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' ' , , . : CIk State JanraaL WEDNESDAY, August .27, 1862. Official Reports of late Battles. We are indebted to Gov. Clark for a number of ol ficial regimental repqrts -of recent battles. We shall lay them bef re onr readers, in successive numbers of! our paper and wepropose'to do so the more cheerful-' Jv, th-'Ulisotiie of them date back to the battle ot "Winchester, 2Uh of May, because we find our troops do not fill that space in the public eye to which their heroic deeds and their sacriBces entitle them. In this paper every regiment and every man in the service shall have fujil justice so far as we can secure it to him. j . . "- ' ' We commence with the "report of Colonel W. W. Kirkland, 21st N. 0. Troops, detailing tho opera tions of his command on the eve of and at the battle of ? Winchester. This will be followed by the report of; the late Col. Chaa C. Lee, 27th N. C. Troops, of hia part in the brilliant action of "Slash Church," on the 27th of May, accompanied by the report of Liejjt. W. M. Barber, commanding the 27 th on that occasion. Following thesJ reports we will give that of Majr ft. F. Webb, to whom fell the command of the 6th N. C. Troops alter Lieut. Col. I E. Avery fell se verely wounded, of the part taken by that regiment in the battle of Malvern. Hill. Other reports will follow. These documents form a part of the history ol the country ana should ix; careiuuy prpserveu. ". Ova. Telegraphic News. Oar telegraphic news will be found of ranch interest to-day. It contains a summary of tho war news from every point of the Confederacy, and also a summary of the proceedings of,Gngress up to the latest hour. So much news cannot elsewhere be'fuund condensed into so small a compass. . ' ' ti r o a i . i ; . . . ;. ,1! DA Hi Or HOKSCS, UI'WIM, ufc. aihhu rected to the auction -sile, of horsss, buggies, &c, at Clayton's stiblein this city, u. Wednesday, Sept. Grd. See advertisement. ' A BOOK FOR THE l ihss. iviwaru warren, xu. D., Surgeon C. S. A., and late Professor in the Uni versity of Mary I ind, has in press and will soon bo published a book of considerable import nce at this, time. Tlie title is " Surgery for the Camp, Field and Hospital,'.' and-th-j work is a 'Complete Digest of the most 'important facts and principles of each department 'of the science up to th e present time." See advertiseuWit in another column. from the proprietors of the Virginia S.ilt works an in terest ill tho? w. rk fr thi in i i if.utUi'j of salt the propriot irs a-'njoio to fur.iish is ni'ich brin'J as can b used. . S;j the quantity of salt main will be wy limited by th. am unt of hibr a:i I machinery employed -by the .State. X V. Woolii.i. R.-i., h is b.'; i appoint.! I S iporin t.wWit, in .h3!iajff tho Sut, and ' is now at Salt viile, Ya.,vlt'a!$)" moan and authority' to erect a!i tlie noc jssir mQJnery and hire libor, and as liis s i :o;s d :i 1 o'.flvj am u it of lab r he can procure',, it U evidently tho interest of counties and in-thvil-iiLs t as;st in son ling up as many labrers as possible for tijis ivfe;ss.iry work. Men with r.xcs to rut wood, will receive $20jper Month-,' ana teams for hauling from -$4- to G$ per thy. H n pi ynVmt will ba given to all the labor that will - olfjr, all it affords a fine opportunity to E.istern slaveholders for employment of their slaves j in a scjiire -position. . 1 litors generally will do tho Stare a servu publishing tlfti subst nice of this notice. 1 aiby r . A little History the late Election. The excitement occasioned by the late contest for Governor in this State has saffiiiently cooled- down to enable us calmly to survey. the fieliLi lit is with no View to stirring up strife afresh that we recur to that contest ; but it is due to ourselves, to the people., whom we in part represent, and also to the truth of history, that we should glance over the field, point out the exact position of the combatants, and chronicle what they did. When we have done this wo will try to forget that scene s and never again recur to it voluntarily. V It is hardly necessary to recur to the circumstances which led to the late unfortunate contest J It will be sufficient to state that the old Democratic States Rights party, as such, took no part in the contest, and had no band in bringing either of the candidates' for governor in the fiald. They were wholly engrjss3d in the prosecution of the war. Thoy would mke no nomination of their own. They resolutely set their faces against a canvass of the State and against a contest of any kind. They counselled compromise and conciliation, for the sake of the cause they had . so much at heart the great ' cause of the freedom and independence of the South. They were in a large majority in the State. They had possession of the State goverumaut, an 1, with those-who thought with them and acted with them in their sister Mates . of the South, they had control of the Confederate governraent. Still, with all the power which the patronage of both governments could give within' their grasp, they proclaimed compromise and harmony and did all in. their pjwer to secure it. . This was simply their duty. The secession of the State from the old Union had brought the people compactly together ,for mutual , support in' pres ence "of a common danger, and as patriots they were bound to respect that bond of brotherhood. And the people remained united throughout the first year of the war. All went, On prosperously and harmoni ously. Tho State government was ably and faithful ly administered; It had put Into the field the largest, best equipped and best clad army in the Confederacy, and the Slate's credit was maintained at home and i abroad. The Confederate government had become a marvel in the eyes of all candid men