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FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
MORE r EBEL BARBA RI I
ANOTHER MASSACRE OF PRISON
Frs

ERS.
NEwDEEs, n. c., April %, (via Fort
ress Monroe, April "a. plymouth was
captured by the enemy at s o'clock on
Wednesday morning.
General Vessels and his brave force Of
only l 800 men went into Fort Williams
and held the Rebels at bay until midnight
of Tuesday, driving them back with Sc
we're loss in every assault, but was finally
Obliged to surrender to superior numbers.
Two full companies Of the I'd North
Carolina Union Volunteers (whites) were
among the captured. most Of whom, it is
stated, were barbarously led out and shot
by the enemy after surrendering All
the negroes who were found in uniform
were also shot
Newborn and Washington are now
threatened dy the Rebel ram and large
force of rebels. The presence Of moro
gunbnats is Immediately needed here.
The funeral Of Captain G. w. Flusscr
takes place here tomorrow.
Official announcement ofMe Capture of
Plymouth.
FoRr MONROE. April 25.--The follow
ing off announcement of the surren-
der of Plymouth has been received:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY AND DISTRICT OF
y. C., NEwBERy,. y. c.,
April 21st, 1864
General Orders, No. 66.-With feel
ings of the deepest sorrow the Command
ing General announces the fall of Ply
mouth, n c.. and the capture of its gal
lent commander, Brigadier General II.
w Vessels, and his command.
This result however, did not obtain I'M
til after the most gallant and determined
resistance had been made Five times
the enemy stormsl the lines of the Gen
cral and as many times were they Land-
somely repulsed with great slaughter; and
but for the powerful assistance Of the
Rebel iron-clad ram and the floating iron
sharpshooter battery the Cotton Plant,
Plymouth would still have been in our
hands.
For their noble defence the gallant
General Vessels and his brave band de-
serve the warmest thanks Of the whole
country, while all will sympathize with
them in their misfortuncs. To the officers
and men of the navy the Commanding
General tenders his thanks for their hear
ty cooperation with the army, and the
bravery, determination and cooluess that
marked their part Of the unequal contest
With sorrow he records the death of the
noble sailor AMI gallant patriot, Lieuten-
ant Commander c. w. Flusscr, United
States Navy, who, in the heat of battle
fell dead on the deck of his ship, with
the lanyard of his gun in his hand The
Commanding General believes that these
misfortunes will tend not to discourage
but to nerve the Army Of North Carolina
10 equal deeds Of bravery and gallantry.
Hereafter, until further orders, the
III adqualtis OF the sjub-District of Alss
bclnarlc will be at Roanoke Island. The
conn d deyolves upon C,lonel D. W.
Wardup, of the @9th New York Folun-
tcer Infantry BY command of
MAJ. Gan JOHN j. PECK,
j. \. ludlow, A. A. G..
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WASHINGTON NEWS
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE.

Governors Brough of Ohio, Lewis Of
Wisconsin, Morton of Indiana, Curtin of
Pennsylvania, and Yates of Illinois, had
a long interview with the President wee
day, to urge upon him the necessity OF
calling two hundred 'L.,opsund more men
into service eoy me defence of States bor-
dccig,::.ng on the Ohio river, especially for
Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. They
claimed that if specially authorized they
could raise that number Of men for that
duty by volunteering. Governor Curtin
however, did not join in the request
The President, as things look now seems
disposed to issue a call for two hundred
thousand troops, to be raised only in
Western States.
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ARRIVAL OF RICHMOND PKa0NERs. -
The transports New York and Express
arrived yesterday morning from City
Point with FIVE hundred and sixtyfve
exchanged prisoners from Richmond in
charge of Major Malford. The New York
brought three hundred and fifty and the
Express two hundred and fifteen. -Four
were left at Fortress Monroe, three of
whom were buried there. Five died on
the way to this city, after leaving Old
Point, and several more are in ertremis.
OF the entire number only twcnty-six
were in a condition to be sent to Camp
Parole, at Annapolis. Two hundred and
sixty-four were sent to the Jarvis Hos
pital, one hundred and sixty-one to Pat
terson's Park, an1 one hundred and FIVE
to Vests Buildings.
DR. c. w. Jones, Of the Newton Uni
versity Hospital, who received and dis
tributcd the unfortunates expresses the
opinion that ten per cent. of the number
will die within a week, and large pre-
portion within forty-eight hours. They
are all wasted away to the last degree Of
cmaciation and exhaustion, by starvation
consumption and chronic diarrhea. They
look utterly woe-begono and spiritless,
and bear the traces of long continued
suffering. Better. far better, to have
been killed outright on the field of battle
than to have undergone such cruel
wearisome course of martydom Their
condition confirms the opinion that they
are deliberately starved in order to reduce
the numerical force of our army, and te
deter enlistmcnts. The dastardly Rebels
ought to know that the evaporation Of
the North is such as to tripel the number
Of enlistments Of earnest aud determ ined
men who will not be satisfied until these
barbarians arc suitably punished. They
are heaping up wrath against the day o.
of wrath .-Bah american.
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4 Canard.

