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An V 1 1)) f- IT7- w, W V 1 '-V- . V"".; nil (l.. XLIh. FA Y ETT KVl LL IS, NORTH CAROUA, ' SEPTEMBER 8. 1862. NO.-2362. 1 ' .! I X 1MUSTKD L VERY MONDAY, UDWAIID J. HALE & SONS, . EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.'; L 00 ier annum, if raid irt advancer 50 or if paid during the year - of' year-, ot s; has cxi.iro subscription; S3 00 aftrr tluryeitr lias ext.ned. Price for thtvSemi- eekly Observer, $o 00 if jvuid in advance; S3 50 if paid during the year jof subscription; jor SI 00 art or tbe year litis 'expired.. T ' ! ! ' ' Advertisements inserted for;G0 cents, per square of 10 lines for the first, and 30 cents for each succeeding publication, j i From and after this date, no name of a new subscriber will be entered! without raviuent i ii adyance, nor will the paperlbe sent to such su! scribers for a longer time than is paid for. ueh of our old wubseribers as desird t take the paper on ;this system will; please notify wnen umkiug reimttances. Jari'y 1, 1S58. r 1 "' ) FRM MAS ASS AS. ' i t. i irj. , , fi , j RICHMOND, bept. 1. W once more date our .intelligence says ine mcnmoua jcnquirerj ironi tbe historic plains of Manassas j Our forces under Uen. Lee occupy the old ground upon which they distinguished themselyes little more than a .year ago, and on Saturday celebrated their return with a sanguinary battle upon the heights ot Bull Run. The Confederate troops were immediately under the command of Gen. 'Stonewall" Jackson, and those, of the enemy under Banks and Seigle. The extent of the intelligence which comes to us is,' as usual, meagre; but it ends with the gratify ing assurance' that the enemy 'were completely routed and driven from the Beld. Two thousand prisoners were on their way to Gordonsville on yestwday, said to be recaptured runaway "Where or j. how they were taken, no one could inform us. The Lynchburg "Republican j" of to-d:ty, (Mon day,) received, last night, says: ! j Reports were received here ny the Orange train Saturday nii;ht, that Gen. Stuart had advanced oq the Orange railroad to the Bull Ruu bridge, four miles below Manassas, had butned the bridge on Thursday,. and continuing his advarice to the neighborhood oi Dye's Station on the railroad, there concealed his men and arrested the approach of several trains from, Alexandria, of the coming of which he had received information.-j As soon as they bad passed his position,; Gen. Stuart com menced tearing up the track in their rear. The trains reached the bridge and not being able to pass, and the officers on board finding that some thing was wrong, determined to return to Alex andria; but before backing the trains lor several miles, found the track torn up and their retreat cut off. . Gen. S. then approached with his! caval ry, and being superior in numbers to the enemy, they surrendered without firing a gun. ; j The number of prisoners captured in this exploit ia reported to be two thousand, together with all the officers, regimental and company, and a quan tity of arms and ammunition which were being taken to Pope: Two trains numbering some thirty-five or forty cars, -and, four engines, were taken, all of which were destroyed. (Jen Stuart returned to Mana?sas after this brilliant exploit without losing a man. . . "!j T i There are also reports of, a severe battle at. or near Bristol Station, four miles this side of ila nassas, on Friday, between the .division fi Gen'l Ewell and the enemy. Gen. E. is reported to have been twice driven from his position with severe loss, but being re-inforced finally drove the enemy from their position, capturing several batteries and five thousand prisoners. ., The Latest from Northern VlnjinLa. RICH MOND, Sept. 2. It was semi-orhcially announced yesterday morning,' says the ; Richmond Exami ner, that the President had, on Saturday, re ceived a dispatch from Gen. Lee, stating that the" enemy had been defeated in three separate efforts to break through 'our lines, in the directiou' of Alexandria. We could learn no further particu lars of the battles, except that Gens. Ewell, Triru-i Lie and laliaferro had been wounded, the two first severely, thej last slightly.; Headquarters Army Northern Va., i ! GROVETOWN, 30th Aug.,. 10 I M ' Via Rapidan To Prttidtnl Davis: . This army achieved to day, on the plains of Manassas, a signal victory pver the combined forces of Gens. McClellan and JPope. On the 28th and 20th each wing under jGens. Longstreet and Jackson repulsed' with valor lattacks made on them separately. We mourn the loss of our gallant dead in every coutiict, yet our gratitude to Almighty God for his mercies rises higher each day. J o llim, and to the valor hi pur troops, a nation's gratitude is due. it. .hi. LEE Tlit Yankees Driven from Stevenfut, Ala. Bridueport, Aug. 31. Gen. MaxeVs brigade under command of Col. McKinstry of thp 32d Alabama regiment, attacked the enemy, 1200 strong, at Stevenson, with infantry, artillery and cavalry, at eleven o'clock to day. After four hours' bhelling the enemy evacuated their fortifi cations, leaving on the Nashville trains, common roads, and through the woods. A large - amoun of ammunition and stores wero captured; We had engaged the 33d land 4th Alabama 25th Tennessee, Major! Gunter's dismounted partizans,' Oapt: Rice's cavalry, and Freeman's anaiurra battery, the whole numbering nine hundred men. Uur loss was; two wounded an none killed. The Yankee loss is unknown. iue ianicee iortincations at Dt,evcnson were very strong. Our trops displayed great gallant ry. vapt. Freeman's 'battery was worked with great skill and signal effect. Harry Maury com "Jiwiueu me 6Zd Alabama, witb coolness ana marked ability, exposing himself greatly to the iamuc nre. His conduct is much eulogized. : . ! , j t S' i . r -. . . , K, ... ti-uenerul Killed. ihe. JN. 1. Times say during Saturday the 23d,' Brig. General Bohlan while, serving in the immediate vicinity of the lord and bridge at the .Rappahannock station was junea by & rebel shell. , l ,j - A Lhance for a Substitute. We give the fol lowing advertisement, from the Bayou Sara Ledger. . J j . , ' VwWjor a Substitute. I will pay the abov sum lor a substitute. He must be sound so as to Pas3 inspection. One half of th mniipv to ba rai . when he gets killed, and the other half when he wmesDack. ! S. N.! WHITE r - i , MACUIED, Near Montpelier. Kichmond coimtv. Thni-Rda r no. lH, 2bth ult., by Iter. John Monroe, Chf t. JHJNCAN Mc.NELLL and Miss EUPIIEMIA LIVINGS Il)N, all of wi;uinonj couaty. oifiSL-iBia m. r PAYETTE VI f jLE. " THl'RSnW KVKXISG. SEPTEMBER 4, 162. The Great Victory at Manassas! Wc lave no neeiMo indtllgft in ; extended re marks up6n the new and glorious triumph which i Vi.il. fan MicafiMi in our arms on the Dluins of i Manas-lw: Kvery patriot wjll read and be thank-: f.il to t lie 'only G ivcr o? victory. ; We' copy all that ! has come 'to hand, including some rich admissions. from thfl Northern papers; which, however, had not heard th worst of their disasters up to thpir, ! latest dates, their accounts referring only to tht buttles fThursclay and Friday. . '.' , j j Ai to l ilUr. .planers, the Charleston Mercury thus rionv h( (: we hope correctly sums up Die situation: "The finmepl appear to ba close at; hand when we shall heboid the fruit of tbe long and wearisome prepa- r ilion. ilm complicated ami mysterious movements of oamuS - jin the field. Th let of Bragg's great trtny hs eros-ied the Tennessee; Price is moving forward; the ,;. ; .1 ,,, w v..wViii nmllhe Xorth; the Abolition General. Morgan, ia, closely t-ei'ceI t ''.imlirrland Gap by Ptephenson's co'mniand on tliis sjl. ud by Kirby Smith's fine array in his rear; everything aein to promise that tbe hmir of deliverance to;- Keniucky and Tennessee has ronie at last " - ! " i ' . .' PARTICULARS AS FAR AS RECEIVED. In addition.to yesterday's news, (see preceding page,) this morning's mail brings the following:- . Richmond. Sept 3. Passengers by the Central rail road, now; almost our only source of information from our armies at .Mant'sax. brought down with them yes terday evening no well authenticated intelligence from the great battle of last Saturday. At the time of their l.-aviug Gordonfvillc it had been telegraphed thither from lUptdau station, that participants in the battle had arrived at the. latter place, bringing intelligence of the J-'Hih of Slegel. the mortal wounding of Gens. Pope and Mrpweli, and the capture by ournrmy of 7 or &IHJO fritouerf. I Thi is all we could gaiu ofja biter date than Tlmr-dHj-,;the liSth. i j ! l!ut aiong the passengers i were sivi?ral gentlemen who pari iaip.ted in the tight of Thirs-iny. From them we havej the first intelligent, though neither full nor satisfactory, account of the locality of the great, three days' buttle, and the positions occupied respectively by the opping forces, he battle was fought on the plains ot iManassas. eur forces occupying the idenlioal positions occupied by the enemy at the beginning of the ever memorable battle of the 21st of July, 1861, ajnd tlie enemy occupying the position held by us on that oc casion. ! . ' - ' ' On Monday, Gen. A. P. Hill moved down from Salem along the Manassas Gap railroad, and on Tuesday took possession of Mantissas Junction, capturing several hundred nrisoneas and eight or ten guns. Gen... Ewell followed, ani Gen. Taliaferro, commanding Jackson's old division, fallowed Ewell. Gen. Taliaferro reached Manassas Wednesday evening just as the troops of Ewell and Hill were evacuating that position and falling back toward Bull linn in the direction of Centreville. Gen. Taliaferro occupied Manassas, and jnade a enow of throwing out heavy pickets towards the enemy, who was at i'.ristow statbm, oc the; Orange and Alexandria railroad, rive miles distant in a southwesterly direction; but shortly after "nightfall, calling in bis pickets, be also fell back towarJs Centreville, and! took a .position near Groveton, where he remained all night. His posi tion waB to the right of Gen. Hill and Ewell. At dawn tbe neit (Thursday) morning, ccasionat .report of cannon and musketry begun to be heard, towards the Left, which were kept up at, intervals until evening. Still no enemy bad ret been seen on the portion of the cl.J occupied by Taliaferro s Uivjoiuu. nut about i 'clock J'i M., they were suddenly borne down unon by several )iptJ columns of the enemy, numbering, it was stimatei, 20,000 men. The light was opened on both des with artillery; at first at long range, but gradually the enemy drew up his batteries, to our lines.. Uy G clock the distance between the combatants had been reduced tt musket range, and the fight along the whole line of Taliaferro's, Ewell's and Hill s divisions became general, The enemy fought with great obstinacy, being inspired, it is thought, by the supposition that they had caught Jaclcsen in small force, and bad an op portunity of crushing him. But as often as they charged our line they were driven back wih thinned ranks without being able tcmove us from our position. Final ly, nighty closed over the scene, and the enemy retired from the conflict. The battle was, however, kept up until 9 o'clock by the artillerists. Our men reste'd on heir posi.ion that right, and on Friday morning moved forward a mile in Ihe direction of the enemy. - i Our Ioms in this battle is estimated at between 800tt&d 1000" killed 'and wounded. The enemy s is .known to have been more than double that number. We note the few casualties that have come to our knowledge. GeD. Taliaferro was struck three times in the beginning of the actijn, in the foot, neck and arm. The two first were very slight, but the last a painful though not dan gerousf wound. The General contiaued in command until ijh'e close of the action. Gen. Ewell was sht through the knee with a Minie bblL The bones were so badly shattered as, in the opinion of his surgeons, to 'render amputation necessary. j j Maj. Lawson Uotts, of Xzd Virginia, received a dan cerouH, but, it is thought, not a mortal wbucd. j Maj; Terry of Wythcvillo. was shot through the arm,; Capt. Fulton through the neck, and Lieut. Luke through -the shoulder; all severe wounds. Capt. A. V. Scott of; the 23d Virginia was badly shot in tke arm. v Col.: Neil, of the S3d