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.i i SALISBURY. N.O: votoiT mi.u, slit, it, mm. sootuern express co.-r again . . W hare received two let ler wiibia tbe last two or three days touching our eppo akioa to I be 8outbt-r Expreaa Company We reowived several two or threw work aft o that w baveevHei.ce lit Ihi form. if we IiaJ it ia M ethef (bwe havr J tbal ibis ioatitalioa U losing favor with the pablie. W at all pas only the 4 wo la altar reoetved at.the present, booinMbl others wbo baa thought on tbia auljct will avail themeelvee of tbe freedom of onKcolumna to aid in'briugmg it to the attention of bulb Confederate ao State authorities in order that it may either be reform or araJifhed. T tiri leiwr from which we onota the followiai?, dated Augiwia, Ga, Aug lOih, to it: " ' a a 1 Yimr r rttoai attration ia U editorial v1uuo of ih VYatehmaa,' Jly I8tb. ad U m1 M... baa Wa rad aad lebrreby daljr aek'Hw cdrd aad appreciated. I i vou earwahy kwv 'who divid ikia apUixi.d pile of traaaere' Mill ean4. van caa raur il by reading Hat or aiocaoonwra -. bahed ia tbe Slb Carvaaa p-pr eeeordief, la Ibr law of that rHat. ' ry fptctfaHy." aYe-, k. Wa withhold tba nam, for we pnaume tba author did not intend it lor publication. It wa only for oar private eye. Wa im aue iLc amhor ma at to throw consid erable tiynijicamrt im tne woroV "aVr r- knoitlfdijtd and appreruited. M imag ine, too, that tbia emiaatea from one of U Company perbapa be ia Superintendant of it. or otherwise intereated. Wa are jnite aura bo ia itntted in it in om iorm or other, though in the South Caro. iiaa papers on oar table,, we aee no or.h hat of Stockholder aa ae peak oC or else tba ajaeatioa might " ba defiaitely W. Let it be so regarded any bow. Tbe fore going letter, tbea, ia from one -of the Company, and was meant to awoir na from an unexpected quarter, and baa not Jjaafpoinled ita author, we are asra. Bat we ouote from another . letter, aa i follow : )reraiaing that tba aatbor bad ' ao other otject ia writing beyoad tba e preaaiwa of bia view on the Etpreaa aub ject alooe. "I read wkh Ira aaiivfaetioa, year eaaiifa On at tprem mad R'ailraad Ceuipaaira, ia f vwr iam of lb 3d. ' ' Eipreiw Coafaie ar of Xorlbrn, or Taokee vnfim, Haradaa & C., firrtly, tbea Adaasa M t o,c Boatoa.' Tbeir aeeacie ar toeated at every ptae af baaa, oa each Sl-i ul Auti t. Ii (.', .. -A J, .i!i t' j'B t lUtu: lil-e boaui j; of ami r- (wclUa jakk-a m.lnv iii.-iii ia ll army 4 the I'otoMUK', at Atlanta, &UU.U, aja" that Giant ia' ia the verv eriiawf bia gran J aiililarj ornbiHatkaa, . having the rvb. la brtuiued ia at I'amtHirg aid liicb mdodf.tlieir aaaia aveaara wf uUtfner aa l lraaMriaika cut ofldV aad that now ia lite eine, time wImo tba gMnrro tot-nr and tbe pruJa':'abuil! c"tn aji aa with one miad and aiagle' will to tbe ay I .port af Ueo. Grant. That one baw m dnaJ tbuvMtad una arat to Grant tudy . . . ... woakl fiaiab tna reU-lia la ait w-k. TtrtU tbea ia 4enljr wf material ia thr North out tafw b k U moaU a J-ndid arm of 000,000, aad that one filth eaa bv eaai'e afamd fur a abort, ahaqi aad vie torioU aullaign, dte, Ac The iJermM wf tbU data ia all fur war. and eena totally aaeoaacioiM of auv rcverwa tuning LeW lea Gen. Graut at ay tin. UuJrr tba bviing bring doe the pritw of coal," tbe IltnUmyiX