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From the Richmond Whig. CONSPIRACY AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL LIB- ERTY. A letter from the Washingtoa correspoDdeDt of the Cincinnati Enquirer, which we copy, gives a view of the designs of the Rump at Washington against the public liberty. The letter is impor- tant both for its contents and for its source. Tt tells of the plans for the subversiion of free gov- ernment, and it discloses the fact that there are still some people at the North not di.sposed quietly to submit to the establishment of despotism. That these plans existed, we have had no doubt for many months. The men in power at Wash- ington have set a^ii Je and trampled under foot all the safe-guards of freedom. The Con.^titution was virtually abrogated when Lincoln assumed the power of waging war. All his acts since that step have been directed to the establishment of lui unrestrained tyranny. The Constitution ex- pressly declares that Congress alone should pos- sess the power of raising aud supporting armies. Congress at its last session emphatically refused either to raise an army, or appropriate money for its' suppopt Lincoln, in the face of this refusal and the express letter of the Constitution, has en- listed an army of more than a hundred thousand men, and seized upon all the means of the Gov- ernment for its equipment and support The (Convention which framed the Constitution refus- ed in express terms to authorize the common agent to make war upon the sovereign States of the Confederacy. This wretch has usurped the power, and is now using the common funds of all the kstates for the invasion and subjugation of a part. The Constitution stipulates that armed forces shall not be quartered upon the people, even in time of war, without authority of law; yet he has quartered his mercenaries upon the people of Maryland and Missouri, and is ravaging and lay'ing waste the soil of Virginia. Every citizen is guaranteed the privilege of bearing arms; he is deliberately disarming the people of two States, and striving to prevent all others from obtaining weapons for the protection of their homes and liberties. Freedom from arrest without authority of law—the great and distinguishing badge of a free people, he has annulled, and empowered and directed his supordiuate military officers to sus- pend the great writ of huhens corpus a.t their dis- cretion. To clinch the despotism thus establish- ed, he has taken it upon himself to change the oath to support the Const it ut ion into an oath of obedience to the Government —oi‘ which his Apeship is the chief. Of course, if the outraged laws and Constitu- tion should ever recover their vigor a\id suprema- cy, these great offenders would be the first to feel the weight of their hands. \Ve were, therefore prepared to hear of schemes for the permanent prostration of the Constitution and the perpetual a.-ceniiancy of tyranny. To this end, the whole | system ol Confederated Sovereisrnties is to be | abolished—all State& Kights annihilated—the ' i'entral Power augmented and consolidated—and ' the Military Despotism rendered supreme and ab- solute over the whole land. This is the program- ; me revealed by the Cincinnati paper. The most vaunted free Government the world has ever seen subverted by a Charlatan and an Ape! Nothing has .so much astonished the world as the apparently unanimous approval at the North of all of the usurpations of Lincoln. In a day, they ceased to possess any of the rights of a free people, and they raised one universal shout at their own degradation. That a whole people, supposed to be bred in a love of liberty, should, of a sudden, lose all sense of free Government, and in a blind fury for conquest or revenge, em- brace their own servitude, was a spectacle never before seen. We have something like it in the enraged moccasin striking his poisoned fangs into his own body; but, for rational, calculating human I beings, there is nothing to parallel it in history, j It was the result of the stupor and shock caused i by surprise. The condition is too unnatural and i anomalous to be la:!ting. When the first violence 1 of the storm shall pass away, reason and self in- j terest will resume their sway. For the time be- ^ ing the military despotism crushes all freedom of , opiiiioa and action. Hut the throbs of freedom may be detected in the Cincinnati paper. There are men even in the despot-ridden region indulg - ing aspirations for their lost rights, fhe Rump Government at Washington and the dominant faction in the Yankee States of the East may combine for the suppression of all popular liberty and the establishment of a vigorous despotism; but the great States of the Northwest, prompted by interest, honor and liberty, can never be brought permanently under that degrading yoke. The significant ailusiou to the great struggle which the Democracy have to endure, and The difficulties and dangers which environ them, in- spire the hope that the crisis is appreciated, and means are being employed to meet it. Corrpspon'lf nee of the CiDcinnati Kn<;juirer. VVajiuinuton, June 'i .—\Se are sweeping oa irresisti- bly, luough inseusibly, to the destiny thut awaits all thiiigs liuman a great and radical change. ludi- ▼iduals die while goveruruents continue; the latter we corp jrations, that can endure convulsions and feel no sickness; but even they must soraeiinies yield to over- ruling events, and undergo dissolution or great changes. Our gi'vernnient. the pride of freemen and of the lovers of freedom the world over, is now in the process of change, to be known no more forever as it has been Tiiursday last, the Hon. N. P. Banks, as he stood upon Arlington Heights, in company with diotinzuiahed military an 1 civil officers, said, as he w.ived hin hand toward Wa«„ington: ,j, the end of thU Oorernment ag Thtre will bf a reconrtrucltun on dif- ferent pnnru.ks " Such is the univerMal impression here, and in« conviction weighs like che pall of death on every patriotic heart. The great Republic is gone, and Its governnieat is fast loosing its anchorage in popu- iar liberty, anJ is dritting lo a despotic harbor as a safer retuge from the st'jrrns of revolutioa. T he great people, whose pursuits or whose oppor- tunities do not allow them to see more that the surface currents, might as well be given to understand at once the powerful undertone that is sweeping from under theui their personal freedom, the rights of the States and their Republican government. I tell them they are no longer Jreemen, in that large and comprehensive sen-!e we h.ive all understood wan conveyed and em - braced by that word, when applied to the rights and privileges of American citizens. They will wake up ere long to the realization of the horrid truth, but when it is too late to recover what despotism shall have clutched in its iron hands. I write this as fact and prophecy. It has already been asked: “Why all these State lines'' Why all this needless, cumbersome, intricate en- tanglement of ditferent powers to make law and to de- cree judgment? VVe can afford now to efface the old Colonial Geography, li is the admitted powers of States within the nation that has been the source of all our trouble. Nor will the removal of State power, and the creation of a Nationality, be a task so formidal ’ .e.” The idea is to do away with State lines and State lo- cal governments, and consequently, with much of the elective franchise as now enjoyed by the people. In other words, the grand conception is to make the Gov- ernment of the United Slates as n >ar that of Great Brit- ain as it ig possible to get it. It is old Federalism, with astounding monarchical additions, revived, and under very favorable auspices for ita success.’ You must not suppose that this thing is not seriously enter- tained, for it IS, and the conviction here is universal that the change is absolutely necesary, and will be made. A strong central government is now the cry; and army and navy olficers strongly favor it, because by the change they will become the upper crust of society, the whole matter is openly discusged here and boldlv advocated \ ou will learn from this that the democra- cy has before it the hardest battle it has yet fought in this country. It will be to retain the largest share of personal liberty and rights, as now enjoyed under the present Constitution. They will fight under great dis- advautage, under the terrors of death and imprisonment mvilf ‘ell- t'or utyselt, 1 fear for the future. assemble. But cut lonot is asked n L ^ “^- Tribune says it can do all owtsaary busmws m a day or two. Th« Courier and £nquirer says all Congress has to do is to register the wishes of the President. Indeed, these leading Repub- lican Journals believe Congress will only be an incum- brance, as the President, by assuming all the power de- sirable for the exigency of the country, will not be ham- pered by any legal restrictions. All Congress is wanted for is to allow the Government to borrow what money it may deem necessary, and to raise what number of troops may be regarded as desirable. It is also said that Congres.s will go into secret session to discuss the question of conferring full military power on the Presi- dent to rai.se and equip armies, declare martial law, and suspend the writ of habeas corjtus. As he has been do ing this without authority of law, the question is grave- ly asked, what is the use of Congress? The contempt in which the Supreme Court of the United States is held by the military, and the usurpa- tion of power by this latter branch of the public service and the violation of personal rights and individual lib- erty, borth North and South, are referred to as an evi dence that Republican freedom is dead, and only wants the formality of burial to hide it forever from the face of the American people. So passes the glory of the American Republic. Aff'airs in Mi»$ouri Gov. Jackson calls for 50,000 Militia .—We have at length received a telegraphic abstract of the proclamation of Gov. Jackson, of Missouii. It is to be devoutly hoped that this patriotic magistrate may succeed in re- leasing his State from the tyranny which now crushes her: ‘‘A series of unlooked for and unparalleled in- dignities have been inflicted upon General Price and the dignity of this Commonwealth, and upon the rights and liberties of its people, by wicked and unprincipled men, professing to act under the authority of the Federal Government. Solemn acts of your Legislature have been nullified; your volunteer soldiers have been arrested; commerce with sister States suppressed; trade with your own fellow citizens subject to the harrassing con- trol of armed soldiery: unoflFending and defenceless women and children ruthlessly shot down and murdered, and other unbearable indignities heap- ed upon your State and yourselves. To this you have submitted with patriotic forbearance, which has only encouraged more daring usurpations. My object has boon to preserve peace and avert war froui the border. “With that view, Gen. Price arranged with Gen. Harney. The State government faithfully adhered to the agreement; the Federal Govern- ment manifested its disappiobation by the dis- missal of Harney, and commenced proceedings utterly hostile to the agreement. Waiving the dignity of Missouri, I solicited an interview with Gen. Lyons, and made propositions more honor- able to the Federal Government than to Missouri, that if the Federalists would withdraw I would pledge to disband the militia, forbid the introduc- tion of arms, protect all citizens, regardless of theii>political opinion, repress all insurrections, and maintain strict neutrality, and if necessary to carry out these pledges would call for Federal assistance. Nothing but a desire to avert the horrors of civil war could have induced these humiliating propositions— these propositions were rejected.” (Jov. Jackson calls for 50,000 militia to repel the invaders. A later telegraphic dispatch informs us that the militia have a battery below the mouth of Osage river, aud that the Missourians are collect- ing at Jefferson City from all quarters. We may look for stirring news from Missouri ere long. Jye of Military Oarers .—The New Vor4c Ex- press states that the ages of the General officers in Lincoln’s army run as follows; Scott, aged 75; Wool, 73; Harney, tJo; Mansfield, tJO; Totten, head of the Engineer Corps, !^0; Thayer, Engin- eer, HO; Craig, head of the Ordnance Department, 70; Ripley, Ordnance, 70; Sumner, t>5; Lawson, Surgeon General, mO; Larned, Paymaster Gene- ral, 70; Gib.son, Commi.ssary (Jeneral, Churchill, luspector General, and Thomas, Adjutant Gene- ral, are old men, having entered the army in the beginning of the present century—Gibson in 180H, and Churchill in 1812. On the other hand, remarks the Columbia Guardian, we find in the Army of the (Confede- rate States Davis, (?ommander-in-<^hief, a young man comparatively, and full of energy, vigor and fire; Beauregard, only between 4n and *>(t, in the full vigor of health; Lee, about 54 or 55; Bragg, active, vigorous and efficient, with others that might be named did we know their precise ages. In the ph 3’si(jue of our officers, and in the mate- rial of their command, the Confederate J^ates have a decided advantage over the enemy. But above all these they have the higher advantage and the favor of the Almighty, in the fact that their cause is ju.st. DecenJaUfa of *ifn. Green. —The Commander- in-(’hief of the Southern army in the Revolution has nuw three great-grandsons in the service of the South, two in Virginia and one in (Jeorgia, to which latter State they all belong. Gen. (ireen was one of the ablest Generals and true patriots of the times that tried men’s souls, and we are rejoiced to see that his gallant and gen- erous blood still flows through worthy channels. Gone a S-'hlieriny .—Among the companies which arrived here Saturday, trom Mississippi, is one called the “Brown Rebels,” commanded by (!apt. A. G. Brown, former Governor of Mis- si.'sippi, r . S. Senator, and for a long time Rep- resentative in the lower House of Congress. Verily, the great and wise, big and little, old aud young, have enlisted in the warfare against Old Abe.— Ijynch. liepubltcun. A llhjh 1‘ricate. — Hon. Wm. A. Forward, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Flori- da, has enlisted as a private in the ranks of a Company recently organized in J^utnam county. Archbishop Iluyhes ayainst the War .— This distinguished Catholic Prelate has published a strong protest against the war policy of Jjincoln, and especially that which looks to inciting insur- rection aud the confiscation of estates of planters, and their bestowal as land bounties upon Northern soldiersi Gen. Butler .—This blustering braggart made a speech in VV'^ashington not long since, iu which he said his face was turned toward the South, and he never took a step backwards. We are very reliably informed that he made some alarm- ing strides in the direction of Old Point after the battle at Bethel Church .— Petenburg Express. Another Foot-race on Uaiid .