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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-01-09
Depth of Qaie. People.

oome men dawn upon on like the Alps They
lnpless You Vaguely a, frsI just as d the hun.
dIed FACES ynu meet in your daiy walks Trey
c"ii'e across Your horizon. like hJ;t ing cloud.
aud You have 10 watch while before You see
that theH aie mountains. Some men remind
YOU oil qu.ei lakes, places such a. you have If.
ten happened upon, where Ihe q. cen turf ard
the held Hover hang over aud "a, reflected out
OF thc wafer all day long. There Is IiuthIng re.
MAJ kaOle about the tlaers, only hat hey seem
~ lluch ilke love, and e utieuess ard klrdnrs 5
and Hose every day o,dlnary little vntues.-
Perhaps You become attached to the lake be.
cause Il l. GENIAL spot and whether You ever
INed near n like or not, il seems 10 remind YOU
vi home. But you never dream of its being III
All, way wonderful. Some day or other YOU
Cal ele,siy drop ie into the clear dep h. close
b! the side of The daisies d daft dis, aud II
goes down. down, down You lean over and
anu sound deeper, but your hne doesn't bring
up. hai deep spot thit Is! you think. and
you Try auu her. The reflected daisies seem to
smile at , gu ouf of The water the turf looks as
green rs 'vei, bu there is 10 shallow spot b.-
I"ath. You never thuught it. but your ouiel
lake Is all ai"nnd unfath1ma',le You ar, none
the less i" pressed trnm the fact that is a ouI
et lake Williams Quarterly.
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FOR The kLEUhAFH'
The ID epaFGtd Wear.
BY W. b IRVING.

BY W. b IRVING.
All silent as the shades Of night,
The year de arted, passed away,
In radiant haes of golden light,
Like twilight at itparting day.
No sound was head, SO still, It's tread
As no,se'essly it passed alongi
Like mid. n ght mu .ings by the dead,
We nesyer heard it, farewell song.
On memcIy'S page the past We read,
Ofioys serenely calm and fair
The hopes Of life that lightly speed,
In passages holy prayer.
We dream of liFe-il's visions bright,
OF future years We hope to see,
Alas they're fAdinS from our sight
Into vast eternity.
Our lives like the departed year,
Ar~ embems Of d-caying time,
Made up 100 much of nope and fear,
To little Of the real divine.
We're mortals Fastening to the tomb,
AS each successive year goes by,
We're nearer to that world o. gloom,
Or fairer realms beyond the sky.
There may We learn to live by love,
And there the JOYS of heaven win;
And reign at last with Christ above
Saved from all sorrow freed from sin.
UE1 N, Rock Co.. Jan. LIST, 1862.
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MICHIGAN CEN TRIAL AND
w w CHEAT WESTERN CANADA RAILWAYS

MICHIGAN CEN T RAJ AND
AA GkEAT WESTERN tcANADAl RAILWAYS
Winter Arrangements
Trains leave the Great Cer tra Depot, foot Of Lake
rect, Chicago:
600 A NJ Lightning Express u days exceped,) ar
a, DetruIt tOP. Suspension Bri &c
$40 ~, Albany ?. NJ; New York G. so
Pm Bn,Ioa 20 II. gh
$50 New York b. SION EXpI ess, (except Sat
urGryl arrive at D-ttOIt 5 30 A N : Sus
pension q idge of Buffalo 4 .uI M. Albany
2u a. N New York =. ~ AN Boston moon
600 A. NJ Cucinnat ExpresS( except Sunday IL
10 Cincinnati in 5 hours.
$50 P n. Gil cinnati LOuIsyJl Express Except
Saturday through OincinL All in IA hours
Louisville in Is hours.
EB- PAtrnt Seepig Cars all night trains
Arrive in CHI &c, Gay ,Xpress, IL 4. NJ Nigh ex-
pess, 40 45 a. M; 40 a. n and IL p M-ChcnnaIi
Express.
baggage ehrcke through.
Thr1u 3 tickets sale at tn pri' cpa' Railroad
dces IN the North Yves and at the CompanJs OF.
6ce corne Lake and Deal born street,, aud the depot
foot Of Lax Street t4Wfj
j. Q. a. GEtN. General wes'rn Pa senger Agn't.
d. (. SARGENT, Geur'I 4 gnt. E. n. RICE. Sun.
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Mjor Logan, CONNECTION q! thr Lards OF
Logan merry wag whom many Tec,ll, CT ia
Ayrshire as Il fir-t-rale performer on The vionn
and d great sucIa, favorte, and Of whom, and
MS Sentimental sister SUSIE mention Is made
IN more Ehaa one Of Burns poems. was also a
man Of greai natural humor. gentleman
~hose reputation for hospitality was not high,
after boa> ing ef some port.wIne Of great age
ard excellence, was prevailed Oh with some diff.
fcnlfy 10 produce n bottle. When it did appear,
It wa, only pint Dottle. Major Logan, on be-
my askt his opinion, said The vine Is good,
bu it's ply II is so little for its age
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DI MchiNlEI,

