North Carolina Newspapers

& '7 -1 - . mV Yr I . - nx TUB .,...CHARACTER IS A3 imOBTANT TO ' STATES A3 IT IS TO I. INDIVIDUALS,! AND i THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. ; - , ' - , - - 2 , , f . - -' ... - - r ..... '-.-j f IN ADVANCE w WEST SID OF TRADE STREET j ; : ; CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, .1863, ELEVENTH V0LtME.R U II B E It 552. jj. YJJffillS, Editor and Proprietor .1 l ki i iii v J ni in i-i J I I ! I v. 1 111 Iii lri . - . - . . . - ' - ? -V s ,'. .-.... ,' .. - t? -, - i , ''' ' ,--- - - ...... , ; " . . L Mm 3E3 J THE ami mmmmx (QPublisihcd every Tucsday,(o) WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AXD I'BOPEIETOB. o : $3 IN ADVANCE. tL-zT Transient advertisements must be paid lor m t-4- .l,--rti-enn:nta not nmrked on the- manuscript a r-'-. ific titnf, will be inserted uutil forbid, and ,-,,nr. ,1 accordinpljr. f-r Hides and Tan Bark. r f.nrrli:ie (ireen and Dry. fllDES for the . ... ,.r also a larire quantity of TAN r. urii'ist' iii Kiimiti;, i - t- MARK. For these articles the highest market cash irn:e win ne ji.n'i. JOHN TRELOAR. Cm-j)d Charlotte, Oct. 23, 1802 .HIMTIA NOTICE. l!i:Ai.urAiiTKi:s 85th Rkot. N. C. Militia, Charlotte, Oct. 23, J8G2. C:k,uu' ,tToiijanieB. belonging to the 85th Reg't, v ia ; r tlKlr r-sj.(-ctJve commands to parade at iIm -if ii-ii 'I .Mu.-'ter (Jroumls!, once in each week for i.V.iTtioii and drill, armed 3 the law directs, . with t, -ii t -hitter s of powder and bull. Those failing to n,iui!v with tlii- or.lcr will be held to strict account. L S. WILLIAMS, . Met -Jrttl.. Col 85th Hgt Militia. KEW MiXIIFACrilRISG COMPANY. ((.ITO.SITK C. S. NAVY WORKS.) ,TS:VJ:.S, M IHJTT A: MvL,EA1X, rUOl'KIETOR". urc !iiw manufacturing, by steam-power, all if r.i .lMiads. Tables, ("hairs; AVaphstauds, and thing ajijitt taiiiiugto the Furniture and Cabinet kin.!-! (VI TV Ilii-iaes.-. j We ii it- tkl.-o making a very pretty, durable and .nji'iior Wood Canteen, to which we iuvite the special aii' iition of olliccvs and soldiers. Urik-rs from th irade and public generally are re gjM ttu!l,v .solicited, as we are confident in our ability to j'kabe the most fastidious. Orders promptly iilled. J. II. STEVENS, W. H. SCHUTT, Charlotto, Nov 4, 1862 tf J. A. McLEAN. FLAXSEED. THE AYR OIL COMPANY will pay the highest price for J'lax Seed, in any quantity. Apply at E. Nye Hutchison k Co.'s Ding Store. October 11, 1802 . lm Iroic!lii!! of I lie DAILY STATE JOURNAL. On and after the 1st day of November, the State Journal will le published Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly.. The Daily State Journal will contain all the news received up to the latest hour before mailing, and will consist of two editions daily. The Morning Edi tion will contain the news by the evening mails, and nil telegraphic news up to 10 o'clock the previous night, and will be supplied to city subscribers and sent by the morning mails North aud East; the Evening Edition will be printed at U o'clock p. in., and will contain the additional' news by telegraph up to 2 o'clock p. m., aud will be sent to subscribers by the trains west and by the Fayetteville mail. Thus sub scribers, no matter iu what direction they may live, will have the news up to the departure of the mails. Arrangements have been made to procure telegraphic news from all parts of the Confederacy, expressly for the State Journal. General news by mail will be promptly published. Tho Markets- will be fully re ported. Reliable Correspondents will be secured in the Army and elsewhere. The Legislative Proceed ings will be reported daily by competent Reporters The State Journal will be essentially a newspaper. Tkums: For the Daily 12 months, $0; 0 months, : 50; .1 mouths, 1 mmuh, Si. For the Tri-Wcek-ly 12 mouths, $4; 0 months, ?2 50j 3 months, $1 50. AinERTisi.se rates: square, do do do 1 day, 7 days, 3 days, 4 days, Ten SO 50 square, do do do 5 days, $1 50 0 75 1 00 1 25 1 week, 3 weeks, 1 month, 1 75 3 00 5 00 lines make a square. Advertisements for the Daily will be inserted in the Tri-Weekly, fre " charje. This is an inducement which cannot fail to attract the attention of advertisers. The above rates apply only to the daily paper. Ad vertisements will be inserted in the Weekly paper at the nMial regular rates, viz: One dollar per squ-.