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The Question of Snpplies--A Word nf Warning. This ia a ?abject the must vital to our inter. esfl of a'l subject* which can e gage the pub lic attention at thi* time. We ar? all alike istprfuire'i tn it. The fortun- n ?f fi'i?.-n ::r;d a -Micr are ?'ik? inv-dvH. If th;; armv is no! fed, it will f ed itself r*r??nl the crib! an'1 store houses of the cit\lms. While this bringa general distress to >h>' comnmPi,v, ii insure? also in its turn the ultitnve disbandment ?T thc anny sud the triumph of the {?e. On brave soldi.-rs can meet thu enemy in tl? ti dd with assurance of ?-u-c-s. but hunger wiM vanquish them in thirty ?is hours. There is an abundant supply '>f food in th* country,'and it needs only to be collected husbanded e.nd judiciously distributed. 1 those supplies ?re t ot 1 ?.k"d after nnd gath ered up with energy, it amounts to the sami t'dng ns if lhere ?ere no supplies at a'l Th<*re is no impropriety in saying that th't? lrfit'or alarms us. and we <?n'y wish wo enul? alarm thc leading; ctt?s-n^"?f rentrai Mis?;s ->ip;>i un :be same subject. AH they have ti ihe world i-; a' stake. Tho*; producer? who hold their hn-ail'tuif nt high priers, and their bacon ut severn; cents ? r pound, em harrami u? the sj -veri tr.ent in i!s effort, lo create supplies, are sim ply mon whose love of country bas beonjeat en nut bj tb* moat sordid nf ?I! human pn ab>ns. We should feel disinclined to i nd ul: in censure of governtncniAdScials at the pre? ??nt moment, even if iue-tpacity ornegligenc o ni'.! tv shown. That would be no reirn d ? |'?.r <b" pr?tent exigency, lt is true tba -.me of i he most energetic ami effective offi rets in thc uoiumisiHry and -ubsiitence d< m rt men t's. barr cith r be rs relieved ol dut;, or embarras?-?*.! in t'leir oprri*i->ns by re tnp* K; .h^it-alirio-i, or bv an i- fem al B.irri? e'eism in the circonlocution deprriment. Bi w? have now but one purpose-we are actio ii"d bv but one inoijve-we want the necessi rv mean? adopte^ to secure t he col lee ion an trai,sport)?tto?i nf auppHes, wir't <vbich th i'tnv -tt \' c ksl.'ir^ nod thv *r?iv nt P.-i ll nj ur cnn be ??i, ? ?t'inut n?ces<-inly tie li rising th- peop'e nf Mississippi. Wcbwve boret??U?re ?ii^)au, through th ..-.lunns ul' tufs j'jornal, that T?:e t'isrh prici o- in? n?ees-.aii'?s < f lite, tki'Uigb tiiv entii f -MI.irv, a:v m?it:ly attributable tu t' e aban 'nuble sv?'e?!i ad pt-.l by t'ic <jiiv?Tam*-nt i seinii-tg out airen;-* to bay things, in any | bu and :?t H'?y price, insten?! of advertisin? f' pr<> w,s;i'.s for furnishing the army what needs. In t'n-J wae only cuti tue. bu-ine. talent anti energy of the COU"! ry be em pl?.?1 e?i in doini? wtial it bas always beretofoi doue-conducting tb? exchanges ol tin-cou try end aupplving the wants of the com munit We speak advisedly, (vb?u we say that ot cause is tn dang, r fiona this very st-urce. our annies were compel? *d tn fid I back want of suppliBS, tue Mis issippi Valley wnu pw imo the bands of the foe. Other iniii' itiiiiLt CJIIC ive the ways and the means nf e trouting the Confederacy from such a c ?nd lion ?it affairs, but we ure free to conics?; w could nut see our way beyond it We kuti that tbe-su ?ants iain Jw supplied with ti ptOpCr enertry atri bn-'ness capacity. A?i we H.-e authorized to ?ty, n'? behnll of [?..; ti?** eotire!7 re ponsible and capable, tbni the Department will otter a o?utract tu ?>';; ply one hundred thousand men, at reiistim ble. rates, for eis months, with breadstuff good beet and bacon, the government fm 'it?binif tho facilities for trau-'portu'.ion, tin the contract will bc immediately taken an penal bonds, with approved security, will I h od to insure its elocution. JSovr, why uot do tui-t ? And if such proposition be rejected, and we subsecjueutl .sufi' r disaster and ruin as thc consequent who will be held responsible ? It must stn ply result that the government at Kivboiom through tts appointees, lus sacriiicod a ne nie who tru?ted all in ita bunds, fur want . thft exe;ci3e of common sense end comme prudence- Wc speak pb-nly and earnestIj We have snffbrcd mach a? a ?teuple, and w want to be aawnBd ot success-of a cournr and a hom?) tor our children. We feel chan ed with responsibility-we aro an indepeu dent juurualist-we ure assigned to duly a< watchuian upon the wails, and wo don't in tend that the country shall putter disaster an min through incapacity or malignity of arr man or set of men. without faithfully utter ing forth a voice of warning. If we find p i: ties in office, ?>r out of office, criminally re 8ponsible for not doing their duty, or stami ing in the way of public salefy. S J help u God, we'd scourge that ecouudrel and di down upon h s head the wrath of un injure? people. We call for action-prompt, speedy " effective actiou ! And wo earnestly solid the attention, the influence and co-operatioi ol* every good and true man iu the couutry -Sijutntrn Cri^s. The Expected Attack on Charleston The Charleston correspondent of the l?o bile Advertiser d' Register, in alluding to ttn c .instant threats of the.Yankees in regard ic thc attack upon this place, aayr : The straggle, when it comes, will certain ly be of a tearful character. It will bethe atiock of tremendous f .rees, the relative pow e's of which ate yet mitt ?ed. The long moot ed question of the fighting v>;l..e of ship? against lotteries will l*c brought to a t?st ir ore-oa :lcu.ive than a.ny to which human w arfare has yet subjected it In other words, in. Monitor iron-duds, wb eh the Yankees ?flaira to be the most impenetrable Vessels < ver constructed, will necessarily come with in point .blank range of ihe ir.ost numerous and powerful batteries that have ever yet been r.s;d ia a single engi'gemen'. We have good raison, too, to beli? ve that our guns will be managed with admirable tact and precision. The more impnr;ant batteries are manned by the Sou Lb C. r dina regulars, for whom the credit is claimed, and I think justly, ot being the most expert and practiced heavy artdle rnts in the Confederate army. The torts are well officered, and General Ripley, who has jntde the study of heavy ordnance a ?j>oci?I :y for yoars, aud whose excellency in h it particular branch of military knowlodge is an admitted fsct, will, 1 hear, make bis bead quarters at Fort Sumter as soon as the enomy makes his *ppearanC3. lt is scarcely possible tint any fl-uting thing can breast unbanned the concentrated storm ol heavy metal from the guns of .Sum ter, Moultrie and Battery Bee, the three prin cipal woiks commanding the throat ot the harbor. Xor can the peril of running this terrible gauntlet be diminished byan attempt lo pas? under