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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1861.
TENTH V OLUME NUMB ER 479.
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SAMUEL P. SMITH,
AHoiiicy si nd Counselor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
'! rj'fiui promptly and ddi-jaUly to collecting and
-. .';.'.:( in- alt chums intrusted to his care.
' ,;--t attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con-rvan.'-i-s.
.VC.
..y ;m i:i hours of business, may be found in the
i .ft H "Hi", (!!! No. 1, adjoining the clerk' office.
; .::.:vv 10. 1U
J. A. FOX,
Attorney
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT.
i ( over the Drug Store, Irwin's corner.
J.:i'. :.irv I. !. tf
Wm. J. Kerr,
A T T O 11 X E V A T I A V,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
V" !! i-rtioe in
the Count- and .Superior Ceurts
of
S (.uti'irg. Union and Cabarrus counties.
o -i, E in the Brawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January 24, 18tl y
II 0 BE II T GIBBON, M. D.,
PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE
AND
No. 2 Iri' in's vomer, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
i.i:i!iary, 1861.
0
11.
V. BECK WITH
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C.,
Of tin- best English and American manufacturers.
C t'.l ! examine his stockbefore purchasing elsewhere.
W;itch crystals put in for 25 cents each.
J&uuary, 1851 J
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
IVatch and Clock Sinker, Jew
eller, &c,
Oi'1'o.siTE Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, AT. C.
(Late with R. W. Beck with.)
I'iiif' WatclM's, Clocks Ac Jw'Iry,
effverv description, Repaired and Warranted for 12
tf
WILKINSON 6u CO.,
DEALERS IN
Watolies,
Silver fc plated Ware
AND FANCY GOODS,
No. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mansion House, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Attention giveM to Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
September 18, 18G0. y
New Supply of
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Solid Siker and Plated Ware.
The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive
'U'l'ly ot" the above articles. His purchase being
ai'ie directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore
taabled to sell at a rery small advance on cost, and
Pons may rest assured that all his articles are war
f ' i'veil to be what he represents them to be.
B. Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and will
receive my personal attention.
R. W. BECKWITH.
Nv. 27, 13(50 tf
Charlofte & S. V. Uailroad.
n and after the First day of October, THROUGH
EX I'll KSS FRKIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between
'-'Tkue and Charleston, without transshipment, thus
'"'liusr freights to reach Charlotte in 5 days or less
r!"a Xtw York, and in one day from Charleston, and
rr.a.
. A!-o. THROUGH TICKETS will be sold from Char-
'e to Charleston at 8 50, and to New York, via
(l,ar!f5ton Steamers, at 19, and vice versa. The raer
rnts and public are invited to try this cheap and
lI?fiiitious route for freights and passengers.
A. H. MARTIN,
18C0. tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Agent.
Oct
DIC. E. El. AiMHSEWS,
CHARLOTTE, X. C,
TV
"t infiim. ftirt nulili iTPTiprnllr nnil llin riti7nD nf
'Kienbuig particularly, that he has resumed the
particularly,
' 'iCt
ice ot jik i ini kv ua may oe tounu at nis old
'"1. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold,
Vulcanite, or on the Cheoplastjp process, as
Ht-.ents my desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin,
AV'am or Os Artificial.
;,e 'K f'Sl) prepared to perform any operation beloiig
to iVntistry, and need not say that he will be pleas
'i to Wf,j, Uj,on any Gf jjjs 0u frjen(is or new friends
n may take that for granted.
'fi'BtlPr K 1 C 1
3m
NEW GOODS.
"OPMANJf & PHELPS have received a handsome
Client of SPRING GOODS
consisting in part of ;
"HESS
GOODS, BONNETS, &c,
'n thCV invile particular attention.
J. G.
North Carolina
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the
State, insures white, persons for a term of years or
during continuance of life, on moderate terms." Slaves
insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their
market value. . For insurance apply to
THOS. W. DEWEY, Agt.,
Jan 8, 18J1 ly at Branch Bank N. C.
Dissolution.
The firm of FULLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. was
dis-
solved by limitation on the 1st January, 1861.