-re for tie first insertion, and twenty-live cents for each sub sequent insertion. Addict, JOHN SPE L.MAN, - Editor and ProorietcK, 21, Raleigh, N. C Oct. Flour mill 'for Sale. The subscriber, having entered into a contract for building the Railroad from Danville to Greensbojo, is desirous .it devoting his whole time to thnf wnrlt ml ot'.crs iiis Sl'KAM MILL for sale. The property is sit- I u.Uc4 in the towu of Charlotte, on the North Carolina Rail Road, has six tun of Mill Stones, and ihe Flour h a high reputation throughout the Southern Confed- j racy. . - j It h.ii also a P.arrrl Factory, with improved Machine- ' ry, and Cooper shops attached, which will be sold ' with the Mill or separately JOHN WILKES. t Sept. 10, 1; 0L'. tt VESUVIUS FURNACE IKON WORKS, j 1 he s:.sbscri! informs the public that he is maiiH-f.u-1 uring Pig Iron at his Furnace in Lincoln county, ! live miles north of Sharon Statiou on the WiL, Char. : k Rutherford Railroad. lie is also prepared to cast t Machinery, such as Mill Gearing. Thrashing Machiue lions, &c.; also llolloi -Ware and Salt Pans. 1 J. M. SMITH. esuvuis Furnace P. O. July 15, 1S02. y-pd ; NOTICE. i wish to lure lOor 15 negro mc'n to chop wood ilt wiiiit i i 1... .... 1 r. .. - 'umine llC or six ucirro men. Dec 30, 1S02 J. W. DURR, Spring Hill Forge, machine irons of nil ti.v. I an ni prepared to met uuiiow-ware, salt nans, & cash. c. Orders siti;.;...) . . v . . V v. LVIU13 J. W. DERR. July " i ; r. -i Pt, Sr spring Hill Force HOTEL, TOR SALE. Kinjr's Mountain offered lor sale. The property is situated on M-uu street, a lew hundred fret north of the Conrt-Hoiise measuring about 100 feet on Main street b- about -too deep. The building are extensive and "good, em bracing two well finished store roonvs, about fortv bed rooms, with dining room, parlor, hall room. kc. Also, the Furniture belonging to the Louse. Address nie at i'.m.-olnton, N. C. . " JASPER STOW E. Hec W 1(12 . tf THE SOUTHERX This combination of medicines was first prepared by the proprietor in 1825, when -he was pronounced by three eminent physicians in a Soathern city as in an auon ato.rp nf ( jnn.onmntioD. These piii8 cured him.- He is now over seventy years of age and in dis- 1 charge of active professional duties. Their good ef- fects upon others created such a demand for them that ne was compeiieu to aesisi irom supplying wiu6.a itonsly. ' -"' . They are sot recommended by the proprietor as good for all diseases, but only such as arises from MSORDEttS OF THB-LIVERv Many" persons ' bare testified to their good effects in Chills and Fevers, Bil ious Fever, Yellow Fever, Pneumonia, Dyspepsia, &c, &c. They are an excellent FAMILY MEDICINE. Read the following : S. D. Wallace, Esq., Treasurer of the Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road, (Aug. 30, 1862,) says : "It has beenrsaid that "Dyspepsia" is our national disease. However this may be, it caused me long and severe suffering. . Providentially a friend furnished me with a few boxes of the "Hepatic Pills," and the use of them has perfected a cure. In my family they have been used frequently with eminent success. Among my ac quaintances, many cases originating .from diseased liver, have been relieved and cured by them. I regard tnem as an invaluable medicine, and take pleasure in forwarding this' voluntary tribute." ColJoiix Wright, of Goldsboro', N. C, (Aug. 14, 1802,) says: "I have used the 'Southern Hepatic Pills' in my family here and also on my plantation in Ala bama, and always with success. I have a valuable rvarrt girl who had been a long time under treatment for consumption, without' receiving any benefit. Al most in her extremity I was induced to try the 'Hepatic Pills.' Thy were given according to directions, and she is now well, entirely restored by them. A similar case occurred among my servants- in Alabama. For liver and lung diseases I have perfect confidence in them." Full directions and other certificates will be found on the wrapper of each box. The great rise in the price of medicines, confpels the proprietor to put these pills at 50 cents a box. As it may soon not be possible to procure all the ingredi ents, it would be well for the afflicted to order them at once. From the price above stated, a"liberal discount will be made to dealers as long as the pills can be furnished: Address GEORGE W. DEEMS, Wilson, N. C. For sale in Charlotte, N. C, by F. SCARR, Druggist. Nov. 25, 18G2. Cm Copartnorslaip. WILLIAMS & OATES Have this .day associated with them in the Mercantile and Conjnission business, LEWIS