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. •WnwCA—', *+>. --i»im»4mm MM VOL. XXIII. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1862. gg-ua NO, 1,183. w. PUBLISHXD WEEKLY, BY S. SHERWOOD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS, 62.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. Rates of Advertising. ,r per square, for the first week, and ,.n,9 for erery week .hereafter. Twelve make a square, beductwne mad. in tending matter as follows: 3 MOSTHS. 6 MO*THB. 1 *■** w fS-;::::IS ;■,;.:-:.:.. ^c:::::::^.™. «Q.QQ Tnc Port OMc« iicpartment. our abstract of tho report of tmaster General, we find that the | Lhe Finance Bnrean exhibit tno bai ibo noetmasler» who are required j,. ||, Department to deposit quarterly, or . ,. the revenue* ol thftiroffices, have ited in the Treasury and its branches, Lhe 1st ofJane, 1S61, the sumof 97o, 5 70 The amont of grants from the iry in aid of the revenues of the De-em vvaa$280,060 30 making_a total ositsand grants of 9995,665.00.— the 29th July 837 warrants have been 1 upon the Treasury, in payment of postal Bervice, amounting to 8225,434.- ftving undrawn and subject to war- (inpayment of postal service, 8670,. i There have been issued upon a "•.._ post offices styled "draft offices,"in • , i of the postal service | „tingtoW0,28a86. ,. number ofdead letters received and. j,6«J. 'I lie number of drop S,512. The number of letters held , ,rp ^Bgo, 7,818.867 dead letters contain- 55,751.80, and 1,811 contained H of exchange, notes, and other papers, amounting to 8I,2ob,- rge amount of the foregoing belongs is not residents of the Confederate s and will be placed in the hands of dispoacd 675 drafts, ier judicial officers, to be !■. V I lie sequestration j.ct. > -c hundred and ninety-lour dead letters, , lining money lo the amount of 84,- .,", have beenieturned to the writers due to the influx of strangers, who are al-ways tho subjects of petty extortions in all cities. Owing to peculiar circumstances, the Richmond market quotations are unreliable. Tbejprice of almost overyihing here is nom-inal'and it would be a good idea, through the medium of trade exchanges, or some concert among principal dealers, to estab% lish regular standards of price, which would choke off extortion, and protect the reputa-ble trade of the city from the d scredit brought upon it by bazaars, smuggling rendezvous, and other places of commercial disrepute, which aro growing up in Rich-mond. Tho Government is taming its attention to the direct encouragement of special bran-ches of manufacturing industry, and a sys-tem of premiums to new cntepnses. lhe effect of this policy on the manufacture in he South of the important article of nitre has been very striking, and the Govern-ment is, wo learn, now receiving a supply of this article at the rate of six hundred thou-sand pounds a day. Our city bankers are selling gold at twenty-eight cents, and buying at twenty-one. There is an excellent feeling in Gov-ernment securities, and bonds of the first fifteen million loan are quotod at two per cent, premium. The now system of popu-lar loan—of which we give an analysis ii. another article—will enablo the Govern-ment, ;t is said, to get all the money it wants. The Secretary of tho treasury has determined to introduce some changes in the Produce Loan Office, and Professor De- Bow, the superintendent of the loan, has gone to New Orleans to tako charge of a branch of the office to be established in that city.—Richmond Examiner. by this tho i f Fifty-seven letters containing . 05. have been sent to tho officos at they were mailed, to be delivered to persona by the postmasters, and en again returned to tho Dopart-unclaimed. < me hundred and fifty- Lters are not yet sent out for delivery r writers. They contain 8441.45.— ■lour letters, containing -S300, belong res lents of the Confederate States. rho first delivery of postage stamps by • e contractors was made on the 15th of ber last, and since that date only 1,- K> stamps have been Issued to post, StKuen near -which large bodies of troops t been situated, with a view to their ,1 accommodation. : The supply ofstamps furnished ; • »rapiiic establishment in this city altog. thcr inadequate to the demand, ttions are pending with engravers in »| ,o and .Savannah; though it docs iron, the report that they can furn- -limated number required for daily ,- jOO.OOO) on terms which would justify t Department in making a permanent ., t. ' toe engraver proposes to furn-i he stamps gammed, but not perfora- ,nedollar per thousand, the be furnished by the Department; United States Government it eighteen cents per thousand immed, perforated, and put up in puper boxes and envelopes, 5 ebargo for paper Meantime a confidential agent, pro-b ample means, has been dispatch-to procure tho manufacture of . plates for printing Btamps of ral denominations required by law, iring for use, as soon as prac-n millions of stamps, and to the dies plates and stamps to this : small supplies now being recei-the contractors in this city (says , ; iy serve to increase the pub-n . as they aro insufficient to aanJs of even tho principal -. I'he Postmaster General makes an ol»b-guinent to justify tho law which Is publishers to send newspapers and i a as freight, by expressmen and at it strikes as that ho makes a f I failure in this respect. Ho is mis-it . • in supposing that the complaints of ice come exclusively from publishers essmen. The newspapers aro of i urse made the medium of these com- . bd inasmuch as tho additional tax knd ll uvenionce fall upon the great ■†ibli •. we do not see how the old subject can be denominated ation."—Richmond Dispatch. nition will be bet the door to what lies be-yond. It involves tho question of ineffi-cient blockades, and stono blockades. Se-ward he see bow CO, fan'tell him. Ho has but to run—as he did in the Trent case. rard has said r.e does not >ee now ««• »~- ognition can fail to produce a war with the Inited States. Russell will show him. We with-boxes or envel- Lincoin Ueapotism In Europe. A citii-en ofNew Orleans, writing from Barcolona to the Now Orleans Bulletin, con-cludes an interesting letter as follows : 1 must certainly not omit tho most im-portant event in my whole life, and in all my travels. When 1 left Liverpool I had a United States passport, which the United States Consul in that city refused to vise, saying that 1 must apply to the United States Ambassador in London. On my arrival in the metropolis of tho three king-doms, 1 went directly to fix my passport matters, and directed my way to tho Uni-ted States Minister. 1 was intioduccd in a room where two secretaries were perform-ing their duties, and i made known my business. One of them, a kind of Black Republican looking fellow, questioned mo about my birthplace and residence, occupation, &c. 1 answered correctly to all his questions nnd ttav« Dim ail ina i.u-ormauou *w» w»"- ted. finally, he comes up to me, ai\d says, "Will you pleas tako the oath. "lhe oath," savs 1. "What oath?" "The oath of truth and fidelity to the Government of the United States," says he. I replied, "1 will not take any oath, sir ; I am not of age, and do not think myself authorized to do such an act without the permission of my father." After having laughed at my objection, and assuring mo that such per-mission was not necessary, he urged mo to swear, and upon my refusal, he accused me of being a rebel, and took from me my passport. I got excited, and told him, "well, sir, 1 do not think you have the right to deprive me of my passport, and the name of rebel you give to me is entirely out of the question, as 1 am a minor, and have not taken an«. part in any political contest. " Well," says he, "and if you had been of ago, what ticket would you havo voted?" 