North Carolina Newspapers

Ik D. E. McRAK, A. If. GORMAN, EDITORS. . All letters on bttsine of the Office, to be ,Hrec(M f A. M. O ohm an fr Co. SATURDAY, JUNE 4,-164. on Ksivettovillc street, second door South i)t I'omorny'B Bookstore. Sign of the QuKKfcDKKATK FLAO.jgpJ "Airs." Mr HoMm thinks wo "put on airs," when w -xprss th- opinion, that hisi criminal con duct night, to m submitted to a "judge ami jiiry." W c.nf t the aih of a citizen who feels that I. in Suto li h been assailed by tho ud x t of one who knew better md ought to Inve acted i 1 1 V -sriitly, in her honor and intag- tbn air irt' a ciiiz-in who frIc in com- mm with all d and respectable men, th mortiiivMti'iu f seeing the fair nam i of N rt!i I'aroiiiwi dam ied by tho unworthy conduct i-ia puMic in.iii, tui whom better thing wi re to have berni expected. We hate the ray .i!so a p.oper, just and natural indig mtio.j, :.g.iiusl a oil i whosj selfish and mis i hivo'u conduct prolongs the war keeps the enemy iu continued occupation of our homo, would aid hid further advance, and who is ad mitted and recognized by the enemy to be iln:ir friend and ally of whjm we have been f.jt-eod, roIu'-t.Mitty and aj.kiudt uur previous frtling, t' ifdiik thai ho id at best with th'J uncuiirs of his mtry, and would av.ul hini sulf uf the ti.- t Mr: oop'u'liuiity to nuke that sympathy efitetiv In th'j l;iy- a!-! Mr. liwlduu apparently felt .iti i pitrio i; emotions, he put on airs'' if .i similar in I ;u.uijti. When iio said of Mr. N.it!ia;Vi i -yd m, that ho ws an abo litionist and a tury,,; ic was because .Mr. By .lui voted with Gidoinjis on the Mexican war. When he denounced Colt McLeod, Rev. Jesao Adams an I Asley Sanders, of Juhnstou, a traitors au l owls, it was because they propos al " neg ti itioU3 for peace." The difference ) ttwcKu ourself and Mr. lloldon is, that for the reasons hi g ivc, his denunciations were iiiiju t and unfounded though with reference v Mr. liyden, we fear, not misapplied. O.i Mr. lloldea's part those were airs put on'' mi o! th ) ' h'uesLarts" hu confessed to bo ia ii '.''.t of jiraoiiemj; among which is that it' aoiii);4 .i id fiUndrinr thy cliaracter of hi il nv ci; -us for parly purposes." But with js, tttc.u ao a i as, unquestionably but limy ;ir ,iir.i tha .Mr. Uldja dooa not and e.i;ni;t irc.Mtne the airs of an hontat but sor ro'.vful jndiriatiou agninst dement aud crime. We rp:;vt our opinion, that the Court Homo before jury, tho proper tribunal to hear his de- uoe. If any of" his fi ieiub induce us to appeir iu his behalf, shall only be obliged todo wbaj wc hive often heretofore bcn com polled by pro tV5 if il 'luiy to iIo-:ilKfeul a vory bad case; n ud vj fur aa we c iu see, we should be obliged to vcy for thy esoupe of our clieut upon teehui. ealttics winch li tve often sci veJ tho purpose of otlttnlor.s to evkL- the Jeuiaudi of justice. Wc tie not vvb'u Mr. llolden for a client. We have not long since ollered him the counsel of a disir.'' rested acquaintance, who wished him ill, and wouM have savetl him frocu much' exposure and digruce. If he lives long enough to repent, !if mnv vet anrtrcciate hown man m.iv nnnqpst j j 14- - J t -- . .ii At. At i a pome oinvr quiiiuica iu;iu muse or seinsa hypocricy. Mr. llolden repeats his stale and unprofita ble f;ilseh'Ml thut (i w. Vance h3"nr)t recpiircd 4vl. aMoUx! to .settle his acMunts," and tliis fi.mprls tho ropetion tint dclaya incident to the ditti'-ultinr, of importing floods, have pr v ntcd Him Ajjont of the Nta' now in Europj ironi I'urutshiui; hia aocoutt current, though .ill of his invoices fatec boeu received, or very n irly nil ; and to :uy una who wishes ti) ox uniuc, it will plainly app'ir that the writer l' t!iii hvwiot any fun-H of the State's in hig hands ; and it will be ftifth.'r seen, that a very Mit till um h:is altogether passed through his hands. TIj it by virtue of his authority, he surrendered the agency, as sori as he cora pleteil the nogotiatijn ; and that the only reason he did not select Mr. White to complete the business, was, because on full and frank e nsultation, it was not thought advisable to i-ubjeot Mr. White to the annoyances which Mr. Sanders was threatening. Now, we have a few words more to say tg Mr. Holdeii : ly complete testimony he has been proved to have abandoned his house, ami the female members of his family, to a law less mob; aud this, by his own confession, was for his personal safety. We shall not (.pceify under what title. this conduct comes, hut it i- nol. our idea of the bolducss and cour- . a:',c whh'h a Governor should possess. He ts now convicted of denying the use of language, about which ho cannot be mistaken, r or about which his memory cauuot