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RALEIGH: FRIDAY. AUG. 19, 1864..
We publish to day from the Richmond Examiner,
ar. article which shows the advantages which the
Etifilish fh m of Messrs. Alexander Collie & Co., are
realizing in tho blockade business, at the exj.en e
of the Confederate and State governrpeute ; and
also, an article from the pen of Col. McRae, the
Confederate, in which this firm is hold up as an ob
ject of rtspoct and confidence o all NorihCaroli;
nians, for the supposed lavors it has conferred on
tDIR Ciate, ana mo unseiu-u umpusmuu uy wiucu
it is characterized If the .Examiner's 'statements
he correctand we see no reason to doubt theta
this firm js ruaking "a good thing" out of our gov
ernments by the systematic villiany witn which it
conducts its blockade operations. The statement
of Col. McRae, that the " feelings and sympathies
of this firm are thoroughly with the Confederacy,"
is absurd. Their feelings and sympathies are just
where they can make the most money; and the
members ot. this firm, having found a couple of
geese to be pWked, have plucked them, and
now and then they throw a feather or two to one
of these geese, to prevent clamor, and as a " tangi
ble display of their active sympathy." That is all.
Col McRae is too shrewd a person not to know that
the first and great object of mercantile houses is
to make money, and that any sympathy or benevo
lence which may be manifested for either govern
ments or individuals is only apparent, and is in
tended to pave the way to still further advantages
and profits. The day may come when the block
ade operations of North-Carolina will be thorough
ly investigated, and in our opinion it will be found,
if such an investigation should be made, thai the
system has not only greatly added to, the debt of
the State, but that it has been marked by gross
corruption, and by the most ' flagrant impositions
on the State by just such firms as Alexander Collie
& Co.
' CoL McRae states that " when the-State of North
Carolina appeared, by her Commissioner, in the
London market, be found great' difficulty in ob
taining a favorable hearing for her loan proposi
tions. She was but little known on Change she
had never borrowed comparatively, and it requires
large borrowing, as well as punctual paying, to
make a name." There is no State on the continent
whose credit is better in Europe than that of North
Carolina. Iier old coupon bonds, in the hands of
the Rothschilds and other bankers in Europe, are
classed among the best securities. The assuuip
-tion that she had no name as a State entitled to
credit because she had not borrowed largely, is
very ridiculous 6ven from tfce pea of Col. MeRaV.
This astute financier, wboad the honor to be iiist
to introduce our good old State favorably on Change,
would have the public believe that the money-lenders
ofEurope judge of the ability to pay by the
wish to borrow, and that the State which most fre
quently hawks its bonds in market, and borrows
uiosf, is' entitled to the best credit. If any thing
of the kind could have affected the State's credit,
and injured her character on Change, it would have
been done by the indecent quarrel which took place
in London between the Commissioner, Lol. Mcriae,
and his former associate in the naval stores business,
Mr. Geo. -N.Janders.
On the very heels of the election in this State a
peace influence seems to have gone out, most proh
ably from Richmond, on the administration jour
nals, which, up to that very moment, had been
pressing the war in the most violent mariner, and
declaring that all peace men were more or less dis
loyal to the cause. The change of tone wa insUu
tar.cou.. Cei tain journals, including 'he Confed
erate and ConterttUhe, of this City, hardly gave
the people tima to vote before they took ground It
negotiations, and avowed their will;ngncs8 to dis
cuss the question of re union with the Northern
people.
The wticlo of the Confederate which we publish
to day, a:id which we may notice more at length
.hereafter, goes further than we have ever gone, in
that it proposes, not a Cf invention of one or of all
the Southern States, but a Convention of all the
United States. It cries out to Massachusetts and
Vermont, as well as to Illinois and Indiana, We
have been fighting you three years, and tee fear ve
are whipped. We appeal to you to grant vt an
armistice, and then meet us in general Convention;
and if you can convince us that ice can return to the
Union with safety and honor, we will at least con
slier the matter, and the probability is we will re
turn. 7 We leave it to our readers to say if this is
not the plain English of the Confederate's arti
cle. That paper, we may bo sure, will continue
to abuse the Northern people, and continue to
abuse a large 'portion of our own people, for ef
fect; but its thoughts are even now' running
in the peace channel, and it would do almost any
thi:ig to stop the war and avert what it so greatly
fears subjugation. It wants recognition, and it
wants a Convention of all the States. Recognition
is as distant and as doubtful as it ever was ; and a
general Convention can- alone be called, in the. ab
sence of recognition, by the Congress of the Uni
ted States, on the application of two-thirds of the
States.- CoL McRae has heretofore been opposed
to the intervention of the States with a view to
peace ; but it seems he is now in favor f it, and is
presenting, himself as an humble suppliant at the
feet of the United States, imploring them to act and
stop the war. These are his positions, not curs
but he is the loyal and true Confederate, and ice are
the traitor! What will be the end of all this?
Our answer is, ' Watch and Wait"
The attention of those who are required to pay
tithes of tobacco is directed to the notice oi the
Agent for Wake and Orange Counties, in our paper
tody- '
SHEttirTAMT of Wakb. On Thursday last the
Magistrates of Wake County, after investigation
and comparison, announced .through their Chair
man (h.t the vote stood as fol.ows : W. 11. Utgn
man that the vote stood as
1,009, J. P. II. linsa 1.0P7.
Extract from a letter to the Editor, dated
Randolph Co., Aug. 11, 1304.
