North Carolina Newspapers

Wat Conf e&rate. JL K. ilcKAE, A. X. UOKMAK, on business of the Office, to be kirectrd to A. M. Gorman & Co. '.TUESDAY, JUNK 23, 13G1. The Situation. The telegrar h line is operating through to Petersburg and Richmond, and these places arc uo looser isolated from communication with the Ccnfederacr. The lines ftrouU the South of Petersburg arc kept by the respective armies, and both are without doubt strengthening their, fortifications. Daring the part week there were, from dy to "day, henry skirmishes, reach ing at times to hard fruightbattles-bctween per tions of the army of Oon. Ie a,d the forces of Grant. Iu all of those, the balance of success ii with ub. Oar casualties have been com paratively few. The number of prisoner taken by the enemy has amounted ti a scarce per ceptible loss; while in killed and wounded they have suffered heavily, and wc have captured from t?Hi to time in' round numbers about thirty-five hundred. Their desertion arc frequent and in con-i,t-r:ible numbers and all these tell one tale d disaffection, demoralization and a general dis; inclination in Grant's army for further fighting. " The spirit of our Iro-.ps continues sanguine and confident; not a soldier that we see . cr hc: ..f, who d.3 not pcak with entire as surance .four ultimate triumph, conclusively and tS-cwally, over Grant. They laugh to iicorn tfi doleful, disire.-v.ing, melancholy, des iring note, of ho?cle.H and gloom . which fill th s'"r 1-irc in the ivar ; they des pi the arithmetician .who (cyphers them- B(.lvcM as far a- any uafulne. U concerned,) bif working out Iftng U-U of t0 iu.v the f-'ariul diminution in our rank, and th-y very naturally wbh tlut some of those cypters would take the right side of the line, aud thus occupy a hpsitiou where they might count at least :w a unit. An hour with one of thVwcj bronzed and begriin-ul inhabitants of the' ' trpir:h;.is. refreshing as ahower of rfsul- try day. They inspire, encourage and exalt 1 tho patriot's wishes, and respond to his cheer anticipations. For our own put, though participating in tint just and mtural anxiety which arises from the importance the momentous impor . .tanca of the situation our confidence has never abated. .On every principle of war, it U d-mon'.tMted that Grant' movement so far : A f s;iMl-3 ; acttcntori f shifts and strata . v-crns, coulWtng inability to succeed in tho ' "rigiu.il .Iciigu, and giving evidence oftlu ne cc.wity of jch.iug ?. ' . Iri utterly impossible, at'tlris distance, to ;nj..cturo, much lew to say with any pre r.Uion. now' long this state of things may last, i.r whf.f or how shall be the end thereof. Thin can only bo attempted by those oracles who are pressed cf inspiration whose com moditi.: cf prophesy, of the past and future, are thrown ou tha market at tho value ot the dipo t r. These neither begot events nor con trol them ; they only describe their idea of them ; and with intelligent people this ouht to Ihj 1: armless. If w judge by experience, Gen. Lee will deliver battle at the right time,' and in the right way, and with the risjht result. Thii is a comforting assurance, because founded on experience. The raiders'ou tho Danville road have uouo extcusive mischief; to what exact extent, we are not able to J-ay ; but we fear they hare torn th- track for wore than twenty milei. At Staunton bridge, between Burkcvillo and Pinviile, they encountered our forces, and were gually repulsed with the loss of about two hundred, killed and wounded. They were retreating at the last account, by a sin gle road, and Chat is said to have been blocked in their rear. May they " corns to grief 'of o't Americui and Charleston, which is the same thing. In the cour.se of tho diy, we trust to have dif patches fur tha . press. If wo had received them sooner, we should not have written this "editorial ; for tho weather is not cool ther mometer 04 collards dry and threatening collapse gardens nltogether in the drought and not a "damper," except the far-off re ports of rain in Georgia, and the dampers of these everlasting cyphers who work their bra has day and night to add up Confederate losses. May tho day come when a glorious Tictory may subtract all their occupation'from them when peace, independence and pros perity may be multiplied throughout the land, ,and the fruits thereof -so divided among loyal t people, that naught will bo left for those who have been tories in heart, speech and writing. buf crniEUs. Since writing the above,, we have rumors from GreecsboTo' that tie entire command of . Kautz, ' the Raider, has been captured by Fitz Lee and Dearing. If this be true, raid ing, with a loss of artillery, horses, men and officers, don't work out by ny rule in arith