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( V." v ' si ?iA 'AA v -.'Jr. f - . .... r- '.- ni -:K v : r ' $ 4 per joHnuin f THE OTHER. -"- v- i o nr1 x o ON THE .. ........ CHARACTER IS AS IlfPOBTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INPIVIDITALSANI) THE GLORY 07 THE ONE IS THE - COMMON PROPERTT OF WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET A; I ; r ( ' " M.Miy ADVANCE t CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1863. ELEVENTH T0tBIE-lTD HB EU CCff. Editor nd Proprietor. ...... ,i ' - .. - ' " IB m Tk JL. 1 "K 1 " r-V I in i ii ill ill I II -17 I - I I (3PubIihed CTery Tuesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES,: KDITOR AND PROPKIETOK. $4 IN ADVA.NUb. vV Ry-Transient advertisements must bepaidj'oria Rdfir Advertisements not marked on th manascripi f ,r a specinc time, will be inserted until forbid, 'and chartr.-'l accordingly. FIELD OFFICERS OF N. C. TROOPS. c Coi.ONF.LK. LJEUT.-COL'S. Majoiis. 1.1 A McDuwell. !ilam A JJrown, ' V If ("ox. ,'WS Staliings, James S Hines, : L i)-K.ss. ttI 4 Hrvaii Oriniri, 5 T .VI fiarr. tt Fs:i:i- I! A ViTV. S. D. Thurston, W M Parsley E A Osborne William J Hill, Sam McD Tate, Wui Lee Davidson Henry McRae Jaint'S H Wood .John WLea Robert F Webb, i llavwood. I Junius L Hill, .mIiI.mii v MSli;iv, J W Hinton, liak. r, 10) J A J Hradfurd, J ,C Ijrvt iit!ioii', 1J Sol. Williaiiw, .' A Hi . d M ScnlfS, O il i Ui viuii, S D Poo!'?, Win J Martin, I..,. II J no H Whitaker. Guion and Sparrow Egbert A Ross, David P Rowe, J no T Hambrick, J II Hyman W A Johnston W1I Yarboro', Win A Stovre, John C Lamb, It KT Ii'iintf, l." Win MacRa.', 1C .J S McElioy, 17j Win F Martin, 1 -1 Ths J Purdie, i.'U,Th'3. F. Toon. JljW W Kiikland 2i!janes Connor, 2:1 Danl II Christie 2li Win J Clarke, 25,11 M Riitl. d.r.", GW Hammond H DLee Thos II Sharpe. Foruty (i-org, W G RoViiuson, C M Audrews, WJ Stanly W S Rankin Laban Odell C C Blackuall, T D Love, WS Grady Nl-Lsou Slough C C Cole R I) Johnston, John L Harris, S C IJrysoii, '26 II K Huiirvvviin. 1 John Ii Lan J T Jones 7'j.Iin A (;iliii. i,ir.G F Whitfield J C Webb W B Creasman Wm W Silkrs, G D Coward, T W Mayhew J' SainnclD Lowe, W II A Spear CSo'Fran M Farkcr, JM'.Iohn V Jordan, :W:Ei! J Brabbl.-, :UjCi.irk M Avery, 3 i J W L J Low ranee ;." M W Ransom, 'M Artiilt-ry 157 Win M Darbor, William J Hoke, James T Kell, F. R Liles, W T Williams, Robt V Cowan, J L McDowell John (I Jones, detached Jiu Ii Ashcraft, John Ashford, F A Reynolds, detached companies, W (i Morris M M McLaughlin :!Jilavid Coloinan, 4')iAitilli II J.dmA Hak.r 4i ("J.-oi-jr." C tiibbs, Thomas S Kenan, 41, T C Sin. ltary. 4" J II Mon-h. ad, Jo JMvvard 1) Hall, 47;(J II Faribault, 4s Robert C Hill, 4'J I.e.. M McAfee. companies, John E Brown, Wm. G Lewis, T L Hargrove, C W Bradshaw Walt J Boggan, C M S ted man, J R Winston A C McAllister ' AD Crudup Albert A Hill P It Chambers J C Van Hook Jas R McDonald J Q Richardson, Andrew J Royd, Y L maunders John A Graves, S II Walkup, John A Fleming HO J A Washington, Geo. W orthain, .")! II MeKethan, C Ii Hobson ,V2 J K Marshall, Tl.Wm A Owens, r,ll.ICS McDowell, Marcus A Parks, J T Morehead, Jas J Iredell, K M Murchison, 'Anderson Ellis, .r.VJohn K Conally, Alfred II Belo M T Smith ;( 1 aul r r aison, f7;Arcli C Godwin, fM John B Palmer, r'. D D Fer. bee G G Luke, II F Scheuck, J atiies A Craige, J C Keener, Jas M Mayo, W M Hardy Henry Harding. I) G McDowell J II McNeill II C Jones, Jr., Wm W Profit, E Cant well m Jos A McDowell, Wm II Deaver, ;i Jas. I). Radcliffe, iWui S Devane, X K'obt. G. A.Love.'G W Clayton :jjVterG Evans. 9 B Evans, !ljL M Allen, James A Keith, (." iGeorge N Folk, The above Regiments are in the follow ing Brigades: (.Mingman's - Hth, olst, 5l t and (!lst. Cuoivt-'s lith, 7th, liJth and 4Mh. Vote's yyih. Daniel's 'J'id, 43d, 4:th, 50th and G3d. Davis" 5.rih. Hoke's Gth, '21st, 54th and f7th. Hampton's hx, (cavalry) I vi 1 son's :th, J 2th, 20th aud 2:?d. Lane s 7th, lrth, 2Sth, :$5d and o7tli. " W H F Lee's jyth, (cavalry) Pryofs 1st and 3d. Fender's l;?th. 16th, L2d, :54th and Ite'th. Pettigiew's Uth, 2fitb, 42d, 41th, 47th and52d. Uansoin's 24th, 2.rth. :5th, 4'Jtli aud uGlh. Jiamseiir's 2d, 1th, 14th and 'Mth. Robertson V list, 59th, aud (;'d. The Huh, 17th, yGth, 40th, 5th, GOth, G2d, Glth and Goth Regiments are not Brigaded. The )th, I9th, 41st, With, (3d and 64th are cavalry Re giniiiits. The Huh, oC.th and 40th are Artillery Regiments. In addifion to the Regiments, there are the