1 tound this question insulting, and an-swered, roughly, "1 do not, know, sir." 11© then dispatched me, and said I must talk with tho Minister to ascertain if with-out taking tho oath 1 could havo my pass-ad- 1 de- The Fight witli Opotnleyliolo. The Fort Smith (Ark.) Times of tho Sd inst. says tho loss of the Confederate side, in tho battlo with Opothleyholo, of the Creek nation, on tho 26th of December last, was bet eight killed and thirty-two wounded. The enemy lost upwards of two hundred and fifiy. The Times publishes the following congratulatory order, issued by Col. Mclntosh after the fight: Headquarters Division, Camp Opothleyholo, C. N., Deo. 28, 18ol. General Order. The colonel commanding is pleased to congratulate tho troops of the several regi-ments who participated in tho signal victo-ry of the 26ih instant. In the short space of ten days you have left your winter quar-ters, marched over two hundred miles en-countered snow storms, crossed rivers, and having surmounted ail difficulties, succee-ded in completely routing the enemy, un-der the Creek Chief Opothleyholo, killing many of his warriors, and capturing their families, wagons, horses and cattle. His stronghold bas been completely broken up ar.d destroyed, and he has been driven from tho territory of the Confederate States.— The colonel commanding notices with pride the promptness evinced by every offi-cer and soldier in obeying the orders given them, and with what willingness they all left their winter quarters, to enduro the colds and privations of a winter campaign, which, by their gallantry, has been brought to so glorious an end. Each and every one has noblv done his duty. JAMES MclNTOSH, Colonel Commanding Division. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, loves tho excitement of combinations, or whatever else it may be, would conspiie with the mice against the cat sooner than not conspire at all. I struck me that he was living apart from Montgomery, wait-ing to bo called in, when 1 saw him, and I have no doubt Mr. Devis selected him with alarcity for the post which ho was well ad-apted to fill Originally a Northern man, ho has thrown himself into tho Southern cause, and staked his great fortune on the issue without hesitation, and with all the force of his intellect and character. But even ho believed that England must break the blockade for cotton. DIRECT MONTHLY MAILS PROM ENGLAND AND SOUTHERN PORTS.—From the Nor-folk correspondence of the Petersburg Ex* press of tho 14th inst. we take the follow-ing: The foreign consuls—that is, the consuls of England and France—are to receive mails every month. The two governments aro to take it by turns, and in that way either a French or British man of war will reach Norfolk monthly. So, it will be soon our trans-Atlantic brethren do not mean to trust their mails to tho care of the Lincoln-iles any longer. This is a move in the right direction, which will very likely be followed up by others. ARRIVAL OF BRIDGE BURNERS.—Lieut. W. F. Parker, company H, 29th Regiment, (says the Asheville, N. C, News,) got on tho trail of a couple of Tennessee bridge burners last week, and with a squad of his m°n followed them into this State, and arrested them some 12 or 15 miles north of this place, at 1 o'clock in tho morning. Is CUMBERLAND GAP THE KEY.—We find the following in the Chicago Tribune ol December 2:1 : It has been considered that the rebels, by holding Cumberland Gap, possessed tho key to East Tennessee. But this is an er-ror. Tho gap is indeed the most direct and the commonly traveled route,and isuatur- «J. port backhand this fanatical sc.undrel i ded very impertinently, "I will do al f « onittirrrial and Financial effect of this blockade on our sup-mend and tho South is much .mmonly supposed, and is les-day. The article ofdry goods 7to be* tho leading one in this city ws the distress of tho blockade. large and most respectable stablishments in this city have i 1 on account of the difficulty of •lair stocks. The popular »l Walking Ficklins was closed some - ago on this account; and the largo can to have the Minister refuse your marnl." . , "Ido not understand your conduct, sir, says I. "1 have not done anything to make you inimical to me, sir." I then, retired, when tho secretary said if I would take the oath he would give me my passport, but if not I must call again at 4 o'clock. I immediately went to my bankers, whero I was recommended, and exposed my case to said gentlemen ; they all agreed with me that the secretary of tho United States ministers had no right to act as he had, and that 1 was right in rofusing to take any oath, and they recommended mo to return and menace him with tho inter-ference of Her Majesty's Government. So I did, and the consequence was the man got mad, and refused evon to speak to the Minister about tho matter. Well, 1 wanted my passport and could not go lo France without u, and under this di'.emna I did no: know what to do. Fortunately, 1 had a letter from icy brothor to Mr D*****' Kent. Paine & Co., commenced lay tl.eir closing sales. Some of tho j ; -U houses arc contcnttopiddlo smuggling across the Potomac; but supply aro likely to bejeut tho very proper interference of tho • >nr cloth manufactures are g rapidly, bat ate at present taxed - up to their capacity for army sup- ! he manufacture of fine cloths, how-s been started here by the Creon- '!: Is, and their sales have been v :,ry ssfi fa t is. that bayond the limited dis-blockado indry gonisanJ spe- -. -nch as machinery, engines, n . metal instruments &c, there is that the prim-' noeessaries of life .in-r now than before, and in- ,-of them are cheaper. Flour has ' i ;n- ij> for years it is now in (he government has made ii. r;n is tor flour, ranging from 85 •">)!> The high cost of living in Kich- ,in a great measure, factitious, and n, who married tho sister of Mr. L** **m, ofNew Orleans, and to sav how kind this most respectable fam-ily was to me would occupy more than four sheets HUo this. Mr. D , as soon a* 1 toid him of my difficulties, recommended me to his brother, a prominent lawyer in London, who came with me to the Minister the next day. Mr. D. had a pret'y animated con-versation with the secretary in question, and after much talking of what was right and was not, the secretary finally gave in, and was obliged to return me my passport, adding with a kind of Satanic smile think it is a shame to travel under tho pro-tection of a Covernment that you do not ac-knowledge." 1 replied, Sir, that may be. but to me it is only a matter ol conven-ience." With this remark 1 left him. Jamas Browne, Esq., ot Charleston, South Carolina, passed through this city on Wednesday last on his way to Richmond, we learn for tho purpose ot obtaining from the Government tho title to—or tho right to work them—certain sequestered lands on Deep river, for tho purpose ot more ex-tensively mining the coal of the region for more general use in the South.—Raleujh Standard. A DISAPPOINTMENT.—The Chicago Tri-bune thinks that the work of subjugation In the months past, wUite «,.-..- been in progress, the South has been de-veloping new resources, and museularizing its powers of self-support and resistance.— It is stronger to-day than it was six months ago. TEXAS OIL FOR BURNING.—The Home-stead Courier has an editorial showing that the ea-tor oil plant can be easily cultivated, grows well in Texas, and tho oil extracted from the beans, on a yield of 30 per cent., is not surpassed for illuminating purposes by tho best whale oii. ALANAMA MILITIA.—In view of the threat-ened invasion of Alabama, tho Governor of that State has issued his proclamation, or-dering out the militia. All male persons between sixteen and sixty years of ago are liable. GEN. VAN DORN.—It is reported that Maj- Gen. Earl Van Dow, cf the Provisional Ar my, has been assigned lo the command of the Department ot Missouri and Arkansas. —Richmond Dispatch. GEN. STERLING PRICK.