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1 ' ' I - I -c a. A ' f rrT TT i-. i 1 v - A . ... v VOI. XI.MI FAYF.TTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL 28, 1S62. NO? 2313. ' f ( HINTED EVERY MONDAY, KOWIIU) J. HALE & SONS, 'EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. i J-1 uo ui'-r annum, if paid in advance: 82 50 a i I ' i ' lf'psid during . tie year of subscription; or 00 alter the year Las expired. Price f-r the Semi-WeAly Observer, $3 00 if ' paid in advance; 3 5.0 if paid during the ytar of subscription; or $1 00 after the year Las expired. - ! . AdvertUttnunts hiserted fur 60 cent per square uf lt linos for the firt, and. 30 cents for each succeeding publication. SPECIAL NOTrCE. . " m t 1 1'. . 1 1 . rt- r rutn ana siut mis. aate, no name ot anew ulscribcT will be entered without payment in advance, nor will the paper be sent to such sufe .oribers f jr a' longer time than is paid for. j . iruch of our old subscribers us desire to take the paper on this system will pleaso notify us when making remittances. Jan'y 1, 135S. ' FIG II T NLA II SOUTH MILLS, N. C We learn, snys the Norfolk Day Hook, 21st,) that the enemy landed in a force supposed to be from live to cisrht thousand, at Richardson's land ing, Borne three or four miles the other side of South' Mills, on Saturday last. Col. Wright, with a portion of the 3d Georgia ilegiment, and Capt. MeCornas's company of artillery, in ull about OL'O nicD,niet thcin ut this point, while on their niarcli, and the artillery suddenly emerged from their concealed position when Jhe enemy were within 400 yards of them, and opened a deadly tire upon them, with grape and canister. This was about 11 o'clock on Saturday,' and from this time until 5 o'clock P. M., the battle raged, our small force repeats Uy falling back, until they got behiud their entrenchments, where they made a staud, and sent off for reinforcement. ; It is said the resistance by our troops was of the moat determined nature, and kept -the theiny back niuch longer than it was thought possible to do, in view of his overpowering numbers. j We lost 15 killed aad about 60 wounded. Among the killed is Capt. MoCouiaa, of the ar tillery company, and Lieut. Harris, of the 3d Georgia. ... r ' 1 ' !- Col. Wright's force had fallen lack to the "Half-Way House," this side of the South Mills, .where they are being rapidly reinforced. j The enemy made three assaults on our troops and were In each instance beaten back with great slaughter. It is said that two of their most pro minent oiScers aud about live hundred of their troops have been killed and wounded. So great was the slaughter among them, that notwith standing their overpowering numbers, they did not attempt further to prevent oar small, force from retiring in good order and brioging-aff-all our killed and wounded." The killed (20,) and wounded (31,) arrived here yesterday afternoon, and the latter were " taken immediately to,the llospitah , j It is said that so rapid were the discharges from our artillery pieces, that they found their ammunition aonn, m givf out muctr suuner tua was at first anticipated, and in consequence our troop lost advantages of importance, one of which was the chance of charging on an almost panic stricken foe. With what ammunition they did have though, it appears they accomplished won ders; having kept at bay eight regimeuts of the enemy, believed to consist -of at least five thuu fiind men, or ten to one. . " I. Further from the Fijht The steamer Arrow arrived here last night,'bringing a couple of our wounded, and two Yankee prisoners, members of the Sf9th N. Y. Regiment. She also brought 11(H) Twiiin.i(t ammunition aud orae tec lor - v v r ' Henningsen's Artillery, was one of the most gal lant achievements of the war. Tbe enemy finally fled precipitately t Elizabeth City, here they sought protection under the eoveT of their gun boats. The Southampton Cavalry were ordered to reinforce Col... Wright, but, taking the wroDg road, came up in rear of the enemy, and were un willing to engage such fearful odds Their ap pearance, however, gave additional impetus' to the movements of the Yankees, and caused the latter to make a more circuitous route to Eliaa Leth City than they intended.' Had the "cavalry taken the right road and pursued the enemy as soon as their panic "commenced, it is certain that many of them would have been captured. The cowardly invaders, on reaching Elizabeth City, betook themselves to their transports, and, having got entirely out of danger, the gunboats opened on the town, pouring into it a fchower ot shell, and destroying, jit is said, neurly all the re maining buildings. ; ; ; ' It is not believed that the- Yankees intended more by this movement than a general raid into tbe couutrv tor the nuri'Cys of reeonnoiisance and plunder. FuenLurj Extras, 'lid. Portsmouth, April 21. I have just seen an intelligent member of! Col. Wright's Ud Georgia regiment, who was wounded in the battle at South Mills, and 1 will give you a hurried sketch -of his statement concerning' the fight. Three mili ia men deserted to ti-e Yankees and gave informa tion of our numbers, situation, fac They lauded Friday night a large; force and commenced the march. Col. Wright failed to got information of the advance until Saturday morning. He then Lurrieil forwaid with three companies of infantry, an artillery company, -and one cavalry company. Reaching a very large' old field, skirted by woods, he sent forward some linen and burnt the houses, destroyed the fences, lie. The enemy, variously estimated at from 5,00!0 to 8,000, soon approached unconscious of the force awaiting them. As soon as they came within