following Battalions: Lieut-Col. Chas E Shober's infantry (l'or nieily Whatt.mJ Green'si; Maj J II Netheuutt's Ran gers; M:. R W Wharton's Sharpshooters; Maj John W Moure's Artillery; Maj W L Young's Artillerv; Mai Alex .ieuae s .viuu. i v; s0l ivter .Mallett s camp (iuard. Col. Win II Thomas has a Legion of Highlander: rs and Indians numbering over 1,,"U0 nu n, The Charlotte Mutual Fire Insur ance Company. td0NTI'N l KS t0 tlikc ,isks atr:lit ls by fi H Houses, Goods, Produce, 5c, at usual rate; ire, on 'retMnitM. B. TAYLOR. Vice President C. OVKIiMAN, Attorney JUS. II. WILSON, "'jf J' Tcas'r E. NYE HUTCHISON. DIRECTORS: A. C. STEELE, WM. J. YATES, J NO. L. BROWN, WM. JOHNSTON, M. B. TAYLOR, F. SCARR, CHAS. OVERMAN. Fx'cucin Committee F. Scarr, Jno. L.Brown, Wm ! J. Yates. 1 -M"il 10, 18G3. I WILLIAMS & OATES II? Yv o,! 'l.550'! with them in the Mercantile The siv E Til0",- V,usinpS3. LEWIS W. SANDERS. The stjle ot lUe hrm will hereaftPr h ereaftpr WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. AH persons indebted to the late firm of! NOTICE. v imams U.ttes will nlo,. ,.n , : Ve wUh to close our old buVine... l"e I up, as j Dec 9, 1?62 tf WILLIAMS & OATES. DR. J. M. MILLER Charlotte, N. C, ' Has resumed the Practice of Medicine, and can be found at his Office in the Brawler building opposite to Kerr's hotel, or at his residence. Feb. 25, 1862. , NOTICE TO DEBTORS. All persons indebted to the Estate of Patrick J. Lowric, deceased, are requested to call and make isa- me.iiate payment to , . SA.ML. P. SMITH, Dec 39, 18'. Attorney for Execulrir. t TO COTTON, PLANTERS. : . T hve been aopointed br-the Secretary of the ' Treasury, Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for v ; ., r,.-eA . f .n.nm.t ikin thf State of oNortn Carolina, and will pay for lie jamein 7 per cent Bonds or Cash. -; . Sub Agents visiting the different parts of trie Jstate, buying in my came, will have written certificates of appointment. - . - By order of the Secretary of the Treasury, all Cot ton purchased by myself or, my agents, on and after the 18th day of March, 1863, will be paid for in 7 per cent Bonds or Cash, and not 8 per cent Bonds as stated in a former advertisement. Up to that time, however, the 8 per cent bonds will be furnished as stated- - C s Patriotic citizens ere now offered an opportunity to aid the Government by selling to it their Cotton rather than to private capitalists. LEWIS S. WILLIAMS. . Charlotte, March 24, 1863 tf NEW GOODS. Just received, and will be MADE TO ORDER, or SOLD BY THE YARD, Super. West of England Black Cloths; Satin Finished Black Doeskin Cassimeres; English Grey Cloths, a fine article for Confederate Uniforms; Also, Confederate Staff Buttons J. S. PHILLIPS. March 3, 18C3 tf BLACK ALPACCA. Just received a superior lot of the above desirable Goods for ladies' dreeses, which will be sold at a very small advance on cost. J. S- PHILLIPSt March 3, 1863 tf SUPERIOR SEWIIYG SILK. The subscriber has just received an invoice of the vciy best ITALIAN SEWING SILK, which he offers to the public at I2h cents per skein. March 3, 1863 " tf J. S. PHILLIPS. NOTICE. All persons indebted to FULL1NGS & SPRINGS, by note or account, are hereby notified to call upon Wm. W. Gricr, ex-shcriff, and make immediate settle ment. J. M. SPRINGS. February 3. 18G3 tf Elogant SIaooq FOR SALE. Very neat French Calf Bootees for Ladie3. Pegged Calf Bootees (light) for Ladies. Gents' High Cut Scotch, neatly "made. Elegant pegged and sewed Brogans, double sole. A fresh arrival of Shoe-Peggs, to sell by the quart; sizes 4-8, 5-8, 6-8, 7-8. Also, a lot of Shoe Knives. JOHN F. BUTT, March 10, 1863 tf Mint Street, Charlotte. msSOLUTIOIV The copartnership heretofore existing under the name and style of STEVENS, SCHUTT & McLEAN, in the general Cabinet business, is this day dissolved by the withdrawal of I. A. McLean. The business will be continued at the same standby the undersigned, who respectfully solicit a portion of public patronage. J. H. STEVENS & CO. February 3, 1863 tf State of North Carolina Gaston Co. Court of Pleas y Quarter Sessions February tcrm 1863. Elizabeth II. Roberts, administrator of Moses M. Roberts, dee'd, vs. Joshua and M. 0. Roberts Petition to sell slaves for distribution. