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DAILY PROGRESS. RA.L.K1GN. X. C. TUESDAY, AUG. 30, 1884. The Press 5t rree in KoJ.h Carolina. If the North Carolina Press it to be suspended we hop- the work will be done effectually- An order hss been issued from the Adjutant Gen eral's office exempting one editor and oue prin ter from Home Quard duty, save when the coun ty where the paper is published is invadt d. Such force will not keep an 8 310 Weekly paper g iur, luuib less answering sll the purposes of et ting up, printing and mailing a Daily. The Mecklenburg militia, moves to-day and we suppose all the papers of Charlotte will sus r.ud. Yates, of the Democrat, takes it geod uaturedly is wiiling to go, but don't like the principle of interfering with "the freedom of the P--e." We quote from his paper printed en Saturday, but dated the 30th: Suspension. The Home Guard of this county savin? tccn ordered out for service in the field, nd an Kditors and all printers within the age are liUc to wrvice of that kind, we are necessarily "Mifed to suspend the publication of the Demo crat fur a lew weeks, at least uutil we return. individually we hare not i be least objection to turning out. for it will afford us some relief from it..' mieesKiiig toil of a printing office, bat wedis ',; brim compelled to deprive our subscribers ii tmiarily of the paper for which they hnw paid, and we do not like the idea of hari ig :h.' prs" fUcpended by any power whatever. Tin H" re Guard officers ore uot to blame, bnt the h -i isl.-iture is responsible lor this interfer ence i. tlie freedom of the press. Tli' editors nnd printers of Charlotte cannot b v. u-e.l of wisliing to evade their duty, be- enu h retoforo thr-v have always volunteered i vii when Morgantoii. Kaluigh and otner ,- we.T t rent, tied by rai liiis parties, even vn i flu' li'inc Gunni was not culled out. P. S Afttr dismissing part of our force, we Icirn Unit tior. Vatioe haH ordered the exemp li .u of the editor and oue printer for each paper , is too Ute for us we have made arrangement i tin unit we intend to go. We will suspend for . ee week anyhow. Tlie Ur.mncrnt conies an article front the Times en the same su'juct, and add : ' The above, from our neighbor, is a csrreot -t id inei.i f the ease. An we have already re marked in another article, we are very willing to su"-p'-ud our puper if the authorities construe the U i, ne Gimrd liw o a to rcquir.) it It is true, tb.it i the various town and cities iq the Con '' ileraev. cvi-n when assailed by 'he eueiif , the l'ivr's li is uot been inlerfered with by auy sort c.ilL 1 'i- men. but hire in North Carolina it Sf..ti4 ntvessarv to suspend for the purpose of e I'chinj d' .'rtii s I ! Congress has declared that I'nn- sbsll be fret! and anirattnaellcd, but tur LegtAlature mii.-t have thought, otherwise when parsing the bill known a. the "HomcGrurd Law." For eur own part, we had at soon take the 'iAd as te remain cooped up in s Printing Office, :vre we bare beeii sinee we were thirteen yeara i 1 ; hut, n protest, against the exsroisc of any ; hi r ileit .ffecu the freedom of the Press, un- i : In! g.i :y of treason or treasonable and io .( '. litiry laoiuage. It i un established aiaxim I;. ;t the Prt t in Republieao governments shall v free and untrammelled, and the Legislature o)' North C :oiina must amend the Home Guard unli v H is tieterniiuea w vioute mis prm- .ipl" uud slisek'e the Press. As an individual we liud no I ,ult witn tne taw, uui as a imituuer tf th' Prehs, we do object to it on the ground tLuI it ufleets tint freedom of the Press Apart Iiouj that we ctire nothing about it." We trust the dreams of the Kditor may be weet while in the "tented field " Glory must be plucked from the Muling cannon's mouth. the same subject the "veteran" of the Time discourses us follows : ' Preparing to Ijrave. As wc are preparing to leave for the field duly to " fit, bleed and di " f,,r the pood of our country, we have not had time to give much atten ton to the columns of our paper. We fill out with the letters of our correspondents and scleotio s. When we are gone wa hope our friends will rem ruber us, us we surely will them, and , not fail to send to our stnetum suitable contribut ions tor our culinary department at least as oten and as inviting us we expect to contribute through our columns from the army. We will soon bare peace in eonsequenoe of the o jucmration of the Hornets of Micklenburg, I. .l .1 l. I L and when we'rettirn all pr iper acknowledgments, will be made. We appeal to our friends to see to it that our family do not suffer for the want of