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) 4 a .,, B i LEIGH : WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1802. The Latest News. 2&D Orleans surrender!, and evacuated by our Troops. . The few items of news from the South for several days past, have filled the public mind with the most fearful apprehensions as to the fate of New Orleans. The passage of one or two of the enemy's gunboats above Fort Jackson was effected on Friday last, which produced intense excitement in New Orleans. All the cotton and the steamboats not used for removing coin and other valuables were destroyed at once. The fact that the two heavy iron-clad bat teries, the Louisiana and Mississippi were there to confront the enemy, led the public off from the scene of action, to hope that New Orleans was still safe. It was known too that the government had expended a large amount of labor and money for the defence of thai City, and the public were assured that if Forts Jackson and St Phillip were silenced or taken, that still more formidable fortifications lay between them and the City, which rendered it im pregnable. Subsequent rumors represented the enemy before the city, but still some hoped the Crescent City was safe. Our last mails, however, have removed all doubt, and the public must yield to the settled as surance, sad as it is, that New Orleans Juts fallen. Official dispatches received at Richmond on Mon day morning, confirm its falL The enemy approach ed the city in gun boats and demanded a surrender. Gen. Lovell refused to surrender, but evacuated the city with his troops, falling baek to Camp Moore, on the Jackson Railroad, after destroying cotton and stores which he was unable to remove. The iron clad steamer Mississippi was burnt .to prevent her falling into the possession of the enemy. There is a rumor that the iron-clad steamer Loui siana was sunk by the first fire of the enemy's mortar boats. After the large amount expended, the length of time employed in the defence of the city, and the flourish of trumpets kept up of its imprcgnaga bility by the government agents and the press, the intelligence is astounding. By this time we fear, Memphislias fallen, and the Mississippi is entirely open to the enemy, cutting off Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri from the South. We confess we have no heart for comment In efficiency, imbecility and disaster are playing sad work with the South. This affair demands investi gation, and calls for the most prompt measures. With the Richmond Enquirer, we say: " Let us have diligence among our officers, in the "place of foolish boastings ; and a healthy distrust of the completeness of our defences which shall inspire constant vigilance, in the place of that insane self confidence, in itself disgraceful, and which has been the source of so many humiliations. And no man must stand for a day in the way of the cause. We trust that the President will always, and without a moment's hesitation, and in disregard of interested clamor, dismiss or supersede any man who shows himself indolent or incapable, and will fill his place V'th a man of better promise. The country is in an exigency and needs her best men to lead her bravest men 1" From Torktown we have no news. Small skin misbes and the play of shells and musketry con tinue, but nothing serious has occurred. Much doubt is now expressed of a fight on the Peninsula. The landing of troops up the Rappahannock leads to the impression that McClellan is removing a part of his force from the Peninsula, and that the attack upon Richmond will be from the front Our troops are concentrating at the point to meet the enemy. Rumor says that a force of 10,000 Federals is at Lexington, Ky., to move upon Cumberland Gap. It is also said that the enemy is fortifying at Hunts ville, Alabama. We have no tidings from Memphis, or Corinth, 5 gr Savannah, or Newbern. There was a rumor a day or two ago that the - Yankees were landing a force at Elizabeth City to march upon South Mills again. It is now said they are landing forces at Currituck Court House, and a battle is expected. , The Conveution. It will be seen that the Convention passed an or dinance on Saturday last, authorizing the inagura tion of the Governor elect at the next August elec tion, to take place on the second Monday of Sep tember next, and continuing Gov. Clark in office until that period. See the ordinance and r proceed ings in another column. The proceedings of Monday are crowded out. Bat little of general interest transpired. The most of the session was consumed upon the ordinance to exempt the people called Quakers from military duty. An amendment requiring each one of them subject to military duty to pay $100 in lieu of the service, passed by a vote of 37 to 31. The subject was still under discussion when the Convention went into secret session. A Word to the Soldiers. We have a large list of subscribers in the army, but some of them, especially the privates, fail-to get their papers, because they neglect to give us the letter of tlte company to which they belong, as well as the number of the Regiment We beg them to be particular about this. Kittrell's Springs. It will be seen by the ad vertisement in our paper to-day, that this popular and heaith-bestowing resort will be ready for the reception of visitors on the 15th of May. We speak from both experience and observation when we say, that the hotel .accommodations are superior, and the water is really and highly beneficial to those who use it The proprittors omit neither pains nor ex pense to render their guests comfortable. More Arms. We rejoice to learn from a source entitled to credit that