The Greensborough patriot [April 2, 1863]

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VOL. XXV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, APRIL 2, 1863. . NO. 1,248.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY. BY
M, S. SHERWOOD,
KD1TOR AND PROI'RIKTOR.
Alphunio W. logold, assistant Editor.
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,n t I :•>■ •>"ls lur *»«7 wee1' thereafter. Twelv*
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ttuf of (-lauding matter 43 follows:
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The Impraument Bill.
-ico. 1 Wheiu-vei the exigencies of any
*army in iht iold aro such a* to make im
pressmen is oi forag , articles ofsubsis
toi , ., or other property absolutely necesea
ry then such i in pressman t^may.oe made by
iho officer or officers whose duty it id to
furn sh BUI I) forage, articles ok subsistence
or other property for such army. In cases
where the owner ofnoch property and the
impressing officer cannot agree upon the
value thereof, it shall bo the duty of snob
pre»bing officer, upon an affidavit in writing
of the owner ot such property or his agent,
it such property was grown, raised or
produced by Raid owner, or is held or h s
beei purchased by huu not for sals or
speculation, but ior iiis own use or con
hiiiii|iiion, to cause the same to be ascer-tain
d or determined by the judgment of
two loyal ami disinterested citizens of the
. county or pariah in wmch such ira-
I.i. asment may be.made, ono to be selected
by ttie owner, one by the impressing ofli
:«r, and, in the event of their disagrse-ment,
th-ae twa snail choose an umpire ol
like qualification, whose decision shall be
l,n il. The persons tluis selected, after ta-kingan
oathi to appraise the oropeity im-
I r seed, fairly and impartially, (which oath
as well ss tin;affidavit provided for in this
on, the impressing officer is hereby au-thorized
to administer and certify) shall
ed to assess just compensation tor the
;y si impressed,* whether the abso-ownersbip
er t' o temporary use I hero-ic
is required.
2. That the offieor or person
-asing property, as aforesaid, shall, at
i.ino of -aid taking-, pay to tho owner,
his agent or attorney, the compensation
fixed by said appraisers; and snail also
■ iv to ilie owner or person coutrollinj'said o
said commissioners shall be r. s dents of the
State lor which they sha" be aj>p "nici!;
and if the Governor ofany Stale shall re.
fuse or neglect to appoint said uommisaiou*
ers within ten days after a request to do so
by the President, the President shall
appoint both commissioners by and with
the advice and consent ol ttie Senate.
SEC 6. That all property impressed o
taken for the public use, a- aloresaid, in lh<
hands ofany person other than the persons
who nave raised, grown or product d the
samo, or persons holding the same lor their
own use or consumption, and who shall
make the affidavit hereinbefore required,
sh a'l ho paid for according to the schedule
of prii-es fixed by the commissioners us
aforesaid. But if tho officer impressing or
taking lor tho public use, said property,
and the owner shall differ as to the qua ity
of the article or property impressed or
taken as aforesaid, thereby making it fall
within a higher or lower price na ned in
the schedule, then the owner or agent and
tho officer impressing or taking as afore-said,
may seiect eacb a loyal and disinteres>
ted citizen of the qualifications, as aforesaid,
todetsrmine the quality ofsa'd article or
property, who shall, in case of disagree!
meut, appoint an umpire of like qualifica-tions,
untl bis decision, if approved by the
officer impressing, shall be final. But if
not approvod, the impressing officer »hali
send tho award to the commi siouois of the
State wnere the property is impressed,
with his reasons for disapproving i he name,
and said commissioners may hear su h
proofs as tho parties may respectively
adduce, and their decision shall be final :
Provided, That the ownei may receive the
price offered by the impressing officer,
without prejudice to his claim to .eceivc
the higher compensation.
SEC. 7. That tho property necessary for
tho support ot the ownCr and his family,
and to carry on his ordinary agricultural
tfhd mechanical business, to no ascertained
by the appraisers, to bo appointed as pro.
vided in the fir-t bee lion ot this act, under
will continue to add now machines
it, his manufactory until he has a
The Late right -■ the Rappahai.
nsck.
number sufficient to supply the demand for The Examiner of Monday has thefol-t-
ards. T ">wing particulars :
J ■ †' Through parlies down from the army
Winter Campaign of the Cavalry, we gather some particulars of the !a e
Headquarrers Army Northern Vs. I fight on the Rappahanuock. The accounts
February 2s, lb6S. / j we get are confused and conflicting, aid
General Orders > we give that version which seems to us o
,. V J, .„«.♦„ b« best authenticated.