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the Defendants in this case reside beyond the limits of this State: It is ordered that advertisement be made in the Western Democrat for six weeks, commanding said Defendants to appear at the next term of this Court, to be held on the 7th Monday after the 4th Monday in March, 1863, and plead, answer or demur to this pe tition, or judgment pro confesso will be entered against them. 59 W. D. GLENN, C. C. C. Carriage & Wagon Shop, The subscriber, successor to Mr Charles Overman in the Carriage and Wagon making business, respectfully informs the public that he will promptly execute all work entrusted to him, and he solicits a share of pub lic patronage. , REPAIRING of all kinds will be particularly atten ded to and done at short notice on reasonable terms. Send your work to Overmen's old stand and give me a trial. A. H. CRESWELL. Charlotte, Jan'y 13, 1863. y At the Medical Purveying Department in Charlotte, A large number ef BOTTLES and VIALS, for which the highest cash price will be paid. JAS. T. JOHNSON, Surgeon and Medical Purveyor. January 27, 1863 tf WATCH AIVD CLOCK SIKES & GRAY having commenced the Watch and Clock Making business in Charlotte, in the Parks Building, nearly opposite Kerr's Hotel, will be found ready to repair Watches. Clocks and Jewelry at short notice and on reasonable terms. Also, Engraving neatly and handsomely executed. AH work warranted for twelve mouths. SIKES & GRAY. Feb 17, 1863 yr WILKIJVSOft fc FARGO, GROCEKS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Augusta, Ga., i Having large close Storage accommodations and long 'experience, solicit consignments of Produce and Mer 1 cuaudize for sale. J Refer to J. J. Blackwood, Esq, Charlotte. January 27, 1863 3mpd AOTICE. wisn to Hire 10 or 15 neerro men to chop wood. aso wanl to purchase five or six negro men. TW 10 c-UniK. ' r - f Rm nrenared to east nmrhino irnna nf All kinds. hollow-ware, salt pans, $c cash. July 22, 1862 lj-pd, Orders solicited terms J. W. DERR, Spring Hill Forge j , S30 REWARD. j The above reward will be paid for the apprehension of Dulin Starns, a member of my Company, when de- j livered at Camp near Fredericksburg, Va., or wherever j the Company may be stationed. Said Starns left the Camps near Richmond, Va, about the 10th of July last without leave. He is about 30 vears-old. about 6 .vet uigu, aark. uair, brown eyes and dark complexion. He is supposed to be lurking in the vicinity of Harris burg Mills, S. C, or Charlotte, N. C. ' ' By order of Col. W. M. Barber. - - W. M. STITT, March 1.0, ?G3 6tpd Capt. Co. I, 37th N. C. Reg. CHARLOTTE, N O. NOTICE. Our terms are four dollars per year in advance Individual or local shinplasters will not be 1 re- ceived. When sent to us they will be beld subject tft the sender's call, and not returned by letter. ay The Democrat will le discontinued to all j4cW - bert at the expiration 'ion 0 the ttme for u-Inch tt u Those who want to continue mutt renew before or at the ez- piralion of their time, - ' FINANCES. It is a gratifying fact, that the plethora of money is beginning to abate the absorption of currency, for the eight per cent, bonds, lias become so visible, that borrowers cannot procure money from many of the banks, which are obliged to retain funds with which to pay their depositors. The consequences to be expected, are a stringent rnocey market and an abatement of the enormous prices wnicn nave prevaneu. xi me eueui ui mis absorption should be so great at the present moment, when the reduction of the currency is so manifest by the voluntary action of our citizens, what will it be when the tax bill is passed, and the withdrawal of currency is forced in the pay-, ment of taxes? That speculators and imprudent men may be ruined by a sudden collapse iti prices is evident, aud the former will have no sympathy whatever. The volume of currency has at no time exceeded 500;000,000. Of this it may be safe to calculate that ' 200,000,000 are now withdrawn and funded. The tax bill is variously estimated as productive of from 200 to 300,000,000 of revenue. Take it at the lowest figure, and what will be the effect of the withdrawal of 400,000,000, or half the remaining currency? Inevitably, a most astounding depression in the price of every commodity. There is a mistaken impression that this withdrawal will be only temporary, and that the fund will reach their previous channels, through the disbursements of the Government; and that the volume will .still be increased by. the addition of 50,000,000 monthly. The Government has no right to re-issue the Treasury Notes which they take in. They cannot issue a depreciated currency, and these notes would clearly be less in value, because the period during which they could be