The Daily Progress from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 2

reatless. On his arrival there he sat down HE MET HIS FATE HIS SINGULAR CONDUCT VNDEB TIIEALLOWPv THURSDAY. APRIL 6. 1865. Stoneman's Raid-In compliance with a request made of us some days ago we have made no allusion to Stonouiaa and his raiding party; but we find the following id the Charlotte Dumocfiif of the.

'4th, whicb, fifflrii reports that bve reaebed we presume to be nearly correct For some time past rumors hava been current in thi placo, about a raid from East Tennessee injtbifl direction or Salisbury or Greensboro. It isWid that the Yankee Geh. 8tonMiin has some four or five thousand cavalry under his control, and that be was in Cald well county eaPhurgday last, and burnt Puttersou'ii Factory Thursday night 'lie latest news that the enemy TELEGRAPHIC TOWS jl 0 tt 'f Tfl 8 PR ESS A SBO CM A 1 1 Evacuation of Hichuiond. 1 April 4. Tho evacuation IMeh.

mnd Sunday president and Cabinet, arrived hers Monday. pprsnr were able to leave the city 1 xrept Govern-nur ofjeiats, in eonffqeerCe of the a'uarjenrw-e the ti. viniitil. The enemy, tbretih Lee's Hrns Satmrlay night near days bard fighting, and made it iiceesaary for -him to withdraw in as to uncover the Capital. 1 Th pi sitioo of tie army now miknown.

No tel-epraph heyeDd the Jiyictioii. The Richmoriu At-se-nal and the Banks in the city, nnd the specie tuJ.be weia it Passengers by the Inst, train report grtat nipt in the city, burning mills, warehouses and plundering stores. This was done by foreigners and the low claiiSfs The rolling slock of the Richmond and Danville Railroad wrs all suvfd. The enemy had not omipied the city at 'last ao--. nuts.

The President will probably remain here lor lie present All the Richmond newspapers left in the city. Governor Smith wrnt towards I.yncbburg. An ives if the State Goverruntnt left behind. glaBeed around at the spectators, while a smile of contempt broke ovr his oountenanoe. He then, laosaiu uirew ic soweiuiiy up; nui ruyfw he coiiBnencetneut oftfie readiil; oflbe Court ial pfcJeedings by QW T4iS KvFfWch, 10th United States Infantry, tlie prisoner rose from bis seat and remained attentive, occasional ly glaring around 00 the assemblage, and inter rupting (J tsa conclusion hmttrvw wrvfeef iarrn? whteh Kennedy smiled iq front of the andrptffeVbeautifully worded prayer, which iwas listeoea to by the condemned van standing, and without fleeming to leaVe any ifn-pretejrj npoir his rolm After tb prayer Kennedy shook bands with the Beale abd Col.

Burke To the iatter.fce' pHoutif ut, "I say Colonel, can't you gw ma dririk beton I go On being ref ust I wish to malto a statement! -This a indiaial, cowardly murder. "XMre is no IWeoioTi'fbr'the United Stated to treat this way. lsaabf inei approached the wroteii- od man and lea bim directly under tlid gallows, aid proceeded tb adjust the kripts, when Kennedy startled every one present by a sudden shouting "'fbtth, with his almost dying breath, arid ssug 0110 le'rse of an Irish drinking song 1' "Trust to tuck; trust to luck, I Stare Fate it the facV, For yq.ur heaft be aiey 0 If ft' in the rjffht iplaoe He had barely uttered (hte lust word of the verso whij tlns Um4 wa drawn over thfaee "atid the signal (riven to the executioner, by Lieu- Black, by a fhjurish of tlie sword, when itfiie rope was one aaii.the body of "Reimecly hung bejtweir hkiWd "'ahd "enrth. A Rln'of of the shouldergn twt) of thrt of the legs, it remained motion! ss VIhb tin. boii Pcreu it wa.

exaui. (loeil by the yiwit ein'fltfoi 11; jonit ill who pro-'ilO'uneed (ltnh aliVI instantaneous bv the br' of I ho ncek. i The body vn pluoed in a pine cnffin and lakt'U tij the crppiid and buriM, ff( that in ease the deceased, call T'UOr it tliev can oi.nim 11 1 1 'Tn wvhieli Northern pHjA'rs' pul-h the following, nurpotU a '(iimfiiisiou" of 'nuedv, fabd which the WhttKe a8 obriflb'ed rdm ''aftei'pine -After my iRW from Johnfions Inland I went 'dWctly toCafliidill where I tiiet a uuniijer of oflicer? They asked me if I was willing tt fw (m an I said "Tos, if jtyin the seryioe of mj cgunify." To wbifh. replied, "It all but gave tin iul- as to us nalrlrf, nor did ask afiy. I shortly after sent to York, wherb I ttayed some time.