bread during our absence, assuring them that their bills will oe promptly cashed ou presentation at our resi dence." We trust that the same power that moved the ravens to feed Elijah will protect the little ones of our friend during these troublous times. But seriously : while idl this is going ou and is permitted in North Carolina, the Press in RieJtnioud. Petersburg, Charleston and Atlanta baa be-n left perfectly free while the enemy's -hell h ve falleu in their streets. Some of our country friends must have a had time to nuke both ends meet. We heard of oue off. lin apple brandy in the narket, yesterday, at the modrtot prioo of one hundred dollar a gal Ion. If liis fruit crop is large aud te sells at !ite figures we bnpe be will be able to.woiry alon '. We think a little Old Nash not very bad t . take, but would caution aga'Bet the Neu Dip. all wayfaring men Tne Tote for Governor. The "eer'Urj of State has received the official voiC for 'Joveroor of alljtbo oouutles but 13 The offioi 1 aud nnoffioial vote of the State gives Gov. Vance a majority of 3.825 over Mr. Hol iw, and Alleguaay to Lear from. . Benjamin on Jacques and Gilniore. We publish the auswer of Benjamin, our Sec retary f State, to Gilmore and Jacques, to-day. Benjamin admits part of wbat the two Yankee Commissioners say and denies a part, but we have no doubt but their narrative is about as oor reot as his They are Yankees sod ho is a Jew both nart good and both part bad. It is evi dent that the Richmond authorities begin to want some kind ef a peace very badly, and we hope, wheft tbeir plan obeli be developed, the peace men of North Crrolina will not, appear such "traitors" after ail. We hare no time or room for comments of our own, ou Mr. Benjamin's rather ridiculous paper; but submit those of the examiner a roiresiuog wi wio umhoh'u, , not adopt the Examiner's strictures on the "dap per gentlemen in gTey," for fear the grand jury would get after us, but we confess to a more than ordinary gratification at its good points. We hope itrsvill not be considered warring on the government, or disseminating "treasonable" and "sedieious" sentiments to reproduce it : A oauel, Mr. Benjimin Secretary of State, tita placed tli c.mntrv in a mean, bane and barailiating potion li irlnif no'thina; nn earth to do in the way of the legiti mate business of hit Itice, be spenda bit activity in pi' ah in(f biiniftf iito eternal ncraprt'whicb, indeed, would bi nt little onnmueiitw if tbeT affected him alone. Un f irtunately, hiiWBfer, owinjr lo the publio orBce whioh he (noniiiiaMy ) n,iia. on itui'iu oiunuer mucu u " riu e- cloeely. We tind now the Secretary of State of the r.,nlrirtx Htattu vnrared in ewDDer altercation K ith two apies, who lately neked inU Kichuiond i and hi cuius, an one of them atUrma. a-oird with a letter ol ini iNctii'B to our Secretary of Stale from a Mr. I'h.' ei v dnee nut tfll thesame of thv yankee who introduc d him ; but we ihiiuld grat'y deatre to knnw wbat Yn k. ecnn corninMon a apy into our linea, and ataore ti him K,a.i, , ,-iinit.- anil accena to the Pri'Btdt'nt and i ub I.,. ,,rti.., h in an.,f a letter to Mr. Benjamin. The .i.i.,,, .ni ,,'f tki. fct un,H ua an unnlrarant aenaation Hitan flndu amiie mi-chiel atill for idle hands to do: and i.ur Si ci e'r of Slate, hsii' K no State affnii a to attend to natura W' bv way of relaxation, falla easily into com muni-'Hlinn wob any aort of loatinfr ao uudiela who hvi tine to t.ilk to him ; eapocially U' b aa are introduce b l..i i- J .,,, Iiik nanieleaa Yankee Irlelia. Sir. woihI i h tinds ahortly atVrwarda, that the prowling iiiik,-e liave mad" up bundle of faln. liond" to suit the lne,,flhi ftlmw euuntn men : and thin we hafo tne edifvins p eta. le of the font, iterat- Secretary ol Hate im.ihi inir into a cintroTere with Ihoae apiea in tile puo lir j'Hi, i.a'a b ut the facta whirb tb y report. It r tmi la a ; he e. retted them rraciiulv, on the introdnctiou .l hi. f, i.-iiil. Mr . Droeurred them an interview with llie Pr. ai lent and the. ae now waking capital of thei ,L .. .in r. in ih.. u at nf magazine ai ticli a and I. ctu'ee at tw i t i -live o-nU P"r head . He cannot now invalidate the a'-rutaer of the information wbicn these i-piea have car i i.-1 No! Hi by all.'