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We have bu lavor-j bd, says the Petersburg F.ipreUs, with the New( York lleritl i of June from which:! we o few extracts: .Ntwtf'iom Eujve Four Jam Later. Cape Kauk, June G. The City of Washington, lrouij Queenstown, 2'Jth, has arrived; j The steumers Southwiok and Gladiator, from Nasoau, with cotton, turpentine, etc.j; had arrivej at LiverpcKl, The Sumter continued at Gibraltar The Anw'nicui ,f'rst. Th lx)ndon "Morninr; Poat understands that the detniand for the restitu-l tion of the Emily St. Pierre cannot be complied with, ai municipal laws take no oonifance of thej act of the three men who. re-eptured her as aui offence, or recognize it as an injury suffr red by the belligerents. Had an American cruiser fallen in with the ship, she m'trlit have seized her, but there id no municipal law which can warrant the English government in giving her up, and it i tMeretore bouna to . retue oonannance wun tnei request. f The LVndon Turn s in an editorial on the nur .render of Norfolk, the destruction of the Merri nuc, etc., says the conquest of jthe' South, no far at) the water is concerned, (ict-taa almost completei On land, however, the Times sayft, it is premature to say the rebel power is sutoth? I broken. Itj sees no signs of the end, ttnd CO indications as ta what that, end will be ' The .Southernera may be beaten in (battle, but they have immense terriUi-j ries for retreat. The contest h Tirtually the whole world against the riouthj mm ihe North is open to the ships of the-' world, while the" South u cinplebply shut out.' The surpri-e Is not the Confederates retreat, but that thv make fronf all. .j ! j . ( ' . 1 he London Times think-i that Gen. Butler's rule at New Orleans is! exceedingly severe and harsh and calculated i ir.ake ihe raisin ot th blockade there valueless f n . The London Morning Post. ,ia very bitter oti Gen. Butler's proclamation, an4sy3 that. not eveti the Austrian? or Pkiiasiaii severe decrees. v"nr issued more i. . 1 I j j feaure?ard can t Ihe 1 oat Mars ft Davis an4 iutet defeat on the Federals i tlie independence j ut tne bouth will be acjueved s 11 they are over come, the South may be considered vanquished. 'Ihe London I a.il y News regards ihe abandon oietvt of Nortolk ani destruction of the Merriarac as of great importance, and that it proves the tol aignation by the Confederates ojf the contest at sea. . Two ships are. up for New Oceans at Liverpool Sir L. "Packegoile" hal giyen notice in the Commons that he would call attention to" the de struction r f cotton at New Orleans, and the effect it nwht have on English martufacturen.. At the same time he would ak if the government intends to take bteps lor mediation j i Commercial. Li VFRpooi. May t'S -Sales of cotton two'uays U,Immj ,ale. Priiies are firmeT and one-eighth of a penny higher 77t Frikjners taktik at L'frh wob?. W'HITK- iiuUSFvPa'munky river, June It. The following are the names of the eleven htTicers who, with two hundred and thirty privatt, were made pris oners ot war. ' Col. Chas. A. Light Ut, 2Jd N 1 CO Tr.b,. i T - v i Major Tully Graylii!. lth! Georgia. t.apt. I. h. Mays, bouth Carolina,! - U. W. O. Cief.-j, 1 4th Ua. I Lt. J. It. 1'. Miller lVUh Ga. Lt. W, J. MTPrcston, lhh Ga. Lt. A. L. Purley, l!2d X. Cj. . Lt. John Mclntire, lGth N. 2d Lt. C'Denoon, ILst Val Conrad Boyd, 2d Lt. Nel.-um Artjllery, Va. - From rfhlk Hut 3.U00 troops now occurv Portmouthaud Noifolk, and! these it is said, are being rapidly hent off in other directions. The Federals have torn up the Norfolk ahd Petersburg railroad sixteen mile- this side cf Sufi'olL, and sent the iron otf to the Noj-th. 1 is alw said that, they have blown upujll thaj fortifications around Norfolk, and the rulnior Was that they 'contemplated an evacuation; bf thoj place. Our informant states that ton valuable 'iiegroee were shot down in the streets ot Nt-rfwlk .last week be cause they refused to leave! their! owners, and ' that the Yankees ay they have long sdnc ceaxed r . 1 u .; .. ' . i .1 , . . . . 1 1 to regard the negroes of the i oouin as anytning tie nut a moK intolerable, which they intend to abate by hary. We have rumors, also nuisance, ami- one the -word, if heces- that the -yellow fe ver has made its appearance! in Norfolky but we think tins incorrect. I t t. Express, vth intt. Diath of Tuiwr AJiht. The Confederate cause has sustained a trreat loss in the fall of the heroic General (late "Colonel'') Turner "Ashby, whose name has become renowned, as one of the mo-t daring and successful of out! leaders. He fell in a skirmish with the enemy last Thursday or Friday, in the neighborhood of Harrisonburg. The intelligence comes from Gen. 'Jackson, and admits of no dobt.- His name will live in the history of thee times among! the kmghtlient tf tne gallant Fpints who have illustrated Southern cnivairy and patriotism. AVt. )hij, iHh inst,. A MJduri Atfitnuier. jln thej early part of mis, war, tjen. McClellan wrte to a distinguished ofSctr in the South, expresino-;! his desire to rrrve ui in- v.onieuerate army. II he dare detiy the fact, and his recent reports prove that in mendacity he Is the representative man of the Yankee nation, it can b. 'detonstrated by such .... .:n -i,. 1 i- i . - j . A rYiueut as win ciose nis upp m eternal Bilence , . ' h (k hrnond, DUpatrh Lun. j. a, Lai r. , 1 . Vy.--d he report, that this t'al- laat and elicient oU-ccr has leeu made a Maior- .