In some of the papers appeared recent
ly an article protesting to be protest
from Maj. Gon'l b. f. Butler, protesting
against the appointment Of Gen'l Saith
to command military movements in his
Department. Had such a movement
been attempted, Gen'l Butler would have
spoken in his own style of which the an
ncxed contradiction is specimen Gen.
Butler is n man for the times and compe-
tent to take care of himself as well as Of
others
FoRr MONROE, A RI IS, 1851.
To The Editor Of the Baltimore american ::
My attention is called to an article in
your paper headed "A Protest from Gen
eral Butler" which supposes that have
written a letter having the silly paragraph
therein contained. | have written no
such letter 1t is not the kind of letter
] am accustomed to write. There has
been no shadow of occasion for it. All,
and more than all, the consideration to
which | am entitled has been shown me
by the Government in relation to my
present command
| should not break my habit of not con-
tradicting newspaper paragraphs, save
that, if not contradicted, it may affect
others than myself
b. i. BUTLER,
Commanding Department.
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General Sickle; on The Var.

In speech at Detroit, General Sickles
remarked:
The war cannot last very much longer.
Our resources arc abundant, but the
means of resistance Of the South are fast
falling. The very barbarism with which
they are opening this campaign shows
their desperation. A people expecting
the support of the civilized world could
not treat prisoners Of war as they treat
ours. All their men and all their capital
are now employed. Their resources are
all crowded into this campaign, yet they
have not more than two-thirds the
strength they have before possessed. Our
army, on the other hand. was never SO
strong, and we have Lieutenant Gene
raj of whom they stand in awe, and the
people are united. There is to-day a
stronger determination to fight the war
through to the end than ever before.
But some one says this war is uncon-
stitutional ; that it is unconstitutional to
keep the country together But, as it
was not unconstitutional to form the Union
why should it be unconstitutional to
maintain it? Why, the Union was born
in force, and it is absurd to say it cannot
be maintained by force But some one
says that it is impossible that people
fighting on their own soil should be con-
quered. I deny that is their soil any
more than it is mine or yours. They
have forfeited by their conduct all right
and title to il. But look at Missouri, Ar.
kansas, Kentucky, Western Virginia,
etc. These are my answers to people
who speak of impossibilitics. From the
beginning our course has been steadily
onward, and so it will 90 on. We must
and shall succeed. Nor is the day of our
triumph far distant. l believe if the
Presidential election were three years off
there would be no Rebels in the field to
day. They are hoping for change Of
Administration, but it is vain hope
Our cost has been too great. Comprom-
ise is no longer possible. Had the South
remained in the Union, would have
gone as far as any man for compromise
Now am against any and every COM
promise | am for the unconditional,
absolute surrender of the South to the
Union. trust if / ever meet you again,
fellow citizens, it will be when peace shall
smile once more upon us, when you of
the West and Us of the North, as ever
one people, shall 90 on, realizing that
career of power, of honor, Of the benef
cence which has so signalizcd us hither
to. hope We shall be the citizens of n
Republic forever, absolutely and totally
| free.
The remarks of the speaker were fire.
qucntly interrupted with applause. When
he spoke of closing, there were lound
cries of /" Go on !" "Go on !" But his
fccbcl state of health and the chillncss of
the weather prevented his speaking lon
ger
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the ordinary character Of revolutions. 1t
is not thing stirred up on the surface
by the qaondam leaders, political and
social, but Il mighty upheaving by the
people from the foundations of the political
and social elcments-one not to be crushed
or reprcssed, hut to be guided onward to
n safc and reliable basis. 1t will be we'll
fox our nation if we have the men who
,cW see this thing in its true light aud
exercise the frn"ess to carry it speedily
on to its accomplishment. If those who
attempt to lead do not come up to the
standard, they will be crushed by the on
ward avalanche and buried in oblivion.
The progress ofthis springs campaign-
ing does not SO far, indicate that our gov
crnmcnt has made much progress. The
accounts of battles thus far are Of tho
same stamp with those that have hcraldcd
the opening Of the campaign Of each sue
ceedihS spring. III adultloh 10 the loss
of Fort Pillow with its unoremge{ horrors.
Monday evenings American" brings us
an account of the surrender of Gen. Yves
sells command at Plymouth, N. c., and
We may have to record another speedy
tragedy or a new edition Of Libby murder.
IT'S said experience teaches wisdom, y
the 'sehooi-mos'c,' must surely be ''aJroa2
or have dull pupils. Patience is com
mendablc virtue but we fear the leaders
have absorbed nearly the whole of the ar
ticle from the people and that if there is
a timo for all things, the time for oaticace
is about ''pscd up.'
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Eastern Kentucky Free from
Rebels