!" "the extreme inaccuracy of Mr, lli'more'i, narrative." Pei haps th unwt abaurd thins; In all this buaineaa if the inauner in wl ich Mr. Be-jamin haa addresd bia long . . .. . .L .n'.. U I . U U..n re UtHClou Ol ID" 8 IC l , una tiButco (,'iiinn i .ioTiiT to the Continent, tie., Ao., et ce'era " W. Mwia ia not a Comuiisaion'r 10 aa continent Mr Manon haa nerer reait and never -will read in all probability, either the narrativea of tha apiea, or Mr. B njamin'a refutation thereof Why does not Mr. Benjimin Bend a communication to the newapaperaat once, and acathe and aorcb and ac id tboae auiea t to b-at of bia abilitf T If anvthtnir can viravale the prov ocatioa of aeeing a Cabinet mininer ot th l ontederate States ngan(1 in auch an altercation at all, it a to aee bin put on auch piepneteroaa diplomatic aiia, turning a paragraph into a protocol. TUB LATE PEACH IN 1 tiiVlkW IN KICHVOND Cllit'CLAR FROM THK8TAT DEPAKTMKNT. The following circular from tbe State Department will i plain itaelf : DaraaTKKNT or Stati, ) Richmond. Va , Auguat U, 184. J Sia ; Nnmernm publication! which hare reeentlr ap peared in tbc journala of the V. S. on theaubjcl of infor mal overturea for peace between tb twe Fedeia'inna ol Stata now at war on thia continent, reuder it desirable that v ahould be fully advised of the view and polio of thla Government on a matter ot auch paramount i portance. It ia likewiae proper that v ahould be acea rately informed of what ha-, occurred on the aevaral oc caiinna mentioned io tb publit.h.'d atatementa. You have heretofore beea lurniah d with copie ol the manifesto iaaaed by tbe Congreaa of the Confederate fttate witb tb approval of the President, on the 1 4th June last and have, doubtless, acted in conformity with the reaoln tion which requested that oopiea of this manifesto should be laid bt'l'oe foreign governments. "The prinoiplea. sentiments, and purpose, by which these States nave been, and are still actuated," are set forth in that paper with all tha aulhoritv die to the solemn declaration of the LenleUtive aad Executive Departments of thia Oov arainent, and with a clearaaaa which leave no room for eminent or explanation. In a few sentences it is peinted oat that a.y we ask is immunity from inter erence with our internal peace and prosperity "aad to be left in th undittarbed enjoyment of those inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happineaa, which oar common anceatora declared to b tbe equal heritage of all parties to the social compact . Let them forbear aggreasiona upon ua, and tbe war is at an ead. If there he questions which require adjustment by negotiation, we have ever been willing, and are still willing, to enter into eomnsuneca tlon with our adversaries in a spirit of peace, of equity, and manly fiankneaa " "be manifesto closed with tb declatation that "we commit our cauae to th enlif htened judgement of th world, to tbe sober reflections of our adveisariee tl rmaelvea, and to the aolema ana) righteous arbitrament of Heaven." Within a very few weeks after th publication ef this manifesto, it seemed to have met with a response from Pi exident Lincoln. In Ihe early part ot li lt month a let ter was received by General Lee from Lieutenant General Grant, tn the following woida ; HaaiqoiSTias A urns or Tr TJ'NiTiD State, City Point. Va., Jul? 8, 1864. Otneril J Ltt, eommauding Conftderalt orees nar Petcriburj, Virginia : General: I would request that Colonel Jamas F. Jacqm as, peventby-tbird lllinoia volunteer infantry , and J. K Gi.luiere, Esq , b allowed to n-eet Colonel Robert Ould. Couiiniasiontr for th Exchange of Prisoner, et HOh plaoe between the lines of the two armies aa you may designate. 'The ebject of the meeting ia legitimate with the duties of Colonel Ould as Comnissioer. If not conaistent. for you to grant tbe request her ask ed, 1 would beg that thia be referred to President Davia for hi action. Requesting as early an answer to thia communication as you may find it convenient to make, I aubssribe my self, . j Very reapeetfully, i Tour obedient servant, . 0 8. Gsast, Lieutenant General, 0- H. A. On tbe refereneo af thia letter to th Pretident, be aa thorigcd Colonel Ould to meet tbe persona named in Gen e a Grant's letter and Colonel Onld, after aeeing them, returned to Richmond and reported to tb President, in the presence of tbe Secretary of War and myself, that Mesars. Jarquea and Gilmore had not said anything to hi in ab- ut his duties as Commifsioner for Kxcliange of Hii-oD' ra, but that (bet asked permission to com to Kit hmond for the purpose ef aeeing the President ; that thev came with the knowledge anil approval of Preaid ut Liac 'In and under bia paa ; that they were tnfirmal m "awng, ra, m with a view of pavit the wav for meet ing ot lo' mai commi-aionera aulhonxed to negotiate for (.aa e. and d slied to communicate to Preaident I avia ih views o Mr Linooln. and to obtain tha Preidnt's view in return, so aa t iarranire or a meeting ot