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THE STATE JOURNAL, RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST .30, 1802. 4 l)c State MMMl SATURDAY, August 30, 1852. Foreign Intervention. The Raleigh Standard has never failed in an effort to discourage the people of the South and to dampen the anlor of her trxps, where an opportunity occurred. In that ppcf of the 12thof July, whilst affecting to be urging the South to the "most vigorous fighting, - it ... tOilOWl it throws m most lnsiaiousiy ana aevnsniy tne .. .. njj n f .Ki'.ntenca uext to the one we nave auuaea to: i. lint .at the flame time she should press foreign in ..rntmii as her only hope of a settlement and fi nal adjustment of her difficulties with the North." That was the incentive, it would seem, by which the people of the South were to be urged to "most Vigorous ti?hting." Fight on, boys, cries this gallant militia captain, but you need have no hope ol gaining w'ttho it foreizn intervention ! Or Will j--- - - Vottler wonls, he SAid "go fight, boys, most vig.r nuslvV but there is no hopo and I will stty at homo and watch, and wait, for forciga intervention." But thank heaven the Standard, is the only paper in the South that has told her 'struggling sons their efforts are hopeless without foreign intervention. There was no such doleful words sounded in the ears of the mn who tiaiAe out the Revolution, except by tones Tlrusa an xr man in th South, whose heart is Ullt Linii'Wio. as yvo J ' ' .in this Revolution, for one moment harbor the thought that the Souths nkur hope's in foretign intervention? If so, what dou he thi nk of the S outh's propects now? The 'latest, nevva fr m E tropa see.nn t extinguish all kone of intervention. The Queen, a the exponent of the policy of her ministers, 'has-declared in her speech from. the throne, that the policy of E igUnd is strict " . 1 ' t ' . .1 K.t In neutrality ; anoLlhis has since oeen reie -ubu uy net Prime Minister and her Secretary for Foreign A flairs. ' the French Emperor jsrcportel as concurring in the -policy. of E .lglandj and is turning his attention to a Riipply of cotton f r his starving operatives, to other sources than the Southern States ; whilst the Emperor- of Russia has contradicted, in tin mo-it explicit manner, a rum r of his'iuterferenje, through the col - -1 nmiis of-his 0T1 ;i;d orgiii. This b nog thi p wition of the three ltM ling p.nvera, we ne i.l not trouble our selves as to the attitude of those of a minor character. Where, then, is thcra gleam of hope ? The Stanford ivs there is none. j L, We denounce tho jjentiment as that of rank fear. It is the emanation of a craven, slavish sul. There is not oniy noir, mun; i wunnrj, triumphant independence of the S uth, and 'that wil l ho achieved, independent of f reign intervention, by tl,a .brave hearts and st nt arms of hw sons. No hope! Eight millions of people, ble?sel with all the choicest gifts of heaven, .wit a slave population of iur millions of skilled agricultural lab irers upon whoin the war makes no draft eight:, millions of " -the bravest of Gl's creatures, with every attribute which true freedom anji.tho highest condition of en lightened civilization can bestow can these be suhju- The mind that can conceive it, the heart The West and the War. Western North Carolina is working . quietly in raising troops for the war. The people of the moun tains are turning out tn masse, it appears to us, and precious little need is there for a conscript law up there. The mountain districts are largely represen ted in almost every regiment from this State, anckthe cry is "still they come. . We had the pleasure of a visit from Colonel G. Folk, of Buncombe, on Wednesday, from whom we learned he has just organized the "First Battalion of N. C. Cavalry," of which he' is Lieutenant Colonel. The battalion consists of six companies ot eighty men each, every man of whom has furnished his own horse, &c. They are armed with the celebrated En field rifle and are ready for duty. They were organ ized at Asheville on the 18th alt. They are for the Partizan service and under Col. Folk, who has had ample experience as a capiam m mo i . C. Cavalry, will undoubtedly make, their mark. Nor is this all from the West. GA. Folk informs us that a full regiment of Partizan infantry has been formed and organized since his battalion was formed, L M. Allen. Colonel ; Marcus Erwin, -Lieutenant Colonel. Col. F. tells us this is one of the finest bodies of men he ever saw. Tbey compose a full regiment, abd are also armed with the Enfield rifle. Col. Allen is said to be a splendid officer, and of Lt. Col. Erwin 'it U needless to speak. This regiment is now also ready for service, and makes an addition of uno mnrft rponment to the number the old North State has given to the cause of the South. And yet another regiment of Partizans, to the credit of North Carolina. We learn from the same source that Col. K. G. A. Love is at the head of another ful! regiment, which has been organized within the last month, This is' said to-be a number one set of men, Wesley Clayton is Lieut. Colonel, nd Wm. McDow ell, of Macon, is Major. This regiment is at work and will be" ready. for the field very shortly. All its officers are experienced soldiers and will be one day heard from. - . . And still another Western band. Dr. Joseph Mc Dowell has had in camp for several months, at the Warm Springs, a battalion consisting of .six, compa nies of infantry and two of artillery, lhey are in a thorough state of discipline and capable of any amount of hardship. Dr. McDowell is LieUt. Colonel and ilarry-Deaver, Major. The foregoing presents a very creditable little chap ter in the history of Western North Carolina's efforts for Southern independence. ..And now we can write down truthfully sixty-one regiments from North Car olina, with men enough in detached companies and in course of organiz tiou to make nearly a dozen more. What do the Yankees think. of (Our Union sentiment' '.'.''.- For the State Journal. - Battle of Slash Church Official. . REPORT Or COLOUEIi.CHA.ELB8 C. LM. - Richmond, June 7th, 1862. Governor: I enclose herewith a copy of my report ol toe Dai- tle at Lebanon Church, of May 27th,j 1862. Be so kind as to have it puDlisneaior toe lnionuauua ui iu numerous friends of the regiment in the State. I am, Governor, . Respectfully, . " . t . Your obedient servant, - CHARLES C. LEE, a Colonel. 