, The General commanding announces to fbe fight was a severe one. The eneir.y
the army the seriesot successes ot the cav- , outnumbered us three to one. Our lor'.e
airy ot Northern Virginia during the win-r actually engaged was not wore than
ter months, in spits of tho obstacles of al- ; twelve hundred men. The fight opened
osi imp1 assable roads,' l'imited forage, and , cJhfafrgieJTmaId^ekby. £ourbm°A«n w8iadse"w- iitsh?t!hefi"aa1-
— i_ ._ .
mo6i
inclement weather
arge made by
bre On dashing on the enemy tbey we _
1. About the first of December, General \ discovered posted in groat strength behind
ilamplon itb a detachment of bis bri-I a stone fence, when the order was giv >n
ado, crossed the upper K.ppaha^oek,! «>*™J m-« " *»» back-turning obliquely
'. ,rt , „ j , . . . to the right and left. Some of our men in
rprised two squadrono of Federal aval-ry
several commissioned officers, and about
orio hundred men, with their horses, arms,
colours and accoutrements, without loss on
his part.
2. On the fourth of December, under the
direction of-Colonel Beale and Major Wal-ler,
with a detachment of sixty dismoun-ted
men, of the .Ninth Virginia cavalry,
General William F. Lee's brigade, crossed
the Rappahannoch below Port Royal, in
skiffs, attacked the enemy's cavalry pickets
captured 49, including several commission-ed
officers, with horses, arms, &c,
and re-cror-sud tho river without loss.
3. On tho 11th December, General
Hampton oroMod the Rappahannock, with
a detachment of his brigade, cut the ene-my's
communications at Dumfries, entered
the town a few hours before Seigol's corps,
then ad* ancing on Fiedericksburg, captur-ed
twenty wagons with a guard of abo'ut
90 men, and returned safely to his camp.
On the 16m December he again crossed
tue river with a small force, proceeded to
>p.-ny, a cert'ficate over his official
nulme, spei'itying the battalion, regi-ment,
brigade, division or corps to wh'ch
he belong-: that said property is essential
fir Hie use "I the army, could not be otb-rw
lie procured, and was taken through
. e nocessity; sotting forth the time
:md wnen and wnere taken, he amount of
mpuusion tixvd by Bnid appraisers, anil
-im il'.uiy. paid fir t
ii sale shall !>•-* evidence for iheowner,
a^ well as ot tne taking of said property
lor ,ii>- public use, as the right of tho
in i ■ impensation fixed as atorestid.
i a™ ->^ il offitser <<r person, taxing
•> i pi-tty siiall have failed to pay the
oath, ahall not be taken or impressed for j Occoquon, surprised the pickets between
the public us ; and wben the impressing
ght
advance charged over the fence and were
thus made prisoners. The Yankees peeved
a tremendous fire into our men, hut r-o w id
were their shots that not a man of ours
was killed in tho charge—the shots paaei.'ig
over their head. The charge was repea-ted
a second aud third time, when tho ei.e-my
fled in great disorder. All aecoui is
agree that the enemy's retreat auau per-fect
root and panic.
Our loss is not so severe as WHS first i<
ported. It ii said that our total loss in
killed, wounded and missing will not < x
ceed one hundred and twenty. Most ot» ur
wounded are but slightly injurtd—shot in
the hand or arm. But very tew indeed are
seriously injured—a smaller numbtr, i i*
said, than were ever known out ol so many.
Among those mortally wounded we hear
was a Mr. Cunningham, of Prince Edw; id
county
So far as we have heard of our casualt ies
there were but few killed. The only com-pany
from which we have a complete lisi; ol
casualties is the Hanover Tr >op, in wlicb
J. R. Harris, of Beaver Dam, Hanover coin
ty, was killed, and Gilman, Sj-ndor..Brown,
Brock, Purdy, Kimbrough, aud two names
not given—seven of this company—were
and a very important section of our own half a mile of the Atlantic <fc North Ct_
State, where most grain was heretofore line Railroad—but burned no bridgss as
produced, bread cannot be bought for was first supposed.
