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ANOTHER GREAT VICTORY J)ecithe Victory for the Confederates near Lees burg, Va.t on the Putomac Ricer. Loss of the Enemy 1,200. The newa of a victory over the Federalists near Jcesburg, London county, Va., was communicated to the War department in the following dispatch : 'Centreville, Oct, 22. Gen. hvans reports that he was engaged most of the day on yesterday n..iv. n.l fi- t.flttpriftj nf the had nrnsspcl under pover of artillery fire. He drove them back with hoavlnso in killed and wounded, and took two hundred prisoners 'CoJ. Raker, of Oregon was killed, and Col. Cogswell and ten other officers are among the pris oners. Six pieces of artillery were captured. f'Gen. Evans' con.uitnd consisted of four regi ments and five cannon." In addition to the foregoing, we received the following dispatch from our special correspon dent : "Manassa, Oct. 22. A fight took place yes terday near Leesburg, between Gen. Evans' bri gade, consisting of four regiments and five cannon, and twelve regiments of the enemy, with five bat teries of artillery. The Fcdeials were badly whipped." This news comes to us in such authentic shapo that no room is loft for doubt that Gen. Evans has gained a brilliant victory. The killing of Col. Raker, the Black Republi can Senator from Oregon, and Lincoln's mouth piece in the Senate, h a cause for especial con gratulation, lie was an Englishman by birth, and it was this man who said, in the course of a long tirade of abuse of the South and Southern men, delivered at the late extra session of the Federal Congress, that evCry foot of Southern soil should be re-conquered ; that the stars and stripes should jvave over every fort and arsenal, and that if Southern Governors would not conduct their State affairs according to the laws of the United States, fiov.ernors from Massachusetts and Illinois would be appointed in their places. It seems highly probable, from present advices, that it was not his jdestiny to witness a fulfillment of his sweeping jjxophecy. The Federals were seduced into the belief that fiXiT forces had all been withdrawn from the neigh borhood of Leesburg, and they anticipated a quiet occupation of the rich county ofLoudon. Manassa, Oct. 22. Gen. Evans, with 2,500 Confederates, engaged Gen. Stone with 10,000 Federals, at Leesburg, on yesterday. The battle Jasted all day, and the Confederates were victori ous. The Federal loss was 400 killed and wound jeJ, 520 were taken prisoners, and JO0 were frowned w hile trying to reeross the Potomac. The Confederate loss was JiGO killed and wounded. OFFICIAL. Headquarters Army of Potomac, Cent revi lie, Uct. zz, Ui p. ni. In addition concerning the victory of General Evans, I have to report the capture of ncjrly GOO frisoncrs, and 1,200 st.ind of arms. The enemy's oss in killed and wounded and prisoners amounts to between 1,000 and 1,200. The rout was total. The fight was an infantry .engagement .exclusively-. Our forces engaged were he 8th Virginia, and 17th and ISth Mississippi Regiments; the l.'ith Mississippi being held in resqeve. No artillery was fired by us. Ti:o.s. Jordan, As. Adjt. Gen. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. j From the I!icl;moni Dispatch! j The Regime-vis Engaged Terrible Fighting j X'omptttc Rout of the Emmy lira very if our i Trocps, it '. 'We are enabled to lay before our readers some j interesting particulars of the great battle near j Leesburg, received from a gentleman who was j in the immediate vicinity of the fiht. These -Statements, it will bo remembered, embody obser vations made on the evening of the 21st., before ,the full extent of our victory was ascertained. The battle commenced early Monday morning, and Jasted throughout the day. The Yankees crossed the Potomac the previous night, and continued to fome over in large numbers as the fight progress ed, until from eight to ten thousand were landed on the Virginia side. They were met by the forces under Gen. Evans, viz. the 8th Virginia regiment, Col. Hunton; the 13th Mississippi, Col. Barksdale; the 17th Mississippi, Col Feathcrston, and the 18th Mississippi, Col. Rurt. The en;a;c- tnent soon became general, and the fighting was ! terrible on both shies, the Yankees being protect ed by a heavy forest and having the advantage in ground and position. They were routed three distinct times at the point of the bayonet, and as .often heavily reinforced. In one charge the 8th Virginia captured a splendid brass battery, and put its me n to inglorious flight. The enemy were finally pursued to the river's brink, where, being unable to rccross with facility, they made a des perate stand, but their doom was sealed. Our brave volunteers charged them and scattered them like leaves to the winds and waters. Our inform ant states that they were cut all to pieces, and that the battle field was strewn with their dead and wounaeu. i ne prisoners, oi winun a great nuni- j land lieignts witn remarkable precision; but nns ber were taken, s;iid without hesitation that our . took the position of the Confederates and overshot gallant troops "Jovjht