- ueqerai, is witt5uti;'4"atiw.. TH IKS DAY FYEMXC JUXE RjSC What ioks it mkax The conduct of most of the Virginia paper to the North Carolina troops which have gone to that State by ten of thousands to aid la its defence, thousands of whoa ha? perished thereby disease or been killed ut Lutilated iu battle i i unac countable to us : Sea thr' letter from an o&cer&f the 22d Reg't froui .Randolph county,) which is hut the latest of man; similar complaints of Virginia injustice or neglect. We have heretofore intimated our belief that the neglect was the fault "of our own officers, in n.'i making known to ihe Reporters of the Yirgini pa per the part which their Regiments bare in the battles. But we were mistaken in regard la some of the Virginia journals When -duly informed, with trie name of the officer given, the information is sometimes treated with heg'eet, and otuetitne wish insult. For inatanw, the j Dispatch gate conspicuous insertion to a gross slander that over ItMiof the 0th N (' Regiment had refused parole, not '.wishing loreuun'to the iuitL.rrn Confed racy This was. refuted by Capt. lirooktleld, who showed that not 10 had d.ne so: but X,apt i Hrookfleld's card was published In an obscure part of" the Dispatch," making no amende for the imputation on the RegT. Hut the latest art of injustice and insult is by the fciJniner, which, in giving an account of the battle befori Pich- mond, assigns the honorable and perilous position whih the fcth N. C Keg't occupied and maintained with their blood in that battle, to ihe.th Sour farolioa. and then in. a second account of the battle, having found out that It was the 6lh North. Carolina, insiead of the 6th South Carolina, it pretends that the regiment was 'thrown into disorder, reformed, and led iatt) action by f Col Moore and -then put in command of Col. Smith." Col McRae. we are Informed, wrote a respectful note to the F.ditor of the Examiner, (to whom he was person ally known.) calling his attention to the errors, and stating the facts, but that paper, instead) of repairing Its wrong, alluded ta Col MoRae's and other; notes in the must offensive manner. This obliged Maj.' Sinclair to pronttnee the Examiner's statement "false," over nis own name in the Whig. ' ' Vie have recently seen a letter from an officer of one .f our Regiments, in which this remark is made: "1 have seen little to admire in Virginia, and it requires a stem sense of ditty to bear up against the many acta of injustice" which we arq railed to endure.' j The time will come, we hope, when North Carolina and North Carolinians will receive that sbare of com mon justice,; not to say high commendation, , which is now withheld when they will be honored for allowing that stern suse of duty to control their conduct, rather than diegust at the want of appreciation by those who should be the first to acknowledge their merits. Col. Vance We have been sorry lo see that the Charlotte Democrat, in Its zealous advocacy of Its friend Col Johngon for Governor, supposing that Col. Tance would l brought forward as his opponeut, anticipated ! that event by asserting that "Col. Vance was not in the j fight at Newberu " h is a bad sign in the present oondttion ot affairs, that any paper or person, ot any i - party, sets out to abuse or Jepreciate any true man, as t?J Vance has rertaiuly- troen hlmserlf to he ur convictions of duty lead u- in the present crisis, to up- hold every such man. whether we voe fjrlnin tor Gov ernor or not' We think it doubtful. whether Col- Vance will .allow hi nsm to-t. rim, fr we 'have-heard that he greatly prefers ,his present les distinguished and more dangerous position in the tield ..j But whether a candidate of nott his patriotism entitles bim to justice. That justice the Democrat i- itif now obliged to ren der, though in a grudging sort of way, as follows: In saying that Col. Vance was not: in' the fight, we meant (as we were informed by two gentlemen who; were on the field? Jbttt he was nor ttn Icr fire-- that the ! position he occuried was out of dinger ! One of the gentlemen who made the statement to us has since oner-: ed to substantiate our statement over his signature, but j we do not deem it necessary to produce anything of the; kind. We expressly stated that we meant no reflection; on Col. Vance, nor did we doubt bis gallantry and: bravery; but we object 10 the Standard's concocting stories about Col. Vance and the battle at Newbern for ; par'y purposes. That's all. ! p. 8. Since the -above was in type, we conversed with an officer who was in the battle, and he thinks oair informant was mistaken about Col. Vance not being under fire he thinks the Colonel was within range of( the enemy's balls. It may be that our previous infor-j niation was incorrect, (unintentionally no doubt,) thought cominir from a soldier who took an acijve part in tna battle In reply to the original statement of the Democrat the Standard said, . -it ; "The truth is, he fought thf-enemy, for one hour and d. half after Gen. Branch had left th" tield. ' Oen. Branch) VsiiT-nt th Kii.trvtt wViIa W4a fifrViMntr n( lpft. bim tn v.. -f, 6, T his fate, surrouniled br thousands of the enemv. Wei know this to be so', and wilt prove it in due time. tjrss.ii. Our readers will recollect the article alluded! to below, which we copieliuo the Observer of the 2nd ir.st. Who it is that makes such diametrically opposite! statements, we know not. If the Editor of the Wil-i mington Journal were at Richmond, we would suspect him of it, 'it is so like hira.' And yet it is not like hiva for he neVer retracts his slanders. But, whoever itj may be, Qen. Branch is entitled to the benefit of the following recantation: 1 ! - I I mi I r RicuMosn, June 6. I6t'2. To the Editor of th' Examiner: In your paper of Maj 31st appeared an article on the battle in Hanover, bjt "Hanoveii. The author afterwards found that some; facts had been tintentionally misstated, and thatcertairi expressions bind been use 1 which might, it unexplained. be construed tp reflect upon the personal bravery bt generalship of. Gen. L. O'B. Branch; therefore Han4 over requested yon, on June 1st, lo insert an article explanatory o? this first article, ancl was told by youH clerk that the article would appear if possible. Will you, sir, please publish said article if possible, and if not, piease pupusn ai iea enouKn to assure tne pno, lie that "Hanqver" is now satisfied that Oen.. Branch was on the field before a gun had been fired, and that he ordered all of his forces into po 1. . . . .'j.