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The New York herald., 1862-10-17
Our Newbern Correspondence.

NRwBRRK, N. c., Sept. 13, 1852
The Norh Carolina Union Volutes-Ar riral Of Lieat-
ant Colonel AdamTas Object Of Ris Visit-A Reoes Flag
of Truce ana Wh1ore-Ca,ss.re of an Ancient Numis
ndticJieiic, dc, &c.
There is nothing very startling at present in this de-
partment. An attempt has been made to raise regi
mont Of North Carolina Union Volunteers, with some
hopes of success
The following bill fthe first of the kind since the oom
mencement Of the war; is in general circulation -
TO UNION cARrEREr
II Is proposed to raise In Carteret county
companies of volunteers be attached to the first reg
ment North Carolina Union Volunteers under my CON-
mand. The men who are enlisted under this call are In
tended 10 act Home Guard. Their headquarters will
be Beaufort. where they will DO equipped and drilled
They will not be moved from the county, except at inter-
walls for battalion drill will they be called upon to
march to any other part OF the State unless upon
ments and allowances win be in all respects similar to
those OF the United States volunteers The term of enlist
ment viii be for the war EDWARD +. POTTER,
Colonel commanding First North Carolina Union Vols
SEPT. 8, 1862.
Lieutenant Colonel John Quincy Adams aid TO Governor
Andrew. Of Massachusetts. arrived the Haze, for the
purpose inspecting the Massachusetts, regiments In this
department.
On Tuesday evening the rebels who attacked Washing
ton n c. few days snce sent flag of truce into that
place, with OF their number who seriously
wounded, asking permission TO allow their surgeon to
main and take Of them, being unable to remove
them Permission granted them II Is thought that
from fifty seventy rebels less dangerously wounded
were carried away with them.
Spanish silver dollar OF the year l7OO was dug up In
this city on Thursday, by young who digging
for Coins Of this date very rare and
quently, very valuable.
The New York herald., 1862-10-17
SIXTH pIsrRIC
General Corc0ran Declines to be . Can.
didate for Congress.
HEADQUARTERS, CoRcoRAN's IRISH LEGION,
CANE ScOrr G Oct IL 1872

HEADQUARTERS, CoRcoRANs IRISH IsGIoN,l
CAMP Scorr, S. L., Oct Is, 1852. !
TO THE ELECTORS THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DIuMcrs
New YORK ClTY -
Az my name has been mentioned in connection with,
the position of Representative in Congress from the Fifth
district and several committees have waited upon mo
for the purpose Of obtaining my consent to allow my
be used in the coming election, due to
you state that fully appreciate the compliment pai
me- must, however, decline to be candidate for this
any other civil position while engaged in the military
service Of the United States Having been among tho
first to respond to the call of the national government,
am firmly resolved be OF the last TO cease my
efforts while vestge of the accursed rebellion threatens
TO destroy Union. tits Of the vital importance
that democrat be selected to represent your dis
trct, and trust that other shall receive your support
The present is the crisis of c0untrys fate and
but representatives pledged vigorous prosecution Of
the war should be sent to the national Legislature. With
the fullest confidence in your patriotic devotion TO tho
best interests of the country, have the honor 20 be,
your faithful servant MICHAEL CORC0RAN.
The New York herald., 1862-10-17
NEWS FRQM HoRTH CAROLINA
Fight Between the Rebels at VII
mington and Our Gunboats.
An Export Duty Imposed on
Cotton from Newbern.
Organization Of the North Carolina
Union Volunteers,
tea Ae.s &es

Fight Between the Rebels ut Whining
ton and our Gunboats.
FORTRESS MONROE, Oct Is, 1862.
The United States runboat Mahaska, from of Whining
ton N c., came into the Roads this morning She expe
very heavy weather. and lost overheard
while securing anchor
She reports that just before leaving Wilmington the
rebels opened re from field pieces shore the gun
boat Maratanzas killing masters mate, sailor and
wounding five men, two mortaliy
The Mahaska Immediately opened on the rebels, who
subsequently RETIRED although they out Of range Of
the Aahaska's guns.
The New York herald., 1862-10-17
Democratic co.gression.S
NO LII u - - tAOh4 8e
FIFTH DISTRICT.