commie sionra O.'KvnerOuld atat.'d that he had told them re i eat. dly that it waa useless to come to Richmond to talk f peace any other terms It an tbe recognised lndepea de, C ' of the tioofed-raoy, to which they aald thai tl ey wei, wa-e of that, and that they were, never i hi lea, conn.Uni th it their interview would result in peace. Tb President, a this report of Col. Ould. determined to per mit them to." come to Richmond ander bia charge.' On the evening of th, 16ibof July, Colonel On Id con duced th. aeSrentle'nen to a betel In Kichuiond, where a nnun wa pr id. d for them, in wbieh they were to re main under aui-vi lano , during iheir aiay here, and the next morning received the loilowmg letter : ''Sroiawooo Hiicsa, i ' Richmond, Va., July 17, 18M. So J P Bmjni, S'crttarf of Slalt of CuntdtrmU Statti f Aricai Dear ,-lr : The underaignad, Jamea V Jacqueas.'of Illi nois, and Jam I K. Oilinor, of aianacausetr. moat rea pectiuhy aolioit ao interview with Preaideat Dv 1'bey visit Kichmoud as privet cituaaa, aad aav a e&eiii eharanUr nr anthnrltv! bnt thev are fullv DO(d of tb views of tbe United K la tea government relativ to an ad- tatment of tb dllferenoe now wxilng oetwtwu m W..rh ..ri lk il,,h ..H have little doubt tBSt ITS intarobaaga ef viiw between Proaidert j)avi and tht aelves would Tjrdn the way to sacb oSclal negotiations as woaia aitiuiate in restoring roa w " ur distracted country, ' ' ' '". ; Thev theretore an aa interview am a raii and, awaiting your reply, ar Most truly aaa respecuuuy, Yoar obedient servant, Jiata Y. jAOqtrsas, -Jaatas H, Giufoaa." Th word "oBcial" is aadenoored, and th word peace" doubly underscored, In the original. After nertiainir the letter. I invited Col. Ould to con duct th writer to my office) and on tbeir arrival, stated to them that they Bust bo conscious they could aot be ad mitted to an interview witbth Preaideat without inform ing more fully of tha object of their mission, and sat in lying me that they came by request of Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Gilmore replied that they came unofficially, bat with tbe knowledge, aad at th deair, of Mr. Lincoln that they thought the. war had goaeftrenotigbrtbat it coiildiierar end except by some aort of agreement! that tb agree ment mignt aa well be made new aa atter runner oiooo hed t that thev knew bv tb reoent address of the Con federal Congress that w were willing to make peace ; mat tney admitted tnal proposals ougui io conae iron too .North, and that they ware prepared to maxe mese pro- oosals bv Mr. Lincoln's authority : that it was necessary to have a sort of informal understanding in advane of regular negotiate na, ror ilfjejinmisaionera wen appumieu wiih.mt some auch understanding, they would meet, quar- e and aenarate. leaving tbe oartte mo'e Ditter airainst uch other tba belor i tbat they koew Mr. Lincoln' views and would si at tbem it prwaea oy in rrtsiuensui do so, and desired to le.rn bis in return. I again in-uted nn soma evidence tbat tney came trom Ur. Linooln : aad ia order to aatiafy me Mr. Gilmore re ferred to the fact that Demission for their cominir through .ur lines bad been asked officially or lien, want io a let ter to G, n. Lee. an i that Gen Giant in tbat letter bad aaked that thia r aaeat ahould be referred to Preaident Davia. Mr. Gilmore iben ehowed me a card, written aad is-ned bv Mr. Lincoln, r oneitiour Gen. Grant to aid Mr. Gilaaoie and friend in pas iug 'hrougo bia linea into th.e Contede'acy. Col Jaoqu as then aaid that his name waa not Dot on the card for the n asn thai ii was earnestly J, aired tbat their visit abia'd be kept secret (that he had efiine into the Ciiiifedot-mer a vear aio. aad bad viaited I'eteifburir on a similar errand, and hat it was lea, d if hie name ahould become kitowa that some of those who aii former Iv met biin in Peieisbuiv w uld coni ctu the purpose lor which be aow ca ue He aid ti a the terma of peace which they would offer to tl a PreanVnt would be honorable to the CnntediTacr : ibai 'he itjd not decire that the Confederacy ahould accept my other terma, but would be glad to have tuv proou. aa tbe j are theirs, tbat their visit should be k. o a profound se eret if it failed to result in peace : that it w ull n 't br ju-t tbat either partv eboald aeek any auvautag by di valuing the fol ol their overture for peace, if un-u, oes ml 1 awnst d tn this request, and then rial g aid "Do 1 undeiatand vou ti atate dMtn.ct v ha' . u me aa messenger from Mr. L ncoln lor tbe pui poae o igree log with tbe President a io tbe proper mode o' inauua . atinir a formal neaotiation for peace, cbarg-d