metic except REDUCTION. , Tho cloudo, loo, common, natural, halth revtvicg, garden and collards'-restorinp; clouds are loon-iing up; gocd, capital rain-thunder 18 mutteriDg ; fine, air-purifying lightning is flashing, acd such a breeze! and we in white pantaloons, thin, shoes, away from home, and no umbrella! Kare Goods at Auction, It is not often that so rare a sale of artloles is otfered at Auction, as tbe lot advertieed for aext Saturday by Messrs. Tucker, Andrews & Co. And they havo tor sale privately, a choice and superior lot of Cloths, Ladies Dress Goods, &c. The well knowo.reputatioa of this new firm will ensure for it a large business in the Auction and Cotninisfiion trade. Naval Stores In the year of glorious memory, AID. 1840V Mr. Iloldco,' then just eipandiftg from a pro-' mising youth into a self-made man, was bitting: in the midst of an assembly, with a coon in one pocket aui an opossum in the other, in a leg: cabin, in presence of a barrel of cider whieb-had: arrived at a stage-called hard: and tbe occupa tion of the rhing statesman was to dip from, this open barrel the exquisite beverage which he carried to his lips with a vessel that was spelt with a G, but did not ppell goblet, but gourd. Two years passed over his head, and he sought to be a Star;" and when he couldn't, he floated h a 44 Standard, " and on his folds in- . t-cribed eternal hate to 44 R ink-bought, Federal British Whigs, " whose soubriquet he afterwards abreviated into "Mexican Whigs;" and again subsequently changed into "Know frothing" and "Abolitmnists," . The log cabin to which we have alluded the early political residence of Mr. Holden was constructed of unseasoned pine poles, hewn with hatchet3, and from out the pores of the wound ed tree there oozed and issued the fresh clear turpentine an article that iticks with a tenaci ty mora enduring than Mr. II olden's "views I and principles." We "well remember on the memorable morn, when ushered by a real Shepherd iato a new fold, Mr. Holden saluted the world as "alway:va democratic republican of the school of'OS-'OO, " and become thenco forward a Standard of censistency and unselfish ness." We well remember to have scanned hia breeckes on that distinguished day, and to have een how glazed and sticky about the seat they were,' and somewhat rent, like one who had long been iaeoutact with seme resinous matter and had 44 torn away " with difficulty. HeDcc the 44 odor -of Naval Stores, " which disturbs Mf. Holden's olfactories, is his own smell. It is the oder of his early instincts and it will alwyi surround him, .for it was "virgia dip." The Teace Hospital. We have received a communication signed 44 A Wounded m Soldier," in which grievous complaints are made of the treatment of the swldiersi inmates of this institution. We have also heard from several of the citizens of Kal eigh, that the soldiers complain, from house to house, of 'the hard fare at the Hospitals that tho food is improperly distributed that portions of it ar unfit for use, unpalatable, and iiuwnclesome. Other citizensAmng in the neighborhood of the Peace, Hospital complain, of the offensive odors abmt the place and neral want of eleaulinesi. We do not .adopt these complaints, because ' we know nothing of the facts, and we aro sure that the Surgeons haviog these Institutions i charge are prepared to refute their justnc3, or if any , mal-practice or neglect has crept in, to cor rect it. Tho influx of wounded m&n has been sud den, and perhaps finds some want of prepara tion ; and some allowance u due on that ac count. The ladies who have undei taken to aid the soldiers, will find subjects for their most charitab!eexertionsi The sooner th' put their system into action the better. We do not publish tha communication "ot ' A Wounded Soldier," because the name does not accompany the communication. The Correspondent who sgns hiinsslf "Truth" in the Charlotto Timt3, has a very green idea of journalizing, whom he attempts to make oaa paper respousible for s'atements wbich it copies frotn and givei credit to anoth er journal. Now in copying th? statement from the Columbia South Carolinian, that there is at this time probably 100,000 bushels of corn and 500 boxes of bacon at the north ern terminus of the Charlotte and South Caro lina Kailroad," &c, we did not understand that the charge of 41 bad management " was implied ; but that th? UoaJs were taxed with freight faster thin they were abl-i to. transport it over their roads. As to the truth of tho" fig ures and statements ;iven, we of course krjew nothing. We think 44 Troth " must have hatched up this as a pretext for puffing Mr. Superin tendent Major Sumner whomay deserve all tho wonderful compliments this Correspon dent