like decih." ! them. The loss upon our side had not been ascertained I The Ios is variously estimated; but. from the with accuracy, though our telegraphic ;.dvica re-; best information I can gather, the Federal bss port it at three hundred in killed and wounded I may be safely set down at fifty killed, eighty This, however is not comparable to the loss of the wounded, and two prisoners. Confederate loss enemy. trifling one killed and ten wounded. Our troops fought under great disadvantages. On the 17th the Yankees evacuated the Ferry; They underwent a heavy march on the previous perhaps deeming "discretion the better part of .day, with but two meals; slept on their arms in j valor." However, before they left, it was neces the open air all night, and went info battle on j sary to "show their hand" they set fire to a Monday morning with but an apology for a ; small foundery. breakfast. They fought all day, without refresh- j On the Loudon IleigthsGon. Evan was sta ments of any sort, and without reinforcements, tiomd with two regiments, to tissist Col. Ashby. against a vastly superior force, to which constant j How much assistance was afforded from the Lou additions were made from the Maryland shore. ! don side cannot be ascertained, as it is thought Truly, Providence has once more prospered our j his guns did not reach far enough. Of one thing .cause. Our victory is glorious and completo. Not we are certain. Gen. Evans' meo fired into a train .4no man on our side exhibited any signs of fear, ! of cars filled with Federal reinforcements, and but all fought desperately and bravely; to adopt knocked it all to pieces; the result of which will the language of our informant "as only gentlemen ; pan fight. The object of this movement of the Federalists j i i a. i. . . . r t ii , i - J , l ie,i, as a pars u. Pn wr an .ov.nce upon our lines, ine resuu was so aisastrous inai S r. i . . i me aspiring reuerai ueueui may ui? 10 umw i i.. tL u: ,1 ; .v.- largely upon his strategetical science in the adop tion of some other method; or possibly he may be cupereeded in consequence of this great reverse at the outset of his career. Other verbal accounts of the battle on Monday represent that the tcene at- the river, when the enemy attempted to reeross, was fearful. The rattle of musketry and the sharp crack of the Mis sissippi rifle, mingled with shrieks of drowning den, and the panic vas scarcely less wide-spread loan that of the 21st of July, just three months before. The Federal prisoners, numbering 523, were under guard on the battle-field of Manassa yesterday morning. Richmond, Oot. 24. Six hundrad and aightj- five prisoners arrived here to-day from Leesburjr, taken at the battle on Monday. Among them is Col. W. It. Lee, of the 20th Massachusetts; Col. Cogpswell, of the 12th New York ; Maj. llevere, of the 20th Massachusetts; Adjutant Pearson and Assistant Surgeon Revere, both of the 20th Massachusetts; six Captains and eleven Lieuten ants from the New York, Massachusetts and Cali fornia Regiments. A considerable number more prisoners are to be brought to-morrow. j Passengers report that L.eesburor is now m the nossession nf 20.000 Federals The Confederates retired under orders to evacuate Leesburjr if the ' Federals appeared in large force. Previous 10 the i battle ot Monday, a similar order was issued, but rvans rougnt me uauie uui wiiiiMauuiu;;. xhc Federal l-ss in killed, wounded, prisoners and missing is about 2,000. Numerous incidents are related of gallant deeds performed by the Con federates. Men never fought with more daring j and chivalry. Richmond, Oct. 2410 I'. M. No official information has been received of the Federal oc cupation of Leefcburg, and a gentleman who left there at 4 o clock on ednesday alterooon denies the statement: and vet in official circles the Feder- al occunation of Leesbur' is retarded as very pro- al occupation or Jeesourg is recaraeu as very pn bable, even though not yet accomplished. From the Richmond Dispatch of the 23th inst. If the assertions of the prisoners, that there were not more than 1,200 Federals engaged in the a mailt . 1 1 battle near .Leesburg on Monday last, be entitled to any credence, it would follow that almost the entire force was either killed, drowned or captuved. The number of prisoners already arrived in Richmond is G57, and it is reported that more are on the way. Ine actual casualties to the enemy, on the field and in the river, will doubtless reach the number previously stated on good authority. We do not, however, place any confidence in the representations made by prisoners in regard to their numerical strength. Our own list of killed and wounded has not vet been accurately ascer- nn l tained, but we learn from persons who were in the immediate vicinity of the fight, that the first state- men ot ouu was an exaggeration. Col. John E. Fcruggs, of Fauquier, who arriv ed yesterday from Leesburg, informs us that the fighting on both sides was terrific, and that the enemy contested every inch of ground with our forces. The opposing armies were at times brought into close proximity. The Yankees once