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J OFFICE $ffi2 ON THE WKST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. Derannum ( IN ADVANCE. 7J, YA1P!i3, Editor asd Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 186. TENTH V 0 L U SI E N UMBER 481. i - - ... - - - - - , i . - - - - . - , . - - - v (Published every Tue:sday,(55) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPR1ETOB. f'.:.il in advance, $2 If aid within 3 months, - 2 i.-!,,u ;ifr the expiration of the year, 3 00 50 00 jj- Any person .-ending us five new subscribers", . .-.-.v, ,!. uii' d by the advance subscription ($10) will rp sivt a -ii'-h copy gratis for one year. v7 .s ;b-cribers and other9 who may wish to Bend uxaev to as, can ao so oy man, ai our nsm. n?- Transient advertisements must be paid for in Advertisements not marked on the manuscript or a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and i.T-id accordingly. SAMUI-L P. SMITH, Attorn)- siikI Cuinlr at Law, CHARLOTTE, N C, V "i .! attend promptly and diligently to collecting and . -Mifttiiir all claims intrusted to his care. :.(. ial attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con- v. v:u: es. .VC. -jV-Daring hnur of business, may be found in the To. ;t II usi, Oihcw o. 1, adjoining the clerk s otnee. J.niuarv If. 1 1 J. A. FOX, Attorney zt JLmCl-xkt, CHARLOTTE, N. C. GEXEIIAL COLLECTING AG EST. Ottiee over the Drug Store, Irwin's corner. January I, 1861. tf Wm. J. Kerr, A T T O It . U V X T I. A V, CHARLOTTE, N. C, WiT! nraotice. in the Countv and Superior Courts of .:-cl:l-nburg. Union and Cabarrus counties. U; rn'E k u t lie U raw ley building opposite Kerr's Hotel January 24, 1 CO I y ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., AND Or re. Vo. 2 Ir 'tin's corner, CHARLOTTE, .LN. C January, 1 Sol . i. V. BECK WITH Has constantly on hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C, Of the best English and American manufacturers. Call and examine his stock before parchasing elsewhere. Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each. January, 1851 y John T. Butler, PRACTICAL Watch and Clock JSakcr, Jew eller, fcc, Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, AT. C. (Late with R. W. Beckwith.) Tint? V:iCli, Clock &, Jewelry, of rvery description, Repaired and Warranted for 12 Ol 16. 18G0. tf WILKINSON 6l CO., DEALERS IN Watolies, silver & plated Ware AND FANCY GOODS, No. 5, Granite Range, Opposite the Mansion llouse. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. -:tem.cr IS, 1860. y New Supply of WATCHES, JEWELRY, Solid Silrer and Plated Ware. T::r subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive f ..'j'iv uf t!c above articles. His purchases being fia ie directly from the manufacturer, he ia therefore T.ildt'd to sell at a very small aJvaucc on cost, and ?--:ons may r st assured that all his articles are war tv :..! to be what he represents them to be. Vj-'t Watches and i'lm-ks carefully repaired and will '(cue niv personal attention. R. W. BECKWITH. Nv. 27, I SCO tf Charlotte & S. C. Hailroad. 'u an 1 after the First day of October, THROUGH KKSS FREIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between ' .Lte and i'harlesttiH. without transshipment, thus a ir fieijrhis to rt-ach Charlotte in : days or less New York, and in one day from Charleston, and A!-.), THROUGH TICKETS will be sold from Char j to Charleston at $8 50, and to New York, via :. ir! -ton Steamers, at !, and vice versa. The rncr cf.tat aud public are invited to try this cheap and t;editious route for freights and passengers. A. H MARTIN, Oct 2. ISoO. tf Gen'l Ft. and Ticket Agent. IMS. E. II. AIDKEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, "iiuM ir.f rm the publi' generally, and the citizens of kK-nharg particularly, that he has resumed the I'rai-ti.-e f DENTISTRY and may be found at his old f'-nd. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold, Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Cheoplastic process, as ?4t;..-nts may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin, A- 'Vrani or Gs Artificial. He is alo prepared to perform any operation bclong 'V ' 1 I'etitUtry, and need not say that he will he pleas f 3 'j wait upon any of his old friends or new friendi : r:.