THE PWHT A® PLTMOCfB.
rO» T0M
CAMf >■«*» April
It .tio-Js m« p]e«ir«.
tha vAliant deeds ot our North Caro-
Ta*ad»j nif hi, and with good eff«ot. ®“*® 1
Wflnt 10 plandering »bJ ooo'plftt^Iy ftnJt*d i>U tbe 7»
kee stores, which w«re weJl etooked. _;,k
Tbxin mi^U^rs ttood, we holding Wat«r j
»hon« 800 pri?f>ner«; «h»> yaakeei in G*rret» s ▼**“
! 1,600 mec. R».low firing w^h jroin^ on ftll the nme
1 fh^vn AnH Milttb OUT in?R HS uf. ♦rft UlUP
hroniclo '■ i.owu mec. »
soldiery. They have demonstratea on every ;
CMl th^in 1
r.iA'-e field of this atrooion« war that they : from plnnJorir
. .^1 1 .1 jkl* '\f I 'IPamxi.oII kV\An#
o’oioclc (Jen. Hoke niPt O
♦ a* X j ^
•'nallj attested than at the town ot “old j was nga'ns
oratT
moro 81
The fighting on the streets tor
D ^E\lled; Corpl J F B«»A. Cbat K^llaia. Wooad- BiTTLBS IN L0UI9lAlf%
•d: E4 Btoaer, J 0 BoyJea • (Prom tbo Hew York Tritane. April 25 ]
P.—Ktl'»d: Wm Hanoeok- Wonotled; 0^ Edw«^> 1 apptjara troni th« tullor aooounta now rooeiv-
(rlnoe de.vl,) Powel L»w>on. A M King, jr, F M Bh90^- j I^ui.-^na^ that G^-
Q W \ Banks’rt forces left Nachitoohes on the 6th in-
dtant; that on the 7th hia advance w;»h skiroiisli-
W W Aahbrrn.J
0 H K U
WoiHl'lC'i-
Plymouth.” The fighting on the streets tor *; Hoke pet>H-;il t>»u the fort V *',’j
whilo rs?ed wUh gjeat fieroeaess and dwpcrativm. j *
’n so j rjij,p n-a(p\i*l —* ■i!>7 ynykois pri '-
' '.'J a iurcc muuounvi j ?or"n''r*iv>
picked rebel Holdi^rs, so favorable was the ground j couuirj;
and 80 skilfully and industriourtly had they pliei i bV^acr f-'
their spades and shov^'ls to shield the’rgclvcs
sjra'tnst attack, liut Uok s’s, Rau.som’s and Korn . ^ iHindro » t.-.- -
per’s Briu-ct’S ot infantry and Branch’s arU t>,r .(• n>ri Rud j>..i
lleade’s aitii’ery, under coiumand oi Gen R F. j c: k • TUrt- otMTipsn
n -nd o’^IJ. pn—n't laacy ta’*:
- vro S’') rs
.'u' i o’oiocfe \i. :a« nunvii! '
l\rsf« bo i-, r. .T
it» 1 butfai >tr c ii om ( f
Tor fho fif F\
TUrt- or>mps»i*-a yJ' cit 1? at* ( .
.. . ! ii- t'.Ltt ih'-u: tUtrfp ^!1 duv, .». ■■i •■ .r v
the n'vit:i-ib’'itY 11‘brKTO liu a when caa.Uiand'.ii j ‘ ^ "“P.’ n > rr''« r’er-> ^
v r ■ . , •, » I- iir M 'h-T^ . OarVi’.i r-i.'i V2j ir (".r-,- i v»n
by ...H -. r, ot onu^- aca i^.ihty. iort \> w.se:!, {j.,, ^ „,.,3 75 .
'jt three ijuaitrrs ol u B;:lc troui the town, \Vc*« I »,•; b.-.si> 3 12* of ih - i'*r-w «f iht» c^.ntbDi'' i tr vm. j
the fir.Jl potut :»itackcd l.» oka's veteran Hri^udo { —
- i K(tOP.~t AT
llokc ; tho rank in j; Bri^'ad'er,) have taught thoni j inf*Ji'ry
'vit:i-ib’'itY 11'brKTo uu a when caa.Uiand'.ii M
flford.
0—Killeo: Capt J O B'uccbura
L^Hk
H— Kll».l; \ r> R*y. Woundrtrt
K ‘•'linn. Jno A’Ariou, Q T MessJck.
?. —Kille i: 8 W Dk-V. "VVoHaiipd;
f rpl A J Dirha n
K—Kllert: B F k t-oti*:
•';i J H W If K>‘Fto'-, P*;'er Miraaail
L.— R hr' ; ToTpl J G WiiitiOaOU. Woou(t'd; A W
'5} ■'■I /.?ioki’y
M. -K-tleJ; J M U.;j Wyri'k, Wiu Ru’r^ri-
btitt. W ualo. ; J W Whftr'.'ti, let-**' Kils/
Infl'J. 'iil -n 'l'*pp. J 11 Nelson, Kl'au Ru.-?uob. H
'rotiil: Kiil. i 15; tvPu-jiJ* il 36; n/i$Miug I
* tf> A'ortU CitroUna Troops, Hoke'ti Bri^wle.
r’,1 .\—ijj; Jfj-i; H J Bartf.il, pljrh'
B-A^'■>ua^ M II T. anley, J M ?»nder.*. J F. SiU-
de.’f-, • I'y, A Wf-r'il-jt.
C—K Hrtl: J '.n WcandpJ.- J
I’-ia ain. ii'.f v >; Lt NY S Cl uton, Fgt J E Ly.ins^ A ■J
Cl*'?; J *V p;-p
1>-'V ..lu F S r.m 11. i A M:tch«>i»
M W uc ‘>? !rJ K \v J 0 McO 'e, J SutileS-
'!' (■ -T?, .M V*(ifirf , R Hiim'Mi. V P*l»r.
— Wcun f. it: Jno vV F-iiicet'. since dead.
(J—W- ijpfJc'^: (1 H v^ner,
‘I - K i ;' : H iv % !Iijua, J shna J-^ijjion Wonad-
vJ: U !:■. t! V. F Piie-p.
f—iv itio.’ {■' A! oe, J (Jhi! J'T?
K — Won :■■ : H> riy >' ,r^ sirsc' d- »d; Jno ?':RW,
l> I" K P J R'.“Srt, A J
ing with the enemy; that on the 8th a sevcrn
battle was foaght at Sabiue (>ro‘^> Roads between
a ‘^inall portion ol Geo. Banks'a army and tho
whole of the rebel army u'tdor Kirby Smifh, Tr
THE VA>KBE milAl»T£K At PLTMOl/fH
Tha New York Herald hiw the tolluwiug cuui-
tuebts upon the fall of Plymouth;—
“Tha recapture by the rebels of tho u>wu of
Plymouth, N. (J., with the reported Io-jh to the
Union side of *i,500 men, the fort, thirty v.icces
ut attiUei^, a gunboat or two, and a large auiouut
of military ^iorea, ail things oooaidi’reu, is a
more'mortilying uiiafortuue ihaii the late di;-ar»-
ter in Florida An iron olaJ r?bcl iaui,of ffhi‘h
suiting in a defeat and herivy K^sa to tbd L'niou j Secreta^-y Welles haa h;ul hijt laonfhs’ vpfarnii'g,
forces: that during the night of the 5t»i Oen. j haa. with thia r,*bol at l-lyinouth, paa.j>-
Banka fell back to Pleasant Hill, at which pUoc j .vd out ol the Roanoke nvrr Jato Alhernar.e
he was again attacked on the 9th, a^'d the re- Sound. . ’
irainder oi his army having oo)nic up, the attack j ‘*Tho c-ipture ol Newbcin Ls t e ^
of the rebels Was repulsed; but that Gen. Bank>* | of these rebel niovoiuenU lu .North Lir^lma, anu
the next morning resuni«l his retreat, and ve-|iuc importune/.- ul this enterprico to the tnemy
tnnied with hia arinv ro N'achitoches, and to { wiil be undersl4K>d with tho bimplc ^xplauatun
Grand Kcor?*, on thf Red river, aud there, at the that its success is indispentableto the sub.siatcnce
last adviftft.s remained, being in communication and safety ol Loc s army in V irgmia. lat ar
pcrli-rmcd tliis dutt, but ou the first tr;a.l wcro j 4 i.TiK^ i,\ w i‘- i kh>p.-» at pi.v'^io
repuls'd, when the artillery was brought up to \ the oasEKVt'K.