long ran?e, the artillery opeued with: terrible effect upon them, aud after silencing their battery our guns ceased firing, that we might induce them to charge. Thinkiug that our battery was disabled, thoy made, a furious charge, uot knowing that there were in fantrymen waiting to receive them. -W hen "about 250 yards from us, our men were ordered to fire, and after firing about! fifteen rounds, loading on the ground aud rising on the knee to fire, the enemy fikd off on the rigbtaudbroke for the woods. Col. right, fearing a flank movement, aud not having his wagon; containing the aininunition, retired in good order to our entrenchments. We hear that the enemy have now retreated to their gunboats, lieinfoicemeuts have been sent to Col. Wright. He and his men fought with; the most determini d courage. I On our icicle the loss was from eigbt to 'twelve killed, and about thirty wounded. The ihemy '9 loss is estimated at from 300 to 500. All our wounded were brought off the field hut Lieut. Wilson, ' , T. W. II. Lttttf to. .the Richmond D'uyatch. From Suuth Milli e learn that on yester day the Federals sent a flat? of truce to South Mills tor the urpo.-je xf Tccoyerj ng AUfrir dead. U nMfrrn nun. ' i ' ; : : Wpfurther learn; that when the fact became flirt Feds Ithat the foe khev so much dreaded was not at South Mills they tery sud denly took it into their heads to tike possesion ot the T,bfP Thev accordingly started out, but it appears that the move wus anticipated by our forces, Who reached rxmin .Mills oeior kees, and now defy them to take the place. f ; Norfolk Poy B k, 22 d. T7I TH V TIHUSDAI IVKS1XG, IPlilL 21, lfeC2. Th 1'aoiPKCT The E.Jchmon.i Exuuiner of yster dxv thicks It probubU that grtkt battle will ba fought Noith of RtolimonJ before that on tbe PnoiirBul. : M ClelUn ts reported to bate dispatched troop from t&e Day to reinforce McDowell at Fredericksburg. Banks, with 80.O men, 19 followiiifr Jackson towards Gordons ville. If Esuks and McDowell unite, as is likelj, Ihey will threaten Richmond will 60,000 men. Ourfern ment lim ordered large reinforcementa to that quarter. ' Our Corinth, (ays the Examiner,) is on the Cbicka hominy, and our Shiloh somewhere in advance in Caro line or Louisa We ehould not be surprised at hearing within a week of a fierce baLtfe on thin advanced theatre " Tie Examiner tbinka our force there will besuffi cienl, -and -Qeuerala Jackson and Ewell are. fighting (ieoeiali. The enemy will not hare hi gunbuaK to lack hiui. ! . ' ' " . . A Qaliaut Fight The fight rer Elizabeth Cty was one of the most gallant of the war. The leader, Col. Wright, has shown himself to be a true man, fit to command. - And he was nobly sustained by a part of his regiment, a company of Ilenningsen'e artillery, and some of the militia of Camdn county under Col. D. D. F erebee, (who 1 one of those members of the State Convention that the Winston Sentinel lately said were '.'alarmed for their safety." at Raleigh, and so "escaped to their homes" from "the approximating yaakeei. It appears that while the Sentinel, not alarmed for Its own s-ifety away up in Forsyth, was lampooning Col Ferebee, Ut went down to face aud resist "the approx imating yankees." Yet the world la so given to oalling things by queer usaies, that the Sentinel is doabtless regarded as a patriot of the first water, and Col. Fere hea as nothing but an old Whig, who was once a' Union man.) 1 i - The "Half-way House," to which Col Whit fell back for a while after the fight, is a very strong position, be ing a narrow road on the bank of the canal, with the Great Diamal Swamp on either side, affording a level and straight view for many miles of any approaching etu-Diy. j I Tioaaowsb Tat CAvaiaT SKiMis,H.We have received from an . Coaoatss. In the Senate, on the 19th, the House officer engaged in the skirmish of a portion of Spruill's bill appropriating one million and a half of dollars for Cavalry a detailed account, not written for publication, tbe construction of a railroad (regarded as a military of that affair. The companies engaged were the larger necessity,) between Galveston, Texas, and New Orleans, part of for, vix: Strange'. Turner's, bryan's and Thorn- fter being rejected, was reconsidered and passed jeaa as's, with a few from Hayes's, Andrews's and Cole's; in all 12, nays 9. , I ! ' ' about 200, under Lieut. Colonel Robinson. They were A bill was passed to establish new post routes, in seouting, when they heard from a negro that about an e- eluding some in North Carolina (not published.) ' " quel number of the enemy ivere at Gillett's house, 13 The Committee on a Confederate . Flag and Seal re miles from Newbern, and proceeded to attack them, about ported that the Aug shall be, "a red field charged with midnight of the 18th lost. Bryan's company was arrang- white saltier, having in the centre the device of a sun ed to charge the house in front, and Strange's and Tur- n '8 s'oryt 0I an aiure (shield, the rays of the sun cor aer's on the left and right. Owing to misinformation as bTconfede7.he ?T' to diRtances, the effect of Capt Eryan's cbargeMn front It is recommended because of "Its want of resem was lost before the others could pull down fences and blaace to the flag of any other nation.; The distinct get up to their positions; The enemy were not unpre- ?.esa ?f I010"' 'eJg it discernible at a distance. t,r,i . 1 1 .x. 1 . 1 Its simplicity, mod consequent facility of fabrication pared, at was expected, lor their lira was almost simul- for ftD emergoncy. itg CouformUy Q the proprietle. of taneous with thai of our men. - The fight waa kept up heraldry. Its symbolization of tbe, characteristics of a for some time with ' spirit, and some of the . men free and prosperous people. The ?