jlk a the cry cioii g lo aa froaa all qaartera. and il moat la rtpadd to aj. the gra iug rovnoiolau wk inaaaga the furl Miaikrt of tbia cilj, or llejr aaaat lake the coaHHOHt, it I bra gor aa todmouac-e tbe coal aectivaa, which are proaoanord latgua, and the falloua ' prica all buas. all for be purpose of aantbuging the pj4e, and forcing op the pricr. We abo Utra from the Ittrnli that Mr. OttM, Grihfral Sup'-rinlrodrat of the fWeraiid Mail rvate, ha jut reached Ya,binton for the iyri4e of repreaeat ! ihg ibr aut of Indian affair ia Ui West, lie av too Iitdiau ar all huatik, aod have perpiratrd naiuerou acta of M rnace. Tbt tlwv claim llie coaatrv,abd ay they will eipell all the white ; aad tbat-thereattw-of-travel llmwgh ara-aa-af! lo trael2er or emuiigranU except ia large bodie. t'4 tl.enn iy, v ill linl i"iiif rry m- j t In r own n H cticiu c:i tlitf I. IU r, fivtivM il ini.'l.lnriii an artiilt) in thin I which, hv tlio war. it) very l'0 hu r r- ----- - . w ' Ht-r, writtt'it 1'jr aMifr and I man nat'uro in ctiergl : rtpi'J fnm tlio Rifluuond Whig. - Springfield Ohio A& ITib 1804. We know it ia not uluxiys the fault larGtorg it ia with tba grvateat of tlio Cfuiiri it IUcImuoiuJ. Hnaura that I nt myaaf Una avenm to .I ii - ' t - J i I anawer yoqr kind Mter tial eoma to Itana mar aNuiera anr mi nwi on iiiihoi , . r , , , . . . lah-w boar ago and. wad terr glad to near quality of-1 rticrr prtiTideU for iuf onw mora fur it ia o lg their ci'isuiuptioii.' ' W kiio that Lieoe I got alrttar from yoo 1 thought yoa j they atowtly reiid our, l .'i.Tl7.-,r l-,nt 'Vrw bad fori?, beanie for I bare write yon - JnbaludidaVaer-ni to roaal i 1. nk! n " I Jul. Va., ) in irllilf l..tCt. j lavst corniprion out yoar letter, Nafy wa over an alter -J, lj ?whlcli Miert iHwwtodJjW aadwa are allag.ing tn town ' i r t tomorrow that muagirla and (thought 1 .need of their rfcntn WfoU rf yo- Mf ,0 htOeorgrfwa ., , . ' i .l i ' I tbrew Wtlr brfora taw eee and I had give (j to kUmw, nd there U j,, ft o0j ; Mt rwa lo oeliwve llial inian- y.her waa is town lo day and Cfrongbt cea ' of the lMfnt' cornif Ion I out yoar letter. Mafy wa over all after have : occarret have been . deprt and eJiaiovfiiily wronged wliilat the ,NTe an4her ainging acliod wale up for (erajion ei.ured to th peeoniarj Mr. rha HommetMt neitnaterdat abt i i ,i... ..:! Ti.:.. i- mini ine amne win oe ua a-iwiiuni ih ins uiviai1 ami i , .... . . ,i ' , ... ........ - I m kat i tkinb alnt tia matter: aui.ject 01 nral-rato nnKrta..ce, be- Wr Oetmre v.u want to now bow bill caHi xi it tie ndathe d mi fort, the Lia'ahing I rant telj yoa winch about it eMilviilMiM.t. and the health of the I ht taarat H.ka to me for abwii two annj. which i.ho .ry WlSXZtt country. It iaquito oertniii 'that oar Lt he pichio miunl thm bultheardao Uovcrnuieitt, lioaufTer bonest have j the picnut was on fhi ale of aobiexilie l.n (ia fT.o-ta t, narJ lliia liart I Johar help to 4ay T.r them they had a tM ' " r ' I . i : "i : .i.:.t t. - mit k.m fi "wwl aiieiwi1Ml in n. !...' , I m litlM tima ing it well aa to pMtect the A J Wr Gwee yoa want to know bow Km dior aod the interest of the coontrir I get afcaig hi do ftry wll be baa been i .i ... a ... 