-v-ti inuu, 00 . keep a battery and four regiments the enemy was mowing down the Eiihfeenlh and Thirtyi seventh, as was at first stated. j Gen. R. E. Lee has thanked Gen Bra'ueh for his man' the conduct of his agement on tuat occasion and for troops; and as the first article, if unexplained, might uo injustice 19 a trave officer, it H hoped that you will at least allow an explanation. I am, sir, &c, ' HANOVER. ! Since the above was in type the following has come ! to hand: - Hka,iscartkrs ArvIt Northern Va June 'id, 162 Bbio. Gkn. L. O'fr. Branch, Commanding, 4e. &c ! Gkskbal: The report of your recent engagement with I the enemy at "Slash Church," has been forwarded by Major-Gen. Hill. I take great pleasure in expressing my approval of the manner in which you have discharg ed the duties of the position in which you were placed, and of the gallant rulnuer your troops opposed a very superior force of the enemy. 1 beg you will signify 80 the ttoops of jfour command, which were engaged on that occasion, my h'eany approval;.of their conduct, and hape that on tuture occasions thev will evince a lik heroism, and, patriotic devn'.ori. ' j ' ; ' ,1 am very respectfully, Your obedient servant, ; - - ! R. E. LEE, General. i Urv. Piii?ittw 1 ie rettttiu to lite of-this gn tleman, who wcis up;.o..l tj Iimvc been killed in the fcattta near Etchuwo 1. is not les grtlfyiug to hi .er eonal trie ad thin, as we contideut!.v tielieve, it will he influential im the great c-iue in which we are engage: fur we reel aneJ that he needi only lite and opportu nity to beeome "i e .d th greatt CencrAls of the age, and should ibis war be protracted b will prob:ibly hiv the opportunity. His Bupp( se j Jeath has been the oc casion for bringing prooiinentt forwarl, .especially in Tharlesiou. where he htfJ rt-iided for tome 1 4 years, hit high character ani great turrit aa a man, anl his remarkable .l?Vution to military piirsuiif, to which his earlitr education by no r.ieivns f J him The Charles ton Courier has two long atticls on the sutjet-, the C rit sketching his csrer, in substiocc follow No tridhter. nobler or more valiant spirit h;is SfitleJ than j in ciartvrdotB oti the Cell. devfitii.i1 tn our cans. lieu.' J. Johueion 1'cttigrew. lie entered the tdJ and Cherished nitrsety of his native State fter-full aoa- ith distinguished h mors from the Uaiversity of North Carolina in 1K47 Fresident I'olk, a native of North I'urohna-, and an i alumnus of this University, atien led this ronimiiife metit with members of hw Cabinet and oiher disiin guished citizens. The orator ot the Littrarf Societies wa John Y. Macon, Serf tafv of the Navy, and r.t'i. r wards Minisier to France Amug the scient'ihc visitor- and guests was Professor Maury, who was so favorably and deeply impressed with the gifts And acjuiretnent.s of the young graduate that he engaged hira fer the Mathematical Chair of the observatory in Washington. Mr l'eitigrew retnained in Washington, until Ih48, when he removed to Charleston, sn.I onmpleted, ut'lm the tuition of hi-' di'tingtiished relai'ive ani fatherly friend, J. L.' Peligru, ihele-l studies he had commenced He was admitted to the bur and proceeded to Europe for study, ohsprvatiun and improvement He passed three years ohieflv in Germanv and rnin. and made a dijigent use of the many advantages there presented to one of his Qualifications -C j " ' On returtifcoe to Charleston, he- bes-an practice, and justified fully the highest expectations of hi admiring ineuJs. ; . In lis,"", he was elected a Representative in the Gen eral Assembly, and there distinguished himself above all new member and above his years 1 His speech on the Judiciary reform is well remembered as one of the best efforts of our legiblative oratory, and his masterly report against the l pening of the sUve trade, was ad mired and approved even by those who did not awept its opinions. . '.',! ' In 1WJ he returned to Europe with enviable cre dentials ani testimonial lo seek an honorable commis sion in the French or Sardinian service: but his arrival was disappointed by the peace which followed soon after the battle of Solferiuo. He then visited r'pain- a favor ite land whose historv had strongly interesled him before he first set fool on Spanish soil. His a tmiration of the natipn was increased by association with the people; and in the autumn of 1 8tU) he prepared, from notes taken during his two visits, and had printed for private circu lation, a.very aitra.niTe volume entitled "Spiii.1 and the Spaniards," full of beaut ifnl deciiptlou and profound rejection - On his ret u 141 to (JbarUston. he was slrcted Colonel I of the first Ride Regiment 8ou;h Carolina militia, and was placed in an important command at the Utile that Major Robert Anderson began the war which is now afflicting Amerioa. ' ! : ' ! After the recovery of Fort Sumter' he desired to go with his regiment to .Virginia, but was prevented by the regulations which retained the power of appoint ment over regio.ents. He -their volunteered as a ptivu!e with the Washington Eight Infantry Volunteers, of the Hampton Legion, but wa