—The Eleventh Indiana Regiment is .said to be ordered to Cum- berland, Maryland. This Regiment is from the same section as the famous Indiana Regiment of Buena \ ista memory. Some tall fun is antici- pated for the second time, in the way of pedestrian exercises, when this llegiment is brought into action. If they should prove to be as fleet of foot as their predecessors on the plains of Mexico, there is no use of starting any company after them, unless they send Indians. 1 ankee l*atriots .—It is said that many of the .soldiers, now in Fortress Monroe, on learning that Billy Wilson’s band of desperadoes had been ordered to that point, gathered all their little valuables, put them in hays and buried them. Petersbur<f Express. We leain from a friend, a Rice planter, that the prospect for a full yield of Rice, at this sea- son of the year, was never better in his section of country, and that reports from every other sec- tion are ec^uall^ flattering.— Courier. COL. DANL. H. HILL. This able and distinguished officer, the gallant and skillful commandcr of the First Regiment of >Torth Carolina Volunteers, which fought so brave- ly in the recent battle at Bethel Church, is des- tined to win enviable laurels in the present great struggle. If' we are permitted to judge his future by the past, we certainly must accord to him great renown, for surely no man ever laid a strong- er ba.sis for a great and brilliant reputation. Graduating at West Point with honor when about the age of twenty-two, he entered the U. S. Army and remained *in it until after the close of the Mexican War. He was in the army under Gen- eral Scottyfrom Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, and greatly distinguished himself in some of the hard fought battles of that campaign. At the storming of Chepultepec he was the second man on the American side that mounted the ramparts. For his meritorious services in this war he was promoted to the rank of Major, which he after- wards resigned to accept the obair of Mathematics in Davidson College, N. C. He discharged the duties of his new position with great zeal and fidelity. Notwithstanding the arduous labors that now devolved on him, he found time to write and have published a large work on Algebra, which was favorably received. This work excited some remark at the time, on account of the intense Southern spirit which breathes in some of its problems. In 1858, when the North Carolina Military Institute was estab- lished at Charlotte, Col. Hill was appointed to the first place in its Faculty, and devoted himseli with his accustomed energy and ability to the in- struction of young soldiers for the Old North State. Upon the commencement of hostilities between Abraham Lineolrt and the Confederate State.s, he was appointed by Governor Ellis to the command of the camp of Instruction at Raleigh. When the First Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers was organized, he was almost unanimously elect- ed its Colonel. Col. Hill hiiS not devoted all his talents and genius to military science. He is the author of two Theological works, viz: ‘‘The Sermon on the Mount,” and “The Crucifixion.” These works were published two or three years ago, by the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and were well received in the Christian literary world. Col. Hill is a truly Christian man, and if we mistake not, is an Elder iu the Presbyterian (’hurch at Charlotte. In person. Col. Hill is about the medium height, and well proportioned. He has dark eyes and hair, which is becoming slightly tinged with grey. He is about forty-two years old, has a se - rious military bearing, and is a very rigid discip- linarian.— I\ter^bury Exprt ss. VoRKTowN, V a ., June 14, ISGI. When information was received at camp that a marauding party of the enemy were pillaging the house of Mr. Whiting, three and a half miles from Hampton, Col. I>. H. Hill, of the North Carolina Regiment, asked for a detachment of .‘iU infantry to volunteer their services as a support for our howitzer under Major Randolph, and im- mediately 34 men of Company F, of the North Carolina Regiment, stepped forward, and report- ed them.'jelvos ready for the duty. The Howit- zer was under the direction of Major RanJolph, the infantry of Lieut. F. N. Roberts, of Company F, and the whole force was commanded by Lieut, (.’ol. (’. C. Lee, of the North ('arolina Regiment. This party came up with the enemy a short distance below Mr. Whiting’s, and as .noon as the Federal hirelings perceived their approach, they fled like startled fawns. So precipitate was their flight that they left behind haversacks and booty, and .seemed to be intent on .saving their lives only. ('ol. Lee’s command took tme pri.so.ner, and this was the first capture made in the skirmishes pre- liminary to and provocative of the battle of Beth- el Church. Bethel Battle. —The verbal accounts from eye- witneiwes of the Bethel tight are full of int«*rest. Many of the in<-ident» were intensely exciting, of which it if vain to attempt a description in writ- ing. The rush, the dash, the elan of our boyfi was, however, the great and distinguishing fea- ture of the aflair. Cool and determined as Bona- parte's veterans, the}’ pitched into the tight with the gaiety of school boys into a game of ball. They have taken the step which is the augury and earnest of victory. J’heir (Inching bearing, 111 the face of tour times their number, will iiispiro a spirit of emulation among ail our torce.s and leatl to the rout of the invaders wherever they show themselves.— Ki^hviond Whiy. Capt. John L. Bridyert. —Capt. John L. Bridgers, the distinguished commander ol the gallant Edgecombe (luards, of the North Carolina First Regiment, spent yesterday in our midst. He was called upon by a large number of our citizens at Jarratt’s, who listened with interest and delight to the many vivid pictures he drew, and the exciting incidents he related of the battle at Bethel Church. It was the Edgecombe Guards aud one other company who, with fixed bayonets and still more firmly fixed deteriuination, so gloriously charged upon the 300 New York Zou- aves—putting them to flight and recapturing their stolen howitzer. The charge was splendid — the victory brilliant—and the name of the Edgecombe (iuards is immortal.— Pet. Express. Major Winthrop, one of the aids to Cien. Pierce, who was reported missing, is said to have reached Newport News Point in safety He gave the order to charge on the battery, when the fearful hovoc of his troops took place. Two Parties. — According to the Northern papers there seems to t>e two parties there now— “the Democrats who are enlisting to fight the battles of the country, and the Republicans who are robbing them of their rations and clothing by all sorts of swindling contracts.” Gen. iScott.—This veteran traitor to the soil of his nativity, is reported to have said in conversa- tion with others: “This is my last campaign, gentlemen, and it shall be my best.” We are of the opinion, says the Danville Register, that it will, doubtless, be as brilliant in the way of mili- tary achievements, as was his famous Florida cam- paign, during the Seminole war. In that cam- paign, after over twenty months of diligent scout- ing around the lakes and lagoons of that region, he succeeded in capturing one superannuated squaw while asleep, and awfully frightening “one little Indian boy.”— Petersbury Express. Don't Understand Us.—A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing from Pensacola, says; The truth is, Greely & Co., can never be made to understand these Southern people. They are called idle, and so they are when they have no- thing to do. But give them an object, and the d—1 himself is not more industrious. They are a unit too—there is^no division amongst them. Re- construction is thrown overboard, and with such a man as Jeff. Davis at the head of the new (Con- federacy— clear sighted, calm, resolute and firm, in twelve months it will be firmly established as one of the Powers of the earth. Take well whate’er shall chance, though bad it be Take it for good, and ’twill be good to thee. Swear not, an oath is like a dangerous dart, Whioh, shot, rsbouiids to strikt the shootw’s heart. Obqanized Regiments. —We copy the following from yesterday’s Standard. It will be well for our readers to preserve the paper, for it is likely that there will be frequest references lo the regiments, where it will be satisfactory to know of what companies they are com- posed:— NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS. The following companies comprise the 5th, 0th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Regiments of North Carolina A'olunteers: Fifth Peyiment.— Chatham Rifles, Capt. Ihrie; Monroe Light Infantry, Capt. McRae; Ellis Creek Rough and Rc*ady, Capt. Jackson; Poplar Spring Grays, Capt. Spivey. Stationed at Ga- rysburg. Sixth Reyinient .—Jacksou \ olunteers, Capt. Coleman; Madison Light Infantry, Capt. Peak; Blftck Mountain Boys. Capt. McElroy; Ruther- ford Riflemen, Capt. Lee; Rutherford \ olunteers, Capt. Leaventhorpe; Haywood Rangers, Capt. Love; Jefterson Davis Macon County Guards, (^apt. Angel; Henderson Guards, Capt. Shipp; King’s Mountain Grays, Capt. Briggs; Buncombe Guards, Capt. Thrash Stationed at Raleigh. Seventh Peyiment .—Washington Greys, Capt. Sparrow; Hyde Volunteers, (?apt. Leith; Tar River Boys, Capt. Johnson; Hertford Light In- fantry, Capt. Sharpe; Currituck Atlantic Rifles, ('apt. Lindsey; Roanoke Guards, Capt. Lamb; (’ompany B of Martin (County, (Japt. Clement; Washington County Volunteers, Capt. Gilliam; John Harvey Guards, (Capt. Johnson; Independ- ent Greys, Capt. Cohoon. Stationed at Hatteras and Oeracoke. Eiyhth lieifi'ntnl .— Bladen Guards. (Capt. (jleorge Tail; Bladoii Light Infantry, Capt. Ro- bert Tait; Holmes Riflemen, Capt. Chestnut; In- (Ltpendent Blues. Capt. Williams; Robeson Rifle Guards, Caf)t. Norriient; ('olumbus (Juards, No. 1, Capt. Ellis; Onslow (ireys, ('apt. Redd; Moore’s Creek Rifle <iuard, (Capt. Hawes; (!olumbus (jiuards. No. Capt. (Jeorge; Scotch Boys, (’apt. Malloy. Stationed at Wilmington. Xinth Pc'^imeuf .—(Jransre Guards, (^apt. Jones; Guilford (Jrays, ('apt. Sloan; (ioldsboro’ Rifles, (^apt. (^raton; (loldsboro’ Volunteers, Capt. Whit- aker; Wilson Light Infantry, Capt. Barnes; Pitt Volunteers, (’apt. Singeltary; Marlboro’ (iuards, (’apt. Morrill; Dixie Rifles, Capt. Strong; North ('arolina Guards, Capt. Whitfield; Tuckahoe Braves, (’apt. Wooten. To this Regiment the Artillery ('ompany, under command of Capt. Pender, will be attached. * Tenth R^yimf'ut .—(*erman Volunteers, ('ap- tain Korneilson; Rifle Guards, (^apt. Meares; (’a- barrus Black Boys, Capt. Atwell; ('ape Fear Riflemen, (’apt. Hawkins; Samp.son Rangers,(’apt. Fii.HOti; Fair Bluff \'oIunteers, Capt. Smith; (’o- lutnbus G uards, No 4, Capt. Stanly; ('olumbiis Guards, No. 2, (’apt. Toon; Confederate (_lreys, (’apt. I>enisiui; Wilmiriirton Light Infantry, (’apt. McRae. Stationed at Forts (’aswell and Johnson. h(er>nfh Proimmt. —Town Fork Invincibles, ('apt. Westmoreland; Mountain Boys, (Capt. Pep- per; Blue Ridire Riflemen, Capt. Graves; David- son Guard.s, (’apt Leach; Forsyth uards, ('apt. Wharton; Surry Marksmen, (’apt. (Jilmer; Moun- tain Tiirers, (’apt. Wauirh; Vadkin <}ray Ea>:les, ('apt. ('onnolly; For.«-yth Riflemen, (’apt. Betts; Forsyth Southnms, (’apt Miller. Stationed at Danville Arms will he i>-ueil to the troops as soon as they are organized into a regiment and mustered into the service. The Way it WbrA-.«.—Six Frenchmen, late members of the “Garibaldi Legion,' who^ ai- rival in Washington from New \ ork, and welcome by the Abolition President, was recorded with such a flourish of trumpets recently, became dis- gusted with those with whom they were called on j to associate in the prosecution of Liticoln’s infa- j inous crusade against the South, and took trrurh leave of the “ Legion,” escaping into .Maryland, below Fort Washington; thence into Virginia, near Federicksburg, by crossing the Potomac. They arrived in Richmond yesterday via railroad, en route for Vorktown, to join the real Zouaves now stationed there, men who are lighting to up- hold liberty, and not to put it down. These “de- serters” will, no doubt, be warmly welcomed. They created a great sensation in Fredericks- burg. The South may confidently look for the desertion of nearly all the foreigners wliom the Abolitionists have induced to take up arms against it. This result may be looked for directly the men begin to appreciate their position, and the use that is intended to be made of them. Richm'tml Dispnfch. From Cairo. —The (Cairo correspondent of *he Times says there are eight thousand soldiers in that vicinity (Col. 1‘rentiss appealed to the “three months’ volunteers” to stand by tbeiv country for three years, but a great number de- I dined. They won’t lend themselves to the ambi- tious jiurposes of Lincoln, (jrders ol arrest lor a half score of leading Democratic politicians in southern Illinois have been issued FOR THE OKSKHVfH TO THE FIRST REGIMENT N. (' V()[ All hail to the braves from North ^ Who are fighting so well in tht* o.tui.rcr"* That laurels of glory :ilreadv eniwm^ h For «hf*'>» prov?d what -hf'li ,i,. aroused. We greet you. bt nv.* trf.tu y(,nr ..wu ; The news of your valor brouL^’t|t ' i - .. And wo fe»“l th'it o-l 1- vriu i ‘JW ll That every man of you will ilu hi V>e knew you'were v:tli iiit, mji i ' Would fight for your couniry, y nir’tYfoT' That. eqiMil in iiiiitibtTs. yriu'(l rout >In,l All hordes of the <-n<'niy. ihnt I’ut we were not prepar'd for vnl(,r >.r' An hundfull of ni**!) |mltiiijf legiuij^ e thought there was conrair**, tioru bo' ’.Mong those who oppose e.^ualitv ‘ -- But it is Justine alone iijnkt-s a in,in hr ^ ' A sente that he's fighting for all he h',l!|ri He feels there is hope heyonvt the iJark V And treads o’er the battle rit-M wj.j, Yijs, “justice of «'auHe” is a tower of ’Tie a shield of defence no sworJ can ’Tis a weapon with edge that wji! reach ’Tis a fortress within Ijo force e>in sul, * We greet you ag-iiii, itnd hid you '.,1 , our cause is His c".u.‘'e, he Hs-sur Mit With Him tor your leader y..u will With Him to opuose you Uiciy we.l Ihen gird on your artiior, n ,t t'O-iitj;,} mi ' ' 1 ut trusting in Hici who alooe is your*v ’Gainst the foe? of your coun tv w;>i; VC-,' proceed; ' -s-;. Hetermined to con..jUor or die on ih.- ^(.11 FUR THF. f'HSKRVKR Flor.^l College. Koheson couarv j..,„ Messra. Editors: At a time when hoiircelT s , . ' henrd ?,ut w:n o and rumors of wars, ar'c.ijr - ry inovenieut.s au i preparations, 10 , - I foe. I have thought tha: an aocounr of thp c Among the .soldiers heie are several companies j meat exercises 01 Floral ('ollege. jum ci A letter from <,'ainp I'ickens, .Manassas Gap, to the Richmond l>i.-*paich, says,— from Washington city itself. One is commanded 1 was my fortune to witness, would n<t be by Capt. Schaeffer, formerly of the far-famed yotirselves and yi ur numerous real National Kifles. There aie two other companies ^ peaceiul retreat of leatn;c 1 L- 1 » V . 