THti Af.iUAMA AND THK RKARJAiiB.
The f .llowin;? Hoofficial oomiimni ’aU«n, sayH
our
thrj Seatincl, hns beon p!»wi »t
JiHncHil by tho Secretary of tho Navy:—
Pawis. Jun« ‘JS, 1P64
* « * s^r.j v»9 I'D bo»rd the At»V.»xu^
„,jar T'V f'lr h-r Ift-I, «.P I rben sha ttotuudnr
'f" Si*, a i. .’Mi-.Kf. »'-id tb*- bat*!*; nl
,i.*rv Vl
..>,f10i*o th'i ‘h?
/ --^r-■■■•■'■1 r"c- '? ■ fK-n olhcru
^.,*1 -vj;.. •v’*!" iv) j i »1* I R»*» ini
. IQV«0 •• y mi’ i in d rt.i!ed f> m. nncr
,1? I
3.»f-ir9 I begin mr >forT, h iwerer, let »»»’ cnni.oTt
TfMir »ih;l .‘C «>• sur^'^C'! fVi»t tr.S ' hv"’^
oiir S'lip i.n4 Lsfcr .‘»v urdoiiot^'il;^ 3uh sin^d u heuvy
h ' t..: 1 ^-n c .iivi*;? -.' inni wf i in prc«-
; . • b' i ■ okdt-’i’ n i«. !* ft-* V rfl ..*!’ 10
u.'ici. Cft&s* •.* • r'li'.ib ares'- hw^’.o p*o-
jl \ '.'iJ BccI* »n tl'. '*l •»■;• >«;*>! mftJ** 'o
p'i. > II ■ »' . •fir u.-iJa:.'. k.'.j ^xwsln'Uf.'l,
«jrnn?rit iho luij'ts rtf '.fiK* Fffion p>.niii0, »«i ftusounl
o'.jD-pi'?_v «n! >.h'.irt»ii^!» oii.' p?op'.’ \'bioh *■>?
10 i'.'ti r pnsgiti’c ecu'd »e f"e cbls.>cd, rtsI
• ht*'* r-if c*f I'nr ■?; ?/ t!’’ —•V tn.'n^'r llini*. pood wlU 1 Atl
fiPuli: for i»>t " il ti> po -l viii i' vhc onsyn!'' i
to «'*f \=> *•!' I'ritrd be hue uudoultoUlT tcea r-st^ftin
r i by nant of fiympathfltic feeling on th« part of th?
ns'it'D ** l*Tgi*, «s feel'njt ifbioh thi ■ rncst heroic battle
t»a kip 'Ifd »r. tbe Und
1 will now i*’l' ■>'^>u I p%w in det»il: 0* Frld*y,
T7tH, I heard il.'i Sercoies ) sent k lett'-r t•:> Win.slow,
»o.ifp*ing *Se fffar of 1«, trtioh *^0 h%d insnltingly
aivi.j him. by «t^»*?2inir arouad his fillip «')d tLea cut
of ■'!? h*rb«r—waioh is not a n^iur^’ one, but protect
>*d ty !v Vrei.kwjUpr CTcr 7h'0bi the ocenn Is in siK^t
the in%u >.24 h%rhar. My son h*d b«en crl'rci
to T!*j:>iu bin sbtn. sr \ I i^ «h« cif*.st of R'ltUrf bim
re«.i» fo ].>sira on J'tow^nj' I huvileol *« rm
p» kcd vp »nt 9«art.?d him off in tliree hours »o join his
elv'p. I ~m'il t»oi, hftTB h«d hi"» mi^« '’C
*■ r iJi* w^r>* iffxi a%j I B?ttkd iny affi’re and fol
lowed or. tHe wc'ad ir»in after. I arriTed in Cher
bourg fk. i". t>e iarrninff. ! T?ent lajt».'.^i*t.>i7 ''"wu
to *b ? pier, :«.&•! L«d •^ot tko i-’Mt .JifSjutty m itoi i^c cff
M :brt >-aip t^-«n w th her steaui np *n * appawni-
ly ‘.bcut fo raoTi
1 ea&cot expT^'B fo jio the feeling ^ith irh'-h 1
w»jyi»d rcund her deok?. The offioer*«, inMudin;
Senmcp, l"Pkod roagb jaded »r.d worn out. Thp mer
»ere r.^njh 10 'i.io/. bat a'fine set of fel'»wa I h^d ll
loBsr tslk of »” *'oc- v'fh 0(‘'rinsfl VFhi'u I io’.d him I
ha I ciaao ou ei;'T»“«'7 *'* rff>r my *»rvioi^ to him, he
tS-nkp.’ Tf ’■•'t 2'i.! i* «r»>j in>r .'F"iMi» A.r fc*.ra »o m
c.*p* '''i'ts, Pi'.ich M. .‘‘0 Fon' J ’o ttenfor fce
00': J T'f,- d' -’o witton: vir 1-it‘pp an 'raplied cb.lg^ticn
to iiio F'^*nV t'.'vcrnasp'U
1* ' w.-rr; to ^t^cajpi :o gi^c you an ide» cf t'je laagr-
n!f x^.i ppiri* I'.at p’-sTaUeJ oa board that sbio. I
ithon'd p?''jrly fail--i »oinot*>?nj5 beynpd an«’iMng
I ey?r iDi*ginc.u—it w%« wildly herofo Whc" tbe or
der was it'^en “lift an^ho’.’’ they fairly 4aw aroard
wlia ibe ««p«ian. was a« calm aa thou(;h be
were to’.nt' to ehuroh He 8^sined to ha?o weighed tito
a«M.'cr w«i’ in hie o»" Toifd, and de«ertainatiou waa
n»«rktil ia ^Terr line 0* fis oo^o^fnarc*
War noble Ala--*U!4 had eoiroeiy t"rns‘d her bows to
s^vard whbQ ^tie K^aruai^e o»m> in Rtgbt to the
eastward Tft.’* two aaife-iieomcd od to seaward, c>n
»er«iM» towards oh ct»er The Frenoi* i*-oa cl'*
Corronne woc^ cul t. «ee th*‘ fliey did not join i«su‘^
iKtliu French waters. ’Ttr»8 a r^nlar Jno', a-, tfee
piers bre&kwater. hos!d-t''ps. uiasta of »he n.(»a-of
war. hill- ar-iuod lae town trcri 11 orowd.’.i by tton
#an '2 of p ec(».t jrs tcT*itnesa th’ n^abai. aa they would
havr ass^ttiMed to wit^irt-a a boll tight. It w»€ very *•■»-
idem ihK*. the 5.?mj'»;cy war* •jDi'reriia’ ia fa«o^ rf th-'’
Alabtma. She looked so much tb9.11 tt-j Xear
aagc that ja-’g4 sinp'y by lye I sbonlJ
proLonac^?'^ the iat.er 10 be cn^-third larTcr. i brA
■ple'iuid glact«,2, aiid cool.l «ee efcry moveme''.t and I
■aw at a g'acc* tha» tbo Kevr^ajt? had muon f^'e ad-
vant?g>» iti sp>'‘u The first jtin v*9 tired by th«> Ala
bama The two ahip.o then passed prpRcnt-ng
tiieir eiarhoard brr'^dside Alib-ma ou'B'de Bru^-
Bidet ’*^ro discharged in ca33-zg an' tbs fl’'i ig b‘cac!6
rapid and T**ry bea^y Th? Alabama tred mnch the
fast!s‘. I should «ay three gun« to two from the K'ar-
■age; tut gi'.e serned to fira h'j’i, for I o.'fuld isary
her shells burst ^'ry hign 10 tbe air, while thoff?