The business will bf! continued under the name and
style of FULLINGS & SPRINGS, and they hope, by
integrity and strict attention to business, to merit the
same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by their
numerous friends and customers.
The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of
business, for the future compel us to shorten our time
of credit from twelve to six months to prompt paying
cuslomers none others need ask it.
All persons indebted to the old firm of Fullings,
Springs & Co., must come forward and make immediate
settlement, as it is absolutely necessary that the busi
ness be speedily closed up. "A word to the wise is suffi
cient." Jan 15, 18G1.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A, A, N. M. TAYLOR
ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete
stock of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, and butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels,
Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick,
plastering, and pointiug Trowels: Saw-setters, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines,
Gougers, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion House. Charlotte, N. C.
May 29, I860. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers, Buttresses, Farriers" Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks
and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and clinch Nails,
Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country
manufacture; cast, plow, blister aud spring Steel; &c,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, Plows, Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks, Mattocks, Grubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain,
grass aud brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes;
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-paus and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gullons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears. &c, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, kc.
Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion Hohsc
NOTICE.
Taken'up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg
county, on the 8th day of September, 1800, a Negro
boy about 18 or 20 years of age, (black,) about 5 feet 6
or 8 inches high. He says his name is JIM, and that
he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston county; that his
master moved to lexas early lat Spring, at wliicn
time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dull:
can scarcely communicate anything about his master
or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his
right fore finger, made by a cutting knife. The owner
is requested to come forward, prove property, pay ex
penses, and take said boy away, otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9, 18G0. tf W. W. GRIER, Sheriff.
D BY GOODS,
LADIES' CLOAKS and BOiWETS,
DRESS GOODS and EMBROIDERIES.
A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
PLANTATION GOODS.
The above wiH be found to compare in styles and
prices with any in the town.
FISHER & BURROUGnS
Nov 13, 1860 tf
PETER P.. DAVIS.
W. H. HARDEE.
DAVIS & HARDEE,
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
PctersTours,
REFER TO Hon. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood,
Raleigh, N. C.
Feb 19, 1861
6m-pd.
ISIKDS, I$IKI.
All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS;
also, a beautiful assortment of NEW
STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a
fine Songster, will find it at
J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store,
One door above the Bank of Charlotte.
Nov 20, I860.
From and after this day (1st of January, 1861.) we
will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers,
and the ret of mankind, for
casli, and cash only,
any article in our line of business that we may have on
jhhapd. Any person fending or coming tor uoous alter
this date, witnout money, win pica&c A,u.-r u ., in
stead of filling their order, we furnish them with a
conr of this advertisement, m
ict are aeierminea not to
" a tf9'e arttcle n ere,iU- . .mA tn
l.Zmo ' " - . . .
OATES & WILLIAMS.
&t 333; stern SJtmdrrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
It will be seen by the following that many
of the federal soldiers were deceived by their offi
cers and the officials at Washington, before they
entered the fight at Manassas. A member of the
New York Fire Zouaves, now a prisoner in Rich
mond, made the following statement to the repor
ter of the Richmond Examiner:
"I was induced to believe by all the officers of
my regiment and all the gentlemen who made us
speeches in Washington, that the southern force
consisted of a rabble of some 4 or 5000 men that
they had no guns except a few shot guns, scythe
blades, and other domestic instruments. Believ
ing these statements I was induced to join the
army and invade Virginia. We reached the plains
of Manassas on the morning of the 21st, aud the
first thing we saw or knew, the secessionists ran
out a gun from a piece of pines, some 18 feet long,
and fired. It then appeared to our regiment that
some destructive projectile of about the size of a
five-foot piece of cord wood had been fired from
this gun. 12 or 15 of our men fell at the dis
charge, and the balance of us sought safety in the
neighboring thicket."
Davidson Collegk. The Board of Trustees
at their recent meeting conferred the degree of
A. B. on the following young men, members of
the last Senior class, viz:
George B Ervvin, of Morganton, N. C.; James
II Gouger, Cabarrus co., N. C; Benj W John
ston, Monticello, Florida; James McGaslan, Abbe
ville, S. C; John M McKinnon, Luther McKin
non, Richmond co., N. C; George Q Motz, Geo.