bsstows upon him. But he should have published his 44 puff'' in the Progrtis and Standard, as they seem to be Mijor Sumner's ofliial ofjans for communicating with the. public notifying the chauge of schedules; -and these who do not take thos3 papers are not of sufficient importance to be advised through ether channels. ' , "The Recent Yankee Advance towards Einston, A Correspondent is of the opinion that jus tice to our troops around Kinston demands the following statement of fact, which he has gathered from reliable authority : v The yankes force consisted of the 15th Con necticut regiment, tbe 132d New York regi ment, battery II, 3d N. Y. Light Artillery, and two companies of the N. Y. cavalry all told, about 1200 men. One hundred picked men from thenwo regiment above mention ed, commanded by a Capt. Green of the 132d New York Eeg't, advanced through swamps and woods to Cobb's mills ; Lt. Col. Hitch cock, of the 132dNew York Re't, advanced on the ileuse road with 300 men, and one piece of artillery ; Col. P. J. Classon, com manding the 132d N. Y. Reg't, advanced oa Dover road with 700 infantry, one hundred cavalryand three pieces of artillery. - They, were to make a junction at South west creek and capture all of our outposts. They did some damage, but not as much as was laid out for them. We lost 52 prisoners, 37 of which belonged to the Cth N. C. caval ry, 15 beloDedto Capt.. Cogdell's Co. D, 67th N. C. regiment, and killed, ot the 6th. cav alry 3 men, and woanded two; of Cogdell's compsny, 67th reg't, i killed and 1 wound ed. Three yankee prisoueis were taken and one found dead at Cobb's mills. The caval ry Was commanded by a Capt. West of the 12th N Y. cavalry, aud the whole commanded by the notorious nejro lover Col. Clapsoo. Ther were piloted by negroes and buffaloes, whoTormerly lived in the country below, be fort tha war. Latest from Petersburg. audlOther Toints iaTtrsinla. - ' Thronoh the courtesy of Major Shepherd I ------ c , . - f! by the hand of 2lr. R. H. J. Blount, we are I in receipt of thelVteraburg Registtr of Satur- day laorniDg; freni which we make copious extracts this morning: . . - ... TEIDAr's OPEBATIONS ABOUT - PETEUBfJEQ. ; Just at. 7 o'clock cu. yesterday (Friday) I many hours previous, wa broken by. a tre-" merdons roar artillery ironi tne iine3 im mediately mi tUs east of the city. For one hour aud forty tuinutfcs, the cannonading was loud.an5 furioue, the ecgageiceiit iu artillery beitig hetwcen tbe enemy's batteries on bis right, .and a hatieiy of .ours on the north bank of the Appomattox, which will always be hrard from at the. right time. But something else besides artillery firing went on, and as I truthul chronblers of events, we roust state the fot, that in an attempt to storm one oi tne batteries held bythfe Yankee, we -sustained a loss (Ji between 3 and 400 prisoners. These com-, poped the 27th of Hagood's. Brigade of Hoke's Division. Few we bear were killed the nemy haviog allowed thento come to where they coid be overmasteretl withoutmueh exindiiure of -"ball and powder. Twenty- t niue prisoners wore taken by us and brought ibIo retereburg "iictter lack: nexi time ior at-iurmiug party by our gallant troops: Some shells came into the city in the latter pait of the day, but we have heard of no par ticular injury jdonw to person or property, as we should have doae, had "aay casualty of the kbs-d occurred.. -10 o'clock p. m. ieidat. A distant cannon is heard at long intervals, but nothing mo?e exciting is transpiring atais hur.' 12 o'clock fridAt sioht. ' . . We have new4 that the Yankees have de stroyed 44 Burkeville Junction, " and that the raid is sweeping on towards Danville, and the joncectiun3 southwestward of that point. ,Of course, they will destroy- what lays in tbir way, as far as they will b allowed to go. . The Piedmont road and Greensboro', N. C, may be their aim If.they succeed, they will cut for a time tha N; C; railroad, and break off com munication with the "CltArlotte and-Columbia road and our southwestern railroad connections. MIL1TAY .OPERATIONS OX 1KB PETEESUURO AND WKLDON RA1LU0A1. We have the gratifying intelligence to com municate, that the Yankees have not only been dislodged from the Petersburg and Weldon rail read, near the Six mile House, but have been driven off with the loss in one particular of 500, as that number of prisoners, among whom were 28 ofttcers, were marched into the city about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and taken to the spot to which their 2,000 "illustrious prede cessors" were lodged for safe keepiug on Thurs day mouing. This good service was accom plished by a portion of Mahoue'-s command, on Thursday night. Where so many prisoners were taken there must have been (if the Yankees fought at all) some killed and wounded, but how many we do not'at this time know. Nor have wo heard of our own casualties, which we aro sure were few if any. The Yankees have destroyed abqut two miles of the t rat-k, which, under the energetic mangemeut of Presi dent Sudford and his assistants, will soon be reinstated to good order and condition. The Yankee miscreants had just set fire to a pile of rails which they had rai.