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r wrt THE CONFEDERATE f " WEDNESDAY. April 20, 1864 " I .Dampers. In the Progress of the 13th inst., the "for cign news" is introduced with a gusto, ac companied with the announcement that the "extracts throw a ilamp-r on the hope of early recognition of the Confederacy ly Mexico." This is the curt style with which this pa per, so frequent and so vehement in its rep etitions of its avowals .that it is devoted to the cause, presents a piece of information, well calculated, if believe!, to dampen the! ardor of our hopes, and in thw moment par ticularly, to depress the fve'iogs of our peo ple. On Thursd" ly last, the Progress, more dis-. tinctly unveiling its gratification, publishes the following : "To be serious, does not the snubhinz Max imilian gave Slidell and the neutrality of Mexico, proclaimed in advance, drive the iail home? Shall we make fools of our selves by looking to Maximilian, the Empe ror, or "any oilier tnhn " longer for succor. If we can whip the Yankees into an acknowl edgement of our independence, as we be lieve we can, let us do it, but no more of re cognftjgn or he'p from abroad. The country is sick oi the cry." "We find it very difficult to refrain our true sentiments of the Progress and its associates. God grant that fhe day of our good fortune is not far distant, when the loyal heart of Xorth Carolina will find a right utterance against Mr. Holden, against this organ of his ; which, except his own sheet and Joy, the yankee's, is the only organ he has in the Con federacy ; and against their associates in this now universally condemned agitation which they are keeping up, to the dishonor of the State and to her disrepute among all her sisters. Fortunately Hr the country there need be no damper to Us hopes from foreign news, extracted from the London Globe, for these reasons : First. The Londou Olobe is a vile aboli tion sheet ; the or (fan of the Yankee Minister Adams, and a paid fabricator of Yankee lies. Second because in this very fabrication, the Globe has overshot the mark and exposed either its ignorance or its baseness ;for it prw fessea to "know that "Mr. Day tun, the Amer ican Minister, had intimated to Maximilian the readiness of his Government to accredit a Ilepresentative in Mexico and receive a Min ister from the Emperor of Mexico." Is this likely, when the Yankee Government has even now a Minister in Mexico who never has recognized -'the intervention" but who, by peremptory orders, still clings to Juarez, the opposing G overnment to Maximilian and a Republic 7 Is it likely, when the Yankee Government still exchanges courtesies with a Minister from Juarez who still resides near the Government at Washington? Is it likely, when I his very arrival from Yankeedom brings news that the Federal lluiiseof Representatives lias passed a resolu tion that the Northern people do not accord with the monarchical dynasty just established in Mexiao on the ruins of republicanism, and that Congress is unwilling to. remain silent on the subject ? This resolution passed the House unani mously. 1 1 came right on the back of thU report of the London Globe about Mr. Day ton and Maximilian. Is it likely that Mr. Dayton had assumed to make the offer he is represented to have done, of his own motion, vrhen he kiiew there was a minister ol Juarez Republican Government n w at Washington ? Even Yankee boldness in evil, and Yankee duplicity, would have bhruuk from this open shame. ' Nor i it likely that he made any stich in timation by authority ; for in that eveut Lin coln would have never permitted this resolu tion, without a struggle ; for it amounts to a wholesale and dishonoring disavowal of his action, if he had so committed himself. With a unanimous vote in the House of Jlepresentatives against the Government of Maximilian in Mexico ; it is not likely that that body will pass an appropriation for a Legatiou to that court. But why did not thp Progress, when it ushered forth this news, which it expected to be a damper to the Con federacy, why did it not publish with similar eclat this other "Foreign news" the resolu tion of the Yankee House of Representatives, in order to take or! the damp to warm and revive us a little ? The reason it did not do this is, that this is not the Progress' way of showing its great devotion to the cause. With it, a little depres sion of hope, political party agitation, abuse of its Government by the application of such terms as "tyranny" these evidences of loyalty and affection are more in the Progress' vein. If it thinks it veils the reality.it adds self deception to its other follies. The eyes of the people, not only of North Carolina