money, at any reasonable price, and tbe Gen Daniel was wtth Gen. Hill at the
poor, and especially many poor soldiers' ( running of tbe Federalist and capturing
waffle* are upon very short allowance, of tho Yankees ami Buffalo at D-ep Gully
and could not avoid tho mo«t inter.se suffer- m
ing. if.not star ation, were there no HUP • lsns»ortnnt Peciulnst
plus in the cotton regions. Tins results ' rr.. _ . . llt * _
ffrom.two causes. 1r st.. rTne-e iland-* iNk these A h* AMsnia Intel i•georer »as»\■t•: **»T"o«•
sect.onsot the cuntry have heretofore »«H..D
d:'-V We '"f b' fw* our r •*"• esmifce* im-eultiv'ated
almost en'irely bv while labor. | ortanl d> eisoo m id by oneef our State
whieh is now in the military serviee. Tue
population is heavy, and the number d
women and cliildren left wuhou. asMiatanco
veiy large, while' much ot tho land liea
idle.
2d. The drought last summer was uu-
Judges, L. II FeuiS, r»i'-n, In | ease
brought before him on a writ of A#J*« S
corpus in which the question "Is th» prm-cipul
exempt lro!ii ceiiscripiion, * bet. hie
substitute'<iiea before tbe latter becomst
usually severe. It I.a- olu n been taid, himself liable t > consciption I" n is d. iisr-that
th.s isa war for the negro. Mr L,n- a.ined in lh. mmrwM Tc:
coin with nis are lu on Congress is beoin- 1 . , . r, . . . .
ning to make it so. As the iim.s.rtm'.Tato JTTS^/S^"^ K *■?•? '." a" *
destruction of no tither kind of property ,
has yet been decreed by his edicts, no other '*
class of our population has so mu< h at
stuUe as the ulttveholdcrs And as .tho ]
negro is not fit for military service, but is
left at home, usually wall coma one to ovur-see
linn, while white laborers are compell-ed
to leave all their home interests, and go
to the fi- Id ot bat i if, the slaveholders havuu
great advantage, and theyal-ne hav , \hF ****—*!***?•****••*****? ■P«>»
ble
and inieie*!n.'g one. and we take g*eat
leasure in laying a UI ie our nad-rs,
whose special attention w c.n to il.
"When a su'suiuie. h gaily extmpt
from military duty al the lime he is
received, dies beh-re lie 1MM oim i liable to
service, the priuci| al is nut su'jrol to en*
l» llineiu a» a coii-er'( t.
" the case in whic this decision was
officer and the owner cannot agree as to tho
quantity of property necessary as afore-said,
then the dec1 i "s of the Baid up.
praiaera shall be bin I i tho officer and
all other persons.
Sxc. 8. Where property has been im-pressed
for tempoaary use, and is lost or
destroyed, without tlo. detnult ol the owner,
ti»o Government of the Ooiuederate States
shall pay a just compeiisut on therefor, to
bo ascertained by appraisers, appi in ted and
qualified as provide fin the thiid section of
this act. If sueh property when returned
has, in tho opinion of the owner been
iij-ired whils-, in the ^ uln c t;s
amount^of damage thereby u •■ mie
i-e detoi mined in the ma ml'
the third section olthisac , the
that place and Dumfries, captured fifty ' made prisoners, but four of them managed
wagons, bringing many of them across the to subsequently escape by a bold and in-
Occoquon in a ferry boat, and boating
back a brigade of cavalry sent to thoir res-cue.
Ho reached the Rappahannock with
30 wagons and 180 prisoners.
genious manner. It appears that on ling
made prisoners they were placed in an
ambulance, to be taken to Aquia Creek, -ui
helm r- they had proceeded far the amiu-labor
which i-an make bread lo sustain the
I urmy and the.r incdtd lamili-a. Our
I slaveholder* would do Well to r< mi-rctn-.-
when poor white men bate left their lami
lies and volunteered, how otten tee iiledi'0
buen made iu ihtm by il.ei, wealthy neigh- \ ***. »'*'>"• w». P» •*«-• >«-»r- ..r
bors, "your family shall net sutler whilo '
you are gone." Many at these families
must sutt'ei-.uevei el\ , unless all tbe slave
labor ol the Coniederucy is employed in
the production of piovit-ions. VVbc never!
there is not bread (or the families of sol- '
dieisat home, reither the love of country,
nor the rigors of military law, can prevent
tho dernstralizaiion of the army. H the
army is demoralized, every blaveholdcr
loses, not only his negroe*. but the liberty ;
of himself and his posterity. j mentand Mr. Cole, the petitioner, Jsdge
FeatlieisL n, in uu able Hod eiahmats opiu-ion,
held that lie was not table lo enroll-ment.