W. SANDERS. The styleof. the firm will hereafter be ' WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. NOTICE. All ' persons indebted lo the late Arm of Williams & Oates will please call and settle up, as we wish to close our old business. WILLIAMS Si OATES. Dec 9, 1P62 tf Lincolnton Female Seminary, LINCOLNTON, N.C S. LANDER, A. M., Principal. Miss M. J. TifKEit, Mrs. C. Roskmax, Miss A. M. IIagen, Mrs. M. J. Laxg'ion,. Mrs. L. A. Laxdkb, Assistants. The Spring Session, 1863, will begin on Monday, February 2nd, and close on Friday the 19th of June. CHARGES PER SESSION. Board, including fuel and washing, at $4 00 per week, $80 00 Incidental Tax, I 00 Regular Tuition, including "Latin and Singing, from : $10 to 20 00 French, 10 00 Music on Piano or Guitar, 20 00 Use of Instrument 2 50- Pupils furnish their own caudles, towels, and toilet soap. Teiims: Seventy-five dollars required in advance; the balance at the end of the session. No deduction for absence unless in cases of.serious illness. The Town of Lincolnton has long been proverbial for its healthiness. It has daily Railroad communica tion with Charlotte, from which it is only two hours distant. For the benefit of pupils from sickly sections, our long vacation is in the winter. Our building will accommodate about sixty boarding pupils. . The boarding department is under the imme diate charge of the Principal and his wife, who, with most of the other teachers, habitually eat at the same table, and lodge under the same roof, with the girls. The fact that we have semi-annual classes enables us to enforce a" higher standard of scholarship than is usual in the best institutions conducted on the ordina ry annual plan. Diplomas of Graduation will be given to those who complete our College Course. Thankful for the liberal patronage given us while at High Point, we appeal with confidence to the public for a cotitinuaie of the same iu our new and superior location. For additional information address the Principal. Nov. 11, 1802. 4m-pd Wilmington, Charlotte & liutlicrford On and after the 10th of November, the Passenger Train? will run on this Road (Western Division) daily, Sttudayj excepted, as follows; GOING WEST: ARRIVE: LEAVE: 8 00 A. M. 8 51 ' 9 28 44 9 59 " 10 30 " Charlotte, Tuckaseege, Brevard, Sharon, Lincolnton, Cherryville. GOING EAST: 8 4S a 23. 9 54 10 23 11 15 A. M. i it k ARRIVE: LEAVE: Cherryville. "12 M. 12 45 1 10 1 50 1; r. M. Lincolnton, 12 55 . P. M. ' Sharon, I 24 44 " Brevard, 1 53 tt ti Tuckaseege, 2 23 ii 3 I5 Charlotte. Passengers are required in all cases, without ex ception, to purchase ticket?, wherever there arc ticket agents, and also to furnish the right change, as the Company cannot procure change for every one. An omission to do either subjects the party to an extra charge of 25 cents, which the conductor is strictly re quired to collrct. Ry order, v. A. McBKE, .Acting Master of Transportation. Lincolnton, Oct. 28, 18G2 . . Salem Almanacs for 1863 VOR SALE AT THE "WHIG' TRIXTIXG OFFICE, a few doors below Gates & Williams' eWe. 250 SACKS In OF SALT, from the coast, for sal ELI AS & COHEN. 2t December 30, 18G2 THE GREAT FIGHT IU ; TENNESSEE. Southern accountsLiterevfflirticular Tk A(nfioWi TfoLol i nf'JanntiTV.Ia. C0I1- ! , . r . . .. - I . Ww , l sad, neart-appalling scenes, ine dead lay scat- Tho-toirn ia in a , tains a grapnie account oi me uguiiug - iered ? in every , direction tbe 4Joolederate - grey rctarn c f Major-Ge 1 close of the second day, which we subjoin: uniform and the l ankee blue in fearful proximity, ! Hanhlnfr command The enemy commonced the advance trom iasn- -"" -y t 'I A , .1 u . ville on Friday, by several -different routes of 1 JW W charged and .taken the batteries of;the mamh. drivin in - our cavalrv under General ) we plain evidences of desperate strug. Wheeler and Wharton, who slowly fell .back,lgal- g'es liut ; u was quite vuient u r,V' "VA IXmed .bou. 1 . . 