but of J tho whole nation, are upou Mr. Holden, and by consequence on the Progress. Notoriety has given each a distinction and a greatness, more to be dreaded thau envied. If our cause meets disaster and fails, they may re cover. It is even then doubtful; for the Yankees do not fulfil their pledges as did Joshua at the siege oj Jericho. But if succes. attend us if God prosper our arms, then but it is not necessary to pursue the theme. If that happens, perhaps in the joyous jubilee, Mr. Holden and his coadjutors may be lost sight of. We shall see. The State Journal, published at Goldsboro", is to us a welcome exchange. Its articles arc conceited in excellent taste, and full of the "true grit." Its location at Goldsboro' enables it to furnish news from all quarters. "We tiust it will mt a liberal support. Soldier's Families. We are informed that the allowance made by tlic . Executive Committee o Wake, ap pointed by the County Court, is only twenty pounds of meal per month for a grown wo man ! This, if true, is a very meagre. It is not enough for a " grown, woman " to live on. Messrs. W, II. Hood, Nathan Ivey James Adams, M. B.. Royster and Henderson Hodges w3 believe constitute the Elecutive Committee. As this is a matter of public interest, will these gentlemen be good enough to state on what basis this allowance is" made, in order that, if they have not the resources to make the allowance sufficienti, the County Court shoull take steps to remedy the evil.- Believing as we do that there is abundance of provisions for the support of all, it is not to le debated that the soldier's families should be supplied among the first and fully sup plied tj avoid the pressure of want. We address this enquiry thus publicly, in order to elicit information for the correction of the evil. The Progress is still whining for Govern ment pap; but most inconsistently says: 'We are perfectly satisfied with the patronage the public extends us, and hope to be able to weather the storm without subsidizing ourself to secure favor from any quarter." As as a Georgia cotenaporary replies to a similar insinuation of being subsidized by pat ronage, it strikes 'us that those who are so .prompt to accuse others of receiving bribes, must be estimating tlie conduct of others by their own experience and practice ; or they are mad because no one thinks them of suffi cient consequence to be worth subsidizing. The Progress charges one-third more for advertising, and one-fouith more for subscrip tion to his Daily, than we do. He has a right to do this; and so have the people .and the Government the right to decline patronizing it, if they see proper. It is gathered from the Progress, that Mr. Holden declines the invitation of the people oT Granville, and all other people, to meet with them and address them. Although all his life the advocate of Gub ernatorial canvassing, he now regards it as stumping for votes " His preference lies in issuing clandestine sheets, purposely with held from his exchanges of the same date of issue but two sets of opinions one set for the people, and another set for the army. Je prefers netting for votes. It is more conven ient than' stumping. In the meantime, the people who invite Mr. Holden may consider themselves as rejected. A New Fabric. A gentleman atTarboro' has sent us a pcrap of cloth the warp cotton, and the filling one-third wool and two-thirds raccoon fur. The gentleman remarks that the fur is more readily obtained than wool, and our readers may be profited by the. sug gestion One thing is certain, the cloth is a stout, substantial article, the fur mixing most I admirably with the wool. It will make good warm clothing for coarse wear and for ser vants. That ' same old coon " can by this means be made both useful and ornamental even more so than'in the days of " coon skins k and lo" cabins." Capture of a Buffaloe Camp in NouTn Carolina. We learn from the Richmond Enquirer of Thursday, that on the Friday previous, three privates belonging to Captain Bower's company of tho 62d Georgia infantry, aided by a few citizens of Bertie county, N. C, attacked a Union camp near Windsor, in that county, consistiog of thirty or forty Buffaloes and four Yankees, supposed to have escaped from Danville, and. about forty ne groes, routing, killing and capturing many of them. They.ware led by a Captain Hogard, formerly considered a good ai.d true officer in the army of the Confederate States. He was, we learn, amoiig the killed. When. he first entered the Confederate service he was very firm in his devotion to the cause, but it is said that his defection commenced wheu he begun to read the North Carolina Standard ; Ftnce which he has grown