carolina watchman wf_._ekt_.v vol xx salisbury n c april 27 1863 n umber 41 j 1 bruner kim mil akil i'ltoi'llikiok price of the wstrfimsu prom and after this date nnd until there is a change in tin prices t provisions paper and other articles required to carry on busi ness the subscription atesof tins papal vvill be twii dollars for six months and three dot 1 lart i i i year a.ivi.i:ri-in it dollar fni lh first and : fifty cents r each subsequent publication a nil jniii l the sllusllsa ef tek«hur the enemy bun ted al everj slep^u'bsl has been nrrnia pli.ueil bt tbe siege tlie prosper of lite federal th corre indent of lhe augusta ((_»".) sentinel givt-s a v.-ry intelligent view ol tbe situation m vioksburg and the pro pect id tin ii.-tni we quote from his ietler : april duds lhe enemy still in fro*it ..' vir.k-hii.i i u.-i-i-.-lt the in i lis gcoupied on the fiisl of february with the e\.-.-pu it f iln io i i ■ '■ hie gun boats i ilmu-itiuu of his iroops tbe it ler b«iug i-inif.1 if by the band of death in the sickly svtamp where ibej ate iocs te.i wi.nl tin i-n.-riif i.il-ii'l ... do is t"t a rntitt.-rv alld it lhe pr.-si-nl moment in olt.-.l in iii.jh imp ii.-liahi obscurit than u iln it when lie first arrived here his v ii laid plana like the beat cfcwuie t iii-n and mice have h lieen frost ruled bj iln c ns.-l.-s vigilance of the i unl i"l offit • - st tins i ; .' i now baffled u he ia in every quarter he it i it to pl.in-"|'i "• ■ it i'i ins future court ojreration vtitlioiii iho least | i lick of bojie iu anj waj be iua lurn.and ll.e t.'.j • ci t ilia '• t • hn iii s.t.l iiii or iii pi:slii-.l ttiltn.iit any possible show ul fi jr in .--.-, must i.-n.l.-i hi petition im mil . r ible h"i lets and uofor luna in say noui ng al lhe proape ll llie i.t.i ililili ll ul of ih xtlliy i p liti.'ii agatnsl ticasburg thus far h.vs pi..t..l uu only unsuccessful hi^l.lv dilsstmun lo ll ee } ii i iisu i,.],-.r lo red 1 nee r»i,.l i-..ni a he is '... keep n large army i lo r .:'•'. us and n • •- » mi k uf t ,--. u g nude snd rn ilm if sufficiently coal y lo bs pi n«>»i tte-iiiijt iii"l i iwerful rs.it ml a sil calculation of ibe amount • - . ■■..•- quite ', for au army of eighty thousand iiifi , and i ih->-i i one huu in i and tweii ty su-m ■ ti i ut l •■ irooi ■ on sup li -. and added lo the i ll .'. nf thirty clumsy an i ui a b..s:.t iiius m i this ■ tie i lhe mi 1 1 v p.-n-it ii tt ng nn ii tgtries tar..-<l ul '.-. i'lthib i he tt : ;,,-. f , „ u io ibe unsi : iry villa ■_.-. s 1 1 ii re ..'■■ an ui.ki iiuiui-.r ol i.ii.s aud tl ns t-ul i n boat t i i i ii.-tt no i rop . ing p iwer and roust be taken in low bt the aleamere nt.d | i in propel poaition i efore ihev an i ui t advantage ani even then ihey on u in trm a i . wl ih » ln in u m fi i • accomplish d nothing i'.,m day that passes ovii ii renders tbeii obancet less rilij . wl ' til ■ j ill i coming dispirited and detuoral l weak uing ii t only lhe physical but iso lhe iiinr.ii powers of their arm ; and if they k • p • i imp iu ih swamps until the hot season approaches lhe native mulariet win taaart in it ■ waj ami tedu fed eral sunt to a ll re skol ion and the nn erib ■■ wreck ihal mat . icape will be shut i.-i...l and i u-k.-.l ml until for service in th niilii .. t ;». m oi any oi bei li m t 1 . safely asserted ihal lhe army which is sunt against ti k-l.in .; mil be u total l.'-s to the i ' i ii i lit i mil iii l it c..jim oasf hundred i . men then there will be ju-t lhat iniini i.ii teas d orippl i aonsamplit-e men minus tin iv who die left win i lb j u through it tbeii work kvt-n if ihey should succeed iu i ipl the place i lira iiii disc isas won il earn i ll two-thirds of ihem ; but us it is wi nn \ bi ooininodalions i!.e whole snny will b irretrievably ruined physically and uiorall v ii appears al present nlruost impossible for ill , ii nit lo iii ik . lilt hllli.li-li l n against 1,1 p int his expedition through ih :./....) i'i has evidently proved a fa hue md iiii dqubt a h.-iivy 0110 ir it should be informed of it through the nor thern i -• tin attempt on llie suufli w i is also checked and ibe enemy i now in a straightened place and don't kuow whelhei '-.