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1 V.vs-ICFor the EegUUrj. SHAMEFUL" NEGLfeCT WHO IS TO THfeotttilt ARIFf OF FREIGHT BETWEEN RICHMOND. FETERSBIIRCi. AND POINTS SOt TU, im RAI.E tQH THE FGHT AT, CROgS LANES. We learn from the "Richmond Whig that on Tuesday evening a detachment of one hundred prisoners, including a Captain, Lieuten Ouis are the plans of fair delightful peace, Unwarp'd by party rage to live lika brothers." 'n formation he needed uprn this subject and he will receive all money contributed towards this jreat charity, and giva jst proper acknowledgment for it.

The article? most needed at present by'our; sick soldiers, are CUnkets, Su'kt'V Mattress and Pillow-cases, Sheets, at, Rice Flour, Satjd, and some Money, to buy guch articles as canned be sent from a CHAS. E. JOHNSON, Surgeon General C--AH papers friendly to the cause will pteasecopy, and urge upon the j-eople the importance of this matter, ami the necessity of promptly attending to it. 4.4 ID ST 3 2 5 -a a. to? 5 at bard febor for nt lew than months, nor more "than five year, and fined in double the amount embetzled-- a Sec.

14. The rresident' Ja 'auUioized, hj and with the advice, and consent of Congress, to appoint three Commissioners, with salaries of two thousand five hundred dollar ach, per annum, cwho hold; at "the wat or Government two terms each year. It is made the duty of these Commissioners to hear and adjudge such claims as may be brought Iwfore Iheoa by any" one aiding the. Confederacy in the present, war, who has been put to toss 1y the United States or by any State thereof. The finding of the Commissioners in favorpf any such lajm istto be takn as prbnb facie evidence of the correctness of the demand whenever Congress 'shall pasl the same, it shall ha paid from any money, in the Treasury derived from SenestraUon under this act.

The Board of Commissioners is designed only to continue theorganizaton of the Court of Claims provided for by the Constitution, which shall take the place of the Commissioners. Sec 15. All expense incurred under the proceedings of this act 'are required to be paid from the sequestration fund the Recei vers to be allowed compensation of two and a half per cent on receipts and theeameamount on expenditures Provided, That the same do not realize more than $5,000 in one year. Sec. 16" provides tbal the Attney General shall prescribe, uniform rules' of proceeding under this law not otherwise provided for.

Sec. 17 allows appeals to be talcen Trom any final decisions of the district courts under this lawv, as vin ordinary case. Sec' lsV The word ''person," as used in the law, to include all private corporations. Sec. 19.

The courts are vested with jurisdiction How charred ZTZ 1 RkBond, Si Caarlestoa and i- Aagiista. I Pstersbarg 'to i Caariestoa A t- Aagmta. -2 1 ttUaa Charleston A ao Aaguata. Raleigh acow Charleetoa A 1 i Aaguata. Riehaaovd to Atlanta.

JJ RichmenJ to Montgomery 1 SI Petsrabarg ti Atlanta. -i IS i Petetsbirg to Montgemerv. 9 '2. 1 to -4 AUsnta. WiUti Montgomery Raleigh Atlanta.

a 1 to Montgomery. M. Riehmond to Savaanahti" I Aagasta. -a Petersburg to -i Saraaaah Aagusta. i 5 Savaaaab.

i Departed thnvlifrat aia rmiaeaca. ia tbe ceuaty Granvill. North Caroliaaea Lt -Wtember. 1881, I Jasper Hicks, sq.r in th 80th yr o( Ws axe. His high lot! urea lAteerilv of ekaraater.

bia devstsd pauitia hd nlak spirit, ple4j nun id toe btgbest ptsiuaa lnaatnce id a community, wlter hU losg and asefai lil' peat. cTher waa not a doty ia life wWcfa laffr nadiaeaarged; there wag not a rirtoe, weh "bi, hi 'dy life, ha did not illustrate. Most faithfully, saost nobly, did he fair fill hta mission oa earthUe left a ilarga family ef sod and dangkters, who, while taej shod aataral4ear ever grave, will by the wise teaehiag of his precepts and example, learn submission to tbe uupensa-tioas of Provideooe. with the fortita.fe and Chr'istain resienatibb that forme-6 eminent a trait in his T. oharamer.

Sf Standard please eopy. 1- 6,000 worth boots" AND SHOES, JVST RECEIVED AT ii. 5 FOR GENTS. MILKS A SQNSUMP BOOTS, STITOHE BOOTS, DOBI. SOtED BOTS, UlsAVYXmEAP-BOOTS, OA tr A Kip C0XURESS A ITERS.