'1'here were eight of Us in Ijtb party, and after'tyc, had Met) in the oyty thq weeks wo wera told ihe obwet of tlu eape- "dvttofa was to retaliate iupOM the North for the WjUcf Shej It rwas originally intended to sot fire to the city on the nigftt'Of'the Presidential election, but as phosphoruB was not preparjd. i it was ogt- jwtied uutil theiltght th 20Mi fMovemDer. the eiffht ratio' who formed the'oriffihal nartv. 'two fled to Canada, Wving six; I wan at first sttopping at the Belmont li)ttsc in Fulton street, afterwards0 moVcd 'ihtOi 'Priij'qe street I set nfir to four hotels, or rather Barn urn's Museilm IWjoy's Hotel, Tainmwiy ljotfe'1," and the Nw )hgaod Housq, tThe otberabiily set tiro to the teusc in whicb tbey were stopping, nd then off. Had-the' etirSifeighl dplJe did.

wo jw0juld hava sotfice to thirty-two houses and play- ied a bigjoko oa'tb1 fire Dfcpai'tmcut, I know that I am ttJ' bc bahged for setting "lire to Barnum'sMuMum, But thet fact is. that that 'ffair was simply a rtClcSs jjob! I had no idea paotng it, dui wnen we wer.ojttfii.wiere, tor me mere fun of ib hing; I emptied a bottle of phos-thorus on the florjr. iusl to scare the people. I lnknew in Wouldn't set tiro ta-nwood, for we had ftried that before, and htfi at oow time conludfed ti -liii. atki The Museum, wadset 00.

fire bv the moriet rjiocident after I had and just rorj tun ot a care. After settirigifir to my four places, I wtijked "tbJe street all ig Ipftfu, wHou I i.prent to the Exebange Betel) Tkero we all met Ihe next at'higbt. 'Mv fVien'd: I had rpoin tpef but wu at the niont of utha day in. tbo office, toad: ng the1 papers, whije rtW detectives, who thifik, watched us. I ,1 then that should 1 bo eauglrt, and if "rtught 1 expected tft Had I done so it then "Stould have been all, right, but! uow it j-auier rougn 1 osoapeo to uanarm, as am an 'the rest, and very glad I Was to got safely across bridge.

I.waitr8tb)itfi, however, and want-otd 1 1 rejoin my Command I started with my '(Jrtend via Detroit. Jot befoto we reache i the he received, art intimation that the detective 6re on the lookout for us, and giving mo asig-VbOjl he jumped from the cars. I didn't notice the Signal, but kept on and was arrwted at the dc- 1, vu. 1 ...1 niau tu may tfiiilt Mip ftllllUAC VI woiut'li RIIU was the last thing we thought'of We; fitted to let of the Nnrth'-u sind fi t'l that there ar two sidds to tint war, and. I'thitthev can't bo' VMlinff 'iii wealth and eomfurt' we at the Sojlti tearing all the haril-i nehin) and piivutum.

In netalialion' lor Shetidaft's Jltjfities irftteo; Jesire ,1 to d-stroy jvut, tbi lives of womeu and cliil-, ddrvn, althougta iin Would of eoUrsavti' llo A ilil. cu III 1111. Ililltl. 1 l.fuis'. trtqnntly ocenrmi during the tnru -Mif soldiers lia've bedn tin'' vi-ryij! JrtMwV' aixl onndl -prlVed'of om'li -ml 'art r'quatiiitlis of provisions in t'VaflnatiDg a'pface.