VII, Hsud 10 ,.aHs IL hi, no eNston Residence
Tic uuu recently occupied by a Can ;bel, On tht
\ -,ne:lst corner Of the Park. Off = on the SAINT
bi cz Main street 'Zl"4'iy
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PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS, u line, per year
f H. Ar = ave lines and fifty cents for each additiona
line. -, "a e. ...,.
animal, and hity cents for each auu''ion~ ""N~ !"
same notice.
LEGAL NOTICES. at Statute rates. n,
ADVERT EMENTs not accompanied with oreeuons WIN
he insert. d till forbid and charged for accordingly.
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HOME can never be Transferred, never re-
pes'e IN he Experience OF an ,dividual The
p ace cons a'ed TO parental love by the limo.
cence and sports OF childhood is the only home
Of the human heart
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THO AS PAICTUKE,

INPORT ER md DEXTER IN Wines, Liquors. Fo''e''
Ale, -tc M4ryet Strstt.
IipO trED L,uuurs for sale in bond, at New YORK
ann B,.of, Price with fire Chs fare. Double kecthed
Vu.,kry, III auy quauuty at Chicago aud Ai"auAet
D lce4 iyN2lu3T
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!. !. PETIT,
ADAM DICKHOUT.

l119ysr sscerai hnpr"rsd md Unia'lpro0ed Farm
for safe Ufice, VI ain street. nlVloh
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JON b. JILSUN,

81 tpjng HLir C,ttttag md ShEmp0oing Sdtoon,OPp0
81 80, ,rsd 5tf
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EDWARD Il. RUDD,

4, 1aey st1d COassLOr at LG1O, Solicitor in CGTceTy
and County Judge viii attend t0all legal business or
~ .ucies entrusted his care. Ohice-Main street
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Of composition, for bordering and other extra
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sEOR Printing.

Book Bank aud Card Printing ofeyery description
.clrd with neatuess cheapuess and promptness, at
ans use. Plain, Fancy, ana Ornamental Printing III
CJorsd Inks and Bronze With Five Power aud Hand
Presses an extensive variety Type and Jonbing
Material he TELEGRAPH Establishments notexceled IN
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l.. G.. MERitIEL.

ugrnDe, on Won't ana e0ery KIND " Aetat sutton
~ Fancy Articles &c. Maiu street.
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attorney E DounseIoT at Lt5,o, ami Sottcitor in Chan
Gerry. Uahse, Main street.
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}&tnosbo Business 9irtetorp.
JASON LOTHROP.
II. F. sCHOFF,