If Dr. Black can have justice be is elected to the
Senate. Two precincts from Randolph were not re
turned, and his army vote was i not returne
The Conservative party of Randolph was sbamefu lly
mistreated. There were strong gcards of 'armed
men at nearly all the precincts. The rfetai ed hands
and reserves between 45 and CO took the alarm, and
most of them voted for Vance against tUeir previous
ly expressed wishes, "
Vol. XXX. No." 24
WAR NEWS.
.
From Richmond i
RlCBMfflD. Ane. 15th. 18IS4.
cavalry advanced on th M.rw ...a ....
day afternoon and engaged ibe'enumv, our forces
occupying a position in the vicinity cf Deep Bot
tom. .The enemy were repulsed with considerab'e
loss. Confederate loss small
Richmond, Aue. 16. A duel torfe r.l n k
city this morning brtwrrh Daniel, Edilor cf the
Eximner, and Elmore, cf the treasury 2enart.nent.
Daniel received a .flesh wound above the ankle.
The correspondeftoe grow ent of the publ'eition in
request cf a detective to suunrass certain facts in
jurious to the reputation of a high omcial in the
Arecsury atpajtni.
.. - fsfcCOKD DISPATCH."
Richmokd, Aug. US. OoNMiby report Offi
cially that be attacked the enemy's supply train
near Berryville on the 18th insL cm: urine and
destroying 75 loaded wagons and taking over 200
prisoners, including several officers, and between
four and six hundred horses and mules, 200 head
of cattle and other valuable stores. A considerable
number of the enemy were killed and wounded. i
Mosby lost 2 killed, 3 -wounded. .
. third dispatch.
Richmond, Aug. 15. The Yankees are nnusnatlv
demonstrative on the New Market road, below-tbe
city. It is reported they are attempting a Sink
movement which will probably lead to active opera
tions in that quarter.
The enemy's cavalry advanced by the Charles
City road this morning to White's Tavern, seven
miles below the city, where a force of Confederate
cavalry engaged them, and after severe skirmishing,
which continued' until afternoon, they were driven
back several mjles. No further particulars.
A special dispatoh from frtersburg ot the 16th,
to the Whig, says the Washington Chronicle of the
12th inst, contains a full account of the recent ex
plosion at City Point It says the explosion was
the most terrific'of the. kind since the history of
gunpowder. Two barges loaded with ammunition
of various kinds, moored off City Point, were blown -to
atoms, with all their contents, consisting of
about, in bulk, three thousand barrels of shot, shell
and canister, which were hurled in fill directions, amid
volumes of black smoke, and an-avalancheof broken
timbers. A new warehouse four hundred feet, long
and fifty feet wide, on the wharf, filled with com
missary stores, was shattered into fragments. '
Adams' Express office,' adjoining the government
buildings,, also a train of cars were destroyed
Fifty-four persons were killed, and one hundred and
eight wounded, principally blacks.
From Petersburg.
Petiiisbuko, Aug. 14, 1864. The enemy crossed
a division of cavalry a'hd perhaps some infantry
to the north side of James river last night supposed
to be only a demonstration, while that of the real
blow, if any was intended, will be struck some
where else.
The heavy cannonading heard for the last two
days, proceeds from an engagement between our
river batteries and the enemy's gunboats. The
enemy is attempting to cut a canal across Dutch
Gap, or Turkey Bend, 20 miles below Richmond, -at
a place where the river is seven miles wide and
three quarters ot a mtl across. 0$r river batte
ries opened upon the enemy's working parties and
their gunboats responded. The object of the eiie
my in cutting the canal is to flank some of our bat
teries near Chaffin's Bluff, on the north side of
James river. .
In front of Petersburg there has been some lit
tle cannonading and picket firing, but matters are
comparatively quiet.
Later.
Petebsbobq, Aug. 16. About six o'clock this
evening a considerable musketry and connonading
sprung up all along the lines, and it was participa
ted in by both sides, but it was nothing more
man tne discharge ot wet guns ana smm arm i:y
both parties after the rain wbicb psted over the
city. ,
From Atlaotfu-Sbelling the City.
Atlasta, Aug. 14, 1861. Ths enemy opened
firs upon the city witn six batteries at eight o' cluck
last ii'ght, their batteries bciiig sutiorsd on the
Marietta, Peach tree, and. William's Mill. road in
front of the Medicil College and Hollm M:!L The
fire was very heavy and o-mtin jed ur.lii four
o'clock, A. M. About nv.Uii:ghta shell entered the
lrtttr-ie store house of B;gui;igs & Co.. on Mr;ctta
Street, between Pea.htree and Church, setuii fire
to soma loose ccxt-m. Tho ifi.ua? spread, rapidly
and the building was soon in fumes. Tae .ire b.:'h
rung ami E'lg-os Su'DUer S repiicd promptly. The
eneiuj iaimedicrely concentrated ths lire on that
point, but the firemen nobly Anod their ground
despne the rain of snelN, and succeeded in savins;
the large warehouse ol Xyle & Co., anil other build
ings on tUs square from being consume 1. Not a
citiZii.i was injured, the womeu and childreu hav
ing sought sateiy i;i the bomb proofs.
But hide shelling along the entire line to-day.
No movement of the enemy is reported.'
Later.
Atlanta, Aug. 15. At a late hour yesterday
evening the enemy attempted to drive in our pick
ets oti the centre, out after a sharp skirmish they
were repulsed. There was desultory firing along
the lines throughout the night and to-day. But
few shells have been thrown into the city since the
effort to carry our centre, which had a Scriptural
quotation in Hebrew pasted on them.
A body of the. enemy's cavalry dished into De
catur this P. M., and moved in the direction of
Cobb's mill, and a small force of infantry is report-ed-to
be in Decatur! Their actions -indicate anoth
er Uiovctaent on our right Lively skirmishing is
' going on on our centre this evening. Every thing
looks brighter and more hopeful than at any time
since the siege began.