everywhere. FrortP nothing it sprang into the proportions of a giant. To tell what it did would occupy ourentire sheet. What it -failed to do, may surely, be set to the account of human iinperfectability, when we re member what it had achieved. The fury of the North, with its open ports, its myriads of skilled la bor and its enterprising capitalists, its vast armies and its immense navy, supp irted at a cost of from two to four millions of dollars per day, urged on and Gov. Clark, in bjhalf of the-State, ' has. procured j-backed up by the fanatical spirit of its people was. wasted in vain or rolled against thcyoung Confele vacy like .maddened waves against a rock-bound shore. - But in the midst of this prosperity and harmony, the.fell spirit of Avarice and Ambition had raised its head. The editor of the Standard upon 'whose brow the Almighty has indelib'y damped " low 'origin'and lower character" thitt unscrupulous, mer cenary apostate, for reasons patent to everybody at the risk of the character and reputation of the State for pure patriotism, at the expense of that harmony and good feeling A'hicho happily prevailed, at the risk of creating a spirit of discontent , amongst our troops in the field, and inciting rebellion and resist ance to the law amongst the people at home, com menced -to prepare Ibe public mind for .the party -Jtanner he had sold himself to raise. -' There are malcontents and unscrupulous, disap pointed oftice hunters everywhere.- The first effort made by H olden was to bring these elements togeth er in this State. Daring the sittings of the extra sessions o the Legislature, and while the Convention was in session, he . held caucuses in his house. At these caucuses were present such men as William A. Graham', George E. Badger, John A Gilmer, &c. It may be a question with some how iliey came to be caucusing at Holden's ? Were they political friends of .his, or was he. the personal or political friend of any one of them ? It may serve to solve these ques- ' tions to give, in this connection, a pi?ce of private history which will at all events, be vfuund of much significance. Ith no secret that Holden while" professing to sup port Gov. Ellis in 1860, was privately and covertly working for his defeat. It is well known that the. Governor Stanly as he is-.Wecont number of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Xews guVs a wood-ongrav-lug sketch of Governor Stanly's head, aiid, the cloc o a. biography of his life, the following sketch if his heart : ; - j fe ... I . - '!-- J - "has found himself not to be too old to learn, as the recent abandonment of bis pro-slavery edict for the return of fugitives has snmcientty proved. Perhaps, however. he stern attitude of the Massachusetts .-.e :.j 5- n ut . ISUi'Ul. User and A 'correspondent of th Mobile Adce Register uudei-stands that General Buell ,was killed knersonal and political friends of Gov. Ellis in that se in Tennessee the other dav bvsome nartizan ran ire rs The corespondent espressos regret at it, as he" s;iys General Buell is Olio of the Tow gentlemen irt the Yankee army. Ha concludes by saying, however, if the war continue he thought we would have to kill them all. - . ' ' Baton Rouge.- A correspondent of the Mobile s 'Tribune., writing fruin Grfit.adA under date of AiiPttst 1.2th, speaking of the losses sustained at B iton ltouge by each army, says: - Our loss at Baton Rouge is now ascertained to be. about 250, including one brigadier, and three colonels wounded. Col. Alley, of the 4th Louisiana, is report ed to have been reduced to the necessity of having both of Lis legs amputated, and will now probably not recover. The enemy lost one general (Williams) and two colonels, killed outright. They acknowledg ed nnuer a -nag oi truce receiveq on tno lutn tiisiani, that "their. loss in men 'was about-1,000. Your read ers can thus judge for themselves what is the-uature and extent of the victory that is claimed for our arms' at Baton Rouge. Exchangsd.1 We cut the following advertisement i rom a .Richmond paper and publish it for general in formation ; , y . , , f. " EXTRACT. , . Adjutant and Ixsi-'t. Gel"s Office. ) -l " .-..Richmond) AugUst lo, 18u2. "SPECIAL ORDERS, - yo. 191. j , ... XXIlI. The following notice of exchange of prison ers is published for the iutonnation of all concerned,,, viz : , "Richmoxi, August 14. .1862. "The foil iwing officers and meu are duly exchanged, to wit:, ' "1st. All the officers and men who were delivered at Ai kens' on the 5th August, 1862.. "2d. All officers and taen captured at Roanoke Is land. ' ; " . ' .- "3d. All officers and men captured at Fort Macon. '4'lh. All iiflu-orv tjiI man if niwl of IJil T.Mi. tain. 1 - . , ..... i "5th. All officers captured at Forts Jackson a ud bt, Phillip, Louisiana. . : itn. Ail officers and mea delivered at Atkens Auy ust. 10th, 1862. u -. '"th. The oncers antTmeti delivered at City Point , Auiust 8th. lRr-? ! -V,' The officers paroled at Fortress Monroe, May "3th. Privates paroled by.:Brig. Gen. G. W. Mor Kaijat OnrnKai-lon.t r..r; iniu on lar.o T10th Capt. Van Benthuyscn'i Marines. (Signcl,) . . "ROBERT OUL1), V "Agent for the exchange of Prisoucrs." a i v . i he otlicsrs and men relerred to in toe aoove notiog havinsr been dulv exchanced as prisoners of wr, will, wiihoutdelar, : join their respective egl J feentsand corns - ic -i..-.t " - ' . "A By commandTof the Secretary of Wari .. p - JASPER S. WUITING, t- ,.f .v; X ;-:j,:UKl.:? Asat Ajt.