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Interesting Document.
We publish to-day the substance of the reply
made by Gov. Brown to Gen. Sherman; else, the
letter of the Hon. A. H. Stephens on the condition
of the country. .
We shall publish in our next a letter from the
Hon. W. W. Boyce, of 9outh-Garolina, addressed
to President Davis, in which he urges a Convention
of all the States both North and South as the surest
means of attaining a permanent peace.
These documents will be read with much interest
All three of them will appear ia our next Weekly
i-sue.
It is a gratifying circumstance that the great men
of the country are turning their attention with in
creased earnestness to the importance of some poli
cy which will close this bloody and unnatural war,'
and restore peace to our afflicted people. God speed
their efforts 17
A Gknbrops Donation. Among the donations
to the soldiers' Aid Society of Orange, published in
the Recorder, we see one of flee thousand doUan
by Mr. Henry N. Brown, of that place. In these
days of selfishness when love of money that "root
of all evil" is predominant, such a deed deserves
to be widely chronicled. It speaks for itself, and
needs no eulogy.
Squabbling over the Spoils.
It is known that the Confederate and Conterva
tine, of this City, cordially united in the late politi
cal movement by which Gov. Vance was re elected
and the Legislature thrown into hoteh patch. There
was no principle in this union it was simply a
movement for the spoils ; and now, when a tempo
rary success has crowned their efforts, those Judases
who hold the bag aie not disposed to count out
fairly to the hungry allies who yelped and cried
wiih them in the chase. The Confederate of the
8d October saj s:
" In its last issue the Conwrtative asks, 44 Ha3 it
hpirome an offence for anv one to differ with Mr.
Davis, in the estimation of the Confederated
The vote of thirty thousand of President Davis'
friends in ,hc last election affords sufficient evidence
that they overlosk difference ".with Mr. Duth"
when duty requires. Where is it to be shown that
a difference with Gov. Vance may be overlooked in
a similar way ? We think we hear the Conterentire
answer, " When some friend of Mr. Davis nn be
found with whom Gov. Graham will sympatliize on
all points."
And the Contemtite of the 4th October replies,
and endeavors to show that these thirty thousand
votes were not polled for Gov. Vance ; and that if
you subtract from Gev. Vance those votes that
were cast for him under protest, 44 H will leave but
a email number who really voted for Go. Vance
purely from a sense of duly." Those of the orig
inals who voted' for him "purely from a sense of
duty " to their country, shall hive something; but
those who voted for him " purely from a sense of
duty" to themselves must remain out in the cold,
and suck the paw of nothingness for sustenance.
Blessed are they wno e xpect nothing, for they shall
not be disappointed. If those who voted for him
' purely from a sense of duty " to themsehet are to
get nothing, we fear that Cot. George Little's wallet
of Stallfederate radons will soon lie empty ; and in
that event nothing will bo left to him but to vol
unteer, and, rushing into the ranks,
Foremast fighting, fall."
But seriously, with what disgust and contempt
must the honest people of the State regard this
scramble for the spoils ! 44 am entitled to so and
so, because I voted for Gov. Vance." And the re
ply is, " Not so fast, Mr. GraspalL We recognize
"a small number" who are entitled to something;
but the truth is, as possession is nine-tenths of the
law, we do not know that we shall give any of you
anything and besides, we want it all ourselves."
The Tiger and the Catamount united in the chase;
and after thy had succeeded in running down their
prey, the Tiger took possession of it, showed his
teeth and growled, and proceeded to divide it be
tween his ally and himself He claimed for him
self the hide and tallow, both the hindquarters, both
the foreq-iartcrs, and the miscellaneous titbits; and
then, after some consideration, and with his mouth
watering for the balance, he told the Catamount he
might have the haslet and the horns.
No State has been so much abused by President
Davis and his special friend as North-Carolina, and
yet the President now says she stands a head and
shoulder above.'the rest We are thankful for justice
though it comes tardily. Conservative.
We are not thankful for any such justice. Our
good old State can afford to do without it Her
highest eulogy is the fidelity and valor of her sons,
and her chief consolation is derived from a sense of
her own integrity. It can make no difference now
what llr. Davis may think or say of her ; but it is
a little singular that he did not discover her merits
and commence to eulogize her publicly, until one
01 his friends was chosen (-?) a second time to be
ber Governor.
The Mississippian rays General Janus J. Alcorn
refused the. command uf the State troops, but en
hsied as a private. Lot his name be published in
letters of gold. If James Alcorn was an original
secessionist he deserves the more honor for his con
duct, lie is the first man of that stamp who has
voluntarily gone into the ranks since the conscript
Jaw wa3 pv-wed. We commend his exauiiln to
jntny we wot of, who were going to whip the Van
tees before breakfast
The yellow fever is said to be raging in New Urn.
we regret to learn that James W. Bryan, Esq., and
fife have Mien victims to it
The Goldsborough State Journal says: "We
learn that nome fix or more persons who went to
"ewbern by lat flag of truce, have received a pass
Port from Bronze Jack to pass beyond Lincoln's do
onions, and have gone down spout." We quote
" to show the heartlessness of the times. The'
"Pint of humanity which once characterized onr
Pe"ple gr ems to havo departed from many of them,
. ln lts tci,d, s in France in former days, we
n"e Mrse jests over death and the grave.