L Phifer, Lincolnton, N. C; James A Watson,
York, S. C; Osn.on A Wylie, Chester S. C.
State of X or tli Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 1801.
Thomas W Dewey, cashier, vs. R F Stockton.
6 Attachment.
Tt appearing to the satisfaction of the court that R F
Stockton, the defendant in this case, resides beyond the
limits of this State; it is therefore ordered by the court
tiat publication be made for six successive weeks in
the Western Democrat, that he he and appear before
the Justices of the court of Pleas aud Quarter Session?
to be held for the county of Union, at the court house
in Monroe, on the first. Monday in October next, then
and there to answer, plead or demur, or judgment pro
confesso will be entered up against him and the cause
set for hearing.
Witness, J E Irby, clerk of our said court, at office
the first Monday in Jul, and in the 85th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D 1861. J. E. IRBY, clerk.
76-6t pr adv $6
State of North Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 1861.
Thomas W Dewey, cashier, vs. R F Stockton.
Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that R F
Stockton, the defendant in this case, resides beyond the
limits of this State; it is therefore ordered by the court
that publication be made for six successive weeks in
the Western Democrat, that he be and appear before
the Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
to be held for the county of Union, at the court house
in Monroe, on the first Monday in October next, then
and there to answer, plead or demur, or judgment pro
confesso will be entered up against him and the cause
set for hearing.
Witness, J E Irby, clerk of our said court, at office,
the first Monday in July, and in the 85th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D 1861. J. E. IRBY, clerk.
76-6t . pr adv $ 6J
State of North Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 1861.
Thomas W Dewey, cashier, vs. R F Stockton.
Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that R F
Stockton, the defendant in this case, resides beyond the
limits of this State; it is therefore ordered by the court
that publication be made for six successive weeks in
the Western Democrat, a newspapsr published in the
town of Charlotte, that he be and appear before the
Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to
be held for the county of Union, at the court house in
Monroe, on the first Monday in October next, then and
there to answer, plead or demur, or judgment pro con
fesso will be enteretl up against him and the cause set
for hearing.
Witness, JE Irby, clerk of our said court at -office,
the first Monday in July, and in the 85th year of Amcr-
lean iniiepcuueucv, -a is ioui, u. nm)
. t j j r ioci T E I n n v
elerk.
76 -6t
pr adv S6
State of North Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 1861.
Benjamin Shepherd vs. R F Stockton.
Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that R F
Stockton, the defendant in this case, resides beyond
the limits of thi3 State; it is therefore ordered by the
court that publication be made for six successive weeks
in the Western Democrat, that he be and appear before
the Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
to be held for the county of Union, at the courthouse in
Monroe, on the first Monday in October next, then and
there to plead, answer or demur, or judgment pro con
fesso will be entered up against him and the cause set
for hearing.
Witness. J E Irby, clerk of our said court, at office
the first Monday in July, and in the 85th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D 1 861. J- E. IRBY, clerk.
76-6t pr adv $6
State of North Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 1861.
D A Covington, Ex'r of Audrc w Secrest, dee'd, vs. Marj
Secrest and others.
Petition for Settlement.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that
Marv Secrest, John C Calhoun Osborne, Edward Riich
and'Nancv his wife, Evan Laney and Leah his wife,
Robt McCombs and Margaret his wife, and Franklin S
Rodo-ers defendants in this case, reside beyond the
limits of this State, so that the ordinary process of law
it u thr.f-nre. ordered bv :
' the Court that publication be made tor six successive
weeks in the Western Democrat, notifying and com-j
j manding the said non-resident defendants to be and ap-
pear before the Justices of the court of Pleas and Quar-
1 ter Sessions at the next term thereof to be held for the
i "id co.Dtv of Union, at the conrt hoa?e in Monroe, on
the first Monday of October nest, then and there to an- ;
' tilllULl IK" tencu "J'"" .
. i i ...... n
, swer, p ead or demur to me P . . p- u w.- ,
, wise judgment pro conicso w iu ue iacu nKaiui vucui .