from tbe Kearsigo burst Tery near tbe water They
had bni oon:.in“noed to wisen I obeerred »n( remvk-
•d oc the dilf>renoe in the eol>r of >ho smoke from the
con? of the two sh’pa- If taair dlffaranca id aU» ka^d
•»_»» «iMVvs^ ni« VO thfm, 1 oonld havn done
it by t.*;»t. Tae srf -.ka from tbe Alabamti wia !!¥■:
paff* of heavy stean. while that from the Koarsage
waa muoh lighter atsd I am now thoroughly conv noed
that the nnpreoed»nfed oruig« of the Alabama had
more sr l.’ss iamaated her powder; for, In at lra.it two in-
•tances, I hwsinne asoertalned that hfr shot failed
to rena'fite tbe rhip when they atrack the naked wood
—one of which strucV h«r sfempost, and h*d it b«^
proper p;i* ! shou'd b^**e ds‘royed '» th ber rud-
d-r and cretr. It .-inly stuck m. SeverRl 8tn:2k
the or*in a m»r, aad l&e dipfance s^onld hate gore
throiifh a-;H i;Ko hfjr bjiler’, bu‘ *hcy hr-'ke the chai,n
and f t( hirinless
It w-> - pyidf^ni tha» the Alftb»m* w»s crippl*il: fcr she
made sail ard pet her eead in ehoro. Tcey ha*i ih
flgst i"' a rlrol", ninn?”K r.'uni • ronirson cen'rj »hon-
aeren tiirc-a The K ..rfigj, U'ireTor now ca»re "p.
rapidly pas’'Rg '.he Al-hjroa on the port side. deliT?ring
her he^Ty broadside from the starboard gun-'; bat re-
oeivicg only twi gais >n answer It wa» all oter; and
»t 12;^.0 oar nobie aai*' went down etsrn forem^at, and
oar mi>ieribb. bated foe steamed by in triuraph, with
her 8-j','crBei flag? fl,:ing froK ber m*£the-«ia 1 wcLt
to my room ai.d staf an account of the affair, and
then started cut, ifce hopo *h,^l s?s:* '*f tbe brare
fell'-'ws pioied up r.y thv Itrats iJint I kne-* to be out.
wouli be laniio^, I w«s jujt in time; fori p%% mt
i;'‘owi ri(«hin' lo’^a-Ja the laniing Pmaisg rny
«»> tbrou^h 1 ••a.n do^ru t'?e step.^ jatt 'n time to meet
a l.o%t Up ?--,i Lt .A^ir-iroBg, Mr "rooks, Ap^jpt
aa: Enr'-J'rr. i-,p ea-l n)*ker, and seran non They
were .-.i o uf’f-, ;hod and thiyropiThj' wbt. s.nd
Mr .'■'-.-'T'-ig -»-is ’Ufht.y Toa^'ded by a piece cf fi
shell ’ e>-s? iim ry »r-n, »n ? l.llir.F ti.e ro*»t to f I-
r ' gh the crowd t i mr Jio’p'
Ab m or. vB wj » ri-' 1 'h»»r.\ s'ju'i na.tisd Vfars placcd
in n:y h«' ^ a pr.nV.^r • ■ f "^’uahl"i paperR that had bren
oominiti--; :o ■-P - re by S •nTnes Thii hmva fallow
had beer pio'-^- a- by one of the bo&i^ o* ii.f K^artare,
hat h’ ,: 'n! of h»r s.«d pwam to t»e pilot boa', at
the g*- i-r ; i. in > r U r fha*. ba nisrbi. not f^i!
I wutt tne snonts tnar. went up iro«i DurKtuiaui. i’ts;
1 to quarters, •’'d ick? after jDke went ruun ’ until
two tT'Doneots are now within *an»i»ot; •> :^t ».^e
.r i« mi^r^ •••— kW-wv«arlt>,»tl^ry! ►«•»-»! fi-- :
tain, offiw^r^ arid -ihlpmatoe whom they loved, ,
r^nrn'»d .» Fan. to ha*.* aon.e arrangements made f
pt'fwib’e, fjr the to«r rffioers whom the
held, -ind --cfased to leafo on parole.
The following i« inside ▼’ew, from one of «he gal
lant p«rt5c'’'anB:
Lnst.o’*. J'jlv 7. m4 —rrm ecmi-croe this
AUbama’fl ar;.W*I in Cherbourg, irh.ah waaoa th« 11th
\ltb»Ui.*\ van to h^»e hatilnd Into dock for ra-
bu» ih- apo?»r%u^ of tbe K*«an.ago altered our
Pbnr >V^ wero oue t^oeh preparib-s the fWp fer ao-
lion Knl 1 nee^ n^-t toll you lookod forward to » d'a
Pi rate b«t cno 'inter 7*ith her. But fate ti-
'ttrr -icr superior uumVrn, gu«9 >.iid t‘Aa*« C‘arf-
Jiw d-’cid-jd »^air«* ii'« and ha world r0i"ow»)ed A!a-
ift ?■' Ti ••» tadn® Var tlnal rp«* in IS'': h\st‘?r)0%I (if
not eiaH' icil) wate>’-i cf the Kcttlish obaauel H jw like
«orHdi*d dear by ihc ho»jn'l6, I’nHl, nature
out, tarn-t to b*f, ai.d af ‘r i eallant ^«j^h», dies
uear tbo foicst that gava it htr«,h Th"' paveif will of
caurtto ci»fl v.,m a'l t'lP pa^tl luHru of the^ffvr -ind ail
»c-'uuii!‘i t*ken fr^ot the Ea^liab pr*«5s you may rely
u >en I ha»o rca-J all of tb»nj, and tl^d theoi lu the
io-»In o 'rrcc'
I will *>dd t little, not much, for as you can Imacine
I have h«r! ho msnv quootions ask^d about it that I aui
quite worn 'ut You cannot imagine the eroitement in
i.berbourjj the moraing we ateim«d ou*.. It wat a Iotc-
V Sabbaih day, and the b^y oivered with yachts and
men of " »t; about 12 miles out lay the Reartage, in our
rear the ciiy wiih its frown'ng fortifioation? .Ka noon
as th" horbor wft'’ cleared tbe officers and erew wsfft as
8en;4>1ed on the quarter d»ok and an address re^d them
thfl oapiain A pin might have been beard ic drop
until its couolu3*on, and then onr timbers Mtually trem
bled with the sbonts that went up from our gallant tars;
then
th« t
and the Alaharaa opens tb« bail that ia to «era»ia*t* m
brr otf«r dfrHfnc*ion For one hour round and r.«'!id,
'^ithln 300 yMda. bro*d»iue broadaiJelo ero:iM>g
d Afout five minutes *'«er the o.jmir.ea'jcmcat of
nt an entire broadside froi>i the Ke»r-
■aro gfri'ok u-». th.2 r?»n lall but om* from the port ide
the afUrgun,) were swept aw»y, their blood and
fcrait'r rovoncg me from head to foot; the sume
thi.»g bapn.'ning at tho other niV'it Tho apswrr to
this was a ehcer from our gallant t»oys, which aotu
♦lly drowned the roar of the guns Again and again
the pivots were manned from the other guns, and again
4Qd ag«ia swept away. 8uoh a scene of carnage may
I utjver Bee again. At lvt tho cry is beard, the ship is
(inkir.g. The co’Pm-'n'^ Is pa'ssed below, ‘ All steaui.
