THE RU1N8 OF WA8HINOTON
The llcv John S. Lorsg, of the North Oarolina
Coafcrenoo, writes to the Christian Advocate the
foliowing account of the desolation of Washiag-
on by the yankecs:—
Dear Bro. I’cil;—I have been standing here in
the midst of the wreck and devasution of the
venerable old town, onoe the abode of earnest re
ligious power, the seat of elegant society, and the
home of generous hospitality- But how tho
ricenc has changed The stately private edilic3s
have melted away, the churches with their sacred
places have vanished, the family altars perpetu
ated thfousjh generations hav«. crumbled into
ashe?, and rank luxuriant weeds are waving in the
winds that blow from the solitary tidiis of
lated Pamiioo. In fu'filliQcnt of tvy promis.-’ made
to you upon leaving R^Ieiijh, and becau'sc I have
seen no detailed account of the.se me'ii'icholy re
mains, 1 propose to give you a rough, cliarci.al
sketch of them.
Let us then lake our position here at the head
of the bridge thAt once spanocd the beautiful
river. That bridge was not a very scientific ur
eostly structure, but had stood bo long that it bed
grown to be a kind of heir loom of the town. It
had been from the beginning a most delightful
promenade, as well as a most comfortsblc con
venience This was the last portion of the town
that received the torch of tho fleeina enemy. Af
ter they had sprinkled their spirits of turpentiue
ia the mo$t combustible district’s, and had seen tho
flames wrapping t>ieir "iant arms around all tho
centre and mo3t beautiful section i»f the town, the
0*ptiiij nf th« LiOaisiana« before firing his fare
well shot, sent a boat’s crew horc ai*d applied the
torch to the bridge. His object was two fold,—
to destroy all communication wi:h the south gide
of the river, and to lay in ruins all the western
part of the town, where the latest and moat ele
gant improvements h~d been made. His cruel
plan only partially succeeded. The continuity
and value of the bridge were destroyed, only the
charred and irregnlar timbers remaining; but the
doo:uod uiitrict survived the mabcc and the flames
of ’he invaders.
Jost opposite the position which we have cho
sen for our survey, on the eastern corner, loom
up the steep sides of a fcrt, erected for the pur
pose of commanding and sweeping the approach
by the river A house ono(y’«tood here; but wLat
mattered a house or a home lo the Yankee, when
he wanted a piaca fer his cannon. Just opposite
this fort, on tho western comer, once gleamed
the bright windows of tho residence of Mrs
Clark, a most intelligent and accomplished lady,
aud a member of our Church. But the brntal
foe tore dowa her dwelling, desolated her fire
side, and the noble woman is to-day a woary re->
fugee, wrapped in widow’s weeds, and waging
till her change oome?- All that portion of the
town lying west of this bridge street, which you
remember runs north and south, remains pretty
much as it was, with the exaeption of ihe destruc
tion of the fen^s and the mutilation of houses
by buffiio«3, negroes and yankee soldiers. The
reason why this district was not destroyed is,
that it was partially occupied by families who
never left the place, and was extensively owned
by refugees who had relative.? living in the adja
cent country, and their combined efforts arrested
the progress of the flames-westward after the en«-
my had retired.
But now let us divert our attention from this
un«onsumed district, and look eastward. What a
scene! Tne whole town, square after square and
street after street, has been literally blotted out;
and nothing but nodding chimneys and piles ot
unsightly rubbish reaMfias of what was oaoe so
comely and so prosperous. It is true that s f^ew
isolated privat« dwellings still continue—the tall
brick edifios
at Lue lutursection of bridge and second streets;
the new and attractive residenca of the Cashier
of the Washington Bank; the old and stately
building once the home pf the Grimes family;
and the neat and prepossessing premises of Mr.
B. F. Havens. But even these, with the excep
tion ot the last only, have bees stricken tad rent
by cannon shot, or otherwise greatly abused, and
are standing to-^y like solitary palm-trees in the
ttidst of a desert. Leaving our position and
walking eastward, wa soon come upoa what was
once the commercial and mercantile part of the
town; but alas! even the very landmarks have
disappeared, and we can id entify nothing with
out pausing to consider. First come the store and
the dwelling of Mr. Labarbe, both of which were
blown up to save the neighboring houses. Then
come the beautiful stores erected by my father
and Ciptain Tyler, only the grim walls of which
are standing to mark the spot where they stood.
Then we reach the corners formerly occupied as
the place of residence and merchandise of Mr.
James Hoyt, an old citizen and President of tho
W ashington Bank; and not only have the store
and dwelling been destroyed, but even the very
shade and fruit trees have been leveled to the
ground. And now wc are in the very heart of
the business section of the town, and where the
flames of the despoiler rassd the hottest and
fiercest. There by the side of the^e deserted
wharves rode tho shipping of many a hopeful
merchant, and were exchanged the imports and
exports ot many a day of toil. Here rumbled the
wheels of commercial industry, thronged the busy
crowds of buyers gathered from the neighborlag i
counties, and flashed the gay Dazaars with their
costly fabrics purchased from the very demons
who have laid the honor of this noble old town in
the dust. But the white sails of commcrce have
vanished from the river, the shipping is-all gone,
the rambling wheels afe silent, the busy throngs
are all departed, and the thoughtful soldier leans
upon his musket where onoe stood the monu-
luontB of mernftntiin and fiftTnniftrftial powRj.
from the rirer corthw»rd to the c in'ry, the *^-atire
west-contre of the town h»a been consumod, 51-, 8. R
Fowle’s propirtf, the Wwhiagton Baoii, and a few
small brick bnitdiHna interveaiag, having bceu ibe cut;^
honaea caved from tho j«kW3 of the oootiagrfcUoE. Cou-
mfetQiBg with tbe wtBiem boundary of east-oentre, we
oome apon ft eootrkcteJ district about one or two squareB
in breadth, made up mostly of old and worthloas build
ings, and reaching to Market street, which still remains
untoucied, as if m mockery of the bright homes^^ads
and radiant firesides which have flad forever On the
eaeiem verge of Market street, b«?gan the march of the
last oonflftgration, which, sweeping forward towards
th» rising of the sun. finished tho work of horrible dis
aster bir laying in ruins all that portion of the town ly
ing between the Masonic Lodge and the river, with the
exception of Fango Town, the small street lying back
of it, at>d a few ecatterad houses p'ssessing soaroely
aoy value
Osc of tho most attractive featnras of Washington
w 6 *18 msgnificent coronal of ehade trees I have
»«en some of the most finely ornamented and beautiful
towas of tbia continent; but I have seen none that sur-
p*8«id it in thia reapeot, wfth the slnglo exception of
New n%vea. The Oaks ot,&aleigh and the films of
«*w&ern were very lar inferior to the splendid treos,
wition for RtneraiioaB had been spreading out their vig.
orous bOT^ha over the streets and habitations of Wash-
citiiens took a generous pride in the glory
of tfceir trees They had not been plaatsd here and
■ there, »s if particular families wished to monopolise the
ehaut ortdii; but everywhere, with an order that was
osarming, and a task that was finished. Tho traveller
- feu, as he passed under the ictoriaoing limbs and net
work 0i fouage, under the green arches of bright leaves
aud crowned oolamos, that he abnoat trod the turf'of
enonanted aUeys, so perfect wae tie iUagion wrought
upon his senses. But a)M, whera are the cnea tiws
aca (?ftviag fojiage? Gone, all gone; at Uast
froflci tiicsc c s.nots of tho town where,they w«re lar-
geat aud most beautifoL And to-day, the soldier’s axe
is striking down their parched and withered trunks
and cording them into wood to warm the hands of tke
ihivedng garrison.
