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KALEIGH: FKIDAY. SEPT. 1, 1884.
Wilmington.
The Confederate of Wednesday is of opinion that
Wilmington will be speedily attacked by the enemy ;
nd in view of tnis U enler8 its Protest 65n8t r
Linirg Goo. Whiting in command. It says :
vVc should iail to do ourduty to the State and
, sense of right, if we withheld the fact that a
lafee portion of our people do not have confi
I'nce in this officer for that command ; and desire
riiber that one of higher grade should supersede
.w Rome other should be substituted for
S This is a fact, well known ; and if Gen.
him, or taai sumo
Forts below are lost, tnere wui go ionu g"
dmiuistration a fierce and general accusation. We
do not intend to uuuao utu.
L.erits, nor to indicate our own opinion on the
Lnts which wo feel bound to notice. If Wilming
ton is worth defending, it is worth defending suc
cessfully worth defending to the death. It will
rcuaire a commanding officer of patient, calm, un
sellable temperament, who will not be liable to
lose his balance by any extraneous circumstance.
It will require not only this patience, calmness and
freedom from excitement, but it will call for the
session not only of ordinary, but of indomitable
nerve About the commanding officer there will
reouire to le an indifference to danger that its pre
sence cannot shade. It will require a sagacious dis
eriuiiMtor and judge of character, for the selection
of officers within the Forts, and the men to be used
under them must be of the kind that will know no
wrrender-of the stamp who will forget Forts
liaines and Morgan, and rememoer Fort Sumter.
Wc agree with the Confederate that the first mili
tary talent should be assigned to Wilmington, and
that such a defence should be made as will reflect
credit on North-Carolina and the brave troop at
and below that place. We also agree with that pa
per that Gen. Whiting is not the man for the occa
sion, and we do so without positively Inouing what
the "extraneous circumstance" i to which that
paper refers. ' Extraneous ' " extraneous." What
does our cotemporary mean f The word is defined
to mean "existing without" May it not exist
within t We confess we do not know.
The ConfedsraU adds, " if General Clingman's
wound will allow, Wilmington, in our opinion,
ciuld not be in safer hand" Gen.' Clingman will
tight, and he would no doubt hold on to the place
with bull dog tenacity ; but the Vonftderale aa
mits that Gen. Clingman's "acts of usefulness" in
the service "have not yet had their reward," and
it is not likely, at this late day, that a favorite offi
cer who is liable even to "lose his balance by iny
extraneous circumstance," will be retired to make
room for a North-Carolina Brigadier. Has the
Confederate no fear of consequences before its eyes,
when it thus taps the President, no matter how
gently, over the shoulders of Gen. Whiting ?
But the Confederate turns over a new leaf in mil
itary tactics, by assuming that " the beat mode of
aving Wilmington is by capturing Nowbern."
It thinks the Governor and the commanding officer
of Reserves, that is, Gen. Holmes, "may organize
a force sufficient to sit down before Newbern and
compel its surrender I" We doubt the feasibility
of the undertaking: In the first place, the Con
federate thinks that the best military talent is nec
essary to a successful defence of Wilmington, while
it suggests the most ordinary military talent to save
AVilmiogton by capturing Newbern ;' and secondly,
while every citixan of the Sbue would be glad to
see Newbern' captured and re occupied by oar
troops, yet it is hardly to be expected that Gov.
Vance and Gen. lioiuies, in command of some
thousand! of untrained Reserve?, could accomplish
what GeneialsIIill and Hoke have failed to do with
siege guns and regular troops.
We will tell the Confederate what will save Wil
mington, and Petersburg, and the State of Georgia.
Deiperale fighting ! No giving back, no strategy,
no waiting till we get stronger, but desperate fight
ing. That is the key of steel, tipped with fire,
which must unlock the door that conducts to vic
tory. '
The Hendeibon Timet and other thumb papers
are still making merty over the "late W. W. Hoi
den, of Wake County." Never mind, gentlemen,
we are "late," but we shall be in time. You at
tempt to insult now where you would have cringed
and fawned if the people could have had a free elec
tion. You inote. in your wretched consciences,
that the late election was a mere farce, and that
truth, and justice, and tho popular wish had no
voice against force and. fraud. Your imaginations
at their greatest stretch can form no conception of
the contempt and scorn we entertain for you. Ye
are the poor servitors of the hour, without honesty,
truth, or manhood.
" Dogs, easily won to fawn on any man."
We wjnt no buch curs to bark for us. There is
a better day ahead. When our independence shall
have been achieved and the bayonet withdrawn, the
people will turn upon you and crush you aslh
elephant crushes a worm under his ponderous foot
Of course we speak in a political sense.
N. C. BwoADES. Gen. Kirkland having recov
ered from his recent wound, has been assigned to
the brigade lately commanded by Gen. J. G. Mar
tin. Col. McRae of the 15th N. C. Regiment, com
mand Kirkland's old brigade. Col. A. 0. Godwin,
&7th N. C. Troops, has been promoted to the rank
of Brigadier General. Confederate.