1 ' were constaiitiv reiuin iei ol tiie milit,.,' of Washington volunteers, (the old .National i , ^ ^ * . . , ‘-innd , , " , , ^ J . , .. 1 soing on everywhere in the 7 V olunteers,; under the command, respectively, ol ; H oyh .- Tapt. I.ove, are enea,„pp.| Capts. Sherman and (Jleary. "I he W a>hington itntuediaie vi.;inity ot the College, an 1 and rattling set of blades, and boys are a gay eager for a slajt at ( )ld Abe. ( hie ot the com- panies not having as yet had any provision made for tents and camp eijuipage, are (juartered in a long wooden shed, over the entrances to which they have scrawled, with charred wood, the names of their respective hutiU. 'I'htis there are the i Palmetto Hotel, Brown’s Hotel, Beauregard Hotel, ! and the Virginia, Confederate, and Marshall i Houses. At the corner of the street, is niarked ' “ Penn.sylvania Avenue,” and along the “ Avenue,” '■ various signs of “ Bar Room,” “(rood Eating and i Drinking, Washing and Ironing,” and other bur- ^ le.scjue inscriptions are to be deciphered. 'I'he vigilance of our pickets, sentinels, and out- i posts is making sad work with Lincoln’s emissa- ries, but sutticieiit seems to have been communi- , catcd to his cabal to open their eyes to the mag- ; nitude of our preparations. 1 cannot speak ot I ( Jeneral Beauregard’s arrangements hereabouts, but if ever there was a leader, ?ince Bonaparte, : who plumbed the military art, our (ieneral is I that man. j Sonthf-rn /^rivntfrrs in Knmpe .— A lett( r in ■ the Boston Advertiser from an officer of the (J. j S. steamer Richmond, dated at (}enoa, May ‘Jl, I bjings ihe following important intelligence: j It is currently rt*{.Mrted here that several par- ties are only waiting <*ur departure from the Medi- j terranean to fit out j-rivateers. These vessels would cruise about. ju.»t (iut,"ide the Straits of the examination paraded in the grove vocal with martial miiaic, never before Lt-irjV thut quiet retreat of learning. .\nd 1 wi:; ... ' th.iugh ( apt. I.ove « • unipanv has been urirri-:- .. ' short time, they are remarkably well drili^; T- V cers have been greatly assi.sted by the eft dered l»y Hector .McEachern, a native ol liooi;. • ty. who is a cadet in Col. Hill's military scLc,'.;- , l(«:te, and has been with the Highlat.l 15 I while since their organization into a compiEv I them instruction. Tnis Company, which i, i;'/ th it entered the s;-rvice of the State a- voluni^er. • Kobeson county, numbers over eighty of h.- ritu; young ruen as aie to be toun l in thi^ S'a e t where, collected in any .•ne company.—nearly hU l i- ly educated and refined, of good character aid m.-nt. My word lor it. an army o" .<uch men. pr..L.r'- ohieered and c-ma.anoed, be conoueivu I he f.uerary . .xttvi.-es of ,/.i. in-rirution were hi/.> creditable to the .Srudei^t.- and 'i’eachers, and fijin:-,','.’ ntw evidetiCfS t'u.- .a>t\ring a->;.iuiry of Vrof. Ju) '.- son. the l'rinc:j'il. aad me »-thLieucy of K.' Tea<-her.s iii the !>fcv. ral Jei'aviuients. .M 'l-.-t w.t sentatiuii < f 'iij l to the piuiuatp'. in < //^H on Tue-day even’ng. a }rrooe-:*ion was ^ iiuiei. I K.-.culty. .'^tuderj'S. Tni> e . a i . d ttie unu'’.!.'.- , hv,.. j cr ,\vd of Visiters, escorted by the ••Highl it, i E vT repaired to the Church t-hear the AdJre--' ’t < . Nr ,;.;. A. .M c L e . w of Luniberton, the orator oi iueda\, j there entertained tJiem for more than an hsur wi:h I oiation replete with j'attiotic and cla>sic aihi-;.n=, « I livere l in his usu<.! gvod style. Tiie -ubjec: ■; hi; aa ' dte-s was, ••The diuies and destinies ot the Lndier f ,the .S'lUth in the present ori>i''. ’ Hi- suh;^c: .ed ;inro the conreiiijdation nf the presetii oond.non it trr ! country. He inculcated th<* importance to then; -i I success of our caii^ie. and recommended theia to i!;:i; 4 'r I the conduct of their mothers in the Kevoluti. u, (libraltar anti intercept and capture all vessels j in similar circumstance^, referring to many inc i-i• either in or outward bound Immense injury ■'*t“d illustrations, fiui 1 will not attempt to give i to our commerce in this wav, for 1 for in attempting it 1 cann-. i 'justice. Jt IS sufhoient to say, that every one pre^e:’ . *We learn from an officer of the HMh Regiment, that the Holm»?s Kirteiuen, of Sampson county, ha« been at- tached to this regiment, iu place of the Wilmington Light Itifaniiy Si.rth Pf'jiment oj Volunteers .— The follow inj' officers were elected by the Sixth Regiment of \'olunteers in this ('ity on Mondiiy last: (’vtlonel, StepluMi Lee, of Buncombe; Lieut. Col., R (I. A Love, ot’Haywood; Major, (’apt. Bri'_'gs, of (Jaston. P'l/riyh i^tandar<l. We learn that .Adjutant (Jeneral Hoke was a candi- date far ('olonel. an 1 was beaten by (?ol. Lee. who is the father of Lieut. Col Lee of Col. Hill’s First Regi- ment ( (BSEHVKK Suryron. — Dr. .1 K. Ruffin, of Washington, a son of Judge Kufhn, has been appointed assi.stant Surgeon of (’ol. McRae’s regiment. Palciyh Standard. Randolph. —On Saturday evening, a flne com- pany of volunteers from Randolph county reach- ed Greensborough on their way to the seat of war. They remainea with us during Sunday, and on yesterday morning took the train for Raleigh. The company numbers ninety. The following are the officers: ('apiain—Shubal G. Worth. Lieuter ints—Robert K. Hanner, William McCaulley, E. H. Winningham. Sergeants —K. W. Winbourne, T. J. Wood, S. Ken- nett, (i V’. L a mb . Corporals—.Vlpheus L. Lamb, John Jolle^, J. W. Heath, F. W. Robbins. There are, we understand, three other compa- nies who will soon be ready for marching orders. Randolph will not be behind any of her sister counties in furnishing the right sort of material iu the present crisis. It was on the soil of Ran- dolph, (.Juill'ord, Rockingham and Alamance that the ball of the Revolution was first put in mo- tion.— (wrecnshorouyh l*a*riot. Another P>siynation .—John () Long, of this State, 1st Lieut, in the I. . S. Army, having re- fcigned, reached (Jreensboro’, on yesterday morn- itig, on his way to Raleigh, to tender his services to Governor Kllis. Mr. Long graduated at West l^oint in 18;>4; has been in the regular service seven years, and when he resigned was stationed at Fort Abercrombie, Desota Territory. Greensboro' Patriot. might be don our trade with all the countries who>e chores are ^joined in praise of iiis ed’ort. It was an douu washed by these waters is very large, and its only . tion. and fully appreciated by his audience. outlet is through the narrow Strait of (.iibrallar. Three Companies of State Troops left this place yesterday afternoon for the rendeivous of their Regiment (the 3d) at Garysburg. One is from (Jnslow County and is under the command of Captain M. L. F. Reed; the other is from Holly Shelter district in New Hanover, and is under the command of Captain David Williams. Like all the Companies we have seen, they look robust healthy and willing for service. Wdmington Journal, 14r/i. The State Laws .—Sundry enquiries have been made of us about the printed laws passed by the Legislature at its regular and extra sessions. Some.anxiety is felt to see them. We know nothing about them, but presume they are not yet printed .— Raleiyh Standard. The citizens of Marengo county, Alabama, met at the county site recently and subscribed 8,500 bales of cotton for the use of the Confederate States. At ten cents a pound this will amount to 3175,000. If every county in Alabama does as well, she will furnish between 9 or $10,000,000 for the use of the government. New York.—-The New York Day Book says: All New York is failing. The suspensions and failures for the past few days have been fearful and the war promises to bankrupt every merchant in New York. The retail business is as bad off as the wholesale. Trade is killed. Liu><jln's Mt:ssayp— War Policy. — V\.\>niNU- Tit.N. .June 17 .— President Lincoln is einjdoyed ' on his me.ssage t® the Federal (’ongress, winch meeLs on the tth of July. It is stated that he ' strongly tavors the pre.^ent war and will call for a I large additional f'orco, to be entered as a reserve ■ and be onlered to Wa.shington. Bread or Blood .— A paper in New York says openly, and without a word of condemnation: “We believe that a movement of the .same kind is contemplated by the workmen in this city. They are about tired of icaitiny. They have ex- pected peace and a revival of business; but if war comes the\’ can eiidure their sufl'erings no longer, and irhf n thr n'm^ arrives, leadi rs '' /// he /'■iimi, as in all social uprisings, in their own ranks. ii\ronHiiK iiinii' iM iisTin!” .nKK( H.W T TAII.ORI.\4.i A N 1) Clothiu^ >laiiur:iotiiring Establishiuent* T h e subscriber very respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he will from this day, have all his Clothing manufactured iu his House, under the supervi.-fiou of some of the best and most skillful Me - chanics, and every Garment will he warranted. Every article of Clothing made to me.asure on the shortest notice, anii a perfect tit insured. A fine and choice assorinient of CLOTHS. C.\SS1- ■MERES, DOl.SKIN.'* and VE.''T1N()S, always on hand. All those wishing to make a genteel appearance in a nice and substantial Home-Made suit of Cloth will please call on OE(»RGE lU’v.\Nl>T. No. IG H ly St., Fayetteville. O N the L>th inst., 1 shall want Twenty-five experienced han'ls to make Pantaloons and Vests. Constant employment and liberal wages will be given to good hands; none other need apply. OEO. BRANDT Dec’r 3, isr,0. T.'Sitf Sonlheru Piano >lauiifafiory. RUN NO risk : run no risk :: ^PHOSE who wish to purchase a good and reliab'e L PlANt), wouhl do well to get one of iiOSW ELi^ & GO’S New Cross-Strtng Iron Frame Grand Patent A C T IO N P IA N O S . They have given universal satisiaction wherever they have been sold, and are considered by judges to be one of the best SQUARE P1AN(JS that are now made They combine all t he late improvements, together with LA RG- ER SOUNDING BOARD, which makes their tone so full and melodious. All our Pianos are sold on a guar antee for five years, with the privilege to exchange within six months after the sale—should they not give satisfaction; and we guarantee to those who purchase from us, a safe delivery of our Pianos, we assuming all responsibilities. Therefore, those who purchase of us RUN NO RISK. A large number of our Pianos have been sold in this State and elsewhere. We name some who have pur- chased of us, to whom we can refer. Geo. Houston, Esq., Miles Costin, Esq., Joshua G. Wright, Esq., Wilmington; Mrs. Banks, Warren Priori Esq., E. J. Lilly, Esq., Fayetteville; Major Woi. c! Draughon, Luke A. Powell, Esq., Sampson Co.; A. R Hicks, Esq., Dr. Jos. Blount, Duplin Co.; E. Stanly Esq.. Kenansville. Also, Ex-Gov. Branch of Halifax Co.; Dr. G. C. Marchant, Currituck Co.; John Pool. Esq., Pasquotank Co.; and m.any others. Old Pianos will be taken in exchange in part pay for new ones. We sell for cash or approved notes at six and twelve months. All orders aeni lo our address will be faithfully and promptly attended to. Address J. E BOSWELL & CO., Piano Manufacturers; No. r> & 7 S . Eutaw St.. Baltimore June 6. 18 B0 24 itf A von E. HALL. Forwardiug & Commi<!9ion Merrhant, W ILL give quick despatch to good8 consigned to him Particular attentioa given to all produce sent him for sale. Conaigamenia of Naval Stores, tor sale or ment, solicited. WiwiuifToa, Jwx’y 19 1801 Sillyjd Notwithstanding the gloomy appearance of . was pleast'd to .see a determinatioH on the par: ,• :-c p.itrons of this Institution to relax no energv f;r. ? cnntinued pro.sperity. Ttie exercises of this be resumed after the u.sual vacation of one tnon;h. A PR VVERS U, most powerful and gloriou.- Lord Ol.i, ;;.e Lonl ot Hosts, that rule.st and comni.'iu !• -: .<ili ihitur: J'/iun sittesi on the throne judging n/n;, an 1 thfrt-iore we make our addres- to Itiy Diviu.' .Mhk'.v ,u - neces-sity. that 1 non wouri:-t take the 'j:;ii'>‘ into Tli;ii>- own tiand, and juuge Iteiweeu tii' >c w.iu au ;u tiie nii'trabie striie which n.^w vii-iract:- inuil. S :i up Ttiy s:rengtti. <) Lord, and come aud help I'.r Thou givest not always the battle 'o the stiotijt. bu: c in>t save by many or by lew. (», let not our sin? n- « cry against us for vengeance; but hear u-. Thy p 1 sei'vants, begjrin^ mercy. anU iinpl.,’i uig 1 hy Leip. ai: i that '1 n'U » tuluv^t be 1 . d^-tcuoe uiito u? iii.'. -c I ice ol every one who w> uld do us wiLtig .\1 la--:t appear that Ttiou an our Savi'iur aud ujig;:'y Deiiven-r through Jesus ('hrist Our Lord. Amen. O, Almigiity God, the Supreme Governor ot alliliiup. whose powei no creature is able to resist. :■■■ belongeth jti'tly to punish siuners, and to be lutrnilui to those who truly repent, save us now. we tiau.; iy Lf- seech I'iiee; and assHage tne tumults by wiiich ttiisptf." pie are rent aud torn; tliat we, being ariiivi i,' uefence, may be preserved evermore from all per;.. glorily Xnee, who art the only Giver of ail vic'jrf. through the merit ot Thy Son. Jesus Christ durLor- Aineu. A Prayer for those who have gone foith iu deleiiCe-■ tiieir State aud Country: O most gracious Lord (iod, our Heavenly commend to tiiy care and protection thy ?erv:4Ut', ^ in behalf ot their families and their country, iisve. torth to meet tlie dangers oi war. Direo: iu salety; bieas (lieiu in their etlorts to pioiec: anJ lend tins laud; preserve them from ttie vKUeuie > tne sword ana fioui sickuess; iiom injunou' accii'i''- irom treachery and surprise, irom caieiet.-ne.'.' d ) trom coiiiusit n anJ te.u; iioui muiiny Iroui evil living, auit troiu toigetluiiif?? ul iiiee. x--' able tlieui t . itiuiu in safety and iiouur. ti^a; we. defended from aii wlio wouia do us hurt, may I hy mercies, autt Thy Church give inee peace and truth, througn Jesus <'hrist our LorJ. K K I K I • ur -O al)ie d for comj)any F. 1“* ' r V -. --------- of t a\etteviilo.) None need ^^‘7 cAmv t AM d‘-sirous of obtaining 'J' tive young men of gooU character to ji'iu Hie 1 <.'■ etteville independent Light Infantry Co. (t'o. H * ou service at Vorktown, Va. Make a)'piicatiou m ■ diately at the Post Othce to Lie’ut. C. B. J une 17. DIRECT FROM VORKTOH.V, recruits wante ('• Volunteers, taffc-y of Fayetteviilo.) ot good moral character, and capable duty. Apply at tlie Store formerly J. F. N. RUliKKTS, _ June 17. '1 - E. MURRAY. r>. R. MURCHISON.J. T. E. MX7BRAT & 0 0 . C o m m is s io n M ercliaii*** A N D WllOLi:^ALI^ i ^ rockk ?^. NORTli W a IKR bTRKhi. Particular attention given to sale or Cotton and Naval Stcres. $oO K E W A R D ! I will give the sum ol twenty-five dollar* rew.i ray Negr man SOLOMON, who V plantation, Orton, in Brunswick county, \ the 1st of .April, 18G1. Solomon is ol niKhLe -g.l complexion, about 28 years of age, formerly ^ to Dr. Frederick J. Hill, deceased. FRFA'- I will also give twenty-five dollars reward tor generally known as Fred Burgwin, who r.in the tith of May, 1861, from Orton. Kred middle size, dark complexion, about He likewise belonged formerly to Dr. Frederic * deceased. I will give the above stipulated either of thvin d«liv«red at in any JaiL Nay 22, 1891. my plantation, or THOMAS C. MlLLtK 26.1 on