thou' a (i tnd .itii ■ ijud shout the furt wa.s car- , It t 0/ c fu-=! e% rh Kf '.n/', li-/t X ^ T
rifd }U‘:'i;ir u^ twi> caanon and l.ctweexi 5U und | / ^' 'J -V''' ^ '
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— tVcuD'l J: I.i ut C W Thorn >n in
^ I- , r« -. L H H'.v , t. - W»rr,
J T M r v fiiid; Wc. H i Jj . .x'.iuild*r
p K. li .■VTi'rin.
—W. ;ix*:}(»v.: 'I* J 8 ^-.wycr, pf.r; B'*!*'! H-*- ko ■'
Jno K,w-!rJ. P P.-i>ierffr^8l, L »> V'>,-
■L P - .r, f..ot.
J W C-.J ea'ici. »>’nuni1e’; I.;-R
: C r; X W M utgo ery. oonc i'- i-’i
E L 3 .' .. k, J R Mu;-.- I^s: VV W
Li T »j i T, «c ."r'l>; ’ 'V . I,
l.viiy, i"uce vtiid; C 1 f, li P’Oi,
litf^erelj ; J.-ff T*yK r, U g: H
-K I
, -.ak:-
rifd }U‘:'i;ir u^ twi> cannon and l.ctweexi 5U und
r»0 t i-v;U’rs ’t'iic tillair H -i w.5\ fsecu: a ai u
si’id' li" . Vi.'i il lualvw; on l:>, v- V 'jtu.lio:i .'t ibi* . ^ ;
.tro»j^-5 who MUi it hi^ iu.vv ,or vas cr.iy t! '
proiiii e «it aTi‘ .her vict-ny of far jj.orc iiupur t-nce
— H vtct'iry fhaf (■■•incs n-v{ iinJeatly by iht.- s!Co
ol ary fe.it perti rujed duricg the prCwCnt v.'ur,
wh ch has heon so pro)iSc in nitiitary cxp! jit.«
that dazzle by ihoir grandeur and magnificeDoo,
I refer to the eipture of the town by Geo. M
Vr Random’s B.-igade, As [ rode over the bat- .
tie field and surveyed the stupendous fortificatioud i
ereottd by the enemy, and was told how untiinch- 1
ingly they were carried, as tho intrepid Random
led his men to the charge, in spite of the shot, . ..... „ ^ .
shell and canister that were literally rained down ! ib-1-mia m i"uce c
Iron the yanke«; forts, I momentarily iancicd thai j ^ iUU-y. hi^u. i. r ea
it was all unreal—that I was otily dreaming, s> i t • , i xi i ^ w f i. j
*■ VI 1. L u 1 k —N* - -1; Li uf J M JaO'i*M>. ir-r!; ».;? L*niii-'
appareiu y impracticable W3S the work they had j ^
Rttcc^pUshed iiuf th«s delusion was dissipated ' E-t.i M V jrpJf. ae >U; W 11 H •lS•.^d. uM\i; U H
by a sight ot the fruits of our triumphj aiid I 'Icbr;.'i'i. u«»d, Kn'-f!, stv r.’lj ; J,.i
realised that we had lor once gained a victory— Bu k. .> o* t.i.- ys -u
a grand decisive victoiy—in glorious old North I ^ ^ ■
V y\r % , ^ ' C rp A f »iK^; Ail^u { oid^le. n^e.: A r if
Oaruhna. W e captured between and ,i O; trocd, H .M
pnsoaers, immense quantities of Commissary and arn. iuoY:'..il>-. Bit.ca d:.-;:^: Pe er p ire. hr t.-n.
tjuar^fermaster stores, upwards of twenty pieces -^Ten-iy; J tt '.>elb. t-ieru ; J L
of cannon ot tho best quality, besides quautines j ^ -s, » . . N -jm
of 5,mall arms, ammunition, Ac • ^ y
- »u . n • 1 1 L J- ^ . I i ”o>j> u ■*;11 Ali n r.r t •'- iwt i.li; E ljt.err,-
Being aatheDticallyintoraiedol the lacts stated, J - H duu.'jwMrtu. nrut arui ;,r.
imagine my delight as a North Carolinian, having • keo;-L M Gretr sa>j r. -ever !-. H P rr.-. r
heard of the yankee boast that the stars s'id : '-fc'c'i km, Lpp K.f t ..g?., .*? T y. r. thi-h
stripes were at some day not far distant to rustic iVonnn.j; L enf ;s 1, Hiiit.ui. it-c; C bou. .. i. -
to the bree*e r*n t,he State Capitol at Raleigh 1 ‘-b'■
„ I . 1 u. * J ,, I'^'g‘S s )>;; 1 .T.a 'Irr-r. leff B .»
We owe a large debt ot gratitude to Gtn 1 v, ,, u [ .,
Hansom and his noble Brigade They have p>i, K-k . J Ci.. cu-■.... > -
rescued Plymouth from the iron grasp of the o.j-. | 1 -Ki!’.. Am 0%. - Wr .u T
pressor, ioppired the loyal men ol this part of tie j
State, with renewed hope and confidence in the
final triumph of our arms, and as it were broken
the chaiis from their own and from the wrists ot
their wives and daughters, even causing the little
children to shout with exultant emotions of rap
turo lor Jelt Davis and the namnern tJontvdera-
cy I sincerely trust that the capture of Ply
mor‘ is but the harbinger of other successes in
North ‘’.trolina. May her^oii soon be altogether
i.'eed trom the i^Ilnted tread and pestiferoa^t
brcatii of the foul invaders, who come to extermi
nate our men and to vipit upon our women hor
rors tM atrocious to name and equalled only by
their infamy in so vile an undertaking.
Vekitas
l.'Ni A’’.)r//j Carolina H^if>rne'U. Hoke g Lrxyadt
A » T» If 'H
■ -. T o* tr vT,
. Kt»M- ; R B rllc \V und»-i: ' ’Vilson
-K ’• .i; -! ;h, u R oT.- W •J’'Jod: L* H BrJi* ;.
It «
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— ; t » VVour’®': Hrt T II Bjbbitt
iir:'!.",!: v» rii Vo'>flpy, W T .\saor;'.ft.
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VOtt TUK OBSERVED.
