^Pl
THK WAB PENNSyr-VANlA
The l^*r.•r^l•urg
extnicls
evening of t\ie *'111 ii.st;- -
THE RKTRKAT »K LKE.
We nubliih this atterooon a number of impor-
taot de.-ipa:ches from the Army ol’ the rotomac
in relatioD to the rebel retreat. It seouis that
Gen. Iie«, after the terrible repulse of his army
We drove the enemy
half miles b*.
FROM THK NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS. !
COB.RK*i’ONDKlICS OF rflK FATCTrEVILLB OBSKKVKK. 1
'Camh nb*r Kicumonii, July i- i
Messrs. Editors; TtiorH ia now n prospect for some i
The f.ieiuy hti« o& i
, j . .. appiireutly ilesijsniDg j
position was on a fortUied mountain, up whicu t,,rc«. We ave encamped ae>tr the meraora
IK land lasting two hours
I k f 11 • ! fVirnii.rii (Jettv'-'burK miles bo
B Kxp.es. n,.Le. .he following | ^ > .-;,i,urg *« cp.ureJ .heir wound
.0 IJultiuiore A.ner,ca„ ol .l.c >
etl—3,500 in number. p l, n i »rinmj Kicln»t>U'i
Tlie enemy are said to have fouj^ht wollj their i p^oju^ul* for sever.il d
I’he lii'hting continued
in" six miles in lenath.
springy, thinly settleil with indinerent society; very
on
the
putin^
lUaiaport
cinity
palled to retreat on tlio ruad.s
burc and probably to»ards the
South .Woudf'tin He will there find to dispute
bid further pruu'ross, to-day. Gen I'rench’s force,
a portion of tren. lleiutielman's troops, and con
siderable reinforcements from Schenck’s depart
ment. Gen. Meade is also in close pursuit, and
will reach Frederick this afternoon. The water
in the Potomao is too high to ford with cannon or
wagons, and it is more than probable that such
portion of his army as escapes, will be little more
than a disorganized rabble.
Just as we go to press we learn that the rebel
retreat is towards Williamsport through Ifa^ers-
tjwn by several roads, and that b’redericlt and
the South Mountain are held by a large Federal
force. There ia a probability of another battle at
or near Antietam.
Thf L.iifi.* -^The followini' was obtained on
Monday morning from the Headijuarters in Bal
timore:
Adviees from the army up to - p m . on Sun
day, July •’>, situto that Gen. Moadu’s Ile:ultjU:'r-
ters would be at Creajicrstown last night, and
were to be in Frederick to-day
Gen. Meade has telejijraphed that lice’s army
Ls retreating in wild confu-ion. Kvery available
man in Baltimore and Wa^hin^ton is being hur
ried to Frederick to intercept l^ee’s flying and
demoralised troops. A irreat battle will proba
bly come off to-morrow, which will doubtless be
a finality, as (»en Meade’s forces, reinforced by
Gens. Couch, Schenck and FleiutZflman, will be
near])’ double Lee's army
mompiit th*y agree to |uit it. Speaking of r»oriiiting, j
though, relaillJ^^ mw of some little inoiJenta that occur- ,
rt»'l a!) 'Ut (hft buginniii;? of tbp m\r whon we all did not j
have «.s .imoh s«-nse as we have n»w In those d*ys j
rtTpry'ioiy t,h*t coBJiiderfil him:!i('lf •'Homebody” had re- i
cruiliiig p-ip r! from ihe governor t.) a compaay, j
and many wer;* h»t!ciion«, legiouii, &o., aeteral |
of which pi)ierpri"e« have beta “r»*ed” long ago. Well, j
••Long (irab.s’’ he i h"nghr ho woul 1 r*i8e him a company. ,|
He got a trunk full of hlauks, muster rolU, pay rolU, j
descriptive rolls, A3. kc., and el orwera, and goes ac
cordingly to a big militvi meeting or muster, at Eliii-
bethlown, where h« ratft up with Josh from Wilmington
on the biiiniiic'S. only moro so Now at that par
tioiibtr timu Jirid pl-K^e 1 knew aotio'ly but Josh, and Jo«h
he kapw u*jl>olj but me, con^*v^ueMtly we wor« very
thick. We oonjlii I-.-1 to form the acqii*>'i*an:e of 9e»-
OENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
The following is a list of the acts and resolutions
pasa«d at the late seasion:
Acts.—In relation to payment of taxes, and to
authorize the Public Treasurer and other officers
of the State to fund certain issues of Confederate
Treasury notes in seven per cent, bonds of tho
Governmeat.
Concerning fe»M of I’ublic Register of Mecklen-
bur>{.
To authorise R. G. Tuttle, late Sheriti ol Cald
well, to collect arrears.
In regard to holding Courts in Jones County.
To umoud “An act in relation to the supply of
mense f trtifications ol the enemy.
Our loss is estimated at ten thousand. Botwecn
three and four thousand ot our wounded are ar
riving hero to-night. Every preparation ia being
made to receive them.
General Scales and Pender have arrived here
wounded, this evening.
The whole ot the yankee force was engaged in
the list three days’ fighting. The number is em
timated at one hundred and seventy-five thousand.
The hills around Gettysburg are said to be
Crtvored with the d^ad and wounded of t)ie yankeo
army the Potomac.
The fighting ol these four days is regarded as
the severest of the war and the slaughter unpre-
eedented; especially is this so ot the enemy.
'I'he New York and Pennsylvania papers arc
reported to have declared for poaee.
WlNCHKSTKR, July 7—Gens. Heth, Pender,
HikkI, Anderson. Scales, Pettiirrew and Semm»^s.
ari’certainly wounded (Jens Barksdale. Anni-
tiad, (Jiriieft and Kemper arc killed .Vl
tilty field otiicers have been wounded
We have n«)thing later than Saturday evening
from the battle field at Gettysburg. All are con
fident of our final succe?-)
hundred had called for the sam" thiujts bef..r«* me. At
the very insunt that uhe heard ‘•buttermilk” shp
Btraipiitpued herself up an 1 turnine to m.> ommenced
I in the most excited and rapid voice 1 ever beard »8
\ follows: “I haven’t got nary cow, and she’n gone dry
j anyhow, and hoyides we only got milk enough for our
own use, and the soldiera has just tak»vi anJ utampel
down everything; th»-y broke down ray hi'n hMUSe an I
took every srinel ' obiok“D and all my duok.i, and they
burnt up the fence and pulled tlown me garJ«n an i
Htole th« Iritih pctaioe-» and n«y peas a;>d my ra-^pberrit-s
and my cb.?rrie8 aid they trod down the cthhiige plants
and I don't know what we are to d» nor whit will be-
ooni*f ^if us. and they killed iiiohI all my hogs and broke
into me •*Dioke hoii‘*e aud irod d.ivtn ttie O'tts 'invl sinle
our buggy lines asd the uxo aud the water .iipper an I
dropp'sd the well bucket itiio the well au 1 I do-i’t kufiw
what upon eaxth we »re to d'>, siid they k!llel iwo of
our nheep too and the qu.-irternjaster or the general
sotue of thetn he conio and levied on our clover ti.-ld an 1
our wheat autl woulda’t p ly but hf»lf f ir'iat it, in
worth and they have t ikeu every thing :uiJ wo ^avn’t
g..t nothing, and they come all ov’r the wh^fe pUce
' night and d ly in gr >at dr^.ve i nt- t I’m sr, uHtfa y ind
? troubled so uiucli abour it till I'm n- jr u^out rua li,,--
:ui I obi mercy on g"P.; tv.i ,d tlio
ghu'juri n»w iittiT on.-of my lii'le ciiioii.-ii:* and I'm
just brok-; down a viinniug and a going coiistnnt to try
to *t..ve what little I’ve not au.i I lon't kuow what uu-
der neaven we are t*5 d > or how we arei i live, and '
and I hid got out of hoariu^ and left her. J’h** li*d
ani
cral iaiporf.anf, pe's.ina/eH *t once as the best means to . Salt.’’