-.v ?p that for granted. 'niarv 5, 1SCI 3m NEW GOODS. KOOPMASS PHELPS have received a handsome 13 i tmeat of SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of j DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, ! -"! . ii they invito paricnltr attention. J. G. North Carolina MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the State, insure? white persons for a term of years or during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves insured, for one or five years, for two-third3 of their market value. For insurance apply to T1IOS. W. DEWEY. Agt., Jan 8, 1861 ly at Branch Bonk N. C. Dissolution. The firm of FELLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. was dis solved by limitation on the 1st January, 1861. The business will be 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 mends ana 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. 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 :iess be speedily closed up. "A word to the wise is sum cient." Jan 15, 1861. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A. A, N. M. TAYLOR TTESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub JLw. lie generally, that he has added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete sto k of Hardware, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, w-bb, 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, Gougcrs, 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 th Man sion House, Charlotte, N. C. May 20, 1860. 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 cl'nch Nail Borax: Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country manufacture; cast, plow, 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 TAYLOH'S Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, PIowb, Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattocks, Grubbing Hoes, Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains. Pruning and Hedpre Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain, grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hook6, Wagon boxes; Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 pallons 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, Ac. Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House NOTICE. Taken np and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, on the eth oay ot septemoer, ieou, a ;egro boy about 18 or 20 years ot age, (black.; aoout a ieet t . . , , - i it . tii l .1... or o 1 lie lies lllgu. lie says nis name is n.u, uuu mm he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston county: that his master moved to Texas early last Spring, at which time he ran away from him. Jim ajipears very null: can scarcely cominunicaie anjunng auum ms Mn 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, 1860. tf w. w. UKlKK,snerm. PETKK R. DAVI3. W. H. HARDEE. DAVIS & HARD K E. PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 3?otorslours, Va. REFER TO Hon. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood, Raleigh, N. C. Feb 10, 1861 Cm-pd. All kind? of EUROPEAN BIRDS: also, a heautitul asso' tment of NEW STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a fine Sontrster, will find it at J. D. I A LM Kll 8 Variety Store, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. Nov 20, I860. Tj3"toe. From and af:er this day (1st of Jauunry, 1 8 G I . ) we will be pleased to sell our old friends aud customers, and the rest of mankind, for eah, and cash only, any article in our line of business that we may have on hand. Any person sending or coining for Goods after this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in stead of filling their order, we furnish them with a copy of this advertisement, as tee are determined not to tell a tingle article on credit. Bi,And those indebted to ns arc requested to call and pay, as we waut the money OATES & WILLIAMS. Janaary 1, 1851 tf PARTICULAR NOTICE. All persons bavin? unsettled accounts on the Books of OATES & 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 offi cer for collection. OATES & WILLIAMS. Aug 13. 