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.rum eastern The fblloirin^ ^ r the Kaicigh Con- ot the Editors oi- ^ygi^tcrd&y uioroing. It fcdcr»t% w»> rcceivf’d OL. y . . hy H very strong bridge, which waa raised as . Thi« fort oionnt#>d a 30 pounder and a tr door pounder with inrantry supports. Some ol riok«’s Hrigade wore pushed from tlie para- several dajs .low fo niMtiia. tho fast Friday —I t;r:i il luyself pet bv the enemy’s bayonets and several were killed and wounded within several pacos of the 1 ditoh and upon a^attis endeavoring to get in the fort. Tho color bearer of tho ‘ilst Goo. climb’d tho wall and waved his cj1*>rs over the fort. Our informant telU.-^s, tliat it was iuipo:»fiible to car ry tho tort wirhout heavy loss, by pushing our c.»» ran,* ».s a^a b, co,. «.h.,rc uc h(’wi.s. It proved suceetistul, with ut> furtner loss L'aa abandoned. Just beloro fortcJ l,ra«»Df»a t'>ny»i a.M.ououu ,.,cn : -v . the iron-okd Albemarle portea uy . t j passed the enemy a bnttenos, Gen. IVarint^ to( k charge ot the K:ul | road CHPtunn- a blocUousrc with its 4jarri^on of! thcboutbUeld, called tbur best boat So far tivo or six -uab.ats Luv. u .e„ ; point and curryuis h,x very heavy guns dUovctM near the t ^T-., uuJ y^.tcrdav r! . , li*cAiben:arlc wu.s not lujurea The rciaaind. r .belied luriou-slv-kiilin- some lour or five, and 'f cuomy s fleet fled down the river in grent >r. ! li 'ste. 1 he iruoboat Mtaiiii was disabled by a wvundins? sevcr.'kl ot our uion. ; » , i . l ^ ! s'.iot invu our boa:. Uiio ot 1'jc enoniy a bout.'!, but gives vyas wriiten r tfafiig of alfai at day-break: . qS'rtis inomiQ.-', Moro suarisc, to gi“7^a • ~P“ «'■ at proper- ••Ycste^ tlr-t enoo\ Thr»M h.',;.i*nK.ly™rrita l.y two ,.i.cfs «,.J , 'f (!aT)t. OuuiuiJ^'^"’ f't.irr s ti.\rMii,)n, s-up- ,. »• * • » oorted by a ilanki'i:? p:irty ot disutountai uien ; ‘•Gen Iloko beycnd dov-bt took hi.s p.tsllUms lsL«t uight, ani to dav or to n otr vf will djvci"p ,,,- xt . , - m . hi., plans. . AU .y 'ar. ^uni.ni dovni the riT.r u.r ; art.llory ut .rren Noct about two milea above ■1 u very tine s-toimer, wasal."o sunk by M:ij. H“id’s _V, pr rui ID (riivTt tl \r -r*' ■ •*OTT.I''r t: :i' ’ ^',r. r Oooke slid th' Aiboioai'f. N ^ flier yot. Yours, 1* Iv. Alter Col Me \ne ■wrot*', the of wbcrn was rii.'ietJ, au’! t'tii':i>>j»j v> ?n. r-wn T;;e tro^p were tvcdt-i . \vl- ".t'-; ,>ud vrf sup;;> 'LS h ■ iiort- clad.ihulnot avrlvt\l to e> ? ■ wifli fiici:; Ot tli.i iiMi^iti in a '-V Kl’.er cof!. - -sid. i,t wt-’ ._s .a the lliu'ii'h I'tour — “AH I'rul t. . T c.-’r.ii fi ly, with cvi ry ;>si!riii .* i-t .sdcc.i Biartlrd hy ho • n ’iu‘3 thvre wrcj r i p.- n. rai!r'ni ru"ir’ur to Mor ’h.'.J ^ 1 li ji >-ii ‘ co«>tul’j cut, uT'J e mmuni.'i kv; d i--v 1. > v- craiimportan* lv'!n;fic;-^i>'rir..;iu ’•"‘iriL'th. unpv. .ich to the town, hnd b?en fjk- n. imprtint i:’for;u-i tion gained, and even a formal tlis>: "f truce wa . beins prepared for do^r.andiag the ;inajod!, tc su rendt r of the ^lace or to K t it await tlie cmso qucnce of the shell acJ ooluirns of a:s iult in readiness to (jjiue down on it. on the rel’u il t * acquiesce in our terms. But lo and b.'irlJ, *'a change cama over the spirit” ot the opcra'.i ‘Os, and the project is relinquished. I tLL;k 1 can safely assure your readers, and the disappointed public generally, t^at it is prouiptt-d by one ot those wise schf?ines of public policy so wisely coti- ocaled from that expectant public, and that therv, is something more than “bitter a.'h('«j” in ti c morsoi of fruit now placod before th*'ir eiir'^r appetites. T^c alone wiii show tho wi- lom the policy which directs i :e military operati -cs of the Confederacy at tliis imp rtunt cri-is in her bistory. “We have ab.'ut 59 pnsonert, including 2 ofS- cers, a^ms, ic., as the result of-fhe expcdiuor. and our loss ia soiue 8 or lO killed. One shell I'lviujut' j *G n. Ilok'’, alter t!’kii»g Fort Wes?c!, pushed bl.s 'harp shooters very near tb.G eneinv’a v.orits on the V*/' f side of the Town and?made a clo.se ; T'snnal inspf'cii'u. Deeming that for»ific.ition i t •'n;; lor in iiss-mir on tin' side, he deter- ; mil t;' niukc a ioi'it th^r*‘, whi!^ Gen Runsom i w *■ 1;,. IviL'^iiTc movod down the ‘Lett’s Mill j roii' tit t' . r. brubi road, and mov’ng up that i • "Id cT-s.' crock aud utiikc tkc I a.iacir on ri*.> i?i u'.n or t.i’vn, t^t; T\eakpst i T'•• (“n.'invba l destroyed the bridge but G^ii. ll.iUiotu aiovc 'hem ofl and rut do».a pon i *00r s At davlight of tbe -0th, alter throwing u;» i rof’t 's as a sigii.il to G.'ii Hoke, the attack was ; made. Lt Col Hianch with liis artillery cbarg od across an op^n field with Kiusom’s Hriga le and dravc the enemy into town and through it, ^bcu llokj’s and Kfmpor’s l>ri:iades dashed b»r- Thr J'lilf ii/h at Sm. — At eight o’clock ot3 Friday evenini:. the (>.h in-.-tunt, the (’ontt-derat.' iron r;ad Lrunbiat the Raleigh, under the com- nrind ■>! Ij’cut J. l’imbn>ke Jone^^and bearing the br. ad pt-nnant of Flag OScer Lynch, crossed tit-:; Xc-v lalot Bar in scarch of the blockading -qaadroo. I>uring the ni^ht the iron clad steam* up and down the coa.*»t a con^^iderable distance from the yankco gunb:;atp killed five of tluse ar:d i but without being able to come to close quarters, wounded three others. Our total loss in kilK-1, - •-•ave \n one or two itjstanccs. the first shortly after wounded and missing will not exceed 4.t or ou. This is a small list considering the peril.>u^ nature of the success achieved.” “Among those bodios of troops which have distinguished themrelves in th's expi-Jition, I may be pardoned for mentioning Col. Foik’-: tJth N. C. Cavp.lry. Placed in the vanL’uard, u-d*- the eye of that valiant and trustw>rthy soldi'-, the newly made Brig. Gen. L* :-,ric;:, cf*mmau;- ing the cavalry of the expc’JitioB, the ri-^lnu ni, tssailed and drove in the pickets of the enemv, and making a sudden "detour, pa.