Why is it that CoL W. J. Clarke is not made a
Brigadier? He is a good tactician, a brave man,
and has seen much service. Has he no friend at
Court ? We beg the authorities " not to let this
inquiry, by vs, prompted as it is only by a &er.e
of justice, operate as an ir.jury to CoL Clarke. It
may be known, if such knowledge 13 at all iinp:ir
tont, that there is no intercourse of any kind be
tween Col. Clarke and the Editor of this piper ;
W we speak a .one being minded to aee justice
done and the cause advanced by rewarding mihiaiy
l'ilily and faithful service.
And why w not Gen. Clingman made a Uajor
tnueral? He deserves it.
Maj Thcs. D. Hogf.'of the Subsistence Dopart
ttent, gives notice that he wants to purchase Irish
potatoes, onions, and sour krout for the North-Caroms
soldiers in the trenches around Petersburg
isons having anv of the above named articles are
'equested to furnish them to him or to any of the
following named Agents : Major James Sloan at'
ensboro; John L. Brown, Charlotte; Jno. Di
Bro
Al 'k", "'--i ; G. H. White, Statesville.
Vol. XXX. No. 28.
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The Senatorship.
The Con$ertatite of recent date, apparently
very willing to be drawn out upon the subject,
stated in reply to the Pfogrett that Gov. Vance
would accept the Senatorship in place rf Mr. Doftch,
if tendered him by the Legislature. The Progress
thought as much, and so did we. But it seems
there are others who would be glad to have the
place. The Greensborough Citizen, supposed to be
very friendly to the Hon. John A. Gilmer, says :
" We Be that the papers of our State capital are
already speculating about who shall be our next
Confederate States Senator. We conceive there is
no chance for the return of Senator Dortch to that
body. He is noLthe man for that position in these
perilous and trying times. We want the very best
talents, the ripest experience and the profoundest
wisdom of the Stat. We want one who will be
the.peer of the illustrious and distinguished Gra
ham. Gov. Vance would fill a position in the Sen
ate with credit to himself and with honor to the
Sute, nor would we hesitate to advocate his claims,
were he not so invaluable to his people in the po
sition to which they have re elevated him by such
an unprecedented majority. - He would not suffic
iently regard their wishes, were he to suffer hU
name to enter into the contest for that high position.
He is where he can be most useful to them, and
they have other and distinguished men, whom they
would like to see fill that place. No one has high
er claims than our townsman tho lion. John A.
Gilmer. The Confederate Senate has been hereto
fore composed of gentlemen, to a great extent, of
ultra and extreme views. It has needed a uprinkle
conservatism in it, and wo are glad to see that the
Legislatures of other States, like ours, have sent
men of more conservative principles wherever a va
cancy occured. Our Ltgislaturc put Mr. Graham
in the place of Mr. George Davis, and should they
put Mr. Gilmer in the place of Mr. Dortch next
winter, then we should have in that body two rep
resentatives of which any people might be proud.
Mr. Gilmer occupied an eminent position in the low
er House of theUnited States Congress, and his in
fluence in bringing about negotiations between the
belligerents will perhaps be greater than that of
any ether of our statesmen, unless it be Senator
Giaham. Surely, if a country ever needed its wi
sest men in its most responsible offices, ours does
at this perplexing crisis."
To which the Conservative, not to be outdone in
politeness, and out of the most sincere regard for
the public weal, replies as follows :
" The Greensboro' Citizen advocates the election
of Hon. John A. Gilmer as the successor of Mr.
Dortch in the 0. S. Senate. Mr. Dortch's term
will exnire with the present Congress, which will
I e in February, 1866. The election of Senator will
therefore devolve upon the ensuing Legislature to
assemble the third Monday of next November.
While we recognize in Mr. Gihher one of the
best and noblest of North-Carolina's sons, we are
not prepared to urge, his or the ciaini3 of any one
else for the Senatorship at this time ; and we trust
out friend will not prematurely agitato the Senato
rial question. We desire the representatives of
the people to assemble unpledged and unbiassed,
no far as the election of Senator is concerned, in
order that they may be the better enabled to select
the right man. We consider it very imgortant that
whoever is elected to succeed Mr. Dortch should
truly represent the people of the State; and hav
ing cor.ndence. as a general tnmg, in the members
elect to the Legislature, we shall be content to
abide their decision in the matter, whether Gov.
Vance, Mr. Gilmer, or any other good and true
man u selected to succeed Mr. Dortch."
Whereupon the Confederate, speaking for Rich
mond, and for the disinterested and faithful office
holders generally under the administration, declares
that "Mr. Dortch will be approved for"his fidelity,
by the usual meed of re-election, which it is the
custom to bestow on tried and faithful officers."1
And that paper, waxing warm in the interest of the
office holders, whose disinterestedness and love 0f
spoils we beg pardon love of country may the
Fates reward, proceeds to give as one of the rca
sons why Mr. Dortch should be re elected, that
."he has secured the confidence of the President
and his associates" Mr. Benjamin, of course in
cluded, to say nothing of Mr. Mallory, who blows
Up ships ; and that " it would be a fit recognition
of the support of the friends of Mr. Davis in the
late election, to re-elect Mr. Dortch." The Confed
erate admits the bargain between Mr. Davis and
Gov. Vance, and claims for the former his part of
the reward. But if Mr. Dortch cannot be re-elected,
then the Confederate thinks Mr. Edwards, (Wei-
don N.) or Mr. Hale, (K J. Sr.) or Judge Shepherd,
or Mr. Gilmer would do. " Woe's the day, woe's
the day," that we should have lived to see John A.