Vol. XXX. No. 31;
Arbitrary twe Mlr law.
. The Greensborough Cititen of the 80th Septem
ber, in a notice of Randolph Superior Court, Judge
French presiding, says :
' The next ease of importance called was the
State vs. Gray and others, who were indicted for
an assault ana battery on one Jones. The evidence
was that the defendants suspected the prosecutor of
harboring his son who had deserted the army and
was then in the woods ; that they tied him and a
small soli not liable to service and - carried them
several miles, where they separated them and tied
a rope around the fathers neck; that they called
upon him to pray as his end was nigh at hand, a
perfect mockery of our holy religion, and then sus
pended him to a tree and hung him until he was
senseless ; that he lay for sometime like, he was
lifeless ; that finally they carried him to Asheboro',
took out a warrant against him and bound him over
to the County Court, for what nobody really knew.
The jury convicted Robert 0. Gray, who alone was
on trial, and his Honor, after inquiring of his
means, there -being no mitigating circumstances
shownby the defendant, sentenced him to imprison
ment in the common jail for six months."
And the Citieen of the 5lh October says : '
" We regret to say it, but it has occurred more
than once under the Confederate as well as the State
governments, that the most illegal orders have been
issued by superiors and carried ruthlessly into effect
by inferiors. Houses have been leveled with the
ground, persons entirely innocent of any violation
of the law have been restrained of their liberty, some
have been banged dead, and others have been shot
in cold-blood without a court martial or any investi
gation of the case before a civil tribunal The per-
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tout iruu.K juuugu .u,; .w
acted under orders, have laid tnemseives liaoic to
be sued for damages and to be prosecuted in our I
Courts for these violation, of the criminal law. No
or nretext can iustifv or filiate such rross
.j-:i.j:..i.t Th,....f-. !
enjoy and are fighting for scorns to be sustained by
such lawless ana wicked conduct."
The Cituen very properly and very cordially en
dorses the sentence pronounced by Judge French,
and expresses the hope that the civil law will be
maintained. ,
UU II lUlU IIVWUUUO VIM1!) a UU IVl I U VbUVUI we V
The outrages referred to in the last extract above,
have been perpetrated under color of orders issued .
to the officers of the Home Guards by Gov. Vance, j
through Adjutant General Gatlin. We have here
tofore called attention to these outrages, and have
suggested to the Executive the propriety of pub (
lishing his order on the subject, so that the people ;
m h. aWa t lad for themselves as to whether !
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the order directs or sanctions such conduct on the
part of his subordinates. His two organs in this j
City are silent on the subject 1 ney do not answer I
We must, therefore, conclude that such an order j
has been issued, and that Got. Vance is himself ;
primarily responsible for these gross, palpable, ani;
cruel violations of the civil law. We leai'n that th? :
outrages referred to by the Citizen h ivo been per
pctrated mainly iu the County of Randolph, by
cavalry companies belonging to the Home Guard
from certain secession Counties. Property has been :
seized, used, and wasted houses have been levelled i
with the ground the innocent, with the guilty, j
have been arrested on suspicion women and chil i
dien, together with the aged and infirm, have bee:,
arrested and held in camp, or huddled in school
houses, churches, and bams ; and the Citizen say.-
" seme have been hanged dead, and others have been
shot in cold blood without a court-martial or any
investigation of the case before a civil tribunal."
Can it be possible that the peoplo of Randolph
County have been thus scourged on account of the
way they voted at the last election ? We are as
much in favor as any one of all proper steps to ar
rest deserters, and to punish those who may harbor
or assist them ; but not even the cause of liberty it
self can justify the outrage referred to, perpetrated
as they have been, in many instances on innocent
women and children. The Citizen of the 30th Sep
tember truly says;
"Lynch or mob law is not yet to be tolerated in
the South; nor is it more justifiable in the officers
of the law than in the outlaws for whom they are
searching."
But what mutt be thought of an Executive under
whose orders such outrages as the above are perpe
trated ? and who, when duly informed of the mob
bing by a portion of bis own State troops in the
regular service of an inoffensive citizen, on account
of bin political opinions, takes no steps to have the
guilty punished, though they were in this place,
under his very eye, for more than a week after the
outrage was committed ? We tell the Citizen that
such a case has occurred recently in the County of j
Wake.
Let the press speak out in defence of the civil j 1
law ; and let the Legislature, when again assembled,
see to it that the civil rights of our people are not
thus trampled down. It is easy to talk, and to give
pledges to maintain the civil law and to protect the
inoffensive and the innocent against the tyranny
and rapacity of the strong ; but mere talk is no
thing, and pledges amount to nothing but to de
ceive, unless carried out in good faith.