-sed t i the ■'^ufh- ward in tLe direction of Sbeppardsrilk-; r^nd cro"- ing an almost impenetrable swamp ot s vcral miles in breadth^ vig.jrously a?'-»uUcd one o*" tho enenv's strongest fortilir’.-incns •c'l the Ruilroud leading from Newbcrn aud succneded in coujp:l- iiog its capitulation. Tho work;, were kn.'wn ls “Fort Croatan,” and were situated s ime 10 miles from the town. On urivirg in the ou-ur pick jt-t, a formal flag of truce was forwarded, demanding the surrender of the plac"’. The olBcr^r com manding, after endeav-riii^ to ac 'tain the strength of the besieging lorce, decliacd s u;fn- dering; but added, ‘‘that he li'ped ii a?--auif d the Vort, tkei/ would not h- re '^Fart PtUoic aya'Ti!” “So the signal was given,, and tho re:;imen^, (which had been partially dismounted) op^'nod fire from tbeir rifl -s and carbincs, uj->vcd on to the work amid a furious fire from the rnomy s artillery and musketry. But the yankce valor soon displayed itself in the whife fi'ij, wbi'ch was run up in three minulcs after fire war opened on them! The fort was our?j and the garrison, con sisting of Capt. Algen, a Liejitenant, Chaplain, and 5 privates, one splendid howitzer, an excel lent lot of small a’’iMs, and a Irir^e quantity of stores, rewarded the victors. Two nc^'rocH and a Buffalo or so made their escape a't^r the flug went ujT’ “It id worthy to remark that the Federal Com mand'^r gave quite a si.rnificaDt reply to the note from Geu. Hoke, docjin!ing iho :,urrei:d r ot Newb rn, s :it up ua^er flof tru.''-' winch I alluded to in y t rl^y ^ l.fer. I u .der-^t.ud r containrd word-t. {bin (ff thnt ^.e hud not made doraon'f,fitL.-n ai- v.i»' the pNe - for them to d :tcrruiae o;ir jbj-ji'f-* innl oar •nrri . but if they were ocmpidi.vi to .-urrcndcr, th y de sired tu kuow upon ^ ... out when she met » block-tding vepsel cruising about, and g;»vc her a seven-inch shot cr ;shing throuira ber sides. The blockadtr im mediately left, makicg signals, to the fleet. The -ccond wa? shor'Iy after midnight when she got another shot at a bl >ckaucr which apparently to«k ht'T for a steamer trying to come iu. Receivirii: a shot from tbe Raieii’h be hoisted the usual .■'ignal of a blue light, thinking he had been fired on in mistake by some of his consorts. Another shell undoceired him, and soon alarm signals fla.-licd through the Yankee fleet, who put out t > ca. In toe morning some ci"ht yankoe war vessels hove i > fci/ht, but none ventured near and only iwo;:’-three within l ing range. The Ril- Oigh hold the anchora'ie, she being some oi;ibt mWp-i Vrom Fort Fi-iher until H o’clock on Satur day morniD;r, when the Fldg Officer, finding soQiC deraagemcut of tho propdlcr, which conid not brj f*djus^ed, siowlv steamed for the bartind came in. Whn^ damage wss done to the blockriicr?* we do ro^ know V,*e r-'gret to h>?i*r th.-xt the RaUigh cot a 11:d on tlii; Tip” while coming in. Whit ht'r dan’oge from that may be, wc cannot She «:is nut hit juce r>y thi» enemy. W^ -mi.i^’fon J furnn/, O 'h guard. F«r tbirteeo days of that trying retreat THE WAR IH VIBOIHIA j attempted to •ro« tlia field of Mrg. Howletfj be'was almost constaQtly in the saddle, as hard- Uichmond, May 9.—The telegTaphic cooma-. f)irm, immediately at tho Jtinction, but were i^m ly an hour passed without a skirmish. Twicche ■ nication betweeii Richmond and Weldon, it is | ^th a deadly fire from 600 cl the 21st and mado a haaardous stand to ^ain time for the in- hourly expected will he resumed. It has caiued ^ South Carolina Volunteers, oonimandf-d by (JqI fantry and baggage At Vermillion Bridge he [ a great accumulation of PrePS news at thiH point,. Graham. Three limes the enemy fought 11,000 of the enemy with 2,000 of bis Uie material points of which are subjoined:— ! reach the railroad, coming with a yell, bat our holuiug the battlefield ail the cusuing ^Obange 0. H., May 7.—Kwell again rcptilaed = . - . night. During Taylor’s brilliaut campaign for the enemy yestorday—-the yanker loss tvrrible, the recovery of West Louisiana, the capture of . pspccially in Early’s front, hwell s loss ^^^1 Brasher City and the La. Fourche, Green was bis Last night our men held possession of the enoaiy s boasted “right-bower.” On the Sthof July, this I battle field ou the left and centre, capturing a ‘'Tarnatioa Tiger,” (as the yaakecs learned to ; number ot wounded. Our success very great, but j tant, in tie direction ot Port Walthall luoJio style him,) with only his owu aud Majors’s Bri- not decisive Our loss thus far about oOOO, of ; The dispaiity of numbers was too great f«r u» J, gades, routed the combined Divisions of Whit-! whom a large proportion are slightly wounded, pursue, but-a gentleman present informa uj, eel and Grover—two of Banks’s most pwted li- j The light occurred in a densely wooded country, he never witnewed more gallant oonduot oa thi ons. Four days alter that, he met and defeated hence little or no artillery was used in the fight, part of any trdop® than was displayed by th* in ■ At-Chrst^r on Saturday, midway between Peters- n___i Accordingly, an offrr *)f battle was here made and aci’cp^"! by tho yaakces, who advanced in oorfi ler>i and cxulfunt columns to the attack ou tbo S*!, Ajiril This day a?id the succcediog, tho ti-h’-ni' -vas d*-'pprato and sanguinary. sight ►♦'rp«;r " .'j in the Fi’drral ranka roused our men to ^ach >i r'itch that thn' hist all .oelf-coctrnl, •tr;d tir .1 the b.uvt of the invaders with con st‘r*!Tioi. 'I’ho yink c.h flung down their arqaa, orcl’-imiuir ft*. '1 cy could not fiirnt such men. ‘•Thirty six pi rt s uf artillery, 12 OOOto 16,000 stand of arre®, iil'U •.'