Virginia, was killed. " ;' Maj. May of the 12th Virginia, was killed, and Lieut. ; Skinner, of the 1st Virginia, mortally wounded. j The wounded have all been removed to honpitals es tablished neaprAldie, in the county of Loudoun. !i As our informants proceeded towards Aldle, on Fri-;' day morning, they heard tremendoas ' cannonading in the direction of the battle field of the day before, Of ihe result of this fight and of the one on the succeeding day, .we know only through Gen. Le'a two dispatches to the j'resideut. Examiner. j It was stated last night, upon apparently good au-j thority, that after their defeat on Saturday the enemy; tied towards Edwards', on the Potomac, near Leesbtirg whitLer.they were pursued by a portion of our Tictori4 ous troops. Another report prevailed to the effect thai, a portion of our army were in Alexandria. lb. j . j. I From the Enquirer of the ZJ. I -The dispaiches of Gen. Lee, the President's Message to Congress, and the news brought in by the Centra train,! on yesterday,. tended to exhilarate the community to an extent eearoely less exuberant than on the occaj sipu bf the victories before Richmond. The generaj nrtxiety for particulars, however, met only with diaap-f point ment, and so far as the description of tbe event.i of the three, days batile'on Manassas Plains is concern t d, the imagination can only felicitate upon the preg nant material of the general and indefinite information; before it. , ' j . t Passengers by the Central train ppeak of the battle en Saturday as one of, tbe-most severely contested o the wtr, and the defeat and rout of the enemy sur passing that of the famous affair of the 21st of Julvi Tbe carnage was necessarily terriblei and our own army suffered to an extent which justifies the belief, that, al' though the victory was brilliant, it was dearly boughti It must be remembered that toe gallant army under Lee had the combined forces of Pope and MeClellan tt encounter, the overthrow of which it would be unreal aonable to presume ceuld be accomplished without 4 heavy sacrifice. ! ( Gen. Taliaferro, who is but slightly wounded, reached th, city yesterday by the Central train. (Jens. Ewefl and Trimble, who were more severely wounded, were still unnble to be remaved. . The enemv'g loss far excoeds our own, and will prove ... . ... . . a cnastisement from wmcn it wilt require an unusuauy strong cry for "Union" and "three hundred thousand' torecover. Gens. Pope and McDowell are reported mor tally wounded aud Gen. Sigel killed. It ia also reported that tbe number of prisoners taken was about 9.000, all of whom were paroled on the field.! The flight of the remuanta of the Yankee army towards Alexandria cjloses the list oi the oatue neia reports wuacu Lave reached us. A gentleman who arrived in Richmond on yesterday. from Washington, 6tafes that before he left that city the Long Bridge over the Potoinao had been blown up, and preparations were being ma le to f?acuate tbe city A despatch is reported to have been rcceiyed from Lfce, stating that he was in sight of Washington city. If tliis is true, there is as yet no .telling from what point tljrt "Pity of magnificent distances" waa viewpd. He may b at Alexandria on at seeral other pintg on the Poto mac, out of the ranfr f cnnrn e hot. but not too f?ir off 1 ret within spenkin dit:iTire wilhin a ery whort tune. Still Later and -nore Definite. k participant In the engagement of Snrdav wend iw the foUowing from Grdonavilie: ' "After a sever cannonade a great portion of the morning. (Saturday. ! the battle eommenoed in earnest af.out 3 o'clock P. M. Tbe enemy at first contested st-eadly every inch of the ground, hut were finally re pulsed, flying in confusiou . Several of their regiments Were nlraon utterly annihilated The slaughter waa immense, and the field for thre miles was covered witu dead and wouuded ; ' . ' dead and "The fi ppj grarii: fiibt eotnnieneed on the Warretilon ( turnpike ually became general. Our troops fouglll with apiraatiru and obstinacy. - "The Division under the immediate eonimand of Brig. Geu. Kemper captured three batteries (some thirty pieces ) We have capt ureil-nuineroiis stands of color, arms, and thousands of prisoners j "The casualties among our officers are greater in wounded than killed. Gen Jenkins, was wounded in tie eh"1! xn-J leg; Gen- Trimble ws shot in the hend; den. Field In the thigh; Gen. Ewell in the right leg, tlol. Baylor, in command of the "Stonewall Brigade." waa killed Col. Bee, of South Carolina, was wounded, 4it seriously. Lieut. Col Fleury. of the 7th Virginia, was also wounoed It i reported that Pope and McDowell are both mor- j tally wounded, and that -Sickles, of Barton Key noto riety, was killed. J "A friend just in, states that hen he left, the whole. Yankee army, Washington." pursued by ours, was flying towards (Message ov tus President. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States: I have the gratification of present ing to Congress two despatches from Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding the arluy of Northern Virginia, communi cating tbe result of the operations north of the Rappahan nock. From these despatches it will be seen that God has again extended his shield over our patriotic army, and has blessed the cause of the Confederacy with second signal victory on the field already memorable ia the gallant achievement of our troops I Too much praise caunot be bestowed upon the skill id daring of the Commanding General and tha valor tid hardihood of the troops who executed the brilliant Aioveuients whose result is now communicated. After javing driven from their entrenchments au enemy' su- erior in nurahers, and relieved from siege the city or Richmond, as heretofore communicated, iur toil worn froops advanced to meet another invading armv, rein- oroed not only by tbe defeated army of Gen MeClellan, but by the fresh corps of Geu'ls Burnside and Ilunfer. After forced marches, with inadequateransportation, nd across streams swollen to unusual height, by're'peat- 4d combats they turned the position of the enemy. and, forming a junction of their columns, in the face of greatly superior forces, they fought the decisive battle of the 20th, the crowning triumph ot their toil and valor. jKFFEBtea Davis. Executive Department, Richmond. Sept. 2. IIead'qrs, Manassas Jcsotion.