The Fifth Congressional Jenersonian Convention met
last evening The meeting lasted until late houy buS
being unable select candidate TO take the Geld ir
opposition to Fernando Wood, finally adjourned TO Nom
day night.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
The Jeersonian democrats last night nominated Gene
raj John Cochrane in the eld their candidate for
Congress.
The New York herald., 1862-10-17

effect his DEATH or in other words that she intended to
you satisfactory evidence Of the truth Of these PROPOSE
tons, you must acquit the accused
Our statute defines murder to be the killing Of
human beng by premeditated design without the
thority OF law, by poison, shooting, stabbng or any
other means or in any other manner and which not man
mtted In one Of these ways The first only has any
reference to this case; that is when il perpetrated
Of The killed. Of any seis humane SsnS
To try the truth or iasity of that charge
admitted tha, Real is dead and that he died from the
effects OF pistol shot wound fired from pistol in the
hands Of the accused. They deny
I. That II was done with prsmcditation.
That admitting II was done by premeditaton, stil
the accused should not be held responsible for her ac
as TO render her incapable OF Distinguishing right from,
wrong, and she was not rational being In other words
insane.
There are two kinds OF insanity--a permanent total
and Visible one discoverable by acts looks and
conversation and an npulsve one-one that renders
and the other insane particular SUBJECTS and not
always visible, unless occasions Offer like pynoma.
ma nn,s &c insanity mas 0'Se resrtsS. ,seen
of the latter has recently come under my observa.
ton in the csse OF a celebrated London physician,
whose wife, although surrounded by every luxury that
wealth could produce could not resist the temptation or
stealing every article that Of portable nature re.
gardcss Of its value Her insanity that subject
has been twice established, think, before Jury
In homicidal insanity murder is committed without
any motive whatever strictly deserving tho name at
most with totally inadequate TO produce the act in
mind On the other hand, murder Is never crimi.
nay committed without some motive adequate TO tho pur.
pose IN the mind that Is acuated by and with reference
10 tho victim In the the motive may be
theft, promotion, ambition, desire TO avoid de-
lection or disgrace, or II may be revenge. With
criminal murder Is always means OF accomplishing
selfish object, and Is often accompanied with
other crime whereas with the homicidai monomanac,
murder n the only object In view and " accom-
panied with my other improper act The criminal lays
plans for the execution Of his designs time, place and
weapons are all suited 10 his purpose. The bomicda
mononanac on the contrary as general rule, consuts
none of the enences Of crime II ~ usually perpe
trated cua sudden with the nearest objects At hand, In
tbSpresece ~ multitude without any effort 10 escape
9 any dessre W avod detectNu. This insanity ought 70
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-04-04

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II a 7 e r s. ,

"a srea; variety t..h raid and uaraiei ...rl q,
DENY. posi-, CAP, LETTER. FRENCH:
COMMERCIAL NOTE, fines, quality ..aes, ar
cheaper lnaHtjes;
FRENCH NOTE, plain and tinted
WASHINGTON MEDALLION, nice article;
MOUNT VERNON NOTE, yariau, si4a.;
BILLET &c. &c;
INITIAL PACKETS, vi;h Envelopes IL match.
IN just such packages are convenient f.r Ia.
dies q Gentlemen, A sEs article, neat a. ;
fin aHd fashionable;
BILL HEAD PAPER, ruled with wide Aeadiag
ENVELOPE PAPER. plain and coloreI;
TISSUE, pink and white.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-04-04

THE un3ersi gned take this method to intern
4 the citizens Of Ellsworth and vicinity that
they have recently fitted UP machinery l5r tie
naanutac Of
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-04-04
Valuable Real Estate
For Sale.

"A The Subscriber intending to change his
..ss1 place Of business, osers fer sale the iol-
.-l@sA lowing property in this village.
The house occupied by the subscriber on State
Street, With garden containing 81 Of acre Of
land under gh cultivation, some very choice fruit
trees, ornamental trees curTaBt trees, gooseberry
bushes, &c. Il has furnace IN tie cellar, and a
good eistern e soft water also never failing
veil q water in the yard.
Brick Store occupied b. J. ". COMBS. Store
three Stories hIEa finished thryu ghout is Is by IS
feet On the ground Under the above Store is a
basement With two good orens and all the facili-
ties fer carrying o. the baking bssiness.
Ia the rear u the store Is 8 rev building used
as shop - by42 feet, IL stories high, and
wharf on which the shop siaIis
Pews No. 81, y. %, W. Is and No. Il in the
rev EsTtis; Church, all oarretcd and cushioned.
Also enc q sieTers' Patent Eagle Machines for
:9r So
All ,ae ADORE property will lie sold at bar.
gan. All mostly tine.
wv. osGo0D.
ELLsvo ORTIZ. June 9TH, Is6l. .
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
Army savings...New Order.