In Cumht-rland c unty, on the 26th day ol
A;-ril a i:.>od ytortion of the citizens ol
Uivcr District m t at Long Branch school
ho'iiC find furmed themselves into a meeting by
calling J hn C. Smith to the cbair and rO(iuest-
i(ig L-aac \V Godwin to act as Secretary The
oMect of the m^'ctii'g having been briefly ex-
nhuned by the Chairman, the house proceeded to
biisinefrs. Ou motion, the chairman appointed
J W Godwin and Hinton ?fouH a comimttpe to
dr.iU r- solutions for tlio c-msidcmtion of the
moctine The committee reported the following
prcfimhle and resolutions wLich were unanimous
ly .idipt "d:
Wh -Ffss JD t-ar J i'*gir&ur re act; n 3'> cur ^^^t
-b nil i^ke pi*ce in ngard 10 tho couiinij .le' ticns,
ne iij tfc -ff.Tc,
R-srUe. Ijj Tra* ;hj r;.h*rma!« c'ihiH laretiur i»p-
p->iiit 0 T-nfcs-Mi' oiir Ji'iriat lo a o.^ui t
uic*i>'ine 1 . F . i| c, if «ii h a n>p r'tii.'sc ph*^!! h«» t eld.
f -T !hf T of n'nrE.*au(r tit rifTsai.n to r*^iret>cDt
H' J la.- II x L j;i'‘Uc^rp.
R Jj)*od21 Til)*' tbp Ruriie-* t‘l3 d»'!fj'afion fo
r •«( by ne Cb«iiria)tu shail b» poblis icd in i*ii«
r» f-iU'Ws: Willi, F P'pp, L 11 Godwi'.
-A ry Ft J , a-iJ by nioi'ou tV'e C’b'*ir(rnt) wti9 a-^'J-
«'•'! 10 'h ■ ‘’«'lwith aaibor'ty to oppoiut ots«re
i"2!vHd -f av.^'ih'ii f'*!! to aitf'nd al-
re' j v.bccti up}. ..nf ' I
H *■ h’’* ! ? 1 Tbti* rho«.> r.fdiutut 10 the
- • b* rTe'and Ninh t'a'-c'tin'ft" far p>ib
i-HlT JOilN C. vSMlTH. i'll ui
'V tiaijm.M. S-fj
FOR THB OBaERVKR.
PrTKB'-BCau. V'a , ^prllHOi^ lb#4
V. J K »’e Jt rtiD!*; AH; w ms ih»’o«^h y 'jr
p.4 . r \ e urn u n thafke nf mtMJf »nd tb« men 0:
."V '.m; »tif the vfry lih*r«l tAriation of n'veaiy
t «'t5 uf »Tcfe9 fr jtu'.be - Jr.^eaile KailUng 8 ficty of
r 4. •• -p-ille ”
Y -ry rc'jp tfiilly, GFO HL.OAN,
( i»pt *'o I, 61ft Rfg’t. N C. T.
KOI: TIIK OBSKkVEK.
1 l^.fJ. in tJif N C Hor|iitH) rtt ivtcrstun.T. 'l-i
July. I'l'i , II privutp in Niujj.:in_v b, liih
N (. T, in iliP 4'.*th vcAr of tiiii H*- »a- » i.Htive
ifiM.p.- ,-,uniy. Irns left u and thildrt'n to
rni'Urn *.ht'ir He ■»u9 « Tiiemb^r ..f thr Pr.^bvtt-riari
'burc ' Ht Euphf .rjiH. t.ai n.w hi? a*-ftt i« vacniit Hp
. hi’i.iunir^. s oill and r.jlunt^t ri*.! to trip.'l th.'
toe. cn'liir.-.i innny hi tlit* haUlft
Hnnrid Uiclimorid and t'oui'hl t)Divt'l\ ut t.h>* S^v-n I'iru-s.
(>ij th- wftv liui k W.1-; tiik>*n •^ick and nev*r m^ro ro-
H*' w:w « kin.l futh*-r. an atfcctiouate hu'>bjind,
nil noi^hb >r. and will h.> ••v.^r riiiioinhpred bv
hi« loiur.i l»s in artiH. Our liw« wr hope !• hi> et.Tiial
L^aiti. .\Itbmijh his .li-cayin;^ boilv rc-l-j on th* di'taut
}>!aiii' i>i \ iririni:i, w.' hiive no ddubt but hir> -pirit i->
j'Mni' to hi- rt-ward in lifiiv n, ii.-v.-r ni'iff lie
, Hr iU'.-'i t.i tl,,. ot' wnr.
FOR THK OH-iiERVKR
Williajri (;(irii.T. si.u of Lia-*.-y (Jarnt-r. of I*;ivid-iju
o'^nuty, N r, d'])arti"l this lift- -^t .Iul_\. ‘0 11 WDUud
T'm'cIvc'l ;it f'l-V’oii Pi!H'r> ti;j!it. Ill the couimpni'cmt'nt of
till- Wiir n- w niu'-'n-j: b-tw.,fu tlie North and .■^)Uth, h*-
'.lid hi" W'l-- ifoiucr to vohinto**r. Hi;? father was vi-rv
tiUK'h i.ppiii-d t'( it oil of hi.s bein^j so vouo?—
iiDt tin-ij 1*') v(‘ar' oii—but hc' ni^[uiej»ct'il and k*'’® him
. up t'. th- cnu.-i*’. volunteered in apt HillV »-orupanv
of l.pvini^ton. 4Sth N ’ wa.--ju^t four uioutbs with
bi-i Re.:’t when h*- icceivt-d his d**ath 'vouiid. Thus ha?
I f'llli'ii atiothcp of earth’s brijrhtest jcwi-ls, a sfti'ritic' in
till- crtit‘1 war. \S illit- was a kind an.l dutiful sou, adear
iiivutiicr, polito and a!F"Ctioaato coiHiu, u brave and gpn-
'•rous soliiier. His dep'irtiufnt was such that won the
r ■‘i.fct ami a.liniraliou of all that knew him.—(’..isis,
j Tlie Donors fo fhe Soldiers’ Orphan Fund
\RF. 1' arjipcttully r-qu.*3i»(i 10 ai«et in ih» Iu8titi]ion
'ILT”* ^ l>U'u!). lu N C , OB Frv
norbT^f^n“
!•! 'tesir--* for imporfunt biiir)*«a,
Tur oramiMee of 'he 0'>n1 Lodge of Mas'n-i .^>r 81
Jo'in’p CoUogn are rc^peolfu'ly in'?tt*‘.4 to be pveseat.
CHARLE=» F DEEVI3,
Fiuanoial Seor^tiry.
M^y 3 1864 29’t
i\OTIi^E.
! fJiHK Ch'iirm.n oi'ihe Ooiamitteoa of tbe different d»8-
1 u'Ci'e .ipn->i;'ed by th * C iinty Court of Kobeanu
I utuy. for t'j« Jiairtb;‘/icn of moaey aud provis;onH,
'.Tiof p m.ligcut sildiere’ »w«s »ud faoiiiie^, are hereby
uolifi -d to nisot at .!ie Uoui-i il'juse in Luiubtriju, 00
t.be E; vea-h day .of .day A. U. l?C4, and reueiv;) for
(iistri-tuiiru ibe 4i>coud diTidtnd fv.r v tw ia my
1-ands. .V puaotiiil attend .aoe n ear j.'silv requested
JOHN WsLKfci i.
Cotnnl’hBiouer for Robexpo Oo.
April 30. -9 2t
Wr.ai. ’.-J: T It t a?'.i.br -
bt«u'; t? ini’’ Gr> .'Oji; H th'g 1, J 1* Pj. bc/»,
“h • Mor K W I', . -, this- ; A K W nutt
K—Wtuulc ': Juo S;riJ r, ssTCrelj; J P SiUi-
mtn, a'lc; V>' A'aSen. ij. -uih.
