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ENGLISH lOPINlON OP GRANT’S OAMPAIQN. From the London TimM, June 80. Geo. GnuBt seems to have effeoted thjs maroh unmolested, and the suooessfal aooomplishment of sach a haxardoos moyemeat is a remarkable proof of either Gcq. Grant’s skill or Gen. Lee's caution, or boih. The extraordinary result is that Grant is now exactly on the opposite side of Richmond to that from 'whioh he iMgan his campaign. He started from near Fredericksburg, on the North; he is now close to Petersburg, on the South. Being unable to enter Richmond in front, he has marched past it, and is now trying to got into the city at the back. In fact, he has made a halt oircle round the city, and if he continues, aa he has promised, ‘*to.move on this line” all the sum mer, he may, in process of time, complete the circle, and get round again to where be started from. It would be difficult ts conceiTe a more practi cal admission of fiiilure up to the present point than is contained iu this remarkable movement. Ai has been already obserred, both in America and here, the position whioh Grant held on the Chickahominy might have been reached, as it was reached by MeClellan, without any loss at all; but the same reflection is still more obvious and decisive in this case, for a Federal force had already been established at the point to which Grant has now betaken himself The Federal ^nboats and transports were planted by General Butler at Bermuda hundreds, at the very outset of the campaign, with the express purpose-of ef fecting a diversion on the south of Richmond, while Grant made the main attack from the north. It la obviooa, therefore, that General Grant has only resorted to this manoeuvre because his ori ginal plan has been entirely defeated. He has expenaed 100,000 men with absolutely no result at all, and he begins to all intents and'purposcs a fresh campaign with all the disadvantages of an army diminished by this enormous loss and dis* pirited by obvious failure. It must be allowed that Gen. Grant and his soldiers maintain the character they had already acquired for indomita* ble perseverance. Few generals and few troops would persbt in this dogged and determined strug gle. Beaten off on one side, he attacks at an other, and promises to be true, at all events, to part of his determination—“to fight it out all summer.” When we tura from the mere external aspect of the movement to attempt an estimate of its nature and prospects, we are met by the disadvan- tage of not having the experience to guide us on the South which makes a campaign on the north and east of Richmond a matter of almost soientilio ealeulation. This movement of General Grant opens up, as we have said, an entirely new scene of warfare. The struggle hitherto has either been on the line from the Rappahannock or on that from the Peninsula. General Grant has tried both these and failed, and now, for the first time in the history of the war, he enters oa a third. The first effect of the transfer of the whole Federal army to the south bank of the James River has been, of course, the withdrawal of the Confederate force whioh had confined But ler to hb intrenchments. Before Grant can follow them it is obviously necessary for him to secure his rear by making sure of Petersburg, and accordingly we hear that two divisions of the Federal army have attacked that city. On the 15th, this attack had been so fcr successful that an outwork two miles from, the city had been captured, and a rumor seems to have prevailed at the date of the last adviees that the city had been taken. It had, however, no confirmation, and it is difficult to believe that a city of so much importance as Petersburg, the centre of so many lines of railway, can have been open to 80 ea«y a capture. Unless this attack 1 u iuoc^ful, the campaign may resolve itself I wto a siege of Petersburg instead of a siejje of I Richmond. or tW%fs4 ful in this first act of his will then be free to march the South, having his headquarters on the James river. What grounds he can have for presum ing that he will find less reaistano** on this side than on the other, it is difficult to imagine. In the first place, he is now on the south side of the James, and a river, therefore, is added to the other defences which the south side of Richmond may pos^ in common with the north, for only a small portion of the city lies on the south side. Afl matters are at present, the Federal giinboats Oould offer no assistance, A^ut eight mil^ ^tom the city the navigation HUNTER’S TERRIBLE RETREAT. It really seems as if the justice of Heaven fol> lowed the retreat of Hunter's vandals. Taking from the women and children the last morsel^ of food they possessed—in fact, wantonlj^^estroying what they eould not use—in the long retreat over the mountains the inhuman villains themselves suffer from hunger, and numbers died of starva tion on the wayside. The fact^ relative to Hun- te»^s losses, and the just punishment that befell hia followers, are making their appearance in the papers of the United States. The following extracts are taken from tb^ Columbus Statesman: • “On the evening of the 18th, the army was ordered to retreat, and the line of march was taken up for the Kanawha Valley. Whether or not it was a retreat the narrator waa not advised. The army marched about one hun4red and fifty eight miles to Gauley bridge, meeting a supply train some miles before reaching the latter place. On the-evening of the 17th, the army, while be fore Lynchburg, reoeived its last regular rations. “During the retreat the soldiers received no thing except once each a handful of shelled corn. The report was current that twenty seven men died from hunger on the maroh, three dying after receiving supplies but from exhaustion unable to eat. The men marched the first night after leaving Lynchburg, twenty five miles; and »n- tinned to maroh night and day until reaching Gauley Bridge. A large number of men, unable to b^r the fktigue, dropped down exhausted by hunger, hard marching