keep her far 'he land,” the an3w»r i.s. “tha flret are
•uf. w^» oanrot go aheac*!” Tbe K it now uuJsr our
etern; pounng in broadvidcs. ^cd raking U3 from stem
to stern. The Alabuna is now iyia a helpless wreck,
rapidly sinking;, lae men, oa!m and o«oi aw^itini; their
fat»» My CBuspe w»i wonderful I am 0i..vcrfd win
s.ight wcnsds (root ac:;d u 'o'tt An ll-in'a aoa'.l ex
ploded under me, tearing up the deok; another un ter
on^ ef roy g^n^. di.^nj^nating it, and « fr*gR:ert taking
off a'y oap, jtc. A' la^t the tiri&g oovfcd, and 1 had
mys^lf ujburt; but now another desiruotiuo stHres me
in tbo ft>os; thj shio has S'ttt’ed entirely out of eight
aft; the order has p^ui, “All hacd« save yourselves '
In a mooieat th(t water is covered with humasheadf;
3tiU I o^n90t make up my mlsd to leave the gallaat old
>.hip At ia«t all have Ufi—I s-.*ad aloce, mj o^mpan-
ijns in tho water oaliing ou*. ‘jump ovsrboad,
tUp abir will tnke you d.?wn with ner ” They hal
SQtronly fipokrn. wbon do;rn she went, 1 with hor; in
fow uiou'ouic 1 oame to the ^urf*oe and struok ou*. for
a pp '.r Bca’-. After ewimiaiag for about half an ho ir,
was pio>cd up by the Kearsajte’s boats, but see'ag the
i£cgtish yaoht Desrhoand engtf>'4 in the samo I
wa’^ibed lay ohanoc, ^nd Jumping ovorooard, sw.vm un
diioovared 10 tho Dieriiouid, w-is taken on bo'kr'1.
taken to douthampioa, and now here I am,
again
Our re.'cption ia mof>t grttifyiag Last evenicig, I
•pent at Lady Franklin’n, widow of Sir John, of Arctic
memory; mel there a inraa number of the no>>ility. To
ni^’bt I cirae wita Lord luvitait'na 03me »u fraiu
morning till night 1 have had a private box at the
opera present' d t> me; in ioed, I am qoite a iion; and
r^onid wiiii^ffly j*art with ad my hanors to have the
.Alabama siill etioat. and after the war to have steamed
her into Charleston.
FOR TUX OBSiaVSE
9gi John P Dewar, Co I, BIst N C T, and youngest
«^n of A H Dewar of Harnet:. couiity, was shot thraogh
tiie bead by a sharpsho'jt*r nar Petersburg, Va, and
lUetactly killed on the 30th June, 18t>4. The Soalharn
Confe3er!\oy has lost no truer or brarer soldier. He waa
a fhithful member of the >iothoJist Church, and whili
his aged parents and brothers and sisters are much
grieved at the «udd«in death of their son and brother,
yet it ia a h^ppy oou3olation when the/ think he was
pr.-pared to meet his Qod in poace J A *.
Kl!1Mr!5Kfl (^F thK M)NFP.I)ERATE aTATK3 I prio«8 - ^^tri
M«.ofMturor», r.ilro.d oompanie. .nd | THE AMMUXTToH SX->I.08I)H AT riTT POINT
to s*‘^r. :aAPt
tn the vjter.
w’s’O' h -' h»i
pjiRbt. not f^i!
;eu hi3 oipiai:
ard
comfoite.V'' ic of ic”
; !;/r e>50i of the ■.'T»a, »ad cr
■i -I U’ i ci'ipcr ft'i rcc'd
c-Ttf^ri ,^'lp »rlcn Ur Q.»it
;!*, wi'h t^» VTPuno..'d fli
wt.- cf tl c Tir.ii won’d h» landed
'.’If ii.re r.t oo^rdthe c»r-
-i'id UiCd of “• '^tl" 'Jg.
'•• •?- - *, _. ■. »« tT a-j.
--.r' or »h- t -o see t^
?*- rhrHi.'ifcl ..i tbade .d.
V long lici^ -.r fo'n, »ich ^ith ’t«
wb
oicth-
dere!
I b»' , '
oa!E8 i* >•' ’ ; in
SnforZ!-; i Ti ; f. ffiV
at oner
penti-f'.• • c
As ^ ' I o ;
comn>o * .* • ■' t) ■ • '
the i su'l
I soon tAmr up witJ „ . _ ,
blc>-d7 I- r.»r.-. mf >vc froc f*re Aiabasia an^ tlr^i* fron
the Kearsw, otrric ? on tbe shcul'icrs of ‘'rtiioh siil-
ors. As I 'Jro»-' by porae of the brtvTe fellows recognis
ed me, and rii-jn? 'bomoelve.t op, cheered fo- the Ala
bama a d ('■■*]>{ Thfir br*v.j spirits wo'e
ctill utcruq 'no French pHlors ar.d ro’diers
took itur—»ni tbin 5: the f^fl?-r> yrKsh I cppt-k
of in the l-'K^m.vin.T '?' .ry T.Sir-», tSjg |«rribl« lo-’a
to us h;n •w»!»“nri ?c h«-»rfp f ih« F ero^ propje,
and wh'i»h I l^!rk, "ill be frort.' t > us •» Jii -nAla-
bamts NotU.ux Cf-tt’d exceed" tae )intneb» of the
French cCl iers. Had o^r ratn taeir own they
c.'Xild not h«v» ehowc oore genuinn eympatljy aa^
Wndn»>8rf. f’-oia th® ..id snrgefa d/wn to tho nareer;
while thr prrtrncc of t!jc:c pwsct Eigt-'ra of Charity
was, in U'^cl*, * runbefta;. ■» * -
I mu t dyrtas ajifti«' to epei>k pariicuJsrly of these
ma;ned i-.nd %r.ui:ded ipeu If the spirit of the crew of
th^ .V&h:i ft »afi grar'.l raen tihe went cut to the un-
equ»l c-'.nie«t, wbat can 1 oail that rrf those roble fel
’owe £».'■>? I* -trii'-k’ evrn the irrpulflivc Fr»*ohaaer
with adr.uratioa Tf.oir firet inquiry wae about their
oaptain 1 nd cfficern. ana when I ircq able to t«U them
tiafe, thei* delight was unbounded. Even
while eitduTiDg t»>e pain of having tkeir wounds dresa-
M they pa’p «»tttraD*«, ia «x jlamat'oos, to tho de^re
t&v the. wgSt poon be np and with »nothe» ohauoo »t
that Rb'p
The m n^dc-i r'da ocmfor'able, cttme the (*8k of
r-anag n^fn 1, u' onsf on rJiore, of keoping them ii
*ood htjnro- w>th tbe-^po1v«. „d with the oouutry of
their adop.if ' In m1 .t-»o 1 «i->o?ede4 br^oedmy sioM
Banguinr e-r-, ,-rw.-^rB Th,>v 1 *0 ved r- wr!l d ahc--
M no« ;i tl. . 1,:..., ^ r..msr.fi, iir,p-f^.,jaa
I ureed th'n S.U T- Ve..- Pobei, r^mtu.'jcr ihe-^
maf’e % • nu>e Tti^h they nu-t not tsrnitfc, a:id tht,y
oame fu iy uf to rr.^rk A- ntgat ;Sey mtda e Con
federate prd ae.n m'.r»»Iof evrry man waa »ob-*>
Md reaJ" f.''•'*5 ehiu'Tt,..-? qa rUon!d^i^
to their with ti»g to fr'sr.' I ,rap. prond'to
one 0" 'ue ?»w tu follow femt oortoga. J3rerj7rhrr«,
M W9 pe8e«. tl«» peopit r.io»rl nroovsred, and tti utl
most BVt 'p%''• y P'Iwr;
rOK TBI OMSRVIB.