Toial. «ine.i 5; ,s.:;Cj d r.> \ i w- 'uj1‘ 4; 7d,
a?grfr»‘e 8' IN.» W FAl^ON,
\ 'j’’ 5uifi ?f. C, T.
The Raleigh Confederate has been famished
with a private letter from Plymouth, from which
we make the following extracts:
It wa'-i iiifffuMfd that the gnaboat shfiuld go dowo,
ea^^ge the etjetny’s boatp and pass below towo on Sua’
day Q-jj. '; a- i w th that parpoee she left Uaznihon on
w.'ial'iy 3 0 olook, aad took oa her deck cci^Uflth irou
u . ‘?I 3a :aperfeotly on the w*y down. Twenty sailors
OT r'ook her on the Cora, below BamiUoa, iacreasitg
r ?r creif to 50; bat her "I'^cuinery became damaged on
til. w*v—h^r tir8tt;d off This delayed
iweWd hoars, and aha only reached Qray’a iaaiUdg
8 p m . Monday. Mpantime Dsariag’sCsT.ilry 6ur
routtiaJ Plymoath Sanday evening and took flome
ttieir pickets. That night they s?ut c(T the wumea an.i
children to Roanoke Island- Monday the infantry got
aronnl P /mouth an 1 Warren Neok. aud throagS tnp
afiernoaa kept uo a pretty snarp skirmitfhing Late in
the eTBinn? the artillery, some 20 pieoea, opened on
bath pUoes, fa'lawed by aa adrince ol infantrj, which
at 9 o’ciooa eiptared tue fort oa the sit« of SanJersouS
bou^e. anil «urroa»»iied the fort oa '^arrea Neck, wilb-
in 20 yards, where our iufa&try rvtcainad till Wednes
day evening—eiteooing but not ocouprinc it
Taa enemy had fort« o»er on Warren Neok. one where
Darden’H Koase etood, one at Saadereon’B, one at B lyle’s
mill, one at Harriet Toodleg, one rvry near Jitu B%te
man’s honae, and one, the largest, where Oarrett's
house stood.
From Boyle’s mill by Toodle’s, Garrett’s, Latham’s
and Bateman’s, extended their lines of eDirenohmeotx,
well made Their for's were all en.jlo«f'ed, eurrounded
by deep ditohep, very high w%Un and ehevaux Oe/ti9^
On Wpdn-ai-iy ereninir our infintry galUntiy charg
ed F >ri S^Hdar - ri from Wel*h’8 Creek awamp, and to^ik
it—io-*s about 1.50 This was done by parts of Hoko’s
ani K-mptr’s Va brij^adps. Here Col. Meroer of the
2Ut Georgia, and Capt M^oon, 431 N C , were killed
Tfltsd-iv pvening »boal 3 o’oloak, one gunboat pa«'?ed
Warren Neok. Hiwpver, on Monday erenin;; the yan
kee s'PimT Bombsh^-ll, at W %rr-n Neoi, in snpportins: Twei^fy-Fourth N C T -Col W J Cl'trke
the fort, rpppived b shots from a light battery oomr.iand- 1 18tb. A^-ii. —K Lt J W.lkin.i, Wou d d: Th-s
e.. b/ aajJ s%nk that night at ibe ste.»ra- fl«^•>ny, A; J n C-jV’'!", 0 E P..aiau, Jiff ■* i ’ s, B;
FOR TUB oBftcaVER..
Hem*)oa »tsr“ SiiU V 0 Taoopj, t
Nk.\k i\f}T.)s, N C, .Arrr 21. /
.Mcfl’rs E iit r-: 8 l\. w 1 g vi; a ii^t of Jhe ca *. •! le ■
oftrt* 55th iN C. T., tiur.t'p; --t-'ar'-uf*d
Piyin. utb, N (,■ e j ut> .sft tbtui tor tJ’e inf r-
!U*ti?n of the frt“ufis i f t’.»3
>’oA—Ki !cf: h-l'i v. ?,r n, W,» lu Ird; t;ai-« M
W *t1 L:J s« fJutLAry, s’lr-ajK; Wu Ai;.i iu,
I G*>-r • ♦uMvir'ij'-- F --r';c-r, i/.j•.•»«>!?; II se^. ItirJcn
axiJ J liiu C p'O . ^r^h£.ty.
B —N’ot enzn^f d
C—WjUQit-'i: W W Ffy, J M ‘doDuffif aud t'. rp J A
CufTi-* Nfve>-Pi\; S »'i| ^ ._j - ■ jr .•.!>
h .orp W rl C linr > Wo nd d: J W UiJ.?
HDJ W 5 Ooanril, s-»efrly; J B Tflrailkill. Jt s^e B:ai i
u t M W mb!-. v
L —Lt > It I, y 3 'is H H' u.kley ani .1 J Y .r
bor-T S D •!(•. T R Oe’i'"v -'c A i^ran.- W uni
ft H 0 .h1 j, rvn& Ot .iK-v hlci \1 } *voo. j;
H 8 JoDf^. J ,a W-.it'r, Jao R irar-, W J T Ph twpl!
Corp.? t Liir^on, W 'i Vy 'nt W 3 s *c^^lv
F — If :..1->1; Lt E M A i •t s, 8»{t. J '-I 8 lootl! «”'i C '■p
A L \fc(:all. W ,u';«M; .-ir; ^ ;.J H .t», JnoL R > c,
W A'dfilg,, J J M'\’« a sn \ J 'ti. o. s^v,*r.- v;
M M. Yiindi*. L r •» jin('»oo an 1 B B own. s'.i|r 1I-,
G—W lUnded-. J P 'O-.-ie «jni A R '-'i^ • .n pe»pri>ly‘ I'
A 8tatoa, J B K n. k -ad *'1, fl H ir ‘. J \? Ripley'aud
Jno B'*'>wn, Fligf.' I7
H — Kil'el; Sgi.Jno D-i'in J F Ho^ri ^ a>|i1 J ~,o N'-lo’
Woun lei: J W A t'ln, T J F! •*, J .M H i r. J R tl.> ^
J W H^’T-8, C T H-jiir-s ’^ivin R A Hali
Mckov Jordan, J K r«, J J \t Lvi’T!-, f .■? M !;. r!
W A R-jornts, J W R.i«ri, A Ru->-i a.-d ^ W W-klKcp’
Fl'ghtly
I_Wo^lnd^.^; Lt Ji>s»e S/’ott, ;V; H G E liv Wiley
E'lig, R H Hirfinoa and P Hinsri'j. s!!^ »’.>; Frfcmio
Jpn-‘S, L?t* .f'tie?, H F 8-n »n .n.i D Vitjgin. a,7-r jy.
K—Killed: .gt T V/ ‘Conley. J W cr..\tri''. D L'> •.
toe. D M ■sorv^ J 0 W Taenbu’id:, P .S VV 'it npr W 'Uud
ed: Lt D P Ol m-'rli»l)j; H H Ct.ild sr. A E.w,
M Howm W "W HunMpv W .\ Laugiri 1|ri», J H M oi-
%»*l . D H W --tf n-»r, M L WheUstill, A W .jj ,n -r, D Zi.ji-
’n«»rra n. H 2 mnn‘ra>.r>*. N HoyJe, J 8 Ward Ho«k%ad
F L B-'Yiil-* .■fiiehtljr.
