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ly.i-ii L::ae, Kuf *ad? ' acK d ft... JJ*BSKHVBR^ favettevillk. ' THl HSn\I KVKMJi(„ AUGUST 4, 1864. CHANGE OF TERMS. The price of the Weekly Observer will hereatter 810 00 a year, and of the Semi-Weekly $15 00 And in the same proportiou for shorter periods than Ji year. W ith great regret we fire obliged once n>ore to sidvanre the prices of subscription to the Observer. But for the facts that our subscription list has swelled to more thousands tlian we can conveniently supply with the limited means at ojir disposal, and that we desire—a« a relief from mechanical labors which have become too great for us—a diminution rather than an increase of our list, we v’ould much prefer to reduce prices, especially at this time of scarcity of money. But a late, very large advance in the price of paper, which increases our expenses many thousands of dollars a year, requires the step. It is true that other expenses have increased and are iiicreusing—-telegraphic dispatches, for instance, which cost us several thousand dollars a year—but we would have borue these additions. The addi tional cost of paper we could not stand at our old and comparatively low prices. JcLY 11, 1864. i'?iE Xkws this morning is highly important and interesting. From very.Uite Baltimore papers the fact is ascertained that o”r troops are again iu Penn sylvania, where they have levied an assessment of half a million on a town and then burnt it—a mea sure of cruelly made necessary by the desolation everywhere made m our country by the yankse van dals. This iavasiou has so alarmed the Pennsylva- niaus that the Governor has ( ailed the Legislature together to adopt measures for the defein e of the State. The defeat of i-iraut’s niiuiug operations was more signal than had been supposed, the Baltimore Ame- ♦ Grant's Failcrk Admitted.—The yankee papers Are discoBsiDg the causes of the failure of Grant’s campaign. The New York Herald attributes it to Lincoln’s iQcompetency. The Philadelphia Age NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION. POR GOVERNOR. Vance. Reported in last Observer, 9218 • "^^^ddoD 158 eays that it was the saddling him with incompetent! (jof^rnsville ' 86 subordinates. The Philadelphia North American 61st N. 0. T., (Jlingman’s Brig., 119 says Gpnt alone is to blame. Perhaps it ought to satisfy us to know that Grant has failed, without troubling oursekes about the I ^yankee excuses for it. But we are reminded of Historian Wheeler’s specimen of Mr. Macof’s “shrewd, dry wit” Wheeler tells how a party of gentlemen were discussing the causes of the failure of the Whigs to carry the Presidential election iu this State in 1836; “at length he (Mr. Macon) said, with a 80*116 playing on his venerable, round, and amiable face, ‘Gentlemen, 1 will tell you the real reason why the Whig ticket did not carry in the State,’ and then he paused; every one listened for something worthy of remembrance. “The real reason why the Whig ticket was not elected, it did not gel votes mu ugh."’ Now if this was wit, in Mr. VVheeler's estimation, we mean to set up for a wit also, by averring, that the reason why Grant has not succeeded is, that Gen. Lee and his glorious army, with the blessing of God, utouldn’t let hivi. Ransom’s Rrioadk.—In the various accounts of the repulse of the yankees after they blew up our works at Petersburg, only one of the Virginia papers has the slightest allusion to Ransom’s Brigade. 'I’he credit is all awarded to Virginia, Alabanm and (ie- orgia Brigades. But it will be seen by the letter from Capt. Mclver, in another column, that three Regiments of Ransom's North Carolinians were the first to check the enemy and aided in tlie final re capture of the works. Thk Arsy Votk.—A prodigious fuss is made by the Holden organs at Raleigh about the “small” vote in the Army, au evidence that the soldiers were not allowed to vote because they wanted to vote for Holdeu, &c. Ac. These organs, however, are careful to suppress the returns. If these were ricaa admitting that it was a failure, with a loss of | published their readers would sec, that while the N. Jice thousajid. The largest estimate of their losses made at Petersburg was 3,500. A strange statement is made—that Messrs. Clay, Holcombe and Thompson, who were recently engag ed in the peace correspondence with Horace Gree ley, have cro.®s"d over from Canala into the United Slates. If this be true—we can scarcely believe it— they would not have ventured there without some strong a.'isurance ot protection from the Governor of I C. Soldiers are less in number than they were two years ago, the yote polled is thousands larger than then, and Gov. Vance’s majority now near double his vote then. The whole vote in the Army two years ago (ac cording to the l^eigh Standard of that il>»y, as quoted by the Conservative) was ll,6t53. For Vance 7,GtT, for Johnstoo 3.y9G. The whole vote now, as far as received is 18,7^4. For Vauce 10,60-1, fur some oue ot the Northwestern Slates; for, as proiui-1 iloiden 2,1^0. neut cilDtens of the Confederacy Lincoln would be prompt to arrest them, and still more as they have avowed that they arc on business for the Confed erate goNt^riimett. Can ihai business be the conclu sion ot some arruujceuicui with the Northwestern States.' And Prcs.deat Da'is been invited to send Coir r iLa'. purj>0'ie? The d saffec- ttou lu .'j - y have led lo such a step. J. u iK SaEi’iiiiRij. ' .