1t will be remembered that at the late ex.
ira session of Congress, Senator Baker, of
Oregon, procured the passage of law in
creasing the army rations for troops. This
was not 60 much because the old allowance
was too small, when used with economy, as
because our troops had not yet learned the
art of cooking and saving. 1t was one of
the evils incident to raising an immense ar
my like ours out of the raw material of the
people. The troops have now begun to get
accustomed to camp economy, and they find
themselves overwhelmed with supplies
Secretary Cameron has, therefore, issued an
order agreeing to allow to regiments, at
cost prices, for all articles saved in good
condition, and the regiments are many of
them making handsome fund out of it.
One which we have in mind-Col. Gordon's
Massachusetts 2d-settled up last month
with balance of 5000 in its favor. Some
body has reduced this to an arithmetical
calculation for the whole army, and finds
that similar saving by all the regiments
would give half million dollars month,
or Six millions year.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
Rifles for Berdan's sharpshooters

Rifles for Berdan's SharpshOoters.
The Secretary of War has ordered for
Colonel Berdans Brigade the " Spence's
Magazine Rifle" This gun fires eight
times without charging, and can be rechar-
ged and ready for eight additional rounds
in almost the same time that the ordinary
musket can be loaded once. In appearance
it is not unlike the " Sharpe Rifle" There
is not the least leakage of gas, and all the
parts work freely. Neither caps nor pri.
mers are required, the decorating powder
being in medal cartridge with the powder
and ball. This rifle has been tested by
Colonel Berdan and the Ordnance Board.
These expensive weapons will not be given
to any other corps. 1t is understood that
the order was made at General McOlel-
lan's personal request.
Captain Grover, of the Tenth Infantry
United States Army, some time ago ap.
pointed by Colonel Berdan Colonel of his
First Regiment of Sharpshooters, has just
arrived from New Mexico, and will report
at once for duty.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
The Release OF Congressman Ell,

The Release OF Congressman Ely.
Mr.. Ely has not published a detailed
statement of his adventures in Richmond,
and his verbal narrative adds but little to
our general knowledge.
Drenched at Manassas, packed in the cars
to Richmond, stealthily landed there for fear
of the populace, he was stiaed into tobac-
co prison infested with rats and lice. The
sentinels shot seven prisoners who put their
heads out of the window; but all made
merry over their miseries, and sung the
prisoners song daily, which all Richmond
sometimes comes to hear.
Ely was a favorite and received presents
of dinners, boots, boqucts, and writing
desk from young lady. Breckenridge,
Humphrey Marshall, and Preston, Of Ken
lucky, visited him in prison with jokes. Ely
says all Richmond is given up to the war
Wounded soldiers are in every house,
Eau lkner had grand reception, with flags.
music and speeches. Gov. Letcher told him
that he was worth thousand Elys.
On release the day after Faulkner's arr.
val, Ely dined with him, and received sew
eral other invitations, escorted by rebel
officer, who went by way of Petersburg to
Norfolk, treated courteously everywhere,
and protected from impertinent curiosity.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
The English News.

The tone of the English press continues
to be extremely sulphurous, and the warlike
preparations of the government are unaba>
ted. The Presidents Message and the Re-
port of the Secretary of the Navy are criti-
cised severely. They are indignant that
Mr.. LINCOLN did not see fit to make q
grateful acknowledgment of their neutrality
between the United States and the rebels,
and they deem the act of efectually block.
aiding our own ports with sunken vessels as
barbarous. Troops are being shipped to
Canada in large numbers, and everything
goes to show that John Bull is expecting
that his demand for the release of MASON
and SLIDELL would be refused.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
Prize Fight Near. Chicago,