The i taa A u.i.l.-rt.M.f"lli.l 'fllfl MVj'Ml aacks oftSitfM tfiU'i il lUi'tf cka ofOMW ji)t at this place. While this is th ease, why is it; Thg' nB's'it that ouc.aick atlil tiwkd ui mlTftiiifl.Iir eB(iriBnmeni vny can pot trns lea oamdi for thirnhimt i-W(i have' abobt'iSiWlffilti and (iKp'g tha battles of the couatiw.aauiiiw ftra aUtnl ,1 11 .1 jftttnd! M'Umm jn-iSfiinatq tM" apt. French twice thee espreisiona; if lirf" I fWm fti'bitor 1 41 its Ihe Chaplain read an appropriate ex- ft i rs tain Jdtrt 4 lh Ybrfc bib fte eYeotafcd i last Saturday. KennedV was a native of Louis iana, aed was about twonty-nine years of age. His parent were people of wealth, and gave him ajlHl fdon, which fjbshef)by itW years course at' West point.

He leff the Aoaae-TBJIff lhal' time uritlf the "breal-ilg out of the. war, Jed the, life a planter. A the breaking Out of the war he jdined the arnjy iopjaianded by General Albert Sidney Johnston. paign and after several captures and releases Was retaken. ami enfc as prisoner of war Johns 's Island, wheice bs ma4J) Heo to 0anaa.

Th'r 'he hiet Qotifey6entt lO'n tha ggtti last November a attempt was inade. (9 fire certain hjjtpls in New york, which fcite "XJbief yng; wlC UiW Werk up th plot and arrest the WnBpw wuohcliffioul'tyftnii working tWr way'thrbugli ceftain toafes, the arrest of Kene dy a i of the plotters was lie wasa1 JJirixott while en route for the 86ufi taken to ew Xprk and confined in Fort Lafayette. He was arrtSgned 'fthHried b(v()it4(itrjii6nurt martial, which was eon 'netflrt NifcYor city? "by order of Geut4 Dix. The charges against him fold: a- -i 2 Carrying on unlawful ib atti tork' 1 New as fimmi.guMty otbohUharg andieenj oawieoTwuiion last' Saturday Tbe 'Nw F-tt ftllWMgac(MiBti aft the manj- which he in 1 .1 nor ti.iin t'J 'U' Burk- a niettal fTonnAilv avarv t.vrn li.ij-u.(ti luijfaiiii Jw.lJfl.f A.fJ 4 l'nni mir iiTTi ihfit miriii. sun niinunL uiv tu ib luuuii I TJTtr.K 'ITJ to talk.

At nwin lUflTOOPWinjf irs Trere ho rose, drefised himself in a suit of Conledewit UHAtayetutHAmann winywa ana aeuano mai man ii twfl mBe' nopvoa br'his twwf 'sleejn At'WB time "fluThig1 Wia'mbVa unpleasant jJaouant.viuwj oa paasesn if fcm oriuiwd ti shoddinir of 'ffiW fflfcxntv, Ki i mw mtmv i.kei MtfltaatBV-ofi 1 hi .1 -Hi 1 ahiiiinisiu.Alf ata hour in enolosHfff1 tKeW Shortly after tM laaaoH'eBeerd HLfcfte'toHl we tofABt wMhiiAtU fief ifc- tfa.nprioner as ite hia hatgtatj weighs fo Atie ordu)glyi' The few nnint'previtts tn teaming ltoe 'Kenef mm 1ft 'ftritmjAto. tunc JBeaW, ol y-. -V Jn inM8ras aad ait muitoa wita thotw tor'liis tntd8, iur miu i5wnnnwrTf vw lire wa i I ii. i.1 iL. 1 1 htidiitl''09We Wk-I torsy (Who, wpre congregated on the (pulgriiea en-elvciingi the inside of the fort, seemed to become and impatient bad eafonded ufifty dllai for passes neeeliwsy, Writ slWWbn l.hmt ati tA presj wntih the offiotalsv were preseAti li fHnt bf ffie affilil: whlchdT' Wc'eiiltfirl Vi-iiW'iii'frt'i HUB nrn uuuuy ituntiari 1 and arawa up in tripierows on me cspianaue, iotww; clifcaf trffnaprWir Wtfht; wftb, a.