Tav tr>*n->n' 99-n ,jV!XI W. j:i:i lu'irn C.Tkiuk. -’r
Plynif uth- If o.*ptared a Fart garrison-d by i.v^r 300
yank*, s. taking ti»,9w all prijoneVs. .M j. S B. Taylor
seTPrel? Vroun !e^
The Gnnf*! leritp. Wpjitern Sentii.i'!!, Obir’otte Demo*
crjit and B'b'-ifial Rocorvi.«r, ii|.'-;:sp c 'py.
• AKJUTANl' 35 h N. n. T.
brfct M Plymouth The yankee Btca!n“r W.-^ifo-
hei^d W'M at the ni>jn'.!) of the th''rough far*' when the
A'b-itrirle p»8.t»d. and inim .-diatelv s'eaned int> tl-f
Cashio ».Q'l t > Plymoutb, and r^port. d h»r o-'minfr.
Cooli 8 paf^a t^e w=>s slow, to avoid th"? obstmction;* and
if>^J■ed^e^ IL>rio>; pvsed them s^faly, ha biexn*id pin'
Plyofun, not a!8wer?Dg their shots from‘the forts,
and made for tbe .Vliaaii Flus.ar’a. and Southfield’
French s, yankee boatH. They had been ch&'n»d, to-
geth jr, (hat th-y g‘t Cooke between the t an !
prf.83 hitn back on a riTcr Hat,. He avoided tSeir t.rao
and ran into the Sou'hfieJd—his prow was 30 ^hir»^>ani
bts momentum so great, that h,j ra i t.n or tweive f.-et
into her, siuknif; Her instanUy. The whole T«-»ht of
the siokiag boit res^eJ on bis bow. depre^.ia/it so
lha. the water pourei int.i bid forw-vrJ nor‘«, thrpst-n
in? io s^k nim—t-»e w*ter w.ts seven insh's on hUi?im
dH^s. Tae 8.mttfi-ld d^Krered her broadside, ti t\iix
Th\?JV^ miking not t.he leant imnression.
ourrPDt « heen>.w/4«rf The
and d,8.nga,ed him
ion w: 1 i loqpd *-.• nh sePin^ hia oompan-
stera aci si*, k m k st^arael lu (jook ■’'i
guns, at a f ; ^ « IW-ponal -r Wfi"
been imperf-oi y I,, • ***’ ‘'00 th.st h » i
places. ^ ^ dmaijcd t.-,c. iron - a t’ n;.
Taroughout Tu»M.biv ow:,,,.- , •
evpttin? aans3uuir,r,i5L . f kept np; t'jat
with the pantoon tr.*in. ' * Canaby crn-k,
Atday-breakWedne«.lr ^ „
>5th and 5«th formed nn-i oh vi. *1 ' ^8t’i*, 24th,
tnan’« and Latkam>, ua c• . » Wf.f’-tj »;
shr-iriniil, grapa .-iai - fl i 1 v..,'' ' -'‘‘hla fire of shell.
D G Cl’f'CD, K —e 7e»-''ly
20t i Miv —Bgt M *j A C Hag«;ina. «eT»‘r.?ly wounJed,
l»g ar'p.it *t?d
A.-,«r in led: 8gt IR O M->orp. Corpl J D Hurl.on. R
B.we'>, E B Birkf, J W Powles, Ruffin JU
y%j. J”3 Dtuiel Divid D Hebay, Jas El :a W H F j-
bf»re, .1 B Hobgood, N Pv^.ircp, 's B R-'.^d, Tboa W.lle-
f'r I, J R P„ol, a. vrri^lv; C .r^l Q W Uuro •, Oreon Cash,
Jii!i.t= V'-.R.iry J T Diiidbay—dightly.
B S !!.' ): J W PLick»t. Woua Jed: 0 J 8'ott, Jno
.M r-j--. Z Jcnts-*. spverply; Jchji Speight, J rf> Howard
J-’Hi f ..9, 9'.i.?bily
C —K li-d: E R i(o3uit. WoundoJ.: Pg- H H ^ioh-
^'dscn, Oorpla J A WoDclsrd nnd B H [i «, \rd.s>’', tV II
Wa !, Merrill M-.rfa.Jy, sJ^gatly; J H G*-e»*D, J »Iru.-s,
eevpriiy.
^ I). '^iMinded; r4p> W J Squijgiu^, J K A>, If rson, B
7 B jf»8, G W Long, VV Y .Marooiu, M D Walkti’, at-vere-
ly; J H Bouwel*. piightiy
E —K'Ikd; A J Younar, K B Tayl:,r. W aaJ.'.d: Lfs
B S KJijrs an 1 T I’ Lee, O K Tol'r, slightly; R G Britt
J P (-f—ir. W 4 J llinnv.t. .1 W H idson, J W L>uo,
W M .S.1 r ./ill A N 07er;.y, J A Phrk«', J E Tuo.'S i
Jj-ub W . ./,ird, tiftTt-niy
F. — .'Vir.’ •J- reporu-u.
H —K i d: J..S .M-»jnpuni. WouuJo*?: J F VsTis,
•M. . Walki-r, Gabrisl N Issn, .-jervoreiy; -'t 2 Jon*9, W
B .1on?:8. filitfhtly.
1 —Kdlu-i; .J-.;;.hua Ce’an>ly. Youuded: (!orp1 H
B'.fhj-, .Vlfl* Woc'd .11 J 0 All :o. Will Ad'^ma, Wm Ans-
tiu, J B Or cB J d iStp. iviii, HeTtCrely.
K —K lii»d: J F »,k^r. Woujided: Sg' J t B:k-r,
8 R .ss, D Q Cl./, on. W L W.Diai^a, W G B-annpn, ««•
I^OTI€E.
Any p’l-iinn wirtS ug lotxobauge »boy 12 cr l-iye ira
oi i >'or a gill about 17, a good cornfield hand and
a ver-, j^ Jud Ciiok. tiiey can seo M. McKinnon or Geo.
liul.30'4, Sr. or exoh*n^e two s .all ones for the said
girt
Mac ;{ 29 iU
I jyO TM€E.
I I WILL di-'.ibu*e Salt to citizens in He^etity first
j J 1*. '- la na Wpdnesday and T-'ausday tbe 11th and
{ l .^ib iiixf All tboBB that do not apply ta«n will not be
■ • iter. i. li to
I SKILL U BLUE,
I .S.aII Com for 71*>t Dist.
1 VUy4. i!9t'Dd
Hor.»:'nil, grapa.-tal rfl 1 ,,.f \ nre orsneil. , o i'--*8, u u ut.f.on. w 1^ Wtiiiai^a, w « B-annpn, ««•-
wavar nor falv.,- a jujw.-nt.. 1, iV *’ not | »'•«' Ij: U>r»on Wm T Melran, H .H Harris, CaUi;«
y irds or raore, aad tfa j bVt(,rt.s ®5^n ha>j^ 12OO j Gif sop, M Perry, J .S ndOPVrS,
»ii « to conofuaad th.i» anr>.-(»-oS li ‘P ,speoial 1 T.ital; K'led 2 offifl '
":;.7‘;h * -tni V. ^.>t'^qu.red tfh'Td '* ‘
■•e rli- i
•ou, ant Bome that^it wtJ “P by the gaTri-
Sanderson, fired by mr men W *7 a
we tiad |>«ea peg(iQg
T.ital: K'dpU 2 offioprs an i 8 pri»atcs; w unded H of*
lers *ud priT.tPS—102.