The fir-ft p.-sitioii assumed was,
have pa-ecd >nii!-
4 On the 26th December, Gen Stuart, 'ance broke down. Notable to repair ;.be
itb detachments of Hampton'., Fixhugh I ■•wdisM, t^e driver left them for a no-ee's
and W. F. Lea's brigades, under tbe I mcnt to summon assistance, when lou- «.f
command of their officers, respectively, l',e men, but slightly wounded in the baud,
made u lorce reconnoisance, in the rear ot
tho enemy's lines, attacked him at Dum-fries,
captui ing men and wagons at thai
place, advanced towards Alexandria, drove
his eavulry with considerable loss across
U,e the Ow yu in, apiun d his camp en that
mil" stream, burned the Accolink bridge on tho
I. - i ib- d in Orange and Alexandria railroad, then pas-ffie.
r re- ! sing North oi Fairfax Court House, return*
wri i ol htibcts cvrpus a the last ti-rnsf
the Supreme Court • fCoWeta count v, up-on
the following stale -d fat's: £ii r.
Cole enlisted as a volunieer on • i-r 4lh
day of March in the year eigh<een hundred
he war,
^nd on the iwemy-eigbi da) ol the »»BB«
month furnished a aubstitute. who was
accepted, received and m.»i< r. d inW ser-vice,
as ihe substitute of aaid Coir, asnd be
was discharged frem all service called for
hy ihc terms ol his enlistment. Tue sab.
siiiute was over the age of .hirty five years
al the lime he was received into service,
and died before iitero was any call for per-sons
of his age, while actually in the ser-vice.
Upon il.ia cialcmeiil ol facts, after
argument heard by counsel tor the Govern-
Ii is true the Legislature of our State has
authorized eveiy planter to cvltivatc'hreo
acres ot cotton the hand, and other Stall a
ar ai is. It is Said, tho
io us primu facie axe ot
luo thereof.
i i 1 to the speedy paymcut of the
by the proper disbursing officer,
Lvhi h, when so paid, shall bo in full satis-i
al! elaim against tho govern-
I in • (lonfed r;He States.
sumo. Said, turning the property being iiuthorz-d to ed to Culpeper with more than 200and85
act on behalf of the government; ami upon I wag ms, with a loss on bis part rff 6 men
such inquiry, the cut ubcaiu oi the value of wounded, atttl Captain Bullock, a most
rho property when originally impressed gallant officer, killed. -
shall ho received as primn faae evidt uxe of I i>. On February 16, Captains McNeil and
Stamp, oi General Imb >d -n's cavalry, with
So men, attacked near Romney a supply
train oi 27 wagons guarded by about 1(10
and50 cavalry and >nfantry, routed the
guard; captured 71 prisoners, and 100 and
(i horses, with equipments, &c, and though
hotly pursued, returned to his camp with
his captives without the loss of a man.—
This is the thud feat ol the samo character
in which Captain McNeil has displayed
plantein will gene,ally put their best
Ian.is in colton, and all their manure upon
il, and that they will bestow upon this
their cbjof attention. If mis is uone, my
honest convietions are, thai they wul nei-ther
hate laud to plant, nor n-groes tocu'.-
thut, when the Go.eminent.accepted ihe.
substitute in lieu ot ihe principal liem thS
service call-d lor by the terms ot bin enlist-ment,
it gut eit• assent t-■ the contract, and
was therefore, bound in good laith to .ib-ser*
e and carry it iirotffci. Tim Judge's
, . ■† . . ..". ... . ■† ■ . * i r i ' eeaxiipuossiuit-i'-i-in <■o! f tuthee mdiovciriiniince t#oi t intoniiilnratcnt,r,
gavo h.m the slip in his absence, and eludu.g | iivatethjm, another year. If three acts ; inc!|U(J, t.ol.lluc.„ b«iwoen governments
their vig.lenco, suceeeded in making tl en i ot tho beet lands of the cotton Sta es are , and ,Ild *,duals, was lucid and conclusive-escape
to this s-de by swimming tho river. | planted in cotton for every hand t It is year,
The others were too badly injured to avail ; it is impossible for JIH lo ruise provision'
in our judgement unanswerable. Having
, disposed of the queston of coi tract", he iu
enough for the people al J.ou.o, and K.ep ,,lW Bt.colJj ,,|uce showed, that, a- the BSnV
ll.oarmy in ihe field next year If we aro ,lllo|e dieJ hetuie he became liable to
ewer.u .dued, H will be by sta-vni.-.o, and j^-j Ju lhe c.xcinpjon u| thc priuci-n.