-Gciu. s There Was a large and enthusiastic meeting of Ma-; ryianders inTdchmond on AVednesday night lastt Jt vai called to aid the formation of the Maryland line. Y . Lvere contest had to meet the Standard on the stump, 'i and denounce it. . It tea well knowu, and to uo one better than to Holden, tlrat the conduct of the Stan dard in the August campaign of that year, and in the succeeding ; November campaign in which, whilst professing to supports it did it utmost to de feat, John C. Breckinridge was such as to forfeit the confidence of the old party friends and supporters of that paper, and that they were resolved to have done with it. At. the time the Legislature first met, No vember, 1860, a negotiation had been opened between the editor of the Standardising certain parties in. Raleigh, on behalf, of tin old Opp sition lo.idors "of 'the State, the object which was to transfer the Standard and its 'incorruptible" editor over to the Opposition, the condition beiug that Holden was to have transferred to him the support of the Opposition members of the Legislature and all the Opposition patronage of the State the patronage to be with drawn from the Register of this city : and other old Whig papers elsewhere. The support in the Legisla ture had reference to a "kick up" against the Demo crotic caucus and a consequent split am mgst the Democratic members. Bat II lden loves money and "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush." It wa by-no means certain that this R deigU board of mana gers could control the old Whig pitronagc- of the State; it was not certain''-the " kick up" couhl ba eff fected in the Legislature, and it might be, as between him and the Rtgisler, that the democratic prty would re-elect him Public Printer. Therefore, on the d iy the. Legislature first- .met, the negotiation hung fire on the part of II ldeu; At present it is not ma terial who conductc I thol&irresp tudence on the part of the Raleigh cliu.ui?. Suffice it, the person was a person of nerve, aul tht parson insisted upon Hol den standing up to tho terms of thj proposition,1 and even charged him with duplicity and falsehood, aud there was great fear of .an exposure, ; But the caucus of the Democratic p irty which me t that night nominated the writer of this article for Public Printer, aud Holden was repudiated and cist off by a vote of over two to one. That closed the mat ter of negotiation, and the Standard its editor were traded for, the second time.ia the: editorV life and tbimay account for the presence of the par is we have named at the caucuses at Holden's Itonse. ! The statement here made of the purchase of Holden . and his paper is true, and a denial of respectable charac ter can be met by the name of the negotiator. " ; - "-;'- But the caucuses were held, as we have stated, and " the parties we have1 named, and such only as they. took part p.thcir deliberations. Xcuhsoqueqt fca recr ol tne Standard and the leading members of the old Opposition, Is in keeping. witW the anangemeni pegotiated io the winter fil8$0. - t . t -:- What was done at thee caucuses we need not re peal Wa warned the peoplef the' State in ample time. We toM them that tickets for the Provional and Permanent Congress 'had been agreed upon, and wi t Ad them that Got. ElhV unexpired term was to bis filled by It jlden, and that Hr. Graliam was to take the field for the'iuccession. To these caucuses, how- ever, those only were admitted who were known to be thoroughly "sound" There "was obviously a peeessi ty for" this." The great mtjority .of the members of the Legislature aai of ' tha C invention had magnanimously and patriotically laid asida their old party prejudices, and it was doubtful whether they could be induced to work, in party harness. And the result shows I there was considerable reason for this doubt, and of their being excluded from the caucuses. The caucus ticket for the Provisional Congress was voted dawu iu Convention, and a fair compromise agreed upon an equal number having been selected from both old parties. To some extent the caucus tri umphed in the election of Sjuators, but the West was defrauded ofr its representative. The , Governorship promised lo Hjlden was a dead failure the Cbtq tiou, which'by this tiqu wa whtpp! into harness, -not daring to outrage the decency of the State by electing him, and not bing able to elect him," they abandoned the election altogether. .. . . And now we come to the election of CJV Vance. And here wo m y at $neo s iy that the C jloifd elec tion "was purely accidental.' He. was hot the candidate selected by tho caucus. Mr. Graham, it was known from the first, would not consent to run; because bi knew he could not be elected. And it was proposed time after time during the sittings of tho C invention that a compromise should be ' effected. What were the propositions made ? By the old Democratic States Rights men the contest was almost relinquished and they proposed to nam a ra m from the ranks of the Opposition who had not been an obnoxious partizan, upon, whom to centre -or,, the Opowtion might se lect an unobjijction ible m tn from the Damocraticside,! and all centre on him. Neither of these propositions would suit the caucusites. Ttiey cooil' proposed to select three of their own 'numbir out of which the Democ racy might choose ! They gave no pledge that these three should not hi bitter partiz.tns they refused to name them. ' ' - J Nothing could bo done t 3o!ejt a sing! ? c indidate. Holden threw every obstacle in the .way, for he know he neyer could be that one, and he hid arrogance enough to suppose that at last he would be called out ss the caucus candidate -and be run through. He little dreamt of the estimate in which he was hold by those who had just pui-ch ased him.- Mr. Graham publicly refused to run. What was to bo done next 7 Another caucus was held by the managers, on Smday, and it was resolved to try John Pool. But it was soon found-ti wotill not do. And now the 'caucus nomination was just where Holden had beeen working to get it it was going a begging, and no one would call upon IIoldeuv to "sacrifice him self." . . ' .