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OPERATIONS IN THE GULF.
Our Naval correspondence.
UNITED SrAfKs STEAM FRIGATE SUsQuEHANNA
OLE EoRr MORGAN Ala July A. 1860.

L
OFF FoRr MORGAN, Ala. July 4, 1862. T
hs Cruise OF the Susquehaaaa-CHange Of Commdnders-
Prizes Captuet--Ndval Mall Facilities, DC.
Ths Susoushanna has often been mentioned your pa
par IN reports and communications CT other parties but
n mistake not there has tsen correspondence direct
from hor Thinking brief account " eur donss may
rot be embarrassing To your many readers venture 10
givs YOU few particulars I viii begin al Hampton
Roofs, at which place we received orders to proceed
toro; also IL that that We parted ith
highly respected captain, 1. Lardnor, nov pro.
moted to commodore and assigned 70 the command Of
the Eastern Gulf squadron. lie wac superseded
By Commander II. B. Hitchcock, OF the Ordnencc
Department, Washington, D. c., where he had been
doing duty since his return 10 Norfolk ON the lac
lcrrmso Consequently he has taken previous part IA
the suppression OF this rebellion. From Tho Roa do We
sailed for Key West, remained there six days, ooeng
ship, So, then sailed for this place.
On our second day out captured the schooner Prince
tan and may be said she pus herself into our hands;
'nsoaf ~ trying TO avoid Us, she stoered the same
cfuse Isl ur ship. Consequently had mo- hing TO do
tto, .Lr sasines overhaul her papers, put p izo
crow 5vara, and send her ~ Ley West. Her crsw
n.oraCd us that her captain took 10 be a Spanish
nan of-war. coIors not being at the time How.
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ever ne found his mistake VOC Iate he had fallen into
the hands OF Yankee manor conclude hs must
thought OF the negotiations Mr. Rast endevor
ing into with the Spanish authorities thinking
himself secure in falling in with Spanish Of
war; but, like Mr.. Rost, disappointment met him
Mobile, whore she the blockade loaded with cotton.
Sold IL at Havana took In her esent cargo, and
steering for Mobile again Sure II in getting
the rebel nag found lying her quarter deck. Her
cargo consisted OF fruit pig lead sardnes herring coils
OF rope, vino and brooms Nothing more Of interest
IA. The vessels lying here on our arrival were tho
glnboat Kanawha Captain j. C. Febiger and the sloop-
ofwar Preble Captain McDermott. The OF these
vessels glad to only because brought
them mail but they fclt the necessity OF hsv.
ing vessels the blockade Of this place. and they
had often heard of US during the past year.
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CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

THURSDAY, July 24-6P. NJ
AsnEs.-rhe market unchanged We continue 10
quote pots at 50 25 with small sales while pearls were
nominal
BREADsruFrs -Four-The market was heavy and less
active, and closed at decline OF 10c zoe. per bbl
especially for common ana medium grades The sales
embraced about 600 bbls closing within the following
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comparison Of the footings Of the weekly bank
statement Of the Boston banks with those Of last
week exhibits an increase of $30424s In the items
Of loans and discounts, s2,5l5 in specie, s123,as2
in deposits, and a decrease Of $25o,sl in Oircula-
ton. We annex the principal footings for the
past two weeks, with the corresponding week last
year.
Loans and dis. Specie. Deposits. Cyrculufn.
July IA Sos 6s4,920 1928 2G6 26es4,Sso 7o9t ,2S4
July a.. osea9,les 7,sso,7so se,sos,2*2 o,s4o,s74
Same time last year.
July a. 500 $4,000 e,es2os1 1s541,l1l o,7a5,e2a
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GENERAL oRDER--No. l.