1SC1 3w CantwelPs Practice. Tl.ir'nir mv otwn. tn th MilitftTT SfrViCC Of thlS Suite, in Vireinia. subscribers and others aesirmg cop - ( . -en. Raleigh. . ... . ' v , f I aii f-cna innnterf tn tyi. tor note or oinerwise. mre reqnetca to pny nrr. x wm v t-r- : Price of single copies of the .bore $5 00 A .detfnc : Uou win ,e made to those who hu.vto j C-p ear Vot'-A'. July !.!!. I ' THE CAPTURE OP PORT HATTERAS. We gather the following items concerning the capture of Fort Hatteras by the federalists, from the Goldsboro Tribune : Return of the Flag of Truce.- The steamer Wivstoic carried a flag of truce from Newbern to Hatteras on Saturday iiiuht and returned yesterday morning. She went to recover the dead and wounded, but was not permitted to land. The enemy reported to them that there were but seven killed, and 26 wounded one of the latter died .1 f ..1 rvt a . since me uatne. i n is is verbal news, but it is doubtless correct. The enemy stated that the prisoners, wounded included, had been sent to rortress Munroe. The Traitor. It is rendered certain that methodist preacher by the name of Taylor, who was with the Troops at Hatteras as a spiritual teacher, acted a traitorous part almost too atrocious for belief As nearly as we can come at the facts, it appears that m a movement of the troops from Fort ( lark some say before the firing commenc ed, while other accnunfs would seem to indicate that it must have been after that event lajrired behind the troops, till he had fallen a mile and half in the rear. He then gave some signals to the enemy, probably preconcerted, who sent a boat and took him to the fleet. It is no wonder that many of our people were 5low in believing this story. Jaylor is a southern mar,, a V lrginian, we believe, and married a south . f ! (11 TV ern woman, anu nas a iamiiy or ctiuuren. lie is a wretch more horrible, if possible, than a Lin eolnite The latter may be deceived and cheated by their leaders. Jiut this man sinned against his country and his God, surrounded with the light of truth, and having all the social affections and patriotic emotions bearing upon him. He wnt? doubtless hrShed. Depend upon it, the fellow did not sell his soul tor nothing. FWe think there is some mistake about the above, and we learn (since putting the above in type) that the man suspicioned was not at Hat teras. We know nothing about it only from ru mor. Ld. Dem.J Newbern Affairs Many women and child ren, families of our fellow-citizens of Newbern, have passed through this place, and others have located here. We learn that on the road below many have come up and taken different routes It would seem that the citizens are thus preparing to resist th enemy. Whether they will' get to that city or not we are not prepared to say From what we can gather from the most intelli gent sources, we are of the opinion that they can not take that town, if our citizens do their duty, as they assuredly will. The Petersburg Express, speaking of the cap ture, says : A gentleman now in this- city, who visited Fort Hatteras two weeks since, informs us that it, was scientifically arranged and substantially built. The timbers used were of the most "massive and dura ble kind, and the whole was covered with earth to the thickness of twelve or more inches, and then turfed, the grass being already verdant and luxu rious. The same gentleman informs us that there was an abundance of ammunition powder, shell and solid shot and that the magazine, located between the fort and the shelter in the rear, was considered by skillful engineers as bomb proof. All accounts agree that the Yankee soldiers now quartered on Hatteras Island, will have a most unpleasant situation, if they can be confined to that locality. It is a dreary, barren spot, com posed chiefly of eand. During the latter summer and early fall months, it abounds with mosquitoes remarkable alike for size and blood-thirstiness, and during the winter the winds from Old Neptune sweep across the island with a fury and keenness, againtt which the thickest of garments offer but poor and inadequate protection. Another insur mountable obstacle, is the entire absence of fresh water, which was formerly brought from Newbern. An army to protect Washington, which is situ ated at the head of Pamlico Kiver, and a strong garrison at the mouth of Neuse Kiver, which com mands the approach to Newbern, will secure these two places trom any marauding expeditions wnicn the