by Mr Lincoln with authority for stating his own view and i e- c ivinr those of President Uavis?" Roih answered iu the alhrmative. and I then aaid tbat the Prea dent mould see thm at uiy office the same evening a' 9 p m.j tin at least, I presumed he would: but i be nijected, aft hearing my report, they should be inform d Tti v were then re-committed to the charce of Colonel Ould, with tbe understanding that they were to be re oon.luct d to my ollice at tbe appoiatcd uour unl ss otnerwisroireciea. This interview, connected with tbe report previously made by Col. Ould, left on my mind tbe oecidi d imprea una tbat Mr. Lincoln waa averse to sending tormai com missioners to open aegotiations, lest he might thereby be deemed to hive recognised tbe ii dependence of the Con federacy, aad that he waa amino to learn whether tba conditions on which alone he would be willing to take such a step would be yielded by the Confederacy i that with lb if View ,e a,,i placed hu naeaaengrrs in a condi tion lo Batiafy usthatthey real I v came from him, without commi'ting liiuaelf to anything in the event of a disagree- ment as to (neb condition aa he considered to be India , enaab'e. On informing tbe President, therefore, of my eonc uiona, b determined tnat no qneattom ot torm or quell,- ahould b an i bs'acle to his receiving any over ture tbat promised, hjwevr remotely, t reenlt in pat io,ki an end to the carnage which marked tba continu ance ofhoetiltiea. The Preaident came to my office at o'clock in the ava iling, and Col. Ould cam a few moments later, with Mea ra Jacquea and Giliaore Tbe Preaident aaid to tbem that he haa h. ard, from me, that they came as messenger of peace fioia Mr. Lincoln; that a such thev were wel come, tbatte Confederacy had never concealed ita desire lor peace, and that be waa ready to hear whatever they bad lo offer on that subject. Mr Gilmore then addreaaed the Preaident, and ia a few 'ninateii had conveyed tbe information that these two gen tlemen ' ad come to Richmond impressed with the idea ihai this Government woald accept a peace ea the baaia of a r, -const' action of tbe lluion, tbe abolition of alavery, and the grant of an amnesty to hple of tbe Slates aa repentant criminals In order totaeawmMish the abolitipa of alayerv. it wan proposed that there ahould be a gener al vote of all tbe people of both federations in mass, aad the roaj rity of the rota thus taken was to determine that as well aa all other diaputed questions. Theaa were stated m be Mr. Lincoln's views. The President answered that as tbi-se proposals bad beea prefaced by the remark that the people of thsfiorth were a majority, and that a ma jority ought to govern, tbe offer wa, in effect, a proposal ihat the Confederate States ah onld surrender at discretion, admit that they had been wrong from the kegiaamg at tha contest, submit to the mercy of their enemies, end avow themselves to be ia need of pardon fore-imea, that exter mination was pref-rable to suck difhonor. He stated that if they were thtmaelve ao unacquainted with tbe form of their own government aa to max such propositions, Mr. Lincoln aught to bare kaown, when giving them hi views, that it wa ont of the power of tba Confederate Government to act on tb subject of th do nestle institutions of tbe several State, ach State bar ing exclusive jurisdiction on that point, atill less to com mit the decision of such a question to the vote of a foreign people; that the separation of the "States waa an accom plished faot ; that h bad no authority to receive propo sals for negotiation except by virtae of his office aa Pres ident of an independent Confederacy ; and oa thia basis alone must proposals be mad to him. At on period of tha conversation, Mr. Qilmere made as of some langaage referring to these State as "rebels" while rendering an account of Mr. Linooln' views, aad apologized for tbe word. Th Presh ent desired him to p roced, that no offeace was taken, and that ba wished Mr. Lincoln' languag to be repeated to bim aa exactly aa possible. Soma farther conversation took place, sub stantially to th same effect as tbe foregoing, when tha President rose to indicate that the interview was at an end. The two gentlemen war recommitted to the cha'ge ef Col. Onld, and left Richmond the next day. Thia account of the visit of Meaara. Gilmore and Jacqna to Richmend haa been rendered neceeaary by publication made by one or both of them since -their retnra to th D. 8., notwithataading tbe agreement tbat their vi-itwaa to b kept secret. They hare, perhaps, concluded tbat as tb promise of aecreay was made at tbeir request it wa