—The Little Rock State Journal furnishes tho gratifying in-telligence that tins able and distinguished general has been appointed commander-in-chiefof the Confederate forces of Missouri and Arkansas. This will enable him to proserulo the war in Missouri with increas-ed efficiency. The South feels assured that Gen. Pr-cois ab'.o to achieve the de-liverance of Missouri, and hereafter he will be aided with all the forces she can spare. There will bi no more misunderstandings or contrariety of news to mar lhe harmony and effectiveness of bis movements. We look forward to a glorious and triumphant campaign in Missouri, which will rid her down-trodden and suffering people of their dastardly and cruel oppressors.—Memphis Avalanche. GEN. MCCLKLLAN'S OPINION ABOUT THE DURATION OF THE WAR—Schuyler Colfax writes from Washington to his paper, the South Bend (la.) Register, as follows : In justice to Gen. McClellan, the com-mander- in-chief, whom I met on Monday morning, and had an interesting conversa-tion with, I must state that be repeated with emphasis a former declaration, that the war would be short, though itprobably mi"ht be desperate, and ho saw the way clearly through to success in conquering the rebellion. I cannot properly add man ot his conversation, but sincerely hope all his confident anticipations may be realized. Ily a strong position, which the rebels have, without doubt, made nearly impreg-nable. We arc not limited, however, to Cumberland Gap for a routo to Knoxville. The Cincinnati Gazette says that surveys made years ago demonstrate that the pas-sage of the mountain can he made through several passes. Nothing is easier at this moment than to advance &corps d'armee on Knoxville whenever there is a commander with sagacity enough to accomplish it. The Lord give us such a general, even though he may have to be promoted from a gun-squad for tho purpose. RESIGNATION OF CAMERON.—There was considerable joy in a small circle wo met with SgtR/a 'cJr^-a OOnfar, out trfhaio' -«w"» = 9 oTromarkson the subject,ono of tho gen-tlemen observed he thought there was srme misapprehension : that he presumed Lincoln's Secretary of war was not respon-sible for tho mismanagement oi the North Carolina Rail Road. Oh ! said tho other, is that the Cameron !-I thought it was Paul C. Too mercury at once subsided to the point of indifference.—Sals. Watchman. DEVTHS OF SOLDIERS.-AI Wilmington, on the ftih Dec, Lewis A. Williams, in the 18th year of his age, a private in Gapt. Speer's Yadkin Stars. At Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on the 6th inst., Goodman Arnett, aged 41, a soldier in dipt. Wooten's Company, from this County. _, ,. At Camp .Fisher, Va., on the 3lst ult., Win. H. Hester, of Co H, 9th Regiment Stato Trcops, from Caswell county. Recently, J. E. Reich, a private in Cant Wbarton's Forsyth Company, 21st Keg t N. C. Volunteers.—Fay. Observer. Cyrus W. Field, of Atlantic Telegraph fame, has addressed a letter to Gen. McClel-lan, recommendi..g tho laying of a sub-marine telegraphic cable around the South-ern coast, to connectour forts and m l.tary stations on the coast with the North, by way of Newport News, Fortress Monroe, Uatteras, Fort Royal Hilton Head Tybee Island, Fernandina, Cedar Keys, Fort I ic-kens, Ship Island, to Galveston, rexas. Gen. McClellan fully concurs, and earnestly urges that the plan be adopted by tho Gov-ernment, and that Mr. Field be author-ized to have it carried into execution. DANGEROUS CuNTERFEiT.-We were yesterday shown an exceedingly well exe-cuted counterfeit five dollar note on the Commercial Bank of Columbia, Sout C known 10 in i. '"6 - t„nl? notes of some exploded Commercial Bank made to resemble so precisely Columbia Bank, as to re-tion to detect the menting and improving. Flour is coming down, beef soils for 12} cents a pound, and we havo as little actual suffering as I have ever known in New Orleans; the families of our absent volnnteors are bountifully supplied from that noble charity the "Free Market," which is punctually filled with meats imd vegetables every week by the planters up the coast, acd purchases made with money donations from our own citizens FROM GEN. CRITTKNDEN'S DIVISION— CONFEDERATE VICTORY IN KENTUCKY.—Tho Knoxvillo Register, of tho 17th inst., bays: By a private letter from Gen. Crittonden's command, we learn that a skirmish recen-tly took place between onr forces in Ken-tacky and the enemy, in which the Yankees were completely routed, with a reported loss of twenty. The letter states that "on Thursday, (the 9th,) the General ordered a part of his command across the river, and when we arrived at the bank, tbo Yankees commenced a brisk fire en us. We were ordered to return the fire, when they threw down their arms and ran. A man that saw the fight says there were twenty of the enemy killed. Thero was nobody killed on our side, and only two wounded. Wo took a largo amount of arms and ammu-nition." DIFFICULTY BETWEEN LIBERIA AND SPAIN. Tho negro republic of Liboria has a quarrel on its hands with Spain, that is likely to bring upon it a terrible chastisement: The Monrovia (Liberia) correspondent of the Boston Journal writes that a naval engagement took place in that harbor on the 11th, a Spanish war steamer being bea-ten in an attempt to revenge on the Liber-ian authorities. It seems that tho Liber-ian Bchooner Quail overhauled and bur.ied a Spanish slaver in Galinas some months before. The Spanish Governor at Fernan uo Po become greatly enraged at hearing of it, and ordered a war steamer to proceed to Monrovia and either sink or capture the Quail. THE IRISH FAMINE.—Although Sir Ro-bert Peel has reported that there is nothing liko a famine impending in Ireland, the ac-counts from other sources indicate that thero is, beyond doubt, a great scarcity of food and fuel, and consequently much want and suffe'ing. The latest Irish and English journals state that the news from the town of Gal way and tho western country general-ly is of a very melancholy character. Tho corporation of Dublin had, by a unanimous vote, called the attention oftho English ex-ecutive lo the impending fate of tho people by death from starvation, while tho friends of their country and humanity in Tuam and Calway had come forward with tbn moai lsbing tellow men. WHITE GUNPOWDER.—A letter from London says: "I havo heard in the city of a curious in-vention which concerns alike sportsmen, riflemen, and the scientific. It is mad* no pot-a-lossesses superiofqualitiesover the black "powder, being quicker and more power.ul in i.s action, and not fouling the gun. tor the delicate in theolfractory nerves, it may be iVotcry of, being composed of yellow pot sh, chloride potassa, loaf sugar, clirysU zed sugar, and brimstone. It possesse m ash "i added that it is without unpleasant It has just been patented.' Tho Memphis Avalanche says a submar-ine torpedo of a new patent was tried up the river last Wednesday, and proved em-inently successful. An immense flat-boat was blown up so high that only a fow splin-ters wcro heard from. OIL MILLS.—We have neglected to state heretofore that Dr. E. N. Hutchison J. II. Wilson, Jr., are erecting a the vicinity of this town rinjr Linseed and Cotton leafn that tho Mill will be nvoperatioo io a few days. Since the blockade, great d.fli-and Mill in for manufactu- Seed Oil. We Commercial Ban* oi yoiuu.u.», —... Carolina. By some chemical process best known to the ingenious counterfeiter, the have been the bills of the quire tho closest inspec... n„^aMi Wo arc informed that several in this UNCLE difference. the rounds of these spurious bills are going locality.—NasheiUe Gazette, Uth. SAM SUSPENDED.