The public bnildlags of the town w«r« almost anmi*
Wl*to4 by ike flMwi. AU ohwoliei w«rt f w«p(
away except the Baptist aud the colored, and thevo
were rery infericT buiMiagR, located altogether out of
tb« track of the fifes. I have been informed by an in
fluential gentleman who wm a wlln*Ba rf th^ ruta. that
at the time of tbe ooafia^raticn. the Methodiat Church
was rartially filled vith shells, and that while tne
etcipla was bitting aui aoiding; to iia f*li. tiad .»o sa-
cre roof that 8>ret3hc I abova l.Te altars of our taiated
dead. TT'iS ohootin^^' up »ra ^haetlv horrors fo^the sky,
tto w»I!8 that C3ntaia:u ttie tsbl.~:ta of I'raioe and
of Fex’hsrBfaae r>'r* d »aJi drircn oui
by cir-loeions of g-'.r.r>3w 1 stood upon lie
*cd nc'ai-g try t' *- rubbieli,
grrrowful h**rt. O'utd .‘tjarr-'l- &!• t he travo of mjr
U'o?ii ji'.l TArcat. 8 t t.ip rk of di^tsifr.
efti’lo.ii'* b;i g r*'''**, «ti* v:'inH» = o all tX'.'o»ed.
excf'pi 1 r? h*t-t .i- . ia r'; i*-. u;> -•''U’h
to prnicst th ,rn T'** ’ nl!(> i.f ;b.‘ I'Tea^’ytcri in
•Jtbu»’ch »!*!■
bul Ln;ruT '
:»'"l.t3 are .
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• fr';ii >i(» plst-
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etri-'vs fh*' i’w'fB ri !, • = iii-i-'
'■\tt fhi .•■f m*"' ■ ii! '•
fesUTal? i- tfcr • rr. >- . :, e
Jure ruvoy exc;t:n f.
an tKU'jiDg sp“e3^v >.*r I hoard it'.
form 1; is very dJSce"' «. w »•- ir
T~'.' Cl ■•.ri H us*, lacatei m t!-
M 'tree'-*, i« still sur.u'm/
ty the e-j.im*, it v-.t m'f i by :
tteir ArliiUry, and bu b.vr.
jurci.
All around tie town in ihe ’•u cf a crat.osn;, «x-
tcuuing ficm the river on * te ea't to ttis »■' &■
fortlfioatlacp e>«otrd by tUfc jiiitf;.?« for itie ‘ ct»c:9 of
h* place. They were prsiicjcc^d r / 0:12; • - nni
»m»7 minds, rpsa tt»** first nccup“tl;u '' rbc
our troopp, tn ba vpfy Juprrfi.-ia- sal xatuiliaien..
T^ey were tbroTF up, it i(i saiby C7-itr£*^mJH sovi
buffaloes in tir ml’^t of wiiUe'*. tsd cdhs; i of a
simple line of «arthvorke, J .i>RJed ^y ^ 8i»*ll0'* di o'.
Rsd «arjiouQt*d hero and i y a blo-^k hi u-e «• i a
fart. No one can look at the:u witaout ftel^ag .ik*i
Oen Htli CGul' htve carr;ci his ciagaiis; .t c. -^’ides
.'ver tteci lias a flash. Tl'e po*itivm is u:*" sud
“iron^er. Ceriaia it is, that in conE^oiioa with tJ-i
ravages of tbe flaaca, they ha-e j^r?a ly chauje* the
arpearaace of the tc^tn. 1 soaroil;. kasw tlie plsce=
where T hid played in bcy-?od, aui :he localitis? 'hich
were moat faniiliar ti\,e a^jociations of early ■ Tboad.
Tae Hi3=t remarkab'e e^cat in fii^iory uf tar ;an
kof occuyatioa wa3 th; c..'!np iao»j exiJu* cf tha u-
(jroes when it waa dcietminet to e?-iOa«ite the towij
It is i*^id, tfcc.t while th« fli3ci w^re rosH'nj f«:m
bouse to hcus" aad fr."m square to sqaare, licciug
up the the a^oaajulatisd caTaings of g -nef.-i-ons. aul
while the whc’e rlaoe rca'unJt J wita ibe horri'l dm
axid tn>nnU of I'a? wiie-'pi«»i confligT»i>on, ya?,-
kse hors^min were dasbiat wiilly a^Lut ;,n foaaiing
nt#eds, crying, “to tht bcM", to ibt boa.a ” Tt.e poor
slaves and fres negroes wlo war* caiviU'nf to g-. w*r»
hunted down, an! driven to t'ie trausp i o * Wu£a?n
whc hai ^sen infirra for iu%ay y • is, v - ’ne it'e'.orel
upon tb*>ir teis ef a^rn aa, termr ..irickea liitle
children, ccimpell-rd »•. the r.iiikt tf 1 le bajor.e: to
1-fcva th=-ir Cali’S? an I )T5 wi•^ s;ar'cr«. «>ce
p' th(* fi'->t th^nf*^ ■a*: .: ii ■? Tigl’upon ecteriuf
!j rh'*.irjo.» abs?nov- cf meg’’; es.
I JcTU t*: - 'r • - t j-y: oe'pjrat^vu,
».-rv *;! r'cia M*- fr.^e persons Oa.- 0.' in;**,
e-d a mc:> - reuia
c •'D'.’smio';; i
K.»-* t-..au in irfus ^
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Whtra t:-'"' jt-jz » I'
f':a tbi f.\uroN' '
■!> u'>i’» ‘he col.'r-
Tjr» Tay, is '.bran Ai'.an,
1*! % •.'sca: Ua] I epeiK £r.;r-
s’ wxtrr-*'tulo'j. Abraa wts
a ri;;- • :.re. lie wt«
r r.u; d.-'- .j, ossesM’l thj
• i«!i I- : of a y colo;, 1 caa I iv«r
r,Tioi t,'> m-* ba kb.,.ie.
■vler ; :.f lae rule "to
•ir-' t ;j« ■tiitt'j 'u', uaue'took
C’a.‘ V. lu tj ih?
t!caneciicu: C u.'-^-c^cf f- -,y t. .r i*'a A'-'raa.
and u:*ke hir 'i- or. Bu' ’ . v r 0 .i.^red man
tii?3i ji aj%i:;st ’he • vi o' b's ■ for a 0'>i!&red
man lo •;f ach »n uj i. ■ .1 ■! t ,-v ,ip tho Uifs.
They cu’.i cftiir r r;b“ i; .i i t; He ttosd
to his c •I'-rs. Tb jy Qt-.-'c'i at. ... f» aid faaiiy.