eT 1h Bav- ing a which we fear wat Iiicutcuaiit -James A. Hopkins, 17th United States ftfftt Brawn up on two sides thViBfM4u watho'VPoed in1 a Bo wHeS-e upon which Hicks, Gor-dowv'ilawkins and BeU were haukbd'. '''A few moments befetar nVetooki JXriB Lieutenant Samuel W. Bkaobef tb Mi 'Stat'n- T3 1 1 Beall and Chaplain Burke, 8trtiMf.yrWtlio am prepared foMt, He theft tUrnea tdoa't wftttlHe 1 you are gneral beaft rCSIXaillfia iJliii, and Marshal Murray told him to be I 'ts' Hy'liotfr had arrived, All. 'rights feV'rS'W'lle- fUer a short pause, be for IQJi'd -WhkeiM WftfiaJ!" 'ZWfl oaviog Douna mm ana arraogea tne noose aroitiia 0- wi ankees when General Beale! inowi)cd him, saying, Tbeso'gaSlferhenl VvHirKtapady and auwpea3 mw? icu matcuBiii Bpuie tOlia th)ilbWbgrder I J.l 1 a.iaMtaipiin and the culnvJ-' v.u 1 Marshal MiarcyianWhis deputy.

.1 Ar.ati'tt:hr(.fl cBtttken aiMi 1 iaaaasv 1 otered' to' rtttftre1 drbfIh mow. near, tb fire, oonvev sing with Beral bis neck, placed thiblatVnp on bis whe WATCH FOrVhE CROSS To save oar iuBajrlb.rit troabl. of Bikini; D(virM l.tUr, WtsbnH hertlr ksJm a crea dim UtUr, hHI(erftr ksJm j-gio ot tu. paper hen Uf piUd, Jqr is abpat tp pfrv and if Dot r.we4 thy paper, bp oped. atcb fy eroti apd yl a.

nar eip it.p to renwr lti T' Ti'r'i i iTXmi. i iii 'V Tb Sltuttlau So fur rgr QjWtioM. lufr ginia we M.sugnphH-.m Doubtless iraa cm got no more papera from Iba1 plates shall probably not be aUa publish any part if- culars coon. Our reader, are left to imagin the scenes in Richmond; f7)e ieaation keetnk to have been a hurried affair, tfoti even giving time fbr th rjiinoval of State, On ithiWw.l tko tWtntur if. nmli' tha tin) Cky of Richmond waa 6Mdihhi ai mob of nungrj, (laaparata ana evil aiapoaqa who ttorhed arid jAwdetffldtibitutp Jl We havb no information, the-prieeut po sititfo of WT(rmy.

It us (W)Hj rfollowioi in tn wafcs- 6f (be Pre'iidwht and fail CaBinel I I now at Danville. (5nefnnn waa atill at I 01 Att.daat ac counts an'a, mof ne4t jWfTha thing further than hat) wfc lp'nB elsewhcr sorTTifcttN i4bws Veareftin under oblutatiottM toitfepi South rn" Etp'M Crjmpany foropleft jf jtduAugBtl hrontcle and iy; to March 26th. frqi iii From Upper Georgia coDsiliprabio body of Wofforag meiiau4Jppef W1 to, WRP Jkv fpw bmIWiiaswppoeideJ)4i(ira Horn's cavalry, which now number aWWl'1tOO0 The Meridian Llarton cays our preparation 1,1 i thinks th city can baJield againnt any Force. rnoviHion ton imx )ojtM: nav fverythinR pogsible-Jor-a HBooeBRful defence it.ll iiU A f- lK Active (hHraim-x North Jttiuisnppi. From aHuWjWe'aa 'if iv'eoa VkQva have.

nonMwttteed i North jMlhilisiypi.i '4 veq thousand are at Guutown, in thevtciouy or Tu fonmirtk vtfkmfo fron HuuUvillc. Gen. Lyoa'n brigade is watching tha fafee aMJuntowaa WrVeirt motion. r'atfng t( a fweaof tbf i Mtemy, atftMCiHft tifl- QMt 'frtrf thViny'iB' Wtjorted to be hglf een JfftyABCtouna i fauitM, with two regunenU is preparing give ttMni warmreceptioR. YiUitu From iharleiton.