•agons, (many loaded with ordnance ^nd -(f r\ *»■ *‘o»‘C8,) 1,2J0 excellent mules, and otiar appliances of a great army, fell into oar banas. l’jver_^. ; coe and caisson of Nims’s w,ird cn the north sidv? and joined Ransom’s in /amous battery, which w s taken and re-taken the ti'wn. Tho enemy abandoned their gun.s, left their works, and crowded into and around a viTy strong fori near the centre of riicir work*. A^’rer an boar or two of sharp shooting and artil lery firing, the white flag wa.'? raised, and Ihc noted stars and stripes lowered, to as brave a .set of men, and to as gallant and efllcient a li»adcr, as ever met an enemy in blooiy eo'fli’t THK TRANS Afl'^flUSIPPI OAMrAlGH We pnblic*bcd last week tho telegraphic out line of the follo'^ng aocount,s which reached tw yesterday by mail:— From the Mo1>i!e Trihm»e Wo are indebted lo A. J. Wagner, Esq., . . . i /--ij n , (bearer of dispatches to Richmond) who arrived go«d, holumg the battlefield all the cusuing here yestenlay morning, f»r tho following inter esting narrative of lato events in the Trans-Mis- FiH-sipji J>cpttitm©nf: “Towardi^ the end of March a column of about 12,000 yankers, from Vicksburg and other points, under commu'id of Maj. txeu. Morgan Smith, advanced up Red River in gunboats and trans ports. About the 1st of April, they flanked and took Fort dc Russj'y (fifteen miles below exandria,) capturing the guns and garrison. They then occupied Alexandria without opposi tion, where they were soon joined by the forces from Berwick’s Bay, under Banks and Kranklin. This combined forcc comprised the 13th, Kith and U)fh army-Corps, and numbered 82,000 men. Banks being iu supreme command. “From AlcxaT?dria they advanced by land and water towards Naichitoches, which they also oc- curded w’th ihsir army, whilst the fleet t^ok pos 809t?i(»n oi our works at Grand K'^ore. From Natchitoches they proceeded towards Shreveport as fir as the ncighborb.ood of Mansfield, when Taylor’s Lou'si^nians, who formed tho centre of our arniv, duc’art‘d they could retreat no further. five tiui'tf at the hn>tie of B^ton Rouge, and of tl-e still more c'^lebratcd “Mercantile battery” of Chicago, were taken. The latter is said to be the best battery iu the Federal service “Oa Sunday, 17th April, whilst the retreating enemy were endeavoring tu cnrss Red River at Grand Kore, the attack upon them was renewed, and th.; “laushter was still more terr fic amo?g the enemy than ia the battles ot thc8tl and ^th. “The ctfects of these victories are incalculable, and cannot h*- exaggerated ‘ F^rty sreamcrs of all kinds eros.'cd the falls of R d Jiiver, and cannot iu all human proba bility return. They will be inevitably captured or d'*.stroyed. “The wh /.p f.f Trans-Missis ippi, except Mis souri and Ark-»ns»s, ha^ been freed from thial- dom, Knd in l«-s.s thus three months those suffer ing iStites will also be reiieved' . “Gen 'K.irby Smith has exhibited militfcry qualities ol the highest order.” men unawed by such music, and uointimidatp^ i such apparent ferocity, met them with a i-u-tdi fire, satuieg them to recoil andjKtagger, from bJocdy reception. They finally retreated in son,, coul'usion and retired about a mile and aLai/di, say. m= capit'-i^atioii: a*- Fort Pi flow their mcmoricil’ ^0 would a i^w a Wa« ominou.iiy it noKF; 8 B!tra.vT*E at pr.vMOUTn. . F.'-o'.n th T.r*(i>--u-; . •> . About dark ch the evoniug ..f the l^tth, ufrer 9 very spirited fire of artljljry .from a ptrtion of Major-Reid’s IMrali^-n, Hoke’s Bri^^.do, sup ported by Koaap^jt’s Va. B.-iga L*, ui .dc a rn gallant ^«ault u^jti Fu t GOO >aid.s to the right and ia advance of the towr, ..’i a* very commanding position. Col. Meicer of the 21st • Ga., commanding Hoke’s Brigade, dashed entire- ' ly by the fort, with the advance, aud did not dis sever that the fort had not surrendered until he had passed it several hundred yards, when fic rV ceived a fire from the ^:>n in his rear He immediately camc to a‘right-about snd changed the rear of the fort. In this charge he was killed instantly by a ball in his head. The command of the Brigade fell npon Tdeut Col. Lewis of the 43d N. (’. T. After s-veial ineffectual efforts tobr.-ak through the abattis and scale the parapet (^band-grCnades were uspd very freely by the enemy in the fbrO and leaving lost a good many of the bravest m^n of the Br\ide in the effort, Col. Lewis ordered those clos«st to the fort to shelter hem.selv.s, and formed the Brigade under cover of a blufl on tho edge of a the r^r for artillery. Major Roid soon came up in sharp .shoot- ® /S keeping up .-ach aA r.cL sant fiicon the fort, tITat the gunners could no» remain at, or work iheir gun,. Hok*,’sand Kem- ners Brigades were lor„,ea in hno uboni midday between the fort and wo. k i at Town The cne Our informant tells ug this fore is tho set earthwork he ever saw. it is a 8iua»j f ,rt With a ditch about ten feet feep and fitt.;ci| fi-pt wide,, parapet about 25 feet above the bottom nf hrom'he. lh> innk '.—Gen Whiting rc(''*ivcd a d’Foat'-h y- iorday stating that our gunboat Albt-ni.irlo, 'om. ’ooku, on the Roanoke river, wei t down t’rom IMyi* outh a tew diys since, and ■*unk one yankec gunboat and disabled «,ome two or three others, and captured a tran.sport, loaded with corn, for Fortress Monroe. This work is ^^id to have taken pl.ice in Albemarle Sound.—lb. Y'lnk^e ih Onff'jic.—We learn from a corrr.-p indf>nf, that at duwn, on Saturday ao^h uU, a ?quad of Vankes uniier Capt. II. K‘lly. •!r.>si.d W.'.itc (J^k. river in bor.ts, and landed at >It. Pl'-a.svnt. O !W co'ifity, one mile in the rear of S t .n b ,ro. I’ii. y adv tuced upon this post, aud -urpr:.'.i‘’ Hi d cap'ured all the pio\et.s. Ten sol dier- in hi> r> i.'ul vr scrvieo, and tw » home (}n'>rd.