-ed denotes martial in all He companies distinguished themselves for f"WP , r 6 . . honorable ordinary in heraldry, is the emblem of pro- coolness and bravery. Captain Strange and Captain gre9i anJ strength its white indicating purity, inno- Eryaa each made two distinct charges ia front, side, cence and gentleness. Tbe blue of the shield repre sents justice, faith, perseverance and ivigilanoe. The sun manifests the dominion, generosity and stability of the Confederacy." - j j The bill to fix ten oents as the uniform rate of post- !;.,, Vm V...-V. a.v 1 s -t. I w ' " "r ' ...6.., ,-..&UBU uu uuuai "B" conscription act a. uiauujr luissiug, supposea u ce mica and rear. Eryan had- on man wounded through the fcrr ast. Of Capt. Strangle con;pny; Love Melvin was badly "wounded in the left cheek, bis jaw bone being broken, Alex. McDougald severely wounded in tbe Col Robinson was uot killed, but received a flesh wound and was taken prisoner. Capt. Turner wss wounded at the coaimeucement of the fight. Several of the other com panics had men wounded. C horses were killed and 2 wounded in Strange's company. j The writer attributes the failure of the attack to the want of space in the yard to operate so many horses, over fences aud ditches, too, and thinks that the origi nal design of dismounting two of the companies would have been better. Sjnce the above was in type we find the following in the Hillsborough Recorder, doubtless furnished by Capt. Josiah Turner, Jr. of that place: NINETEENTH REGIMENT, SECOND CAVALRY. TJie Skirmiihut Gillett't, Lelow Trento-n. This Regiment, lately known at Spruill's, and so long a bill to organtze bands of sharp shooters; and a bill to provide for exemptions from the operation of the Conscription. The provisions of these bills are not stated, except the exemption law, which we copy below. '- ) The Senate declined to confirm the President's nomi nations of 140 Lieutenants for the army. , Hon. R. M. T. Hunter of Va. waa eleoted President pro tern, of the" Senate. '" j Congress adjourned at 3 P. M.;on Monday till the 3d Monday In August. ' ,! I 1 . , Exemptions udk:the fjianRiTiot Law The following exemption bill wsi passed by Congress, anu aigneu Dy m rresidentjusl before tbe adjournment: An act to eztmpt certain pertontfrom enrollment for r wee tin Ms armiet of the Conftdtrate State. ' Scctiox 1. That all persona who shall be held to be treated as the step-cbild of the State, in being deuiued "nfit. fo' military "r0ft un,J?p Tea to be prescribed ia camp or moved from place to place, Kutrell's, Hert ford, Edenton, Newbern, unarmed, unhorud, and neg lected in such a manner as was -well calculated to mor tify their pride, the men especially, when they saw an other Regiment of the same arm of the service petted and supplied at an early day, with every appointment desired, seems to be singularly unfortunate in the ru in this community. After the battle below Newbern, it was widely reported that this regiment had fled inglori ouely and created a panic among the other troops. It turned out upon the publication in this paper of the let ter of Lieut. Graham, then commanding the Orange Cavalry, that though not under the fire of tbe enemy, this company and that of Capt. Hayes of the same regi- Pllmes Tbe propensity of our neigh bors right ahi left to appropriate to themselves the glory of every gallant action, has been frequently al 1uJjJ to. Usually it manifests itself at the expense of North Carolina; but thej following from last Tues day's Richmond Enquirer, shows that Florida suffers some also, j The letter is doubtless addressed to Judge Eaker, Senator from Florida, and by him communicated to the Euquirer; i ' ' NkAa VoRKTows, Va April 17th, lbC2. My Dear Judge: I furnish you with the details of a little affair in which the -id Florida regiment are con cerned. I am induced to do so frutu the fact that 1 see in the Richmond "Enquirer," of the 15ih inst., an ar ticle in which the credit of the thing is improperly given to Col Richardson, of the 40th Virginia. The facts are as follows: ' In the atternoon of Saturday last, the 12th, a part of the Brigade commauded by Col. Ward, 2d Florida, were ordered to send a detachment out in front of Re doubts No. 4 and 6, to' dislodge the enemy from a position - - v : i . I : . . i L : . L. . Lt. OoWsT TajTor, I iv.. i I... in T.iWtinns vdod this regiment without dis oin-ii J J i-t t-. . w " , - luuu.gv - r . , supported inund of the euem t to vhe position, buru t,- atalu i hut thev beh from a wood on tbeir right, and trom a battery about 800 yards in front of the bouse nurnea by the Secretary of War; all in the service or employ ot toe c-ouieueraie otaies; an juuiciaiana executive on cers of Confederate or State Governments; the members ot both houses of Congress, .and of the legislatures of the several States and their respective officers; all clerks of the officers of the State and Confederate Governments allowed by law; all engaged in carrying the mails; all mors nut in circulation respectine their operation aeaiust lerrymen on post, routes; u pnoi3:uu persou. ugKu tne enemy, and the adoption of these rumors as truth n l mne er. Bl1 in actual service on river and h. ih rnhii, n. ,nmrn nt thi rim.nt i railroad routes of transportation; telegraphic operatives the Oramre Cavalry, in which a natural interest is felt nd ministers of religion, in the regular discharge of ministerial Juties: all engaged in working iron mines. furnaces and foundries; all journeymen printers actually employed in printing newspaper; all presidents and professors of colleges and academies, land all teachers having as many