-:ic H.—We had the pleas ure of hei*riiig the part ot Judge Shepherd's speech at thv M .rket Horse on Tuesday last. It was au able !Mui palriotii speech, and had “the ring of the true metal. It was admirably cah’uUted to eflecl the ma;uo>*j''i t ut the:peak -r—by calm reasou- jjg and for-.i'Me illustraiiou t.,-con vine" the people of | Surely the man has lost his wiia—"much amb t A Hidkous Mark."—Three years ago the Ra leigh Standard complained, and justly, of the domi nant party of that day, that its organs proposed to put “a hideous mark” upon those who dissented from their party faith. But the Standard has now had the hideous mark—a number ot hideous marks placed upon it by its own friends. See the cer tificates of the soldiers in the hospitals at Raleigh— those who voted for Mr. Holden, but could not sub mit to Mr. Holden’# slauder of themselves as cravens who could be bullied out of their rights of sulTrage, and of the Surgeons who hud been kind to them in their sickness. They say that Mr. Holden s allega tions “are false ar»d ivitli >u' any foandiVion." the reasonablencs-, the neoeisity, and the connitu- lionality, of the K gi.-^lation of Congress on the sever al questions at>out whl> u bo much clamor has been raised by lloldon and his lollowcr"^, viz: the fi'^st ccuev-ription I- w, the law to c^nsv ribe the principals ot substitutes, and the law to suspend the writ of habtiis corpus. lie showed that each of these measurea, however ma u denouuced ajj uncon.ti tutioual had b»H^n .-iii-'t in-1 as ct>n.Htitutional by every Supreme Court before which they had come for dev'iiiou. Also, tiiit tht* pubiic mmd had se’^- tled down iU tile convii'Uou that ihut decision was altogether proper .n regard to the two first laws. The hafsLiest ot all the.-e laws, he truly said, was the flrsi cun=cription law of April 1^362, WTiich declared as ioldiers tor iue whole period of the war, all men then .n service, whose t»m-.‘S were about to expire and who were ccuatmg the hours which intervened before they could go home on' e more. It the sol diers. tti.d their wive:^ and mothers aud lathers, could eubuiii to that, as they had su mitted, how much more easy even to applaud ihe j riticiple of equality of ihe au'i-surjsiituie luw, and lo .tsoeut to the 8us pension ut'the habea- iMrpui. by which no man had Buffered pera»)n»; wron^. Judge Shepherd paid the highest compliment lo Gov. \ an.:e, and depicled junly hide.ju., colors the course of Holden, who, for his own ambitious purposes, deserted the cause of hi. country just a year ago, when that cause v,a.s shrouded in gloom by the fall of Vicksburg, the baitle of liettvsburg the capture of Port Hudson, and other like disas ’ tere. 51st 31st 8th “ “ “ Potts’ Battery, N. C. Receiving Hospital. Mauly’a Battery, Ramsay’s “ Williams’ “ 10th N. C. T., Artillery, 13fh N C. 'r.. Scales’ Brigade, 16th 22d :Mth 38th Army Receiving Hospital, Martin’s Brigade, 4th N. 0. Cavalry. 7th “ “ > Kfnansvil'e, Charlottesville, W Cox’s Brigade, Hoke’s “ Grimes’ Johnaton a “ 11th N. C. T. Kirkland’s Brig 26th 44th 47th •• “ “ .V2d th “ t'ooke’a “ 46th 4«th “ “ “ 15th “ ji)th N. C. T., Catawba Bridtre, Kirklaud’s wagou camp, Farmrille Hospital, 67th N. C. T.. Tarb'ro’, Danville, Va., Staunton, V^a, Home Guards, ikc , Asheville, 152 117 159 76 49 115 157 85 •88 208 141 127 12y 92 20 192 mnj. 323 126 110 95 508 440 354 450 l99 198 93 35 maj. 72 152 112 100 176 84 19 H6 68 67U 69 138 .'>2 357 Holdpn. 1071 • 1 5 91 48 103 7 20 0 0 t ? 1 3 39 64 33 44 U 22 2 15 29 86 19 33 15 18 20 56 47 25 24 I 4 24 4^ 0 17 27 74 Sheriff: 0*f^ 1^> Herring 7. Co O, for Chatham Senator Straughan 10, Long 8. Commons: Jas Headen 10, Jos Headen 9, Hadley 10, McDonald 11, Womble 19, Farrar 1, Oriffin 1. Shetift: May 21, Pu=chall5, Vtllliams 10. o ' hatham Senator. Straughan 10, Long 2. ( oMWHu: Jos Headen 6, Jas Headeu 9, Hadley 9, McDonald 3, Womble 2, Griffin I. StiarW: Pascliall 18, May 4. • o A,Ibr Senator in Moore andMontgooierv; Crtinip 1^. rommons in Moore: Harrineton 18. Sheriff: Worthy 18, McNeill 5. FOR TUK OBSERVER Ft. Holmks, July 29. Messrs Editors: The following is the vote of this' om paiiy for rovernor, whieh j’ou will please publish: Vauce 47; Holdeu 1. ’’espw.tfully, W. W. N. HUNTKR. let Sgt Co fr, 40th N • T. rOR THB OBSBRVIR. Ft. CAMruKLL, -Tuly 28. Gentlemen: The following vote polled here to day: For Governor; Fort Campbell—Vance 161; Holden 17. Co K 86th N C Troops. For Senate—Hladen, Brunswick and Colarobus: J W *^nis 20, J H Pritchett l'\ For Commoners. Brunswick: Dan'l T. RusspH jr. 23; Asa Ktms 30 For Sheriff: Gallowaj* tt; Allen 5;j. 3Y XEX-.E OKrA P H KKPURTS Of TUK PBKS^ AS80CIATI0H. 16,604 2,190 ■ FOR THK OBSBRVBR. Ft. Holmes, Julv 28 Messrs. Editors: The following is the vote polled here to day by Co E, (Scol^i Gre}s,) 40th K C T, for (lov- ernor, Members of the Legislature aud Sheriff: For (Jovernor: V^ance 44; Holdeu 00. For Senate: Lt McArthur 4V»; Leitch 3; Mcl^ueen 8. For Commons: Bt‘tliune 38; McMillau 3t>; McNeill 15; Morrisey 4; Mcltae 8. For s'l'erllf: King 21; McNair 11; Cobb 16; Stewart 2; Scattering 6 The olHc'ial count will vary a little from the above, from ! the fact that there aro a few men who have not yet voted. You will see that Co E, 40th N C T, has not fjeeii disgrac edl.yasinglevo^forHolld^,aBdlhe^ 3^ 1. others 1 hope Wdl be likewise. &COTCH OHh’i S. | Robeson Senator: McArthur 17, Leit h 1. Robeson Commons: Bethune 18, McMil- FOR TUK ITBSEEVBR. BAinitRV (.iiTLn, July Messrs Kvfitors; The election at Uiis place in Co D, .'