.-lueceed in our ..v.j^ct.. So we managed in two or three . increase pay of members of the present Gen
eral Assembly.
To amend chapter 55 of Revised Code.
For relief of sureties of Josiah Hodges, late
SheriflF of Pitt.
To legalise certain disbursements ot the Treas
urer and to amend “An Act for the relief of the
wives and families of soldiers in the army."
To inQorporate the Gibson Hill Mining ^^om-
hour* to eet .iC(ju »nte I wi'-h all the “prominent men,”
who promise 1 u.s their iiifluenct;, wished ii9 suooess and
inviti'd us to “ciir on them if we ever passed through
ihe C')untrv We ihen brought out our documentB and
wilktd up to various indivi lualH and anked them to
vol.inteer. We dwelt on the glori-8 of war—p'lt^ioti^m
—tho plei'Ures of cafup -r-bountiss—how they would be
loade 1 down with clothing and rations and get their
doctoi’s biU pai I froe gr:iii:i for nothing. 4kc Imagine
i)ur 8'jrpri.it' ai> I disapp.iiniment when we found that
while we t;a l b; e i I'orm'n^ the iicquainiance of th*
••[>roni;!i‘nt men,” a pl »in ol 1 citiz ■», formerly a post
master. nMller. deputy .hentf ,;nu justice of the pcaoe | Trea.surer
i pany
AutUuruiug the Preeidect and directors of the
in that oonaty, bud g“ne roumi and got all thf volun-
,p, HI- 1 It: ’ .. I ionjr before reiumfd hi r sweipiuK wraihr'*ii.y «uj e.u-
rhe Pennsylvania people are calling toi peace j j,cr t.roou. ntie kept up a o.-^selesM
The Confederate Gen. Archer was captured by j nor ton^i;- I .-iippo.'-e she bus at' [.pc I by
the enemy. The yankee Gen. Graham i.s » r'^' MUis time I would .*.»ty any stag.-anor to speak as ra-
_ •, 1-..1. 1 r>idlT'iud varied with a.s n; ^ny emph tiio ge.-'urn8 as she
son r II O I s. renort of ft fi‘'ht ' * '"''1 alw^iys i'hy aivnind that pU«e httrea’ier.
\\ INCllK.Sl'EIt, Jtily^. i-L ., .ifr'l' of wh.it she said wi>i true ani is a corrt-ct j ic-
at Gettysburg on Sunday, in wiut; cap u ti . shataeful condui'.t of many soldiers, a.;auuga
arly double i..ce’s army. a lar^re number nt prisoner*, i- confirmed. ( iir j .-x igger-\ted slightly.
The rebel lo.-.^ec ate e.-iimated at L’O,(.>0(1. Our arn:v i« reported at llim.-rstown a-.d iToderick. | m.,,.., of d.-^ 1 yank.es ,n 1 r. nf. >ier*-. s have
I’iie cneuiY 0CCU{ i.'d M‘irvh iii llei lit-; yesterday ^ bi'(*n r-luid u-ir ::c-e. v.>.al .f iii.'sehivu beei.
ov,‘t,i-ag. ■'annotiadingtM. evening'towards Wil- ; .I'-nod a,.t it ,s found that the b-in-s are not cnur.ly
^ ' ifC Jii.1 ■ .,*•] \- r'porl^'d .1 I. s .m ’-il fri l dui
liaiiisport IS rt p.Tteil
Gen. Jenkins is wounded slightly. Meade is
reported kilied and McClellan in said to be in |
Command of the yanke«s
July 'J —The following unofficial !
troops in ex.-^ilc'u spiru
The rehoi> al ai'doned tluir v, 'unded and kiWed.
[Linco!" ha'- i .'iK'd a uuiigratubl tv .iddrcsn
to the !• 'a;i’i v, a,.A vh*. >".i ..n is j.ibilant at.
the ns»"iV>vv tiseApc vri..:’ l>.iltiuMro li;i^ n'ade
from tl'.e liat.ds of the rib.'i? ]
Latest from thf. Batur — From partiet*
who lelt thi. ba.tle field at 12 o'clock on Satur
day morning, we gather the following purticulara
of the flijjht of the encm);
The enemy is in lull retreat, demoraliised and
almost disurgtinized, leaving in our hands his
many thousands of killed and wounded.
The buttle of Friday was the most terrible to
the enemy of the three days’ conflict, and his re
pulse so complete and di.sastrous that Gen. Meado
aud the leading officers pronounced it to be final
and decisive.
Xever was there a more vigorous and deadly
assault than that made on our centre by Long-
•treet. It was a deadly btrugirle on the par; of
the euemy to break our lines, repeated and renew
ed a half doien times during the afternoon, in
which thev were as oltea repulsed, and driven
back with a loss of life unparalleled by any pre-
Tious battle in which they had come in conflict
with the grand old ari.iy of the Potomac.
Officers wh'> have been taken prisoners, admit
that the loss ot the enemy cf those in high com
mand, is fully e(jual if not greater than wo have
■ustained, but refuse to give the names ot those
who have fall, n
The men all felt that they had whipped the en-
emv. and .the iov w.xs i^rent Tlio tibimtii yt
id the iov w.-Ls i^rent Tho libpntii nr t
wry could be heard fur many miles, when th* en-
opa'i. .ii HI) i got tw .. J i.ar.s i i luilf lu
wt.ereajx.n ruivy othf-r.s Veg.^u to hunt ipvini*
T** »-.enoh ,»aerr* '.••u se gr»VM »t* beeu •p«u«J ia
• «id io be vp'j otfsnhiVft
The tr.)Ops here n 'W ■ire receiving isew clothing :nd
, 1 ' 1 ' 1 I- • . 1 * . I sti',,'s iwi n.,"i •'! tiey ire nlr«*lv w>>il clot icd. Tne
den'atch trom the telegraphic supermtondont at ,,„u.d now .re .f b.ie gray and r. somLle a
'* ’ * ‘ >si >t’ ihi cl.iibmg i.
'&[( for ;he ti.iioK. i’tie
ani un le^ciot bing i«
ost of toe bame articles
•}{ Kng'isi. :ii»'«ri\l >iril is i
entire -ui:. mclu l>ng t.h.i
BUppiiel at h‘S than hiif m
from mei'cn-inis t *t;.'rs
Tb«* ri:i '.s ..tvp .ils.) increa-*" 1 and ar^* uj* uiiif
p..und "f b»C'Ui, f ill r'\U' ns of i: ^'al >r hour, nee .iu.i
J.