and want of sleep The number the writer could not ascertain, but it was very large. Nothing was found on the road to eat. Fruit was not ripe, not even whortleberries. The corn, if any in the country, oould not be found. The cavalry horses had nothing but grass to subsist upon, and, as a consequence, a very large number of them fell down on the march ex hausted. It was understood to be the order of Gen Averill to shoot all exhausted horses, pro venting them thus from falling into the hands of the enemy. The loss of men from all causes was very large. The loss of horses fell not short four thousand. « “While marching from Lynchburg, some two thousand or more of the soldiers became barefoot ed, and had to wrap up their feet with pieccs of blanket. A number of negroes were takon on the route. A very large proportion of the negroes were furnished with horses, or were carried in wagons or ambulances. A soldier, whose feet were wrapredlwith pieces of blanket and exhausted from the march, halted a negro on a horse and took possession of the animal. General Hunter hearing of the fact, rode up to the soldier, ordered him to dismount, and horse whipped him, placing the negro again upon the horse.” The Washington Republican says: “An officer who accompanied General Hunter in his recent raid in the direction of Lynchburg, informs us that the sufferings and adventures of the soldiers are scarcely paralleled in the history of warfare. On the return maroh hardly a blade of grass was seen for three days. The soldiers fed their horses with corn out of their hands, and ate only the grains that dropped to the ground. Our informant saw men eating common tallow candles with a most extraordinary relish. Others dug up toots out of the ground and plucd^ed buds from the trees for food.” RICHMOND COUNTY PO! voa TU oBssBvn. Messrs Editors:—The first poUl in the coun^ of Richmond, came Mills, on the 14th of July, betwi Little, of the 52d Reg’t, N. 0. V._ left arm in the battle of Gettpfiaig, prisoner for eight months, and Col. O. H lattle s Dook- of . crtaui iiu uis awseamt- new programme, he on Richmond ^om of the James ts ijiosed by artificial obstructions, and stands on the South bank to anw advance. If Grant could take ^ ort Darling and remove these obstructions, he coald proceed to attack the Confederate Capital; and if aiter the capture of Petersburg, the next point of attack is not Fort Darling, it is difficult to see what General Grant’s prospects are. There are some reasons for believing that the Confeder ates have gunboats above Fort Darling, and, therefore, if Grant cannot force a passage up the river, he may have the tavorito resource of tne Federal^ turucJ himself It is to be rumtiiibernd, also, t^at as Gcn’l Grant’s army is now united, so also may General Lee’s be. It would seem that no sufficient Fed eral force has been left to the north of the Jtfmes' to occupy General Lee’s attention, and to all ap pearances he may either transfer his force to the assistance of Beauregard, who has hitherto de fended the sout^, or, if a smaller force can make that side of the city secure, he is free to march unopposed toward Washington. All these con* siderations make it very unlikely that the Fede ral task will be easier in the new battle field than it was in those upon whioh they have so often been foiled. fHght Between Eleven Hundred Mortes.— Southey, in bis “History of the Peninsular war,” relates the following: Two of the Spanish regiments which had been quartered in Fumen were cavalry, mounted on fine black long-tailed Andalusian horses. It was impossible to bring off these horses—about 1,100 in number—and Romano was not a man who oould ordc” them to be destroyed; he was fond of horses himself, and knew that every man was attached to his beast, whioh had carried him so far and f^o faithluUy. Their, bridles were, therefore, taken off, and they were turned loose upon the beach A seenc ensued such as was never before witnesn- ed. They became sensible that they were no longer under the restraint of any human power. A general^ conflict ensued, in whioh, retaining the discipline they had learned, they charged each ^ther in squadrons of ten or twelve together, then •^loMly engaged, striking with their fore feet, and biUng and tearing each other with the most fe- rocious rage, and trampling over those who were beaten down, till the whole shore, in the course of an hour, was strewn with the dead and disabled. Part them had been set free on rising ground at a distance. They no sooner heard tha roar of battle than they came thundering down over the intermediate hedges, and, catching the contagious madness, plunged into the fight with equal fury. Sublime as the scene was, it was too horrible to be long contemplated, and Romano, in mercy, gave orders to destroy them. But it was found too dangestus to attempt this, and after the laat boat had quitted the beaoh, the few horses that remained were still engaged in Uie dreadful work ol mvtiial deatmotion. Gow. Broion.—Personne whites of an interview with the Governor of Georgia:—Remarking to him, in the course of our interview, that bb poli cy was not generally understood beyond the limits of his own State, and was accordingly regarded as inimical to the beet interests of the Confederacy, he replied, and not without some foroe, that the platform on whioh he stood now, was the same as that occupied by every State of the Confederacy In 1861. Georgii^ in ooonoon with her siaters, MA iiL SAVATAiffn *Vt7 VOO XJTBnor&i Government, as an agent, certain powers; and only when these were transcended or usurped by Mr. Davis, or by Congress, had he (the Governor) stepped forward to enter his protest against the act. In so doing, he had merely made an iosue (in principle, that it might not he retorted upon Ikim in the future that he had silently acquiesced measures clearly inconsistent with the spirit df the Constitution. The encroaohments of oen- tralizcd power had been the curse of the conti nent, and it behooved every statesman in the South to see to it