within the last few days a Confederate vessel has arrived safely in a Confeder ate port with a good supply of arms. Battle of Shiloh. We occupy much space to day with an account of the recent battles near Cor inth, Miss., -furnished by a correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch. After that was in type, we received a letter furnished us by a lady in Chapel Hill, written by a young man a native of this State, a member of the Texas Rangers, who was in the fight It shall appear in our next Correspondents. Several articles, received from our iriends are excluded for want of space. Our friend " Martin Mezzotint," will oblige us if he will furnish us any facts or interesting incidents occur ring in the Army of Pamlico, w.hich ought to be made public. Major Wm. Gaston Lewis, of the 83d regiment North-Uarolina Troops, has been elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 43d regiment, now at Camp Mangum, near this City.. Maj. Lewis is the son of Dr. John W. Lewis, formerly of this place. We are glad to see eiir Raleigh boys promoted, when they merit it THE JSfORtk Impressment of Arms. ' ' we learn that during the lateiestsinn rnnnwsa at Richmond, as soon as CoL Gaither, of this State, saw the advertisement of Maj. Ashe calling for arms, and threatening if they were not promptly delivered up to impress them, he introduced a resolution in quiring of the President if he had authorized Major Ashe to impress the arms of our citizens. ' Colonel Gaither took occasion to remind the House of Rep resentatives of the large quantity of arms which North-Carolina had already furnished to the Confed erate States, and of the numerous sacrifices which her people had made in the cause. He declared that his State was still ready and anxious to do her full part in defending and sustaining the Confeder ate cause, and to furnish more arms if they could be safely spared ; but he protested against the assump tion of authority by the common government to in vade the Ijouses of our people, and to search for arid seize their arms. . He desired to know if the Presi dent had delegated this authority to Maj, Ashe, and hence his resolution of inquiry. One of Col. Gaither's colleagues, Mr. McDowell, we believe, stated that CoL Gorgas of the. Ordnance Department, had authorized Maj. Ashe to make this impressment, but he did not admit or deny that the President had given this authority. Mr. McDowell moved to lay the resolution on the table, and, a ma jority of Col. Gaither's colleages voting with Mr. McDowell and others, the resolution was tabled. Before this was done, however, a Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, replied to Col. Gaither, and took occa sion to be very severe on North-Carolina, declaring that our people, if they were not disposed to give up their arms, ought to have their houses searched and their arms taker, from them. Col. Gaither de fended our people and their rights boldly and fear lessly, but he was voted down, and the House re fused to make an inquiry involving a high Constitu tional right And not only this, but none of the proceedings on the subject were permitted to find their way into the Richmond papers 1 They were suppressed. ' But on a subsequent day, and as soon as Gov. Clark's proclamation was received in Richmond, for bidding Maj. Ashe to impress arms, Col. Gaither again rose, and asked that the proclamation of the Governor be read to the House. The House refused to take up Col. Gaither's resolution of inquiry, and refused to have the Governor's proclamation read. We state these facts without comment We have only to add that CoL Gaither deserves the thanks of his constituents and the people of the State for the bold and manly manner in which he defended their rights and character on the occasions refer red to. Re-Oroanization op Regiments. The re-organization of regiments under the late act of Congress, and the organization of new regiments, makes room by the retiring of some for the promotion of others, and gives to the new regiments the opportunity of selecting men of experience and those who have seen service, for their field officers. Our regiments in Virginia who have borne the brunt for nearly a a year, and those who were actively in the fight at the battle of Newbern, could no doubt furnish from their list of Captains many who are every way com petent for the position of Major, Lieutenant Colonel . or Colonel. There are Capt Settle and others of the 13th and 14th on the Peninsula ; Capt W ebster, who was in the Mexican war, and others of CoL Vance's regiment ; and there are Cap Is. Davidson, SIcRac, Taylor and others, of Col. Campbell's regiment of State Troops, and others of the several regiments whose names do not now occur to us, who would meet public expectation in any position in which they might be placed. In addition to this there are many lieutenants and privates modest men in the State Troops and twelve months volunteers, who would make good field officers. It is a duty of the most imperative character rest ing upon those in whose hands the selection of offi cers has been placed, to put the best men in com mand that can be procured. No efforts at elec tioneering no private or personal considerations no official dictation, should influence in the selection. Those upon whom the resposibility rests, must re collect they have their country and not men tc serve, and hence they should use every effort to secure those to command who in all respects are best fitted for it Beware! We have heard a rumor to the effect that a distinguished citizen of Bertie County has been threatened with arrest on the ground that he is a suspected person ; and we