Yea, Verily, Mr. President
The Fayelteville Observer thus notices the Presi
dent's recent Macon speech :
44 There is no doubt that President Davis's speech
at Macon (published in our last) was badly report
ed. It is not in his style But we d. not agree
with those who complain of his very reisarkable
declaration that two-thirds of the army arc away
from their posts'. We think it likely that he said
one third ; but be it two-thirds or one third, instead
of encouraging the enemy, we thiuk the statement
calculated to hare the very opposite effect. They
fancy that we have all our men in t e Geld, and
cannot raise any more to take their places. The
President undeceives them. He shows them that
whilst whipping them with one-third, there remain
two-thirds of our fighting population a? a reserve (
w iaii nacK upon.
First, it is likely the -President said one third;
next, if he said two-thirds, it was a most encourag-'
ing statement, especially to the enemy, and where
fore 1 Was there ever such a reason given by a
sane pen to a sane, people ? " The President un
deceives tho North," he tells them that we have
whipped them with one-third, and that when we
fall back on onr deserters, who constitute most of
the two thirds, that then we shall commence to fight
in earnest I Our 41 reserve" is composed of absen
tees, that is, not to put too fine a point upon it
deserters ; and when these shall cease to 44 fall back,"
and we shall in "term 44 fall back" upon them, then
may Yankeedom tremble ! Such is the argument
by which the Observer seeks to justify the revela
tion so very injudiciously made by tho President in
his speech in relation to deserters. Humansurvilify
could descend no lower.
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that person who was once t Henry Clay Whig, I
RALEIGH, N. 0., WEDN1?S,
then a Union man, then a Conservative, and then
sort of dependent ally or adjunct of the original
secession -party. The originals sometimes evince 4-
a modicum of independence in their .comments on '
the conduct of their leading men, but 'there is no
spirit, no independence, no manhood in the bipeds
referred to. They lost all this when they forfeited
their self-respect in allying themselvefl with the
originals. " Little children, keep yourselves from
idols." Conservatives, beware of say affiliation
with the originals. They will never respect you,
and what is worse, yon will not respect yourselves
when you shall have knuckled to them, as the Ob
server has done. You can continue with them only
by saying Yea, wily, Mr. President, to every
thing they may say or do.. -.
Speech of President Davis at JKontcomery
The Montgomery Mail has .the following report :
Mr. Davis began by expressing a saase of grati
tude for the occasion, which the" kind attention of
the Legislature had given him, of appearing before
them, and assuring the citizens of Alabama from
that capitol in which the first notes of our existence
were issued, of his remembrance and sympathy.
He would not attempt to conceal the fact that .we
have experienced great disasters of late. . The ene-
my have pressed our armies backward into the cen
tre of Georgia, threatened the borders of Alabama,
and occupied the bay of Mobile, but the city still
stands, and will stand though every wail and roof
should fall to the ground. He had been disappoint
ed in all his calculations in Northern Georgia. Af
ter penning forward to the army at Walton all the
nforcementa hn1,l mllt ft,.m ,..
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IBjSSJS?P 8 Noryern ,881js,PP,
fukS W6? ""F "T
.hr?u?h Tnneinto Kentucky. Had he thought
tn" instead of the forward movement our arm
would have retired to Atlanta, he would have left his
old, lamented and' venerated friend. Gen. Polk, to
have assailed Sherman upon his flank by North Ala
bama But he bad yielded to the idea of concentra
tion, and the sequtl was anything than what he had
been induced to hope.
Yet we were not without compensation for our
losses, ln Virginia, despite the odds brought against
us, we nave beaten urant, and still deuant bold our
lines before Richmond and Petersburg. That pure
na nou8 patnot, that great soldier and Christian,
Sfn
body of men who had never known wbtt it was to
be whipped, and never stopped to cipher,
Th,e tiu for Wtion is now at hand. There is but
?n8 ?ulLfiMf eve.r Souern man. It is to go to the
ironu
Those who are able for the field should not
hesitate a moment, and those who are not should
seek some oiuploy uitut to aid and assist the rest and
to induce their able'bodied associates to seek their
proper places iu the army.
Mr. Davis adverted to the Dart he had himself en
deavored to bear in the war, of bis repugnance to j
the effice of chief, and bis desire for the Held, inci
dent to a military ambition, aud some faith in his j
capacity for arms. Ho also alluded to bis long po
lineal career, and the animosities and ill-feeling )
which an active part in the affairs of the country had 1
engendered. lie bad feared, he said, that old pre '
judices in others might be turned against him, and
that old feelings in himself might influence hia ac '
tion, but that he could declare to day, after fonr !
years experience, and in the same hall where h
swore before high heaven to support the'Constitu '
tion of his country, that so help him God he had ;
never been rndtlCfvl In anv rainra nnhli nr Mtrcnnil .
by any consideration of the past He felt that ii j
" " muic, anu uo was not me man, w nave an)
friends to reward or enemies to punish.
