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rHOM TTT? ABMT OF Tinr»»?SWB. B*rnb'K>*B »re full of tliriM yzfm lorrJOT> Thf ov«*i t» of the week in- intpres-t. »vd wiU fonn a towarktble chapter in'tbe hietory «f tl.is «veBtW On the iiiornins: ot tho 27ih cf A.«gTwt it wa# diBCCTered that the enemy hsd #bandcned, rtunrg the nieht, abiiat foar luilfB of their lira of work? ui frprt of Atlanta, and iuinicdiately ooutrontmg the risht of oar armv. Tbia gave to vmtious oorjeotu’-es in regard to the state of The wpuine onas thought it wrs the firpt step towarda the grand retreat so lone talked uboot; »7id with jsreat rejjotoing they behcved that a tew tlavs wpui‘1 see Sherman flving in confnsion t>aelc to hb Northern homo. These days were anxions moments to the weary aoldiera and patriots of the armv of Tennessee. But it only required a few days to develop the fact beyond oontrovcrsy, that Sherman was not retreatiogj and moreover that he was entering upon a great military expcdihon around the left and rear ot our army. He ab*n doned hifl base at the railroad bridge over the Chattahoochee—CBtablisbed anewb’neof oommu nioat'on lower down the rive’’ »t Sandtown. thence by wagons to Marietta—ard with one army corpp left on the barkp of the Ghattahooehee in front of Atlanta, as a oorrs of mersce and observation, he took the remainder of his »rmy, eompriping six corps, and with twenty day*’ provisions in his wagons, comipenced his gtaud strategy for the poppcssion of Atlanta For some days it wae difficult to determine his roaition and movements, as be kept bodie» of cavalry between us, te screen his lorees from observatioo, and had #he advantage tco of having a stream of water on hie flank, as he was moving down on the west bat k of Flint river. This enabled him to collect n lar^e foroe in the vicinity of Jonesboro', twenty miles below Atlanta, before his plans were fully developed We had at Jonesboro’ on the mom ingof the 30th ult, only Lewis's Kentucky bri gade and Reynolda’ Arkansas brigade, which had been sent down a few days previous to guard the road against a raid, and which answered as a n”- cleua around which our other forccs had to as scmble. The enemy crossed Flint river opposite Jones boro’ late in the afternoon of the 30th with four corrs, snd mude a lodgement on the banks of the river near by, threatening the town. com manding General determined at cnce to strike thjp force, and for this purpose detached Hardee’s and Lee's cor^s to make the attack, while be re mained in Atlanta with Stewart’s ecrps and the militia to guard the place. The troops made a night march but did not reach the ground in time to get in position before the af^ensocn of the 31st This enabled the enemy to fortify themselves, and with four corps in an entrenched position, it was not difficult to foretell the result of an as sault with inferior numbers. Cleburne, commanding Hardee’s corpp. occu pied the left ard Lee’s corps the ritrht of the line of battle At three o’clock, in obtdience to instractioDs from Gen. Herd, the commaDd was given by Gei Hardee to advance, and in a few moments the peals of artillery and the roar of musketry announced that the troops were movinp- and the contest begun- Cleburne swept aroufc upon the extreme left, driving averything before him, and occupied the enemy's wrrk«, eapturng several pieces o* artillery, but the erntest on the centre and right, oocupied conjointly by the forces of Lee and Cleburne, was not so gucoessfal, and after two hcurs of hard fis^hHnp with cur men reeling and bleedins b'f'>re the strcn? bn aatwork? of the eaemy, the contest wa? absrc^oned. O’jr 8uecese«B on the extreme lef* coo?d not be fcllo'r- «d np, owing to the heavy rcpnloe which bad been au!«tftined in the oantxc ard on the right, and in waning the coDiict we merely held our ground wi*^hout molestation from the enemy Abrut the time this bat*le was ragirg informaMon wa^ re ceivcd that two corpa of the enon y bed stmek tha railroad at Rough and Ready station, ai^ht miles atiove Joneeboro’, and this made it ctill move necessary that we ahould throw onraeWcs upon th« defensive. Oar less i” thi« engagement waa about 2,000 in billed and wcucded Tha condition cf the fimy of Tecceesee at this juncture was perilous in the extreme. Our forces were divided, and twenty miles apart, while tha enemy were in a meisura crnoentrated »nd raady to mass thj’rpeWes cither upon the detach ment at Jonesboro', or to invest Hood in AtUnt-i. What asside tho condition still mere perilous waa, th*t during the night an order cf roe for Lee’s corps to m'tve back to Atlanta, and this left Har daa’s eorps the next day, detached and alone, oonfronting an overwhelming force of the enemy The two corps which appeared at Rough and Ready station the day before now. marched down tha railroad and by mid-day on the 1st of Sf p- timber, formed a junction with the other four; making in all six Federal corps which were by this time in front of Jonesboro’ This informa tion was derived from scouts who reported the railroad track for four miles south of Roueh and Ready station lined with blue coate, travelling towards Jcnesbaro'. As soon a« Lee had withdraw*, Hardae was obliged to stretch out his corps in aingie r&rk, in order to cover the ground occupied the day pre viou^ by the two corps. This left him without any retiervos and with his inadcqnata force in a thin, attenuated line, he had to preparo for tho gathering storm which was soon to burst upon the devoted baud with tho odds oi