—Tbo following paragraphs we copy from tho St. Louis Democrat, of December 31st, Orders from Washington, <Jirect,«fna t',5 snspenaiooof coin payments on *•"•»* for United States Treasury m this city have been issued, and are obeyed. ^ ^ New . es- SocnterprisSand energy of Southern peo- Dle By the the lime the war closes, we Eopo the South will find herself prepared tolive and flourish without ever baying another article from our barbarian neigh-bors north of Mason & D.xion s line. Messrs. Whisnant & Stephens aro also eroctinc a Mill, a few miles from here, tor m2kingSCotton Seed Oil, which will soon ?e,n operation. We hope all these enter-prises will receive a liberal palronage.- Charlotte Democrat, SM mat. PROCLAMATION FROM THE GOVERNOR OF TFXAS-Governor Lubbock, of U-xas. ha, stored on tho Trinity eighteen years, with the interest at the rate ofeight per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, in coin. Holders of treasury notes can, at any time, procuro from the same treasurer, assistant treasurer, depositories or com-missioners, bonds or registered stock in exchange for treasury notes ; said bonds or stock to bo reconvenible, at the pleasure of the holder, into treasury notes, and to bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum until so reconverted, and thus constituting a deposit on all, bearing six per cent, interest. Both classes ot stock—that of six por cent., available as deposit on call, and that of eight per oent., payable at any period of six months—present better advamages for investment than tbo usual standards ot commercial loans, and will, no doubt in oth-er regards recommend themselves to th* people of the South. The delegate to the United States Con-gress Irom Colorado Territory is among the prisoners held by the Federals at Jef-ferson City. He was arrested because of suspected Southern proclivities. Salisbury does not present so gay and prosperous an aspect on tho street as she did a year ago, yet tho dull monotony of the street but adds to her intrinsic worth. The cheerless routine of commercial inter-change, contrasted with tho busy tapping of tho shoo hammer, spoaks a word of praise in every way worthy of her citizens. She is more justly entitled tcthonamo of a man-ufacturing tban a commercial town.— Eight months ago she had scarcely a shoe-shop ofany size or merit in the place, now they are as plentiful as grog shops in a Western village—so much for Lincoln's war.—Salisbury Banner. POWDER.—We learn that tho Powder Mill, now being erected near this place, will soon be In operation.—Charlotte Demo-crat. SALT.—We have on our round table a spocimen ot Salt, manufactured by a decrop-id nogro from the water of Sapelo river, some twenty miles from lhe sea, on the plantation ot Mr. Daniel McDonald. Though a little dark, it may be considered a very good .article, answering all the purposes of ■alt in'Onring meats, &c. Three kettles are used and the product is aim bashels per week, which we call pretty fair earnings with salt at 820 per sack. How long will our seacost planters pay present prices for an articlothat can be soeasily made.—Sav. Rep., Jan. 8. CONFEDERATE GENERALS.—We clip the following from a Southern exchange pa* por: , _„ .._ , — 8: Georgia 7 ; Tennessee 8 ; North Caro-linaG; Kentucky 7; Maryland 4; Ala-bama 4; Mississippi 4; Texas 8, Arkan-sas 2 ; Florida 2 ; Missouri none. The following were born at tbo JNortn though previous to the present war they were citizens of Southern States, Gen. Cooper, born in N. York, Ripley,™ Ohio; Pembcrton.in Pennsylvania; Whiting, in Massachusetts; Haggles, in Massachu-setts ; Frenon in Now Jersey. ARCHBISHOP HUGHES IN PjanpTlM Paris correspondent of the St. Louis Re-publican writes : _ Archbishop Hughes, of New York preached on Sunday last, at the Church ol St. Roch. Many Americans were present, tho majority being attracted by the hope of hearing some allusions to the rebellion — They were, howevor, disappointed, as lhe Archbishop confined himself entirely to a discussion ofthe dogma of the "Immacu-late Conception," the eighth ^^ersary of whose proclamation, by Pius IX, occur red on'Sunday. Archbishop Hughes prea ed in English, to tho groat astot-ishmonl doubt, ot tho regular congregation. Tho death of Prince Albert has revived the gossip about Uueen Victoria s early love It is a part of the gossip of English court life, that the young sovereign was warmly attached to one ofthe young no-bles t f her court, Lord Elpb.nsione, late Governor General of India, and that, bui for the urgent remonstrances of her moth er. lhe Duke of Wellington and thocab.net ministers, she would tWlJ**" notwithstanding tho law which debars an English monarch from forming a 'natr.mo-nialconnection with a subject But bl-pidnstono was sent to India, and **J**f K °°fF.tE "?°M *»»»--Fiom » hue num-ber of the San Antonie Herald we take tin following item: Considerable qquantities of coffee, are be-ing brought to our oily from Mexico. The tideof trade has boon turned of lat«. In-stead of getting their coffee fror.i New Or- .cans, as formerly, oor mercjanu are fur nishniR shipments of it for that city. Mexi-can coffee, which is a very sop* .or article, is now selling in this city at from 40 to 60 cents a per pund. Rio coffee, it is proba-ble, will soon be brought from Mexico In large qoanties, and at lower figures. The supply can be increased to soy quantity re-quired by the market, and we are informed ample arrangements to that efl'-ct havo been mado. POOR SAMBO AMONG THE Tlllw - A nogro belonging to Mr. Chapman had lli« good luck to escape from the Hessians at Port Royal and reach hie master, in Sevan-ah, last Friday. He describes tho treat*. mentolthe unfortunate servants in tho hands of the Northern troope, tt Port Royal, as hard in tho extreme. They are forced to labor on the entrenchment from gray dawn until dark, unremitingly, an.I are then confined undor guard at night.— Mr. Chapman's servant managed to escape at night—slipped by the pickets in the darkness, and put otffrom the island in a batteau. He says the nefroes he left bo-tiind aro in a melancholy condition—sick oiiougb. of Northern bosses. We find the following sign'ficant para-graph in the Washington correepoedence (January 8) ofthe Baltimor- Clipper : The Orleans Princes, wh !o in this city, were lionised by the bon toi . It is rurror-ed tl.at they havorosigned their positions in Gen. McClellan's staff, anj are Making preparations to return to Europe. It is whispered that the resignations were caus-ed by ibo apprehension of the Prince de Joiuviile thnt the United States is about to bo embroiled with foreign powers, and that it is not desirable that his nephews should be in a position which might neces-sitate them, oven in sppearanco, to take up arms against Franco, or an ally ot Franco. The Princes are now in Bos-ton. A SAD BCT STERN DUTY.—If thero is a necessity for tho enquiries spoken of by^h" Richmond Enquirer, in tho following "ex-bo ich-no in the State, collon taken to or ver, below Sm.thfield ; on the Sabine river 1 s.,l,m •. on tho Neches, below Hunt s or near tho (Wand Bernard. Nor shall there 'MaS to Lavacca, Powder Horn, Duke of Saxo Coburg brought to **£*** subsequently to become the Prince Conso. I. PRICES IN NEW ORLEANS -WO have be-fore us the prices current at Now Orleans on last Saturday In articles ot common consumption tho rates are not up to tandard. In the article of sugar the we r. Our Commissioners. Tho Richmond Enquirer of Friday says : Messrs. Mason and Slidell havo probably reached London about this time. They will find the En?lish and French courts favorably inclined to the recognition of the Confederate States as a separate and inde-pendent nationality. Their own mouths will be filled with arguments that will en-courage and stimulate this disposition. We think it probable that in ten days they will * as tho accredited Greely, of the New York Tribune, don't enjoy the humiliating attitude of tho \ an-kees in their recent surrender to John Bull as much as we Southerners do. He sug-gests, with a good deal of truth, that it • I there is anything elso the British want, whether a" part'of Maine, Nantncket, Key : address to ._.,:_- lho West, or Washington territory, now « Ho 'f"16**^*. j£Fg&MHand Beauro-their time to make the demand If, he j and boasUngs ofJ^:^ S thr0a.8/> Come says, Great Britain's "modesty does not. gard down heii WM>^ hat ,ittlc stand in tho way, she may drive a good ; along, and let us see business with us lor the next few weeks, job. for if she is refused anything she pleases to demand, it will not be our f-iult. We pro-pose to give her full swing." WHAT IS THOUGHT OF SLIDELL IN EUROPE. A dispatch from a leading bank in N< York to one of our banking houses, ot y dftVi date says : "United States Treasury notes are not* redeemed. We cannot re-ceive them on deposit until provision is made for payment. Gen Roscocranz has issued a hightalutm Idress to his Command in Virgin*. thrusting tho cal and boastings of ar you below Salem; Landing i on t rivers .