There be some men. said Mr. Davis, who. whei
they look at the sun, can only see a speck upon it.
I am of a more sanguine temperament perhaps, but
I have striven to behold our affairs with a cool and
candid temperance of heart and applying to them
the most rigid test, am the more confident the j:
longer I behold the progress of the war and reflect j
upon what we have failed to do, we should marvel r
and thank God for the great achievements which
have crowned our efforts,
'He next rapidly surveyed our history for the past
three years, concluding his resume with a thankful
ness that the great staple of the South had been
superceded by grain and produce for the support of
cur armies in the field.
lie paid a glowing tribute to the canaoitv. eal
lantry and patriotism of Gov. Watts, and urged J
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upon me o'.sw anu me legislature tne wisdom o
his counsels. In the same connection, be spoke oi
the soldiers of Alabama. They had fought every
where, and well. They were still undaunted.
Their example should be the pride and glory of the
State, and an eloquent appeal to those who were yet
behind.
Mr. Davis spoke eloquently of the horrors of war
and the sufferings of the people. He desired peace
He bad tried to obtain it, and had been rudely re
pulsed. He should still strive, and by the blessing
of God and the strong arm of the soldiers, ye'
If there be those who honml f A.Wwit i v.n
kees, and by Bmooth words and fair speeches, by 3
tne JNnrth, tney deceive themselves. Victory in 3
me urau m iuv mirr.n eiemem; oi strength to a peace :
F. v. ua win uaiiiea, anu we saau nave over
tures soon enough.
Is there a man in tho Sooth ia favor of recon
struction? Mr. DavU drew a fine picture of the
horrors of re union, which means subjugation.
44 All that I have to say," he exclaimed in conclud
ing this portion of hia remarks, "is that tho man
who is in favor of this degradation, is on the wrong
side of the line of battle."
President Davis passed through Greensborough
on Wednesday last, on his way back to Richmond.
The Citizen, says he made a speech, in the course
of which ho said he felt sure our amy would ulti
mately drive Sherman in defeat and through slaugh
ter, back to the extreme northern confines of old
Kentucky, and plant our standard on the banks of
the beautiful O jio I He. complimented North-Carolina,
and saiu he would taiiier die a free man than
live a slave. 1
Gov. Morchead was. aJs.o called for, and made a
speech. He Fid 44 we could not be conquered by
j such a race aa tho Northern people; and that if we
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couiu uu no better we could successfully vanquish,
and defeat, and cut the Yankees to pieces by gueril
la warfare.
Coi-xcn. or Siatb. The Council of Stato metr in
this City on Wednesday last, pursuant to the call
of tne Governor. P H. Winston, Esq., of Bar tie, and
A. G. FouUf,.Esq. of Randolph, were chosen Coun
selors to till vacancies. The Council adjourned over
to Thursday to consider the question of convening
the Legislature before the usual time. '
We learn ju&t as we go tu press that the Council
has determined not to convent; tne Legislature. It
is understood in Raleigh that Gov." Vance -favored
the assembling of the Legislature b'ciere the usual
time. We think the Gounod aas acted wisely.
The next session of "the Baptist Stato Gonvenliflr
of North-Carolina will be held with the Church in
Waaentoii, and wiii comuUuC&ui Wednesday. tll 5
2d c; NoymLar. '
DAY, OCT ; 12,;; 1864.
. Fcoai FeterakafC
We have received news from this point up to
dark on the evening of the 4th, (Tuesday), end con
trary to expectation there baa bfea no nre severe :
fighting, both sides seeming eoatoat with what has
been done for the present'
The; enemy are busy fortifying their newly gained ,
position at Fort McRae, and show no disposition to
advance. This point is one mile from their former
line i of entrenchment?, but still sixmiles from the
sonthside road. Intelligence from Grant's rear
says that General has ordered up all his troopa-to
" breastworks, leaving the country uncovered
behind him and open to raids. The enemy' loam
in the fight on Thursday are estimated at 4,000;
ours not over 800.
Our-forces after driving back the Yankees to Port
McRae on Saturday retired to a more eligible posi
tion near the Boydton Plankroad. Tne enemy
then' advanced his. piekets, but they were driven
back -Saturday and Sunday to a more respectful
distance, with some Ion on their part
The Exprest aaya that during Wte last few nights,
Grant has been constantly using his railroad' from
City Point, conveying troops to the left or else
where. They are supposed to be reinforcements,
and if the whole matter is not a feint, it betokens
active operations in that quarter. Sunday night
the Yankee troops ware heard cheering while the
trx'n was moving the reinforcements up. Burn
side's old corps, the ninth, is commanded by Gen.
Gibbon.
It is estimated that Gen. Grant has lost 5,00)
men fgr mile, since hia establishment it Petersburg.
At that rate it will cost him 80,000 men to traverse
the wix miles now intervening between himself and
the So.uthside road.