•u 1 Ici'! f.jtn K.thra'v by c i - wa - « i^at he re
?2*:a"d 'fj’ .'* rf ut . lui w . I -,1 ;-;i WaiO-
ingtou the nrst ? ■:•« I '.'unl ih-. ^rav d i r 'At .iu ,oI
ori*i mao, like O t M .rtaHi/. ^*5«y * 'Jonj lao graves f
the ol«i citiiecs, rcnb'-'g ir aw ‘ - la c des.''!
ed t.imbs of h a ijp^irted frieaic. Ls. Acrim i've
Etory.
rvr. THS C;HasaV»’i
CatuaUies 'n tho 4!,ji n c Trjppi, Ai»j 0 VT 3t-’
Ccmd’g in tae er’g'>g?meEt a; T^argeei’ .v£iliO.*£ 27ih:
*’‘eid and A S Webb, missing
Co A—KiKei: nose. Missing; Lt R *7 Steiiraa .'^gt
Jos T Haye. Cirr" J B.'n^ame't, Jinkins aal VV p
forsyth. GjO riollowar, Uriah Ccit5, W fiherroa
B—Killed; ’ B lI»rg.-ovs WouAdeJ: 3g: )!bn W-,r
re.1. Missing: Lt T M Carter. 8^1 Citra';*', crri B
Bak=T, LT A'mstroi.g, I) Bri. ir ll. Jcs L'Graw;.rj,
Wm L "J-'ok, Z K r, W.- 1 7 Jco W
Miioheli, W D Mftchjll, G:o W Tac.ap3.a, D Wd-
iinns
'““^oundea: B. O J J J.^ck-
S3»', Tioa Tec’s Jfsse Proor.r, h-.ar\' lii’.. J, Tin-
lalp. £j%rd Cl*fi, T T D' iig-.'.y R-j .. Kuro ^ w.,aadi^;.
I)—.Vli'sla?;: i.’g-B Wa Sdi a an 1 G 6 iJtraaiil, Q
Crafrfori, Wa'ter Corbe'., ,\ifr.;J L?/g li, J R ,\IvCar-
ther, W W Norris, A J Whicsari.
E—Wcuoded: ' C:*rl. S O i.iDttica-^ -Miasiner Lt
"! B Hiliiard. .«g’ I D Wi-jk^,, Jo,^ T A i»..ol.
Toob Cl»rk H-ri. 'A' iirowa, n B Diixuied. J20
i»avi?, Mari.ia Smiih.
F—Woaa'iei: 'art (J ff 5T C M
Mi f-ing: figts J A Li^k aa i Oiibort Bar; :i, J U i'ng-
gia.% L r!i3srb-lt. J_'> \ J K K un. vVji G.t»-
on, David Eeynolns, Wca lijbsc-11, Jpssj K-jves, d W
Tijo'apson, Miiioa Tslbert, Wm Warper, Al“x ’''':,-itr.
G—Wou.‘l9ri: A 'Jarr. S P. a '>3 Mi.diog: S "•? A J
aibi'rs.')^ an-' 1; Mg^k’^ C jr J M or*d^aa:r Vm I>
^aiee, J03 E • area, Jis M C.pelftai, 'n^ D»nl
Foiist, Tub T J >ac^, ^ F' ts^kes ocb F »'e r, J V? A
Smi h, t» W T.iom^ a, Jos T^oa,. on, Ward W ?
Roberta, * ii?.>n i'bar;). ’
H—V»’v;:i.dV: j W Y'ir. M ''e.-inl;, i:- V D i. Miss-;
iog: Sgt Z 3 Br^ ly, V Dr..wa, Wa Ltaci, Z O Liae-
barr/. G F Vouotaucn. 6a;.; i Z ju-j-r.io.
I—Wou:*Ji-r: H-nr« •Ja.'r.p eli ..iid C»pt J R
EoiC ’, Co.-p A li*rdp;i r, W UaMsr, R. F N ,s.',n J B
,kea, R
Wriniu,
Spai-, M V FraBKS, .) \ A.ia>aa, if Lal.hic-'h
K—KiileJ: J O Woil. jude *; Mib’.a H j
Ai«r. w .1 5.0V' fJarc, Utran 1 ,
Jno II Griffi’i Jas K 0); i*>n, B T Lo.'uc ll-.nry Per-
xisson. J doi.jtr Th; -..'oodl itf, Mark vVoodieilf, B T
Wo?>dIei£F. Jin V Wood.
It is irapOHbib'c to state 'ejt,iaiy th: names of
mlssioi? are .T juudt.!. Ii is ho^ed lUe tum-
ber ii small. Tto oifiTM-t' -.n-^ m:n » r.j oaptnrcd
wuilat gikLant.y enlaavcn-'g to farce 'i. way th.’ough
tkft enemy s lines after th^ btigai.* 'T ; a moit sur
ronnded w P. Oluuam,
) si L'ent. I\iii A. Adj’t.
FU» ftia O^dSBvsa.
1 ^“^piiai at EioJisnoad. July 16th,
l«b4, of c'aroaio diioase d P.'^vite 8aer-
wotd LaciB, aged 29 yc-^rs. M? was a natire of Samp
son and voluatet-rcd in i8(ii in -^apt aolmaa’s compaK.y,
Wfca *fc me^aber of Co 1,46th N O Xroopa, wiiere ae sorTfcd
up to Apni 1864. anl w*3 trau»f-.rreJ to tho
at ttichmcnd. He was soon uk^n sick and asat to the
Uoepi^al whore ho sulf.’rod for nea-'ly 3 mautns. Ho
was a memaar of the B»pti«t Cautcu for 8 V'jars n-e-
vious to hia death He le«83 a wifo, two lovely chil
dren, mother, s.* b-o ners. (fi-o of wbom are in (he
Mtny.) four sistars and a large circle of triands a.id re
latives to mourn his fall, but we do not mourn as thoee
that have no hope.
toa Taa OBSjavia.
At ameetlaa of Mt Ulivet Ladg.?, No lijS, in tho
Lodge room on the seoond SatarJay in Jyas I'tfll on
motion, the W M annoiiacjd the followirijr report Irom
a committeo eipressivo of t»>e d^ath of our n.uoT- ea-
teemsa brother, Matthew Yow, Ja D, 48 h R'g’t N C
T. He WM ever ready and willing to cli^oli.-irge the du-
tieo of a Mison sotl soliior. Whoa this W4p W48 id its
infancy Brother Yow went to the field of battlB, there
saoriSoiag his life upon hia coonlry'a altar, nobly de
fending his country’s rights, cur nomae, uad all that is
near and dear to tae patriot’s h?art.
Whsraaa, by the fortuaes of war, it has pleased Ood
m Uis providence to take aim from m; therefore be it
Resolved, 1st, That in hia death oir country has l-ost
one of its best soldiers, we a beloved brother, and hia
Wife an acscUoaite husband.
Beaolved, 2d, That our less for a season Is a special
bleMing to him from our Heavenly Father, to whose
will we must bow with meek submission
Bflsclved, 3d, That we deeply sjmpathixe with his be
reaved family and relatives
Resolved, 4ih, That a copy of these rescluMona be
sent to tie faaiily of tiia deoaaued, a copy filod in iho
archives of the Lodge, atao a copy be forwarded to tae
^"P“^lwaUon, wiU> reqaeai that
the N C Preab/tenaa please copy.