charged upon our men. but were repulsed with a volley of musketry, which was followed up by a counter charge and great bravery and gallantry. The death of Gen Raker, who commanded the Federals in the battle, is confirmed by a statement of a prisoner, one of Raker's ''California" regiment. He says that he was very near him when he fell, pierced through the head with a bullet. Intelligence was received last evening that the enemy had again crossed the Potomac in large force, end taken possession of the town of Lees burg, Gen. Evans falling bak. No official con firmation of this report had been communicated j to the War Department at 6 o'clock last evening, though it was evidently- believed by passengers from Manassa. If it should turn out to be true, it may result in still further disasters to the Fed eral nruty, since Gen. Evans wiil have no lack of reinforcements to conduct his operations. Latkr. We leirned at a late hour last night that the President had received a dispatch contra dicting the rumor that our forces had fallen back from Leesburg. FIGHT NEAR HARPER'S FERRY. 77, Yankees Repulsed The Ferry Evacuated. SiirrnP.RT.STOvv, Jefferson Co.. Va., ) October 10th, 1861. ) On last Wednesday, t he 10th inst., tlio loud mouthed cannon echoed and reverberated throuirh- out this section of th Confederacy, plainly telling us that "grim visaged war" had commenced hos- tile operations alonjr the border. Some 1,500 of the enemy had cro-sed the Po- tomac (in scows) at Harper's Ferry, marched out on the ( harlestown turnpike, about three mile-:, and entrenched themselves on Allstadt's hill Col. Ash by being apprized of the fact, marched with some 500 men, principally Virginia n ilitia, ami two pieces of artillery, and took a position on a hill, having f ill view of the enemy. About sun rise on the lGth, the gallant Colonel opened the ball by letting loose his "dogs of war" one a 21 poundcr, which played havoc with Yankee fortifi cations, lhe fight lasted about six hours. The i militia charged the em my's fortified position, which was soon occupied by the Confederates. The Federals retreated down into the ferry, our cavalry hotly pursuing them as far as Rolivar. Meantime they were heavily reinforced. Ranks's column being near at hand, with every facility for bring ing his "pigs to market" they rallied, and renewed the attack, and succeeded in gaining their original position on Allstadt's hill. This could have been prevented, but for an unfortunate and unexpected casualty happening to the 24-pound cannon, which was disabled and rendered useless by the break ing of an axletree of the carriage. With the loss of the use of the 24-pounder, and the odds being too great to contend against, our men deemed it prudent to fall back to their original position. ine enemy tnrewsnot and shell lrom tne .uary- perhaps never be made known . mciiMosp, A imen.grni gcmicmau T OO 4 i iust irons n Hgmnirioii, sas niai uie i;ncoiu forces in Marvland. V ireima and the District of j - Q0Q ; amount to 200.000 men. - . . . , .. . . . wdl ornnnnerl with the excention of the cavalrv. i cavalrv ,.,. . . - . . A , , which is much inferior to the Conl Confederate cavalry. j ' i Kentucky Aroused. The Louisville Cou- rier learns that companies are being rapidly form ed in almost every county in Southern Kentucky for the Southern army. The martial spirit of the people is becoming fully aroused, and only needs the cannon of the first conflict to call the whole male population to the tented field. Special Election. On Thursday of last week: s,n election was held in Rockingham county, to fill .a racancy in the House of Commons from that county, caused by the resignation ofCapt. Thomas Slade, which resulted in the election of .Samuel J3. Bjd, Esq. Greentboro Patriot. WE8TEEN DEMOGEAT, CHAELGTTE, THE DESPOTISM' OP THE NORTH. The Norfolk 'Day Rook cets the following in- olllno tho onoinv thrniio-h one of the Das- sengers arrived from the North uuder a flag of his way to Fayetteville, his place of birth aud resi truce. dence. At the Raltimore election, which takes place) The gentleman, Mr McRae, a brotherof Col. I), very shortly, the oath ofallegiance will be present- K. McRae's, had been out on a visit to some re ed to every man who presents himself to vote, and latives near Nashville, Tennessee, when the war if he refuses to take it he will be disfranchised, j broke out, aud promptly entered a cavalry corps What will follow their disfranchisement it is by ' just forming there, in which he has since been en- no means difficult to conceive, if the power of these tyrants 13 not speedily curtailed. 