i .11 LiiiiiMniii u.iiiu.uK We on yestetday eTeningn vgtttieman woo left Charleston onfJnnaay. last, recocts thit when the' Tanlr6ittbWuplaline, clfy 1 flfny rnvsviiswRVi lations to prevent snch Vnup1 ARd.at uui bV Ten good order was not molested and-fnronlies of nrovisious itnil curr hey and are willuig. to submit to the pre vniog tb'tiifltcWS rorwDiy. pnnterN are paid 20 a week iri fcrM'! bc rjbxp4isi (paf iUjiu to! i iSutn meivillt and many ol the oiadwrfetaitfeV.J'''i,r 11 jCibwjtoa in. at businwiltfcoity Trade is active, and there is an amlMknfee ol i4LkdJ Villi WUHt.l vliuuin Another rvBtmyimmenutppe'1 a lnNrt tolBrppai-thkd Forrettt has met the tneHtf and defeated them TBft jbaroiiM gaglmeut hive not .1 'f he Maoon ore nas Deei jni.pmRraiKMi.jDi Jndge E.

A. Nisliiiu UiMMitM-eh h.J A wfttme semug MAity4igb pnoe the mine will prove rwable one. bate' aT5avaij nf ftopWxUoan atnai 1 7. Some of tbe Jvortbern firms are taking steps to make their SoutSirfcl'eMttitors pay up what they 1 I 'll- libes a Vrtter nmml Dglwrtttt aa(M tthoy tbe -frrVgularttMV'lKt mailiiei'Kb'sll be, rnvrttigatd, ill remove, ao far aa Kwible, all cause fWrWrtrtM'tot'lr tbfrB, Tha pobHc wllRW) feiHf fitha and it is imped that refor9, 4 pa aii i obtigatiotii Id furnishing proper iwlatinatvtb aipaiUBpplid by man Kotoraatun- uicg fiow tb XG, Mkmi fatotftg toarfor. Thii diScultWigit ti treat layabailKUa r)tMJUttMJiltMNalf mai do good reason wfcy-tha mail.

crrUr abooM taHe biswata ftw-bjtftshi wite wbftTriaehaU bo rr-d iwawi Dalton. iniui lli i 1i iki Lhad entered Iredell county and burnt Eagle Fac tory. It also reported that a part Or the whole St lie force' fcSetfpM SslfiM' flf "Saif Ui day tastT-If this is so (and we learn that the news is authentic) the design of th enemy is to reach Greensboro, or 'Danville, or cut the Railroad ruoning frmui Greensboro to Danville. And it may be that a -portion of the command will attempt to reach Salisbury We learn that pro-parations are making to defeat the enemy, whatever his arrangements may THE LOCAL'S COLUMN. Yanrik Dkhrtkhs Fourteen Ynnken deserters and fivo prisoners were brought here yesterday One of the five prisoners is a deserter from Leo's army.

The deserters' are newly drafted men, who had just received their bounties. They oarue into our linesaloeg the lipe of the Weldon and Wilurittgtou road. From their sppcarance they lmve evidently seen bill little bard service, being well and in fine physical condition. Important Arrest A young soldier was nrrwted here yepterdfiv on suspicion of beinjr ii fomnle, ami she admitted shwa? She gave her name as Margaret IMyde, and says sho is from Uniuu e.mnTy, in this State, and has been nine mouths in the army. Wo learn she was sunt to a l(0spital fr further Muuuiuatton iestt-rday was a beautiful day.

A continuance mch for two or threo wet-ks will give 11s nn nbundiitiiJe iif vigtlubles 6 highly inportant eotifideration, and a eotisuniination devoutly '0 be wished. Disbanuhjj Tlit (harl-Hr Democrat soye, thnt that an orrirr was rmivtd rr. the Ui-veruor in Budiky last (iiul-aijiliri idf 2 1 elnsg Hornu (tiianl M'iklf'nWg rounty. We beard ol no such wdr for thia county, bat 910 believe ihi-r nri very few to dishtiml. M.

Q. Waddoll, was not in Wilmington at ijbpj btt Ujfiioti lqpetinj. XVe presume it was some other person of the anie natuo, Mr. Wad-dell reMddi in Ciiafliara CilBPtAltt JoilA Dnncy, of has been assigned tu duly at this place as Post Quartermaster. Dkskrtbrs.

We learn that thirty deserters fretn Johnston's army were brought to this plaeo yesterday from Oa.np Stokes, near Greensboro. Libi t. Brvan W. Conn. This gallant young officer, wh') was publicly complimented by bis brigade coiiitnaudor for bis bravery at Malvern Hill, and who haa been several times mchtionod in the papers sinco, was, we are sorry to say, wounded aaain tn the bite terrible encounter of Hare's Hilt near Petersburg.