Tuesday many rumors were afloat in Petersburg
one, that Hampton had bagged a party of raiders,
and another, that Porreat has captured Rome, Ga.,
and 20.000 wounded -Yankees. Neither could be
traced to any reliable source however.
From the Valley.
An official dispatch received in Richmond, on the
4th, says that a small portion of the enemy's cav
alry were in Culpeper county rebuilding the bridge
at Rappahannock Station. All was quiet below
Richmond that 'day. -
Another dispatch from Gen. Echols in Southwest
Virginia, dated at Saitville, says that he whipped
the enemy bidly tljere Monday. They retired in
confusion, leaving their dead and wounded in our
hands-unong them a Brigadier -General and a
g6od many other officers. Three regiments of ne
gro troops were badly cut up. O.ir reserves and
detailed men fought splendidly. The enemy fled in
tho direction of Sandy river. We are in hot pur
suit General Early reports the enemy north of North
r'ver his cavalry occupy nig the north bank of
that stream, his infantry being near Harrisonburg.
After some slight skirmishing the enemy loll back
from Ml Crawford.
Front Georgia.
There is no news from Gen. Hood's operations.
He has however been relieved at his own request,
and put in command of Charleston and its defences.
Gen. Beauregard supercedes him, in command of
thtf whole Southern district, and now directs the
movements of that army.
Gun. Forrest, according to Nashville dates of the
26;h, bad desli oyed all bridges on the railroads and
all telegraphic communication, and had stopped
both reacts. A heavy fight took place at Pulaski,
Tenn., on the 2d, between Forrest and Rosseau.
The latter reports that Forrest retired that night
with the loss of 200 men. Memphis papers of Sat
urday evening last, report that Forrest had captured
Pulaski, and that it will take several weeks to re
pair the railroads. Nashville dates of the 27ih, re
ports Rosseau as slowly retiring on that place.
Forrest was destroying bridges, && The fight was
then going on at Pulaski Cerro Gordo Williams
was try'ng to join Forrest The Confederates bad
captured two trains at the Big Shanty.
From the North. -
A special despatch to the Mobile Register, dated
SenatoMa, October 3d, says the Memphis Bulletin
of the 80th has been received, containing the follow
ing news :
. St Louis papers say that Forrest has created the
greatest excitement in St Louis. Price's army was
within twenty-four miles of the city, estimated at
86,000 strong. Cape Girardeau is reported cap
tured. A large Yankee force surrendered at Pilot
Knob on -Monday. Heavy fighting on Tuesday
evening results ".renown,
Bill Anderson captured a train on South Missouri
railroad twenty Yankees captured and shot.
Rosecrans has issued orders, calling qut the mil
itia 12,000 are under arms at St Loujs. A. J.
Smith is fifty miles south St Louis, watching price's
movements. Large numbers cf refugees from south
ern Missouri bad reached St. Louis.
Twelve boat loads of troops had left Memphis,
bound up the river Hatch and Garrison, with 8,000
men, had gone after Forrest Winslow's cavalry ,
had crossed into Arkansas in pursuit of Price.
A portion of the 19th Yankee army corps had left
Brownsvilh1, Ark., in pursuit of Shelby.
AH quiet at Mb"le on the 3rd,
From Richmond.
A flag of truce steamer arrived atVarina on Tues
day, the 4th inst, with several hundred Confeder
ate prisoners. No particulars or news received.
Alt quiet on the 5th in frdht of Petersburg. The
enemy are still fortifying near Fort McRae, and
show no purpose to attack us at this or any other
portion of our lines.
Gen. -Beauregard's headquarters were removed
from Petersburg on. the 6th, Thursday, '
. Fron Georgia.
All accounts agree that Gen. Hood's army is well
in the rear of Atlanta, and it was positively report
ed in Griffin, on the 4tb, that we held the Chatta
nooga railroad between Vining and Marietta. A
brigade of Yankee cavalry came to Fairbum, on
the West Point railroad, sonthwest of Atlanta on
the 3d, and attacked the c mmand of Gen. Iverson
at that poiit, who fell back after losing one or two
killed and wounded. On the morning of the 4th
.they were reported at Fayetteville. but it is doubt
ful! Prisoners taken in the fight with them say
;that no train has arrived in Atlanta for six days.
Military men believe that Sherman' army will bo
forced to abandon Atlanta and out iu way out in a
few days.
toter from the North
The Washington Chronicle of the 1st has been
: received io Richmond. - A dispatch from Gran i,
dated near Cbaffin's. Oct 29th. says that Ord's
Corps ndvced this morning and carried a very
stronelv fortified line of entrenchments below Chivt-
fin's frrm, with some fifteen pieces of artilhry and
tw or thr-se hundred nristmers. Od was wound
ed in the lei? butnot dangrerouslr. fiirney advanc
ed at the same time from Deep Bottom ad carried
the New Market Road enrrenctimenUj, and is now
mf.rchiuz toward Richmond.