From Mobile. " .
Mobile, Aug. 14. Maj. Carroll, agent for the
exchange of prisoners, arrived here by fljg of truce
from the fleet in the lower bay, whore he had gone
to affect an exchange of the Dauphin Islaud priso
ners.' Farragut stated that the prisoners were placed
at the disposal of Canby aud he could do nothing.
Arrangements were made to send packages . to
the prisoners from their friends.
Gen. Maury Las ordered the officers and soldiers
to remoye their families forthwith, and non com
batants are again ordered to. leave the city.
The enemy are busily cruising the by, in sight?
Heavy foices are in North Mississippi, their des
tination reported to be Mobile.
Mobile, Aug. 15. This evening two monitors
and five gunboats crossed Dog river t;-.r, and com
ing up within two miles ot the obstructions opened
fire on our batteries and gunboats for three hours,
doing no damage. Our gunboat replied htndsoiue.
ly. The batteries -were silent at sunset, and the
enemy had hauled off. .
A special dispatch to the Eegister from Oxford,
14th, says Chalmers had dashed into Abbeville and
whipped the enemy, capturing seventy five prison
ers. Our loss was five killed and forty wounded.
Some firing was heard in the direction of Fort Mor
gan this morning.
" Ivy Green," correspondent" of the. Wilmington
Journal, writing from Mobile says of the late nttval
fight:'
In this latter engagement the monitors and the
two double enders surrounderj the ' Tennessee ;' her
steering gear was struck, which left her unmanage
able; her smoke stack was so perforated With shot
that it fell overboard close by the deck, and this
prevented the possibility of making steam; And fill
ed her gun-deer with smoke. Then,' and not till
then, did this brave old veteran, Buchanan, sureen
deri neither did he quit her deck until shot daw.'
Mcfa
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNBS
A despatch from h:s surgeon, D. B. Conrad, de
scribes his wound as a fracture of the thigh, which
may require aai:itaiiin.
In this cniagefuent the old North State frrnwhe
oiie Comj.ar.dtr. P. M. Murphy, of the " Sema,"
who fougM iiiRfhip aKsisst the Hartford (stxl?ct.
funs.) with rtuji.h skill, until all hope of victo-y
vanisoed, and fher,, a? if mdness drove biro on, ho
rsn upi nVd a b "oad siJe into her, and surrendererV'
The Smj,il of the 15 ih says, the following offi
cial dispat -h was received at the War Department
Siturday:
Mobiij, August 11--Nothing late from Fort
Morgan. The a 'res are hroks-n. Gen. Forest drovo
the enemy's advuica out ot Oxford last night
All t'ue particulars of Fort Gaines' surrender
known, are, that the comaatdih officer communu
rated w'h ttte oDmy, suad raie-'encS'Wltn'tftft in. ;
tbor'itj, ' His EVrt was in good condition the gar- i
ruon having sunered little.
He made no reply to repeated orders and signals
from Geti. Jag3 to hold his Fort, and surrendered
upon conditions not known here.
- " I). H. Maubt Wrjar General
From acconrt'i in the. telegraph .7.i:nn, taken
fioin Nw Orleans papers, the Y&nkee fleet must
have cuftered terribly iu the late conflict with our
small, but gellnt force.
Tho prospect is very hrpeful of a successful d.i- .
fence of the city of Mobile, notwithstanding the
strange conduct,, .if not treason, of Colonel Ac
derson.
Northern News.
Petehsbubo, Aug. 14th, 1864. The New Y"rk
Herald, of the 11th instant,, contains five columns
of the proceedings of a great mass meeting .recom
mending McClellaa for President One hundred
thousand people were present
The Queen of England in proroguing Parlhment,
declared the purposes of the government were to
adhere to the neutral policy.
'-The Herald says that Grant, when he visited
Washington, left the army of the Potomac comman
ded by Bugler, and intimates that Grant wants
Meade removed.
'Eke Herald says that if Staunton is removed,
Butler will 6e Secretary of War. .
Ricuuond, Aug. 1 5th, 1864 Baltimore papers of
the 13th'inst have been received. They contain
nothing definite from the Shenandoah Valley. It
is believed Erly is retiring before superior forces
who are advancing against him. .
A telegram from New York reports the capture
and destruction of seven vessels, about sixty miles
southeast of Sandy Hook, by a new Confederate
steamer called the Tallahassee. "
An arrival, from New Orleans brings the report
that the Confederates are in strong force outside of
Algiers, and were fortifying the position with the
intention of making it a baso of operations.
Guerrillas continue very active in.Kentucky.
Stauntuii has not resigned, and says, having been
solicited to accept of the office he will not volunta
rily relinquish iu
Petitions are being circulated in Ohio and other
States, requesting the postponement of the draft un
til an attempt can be made by negotiation to secure
peace, based on the Constitution and UnUri.
The New York Herald thinks the time has ar
rived when the Administration, on behalf of peace
and re-union, may advantageously open the door to
armistico, and a conveation of the States! Toe Her
ald advises Linala to send three comnjisaidnerB to
Richmond. -.- -
The Paris Presse, under reserve announces the
conclusion of peace between Germany and Denmark.
Terms unknown.
The Confederate loan wAs still advancing. Uni
ted States st acks were further depressed.
From the Washington Correspondence of the New York
Tiinej.J
It is understood that Generals Meade itnd Burn
side sever-illy cast the blame of the last fiasco be
fore Petersburg on each other. It seems that on
the n'gn't hef?ie the attack, certain modifications
were uiitle by General Meade in the plan of assault,
which had been agreed on with General Burnside.