goo&- BiuJjy-atthe sign. oftts Books,near an Ward
sChoo! house.
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i candidly confess to you that am advo-
eating the immediate action Of the Legislature
in order to suggest the list Monday III Dece n
Der next for the time, and MOntgomerE, Ata6a-
ma as the place Of the meeting of Congress. l
am reduced that the House resolved to sugges
to our Southern sister States the propriety of
meeting IN Congress at Montgomery on the 2nd
day Of January, 1859.
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Let me, however, reiterate the assurance
that South Carolina is prepared to second Mis-
sssippi or any State in any and every effort
TO arrest the career of corrupt and despotic
a ajoriry. She is ready aud anxious for an i'm,
mediate sepa, alton from Union whose aim
is The prostitution of our political energies. Nav
hope Mississippi will begin the patriotic work
aud allow the Palmetto banner OF a place Ill the
ranks"
GOV. sEABRooK TO QUIrMAN. December IL.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18

Ii is very generous in the Stanjqrl 10 copy
from the Washington Di,patcda Il low, contemp.
,;blc insinualion against us aud the people
d Newbcrn to show its affection for General
Hill. We care not how much either Of these
pspers praise Gen. H., nor how much they
abuse Gen Branch, for neither their abuse or
hudations will change the estimate which the
public will put upon these two gentlemen.
Il Itis known that the proprietor of the Die.
katci, Mr.. Granger, does not write for it, and
$S the real author Of the attack upon US and
d hon our citizens is unknown it gives us but
'lkiI5 S3kcefn but trat me cdtor orTne 5taa!
Iard, whom We have defended personally and
politically a, all times, at all places qGd under
all circumstances, should copy ard seemingly
endorseit, is certainly not the leas, o lhe strang,
things happening in these strange times.
These papers will understand that we care
not how much they critcsc or object to what
We have said about Gen. liill, 1--WE have cx
pressed our opinion freely Concerning that gen
.tIeman's capacity as military man and We
are willing to risk the conseqnenccs) bat ",
protos; og,ias; their coupling with th.ir wor.
ship of Hill, inSulJug and lbclious nsinuauons
against US and the people of the town in'whicl
We live,
The Progrcss is as much above Goins "pct
ted " us the DiYa'ci or StaH2ri and ON
people are not in the habit OF making thymsclye,
fools running after anybody.
VIII the 5,n2rd have the magnanjmi,y
to publish our answer to the attack OF thc D,s
patch which appeared on Tuesday last
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18
NOTES OF THE WAR.

ANOTHER NAVAL EXPEDITION AoAITsT TUE soUrU
The Northern papers announce silll another
naval expedition against the South. Now that
we have met with such serious rcyerscs on the
coast this note OF warning should not be uu,
Needed by our government. The New York
World of recent date says
The last of the naval expeditions will soon
have left New York. We alude to Captain
Porter's mortar feet, comprising twenty Siy
vessels, each carrying fifteen oc thirtceninch
nortars, and armed, in addition. with one OF
two Of the largest calihre Vt rife guns THIS
feet il to be divided into three divisions, each,
il M surmised, ,tor a different destination, -
Two Nf these vessels have already sailed, and
they WTll all have cleared this harbour before
the end II another week. They will be beard
frem in dde tins. Ericsson'siron-ct battery
will be in workng trim by the first Of Febua-
ny, and, in additSBtp The one nearly compile
ted at Ph,l.lpNhia. VII test ia cep plcilics On
aas;gf tie mos 1siNiaa0lo q Ms So4t3ere
3IUFfL
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18
The Roanoke DiSastev--SOmcSO Ody
10 nslninC.