vandals may attempt. lortiacations have been already thrown up at the mouth of Neus Kiver, and there is nothing now to do but to place the guns in battery. The waters of the Pamlico bound, which wash the counties of Tyrell and Hyde, are entirely too shallow for several miles out to admit the approach of anv but the smallest of boats, and the citizens of those counties need apprehend no danger of mo lestation. Farther down, a distance ot some 40 or 50 milts are Keaufort and Carolina City, where the blockade lias been so repeatedly run without trouble, but the entrance to these harbors is com manded by the guns of Fort Macon a fortifica- . i ' . I - . J ,.,.-.-. t ,., , ,r? Vita stirtiAn lion oi uiucu grcaiei anu muic iui uiuiv. sions than Fort Hatteras. With all the liehts before us, we think the Yankees can be confined to the dreary wastes of Hatteras Island, where the musquetoe, high rinds and scarcity of fresh water, will speedily combine to making them repent deeply of their oc cupation. The Richmond Dispatch says: This invasion will have a beneficial effect in one" respect It will rouse all the States to put forth their full strength. Hitherto some of them have done so only partially. Virginia has nearly a twelfth of her white population in the field. She has fin C00 volunteers underarms. Her popula tion is about one-seventh of that of the whole Con-1 fpdpr.ation Soron iitn mxfv-nve inousaiiu uiaikcs i four hundied and fifty-five thousand, and that is the number of men we should have in the field if This affair will assist j . . . . - c- i 1U rOUSinT ll cUl, anu e riw ov.v.. u .i.rn ' v;,fc..rn, of four hundred .u i i,oll LAAn hnvft that mini- . and fif ty thousand in the field, we may calculate ! rhrUm.a dinner in X. V-.-l. C f IVnm foolintr flPnonuent. - we I.I . vy .. rt , - , ij t cajl .w. Tnpditions. Thev KI1I11IIU LIWZ 111 VI LU OVV 1 w F" sFht W0" the vital poinx.. A .uuii.ov e --c- the line there l0 aiven uui i;""- ""m" -- . . these 8tteiupted diversioO for nothing. The great object ofVe ex n"0n from " At wlU n0ta THE BATTLE NEAR SPRINGFIELD. Official report of Gen. Mc Oullouch. Headquarters, near Springfield, Mo i August 12th, 18G1 Brigadier-General J. Cooper, Adjutant-General C S. A.: Gentlemen: I have the honor to make the following official report of the battle of the Oak Hills, on the 10th inst. Having taken position about ten miles from Springfield, I endeavored to gain the necessary information of the strength and position of the enemy, stationed in and about the town. The information was very conflicting and unsatisfactory. I however made up my mind to attack the enemy in their position, and issued orders on the 0th inst. to my force to start at 9 o'clock at night, to attack at four different points at day -light. A few days before, Gen. Price, in command of the Missouri force, turned over his command to me, and I assumed command of the entire force. eoinnriinr mv own hritradn the brigade of Arkansas State forces, under Gen. Pearce, and Gen. Price's command of Missouriana. iwff-.:. , .u j .u dred infantry, fifteen pieces of artillery, and six thousand horsemen, armed with flint-lock muskets, rifles and shot-euns. There were other horsemen with the army, who were entirely unarmed, aud instead of beiirj a help were continually in the .k. :if. ..u ;f , ,. , . j r It commenced to rain slio-ntlv. and frwiu From i, v i i fi . the truest exhibitions of a character at once firm tho want of cartridge boxes that my ammunition A . , . . . ., , . , . i i i j i j i .i . . i and benevolent not insensible to humane senti- would be ruined, 1 ordered the movement to be i . . . t , . , . , , . . . . menrs, but recognizing the truest humanity as that stopped, hoping to move the next morning. My 'i- t- " . - , u .a . c j i- . 'a proceeding from the conscientious and unrelaxed men had but twenty-five rounds of cartridges a- . , , . , j . i J . , , , itM -i discharge of a plain and patriotic duty, apiece, aud there was no more to be had While T. , . l- 1 .:n i.:..