DEPABTUEE OF MESSES MASON AND
8LIDELL.
JBovf they reached Cuba, dee.
From the Charleston Mercury of Oct. 31 It.
For Bome time past, the papers of the interior
have been indulging in sly hints &9 to the where
abouts of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, the Southern
Commissioners to England and France. We have
hitherto made no allusion to their movements; but
the causes which induced our reticence being re
moved, we may now, without iudiscretion, narrate
the facts of their embarkation.
The Commissioners having resclred to make
the venture of running the blockade of Charleston,
after mature deliberation, selected for the experi
ment the staunch and swift little steamer Theodora,
which was therefore got ready for sea with all dis
patch. The preparations having been completed,
they embarked a little before midnight on Friday,
October 11th. The party of passengers who were
starting on this very unusual and somewhat
hazardous trip, consisted of the following persons:
Hon. J. M. Mason, of Va., Mr Macfarland (Sec
retary to Mr Mason,) Hon. John Slidell, of La.,
Mrs Slidell, 3Iiss Mathilde Slidell, Miss Kosine
Slidell, Mr Kuslis, (Secretary to Mr Slidell,) Mrs
Eustis, who is a daughter of Mr Corcoran, the
Washington banker, now in Fort Fafayette, Col.
Le Mat, of La., the inventor of the grape-shot
revolver, and two or three other gentlemen, whom
it will be best, for the present, not to name.
The niht va3 pitch dark, and about midnight
a light rain began fulling, which rendered the
chances of being detected by the blockadera ex
ceedingly $lim.
At one o'clock on Saturday morning, the hasty
good-byes and God-speed-you's having been said,
the cables of the Theodora were loosened, and she
glided down the harbor on her important mission.
As the steamer passed Fort Sumter, every light on
board was extinguished, and away she went, right
through the fingers of the blockaders, far out at sea.
On the evening of the 13th, she reached Nas
sau in safety, where, had the opportunity been a
favorable one, the Commissioners would have dis
embarked; but, on enquiring, they ascertained
that the English Meanifr connecting with that
point touched at New York. However gratify
ing a sight of New York might have been under
other circumstances, the Commissioners determin
ed in this instance to forego the pleasure.
So the Theodora left Nassau and steamed away
towards Cuba. On the 16th ult., she arrived at
Cardenas, where the Coimnissionera landed. The
news that a Southern steamer had arrived, with
Messrs. Maon and Slidell on board, which was
telegraphed from Cardenas to Havana, was scarce
ly credited at the latter place. But when on the
17th, the Theodora cr.ino up to the harbor of
Havana, displaying the Confederate flag, the
quays were immediately thronged with thousands
of wondering spectators, and a mott ccrdial ar.d
enthusiastic reception was given to the adveutur
ous little craft. The Yankees in Havana were,
as a matter of course, much disgruntled at the
welcome given to the Theodora. But, on the
other hand, the ladies of Havana prepared a splen
did Confederate firg for the steamer, wh;ch was
presented to the Captain with appropriate cere
monies. The Indies of Matanzas, also, took ad
vantage of the chance to send hither a sp'.endid
flag for the Hampton Legion.
The steamship Columbia, formerly a Charleston
vessel now in the armed service of the Yankees,
was, at the time, in the harbor of Havana. Lucki
ly, however, sho was not ready to put to tea. Her
consort, the Keystone State, had gone to New
York with a Southern steamer, loaded with a
valuable freight of arni9 and munitions, and which,
unfortunately, had been captured while endeavor
ing to makcthe run to Tampa, Florida.
So the Theodora left the friendly port ot Havana
unmolested, and with a freight of coffee, sugar,
saltpetre, sulphur, r.cids, lead, iron, shot, block tin,
etc., ran quietly in ,we won't ssy where
bringing a number of Charlestoniana, who had
reached Havana from Southampton about the
fame time the Theodora made her appearance.
It is ascertained that the Yankees keep a fast
yacht constantly plying between Key West and
Havana, simply for the purpose of gaining intel
ligence of our naval movements.
The Theodora is a private vessel, and is unarmed.
EFFECT OF RECOGNITION.
We think there is come tendency to underrate
as well as to overrate the valuo of foreign recogni
tion of the Confederate Republic. We should,
after recognition, still have our own battles to
fight, it is true; and the dissolution ofthe blockade
would still depend on the question of its efficiency
or its inefficiency. But the nations interested in
oar trade would be more prompt to assert the priv
ileges of commerce in all their extent; and more
disposed to adjudge the blockade inefficient and
therefore not to be regarded or submitted to.