soon transferred bik.election as Colonel to the command of a North Carolina regiment Previous lothe withdrawal of our army from the Fo lorae, 4he, was tendered the Comuisnd of a brigade. which he nio le-sily declined. The chat.jtts ot war. the necessitiee t-f additional bri gades, and the earnest appeals of friends who ktVSw his merits afidli'is gnsiitic uiotn, induced hint to withdraw his decision, and sere pi ie appoiotuieni thus honorably ten lered an appointment which so few have declined and so many have sought. wi;hnt quHouions." "He had oiuot. vtry much, 10 live l"oi Hal he stir vived the I'ruel wur'tie went fortii to subdue, his tuture lay before him refulgent with the rlcheot prr.mise. No one in the limits of t he Confederacy, of hisaje, possess ed a greater store of knon.eJge. His labors knew no limUf:; ihe fruit thereof were without measure.'" 'In parsing through France, he perfected himself in many of the accorordishtnetits of the soldier It was not sufficient for hira to know how anything should be done, he -was only watistie.l when he knew that he could do it him-elf. And it wt hete that he acquired that practical knowledge or the di ill in different arms, which enaoie.i nira in nis oner mi.uary career to oe o uct-iui to those whom he commanded. He nnited his soldiers to him by the strong ties which are produced 'by 'the sympathy or the otiieer with the soldier, anu the conn den of the soldier in th officer; His be 1 v. a as hard as that of the poorest : man who.obee d htm hi tare as coarse e.s that which, any soldier had.- And if the at- ;J tertian of frien Is, heedful of his comforts, would send im supplies lor tim own use, toe nospitai orsome omer mode in which all could share its good, Was the diposi lionhe wouldmakeof thelvin iness intended forhimself." "Araong the many mounds which will mark the last resting place of those who died in tfefeuee of their coun I try, nne will cover the remains of onemore pure, mori more 1 generou. more nooie. man mat wnicu mark? the re- mains cfJ. Johnston Pettigrew."! An elderly friend, knowing Gen. Pettigrfew well, wrote to us, (before the contradiction of the report of his death,) that "he was a close and rapid reasoner and thinker; a rnodevt man, conscious of his own merit but ..t -.v, iz: uul "l'""(5 V -i'"'" the Spaniards,-' I do not hesitate to pronounce one of the cleverest books of travels I ever read, which would hive placed him hih as an author and traveler, if he had put the work before the public, but he kept it for gratuitous distribution among his friends."' The Courier speaks of his having "graduated with distinguished honors." We think we may say without hesitation the rrwit ditinyuithd honors ever won by any of the thousands of eminent men who have been sent forth by that venerable and noble institution, and who have occupied every Irtgh: place in life, from Presi dent of the United States 'down. Those who, like the writer of this had the pleasure of knowing him in the latter portion of his College career, know well with what intuitive perception 1 he mastered a;l kinds of learning. In Mathematics, especially , he was the de iieb. of the' venerable Professor Philips, who found in j , 1 . . . , ... . " We are not much in the habit of eulogizing public men, but we regard Gen. Fettigrew 6s one destined la . . hig mark - ... wftr .. b . J . , A Skikwish. We have seen a letter triinir n ac I cuuhi ui sairuiibu in- mucii uoutiv ow ui v. 1 , i , 1 . . . .1.: :.. i i . ,! -r f- n 01 State Troops, (late Capt.; P. Mallett of this County, were engaged on Tuesday of.last week. Theseimen under Lieut. Geo. B.' Baker, had become separatcij ftom the remainder of the Co., while out skirmishing, and suddenly Came upon the enemy K who fired a volley into f J them. The fire was promptly returned and two of the enemy killed." .This was within 100 yards of a yankee battery, which however could not fire into our men be cause their own infantry were between. Lieut., paker drew off his men without loss. This was al the battle field of thej Chickaliominy, where the 3d P.egjt arrived few days previously. ; , . ; . I The writer bpeaks of great privations, but borne; with out a murmur. He says omt loss at the battle of Thick ahominy was 2500, and that he has seen-negroes who assisted in, burying 4000 yankees, and that their whole loss could I by no possibility have been less than fcOOO. Our picket occupy the buttle field and a short distance beyond. . . , -! . -. ; . Chasgk; of Camp We "learn that our troops near Ki'isto'i are about to channe their eanin to a it. or helthv and desirable locality a few miles from that heretofore occupied. S Their address ia still Kington. ' eral. The Richmond Enquirer thus eon eludes au account of StonewaU Jackson's late operatmos iu the Valley: - . ! . 'Jfjkin did not go into Maryland, as reported, home of his cavalry may have crossed the river, and probably di,J. They burst 'one or (wo bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. nd tore up the track for some distance. - "In the period of '-2 ilays .?aoltsoa marched front t-fnunion .to Mcowell, where, in conjunction with J.ihnj .Q", J,e whipped Mitlroy: thence to Franklin. 'M ndles itiBtant; theuce to Iiarrisonbug. 6o miles, over SLenau.iaah mountain, "a real Jordan road," as a sol d,er described it: thenre to Front Royal via Luray l' tiii.es; thence to Winchester. 