-' ' ' ' - 1 bout this juncture tho people of Mecklenburg, without distinction of party, held a tear meeting, to take measures fur the comfort of their volunteers and to ..express their confidence in the" cause, of the South; At that " meeting a resolution was adopted, amongst others, recommending -William Johnston of that county,' as a suitable candidate for Governor. At th'w tiine, it should be remember? d, there was uo name bo fore the people of the State and the time for the elec tion was drawing nigh. With singular unanimity the Press of the State endorsed the recommendation of the people of Mecklenburg, ami William Johnston was set down as a '-fit ind proper person" by every paper in the Slate, we thiuk except he Standard, and the prospect seemed to" be that there would be but one can didate. The Democratic press of the State, one by one, fell into the support of Mr. Johnston, as one Avho could unite the people thoroughly, lie had been opposed to them all his life; but they had abandoned party for the time being, and now they showed the sincerity of their professions by their acts But the Siaiulard at ouce opposed Mr. Johnston. Its editor had been bought and promised pay to get up a party contest, and a contest was resolved upon bys Holden's owners, be the. consequences to the State and Confederacy what they might. Col. Vance was induced at length to t ke the field, notwithstanding 'he had given a pledge not to leave the army till the indcpcudcnc of the South was se cured. With Col. Vince it is not our purpose further to deal. '? We will only say that iu consenting1 to be come the tool of this Raleigh clique, he showed he was more anxious for tho ".safety, ease and auiet of a snug "shade office" than hS was even for the indepen dence of the South. ' But the campaign now opened. The clectiou of Col. Vance being regarded as certain, on account of his being in the army, the whole pack of the Opposition press, with two exceptions, rushed to hir support, not withstanding their endorsement of Mr. Johnston. How the campaign was conducted is already a matter of history. Everything that was vile and mean was resorted to to arouse the passions and prejudices of the people against the gnvernmeuts of fhe State and Con federacy, and Mr. Johnston was identified with both. Col. Vance was immediately made a "hero." He j was represented as fighting at Newbern two hours af ter the general and all else had left the field. He was painted as lying under the guns of the enemy at Mal vern Hill, the morning After the battle, amongst' bis tsUio, ahead ot every other Southern regiment after one of the most terrible charges ever recorded in his tory, whilst Col. Johnston was snugly ensconced at heme on his South Carolina railroad.. Such deeds as these were enough to elect Wo governors. Then the passions and prejudices of "the .people were aroused against Mr.' Johnston by assaults upon the govern menst. The Conscript law was painted in all the hor rors imaginable. Men dragged from their families by the "military despotism at Richmond their crops going to waste famine staring- their destitute families in 'the face, whilst those who made the law were basking in "shade offices" at homfe. If Col. Vance had been governor this would not have "been -if he were made govern r it would not continue, but every nun should ba returned to the bosom of his family. The hardships of our troops in the field were dilated upon. They had been sent out ball-dad uad ly armed and, not! half fed..- T.iis would not be the case under the system of "Rjform'' which the election of Col. Vaace w.uld bring abouL The men should be properly fed arid clothed; they sbonld hive the host arms ever, made; their pay s!i -mid. bo increased ; eve ry mie belonging to them should have & pension, and finally every one of ..them should spaedily return to their families and their native State. To all of this Mr. Johnston and those who' supported him were opposed 1: - -x' '' ..'--.';';..--;-.,,,..; y-:-" 1 the country tho "high price jotU dwjeli up on, nnd calico at 50 eents per yard was ' given as a specimen of the workof those In power. In the towns the price of bacon and Hour, were properly shown up, and working men were asked how they could support ' their families. - v i j :..iv-'--"y v-,-'.-r '-V" The war.was denounced fa a (War for the' rich i . and Ehe poor men were doing the fighting. i The war had 1b6en brought on by thQj sccessionlsU, and the seces sipmsts were enjoying all the "'shade offices" at home. But wejneed notpursuoj. this farther. : tt Jhad Iti" effectGolonelYatK8 IsBlenCed and now itfernaihf for those who raised the storm to quell " ft.' ' TLoir iS that tr be done J ' . . .T6 j4y- ',f reckoning is yet to come. Demagogue ry and deceit may triumph for awhile ; but tho bo bcr second thought" follows as surely as the night follows the day. . The eympathies of thi- people have been trifled with ; their prejudices and their passions hare been roused; but cool, sober-reason will again resume her throne and enable them to arrite at the truth. , ;"- . --' "''.' 