Martinsburg wa.s rt^ceivud at the \\ ar 1 Popart- ■ ttie vauky#* unif .r’f
mcnt bait night
M.\rtins»oK(>, July M.
T(i Hun. J. .4. .SV hi'iii, S^i retitri/ >/ W ir:
From all reports we gained a decided and tell
ing advantaije over the e.iemy at Gettysburg on
Wednesday and Thurslay On Friday wecharg- j peas, with som- - .r Toe hcaita of the men u g
cd hi.s Woriis, and toot them, but were unable to I Tne Wfatni-r bas t.ofn wet and dist,{r.■ .■'ible
hold them, aud tell back towards Hagerstown, i ^
,,,, ,1 , . , , , >• I • .7 ,.1 : curre.l at .'south Anna bri.lge on tbo \ trgtnia t rntiai
1 here ha,s been but httlc fighting since then. So i o.-, ,,,,,, _So-h K.chm r.l L- -ol
tar the victory is on our side. e can now hear : n^rgr iv.-, Co .V, 44m t N ■ T , tougni n.o.si
cannotiading. and the report is that a fight is now j j^alUtuly ani de-per.ttly ag«iurt two cr three m.umud
going on at lia'.^erstown. liv’erything is so in- I ent-my h*. i Jtd not surrender mi on* ii* f th«ir
definite that it is impossible to form a correct idc# I “umber w i- killel and w.uu J.*J Lt i.oi f L
, c , i gr jve IS a t-»»vyer of (»r.iijv.ite county, a nieuiber of
11- ! t'onv. ntion in l^'il aud rais.-i a csi'ij-itiy lur the
i'OUr thousatri prHi)neri are now at W llhams- 441^ Keg't II-’ afierw,irds t.ecauie .Vlaj ’r aul iUv*a Li.
port, wn their way to liichmond. .Many of tho.se ! Col. ot ;bat R-g't Taere id n.x a HK.re Ligh lone 1
who were sliirhtly wounded were paroled today. 1 gentteniin ami ealUnt ?ol her in th? ^rmy
The .Vliittia *nl citiiens of it.ohmoud iiave been or-
ginii nic »nd .inlliug i s »w j, company ot htt.e boy-,
.'I.VRTI.N'.SULKU, July '5 —Large numbers of
prisoners are on the road to Richmond Skir
mishing is iToing on at lla-^.'r.^town, and a con
siderable fiirht took, place at Boonsboro’.
The Baltim 're Gaiette ot the *3th says .Meade is
wounded.
The same p.'^per states that Grant is iriicatiug
tVnni \ ifL'.ilMir r
Banks at New (.h'leans calls for reinforcements.
Loui.'iatia i» I'lat to the Vankc«s.
T.WKKi: nLTRAOK.S J> KINO WILLIAM
The Rev. William Spottswool Fontaine, a cler-
ir\ man of intelligcnee aud education, wan % few
lays ago the ..-A'tier of one of the largest and
hands.inie-t e.»uutry houses in King William.
His g^dens, ornani'‘tital grounvl* and orchards
were of unu'u:d e.xteiit and bea.ity. an 1 thu lovely
aspect ot his place was cjlculatej t>> disarm the
enmity of fiends His re'idenci^ wastirifortua ite-
toers—,« line tSO or 100 —t. r an .tber oomp iny 1 thought
the thing was out then, but it was thought proper aa a
la-ii res'Ti to m ike s )m ‘ d**specate war tjpeeoheu and
reJeem the lost fortiiii‘'S d Ihe day. Lt B of Fayette-
\illf WMS ihert* and iu-isicd on ihi» plan I and Jos»h
put ou our siudying cip*' b.-gun to thiuk over, ‘•victory
or d«“ath," •• Tis -wyeL to ii« tVir «ne’« country,” ‘•Optu
widt* ibf if »ie of Janus, ’ ’l.t't slip the dogtf of war,
and sut'ti I'He jtatri.iiic phrase.s Now 1 and J >(th want
e.l i 1' .'Mpiny ii.i.-.:*- 01 j.ist men puough to get a
‘•p .sish in iny ota-’r ooiupanv, an ) there was 110 j?al-
oii;-y U.,‘. weeu us 'rt>tr.- w ta .1 sort of a acrnuible for
the g »f)ds box whtn the lime came for speaking, aud Lt.
U 8u.co *dc 1 in mounting it first—I on one side and
Josh on thi- (ith.T, r-ft ly to t.ik^ the stump as soon ai
B would >)0 tl‘i .iu/h L*. r> had been in th.; battle of
Hothel and of c.>U"3.* h id seen a larg.T portion of the
«:’.«‘phT.ni m>iii I and Joh (I h.ii been-at Fori Sumter
'lilt tii 1 not likt* to iiientiou t!iat. «• u good tn-inj of the
people were pr^j tdlced ng Jnst JSouth Carolina ) B.
ma ie i*n oloju'lit an I p iiri.itio appeal ami closed by
s lying in "uhstanoe:) ‘ Fellow citi»en!i.' I hare
alr.-a ly stool ■.^mil'ht- carnage of battle and utaked
iHV lifv my f*rtu-»s. ^nd my SiCreJ honor for our
cati-^* on tiie >'!oo iy Aeld^ of l>ethel under the folds
of that proud fl>.g a- it tl ats >n the breei.* of lib«rty
ih I’ id*iv» ■ fr j.il l^e vu'.uy :oulli like the breith *f
in'pir iti.11, (pcjintin^ t« i i’^n'ederate Hig jU the top
of the (!m irt H. ii!-b ) I 'o -.*01 f>ay t ) you, “go”’ buV
“C'jrne" with nu- a- i l*-t u.s st*ti I or fjtil togvlicr under
that u .bU tia-iuer ” Ou ike s reufh of lbi« laid oat
blaak rvJa, ftui »ad iufc la abonlianfla. bot kwi-
laiiuf .f llart decllnad to walk apaad “«wear in”
aud •*si{:: or .'Xiake tieir cr.^et markit," but gradually
retreai' l in the .Iirecti ji> nt sun Iry aider carti and
w'.i.'k -y wtgo'i* Lt B r«m»rted (toUo ¥/Ct.) ••If
! ha i t:)'jiigh' ii >b)ly w uld volu.Tear I wouldn't have
j made a soeccu "It 1 and Josh exchan^«d flaaeet and
j oonoiu b i we would riive our reputation and extra sup-
■ piy of elo.j ii iice ali ) F trtha- speaking was poat-
I pou.*.l I a •! Jo.^h adopt'd the prevailing custom and
j to.k a dr ai b.u ii i njt "eel i\ a tprtt" aj tbe aong
I *-r--)i.eou''.y =tat-! i. We i>B^ 'r«d jei • little waile lonjer
I and wnii!',si-.l ma-iy S'range an',.ica that were aul up
j pr i.ni- • lou-i y am mg ihe hereinbafore mentionad wag-
. ■ li' ani wt* Hhook h;in:j4 cjntilentially ani parted —
i be for WiliiitniTi >n af»i I for the “tJreen I'oad,” •*with-
ou'. tlie I'lati I or gam; .'f a man " ‘•Thu*. eu'Saithf lir«t
1 l.;isjn ” Truly, LO.N’O (iRABij
! I' .* I take my p^n in han i to drap you thoae f«w
Iin.‘» to iiit'.nn you that I am well exoept a bad aolJ
I and two very sor? corns >'u rnj foot and hopinj you ara
: eitj 'Viog the sam.r blw«sing 1 remain sincerely and affeo-
: tioM It, ly Tvu ^ Very R-sp’ty. L 0.