0 ?wpany G w^ absent on luty *fc Qaston.
Twenty First y Q Troops, Uoka't Brigtdt
Oo \ ■— K ii ‘-': F tju’» If 1 W )iin irt J; 8g* P M
tloulea, C-d-;.! £ W d'uilli, J F lledriok, R W L.;onard,
Jacob Trail
K-.Ued'. J W Hodges, A P Patteritia W*)undedt
O B Norman, Aug B»y, W ii Fraaoia, Hiu-bert. Hodgei.
Mwfing: Squire UriffiU. ■
! WAIVT«i>,
; rriQ engage cords ‘-GOOD PINE WOOD,’’ In ex-
1 change* for .Spun Yarn if preferred, to be delirerpd
from 2 to 10 cords per week, at convenient points on tbe
Weftteru Railroad. Apply immediately to
GJSO. BRANDT
Fayetteville, April 20. 26-itf
Fayetteville Ueponitory, >
April 6, li?64. (
QUB^^^RIBER--? at ihts Offioe for .ti, 7 or 8 pr cent.
O Confederate Bouis are r^qneste i to prespat their
•JeriifioatAfl witaoui further delay, and get th«ir Bonds
Those who have left Depoaitea for 4 per oeat Bonds,
are notified that their Gertiioates are ready for delivers,
ai-ilm] W. «. BAOADFOOT, Oep'j.
with the fleet of Admiral l*orter. Gen BaDks,
during the week following the 7th instsnt, ad
vanced 43 miles, fought two battles, lost about
3,500 nion, 20 guns, two of which ^ere after
wards retaken, and 300 wagons, and returned to
the point whence hc aiarvid.
These eveutrt aro important in themselves and
in their probable e.'^iD.scqu«ncc.«; they require,
tijereforo, t."* be examiuod luore in detail The
figh^ OD the 7th may be dismissed without re
mark; it V3S ftifcply a .skiraiish. The seriouB
work bcgiuj* on the 8th, and begias in this way.
Geu. Banks’H advance co'.siated wholly oi cav*
Hiry, whereof there were .» brigades, numhoring
rfXjfj*/ UJt.*4- 4. TT a 4* 41 ^ w X*.
their immediati; Iront—tiiey had bren engaged
tiio d.iy beiorc—Gen. Banks allowed th>‘m to
pu-.h on without an infantry support, aird with
'he whole of their train, cons'sring of 300 wagoun
There v>rt8 but one road In reepouse to a re
port, oa the moruiug of the 8t^,. that the cavalry
had been checked, and were hard-pressed V»y an
inlaotry force iu fVout, Gen. B*tikH sent lor^card
two divisions of the 13»h Ariay Corps These
two divisions—b;^ng le«8 than one third of the
whole army—were preci{.ifa»ed eight miles be
yond the ne?ircst portion ot the main body, and
arrving in front of the en.imy were vigorouftly
uttAckt^d.
The cavalry, in whose f^upport they had came
up, fled The iuf'autry were ott*^numbered, flank
ed, heut^n, and attempted to retreat. Tho road
by which alone the artillery could move was
btooked by the wagon train of the cavalry. A
seeij« ol wild confusion, jwnic, and finally utter
rout, foilowt-.d Twenty guns were captured by
theenomj. "The road.s were t^o blocked up, '
sayn an artillery « flieer, ‘‘that the order was givec
t«i cut tho traces and ,«avo themselves. The re
treat by this time had become » rout.” When it
had continued for a long distance, the pursuit of
*ho t.Dcmy was-chicked by the arrival of tho I9th
corps and of night. Froui the ground on which
the l^th corpH had taken its stand, Gen. Bankfl
ordwred a retreat U* Pleasant Hill, whieh was ef-
lectsd during the darkness
The causes of thi« disaster were that Gen
Bmks suffered, tho c-jvalry to advance l>eyoud
easy Kupp'irting di>*tancc; thht the Rivalry train
waft suir-red to gtt iu frunt of the whole infantry
fore**, and so prevented 'he u^e of the . nly road
for troops and artillery to arrive or retreat; and
t) at when Gen Banks drciJcd tti deliver battle,
instead of withdrftwini; his cavalry, he committed
to rhnt rDgagem^'fit a;»ain«t the whole body of
the enemy but a suiall part ot hij> owu force,
and s« ni that, as he had previously done the
cavuirj, out of rei^oh of the remaining infantry,
*'v whpse aid the battU- could have been won.
It ia remarkable that he here committed exactly
the error by which, in August, 1H62, he lost the
bittle of Cedar .Mountain in Virginia.
On the 9th Gen. Bankti, having oonoentntted
his army near Pl-a«nt ffill, by bringing up a
tart from the rear and by withdrawing a part
from the front, and the enemy having continued
his pursuit ot that part which was withdrawn
l.'oiii th.’ Iront, t';e c.^g:»^^emeot wad resumed
Skir-mishing oc-upiel the greater part of the day
.\hoUi ./o’clock in the afternoon, the enemy at
tacked. The force ol his onset waa reoeived by the
Sixteenth Army Corps, under Gen. A. J. Smith,
Partially succcssful at some points, the enemy
cipturod the whole ot a battery, and pressed on
Iteceivcd at clo.He quartcis, with a very deadly
discharge of artillery and musketry, their final
charge along the line was repulsed; the battery
wa.s re-rakcn, and the rebels were driven from
the field. It appears, however, that the 13th
Army Corp*, of which two divisions had been
s.tcrificod the day before, was able to take uo
part in this battle, and the los'c^ of the 19th Ar
my Corp.s had also been heavy on the Hth, and
that tbe I6th .\rmy Corps now, although victo
rious, suffered heavily from tho desperate fighting
ot the enemy
So that upou the whol«), Gen. Banks, on the
morning of tho 10th of April, found his army in
that couditioa in which it seemed to him advisa
ble to decline further contest with the rebel
force under Gen. Kirby Smith, and to retreat,
iie feik back from Pleasant Hill to Grand Ecore,
a distance of thirty-five miles. The enemy hati
been so severely repulsed on the evening of the
!Hh that they seemed fo have been unable—or
possibly, for ,inother reason, unwilling—1-» pur*
sue the retiring forcos of Gen Bancs; and the
tnsuah to Grand Ecore was acoompluhed with-
otu moiostaiiou. • ^
It is reported that Gen. Steele, who when last
heard from was at Camden, Arkansas, and whoBO
force was meant to have efieeted a junction with
the forcc of Geu. Biiaks at Shreveport, Louisi
ana, was within sixty miles of the latter place
The m’sfortune of Gen. Banks’s retreat is that
it leavc^ the enemy at liberty to turn all his
forces Against the advance of Gen. Steele. The
safety ot the latter is perhaps oompromised, and
:f he is attacked and beaten, his defeat will add
one more to the many examples of the impolicy
of seeking to unite in the face of the enemy two
columns marching from different points by con-
vergiog lines.
HOW LINCOLN TAKES THB NIW8.
Special diapaich to the Nsw York Tribune.
WAf9HiNOTON, April 24.—It is stated that
(General Banks’s removal has been seriously con
sidered in Cubinet council.
Tlu Bhjijr»t Lie —JSeveral of (hat Sorf.^\
yankee l«tt«r from Fort Monroe says:—
"The guuLout Whitfthead ^ent on rcconnois-
uanoe on Wednesday [before Plymouth was suT-
renderedj a short distapec above Plymouth, and
the officerji and crew observed alout 300 rebel
troops engaged in burying the dead. From a
steeple on tho town church, overlooking a large
tract ol land, it was fouod that the field of Asa
Johnson (about sixty acres) was completely filled
with the dead and dying rebels. The entire
rebel force could not have been short of from fif-
teen to twenty thousand men, of whom one-third
are unfit for lutnre service.