funded would be much shorter than that of the new Treasury Notes of April 6. Therefore, it must be borne in mind that the money withdrawn from circulation for taxes can only be replaced gradually by the disbursing officers, and that from the period of its absorption, six or eight months must elapse before the volume can possibly be so great. And this also upon the supposition that no more bonds shall be sold. By law, the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to fund notes, so as to endeavor to keep only 175,000,000 in circulation. Yhether he will display the genius necessary, is yet to be developed. With money in plenty, prices are necessarily inflated. With a stringent money market, they must invariably collapse. Upon all these facts, there is the additional one of the eagerness with which the Confederate loan was sought after in Europe, at 90 cents upon the dollar, and the premium paid making it from 94 to 95 cents. The reaction . must soon commence, and when the news oflhe failure of the iron-clad fleet before Charleston reaches them, the financiers of Europe must feel a sfill greater confidence in Confederate credits. Columbia Carolinian. A CHAPTER IN HISTORY. A correspondent of Medary's Crisis, of Colum bus, Ohio, revives the reminiscence that in 1803, on the purchase of Louisiana, the following resolu tion was adopted by the Legislature of Massachu setts: "Resolved, That the annexation of Louisiana to the Union transcends the constitutional power of the Government of the United States. It forms a new Confederacy, to which the States united by the former compact are not bound to adhere." The Government is here pronounced a compact between the States, and from : the right of seces sion or withdrawal for just iuse results as a ne cessary logical deduction. In 1811, on the bill for the admission of Louisi ana as a State, Josiah Quincy, Sr., said and after being called to order committed his remarks to writing : "If this bill pass, it is my deliberate opinion that it is a virtual dissolution of the Union and that it will free the States from, their moral obli gations. And as it will be the right or all so it will be the duty 01 some definitely to prepare for a separation amicably if they can, violently if they must." John Quincy Adams, in describing the Federal disunionists of Massachusetts, says among other reasons for dissolving on the annexation of Louisi ana was the following: . "That it was oppressive to the interests and de structive to the influence of the Northern section of the Confederacy, whose right and duty it was, therefore, to secede from the body politic, and to constitute one of their own." The same State declared that the admission of Texas would relieve her from all further obliga tion to remain in the Union. First in maintain ing the doctrine of secession, and first in nuHfica tiqn of the Constitution and the laws, it is in per fect keeping with her character that she should be first in making war to the death opon any other community which presumes for any eause to dis solve the "glorious Union." Plenty in Georgia. la a di ecussion in the Georgia Legislature, Mr Moore, of Thomas, denied that there was any scarcity of provisions in Geor- ! hnf n tha inntnirw h a affirme that there WaS hut, on the contrary, he affirms that there was me greatest aounaance, Transportation muuc uc- ing ncccessary to make them availiable in every part ot the State. There was no cause whatever, f ne sa$ for panic or apprehension, , . , - -:4pi u Governor Stanly (the traitor who presided over the Yankees and negroes at Newbern N. C.) i i i zyJTu n-inioin. i Rnndw" n tivfi nf thi State, and an ultra abo- litinnisK rn Rn.-.nAii him. Gocidloe was connected editorially for a while with the "Era," an aboli tion sheet published at Washington, D. C. 1 SOUTHERN ACCOUNT OF , THE AT- 7 -TACK ON CHARLESTON. ..The en em j are now beginning to let the truth come, oat, which proves that they were badly whipped in their late attempt to take Charleston. , J wjjj geen ttak theJ ha(j ma(Je pparat,, to ; , , P . i ? r!uu " ca&e lucJ wc euccessiui u 1 PMog the ; Forts. . The correspondent of the Iltw lark Tribune, y who was on board - the Ad- j tnirars i flag-ship during the ' bombardment, fur- r .21su.es we rouowing interesting particulars : The iron-clad squadron, convoyed by a number of gunboats, arrived off Charleston on the morn ing of the 5th inst. In the course of the after noon the channel across the bar was buoyed out by the coast survey