Q. L. SpiBKtH k
J. T MorfiTr, loom
J. & l£«Kaxz», i
OUR PRISONERS AT POINT LOOKOUT
A gentleman who was a priaonor at Point Look
out during all of lagt summer, in rcciting the
horrors of prison life there, gives ua a vivid pic
ture of the atrooious trfRtmeot which our pris.'jn-
era had to endure from the negro guirds there:—
With the fall of Fort Pillow commenced a new
era in the history of Point L-.wkout The ac
counts given ot its capture by the abolition pi
pers, in which it was falsely charged that t*^o
negro soiiiicrs of the garrison were massacrf'd hy
Forrest, were read bofore tho troops at Poinf li»'ck-
ou^ and from that moment the prison became a
hell on earth It w.as like applying the torch to
tho taagazine The negro «uards ha.i be::a ia^o-
lent and uverbcaring enough before, but when
tho ^■tory of Fort Pihow was told them they be-
catue wor^e than sava^^es—true, living dcuious.
MfHldencd by a passion of revenge they cjm-
mcnoed what they eillcd “retaliating” on uuv
men—visiting upon them every punishment aud
torture the uio»t devilish and cruel spirit could
devi.^f’. No .check or restraint was i 'd u^:->n
thc'u by their offioors, and they were lelt *r -3 t
follow out the instincts of their brutal aud savai^e
natures. (3ar men were shot down like dogs on
the slightcbt pretest, and in some cases they were
murdoreJ in cold bloinl while lyin,^ iu bod.
Id single night, just after - news from Fort
Pillow reached camp, />«’• of our soldkrs %cre
wantonly shot while lying in their tenti?. This
rai^ed such an outcry ameng our mon that the
prison authoritios woro obliged to tako somo ac
tion in the matter. An investiiratioa was appa
rcotly gotten up, bat the whole thing wis'glossed
over by charging that the shooting wa.*' arcui.-^n-
tdi' It was a common thing to sec the guards
when they were being posted j 'ost before .’light L>ad-
ing and brand'shing their guns, addinr^ -wifo
grcM gleo, “Well, I will bag one d—d rebel .son
of a to-ni^ht, sure ”
Shooting our men becime such a common thing
that for the while a perftet tsrrerism prevailed,
’and our prisoners wereg:ally afraid to step out ol
thoir tents or speik a word. This^Jtat'' nf things,
we learn, has greatly abated, and some little check
is new exercised over tho negro guards But for
weeks attcr the fall of Fort Piilow they were lelt
to do as they pleased.
The prisoners’ camp at Point Jjookout covers
about 30 acres in area, and is euolosed by a board
fence about 20 feet fiigh, around which, a few
feet below tha top, is laid a plack walk up'u which
tho sentinels paue to and fro. In this enclosure
are teaJs, in which our men live, 16 to 17 men
ia a tont. These tents are notaing mote than a
covering of thin canvass, and for their bed the
pris''ners have nothing but the bare groiiud.
Tho prisoners got tho poorest f-dre perhaps of
any prisoa in tho North. Their prison rations
consist of eight crackers a day—^^tbe ejz? of th5
common soda cracker—a small bit of ra^'cid pork,
not more than four ounces, aud a cup of slops,
diguifiei by tho u^mo of “soup." They never
get even tao imcU ot sugir or coffee.
The prisoners employ their time in various
ways Some ot' tliem are seduocd to work by tho
yankccs by offers ot tobacco and extra rations.
The work consists principally of cutting wx>d and
a.s6istitjg at tUo^wl arvee, and many of tho priso-
uers accept the off jr, not so much for the extra
rations it gives, but for the relict and change it
affords from the monotony ani tr-diunv of prison
life Then, agna, others employ their fimc in
cutting out little rrinkcte with their kuivc-i, vjiich
they sell or barter to the yankecs. IJat the great
Oiass of prisoners employ themselves in a way
mare congenial and profitable. A school hui
been opened among them, and tho experiment has
ouccccded boyosd all expectation. Books have
been sent them from Xcw York and lijldmoro
: pd the Boaool has bcc:>ni.' an A8tabli«hed incti •,
tion ol pn.‘,on life. Our men are glad tueaibrace
the opportunities it offers of improviag them
selves, and it is a common sight at any hour of
tho day to see hundreds of our battie-scarred
fctcrans poring over their arithmetic and gram
mar.
Great interest has also been manifested in the
spiritual welfare of tKe prisoners. Some of our
chaplains confined there took the matter in hand,
and religious service is now regularly held ia
camp every day. So great is the interest that
has been excited by thes3 religious exercises ttiat
we are told that prayer meeting is called every
morning at oix o’clocii, and th-it thousands of oar
men attend.
fherrt were at F^oint Ljok>jt, throe weekoago,
about i.50U pri.soners. T?ie men were bciring their
imphsoam.;ut witu all the fortitude and ro'^igna-
tiun they c-. uld. Their life was miserable, but
tlii*y seemed to rather die than ever forsake the
3a ISC of the» c juntry.—/d/rrt Kxi miner.
A Tax IJwtstion Hcftlfd.—Tne Cjiumbus E:^-
quirar Ijarae that the Commissioner of tiji-.-s, ia
auirwor tj an appeal miio to him by a tax payer
or two in Georgia, has utjilcd that the collcctors
must rcceive certificate^ tendered when tney
amount ta all or more than tho tax due. If the
tax payer is willing to pay ia the whole c:;rtilicaito
of oao hundred dollars or larger, when unly a
fraction of it is required to pay his taxes, the col
lector must receive it. This decision meets the
approval of Secretary Trenholm, and no doubt in
structions to act accordingly have been or will be
ikoat to tax cjllectors.
A Good Rule.—The p*ss!oa'ta Beattuot®
sometimoa uttered by Confedjrato newspapers,
under the cxaitement of disappoiutments or re
verses iu our m’li:ary operations, -*,re ail diligoat-
ly caught up and reproduced in the Uaitcd
States papers. The retractions and explanations
tnat afterwards are made iu the light of batter
information, ar« overlooked. Should not t'lis
teach us not to be hasty iu rushing into print
w;th adrift ccnsuroo and aniavcstigaiicd complaints?
Jefferson’s rule of peraonal conduct might viry
well be adopted, with adapting uodificauons, by
the newspapers: “If ang'-y count tnti bc'fero you
apsak. If very angry, a huudred.”
V/l 1^.
^HE uti^eraigned have removed from t*j*ir f-ld ^ta^d
1 ctt Wftter Street, to No. 7, MARKET SXREEr
whare they oipeot to ooatinue the '
Ganoral C^mmissiaa & Grooary Baaiiaas,
Prcajyt attontion will be ^ivon to all orders *011 oon
ngntoeuls entrast :d to on- oare.
C- UNEBERRY i CO
Wilminrt.-ii N, 0. Oct 10 .Smr *
\on-TnjLable Bonds.
500 Millna Loan.—Sale Coatlnued.
NUMEftOUa app!iaaiion) having baen m»de ifec
eotabliishcd price of $186 aud interest, under cir-’um-
Bisnoee tnat euUtle them to fatorablo coasid jratioa it
hM beeif det«rmui«d to oontinus fh« sale mtil
AUG. W. STiSEL,
9 w «*■« Of Confederate boads
Fayetteville, Oot. 22. 78-i3m
FOR REi\T^
n’lRrent, the U'»?ELLTN0 HOUSE reoeatlv owned
r and occupied by T. J. Curtis, Eeq , ou Havnxoaut
pe Lot oontama 8 acres, and ia ooaaidercd one of the
beat garden spots in that vicituty. Thera is on the
prsmises a most exoeUent well of water, and all neces
sary out naujQs. ucuoo
The abnvo pr«per*y will be rented at Aactioa, at the
Market H ^ J9e, daturday, 12th November.