1 X x! f X i 4 A n-r two miles from Mu.lreesboro, and stretching J . . . . . i transversely across Stone's river, from the Leba- non cikc. on the nent. to tne .franklin road on the left. On Tuesday the epemy had deployed into line of battle ucon the ridsre whereon stands . A . the residence pf Mr. Cowan, at a distance of some thing more than fifteen hundred yards from our first line, and considerably over-lapping our left flank. During Monday, they opened with artil lery at long range, and on Tuesday heavy skir- niishino- ran un and down the line from the left to the centre, swelling almost into a battle at one petiod when the enemy attempted two charges upon Robinson's battery. On the night of Tuesday it had become evi dent that the attack in force would be upon our left, and Cleburn's Division was detached from the right for the purpose of strengthening that point, and extending our line, which gave to the left wing four Divisions Cheatham s, Withers , Mc Cown's and Cleburne's. . THE BATTLE. The sun rose clear, after several days of funer al gloom, rifting the mists which hung like silvery curtains o'er the field, dancing and glisten ing along the seried line of steel, which glittered in the morning light like the sj arkiings of count the gay banners which floated in the front with a flood of refulgerice, and rifting in golden showers through the emerald - 1 o S4 diamonds, natninf . a fringe of cedars which enclosed the field. Far as the eye could reach stood , the two vast armies, silent and motionless, and it almost seemed in stead of foes drawn up for battle, to be some bril liant holiday parade, but at length a volley of musketry from the extreme left told too plainly that the work of death had in reality begun, -and in an instant afterwards the strife had leaped from point to point, until the whole line from left to centre was one unbroken blaze of fire. About eight o'clock a. m., the divisions of Mc Cown, Cleburn and Cheatham were ordered to charge. The enemy were strongly planted in a dense thicket where the out-cropping of the lime stone rock formed a natural fortification. Swiftly, but with a perfect line our troops emerged from the skirt of timber in which they had been 'shel tered, and moved across the open plain which in tervened. The battle now became terrific; crash upon crash of. musketry stunned the ear; the ground trembled with the thunder of 'artil lery; the cedars rocked and . quivered in the fiery blast, and the ?ir was rent with the ex plosion of shells. The enemy seemed determined to stake the fortunes of the day upon, holding the position-which they occupied, and offered a most gallant resistance, but nothing human could with stand the impetuosity of that charge. A spirit of fury seemed to possess our men, from the com manders, down to the common' soldiers, and on they swept, slrot and shell, canister, grape and bullets tearing through their ranks until the way could be traced through the tlcad and dying. Still on they went, overturning infantry and artillery alike, driving the enemy like the hurri cane scatters the leaves upon its course, capturing hundreds of prisoners, and literally blackened the ground with dead. Such a charge was never be fore witnessed. For two miles through fields and forests, over ditches, fences and ravines, they swept. Brigade after brigade, battery after bat tery, were thrown forward to stay their onward march,, but another volley of musketry, another gleaming of the bayonet, and like their predeces sors they were crushed into one common ruin Meantime the brave old "Withers was not idle. Fl is line of battle ran diagonally across an cx tehded field, and the enemy-had been pouring a murderous fire into his position, until driven almost to the verge of madness by the destruction of his men; he threw his division forward upon the ridge occupied by the enemy. Here was per haps the bloodiest struggle of the day. The enemy was stronger at this point than anywhere else upon the field, and long and fiercely con tended the position. Directly in front was a wide I area of elcared land, and across this it was ncccsV sary to advance, unaer the sweeping fire of six batteries, but with dauntless Eearts, and steps as proud as though upon parade, his men sprang forward at the word, and marched on- into the j face of death. Once they wavered, as the. enemy J ! poured a perfect hail of iron through "their rank', 1 ; but at this moment Bragg dashed by, the battle. : fires burning in his eyes, and the fate of nations in his hand again they rushed upon the foe; ! shot down tho gunners at their pieces, and drove the supporting divisions far back to the rear. THE GREAT BATTLE. In our yesterday's necesarily brief and imper fect account of the santrmnarv battle of Ved- l,t V . - , r driven the enemy . right for several miles, occupy- ing the field of battle, capturing the most of the wounded and resting thtwrZ dred yards of the Abolition P"k -O" Was not so actively engaged, the enemy concejtra- but the casualties on our side were small. i The New .Year dawned upon us with a : bright, smiling and propitious face.' The previous , night was intensely gold, and must have seriously j affected the condition of the wounded on the field. . ;ut the genial sun dispelled the white, rim of , ' frost that covered the landscape and changed the j i icy air into a pleasant spring-like atmosphere. . Everything was perfectly quiet in front untU about 8 o'clock, when the cannonading opened on the right centre, and was kept up spiritedly for a . short while. There was another lulL Ihe enemy seomcd indisnosed to shoiT himself, and under h :LZTthtt ZTllclT Louisiana, cover of heavy timber ,it appeared , was making j preparation for a retreat, i'.,.!!,;,,. ana. oaiue neia . pre sen tea tne - asaai . nornure, Pf- -V. in.pb.bl., b ! it was the omninn of p.verv one who .visited the field. , Uvon every hand were the common debris of a battle broken gun carriages, dismantled mm " fa""" "!""l?:r: r: " 7" es-of dead ' iiimiiih " ii i w : iciri iiiniik m i i i .t merits all peration of, the contest. liosecrans' grand army of invasion numbered, according to the lowest estimates," 75,000 men. Gen. Bragg's force we have never yet heard com puted at over 40,000, and not more than one-half those were engaged in the battle. The disparity in numbers, "however, was more than atoned for by the difference in pluck and determination of the two combatants, as well as by the impulses that actuate! the men. The spirit of heroic endurance manifested by our troops during the .perilous and fearful days and nights of the battle, was worthy of them selves and their holy oause. liut what shall we say of the patience, the fortitude, the bravery, even the gaiety displayed by the wounded. Wc saw hundreds of them on the field and in the hospitals, and from not one of them did we hear a single word of complaint or repining. Many of their wounds were ghast.Iy, many requiring ampu tation and the severest surgical treatment, but all of them bore up with the determined spirit of heroes. - THE BATTLE OF FRIDAY. The Bebel gives the following account of the repulse of Breckinridge's Division, immediately preceding Gen. Bragg's retirement from Murfrees boro: , ' . - Friday the same as on Tuesday, with an excep tion. Bosencranz advances his left across Stone Biver, where it runs northwardly. In the afternoon,- say 3 o'clock, Gen. Breckinridge' with our right advanced also. Till dark they fought with very great desperation and very close. It was exceedingly bloody. We drove thera across the river, but encountered so vast a body so securely posted that we retired to our position again. Our loss, for numbers engaged, was very heavy. It was here Gen. Hanson received his aliuostfatal wound. Since Wednesday morning our cavalry, under Generals Wheelerr and Wharton, have been active. They have made a complete circuit of the enemy twice, capturing and destroying several hundred wagons loaded with munitions and supplies, the enemy's stores at Lavergne and ' Nolansville, about a thousand head of horses and mules, be- sides killing a number of the Yankeesincluding' a Brigadier General and taking several hundred prisoners. On Wednesday they rendered great service in picking up and securing prisoners, and capturing artillery, Ac. Bravo! for Wheeler and Wharton and "their gallant cavaliers. The correct statistics of the combats of Wednes day and Friday, may be summed up as follows: Federals killed, do wounded, do capttred, 3,000 0,000 5,000 14,000 4,000 10,000 Our loss, Balance, Besides we captured from the enemy 01 pieces of artillery, 7,500 stand of small arms, and de stroyed 950 wagons. In addition to the above statistics, which relate only to the two days' struggle mentioned, large quantities ot provisions and supplies have been procured in Middle Tennessee, amounting to mil lions of rations and. months of subsistence.. That portion of the campaign which constituted Mur freesboro its depot has terminated, leaving us rauch to hope for and little to deplore, except the temporary surrender of a comparatively small por tion of territory. FROM VICKSBURG. The Yankee rov ted 300' prisoners ami five stanJsof Colors taken. The Vickeburg Citizcu of Tuesday, Dec. 30, has the following : ' ' Our cause has been growing brighter every day since the commencement of skirmishing on the Yazoo. Every attempt at advance that the ene my lias yet made has been promptly met, and ef- fectually checked at every' poiut. . Heavy lasses have already been sustained by the enemy. On yesterday the most signal success of our arms was obtained at Willow Hayou, where the pnemv nttomntirl to advance on- our works. i Twenty-eight hundred of our soldiers engaged a ! force of eight thousand Yankees, and whipped ! .1 i.:n: ,..nAra,t nh'tnrr tlirna' I l IIC 111. KU11II15 UVLT inU. UUU'Jimi .u.vw.