^6lh N C T, (^Capt E B Dudley) w»^: Vance iO; Hold -n !4». For Senate: W B ri^ht 4 For CommMa: Mc Cormick 4, Turner *i; McDume 1; MclCay 4; Sh^herd 1. Capt Turner's Co B, 36th N C T, voted; Vance Holden 1. The vote for Bladen was a majority for Eills, for the Senate; Huss, for the Co'^mons; Melvin, for Sheriff. The above is not the otlicisl vote but is nt>arly correct, llu^a for V'ance. \ ours, J*c, K. 1>. M. 1 Late News from the United States-—The h’ebels ; *’gain in Pennsylvania.—Richmond, Aug. 3.—The i Baltimore American of the 1st and 2d ins*^. has been received. j The papers of the 1st mention the explosion of a mine in front of Petersburg on Saturday. The sight, it spys, was magnificent in the extreme. The entire work, mounting 16 guns, ras blown into the air and rendered a mass of ruins. Immediately after the ex plosion an assault was made on the'rebel works by the 9th and 18th corps, the 5th being in reserve. The assault was successful, carrying the entire front line of the rebel works and capturing many prisoners. The American of the 2d says that the loya' people of the U. S. are again called upon to show how they can bear themselves under disaster. The assanlt upon Petersburg failed. The Federal forces were repulsed with a loss of 5,000 including prisoners; and the strength of the rebel position remains un impaired. Rebel cavalry have crossed the Potomac 15 miles ab»ve Williamsport, pa«aed directly across Mary land and entered Pennsylvania, going through Mer- cersburg, about 500(?) strong. McCausland’s men entered Chambersburg, Pa., demanded 8500,000, which was paid, fired the town and nearly the whole of it was burned. Gov. Curtin has called the Legis lature’ together to m&ke arrangements to defend the State. The American says that Wr^ht’s (yankee) colt^mns must ere this have reached Winchester, and that if the rebels attempt to retain possession of the Shenan doah valley a desperate battle must be expe«'ted. Lincoln is at Fort Monroe, aud has had interviews with Grant. 'I'he Detroit Tribune says that Messrs. Tfiompsou of Miss.. Clay of Ala., and Holcombe of Va., cross ed he l>etroit Ri'^er several days ago and are now in the Western States. The latest quotation of gold is 258^. From Petersburg.—Pbtbrsburq, Aug. 3.—Yes terday and to-day have been unusually quiet. Nearly all the forces sent by Grant to the North side have returned to onr front. Grant is supposed to be busy sapping and mining at other points. Deserters say that there is great dissatisfaction in the yankee army on account of the results on Satur day. From Qaorqia.—Atlanta, Aug. 3.—Affairs are very quiet. Of the prisoners [raiders] captured near Newnan some 650 were sent South yesterday. About 1000 iu ttl were captured. A Piqht tn ArkattiJM —MoBir.K, August 2.—Th Mem phis Evening Times, of the 29th, sajs the t Clara was sunk at Carolina Lauding on th" t^’ue was a total loss. A gunboat tieut to her reliet was driv en back. The rebels are moving up towar.l; (^o’.nmhia. Their force Contis's of iOO cavalry and 4 ir,.-„i*8 of I'.r- Vllery. The river is said to be ellijcts’Blly bio’k«d» d. The Pauline and Carroll have also bt ea di.-iablrd a* d lowed off. Eight transports are at the m.juth of vVh tv rivt r and cannot go no. The rebels, stro g, un-ler Gen. Dobbi, cbarsred Col. Brook’s command of 300. 13 mi’“s {'r>ai Helera, lorcing u.-> back. HU I foUowtnK ten mil'". (Jol. itrco’^s. severpl other pr.iminent i.flSoerc, and Si privates wcr.* killed. Col. Brook’s rema'us have reach*rd Memphis. THE L VTE \S;'AUf^T ON I’ETERSbURG. j The monotony which has prevailed for several 1'ysor 1, Bright none. Commons, Moore: Harricg- j p^st, in front of Petersburg, was broken on ton 11, Davis 4, Ritter 1. Sheriff: McNeill 16, j j^^turday last, by sn event, which though not alto FOB THK 9BBERVSHR. Ft. ClU'Ton, Va., July 28 'Messrs, Editors: Below 1 give yo" the vote of Co E, !iSth N C T, which vou will please publish. J ACKSON McRAE, 1st Sgt com’dg Co. For (Jovernor: Holden 10; V’atc t. For S»*nate: Leiteh 9. For Co'nmons: Dockery 9. For Sheriff: Long li>: FOR THK OKSSRVBF. pLYJiocrn, N C, July 28. Mefisrs K 'itorrt: 1 will scn^l \’on the vot« of a portion tif the 50th N C T^(six conipauies.) Especially do I wi-h to call your attention to that of Co F, Capt J O'A Kelly, from Moore: Co F—For Governor. Vanoe 77; Holden 00. “ For Senate: Dr Crump 57. “ For Commons: Harrington 67; Riltt-r 1 ‘ For Sheriff : Msj McNeill 69; Worthy 3. This is he second lime Co F has given Gov Vance a uiiuuiniiius vote Vanee Holden. Co C, .’>« l>. 16 ti 11, 48 10 c. 4^ y K, 4i 1 F, 77 u Total 278 ^ 1 Tlie other 4 «’.ompaniea being stationed at Mr ashinift'^n I have rot heard from them. FOR THS OBStaVKR. Vote at Fort Andrrson.—Vance 36, Holden 8. Bladen, &c., Senator: Ell.s 9 (’olumbus Commons: Ian 16 McRae I, Morisey 1 Sheriff: McNair 4, Cobb .