We commend most cheeriu'y the following
from the Norfolk Doy Book, on the Roanoke
disaster The Uay Rooh is right about the
Independence of the Press, for when that is
lmuzh!cd by official lnsolcnce We have moth
| ing lett 70 fight for:
THE ROANOKE ISLAND DISASTER THE
| INACTIUS OF THE NAVY DEPART.
MENT.
The fact cannot longer be concealed that
criminal negligence is chargeable somewhere
l for the dsasterous overthrow OF our brave and
7EfIj.jnt meIi at i1epuokr7 isiart'. 7r.-. q I
y iheluet cannot longer be concealed beosasc
It is upot, The tongue Of every rejecting man.
las a public Journal, Devoted to the public
cause, a cause in which all possess and realise
lihc deepest interest, this paper is averSe to
I the suppression Of u grievance Of such macni-
,ude from any sicklied or sentimental fear that
Injury is to accrue to the true interest of the
people by free comment and exposure -
Thus to Weld the engine of the press we re-
gard as tho true glory and noble aim Of the
press of free people. When it ceases thus
to speak, the benefits OF It's mission are lost or
uHdtlulllCH anu ~ pSIO'USS uut tnc pailuCICT W
power. This is the position which it now oc-
cupies under the heel oftho Northern depotism
If the public press is to be muzzlca or muz-
zle itself from fear Of bringing down upon the
heads Of those in authority the merited CON
demnation which maladministration Justly de-
mands it is to maintain silence from fear Of
exposing to our enemies the patent fact that
some Of our men in authority are derelitt in
duty and lack the qualifications which their
positions dernand-then the printers type
may be as well sent back to the foundery,
abuse of power in high places 90 uncXppsed,
the perpetrators continue their nal administra.
ton, the public interests be suffered to Ian
duish, be disrcgarlcd and criminally imper-
He'd. The brave men who fought the enemy
at Roanoke island. and many ol whom poured
out their blood like water in the futile attempt
to maintain their stand against an overwhel-
ming force, were sacrificed TO n criminal neg
lcct to reinforce them This is the fact which
has impressed itself upon the public mind and
to which we hesitate not to give utterance and
an objective form.
Notwithstanding the knowledge possessed
by every man in our midst aud within the
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18
DESTRUCIT0T OF CONFEDEEITE
PROPERTY.


There is a heavy loss of stsar,boats on thc
Tar 'irssec river in consequence ol he Invasion
of the Federal gnnboats, Lexington, Cone3to-
ga, and Sam Orr.
On Saturday, the Confederate steamers Ap-
plcton, Belle, and Lynn Boyd, were burnt by
the Conicdoratcs at the mouth of Duck river.
Also the Sam Kirkwan, and julius Time, the
latisr, With So, ,Seq Z, .rnmsn; s!osss,
At Florence, ON Sa,nrdy the Dslb,r was
sunk. At Cypress Creek the PASSPORT was
sunk.
The Cerro Gorlo and S'allio Ward were the
only two capturcd by tho Felers!s. The RoGb
only escaped.
The eunboats had loft the river Iut were
expected back
They took q coo pounds Of Confederate salt
pork at Florence, aud refused TO to lch private
properly, even to cotton,
Passenger trains have been resumed en- the
Charleston road.
1t is reported TINT the Fcdo,As are conccu.
tra'ins in large force in the Vicinity of Paris,
where there are l,SJ0 Confederate cayal-
~,
The TcAcsscc river bridge is not burnt aS
reported VIA Paris
There was fighting at Fort Donaldson
on saturday. NotnI"g heard via Nash,
Vile
Onc General, two Captains, two Licu'en.
ants aHd 10 prisoners were captured at Fort
Henry
Twenty-Five dead bodies were found in the
fort
The Tcipra's abandoned Fort Ilcnry and
were iortiIyins Font Angelo, opposite
Fort Henry was Misunderstanding IN atboth
sides.
The Federal! threatened to take possession
Of the Memphis and ua;o Railroad, within two
weeks.
Twenty Federal stern wheel boats were
on the river on Sunday from Southern Hi
nois.
Military excitement is growing warm.
Public meetings were held here yesterday,
to orrlnlzc for defense.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18