. 1* .s N 15 T'.e weaih.T is very hot now. Thia in
; f.urth of July—, big day am mg the anjientg Toe
Y inkn pr. fenl to ce'-brat.* it saaie ati ever and I sup
pose rttill do s> up about I'iiamberiiburg and Vork and
. 1,’arlisle L g Q bt
To authorise tho Governor to aigo certain State
bond A.
To enable refugees and otbors to vote for mem
bers ot Congress.
To punish aiders aud abettors of deserters
To regulate payment of bounty to the represen
tatives of deceased soldiers.
Concerning the election of members of (’ongress
from this State..
For relief of S. A. Warren, Sheritf ot Nurth-
ampton.
To incorporate North'Carolina Stock Insurance
Company, Charlotte.
To incorporate Kernersville High School in
Forsyth.
To provide for the better protection of Sheep
To amend “An Act to charter the Shelby and
Broad River Railroad Company.”
To increase the salary of Public Librarian.
To extend time of making settlement with the
Agent of Cherokee kmds.
To amend chapter 00 of the Revised Code
To amend 70th chapter of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly for the session 1858-’50.
To repeal an act to protect the people against
•mall-pox.
For relief of parsons charged with double taxes.
To amend Revised Code chapter 21, Sec. 1.
Authorising county tru.stees to briugsuit in cer-
I i tain caaos.
Providing for local defence in this State,
lu relation to Militia aud a Guard for home de
fence.
Htiulutiom.—Thanks to Capt. Klliott, and to
•Maj. Whitford. Concerning Confederate Cur
rency. In favor of S. J. Crawford, W. H. Ram-
gay, A. C. J..atham, DpCarteret and Armstrong,
the Clerks and dourkeepars. Concerning Craven
County. To amend resolutions, entitled “Reso
lutions to raise a Committee of investigation of
Hailroads of the State.” Calling on the Governor
for information in regard to slaves detailed to
work on fortifications. Requiring the Adjutant
General to preoare a tabular statement of the
number of Conscripts and Volunteers in the sev
eral •ounties of the State.
emy retre tted, and was kept up to a late hour ot
the night.
During the evening a flag of truce arrived from
Gen. Lee, proposing, in his hypocritical manner,
a truce of 4'^ h >arii, as a measure of humanity, tc
afford time 11 bury the dead and attend to the
wounded. It was evident that the enemy mukt
at once retreat, and the propo.'-ition was rtgaracd
bj Gen. Meade as a mere ru^e to obtain tifUie to
push forward his trains towar.ls the river, and
■ecure a line of escape The proposition was
promptly rrjected, and an advance immediately
ordered an the town ot Gettysburg
The enemy slowly rctrcnted b^tore our cavalrv
and infantry, and by miduieht we were in tuil
poaseasion of the t.'wn and !»;c' battle ficid '.vith
out oppositi.in. L>uritig the niixh* *!0ont3 arrived
reporting that tli.j ..neiu , was ra;>id!y retreating
by the CTrecrjCif^tlc* ro'i.J fuwir'i'* Hnirt*r^tuwu,
and preparations weP’- at onc>? tnu tc fur piirsuit
at daylight. (_ avalry were also sent out to har-
rass the enemy, and at dayli:- It* a vi._or.nis attack
was made on the on 'ny - r- ;*r truard, which in
T&in attempte>l : . ; hr  k il.e pursuit of the flee
ing army.
The distance from Gettysburg to the Potomac
ie fully fO miles, and with tfie assistance of Gen.
French and the old garrison at Harper s Ferry,
■ umbering about L'ijOUO men, including most of
the Maryland regiments, who are uuderstood to
be properly posted to check his flight, we have
strong ho^s of being able to so operate on the
flawing re.{)el column, as to send it across the Po
tomac a aemoralized and disorganized mob.
Maj. Gen. Hancock is considered as the great
hero of l”riday’s battle. His corp.s met the tarri-
bl« assaults of the enemy without flinching, and
thaugh they lo t heavily it fought nobly. When
he fell severely wounded, the effect on his men
was to give them renewed determination to con
quer, and when they learned that their wounded
commander was .still watching them and directin.^
their movements, they fought like demons and
drove back the enemy, when ho renewed the aa-
•ault with the vigor of fresh troops, sending him
back to hit* lines in nuch a crijn.lod ooudUiuu that
all attempts to rally tlvem again were futile.
Up to 12 o’clock on Saturday night, the sounds
of cannon could be heard in the distance, as our
pursuing columns attacked the enemy’s rear, and
thotisands of prisoners and straggling rebels are
coming towards Gettysburg, with captured wagons
and cannon. In nhort, th. re was every evidence
that our victory wr^j its Q>icisive us it wus glorious
-—that the eneny was in disorganized fiigh„, ''ot- ,
ting back to \ irginia as rapidly as his worn-(;ut ■ f^'i»^lreds of yankee soldiers probed the gar
limbs and shattered horse flesh would carry him. ' "“ ■* "
uni oihtTi v,' nttin»*i oil tui-ii .'jj.iif o; sat? ''umpanu-s
wor»' drilling a '-w  veiung'* bino.* a sir-w.r 0 ime
up and the whole c .n-Kru, runij at. i iioistel um
brellas TUe Jrill-uj*r-tcr k'l 1 Wdlkel laeiu arouad to
ibe d'luud of “hep." Avoiding muJ hole- »nd pud liej.