37th Reziment. C. T. P. S. Also that of Lieutenant Colonel Barber, who was actually in command of the 37th regiment dur iug the action. ; UHAKLJJjo J. Jjeij, Colonel; 37th Regiment, iN . t. x . . road at Peake s turnout. When within two hundred I Mfletinfirof Snr-tr Cnnaernts- yards ol the latter road, I observed two regiments of in- We cheerfuHr rive inrtion to the following nro- fantryaud a squadron or cavalry advancing along the j -.. . r.t . , t. ... ; , road. I halted mv two comoanies and formed them crd,Qg an e hints they contain will not be under cover of the woods, and sent a messenger to S&t of by the proper authorities. Surry is not notify you of the fact. I soon found that the. enemy , tho only county in which the grievances here com- tnstead ol advancing towards ioanon cnurch , ad- plained of exist. We hope our patriotic readers and ... vrviroi uicu w no are wiuioz cneenoiiy vo suoraii w , Camp near Richmond, 1 May 29th, 1862. J ClftifrnJ. On Tuesday. Mav 27th, while in camp at Lebanon Hhiirph : Hannver count?. Va.. at about 1H a. m., T ftntP.nant Timbcrlake. ol tne V irzinia cavirv, gt- loped up to where I was sitting, and stated that a party of the enemy was advancing up the road which intPrst the stasre rid at Peake's Sution, and were within a half mile of our camp. Seeing that 1 could not wait until I saw you, I at once ordered com pa niesF and I, under Lieutenant Colonel Barber, to proceed through the woods m front of the church, and changing direction to tho left, take the" foe on tho flank; I also increased my picket near thi intersec tion of these roads by company A of ray regiment, and then immediately, rode down to inform you of these dispositions, which met with your approbation. On my return I found the force of the enemy larger than 1 hadjsupposed, and '-immediately ordered, the rest of my regiment (companies D and E were absent at Taliaferro's mill on picket duty, four mile distant, and company B was with the wagon train as a guard, four miles off) into position at Peake's and sent to request Captain Latham to order up a section of his battery Upon reconnoitering, I found the enemy to have at least two regiments of infantry, a squadron of cavalry and a-battery of artillery, and asked Lieu tenant Colonel Wade, of the Twelfth North Carolina Troops, to advance in front of the church to R. R., and changing front towards the left, move round on the enemy's flank, which he commenced doirfg and thus relieved my two companies there. At this moment, after Latham's battery, supported f my regiment, had been for some time-engaged. 1 saw yon; and 1 at once joined my "teginient, which was thrown forward about two hundred yards, wiirn me enemy ceased tlieir fire of artillery arid had apparently retired. A number of casualties occurred during this firing, both to Latham's ffunners. and the -infantry support.- In the mjinymc the enemy had attacked Colonel Lane, who hSllfcarly in the morning been sunt to support mv mckef with his regiment, and he had sent for aid After the faring had ceased tor aoout halt an hour, i wa ordeted to take Colonel Cowan s Eighteenth N. Troops! and my own regiment and proceed to ColonM Official Vote of the State. It will be seen by Gov. Clark's- proclamation in to day's paper, that the official vote for Governor is as follows : . Vance, . 52,823 t Johnston,.. 20,174 tha can feel it, the tongue that dare whisper it, are f.mml onlv in tho wretch who was born to be :i slave. it has been stated as the result of an actual cal culation, t based upoH-the census of 13oU,.that the South, can keep In the field a million of fighting men b?t ween 'the aes of 18 and 40 alone, and this force can Iks kept ujl without interfering with our produc-. ing-or agricultural population. there no hope-in -that? . ; " Away with these craven fears. Wc can win onr in dependence we will do it. Foreign intervention niMst certainly will come, by and by. But it is no condition of Southern Independence. The South must rely upon herself. The .enemy is now before us. At best intervention is in the luturer To God, then, and to that self-reliance which is the great in strument of national as of' individual success, niust we trust all. . J. ' From thu Washington, N. C. Xe v Era, Uncolnite) Aug. 14, 18S2. , GompleteOverthrow of the Democratic Se cesnon Party in North Carolina. "The Democratic Secession party in this State have been bcaffin by nearly forty thousand majority. They lost their Governor -and both branches of the Legisla ture by over a two-thirds vote. Everything has gone against this corrupt party which took t North Caro lina out of the Union -without submitting the ordi nance of secession- to' the. people. Having lovt confi dence in the people by i not submitting their acts for ratification, the. people in turn have lost Confidence in J them and relieved this party from duty and all posi tions of trust." We clip the 'foregoing from the Wilmington Joar. Jiai, of Tuesday the 26th instant; Is it not a precious spectacle ! . What a remarkable; coincidence there is, says the JyriZ,Jbctvcen this and the rejuicingsof at least one paper in North Carolina," which once claimed to be Democratic and whose editor sighed the ordinance of secession ! What a spectacle it presents 1 It is no wonder that the old State, which has now in the field over sixty regiments of brave troops, should have to bow hc-r head in very shame as she hears her name mentioned in derision or in censure in the Congr -ss of the Confederate States, through the villainy of some of her degenerate sons who have traduced and slandered her for mercenary and party purposes. W. N.II. , Smith did well to vindicate the State in Congress, but he would have done better to have vindicated her else where mucii sooner. : Iigiily Important. 0ir telegraphic news to- day is the nuist impfjrtant we have lately published.; A steel-clad Confederate feet is reported at the mouth of the Mississippi, '.commanded by Commodore Semmes, G.S.N. - , The question is where did this fleet ce me from ? Is it not as well to wait and'see what Secretary Mai lory, is doing?