tby Lincoln. If We s.re ever starved i ., C()nN no, eeMB. B„j determine, bat
into submission, it will no by abuse of tho J^otluned valid and of force for the full
blessings of Providence, growing out id ; ,enRlb of lime for wh,ch it was granted.
mi avai ici-us greed for grain Jn« wh"° i This point he demonstrated with the clear-
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tho valt
SEC. 9 Wnere slaves are impressed by
. or us agent, said compensation as | lbs Confederate Government to labor on
r- lulu' n e r--quired, then said owner ahull j fortifications or other public works. th<;
impressment shall be made bv said govern-ment
accordng to the rules and regulations
prescribed in the laws of tbe State wherein
ihey are impressed, and, in the absence of
thomselves'-of the same chance of escape
Among iho names ol our killed are a
Mr. Fowler, of Cumberland, and Wm. J.
Trice, and B. S.Daudriage, both ol Gotcli-la-
id cjunty.
Tho loss of tho Yankees is thought to
have been Very heavy. A party who assis-ted
in burying thoir deud says that bo alone I labor of the South is under nrmi to sustain • ~0(tf|
r
uf in„themalical precision. And wa
Slavery,as well as all our other interests, | m|tv add lhat bodiee«i<ae«l every point pre-and
the labor ol the slaves must bo cm- ,,,.,,",,,.,1 ,n n,0 nMW.| Wuh the m--s pudound
ployed to sustain our while men in the field pju|.nlll{,, KlN| t|ir „, ,«i .on-uin-iU ability.
and their families at home. Suite the de ision wus sands la >ni* ca«e.
Whatever may he »ur desire for gain, or :
wo Bu# lul j„d<r, Kea-her.ton's view of
our wish to employ labor for its accumula- ; t|,o di-ciru.e of c.mtracisUus been sustkimd
such law, in acco.-ilanco with such rules
- c '■> Whenever the appraisment, pro* I and regulations not inconsistent with tr.e
. in the 1st section of this act, shall, I provisions of this act, as tho Secretary of skill and daring.
-asnn, be isspraeticab e at tbe I War shall from tune tottim« preacribo:— 6- General W. F. Lee, with a section ot
■ I sa i! impies->mei-t,ibon, and in that
the value of'the property impressed
ssobbed as soon as possible by
j .ii a d disinterested citizens* ol the
. county or parish, wherein iho proper.
vas taken, chosen a- follows: One by
•wncr, :md ono by commissary, or
quartermasters c;eni reI, or his agont, who,
i disagreement, shall choose the
third citizen oi like qualification, as an
umpire lo decide the matters in dispute,
wn , shall be sworn ai aforesaid, who shall
hear the proofs,adduced by ihe parties, as
'o vuluesuid property, and assess a just'
compensation therefor, according to ihe
tea imony.
-11 4. That whenever the Secretary of
War shall ho ol opinion that it is not essary
tn take private property tor public use, by
reason of the impracticably of procuring
the Maine hy purebate, so as to accumulate
~~ iry suppl es lor tho army, or the
g " I ul ihe s. rvice in any locality, ho may,
t-y general order through the proper BObi
ordinato ifficers,authorize such pioperty
be taken tor the puhltc uso, the com-
. -alion due the owner for the namo to be
i 1 and the value found as provided
i i tin; tii ^t at.l second sections of this
SE 1 iat it shall be the duty of the
ai ■ • ^ ia practicable after tho
, .i.- -. • ■_ .• I, tin-, ait, to appoint a commit- ,
each State where property shall i a"J
l'rox hied, Thai no impressment ot' slaves j Ids artillery, under Lieutenant Ford, on 25fc
shall bo made when they can be hired or! February, attacked two of the enemy's
procured by the consent ot the owner or | gauboats at Rappahannock, and drove
agent. them d >wn the river, damaging iheni. but
Buffering im loss on lid |iart.