Pr iV0!»: gutrd* hav.- tiecon. i nuiajtiioe. It ;s pro
per p«rthap- to hi»^ a im». t '
•— places Tne rt-galir pic^e. ur guar 1
of each array, p >■>; r d> pai : m‘u'u u f >r all
purp lie-*, or fuliy muc."! r«o as the i’rov ;; ru«rd It
is ah enorm 'i’K .'ipense to the lioverameui to keep up
80 -m^ny 1’ o»ost .dlioen* and iruv^ps, auJ iho I’rovjsi
gu»rJ doe* but lii.ie goo i in . wa.T.-. Tutrr em-. irr.iss
honest p'.'pl,' wbiie stirew 1 lu a ai.I •'.-ouulr.-is J.-Ig'-
them or i .ir*tiai« thems^ives irito ibeif g '■ 1 graj -s aud
-\rry ou i.ieir deviiment uua« ares. Tti** I’rov .«! .sv*-
i«m K«ep« a gr^a: ui«ny nble-boiied msn ou' of iiie »pr-
vic» If ; Kh p.»c?a m i-.: exti. i.>t w i au ldis
a'.'l.*! iddl'Tt 'ccujy them I'h.! Pr.>/i*l.s ■■I'teii gr*iify
pi '.Vit*; ia'iU:e t,*i 1 a*t« by krreptiug ui»'.i h. j I . u >i
I'.ke or putting tli.':i» tu iroubl.; i’aey don k it p rime
nor ail army n ir expel'.t»> lUo euf rje:i>.--'il ot
aKk^PoMUKifcc or tbk lATartKViLLB uBiaavaa
.“^iifTir Vniia HatuOfc & 1*. R H , July tJ
Mee^rs Ik iit .rs; .\U
lines of ihe .S )uth Au'
hioi ion
or ail *i ills apt e irc 1
o’cl >ck. m 0 tr fron;
j .pj-.ct t^i« moiaiag along th«
We c-'»brave.i ibe ■lih by an ex-
.» T .uit-ei ao ,‘u'. 12,000 strong
.■'iturlvk- aftwrnoon &bout 4
.ss tho riv^r. but did not oom«
Th« Yankci* in Duplin.—Neither the Court
House oor Jail was burned. The records of the
County were not disturbed, nor tho Female In-
Htitute moleated. They took some 20 horses,
from citiaen>i, and 24 cavalry horses belonging to
Capt. Lane’s company. They burnt the Sword
factory and two small buildings adjacent; took
about S 100,000 in Confederate muncj ifiat had
bei«n deposited in A Southerland’s safe, by dif
ferent pariiob, i20,000 ot which btdonged to the
Sheriff, or had beeu coll«ctod by him for taxes,
vtc. They also gutled tho store.s, throwing their
contents out to negroes, aud took all the money,
jewelry and watches they could anywhere find.
It is supp.)sed they carried out of the county
irove :n ur pickets *r: 1 m'tacte i -ur §k rm.iaar*, kud j about 200 negroes, 2U of them from the village.
cjmmenc«i te»r!n/ up ihe t.-ack, whereupon oar anil- | They, of course, did some damage to the growing
groans ; gropn by turning their horses into the fields. It
J in r*a>t* iiU a' >ut twii^ii-r t)ur position i« a very
1 -?iro3g one. j >vprnjg j’1 bl .;/iiuuntdiately in r«ar 01
* the K U bfi Ige We hil 0 p -.'ces of arlilUry, I'J pd
tiowitier.. an I o inoh r tlr i gu'i». so po«l*.i as to lubject
[ me a's^’.atus to a crou« Are. aal ctfectually coiaroau i-
: lug ail t;i.; >»ppr'.»eh^ The • i«;uy coiiim*uOMd ihe *t-
• ;»>!( from the Pouth bi.1.> of the riTer about aight-fall.
leiy open«d on i .ewi, dri»in^ ttieia b*ok with
f'i>m tiio w.un i -l heir 1 djstin:tly 250 yardi otf.
T tie V
is believed that Capt Lane’s men, about thirty in
ly situutei] near the hi.diw iy over which the tor- ' "r good or *er. Taere i a r. o'* mv.rc ijwig i
c>'S of Gen I>ix marched, when f^n route for the
uppf r part ot King \\ ;!iiam. His plantation
was the plact; of cncampTuent. tt)r several davs, ot
rhc yankee army. Mr Fontaine was absent from
K.iug \S illiam when the anemy were upon his
pl'Uifiiti'u. I'lU his wile and daughtors, wlio were
ut the mercy ol the enemy, endpavorad, by yield
ing to their demands for fo.>d, to prevent wanton
d-jsfi uction. Thousands ot hungry, clamorous,
brutal wreteho^ b >on devoureil all the stores and
household supplier. r’tie family was at last left
without food, but the terocious demands ot the
enemy increased, and f.jr two days these accom
plished ladies wore torc(?l tu endure the rudeness
and coarse insults of the yankees.
1 hey shot the sheep, hogs, cow^, oxen, and
fowls, and de.^troyed crops, agricultural imple-
Tuents, statile an-1 barn.s, of this urofl'ondinu' cler
gyman. Tiioy laid watjie his gardens, orchards,
and ornamental grounds, but tor a stiort tiiue re
spected his dwplling hou.se. At last, however,
they surrounded his house, yelling, cursing and
blasphemiij.;, a number of runaway negroes unit
ing with the yankee soldiers. They demanded
food and threatened the destruction ol the hou'>e
if the starving ladies did not furnish it. This
they did whilst they were roasting the sheep and
calves they had slaughtered. Mrs. Fontaine told
them that nhe had no more food, as they had de-
viiured all. With brutal and profane language,
they then commenced the sacking of the hou»e,
tho a/fright**d iadies having fled for protection,
waViout H chai.g« of clotUiMjr, to a neighbor’s. In
a lew honr.s tlw*y
the house. All of the costly furniture was broken
to pieces with axes, and the fragments piled in
the rooms. The window curtains, carpets ami
mattings, wore torti to piecesj and family por
traits were torn to slired.sj marble slabs were
pounded to atoms with hammers. A well select
ed and m.ost valuable library of three thousand
vijlu.Tiies Was torn to picc’^s and scattered over the
t'rounds.
Whcthjic he will make another c^tat^d on the roaJ
IS yet to be ascertained.
The advance of (ien. Couch froia Harrisburg
was expected to boat Chamborsburgon Saturday
close enough to join in punishing the well whip
ped rebels on their way to the river
"I'en w» .irove the
enemy outof iton iriday night, we recaptured
of federal prisoners, reported by
some as high as fifteen hundred, many of whom
were wouflded There were also several thou
sand wounded rebels, every house being filled
With them.
CONFEDKII/TE Ac’COi:.NTS.
The Richmond Eu«juirer has the following
Items telegraphed to it bv itn corre^p.od^'nt-
WiNCiJssTER, July 7.—There has been' tour
«»ys fighting,near (iottysburg. cQmmf;ncing on
Wednesday, July let, and .-..ding oa Saturday
UMi Vi here that A. P.
Mill, harly and Rodes fought the enemy princi
pally on Wedueaday, begiauing at oo« o’clock
i-ens and yard with their bayonets for concealed
valuables until they found all the china, glass
ware, and inati^i other ci)stly thinggj all of which
they stole or destroyed. The wardrobes, presses,
trunks, »tc., etc., ot the ladies were broken open
and every articles of wearing apparel stolen or
torn to pieces. Nothing was spared, and, having
completed the work of destruction they poured
Kerosene oil on the mutilated and torn furniture
and bedding. The cecape of tho ladies of the
house alone saved them from these fiends in hu
man shape.
The principal performera in this hideous carni
val of pillage were, we learn, Fenosylvauians.
Our example ot leniency and mercy is utterly
lost upon Huch wretches.—Rich. Examiner.
*'ol. A. i?Icl.eaii
of Luiuberton, Uobcson oouaty, it) ro-
couimeuded aH a candidate to rdpresent
m« ciiizcns of the 4th JuJioiai DistrioLin the next Con-
KreHH of the Confederate Slates.
The (Lionel is eminently^ajfigd for the position,
an many, yea vary many, wSuld rejoice to know that
man» citizens.