1 vv iuar at wot ever ainea oe cume "Kama ucaiuTn aiiu iiiaiii'iiwt vut- I . . . .. I kmna ttmm lu.lna ma i a liaraaal- Mm baa 1 cert, S. much the more reaaon for ,,ew mMJ ,imrt bol j prelenj increaeeU diligence tn eUorta to ant I to ay ha cornea to aea ma over and ouat those who are on George i wih yoa eoald aea what a nice chaia and pin ha got Used to that locket he aenl me last winter, i heard be paid ten dollar for It. A think ' be bad bHIer aave hia money for I doot care any hmg about lU thry ail any we are ago ing to get inaried but that ia all tbey now about it y i told too all Ibout jim and bill in my other Ifttrr that i nt to rwvrrly theae are where tbe hoy are now wa have heard i mut coe for worthy. ; Capt. J. A. X kklt's compa- uy of IIoum: Urtard, out all laat week hunting deserter in th!a coonty, came into Town Saturday, to get rppjiea, 5jcc rtjMrt that they had found no deserter and could fiear of aertnoo RaitrMd. "I bare aa doaht ear Co fed rata Ezpren aw, a arretufcare, eoaneeicd wita tb Ya k- Etyrt Yaakeea ar her managing, mnUi iar fnKa Nortr. Tb Kapraaai aot eoaad In lpliaiate b aea. at it oraiejaf tb vitality of oar d t.-vtam, Gke Um aarajite or miaeltoe. Tby rfaeatTTiataJlBiiilaUe maUM.ialporpoat of licitinff ai l for this ... .... . ' ! r. ir..... l . , A ljIiiiL.C:E: riaiaff, if UdUboro , tle w-JJg, -ug, 0r fJSS publh.be a notice U.at van bunJred dol j naineg were l,-,rej , t,em M deser Tr r .11 be paid by LTiu, tn tbatf of a either at their toau in the l,berarman,of that pl.tvevery darter j Lr iMWlitl.u -d aoom of wbo w.il toloatarily return lo bia day in j t, ' ..... . . , , the army, pnwidrd hi only eriiOet oV ,f . . MAttMmnt . n(i ww ! rtVo at II B.. KU i.iali aaf..-k an a. ..f t ai t v Hir iitcu wa na tiriu fja ii, The Prtxrrav "that Gov. Vaxck'm ! helieve it to Wan, it ia to he hoped m f.tf aal .aa a caudd f r Mr. iKn'cli et in lb uie.iwnorea Ueaa may not lose tlieir Srnate. ai.J a aspirant for ti I resMkwy , reward of a gxj name ly the care at the cl- of .Mr. Davi' term.". Tbe-f lesnes of 'ftitia!ain not keeping a CoaarrMioW intimate tl.t the Proprru true record of the men. lias no lisjlu to make ihni aanoiiacnnent. 5 but ar "it ia irue ar liave beaid tbej f" We are glad to learn that Goverooi'a n me mei.tiotie! in connection j the Xorth Carolina Central Rail with the Scnatonbij..- lload Company have pot in opera- 1 tion a aystem of Exurng over SOLDIEKS' OUPIIAX FUND. their lloHl lori co, fr 'i,. Dr. Dicms recently veiled Moore ! tj, and that their charges are only; from thm vrrl time n.ne of the persotis whose names ihi lime for i am ia a bury writ toon to wore ijiven them as such, beinff hi lyour true friend 1, UlA IttUUl. AIout 8 o'tliH-k on t!i inoming of 23lli utt, we U-ft t'liarlmtowa, i an opprewire marth of i ten rtiij, ja scorching heat and (fvalin duat, cameauddeDry on a atuinhlinir block at tk lUIliinore and Ohio )Uil lloaJ, four mil, ' C.I I . mr k. trom DiM-paruitiown, i. -iiirroatr' were. ' aprerttly, abundant in thta parts, and vaae. It.a - loVf Riatlcva very aeriouv Tlif Jhe'eW- mai-ner im' sibfa the. Uoops werv bvungbt oj. in baitla line, Satteriea placed ia poaliion, kirmiab r sent forward and at Boon the fibi be gan in earnest. After1 an bour a vigorous belling and skirmiahing the en-my ftl i...k't. )' .l... t . .i i i . uw a iu uiavuvT, n-a.ifi. iiirfr u ao BBO wounded and aUo a ronaidfrahle lot, of priaonera ia oar band. We wr puabed in pomoil at onoe. and not until r laaded1 in Shepardatown waii I allowed timeenottgb to stop and take a gravel about ! tiaa of a partridge epeo"' 'f my liw. In ttw we ha fit minute )reNiliin;-l, hea aain vaa were mairhd ra.idl ? m down the rivr, whre w formM othrr "atreak offiirlil" auil urrd die IHNltw the water1 edge ; found no yauk.