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£(itCap fHss #«w SSfomL CAPK ISLAXli X. ;• J. 3. LEACH EdlUw *nd Proyrletot ■ ^ Thur«day. March, 28..1S63 ]*' _ _ i . .... ——-I - - . — j D| u.vkpm.i.ah pf.lt a ksl'm i j w WAB AND OTHER NEWS. ! " L " ' " ) (I Rebel newspapers eoatain detailed j m accounts of a raid in northern Alabama n by a brigade of Union troop* Under Colonel Corwiu. The expedition • was i # accompalned by fire gunboat*. and c reached Tnacotnbia on February 22d, at j.^ wbieh place two ferry boate were Ueairojed. Another was deatroyed at Florence. The Union adrnnce guard " pal to flight a part of the rel^Ucavelry , s at Taa^ombia, aud took poaa&Jlou of ■ the town. An aaaeaauient was losried j t on the wealthy rebels. On the 25Tb j * Colonel Corwia and bis command pro-, < cectfed into the interior, taking considarable piander with bitn Wpthlng fur- It tber coucerning tbetn is published. < Brigadier Ueneral Alfred VV. Elict , ' baa organized a marine brigade for ser- ( rice in the wettern riwe^fT At present ; 1 it conaiata of one regimUt of infantry j " a battalion of cavalry arid a battery of light artillery. The quarters are on f board of fwt eteamfrs, by which the men an transported from place to place , as they arc. needed: The boats arc dofended against rifle shot and gripe by i beery osk timbers, end that port around j the bailers and machiuery is iron pin- . ted.

The health of the araiy at Yicksburg j r is said to be improving. It is believed ' r ' that the Lake Providence canal scheme ! V would be entirety sncceseful. A large ; number of transports , end gunboat* t r have gone up YeXoo",Peee> the capture , j Yicksburg depending upon (he tneve- j menu ^1c ; The brig Emily Plsher, reported aej ■ having been captured by the -pirate r .Retribution, has arrived at New York, i t having givap boodc for tho payment of j , her value. I The resolutions condemning arbitrary j i arrests, recently iulroduced into the [ I New York Legislature, have been de- ! < fcated. . A resolution has been introduced into \ ■ thcOtiio Assemidy to expel Otto Drep- j 1 •I, one of He members, for offering res- j olntions dialojsl and insulting to the ; '• country. Sixteen new iron clads, itis expected, j J will be added to the navy during the j yreeentyear. On Thursday lost, .n* railroad train, | 1 whilh on Us way from Louisville to 1 Nashville, was thrown'off tho track by ' tbe rebel guerrilas, who placed obstruclions in its way. They then fired pn tire train, which cwtUinod tnauy women «wd chHdrcn. They then stole ail the valuables on tlie train, bat we.'e finally driven off by n detachment of Union troops who appeared upon the seane. The main army of the Cumberland has not moved from its quarters et Murfveeebora. Tbe recent skirmlshee were only foagbt by detached. portions on acouthig and recaonoitring duty. The gunboat Issao P. Smith, which was eaptnred by the rebels, some time | since, in JBtono titer, S. C , baa been . repaired by ibem, and christened the gf I) fiha ia to be the flagship of the rebel Commodore fngrabam. A party of rebels crossed from Ticks- ; burg about a week siocs to cut the levea » at the moath of the canal, bat they were all captured and tent op the river The Mississippi is Tiling alowjy. The offlncre of the Indlanola are inj Yicksburg. A few shells were throun-i brta »be«»ty by tbe gnaboat Lafeyetl^ bat no reply was m^o. Secretary Cheee it rrportsd to be ■baM-mahing arrange meets with capitalist* for a new loan. The price of goM U advancing rapidjy in rebehiom. It bow takes $6 50 in rebel currency U» buy ooe doHur of gold U. S- Trcosary notes «eJl M. f3 W> pre-