JuJj 1008. 44-2t
Jii.j a, d'.tffre it pi ict* in S’ i’ Tht
liiCi* Soft , lac- for -o'ii» fa»oi;:e or ^'}i:cr w:;j w -i.ic.!
tj »huu tlif hard iu'.i**« J' -.var to siide lu.o. a . ’. ih..‘re
g') tbr.jii^h wi.ti ih.' farce of hdviug .i c.'iiTile .if t)ty-
nets a- h:t 1 lor w'l.le writing oui f ;inal « -'?s up-n
p.pers Pither f )rg ■ 1 .-r genui;.'.- W. »a ne tiear.s the
waistie blow iie l»y.s awayli!- (>ipe, {:'jts ou ti;« iv J
sa*h aul‘w r.1 au'! ‘iru s i. wii lo !ti- .i-.pol, r, n.-i.s
througu the -ars, wsks several leseut pfr.-^on impu lent
.lup-iivius H.ii carries aparc-l.i' row i>--^ V.tck i > his
ro.jiH to (tel on a s[>ree ou ••cunft 1 ' wm«ey. I'lie-'*
are his .iuti.-:-. Ihs Jm-intss hoar* :ir« frjiu n^vlf p.i.i
eleven to twelve. '»:id any ou^ wh ) 1 'u't got a pi«spjrt
during iha' iiiierval must lie over or be [mi 111 the
••Cage” amoug l;ce afid film. If the systo u eliecsel
any good, its inconvcniences w .uld be cne-rfully suU-
miitt-d lo. Down witti the •ystcrnl d iwn witn it, aul
sen! thos.* sleek, fat, foppish m s .i.{iers where ttiev
Can .am ihotrnumh. H.tj, hcrel i : t asethc pen! th’;
yanks are eomiog an 1 wr mu.si out to me-t tneml
K bftttlel Truly, LONG
C\Mf Ni.^R Hic|IMU.-|i. .Illlv I
:>Ie-=srH K.lit-r- \\\- na»- b e:i -uca.au-1 ni.'out o
miles fr^mi KiO'imond oh iho \Viili!va,.,burg roal and
hbyut 7 o h miles from B)ttom’s H.-i t»nere mat
road crossed tue Onickahomiuy. lUu^om’s a,ud .Inn-
kins's Brigalis crossoJ Cuic&ah j u.n; at this bn.Ige
1 hurs'iay evening ;iud weut 4 or •> mi.es bevoii.l with
severil piec**s of artillery. U> aUeil.-dihe Vaukee.s and
ttiej fell bacs rapi ily to the I’amiiukey »nd we occu
pied the piaco where they had been. Ihe enemy « ar
tillery 'li'! not tire more th.iu four or five times at our
troojKi^ Jenkiu.s'.s C l>rii;ale way la front and tue
‘iJ4th N. C. was Ihe foremo.si of Kausom's Briga.ie and
within bettwr r.mg" of t'.c enemy « artillery tiiau .lon-
kiiis's Briga.ltv Uisthougai iti.* enemy ha.1 a pretty
Strong force. They bar lly remai^ied long caougti for
our gunners to get the range alth iui^b they bad foruie.i
line of battle Ori.^ uiah m il»« ‘J-l.U lu|r't *va» ^|Ao,l
wore two or ihreo others sHghtly wonnd«d. /V shell ex
ploded in a few feet of Col. t'larke, but ho w.is not
touched! The 21th is a spleudi 1 Kegiment, h is done
gallant service and is ••all right on the goose.” rfooie
few of the enemy were killed and 8 or 10 taken prisju-
ers, some of them wounded, one mortally.
It was nearly sunset when we arriveti in front of the
Y'ankees and we returned iu a few hour after wards to
this side of the Chickahominy. from where Ransom’s
Brigade returned to camp, and (book’s Brig ide an 1 other
troops went to look after some Vank’s who it was said
had a hankering after tlanover Junction and sundry
horses, pickles, chickens and preserves up that w vy.
The North Carolina Troops about Richmond are Riu-
gom's and C ok s Brigades, tho list Reg’t (C.iyalry)
and the 44th Reg't, Pettigrew’s Brigade. The rest are
South (’arolinians aud Virginians—altogether a ntrou
torce—a force that viii use up Uix and Kaf-es if ti,ey
g^ve us the opportunity. This may be put down m the
.\lmanac8 as a ‘•ptiact ” I have been over the battlo
ground of Seven Pines and saw a good many yankee
skulls and ribs and I also ate huc’ileberrien from bushes
that grew by the side of Vankee graves. Ity thi* ^ay
huckleberry gathering is a great thing now. Tae Chick-
ahominy and other swamps have now large quaatities
of these delicious bdrries. The battle field of Reven
Pines is among swaiapy .bays, and slashes, with here
and there a field or email farm. The name ia from
a pine tree with seven prongs or forks, and there has
never been any cross road, church, post office or black-
omith shop.
1 see reoruitiug to raise companies has again beoomr
the order of the day under the call for voluutcer militia
for BIX months. Belter go it, boys. There will be an
other cont^oript or some other devilment by the end of
that time that will take you in, and perhaps if tho gov
ernment hae to pull you in, it may everlastingly hold on
to you after it gets you in. And recollect it will never
do for 08 to lag now We must keep up the army and
pash on the war till the North will let us alone and
allow UB our rights. The North began this utmeoesaary
inftaaan and ninooa eoafliet^ aad it will atoik tiv» rtfj
i .ul J II
; c .ntiiju .u 1 t^. .• . '
wjuuiui* .i "r 4. T
tae ui^'i! aiiJ re.iiu J j . up i»'e.y foiled aboat dayhraak
I'noy trie i i . f >r. » a ai i • County bridge ^
I uii B up I'le ' 10 lur.i ..ir 'i(rht fl» ik hui t!n«y faili«a
! in thie. I'liii-* a c d.uuu oT 1.! OO'l «ta was cora:>«lled
: to.retre*'., ii.»vu;g t.eeii repu.jel tf oae baitery aad «
I ' )iij,'Mi.-- s ,f iuf* i.ry. b».t ■ • oi.!v ifo-.pi tc uahy •■-
j g-ge I '>V.* cjir.i n't .i > •r;nnio tUeir lo**. at iheir
>;.ai Hii’i K -.inJiO W!*r« re:u 'kei Siiijr tiia figtji )ur
1 •ivairy tJaiicr e .IJ N C , i tiavo picket up i« prisoa-
j ers; IJ .ir 1) tjjJie- have b(*eii fniiii in the wood* The
j troops eii^'».^( 1 w e J C.’s of the 1 )i!i N
I tne iruiu.;ii»te c .:jir.,anl of itaj inter.
I kille i waa uamei Upotiurcb, Co. 1> lJ>ib N. C. The } jyr^Qg the growing crop.s.
yauK. 'ij ti^ive g -nt below. If iney esc fit to reaaw the
attack we are, ready for tiicm.
