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jj. YATHIL Editor axu Proprietor.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 186.
TENTH V OLUME NUHB Eli 180.
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SAMUKL P. SMITH,
AHoiim'5 :nil Counselor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
Will attend rii)ijith and diligently to collecting and
r. ,.iitiin-r all cUiins intrusted to his care.
S,.e-i:i! attention driven to the writing of Deeds, Con
veyances. AC.
I if Hnrintr li"iir of business, maybe found in the
('.mil liaise, iMaiv No. 1, adjoining theclerk'a office.
JaniiMtv IO. ISijl
.1. A. FOX,
Attorney xt Xjaw,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
a F.Klt AL V0LLECT1XG A a EST.
i!ii e over the Dru Store, Irwin's corner.
Jur.i.uv 1, ls'.l. tf
Wm. J. Kerr,
A T T O It . E Y A T K
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
ii! ura. tiee in the County and Superior
Courts of
kieuimrg. Union and Cabarrus comities.
i) ricK in the IJ raw ley building opposite Kerr's Hotel.
January -4, lt-ol y
It 0 BE II T (.IBBOX, Mb D.,
rriTio.EU vv jiuiucise
an n
A"'. 2 lining corner, CHARLOTTE, N. (
IMS
Olfir,:
J.i una iv
It. V. BECKWIT1I
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C.,
Of the best Engli.-h and American manufacturers.
Call an-! examine his stock before pnn hasing elsewhere.
Watrh crystals put in for j cents each.
January, I ''SI y
9
John T. Butler,
PRACTICAL
Watrii and Clock .Tlaker, Jew
eller, Arc.,
OlToslTK Kkrr's IIuTKL, Charlotte, X. C
(Late with R. W. Beckwith.)
Tim' W;itclit', C lock &c Jewelry,
oteerv description. Kenaired and Yarrautel tor 1.
Ulotlt'.lS.
O.-t 1'
Mj't.
tf
J. G. WILKINSON & CO.,
1 Silver A: plated Ware
Ili AND FANCY (HH)DS,
No. 5, Granite Range,
Opposite the Mansion House, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry.
September lt, lHOO. y
New Supply of
WATCHES, JEYYELR
7
11
Solid Silver and Plated Ware.
The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive
supply of the above articles. His purchases being
niAiie directly from the manufacturer, be is there fort
enabled to sell at a very small advance on cost, and
persons may rest assured that all his articles arc war
ranted to be what he represents them to be.
HO Watche and Mocks carefully repaired and will
receive tuv porson.il attention.
R. W. BKCKWITII.
W. 27, 1S0 tf !
Charlotte & S. C ESailroail.
On and after the First day of October. THROUGH!
KXI'UMSS FRKIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between !
Charlotte and Charleston, without transshipment, thus I
pi'.ahiinjr frrights to reach Charlotte in a days or less
t 'in N w York, and in one day fiom Charleston, and j
-! r.,:ir.
Also. THROUGH T1CKF.TS will be sold from Char- '
l"Ue to Charleston at SS 50, and to New York, via :
Charl'tuu Steamers, at Si'.', anil tv. r-r.--r. The mer- '
chants and public are invited to try this cheap and .
expeditious route for freights and passt-ticrs.
A. H MARTIN,
Oct 2, 1 SOrt. tf C.en'l Ft. and Ticket Agent. '
UK. Ii. II. AX DREWS.
CHARLOTTK. N. C,
Would inform the public generally, ami the citizens of
Mecklenburg particularly, that he has rcMimed the
Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old
Hand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold, i
Silver. Yulcanite. or on the Cheoplastic process, as
patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin. !
Ainaljram or Os Artificial. I
He is also prepared to perform any operation belong- ;
''!-r to Dentistry, and need not sav that he will be pleas-
ei to wait upon any of his old
""! may take that for granted,
""ebroarv 5. 1?G1
friends or new friends
3 m
NEW GOODS.
KuOpYIANN" & PHELPS have received a handsome
ft"iTiv.. nt ..f SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of
DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &cM
- . i t..v mi vile M.i"'ti':V retention.
j North Carolina
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the
, Mate, insures white persons for a term of years or
j dutiiig eoniinuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves
; insured, fur one or five years, for two-thirds of their
market value. For insurance apply to
i THOS. V. DEWEY, Apt.,
! Jan 8, 18G1 ly at Branch liank N. C.