- . . . . . l , . - a. ... . . Th Yankees ad- ' have Uie c rad. otlas work. . Ifte 1- jeet ad imTOntbT charge our men : o, peued d1 JacU in aiaorJe ; Col. Thomas, of the Jbth Ja., at a critical mo-; U)cnt executed a ; flank movement in a mterly - style; cutting off a part of the 1 ankee forces, , which secured us three hundred prisoner. The enemy was signally defeated, and after they bad , retired a flag of truce was sent -in asking permis- , sion to bury their dead. . Y. I This was a most glorious and decisive victory, .. , i tought as it was by a rorce pi lUuc . states that this morning ihe Yankees .vs we no iu press a wuiv. jw ... " . wi . . ... . n r riT nmm inei. b m vsn n n r again At- - i lUQ-cDCUiv oatouuiuereu uuru . iwu iu uic. iuis j mv tempted to advance, and were again repulsed with icVjierribleloss. ACCOTJNT OF VAN DOBXPS BBIELIANT H AID: finvMi.. fit trv re rs oai.nAUA,- AMISS.. JCC. ZtV furore of excitementat tU neral Earl Van Dorn and his from the brilmnt raid urxm j Holly Springs, which has been so. stupendously . disastrpus to the enemy, and bo importantly success t ful to our own arms. Gen.-Van Dorn started from . . this point thirteen days since, having first supplied his Cavalry-command of . 2,700 with fifteen' days' TatiOTtyto support and MtiW the: inner raanr and - . " . j i iui iuau, uu Iitttln ri t f iirtunlin aim kn F ... -1 U A K to enable them the more perfectly to. carry out their work of destruction upon Abolition property. Striking out North-cast, the command passed through Pontotoc, and having no time to devote to the Yankee marauders who were at the time South of them on the Mobile and Ohio Bailrood, having much more important work on hand, Van uuru a lurces uinrcnea on inrougti new Albany and started out on the Ilipley road, in order to j perfectly deceive the enemy. Two hours after th torce passed through 1'ontotoc, 1,100 of Yankee cavalry, which had been on a raid down the Mobile and Ohio Bailroad, returned with a train heavily laden with the plunder they had stolen. They were iu formed that Van Dorn had only passed an hour before, with 15,000 troops. Taking a few minutes to destroy their train, they took tho shortest route for Corinth and left on fear-impelling wings. Meanwhile, Van Dorn left the Ripley road to the left and took a by-way and meandering route through the swamp; and came within eight miles of. Holly Springs, in the evening, where he bivouacked his force until two hours before day, when he moved cautiously into town, leaving the .Texas Brigade upon the heights out-side as a reserve. As our forces dashed in from all sides, tjic entrance proved a cempletc surprise, and breaking streaks of day-light showing the Yankee tents with their yet undisturbed slumbcrcrs. A charge was ordered upon them, and tho torch applied to the canvass which covered them. The rapidity with which, the tents of the enemy were vacated was marvelous; and impelled by burning torches and rapid discharges of f-iJe arms, the Yankees took no time to prepare their toilets, but rushed out into the cool atmosphere of a December morning, clothed very similarly to Joseph when the lady Fotiphar attempted to detain him. The scene was wild, exciting and tumultuous. Yankees running, tents burning, torches , flaming. Confederates shouting, guns popping, sabres clanking, Abolitionists begging for mercy, 'rebel.s" shouting exultingly, women Tt tJUltabille clapping their ""hands, frantic with joy, crying, "Kill them, kill them" a heteroge neous mass of excited, frantic, frightened human beings, presenting an undescribable picture, more adapted for the pencil of Hogarth than the pen of a newspaper correspondent. The surprised camp surrendered 1,800 men and 150 commissioned officers, who were immediately paroled. And then ' commenced the work of destruction. The extensive buildings of the Mississippi Central Depot, the Station House, the Engine houses, and immense Store houses were filled with