as twenty scholar!; superintendents of public hospitals, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses and attendants therein, and the teachers employed in the institutions for the deaf and; duuiu and blind; in muni vAmninrf 1 n nnsilmn H!tmnnntil nn Ih fiAlil ftf Uttle, until all the other troops except the regiments of ch apothecary store now established one apothecary Vance and Avery, and all the high officers, had not ouly ,n K001 Bmhng, wh is a practical druggtat; superin- - - ... - l tarr r . . f nrmttmm IT. WT n t I anil iiinu, Idi fipiaa retreated across Trent river but burnt the two bridges behiud them, leaving them to make their way aa best they could up (he right bank of the river and across Brice's creek. And to add to their difficulties, their horses had mysteriously disappeared from the rear where they had been tied, but were found with the rl- -lj J rITX-C"-! rf Tfd T.tvl at Rdnstnn two 4 he euemv dislodired and the bouses which gave strength I as to the affair at Newbern, and conceive Us truth to ej 4t yet the commander was esteemed brave and . - . a t. : . 1 t swr.a An rrfl tri! I . v v . t.L..:..,. t) ai moril 1 ' t L skilful, was a Savannah man, wnose an waa v " i by the I'd Florida, the whole under the oom- crin4iufcli0D. in relation to the recent skirmish at the J , Col. Ward, of the 2d Florida. The picket of plinUlion 0f Mr. Gillett, where Lieut. Col. Robinson "ow4.nen iy, concealed in rifle pits, were soon driven in, WM wounded, in whiok they eem to revive the old ito- patriotism and tne nouses wbjco ry u to the auir at ewoern, anu conceive u ed. It is due to the troops engaged be put ond cavil by the behaviour of the haved steadily under a very hotre jn the rncouuter at Gillett's, aJvising the Lie' r right, and trom a battery about unt,orM ibose who behaved so ingloriously w r the housea burned The advance A.. n in,,. iiil Iiatore such laneuaee of a large column of the enemy and the signal of recall appUei t0 men who are daily periling their live for probably prevented the capture of the battery. Gen. their counlry, the facta to warrant it should be well es Early under whose eye the movement was made, aud uuiihej. The frequency of falsehoods respecting tendents and operatives in wool 'and uther factories who may be exempted by the Secretary of War, shall be and are hereby, exempted from military service in tbe armies of the Confederate States, j j Tut Fail or FoaT Pulaski, The country was & if . : a. and four men wounded.'.' waa tumclent to account ior n. can we reconcile the fact witn courage anu when we leara that the waus were not uru LATEST WAR NEWS. Later r0r Cvrinth An,it!T. Arril 22. The New Orleans Picayune has a despatch from Corinth, dated ioth, which say that the report in the Memphis papers of the landing of a Federal force near Fort Pill jw is un true. Gens. BreckinriJge and Hiudman have been ap- .t ..1 e - . poiuira Major ueneraia Col. Thomas Jordan, Assis-. Unt Adjuunt General to Gen. Beauregard, has been appointed Brigadier General, and Car.t Jp.-k Mnrrnn. Colonel. Movement- of Gen. Fremont. LTacaacao. Acril 22 The Knox villa Register of Sunday baa reliable in formation from Eastern Kentuoky that Gen. Fremont has left that section with his whole force, some 20,OOU ' men, for Corinth. Tbe telegraph reports that Fremont is leaving North Western Virgtuia to unite his force with those of Buell. Thi indicates that the enemy distrust their ability to penetrate tbe Mississippi valley even with the large force left after the slaughter of Shilob. It also shows that this forca has attained its maximum since they be gin to rely rather on the transfer and concentration of . troops than ou reinforcements derived from new lines.' Richmond ,n hit. Reported Death of (Jen. Batll The evidence of the death of Gea. Buell Is circumstantial, but does not ad mit of a reasonable doubt. Among the prisoners taken by us was Mr. Doolittle, of Wisconsin, a former mem- ' ber of the old U. 8 Congress, who tti accompanying tha, army in the capacity of chaplain of one of itie regi mets. He declares that Buell wits killed, which is tae concurrent testimony of all the prisoners who have said anything on the subject. Ou the second day after tbe Pittsburg battle a flag of truce was sent into the ene my's lines by Gen. Beauregard with reference to the burial of the dead on the battle field, which was replied to by Gen. Grant, who would not have been authorized ' to treat on the subject if the senior general in command (BueH) had not fallen in the action. liich d tz r, Zid Fort Pillow. The siege of" this fort was commenced on the 12th inst., by the enemy's eun-boats. The fort. is situated eighty-five miles above Memphis, aud is said to be one of the strongest points on the river. If is on the Tennessee- ide. It is fortified by twenty truns six rifled cannon, 82-pounders; thirteen smooth bore. same size and one 11-iuch columbiad. The channel of the river is within. 100 yards of the guus, and no boats, of however light draft, can pass, (says one writing from tbe place.) at a greater distance. A deep ditch, ram part and fine military road exteud from the river front on the right to the river front on the left,, in the form of a horse shoe, on the brow of the highest hills, fully mounted with heavy guns at the salieut angles; some idea of the extent of which' may be formed by the fact that it would require 20,000 meu, formed in a linu of battle, to cover its circuit. Iu the rear, outside the ramparts, the woods are not only cut, but stripped of all limbs for over five hundred yards and is again further strengthened by an almost impassable morass, which stretches inward and upward of the river as far as the eye can reach. Rich. Whig.'