-'.i I he tacts ot this interesting and romantic still hesitating in the morning, the enemy was re- A , 4. ,. juu auni. . j j j t i J episode in our revolutionary history are as follows: ported advancing, and I made arrangements to r J J - meet him. The attack was made simultaneously II wa8 wh,Ie negotiations were taking place in at half-past five A. M., on our right and left flanks, r(pe for the recognition of our independence, and the enemy had gained the positions they after the American successes in the Carolinas and desired. Georgia, and the capitulation of York town, that Gen. Lyon attacked - us on our left and Gen. th l T1!"6!' mddened by the low of their property Siegel on our right and rear. From these points "ends exhibited the most savage and des- bauerie. opened upon us. My command was soon pe"te ft1" "m i?,.RSSU' ready. The Missolirians, under Gens. Slack, Clark, Can'; On the 30th ot March, 1783, Philip White, i,i?..;i ij - j i - ' . 'a notorious lory, was executed by a set of men Mclinde, Parsons and Kames, were nearest the , ., . A, ,. J,, ctv v "" position-taken by Gen. Lyon, with his main force; CaI1.edf t,ie, N1 Retaliate. ' they ere instantly turned to the left and onened . Aedays afterwards, Joshua Huddy a captMn the battle with an incessant fire of small arms. !? asllin?to -"nr, Wi,s se'z ednd uhanKed bv Ur j a- j,- , . . i l vi the lories, a label beine: affixed to his breast, oodrufl opposed his battery to the battery ot the . ' , , , , 7 j ' ' .., ; ,, fi . . i tJ . stating that he had been handed as an ect of re enemy unuer Capt. lotten, and a constant can- . -. v . . T .... . r . . ' . . tnbution for the execution of W hite, nonadmg was kept up between these batteries c- m- 4 . '. , , . j , -, t? v .i ii i . e t Henry Clinton immediately ordered the during the battle. Herberts regiment of Louisiana u a a u . i . t . v j... V, i in i u' .i-ii murderers ot Huddy to be arrested: and Captain V oluuteers and Mcintosh s regiment of Arkansas t,- u i j u . j u . i...i..fi i?.fl- a a . i' 4. j Lippincott, their leader, being tried by court- lMounted ltinemen were ordered to the front, and i . r . -w . j after passing the battery (Totten's) turned to the i -f j j u . , . Int Zl TgTl J'lTV; f.T" menu deployed Col. Mcintosh dismounted his men, and the two marched up abreast to a fence i i , , , y . , lL , around a lame corn-field, where they met the left . 4. fo , , ' , . . "ii n- ot the enemy already posted. A terrible conflict ,, .ii t mL of small arms took plaee here. Ihe opposing , , . -.y i tt . i o force was a body ot Regular United States t n . i j r. . ti 1 Iniantrv. commanded bv Capts. 1'lummer and J' J " Notwithstanding the galling fire poured on these two regiment, they leaped over the fence, and, gallantly led by their Colonels, drove the enemy before them, back upon the main body. During this time, the Missounans, under Gen. Price, were nobly attempting to sustain them- selves in the centre, and were hotly engaged on the sides of the heigh: upon which the enemy were posted. Far on the right, Seigel had opened his battery upon Churchill's and Greer's regiments, and nad gradually made nis way to trie spring- upon Captain Asgill, a prisoner taken at York field road, upon each side of which the army was town. He was a son of Sir Charles Asgill, and encamped, and in a prominent position he only nineteen years of age. The rank andpeculiar established his battery. I at once took two com- circumstances of young Asgill aroused a strong panics of the Louisiana regiment, who were near- party to intercede in his behalf. Washington was est me, and marched them rapidly from the front and riyht to the rear, with an order to Colonel Mcintosh to bring up the rest. Wrhen we arrived near the enemy's battery, we found that Reid's battery had opened upon it, and it was already in confusion. Advantage was taken of it, and soon the louisiamans were gaiianuy cnargmg among the guns, and swept the cannoneers away, Five guns were here taken, and General Seigel s command, completely routed, were in rapid re- release her son, by the performance of an act of treat, with a single gun, followed by some com- justice on their part in the rendition of the mur phies of the Texas regiment, and a portion of derer of Capt. Huddy. She bethought herself of Col. Major's Missouri cavalry. In the pursuit, writing to the French Minister, Vergennes, be many ot the enemy were killed and takeu priso- seechin? his interference, as a friend of