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1 i V ' V ,1 !: Y tl" , a., V -AW.. . -A FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 2, 1862. NO. 2318. 4 i 'V PRINTED EVERY MONDAY, EDWARD .JIIILE t SONS, . . EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. At t2 00 per annum, it" paid iu advance; $2 60 if paid Juries? the yer of Huh&or-iption; or 3 U0 after the year Las expire!. price lor the Semi-Weekly Observer, li 00 if paid ia advance; 83 50 if paid during the year of subscription; or 24 00 after the year has expired. . . . AdvertiseuitAiit.-? inserted for GO cr.ats per square of 10 lines fur the first, and Su cent for each ..succeeding publication. siecial1tic'e7-".- From and after thu data, n uatne of a new subscriber will le entered without payment in advance, nor will the paper be sent tu sueh sub-scriJ-or for a longer time than ii paid for. btich of our oil sulbcrilerg ad dsire to take the paper on this sjnUm will plaa notify ua when n-ukics? remittance-. Jany 1, 158. , ; i i'i i j-sp . WAB NEWS. ' Anct'n r Viri ,-s . fU Vflry.-IilCnMSV, May lio. From u gentleman who left Staunton yesterday we Irarn that a courier from the army of Gen. Jackson arrived at that point on Saturday evening, and brought dispnteheHrto Gerr. Johnson, substantially confirming the above statement. In formation received from private sources deemed entirely -worthy ol credit, assure m that Gen. Jackson wa9 within four miles of F'ont Royal on Friday noniing, and the town was occupied by about 1,500 Federal troops. We presume that it was this force with which he had the engage ment reported, and the hope is reasonably enter tained that he had suoceeded In bagging the whole party. . . , ! We learn from a gentleman who left Winches ter in the early part of last week, and succeeded in canjfcing the lankee pickets, mat me unscru puloua scamps have commenced a system of in cendiarism in that town and the counties of Jef ferson and Clarke. During the week they burn dthe Medical College in Winchester, in which was deposited the carcase of John Brown's worth ier son, who met hid deserved fate at Harper's Fefrry. Donning' s regiment of Cincinnati Dutch, which rendered itself notorious in Hampshire co. last winter by burning and wantonly destroying verything within reach, had gone down - into Clarke and Jefferson, and from lights continually observed in that direction, from Winchester, , it ;wae believed that they were indulging their fayo rite node of warfare, by applying the torch to the property ot defenceless citizens. A few even- . liant light was noticed in the direction of Cbarles town, and apprehensions were entertained that the town had teen fired by the desperadoes. ! Dispatch. . A Victory in the Valley and Recapture oj Winchester,' RICHMOND, May 27. W e have highly important and encouraging " news this morning from Gen. Jackson army. The follow ing official dispatch was received at the War Department during yesterday morning, which. wa3 duly bulletined, and created the liveliest en . tiiuiriaam: . ! . '.,, !' JL. , . "Gen. Jackson's forces entered Winchester yesterday, the 1.5th inst., capturing all of the enemy's commissary and ordnance stores. They (the Federals) tried -to burn the town, but were too closely pursued. We took thefFirst Maryland regiment, Col. Kenley, and f he", First Vermont regiment of cavalry at Front Royal prisoners, and two thousand pmonenrs at Winchester. Our loss is one hundred killed and wounded. Our troona are still in pursuit. The enemy r are completely routed." In addition to the above, we received, early in the day a private dispatch, dated at Staunton, announcing the capture, by the united commands of Jackson and Kwell, of front Royal and Winchester, with 4,000 prisoners, and strag- . glers Btill coming in, with the enemy's stores, all ; accomplished at a sacrifice of one hundred men killed and wounded. The victory was regarded as very complete. ' Of subsequent movements and results we are without information, but we : are most convinced they have been progressive. : Examiner. Our Lines about Richmond. RICHMOND, May 2G. There was some action on our lines in the neighborhoods Richmond on Saturday. From such reliable particulars as we have,, it appears that the enemy made a demonstration in the neighborhood of New Bridge and 'Mechanics- ' ville on Saturday. At New Bridge two companies of the 5th Lou isiana regiment were surprised, the enemy having optured the; only cavalry picket that was out. We learn that our has inthis engagement was about sixteen Jailed and thirty! wounded. On Saturday afternoon the enemy took posses- - , - w v J I T I ... V . .U l.uy UI AW MA AAA I.Vu from the city boundary,' on the road Which extends from Eighteenth street. i Three pieces of the Washington .Artillery were placed across the Chickahominy, but onr forces were directed to fall back to (he other bank of?the stream, which they did aiter a sharp cannonading. Captain Rosser was wounded in the arm by a fragment of a sneil Un occupying Mechunicville Saturday at'ternoon the cheets ot the Yankee army, were vo ciferous and mi,rht have been heard for miles. Yesterday,- there was an entire ! quiet on our lines, and not a shot exchanged on juiy portion of mem as iar as. we couia learu. in the neighbor hood of Mechanicsville, the two armies are dis tinctly confronted on opposite ranges of hills not more than a mile apart. The enemy's pickets extend to. the bridge over the Chickahominv, and our picket lines are not more than ; six, hundred yards apart, a cavalry picket being posted direct ly in the turnpike on the other side of the bridge. x esterday the enemy were throwing up entrench. menta, about; Mechanicsville, and planting