;olntion.
The firm of FULLINCJS, SPRINGS & CO. was
dis-
solved by limitation on the 1st January, 1861.
The business will be continued under the name and
style of FL'LLINCIS k 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
customers none others need ask it.
Ail 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, 1801.
Hardware ! ! Hardware ! !
A. A. iT. 31. TAYLOR
"WKSPKCTFl'LLY informs his friends and the pub
MAk lie generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of .Stoves and Tin Ware, a large ami complete
stoek 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 pointing 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 tore and Tin-ware Lepot, opposite the Man
sion House, Charlotte, N. C.
May 20, 18Go. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ilnm
niers. liiittresses. 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, dow, blister and 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 Shelters, 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,
urass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes:
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and Hds, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gallons each: Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears, Ac. at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, ic.
Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware. Stove and
Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House
i'OTICK.
Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg
county, on the 8th day of September, 1 fu0, a Negro
boy about IS or 20 years of age, (black.) about 5 feet 0
or 8 inches high. He s:iys his name is JIM. and that
he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston county: that his
master moved to Texas early lat Spring, at which
time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dull:
can scarcely communicate anything about his maste?
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
pense, and take s.iid boy away, otherwise he will be
disposed of according to law.
Oct. 9, 18G0. tf W. W. GRIER, Sheriff.
i'ETFU n. 1UVI
X. H. HARDEE.
DAVIS cv HARDEE,
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
JPctcrslDnrs, Va.
REFER TO
lialeigh, N. C.
Feb l: 18il
-Hon. D W Court. Gen. R W Haywood,
Gm-pd.
isii:d$, hie:ds.
All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS:
also, a beautiful assortment of NEW
STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a
line Sonester. will find it at
J. D. PALMER S ariety More,
One door above the Dank of Charlotte.
Nov 20, 1PG0.
TXT3"tioo-
From and after this day (1st of January. 1SG1.) we
will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers,
and the rest of mankind, for
ea.h, and eah only,
any article in our line of business that we may have ou
hand. Anv person sending or coming for Goods after
this date, without money, vill please vxcuse us if, in
stead of tilling their order, we furnish them with a
copy of this advertisement, s v e ore determined not to
xi 11 a niu'.-lf artich on credit.
ptAnd those indebted to u? are requested to call
and pay, as e want the Bioney.
OATES & WILLIAMS
January I, 18f!l
tf
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
All persons having unsettled accounts on the Rooks
of GATES & WILLIAMS, must come forward before
the first of September next and settle by cash or note,
or they will find their accounts in the hands of an oth
cer for collection.
OATES A WILLIAMS.
Aug 13, 3w
CaulwelPs Practice.
During my absence in the Military servic of this
State, in Virginia, subscribers and others desiring cop
ies of the above work, can obtain them of Mrs. Caut
wcll. Raleigh.
All persons ind.-bted to me, by note or otherwise, are
re-iuestcd to pay her. I vill hold her receipt good.
Price of sin-lV copies of the above $5.00 A deduc
tion will be made to those who buy to sell .?'"
EDWARD CANTW ELL.
Catno t.oar Ncrf-Ik. Juv l-l- 1 m
Breckinriikje Democracy in the
still true. The toll o wine resolution
has been unanimously adopted by the Breckin
ridge State Committee, assembled at Albany, New
York:
Resolved, That this Committee, representing
that portion of the Democratic party which sus
tains the Maryland Institute platform, witness with
deep concern and apprehension the long predicted
result or Northern sectional aggressions on the
rights of the Southern States. We uniibimly
opposed the policy which we foresaw must produce
disunion, so we are equally prompt to raise our
voice against civil war. Yc deny that the pres
ent war is in any sense a struggle for the Union,
and believe those who precipitated the war neither
care for or desire a restoration. We advocate a
proposition for an armistice. We are convinced
that the present administration has suspended the
Constitution. Wc are gratified that the other
wing of the Democratic party has refused to co-operate
with the Republicans, and we respectfully
tender the other wing the right hand of fellowship,
and sacraficing minor considerations, and burying
past dissensions, this Committee will not call a
separate Convention, but recommend those who
recognize this organization to unite with the other
wing in the election of delegates to the
Convention.