- General Sterling Price. Ia common with others, we had inferred from the telegraphic announcement, that General Price had resigued his position as 'Major-General of the Missouri State Guards, that the Washington of the West had suffered for some dereliction of military etiquette; we rejoice, however, to state, upon the best authority, that he accepts the conmiiRiou of Major General of the Confederate States, and brings into the service an estimated force of 15,000 men, well armed and equipped, which he will continue, to command. The eountry will congratulate the Administration upou the wisdom which recognize and rewards the services of this distinguished patriot. We hope soon to chronicle the restoration of Floyd and Pillow to active service. Richmond Whig. Arrival of Pritoner. Eight prisoners, captnred at South Mills, arrived early yesterday moruiug and wer placed In safe keeping. Day Book. twelve boxes o1 our forces V 12 lb. howitzer shot, captured by several aboard fiirht: The action miles north ot had proceeded enemy. Our Good Shots. Th? Atlanta Commonwealth of April 10th, say: j . ' ' . A gentleman from the West mlornis us that he saw and couversed with a Federal .officer, a . . . V .1 i ' .1,., -,.,.r, f Ivlftlrf fit prisoner, who staiea mat in ie .v.w Corinth the Confederates shot at their enemies as if beeves, hitting acarly every time in tne ,00,1 11 noticed in Dassine over the battle field I iuiu. w . . jr. . . , ,, , . j lean .at ' 12 o'clock at a point two that nearly all their wounded had balls piantea ur forces I jn their foreheads, j ' . r.. Maruder. who came on the ground as our troops 1 ivpola flf he war. is sufficient to. put all on their guard r . - . I. ... 4 " . . . v - r were re urn took occasion personally to iuau. ' i nt disparaging rumor as io m cuus" ' . . . - i : v. . I. .. I o troops We gathered the following particulars from the boat, who were engaged in tne South Mills, whither our for the purpose of attacking the force consisted of six companies of the 3d Ga. Regiment and McUomas Artillery: Tha compar.ieiTwtre not full and the whole num ber of men on our side may be set down at from three to five hundred The same gentleman informs ua that he saw and examined a breast-plate that had been taken frnm a dead Yaakee. It was made of very fine wire, woven closely together, and could resist a K.n trnm tha most nowerlul rice. Aimouxn m von j breast was protected by this novel contrivance, T, pnnmv'a for, bv their own admission, his head was left exposed, and in ita very centre the latal hall. Three other f ,nt.;,0ni. r,,n,.W- tb Uth New York I Krnnt.nlAtpa were found upon the bodies ot tne J A 11 I V 1 llllVll W.ij J w - - - - 1 fc w w j.- a fZouaves,) S'Jth New iork, Col. Hawkins, 4tn dead Pennsylvania, iJ 1st Massachusetts, and a New Hampshire Kegiment, in command ojf Ung. uen. Ueno. . I The battle; lasted until 5J o'clock P. M. when our forces were ordered to fall back on their1 en trenchments at South Mills, which they did in good order. The enemy encamped on the ground, but during the. night became panic stricken iuid hastily decamped. They made a regular stam pede, and so fearful were they, that, as they fled, they burned the bridges after them to prevent a successful pursuit. j The casualties on our side are few, consisting of six killed, and about twenty-firo wounded. The enemy's lohs is very great, but cannot be ar rived at with certainty. On the field were a uui ber of uraves, and among them one with head- stone marked "Adjutant." j Thee is reason to believe from the statements of the prisoners that, they lost many of their offi cers; and from all we have been able to gather, it is probable that the statement we gave yesterday ' of their loss, namely, eight or nine hundred, will prove correct. This affair, though apparently trivial, we con ceive to have been one of, the most Successful ef forts on the part of our troops to repel the invad ers, that has taken place during the war. Here we see a p mall force of about f)U0 determined men attacking and driving off an enemy of about 5,000. All honor to thn ?A (loorcria. This is twice that they have set an example to our rulers, of the tru policy of conducting this war to a suc cessful termination, and according to the wishes and denires of the armv and the people. ! Their --------- j . i i attack and chase after the Indiana illegiment on Chickatnucomac beach some time since, gave this - gallaut regiment a reputation for dash and cour age, that caused the Yankees to attempt their capture at South Mills by coming after them in overpowering numbers. But it appears our gal lant leader, Col. Wright, had no idea of (giving . them an opportunity to curry out their design. Norfolk Day Book, 22?. The;Fu)ht ut H'ju.ih MllL.Xz understand from a gentleman who obtained his iuformation from an eye-witness, that the repulse of the over whelming Yankee force a South Mills, Saturday, by Col. Wright's Georgia Regiment and Capt. Ferebee'B Militia company, assisted by a battery of nk. tbem ,r,qniirapine rumor aa to the . . ak. - r- o j r- and their officers, for the gallant manner in wbtcti i tne I goldiers in the field have little opportunity ior movement had been executed. j 1 defence against etreet jesters, railroad travelers, or tne Mobkosthk same soaT.This morning' mail brings statements ot the press, and the artictes-oi war preseut " , . ... ... , : .1 . :mnA.tin.nta a freedom of discussion by them .It the Charleston Mercury with a letter Irom it ntcumonu - ; tftl. -n, mftde M lne foundation rorresuonJaut. in which we find the iollowing: I rPftections is in substance this: That Lieut. and his men were all