-9 P. M , Aug. 80, via Rapidan. y To President Davit: So far-this army hat steadily ad vanced and repulsed tbe frequent attacks of tbe enemy. Tbe line of the Rappahannock and Warrenton has been relieved. . . , any prisoners are captured, and I regret 'quanti ties of stores to be destroyed for want of transportation. Anderson not yet up and I bear nothing of those be hind. We bate Ewell, Trimble and Taliaferro wounded, the latter slightly, tbe others not mortal. R. E. Lee. The second despatch is the same aa published from General Lee in preceding page under head "from Ma :na8saa." I Frederickiburg Evacuated by the- Enemy. Richmond, Sept. 3. A gentleman who left Fredericksburg on Mon day afternoon reached this city yesterday,' with intelli gence that the i ankees evacuated that place on bunuay evening last, and departed in the direction of Aeqnia 'creek. They had been engaged for several days in the work of destroying all the property in their possession. and the Federal commander, Kingsbury, previous to leaving, transferred the government of tbe town to tbe civil authorities, ahd advised them to plaoe a force of- citizens on guard Sunday night to protect private pro Derty from plunder by the army stragglers.. This ad vice was followed, and nearly every citizen kept watch through the night. The enemy set fire to the three bridges, which were much injured by explosions of gun powder placed there for the purpose of blowing them ud. Laree fires were seen burning during the whole night on the opposite side of the rivers in Stafford, where all the expensive depots of provisions, commissary stores, bakeries, tents. &c, were located. They were alf destroyed, together with the large barn of Major Lacy, on .the Chatham estate, which was filled witb stores. They accomplished their work very thoroughly, as if they had no intention of returning. .tzamtner. From Washington. Richmond, Sept 3. Gentlemen who left Washington on Saturday night last, reached this city yesterday morning. They bring startling in telligence. They eay when the defeat of the Northern army was known in Washington, both the citizens and the authorities were thrown , into the wildest and most awful panic, und all persons of Recursion proclivi ties became at once blatant. Every body was hurrying to ahd fro ia hot haste, and every thing was in confu sion. They also assert positively that the Long Bridge and the Aqueduct over, the Potomac had been blown up to impede the advance of tbe Southern armies - Jzxammer. Affiirt in Washington. A paroled prisoner, who left Washington city on Saturday and reached bere yester day, reports that the greatest excitement prevailed in tbe Yankee Capital on that day, in consequence, he sup posed, of the recent reverses to Pope's army. He also reports that, in the early part of tbe week, he saw from tbe pnsoB windows magnificently equipped cavalry regiment on their way to the seat of war, when one of his fellew-prisoners sung out to them that "they wouldn't look so nice'if they ever happened to meet with General Stnart," which remark caused them to laugh heartily Our informant reports that this same regiment returned to Washington on Saturday, with thinned ranks, aud presenting awoful appearance as they filed through the streets. Tbe contrast in their appearance on tbe two occasions was-so striking that some one ventured to in quire, "What brought you back to Washington so soon?"' An officer replied: "Oh! our borses were not trained; they are unused to the unearthly yells of tbe infernal rebels, and became unmanageable; so we just came back to Washington to get our horses in proper training. Ihe fact of the: matter waa that this splendid lankee cavalry regiment ha encountered Gen Stuart and a portion of bis brave followers, who gave tbe Yanks a sound drubbing and sent them back to the city with tbe loss or about half of its members, and the eurvivors bad Jy crippled. Enquirer, Zd. nasnmgwn uottip. I'etersbcrc. eepU 8. From a N. Y. journal of Friday last, Ang. 20, we learn 'that the president sent lor Secretaries Chase and Stauton at an early hour on Thursday morning. They had a loug in terview at the White House, hnd subsequently another at the State Deprtment, and still another with Halleck. O'd Abe had doubtlesg hoard the booming of the. rebel cannon near Centreville Wednesday evening, and thought it waa about time to put the Scotca cap and military cloak in readiness. Prominent gentlemeu at Washingtou from Kentucky, who were among the first to warn the Administration of tbe approach of the dangers in which the State is now involved, speak very despondingly now: Tbey say that recently recruits have been leaving Kentucky to swell Morgan's force, and tbe armies besieging yankee forces at Cumberland Gap, at tbe rale of IV'j't a day. With such a system of recruiting, the sudden appearanceof large rebel forces in unexpected places is not surprising. The eecessiont-ts of Washington and Georgetown were in high spirits Thursday, and had any quantity of ru mors of- rebel triumphs and impending disaster to the National cause. . - Seward has left Washington. He reached Albany on Thursday, aud went vest at 6 P. M. It is said" that rats will leave a sinking ship Express. ; latest hews from tu hortu. The Northern papers say that MeClellan is now in he immediate command of the whole army of Virginia, with Gen. urnsid as commander of the army of the Poto b.'. . 0en PoP as commander of the army of the fc SVf1 Although not officiUly announced, it comma 1 " McClel'.in ha as-umed the above General r ''n', ' ,,ow c,u,ly Terform'mg the duties of ' ouitiiatnling. . i a '".""'"--Tl.e N. Y. Heraij. of last Saturday, "has ! ; K0!n"ni i-rthe'.ial'les fouphl on last Thiflsd iv m'l Fri(lt. iv .... "). eopv a lxirt ton ol its account: a terrible battle is raging, and on its re fu't Hunt h nge this war. If we ?re successful, I hat p.rt of ,he amy (ui lpp jink son must be annihilated. ftil at I defeated; and if we are not success- J ti atij the iehel overpower us, G.