supplies of clothing and commissary stores. Outside of theDepot, the barrels of flour, estimated at half a mile in length, one hundred and fifty feet through and fifteen feet high. Spirits turpentine was thrown over this, aud, the whole amount destroyed- Up town, the court house and. public buildings, livery stables and all capa cious establishments, were filled, ceiling high, with medical and ordnance stores. These were all fired and the explosion of one of the buildings, in which was stcrcd one hundred barrels of powder, which knocked down nearly all the buildings on the South side of the Square. Surely such a scene of devastation was never before presented to the eye of man. Glance at the gigantic estimates. 1,800,000 fixed cartridges and other ordnance stores, valued at $1,500,000, including 5,000 rifles and 2,000 revolvers. One hundred thousand suits of clothing and other quartermasters stores, valued at $500,000; 5,000 barrels of flour and other commissary stores, valued at $500,000. ' $1,000,000 worth of medical stores, for which invoices to that amount were exhibited, and 1,000 bales of cotton and $000,000 worth of sutler's stores. As there was no time to remove these immense stores from the buildings containing them, they were all destroyed, comprising the Mississippi Central Do pot, engine houses and store houies, the most elegant .and capacious in 'all the South, the court house, livery stable, and the largest buildings on the public Square. 'While the capture of the camp, parolling of the prisoners and destroying of tho store houses were going on, the Texas Itangeis comprising the 0th, 5th and 3rd Legions, became engaged with the Michigan Cavalry, and drove them pell-mell through town and run the in off North, with a , considerable loss to the Abolitionists, aud a loss of j thirty killed and wounded on our part. ) The Ladies rushed out ;frora the Jiouses, wild : with joy, crying put: "There's some at the Fair i Grounds. Chase them, kill them, fur God's sake! j One lady said: "The, Yankee Commandant of the Post h now in my house, come and catch him" find i KPnrch was instiiratcd. but without succesa. . 1 L. ,.1.1 tl,a ? Ih.r. r ' - . - . 1 concealed; and finally, after much ado, the gallau,' Csave- the mark!) CoL Murphy the intrepid Yankee ( J h f J . j froffl undcr the UdfJ VTnted j himself in his nocturnal habiliments tohii captors. ' The Provost Marshal was also taken, and in j addressing Gen. Van Dorn, he saTd: -Well GenU, t D 3 6 ' b V- . ',-.,,, Our attention was given f jfim which be had left twenty-four hours hetore. AU , his . papers, charts, maps, &c, wret"J;;urj together with hia splendid carnage, whl w" ; burne.d J Am0DS hw .W? . li!..,! ! pass toe nearer over tui .mu -- . . ,r . . . .. .onc , .ue m i once interesting -" i . i , I .:MM . n ,1 tt.lii.Kla 1 1 run .rin kuu c . " ' - v r ' Mrs Gratt was also captured, but no indignity was goffered to 1 Nearly every Store cn the Public Square offered to her. was Ftriii. r. -t " ' 7 WZ Z .;-- I ?tti,!.5".rl Tl rair- 1 i.r vu . VZ , ? . .. ' .t train. rixiv cars mnci two locuiauuiu wim irirn fired and destroyed. " " After tho complete dcstracHion of all public property about the place, and after each man had supplied himself with a suitable quantity of cloth- T j nnwid. ind nu' Mill was Ihfl nt L . . ' place attacked. Here the enemy were 'entrench- ed, and sheltered themselves in a block house and fort formed of cotton bales. The . cavalry were commauded to charge, and attempted to do so, but the swamp and intricate lagoons breaking off in front of the enemy's position would not permit it. The Yankees opened firo with some effect from their. fort, and were supported by a 0 pound rifled gun mounted on an iron-clad railroad car, forming a railroad battery. ( The Texans were again ordered to charge, and Maj. Dillon, of , Van Dorp's staff, whose gallantry during the expedU tion was particularly conspicuous, attempted to lead them to the attack, but the mec refused to follow, believing tho way Impaasablo and the posi tion too strong for cavalry demonstration alone. Col. McCullough, of the, Missouri cavalry, was or dcred to get in the rear of the railroad battery, eut the track to prevent its escape and capture it. 1 believe he succeeded in cutting the road, but our forces were compelled to withdraw, and tho atcim battcrwas not taken. .The forces then pushed on to Middleburg and Bolivar, and attacked both places, but-found