CLOTH CONGRESS TKRS, BROCNsj NEGRO lit FOR THE LADIES. 3, MILES SON'S OttJIORESS'. GAITERS, Pi A I If OA ITERS, Kll AMD MOROCCO i BOOTEES, CAIF BOOTEES, 71 AM2 MOROCCO tIV ASD MOROCCO SLIPPERS, WHITE KID AX I) SAT--V COM. MO AXD FIX'S PEG BOOTEES, HEX DUTCH BOOTEES FOR 'SER r.t.Vr.s'. FOR MISSES.

J. jHILF.S At SON'St; PLAIN CONGRESS QAITEKS, AND MOROCCO BOOTEES, Ki'KID AND MOROCCO CALF AM MOgOtFO PG BOTTOMS. FOR BOYS AND CHILDREN. A very lurgei Amortmetu ton numerous to mention. "Come one and all, and supply arKefcvei for the WINTER.

S)! on ta reasonable terms at ean he afforded FOR CASH! Don't forget tbe last sentence. se 7-4 .11. EVAN.S. thomas mwmt Co, FORMERLY HYRK GOODRICH.) Corner Canal ana Rojal StrveU, NEW ORLEANS, MANUFACTTJREBS OK JEWELRY, SILVER-WARE, SWORDS, and MILITA RY ACCOUTREMENTS! and importers of WATCUES, DIAMONDS CLOCKS, BRONZES, POC ELAINE, PLA TED-WARE, GUNS, CUT- LEKV and 1 AvNCY U00BS. 'i The subscribers, WM.

M. UOODRICH, HENRY THOMAS, aud A. URISWOLD, call attention to the ehange in the style of their firm, which it still conducted by the same partners who have managed it affaire for the the same Capital and business faeiUUeaua formerly. We snail have always on hand for tbe inspeetioa of our friend and the public tbe largest and best selected stock of goods in our line, id the Confederate State. THOMAS, tiKlSHULU CO.

te 7 wl2ui AnMINISTUATOR'W JKOTICK. THE Subscriber having Qualified at May Term of Wake County court ot fleas ana tjuarter Session, a administrator of Isaac Prooter, dee'd, hereby gives ao-tice to all persons indebted to the estate of said deceased that he find a great many aocounts not settled and therefore take this mode of informine all persons indebted by aecenat, that the book mut be closed by note or cash. I shall beat Pullen's Hotel the three first days of tbe coming superior Court for Wake county, and the coming November Term of the County Court, at which times and place the books and papers will be preset and ready for settlement. Per sons indebted by note will-find tbe same at that time. Strict attention to the above notice will save cost, se 7 DANIEL SCARBOROUGH, Adm'r.

Charlotte, N. Sept. 3, 1861. rvFFICE OF M. TVl GRAND MASTER.

F. A. M. All per sou a having basines with the M. U.

Master, durine his absence from the State. will address all communications and application of whatsoever kind, to tbe Dept. Urand Master, E. WARD, Jacksonville, Onslow county, who will assume the duties of the (i. Master Office.

LEWIS S. WILLIAMS, se 7 3t it (Irand Master. rStandard copy 3 jn XECUTORS NOTICE. WjJ We, the undersigned, having Qualified at An. gust term of the County Cfpirt of Wake, a executor of W.

Crenshaw deceased, request all persons indebt ed to said estate to make immediate All persons having claima araiast saideecate will present them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or thia notice will be: pleaded in bar of their re covery. MICHAEL IHOMFSOM, JNO. W. CRENSHAW, au 31 wlm TUST RECEIVED AT FRANKLIX'S. Strong Fresh and Salty Snuff, aad all to be had in the SOUTKKKN Also, a Large lot of Every 'eonceiveable article known to the trade.

Come one, eomeall, to i se7 tf FRANKLIN'S CalK Standard and Spirit of tbe Age copy. Si 1 1 anted. 'ZZ Bugler for the Sd Cavalry Apply to Commanding Offieer by letter or in person, 2d C. Regiment; se 7 3t Camp Clark, Klrtrell Springs. F.DICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND.

The aert annual couma of Lecture will commence on the first MONDAY in November, 1861, and continue until the 1st of Mch ensuing. '-CHARLES BELL -GIBSON, M. Profesgor 'W Surgery, DAVID H. Professor of Theory aad Practice sf Medibme. BKVRLY WELLr0RD It.

Profeo of Materia Medjea aii4Thsrapeaties. A. B. PEriCOLAg, M4 Profsssor of Anatomy, L. S.

JOYNES, D. proAtMor.of Institutes ef Medietas e. JAMES H. CONWAY, -Mi Professor of Obstet-4 ric. Ae.

i i JAMES B. McCAW, Professer of Chemistry and Pham'cy. MARION HOWARD, M. demonstrator of Anatomy. Under a liberal appropriation of tbe Legislature Virginia, the facilities for ldtraction.haT beta maeb improved.