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Page 1: DIRECT FROM VORKTOH.V, E . M X 7 B R A Tnewspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84026542/1861-06-20/ed-1/seq-2.pdf · pressly declares that Congress alone should pos sess the power of raising

From the Richmond Whig.

CONSPIRACY AGAINST CO N ST ITU TIO N A L L IB ­ERTY.

A letter from the Washingtoa correspoDdeDt of the Cincinnati Enquirer, which we copy, gives a view of the designs of the Rump at Washington against the public liberty. The letter is impor­tant both for its contents and for its source. Tt tells of the plans for the subversiion of free gov­ernment, and it discloses the fact that there are still some people at the North not di.sposed quietly to submit to the establishment of despotism.

That these plans existed, we have had no doubt for many months. The men in power at W ash­ington have set a ii Je and trampled under foot all the safe-guards of freedom. The Con.^titution was virtually abrogated when Lincoln assumed the power of waging war. All his acts since that step have been directed to the establishment of lui unrestrained tyranny. The Constitution ex­pressly declares that Congress alone should pos­sess the power of raising aud supporting armies. Congress at its last session emphatically refused either to raise an army, or appropriate money for its' suppopt Lincoln, in the face of this refusal and the express letter of the Constitution, has en­listed an army of more than a hundred thousand men, and seized upon all the means of the Gov­ernment for its equipment and support The (Convention which framed the Constitution refus­ed in express terms to authorize the common agent to make war upon the sovereign States of the Confederacy. This wretch has usurped the power, and is now using the common funds of all the kstates for the invasion and subjugation of a part. The Constitution stipulates that armed forces shall not be quartered upon the people, even in time of war, without authority of law; yet he has quartered his mercenaries upon the people of Maryland and Missouri, and is ravaging and lay'ing waste the soil of Virginia. Every citizen is guaranteed the privilege of bearing arms; he is deliberately disarming the people of two States, and striving to prevent all others from obtaining weapons for the protection of their homes and liberties. Freedom from arrest without authority of law— the great and distinguishing badge of a free people, he has annulled, and empowered and directed his supordiuate military officers to sus­pend the great writ of huhens corpus a.t their dis­cretion. To clinch the despotism thus establish­ed, he has taken it upon himself to change the oath to support the Const it ut ion into an oath of obedience to the Government—oi‘ which his Apeship is the chief.

Of course, if the outraged laws and Constitu­tion should ever recover their vigor a\id suprema­cy, these great offenders would be the first to feel the weight of their hands. \Ve were, therefore prepared to hear of schemes for the permanent prostration of the Constitution and the perpetual a.-ceniiancy of tyranny. To this end, the whole | system ol Confederated Sovereisrnties is to be | abolished— all State& Kights annihilated— the ' i'entral Power augmented and consolidated—and ' the Military Despotism rendered supreme and ab­solute over the whole land. This is the program- ; me revealed by the Cincinnati paper. The most vaunted free Government the world has ever seen subverted by a Charlatan and an Ape!