cover of the darkness, as has been tbe'caae at Vicksburg aud New Orleans. S > tortuous and intricate is the channel lead in? Ut the forts that the most experienced pi i lotd of thc harbor would not venture to bring in a vessel by night, under thc conditions which the enemy cannot escape, viz : with out a light or landmark to guide the way. Lven when the blockade -running vessels leave the harbor, it is always necessary to aid ;t;eir exit by previously arranged lights (sha <i -d ) and signals ; so that it is reasonably cen ,?iu mat the attacking irou-clads must either enter iu open day, or incur the imminent haz ?ni of getting aground up<>n one of the most t e icherous bans on lb? Southern coast, which se.ldom vields a vessel once it liss grasped the I keel. But if, pe chance, despite of mazv channel, maltipliedtorpedo.es, and the cotu Jnutd batteries of the forts, som'j of the nine I Monitors sbculd ca?uc? tog,-t in^o port, tbey .would btiil have to encounter a ooncontrated fire from other batteries, which, as the Yan kee papers have learned from contraban ls, line the shores of the inUrior of the harbor." And then will come the '. tug of Wi? whicii will deharmiae tbe poaiesdion of the h juored i .Pid Utv, j ? Address of Gen. D. H.Hfll. Oencrr.1 HUI up.m taking command oflbe troops in North Carolina, i sued the tallowing , addre?? to them ; I HB.VDQ?ABT2K8, GoLJiSBOflt)' N. ?. ' February 20 1?H3. Thc .anders,'gf!(?ri 3io? been (.laced in efi?r>t i of the troops lirNortbCrcolina. In ^v-moiie: ( comma* d be would, address a lew words tif exhortation to bis forces; S"Lnt..i;: Your brutal and maglignaiit er.o- i my ip puuing iortli ?fiort? un? Xatnpled in 'ii" malory of the world, ?aviug iai?ei lo sub , jugare you, be is inuddr?od vt-irii the thirst. ! for .vengeance, *-id is d-thing forward Ids j loreign u.ei ^naries Iv plunder your property ? and lay waste your Louies. Hut his marao ding hosts have been so often beatie u.d battled mat t?ey ?re now discouraged anti j demoralized. Should you be abie lo cheeki thrill everywhere f-?r the next sixr> uiiye, I lite turee minored thou.-and whose time ex I piren m May will not ree:.list, and llw war | will end tieibre Joly. ?Should the scoundrels > however gain a single bUbHantial success ??I j -.ny .>ne poiul, the war wdl be urohuiged ? during inc entire administrativ.? of Lincoln, j |t becomes a solemn duty then, to labor and j tigh' during ih^ next two monlhs as we have ! n?jver d<M.e before. We must make the war unpopular with the luc-rceuary va .dals of the I Kw th, Ky harra<singand annoying them. We I must cu i down to <ix bet by two the ditnen sioiiHof the fhnus which these plunderers propose to appropriate. Yon will have to endure more hardships, and to fijbt more desperate battles ?hau you would have do ie were your ranks properly filled. Our cities, towns and villages are full of young and abie ; boiied skulkers, weiring the semblance of j men, who Dave dodg? d from tiie buttle lt -l-l ! j undi r the provisions of the exemption bill, j 1'ne scorn of the fair sex, and the contempt .of?? 11 Honorable men have not been aide to ! drive iliH.se cowardly miscreants iuio the ' j ranks. S ? lon.? >is tb y can fat'en' upon the ? ni s ries o. the conn'ri a:,.t!s n-l.er ihf-ir worth lea? carcas-e* friui Yrini.ce bullets they t?r i itiMriu-ibie m s ame- Hut the dav ol ret ri bu j tion H wai ts these abortions of burna dry. fit-ir own ilesvendauifl wiii txeerate tueir i menii-ry, adieu tue linger of scorn is painted, HM?? the l?r.m :* uttered, "be is the son. or at-md son. or a proal-grand-son of au exempt .nd ex ort ioner."' D.i your full duty, soldiers, un i leave these ?1 di mo ns ?-ti I villians to the execration of p?terity. AU commanding olfic-Ts are here by ei j 'in'd lo furnish the naine* ol oIlbHsrs and nen who distinguish themselves in p ich ed batt ks and skirmishes. Th>>se fio distin triiisiitng themselves will ba recommended for promotion, and their named published j in liie principal papers of their respective S la es. j Tu-- i dantry have to bear the brunt of I ev ry l>au?e and to endure special hardship^ I i i every catnpab'n. Tin.' post of danger and I of suffering ix the |*ou ol honor. Ifour lib j erty lie ever w on. it will ba du : mainly to j ti.e iiiilom:*ib'-? pluek and iturdj endurance j of i ur beroi.: infantry. . T?r? ?onledeiaieartillery ha^ behaved most j nobly, ?nd to? woiidor i-, that with interior j gnu* and ammunition, if has been able io ! o pe Micct&fullj with thc splendid armament j ol thc enemy, lt bas been a mistake, how j over, to contend with the l'ankee artillery. Reserva your Gre, as at Frcdericksbtirg, for tue uia-s ;* of infantry anj no not withdraw your' guns just when they ara becoming ! ell-cuve, leis glorious to loto guns bs fighting them to the last, lt is disgraceful lo -,av,i th-rin by retiring early from thc fight. Th- cavalry constitute the eyes and wars of ?h i army. Tue sa:e*y ot lilt, entire command depends upo.'tb)'-ir vigilance and tho faith fulness of their reports. The . Ulcers and j men who permit themselves to be surprised j deserve to die, ?nd the conitnaodiiijj (Jener ! i will 8|niru no.elf or tn io secute them their do i serfs. Almost tq'iul'y criminal arc thc scouts I who, through fr ghi, bring in wild au l sensu i donal reports. They will be court-martialed . for cowardice. . Many opportunities will be afforded to the j cavalry to harriss the enemy, cut oil'his sup ? plies, drive in his pickets, &o. Those who have never been in bailie will th tts he enabled to enjoy tiie novel sensation of listening to the sound of hostile shot and she!!, and those who hav- listenel a gr- at way oft' will bc al lowed tc come sonif unies murer,, and com pare the sensation caused by the distant cau II mude willi that produced hythe raul? ol laurketry. Execution ol'a Deserter ? correspondent wi-ling from lin 3St!. K. C. Regiment, m ar Frederick-burg, to Raleigh Standard, giv. - me loilowing ;c i count of I he execution ufa desert' i : u Tue execution of ihes-nt nc of dealt! upon William A. Tomlin, private Cniipfc'M ii. 38th N. (J. Regiment, was done thu 23 I o;' j Fobruar)'. The culprit had ecu an enlisted I a si ld er nearly twelve months, but bad n v. r done duty, being under guard as a deserter, j Hi was one of tliose aban oned charae'ers ! who could evade the vigilance t?f ihe civil oli; ! e.-?rs, after the perpetration of a heinous crime, j j by a chang- of* locality, a feigned name, a I new avocati'-n, or somooihi r fraud. Accord I i ing to i is own narrative, he wus agi.l '?'.i ! j yeai'4, hud roamed over X.-r'h and South j Carolina as a preacher, cul|?ortenrf d -c .