bat teriea to command the bridtre and turnDike. About two or three miles to the north the ene- my have possession of the Central railroad, at -what u Known as tJee a Station. .The situation is such as keep3 the publio in constant and daily expectation oi a general engagement- Ex t. ine Havannaii Republican-says that forty to tilty Federals landed west of Fort Piktka a marched to Welaka, where they were fired upon by the; Confederates and twelve of the enemy r' , lue,day a barge containing twenty- uue aauacca upproacned bt. .Marks.' - 'I tinv were ambuscaded, and seventeen killed. ' Burnsidc's Moivmxnts. Wilminotos, May a.4. It was currently reported in town yesterday - vniaim;!. mat me Diitnsiae f' fleet had left- Newborn,' dcstinat;cn unlnovn. i We know O'is information to have been roeuived in i official quarters, but we' do not believe there ia j any positive knowledge of the fact of the sailiD" of the fleet. If it has left Newbern the destina tion ia not yet known to our Generals. Journal- Interesting from New Mexico. The Jackson Mississippian, of the 17th inst., siys: We .earn from a pstssenger just through from Texas, that an engagement between 1,700 ot Gen. Sibley'u brigade, 'and 2,300Tederals, occurred on the 10th ult. at Glorietta Canon, New Mexico. Col. Scurry, commanding, had his men posted in the Canon through which the Federals were com pelled to pass to communicate with Fort Craig. About 000 of the enemy were killed and wound ed, and less than 100 of Scurry's men among whom, however, were Majors Raguet and Shrop shire killed, and Lieut. CoL T.i Sutton mortally wounded. " , Gen. Sibley's A. I. 0., Oapt. Ochiltree, who was bearer ofy dispatches from Gen. Sibley, report ed to our informant that the result of the battle of Glorietta would be the sui render of Fort Craig to our forces, and the occupation of ail New Mex ico aud Arizona by the Confederates. J LATEST WAR NEWS. fijihtinj at 'Richmond. KiottmoVd. May 29. We la iru tiiftlonto the i "tin oa tit fruir l vrhon City LounJ, Lad a narrow esonpo from capture or de struction t Federal hands on Monday, but the eogiueer, with promptitude and uerve, applied extra power, ud the train rushed through th Linooln lines with'great Telocity and i safely arrived in the city. Later ia the day, how'ever, a second train appearing, some negroes upon tb road waved hanJkerchietV, acd made suoh geetioulations as to warrant the conductor ia believing there was danger ahead, and having trocpa on board, he moved very cautiously forward until diacermng ar tillery pointed on the track, put back with ull commend able expedition. From pjfseaion of the road, the ene my retarded oottiraanicatiou with ouv forces in the vioin ity of HanoTer C. H., and to prevent permanent or ob stinaid occupancy, it was whispered that a force would be moved forward In that direction to form a junction with Andereon and Branch, aoting there in concert. Arriving at a point at the right of the lines, (Nine Mile road,) we found the troops there drawn up in line of battle, with banners floating and ordnance pointed. Although in considerable force on the north bank of the Chickahominy, (near Price's and Garnett's farms,) the enemy eeemed loth to appear and engage.: Ihey h&4 ushered fn the day with picket firing, and had driven. ours in. We waited their approach. ) 1 he v skulked iu the deuae wood, but came cot. At1 II o'clock, how ever, the regular boomiag of cannon told an action of sotue. nature wag ooourricg at a more distant pTTbt, more to tie left, and in the direction of the Mechanics ville road. Proceeding ia that direotion, ! it was dis covered that, a sharp engagement was then progressing upon the farm of . Mrs, Vaughn, some nix miles on the York River Railroad.: The foe had appeared in much force in that locality, but were vigorously attacked, and after some eighty minutes of lively tiring, both of artil lery and musketry, the enemy fell back, and cur farces resumed their original position athat point. The par ticular foroe engnged, and casualties, are not-known. Scaroely had this brisk attack oeei than loud de tonations cn the extreme left told that meeting foroei, near Hanover C. H i had clashed in arms, and that the grand overture to the coming tragedy had begun with great vigor and will. So far distant from our lines, (fifteen milee,) and travel thither retarded by guards, and the lateness of the hour, (two P. M.,) it was almost impossible to obtain information of worth; yet from all that we can gaiher U would seem that a force had been dispatched thereto dislodge the enemy from the ran road, and to re-open communication at least to Hanover C. H. A part of Longstreet'a division was eaid to have moved up and attacked in one direction, -while Ander son's and Branoh'e commands, moving down upon the Court-House," assailed the foe in another. - The are of ordnance was regular and rapid, incessant volleys of musketry being perfectly audible for muea. After an hour's duration, the firing oed; hat was resumed train wita locreasea niry between ana 4 o cioci, lasting, without hiterorlsaion, until sunset. It i known that we eaptured some prisoners in: the fight, (some fifty-odd,) and the natural conjecture is that the enemy must have b !. Jeteated. ' f : That the1 great fight is approaching; is incontroverti ble; it is even said that Johnston crossed the swamp last night to precipitate a general engagement and bring his full force into play. Anderson, Uranch, and the rest, at the Court-House, muit form a junction, or they are isolated and useless; but to eu'ectthis by a vigorous demonstration may possibly usher in! the great battle so long expected and so fraught with consequences. Ere this may-fh the reader 3 eye -the first gun will have fired, and onlong, lasting stream of flame en velope our noble armyi. battling as heroes never did before for freedom and lor their homes: Let none trem ble let cowards herd withbrutes-t-but let all raise their hearts and hopes La the God of battles, who gave us as birthright, liberty, and who aiways crowns the braTa. t . A-Aiifin'ona.'