7 J - - We do not hold Colonel Vance 'responsible for the1 tricks and devices resorted to to secure his election. Fat from it. But he will undoubtedly stififcr by them, uuless he; by his acts at least, repudiate those who U3ed them. It is necessary that Colonel Vance should say unequivocally, when he becomes govern or, whether or not he is in favor of the Conscript law. This is expected of him, and he will disappoint a ma jority of the people if he fail or refuse to be explicit. And Colonel Vance will be expected, by the terms of his election, to show that he is net now a partisan. We will not undertake to say what Colonel Vance will do iu this respect. We believe, however, that the anti-war men, the Union men, the abolitionists, the traitors, and all who expect to see an administra tion hostile to the government and policy "of the Cbnfederato States, will be wofully disappointed in Governor Vance." We take him to be quite a diSfer ent sort of tnan, and he knows upon what character of people he has to rely for support. If, then, in the language of the Richmond Enquirer, he will only re ject from his councils the morbid spirit of party feel ing, or disappointed atabitton and greed, that seems to have .animated a faction of - his supporters, and obey the promptings of his own judgment, he will, we douot nof, make an excellent Executive. " We be lieve that he will do this, and that the Confederate cause will have no more hearty, generous and frater nal co-operator than in the new Governor of North Carolina. And if we are not mistaken in this1, Gov, ernor Vance will have no 'warmer supporter than he will find in this journal. The Yankee Press on our late Election. A telegraphic dispatch to the Associated Press, da ted Mobile, August 25th, amongst iu items of late Northern news has the following r ; "THE NORTHERN VERSION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION IS, THAT THE SECES- ' ' - For tbSute Journal. ; Battle of Winchester-Ota rial. . - WiscHKSTEB, Va., May 27th, 182. Myor General J. G. Martin, A, G.; 1 I have the honor to submit, for the information ot his excellency, the GWrnorr the Ibllowiriff report of the operations of the Twenty-first North Carolina reJ Tm ?wbe ?ght Prying ml the day of the battle of Winchester, (May 24th and 25th). V t;e?i0?.f th , l4th at 7' P - m- I was or dered, by Major General Ewelh to detach two com panies from my regiment for the atp ,rt of 0rt uey s battery, and to throw forward one company ai skirmishers in the direction of Winchester, for the purpose of driving in the enemy's pickets. , We were fare miles from that city, on the kront Royal road, placing Marw- Fulton in charge of Captains F.K. MUIer and. Pf hoi's companies for the support of the battery, I proceeded, in person, with Capuin Hunt's npany m the direction of Wtncliester. Under my SKJT0 Ca.PtaiD1 HQ?1 dSP-Vhi force on either side of the road, aud we began the mareh up the turn- p, ,V T 6 Pf0083 without incident for a mile and balf, when we received a Tolley from the enemies' first outpost, on a hill in our front. Captain Hunt replied to this fire, and we pushed on rapidly after the fleeing enemy Along the route, I learned from a citizen the position of the next picket, which I di rected Captam Hunt to approach with stealth, and capture if possible without firing. This he endeav ored to do, but the enemy was on the watch and re ceived him with a heavy fire which seriously wound ed private Vestal and slightly wounded private Whit aker. Having delivered their shots, the enemy fled with great precipitation. We were now. two and a half miles from the division aud having left a rotd in my rear, by which I might easily be rot off, hav ing but one small company with me, and having as sured myself that I was not far from the enemy in force,! fell back, to the intersection of the road above mentioned and dispatched a courier for reinforcements. Captain HedgecocVs company was sent up to me and I immediately posted him near the spot ' where we had been last fired upon, and placed Captain Hunt in reserve. After some deliberatinn I determined to advance once more, and sent back for the reinaininr companies of the regiment. - These were brought up by Lieutenant Colonel Pepper. Relieving Captains. Hedgecock and Hunt, I' direct-. ,ed Major Wharton to deploy Captains Headley and Alexander Miller's companies on the rizht and left 4 of the road and to get Dossession of a dense wood 1 about half a mile m onr front which I was led to be Hieve contained a heavy picket reserve of the enemy. Major Wharton soon sent mo word ..that he was on the outskirt of the wood and could distinctly hoar the Yankees conversing among themselves. I sent ordets to him to surprise them if possible and capture them j without noise, but they fled at his approach, and he 'Maine, Lt Sgt Pri n W W Kirkland, d it K Pepper, UCol- J F Deal!, J II Jones, B L Feraby, JG. Harlow, A Martin, ' W Haith, G D Rrown, : J W Sheets, J R Henderson, Calvin Doby T Jackson, Wo Zaroee, D H Bety, T L lloynes, W T Reid, Dobbs Vestel," H J Holder, S L-ow, AT Gulzer, Henry Norman, M Spriukle, LIST OF WOtfXDED. Raak. Company. ; , Vfbtn woanded. ", A, U, A, M - M it M l tt B. SION. CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IS DE FEATED. AND THAT THE UNIONISTS HAVE took possession of the wood. . I brought up the main ELECTED NEARLY EVEUY MEMBER OF THE 1 xly, a,nd P"8te(1 them in the woifls and advanced. Ma- t pprar atttptp J tor V bartons skirmishers still further tt the front. mituloLiA l UKhi. , Brisk firing now took place between my own, and This is what was foretold of the late- contest by ug ' the enemy's skirmishers, tlie latter falling back to and others. Huw could it be otherwise regarded ? wards the town. I directed Major Wharton to secure It had been squar.dy announced as 'fAe 'issue, by the "ifn6 iUC0 ia,our fro,t RatV Captain Alexander r i u ei j j ii , II u . , . , Miller a large wheat stack on our right and front. Raleigh Standard, that all who were opposed to the Brigadier General Stuart now came up (it was day course of Sou th Carolina in breaking up the Uniou : light) with the Maryland regiment, and . sion after would, vote fot; Colonel Va' ce whilst those who Major General Pwell came upw the grVnrWruiging . with him a rule piece under Ucutenaut Latimer of thought with South-Carolina and had not repented for ' "breaking up. the,Uuion, would vote for Mr. Johnston. This was . the Issue made ry the Standard, duly chronicled by the Yankee press of this State and" the North. It was an appeal repeatedly made to' the "Old Union Men" to "vote down the secessionists." What other construction could the Yankee press put upon tlie contest? .