worse aud worse, until at last he has met with his reward in infamy and death. The four Yankees were recap tured and forwarded to Kichmond, and the other prisoners were sent to Jackson and Windsor. Gov. Vance will address the people of Har nett, at SumervilJe, on Thursday, the 21st of this month (April); of Cumberland, at Fay etteville, on Friday, the 22nd, and of Chatham, at Egypt, on Saturday, the 23rd. The amount funded in four per cent. Bondsf at Liucolnton, in this State, up to the 2d o April, was one million, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand and eighty-four dollars. From Suffolk. Passengers on the. Nor folk and Petersburg Railroad train yesterday afternoon, report that Suffolk has been again occupied by the yankces. On Tuesday, the brutal and notorious Col. Spear, at the head of three regiments of infantry, and five com panies of cavalry, arrived and established quarters. One of .the infantry regiments is composed entirely of negroes, black as ebony, and. as saucy and vulgar a set of devils as were ever pressed into the yankee servsce. It is not positively knows what Spear's inten tions are, but the general impression seems to be, that Butler has sent him to Suffolk for the 'purpose f watching the movements of the Confederates from a nearer- stand point than he has been enabled to do hitherto. His plans, whatever they may be, will probably develop themselves at an early day. Peters burg Express. A letter from a soldier in Florida, dated the 18th ult., says : "The Yankees are deserting and coming to us as fast. as they can. Eighty five came to us last night, and fifteen to-day.' They say the whole army woald come if they could get off. We expect a hundred in to" night. I do not thhlk the Yankees will give us another fight iooo!--! They are all at Jack sonville, under cover of their gunboats." Extracts of letters. We givo the fullowins extracts of letters received at f nis ofrico, as specimens of many that we daily receive : "The 24tfr It-ginien.t is unanimous for Vance and will ive him a plumper. We have three Johnt n county Companies who are going to vote for our noble Governor. We -soldiers are of the opirdon that Holden's . course has lengthened thi war at least a year. Continue to combat his pernicious heresies. The Ojd federate is read with great interest by the soldiery and admire your course in sus taining the cause of Southern lilicrty and in deiieuuence.' - " Etract of a letter from Gaston coanty : "We are much pleased up here with the Con federate and the course it pursues. Please ontinue to advocate. the cau; uf true North OaroIiniarB, and n:en with an empty sleeve. ,My old company B, of the 28th, can parade t ight of this sort. We can't fight with one i.rra, but there are various positions at home could fill, if Uey were given us. But the must-stay-out-of-ibe army" tribe monopol ize eve7 thing in the way of place that will exempt them from service, and we are turned t way. Common justice, not to say grateful ; ;membrane fur our sacrifice, would put us i j these places, while those who have cevejr :een in the service-. but are fully able to go, f .re represented in the "front,", as we have ween since 1861.' A letter from Walnut Cove, Stokes county, iys : The semi-weekly electioneering Standard : -as been received at this office. It seems to i u filled with editorials in the form of com , - lunications. Its editor strives hard to cod- ince the people that he ig a Conservative ; i ut if he is to be judged by his past politic I nurse, he is a Destruetive of the most radical haracter. As an old conservative whig, I - -mnot have any confidence in W. W. Hoi en ; and had 1 been a Democrat; my dis iste for him would be equally as great. I am ; leased to say, that but very few of the sub ; ribers to the StandaraYhzxe, will support its liter for Governor. It there are many Hol ' inites in this county, they seem ashamed to , jrn it publicly." A letter from Monroe, Union county, says : 44 The Standard was taken last year by iveral peTsons in this place, not one of whom would now vote for its Editor as Cor- oral of the Home Guard.' From Lumberton, Robeson county : "If Mr. Holden's prospects in other coun- es are no better than they are in Robeson, it ill be a long time ere he reaches the goal of i is ambition. I have not seen a man (but lie) who is desperate enough to- proclaim imself a Holdecite ; and he is a soured, dis ' ppointed individual, who, like. Mr. Holdeu, 'ould bring ruin on the State, for the grati ' cation of his own selfish and traitorous ' in : linadons. Governor r Vance will make a lean sweep in this county. We are well tisTied with his administration, and are de .rmined to return