°,ani'ik °MauEorda."or' Galveston bays, FSSftSSS- 0—and agents of rtiSS companies, captains and <&** . i,„nta «ailintr vessels, and all other T. ns ate fo b^den from transporting Uirtranspo^ationoftbo staple intended forusein the penitentiary. A PLAN OF POPULAR LOAN TO THE GOV-Tl, e following picture of-Mr. Slidell is from IB eurlDgitMH. HuoaNOJ 1 theponof lr. Ouaoll of lb. London thoo»n<l«. ra( ho Ib.i.p.} tk _,. i dollars a pound lor tea ana t bo formally reeetvet en voys of a regular and established Govern-ment, and that in three weeks we shall have the news. We expect this, not as a matter of favor to us, but ot our right, and ot their duty, prompted by their interest. Recog- Times: Mr. Slidell, whom I had the pleasure of meeting in New Orleans, is a man of more tact, and is not inferior to his colleague in other respects. He far excels him in sub-tlety and depth, and is one 0 summate masters of political ofthe most con- PRAcT.rAi. RESULTS OF THE WAR—The Hew Orleans correspondent of the Charles-ton Courier says : The extortion «f the speculators with us Hundreds, I might say rec or four one dollar a with the 11 a) 2* a 2} 21 a 31 31 a4} 5 a 6! 2} a G a«l 8 a « quoted nlv of ot dollars a pot pound for coifoe, are dispensing u*o of either. ilalists, but who may argc ciassen n. desire to invest eafo and profitable form lhe advantage of the nc attention, not on.y oi cap closes n the community small sums of money in and for short ua n-w plan of While coal is 82 a barrel manoeuvre C ;!k'd here 1- the States. He is what is wire-puller—a man who, unse en,moyes th puppets of the public stage as he liSts"7 man of iron will and strong ptvssions—wh in a the a he H« OIl'lliivl. •' '•••" •■——- ■- -- . people take their grates out and use wood Common star candles sell at 12 or lo cents each, and every thrifty housewife is getting cr-.ndle mould- and tallow from the butcher and making her own lights. Brown soap at a dollar a bar hat reminded hOJJJ • ' . ble at any poriofloi keepers that the manufacture of ibo article I ™» f inte£veB1ng between three is not a recondite art, and they are export-1 terms. iuii»ui»«>»6 . ■.. J Zi.»»sytb.toia«po..t»o »ii, »»d Fro. Ihreo .o eighteen year,, bet to give n SBjS °«.fnjoen^ «J g a»d war s have the following quotations : Inferior Common to Good Common Fair to Fully Fair Prime to Choice Clarified—Yellow Seconds Clarified—White Stove dried white has sold at aid higher according to quality. For molasses "strictly choice IH at 2s* cents. .. __J The salt market shows an equally mode-rate scale of prices. The Circular says : Dealers now supply their c.«««'» • gS 50 for ' ;-—">o"1 coarse anc S7 for sc Wind"* OLV^O* *•*•• »■■ w ——- sacks Liverpool, and that screened from b .Ik salt; and 67,59b bushels in buIk. The .lock of all kinds was equal to 52,09- b.L," LTverpool, against W.711 bags las uiont . These are not famine pr:ces of the arti ales quoted. _ T BTCHJCR *NK KM -Th0 Richmond Ex- \ -The Northern papers en-some remarkablo exploits Richmond.— of in-lract. it might and, we doubt not, will made, let tho axe fell on whoft, it may. One of tho duties which .rill devolvo upon Government, during the winter sus-pension of hostilities, and wl,i .h may best bo attendodto at that time, -.v, 11 bo an in-quiry into the habits Q{theoiiicara of U-a iiy them lor their posts, vve «ro sorry to say there is too much necessity for institu-ting this inquiry. It i* ft bitter mockery toarrest a drunken private, whew fault is coufined to himself and leave unreprovod tho maudlin officer, whose fault tavwhsa the usefulness, the comfort, nnd even tho lives ol bis command. Tho bawlings of the besotted soidior in the guard Louse are far less discrediable to the service, nnd far less ominous of evil, tban the revelries ol the general in his comfortable quarter*. RANK IN THE Aunt".—An exchange paper tells the following story, which wo think too gcod lo bo lost: A private and a captain wore engage"! playiDg cards—tho latter b< ing consider-ably under the influence of stimulants. A disnuto arising the captain denounced tho private, and al the sa.ne time announce.1 his personal responsibility, saying that he would waive his rank and fighl him accor. ding to tho code. The piivatc replied that ho would not waive rank with him. 1 be indignant officer replied. "You waive rank—don't I know yon are nothing but a private?" "Yes," replied the private, "and that is tho very reason. - ut a strap on a Yankee's shoulders, and give him high pay, and even he will fight; but It taUesa gentleman to fight for eleven dol-lars a month." Not bad logic. THE BRITISH AND THE YANKEK N. VIES.—Tho disparity between tho BrHiaii Md Yankee navies shows at a glance lho result on the high seas in case ot a war between tho two countries. The »'"'- ' mvy is composed of Gl'J vessels 22,000 gui - 80000sailors. That oftho Lulled States numbers :Mo vessels, 1,802 guns, and i '. U00 sailors. Apart from the pleasant Btt a diversions afforded in su) pressing th- Southern insurrection," the Lincoln I ah inct might well ponder seriously under such circumstances before liking up gauntlet of war, recently offered by JOB" Bull. RKSIONATION OF THE PUTCH Q*m SIEOEL.—The Ouch t.enerJ S.egel, oi the great lights of the Yankee %.mj i« sourV, has resigned. A correspoi.oen. the New York Herald writes : Yesterday ofternocn General Hogs! red his resignation to tho proper Mtbor-r Liverpool coarse and 99 for fine, creened and 9i> per sack '^packing Stock on the 1st instant 30,100 post General Siegel had been in c until relieved a few days since y/ us. His friends claim mat, m Jcred me r™r, »« ities in Ibis department, who have refoi the whole matter to Washington. Tbo resignation was sent from Kolla, at which ■ comiui.'ei . Cur • view ot lhe efficiency be has shown ainye *•«»"• rnencen.cr.tofihowar.and his ftbilit> ' control tho Germon clement, which is ver, large in the Western army his treati-«■ of late has been unfair, 'i ,.-v contend his removal from the comi. and at BoMft, at atimo when matters bid Imir tu >..,«- i„g, was not a proper return for h.s serv to amincr say lighten us as to of tbo honorable Mr. My in We are advised from these soarcos ■ †† a,, Mr Flvenioved the distin- John I^^pre3lV-«rPfo.l.n," PEOF JO leave Lou CftsM 2 J ' Your loyalty Wfll not excust you from pay ing this fee. No matter w.^re whether in a rebellious diet HOW THEY vii.i..: —No person is allow; isville without a pass, wh ^WSttSSfc re you iv-torin loyal ask. The I barg«- j,r< (fy Loa.sville. Tho city, -rpom. UCThe Tbdve wo copy Irom the Cann, .ton
Object Description
Title | The Greensborough patriot [January 30, 1862] |
Date | 1862-01-30 |
Editor(s) | Sherwood, M.S. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
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VOL. XXIII. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1862.
gg-ua
NO, 1,183.
w.
PUBLISHXD WEEKLY, BY
S. SHERWOOD,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, 62.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Rates of Advertising.