six to oae. This giilaot corps which had braved the storm and swtopt ita viotoiioua path on many a hard fought Seld, was now in a moat critical situation, aud waa upon the brink of being sacrificed. It oou’d not retreat—it muat fight and hold itH Sround, for the attfctj of Hood’s army in Atlaac& epended upon resistance, and r^sitstanoa to tho death, and with those ^terrible odds it ^prepared fbr ^ha The enomy wai discovered by two o'clock in the afternoon opposed to our whole front ia the threatened attitude o^ attack and at the same time ■tretch'ng far around to our right for the pur pose of turning our position. We had to meet tho movement by an - extension of our liaes and the throwing up of such temporary breastworks ef rails and logs as tho brief time allotted would permit The yankee force ws§ commanded by Shermaa in person, and that wily chieftain, be lieving he wou’d only have two oorps to fight, thought tM* doubt that he would have an easy kiae in utterly demolishinsr this section of Hood’s army, and then, by turning ou the others, to crush theru iu detail, and thus destroy the last hope of the rebels in the West. It waa certainly a bright and promising picture te latter the ambition of the Federal hero, and the chanoes of success were vastly in his favor, eapeeially as he only had one corps to contcnd against, instead of two, as he had contemplated. But a band of true and faithful heroes stood in hii way, and the fight which Hardee's corps made on tho afternoon of that memorable day, will ap pear in history as an inst«noe of the most glorious and determined resistanoe ever made in warfare upon any battlefield. About half past four o’clock in tho alteruoon the asdault upon our whole line be^an, and for over two hours the deafening and unceasing roar of the mi({hty cataract of living fire which leaped together in a chasm of blood ^um opposing sides tjld the tale of death and resistance which was being cnaet«d. It was a terrible moment of sus- peo«e to all eoueeraed, and after the fgkt kad proereeeea about aw boot, Was t!»e exoitfinert when it became known thftt t portion of cur lire had broker Tl'^re wbp r ealieot or sham er.gln on the riebt of Hue near the r«ilroad, which was coonpied bv {>owain'K> Arkansas bricede, with Lewi’** Kentucky on the right of it ani Grarberry’s Terr.s br'ea*^* »nd Key**?*’1 "fterif The rf'«’’*ion wa»j a weak one patnr**iy, uud them b»d bfcn but litt'« time to Btrcngtheo It, and cpon this briea^« of Oowan, in single ran la, there was hurled fwtr three divergent points a denee ar»d overwoloiirg maf>9 of the enemy Three serarate a^^saulf? werr repulsed with terrible destmetion to the esob gun ot the two batteries having fired ten round? of grape and canister into the afsaulting colrmns But the enemy continued to bring np fresh troops from bis heavy reserves, and finally, by the mere weight of pumbers, ran over o^ur breast works *nd carried the position. About half of the Arkansas brigade, includinpr Brie Ger.ernl Gowan and several hnrdred of the Kentuekiar®. were captured behind the works and gome cf them bayonctid while still continuing to fight. The men who saved thcm“e*ve?» rrd retreated to the rear were not panic strioken nor subdued, bu* halted within one hundred ard fif^y y«rds of the works, and under the personal srperv'sicn and ex ample of Gencmls Hardee ard CJ^bnrrt reform ed and continurd to fight snd bffHe the erei*>v until the h'St Troops who could thus form ncder a tempcrorv reverse end urder a beaw fire from the enetny. are veteranp of tlip bipbest tpT«*er; for it nerded onW a f"w weak hearts to create a panic snd then all wonM hjive been Irpt Grsnberry’s b’igrt'^e. on tbe Irft of the brenk. ^tuck to tbe works with the 7*ew I’re forminsr up^n its right, ard with tbe re*t of tbe eommand far to fhe Jcft eontirued until dftrk to pcur a witberinc fire into the r^rks of a brffl^d and discomfited foe When ripht came, and darknff-s had set her troee upon the world of car nage ard death, it fcurd the brave and resolnte corfs still bolding its ground, ard unbroken in line or in spirit. But it hod accomplished all tbnt mortals conM achieve, 6rd with the enemy flankipp us with forces both on the right ard left, Ger. Hardee bad no other course to pursue but to withdrew his brave bard during the night, and thrs save himself on the morrow from be'os enveloped aod entirely destroyed. The retrograde moveirent. in tbe presence of su’h a oumerous foe, was a Mffieult and haiardons undert?king. but was cx ecuted with perfect success, and we fell back four and a half milrs. brins'inpr cff everything, includ ing our sick and wounded. The eirbt pieces of artillery capturcd from ns included fix Nspoleop BUDS which were taken from the enemy by this same Arkansas brigade on the 22d of July. Our loss in kiMed an*’ ■?»''rrded wps small. Tbe lo‘-8 of the encTry was far greater than ir any eppagement of the can’paitr*, and is estitra ted by all witeesfes to be fully equal in tb« number of killed and wcundrd to the eptire strength of the corps engaged It i-s very p«=ldoir that such immense Iofb is ever inflictrd open nr foemy But with all this g’ory, we had to faM ^aek, and trust to the hope of lavins' our detach ments brought safely togctber. in o'der. with our concentrsted strength, to roll back a further tide of invasion As theYfsr of tbe tr»'ors were moving through the gb:omv stieets of the villfipi' tt ^He dead hour of nicht, ihete wr-s j^en far Wbind us a glure in the rorfbern sky. •rd foon after, ming li’e with fhp sob mn tramr ' f soloiere ard horse, men, tbe^'e pst.v n low, rumVljry rois#'. like the muttcrings of d'-t-jpt thunder. It wag tbe dc atruetirn. of a vast ei^outt of ordrance storr*. and toM the f>ad storv evaenatier* of Atlanta But brieht smid fill tbi« plcoir srd■destruction stands forth tb^ coHe defm« made bv Ha;dee’s corps ^rainpt t^e eombir»‘d b^'stf of the enemv It it the brgh*^ ?t?