“S, K-ing 8. The 8 Holden votes came from Lenoir, Chatham, Sump on, Wake, JoLns'on aud Alamance. FOR TUB ObSERVKR Co. H, 26th N. C. Troops.—Vance 25, Holden I none. Moore and Montgomery Senate: Crump 18, pliances used for such purposes, would suppos e Immense augun made specially for such occaei- ns, are brought into requisition, and by this means, we are informed, a vast deal of ’'ork can be eccom- pl’shed in a short space of time. Just where the mine was sprung and the explosion occurred, the earth is formed of a hard substance, such as is ren- erally knowu as “pip** clay,” and this ac counts lor the great boulders of earth which were rent asunder an«^ upturned, by the force of the explosion. The lal)ors of the enein^’ in this operation have been poorly repaid. It is not to be deni* d, that by the sud den and terrible nature of the explosion he pro'tured a teinporury confusion in our ranfcri ' ith n little luore energy he might probably have pouretl ‘■noh u cyluiun through this breach as to have given u-^ vt ry serious trouble. But the very timely arrival of (iin. Mahone, and the quick perception u’f Ids niilitar} mind, soon placed our gallant boys in jMJsitior and retrieved the dis aster. The encm}’’s losses from all causes are estimated at S.’iOO men. We have over 1000 prisoners iu our posses sion, 14 battle flags, ard uj>wards of 2(X»0 scan'Is of small arms. V-'e to)k no cannon, b*ause the enemy brougiit none with them. The four pieces capturefi liy the ex- jdosion, attached to I’egram's Battery, were aJterwards dug up fivni the rubbish uninjun-d. Our entire loss 5« •iseertained to be about 800. Anioni; the killed, we regret to state, are some of onr very best men. The enemy oj>ened a severe lire on the citj’with hi-s siege guns simultaneou-ly with tiie e.xplopic.n, and K>r two hours his shell fairly roiuf d upon our stn ets. That Us to a kind Frovideuce, but one aeeident occui i ed, and l?:at was the lo«s of a finger. Satur-lay was the first time that the Army of North ern Virginia has been regularly engaged with the kee nefjro trooj>s. The nejjroes rushed wildly forwur.* immediately after the e.xplosion, vilh th‘ ery of “n > iuarter.” \t a biter hour of the day the time for the on federates came, and-our brave boy gave tli‘m what they hud loudly railed for—'no quarter.'’ ' Among the jirisonerti captured is IJng (Jen. IJarlietl of MttSHaehusetts. ' .'e liave 75 e.cajiiisoioned otlicers in our posiiession, ainor.u them thive . olonels, and every grade linown to tiie ariuy. The olHcers and men, wliitc and bhick, i»a .f* been ronfinetl tt)gether. I'eUritury Exprers, *t rn. It appears that the movement of the enemy wa.' anticipated by Geii. Lee, w*'0 had caused to U*' con structed an iunsr line of entrenchments, which was occupied by tried troops. Bcfo’e tiic smoke caused by the explosion had dt ared away, the enemy charged through the breach, shouting “no huaktkk —“Remember Fort I’iilow.” They w^,’'', howe ver, promptly met by the tro(>ps stationed iu the ioner lines, who poured volley after volley into the eaomy, in such quick 8Ucc,es3ion as to cause them to breu and run in urea*, confusion. The carnage was ter-, ble.—Richmond Fxaiuiner, lit. When we drove the enemy from the salient we recovered the four guixa with which it was armed, captu"ed 12 stands of colors, 74 oSicers, including Brig. Gen. Bartlett and staff, 855 enlisted men I'p- wards of 500 of the enemy’s dead are lyiug unburied u the trencher. Our loss is aliglii Grant, aftj r throv.irg a larire part ot his aru.y o the north side of the .lames, suddenly return ed with them to the south side. o/i Friday and Saturday, and sprung his mine, no doubt ".\pectiug to find but a email force left to defend I’etersburg. But wherever he turus up, our array is sure to be liis wav, and the result has been most graiiiving ta inander. ZaaVees took no prisoners from us that our ere aware of. Thus has ended Grunt’s great r- t ii'jvf ia‘*nt that was to astonish both n’lluma. ie.u Bariiet* and most of the wh'te _ Yankees wc'T* -"'tured, found hid iu the excavation, ;dlets of our men Richnitjud .'^entiiiel. IS/. In speaking of-i’residtnl Davi.^. he eharaclenzed him as a palri^'l aud slateg-nan. who had sacrificed all his possessions in the cause,—everv thin r he hiid having been destroyed by the enemy m Miss ssippi and whose life and honor and fame were all ut stake. Of all men, he has most interest in success and m peace. ln_illu3tration of his noble nature, and un hath maJe him mad.” His friend Gen. Dockery says “he oat-lied them all,” a:id yet the General is going to vote for him'. These twenty-odd sick sol diers are not quite equai to that—ihey discovered his failing alter they had voted, else probably they would have voted agaiust him. And this man, thus 'Dranded by his friends, is a candidate for the high position of Governor of North Carol iu%; The only redeeming conside rat ions are, that he is a self-nominated candidate, aud that he will be l>eateu by a majority greater ihun ever l>e- fore consigned a candidate to'the shades. A Year's Rbcord of Wood Dhrds.