be defi cient; and ho has repeated this denial after rnture retlectiea and deliberation. This 'language and the sentiments it conveys, will slow im proved on him not by one, but many uot on one occasion but on a multiplicity- not as a mere casual conversation, but a settled, matured conviction and purpose. And when this is proved, Mr. Holden, having invoked an issue of veracity, will stand , disproved and contradicted. We shall not specify the attitude of such a witness, but to o ir mind, such an one is -not so hedged in with truth, as to be a fit Gubernatorial repre- - tentative of ah honest people. . -r tT.ii a; .1 i; a; - mr. iioiuen is - puiiing ou air, iu au union to the old airs which ho has worn for a long MtiK until hnr odor ia not a' flweet aa a to . Ho ah-cady imar inos himself to He Governor and in the height of his fancy (jest as Wamba when he fancied hiijilf to bo Aethelstane) bw adds to an exposure offeimsolt which had ad ready become complete, this other folly UWI& give him notice; that if the war sliould be io, progress on the 1st of January, 1865, and he should be 'a conscript, as ho was'whea Got. Vance saved him from service by not requir ing him to settle his aocounta, we shall not in terfere to shiefdhim from yankee bullets." shall not interfere Wis Gov. Ilulden Governor WW. llolden "will not inter feru to shield him from yankee bullets. " But we have exhausted our sipac thw for . . . , another article. At present we only say thisMr. Holden the other day enquired if wo cuxdd not be prevailed on to go to tho army We answered yes, iu twenty-four hours, if he could be prevailed on. We submit another proposition : We will go to Lee's army, if ho will go to Grant's, where he ... i . i t At t. t. ,1n in li.a1p.iffh Will UO US less DftriU IU u ua vwaw - a for nine months poet. Another thing: if wo cannot get either pro position accepted, and wo should ever be obliged to go a.9 ft conscript, we mean to take Mr. Holden with u. TTe W mean to take htm Governor a- fif.vpvnor Mark our rrediction, " as he said to Mr. Hampton we meao, if we have to go, to me an argument will! him, that will in duce him to go with ns. And what a reception ice would meet with GOVERNOR Holdeo as a companion I Rarey never made a greater show when he tamed the wildest horse I News from Below. Our Kiuston correspondent informs us, that a courier reached that place on the lt iust., bearing a dispatch to headquarters, wiiTch represented the enemy as advancing in some force in the direction of Limestoue, Dupliu , county. They were seen by our scouts on tho White Oik road, at Young's crossing, in Junes county ; aud the Dews this morning, (the 2d,) says they are still moving forward, pillaging and plundering in Onslow county. Our military are after them. One hundred and twenty-two Yankees, were killed and wounded, (05 killed dead, and 67 wounded) at Bachelor's creek, nine miles this side of Newborn, (at the enemy's out post) on Friday last, caused by the accidental explosion of four torpedoes that the Yankees had pre pared for Neuse river at Spring Garden, tea miles above Newbern. m It appears that the Yankees were moving the torpedoes from the raiProad cars, to tho Com missary building at Bachelor's creek (with the view of taking them to the river) and in at tempting to put the fourth one into the house, the cap of the torpedo came iu contact with some solid substance, and exploded, tearing the building iuto fragments and causing the ex plosion of the three inside the house killing and wounding both in and out of the building. The explosion is said to have been terrific. It was distinctly heard for thirty miles ground. Lt. Wells, one of the most consummate villians tU lllO Yiuku vviilvv (fiutu all 2?JOUQt-",) amongst the killed. Tilghmau, the tory, who broke jail there about two weeks ago, has taken refuge in tho yankee wigwam at Newbern. He appeared to ihe euemy's pickets at Deep Gully, on lat Thursday, representing himself as a de serter from tho Southern army. Tilghman is about fifty soveu years of ago ; ho never wag in our service. Our correspondent says ' Mr. Holden's friends have becomo very despondent of late, and have given up the contest for Governor. Gov. Vance's friends appear to ba in high spirits. As for my part, I havo no candidate; but as things uow stand, I shall voto for Vance." . Speaking of the above Yankeo disaster, the Goldsboro' State Journal says : At the scone of the disaster it is said the Yankees had erected a tall tower or lookout, iu the top of which a Yankee was at the time pos ted. The tower suddenly disappeared, and if tho sentinel on that tower has yet boon found our informant has not heard it. The explocion was heard twenty