-.d aloncan foresee ' Ine iiitnre of ik. ...,i.i; it... i.'.,i. f .-i ti at o,)d and President Lincoln's backbone, McClel lan t . ajr-jin at the head of the army. t e writer goe on to describe the movements of Lee ami Jrtckson. w ioh appear to hve totally confounded u-. .uwimveuied the enemy,; by their rapidity and darii g H,, aJmiLs the j -ut frine and capture (J Gn. Pope s HtHtt train at CitletCa by Gen. Stu'irt, therinter positt.m of "Sd.OtK) rebels in Gen. Pope's rear, on the railr .sc!, supplies cut r.tf, and he hemme.il in by his foes'i n the fr...,t, rear and flank" tbe eapture by Jack son ? a vmt deal of property' incitiding 11 locomotives rtlnl 1 rs nd the destruction of f.vcrl l,ri,lr- th ;- tf t4w4roops't tn capture of several canuon nt Manas-s.-iie totel annilulnzioTi of Gen. Taylor's brigade, com posed of fjur New Jersey legimeuta all either ' killed or captured, except 160 to 2oo Btmgglers-anJ that two Ohio regiments were "badly cut up." , Ke wind up as fallows j The wht.le country from the Manassas Juuction to 'he Rappahannock river is occupied by bands jf RUe. tillat. regular or irregular, ami communication between Gen. Pope's army and eitlier Fredericksburg or Miia iiity has beer temporarily "'uapended. Tbe presence of this large army of rebels on thn side or Bun turn is a verification of the rebel- prfigrntume exposed ;in the Herald some two or three weeks ago. It is a bold and daring manoeuvre, aud might have been successful If Gen. Pope had not been so largely reinforced as to en- abe him to contend with a'l the troops that uen. lee may ba able to bring upon him on the Southern side. Enonch remain in toe vicinity of asuington, unaer the direct command of Grn. McClcIlno. to take care of the 20 or ;l,OOtl rebels undrr Gef. Ewell and Jackpon, who have tiius thrust themselves into the meshea of a ner from which they are not likely to e-cape. It is stat ed to-night that Hull Run is swollen to .ueh an extent from the recent heavy raius, that all the bridges have been wept away, and the rebel force on this side is in danger of being bagged There is reason to believe that they have already been attacked by a portion of Gen. Pope's army, and the preparations made here will cer tainly result in the capture or destruction of this entire rebel force, unless they should prove more active in their movements than it is belimeJ they can be. Another Herald correspondent says: The eleventh Pennsylvania cavalry are reported to have acted very coxcardly on the appearanct of the enemy in the neighborhood of Manassas. It is said that they put spurs to their horses and "skedaddled," and that "the artillery cut the traces of their horses andjollowta them The Herald itself of the 30th says. r . We have vet to fight a battle that is to be the decisive one in front of the national capital, and it willundoubt edly be one of great magnitude and importance. The government-takes this view of the position of things in that neighborhood, and, to meet tbe emergency, it is announced that Mdlelian takes the lmmeuiate command of the whole Army of Virginia, with Pope and Burnside at the head of the two auxiliary armies of the Kappa hannock and Potomac. 1 ! " Slocks had declined iq New York. Incidents. Rumors. Sc. A letter in the Baltimore American says: , It is said that the rebels have captured two out of four New Jersey regiment stationed at Centreville. It la feard that lien. . Pope bas been cut off from Washing ton. A company of the lOuth Pennsylvania, which was at Bristow's station, were all reported captured by the enemy, with tbe exception of one man. Ihe lederal army have driven all their cattle into Alexandria. Tbe rebel army is even said to have, been seen at Hunter Chapel, six miles from Alexandria. Nearly all the quartermaster and commissary stores of MeClellan's army have been moved under the guns of the for;s in front of Washington. Several officers have been arrested for cowardice, and will be court-martialed. . The Spvils Large Capture of Supplies. .Ml the North ern accounts admit that our army captured an immense quantity of supplies, so. The correspondent of the N Y, Tribune writes; The amount of property fallen into the hands of the rebels at Manassas is immense several trains heavily laden with stores, ten first-class locomotives, 50,000 lbs, of bacon, 100a bbls. beef, 2000 bbls. pork, several thousand barrels of flour, and a large quantity of oats and corn. A bakery which was daily turning out 1 5,000 loaves of bread was also destroyed. Neil to Alexandria, Manassas was probably the largest depot established for the army of V lrginia. Another correspondent writes; A released chaplain says that the enemy has captured eueines ana cars in sucn numoers mat .they looked nearly a mile long; and. (hat they have captured clothing enough to furnish an army. A letter in the N. Y. Tribune says: Gen Taylor, up on discovering that the enemy had flanked him, and that his whole command were in danger of being taken pris oners, ordered a relrehfe After having retreated a mile or two, Geu." lay lor discovered a ravine in Which he thought he could conceal bis troops until reinforcements arrived, lint he hardly ggt his men fairly in their lit ding place when he found himself nearly surrounded by tbe eneihy. A strong body of cavalrymen were on bis left, guarding one entrance to the ravine, and a battery of artillery was brought to bear upon bis right, raking his entire brigade. The firing from this baUery made terrible. havoc in rhe ranks. Gen. Taylor himself, his eon, on his staff, and his nephew, 'were wounded, also more than one-hall his othcers. Of course nothing but a stilHurther retreat was in order, an i last evening the wearied and decimated brigade rested in Fairfax. About 400 citizens at Fairfax left thar towu hastily on the ap pearance of eight or ten rebel cavalrymen, who acci dentally strayed in that neighborhood and exposed them. selves to view. . Two whole regiments of our infantry also ran at the sight of these fifteen cavalrymen, throw ing the.r guns away, and skedaddling a9 