-r (o iM one at leaat) aouth ot tli lN.toaaaa at thi point, anUt urt la) dewa for a little rest E'irhl oVha.k at aighl foand us again tpovint; back toward Sbep ardatown, which 1 half mile fr.-ni ih riv- ar and tlire miles above the ford abara Iroof jpHierally croas hrre. i'naaiag thmash the town with tirroe rnuie at o'clock, at night, we wre irrM-o-.l with sbouta and ylla front all quarter ; evra tbe ladira seemed lo bare lut all control oftbemaeives and went dancing and clap ping their band ad wavin; bandker- chtei as if aa awtvera? matrinioDial day (or aigbt) bad been j-rrrltrm-d. Socb a oyoM welcome is wort i ii oiontht ser vice at any time. Keeping tli road a Martinsburg at midNight wetomed ia" three mitea from Cliarlrstuwru Nolwiih- standiagths men were ver) lirini, yr tha and Miifg-iuery -Counties for the $22,000 and in Moore f 10,000. aostajr eojupe; aad tb ebargr apoa wbieb are avnrv ewiadtiuf (ban apoa aierebandiaf. l ia laisk iia mi PiMtmaalr General thi la.ti-r! I ia ) of equal This pnk well for the liberality of ivipwl Lost tb Ufa. Scrrtary of War fcwk aLr tb-. kit of abW-eodtad OrOxlad clerka and oxaacer that oogbt to habma; to the Cotif"drai army iaird of thi aertiwu.bir rguuiaitoa ia tba Cmfedaracy f Tb-re i point in thi letter, certain ; and it it ntrt ai ail oUcore at that. ATLANTA. The fall of this now famed city, all. we !oubt not, most serionslj re gret. But in sucb caaek, Jegyet avail bnt little. Nothing but a firm conviction of our just rights, and a settled determination on the part of all never to submit to the domination of tLe Yankee Government, i the on!v way to overcome these difficul ties and reverses. S nce the opening; of the present caujj'iiin, onrsaccessbas been (wjth a fc fciceptions) brilliant, and, in many InstaDces, un parallel. When Graut first aAsumed command of the army of toe-Potomac -witlt an army larger &nd better equipned than any before it, manj had misgivings, but we are gratified to say ali these have vanifched, and victory on more than one T88ion, has gladdened the hearts of the people. So it will be in the present case ire tru6t. Al though Sherman appears to have tnale a small aivance, yet. with prudence, bravery and generalabip, we trust our forces there will be ab.j to rum his advance to bis de. fcatnd Bttcrtliscofafiiore. the people of those counties There are a largo number of these ; about double the ordinary Railroad rates. This ia agrvat improvementV and we hope the Company may per fect their system so as fall to meet the public requirement New CoioiA.iAiT. We learn unfortunate children who most lie j that Maj. Gee, of Florida, has been cared for, and it mast be done by j appointed to the Comoiarid of the those who are able. Tltetr fathers ; C. S. Prison, in this place, vtoCol hare jbeen slain in defence of the 1 1 Gilmer, removed for inabilitj ou ac country, and if no more fitting tri bate to their gallantry can be ren dered, this