Nothing has .so much astonished the world as the apparently unanimous approval at the North of all of the usurpations of Lincoln. In a day, they ceased to possess any of the rights of a free people, and they raised one universal shout at their own degradation. That a whole people, supposed to be bred in a love of liberty, should, of a sudden, lose all sense of free Government, and in a blind fury for conquest or revenge, em­brace their own servitude, was a spectacle never before seen. We have something like it in the enraged moccasin striking his poisoned fangs into his own body; but, for rational, calculating human I beings, there is nothing to parallel it in history, j It was the resu lt of the s tu p o r and shock caused i by surprise. The condition is too unnatural and i anomalous to be la:!ting. When the first violence 1 of the storm shall pass away, reason and self in- j terest will resume their sway. For the time be- ing the military despotism crushes all freedom of , opiiiioa and action. Hut the throbs of freedom may be detected in the Cincinnati paper. There are men even in the despot-ridden region indulg­ing aspirations for their lost rights, fh e Rump Government at Washington and the dominant faction in the Yankee States of the East may combine for the suppression of all popular liberty and the establishment of a vigorous despotism; but the great States of the Northwest, prompted by interest, honor and liberty, can never be brought permanently under that degrading yoke. The significant ailusiou to the great struggle which the Democracy have to endure, and The

difficulties and dangers which environ them, in­spire the hope that the crisis is appreciated, and means are being employed to meet it.

Corrpspon'lf nee of the CiDcinnati Kn<;juirer.VV a j iu inu ton , J u n e 'i.— \Se are sweeping oa irres is t i ­

bly, luough inseusibly, to the des t iny thut awai ts all thiiigs liuman a g rea t and radical change. ludi- ▼ idua ls die while goveruruents continue; the la t ter w e corp jrations, that can endure convulsions and feel no sickness; but even they must soraeiinies y ield to over­ruling events, and undergo dissolution or great changes. Our gi'vernnient. the pride of freemen and of the lovers of freedom the world over, is now in the process of change, to be known no more forever as it has been

Tiiursday last, the Hon. N. P. Banks, as he stood upon Arlington Heights , in company with diot inzuiahed military an 1 civil officers, said, as he w.ived hin han d toward W a«„ington: ,j, the end o f thU Oorernmentag Thtre will bf a reconrtrucltun on dif­ferent p n n ru .k s " Such is the univerMal impress ion here, and in« conviction weighs like che pall of death on every patr iotic hear t. The g rea t Republic is gone, and Its governnieat is fast loosing its anchorage in popu- iar liberty, anJ is d r i t t ing lo a despot ic ha rb o r as a safer retuge from the st 'jrrns of revolutioa .

T he great people, whose pursu i ts or whose oppor ­tunities do not allow them to see more th a t the surface currents , might as well be given to u n d e rs ta n d a t once the powerful undertone th a t is sw eeping from under theui their personal freedom, the r igh ts of the States and their Republican government. I tell them they are no longer Jreemen, in tha t large a n d comprehensive sen-!e we h.ive all understood wan conveyed an d e m ­braced by tha t word, when app l ied to the r igh ts a n d privileges of Amer ican cit izens. They will wake up ere long to the real iza t ion of the h o r r id t ru th , b u t when it is too late to recover what despotism shall have clutched in its iron hands. I write this as fact and prophecy.

I t has a l ready been asked: “ Why all these S ta te lines'' Why all th is needless, cumbersome, in tr icate e n ­tanglement of di tfe rent powers to make law and to de ­cree judgm ent? VVe can afford now to efface the old Colonial Geography, l i is the admit ted powers of S ta tes within the nation th a t has been the source of all our trouble. Nor will the removal of S ta te power, a n d the creation of a Nationali ty , be a task so formidal ’.e .”

The idea is to do away with S tate lines and State lo­cal governments , and consequently, with m u c h o f the elective f ranchise as now enjoyed by the people. In o ther words, the g rand conception is to make the Gov­e rnm en t o f the United Sla tes as n >ar tha t o f Great B r i t ­a in as it ig possible to get it. It is old Federal ism, with as tounding monarchical additions, revived, and u nde r very favorable auspices for ita success .’ You must not suppose th a t this th ing is not serious ly en te r ­tained, f o r it IS, and the conviction here is universal th a t the change is absolutely necesary, and will be made. A s t rong central government is now the cry; and army and navy olficers strongly favor it, because by the change they will become the upper crus t of society, t h e whole mat ter is openly discusged here and boldlv advocated \ ou will learn from t h i s th a t the dem ocra ­cy has before it the hardest batt le i t has yet fought in this country. I t will be to retain the largest sha re of personal liberty and r ights , as now enjoyed under the present Constitution. They will fight under great dis- advautage, under the te rro rs o f d e a t h and im p r i s o n m e n t

m v i l f ‘ell- t 'o rutyselt, 1 fear for the future.

assemble. B u t cut lono t is asked n L ^ “ ^- Tribune says it can do allowtsaary busmws m a day or two. Th« Courier and

£ n q u i r e r says all Congress has to do is to reg is te r the wishes of the President. Indeed, these leading R e p u b ­lican Journals believe Congress will only be an incum ­brance , as the Pres ident , by assum ing a l l the power de­si rable for the ex igency of the country , will not be h a m ­pered by any legal rest r ic t ions. All Congress is wanted for is to allow the Governm ent to borrow w h a t money it may deem necessa ry , and to ra ise w h a t n um ber of troops may be regarded as des irable . It is also sa id that Congres.s will go into secret session to discuss the question of confer r ing full m il i ta ry power on the P re s i ­dent to rai.se and equip armies , dec la re mart ia l law, and suspend the writ o f habeas corjtus. As he has been do ing this without au th o r i ty of law, the question is g rave ­ly asked, what is the use of Congress?

The contempt in which the Suprem e C o u r t of the United Sta tes is held by the m i l i ta ry , a n d the u s u r p a ­tion of power by th is la t te r b ran ch of the public service and the violat ion of personal r igh ts and individual l i b ­erty, bor th North and South , a re refe rred to as an evi dence tha t R epub l ican freedom is dead, and only wants the fo rm ali ty of bur ia l to hide it forever from the face of the American people. So passes the glory of the American Republic .

Aff'airs in Mi»$ouri— Gov. Jackson calls f o r 50,000 M ilitia .— We have at length received a telegraphic abstract of the proclamation of Gov. Jackson, of Missouii. I t is to be devoutly hoped that this patriotic magistrate may succeed in re ­leasing his State from the tyranny which now crushes her:

‘‘A series of unlooked for and unparalleled in ­dignities have been inflicted upon General Price and the dignity of this Commonwealth, and upon the rights and liberties of its people, by wicked and unprincipled men, professing to act under the authority of the Federal Government. Solemn acts of your Legislature have been nullified; your volunteer soldiers have been arrested; commerce with sister States suppressed; trade with your own fellow citizens subject to the harrassing con­trol of armed soldiery: unoflFending and defenceless women and children ruthlessly shot down and murdered, and other unbearable indignities heap­ed upon your State and yourselves. To this you have submitted with patriotic forbearance, which has only encouraged more daring usurpations. My object has boon to preserve peace and avert war froui the border.

“ With that view, Gen. Price arranged with Gen. Harney. The State government faithfully adhered to the agreement; the Federal Govern­ment manifested its disappiobation by the dis­missal of Harney, and commenced proceedings utterly hostile to the agreement. Waiving the dignity of Missouri, I solicited an interview with Gen. Lyons, and made propositions more honor­able to the Federal Government than to Missouri, that if the Federalists would withdraw I would pledge to disband the militia, forbid the introduc­tion of arms, protect all citizens, regardless of theii>political opinion, repress all insurrections, and maintain strict neutrality, and if necessary to carry out these pledges would call for Federal assistance. Nothing but a desire to avert the horrors of civil war could have induced these humiliating propositions— these propositions were rejected.”

(Jov. Jackson calls for 50,000 militia to repel the invaders.

A later telegraphic dispatch informs us that the militia have a battery below the mouth of Osage river, aud that the Missourians are collect­ing at Jefferson City from all quarters. We may look for stirring news from Missouri ere long.

J y e o f M ilitary O arers .— The New Vor4c E x ­press states that the ages of the General officers in Lincoln’s army run as follows; Scott, aged 75; Wool, 73; Harney, tJo; Mansfield, tJO; Totten, head of the Engineer Corps, !^0; Thayer, Engin­eer, HO; Craig, head of the Ordnance Department, 70; Ripley, Ordnance, 70; Sumner, t>5; Lawson, Surgeon General, mO; Larned, Paymaster Gene­ral, 70; Gib.son, Commi.ssary (Jeneral, Churchill, luspector General, and Thomas, A djutant Gene­ral, are old men, having entered the a rm y in the beginning of the present century— Gibson in 180H, and Churchill in 1812.

On the other hand, remarks the Columbia Guardian, we find in the Army of the (Confede­rate States Davis, (?ommander-in-<^hief, a young man comparatively, and full of energy, vigor and fire; Beauregard, only between 4n and *>( t, in the full vigor of health; Lee, about 54 or 55; Bragg, active, vigorous and efficient, with others that might be named did we know their precise ages. In the ph3’si(jue of our officers, and in the mate­rial of their command, the Confederate J^ates have a decided advantage over the enemy. But above all these they have the higher advantage and the favor of the Almighty, in the fact that their cause is ju.st.

DecenJaUfa of *ifn. Green.— The Commander- in-(’hief of the Southern army in the Revolution has nuw three great-grandsons in the service of the South, two in Virginia and one in (Jeorgia, to which latter State they all belong. Gen. (ireen was one of the ablest Generals and true patriots of the times that tried men’s souls, and we are rejoiced to see that his gallant and gen ­erous blood still flows through worthy channels.

Gone a S- 'hlieriny .— Among the companies which arrived here Saturday, trom Mississippi, is one called the “ Brown Rebels,” commanded by (!apt. A. G. Brown, former Governor of Mis- si.'sippi, r . S. Senator, and for a long time R ep ­resentative in the lower House of Congress. Verily, the great and wise, big and little, old aud young, have enlisted in the warfare against Old Abe.— Ijynch. liepubltcun.

A l lh jh 1‘ricate.— Hon. Wm. A. Forward, Associate Ju stice of the Supreme Court of Flori­da, has enlisted as a private in the ranks of a Company recently organized in J^utnam county.

Archbishop Iluyhes ayainst the War.— This distinguished Catholic Prelate has published a strong protest against the war policy of Jjincoln, and especially that which looks to inciting insur­rection aud the confiscation of estates of planters, and their bestowal as land bounties upon Northern soldiersi

Gen. Butler .— This blustering braggart made a speech in VV'^ashington not long since, iu which he said his face was turned toward the South, and he never took a step backwards. W e are very reliably informed that he made some alarm­ing strides in the direction of Old Point after the battle at Bethel Church .— Petenburg Express.

Another Foot-race on U aiid .— The Eleventh Indiana Regiment is .said to be ordered to Cum­berland, Maryland. This Regiment is from the same section as the famous Indiana Regiment of Buena \ ista memory. Some tall fun is antici­pated for the second time, in the way of pedestrian exercises, when this llegiment is brought into action. I f they should prove to be as fleet of foot as their predecessors on the plains of Mexico, there is no use of starting any company after them, unless they send Indians.

1 ankee l*atriots.— I t is said that many of the .soldiers, now in Fortress Monroe, on learning that Billy Wilson’s band of desperadoes had been ordered to that point, gathered all their little valuables, pu t them in hays and buried them.