--We have-heard of several first rate .ships building in Eugland. xrc these the ships? ' Who had -thcm -built? But wherever they We from," and by whomsoever built,' they are reported in the mouth of the';.Mississippband the Yankees will doubtless hear frpmthem. shortly . The nmvements of Buell's forces down the Tennes see look squally for Bnell. It Ms .been asked "where Bragg and Price and Jelf. Thompson -are ? Wait. low-bred Vance's majority, - 32.649 - We propose-in our nexJ. to examine these figures, and to show that Cyl. Vance has not received a ma jority oj the votes of the State ; that he lacks -nearly 6,000 of tfce vote last given to Gov. Ellis,-and that he . failed even to get as many votes as John Pool.' There; is a fallina off in the vote, as compared with that of, 1860, of nearly 40,000, and this vote added to that re ceived by Mr. Johnston, would -Have "beaten Colonel Vance by nearly 9,000. We will show, too, that those who ran Col. Vance do not constitute more than oua third of the voters of the State, and-.that t the oppo nents of that corrupt clique permitted! the election to go by default. Still Col. Vance is elected by a very handsome ma jority. WilWic represent the clique or the people ? We will "ire the full vote in our next. Wc publish the .following for the benefit of those whom it may concern : Adjs. and Inspector Genl's Office. Richmond, Aug. 23, 1862 General Orders, 1 No. 81. 1 - -'' 1. Hereafter all orders from this officc published in the Richmond "Enquirkr," will be considered by the army as officcial. ie s an I immediatelv put Ckdonel Cowan's regi uent'in motion, keeping it well covered on the flanks I -i 1 ':. : ""i -. r.ii .i t... n'i.:.i.. and in U()nl oy ssirmisners, muuweu uy uic xnui-.v--sevenih N. C. Troops, under Lieutenant Colonel W. M Barber. After proceeding a sLort disUnce, dis covered tne enemy strongly posted on the top of a bill about a half mile, distant. U roe re I the two regi ments to be drawn up in line of battle across the road, and moved cautiously forward .until we were within abouffbilrVundred yards of the enemy's position. lie then pred 011 us with his artillery and I sent back to reques$that Captain Latham's battery be ordered forward ro repiy 10 u, uui o, uevei ;oi, wbh mwi iw your instructions, I, therefore, returned with my two companies rejoined the regiment, and at once pro ceeded towards Peake s. by this time, the enemy had planted a battery near Peake s and opened fare. A section of Latham's battery was immediately brought forward, and I drew up my command on its. right to support it, at the same time throwing out skirmishers on each side to a considerable distauce. A brisk cannonade was kept up between our own and the enemy's batteries for a considerable time, daring which a number of casualties occurred. From this position the enemy were at last compelled to with draw. Ia obedience to your orders I then advanced about three-quarters of a mile, formed my command in line of battle and awaited further orders. The 18th N. C. was drawn up in line of battle on my right. You then informed me that the General's orders were for me to move forward and flank the enemy's battery, while the. 18th charged its infantry support in front. You at the same time informed me that my left flank would be protected by other for ces, which would be ordered, to our support by the General. I therefore commanded the regiment to move through the woods, which' was done in gallant style. We drove the enemy before us until our line was nearly on a prolongation of the enemy s battery in the field on our risht. The regiment Avas then partially wheeled to the right, to enable bur men to enfilade the infantry of the enemy, who were snpport ag the battery in thViield. At the same time the enemy had a regiment formed behind a brush fence,' who opened a destructive fire upon us. Our mjn re plied with great accuracy and rapidity, and notwith standieg the' superior force of the enemy, the deadly fire of the 18th and 37th regiments, at this time, compelled them to abandon their battery, where they lft their colors flying. Nearly all their horses were killed. In the meantime, however, the enemy had sent a strons force' under cover of the woods, towards my left flank and finding no troops there proceeded to occupy a position, when they opened fire upon my rear. 'T stated this fact to you and applied tor instructions. You then directed me to withdraw my command. The officers and men under my command behaved with great coolness and bravery. Company B was on duty as guard with the wagon train. Companies Et and D-were-on picket duty some four miles from the battle ground. The two last named companies were completely cut off from the main bod of our force. A considerable body ff them, however, succeeded, after great suffering and toil, in rejoining their rcgimem. My total loss in killed, woundsd and missing is 248. For particulars see list of casualties.0 .- v Respectfully submitted. - ' WILL. M. BARBER, Lieut. .Col. comraading 3?th reg't N. C. T. herei the faithful execution of the conscript law will watch and expose the frauds now being practiced Upon the government: " , A portion of the ConscriDts of the 73d rcsriment ' Surry connty, being ou their march to Raleigh, and encampd for the night at the court-house in Winston, held a meeting at which the following msolutions "were adopted : 1. liesolced, That we are willing and believe it to be our duty to obey the Conscript law, and to make every sacrifice necessarv toxeri:rn Uo irulonnHcnrA f the South. Yt we hold that iustce ren aires that the law should be strictly and 'impartially, enforced uak ci jr prrson wniing wumn us provisions. z. nesovtea, ihat we are m rtihd to see aaportion of our fellow conscripts, who are equally liable and uiiercsiea wun as, endeavoring 10 evade the law, by "lipping into od fi rses. ore nits, wool ami coal Yards: and many of them meu too, who one year ago, couM not have been induced to eo into any of them . liesolced, lhat we think it.very straDge, that certain Postmssters and others, who could perform all the duties of their offices and positions, without aid, up to the time of enrollment, should suddenly find it necessary to appoint one or more assistants and deputies. ' " 4. Resolved, That we are astonished at the number of schools which have suddenly sprung upin every part of our regiment, under the charge of stout young men, who have had little or no experience in teach ing heretofore. We think that the law and justice requires that they shxdd march with us to the battle field, and leave the old men and ladies to Uach the children. ' 5. Resoloed, That we regard all contractor, man . u factors, and others, who take Conscaipt into their employment, for the purpose of aidiug them to evade the law," as wanting in good faith to the South, and as preferring their own private interest to the public good and safety. 