.-s-About 9 o'clock last night, a train by the Fredericksburg road brought down 63 prisoners, captured in the first engagement yesterday afternoon. These all belong to the 125th New York regiment, four companies of which were detailed as skirmishers, and before they were aware of the presence of our torces they found themselves eurrounded by the 28th North Carolina regiment. A brisk skirmish ensued, reeultir.g in the capture of the number above stated, 'and the complete discomfiture ui the remainder ot the detach menu The prisoners think that nearly all the others were either killed or wounded. ' ' These men state that little confidence is felt in the result of the anticipated general engagement by the rank and file of the Federal army. They acknowledge the superiority of our soldiers, and confess that in a land fight they have very little hope of .success. They had heard of the splendid vutory of Gen. Jackson over Banks, which they represent to-have had an exceedingly de pressing effect unon the private soldiers. Our loss in this engagement was slight. : i . .Later m the afternoon, commencing about 4 o clock, a terrific fight took place near the same point, hut of tnis we have no particulars. Dispatch. ' The only particulars of the skirmishing which we have been able U obtain are, that the 25th New York Regiment (formerly Kerrigan's), commanded by Col A. C. Johnson, and. the 2S-:h North Carolina Reeiment, were engaged for about an hour, in the vicinity of Han over Kj. u., li miles in an air line trom Richmond. About eighty of the Federals were killed, and sixty taken prisoners. The Confederate loss is represented to have .been only six or eight. The! prisoners were taken to Ashland, and brought "on to Richmond" last night on a special train. The report ofj the Yankee Iosb is dived from the prisoners, one of w.iom confessed that tbey were "used up" in short order by the North Carolinians, and remarked that if the Tet of tur army hght alter the same fasnicn, McClellan s "grand army will be surely whipped when the "bi battle" takes place. By way of explanation, however, he said that the Regiment had marched from the White lloust, on the Pamuukey, fully twenty-five miles, and was in no con dition to fight. This forced march is significant. , ' L . i Richmond Whig, May 28tA. " The prisoners represent their loss as very great one Federal regiment is supposed to have lost 300 in killed ana wounaea. I he Y ankee3 were tniided t.o their nosi tion by a oitiien of Hanover, whose name our informant oould not recollect, but we are pleased to state that the irauor was captured at Ashland, and brought to Rich mond with his Yankee comrades. i The prisoners gay that they have never been in battle before, and that they are raw troots. iust from Fortrens Monroe. They also state that McClellan has a foroe Of UHJOUt OO.UW. Anjuirrt-. ' - Further from our Victory in the Valley. Richmond May 28. The following dispatch was received vester day at the War Department from Major-Qeneral Jackson . "Winchester, May 2G. "To General 8. Cooptr, Ad jutant-General: "During the last three day9 Qod has blessed our arms with brilliant success. "On Friday the Federals.at Front Royal were routed, and one section of artilltry, in addition to irany prison ers, captured. . ' 1 ' "On Saturday Banks' nain column, vbile retreating from Strasbirg to Winchester, wss pierced, the rear part reheating t'jwardls iStrasburg. ' "On Sunday tbe other part routed at this place. "At last accounta Rrigadkr-Oeaeral George H. Stew art was pursuing, with cavalry and' artillery, and cap turing the fujj-itivvi. 1 . "A large amount of medical, ordnance and other stores' have fallen into our handd. 4 Signed - ; . ' T. J. JACKSON, . "Major-General Commanding." r From an oEcer who .arrived here last night frqai Gen. Jackson's lines, we learn that the number of prison ers taken was 280 K Gen. Jackson was pressing on to Martinsburg. Th amount of storeaptured in Winchester is said to have been immense, an it was the Federal depot of euri'je8 for the whole Valley District: We lost three captains in the fight; Captains Sheets, Fletcher and l'axtou, the two former of Ashby's caval ry. Captain Sheets was seuior captain in Ashby's com mand, and for activity, enterprise and gallantry had a reputation in the Valley second only to that of his com mander. Exxrnintr. The Spoil in the Valley. Richmond, May 29. The victories of Gen. Jackson at Front Royal and Winches ter, are tuliy oonnraied by despatches from the old hero hinis".t', -published iu this morning's paper. Tho mate rial and moral re?ultn of these brilliant coups de main are believed to be fully equal, if they do not surpass, 'b oonibinod results of any others that have been accom plished uion the soil of Vireinia. At Front Royal the spoils of the viotory were rich in arms, and included a mfiicieut number of splendid satres, as yet unucd, to arm the entire eav:ilry forco of the commaud. At Win-4 eheUer tLe acquisition of nui)itUi3 of War M fcuperb. The t; 'n. ti: of .asuic-i! stores which fell into our bund was exceedingly JvalimU, and ccours at "a time when their capture seems a dwr-ensnion of Providence. The priosnera, we luarni, wilibe niarf h-d down to Staur.ton, and probably thenoe to some point iu the Wouta. pen Gen. Jackson enter I the town of Winchester the Vermont Cavalry