Gilmer preferred for office by Duncan E. McRie !
But such preference, like bad thought. can do no
harm unless cherished. A bird may light on one's
head, but one is not obliged to let it build its nest
there. But CoL McRae is an "old bird" in the tan
gled copsewood of politics. It is evident that he
regards Gov. Vance and himself as the strongest
persons yet named or thought of for the Senator
ship; and so he keeps the Governor and himself
in the background, while he tickles Mr. Dortch,
and Mr. Edwards, and Mr. Hale, and Mr. Shepherd,
and 'Mr. Gilmer, in the hope that they, after they
shall bare been distanced by Gov. Vance in the pre
liminary training, will retire in bis favor, and thus
help him to a realization of that "fit recognition of
the support of the iriends of Mr. Davis in the late
election." Iildeed, the Colonel goes so far as to say
that Mr. Gilmer would be acceptable, because he is
identified with "a calm, unexcitcd, unprejudiced
Conservatism," thus indicating his readiness to
embrace such a Conservatism, provided it will ele
vate him on the basis of "mutual concession " to
the much coveted Sanilorghip.
. But the Citizen, speaking for its worthy cham
pion Mr. Gilmer, says the Confederate Senate
" needs a tprinlle of Conservatism in it." Is that
all the Citizen will say for Mr. Gilmer in this re
spectf Would not a shower of the article do as
well? Yea, verily, we" think there . is need of a
' f.ojd of it, to wash away impurities and to give a
more healthful atmosphere to the ship.
. The Conservative thinks very highly of Mr. Gil
tiicr. . It would do almost anything for him hut
' urge his claims" for the Senatoii-hip ; and after
li;ving, itself, opened the discussion of the Senato
rial question by' declaring by authority that Gov.
Vance is a candidate, it "changes its tactics, and
begs the Citizen, not to "prematurely agitate the
Senatorial question." It knows that Gov. Vance
has the inside track, by virtue of his power and
patronage, and that both will be unsparingly used
to obtain the prise ; and therefore, as the Conserva
tive and its candidate are on high ground and doing
very well "at this time" it puts its finger on its
treasury gorged lips and tells every body else who
wants the sugar-plum, to be silent Excellent, dis
interested Conservative I Thau shalt have all thy
expenses paid for three months in advance put of
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNES
v
Hie corruption fend, and if any of the subscribers
should complain of too heavy a drain on their
purses, they shall be nicked and exposed. What a
blessing it is to have a free press in a free coun
try! " .
Our feelings are very much complicated, so to
speak, when we reflect on the situation of our an
cient friend Mr. Dortch. Both the Conservative
and Citizen concur in the opinion nhat his re-election
is hopeless; and the Confederate, taking him
by the beard and asking "art thou in health, my
brother f" prepares to stab him under the fifth rib.
The only consolation we can offer him is, that his
term will not expire until February, 1866, and that
if defeated he will net be a conscript until the pe
riod mentioned. . .
There is a rumor, which is believed to be well
founded, that Gov. Vance is Tory anxious to be
Senator, in order to escape the great responsibili
ties which will devolve on the Executive during the
ensuing two years. If elected, he will probably
resign at once, and the Speaker of the Senate will
take his place as Governor. We shall see what we
shall Bee. Meanwhile as a true Conservative we
take no interest in these unseemly contests for office.
We would support no one for Senator who had the
slightest taint of Destructiveism on his garments.
Others may do what may seem good and right in
their own eye3, but for one we intend to stand by
our record and take the consequences, whatever
they may be.
Death of Gen. Morgan.
The Abingdon Virginian gives the following ac
count of the manner of Gen. Morgan's death, re
ceived from an eyewitness r
He did not fall in battle, and if the defeat of his
command, as has been published in the Lynchburg
and Richmond papers, on Saturday, the 3d inst.,
accompanied by the brigades of Uiltner, Hodges
and Smith, and a detax-hment-of Vaugban's, with
lour pieces o( artillery, Gen. Morgan and his staff
approached the town of Greenville, Tenn. Scouts
had brought the inlormaticn that the enemy were
not nearer tuan Bull's Gap, 16 miles ' distant, and
in addition, a guard had bceu sent into the village
to reconnoitre. Upon tho report of the entire ab
sence of the enemy, Cassel's battallion, commanded
by Oapt J. M. Clarke, together with the four guns,
were posted some S or 4U0 hundred yards from the
C. U , when Gen. Morgan and his Staff eulered and
established headquarters at the residence of Mrs.
Dr. Williams, near the centre of the town. Shortly
after the advent of the guard in town, young Mrs.
Williams, (daughter-in-law of the lady at whose
houtie Gen. Morgan had his headquarters,) disap-,
peared, a scout was sent for but couid not find hcrj
and as she returned with the enemy next morning,
it appears she had ridden all tho way to Bull's Gap
and bad given information l Morgvii's whereabouts
and the strength of the guard. Precaution had
been taken to prevent the egress of persons who
might convey iuiormation to the enemy, and all the
roads and avenues were picketed. After visiting
the camps and seeing that pickets had been duly
posted, Gen. Morgan and his Stafi, at a late hour
of the night, retired to rest Being greatly fatigued,
they slept very soundly, and were Btartled from
their slumbers about 6 o'clock on Sunday morning
by the elder Mrs. Williams, who informed them
that the Yankees bad surrounded the house. The
General and his Staff at onca sprang from their beds,
armed themselves and rushed out at the opposite
door to that at which the Yankees were thundering.