Petersbur<f Express.

We leain from a friend, a Rice planter, that the prospect for a full yield of Rice, at this sea­son of the year, was never better in his section of country, and that reports from every other sec­tion are ec^uall flattering.— Courier.

COL. D A N L . H. H IL L .This able and distinguished officer, the gallant

and skillful commandcr of the F irst Regiment of

>Torth Carolina Volunteers, which fought so brave­ly in the recent battle at Bethel Church, is des­

tined to win enviable laurels in the present great struggle. If' we are permitted to judge his future by the past, we certainly must accord to him great renown, for surely no man ever laid a strong­er ba.sis for a great and brilliant reputation. Graduating at West Point with honor when about the age of twenty-two, he entered the U. S. Army and remained *in it until after the close of the Mexican War. He was in the army under Gen­eral Scottyfrom Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, and greatly distinguished himself in some of the hard fought battles of that campaign. A t the storming of Chepultepec he was the second man on the American side that mounted the ramparts. For his meritorious services in this war he was promoted to the rank of Major, which he after­wards resigned to accept the obair of Mathematics in Davidson College, N. C.

He discharged the duties of his new position with great zeal and fidelity. Notwithstanding the arduous labors that now devolved on him, he found time to write and have published a large work on Algebra, which was favorably received. This work excited some remark at the time, on account of the intense Southern spirit which breathes in some of its problems. In 1858, when the North Carolina Military Institu te was estab­lished at Charlotte, Col. Hill was appointed to the first place in its Faculty, and devoted himseli with his accustomed energy and ability to the in ­struction of young soldiers for the Old North State.

Upon the commencement of hostilities between Abraham Lineolrt and the Confederate State.s, he was appointed by Governor Ellis to the command of the camp of Instruction at Raleigh. When the Firs t Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers was organized, he was almost unanimously elect­ed its Colonel.

Col. Hill hiiS not devoted all his talents and genius to military science. He is the author of two Theological works, viz: ‘‘The Sermon on the Mount,” and “ The Crucifixion.” These works were published two or three years ago, by the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and were well received in the Christian literary world. Col. Hill is a truly Christian man, and if we mistake not, is an Elder iu the Presbyterian ( ’hurch at Charlotte.

In person. Col. Hill is about the medium height, and well proportioned. He has dark eyes and hair, which is becoming slightly tinged with grey. He is about forty-two years old, has a se­rious military bearing, and is a very rigid discip­linarian.— I\ter^bury Exprt ss.

VoRKTowN, V a ., J u n e 14, ISGI.When information was received at camp that a

marauding party of the enemy were pillaging the house o f Mr. Whiting, three and a half miles from Hampton, Col. I>. H. Hill, of the North Carolina Regiment, asked for a detachment of .‘iU infantry to volunteer their services as a support for our howitzer under Major Randolph, and im­mediately 34 men of Company F, of the North Carolina Regiment, stepped forward, and report­ed them.'jelvos ready for the duty. The Howit­zer was under the direction of Major RanJolph, the infantry of Lieut. F. N. Roberts, of Company F, and the whole force was commanded by Lieut, (.’ol. ( ’. C. Lee, of the North ('arolina Regiment.

This party came up with the enemy a short distance below Mr. W hiting’s, and as .noon as the Federal hirelings perceived their approach, they fled like startled fawns. So precipitate was their flight that they left behind haversacks and booty, and .seemed to be intent on .saving their lives only.

('ol. L e e ’s c o m m a n d took tme pri.so.ner, and this was the first capture made in the skirmishes pre­liminary to and provocative of the battle of Beth­el Church.

Bethel Battle.— The verbal accounts from eye- witneiwes of the Bethel tight are full of int«*rest. Many of the in<-ident» were intensely exciting, of which it if vain to attempt a description in writ­ing. The rush, the dash, the elan of our boyfi was, however, the great and distinguishing fea­ture of the aflair. Cool and determined as Bona­parte's veterans, the}’ pitched into the tight with the gaiety of school boys into a game of ball. They have taken the step which is the augury and earnest of victory. J’heir (Inching bearing, 111 the face of tour times their number, will iiispiro a spirit of emulation among ail our torce.s and leatl to the rout of the invaders wherever they show themselves.— Ki^hviond Whiy.

Capt. John L. B r idyer t .— Capt. Jo h n L. Bridgers, the distinguished commander ol the gallant Edgecombe (luards, of the North Carolina F irst Regiment, spent yesterday in our midst. He was called upon by a large number of our citizens at J a r r a t t ’s, who listened with interest and delight to the many vivid pictures he drew, and the exciting incidents he related of the battle at Bethel Church. I t was the Edgecombe Guards aud one other company who, with fixed bayonets and still more firmly fixed deteriuination, so gloriously charged upon the 300 New York Zou­aves— putting them to flight and recapturing their stolen howitzer. The charge was splendid — the victory brilliant— and the name of the Edgecombe (iuards is immortal.— Pet. Express.

Major Winthrop, one of the aids to Cien. Pierce, who was reported missing, is said to have reached Newport News Point in safety He gave the order to charge on the battery, when the fearful hovoc of his troops took place. •

Two Parties.— According to the Northern papers there seems to t>e two parties there now— “ the Democrats who are enlisting to fight the battles of the country, and the Republicans who are robbing them of their rations and clothing by all sorts of swindling contracts.”

Gen. iScott.— This veteran traitor to the soil of his nativity, is reported to have said in conversa­tion with others: “ This is my last campaign,gentlemen, and it shall be my best.” We are of the opinion, says the Danville Register, that it will, doubtless, be as brilliant in the way of mili­tary achievements, as was his famous Florida cam­paign, during the Seminole war. In that cam­paign, after over twenty months of diligent scout­ing around the lakes and lagoons of that region, he succeeded in capturing one superannuated squaw while asleep, and awfully frightening “ one little Indian boy.”— Petersbury Express.

Don't Understand Us.— A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing from Pensacola, says;

The tru th is, Greely & Co., can never be made to understand these Southern people. They are called idle, and so they are when they have no­thing to do. But give them an object, and the d— 1 himself is not more industrious. They are a unit too— there is^no division amongst them. Re­construction is thrown overboard, and with such a man as Jeff. Davis at the head of the new (Con­federacy— clear sighted, calm, resolute and firm, in twelve months it will be firmly established as one of the Powers of the earth.

Take well w hate’er shall chance, though bad it beTake it for good, and ’tw ill be good to thee. ’

Swear not, an oath is like a dangerous dart,Whioh, shot, rsbouiids to strikt the shootw’s heart.

O b q a n i z e d R e g i m e n t s . — We copy the following f rom

y e s t e rd a y ’s S tan d a rd . I t will be well fo r our reade rs

to preserve the paper , for it is l ike ly tha t th e re will be

frequest refe rences lo the reg im ents , w here i t will be

sa t is fac to ry to know of what com pan ies th ey a re com­

posed:—

N O R T H C A R O L IN A V O L U N T E E R S .The following companies comprise the 5 th , 0th,

7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Regiments of North Carolina A'olunteers:

Fifth Peyim ent.— Chatham Rifles, Capt. Ihrie; Monroe L ight Infantry, Capt. McRae; Ellis

Creek Rough and Rc*ady, Capt. Jackson; Poplar Spring Grays, Capt. Spivey. Stationed at Ga- rysburg.

S ix th Reyinient .— Jacksou \ olunteers, Capt. Coleman; Madison L ight Infantry, Capt. Peak; Blftck Mountain Boys. Capt. McElroy; R u ther ­ford Riflemen, Capt. Lee; Rutherford \ olunteers, Capt. Leaventhorpe; Haywood Rangers, Capt. Love; Jefterson Davis Macon County Guards, (^apt. Angel; Henderson Guards, Capt. Shipp; K in g ’s Mountain Grays, Capt. Briggs; Buncombe Guards, Capt. Thrash Stationed at Raleigh.

Seventh P eyim en t .— Washington Greys, Capt. Sparrow; Hyde Volunteers, (?apt. Leith; Tar River Boys, Capt. Johnson; Hertford Light In ­fantry, Capt. Sharpe; Currituck Atlantic Rifles, ('apt. Lindsey; Roanoke Guards, Capt. Lamb; (’ompany B of Martin (County, (Japt. Clement; Washington County Volunteers, Capt. Gilliam; John Harvey Guards, (Capt. Johnson; Independ­ent Greys, Capt. Cohoon. Stationed at Hatteras and Oeracoke.

Eiyhth lie ifi 'n tn l .— Bladen Guards. (Capt. (jleorge Tail; Bladoii Light Infantry, Capt. Ro­bert Tait; Holmes Riflemen, Capt. Chestnut; In- (Ltpendent Blues. Capt. Williams; Robeson Rifle Guards, Caf)t. Norriient; ( 'olumbus (Juards, No. 1, Capt. Ellis; Onslow (ireys, ('apt. Redd; Moore’s Creek Rifle <iuard, (Capt. Hawes; (!olumbus (jiuards. No. Capt. (Jeorge; Scotch Boys, ( ’apt. Malloy. Stationed at Wilmington.

X in th Pc'^imeuf.— (Jransre Guards, (^apt. Jones; Guilford (Jrays, ( 'apt. Sloan; (ioldsboro’ Rifles, (^apt. (^raton; (loldsboro’ Volunteers, Capt. W hit ­aker; Wilson Light Infantry, Capt. Barnes; Pitt Volunteers, ( ’apt. Singeltary; Marlboro’ (iuards, (’apt. Morrill; Dixie Rifles, Capt. Strong; North ( 'arolina Guards, Capt. Whitfield; Tuckahoe Braves, ( ’apt. Wooten. To this Regiment the Artillery ( 'ompany, under command of Capt. Pender, will be attached.

* Tenth R^yim f'u t .— (*erman Volunteers, ('ap- tain Korneilson; Rifle Guards, (^apt. Meares; ( ’a- barrus Black Boys, Capt. Atwell; ( 'ape Fear Riflemen, ( ’apt. Hawkins; Samp.son Rangers ,(’apt. Fii.HOti; Fair Bluff \ 'oIunteers, Capt. Smith; ( ’o- lutnbus G uards, No 4 , Capt. Stanly; ('olumbiis Guards, No. 2, ( ’apt. Toon; Confederate (_lreys, (’apt. I>enisiui; Wilmiriirton Light Infantry, ( ’apt. McRae. Stationed at Forts ( ’aswell and Johnson.

h(er>nfh P ro im m t.— Town Fork Invincibles, ('apt. Westmoreland; Mountain Boys, (Capt. Pep­per; Blue Ridire Riflemen, Capt. Graves; David­son Guard.s, ( ’apt Leach; Forsyth uards, ('apt. Wharton; Surry Marksmen, ( ’apt. (Jilmer; Moun­tain Tiirers, (’apt. Wauirh; Vadkin <}ray Ea>:les, ('apt. ('onnolly; For.«-yth Riflemen, (’apt. Betts; Forsyth Southnms, ( ’apt Miller. Stationed at Danville

Arms will he i>-ueil to the troops as soon as they are organized into a regiment and mustered into the service.

The Way i t WbrA-.«.— Six Frenchmen, late members of the “ Garibaldi L eg io n , ' w h o ^ ai- rival in Washington from New \ ork, and welcome by the Abolition President, was recorded with s u c h a flourish of trumpets recently, became dis­gusted with those with whom they were called on j to associate in the prosecution of Liticoln’s infa- j inous crusade against the South, and took tr r u rh l e a v e of the “ Legion,” escaping into .Maryland, below Fort Washington; thence into Virginia, near Federicksburg, by crossing the Potomac. They arrived in Richmond yesterday via railroad, en route for Vorktown, to join the real Zouaves now stationed there, men who are lighting to up ­hold liberty, and not to put it down. These “ de­serters” will, no doubt, be warmly welcomed. They created a great sensation in Fredericks­burg. The South may confidently look for the desertion of nearly all the foreigners wliom the Abolitionists have induced to take up arms against it. This result may be looked for directly the men begin to appreciate their position, and the use that is intended to be made of them.