,r per square, for the first week, and
,.n,9 for erery week .hereafter. Twelve
make a square, beductwne mad. in
tending matter as follows:
3 MOSTHS. 6 MO*THB. 1 *■** w fS-;::::IS
;■,;.:-:.:.. ^c:::::::^.™. «Q.QQ
Tnc Port OMc« iicpartment.
our abstract of tho report of
tmaster General, we find that the
| Lhe Finance Bnrean exhibit tno
bai ibo noetmasler» who are required
j,. ||, Department to deposit quarterly, or
. ,. the revenue* ol thftiroffices, have
ited in the Treasury and its branches,
Lhe 1st ofJane, 1S61, the sumof 97o,
5 70 The amont of grants from the
iry in aid of the revenues of the De-em
vvaa$280,060 30 making_a total
ositsand grants of 9995,665.00.—
the 29th July 837 warrants have been
1 upon the Treasury, in payment of
postal Bervice, amounting to 8225,434.-
ftving undrawn and subject to war-
(inpayment of postal service, 8670,.
i There have been issued upon a
"•.._ post offices styled "draft offices,"in
• , i of the postal service
| „tingtoW0,28a86.
,. number ofdead letters received and.
j,6«J. 'I lie number of drop
S,512. The number of letters held
, ,rp ^Bgo, 7,818.867 dead letters contain-
55,751.80, and 1,811 contained
H of exchange, notes, and other
papers, amounting to 8I,2ob,-
rge amount of the foregoing belongs
is not residents of the Confederate
s and will be placed in the hands of
dispoacd
675 drafts,
ier judicial officers, to be
!■. V I lie sequestration j.ct.
> -c hundred and ninety-lour dead letters,
, lining money lo the amount of 84,-
.,", have beenieturned to the writers
due to the influx of strangers, who are al-ways
tho subjects of petty extortions in all
cities.
Owing to peculiar circumstances, the
Richmond market quotations are unreliable.
Tbejprice of almost overyihing here is nom-inal'and
it would be a good idea, through
the medium of trade exchanges, or some
concert among principal dealers, to estab%
lish regular standards of price, which would
choke off extortion, and protect the reputa-ble
trade of the city from the d scredit
brought upon it by bazaars, smuggling
rendezvous, and other places of commercial
disrepute, which aro growing up in Rich-mond.
Tho Government is taming its attention
to the direct encouragement of special bran-ches
of manufacturing industry, and a sys-tem
of premiums to new cntepnses. lhe
effect of this policy on the manufacture in
he South of the important article of nitre
has been very striking, and the Govern-ment
is, wo learn, now receiving a supply of
this article at the rate of six hundred thou-sand
pounds a day.
Our city bankers are selling gold at
twenty-eight cents, and buying at twenty-one.
There is an excellent feeling in Gov-ernment
securities, and bonds of the first
fifteen million loan are quotod at two per
cent, premium. The now system of popu-lar
loan—of which we give an analysis ii.
another article—will enablo the Govern-ment,
;t is said, to get all the money it
wants. The Secretary of tho treasury has
determined to introduce some changes in
the Produce Loan Office, and Professor De-
Bow, the superintendent of the loan, has
gone to New Orleans to tako charge of a
branch of the office to be established in
that city.—Richmond Examiner.
by
this
tho
i
f
Fifty-seven letters containing
. 05. have been sent to tho officos at
they were mailed, to be delivered to
persona by the postmasters, and
en again returned to tho Dopart-unclaimed.
< me hundred and fifty-
Lters are not yet sent out for delivery
r writers. They contain 8441.45.—
■lour letters, containing -S300, belong
res lents of the Confederate States.
rho first delivery of postage stamps by
• e contractors was made on the 15th of
ber last, and since that date only 1,-
K> stamps have been Issued to post,
StKuen near -which large bodies of troops
t been situated, with a view to their
,1 accommodation.
: The supply ofstamps furnished
; • »rapiiic establishment in this city
altog. thcr inadequate to the demand,
ttions are pending with engravers in
»| ,o and .Savannah; though it docs
iron, the report that they can furn-
-limated number required for daily
,- jOO.OOO) on terms which would justify
t Department in making a permanent
., t. ' toe engraver proposes to furn-i
he stamps gammed, but not perfora-
,nedollar per thousand, the
be furnished by the Department;
United States Government
it eighteen cents per thousand
immed, perforated, and put up in
puper boxes and envelopes,
5 ebargo for paper
Meantime a confidential agent, pro-b
ample means, has been dispatch-to
procure tho manufacture of
. plates for printing Btamps of
ral denominations required by law,
iring for use, as soon as prac-n
millions of stamps, and to
the dies plates and stamps to this
: small supplies now being recei-the
contractors in this city (says
, ; iy serve to increase the pub-n
. as they aro insufficient to
aanJs of even tho principal
-.
I'he Postmaster General makes an ol»b-guinent
to justify tho law which
Is publishers to send newspapers and
i a as freight, by expressmen and
at it strikes as that ho makes a
f I failure in this respect. Ho is mis-it
. • in supposing that the complaints of
ice come exclusively from publishers
essmen. The newspapers aro of
i urse made the medium of these com-
. bd inasmuch as tho additional tax
knd ll uvenionce fall upon the great
■†ibli •. we do not see how the old
subject can be denominated
ation."—Richmond Dispatch.
nition will be bet the door to what lies be-yond.
It involves tho question of ineffi-cient
blockades, and stono blockades. Se-ward
he see bow
CO,
fan'tell him. Ho has but to run—as he did
in the Trent case.
rard has said r.e does not >ee now ««• »~-
ognition can fail to produce a war with the
Inited States. Russell will show him. We
with-boxes
or envel-
Lincoin Ueapotism In Europe.
A citii-en ofNew Orleans, writing from
Barcolona to the Now Orleans Bulletin, con-cludes
an interesting letter as follows :
1 must certainly not omit tho most im-portant
event in my whole life, and in all
my travels. When 1 left Liverpool I had a
United States passport, which the United
States Consul in that city refused to vise,
saying that 1 must apply to the United
States Ambassador in London. On my
arrival in the metropolis of tho three king-doms,
1 went directly to fix my passport
matters, and directed my way to tho Uni-ted
States Minister. 1 was intioduccd in a
room where two secretaries were perform-ing
their duties, and i made known my
business.
One of them, a kind of Black Republican
looking fellow, questioned mo about my
birthplace and residence, occupation, &c.
1 answered correctly to all his questions
nnd ttav« Dim ail ina i.u-ormauou *w» w»"-
ted. finally, he comes up to me, ai\d says,
"Will you pleas tako the oath. "lhe
oath," savs 1. "What oath?" "The oath
of truth and fidelity to the Government of
the United States," says he. I replied, "1
will not take any oath, sir ; I am not of
age, and do not think myself authorized to
do such an act without the permission of
my father." After having laughed at my
objection, and assuring mo that such per-mission
was not necessary, he urged mo to
swear, and upon my refusal, he accused me
of being a rebel, and took from me my
passport. I got excited, and told him,
"well, sir, 1 do not think you have the right
to deprive me of my passport, and the name
of rebel you give to me is entirely out of
the question, as 1 am a minor, and have
not taken an«. part in any political contest.
" Well," says he, "and if you had been
of ago, what ticket would you havo voted?"
1 tound this question insulting, and an-swered,
roughly, "1 do not, know, sir."
11© then dispatched me, and said I must
talk with tho Minister to ascertain if with-out
taking tho oath 1 could havo my pass-ad-
1
de-
The Fight witli Opotnleyliolo.
The Fort Smith (Ark.) Times of tho Sd
inst. says tho loss of the Confederate side,
in tho battlo with Opothleyholo, of the
Creek nation, on tho 26th of December
last, was bet eight killed and thirty-two
wounded. The enemy lost upwards of two
hundred and fifiy. The Times publishes
the following congratulatory order, issued
by Col. Mclntosh after the fight:
Headquarters Division,
Camp Opothleyholo, C. N., Deo. 28, 18ol.