-ed wiien our id en came upon them, drcvee-hem oft' and toou extinguish ed Ihe-fire. ' A later report was brought in on yederdav evening that the Yankees had returned after their whipping -were -till in force on the rail road neai tho ' Six mile House," and that only a saiad portion of the track Whs injured. We have seen more than one or two engaged in this fight,, and all agree that th; fijht, be ginning abCut sucjet, resulted in the complete surprise at.d discomfiture of the raiders, with out any h'ss to us, and with similar unanimi ty state that the injury to the road was south ward of the Si.s mils House. The. gallant mea who accomplished this good work, have t..t . TT .1 .1 Ml . taugut tne reat Uiysses inat ne wintry in vain to isolate Petersburg by cutting tin: main avenues to it. The South-bide railroad, if not now. in full operation, wilf b so before to-niht. Graul has been brought 4o z stand upon the system of tactics to which he resort ed, when he abandoned his original 44 all sum mer route lo Richmond. Perhaps he will spend 44 all summer " just where he is, unless he crffs Lack and tries some other highway to the Confederate capital. He cannot take, Petersburg thai's certain, nor can he move any forcetbat will isolate it. . ' Frotn the Local column of tho Register, we clip the following: - Thursday, eight passed over in peace and quietness, and at 6 o'clock A. M., on Friday morning a sabbath stillnesa prevailed through out the city. There were no ramours afloat, for the? "reliable gentleman" had not yet start ed on his daily rounds. Neighbor met neigh bor, yawningly asked each other 4 what news," and the unusual response of ,4nobody hurt" last night, was as current as new issue. This pleasant state of. affairs continued until the town clock anneunced the seventh hour, when tho report of a sing'e gun came rolling up the Appamattox. . Scarcely had its echoes died away, when the terrific thunders of . a heavy cannonade burst upon the stactled city. Our batteries on the north bank of the rifer, in Chesterfield county, which completely eufilad ed the Yankee batteries on the 'opposite side, in front of Blandford.had opened fire on the enemy, which was returned with promptness and energy. For one hour it was ocg contin ued roar without the slightest intermissioo. The deep boom of the heavy 4,thlrty-two'a" could be clearly distinguished from tbe sharper. crasn or me rinea pieces, wnue as an accom paniment to the awful music could be dis tinctly beard the rushing noise of the flying shells. It wa not that whirring souod given forth by a single shell as 1t passed oyer head on its mission of death and destruction. But tbe soucd resembled the distant rear of fac ing waters, or the passing- of a mighty whirl wind through a forest of lofty pines. The battle ground was about a short mile and a half from the foot of Pocahontas bridge, from whence, standing on a pile of Lumber, we could dit-cern the shells flying through the "sulphurous canopy " that overhung the combatants. Like jets of .steam, they rushed in a semi-circle across the river, and tp the spectators, who crowded the house-tops and every spot that commanded a view of the fight, seemed to fall amidst the opposing bat teries. At 8 o'clock, precisely, the horrible din died away, aud for a few moments there was a solemn silence, only interrupted by a single shot or two from some distant battery. WLile the anxious groups were discussing the prob able results of the engagement, and confident ly predicting the evacuation of tbe Yankee batteries, all were again startled by a "tremen dous rattle of musketry, this time proceeding from the city side of tho river, and evidently in close proximity to our line in front o Blandford. For a very few minutes a rolling fire was waiutaiut-d, aud then suddenly ceased. Twenty minntes past 8 o'clock, A. M si lence again rtign'ed along our Hues, and with m the exception of a gun fired occasionallyall iven nuiet UD to 3 o'clock. 