Washing- ners, and their last gUD captured. Having cleared our right and rear, it was necessary to turn our attention to the centre, under Gen. Lyon, who was pressing upon the Missourianr, having driven them back. To this point Mc- Intosh's regiment, under Lieut. Col. Emery, and Churchill's regiment, on foot, Gratoit s regiment and McRae's battalion, were aent to their aid. A terrible fire of musketry was now kept up along the whole side and top of the hill, upon which the enemy were posted. Masses of infantry fell hack and rushed forward The; summit of the hill was covered with the dead and! wounded both sides were fighting with desperation for the d;.y. Carroll's and Greer's regiments, led gallantly by Captain Bradfute, charged the battery, but the whole Ktrpnrth of the enemv were immediately in rear, and a deadly fire was opened on them. At and not unworthy as an example, what policy other this critical moment, when the fortune of the lhan that ,f retaliation, such as his, can we re day seemed to be at the turning point, two regi- commend in circumstances so much stronger than inents of General Pierce's brigade were ordered those 'n which he exercised it. It should be con to march from their position, (as reserves,) to sup- sirred that the present circumstances in which port the centre. The order was obeyed with we recommend retaliation are those of fl.igrant alacrity, and Gen. Pierce gallantly rushed with' war; of acts f barbarity committed directly by his brigade to the rescue. " the Pull'c enemy himself; and of outrages which, ua'.v. ......UnrrJ (ft m fnr ! t hemselve. can have no color of retributive . . . . .... i ".v. . .. jUio...v. - r rtmutiri!! Tf rri rti stl 1 W3S TICSIIFI I IPfi in LA action on the left ot it. ine oattie men oecame general, and probably no two opposing forces ever fought with greater desperation. Inch by inch - , l i tnc enemy gave way im wii.m i.u.u uw - v . , . r ii i i . if position Totten s battery fell back. Mi-aour.ans, Arkansas Lou.stanians and Texans pushed forward. The incesiant roil of musketry was uvasiui:. au-a , . ... a . rl . 1 . J a but still our gallant coutnerners pubnra onwara, . - - .. .1 . ! Mthinsr them back and strewing the ground with ... u . : their dead. . , Tl,. PA Puosity 01 our una, . "l I distance. Thus ended the battle. It lasted six hours and a half. The force of the enemy, between nine and ten thousand, was composed of well disciplined J troops, well armed, and a large part of them be longing to the old army of the United States. With every advantage on their side, they have met with a signal repulse. The low of the enemy is at least 800 killed, one thousand wounded, and three hundred prisoners. We captured six pieces of artillery and several hundred stand of small arms and several of their standards. Major General Lyon, chief in command, was killed. Many of the officers, high in rank were wounded. Uur loss was also severe, and we mourn the death of many a gallant officer and soldier. Oar killed amounts to two hundred and sixty-five, eight hundred wounded and thirty missing. I hav$ the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant BENVMcCULLOUGH. Brigadier-General Commanding- RETALIATION. A lesson for that sentimentalism of the day that would reject the policy of retaliating unon the ' YdC P our 'he deeds of outrage "nf '0"'" "'Ated upon our prisoners may be fd h f 5ur revolutionary history, J ,the dlstinguihed eP of Washington rr-i " j .- i nr t , ., The conduct of beneral Washington in the romantic case of Capt Asgill was perhaps one of . r . r r" v " ,u ,,1 Ko t,j J A Z "r.ncu v" the. plea that he had merely acted in obedience to the commands of his superiors, the - Directors of the Board of Associated Loyalists." rri,- iv i . ? u j-.