>r t* i'lnmin*' tfe darkness of the hour, ard will shine ont in hi*tory as the only redeemincr feature in the week's event^’^l campaign which culminated in the fall of Atl".nta Tie f'onnl at Dutch —But’er still holds bi^ line near PermudA Hundreds. P’s canal, which ii 10 cut of! enoatrh of James liver to put h*m se^en miles nearer Richmond, prf’sjresses, so the yankee papers say, very firely, but we ven ture to asiiert, never was anv canil pushed ahead ‘‘very finely" under more difBcultie*) On a high hilt, southwcfit of this progressive work, ia wba* is kncwn as Howlett's battery, erected bv Con federate ecgineers, snd eontainirg some diBtress- ingly heavy guns that are manned by Confedo- rat« artillerista, who take a very wanton delight in constantly, day and nieht, easting from the»e guns heavy explosive bodies of iron into this very work. What is worse, the very spot where work men are seen becomes a mark for their malicious practice. A few words will describe how the work is conducted. One man vstches all the while, and when tbs cloud of white smoke rises from Hewlett’s battery, he jumps into his hole with a cry of “lock out.” This cry is generally dis obeyed to the letter, as every one, to a man, looks in, which he hardly does before down comes the cru"hiog fthell directlv ?n the very excavation he vacates. Tbe expli'sion over, hack the working party goes, tha picks and spades and tho roan to the lookout. The number of dodges requisite to complete a day’s work, and the time oecupiffl in 80 doing, raiste the question whether the working party earn their rations for the work or the dodg ing that is done.—Rich. WU’g. Yankee BratnlUy.— W^e have before us a let ter from a lady describing some of t’>e con duct of the Ynnkees in the Valley of Virginia. We m'lWean extract. Thia i.s in addidon to cheir I !”nde»ing of houses even to the last towel: “One of our soldiers from North Carolina was left by our army at the ho»ptt»4 in - Mi^idlctown, as a nurse to several wounded soldiers. He was of a weak mind, and being much frightened at the approach of the yankees, and anxious to escsipe capture, ho dressed himself in eitiiea’s clothes, and tried to pass himaelf as a oitiaen. But, the yank»es found out that he was a soldier, and ar rested, tried, and convicted him a.s a spy. Be- fore they hung him they mada him dig hi? own grave, and then lie down in it to see. if it was of proper length. They then hung him, and left him suspended three hours—sftcr life was extinct. Oh, this is a most horrible, horrible war! I had no idea of the great kitterneB? of feeling on the part of the North towards us, until I heard the expression of it by their brutal soldiers. ♦ * Little , about seven years of age, and one of tbe sweetest little girls I ever saw, was on a visit to us when the yankees came. One of them asked her where her papa was. She told him, ‘in prison.’ He replied, ‘That is good.' He then asked her where her mother was. She an swered, ‘She Is dead, sir.' Ho said, ‘Well that is good, too.”—Rickmom! {^^tinrl. Hardee'» Corps.—It is said that thin corps, in the late fight at Jonesboro’, whore it so heroical ly held at bay six oorps of yankees, killed and wounded fifteen thoudacd of tho enemy. No wonder the soldiers aie proud_ of being under “old Reliable.”—Suvaiinah~ R‘puhHca.n. Tunnel through the I^j/rennees —There are no longer the Pyrenaees, says the Paris Moni^eur. On July 15, a locomotive coming from Spain passed through the Pyronnees into’France, along the new serios of tunnels, twenty-six kilometres HinPTFm’8 BBUTAliTY The fol\c*r?ng wrUten for pVolie* tion, U lirom ilxe daughter o€ a gr-ntieiiun in Glttike et'uuty, Virgij la v'hc^e hou&e wn'i Irxfcly buroed uv tlie taeroy Ho ij-^d p?evi.rutfly b.e . dc.>poilod « f all liis pUeeo. c* tllo, kov » snd bv the ii.'vadcrs I., tolif of coi'’4Be b»utality and i.illJi' oi^s anequslcd.jn ti\iliz£d '‘.mfare: Olabke County, Va., Aug. 24th My Dearest PistiPTs:—Since that terrible «*ay tfciit wo were deprived of bousa and home, I havf- neither b»d time ijor nerve to write you, but now that an opportunity ofifers to let you bear of our persoBul uif£ty, 1 must try to tell you of all tl at has befallen us. I feel alm.ost frartie to think of it, and ni^rht and day the horrors of the scene are present with me To-day. two weeks ago, my Aunt, Mrs^ S , was taken sick, and day after dav she grew worse until, on Thursday night las*, at half past twelve o’clock, pho breathed her laft Poor mothiwwas with her and wrote immediately to father aisd myself to coine, and just as I lightfd the lamp to read the note tbe report of fire armp rea ched our ears. I immediately cxtin- gniahcd the light as we were surrcunded by the enemy, and from what we had heard in the even ing wo oopjectured tbe shots proceeded from the picket pest which Mosby bad attacked. Of eourpe father and I could not go to mother until morn- »'i g; he then went and irother returned with him. Just at tbe moment of return, sixty Yan kees dfshed up to tho house Ore of their offi cers seiied the horse mother lode and demanded to know where she had been; mother