> advance or retreat arid oui forces an driving ihem ver closely sol tbsis operating in the country bordering her sides ln-r prow her after turret and ln-r smoke stack her plates were bent and holts protruded here and there all over her she was making witter rapidly and it vvns plain lo be seen that she was ii 1 up and disabled before the action ln-r sloping sides nnd her turrets had been slushed*1 with tallow we confess onr conception of lhe terrible earneslness with which the rebels bad ought wan far behind ih reality be thickly dul she wear her scuts that do one bad been able at that lime co ml ihem one round shot p.-n et rated bei after turret mid sides-of which it will be l.-im-inb.-ied ate i'rnsl ruin of cones while tho turrets «.( the monitors are perpendicular cylthder ann her shut passed ll rough iter port im w and still an oilier through l»-i star board quarter i liese were all steel projectiles of one hundred pun ni weight and polished to the smooth in of a knife blade the lerriwe'eft'.-ct of llie.-e projectiles may bo imagined when il i stated thai one of them striking the after turret at an angle when lhe vessel ti is liiiii.si under the walls of the fort bu ried itself in the iron mail njj.l then r mains | the herald charges e.iglund will hav ing furnished these shot all made tiere in hichiuoiid and into 1 tirade against johnny bull — examiner ] finances il is a gratifying fact ll al ihe plethora f in rn t is beginning in abate lhe nb supui.i of currency i'm 1 igbt per cent bonds has become st visible that borrow ers cannot procure 111 1 \ from many 1 th hanks which art ibliged to retain funds wiih which lo pay tie-tr depositors lhe consequences 1 bs expected are a stringent money mark 1 and an al.ateiiie.it of tl.e enormous pricea which have pre vailed it the effect of tins absoption 1 id be so rc»t at lhe present moment when ihe reduction of tt.e currency is su manifest by the voluntary action of our citizens what will ii i.t when tl.e tax bill is passed and lhe withdrawal of currency is forced ... lhe payment uf taxes ? thai speculators antl iinpiikleiii mill liny he nunc by a sudden eolwjpse in prices is evident and tl.e former wi itavi no syin i i.v whatever tliei volume of currenej i a hu i'i • xceeded 6 ' 000,000 i ': ■ :, - it may bu safe to cal - -'■-." t ; . . 1 1 00 1 i are with irawn tn i 1 idi 1 the • ,\ ■ ii 1 variously 1 slim 1 il as j.n dilu tive from 200 lo 400,000 if tl.e reve nue take it at the lowest figure and what will be lhe effect of tl « ihdrawidof 200.000,000 nr half the 1 • ing cu ren i-v • inevitably a most ssto 11 i ng depres sion in lhe price of ever commodity — thel is a mistaken irapi .. that this withdrawal will be only '. rary and that lln fund vvill reach their pre ■ s 1 . ngb th dish , ■ , : :- of the 1 roverument : and lhat th 1 lu.ne will still he increased hy the ndditiou . 000,000 11 iihlv the government has re issue the 1 . .- uy notes u !. ch ' . . .,- 111 thev i-iiiiu.i issue a deprec alcd currency and these notes would j be less in inltie because the peii il hey ci ml i h funded « m ■': ■ • 1 1 i.n that • ' •■ new i 11 votes of april .'.. i il must in in ni inl that '.! ■ : i ■> tt ■ ■ ilriiwn from circulation f r 1 ixcs cm i .- !•■: ced _.: idually ht 1 e 1 sl officers and lhat from tho | riod of its absorption six or eight mouths must elapse lhe t iiiine can poes 1 b ». ■_."■ at and ibis als . upuii the - ios i on that in muie bonds shall be *, id by law the ,- ti.-.-i-uit * ir i-i.-.l '.. fund noti -, -•■ as to et aior li i - pi -, 175,000,000 in circulation whether he it the genius 1 essai 1 is j ■• to be develop d with nun ey ic pli nij . pi -, - are necessarily inflated with n stringent money market lhe muei invari iil.lv collapse upon sll these faoli is the addition il 01 1 -; ' eagern s with which ih coiifeden 1 ■ au was nouglil " . 1 in europe al 90 its upon ih hn snd th premium paid making it i ! ... '...'. cits i li i ictlou must soon eontmunce aud when the news f the failure of the ironclad fleet before charles ton reaches them the financiers of euro •■ in ist feel a slill greater confidence in > on ,.,. credits i mnj take ninety ln - lo fully . level >| e lhe nppri cintiou of oui v ii r.-t.i-v but we assert lhe pinion that in comparatively a short period the change will be tnaiked und gratifying besides th values placed u|k>n various srlii null li.