LOUISVILLE, April 22.-Eighty mount
ed rebels came into Kentucky on Tues
day, through Pound Gap, but were i'm
mediately driven out by detachment of
the 45th Kentucky mounted infantry
Gen. Hobson reports Eastern Kentucky
now free of Rebels. Col Weatherferd,
of the 18th Kentucky Cavalry, sent one
company from Burksville in pursuit of a
guerilla band of about one hundred and
twenty men, drove them into Macon
county, Tennessee, killing eight captur-
ing ten prisoners and fifty horses. Major
General Gordon Granger arrived here To-
nioht. en- rout for New York
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OUp ,.ainS in Louisiana.

A correspondent with the Red River
Expedition sums up the gains to the
Union arms as follows:
Our gains thus far are the captures Of
Fort De Russey, Alexandra, Grand
Ecore and Nathitoches, the opening Of
Red river, the capture by the gunboats Of
three thousand bales of prize cotton, one
half of which goes to the Government,
and the bringing of other considerable
quantities of cotton to our markets. Be-
sides this we have captured, at Fort Dc
missy, Henderson's Hill. Pleasant Hill,
Mansfield and elsewhere, two thousand
three hundred prisoners, including three
Lieutenant Colonals, six Ms;crs aud thir-
ty Lie officers at Pleasant Hill, twenty
five pieces of artillery, any quantity Of
small arms there and at other points,
four hundred bushels Of meal, thirty bar
rcls of beef, and depot commissary al
Pleasant Hill.
Besides, under the administration o.
Provost Marshal NeaHe, of the One Hun.
drod and Fifty sixth New York Volun.
teers. Alexandria has returned to its al
legiance eight hundred citizens have
taken the oath of fealty to the Govern.
mcnt Of the United States, and eight
hundred have enlisted there into the
military service of our Government
The material for at least two full col
orcd regiments has thus for been garner.
ell in, and the Rebels have been deprived
of the servicc'of FIVE thousand able bodice
negroes. male and female who have'aban
doned their happy homes and cast theil
fortunes with the Yankees.
Forage nearly enough to supply thu
immediate needs of the army, and bee
cattle and horses have fallen into tn,
hands of our advancing army.
When Shreveport is taken and occu
pied, and the Rebel State Government i
driven there-from to seek another tenn
porary resting-place, the chief object o
the present campaign will be accomplish
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JoHs GEPHAEr, Scc'y.
april2a 3t