Mnw T iflPi ^ DRAUOIION, Auoti-ja^or.
Nov. 3, 1861.
^Thc ItiMterpriiie Cotton Far*©:
u now prepared to exchstags for corn or bacon th.
Finest Nombors of Span Yarni
smtablo for Spring and Summer (Aoth. This Tkread U
a Bupmor qaali^, aot by any ia Ihe 0»
DS8TRU0T10S OK THE ALPEMARLE.
The Yankees are glorifying immensoly in tho
destruction of the Albcmarlo at Plymouth Lieut
enant Cu.shing, the “hero’' of tho affair, hai ar
rived in Washitigton, aud is the lion of the day.
Secretary Welles i;> ,o recsmmcnd to Congress to
vote hina a resolution of thinks, and he is promo
ted to Lieutenant Commf nder. The affair haa re-
leabcd i'rom duly in AlboTu-^rle Sound nloven Yan
kee steamers wnich can now ba used el.'owhf>rc.
The followiag is Liouteaaut Cashing's o(tcial rft-
port of the Eatter;
“On the night oi-the 27h, having prepared my
steam Uua^^h, I proceeded up towards Plymoutu
witii thirteen olficors and men, psrlly voiunticrs
tri.m the squadron. Tho distanoe Iron the luouf h
of tifc rivor to tiic ra.n was about eight milc«, tho
stream averaging iu width some two hundred
yards, und lined with the cnemy’a pickets. \
mile fcolo»» the cuH'ti was the wreok of the South-
iiild, surrounded by noiiie sohouner«, and It wis
understood a gun war^ mounted ti'>cr“ to command
the tend. 1 rhert?lorc took one of th'^ Sham
rock’s cutters in tow, with order;i to cas.. olT and
board at that point i( we W'jre ' ailed. O ir bO’it
tucccedcd in passing th»; picktts, v*ud fcVi>n th«
SiAitbfield within twenty yards, without discov jry,
and wc Wore no^, ha-led antil by the looKOut-. un
the ram
The C'tttcr was then cast off and ordered below
while w.? made for our onrmy under a full head
of steam The r -bsls sprung their rattle, rang
the bell and commenced firing, at !■’’.• samj time
repealing their hail, and seeming much ccnluscd.
Tho light ol a fir*, ash '.re showed »QC tuat tiie
iron-el.d was made fa3t to the wharf with a pi>n
of logs, anchored aboat tnirty feet irom r.er sido.
Pa-;siog her closely, wo m--Je a complete ciislo so
a= to sirike her f'iirly, ani went iato hor bows on.
By this time t;ie enemy's lire was very severe,
but a dose of cinistcr at short range served to
moderate their zeal and disturD their aim. Pay
master Swan, of the OLscgo, was wounded near
m», i.ut how many more I know not. Throe
ballets struck my clothing, an i the air seemed
full of them.
In a moment wa k.d struck tho iogs just »breast
of ihe (juarter-pOit, or^wting thorn ia some feet
aud uar bows cresting oa them. Tne torpedo
boom was then lowered, aud by a vis^orous pull
I succesded ia diving the torpedo under the ovcr-
itang and exploding vt. At tho same timo that
tho Albemarle’s gda was fired a shot seemed to
go crashing through ray boat, and a dcn^^o mass
of water rushed in from the torped:, filling the
launch and complefeiy disihliug her. The ene
my then continued his fire at fifteen feet range
and domaaded our eurrendor, whioh I t ivioo ro-
fu.scd, ordTiocr the m to save them-iclvef:; and
rcmo/ing my own coat aud .shoes and springing
into the river, I svram ,rith the otucr^ into the
middle ot tiio stroim, tho rebels failing to hit us.
Tne moot cf our party were captured; some
were drowned, a-i i only one cscapcd besides my
bcli, and he in anoti'.er direction. Acting mas-
ter’o mate Woodman, of the Comcnoijre Hall, 1
uiet in the water, ha.f a mile below the town, and
a-ioisted hioi as b jit I could, but failed to g-ot him
astiorc. Oomrletely vxhau=.tfd I managed to
rcaah the shore, but was t(.»o wc'ik to crawl out of
the water until j'lst at dayligat, wht'n I managed
to creep into tho swamp close to the fort. \V’niic
hiding a 1-jw feet from the path two of the Albe-
mirlu’s ofB'iers p3.!.'cd, and 1 judge! from their
convcr.-nation that t.s^.e siiip was destroyed. Some
hoar’s tiavoling in tho swamp served to bring me
oat well below the towa, when 1 sent a negro in
to gaiii iaformitiou, and found that the ram was
truiy sunk.
i'rooeoeding throu-rh another swamp I came to
a creek and captured a okitf belonging to a picket
next night, hid rasio my way out to the V'aUey
City.”
A yankee l«tter, spoakiug of the destruction of
the Albcmarie, «ays:
The great mailed monster that ha.s so long es-
citcd^thc apprehensions ol the Navy Department,
and held in the Sound a force greatly in exscss cf
'hat which w.as u.«aally .stitioa-.d th re, now lies
quietly ac the b jttom ot th^ lloanoke river, -t sub
ject of curious coatcmplation and dread to the fish
that frequent tiio-a 'waters, lu tho .iquadion every
one t ’Gi.s a «cusc ot rchcf iu realizing tlio fact
that tbe Albemarie is no loader aiioat or capatle
of duiog larth’jr damage; fur it is no secret taa
she was oao ot the toaghost custom'.rs for the
woodea vcijae’s to confront thtt hai yet rioatcd.
Her raid cn the tlj.iUa on tiic .Jlti ot Ust May
proved that laet oeyond asiiadow oi a doubt. She
then euoouatcrcd a.id iL»ug it tj great advantage
three heavily armed double enders—tho Sassicus,
Mittabcoett and tVyalusing—and retired only
altera prolonged ooat-3.st, slightly damag-.;d. W’liiie
she lloa'ed, no po>t h 'H by ui and aucciaiblc to
her w^as safo. She couid go her wiy as sUo chofce
iu spite of tho efforts of our wooden vcisols, un-
les.i somo accident oeourred Lo her which should
prevent uer steaming. None of the iig*‘t draft
monitors wcro ready to confront her, and she
threatened to clear our forces ont of tiic State of
North Carolina.
The Ijjss of th:- Atbem irle.—Captain A- F.
Warley, co.aaiandcr of the Albemarle, in his offi
cial repjtt to the Navy Djpartment, says that tho
ni^ht being exceedingly dark, he had tho watch
douWea ox» aad took ex*^ra pre-
c^uxiou to prevent mishap. About \i o oiooi. a
boat was discovered coming towards the vessel; it
was hailed, but g%ve no Batisfacidry'answer. All
hands were mustered as quickly as possible and
a fire of musketry directed to tho boat, which,
owing to the darkness, was «ncffeotaal. Tiio af
ter gun was loaded with grape and fired, but
could not be auffioiently deprfessed to tak« cffcct.
