New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-04
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
hing has been kept up al day.

Gen. Dix,s Department - New Dfssries
formed i'm Gen. Fosters Department.
Concentration Of Troops at waslingtsn
Military Chanees-southern News
Newspapers Grooming over the Suffer.
ings Of the People.
NEwBERs N. C.. Thursday. April 20, 1885,
That portion OF North Carolina lying north Of
Albeparlc Sound and east of the Cbowan River, 10
now embraced in the Deplrtr.ent of Naj.'Gsn. DIX,
and under tie immediate supervision OF MaJ.'den.
Peck, at Suffolk, Va.
Ia order that more constant supervision may
EXIT at the various post the Department oil MAJ
Gen Eostsr the following districts have just been
es aLl.shej, to be commanded rs follows: let, the
District of the Nease," Bhg-Gen. Henry NJ.
NYqee. headquarters ut Beaufort, N. G.; I'd, the
"Distriet OF the Abemarle," Brig. W. Mes
sells, headquarters Il, Plymouth, n. CT 81, Dis
irict Of the Pamlco, Brighten. Henry Fflne, head
quar- era at Washington, n. c.
TIE several companies OF the LIST Loyal N. y.
REGIMENT, heretofore stationed in the counties,
where they were respectively raised, are now beiIg
concentrated At Wssnington, n. e. Capt. McChes-
new. of tie famous 9h New-Jersey, heroic and a.
comrlshed young officer has recently been appoint
co 70 It's Col0nelcy. This regiment has already done
SPLENDID fighting in number Of engagements, and
fully demonstrated he value Of native Southern
Union troops. IL Was mainly recruited through the
efforts of Charles Henry Foster. Who is now max
jpg pre-, aratons for he iormaton of second one,
for which be has received authority from the War
Department. &
A battalion OF artillery has beeu organized from
r. d.. h.. u,A
Is now dong duty at Fors Hatieras and Clark
The 44,h and 27th Massachusetts Regiments have
arrived in Newbern from Washington, N. O., in the
defense of which important point they 80 bravely
and successfully assisted.
The troops in this Department. are now being paid
oil.
The Rev. james Means, the efficient and philan-
tLrouic Superintendent Of the Blacks, died a few
days since.
The Rev. d. d. Van Antwerp, the loyal Epis-
eopal rector at Beaufort is to be appointed Chaplain
~ that posi-.
Col. Lehman, 1884 Pennsylvania Volunteers, has
been assigned to the command Of Roanoke Island.
To reqtr,lze the growing disaGection Of the
Rebel rank and .ile, the policy is being extensively
pursued OF seading popular speakers among the va.
rious regiments. ..
rhe following items are condensed from late
SoliAern papers:
Tie RalesgA SiaH4ari contains accounts Of nu-
merous country meetings Of planters in response 10
Gov. Yance's late proclamation, discouraging cot
ton planting and urging the production OF bread
siHlis. ~
Tie Richmond Wig of tie ed says that several
hundred thousand negroes have been stolen by the
Yankees aud that they onstbule tho black elephant
which Jonathan is puzzled 10 dispose Of.
The Wig of tue 23d contains Gov. Lstcher's
card Of that date announcing his candid,cy Tor the
Rebol Congress from the Eleventh District Of
Vr nis.
The Tories of Laurel Couoty, n. c., are accusedof
disoyai outbreaks, sad The STANDARD complains
thai some OF them were hIG;a!iy butchered in cold
blood, and that Cot. Thomas, Confederate States
Array, wLo hunted them with indians, permitted
scsipiug. "Disloya demonstrations III the counties
bordering upon tennessee are severely rebuked.
The Raieiyk Stqte JoHrraI says, in commenting
upun Nj article from TIE CT 1eiand Ohio Leader,
u,yn .Joha :. Carle OF Virginia, " that it is tho
doom OF a traitor eyerywhere u DO despised."
Tie Progress Of tue I'D regards the recent peace
r hi ns ftes NewJerscy Legislature hope.
u indication; and calls UPON the other Northern
States through their Legislatures TO speak out, and
bring 4 pressure to bear npon Lincoln and Seward
that they cannot resist aud the hand Of the destroyer
may he stayed. it
Corn meal wss selling at Raleigh on the 23d inst.
at 80 per bushel, aud scarce at that.
Several persons announcing themselves as candi-
dates for the Rebel Congress from districts lying
y H.. al h.. IA anA
refugees from those districts Tor their suifrages.
The Richmond Wig Of the 23d bitterly abuses
Gems Hill and Long.rreet for not taking Washing
ton, n. c.. ard Suffolk, Va. I, says: " 1t now sp-
pears that Longsreet laid siege TO Suffolk only 10
cover u forage party. SO far the cost has been Is
men killed and wounded fiae battery of five pieces
captlred a number of deseiters AMI we tuow not
how many prisoners. Confederate segcs appear TO
be very profitable inves ments-very."
The Charlotte IN. CT Democrat says that Major
Conningron, OF tie Confederate army, sddresseda
large public meeting Ut TINT place upon the wants Of
the army in Virginia. lie said their forces had con-
sumed ali the food that il was possible to procure
for 20 miles around the point where they are now
stationed, and that unless more corn and meat was
furnished from North Carolina, they would b.
obliged to fall back into this State.
Tie FayetterNe On. CO. OJserrer says: A few
days ago North Carolina soldier, near Charleston,
wiote 10 bis father saying that he had received I've
pounds of meat us the allow vance Of seven men for .
week. ..r .-.t b.
The Rev. II. J. Graus of IIillsborough, N C., M
iiced some months ago for disloyalty 70 the kess'
ID to be tried at Richmond, Nay Az.
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