from the city of Stat. We can not understand it. j ' The following is from last Monday Charleston Cou- ! I ner: JVeic from the Federal Fleet . Uapt. ' Kroeg, Mr. De- I quar, and two other prisoner captured by the Federals a short lime since, have been released by order ot Com. Dupont. They reaohed Caper's Island Saturday, and this city Sunday morning. . . ' The Federal report of the bombardment of t ort ru laski states that seventeen of their own number were u:i'4 r.f tha irarriflbn of the Fort. 1 he auieo, v - r- , has been hoisted over the town. Our informant lurtner states that Gen. Yeager told Mayor Slaughter that ho bad made a forced march or tairty nines, au-i um, reached the vicinity of Fredericksburg late Thursday . night, with his men completely worn down, and was greatly surprised at the feeble resistance made. The terms of capitulation ofTered by the Council were. . that they gave up the place because they could not hold it- that thej were, and ever would be, true and loyal citizens of Virginia and the Southern Confederacy, and , only asked to be treated according to the rules of civil ized warfare. Richmond Ditpatch, '16 t Th, FrlZh ifiru'jkr. M. Mercier, the French Minis ter returned from Richmond yesterday in the eleven , o'clock train and alter a visit to the Goaport Navy i ard, went aboard the Gassendi. Immediately auer ni arri val the steamer proceeded; to Hampton Koads. Xorfolk Day Book, '11 1. On yesterday'our troops look Lee' Mill at the point J Robjngon with thi regiment made an attack in the of the bayonet, and' tbe fight raged from 3 to 7, p. m., evening tt the house of Gillett thai the enemy had de- Incorrect. . X -The announcement in this paper a few . u-n.i tk. .HViMt Hide. The wails r ort was nucuevi - - - , a . i a nAriJ hv the Savannah papers, I j.a f ih death of Cant, btancel, ot t ompany a. house of Gilleti-that the enemy had ae- "l"'r":Z,.L .h.ll.J out bT the 17, " "7C w r Raiment. are nleased to learn, was and when Bight closed our men tjeld their own. , a lermineJ t0 eurjender, and the officer in conimana was --m" fi brou.ht l0 oer iipon them. Th Fed- incorre0t. The gallant Captain, though severely wound- Virginia regiment (the loin, ana one ?u" X" I in Ue act oi aeiiver.ug up -wuru wu i - v- ." riJcttl(.d tie f-;t of the Confederate-garrison at ed, (a muinie ball having struck Aim on Pt"??- ve,; epeciauy troops except uuj men """".7;;' Port Puiki allowing them to erect their batteries eo aB(1 p,B8iDg through came out near nis w, iv-atha latter wadinz breast aeep m wuu uu wi 1 n,cn me enemy reBewea iuu u6uW wuU- - . - - - ,mm,-ni;1, nositions. I -i.k . fir nrosDeet of recovery, lie reacuea 1 cnio- w - 1 r . . aiii.i 1" I naav rn p n Klin Zal duum vwmaw"n R Iff f r - - - - These mistakes are not half o remarkable aa the fact that the 'same writer contradicted them th,e next day aa follow: ' ! 'It seem it was the 16th North Carolina, not the ir.L it- .-:. ;UiirriiiahiMl luielf. and the i an- I mmi were at kees and not the South Carolinians, waded the creek." roa(i from Trenton to Morehead City ,-nd had tied him the negro estaj'ius captured Col. Uobinson, ana KUiea o ners 01 nis p.,. - ffi lhat four Tessels were nearly burg yesterday afternoon from tbe 1'euinsuia. As we learn the facU they are in effect as foUows: Lieut. ft,j a land force of fifty thousand, . ' Jetereburg Fxpre, CoL Robinson, on the evening of Sunday the 13th mst., ray. 7?Zz nr eunnoati they designed to at- . - . : ; with the cnmnanies of I assisted Dy ineir umci Kuuwvo y o or Throusli a cituen waa nn . "luuiiuk a - 1 rt i a -ihar inav rti-f 1 wn luc i .f ttriifr 1 1 j 1 . i.tumiKL v r .- j o x lie r aaaci 1 - - n - . n uinir I lack. Charleston. Captain. Strange . rytn -"5 aaunah papers nearly every day. informed cy a negro 01 mr. iuum vhvm. - r j - - . 4 Express, writing from Suffolk, Ya., says, th house of his master, on the ttnvettsalt Oitv Atll! had tl The situation 'of the house was often, concur with the Rtc r of the party so and U was determined to attack them. . i -1 1 ... -. i . i . ;.1 I Pitching isto thxm. ne ao.not aiwj, u - hmbnd Examiner ia us as- of Fauquier county, we learn that on Sunday morning last a party of Yankees visited the house of Dr. Day ley Shumate, of that county, and that while there tho otficer in command attempted to penetrate into the chamber of Miss Shumate, a daughter 01 tne wuttur ' t B J r ft 1 .' 11 1 rr ih Ptarsbur I . j .1.- ii,. rstri anmwiwd to be 180. r,f,n ihf iravernments. both of' the Confederacy i . . T . simmt that this was his LOeKAT hub. a tuncotw- I tieecrioeu " w- r -j rr . i - D- . . lla vu miuiuicu jj - -- The Fiqht on the Pc ninsut--We learn that the fiTht on the Peninsula NYedaeeday, particu lars of vthich we have already given, proved mucn more disastrous to the Yankee iavaders than was The assault was made at midnight. The and of Virginia, but we do agree with, it, that if there I -,.'8 private chamber, and lhat if he persisted ia ftnii eiltUUlnKC tuuiu ut " - . . ge them in their wipaea rams. feme to palings surrounding the yard. Tbe Yankee end to such encouragement, we shall have fettee. " PllS . thn.outh of the lane: Our can put an end to such encouragement we sua.. c "'r' Bw down at the mouth of the lane: Our . . ... v wl trouble at every pomt where tne enemy cau .pu.s.u.jr -i---- nn fcoraeback bv wav of the lane. "w " . c. . llur Bfil.1io.r huned 1U 01 tne earn a looting. Vandals who fell on this side of Warwick river, ; It is possible that here and there in North Carolina a and many are'known to have been drowned, while traitor may be found, we are sorry to say; but irgm-ntt,,.,-. wr tlllr-di on the opposite bank of the un9 ghouli not trouble themselves pecially about that, stream. Reliable I persons engaged in .the fight I 8ince 'there are ten such la Virginia for every oue in estimate the Yankee loss in killed and wounded vorlh Carolina. The Peninsula, especially, o.ear 10 at 500. On Thursday to cross at Dam repulsed Two ' nitfit nnd another r!..th attpmntRMfrnallv tailed, lnis is tnouirni to be rrobably the weakest point in our line oi . . . i i .1 . 