On the side of the house where they escaped there
is a very large yard and garden, with a great deal
of foliage and a vineyard. These, together with
the basement of the old hotel at the southwestern
extremity of the grounds, enabled them to conceal
themselves for a time, but the Yankees by this time
began to appear so thick and fast around them,
that concealment became hopeless, and they rushed
out to attempt to fight their way through, in the
hope of succor and assistance from the battalion so
near at hand. The officers with General Morgan,
were Maj. Gasset, and Capts. Withers, Rogers and
Clay, and a young gentleman by the named John
son, a clerk in the office of the AdjL General At
this time they were all, except Witners and Clay,
in the basement of the old hotel, occupied by Mrs.
Fry, (wile of the notorious bush wticker murderer
now in our posbession,) who was all the time calling
to the Yankees, informing them of the hiding place
of the "rebels." Seeing escape almost hopeless,
Gen. Morgan dirccttd Maj. Gasseti to examine and
see if there was any chance of escape from the
front of the baaement into the street. Maj. G.
looked and replied that there was a chance, but it
was a desperate' one, which Gen. Morgan did not
hear, as at that instant the Yankees charged up to
the fence separating the hotel from Mrs: Williams'
grounds, when the General, with' Maj. Gassett,
CapL Rogers and Mr. Johnson, sprang out in the
direction of the vineyard, when the two latter were
captured and the General killed. The latter had just
fired his pistol, and was in the act of firing again
when he fell. ' Capts. Withers and Clay had not
been able to get out of the house, and bad conceal
ed t.iemselves in or near it. Maj. Gassett, in the
meantime, sought shelter in the basement and vine
yard alternately, but could not elude the vigilance
of Mrs. Fry, who was all the time directing atten-.
tion to his whereabouts. Being the only rebel
left Withers and Clay having been discovered and
betrayed by a negro Maj. Gassett's ingenuity was
put to work to avoid capture. Mrs. Fry knew he
was in the basement, and the Yankees were as thick
around him as snakes in harvest After passing to
and fro several times between the basement and the
garden, all the time under fire, he finally took shel
ter in the former, and at an auspicious moment
sprang into the street, gave Mrs. Fry a parting blea
ting in his exit, mounted a horse bitched near by
and made his escape. - A great many shots were
fired by the Yankee, but the only one that took
effect was that which killed Gen. Morgan, piercing
his right breast, and ranging 'through diagonally.
Withers, Rogers, Olay sod Johnson are now, we
presume, in a Yankee prison, and Maj. Gassett is
again on duty with his command.
The General was determined never to surrender,
and told membei-s of his staff they, must not give
up. - He was heard to ay " they have got us sure,"
when he drew his pistol and commenced Bring. ,
After Gen. Morgan had been killed, the unfeeling
brutes who murdered, him threw hi lifeless body
across a horse and paraded it through the streets,
as we have been informed, ilia body was subse
quently sent through the lines by flag of truce.
Capt J. A. Nes'.y's company of Home Guard,
out all last week hunting deserters in this county,
came into Town Saturday, to get supplies, &e.,
report that tbey bad found no deserters and could
hear of none of the persons whose names were
given them as such, being in the woods. Many of
-those whose names were listed to them as deserters
were cither at their posts in the army or in hos
pitals, and some of them killed in battle 1 Salis
bury Watchmaji. '
Tas Yakciis wast Onions. So great is the cry
for onions made in hehalf of Gram's army, that an
"onion fund" has been started in New York and
Philadelphia.
Lee's boys are endeavoring to relieve the crav
ings of Grant's army fr onions, by giving them a
"little more grape," which if not quite so nutritious,
is far more corrective of all the '' ills which flesh is
heir to" than the unsavory esculent they want.
Petersburg Express.
DAY, SEPT. 21, 1864:
Gea HcClallaii's-Letter of Acceptanoe.
We give bslow a synopsis of Gen. McClellan's
letter of acceptance:
He say 8 the existence of more than one govern,
rnent over a region which once owned our flag is
incompatible with the peace, happiness and pros
perity of the people.
The preservation of the Union being the sole
object for which the war was commenced,' it should
have been conducted for that object only, and in ac
cordance witb those principle which 1 took occa
sion to declare when in actual service. Thus con
ducted, reconciliation would have been easy, and we
. might have reaped the benefit of our many victo
ries on land and sea.' The Union was originally
formed by a spirit of conciliation and compromise,
and to restore and preserve it, the same spirit must
prevail in our councils and in the hearts of the
people..