* A dispatch troth Mt^ipblh aays.tbsit m the Yazoo Pass expedition has pet with 1 ai a check. On Friday, the 16th, tail* guubout Cbilikothe encountered a roasl I fi battery at the junction of the Yefla g busbs. and Tallahatchie rivers. The fight lasted nil dor. The Obillicolbe ; 7 strnc)t sixty-fonr limes, bod four b meo killed.and'fourteen wounded- She r was eonsidrraWy damaged. Tbe- rebel* that they can resist tbe expedition. I which has now advanced two hundred , I miles from Helens. i) A dispatch from the Yicksburg fleet ■ ' annonnevs that the Lake Protideuce j canal iscomplsttd, u»d that the water I t- will be admitted in about a week. ' The rebel gunboat Webb is lying ' under tbe guns of Yicksburg. and is j * supposed to be in a sinking condition. Mr. 11. Dillard has arrived nl Rich - ' ' 1 mond with the machinery for making i I cotton cards, nnd will commeuce operu- 1 | aliens soon._ A 'story comes via -Kingston, Jnmsicu, that Aflvqira? Wilkes recently boar- i | iled on EnglUhScssel laplen with arms : and atrfmaniiion fur the French army. ; Having reason to suspect that tho arms ' ■ intended fur the rebels, lie confit- i j cared them, but allowed the vessel to j [ proceed. f Late advicrs from xcbcf^upers mB I ! nounce the bombardment of Fort Pern | berton, on the Tallahatchie ri ver. Tlicy 1 admit the loss of several men A dispatch from Colombia, Tenn.. i 1 j on the 14th, in a Richmond pnper, says J ' | that, Kosencranv. with four' brigades, at- ' I tiuipted to lieni in Tan Horn at Duck j

j river, but that after some fighting the ' R< i rebels escaped, and the Uuion force*. nt ! returned to jfraulUjn. ™ | A story comes from Havana* that ar- t| ' rangements have been made for a meet- . 0, of the pirate Alabama,- Florida and , » Harriet I^ane- with a view To a comhin- j -A ' cd attack on the Calilomia treasure | w i I | The pir*te Florida vrns in the harbor , # ' of Martinique recently. An American |0 ' vetacl left, end the pirate was going to ! n pursue the vessel when tbe authorities f interposed, and delayed her for twenty- «1 hours. Tbe captain cf the Amerl- ' can veaael found Admiral Wilkes aRSt. c , Thomas, and reported tbe facts. The ll j Admiral transferred bis flag to the V an a j derliilt end went iu pursuit. u ! There is a biU pending in the rebel j s ' Senate for the conQscation of all prop- i I erty in telegraph Hoes, Ac., owned by 1 i the Aroerimn Telegraph Company ^ The rebel papers are complaining of ^ I the monopoly in salt Bank notes are < , at ST per cent, pretq/nm. The rebels f | conlrue the late, raid of the Union for- c . era to be an advance npon Qordonsville. , They admit a severe loss iti the cavalry * dhti of the 17th, many valuable officers < bei:.g killtJ. ' ( On Tuesday moroieg week ac attack ' , was ins It on Ike. rebel entrenchments • , n<var the BUekwst'er, by two sections of , the 1 7ih Maei^cbasctu battery sod the , • 1 1th i;eui.»ylvenia cavalry. The fight l ! lasted far nearly an boor. Two separate charges were made. An ineflyc- 1 6 tutl attempt to flaulm was made by ' 1 tbe rebels, who were under command of General Jenkins. ^ The rebel Colonel Clarke, with" a 6 ! large force, surrounded' the U. 8. garri- " son atMt. Sterling, Keulueky, last Sanc day morning. The U. 8. troops, two e hundred in number, fon^-lit for four hours and then surrendered. It* is be >- liaved that the rebel commander iatends a an attack on Paris, Kentucky. c Tbree'rcbtd regimen;* nrs .reported fo. have arrived at Lewtsonrg, West Vit- }. gicia, on tbe 14th inct. It .is thoqght n I that they intend to makedemoaetra^tens ■fabouttho lia»e 'of the ekeiiou'on ihv v, new Bute qaeatiow. - A special dispatch to tbe Cincinnati »« Commercial say* that a force of rebels <•' have crossed the river Cumberland at Rowawa, and were proceeding Math j. ward whh a view to enter Keatnvky. la An arrival et New" York stains -that t> at Galvetton, snd counted them .arftb heavy gnus teilca tout the Uvraot Lecv