were panic stricken at his ap preach, dismou ted from their horses, anl ecu to the woodj. Their horses, , twflve or fif'ern huudre i in number, were captured. The First Maryland Regi ment (Federal) weve quietly amusing themselves, principally iu playing tJuff, and were taken pris oners, flagrant, ddietv, . and bonded over to the g-illant Marylandtrs of the Confederate army to be taken oare of. L'nqUtreri Splendid Strategy. The operations of General Jaok- son, which resulted ia the oapture of Winchester, form ed a series of movements and combinations which have not been surpassed since the'days of Napoleon. Jack son was at Woodstock. Banks, with his main body, was at Strasburg, where he was strongly entrenching himself. Ho had a strong detachment at Front Royal. Jackson made a demonstration against" Strasburg with 5,0o0 men, who advanced half way to that point from Woodstock. With; the rest of his-army he suddenly turned to his right, fell upon the enemy at Front Royal, utterly routed him, and took two regiments. Ranks, at Strasburg, hearing the firing, stampeded for Winches ter. Jackson, howrever, was too quick for him. ; He immediately sat out frcra Front Royal, suspecting what would happen, to cut Banks oS" from Winchester. The parties met at the junction of the roads at titephenaburg. Jackson cut the column in two. Part tied to Winches- ter and part returned towards Strasburg. Jackson fol lowed tne portion that fled to Winchester, took that town and 2, wJ prisoners, and eent Ste.wart in pursuit of the fugitives in the direction of Martinsburg. The part that fell back, on Siraaburg has not been heard irotn; out 1: u Ujes not go over tne mountains.; doubt less care will be taken of it by the oolumu of 6,000, al ready mentioned. as deployed betweeu Woodstock and 3trasburg. . . .. 4 Let the reader look at the map, and mark the beauty of : these splendid manoeuvres. ' They are truly ,Na poleonio. Ekh. Dapatch, 2S:A. ' j .Richmond and fTstMngton. It would appear from events iu another quarter, and a lack of them here, that it was .a part of Gon. Johnston's plan to draw McClel lan a army gradually to a point near Richmond, while, at the same lime. Gen. Jackson, -in the Valley, deci mated the armyof Banks, and by menacing Washington to place the grand army of the Conjederacy in ; the vantage ground here, these operations, whether car ried out independently cr conjointly,- have proven a success, it would seem, both oocurnng in their details almost simultaneously. With the evacuation of York- town and baUlv- of WilUAAAistiArg on tHe I buiuou.a, Jivca. on commenced his masterly descent into the v alley; with the evacuation of Norfolk, Jackson made anoLLer telling stroke; and, with- the taking up of the present position cf Gen, Johnston's army on the Chickahominy, Jackson doubled : again and defeated the enemy at vr 1 9 .li .: .. : ,. . ,.r v : cnesier ana tne enemy 3 stores. - - .1 . Less than'three weeks ago there were not 6,000 Fed eral troops at Washington or its defences south of the Potomac. Washington threatens i from the east would render the immense fortihcations on Arlington heights valueless, while on the east there are nouetences what ever, not even a redoubt. The distance from Winchester to Washington, in a direct line, iia Leesburg an J .Alex andria, is less than fifty miles, attainable in twenty- four hours by a forced march, such as no one knows bettor how ta accomplish than the hero bf Kerustown, Front Royal and Winchester. We know nothing cf the intentions of the two distinguished generals of the Con federacy who have conducted this etrategy through its various movements to Us present, and it may be, provi dential consummation, but simply recall the coincidental events as they hava occurred. Rich. Examiner, 2SiA. Engagement in Southuestcrn . Virginia. -Richmond, May 2b. We had news Monday evening of a, disaster to Gen. Heth'-s command in Southwestern Virginia, but, as the intelligence of it Was not entirely confirmed, tnd, at any rate, very unwelcome, we were not in any haste to announce u to our readers, from what we have since learned, it appears that Tien. Heth was badly whipped, lsoing two hundred men and two pieces of ar- tiltery. The.fight took place at Lewisburg last Satur day. Our force was about eighteen hundred men, aud, although unwilling to believe it, we are constrained. from the best information we can get on the subject, to think that our defeat wis accomplished by. an interior lorce o! tne enemy. Examiner. The Lynchburg papers confirm this so far as General Heth's "tailing back" is concerned. But they say he fell back to a strong position before a largely superior force, after a sirarp engagement in which we lost from 22toS0O. . - - Important Arrival cf Armt, Etc. Richmond, .May 28. We have receive i a dispatch from a trustworthy correspondent of the Ex-iniiner, givipg the gratifying news thatrbefore daybreak on last Saturday morning, two fine steamers from Nassau succeeded in- safely making their way into a Confederate port. They bring valuable cargoes, including an aggregate 01 four thou sand seven hundred stand of arms, about forty tons of gunpowder, with Iare quantities of saltpetre, block tin, quicksilver, ana other scarce commodities. e have in our possession the names of the steamers, but, for obvious reasons, refrain from mentioning them, or tbe name of the place at which tuey arrived. Examiner, We are glad to know by a letter from a trustworthy source that the. above is correct. The letter contains in formation of eveu more importance (about vessels) that it may not be advisable to mention just now. Observer. Information from the Bar. Reports from below state mat the oiocKaamg fleet run off a