that, while yielding to our own Gen eral Government all proper support, every attempt by it to interfere with the actiom of the State au thorities, should be prsmptly met and oHecked. To use the Governor’s own illkistration—we were all sailing in the same boat, and the pilot at the helm might be steering upon a reef; the crew while disco'7ering the danger should only protest, not mutiny. Thus he would be the last man in the Confederacy to throw obstacles in the way of the President, and had ever rendered all the sup port in his power. He had always furnished isore troop!4 than were demanded, and he was in the present instance calling on hb militia without a hint to that end from the Kxecutive. Peace he did not want, and would not have, except on terms consbtent with the honor of the South; and hence he was utterly and every way opposed to the ef forts on the part of a factioti in North Carolina to get up a State Convention, looking to the accoio* plbhment of tl*at object by any otfter means those now employed, fie had advised against it and should continue to do so. The idea of a further secession on the part of any Southern State was preposterous, and those who imagined that the attitude of Georgia to-day, or of aliy of her officials, lent color or probability to such an event, were committing one oFthegravest of errors. The Standard and the Yiank*’e$.—A. Western N. C. correspondent writes to the Raleigh Con servative:— “Our people approve Gov. Vance’s course. We have not been disappointed in him. He is the same faithful exponent of the people's righfta—• the same friend of^the peoplei’s liberty, as when a boy we first honored him with our suffraires for whatever he asked. We are not nnmindftil of hb past services, nor ungrateful for his labors in behalf of our interest. In the fbur counties over which we have travelled, we hare not met a corporal’s guard or acknowledged Holdenites— yes, one, temporarUjfj and you must have that. Stopping at old ^uire S’s, (who you know lives on the Turnpike, a tew miles west of F,) for dinner, what was our surfMrbe on entering the sitting room to find piled on the table and scat tered prombouously over the lounge, &c., copies of the Standard. On looking at the dates of some of them we found them old. Knowing litm to have been a life long whig and always an ardent Vance man, we asked in astSnishment, “Squire what on eanh does thb mean? Surely yon have not turned from year first love in your old age?’’ With a quixzioal look he replied, shutting one eye slowly—“Hush, they are not mine, I borrdw- ed ’em from C, who lives off the road, and is in no danger. We are expecting a jankee raid through here every day, and you know they will k n when they do come.’’ *‘Well, but,” we asked, “of what earthly use are all these old ^pers?” “Why, said he, when they do oome, 1 intend to meet the d—d varmints at the gate with arnufall of’.m «,d there wiU be no qm- ^ “• '”>•1. “• •>•«« >b»n ilntuh protection papen.” He added, afker a moment, “I have «»d cry. Col. Little opened the debate, and in a frank and honest and earnest speech of one hour and a. half, declared the honest eonvietions of his heart on the st«te of the country,* without con cealment or prevarication. He openly declared hb convictions of the justice of our cause, and that he was fully persuaded that, ^nder the guidance of Providence, we should succeed in the establishment of our independence. He call ed upon hu competitor to be equally plain, and state whether he believed our cause was a just one, as he had alwa^ understood him to be of a contrary opinion. He exposed the peculiar claim of hb Holdenite competitor, and his party, to a desire for peace, as eve«T man and party was for peace. That he desired peace on the basis of our independence, and upon no other terms; and (»lled on Col. D , to declare his sentiments on thb subject. Col. L., was for peace at the ear liest possible moment, and was in favor of any constitutional efforts which oould be made, but only on the basb of an entire separation from our enemies; and said that Gov. Vance had done more than any other Governor to urge the Presi dent and Congress to make overtures for peaee. Col. L. said he was opposed to a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus at the time, for he did not believe there was such a necessity as contemplated in the constitution. He looCed upon Gov. Vance as the model Governor, for Ke had clothed the soldiers of N. C. better than the soldiers of any other State, and that in thb war he had shown himself a champion for liberty at home, and freedom from the enemies of our country. He held up the acts and doines of W W. Holden, from 1840 to the present time, in so true a light, that none eould fail to see that he was unworthy the office of Governor of the State He closed by asking his Holden competitor to be equally frank and plain in hb declarations; and by the reading ot certificates from gentlemen of undoubted veracity, showed that C(^. D. had declared in favor of a convention and reconstruo tion with additional guaranties, as early as Jan nary last. Col. D. arose much excited; declared that the certificates were false, and that those who gave them were lian, (one a prominent Physician of the county of Montgooiery, and the other soldier who had lost a leg in the defence of hb country.) Said he had never made such decia rations, and was willing to leave it to another gentleman who was present. [Col. Little Rockingham read a certificate from said gentle man, a friend of Col. D’s,‘substantially stating the same truths.] Col. D. talked loud and long about appointing commbsioners to negotiate peace, and about secession; abused W. W. Hoi den, pronounced him an untcrupulom pnrtizan and Vance a model Governpr; but in the end said that he would vote for the unscrupulou*partisan rather lhan the model Governor. Col. D. said he knew Gentry and Horton well, and that they were incapable of telling a falsehood, and if some proof could be had from Raleigh to the same ef fect, [the Raleigh cliquc,] he