have learned also that other citizens are in danger of being arrested and sent to Richmond, on the mere suspicion that they are untrue to the South If any cf our citizens plot against the government, or adhere to our ene mies, let them be arrested, and punished ; but we warn the government not to lay its hands, except for good cause, on citizens of this State. Our people are determined, while resisting one despotism, not to become the victims of another. No State, with the exception of Virginia, has done as much for the Confederate cause as North-Carolina; and she is willing to do all she can for that cause in the future but she will not stand by and see her citizens ar rested on mere suspicion, and carried to Richmond and immured in dungeons, to be tried when it suits the convenience of the government The late Uuion men of this State are as true to the South as the original secessionists; and it will not do even to threaten such men with arrest on mere suspicion, or to put their names in a black list Let the gov ernment act only on full information from unpreju diced and reliable sources, and not give ear to charges which are the result of passion, or of political or personal malignity. The Yankee Dead on the Warwick, We learn from a friend at Yorktown, that Gen. McClellan, af ter the recent skirmish between the 15th regiment and others of our troops and the enemy on the War wick river, left his dead unburied and his wouded to flounder in the mud and'water until death relieved their sufferings. Gen. Johnston offered to Gen. McClellan the privilege of burying his dead and caring for hfs wounded with unarmed men, but the latter insisted on sending armed men to perform this duty. Gen. Johnston then proposed that he would perform this duty himself, with unarmed men, and some were sent out for the purpose, and were fired upon by the Yankee sharpshooters. It is only necessary to state these facte to show the benevolence of Gen. Johnston and the cruelty of Gen. McClellan. Western North Carolina. We regret to learn from the Asheville News, that the Lincolnites from East Tennessee are committing depredations and giving our people in the West some trouble. Since the declaration of martial law over East Tennessee by President Davis, the disaffected of that region have flocked over into the Laurel Mountains, and.it is supposed that nearly 1,000 are in Madison Coun ty. , They have robbed number of persons and houses, and a Mr. Davis was brutally murdered for refusing to deliver up his gmu Companies from Madison and Buncombe have gone to attack nem. We hope to hear soon that they have killed or cap tured them, or driven them from the State. . V :."- i"" :l . .. V "CMqUI Fifteenth Regiment at Torktown. A friend has furnished us with the followine'cor- rect list of the killed and wounded of this regiment. the recent skirmish with the enemy on Warwick river. We learn that nnlv unn m th nwimnt were engaged, against three or four times their lumoer. ibe enemv had taken nautegsion of the rifle pits, and the 15th fought" them two hours and fifteen minutes, without aid from any quarter, and tengtu drove them back with heavy loss: Killed. CoL McKinney : Private fandells, com pany B; Joseph Towery, Compaq); William c men, company V; Jbancis Gilbfetywompany 5th Sergeant H. M. Clendenin, coif anj H ; Pri vates Elmsley Steel, company Hflrfardy Wood, company H ; James H. Parker, company I ; Wil liam Boon, company K; J. 8. Fooshee. company M; M. H. Bennett, company M 12. - ' - ; Wounded. Capt S. F. Stanscll. company A. dangerously ; 2nd Sergeant, A. V. Helms, company U, mortally; Corporal B. G. Coon, company B; Private Thos Mills, since dead, company B : Private Francis 'Cuthbertson, company B; Wv C. Wolf, company B ; F. R. Barcrew, company B ; James Downs, siuce dead, comnanv D : John Sherrard. company E ; W. A. A vera, company F; John Mc Donald and Francis Morrison, company F; Samuel 1). Gordon, company G ; W. G. C. Bradshaw, com pany H ; C. C. McMurray, John L. Ray, W. H. Guthrie, F. B, Mays, company H ; Richard Green, company I ; 2nd Lieut J. J. Reid, company K ; Ord. Serg. R. W. Thomas, company K ; 2d Serg. G. H. Griffin, company E: 4th Sere. J. B. Arm strong, company K ; 1st Corp. John Dillard, 3rd do. William lhompson, since dead; Private S. K. till Hard, J. W. J. Melton, J, W. Batts, J. H. Freeman, all company K ; Brevet 2d Lt L. J. Merritt, com pany M ; Private S. M. Rigsbee, company M. Lt Merritt, who was wounded in the arm, passed thro this place on Saturday, on his way home. We are glad to hear that his wound is not a dangerous one. A Flutter. The Conscription bill authorizes the President to call out and place in the military ser vice of the Confederate States for three- years, all white male residents of the Confederate States, be tween the ages of 18 and 35. The Charleston Mer cury says, that this has caused a flutter among the 800 alien residents of that City, who have chimed the protection of the Foreign Consuls. We suppose there are some in this State who will have to turn out unless they can secure a berth in some of the departments of the State and Confederate govern ments. It is said that it is rather a poor recom mendation to the authorities in this State or in the Confederacy, to have been born in North Carolina, whatever qualifications for office a man may have. Partizan Rangers. This efficient branch of the service, when the country is invaded like Virginia, Tennessee and Eastern North Carolina, we have several times urged upon the attention of our men of courage and en terprise. We have some daring men, trained -fox-hunters, who can do much in this service. Four or five such companies led by