miles, and created great consternation iu the garrison at Newbern. rIhe long roll wai beaten, signal guns were fired, and every preparation was quickly made to meet the Rebels. SuJii a scene of wild confusion is said to have existed in the good old town as has never been ex ceeded, except in the immediate vicinity of the explosion. - The Conservative says we have "done the Legislature great injustice," in pronouncing as a "nullification" act, the law passed at its recent session 'more effectually to secure the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus " and denies, by implication, (it does not stultify itself by saying so,) that "it is not a measure calculated to bring about a conflict between the Confederate and Stae Governments." Let us see : the Congress of the Confederate States has passed a law suspending for a given time the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus in other words, enacting that in cases specified, the writ is to be disregarded. Tho Legislature of North Carolina hxssiii&c passod a law, for the purpose of "more effectually" securing the privileges of this writ, which fines and imprisons any one, making no ex ceptions, in the State who shall disregard the writ, as the law of Congress 6ays he may do. Now doe not this State law "nullify' the act of Congress, if its provisions are carried out ? And woule not a conflict between the two Governments be the result, if the respective authorities should persist iu enforcing the laws which they were appointed to execute ? The proposition is too plain for argument. One of the ablest conservative papers in the State says : It will probably depend upon some decision of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, (to meet on tho 13th inst.) whether a collision be tween the Confederate and State authorities can be avoided. This law and the law of Congress suspending the habeas corpus writ are directly in conflict, and the Court most d judge one or the other to be uncdnstttulional T! e Cotecrrutf'rc alleges that ve Lave done Mr. Nfc Boydc n 'ami a!j E. Warren peri, ous injustice," iu yin toaV . their views and Mr. Holden's were identic When either of these gentlemen make ts. complaint for them selves, then we may V ,egia to think - we may have done them injyttee. ,1he Conservatif 9 asks m what evidence we have that Alessrr.. Boyilen and Warren's views aro identical wi u, Mr. H.ddon's. We reply we have no 'videnee to the oontrary, and much of a cjTrrelative character in the affirma tive. Tby ppcftk the same language they blow tb same horn, and eat out of the same r ,. i- . j spoj'U ir. noinen coronnmenis mem, anui 1 . 1 . ' , ootids with expressed fiatisfaction the speech. of "Mr. Hoyden on " the nullification bill, of vrhich he is the father, which Mr. Holden toys h will have the pleasure of laying before, his readers at an early day. Of conrse Mr. Boyden has promised to furnish it all written out for his friend and roUtical associate, Mr . Holden. He had previously published Mr. Warren's protest " with tho greatest pleasure If they are not, all three Mesf-rs. Holderr Boyden and Warrf-n of the same brood, hen "We are no judge of duck puddle ducks especially. We advise the Conservative to say of them aa the fellow FAid of his Bweet-bear1 who bad jilted him" Dod drot 'em let em go." The Peace Movement. The following piece of good-humored irony, is from the Richmond Examiner. It ehows up in a pleasant sort of way the futility of these pre. tended peaoe movements and the demagogucism of .Mr. Holden and his agitators iu theirattempt. ing to make the people believe that they can procure some sort of a peace ; which explains in a manner not offensive to Gov. Vance and his friends why they had to create a peace hubbub also. The whole thing is well treated and dis posed of in this article from the Examiner; Mr. Davis thinks, no doubt, that he has si lenced Governor Vauce and the Buffaloes, " who crv out for 44 negotiating a pence," by civilly reminding him that he has already tried three ways of entering upon something like a negoti- . ation : first, by Commissioners to Washington, who would not be received ; seoond, by a letter from Mr. Davis himself to Lincoln, which re mains unanswered ; third, by the effort.of Vice President Stephens to go to Washington, which was defeated by Mr. Stephens being ordered back from fortress Monroe. The President, we say, appears to think he his puzzled the -. . . i; i ll . 