propeller on Monday morning, which was trying to make this harbor. The enemy's vessels fired at her for some time, when she stood to the Southward. Charleston Courier, 2"'th int. '-The Trans-Mississippi District. Major-General Ma- gruder has been assigned to take oommand in the Trans-Mississippi district, but will not, we learn, pro ceed to his post for some days, in view of the impend ing crisis in the immediate neighborhood of Richmond. '.' ' '- ' ' ' ; ' Examiner. Smoke House Salt. Mrs. Margaret Grier lias sent to ! the Editor of the Charlotte Democrat a speoimen of 40 lbs. of good Salt made by her from the. surface earth unaer nar smoke house. She has no doubt that the earth lower down will yield more abundantly.. Stock drink the brine very freely. Broom Corn Sebd. We understand there is consider able inquiry for this article. Mr. Geo. H. Makepeace of this place has cn Land a considerable quantity, which hewiii gladly give to those wishing to use it. Messrs. Editors: Phjac-e announce in your paper, that the election from Robeson of Col. Alexander Mo Mi'Iaa and John Y. Fuller, Es., to the omh of Coru monij, aad J. C.-Sntherland, Esq., to the Senate, at the issuing August elegtijn, would be gveutly gratifying to - - MaT Vortas oj Rossiox.' FAYETTE VILLE. THURSDAY EYE3U.YG, MAY 29, 1862. Hear roa Stonk-wall Jackson. Again nd again this noble General sends us tidings of Victory. His latest not his last we prediot surpasses all hia previ ous achievements, and is in truth, i: correctly stated, one of the most signal victories of the war. The cap ture and destruction of 4,000 of the enemy, with a losi of only one hundred of his own gallant iand, ia something to be proud of and thankful for. Let us hpe that Riohmond and Corinth will soon tell a like tale, only on a more extensive scale. We have great confidence in Johnston and Beauregard, and believe that they know what they are about; but we do wish that t'-ey hal been able before this lo strike. However, we t' a'l be content to wait, if the ! result shall be what all so devoutly pray for an j nftt we confidently Jook for. Tk -en's future movements ar! speculated upon with -utt"V" Interest. What thv will be. no one but him- rt.!f knows perhaps not even himself, for they may be controlled by circum-Manses. Nobody supposes that he will remain idle. That is not jhis habit. We see that at Richmond he ia expected to make t onoe for either Maryland or Washington city, i And we have heard of a letter received in this town from Baltimore whioh hints at some mysteriou3 movement for which our friends In that quarter are prepared. Shoald he direct his eteps towards either Baltimore or- Washington, (from which V incliester is distant in a direct line about TO or HQ miles,) we may look for a stampede of McDowell from Fredericksburg, for tlTfe forces at Washington are under- itood to have been grtatly reduced to make up the Peninsular and Potomac armies for the march "on to Richmond." .4 The prospect brightens! Latest. This morning's mail brings us news of what Seems to be the beginning of the great battle at Rich mond on Tuesday last. The first results are cheering." And we are proud to say that a North Carolina Regi ment has the honor of achieving this first suocees. The 2811,, CoL Lane the same who was Major of the 1st at the battle of Bethel were the victors in this prelimina ry tngagement, of whom the yankee prisoners say, that "if the rest of our army fight after the same fashion, MoClellan's grand army will be surely whipped." The 28th is oomposed of the companies of Captains W. M. Norman. Thomas H. Edwards. S. D. Lowe. W. J. Montgomery, W. D. Barringer, J. H. Klnyoun, Wi J. )Iartin, W. W. Wright, W. H. A. 8pear, and J. A. Moo- ly. We do not know tbe counties from which some of the companies hail. It is gratifying to see that their .loss is very small. Nokthebn kxi Ecbopka.s News. The Richmond Enquirer of the 24th in9t. has reoeived Northern papers if the l&th, 20th and 21st. From tire pBiwates the only item of interest is Lincoln's, Prbs-" . v" e- liating the Proclamation of Gen. Hun "-' ' ad- rs know what Hunter's proclamation if 1 ; irnot -Jiink it proper to publish either his, or Ltwoo.n's. , From Europe there is an arrival with Hews to as late a date as the 6th inst. There is no great deal of in terest. The Paris" "Patrie" Bays that the visit of the French Minister to Richmond was entirely political, and Uiat lea purport waa linow:i to President Linooln. ' And oa the contrary, the London Morning Herald argues from the reports of M. Mercier'a visit to Riohmond, that the beginnm of the end is not far distant, lt gavs FranCe and EnIanJ auffeP m0P. th.n -.,..,; i - ' 1 Buuoi ru is ulla v uuuiHHL. Hiiiti iMiLJi ui7in rf to tram r n A . '. . . . , U.u.. eiAonaou papers do not encourage l ankee hopes of subduing the South. And the foreign correspondents of the New York Her - aid reiterate their assertions of forehrn hostilitv to th o North and interference to stop the war. Noyixations ior Govbrsob. Without having our selves taken any part in bringing out Candidates for Governor, we have heretofore published communica tions recommending Gov.; Graham and Gov. Morehead for that office, always an important one, but now vitally so. To-day we publish another communication, which like those above named, comes from sources entitled to the respect of our readers, as they have ours, recom mending Col. VanCef In accordance with our determination, heretofore an nounced, we have always intended to "select from the candidates the man who may Beem to us best fitted for the emergency. And in supporting such a one, we thall endeavor to avoid all intemperate zeal, our objeot beinz in this as in all thines else during our etrueele for freedom, to unite all parties and all men in further ance of the great cause.