General Order.
The colonel commanding is pleased to
congratulate tho troops of the several regi-ments
who participated in tho signal victo-ry
of the 26ih instant. In the short space
of ten days you have left your winter quar-ters,
marched over two hundred miles en-countered
snow storms, crossed rivers, and
having surmounted ail difficulties, succee-ded
in completely routing the enemy, un-der
the Creek Chief Opothleyholo, killing
many of his warriors, and capturing their
families, wagons, horses and cattle. His
stronghold bas been completely broken up
ar.d destroyed, and he has been driven from
tho territory of the Confederate States.—
The colonel commanding notices with
pride the promptness evinced by every offi-cer
and soldier in obeying the orders given
them, and with what willingness they all
left their winter quarters, to enduro the
colds and privations of a winter campaign,
which, by their gallantry, has been brought
to so glorious an end. Each and every
one has noblv done his duty.
JAMES MclNTOSH,
Colonel Commanding Division.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
loves tho excitement of combinations, or
whatever else it may be, would conspiie
with the mice against the cat sooner than
not conspire at all. I struck me that he
was living apart from Montgomery, wait-ing
to bo called in, when 1 saw him, and I
have no doubt Mr. Devis selected him with
alarcity for the post which ho was well ad-apted
to fill Originally a Northern man,
ho has thrown himself into tho Southern
cause, and staked his great fortune on the
issue without hesitation, and with all the
force of his intellect and character. But
even ho believed that England must break
the blockade for cotton.
DIRECT MONTHLY MAILS PROM ENGLAND
AND SOUTHERN PORTS.—From the Nor-folk
correspondence of the Petersburg Ex*
press of tho 14th inst. we take the follow-ing:
The foreign consuls—that is, the consuls
of England and France—are to receive
mails every month. The two governments
aro to take it by turns, and in that way
either a French or British man of war will
reach Norfolk monthly. So, it will be soon
our trans-Atlantic brethren do not mean to
trust their mails to tho care of the Lincoln-iles
any longer. This is a move in the
right direction, which will very likely be
followed up by others.
ARRIVAL OF BRIDGE BURNERS.—Lieut.
W. F. Parker, company H, 29th Regiment,
(says the Asheville, N. C, News,) got on
tho trail of a couple of Tennessee bridge
burners last week, and with a squad of his
m°n followed them into this State, and
arrested them some 12 or 15 miles north
of this place, at 1 o'clock in tho morning.
Is CUMBERLAND GAP THE KEY.—We find
the following in the Chicago Tribune ol
December 2:1 :
It has been considered that the rebels, by
holding Cumberland Gap, possessed tho
key to East Tennessee. But this is an er-ror.
Tho gap is indeed the most direct and
the commonly traveled route,and isuatur-
«J.
port backhand this fanatical sc.undrel i
ded very impertinently, "I will do al
f
« onittirrrial and Financial
effect of this blockade on our sup-mend
and tho South is much
.mmonly supposed, and is les-day.
The article ofdry goods
7to be* tho leading one in this city
ws the distress of tho blockade.
large and most respectable
stablishments in this city have
i 1 on account of the difficulty of
•lair stocks. The popular
»l Walking Ficklins was closed some
- ago on this account; and the largo
can to have the Minister refuse your
marnl." . ,
"Ido not understand your conduct, sir,
says I. "1 have not done anything to make
you inimical to me, sir." I then, retired,
when tho secretary said if I would take the
oath he would give me my passport, but if
not I must call again at 4 o'clock.
I immediately went to my bankers,
whero I was recommended, and exposed
my case to said gentlemen ; they all agreed
with me that the secretary of tho United
States ministers had no right to act as he
had, and that 1 was right in rofusing to
take any oath, and they recommended mo
to return and menace him with tho inter-ference
of Her Majesty's Government. So
I did, and the consequence was the man
got mad, and refused evon to speak to the
Minister about tho matter.
Well, 1 wanted my passport and could
not go lo France without u, and under this
di'.emna I did no: know what to do.
Fortunately, 1 had a letter from icy
brothor to Mr D*****'
Kent. Paine & Co., commenced
lay tl.eir closing sales. Some of tho
j ; -U houses arc contcnttopiddlo
smuggling across the Potomac; but
supply aro likely to bejeut
tho very proper interference of tho
• >nr cloth manufactures are
g rapidly, bat ate at present taxed
- up to their capacity for army sup-
! he manufacture of fine cloths, how-s
been started here by the Creon-
'!: Is, and their sales have been v :,ry
ssfi
fa t is. that bayond the limited dis-blockado
indry gonisanJ spe-
-. -nch as machinery, engines,
n . metal instruments &c, there is
that the prim-' noeessaries of life
.in-r now than before, and in-
,-of them are cheaper. Flour has
' i ;n- ij> for years it is now in
(he government has made
ii. r;n is tor flour, ranging from 85
•">)!> The high cost of living in Kich-
,in a great measure, factitious, and
n, who married tho
sister of Mr. L** **m, ofNew Orleans, and
to sav how kind this most respectable fam-ily
was to me would occupy more than four
sheets HUo this. Mr. D , as soon a* 1 toid
him of my difficulties, recommended me to
his brother, a prominent lawyer in London,
who came with me to the Minister the next
day. Mr. D. had a pret'y animated con-versation
with the secretary in question,
and after much talking of what was right
and was not, the secretary finally gave in,
and was obliged to return me my passport,
adding with a kind of Satanic smile
think it is a shame to travel under tho pro-tection
of a Covernment that you do not ac-knowledge."
1 replied, Sir, that may be.
but to me it is only a matter ol conven-ience."
With this remark 1 left him.
Jamas Browne, Esq., ot Charleston,
South Carolina, passed through this city on
Wednesday last on his way to Richmond,
we learn for tho purpose ot obtaining from
the Government tho title to—or tho right
to work them—certain sequestered lands
on Deep river, for tho purpose ot more ex-tensively
mining the coal of the region for
more general use in the South.—Raleujh
Standard.
A DISAPPOINTMENT.—The Chicago Tri-bune
thinks that the work of subjugation
In the months past, wUite «,.-..-
been in progress, the South has been de-veloping
new resources, and museularizing
its powers of self-support and resistance.—
It is stronger to-day than it was six months
ago.
TEXAS OIL FOR BURNING.—The Home-stead
Courier has an editorial showing that
the ea-tor oil plant can be easily cultivated,
grows well in Texas, and tho oil extracted
from the beans, on a yield of 30 per cent.,
is not surpassed for illuminating purposes
by tho best whale oii.
ALANAMA MILITIA.—In view of the threat-ened
invasion of Alabama, tho Governor of
that State has issued his proclamation, or-dering
out the militia. All male persons
between sixteen and sixty years of ago are
liable.
GEN. VAN DORN.—It is reported that Maj-
Gen. Earl Van Dow, cf the Provisional Ar
my, has been assigned lo the command of
the Department ot Missouri and Arkansas.
—Richmond Dispatch.
GEN. STERLING PRICK.—The Little Rock
State Journal furnishes tho gratifying in-telligence
that tins able and distinguished
general has been appointed commander-in-chiefof
the Confederate forces of Missouri
and Arkansas. This will enable him to
proserulo the war in Missouri with increas-ed
efficiency. The South feels assured
that Gen. Pr-cois ab'.o to achieve the de-liverance
of Missouri, and hereafter he will
be aided with all the forces she can spare.