>. vero t!:c numbt'r vi pr;s m rs tak. n. Wiule h- r ; th V fii 1 an J dcs rjyed two war housc'., a c 0 1. r h. p, ;i store and a Doctor’,«i ffice. The Co^irni I), pirtment lo^t -ixtj b:iin l.s of fi^h m-.- ic-H ♦if’th' .t we^e c -nmittod ou th? ci-iz nl.^. ''r M. r.ilL Sheriff . f •}!« c .u'ity, had his wuteh I st'-.len, and some anicbis of ji-wclry wore abstrtiot- ! ed. A few boais and male “contrabands” were j taken us trophies ot the raid. j *J t>k i aihl Mel ..an tho onuntjy and Mc.-tyra. liarnum were taken to the Federal lines, and reie.i,-cd alt-.r two dajs’ coufi:iement. Mili- I tary pi i ucrH and citiz^as were tr«-atcJ with i( ir'dni*^;s. 'J he incur.Vion was a brief vi.«.it; a complete sur prise; and a hasty retreat fo Sbopardsville. ItaU.’fh ' nnffilexatc, lOtA. .1 i*r i_ * 1 ’ *vvw i.u«. bottom of u * • ^1“ ®“"ounded by the strongest kind 01 abattis slated down The sally fort was oiosQd (jt’ U. Ijkc. a H':U'tj Far^.—'rr\c Richmond cor- noadent. of the Mobile Advcrti.,er gives the fallowing nbout Gen. L le’s mode of living: In GeR. Lee’s te:it m at is eaten but twico a wxck, the Genoral not allowing it oftener, becau'^e he believes indulgence in meat to bo criminal in the pros(:nc Hjr.-iijeagj condition i f the country. His ordinary dinner consists of a head ol cab bage boikd ih salt water, and a pone of corn bread. In this connection rather a comic story is told. Having invited a number of gentlemen to dine with him, General Lee in a fit of extrava gance, ordered a sumptuous repast of cabbage and middling The diuner was served, and behold! a great pile ot cabbage and bit of middling about four inches long and two inohea across. The guests, with commendable politeness, unanimouv ly deoiiuod middling, and it remained in the dish untoiiched. Next day Gcn’l Lee. remomboring tha delicate tit bit which had bcun so providen tially preserved, ordered his servant to bring “th tt middhn^” The laii hesitated, scratched hii head, and finally owned up. “Do. fac is, Masse Robert, dj.i, ar middliu’ was horrid mid- dlin’; we all didn’t had nar spec; and I done paid it back 11 dj man whar I got it from.” Gen’l Lee ’aCAved a high of deepoit disappointment, au-., pitchcd into his cabbage. The hogs are dying of cholera so fast in the town,of Thomasville, Ga., that the Mayor has is sued a card in which he says: It would be impossible for tho Marshal to re move them so rapidly as to prevent them from be coming off(^BiTc, unless Fe negleotsd all other business. TRK L -.TE CJK.N. TUOS UUEBN. Th* is no longer a doubt that Gen. Thomas Green, of Toxa.s, is among “the heroic dead.” icn. Taylor’s (Jrders, in honor of hia memory, «hich we had in tho news ye/>terday, puta an end 10 our hopes thut he had survived the'peiilc of the battles aud the victories which have made il lustrious the banks of the Red With him one ot the most valiant spirits in the West has pass ed from tho scene of conflict, ju#t when and how his lion h.'art would have chosen to be still forever —( U the field ot battle, in the hour of triumph \nd who is this (ten. Totn Gree»T He was born*in V’ir;^iflia While cn infant, liL-; father removed to Tennessee, whero he sc/on Oft * to t‘min*nee in hi- profession, and fir maT»y years was ehief ju«‘i**e of tho State, 'rhoma' •*b«t J-as uis ol«ier,t fou, went in iS'i.^ 10 join the Texians in their r-rsolute n^jellion a;rainsl Santa Annn At battL'jf San Jacinto tho kten eye of Saoi Houston discovered two boys whon» •'■e saw fit t*' p'uce n e iuuir;nd of hi.s artillery— Ben M'ji’u!i»,;h and rua Green. Both ha^e now graven their names deep on the pillars of ron«>-fn, a,;J !?a; ded their fnmu to be treasured in the u’.f ii’ig ■in"m ry ol tl\e gen. rations who Avili torever f *.s>e the fruits of their valorous toil, nod »'uf of tiioir .’irs deptlis b'css those who prfo'rved it frii’u puilutiou l^ow dauntless was ftie l:ir ii'j: of t!.i,">e b-i)** i>o the bloody day when Hou. ton chof^e t’l- m foi the post of skill and nerve, no Tcxan neetl be told. Nor is it nciva ^i•y to rcouiad any one vor-ed in what the Jex ans did during r!a-. Mexiean war and a;;ainst the Xomadic tribes ou me frjntier, how the “boys” fimom toirf^thor the ori^inafor3 of th? : 'iporated corps of Ranrers.whieh accomplished so much in both Gi’t-on wa a Captain of Ran- iirs under J^uehary Taylor, and that General ui.‘nti ;;.M his gallantry in a report of the storming 0 'donterey. .\fter t!-e Mexican war, Thomas tJrecn attain- e 1 to 'iio highest repu’-atiju amonii the Rangers, and ui'' kiy .voro in peieo the laurels he won in w.i^. For the fiftrcn years preceding our war w*th the I uit.cd Ptatcp, lie held thv lucrative and •iiportant ofBjeof cicik of »he Supr»,me Court of fe^as * At the bre.iking out of ths present war, ho was >.^>Miu.^I..uud a Colouet ot cavalry, (,5th Tcia.s,) :Vid accomp iniea f «e arrvy of Ocu BllfTcj u. Not >’rxico H was in co'-u;u;>nd of that army at the battle ot V alverde, the health of Oen. Sibley i>;udc{ing his owu absence imperative, and so jrreen, fortunately f.»r the result, had tho oppor • uuity of putting his t-kill and fortitude to full triiil on •. new fio d. TU • whole force under him did not exceed 2000 men; but they were Texans; and that opposed toi him inoluded about 1,800 .