transportation las been so useful from its safety
against hostile cruisers.
The most important object Of the seizure
will, however, be the threatening of Norfolk
and, i it is thought advisable to follow up tho1
advantage, the hanking Of the rebel army IL
Norfolk. a movement securing Pamco and
Albclnarle Sounds. and thus commanding tilo'
great Albemale and Chesapeake Canal and
the Dismal Swamp Canal, would command the
adjunct canal known as the Jericho Canal con.
nccting through Lake Drummond, with an i'm.
portant railroad junction at a town called Sui.
folk, on the Nanscmond river where the main
railroad route from Norfolk branches into what
are called the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
ahd The Seaboard ard Roanoke Railroad, this
completely cutting off all connection by rail
or water between Norfolk and surround
ing country and the other parts Of the rebel re.
gons.
The strategic Importance Of such movement,
i successfully made, will form one of tho most
important features Of the war. The island Is
position which is valuable 20 us, commanding,
as il does, the Currituck Sound. which opens
into Albcmaile. Curri,uck is about fifty
miles long, ten miles vide, and is navigable for
vessels drawing ten feet Of war. Owing to the
natural break water which protects large Dor.
ton Of the coasts OF North Carolina and Virgi..
ia, the water is as placid as lake, and easily
nayigated.
II has been fortified by the rebels. who have
established an intrcnchcd camp in the centre,
ard erected five forts to defend it at important
points,
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. Il, 1852.
Another Chapter in the ssOnnOE1,
Disaster,

\ We see by the information given from Nor
blk that Compodore Lynch is a prisoner t.
fhe Yankees, and while we are not dispoSct
|f6fejoice at the miS(ortnnes ofany one, sill
III what we hear be true we know Of no one
more deserving Of such misfortune than tht
Commodore.
II About the Goth Of last month Gen. BrancN
R@ss apprized by Major Hall, who is encamped
dc county some 80 or 40 miles from Hat
ssl,ras, that the Burnside fleet consisting o
Isibout l25 vessels was at IIarcras Genera
Brnnch Immediately communicated the fact,
Ito Gen Gatln and to the War Department a
fsichmond; and mt once maturing his plans fol
Eprocuri6g Information of the movements of the
I3Set continued TO keep the authorities postc(
ESp to the time that Il sailed for Roanoke Is
fllnd, and hence had Gen, Bsane''s niorma
fap been relied on we cannot see how the Is
Md could have been left in the weak condi
Con In which the enemy found it, without tht
EJost culpabio negligence somewhere.
IsABut meantime we learn that CoGmodor,
Iaeuch was sending up dispatches througl
Norfolk every day or two that reconnaissance.
lad been made by his feet and no enemy was
4, be found And on account of these reports
Htpm Lynch's squadron the impression actual
M became so strong at one time that the Nor
Zblk paper published asa "relablep fact rS.
NJ that Reconnaissance had beer maugSfs
there was no fleet at lIattoras, We knew bet
ter all the time here because We had inCorma.
ton almost daily from the fleet, bat the warn
ing Of the Commanding General of this Divi
sion and the appeals of this paper were moi
listened to cI course at Richmond, especial,
when the cry Of "aiis well : went up almos
cons antly from the Commodore. For three lonl
weeks the alarm was sounded from this pon
and it deyolves upon the Government to
show We ,hink why Roanoke Island was ief
in its helpless condition,
We wish Com. Lynch pleasant time il
hls retirement, and hope, should he ever-cn
ter our service agtin, he will be i.tle more
eautious in sending nlormiton to the govern
mcnt than on this occasion.
P. s. dispatch from Norfolk TO Rich
mond says that Com. Lynch is sale at the for
ncr city, but the Day Book Of yesterday say
1bthing about it. We hope however he is no
aprisonGr
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18

PERaosAL Tumbro, late Editor Of
tho Enquirer in this place, was in town Yes
terday on sick furlough.
He left the Army Of the PotomaGa few
days ago and says thc roads are impa5sobl>
and that horses have actually been kaown to
mire down and perish in the mul We c55
learned from him that the Federal pickcts
about Ccntreyille are getting much more dar
ing RECENTLY than they have been heretofore
having lately captured ten Of Capt RuGio's
Cavalry and still more recently they had come
almost within sight Of our camps and taken
some Is or 20 infantry pickcts.
We arc sorry to see the Captain afflicted
with very bad cough. Hope he'l soon re
cover though.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18