Tee re establishment of the Union ia all its In
tegrity is and must continue to be the indispensa
ble condition in any settlement So soon as it is
. clear or even probable that our present adversaries
are ready for peace upon the basis of the Union we
should exhaust all the resources of statesmanship
practiced by civilized nations and taught by tra
ditions of the American people consistent with the
honor and interest of the country, to secure such a
peace. A re established Union and guarantees for
future constitutional rights of every State in the
Union is the one condition of peace we ask no
more, and wben any one State is willing to return
to the Union, it should be received at once with a
full guarantee of its constitutional rights. If frank,
earnest and persistent efforts to obtain these objects
should fail, the responsibility for ulterior conse
quences will fall upon those who remain in arms
against the Union. But the Union must be pre
served at all hazards. I could not look in the face of
icy gallant comrades of the army and navy who
have survived so many bloody .battles, and tell
them that their labors, the sacrifice of so many
slain and wounded brethren bad been in vain, and
that we had abandoned that Union for which cause
they have so often been preserved.
A vast majority of our people would as I would
' hail with unbounded joy the permanent restoration
of pece on the basis of the Union under the Con
stitution", without the effusion of another drop of
Mood, but no peace can be permanent without
Union.
As to the other subjects presented in the resolu
tions of the Convention I need, only say that I
thonld seek in the Constitution of the United
States and the laws framed in accordance there
with for the rule or my duty and limitations of Ex
ecutive power.
We learn that a terrible Railroad collision occur
red on the North-Carolina Road, near Morrisville,
about twelve miles west of this City, on Wednesday
morning last The mail train "for this City was
r.early an hour behind time, and was dashing in
to Morrisville, when it came in contact with a
freight train going out One of the locomotives
was nearly entirely destroyed, and the other much
injured. No one was seriously hurt except David
Bethuue, Esq , one of the members elect from Rob
eson County. Both his legs, it is said, were broken,
and he was otherwise injured, it is feared fatally.
Mr. Bothune was removed to the Wayside Hospital
in this City.
The attention of those having tithe tobacco to pay
is dircted to tho advertisement on the subject in
this paper.
Proeiamaliou by Joseph . Brown, of Georgia.
The distracted condition of our country and the
calamities which have befallen us, are evidence that
our individual and national transgressions have pro
voked the displeasure of Almighty God who rules
the destinies of nations and States as well as of
men. He is using for bur chastisement our wicked
but powerful enemy who has overrun a large pjr-,
tion of the territory of our own State, as well as of
thp Confederacy, and has laid waste or greatly dam
aged our cities, towns, villages, and fields. God's
word, however, is full of promise that if we will
turn froth the error of our ways and humble our
selves before Him, and implore His pardon for our
sins as a people, and in our aggregate capacity as a
State, as well as in our private character as indi
viduals, will acknowledge Him as Lord of Lords,
Kings of Kings, hs will near us in Heaven, his lofty
dwelling place, and answer us in peace.
In the hope, therefore, in this time of great pub
lic calamity, if our whole people will unite in the
name and through the merits of our Lord and Sa
viour Jesus Christ, in imploring pard in and divine
aid in our great strugle, that God will hear us, will
give victory to our arms, a:id by confounding the
counsels of our enemies, and causing terror and dis
may in their ranks, will enable us to triumph over
them, and to drive them from the soil of our beloved
State, I issue this, my Proclamation, setting apart
THURSDAY, the 15th day of this present month,
as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. And I
request that all secular employment be suspended
on that day, and that all business houses and public
offices be closed, and that the entire people ot this
State, both male ana lemale, do assemble at their
respective places of public worship, and with all
tkuir hearts and all their souls, that they invoke the
livor and aid of Almighty God. And I especially
request the. reverend clergy of all sects and denom
inations, to attend and lead in religious exercises
appropriate to the occasion. I also must respectful
ly request that General J. B. Hood, and the army
under bis command, and all other Confederate and
State officers and soldiers upon the soil of Georgia,
unite with the people of this State in the appropri
ate observance of the day, for the purposes above
mentioned. While our enemies rely fos success
upon their superior numbers and their great resour
ces, if we will place our trust in the God of Israel,
and do our whole duty toward Him and to eaqji
other, the day of our deliverance will" be near at
band.
a? Given under my hand and tho Great Seal'
ville, this 5th day of September, l6t.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
A letter to Capt. James E. Allen, of this county,
from his son, N. M. Allen, a prisoner of war at
Point Lookout, dated Auguat 28th, has the follow
ing paragraph,' which we copy for the information
of the friends named :
" The members of our company here, (Co. G,
Olh N..O.) Sergt. Lyon, W. L. Moring, A. A. Lewi,
M. Wimberly, S. B. Yates, a Eubank, Wm. Bur
gess, W. Yeavgin, G. W- Yarner, G. P. Cheek, E L
Pan ish, S: M:lbollen, and M. T Horton, dpsire you
to let their people know that they are here, and
well."
Ricbes. There is, too often, a burden of care in
n.tfir.( fVittm Ktivtjkn i-i t" a nri.tiT in L-a.nlnir tllAm
a buiden of temptation in using them, a burden of
guilt in abusing them, a burden of sorrow in losing
them, and a burden of account at east to be given up
for possessing and cither improving or misimprov-
Stokes Coostt. We learn that qnite a number of
deserters in Stokes county have availad themselves
.of the Governor's Proclamation and the order of Cen.
Lee. The Home Guard of that county were ajso or
dered into service, but this commendable action on
the part of the deserters has saved ttaem a vast deal
of trouble. We are informed that some fifty thus
voluntarily returned to their posts in the army.
This is the right, way and it is a pity many others
now skulking from duty cannot be prevailed upon
to adopt it It is without doubt the last chance.