7. General Fiizhiigh Leo, with a detach-ment
of 4U0 ol ins brijfude, cr.osaod the
SBC lU. That previous to the first day
of December next, no slave laboring on a
farm er plantation exclusively, devoted to
the production ofgrain and provisions shall j swollen waters of the Rappahannock on
bo taken for the public use, without the 25th February, reconnoitercd the enemy's
consent of the owuec, except in caeo of | lines to within a_few miles of Falmouth,
Urgent necjssity. j broke through his outposts, foil upon his
SEC. II. That any commissioned or rion- j camps, killed and wounded many, look 100
commiaisoned officer or private who shall i and 5U prisoners, in< luding 5 coinaiissione<J
violate tho provisions of this ait, shall be , and 10 uon commission id officers, and re
ined before the military court of tho corps j crossed the river with the loss of only
to which he is attached, on complaint made ; 1-* killed, wounded and missing,
by the owner or other person, aud on con j 8. On 26th February, Brigadier-General
W. K. Jones, with a small force, attacked
two regiments ot cavalry, belonging to Mil
roy's command, in iho Sieuandoah Valley,
r-iutod them and took 200 prisoners, with
horaes, arms,&c.— with tho loss on his part
of only 2 killed and 200 wounded.
9. Major White, </t General June's com-mand,
crossed the Potomac in a boat, at-tacked
several parlies of tho enemy's caval-ry
near I'oolsviile, Maryland, and besides
those lie k lied a.id wounded, took 77 pris-oners,
with horses, arms, and some wagons,
with slight lor-s lo himself. Captain Run
buried sixty bodies, and thai the gro-iud
was thickly strewn with ihc dead.
Tbe lot's of prisoners on both sides -vas
about equai—wo losing about thirty nod
taking about the same number
Tho enemy was undoubtedly ranted bad-ly—
all accounts say this. It is bel»eved
that the Vankocs tell back in each flight
because they thought that reinforcements j property. I terty or subjugation', lifo or
were coming up to our s'de. I death. The issue is trenildinj' iu tho baN
Wc boar that t, ere was •• fight, a day or ( ance, and the action of the planters the gext
two ago, neai Fmcellsville, be IWeen six ol j MX weeks n u-t turn the scale one way or
our-men und filteen ot the enemy. Ou* I the other. I am i o alarini>l—I but speak
men were burr cuded in a house, but the i iho truth in soberness. 1 appeal to you,
tion, wo cannot shut wur eyes lo the stern ^y u bjurm niHJ->ruy ol toe m<>st eminent
reality. It isa qutstion of property or r_. y,,,^^,^ ,„ OUr Conf.d. rale Congress."
EsTATt F rUK FaiNCr -r WUM T;.e
Pi nice -I VVai - has .-• i >■» - K" -' S-t
*n the I lo se id L -r-ls No do iht he will
receive ihe usual writol summon* as Duke
of Cornwall, and lake hi* seal in February.
as an annual ii.comi
hy
viclion, if an officer, be shall be cashiered
aud put into Iho ranks as a private, a'nd
il a non-cotninissioncd officer or pfivule he
shall sutler su<-h punishment not inc-ois-isteni
with military law, in the couit may
direct."
YANKEE PRISONERS ARRIVED.—Tho
arrivals of Yankee prisoners for two days
past have been very large.—Tho Danville
train on Saturday and Sunday brought in
1,354, cnpiureti by (ieu. Van l),<rn at
Yankoes, after a running fire on both sides, j iben, as a planter, and to every other plan , Vy|>en lho lu^tp.jn.-e Gf Walo- was twenty
brought up a reinforcement of two hundred | i«r in .ho t'onfeder -cy. Do not plant one 1 ^^ ^ sonr-ieod a Parham mary ^inul of
mon, burnt the house, and eapturod the acre in cotton morn than is absolutely lie* jgy^.^y M HI1 0l nl ., ,| „..if thai umount
party. Tho house belonged to a Mr. j cessary t • keep acTO in ihe country. °l,u , .,w .,| M ,i lu,niu, li.ia wu* what bis
iompkins. quarter of an aeru to iho hand, is a 'arg
Our men, while out or. this s.out, learn- crop this year. There is plenty in tho
ed that Mtiioy was making frtquent in- J Confederacy to clothe onr own poop's foi
roads into.iho country around stealing and i years to come, if we cultivate it this
enticing away every slave he could find, ; year, il is only s» mak« money i^st him
and abetting and instigating every out- who does il fear, let il, he said, "thy money
lather (Geoge 111; had received on com-ing
of ago. lie claimed f. oni hi* father the
accumulated inn -me of ihe Duo'iy of Corn-wall,
which lapses to the Prince of Wales
his birth, aud wan then woith 9100,000
bui hi- father, who had reeelVed the
rage upon the people. | perish with •bee." an,: 'he curses of his en- . -Wlt,y- rtffllBt.j ,., |(:i} ap, protesting that
on
a year.
| in
it was liilie enough" pay him lor the
Thompson s Station, Tennea»ee, on the 5th i d„|ph, of the Black H.rso Cavalry, has
ot March. 1 hey aro Chi. fly western men ' ina(i0 inaiiy )0IJ reconnoissances in Fau .