1 Governor or worm uaronna oy rc-caumg roese facts, and by requesting him again ns he be fore requested him through Senator Dortch, to be good enough to pu a few suggestions in wriu log, "as to the mciod of opening negotiations, and as to the erms which you Z. Vance thought ehouWbe offered to the enemy." The Present is mistaken if he thinks he has reduced Mr. Vance to silence so very easi ly. Kb such thing. We will not sto tho Governor of a grout State cornered iu this Sort of way ; aud beg to make him a suggestion. There is a method we have found it in the course of our historical reading -which ha can still propose and urge, to the confusion of the President ; as thus: When King Edward the Third's army-wes before Calais, as Lin coln's is uow before Richmond, uud the garri son was soro bts4, wo read, iu Sir John Froissart's Chronicle, that King Edward, like Lincoln, was exceedingly absolute in his de mand of Unconditinai Submission : 'Then the kiug said ht wuuM none otherwisebut that they should yield them up simply to his pleasure." But afterwards, on the interces sion of Sir Gatjltier Dh Mauuy, he vouchsafed to think of a method of negotiation: "There fore, Sir Gaultier De Manny, ye shall go and Bay to the capitayne as itwere Mr. DavisJ that all the grace that he shall find now in me is, that they let six of the chief burgesses of the town come out, bare-headed, barefooted and bare-legged, and in their shirts, with hal ters about their necks, with the keys of the town and castell in their hands, and let them yield themselves purely to my will; and the residue I will take to mercy." And when the six chiet burgesses had offered themselves, and were duly accoutred, the Chronicler pro ceeds : "When Sir Gaultier in room of Governor Vance J presented these burgesses to the king, they kneeled down and held up their hands, and said, gentle king, behold here the keys of tho town and of the castell, and we Bubmit ourselves clearly unto your will and pleasure, to save the residue of the people of Ca lays, who have suffered great pain. Sire, we beseech your grace to have mercy and pity on ns, through your high noblesse. Then all the earls and barons, and others who were there, wept for pity." Now what could be more simple, fand will not the President look confused when Mr. Vance j proposes so obvious a method ? ") what more natural, than that a choice delegation of Con federates, say the President himself, and all his ministers and the governors of each Confederate State, should save Mr. Lincoln the trouble of even suggesting the plan, but just go at once in their shirts and baiters, and so buy for the rest of us pardon and peace? It is true that King Edward was at first very gruff, and looked upon them felly, " and sent for the hangman to string them all up before his eyes; but the weeping of the earls and barons touched him much perhaps Chase and Stanton and the other peers and paladins might wash out our offences too with their tender tears: and besides, we read that The Queen as it might b'e Mrs. Lincoln being then preat with child, kneeled down, and 'sore weeping, said, " oh gentle sire, " &c. So they were pardoned, together with all the inhabitants ; and the Chronicler recounts in the next chapter how King Edward turned all the inhabitants out of their houses, and re-peopled Calais with English men. This hint is modestly offered for the Gover nor's next letter. After all, there i3 another view which may be takeu of this whole matter a grave, a se rious, and in North Carolina almost a solemn view. The fact is, that an election approach es ; and a more violent and bellowing "Buf faloe" than Mr. Vance, who seeks to be Gov ernor, is pressing him hard by working upon the more ignorant and stupid of the people, and promising them "peace on some terms ;" so Mr. Vance is forced, in order to take the wind out of the roar-of that most foaming "Buffaloe," to affect to be a Buffaloe -himself also : but as little as possible. You observe how very moderately he expresses himself in his letter, and how he even gently intimates that his procedure is only a concession to a senseless clamor. We should thus, he says, "convince the humblest of our citizens, who fometimes forget the actual situation." And again, "Though statesmen may regard this offer of negotiation as useless, the people will not." And he ends with remarking that he has no suggestion to make abont the 1 method or terms of said nejotlations "The i fjfort to r !tlnj!cacejMhe,i)TincipaLnialter VV'e To- Vvbt hft ranAxartly : he min that. for tfc" purpoae of l.i electitnv, aud U tuba tho wirnl out fl tJi sails of the i.her Buffaloe" there is lie need of any sensible or practical pngestiori at all the- fforl or pay even ti;4 sham )( an effort. so6h as this Ietter,"to gt somebody else to maka ftn eflf)rt to. obtain prftce thta it ficems ia needed to. give him the capital he, needs a mongsf those highly intelligent citizens wbona he has