The boat etrucs under tho port bow aad explod
ed a torpedo, smashing a hole ia tho Albemarle
juai under t.tie water Iiae, our men pounog apon
them a heavy fire of musketry. 'The officers in
charge of the torpedo boai, iusLintly surrendered
and were seuj ashore. The pumps were sot to
work, but could not save tho vessel, and she
went down in a few moments, only her smoke
stack and shield remainiug visible above tho water
Captain Warley says, further, tuat ho received no
notice from the picket boat below, nor did tho ar
tillery on tho shore give him aay assistauoo.
Richmond Diap-itch, 1th.
100 Jo^ 1.—An officer who took a proaiiaent
part in the operations on tae North sid« of last
Thursday week informs U6 that a careful estimate
of casualties on this side makes the Confcderatci
loss about thirty, whilo that of the enemy, allow-
iog the usual percentage of wounded for those
who aie known to have been killed, and adding
tho prisoners taken, must have boen very near, if
act quite, throe thoasaad The ratio of 100 for
I is somothiug better than we arc accustomed to,
and is duo, perhaps, mainly to the fact that the
yankces enjoyed tho benefit of the splendid gen
eralship of Beast Butler. Wo can wish nothing
better than that he may continue to command
the bravi^s anywhere ia tront of our line.
Richmond Whiy,
A farmer in England has disoovered that the
swelling from the sting of a wasp oau be speedily
reduced by the application of turpsntine.
It is said the negro soldiers captured at Dalton
seemed to be delighted to get back to their old
masters, many of whom iiity rccoguized among
offioen wbQ the gMnisoo.
8YNOPSIS OF THE PRESIDENT’S ME88AGE.
lliciiMONi>, Nov. 7.—Congress met to-day
pursuant to adjournlucnt. The Mestiage from
the President was read.
It bc_in3 with a review of the military opora-
tions since the adjournment of Congress ia Jant,
and recognizes the 7>rotection of Providence in on
abliag us to suecessfally withstand tho utmost
efforts of the enemy for our Eubju'ratinn
He says we have recovered Tcxa; from tho en
emy; and ArkmsM, with the exocj ti .'n or a f'.’W
fortified po^^t.s:, uoarly tho whole v>t Nortltvru aud
VV\’5teru Mi’^sissippi, Northern Alabama and
Wejtem Tcuuessee, are ag’din i-i our po.>st;: slfi
All attempts to penetrate from the coast e bce j
bafiiod. Iu Southwestern V'ir:/lnl», huc'iev.i^ •'
armies have boon rout d, and & portion of Emt-
cm 'rcDnessee has been rc'^*o!iqU‘‘r«;i l-y oui
traops. '^hcirmain army pficr a se/it-s ol i( fc.»t.-'
aud constant repul'OS ol their ic.pc'ut^d .tuL-,
are stiil engaged in tho effort to caplUiC P-’Ccr^
burjf Tlie aruiy &1 Sherman Kucco.di,d ii* •)b-
tuiniog possc.'^sion of Atlanta, bu. unaf*!^ to
.-ecuro any ultimate advantage fr. u .^ucco.s-
Ifad wc bien eompelled to evaou ’o ll'cbrn p’?
well as Atlvniv,, the C'Vafederacy wju 1 have re
mairied a;-t defiant as ever. No military Buoc“5seb
of the cneHiy can accamplish tLe deatrootion »f
the Confcdera'y, nor save the .'.uemy from lha*
constaut diaia of blood atid troa.'-ure, wliic'a must
continue until «c shall disoover that no pcace is
actainbbla unlc.ss ba?sd on the recogniticu of our
indefessiblo rights.
No change in tho condact of forsijrn powers
can 1)0 aanoanccd. The rooogaitioa oi cur inde
pendence id withheld from tba {^suuiptioQ that
reoognitiou would bo valuclc-s without interven
tion. vVe wish no intervention Wo know our
selves fully competent to maintain our rights and
iiiucpcndcace Poace is impossible without in-
depecdonc*', and it is no to be expccted that the
enemy will anticipate neutrals in the recognition
of that independence
The total am'unt of public debt on tbe 1st of
Ojt wvs ?l,12ii,000,000. No additional appro
priations will bp required for meeting the netids
of tho public scivico, up to tho 1st of July, as
anexpcndcd appropriations ezcecd the estimates
to that ti^iie. The Jeoretary of the Treasury re
commends that the faith of the G-overnment be
pludgud that notes siiaH ever rfmain exempt from
taxation. That no issue be ic&de beyond that al
ready authorized, and that a portion oi the receipts
from taxation and tax in kind bo pledged to a
gradual redemption of the efJtire circulation.
Keierring to the report of the Secretary of War,
the l*resident siy^, exempting from military duty
certain persons speeifie i on account of their pur-
su.ts uiid professions, is unwise and cot defenji^dc
ill theory. Discretion should bf vested iu mili
tary authorities, so that a suffici nt number ot
tho.s.. essential to the public servico mi^ht bo de
tailed to continue to exercise their pursuits or
p.ofc'sions. Bu: exemption from servie of en
tire cias'ics should be wholly ab.ndoned. Vari
ous recommendations of the Sec'y of V.'ar are ro
ferred to ajid approved, among which is the
reorganization and consolidation of r:duced regi
ments.
In re.^ard to prisoners of war, the Pre?ide2t
»ays, Cioh government hereafter will be allowed
to provide ^e necessary comforts to citlions held
captive by the other.
Iho subject ot employing neg oes in the »rmy
is discu.-^sed at some length. Tho I'rosidont dis
sents rom those who advise a general levy for arm
ing k.iaves for the duty of Roldinrs, but recoiiimends
the employment of 40,000 as Pioneer and Engi
neer Lborers, in addition to the labor and duty
heretofore performed He favors tho acquisition
for public sirvice of the right of property in labci
aI^vcs. the ii’*>yeroeaijraari»'o tUo
negro on his discharge, after service faithfuUv
rendered. •
The President cloaks by reiterating the willing
ness of this government to negotiate for peace.
Peace is manifestly impossible unless desired by
both parties to this war, and a disposition fur it
among our enemies will be best and most eertain-
ly evoked by a demonstratioa on our part ot the
ability and unshaken determination to defend our
rights. Let us then resolutely continue to devote
our united and unimpaired energies to defend our
home?, our lives and our liberty 'This is the
true path to peace. Let us tread it with confi
dence in &‘)sured results.
Dojs.—A gentleman who has visited every
part of Mecklcnburg county this year estimates
the number of dogs in it at o,000. Suppose we
estimate tuem at only half that number, and al-
lo’w them to have cousumcd the average quantity
of five bushels of meal, it would amount to 7,500.
Corn and meal have been sjaree and high in this
county, and the average price probably above 610
per bushel. At that rate the cost ot feeding the
dogs ill Mecklenburg this year has bc3n 876,000.
J lice a larpe item of taxation, yet wo have heard
but few complain bf it. A few m ’nffas ago, we
heard one of our farmers oompla'uing that his
neighbor’s dogs had killed fourteen sheep, proba
bly a third ot his flock, in one ni>iht We have
no statbties to show the number of sheep kilkd
by dogs in the county, but it is no doubt tqual to
tne average loss by the dogs in (Jaotgii, which
would be ^45,654. The average vt^lue of sheep
lu this county is, we believe, aboni S50 oaoh, in
stead of $21 as in Georgia, at which rate the
aiiiiye item of loss to tha county fr«ua the depre
dations of dogs would amouat to otct ♦ioo,noo.