'JO tnileo: thence beyond i barlestown, L'o miles In his expedition he fought four battle and a number of skirmishes, killed and wonnd-l a considerable number of the enemy, took 3000 prisoners, soured millions of dollars of stores, destroyed many millions of dollars wortk for the onemv. and chased i'aQ9 of the Valley of Yirginia, and across the t oioinac All this he did in 22 day, and with a loss of but lmie upwards of 1UO in killed and wounded. in ttus sketch we omit all mention of what the tele- l"fn 19 'edtng us that Jackaonis now doing That, we hope, will make up another chapter ot" fame for "imrtng hero. V . , Of Jackson's Army it is said; '!.-' "The aotivity of a perpetual "oncurJ."' seems to va le lhi-j hole army, iu every department. In the Ordnance they never get'out uf ammunition; in the yuartormaster they never lose baggage or stores, wheth er d-awn from our Governmont or captured from the enemy; in the Coramissariafho army in the field has been so well almnat luxuriously fed. Is it wonderful tti in another column we chrsnicle fresh victories won, ojd fresh glory gathered by such an amy" Yankee Veastov or th Fiuht. The Northern papers have flaming accounts of their recent "victory" at Richmond The headings to the Herald's news must have filled at least a column. They claim a great vic tory and are full of editorial rejoicings. The letters from their Army correspondents, however, admit that they were terribly whipped on Saturday by the "North Carolina and Mississippi" troops. On Sunday they claim that, with large reinforcements of fresh troops they regained their lost ground and drove our men "2 miles nearer to RichmonJ.; Another correspondent of the Herald writes otherwise. "We have had three days of the most sanguinary battling wiih a loss on our side of killed, wounded, and missing, of not less than jur thouiii'id men. The enemy's loss will not sura less than thisj if it does hot far exceed it. s- Out army have only made good their original position. )Te hair ju'mJ nolianUge ground." ( ! Th,e Yankees lost many officers. "Three Brigadiers were wounded Some brigades were left without a Colonel, and no brigade but lost one or more of its Col onels. ' Ljine officers, too. fell in great numbers. ' Of life advance made by Garland's Brigade (consist ing of the' fcth and 23d N. C. 2d Florida, and 24th ani :6th Va j which opened the battle, the Yankee account s copied by the Whig says: "i"r after fire tore through the" rebid ranks, but could nrn' break them. s Casey' division was tair ly driven! into his first line of defenne, and the enemy advanced, agaiust that. V- The rebel line again began its terrible advance. They reached the redoubt .id rifle pits and stormed both., lo the redoubt was 1-ift Bates' whole battery, and two of Spratt's guns, be cause they could not be taken away, but every gun was spiked. ' After the loss of Casey's last position. Gen Heintzlemao arrived upon the field and assumed :he eoaunanJ that had previously been held by Gen. Keys. ' At two o'clock the Williamsburg road was linetwitha stream of men on their, way to the rear. Gzs Keys and Couch both endivored to arrest this rei'wsr t "tream, at first by moral suasion and sobse-! queutly ly i yu-jrif, ;. 1 1 "seeuwed ihst the enemy's -advance was checked, for he was fairly stopped in the; swampy ground near the Nine Mile Road, but he tried again, and again our Urns vay." j The YtssKE Confiscation Bill. Bennett, of the' N. Y. Herald, has more sense, though no more honesty,! than the fanatics who fill theyankee Congress. He ob-j jects to the biH to confiscate all property of Southern people, not because he thinks it wrong, but only be-; cause it is not politic to pas it till the rebellion is crushed. After that which the old villain will never' live t see he would be ready enough to plunder every' Southern man, woman and child of all they possess. It is tnanitV'U that n this point all at the North would te; agreed, if we were craven enough to give them the; puwer. One only hope is in successful resistance. If we should fail in this, property, and life, and honor,' Would all be gone. j In regard to Lincoln's repudiation of Hunter's procla mation ot emancipation, the yankee papers call atten tion to the significant fact, that Lincoln does not make objection to the object Hunter hai in view, but only denies hi" authority. Kkleasf. or Yaskkk Prisojikrs. The Northern papers give a long account of the release of HOO. yan- kee prisoner from Salisbury, and of their trip to Wash ington. N. C. It seems that they were not exchanged, but released on parole, a process which very naturally surprises the yaBkees as well as people at the South, ho do not understand the motive for such liberality. In the absence of any conceivable reason, the yankee papers conclude that the release was iuade by the au thorities of this State, and that it is a sign that the Stat is about to return to the defunct Union.1 The presence of rHt,(0 North Carolinians in the field is a slight argument against this Northern theory. Thk Lossks ih thk,Latb B.ATTLr. The Richmond Enquirer sums up the returns of killed, wounded and musing an reported since the battles of theSlst-ult. and lstinst. at 2,:100. It says that "the N. Carolina, Virginia and Alabama troops suffered the most extensively The New York Herald admits a loss of 800 killed and 3000 wounded. An Army correspondent of that paper nny their loss was not less than 4,000. A later Herald confesses to a loss of 4,800, and'speaks of the yankee "victory" in doubtful terms. It at first pretended to have captured 4,f00 prisoners, but now re duces the number to 230. What a falling off was there! Tub WbMEN or Wiscukstrr. One of theee writes a long letter to the Enquirer describing their past hard- present happiness resulting from Gen. Jack son s operations in that quarter. ' ine yaonees woo were therje have not equalled the infamy of Butler, but they are kiot far in his rear. The day after Jackson beat thei army at Tront Royal it was announced