Westira Sentinel
Whole Numbkr 15
The Latest News.'
Our budget of news to day is sraal ut we give
all we have received op to the time ol ing to press.
From. Potersbarg.
Every thing was quiet on the Uth, and the day
was observed throughout the City by fasting, hu
miliation, and prayer. Skirmishing on the 14th,
and heavy cannonading along the lihee. The City
was shelled several hoars nasi vigorously. The
enemy had advanced bis pickets somewhat towards
the Snuthside Road, but it had been followed by bo
important demonstration.
The New York Herald of the 10th says that in
formation from different quarters indicate a terrible
battle at any moment at Ream's Station.
The Petersburg Express of Tuesday says !
- "The quantity of shipping at City Point; andj
ine oasy nam ot lite now seen there, we are inform
ed, reminds one more of a New York East River
dock, than a mere military station Some eighty or
ninety miles in the interior. Up aod down toe
river vessels are. always seen moving while others
are anchored out in the stream, or moored at the
wharf discharging freight or receiving the wound
ed of Grant's army, to be transferred North. The
wharf constructed for military purposes at the
Point, is of the largest dimensions, and numerous
vessels are enabled to approach at- the same time.
Large warehouses bare also sprung up not onb
under the hill, but above, and at convenient points
along the railroad.
Grant is apparently lying, passive until he can
receive such reinforcements as will enable him to
strike a heavy blow. Ha is no doubt receiving ad
ditions every day, and will no doubt be' reinforced
by a large portion of Sherman's men, to aid him in
accomplishing the capture of this city, or seise the
Southside railroad. We do not therefore lock for
any active movements of importaece fer fiomo days
to come."
Ws have nothing new from Atlanta. There is a
truce for ten days between Hood and Sherman.
We give the following schedule of miles between
the two armies on the Railroad :
Ditaaces on the Macon and Atlanta Kartlroad.
raox hacox to atlakta.
From itaeon to Howards, 8
BSTWIBR TBS STITIOSS.
From Maooo to Howards, 8
Howards to Cnwrfbrds r
Grawftirds to- Hmarrs, fl
Sniariu to Forsyllie, - 6
Forsythe to Oollurs,
Colliers to Gogginr, - 6
Goggins to Uarusrilli, S
BaruMville to Utlner, 7
U i In er to Thorn too, S
Thornton to Griffin, S
Grilfin to Fayette, T
FajeiR to LoTejojf. 7
Crarturds,
IS
- hmarr,
" Forsvths,
" Colliers,
Goggina,
" Barneaville.
- Milner,
" Thornton,
" Griffin,
- Fayette,
" Lovtjoy.
" Jonesboro',
" Morrows.
Bonzh A tteady,
" East Point,
Atlanta,'.
81
81
82
87
42
H
60
67
74
81
S
2
97
103
Luvnj jys to JonMboro', 7
Junesboro' to Morrows. S
Morrows to Rough A R'dj, fl
Rough A R'dy o tut Pt,
liast i'oinl to Atlanta, S
The Petersburg Erprets of Tuesday says :
"A gentleman from Winchester, which place be
leit on lbursday last, reports sll quiet is the V al
ley, with the exception of occasional cavalry skir
mishes. The present location of our army it is un
necessary to state, but our people may rest assured
tlmr it ia in ttiA ai Vi I .l.n.l
NW . M IU UB JlgUI. V.C
From the North.
The New York Union Convention nominated B.
E. Fen ton for Governor, and Thoma3 Q. Alverd,
Lieutenant Governor. The IllinoisDemocratic Con
vention nominated J. 0. Robm. on for Governor.
Resolutions were passed endorsing the Chicago
platform declaring the intention Of he Democrats
of Illinois to give a unanimous support to IfcCrel-
ian and Pendleton.
The Tennessee Union Convention passed resolu
tions favoring the call of a Stat Convention and
the abolition ot slaverv.
New York papers of the 12th have been received.
the war news unimportant. UcClellan s letter of
acceptance has caused great sensation among tae
peace democrats. The New York Aio says it can
not support a candidate in collision with the Con
vention that tendered him the Domination: Mulla-
ly, editor of the Metropolitan Etcori, repudiates
McClellan. Yallandigham, who was on his way to
canvass Pennsylvania, withdrew his appointments
and returned dome in disgust. .
. Gold closed at 822.
The N. Y. Herald ot the 13th says; our recent
victory and rumors of victory to come, is owing to
the fact that all the Presidential candidates are upon
the war platform, The success of the new loan, and
other causes sll combined, brings dbwn gold nine
teen, on Saturday.
The branch railroad from the Cjty Point track
around to the Yellow Tavern, has been oompMted
as far as the Jerusalem Plank Road, and the trains
are running to the latter point
Ic the following official telegram from Secretary
. Stanton, we find that Seward was deceiving the
Auburnites when be told them that the draft- would
not be enforced :
Washikgtox, September 1.
. Major-General Dix, Nete York:
This Department is still without any dispatches
1 from south of Nashville.
f It is supposed to be General Sherman's design to
i withdraw his lvaneed columns aad give his army
re&t in Atlanta, and establish himself securely there,
and restore his railroad communications brokeo by
Wheeler and Forrest, before making further ad
vances. No operations by the armies of General Grant or
General Sherman are reported to-day.