-lilloll.v i rui nfew lien 111 hi ll m.m i have established pries upon tb gold silver or st rling exchange iu th ii possession far in advance of its correct value it i no indication that ibe valua ol our currency should be depreciated true the prices extend from kich.uo.nl to lb i cm ir nude a quickly as the telegraph can convey ibe newsof fresh enhancement a f.-w foreigners in richmond gel fright i-.i.-tl ninl make a rush for told — willing lo pnv anything for it forthwith the pun nn.s up jo p.-r cunt in four days snd probably 10,000 in gold would cover ihe iitiu sales ; but ih price is establish i ti \ u in i i throughout ihe con federacy th argument would he falla 1 i in i hut values could be so suddenly hanged take for instance the provision iintk.-i ii difficulty of transportation ms created h search in richmond corn ileal in consequence sells at 12 per trusbel ; butter 3*60 per pound eggs n p.-r dozen linkers 20 each pens { per hur.1u.-l ; hay 2.0 p.-r l.i.nilreil ibe does nut oin believe these in i fair t.iliiiiii.ui of these eommodiliesl li i ju-t as inueh lhe ■■ .-•- u in lhe infla ted price of go !, silver and rtcrling smith carolinian the i'roral-id fall — sprenlators iness w nliiii 1 a past r.-tt davs a general un ! fiikiuess hn pervaded e'peculatingmar ket the investment of confederate*uotes iito eight pt-r cent bonds th revolution ; in v stories of the northern prints lha buoy ancy of lhe i in .... i 1 ate securities in fiurope ] iln federal defeat at charleston and oth.-r ' • v i - connected with lhe war indicative of a better lime coming speedily to the south have had tbe elfv-cl of producing an - . ed slnle of mind h.nong all who are pi f.--s'u.i;ii engaged in turning over llieir money in the imlicle of common trade i'ltele lias however been no important ih crease ... the price of anything and those little articles of prime necessity which make up the staff of ui domestic life re main nt the niii exorbitant prices to which ihey attained at the last leap up wards ii fched ule of the domestic mar kels in lhe comparatively useless article of tobacco thee has bei-ii a fall and the decline promises to bo grcntcr as the days glnle along leaving lo speculators the al ternative nf selling om at reduced piices or botdiug witli a priwpecl of probable h bread the great desideratum holds it latesl elei'ntion,*but it is believed that in j i i nil lhe spec tl in ton hate lone their worst may it lie so in doll ing the opp niiion produce i iiy the blockade run i ■-,- and lie blockll 1 l lis hitters up has in ie i in .' . i ■ ' i ge in some'estiiblish llli i is wl.icll are selling pun stills for men ui fifty dollsrs thai one month ago ihey ci id have easily sold for seventy five nnd a hundred such facts indicate it is believed ;■ neral sl--v : . 1 1 - in merchan .: ,'•■ hi d • • is ; and the only fear of consumers undthu principal hope ofthe tb r is that it is merely one of those nevttal - hi > il ions from i ■■ ascending - , , which in great innru . f trade espe cially r.nlv serve to lure lhe former with false hope ;:'".! lighten the caps ct the latter in i 7 iiiglli i p ich tin ii--ui - auce in ii there is plenty in the innd « ill iii.tv he brought to the t.>t tiie warm w . i -■ u . i n the ■ mi of il public i a<m tl.e ui igaz ■ ' his nhu.i.l - i . . i .- .; ii - i new - at in nne m i from -.- i gre 1 in al i-t t nnd i ■ f . . , i ,-■ two t "• iiioihi nnd lhe phy iv:il ind ■ ■ ' - - ofthe season we should he led l • iti a summer t i ch tt ill ex it ' ief li ii c mi inn tv i lie nent i i such an anticipation m t is wl-i le mccepled s the signal for i resignation to l ->• rule of high puces until the ei . of the war — rich i.'x.i lion r one of tlu patriots we learn that a . i :., ii - county w ho has ■ i barrels of corn mora iiihii v i , ; . , 1 for his ivn use and thai ; .. diva i * « ho g ' it must • w ith ibe gi md silver i'll is is a peon i ,- ,-. been -■ . we nn told the gai i i it is a j it advocate r ' i clamorous foi « ir m 1 660 t nn i f mied i nj i hi tu ••■■ ■ . . f the s ime kind in th - . u h . and . i'i men vi!,u assembh on llie i assail ih lot n ty ■.; tin u ,.. h tt in ide sac ifices for llieii try nil whose flioe latches ihey an il i worthy lo unloose daily proyress wear gratified lo learn thnt capt j ii i ...'