them too strongly defended and garrisoned to succeed in taking cither of the points. - ' . , . - When the command turned .back after its un successful attack upon Bolivar, the.cnemy, sent a force of 10,000, comprising the three branches of the service, out after Van Dorn, and mode, great efforts to flank and cut off his force, but this jh. ing officer was too wary for them, and succocded in. returning with 400 head of captured hones and mules, laden with spoils takeu from the enemy. The presence of Gcr.. Van Dorn with the csvaU ry expedition the Yankees could not understand, and they believed he was advancing at the head of our whole army. The people of Tennessee aro represented as having been almost frantic with joy at the ftp pearancc of our forces once more upon (heir bur dcrs. They fed our soldiers with a bountiful hand, and went for joy. "Thank God, you liars come at last! one and all exclaimed. Van Dorn did not form a junction with Forrctf; -as we were led to believe, but their forces were at one time within o milo of each other. For ret t captured "Trenton, and completely destroyed the railroad, connection between Columbus and Hum- . bolJt.atjd Van Dorn did the same between Bolivar and ('rand Junction. , Gen. Van Dorn's raid proved entiroly success ful, and hi to be regarded as one of the most ira- portant cavalry demonstrations of the war. Ho has caused the enemy a loss of stores which it will take months to recover from, and has deprived his command of everything essentially necessary to the placing of his farces io the SelJ. ' The entire number of prisoners captured and paroled during the raid is 2,100 privates and 175 commissioned officers. . One thousand of our men supplied them wire a" with new revolvers. Truly, an important affair. ; Cor. Mobile Rnjiittr. LIST OP PBICE3 Charged the Quartermaster Department hy th Farturie't in 2iorth Carolina. . The Quartermaster for this State at Raleigh makes the following statement showing tho price he pays various Factories 'for their goods: Rockfiflh Man'f Co., 4-4 sheeting, 30 cents per yard: Blount's Creek Co., sheeting 30 cents per yardf -cotton'yarns $3 per bunch; Fayetteville Mills, 4-4 sheeting, 33 cts per yard; Beaver Creek Co., 4-4 sheeting, 30 eta per yard; Morchison, lUid k Co , 4-4 sheeting 35 cts per ysrd; J M More bead, 7-8 osnaburgs, CO cts per yard; Ilockiorhatn Co., 4-4 sheeting, 25 cts per yard 78 ofnabargs 30 cts per yard; Thos 11 Tate, 7-8 oshaburgi, 85 eta per yard; K M Holt, 4-4 sheetings, 35 cu per yard 7-8 osnaburgs 38 ct.; J McDonald k Son, 7-8 osnaburgs, 85 cts ; Yadkin Co., 4-1 sheeting, 30 cts.; rowcll k Sbuford, 4-4 sheeting, 35 cts.; Coffin, Fout k Co, 44 sheeting, 35 ct.; Union Factory, 4 4 sheetings, 32 cfs.; Cedar Falls Co, 4-4 sheeting, 30 cts.; J Newland k Son, 4-4 sheet ing, 30 cents per yard-cottou yarns $3 25 per bunch; Thos M Holt, cotton yarns 13 25 to 13 75 per bunch. I'iiotection to Yamkeeii. The Georgia Legislature has passed an act, which authorises the arrest of every lankco found within the State, and upon trial and conviction of the fact that ha is a Yankee, directing that he shall be forthwith hanged. t This it a subject worthy of tie fpeedr and earnest consideration of all the Southern States. At present, all our penal laws extend the same protection to a Yankee, wnicn :ney ao to our own ' - - . i hi .r.t not in arma, he would be subiectto the same rain. ' iniiun. IF m Vipiniiiin VrA If kill ft 1 IDtcl. and penalities as though tie naa auiea a civiiuea and cIirUcian citi2ea ThUU tmotrotti bjatieo tud Aund everywhere be corrected at once. The Yankees are missionaries ef evil-theyAT. eotm a of the whole human race; they have desolated m Urge portion of oor land and are seeking to lay measures to prevent that demoralizing inundation. The Georgia LcgUUture is , positive in its character, and conUmplates trial iud conviction tVl-jntn pTmilbment We would prefer , different mode. We are onder no obligations of kb(1 oak8 Uwf foT the protection of the scoundrel race. We. have only to modify our j n . hr examDtioc all the citizens of ncnu eoae. dv cxcoiiiuuk u Yankeedom from its protecting euusea, and then. . . .. if the some amonxr us and meet the fate of aheep- killing dog,.they will have no one io complain of but themselves. Richmond WVitV. ! filled with sptlcr itortt, and after all oar atn li4 helped themselves, the balance of thepooJi wcro f i ! t i n . i M rJ 11 u ' 1 if