Hie moral effect of our recognition would be
very great at the north. The people there seem
to do everything under a sort of artful excitement.
The public mind has been, by combined coaxing
and imposture and intimidation, whipped up into
sort of wild furore on tho subject of the war.
The people were made to believe that Lincoln had
but to "put the foot down a little firmly" and the
South would rush to kisa it; then they were told
that the. rebels would not tight, and could be
crushed out in a month or two; and now they are
constantly consoled with the prediction of certain
success, and fed with glowing descriptions of daily
victories. Our recognition by foreign powers
would strike the Northern people as the judgment
of the impartial world. It would be the declara
tion of the great lookers on that the "crushing
out" has proved a failure; that tie South cannot
be conquered by the North, and has fairly won
for herself, by prowess in arms, a place among the
nations.
The effect of this upon the North must needs
be vcr great. The source cf the Northern furore
has consisted in the hope of success. The peop'e
there cannot but respect the judgment of the
world. It will break the backbone of their en
thusiasm. The money argument will then weigh
like a milllstone. A million and a quarter a day is
too much to throw into the pea of hopeless endeav
er, they will sny. The military spirit, too so
much of it as they have will be wonderfully
cooled. "Victory or death" may allure the ad
venturous; but ''Defeat and death" will charm
nobody.
Hence we look forward with interest to the
recognition of our Confederacy by the nations of
the earth, not as determining the result of this
war that is already settled but aa conducing to
its termination. Richmond Enquirer.
Virginia Traitors. Tho Baltimore papers
ofthe 26th October announce that "Col. Joseph
Segar, for many years a resident at Old Point, has
been elected to Congress by the Union voters of
Eastern Virginia." This bogus election was
doubtless accomplished by Lincoln's soldiers at
Fortress Monroe and Newport News, aided, per
haps, by runaway negroes, and is intended as a
JartUl compensation for the destruction of "Col.
osepb. Segar's" property, as well as a reward for
iiis treachery.
THE FIGHT AT LEESBUEG.
An interesting Account Confusion xfthe Enemy
An Interesting Incident, &c.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
Doubtless you have bad various accounts of the
Ei'gnal victory gained over "Old Abe's" forces near
Leesburg on Monday, October 21.
The ball was opened about 8 o'clock, A. M., by
Captain Duff's Company of 17th Mississippi Vol
unteers, who had been thrown out as skirmishers,
and fcjin that time, with occasional intermission,
the firing continued during the day. Towards
half-past three it became general, and from that
time until dark it was awful.
The Sth Virginia regiment, commanded by
Col. Hunter, (than whom a braver man treads not
the soil,) supported by Cant. Fletcher's company,
of the 13th Mississippi Vol., gallantly led the
charge. Reinforced by the ltfth Mississippi Vol.,
Col. Burt, and 17th Mississippi Vol., Col. Feath
eratone, the batt'e became general. Fiercely was
every inch cf ground contested, but nobly did our
brave boys bear themselves, uutil at last, after
having taken their battery of one rifled cannon
(12 pounder) and two howitzers, the enemy gave
way, and such a rout! it can only be compared to
the famous run from tho Plains of Manassas. In
their precipitate flight many were disabled in
leaping the llufla and precipices that line the
banks of the river; and when that was gained,"
they threw oil their implements of warfare,
stripped themselves to their " mother skin," and
plunged, tnuskrat-like, into the Lillowy deep,
trusting rather the surging waves of the Potomac
than rebel bayonet.?. As many as could accom
modate themselves to boats did so; but in the
fright and flight all could not be thus favored,
and, in one case, at least, that failed to carry
them safe to the Maryland shore that land they
had so recently polluted by their unhallowed tread,
and that now sighs, and groans, and shrieks to be
delivered from the tyrant's heel. I say the boat
which which was crammed beyond its capacity,
sunk near tho middle of the stream, and lo !
scores, perhaps hundreds, found a watery grave.
Hundreds of others, in attempting to cwioi the
Potomac, were drowned.