I ailing Inim Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
Tlicm aro among them
the public use, and request 0f 17*commissioned officers, including Cols.
n. -r • f Ihe S. ate HI which the J'din C\.b:: n 11. C. ri. J. P. Baird and
■ tMiallapp int sa*d commissioners, ^ • 1-Ltlcy;'J Lie... . .eloand 3 Majors
qnier, taking more than 20t> prisoners, and
several hundred bland of arms. Lieuten-ant
Mo*by, with his delii"hmenl, has done
mueli to harcasathe onomy,attacking him
lallappoi sa*d commissioners, w ;>' u"^Ji rljle" .eiaanu a Majors boldly on several occasions, and cap oriitj:
! anothi rerio act in I - J ho Mb*wing | . • - -is were also receiv- miill} priSlM,8ra. A detachment of 17 mi.
idtioa with the commi-sioner appointed •« attbeLibhy ou S- .r lay i row Hunter's 0t Uaiupt .n's brigade, under the brave
by mo Presideut, woo .hall leeei/e the j »'»"<>«>, Virginia, where mey were t^ptar- s3ergWIIl Michael, atlneked and routeda
unsation oi right dollars per day, and i cd on tho 17ta inst.: Capt K Scbofield, Uinly of 45 Federals,* near Woll Bun
i •■ i t per mil.- as mileage, to bo paid r.rsl Lieut. W in. \\ eils, Second Lieut. J? Shoals, killing and aounding several, and
by the Confederate Govern meat Said \ *• c Ohesoey, and Second Lieut A. G. I bringing off 15 prisoner*, with the loss on
iHulssioners Shall Co:8 ItUte a board, >>atson, 1st \ ermonl Cavalry A her j „ur |lHI, o( .Serge-mt Hparks.of ihe 2d S-mih
d ,i, it shall t.o to fix upon tho prices i » aokto, cap.uretl at Kteily a 1-.. id, was Carolina regiment, who a lew days before
lo bo paid by tho Government, tor all i brought, in the .same day. ;. win.'*. o! in* c-ourades, attacked in Brents
nj impressed ..r tak-nfoi ihe public: ™» Libbj prison is now densely popn- vihettol me enemy sent to lake him, kill
lated. Includtd ID its li.hal an s ale lSJ cj y :lllli captured the rest.
xai.kce officers, who are , _ d-d ut. p. - Lu auuoUnoing tliese achievements, the
mane.it boarders —Mich. l\/ug Muck >3. Uommundlug General lakes special pleas-
—*- :— ■ s ■ ure « advening lu tire promptness of the
MANi'FAcruRt OF C -TIO> CA D~ IN SBL- ' officers in striking a successful blow wheu-
4 otton Hlanllng In Ihe Soutfci
Execuiive Uspartaient, i
Milledgevillc, March 11, 18G3. /
B«AR SIR:—On my return irom Atlanta,
your letter has been banded mo by my
Secretary. 1 reply to both your inquiries ^
that he who plants more than three -tores
in cotton for ea« b regular field hand in my
opinion, violates the law, and issubjet I to
its penalties.
1 deeply regret to see a disposition man!
fested by many of our planters, to cult vate
every acre of their lands in Cotton, which
they can plant wi'hbut incurring the pen-alties
ol tho Statute. Tho patriotic «.in-duct
ol tho planters, last spring, in th ■ re
duction of their cotton crop-, and the hi-crease
of their grain crops saved many of
our people bom narration our army In m
disbanding/and the Conf deracy Irom ruin
ll the necessity existed then for this change
slaved posterity rest upon In* memory.