-. j And what influence can this election thus under stood, have upon the people of the NorthJ Will it set back their efforts to raise volunteers ? Just at (he moment the announcemcs.t of this great North Caro- i C lUrjtney Vbattery. ! The enemy was now m plaia yiew, infantry, artil- lory, and. cavalry the infantry in , hoavy masse i behind the stone fences on the outskirts of the city, .' the artillery getting positions in a lull on the other t dde of the city, and the cavalrv watching mainly our i lanks. " '- h I General Ewell rode forward with me and examined i in person the disposition of the enemy's forces. .He ! then ordered Lieutenant Latin;er to bring up his guc ami open fire upon the infantry. After two or thrs : lis.-harges, the Major General directed me to move ;, into the town with my regiment and drive the encuiy i' ut. The Twenty-first responded to this order w.th a M Sa p p. John Smith, D lVsid, EBCostle, Eli Swain, T D Close, II B Sapp, John Page, J E Orerby, W Webster, J H Shackleford, J RoberU, WiPage, V A G Neen, H B Hoozer, Martin Rutledze. W II Collins, R W Cook, J M Mbe, J W B-arttl, , D F White, A Speinhow, J H Fergerson, E Cly, G W Toindexter, W Wall, E Bevil, TC Wall, T J Tolar, A M Bowles, WJVaughan, J C Baker, H P Fulton, J : Axom, -P II Cocke.rha-n,f J E Gibbons. J TMinish, A S Key, J no Edmonds, R W Hill, ' R G Benct, H L Vernon, J H Sparser, T Giles Whitaker, WR Uuffins, J A Cobb, . Crpl C. Sgt . Pri ..." Corpl E, Pri 41 14 44 Sgt AYi Corpl Pri 14 4 41 4 Sgt Pri 08 Pri Sjrt 44 44 W 44 4 I M . j F. 44 44 U F, 4 G, 44 tt M 4 44 44 44 (4 44 it : . thigh, hips and bladder, shoulder and neck. back lighL) ankle (amputated.) ' aide (slight) - ! head and thigh. ' ..-;- j- head. " lungs, hand and leg, thigh, arm aud hand. -V .'' ! ; head. Ion? and back (mortal.) -lung and hack. hand, testicle aud leg. shoulder. O i.-.-.r leg. - - head. .'.:-'.'' ''.'-"braast.-- Lead (mortal.) head. : - ' snoulder. hip and back, f thigh, vp - left shoulder. T shoulder. I. . ankle. lungs. . .hand, shoulder. v 'I . arm. - :-.-... arm. leg (broke.) ' -. knee, side (slight.) shoulder and , face: shoulder and chin. thijth. . thigh. both thighs, arm ami back. Pri i Sgt Pri 14 t I, 44 II M, ankle. ; thigh; "arm (slight.)' thigh abore kmse. k side (bj shell.) groin (mortal.) r ' bead (dead.) ' -- head, hip. hip." irm and lejr. . thigh. 'head. knee, hand and sluMilder. : tbijth. head (mortal.) back (slight.) . 5 thigh." - thigh, head arm. . arm. knee and shoulder. ' shouMer. ,:: ' leg." Una "Union triumph" is made, every effrt that ! convinced mc that our reginfehtal color , i , . . r would soon wave in the streets ot Winchester. Lear- ;, mg orders for my skirmishing com panics to cOtito on , ' I gave the order to "double qmcx; knowing irnl! b devi.xcd was bein-' em moved to raisn tbnnirw ! levies. Great difficulties were found to exist, but now we sec 'by late news from Washington that the new levies are pouring in in steamers! The end we fear is not yet. r I mnr..- trniiti.inrr nrOmnr .. . . ... j. I' of the tonography ot the county, and haviutc no time Later from the North. Northern papers of the, 17th have "been receivo 1. Col. Corcoran and other relensed Federals had arrived at Washington v An Irish regiment has been autho rized in Hamilton county, Ohio, to be called the "Cor coran Avengers.' The ashington Claronicle gives an editorial oh the fact that persons from Maryland are annoying visitors at Northern watering places by Dixie. and "Maryland., .ibe tight in I azewell, Va., r is .said to have resultetl in the capture of wagons of forage- by the 'Federals., but they lost "the knapsacks of two regiments " ; The 'Felerals are en rolling the citizens of Alexandria, Va ' The "rebel"' steamer Iercaeta-was advertised to Iave London on the loth iust. Col. Turchiu, charged with numerous barbarities in Northern Alahaioa, has been acquitted.' , The Washington (Jhromclc has the following : THE SCEXE qiUKGED , ; Gen. McClellan has abandoned Harrison's Landing, and is now on his march to Williamsburg. This has been the rumor for many da3's, and we see in the New York Times an elaborate and very circumstantial ac- : count of the evacuation, as far as it has taken place. What McClellan proposes to gain by this wo do not know. It would be idle to speculate in the absence of the facts, and ignorant as we.are of the immediate circumstances surrounding his retreat. ; By some it is thought he intends to joiu Burnsidc at Aquia Creek, and consolidate all our troops on the Rappahannock. Others anticipate a crossing of the James ri ver and an . advauce upon Petersburg, wlule ail admit mat tne war on the Peninsula is over. hat wm become oi Norfolk it is impossible to s;iy. Fortress Monroe be comes a garrisoned fort of minor importance, our gun boats will hold the rivers and tne towns on meir banks. We turn our eyes to other portions of the map, and find a new scene for our drama. ' , Where will it be? Gen. McClellan can havo no idea of making his army a mere guard for the defence of Washington. He has months before him, dry and bracing weather, hard roads and a healthy country lo operate in. r He has tlie splendid remnant ota mag nificent army, larger even now than any other army under our flag liis men are experienced vcterans.-r They must be put to some immediate, activeand busy purpose. We do not think that the movement at all has been that of McClellan.