him to his present position t nother year. The Richmond Sentinel lias received a yan ee paper, from which it learns that Charles , lenry Foster, of Cungressional notoriety," and 'aptain in the 2d North Carolina (yankee) . egiment, has been dismissed the service by ieneral Butler. Foster pretended to be elect 1 to the United States Congress three times i 18G1 and 1862, from two different districts i North Carolina. " He hel4 a State conen- - on at Hatteras, in which forty-six counties ' ere represented by five delegates himself presenting only twenty! reorganized the tate government, elected a Governor, and vent to Washington with one or nnre certifi . ttes of election to Congress He had with ', im a fellow named Carpeuter, who was to , .vear him into Congress. Carpenter and Fos '. r had written a series of letters to-the New York Times during the summer of 1861 from - aribus " points in North Caroliua. These let rs gave glowing accounts of " Colonel " 'oster's popularity, his triumphant election, , ud of his raising a brigade of loyalists. Be S re the committee of elections of the United ' tates House of Representatives, they admit i -d the letters were not written in the State f '.'orlh Carolina, and the chairman of the mmittee reported that the claim was found- -. i on " imposition," aud the report was adopt- ; J nem con. Foster and Carpenter returned to Hatteras -the former in the recruiting service, the lat . t devoting himself to the manufacture of legrnms for the associated press, and to . ;rviiig as a sub-agent of the yankee treasury . -in other tvords, stealing. Th-se men are fair specimens of the "loyal nion men" of the South, and represent ie people of North Carolina with as much irnessas Hahn of Louisiana, or Andy John i n of Tennessee. The yankees will yet dis- ver that the promise of Lincoln to subjugate , ie South is a greater ''imposition" than even '.je "claim ' of Foster. For the Confederate. A recent message of the Governor of Geor- ia, the speech of the Vice President, and the ction of the State Legislature, certainly have 4 tendency towards disorganization and coun-i-3r resolution ; but tho boast that these pat Ties and this action is an advocacy and en- orsement on the part of Georgia of Mr, lolden's temporizing, cringing, non-resistance jolicy, is as groundless aa it is discreditable, t'he same Legislature that parsed this pro test", voted unanimously in favor of a resolu i ion pledging the last drop of blood and the ast dollar of money, for the prosecution of the var until independence was established ; ex pressed their unqualified approbation of the ourse Georgia had' taken in seceding, and a irm reliance (under Providence) on the ubility of the Confederate arms to defend sue i:essfully and triumphantly the position they" iiad taken. The members of the Georgia Legislature and the citizens who favored this unfortunate protest, are as bitter, as implacable, as .un compromising in their hostility to the Holden platform as any other class of . Georgians.--Some of them have illustrated their patriot ism and unyielding devotion to their couu try '6 interests on many a battle-field, and all of them every Georgian I ever beard express himself- denounces Holden as an enemy to his country. In these days of passports, don't punish poor Tray for the company he is found in ; give him a chance to snow -his papers. X. Raleigh, April 13, 1864. . The foregoing communication was written by a member of the Georgia Legislature, who is indignant -at the effort being made by the agitators of this State, to identify the Georgia movement with their illegal and . pernicious schemes. Eds. Confedebate.J The door between us and heaven cannot be opened if that between us and pur fellow men is shut. TELEGRAPHIC. REpOR,rS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION tni.!rdcc7di?mto act of CoDeresa in'tbo rnr f-:S4-THBAs in the Clerk'. oQW of the District Court of the Coafederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. r - From Texas and Mexico. Homtos, Texas, April 4tb, via S cmm itt, April 14th. J The present state of affairs in Mexico' nay be briefly summed up as follows : Juarez, after his quarrel with Yidaurri, retired to Coleinela and laid claim to Pedrau'g negroes, and the presentport of trade between Mexico and Texas. Vidaurri wag at last accounts organizing; an army to contest it with him. They have each about ten thousand men. . The French have demanded the surrender of tne state or aemar, of which Vidauri is Gov ernor. He replied that he would leave it to the people. A vote has been taken, at which but few ballotg were cast; but as far a heard from.-they favor the empire. 