1.M. . The . musketry firing ; proceeded from a charge road by our meo, in which they cap- . ... a r;Aa iut in frnnt iA ba'terifhS NoS. I i til ru uic mw f-- - - and Son the banks of tbe river, and took 29 prisoners, af;er which they retired witnui their lines. - ' SOUTH SinE ROAD, All the Government property, consisting of nrnTision. oars. &c . was completely removed before the Danville junction was occupied by the enemy. They bad but empty warenouses lo destroy. Before their arrival at Burkeville ihev captured a larce traiu of cars loaded with cotton,' which they destroyed. ' Two of the cars were loaded with furniture. Uuc car loaa was owned by Mr. John Hawkins, agent of the , Norfolk Railroad. He remoastrated with them, and as it was private property they allowed him to removelt before they fired the train. Tae furniture in tho other belonged to Mr. James LufVay, of this city, part of il was taken eut and destroyed, andthe remainder was burnf up. They destroyed but a small portion of the track. They acted with great deliberation, piled the wood around the cars, and after re freshing themselves and resting their tired horses, they set fire to the wood, and ,when it was io flames they left. It was supposed they numbered three op four theusand. ; Hnntcr, Shelrldan, Ac. The Examiner of Friday contains the fol lowing: HUNTER JCJtD HIS PARTY. The latest-we have from this interesting party of skedaddlerfe4will be foffhd in the tel egram frorn-Lynchburg. If the information contained in that dispatch is correct, as it most probably is, Hunter is striking for Jackson riv er depot, and notrmorethan eight or ten miles et i'f Covington. If he succeeds in retch ing the later place, and destroying tho bridges after him, he will be safe. We believe that he will reach Covington with most of bis ar my, but there i3 little doubt he will loose all his material of war and baggage by tjie way side. His ignominious flight iuto Western Virginia contrasts . well with his triumphant entry into tbe undefended town of Lexiugtoo 1 SHERIDAN AVD HIS GANG. - Tt is now .pretty well ascertained that Sher idan, and such of his j;aug as could travel, loft the White IIoue Wednesday evening, and coming West as far as Crump's cross roads near Tnnstill's, ou the York River . railroad, struck out in two columns for the James ' river. They rc believed to have crossed to the south bank of the Chickahomi ny by the Long and Providence Forge bridges, about sunrise yesterday morning. The dis tance across the country from the White House to Westover is not more than twenty -five miles. It !s possible Sheridan may en counter some obstacle to his safe transit. No cannon were heard in that direction yotertfay. WHAT THE YANKEES DID IN LEXINGTON. We have before us a letter from an intelli gent lady of Lexington, speaking'of the. con duct of Hunter's army at that place. On ap proaching the town "and .without any notifi cation lo tha inhabitants, they opened on it with their artiHery. Tho shells tore throuhS1 -and exploded in may of the dweilin honors before the inmates Wf-re app ised that the enemy was upon them! The consterriaiion among. the defenceless people was of course very great. The mrnfli huddled' with their chillreninto cellars, with the fce'ing that the nvxt moment berhiips their houses would be burnt above them. The lady whoso letter wo alludo to says that so excessive was the" dread caused by this barbarous bombardment that the Yankees, after acts of pillage aDd arson, seemed by comparison mild. - Private houses were, according to the custom of Yankee soldiery, rausacked and pillaged, the heroes, in every instance, preferring to break tha locks ef fcmoke-houses and store rooms, though the keys were at theirservice. Accounts hate already been published of the number of buildings burnt, and it is' unnecessary .to re capitulate them, especially as this is no pleasant theme to dwell upon. The manner in "which . Governor Letcher's family were treated deserves to be recorded as apart of the history of this invasion of the Sruth by the barbariajD3 of the North: . They gave his family notice that in teu minutes they would apply the torch to his dwelling, and half of the time allotted was taken up by tbe officer appointed to burn the building ia laying down injunctions as to what shouid and what should not be removed beyond the reach of the flames. All the clothes, furni ture a,cd provisions of the family, were in that house, and all were consumed except the mere handful that could'be takeu out by two or three ladie3 in five minutes. They committed only one murd that Woer have heard of. They took Mr. Mtthew White, from his house, and upon the charge, Of which there was no proof, and which would have been no justification iF it had been true, that he had been serviug with General McCausland; and had killed one of their men, 1 carried him into the country, tied him to a tree and shot him to death like a dog. We ha've no morbid fondness for dilating m upon the barbarous conduct of the enemy, and no disposition