WESTERN lENNEsfEy BlhMfHlS, ouy 1907
Traitors and rebels who refuse TO comply with the
laws and support the constitution OF the United States
should not be permitted 10 remain within the camp lines
OF tho federal army Al this time the cor, crate limits
Of the city Of Memphis within the lines Of the United
States orcos; aid all male residents or oouners within
the limits ot said city, between tie ng,s Of eighteen and
foriy-fve years who capable Of bearing arms are
hereby rcauired 10 take the oath OF aegiace &C. tho
United States, or leave the limits o sai city within six
days alter he publication Of this order.
H. " any person within the limits CT said city IN III
hereafter publish speak or utter scditious rcysona5a
lang axe towards the government OF ,he United a,,s
he Provost Ma,ssat shan rpon proof OF the IA ia is
e,ery person SO offending t. he State OF Arkas ses
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L,rRsITyRE wANTEo-t Will Ryx AND , Pay
II v.ssa for $3l on &it worth VI p,ediuh qNehv %
. .y,1 Y, ,,., ay ~ 80, * aw kass;s rsN
wees. r. Mathews. an Broadway. -
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EXECUTORS SALE.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 4h and 9Th of
February next at the residence of the deceased We
the undersigned will expose to public SALE with a
liberal credit all the property belonging to the estate
of the late DR. W Audrey, to-wit Nine good Mules,
four Horses thirty or forty head of Cattle, yokes
of Oxen thirty head of Sheep fine lot of brood Sows
and stock Hogs. Also 5000 lbs. of Pork 1000 bush
Corn, $50 bush Wheat and Oats (seed and sheaf,) a
large lot of Roughness such as hay fodder, &c. IS
40 bags of Cotton, and quantity of Cotton Seed.
Also assortment of farming and backsmiths Tools,
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
one Piano forte three road Wagons lone entirely new,
Carriage and Buggy. In word, everything neces-
sary in QUILTING farm.
At the same time will hire al the Negroes
belonging the estate the highest bidder, until the
25th December 1862; and rent the Lands known
as the Home and White tractsthe latter place being
situated in York District, S. Co. the mouth of Big
Sugar Creek. One of the Negroes to be hired is first
rate Blacksmith. j. ROBINSON, Fx,rs
Dec "a 1861 St ]. P. ARDREY,
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NORTHERN ITEMS.