6. Resolved, That we request those having charge of the matter, to compel everyone, liable as a, con-, script in our regiment, to take bis place in the ranks with us. That if the I w is fully and impartially en forced, we will cheerfully make any and everyasacri fice, required of us. necessary to Secure the rights and independence of the South. 7. Resolved, Thtst the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Sentinel, Journdf, Standard and all other papers favorable to the cause of justice. f W. E. DAVIS, Chm'n. Green Smith, Sec'y. For tht 8tSU ioafaat A Gallant Attack. . , V i Kisstox, Aug. 22, J862. Messrs. Editors : Capt. J, N. Whitford, command ing Co. I, 10th regiment N. C. S. T., attacked tbo Ytukee scouts on the morning of the 20th ihsL, near Batchdor's Creek, about eight or teu miles from New- ; bcrn,; killed two, wmlnded one, and took one prisoner of the New York 3d cavalry The prisoner taken . said that Gert. Foster gave them orders to take any thing they wanted ; but Capt. VV. deprived , them of one day's plunder above BatchckVs creek, and will again when they come out. The prisoner said ho did not expect good treatment among the rebels. Capt W fed him at the hotel until the prisoner was sent off to be paroled. Tlie 'prisoner stated that bis reginvsht (the 31 N. Y. cavalry) were the meanest men in the ( United States service. 1 hope our authorities will give Capt. Whitford more mfcuof the same kind that, y ne has in his company ; he will keep GenerarKuster's cutthroats and thieves inside of his lines, within teach of his large guns on the batteries near the town of Newbtm. LIEUTENANT. These casualties we hare tofore publishtd. Eds. 9 4 By order, .(Signed) S. Cooper, ,r; Adjt. and Insp'r. Gen'l. Sertous Accident. We regret to learn that Cap tain John C. Mcllfhenny, of Wilmington, Captain of one of our batteries for coast defence, was seriously injured in this city on Thunsday by being thrown from a horse. ! South Carolina State Convention. The Pres ident, Gen. D. F. Jamison, has summoned the South Carolina State Convention to convene at Columbia at 1 2 m, on Tuesday, the 9th of September proximo. ' North Carolina State Convention. ve pre sume this body may be considered defunct. Or is -it again to be called together ? Gen. Pope. This poor brajart and scoundrel is getting scared at the effects of his late in famous orders in Virginia and has issued another order in 'which he modifies the previous ones and tries to explain them away. 1 his oue. howeverf is little, if any, better than the first, and only requires President Davis instructions to Be rigidly carried out to cause further modificationsiof Gen. Pope's notions. We pre sume wo 1iivf alxiifc one hundred of Pope's officers now in irons and in dungeons cogitating the matter. We may get Poje himself shortly. 7 1 Well Merited. Captain Frank Buchanan has been made wro! in the Confaderate Navy the; highest office in the service for his distinguished services in the great engagement with he MernmaC, in Hampton roads. - ' Five cents reward has been offered for loDg John Wentworth and other abolition celebrities for de camping from Chicago to avoid the draft. . For th State Journal. The Comet. Messrs. Editors: There is again visibls in the northern heavens oae of those mysterious and erratic heavenly bodies that, in the minds of niany, carry signs and presages of future events in their vaporish and ample tails, and which moft. impressively declare that great and marvelous are the works of Him who bath said "That righteousness txalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Vengeance is mine and I will repay," ecc. i As tho aspect of this comet is northern ', audits seeming gage more immediately over King Abram's -dominions, perhaps his. Majesty would do well to call together his wise men, his astrologers and soothsay ers and ascertain, if he can, its portentous significance. It seems' to me that visible comets are more fre quent recently than formerly. There has not been a whole year in the last hve, 1 oeheve, nut there has been seen one or more for a short or longer time ca- recrinir their mysterious, and apparently disorderly and headlong way through the beautiful star-studded concave above, threateuingderaugemeut and disorder to the long and harmonious sifter hood ot the singing spheres of the ethereal skies. But they are bridled . . . . ... . 1 . . j : jl Ti: ..: and the hand that gnraes ana governs wicae ia wo mu. August 22d, 1862. w. PoPCLARiTt of the Presidknt. A member of. the 18th Georgia regiment, writing to the Savannah News from Richmoud'-'ys : ' ' ' I am sorry to see that there is some, dissatisfaction with the Presidtnt. I mnst believe that it is confiued to narrow limits. On that question the army is a unit. .We are all Davis men. here and, shall I add, the most of us anti-Brown men ? We cannot forgive the governor for his pertinacious resistance to the laws at a time of trial ltke the present. Governor Brown has . become so accustomed to dogmatizing tbathe seems to forget that his truisms are not discovered that other men have the same insight have traveled the same track of thought and been equally influenc ed with him by natnotism and every honorable feel ins that there are times when everything nmst yield to exnediencv that a modest protest, like that of , Governor Letcher, would have answered all the claims pf right, or even punctilio, due to btate xugmty and that no substantial good was or could be effected by screening? a few raw. undisciplined and ignorant mi litia officers (as