1 wis t'l ll jH.no.il a f-jw {ays ago aal Saw tha
"Natiouai 'ijard ' m.m.'re-l ou JSatnriay afternoon. To
an eye acou.stomed to t>roux*d veterans laey awakened
a sligli' I'er.iiig of the n iicii; ti*. as some fat old elt
wouM put! il ing i;ra«piiig bi« ritle as if the fate of the
(’jiifeaerar'y lepeti led oi Uis single arm They looked
liK» acorps if oouval»-.«Ci-n’s comp ircd with onr weather
beaten rog.i irs lJ.it It was a noble speciacl*?, to see a
whole pop'uatiou g >>ng up to ‘'ihe breach" ti do or die
in defcucc of iieir al 'i:s an'l boinas God bUns lh«
luea bui trpeoiiUy the wo nen i>f Rictimond. The lat
ter hive w.iii tor tun^nse res a fame which not only will
be rec ir i«.l on a f'rigiit page of the annals of Earth bat
Will also n.ive a place in I'ne Books which will be brought
forth ou the great lay cf account ‘•t.'’ome ye blessed
of rey Father, f.>r 1 was an bungere.l ami ye gave me
meat, I was toir-..y “and y gave me drink, I was a
Htrangfr aud ye took me in, naKed and ye clothed me,
I wds •»ick anvl ye vis.ted ms ” Thera are of course in
that uoble city, many hungry dogs who have etsented
the prey from far :iround, and it tnust be so in any me
tropolis, but ttia oitizcns proper have nobly done their
iluty.
lu rctiirniug, whioh I did on horfioback, 1 was obliged
to proceed very circumspectly, astheyankees that *narn-
•-e "0«-0 ootwnou iui, ...J oil. tnkiugaoltr-
cuitoua route, 1 got tjjrougti safe. 1 st pp"d at a neat
little house ihjugn of hu-u'ile dim*nsi.ins and askfd for
a glass 4)f milk. I was asked to dismount and regaled
with milk aud bread m i butier The good w.iman was
a soldier's wife, a simple, cirn^st Christian; she refused
any compensation, said she had never turned off a hun
gry man, that hun IreJs ot soldier.^ had pirtaken of her
Hospitality; bu*. though soiu;times she wondured how
her supplies would bj renewe 1. yet somehow she always
was provided for, and had never Buffered. Tnis appear
ed to me a praoiicil illustrktioa ot Christian faith. Like
the worn in of scripture, sae divded her scanty supply,
and like her found “the m.-al ' di t not diminish “in the
b.itrel,” or • the oil in ths erase.” ••Trust in the Lird
and do go >d. 'iu 1 so sh.alt. luou d ▼ell ia the land and
venly taoa s:i-ilt bo fed.”
I nave no- got my O jserver iu 7 weeks, I suppose
papers must lie over :ti Riohm >nd from the iudifftrenoe
ami tritiingness ol the P. O. officials there.
No more this time trom K\RtIX.
Feanklih, Va., Jaly 4
Messrs. Editors; The friends of the soldiers in Major
C. G. Wright s Battalion I know are anxious to hear
from them, and I take this means of informing them
that Maj. Wright’s Battalion is stationed at Fraikklin
Va. This Battalion has made some swift marches, hav
ing to march from Colerain, Bertie, N. O. to this place
and part of the time through rain, mud, and water. The
health of the Battalion is very good, considering that
.•ory faw of the men had ever aecn anything Hk- unroll
ing or lying oa ;hs (ground—they having been guarding
briJges aad doing provost Uu.y before they were at-
ia«h;d to a Battalion. M.tj. Wright is doing all he can
to drill and organiie hia B ittalion and will soon have
them well drilled and efficient soldiers. Beaartera say
the yankees have evacuated Suffolk. Franklin bas the
appear^ance of having- once been a flourishing place,
but it is now in ruins, the enemy having shelled and
burned up most of the place. It ia entirely evaouated
by the citiiens. Of our force here I oaunot speak, but
if the invader cornea he will meet » tra« SouUtarn r*-
Wf tioft. «. 1. II.
ri. :ery lu p.siiijn, bit raineJ ». -• 1 -n i_ • ’
:nai! ar.ns. ttiUiog oat man aui i Qumbcr, who were in the Village at the time the
ry iji»i ,i f»«l)le caargei during j yankees entered it, made thoir escape. Four of
them who wore on picket duty on the road be
low Kenansville, had not been heard from and
otio other had been found killed.
The mill belonging to Mr. Wm. B Middleton,
•ome few miles from Keaansville, was burned by
the enemy.
They robbed the people ot Hallsville of every
thing they could find, such as money, watches,
C ualer I jewelry, borses, negroes, etc., and turned their
The man | horseri inta the corn Holds, ruining or geatly in-
H’i7. Journal.
Williamiton^ A'. C. Burned by the Enemy.—
Col. S. W. Wcuts, 10th y. C. militia, in Martin
county, reports to the Adjutant General that he
assembled tho luen of his Regiment for enroll
ment at Williamston on tho 6th inst., under the
retiusition of the President. p]arly in the morning
the enemy from Plymouth advanced upoa tha
town both by laud and water, and after firing a
number ot shells the town was burned.
Raleigh Protjrea.
Sixtjf-Hixth Rrgiment N. ij. Troopt —Thepar-
tizan iiangers on duty in Ihe Eastern portion of
the State have been organized into a Regiment to
be known aa the Sixty-Sixth. Lieut Cal. James
W. Hinton of Paiuuotank has been mada Colonel,
and Capt. W. II. Bagley Major.—Ral. Proyreu.
Death 0/Col. J. H. Coi. J. H.
Morehead, of the 45th regiment, died at Martins-
burg a few flays ago of typhoid fever. Col, More-
head was a i^rallant officar,—^
hearted man.— Greensboro' Patriot.
Great Fretiitt and Destruction 0/ Crop*.—Dan
river has been higher than it has boen before in
a very long while. Along the bank of the river
for milos nothing was to be seen but one vast sea
ot water stretching from one hilll-sido to the
other. The low grounds were planted either in
corn or wheat, and it was truly a melancholy
sight to see such vast quantities of the latter
staple, already harvested and shocked ready for
threshing, swept away by the current. In some
places one could see great crowds of shocks, still
preserving their form, floating bodily down the
btream, whilst at other places the wheat, having
been mowed and left lying upjn the ground, was
swept off in that condition, and could ba seen
floating like sea-weed upon the surface of the water.
Wherever corn had been planted, nothing was
to be seen above the surface of the water exoept,
perhaps, now and then a blade of the green corn
protruding*—Appeal.
Result of Drafting in the North.—The Old
Guard, of New York, gives the following speci
men of the process of drafting in Michigan:
...**9.^''in Clinton county,
to (
bravo," is at least
f I Mi«hig.iu, ttiirty-two have escaped to Canada,
2 which, if not “the laud of the bravo.’’ ii:
the “home of the freo.”
The Columbia Carolinian announces the death
on tndaj, of Mrs. Mary Hampton, relict of the
lat« General Wade Hampton. She has quietlv
p^ed to her reat at the extreme Umit of more
towi four ^oore yean—eaunsaUj oturaotwiMd b?
WAR NBWS.
Virksbu''J.— RiCUMONU, .July —Tln> |,,l| ^
ing dispatch ha.s been received here frotn i',,.,
Johnston:
Jackson, July 7.—Hon J ocdd.m, s r
tary of War;—Vicksburg cajfltuhiled on tK,. j.
inst. 'I'hc garrison was paroled and at.- ,,, /
turned tu our lines Officers retiiininir tl,,.i|-, ,
arms and per.sontil baggage. This inti-lljo,.,
was brought by aii officer who bdt fbe j Ue.-.