- A St. Louis Wfceram of the 80th sts the enemy
;"were chisely pursued by the rebels to Harrisiyi'iist.-
tion. Th Railroad is rmt North of that place. Es
caped prisoners havcarrivi d. : Deserter report that
Pilot Knob is still held by the rebels.
. Naskwille telegrams of tl le SOth report that For
rest was at Fayetteville oi. the night of the 28tb.
Since that morning no cbuamoaication had been had
south of Murfreeeborougb.. .
I;att troio. 8acid"ft
As stated in Stanton's tf&cvA gaaotte below, com
munication with Sherid in was cut off, and hence
no late advices had beer.-, received of hiaa. The
Whole Number 1534.
Baltimore American sums up the news from the
Valley as follows: ... ...
' Oa Sunday Sheridan and Torbett joined their
forces near. New Market, and started after the enemy
in we airectioa-of Staunton, reaching Harrisonburg
about twenty-five miles from Staunton, on Monday.
uw cavalry advanced beyond Harrisonburg, con
tinuing, the pursuit, aad considerably annoying tbe
enemy. Whether he will proceed now on to Staun
ton, or await supplies, is not known. It will be re
membered that after the defeat of Ewly hear Win
Chester, he sent bis trains-to Harper's Ferry, where
wej arnvea in saiety, ana fie must coaeeqoenUy
have since been subsistiag mainly upon tbaeountry
through which he has been operating. In the ab
sence; however, of official information from Secreta
ry Stauatoa or General Sheridan, all conclusions as
to iuture movements are mere speculations. Tbe
object of General Sheridan's soveeaent may have
now been accomplished to tho satisfaction of Lieu
tenant General Grant, and probably after fortifying
" V """ii smVa m "i" mountains ue wiu rest
opon bis laurels tor a time. -
The lAtet8tantoas War Bulletin.
The latest intelligence in the Northers papers is
the following-official bulletin ffbm Stanton. . It will
be observed that it is dated on the morning of the
mrin uuimo :
WAR DEPARTMENT,)
WasniKOTON, Sept 29, 7:45, A. M.
Despatches up to 9:40 last nieht have been re
ceived from Geo. Sherman at Atlanta, but no move
ments at that point are reported.
From Nashville our despatches are to 9:80 last
night the enemy did not attack us at Pulaski,
but took the pike toward Fayetteville, and was
pursued- nine miles by our cavalry. General
Rousseau is returning with his infantry to Nash
villa.
No direct communication has been ha 1 with flcn
Shcridanfor several days. Courriers to and from him
are known to have been captured by the guerrillas
iuai toiest mo country in nis rear.
The draft is quietly nrosrressine in all the States.
But desperate efforts will be made by the enemy to
force Sbcnpan from Atlanta by destroying his com
munications and volunteer enlistments being more
speedy than the draft all loyal and patriotic oeonle
should urge forward rapid enlistments, in order to
reinforce Sherman and enable him not only to hold
bis position, but also without delay to push on his
campaign.
(Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
. Horrible Mcudbil We learn on authority which
cannot be doubted, that a most brutal murder was
committed, last week on tho South side of Neuse.
on the bodies of Mr. Alfred Reel and his sister, a
most respectable and loyal lady and gentleman of
that counlyr
In the absence of Mr. Reel, his sister about thirty
pears old, and a negro girl being the only persons
liome, two negroes entered the premises, took all
ine vainaoies, including money, that they could ob
tain and then murdered Miss ReeL Mr. Red com
ing up about this tiraCL entored the yard, and was
instantly shot dead by these inhuman monsters.
ft cat outrages the fiends may have committed on
the lady, before taking her life, we are not inform
ed ; but they may reasonably be inferred from their
brutal conduct Mr. Reel and his sister were loyal
Confederates of unblemished character, and were
both unmarried Uoldsboro Journal.
The Chatham Railroad. We are pleased to
learn that sufficient iron has been obtained from
the government to lay the road from Cary "on the
a. V. K. it to Lockville on Deep Kiver, twenty-
three miles. Energetic means will be immediately
commenced to finish tbe track, which will give an
outlet to the valuable coal and iron of tbe Deep
tuver vaiiey. vonsertatmt.
Abolishing Provost Offices. We clip the fol-
lowing from tbe Montgomery Advertiser. General
Dick ray lor is worsing reforms in his department
Ueneral Dick. Taylor bas done one thing for which
we ought to be thankful if be never does another.
He ba abolished all tbe Provost offices in tbe dis
trict of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana.
over which be presides. Captain Taylor, former
Provost Marshal at this place, bas been ordered to
report to Forrest, and tbe employees in his office to
Major Jones, commandant oi tots post
An optician in Paris has succeeded in producing
the effect of zigzag lightning on the stage, with its
peculiar blue color, by means of a concave mirror,
in the process of which are the two carbon poles of
a powerful battery nearly in contact When tbe
miiror is rapidly moved by the band, and the poles
touch for a brief interval, a dazzling beam of light
is thrown across the stage precisely like a flash of
lightning. He has also succeeded in producing a
-rainbow, by means of electric spectrum, which is
used with f.tlect in the opera oi Moses.
