April 24, 183. 18 w4t. ' NOTICE. ' mHE SUBSCRIBED HAYING TARKM uui ui- J. ters of special administration on ine esiai? " Pearce, deceased, will proceed 10 sen ine w rrni ?".:J'j n.r n.,nna' old olace in Franklin Coun ty, on ThurydayTth day of May neat, all the perishable and wasting esiaieoi ram Mule, a large slock of Hogs. Cattle and feheep : Crn and F..dder. Bacon. Pes, Ac. Also, all the surplus farming Utensils, Household and Kitcken FurniUie, together with uiunv other articles too tedious to mention. Term of sale, a credit of .six months, bond and VlT will bo required, before the right "jy'1?,.' At,ril S4-. HG3. ' " 18-w2tpd, j- - - I COURT OF PLEAS AND IT-CAROLINA, J QWter Seasirus, Febru. ake Connty. V arv'Term, If 63: mTORTn 11 w. Joint G. llioa ana others, ) . ' - a - - va -f Petition fcf pa titioe ofland.. Alpobd High and other. ) n. fro tk It aif.ear ng to the satisfaction of the CflnH front t 'eSCd mm of John G. High, that Alford K:gh Leooidas K v-riha Hi-h. James L Fletcher. .hn fl. 1 prwisand It fe .b'eWv. Helen Smith-, W. P. W.tkin-r. HMfcwou Walk.nK tnin Watkina, and Dr. Phillips and wrfe Ebi bVh are uid:nc bevond the limit, of .be bMfe, solhat bieordeVed art decreed by ihe.Cn.irt Hjat , bermdBint;a orth U.n.lin . eoamaKding vd dtieudauts to appear at the next term of Uu? Court, aud plana, answer or -emu. to the PiUona, o judgmcet will U. Ukan ?ro ""gfr Q a ApHl 44, "18 64. - ' (jr. adv. 3.4!X.r W-we. i 't i! 1 i J f.l li 1 1 I 4 11 - s 1 w -i 3 I . 'i 1'!