- 1 he application ot n ashington tor the rendition l .. i : u e i . oi the murderer, Lippincott, being refused, he nn- j;ti .ij ' . i: m. mediately resolved upon retaliation. Ihe circum- i . i- w -i JL stances of the case were peculiar. W ar had been ,,jj . w u- . -a a .l .i suspended; yet Washington considered that the u r 1 i- j v -i- . right of retaliation, recognized by a civilized code, still continued in existence. The outrage had been ommitted by a Tory organization; yet Washington did not fail to perceive that the murderer had been protected and screened bv the British commander. He instantly gave notice to Sir Henry Clinton, in response to his refusal to Surrender Lippincott. that he would retaliate and tht. too. nnnn the Hn'rUh nrlnnnm ;n hi hAa For the purpose of selecting an ohieot of iust vengeance for the murder of Captain Huddy, lots were cast among the prisoners. The fatal lot fell inexorable. His duty he felt to be painful; but he knew iff? rterformanftfi to h inrlisnonaaLlA tn aWIt and destroy the bands of Tories that, under the protection of the British Government, were threat- Cning to execute the vengeance of assaceins upon the Republicans. Ladv Assri . the mother of th nfortntft prisoner, had interceded in vain the British Gov- eminent, to whom DroDerlv belonged the nower to t0n, with that commander. Her aflectinz letter being read by Vergennes to the' King and Queen of France, they commissioned the Minister to add their desires to his own, "that the inquietude of an unfortunate mother might be calmed and her tenderness reassured." These letters, being in the nature of an official intercession of a friendly Government. Washington was prompt to lay be- fore Congress; and the result was an order from DoaJ to set apt. Asgill at liberty. J hat ashington would have hanged young Aspll but for the powerful and imposing mterces- sion, and despite of appeals to his mere sympa- thies,.where his sene of duty had been interested, dcs n(t admit of a reasonable doubt. If his action in thif instance, as all his actions were, the dictate of a judgment at once severe and humane, lnstice. trom anvthmrr ot har. inn tn anytnmg we nave done, to give . 1 cause or occasion for them.- Rich. Examiner. Tlie "Enthusiasm" of Xcw York. The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin says: - ' I am not sure tht an army of Confederates in vading New York would not find a good amount i of thir nwn cnlnrs vtitirKr tnr them T m not t . 1 ... 1 1 . . . .. .. ... ' eure mat me excellent ana lashionable ladies of i . to flutter their cambric for Beauregard a. for MJ : -o-ii in.... :. . ...r. a u r.r.u: .1 : j t. v-UT "h" I "uK.lv l IJ NORTHERN ITEMS. Openly Defiant.- The people of Belfast, Maine, aro greatly agitated by the arrival of a number of boxes in that city from Boston, containing mus kets, cartridges, and other munitions of war, which have gone into the hands of about 200 men, who have openly proclaimed their disloyalty to the government, and organized themselves into a com pany, without any authority from the State, de claring it their object to resist any attempt made to draft any member in their ranks into military service and the payment of war taxes. The Boston Courier says: As our readers hare learned, the United State Marshal in Philadelphia seized all the: copies of the New York Daily News which arrived there, as well those destined for ulterior points at the South and West. The Marshal also took posses sion of the office of the Christian Observer, in consequence of a late virulent article on "the un ho:y war." The Marshal, it is to be presumed, acted under instructions from the government, f so, we must say we are sorry to see our Government in this respect imitating some of the most objec tionable proceedings of despotism. Of the four memorable ordinances which cost Charles X. his throne, the first and most important was that which suspended the liberty of the press, and directed that no print or journal should be published with out authorization. Are we coming to this? Is every Journal which incurs the disphasuie of the Government to be suppressed? Recognition of the Southern Confederacy.