Nomeroaa and valuable additions have been made to the Che aieal Apparatus aad Anatomical Museum; new illaMrations bare been added to the former stoek. in every department; aad a new Hospital, constructed on tke best plan, has been tor seats time in successful operation. The Clinical advan tage offered by Richmond daring the continaanne of tne present war will be in valuable. Two prtxes ef Fifty Dollars each are offered to candidate for graduation Pirft for the beet Essay oa any subject pertaining tc the Theory or Practice of Msdi cine Secondly for tne best Essay on aay aabject ia Surgery and Obstetries. Pass To eaefa Professor $li Duseeting Tieket $10; MaU-'urnUtion $5 Graduation $2.

For farther information, or a eopy of the Catategaa, addre, L. JOTNES, M. se 12t jjf! Deaa of the Faealty. IlfAKTED TO HJRK For the remainder of the year, a SMALL NEGRO GIRL, to aet' as Nurse. Apply at thi Offioa.

tf RICHMOND AND PLOW. CAS riMG8-A god sappty ia Store af all kind, also, Uarruw of different saakes aad tiaes at the Farnsere UjOL JAMES TOW L8S. Ar t. a3a i 'v BLAME? Mr. Editor wWe have a right, fori the sake of our.

friends'oiake into the neglect which has followed aom of ui troops into Virginia. The condition of the noble 6th Regiment State Troops, which fought at Man -assas and has suffered much since, is matter of the deepest solicjtude to those of its friends who know the facts. A gentleman direct from Manassas states that some of those noble fellows are there barefooted-not a shoe to wear Their uniforms are either worn out or wearing out, and there seems to he no source to which they can all look with any chance to besupplied. The winter is pressing upon and in a little while they will be shivering with nakedness, unless their wants are speedily remedied. Whose business is it to attend to these matters? The plain truth is, the abominable un worthiness and inefficiency of some who hold responsibleand important offices are doing the cause of the South more injury than the Yankees themselves.

By their wretched and unmercilul conduct theyara getting up such feel-iogs as are calculated tojceep men of reflection from exposing themselves to such imposition. It will keep from Volunteering. It will dis hearten and kill those who have volunteered. It wilt engender a disaffection that it will be difficult to prevent from interfering with our prospects for success. These "big men" with their fat offices, will be justly chargeable with the misery and death of many a soldier who suffers and bleeds, while tliey fatten on his sorrows, boast of his bravery and treat with contempt every appli cation for redress for his Such men a re as mean as Yankees, and in proportion to number do more harm.

i Is there not humanity enough in North Carolina, or in the Southern Confederncy, to remedy sach a curse? Will you tell the friends of that lleti- ment what to do Very A Sept. 2nd, 1801. Our correspondent will perceive, from the communication-of Surgeon GeneralJohoson in another column, that measures have already been set 'on foot to extend aid to our soldiers in the field, and to provide for their wants during the approaching winter. vVe trust and believe- that the bilanthropio ef forts set on foot under the direction of Sur geon General Johnson will be successful to a great extent in relieving the wants of our troops. Rut we would remind our readers of the fact that cold weather will soon be upon us, and whatever is to be done should be done quickly.

For the Rkgiter GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL. The object in establishing a General Hospital in Richmond, or some suitable place in Virginia, is to relieve the wants and sufferings of the nick and wounded soldiers of the North Carolina troops in Virginia, "which may be 'found not sufltciently provided for under the rules of the War Depart ment of the Confederate Stafe." This Institution will be under the control of the Governor of the Slate of North Carolina, and the necessary officers for its judici-ms management. Through it will be established and kept up direct communication between the citizens of North Carolina and the Regiments of North Carolina proposed to distribute all currTrTBiitions to the fick and 'wounded. The Officers of. the institution will keep open a direct and constant correspondence with the Regimental Surgeons and the Colonels commanding, so that, at alltimre, it will he known where our wants are greatest, and also, what par ticular things are most needed.

This will fve much confusion and needless trouble and expense, as wjll be shown presently, and give efficiency to all charitable ettorts by insuring the reception of every benent, conlerred. Many nundreas, nay thousands, of dollars have been lost to the donors, and JwLat is far worse than that, to the de serving and need objects of such donations, for the want of a system like this. It is not doubted for a moment but that the kind and generous peo. pie of our State will contribute most liberally of money and hospital stores in such a noble cause. With many it will not be convenient to contri- tribute hospital stores.

All such can contribute money, with a perfect assurance that it will be properly employed, for the management of this Institution wilt be in the hands of gentlemen of high standing and unquestioned integrity. In regard to getting up aid or relief societies in this State to further the great and beneficent objects contemplated by the establishment of this General Hospital and system for the distribution of charities, it is respectfully suggested, that it will be found, in all probability, to be best for each congregation of woishipping Christians to form itself into one of these societies. Separate, but at the same time organized Christian efforts of thigkind have been found most efficient elsewhere in our country. They certainly work more harmo niously than other plans, particularly those asso ciations which are formed of whole towns, villages and neighborhoods. In any regulated Congrega-gation, individual relationship and comparative merit are all pretty well established by intimate personal associations of long standing.