1t is understood that the institution Of the
Permanent Government, besides producing =
Reorganization of the Cabinet, will be followed
by re.adjustment Of the employees in thsdc-4
partments. Because man ''lit the IndgeiS
Pin Texas it does not follow that he is qualities
for high administrative duties, nor because 4
patriot 'leit all and followed" the banner og
secession, it does not follow that he should bs
thrust " down to foot in the departmaats fap
Below stawart young men, whose physical des
velopmcnts better fit them for sbouldering =
muskct than handling a pen. Richmond IN.
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18
-. IsaanaIso Isla,,d--ssUmors.

es-- Isa;analsS lEsland--asUMOrs. ii
tstrn yus ssii af-- ramors last wight,
but really We have nothing positive beyond
what was published yesterday,
The stage driver fro,a Washington, stated,
last night, that Edenton was certainly in the
hands Of the enemy, that several gun.boats
were in a few miles Of Elizabeth City on
Wednesday evening, which place had been
almost entirely deserted; and that everybody,
were leaving Washington.
A young man belonging TO Col. Jordan's
regiment reached te'e in the stage last night
and stepped at the Castor House, but he re-
tired early, and no information could DO got
from hlm, The Virginia papers Of yesterday
have much to say about their own men, who
we're there, but nothing about ours Suppose
We shall have to wait till the Federals make
their report
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18
EUROPEAN INTERVENTION.

The New York Express of Saturday
gays;
In y sigtAs4of Earopco6j interference in our
ws+~with tho Southern rebels are evidently on
the increase It is evident, also, that the mi.
tiatory step will he taken rot by England, but
By France. Thurlow Weed in whose Judge.
ment we all have confidence, and whose op.
portrnl les for observation are likely TO be ex-
cel|ent writes to a friend in Albany, under
date Of 2lSt Of January, that the Emperor Ma
pocon wonld certainly announce to the Corps
LegiSlat,f, on the 9th ult, his intention to in
lcrfcrc with the affairs of this country.
This Is a startling announcement, but as Mr..
W ICED is not addicted to sensations" or sensa.
ton writing, we should not be surprised il
there was omehing in it. A few days more
will tell. There is steamer due off Cape
Race that may settle the story this very day.
In fact, Mr.. Weed, it occms to us, but gives
plain expression to the policy foreshadowed by
the French Minister of State in his recent an
swcr to the petition Of the Lyons workmen for
relief and Of which we have hitherto had some.
thing to saw
Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-18
WEEKLY PROGRESS
Where is the Rnck Fsone Now =
THURSDAY MORNING, FGB. IS, I8N2,


Where f. the Back Fs0ne No" ss-'
Assoon as the Burnside feet made !'s.aP'
pearance at Haueras We felt confhlept 'ha'
either Roanoke Island or Newberh or ooat
worc to be attacked and tboughthe flect lost
several YES sells and possibly atbousand or two
men BY the late storm, we never for mpmeht
supposed that the original purposes would be
abandoned And the inlormation that we have
given from time to time Of the movements of
the 6eethere was based upon facts obtained
by ~ cautious and energetic commander Of
DDS Division and has been in the tnain cor.
rect, but the Virginia papers and their "rc.
liable " correspondents have made sport Of the
whole concern, declared its ,a'back bone
broke" &C. and pursued course calculated
to lull the people into sense Of security rath
or than to arouse them to determined resis
tancc.
Well do we all remember the repeated ru-
mcrs, assertions and reports from Norfolk that
the fleet had left Ilattcras and gone to sea,
was disabled and would return without attack
ing us, was destined for some point South,
&C., All this was well calculated to make
the Government at Richmond already seem.
ingly indifferent to North Carolina, more
careless; and hence 1900 men without field
pieces, were left at Roanoke to repcl :, 900
"an af enemy ,ssrhep il is well known