men of the right stamp, could drive the foraging and marauding parties con nected with Burnside's forces, who are committing such depredations in Jones, Carteret and Onslow Counties, into his lines and keep them there or kill and capture them. Where are the men for this work ? The late Congress passed an act authorizing the President to commission officers to form bands of Partizan Rangers, in companies, battalions or regi ments, and to be entitled to the same pay, &c, as other officers and soldiers. We hope to hear of bands of Partizan Rangers raised in this State. Weak-headed or weak-hearted men will not do for this service. It takes men of great resources and true courage to command them. . If we bad fifty Jack Morgans, employment could be found for all, Goversor. A correspondent of the Charlotte Bulletin, says that the exigences of the country de mand " the right men in the right place." This is sound doctrine. He says that Wm. Johnston, Esq., is the right man in the right place, as President of the Railroad. We think with him precisely, and believe that Mr. Johnston would find himself in the wrong place if the people were to make him Gov ernor. This writer also proposes Gen. D. H. Hill for Governor. We respectfully submit that Gen. Hill is in the right place in command of a division on the Peninsula. ' Frexxh Minister. The opinion is expressed in the Northern papers that the object of the "French Minister's visit to Richmond was in connection with the French Consulates in the Southern Confed eracy. ,i Sound Doctrine. The following sensible protest was recently pre sented by Mr. Foster of Alabama, and entered upon the journals of the House of Representatives of the Confederate Congress, against the passage of the bill placing the control of all the Railroads in the South ern Confederacy under the supreme control of Presi dent Davis: " We, the undersigned, members of the first ses sion of the first Permanent Congress, beg most re spectfully to enter this, our most solemn protest, against the passage of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the safe and expeditions transportation of troops and munitions of war by railroad,' and, in justification of the same, to lay before the House and the country the following as our reasons, viz: '1. Wrf believe that there is no power granted by the Constitution, either expressed or implied, that authorizes or justifies Congress in appropriat ing or seizing the property of States or persons, and placing the same, either for temporary or permanent purposes, in the hau&f the Executive, or in any wise disposing of the ame without the consent of the owners thereof. On the contrary, we believe that the Constitution Vpressly prohibits ana denies such power, for arti sec. 9. expressly ueciares that "The right of ' people to be secure in their and effects against unreason persons, houses, papa able searches and seiz ed shall not be violated. . " 2. We believe that this act did it becomo a law, would bo subversive of, and in direct contravention to, the great and fundamental principles of State sovereignty ; the right to regulate their own domes tic institutions being one of those inalienable and sacred rights reserved by the States composing our Confederacy, and the destruction of which would inevitably tend to tjje speedy destruction of our lib erties. ' " 3. We believe the Act to be altogether inexpe dient and uncalled for, and that the several railroads in the Confederate States all of which have been prompt and willing,. to aid the government to the very utmostof thejr capacity, and at reduced charges . have been, and will continue to be, far better man aged by their respective Presidents and Directories, chosen by the stockholders, who are more conver sant with all the minute and complicated details of their roads, and the proper and economical manage ment of their means of transportation, than the Executive or his military subordinates could possibly be.. - .- "For these ndother equally cogent reasons, which must occur, to every intelligent mind not un reasonably depressed by exigencies and vicissitudes, through which Providence has decreed that we should pass in ou progress to national indepen dence; and which we hope and believe are but the precursors oi victory and success, we protest against said act, and respectfully request that this our pro test bs entered On the journal. -(Simed) "AUGUSTUS R., WRIGHT. "THOMAS J. FOSTER." : Beaojetard a Model General. , No one man in the Southern Confederacy so fatf fills the public eye at this time, as Gen. Beauregard. ' His entire course Since. the beginning: of the wy excites the admiration of the public, and challenges the confidence and esteem of iD, : The interests of the Mississippi Valley, if not the fete of the Con federacy, rest upon hfs shoulders. His character istic modesty and his consideration for the soldiers under his command unite them to him as children to a father, and inspire hope and confidence among his soldiers. The following orders issued recently to the Army of the Mississippi, exhibit- the real qualities of bis head and his heart : Headquaktsrs Army or the Mississippi, ) Corinth-, April 17, 1862. f Soldier of the Army of the West : You have ' bravely fought the iuvadere of your soil two days in his own position ; fought your superior in. numbers, in arms, in all appliances of war. Your success has been signal ; his losses have been immense, out numbering yours in all save personal Worth of slain. You drove him from his camp to the shelter of his iron clad gunboats, whidh alone saved him from complete disaster ; you captured artillery,- more than twenty-five flags and standards