Such can not be the case in associations hastily formed of the members of different congregations, from the very nature of things. Much, therefore, of the dissonance and even heart-buxnintra mhini. lLhi wrmmi BTsemoiing several congregations to gether in one society will be avoided by adopting the plan proposed, besides obviating the inconve nience attending upon an unwieldy organization. For the same reasons, it will be when there are two or more congregations of thesamedenomi nation in the same place, for each to organize sepa rately. In this way, ranch more will be accomplished for the cause of the sick and suffering soldiers than there can be by those spasmodic efforts we some times see convulsine whole communities, but which are always speedily followed by correspond ing depression.

In associations such as I have recommended, no one will feel slighted or urged to do more than he ought; either by the conduct, entreaties, or examples of and these, it will be admitted, are the fruitful sources of failure with all. charitable undertakings. But when eve ry one knows the ability and willingness of others to do what is right, all will feel called upon to do what they can; and thus from a mutual knowl edge of, and rel iance upon each ether, will result even banded Justice, and from this, again, a proper charity abounding in good works, for our people are both able and willing to give. I will conclude by stating that the proper Do partment of the Confederate1. States will give transportation for Hospital Stores, sect toihis Institution for ita wu use, or, through it, for-the use of the sick of the Regiments "in the Held.

TbU will save much individual expense. The chief ot this Department will also take great pleasure in furnishing at all times whatever ant, and one negro, taken at the battle of Cross Lanes, arrived in that eifyy Eighty or a hundred more are on the way. The Whig learns from one of the guard, who was also in the fight, that the battle occurred Monday morning, the 26th, beginning between 5 and 6 o'clock. The acene of the combat was about two and a half miles beyond Uauley, three mileg West of the point at which Meadow river empties into The force on our side numbered about fifteen hundred, under the immediate command of GeoeralFloyd, and was composed of troops from South western Virginia: with the exception of a company from Amherst, under Captain Speed, and a detachment of artillery (three guns) belonging to Captain Hart's (late Kirby'd) company from Richmond. The enemy's force was one thousand, the 7th Ohio Regiment, under Colonel Tyler, The fight lasted but little over half an hour, the enemy breaking and running like sheep Colonel Tyler setting the example.

The loss on onr side was five, killed and twenty-threeWounded, nearly all from Taswell conn- ty. Of the enemy, thirty-three were found dead on, the field and in the woods. It was believed that many more of the dispersed and panic stricken fugitives would be taken by our scouts. A considerable amount of arms, commissary stores, were secured. This inaugurates Gen.

Floyd's military career very handsomely, and is the precursor of very important events on the Kanawha. Praise be to the Giver of Victory. The Examiner in commenting on this brilliant viotory, aays The victory of General Floyd is in some respects the most brilliant and cheering of the war. The force under hi? command rendered a great battle hut it is a perfect affair of its kind, and breaks the' spell of our misfortunes in Western Virginia. Up to this moment heard nothing but evil from the other side of yon Blue Mountains but there is reason to hope, and even to believe, that the first news from Floyd's command are the first notes in a long strain of triumph from the West.

For once the Northern press gave us statements more reliable than the early rumours from our own side-Tney admitted, on the moment, a loss of two hundred and a disastrous retreat, and their accounts were correct. One hiindred prisoners from that combat at Cross; Lanes Teached Richmond on yesterday. Sixty others are on the way. Seventy corpses were counted on the field, and the retreat of the enemy was a disorderly rout, in which they outran everything, their arms and baggage included. GENERAL GWYNN.

We find the following letter in defence of this accomplished officer and skillful engineer in the Richmond. Examiner of Wednesday Kichmond, Sept. 3, 1 iC I It is natural that -inquiry should be made to find who is to blame for the disaster at Hatteras Inlet. 1 have no disposition to lay the blame where the facts will uiake the lodgment, but 1 Lave a desire to repel the censure from points which it cannot justly touch. The coast defences of North Carolina were in the charge and control of the authorities of that Slao, until the troops were transferred to the Confederate Government, on the 20th of August, day on which the services ol Gen.

Gwynn in that Department, ceased ny operation ol the Ordinance of the Convention ot that btate. -rfo troops or munitions of war were withdrawn from that coast by the Confederate Government, after the trans fer, and before the surrender ot the garrison at Hatteras Inlet. No requisition for larger sup plies is known to have been made on the Confed erate Government in the time from 20th of Au gust, when the transfer was made, to the 26th, when the garrison surrendered, lie tore tne 20 tli of August there was no authority vested in Gene ral Gwynn to make any requisition on the Cou- tederate Government. This Government, then. is not in fault.