6u the decision being announ ced, the French will march to take possession peaceably if they can, forcibly if they resist. Hamilton, the Liaeotn Military Governor, has established his seat'of government at Browns ville, appointed his officers and a judge, j. B. McFarland is the judge Of Federal court at Browns ville and Corpus Christ, and the work of confis cation has commenced. The bulk of the Yankee force has been with drawn from the coast to Louisiana, leaving about four or five thousand men for garrifon and offen sive .operations. They profess an intention of marching on San Antonio and Houston. A Yankee force of three-hundredjattacked Lare do on the 19th,. and were signally repulsed by Col. Benairdo, with a force of less than one hun dred. The Yankees evacuted lndianola on tbe 13th ; they are still in force at Fort Esperazo. Messrs. .Peebles, Raborn, Balduneand Senmic wno were for sometime under military arrest for treasonable designs, applied for a discharge to the Supreme court, in a writ of habt'mt corpw. It was not contested and they were discharged, only te be re-arrestodunder the new law suspending the priviledge of that writ. The cold weather has made crops rn Texas some, what backward, "and rendered the' prospeet less fattening than last year. The enemy is now advancing on the northern and eastern borders of the State. They took Alexan dria, Louisiana, on the 16tli. It is said that a part of Sherman's and all of Banks, army are opera ting in Louisiana, while Steele is advancing from Little Rock. The. new currency and tax laws are causing quite a financial sensation. Gold is now twenty five for one in this city. It is said to be twenty for one at San Antonio. The spirit of the people is good, and are pre pared to resist the enemy in his advanc? against the State and to fight the war through to the end. t From Alabama Mobile April I5th. Western advic.es announce that Chalmers cap. tured Fort Pillow, and' two regiments, eight to twelve hundred negroes, and eight guns and caused the destruction of two transports. From Georgia. DALTONJVpril 14. Artillery firing was heard in the direction of Cleveland this evening, supposed to be the enemy practising. It is reported that McPberson'a corps hare arrived at Hunts villi. Weather cloudy and threatening rain. Our Victory at Shrevtport. Meridiav, April 14. .Advices from beyond our line's, confirm the re port of a Confederate victory in the Trans-Mississippi Department. The wounded are arriving at Baton Rouge in large numbers. Powers' cavalry hd a fight recently at Plains' Store, near' Wood ville, whipping the enemy and taking a number of prisoners and one piece of artillery. Col. John Scott takes command of the cavalry in East Louisiana. " Mexican, Northern and European News. Richmond, April 15. Northern papers to the 13th received. Gold in New York on the 13th, 175. The Mincsota, was seriously damaged by the torpedo explosion. The steamer Miplo Leaf, from Philadelphia, to Jacksonville, struck a torpedo on the 1st. The explosion tore oil her bow, causing her to sink in ten minutes. Four thousand Federal cavalry occupy Eagle Pas?, four hundred miles above Brownsville. The French are marching on Mat amor as and a fight had taken place, in which the French were victorious. Cortin hid issued a proclamation, ordering all troops to ba concentrated on th Rio Grand e to resist the occupation of that place by the French. European advices to the 31st received. The Prussians attempted to carry the Danish fortifi cations at Duppel by storm on the 29th. After four hours fighting, they were repulsed at all points. The Liverpool cotton market is quiet and -unchanged. Breadttuffs very dull and prices lower. The rcaolufioa for the expulsion of Long of Ohio, is still pending in the Yankee Houe of Re- EresentaUves. During the. debate on Saturday, arris, of Maryland, said that tbe South was not subjugated and God Almighty grant that it never may De. 1 hope you never will subjugate the South. A resolution to expel Harris .was offered, but failed for the want of a two-thirds vote. Great Battle at Shrcreport Yankees Badly Beaten. Mobile, April 15. Advices from different points on the Mississip pi, report a great battle between Kirby Smith and Banks, near Shreveport. Banks was defeated with a loss of fourteen thousand men. Baton Rouge and other Hospitals are full of Yankee wounded. " From Richmond and, the Sort b. Richmond, April 16. Excitement prevails at Joneaboro', Illinois caused by soldiers shooting a citizen. A force has been sent to prevent farther bloodshed. The Pennsylvania Senate has adopted a re solution removing the seat . of government to Philadelphia. Meade will be retained in command of the Potomac Raining