There will bi no more misunderstandings
or contrariety of news to mar lhe harmony
and effectiveness of bis movements. We
look forward to a glorious and triumphant
campaign in Missouri, which will rid her
down-trodden and suffering people of their
dastardly and cruel oppressors.—Memphis
Avalanche.
GEN. MCCLKLLAN'S OPINION ABOUT THE
DURATION OF THE WAR—Schuyler Colfax
writes from Washington to his paper, the
South Bend (la.) Register, as follows :
In justice to Gen. McClellan, the com-mander-
in-chief, whom I met on Monday
morning, and had an interesting conversa-tion
with, I must state that be repeated
with emphasis a former declaration, that
the war would be short, though itprobably
mi"ht be desperate, and ho saw the way
clearly through to success in conquering
the rebellion. I cannot properly add man
ot his conversation, but sincerely hope all
his confident anticipations may be realized.
Ily a strong position, which the rebels
have, without doubt, made nearly impreg-nable.
We arc not limited, however, to
Cumberland Gap for a routo to Knoxville.
The Cincinnati Gazette says that surveys
made years ago demonstrate that the pas-sage
of the mountain can he made through
several passes. Nothing is easier at this
moment than to advance &corps d'armee on
Knoxville whenever there is a commander
with sagacity enough to accomplish it. The
Lord give us such a general, even though
he may have to be promoted from a gun-squad
for tho purpose.
RESIGNATION OF CAMERON.—There was
considerable joy in a small circle wo met
with SgtR/a 'cJr^-a OOnfar, out trfhaio' -«w"» = 9
oTromarkson the subject,ono of tho gen-tlemen
observed he thought there was
srme misapprehension : that he presumed
Lincoln's Secretary of war was not respon-sible
for tho mismanagement oi the North
Carolina Rail Road. Oh ! said tho other,
is that the Cameron !-I thought it was
Paul C. Too mercury at once subsided to
the point of indifference.—Sals. Watchman.
DEVTHS OF SOLDIERS.-AI Wilmington,
on the ftih Dec, Lewis A. Williams, in the
18th year of his age, a private in Gapt.
Speer's Yadkin Stars.
At Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, on
the 6th inst., Goodman Arnett, aged 41, a
soldier in dipt. Wooten's Company, from
this County. _, ,.
At Camp .Fisher, Va., on the 3lst ult.,
Win. H. Hester, of Co H, 9th Regiment
Stato Trcops, from Caswell county.
Recently, J. E. Reich, a private in Cant
Wbarton's Forsyth Company, 21st Keg t
N. C. Volunteers.—Fay. Observer.
Cyrus W. Field, of Atlantic Telegraph
fame, has addressed a letter to Gen. McClel-lan,
recommendi..g tho laying of a sub-marine
telegraphic cable around the South-ern
coast, to connectour forts and m l.tary
stations on the coast with the North, by
way of Newport News, Fortress Monroe,
Uatteras, Fort Royal Hilton Head Tybee
Island, Fernandina, Cedar Keys, Fort I ic-kens,
Ship Island, to Galveston, rexas.
Gen. McClellan fully concurs, and earnestly
urges that the plan be adopted by tho Gov-ernment,
and that Mr. Field be author-ized
to have it carried into execution.
DANGEROUS CuNTERFEiT.-We were
yesterday shown an exceedingly well exe-cuted
counterfeit five dollar note on the
Commercial Bank of Columbia, Sout
C
known 10 in i. '"6 - t„nl?
notes of some exploded Commercial Bank
made to resemble so precisely
Columbia Bank, as to re-tion
to detect the
menting and improving. Flour is coming
down, beef soils for 12} cents a pound, and
we havo as little actual suffering as I have
ever known in New Orleans; the families
of our absent volnnteors are bountifully
supplied from that noble charity the "Free
Market," which is punctually filled with
meats imd vegetables every week by the
planters up the coast, acd purchases made
with money donations from our own citizens
FROM GEN. CRITTKNDEN'S DIVISION—
CONFEDERATE VICTORY IN KENTUCKY.—Tho
Knoxvillo Register, of tho 17th inst.,
bays:
By a private letter from Gen. Crittonden's
command, we learn that a skirmish recen-tly
took place between onr forces in Ken-tacky
and the enemy, in which the Yankees
were completely routed, with a reported
loss of twenty. The letter states that "on
Thursday, (the 9th,) the General ordered a
part of his command across the river, and
when we arrived at the bank, tbo Yankees
commenced a brisk fire en us. We were
ordered to return the fire, when they threw
down their arms and ran. A man that saw
the fight says there were twenty of the
enemy killed. Thero was nobody killed
on our side, and only two wounded. Wo
took a largo amount of arms and ammu-nition."
DIFFICULTY BETWEEN LIBERIA AND SPAIN.
Tho negro republic of Liboria has a quarrel
on its hands with Spain, that is likely to
bring upon it a terrible chastisement:
The Monrovia (Liberia) correspondent
of the Boston Journal writes that a naval
engagement took place in that harbor on
the 11th, a Spanish war steamer being bea-ten
in an attempt to revenge on the Liber-ian
authorities. It seems that tho Liber-ian
Bchooner Quail overhauled and bur.ied
a Spanish slaver in Galinas some months
before. The Spanish Governor at Fernan
uo Po become greatly enraged at hearing
of it, and ordered a war steamer to proceed
to Monrovia and either sink or capture the
Quail.
THE IRISH FAMINE.—Although Sir Ro-bert
Peel has reported that there is nothing
liko a famine impending in Ireland, the ac-counts
from other sources indicate that
thero is, beyond doubt, a great scarcity of
food and fuel, and consequently much want
and suffe'ing. The latest Irish and English
journals state that the news from the town
of Gal way and tho western country general-ly
is of a very melancholy character. Tho
corporation of Dublin had, by a unanimous
vote, called the attention oftho English ex-ecutive
lo the impending fate of tho people
by death from starvation, while tho friends
of their country and humanity in Tuam and
Calway had come forward with tbn moai
lsbing tellow men.
WHITE GUNPOWDER.—A letter from
London says:
"I havo heard in the city of a curious in-vention
which concerns alike sportsmen,
riflemen, and the scientific. It is mad* no
pot-a-lossesses
superiofqualitiesover the black "powder,
being quicker and more power.ul in i.s
action, and not fouling the gun. tor the
delicate in theolfractory nerves, it may be
iVotcry of, being composed of yellow pot
sh, chloride potassa, loaf sugar, clirysU
zed sugar, and brimstone. It possesse
m
ash
"i
added that it is without unpleasant
It has just been patented.'
Tho Memphis Avalanche says a submar-ine
torpedo of a new patent was tried up
the river last Wednesday, and proved em-inently
successful. An immense flat-boat
was blown up so high that only a fow splin-ters
wcro heard from.
OIL MILLS.—We have neglected to state
heretofore that Dr. E. N. Hutchison
J. II. Wilson, Jr., are erecting a
the vicinity of this town
rinjr Linseed and Cotton
leafn that tho Mill will be nvoperatioo io a
few days. Since the blockade, great d.fli-and
Mill in
for manufactu-
Seed Oil. We
Commercial Ban* oi yoiuu.u.», —...
Carolina. By some chemical process best
known to the ingenious counterfeiter, the
have been
the bills of the
quire tho closest inspec... n„^aMi
Wo arc informed that several
in this
UNCLE
difference. the rounds
of these spurious bills are going
locality.—NasheiUe Gazette, Uth.
SAM SUSPENDED.—Tbo following
paragraphs we copy from tho St. Louis
Democrat, of December 31st,
Orders from Washington, |