steamer Bibb and the Keokuk. It was intended to cross the bar Jh at afternoon, but a high wind arose, which induced Admiral Dupont to postpone , crossing till the next day. Toward evening the Patapsco stood in close to Light-House Inlet, to protect the buoys. It was expected that she would draw the fire of the rebel batteries, but she anchored ; inside and remained unmolested all night.. . In the evening, the Admiral issued his order of battle. The plan of the attack was to move the iron-clad . squadron up the main ship channel, without noticing any fire of the Morris Island batteries, steer directly to Fort Sumter and engage its northwest face, at a distance of 600 or 800 yards, the fire to be aimed at the centre em brasures. The line of battle to be as follows: Weehawken, Passaic, Patapsco, New Ironsides, Catskill; Nantucket, Nahant and Keokuk. A squadron of reserve, consisting of the Canan daigua, Housotonick, Huron, Unidilla, and Wissahicon was to form outside of the bar, pre pared to come, if necessary, to the support of the iron-clads. . r Early on the morning of the 6th inst , Admiral Dupont and staff transferred their quarters from the steamer James Adger to the Ironsides. About 8 o'clock a general signal to get under way was "given. Some fears were entertained of grounding when crossing the bar, but all the ves sels got over safely and came to anchor directly Opposite Light-House Inlet. It waa deemed necessary to await the ebb tide in order to dis cover more readily the obstructions. The fleet was expected to be able to move to the attack at 1 o'clock, p. m , but at that time a thick fog had risen, concealing the shore lines, the guidance of which the pilots, among whom were three colored volunteers and Robert Small, required fur safe steering. -1 The Admiral then reluctantly post poned the attack to the next day. During the day a ' brigade of Gen. Ferry's division worked its way up Folly Island, estab lished itself close to the beach and opened com munication with the fleet. No portion of the land force got nearer to the point of attack, and all were obliged to play the part of ear-witnesses. Nothing was done during the remainder of the 6th. On the morning of the 7th the fog was still thick, but by 9 o'clock it had nearly cleared away, and there was no further cause for delay of the attack. Up to 12 o'clock preparations for the conflict were continued on all the iron clads. At 1 p. m. the pilot of the flag-ship at last de clared himself ready to move. The signal to get under way was made, and at fifteen minutes before 2 the whole fleet was in motion in the order given above. At 2J o'clock the batteries on Morris Island had been passed by the first four Monitors without drawing the fire of the enemy. Shortly before three o'clock the Ironsides showed dis obedience to her rudder, her bow swinging to the strong ebb tide and threatening to bring her on the shoals to her right. She was, therefore, com pelled to come to anchor to stay her course. Meantime the first four Monitors had contiuued on towards the fort. The enemy allowed the Weehawken to come within five hundred yards of Fort Moultrie, when two shots across her bow from this fort opened the action. The Ironsides had again got under way and ap proached within 1200 yards of Fort Sumter, when she became once more unmanageable and was again obliged to drop anchor. The Monitors ahead of her had then reached the converging point of the fire of Cumming's Point battery, Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie and a work between Fort Moultrie and Moultrieville, known as Battery Bee. A sheet of flame and volumes of smoke, ex tending from Morris to Sullivan's Islands, inau gurated what has been undoubtedly the most terrific cannonade of the whole war, if, indeed, it was ever equalled in the history of the world. . A perfect torrent of shot and shell was poured upon the Monitors, ; wrapping them sometimes almost in spouts of water thrown up by the striking projectiles. . ' The Monitors continued their way, replying vigorously from their batteries to the enemy. They passed the norih-aast face of Fort Sumter, but when they came near its angle with the north western face, they mr.de out at a short distance three distinct line of obstructions, consisting of floating logs, with torpedoes attached, and net works of cabels, held perpendicularly in the water by weights. The Patapsco got foul of one of them and could not make her screw work for some fifteen minutes, but finally got