to exaggerate facts in them selves so horribly inhuman as to'excite incre dulity, were their truth Ot established be yend all doubt; but as journalists it is our duty'to record these things. - Supreme Court. . . Opinions have been delivered in the following eases - . By Pjkaisox, C. J. In State v Black, from Ashe, directing a new trial. Ia Bowera v Strudwick, from Orange, directing the Clerk to state an account charging the defendant with the value of the ae'greei in 1S58. In Walton Gatlia, directing a certiorari. . By Battli, J. In State McNeely, from Burke, venire de novo. In Page v Atkins, from OraDge, affirming the judgment. In Adams v Jeoes, from Orange, affirming the judgment. - By Marly, Jr In Buie Mnrchison, from. Moore, affirming the judgment. In Bingham v Richardson, from Orange, affirming the judg ment. In State v Duckworth, from Burke, bo error. Per Curiam. In State r Jones, from Ala-, mance, declaring that there is ne error. ; " There is nothing like a faithful wife r nn-. der God, our weal or woe for this lite depends on her. If she is desponding, your sanguine spirit catches the infection ;. bnt if she is full . of hope acd energy, her smiles will cheer you in- the darkest hours, and enable you to. achieve what you at fitft thought impossibil- . ities. Let a man marry one, therefore, "equ al to either fortune' who can adorn his poverty, and who under all circumstances will be tru ly his help-matr " 3. A WorU for Hr. Mtmmlwer. f W take tiro following from the Uicnm uia Enquirer of Monday. :-'W have no uonot there is a good deal of truth in .it.- . The amount of praise or blame really attaching to m t . Mr.. Memrtser U necessarily small, as De could do no mora than carry out tho legisla tion of Congress, for which he cn hardly be held responsible, ot if respeusible at all, only so in a very alight degree, since Coogr?ss doa or sever actod upon his recommend- tioiiS : . , . ' . ; Whatever new ideas this war may have de veloped in military science, tbe history of pa per mony has not been in the least altered by the experience uf tho Confederacy. Tbe Same results have been demonstrated by the Cm ftaerscy that attended our Revolutionary father if not to the same extent, yet to as great degree, if time and circumstances are considered. Confederate notes, continental currency, and Prench assigndats.havo all the ame history, because influenced by the siibh general causes, and whenever and wherevtr these causes operate thy will product the same effects. The resignation of Mr. Memminger, Secre tary of the Treasury, will not in the Lust nodify or improve tbe- results. As ho did uot produce them, so bis resignation will not im prove them. No successor that he can have will bring to the public service more uotiring exertion, more Zealand devotion, or greater ability in the use of the means provided him by the Congress. Tbe substantial wt-alth of the country has not been impaired by the cur' rency, exhausted by t any . acthm of the. Treasury Department ; but as the illicit gains of heartless extortion and immoral speculation melted-away, it was to be expected that un merited censure and undeserved oboloquy would be leveled at the ostensible cause ot all the loss. '-,. The .Congress made the notes, the CoogTes i ncreaved the notes,' aud the Cungrejs failed to provide for their reduction or redemption. Without taxation to' re'nrn the notes to the treasury, and without other currency to sup port and maintain, the war, it was impossible for tbe amount of notes not to increase, and just as equally impossible to prevent their de preciation and the coasequent rise cf prices. AH this was .the work of the Congrofs, and not of Mr. Memminger ; and what may be said of the recommendation cf the Sere'tary, as they were never regarded or-adopted by the Corpress; he should not beheld accounta ble for the results of legislation tht he did not recommend, and which he was obliged to execute. A people disappointed in their ex pectations are not.lfkely to. do justice ; but when the. cooler, head of the -historian comes to chronicla the financial bitory of this ' war, the hfuest z-al, the faithful labor and devo tion to tWe cause shown by Mr. Metnmiuger, will find their reward, aivU the causes that have produced the piesent cqndition of Con federate fi uances, their preper estimate. . . Frbm the Augusta Constitutieaalht. A FULL AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL AC COUNT OF THE FALL OF LT. GEN. POLK. Atlanta, June 15h, 18GL The body of Lieutenat General Leenidas Polk now lies in bloody state in tho chamber of St. Luke s Church of this city It reached Atlanta at two o'clock this mor ning. It l.xd been enced in a substantial wooden cofliin at Harriett, and was escorted by Lieutenants ro!k and Gale, son and kou in-law of the General, and Maj. Douglas West, one of his Adjutants General. -Service will be said by Dr. Qnintard at noon, and tbe la mented remains. will proceed on tne afternoon train to Augusta, and 1 hence to Ashville, in North Carolina, where the bereaved family are at present residing. ""The fall of General- Polk is the saddest event which has eves occurred in this army since the death if Albert Sidney Johnston. 