- It so completely altfirs his plans, and throws a new phase upon the military condition of affairs, that we must accept it as the i to reconnoitre the approaches to the town, I had .alternauve but to advance along the main turnpike. We proceeded in this way for three quarters of a mile when we were suddenly made aware of the proximity of the enemy by a trernendons 'Tolley from his con cealed regiments on my left, while another regiment catne dowu at a double quick through an apple orrh- !h ard in their rear and "Opetiwd upon us also. My men returned the fire with telling effect, and as soon as I t could, I placed them behiud a low fence on my right. After a fierce fight of a quarter of an hour I deter mined to eharge the enemy with the bayonet. I gave the l order, "and with'a shout my brave fellows leaped the. r ii .1-1: 1 J 1 They received, us' with a: most withering fire before ' which my men fell like autumn leaves, but the Yan kees fell back.0 At this time another regiment of the enemy came down upon my right and rear and cut up : ray ranks to such a degree that 1 was forced to change p niy position in. order to briu the enomy all in my ; ( front. vHaving -done this, the. battle continued until (f the twenty-first Georgia, Col. Mercer, came up to my assistance, wheu the enemy;. broke and fled in utter ! route. 4 : '" . ;- - ' We captured two, colors my mca numbered thret 5 hundred, and we fought for one hour and routed thP' ; fifth Conneeticnt, the tenth Maine, the Forty-first New 'York and the twenty-fifth Pennsylvania regiment. i No veterans ever faced without flinching, a force more overwhelming or a (Ire more galling than did the twenty-first North Carolina on this occasion, and L be- r speak for my officers and men .who survived that fiery ordeal ami for the memory ot those who tell . tne dis tinguished consideration of Ids Excellency, the Govcr- t Ml 1 ' I .I." nor. uur loss was eignieen .Kiueii ana sevenry-eiRni w.unded, a list of which I will forward you as soon as I can procure it. ' J I cannot close my report without noticing individu als. . I may say without error,' that the entire regi ment behaved with the utmost gallantry. The bril liant conduct of Lieut. Col. Pepper was very conspi cuous, and tihe brave man fell; pierced through both bins while in the act of waving his sword over liis I head and cheering on the right-wing in the charge. To Major Wharton I was greatly indebted for his as sistance with the skirmishers on the night previous, and for hi activity, zeal and cool courage during the action. On this officer'' devolved the command arter the wounding of myself and Lieutenant Colonel Pep Der. Captain Hedgecock, Co. H, was mortally wound- o, and Capt. Ligon, Co. G, fell with a bullet through j his brain in the thickest of tlie fight. Death met them .( at the head of their companies while charging the i m TT . - T L CI A. 1 enemy. tJaptam nunc, uo. i, was very. usuu on me scheme of another mmd and that miud our Vm-j f the 24th.ahd with Captain King, of Co. F, mander-in-Chief. Gen. Hallecks visit tolren. Mc- .,nje(i distinguished 'service-throughout the action Yaskek PLtrxumtERs ijt .Suffolk. TIore are at Suffolk about G,000 Yankee troops, con.sitUij: of five . regiments of infantry, seven hundred cavalrymen, anil one hattcry of artillery, of ix piecei. All the inhal- ' itants are fared to uign a 'parole" not to take up .'v arms' against the United States. If they refuse they are wut t- the Hip Hap. All . the. property ol Mr. , Elisha. Noi tlcot, amounting to $100,000, Jwi Uen seized, and only o;i nnnn iu his house allowed for the use of, hi family. Colonel William U. White- head's property has also bt-en con lixca toil. A letter , to Hie Petersburg Express, from .Southampton county, .says: ..'-.'' s . . . ' ; ,---' The Yankees seem to-' consider th'ciusel ves f rt-e to rob and steal frhi whoever they plVae. 'Phey lay . taken possession of t!ie-bcutiful cottage rcidciKC of . I hotnas J. Kilby, just beyond the limits of the t wii, and are using it as a hospital The out houses on the; lot' have btrn pullwl down and burned, and all ut 'ttmu..':. ... i i i mi,. Muujf a MjH;ri has imxu uesiroyeu. , A Union fl ig - floats over the Christian Sun office. and all the typo and property connected with the of- . fice is used by t hent, the editor having escaped -from their bauds. , ' ' ' The residence of Nathaniel Piddick is still the - headquarters of General Weber and the tribe of v Uirtclimcn aiound him, while Mr. Kiduick s farm is made a camping grountl, and all his crop's destroywl. In the surrounding country most of the thrifty farm- . ers have been entirely ruined. Ctptaiu Edward C. Riddick, one of the most useful cilizeusof the county, hasr lost all his negroes,' a bout forty in r umber, and he has been cotnpelhxl to leave the county te prevent ; being sri iesleoV " , ; , ; ?' All the Hogroes of scores if other citiieut have left their owners, while those who refuse! to leave have been forced, by the-Yankees to do so. ' In Ible of .Wight, among others, Colonel Gcorge'TV Hall has lost 'r.i all his negroes. Captain T. G. Williams,' of the Cth : , Virginia regiment, has been robbed of all his nc jroes, about forty, in number. v ' Lieutenants E.L. Ballard, D. W. Duke, and Jmc ' Goo-ltnan, Vwho are in the service (the last namel having been severely wounded st Hichmond), have been .stripped of all their negroes, nd everything else ' in reach. The mother of Lieutenant Bsllaid, a ven- " er ible lady, with a largo family of negroes,, has, been rubbed of every one. A . T ' V - . A week or two since the1? thieves went to tho res!- '--deuce if Abram Riddick, living just beyond the State line, and seized all hts negroes, and bacon and corn, - leaving hini without' any thing to subsist on. In this - j ! countv the negroes are leaving by hundreds . Among tho sufferers.l may ,nieairtv James iUruiihart.