in r "that every woman who tmiled, or .'evinced W inchest triumph it their defeat, vvuld be ot down"'. But. old "Stonewall"' was too quick for the brutes. In less than twelve hbura after ihe threat was made, the women of Wincheater gave smiling welcome to Jackson's men chasing tlie foe through the streets of their town. SocthJirn Books. We have received from Messrs. Sterling, Campbell & Albright, of Greensboro', N. C., "Our oWn Primer," 34 pages, commencing with the Alphabed and ending with short reading Ussons; and "Our own Second Reader," 168 pages, by the Rev. Richard Sterling and Professor J . . D. Campbell, of Green sbdro'. Weare not informed as to pru-'es, but hope to j ee them gt into general use. RepopJtf:i Assassination or Ors. Uutler The Ja-kson Wississippjan which first published thij report. di J so wj; h an expression of discredit, it teared "the ih wl father to the thought 1 nere is no connr- toation LATEST WAR NEWS. Gen Jackson's Vtctury on -Monday. Richmond, Jtiu 10. The following, dispatch was received this morning, by General Cooper, Adjutant General. C. S. . ,-;' "Nkar Post Reptblic. June y. Through God's blessing the enemy pear Port Republic was ib.W day roiled wiih the loss of sir pieces of artillery. "T. J: JACKSON. Maj. Geu. Comd'g In addition to his despatches in, the preceding page,- -ov. Lptcher'B correspondent telegraphs him: Stcond DespaUh." . 'Our loss yesterday was about '" 200. To-day It was much heavier. Will giTe Tou any additional news that comes to hand It was a great, victory that we trained over Shields to-day. i ,. ' third Despatch "tremont is falliog back'and blockading the roads. Jackson is pressing upon Shields. Urge forward the reinforcements so that he may follow up his successes. Jackson, is said to have had 'on0 men and Shields about the same number. -- 'important frum Ohqrkstun. Charleston," June 10. 4 The Yankee forces or Jamesds'.an 1 consist of sixteen regiments. They are busy entrenching their position as a base of operations against the city. Rapid and constant shelling has been heard all the afternoon, caused by the enemy 3 gunboats in Stono river, bota banling our James island batteries, which reply with spirit, ";-. . Th British steamer Rinaldo touched here to-day, communicated with the Consulate, and departed for the Q-ulf Special to Examiner, 'Later fron Chattanooga. ACdCSf a, June 10 A des patch from Atlanta to the Augusta papers, dated the t'lh, says-ihat ihe. enemy have retired somedistanoe from Chattanooga, after shelling it. Their loss was 8 killed The number of wounded is unkuowu. All is now quiet. I . Atlanta, June 10 Passengers by the State train report that, the enemy, variously esliiuatsd At from 1 3.G0O to 7,000 stronS, has left the river oppos'ite Chat tanooga and divided ihis forces, a part of them-going down the river, lt is believed that, he will attempt to cross and form a junction this side to attack the city. Generals Kirby SiuiiB. Ledbetter and Peynolds are there with plenty of troops to meet and repel the enemy. The people or Chattanooga are calm and perfectly free from alarm. ' . j ' ' Ldtrr from I.j".iir. ArorsTA,' June 10. . dis patch from Vifksburg, dsited the 6th. says that a Fede ral gunboat and sloop-otwar opened the evening be fore on the batteries and ;cUy, but the shot all fell short. One federal vessel was struck by our shot and left The Kennebec, which attacked our battel ies a week ao was disabled and now lies on the bar below the city Later from Texas. AtoCsta, June 10. The Houston Telegraph of the 17th contains a demand on the 7th May from Capt. Eagle, of the U. 8. Frigate Saniee, for the surrender of Galveston, saving that in a few days the Federal naval and land forces would appear before the city. Gen. Herbert instructed Cel. Cook to say that he would reply when the naval and ltfnd .forces appeared The foreign Consul on the 22d May communicated with the Frigate Saniee with a view of fixing seme point to be. respected in the bombardment as a refuge 10 foreign subjects. . Eagle replied that it was not in his power to give aify assurance of security, as he could not tell where the shells would fall. - . j The Fight at Wmrhesth. From a gentleman just from Jackson s army we have some particulars of the fight at Winchester on Sunday, May 2c)th. Our informant was attached to, the 21st North Carolina regiment, Col. W W. Kirkland, which was in the hottest of the fight. The 21st was on the fight wing of ihe army, and being en -gaged alt the lime suffered severely, losing 100 men out of .i'jO three companies having been detached as sup port for Courtenay's battery. This battery and the 21st were the only forces engaged on the right wing, tigit ing" a?aiiiat ,he fjth Connecticut, Oth Pennsylvania 28th New York, and 10h Maine. The fight opened at sunrise, the forces on S Wt under Jackson, the riht under Ewell After fighting about an hour"the fire was so hot the 2lst fell back about fifty ysrds, being at vh time within twenty yards of ihe enemy and nearly sur rounded.-The Yankees were protected by four rack watls which 'gave them the advantage of cover while they poured in a hot fire from different directions. At the time the 21st fell back the lfth Georgia, came up and fired one round, and tha enemy seeing the rein forcements commenced retreating, and at ihe same time our force was ordered to charge. Meantime, Courtenay's battery had been served in fin admirable manner, and caused serious havoc m the X an wee ranks. Ihe eneiny having retreated along -the whole line, they were fol lowed up lo Mrtt'vinshuig, distance of 2-1 miles, where we encamped for the night. Iu the charge made in the early part of the engagement we lost many valuable officers. Col." Kirkland, while gallantly leading his re giment, musket in hand, firing as rapidly as possible, reoeived painful wound through the right, thigh. Lieut. Col.