‘‘easoued 4‘ogulars of the U. 8. army, assisted by 8,000 volunteers chicfly from Pike’s Peak. For uino hours the varying struggle between these most unei^al hosts raged. As the last halFbour drew on, lumbers seemed too much for valor, and all looked lost. But, 00 trace of yielding WSS visible on tho calm, unblenching countenance of Orccn. Turning quietly to his staff, as the foo- tnau’s huge bulk was pressing the thin ranks of tho Texans, the General ordered “a charge i^long the lines;” adding: “there is but one way to whip thcso fellows, and thit is to burn their shirts. Tho charge was made with all the Tehemence of valor, and ended in a complete Confederate vic tory. The enemy’s guns tell into tho Texan’s bauds, and his loss, in killed, wounded and pris oners, was e^Uiif, to the whole toroe engaged on the (/Onfi^derate side. Throughout the whole of tho New Mexijsan campaign, wherever General Green s metal was tried, it resounded as at Val- vcrde—victoriously. , In Januaiy 18(53, he was selected by Gen. Ma- gruder to comimand the forlorn hope on the cot ton boats for the re-capt^ireof Galveston, in the face of tho licderal fleet. He led his men in person when they boarded the Harriet Lane, and Gee 1 lagruder attributed the succcss of the enterprise as maioly due to Green. In ths month of March following, he was ordered to the army of Louisi ana, under Geu. Hichard Taylor. On that De partment he had aiace reflected the bright beams of hia own indomitable gallantry in repeated vic tories. When Bankii was jmshing his immensely outnumbering forcea against Taylor, in April 186d| Greoa wm ofakowQ to oomnund tho iw I the enemy again near Donaldsonville; and, had it not been for the fall of Vicksburg and Hudson, there is little reason to doubt he would have pushed his sucoewes into the heart ot the foe at New Orleans, The fate of Vicksburg, however, changed the whole face of the eamp«lgn. Noth ing was then left for Green but to embarrass the free navigation of the Missi^ippi, and this, he and his ubiquitous troops set at once about doing, and very sensibly cffccted ' As often as the on emy tried to binish him from the river side, so often be *»luded their power, and came back to his gallant toil with renewed vicr r. What precaded tbo last victory in which ho bore tho conspicuous part the enemy assignj him, and .what were the stirring circumstances sur rounding our hero’s death, we can only learn when full details of the glorious struggle reach the authoritic-s here.—Rif.hmohd Th« SituntioH in G*’ot"jia—The yankee army -* i„ ^y^mmtnnir nitran *«lir )inn>4 Irs commander, (Jen. Thomas, has evidently got his head set upon a fight. Positions are being occupicd, bridges and causeways are being buil and every indication assures us that they are now making preparations for the continuous pospcs^iion of the eround they are occupying. They have come with a fixed determination to stay. The present condition of things cannot last h»ng. The foe is sufficiently far from Chattanooga to enable Gen. Johnston to gather the fruits of any victory be may achieve, and our troops are too anxious for the conflict which they believe will be attend ed with glorious results, and which will enable us to place our victorious banners on the north side of thi Tenneiisee, to refrain long from an attack- The whole army is confident and reso lute a»d ready to bo led to the contest. They know their own unoonqu«rtible spirit, and that every man is as true m steel, *nd they place im plicit confidence in the talent and military sk'ill of their great commander They will go into the approachiosr fight under different aupi(*es and with firmer hearts than they have over gone into batt’e before Gen. Johnston keeps bis own counsel, and his plans are only known to himaelf. That he will strive to achieve a grca^ victory when he strikes is certain. ' He has never lost a battle, and it will of couise be his objcct to make this victory upon which so much depends, complete. Chattanooga HeM, 7th. From Floriiia —Affairs in the direction of JacksOBville n;main in itatu quo. There is no indication upon the part of the enemy to warrant » pfobsbility of an attempted advance ioto the in terior. Gen Anderson is vigilant and discreet, and is prepared to meet the enemy, aud repel him, it matters not by what route he may attempt an “on” to TallahasscQ. L*tke (\t^ ^'olumbian, Ihe Cropt.—liothwithstanding the severe storms of rain and wind which we experienced during the two preceding months, and which re tarded the planting intercst.s to a irreat extent we have now cheering iDtellig';nce from tho coun :ie« east and south of this as to tho pr.^spects for a large grain crop. In those sections of the country nut ^utiguous to and bordering upon the enemy’s lines, large quantities of grain have been planted with a promise of a large and abun dant harvest. Tha people of Florida are not yet starved, neither is there i prosp«#ct of their being 50, at least for some time to come—lb 4 aptured and Hung —We learn from a source altoeether reliable, that Isaac F. Wiley, 2d Lt of Cspt. R'^ynolds’ company, tjth Florida Ba*ta- lion, together with another deserter from Coffee county, Ga., who, in conjunction wi:h other de Berters and lories, have been committing deprc datioas in this St»te, were captured near New Boston, on the Suwannee river, and hung by a party of Confederates a few days since.—lb. IloxD the yanhee* fifl thn'r Armies.