would not support Holden. Said hb opposition to Vance arose from hb Wilkesboro’ speech. Gov. Vance was too much of a war man, [The certificates Paid he was opposed to Gov. Vance in January,] in that speech, and that he, Dockery, was opposed to seceding from the Confederacy, and that Gov Vance, upon certain contingencies, said he wafi for seceding. [Who ever heard of it before?] Said Gov. Vanoe said if reverses should befall Us he would be for seoading, when he made CA0UALTIB8 IN N. 0. TROOPS. flOE THl 0B8BKY1R. OaMftltiM of the 66th N O BMiaem’a BrUade. the trenebes near Petenbvurg, from the 19tli of 'S 2lrt of Joly 18?»4. iii««asive: Co A—Woonded: Agt Sunl Smith, head, severe; C*’ae .houlder, tV.ghU C G Sawyer, ^ B—Wounded: SrI A MoBae Averett. thigh, paiafill. G—Killed: Tkos R R^e^rdfoa, Jos Davis. Woun'^ed: W Bamett, hand. iiev«re; J »«e«ph, aeek, morU’ly D—WoundJ B Miller, haod. B—Killed: D A Clemonta. Woundrd: J C Andcreoa. iilitfht’ Joe Banks, fiager, eUght. F—Wootided: Perry B'ss, bead, ullght; J C Elliot, **al!K?uId: Joo C»rflon. WoundeJ: Sgt N P Kimsay, tnni *u«ht* Bet H A Oeboroe, hip, slight; W F i^VXht; W A 8p«raw. band, severe rinw died “ IWoUD-Jed: N H Broiro, hea'*, mortally, slooe d.ed. I—Wounded; 8(ft J Mooney tbat, eevcre; T 0 Daaw- Bc»ere; Wm Davia. hand, severe; Wm Qreen, COBONBL C M AVBRY. From tiM Raleigh Ceafederate. on ihe l^h Jnne» ron, a^ro. Wwmderf: John H Jobnson, head, elifhl; James foot, severe Lieet. ^o. K, Aot’f Adj’t. in favor of independence, and for the un$crmpU- lout partizan, W. W. Holden. Col D. failed to say that he believed in the justice of our cause, talked about the horrors of war and the blessinKS of peace. [Who did not know all this before?] Hb aim was to mislead the peonle, to lay all the blame on the secessionbts of the South, for the beginning and continuance of thb war. In one particular he did well,—Ae did nobly,— he laid heavy blows on W. W. Holden. Had Holden oome in at that time, he would have said, Col. D. was a destructive of the deepest dye. Verily he did Holden more injury than Col. L. While professing friendship for W. W. H , he was stabbing him under the fifth rib, and surely the self appointed candidate for Governor may well cry out, “Save me from my friends.” Your correspondent abo heard the candidates at the Ellerbe Springs, and at Rockingham. After the candidates were through at Rocking ham, loud oalls were made for Col. John W. Cameron, w^o made one of his happiest effr>rts He completely riddled Holden; said he wanted him to draw off and file his schedule as a poliA- cal bankrupt Among other things he wanted him to account for hin striped breeches, with whioh he straddled the log cabin in 1*^40. He had heard that turpentine was a preventive of moths, and his apron, his Eulogy of Henry Clay, and hb abuse of Henry Clay and every other piominent man of the country, and even of his friend Gen. Dockery. This stirred up the ire of the old war horse Gen. D. ^ arose and said he verily believed he would have been Governor of N. C. had it not been for thb same Bill Holden. That others had lied on him; but Holden had out-lied them all; that no man could be elected Governor of N. C. who .would not he; [humiliating confes sion;] and closed by -saying he would vote for said Bill Holden under protest. Thus closed the debate. No man had a good word f"*r W. W. Holden. B. YO& THB OB8K11VS& DvfLlH, N. C , July 22d, 1864. Messrs. Editors:—1 am so unirilljog that the value of the Chineac Sugar Cane should be lowered in any way, that I must ask you to permit, me to give my ez- perienee in feeding cattle with it. I have been eolti- vatiag it oontinuoualy ainoe its first 'ntr'daelion here, a«d I have freely fed my horses and cattle upon it nearly all the time after the fi'-st year (hat I tried it I have ent it up und fed some of my favorite mileh eows nron it, from whioh I derived more, and Hoher milk When my oane has been out ofF early, it 8pr«nts oat and grows raeidly; and on this my ealves have ,bcen turned to feed and they have done well During this season, I hav*> tiriee pulled off tho suokers, and I have given my whole stock of horses and cattle as mneh as t!iey would eat. I expect to do so again in one or two days A migohievoue ox broke into my patch in June, staying there a great portion of the night, and eaT»e out next morning looking quite contented. I am unable to account for the bad effects your correspondent *B,’ of Olinton auppoMe it had upon the eattle 'there, but I do knew that mine have fed on it for years in almost evory stage of its growth; aad it has been given to them after its being cut and cured, for the purpose of experiment ing upon it as winter food. It has also been used after pressiog out the juiee, and I have never notieed the sUglitest iiynrious effeet oa them Tours, ftc, BavjAifui Oaivaa. lOB THB 0B8EBY1B. Mr. B JoDM of Biohmond County, N. C., haa idaa soas ia the Confederate servioe. All likely aen, and brave sekUers—besides as good patriots as the eonatry eaa afbtd. Six of those patriots are ia the army of Nortkem Virginia, and have shared all (he hardships of the different oaatpaigas aioag with the brave atea wko eompeae this mtmf. We taka ple^nre ia puttiag >auM of the abovt gmtlaMMi upon the Boll of Hewref K. a FOR THB OB8BBVBB. PsTaasBPma, Va, July 21st, 1864. Messrs. E. J Hale k 8f‘nsr--You will please publish the fol’owing lift of oasualWes in Co. E 44th N. C. T , Turtle Paw company from Chatham county, in the en- ^affcncnts from May 6th to July 10th, 1864: Killai: Berry T Smith, Geo Bay, Jas Smith; A Bi9h- ardson. Wounded: Sgt Chas R Lambert; O D Oros-. W F Bray; Corpl Jos O D'smokes and Wm T TiUman; l^ivates Isaisii Lnmley, Joha D4|is, C C Williams, Jno Maahbum, Jm Tally, Aaron Hilli^. Set J D Wiokers, Jss Seott, rhas B Dirmukes, Henry QUliland. The following are misstag and supposed to have fal len into the han*s of the enemy: Joseph G Diamnke*, nner D Gross, Jno M Lambert, .