2d. A government i that will der.rivc its citizens of their rights, will j not simply deprive them of their liberties also. Our informant corroborates the statement with regard to the stoppage of travel between Ralti more and Washington, but was unable to assign any reason for the move. It means something however, and should forewarn us. We also gather, from the same source, that ex- tensive batteries have been recently erected at various points along the Philadelphia road; and that another is now being constructed, and is iic-ariug completion. This looks very much like we were expected in Washington, with a certainty ! so perfect s to induce our foes to relmo iish the ! idea of trying to keen us out, and to devote their time and talents to prevent us, if possible, from j advancing further into their country. In answer to an inquiry whether or not Mc Clellan was expected by his Government to ad- ' Vance upon i the Southern force, we were told that such was not. the expectation: that he was placed there to resist Reauregard, and if Reauregard did not make the advance there would be no fighting. McClellaii is represented as saying that he Would stay there as louir as beau regard did, but that lie never would, under any (Reauivgard's) forces. circumstances, attack his Rather afraid of masked batteries, we think. A plan was put in operation a short while since hy some ot the Fedeialists, so our informant says, for the purpose of effecting the capture of some of v-t 11111 j our lorces. Jverytumg was worked aumiraDiy j well; our troops were marehinjr right into the I snare provided for them, when suddenly, and with out any apparent reason for the move, they right about faced and marched out of harm's reach, to the complete chagrin and disappointment of their enemies. The officer in charge of this unsuccess ful expedition, in making his reports, said in substance: "That they (the Confederates) were in league with the devil, or had the benefit of air telegraphs, he didn't know which; but that, any way, it was impossible to catch them." FROM EUROPE. The steamer Arabia, from Liverpool on the 5th, has arrived. Mr Lindsay, M. P., in a speech at Sunderland to his constituents, guve it as his opinion that the English Government ought to urge the raising of the American blockade, and that both England and France should now consider the expediency of recognizing the Southern Confederacy. This speech was received with cheers, together with some hisses. '1 lie financial depression continues at Paris, and there has been some agitation owing to the ad vance in the price of bread. The Pope refuses to make any compromises with the enemies of his Government. The relations between Italy and France are sat isfactory. France asks for no Italian territory. The Spanish expedition to Mexico is actively progressing, and will soon leave. The lubbn Evening Post reiterates the asser tion that agents of the American Government are in Ireland, looking for recruits, but is unable to say how they have succeeded; thinks they have met with but little encouragement. The Cry for Rkkad in France. The Lon don 'l imes says that France will be compelled to spend forty mi llions sterling, or, in round num bers, two hundred millions of dollars, to nuke up the deficiencies in her domestic bread crops of this year, and that both "Canada and the United States will be importing largely into France." I I Cotton is higher in Liverpool than it has been fur the last twenty years, and the English papers i and people are beginning to manifest considerable ' anxiety about a supply. A Treacherous Foe. The Woodville (Miss.) Republican has a correspondent with Geneial McCulhich s army, who was ;n the battle ot Uaic letter we extract the Hills, and fion: whose last followm;; : 1 desire to mention in this postscript one fact connected with the operations of the enemy that j ought to stamp tnem, not only with infamy, but cowardice, aud cover the names of Gen. Lyon, Gen. Seigle. Col. Totten, and Capt. Sturges of the U. States Dragoons, with everlasting infamy. Throughout all the battle they displayed no colors j over any position that they I eld ; in no line of j battle formed, in no line of inarch, did the per i fidiotis wrttehes ever unfurl their much beloved j Stars and Stripes, whih: in every regiment and on : every part of the battle-field waved the Confed i erate flag. Sot once did the cowards fling to the bieeze a banner that would indicate their nation- ality, but on the contrary, deceived us by hoisting, j on one or two occasions, when we pressed them close, a Confederate flag they had found in j Churchill's deseited camp. They also, oo every j occasion as we approached them, cried, " don't fire, we are mends : I his they did as our regiment first advanced, and then, as soon as our men threw up their pieces, perfidiously fired in to us. They also had got hold, of our badge a red one on the 1' ft shoulder ; they also passed our men several times tu gain a new position, crying, " hurrah for Jeff Davis." This was remarked all over the field, and if they had not done it, but few would have escaped being prisoners. This is opposed to all rules of civilized warfare, and worthy only of the blackness of Abolition hearts; and Gen. Lyon richly deserved the death he met, and his men the un buried fate that leaves them rotting on many hills. J TriE utter Annihilation of the Union. ! Mr Rreckinridge, in his recent address, (an : interesting portion of which we publish on the j 1st page,) says: J The United States no longer exist. The Uuion j has dissolved. For a time, after the withdrawal l'ie Southeir. States, and while there was a hope thc ru ture Uli lt be bea!eJ h UJ; ht be aMUIued that the Linion was not yet dissolved, and such that th? llninn n.,f r..t rH-c,,K- Iliai ine union was not yet uissolv .. - . . . .. wus Uie. position ot Kentucky in declaring her neutrality and offering: her mediation between .4 . w the contending parties. Rut time has now elaps ed, and mighty events have occurred which ban-' ished from the minds of reasonable men all ex- ! pectation of restoring the Union. Coercion has ueeu iriea ana nas raueu. J ne oouin nas mus tered in the field Nearly as many combatants as the North, and has been far more victorious. The fields of Manassa and Bethel, of Springfield and Lexington, have worked with a terrible and san I a"J 11 fl 1 fL f . 