and tents, and over 3000 prisoners. You have done your duty ; your Commanding General thanks you ; your countrymen are proud of your deeds on the bloody field of Shi loh confident in thetiltimate results of your valor. Soldiers Untoward events saved the enemy from annihilation. His insolent presence still pollutes' your soil His hostile flag still flaunts before you. There can be no peace so long as these things are. Trusting that God is with us as with our fathers, let us seek to be worthy of His favor and resolved' to be independent or perish in the strule. (Signed; G.T.BEAUREGARD, General Commanding. The following order upon the ueegssity of milita ry discipline will strike the reader as worthy of imi tation by all the commanders in our army. Read the extract: "For the sake of the cause in defence of which we are all engaged in this critical hour, the General Commanding is impelled to appeal to the good sense and patriotism of the officers of this army to give prouipt-and zealous heed and obedience to all orders emanating from superior authority. Implicit obe dience to the orders of your superiors is thg soul of discipline, and is essential to give unity, energy, success to military operations. With it an army becomes disciplined a perfect, yet disciplined, ma chine, calm and steady amid the greatest danger, and easily wielded by its commanders. Without it, an army is soon converted into an armed mob, una vailable in action and inefficient Setting an exam ple of obedience to the men, their control will be easy. Teach and inspire your junior officers and men with the conviction that there must be disci pline in this army, a strict discipline, but not hu miliating, a subordination to authority founded on a sense of its absolute necessity for our success1, rather than upon the mere orders of service. And the General Commanding feels assured he will be able to lead you successfully to the credit of your country, and your renown. But otherwise he can anticipate only disaster and a disgraceful issue of this campaign." Let our commanders high and low ponder the propriety and the wisdom of the following sentence found in the above : " Teach and inspire your ju nior officers and men with the conviction that there must he discipline in this army, a strict discipline, hit not humiliating, a subordination to authority founded on a sense of its absolute necessity for suc cess, rather than upon the mere orders of service." Wise and well considered words, by a wise man. Let our petty tyrants in camp and in the field learn a lesson from Beauregard. " A strict discipline, but not humiliating," no requirement which reduces a proud citizen of the Confederacy to a slave, but such restraint and conformity to rule as will make a sol dier, but still a freeman. If Beauregard were the exemplar of the army, we should conquer in every battle, and our cause ere this would have been tri umphant Gen. Holmes' General Order. We clip from the Wilmington Journal, the fol lowing General Order of Gen. Holmes in relation to the new military bill, known as the conscription law, recently passed by Congess : Head Quarters. Dep't of North-Carolina,") Goldsbouo', April 16th, 1862. j UEXERAL UHPEKS i0. 1. The following main features of an act just passed by the Congress, and approved .by the President of the Confederate States, are published for the infor mation and government of all concerned : All white males, citizens of the Confederate States, between' the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years, who are not legally exempt, from military duty, are placed in the military service of the Confederacy. All twelve months volunteers within those ages are to serve two years from the expiration Of their original term of enlistment, and all twelve months volunteers under eighteen and over thirty-five years of age will remain in service ninety days in addition to their original term, unless their places are sooner supplied by recruits. The twelve months volun teers who have not received bounty or furloughs are to have them the furloughs to be granted in such numbers and at such times as the Secretary of War may deem compatible with the public service. Re enlistments for the purpose of changing from one regiment, battalion or company to another, unless already perfected by actual transfer are in effect cancelled, and all authorities to raise new corps are vacated, unless within thirty days from the passage of the act the organization of the 8'ime is complete and the corps contains the requisite number of men recruited from persons not in service. Companies of Infantry will have one hundred and twenty-live men ; of field Artillery, one hundrtd and fifty, and of Cavalry eighty enlisted men. All corps of twelve months volunteers shall have the right within forty days, on a day to be fixed by their Brigade commander to elect all the officers which they had a right heretofore to elect and such officers will be commissioned by the President All white males between the ages of eighteen and thirty five years, subject to military duty and not now in service, are to be enrolled, mustered in, and sent to the old regiments. All discharges from expiration of term of service and transfers of ro-enlisted men will be immediately stopped. . The General Commanding the Department hopes that all will yield a cheerful obedience to this law so clearly dictated by the necessities of the coun try. At the very crisis of our struggle, with the vast armies of the enemy threatening to overrun the valley of the Mississippi, and pressing to the gates of the Capital, the Chief Magistrate and Con gress of the Confederacy respond to the unanimous voice of the country and insist that her trained sol diers shall not forsake her until the battle is fought and independence won. Is there a brave and true man in this army who will not rally to the side of his comrades already enlisted for the war ? The General Commanding feels that that spirit of devotion and self-sacrifice which has nerved the citi zen soldier amid the privations of an inactive winter campaign will not be wanting now upon the eve of decisive battles. . . Commanders of Brigades and detached corps are charged with the execution of the foregoing act as far as it relates to the troops of then commands. 