^no E Haramond, uben Salmon J J CBU.MP, Capt Turtle Paw Co, 4*th N 0 Reg. lOR THB OBSBBVKR. In Smithville, N. C. July 10'h, J^’o. Robert Haughtoa, seoond son of the Hon Jno. H Hangbton, deplrt(^d this life, after a brief illness, aged 19 years and 1 mouth Thus bae pa»eed »way from eartisk, a youth of great energv and shadiness of purpose, of a mort amiable dis position He was a most affeotionate brother and friend, a dutifnl and loving son, 4 true patriot, a pure ■ cd humble Christian The bred(ing out of the war found him a pupil in Golc-nal Tew’s Military Behool at Hillsboro. When it olosed, he was very eager to volunteer and w«e only prevented by parental authority, whioh was exereised under meile«l vdvlee. For althnugh api»arently » ro bust and healthy boy bs was of a very t ail ccnstttntion. He then oommenoed preparing for the University. By very hard study an** the oloeest application, be was soon enabled to enter the Sophomore elaas, and having p*sed through it creditably to himself and to the satis faction of the Faculty, he was advanced to the Junior olass By this time h^s health was slightly improved, and bis desire (o otrve his country oould no longer be restrained. It being morally certain from the opinion of his physioian, that he wa^ physioally disqualified for the regular servioe, he w>*s compelled, although un- frillingly, to accept a position in the Signal oorus. Gladly would he have gone into active service, had he 'been able. Had his object been his ewn security and eomfott, and to avoid dnty and hardship, he wonld have remdned in college, where, as a member of the Junior class, he was exempted bjr- the speoial order of the President. In his new sphere, he showed the same energy and industry, which had wlwaTs oharaeterised him. He, at oBO«. by his strict attention to duty, his kindnes*, his gentleness and obliging dicposition, gained the re spect sad of his superiore and the love of those around him. He never negleoted a duty or spared bimeelf Hie ohief ofKoer speaks of him thus: *‘I do not think I ever saw a yeuth so remarkably, so perfectly moral; I never heard liim US9 harah language even to hi? a'spociates. He was notable for the purity of bis ooa«preation, which was eatirely free from anything like profane or imrroper languaga. The son of Cbriatian parents, he was in infancy bap tised into the Church of Chrift, and carefully instruet^ in the princip'ee of our most holy religion. * He was from a ohild attentive to hts Christian duties; the read ing of Holy Scripture and fervent prayer was. his daily habit, and attended to without fail and nnder any cir- cuBftaDCM Hie mind was deeply exerolecd on the enbjeet of reUgion, and be had begnn (o estimate the true value of things and place his hope on the Bock of ages Hie views are well expressed in a piece of post- rv^whleh he cut froai a newspaper, which was f^nd in jMt ‘ **How abjeet are all earthly things. Tivey daisle to d?atroy; My hope is in the King of Kings, An everlastiog joy. Tirae ftdes, but while it f«des, it leaves A brighter view of Heaven; Dtath to the contrite sioner gives Wbat lift has never given ’* But. for providential and other hindrances, he would have bcf>n confirmed at the last visitation of the Bishop and admitted to the Holy Communion. He was how ever looking forward to it and dib'gectly preparing binvself by prs«er and oarefnl self-examination. Dur ing bis last illntss, mnob of hi.) t''me was spent in earnest prayer to his Heavenly Father; and wo djubt not that his pardon was sealci in Heaven, and that he **was carried Ky angels into Abraham’s bosom ” • VOR THB OBSBRVBE. CoviaoTox, Biohmond Co , July 11. Please announce to the miny friends of Bob’t W. Capel, of BioAmond Co., that be is dead. Soon after the war broke out he entered the service as Senior Sec ond Lieutenant Co. B, 38th N. C. Troops. A vacancy occurring in the company by the promotion of the Cap tain, he was elected to the office of Captain, whioh he filled with credit to himself uctil the re-organisiUon of troope under the oonaorintion aot, when he was defeated. He then r^turned home; but unwilliag to rest at eass while others fought his country’s battles, he hastened to volunteer in Cap*. MeN)iirB—now Cant. MoK^Uar’a ooDtpany—5lh reg’t N. ). Cavalry, in whioh oompaoy he remainsd and guartiedl and bought until the 2SJ ult, rben in a ekirmwh near Nottoway C H. Va, he was kille-1 by a mii^nie balU whioh entered his left breast just below the heart H3 was found reclining by a tree, with his head resting on his hand. His Captain writes: “He was a brave and true soldier, always at the front where daager was nlghest, and won from his comr^ea their best regards, and gave, them an example in his iife as well as in his death of (he patriot soldier.” He preferred death to subjugation and «Eas offended at the werd tubmiL He was for several years previous to hb death a member of the Baptist Church He leaves many warm fHends to mourn his loss. May the^ enjoy the todependeace of the country for whioh he dfed. B. O. C. TOR THB OBSBRVBR. Gia. Hospitai., No. 6, Fayetteville, N G., July 16 Messrs Editore:—M»y I again trouble you by ac knowledging through the columns of yeur paper dona tions for the sick and’wounded of tbis Hospital? I will only give the namss of the kind donors, as I feel that it wouH be taxing- your kin3ne*s too far to a>k for sp'ce to name the numerous artiolos given:— Mr William Matthews, Mrs E J Hale, Mrs Peter M Ha'e, Mrs Coit, Mr Wi liam Cade, Mrs Hodges, Mrs Harris. Mrs J H Hawley, Master E V Hawley, Mra S«^ndy Johnson, Mrs Dr Eob^nson, Mr Joha Shaw, Miss Catharine McArthur, Mi*s Bebecca Mo .Arthur, Mr Theo Evans, Mrs Matthew P Taylor, Mrs McKay, Dr Mo- Swaia, Mr John Evans, Mrs Starr, Mrs Fonlkes, Miss Alice Cook, Mrs WUlkings, Mrs Neill Clark, Mr Christo pher Monrce, Mrs Overbangb, Mrs Neill Buie, Mrs John Buie, Mr Jam^e H Smith, Mrs J B Murchi son, Mr Oharlee B Maflett, Mrs J W Powers, Mrs M n Baad. Mr M McKinnon, Mra Baker, Mrs Kate Murebi- son. Miss Alice Oampbell, Mrs fleery Elliot, Jane 8 Elliot, Mrs A A MoKethan. Mrs Capt Hart, Mrs James Strange, Mrs William Wright, Mrs Hatehell, Mr A J