was com pletely Dvercrme »pd could rot answer I replifd “sb* ia just from the death bed. of her sif>ter, 9td' if jou have any heart or miaJy feeling tell mo quietly ^our busioesa, and I will attend to it *’ He turned to father with an exwession of fieadish delight o» his countenance and paid, “I have or ders to bum every house on your faim.” Father demanded tbe charees against him, and fce (tbe Captain) repl'ed': “Because Mosby murdered one of our picketp last rijrbt, and there was a light seen in this liouae, and we know Monby’" men came from this house.” We pretested they had not and ^old him the reason we had a light for a min ute .vFather then begped to be taken to Gen’l Custar as a hostage, and a^ked him to spare bis house on accorjit of bis sick wife, sick sm in-law and two belplces little infants The Captain re plied: to yo^tr icork; take v\af you lonnt nnd fire at you go^ “Gunrd that man d'^wn here, and carry him up to headquarters.” man” was my sick busbard, and in my agony I fell on my knees to that brutn and besought him to ^pare my sick husband and take me. With a mocking laugh, at my request be sent his surgeon to examine him, and, thark God, the sureeon ^•'d a heart, and, instead of saving anytbirtr to r>r B, said to me, “Ccme, go with me and I will b.'lp you to save some clothes” The bcnp'' was then cn fire and tbe men plupdericg sod firine as they went. My poor old father and myself went back to the Captain and befought him, for God’s eake, to ccme ard stop the men until we eould get oven a change of clothes, ^e replied, “Mv presence is not needed,” and at last, when we began to throw some things out the wirdovrn, and he tho;.ght he might pick up some valuablea, he came up to the house. Nearly eyerytbing we threw out was stolen—clothca, jewelry, silver and something of everything thfy csmed off. Some of them had bundles as large as a child before and behind them. One of them swore I sborld not take from the burning bouse my dear little boy Charlie, who was asleep, because they ssid be would grow nr to be a rebel. I pushed by the man and told him, as soon as he was laree enough I would put a eun in bis bands and tell him of all we bad suffered, and if he did not fghr with an unequaled bravory b« would not be my m»a One of the brutes held my mother in tho store ’"oom while some others riled it and then aet it on fire. One took me by the shoulders and threw me from the top to the bottom of the steps Tbe last time I wa« in the house. I seiied my box cf jewelry; a man, or rather a devil, jerked it from me, and scattered the contents on the floor. I caught up one ot my diamond rinsrs, the bracelet si&ter C. gave me, the children’s brecelets snd several oth»r things, when the wretch seixed me and held me and got them from me. In leFS than fifteen minutes the flames had en veloped the whole house The labors of mothrr and fatbar for thirty-three yeara were dcFtroycd in fifteen minuten They rifled father’s secretary, where all his public and private papers were, and then sffc tbe piecc of fnrniture on fire The officers went off loaded with the richeat part of tbe plunder Not a carpet waa uved, not a comfort, not a bureru. not a wa:b«tand, but ore pitcher and basin They atole two doiken hand some sikcr spoons, nearly all the jewelry belong- log to mother and myself; twenty-aix pairs of linen sheots and three hundred pounds of sugar were burned and stolen. Oh! the worst is yet to be toldl When tha flames bursted from every part of our dear old comfortable home, my darling mother’s reaaon gave way. For twenty four hours ahc was a raving tnMi%ae. Sho fainted away time aftar time, and after sho became sensible, ic \7oafd have touched a heart of stona to have witne^'sod her sorrow. She gri&yed for the home where her children bad been ncrn and brid and died, where she had B®en sorrow and pleasure. Kftry corner nd spot in it and everything in it waa asiociated with aome dear remembrance. My poor father hore it like a hero, and with t^ars sircaming do’^vn his face eaid: “OhI my child, jyu have let the yaakees shake your ooofidetce in God.” In my ai^OQy I had called out, “OhI God, why has tiiou i'vjrsakea u«?” Oh! no wordb csa de«cribo the iioirofti of that day. The next day (Saturday) we had to place tho remains of my dear aunt in tho gKiVC without a word. Tbe vandal* would COHRDKBATS BONDS. Frc» tb« Biohmond The high T'riceB which ocrtain defcripfr'cPK n»i Cunfederato bonds have b-an bringing in tb^ , market, cannot have esoap'd f-:neral ob'-rva'. n Long date coupon bonds yield a largo wiwminx, upon their face The rea«>n isjbe pra demand f r the«o seounties. >hovarelAUg . a’ai;.st o*’ti»cly for Bu.vpran c>ip»tal:«»««. We should leaTD a leroeii thw. V „^e is »ookinsr win distrust upon Confedflj-tr** aecurities, or suffers the idea of “repudiation attach to them in tbe slightest degree, Je. bui^ remember that repudiation will mean wnt, of war, we bave ecrely bad enough. For.iku f^vemments will not allow tho just olam.ii o their subjects to b« dishonored. To do ao would be to disown one of thj first duties of a govern- ment—the protection of a citiaen in all his rights. In one’s own countrv, the laws are expected to ensure him justice; but in bis dealings with a foreign people, his security and ultimate resourc" are to be found in tbe power .and spirit of bis goverrmert. The United States were on the veree of war with France, t/» force redress to a few plundered citizens. The United States rr sraged in a war with Mexico for the same