-ir. j I pill seller, ?c. under twidvc difTerent names, j ( oo t (lions iO m nition.) bis tru? name being j N. A. H. Clxunvli. was boru a!;d purtiv raised ! i at Jamestown," Guilford County, NC. bad j married tlirec wives, all of wiiom are n w livitiff. hail mmdered two en. one of whom I iras h,s brut :er. Much ol'such maur ?nm d-- j v?iuf>--d on ih'i i rial, ?li wi?i?!i tended to make I the culprit a lit example lo expiate the crime ! of which he was lound guilty, and which the ! ? good soldi r*' interest and justice to ourcoun ! try ."Hi much demande"!. ?ein^ lound guilty of desertion and of in ducing other-to do so, by a court martial, sentence of death being passed and confirm ed, the day was appointed for the execution, in the prenon?e ot t!>? brigade, (Penders.) E tr'.y' Monday tnoming, tito brigade, nnd< r t!ie com m-un I of our excellent C-donel W. J. Hoke, was forme l, making three sides or'a I patallelogram. The prisoner, seemingly a > willing victim, wa? marched up to a stake in j the middle of the fourth side, and being se- ' cured, the guard formed fifteen steps inside i the p-irallelogracRj tbs prisoner's buck being I towards thi-m, the comnu?ding officer stepped j back to ihe guard and commanded, '. Ready! aim J fire f when Ute prisoner fell a lifeless i corp?e, pierce! by ten Miuie balls, two of which went through his head. Considering J the snow WIIS about a foot deop, and the j weali er was extremely cold it was a gloomy j 1 and sad spectacle. I conjecture the example . ( will have a happy effect on our troops/' j ] The London Tim/ss and Post deny thal the | 1 Confederates succeeded in raising the bl >ck- '? ( ade at Charleston. Th'j rimes any' 'h'l? t' > does not appear that any neutral "hips eui 1 ' have got into Charleston ut any hour of the * day of attick, and that on tito next day there ' were twenty Federal vessels off the |?irt. i The Post nay? that the suspension ol the blockade f>r a fxw hours did n t terminate lt, c nor did it impose upon th" blockading power } the necessity of civii'g fresh notice lo neutriil ? Stat -s of aa inte-i ion to blockade. The Post " -ay> that no ?me i notice need I?- g veil by 'ue \ Government of th'-' IJiiittid State*, nor ?iii ,] the Rritiib Government leijuire it 'I -The ladl?s at Nnas.oi have eont*ibuted v twelve hundred bi^i?y and re. I?W^K o>{ th? 1 W?Xi ia Vlrgiil?, ; 11 From the North. RICHMOND. March 15.-Dispatcher! from ?rcderok>r.n"jrj 14h, nate th?', thc Herald if the 11th has beep recetad. The election in New Hampshire occnrr?d tn tho 10 h. The Ror.'nb'iiMns are sported u have elected R'I ihe inemfe'ri nf Con *v.s i ?tl a n-.rj iitY cf. tile Lefi'oi.itnr'*. Throe candidates f<d' Governor were before .he p?i'U.c, ifirher of whom received a ma udry According to ?h.- Constitution, Cou>e pienHi there wis ti?1 flection. Gold r >f? in New York on ?he 10?h, tu I?3 mri nhl? d al 158. Middling ("?ti"? advanced to 8f?(?;87. Th.- II.-rah! deprecates th* excessive pre mium for trold. and the on.tinned depn-cia t?.in (>f. Ihe currency, ami says that Chase must prepare imweJ'at?ly lu pay in gold mid si'iv.-r and comp*! the h:u:ks to do likewise, until confidence is recored. It sn vs wc hu ve arrived nt a rri?is of life ur dca'h t:i ?. roMlion. It moat he put down hv farce of anns i>r it wi 1 far ?h.? country Ui pie ces. The Jacobin teachings nf Vallat'dighaat ft Co., ii 's advised, wil! not he much longer tolerated b) the Administration. V'uorhetM, NI' Indiana, addres-ed the Demo craiic Union Association of New York mi the niiriit ol the 10th. lie proclaimed his devotion to th?! U'non and i.ousiitu ion as our lathers nialia it. Itt conclusion he said, when the Government went outside of the limits ol the .aw, tyree should be met by force. .(Great applause.) He asked the Dem ocracy to stand by thc Northwest in theenm inp conte?*, which would result in tho over throw of the Abolition party. R iHencranz iift* nutilied ail persons who cannot give HBfurnnceof their loyalty, to hold themselves in readiness to go a-iuiu of his lines in ten days. The Proposed I'lau of A H ia lice with thc Northwest. L"t us propo&s to linois, Indiana, IOWA and Ohio, a treaty of alliance, offensive and ./effiinivc, against ine rest of the '. Union.'' 2. Li us propose a commercial 1 rea ty lr, wliiC't Iii y may receive g:r>:!.s through oin ports, pay inj? only ihe duty impo?ed by oui i ar i tl' ri gutuiions. 3. On all gooda imputed through th.- Mia sissippi river direct to ihe North-west wt will make no charges. In other word?:, tin Mississippi is an " inland sea." X&c prod net i f iii- North-west ?eut ?loup the Miasissipp do not become taxable till put ashore iii i Southern port. Tiie N'orth-wCsl afumes DO share ?if on delila, ami eau net tis it wills as tegunis tb ? payii-eul ol'Li i coin's indebtedness. 5. Let Cotnnjmsiitners appoint**! by lin Coif derate States and by thc North-wesl OM II basis like that suggested, lix the detail o? a pinn of alliance. These four Mutes which I have named wu d, nuder the operation of a treaty Uki ibis, bee mo p.jSoCase? ?if all lim terrilor iroiu i Le Panhandle t,f Virginia to thc Paci tic Ocean. What an attractive picture doe the proposed organization wftatch a Repu bli present to tha ambitions tuon of tho West How attractive to tho pennie who ??uM es cajieNc* iv;-an i I af din I'how homogenr i nus lil? I'hlHWils -A' s " ivty ! huW g?Utld Ul j future ?I such a Republic! X a .i'v needed tn consummate the pur ouse ..f deiachintr the North-west from tb I Lincoln Government; bul ihe diffusion of ir j formation arnon"; tin pe. pie. T?.c policy an ! purposes of the Smi! iiem Cuufi deracy, hi it j conduct of this war, 1ms be?n misapprehend i cd by North-western men from the beginning ? There is mie difficulty which .-.oems i usu pera ! ble, but fortunately ii. ns only temporary in il I existence. Tue Government of lie Slate ! d?sign?t'd is in The ?iiundstif Lincoln's min i ion?, but iii? presentation ju a succinct snap j of such a plan af tillie ic-.: hy our Govern mern I through ali our neWslupers. a'on?d annihilai j forever tue power o? thu Federal Afjminjstrii j iion in the Norlll west. I could not i-caii/.-i the condition oT p.<rj.-.i I lar prejudices and upii i?ms in Eist Tenne.