Woodward, Mra Fanny Johnson, Mr John Me Lauohlin, Mrs McPherson, Mr D J MoAUister, Mrs B Murphy. Mrs John William, Mrs David McNeill, Mra A B Smith, Mrs M E Williams, Mrs M L Wade, Mn John Bidn, BIrs L A Page, Mrs Harriet Stewart, Mrs Sarah Demdag, Mrs Neiji MoDongald, Mrs Jaa Me- AQister, Miss A A McAllister, Mr D MoDoaald, Mr H McAllister, Mr T Starliag, Mrs Betsy. Evaas, Mrs Taliaferro, Mrs Alderaiaa, Mrs Peter Jokason, Miw Sissy Haigh, Mrs D Murchison, Mrs B 0 MoNeiH, Mrs Wililiams, Miss Cade, Mrs Neill McArthur, Mra Isaac Hollingsworth^ Mr George Holmes, 'Cumberland Hoe Asso,*’ Miss- Laura Taylor, Mrs Sarah A WiUiaM, Mrs Kershaw, Mrs B O Worth, Mrs Parte. Bamss, M’ss Susan Smith, M|rs Joha C Smith, Mrs Mary Ssaith, Mrs Jehn Murphy, Mra Charlee Browa. Pamit me to thank the Ladies of this towa and eooaty for the personal attentiea which they kava fivea tha aiok ia this Hf>spltaL Oaald tkey hear tha expressions of gratitnde whieh their kind sjaipathies have sailed forth, they woald fsel that thair Madaaas have aai bawbestowad ia vaia. Died, ai Orange Ccnrt Honse, Va, on the l^h Jnne, of wo^ads reoeived at tha batt’e of wiHernaas, May Ml. 1864, Col 0. M. AVBBT, S^d Beg‘t N C. Tro'.^ Such is the brief aanounoem»nl wbi«h tells of the death of tlile gallaat and eflScient eBce*; this the suui- fi>ary notiee whi?h meets the eye of the stranger In re gard to the end of this noble man. But his tcmrades in arms an« his fHends at home, the recoHtrctien of his gallaat serviees in the field awd »*is virtue'^ as a oitiaen, will ever eadear his name and »»»emorT, and csum h’s death i** be mourned as a loea alike severe to his conn t-y, his family and bis friends. And while ethers may have known him longer, none have honored and loved him more for the virtues of a charaoter which distin- gnished him as a soldier and eitis >a, none mere proudly watched him iit bis patriotic demotion to hie oo»ntry, more gladly rcjoiced at his succeHS, or now uopo sadly intermiaglee the c>preeswi(b the laurel, than thefrieed whR dedicates this hnsable tribute t.^ his oio'nory Col. C. M Avery was acUisen of Burke connty. North Carolina, a graduate of the Universitv of he titate, and a member of a tamily cvicapyiog a proinicent poeiti''n in t(>e Slate ain*e the signing of the Mecklenburg Dec- laratioa of ladependence—disttnsalahed aHke ia tha first as in (his seoond Bevo^tttion—pouring cut their blood fr*ely npoa the altar of th'ir '-ountry’s freedcm in bot'«. Airei^y ia this war have thri*e of the brothers, each oocupyiag narked positions in the State, fallen; while a fourth is now a eoffeier from the third severe wound received ia battle Col Avery began the war as a Captain of the 1st North Carolina Volunteers, and as such participated in the battle of Bethel At the disbanding of that regiment in November 18«1, he received at the hando of Gov. Clarke, the appointment of Lieutenant Ooloael of the 83d N. 0. T., of whieh Brig Gen. ^-'nca was then Colonel, and Maj Gen. Hoke Major. Upon the promo tion of Col. Branch, before the complete crganis%tion cf the regiment, Lieut. Col. Avery was oalled upon to finish that labor How weil he accomplished this, as be did the otber duties devolving npon him, the brilliant re cord *his veteran regimont has written in the bloody history of this war, bears true and most honorabl* tes timony. Ia Jan'y 1862, he **aa commissioned Colonel. Col. Avery, while holding the centre of the line at the battle of Nawbern, io Maroh following, long after it was carried by the eoemy on the right and left, was fioally overpowere'*, and his gallantry, while saving a large portion of Gen Branch’s small conniand from capture, ost him, with others of his regiment, seven nontha close confine*"ent in Northern prisons He was thus deprived of the privilege of leading his men in the glorious campaigns of the summer of 18(> but re- turned in time to participate in the battle of Freder- iekr burg in Desember of that year. Sbortl/ after this battle, his long »ad severe confiae- ment in foreign prisons had so shattered hia health, he ffliind the hardships of the campaign, the exposures of eamp, and the rigors of the winter climate ot the Bap pahannock, so severe ae to eanfina him in his be^ Under the advice of his Surgeon and tUa reeommenda- tion of the Medical Board of the division, he applied for a leave of absence, which was readily grant^ by the commanding Gane^ He returned to camp, however, in ample lime to pre pare his regiment for the campaign of 1863. and those who witnessed the thorough police and inspeotions of arms, accoutrements and ctunp, the drills and dreas parades of hif command at ‘‘Moss Neck,” will long re member the neatness of lus camp and the soldierly bearing and appearance of his regimenL On one of tha*e oe- caslons the distinguished and new lamented Mig G ja Pender, stm«k with the aoonracy of drill and thorough discipline of the regiment, remarked to the writer, *‘if all our Colonels were Averys, oar army would ^indeed be invincible ” At the battle of rhancellorsville. Colonel Avery was severely wounded, but retnrncd to take part in the Phnnsylvania campaign, and was slightly vronndei) in the memorable charge upon the heights ^ Gjttysburg. July the 3rd, but remained with his ragimeut. From this time unti! the opening of the rresent cam- paiga, be devoted himself to tha orgaaixation of his regiment and >ts disciplins, interrupted only by the duties incident to the campaign to Bristoe and Mine Bun dur'ng the fall; and the fruit of his labors have beec seen by all who are familiitr with >he parformanre of i’s duties by the regitnent in the arduous marching;* and bloody battles of the last two months. Its history in this as in other campaigns of the war, not only re flects credit npon its gallan* and lamented commander, but win fill a proud i^age in the ‘‘Btcotd of Honor” whioh the son- of tho old State are makinp for North Carolina Having paseed safely through the memorable battle Of the 5th instant, which will ever be remembered by the gallsat men of Heth's and