The provost marshal-general's office Is busily en
gaged in arranging the credits of the several dis
tricts, and is ordered to draft Without delay for the
deficiency in the districts that have not tilled their
Quotas, becinnine with these most in arrears.
Credits for volunteers will be allowed as long as
possible; bat toe -advantage of filling the armies
immediately requires the draft to be speedily made
in the defaulting districts. All applications for its
postponement hare, therefore, been relused.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Baltimore, September 6 A special dispatch to
the Baltimore American, dated Berry villa, Va,
Sept 8, says :
Tho enemy are still in Sheridan's front; and as-
far as can be seen, there are no indication oi tr-
ly's retreat up the V alley at present. Tne cavalry
force which left Rippon's on Frid ty night has re
turned, having ascertained thai the enemy was in
strong force beyond tue upequio.
" Recruits and conaletceuts from the army arc ar
riving in great numbers almost every day, alid are
being rapidly sent lorwara to in ironu
A telegram from Washington, dated September
7, P. 1L, says : " '
Advices from Grant's aamy represent recruits as
arriving rapidly, and mure than counterbalancing
r the loss of those troops whot-e term of service ha
expired. Ine regiments there, are ti Ung up, and if
the country will oniy. keep up the coikI work a month
loneer, Grant will have his desired '"one hundred
thousand" extra with which to ti.iish the rebellion
Two regiments composed of tho cnploves in the
Quartermaster's Department at Alexandria, bav
been organized and the fflcera commissioned.
The One llundred and Forty-eighth Ohio, out of
service, reached Washington on Wednesday, and
called at the White House, when Ut Pmkhmt
made a brief address to them.
The One Hundred and Sixty-third Ohio, their
time having expired, left Fortress Monroe lor home
on xuesaay.
New CoMUsrMXT. We learn that Maj. Gee, of.
Florida, has been appointed to tb Command of to.
C. 8. Prison, in this place, vice CoL Gilmer, remov
ed for inability on account of bad aesuth.
Watchman. -
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Twa Trwn inn Datsxii TrarvannMrt . rl'KW"
.asvm 4u vma MnsisKrsivM, .mm-
flnil scene of a BMlaocholy drama was played to
aaendtodtT. " " -r-
; MOM VUIOS VI UW WlVUIHIVU VC MWVUtW
government , and foox of it member 4&ai this .
morning on the gallows.
Th unfortunate victims war Ronauald Trapgatt,
sxdiscbarged Russian colonel Krajeveki, a acobi
teat; Joseph Tocsyaki, a boQakur: Zuliuki.
n-vuer lue.uyinnanum, aod rfobaa JestoranaKi,
m tu-iamecuir, an young mo, none over thirty
years of age. Originally twenty two men and four wo-
bko wx sanwicea to aeatu oy ino millitary tri
bunals : but th YiCBTOV nardor.wt
tsen aad ail of the women. ' It must trot bt itniaiDw
. however, th&t the nhWifl nf Pvkn iamt
p 1 - vwut g J IWUI
ncy have orach reason to congratulate themselves ;:
tl their sentences have been rnmmniail nvtl nA
many years of labor in the Siberian mines, tartly
v auoner pcrioua vz connnmnt in rtrtiKSiS in
the same bleak and inbospitaW country.
aue bto person war executed apoa.th. ftacia
the fortress this morniiir. alihou?h nrrinn w.s
hoped for to the last moment They stepped upon
the scaffold1 firmly, and nndwvml k.; Ktm i.k
perfect resignation and composure, in Bressac of
i wuivmov uivnu ta tr Vm v fTS
Thus nerished the latest victim nf it, m
and the ill fated Polish rising ef 18C.
Th New York fieraU makes the fbllowia eal.
culation in relation to the military situation of th
soutn. we publish it that our readers may ioow
what calculation oar enemies are ntakisr -
vuiiicuCTWjj uas uui one arnry len. my
Kneral actions, skirmishes innumerable, and the
rdsbips of three years of tarriU warfrr, haw
exhausted, "have destroyed eniirAtv tt ln i i
but hardy population open which th rebel leaders
counted to ovorthrow the government of the Unfed
States. All that is left, of that population now is
the rabble of Hood's last thirty thousand and the
AfiA a.nr anf1A T XT a
-"v "u ireariv a minion armea men
have, in the three years of its eareer, fought tb -battles
of the ereat rebellion, mm t.
all but the last tenth of that immense power. Put-
ug uown me reoeuion is new wnrowea t the-
Question of beatin? Lee's
rent to every reasonable perton that, with oer ores
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iu puwer, it cannot oe very uiracuil to destroy
that one army. Writers in Richmond may refuse
to see this, and politicians in our Northern eitita.
uuuuvu ut party zcai, may reiuse to. examine tho
facts as they are ; but no one disposed to use his
eves Can denv that the vnvM-nmAnt wtiioh- t. re
duced the immense power of the rebellion-down to
wuai, in leu oi n can, oy oruy ordinary exertion, nn
ish the business for that crippled remnant
With the military situation reduced to the simp!