1 J A" defences on the Peninsula, ana me surewu xau- h.a tclth ihpir accustomed cuteness, have ascer tained the fact, j Since theso unsuccessful at nir,t.H fnllowincr ' eo closelv upon the disastrous f c-. . ., ', .... efibrt ot Vv edneHday, the invaders .nave remaineu iti'iM. si i far art our information extends, ucrl i . ' . . . ... is tbe laconic report over tne wires. 1'ttersbur'j Axpren -C fr.rc advanoed on horseback by way of the, lane. Capt Bryan's company, who were in front, charged up near the palings, and fired until their ammunition was expended. Uapt. estrange n oouipaujr, - ,lr it, throw down the fenoe of the lane and h. field to the left, after some confusion and de- lav from the number of horses pressing in the narrow -iiV executed the order, and proceeded to the rear of Idlers, hearing the described in the following paragraph which we copy of tfa quickly ran in and dispatched the rallant father. Comment is unnecessaj. ie" ' " children, sisters, or sweet- li "ne navenoi uorne in. t1"1 ' p . , ; .v, iVnf this noble man. the possibility of the enemy reaching Uichmona ns nearts, reaa you ;";-7m;g-ftnd eaiiat under been enough Io develop the meanness and cowardice of 7. uS was a gentleman a number of our f""" fjZi F-qmer county save Viinki vaQ rvAfM n.h sessions in tne lower nww " " e . I this SuQolK writer, nas oeeu iuu m I th bouse, upi. 1.. -;,. - . , s ,k. ra.i r ni.ht the enemy a.ain attempted troops know who have served there. LeV not this V ,r- lh charge of a Sergeant, next fo lnwea bu seemea o H;-- ; V.;,l- M ivpr bt were Pt call our kettle blaca, . . ; haTe D0 diat.uct orders, nuing up uc? on T ' .. ' . . I ; kA access Of Capt. .lurner a viupujr, w . I . " ... Z..u -t , vi CTr.-ia n,,,, nnna ot TiMfl.t r V.l.;n. i .ut i ir met u lu6 uv. .. - .. ...j ... .1,. .U nn lh r oh nf BllUt. irom ieieKl'" umvD " cuui is . . I iu! iiistu iumiiitn. i' ."6 " j ---p - i , down itie lence auu cui " . o - . nrtir . .1,.. . a h rn ,n nmrn. i . . . , n r . ir , . . mi. , ..nnnii i.iDiiTpnan:.H ni Liiia cum- i - ai luito uuun i i.uu, w... in h. .,M.it nr tne rrencn iiiui3ier iu nmuoi v j . . r - -...j in ... themselves that they e not qommiueu "totiJ-tn.- Whig, , j 0 - - on. av iha.ttha enemT can reach them J J - ... i a ; . .' . . I. I . HM...ka,l AMI. we no not inveni. u. w v any man. e nave i the lane, me u, , .u "Ii. v, i,. nlaininir that our troops are cowartj; mat tne gwv. - . . ,r ... .o. tk.t it I and. a few otners, presseu mruuiin . v..w r D - . -.n.r,t10n witn tnona. ine aujournmeHmi wu5" " ....u ,hU ida and enter- uienl is not reu-uuv cuuSU, - "r--- . would Turner, as was afterwards ascer- the Yankees anouia --r - Eaklt Wu rat. Jordan Tysor, Esh- of Fair Uaven, hb had boasted awhile Moore County, has aent us a specimen pi nis wneat and who, day aud gtalk cut on ,he 20th inst. They are full tnree ieet in leDgth of straw, and the head clean out of the boot. As he justly remarks, these furnish a bright prospect for a full crop to be reaped in May. ar Department, ana has gone aooutcom- cwarO; that the govern- uounufjn u't 't"'" ' tained. naa oeen wuu""" - ' . . . . ... . t. w,...n ,,n .. nn.' It will be een that he has passed through Norfolk the lane, and disabled. About thirty men iwioweu wpj. Virginia o, - T-a- bM. declined by.th. Confederate" Oovernn Strange, witn wnom was w. ". - "rJ many lmitaioro, iu 1 . Church Bells not being aeedea now, nut u uercma Strange afterwards returned to our lorces irou. ..s-. gouth and ,ome eyen ln SorUl;cxol: on his return to Washington. has j -men who were Bcrnsidb's RaPoKt. The official report of the cap- .iJe of the house, but without the Lt. .col t rom toe . .ecesslonists and ! fire-eaters, ready to -r .k- firt itanc Of our trOOPS, tne eneui ou mirv - .... u CnuacH Cills hot Wastid. The liiblical Eecorder states that the'offer of the Ualeigh P.aplist Church Cell Uovernmem, nv. iiii n.it kinff seeded now. but ir nereauer re quired will be availed of. il- t 1 . . ,T . I ture or iNewDern is puonsneu in toe nortnern papers, i oi uitWi.. - house and The only thing material in it U the following, which up a severe Tard 0ur men hore JL - .... ' I .V.. .1.. 11 1 l'uul " r- o- snows a neavy i anaee toss, auu mat 141 uw was fought on our side: - - By this victory our combined force have captnred eigut batteries, containing forty-six heavy guns; three batteries of light artillery of six guns each making in of Federal troops at 'Acuuia. Creek, which would ail . sixty-iour guns; two sieamooais 1 .1 -. .! .: .Vn,ii kVrwl 1 sailing vessels, wagons, uorses, mrio uuauiuj ui ke their force at this time in and about 1-red- 1 1 L.r,'. .il. for- iiniuitiuii. Luuiuiiasdi v bum uuai iuia4vi.i a obvsiwt " - - Movement of the Enemf.