-s till 1 Lad mixed with the people. As ?hot 1 mighty ignorant of North-western social' j must be that Sou lu mer who has never dwei .upon the shores of tlitj Mississippi, and wh J has noi mixed with tue people of the North j wc<r. For two years or mort', tho whol j Northern press has: |" [t, g?mply and solo! I tile exponent td the views ami purposes c I Lini'obrs Aduiinistralioii. Th? jienple wh I adhere lo B.'ig?u ?he sdid .nbsra.itial mei . wlciiii I liav,- known for years past, Lave bee: : silet'ced by a reign of t >rr->ri*ui. Unr ther : i- a nio'itf ul making the purp ?ses uf our Got ! ertiuictit DitdcFstood ; i tere is a means o solvingev?n nowa dillkuily w ich inigijt. i; a-justed tut Wfll tn-day in it must ut semi tn upj [ieri"d. Why |HISI)NI]HJ kV Let me assure yon t at tnere arc tnim v,'h< would pot on any tenn-, have peace. Then j a,T countless speculators with money enougl j to buy up Souiuern newspapers. There un ? Quartermasters and Commissaries wh? woiih j protract a war so ruinous to the people j Then: arc military magnates who tiiusr do I scorn! til thv ir original positions ??j soeieti ? when peace is restored. All advantages, lik^ rotted corpses thrown up by tho h'?jsteroui billows ot revolution, would sink below iln surface, and stink and fester .-.uaiii when tin God ??f mercv pn?'da;iiied [aaiceto the trou li-e.l water*. T ey wiil shriek wittily whin thi-y must go dowii io lisent more. P?ac< ts tict desirabls-atii"iie lin countless thou Builds who h ?vi; won pr.iinitieucu or weal tl ie de! y ihroiigii thts ? u-w\ of this terrible abating war. We w u- peace. Wi yal mild wo wi? li iiy pocri?y and c ? ward i ec ns-erl a d .sim f r thc continuance of tilt*, war? Why per::.it. men who cannot i-. mc esp Dents ol p.ipuUr ceil tillieil. iii I iii? South to tni-r. pre-cut our wini)"*? I' ' -'<?: Davis -uri-ly would not iific I.inc lo. md dread tim >1iiniiiUiion of his dictatorial {.overs. He delights not in the dam?ahle H,stein of martial law. whose ex ponent i- any little igti >raut cps*art thai, may bc decorated with buttons ami stripes. Wi? dear ilieui when the public good demand* their existence iii districts morally rliseasml, but we would not accustom ?he people of thc South to a hi-il burn system of despotism l)i>ri'"f the womb of triasen. No, ?et us h ive ibo Courage tint only to meet tho foe on the batile field, but lo shy that wo want peace, and would have it on SUCH terms as I hav.i s-b'g Med.^It our Congress should make such an exponent as this, nf their wishes and opin ions, Lincoln's power in tbe North-west Would cease.-Correspondence Knoxville Reg ister. ClUlU-ESTov, March lo. CAPTAIN Mtcut.K? AUIIN AT Wong.-? telegram from UardeevilSe announces thai Captain Mickler, nf the 111li South Carolin* [t>'guuent, wit i adetachmentof bis company, ?vent on Hilton Head Island, Is.-.t night, io he observatory, where the Yankee Signal IWps were siaiioned, and, ndthont firing a ftits. Captured t o wbule party keeping watch, lonsistiiig of :i I/Mitenant, (>ne S-igeant ami even privates. Tho prisoners have arrived n llardetville. No one hurl, on one side. The Chicago - Times'' says if Gratti should apture thc whole Coiifederatu forot at Vick mrg if lt 'sellTun-/, were lo annihilate Drag;,', looker march into Richmond uni Foster, . nd ll -c. lake Chariest >n and Savannah. ?a--.- vic .mes would '-ni furor un a mora lesperat* war ;n- .- we bave yet known. .'l?e armies rr-quircd to wi>i such victories i'-?nld be; uq >rid to maintain them. The ..mill ?. .nhl tnt .sooner n-iurn to ihe Union ii-.-;, than tow. The Times certainly told, bi truth ibis tire?. I f The mmois f bat have been premian! fV>r a j flay "r two pa^t, to Inc cfl"-*''t 'r.^.i BuMi-ido i s buH taken o m maud ht Pori Roya!, are, we ? c belli VP, well founded. I'h.. rrp'-.rt ranche* us ; J hv way; of North Carolin*, the =:on bf ?, Iturtioin? to i he common ri Inri: g hem M?o { L Ctnntnnu ulk trooiig :b? Y?nkec sold ers at. . N ?wii^rn. Indetff, tue j't k"'1 pipers ?r*vo 10 ? U? H hint a forttii^nt O'j thr.t l;..r.'-i>'<- Vitt J ^ 1 !.. . e uir.dfc " Military O^' i-ni'-r ni N"nii and i | . j> uili piu*???iM,:> n?iii a* Fuslor h:..-> iron? hack ? \ ? in Nev bern, thc jv.i> :-ei:ce is ru.tuinl ir.ui ii Kiivn-r bin) Hunier ure to acr as I>iirii*ide:s ruo LieilteiiHuU) in the two Carolinas re-pee ! lively. ! The impreasinn that-th* long deferral at I tack is ru? elose at hand, is gatnhig ground j in military circles. A special lelfgratu trun: j (.'harli sti'M to the Savannah Rcjntbtictta in forms us i hut " an attack Hill he m mle tm j Charleston wiiiiin the ne\; len dav-proba ! illy at spriig tide, oti inc. 19?h ii.?tam,:' und : ?Ino (hat the iroa-clad Cat.-kil passed the liar lon Wednesday, bonn'' tc Port Koval. i Chariest on M.-rcnry, 13?h. Che $MttUm ARTHUR SIKKI?TS, EDITOS. W Ki)?ESDAV, Al AK. 18, 18G:?. Ar. .(Jmi&sion. Thc timely article entitled " THK Horn or Sf riiKME TBI'AL" in our last should 'nure Leen signed Prier th' ila :.tit. ? - ? .'W- - * .55*?" Wc ar.' pleased to leam thot Mr. J. 0. FKRRKI.L, nf this place, has been commissioned Adjutant of tho IOU. and It?th Hegt. S. C. V., now on duty ut Shelly ville? Tenn. -r*-*-* -;- i ' A Kielli Record. i ; In complying with.tho r.'<ju^?r nf Co. " R," 7th i i j S. U. V.. to pnhli.-h the record of its dead since I j May 18(15, wc take occasion to commend thc man ' I ncr and Styli of tho communication tn general j imitnt'on. The statement gives information with out prolixity, is just without diffuseness, an lis j the kind of record uiueh sought after to enable : , j the uniufornied lo comprehend at a glenco ibo | . ! suffering* of euch Company in the service. We j g j hope other companies will furnish similar on:. i ? densod statements, carefully prepared, ft would i I be a. step towards preserving the-names of he j gallant but unrecorded deni of our armies. e ! R?solu lions of R&pect. The Congregation of St. .lol,o's in the Wilder ; nos? (near Flat Roch N. C.) held n meeting in ; the monti] of February to pay a last tributo to tho memory nf REV. En WAR D Rann late pastor of that church. The preamble to tba Resolutions adopted evinces tho deep sorrow of the afflicted Hock ?tlhe loss of one endeared to them by the noblest and holiest considerations. As a /'?Mor, as a Friend, and as a Han, he was Ltdovud und respected as few ure in this utilitarian, bustling, selfish age. Many miders ia Edgefteld v.'I?I re rail tue mild, intellectual face of this devoted Soldier of thc Cross ?s they read tho Resolut i u?3 w:.ieh we append : j I. Rreolveul, That while we bow In lowly sub L, I mission to Iii? will "whodoeth ail things well" ? who gave and who tu.s no* taken away our-be '' ! love.f Pastor, thc Rev. EnWARn REER, we still ;* j cannot hut mourn tn him our own a':d tin; Church's ? i irreparable loss. '' ! 2. Revived, That wo wiil over treasure among '. our choicest recollections, bis leaching, bis vir . I tues ami bis example. 