object Erglard, Spain and France instituted tbe wai eeairst Mexico which France finally proseeuled alone, in order to force the satisfaction of private claims. In short, history abounds in examples which teach us, that if we should be dishopora bl? a-'d dishrnest enough to desire to repudiate payment cf our bcnde„we will not be allowed tc ■dX) 80 This beiDpr the ose, our future taxes must be terribly opprefsive if we suffer our bonds thus to find their way into the hands of European pur ob«rers. These are at present taking tbe long dates because of tbe permanence of the invest ment. and the oonpons beoause of tbe ftciMty of collecting tbe interest; but when these claesegc are exhausted, they will purchase the less el'gi ble kinds. Suppose, to make tbe case extreme. FiUrcpeans thus buy up all cur debt, at the pres ent comparatively nrmiral rates in specie, rr '* suppose at tbe close of tbe war it should be fifteen hundred milliors of dollars. We eb^uM have in the Confederacy property worth ab* ut three thouscnd millions, which would have to b taxed to pay this debt—to pay it and and pay its interest in bard gold. B”t if the fifteen hundred millions of bonds remain in our country they would increase our basis rf taxation to four thou npd five hundred milliors, thus diminishing ev erv men’s taxes on^-ihird, and avoiding a great annual drain from tbe country. 'The effect we bave described would take place in it« proper de gree, wbalevcr tbe portion of our securities which m»y find their way abremd Tbe lesson we would imrresa cn cur people is tbe duty they owe themselves end tbe country, rf keeping these bonds at home and dividirg fb'-»r arrorp tbemfclves. We have assnn'cd that tb- debt nt the close of the war may amount to ore third cf tbe re^l and persr-rsl estrte cf tbe conn try, inelufcive ef the public securities. Let f yrrr man who owns real or personal property provide himself with bonds to the nmonnt of one-half its value in peece tiroes, acd be is st once secure fnm tho war-debt tax forever LeJ bim do this now, when tbepr herds n'ay be brd so ebe'-'^’f coirpared with tbe price cf prfpcrtv. and be wi’’ have secured at tmaU c^'st. what in tbe fnt»>. will count bim ss ^o much cn7d Infinitely het ter that « mfc should sell a portion of bis proper ty at tha present ex«gger"tcd prices, if be car»i'-t othtrwibe provide blaifelf wUh tbe means of br'^ irg hone’s. Persons engsged in business of sny kird which incidentally subjects them to taxation —mercbarts. manufacturerd, whoever they be— Gliovld, and if 4bey are wiaa, will, proeare bon')« to meet their future taxations. When the ta- eatberer shall oome around in tbe days that are to come, with l>is claim for two hundred or five hundred, or a thousand, or it mav be a great m*pv thouppnds of dollars, it will be a very. oomfbnr’>io tbintr to be able to produce a clnim for intcrr-i su®c»ert to cover tbe amount. Those who nrw provide for this will then bave occaj^ion to rejrtic*' at their cood seofc Those who nccrlect to pro vide bonds now. will bitterly reirret it thea. The ppr8>‘‘na who most deprecinto the value of Conf^’ierate money are they who are least di?p''s- ed to invest in Government bonds. They will earde.eflly iing down ten dollars for a melon, or fifty or a hundred dollcrs for some petty erjoy »»’ent. and say “it is only Confederat« money.” The time will c'me when they will have to pay «n eold, for sueb inconsidcrateneiw and follyl Those notes which they value so lightly, have all to b^ ’•edeemed, and redeemed in gold, and taxes will bave to ba laid to supply the means; and l^t them 3S"urod, thes^ taxc* will find them out. We have already exolsiucd that we eannot escape pay dav if we would. It ia a great misfortune that our debt is beinsr '•ontractfd in an inflated eurrenoy while it will bi»vc to be paid in gold. No individual could practioe such a policy in his private purauitA without ruin; no nation oan follow it without great distreifi, unlesi ita debt he vitbin itself, and evenly distributed among its people. If our citi zees will be wise—if they will provide, and thus arportion amor^^ tbomsclves. the government ee curities in “uffic’cnt :imount to make interest mee* taxation—if each man will hold a third of all h® ia worth in hondK—we shall avoid national dia tress and individual ruin. It i« scarcely to be expected that all will be thus considerate; but no nrudeut man, no one who looks ahead, no one «’ho values the interests of his family, or his com- forr in aft.or years should fail to inveat liberallv in Confederate bonds “Tbe prudent man /©’•e- ieetk the evil, and hideth himself. The aimple pa.ss on, and are punUhed ” not pen&it • miDictcr to come out oi BerryviHa iruara vve or from the neiRhborhood; we had to aeed to ^r'stian Advocate, that acme of the Home Guard offiaers in obeying tbe recent order of General Gatlin, calling out the Home Guard to arresi. deecrtcrs, have Loudon for a oofiln and to put the grave in the garden. Wc had a supply of flour which oould have been saved but the ^rretohes knocked tbe head* of the barreb out to prevent our moving it. Tae trunks containing the winter clothes were rifled. I lost nearly all my clothca What thay did not carry off they set on fire. A handE^kme silk drasa which mother bad given me and had been m?id* but a few weeks, one of them took, and said “he knew be was goitjg to tr.ko that to his old wo man.” I waa reaching to the top of a preaa, get ting down aome house linen, when a demon took a large scrap bag and two cambric .wrapper* an«l set them on flre just under me. I aaw my dan ger and spraajc over to f^ave my life, though now I feel the effects of the heated flames. Tel] brother T. I fought for bis .picture, and when I found I coui^d not save it I broke it to pieces. S‘>aio days afterwards mother and I went to Gan. Gnster’s headquarters to try to recover soma of father’s papers and some of the silver. Of course wo got none. But wo told hijpa of the conduct of his men and officers, and told him we would pub lish it to the world. 