they confessedly are in most cases) from the obligation to defend their country in its hours of peril. i . sition and I think, fired only a round or two 1 also requested that-two reginjents be sent forward to my support, as the foe hail.' we 'could see,-several vegi lnents ot infantry, a battery of artillery and two squadrons of cavalry. I intended to charge the bat tery at the point of the bayonet with the Eighteenth, and after getting them into position as above," waited for the reinforcements promised to be sent up, which, however, never arrived, at all. I desired to place a regiment about fifty yards in rear of the Eighteenth in order to pursue the charge in case any untoword circumstance befell the charge of the Eighteenth. Af ter waiting for a few minutes, I received an. or ' er from you to not keep my men where they were, but at once to eharge the battery. I ordered Colonel Cowan to move forward in lirw of .battle, which he did until within about two hundred and fifty yards of the battery, when the enemy opened upon us with grape slid' canister, .and four .regiments of infantry with rifles (instead of two as we had -before f-uppos-ed them). Under this terrific and deadly fire the re giment faltered and the men lay down. Just at this time a regiment. of the enemy was discovered 'moving rapidly towards a wimk! on our right; this necessitat ed a change in the plan of action, and Colonel Gw an moved his regiment over to the right flank and succeeded by a rapid double quick, to git first into this position, which he held ; and his riflemen and those of the 37th mowed down the horses and cannoneers to such an extent that for a few minutes the battery was completely sibandoned. Now if a regiment, had been in position to make a charge, it could have carried the battery. When I had put Col. Cowan's regiment iu motion forward to the charge, I proceeded to the left and ordered Lieut. Col Barber to move the 37th forward through a strip of wood towards the fiiiflrnv's risrht. iu order to drive him from his battery, and by a cross fire enable the regiment in -front to' move in advance. It proceeded about 300 yorjls, and when within about GO yards of the battery, in a dense wood and undergrowth, it discovered the enemy behind logs and trees drawn up in line of bat tle he also had a regiment drawn, up along a dirt and cedar fence iust on'ihe right of the 37th and running diagonally to it. The undergrowth was so tnicK, tne foewas not seen, until within, about 15 yards, when the tire opened and continued about twenty-five min utes. . The 37th continued slowly to'advauce, ibe en emy-falling back but fighting stubbornly and4pteM iiif every inch of the ground. He also opened upon u.-f with" canister and grape, but the wood were so thick thattheloss thereby was small. Finding that the enemy had thrown another regiment in tha-R R. cut on our left, and moved it so far forward- as to fire in to our rear, I ordered the regiment to fall buck, which was done in only tolerable .order, for the 'reason that the incessant volleys of musketry at 15 or 20 paces drowned every other sound, and no commands-could be heard. Each man had to be spoken to individually and therefore the men did not come out of the yroods It has been stated, that although Mr. Nissen.oneof tho successful candidates for t,he Legislature in this county, declared most emphatically, in the Court house in Winston, that he Vas interested in no con tract for the government, and denounced the men who had accused him of be.ing so" as liars, and scoundrels, yet on the day after the election he left the county for the Black Mountain Iron Works, with the view of procuring the iron to supply a large contract for the government, worth, some say eighty, and some say ninety thousand dollars. 1 We were credibly informed during this canvass, that this candidate stated on fine or more occasions, that he had madeapplication for a con tract, but because he was "not quite of the right stripe," he could not get one. But that if be could have succeeded, he would have harbored as many conscripts under his protection as a hen could harbor chickens Tunder her wings, and iu 'so doing he believed that he wuld be doing right. ' it is now stated, that-at the establishment of this gentleman a large number of conscripts are sure enough harbored, and that none have been received but such as were opposed to the law and in favor of 'ill is election. We know not how this matter may be, but if the things wc have heard be true, we do not hesitate to say that this gentleman is acting in bad faith. Is it hot the duty of a public man one in whom the peo ple have reposed high confidence, to be not only an example of morality in the community, but to render due obedience to the laws of the Country, and to sus tain the government in all its efforts to drive the deso- lating foe trom our sou winsion oerntna. Good news from tue Mountains R. CTillc rv, of Col- Ashby's cavalry regiment, just from Bap tist Gap, iu the vicinity of Cumberland Gap, informs the Knoxville Register that sixty 4 and 6 horse wag ons were capturedMrom the Federals, containing, as estimated by our Quartermaster, teu days' rations for our forces, one barrel of wine aud one of alcohol. We intercepted a dispatch from the Federals to their headquarteis, saying that they had tbenjonly three days' rations and wanted, reinforcementjof six regi ments, or they would have, to evacuate thefGap. Our forces went on from there and bagged Col. jtluck's re giment of Tennessee tories, except a few stragglers, and paroled them, requiring them to go (North, but still held On to Huck and' other officers, These tories reported to our informant, as he conversed with sev eral of them, that they are willin? to be captured and released from obligates to fight any moro against the South, being heartily tired of the service. Thev said three or four.huudred had previously de serted. Gen. Smith's headquarters arc at Cumberland rord The Yaukeos had tried to evacuate the Gap. Vicksburg again Threatened. The Vicksburg Citizen says: ' From information wc received this morning from a gentleman just arrived from across the river, we leatn that it is not only the gunboat fleet- that made its ap pearance at "Milliken's