8 ! .'1. Reeohed, That we do nssure his family ?I S j our deepest sympathy in their and our sore i rcavement : amt that t?t have learnnd with ihe " liveliest salisfacliwH theil;purpose (in arcordauce t with his wishes) to abu') uniting bis people. ; j 4. KtHolectl, That to perpetu :t.e lb? memory nf i bis many and rare excellencies and of oar ulL-c i tb.ii for bim, a suitable monument he cree titi in the body of th s Chu rel-. I- I j. Refitted, That a copy ot tbij Preamble and e j theo Resolutions be seul to bis cherished family, .. j and that they l?e published in ibe Southern Epia ! eopaliaii aod oilier papers. . i C. C. I'INCKKEl", Sr.. Chairman. I* I _ -_ "j "TheQneslion ol'Supplies." " ! Tho Southern Grt*i* (hy J. WOITORD TUCKER I formerly of <n:irii Cand?na) presents a view of tba supply question worth considering. There ar-:, lie maintain*, abundant supplies iii tho coun try, but tho fault is in the mode of nae!.ii.g them adopted by thu Confederate authorities. W* are not prepared t" decide between tho Cr ?ti* and rho Government, bul commend the urticle tocare f i ful attention. Fee another column. - .He' Some interesting artillery experiments bava been trb'd recently on James' river. The 3 : big gun of tho .' Richmond" was fired, lirr-t with ? j fifteen, then with twenty, then with tweuty-Hve ' ! pounds of powder, nt a turgd ei;;!it hundred yards j j distaut. Tho bail penetrated eight inches of Solid j iron, thus demonstrating ?is practicability in . bring upon plated gunboats, lt was found that . i thc twenty pouud.charge was the most eiTcctive. -The Queen Sitten hove just closed a run , I of ton weeks in the city of Augusta. While the . f peculators hm o "c irricd the day," the Thespians ! have carried the night. j -The whiskey drinkers of Columbia have! i c.dled u meeting tn consider the propriety nf lem- j J pe rance in view of the high price of 'likker.' j -The Southern ChriMtan Adfeatehm raised ! its subscription price to three dollars iu advance | and is worth twice that money. -Tho Confederate Congre-.- resolves tba', j tho President du call upon the people of IbfttSoulh to give their chief ulumtiuu tu the raising of pro .sion crops. -lleitMCs, of the Chai ?eaton Mr rr uri;, guy? : "Prices iu Vu n kee Und. h-ve advance I 20il to HOD per cent," und thai " there is a uutversul dis t.u.-t of their currency, their army, their miers aad themselves." Kopo so. -The wise King of Israel said thousands of years ugo of a virtuous Woman : " Shu otb ber j bands to ike spindle, ber bunds hol.l the distaff.'' j -What could have been ?nore acceptable Gian j that superb roe-shad,' fresh fiotu the trap, presont ! ed lo us jester e'en hy one who does -every thu.g j inimitably. -Tho Courier repudiates a late uncHllrc' or fling ut Gen. TooaBS of Georgie, which "crept" Into its columns. -P. W. A., writing from Churlcston, says : "Mr. THEODQRI: D. WAGNER, a member of tho firm of FRAZER ? Co., presented to the lute JAJIKS h. I'aTTiGttu while on his death-bed, a check for twuuiy thousand dollars, nominally as a returning fee, but in reality a delicate token of appreciation for tho noble character and gu-ut abilities of Carolina's ablest lawyer." -A teachers' convention will meet in Colum bia on th? 28th April to consider i he subject of j lexi books Ac. -The Mobile Remitter 1H an admirable paper j -Wish il would honor tbis office wiib a better printed copy. -fjoinu nbominablo gander in the Confider- ' ? ate Congie.-* objected to tLe consideratioa of ii ' subject having reference to thu ludios, when .Mr. j MILES Of South Carolina remarked mtt? vote: "AU atUrr ionic* ?honlil gire ?tin ll Ina there itre tudu* tur euee.'' -The Barnwell .Sentinel exclaims: "Plan-I, tera, look to your hog-pens. A distinguished authority fays : The pep jg mightier luau the ? tw*rd," j j "Tii( rc bas boen lit tie in the action of thc nol tnic cf Sonrh Cur?!'n>i or in tl-? cordite; of bivalrr.us pe pl?, b-fore or sij.ro the uar . ^ir: j C.-irioise oi cmi-lettm, and ?? i- a regretful li bat a ringle r-xseptjon to thu roraark ?o" .' 1 r .t. Tuc recent i!iahui:<4tnuiit or if coi.nM--r.-i 'Oily nf troops b.ion-'ii;.; t.-i an urg.inUalk'fl lo 0 nrtiier.jilaw of Li.?t State, and which origin* Ut wi a un! ujuny i:idiv>d??!s eubjexi locnnscripth mt who cut of ri MIC-t to the. S:a:u, ?oru .ithdrnwn the military au'hoiitie? of ?h i Ti Ollera'e Goverrinunt, shuul? l.avcb.cn previ-nl ?y the Legislature or l?j ihe Gov?ro?ir at 017.-iiii. and tho f.-ct ii :?i .-o deiuiginiC and r u hms a i-iri'ttiosunce should bc permit?'d tooee il u lime which the threatened r.'luuk upon t dry rend.-red So inopportune. r-llects but iii rredit upon those who had the power t-a rel: hose troops und who failed to exorcise it. 15-t Lir.g.t were to have been expected both of t litthor??es and the .citizens ol' thc pioneer gil >f the ru volution. It is fort?nate, however, t? 1 force considered amply sufficient lo repel ? tssttol's of the >-neuir, still remains nt lite [HUI 10 he defended." ^ . The foregoing is tim language?f a Kichern Korrespondent in n letter addressed t-i one of ? best ?testent exchanges, lt certains ?ft unj imputation upon tbe "authorities"and ''peon of South Carolina. The regimen's in quesli were accepted for ninety days service, mid more. The arrangement was made hy thc (u defunct j Executive Council and wai not acccp tile lo the people in tiny point i-f view. Tl however carried out tho contruct on their p arith Cdelily,-bat with ihe tacit determination dono more thar, fulfil thc. obligation thus i in po. upon them. Tho regiments were composed large *mri of men abo were of tm ncc (bciwi .I'J ami -I j) nowhere us yet subject to conscript! Many ol them were men on the verge of ?0 w heavy responsibilities ?it home, mid whoso pro [duce, whether for tho good of the State or ?if Confederacy, wu? //..me. Yet t!,ry served i their time, a ?umher of them dying in CHI Their term expired ??id thc Legislature refused foroo them to remain loagerin service. An ala was raised that ibo enemy was about to muk descent upon our Const with unexampled iu The Legislature soon discovered that this ala was false an,l. as they surmised, intended for ed in this ] articular case. They felt it to be wro in every aspect of tho matter, to ?;'/?. >.?? tL fellow-oiiiz-jr.s further luau bud already bi douc. Thc S'oie, bad contributed more th ?i ii proportion of men lo the service, without con: erins these Regiments of Ktjicrsc? ns tlioy w called. Tho plaice of the 6 tn to was, that tb Reserves should be remanded lo their bornes ct end ut" ninety days. The host interests of Stale were suffering by their withdrawal fi home duties. They numbered, all told, scare three thousand men. The Confed?rate Cove meut well knew when their term wits to ex; and had ample time to meet thc contingency, j ? obligation nf South Carolina was cancelled tu Tho troup-; hail not been-needod, and it WHS ch however loud the note of a false alarm may In sounded in Richmond, they would not now needed. The Legislature thought it best to let Confed?rale Conscription proceed here as in ot! Status, and tho sooner the better. Tho ]!."