'Xhey burned three houses; ours was the first. A short tim' after tlrey left our house, Mosby pass^'d by and overtook them and killed, it is said, thirty of them. Even my purse was stolen with every cent of money we had. —— ■ ■ Morgan*» Commnnd.—Col. Basil W. Duke, formerly of Gen. Johu H. Morgan’s staff, has been assigned to command of the deceased nhief- tain’a troops. Col. Duke is a dashing young offi- «f dariag eourag* and fine a^tiea. 1 lU^CmWmtminvr. attempted to foroe miristcrs of tb^ GoEPel into that service. Some of our local min- ietors h»vc been thus disturbed. We are glad to have it in our power to finrnish said officers some light on this subjcct. On application to Gen. Gatlin to ascertain the true intent of the late oni^r, ho gave the follow ing explanation of the order: Ei^ruTiTE Db*artm*nt N. C y Adjutant General's Office, v Raleigh, Sept. liT, > Minin^ers of the Gospel of the several deuomi- nations in the State, charged with the duties of such min*3try, are exempted by law from enroll ment in tho Guard for Homo Defence. They cannot be required to perform duty in that organ- iisation. M. C. Gatlin, Adj’t Gen. Buried at City Point—The Superintendent of tbe burial of the dead at City Point, furnishes the Philadelphia Inquirer with the names of sol diers who have died, and are buried in the ceme tery at C’ty Point, during the month of Aueuat. AmoDi; them from North Carolina:—Lewis Lea- tive, 56th N C. Corp’l C*lcb Wftitehurat, C. 56th N C. Benj Hughes, I, 56tb N C Corp’l J N flilreath, F, 37th N C. Thos Cornlow, K, 51st N C. Tho Boston Conner says that thirty-seven dol lara in goli will buy a Federal bond of one hun dred dollar* on State street, in that city, while it tak«8 acventj five doll^i in goM to bOrV ^ Coo> M^te boftd of mmd« araxnAt in Btmon. QBN MorLETL'*T»8 »BTTIR OF I G«ntlem«n: -i have th' honor to a.ckf'cw | lod;ie the r/*r- of yoor lettt «■ 5i form'- / of nay non iowlioa, by tl'*- T>e rr'o--’tio M. ?>f'> Tontion, visocntly aaaemble ’ at Cu'.e,«o'i, as candi*iaie ' " xt election lor President ot Ij.‘ TJoit^d Rw. tea. 1 ’ iB unnecebsaiy for me to sav to you tb»t tbi^ pcp^in tivu oomes me nosongbt, T ril h»rpy snow that wl'rn tbe oominati-a wss itade, the record of my T'rbl’e lif' won kept ip Tha cff'ot of bn.? ap v>.rli.J s rv?ce in the av P*7 w.^r and peace baa been ^o etrorp;tbci, and make in»olible in my inird and hesrt t»'" love »nd rtvereree for the Union-, Constitution. lawB, and flag of our country, imprefsed uocn rre iu early youth. These feeli^^s have thu? far ?uided the course of my life, and must continue to do 80 to its end Tbe ex’stence cf more than one government over the region which once owned our flag is in oompatible with the peace, the power, and the happiness of the people. Tbe preservation of our Union was tbe sole avowed object for which the war was oommenoed It should bave been conducted for that object only, and in acccrdanoe with those priEcipliS which I took occasion to declare when in active service Thus ooD^uctfd, the work of reoonciliatior would have been e*sy, and we might haye reaped tbe benefits of our many victories on land and se* Tbe Union was origirally formrd by the exer cise cf a spirit of conciliation snd crmpromifie To restore and pr^ serve it, tb« same spirit mti“t prevail in our councils and in tbe bearta of tbe people. The re eatablipbment of the Union in all its integrity is ard rouFt continue to be tbf indispepsable condition in any settlement. So aeon 88 it is clear, or even probable, that our pre sent adversaries are ready for peaoe upon tbe basis of the Unicc, we should oxbnuet all tbe re sources of statesmanship practiced by civilized nations ard t*ugbt by the traditions e»f the Ameri can people, consistent with tbe borer and inter C9t cf the country, to secure fucb peace, re cst3>» lieh tbe Union, ard guarantee for tbe future tbe corstituticnal rights of every Stflte. Tbe Unior '8 the one cordition cf peace; we afk no n>ore. Let me add wbat I doubt not was, although upexprespcd, the sentiment of the convention, a^ it is 0* tbe people they represent, that wben any one State is willing to return to tbe Union, it should be received at once, with a full guarantee of all its coEBtituticnal rights. If a frank, earnest and persistent effort to ob tain these objects shorld fail, the reeporsibility for ulterior consequecces wll fall upon tho^o who remain in arms a^»inst tbe Union; but the Union must be preeervtd »t all bacarda I could not look in tbe face cf my gallapt'eom- redes f tbe army j-pd ra^’y, who bcve survived «o mat y blo( dy lattles, and tell them that their labors ard tbe porrjfc*' of po many of our slain ard wounded brethren bed been in vain; that we bfd abandoned that Ucion for which we bave so offer periled our lives A vast majority of our people, whether in the army and navy or »t home, would, as I would, bail with unbounded joy tbe perm^rrent restrratien cf pe:»oe, on tbe basis of tbe T^cion, utder tbe Conp»itntion, without the