ought to be done. Col. Sfeek. We learn from Wm. II. Ileaves, Esq., that Col. Speer, Senator elect from the Yadkin Dis trict, that a late dispatch has been received by the Colonel's brother j stating that be was badly wounded, i count of bad health. A LIBERAL DONATION. W. P. Bernhardt of Catawba coonty ha given to indigent soldiers wives and widows 100 bos be Is of wheat, of tba pres entcrop. Wbo will beaUit t YANKEE LOVE LETTER. A friend in Early's army, has and not dead, as heretofore pnbliab. j 8eht os eeTe'"1 Yankee letters, pick- to up oil one vi uiv uaiue grounas ai in the papers of tbe State. SALrgjarxf Ar?esai. We learn which the enemy had to leave rath er too hastily to gather op ever from Geti. Onlets, No, TO, of Atljt. ithing .tht belonged to tbornOno and Inspector Gen. S. Cooper, that j 01 u'em mJ "'w - Irom the Government Foondry, blaksinithiom?fJ,ur I J. hop .and Laboratofj of -th0 -Ordt ller addressed in nance Department at this place, will the following epistle, doobtless ex- bereafter be" known as the -Salie-1 peee th full assartnee of hope bary Arsenal We regret to learn tbe death of Capt. A. T. Uort We were per son allj acqnaiu ted , with him and knew his worth. lie was a gallant soldier, an honest manj and a de voted friend. He was more, een, than that ; bat it is better told in oar obituary column. . as he read how "with the greatest of pleasure" Lydia seated herself to tell how glad she was "to hear from my (her) love once more." Hut we would readily bet a cent that before he got through he wished that that fellow "Jim," who gave Lydia a locket, last winter, and has lately added to it a nice chain and pin, afid is stamping aroocd there, was Tr ihs Watttaaaa. T11E EXPRESS COMPANY, kla. Editos : I agree with you that something should be duna either by way of dvalrwying or reforming our Eipreaa arraogniietiis. I will give yoa an inalanca or two of lbir charge. Qua lot of Catlings wet purcbaaed iu iprtafiburf, 8. C. and brought by Eiores to lltckory Tavern, N. C ihe Etprtit tkaryti txeetded tht tott of tht ffoodt ; to that llie owner could take choice of neiiing tba war and then uddtwj to the procttdt a sajSctracy to pvy therttght,vfU) keep lue good and pay the freight from other rctourera I ; A sraalj package, weigbiog abool three- fourths of a pouud, wa recently -ol by EiprrS trotn Columbia, 8. C, to Iltckory Taveru, sad lbs charge for Uaamraiion bf Expreea aaa eltvth dollars aud a kulf f tbe value of ti e package baing about one hundred and filty dollar. U has bMO osdi-ratood that for safety and dixpJtcb it waa noeMry to patrouise tbe Eiireaa Company. Why should ibis be sol Caniiot tbe Railroad Company make arrangement to t raw port eveu sraatl packages promptly and safely ! If they cannot, can tbey not so control tbe Expre Company aa to prevent tbe Road fronr becoming the medium of dnaor.iat enor mitieat UEFORU. Lenoir, N. C, SepL 6, '04. arms were acarcrly atarknf wl en f)aa were teen etrikinz out in ev y directiao foraffmif while a portion of thoae bo re mained went to wotkaoiking rattont, 1n all probability, for another expedition to morrow imilar lo 4 b on we bar bad toslad. At break of day the next mora ing the forsgers returned, many of them earlier, some later, e-ith their companiane f!,.'',f tbeir tnarrelous advcature,bir