England and the Conftderary.—Earl Aassell
has determined to open communioatioiis with the
**so called Confederate States without recognising
them " A Mr. Cranford ha» been gent to Bich*
mond. When he arrives he is to ge« to ihe pro
tection of i^ritish subjeota.
Speoie declined.—In Mobile, silver has tum
bled connderably. On MoatUy it oomm»nded
onlj tlurt«en for oa«.
my ia now ted maiuly from the supplies oi litur-
gia, througs ihc North t'ttro’if>a ruilruads, and a
flank movement ol’ our forces from Plymouth or
Little Washington, or Newbern, upon tho.se
roads, iu cuitiog off tho supplies} ol Lee, might
coii.pol him to abandon V^iryinia, even without
« battle, to recover his arteries of subsistercc
«ijil to Siive tiis nryjy. But sb.>uld General
Hi>k« and th s« rebel rr.m.s succeed iu au attack
upon Newbern, the “Yankee?” will be removed
from North Carolina, her r«tilrouda will bo .^Hfe
aud large additions of rebel troops relieved from
cl«: duty of gunrding thei*;, and large supplies of
cap uro'i artilJfry, munitions of war and provi-
n timn he ullnwi^d them, Diay thus be »c-
eured for the army ot Lee. Wa are, thoreioro,
Whiting with 8’“me ititerest for lurttier int«Ui-
jeacv ot the 'oovemen^^ and fighting qualiti> s o!
I he Roanoke r.-iin; for upou that single rebel craft
ma) tiepcud tbe is^ue of tbe campaign iu North
Carolina.”
The Newbi.rn corrcnpohdent ot the Herald has
the fullowiug account of the proceedings of the
ram Alb.;n arle;—
“The r-dm of which so much h-as boen said, and
rrecaution taken to guard against, ran past Fort
Gray on Motiday night, after the moon had dis
appeared, on the opposite bank of the Roanoke
river, and thus eluded the vigilance of our gun
boats. This rebel monster had no steam On, but
floated down with tho current. After leaving
the range ol Fort Gray her engines were set in
motion, and, bow 00, she pushed for our gunboatti,
and succeeded in sinking the gunboat Sopthfield,
a lorry boat carrying a battery oi .six heavy guns.
The Southfield and Miami, flagship of (Japtain
Flusser, were chsined tojiether, to present a more
formidable front to the ram, and to keep the
other afloat in case one was disabled. The ram
sb'>t past the .Miami and bored her prow into the
quart.T of the Southfield with great forcc. Tho
crunching of ihe saw-likc proi;v of tho rebel ram
HDiocg the timber was fearful, and tbo orifice
created thonby waj probably ten to twelve feet.
The Southfield sank in ten minutes »tter being
attacked.
*‘A last shot before sinking was tired by the
crew of the Souibfield into the rwbel ram, by
ruotiing the one hundred-pounder Parrott forward
—the siern of the boat havirig huuk first—but
the sides if the reb 1 gunboat being ‘'■slushed”
with greaBc the shot had no offect, and reb«'und-
f.d back into the water
‘•Finding thf Si.)uthfield go'>e, the ram made
for the .Miariii Captain f*lusser stood by the
Lrtc gUJ and at:ked what charge it containpd.
Ho wa.s anfiwered a shell, and he made the re
mark, “Let us fire this, and afterwards we will
piv« him a better dose, solid shot ” Captain
Fiusser sighted the gun himself, the iron-clad
being only half a length from him. The shell
fired was a ten second fuse, which struck the
roof of the ram, rebounded and hit Capt. Flusser.
In striking him tho shell cxpb>ded and killed the
gallant officer instantly, almost tearing him to
pieces.
‘•The .Miami reared below Plymouth, having
sucoecded in picking up a numlH^r of the officers
and crew of the Southfield.”
Another corrc.^pondent give^ the following de
scription of tho ram:—
The Albemarle is quite a formidable craft,
built on :he plan ol the Mt^rrimac She has a
crcw of sixty men Her dimensions are as fol
lows: Length, 152 feut; breadth of beam, 40 feet;
depth of bold 12 feet. She is built of 16
inch timber, and is said to have i plating of
six-iwch iroo 0 hers, however, asocrt that her
coat of mail is T n^il, laid and fastened crosswise
Her euginu is a low pressure, English built, with
two screws. She is piorced tor six guns; vi*: one
porthole at the stern and stem, and four on the
sturboard and port sides. Her armament con ietfl
of oaly two tw. nty pounder Whitworth gurs, re
volving on a swivel, which can be fired out of
three portholes The ram now has aU the inland
waters of North Carolina open to her, and there
is no knowing where she may strike the next blow
I'/ie. Encmi/ 0/1 thfi York Peninsula.—We
leara from a gentleman who came up Saturday
from Gloucester that the country people estimate
the number of troops at and around Gloucester
Point at 25.000. This is, of course, an exaggera
tion, though it is true that a large number of
troops have been landed there lately, many having
been sent over from Yorktown. The river is full oi
stL-am transports, plying to and fro. A regiment
Ol uiSj^iu Viv/v^o ua>^ cAv&iry
were up as far as Gloucester Court House last
week. A brigade of nogro troops are at the
'W'^illiamsburg Landing, on York river.
’ Richmond- Ditputch, 2d.
Yankee Itosse^ in the Louisian't iJampaii/n.—;
A letter in the New York Herald from a mem
her of the Chicago Mercantile Battery, says:
*‘0f our whole division numbering 3000 men,
but 1000 are left to tell the fearful odds against
which they contended. Two regiments of the
division were consolidated, and had in all 104
men and 7 officers, the highest in rank being a
captain.”
WAB NEWa
t\-om JsiaUem Norik Carolina.
May 3.—We received a semi-official letter, ye#,
terday, announoing the evacuation of Washin^tou
by the Yankees. The garrison which lately hold
Wasbington and infested the surroucding ooim.
try, for m»ny miles, is now transferred to New-
bern —State Journal.
A letter from Wilsou to the iiuleigh Consexva
tivfc says thac the fortidoati^ns and everytim,/
valuable wore destroyed. There were 2t>lA>
kee trO'^ps in the place. The foroc at 2Sewt>eru
is s-aid to be from 7000 to 900O.
Goti. Hoke has telegraphed to Raleigh for ^
geijtleman there to go to Wa.shington and tnk*
uharge of tho fisheries.
More pieoiant Feportu from the Tran$ MitHi.
—Demopolis, May 1.—A dispatch from
BrookhavBn to the Meridian Miss. Clarion aayg
infortfiation from the ‘Trans-MiBsisippi, reports
Banks defeated a second time. He e^.capcd on
tbe north side of Red River, and is falling h&ck
on Natchez.
Gen Price has whipped Steels hazily, captuf.
ing 200 wag^n^, a large number of prieouers *nd
arms. .Mai m-\duke was also in pursuit of Steele
who was falling back to Little Rock ’
Moiiii.K, May 2—Mr. Wagner, bearing (Ji,
pitches from Kirby Sm^th, states the results of
battles on the 8th and 9th on Red River as f'ol.
lows:
Complete defeat of the enemy: loss estiujated
by Ger. Taylor at 8000 killed, woiioded and
misfiicg-, bnt their own admission puts the ntmj.
bor at 13,000. Wc captured 21 piecee of artillcn
10,000 s’and small arirs, 1,200 mules, 800 w»-
irons and a brgo quantity of st.orci. (Jur lusg
officiallj,_2,200. Gcnl’s. 3Icuton aud Greene
Confederate Tai Jlotice.