A woman's heart, like the moon, should hare but
one man u- it
The Oldest Republic on Earth. The American
Oaarterlu Review contains a letter from G W. Ir
ving, Esq., giving a sketch of his visit to San Marino,
a small republic in Italy, but between the Appe-
nines, the Po and the Adriatic. The territory of
this State is only forty miles id circumference, ana
iU population about 7,000. TJie republic was found
ed more than one thousand and four hundred years
ao, on moral principles, industry, and equality,
and bas preservea its nueny " imnuura
amidst all the wars and discords which have raged
amnnd it Bunaoarte respected it and sent an em
bassy to express his sentiments of friendship and
hv a CaDtain Recent.
1 akGl UlbJ. . ra ' J r w '
chosen every six months by the represenatives of
the people (sixty-six in oumoerj wno are cuuocu
mnntha hv the oeople. Tbe taxes are
light the farm houses are neat, tbe fields well cul
" . . , .1 KA.nr.i.f anil MBM
tivated, ana on an b:ubs arc awsu biiuh r1
the happy etfcct I morality, simplicity, anujswv.
TttEK. Some years ago, a gentleman
in one of our. Southern States had a wild, reckless
son. He had long passed the age when the rod is.
deemed necessary to insure obedience ; but one day,
r.. ni,.a nffnnm the father resolved to whip
Wlvl DV1IIV giv 1 V. "
Th ...t enhmittrd. but after receiving tbe
chastisement, quietly turned to -tbe parent and
pointing to a small tree near the door, said, "father,
I wish you would bend that tree for me." Sur
ik ir.ther ansveied. 44 Why. what do you
in von do it f" 44 No, of course not"
. vi, Mnii An it once and so it is with me : there
has been a time when you could have bent me at
your will ; t is too late now.
Improving on ni ScasDCLt The schedule price
r I-;. Ii nntntnnn in Asheville. N. C is $10 a bush
aL Captain Thrash, the Post Commissary refused
to pay the price, anu now more
at 4 than he wants u ouy. .
-"The immigration at New York continues to be
large, haviug already reached more ihan 180,000
this year. It will probably reach 200.000 for tbe
.nt l&re number will KO into the army. - -
New eciments and troops are arriving in Louis-
ville in large numbers.
A McClellai meeting in St Louis was broke up
a few nights since by . a party of Lincoln -troops.
vk dostmved the transpareocie and carried off
th flr ahoutin? "hurrah for Lincoln." Great
o -
excitement prevailed.
A coachman, of aristocratic proclivities, in the
Yankee country, advertises for a situation with the
proviso that 4 none need apply who have not kept
. . - .1 A tiit ntkhniMv
men carruuca over wrcu jr. . .
1- W . - 1 - .
Bananas. From city sad town. , from village
and hamlet from the country and from everywhere,
both oBhaauy and privately, we are continually told
ot toe swarms oi deserters mat are roooing, purer
ing and plundering our citizens of their, property,
turning stock into corn fields, burning the fencing
arodod farms, killing hogs am) cows, and in fact
commuting evwy spaciea or wanton outrage that
uie uevii hitobeH could think ot Misom Uonjeder-
Can it be. possible that there are deserters in
Georgia? We thought the deserters were all in
North-Carolina. The Confederacy
4 There are men enoueh Btracelin ttumnrh (lonr.
gia to-day to make our force as large as necessary
for redeeming Tennessee from the dominion of ab
olitionism before the last day of November. In the
name of .the country we demand that they be
brought up to their post and their duty, and if ap
peals to honor and love of country fail to awaken
their dead san&ibililiea, then for the eood of poster-
uy rat wem oe wipea irom existence. .
The excesses of our youth are drafts unon our
old age, payable with interest, about thirty years
afterdate. . -
AsMVAborMa. Toe. Rites. The man v friends of
this distinguished gentleman, will be glad to learn
of his safe arrival in the Confederate lines. He had.
we understand, obtained oermission from the Yan
kee authorities to visit Prince George county, and
while there, was cadtured by one of our scouts and
orongna on. Mr. Hives was captured, it will be re
membejed, during tbe Eautz raid upon this city,
and though an old man, was thrown into prison, and
uua ucver since oeen released. feu JSxvrest.
Nsw Monsor Plartiho Apple Treks. A W
ticulturist in Bohemia has a beautiful plantation of
the best apple trees, -which have neither sprung
from seeds nor grafting. The plan is, to take
shoots from tbe choicest sorts, insert them in a po
tato, and plunge both in the ground, having put an
inch or two of tbe shoot above the surface Th
potato nourishes the shoot while it pushes out
roots, and the shoot eraduallr snrinm nn and be
comes a beautiful tree, bearing the best fruit, with-
uui requiring ra oe graneu.