- Pepper was shot through bHh hips and bladder, and is supposed to be monally wounded Cap tains Hedgecock and Ligon were killed. The loth Geor gia lost 2 killed and 14 wounded. I ! In this battle we took G00O fine rifles, 2000 muskets, bUO sacks of salt. 4t wagons, man horses, twelve pieces of artillery, three being rifled Parrot guns, $100, 000 worth of medicines, hospital Staves ot every imagi nable j kind splints, amputating instruments; chloro form, oranges, lemons, fresh cheese, dried fruits, every luury a sick man could desire, and clothes without limit. Col. Ashby, hearing of manjt Yankee sutlers who had recently set up their shops; in, the country, seized th.era and loaded 20O wagons with the pluuder. A portion of the captured ttores had li be destroyed in our retreat, but all the guns and medicines were saved. The gallant conduct of Col. Kirkland was very conspi cuous, and won the praise of the General in command. ' X- j- .'icV iJitpa'tch, KM. i Ajfairs in Norfolk and 1'orUmoulh. RiiiMOKD, Juno 11, A gentleman who left Portsmouth last Wednesday and arrived in this city a few days ago, brings us same interesting intelligence from the above cities, now in possession, of the eneiny." The Batteries at Pinner's Point and Craney Island had" been biown up, and ihe soldier'! quarters on the Island were burnt. What .was left of the Dry Dock by the Confederates, had been destroyed. Nearly all the rickets which had, before the battle of the "Seven Pines," been stationed a considerable distance on the roads commanding the two cities, had heen drawa in, and were now stationed directly around the cities. As staled by us yesterday, nearly the entire Federal force had been withdrawn from both Portsmouth and Norfolk. This 'gentleman represents the majority of the inhabi tants of both cities )as sLaunchly loyal to the Contede- rate uovernment rinewnoie uumuer 01 persons 110 in.. ' 1 , - t had taken the oath' df allegiance to the Lincoln dynasty, does not amount to 4ver r00, a large proportion oi whow are Dutch aud lrishjand the dregs of society. We are also mforfned that in the receut riot in Nor folk, the Yankee acdount of which we published yester day, the Federal soliliers, after the shooting of the Yan kee corporal by on ef their officer's servants, formed themselve into a band and marched through the streets, assaulting every negro they met on their route. Six negroes were killed ;outrighl and five wounded, three of whom died shortly after. The negroes who previous to this" occurrence, did nothing but loiter around the Fede ral camps, now keep a respectable distance from the Task-ees. Enqvirerj .V ,! "" - Deaths or Soi.dif.rs. la Petersburg, recently. Dr. John L. Fuller, of Leasburg. N. C, a private in the Leas burg Greys. In this county on the 1st iust., Henry J. Wheeler. azed 23 years 6 months and lday, who volunteered in Capt. C. H. Blocker's Plow Boy company in May 18t l,- and belonged to company r, 24th regiment. . "At Rocky Mount, on the 3d inst., of typhoid fever. aged about 25 years. Capt. Frederick H. Jenkins, of Edgecombe County, He was in the battle of Newbern. In the College Hospital, Goldsboro',, May 9th, John B. Boman, in the 19th year of his agev .. At the Hospital in Kinston, on the 3d iosu. Rob t W. Cooli, aged 2H yenrs; and on the Cth inst., Thos. J. Mc Corkle, hoth of Mecklenburg county, of Capt. Maxwell's company, .-rtfc il-.-g u . , . . . "' At GrahamviUej S". C, March 17, Dr. . I. W. Allison, aired 27. of Henderson county. And at Uoldsborn', A- pril 4th. Sam'l J. Allison, brother of the nbove, ed25. ! In Ashland. Va.. on the "'St of May, Pleasant Boden- 1 hamer, aged 17 years, 5 months and 15 days.' A men ber of Cspt. Cole'8 company, 221 Reg. N. C. Troaps. A raem- WAR NEWS . ' Another Vhrlu'us Virtu ry in tKe YaUey. Got, .Letcher received last night, -t-aya the' Richmond Whig of the 9th inst.. lhj following 'glorious in telltjjence: ' i Staumtos, June S. Shields crowed South Fu ver at Port Republic and attacked Jackson this morning. Alter a short contest, he waa driven oact, wttn the of two pieceB oi artillery. Fre mont.uttacked Ewell. We have driven him back, and Gen. Ewell is still breaking him hard Shield on the Lank of the Shenandoah, and Jackson holds him in rheck. I' hope to be able to announce great victory to you to-night. . Second' Deajmtch. STAUNTON, June .---lro Gov. Letcher Glorious victorj! Fremont com- plately routed and in full retreat. "We will get x Shields to-morrow. . And Yet An6ther.'-Jlcnxosi, June 10, The following dispatch was received at a late hour ' last night by Gov. Letcher: . Jaekson has given Shields nu awful whipping. aptunng one regiment and his. artillery, sfnd dri ving him miles down the Shenandoah Fremont '' has appeared uu the opposite bank of the North r and Shenandoah rivers. ' Our victory to-day over Shields is complete. If eri, Jackson had reinforcements he would save all. Our loss is very heavy, but the enemy's is tremendous. Our aavalry still in pursuit. Fre mont has crossed North River with a small for;a at Rockland's Mills. From Richmond. RlCH M0N1, June y. Ve- terday morning a detach meat of five hundred men rom ben. Hood's Texas Brigade was sent out upon the. perilous enterprise of dicing rifle pits on the itide of the York River Railroad, near the seven mile porit The Federals discovering the operation, dispatched lour regimnta to break it up, an experiment which did not prove either easy or successful. As they approached, our men , jumped into the pits they had