char HCterfr.c! bove, 44 who sometittve forget thft .actual tntion-" ? t t ; Nw, vho be these inormus ? Ther are not in. the srmy' certainly." The roUHera of North Carolina do iot 'forget the' act rial situation," lor it presses nrji them W.kh. K hdern a TRatitv every day We do believe , " r, i v: Vi . t T . that Mr. Vance hbels hiaSfate, whea&egivea jj, nnderstood that vuch a pure ic of cilice and Ideal lunccsmbe we usetaat word by ''a&on of its local application 4s needful to ,.im in carrying his election before tho. yeopto, or in drvin p the "sources of dis content' he .f talks of. We have met ome sentible mx from North Carolina, and we feel almost, sure that they will not be well pleased to rtt ar of their Goveiior dabbling at all in . those-P'jnrce of discontent." For the rest, the reply of the Praident to Governor Varfce must be allowed to. be Cuu- l elusive-, straightforward and thorough. It there weranvthmg batst in the whohi or. cry abotit NVjj'Totiatioafrr Peace," this letter would silence 5t for the jemaiuder of the war. From the "Wilmington Journal. " Gen. Braxton BTasg" We confess that "W were not a little sur prised, and still lAcre paired to find in the Kichmoud Enquire of the 27th ult., an ela borate article of a olumu and a quarter in length, devoted to bitter, and, we think, jll tirned censure of te officer whose name heads this article, as it does that of the. Enquirer, to which reference is made Thj ostensible ground for this assault upon Gen. Bragij at this critical time this renewal of old complaints and raking up f old griev ances, is foundin the-fact that Congress has a bill before it to increase the pay of the General commanding the armisaiu Richmond, so as to make it equal, it is supposed, to that of generals commanding armies in ths field, at any rate, to make insufficient to meet his daily expenses at tue se4t ot government. It is hardly worth while to do more than allude to this, however, since the. reader as he progresses-with the Eunirfr'a article ia'&oon enabled to discover the ratfeause of this other wise nnaccouttable attack on fJcn. Bra. Gen. Bragg has laid, or is supposed to have 1-dd, his official hand upon two Virginia Gen erals. Pickett and BartoQ worse than this, he has hern guilty of recognizing the merits of a North Carolina General lloko, Ilinc illce lachrymal Now,we are frre to say that wohave never been amongst those who particularly admired Get.. Bragg. Perhaps, indeed, wc have gone too far in Our expression of opposite opinions ; but for all that, wo can still seJ that even if we or others do not admire Gen. Bragg, we are not on th it account relieved from the obli gai ion to do him justice, nor permitted to strike at other meritoiious ofiicers over his, shoulders. . " We havo no wish to fnn the flame of jealousy between North Carolina and Virginia, which the Enquirer has shown itself so ready to enlunJle and revive, and fchall therefore say little about its favorite generals, Pickett and li-ot-n, v.Uo, no douot, are cierer gentlemen and brave soldiers, even if the litter is some what slow, aud the former is said, like Sampson, to carry his strength iu his hair, aud to lay more stress upon bat. is on thau what is in his head. The Enquirer says that "Barton, fell from a fij-e in the rear, " in tho midst of his glory &c, &c. Perhaps so, but if so, "public opinion," which the Enquirer, in this same article, makes its criterion of merit, might easily be quoted as saying that this must have happened because he did not get near enough the enemy at Newbern to get a " fire in the front." A military couTt, wo believe, has passed upon this, and we there fore pass over it. We merely allude to it out of deference to the inquirer's standard of merit. The Enquirer, speaking of Gen. Pickett says : 44 Pickett, that hero of Gettysburg, that histori cal companion of McDonald and Ney, " etc. The Enquirer is speaking of a Virginia General, and we know it is serious, but were not this the case were it. speaking of a North Carolina General we should suspect it of the bitterest irony. But as we see that no irony is intended, we must suppose that the Enquirer did actually think that McDonald rind Ney were only dis tinguished for pertonal bravery, t that common qualify of soldier." Wg will not deny to the Enquirer's friends, Generals Pickett and Barton, any merits that may be claimed for them, but since the Enquirer has chosen to claim and set up "public opinion " in and out of the army, as the criterion of the merits of General Bragg a North. Carolina man it cannot fairly object if others apply the same test to those whom he has offended, and claim that tbey be measured by the same rule, even if they should happen