1 guinary line the division between the old order of! fu: -j .l things and the new The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance aet in Concord on tbt llth Korrabr. EAST TENNESSEE. We had the pleasure yesterday of seeing in our nffiee a ceo tlenian iust lrom Last Jenncssee, on ; gaged in active service in Eastern lennessee and j Kentucky, and in Western V irginia, scouring the country and looking out for tones. Ue speaks of the great and favorable change in East Teunessee brought about by the mingled firmness and moderation ot Gen. Zolhconer s course. The people in the isolated mountain- j regions are cut off from intercourse with the world, aud their prejudices had been artfully aroused by I stories representing the "seceshers" as everything ! bad that could be thought of. The people were j told that the Confederate troops would rob, steal, j and commit all manner of depredations. On the i contrary, the utmost respect for private rights i and private property was enjoined and ooservea. ! Whatever the troops needed they bought and paid j for, aud where the obstinacy of parties was such as to compel the troops to seize upon food or fod der which had to be got, the things so taken were also paid for at a lair valuation. The people were thus enabled to see that those who told them such horiible tales of the secessionists had deceived them. The people in what had been the most disaffected districts of East Tennessee either go heart and hand with the State or at, any rate they do not go against her. In some parts of East Kentucky aud South-Western Virginia the preju dice already spoken of, still remains; but not in its original intensity. At first, in passing through some neighborhoods, the troops would find all ths houses closed and not a man to be seen, and only occasionally a woman might be seen peeping out from behind a shutter or a boy slipping away out of sight. That, even in the most backward places, is changed, although the feeling is far from being as good as it could be wished. There is this dif ference however, between the disaffection in East ern Kentucky and that in places 1 ke Louisville, on the Ohio River. In the one case it is attribut able to prejudice, the result of ignorance and false information; in the other case it is the direct ex pression of a deliberate anti-Southern feeling. The prejudices of the mountaineers yild to better in formation. The course of the majority of the Kentucky Legislature, and of such men as Pren tice, Holt, Andy Johnston, Guthrie and Critten den is nothing but cold-blooded treason, and they know it; consequently they are far more inveterate, and far more inexcusable than those who erred through want of knowledge. Yilmiwjton Jour nal. WESTERN VIRGINIA. The campaign in Western Virginia has been a very severe one on all engaged in it ; not so much on account of what our soldiers have had to per form or to dare, as what they have had to endure. The theatre of operations has been mainly in a country of mountains and of clouds, of rugged forests and wretched roads, where supplies could not be obtained, and to which it was difficult to transport them. Let the soldiers who have had to endure these hardships be remembered with an especial favor. While we have deeply regretted the unavoidable privations of our men, it affords us a grim satisfaction to find that the enemy have sufleicd at least as much. In this connection we present the following from a Western Virginia cctemponiry, who knows whereof he affirms, and from actual service in the war. The Abingdon Virginian says : " W e are sorry to see some of our exchanges unnecessarily and unjustly censorious of Gen. Lee's conduct of the war in the Iv?rth-west. They want him to be in great haste perhaps precipitate aud intimate be has more science than common sense, and more caution than dis cretion. These writers are unacquainted with the country in whLdi he is operating, and entirely ignorant of the nature of a campaign in that region of gorges and mountains. Turn one of these grumblers loose in these hills, and he would be lost in an hour and would never be found again, unless he should take the precaution to hang a cow-bell about his neck." liich. Etiq. The Confederatk Loan. Public notice is given that the fifteen million loan has been all tak en and the books closed. At Charlotte the amount taken was 