a n cf Wen field. On the 21tb of Fd.ru- • P« the sloop of war Brooklyn threw a 'L'' it -*• shells into the town, Setting it on | ^ bnt the flames were soon extin- j guk lied. Jtl 1 vserterafrom Mobile report an at my I l( 7000 strong at that place, Several gun- jq sre said to have baen built by the i sc rebels. 4 J4' On Monday.ijeck an attack was made I »' by the rebel* tqmu, our pickets at Wil- i ; liamsburg. They returned the fire and I ^ ' the cneiuy retreated. Our men sustotued ] ^ I loss. * ' s j a The gunboat Gem of the Sea, on the . f 10th, captured a sloop while trying to ■ J tlie blockade of .Indian River lulcl, , ' Flu. The vessel was .destroyed , f A telegraai from Baton llouge, dated ( ' 10th in St., states that Commodore Far- t | ragul's fleet hat passed l'ort Hudson. ; j j The Mississippi r»u aground, and was i ! abandoned and burned. G«n. Banks' « . army ura within three miles of the cue- 1 ■ uiies works, aud cavalry skirmishe* are t j now going u-y With such u formidable ' ! fleet io front, and Be-nks* army ot 30,000 1 ^ ' resolute men, l'ort Hudson must soon | ; be placed upon the list ol our captures. ( j The Imke Providaoce canal i* a sue- ; ! cess, and the waters of tho Mississippi ' | ore now pouring Into it., threatening to , ( submerge tire town of Lake Providence. 1 1 ooe abut cobbespokdekce. r Ifeadqaatrerv 2-Mh R'-c. X -1 V .) i c* %r at ririmt.k, v». s Mart!-. 10.1BC3 J • ! Dear Hurt : — After reading my letter - ' of lost weak; and seeing tlie point at which 1 - j I date tbU, you will l»e more thoronchlv ( j convinced than ever that soldiers know I .I. _ . » .. .v..

nothing of army movements nnril ore tl aecempli»hed In said letter. I gave a* ll opinion that no ehangd wout.l toko ii place in the 9tii Army t'orpv, at least nnril o alter Bt. Patrick'-* day; hat before that I i opinion had reached Cape I alanil by mail, r | were on the March for .Soffolk. Va. a - Abnat midnight of Thursday last order* t - were received for our regiment to be ready f i to march at 8 o'clock the next morning. | I i At the appointed hour tents were down 1 ( j and packed, and two days rations were in ^1 i our haversacks Being situated in a plea*- ' I ' ant place, and having arrtfhged onr habita- ! j tiuuavo that we conld dwell in tbem with a ! ' of comfort, wu felt rather loth to . t leave Newport "Swr* ; but tho ordir h*>) ,t fofth, nnd, a* pood soldiers ought to j > do. we promptly obeyed, mud. before 12 ; t o'clock M. our regimeqt snd its baggage j < ou hoard steamers, and at 4 I'. M.|i | all were landed in tho city of Norfolk.;. Hoor. after we had- landed guard* and pa ' ' "troll were sent out to prevent the men i - from straying about the city, as w»did not j 1 know what boor onr turn would comi to go ' i on tho cars. The other regiments of our] Drica le hud preceded us. At tho outset ] i onr destination was not known, but all was plain when we reached Norfolk. Tl---drams best at 7 o'clock, then the work of j ' •towing away in thp freight cars commcnc- . cd. Much time was spent before all was ; ready to giro the engineer won! to al- I jji* fiery engine to display its might- j Kpwer-t. At last the/lung train moved "off j with six bundroAvrffbte Jersey Illue soldiers < ^ " '.TaAtyiofnra midnight 20 miles ! was passed over, ret* polnl had been gain i rd and thp "2Sth" **»* wrapped in their j' blankets on lira damp ground, ready to pass to th« land of drwlm*, provided' such j land was accessible coder such cold cir- ' camslaacea Daylight found all amir. I The 'frugal m'orael, called a meal. wsTrnk" ticatad. And by and by tho camp grnond was chosen (not by the colonel or oJficcts i I assure you) and tlio day was, .Spent in . pitching teat* and policing the camjff . which, of sill camp i I b£o yet seen. i> -the , moat n-iVcraWe ; it being muddy, burKy. r atntapy. Ac., hat, thank fortuna, wo have got peiujismon to move to a better spot* tomorrow We are about a half of a mile * from Suffolk, which- is w medium sired town. 1 do aot know, the popalstion the 6. l*«.t census gave it. Its inhabitants -are . principally wcotsioo. Yoo m -y gneswlhat \ for position for camps hereabouts is noth. a ing to boast of wban I tell yon thai the ^ Dismal S«awp la but a short distance from oa. This part of the country ii "not so much healthy f so my those who have II been here; Is Taaeday evening, March 17th. U This evening I have only time .to add a lew lines to what I wrote yesterday. We have been busy ail day moving onr camp, ' and fixing up she new one, according to U The order I spoke a t yesterday We ere' * wow- shoal three quarters ot a mile from lb where »e ware this morning, end bare fot •e a splendid samp ground, situated ia a y ovng

pine grave, -ahoatudo yards from Port Jer-"j i'eho, which fort we are to aopport.' Yoa may -wonder what the Third Division j " or the Ninth Army Corps wae sent brre , Tl for. It te said that the rebels were threat; ' ening this place, at well «« Norftflk. and ; T t!i At they boasted of their' intention to be j Suffolk ou tho 15t)i inst.. and we were ah sent lu re lo counteract their |-uT^o-es. It I " tbirwas Um object, »e have beau of service, gs the 15th has pused, end we elil'l hold SufloHtrw^d 1 am incliuvd to. believe that 0 we are ebloTo hold it against any force l he i • rebels can senh agaiost us There are m-ir ) abotit twenty" thousand Union troop* here, ; and the sorroondiog country is strongly | I T^ere ore many forte around, i j which are well manned. Fr<-m all accounts, 1 the I- unity oppo.ing us have a Urge force. ( q l.'-ugslreel's ilivisiou U said to have rein- ' 1 1'ryor al the Blackwatcr. On the , oppo.ite shore of the Blackwatcr i* "here ' I the rebels are entrenched and fortified. Our ' I pickets extend out frolf»*juff>elk about >«i«o j q j mile* Scouting .parlies go out. however,] ' every day. and every few days they have a 1 ^ I skirtiii»h. Cavalry, infantry and arich-ry ' go out scouting. At timrs they hayr l-eea I near the Blaekwater that they roul-l *i-c i t j the rebel camps at Fronklin. To-iim our i cavalry had quite a tkumi*h In the tiyt ] pari ol it (In-y raptured several of the -te. ' my. but before they w- re doue,(repori jay* • they came upon u battery and two re*i- - ' menls of infantry, and were driven b«,-k -y i Willi a lost of some 40 killed aii.l «uun-lcl. ' Kooie niay liuvo supposed that this was nut • a very important mil tary point ; bnt 1-1 m«I tell you that important mutes aud act'ona ( I may come off in ibis direction ton e of ihe-e i long. day*. M »j. Ocn. I'sck is the turnluaitding uflirer here. I do not know ir.ccb - of bis history . Wednesday afternoon. ' Our regiment lias juel been inspected by i i the brigade inspecting nflicer. This is the

d inapertiun tnat we have had during - present month— once by thu division , inspector, and twice by the brigade. H-oh o Aicers have pronounced our regimwnt eqii»| , ^ . any other regunvnUiu the brigade in all respects, and betlur in many. It should b' * a satisfaction In our fru-uds at home to know | that the "25th" bears such a good name, ' il« appenrunre. discipline emieflicieni y : 1: is no more than we deserve. Bwwcv-r. I Cot Derrotn has left no stone nntuinetf-i-n j^iis part, to make the regiment what it is\. I Ue ha*, taken an interest in ewiv wwflilfW, ' o* a father take* an interest in thu ! welfare of his children ; and indeed he I sometimes term* us hie soldier boys. We ' reverence him a* a father who cereih for. 1 j and loveth u> ; .in a word, there are but few : 1 regiments that have as good a. commanding officer as the " 25th." Credit too is dne to ' j all oar officers, j • -v !. Sunday last Rev. John Jones, of Sea-] { ville, and Mr. Shoemaker, of Teickabwe, | were on. here to see the Cape May boy*: ; Corporal Shoemaker, of Co. G. is tbe son [ or the above gentleman who bear* hi? name. ' j ] 1 do not know what they thought of onr j ! camp life, but I suppose they have told' ' their friend* at home ere this what they sew ! i and the opinion* they formed. . . , Y Evening, 9 o'clock, j , It is my painful duty to unnounce the ' sudden death of Mr. John B. Itobioson, a ' I member. of Co'. F. Ho died this afternoon | ui 4 o'clock. Last night at 7 o'clock. I ] j saw him walklcg his beat in front of the | ) colonel's lent, in appai>nt health. At i ! o'clock, he asked to b« relieved from gourd. ] i He went to his l^nt with a severe chill upon ' liiin. All night he lay. intensely suffering, j ' Mf! 'bin nxorning the doctors prononnced | i j him put recovery. From morning until - the how hi* spirit took its Bight to aoolfler i - world, he lay aocoascions. J believe the - doctor says he dftid of congestion of the I brain, Mr. Itohjnson was from Dennieville, ' where ho leaves a mourning wi ow and y. cTiRdren. lie too, leave* a company of sol- . dier* to m*urn his lo»s ; for he was a true * soldier, a Bind and warm hearted comrade; . ever pleasant, never angry, and always wo- - iteavonng to do justly with all around him j t* R- was a member of ibe Baptist church at 1 a Dennisville, and I have abundant fops that ! d instead of ^being an inhabitant of this cold. ' e sinful and sorrowing world, be is a dweller j e in a golden home in heaven. " Blessed are it tbe dead who die in the Lord." And still i. the watchword is, ** Verily, in the midst of e life we ore in dffath." „ J. GRANVILLE LEACH. ° j MILLINERY (r STRAW GOODS 1 1 j " WWtfivw tbe pleasure ot tehnmlut veo tketjre TV SI* now prepare* at oar Old stand ] Nee. Sol, 10b St 1*1 North srCCWD St., PHIL" A. ,sj HJLLINKRY STRAW GOODS. * ' -* fmpertaMoee, and ot oca imtr DgPAaTMr.NT, I* j wtti cocsprioe every eartety of B.ir.n.1. Hete <ad 1 TrtamUw>n>bv fiKioStB that fin* ,ol Itel-Or*! »»* . thv *• net approve* shopa. u-l atvlr. So> l.eg ea 01 , early call j reu.su; Wan, MeapsoAtaHj. >gl .Maivb Ttii , «L W

LARGE | PUBLIC SALE. The subscriber, retiring from Fartnifig bu*. inesv will-sell at Public Sale, on THURSDAY. AprtL 9tk. 1 803. ■ ,* Commencing at 10 o'clock K. M. (and conttaulng fr-oylay tu? dsy^ uolill all Is sold) ell bUeellre »liK-k ,ii I'ARMINK iNPLCMKNr*. HUHSU, ' MI LK*. cvrTLK, *TAt;oNs, H«aj»r?r. C»a. FtNTLRS' AND Bt.ACKSXIITHV TOOl3t. »td a , variety of- Arttctr* (ur/FertatDg Dairy *n-1 Mou»hold purposes, eumpnaia* to port, the tallowing : - FABHUiaJlBPLKXBSTSi ^ One Vhrcsbing 'Machine, with fixtures complete. One Horse Fewer. One Grata Fan.' One Root Cutter, Boggles, Manor ii Go's patent. * ' One .Uowjng Machine. Reaper and Mower combined, Three Feed Cottar*, i Cob Crushers and Com Mills, One Corn Mill, 1 Four two horse, and two one honm j Plough*, of Packer'* Centre Dralt ami Lumberton* patent. -• W Fi»e Scraichgtlarrow* Two Hoe Harrows. One Corn Shelkr, < One Grain Cradle, ( ; Horse Rake. One Corn Drill, ~ Three P»utoe Drugs, Garden Hoes, Field Huat. , Gruiibing lice*. Hay aud Manure* Forks. Lot of Cimn BasBets, One Seed Drill. Lot ,'f Spad^* and SUovuls, Srytliu* and Snaths. STurK t Four Himmcs. -J Two Mates, eight Milch Cow», Seven twu vear old Cattle. Five ling*. One Sow and four Pic*, waeoxa. h.irxl*s a, : One Two Horse Carriage. I'ii reo Twc Hor*e Opec Wagons, One one horse Carl, „ Two Wheelbarrows, ' Two sets of ltoable Harness, fbr Carriage ioif lleavy W aeon. Two sets of Harness for Mule*, Ooe fine set of Carriage Harnwe, Oao set of Cart Haraeee. "I'.,. ...I. ,.r Plnn.k tlsan - sots Gears.