to be Virginians. Why did the first Newbern expedition fail ? Why did G?n. Barton fail to attack ? Why did Gen. Pickett order a hasty retreat to Kin ston, leaving Gen. Martin, who had carried everything east of the town, to take care of himself as best he could ? Why such hot haste or the part of General Pickett to get back to Petersburg ? "Public opinion," outside of the army at least, would like to know. The Enquirer says: "While Barton and Pickett fell, Hoke rose." "One general pro moted, two relieved.' Again adopting the Enquirers criterion of "public opinion." may we not be permitted to ak whether that "opin ion" does not award to Gen. Hoke the palm of superiority oyer those whom it names in this connection ? Not even the Enquirers Srate prejudice, we think, will refuse to Hoke the preponderance in achievement, nor hesi tate to admit that one good general, a veri table young "Ney" or "McDonald is vorth several less able or efficient commanders, even though the latter should be favorites of that paper. But however the Enquirer may rea son, 4,public opinion' will so decide, where all are known, and their merits have been recent ly tested. The Enquirer should know that the "little, mean, piddling campaign against Newbern' which that paper charges upon Gen. Bragg, was planned by Gen. Hoke long before Gen. Bragg was placed on duty in Richmond, and would have been successfully finished long before Butler reached Bermuda Hundreds, had its favorite Gens. Barton and Pickett, dene their duty, or had their places been filled by Hoke. Such is "public opinion." The President's reputed censure of General Pickett for this failure is enough to fix "pub lie opinion" in that regard. If one, neither a West Pointer nor a Metro politan journalist, may be allowed to venture an opinion, the opinion we would advance would be that "discipline" is equally impor tant with "organization," and while we accord to General Cooper all that i claimed for him iltc wtaMwb hi4'rx iArsd victory t le t vicrori- ti corps." ?i "Oo," a censor, tt, that Ger.cral Bragg is no fayoiu'rta-C'f ours. buttoere is, or uuaht- r-h, reason in all things, a rar.tm which the artio. in tho law qvirerrf the 27th so outrrvgoy&ly viplaies, that we have felt called upw to devxta sorue time at.d f pace to a tmtica of Its .assertions aad deductions.. AVo fchouV) regret; indeed, if any remark of onrs, howerer they may appear to us to bare been piovoked, should have the tendency.to add X)t& weight of a feaihar to- the nriscrabU jealook-s vt cich will unfortuaattly spring up betwYfrtt States whoso destiny u ono and whose peril is one! Surtly Virginia has such a galaxy of bright names to be proud of, that she of all the States in the Confeder acy can Jatsi afford to be above pf. Jty. preju dices. Surely her sons occupy vo many, so very many high positions in tho public ser vice, that grumbling comes with an ULgrace fronvany of hfr organs of "public opi.Tion." . Gen. Bragg, we admit, ha been unfortu nate, if having to 1 all back before overwhelm ing odd be so classed ; bat so was the noble Virgiuiaa, Albert Sidney Johnston, snd so is tliat other noble Virainia boldier, Joseph E. Johnston. The Jatter' has fallen back, and backhand back. Had Bmgg been in command in Norihern Georgia, and done just what Joa. E. Johnston has doiie-, tln ro would hivw)een 'one denial, universal howl." Now it is all right, and wo agree. Gen. Bragg, we must think, ia also unfortu nate in hi temperament. There must have been bomething more than mere fortuitous circunibtances causing hi into disagree with' and ceiisui e nearly all his subordinates in the field. His usefulness certainly was Unpaired by this, aud he was not withdrawn an hour too soon. But let him have what credit is duo to him as a brave man, a systemizer aud a disciplinarian, and let Mm not be charged with faults, if they be faults, of which he ia not guilty. President Davis ordered the North Carolina campaign, whether it was "piddling" or not, as charged by the Enquirer, and ho persisted in keeping the troops there until about the 2d of May, whtjii he ordorod them to be aeut to Petersburg. That campaign had to yield to I the more pressing dpmands in Virginia, but i it was not devoid of glorious results, although the Enquirer does sneeringly refer to the twinkling of "the little star that shed a its radiance from Plymouth." From the Richmond Examiner, June 2. THK WAR NEWS. The people could think of nothing ch?e or talk uf nothing else yesterday than the news from Gen. Lee's army. There seemed to be an impression that tho great battle would come off, and the booming of the enemy's guns, heard at an early hour yesterday, increased the public anxiety for the