Syracuse
According to the New York Herald, John C.
Brccinridge, Ex-Governor Aiorehead, James B
Clay and J. Young Brown are advertised to ad
dress a grand assemblage of the people near llar-
rodsburg, Kentucky, in favor of the Southern
cause.
The Post Offck. The receipts this year will
come within half a million of the expenses a
much smaller deficiency than could have been ex
pected. State of Xurth Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 18C1.
Thonas 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 S3th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D l&'ol.
J. E. IRBY, clerk.
TG-Ot pr adv $G
State
oj Ao7i Carolina liiioii county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 18U1.
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
J and there to answer, plead or demur, or judgment pro
j confesso will be entered up against him and the caus
I set for hearing.
llness, J Vj li ny, clerk or our said court, at otnee.
the first Monday in July, and in the JS5th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D 18C1. J. E. IRBY, clerk.
7G-6t pr adv $0
State of Xortli Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 1SG1.
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 newspnpsr 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 entered up against him and the cause set
for hearing.
Witness, J E Irby, clerk of our said court nt office,
the first Monday in July, and in the 85th year of Amer
ican Independence, A D 18G1. J. E. IRP.Y, clerk.
7G-Gt pr adv $6
State of Xorth Carolina Union county.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July Term, 18G1.
Benjamin Shepherd
vs.
R F Stockton.
Attachment.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that
Stockton, tiie defendant in this case, resides bey
R F
ond
; the limits of this Slate; it is theretore ontcrca iy t tie
, court that publication be made for six successive weeks
in the Western Democrat, that he be and appear before
I the Justices of the court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
! to be held for the county of Union, at the court house in
j Monroe, on the first Monday in October next, then and
there to piead, answer or demur, or judgment pro con
j fesso will be entered up against hiin and the cause set
. for hearing.
! Witness. J E Irby, clerk of our said cour at office
I the first Monday in July, and in the 85th year of'Awcr-
ican Independence, A D 1801. J. E. 1RHY, clerk.
, 7G-6t pr adv $6
I State of Xorth Carol in ft Union county.
: Court of Pleas-and Quarter Sessions July Term, 18C1.
t D A Covington, Ex'r of Andrew Secrest, dee'd, vs.
Mar
Secrest and others.
! Petition for Settlement.
1 It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that ;
1 Marv Secrest. John C Calhoun Osborne, Edward Hitch
! and'Xancv his wife, Evan Laney and Leah his wife, .
' Robt McCombs and Margaret his wife, and I ranklin b .
Rodgers defendants in ihis case, reside beyond the ;
; limits of this State, so that the ordinary process ot la w ;
' cannot be erved upoD them: it is therefore ordered by
1 the Court that publication be made for six successive
weeks in the Western Democrat, notifying and com- .
1 manding the said non-resident defendants to be and ap- I
i pear before the Justices of the court of Pleas and Quar-
' ter Sessions at the next term thereof to be held for the j
' eaid county of Union, at the court house in Monroe, on ;
; the first Monday of October next, then and there to an- ;
' swer plead or demur to the plaiutiff's petuion, other- i
' wise judgment pro confesso will be taken against them ;
and the same be heard ex prte as to them.
Witness, J E Irbv, clerk of our said court at office,
the first Monday inJn. and the 85 th year -of Amen
. can Independence. A D 1861. J- E. IRm , clerk.
; J-8i f!-r a'-v $- 1
j The
! North
TRAITORS IN OFFICE.
The Richmond Examiner copies from a New
York paper a particular statement of all the regi
ments, from all the Southern States, in service,
stating who commands them, where stationed, &c,
&c. lhe Lxannner savs tint the Southern pa-
! pers, form prudential consideratioas, have abstain
j e3 from giving these particulars; and yet they are
known in Washington and New York. And it is
! plainly charged, that the information is furnished
; by some of the Northern men who have, very im
' properly, been appointed to offices in the Depart
ment at Itiehmond. The Examiner says it is
doubtful whether the War Department itself
could furnish a more partciular and complete list
of our forces. It says that to discover the spies,
the authorities must look high, and not low, at the
top, and not at the bottom of society. For in
stance "the appointment of General Lee to com
mand in Western V irginia was unknown even to
any one out of the Departments, till the New York
papers published, not only his appointment, but
his actual departure for tiie post to which he was
ordered. Another instance was seen in the matter
of .Matthias' I'oint. The fortification of that
place was one of the most important military meas
ures, and socrec', silence and promptitude in ex
ecution were desirable to the last degree. ?ut
the people at Washington knew all about it nearly
as soon as the heads of the Confederate Admin
istration themselves."