One .Market W.gon, .-Siiidli-s and Bt idles, ousts she : Alton! 100 bnshei* ol Wheat in bio, . High' acres of Wheat growing in field. Al-out thirty-five bushels of Ostsrin bm Buck shea".. Fillren bushels of WJicat Bran, H iy and Straw by the ton, G ras* Seed, Turnip*,' * . Potatoes and OuioM by the bushel. (MIPS* TICKS' TOOLS: /Plane* of varions kind*, - Framing Chisels. lira* ing Knives, Saws, Brads nnd Bit*, Screw Driver*, File*, Gouge*. Anger* of different kind*, Rasps, Broad Ate*, •v-""-1 Chapping Axes. Post Auger, nnd A£s HateheU, •lack Screw*, ' • rSpriging Awl*. One Cm** Cot Saw. One large IV Dip Saw. * ■ Work Bench and Screw, One Blarasmith'* Vice. SlUiCELLtSBOVI: Large pair tjeslvs. i Lot of Milk Caos, • Sis Churn* of different pat-nit. About one hundred Grain Bbgw. One large Grindstone. Two large Meal Tabs, i One Cupper Seive. Bi-ldles. una Brt|sh Soy the; ! Tin MilkA'ti..^ Ooi-pcramMron Boiler*, Dutch Oven*, j Feat her*. j lco t'noler*, OU Cans, Stove Pipe, '| Coal Fnraace. | Sa«h and G la«* for Hotbed*. Broom*, Bronm riandles. Broom Twir.e. Andiron*, Kettles, Shoe Lost*, j Lot ef Lead Pipe, j Medicine' t'ha.t. Garden Seed*,^ • Early Soap Slinrt Beans, White W inter Beans. . ; Three Set* Block and Tacklv, Lot of Wash Teh* and Wash Roard*, r j One l>y* Tab and Beach. One hundred load* of Manure, Two barrel* of Vinegar, t One barret of Molaaaes, ; One barrel of Tar. . ! Paint Brashes, Window Glass, Rnsib, Earthen Crock* for Sloe* Pipe, Sleich Bells, I Three sets Fire Brick for Storg, I Beetle and Wedges I I Singh- and Doable Tree*. , I Pig Yoke*. Goo* Yokpa. lt-il Cedar Pules, Plank. Ac. e Chicken Coop*. 1 Soldering fronr, if Tongue Chain*. On* Iron Muni, one Iron Dog, Standard Bonds, Seine Corks, One Shaving Hot**, * Lot of Seasoned Wood fa* making A xe Has die*, " 1 Bo* of Padlneko. Lot of Chain*. Ced.r Rail.. Red Cedar Post*, Lnmbar. White Oak Pott*, bewtd and bolml.) ^ D»ors, Shatter* and riosh. ■' , wrttn many Mho* srtwtss too immim to msa1 Una 4 *m-n.ts*ue bed been sCrrrtiwd for Tneedbr - ir.i,,s-nr:rs5S5!,tr»'u""