fast as spurs to their horses could get them away. Their only excuse j?, that they supposed that there were more rebels in tbe rear oC- the fifteen who appeared on the hill. .1 learn from another source that the Captain of one of our bat- teriea tan away, leaving six pieces out of eight in the hands of the eueffiy, a too easy prey not a gun having been bred. Nearly the whole of the command of tbis brave (?) Captain followed their leader in his hasty and inglorious retreat, but those few who remained behind nobly uetd the two remaining guns with considerable enect , The latest news with which b close my letter ia. tlint the l-e.hels are certainly advancing in strength; the purpose is first to break every means of communication between Washington and Pope, then to march straight ou the capital. Every bridge on tbe railway is destroyed; the rebels hold every strategic point within thrf centre, and are doubtless wiihin the mountains with their whale army , -OTHER SEWS BY TUIS MOBNIJiQ's MAIL, A Kkh Haul m the Chesapeake On Fridsy night last, a steauier, having some 12 or 15 loaded barges in tow, passed ap tbe bay from Fort Monroe, in a heavy gale. and upon reaching a point opposite the counties of Matthews and Middlesex, seven of the barges broke from the tow line3 and were d-ished ashore. The citi- lens next morninir took possession bf them, and cap tured 9 YaLkees who were thrown with them on the ghor-, each of "whom was armed with a musket; and after the contents of the boats were secured, they.were marched into a safer locality. One of the barges cotitaiued 130 thirteen-inch shells, It 0 Enfield rifles, 6,000 knapsacks, and other articles. Two others were loaded ,wifh Wagons and harness. Another contained numerous boxes of axes and engine tools, jnver-ooats, baggage, &o. Others contained tents and tent poles, eighteen boxes orj haversacks, (about 2,800 jn each,) aud'all sorts of amify equipments. Tbe prisoners, while in the custody of Jieut Fitzuugh, were unasr n beiist that a larga force of rebels" was ! ' ! ' the vicinity, and submitted docilely. TLey were tolled in admirably by the astute Lieutenant. Enquirer, SJ. Gen. Btauregari All city readers will be delighted in learning that Gen. Beauregard, on. reporting for duty, received an order assigning him to tbis depart ment.; We hope. aoon to announce bis entrance on ita 'luiiea Charleston Courier. - i- -; Kxchunye Indianapolis Journal, of tbe loth, has a significant paragraph, which, probably ae e..unt for the non-arrival of the Confederate prisoners ..tinned in the Western States. It say: "We under--t and that a dispatch was received here yesterday, from the. jflicer in chargw of the exchange of prisoner, i.rderiug tbe whole exchange business slopped. Tbe cau-e of(he order is the refusal or the rebel authorities to abide by their agreement:" Another JJash of Morgan's. Richmond, Swpt. 2. On Friday, morning last Col. Morgan made a dash into Glasgow. Ky., and bagged the Provost Marshal. .1 . . - Special tolPetertburff Ezprtts. Prom Suffolk. The Petersburg Express of the8d has news -from Suffolk to Monday night . The yankeea have been largely reinforced and number 1000U men. They anticipate attack,' ''('. f'rvm Cuinbt-rtiind tiap. A correiimnilent writing ' Ur ihe t'oluni tm( (.) Eun, trmii be lore Cumberland Uttp, on Ihe 2M Auguit, ays kII d.iuulH all .ill Of n. Smlilit utmUlon ye. - tent. - iy tbe enemy nttenipied lo evcute He ro Ihem on the j-Muii, mI Urn buk wliti tiru italic hier m me t;r. ' lur ins 141 t-ujc'tfemem, or n niter ik CHnminiuttng ht.it n&aed, iliy iimilb a movement upon our ricbt wing, eornmamled by ties. Bar ton, tint were. driven bark to uielr bole after a thort engagement. Uur whole line slood In battle array for two hour, expecting lbm to advance hi all huZHtils, 1ml they did not come In time. W e have goi tliem emphatically not ihein. Terrible Steamboat Duaiter. PrTEaaBCRQ, Se pt. 3. The Mem phl iers contain the imrticulur of a eruu diaasier on the Miaxbnippi, sixty miln below the city oa Thnriday In I. Tha ileamcr Accaria, aa her way 1I..W11 to Helena, with a pssaengcr and crew list of over 150. uruck a aag about 2 o'clock, a. m ., nd was o bndiy damKEed a to Kink almott immediately. The water rushed iiuo Uie hoid with extreme mpidiiy, and in five oilBaie from Ihe time of slr.kiDK, the bo a keeled over and completely cap aixed.: The "skylight." or hurricaae deck, parted from the teit. und with the "tenta" tr pilot tiouae. and the state room connected with it floated. The hull in caueizine. elided from the shoal where the accrrenl took placv, and sunk in d-en water. tti rapiuly did U IUU tike Dlace. the shock the rash of water Into ihe hud be- "- mllinc irvrtxiar,! .,f the ch nmevs ahove the rivinf OI and this ai & u,,.. ...h. .1,. i.,,.t f the ill-tuied boat was in deep sleep, that there was no opportunity for one to help 1 u i . "U" "" on ih hurricuae deck heard aoo iilnj criea, heiirt-rendini exclnmatUius. and vain calls of be p from Ibuae ana the wefe . struggling ia the wave tlmtaarged wildly rou.a the K,t where the ciUed boat was awaflowea up. , .. s UOhe paenger It is esrmiawd hut J, tt,M ...-half. 75 per sons; perished, une white woman and a rni,ir.i.l chamber "iald were saved: 5 ladies were carried down ,,. i...ur.wk: broke ironi me iuii ami uie Hurricane iicck front that. .tme of the SOT vivors saw anything ol Ihe ladies. 