..- has been appointed t a position adjutant general's office ' apt i i i native oflr di ii county bod was a pro :'. uor in wake foresl college al the c in ni t.i the preseut war ii vol unteer id ' line i a ii i v ind attaching himself to the is state iroops b born an ible part in uearly all the great hat tics in virginia suob a man deserves vol ef his country — raleigh standard habeas corpus in tii 10 matter ofirvix the lac.s are john n irvin being liable ns n conscript under the act of april 0 offered in july 82 one gedhart u hi bth atltute geuii.nt was i.i year of age aii'lii all re pects a li and suflicieut substitute for tin war anil was aeceplcd l.v maj midler commandant of conscripts who thereupo gave irvin an absolute discharge the petitioner avers ho isadvisfcd thai th conscription acts nre unconstitutional i.m . is not ne.e-sary cot the.piup'iss of ims ens to decide he question it i iiili.niie.l ihiit under the negulalion a the war department maj mj]jci,i imd i.t authority to accept suhetitules»and give dis charges bul it is insisted that 1 vin's d chitrges wai afterwards ly fhe actio oi congress rendered of no effect for ute act of oct ls.i'j makes all persons between he ages of 35 and 15 liable 5s conscript s ie hunt became liable as a conscript by n a i wh •• ol i .- was o lortgef a suffli ien substitute and thus irvin'a discharge bad no farther affect li one who is at the time liable as a conscript bbould be offered a.n.lac oepted as a substitute it may be conceded tl.6 discharge obtained in that way would be void because no consideration is received by the government nnd the officer excedetg ins authority so if alter the coriseripiidri act of april one who is under is years o age i offered and accepted as a substitute .'. may be conceded that the discharge will only lie of eflfect until the substitute arrives at tli age of is lor as it was known to ibe pas ties that lhe substitute himself would become liable at that date under a law then in force it vvill be presumed that lhe contract and discharge were made in reference to that state of things and alter the substitute ar rives at the age of 18 the consideration fails and the officer bad no authority to grant t discharge for a longer time but in our case there was at the time no law in lo.i,c under which it was known to the parties that the substitute would alter wards be himself liable as a conscript on the contrary eh was in all respects a lit and sbf ficieut substitute for the war apd was ac cepted as such and nn gbsqliite ilisuluuge given so there was full consideration received by the government and full authority un tlie part of the officer the question is does in subsequent action of cougress to wit the act i oct istj'2 by its proper construction and legal effect repudiate and make void the con trad and discharge f tbe construction of acts of congress so far as tbe rights of the citizens as h-:it gnished from military regulations arc con cernedj is a matter ot the courts whether congress has power to pass an act expressly making liable to conscription persons who have heretofore furnished sub stitutes and received au absolute .!:.-. is u question not now presented aud on 1 trust public necessity never will cause to be presented as it would violat natural justice and shock the moral sense in my opinion the act of oct 62 by its i proper construction does not embi who were before bound as substitutes to -■ i .. tlui ::._.' the win it is true the _■ :.. mi words gives the president po°we,i to . ".-.- into military service nil white mi i dents c between be ages ol 35 and :' '■ but tin manifestly due nut include men w in . reaily id military service fur tin war ■ p nn reason there was no ■ :>' include ihem tint were bound • tine meaning and intent ol he act i io increase the army by neu tt bo were not before lial :-, i ii e mtaiocd a pro ■ sioc _-. - i ot 500 to all men called into service undei ,; i operation or providing that coi : should not be ordered ui'.t '■' ' spective . states would it ik imagid i i si tth bad previously voiui ti : were substitutes in the wai n titled i i hutiii-y i privilege ■ . • .. . certainly not because there \, . on m order to make ■ \ ., .... tho o . ; fron to till tvl tiie intention by tin use i j iu include within the opei .. substitutes who were already 1 1 un i purpose ofeffecting tbem but l ■ g ;■.. substitutes and in that way ..