Beud on Sunday night, but that it is accompanied by a large land army, supposed trt 19 noO stroncr Some of them were landed at The Fayettevillc Observer seems to infer from what we have published of the manner in which Forsyth county has supported the war, and of the positions " occupied by. Messrs. Nissen and Kerner,, in the c iri vas for the Legislature, that there eertainly must be a mistake. For, says the Observer, "it-cannot be that a people patriotic would stultify' themselves, by electing to the Legislature a couple of traitors." We have never saidtliat Messrs. Nissen and tverncr were traitors; but 'we' have said that they took an open and bold position against the war and in favor of a cessation of hostilities and a compromise with the North; and that at Old Town, Mr. Nissen even went so far as to declare himself in favor of a recon struction of the old Union upon "honorable princi ples." These facts can be established if neccssaiy by as many witnesses as the Observer or any one else will require. And more than this, in the numerous speeches, made by these gentlemen throughout the county in which they abused most terribly the seces sionists, if they said one word Hgainst Abe Lincoln or t'.e Yankees, we are not aware of it. The burden of their speeches was the territde consequences of the war upon the country in the destruction of the lives ofiso many of the young men ; the cruelty and shock ingness of the Conscript Law was also portrayed; while the scarcity of salt and the high prices of all necessaries, were made a withering poml ot aitacK upon the .administration of Jeff. Davis and those in power. iNor can tne trutn dc uenieu, mat iur. sen refused, and was the only man in tne county wno would not acknowledge his allegiance to the L-onted-erate-Govemment, by giving in his property; to pay the war tax. If -these things make our; representa tives traitors and unfit them for stats in the legisla ture, in the estimation of the Observer, we can't help it. ' We however have no disposition to pursue furtl er this subject. A decided majority of the voters in the county have declared in favor of them, and we art wi Hug that a majority shall rule. Winston aenu- nel. Tributes of Respect. Cavf CampmlC Aff. 14, 1861. At a meeting of the officers of the Mth reciment N. C. T., the following preamble and resolutions, expreaatve of tbo regret of the regiment, at the death of their 1st Ma jor, James S. Whitehead, were aoanuooHily adopted 1 Whsskas. it has please4ur heavenly Father to remove from iu by death aur highly, respected friend and compan ion in arms, Mai. J. S. Whitehead, who departed this Ufa at his home ia Wilaoo, afte n, illness of two weeks, aa the 7th of August ; threfonp . - , Rolved, That by this d&pentation of Prori dance, ws are deeply afflicted. Oar friend had endeared himself to us by his kindly spirit and rental temper had won the cMRRlence aud affection of all his subordinates by hU afia- ' tfility and unaffected courtesy, and commended himself to each and every member of oar rerimcnt as a true man, a faithful officer and a devoted patriot. - JtlffL, That we deplore his loss as a sertoot calamity to our country, j From the first, an unuiochinjr ad vocal of Southern rights, sealing his devotion to her cans at an early period in the history of the struggle for inde pendence by a long and dreary captivity in Fort Warren and elsewhere, his heart ever burned with intense desire to effect something for the vindication of her honor upon the battle-field. '..."- Jletolved, That we regret- his lues the more, as he was yet quite young and capable of doing much to promote the good cause in which, he was engaged. Possessing a soul naturally ardent, and inspired by a lofty patriotism, and a mind well cultivated and being constantly enriched by fresh accessions of useful knowledge he promised to bo increasingly valuable as he grew iu years. But he was cut down in the early dawn of manhood, and we can only bow in submission to the will of Him who is "too wise to err, too good to be unkind." - , , . lieiolvetl. That our grief is modified by the conviction that our friend was a true christian an -httinbU follower of the meek and lowly Jesus ; that we "sorrow not even as those who have no hope," when we reflect that he cave the living daily proof ot his deration to the cause of his Master by his conduct in public and in private,, and par ticularly by his interest in the spiritual welt-being of the regiment, and hU regular attendance upon public worship. v lietolced, That we extend our sympathies tn his family in their sorrow tor his untimely death, and that as a Ut ken of our high regard lor him and our appreciation of their alrhctioo, we furnish them a copy ot these resolu tions. Henolved, That .we send a copy of these rc-olutions to the Raleigh State Journal, Biblical Recorder,, Wilming ton Journal. Spirit of the Age and OoWsboro Tribune,' for publicatio.il. ' . - - CAPT. M. T. SMITH, Chm'n. CAPT. J. 1. WILLIAMS, LIEUT. 1 It. ELAM. LIEUT. WILKlNtf KTOYALL, CHAl'LAIX W. ROYAL. - , . . I -IT 1 our informant, "the woods are alive witn lanaees. It is supposed that this is Curtis' army, and that it is the, "important move" hich we have heard was ahftiit. to ha undertaken by that army. Whether the in good order, but rallied in a raviue at the foot of the demonstration is to be made against Vicksburg is not hill. The four right companies of this regiment threw unmvn and by some much doubted. Whatever the themselves along the cedar fence driving the enemy jmportaut move ma1 be will probably be developed therefrom, and commenced a crossfire with Col. Cow- m R few days. It is also said that considerable skir an's 18th, on the artillery which drove them as above mishin was heard towards Richmond yesterday. stated from their battery. The horses and cannoneers rpnev ve dragoons, light artillery and infantry, and beinsr killed, the line of the enemy fell back about 50 the country like a swarm of locusts. f-j 1 (i 1 ij v " It has somewhat surprised us that neither from the movings of sympathy nor the attraction of gain has a single French merchant steamer, to our koowledge, run the blockade 'of the Southern ports since it has been imposed by the government of "Old Abe." We