Messrs Mason and Slidell, accompanied by
their Secretaries, sailed in the British man OF
war Rinaldo from ProvincetowH, Mass, on the
LIST of January.
There is trouble amongst the operatives in all
the Northern navy yards. They refuse to answer
to the roll CALL and hold meetings to protest against
government acquisitions.
Hon. Mr. Ely has made speech in New York,
in which he says that Gen. McClellans vast army
has too much to do and that Lincoln is fighting
a people who are terribly in earnest-who will
war even to the knife, and will spare neither life
nor treasure to prevent the Federal advance.
Sales of 800 bales of Cotton were made IN New
York on the Sd inst The closing prices were 80
and 81 -Middling Upland commanding the
outside figure.
The Legislature of Massachusetts convened at
Boston on the Sd inst The Governors message
saws that the expenses of the war to that State
far. have been nearly S3,SS5,000. 1t recommends
that the State assume the collection of direct tax
to furnish it's proportion of twenty million Of dol
lars authorized by Congress to be levied upon the
different States. Massachusetts has furnished
twenty-nine regiments of infantry, six batteries of
artillery two companies of sharp shooters, and five
rifle battalions.
Gov Andrews says at the close of his message
that ''the great rebellion must be put down and
its promoters crushed beneath the ruins of their
own ambition. The greatest crime of history
must receive a doom swift and sure that the
enemies of popular government shall stand in awe
while they contemplate the elastic energy and con-
centrative power of the democratic institutions Of
free people"
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 25th ultimo,
has the following item: "The news from Canada
is warlike. The military spirit Of the people is
excited, and there is general expression of hos
tlity towards the United States. The militia, to
the number of sc, 900 men, have been called out
There is intense activity in all quarters and the
press sounds the war whoop on every side"
A special dispatch from Washington, Jan. I'd,
to the Maryland News Sheet, says:
The tone of the English press upon the Presi-
dents message and especially its strong denuncia-
ton of the Stone Blockade has had most depress
ing effee in Administration circles. Apprehen-
sons are felt that demands may still be made which
will test the national spirit quite Extensively as
the requsition for Mason and Slidel and the more
MIR Stewards letter is examined the less likely it
appears to be final settlement of that affair.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The Asia, from Liverpool ON the 2lst. ult., has
arrived at New York.
Warlike preparations are active In England
When the Asia moved out from her wharf for
New York, the band. were playing "Dixie," thus
showing strong Southern feeling.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Herald, dated the 18th ult., says that the South
ern Commissioners working actively against
the North, and with increasing success.
Only one journal in Paris (the Opinione Ma
tionale) is friendly to the North.
The Tuilleries Cabinet denies that Gen. Scott
had any official mission to cause: him to return to
America.
France will acknowledge the. Southern Con-
federacy if England does. Napoleon is quite un-
friendly to the North, but will not act in hostile
manner towards them.
The London Times denounces the barbarity and
bloodthirstiness of the Puritans, and compares
Lincoln to the despots of the old world, and de-
scants on his lack of craftsmanship.
The Times is highly indignant at the Stone
Blockade, and calls it an act of hostility to the
whole human race
The French Press crticises Lncoln's message
runfavorably.
The London correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian writes:
The conviction forces itself upon many that
the day is not far distant when the Southern Con-
federation must be recognzsd and that recognI-
ton may be expected to bring about fresh diff
Guilty, in which must be prepared to maintain
our policy. Il is with this view, and as demon
straton of our intention to hold own way, that
the government are sending out ten thousand
men to Canada, without any reference to the reply
of the American Cabinet. If Messrs. Mason and
Slidell were landed at Liverpool tomorrow not u
soldier the less would be sent out. If VIC have
n war with the North in connection with this Uni
ted States schism, there could be more favora-
BILE time than the present 1t would be short
and decisive war, and would have vital influence
on the preservation of peace and the unlnterrup-
ted freedom of commerce for many years to come,
without our having to pass through the ordeal OF
social and mercantile confusion which wars, as a
genera! -ule entail. Our military departments
are working double time. The clothing establish
.nent at Pimiloo was at full work all last night
and the preceding one.
IT is . very common anticipation, among per-
sons of Canadian experience, that war with this
country is likelier to end in acquisition of
Portland than in the capture of Montreal by the
Federal armies. In any case there rectifca-
tions of our Canadian frontier which scarcely
fail to follow upon war. The States frontier, as
settled by the Ashburton Treaty, closely hugs the
postage road-our Canadian highway from the
eoast-along great part of length. The Uni
ted States have fortified posts close upon that
road, which would have to be taken at the out
break of war, as well Cape Rouse, (Which
they have been lately strengthening within thir
~ miles of Montreal.
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NORFOLK, JAN 9.-The French corvette Catlna
is in Hampton Roads. Four of her officers have
arrived here, by flag of truce with dispatches Tor
Consuls in the Confederate States. The Catlna
brings ponderous box for the British Consul at
Charleston The officers leave tomorrow Tor
Richmond.
British war steamer has anchored off Annap-
oils. She carries large number of heavy guns.
Northern papers of the It'll, state that Valland-
igham has expressed his dissatisfaction in the
House, on the course the Government pursued
with our Commissioners. He said that in less
than three months there would be war with
Great Britain.
The British steamer Australasia was supposed
TO be wrecked She had on board one thousand
men, and large quantity of ammunition. She
passed Cape Race on the 23d ult.
Utah desires admission into the Federal Union.
The steamer Bohemian had arrived, with LlV-
srpool dates to the 9th nit
Hong Kong was reported to be invested by
rebels, who threatened all Europeans with extirpa-
ton. The news from Japan is unimportant.
There was great excitement in Madrid in regard
to the death of the late King Be, whose body had
been disinterred and analysed.
In Liverpool, Cotton had advanced; fstock in
nort 55S 900 bales.
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FROM RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, Jan. S.-The statement which has
been published that the Confederate Treasury De-
partment has purchased gold at a large premium
to pay the January and March interest ON the
funded debt is uufounded. The gold has been
in the Treasury for some time to make these pay
ments.
Confederate Bonds Of the fifteen millions issue,
payable in March, are quoted at 1Ol interest on
Passengers from the mountains report that
Huntersville has been burnt by the Yankees
Also, that heavy skirmishiDg continues above
Winchester, but there is nothing othclal 10 coro-
bate the reports.
VIM H. HurIbut, who has been confined In
prison since June upon suspicion OF being spy,
has been released by Gov. Letcher
The news from Kentucky is very Important
The Confederates, under Generals Johnston and
Buckner have destroyed large portion OF the
Louisville and Nashville railroad beyond Green
river. burning all the material of which 1t was
constructed that could be thus consumed. AT
last advices they were engaging in blowing up
the tunnel. which is some 800 feet in length.
CoNGREss-The proceedings of the Confeder-
ate Congress are carefully screened from the pub
lie eye, IA wise precaution, we doubt not and
nothing of interest has lately been permitted to
transpire. Among the members from Kentucky,
lately arrived, is the Hon. S. H. Ford, LII. d.,
the former editor of the Baptist Repository at
Louisville
THE SOUTHERN CAUSE ABRoAD.-The dis
patches from Europe recently received by the
Government were written prior to the recep-
tion in England of the news of the capture OF
Messrs Mason and Slidell They represent the feel
ing in France and England very favorable to
the cause of the Confederate States.
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SURRENDER OF MASON AND sLIDELI