Others may count the enemy slain on thebnttle
field; I know not the number, but I guess not less
than 150; tho wounded I guess not less than 500,
and as for the prisoners 1 know to be not leas than
700, making in all of what I guess aud know
killed, wounded, and prisoners, to be upwards of
thirteen hundred. The Federal forces were led
by Gen. Baker, of Oregon, late Senator of the
United States, who, as ycu have learned, was
killed on the battle-field. I pau.c. Shall I 1
Can I have sympathy for any man who invades
my home, and strives to lay wa.-te the loveliest
portion of (lod'i creation, destroy my property,
murder my wife and children ? And bhail I go
further, and record tho " beauty and booty" prin
ciples of those invadsrs? But my heart sickens
at the thought. No; I have no sympathy for
uch; and I thank God I have none. Gen. Baker
was the tool of a vile despot, to carry cut the
subjugation ah ! annihilation of a people that
never harmed him. We all recollect his boasted
threat in the Senate. But he bus fullen; we,
therefore, let him rest.
Our loss has been published as 300. Let me
say that is too largo. It i3 not mure than 100,
and I have the means of knowing. The brave Col.
Burt, of the 18th Mississippi Volunteers, is dead.
He died Saturday evening, the 26th October.
A braver and more popular officer belonged not to
the Southern army his men were devoted to him
and his lots is severely felt, not only by the
soldiers immediately under his commaud, but also
by the citizens of this placa. By his gentlemanly
deportment he had won upon the affections of all
with whom he was associated; and the writer, who
had the pleasure of his acquaintance, would pay a
pnssing tribute of respect to hij memory, and
plant a flower upon his grave, and, without another
word, there leave him with the noble dead.
All battles and combats have their interesting
incidents and hairbreadth escapes. 1 know of
several in" this One incident I must relate before
I close, leaving the hair-breadth escapes fur
another communication.
When the contest became general, and in the
thickest of the fight, might be seen an elderly
gentleman, ne t at all connected with tho army,
with no impulse or motive other than the same
that warms the heart - and nerves the arm of all
true Southern men in the glonou3 caute of our
second independence, riding in the rear of the
lino, encouraging the men to conquer, or nobly die
on the soil of their " sunny South." I have heard
it suggested b' the soldiers engaged, that George
Calvert, of Fauquier count, Va., should have
the commission of a General for his bravery and
happy influence on that oceasiou. The old gen
tleman would halloo at the top of his voice, where
" leaden rain and iron hail'' fell thick and fast
around him, to the men : 44 Boys, if you fall, God
grant ycu may have a seat around the throne of
the God of Battles fight on, and the victory is
ours in time and in eternity fortune favors the
brave God will eave the brave fear not, no
harm shall come near you not the trnell of fire
shall be upon your garments
1 In the God of Battles trust'
You are in a glorious cause fight on, my brave
boys ! fight on ! and may the Lord have mercy
upon you, and bring you off victorious."
I will here venture an opinion and belief, that
these, with other pious ejaculations uttered by
that good, pious, whole-souled Southern gentle
man, whofe locks have been whitened by the
frosts of throe score years and ten, without dis
paragement, did as much, if not more, to en
courage the men oo the battle-field of Leesburg to
deeds cf heroism, and to urge them on from "con
quering to conquest," than did the General in
command with all his military ktil and ability.
Such noble proofs and exhibitions of eelf-eacrifi-cing
heroism should b recorded, and. with
pleasure I chronicle the wine.
Court Matters The Court cf Gemeral Ses
sions aLd Common I'leas, in session here last
week, adjourned ort Wcdnesdty. The triaWof
D. W. Hay, cLarged with the murder of Joseph
Steele, came off on Wednesday and resulted iu a
verdict of guilty 'I he case excited considerable
interest. The State was represented by Solicitor
Melton. The prisoner was ably defended by
Messrs. Williams and Allison antfC. B. Northrop,
Kaq. The jury retired and in about two hours
returned with a verdict of guilty. The prisoner's
counsel gave notice of appeal, and thereby the
sentence of the Court was suspended. We had
purposed to make some report touching the
merits of the cate, but will not do so inasmuch as
an appeal is pending. An order was made that
the prisoner be tajjgn before the Court of Appeals
the fourth week i November. The appeal from
the Court of Magistrate and Freeholders in the
case ofthe State against Calve, a slave, the pro
perty of Uriah Small, convicted 6T burglary and an
attempt to violate a white lady, was heard this
Term. The Judge ordered a new trial, to take
place at the Court House. Magistrate M. C.
Heath was selected to preside. Lancaster Ledger.