1 hey probMy In ibeir wild fright, made some attempt at dress from the ugKe,uon, 1 Instinct ive modesty, and thos few moments were Intnl. The cnuuiin, clerk and crew, with the excrptioa perhaps of wtm of ihi arrk hands and the tiegro cook, got salely 10 land. There waaun hoard spun) 111 gold, Decides the freight valued si wo. Mrs. Moo t Uale Uwea an ir.Mri. Klcli.ir u,,o, tie ol I apt. Rich ardvm, of the i3d Ohio, are lost. Eiprtti. ; Congrxss. On Monday,j in the Senate, the following bill regulating tbe substitute. sj siein was adopted: "In Act vrovidina for Substitute in certain eases, and j - detailing private lor police iutu. Sec. 1. The Congress, of tbe Confederate itaies do enact, tbat hereafter substitutes tor pernou UaDle to military duty shall not be aiiuwed, except in cases where the person offering the substitute is skilled and actually employed in some mechanical pursuit, the prosecution of which, at the lime, the Secretary of War may declare to be important to the public interest. ' Provided, thai in all cases where substitutes are received, the pet son furnishing the substitute shall guarantee his fidelity, and in case he deserts the principal shall be held to ser vise as if aa substitute bad been turniahedl by him Sec 2. sTbat the Secretary of War and Commanders of 'Briga JWs and Divisions shall detail i to any farm or plantation, worked by slaves, when the owner thereof is a femme ole. a minor, or a person in the service of tbe Confederacy, one enrolled private lor police duty there on, and to act as oveiseer, under tbe direction and con trol of the owner thereof, or his ' leeal representative Provided. That said detail be mane upon tLe application and designation of the owner or the representative ol the owner ot such t&rmor plantation, aud that the person so detailed shall ba withiiruwu upuu a like application of such owner or bis reorescutauve: and. provided furth er,' Thai said private1 shall not, whilst so detailed, receive any pay or allowance from the Government, but snll be I paid by the owner or the farm-or plantation an amount to be agreed upon between thetu, and. when re called said detailed private nhall immeaiately proceed to Brigade Headquarters, and report for duty, under the penary of feeing punished -as a deserter."- lu the House, the only item ot interest was the report of a bill from the Military Committee lo provide for the filling up of existing companies, squadrons, battalions and regiments, and to increase the Provisional Army of the Coufederaie States. This bill provides for the ex tension of tbe Couscription act so as to embrace all per sons between the ages of & aud 45 years. Made tha special order for Wednesday. j j .- On Tuesday, in the Senate, Mr. Sparrow reported from tbe Military Committee a bill providing for the ex tension of the Conscript age to forty-five. Ordered to bo printed, and made the order for Thursday. The bill, amendatory of the act to organize bands of Partisan Rangers, restricting tbe privilege of raising such baudr, as given by theaorigiual bill, and also authorizing tbe Secretary of War to brigade them as troops of tbe line, was taken up. , A lengthy debate sucueeled and the bill was defeated by a vote of 12 lo 7. j Nothing else of interest except the President's Manassas Message print ed under the war news head. Nothing of tbe least inter est iu the Houie. Gun. Pop. A yankee correspondent at Washington wrote that a rout of Pope's arm v would be a matter of i j more joy than the capture of Richmond to all those. military gentlemeu who fslt themseltes aggrieved oy his allusions to "backs of enemies" and "bases of ope rations," and in short, bis opening announcement that clubs should be trumps instead of spades. "Hence a dis aster to Pope would not be received with a particle of either sympathy or regret. If the enemy ahould eaten J aight of At back, there wi'.l be no end to thp sneers and rejoicings with whioh such result would be greeted. A nioe set, who would be better satisfied with the defeat of their "grand army" than with the success of one who bad sneered at themselves.. j . ;: jSnoss and CloTUIq The high prices of these ar ticles eausea great anxiety aa to the probability of a supply for our troops during the winter. The Charles ton Mercury suggests that the government should im port them, itself running the risk of the blockade, and thus gdt rid of the extortion of individual speculators. We hope this judicious auggestion will be at once adopt ed, if it has not already been, j -. j We expect to hear of the procurement of a consider-; able stock of these necessary articles from tbe defeated Yankees.- - j j ' i " ' . I The people will we" have no doubt do what they can at home, is providing socks, gloves, shirts, and occa sionally also coatsr pants, blankets and shoes. Again we remind the Ladies of their noble work last Tall and Winter, and ask if they bave commenced earnestly their preparationa for the cold season which is now almost upon us? If not, pray begin at once. I Sxa Salt tor Cubixo Meat. We copy an article on the use of the common Salt now of necessity used at the Confederacy for curing meat. It is worthy, ol xnxina- tion. for it appears to be written by one competent to give an opinion. j .. FaTBTTB VILLI & ALBIMABLE.1Py.ANlt fiOAD. Tb anal meeting of tbis Company was held ia.tbis town Thursday and Friday last The President and Directors failing to make their appearance or to maka any Ke port. no business was done except "ta elect theTollowing Directors, viz: Jas. O. Cook, Dunean Shaw. A. W. Steel, S. T. Hawley and R. M Orrell. 1 ; ' The absence of Reports from the old officer prooaniy 1 ftr08a from a aiisutiderbUnding about the Uay of ie in I ingt two several days haviag been advertisea. :. i , " ' I Th Cocntxefeit TaiasiaT Notbs. We bate not yet seen one of the 100, $50, or $20 counterfeit notes; but to put the public on their guard, ecpied in our last from fba Standard a comparative description' of the good and the counterfeit notes. - And to-day we copf from the Savannah Republican . another description: With, tbe aid of these', (whioh we advise- our readers to cut out and preserve about them, we hope that no reader of the Observer at least no paying reader, will be cheated with one of.tbe counterfeits. But there is, we fear, another evil only less injuri ous than the counterfeiting of the"' note, it i," lest tha existence bf such counterfeits should be tuada a pretext for refusing to receive even the good nwtee. We would beg to caution the public on tbis point, for as the credit " of the Confederacy is its vital point mouey being "the sinews of war." it is all-important that nojdow be gWea. to that credit, no sinew be cut, by individuals or corporations refusing to reoeive notes on the ple that they "cannot distinguish , between the good aud ihe bad The means for ;sucb distinction are furnished. ! Let theut be used; and let it be tbe pride, as it i ! Juty. of every good eitiien and corporation of ficer to discourage all pame by premptly aud eneeriu ly reoeiting pvery good note. T Naoseroas arrests have been made al Atlanta, Geo , of persons suspected of being concerned in the circula tion of tbe counterfeits'. More (ban a doffea persons are in custody. A board of oftioers was making the in vestigation, Atlanta being under martial law. it is pro bable that under tbe summary process or toat law. some of the counterfeiters will speedily pay tbe peliy of their crime. ' " Counterfeit Confederate Notes.