From the Maryland News Sheet, of the Sd inst,
we clip the following:
The Montreal Gazette speaks of the surrender
of Mason and Slidell as bitter humiliation for
the Federal Government Had the British Ministry
been guilty of so laundering piece of statesman
ship, the Gazette says that 'the Cabinet would
have been broken up, and its members ignomin-
iously kicked out of their places"
The Providence Post declares that the surren-
der of the prisoners 'cannot fail to humliate and
degrade the high character to which ADLER couu-
sells had elevated this once prosperous Republic. y
Mr. Stewards letter to Lord Lyons is sharply sati-
rixed by the New York Albany Argus. He is ac-
cused by that journal with arguing both sides,
AND ingeniously pausing in the middle to confess
that he does not know which he has done best.
"His attitude" says the Argus, 'as he holds
himself in at the turning point of mis- ratocination
IL perfect tableau" The Boston Advertiser de-
1nounces the British demand as arrogant and
asserts that the release of the Commissioners only
postpones the issue; whilst the Boston Courier
adds-''in view of all the facts We go for clearing
the decks and preparing for action
The London Examiner, after quoting the COM
ments of the New York Times with regard to the
object of the stone feet, asks whether the civiz-
ed Christian world "will suffer warfare to con-
tinue which is carried to this fendish pitch of de-
structivenessY" "Rivers," it remarks, "are the
highways Of the world, and to destroy of these
means of commun icatioL is injury to all, which
should not be permitted to the malice Of any Pow
,sr."
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TESTIMONY OF ANOTHER CONFEDERATE PRIs-
oNEK-A lady of Dallas, Texas, has received a
letter from her brother, who taken prisoner
by the Yankees at Manassas, and who afterward
made his escape, from which we make the follow
ing extract:
They came very near killing me on the spot,
but they carried ne to the about one mile,
and then the rout commenced They took me
to Arlington Heights, distance of about 80 or
40 miles, made me 90 at trot all the way. |
arrived at Arlington about 10 o'clock Monday,
aud there was placed in old stable, and tied
hands and feet, kept mo there two days, aud only
gave me one piece of bread and some water.
From there we went over to Washington,
where we were mobbed by the drunken soldiers and
little boys. Brickbats thick around me
as the balls at Bull Run. Several of those who
were with me we're hurt very badly. We lived
on bread, water, and salt pork for three weeks
after we arrived in Washington. After that we
lived first rate the secession ladies aud gentlemen
of Washington and Baltimore made up purse OF
81 900 for our comfort, which they put into a
gentemans hands in Washington, who provided
us with sugar and coffee, beef aud clothing, cots
mattresses, blankets, and also hired negro to
I,hslp us cook"
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LINES

pritte" in Fort Warren, by Southern Cdptis'
See ye not that day is breaking
Freemen from their slumbers waking
Mlghtier efforts daily making
10 break expressions chain!
Who would bow to Northern power?
Who would quail in this stern hour?
Who when clouds of darkness lower,
Could tamcly yield again?
Freemen-to the tented field
night and justice be your shield;
Make the cruel foeman Weld
Your rights and liberty!
Strlke-as ye have struck before,
Strike-as ye-have struck, once more!
StrlEe-as patriot sires of wore,
Determined to be free!
Strike the vile usurper low
STRIKE with freedoms hand the blow
Teach the, proud, insulting foe
What freemen feel and dare.
Day is breaking in the West,
Der the land that love best,
Patriot fires in every breast,
God and liberty are therel
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Headquarters N. c. Militia,