The lattei- cljiu.s that thU vave him the notion that
General M.vde would personally be present to su
perintend iaa a actt ; tv.t r.lic result was tbatjneith
er Meac'rf lior Burnside tere there, and an operation
which, ot all others, deuvwled the personal piesemv,
:nteuigSi uc ai;u uivpiiwun ui tue leauer oi tne tr
my, was ie!t a rbipies uttir.
The court of inq.iiry. uc .r in session in the cise,
will, it is ;to bo hoprd, ievulop all the fac;s, and f
fix the ilume where ii properly belongs.
Gea. Slogan's OJicial Report.
hEADous,. Dur'T asu Army or Tens., i
Before Atia.ui, Ga , July 24, 18G4.
General : I have t,b honor t report the follow
ing general stiutmary of ths result of the attack of
the enemy ori this arm i on the 22d n jtant : Total
los3 in'killed, wundtd and nmsmg S.521, and tea.
pieces ui artillery. . x
Ve have buried and delivered to the enemy,
under a fl ?g of truce eat in by them, in front of
the third divis-.cn ot tl3 ovanucnlh army corps,
one thoostud oi their killed.
The ruiniL'ti of the dead in front of-the Fourth
division oi oe same corps, inclu Jing those on the
gronnd not now occupied by our troops, General
Blair reports, wi'.l swell tiia number of thou- dead
. on his frr.r.t to two thousand.
The r.iimLer of rSc-ii dead buried in front of tte
1 ltte'jnto corps rip to tn:s hour is throe hundred arv
- frixty, and the cummanding oCicor reports that a!
least as many more are yet unburied, burying
parlies beme st'.il at wovlj.
The number of dead buried in front of the Six
teenth corps was 422. We have over 1,000 of the.'r
wounded in our hands, the larger number of
wounded bfing carried off during the night after the
engagement by them. We captured eightoen
stands of colors, end have them now.' We also
captured five thousand stand of arms.
Thesttack was made on our lines seven titnot
and was seven times repulsed. Hood's and HardWs
corps and Wheeler's cavalry engaged us. We have
sent to the rear one thousand prisoners, including
thirty-three commissioned officers of high rank.
We still occupy the field, and the.troops are in Eae
spirits.. A detailed and full report will be forward
ed as Boon as complete.
KKCAP1TULAT10N.
Our total loss, 3.521. Enemy's dead thus far
reported buried or delivered to them, 8,220. Total
of prisoners' sent North, 1,017. Total of prisoners
wounded in our bands, 1,000. Esum&ted loss of
the enemy at least lO.Oi.0.
Very respectfully, . . '
Your ob't serv't,
JOHN A. LOGAN, Maj. Gen.
Mtjor General W. T. Sherman, commanding
Military Division of the Mississippi ; .
From arope,
TUB QUEEN'S SPEECH.
On the afternoon of the 30th ult. Parliament was
formally prorogued. - The Queen's speech was
delivered by the Lord Chancellor. In regard to
America the speech says : -
Her Majesty deeply foments that, the civil war
in North America has not been brought to close.
Her Majesty wdl continue to observe a strict neu
trality between the belligerents, and would rejoice
at a friendly reconciliation between the contending
parties. Her Majesty has observed with satisfac
tion that tho -distress whieh the oivil war in North
America has created in some cf the manufacturing
districts has to a great 'extent abated, and her
Majesty trusts that increased supplies of the raw
materials of Industry may be extracted from coun
tries by which it has hitherto been scantily furn
ished" Tbc ot.ie." features of the speech are an expres
sion of regret at the failure of the Dano German
Conference, aud a hope that the new negotiations
may lead to peace ; a reference to. the cession of tho
Jociaa islands; to the satisfactory progress of com
DAT, AUG. 24, 1864.
pares, iu India and in China.; sM to the war
Jttr Zea'anr?, &c , winding ua wirh an ei.omera
tm of the n.ofit .tLporlant acts of tho bessior, and
s exjTCsiuii of satisftiotion at tile eommtrck! posi
uon of the country.' .EfprwjL ' r
Latest Sews From Richmond.
Richxosd, Aog. 17. An official dispatch received
last night states that the ei.aniy made a determined
attack on Cr lines betwean Darbvtown abd the
partes City road, and f one time "broke through
them, but was finally repjl. ad and our original t o
Bition re occupied. A U'er dispatch says the eoe
y did not renew the attack on oar lines after four
Clock. Xeturdae hia f.-tnw. nntV.. nk.
, J W, WU ..... U. IM W J
Wd. after uinnrir.s !i o.iii;i. a ,i ..tm-i-i.
. "v ..... m UI1H..1 ii, UI.:
Tavrn. WU dr-'oa.. ....... uu:. r.u CVi -
. - - - i-.b 1 1 uiw uun. owmttUa
"Onaksa was iull. The Mfemwer of Cuar una-
mtr SlfcVS the enr-mv rnail ejurnrdl ttV..a orc.i:l-D
'urnside's negro troops leading the charge The
iwitroier oi ugroes exce.:d'Kl that oi the caroHgaat
Petersburg on the 30ta of July. The enemy's Joes
is reportod very hoavy. . Tne Confederate Geaeral
vuuuinuii was ailiec.
: - SECOND DP-PATCn.
Richmond. Ang 17. Actug Brig Genl Girar
dy.commfer.dint lrht's brigide. waeshottiiioogh
the ltead and kfiled ir. toe battle 6fytirdiy. His
body wa3 Hr.mght here and will be "sent to Georgia
for sepulture.
From Georgia.