Sunday the 5th. J. H. JtH.NS'i'(».\,
J .\(.’Kso.N, July 7. — \’ioksburu W}t.s surr* ;„l
on the morning of the Ith, the men h ;iu.r j,
starving coinlitiori and complctc-ly worti ..ij'
excessive fatigue. I'ninediately alter the . r
render (jrunt sent a boat lotid of supnlie^ t •
fami.'^hed garrison. Officers say th-it ba i t; .
Johnston reached there twelve da^s
could not have relieved the garri.son, a- ti.i
could not muster over severi thousatid un-n , ,
duty. Fvery thing i.s in the wildest sta;«; ,,t'
citenicnt here; citiz''ns arc tlying in t very dir.
tion. The streets are tilled with stj -k, n* r
and families in ox carts and every spocitsot
veyance. (’itizens beyond Clinton rep.^rt t>
euPiny V^urning every dwelling thev pa*i \ ,
is hourly looked for,
Jackson, July 9 —The enemy is a.lvan.'
rapidly on the Clinton Road. Our cavHlry j-.
skirmishing with them three miles out, an.i a-,
gradually tailing back Our furcc is iti lint- ■
battle tf> receive them.
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•I.ACK.sov, .I'nly 7 —ticii.
ing attacked Osterhaus yestrnliy n.'-jr
hepot, and atler three hours’ b-ard tigbiin>i it'.
him across the river. Our loss is reported heav.
The enemy’s loss not known.
An officer from the vicinity of Fort :
says Dick Taylor crossed the Mississippi ui:,,.■
cover of our guns last Saturday. He and (ia;
ner attacked Banks and routed him with I.,:...
los.s. They are marching to reifitorce Joiin^: .
Attack commcnce'l on Chirhsfon.—Cn.viu.t-
TON, July 10.—The attack has commenced, t.
iron-clads arc off the bar; one at the mouth
Stono; one in that River; and forty-three otl
vessels off the harbor. There has been hf>a.-
firing tium 5 A. M. fjor 2 hours, our M^rri.s i-
land batteries replying. Troops arc lanaiiii:
Grimball’s. An iron-clad and gunboats havc -, .
up Stono to attack Fort Pemberton.
Prom Sufofk.—Pktersbvro, July ‘J.—5 ,
eral gentlemen have arrived here from
since its evacuation, and the train for Ivor y-
terday carried down a number ot refugees rft'jn.
ing home. The last of the Yankees left 0:1 :L.
nis^ht of the 8d inst., the town having been ocl;;
pied by them for months and 20 days Wht:
the ortier for evacuation was first made, it was dt
termined to burn the town, but before they couiu
rem jve, Lee entered Pennsylvania, and they fea:
ed retaliation, and the order for burning was r
scinded.
We learn that a few of the citizens of the tov»L
who have become charmed with the yankees, le;:
with them.
Our troops entered Suflblk on Monday, iin:
their pickets extend 7 miles below Sutfolk. Th-r
yankee pickets extend to II miles this si.l.? it
Portsmouth. It is believed that preparatiuns ure
now being made for the entire evacuation of Ports
mouth and Suffolk.—Examiner.
The French in Mexico.—Vera Cruz advif j
to the IGth ult., state that the French army occu
pied the city of Mexico on the 3d ult., and i. n
Forey took posse.ssion on the lOth. Forey was
received with great enthusiasm. A French Mir
•juis who wa.s woumfed at Puobla goes to l-'ans
with the keys of the city of Mexico. Thirtt-fti
hundred prisoners, mostly^ Mexican officers, are
about to be sent to France.
the'DUTY OF THE HOUR.
On the whole, the fortune of war, for tlu?
week, goes against us. We have been too conti-
dent, and toodisdainlul of the prowe«s of our foc-
and the fortunes of war fluctuate forever, like aii
the other tides in the affairs of men.
What then? Will any Confederate lose heart
or hope for this? Snail our proud banners droop,
or our faith fail, or our trust in a just Providence
grow feeble? God forbidi All that we have al
ready done, and vowed to do; all our past, all our
future, call on us, pled^je us, compel us, to read
in all that h-as Befallen but one lesson—that
mustrepairour faults, reinforce our strength whc r.
it is weak, redouble our efforts, and use all our re
sources so as to present a stern front of resistance
to the base and brutal foe who wages so persistent
a war tor our destruction. We have to remember
that by our acts of sece.ssion and our defiance 0!
all couset^uences, we are simply bound to make
good that secession, or die. We have to remem
ber that we Confederates have always loudly pr "
fessed towards these Yankees, not hatred and de
fiance only, but ineffable scorn and disdain also;
and that it we suffer our country no\v*to be sub
dued by a race y/e despise so much, it were bett r
for us we had never been born. Those who du
io stern resistance wiM then be the only fortunate
Confederates, and of them will often be said by the
survivors, Terque, quaterque beati! Thrice, in
deed, and four times blessed, will be the dead,
whose eyes will never behold the degradation ol
their country; and ten thousand times accursii
the unhappy men condemned to live on and bcgtt
vassals to Yankee lordsi
It may be needless to urge the.se topics. The
great mass of our people have already shown
what they are ready to do and to dare rather than
strike hands again with our mortal foes. We
have seen darker days than this, and they iiavc
only made us serry our ranks and strike more
fiercely home. SohlM»e oblige Wo boast that
we have in our veins that good blood which xciU.
not sink, but rises higher for every blow. Now
is the^time to sliow it. The army we have raised,
the Government we have created, have never
failed us yet; let us not fail them now. Let them
be sustained and strengthened by every man able
to bear arms. Foreigners have no right-to be
here if they will not fight now for the land they
live in. Those who have bought substitutes have
no right now t© hold themselves exempt—for it
their country succumb, their substitute service
will by no means exempt tticm from that' future
of shame and sorrow awaiting all slaves and cow
ards, who lose their country and live to tell it.
The spirit that should live and burn in ever)
bosom this day is a haughty disdain of life, either
for ourselves or for those who are dearest to us,
unless that life be crowned with the wreath ot
glory and of freedom. With such a spirit, ani
mating such a peopl«, we are sure of oar ultimate
triumph, and shall think it cheap, purchased with
our best blood.—Rich. Enquirer.
D£PO«ilTORY, C. S. A^l
Fayetteville, 25th April, j
Notice is hereby given, that Tretuiurj Notes, noi
bearing interest, dated pri.^r to ItH Dec’r 1862,' may
be funded into Seven per c*,nt. bonds or stock, unt;:
the let day of August 1868. Aft^r that date they ar.^^
not fundable.
Treasury Notes not bearing interest, dated subsoq uent-
ly to 1st Dec’r 1862 and before the 6th of April i860,
may be funded in Seven per cent, bonds or stock, till
th* 1st day of August 1863, and afttr that day are
fundabi« in four per cents.
Interest on iaterest-beariag Notea, accrued to 1st
Jan’y 1868| will ba paid at thia Office, and annually
IhWMfter. W. 0, BROAliFOOT. Dep’y.
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