Richm 'tm l Dispnfch.

From Cairo.— The (Cairo correspondent of *he Times says there are eight thousand soldiers in that vicinity (Col. 1‘rentiss appealed to the “ three months’ volunteers” to stand by tbeiv country for three years, but a great number de-

I dined . They won’t lend themselves to the ambi­tious jiurposes of Lincoln, ( jrders ol arrest lor a half score of leading Democratic politicians in southern Illinois have been issued

FOR THE OKSKHVfH

TO T H E F IR S T REG IM E N T N. (' V()[All ha i l to the b raves from North ^W ho are f ig ht in g so well in tht* o.tui.rcr"*T h a t la u r e l s of glory :ilreadv eniwm^ h ■F o r «hf*'>» prov?d what -hf' l i ,i,.

aroused . “We greet you. bt nv.* trf.tu y(,nr ..wu ;T h e news of y o u r valor brouL^’t|t ' i - ..A nd wo fe»“l th'it o-l 1- vriu i

‘JWllThat every man of you will ilu hi V>e knew y o u 'w e re v:tli iiit, mji i 'Would fight for your couniry , y nir’tYfoT'Tha t . eqiMil in iiiiitibtTs. yriu'(l rout >In,l All hordes of the <-n<'niy. ihnt I’ut we w ere not p rep a r 'd for vnl(,r >.r'A n hundfu l l o f ni**!) |mltiiijf legiuij^

e thought the re was conrair**, tioru bo'’.Mong those who oppose e.^ualitv ‘ --But it is Ju s t in e a lone iijnkt-s a in,in hr ^ 'A s e n te tha t he 's f ighting for all he h',l!|ri He feels th e r e is hope heyonvt the iJark V And t r e a d s o’e r the batt le rit-M wj.j,Yijs, “ju s t i c e of «'auHe” is a tower of ’Tie a sh ie ld of defence no sworJ can ’Tis a w eapon with edge tha t wji! reach ’T is a fo rt ress within Ijo force e>in sul, *We greet you ag-iiii, itnd hid you ' .,1 ,

o u r cause is His c".u.‘'e, he Hs-sur M itWith Him tor y our leader y..u will With Him to opuose you Uiciy we.lI h e n g ird on y our artiior, n ,t t'O-iitj;,} mi ' '1 ut t r u s t i n g in Hici who alooe is your*v ’Gains t the foe? of y o u r coun tv w;>i; VC-,'

proceed; ' -s-;.H e te rm ined to con..jUor or die on ih.- ^(.11

FUR THF. f 'HSKRVKR Flor.^l College. Koheson couarv j..,„

Messra. Editors: At a time when hoiircelT s , . ' hen rd ?,ut w:n o and rum ors of wars, ar'c.ijr - ry inovenieut.s au i preparations, 10

, - I foe. I have though t tha: an aocounr of thp cA m o n g t h e .so ld ie rs h e i e a r e s e v e r a l c o m p a n i e s j m ea t exerc ises 01 Flora l ( 'ollege. jum ci

A le t te r from <,'ainp I ' i ckens , .Manassas Gap, to the R ichm ond l>i.-*paich, s a y s ,—

from Washington city itself. One is commanded 1 was my fortune to witness, would n<t beby Capt. Schaeffer, formerly of the far-famed yotirselves and yi ur numerous realNational Kifles. There aie two other companies peaceiul retreat of leatn;c1 L- • 1 » V . 1 ' were constaiitiv reiuin iei ol tiie milit,.,'of W a s h i n g t o n v o lu n te e r s , ( t h e old .National i , ^ * . . , ‘-innd ,

, " , , ’ ^ J . , . . 1 s o i n g on everywhere in the 7V o l u n t e e r s , ; u n d e r t h e c o m m a n d , r e sp e c t iv e ly , ol ; H o y h . - Tapt. I.ove, are enea,„pp.|Capts. Sherman and (Jleary. "I he W a>hington itntuediaie vi.;inity ot the College, an 1

and rattling set of blades, andboys are a gay eager for a slajt at ( )ld Abe. ( hie ot the com­panies not having as yet had any provision made for tents and camp eijuipage, are (juartered in a long wooden shed, over the entrances to which they have scrawled, with charred wood, the names of their respective hutiU. 'I'htis there are the

i Palmetto Hotel, Brown’s Hotel, Beauregard Hotel,! and the Virginia, Confederate, and Marshall i Houses. A t the corner of the street, is niarked ' “ Penn.sylvania A venue,” and along the “ A venue,”'■ various signs of “ Bar Room,” “ (rood Eating and i Drinking, Washing and Ironing,” and other bur- le.scjue inscriptions are to be deciphered.

'I'he vigilance of our pickets, sentinels, and out- i posts is making sad work with Lincoln’s emissa­

ries, but sutticieiit seems to have been communi- , catcd to his cabal to open their eyes to the mag- ; nitude of our preparations. 1 cannot speak ot I ( Jeneral B eauregard’s arrangements hereabouts,

but i f ever there was a leader, ?ince Bonaparte, : who plumbed the military art, our (ieneral is I that man.

j Sonthf-rn /^rivntfrrs in K n m p e .— A lett( r in ■ the Boston Advertiser from an officer of the ( J . j S. steamer Richmond, dated at (}enoa, May ‘J l ,I bjings ihe following important intelligence: j I t is currently rt*{.M rted here that several par­

ties are only waiting <*ur departure from the Medi- j terranean to fit out j-rivateers. These vessels

would cruise about. ju.»t (iut,"ide the Straits of

the exam ina t ion parad ed in the grove vocal with m art ia l miiaic, never before Lt-irjV thut quiet re t rea t of lea rn ing . . \nd 1 wi:; ... ' th.iugh ( apt. I.ove « • unipanv has been urirri-:- .. ' shor t time, they a r e r e m a rk a b ly well drili^; T- V cers have been g re a t ly assi.sted by the eft dered l»y Hector .McEachern, a na tive ol liooi;. • ‘ty. who is a cadet in Col. Hil l 's m il i tary scLc,'.;- ,l(«:te, and has been with the High la t . l 15

I while s ince t h e i r o rgan izat ion into a compiEv I them ins t ruc t ion . Tn is Company, which i, i; ' /

th it en te red the s;-rvice of the State a- voluni^er. • Kobeson county , num bers over eighty of h.- ritu; young ruen as a ie to be toun l in thi^ S'a e t where, collec ted in any .•ne company.—nearly hU l i ­ly educa ted and refined, of good character aid m.-nt. My word lor it. an army o" .<uch men. pr..L.r'- ohieered and c-ma.anoed, be conoueivu

I he f . u e r a r y . .xttvi.-es o f , / . i . in-rirution were hi / .> c r e d i t a b l e to the .Srudei^t.- and 'i’eachers, and fijin:-,','.’ n t w evidetiCfS t'u.- .a>t\ring a->;. iuiry o f Vrof . Ju) '.- son. th e l ' r i n c : j ' i l . a a d m e »-thLieucy of K.'Tea<-her.s iii th e !>fcv. ral Jei ' av iuien ts. .M'l-.-t w.t s en ta t iu i i < f ' i i j l to the p i u i u a t p ' . in < //^Hon T u e - d a y e v e n ’ng. a }rrooe-:*ion was i iuiei.

I K.-.culty. .'^tuderj'S. Tni> e . a i . d ttie u n u ' ’.!.'.- ,hv,..j cr ,\vd of Visi ters , escorted by the ••Highl it, i E vT

repa i re d to the C hurch t - h e a r the AdJre--' ’t <. Nr ,;.;. A. .Mc L e .w o f Luniberton, the orator oi iueda\ ,

j the re en te r ta in e d tJiem for more than an hsur wi:h I oia t ion rep le te with j 'a t t iot ic and cla>sic aihi-;.n=, «I livere l in his usu<.! gvod style. Tiie -ubjec: ■; hi; aa ' dte-s was, ••The diuies and destinies ot the Lndier f, the .S'lUth in the present ori>i''. ’ Hi- suh;^c: .ed; inro the conreiiijdation nf the preset i i oond.non it trr! country. He inculcated th<* importance to then; -iI success of our caii ie. and recommended theia to i!;:i;4'rI the conduct of their mothers in the Kevoluti. u,

( libraltar anti intercept and capture all vessels j in similar circumstance^, referring to many inc i-i•either in or outward bound Immense injury ■'*t“d illustrations, fiui 1 will not attempt to give i

to o u r c o m m e r c e in this wav, f o r 1 for in a t tem pt ing it 1 cann-. i' j u s t ic e . Jt IS sufhoient to say, tha t every one pre^e:’.

*We learn from an officer of the HMh Regim ent, that

the Holm»?s Kirteiuen, o f S am pson county , ha« been a t ­

tached to th is reg im en t , iu place of the Wilmington

Light Itifaniiy

Si.rth P f'jim en t oj Volunteers.— The follow inj' officers were elected by the Sixth Regiment of \ 'o lunteers in this ( 'ity on Mondiiy last:

( ’vtlonel, StepluMi Lee, of Buncombe;Lieut. Col., R (I. A Love, ot’ Haywood;Major, ( ’apt. Bri'_'gs, of (Jaston.

P 'l/r iyh i^tandar<l.We learn tha t .Adjutant (Jeneral Hoke was a c a n d i ­

da te far ( 'olonel. an 1 was beaten by (?ol. Lee. who is

the fa ther o f Lieut. Col Lee of Col. H i l l ’s First Reg i ­

m e n t ( (BSEHVKK

S u r y r o n . — Dr. .1 K. Ruffin, of Washington, a son of Judge Kufhn, has been appointed assi.stant Surgeon of ( ’ol. McRae’s regiment.

Palciyh S ta n d a r d .

Randolph .— On Saturday evening, a flne com­pany of volunteers from Randolph county reach­ed Greensborough on their way to the seat of war. They remainea with us during Sunday, and on yesterday morning took the train for Raleigh. The company numbers ninety. The following are the officers:

( ' a p i a in — S h u b a l G. Worth.L ie u te r i n t s — Robert K. H an n e r , Will iam McCaulley ,

E. H. W inningham.Se rg ean ts — K. W. W inbourne, T. J . Wood, S. Ken-

net t , (i V’. Lamb.C orpora ls— .Vlpheus L. Lamb, J o h n Jo l le^ , J . W.

H ea th , F. W. Robbins.

There are, we understand, three other compa­nies who will soon be ready for marching orders. Randolph will not be behind any of her sister counties in furnishing the r ight sort of material iu the present crisis. I t was on the soil of Ran­dolph, (.Juill'ord, Rockingham and Alamance tha t the ball of the Revolution was first put in m o­tion.— (wrecnshorouyh l*a*riot.

Another P>siynation .— John () Long, of this State, 1st Lieut, in the I. . S. Army, having re- fcigned, reached (Jreensboro’, on yesterday morn- itig, on his way to Raleigh, to tender his services to Governor Kllis. Mr. Long graduated at West l^oint in 18;>4; has been in the regular service seven years, and when he resigned was stationed at Fort Abercrombie, Desota Territory.

Greensboro' Patriot.

m i g h t b e d o n

o u r t r a d e w i t h a l l t h e c o u n t r i e s w h o > e c h o r e s a r e jo ined in pra ise o f iiis ed’ort. It was an douu w a s h e d b y t h e s e w a t e r s is v e r y l a r g e , a n d i ts o n l y . tion. and fully app rec ia ted by his audience .outlet is through the narrow Strait of (.iibrallar.