partially made and , poured several volleys into them, lif the mean time, reinforcements came to our support, and, after a brief engagement, the enemy was driven from the field,, leaving forty-five killed and two pricsjnera. Our Joss was four killed. Purine the past week, the enooJy have beau entrenching vigorously, froru' their pOhition five nines below this city to the 1 amunkey river, run ning their lines in a northward direction. ' ' ! -. "' ,. ; Enquirer. . . FcfAn f 'Attrition Charleston, June 9. . Oh Saturday morning a portion of Gen Evans' command, under Coi. Dunnovant, . as' we learE, . attacked a bedy ot the enemy near Handover bridge on John's Island, drove them across the bridge, and captured a quantity, of bacgage which the enemy .abandoned in a precipitate liight. Our pickets on Sunday captured! one of the pick ets of the enemy, stationed near the Methodist Church on James' Island. He believed their force now on the Island numbered about 15,000, men, and that they were under the command of two Brigadier-Generals of Divisions. The Commissary's boat of the 20th repiment, in charge ot private P. M. Siixa3, being Teft by. him on beech of S,ullivan's Island, Saturday night, was taken possession of by five English sailors, deserters f rom Fort Moultrie, and made uh of to take the. party out to ihe blockading fleet, which it is supposed they succeeded in reaching safely. Private Suixas has been placed under arrest. : (-urur. Huinltitrdment or' ( 'hatt'ituM'Oa CHATTANOO-i ua, June 7. The enemy have just opened their ', batteries from the opposite side of the river, with shell and round shot. No notice given; women and children flying in every direction Our batteries are replying and the sharp-shooters are keeping up a hot tire. No serious damage has yet been dono to the buildings. SeveralVif our men have been wound ed. Batry's battery loet one killed and one wound ed. Capt. Haines, of the Forty-third Georgia regt- ment, and private Stublitt, of Col. Morgan's com mand," were badly wounded Several others wore wounded. A 'number of the enemy are known to Ik; killed. " Our force engaged was not over five hundred, while that of the enemy was from 1500 to 2,000. Two of their guns wore filenced. " Chattasooua, June. The enemy resumed shelling' the ''town at 10 o'clock, A. M., to-day, and continued it till noon, without any casualties' to our troops.. Two buildings were slightly in jured. Our batteries did not respond. The Conerript Lau A good many persons are under . the belief that the Conscription law relieves from the, servioe all persons over thirty-five years who have re enlisted for the war. In this they are mistaken. All who have enlisted for the war, whether old or new vol unteers, will have to serve; it mntters not what their ages may be. 1'ut the Conscription law does jiot. touch those over thirty-five or under eighteen, who are not now in service. Thin, as we learn, is the decision of the ; Secretary of War, and the manifest intention of the law itself. Richmond Whig, lh TnUretting from Levislurg. A gentleman from Lew isburg has informed .the editors of the Lynchburg Re- ' publican that Col. Crooks, the Yankee military Governor of th town, ordered an election for town officers, and summoned the people to meet biw it the Court House. .. Upon their asseuiblinp. he 'addressed thera in a speech, . telling (them the folly of their rebe'.lion against the met humane and benignant gaverninefit in the world," an,d advising them to take the oath of allegiance, and again be received under tje protection of the stars and stripes, but his words fell as if they struck the "dull . cold ear ot death," no one responding to his pathetic appeal. Afier he concluded. Samuel Price, Esq., ai old and proiiiitieut lawyer of Greenbrier, arose and-com- menced addressing the crowd. He told them ippinia had seceded from the-old Union, and united her de liny with another government, .and he regarded her . course as legal and just. .- He bad gotttcn thus far in his address, when he was arrested and started iriuriedialely f for ( amp Chsse, in Ohio, but wss released on parole, , aud permitted to return, after a day's journey. On the next day after his -return, the polls were 'opened, but not a single vote was cast. Up to this time riot one cit izen of the town has taken the oath of allegiance to the - Yankee government, nor is there any likelihood of any doing so. - , The gentleman further informed us that a large num ber of the Union cit'uens of Nicholas and the djolniuj' couuties were leaving for Ohio and other parts Nor;'.., . being falisfied that -the schemes of subjugation by Abu Lincoln; would not Bacceed, and they were taking t.ui by the forelock and getting but of the way, being c:z vinced that the Southern Confederacy would then te 15 place for them. Wit, enemy are not in Lewisbnrg, having fallen back to Meadow Bluff, lant week. Their scouts, howevtr, frequently come to the town. Rich. Vr;l?,lth. , Among the killed on the Yankee 'side in the 1 .:: cf the l.-hic&anominy is ine. name oi 1 nomas t rr.ne gher, the "muchdauded and highlv srp'.i - ;e ;"' Iri-h, patriot, who did so much in N?w York u r.rcL. tbe spirit of his Irih brothers agin"t us. lie led t:.a 6Cti Erin regiment inte the fight at Manners, ar.l C eu rfc j away to Washington eicUiminj that "tr e . -:iv.err.-ers had' won their indopen 'ere." r.e-"Te-i' frora. his fright. Col. Meagher w.s ma is a P. I, -a i;-r, f.i raised a brigade of hid coun': j's.,pn ;o .'acbtur h.;h erners. and Jed them r:i to Chlfl&bvaiiiiy to fll th.re himself.- Extiir.intr. Hon. William A. Gr .n is a C5-..V':,.e f - tYs ' Semite la OrJ' :i -7-
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