No man ever addressed himself with more steadiness and assiduity to the dis charge of his duty than did that meritorious citi zen, and skilliul otbeer, alter Gwynn, from the 25th of May to the 20th of August. To his other virtues he did not fail to add sooner u. The for. tifications he projected and was prosecuting vig orously in Norfolk, and which have been erected as he desianed them, and the system of defence constructed under bis direction on the coast of North Carolina, to the extent it was supported as he designed it, repel the imputation that has been ascribed of incompetency from want of sobriety It is not witbouLjndisnation that 1 re per the re proach on mysolfthe imputation on him implies that I have been four months associated in the ser vice with a man in the habit of excessive drink ing that disqualified him. It is not true.

knowledge of the coast would satisfy any one that Hatteras Inlet will be worth nothing to the enemy. He will soon abandon it, unless he extends bia conquest. It was only intended to be one of the obstacles in the way cf the enemy's march to points in themselves important. His reduction of that battery will induce an adiquate detence of the more important pomt3. it.

a. CUJUL.1KB, Late Aid-de-Camp to General Gwynx. INVASION BY MEXICO. We are not in the slightest degree appre hensive of the invasion of Texas by Mexico The domestic troubles of Mexico give her employment enough at home. Torn by con flicts between rival partizan chiefs and mili tary leaders, she has not a man or a dollar to throw away upon an invasion of her neigh bors.

So this precious scheme of Tom Cor- win to distract the. militarj nv Confederate States will prove utterly abor tive. 26TII REGIMENT. This Regiment, we learn, has been stationed at Bogue Island, forty miles below Newbern. rf LEGISLATURE.

The following Acts and Resolutions have been passed by this body. 1 An Act to authorize the Governor to pay the officers and privates of the First Regiment of North Carolina 'Resolution concerning the Militia Law. Instructs the Committee on the Militia to procute the aid of Adjutant General Martin in the revision and" construction of the Milita Law. Resolution instructing the Quartermaster General to furnish Hospital Tents to the armies. Resolution authoring the tender of forces from this State to the Confederate States.

Resolution concerning special messengers. An Act to authorize the increase of five com panies commanded by Col. S. Spruill to ten companies. Resolution to provide Surgeon's and Hospital lores lor worth Carolina.

An Act to encouragethe manufacture of Gun Powder. An Act to divide the State in Teh Congres sional Districts. An Act to amend the county lines of Mitchell County. An Act to provide hands to work the public roads. An Aqt to enlarge the powers ot the' Countv Courts for raisin revenue for County purposes.

RALEIGH, JT TT- SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 7, 1861. THE LEGISLATURE AND TUE CON-YKNTION. I We take the following artiole from the Charlotte Whig -i Tub Legislature ahd Coktintion. The Legislature ot North Carolina now engaged in a disgraceful proceeding.

The bill which lately passed the house ef Commons, to annul the Con-ention of the people, was conceived and brought forth in a spirit of faction, which richly deserves," as it wilf surely receive, the unqualified condemnation of an overwhelming majority of the honest v.ners 01 Jtoria varouna, unless tne senate, tees infatuated than the House, shall kill it before it reaches the people. What right has a Legislature, elected twelve months ago, to annul a sovereign convention elected only four months since, and that too under a combination of circumstances which did not exixt when the Legislature was chosen The only legitimate province of a Legislature to legislate within the sphere and in conformity to the spirit of the constitution, which is prescribed, ordained and established by a Convention, The Constitution declares "that all political power is Tested in and derived from the people only," and "that the people of this State ought to have the sole and exclusive fight of rog-ukting the internal government and police therei of," How then can a Legislature, whose author-R-y the election of the Convention virtually re-pealed, arrogate to itself the power to sit in, judg- -merit upon the life and death of the sovereign Constitution making power of theSlaft: The raoft sensible thing that the Legislature ecu Id now do Would be to their seats, and leave the Convention unmolested to supply what legislation the exigencies of the times may "We cart no reflections upon the members of the Legislature personally, many of whom are entirely worthy of the people's confidence. But we do think the bill in question is uncalled for, ill-timed mid conceived in a wantonly factious spirit, which is well calculated to increase largely our present political troubles. We hope therefore that the sense of the Senate will intervene to save our people from such mischievous results. With the exception of the State Journal, edited by Mr.

Speiman, and the Winston Sentinel, edited by Mr. Alspaugh, the Clerk of the Senate, not a paper in the State approves of the bill that has passed the Commons. YV HAT IS TO ENEMY BE DOME WITH THE AT HATTER AS. On this subject the Newbero progress makes the following sensible remarks We understand that it ia the" opinion of Captain Crnssan that it will be impossible, at present, to dispossess them of the ground, and we heartily concur with htm in opinion but that they ean tie held to their present position, or at least, prevented from making any decisive inland demonstration we are equally confident, if the amount of en ergy is mamtesteu that North Carolinians are ca- j.ablo of, whon fully aroused. The, only possible way.