Killed Inotaatly, Ckriyiu?, me ool->rs in from of his
regimant, in 'he battle of tl^Ha-er Juiotion, 2.'11 M*?
ISUl, C*>»t Ndill ‘J MaLfod, Oo K, 34.a N U X, aged 28
yenrs, 9 mjuths and 20 days B3ra in the ooantv of
Mcntgomery of pious and rcspccied parents, and Uught
t& eprvf. hip Lord, he w*3 a faithful foibwer of Cnrisi,
ard oelovad by his paron'n, frioaus and all who knew
him He waa a true and faithful soldier He vjtua
t3e?t>d Iti.h of S^pt 1861 aad served &a a n3d-a''nitaiM
lion :d rl&'Ter uuiti the i^attle of Kiohmond Be was
the ■ elected 2i Licui. He served truly and faithfully
as an offioer and soldier, exccpt while wounded, until the
fatal ball took aid precious l;fe. Bat wa do truly hope
that our loss is his eternal gain Ue was wounded lu
the battle of Manassas, 26th Aug 1862, and again at
Qettysburg on tht 2J July. About ih ly. of May ho
was promo>ed to Captain of hid Ocmpaaf which be had
bravely command'd ever sincj His Com
pany has lost one of its aobles'. «nd best offioors;
his eountrj one of its noblest eoai, t^e ojmmuniiy r.
nobia brother, aad th» Cburca a noaie b'otae anl ful-
ijwer of Oiiri:3t Well may hid ooaitry ba’proad of
suoh a son, and may his name bj written higu on the^i
p4g*sof'ama and honor Long will hm m.:mury be
oheriahed by hia eorrBwicg frisnds. Bat they sorrow
not aa tho»« who have no hope. b'3iug fu'.ly a^dured
that ttieir loss is bio cterual gain Uc died in triumpa
of that precious faith in whioh he livdd.
FOB TH£ 0BS£aVS3.
Died on t&* 4’Ji Juao I86J, from woaadd r.iueiTol on
21 June at Tola Jarior, V.», Sjt Murdooh I) .\loLeod,
uo H, 4im N X, igel 23 years, 5 rajutau*r,d 14 days.
Thns lias ‘alien »-iiolher of M ja gomjry's noble flim.
'Weil may North C^roliaa 63 prcul ol Buoa >i son, aad
b'.t eh livi higa oa the pa^re of nibtor/. Nevt-r Ji)
a nobler vouih f»l- i.t dcf-jiioo cf h:s vututry. H« r .
>.he uird bruther that h.'»a friiiea i i the laiat
montt.t, Hia C ut orothor, K J fe ii':
vji.ityeouig, Idt Jaly 18t>3, hud nis acts.', 0»pf»in jn
■J MoLeo.', f. il on tao 2i i of May, *jd then ae th.
oa iWe 2d Juae—taree of th3 nobl'^i broihgrs th t
o»er we?« in Conrader. e Rervice a»/e fiutea m tuo
ehort anwe of twelve moatha. .Mjirdooa vuiu;«*eared
'6tij of -VI»-.-oh ihOi, ADd served throU($n all ti»« figu'tt
and maiuhes waich that Dobic rcgineat ptsjed irit^xout
ever beiag wounded until the fatal ball struok him He
was tbe prile of hisri&jera and oomrt^es in oaiap, fall
of pa'ri'-iism. seal and honor, actuated by pi:iTicipleH
noble and gjod, and ever ready and wiiling to dis-
cswpe his duty both in q/imp anti od the baitile-field.
lie lf»vcn an affeotioontc fatuer, two siBters and two
brotttf-.rs aiilal*rga oircli of fritndo o mou; n thair
irreparable Hus Hut we m^urn act as thoogh. we bad
ao hope, lor wa do truly hope that ha is safa in, hc4vea.
foa TQi oBssavKa
Died 00 221 September ^803, Irom wounis t-eoeivcd
in ttjo batt.1., 0* Gatt/rfharg. F*. Wiliiaui Eenry Ok.y
Ee«»cG, Co Q, 2tiih N C T, in his 21st year. A more open
hea'-ted, geutrous pers.^n waa seldom found; a warmsr
hearted pa riot never livod; and a bettor so’diet never
died He never shrank from any duty; thrvugh heat or
cold, nigh; or day he was ever ready to act m any ca
pacity where duty ca!i«d Taougn ae is gone he has
loft tn the boBoms of all who knew him an undying me
oiory, for uone knew bim but to admire him He baa
left «u> affeotiona;« father aad mother, kind brothers
loving stetfrs and numerous relativea and t ^it-ads to
mourn tiie{r irrep*r»bie loss A FUli^ND.
»4 jv. IJiivhatt fit
fol owlnf» K’ttor fron t\ = iJ'cct^'y nf ib * Treanury
in rarly •> a letter frouv h!ni‘»«If: —
TitEASURT Dki*artment, V S. A , )
iiiclnnond, Aup'. 5, lSft4. )
To Uiu EjLCtUenci/ Governor Bonham: j
J->EAii Sm: Your very kitid and enooarai«inK j
letter (.»! iho iiOtli ultimo was rec'>'vcd yester*^'’^.
11' it phiil' pr>'Vf' ’0 ba n>y liapy>y 'uiirougb
tlio Divine bieshu.jj;, to c>iitr;b'’'‘/e Jq any degree
to the weU'are of mv •‘''jijtry, 1 abail be more
thuu uoa»D*>*'r'.'tod lor ;i!l the liborn aad auXJCtios
V*;jrh .1 'lave been Hppo'tntc'i. Kxprcss’.dns ol
cunftdcuoe aud i»ood will un tiie pnrt ot my
lovv-oitiiens, sucli as you jiave b^'eti ^ooti eoomih
to couvey to me, af«^ most siratoiul aud cuootira-
vrin^. r roj^'ttrJ tho Trottsury ot tli«‘ CiMifeil^r^tc
States ltd most p?i.'uli:ii y tUf Treasury il th«
pt’ople, and there in m)fhiiig in the power ol man
tbr.t Wi'iild 8(> 800U rt;store it to a oondition ot
ease ftUd prosperity as tl>e universal and geccroua
Kupport ot our people There is nothinj^ m its
present oircuiu3ttnees to inspire alarm, butoD tbe
contrary every m.'^tivc tor oontidcnoe. An all
pervading cause of cuibtirrassmcnt and distreBU,
hi.s been the character of our legislation.
ever patriotically intend-K’, it it not to be denied
tb»t iho mea.?utes adopted by Gongresa fcr the
reform of the ourreiicy, b'id the unhappy effect
ot inspiring the public mind with feelings ot t?ar
and didtriwt to tho oours3 that would i^^-ui'-tte*
ly ptir.^ued i.-} Tcia*^tin vi t»tat jijtrt, ui'Oie putj-
lio debt i« rrprenonfcd by the Troadury
Notes. Apprelieasi'n^ t>}' ultimate repudiation
crcpt iik-> &n all pervading poison into the minds
of the people, »nd groatly oircumscribiHi and
diminished tho purchasing power of the Notes.