, 1 U,A .r r.o..to tn thtm
ana ine same uuu j.wi -
Witness, J E Irby, clerk of our said court at office,
re-6t
pr adv $6
Correspondence of the Democrat.
The following letter was received too late for last
week's issue :
James River Inland Navigation the Xavy
Yard at Portsmouth dc, iC-c.
Norfolk, Aug. 15th, 1SG1.
Mr. Editor: Since my last from Richmond, I
have found but little that would be likely to in
terest your readers. Your correspondent, in com
pany with Mr. V. and lady (the latter the worthy
an
estimable president ot the
Mecklenburg
Hospital Association, on a voyage of mercy to our
sick soldiery at Yorktown,) embarked on board of
a most comfortable and easy-going steamer at
Richmond down James River. The scenery,
every inch of which, as far as we dare go on
account of the enemy, will amply repay one for
the time and expense of the excursion. The trip
is made in one day to a point known ss Stone
House Wharf, and back to Richmond. The
officers are exceedingly gentlemanly and polite;
and, as it was noticed on the up trip, attentive and
kind to the returning sick soldiers -it wa3 especially
soon board the steamer Curtis Peck (the name of
the captain I have forgotten, which I regret, as his
kiudness to our brave volunteers is worthy of
especial attention.) 1 recommend to our people
going to Yorktown to be sure to go aud return by
the James river route.
At Jamestown (or ratlier the site of what was
once Jamestown) you find nothing to remind you
of that ancient city but a broken column of an
ancient church steeple, where the first settlers of
America were wont to wonhip. It is the sole rep
resentative of a city and a generation that has
past away.
Lying in the stream, just opposite this point, we
passed the Southern Confederate steamer Patrick
Henry. The number of guns she carries I could
not learn, the number of men I understood to be
one hundred aud ninety. What is to De her field
of operations depends, I presume, on circum
stances. To get out to hea she will be compelled
to run the blockade passing the U. S. war vessels
at .Newport News and ut Old Point. She must
therefore avail herself of the darkness of the night
to yet to tea, as it would be the height of fully
I ar,d madness to attempt it in open day.
The topography of this and the adjacent
country of the sea coast of North Carolina is but
little known to our up-country people. As this
country, aud especially the N. C. coast is likely to
be the scene ot operations of our active and ven
tursotne little navy that is now guarding the inland
navigation of our hazardous and exceedingly
dangerous coast, it is proper that our people
should form some general idea of the great utility,
especially at this crisis, of tliis great inland navi
gation. Without it, our little navy would be com
pletely paralized. The Legislature of N. Carolina
in 1854 chartered the Chesapeake and Albemarle
Canal, the object of which was to give a complete
inland navigation, land-locked, connecting Albe
marle Sound with Chesapeake Hay, thereby giving
a free communication between their waters without
going out to sea; vessels drawing eight feet water
now pass without interruption from Norfolk to
Beaufort, Washington, Elizabeth " City, Edenton,
Newbern, &c; and I learn that vessels drawing not
mure than four feet can get as far as Wilmington
without encountering an enemy. Nature has made
our " inhospitable shore" a haven of rest to the
patriot ; and to us, and indeed I may say to the
Confederate States, of more utility than the occu
pation of both Newport News and Ft. Monroe.
We have met on several occasions here our
young and accomplished naval friend, a native of
Charlotte, Lieut. Joe Alexander. '
will not tire jTour readers by attempting a
description of the conflagration here or the charac
ter of the millions of property destroyed by the
Hessians at the Navy Yard. I will mention, how
ever, that the cost of one ship, the Alerrimac, was
one million and a half of dollars. They have
raised her hull, and are now busily employed in
changing her into a floating battery. Her upper
deck has been taken away, instead of which large
beams of timber are thrown across at an angle of
forty-five degrees, somewhat like the rafter to a
1)0USC her lower portion will be entirely sub
mersed, and the beams will be sheeted with iron ;
her prow will be one solid mass of square logs or
timber to be used as a battering ram, running into
the enemy with full head of steam, and, if possi
ble, sinking her outright. The copper taken from
this immense ship, I learn, is worth one huudred
and fifty thousand dollars.