to accomplish this desirable object now, is by fortifying our inland waters, which, of course, must be done at an enormous expense, but it must be done. For if it should coal $50,008,000, and every cent of it had be paid by the population east of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad in cur own Slate, it would be immonsely cheaper than permit the jolluted hoofs of the invaders to rove over our country pillage, burn, and devastate our houscsi and farms and steal our ne- Meantime, while our rivers are being fortified, hands be sot to work building gun boats or floating batteries at this place of sufficient strength t'i move down the rivor and drive the Federal ileet into the Atlantic, whereit This, we ietteye, 19 a practicable tning.anu it the govern-Uieht will not engage in it, individuals who have a lew hundred thousand at command, by taking the matter in hand may embalm tberr tombstones niAiu ui laiuu ns uurnue na me anna's ui liiue. DEFECTIVE TENTS. We hear great complaint ooneerning the character of the Tents formatted to portions of oar troops. The encampment at Kittrell's Springs is.

said to be especially cursed in this particular. The cloth of the Tents, we hear, is of a miserable sleazy quality, and as there are no flies to them they furnish little or no protection against rain. We hope that those having this matter in charge will institute a reform. Camps are at best subject enough to desease, without any tempta- tion being offered for its appearance. In the ease ot measles, to which the troops have been in great numbers subjected, protection against rain is indispensable to a cure.

EXCITEMENT IN NORFOLK. We learn from a gentleman just from Nor folk that there is a great deal of excitement in that city, caused by the capture of Hatteras by the Yankees. It is apprehended in Norfolk that an expedition will be sent against tbat.city and the Navy Yard from Hatteras We do not think the apprehension well found ed, as the Yankees know full well that the water would be drawn from the Canals, and that if they approached Norfolk or Gosport they would have to do it afoot, and that it would be impossible for them to transport artillery through that swampy country, NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS. The 26lh Beariment of teors was organized in lialeigh last week by elect- ing uu. x.

ance, uotonei tx. Burgwynn Jr.j Lieutenant Colonel, and A. B. Carmichael Major. State Journal.

This Regiment left for Newbern on Mon uay last. We bad the pleasure of seeing Col Vance this city on Tuesday. He took his departure on Wednesday to join his Regi ment. MEETING OF BANK DIRECTORS. At.a meeting of the Directors of the Banks of the City of Richmond, held at the Bank ofVir ginja, on the 2d September, it was unanimously Eesolved, That the Banks of this city will re- ceive and pay out at their counters the Notes of the following Banks, ami none others, till further determined "Among the other Banks included in the list are the following NORTH CAROLINA.

Bank of Cape Fear and Branches. Bank of North Carolina and Branches. Bank ot Wilmington. Commercial Bank of Wilmington. Richmond Whig is mistaken as to the distance of Hatteras from Beaufort or Fort Macon.

So far" from beingn sight, Hatteras is all ct eighty miles distant from these points. FOR Til RKOInTKR. THE EARTHQUAKE. WiLKtsBdW N. September -d, 1 801 Messrs.

Editors A very heavy shock of an earthquake w-felt here on Saturday morning last, at a few minutes past 5 o'clock, lasting several seconds. Bricks were shaken from the tops of Chimneys; doorF'jarred open clocks stopped, and many heard, a rumbling, noise coming Irom the South and going Northward. Several persons fell a similar, though much lighter shock in the early part of the night before. My own doors and one other were jarred open at that time. WTiat'sinlhe wind? fj'ours Respectfully, r.

f. hackett; RETALIATORY LAW OF THE CONFED- AT STAT OF AM ERICA. The Examiner, gives the following abstract of. a very important bill passed by Gongross shortly before the adjournment, for the sequestration of all Yankee properly found in the South i A BILL to befiititled an A' tfor the tejuestration ot the estate property ami efforts ot; alien enemies and for. Iht indemnify eiffceRx of the Confederate Slates, urvlpirso-ns 'ftiding the same ti the existing, viar.

with the United States. The bill recitei, iff the nature of a preamble. the departure of the Government and the people of the United States from the usage of civilized warfare; and tbei necessity of out only protection against such wrongs in measures of retaliation. The following is the principal legislative clause it enacted: bv the Congress of the Confeder ate That jail and every, the lands, tene ments, goods ahd right and credits within these Confederate States, and every right and interes therein held, owned, possessed or en joyed by or forjsjny alien enemy, since the twenty ursi uny ui hy iool, except eucti ieuis aue 10 an alien enemy as may have been paid into the Treasury of ahjt one of the Confederate States prior to the passage or this law. be and the same are hereby seqdeetrated by the Confederate States of America, arpl shall be held for the full indem nity of any true and loval citizen, a resident of these Confederate States, or other person aiding said Confederate States in the prosecution of the present war between said Coolederate States and the United States of America, and for which he mav suffer any loss or injury under the act of the Unitedu States to which this actUretal- liatory, or under any other act of the United Stales, or of any State thereof, authorizing the seizure or confiscation of the property of citizens or residents of the Confederate Slates, or other person aiding aid Confederate States, and the same shall be seized and disposed of as provided for in this act however, when the estate, projrty or rights to be aflected by this act were or are waliin some State of this Confeder acy, wineu nairoeeome sucn since aid twenty- first day of May, thon this act shall oterate upon and as to such estate, property or rights, and all persons claiming the same from and after the day such State became a member of this Con federacy, and not rrovided, further, that the pro visions of this act shall not extend to the stocks or other public securities of the Confederate Govern- -err r-t may fr wo otatosot uhb uonreueracy, held or owned "bv an alien enemy, or to any debt, obligation, or sum due from the Confederate Government, or any of the States to such alien enemy: And provided, also, 1 bat the provisions of this act Bball not embrace the property of citizens or residents of either of the States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, or of the District of Columbia, or the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, or the Indian territory south of Kansas, except such of said citizens or residents as shall commit actual hostilies against the Confederate States, or aid or abot the United States in the ex isting war against the Confederate States.