Atlanta, Aug. 16. The party cfthe enemy's
cavalrv thih naftr-H tl-.pnnIi n...t, . -...f
After reaciing Cobb's Millsreturned at night, aud
w supposed to he orriy a reconnoisance. Another
lorce, wuicn movea strjulUoeousty trota Uritrebk
Church, struck the Atlanta and West Point Rail
road at Taubans, burned the depot, tore up the
track. in several places, and then withdrew three
miles and went into camp. The force is estimated
variously from 2 to 5000. The track has been re
paired but trains are not allowed to run in conse
quence of the proximity of the enemy. Last night
and to-day it has been unnsually quiet along the
lins. The enemy's artillery is rema.kably quiet,
which is generally attributed to the scarcity cf
taiTunition. A fsw ebe'ls wow thrown into the
city last night One house on Peach Tree Street
was burned. Loss small.
.second dispatch.
; Atlanta, Aug. 17. The enemy's cavalry have
retired to the vicinity of Fairburn, a portion cross
ing the river near Cambeltown. Trains are tun
ning as usuaL The enemy are busily engaged for
tifying the North side of the Chattahoochee, prin
cipally along the Powder and Cambeltown roads.
Everything quiet along the -front
The enemy opened fire on the city -from another
gun, supposed to be a sixty-four pounder, planted
on the Marietta road. A slow fire was kept up all
night, resulting in the killing of one person. The
general belief is that the Atlanta road was cut at
Ackworth by a portion of our cavalry ori tho 14th.
News from that quarter auspiciously looked for.
Later Irom the North.
Richmond, Aujr. 18. The Baltimore correspon
dent of the New York Post savs that Winter Davis
has written x call for a National Convention to meet
at Buffalo in September .to nominate a candidate for
President A released prisoner reports that the
Tallahassee is cotjinapded by Jno. Taylor Wood.
ThaJTew York- Pst says the McClellan meeting
- id not express the views "or meet tke approbation
of the democratic party. Neither the masses nor
the democratic masses were present - Indian trou
bles in the Northwest are increasing in magnitude.
There was great excitement in Constantinople last
month in consequence of the suppression of a Pro
testant establishment by an armed force.
Richmond, Aug. 17. The Herald of the 18th re
news the suggestion to Lincoln tht Commissioners
be sent to Richmond. It says : " rt'c have arrived at
thatstKC of exhaitS',ioii ;n wir wiitn eve-y cou
sideuiion of wisdom, patriotism and humanity sng
gssts uie propriety of . a magnanimous bonafAe
mov-"uer.t on the part oi the administration ia
befiaif jf e(v." The Herald announces the pr.ee
of itr. u;iy :ssue hereift.r lr be 4 ceats pf r copy.
It was ex petted that Ftissei.den would refcrir tinn
cial atti-ii, bht instead he has plunged deeper into
the sea of paper money. Tie national finance a.w
are mort -unsettled than Ssver. It is evident that
half the papers in the country must soon stup pub
licttion.
Richmond, Aug. 17. The Pa'timore Gatttie of
yesterday is to hand. Buri;S'de has bew rl'c A of
the comtraud of the18th army corps and has ar
rived at iWHajora. Viioox is hi Uruporai y com
mun4 of the corps. Tho Feueral lo in killed 3
wounded in '.he ac.ioil- in Kobi'e Bay is estimated
at 240 men. No particulars received from i'orl
Morgan. O.i tne lOUi Saerman w:is witVn t. usils
of the Marivii road and was fortifying his position
a every step vt;:y strongly. A Co:i'cdrata foroe,
2,300 strong, aro mrnacing. tne boitie'r to-vnd of
Ind'ana. Gsc. Cr.-itig'on iias made a. reqvtjsiMon
on tho govorntnen.t fi r 25,000 men. Yariouj cap
tures by the Tallahassee ai c reported, including the
ship Adriatic and 7oi. BelL Nothing definite ftoia
the Shena.idoah Valley or from Gram's arrr.y.
From Petersburg;.
PinsBSBUKa, Aug. 17.f Derwre and prisonew
in to Jay concur iu the statement thr..t Burnsioei'
and WirroVs orps are still in our front, wh'le
ock's corps and perhaps other inftntry are opera
ting on the North side of James ri ver.
Advices here at headquarters confirm the defeat of
tho Enemy yesterdtiy in the fight near Whits Ta.ern.
Our loss not very larec The fight, is supposed to
Lavs been jeuewed to some extent to day, firing
beins he: din that direction. O Facial advices from
the Valley Department received yesterday. Etate
that up to that time no general engagement had
taken place.
Nothing of interest is transpiring bere. Rain has
been falling every day this week, and is most grate
fcl to both mac and beast - ,
From the Taller -
Heavy cannonading has been heard in the direc
tion of Strasburg nd Apr.t Royal. An intelligant
officer.who arrived ihJtic'iiinond on Saturday last
says the fight could not bo then ostponed many
days, if it had not already been fought
The enemy occupy Winchester, and Sheridan
commands their cavalry
" .
"The News.
Attention is now fixed on Atlanta, Mobile, the
Valley of Virginia, and Petersburg and Richmond,
as points at which desperate struggles are going on
between the Confederate and Federal forces. .
Tho latest advices state, that Atlanta and Mobile
are still in our possession.
A general engagement is expected in the Valley
between Gen. Early and the federal troops.
It seems that two corps of federal troops are still
near Petersburg, and that a formidable body of fed
eral troops has been sent across from Bermuda
Hundreds to threaten Richmond on the north side
of the James. We gi ve a brief accoun t from t he-daily
papers of the conflict which took -place near the
.Charles City Road on the 16 th. One of the dis
patches states that the fight is supposed to have been
renewed on the 17th. Charles City Rrfad leads from
White Oak' Swamp .to Richmond. White Oak
Swamp ia about fifteen miles from Richmond.