- Aa "tuousands . of these notes are ia circulation, and but tew know how to distinguish the genuine from the spurious, we are dome the public a service by civiug tha following test, which have been kindly furnished ' to us by a bank officer of thia city: ' 100. The sailor in the left hand end leans . upon an anchor; diagonally across the vignette from left to right, ia the genuine, there is a hair linn very distinct, as if the stone from which tha impression was taken had been broken or cracked. -In the counterfeit there is no euch blur or "hair line. In the centre vignette, right sidV near the. cotton press, is a mule in the genuine it is very . indistinctly executed, and the mule looks as it he - were walking from youy presenting, oniy a iu view in the counterfeit it is ' mucn plainer, anu the mule presents almost a broadside view. SOU. -in the genuine on tne leit nana ena iae sailor that ia leaning forward ia partly bald ia the counterfeit a'more, full head of hairj. have seen none signed except on the left, M. C.Jliggs, Ut ter A small, letter D to the right of tLe A. The knob or handle on iron chest is not on the. . counterfeit. . - . ?20. The sailor in the left hand corner again betrays the counterfeit. In the genuine, the crown Of the sailor's hat is very much broader than in the counterfeit the -shading lines on his jacket, in genuine, Tun square V across the body in the counterfeit they run di agonally across the body. - -' " ' . The paper of the counterfeit is whiter, stiller and better than the genuine. ' . With these tests, thwe will be no difficulty in discriminating between the genuine and spurious notes. Run over yout "pile," and Bee to what extent you have been cheated. Sav. Repvl. ; Another Description. r The $100 bill frenu ine, has in the left hand corner, a sailor with Hick belt.and buekle and two stones under his feet, whilst the counterfeit has a jailor with icM'le belt and buckle and three stones under his leet. The 50s genuine, have a blacksmith with black hammer and -scraggy hair, shewing skull left f hand; whilst the counterfeit has a blacksmith with tr kite streak on edge, black hammer, and tcctl brushed hair shewing none of the skull left hand. Tbe 20s genuine, in the figure 2 of the 20, -the body and toil of. the 2 ar joined together, and two black hearts between the double X q o X are apart right hand corner. The counterfeit, has the-tail of the 2 separated froni the body oi the 2 ;bv a black lino, a&d tlie 'two hearts (X o o X) are joined together right hand cor- ner. ' i .. . T- i . . v a a v t In this county, 31st uU , GILBERT. CARMICHAfeL, ' aged 33 years, 9 mos. and 19 days. He was a pious mem- ber of Galatia Church, dutiful as a Bon, loving aa a bro ther, obliging as a neighbor, perfect as a friend, patriot io and sincere in' his obligations to his country having ' . been a member of the "Carolina Boys" since its organi- ' cation, bat disease prevented him from participating la . the scenes through which they have passed. lakes than 8 months the twin-brothers have died, , , . . "Whose hearts poured forth to all Their full and flowing tide And of the parent seemed a severed part." ! On Wednesday 27th uU., at Covington, Richmond Co , JAMES COOK, son of .Jesse A. and Mary M. Baldwin, aged 1 year i months and 14 days. In Sampson county, on the 8d ult., ROB'T D. SOUTH- GRLAND, son of Isham and Annie Sou:herlaad, aged . n v ik n 17 years and 18 days ; FOB THE OBSERVER - Caxthaob, Aug. 19, 1862. At a meeting of the Bar held at tbe Court House at . Carthage during tbe present Term of the Court, J. II. Hauihton was appointed Chairman, and J. 11. lauaeu, Sec'y whereupon the following resolutions wee unan- imeusly adopted: '. Resolved, That we nave beard with deep repret of the death of our Professional Brother, Biiuamin K. Hcskk, which occurred since the last term of this Court. Resolved, That while the Army has lost a good Ofs- eer and gallant Soldier by the death of the Uie Msjur w , 1 T . 1 , . 1. - L. . . 1. K. l.USK, tne car naa iohi one ot us urigniRei, uriia- menu; and we a professional brother, who by th care witb which he prepareM his Causes, the teal, ability nd eloquence with which he argued them, set ps ail an example well worthy of imitation. He understood his profession aright that the duty of a .Lawyer was tt maintain justice ana to ueiena me innocent anu op pressed against wickedness and crime; and while he never availed himself or bis position at tne ivir lo uwi , in abase of parties or witnesses, he was rpinsrkable for the boldness and fearlessness with which he maintained his client's cause. As a man he waa tirul m hi opin ions, just and charitable, in bis judgment of "'""f8 generous ia his impulses, steadfast in his Weodahip. ) and guided in all his conduct by an enlightened chris tian conscience. , ., . i. Resolved, That we tender to tbt fry of ffda- Minutes of this Court re,oluti;cfl u fenL ..K F'oISi Ob.eVver, and, HilUboro' Records, totherayeiic . blj8hfd with the request that y P " J It. Cappk"-. Sec'J- ' - j WILMINGTON MARKET Sept. 3. ' n .f i-jt1 10 to!5: Bacon, hog round 58 to 40; But ter 65 to 65; Coffee $2 50; Corn Meal. I 70; Corn I 45 t0 t 60; Flour. $21 00 for Superfine, 21 50 to f 22 t - i Sugar 55 U bO; fiheetiags 45 to 50; V ara $u psr w ) Tallow 40 to 45. Family r-Lard Zi to 85; O Molas-s a o per p by the barrel: Osnaburg 42 lo 45; Peaiut Oil 1 $3; Onions $t per buehwl; Potatoes. Jni. 3 ; Rice 6 te 8: Sound Salt 11-50 to 12 .'. r " 1 ' V .1
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