- . FOR THE OBSERVER.: TO THE PUBLIC. Numerous friends of Col. Zeb. -B. Vance take the liberty ot presenting him to the people 01 nonn aro- una as an eminently suitable candidate lor the omce 01 Governor at the next regular election in August. It is confidently hoped that he wul not forbid the liberty thus taken, and that he will yield his consent thereto. 111a uuiuijr u,.; u, ,u..v. .-vv, T . ' nnnonn nil Kai-a that i ni VariOO though comparatively young, has distinguished himeeir in the Legislative uounciis 01 tnis estate ana tne late United States. Immediately on the receipt of Lincoln's proclamation calling for troops'to subjugate the South, he. joined, a company 01 miantry ana u conunueti iu anrv,'o ever since: hri!i been reA?ularlv nromotea from a . . . r aii J : private,, by his fe'low soldiers, to his. present high po- sition in the army, and more recently, at the late battle of vpbern. he fullv sustained the croud reputation of his ancestors for valor and heroism and won for himself in that bloody conflict an imperishable fame. Col, unon-us. He is voun and full of enerevf rrudent. wtll-informed, bold and fearless. May he consent to this suggestion and be elected! , . - MaM C1TULN6. May 20, 18G2. .. . Canoidates. Giles LeitchEsq.Js a candidate for the Senate in Richmond and Robeson, and Messrs. Murdock McRae and James A. Roiier are candidates for the Com mons in Robeson county. See also the advertisement in this caDer neminatine Messrs. Sutherland. Fuller m - fcJ - and McMillan for the same places.' ajiother Cdmberlasjd Compaht. A company of 1 'Partisan Rangers" has been organized here. Rev. James n. McNeill is Captain. Mr. John MoKellar 1st, I Lieut c B Cook 2d. and Mr. Jas. D. Nott 3d Lieu- tenant u0alenaat8 McKellar, Cook, and Nott were members of the Bethel Regiment; Lieut McKellar having servei as private and Lieutenant Cook as 2d Lieutenant in the Independent oompany. and Mr. Nutt as private in the Lafayette Light Infantry. A company of Rangers has been organized at Char lotte, J. B. F. Boone Captain, John It lrwin ist L,ieui. Gen. Eeaxch'b Report. We copy from the official paper at Raleigh .what purports to be the Report of Brii. Gen. Branch of the battle at NeWbera. - N 0 name ia signed to -j;, and it is addressed to "General," but what General we are not told;, yet we suppose it to be genuine, and therefore copy it.jeven at this late day, as part of the history of th warf Why it hat been with held bo long, being dated two months sgo, we kaow net. THB MILTON CnaOXICLE AT THS WILLIAMSBURG EAT- tli. Our friend of the Cbronicle'continues inliis last his account of the.fight at Williamsburg To the par ticulars copied last week from his first instalment, ve add the following Incidents related in his last: "While standing at a respectable distanoe observing th fight and taking the rain, a minnie ball from a random shot killed a man about one hundred yards in our rear, whereupon we deemed it proper to lengthen the distanoe between jourself and the enemy. We did not run, like some others, but we did tall walking, until we approxi mated the distance Gen. Johnsten stood, or rather sat on his horse looking calmly on. We were amused at a remark of his to a'u old negro man that passed him running from-the field; the G antral observed, "Old mans you are double quicking it iu the wrong direotion." "Bress de lor, massa," replied old Mingo, "de times down dar too hot -for dis nigg-r," am he trotted on. "We never witnessed a br..; before, and will die sat isfied never to see another." Again: "The vanquished taeniy we perceive from his newspapers, claim a big victory because our men wire not there the day after they made ihe enemy run like whipped curs. And this claim looks plausible when it is said we left our dead on the field unburied. The truth is both parties ran, or rather we did some tall re treating oneway while the ne'.iy rs.u from u ia anoth er direction.' If they call ihi-s a victory & few more like it will ruin them may all their victories be such as this. They had 16 field pieces, and lost all but one. The rascals had a Confederate flag flying over one piece of their cannon which we captured. Aother piece had a flag with the inscription "To Richmond or to hell"' We did not aeo this, but was told bo by persons who said tley did; but be it as it may, the motto was literally carried oat." The Junior Editor of the Chronicle, who is a member of the Milton Elue9, 13th Regiment, furnishes the fol lowing list of casualties in that Regiment: Company .4. Rilled:; A. . C. Totten. Wounded: II. C. Thompson, Joseph Gillasuie. Co. Killed: 1st Lieut. Josech Thomneon. R. S C. Baker, J. F. Knox, . L Prather, Corporal R. L owan, J. K. Wilsan Wnnmln.l- fTant. A A F.rwin. Lt J- W. Alexander T A Rnr-r. O W Rrnvn T. M Erwin, Corp. W. A, Freeman, F. A. Hawkins, J. R aerr, 11. u. woife, S. H. Magain, W. 8. Taylor. -" v. irounaea: v, li. Bradford. : Co. .F.,-Wounded: J. H. Farcbes. H. M. Ifctner. Co. (J. Killed: W.' M. Ilassev. L. Mnrtfan S Pir.rin. J, Marshall, V. B. Anderson. Wounded: W. H. Adkins, Sergt. W. Peel; Sergti W. Dapree, Corp. W. Andrew. Corp. G. W. Stancill, L, Andrews. W. Proctor, W. Al ston, a. rariter, tat aergt. u. u. Brown, (slightly ) J. lanner, snprcuy.j i Co. K. killed: M. D. Hiuei, R. W. Stanfield. M. N Ward. Wounded: P. R, Wright, Sergt. J. N.