— (3cn. Wis- tar, commanding theyankeec fortes at York town has written to Gen. Dix, in New York,complaining of “an extended spirit of desertion” in his com mand; says that two men hare been s^ot and thirty others are under sentence. His inquiries into the meaning of all this have shown him tkat most of the men so deserting had been “either deceived or kidnapped in the most scan dalous and inhuman manner in New York city, where they were drugged, carried off to New Hampshire or Connecticut, mustered in and uni formed before their consciousness was fully res tored ” “Nearly aU were foreigners,” adds Gen. Wi.star, “mostly sailors; ignorant and indiffejent t3 tho objects of the war.” All (hey know, for their part of {he best Government the world ever s»w, is that it drugced them with chloreform or —:»K tttrychnine whiskey, and then huddled them off to fight ai^ainst they know not wlioiu, for fchcy kaow no(i.what But the General still further adds a feature of the transaction, without which it would not be so characteristically yankee as it is: “Even their bounty was obtained by parties who were instrumental in these nefarious trans actions, and the poor wretohes find themgekes, on returning to their senses, mastered voldiers, without any pecuniary benefit” A fiouriehing trade this, for enterprising yan- kecs of New York! The bounties npon each rC' oruit amount to some six or seven hundred dol* lanr, and the small inrestment of a dollar or two in chloroform or in drtigged whiskey for each gallant defender of the Union, is well repaid by receiving his bounty after the poor fellow, is shipped off senseless to .Oonnecticut, and thence .sent off, still half-awaks, to Fortress Monroe. They awaken to find that they have been both kidnapped and cheated, with a very fair pros pect of bei ditch. being shot like dogs and buried in a Cure for Hog Cholera —'fhe following, says a correspondent of the Milledgeville Recorder, ha.4 been tried irith success: 1 pint gum turpentine, frCBh from the tree; 1 pint sulphur; 1 table spoonful copperas; 1 table spoonfiil Epsom salts. Aliz the copperas and tur pentine in two gallons of dish water, and boil, then add the sulphur and naltn. This quantity will cure twenty animals. Uu;^ will drink it eager ly, when debarred from water. A day er two will effect a certain cure. A writir says that to make an entirely beautiful woman, it would bo necessary to take the head from Qrcece, the bust from Austria, the feot from Hindostan, the shoulders from Italy, the walk from Spain, and the complexion from liagland. \ld M iVns Jiwib.—K}old closed on the 5th Qald 180. burg and Richmond, the yankees were ropalsad with a loss of 1000 killed aud wounded. All the yankee officers in the Libby, 1000 in number, were si ot to Danville on Saturday. Be fore le*vhig they became very refractory An unofficial dispatch from HarrlsOnburg, be lieved to be reliable, says that McNeill struck the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Piedmont on Saturday, dcstroyin-g bridges, machine shops and 9 1( camo»ives. The d- mago amounts to several millions of dollars. RicriMOND, May 8 —The en«my in Chester field have withdrawn from the Railroad to en trenchments. Smith nod Gilmore were in com mand; Butler directing tho expedition vrith his headquarters at City Point, where the negro bri gadc arc entrenched No fig’,tiag at Port Waltball junction to day. Tho enemy’s loss i\i the fight of yesterday was 100(J killed »nd woAidcd. m. from fivA oF oar picket.srnoar (’ity Point, oa Friday evening A telegram from Gei*. Lee says the enemy have advanced his position, marching towards Frade| ricksburg.- The news is favorably conatrucd in official circles. Richmond, May 8—The -following was re- seived this morning at headquarters: Ar.my Northern V'tbginia, May 8.—Se^ cretary of War: Gen Gordon turned the enemy’s extreme right yesterday evening and drove them from their rifle pits. Among tho prisoners cap tured were Generals Seymour and Shaler, also a large numbt'r of arms were taken. The enemy have abandoned the Gcrmanna road ford and re moved their pontoon bridges towards Ely’s. There has been no attack to-day, only slight skirmishing on our lines. R. E. Lee. Official dispatch from Chaffin’s Bluff says one of the enemy’s gUnboats was attacked, disabled, boarded and then burned. Afterwards an iron clad bore d*wn on our forces and they retired. No particulars given. No loss on our side. Ricii>u>nu, May 9.—The following was re ceived at the War Department to-day: Near SpottsyXvama C. H., May 8.—Hon. J. A. Seddon: After a sharp encounter with the fifth army corps, Warn;n’s and C. R. Betts’ divi- hion of cavalry, Gen. R. H. Anderson, with ad vance ot army, repulsed the enemy with heavy slaughter and took possession of the Court House. I am more grateful to the Givtjr of all victories, that our loss is small R. K. Lbi. RicuMONii^ May 9 —A dispatch from General Lee, dated 9 A. M. ou Sunday, says: After re pulsing the enemy from Spottaylvania C. H., he received reinforcements and renewed the attack on our position, but was again handsomsly driven back. Nothing definite from Chesteiffield to-day, ex cept that the enemy shelled our forces at Fort Drewry this forenoon. Gen. Stafford’s funeral takes place this mom , ing, Gen. Jenkins’s this afternoon. Members of Congress attend in a body. RiCfi.MOND, May 10 -—Nothing from G'^n. Lee since Sunday night. The yankee cavalry made a raid on Ae Central Railroad, at Beaver Dam last night They captured and Tiestroyed two trains loaded with commissary stores. The enemy still remain in force in Chestcrfisld county They renewed the attack on our forces defnnding the railroad, to-dsy. The latest ac counts represent the enemy as repulsed. All reports from Northern Virginia are favor able The country between the Rappahannock and the Potomac is swarming with yankee deserters end stragglers. Heavy firing was h^ard in the direction of Spottsylvania C. H. to day %R.\LElGtI, May 10.—The following dispatch has been received by Gov. Vance: Wilderness, May 7.