Sec. tl makes it the duty of every citizen of the Confederate States to give information of the pro perty oi aueu enemies. Sec 3. Attorneys, agents, former partners, trustees, or persons holding or controlling any de scription of property or interest of alien enemies, are required to give tntormation and render ac count of the same to receiver, on pain of being adiuged guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by line not exceeding $5,000, and imprisonment for a term not less" than six months, and of being sued in addition for double the value of the pro perty. Sec.

4 charges the Grand Juries in the Confed erate Courts to -inquire and make presentments of the property or alien enemies anected by the pro visions oi tna act. Sec. 5 provides for the appointment of a recei ver, by each Confederate Judge, for each section of the state lor which he holds a court, and in occasion of necessity, for sub-districts, said recei ver to give bond, and to make oath to discharge his duties well and truly. The fiuiies of the Receiver are to take possession and control of the property of an en emies; for accomplishing the purposes of the act he may sue forjand recover such property in the name of the Confederate States, by the form of petition to the Court for a sequestration. All or ders of seizure: necessary to secure the subject matter of the gait trom danger of loss, injury, de siruction, or waste, may be made by the Court but when such necessity does notexistia the opin ion of the Court, the property or credits miy re main in theJiands of the party in possersipn, except that bank and corporation stocks, dividends, and rents on real estate shall be delivered up, and on further condition as to other property or credits, that the party in possesion shall pay all Interests and net prohtsacciuea since mezist ot May, isei mto tne hands oi me receiver, ana at annual pe rioda' thereafter on pain, in case of failure, for wu wuexecutiofi shall be issued in the name of the Receiver.

Sec. 7 allows1auy claimant or party interested the subject matter of the suit to intervene and de fend to the extent-of his interest on affidavit that no alien enemy has any interest in the right which he asserts. 3 Sec, 8 authorizes the issue of writs of garnish ment to attach icred its due alien enemies and the courts shxll have power to condemn the property or effects according to the answer and to make orders for the bringing in of third persons claim ing, or disclosed by the answer, to have an inter est in the litigation. Sec. 9.

The District Attorney of the Confederate States 19 required to prosecute alt causes insmated under this act his compensation to be two per cent, upon the fruits of the litigation. Sec. 10. The Receiver is required at least every Biz months, and as much oftener as be may be re quired by the Court, to-render an account ot a 1 matters in under Jiis control stating accounts and making settlemeosa of all matters separately, so that the transaction in respect; to alien enemy's property may be kept recorded and preserved separately. Sec.

11. Notice of settlements to be published for four week. The interlocutory settlements may be impeached at the final settlement, which latter shall be -conclusive, unless reversed or impeached, withifi two years, lor fraud, i Sec." 12. The Court having jurisdiction of the matter shall, Whenever sufficient cause shown therefor, direct the sab) of any personal property, other than slaves, sequestered under this act, on such terms as it shall peeen beat and such sale shall "pass the title of the person as whose property the same has been iequesiered Sec. 13.

SettlemenU of accounts for sequestered property to bpi recorded, -and copies, forwarded to the Treasurer of the Confederate States. Any embezzlement of money under thU act haU liable to in dktment, the guilty party to be ooofinpsd. tosettlall partnerships between citizens of the Confederate States and alien enemies to separate the interest of the. alien enemy and to sequestrate it and to sever alt joint rights where an alien tiemy is for the purposes of sequestra- lion. Sec 20.

In nil case of administration of any matter or thing under this act.thecourt having jurisdiction may maknsuch orders touching the preservation of the property or effects under the direc tion or eon trol of the receiver, not inconsistent witn the foregoing provisions, a it shall deem proper. hec. 21. Ireastiry notes are made receivable in payment, of all purchases of property or effects sold under this act. Sec.