The first importation of new Priming Ty pea h.to
the Confederacy from England, is due to the Rich
mond Dispatch, which paper is now printed on
English !ace, imported through tin " efficient"
blockade. The fitputc begins to lock, likj old
times. Wil. Journal.
Whole Nuiiber 1527.
: The Conservative need hot be concerned about,
any proposition or our part to co-oparato with it as
a Oonsarvative paper. We have mad no such pro
position to that paper. We do not segard it as
either Conservative in its principles or as having
any will or principles of its own. It k a joint stock,
mercenary establishment, subsisting on-rich men's
purses and the offal of the treasury. Its nominal
Edior never bad any fixed principles, and never
will have any. " He was first a Democrat, then a
Whig, then the Editor of a freasoil paper in W7s
conain, then a Whig, then a Know Nctbing, ifa'n
a Douglas Democrat, then a Destructive, and then
a Conservative. He rani ror'ongress'iitt l8B3,"ahd
was defeated by the Conservative- randidate, Geo.
Logan. He is now, .rhile prcfesi-ing to be a Con
servative, paving the way, under .ordsis, for the re
construction of the old government, as 4s proved by
the tone of his paper for several weeks past. He,
and those with whom be acta, so far as the Destruc
tives are concerned, would reconstruct the ok' i'.v
eminent to morrow, provided by so doi-g hry
could save slavery and obtain a fair share of tis
federal offices. :'
That a very larje majority of the people of Noi th
Carolina are Conservatives we entertain no uoubt;
Whatever public men, or scif constituted leaders
may say, or plan, or do, these Conservatives wll
'harmonize in good time at tho ballot-box, and thus
save the Stata in future.. ye urs from Ora blighting
rule of the Destructives and .their s'iIIlt, . Take
away the bayonet, and remove the pressure from
the minds and bodies of our people, and let them
go the polls and vote freely, and the Conservative
majority would not be less than thirty thousand.
Election Returns.
Yadl in. Commons, A. C. Cowlos 865, Nichol
son 115. The vote at Mr. Cowles precinct was
Cowles 270, Nicholson 2.
Duplin. Senate, W. R. Ward 418, J. D. Stan
ford 390. Commons, Z. Smith 410, R. B. Houston
3C7, K. M. Faison 360.
Wilkes. Commons, P.' T. Horton 745, A. 8. Cal.
loway 463, K Welborn 297, W. W. Hampton 220,
Stout 143.
From the Conf. (ferate.
Peace.
It is a very easy matter to draw the line on which
fair and legitimate propositions may be made, on
which rightful opinions may be held, and on which
full discussion may be had. It was not always
wise, but it was never criminal to express a wish
for peace to urge government to wake .every
effort to commence negotiations for peace This
was not always wise, because up to a very late pe
riod the enemy had shown no inclination whatev
er to listen, to any terms, except the humiliation
pf an abject submission. Neither the Federal gov
ernment nor the yankee people had 'given promise
of any inclination for other terms. Uatil a late
period, too, the lortunes of the warvaried; and
though the true, brave, patrToVfipfrit looked assS
redly for a final sucaess, it was -obliged to nerve it
self for the endurance of much trial artd danger, in
order to its achievement List summer and fall,
when the peace cry in North-Carolina Was a most
inopportune and inappropriate period for such de
monstration. Then, tho balance of the success
was with the north. Disaster had settled heavily
upon itt, and the cry for peace in such a time, was
like the cry of " enough" by the beaten pugilist when
he gives up the fight So fir. from operating well,
the natural effect of such a cry. at that time was
to stimulate our foes, to inspire unanimity in their
counsels, to strengthen their energies, and t make
their demands mure exorbitant and more impera
tivo:
That such effects were produced, abur.ddnt testi
mony has been f fforded. Now, however, after a
a campaign of uninterrupted success ; alter whole
aouc legislation by Congress which has revived
our affair? ; after a succession of gloomy and l
ponding reverses sustained by otrr enemies, it was
not unfit that ah effort at, suspension of bostili
itie;, at armistice and negotiation should bo eivr.
est'.y made. Tho tirr.e had become appropriate,
ana the evidence or tb;s U'ness is seen in tno
'strong and conticued evidences of the favorite con
sideration of our.ofieis. It ia true so far as Mr.
Lincoln has spoken, he has put a down a broad,
iat toot upon the efforts t' negotiate ; but Mr.
Lir.coln is not the man he was last fall. He is uot
iht head of a govi nuient victorious by Us aruiies,
and in attitudu to command terms. He is uot pes- .
sesced now of power for the length of term he ctd
.heiC The sands in his glass are ruanir-.g Out, and
ibout him, n fron, on his fUttks and to bis war.
e influences the opposite cf his, which arc grown
to strength by the earnest and successful blows
.rhica ws hsve stricken, so that their pofencv is
leuognized and can make iUslf felt To help these
aid. trices in a oriids.it aid sagacious inscner, is
beta righi aud piopsr.