There is in this j ard nine hundred hands in the
employ of the government. The rifling of cannon
has proven quite a success. The first one experi
mented upon was tested two days ago, and suc
ceeded beytnd all expectation. There are hun
dreds of them here that will undergo the same
manipulation, and hereafter it is expected that
rifled cannon alone will be used. The additional
strength is given them by putting around them,
three bands heated and shrunk upon them, on
the principle of putting tire upon a wagon-wheel.
The making of shell, shot, &c, is carried ou here
with great energy.
The yard and works are under the supervision of
one of the most venerable, polite and accomplished
officers (Commodore Forrest) it has been my
fortune in a long time to meet with. Upon en
tering his office, I made known to him that I
was a stranger in the place, a citizen of N. C, and
desirous of visiting the yard and grounds, &c, sta
ting at the same time that I had no means of
identifying myself save through a pass I had ob
tained in Richmond. Yuu may imagine my sur
prise when he responded " your face is a sufficient
recommendation," and immediately wrote, " Per
mission given to 31 r to visit the yard in his
carriage, in company with his wife." This was
done in the oolitest manner possible, and not
trudging!"?, notwithstanding it is considered a
r
. . I j
special Javor to pass a cainage uitu uj jaru.
The next place of interest is the Navy Hospital,
ocate(j at tne extreme lower portion of the town
f portgmouth, lt if? beautifully located on the
x X , , , .,1 . ,L 4 .Cfrll
river, with ground and yard eat.y and tastefully
laid off and adorned with walks, groves, flowers,
snruooery, ac, lo uuiu.u u
it 1S so jeaglJjr aIld interesting a piace mat one
. ..i 1- 5 .
wnnM bouto Biinnose that tne OeSliTC ana construe-
w nS th T sick .nd afflicted mariner
adjacent to Norfol
SonoiK. X learutru . ins nicitr td m
few of the 2d N. C. Regiment sick here. The house
is large and exceedingly commodious ventilatiou
thorough, rooms large, and no doubt the sick well
cared for. .
Strangers visiting Norfolk should avail them
selves of the 4 o'clock boat that plies between here
and Craney Island. From that point you have ft
full view of the shipping at Newport News and
Fortress Monroe.
It is now an ascertained fact that the enemy will
certainly attack the coast of N. C. at some point
between Beaufort and Ocracock inlet. Our priva
teers have recently given the shipping of the
enemy no little trouble; and they are nov collect
ing a fleet at Fortress Monroe and other places to
destroy the batteries on our coast and drive our
little navy out of the trade.
Our young friend, Lieut. Alexander, leaves in a
few days with what in western parlance is known
as a 'cracking little boat" the steamer Raleigh,
carrying two guns, (one a long one); the steamer
draws only seven feet water, and he will take her
the inland route, the " Big Ditch." We wish
him success, and are sure of hearing a good
account of his boat.
There is a large number of troops, from every
Southern State, encamped around and near this
place. So far, the health of our brave volunteers
is good. They are supplied with an abundance of
everything in the market line, vegetables, fish, &c,
at exceedingly low figures. I regret that the same
cannot be said of our men at Yorktown.
But. I have already written too much at length.
There is much more that I would like to say, but
must close. Yours, &c, X.
GETTING UP PARTIES.
We see intimations in some of our cotempora
ries of alleged schemes for creating parties. The
allusions may be to the proceedings of Congress in
secret session, of which we know nothing. It is
said that gentlemen from some States South of us,
dissatisfied with some of the actions of the Govern
ment or of some of its members, are disposed to
form an opposition, with the view of infusing more
vigor into the Administration and to substitute a
different one at the next election. We are nqt
advised of the particular causes of dissatisfaction
nor of the extent of it; we only infer that it
grows out of our altered condition, and has no re
lation whatever to the old distinction of Whig and
Democrat.
For our part, we have a very great aversion to
anything like party in such a crisis as this. We
had hoped aud believed that the men in authority
possessed the requisite ability for conducting
wisely and successfully the affairs of the Govern
ment; and, meriting, would receive the hearty
support of an undivided people.