<.!? were therefore duly disbanded by the Cotifedei j general ue-.-ordiitg lo stipulation. They ur* : home non doirg thc conn try mach good by h ? teaing tho important operation? of the fm j Those who were- under 40 ure Conscript . - : those who are between 40 and -iii st:::ni rea ! whenever the call romes. lu all Ibis ihe peo? j of south Carolina have ik-nu all that reasons' men could ask. and the ''authorities" have do: as the sequel btu proved, precisely what ll ought to have done, it is easy for ltiehiuo letter-writers to daub ?.sheet or two with critich ?nd censures od Miram; ont we think it ru:l hard thut respectable and high-toned pap, .should vent?lalo such stuff witho -f examinant The j'ililitiu. in AliSftissippi. j Tuc Jackson Jli*ei**iyp!:tn gives up the Mi??! j experiment made by Hov. 1'KTTI'S US a dead fa i ure. It may te nch us u Icssou in South Carolit, j beyond uil question, thc armies of tue Cotifedei cy, not thc militia of the States, ure the win. and solo hope of our country's defense. Let I seo what our contemporary says: i Tho militia system hus bad n f..ir trial, ut I failed-sunnily failed. Tho people thn.ngbo tt,e Stale ure beginuiug lo regard il as a sort nuisance. The .Major General bimse f has r>-u ized thai it is u f.iilure, una if left to himself, \ tiuie .-uy, bc would not further encourogu a proli gate expenditure of the lite anil treasure of il .Statu to no purpose. His lett-.-r beiruys ii want con?Jcnco in its efficiency. He is free lo odin that, but for Ce " broad folds of tho C -nie tera exemptiou eel," and the failure of Ihe Preside* to call out conscripts up lo forty-five ho wotil udviso the di?band?>nmunt of ihe Mate arm, Hui thc Commander-in-Chief of the Grund Arni of the State of Mississippi is made of sterci stuff. We cannot expect him to swerve oue hair breadth from any policy which bc bas once s. hi* heatl upoti. Such swerving, although ne circumstances nr,d pressing exigences may in peratively demand it, is wholly averse to his cha: acter for steadiness and immovable consistency It is a pity that Governors should bu ambition of military fame lo the extent if pushing forwar thc Milkia Into any field of operations unless ba tin: corn or the cotton field. In tho name ; common sense kl our Governors and their unuic figbl General GltEK.V ut home, and leave Ihe wa to tooee who have now thc full management un responsibility of it. Thc M!*t?t*??>p:aH further says : 11 H presumed that thu Confederate Govern mc nt will call f-r all the mon reeled, who e.m l> snared (rom agricultural pursuits, mol as a iure:i portion of the Confed?rale anne is now in th: Stute, at:d the conscript eEiceauro open for ilu enrollment nf conscripts, thc two systems ari Constantly clashing anil ara a source of groa tr--utile und van expense. The I wo ?inn ?cs sh-uh be c itiSolidated into one and pi-iced eu ircly untie: Ibu control of tho ConMerute Generals. th? State force should succumb to the Confedera:? for res. 'Ihe men now composing the mili ti I who ari not liable to conscription arc needed al home They cnn certainly be made useful in ibo cn!tun of the soil, without expense to tho goveni'iien' and if '.'.ir military strength is n?t i m pu i ru? I b_i thc disbandment of the militia tuen. Ibo lime bad arrived when it should he rpeedity doue. We bo)*? Gen. Pemberton will advise their disbandment. Lunatic Asylr.tr.. Dr. M. LADOKM: has been elected President of the Uoiird, und Mr. A. CltAWFORn, Uceent, to fill tho vacancy c.tusud by the death of Mr. A.NlikKW Wallace. feit**According to a rccenturiicle in n msgnziue, nearly one-third of thc women of England never marry, and throe millions nf females ure thrown upon their own exertions for support. 'i?S~ On Saturday, in Charleston, eleven field negroes sold for $15,2U0-making un average nf Sir.OO each. Included in this number wuss child of S years, and un old woman of 5I>. Four submarine contrivances, intended for work in Charleston harbor, were recently sent from New York in tow of the steamer Ertwitou. Aficr fourteen days passage thc steamer arrived ut Port II oyal with only ono of tho machines, thc j other? having broken loose ?ind gone to the bot- ! tom. .Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb have arrived ! safely at Washington, nod been presented to Pres ident Lincoln ai tho Wbito House. The General ' is lo be assigned to r.n important command under Stanton and Ilalieck. Gen. Hooker, thc Northern papers say. is nabing himself popular with bis men by feeding diem well. /5e3~ A terrible riot occurred a'. Detroit on the Ith. Thirty five buildings wore deitmyotj, and I ,wo B?grsee killfd. I The Cotton !.n\r. ??ic kcl?, sdopted respectively hy tho ?"1 .nriria j :nd South Carolina Legislatures, rcs* riv tine th? j fkhmt'.ng of cotton thc prespnt 3 air to thr*- apr?s | o "or every full hr.rd employed in agriculture, w^re I tl founded in wiedi-m, and have h?*eri nece;i'rd *?s.l h pru'h uii. 1 ?ut? ?i^hr, ttn?"er the oirc"m*'Mi:ee? o? | t: nnr situation, hy ?.Le peuple ?>f hot'.: Sta re-'. The I Governor of Oeorpn'a Las itumed his prochiinatiun 1 I ?niling the Legislatura of thai St?.tu toguhar itu- t ui? ii-iu-ly tu consider the propriety of placing ti ' t further re??rt?-ti??n upon ihe phoning of mitton : I Anil ro leai ii that he hu? asked Ibo cu II|Kralina ; s uf tho Governor of .South Carolina tu thc saine ? 1 end. j 1 For one, wu believe that enough has been donn iu the inaner. Tn-.- cultivation of three Herc* of Cotton to thc hi'tirl, leaves iroiu twelve to ?titeen j 1 ncn-s to he put in corn. This will certainly give, a very abundant providion crop under ?nj thing like uni ion ry seasons. Thero is, III point of fact, | a large provision crop now on in.ml in ihe two I .States. Thai ir. is for the present boarded aili-iae | by its proprietor?, is perhaps a lamentable sliite j of tiling.-?. But it is in tho country nevertheless ? anil catiuot get out,-nii4 is fairly to be reckoned j a part of the couo'.ry's resources. When tue pres- j sure for the necessities of our annies e.mies in j /?nod o?rnest, ns some it will should the war cou- I tinue, it will be found that thc corn crop of ISB2 j wai a 1-rge one. and that the surplus of that crop still on hand will go far toward feeding tue coun try. Thc small crain crop of the eurteut year is also io bo takeu account ot ?a estimating our sub sistence resources, lt is said of both wheat mid oats th u th.