We learn from the Asheville iVewa that Maior
Charles M. Roberts, of -the 14th battalion.
wounded on the 27th, on Laurel, while leading a
party of his men against some bushwhackers, and
died the next day.
An Ikportakt Okdbb. Adjutant General Conn
er has issued tbe annexed important and stringent
order in regard to army letter writing : 44 Private lot-
tors ana communications relative to military march
es and operations, are frequently mischievous in de
sign, and their publication generally injurious to the
military service, xney are, therefore, strictly for
. bidden, and any officer or soldier, or other person
serving with the armies of the Confederate States in
the Held, who shall be found euilty of makine such
communication for publication, or placing tbe writ
ing ucyunu ma control ho tnaitinnusits way to tbe
press before one month after the termination of the
campaign to which it relates, shall be punished, ac
cording to the degree of his offence, by the sentence
of a court martial."
Akht or Tsnnbssbr. As the enemy are full?
apprised of all Gen. Hood's movements by this
time, it is not amiss to state that the Army of Ten
nessee is now posted across the Western and Atlantic
railroad at Acworth station, twelve miles above Ma
rietta, aud thirty three miles from Atlanta. The
evacuation of Atlanta is therefore now a work of
necessity, and what shall come after we shall see.
Sherman must make a movemeut, either forward
or back, in the course of a very few days. Our
best army officers entertain no fears of its being di
rected against either Augusta or Macon.
What tns War Has Doss The Macon Con-
federate thus philosophises on the evils of the war :
Ibis war bas developed the accursed depravity of
human nature. In the South it has unmasked the
swindler, the-epeculator, the extortioner, in all their
hideous deformity. It has taught avarice to thirst
like a vampire for the blood of poverty, f I has made
many forgetful of their obligations to God aod their
fellow-man. In the North it has emboldened the bar
lot to walk in tbe sphere of the pure, the i eauti
ful, the innocent It has done away with the ne
cessity of darkness to mantle the deeds of the mid
night robber and assassin. It has fired the breast
of thousands with the spirit of the first born " Cain,"
prompting them to slay without cause and to mur
der without provocation. It has induced vice to
brand virtue with its own shame, without, the least
semblance of truth. It has given sin a two fold sway
over the passions of men, causing them to blaspheme
the good and pure. It has verified 14 man's inhu
manity to man," in a cruel disregard of humanity.
It has developed corruption in high-places, fraud
and rascality in low ones. It has brought reproach
on the virtuous, wise, and good. It has unloosed
the hinges of society, and let forth the demons of
murder and rapine to gloat upon the victims they
assail. In short it has emboldened the devil to
come, forth and at-sume possession, as if his reign
were' already established.
Paint Ms as I Ax.--'4 Pa;nt me as I am," faid
Oliver Cromwell to young Laly. " If you leave out
the sears and wrinkles, I will not pay you a shilling."
Even in such a trifle the great protector showed
both bis good sense and. characteristic tattle in the
desire that the wrinkles in his countenance should
not be lost iu the vain attempt to give him the reg
ular features and smooth blooming checks ot the
curl paled minion ol James First He was content
that his face should go forth marked with all the
blemishes which had been put upon it by time, by
war, by sleepless nights, by anxiety, and perhaps
with remorse: but with valor, policy ami autnoniy,
and public cares, written in all their princely lines.
If men truly great Knew their own interest, it is
thus that they would wish their minds to be por
trayed. Ed. Review.
- MARRIED,
In this City, on the 4th inst, at the residence of
the bride's father, by the Rev. J. M. Atkinson, Mr.
Alfred 8. Thompson to Miss Anna b. Uhristo-
phcks, second daughter of J. J. Christophers, Esq.,
all of this City.
May peace, happiness and prosperity attend them.
OBITUARY NOTICES.
Died, at his residence, in Franklin County, on the
14th of last September, Mr. J. R" Tuckbk, in the
63d year of his age.
For many years be bad been a Deacon in tne
Baptist Church, and lived a life truly consistent
with bis holy profession, lit leaves a wue, several
children and many friends to mourn their loss ; and
with those who knew him a vivid recollection of
his many virtues Will forever live. No "storied
" . . . . i s . .11
urn or animated bust," is neeaea io recoiu mows
virtues, or revive the memory of bis many good and
tender deeds.
May a merciful God smile upon the bereaved
r.dow and children, and teach them, in this mic
tion, tbe lessons of His love. J. A. K
Died, in Harnett Coonty, on Faturday tbe 24th of
8ptenibcr, 1864, Mrs. Mary Bthd, wife of Richard
bjrd, q , in tne etn year oi ner ago. aue was
a kind mother, a good mistress, and obedient wife.
The deceased leaves a husband and ten children to
mourn their loss, the V6iine.U of whom is near
grown ; and the mother beingthe first that has de
parted this lite in the lamiiy. tier cniiaren are an
now living and were present with their father, and
accompanied their deceased mother to the tomb.
44 Deep .for the dead the grief must be.
Who ne'er gave cause to mourn before."
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