803,350. In this place, $48,650. A good deal more had been promised by several gen- tlemcn, who did not anticipate so early a closin - - - -1 f of the books. Fayetteville Observer, The Northern Programme for Coat In vasion. A correspondent of the Griffin (Ala ) Confederate States, of the 30th ult., says the fol lowing extract from a letter, just received from a lady near Rrunswiek, gives some insight as to their designs: My sister-in-law writes, that she saw a Southern gentleman, just from the North, who says that they are getting up every craft they can to send South, and it i? said 100,000 men are to man them. Their object the whole coast from North Carolina tp Texas. There are maps sellin in New York giving the plan of the seaboard, and ten miles in wards, with every plantation and the owner's name, the number of his negroes; the name of every inlet and creek, &c. Their object is to destroy the crops and to carry off the negroes. The New York papers give an account of a duel which took place lately in Paris between a Virginian named Farrjuar and a Captain C. Lee Moses, who hails from Maine, but is said to be a South Carolinian. Farquar reproached Moses with being a renegade to the South. A fracas and a duel followed. Roth parties were shot through the head; Farquar was killed, and Moses so badly wounded that his situation is considered critical. A Norfolk correspondent announces that a steamer will shortly go down from Norfolk to Old Point witli persons desiring to go North.. This will close up thc flag of truce arrangements at this location. Those who inten d to go are required to register their names at the Mayor's office; and suspicious persons who fail to do this, and remain, will be arrested and confined in the public jail. Ground Pea Oil. The Wilmington Jour nal says that some energetic citizens of Wilming ton have arrangements in progress to go into the making of oil from ground peas. We are glad to hear it Several inquiries from the interior of the State have been made of us on the subject. lav cttcville. Observer. Letters to Soldiers. It is said that there are thousands of letters in the Postoffice at Manas sas, uncalled for, and hence not delivered, because they are not properly directed. All letters ad dressed to our soldiers should be directed to the perSOn ln a fgI companv and the legible hand, with the name of his company ana the name ot his regiment and his proper post office. At any rate the name of his Colonel and the number of the regiment and Slate to which it balongs must be plainly written. N. C. STATE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH-CAROLINA. The Annual Meeting of the State Educational Association of North-Carolina, ftrthe current year, will be held in Greensboro, on Thursday the 19th of November, at seven o'clock, P. M. ' Delegates will be passed over the Railroads at half fare, and entertained during the meeting freeot cost. It is hardly necessary to say that the unset tled condition oft he country has prevented an ear lier meeting, and that the Executive Committee, ;n fir; t.h time And nlace. have endeavored to consult"the convenience of the larger number of the members of the Association. The ensuing meeting is one of great impor tance, the situation and hopes of the country demanding the most active exertions on the part of all who hold positions of responsibility towards the public; aud never was there a time when teach ers, authors, and friends of educatiou should labor with better prospects of immediate usefulness to the State. We are now in a country that has just commen ced its career of nationality, and upon the actors at present on the stage will depend, under God, the character aud future destiny of this young Republic. No portion of this generation hold places of more importance than those occupied by the persons engaged in the cause of education, and we cannot but hope that our educators will be fully impres sed with a sense of their obligations, and rise to the dignity of the crisis in which they are placed. We aie happy to announce that the prospects of our Association were never brighter, and that by the blessing of Providence, the difficulties of the times have uot impaired its powers of use fulness. C. II. Wiley, Sup. Com Sch. J. D. Ca mi bell. Rec. Sec. Y Ex. Com C. C. Cole, Cor October 22, 1861. Secy. Another Yankee Girl anxious to Marry. The following letter found on the body of a Yankee soldier, who fell at the battle of Manassas Plains, is published in one of our Southern ex changes: Providence, R. I., July 9th, 1SG1. Dear George: YTours of the 3d inst came to hand to-day, which found me enjoying health, and at once revived and raised for you my heart felt passion to a considerable extent. And glad I am to hear thatyour regiment have got into the laud of the rebels and are well and ready to drive them from the soil of liberty and love. Mrs. Ribburn received a letter from her husband, the Captain of the R. I. Artil , that he would play Yankee Doodle on the rebels at Bull Run on the 21st, of this month, and I am told that on the 28th of the same month you are to have a grand ball