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These Improved Machines save ONE HUNDRED
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They require 10 instruction to operate per
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No change in sewing from one kind of goods
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And no taking apart TO clean or OIL
Our New Mandatory is now completes with
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N. B.--Should any Machine prove unsatis-
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Agents wanted in counties not canvassed by
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CoreHs BRONCHITIS. The entire freedom
from all deleterious ingredients render ssBrown's
Bronchial Troches, or Cough and Voice
female or Youngest child, and has caused them
TO be held in the highest esteem by Clergy men,
Singers and Public Speakers generalfr
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TO ADVERTISERS !,

Ths Civilian and Telegraph having much
LARGER CIRCULATION in the County than
any other papor published horo, while oft Of
theCounty its circulation is four times iarg-
ey, it affords a g,oa medium for Advertising
It numbers among its readers those who are
able 10 buy Literally and pay promptly, and
wloso custom would be valuable to business
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Iin0Drinni ErnM Mexico.

Tie New Orleans Picayunc contains
extracts from the Monterey 4UorajaJ Star
of the LIST inst, from which we quote tho
| following:
This time last week Governor Vidaurri
was snugly cnsconccd in the Gubernato-
rial Mansion, in this city, with an army
reported ut some 1000 or more men, in
apparent .security, with avowed hostility
10 President Juarez and the General
Government, declaring his ability to de-
fend the city from attack by any force
that might be sent against it by the Pre-
sidont Our citizens, not doubling the oft
| repeated assertions of the Governor, were
somewhat taken By surprise on Saturday
morning last, to wake up and find that he
had, under the cover of darkness, with
all his forces, skeddaddled for parts un-
! known.
Before leaving. however, he carried all
the available rtillcry-somc..twea
en- pieces with him, tumbling over and
otherwise diSarranging the pieces which
he was compelled to leave. On this and
the following day there was not heard
the sound OF bugle or other martial music
in our midst, and our beautiful city pre-
sents the appearance of peace and happi-
ness--not vestige of ruthless war re-
NAMED. The adsconding Governor, it is
supposed, made tracks for Texas. He
was last sen al Mor.ls, the artil cry COW
c ing his retreat.
On Monday, at the noon, bells Of the
various churches rang their welcome an
nounccment Of the arrival of portion of
the Presidents forces under Colonel Or
tega. On Tuesday General Negrete,
See. etary Of War, and General Manuel
| Qucsada, Manuel Doblado, ard General
Actil!ion arrived in this city, the three
latter accompanied by their divisions
,litrt.al important arrests and imprison-
mcnts nave been made, :ihins showing
that war is very uncertain, ana danger
ours to ncddlc with.
\ large cavalry and infantry force left
here on Wednesday evening, to 60 in
pursuit Of the fleeing Governor.
We suppose that this city will remain
quiet for some time to come, and the SOL
4iers now here enjoy y few months rest.
Nothing is to be feared from Mejia,
,hc Reactionist, for it is reported that he
has more than he can contend with in the
person of Gonzales Ortega, who is now
ar San Luis Poto,i. Mejia will have
% be largely reinforced before he can
move in this direction, during which
ii ne The p ident will have an opportu-
,.lty to collect large body Of troops
at this point with which to repcl the in
yai,r..
A report was current in town yestcr-
tcrday that Colonel Quiroga, in command
If Gen Yidau,ri forces, and the pur-
suing portion oSthc Presidents army had
an engagement, but we did not learn the
result of the contest.
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In pursuance of decree OF the Circuit Court
for Allegany County, as a Court of Equity,
passed on April 20, 1864, in a cause, wherein
James S. Merriam is complainant, and The
Midland Coal and Iron Company and others
arc defendants. No. l47G on the docket OF said
Court; the undersigned Trustee, will sell at
PUBLIC SALE, to the highest bidder on
FRIDAY, THE 20h DAY or NAY.
1864, at II o'clock, A. u. in front of tho
ST, NICHOLAS HOTEL. IN THE
City of Cumberland, all those three parcels OF
land, lying and situate in Allogany County,
and State of Maryland, being parts OF o trait
of land called
~ COMMONWEALTH"
the first parcel containing &c acres, more OF
less tho second parcel containing 10 acres,
more or less and the third parcel, containing
4 acrcs. more or less--cach and all of which
are fully BOUNDED and described in a deed, filed
in the above cause, made by the said Midland
Coal and Iron Company 10 G. L fiabish: and
r p. @. Foster trustees and recorded in the
land records of said Allcgany county, in Liber
II. r. No. 20, folios 2, &c. The three parcels
contain together abopt SO acres Of land, and
will ell be sold together MS if one tract.
THE TERMS OF SALE, as prescribed by
the decree, will be as follows 0ne-tbirci of
the purchase money 10 be paid in cash imme-
diately on and after the sale, and the remaiys
ing two-thirds in equal instalments, in one Az
two years after tie sale, bearing interest FRONT
the day of sale; the deferred payments to be
secured by the bonds of the purchaser or pur-
chasers. The Trustee will require a surety or
surcties on said bonds TO he appro we'd by him.
GEORGE A. THRUSToN, Trustee.
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The report that the draft in New York had
been postponed is not true. 1t is ordered 10
take place a. ear'y'as practieabsess.
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sosDIERs, sec to your own health do no,
trust to the Army supplies; Cholera; feycr aha
Bowel complaint will follow your slightest IN
discretion. fioMowAr's Iihts aSp T TN III;
fish and French troops use no cther-rcdicincs-
Oniv a.. costs nor hoy or pot. 3lG
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CAPITAL AND ASSETTS.