It seems to us that it will be necessary to find
out and hanjr some of these spies; and the sooner
the better.
The list in question gives the strength of the
Confederate forces at 243,UU0; of which 22,000
are from Georgia; 14.000 from Louisiana; 18,000
from Mississippi; 9,000 from Texas; 25,500 from
Tennessee; 15,000 from South Carolina; 10,000
from Arkansas; 18,000 from Alabama; 20,000 from
North Carolina; 65,000 from Virginia; 3.000 from
Florida; 1,000 fiom Maryland; 22,000 from Mis
souri; and 1,000 from Kentucky. In addition to
that it is stated that there are at least 250,000
Home Guards and fractions of Regiments, various
ly armed and equipped. Fay. Observer.
There are persons-holding office in Richmond who
left Washington for the South entirely too late.
STEAMBOAT CAPTURED.
We copy the following from the Memphis Ap
peal, of the 18th:
On Thursday morning the 14th inst., while the
stem-wheel steamer "Equality," which is owned
by the Lincoln Government, and used as a river
patrol between Cario and Evansville, on the Ohio
Kiver, was lying at the Mouth of Mayficld creek,
at the head of Island No. 1, about three miles be
low Bird's Point, taking on board marketing, for
the troops at Cairo, a party of seven horsemen
rode up to the boat and made a bargain with the
Captain to convey them to Norfolk, on the Missou
ri shore, (where there are two of Lincoln's regi
ments encamped.) at the rate of a dollar each for
themselves and horses. As soon as the boat push
ed out, the pilot and other officers of the boat were
astonished to find a loaded pistol pointed at each
of their breasts, accompanied with instructions
to head the boat down stream. It is needless to
say that the orders thus given were immediately
obeyed. Upon the arrival of the boat at Colum
bus, twenty miles from Cairo, the crew was set to
work taking in coal, the capto's retiring to the ho
tel to narrate the particulars of the capture, and
also to refresh the inner man. Before each of the
seven had given his own version of the affair, tfie
proprietor came rushing down from the roof, where
he had stationed himself on watch, and reported,
"the gun boat's coming he had seen the smoke. '
That was more than the captors had bargained
for, and six of the seven incontinently backed
out, and would have nothing further to do with
the matter. The seventh one immediately started
for the boat, with a bottle of "Red Eye," and after
a short discourse with the crew, ordered the plank
in, and soon the "solitary horseman" with his
prize, was steaming down the Mississippi, en route
lor New Madrid. In about an hour and a half,
two of the Lincoln gunboats, the Lexington and
Concstoga the former carrying six and the latter
two guns passed Columbus in full chase. At 5
o'clock P. M., they passed Hickman, eighteen
milts below; but had not gained upon the runaway.
Before the Equality reached Island No. 10, fuel
became scarce, and the prospect of a recapture im
minent, when to the utter joy of the "horsemarine,"
the Confederate dispatch steamer Grampus, came
booming up the river. She was soon alongside,
and taking the prize in tow, carried her to Mad- j
rid, where the gallant "horse marine" turned her
over to the General Commanding the Confederate
iorces ai inai poini.
Favorable from East Tennessee. Col.
Win. II. Carroll arrived on yesterday from East
Tennessee, where he has been sojourning for several
weeks, raising troops under a special commission
for the Confederate service, lie confirms our
recent representations of the great reaction now
transpiring among the people, and designates it as
a "perfect stampede" from Unionism to the advo
cacy of the Southern cause. Mr T. A. It. Nelson
had reached home, and it wras undestood that he
would issue an address to the people of East
Tennessee through the columns of the Knoxville
Whig, advising them to desist from further opposi
tion to the State authorities, and espouse the
cause of the Confederate government.