at Richmond, with Jeff Davis and Reauregard, assisted by many of the Southern girls, as waiters. Dear George, I await in anxiousness for your return, that our bargain may be closed; as for living single. I am tired of it. Mother is very willing for the match; for she says if you live, President Lincoln will give all the soldiers a farai and negroes to work it, for that is just what we want; for neither of us have go.t much and therefore you are not to disappoint me, and if you want Mary Clark which I understand you asked her to have you I hope you will be taken prisoner and kept there forever. I am thinking of you all the time and dreaming, at night; but dreams do go by con traries. Sometimes I dream of being at frolics, but, alas! awake disappointed though in hope it will not always be so. "Disappoiniinent sinks the heart of mankind." "But a renewal of hope gives consolation.'.' The above transposition is taken from one of your letters that you wrote to Jane White in 1850, when John Smith cut you out. and '.married her at old Billy Potts', which made youas'iuad as a hen that wanted to go setting on her own eirjrs and was ducked in aN tub of water for ii. Rut stick to me and I won't deceive you. Jfothinir further, dear George, but your real admirer, EMMA WILSON. The Sugar and Molasses Crop. The prospect, of the sugar crop, which is expected to exceed 500,000 hogsheads, being by far the larg est ever produced, is causing some question among the planters and dealers as to what course will most conduce to the interest of all parties concern ed. An address to the planters, in the New Or leans Crescent, suggots that only the best sugars be thrown on the market, inferior qualities being kept for refining; that al! the inferior molasses be converted into rum, as a domestic spirit wiil be a paying article; that only three-fifths of the'Wop be sent to market, the remainder being hell over; that shipments be made early to anticipate any hostile interruption, and that other coiunierical depots be established outside of New Orleans. INTotice. An Election will be opened and held nt the several Election Precincts in Mecklenburg counj,; on the first Wednesday iu November 6th day) for twelve Electors to vote for President and Vici-Presidei: of the Con federate States, and also a member of Congress to rep resent the tU h Congressional !i.-uict iif the next Con federate Congress. The following gentlemen will h.Jd the election for President and Vice-President, und for a member of Congress, at their respective Precints,' namely: Inspectors of I'resi'ientialbox. Charlotte C Overman, j. p., JohnL Springs. Cha I, Torrence. Noiment' Store Wm Means, j p, M M Moore A. Sadler. ' Long Creek John F Harry, j p, C W McCoy, E A McCauley. Deweese's T W Sparrow, j p, TE Potts, J L Sloan. Hill's R L Dearmond. j p, W f Stinson, A Hunter. Harrisburg J Sample iMvis.j , Thos M Alexander, C B McGinnis. j Hart's A C Flow, j p, John R slorris, Jas McCombs Rea's John M Pyrou. j p, A G'lteid, Clark Weding- ton. r Provide ace V M Mills, j p, V N MeKee "if Jas A liun ell. Steel Creek Query. -Thos B Price, j p) J Starr Neely, Alex In'ptclort of Conyrefional Box. Charlotte J P Ross, j p, P Mirown, II G Springs. Norment's Store W S Norme,j p Sural Lawing, R S McGce. 6' Long Creek A M Barry, j p, ftobt Henderson, R D W hilly. ' Deweese'i E B D Sloan, j p, Sarnl M Wither, C S Pott. ' Hill's B H Garrison, j p, Abrvr Hunter, D F Dixon Harrisburg-Sam l W Culdwel, j ,,, S A Stewart! V in Hutchison. . Hart's Rob McEwen, j p. Wi Bain, Z Morm Rea's Arthur Grier. i n. J S leid T u,.-.:.' Providence IV M Matthews, j , W T Stilt, J NRo.S Steel Creek Geu W H Neal.ip, Alex Grier, J Lee Oner. ' i The number of votes given mul; be wriin ir. ' mf 17 T -" .UVINI, not in figures, and the scrolls coiiaining the number of' siutuumucr ui,iiuruauons issueu oy nis excellency ,j iv tre 'c,ock the next j Clark, dated Raleigh, September 13th and October JJ w. . GRIER, Sheriff. j 1861, which were bona tide purchased and paid for, 9 day. -u.wa tuuat t IC1UIUCU to IUC Oct 15, 1861 M. S. OZMENT Keps for sal Lard, corn and rn meal; also chick ens, Ac. A fresh supply of canries iust r.:.ii aie cheap for cash. c , , . . or Two dooi below the Jail. Oeteber 15, 1891 An Excellent Recipe for Making YetntZTi lady requests us to publish the following Take a good . tablespoonful of hops pour 0 them one quart of boiling water, let it boil 1? minutes, strain and scald it with half a cup f flour, stir till smooth, (and add, if you choose well mashed potato, though not essentia.) g this yeast aside to ferment; after which mix it as much meal and flour as will make it 8l enough to crumble The proportions slioulj be light teacup of flour to every pint of meal. MaL the mixture quite salt; then crumble on dishes' and dry in the shade, taking care to stir it sionally whilst drying. Two teaspoonfuls 0f this dissolved in milk-warm water, will lighten t' quarts of flour. This yeast will keep for A months if put in a dry place; never sours in weather, requires very few hops, and is always ready; besides being easily carried. On that le count it