Wilcox’s commands, and as long aii the events of this war are cherished by a grateful people, wtU illustrate with renown the history t •hose fwo diviaioBs, repulsing »s they did the onset of two corpa fcnd a half of General Grant’s army. Col Avery was badly wouoded ia the right thigh about day- Ught on the morning of the 6th, whUe leading hia men against the renewed attack of the enemy. An attempt was made to remove him tro'^ the field, but two of his cfficere, bearing the litter. Lieuts. Bencher of Chatham, and Fain of Warren, were severely wounded in the at tempt. Wtiile lying in this helpless situation he W6S wounded in the neck aad body, and his left arm was badly shattered. In this condition he was subsequent ly borne to the field hospital of the division, and had every attention that skillful surgeons and devoted friends could rendbr. His arm was amputated and his leg would have been,^ had i* been thought safe, but it was th» opinion of his medical advisers (hat the shook his system had already uadergone was tao great to per mit the second amputation. Col. Avery so long survived his terrible wounds, that the hope of his valuable life being spared, faint at first, grew into form and expression; and thtfugh from the character of his injuries his friends in the army thourht they were prepared for the news of his death, its an nouncement shed the deepest gloom upon hw devoted regiment and the brigade te which ha belonged, and kia many friends and admirers. He had eo warmly attach ed hu immediate regiment and bri**de to him by his urbane manners an) dignified deportment as « and his untiring iniustr/and gallant HcM'ingi^s an of ficer, that hia loss to them was froely acknowledged, and found expression in universal gloom and cntanokea sorrow. BiUhisloM to the army was manifested by the eara^ interest his corps and division commanders t*»^ Tn hw welfare and their sincere regret at his death. EdncUed and accomplished—possessing in a bieh degree evory virtaous quiUtj of the trua wntlaman-as a soldier, cool and chivalrous, aai an rflSoar of mo.si excellent judgment and di9oiplir.e, Uol Avery had not only endeared himself to those around him, but had won in a remarkable degree the eeteeat and confidencs of his corps and division ojmmauiers; and his loss at this time is felt to be a national csJ«mity. In the Light Division where he bad so long served f known, is bin death deeply deolored and ^s loss keenly felt. Associated with him in (he division in friendly intercourse, enviable repatation aad glorious death, wtre Brg. Gen. Perr nandCol. Folsom. The latter fell mortally wounded on the morning of the 6th of May, abaut the same momeat at whioh Col Avery received hie wounds, and Gtu. Perria was in- stanUy killed on the 12ih of the same month, at Bpott- sylvai^ whils oommaadiag temporarily the Alabama brigade m Anderson’s divisioa. Tho Caroliaas and GeorgU have, in these deaths, lost ssas whofs o^aduet in this war has ilinstrated the page^of their hiatorv With ^orj. and liUsd their arsbi^Sllth riShtwpId^ of their g^nt^ ^d patriotism, and tA diviaicn. rendeMg immortal, haa been deprived of three of its most distinguishtd and favorite officers, to whom ft pointy with all the pride of the Bomaa Cornelia, aai exclaims, *'Theae were nv •• THB t}.4MPAipN IN GEORQI.^. In Front of Atlanta, Wednesday Morning, July 20.—Last evening the enemy attempted to advance their line of skirmishers according to their old custom, in order to advance their woiks, in front ot Bejnolds’ brigade of Stevenson’s divi sion, but old “^^auley” was wide awake, end they were "promptly met and driven back in diporder, leaving 125 prisoners, including a captain and two lieutenants, in our hands The affair was well conducted, and is highly spok>n of; it also shows that notwithstandin'^ the deep gloom that hw overspread the am?y for the past few days, the fisrhting qualities of the men have not been impaired ip the least During a heavy skirmish in front of Walker’s division about the same time, Lieut Ool Hate and 25 men of the 2d Tennessee, were captured; hav ing advanced beyond the sopporting column, de ployed as skirmishers, a body of the enemy wa«i thrown forward, who out them off. Slight skirmishing has been going on this morn ing in front of Cheatham’s corps, along Peach tree oreek. The enemy knew yesterday of the change of commanders, and the prisoners all say they expect to have to fight now. In Front op Atlanta, July 20,1864 —Find- ing that the enemy had oross^ Peachtree oreek and were attempting to turn his right for the pur pose of gaining possession of the railroad bridge, Q-en. Hood determined to attack their left, and Stewart’s and Hardee’s corps were ordered to ad vance upon them. The order to advance was re ceived by the men with the wildest enthusiasm, and no sooner was the order given than the men swept forward with a yell sucn as only a rebel can giv«, and the enemy's skirmishers were soon en countered and driven back upon the main line, where temr)orary works had been erectod. Our men never faltered but dashed forwa d through the leaden rain and drove the enemy in disorder from the work«, capturing a number ot prisoners. I shall not attempt to give you in this hurried ly written letter the details of the action; sufficc it to say, that up to this hour the enemy are steadily and surely being driven baok, as with the exception of VValker’s front, where no trouble seems to have occurred,they have been driven across the creek fully one mile on an average of the whole line. Prisoners are coming in in large squads and as I write a party of about 200 has just arrived, and I understand that others are on the way. The whole number brought in up to the present writing is, t suppose, about 300, although it is difficult to form an estimate at a point where they are hastily eollected and being rapidly sent to the rear. Among those lost on our side are Brig. Oen. Stevetis, of Walker's Division, and Major Preston, of the artillery, killed during the action Their death has dampened the joy we feel