u of another drop cf bloed. But no peace uu be pencaneiit wuhout r^icn As to the other subjects presented in the reso lutircp of tbe crtvcation, I reed only say that I should peek in the Coustitnticn of the United St^itep. ard the laws fiamed in aceordaocc there- wi h, the rule of my duty and the limitatiora of '‘xecntivo pt-wer; ende«vor to restore economy in the public expenditure,", r€-establi»h tbe suprema cy of law. and, by ^be operaiirn rf a vore vigo- r'us n&(ioDalit~y, retumc our comn'anding position »D one the nstiops of the esrih.' The condition of tur finances, the depr-’r^ation of the paper money, and tbe burden therebv im posed on labor and cinital, sh'w the ncceesitv of a return to a sound financial system, while tho ’■igbt^ ‘■•f tntizer 9 ard the r?gl ts of States and the bind»pg authority of law over rre-iden* reople, -re gu’-j'-ots of not less vi i impotfapc'’ in war t*ban ir peace Believirjg th?t tb* views here exprths.cd aretbc-se of tbe corveDticn and the people you represent, I accept the romirnii. r' I realife the weight cf tbe ’■esroneibility to be borne, ebcrM the pror'e ratify your choice. Con pciVu-'^ of TPy own weakiitea, I oan only seek fer vvotly the guidance of tha Ruler of the Universe, ard, rclyirg on His all-powerful aid, do my best to rc'torc union and peace to a suffering people, e«d to establish and ^uard their liberties and right? I sm. s;ettleTr''n, very respectfully, Yi,ur obedient s'rvant. Geo. B McClellan. Hon Horivtio S^^ymour, and otheis. Committed. Ti9kre FMitict—KlCHMOXD, Sept. IG.—The Baltimore 0:-iet?e of ruc 14in an article from tb-* New York Nows [Pcace Pemocrat] of *’ « 13th, indicating a df.termincd oppoBifion to McOleliau by that jC'u*'i?l. The iTetrs says we '‘''I t f-ivc.i. ’y aud mrd, itly th^^ unity of tbe Ib'iaccrJitio pirtv, bus c.i::not counsel and will havo no p.tft in its demoralization and d^^J;raoc Tbe Courritr I>eii E'nts Uuis, aldo withdrawb 111 ra the aut'i'orl of McGlellau. Several journals formerly Republican have comc ont iu favor of McClellan. 'The Cincinnati Tiinos and Albany Staifsinan, ooth Republican, predict the defeat of Lincoln and urge hib with Jrawal. The Boston Post says, it i.! a great relief to the Democrats, tn bo rii of sueh an incubus as, th^ V/oods, [who have repudiated McClellan sincc his letter] and says if 'Tallandigham chooses to follow them, ho will have a rough road to travel G')c‘n ,Joe Hooker tuivoc&t^ the alcotion of MoCleUau. Yankee Itrms—Richmond, Sept. 16.—The N. Y. Utirald of the IJith says that the largest M*8h Meeting ever held in Brooklyn assembled ou Monday cvaning to ratify the nomination of MoClelUn and his ieii.er of acceptaaca. A Cairo -«'i«iraai ffom Arkadeipbia, Ark., reports that Gen’l Price died reocaily of dyeentery. A dis patch from JndiarapoUs azinounces the capture of Qaaatrell, the Missouri guerilla. The Steamer Advance waa captured off Hactcras on Saturday. Tii« St«amer Ellery was capturcd on the 6th inst. Tha veaseis and cargoes are worth 8500,000. The WasUcgtou Utiion of the lOth says that Lincoln will probabl/ send commissioners to Rich mond. It is known that many leading men of tho Repubiioan party bavebeen urging that policy. Riohuokd, Sept. 16.—New York papf>r8 of tho 14th say that the railroad between Nuihvilia and Chattanooga has been repaired, and the trdns are running. The Tribune says that the Republicans earriad Maine by a larger m»jority than was ever given a* a Gubernatorial election They gain * member of Congress—have elect-.d five-sixtbg of the Legis lature. The draft is ordered to commence in Ohio and other States whose quota shall not be filled up oa the 19th inst. Seward, in a speech at Washington, said that the draft would surely «ome if the people did not volunteer. ; WAmmwB. - Fj^m, Petenhrirg.—PcneRRBU«a, Sept. 15.— Wa’-rcn'B vanVee corps advanced wofltiwd tibn nv'fpinf' to Poplar Sprirg Cb'irob, 2 miles from Jho Weldon Railroad. Tho en- n’y broke throuf'h Butler’s [cavalry] line, but were met by CoL Ferrebeo and l»raring’s Brigade and repulsed. Or>r losB was trifling Pi?T*BS*atJRO, Sept. 16.—A skirmiab line of men of War’^cn's [yankee] corps waa snrpriaed «rd emptured near Davis’ House on the Weldon road, this morning in front of V/ilccx’s Division. Tbo priForers bave arrived here The enemy renewed their shellirg this after* rooo, throwing several 15 inch mortar sbeilg, loaded with glass, brass, copper, iron and lead, which fell in the city, but did no damage. From th^ ValJey.—Richmond, Sept. 15 —A letter from an officer in Lomax's Brigade, says that we drove tbe enemy through Martinsburg yesterday, the 10th, and to-day are tearing up the Railroad The late Capture by Lane'* Shirmi$her».—~ Lieut. Gen. A. P. Hill’s Adjutant General writes by his direftion to Maj Gen. Wilcox:— “Hdqu’bs 3d Corps, A N Va., ) Sept. 7th 1864 f “General:—I have the honor to acknowledge ♦be reoefi^t of the report of Maj T. J. Wooten, oommandirp the skirmishers from L*ne’s Brig ade, containing an a«*count of bia surprise of tha enemy’s vidfttes at tbe Davis bouse, ard the at- tendart captures. The I.rfcut. Gen. Commanding deBire" that you will copgratulate Maj Wooten "or bim upon his handsoF'e auocege, »nd aesur© bim that he highly appreoiates tbe activity, abili* ty and eaPantrv which he has di«played in hia present reaponeible porffion. Very respectfully, vour ob't. srt. W. A. Starke, A. A. G. Intervntion —Richmond, Sept. 15 —The N. Y Herald of the 13th has foreign news to the 31st ult. It was rumored at Paris that the E®- eror Napoleon will soon make another effort to intervene in American affairs. 