GENERAL ORDER No. g. Raleigh Dec T. 1861. }
The following persons will be exempt from Company
drills except once in three months: All workmen in
any Factory engaged in working for the State or max
ing arms lead powder in ship building for the
State or Confederate States, the necessary employees
of Telegraph Express lines, Daily Press Ferry
men and keepers of Canal Locks State officers and
other persons whose employment in the service Of the
State is inconsistent with their attendance Militia
drill and persons excused under the Militia Law
This order will not be understood as excusing asy
person from Militia duty when called upon TO reps an
Invasion suppress instruction, or ON Regimen
tai or Brigade drills and musters. BY order OF Shs
Commander in chief. J. e. MAXIM,
Dec. II. Adjutant General.
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LET TIE Docs BE TAXED.-In view of the
great demand for wool in the South we urged
upon the Legislature at its last session to lay such
tax upon dogs as would greatly diminish their
number, but that august body too busiy en-
gagged in making Senators and grinding axes"
to attend to so trifing matter as getting rid of
an obstacle to a supply of wool Ask any farmer
why he doesn raise sheep, and the chances are
ten to one that his reply will be, "the dogs wont
let me- As the Legislature neglected to lay a
tax on dogs We call the attention of the Conven-
ton to the subject, in the hope that they will
find remedy for great evil. If men will have
dogs, and subject the property of their neghbors
to the risk of being destroyed by them, let them
be rouudly taxed for the luxury If this does
not encourage the raising OF sheep, and conse-
quently an increase in the supply of wool, it will
at any rate, put money in the Treasury Raleigh
Register.
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$50 REWARD.

will pay the above reward to any person who will
apprehend and deliver my boy SAM, or conhns
him in some Jail that can get him. Said boy run
away about the 4th of December instant. He may
deavor to get to the neighborhood OF PhlladeiphlA
church this county, he has some relations there,
or he may GO Ashe county, as bought him Of Ste
phen n. Wilson, who lives in that county. Sam bad on
when he lef brown linsey coat and black wool hat;
has scar on his forehead, and is about twenty-one
years old Said boy escaped from the Railroad near
Columbia, S c, and may be lurking somewhere dowA
there JOHN WOLFE.
December 18th. If Charlotte, N. G.
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A CARD
TO our

For the purpose of settling outstanding business
to this date, firm will change its style on the LIST
day of January, 1862, to Williams OATES, who
will continue the business the old stand of the sub
scribers We earnestly customers to come
forward and SETTLE their Indebtedness business can
be carried on without money.
The ready zeal with which both partners have vol
unteered to their country is claim upon you
which should not be overlooked, should you by
Withholding their just due, cause total sacrifice or
their business. OATES a. WILLIAMS.
Dec 81 1861 If
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The co-partnershp existing between the
es nv limitation on the lst January, 1867, out mas
been extended indefinitely for the purpose OF closing
mn our business We hope, therefore that all persons
indebted to us, will forward and pay their notes
and accounts (he latter are all mace ou' 81
ali money due u.s. to comply with the requirements OF
a.. Goyernment and to answer individual purposes
Grateful to our friends and patrons for past iaFors
no shall he happy to and serve them for cash onty
:. .a,h p,;ees as our books positively closed
~. A. 1ss, d BROWN, TATE co.
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FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA-Outrages Of the
Eneny-Five or six weeks agoa regiment Of
Yankees was stationed at camp near the battle
ground of Carnifax Ferry, which they called
Scamp Cross Lanes" Fifty Yankees went to a
house by, at night called out the proprietor,
aud alleging that the officer of the night had been
shot at, offered him various indignities. hum
dred more afterwards passed this house and went
to the residence of Mrs. Jones, whose husband
is now a prisoner at Columbus, and whose sons are
in the Southern army. They took from this house
boy between fifteen and sixteen years of age, and
detained him till daylight; then tied him to a
bush, covered him with blanket, aud drew lots
to sec who should shoot him. 1t fell to the lot of
two men, who backed out, and different arrange
nIent was agreed to. Two three days afterwards
the lads body was discovered, pierced with nine
bullets, one Of which had dis!ocated the vertebre
of his neck. This outrage, we are assured, is sus-
ceptible of proof.
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SOLDIERS WANTED.

The undersigned wants a number Of Soldiers to do
duty in South Carolina. bounty of $50 to $50 will
be. paid and from eleven to twenty dollars per
month regular pay Those who willing engage
in the Confederate service and assist in defending their
country will call at the Mansion House.
Dec "a B. j. WITHERSPOON, Lieut..