Thus the dogs have tax d the people of MceUen-
burg this year in food, and the destruction of
sheep, the nice iittle sum of 8175,0001! We
have heard persons complain of the heavy tax
colleeted by the government for the purpose of
feeding and clothing tbe soldiers who are fighting
for our homes and firesides, but not one of them
thought of the enormous dog tax they pay volun
tarily-
Look at tho saving to the county, just to have
these 1,500 dogs killed, and their hides tanned.
At leant 7,500 bushels of me*al, worth 875,000,
would be saved, and sheep to tho value of 845,000.
In six months the hides would be ready for
market, which at an average value of 835 oaoh,
would amount to 852,500 more—altogether the
sum of 8172,600. A small sum; but still in
tliese hard time.i it is worth saving.—Bulletin.
Tall While iu Jackson, we were shown
at the resideaea of JJ. D. Di7iaa, Esq., a stalk of
corn which measured 9 feet G inches to the first
ear, a ponderous follow Eight inches above thi",
was another ear, equally as fine. This is what
we saw, and besides this, we noticed the corn
crops were heavy everywhere We heard ai oae
place in the valley ot tbe Tuckasoge, where the
corn had grown so tall and strong, that ladders
would be uced in gathecing it. Also we heard
of another farmer, wiiose crop was so abundant,
that his eribs and garners wore insufficient, and
he was therefore riving boards to cover in his
corn fields, intending to nse from the edges as he
might have oeeasion to do. In Transylvania, we
saw a field of fifteen acres, which will yield all of
1,300 bushels.—Hen'^erion Timet.
The hat man'ofactory in Montgomery, Ala., is
getting on fineiy. It now turn out weakly some
thousand good, substantial hats for the Govern
ment, and will increase its facilities so as to double
the number, shortly.
A eoatraot has been made in London to sapply
the Confedaraoy with aeveod UxdOMod tona of
nUrot4 iroa.
PRICE’S VPOJ?K IN MISSOURI
While in MissoutJ, aceordicg to the St i> j,,
papers, Gon Friee seems to have made thor. u.ili
work whoreever he w. nt The desrructiou
the Iron Mountain aud Pacific railroauti 'Vas e m
plete T e 0-«ag«» biidgo, on tne Paciui^, I17
mile‘s from St Lnui?i, w-’S about ruo Whi.\[.
fic'!it strueturn given to th'* dovouriijfr
It wi iri’i feet in Ic^j/^’'. wi K ;.!x sp-n.'j, j,r,ii
di.rw 1>51 iect in w'dtb. Th" -^ork wan biiik ia
1^55 \,\tt h
Rty’e anu wii-
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ti’r.'.; icil— ,J .Mihr.-J rf-
»a'* 120 '’i '■ span, wI'J.f
T.i;n »r>p-i!ich0.H -V’!!.- • ,’L
n''.w--d f'.rr yf'arj- ht-T. Ti,
Bridge, fiv’ m'Us fust^her o- ,
the flames. It srajned nmr- y
1855 and rouewed ab:‘u; tv, ■
Cole Creek Bridge, eighty fc-tir miics tVoui oi
Louis, spanr;iug 160 foe:, wse bii t iu 1S53 Mi-i
rsncwed in 1860. Baiiev Crcok Bridge, njucry
three miles f'oi» St Lou>, had r. singie s'.ac d
110 feet, wad built in 18.jH and ni-.dc cow again iu
1802 At Cole Creek t^^irtj c r * »;er’ bntiicd;
at South Point, two, aad one at New P.'rt, mak
ing a loss of thirty-three cars 'r-#;'* oi>gir>c3 cap-
tuied at Cole Creek were not destroyed, as pub
lisbed, but damaged to tho extent of 81 500 cicU.
A third, taken-at Millor’s Landing, was icj ired
to tbe^mount of 81,000 Ot water laaia sad
stationary engines, app-atatus for rs'uiug
two t?ere burned at Franklin, oue at Wushin^'ou,
one at ^Iil]e^’fl Landing, one a, H^rjiar.u, »tii
one at Deer Creek.
Heal9oburned oumf-rou;en^iticer houso.i,d' Do^-
machiae shons, The bridges destroyed'■« .h’
Southwest Branch are impcrlectly prcteiit„.l ;■
follows: Brunh creek bridge, near Fn-nki'n, -'IT
mile« imzii Sr. Loui®, one sp.np o* 110 feet, b’iilt
in 1858 Maramee fcridce No. 1, t«vo miles bt vo'it^,
four spans, 525 feet in all. Ojly t-v-j spans, f
220 feet were burned. Marame* bridge No 'J.
or M»S’lie bridge, 40 mile.s from St. Louis, thiuc:
spans, ot 385 feot, 380 feet are tutnHd T«’u
water stAtions cn the Branch, including stitiouar .-
engines, were burnt. Depots ?»t St. Oluir, Su:;i-
van. Cnbi, Bourt on, and one ^tLor, S12,500 iz ili.
Of 15,000 eords ol cirdrd wo-i i on tho Southwest
(French. 3,00") o” of ’t in cue pile, a large por
tion h-»s been uurn-^-i, but the precise amount is
not kno-^n A I tuc railrojd a n ctaaipeded to
Kan-iH=
'i't.e Ilf>pablic8D sfiyg the snsponsion cf pro-
grci:-:rjg • ■ 17.. .ivcvucrits, and tie delay of the
g’-'ic-J en^vr;.,'i?-.* of extending t;track to Kan-
.‘'45 (.i‘y ^iil ros'titute one ol :ho severest iteus
of ihc» diiR’tor.
Fn,m —Ori'0.-5lTK JOHNSONVILLK,
Nov. 5 —Mij Gon. Forrest yct^'erdav achieved
aaot’icr rren*- victor?. He plajed a battery above
Johnionv;lb3. He caught at J'>hn?onviile 3 gun-
boa^?’, 10 trftrpportf», and about 20 barges. lie
planted h)s batterii ’j at night, aad opened '.s^^ter-
diiy morninii w-ith pieces, and after an ecgag. -
ment ef ten minutes the gunboats, transports and
bargos were set nn fire and all consumed The
ensragfrnent was terrible Tbe enemy openoJ
with forty howitzers from the fort and gu(.bo?t^,
Hl1^ noi Mi&n ..'.I
Since Let Sunday Gen. Forrest has captm ,i and
destroyed 4 transports, 4 gunboats, 20 bart'cs, 32
pieces of artillery, over 20,000 tons of freigat and
over 83,000,000 worth of stores. Oar lo« was
only ten men wounded.
Johnsonville is still burning. The inimensa
amount of freight on shore, covering scvcr&l
acres, will all ba consumed, as it is now burniog,
and thff enemy oannot extingnbh it, as our bat
teries oommand the banks.
From G'-neral torrest.—An offici*l dispatch
was received Saturday morning at the War De
partment, stating that General Forrest nad cap
tured cn the 29th and 30th ultimo two gunboats
and four transports on the Tennasee river, one-
half of which are still serviceablo
Richmontl Dispatch, ~,(h.