So III 2GS
CAPITAL AND ASSETTS.
TOTAL amt premium .
notes secured $3.50. q $40 51s
Total amt invested
in Stocks and Bills l1l2s Oh
Total amount cash ..r t.. t
on hand..........-. l,5e3 e5
Total amt Interest
due On Misso. r..
Bouds............,.. a,a4o 90
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fhc General Hunter Blown Up.


JACKSONVILLE, FLA, April II. 1864
The misfortunes of the Florida Expcdi-
ton accumulate Night before last the
steamer 6 neral Hunter was destroyed by
torpedo in ST: Johns river making two
valuable transports lost BY these internal
machines within fortnight The Hun
ter was loaded with quartermastors stores
and was bound to Ficolata, forty miles
above here, where we have brigade of
contraband troops. Singular enough, the
Hunter was blown up exactly abreast of
the ruins Of the Maple Leaf; destroyed by
torpedo on the 81 of the month.
Fortunately the loss Of life in this last
disaster was small, only one person, a
guartcrmastcr, being lost. The steamer
was very valuable ona, having been
built for Major General Hunter two years
ago, and was the fastest transport in this
Department. Sine was Of three hundred
and fifty tons, and was valued at the
time of her loss at $50, She was
chartered to the Government, and was
owned in New York.
The withdrawal Of so many troops from
Florida has led to the abandonment of
pilatka as Federal outpost. Al the
troops stationed there were withdrawn
last week. The guns in the redoubts
we're brought of, the abattis destroyed,
rs also the signal-tower and everything
else of value to the Rebels. Several
families, of Union sentiments, came away
with the troops. fearing to remain after
the abandonment of the place. The poll
cy of occupying posts in the Confedcracy
pcrsuaiing the inhabitants to take the oath
of allegiance. and then leaving them to
Rebel mercy, is rather questionable,
From the most reliable sources of in
formation to be obtained at headquarters
and elsewhere, there is no doubt of the
Confederate army in our front being large,
quite as formidable rs at any time since
the expedition first landed in the State.
They have from eight tn Ten Thousand
infantry and fer thousand cavalry, with
in toz3n miles of here, and another
large camp at Baldwin, at the junction
Of the Florida Central and Fernandina
and Cedar Keys Railroad. 1t was sup
posed that the pending campaign in Vir-
gina would draw this force to the North,
but sucl is not the fact. The Rebels
must have much larger armies in the field
than we credit them, or else they consid-
err Florida immensely valuable to them.
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TRUSTEES SALE

No. 53S BROADWAY, NE
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= Il05I %
Total amount Of cash received
lntereSt...... Observation-Disclosures. .}3J II
Total amount Of Interest due on
Misso. Bonds ...................... 2,34o 90