here to-day. SXCOKD DISPATCH. Richmond, April 16. The Petersburg papers this morning report considerable excitement in the Blackwater sec tion, in consequence -of the advance of the Yankees. Several skirmishes had taken place. Inform at inn. ttnA m1:i . , isimvic, rvprnrnu mat liornside s forces were landing in large Bamberg at Portsmouth on Wednesday. later from the Korth. Daltok, April 1C. Northern des to the Uth received. The East Tennessee Convention met atKnoxvillt on the 12th. There were delegates from nearly every county. Tdta Wilm mado an explana tion of his compromise with Jeff. Davis and de nounced hi acts as unconstitutional. William Heiskell was elected President. Daniel True heart made a speech denouncing tbe apostates in the bitterest terras. A combination of poli ticians against she administration exists in strong force. ' - Andrew Johnson made a speech declaring that the negroes had been working the rich lands of Tennessee long enough, and said that slavery is already dead. He said if we had fib slaves there would be but few traitors. The Railroad bridges over the Potomac, which were destroyed by the freshet, have been re placed. New Orleans advices say a large side wheel steamer evsded the block ad erg at Galveston and succeeded in getting in. She had on board four thousand stand of arms. It is reported that Bishop MeCIosky has been appointed Arch .Bishop of New York in place of Bishop Bauldiog of "Jaltimore. The steamer Virginia, with Liverpool dates to the 29th, has arri ved. The Danish Conference met at Lovesten on the 12th of April. Contois 91 j. Cotton 77, Gold 74 . Long of Ohio, was defended in the House of Representatives by Harris of Maryland, and Fernando Wood of New York. The steamer City of New York was wrecked at the entrance of Qucenstown Harbor by run ning on a rock. Site will prove a total loss. It is reported uit the rebel Forrest, with a large force, is advancing on Paducith. Rein forcements have been sent from Mayfield. Nothing-transpiring here. From Georgia. DaltoN, April 15. AH- quiet in frcnt. Five Alabaraians, who were to have been shot to-day for desertion, were temporarily reprieved by Gen. Johnston until the President could be heard from. Woatner cloudy ani cool. Sale of Xeir Six rer. Cents. Richmond, April 18. The Secretary of th Treasury advertises this morning fivo millions of thf new gtiarnn ' teed six percent. Houds.to be sold at auction, .in lots to suit purchasers, on the 12th f May. The number of prisoners of war at thin time in Richmond, is le.ss than two thousand? including eight hundred commissioned ..fiicern. Another flag of tiuco boat looked for on Friday, with prisoners, for exchange. Weather clear thi mruin. It is believed that active military operations in Northern -Virjiuii will commence this week, by the advance oi Grant's army. fEC ND DISPATCH Richmond. Apiil 18. Monseur Paul tho Fr.;n:h conu'ar :i2'?nr, at Richuioiul, rc omen" on &tnrd y from a pn tracted viit to the Ui ited Stairs, ni d ar rived at City Point in a French-man-of-war. It is undurstoutd tha; he has cmpletrd te airnrvgenients for h-? shipment of ihf Fieuch tobacco t red in this etiy. One vessel char tered by him is at City Point and others are' expected next vek. The" note signing Durenn of the Treasury Department, will be tran.sfe.rn d to Columbia this week. A uumber of employees, chiefly adieswill start for Columbia Thursday. It is reported thar the first and second Auditors, will also be removed temporarily, to some point further South, where the cost of subsistnuce i less than in Richmond. Montgomery and Selma,. are both mentioned as the probable location of these Bureaus for the present. Dr. Hoczco Lu.ro, a Yaiikt e spy, was ar rested at Tapj ahaimocJi on the jmint of crossing the river. Maj s of the harbor of Charleston, Wilmington, etc., Knowing the location of torpedoes were found on -his hotly. Later from the North, Orange C. II., April 18. Northern dates of the fourteenth and fif teenth have been received. On the 13th gold wpnt upto 179, but on receipt of the news that Chase ha I negotiated a loan of three hundred thousand pounds pterlirg in London, it fell to 175, but rallied and closed, at 177. The capture of Fort Pillow, seems to be confirmed. The Shreveport news is a'.o oon tirmcdto some extent. Grant writes donn the oflicial loss at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountaiu at GOO killed, 4,000- wounded aud 700 missing. The Desertions from the Confederate Ausir. A Northern paper noticing tbe exag gerated reports of desertion from the Confed erate army says : A Detroit pTiper mentious a g ntleman of a statist'Cal turn of mind, who has kept a care ful record of the