The Chicago Tribune of Tuesday cons
tains long account of disgusting prize
fight between two "roughs'' of that city,
named John McGlade and Bendigo alias
Daniel Smith. The battle was fought at
Wright station, on the Fort Wayne railroad,
just over the Indiana line.
1t is not our purpose to spoil our read.
er's digestion and breakfast at the same
time, by following the fight round by round,
nor to intimately detail the exact manner in
which McGlade's eye was BACKED and
closed, and Bendigo's ribs pounded. 1t will
no doubt fully come up with our readers
tastes to know that forty-seven rounds were
fought, lasting one hour and twenty min
utes.
At the fortyssecond round McGlade saw
the impracticabllity Of longer coping with
his adversary, but induced by his seconds,
fought four more rounds with no hopes of
success. On the forty-seventh round his
seconds declining to throw up the sponge
McGlade declared his inability to longer,
contend, and Bendigo was pronounced the
victor after struggle of an hour and
twenty minutes.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
Approved
General Fremont Again.

We have not deemed it necessary to ac~
cumulate evidence of FREMoNT's misman-
agement of the Western Department, in
answer to bis continued defence by the St..
Paul Press, or to publish the cards of i'm.
plicated officers and contractors, printed in
the st. Louis Democrat, or the friendly let
ter of SCHUYLER CoLFAx, which proves only
one fact, that there are members of Con-
gress who still sustain FREMONT. All this
is fully answered by the summing up of the
Investigating Committee, majority of
which were, and still are, for all that we
know to the contrary, the political friends
of FREMONT. The Committee say:
In the whole range of their investiga.
tions your committee have found nothing so
alarming as the defiance of law and the dis.
regard Of superior authority, as manifested
by the Commanding u eneral of the West
ern Department, not only in this connection
but in connection with the arbitrary and
illegal diversion of funds from the Paymas-
ter's Department and the Sub-Treasury at
st. Louis, which is hereafter referred to.
Whenever the action of General in the
field, disregardipg alike law, army regula-
tions and the authority of his government,
shall be permitted to pass without challenge
and without rebuke, then indeed may it
! be well considered that constitutional liber-
ty is at an end, and the will of a military
commander is substituted for law"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10

Thurlow Weed says that several seces>
sionists we're passengers with him to Havre,
on board the steamer Arago, among whom,
and most prominent, was his personal &C.
qauintance and once friend, Col. Winthrop,
of New Orleans, whose Massachusetts orr
gin and Wing ancestry, gives effect to bis
plausible but vindictive hostility. He says /:
Of this gentleman, with whom my relations
have been pleasant, should not feel at liberty
to speak, if his course here was not one of
avowed enmity to our Government, and if
were not satisfied that he first visited Canada,
and is now in Europe, as an avowed emissary
of the COME derete States.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
Tho Telegrsphie News.


MASON and SLIDELL left Providence
Thursday afternoon, on the British gunboat
Rinald0.
The Spanish squadron took possession
of the Castle of San Juan D'Ulloa, at We
"a Cruz, on the 10th ult., and Vera Cruz
was evacuated by the Mexican troops,
without firing gun.
A portion of the 284 prisoners to be re-
leased BY the rebels in exchange for the
like number Of those taken at Hatteras and
sent home by our Government, has arrived
at Fortress Monroe. There has been q
great improvement in the treatment of the
prisoners at Richmond within few weeks,
probably owing to the favorable reports of
Mr.. Faulkner and others of their treatment
while at Fort Warren.
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention, held on the LIST instant, nomi-
mated Governor Barry for reelection, and
DR.. Crosby, of Hanover, a democrat, was
nominated for railroad commissioner.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
General ScOtt's Errand.

A hint as to the errand which brings
General Scorr home SO suddenly may per.
haps be drawn from the following para
graph, which we find in a letter from the
Paris correspondent of the New York
Times dated December 3:
Up to the present moment we have not
been able to obtain any indication of the dis.
position or the Emperor in the present ques-
ton, and nothing further of that of the Cabi-
net than is foreshadowed in such of the French
papers as are supposed to represent the views
of individual members of the Cabinet. A con.
sultation took place yesterday between Mr..
Dayton, General Scott, Mr.. j ohm Bigelow, Mr..
Thurlow Weed and Archbishop Hughes, to ar.
range for an interview with the Emperor.
This interview will undoubtedly take place,
and will be attended with important results,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
The Emancipation Questi0n..Whcrt
the COntrabands can be Sent.