There were mnny distineuished aad patriotic
m;n in Congress who earnestly believed that the
great, it not the sole, evil of the currency was to
bo toond in its redundancy aloi e. And reason
ing trom this promi'i'’, they inferred thu a cor
responding reduction of this large volmne ot the
purcha.HiD!; uicdiuxa, wv)>ild produca an immediate
reduction in the prioo of all saleable eomniodities.
Others eutertainod a difl'crent opiuion, and, be-
iieriag that tho purchasing ^wwer and value of
those notes had a critical and sensitive dependence
npon the eonlidenoe and ^ood will of these who
were called upon to exchange their substance tor
them, insisted that a reduction of the quantity,
by any measure that di»turbcd the coniid«Doe of
the people in the good faith of the Government,
would lead to tfbiversal distrust aud stili greatc-r
dep*'eciation.
The majority was, unhappily, found to be of
the tirst opinion, and it must now be univeraally
admitted, I think, that tho pulioy that prevailed
was erroneous, and the consequences precisely
such as had bt'en predicted by those who opposed
it. The immcnso rednotion elFected by the tax
of por eent’. levied upon the curreaoy, and
by the process ot ooiupuUory funding, produced
very little elf.et upon the pricos ol oymm>dities.
Everybody regarded, witn diitrust, a new issue
of notes of the .same character as the lant, and
resting for their support as a circulating inodium
up.>n the f»amo pledges which had ended in disap
pointment before
That thi« is the true difficulty we have to cn-
oountcr, I think every candid person mu^t allow,
and I cannot refrain trom indulging the hope
that a new and eoua«^cr policy wrl govern our
future legislation Too patriotisia ot Congress
is not to be called in questioa, nor are we at lib
erty to Qoubt thei’ willingness to reoounoo any
policy thal may be proven by experience to be
errOH^Ujt ;U)di i '
iMme time, should not be silent; anu iu tnis re
spect th« patriotic cUisons of tlie great aud suf
fering U9miiionweahh of Virginia have act a no
ble example.
On my arrival in Ikichmond I found that the
CommisaioQorji of prices had fixed tho schedule
rates for wheat and corn at 930 and 8-4 per
bushel respectively, for the months of Au:^ufltand
September. The feeling of disippointmont and
alarm with whioli I was inspired by this cireum
stance, you can easily imagine. This painful
feeling was, however, soon changcd for one ot
renewed eontidence and hope by the tarmcrs of
Virginia. Public meetings were held in the ag
ricultural couutica and resolutions adf’pted bold
ly avowing the jmpossibiiity of maintaining the
public faith if the Govern men J were forced by
the people to pay such prices for supplies, and
patrioticaHy insisting upon a reduction of the
standard rates, and their ciitablitjhmcnt upon a
basis sufficiently low tc inspire confidcuco in the
currency. The result wa.s that the Commi.'wion-
ers reassembled and reduced the schedule prices
toS7i for wheat for the month of August and
fd' Ssptember. A wiser and more pa*^riotic coune
was never pursued by any people, and 1 would
rosp3Ctfully appeal to you as the Chief Magistrate
of our ga'lant and patriotij S^atc, to suggest and
encourage similar meutiug') and resolutions on
the part of our own people. 1 have an abiding
coafidcnce that a general and well established
belief in the intention of Congress under no cir-
cumBtanc's of temptation or trial to shrink trom
the observance of the most rigid good faith io
the mon^y dealings of the Qoveroiaent, will en
able as to overcome all our financial difficulties.
That such is their real intention I cannot doubt;
hut this determination should be eno''uragcd and
supported by the public declarations of our peo
ple, expressive of their own resolute will to foster
tho credit of the Government by the establibh-
mr'nt of low prices, and by the patriotic support
ot ita Treasury. WhAttver differcnoes of opinion
may have existed in tho past, or whatever errors
m*y be supposed to have been oomrnitted, *rt%j
now be buficd in a eon^tnon grave. We are
making a new start in our fiaances, and nnder
oiroumitanoo8 by no means unfavorable or dis
couraging.
Tho expenditures of the Government are of
two classes—those incurred abroad, and those in
ourred at home. In respect ot the first, there
has hitherto been but little embarrassment nor
is there any reason to expect greater difficulty in
the future. Our foreign supplies will probably
be procured wi^out making any addition to the
pubhc debt. Tho malice of our focp
bute' to this reform. Let ua con*cnt oume*^^
with moderate prices and ko‘P dowo ,ae pubho
debt; and not, by extortiiMf *^e highest prices,
swell the public biM^^en and distnrb on- own
confidence i» * ^e virtue and the reeouroes of the
Gov*r**'^cnt
1 remain, dear sir,
Yottrrt, with great respect,
G. A. THKNHOLM
CHATHAM! OOONTy—OyrioiAL
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OFFlCi: ROST qUARTC:R.tI^|iTER, |
4(1 Cooi;;re8sioaal Histriet, Jl. c. {■
J>'ATarTKvix.i.a. N. J , Auk *''• )
7b the M^armera orthe 4th Congr^eaaiotml
District.
T'.iX PAYEB3 who have p*»id t’ici’’ Tax t2 Ktad to
•f ArTiy Q-. .'Ir’s r Commis'ariet«, or auy i rifijer Con!-
o**’-cit :r. a Oomp«y 3f Troeps, etc., any bo'>fle4 i«geut,
eie., will f. rwA.d the Tooeip*s to lae aui 1. will cre'lit
to*!ir s>s iic%i€s for the samo
.1 M McfO»^AN,
Capt aud Post Q. M , 4:h Gocg i» at. N. C.
j . J^’olicc to Coopers.
I I 18H lo make a oontrao*. oa the p*rt it »tie Oovern-
J * CTPRS88, JUNIPKB. or LIED OAK
1 pall. h t- fell o-f withftut * tittftacr Vot* one aud . SorghoBi Syrop ust
^d ihe=^-pfcssa^9 0V6t to Soakh*wptte, ko^ita toicap- * Aa| 34
raised the pric^ of cotton to 30d7'per poi'ad’^n
European marketa, while th« depreciation of our
currency enables us at the same time to buy it at
home at loM a«tually than 4d. it is plainly seen
that It can bo no diflicult task to draw from our
enemies, and from the complacent snectators of
this atrocious war, the means of Bupplyin;^ all
ljur foreign wants. This would leave us then
only our domestic debt to deaKwith, and when it
IS considered that all that is asked of our people,
und all that the Government ia called upon to
pay for, is simply their surplus productions and
their services in transportation and mechanical
and olher labors, who can doubt the ability ot
the people to bear this burthen? If they eave
‘^ 's asked without compensation, they
wou d Mk at last no more than their surplus and
•would be no poorer fur the gift. How, then, can
I he./condition be made worse oy rcociving the
money and the bonds of the Government in place
ot receiving nothisg?
I hope, my dear sir, that you wUl agree with
me m the opmioos and sentiments I have expresa-
fd, and mav join with me in tho effort to cire a
now r^nd^noroa*! impulse to the public sentimopt
upou thi. topic of our national affairs.