clear. A torpedo ex ploded close to the bow of the Weehawken, with out, however, doing any damage. The vessels all steering very heavily, the nar row passages through the line of obstructions could not be reached. After several vain attempts 1 the four vessels turned about and steamed back, y. ' r 0 c - . down the harbor, all the while sustaining a heavy ( - . , j .Damage done to the Iron-Clad. The lilt?. fco uaa ner uu-pounaer x 6uu u.1Cu u. its own recoil early in tne actzon. jine turret oi ! the Passaie was bent in, and cramped her 11-inch: gun so as to Prevent its working. Shortly after- g w p ? . olv- aml he logt f r f turret stopped revoivin0, ana sne lost all offensive power. The Ironsides tad, meantime, vainly struggled The rebel gun ners findiDg her a fixed mark plied her freely with 6hot and shelL . Her position was such that she could not bring her broadsides to bear until about j four o'clock, when she got an opportunity to de ! liver her fire at Fort Moultrie " ' This was the only offensive, demonstration 'made by her during the action. When Admiral Dupont found that he could not readily move the Ironsides, be signaled to the fonr iron-clads behind her to pass ahead and go to the sopport of the four vessels already engaged . In ; trying to : pass by the Catskill and Nan tucket they brushed the Ironsides on the port and stsrboard sides, but after 'awhile managed, to get away and'moved on." They and the Keokuk and Nahant eanie under the concentric range of. the forts and batteries at about the time the other four Monitors were turning back. They neverthe less advanced with their guns at work briskly past the northeast face of Fort Sumter, until their course was likewise , impeded by obstructions. The Catskill, Nantucket and Nahant received the united fire of both Forts Sumter and Moultrie. The Keokuk had steered a little more to the left, and for awhile received the fire of Fort Sumter alone. She fired the gun in her forward turret but three times, when it became disabled. Iler after gun could not be brought to bear effectively and was thus rendered useless. After continuing under the united fires of all the forts and batteries for about three-quarters of an hoar, nil the Moni tors arid the Whitney Battery camo back in obedience to a signal from the flag-ship. The Ironsides had already dropped back some distance out of the range of Fort Sumter. At 5 o'clock the entire fleet was oat of range and the action ceased. The "Devil" lost A description of the nonde script. The Ericsson raft, known as the Devil, was attached to the bow of the Weehawken, but proved a hindrance instead of a help, by embarras sing the steering of the Weehawken. The mon ster torpedoes intended to be connected with the raft were not used, as they required delicate hand ling, and fears were entertained as t? their success. The devil was lost the day after the fight and wash ed ashore. The devil is a large raft of timber, se curely bolted together; in width about the same as one of the Monitor batteries, and extending some thirty feet forward of the battery's bow, which fits into it, and is then secured to the ring bolts on deck. At the extreme forward part of this raft and under the water, strong iron stanch eons point downwards to a few inches below the bottom of the battery. These stancheons are se cured by iron braces which run back at an angle to the after under side of the raft. At the bot tom of this .network of braces and stancheons are placed two rods on which rest several torpedoes, together containing nearly a thousand pounds of gunpowder. Ir connection with this are ham mers, which, when acted upon, strike percussion caps, exploding the several torpedoes instantly, and, of course, causing a ruptuie of anything they may come in contact with. Discontinuance of the battle. It was the inten tion of the Admiral to renew the attack on the next day, but when the reports of the commanders were received, that two the Keokuk and Passaio, were fully, and three, the Patapso, Nantucket and Nahant, were partially disabled, the Admiral de termined to desist from a continuance. In this decision he was sustained by the unanimous opin ion of the commanders of all the iron-clads. Terrific scenes The damage donethe firing on both sides was good, and the thunder of the cannonade terjific. The striking of the heavy missiles used by the rebels against the sides, decks and turrets of the monitors', the reverberations of ttieir own monstrous guns, the plunging of shot and shell