1 am respectfully, your obmlieni■****'** i ea^V^'ef i.oaidTng.'l.-Tg'.ng'and vdaea-
JObhl 11 t.- Iiltutv-i. I tlll,g, ,he hopeiul air Iroin infancy to man.
b«»od. The present sfrinM e ha- bees better
• ted. ttie revenue has been carefully
sled. Over f 1 000 000 of the accumu-
The Kinston correspondent of ihe Kul- ireaicd.
igh S.ate Journal, under date of the 10th j gjjj^, ^ for ,„„ |l>t..ly |lMM.,IMMd
says: estate in N--rlo k, '.tie re- I- of *lncii will
ol production, how much more imperative
b it now? The enemy have overrun, and
„..w hold a large por.ioo ol the moeiipro-
.1 activeparl - tour torr;lory. IIow mu.-h
mote oi it m V ba thrown in their rear bv
the vieissitudes oi war, so astodvstry the
crop ol tho present year, no one can with
certainty predict As our limits
there is ono thing evident, Gen. Hill has 0(.y to llie prMK*e,' and his Dochy of
SUCCCided in his undertaking, let it be , Cornwall bungs in a net income of *r.'5,0-'>0
w,.at it may , and ,l will doubtless work for a year. ^ ^^p^'f*£££^
good III the end. mo. hers life, and *ote ♦••5<),U00 a year ss
There is a cei»am class ol people down \vtmmmmn ,,-, his bride. Tbev will also
hero who are disposed to condemn Gen. ; J ^ ^.'u,,,,.,,. Ji..uae>' close to St. Jtmee'
Kill for this movement, from tho (act he j p^, u, a ,,nt free residence. Certainly,
did not take Newbern, bui it is generally i ' ^ ^ d,llllllr0 th„ British royal-y
amongst those black t.-at ceniry vvb.,j,ave , )kji H-(Vt.r L;,,„«.iire u.uy SIHITO. but
oyai l»mil) A •••rieh <m ihe fat of tho
either do the) spn
r, fo^e lor iheir personal safety behind the j ^^ |_
exxeemiuip-ttiioonn bbiill. - . eMrl|r Th- > ioi not, neither no l-.ey SpIO,
Gen. PetltgreW has lelt B..i rr.gtrrr. s ,w. ,etn-y i-orn with goiden spoon-in
Vny, and is now mot ing in ano,h'# ',lttir „,onth-. finhci t-. a- English bismry
ircctioi.,—ho encamped night '-afore laM ^^..^.^ Pnnee ol Walt-s witbii ihe
att Big SSvwviiffti CCrreeeekk.. 1 -umn; not aide tloogginrea —^^- ",,jr^ee UUuu;t„lt,,rreei,, uulllljd j|j„nyj. ,v«.a*rr#s,,bhaaa, oolied
you lull detail of his vx P6*1^1^ •*^J f.oin ihe curse, iiftm-da-eiy nl«er reaching
his majoriiy, and become head da p«rty
>iM.ovd io ihu rrianrsig «..v, i.iKn. his
learn mat he has been doing some g-od
ho kit here. Gen. i . lost
s ah resaid,«u as to ..Ii id ju>>t com-
' n ■• w ,-i's i ii (•• ■(. Slid com
ice upo . a ,d publish a
o w! pi it rs evi ry la • moiili s til of-
■† er if ihey shall deem ii proper; a«d in
n ) s all not be able to agree in I MA, AI.A.—We learn Irom the It- pot ter ever the opportunity offered, and the en
IT i i ii led to them in this act, llial Mr. J- M. Keep, «■! Selma, baa p. ile- duranec ami gallautrj witji which ihe men
- ill have power to appoint an empire led a machine loi tbeuianufavluie of c-atou have always supported their commanders.
lie mailer iu dispute, whoso de. ' cards. Tho wne whieii lor.i.s t'.e tenih uf | Those deeds give assuraace of vigilance,
>l iho board; and said umpke shall I the oards ia luanutacimed by Mr Keep, lortuude. and activity, and of the perfor-ho
i-ame rate of com|M>nsation for - and ,s said u bo a superior arm e ilo is mnnce ot still more briliant actions iu tno
he shad serve, allowed lo said at present engaged id making another ma- I coming campaign
i iiuuiisaiouera respectively: Provided, that [ machine, simpler Ihuu iho uioi, and ' KOBEKt' E. LEE, General,
considerable proportion of it is employed
in the culture of cotton, or anything else
that will not sustain life, the consequences
must be of tho ruoro fatal cbaiacter.
In a large portiou of the Confederacy,
destr y the p
children living therein.
Qcil Itob'iiBon made a dash with h
cavalry into tha enemy's liner, a ie# mibss ,
SSe*Newport r.voci and dcmoliebed a, .«*»>*—FufSttmdU O0.<rv<r.
of (.'• p^resa to d Sl'oyt. emals ,we
is This isgo..d n- *s," -nl we i pi Co .
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