7%e Nfm^taccahle Bond* withdraw" from mar- he.f.— Richmond. Sept. 16.—Official notice is Hven that lopg date non-taxable bonds will be witbd'tiwn from the market on the 20^b tnd held at higher rates. Persona holding claims against the Government for subsistence stores are notified to present their claims, if they wish those bonds in payment at present prices. Bond Fales.—RICHMOND, Sept 16—At Auc tion to day. coupon bonds of tbe $15,000,000 loan sold for 151, and registered do for 130: lorg date 8 per cents 123; non-taxable 6s 134|; 7 per cents 75: cotton bodds 108; 4 per cent, certificates 60 to 66. Railroad Collifion.— There waa a eollimon at Morrisville, twelve miles west of Raleieh, Ves- tcrday morning, by which we learn that Mr. Be- thune, member elect to the House of Commons from Robeson eounty, was badly mutilated, and “everal other persons more or less injured D is feared Mr. Bethure will not recover from his in- iuries. One of bis thigh bones is broken in two places and th$ other in one, besides some internal injuries in the body. The injuries to other pas- sengrrs were not eoneidered danrerous. Ral. Proffrenty J5th. For the Soldiers.—Maj. 'Thos. D. Hogg, of the Subsistence Departtrent, gives notice that he wants to purehaae Triah poteto'>8. onions, and aour krout for the North Carolina soldiers in the trenches around Petersburg. Persons having any of tha above named artiolca are reqwrated to Aimfah them to him or to any of the follcwincr named Agrents: Major Jamte Sloan at Greensboro; John L Brf>«n Charlotte; .Tno. D. Brown. Saliabnry; A. C. Murdock. Hillsboro; Lt. J. A. Boyden, Wadepboro; G H. White, Statesville. Pt'furtted to Jail.—Jones, convicted of ths »»inrd»r of Stepherson# and who broke Guilford oouaty jail on the nig^t of tbe ISth of Jnly last, was returned to his old quarters yesterday, he bnvimr been captured in Moore ccuntv. Evans, who esc^ncd at the same time with Jones, was not killed as has been reported, and is yet at large — Green $horo' titen. lAheral l>onati»n.—W. P. Reinhardt, of Ca tawba county, has given to indigent soldiers’ wives I and wfdVWs 100 btnh’eTs of whm, of jww sircf|^ Cn^on of JFVethyteriant.—At a meeting of the United Synod of the Presbyterian Church, in Lynchbnre, last week, a union was eonsummated between the two churches of the Presbyterian cbnrch in the Confederate State*, k^'own as the Old School and New School.—Pet. Erprtu- The Polttk Struggle.—The profit and loss of tbe Polish struggle is being made up at last. The British Gaeette says that during the sixteen mouths of tbe struggle 80.000 insurgents were killed or severely wuunded; 361 were condemned to death by military tribunals, and 85,000 persona less compromised were transported to Siberia. 'The Charleston Courier has small «rscimens sf zinc (block) of t^e firpt melting effected for ths Confederate States, from the Nortl^Carolina nr^ in tho laboratory or factory lately erected ia Virginia. !?ii9s £. .fed'lip will revnme the 'tiiti#* 0^ !i«r School in Bow street, on Monday Ootot*«r 18>4. Pci-t T4 «T 8tpd FayetteTlfls Arsenal^\ t*ep» 12. ]8‘>4 t Alt. perfoQf h'nvini* »hs Enff?ne*r De. p*r(mcnt on account cf ike r>‘/n(u aromi Faff- ft.erille. sre rrqacaled tr« prcfrf-nt M-e at naee At- *e called to the /om of Potrtr of Attorney given by Csrt Jatces in thia paper 8. A A8HB. 07 "Sf.l l«t Lirnt on Hbr Doty Five Hnndred Sfillion Loan Non-Tazable Bends. N0TI^E i« hereby i^iven, that the e»lc3 of the above Brndfl at $186 and interest wiiJ be disconHnued f;er the 80th iost. Pales will bn cnep«r>de(i to oen- the ezrcdlenoy of adva»oioK tho price. I am pra- 'arad delivKF Bonds of f 100, S500, and f1000 now AUG. W. STEEL, Agrnt for Sale Bondi. 68 2wi _ Confederate T«* ilotice. is beret»-» n to all peraona in Rohaa'ii *.1^ count* 'rho i«iled tomoet tbe Aueseora 'tit i*st ;.etin^ that a» orpcrtunity is tiven them to r . ..n their lists dur’ne the week rf Superior Ccurt ia Lymharton, ;« the A 89f asors will be there to receive liei« from all vho have aot listt'd All who arc behind ateaamarily reqnsated to com« forward and list. Those who fail jniwt take the eouseqnenaes, thi« ia the i>at opper tanity that will bo given > T POPE, 1 . _ D. H. MoaaiBOS, i 8ei^«- fg-2t*2t State c4 IVorth Carolina^ CH.\THAM COUNTY. O^nrt of Pieas asd^Qaarter Beaaioos. Aug Tarm, S P. KagUo and others vs. R. g. Marks, Adm’r of Jas H Raglic Pelition for Account and Settiement of the Eetats of Thon-aa B.*g1iQ, deo^asei IT appearing to the pafi"faction of the Court, ll*a Jaa. H B.agHe, one of tha Uefeodants, reEides the limits of this State: It is ordered, that pobiioa^icn of (he pendtncv of this Petition be made in the Fayett«- viile Observer for six weeks, tVat said Bag^in n»»y *p- r‘ M at the next Term of this Coort. to be hel* tor the Coanty and State aforeeaid, on the ?d Monday of No vember next, aad piead, answer or de«inr, otherwise that said Petition will be faken pro cAnf.'SSO as to biia. Wi‘o8s«, R, C. Gotten, CIsrk of atid fourt, at oSee in Pikrh^ri)’, tiie M Mooday of Ars£u?t lS6i ». 0. OTWIK, 0. 0. 0. eerretpi ijut au more ih Oa lb posing ( present o'pted had son North, day. ho’ fhan{,'e, from hi ar.j pri any on further Atlant to ex’ tured fr popifio pharp at temp and ruff ruptiv • xpm SUpfUi er. rhanfe kef tri r>?* that eome and th inp i-a an a^s We •otj^e Wan been T. a vpf reviv Hons Hub iioor at C fliurc so ov
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