—It haa been just a jeer since the Charleston Wayside Home was established. We learn from the Mercury that the number of soldiers who iu that period h ive found refreshment ai its bountiful board aud rest within its preciucts, has t>een 34,494. luatead of diminishing, its number of guests his lately increased by about 50 per day, consisting of furloughed, sick and con valescent soldiers from the Virgmia Hospitals. When we think of the enormous prices of Hotel accommodations everywhere, we cannot too highly estimate the ainouut of suffering saved to our gal lant soldiers by this aud similrf benevolent institu- tioua*throughout the Confederacy. An ExKttaKTro Yoc.no Ladv.—A correspondent of the Charlotte Bulletin relates an instance of ener gy and determination iu a young lady, such as many a being that wears pants would be mct pable of. Miss Mary , a young lady, who has been tenderly raised, unaccustomed to labor and hard rOR THE OBSSRVEB. Nk.^r Pktbrsblro, \k, July )48. Messrs Edi^>r^; The following is the result «if election in my Company to-day: For Governor: Vance Holdeii For Sen te; J S McArthur 40; Giles Leitch 8; Alex McViut-en 1. For Commonn: David Bethune (unanimou?;) 1* F Smith 17; A A McMi'lan 8; T J Morisey 3. For Sheritf: U M McNair 2‘^; H King 13, S J Cobb 8; Wm Stewart 8. The ’.ilth Heg’t gives Vanee a lar-;*' majoritv. Holden ha- faile^l to carry Ransom's Britf.ule—ttu> wliole Bri- tra le looting up a large majority against him Very truly, itc. A. A. MelHR. FOR TUB OBSBRVKR. Mt“»ers Kditors: lJelt*w i^ the vot! on the 3^‘th, of th\p onipany, •t'* t'uriiished by Lt Slgle, {n >w in command of liie lilittory:) Vance h7; Holden 1. Tiie Hohlen voter ha-s been with the iialtery but a short time. A. B. WILLIAMS, Capt Charhitte N C Battery. Worthy 4. 5lst Rbq’t.—For Senate: McDaniel 16, Wright 5. Ft / Commous: Shepherd 18, A D. McLean 15, Mc Duffie 6, McCormick C, McKay 3. Co H, Fiftelh Reg’t, Cuml»erland and Harnett.—Sen- at-. McDaniel 4.. «right 5. ommou?: Shepherd 3S; A 1> .Mcl..ean 4i>; McNeill 35; J P MeLean 17, Turner Me ormick 4, McKay 2. FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERb. Correspoudeuce of the Fayetteville Observer. l.'s liut TuuNcur.a, Fk-rkRMii'Ro, July 3*\ Messrs.. Editors: Please publish the following list of casualties which have occurred iu my company since last reporteil: Private A >_ McKinnon, severely wounded by a mortf*r shell ou-the 16th, and on the sau\e day Pri vate A G Tyson lili^hlly. Ou yesterday, July oiHh, Lt JokHi P Bethea, severe in shoulder; Seigt Neill .\ ‘^mith, seriou-sly, sUot in the breast. I expect you have learned the particulars Ac. of the explosion of a mine yesterday, iioon after explo- _ Sion Ransom’s brigade commenced closing to the right I hone’s Headquarters, nnd that vigilant officer moved to aid Elliott's S brigade, who held the lines where I off immediately at the head of his own Brigade, with gether unexpected, took our troops by surprise, and created for a while considerable .confusion. About 4J o’clock, a dull, heavy sound was heard, and this T.iis foUoweJ by several other similar sounds, the enemy at the same t^me opening with their batteries all along their lines. It was then discovered that ttie enemy had sprung a mine ou one of our salients, near the centre of the lines, and a few hundred vards beyond the Blandford Cemetery. The chief sufferers by the explosion, were Pegram’s Battery, from this city, aud three companies of Elliott’s S. C. Brigade, which occupied position immediately to the left of the Battery for its support. The battery lost 22 men missing, two officers included. Som“ of these meu are known to be killed, but others it is hoped are prisoners. Of the casualties in Gen Elliott’s Brigade we have no information except that Gen. Elliott was severely wounded bv a ball through the breast He was doing well yesterday, and hopes rere entertained that he would recover. As soon ay the nature of the disaster was made knowu, Gen. Hill despatched a courier to Gen. Ma- ships, left a village in South Carolina for the pur pose of bringing away from a mouutain town of our Slate (liable to yankee aud lory ra'ds) her widowed sitter and children, the husband and father having been killed in Virginia nearly two years ago. At a station on the Western railroad she could find no conveyance, so she walked 18 miles over the moun calculating devotion to the cauae. Judge Shepherd I uins, had her asters hous-.hold goods packed and FOR TUB OBSKRVKR. Jnly 28. Mes-^rs Editors The followin;^ is the result of the vot-1 Eliioit’s briffj^'e Ipg in iny 0'mj)any to-day for (governor and Members of | ijmn^red yanis to tlie rear of L^slature: For Governor. Vance bxr, Holden M*. For -Senate; R .McDaidel ;tl>. For Commons: Shepherd 61; A D Mcl.