So far qs the jeaco movement ca'eu;)lated an
active, coiistant and energetic asisianse to the
government in bringing abou". negotbttiou, it never
could bi criminal, however at times it might be
impolitic and auaoyiag. .But the criaiinility of
this whole attair has consisted, simply iu tkis that
in some cases, really disloyal men who coveted the
failhre of cur arms and cause, whose allegiance had
never been given to the government, wto still
looked with reverence on the ancient flag now dia :
graced in the hand3 of our invaders, aiid who
lonsred'for some opportune moment when terms
t could be made with the Lincoln government on the
basis of surrendering trie &outnernnaiip!iuty, start,
ed peace movements to-delude the people and to ef
fect, their objects. . -
Othar men, auibitious politicians, and withal un
scrupulous, though they had led the way in the
comuiencemsntrand promised largely towards the
support of the war to a final separation, began to. ;
suspect that the people were becoming wearied of ;
the trials and hardsuips, alio reauy to jump iu muj
terms offering hopes of peace ; and they seized on
Peace as a boobv, Without, in the first place, calcu
lating how far out of the path of patriotism they
might be led. By degrees, however, when their
conduct came to ba criticised and censured, they at
once began to use a hatred of the national govern
ment, commenced, to inreaisn anu u-nwuw t "
tnicroim-snnt its action, and so array it before the
J popular bar as to. destroy the confidence of the
I r . . .. . S ....... I V. u n lit l.MlX
people in its lntegru-y, aim prcP.o -
elsewhere than to the prescribed and legitimate
sources for obtaining that peace which they desired.
In this way came about the plan of separate
State action through the power of the . people a
plan which would have wught to withdraw the
North-Carohna forces from the field to turn them
on the Confederacy which plan would have sought
an alliance from tho enemy, and. looked to the re
construction of the Federal Union for North-Caro-
'"That such wero the objects of these men, has
been distinctly proved, and any amount cf testi
mony 'to this effect can-now be produced. All this
and much more that was -published in ths papers,
and resolved in meetings, and spoken on the streets
and on the stump, was seditious and criminal.
And nesin consists the criminality.
R.it 1J tha we have discussed, and aur opinions
iiM rfnr the miUic. We are content to transier
ihe matter. Jww out of. our hands so fir as the past
' iu Mtndani
' Th .ic cassett of our arms since the spring cam-
1 -palgu coriwtcsijh-ths wanifojt dis'uragement
in the country f our enemies the prospeci of a.
bitter political contest among them ths period of
a change of administration all these things point
to this as an appropriate time for urgent attempts
at peace ; and our government we have, no doubt
avails itself of the occasion; and if Mr. Lraeoln
will consent to an armistice, stop the bloodshed,
let the two nations appoint commissioners, either
by the respective administrations or by delegated
to a National Convention, (the government giving
its assent) and therein h t all matters of discussion
be delibera.ed .rid resoWed, subject to the decision
of tho ootr touted authorities upon the treaty nlti
nt? If to t, maile. If this can be agreed on, there
is tbea no hindraace to the presentation of any
pttn o sei;l?ui6iit wtic'a individuals or Sutes may
l;ropcRc. . . -.
Tiioa, if thf North west shy 'id turoish induce
ments for a SByaraie alliar.ee, cr If he whole Ncrth
should .ffer a T2 cn'on compatible with the honor
and safety of the South, all this w. iild be ma:ter
for consideration; s.nd tHen the various proposi
tions could oc opeu for diicusstou amoug our people
For our own part, we se no plan of safety but
in a permanent separation ; and we can think of no
condition of things which would ureke us s Willing
recipient of any i construction. . But the recoirni
tion of our nati.alty, the pruclaaiin n of an arm- 5
istice, wH enable thS two gr.;e.-u ninu so to pre-. .
.er.C tha points as to" elicit the public sentiraent
A powerful party at the No. th is basing iu po--htical
r.utus on this course of policy ; an we may
louk-to .Aed its boid an , distinct announcement
when the Ohicago Convention meets ia the last of
this month. If we suffer no disaster to befal our
arms in the ueintiuie, it is not unreasonable to
hope that Lincoln himself may plant his standard
uj.on the rauiparts of peuco. .
Lrcif X was the brother of tiie eat N pol j.w a-ifl
tho oidy one tbat-evsr evinced any of tnchig'.i q'i.v..
tis of the E.uperr. He was a deo ?u ret -i;; c i
-nd 4itter'.y onp-wid to his brother's ni..ginic;v.
sc'ie r.e8 of cenquef t and domiuion. When the l.-t
rc.y-1 KS'i a- jut to overthriw the republic, and
lo .gv? to jjraf;- i'ue crown of the Cassars, Locien
h1 f imerv'-. w with him, iu which he upbraided
h:n b.tt-.r' !or his amcition id trashtry. He
vvi j to itct thi &.. dynssty be was a'o.mt to
o-.pa, HOi fi t nec-isariiy upheld by militaiy
u.. tr. a :.5 t.n' in the lapse of years, the great
iikr:u hoc tv.-- mar.iiiceii. and enduring, would
cHjr&n.l r.i!, cru.,U:ng bkn beneath it "yes," said
be, d$s'u:r fnu the iMaiitnl an alabaster vase and
i.t uip'ag rhe hawents, "and grind you to pew-di-,
thus I" riese words together with the mar.
ig; of bucien greatly estranged the brothers
In alter years they had another interview at Man
tua. Eiop was theit at the feet of Napoleon and
only one power, (?reat Brittaiu. whose.strength was
upon the seas, dared oppose him. Napoleon hnd
tried bis other brethren and found them, all utterly
iacapacitUed to wield either the sceptre of a king or
the baton of a marshal of Uih Empire save Joseph,
and he was but a poor apology the pale reflex of
the absent sun. For Lucien's abilities Napt):on
entertained great respect He felt the simiimde cf
his own genius in that of his bi other, lie knew hin ts
possess Urmiiess, coolness and great sagacit v. Wii i
Lueien seated upon the throne of A ustria or Prussia,
he hope! to be able to maintain his own extended
empire intact In the course of the interview Na
poleon inquired of the projects ot his biother, but
found him the same, unalterable republican. In
order to tempt him to his support, Napoleon then
seized a map of Europe lying cn a table near, and
raising it before his brother, bade him to choose any
kingdom thereon for his own. "1 will give it you
aim sustain you in it, said tie. i.ucien declmed.