Three Companies of State Troops left this place yesterday afternoon for the rendeivous of their Regiment (the 3d) at Garysburg. One is from (Jnslow County and is under the command of Captain M. L. F. Reed; the other is from Holly Shelter district in New Hanover, and is under the command of Captain David Williams. Like all the Companies we have seen, they look robust healthy and willing for service.

Wdmington Journal, 14r/i.

The State L aw s .— Sundry enquiries have been made of us about the printed laws passed by the Legislature at its regular and extra sessions. Some.anxiety is felt to see them. We know nothing about them, but presume they are not yet printed .— Raleiyh S tandard .

The citizens of Marengo county, Alabama, met at the county site recently and subscribed 8,500 bales of cotton for the use of the Confederate States. A t ten cents a pound this will amount to 3175,000. If every county in Alabama does as well, she will furnish between 9 or $10,000,000 for the use of the government.

N e w Y o r k . —-The New York Day Book says: All New York is failing. The suspensions and

failures for the past few days have been fearful and the war promises to bankrupt every merchant in New York. The retail business is as bad off as the wholesale. Trade is killed.

Liu><jln's Mt:ssayp— War Policy.— V\.\>niNU- Tit.N. .June 1 7 .— President Lincoln is einjdoyed

' on his me.ssage t® the Federal ( ’ongress, winch meeLs on the tth of Ju ly . It is stated that he

' strongly tavors the pre.^ent war and will call for a I large additional f'orco, to be entered as a reserve ■ and be onlered to Wa.shington.

Bread or Blood .— A paper in New York says openly, and without a word of condemnation: “ We believe that a movement of the .same kind is contemplated by the workmen in this city. They are about tired o f icaitiny. They have ex ­pected peace and a revival of business; but if war comes the\’ can eiidure their sufl'erings no longer, and irhf n thr n'm^ arrives, leadi rs '' /// he /'■iimi, as in all social uprisings, in their own ranks.

i i \ r o n H i i K i i i n i i ' i M i i s T i n ! ”. n K K ( H . W T T A I I . O R I . \ 4 . i

A N 1)

Clothiu^ >laiiur:iotiiring Establishiuent*

Th e s u b s c r ib e r very respec tfu l ly in fo rm s h is f r ien d s and the public genera l ly , tha t he will from th is d ay ,

have all his C lo th ing m a n u fa c tu r e d iu h is H ouse , u n d e r the supervi.-fiou of some of the bes t and most sk i l l fu l M e ­chanics , and every G arm en t will he w a r ra n te d . E v e ry ar t ic le of Clo th ing made to me.asure on th e s h o r t e s t notice , anii a perfec t tit in su red .

A fine and choice assor in ient of C L O T H S . C . \SS1- ■MERES, DOl.SKIN.'* and VE.' 'T1N()S, a lw ay s on han d .

All those wishing to m ake a g en tee l a p p e a r a n c e in a nice an d s u b s ta n t ia l H om e-M ade sui t o f Cloth will please call on O E(»R GE lU’v.\Nl>T.

No. IG H ly S t . , F a y e t te v i l le .

ON the L>th in s t . , 1 sha l l want Twenty-f ive ex p e r ien ced han ' l s to m ake P a n ta lo o n s and Ves ts. C o ns tan t

em ploym ent a n d l ibe ra l wages will be g iven to good hands; none o t h e r need a p p ly .

OEO. B R A N D T Dec’r 3, is r ,0 . T.'Sitf

Sonlheru Piano >lauiifafiory.R U N N O r i s k : r u n n o r i s k ::

^P H O S E who wish to p u rc h a s e a good and r e l i a b 'e L P lA N t) , wouhl do well to ge t one o f iiOSW ELi^ &

GO’S

New C r o s s - S t r t n g I r o n F r a m e G r a n d P a t e n t

A C T I O N P I A N O S .T h ey h ave g iven u n iversa l sa t is i a c t io n w h e re v e r th ey

have been sold, and a r e con s id e red by j u d g e s to be one o f the best S Q U A R E P1AN(JS th a t a r e now m ade They com bine all t he la te im provem en ts , t o g e th e r with LA RG- ER SO U N D IN G BOARD, which m akes t h e i r tone so fu ll a n d melodious . All o u r P ianos a re sold on a g u a r a n te e for five y e a r s , with th e p r iv i le g e to e x c h a n g e w ith in s ix m on ths a f t e r th e sa le— shou ld t h e y n o t g ive sa t is fac t ion ; a n d we g u a r a n te e to those who p u r c h a s e from us, a sa fe de l ivery of o u r P ianos , we a s s u m in g all respons ib i l i t ies . There fore , those who p u r c h a s e o f us RUN NO R IS K .

A la rge n u m b e r o f o u r P i a n o s h ave b e e n sold in th is S ta te a n d e lsewhere . We nam e some who h av e p u r ­chased o f us, to whom we can refe r.

Geo. Hous ton , Esq ., Miles Costin , Esq . , J o s h u a G. W righ t , E sq . , W ilmington; Mrs. B anks, W arren P r io r i E sq . , E. J . Lil ly , Esq. , Faye t tev i l le ; M a jo r Woi. c! D raughon , L uke A. Powell , Esq ., Sam p so n Co.; A. R Hicks , Esq. , Dr. Jo s . B loun t , D up l in Co.; E. S t a n ly Esq .. Kenansvi l le . Also, Ex-Gov. B ra n c h of H al i fax Co.; Dr. G. C. M a rc h a n t , C u r r i tu c k Co.; J o h n Pool. E sq . , P a s q u o ta n k Co.; a n d m.any o th e r s .

O ld P ian o s will be t a k e n in e x c h a n g e in p a r t p a y for n ew ones. We se ll for cash o r a p p ro v e d n o te s a t six a n d tw elve m on ths .

All o rd e rs aeni lo o u r a d d re s s wil l be fa i th fu l ly a n d p ro m p tly a t t e n d e d to.

AddressJ . E B O S W E L L & CO.,

P ia n o M a n u fa c tu r e r s ;No. r> & 7 S . E u ta w S t . . B a lt im ore

J u n e 6. 1 8 B0 24 i t f

A v o n E . H A L L .

Forw ardiug & Commi<!9ion M errhant,W IL L give q u ic k d e s p a tc h to good8 c o n s ig n e d to h im

P a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t io a g iven to a l l p ro d u c e s e n t h im f o r sa le . C o n a ig a m en ia o f N av a l S to re s , to r s a l e o r

m en t , so l ic i ted .WiwiuifToa, Jwx’y 19 1801 Sillyjd

N o tw i th s tan d in g the gloomy a p p e a ra n c e of .was pleast 'd to .see a determinatioH on the par: ,• :-c p .i t rons o f this In s t i tu t io n to r e lax no energv f ; r . ? cnntinued pro.sperity. Ttie exerc ises of this be resum ed a f te r the u.sual vacation of one tnon;h.

A

P R VVERS

U, most pow erfu l a n d gloriou.- Lord Ol.i, ;;.e Lonl ot Hos ts , tha t rule.st a n d comni.'iu !• -: .<ili ihitur: J'/iun si t te s i on the t h ro n e j u d g i n g n /n ; , an 1 thfrt-iore we m ake o u r a d d re s - to I t i y Diviu.' .Mhk'.v ,u -neces-sity. tha t 1 non wouri:-t take the 'j:;ii'>‘ into Tli;ii>- own tiand, and j u u g e Iteiweeu tii' >c w.iu au ;utiie n i i ' t r a b i e s t r i i e which n.^w vii-iract:- inuil. S :i up Ttiy s : rengt t i . <) Lord, and come aud help I'.r Thou gives t not a lw ays the batt le 'o the stiotijt. bu: c in>t save by m an y or by lew. (», let not our sin? n- « cry a g a in s t us for vengeance; but hear u-. Thy p 1

sei 'vants, begjr in^ mercy . anU iinpl.,’i uig 1 hy Leip. ai: i th a t '1 n 'U » tuluv^t be 1. d^-tcuoe uiito u? iii.'. -c I ice ol every one who w> uld do us wiLtig .\1 la--:t a p p e a r th a t Ttiou a n our Savi'iur aud ujig;:'y Deiiven-r th rough J e s u s ( 'h r i s t O ur Lord. Amen.

O, Almigii ty God, th e Supreme Governor ot alliliiup. whose powei no c r e a tu r e is able to resist. :■■■ be longeth j t i ' t l y to punish siuners , and to be lutrnilui to those who t ru ly repen t , save us now. we tiau.; iy Lf- seech I'iiee; a n d assHage tne tumults by wiiich ttiisptf." pie a re ren t a u d torn; tliat we, being ariiivi i,' uefence , may be prese rved evermore from all per;.. g lo r i ly Xnee, who a r t the only Giver of ail vic'jrf. th rough the m e r i t ot Thy Son. Jesus Christ durLor- Aineu.

A P ra y e r for those who have gone foith iu deleiiCe-■ t i ie ir S ta te a u d Country :

O most g rac ious Lord (iod, our Heavenly commend to tiiy ca re and protection thy ?erv:4Ut', ^ in behal f ot th e i r families and the ir country, iisve. to r th to m ee t tlie d a n g e rs oi war. Direo: iu sa le ty ; bieas (lieiu in the ir etlorts to pioiec: anJ lend t in s laud; preserve them from ttie vKUeuie > tne sw ord a n a fioui s ickuess; i iom in junou ' accii'i' '- i rom t reach e ry a n d surpr ise , irom caieiet.-ne.'.' d ) trom coiiiusit n a n J te .u ; i ioui muiiny Iroui evil living, auit t ro iu toigetlui iif?? ul iiiee. x--' ab le tlieui t . i t i u i u in safe ty and iiouur. ti a; we. defended from ai i wlio wouia do us hurt, may I hy mercies , autt Thy C h u rc h give inee peace a n d t ru th , th ro u g n J e s u s <'hris t our LorJ.

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t AM d ‘-sirous of o b ta in in g 'J'tive y o u n g m en of g o o U character to ji'iu Hie 1 <.'■

e t tevil le i n d e p e n d e n t L ight In fan try Co. (t'o. H *■ ou serv ice a t Vorktown, Va. Make a)'piicatiou m ■ d ia te ly at th e Post Othce to

Lie’ut. C. B.J une 17.

DIRECT FROM VORKTOH.V,r e c r u i t s w an te

('• V olun teers , taffc-y of F a y e t te v i i lo . ) ot good m ora l c h a ra c te r , an d capable d u ty . Apply a t tlie S to re formerly J.

F. N. RUliKKTS,_ J u n e 17. '1 -

E. M U R R A Y . r>. R. MURCHI SON. J. T.

E . M X 7 B R A T & 0 0 . C o m m i s s i o n M e r c l i a i i * * *

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W l l O L i : ^ A L I ^ i ^ r o c k k ? .N O R T l i W a I K R b T R K h i .

P a r t i c u l a r a t te n t io n g iven to sale or Cotton a n d Naval S tcres.

$ o O K E W A R D !

I will g ive the sum ol twenty-five dollar* rew.i ray N egr man SOLOMON, who V

plan ta t ion , Orton, in B runsw ick county, \the 1st of .April, 18G1. Solomon is ol niKhLe -g.lcomplexion, about 28 y e a r s o f age, formerly to Dr. F re de r ick J . Hill , deceased. FRFA'-

I will also give twenty-five dol lars reward tor genera l ly known as Fred Burgwin, w h o r.in the tith of May, 1861, f rom Orton. Kred

middle size, d a rk complexion, about He l ikewise be longed former ly to Dr. Frederic * deceased. I will give the above stipulatede i th e r of thvin d«liv«red at in any Ja iL

Nay 22, 1891.

my plantat ion, orT H O M A S C. M lL L tK

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