The lion. Geo. W. Bridges, who has been an
intense Union man, and was a candidate for the
United States Congress in the late election, advised
Col. Carroll of his intention to rui-e a regiment of
volunteers from among the Unionists of his district
and enter the active service of the Confederate
States.
Col. Carroll issued an address to the people,
calling upon them to rally to the support of their
section against the rulgar despotism of Lincoln,
and informs us that the- Knoxville Whig will
publish it in a few days, approving of its spirit
and counseling a patriotic response to it. He
thinks that he can raise at least four thousand
men anion v the Unionists of East Tennessee in
less than thirty days.
We have scarcely ever known of so sudden and
favorable a revulsion in popular sentiment during
the pioscnt revolution, as has taken place in the
eastern section of this State in. the last ten days.
JI'Tr'j'ht Aj'j'eal.
MR. RUSSELL'S ACCOUNT OF THE caught up theory. "Turn back turn -your
BATTLE AT MANASSAS. j horses," was the shout up the whole line, and back-
As the letter of Mr Russell, (correspondent of ' in? plunging, rearing and kicking, the. horses
the London Times), who was an eye-witness of the which liaJ bo"n proceeding down the road re
federal defeat, has been looked for with interest ; versed f,0,lt a,ld went off Awards Centreville.
in this country, we give the following extract3
Irom it :
Washington, July 22, 1801.
I sit down to give an account, not of the action
yesterday, but of what I saw with my own eyes.
Let me, however, express an opinion as to the affair
of yesterday. In the first place,- the repulse of
the Federals, decided as it was, might have had no
serious effects whatever beyond the mere failure
which politically was of greater consequence than
in a military sense but for the disgraceful con
duct of the troops.
The retreat on their lines at Centrevillc seems
to have ended in a cowardly rout a miserable,
t c I liii" i
causeless panic, buch scandalous behavior ou the
"C,
i ,, . ., 1 1. t , , i i ., , .
part of the soldiers I should have considered lm-
' -li -,i r i
! possible, as, with some experience of camps and
ti, ,. i '
: armies, 1 have never, even in alarms auioug camp-
1 c . 1 1 . , i-i i- -i ti ii i-
I " - - w-mv.. ...v - V v. .V. .tun JU& V UiO
organization of the troops extended, I know not ;
but it was complete in the instance of more than
one regiment.
Washington this morning is crowded with
soldiers without officers, who have fled from Cen
trevillc, and with " three months' men," who are i
going home from the face of the enemy on the j
expiration of the time for which they en- j
listed. The streets, in spite of the rain, are j
crowded by people with anxious faces, and groups i
of wavering politicians are assembled at the
corners, in the hotel passages and the bars. If
iu the present state of the troops the Confederates
weie to make a inarch across the Potomac above
Washington, turning the works at Arlington, the
capital might fall into their hands.
The North will, no doubt, recover from the
shock. Hitherto she has only said, "go and fight
for the Union." The North must put its best
men in the battle, or she will inevitably fail before
the energy, the personal hatred and the superior
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fiiihtinff nowers of her antagonist. In mv letters.
as in my conversation, I have endeavored to show
that the ta.-k to which the Unionists have set them
selves, is one of no ordinary difficulty, but in the
state of arrogance and supercilious confidence,
either real or affected to conceal a sense of weak-
tiess, one iniht as well have preached to the Pyra-
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Indeed, one may form some notion of the con
dition of the public mind by observing that
journals conducted avowedly by men of disgrace
ful personal character the be-whippod aud be
kieked and unrecognized pariahs of society in
New Yoik are nevertheless, in the very midst of
repulse and defeat, permitted to indulge in ridicu
lous rhodomontade towards the nations of Europe,
and to move our laughter by impotcntly malig
nant attacks on "our rotten old monarchy;" while
the stones of their bum new republic are tumbling
about their cais. It will be amusing to obs-jrve
the change of tone, for we can afford to observe
and to be amused at the same time.
After describing several adventures connected
with the trip, he gives the following account of a
meeting with a returning regiment :
A babel of tongues rose from them, and they
were all in good spirits, but with an air about
them 1 could not understand. Dismounting at a j
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sueani iicru agioup ui unity men were ui uiKiiig
and halting in the shade, I asked an officer,
" Where are your men going, sir?" " Well, we
are going home, sir, I reckon to Pennsylvania."