- The Turin correspondent of the New York Tri bune, speaking of the Emperor Napoleon 6ays: Everywhere he is trying to keep up division, and thus to maintain the French preponderance. As soon as the tidings of the route at Manassas arrived in Europe, M. Touvenel received the agents of the Confederates, in an unofficial way; indeed, but one mora victory of the secessionists would at once be followed by the recognition of the Southern Confederacy. Ihe Blockade by Hulks. The hulks purchas ed at Baltimore for sinking in the entrances of tho Carolina inlets, numbered 20, and ranged in price from $100 to 52,000. The latter was for Urge vessels of deep draught. The total cost of this machinery for putting an end to European mer chantila sympathy with the Confederates was 821,000 cheap enough. THE HAVOC OF LIFE BY WAR. It is difficult to conceive what fearful havoc war has made of human life. Some of its incidental ravages seeiu to defy all belief. It has at times depopulated immense districts. ' In modern, as as well as ancient times, large tracts have been' left 6o utterly desolate, that a traveler might pass from village to village, even froui city to city, without finding a solitary inhabitant. The war of 1756 waged in tho heart of Europe, left in one instance no less than twenty contiguous villages without a single man or beast. Tho "Thirty Years' War," in the seventeenth century, reduced the population of Germany from 12,000,000 to 4,000,000three fourths; and that of Wurteoi burg fiom 500,000 to 68,000 moro than nine tenths? Thirty thousand villages were destroyed; in many others the population entirely died out; and in districts onoe studded with towns and cities there sprang up immense forests. Look at the havoc of Beiges in that of Lon donderry 12,000 soldiers, besides a vast number of inhabitants; in that of Paris, in the sixteenth century, 30,000 victims of mere hunger; in that of Malplaquet, 34,000 soldiers alone; in. that of Ismail, 40,000; of Vienna, 70,000; of Ostend, 120,000; of Mexico, 150,000; Acre, 300,000; of Carthage, 700,000; of Jcrusalum, 1,000,000 ! I Mark the slaughter of single battles atLepan to, twenty-five thousand; at Austerlitz, thirty thou sand; at Eylau, sixty thousand; at - Waterloo and Quatre Bras one engagement, in fact seventy thousand; at Borodino, eighty thousand; at Foute nay, one hundred thousand; at Arbela, three. hun dred thousand of Atilla's army alone; four hun dred thousand Usi petes were slain by Julius Cae sar in one battle, and four hundred and thirty thousand Germans in another. Take only two cases more: The army of Xer xes, says Dr. Dick, must have amounted to 5.283, 320; aud, if the attendants were only one-third as great as common at the present day in Eastern countries, the sum tolal must have reached near ly six millions. Yet, in one year this vast multi tude was reduced, though not entirely by death, to three hundred thousand fighting men; and of these , only three thousand escaped destruction. Jenghis-khan, the terrible ravager of Asia, in the thirteenth century, shot ninety thousand on the plains of Nessa, and massacred two hundred thousand at the storming of Kharasm. In the district of Herat, he butchered one million six hundred thousand, and in two cities, with their de pendencies, one million seven hundred and sixty two thousand. During the last twenty-seven years of his reign, he is said to have massacred more than half a million every year, and in the first 14 years, he is supposed, by Chinese historians, to have destroyed not less than 18,000,000 a sum total of over 32 millions in forty-one years ! I In any view, what a fell destroyer is war ! Na poleon's wars sacrificed full six millions, and all the wars consequent on the French Revolution some nine or ten millions. The Spaniards are said to have destroyed, in forty-two years, more than twelve millions of American Indians. Gre cian wan sacrificed fifteen millions; Jewish wars twenty-five millions, the wars of the twelve great Caesars, in all, thirty millions; the wars of the Ro mans, before Julias Caesar, sixty millions; the wars of the Roman Empire, of the . Saracens and the Turks sixty millions each; those of the Tartars eigh ty millions; those of Africa one hundred millions. Dr. Dick says that if we take into consideration the number not only of those who have fallen in battle, but of those who have - perished through -the natural consequences of war, it will not, per- hars be over-rating the'deetructioo of human life affirm, that one-tenth of the human race has been 'destroyed by the ravages of war; and, L. . n ' JMtrnffn riff uce" ""'jr. J according to this estimate, more than fourteen b"d illoa of -human bein have been siauntereu in -war since toe oeKmuiuE v mo world. ' Edmund Burke went- still further, and reckoned the sum tot.l of its ravages; from the first, ' 1 1