4'No event," eays the Confederacy, with great truth, 'iiA a personal description saving the fate of Stonewall Jackson compares with it for painful interest and national calamity, these last eighteen months a :d more." The shock will bs great upon the soldiers, who loved him, and upon the country, which res pected him. He was a grand old man. Aaa commander he was enterprising, vigilant aCd brave; s a churchman,' ho was pious, lib-ral and laithful; as a man' he was the soul of honor, affection, and upright manliness. The circumstances of his "death have just been r.elated to m.e by one of the pany who was nearest him at the moment. His story ia as folio: . Generals Johrston, Polk and Hardee accompanied by Gcu. J-tckVHi (f the cavalry) and a small escort of Ptaff officers, had riden out in front of Gen. Bates' list to examine a position thought to be suitable for the Washiogou Artillery. The bursts were made fast at the foot of the hill, and the par ty asended to tho crown. Herw there were the initials to an abattis, with several embras ures, rendering the place very iuch exposed. The enemy's guas were less than eight hun dred yards in front. There" had bven a little desultory firiu? during the early hours of tho day, but this bad ceased for some time befare tbe group of officers began its rcconnoisance. This was prolonged to a much greater extent than usual, and glided into a general and animated conversation, all of the gentlemen being gathered into a knot, and using tl'Q hands aid glasses with a marked freedom, bf speaking rank and interest Tbe enemy could not fail' to see them plainly, and whilst taey were being observed; deliberataly return ed the observation, with full time for calcula tion and adjustment. The party seemed to forget its exposed situation, although some of the cannonicrs who had been at work upon tho little tier of breastment, pointed out to ihem the accuracy of the enemy & shots. Present ly a single spherical case shell was discharged from the Yankee battery, and exploded direct ly, above the . bead of Generals Polk, John ston, Hardee and Jackson.' ""All of them fell to the ground to avoid the concussion or frag ments. It-was thonjproeosed to divide , and the different -gentlemen separated 10 such courses . as were at had. General Polk se lected a very secure shelter, but, becoming impatient acd anxious to scan the range of fire more accurately, he stepped cut upon the brow, and was intently gazing- ont across tht country, hi arms folded and his leftside pre sented, when a three-inch round shot from a steel rifle cannen, struck the elbcw, crashing both arms and passing through the heart, a portion of the chest and . stomach, and out, acd on its murderous coarse. The old man fell lifeless and mangled to the ground. Gen. Johnston was bending over him fn an instant, with the rest of the party. They lifted him in their arms to an ambulance, and be was carried to his quarters, , where his' bewildered military family received it with the mouruin'r of men meeting the corpse of a father. ' Such is, irief, the storv of this melancholy cyenr, which has cast a gloem'over all hearts, and for the moment; depreses every mind." ' . GHAPE.. , fi !' L-K GRAPHIC REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congref in th? year 1863, bv J. S. Thrashss, in the Clerk'n Lc of the District v'ourt of the Confedcr ato SUtM for the Northern District bf Georgia. The Telegraph wis working through to Ptr. burg 'all day .yesterday, but from rouie caahe no Prca diipatcbea were received We find the following Telegrams ia tbe Peters. Wurg Regime of Saturday: . Ftora the United States. RICHMOND, June 21. The Baltimore Cci,, of the 21st has been rlceived. Unofficial accounts represent the Federal lo?s in the several assaults on tkeencity'j work near Petersburg on Saturday to be severe. No ollicial report has been received. . The Federal lo:s pn Friday and Satarday are estimated at 8,000. Sherman reports on the eveulng of tho lDthj that Johnston had not retreated across the Cl.at tahoochie. rirer, but had evacuated the works in freot of Kenesaw Mountain. He still hold th Afouatafa. ' The continued raios have rendered military movements almost impossible. Gold in N'ew York on the -20th at European