-ho"' loses all his men. Benjamin C. Drew, has- lost 21, aud P. J. Holmes 10. Richmond Dispatch 2Ul. ty Da. R DCKER.- vii) is traitor was iroughtto tins ci v. sterdav in tnms snd handed oyijr Captain Alexander, who placed him in close confinement Jn Castle Thunder. Two other prisoners were brought with him, who wero also accommodated by the As- sist ant Provost Marshal. Richmond Examiner, The Richmond papers state that two hundred and, , twelve prisoners, about one hundred of, whom wfe r from Pope's army, were brought to that city on Sat urday evening last. -, ' . . ; : - - . Auction Sale. Clellan. and his observations on th Peninsula,' are seen in the movements of the army to-day. The mighty North is at his back. New armies are ucing . jj ' yt, Lieutenant commanding Snow. Co. C made, and before the leaves begin to fall, a million of Tho Lieutenant coramanding Co I, whose name I regrel men win oeai nis uuuuug jwimwi m uu j the advance guards of this mighty army, and yery soon we shall see it hurled With irrrsistible force upon the South. We think we can see the beginning of the eud. . . . .? - ' Ddpabtment,- 1 on, Aug. 4, 1862. J aft of three hundred More Yankee Tboops. The following is the r der of the Yankee Secretary of War wiling; for six hundred thousand more troops. -Those worthies iu this State who have been denouncing the conscript law , will please make a note of this : Wae . . . , , Washington Ordered irL-That a draft of three' hundred thousand militia bo immediately called into the ser vice to serve' for nine month?. Unless sooner dis charged.' The Secretatyof War will assign the, quo ta to th6 States and1 estahlish teulations Tor the draft. ,:. ... Second. -That if, any State shall 'not by the 15tK of August furnish its quota of the additional three, hundred thousand voluntrors authorized by Ja w,"bo ' deficiency of volunteers in that" State will' also be made up by special draft from the nilitia. The Sec retary of. War will establish regulation' fb thi pur-, iose.iii rv ?. y, i j'l Li-. fjt znT oi Third. ReguUtiona will be prepared byAhe War ; Department; agd presented to the President with $bft, oojeci oi securing xne , promotion o -omcers oi.uom my and volunteers for meritorious and disbuguurtiea services, and of preventing the noraiuation' aud ap pointment in the military ferric of incompetent or Qnworthy ofJ5crs y The regnlationSf will alsprorid lor xiuaing iqr spryictj oi soxnjinooinpeteas pviuuo aa now iiold. commissions. .t L Byjordfitof the Presidents Its d iM Edwis M. Staktos, . , ' Secretary of War. of the 25th. I also nonce with much-pleasure the handsome behavior of Captain Stores, of C . II, Capt. U. ret I cannot recall, Lieut's Wilson, 'Wood ruff, Osborne, Co. B, Cooper ShuUy Owens,' Co E, Beall, (wounded) Miller. Oaks, Co. A ; William. s j.mes, (wounaei uo. II; Scott, Whitlock, COTC; Gilmer, C. M; Rally and Davis, Co. I. The siihaltems of C. F and G, also deserve honorable mention, and I am exceedingly sorry their names have escaped me. Capt. Hamilton -Shepperd, regimental commissary ; was by my side, and during the engagement transmitted orders for me. He is a brave officer. - Surgn Vanncr and acting Surgeon Foot were very useful, the latter being much exposed, having his bat knocked off by a shell while on the field. Private minst, v- r , acung nospiwi steward, ned with his company in the cliarge and was killed instantly by a ball through his stomach Tlie color-bearer was severely wounded, but would not quit his flag Captain AlexanSer Miller had been, deployed on the right; and while on the way to rejMn the regiment in the suburbs of the town was hahed by Major General EweIJ, nd directed to report with the two companies under Major Fulton.' The conduct of Major Fulton, Captains F.-P. Miller, Alexander Miller and PfBol, beiogdirea1y Jiinder.tlieyef the Mar General, i have never received any report con cerning them., .i - i-r- Vtf ": j'V;:r'""fs-' '" I am, respectluuyr r ' I ; rir! . ,f.i".-.-. .sYouroIt iservaoft, r- ; ..4 if'- a ....wkiukland,,;.: late Colonel 21st regiment N. U.a.-iV: T WILL sell, on Wfdnesdaj, 3rd dajrJSeptenber. 1 at L. T. Clayton's Livefr Stable, the following i . . 10 HOUSES, . 1 Large Otnaibn, SeTeral Carriage Bugjriet, '. JltrneM, ' ' ' . Saddles, ' 1 ; 4 Id iron sod atcel. Cahale. Anjr 57-8I-3t W. H. H. TUCKKB, . Auctioneer. V A Book for the Times. AND HOSPITAL, emDracing a conpiw uigw :"V moft imporUnt facts and principles of each dPP''0i; i thecieice pto the preBt time. The book will ba ia t 'im'!c6&f&A tonsmitr. beriwith. list; of the Bradlf Johaaon witnessed with anch aaboanded admirtv tion. aa he led oa his 1st .JIary landers to t6iataJttee xX the ilst,le4 by Kirkland. r Oar readers will do well to agaia perue Colonel Johnson's letUr pablinhed by as a w rtk ago. Eos. . : u fore of such convenieBt site as wul admit of is tr ried into the field, for constant sno uaw ,vr-.'Z"U- The anthor believes'tlist hi the of this work," . n.Maptiin oLsional desideratam, and be bas supplied an important ' both u and oat of the S fUws'd rhcir Bamea . Bcribera are res ec-fally souciiea w - , , Uoaoi uie wora. UZSP i Lt ProfeMor im the Univmitf Maryland. .;; . .; ' : ' EXSCUTIVE DlCPAaTJIMTf7ty1r-S , W-Iw OUWtfh, Aug, 2 1802.- i. rrniE Saertflsaa eamstsblet of - tk!i i SUte tre - belonirinKto the Co .federate, arm wfeo ar absent nitho ! leave. For each arrest thej will e lla w a rewaia from the Confederate ffovernmeat of $15 for each one cor-, ; naea in tau, w.pf '' ?- y h .To secare Wes arrests, the, above, cawed 1 eilt on anv assistance sad osa all tht power sad ssthorU.v , belongias to their said offices. ? j Ooveraor of Xortlf Caroliaa. ' . - . . 81-S -.
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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