Prominent members of Congress are con-
sidering new proposition for the solution
of the" contraband" question, in order to
avoid the expense of supporting crowds Of
slaves in idleness, and to furnish the Ameri-
can mills with cotton. They take the
ground that the Indian territory. west of
Louisiana and Arkansas, was coded to the
United States by treaty, and on certain
conditions. Without provocation they have
violated the treaties, and levied war on the
United States, thus rendering the treaties
null and void. The country thus reverting
to the government embraces the valleys of
the Red, Arkansas and other rivers, and
contains about 100000 acres of cotton
land, of unsurpassed fertility, capable of
producing about 100000 bales of cotton
per annum. 1t is proposed to apply the
principle of Benton's Florida armed occu-
patton act, and send all contrabands to this
Territory, and apprentice them to the set
tiers upon these cotton lands, leaving the
question of their final disposition to be set.
tied by Congress at the close of the war; all
contrabands, as fast as they come into
camp, to be promptly forwarded thither.
The country is approached from st: Louis,
through Springfield, distance of three
hundred miles. The remainder of the rail-
road from RolIa through Springfield to Fort
Smith, can be completed in twelve months.
1t is said that the plantations of the Choc-
taws and Chicasaws alone could fully sup
ply the American mills even the first year
of the experiment.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
7susp.n.,onn OF Spool. Payments.

g. f
The banks Of New York city suspended
specie payments on Monday, and their 40
ton will undoubtedly be followed at once
by all the banking institutions of the coun.
try. At the commencement Of active mea-
sures to suppress the rebellion, it was hard.
y expected the banks would be able to
sustain specie payments, but gold flowed
into their vaults until they had on hand, at
one time, nearly City millions, and the idea
of suspension was scofed at. The work of
depletion, however, commenced immediate.
ly on the capture of MASON and SLIDELL,
and was accelerated immensely on learning
how the affair was viewed in England, until
a loss of about twenty millions was expert
rienced, of which only five millions WAS sent
abroad. The balance was drawn out to be
boarded, and will not see daylight again I'M.
til peaceful relations with England are re-
stored, and perhaps not until our own do
nestle troubles are in fair way of settle
ment.
The effect of the suspension at the East
will be to give relief to the business com.
munity, as there cannot be much deprecia.
ton in the issues of sound banks, even with
a considerable expansion of circulation.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-10
Abstract OF the Annual Report OF tn g
Directors OF the Mint.

The report of Hon. James Pollock, on
the operations of the Mint establishment
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861,
has been received. From the Report it
appears that the amount of bullion receiv-
ed and coined at the Mint and branches,
during the period embraced in the Report,
largely exceeded that of any former year.
This, it appears, was due mainly to the I'M.
precedentedly large amount Of bullion and
coin imported into the United States from
Europe. During the year, the amount of
bullion operated on was as follows Gold,
$1l6,97OO02,66; silver, $4,624,961.57 ;
total, $l2l, 594,964.23. This includes,
however, re-deposits to the amount of
$49,448,393,22, which, being deducted,
makes the actual deposits $72 l46,57l.lO.
The coins struck amounted to $63, 400, 597,
of which sum $49, OIL was the work OF
the Mint at Philadelphia.
There was coined in the Branch Mint at
San Francisco, California, $l2,421 900 in
gold, and $l98, 900 in silver.
At the Assay Office, New York, fine
gold bars to the amount of $19, 948, 728.98
we're made and stamped also, 1857 ,078.63
in silver bars.
The Branch MINIS at New Orleans, Lou
isiana; Charlotte, North Carolina: and
Dahlonega, Georgia, ceased to make the
returns required by law early in the pres.
ent year Q86l). Their operations up to
the time they were seized by the rebels, are
embraced in the report ofthe Director, who
has no information in relation to their op.
erations or issue since they passed under in
surrectionary control. Mr.. Pollock refers,
in severe but just terms, to the treachery
and disloyalty which were displayed in
Wrestling these institutions, by lawless vic.
ence. from the Federal Government.
In this report we have confirmation of
the gratifying fact, that the supply of the
precious metals from the mines Of the United
States, particularly from the Kansas and
Washoe regions, is increasing.