'By command of Major-General T. H. HOLMES. (Signed) ARCHER ANDERSON, A. A. G. Gov. Graham. We have taken some pains, for the last few weeks, to ascertain the sentiments of the people in regard to the approaching guberna torial election, and find there is a very strong cur rent of popular feeling running in favor of Hon. Wm. A. Graham, for Governor, in this section of the State. ' '. ' . ' We have conversed, and otherwise communicated, with influential persons from Davidson, Davie, Yadkin, Surry, Stokes, Wilkes, Ashe, Iredell, Rock ingham,.and learn that Mr. Graham is the choice of a large majority of the people of those counties.' So far as Forsyth is concerned, we twlieve she is almost a unit for Mr. Graham, as the man for the times. Salem Pre.- fggggjff gai ai a " " - - " " -We an o:ii i ' . ' . .mm1 Font tfACoff. H,.w ;!Ltra8usPcnM an d:ii i x . to- fb condition- offi v " I "? Jttcon. P what wVget 'front NtStw leitef Jrotn Fortress Jfonfffe ources. A Yank. on the lth instant, rtfch Mft that "Fort M.catf to . . , on. andUrxMng-ttaiDedthattheWf, v'-TTT was short, tv wtf thought that no alttu made on the fort, bu ?t to starve them ... would seem that thiy a.r afraid to ncou - WhiU. The correspondence of the BaltimJ J that (he popular elections in Illinois and Sr"r York show great democratic gains. In many of the i?orth Western and Western States there is a mamest ten dency towardsapolitieal revolution, Xw AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE ELEC " w. ' I0N 0F GOVERNOR. Ti!:r k ? the construction which, in prac &wf8irncteth Constitution of the State, ke; f the Senate, in case ot a vacancy in the office of Governor, shall exercise the powers of Governor, by virtue of his office as Speaker, and without vacating the same; which said office of bpeaker must cease and determine with that of the incumbent as a Senator, upon the election of his successor in the next succeeding Senate and the same construction would apply to the succession of the Speaker of the House of Commons to the exer cise of the powers of Governor, and, whereas, ac cording (o this construction, a vacancy will take place in the office of Governor from and after the day of the next election on the first Thursday in August next untii the first day of January, A. D., 1863, against which it is the duty of this Conven tion to provide ; therefore, 1. Beit ordained, tc, That the person who shall be elected Governor of this State at tbe next regu lar election on the first Thursday in August next, as now provided for by law, shall also fill the office and discharge the duties of Governor of this State from the 2d Monday of September, until his suc cessor shall be qualified. 2. The proper returning officers of every county, shall, as soon as the result of the election is known in his county, transmit to the Secretary of State a statement of the votes taken in his county for Gov ernor, which statement shall be made up from the poll books of his county, as is now prescribed by law. 3. That the Secretary of State, the Treasurer and Comptroller, shall, on the 4th Thursday in August next and in the presence of the Governor, proceed to examine said returns and ascertain and declare what person shall have received the greatest num ber of votes, whereupon the Governor shall issue his proclamation declaring such person duly elected Governor of this State from the 2d Monday of Sep tember, A. D., 1S62, until his successor shall be qualified. 4. ' That the person so declared and proclaimed Governor, as aforesaid, shall, on the 2d Monday of September, 1802, appear before tome Judge of the Supreme Court, or some one of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law, and take and subscribe the oath how prescribed by law for the qualification of Governor of this State, and shall immediately enter upon the discharge ot the duties of bis office, which oath, so taken and subscribed, shall be filed, in the office of the Secretary of State. 5. That his Excellency Henry T. Clark shall con tinue to hold the office and discharge all the duties of Governor of this State from the first Thursday in August until the 2d Monday in September next, or until his successor shall be qualified, as fully to all intents and purposes as he has heretofore done, and shall receive the usual salary in proportion to his extended term of service. :- GENERAL NEWS. MrsiTE Men. Col. Pulliam in chartre of the Con federate States Armory at Asheville, in this State, has organized all the artizans into a company, who are to hold themselves in readiness for any emer gency. C. J. Shcvir, is Captain, and Messrs. Clay ton, Maybus and Reid, Lieutenants. There was quite a scene in the Washington House of Representatives on the 16th. Mr. Vallandigham stated the rumor that Secretary Chase had gone to Pennsylvania to arrange an alleged defalcation with Secretary Cameron, whereat Mr. Covode was great ly exercised. . Buncombe Artillert. The Asheville NewsBje that this company has been organized, by the elec tion of the following officers : W. M. Hardy, Capt ; W. H. Deaver, Pleasant Israel, and J. T. Weaver, Lieutenants. The bill to abolish slavery in the District of Col umbia has -become a law, and Lincoln has appointed commissioners to investigate and determine the value and validity of claims under the act , We notice the name of Daniel R. Goodloe, a native of North Carolina, among the commissioners. Goodloe has been an abolitionist, and a noted office-holder and hanger-on for years in Washington City. Lieut Crowder, of the 11th Louisiana, who lost his right hand at Belmont, lost his left hand at Shiloh. He still clings to our cause, refusing to resign. ' Small Matter. The Federals claim to have taken 200 Confederate prisoners at Shiloh. Gen. George B. Crittenden, of the Confederate Army, displeased at the treatment received from the Confederate authorities, has resigned, and talks of going to Texas. Unless George quits whiskey, his services can be dispensed with. Gen. Braxton Bragg has been made a full Gen eral A position to which his abilities entitle him. S. B. Todd, a, brother of Mrs. 'Lincoln, was wounded and diedjon the battle-field of Shiloh. The Richmond Enquirer says that there is a pretty fair supply of U. S. Treasury notes in Rich mond, and enquires where they come from. If what the Examiner says about the number of Yankee spies employed in the different departments at Rich mond be true, it can be accounted for. The election returns in the Petersburg District indicate that Charles F. Collier, Esq. of Petersburg, has been elected to the Confederate Congress to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Roger F. Prior, Esq., who it seems has been made a Brig adier GeneraL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT NORTH CAROLINA. Adjutant General's Office, 1 . Raleigh, April 28, 1862. ( General Order, I -No. 6. f ALL COMPANIES AUTHORIZED BY THE GOV EBNOK to be rniced prior to tbe passage of tbe law known as tbe "Conscription Bill, must come to Camp Mangnm, near this City, before tbe 17th day-of May, otherwise tbey will not be received. All those not in by that time will be Subject to tbe War Department under that law, and bad belter remain at home till order ed ly that Department. By order of Gov. Clabk : . - - ' J. G. MARTI IT, Adjutant Gen. April 29, 182- 18-wfct f" All papers in the State copy twice. WAR NES THE RECENT ACT OF CONGRESS REQUIRES euch Company to be raised to 125 rank and file. Com pany E, of my regiment requires 28 men, (from Chatham county ;) Compnny G, from Chatham, SO men ; Company B, from Union connty, 28 men ; Company C, from Wilkes, 50 men ; Company D, from Wake, wants 70 men ; Com pany K, from Anson, wants 51 men ; Company H, from Moore county, wants 16 men ; Company A, from Ashe county, wants 83 men. Men liable to draft in those coun ties had better come along at once and fill up their com panies like white men, and not wait for tbe sheriff to bring them to me. Z. B. VANCE, i Col. 26th Kegt. N. C Troops. Near Kinston, April 29, 1882. S5 tf. LOUI8BURG FEMALE COLLEGE. THIS INSTITUTION, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT of Mr. Jaunes Seathgate and Lady, is located in one df the most delightful Tillages in North-Carolina. . The most th rnnirh instruction in all branches of Craaala education -will be imparted by teachers of hvga aspartate. ana unaoaQtea queiineaiiou. The music department is in charge sf Prof. V. Kntrin get, (of Paris, France,) a papil of Tbslberg. Ciroolars mill be seat to all who desire them. For full particolara, ad dress JAMES SOCTHQATaV---'" IionMhwm TL C. .. April Z, iOD. ,i- . . fr. mv M. . . rjr Raleigh papers. Wilmington hmi. larsttsvUls Observer, Tarboro" Southerner, ssrf Qosasboro'Tribue, will ptsass aiscoaiiBH us wag Mvsttisracat utwr columns sad insert the abova ia its pises, Ivor limes week ly, and forward bills to Louisbarg, N. C. ; Din rr fort Cooat. M n TAr-' of Washington, w' -L. ' r or oar age. SWORDg, - Itui.';,;;l,w BELT, - -' '' .if Wilmiaeton ime-w ?RBLAN manufaeturoa' pne JduW p!!!Vn1 '? at ton, N. C. AddW k 8wr, Warning. T. 8. WHITASER. .j Wilmington, N. C. J8-wsw. i spril , 1803. KITTRELL'S SPRINGS. k FTKR THE iSttt MAY, THW POPULAR PLACE - , : r " maae man tmoroTi rons. The health? location of onrnlas. tk. tii..i ' . , , " "wiacuon to our pat tuea of the water, its accessibilitr, (being immediately on the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad,) and ita safety from the invading eaemr? render it a pleasant fad desirable horns fax peraoK seeking summer quarters. ' We would say to the many who have already applied for board, that we sftv been necessarily compelled to refuse them, as our boose was only fitted np for summer aowtn- modations. c TERMS: : : ' - Board per day, . tS 00 14 week. . 12 (10 : " " month, ' to (Hi 17 Children sod servants half price ' - i BLACKBALL & Ctt, Awil 99"i a- Proprietors. apru 29, lsft - . 18-wAswlm. v NOTICE A On ft0CNDS PRIME BACON FOR SALE. VjVWV lralj barrels of Family FLOUR. 7 . ,., - - K HARMS. April 29, 1S2 3str. HILLSBOROUGH MILITARY ACADEMY. THIS INSTITUTION WILL BE RE OPENED UN der efficient management ou WEDNESDAY, Masoh 6th. The aerrioes or officers baring been pennaneBtly se cured, no lurther interruption of duties need bs appre hended. ( fur circulars, stating new terms, Ac, address "SUPERINTENDENT H. M. A.." i Hillsborough, N. C. Jan. 81, 1882. f - 10-swAw8nt. ESTABLISHED 10TH JAN., 1862., CONFEDERATE DEPOT, GENERAL coamissioif HOUSE, HILLSB0R0UGHvN. C. ' H. N. BROWN A CO. April 83, 1882: U-wAsw4tpd. FAMILY RESIDENCE FOR 8 ALE. A HANDSOME DWELLING FOR SALE. A LARGE house with -eight rooms, sa office with three rooms ; aud on tbe same lot, sn excellent garden, fruit trees, sta bles, and a splendid well of water, Ac, Ac It is one of the best places in Uillsboro'. Apply to SAMUEL PEARCE. Hillsboro', N. C, April 25, 1842. 