permissible to disregard it. Wa bad no reason (nr desir ing to conceal what occurred, and bare, therefore, no complaint to make of tha publicity given to tbe faot of the visit. Tha extreme inaccuracy of Mr. Gilmore' narra tive will be apparent to you from the foregoing statement. Ton have do doubt seen, iq th Northern paper, an ac count of another conference on the aurj-ct of peace, which took place in Canada, at about th same data, between Meaara. C. O. Clay and J. P. Holcomb. Confederate eit'iena of the highest character aad position; and Mr. Horace Greelei, of Nw Yoik. aciiuir with authoritr of Preaident Lincoln. It is not deemed improper to inform mo tbat Meai a." Clay and Holcomb. although enjoying, In an eminent degree, the contt tence and esteem nf tL Preaident, werestiictly aoi a'ate in their atatement tbat they were without any authority from this Government to treat with that of the United State on any, aulj ot whatever We bad ao knowledge of their CO' ( n noe. with Mr. Greeley, a Or of their propoted viait to Washington, till wa saw the newspaper publicaiiona. A significant aon tiroiatinn of tba truth of the statement ef Meaara Gilmore and Jaoque, that they caase s meeragera f em Mr. Linooln, i to b tound in the fact that tb views or Mr. Linooln, as ated by tbem to tba President, are is exact conformity with tb oCenair paper addreaaed to - whom It may eotoeern," Shick Wa Sl r JJr. Liueoi' to Mes srs. Cltv aad Uoleombe by the hand of bis pi ivat S e retary, Mr. Hay and which was properly reg ded by thoa gentlemen J aa intimation tbat Mr. Lii coin a unwilling that thia war shoald ceaae while Is hi power to continue faoatilitie. ' I am, very raapeetfullv, Yonr obedient aervant, J. P. BcNJtMIN, ' Secretary of Stat. Haa. Jiass at. Masos, Ommlssioaer to th Continent, Ac, aVc, Paris. - Good Chanoi ior Ihubstmint. We direct attention flftbe advertisement of Frenoh Broad , lands for sate in this paper. No better orporto- nLy is likely to offjr for an investment. Ad dress MoK. Johnston, Spsxtansborg, S. 0. ATIaAIfTA- Thai vii-rjmnn(iftut of the Chronicle and Sen- iiiel gives s a deUiled,avrsMrint of the reeeat rate us uie nein r uiui suu iiisijva rvaua. .if? nttaovf, SMdiy? Aig. fil. 1864. In oonseouenty of the operation ef another party of Federal raiders, Atlanta has been out off from the rest ef the world sinoe Thursday nieht last, for sinoe that time we have had no eomatie'nioafion with the rear, either by rail or telegraph. It was known ii thia city early Friday mern iog that the West Point road had been ont the previous night, and thai the .raiders uaa inovea on in the direetiou of the Maoou read ; also that active .steps had been taken io intercept them and being anxious U bbuin information of what had occurred, and was still going on, I took pas sage on -a supply train for the raiding front early this morning, whioh speedily landed its freight at the village the principal scene ef late opera tions. The Tankee foroa moved ont from the cross ing at Campbelltown, and oonsieted of three thousand oavalrv, a brigade of infantry, with seven pieces ef artillery- On reaching the West Point road the cavalry pushed on, the infantry renaming on the line of the road, whioh they eut at various places along a distance of ten miles, from Fairburn down the road. Tbe general im pression is that thia road will not be repaired at present The infantry force then fell baok to the river. On the route between tbe two roads, a oonstant skirmish was kept up by Boas' eavalry brigade, but his force waa too weak to do more than attempt to retard their progress notil forces could be moved down the road. Friday after noon the main body of the enemy entered Jonea boro", where they remained until Saturday morn ins undisturbe I. conducting themselves ns they chose, while another party waa operating farther lown tne road Tbe latter tore up a smal por tion of the road near Lovejov's station, and also ut B-ar Creek, at whioh latter place they also destroyed a construction train, consisting of an engine, eleven platform and four box oars. The main body at Jonesboro', in addition to destroying the track at intervals extending over a wile, also burned a docen buildings, including the d Dot, court honse, three blacksmith shops, a warehouse and some nnooounied dwellings. But little government property fell into their hands The citiz'ns, however, were extensively quar tt-red upon, the whole command, witn their horses, feeding from private supplies whioh they were successful in finding in abundanee Beyond their boasting and contemptible plundering of tbe ladies' truuks and wardrobes, their