This niakts the fifth time Lieut. Cobb has been wounded during the war. At he was shot through the right thigh at Winchester he was struok in three places, but did not leave the field at Ran, where the lamented Ham-war fell, he was wounded in the head and now, we learn, he is iu the hospital at Petersburg wounded in the breast, though his wound is not considered dangerotls 'He a brother of Col John P. Cobb, whom We mentioned in our columns a lew days sinoe, and also a brother of Rev. Cobb of this city, the Baptist General Superintendent of Army Missions ami Colporfage for North Carolina.

Conservative." JloRK Stonkman The Charlotte BMetiniol th 4th has th following. Major llarris received latit evening the following dispatch which we are ierniftted to enpj'. Harris, Mayor of Charlotte; Htoirtmaot force wire at Yadkiusvllle yesterday, Bnpposed to be five thousand str ing. His raids are destroying factor i He has fourteuii pit-on of ttriilleiy. John Shaver, Mayr of Salisbury A CURIOSITY.

Wo were latoly shown, at the qnarters of "the gallant Colpnel of the 38tb Virginia ono of the "culidBitles 'df war," produced by the collision of two ininuie balls in full flight. The two bullets had met point to point, and were moving, though in opposite diieetious, yet so identically upon the samo straight lino, that there was no evasion by Cither of tho full 1 orce of the other's stroke. The result was a complete fusion or weldinu of tho two into one mass, an thoroughly united tint the line of junction could not be discovered, except f(Tr tho little ridgo that runs around. The bases of tho two bullets are unaltered, ahd the grooves received from the rifled barrels of tho muskets are plainly visible. The bullets were of course flattened by tho mutual blow, and the compound mass is greatly swollen iu the mi- die.

Wo are told thai it not uncommon iu fan tire flying bullota to im pinge on eaoh other, as is shown by the balls picked up on tho battle-field, But, to mept so suaryad wjtluiuoheiToots, us in thd case to which wo have referred, must be exceedingly fare a-eJddbHlki(s-werc picked up 011 the picked Juic, near tho llowlet House; and it would seem that each of the men who fired them escaped dfath only by firing just whou ho did, aud thus stopping rfclm baU cbm was ooiuing directly to A'tcA. Sentinel. 1 WrhrrfflM a WMKI'iiM' ran in Vw WJuiuilld mu tvar aeaa man with.aadka tn itwl lit hit brntoben turn his back npen a crowtf? From Alabama, Savannah Ac. At'tiiiSTA, April 4 Late Montgomery pern state tl at Gi Cluiiti 11 was woundrd three times in late fights with the Yankees Brotinrl Pollard nnd was raptured and died ii the enemy's hands. A terridle iiecident orcured On tb Miscogee railroad 1 ear OUiinhLs.

tfi). traio ian off the track aid fin thousand pounds of powdtr ixplbd with terrible ifl'ert Five of the seven cars attached tn tl fi.gii-,. were knorked to pieces. The clay I -Leath lh- nli wid t.i the depth ot Irom lour to five nn RxUton, of Macon, antt his negro buy wew kiili d. The fi-rmir hlwn filly fe.t aud honibly mnnglciT.

Two cars ol molasses aid tolaeen erf blown pri tmsruously over the wo. ds vrral thousand pounds of torpedo fuses 1 pit did In in dlii ml en the ears ran off. The in is-- was I'i-hp1 of fifty miles. Nev. to in KataniitN report that a large qiiiv.iity el I (ing shipjuil K-rlh for want of a market.

A arge iinrnl-er rum way m-griHaare shot ldily by our sni'ils in the vieloity nf SSavalnah 1 il CharlPB'on There is but little chance Iqt any of them Id get 10 Savannah. The garrison, of the, piiy cunsist vt 2 000 trops, tw thirds tier roes. Tht ankers tm fn Mr. Iamar CtrtifMer-ii'e ro triey nnd securitie-i and paid bim with1 ifcor his 1 in eottou. A fatal epidemic prevails among the Degrned in the city.

Tl irty die daily. The Yankees havn erected anew line within tha Id of lnriifii-ationa. Thay ran them through the Catholic Genu tery, and did not permit the r. ol rutuaiua by rulittionn. The first iIh ahip t-elonging 10 tr Ametfc an eiilonists as fitted but in 1645 by a memhor of the Puritno in Boston.