84 wiswStpd. ARMS! ARMS 1 1 HATING BEEN APPOINTED AGENT BY MAJOR General T. H. Holmes, to get up tbe arms in Chat ham County, I take tbis method to request the people to bring in their Rifles snd Double-barrel shot Guns and Muskets immediately, and I will pay them a fair price for them. I am authorized to buy, borrow, beg, or if necessa ry, to impress them. I hope the last named process will not have to be resort, ed to in Chatham County. N. B. Bring them in immediately. &. B. PASCHAL, Sheriff. April 22, 1862. 17 w8U BOGGB' BATTALIONS OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. ' ARMSTRONG BREECH-LOADING FIELD PIECES. IS iY ORDER Or MAJOR P. J. BOGGS, A RENDEZ VOUS and Recrnitinz Station will be established at Weldon. N. C nnder the sunervision of Cspt. GEORGE H. GREGORY, where recruits either singly or in sqnads will be received and mustered into this popular snd effec tive srm of the service. Any capable ptrsoo tendering part of a company will bs appointed to a corresponding position. lioni ty pay, quarters, subsistence snd clothing furnish ed from the day of enlistment. Addtess Can. GEORGE H. GREGORY, v . Weldon, N. C. April 22, 1862. ( 17 wtf. . ATTENTION! 3IST REGIMENT A. C. TROOPS. THE FOLLOWING MEN, W. H. LEE, DALLAS H. Upchurch, Starkey Downing, Norflet ?url, Barton Badget, Wm. Caps, James Blunt, having deserted, I offer Thirty Dollars reward for the apprehension and delivery ot each une to me at Wilmington, N. C. ' -' f C. GODWIN. , - Capt Commanding, Slat Regt. N.JCi. Troops. ALL ABSENT FROM THE 3IST REGIMENT. "WILL report to me in person, on or before tbe 25th of April, 1882, or be treated as deserters. V . C. GODWIN. Cant. Commanding, 81st Regt. N. C. Troops. April 22, 186i. 17. wat. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF NORTH- CAROLINA. ADJUTANT GENERAL'8 OFFICE, I - Raleigh, March 23d, 1862. f General Order, - No. 5. f " ALL NEW COMPANIES OF NORTH CAROLINA Volunteers must bs tendered directly to tbe Bute, otherwise the bounty authorized by the ordinauon of the Conveution to raise North-Carolina's quota of troops will not be paid to them, as the law does not allow it. Tbe Companies so tendered will be organised into Regiments by tbe State, tbe commissioned officers ot which elect their field officers. Tbe bounty. will be paid each Company as soon as possible after tbei'r arrival in Camp. ' '- II. No organizat ion of Regiments or Battalions will bt re cognized unless the same is done by authority of the State and in compliance w'th its laws. . HI. These Troops being raised for immediate field ser vice should have no more baggage than each man can car ry in bis knapsack. It js desirable that each man bring a blanket (if be sou furnish it,), any additional articles most necessarily be lost it brought. IV. Ail'eutmnunicatious on Military matters must be sent to tbis Office. In no other way will tbey receive Im mediate attention. By order of Governor Class. . ' ' f J.O.MARTIN, . ' Adjutant General. ' .lt-wW. ' PIAHfTATlOIf FOR SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER, OFFERS FOR SALE A TRACT of LANU, Iving on Haw River, in the County of Ala. mance, one mile norlbyof the Haw River House, oa th ' Railroad, containing 223 acres, 80 of which are well-tim- bered, with 2a acres o( bottom land. This place is weU adapted to tbe growth it wheat, corn, tobacco, oats, Ac A good dwelling boutej with six rooms, is on the premises, with all necessary oat houses. Tbe locality is very healthy. Terms of sale will be tnstte easy to the pin-chaser. Address the subscriber at Melville Ahunauc, N. C. t W. A. AMtBUUBT. Feb. 11, 1862. 7 wtf. NOTICE. A LL PERSONS AJtE HEREBY CAUTION. 1. ed against purchasing any stock in the Farmers' Bank of N. C. without first ascertaining whether tbe party ottering to sell said Mock is indebted to tbis Bank, and if so, tbe amount of such indebtedness, for ao stuck will be transferred sny one owing tbis Bank, until their in debtedness is fully paid and certificates of stock ia said Bank can be transferred only oo the hooka of tbe Bank, in' person or by attorney. V There will be a meeting of the stockholders of said Bsnk' in Greensboro', N. C , o the 23d day of Msy neat, which all stockholders will find) it to their interest to attend, es pecially those indebted to) the Bank. . By order of stockholders owning 1098 shsres ia the Far mere' Bank of N. C maac 7th Anil. 1862. ' " . . W. "A, CALDWELL, 'Cashier. Greensboro'. N. C Aprfl 15. 1862. 1 w7U A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE AND FARM FOR SALE. . THE UNDERSIGNED, DESIROUS OF RETURNING to his former residence, will sell his Terr desirable fiirni and r-aideoes where bs saw resides, five miter wes of tbe City-of Raleigh, and witbm half a mile of tbe North- Carolina Railroad. t ..... Tbe dwelling is. a fine two story boiMint: with seven large rooms, with store room and pantry atticfced-a good kitchen and bonnes for strraoU-baras. stabksviee boas, fruit orchard and vineyard, a nMTi',7 T"J "M11 necMsary appurtenances mr to. ?"V- IDs farm contains zu sora - r-: - I ood . ..... r -..;..; . . nIM is also a trees or isao-or ou is remarkable for tie taaltbmess of theai)stio, toauV - in a mils sad a hsir .ot.asoarj mtmmmj anu w lureMethodist sad BaptlaV Re wdl sail tbe shove Bhoeon gopd tsraaaj msde eaa te the pireaassr, aao. wiu a47J5 uc t 1 sigh. , " I ; Wk Csulr- H. C., lnmTia laae. - !-. ty The Wilmington Joiiraal sad Pstewba-g Raw sea iUinsert tbe above four times sod forward, their bills to this office. 2 c - .;.-f."-