—Yesterday and day be fore Kirkland’s and Cooke’s brigades did most splendid service. Losses comparatively heavy; not very many dead. Lieut. Col. Jones of the 26th died to day at 11 o’clock. [He was wound ed the day previous.] — Confederate. ^ ■ Tho Petersburg Express of Friday say:— “The enemy came up James River yesterday afternoon, about 4 o’clock, and landed a force of some ‘'000 at City Point, capturing our picket guard of 30 men, under command of Lieut. Dug ger. Our signal station was also captured, but tho men made tlyir cscape - The main bulk of the enemy’s force proceeded to Bermuda Hun dreds, about three miles higher up James River, in Chesterfield county, where they landed a force variously estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000 men Our informant counted 41 transports, and others coutd be seen in the di^tanoc, coming up James River, T1U& large flotilla was convoyed bjr three iron clj'ds (Moultors,) and fgur 'froodeo gunboats •‘Bermuda Hundreds is near the mouth of the Appomattox River, on its western bank, and but ten miles from Drcwry’s bluff. It is aim within two or three hours’ march of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad.” We have received no later paper from Virginia. But the Raleigh Confederate has seen an Express of Saturday, brought through by a passenger, and from it wo gather the folI«wing:— Th» Express says:—Yesterday (Fridky) irai another day of rumars—wild, extravagant apd numerous—but not of excitement, for the people had recovered from the shock which oame so suddenly upon them Thursday. They had seen the preparation? which our efficient and gallant General, commanding this department, had made, and felt conscious that under his sleepless vigi lance and skillful laanagement, Petersburg would never fall into the han^ of the foe. It may^ be safely concluded, that the enemy’s forces now at Bermuda Hundreds, do not exceed, if they number ws many as 20,000. All accounts from the river represent the scone at the junction of the James and Appomattox rivers, as one of rare and unusual interoA. So large a flotilla of steamers, barges, sailing vessels, and gunboats, was never before witnessed in that section. As one who saw it expressed himself to us, the wide ez> anse of waters there is literally covered with oating craft. A sharp fight occurred at Port Walthall Junc tion, yesterday afterooon, commencing at 5 and concluding at 6 o’clock, which resulted in a de cided repulse of the enemy. Port Walthall J unction is on the railroad, five miles from Pe tersburg, and two from Swif% Creek Bri^e. At 5 o’clock, two Brigades of the enemy, which moved out from Bermuda Hundreds, some tiitfe during Thursday night, iwd wer^ alawly wd ^ osatioaslj ftd?»aain( 4viiig iho 4)1^ ji trepid South Carolinians. The enemy had artillery, but used it with poo, effect. Our casualties were 26—two killed ^ twanty-three woundad. We had bo artillery. The object of tho enemy in this movement evidently to tear up the railroad and bom tin bridge over Swift creek. They will probably be reinforced, and renew the attempt to-day. The? lost heavily yes'terday, but carried off their killJl and wounded. A body of yankco cavalry, under the Cluiu»qJ of the notorious Col. Spcare, attempted to erc« the Black water river yestcfday, at Broadwater Bridge, acjr Ivor. They were handsouielj ^g. pulsed by a portion of Gen Clingruan’a brave Nor^h Carolina troopi, and retir- d out of ?ighi Our soouto from that scotion, report this bod^ of cavalry as being quit* formidable in nuujbers— some estimating it as high as .^000 At lut aee-unts they were heading around towards the source of the Blackwater in Priuce Georg*. Wo have great cause to be thanklul for th* auspicious beginning which has marked the mil" itary operations of the enemy in tuis section where our city is- so serious!) mcnaoed. At the only two points yestarday, where our forces cam# in collision, we repulsed the insolent foe, and did it moat satisfactorily. They camc in ovcrwhelm- inac numbers, and expected by cncompasgiug na that we would fall an easy prey into thoir handj. They thought that we were too weak to guard more than any one point, but in this, thanks to our vigilant commander, they have been disap. pointed. Wherever thfy have attempted to ip. proach the city, there they have found the bij. onets of the Confederates bri.4tling and ready to receive them. But if we were suoccssfnl yester day, shall we not be more so to-day? Heavy re- infbrcement«, and they among the best and brav est iu the Confederate States, were urrivirff hour ly yesterday and all through last night. Their filurdy ahouts, as they pafcsedlhrough our streets, was itfdced mvsic, such as our people d‘ligk:ed to hear. Gon. Pickrtt, a ?on oi OIp Vir^daii, who will lead them in battle, has attested hi« ikiil and bravery on every bard-fougbt fi-ld, from th« First Manassas to Gettysburg, and aader tkt pn«tigc of such a commander, we cannot thiiik of anythicg but victory. From Georgia.—DaLT^N, ila^ 10.—Thten*- my^cut the Railroad between this punt and saca [10 miles to rear of Dalton] yeiterday even ing. Grigshy’s brigade fui’.^bt the», irivin^them 4 miles, making a stubboro rctistanee. The eoe- my’s force is estimated at 10,0c9j infantry, caval ry and artillerT. Wheeler had a sharp enfjsga- ment with their cavalry on th« CloaTelaad road yesteiday afternoon, driving them and capturiag 90 prisoners, iuclnding Col. Lagraoga, command ing a brigade, and 10 oemmissioned officers. Tht enemy moved last night in the direction of Bo* saca with a majority of their forces. The yaokeet vrcre circulatibg handbills in tbejr command yes terday, stating that Grant had r«nt«d Lee, aad was marching on Jtiokmoad. The prospects arc very bright—no fears fsh regarding the resuU. f Atlanta, May 10.—A telegram from Gen. Hood to the Suprrinteadjnt of the W^tem and Atlantic Railroad says:— “All clear—send trains as usual. The affair at Resaca was a plan of Johnston’s to catch thi enemy. Sneade’s Gap was left open, the troopa seat to the rear of it, and everything prepared U meet him in front. It is not yet known if ths enemy is bagged ” VJieering JNetet from Trans^lf%t»is»ippi — .Mo&ili, May 7-—Steele is surrounded, and Price has demanded a surrender. Steele agreed on condition that the negroes be treated as pris oners of war. Prioc refused the terms, and re ferred them to Gen. Smith, who replied that the negroes should bo sent to their owners. Steele refused to surrender on those terms. Further action is unknown. It is believed that the whole force would capitulate. Smith was reinforcing Price. Mbridian, May 9.