advices to the 10th, are uni&ipoy tant. ' The ship Rockingham has been burnt by tho Alabama. From Lynch burs:.' LYXCIIBURO, Juno 23. It is diih'cult ta get any news from Hunter's flying army. Informa tion recived this morning is that he is ftid con tinuing his retreat in demoralized confusion, iied so closely pressed bv our army that they hav. r,, chance to forage on our people, and r prec I for- proTUion. Persons from Bedford say ;J t the enemy's trains were'driven throsgh i!nt county by our forcea at a furious rate undtr lo;. and spur, and that' the road along tr n-n' i4 4ined with dead horse that were ki'l-d hi- (,. ( exertion. Tuesday our forcea attaikfd ;lt mv near Salem, capturing ten piece . .t' a-ii ;( tt two hundred horses, one hundred asd fl. jo-i onera and several wagons. The enem; ImtiV stroytd many of their aisaona and Wap'.i to n vent their falling into our heads. Itis ; i d. that we have again overtaken the ensi'jy 1' near Fincastle. One hundred and thirty of Sheridan' ..:d n have arrived here. Hunter destroyed a great amount nc property in his advance, and stole a laro ber of wagons, horses and cattle. t Lnaics Relief ARSoclatlen. Tbe m&uagcra of tke Relief" As.ri.ti urgently requested to meet t'hin'Y'i Evening at tbe tacuse of Mrs. S. II 11 1 ii t. half past 7 o'clock.' i : - 5. C Wounded in Georgia. Wo find in tho Atlanta Gmfulcrmy i r of the wounded in Gen. Johnson h ar.ny. id the recent fights with Slic-mian' army. Among the uames aro the f Rowing hotn North Carolina : O'f the 29:h N. C. Regiment W. M. C n ens, J. A. Johnson, A. C. Allen, J. A. Atsli worth, J. E. 'Alexander, V. M. Shular. Of tho 39th N. C J. Tratha.n, c! L. Fisher, Cnrp'l. Winsted, T. D- .London,- vd Corp'l Justen. Of tho lGth N. C. W C. Yeargin. sift Mutiny at Sea Conspiracy to Sjiz: tfit Calijorma Steamer Ocean Qutin Ttvj of the Ringleaders Killed. The Calif. rnia. steamship Ocea n Qurrn, on her departure from New York to Alpine wall, on the 15th ultimo, took out two hnn dred and'seventeen sai!ors, most of whom . been transferretl from th army to the tuvy. nnd sho had on 'board also about five hun dred passengers. , . .. On the third day out about ninety of the bailors enavored to sciza the. teamcr. There had been indications of trouble previous to this attempt, but tho men failed to put tlxdr plot iuto execution.' Itueemsthat these men had formed a pita . to 6eizvi the steamship. 'Their first ol j jct was the killing of all persons who should opfuse them, and the . conspiracy included, (he run ning of the vessel alter her seizure, on their own account The intention of the mutinoers'was to t.rko the vessel ou the first niiiht after her departure; but they had no engineer among their number thaticould work ber engines. Thrwits of violence . b.n d, however, knn somewhat op"nly made, arid there was luu -h excitement on boa'd. Oo the day mentioned, under prrtrnfe tliat they wished to go into tho firpt tu!ii, the mtitiueors attacked Cipta'm Tiukiei rtugh, wh would not permit them to do as'lhey Jesir'"l. This was iiMgual for a combined tnoveme'it of the conspirators, and tho men who. wcie in the plot acted .under the led'.rhhip of thp most desperate of their number. ' The ringleaders ad v a need upon the capttii and Commander Ainmen, of the Navy, who had the sailor in charge. Tike captain, who had expected the difli:u' ty and was pre partd, aimed bis revolver . ? the head of the foremost man, and warn i 1p i if he advanced a rtep further be w 'd I , m h life. Tbe mutineer, with a horrible oilh. s 1 the captAin a coward, and daring hi;ii u sprang forward. Captain Tinklepat'- I pt hi word. The bullet from the wenr.r-,, which covered the ruffian's ' head, enttri-!.' brain, shd be fell, almost instantly c-xp y.The excitehtent among the passm,." -many of whom were ladies and im etr. . the mutineers, was at thN time inter-.-. T . latter rushed forward, ami the mu'inre, . followed the first was fired at by Commv r Am nen,and by three or four ofTicer., atj, whom was the Chief Engineer of the t) . . t Queen. Tim jjiort distance from which tl.e.e r;i-' cers fired rendered their aim effective to r case, and the mutineer fell, pierced ty i5 bullets. : v Seeing that their plt was likely to il1 o, conseouence of th adequate preparation- ..1 the officers and crew to defend the ve;t ' conspirators made no further efforts. A ! minutes after their Attack had failed t v were entirely quiet; their resolution wa gc .r, and tbey were t-asily disarmed and' put iu irons. ' . " 1 There was no'further trouble onboard. The dead mutineers were thrown into the ocean, and the thirty or more men who were in irons, wcro taken to Aspinwall and across the Isthmus. Eight, however, escaped, aud another, was shot.