(eaa 2rt; M J Mc- Dutfie 5-; Kirkpatrick 17. McNeill 10; J P McLean 5. Respectfully, Ac, Lt BENJ. RCSH, Starr’s Battery. tiie mine was sprung. Tlie three right reg’ts of Ran som's brigade (,J;')lli, 49lh and i;4th) were soon engaged iu arresting the faither progress of the enemy up our soon rallied, and only a yards to tlie rear of their former Ime. Ran som's brigade, true to their reputation, showed no siene of fear or demorali«ation wheu the fearful gap was made 1 off immediately instructions for Saunders’ (Alabama) Brigade, and Wright’s (Geo.) to follow. Arriving upon the ground, Gen. Mahone found 12 of the enemy’s flags waving upon the ramparts of that portion of our line carried by the explosion, aud the whole vicinity swarming with white and in our lines. hen closing in to the right and towards I b'ack yankee troops rOR THB OBSBRVBR. Sixth Divisio.n, W'i>per lIo^mAL, / Rich.mosi>, July '.i8. ( tlie imminent deadly breach,” the brave men could be heard saying “Ulose up, boys, we will charge them.” Maiione's Va brigade, »■ right’* Ga. brigade, and *^'il- eox’s old brigade, (Alabamians,) with a i>ortiou of Ran- ,'om’s, made tiie tiiial charge tnal regained our works. The left wing of Rnnsom’s brigade gallantly repnlsed a Getting his troops into position, Gen. Mahone ordered h's Brigade to retake a portion of his works, and instructed Wright’s brigade to come up in such position as would ensure re-capture of the remainintr portion. Mahbne’s brigade formed into line, aud were about to move up, when the enemy sallied out. charge made by the enemy in their trout, and in some I made a charge. The Confedemtea reserved blown up. They were gallaut meu, and during the Maryland campaign were attached to our Brigade. They were nearly all destroyed..* Poor fellows, their grape aud can ister has often mowed down the yankee ranks. At the point wher&Pegram’s Battery was, the enemy massed • a. L-.. ... «««.m .« A ^ 1 ^ A mm .heir tire, until they could see the whites of the ene my’s eyes, when they poured into them such a storm of bullets that the enemy recoiled aud fell back in confusion. A charge was now ordered, and Weisi- ger’s men dashed forward with a yell, driving the enemy up to and over the breastworks. On the works our men halted, and delivered a plunging fire. (l*SirOU to OO 90, a» llltJ I'tlllUt UOX W»a I DOlIlU Vgiauio I , . * J bed of every soldier in the hospital who was j i7 UegimenUi; when our charge was made 13 of their j which Proved so destructive that the e°«“y n sickness or wounds to get to the Reading j were captured. Two of U»e enemy's Brigades were I arain rallied on this portion of the line, but left our related an incident that had come to his knowledge within the preceding twenty-four hours, which he said had deeply affected him. At the last session of our Legislature, certain parts o*' the correspon dence between Gov. Vauce and President Davis were ordered to be printed. Afterwards the House of Commons, deeming that the entire correspondence ought to be published, passed a resolution to that effect, which, however,-was not acted upon by the Senate. Consequently 'only a part of the corres pondence was printed. When President Davis be came aware of thfs, by seeing tbe printed pamphlet, he imjuired why injustice had thus been done him, and on learning that it was for a supposed good of the cause, he cheerfully assented, declaring iu Hubstance that he was willing himself to suffer mis understanding aud misrepresentation if by that meaus he could strengthen the cause of the country in North Carolina. This was indeed a noble senti ment. It is proper to state, what is known to be the fact, that no purpose of injustice to President Davis in- Juced the omission to print any part of the corres pondence, but that it arose from the fact that the discussion between these officials embraced iu part some subjects that it was believed would be injuri ous to the public interests to have printed. On the evening of Tuesday, Raudal McDaniel aud Win. B. W-' ‘ Ki^qs., andidatxe for the Sen- - ate, addressed the peoj: but we had uol the oppor tunity to hear them. A Satisfactory Rkaboh.—The Buffalo (N. Y. Couriar says it omitted to publish the Declaration of Independence on the lute 4th ol July, because it might be construed into tin utt.^ck upon the Lincoln admiuistration, aud ita “copperhead” sentiments and DcnxocniUc principle# be held to be tre*80Q»W® by coLveyed back across the mountains to the station, and arrived, all safe and sound (save blistered feet) in Charlotte, having traveled m four or five days a distance of 400 miles, bringing h«r sister aud little ones to a place of more safety. * “Talk of conquering a country iuhabited by women like t'nis; ■ says the writer. “Miss Mary was armed, and has the nerv® to shoot, and a cowardly tory would quail before the lustroan determination of that Steady blue eye of h»?rs. Although a citizou and resident of South Cnrolina, she was born und edu cated in North Carolina, and is true to her early tuition of self reliance.” Sour Grapbs.—The Standard says: “We shall not encumber our columns with the retnrns which are paraded in the Destructive papers with the view of affecting the election It is a way the Standard has, of giving but little space to Confederate victories The Standard of the 2d says: “The army is be yond all question against Vance." If so, the army takes a queer war of expressing its hostility—giving Vance about as many t^usauds as Holden his hun dreds of votes. No doubt the Standard would be delighted if the army were iu like manner against Holden. A Vancb Mblon.—Theophilns Evans, Esq., of this vicinity, brought us on Twesday a melon weigh ing 29 lbs. —the largest we have seen this year, which he thought worthy to be called a Vance melon and that v'e were entitled to eat it. We toob no appeal from his decisions. Vote.