- is at least doubtful and i : .. sci iption act does slimes tlie conclusion that • - sufficient as a subslil it ai : - discharge is ol no furtlier effect fail ll is con-hie ed by be forthwith dis tt heresoever be w it is furthei considered . law be i irvin to be ' or court ol u t ihe statin i the it - deeding among the p.m j r m pbabson ci is at riehmond hill april 9th l ■ nn 1 117.111 river slnuil.l nrtnke ot tin nm j,liil.inns nature su an to live both mi ills iii.ki h.ki iii lln water as lln character of that country does noi allow touch of terra fir nut tu l.e visible ht ibis season of the vein md when tin water subsides the gunboats will be l.-ft on in intnl and unable to esoa|«3 iroi.i the clutches of the confederates h is in i ii"|i.-i lhat iu a f.-w days wft may bear of some good nuwsfrom uiat country latest from the north hi ilnt-emrnt against charleston entirely ilmndoiiril lir.'lrt about suffolk — i halite i unmrnuillj expected — eariient protest of ew jersey sgaluv ihe msr and for pesee ac ar w '.- inn advices from tbe north io the i li f i . > 1 1 1 which tt mak up llie follow ing - n.i.nni v of iii-t<s — the movement against charleston entire ly abandoned the principal cent tire of die pews from lite nor ih i liir announcement of iln en • - 1 si.donnie.it f ibe movement against i i i ii lesion i he herald bays : tbe al tern pi to lake charleston is for ibe tin bbnl.do.teil tins ironclwl fleet of admiral dtiponl an ! the arm of uen iluni have i ii ttul.tli.itt ii n i'..k lioy al ti sperimeui |>. . . t . . i loo hazardou i 1 1 batterii - nf llie enemy al sumter m i ine nut gumming i uin t and the lions in ii uiuiu is present stsules i'i form dable i . i vercome by force hmu t against thenf by tin arrival of the arsgo from charleston bar ii th llih itiataut ».• i ttti ih fa :-. i /' "' of t'',e i tet of ihe abandonment of \ the nt vetnent ayainst charleston in lhe north great despondency se tin news t.l the al.aadonment of the movement ..,' . ual charleston had caused a greal depression in be norib and ades l„,iii;i-i,,v not even exceeded by the de i'.-ui of mcclellan's i my before hich in md the herald m jk *. ki n ot't says : i lie repulf ol \ iinii.il i lupont'i . lad flei i ..'. ' i i ' hon ind unit ly post -..-.* lie iiiii|...uti oi nc i .... . - against tfiat rebel in ug , ild lhe failure at cbs tion together with the '*.- tire al \ ■ hti urg to _- iin n j idvnniage ovei ■ ■ . ■ .-. at all t.is pul ■ i-.uiti ih t,t . y ■ ii .-.- nl ihe coutili . :. i gard i.i.i vigoi i and deciaivc prusecutien t.t the » r .\« ibe sickly sunim i - ■ won in . ., .. - r ! , ... it i he > i tt s com -. ■■ lhat thii g but s in overwheliliiiiff union olhi r iiunrli r will secure ' he capture i ■ licfore the return . _ ol aoluinn indeed it is ili •! in ii i i iii g abo nii'i jour nal t i - i it ■ .■:-' _ - i tni . _ .- ■ ■ ..'.-:• ,<,,■ i it w asb . . ii mil i.ii.t op • i ot i in summer will iij . ii here t'"l p g - i _■ i bill .! ■ . , 1 i.e - | i v 1ij '• i'-irt ■ ■ he attack i ■ rriftt fire a tht forts - the kt i . ( - _ ihr appenra tceafter the fight built 1 1 vs ironclads tin herald gives some interesting i sr - ■-:" .. .- tight at choi '.-:;. n tt i .. h ib t llie ] it i of our batteries and the : i i anner m which i ur guns were tv 1 1 , i jit i hit i hints i at " the - . j i..,i .. if lhe rebel tt is " of it in hi is way : our nine vets-els were struck ii bun dri i and twenty limes the favors being i .' i ",.•'■ i i r linns : \. t i nsi les received nf - . .• • t •>.". iv okuk i vvvehawken ";" l ink r.l n mi ticket t . i'-kill •*>• iii l|.«".t n ii'i.m s i lu herald says : i lie tii from lhe batteries was tremen • in is lhe condition of tbe keokuk shows she was fairly riddled through mid through with highly polish 1 steel iin weighing a hundred pounds each i io in rebels h england < in t i iir in r , ii hundred and fifty ic-li i the forts while llie latter struck the boats over tit hundred nod twenty times when ibe k okulf oui of ihe action great boles tt.-rc visible iu