--lt was stated yes terday in Con ''rees that President Davis had re ceived infurmatiuu of the landing of a large body make erickaburg about 3'5 ,000. The supposition is that tliey came from Washington City, and that they intend to make i fiauk movement upon th'iB city. Should the report prove to be correct, we have no doubt but tlie intended grand flank movement hm been fully considered, and caused the evacua tion of Manassas by Geu. McClellan and his trip oejng eff ectually covered by their works to the Peninsula more as a decoy man ior tne pur- oa nf niPPtint? our forces at that point. Lnji,' j v j 1 ... , v-i Uy a gentleman irum iuv uwu.j rictaburc by yeatorday afternoon's cars, we learn that our troops are still near r reaencasuu., uu inir about pix or eight miles 'distant, and puet and scout still further in that direction. age, and the entire camp equipage of the'Rebel troops, a large quantity of rosin, turpentine, cotton, etc., anu pvei two hundred prisoners. - - , Our loss thus far as ascertained will amount to 9" killed and liG wounded, many of them mortally. Amoug these are some of our most gallant officers and ruea- The Rebel Toss is severe, but not so great as our own. r . ... ,;.; r this fire with steadiness; but alter me u.uiu.w.uu those in fronf had been exhausted, it seeming impos sible to beat the enemy from weir " r" horseback, an order was given oy oue u officers to retreat, and the column retreated. Lt. Col. Robinson did not return to hi command and is be lieved to have been wounded and captured behind the bouse. Our loss besides Col. Robinson wa. one 1 man killed and ten wounded, and eleven fj i h hnt down, and more are ne- tne enemy were - ------ . f have been straca khu . , - ,, cat a vates 11. liolden, J. coiuen, . w, --- - ... . , t. k-,a head skiuned by a rait, -vvaiser naa me mf -. had the tock or his gun snot ou, i,.n frnm their Horses, inis smu.cu. jv-. lieved to Oranee who got a chance for a shot at the enemy, Ka'wSlis Harris, CorpH H" RU Vd Examiner, 22t. Gov. Johnson, of Kentucky, tlu- first Governor of that State under the Confederacy, who waa wotmJ.-J and taken prisoner in tbe buttle of Shilob, died shortly after at Pitt-burg. His body has been given up to his son. 1 enclosa. the names of killed and wounded as fir as received. The 3d Brigade being so far distant it is iia posible to communicate with in time for this mail. 5C3 killoi and wounded and one brigade and the fleet not heard from, proves that it was a dear bought "vic tory." , Piu'okkrs A letter from Newbern, April 10th, pub , lished in tbe N. Y. Herald, says, ' v "Tbe rchel prisoners, now in our hands, numbering about one hundred and fifty, including Col. Aery, are to be sent North in a few days, under the recent order ' - , bQ, -e are glad to learn that he is 4m of the War Department to release no prisoners until l occasioned, but w a g , n, ti i!v.-... . - - I proving. I Al I iQiCJlllu IM Bv, a mUCIVTi Strayhorn re tnrown ivum uhm - c t,a . .: n anv Tiait of our forces such as has been free"; indn ged in by railroaJ travelers and others for several dayvpsst. The miscarnap of the enter prise If It could have been successful at all; was ob Pr18e', . ls(,v. in the nlan of attack, lanotdis- ,lou! L':o .rrC : ;;mraand. or alarge part of it, m T'"E. "! "T-whTuns. and advancing on foot in rate detachment; under cover of the out buildings Cart Turner has returned home in consequence of the iniurVfrora bis wound ani tneiauirom u.s u rfe w...u whip the yankee nation before! breakfast, but who now allow the eld Union men, whom they were wont to abuse most vilely, to rush to the field of ganger and of death in defence of tbe South, whilst' they sneaK about quietly at "home. It may not be too late even yet for such meu to redeem their characters, oy going into tue eervice, and supporting their countryjand it cause with heart and hand and purse, We concur with the Examiner of the same date in one other of its Jenunciations, viz: The case is so flagrant that it might be expected 10 .,aa helief. but for the testimony we have to estab- U r . ,, T,.v. ,1jf ,L., .Lam. i;k Dnf intva aueze. out rectuny two weeks airo a man arrived here across the Potomac k k,l heen a C ert in one 01 tne uepanmeuve u Washinirton. lie took the oatn 01 alliance w UD Lincoln Governaient, anu nis name as a ouui..... v.. .:n v-. frrt in th renort cf the celebrated Potter ln .wuiuc.' !. . , . I fko 1: rnmrr,itit an tinnieu in me wiumu, Trsuf .u.si- - ...;- : n;M.A,nn(t New York Tribune, mis person u.rncu 1U about a fortnight ago. The'very next any oier f rival, through an aPrlica.ioay, an eld V" quaintance here, be obtained a position in what . is now the most critical branch of the pubhc service ana wh .... nf information to the enemy migm u. . - That they tray us. n tour-9 testimony exist can be estaous f ,C. .ft,t continue for The question is, shall abuses of thi. sort coon f daylcEierr' - . in. a white population of 7,40. The otuccrs my are, Capt. George A. l'rofts, 1st Lieut, fxander, 2d, I. A. Correll, 2d Jun. Jas. A. Cabarbcs CofHtr. Capt. Profts' company, forming part of the S2d Regiment, just organized at Raleigh, Is the eiehth company from the little county or vafi.un, hick contain of the company John M. Ale Black. ..... TaroRTT DECMioxV-Juige Magrath of the Con federate Court in South Carohna, baa a.- gress has no right to tax State stoca-, public creditors. . . . l . tlAI...;i.l in i ll.laV.ftrrt' '" on the 12th inst., Mr. wnj. - v-..-. 6 county, a member of tsrem..-.-j. ln theGoldsboro' Hospital of typhoid I fi..-r.: v. a, Vr R I Lon Private in Co. 0. ih Ret.. a mcm ber'of the vho'city Mount. Ung,rs." from AL'X.m.lor CNear Clinton, Tenn.v Jolin Humpl.rf-y, Samuel Itse and Calvin Uurges?, Co. C. 30ih He. N. C. Void. ,SpruiU's Cavalry. c learn that (Jov. Clark has apprinted Maj. Matthew NY. Davis, of Kuth erford, Colonel of SpruiU's regiment of Cavalry. A friend who knows, siys this is au'cxccllent ap pointment, lie hns Leen'tome thirteen , yearn in the Federal service, rued in -piii last, and , was ia the tattle of Manassas. RaL Standard.
Fayetteville Observer [Weekly, 1816-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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