-JastioB. K A. .Maxwell, W. K. Totten, J. L. Ward, W. A. Walker, J. M. Martin, A. B. Powell, J. ; Taylor, Capt. G. P Bailey, Sergt. R. L. Watt, (slightly.) Missing Co. B 3; Co. D.l; Co. G 4; Co. K 7; Total Missing, 13. Killed, 15. Wounded, 43. Total 73 J Deaths or Soldiers.! Near- Clinton, Tenn.,' John D Dalton, .Thos. H. Amtaons, George W.J. Moore, and Columbus Matlock, of Capt. Bell's Ooinpany, 2SthReg't. Near Kinston, on the, 5th inst., E. L. Corbifl, of Co K, 1st N. C. Cavalry. On the Sth of ApriL in the Ooldsboro' Hospital, Samuel T. Sanders, in his 24th year. The deceased contracted his fatal malady by the exposure and fatigu of the Newbern retreat, being a member of the "Pee Dee Wild Cats." , On the 7th inst., of measles, at Camp Mangum, W Hawkins Spain, of Capt. J. J. Davis's Company, 47th regiment N. C. troops. . In the hospital at Wilson N. C, April 26th, Mr. Hugh Keith, aged 33 years, 11 months, a member of the first I oonmanv that volunteered from Moore oountv. the Moore County Independents." Co. H, 26th Reg'i. FOR THE OBSERVER. At Camp Mangum, Near Raleigh, on. the list inst., of pneumonia, John G. Smith, aged 19 years, son of Quimay Smithof Johnston Co. Also, on the 24th inst., of pneumonia, Maloom ; Darroch,' aged 17 years, son of the late John Darroch of Harnett Co.. both membera of i - f 1 c - . Three months as tCeae vounz men Datrioticallv volunteered to serve their country during the war, but J an all-wise Providence decreed that they should never 1 witpess the deadly strife of the battle field. They are ?one' we trUBt 10 that hd wheV sin and sorrow is known no more forever, FOR THE OBSERVER. .Whereas, according to the dispensations of an all-wise Providence, our friend 'and brother in arms, William Hall, ha3 been suddenly taken from our midst.. Resolved 1st. That this company, fully appreciating his noble qualities, most deeply lament his untimely loss. Jtesolved 2d. That we tender our heartfelt sympa thies to the family of the deceased; with the assurance that his memory will be fondly cherished by us all. Resolved 3d. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of our departed brother, and to the Editors of the Fayetteville Observer, with a request to publish. ARCH'D McNEILL, Ch'm'n. Lieut, li. R. Uorne, Sec y. ; . Close Qcartkrs. We understand that the Cavalry skirmish between about 5p of the 2d N. C. Cavalry and -W yankee cavalry, ot wtiicn we puousnea an account 1 la our h-st 58 believed to have been the first real hand to hand encounter since the war. began. The noble conduct of our troops on the cccaeion is worthy of all praise. - - ; - '-' ' Exirfoits of Morgan, the pi.-lizan. -AtIaANTA, Ga., May 20.-Col. Jack Ijrgart passed through 1 ' .. . 1 . 1 o n 1 ' - ".."v.a. . I anxiety was inannesiea Dy tne citizens 10 see mm l and to excrcss their hmu . aDDreciation of his no1e services, at the depots' on the Western and Atlanta naiiroaa lahC mnt. lie ia represcntea -i j ,1. rr.. e t,:, w.'WMug iuue jdueu uum ui'um.s -i uw iu- cent iiaru marcnes anu. trying conuicis. 11c is of the opinion! that GO men will cover his loss in ca:)turod at Lebanon only 4 killed. He rode g0 j, , , w ? hcd Chatta. 1 . .J . ' .. . nooga last Sunday morning with about 1UU men, some of his men being now - with .Col. Starnes in M'uUo. Te.nnnssea From my friend, Mr. Berry, who accompanied Col. Morgan, last night,1 1 learn that the capture of the two trains at Cave City, Ky., is a fact; but the amount of Treasury ISotes taken Col. Alorgau did not know, as he had not yet counted tbeni. When nskd hv a gentleman, how much money U. nf nni Mnrcan renlied. "he did not know: but that he had a sack full." The amount largely over mat sluicu m iuc u. rats report nearly or quite nan a miuion oi aoi- lars. . .L J . DIED At Little RMkfish,.on Thursday May 15th, after a short illness. GEORGE BENTON, intant sen of John A., and Emelioe Williams, aged 2 years 2 months and 12 days. 1 Go, sainted babef we would not call Thy spirit from its heavenly rest, -' Nor let o'er thee ead tear drops fall, . . The fondllov'd, the early blest. For safe-within the Saviour's fold ' , Secure from sorrow, want or pain, " Thy name, dear Georgs, is now enroll'd, And our sad loss is thy great gain. Listl from those realms of light divine, x There comes as frtim an orea door. v .. .. . A vetce, th ,t bi id us Eot repine, For thou art only "eone before." Cfut. In Dublin county, on the 14th inst., JOHN KEN NEDY, aired 80 years and 3 months. In this county, on the 5th of May, Mr, ROBERT SMITH, Sen ,grd about 65 years. - In this cc.intv. on the 20th 1:1st.. iVrs. . JlAtti -"o- IxJNALD, relict of Atssrua McD juald.at anfidranced age. At MeltODSvilie, Ansoa county, lWth ot Apr i, turn, MkHY CTT A MRER9. wifa cf Wilson Chambers, 70i43 Splendid . Victory in' the Valley. Generals Jackson and Ewell have smote Banks, hip and thigh, at Front Itoyal aud Vrinchester, and have killed, captured) or probably by this time chased out of the Valley, his whole force! : Without pretending to speak positively, we think it probable from the report of Lid previous position that "the blow at Front Royal was struck by Gen. Ewell. lie and Gen. Jackson then, we suppose, moved in combination against Banks at Strasburg, where he . had been fortifying. Whether the fighting implied in t the "despatch took plaoe there or nearer Winchester, we are left to surmise. It resulted in Banks's defeat and Highland the flight became a rout. The num ber ot prisoners already reported is very,-large, exceeding the captured in most of the great t at tles of this war. The Commissary and Ordnance Stores taken at Winchester were doubtless very valuable as Winchester we believe, was Banks's depot of supplies. . All the circumstances justify the hope that a larcre number of small arms and obably artillerv. fell into otir hands. - Splendid advantaees! "But these are probably. not all. If Jackson haa been able to pursua his success, as "we believe he has been, ha has probt- hly made large