Frcm Kentucky—Private advices from Ken
tucky state that Gin. Lyon is now in commiud
of thw Department of Kentucky. Tbe Confedo-
rate forces occupy all that portion of the State
south of Chribtian county to tho Mississippi river,
except. Columbus and Paducah, at which places
there are strong garrisons. The Federals havj
drafted a liirge nuinbar of Kcntuckians, aad they
are clesertin/ daily, and either coming to our ar
my or forming guerrilla parries Partizan bands
arc eprinsring up ai’ over the Sta^o, to the great
ao’joyanco of the Federals, who tay they sire do-
termirod that Kmucky s'ijll aga’a win for her
self the title of ‘ 'hi; dark and bloody ground,”
rather than she ohail be fK-e to choose for ber.^iclf.
Richmond Lfisx*atch, ~th.
Lyr^>' y.i-^k e F^ee* in Hampton Rotds —
Th-o oaemy have an unusually large fleet in Hatap-
Kaa is; araong it several moailora and other
recul' -.r lo''ki.'ig gpec’tncns cl naval architectur'*.
Lirdcer is in cooiniand in James i;iver, and D. D.
P >rter has teen selected for an attack on SVil-
mirgton, whither part of the fleet has sailed.
Richmond Sentinel.
Northern News.—RICHMOND, November 7.—
The Baltiuiore American of Saturday has been
reoeivrd. The story of the depredations of the
Tallahassee in Delaware Bay is pronounf^ed a ca
nard. The Chickamauga is playing havoo with
yankee merchantmen. She has captured th-3
bark Albion, the Shooting Star, and two other
barks whioh were burned. The Confederate
steamer Giustee had destroyed one bark and two
schooners.
Ricsmond, Nov. 8.—Tho Washington Chroni
cle of the 6th has been received. Gold closcd at
245 in New York on Saturday. The steamci
Europa took out two millions of specie. The
Lady Steiliog, with a cargo of 900 bales of cot
ton, was captured off Wilmiagton on the 28tb
Not a word from Sherman.
A 8ever^, 6/ow7.—(Jol. Witherapooo, of tho 3l)tb
MiBfiissippi regiment, has given the Misbissippiao
very interesting aooount ot the capture, by hid
regiment, of a oonstruetion depot, near Dalton,
where immense material for railroad r^-pairs J’sd
been acoumnlated. Duplicate bridgci for th*
entire road to Atlanta were made and numbered'
and ready for use, together with everything ne
cessary for a new road. A large amount of fine
carpenter’s tools were captured, also the mcchan-
188, two hundred in number, who were employed
in using them. The capture of this depot alone
will prove a fearful blow fo yankee transportation
on that railroad, while it will be of immense value
to us.
Prcsb^'t'-riun —The Presbyterian Synod
of North r'oroiica held its (>ession at Greensboro’
during last week and adjourned on Saturday
night. The next meeting of Sjaod will be at
ia Oo«to 1865.
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Tbk Xj*w.s.—T
10 tho 7th inat. wi
cesses of Porrest
reports, hav^ t»c-en
Picket news rep
but ther«^ may be t
The general result
IB (iruut'B aruiy oa
ii!«iicftte tiiut .\1. C
tban it ;vud tlioujjb
We tyust tl:'.' ill
port of the ( apt are
Cu-SUhF
tciegr.ii!i : u., ud
there vt^:- ;• jicri
Cotiirre-ss oa tLu' d^
jjrompiiy comiiiuu;
which v.uB Ibrv. ;rue
niigb itseii tor pubii-
uo Kiciuu.,uu pup.jf
ing, probui/j ov b
Ureeujiioro’, iLo c
wouniiiug two
lore, witu j)uoiit;ii,a
give tho ^
it ap^iurd tiiuL
view ol Itli:
right lo uo. .>,
kee araiitr..
ol modern t.uiic, : u
tory heid by iho
mencet*. Aiid ,
iC nuntbti • i i
Itirior lu toiijUt:
CO)U(|Uv:f iiU
Milit.vr. .-.7
ly made a dr
whom tbty '.ail ‘ .as
couipobe our iurtfc
lor such a .
equally lu i‘;o ^ ouie
miBsioata L.iiict;;b
’i'hty ail ha\'j aa
laaKe pri3ou'..rB -ji i'
I'lglii wheli ;!autai-
prisontra ol war, oa
vvhea our uiea v
“OUdhwliackcrjs •—lii
ligutor Ly aiaoasai
uer, aad proc‘:eu to
our innoce^- pr.i-^a
he in thfir i^uuda.
cclebratfcU •
iliuaoan. Aau u t
petratcd lu ;>t. i^oui
JLouis Deiiioi.jui, -.i
aad shot ;u leiaua'u
her of yauKt. £»j u
does hot ujipcai
l_iOuis, tor i * ,iao
express regrji
vVe trubt Lii~. .jur
oute un cquu. Ol
uere. ^ il sceia^ tua:
yankee ouiiagt . i*
but whotaer it yho_
that their muj ue;
I’jjtl'UiiT.-- O *Col I
leoiber, 1 i,oJ t Oaled
land I'foui thi. . ouio
OUU.OWO lu gold or a
About 5,0'JU uaic3 w
TLe iiichuioua \V
deuce ol tae iueaicij
ude, which uationa, p
strict code on the su'
iag, reaiurka taat -i'
nations will aad the
lidluag exceeuiugly
'i'hey cuu sti ubiuo t
eisely the suaie caoe
their lawd aad treat
comiaeactuitfui ot lu
ana empnatic agaiast
Uuited fcitiitua aaa y
Allowihg those to bo
up any preieauon.s to
nutiouai laws but tae
HEABTaK.S3^ KS.s, '
that •'W’cdo uotjiiu
■is a great, evii. J’oc
us, and its evatuatior
possible, il ijijLut oho
uirectiou.”
C^nfor^uuiiiely i'iy
Were, perhaps the
^piniou thu'w u •■.' a g
uad prodacuve .y. uo
liuemy w*';oae custom
! nd cultivated regious
feduce wcali,;i :
children luvo tuc w.d^
ilepeudeut upou tho c
iiecessaries oi liio.
i'Uportauce to the ii
ttand that it h,^d ao c*
it that ihe c juut,ry wiii
imtueuo-j; iiaporiAnci;
t-ad eveu to .i*i Oou
tentlemaa wiiu wao I
the loss ol I’lyuioiitu
fiee such crops ol c«ru
thooso, pa.ijj O'lL o! «J,
Session, ^•■oai^euiu^': u j
tj not a spot in the C
tauce to us, ‘ and t;n‘»
hnportancc. rlyuiou
the Exauiiaer auppi .^e
*Qd loss ol ;
fcis vetera.; a' ,;, a •:
their lives to rocap: ,i
the most orili;a;=
Jankees suouid u-. ■ i
* three tiayd’ liiflu t.^
Preciationoi Plymou
Virginia conceit wui-
haiaiis wiio ^ry iigiui
eracy and oi' iV'-euoiu
foster a leeliag oi d*
®very thing Virgi.iiua
thfc Confederal.- ana
*lot tnose ot the .aor
toan, the humble i.ar
GK-N. L. >,. liAK3
'fho eommaiias the .
Carolinian, a nativo o
at West Point in 165
officer in the Mount
Wounded in Virgimo,
**cetion performed, un
to be ampatato