is particularly suitable for camp lift, B. It. SMITH cvTcoT (SCCCESSORS TO J. B. T. -BOONK,) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS 13 BOOTS AND o Leather, Calf-SUns and Shoe-Finding c;ia vscroT J E, 1 S01. tf N. C. .Vbirch 2G, J300T AjMD SHOE M P O Ii I U 3 Chrrlotte, N. C. s 9 ARE receiving a rhoice stock of Boots and Ebon of the best quality (warranted) which they will t)lt LOW PIUCKS FOR March 2th, 1SU1. tf THE M A (i I ST KATES of Mecklen- burtr comity are mp extort tu meet at the Court House in Charlotte on Tuesday of County Court, being the 29th day of OotoluT A full attendance is iiicf.sirr as important business in regard to the Soldieis' Relief Fund is to be transacted. WJ1. MAXWELL, Oct 8, 1S01 3t Chairintn. PHOCLAMATIOX. In pursuance and by virtue of a resolution of the (Jcnvriil Assembly of North Carolina, I, Untj T. CJ.trk, Governor t x-otlicio of snid State, do here by notify and require all male citizens of this Stt, now in thc enemy's country of the United Sutfj, to re. turn to North Ctirolitin, wheru their allegiance isjmtlj due. uiftin thirty tliy from tUt Jute hereof; nntl I da hereby declare as mi alien enemy, subject to nil the pain.-', penalties and forfeiture which are or may be In curred by an alien enernv, everv tierson failinir to ohrr the requirements of this Proclamation, except lie be a soldier in the army of the Confederate States, or tome one of them, or in prison, or detained bv force. HRN'UY f. CLARK, Governor, ex-oflicio. Executive Department. R.ileigh, Oct. 1, 1861. FACTORY lOSe SALE. The undersigned propose to sell, at n low price and upon liberal credit, their COTTON FACTORY, locat ed on the South Fork of the Catawba Kiver. The mi cbiiiery is comparatively new and ir. good order for work. The water power is good and the building ample, and a good FLOLTIMXG MILL attached. The principal machinery consists ot 1300 spindlen, I cards, 2G looms, and all the machinery to work thi same. J. Si . ii. STOWE, Oct 8, ISCA lm. Stowesville, N. C. I take pleasure in informing my friends and pntroal of tlii! town aud neighboihood that I have returned to Charlotte and resumed my former business. In consideration of the existing pressure of t lie timet I shall limit my terms of tuition (in town) on tb Piano to 3u, for the full Session of 40 weeks, or $15 for the half Session of 20 weeks. I have u fine stock of sheet music on hand nd will Attend punctually to nil orders in that line as ftho t Tuning, Repairing and Sale of Pianos. Address orders through the post-olhYe. CIIARLKS.O. PAPK." Wanted to purchase, a second-hand Piano. Oct 8, 1861. KfiJTTJGK ! BUTTliK!! The highest cash market prices will be paid tat Butter, Eggs, Poultry, &c, at PALMER'S Sept 24, 1861 Varity Store. ESKOttAIYS, BISOUAiXS: 2,000 pairs Negro Brogans, just received, and for sale by JAS. IIARTT. Oct, 1, 1861 3t SAT t ees-:b:f. t'ii'vpn . r T" M TT" VT l H.UKiun, Sr-pt 20, lttl. ea'ed Prrsiir;:-'!I: will recet'. v' at llii. ofSc, to' the delivery of SALT BE !;', according to the follow- tipui-'.Ui.ijs: The B.-tf ni'iM be from well-fatted Cattle, Iaugbter'l after the 20th of October, and weighing uot leu tb 300 pounds. The legs and leg-rotinds of the hind-qnarten, the shins, and at least six pounds of the neck end each fore-quarter must be excluded from each barrtl, and the remainder of the carcass, instead of beinft"1 with a cleaver, man be cut with a saw and knife, to the meat n square, neat and smooth appearand 11 pieces of not less than six pounds, nor more tbaa pounds. The Beef must be salted at the rate of one bafhetj pure Turk's Island Salt, or 1J bushels of Liverpo" Salt, and 2 ounces of pulverized Salt-petre to eritf 200 pounds, exclusive of a pickle to be made i fresh water, as strong as salt will make it. and t be perfectly bright i;nd clear. This Department will furnish salt to contractors at cost and chargm, M i(' sired. The Beef must be put in barrel; the barrel bo' be tight and well coopered; the nett weight of and the contractor's name marked on ea Ji barrel. Ta Beef will be inspected by inspecting oflicers. to be P' pointed by thi? Department, at the point of del' Two securities will be required in sums equal'0 ' amount of the contract. JOHN DRVEUKCX. Oct 1 3t Com. of S Vinegar, Candle and Soap SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, , Rale:h, Sept. 2f, 18L The undersigned is desiro.-.g of purchasing ',r' lot of these articles for the use of the Troops. APP ' cation may be made to him. or to any one ot Agent engaged in purchasing for the State JOHN DEVEREl Com. of Su- Oct I 3t Quarter Master's Depabti!"1 . Raleiuu, N. C, Oct. 7, 18U1- To all Whom it may Concern: Notice is hereby given, that all goods affected bj' shipped prior to the 10th October inst., are exemp from all restrictions under said Proclamations, and Agents will hereafter be governed by this order Stoppage of the same in transitu. By order of the Adjutant General. JOHN DEVEREPX. Capt. and Asst. Quartermaster S. C- A"0"' October 15, J861. l-2t.
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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