WESTERN DEMOOEAT, CHAHLOTTE,
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
W. McL. McKay of Fayetteville, N. C, ad
dressed the late Macon Commercial Convention.
From hia remarks, we take the loilowing:
"Well, sir, while I may boast of what my State
I has done, I may boast of what the Southern Con
federacy is determined to do. 1 may be pardoned
if I take up a few moments of your time in show
ing you what the city I hail from has already
done, and ii doing for the cause of the Southern
Confederacy. While I cannot say as has been
remarked by a gentleman from Charleston, that
i his city was first in th is -reat cause, I may say,
certainly say, that e . second to no other. Sir,
iu the city of Fayeuevilie we captured 40,000
6tand of arms that were used in almost all our
battle fields, having been supplied to soldiers from
Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia,
and 1 think Mississippi. Well, sir, after securing
these arms, what else have we done? My city on
the vote ofthe Ordinauce of Secession did not ap
pear to do much; she only polled between six and
seven hundred votes. She did not do her best;
but when she came to furnish soldiers to fight in
the cause, 'lie sends cut eight hundred and sixty
that are now upon the soil of Virginia.
Well, sir, there tre other things which we are
doing; we are manufacturing things that the
soldiers in our army need, and that are wanted all
over this Confederacy, and I stand here to-day
for the purpose of letting you know what we are
doing. In the first place, then I will show you
something that has no Yankee about it. (Mr
McKay exhibited a bundle of socks that appeared
to be very substantia.!.) These can be afforded at
SI. 75 per dozen, cheaper than those we have been
in the habit of rcceiviug from those who were
dunking up your hie-blood, while they were taking
the money out of your pockets.
Iu doing this our ingenuity has not been ex
hausted. Here is some sewing thread, contain
ing 6U0 yards to the ball. Ihis beats your Yan
kee thread, Wilson, Seward & Co., and is afforded
at 84 coins per dozen, as cheap as the spools that
contained but 200 yards, and as a friend behind
me reminds me, that while they professed to run
that acount of yards, run only 75! They did not
run half as far as tho Yankees did when the
Southerners were after them.
Mr McKay exhibhed some cloth suitable for
ladies' dresses the patterns of which were so
becoming that a gentleman, whose rife had clothed
herself therein Jast Sunday, remarked that he
had never seen her so pretty in all her life alsj
Some iron called the bl;ck band iron, which he
showed, from a passage he read from the report of
a geological survey in North Carolina, by Profes
sor Kuimons, to exi.-a in inexhaustible quantities
and to lie on the surface of the ground, lie also
referred to the coal mines, which he said were
able to supply not only the whfjle Southern Con
federacy with that indispensable article of com
fort, but also the whole world. In the city of
Fayettveille, he said there were seven cotton
factories, with an aggregate capital of S3S1.00J,
and the carriage factory of A. A. McKetiian, who
did a business in l:j0 of 890,000. lie also al
luded to the lead mines of North Carolina. lie
referred, in conclusion, to the immense importance
that North Carolina would be to the .Southern
Confederacy. Pennsylvania was not more impor
tant to the old Constitutional Union than North
Carolina would be to tho Southern Confederacy."
They publish some queer things in the
Northern papers about North Carolina, as witness
th e following from a Hatteras correspondent of
the New York Tribune:
"Whe"1 the news came that Fort Hatteras was
taken by the United States, a serious turn was
given to the popular mind, and some were in fa
vor of having the State, by it3 legislature, resolve
itself back into the Union. Hereupon sides were
taken and blows were struck. The secessionists
had all the arms, and they, of course, had the
upper hand. One man declared that ''he was a
Union man and not afraid to confess it." At this
expression he was taken into a shop, his nose put
into vice, and screwed nearly out of his head; and
the lips which utterrd the sentiment treated in the
same way, and both nearly pulled out of his face.
A lady just from Washington, N. O, tells me
about the same time a company of men were as
sembled in a store and extolling the secession flag,
when an old Revolutionary soldier (the only one
known to be living in N. C.,) interfered, and ask
ed the Secessionists if they knew how much the
old stars and stripes cost? He 6aid he did, for
he fought under them, and saw them when first
raised, and that he would never recognize another.
At this he was taken, his head half shaved, a
plaster put on, and the plaster covered with tar,
and the tar with feathers, and then he was hurled
into the treet! Who would think that a soldier
of Washington would ever bo subjected to such
treatment in the land where Washington himself
was once almost worshipped ns if he were a god?