desertions from tho rebel army hiucc the first Bflll. Run. aa thesr, hav Deen reported in yankee journals from time to time, and the sum total shows that three mil lions aud three hundred thousand rebel sol diers have abandoned the Confederacy and come within our lines. In one of the towns in North Mississippi, during the snow last month, a little "refugee" girl, who had .never seen so much of the ar ticle be fore,, was much alarmed lest everything should be irrecoverably buried. Her anxiety at last found utterance in the exclamation, "Oh, I do wish General Forret would come !" DIED, At tho residence of his brother, Ilecry O. Wil liams, Esq , in Nash coantr, on the. 9th March, Col. William T. Williams, aged 2 years. Col. Williams voluotered in April 1861, and wu elected C&Dtain of the first Volunteer Com pany from Nash coanty. He served as Captain in the Utb Regment C. T. until the fall of 1SC1, when he was elected 'Lieut. Colonel of tbe 2nd C. Battalion. He commanded this Battalion until it was organised into the 32nd Begimeat K. C. T., and was elected to the same position in this Regiment, which position he ttUe4 with much credit. A short time before his death, he resigned the office of Lieut CoL of the 32nd Regiment, and soon after recieved the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the C S. Navy. Col. Williams made a popular commander and was greatly beloved by those who knew him both in- tho- army and. at home. Few men have been gifted with a higher order of talent, and none gave better jpromise of fatore usefulness and distinction. "A traer, nobler, tnstier heart, Mere loving or more loyal, never beat Within a human .fereasti" ' ""' v .twi-frf.' Haviltoh. iJk!5.e, Dr!.c JMer.-.-Sloleti . the JfcivlI'S" J10 deftigncd. from th rtable of REWBEN BRRY, whife on lit rt't Sl"fk iron-grey STALLION. and tail. I will give th alove reward for the recovery of the horse or the detection f rh thief. i S1 . Y,tf THOANTdN. ApTil Utb, 1S64. ap-JO-ft wlOx- TSfJfatem Hash i'oantr. Fellow CITIZENS AND SOLrflEKS ?Il take th7i methwl of announcing myself aeandidate fur ttio office of Sheriff of Nash County. Yon are all aware that lam deprived of the privilege ofappearie befors i you in the umi1 way, to declare mjselfw candidate I hope, therefore, to he exrntcd f.r doiag ,o In ttii i feet Fr,ow tilUentf ,ni fW"", in doing this thatl am renting to tbe rail of many voters of my county. Thi it my first attempt to be placed ia publie office, and can only promUe, if elected, to serve the people J'ftly andjmpartislly. I have ever frit that I was ready and willing to serve the people of my county In any capacity in which thay might place ira, to tbe bet of my abilhy. It I not my dculgn t- ovcr-cftimate ray claims, I ut to spcate a few plain and simple faets. .1 entered the rrmy car'y in the spring of 1861, and have belonged to it ever sinec ; daring which time I hsve been twite severe ly woamlcd, from which I fear I shall never en ti'ely recover. It is for the reason given and though the earn est solicitations of my friends, that I have en. scnted to be a -andidstc. I hope nMwithrtandin I am far from yonr miht, that my claims will U duly considered, and that I may have tht phasnre of seeing my name handed in to the Ballot JWn more times than iKr. n .... . lbeoneot'the fortunate ones fscape th Yankee halls during the ruining Campaign. I am . very respectfully your Vr. Sen'f., GEO. W. WESTRAY. 1st Lieut Co. A. 47th N. C. Hvg't. Near Orange C. II, Va., April 13th 1864. ap. 19 -71 -41 1 twl-wl. Spirit of the Afre and I'rogre! please copy two times, and seed bills to this office. rpoThf Voters of Wake Count j.Ff lion 1 CI 1 1Z ENS: At the urgt request f many gentlemen, both in the army sod t home, I aiii a caudidate to represent vou in the House of Com mons of the next Legislature of North Carolina. "My principles and views, as a" Southern man "after the strafleet sett, are well known to"jiiy peraoiotl friends. "These principles and views aro what they have been. .Thev will not bechanprd." Prior to the Proclamation of Mr. LinroTn in calling for seventy-five thousand men, 1 was a Union man ; but seeing that the. Northern States of the Government sought our degradation and ruin, 1 tore from my bosom the last spark of affection which I cheriihed for the Union, and to'ok my stand with the sons of North Carolina, and the South, in behalf of Right, of Truth, and Freedom. In May 1SC1, I volunteered as a private, atd remained in the army until my health failed, when I was discharged. Believing that the surest ant speediest wiy to obtain pesco is by a- viporuc prosecution of the war, I am in favor of exerting our whole strength, at a people, until