The first lav. of Kiiropeaos in America Wtire tbi Inib'-ina and llie Puritan Governor Winthrnj) At Massact iiHt-tts txqueatherl his 8nul to God arlt! Ijis Indian avi tn tpe lawful heirs of his body Coo federate New Kuglaud, iu 1043, ptuvMed for the difieion of lands, good and ptwotit as equally a part of the spoils" of War euairt-ing 1 he' first slave law 10 Aunrici. On the 4th of July, 1776, every Aruerirnn Colony bad becemi a alave Sia'e, and the numln.r of slaves was 1 utidrfi and fifty thnus md. Nture warred againat ttl institntioo in tho Northern States otln r-wtre," alavery wotild hava existed tlure to-ifay. Jt was not pmBtable, and died lin-gerion iu New Ypik till July 1827.

'i he most of the slaves were transported sud sold to the South, and thug their owners were enabled to tiim in honest penny, arid, 1 jo say to the South: Boliold, we are parer and bol than thou I Two -number of letters posted in London hi 1863 was 161,619,000. In Liverpool in the same yar 15 464,000. TO THK FIENDS OF THK NOll I'll CAROLINA PllfcSUVTE RIAJf. Dui ing the late uocupatlua uf FuretteTille by Hi FeJ-era, army, (ir type and pres.es were destroytd. Wo have been obliged to Buccuwb fur a while to toe miifni -tuna, but hope to renuuie the publicatieu at Ibe i roe by turiaa as won as the regularity of ai.il commaBlc-tion shall ba restored.

We shall be obliged to appeal to the generosity of our friends tbrongbout tbi purtions if the State which are happily unwssled by the vatW is ui of our public enemy, and we earnestly request that tbey will do lor iu whatever lies in their pew or to eon ble us to puroliase the necessary material. i As soli) ail it becomes possible, the subscriber intends to visit the large centre of restoyterrarrtam' awtti-jja tae" claims of tbis enterprise perfonally, but in thi mskittiae he would be glad to bear from the earnest and devoted friends of tbe cause in order that be may receive the rw ceseary encouraKuinetit to un lurg the somewhat ttrdawun task. We have incured obligations to our subtoribors which good faith requires us to disubarge, and this can only be done by the resumption of publication. We see so dlrliculliee in the way that may not b. over couie by energy and perseverance.

These we- hope will be brought to beat, and that we may soon take oar place again as a welcuaie visitor in the l-'resbyterian households of uur beloved State. B. t'Uhhlilt. tditor N. C.

Fresbjterlao. Fayetteville, April 1, lt6. April Siato papers pleaie noiioe editorially and copp thnee times. Head bills to tbe subscriber at layetterlli, NC (inijg NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, BEAUtlKtjr. ORGATjlJSLiliS AT ApHU-2t KIWSBY'S At'tTtON SALE.

riMIE FOLLOW AKTlCtliS WILL lit, AlAffiD JL oqf sale to-dHy 10 lbs Superior Max; 'l'f ii Ins li ack r. pper; Jtflbs white Bar Soap a lot ol llrown Windsor and Ostile sioapsj 30 lbs Adamantine Candloe; 15(1)8 Subirier Cetti 3 piece. Sheeting, and 1. eicelenr Maiohn. A so a 't nf Furniture i Roe'kawav and Ha.neas.

CKECM 4 HTUlt 0lip: ApiiltiH AuctiOheerf AUCTION. YTTILL ilK SOLI). ON FRIUaY 7TU l.Slif AKT. twenty-five public aniaials.tlorses nd fariuigg pui posts, at the llaptlst yroye (is tn cbuiriienoo at 12 'o'clock. IVUOW'Afh an April 6 at.

Maj. aud Chief MM V- mm Bniiuess Notice, The i.ttAtai! the publication me ivaeitj(a to be paid promptly, and we must, do ewb none at all. We must depiand business men ot the oiv.who hay acoottnka MUQ tta't-lioe, and parties at a ptote4 Amrpn" prmnntly Wtuin are sent. We bavu col-leet bills aud don't m4 aav charges. Ther oevtlr' Walletbar time to i ay debt, than lh.BBlent, a.d ait n) awa as ami raaftaM at'ti'a'.

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