issue in Virginia, we find that matters iven there
are in the nositinn that w muM ;ia t.b
not, apparently, spare an effective force to strike-
mr me ti eiuuu ruau iesi ne Bnonia weaken nts liner
at other vital" points, and thus put himself e n
more completely within Grant's power. lie is help
less, except for stolid resistance ; there is no longer
ny offensive power in the army of Northern Vir
ginia; it stands at bay, the only one of all the rebel
armies that seems disposed to make the last ditch a
bloody one. It is with the government to do th
rest Give Grant the requisite number of men, and
let bim go in and finish it, and put the Confederacy
out of its misery. Our war policy is the simplest
that a government erer had ; it is simply sending
men to Grant
Tm Horn Guabd Troops. -After a thorough
scout in Union county for deserters, the 63d Bat
lalion (Lt CoL T. II Brem) returned to ihis plac
th latter part of last week. Eight or nine deserters
were caught and as many more surrendered De
tachments of the Battalion visited Anson, Stanly and
Cabarrus, and captured one deserter in each of
these counties. There were not near as mauy de
serters in Union county u had been reported, and
we think the county is now dear of them. Apart
from the work of arresting and driving itt deserters,
we think much good has been accomplished in the
way of driiiirg and disciplining the Home Guard,
and making it fHmiliar with field service, so that in
case of invasion these troops will better understand
their duties. (7Aar. LtmocraL
The call oh the militia and exempts for Confed
erate service, yesterday, drew together about one
hundred and fifty men and boys. Long rolls, were
failed, and every body was formed in line several
times. The work of organization progressed, as far
as it well could, but there was a manifest d.isihclina
tion on the part of our people to go into aetive ser
vice even for one day, and, in spite of the emergen
cy of the moment and the necessity for providing
for the public defence, there was a most " beggarly
account of empty boxes." Columbia Carolinian.
And these, tb citizens of the capital town of
South-Carolina, are the people who boast that they
lusted up the best government the sun ever ebon .
on, and who promised to whip the Yankees on their
own soil. Do the people of that State want to pros
ecute the war, or do they want to rtconstruct ? Tb
number of men they furnish in (bis. wat emergen
cy will give their answer. Progress,'
CoL Freraante, oC.th.9 British army, in his re
cent book, republished by Mr. Gostsel, gives the
following high compliment to our soldiers : .
" After having lived with the veterans of Bragg
and Lee, I was able to form a still higher estimate
of Confederate soldiers. Their obedience and forbear
ance in success, their discipline under disaster, their
patience under suffering, under hardships, or when
wounded,, and their boundless devotion to their
country, under all circumstances, are beyond praise."
The upright, if he suffer calumny to move bim,
fears the tongue of man more than the eye of God.
Scour. William Summer, Esq , writes a follows
from Pomaris, S. 0., to the Colombia Guardian:
I fear, that much good syrup will be spoiled in th
attempt to convert it into sugar. Our peop'., if
they can make a good article of syrup, should be
content, as it will do much to help out our supplies ;
but, although I first Introduced the culture of th
Chinese Sugar Cane in this S tate from seed imported
from France three years before it was distributed
from the Patent Office, I am not an advocate of its
being used to the extent that is claimed, for it as a
substitute for bacon. While it will, produce fat ft
will not give bone and muscle, so necessary to the
daily laborer. Negroes should 1iave at least one
good meal of bacon a day or suitable vegetables weH
seasoned with this important ingredient Our peo
ple, compelled to rely Upon their own resources, are
now raising their own supplies of pork, andthiacan
be done easily upon every plantation with a little
care. Some of my agricultural friends charged me
with the introduction of a humbug, but we always
contended that it was a valuable crop for soiling cat
tle and horses, and the stalks will aid raateriafiy in "
helping to make the supplies of pork, if fed to hogs
when the head begins to appear. From th stag
until it is fit for making syrup it can b fed freely
to bogs, but when too ripe it is rather injurious,
frequently eccasioning purging.
As frequent inquiry has been iuadr of bb as to
the best variety for cultivation, I would say that
. Gov. Hammond sent me all the varielue of Imphe
cultivated by Prof, Wray on his place. Upan trial
I foaad the large white seed and a red seeded va- ,
rtety about equal to the Chinese variety, but some
years afterwards saw the Chinese principally eulti
vated on his place. Govasnor H. informed me that
his experience bad been the. same. The red seeded .
variety does not grow so tall as the Chinese and ia
not so liable to be blown down by high wiuda, u
I am inclined to the opinion that it does not with
stand the droughts of summer bo well as the black
seeded or Chinese." -
Hokb MASi r-kCTuesu liany of oar most weal
thy, intelligent and lovely yosMtg ladies have gone
into die m inufactuing txnSneas, and some of thorn,
we are told, have made k quite piSttjaMi. Hat,
and bonnet factories have sprang a every ire .
tion, and almost every man jam wieet 'Wesra as ek
egant new hat presented te Mm Dyafif of these,
hojie utaoofactMring establishments. Oar girl,
have bicocap, really faoustrteus ; tbey make beeoU
' ful cloth out of raw BMterial nod (hea task it op iot
closing for the sol diets ; they taeke beautiful hatst
for thmr farthers, brothers, sweethearts aad thaw
selves ; tbey make beatu.ful palmetto ties; some of
them make their own shoes ; and wben the war ia
over tbey will make the very best el wires. Bran
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