news, Rumors continued to fly through the city, and it wns not until late in the evening tho true situation of affairs became to be generally kuown. There was nothing like a general fight yes terday. The day's operations begin about fire o'clock in the morning, by a reconnois sance made by a portion of Longstreet's corps of the enemy's position about two miles from Shady Grove Church, or five miles to tho right of Mfchrinicsvillo. The principal fighting occurred just this side of the ground upon which the battle of Cold Harbour was fought by McClrllari in the campaign of 18G2, aud our men "are said to have held the identical posiliou occupied then by his forces. The fighting grew to be quite sharp abont peven o'clock, when the Cmfederate troops charged the enemy and succeeded in driving them from their breastworks and capturing a stand of colours. At 8 o'clock the fighting ceased, but pkir mihing was kept up contiuually through the day, principally on our right. A gentleman who left th front at four o'clock yesterday evening, told us that every thing up to that hour had progressed favorably for us, that we had repulsed the enemy in every advance, and our army was in splendid trim and spirits. So far as we are advised the day ended well for us. There was a rumor last evening, that whilo this fight was going ou, a portion of our army moved on the extreme right and took p.ysnes-t-ion i f the ground near the W bite House cutting off Grant's communication with it ' but ve have failed to get auy confirmation of the report. The enemy were yesterday at Ashland. TI1E FIGHTING DURING THE MONTH OK MAY. Tho month f May, which has just closed, might be justly termed "bloody May.' The terrible and unprecedented carnago in Vir ginia, Georgia, and other portions of the Con federacy where tho opposing armips havo met, would seem to give it that designation. A friend, who has taken the trouble to make a rough estimate of the killed in battle since the first of May, has giveu us the benefit of his calculation : In Virginia. .....Yankees, 30,000 " " ...... Confederates, 10.000 10,000 In Georgia Yankees, 12 000 " " Confederates, 6,00017,000 In the West Yankees, 9,000 " Cod federals, 4,00013.000 Total killed in May, : : : 70,000 Both atmies have suffered severely in the loss ot officers. In Virginia alone, since the commencement of the long fight with Grant, we have lost nineteen Generals seven killed, ten wounded-and two captured. The names of the killed are Smart, Jenkins, Stafford, Jones, Junus Daniel, Gordon, of North Caro lina, and Perriu, of South Carolina. Those captured aro General Edward Johnson and General Walker. The Yankee loss in Geucrals is equally as large as ours. The New York Herald itself admits the following loss: Killed: Major General James E. Wadsworth. Major General Sedgwick, Brigadier General Ilayne?. General Webb, General Taylor, Bailoy. Wounded : General Josh. T. Owens, (since dead,) Gene ral T. G. SteveDson, General James C. Rice, (dead,) General Getty,' General Talbott, wounded in bowels, General Robinson, in leg. Captured : General Seymour, General Shaler, General Neal and General Heckman. Re capitulation : Killed, 5; wounded, C ; captur ed, 4. Total, 15. .. . . . tT Gov. Vance will speak at Lexington, Monday, TJune 6th, . Salisbury, Tuesday, June 7th, Concord, Wednesday, June 8th, Davidson College, Thursday, June 9th, Dallas, Friday, June 10th, Lincolnton, Saturday, June 11th, Shelby, Monday, June 13th. Rutherfordton, Tuesday, 14th, Hendersonville, Thursday, June lCih. Asnevi we, naay, J une 17th, Marion, Monday, Jane 20tb, Morganton, Tuesday, June 21st, Lenoir, Wcducbday, June 22 J. .as r i tbeir conttpuei;cffloi.nry, by weeding .nt l..1444 vs i25?CfATlON. rpkanaiit and worthy :sontiemeu wha fail. to j',,. :r7 --t --v---- -nr.. QtuV in time, v (, , , mZf br j 8TflaA1, , V c AMr j; tT J4 r ItVi IH P 11 Tn j, ,A I XJ 10, w5 iBiriKi oori or uie t oniederata ' for the ANrrthern !i.trict of CUor.a. Uu Dvqvx General "Lee'a pKSPKR ATE ..PI0.UT1NQ, OUR ARMS VICTOBlOUa. SfABR'i u, Jan 2. General Hampton fought, .telfloa'a difii..n 0f Yankee cavalry aesr Atblaod yterdr, defeatu and puruing it over three miles and enuring some seventy-fire prlffonera sod three bundre4 Dorset. Our loss Is ettimxled at aaventv-fiva, a ne enemy during the day yesterday, aiaultea tr lines at various time in front of Heth's and ttods divisions and Anderson's corps, and weru handsomely repulsed each time. About dark yesterday, ' three 'division, of tba sixth yankee corps, SMaalted Hoke's division, eausing Ciingman's N. C. brigade to give way for a while. Colquitt's Georgia brigade- qaickiy eametoits assistance, recovering nearly all the grount Inst by