22 Nothing in this art is to We construed to destroy or impair the lieu or other right of any creditor a citizen or resident of the Confederacy or of friendly States. or Territories; in all such cases the court to determine, by making parties and by the proper proceeding, the respective rights of ail parties concerned. A I1ERO IN THE BATTLE OF CKOSS LANES. A young saldier, writing from Floyd command. says that they are strongly posted on the Gia ley.

His letter is dated the 26th the day of the battle of Cro6s Lanes. He thus speaks of one of the participants in that battle While i write, there is a young man, who is the heroof theday. Hisclotbesare perfectly riddled. ue got surrounded ty the enemy be hind a tree, he dared them to take him. One fired at him, cutting hiscartride box and al- iuitsi insianiiy anoiuer one snot me iocs on ot is musket; when, drawing his revolvers two six-shooters he killed both and wounded several others.

He is a surjreon by profession, and savs that he was in the thickest of the fiht. He pitched in, and after finding that he had fought himself out of his scrape.he thought-it time to com- mence uis proiessionai amies, and tftoK two arms off, besides dressing a good many wounds and Cutting out some four or five balls." Arrest ok Counterfeit KKs.Ye learn from the Express thai the circulators of tbe counterfeit Confederates State Bonds, noticed in that paper a few days ago, have been arrested and taken to Richmond for trial. Two of tbe parties were Express messengers on the Southside Railroad. The Bonds were genuine, but the sig natures were counterfeit. They were abstracted from a package ofthe Bonds which were beipg sent through the Express to Richmond from th lithographers in New Orleans.

LATEST NEVS FROM. WASHINGTON HEAVY FIRING. Sept. 3. Heavy firine heard on tne Virginia side to-day.

Keports vague concer ning u. SECOND DESPATCH. I Washikoton, Sept 3. Tbe Confederates are concentrating a large force south of Alexandria. tney are erecting batteries near the mouth of Occoquan river.

Heavy firing heard in the direction of the Fed. eral lines this morning, but no report of a battle nas oeen received. some SRirmisning nas occurred in tbe vicinity ol the Chain Bridge over the Potomac, but it was not believed to nave been serious. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED IN MISSOURI. St.

Louis, Aug. 31. Gen. Fremont has proclaimed that the State of Missouri is under martial law. Persons found with arms'in their hands will be court-martialed and shot.

The property, personal and real, of persons who lake Up arms against the Federal Government will be confiscated, and their siaves declared freemen. The people are warned to return to their homes, and their absence without sufficient cause will be considered presumptive evidence against theabeentees. The Provost Marshal, Mr. McKansley, forbids all persons from passing out of the country without a pass. At Rolla a skirmish is reported to have occurred between Montgomery, of Kansas notoriety, and Gen.

Raines. Baltimore. Sept. 3. A letter from Key West says that the U.

S. steamer Powhatan had captured a prize. A letter bag was found containing a letter to President Davis. It describes the movements of the Confederate steamer Stunt er. The Powhatan has gone in aeach pf her.

Macon City, Aug. 31. Tbe Secessionists have taken St. Joseph and bhebina. Louisville, Sent.

4. They are fighting all over Missouri, ana both parties are capturing many prisoners. Pexsacola, Sept. 4. About noon yesterday the Dry Dock, aground between Fort Pickens and ew York, Sept.

4 The Sumter was seen off the Venezuela coast on the 15th, steering west. Her Captain, when at Trinidad, expressed an in tention of going to Brazil, to cruise for East India and California vessels. CiKcissATt.Sept. 4. Lincoln's Marshal yester day seized the interest of all citizens in the rebel States in merchandize now for sale here on commission, amounting to $50,000.

Charlkton, S. Sept. l.A brig, laden with cwee, ran tne DiocKaae to-day. She was chased bv a Federal steamer, but arrived safe in port. Another vessel, with fruit, has arrived in land.

Cairo, Sept. 3. Col. Wallace, of the Yankee Tili i nAJnui. grmy, a.uu u-ii.

uiuw, i lijo linen, have exchanged prisoners. New York. Sept. 4. Tfcesteampship Northern Light has arrived.

She brings $750,000 in gold. New York; Sent. 4. The prisoners captured at Fort Hatteras have been confined on board the hull of IL S. frigate Brandywine, v- tw York.

sept. 3. Jolm J. Ktnrmnea a merchant and native of the West Indies, has been arrested ana tent to ort Lafayette: New York, Sept. 3.

The editor of the Wateh man, published at Green Point, Long Island, has been arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. lioriSTitLE, Sept. 4. The Legislature has not yet organized. There ia a difficulty regarding the new district, as there are several extra Senators it York, Sept 3.

A special despatch to the the Times, says there was no Cabinet meeting to day. It is supposed that tbe villains are prepar ing to evacuate. NkWiYork. Seot. 4.

Tbe Herald reports a plot blow up the Croton Aqueduct. York, Sept. 4 Middling Uplands 22 Mat Ret very arm. -Mo sales. Ralsig to ao to oo -O 4 Havaaaah vin Aaguirta.

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