\v never wera niorc promising, ?nd that a greater breadth of laud was never put ia. luke these considerations in conucction with the favorable symptoms of a good cropping year for 18(5.1-the hard winter wo have just passed,--th? gratitud, steady opouiug of Spring <fcc.,-and it bus seem that, lhere is ua reason whatever to ap ? pieheud that twelve or fifteen acres of corn per : hand will nut absolutely li il tho land with all I necessary supplies of both bread and meat. It is assumed that planters will bestow greata!- j j tendon un tiielr smnli Cotton crops lo the neglect I I and injury of their corn fields. This is imputing t-. ? them not only a. sickly patriotism hut downright 1 i ignoracu ol' their owu interests. Who ever heard i ! of a sensible farmer, nt any poriod, who did not j endeavor lo make the most cut of bis rh de crop, cor? as well ns cotton;' And v.as thc c ever a j time when thero were so many rensous, publie and private, urging every mun to do his utmost with i nil his means? You stultify and insult th J farmer j * hy telling him that ho will cultivate his th ree nert? to thc hand carefully and let tiio fij'tmi t/<vc.v be sides come along as b-.-st they muy. The assump tion, as wo bare ttl med it, would be nor: nropcr I ly pronounced an absurdity. Ko doubt the sinai! cotton crop will bc faithfully cultivated, bul thc ! big rom i rup will ali-o receive its proper share of j attention unless our people have suddenly become 1 both fools and renegades. The nperati-m of the : I present cotton regulation is healthful far the very j reason that it allows enough cotton cultivated lo ' I satisfy tue groat bull; ?four turininc; pi puintiun, | : while it Still necessitates a 1 irge cru ero;. *am?<'y ' ? piteked er, ru Mctivii, and tn tvtry ar/7/ fu,rhinut. j Wo believe then thal (under lind's Uessiog) [ enough corn will be made for all our purpose* whether of war or of peace: and this agreed to, j j what rise better can we cult?vate to vary and j I strengthen our mean- of carrying on t! e wur. : j than cotton : The Safety of the Ci niluist?r?at first | I secured, ?hut is of th? next greatest importance j if it bc not some prcsentYoalhablo basis of con j tinned foreign 1 redil!' and what better calculated to ?rente this basis than the palpable fact, ina: I even in the midst of war we can yet present to ! j tho nyes of Kuropc- our cut ,n-bags in sufficient i I abundance to alibi-.! ai lea*l a sure liwHeatioa of! I uar rSi?? v.oaab. ..ur Veal resources, and ..ar i.-al ; i importance 'o the great fouiiy ol' nation?. Ulidortbc cotton btw as it n?w sun-is every I ... I I thing Appears tobo working at once favorably j ' and sv.tiifi-'' rily, and wo regard it imprudent to I j interfere in die mutter fiinher. cspeeia ly p.; this j j late hour nf the season when any such inlerfer- j j euee will misplace calculations ?i.d arrangements j j that have in.iv beer, made and matured undera I law supposed to be j mpcrly perfected. Many j I planters will not go up lo the limit <>f ibis law, j wai'e none wi.l l>e au imprudent and re frac tl irv i I as tu overgo that llialt. The resol; will he ?1 liol j . insignificant colton crop au dan assured abundance ? j of corn projtnrly dielrimted everywhere. The leg- ! i bibi I ton seems to have precisely attiined lb? jnete ' I milieu adapted to the best good of our people arni gu vern meut : and wo hope the ol I maxi.a or" " irtli enough alone" will prevail against tbe ground less but (wc doubt not) patriotic note of alarm which bas boon sounded so suddenly by the Gov ernor ul UeMfgia. t.'ovcinment Colton. The Rich mond Examiner says the parohaseofj j Cotion un? been prosecuted by t'ic Government ; : with great vigor and success. Thc aggregate j . amounl up io 11 very recent dale was Hi,!>.>'.', bales ? j ?nd would soon reach 230,000 bale?. Cotton ccr- j tilic.iles tu Ibu vaiao of $l,ii)U;000, h..is been. I transmitted tu our asent? in Europe for negotia- I ' lion. These ate said lo bo t?adily bought Bp j>y j j the capitalists of England. i The report of the produce looa is also encour-1 j n^ii:;:-tb? value :! ?reef sumtv.ng up $25,000,- ? : fnj? :-Thc lunn coi ?.?.-ts of ?21,547, bubs of co:- J j t'.n, St-.i:.S,::7 j, in money, and ?S??,lS0 in tniscolla i neoui c intribtuious. : The AV?:;:('.'ire say.-: To collect these subscriptions and to make pur chases of colton the liovernment has established general a/enci.-s through tho South. The follow ing shows the points iu thc several States whore I tho agencii s aro f.-r the purchase of cotton : In Virginia, Richmond j in North Carolina, Charlotte; io South Carolina, Charleston; in I Georgia, Augusta; ia Alabama, .Mobile. Mont ! gtuuery and If ntiisvilie; in Mississtpi and Kasi j Loo Idalia, Jackson ; iu WestLoisianu, Alexandria : in Florida, T*iiab?ie?au ; in Texas, Houston; in I Arkansas, Washington : in Tennessee, agettt re I sigil-d, nilli 110 SllCeeSSor appointed, inerc existing j nu need ?or ono in ihr.t Siale. To dies? general ngeni* power is granted to ap i point as n?aiiy sub-agents a- vi .y be necessary tu t |ierfu>*iii tao do.y en li usted io theui. The.-o agents I ?re iusttuete-.l ti> buy tho colton 0:1 the mos: ail vaulageous terms, and in no ease tn give over Hie current price ?sf the 'market. U'l.oco prices are ruddeulv inputed by speculation, the ageuts ?re I directed t? iii>|M>ni1 thitir purchases, uurii, in thia way d:miuistiug tb>? oomuetiUou, :Ka market soi tlcs down i i a healthy slate. Tho prices ?0 far psid by the Government for cotton aro considered |llttr_njueh lower than it will be able to purchase it PT in the future, cotton having already greatly advanced owing to the speculation in thu staple. Tac coton purchased by the Government 1? secure ly stored away-where, it is n >t pruduui to say and is well covered and protected fr in thc weather. Itcligious Not lac. The Cfih Sabbath Union Mooting will convene with tho Ali. Lebanon Church on Friday before the fifth Sabbath in March inst., at IO o'clock, A. M. ?-St' Tho Baltimore <t Ohio Railroad bas been fully ropairod, and is now doing an auormous bus iness-livo hundred cars, each nine tons capacity, oue half laden with tho products of the Great , ^ M'est, urriro daily in Baltimore. Millions of liol- j ( lars havo been expctidod ia tcpiiring damage* done by rebels from timo to lime. ?aa? James L. Pettigru. ono of the most emi nent lawyers of South Caroli na. died in Charles ton on Monday crJning, iu the seveaty-fourth year of bis age. For tho Advertiser. T!?o !?ead of Co. E, Ttli S. C. V. Mb. Kinma:-A'l-w me, through ihe columns f voir invaluable paper, to p-.blish the namos ol' bose of Coonany B, ; th R. C. Regiment, who ave died ?inc? the I3.h May, being the ?me our R?clniunl wa? re-organized. T. M. McGee di?l at H ?pital, Au^. ?,0th. 1S62. In hr.d bcpn in the Company but a short period lefore his deiub : HT.I1 while wi?h ns he showed he disposition nf ? ST"????1 saldier. If. VT. Van saut bad also been with ua"but a hort tittie before ho WJ.? token with tuea.