The existence of party may be an inevitable
incident to free government ; but in times like
these we have no resources to waste in party squab
bles. The united energies of the country are
needed for its salvation, and should be devoted to
that end. Richmond Whig.
Col. Heintzelman's Report. The good
fame of the N. Y. Fire Zouaves is sadly damaged
by Col. Heintzelman's official report. Col. II. is a
. S. army officer, and appears to take pleasure in
recording the cowardice of the Northern Volun
teers. He says of the Zouaves, "at the first fire
they broke," and " the regiment, as a regiment,
did not appear again on the field." "1 then led
up the Minnesota regiment, which was also re
pulsed, but retired in tolerably good order. Next
was led forward the First Michigan, which was
also repulsed and retired in considerable con
fusion."
" The Brooklyn Fourteenth then appeared on
the ground, coming forward in gallant style. Soon
after the firing commenced the regiment broke and
ran. I considered it useless to attempt to rally
them. The want of discipline in these regiments
was so great that the most of the men would run
from fifty to several hundred yards to the rear, and
continue to fire fortunately for the braver ones
very high in the air, and compelling those in front
to retreat. Such a rout I never witnessed before.
No eff-trts could induce a single regiment to form
after the retreat had commenced."
That the fight was an open combat is confirmed
by the statement of Col. lleintzelman, that a Uni
ted States battery, posted in an open field, was
taken and re-taken three times, and finally re
mained in the hands of the Confederates.
Battle in Texas. The following is from an
extra of the Houston Telegraph, dated Aug. 10:
"There are reports of a fight on the 25th of Ju
ly, between Col. Baylor's command and the Fed
eral troops at Fort Fillmore, resulting in the defeat
of the latter, with 30 killed and wounded. Two
Lieutenants among the killed The Southerners
were unhurt. The Federals fled and was pursued,
and the whole command taken prisoners (500 in
number.)
Look out for Them. The last rumor is that
the Lincolnites will try to sink old hulks opposite
the bars and harbors of North Carolina, with the
view of ruining the navigation and thus dispensing
with the necessity of a blockade. This is brutality
of the most unmitigated kind, and to those engtged
in it no quarter should be shown, in any case.
.
S& Gen Beauregard is a Catholic. It is said
that on the morning of the battle prayer was
offered to Almighty God, and the holy sacrament
administered to the General and immense numbers
of his mcn.-
Scott's Battles We find, by reference to
history of the Mexican war, that Gen. Scott h total
loss in the seven batties. bv which the city of
uaiues, vy u!cu uny ui
Mexico was won, was, in killed,wounded and mis
sing, 2,713. In the recent battle at Manassas,
he probably lost near ten times that number. This
difference can be accounted for from the fact that,
instead of fighting Mexicaus, he was fighting the
men who fought the Mexicans.
The Army Worm. We learn that an "array"
of these aids to Lincoln are committing their
depredations on our friends on Skeenah. They
are said to be like the cut worm, a little larger,
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whewe? they go. Mr James B. Addington is
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THE FED ERA I PRISONERS IN RICH
MOND. James Nerval, Surgeon of the 79th New York
Regiment who was among the Federal prisoners
lately released and sent home, publishes a letter in
the New York Herald, from which we mako the
subjoined extract:
"There is one thing I can not refrain from ad
verting to the feelings of the wounde J and pris
oners towards our Government. If the passive
treatment they are receiving is continued; and
which is hostile to every principle of civilized
warfare, there will be such a howl from those dun
geons and hospitals as shall be felt throughout the
whole length and breadth of the North; and would
do more to damage our cause than two such bat
tles as at Manassas; besides, it will bring down
upon the Administration the condemnation of
other power&-in short, the whole civilized world.
It would be injudicious to say more on this sub
ject at present. You may hear froui me in a future
communication. I had a petition to his excellen
cy the President from the.imprisoued officers. I
showed it to Ger, Winder of the Confederate
forces. lie said he could not allow it to pass with
out showing it to the War Department, and if they
passed it, it was to be sent by Adams' Express.