I do nci think that planters and farmer* shomid
I n *_rw
eight, yankees were killed and one hnn-; nt. (!> j'>i—.‘N'i l.^nTa,
dred and twenty-six wounded by the ammunition ! atiriti'Uv ir h .-gwu «•' nKitn t'ti
explosion at (3ity Point on tho 9th instant. A | j^p^j t-nrj^int ‘J f'ri;irj witl
correspondent of the New ^ o« Tribuut*, who j t|-ev.‘ ban Imt';. ' *>
witnessed it, say*: • ine tu rhf '
‘‘Every iranie-hyvist: in thu t“Wn jarr*jd by | t
tbe coiioiirj.';ion alone to the extent ot having its 1 \ h
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t;a
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ip^iu.’ pla-leriHg knocked otf, beside other damages j vo--.t- , .n- ^
hy k-. Ag-v.ust tho and .-th , r-.!, -V -
obstruftious nt'ar the whavt, and -vc-.i up^m 1' e j kn- be>o»-, tf
hili, h’lndreds, and perhaps thouH'iud-, ot ^rokt-, )ii ... n
. -’ .J ...1 -ml sMch ^-br-.-, fw th- 1.;.,
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Ilf I r.L meet the tax pavert of the D|7p«r IKatriot of
Robraon C'-uoty at Ihe following tines and plae
for tha purpose of oorrecitBg soaie orrir* sMdc tpf.
last listing (being tho same days on whi «a th9 «aro'*bor
of titbea will i>e there )
At jji<h’s. Aagast 2Si, lbS4;
Alfordaville, Angoat t24.li;
Wiahart’n. Aagu«t26ih;
Howeilaville. Aogtut Wtk;
8t. P^al’a, August 27tb;
Lumber Brid«, August
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TLe Tas-paysra of th* eooaty are kereby noiifteJ to
attend at the tin«4 aad plaoa#above ttat*d, and furr.iM^
to the aaaeseora oorreet lista of the foUowiag subject;
of Taxation, on kaad, held aad owaad ontha 17th Feb'y
1864 Tlx:
No of Aoti^ of laad employed in afriooiture.
No. age aod aex of elave* “ “ «
JNo. Horeee, Mulea and Oxen “ •'
No. Pioofhs and other farming implaneu^, d'j
Ail oiJier protieriy employed in agr1oaItti>v
—ALSO—
No of aerei laud aad other Beal Eatate tuit employed
in st;ricaUure.
No. apf* and sox of slaves not employed ia agTfeulturti
Ni 0' Hornes, VuIch and Asses do.
No of Gattlo of >he Bovine "peciee
• No of Sbcep. OoRts and Hogn.
No of pounds Cotton and Wool
No Tebacce.
No bnahela t’ora and Tlliaat. Ryte, Oata. Rlcn and
other amall grain.
Valne of potatoe* of all kinds^ p^aa, h#anfl. ground
peaa, aad alt other products of the farm, garden or or
chard.
Valne of flonr, meal, sugar, laolapsos, baoon, Isrd and
ether groceries, goods, wares and roerchaaiise, spirit-
ous liqaora. wines, cider, vinegar. &c.
Value of all honseh^ld anl kitchen furaitore, ai^ricnl
tnral tools and implemenui, aod all tooU o.* neob&nics
and others, maaioal instmmanta, and ^1 art-'nles of do
me* tic ose.
No and >alue of wagons, carta, drays and' all other
vehiclea on wceela.
Value of all gold and a'lver waia and plato,- jeweie,
jewelry and watchtiS
Valu« nf all bofks, maps, pioturee, paintiugs, atatu
ary and other works of art.
All property aud aueta of banks, joint atock; eA-n-
panles «od corporations, whether incorporatod c T ntfc.
Gold and ailv*r coia. gold dust, gold and ailver t ullirrt.
Amount of all aolvent oredits, bank bills and a’» other
paper issued w e»rrenoy, (except nen^intereo: (.^aricg
Ginfederaie Treaeoyy notes,) and act employe a in a
taxed baain«R8.
Value o' all moneya held abraad, bills of exchs pige on
foreirn conntriea.
Value of all articles of personal or mixed r. titvtvLj
not embraced ia the fore^rting.
D S. M0BRI80N, \ae iRflor.
Aug. 16 68.«b' r4t
hili, h'lndreds, and pcrhapi
twisted ami spiiatcrcJ mn-ikf.t'^. -ini SMeh
If’.y ill d--i:{h., like straw Orifti.'^l by ibe w tic:; ep .
^!I over tlie ground for »t W.wt quarter ot « uuU*
!n-Ui lilt' •'jcne of tue espl;'^ •»!. ^
erupe, o..nni«ter, musket arit^ t^'unic biiHn, puccs
ot sbel’.'^, n:*i!s, scr.-^s, b 'l rf '•■f.d boU he''d’, t»n‘.
rsl't'ienty ot ahri-p' everythin'^ - wvioJff, iroii
and leaden-you cat. fb nk -r.^ .t’fiwn and
drifted like liail and chu’-l:s nf ic^ immediately
after 2> drcudful h:ui r:to’‘u'.
“Kverywhere are Ri'tti' ■ renJi*, denfM, deep
abrasions and scarreU of the iron and
.‘ac’en storm The thou.^ndth part c%rn.ot be
told
“My tir^t thought wh'^ that an ammunitiOQ car
had exploded ju“t ahead cf the one i was on, and
that it would be of little use to try to c.seapc the
fitortn thnt Vc'.d ^ope uti and would conac dow>^
that one was about as safe iii cue place as anotb‘*r;
oh! !:ow it did ralu and Laii all the tcrribli*
■uhtruuiuiith 0^ ws^r . .
“It MO* a valiioa-I ct-r. the amniTunuoc
bargo.J. K. Kendriok, that had cxplo'ied Irc m
the earrle»?s handling o»‘ pcr-ufif.ion sheila or .hoilo
other kind of au:muuitiou, it ia .suppfisod No
ODO that’ was aboard ol the \»oat rcmaius to ttjll
fLo talc of her destrnctioc. The spHnters that
strew the river may be hei:*, or they may be uot
The section uf tVe twieted ’•ilw rf a keel that ii:.'
ill the SJt^it frequen^’cd ptrt of the town, • n tau
hill, two hundred yards dis'ant, ic*i7 be hois '»
tHy may belong to one ot her «^i -nppearcd ccn
sorts. ,
“You ha^e read of en^ptions of V csuviu?, feuct*
af buried Herculsneum and l*tiop-?ii Tou nave
se^n illustrations ot them iu the book.4 Ti-.is
i&mt have been such an explosion as oue ol tueso,
except that, instead of lava and dust and a.ihet',
it rained over the circle of a mile, in whole pack
ages and by pieoe-meal, everything you can iro-
miine at a military depot. Kotire boxefi of fixed
aiumnuitio^ came down auioug the tents in the
town, a quarter ot a mile distant, and eoarcaly a
tenti or Loubc, or boat, c»n be lound within the
circle ol a milo that is not riddled by bteil, »oiid
shot, or >.ma)l ammunition.