thi.. t rd i obtained. So lung aa the enemy construes anv pnp6i ion coming from us f..r peare v an ad mission of weakness on nur part.it wonM !e mad nesi in hi to submit them. We mutt fight on, and prny on, trusting that God will, in Ilia own good timo, give us an honourable and lasting pearr. If we will continue to cooperate with, and sun tain our President a in tin "worthy of Rome in Rome's best d.tys," I honestly heliete that th day of our deliverance 4s near at band. I shall give to Gov. Vance a hearty nnd cheer ful i-upport I know the nmn, and I know him t be a chivalrous, generous man, and a pure patriot. As to the manner in wbirh he has guided the bem of State mi.id the perils which environ her. it is unnecessary fertile to speak. We hato U srn .and felt the good cnVct gtotving out of his wise an J judicious administration. If you elect me, fellow citizens, I shall escrt whatever of influence I may posse to mitigate the suffering of our galltmt soldiers, by snppor-, ting and cheering them in Ihe field, and taVirg care of thrir families at hoinr I w-m ''7 l'r no party, uit forth whole people of North Carolina, and their posterity. JOHN W. PAG E, M; D. ap. 15 -OS lftt wtf. Navy Mikni.no BuaKAt', C. K N 1 Warrtnton, N. C, 18th April, IfcGl MINKKS WA3TKD. fpiIOSK prrson skilled in the btuinc, ran fiiid 1 profitable employment bv applying to Capt. A. R. Faukax, C. S. N., by letter at arrrnton, or to W. W. PKIKCh, ap VO-12-nt Msj. A Ch'f (J. M., Raleigh, N. C. Aiyrttcville Observer, Charlotte Deaionat, and 'Wilmington Journal, copy two week in wecklv and send bills to this other. N ot Ice. ..-Taken up nnd rommlttfd to the Jail of Catawbt. a datk .NKGKU msti about tittv vearsof age. Said negro savs.hi name is PLKA&ANT, and that he is the pioprrty of Hugh Carlyle and co. Hondetson of Georgia,. A. J. HELTKN, Jailor. Nenton N. C. April 13th 18G4. ap. 20 H-nCm. Jailor's Notice Taken up and Commit ted to tho Jail of Chatham county, N. C, a AtiGRO MAN, who 'ays his name is Washington ; that he bolongs to Mrs. Emily Williams of New Hanover county, N.C He is about 5 feet 1" ineho high and dark complected. Th owner is hiely ne iQcd to come forward, prove property, and p:y chargs, or he will be dealt, with according to 1-iw. W. HANKS. JAtt.oit. April U( 18A1. ' ap20-l2 3 L ost "(riinwtcorstokf tirTnUf r signed hus lost the following Certificate, No. UU tor f 500, issued to T. N. Copcr, Raleigh, dated July 2!Mh IHG3, and assigned over Ut Ssnl Martin. Kvery persou is forbidden to purchase the same, as application will be made for its renew al. SAM'lr MARTIN. 4 6w Salem, N. C Office of Chief Quartermaster, Kalelcb, February 17th 160 1. Proposals will be re ceived at this office until the 2th inst., for the ruanuiacture of Oil from the Tithe Pea Nuts. Proposals must state the price per gallon for the oil produced; ai.th; Government will rvquire the total produce of oil as well as oilcake. W- W. PKIRCB. 20-d3t&w3t Maj. andChi( 4. M. ErWilmington fonrnal, Fayettcville Obser ver, Raleigh .Standard and Petersburg Register, copy 3 times aqd send bill tO.Msi. PelrcP. - Lead Mine Interest for Sala I AM DISPOSEDT'O SELL MY INTEREST 1 in the WYTHE UNION LEAD MINK COM PANY, notwithstanding the property is thought 4o pay a heavy per centum to the stockholders. I invite gentlemen of capital to examine tha prop, erty. Mr. Wm. Kohler, the agent, will give all the necessary information, or they can call and see me at Hiekory Grove or Poplar Camp, in Wythe county, Va. tnh 26-52-d U-wIt A. N. CHAFF1N. $50 ItrCWAttD. R ANA WAY FROM THE BUBSCRIDER ON the 14th of February, a NEGRO WOMAN. Said woman is about 30 years of age, cosapfoxicn black, height 6 feet four inches, and has lost her right broast by a cancer. Soppase she is try ing to pass herself off as a free woman ia the neighborhood of Knap of Reeds, or Tslly Ho, Granville county, N. C. The above reward will ba paid for bar delivery to me or confinement in jail so that I can get Eer. SARA II K. ROFS, ap l S7-w4t . Darhams Station, N. C. ll IDES, 11 ID ICS' HAYING OBTAINKi) THJi SERVICES OF Mr. Woodward, one of the best Tanntrs ia the Confederate States, I am now ready snd re. celving HIDES to Tarn on Shares. I tan for one-half, and sell my share to owners, (except speculators,) at one dollar per pound, or for one third and sell as I choose. Tanning done for in digent soldiers' families free of charge. I will re-tan and finish leather for tbe government or in dividuals on reasonable terms. Persons requiring information are teferred to the editors -of tbe Covft0niU. J. ROBT. JEFFREYS. ap 1 S7-dlwAw4w ' HIDES! HIDES!! 1 AAA LBS. DIVY HIDES FOR SALE. 1UUU Address ' J. J. PERKINS, p 11 61 t Wilson, N. C.