actually get nothing from France to assist us in this struggle. We may have got some Belgian rifles, but noFrench ones. No French cannon no French gunpowder. We leave it to the acumen of our rea lees to discover the reasoii of all this. No doubt the. English are much more of a navigating people than the French, and more likely to push their trade among a kindred people, even under the most adverse circumstances. But that the blockade-running should have been exclusively F.ncrlish is a mutter that can hardly fail to attract at tention, or to create a suspicion that the mercantile classes of France regard our cause' with coldnes-s, and our efforts at independence with apathy, tor if this were not the case it does appear to us that some etlort at least would have been made. Acquisitiveness alone could -not have made all the difference between the French and English. There must be something else. The maratime jealousy of the French is against the English, uot against " the United States, and French traders look upon those of the .Northern atates less as rivals than as allies m checking Untish naval anu commercial predominance. We say nothing auoui the governments of England and r ranee, but among k , , ., . a? A'.tr,n, iho 0-rp.at commercial an t shlPPm! cias"a ui .Liii- Af illibpn s "liend ana others were Luiuuai umucui. e? . p i 1 VJ:1 7 ? "Lt Tn t. exnressive words of gland we have evidently far more friends, and are IHcU-GO WU" '" 1 . , I , At a call meeting of the Cherokee Lodge, No. 197, held in the hall-on Saturday evening,' August 16th, A. L., 5862, A. I):,'1S62. the' deatlis of our brothers, Lieut. T. A. Price, John Dalton aud David fvalUm haring been an nounced by the Worshipful Master, the following members were appointed to drft suitablo resolutions expressive of the feelings of the Lrilge under thU and bereavement, to wit: R. H. Grogan, N. II. Dodd, Ueece,Pricei wljcruupon the following preamble and resolutions were immediately reported and adopted, vis: , Whereas, it has pleased the great Architect of the uiiiyerse to call from the Lodge below to the celestial Lodge aboye, our brothers, Lieut. T. A. Price, Johu S. Dalton and David Kallam, of the tbth regiment N. C. troops, who expired near the city of Petersburg of typhoid fever Jie'io'vtd, That while it becomes us meekly, to bow to . this sad dispensation of Providence, we can but mou. n the loss of those who, as members of society, weru ever kind, social and 'generous, as Masons ever faithful ' ia the din charge of their duty, as citizens and soldiers briva, gal lant and true. ; . m t Jietolved, That in their death the fraternity of Masonry b3 lost three ot its trueat and best members, who, both In their private and public walks, adorned the character 'of man with those ennobling virtues of head and heart that never fails to render thosa wbo possess them beloved by all. - . .. . .. . .:' - . Revolted, That while we know their bodies slumber tn a soldier's grave, and that they met their last enemy far away fromhome, and those that were dear to their heart, we yet humbly trust that they are now safelynt restlu that celestial Lodge above, where the Mupreme Architect-: of the universe presides, arid where the 'weary are lorevs at rest there ever realizing the glorious truth that dust, thou art, and unto dusf shall thou return." , fietolved, That we tender to the parents of our deceased brothers our sincere condolence, and for consolation refer them to tbeexemplary life and ennobling virtues of those whose untimely death they with us so deeply mourn. Hoolved, That the members of this Lodge wear ths usual badge of mourning for thirty days,' and that Uie Secretary be requested to forward a cony'of these resMa.. tions to the Raleigh State Journal for. publication, and also to the Greensboro' Patriot, and a copy to the pa rents of our deceased brot&ers. - v lt. 11. UKUIiA., N. IL'DODI), REECE PRICE. 1 yards to a fence and his pieces were withdrawn by hand. After a few minutes longer nnng he again tell back to the edge xjf the woods, when I discovered that this was' a ruse to draw us on, while they threw a heavy column towards our left, and endeavored to completely cut us off, he firing into our rear as above stated. As sou as I tound that such were tne cir cumstances of the affair, I rode"-back to you and told you'that my men had failed to do what i,heywere ordered, that is to take the battery. Each man as far as I knew did. his, duty, but yet we failed because we had not sufficient force to cope, successfully with the TT .1 - I ' 1 . C II I 1 1 " 1 enemy. lou, men oruerca me to ian oaos, wmca I had done, riding myself to each regiment ind giving the necessary instructions therefor. The list of casu alties in these two regiments engaged, shows more plainly than words what was the stubborn jnature of the fiTht. . W here as far as known all did their duty, distinction would only be invidious. Lieut. Col. Bar ber and Adjutant .Nicholson of the 3th, had their horses killed, and Maior Hickerson was knocked from his horse, -and his horse injured, though he himself es caped almost unhnrt; Lieut, OJ. Barber was struck in the necfe by a spent bail, wnicn prpaucea some 10- flamraation but no injury. I need say nothing of the brave men who fell thus in their country s service, but the battle of Lebanon dhurch will be remembered by North. Carolinians as one of the bloodiest in' which hers ons have ever been engaged. -. I am,' General, Respectfully, 1 CHARLES C. LEE, Col.. Coind'g 37th Reg. N. (XT., aod-18th N. C. T, To Brio. GeuvL. O'B. Branch, Comd'g, &c. - REPORT Or UECT. COU W. U. BARBER. Colonel : On the 27th instant, pursuant to or ders, I proceeded with companies F and I of the 87tb regiment along a country road leading from Leban on Church to the main road, wJiich crosses the rail- o , - . r The landing of these troops no douht accounts ior our. not, having any intelligence from MUhken s uena. Col. Scales' reriment. N. C. Volunteers, has gone to the Valley of Virginia, under Jackson. We regret that the gallant "Colonel is denied the privilege and plessure of commanding a regiment tnai ioe mm uc a brother. Immediately after the Chickahominy bat tles, in which his bravery and gallant bearing won th. admiration