into the surrounding waters, the dense smoke, now hiding the forts and batteries from view, then broken by sheets of flame, the uncer tainty as to what new obstacle or infernal machine might be encountered by the iron-clads, the diffi culty of properly maneuvering the vessels, the anxious suspense of the inhabitants of the iron boats as to whether victory or defeat was to crown their efforts all this made the scene one of an paralled intere&t and excitement. No words can convey an idea of the terrible fire. The Monitors were hit from twenty to sixty times each, with the exception of the Keokuk, which, from her more exposed position, was struck by not less than ninety shots. Her turrets were penetra ted a number of times, and her hull, at the water mark, showed nineteen holes. She was only kept afloat by plugging and pumping, until next morn ing, when she sunk on the bar, in eighteen feet of water, her colors still flying. All on board were saved, but all losing every thing they had. The Ironsides was hit from fifty to sixty times without material damage. The enemy used only shot of the heaviest cali bre. The most destructive of their missiles were of English manufacture, principally Whitworth's steel-pointed projectiles. - Eleven large holes, apparently running through the walls some of which were about three feet wide were made on the east side of Fort Sumter, showing that our fire was not altogether ineffectual. The Monitors fired altogether about 150 rounds. The numerical weakness of the land force ren dered their direct co-operation in the attack im practicable. Upon the navy devolved the main share of the work and all the fighting was done by it alone. When your correspondent left the scene of con flict two of the Monitors had sailed for Port Royal and the others were to follow. W suppose the above account is in the main correct, but we all know that the statement that one of their boats passed Fort Sumter is not true; neither did the enemy knock eleven boles ia the walls of Fort Sumter. m. x -xr 1. TT 1 1? .'it. I iue xrw a or iieraia, speaaing o ..u.r. j me vu him -b"-v of Yankee prospects as follows : . . The rapulse of Admiral Dupont s iron-clad fleet at Charleston indefinitely postpones, we suspect, ; the resumption of active operations against me re- trace a aireetiy to mis Diocaeae-runuiogj ana ua bel strontrhold." The door will doubtless be kept ! less it is soon stopped, the vator of our soldiers,- more closely guarded then heretofore, against En-', clisb blockade runners, with their "aid and com fort to the enemy: buv a tne sicxiy summer season in a few week will revisit the Soath. Car olina seaboard, we conclade that nothing but some overwhelming Union successes in other quarters will secure the capture of Charleston before the return of the malaria LUUag frost of autumn. Indeed, it is bread! hinted in a leading abolition journal thai the idea of, a' cruahinff rrin eani paign pas Been .aomnaoota ai tvasoiogion, ana that probably oar military operations, nnul the end of the summer will be limited to pegging a little here and pegging a little there, as the occasion, may invite ordemand. , "9 , ; , , - - "The' failure. at . Charleston, together itft!. thd failure at Vicksburg, to gain any; decisive advan tage over the enemy aa, at all eTents, put aa end to the late confident expectations of . the country in regard to a vigorous" and decisive prosecution of the war."; '.. , ,. ; ' . . .i .. QEIT. HILL AND THE TRAlTOIl STANLY. ; The New York Herald of a lata date pnbUshoe a letter from Gen. D. II. Hill to the traitor Stanly, at Newbcrn, N. C. We give Gen: Hill's letter as follows. It will be seen that he makes the fur fly, though we doubt the propriety of engaging in correspondence with such a man as Stanly ; ; Goldsbo&o, C ,' March 21, 18G3. His Excellency K. Stanly, Military Governor of North Carolina: ' - Sir A letter from yoa to Msjor-General French has been referred to me a his successor It was with deep t mortification and pain I per ceived that a son of the proud and honored house of Stanly should so far forget his noble lineage as to descend to low abuse of his own, people tot the sake of pleasing' his Yankeo masters, It ia true that some houses were burnt in Plymouth Ly Con federate troops. ; It is alleged that it was done to oust some Yankee thieves and marauders who had taken shelter in them. I hope that this is so, and that the act was not' one 'of wanton wickedness. It is plain, however, that if the Yankee scoundrels