It was the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, which
was on its march as I learnt from the men. " I
suppose there is severe work going on behind you.
judging from the firing '" " Well, I reckon, sir,
there is. We're going home," he added, after a
pause, during which it occurred to him, perhaps,
that the movement required an explanation "be
cause the men's time is up." We have had three
months of this work."
I proceeded on my may ruminating on the
feelings of a General who sees one-half a brigade
walk quietly away on the very morning of an
action, and on the frame of mind of men who
would have shouted till they were hoarse about
their beloved Union
possibly have hunted down j
any poor creature who expressed a belief that it
was ut the very quintessence of everything great
and good in Government and glorious and omnipo
tent in arms coolly turning their backs on it
when iu its utmost peril, because the letter of their
engagement bound them no further. Perhaps t
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tne rourtn l ennsyivama were right, out let us
hear no more of the excellence of three months'
bervice volunteers. And so we left them.
Mr Russell having reached the top of a hill,
from which a number of persons were viewing the
battle, he gives the following particulars :
Up rode an officer with a crowd of soldiers after
him, from the village. " We've whipped them on
all points!" he shouted. "We've taken their
batteries, and they're retreating !" Such an up
roar as followed. The spectators and the men
cheered again and again, amid cries of " Bravo,"
" Bully for us," " Didn t 1 tell you ho: ' and
teral " hocks" from the Deutschland folk
loud " hurroos" from thp Irish.
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and I had met my friends on the road, and after a
few words rode forward at a long trut as well as I
could past the wagons and through the dust, when only enemies at sea, as the Confederate troops are
suddenly there arose a tumult in front of me at a enemies on land. That the Confederates are en
small bridge across the road, aud then I perceived titled to be recognized as belligerents, they have
the drivers of a set of wagons with their horses themselves provtd at Manasftaj, and the best way
turned towards me, who were endeavoring to force is to candidly admit the fact, instead of standing
their way agaiust the .stream of vehicle setting in upon a point of etiquette which is inipractioable."
the other direction. By the side of the new set of ;
wagons there were a number of commissariat men ; Hj' The first section of the late act of the Con-
and soldiers, whom at first sight I took to be the ;
basea-c guard. They looked excited and alarmed, i
and were
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running
by the side of the horses; in
front the dust ouite obscured the view. At the
bridge the currents met in wild disorder. " Turn
back !"' " Retreat !" shouted the men from the
front. " We're whipped we're whipped!" They
cursed and tugged at the horses' heads, and strng-
gled with frenzy to get past. Running by n.e on :
foot was a man with the shoulder straps of an offi- j
ccr. "Pray, what is the matter, eir ?" " It '
means we're 'ptty badly whipped and that's a ;
fact," he blurted out in puffs, and continued his
carrer 1
The tfeamsters of the advancing wsgoni now ,
; 1 Lose bebinU theni weut madly ru.-dung on, tne
i drivers beinjj quite indinerent whether ciorv or
! disgrace led the way, providing they could dud it
j An officer on foot, with his sword under his arm,
ran up against ine, " hat is all this about t
" Why, w're pretty badly whipped. We're oil
in retreat." And on he ran. There came yet
another, who said, " we're beaten on all points.
The whole army is in retreat."
The ambulances were crowded with soldiers, but
it did not look as if there were many wounded.
Negro servants on lead horses dashed frantically
past ; men in uniform, w hom it were a disgraco to
the profession of arms to call " soldiers," swarmed
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o) on muii.s, ciiarircis, uuu vtin iiaiii;iii iiuim;.,
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wmen nan ueen cut out oi carts or wagons, ana
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! wont on with harness chn'rinijr to their heels, as
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frightened as their riders. 31 en literally screamed
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nun uuu Jiiuuii wueu iiiuir way wan eiuckt-u
up. tin 1 rode, asking all, " hat is all tins
j about V aud now and then, but rarely, receiving
j an answer, "We're whipped," or "We're re
j pulsed." Facts black and dusty, tongues out in
the heat, eyes staring it was a most wonderful
! sight. As I advanced, the number of carts
diminished, but the mounted men increased, and
I the column of fugitives became denser,
i The road was strewn w'lth articles of clothing
urc-locks, waist-belts, cartouch-boxes, caps, great
coats, mess tins, musical instruments, cartridges,
bayonets and sheaths, swords and pistols even
biscuits, wine bottles and pieces of meat.