conduot was not so reprehc sible as ou several other oc oasions tbat have fallen under my observation. The concentration ef our tree pa on Friday night caused the Yankees to leave Joneaboro' early Saturday morning, and during the forenoon their scattered parties Wore united east of the Macon road, near Lovejoy's Station Here they were attacked by Reynold's infantry brigade and at once put to flight, when, in tbeir retreat, they suddenly found Ross' eavalry brigade in their rear This force, only numbering some five or aiz hundred, waa at onoe charged nv the despe rate foe and literally ran over, the conflict tnat occurred beinc a hand to hand fight, numbers on both sides being killed and wounded with pistol shots and sabres. In this affair the enemy were in tot) rreat 4 hurry to tarry leng enough to use their strength, but gladly passed along, and suf fering the greater portion ef tbe gallant little command that had endeavored to interoept their retreat tt escape The retreating forces were pursued until alter dark by a portion of oarava!ry, in the direction of Decatur, and when the pursuit was abandoned they were about four utile north of HoDouoogh ou the road leading to tbe former place. As ir is known there waa no opposing force in their front it was supposed they would be. able to reach Sherman's left without further interrup tion. As this is Kilpatrick's first raid ve may look for loud vaunting in the Yankee press ef his bavinr committed incalculable damage to two railroads, made a complete circuit of our army, Ac, &c, whereas the truth is he accomplished but little as a raider, and was forced to aeek shel ter by retreating in the direction he did A working force commenced repairing the Macon road early this morning, and tbe an nounoement has just been made two o'clock, nt. that the last spike haa betn driven As write our cavalry, tour brigade! under Gen. W H. Jackson, is moving out of town, enronte for the flanks of the army at Atlanta, where they are needed more than here. For the protection of tbe road Keynold s infantry brigade will -be left, and, by keeping out effioient scouts and having a train always ready to transport tne troop f any point threatened, they certainly should be able to prevent another successful raid, lhese inter ruptiomv although -effecting nothing as regard! the fate of Atlanta ao far aa tber have gone, are annoying, and it ia absDlutely necessary to keep a lookout for tbem or thej may so damage the road as to make a retreat from Atlanta neoes- tt. . In this movement the enemy's loss is estima ted at forty. killed, one hundred and seventy-five wounded and eighty prisoners. Our loss is about one hundred and seventy-five, all told. We lost one piece of artillery and captured one regiment at Hag. nut tne train is about leaving and must off for Atlanta. Bovib. The lit of October is the beginning of the rental year in Macon, and the Confederate says th owners of bouses are already putting their prices at from twenty -five to thirty-five hundred dollars. We do not see how persons in the army or mechanic! are to pay such price and' the owners of property should be ashamed to ask tbem. The pay of a Lt. General will not pay rent and support a family at such rates. . ii i nil i 1 .1 - Mom Hiaeb From The Ashville Newt of the 25th sayi : Gen. Morgan now holds all of East Tennessee' above Bull's Gap. Ue is re pairing th Railroad, and seem preparing to bola the country permanently. While farmer and mechanics are very prop erly called out, ia Georgia, to. assist in repelling the enemy, gentlemen of the theatrical profi ar xsmp ted. Potenbmrgiui1': We bate nothing additional, at this writii from Petersburg. We beard, on Frida tw road at Beams' Station, 12 mile 'from the city, was in eur possession; while it is supposed th enemy held their former lino at Davie hm some two miles South of the .oft j. This ei erH gives them th read at that point, hut e' trW they will not long be sermitted t o hold it. We hate had no Petersburg papers for several days, but the WKtf of Saturday git us the follow The teWrapti ewntains tt' glorious tldl.. that tha star of A P. Hill is again ia th a, dant, and- that, by one ol UiOM daahingrssr movsmeaU which mad Jsokssa immortal, se ha given Grant a. foretaste of th grand, wkia. ping which is in store for him. The enemy must hate aa pet pats sees n.k demonstration n oulr parti ' as th Exvnu yesterday yi :' "For several day past the enemy ha stifUd heavy bodies of troops from th right areasd ( tne ien i uis jmea, as u us auttoipsuoa I soma ovtment on tb part oi HM.faWederat traa. or to assuma further offenaite