How long will Americana allow such things to be?
Thee are but samples a of a series of barbar
ous sets, which, to mention them separately
would fill a dozen pages, and only make one's
blood curdle to think of them."
Now that's rich, especially the part about the
nose. We have heard about people's noses being
brought down to the grindstone, but a man with
his nose in a vice, is certainly suggestive of un
pleasant and ridicdlous ideas.
We must suppose thut lies of this sort pa?s
current at the North like shinpla?ter8 do here.
The people agree to take them and ask no foolish
questions of each other, since "everybody does it."
Wilmington Journal.
Foreign Items. Earl Russel, in a speech at
Newcastle, defended the state of affairs in Am
erica, and said that England had no reason to
interfere, but should wateh the course of affairs,
and, if able, interfere for the cause of freedom
and humanity. He said he could see no harmony,
either by surrender or subjugation ofthe South.
Ihe news by the Etna which brought advices
to tho tenth Cct., contains the following brief para
graph :
"Prince Napoleon recently in this country
has sent to the Emperor Napoleon important State
papers on American affairs "
The Africa which brings dates to the twelfth,
brings information that the Emperor Napoleon
contemplates a recognition of the Southern Con
federacy. The London Daily News says that this
is from trustworthy authority. There would seem
to be something in it.
Mb Yancky. Hon. W. L. Yancey has written
a letter from London to the editor of the Mont
gomery Advertiser, saving that if elected by the
Legislature as Confederate Senator from Alabama,
he would serve in that capacity. His letter con
cludes as follows:
If I cannot finish my mission here, or shall
not be honorably recalled before the 1st January,
I shall afrk the President to recall me. 1 came
here reluctantly at hip request at great person
al aud pecuniary sacrifice which 1 cannot con
tinue longer than then, as long as the couutry
has so many able men who can supply the vacan
cy to be made by my retirement.
WAR ITEMS.
The Blockade op the Potomac. An official
article in the Washington Republic, the organ of
the Lincoln Government, alludes to the establish
ment of Confederate batteries on the Virginia
shore of the Potomac, and says : " There is noth
ing possible in the case but to take measures to
dislodge them from whatever point3 they may
actually occupy in this way, and to wait patiently
for that permanent relief trom the difficulty which
I is only to be found in the expulsion or retreat of
the enemy s main army centering upon Manassas
Junction." The official writer scouts the idea of
making the Potomac the line of division between
the North and the South, and asserts that if the
Federals hold Washington, they " must hold both
sides of the river and the whole circuit of the
Chesapeake Bay." It is manifest that the block
ade of the Potomac is a source of much anxiety to
the Lincoln Government.
The War Coming. The Jonesborough
(Tenn.) Union, of the 26th, has the following :
From our advices we may infer that a most
desperate effort will be made within the next six
ty days by the Federal troops to make an incur
sion into East Tennessee and take possession of
our line of railroads and occupy this portion ofthe
South. Andy Johnston is not over 7f miles from
Cumberland Gap, with 2,000 Teuiicssaeans, and
we have no doubt but that the Federal army,
when it does make a forward movement, it will
have a force ef 30,000 men collected in Kentucky,
Ohio. Indiana and elsewhere, and that they will
j make for the Gap with more energy and perse
verance than they have shown m asy expedition
they have yet undertaken. We advise the peo
ple in time of their movements that they may pre
pare to meet them. The Union men having ac
knowledged very generally the Southern Confed
eracy, will no doubt now come forward, and with
a united front, we hope, to drive back the Feder
al invaders. Let every one prepare himself for
the contest.
From Arizona. A special dispatch dated at
New Orleans on the 28th, states that an extra of
the Mesilla Times, of Sept. 27th, reports that a
detachment of Confederates, numbering 108, un
der the command of Captain Coop wood, defeated
four companies of Federal regulars at Aralusa.
Reinforcements were sent to Captain Coopwood,
and it was thought he would take Fort Craig in
4S hours. Captain Coopwood's loss was three
wounded.
At Camosa, a New Mexican volunteer company
had surrendered to Captain Coopwood without fir
ing a gun.
Richmond, Oct. 30. Official intelligence has
been received here ofthe arrival off Mobile of a
Spanish brig, loaded with coffee and othsr valua
bles, having successfully run the blockade. She
brings intelligence of the departure of Ministers
Slidell and Mason from Ilavanna, on the 23rd,
lor Liverpool.