—Let every voter go to the polls. A vie torj by the people over Holden and Holdenism, as signai as that which tbe army has achieved, will be more ttooniDg iu the yanUee') thau a gttat victoij placed could get a djstructive entiUdlug tire on the ene Messrs Fdito>-s: Knowing you would lie gratitied to I my massed at the point where the mine was sprung, hear ihe result of the ele'-tion for Governor in thi.s, a N | u w*s Pegram’s Battery of Petersburg that wm bh C Ho'pital. I hast n to give it as follows; Vance 76i; Holden I**. A glorious resultl Mr Holden has boasted of his nu merous friends in the army. All had an opportunity to vote who desired to do so, as the ballot box was car ried to the unable from sickness or wounds to get to the Reading I fltgs ^ _ _ . ^ ^ i ’ ■■ k i Ro,wi of lh» hospiUl where the i>oll-( were held. The ^eifroes, who in‘^ome instances fought desperately, but men in imdisturbeU possepion . . , , result wouhl have been even more gratifying to ^'ov’r j tue greater portion soon ran. I In the meantime, Wrig ts Brigade, instep of Vane and hi^ friends, hal it not been that a large num-1 n.e d.Wil yaukees in front of our works are thi.-ker I ^omiag direct.y up, by s me meaus deployed and 1 have ever seen them—for some dislHuce the ground I gmup immud, aud thu“ failed to retake that portion ca'i .lI (>e 3>en, and all among this pile of de;id men «re I assigned to them the wounded of the enemy, welttnng in their bh)od and dving from the etlects of the scorchi-'g rays of the suu —if one starts to crawl otf a rebel bUl puts an end to his sutl'erings. V* e lost but very few men when the works were retaken—most of the losti on our side being when the BatU-ry was blown up Upon the whole 1 don't think this ‘ blow up” has paid Mr Grant Our Geiirrals have put all the Negro prisoners to work at burying Iheir dead—it is ‘Nigger bury N.gger, and is relieVmK the Rebels of unpleasant wo^k. ^ o. Jruojis to Waskittijfou—We learc, fion? a geat t-mau just arrived Iro'' the North ern Neck, that the Potom.ic, on Thurbdiiy, Fi;day and Sui-ju-av, wag covered with tmusports, c:>rr\ing troops’o Wash ngiou City. It is estimated ihut fully 20,000 sjld’ers had been Si-u* lo VVtisiiinglou by Grant since Early’s last victory. Hirliiiitjtid l.s/. Frofu the Ckickahuminy.—It now appears lhj.t Grant’s moveiufcut across the river was a i>-iiii to cover the ?iiluing operation ud aitack a' I’elers- burg, which has just r> su.ied so disuslrously loya:;- kee arms. We w?re iut'onncd in ofhcial circles Sat urday evenin’/ that the en. iny had le't the Chicku- hominy line, and th- t onl> ttu-ir pickets now remaui in front of Deep Bottom. ’I ije heavy loi ce reci-Ui’) on this side of the river ir= now in Chesieifi' Id Ri' hmond Fnju>rer, l.sL .4 hemat k- ’Ac Hfeostffj l»u>-ii!g the baUle ol' ■ tj-sburg, a private of coni[>any K, '1 Wi nty-fourth .\ii: iii gan regimet.t, ni.med Kell.ir, wa-s siruek by a pi. ee ot' shell which penetratel liis kii.n-atk, pas'ii:g ihrouirh iiis clothing and hn’gitig in lut; siiouid'-r, m ikiiig a Uiii eous wound, three or tour incn.-s >ji!are. I pon in kii'i; "n f x iminuiiou a -:urgion lound tna;. Iv ;ll>ir h'ld tliii teeu balls and buckshot lu his [>.rs lu, iiCMdi s the large piece of shell. ie told t* e comr.*-dc of the wouu'! d man to f.ed hi;n wit'i '»hi!-icey, aud Icl hi;u (lie as ea.-siiy as possiH •. Hi.s frieud, i.ow-ver, took ca’c of Ir.iii, washed his wr.unds, got linn a clean !) d ot stiaw j-nd changed his clot' ing. .\!. the o'h} oI * ighl da}'. Kell ir \^as slill alive, and the s.irgLOii sva- again called t> look at his ease, lie w.is surpiis li t > fi'i ; il> • man ali^e. Jl« took out eight bails anu tin* plei e ct ftii jll; al.io a riei u of the shoulder biade f-.ur inches long l iie s-urgcon still tho'ight ihil lie would rot rei over. but he soon be gan to gain, lie is now as wtil as ‘ive--, xoepl a shut tered arm, and was walk’ng our sireev-. o.dy a lay or two since. His recovery ia ore of the most remarkal l t on record.— Ok.toU iriUunr. Y hiT I’tlV ILLE MaRKKT. ^BSVIEV* UvKLT. L».\i o I "u f UliV *•••'» •*»»» - -y b«r of men hav** been furloughed—11',52 since luly 13. I hope the i>eople at home wi'l present a united f'ont 1 on the day of election in favor of our excellent tlr>veraor, and prove forever to Mr Holden and hi? friend-, thot the p"ople of the good old State are not will-nij to jeopardizt? the dearest inUsrest they have on etirt‘». FOR TUK OBSKRVKR Vote for Governor in the Fourth N C Cavalry Vance Co A, Capt L A Johnston, Anson co, 80 B, C, D, E, F, (;, H, J T Mit4-hell, Caswell co, 57 R .M Mclnto‘h, N Hanove*- co, lt> Wm Sharp, Hertford co, J Y Brvcr, (mixe.d,) J H Cherry, Bertie e^>, “ U Ill'll. Currituck co, Lt S P Clurk, Wilson co. I, Capt .1 O Cherry, Northampton and B«'rtie cos, K, “ J V Sauls, Northampton and TTertford cos, Total, 2i "J •2H 21 1« 323 Hohlen. oO OO 11 00 •2.’) 00 OO 00 44 a later hoi>r, Wilcox’s old brigade, now ably comii'ande'’ by Saunders, came gallantly up to their work, and by a charge, drove the enemy from the remaluiup portion of the works, and thus enabled us to re establish our lines precisely as they were be fore the explosion. Th“ enemy finding escape imposeible, rushed lor safety into the immense hole or chasm, made by thrir explosion, and around the edge of this great basin our men closed and fought hand to hand. Thi.s W5VS done chiefly by M ahone’s old brigade, and Seunders’ Alabama men. Here the slaughter was li n list of casualties among the ei;izen» of Petersburg I terrific, and hete too, many ^ pallant Couled-rate lu-h a list cas g ^ j^p desper- nave neve | contest around and in this chasm, Resp ctfully . o are requested by letter from “Oak'*,” to pub- .