.Napoleon became exasperated. Lucicn then told
him wore he to accept a kingdom at his hands he
could not serve him as a mere military Satrap, but
should govern his own people in his own war: that
I he could not trade in the blood of bis children, and
tne subject wa but tne child ol the king, meaning
thereby that he could not support Napoleon in his
wars of ambition and conquest ' Napoleon became
more cureged and threatened to force him to obey,
but Lucien calmly reminded him that he was no
subject of his, .nd once more mentioned their for
mer interview, arid the prophesy -then expressed by
himself. The brothers however separated in kind
ness. - Lucien-met the Ecuperor no more until the
day of his adversity. How the saying'of the stern,
republican must have rung in the memory of the '- .
Emperor at that hour. " It will fall upon you, yes," '-'Z
and grind you to powder, thus I "
Lucien must certainly have been a man of great
sagacity. He ar with thr calm eye of reibo;. the
inevitable downtall of the French empire, the utter
humiliation of his brother j bis tender behrt uo
doubt bitterly dip Wed that ii.saue ambition upvu
whote altar tbu.vands .upon 'hu.-ands were i-iori- -ced,
and ho n3biy rejected the .'ff.:r of a kingdom,
.which ordinary minds would have grasped with
avidity, and only proposed to rccepl it upon such
humane and equitable terms that Napoleon, after
all bis solicitations. refweJ to give it. Though ha
is scarcely mentioned in Lielory, be has left
3 n-.b'.e wcard and stands with Washington and Cin
ciunittus ou thv. roll of patriots... lie was too much
of t republican to consent to the enslavement of a
people for hi& ovtn aggrandizement and the welfare
of a oro'iiar, vb'ose genius he was forced to admire
as ft ell as ilep.ui e. ' ,
To Cleas Mirrors. Tha greatest care should
Ve taken in denning a mirior, ts nse only the soft
est articles least" the glass snould be scratched. It
slit all first be dusted with a feather bruah, then
washed over with a sponge, dipped in . spirits of
wine, to remove the fly spots. After this, it should
bi dust?! nith f.owdr blue in a thin muFlin bag,
aid finally polished with an old sill: haudkerchief.
A F.p?c Sfoi.v. The army concsponoVnt of the
Vt v VtrK. H:al'i writes an account of the famous
"u -i.-e raid s-:..::n Uic- Iiis, and without riders, lie
" s;. : b . Nar Ccrtiu'l 11 tindrcd there is a large cor
?a!, w'"t2 .1! i-i dl-'Lb'ed .ad wom out hoie
bru.i'it ui-ti ry G.rr ohcridaa after his famous raid
--.ire sun flu id 'i'iio poor be;tsts have apparently
Lut 1 .-:; t'if'ir oriRiiial rigor left. That was
aha', we ttVJ?!'- a week or two bince. Now we
ha.-e cwcijjd oar opinion. Djiiiigtlwheavj- firing
on oi:r.iisKi a i'uort time bimc, these lamo and
worn out cq-iino wamars pviked up their ears,
Stratghie'iid '.lin'r sore and stifi limos, tossed tha'r
maae, lorn.i in squadrons, and w.th several loud
snorts charged on a number rf instfaasive luules.
Two mul js were inslartiy killed ar,d the others fled
in the wild;si disorder. The horses aain formed
to the music of GiihmWs aitillery, and charged oa
a high rail fence, whicti tley at once broke down.
They did not delist from their warlike demonstra
tion HiUil the artillery ceased firing."
ManT a elorion HH-culetioiihas hi'.vi fr the name gooil
reast.il that the eld T.mti Ranger gave when he waa aak. d
wbv bo didn't buy land when it was d-ig cheap.
Well I did cm nigh onio Ubag eight rhuoaand acn
once sa'd Tom i UUlip-. inournfully You aee. two of the
. . nn, H. fr.nu an Indian hunt without any
Shoes, and tbey offered me their title for two league, just
below there, fer a piir of boots.
For a pair of boot f cried in.
Y. a, pair of bwta for each leane. ' .
llut whv on earth d.d'nt yuu take it t Thev'd be worth
a hundred thousand dollars to duy. Why did nt you give
Ju'cauae'l did-ni hare the bams to give, said old Tom
. . 7 . i r n.iita n if ha owned
a ne tons ano ner wtn ui n
two leagues of land.
Phbntici ka. Gen. Grant now occupies the cel
ebrated ' White House," s few miles out of Rich
mond, as bis headquarters. We wish that the still
more celebrated White House at Washington were
a thousandth part as well occupied. "
Last Saturday, one of the " pedagogues who have
flogged" President Lincoln, paid him a visit at tho
White House. , ...... w
' We could almost hope that he did bis oW wort;
over again. , ,. .
The Lincoln editors indulge ih no opinion that .
he has not prepared for their use. Tlwy are like
the Ouheitans, who think no food, fit to eat until
the cook has chawed it for them.
Mr. Lincoln is a very loan man to have the ?ia
posal of so many fat offices.
"An abolition editor atks if we acknowledge that
negroes have souls to be ssnved We acknowledge
that he has one to be damned."
The actors of New York are' demanding larg-r
salaries, and are holding meetings to enforce their
demands. . - ' 41
Which travels at the greatest speed, heat or cold t
Het, because you can easily tatih cold. - r