and nlaudits of his men, he was pros trated by typhoid fever, and our latest account of him, (two weeks ago,) iett his nie suspenueu uy uiimw inreau. v e smuereiy nope, uun & w - rrvtTv fmm this nrecarious state. Lieiit. Col. Ruffin. of the same regiment, has also "Uncrprinlir ill and we nreume that he has not yet recovefed. He was taken sick at the battle of Seven lines, and at one time, subsequent,rhis Ufe was despaired of. There is no braver omcer tuan vxi. Rrfiir. no hia rnllant bearinff at Wilkimsburg attests. Major Hambrick, of this regiment, is likewise sick ; . he has been dangerously ill, but we are pleased tor bear armv has no 4raver or better officer than Major H, Mil. Chronicle. The Federal troops, while in Swansboro', carried on at a high rate, breaking into houses, robbing citizens, takiner meat, stealing cattle, and bragging that they wrHilH rav Wilminfftnn a visit in two weeks. That party of hen-thieves won't, although we by no means "'. , ; t nittnr promise ourselves a compiexe imraunuy iiw They run off such of the few negroes left as they could lay their hands upon or induce to. go with tnem The fact is that Foster makes these raids to keep th WArtWn rwnnlA afiofind that he IS ''doing SOme- a. V (tsvt is awsa pwnni'ww w tW,nr " Oantnin "Foster nsed to toss for a gentleman, hut tin gentleman ' would order or sanction the acta v.;.t, aM t Kia tnrrM from Newberu, Since he has become" a General, his morals have deteriorat ed. WUmington Jurna 26w. much better understood and appreciated than we are among the corresponding classes in France.- Wil. Jour. Words. We are sorry to seethe word "national" sometimes used with reference 'to Confederate af fairs. We think this should be henceforward a for bidden word. This Confederacy is not a nation, oui- a league of nations, and we think it would be better, when we come to readjust affairs and give the Con stitution the overhauling which it- so much needs, to drop the name of the Confederate btates and suu stitute for it that of The Allied Nations, or the Allied Republics. It would be more descriptive ana wouia serve to inculcate anu iraumii muiw wi . it. ... oni UarftjiT ff nnr government, we have no liking--for the word "State ;" it sounds Yankeeish to our ears. Virg-inians have beeu more accustomed to Commonweal lb, and prefer it. But jf we are to have States, let it never oe iorgoiin that each State is in and of itself a Nation or Repub lic, distinct and perfect totus teres ae rotunaus. VWkiMnur ioumalists and public men will be careful of their phraseology in speaking of the gene ral government, for in this respect w rua are unrig JilCfimonu nniy. We agree with our cotemporary; in the objections above expressed to ih use of the: word "national and "nation," with reference to the government es tablished by the alliance of the several repuoncs or nations composing our confederacy. The term na tion is in a certain sense not objectionable and is very hard to substitute; and perhaps very accurately ex presses our external relations, but as among ourselves, and as referring to our political structure and asso ciation, it is a mischievous word, and I'M. led the North into its present wicked attempt. R u. Una. No Use fob Quutine. EdiimslMissUsippian : t w make public, through the mediu n of yoiir pa per the following certain aud thoroughly tried cure for 'ague and fever. One pint of cotton seed. two pints of water boiled down to one of tea-taken warm ope ta& the expected attack. -JM-"?" , 1 u -f this sirn nle remedy, but I have tnetl nduce to. go with tnem. aouuW iTtinri, Uy that it i better these raids to keep the it effectua ly, and Zffw article at a - ; .n:nr Borne- than quinine, and could 1 ooiain "'jf i' t truly, c. . comity Miss, GOVERNOR ELECTION. ' Proclamation by the Governor North Carouna, Executive Dep't, V Raleish. Aug. 28, 1802. f WHERE IS, in pursuaaceof an Ordinance pa5ed bv the Convention of this Station the wcond day ' of Alav, 1862, the Secretary of 8u, the Tr-arer and theC6nptroller, in mv presence, have, tbu day, examined the return, made by. the proper returning olhcer. the Spcretarvof State, of tie vote east for Governor of North CiVolina, at the recent eleetion, and have reported io 9ml .that Z...W. B. JVaj.cs received fifty-tw. thoand . eieht hundred and thirty-three votes, and that Wjllum JohJstox received twenty thousand one hundred and r .eventy-four votes. - r Governor of Jforth ratlin. drhereby proclaim and declare CoL Zractow ?o'Xti& t,nta hi, auceeuor hall be qualified- J, h ne,eunto set my hand at In testimony whereot l nave SKy T office a atoresaia. 82-lt Aug 30 ' . ' " - . ' , ' ' Iv nnrananee of General Order 5. 58, from AdSSyKS 1 Inspector General'. oBiea, AnBa.t irfftriptt having received certihc.tea of Headquarters, Camf of Instruction, , Camp IIolmes, August 27Ui, 1862. SPECIAL ORDERS, 1 Nn. 8. ) . . i rrom the lith, ezemp- t- '2hS?K the c rUnc.'ti; ar. n.U and void. andlafbbury Watchman, copy three t.me.. , k Aegust 30, ' -' -. ' - f . GEStRAL Hospital. Nn 24, 3 (Late Moorb -Hospital.) V . llichmm,d. Va., Aug. 23, 18o2. ) HAVING rffflTed many If tters f rom wonpded Xor?h cIrolinaMdier., who were dbaed from .i.--i.r.nsV.1 1 akin" an extension of leave f absence, 1 thw hospital, ,K,, after leatlnjc a ch leave of absenca was jrrantea, u of hU company, cither P",-.or.b fLrwL latter should be given ? ath ta that it is the duty time for which leave of reon'a certiticaie. ioe lfAJJSOX. before a Magistrate. Surgeon io charge - 82-3t Anir 30 ; rFnrTu.AfLS. REWARD. '.' T AKAWAI "" inw4M Sd bo U llebt com K Augast, negro I tJt b?ili ttan .th. pieced, 5 feet ''KrCely, teeth affe -ted with the other, and has no nail on it lie naa on, wu .. VhJ- -nBra- icaiTV. and cap. bension. The above rewa d wUl ne - -rr- - . -- ' - . - " f. b. Ag HARRISOX, BalcighN. C. 8?-4tpd Saw3liH and Tarpcntlnc Still for Sale. wivrvn hm bMt nnrtlnn nf tlmher fvfl Unrlaad, I efier MJe my Bill immediately :. 1 . o..n: .. Un.stkA stations. Tha oul U a fifty he power la od ranoinz ordcr-. Th-taroenfrnestmhi ia Kood order, holds M baH. forahukeyitiu. ; , g-iHAtf . ' J . i " ... ,. i . . - -. - - - - . ' f"... ' ' . ' . . - - - w ,- .... . . . .1. 1 1
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