oaorationa him. elf. , Bodi of troop beta aot only beea trans ferred from th lines 8uth of th Appoaattex, but also from Butler' department in CaesUrfili eoanty." - ' On Taesday afternoon a spirited eavalry es gagemtnt octiarred en Tillotson'i fara 0B 00r extreme right, aboat ten mile front th city VfUl Ltiujkvua v tun puiu nviv wriran m Of tut enemy' cavalry in large foroa, whsa si eagag. ment ensued in which the advantages nmatae ed on oar side. The engagement was short bat nirited. The enemy was driten baok with sen. siderable loss. Our low about seven tr. The Yankee headquarters, we lean, re new at the Yellow Tavern, six mile from Petsrs. burg. Grant ha again eemnveuosd shelling tb city from th river batteries. The Exprtu say that the Yankees hav re sumed their old hbtt of burning private d 'l iogs. It fetves Mr. Perkins, who resides . r the Yellow lavern, U on of tb heaviest inr.r- era. Nothing in addition te what was already knows by telegraph was reoeived by the trail, last night, from Petersburg, oooceraing the brilliant movement performed by A. Jr. Hill on rbnnv day evening. Hi route, we learn, was up th Dinwiddle county road, tneaee aoress tb eointrv to th Stony Point road, which brought him aa Grant' rear. Gen. Lee's official dispatch Ulh the rest Fifty-nine fth prisoners captured by Pickett, near Cheater, wer brought in yesterdsy eva- aaaai. . m ing. I hey were acoompanieo: oy two aeaertsn, who bad availed Uem selves of th previsiesi t Order 65. Th Grand Jury of th county of Pittsylva nia should look after that fellow over ia Daa- ville who edits the Regitter, lor, according t s rWe which has been suggested here, he is guilty of sedition or treason, or both. Her what I ay about that liul fat descendant of Abrs-. ham that wears the big watch ohaia and presidsf over the State Department : A (ieorgia paper expresses the belter that u niaaiwi iw w r aryvw lag ma u m ItW, a semi-offioial organ, written to persuaas tka nmnls thai is am to have aja earlv terBMBS- tion of the war, are from th pea ot oeereiary Benjamin, of th State Department. Now if this conjecture be true, we are prepared t ouat for th over sanguine view expressed al moat daily in that journal. We d at kosw whether the articles In question are gotten ii with a view to put the people in a good hua and arke them t leased with the government uo patient nnder their own privation and safferiDp, t whether tbe author has a fixed belief is as early peso. This much we do kaow : Mr. Bsa jamin told us from th first we wer to havs ss war; he baa aaid all along that hostilities were on tbe eve of oosoieg to a close, (which prophe cies hav all keen belied by their perverse eo&; tinuation,) and we can only say that, if he ii the oracle giving out the diotum of pea, peset, we had as well mak up our minds, o far as kii advice is oonocrned to the contrary, te a fc more bloody and bard bought campaigns. Mr. B. u disposed to be enthusiastic. He aad Saw ard in the outset told their respective eountrisi the war could not last over a few months at fir tbest, and the results have dumfounded than both. We can only say that' we hope the writ under diseuaeion haa soms better lights beferf him than those whioh Illuminated the brail of tbe. sanguine Secretary, in the earlier period of th atruggle. ; Faasa rsoM tb tiu. Early Monday mera iag, Main rtreet was crowded with wagons frew North Carolina, laden with apple brandy, fresh and burning from the distillery and bound for the Richmond market. Th barrels were rolW out at th railroad djK. and th total qusstity of the liquor was not much ihort of thrc thous and flbne. There are no legal '8tnfl' against tha tnanufaetur of ardent spirits in Nortt Carolina. , W understand thatthr has bssa ahss; decline in tbe Richmond ma keta, so tbat itji doubtful whether the profit anticipated wfl M realised upon thia lot It is said to sell tasri now at $50 per gallon. DanvilU RegitUr. There i a law ia our statute books against the manufaotur f grain into ardent spirits, but we regrei. to siy that in inan)' eea0n but IiW attention is paid to iil "New Dip," PP1 brandy, ia about as common here ai water, asd muck of it but little stronger. Fatsutt or taa -War Th WaihiBgW Chronicle saya th 72d Pennsyltania xarr in that eity, and been plaeed on duty there w two weeks, when if term of aertio wfll wwr They want into service 1,600 strong, received nearly a thousand rtoruits; but number -only 160 men. - - bioKU Tbe new Mexican Maximiliano. Emperor signs Tha ladi of srelma, Ala.,;a maklag rt' ridg.
The Daily Progress (Raleigh, N.C.)
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