Clingman. Oar loss !ot ovr 2,00 and we captured about CO prisoners. A gj.,l many of our niou are uirsing, but it Ji supposed that they will come in this morIng. The enemy were found to have abandoned the rrontof A.P.'HUPs corps, thoir lines stretching from Atlee's nearly around to Meehanicsvitte pike. Wilcox's skirmishers pushed forward and brought & about 100 prisoners. This evening about 4 o'clock, Ewell flanked the enemy on Mechanicsville piko, on their right, capturing oror rivo hundred prisoners, Including ten conimlaiond ctrioers, mottly from th9tb, 10th, llth and 12th regulars In the 6th corps; and at 7 o'clock Ewcll hd taken three Htws or the enamy's breastworks. Our loss aot heavy, but amonc tho killed, Is Brig. Gen. Doles of Ueor" gU, skcoxd tusriTca. Kichkoxd, Juno 3. i. . . t . . i t i , . tnv wirukug v nts usucrca in oy icua reports or canhonading north of the city, continuing until nearly ten o'clock. About noon it was ascertained that the enemy had attacked our lines on the right with desperate energy, but had been repulsed with ease. The assault was renewed several times with, fresh troops, many of whom it is said wore drunk, but every attempt to break through was repelled and the purposes of tho enemy effectually foiled. Anderson commands our right, II ill the centre, but only a portion of the Utter were engaged. Karl y commanding E well's corps on the left, attacked the enemy in his front, and drove them some distance. Gen. Lee was at Gaines' mill this forcnoou, in good health and excellent spirits. President Davis and Gen. Bragg rodo to tho front this iiflernoon. AU the accounts received are decidedly favor, ablo, and concur in representing ths enemy's loss in killed, very heavy ours comparatively light. About one thousand prisoners have been captured. Among the casualties on our side are Generals Kirkland and Lane, of North Carolina, woundod ' tho latter seriously. The tranquility of Sun lay prerails In tho city. Seven hundred prisoners arrived at tho Libby tlda afternoon, captured yesterday. Capture of a Yankee Strainer. Savakkah, June 3. The Yankee steamer Water Witch was boarded and captured, with the entire crew, after a des perate fight, early this morning, by a detachment from the Savannah squadron. Lieut. Pelot, who led our men, was killed, together with the pilot and a few others. The enemy was repulsed at Baldwin, Florida. Confederate Congress. LicniiOND, Juno 3. Tho Senate to-day adopted a resolution reques ting the President to make exposition to Euro pean powers, through our Comralasioners, o' tho attroeitics of the enemy in the prosecution ef ths war. The House bill amending the act authorizing army officers to purchase rations, wasjpasscd, with am.-ndmonts. Also, th; Ssnate bill providing for the payment of property illegally Impressed. A!s' apropriauon diu tor tue next six months, amount ing to three hundred and fifty-six nuT.iona. From the Georgia Front. Th Atlanta Liltlligencer of Tuesday, my it had just learned frou a responsible Borneo that about half-past 8 wVlock last Sunday night, the enemy assaulted our lines along their whole front, but especially furious on our left and centre, about New Hope church. . The assaults were dctoraiined, and tho fighting on both sides very severe during thrco or four hours, and was kept up during the en tire night, but our soldiers repulsed them at all points, and at more thin one position drove them into and from thoir own entrenchments. The last was a battle-field report. We think it doubtful because it is to our interest duriuir a night assault, to keep our line of battle in tact and let tho enemy waste his strength in futile efforts Gen. Johnston has b.?n expecting a night attack for everal nights past, and was well prepared for the onset. Our men were well entrenched for advantageously meeting tho assault. We cannot learn tho loss on either side, but the most reasonable report we have, u that our Iss ia very slight. The Atlanta Confederacy has seen a copy of the official dispatch aunounciug Cleburne's repulse of the enemy Friday eveuiog. It states: "On the evening of the 27th, (Fri day) the enemy attacked Cleburne fiercely and was fignally repulsed. Our casualties fiv hundred. The enemy loft seven hundred daad on the field. At night Cleburne attacked and routed them, capturing two hundred prisoners without, loss." A rumor prcvaijed in this city a day or two ago. that the Yankees had made a raid on tho Wilmington and AVeldon Railroad, and had burnt a bridge between Goldsboro' and Wil mington. The rumor was without foundation. J and the force reported by our Klnston corres pondent, turns out to htve been a very small affair, pearcly amounting l0 a foraging patty. w