“How many were blown in atom.® into the river
trom tbe Kendrick, irever to be heard ot, is cot
known. The capt*^]^ ct the Kendrick is saf",
having been absent at the time of tho explosion
on another boat. The other boat« entirely drs^-
troyed and sank were the Gen Meado aud t'if
J. (,’. Campl'.-.’l.
“The ma.«sive pine wharf in front of where
these boats lay, which was bolted down up'JD
piles and .sleepers of piue tree’, i^ bri’shed a.-;ivic
for about a third of its length, as it it I d beeu
made ot the paper 1 write cn, while tiie substan
tial plank 'varehouse, with Djissive hcatnt', built
for at least a quarter ot a century, has bee'’ crash
ed nearly ite entire letgth, as ii' it huJ Icen a
lady’s band-box. The ir :^Jit-trui.: tr - as jujt
ready to start when the explo-i ''' ’ a*=d, is
shattered in nearly evcrv '.^^r, tl . past re
pair; and I had the uuictore- r>i' 'aciion ol
gtk^ing where my rema’ne wousd /tbly ha'C
^‘Tho pine-board row, in which were tbe post-
pliice, Adam^)' Kxpress office, and a quartcrmas-
t^;r's office, were also crushed by tbe ooncasion
an d the heavier forces brought against it, like a
ban»5-box, but fortunately, or rather miraculously,
none I'f its occupants were seriou.sly injured.
“VarSyaa theories are afloat as to cause of tie
explosion • Some Pay the careless handling ot
ammunition; others, cn old time torpedo; somo
surmise a rebel spy ia the nlftttcr; while others
attribute tht? disaster to a rebel shell or shot trom
across the river.”
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Claim your Horsei^
BaaoLuao Ovpica.
FajeUeville, N. C , Aug 16. ’ |
Ttro HORSES were reeeatlj oaptared 7 mil# frora
this piaoa, tudi’f oiroumstances whioh lead a» the
belief that they were slolm by the D.^rters ir» w!ia'«
poasessloa thej were wbea captaivd. The o' ihainals
were traveling under fals" names, wifi forgeJ *papo-t).
and C'3tild give no oredib'e aocount of themaelve f. Tae
hor^ea bort marks of having been ridden ver y hard.
Their aai^amed names and proper deaoription are aa
followc:
J W Cheanut, 87 years old, haxel eyes, blr clt hair,
fair oompleotion, 6fe?t high, Alabama. Cherokee. couuty
Allen Owl, 3* jeara old, blue eyes, black ' latr, fair
oompleetioD, 6 feet It Jieh*s, N. C , Oraaga c oanty
The former made hia eaoap*. In Wilmin^t lu and ia
again-at large The Utter has a’mee given ’ui:! name a«
Irkhart, and admitted himself to be a des^tn^sr* from the:
4)at Qa , Reg’t, and atal(*a that the horaes were gotten,
from Deserters. Said hoorsea are cewhclil C'ulyeot to
mj ordera by Q M , Fayettevflle Araen&l «ud Armory.
Any one supposiog himself the owner m&j adt^paaa me .
on the matter. Whenever the real owners ahiJl anpear,.
the propertT shaU l>e returned or the party leoeivw
value therefor. W. G. BBNOHBH,
69 3tl Lt. and R. O. Oomberlaud.
FayettevlUe ineaal and Armory, Q. H. Ofllee, \
Fayetteville, Aug. 17, 1801 /
Wood Want ted.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be i noeived at this office
until the 16th day of Sept 186 4, for the dellwery of'
foor hundred eorda of good so and BL.\OK JACK
WOOD, to be deliverei at snoh t' ima and place aad in >
such quantities as the A. 4. Q, M i. at this post m»y re
quire. It r'ust nonfortn afrietly to tbe atandard mes.enre-
mr.ftt for Cord Weod, viz: 8x4x4
Proposala to be marked Propo' nhi for Wood for Q M.
Dep’t JO HN L HOLMES.
69tf ] ' Oapt. and A A. Q M.
f —^—
•lQtt9 be «ftUed wjjQft to dQetiae ia Jivot ot towir 1 |hi I
The Enterprise CAotton Factory
is now prepared to exobango Kny «om oc baoon the
Finest Ramben r/f Spiin Tarn,
soiUble Ibr Spring aad Suxm m doth. Thla Thread i»'
of a Mtperior vuOsj, not ipanaA tv any \a the Oob- I
daO-HARDT.
imi
Fl'rt Gain*v —Captain Donglads V'ai^s, pay
master ot the army, left Fort Gaines on Saturday
night at 10 o’clock, in a row boat for Fort Mor
gan, arid .arrived in th? city by the Eastern Shore
last night He givt-s thtj following particulars of
the condition of atiairs when he lolt:
Oa Thursday a yankee monitor npnroached the
lort on the Gulf sidt» and opeied fi:« The fort
had three 10 inch columbiads. and in tho first
shots in reply to the monitor, tro oi them were
dismounted and disabled bv the breaking of their
carriages. On Friday the fleet ran by Fort Mor
gan. Captain Vas.t had s fins view of the whole
soene, and the Mubaequertt naval fight. The
T**cumseh, the fincdl monitor in the Yankee navy,
went down almost instautly, a tremendous column
of water being thrown up around her—evidently
the work of a torpedo Her commandcr, Craven,
was lost in her, for tbe yankee truce boat inquired
if he was among our prisoners, and finding he
was not, they said he went down with his shir.
[The same monitor which had shelled the fort
Irom the Gulf side, now approached to within
li&if a mile of the wharf and opened again. There
«'as but one 10 inch gun left to fight her, and the
carriage of that gua tmi>n beijamc unsafe.
Oo WofineBJay uipbt, the Yankee troops, esti
mated from 3,000 to i),000, landed on the Island
and gratiually approached to within 400 yards ot
the fort. Tbey bad been confronted from tbe
trout by a lino of skirmishers thrown out from the
fort. The enemy had planted their batteries or
iig'ut Parrott guns on a sand hili near the Gull
shots, c.nother mid-way of the Island in front of
the fort, and a third on little Dauphin Island.
Thetie, with the monitor in the water front, were
enabled to bring a fire to bear upon every part cf
the Wi>rk, and with the aid of Bharpsho’>tcTs, oT;r
men were not able to stand at their guns. Ttio
bomb proofs wera only capjtblo of oov rijg
men out of the garrisou, t»>o rest were exposed to
bombardment. Up to the time Capt. Vass left,
the commander, Col. Anderson, had said nothing
about capitulation; but he saw sigas of demoral
ization in the garrison. Some of the officers ex
pressed decidod opinions in favor of surrender
they thought the placc would be taken aud there
would be a frightful waste of life to no purpose.
The men saw little or no hope of relief since the
Tennessoe was lost, and they much exhausted by
skirmishing all day and working in the tort at
night
Capt. VasB states that up to the time he left,
Col. Anderson behaved with great resolution
and spirit, gallantly exposing himself and urging
his line of skirmishers to maintain its ground.
It was tbe night after Capt. V. left that Gen.
P»ge psssed over to Fort Gaines.
Capt. V. is of the opinion that Fort Morgan
will hold out as long as i»s provisions do, and
that will be tue b“^t part ot a ye.ir.
The yankee fleet was badly c*!. ’ ^r]y
every ship is careened over, a'^ .re
busily repairing. It is holiev. > \
less ^an 750.—Mobile Netn.
ve
M.
Gist
burned -lO wa-.'OtiS .oa J^. w;t.i
•Iitt’s a.ujy, ?»nd took rrisr.