additions to hia captives. He will again break the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and ie.stroy the cnnal navigation. lie is in position to threaten Wa?hkigton City iu a manner that will eompcl McDowell to fall back from Freder icksburg to protect .his own imperiled capital. lucuienan wm mus De aepriveu 01 a co-operarion on which he has probably made large calulaiiou, . and will .himself perhaps abandon the siee ot Richmond, and fall back, it Gen. ' Johnston will let mm. ' - " If Gea. Jackson should turn hia fcioe Vt'est- ward, he can pursue his destruction of the rail road he can get. on Fremont's line cf supplies, and can by throwing himself in his rear, force the Commander of ''the Mountain Department" to take to some of the enws roado Rnd run for his life; and if Gens. Heth and Marshall will follow him up, they may clean out - Western Virginia. In short, Gen. Jackson has struck a magnificent blow full upon the Anaconda's back; and it haa told with admirable power! a11 honor to him and . his heroes! - Gen. Jackson has conducted his campaign to admiration. He seems completely to have out witted Banks. . Surely, the latter would not so lately have sent away Shields, -with his six thou-. sand to strengthen McDowell, and;Rosencranz to , help Millroy, if he had supposed that a thunder bolt waa -about to fall on himself 1' Jackson first fell on Millroy and broke him up and drove him back of Cheat, and laefore'he could bevreinforced and refitted, he falls on, the apparently unsuspect- ing Banks, and scatte battles has he already 5 him like cha.iT! Three fought this campaign, all brilliant, the last emini rwy. successful.' 1 full of the praise of bim The whole country i and his indomitable army and the whole oo.untry 13 right. Richmond Enquirer. ' - , J , StCriiewall Jackson on the Northern Stock Market. Nothing 'better illustrates ono of the principal elements of Northern character, than the fluctuations of their stock market. Every thing, of whatever character, whpther. material or moral, is thof e" " heldaa "reducible , to Federal money to eaglee, dollars and dimes.. The late ' suooessea, and the pretended 8ucceeses,of Lincoln's army, gave to his loyal subjects a large dividend of joy, and forthwith they ran to Ihe Stock Ex change to invest it. Everybody was eager to buy U. S. bonds, and in consequence they swiftly ran up from a heavy depreciation until they rated higher than gold. The army had gained great. victories, which were thus swiftly transmuted into private fortunes. , '! .But thea'e gambling patriots are as, sensitive as ; they are excitable. They went "clamming at high water," and hence watch with painful ' interest every indication of a turn or even a stay of the tide. WThen McClellan cajolea them with a fancy euch as that of his Williamsburg "victory," they evince their, patriotic elation by adding five per cent, to the face of their stocks. . If a day passes without some fond report to cheer their financial venture, they grow gloomy, and begin to despair of the republic. . ' The affair at Drury's Bluff has, of course, prov ed a terrible blow, to the figures of the arithme tical patriots! "Bad humor," "blues," "film of shadow over tfje broad countenance of the public," ; are described as the effects produced in New York. and Philadelphia. Had Bichmond been" laid in aahes and her citizens slain or made beg gars, the same cities would have blazed with joy, and stocks would have ascended with a hound. s The glorious victory of glorious old Stonewall Jackson we use his pet name out of affection, not disrespect of which the account appears in our columns to-day,- will throw Willi etieet into an . agony. Down will go the figures, and down will come the anal castles with wfcien.uiany a patriot ha as delighted at once his love of tbe "gul-lorious" nd his love of the "main chaiice." So bold and an successful a stroke as that of Jackson and his noble army, will not admit of denial or -mystification. Banks so euddeiily appearing on tho thither side of the Potomac, will have to tell how he trot there, and why he did not bring his bag- ; gage and his men; and his be.st gutturals and most cunninrr conceits' will not 'avail ti) deceive. . In short, into all the courts of mammon at the North, Jackson has sent wailing and woe. But throughout the Confederate States and into all their borders, the hearts of the people will thrill with joy, aud with a generous giatitude and ad miration of the active and heroic leader, who" i- not afraid to trust to the herom of his men, and who sutlers not the grad to grow .under his feet or theirs. To our gailant army, now, draw a up, around . llichmond, the news will be animating and inspiring, and will make still stronger their eager wish to fall 6Wlitly upon tha toe w ho insult? their front, and give him Williamsburg on a grand scale! To Beauregard aud his crave fol lowers the report wul go ad tne harbinger mil greater good, and it will awake tho her: -'- ct Shiloh to new efforta in the generous rivalry L tween East and West for military glory v-.i h fighting for their country's liberties. Ib. Vegetables for the Soldiers. We h.ve re ed a letter from a Surgeon of the Ar.ny, i:: ''IV- ! ; r. k , he dweils earnestly upon the lnum necessity, of supplying our soldier? '.vith . and fruits, together w;th pick! -, vi-c.-lasscb,' as both a perfect prev.;;.tive nt, cure for seu:vy. The Arnv, n-i'o .11. - 1 r e JVr: aula, was utn:lo t t t ' charge of die:, atid tendency whvh ic is p irdeed in it- jaci:. -t! n ve ,v,t 'ir u vrv-er a seurbuiic teract; j-Hght - - TV ' .) C- ' Ut 5U' to T Lt'"l as os th Blank Warrants for gale here. es 0 in n-
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