The prisoners anxiously await this petition before
giving vent to their feelings. ,
I have brought with mc about four hundred let
ters fi-om the prisoners and wounded. Should
any oMheir relatives or frichda wish to com muni-'
cate to them, address their lelters, "Prisoners of
war, care oT General Winder, Richmond," and de
livered opeu at Adams' Express office, I havo becu
assured by the General that he will faithfully see
them delivered. The same with clothing and
money.
In concluding this letter, allow me to bear tes
timony to the uniform kindness to u wounded
and prisoners by the Confederate authorities; they
did all in their power to ameliorate our condition.
To Col. Sloan of the Fourth South Carolina regi
ment, and Dr. Smith, of the Nineteenth Mississip
pi, I am under an everlasting debt of gratitude
for supplying the wounded in my hospital with
food when we were starving.
Surgeon Norval carried a letter to President
Lincoln from Hon. Mr Ely, in which ho says that
a personal acquaintance with the Southern people
has greatly modified his views in regard to them ;
and he suggests, in view of the thirteen hundred
and fifty prisoners confined at Richmond, tho
propriety of adopting, in the future progress of
the war, the usual rules of belligerent nations,
particularly with regard to flags of truce, treatment
and exchange of prisoners of war, burial of the
dead, Ac. Being personally interested, he speaks
feelingly.
. TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.
Accounts from Washington say :
Much excitement wa3 occasioned iu the city in
consequence of the disaffection oenlv manifesto!
in the New York Sixty-ninth (Highland regi
ment,) aud the sending to their camp ol'n military
force to act is circumstances might require. The
result was the arrest of forty or fifty who took a
more active pnrt in the insubordination. These
were brought into the city about 8 o'clock, and
confined as prisoners, whilst the remainder of tho
regiment was marched to the navy-yard, under a
strong guard of cavalry. Among the alleged
casues of their grievances are, that they are pro
mised a furlough in order to see to the comfort :f
their families, to re-organize, and to elect officers
to fill existing vacancies.
A correspondent writes from the Federal Me
tropolis as follows:
The efforts of Gen. McClellan to conceal tha
real disorganization which exists in the army havo
met with tolerable success, but the scrutinizing
eye can readily detect the great . demoralization
which even yet exists in the various camps. Tho
Fire Zouaves have been under no control what
ever since the ignoininous rout of the 21st July.
The 28th and 38th New York regiments are
altogether undisciplined; the officers have rescued
and have determined to have nothing moro to do
with the present war. The men would go home
immediately if they were permitted to do so by
Gen.. McClellan. All the troops arc shamefully
provided for. But poor food and clothing aro
furnished them, and their general camp equipage,
particularly the tents, are of the worst kind. The
11th New York (Zouaves) went home yesterday,
and will not return. Hundreds of three-years'
men are deserting at every opportunity.
First Rate Movement of the Rump.
President Lincoln has issued a Proclamation do
daring all commercial intercourse with the seced
ed States unlawful. Goods going to or coming
from them, either by land or water, will bo forfeited
unless they are accompanied with a special permit
from Secretary Chase. All vessels and vehicles
convoying the same, will also be forfeited, and all
persons engaged will be arrested. All travel
from North to South is interdicted from and after
the expiration of fifteen da'S frora the publication
of the Proclamation, and all vessels or ships be
longing in whole or in part to citizens or inhabitant?
of the Seceded States, found at sea or m any of
the United States ports, will be forfeited. That's
the way to build up the South. We like this
Proclamation vastly.
! Peace Papers. The Journal f Commerce
. Bay8 that the jjay jk's li3t of Peace papers,
; ilh ;ts own additions, makes no less than oue
hundred and filtv-two Journals in the North op-
j Tosed to the war. It is all folly for the Republican
j papers to insist that this is not evidence of public
opimou. mese Journals bave reaaers nu sub
scribers that approve of their sentiments, and
their number in the aggregate would make a larger
array than Lincoln will ever get together. New
York Day Book.
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The Grand July of the Federal Circuit Court
of New York have presented the Journal ot Com
merce, the Daily News, the Uaj jJook, tne Tee
j ,'1(mrnaX .'nd the Brooklvn Eacle for expres.
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we might have expected. Freedom of speech and
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