—Steele’s army, 9,000 strong', surrendeRd. to Gen. Price at Camden, Ark., on the 28th, and Gen. Taylor demanded the surrender of Alexandria, where Banls’s forces are fortified. Result not known at last accounts. The enemy are attempting to gain Red river and get their boats over the Rapids. Mobilc, May 9.—Seaatobia dat3S of May 7th, stats on the authority of the Memphis Bulletin of the 6th, that 2,400 of Steele’s troops have ar rived at Little Rock, the balance are twenty miles out. Steele’s loss heavy. They haa des troyed their train, lost nearly all their artillery, and were followed by Marmaduke and Flanigan to Little Rook. Dispatches from Gen. Smith to Tom T*ylcr say Banks is shat up at Alexandria with the Con federates below cutting off supplies. The yankees are trying to dam up the mouth of the falls to let out the gunboats. * Longttr^et Wounded and Jenkint Killed hy our own troop*.—Gen Longstreet had turned the enemy’s left and was pushing him back steadily when he was severely wounded bj a shot from Mahone’s brigade, through mistake. Geu. Jenkins was killed by the same brigade. Killed tH Virginia.—The following, it said, %re rartunly among the killed: Wm. H. Hay wood, jr., of Ralegh; Walker Anderson, of Hills boro’, and Capt. Fleming, of Salisbury. Col. Wm. L. Saunders, of Salisbury, it among the wounded.—Confederate^ 9A. rOB THB OBSBaTKft. Abmt No. Va., Camp 26th Reg’t N. C. T.,) Kirkland’s Brig , April 28. } Messrs. E J. Hale & Sons: Ah your paper has a very large eircQlation I desire to write a few lines so that those to whom we cai^not write may know how all is going on. Our health is very good. Rations are ss good as they have been for sometime. We have a nice meeting going on in om Brigade; a great many have been converted and th^^ood work is yet going on. It is said that something near ten thousand have been 4*eoeived into the Church during March and April from the Army ot Northern Virgiuia. Kirkland’s Brigade moved from their winter quarters yesterday, one mils, where jre are now encamped. Between drills the soldiers are bn- sily enga^d ia preparing the next meal, gather ing wild greens, onions, &o. We laay flight soon, if so we ar# ready to meet the yankees and we are oonfident of Mocesa. Bvojil. J rf 't- ‘/Doctor, hare yon not killed five patisals? I 0k Tut: I’:t>-;i:Kss cutting o!’ t' !i- »*jver;tl point?, >>y Inforiualiun f'soin ginia. hud been vo in nothing lator tr Sunday the .-Ih. him as tVom .Sou Tranf-Missiriiippi, amall mutter.s, us of couuuuuicatio Trand-M issisbippi, G«n. Biiuks, in a«i claimed. Vv'e .md tion of the^^‘ stutc is cheerin'? and hoj that victory will cr In the ni an tnii be cftrt-l'ul how t!u> these, en old lady i momin”^ to ''ei::! »i iu VirijiLii.i i:ifonr within a nr.i;* or 1’a fallen iu*o llir stateuie’!’'. U’ and shoiiM pri-p dt-spairmtr tor n iu>» “tuko tro(io!‘ U|i0U thii^ hitTft not li. ta! God i:ovc r >:il h-l^- P. .S. -I'l?! U;’ we of tLo North ('-.iro’i spatch of the lltfi. U.VRKA^ONAKI.K.- servative meetin/ 1 resolution-- oljjecuo ed jokes ut a lime almost literally Lat midst of tiii-ir .'uci in the ctc.siG),' parag by “Linn Aduins, i ing, Secretariea,” v harmony and flow 0 Oonsewative laeetii officers, the speake Scarcely huve wc e\ ing a more ple;jsa:il ing,” say the iitores Thcj have ■dls'i a "13 things at the l opjiiq l^ow tliesG Rj-lcii; ble. If it be wroo; ed jokes” al u tiou can liieri- foi this R;'.leigh ,!oiiser raphers define mirth merriment; jollity; f( fan.” Aud all this hilarity, and i'un. wc cers, the speakers ai sembled too on Fridi of the terrible battle after the account of received in Raleigh 1 these “scribes aud pi it a siii for Gov. V ar profound quii.t, but hilariouA, ut tlie very lant soldiers arc rcJ aorrowiug friendev; in tearti! As to the quii’iiy « matter of taste, riup most clearly ihi y do, wanting in taste, or ii to M.r. iloldfu’s loud people” to say so. S. ence from the rt soluti vatives. Aad their all is a like attf^mpted re child who ha.i either ] Bophy or sniiU '4 tu “wretched joki .s.” We have looke'l ca ceedings. resolutions, fiervative meftiiig, to it was that produ ,el that prevailed. For and the only conclusi whole hundred and til “laaghitig in tht ir sle gery they were pUiyin yond this idea we def; wretched joke or goO' the jollity that is said in the meeting. Stealing I’h ti kes of Napoleon, that he most celebrated work he captured I’rom tiim aright, it wus pi;Idle p just a£ if our armies city and ren>ovc the 1 valuables frow ih‘ I’l liot confined th« m,v*'!v ^bey have stofL-n irm clothing, pictures, ain their hands on that parlo’’8 and clwnibor-' Bale. The New Yolk of art, of great inter taming up at the pic are recognized as hav the South, and were o i€8. Wheu questions ship, there is gt'uera ■wering them, nays ih that the owners are a acquired by steahng. eere, high officers pre and means to get sue Where the rare case to steal, he. is also to •teal. The Herald ai are by “the Mustsachi lything they l an lay heard of one man— went to New Orlean.? back, and who, since purchase a handsome eeeds of his piciure-s PkSSBTTEBIA.V trE met in Charlotte, N. were prepcnt. Ill M o from the Synod ot MiHsiflsippi, N.^rta t. Virginia. No rep re AjKansas, villi*, lina tUere were prest Kirkpatrick, fjowdoi and Ruling Elders 'I Q. Shepherd, T. M. Rev. Dr. John S. Hodfiratof, aud Rev.
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