had been .it home attending to their own buviness, Plymouth would not have been disturbed. .The harden of the sin rest, therefore, upon thp brutal invaders of a peaceful and peace loving people. May I not hope that Your Excellency, the Military Governor of North Carolina, having re buked Con federato atrocities, will devote a portion of your valuable time to.the excesses of the infernal Yankees. In the gubernatorial "peregrinations of your Excellency from Currituck, to Cherokee -the seaboard to the mountains you must have been atruck with the remarkable fact that thera are more houses burnt in a few eastern counties than in all the rest of the great State over which your Excellency presides. It is observable that the counties so desolated are tboe in whieh the Yankee frienJs cf vour Excellency have been able to penetrate. 'Tour Yankee master, Foster, is accustomed to make raids whenever he learns that his forces exceed the Confederates five to one. Your Excellency is well aware that the path of this murderorand : freebooter has ever been marked by the glare of 'r burning churches, school-houses, private residen- f. ces, bsrns, stables, fences, &c, &c. Your Excel- i lency may have some infloeoco with these brigands, ' ' and a gentle hint to them that this may not bo .j the best way of restoring the Union would doubt- j I less meet with their respectful attention. North Carolina ia peculiarly happ'y to have two ( Governors in this saa cruris. Her civil Governor ' ' at Raleigh has often bared his bjeom to the deadly . bullet in defence of his native State.' ' Her mili tary Governor has not thought it prudent to ex pose his gubernatorial person in' battle. It is to be hoped, however, that when be has organized bis negro brigade, bis Lxcelicney, the military Governor, will (having lsid in an abundant supply ; 4 of ottar of roses and eau de ccrbgnc) put himse tmself . at its head, and strike for his own, his native land. . ' '''-'.':.;, The parallel between . Governors suggests another between Generals.' There was a Yankee general named Arnold, who turned tory. There was a Southern general named Washington, who was a rebel. The British honored the rebel and despised the tory. North Carolina has a civil Governor and a military Governora rebel and a tory. Mean as the Yankee are, they respect the ' former and loath the latter. , ' .' In conclusion, permit me to awureyour Excel lency that, with the distinguished consideration (j due to your exelU-d position, I subscribe myself , i your obedient servsot, - IX. II. HILL, , " Msjor-General, Confederate States Army. ' - Stanly replies to tho above, in a very abusive letter dated March 27th, and winds op by saying that he is about leaving for his distant home in , California. The villain has fled from the wrath to come. Tun Timm is TNNtt8KK.-iloicncransl is trying to out Herod the Beast of New Orleans ia diabolism. Everything is taken from the inhabi tants and negroes foreed away. Ooc old and high ly respectable eitir.cn of Rutherford county, named 1 . Drake, has been sentenced to be shot, bcaose of ! , some lie invented against him by bis negroes. The ; sentence has been carried into effect. '2ittleboys ; no over fourteen or fifteen are arrested and sent to Camp Chase. , . , . , jj mm t ( i ; niOH PaiCEJ. Ten shares of Bank of North-, , Carolina stock were sold at auction in FayctterUle . at $150 per share- Par $100. BaT A correspondent of the FavcttevUle Ob-1 fterver, writing from Charleston says:' j "There is a noticeable fact connteted with this ) blockade-running business. ' A vessel with a cargo of real value to ns such as arnn, clothing, tnaoi- tions of war, salt, &t.; tte.ia Imot.t sure to be1 caught; bat those briogiog VanJree axi. such as1 ' j calicoes, fancy goods, yt tic, aluxut invariably ,hroosh; ZltfJ ount. latelyof b blockade running, connrms tnis; and it u so puio a case a,- to demand the, serious attention of car authorities.' One tbing is certain the wild xasaia of apeeula-f tioo and the depreciation in cur currency tnsy.b- the sagacity of oar leaders and the patriotism ol -; our people vnu not serve to ccp.u iivm mm-1 black and irretrievable ram: I am not aiano ic . . Sf the belief that we,' as i nation, would hare bcerf letter off to-day if the yankeo blockade had tec effectual' from-the beginning' , 4 4 il. i I t t! 1 V r . .4; S 4 i ? f.I : i I, r; c 1!
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 28, 1863, edition 1
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