-els, from ' bo effects of which be di*d at Winchester, Ot. Iiitli. 18H2. He waa u go-id soldier and an honest iud upright tuan. E. M. Rodgers had been with us all tho while ance April l?th, 1S6L At tho huttlo of Maryland ll-i?ii'> he was nhot dead while driving the enemy fcoin bis strongholds, lie was always noted for his good humor, tino spitita and jovial remarks. Jacob Black was also mortally wounded in the same baale, i>nd. died thc day after. He had been in our Company but a short period, therefore our acquaintance with him was limited, but the place wiiere bc received his wouud speaks for bira. IV. P. Little had his lejf chattered by a ball in the battle ot Erederi.-fcshurg, in consequence of whi>;h it was ainpulalrd, aud he died tho third day after, being tho Kith Dec. 18(52. He was one of tho bravest men and most distinguished for prompt ne s in duty I ever saw, and when tho "long roll'' was sounded, he was found at his post ready to meet thc invaders. I wei! remember the first morniug of tho Fnsdericksburg light ; be was on a visit to the 1 Itu Regiment, and when he heard the cannon ronr, he hurried in quick time ti his Regiment, a distance ol ten or twelve miles, and got to his Company in time to receive the fatal wound. His hearty lHii;.;h, dry joke* and natural go >d humor frequently occur to mir memory. J. C. Ramage died at Richmond, Dec. 23d, islii. He aud been'with us but a sam* time, was un wc!1 mos : bf thc time while with Bwln I seenud aftxiuus to perform the ta-k of aa active toldler, bat WHS anuble 'rom feeble health. J. A. She.ly died at Lome, while on furlough, Jan. 15th, IW..I. il.; ivtnaiucd in camp for some (imo, while unable for duty. Would that he could have procured a Jurlongh boiore he became >o prostrated. Il" such could be thc case many good soldiers tuizht be saved to our army. Vin have also heard that Hub:. Crouch died at Hospital. Jr that bo true ic makes eight who have died fri m the Company sinco the re-organi zation. We also have on? wbo*was severely wound ed in Maryl: nd, was sect to Hospital, an.l we have never hc-ird from him since. Rjsidos, wc left four men on the battle-field of Sharpsburg, vis Sergr. E. Mitchell ned private? Vf. J. Conner, John McClcndon and B. Cash. Wo know not whether they are alive or numbered with thc dead. We eau ?ay that no better or bra ver soldiers" crer lived than the first threo. Thoy j had been with ns frute thc first of our enlistment. Such men are nut only missed in tho army, but also iu thc cum mani ty in which they lived. Their piaros cannot bc Ulled. Would that we knew that they are still lieu;:;. Our acquaintance with the latt.r w::<- very limited, he having j dned tbeCi-ta pnny rudy a ?cw d*yi previous t ? the buttle. Besides those mentioned, several meat home on wounded furloughs. Twa, via: Janies Minie): and N. Watson, tar? each lost an arm. Roth were irood soldiers, th; former being uscfiaaiouiy cool in act los, Ey publishing this sketch, Mr. Editor, you will confer a favor on COMI'ANY E. Near i'redcricksbur^. Mar. i'd, ISCd. Important from Mississippi. [Special t.. thc .Mobile Register ? Aavcrtiser.] Jar Ksorz Mund: 1 I. The fiiMowng official uispiaeQ fia* been re ceived irosa Gani Luring, ct Kort Pember ton : Four PF.MBKRTON, March 1.1-1, p. ni. There bas been a terrille fire by th? ene my, uninterrupted tor four hours, from ten to sixteen heavy calibre gunboats, and from two heavy ??un-j on lund, ?lid om; mm tar. Ail their gut:? from thu boats, except one, have now ceased firing, and toe gunboats have re tired round the bend, .^"j yunis distant. 'lue eneuiv's itltilboats and batteries were constantly hit, ?.ml large quantities td burning colton wcte si nick from tueni. Vt'c have iost soma valu dil : gunners, ind a few other-1. Thank God, our hiss ?s small. S ? lar the enemy's loss must be very grear. LATER. .?arch 1.1-7, p. m. -lu-t as I sent oft' my ?asl disputen to you, thu enemy opened up m u-. a^am with the guns of one gunboat, t..e laud battery, andan inch mortar, and kepi up With great spirit until alter -iUuset. The ammunition for our heavy gun, lias ju-/ now ani red. P. S.-Kort Pemberton is situated ut the mouth ol the Tallahatchie. [S::S;OM? DISPATCH.] [Spx-ciallO IRC .lucks >u Appeal.] ' PAS?LA, Mis?., ?Maren 12. -, Tolerably aulheutic rep >r?s received nere say that tleleua was atucte-a iu lim rear ou Monday. Parues from thar. dir^ci-m say ttut heavy tiring was heard yes erjda'y. Tee mf r nation cottles ?rom deserters, who sav u.-.:ie at? hut ?.U,?'? tr?) ?ps lett at Ueleoa^ 'Gentlemen ir un Memphis rc-port 2,j00 sieic in lbs H ?.qdta's in Mat city. Van Dom Kseapes from a Ti s ht" Flacc. COLUMBIA, TEX NV March 12. Four brigades of ihe. enemy under Generals Grange, iljseucranz'sdivision, and Gen.Sbiti . . i n k-avo.e 11 ? hem in Yan Dorn yesterday j.wt across Duck River, knowing that he bod no means ol'crossing. Our artillery was kept in position until yesterday morning, and re plied lo the Yankee ?ire. Tue river was there cro?sedby a ferry. The outposts nure held us usual. The whole com mand then withdrew, passed tho enemy's left flank, and escaped by ihe -ay of White's bridge, 'Jo miles above which they cro*ed successfully. Tue Federals are not-'yet aware of our whereabouts, and are looking for Van Dorn in their rear. The successful escape from so perfect a net is regarded as unusual ly skillful and fortunate. FaoM MORRIS' ISLAND.-One of the ene my's barges from the blockading squ idcon, filled with men, was discovered, Tnursday night, off Morris' lslaud, evidently taking soundings. They were tired upon by our hui tei ies, when they hastily pulled back. It is believed l?at our fire took effect, but the extent of the damage done could not be as certained.-Charleston Oour., 14th. IST Thc N". Y. Tribuno has a long article in ?hieb il advocates 'moiling negro iusnrrections, orming negro regiments, or any thing that will udp subjugate the South. CONDITION- ot- BRAGO'S AKMY.-All ac -mints represent Gen. Bragg's army lo bc il a splendid condition in every respact. His ufantry forces have been augmented eonsid irably MUCO the battle nf Murfreeshoro', and ie has, in additnn, 20,000 of the, finest eav ilry in 'ho world, composed of Tennesseans. Centuckians. Mississippians, Texans and Jenrgians. All eyes are now turned in that [Hurter, in confident expectation of a crown ag victory to our arras whenever tke Federal onma?de; makes the issue,