The clouds of dust rising above the woods
marked the retreat of the whole army, and the
crowds of fugitives continued to steal away along
the road. The sun was declining, and some thirty
miles yet remained to be accomplished ere I could
hope to cain the shelter of Washington. No one
knew where any corps or regiment was marching,
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! .Ninth are cut to pieces. " The r ne Zouaves are
destroyed," and so on.
Presently a tremor ran through the men by
whom I was riding, as the sharp reports of some
field pieces rattled through the woods close at
hand. A sort of subdued roar, like the voice of
.i i t u- i u .
soldiers, who were, I think, Germans, broke into
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a double quick, lookinir now and then over their
shoulders.
And so the flight went on. At one time a
whole mass of infantry, with fixed bayonets, ran
down the hank of the road, and some falling as
they ran must have killed and wounded thoso
among whom they fell. As I knew the road
would soon become impassable or blocked up, I
put my horse to a gallop and parsed on towardj
the front. But mounted men still rode faster,
j It was about this time I met a cart by the road
j side surrounded by a group of soldiers, some of
t whom had " G9" on their caps. I asked the men
J of the regiment how they happened to be there.
! " Shure, the Colonel himself told us to go off,
j every man on his own hook, and to fly for our
lives, replied one of them.
Another letter from Mr Russell says, he having
acquired further information respecting the Oght,
hart con,c to i1k, following conclusion:
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" There was not a bayonet charge rnado by the
Federal infantry during the day. There wa.-j not
a charge of any kind made by the Confederate
cavalry upon any regiment of the enemy until
they broke; there was not a hand-to-hand encounter
between any of the regiments; there was not a
battery charged or taken by the Federalists; there
were no masked batteries in play by Confederates;
there was no annihilation of rebel horses by the
Zouaves or others."
Sixth Regiment. The following in u list of
the sick and wounded soldiers of the GtU N. C.
Regiment (Fisher's) at Louisa C. II., Va., on the
21st August. They are being nursed by private
families:
Harmon Sears, company I, wounded; S A Ilin-
ton, company 1, sick; Wm Shambyl, company TJ,
wounded; David Roberts, company II, wounded;
Simeon Carrington, company II, wounded; Thos S
Ollis, company D, sick; W P White, company F,
wounded badly; John Davis, company B, died of
wounds; Hiram Vicers, company C, sick; Wru It
Viccrs, company C.vounded; E W l'icetts, com
pany C, wounded; A C Parriah, co II, sick; W R
Owens, co E, wounded; Lindsay Pancy, co E,
wounded badly; Spencer B Freeman, co B, wound
ed; Jas II Moring, co I, wounded badly; Potter B
Copley, co B, wounded; Jas Copley, co B, wound
ed; Silas Hendgins, co B, wounded; David U War
ren, co B, wounded; John R Roberts, co I), wound
ed; J M Sorrells, co D, wounded; David Burns,
co A, wounded badly; Alvin Ilcrndon, co C, died
of fever; Ira Bindegraf, co C, died of fever; K It
Umstead, co II, fick; G G Bradshaw, co F, sick;
W J Carr, co F, tick; Wm Jenkins, co I, sick;
Jno White, Thos J Jones and Levy Faucitt, co F,
sick.
The N. Y. Herald for Recognition. Ben
nett is out openly for an exchange of prisoners, in-
eluding privateers, who, after all, (he says,) are
giess ot the Confederate Mates "respecting alien
enemies, provides, among other things,
"during
the existing war, citizens of the lnitei Mates re
siding within the Confederate States with intent
to become- citizens thereof, and who shall make a
declaration of such intention in due form, and ac
knowledging the authority of the Government
of the same, shall not become liable to the pains
and penalties of the aforesaid act.
As much doubt exists -respecting the proper
judicial tribunal before which this "declaration'
mast be made, we are authorized to say that it
uiusUte made in some court of record, within forty
days from the date of President Davis' .proclama-
tion of the 14th of Aug. -Rich mond Ejc.anvinr.