Maj'jr, 2 Captains and fi Lio’^k-
cd »t the «nmo tim'* ni’ ''s
w't^ich were broiiyb'’ r-if np.t'^'T
wagons waa a F;tycl'nstcr’-5 e' n
ml hund.*-eti th;U°.an 1 f-: 0
w* ich were btirned, our it.-
mf'c of the {.r;?'rc;: of ‘•nri '
were •'•■nfimier', rj t..': V liii ’
in"’y tt'M tl>‘ iiJ '■! *' •
l-'i iT 20 u: tho y v.l,' Fer-
siderab'f ru’Ttber wn>tr.:^«d
woi:od.';d, ttipe killed —'
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fcuuday,
sortcc we J?arn that Gee
t^hatuuoochrc Kivcr cn Thu-
three poparatc b'jUt^'H uf cava;~j, r rtil.-* ring i-cvi -
ra! tboii3i.Gd tir c^'-.'c m-.'P, and j roc 'c-’cf! rn hi
rnnrch f>'r tbe. er.eittj’s rear io tl'c It l'iiwiu'.
dji\ a pic}:et >=ody 1* ii.vU J n i> v. r^' -t.s ’. i
ow a w'cre? crrov’dit^on cf ;!r • t inijt-j • •, -
fli’k ol WJich h^s not trm.-p5red • • ? •
that a gencrm in o* i ••u-
nessoe iiiforMicd a getillenian -har^ v u i
oue wcuk a.aio, t.Jon. lloddy, wit*- ’u
m?-«, started trciaj .)peJika to eo oj-ia’-; a
Wheeler.
These aoo^uDta are prubaV.ly e.>rr”‘* ir - v ^
known that ou^- eavalry luve sli-t;-!! !• ' ■ i:
Q'y’n rear, la a }'”-v tlayd we tiiail u:iVi.' ju'"
inforiLatiou of tbt'i' tjxplo ta, whci; w» ; ■ . t-
give our readers a I'raiiJyinj^ account ol i\i
struction ot Shcrman’e line ot oi.iii:i.uraea i. r
screat deal cepeiids upon this expeui*i >r, ■ n
tiuf^t it wili be in every re-irjco' a succc -.tu‘
every
Yunfc'^e Rai>! ~ Wc
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Resijpted.—The re'ngo'’
named officers of North C ,
bfton aeoepted by th«j Pre&iu
•y Waddell, 3d Cavalry Maj. „
Regi«ea.^ JUwll. £xtus hmmt 334 iUg.jiiit* ^
Yiin/c'^e ~ Wc undc:»taud
Trnkf'es h*ive o^ice more trtpp^d the i‘ec-,i'. .u?
'tnd Welvion railroad abou*; mldwjy b 'fA ;i n
Reams’ S:.iiion and l*cter:sburg, ard I.hv'* ai:«o-‘ur
the tci*'''raph wire.-. We have u‘‘ fartiealnrj of
;ht raid or the itgury duae tv/ the ro':id
Go ihl/crro' J'funwi', lb» A
We are pained to learn that L ,k
C'tmden Lowis, o^ Cc’ujpany D. l''th rOi,'iiii?.^'.
N. C T., wad killed in iheli^ht b:-low llichm jui
Cd iho 10:h insiant. Lseu' Lewis was a .intive
of Biad *G county, and iu cjiamartu of oce of ±e
companies from that county. H« was a bra'*e and
clever young g> ntlemau- We ujderstand iiiai
his rcicaios will be sent home for intcuieut.
Journaly ly^i.
f- ■ ,r rr ^ ^ i.* 1* Jj. g—,. —1 .i..^
telligence conveys the news of lae d . h of -n-jtuer
ol tae hcrtiic youth o^ Ita ei^u. C^p:. George
Brvan ha^ boen kiilod iu this b-itile [o;t the tVu-
infeuiaj—tallcu like to the otiiers of tu .t gioricus
baud, who have so nobiy, alas'. bv> luiLhy r pr:-
tseni.d t^sis commuaity lU tho bloody acti''’
tbis war.—Ra:eiyh Lon/ftetat.
drnnt's Lots*:S.—P. W. A. uri-cf. to tuv ..u-
vannah Hcpublioan:—
“I do njt know tnat the statement i au. •i juu*.
to make is true, but if it is, it showc ti;-at i^nvi'j :
operations, though not crowacd wi h tho ci,prir..
of Washiugtoc, have nevarihelc:^^ h'l.n: ^..vi
iiU‘t. Inteliigenec his just reaciied here r*. l.i .
the most rciiaOie chauuel by wUi^h wo eau com
municate with the eatuly’s couutry, liiut Gr^nt
aud staff arrived at Wasaiugtoa oa SatiUiy list,
che 7th last, and that he tooji. witn iiim u ejn&ia-
erable portion of his army. We hcM- also, ti:..
Grant’s toial losses hinoa ho crosied the ilai .j vj
nave been 115,^^70 men. In this numbci u;c i
eluded the kiilod, the v/oundcd who have f ' ,
returned to their ooaimaads, pri-jjaer, dcotr ■
sick, and thotie whose tcTms oi service have
pired.. Grant’s original iorcc was estimircd
125,000 men. lie received at SpjUsylvaau
some 15,000 more, making 140,OOU. To th ^
should oe added Builar’s command, and tuc
troops sent Uim from New Orleans and otLc.
points, say l>5,000, making the grand total 175,-
tiOO. It wo Bubtr^ct from tius, 11.'),h7'J, ac
would have left as his predcut effjctive lorce
130 men. These figures show what Lee aui
Beauregard acd their brave commands have done
fur the enemy.”
A Negro Dosorter, the first that h&> rcacrod
our lines, c.ime in yostoniay, having deserted Iroai
»he iiTttt regimeui of U. S. colored troop.^, wi.L
Grant’s army ia front of Peter.iburg. Hia n.i*.ic
is John Tliomas liutcbcr, free mulatto, atd i/e-
fore his capture by the enemy, on the 1 Ul* of
.>1 ay last, vrt.3 a tiremau ou tlie llioLuioua aci
i'etciSjurg railroad. Hu wile aud cuildren li>-'
in Dili viddio county. Ou latt V/cdacbua) i^e
vas pat ou outer picket near i'orc Ulittou, au i
gave & brother black piokci a bribo to let Liui
iTce, which he did. Uutciier lasiied seveiai rail:*
fogetcer witu his knapsack strapi, aad, plun^itig
intx) the Appomattox, swam acious antl‘eu»ue luw
our pifkeia. ihc negro is most inteiiii/ent and
iccisu. aou givos a r;cu account of how he vrad put
into the servxCw. i.Uasea, one oi dcm juj iot>if a
pen and piece ot p*iu -r and made a cr.'js lu^vu. so.
Den he say, “Can you make a mark like
Told him cettaiu, sure I coaid, and i v.occ aaii
done it. Then he t>ay, “You’re ;; soiiier- ..
corporal; here bj your clothes ’ liatyiu ' w
committed to the Castle for the prcse ;r
Kichm^ind -.inilutr.
Horrible.—When the Yankees entered i> "n
tur, Ga., an o!dgentleu.an, the liov. xMr.
met them with a gun in his baud. Tbe hellish
fiends, in order to vfreak reveuge on the old man
for his act, bound him in his bijuse and then
fired the building, burning him with it.
C'orn.—The whol*» of Middle aud Njrth iilia-
sissippi is reppetsented as a vast eorufield, aai tho
erop is said to be the finest ever Reon ia tnat re
gion.
The erofs iu the Trana-Mississippi Distriot are
.7cr^ ejTJiiug The liks has never beco seec b'--
toi'c. Texasal.ino could feed the eutire army lor
a year. ^
Gcncr:d /e-Thc'T^xanTnl^e^inst ^ucr-
r f a sang of Yankee General
otaelctj ana here it iq;
‘•General F-« !eriokbfeeIe coicao stcalii.?
6»eele, ero loag you may foei
Th« blifMiaf •tbotf of very oQid ttMl.”