lireMjlb escapea, Ae. Manv did'nl ret further than the ai'tde ewbaTd, others fouwd a cornfield and "oodlr-s" of roatt- rrtfer; ome happenrd, by the mereal ac cident in the world, to Mumble into a spring bouae where it wa eMent milk and butler were to he bad for ! tbaa schedule prices: a few U-e hives aheep. L'u, duck bbv and curb like trifling article might be found bail concealed tome here in the neighborhood of camp; bo tbey got tlee is a inytery that has petsled graver aad bolder bda than mine. Since tba affair-at Sliepardwiowa thicg lava been compantively nniet, that ft. a quiet aa H ever gets ia u ValVt . l.y which we mena a mari-a a "akmnmage at met everv day, bat lortaad eay marvh ea and lignt Cglta. ll. tn force, I relieve, at varioas pnir.ta abote Harpers Ferrv, co!ia entirely tf ea vty , foe whom onr boy have tba mot wyfttm contempt. CitiMna in Sbepardttown lofd ntie Yao kee force there, on the 2&tb u)t. amounted to 8,000, yet tbey hardly stood for a show ing. The rame kind of a fight oecarred at SmithSeld (ir rnibr below Hanker Hill) on laat Monday, and yeoterrlay again our jdiviion bad a running fiht ;h tbem from Tsrkvilla to a,we y.art Iterond THE BA TTLE OF Martiwburg, in which the enemy Kt .nor STATION 0 EX. IIIVS OFFICIAL REPORT. ; nsjaxiciRTEiw 3u Corps, 1 "Aognst 31, 1864. : j "Colonel I have the honor to re port the correct list of results In the fight of the 25th, at Reams Station. We captured twelve stands of col ors, nine pieces of artillery, te cais sons, twen;y-oue hundred and fifty prisoners, thirty-one handred stands of small arms and thirty-two horses. "My own loss m cavalry, artillery and infantry i seven houdred and twenty men killed, wounded and missing. "Very reppectfallr, Lieutenant-Goneial. Col. W. U. Tatlok, A. A. G." The arm correspondent of. the Augusta, ia..Cim$titutionatid9 thus speaks of the fighting Governor of Tennessee ; Go Harris, tbe only Executive of tbe South v ho has smelt- powder and who knows 'the difference be tween the son nd of a mini ball and the song of a Robin, is out along the thatr naual in men arid l.nrv. iWidra tbaee captun d a conMtrnhla fjuaotity of Qaarteimaster and Vnmivry atorea in and around Martinkbarg, u h a boot, shoes, rlotbinf. pork, cracker Vc. An unopened yattke mail wai him captured, notbinpf of imiKirtHi.ro, bovrrcf, wa found. Two or tbrH of tlie letter are en eloel if Utey ar lit for ptiMiratmn, ex tract, St lat will appear. 1'bey are (air ample of all yanke Iritnr. We bar r iiocomplaint to m:le. The bet of hoattb pnvi! tU-ntv u eat aud jolly time gn-mlly. The . wi-a'bei1 co- tiaaea fine, the morning are xmi; alrnott frosty, but the day areirniiv4t-ry warm,. f; ll' If 1 wiin we are on a inarcn. NAT. Jfadher tlarn Iiumt.W't lesrn that, on Saturday night l:iit, the barn of Jasper Raper, lq , wan burnt, it being the work of an Tuceudiary. Salem ,I'ret$. Since the war the Federals have lost 51 Generals, of whom 36 were tilled inf battle and have died of diseases contracted in the service. Astronomers predict fbat in No vember of this year a meteoric dis- be of his gallaut TennesaeuuiB, in play of falling stars, giniihir to that , ; of XoTetnoer7l663, will lairpiact excdlentspiritav
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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