WILL attend from this date, with the Asneasors. at tlje
office of M. t'ampbell, to receive the Additional Tax
on profits nia 'e by buying and selling during the year
1S63.
Tbe li»w requin*s tbe abovt' ta.\ to be asstissed and col
lected forthwith. Tax paycra ai-e thert-fore notified to
make immvdiate payment
_Tl»e following are extracts from Ulstr^etion^ from the
TVeasury Department:
1st. Tbe four per c«nt. Bonds and Certificates will be
received in payment of ta-xps during tho year 18»rl. Wbed
ofTered in payme,nt of taxes they must b- duly a«ign»“d.
2d. When the bond or certificate is grealtr in amount
than the tax to 1>« paid the differeno« will lie returned In
other bonds or certificates—the ta.t puyf^i- paying any
fraction under one hoiidred dollani.
4th. In cases where the tax of several tax payers is
less than one hundred dollai-s, sevenil may unite in pay
ment of th;lr ta-xes with one bond t>r Cfrtificate; in uo
other ca.ie, shall ditlerent ta*-payers be allowed to use
the same bond or o^rtitlcate. R. W. HARDIti,
t'oUoctor -22d Dist N. 0.
April 27 27-i2w
Forty able-bodieil ttecruits
ARB wanted far 'io-npiay D, Tenta North Carolina
Btttalioa of flasvy Artiilerr, stationed at Psrt Cas
well, N. O.
Persons of the Rtterv* hav« n-iw na opportoaiij of
fered of entering tn« servios in thsir own Stato, nt n
deslmble point.
Tho Q. M. Department wlU fomUk trnnsportatiok
apoa propor •ppUMtion.
Maf3>18Ql 2d*«i
killed. Three yaiikec Gtii’ls leported killed.
The enemy’s force 32,000; ours 18 to 20 0ijti.
Kirby Smith directed the opefations, Taylor
commanded the centre, Wniker and Mouton tLe
wings.
()n Sunday, the 17tb, the enemy attemptcii
to cross R :d River again, and weie attacked acd
again whipped worse than before, but lo par-
ticclan received. Forty steamboats of all classes
asocnded the river, and were ail above Alcxan
dria, with no posi^ibility of escape. Ten or
twelve boats alre«dy blown up or hurot to avoid
capture.
Mr. Wagner says soldiers and cifiaena rtjiOTt
that Price seemed to have fallen back in epparent
disorder, abandoning everything, when the yan-
kees attacked, hia trains. They broke ranki
aijd pcatfcred to plunder. Price turned and cof
them to picces, capturing 4,000 prisoners, iHK
wagons, all their ammunition, baggage and sup
plies.
MERiniAN, May 2.—The Missiseipii isrisinit,
Red, Ouachita and other rivfrs fsilirig Gen
Moutun (Confederate, killed in LouisiaDa) bad
five bullets through his breast Gen. Grvene
was killed by a stray shell from a gun boat two
days after the battle of the 7th. The expedition
was platined by Franklin. The yankees expect
ed to make Shreveport their base, wherefrom to
move on Texas, through the north eastero ooaii*
ties Banks wa.s sure of finding Steele ia tcni
session ot Shreveport and intensely chragrined
when informed he was not. A courier froiu
Banks to Steele was intercepted at Shreveport
carrying orders for Steele to f^all back a& rapidly
as popsible, that Banks was advancing on Shreve
port, expecting to find fitXHi, bat had met 5K),000
Natchez and Baton Rouge are crowded to exoesi
with yankee wounded The extent of our vioto
ry on Red River cannot be exeraggerated
Mkb/dian, May .'{ —Trans-Micsisaippi aJvio«»
state that the enemy are blowing up I'unboata
and transports about the rapids, on Red River, to
prevent their falling into our hands.
Advices beyond our lines confirm the report of
Price whipping and routing Steele, in Arkaohao
.Mobile, .May 3.—The Shreveport La Newi
of the 15th has been received. It contains Gen
l)iek 'J’ajlor’s congratulatory address upon the
victory of the 8th and 9th ult, at Mansfield.
He claime a complete victory. Also, an order
relative to the death of Oen'ls Mouton and Greetse
in which Taylor claims victory at Mansfield and
Plea'ant Hill. Gen Greene was killed at Blair’s
Landing.
Fntm Miuinsipvi.—MeridtaN, May 3.—Lt.
W’’tcd, of Wirt Adams’ cavilry, went within six
miles of Vicksburg recently, capturing and kill
ing a number of yaakeee, bringing away etjaip-
ments. He destroyed two Government plaotSf
tions and brought off negroes and stock.
The armament of the gunboat Petrel, captured
by Wirt Adams, has reached Brandon. Tho
commander of the Petrel and 25 other yankses
arrived here to-day.
Frnm Georgia.—Dalton, May 2.—The ene
my advanced in heavy force on Tunnel Hill this
morning, gradually driving our Cavalry back
until tihey reaahed a point near Tunnel fiill,
which they shelled furion^'y, and then withdrew
in the direction of Ringgold. Our loss 12 killed
and wounded, including 1 general officer.
Daltox, May 3 —Everything is perfectly
quiet inside our lines.
Yankees on the Anifrtju/a.—RICHMOND, May
3.—About 4000 yankee troops landed at West
Point on Sunday afternoon A larger force
landed at Gloucester Point and Yorktown These
troops constitute Peninsular army, probably under
command ot Gen. Smith, and will, no doubt, mQvc
in this direction in a few daya.
TAe Florida after the Richmond,
May 2.—An official telegram from Wilmington,
to the Secretary of the Navy, furnishes authentic
intelligence from Nassau, that the Florida 4ia»
sunk the Huntsville and another gunbo*'t in tbe
West Indies.
One Day Later 'from the North.—Richmond,
May 3 —The New York Herald of the 29th says
that reinforcements for I^ce from South Carolina
and Georgia are rapidly reaching him. All the
troops from Augusta had left for Richmond.
Longstrcet ascertained to be at Charlottesville. .
An arrival from New Orleans, says Red river
advices of the l9ch, states that Steele is reported
to have captured Shreveport. A portion of the
Union army had left Grand Eoore to attack R«b-
el position. Union loss in the several battles
3400.
The Senate has oononrred in llouse resolu
tions increasing duties 50 per cent, in sixty days,
except on printing paper. The tax bill passed
the House 102 to 33.
Gold closed on the 28th at 179i.
It is said that the President intends sending
Sickles to relieve Banks. Admiral Wilkes has
been dismissed from the service. Gen. Foster i*
appt'inted to a command in the field, probably to
Burnsidc^s corps
Ecchnnge of. Prisoners —Judge Quid, Agent
of Exchange, gives notico that all Confederate
officers and men who have been delivered at City
Po'.nt, Va., at any time previous to the 20th of
April, 1864, are duly exchanged
The. Reserves.—are glad to learn that Gen.
Holmes has determined to detail to remain at
home for agnooltuial purpoMS all parsofDS between
45 and 50 liable to earoilment under the late aot
of Oongnass.—i?a/. Oon$erpatioe.
If jon wiah to obey the order *'fire and fiUl
Mok,’* ahoot viUi ta OfwkMded aoiktt.