-h a aiiice the 1st May. • i - are not aware that any such has been published. I B^aund'ers’ men, after removing a large rum- u 1' »-n. A fri(>nd writes to US for I her of wounded, buried in the hole on Saturday CutNKSR SuoAR Cank. All I , ^ Vnukee negro troops, and 178 whites information as to the process of making sugar from I evening, we visited the chasm caused by i the Sorgho. We copy an article which may give I enemy's explosion. It apnear^d to be about 40 the Je,ireJ iofomution, and suggeal that persons in-1 ,nd f FOR TUK OBSSRVRR. C.\MP Vas e, July Messrs Editors; I give lielow the vote of the soldiers on hit.v at thiH Camp aud iu thin vicinity for Oovei nor yesterday: Vanee. Camp Vance, r) B, Itith Hat. Sixth-Eighth State Troops, :{3 i:’,2 Holden. 2 0 8 Total Vance’s majority 225. 10 terested preserve the paper, as the time will soon be at hand for crushing the cane. Batti.k-kiei.u Spoit-8.—The Ordnance Bureau at Richmond has collected from the battle-fields of Wilderness and Spottsylvania 30,000 stands of arm^. 2.5,000 lbs. lead, with equipments. &c., the whole worth over $2,000,000. People in the vicinity col lected the spoils and the government paid them in provisions, which were more valuable to them than and resembled more what one would imagine to have been the effects of a terrible earthquake than any thine else to which we could liken i». Immense bon'ders of earth were piled up rude’y one above the , ftth°r ond great fragments ot bomb-proofs, gun car- I U/ riaires, Umbers, etc., were lying promiscuonsly in ever V direction. One man was taught between 1 -o Sniders, near the surface of the irround. and liter ^crushed between them. He still remained it this Diinful position, with only his head and neck onr Sen not having had the time to extricate him. Lifehiid long Ot’ IHi: ^ B&c:a #4 :o 4 ^8 Porli Z oO Be'f I 0"> ' 1 *^0 f r ;»oun i r.; ui. lieot-”-** !> 0- ■. o -J-'' ‘i Giiic.- ‘ Cv .-• I 75. Cou.;^ i ' 50 i ■ 1 V ' 0-3!H 00 to 3> OJ ..o:' 1- .' V rK'iii $5. L’ri : i ...i-. i C- ■ o. £g§9 • 60 pc. d.ien. fcr. :• v„: L »;roo3 ti 00 S 00 f ,r lb f’!'; '■;!60 i; fi7o Flir t J ci CMJ I.' '0 00 p .- bu f xl-.v.' 12 ov> ic lo'.*0 ii - 50 Sha. /. j' .PK 6 00 ta ts l>0 per fu: «■■■'> Crair.—t .>ra5;iC« fe i H •/', 1' ws 18 00 HideR—GlreeM 2 60 (o 3 5i‘. 0 7 '■ vO i.'> r. iu. IroB—tfwedes 8 0\.* 10 8 L«alJ3':t—Upper 17 00. 0,';.^ 10 ■ ) Liqaeri-— ,&ia V» ‘ .*a©y ot- -o .jj- M 00. CL":a*.y made, SO tKi «>» l • Soda 5 OO rp.i^i; iila 8 0 to 4 0' ptr It-. Onioca 00 yi.t I- .“ii:*!. Potato-B—iriaa 2-6 JG '-.u >f , tAvai -f ■ Ktsc catli bu«»r y 00 ti 13 S-.ftp—I'aui:; -iev 00 p^tr lb., T t'-.. * - ) Spiritb 'i'urpeaanc o 0\) p r i'jyft'iivi i;* 4 4 Hhfc-' -fl.; , 1 10'. ■> S g«ili30 00 r*r o!-! i 1 Tftik-v* 0" io ii). V»ool 4 tKJ (■ Ui'i. Gorreoted by E. L •’•mbm.to rOR TQR OBSKRVKR. Co A, B. C. D. E. F. 0. H, 1. K, Co. A, 5th N. 0. Cavalry. McDaniel, 19; Duncan Shaw, 8; W. B. Wrigh^ 2; J. G. Sh^herd, 1. For Commons: W. M. McNeill, 23; h N C Cavalry. Vano«. Holden. 1 «9 0 17 0 38 0 IS 10 28 13 .S7 8 ao 21 29 4 84 0 16 14 — — 295 70 .—For Senate: Randal money as the yankees h«i completely looking ta« ' “ “II J I ThSes’and bottom ot the chtjm were literally Mork Rsnunoiations.—Valentine Propst and J. | voith yankee dead an# the bodies lay in every .1. • Kii T»n«ition In one spot we noticed »cor- H. A. Lippard, of Rowan county, have renounced conceivable poa«o°_ ^^^^ of artillery, and a big, the H. O. A. Association, into which they say they I poral ol miani y, ^ were entrapped. ^ I Iv^d&y been killed with the butte of ■gL,'L,-L^iU ™ I ok-nlla and badlv mashed 91IB. Near Wadesboro’, Anson county, ^!4th July, Mr. JAS.' ^AMERON, iu the 54th year of his age. Mr. Cameron was a highly respectable citizen of vVilmington, from which place he removed hia family in 1861 at the time it was ff'ared that that place would be overrun by yan- kee soldiery, thinking they would be safe from the abuses and insults of a heartlesb- foe He was a naan of nnblemishe«l character, a good citizen, a kind and affeo- • f*“!a nlainlv indicated, while the greater por- shot, from their wounds Xd-Tround^d we.* .Ull fjin, tSe Iat“er begging piteously for water, and praymg to be p raped for Our men could uot relieve them, as they K 18 4, jlnpllicn! p. arc* now a vorv fu >.r ..r 8.->'. I ef >-AT* TUA, rLip’ "re •to:'n.«i«ni t' atij Ta-t'B I> may te used .crfl H t"* • he EiO)»t occiBicQ '■i.»‘tio'rr. rmi i- ia e-ipfM.: •'! t;.« est p'l for c!c»Bfing guns of rc"t r» A op ^ I'lornl ToHegr. . MFET1N3 f^f tbe Btookt ■'’ders i( I . j- '^r \ Ti l b*^ helt on 8»tnrdny IS'b ir-p' .A' ^ l re t-ftireb'ly roqussl«^ to attend Hr '■ ' " 1 President. JAMES P. MoQUKEN, S/e’y .. 6’> _ _ ’«ter|»ri«e I’otlon Fnc m ry i« now prepartid to exchange for corn or buo* u Fiuest Numbers cf Spnu 7ari, pnitable for and Rummer Cloth. Vhis T.'nij of a eup' i ; - not H-. *'*' f-^drracy ' r*i •>; • *2 t of JJt ii. a i’’ j try V ■ circomstaaeM QoC»polM for Saa9«ub cerator. Kirby “
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