over our suc cess. Our loss, so far as I can asoerta'n, has been comparatively small, as I have not seen more than twenty ambulances laden with wounded passing to the rear. When the works were stormed a magnificent flag was discovered floating in the breeze amid the storm of balls, and a number of men sprang forward to capture the coveted prize, but private John H. Badget, of Co. G, 27th Ala Qu^stripped the rest and grappling with the eolor bearer wrestnd it from him and brought it to the rear and ufter delivering it up returned to h's post. Tho flag was a beautiful one and belonged to the 83^ New Jersey infantry, of Hooker’s corps. At this time it is impossible to get anything definite from the entire line, but I understand that Cleburne’s veterans are not behind the oth ers iu the good work, but are again exhibiting that tru« oourage whioh has made them the idol of the army. On the right I hear that Wheeler h»d been hotly engaged, and his men from the temporary breastworks had repulsed the enemy in three as saults and were still gallantly holding their po sition. Owing to the nature of the ground here, but little artillery was used, but the roar of small arms made ample amends for the absence of noisy mons|ers The fight still rages and there is every pro^- peot of its continuing through the night, and un less the enemy abandon their position the long looked for battle will take place to morrow. Cor. Atlanta Appeal. These were jewels The nmecharaeteriatie whiehdistiagulshed Ool Avery as a soldier, marked him as a citisaa. Asa husband Mher, friend Md neighbor, he was alike n-'ted. As a host, wbetber in the rude hut in winter quarters, or in the hasty bivouac after a weary day’a ma^. or vet h« neath the roof of the hospitable maasion inBuSe hi was ever wwn ia hia reoeption and bountiful ia’hia oheer. Hm ^ee M • eitlasn are aagrafted upon kb. memories of hia aeighbors, as his i^ts as ai officel and soldier are eagraved upon the hearta of ki« eom- panioasiaanM CoL Avery died fte from home; bat among straatera •'O??** 0- H-. •ttmM to kb nM. Md admiai8t«r*d to his suffiringa as only wo^ Hia fHeads woald gladly have atteaied i htrbldridi had ciroumst^ permitted; and the writer of thUj I’aes eaviea those whose pbee was near him. bnt i. soM by the telief that the reenlieotioas of a most iati- m^ associatioa, ia aU the dangers of tke ield, aad tl« social reore^oas of Uie eamp for neariy three veAva. whieh had uaited them with •‘kooks ofateeL*’ wm m- brokeo ai^ uatoraiahed, as wm evident from Us last eonversatloas and the liavered nntteringe of hia waader- iag faonltiea ia the hoar of death The boaea of Notth Cur^laiaaa lie blear.hlat 00 evary kUltlde. and an Iraried ia every vmUey in the old Oomi^oa. Oa every OeM whieh haa rindeied hlatoric the aoil nf Virginia, the «oaa of Nortli CaroUMi have ffaely poofed oat iteir iife-Mood la dafeace of thatr aoontrv. Ooi. Aveiy now ■lanbera onder the Md of Vininis, t>ui wltan NorthCaiotlBagatharB tlMbOiMs of her haroM and dfeposlu them aadar Iter own toll, aad over the imered spot crecu ths battle maasoleiua ta Uiair BMBtory, other maiea wUl figur^ omim cuaspica- eoaly, tat aoae will leaMed the batUe-aeamd pUgria^ who cnaaa tavraBMaaftUa aferitaa^ Mae SMHaaaaMm^^iaamcmai. Another Succeu in the Valley of Virginia.— Richmond, July 26.—The following dispatch from General Lee was reoeived this afternoon:— “Hbadquartbes, July 26.—Gen. Early states that he attacked Maj. Gen. Crook on the 24th, on the battle field of Kernstown, completely routing him aad pursuing him 5 miles beyond Winchester, when he was compelled to halt from the exhaustion of his men, they having marched 25 miles that day. The pursuit is continued by the oavalry. A.mong the prisoners oaptured was Gen. Mulligan, mortally wounded Brig. Gen. Lilly aad other ofiicera and men, captured on the 20th, were recovered. The strength of the ene my must have been 15,000 infantry, besides cavalry under Averill .R. E. LSS| Gen.” Tankeet Captured.—Richmond, July 26.— A captain and 60 men of the 162d New York regiment, just from New Orleans, were oaptured last night, upon landing near Deep Bottom, below Chaffin’s Bluff. ' Fearful Railroad C'aa«froj>A«.—-Laokawax- KN, PgNN., July 15.—A .train with about eight hundred and fifty rebel prisoners, on their way to the eamp at JSlmira, collided with the Penn sylvania ecM company’s train between here and Shohola this aftenioon, killing and wounding a large number, reported at over one hundred. The train with the prisoners should have left Jersey City this morning at half past four, hut was deli^eu and thrown out of time one hour by the captain of the guard, who returned to the vessel on whioh they eune from City Point to hunt up three prisoners; who had escaped from him. The ooal train was on its way from the Hawley Btannh to Port Jervis, and neglected to ascertain that the other train was behind time, and went on, striking the latter at a crooked part of the road, where the engineer oould not see far enough ahead to avoid the calamity The Herald of later date says that 16 yankees were killed and 17 wounded. Of the Confederate prisoners [from Point Lookout] 49 w^re killed and 68 wounded. The Raider* on the Montgom*ry Road.—~'VfQ learn from Columb^ direct that the raiders have abandoned the Mon^mery railroad and have gone back to Sherman. They tore up the road from Opelika west for a distance of thirty miles, burning the cross ties, bending tho raib, and de stroying everything elise that they possibly oould. They pressed in darkies all along the line to assist them in the work of destruction. At Opelika, Chehaw and Auburn, they oaptured a oonsider- able q aantity of tithe meat and com. They allow ed thi citiz3ns to carry off what mett and com they wanted before setting fire to the depots. A great many horses and negroes we*e stolen and oarried off The fo*oe of the enemy was various- estimated from two thousaud to thirty-five Hundred^ moat probablj tha fiinMt it ■wmt tW itn^-vi4feno» 834L
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