Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1864-02-29
THE NEWS.

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= = preatsr crowd than assembled yes :
.day to welcome home the Confederate :
officers and seven hnn- :
ed pTiyates-~ho came by nag oil t,uSo {
to City Point On Saturday. Inc :,
nding at Rockets and the n~eighoorlng
us were thronged and crowded It
Csc who received them there, and the
r was rent with tile responsive acclaiins
the people and the prisoners. Q
NTH was at the landing to tender VIZ
welcome and Virginia's hospliai.
v 10 her own and her sisters sons. Ibe
tate Guard, with its band of music es>
o,ted them to the Capital Squire, where
mother vast crowd hailed them with ev-
re manifestation of JOY, and wneTe
hundant refreshments had been sent Dy
ne citizens. Here they were met oytnc
President, who passed the whsfe i!he,
md gave them a most cordial greetihs,
He addressed them at some length amie
enthusiastic cheering, but We were not
nearsenough to hear his remarks.
In short. our highest officers OF COY
ernment. and our whole people, united
TO tell u returned heroes no" piouu
the country is of them, and now nue.
we all love them and how glad we are
to see them home again. We pave
learned whatl4ky have suffered q Q
thew have been tempted and tried, and
how nobly they have stood it all ; aho
we hail them as good men and trus.-
And not only the Confedsracy and It's
President are proud 81 them, but the
Irervee-vvrftnet ss mor1sf rqees
over the son who brings new henors-on
her name
NORTH CARcLINA OfrIcEss ExcHAEG-
ED.-The flag of truce boat last week
brought home Col. G. Leyenthorpe, 1t.
Col. Edward Cantwell, Major A. d. Cruz
dup, Capt. A. S. Cloud, Lieuts. Robt.
Kewgh and George P. Bryan. Also. l..
|. Handy, "a citizen Of North Carolina"
Gen. w. Fl. E. Lee came on the same
boat.
Gov. Vance left last Tuesday for the
Army Of Northern Virginia, having been
invited by the N. c.. soldiers to address
them on the state Of the country.
A heavy snow has fallen here during
the past week, giving US the most win
try weather of the season.
We pity the poor. and the early gar
dens.
Gold has fallen,to SIC in Aug lsta and
$40 in Richmond.
DEATH OF THE WIFE OF GEN. BEABEE
sARD.-Gen. Beauregard's wife died il
New Orleans on the Cd inst, and hel
funeral, which took place on the 4th
: was the largest ever seen in New Or
a leans. Over 60O0 persons attended ant
the funeral train was over a mile il
: length. The remains were conveyed
d few miles up the river to her father
plantation. The body was followed t
: the levee by tho usands of ladies VIII
wished to take a last farewell of one VIII
n was loved and esteemed by all.
. R1cnMoND, March GA party G
Yankees from the Eastern Shore of Vir
ginia visited Matthews county las
Thursday and burnt the Court Hous
and village and burnt several far
y houses along the Piankitank river. in re
It t~aliation for the recent capture and de
d structiou ola Yankee Steamer in North
r anpten county:
. camPed at Yorktown and Glouceste
Point, who are constantly depredstin
upon and insulting the people of tn
surrounding county.
J, FROM H NoRTu.
Isl The Spring Campaign.-The CORES
:. Epondent Of the n. Y. World report
that, soon after the arrival Of Gen. Grar
3 at Washington, a council of war wa
IS held, at which it was determined, on tn
re advice of the new Lieutenant General, I
- make the capture Of Richmond the pr:
mary offset of the spring campaign
To effect this result, the 18th and LIT
De corps will be brought from Chattanot
ga to reinforce the Army of the Pot(
mac, and also two corps from the Mis-
sissippi river. 1t is believed that an al
re my of 100000 men may be concentrate
ID against Richmond at an early day.
m The captors of the Chesapeake ha,
A. been released by order Of the Judge
n Lincoln was Just about to send a gur
, boat to receive them.
Secretary Chase declines being a cal
: dictate for President.
!, Private advices state that the Confec
crate ship Rappahannock left Fran,
privately on the goth of February, arr
n- ed with six guns and a picked Gre,
OF who had been paid three months in az
ne vance. Her cruising, it is reported, wi
&c be the Equator and China.
1t is reported in the World that Gle
Thomas will be relieved from the cor
d, mand of the army Of the Cumberlan
That Burnside is to be assigned to Il
department of South Carolina.
IN Vermont, New Tamshire. Connect
d, cut, Rhode Island, Indiana, Illinoi
Michigan, Iowa, and Olno, are. reportt
10 have filled their quotas under tt
last call.
q, Lincoln has ordered an addition
8, dIait of two hundred thousand msn.-
fThe proclamation is dated March IA
and is in addition TO the call fer Fl
:" hundred thousand.
- The,War department announces tn
if the result of the last call for two hur
40 dred thousand men is not satisfactor
d. another requisition will be made.
~ The arrival Of the steamer Roanoke
. New York on.Tucsday, IL
fact thai. another priyateer is at large (
oe the ocean. 1t appears that Capt. Scot
of theU United States steamer De Sot
informed Cant Drew IF the RooroL