A despatch from New York, of the 24th, says
that the brig Granada, from Nuevitas for New
York, was captured on the 13th by the privateer
Sallie, from Charleston.
The Prisonkrs. It is computed that since
the commencement ofthe war we have taken al
together, about ten thousand prisoners; while the
enemy have captured less than two thousand men.
At this rate, the Yankees can "calculate" how
long it will take to whip and subjugate the
South.
Troops. Quite a large number of troops arrived
at Goldsboro during last Friday and Saturday.
A regiment and a battalion, accompanied by an
Artillery battery, composed of gallant Georgians,
are now stationed there and ready to march to any
point to meet the enemy. They number between
1500 and 2,000 men, but we omit names of offi
cers, &c , for prudent reasons. We deem it no
body's business to know whence they came nor
whither they are going. It would appear that
Gen.Gatlin has selected Goldsboro' as a location
of the reserve camps, and it is admirably situated
to move promptly to any point on the coast which
may need reinforcements. Rah State Journal.
Northern Items. From New York papers
we gather the following :
Twenty prisoneis were selected on Thursday
from among the North Carolinians on Bedloe's
Island, and. were to be sent to Fortress Monroe;
there to be released upon taking oath not to
bear arms against the United States Government.
This is done in response to the recent release of
fifty-seven of our wounded soldiers at Richmond.
As nearly all the persons released by the rebel
authorities are disabled by wounds and disease,
more than half of them having had a limb ampu
tated, Col. Burke made selections in the same
manner from among the common soldiers, and
those were taken who appeared to bo moat dis
abled and weakened by disease.
Hon. Edward Everett delivered his lecture on
the war before a large audience, at Brooklyn, on
Friday night. After the lecture it was announed
that the Hon. Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland,
would deliver an address at the Academy within
a week or two.
Late New York papers report the trial progress
ing against the crew of the privateer Savannah
Mr Laroque defended the prisoners. Among the
grounds of defence, he urged that the prisoners
were in the service of what they considered a de
facto Government. He objected to the jurisdic
tion of the present Court, contending that when
the prisoners were taken by the Minnesota to
Hampton Roads, they were within the jurisdic
tion of Virginia, and that was the only place
where they could be legally tried.
Prisoners. We understand that our city au
thorities have agreed with the Secretary of War
to allow the care of one hundred and fifty Yankee
prisoners in our District jail, and that a company
will be immediately raised to guard them. We
regret the necessity of having to tolerate such
scoundrels, and to waste the time of our men in
looking after them, and in paying money to eup
port them. They came on to aid in our destruc
tion, and no doubt would do it here if they can
get a chance. Too much vigilance cannot be had
in watching thefn. We trust whoever has them
in charge wili keep them entirely isolated. Col
li m bin Carolin inn.
The prisoners passed Charlotte on Saturday morning
on tbeir way to Columbia, 150 in number.
Horses Cheap. The high price of forage is
affecting the price of horses at Richmond. The
Whig describes a sale last week where two or three
auctioneers were engaged for an hour or two sim
ultaneously knocking down horses which the
owners could not afford to feed. An ordinary
wagon horse was 6tarted at ?5, and came near be
ing "knocked off" at SS, but the bidding became
more spirited, and advanced by halves, until S30
was attained, and then the sale was effected.
Prices are nt least 500 per cent, better there than
they are in the Federal Capital, where, at last ac
counts, superfluous steeds were selling at one hun
dred and fifty cents the blockade of the Poto
mac having effectually cat off the supply of Yankee
hay.
O.
ANOTHER GALLANT FIGHT.
Centreville, Oct. 30. One of the jnost gal
lant fi-hts that has taken place here is that which
followed the battle of Leesburg On Tuesday
morning the 13th Mississippi Regiment, Col.
Birksd'aie, encountered a force of thirty-five hun
dred Lincolnites, advancing in line of battle to
wards Leesburg from Edward's Ferry. He im
mediately threw out skirmishers, and soon after
engaged the entire force, numbering six to one,
and drove them into their entrenchments, with a
loss of more than forty killed and wounded on
their side. The shot and shell played fiercely up
on the Mississippians during the fight, which last
ed three-quarters of an hour. Our loss was Lieut.
Fluker and Private Simons killed, and everal
slightly wounded.
Col. Barksdale now holds the enemy in check.
From the Raleigh Standard.
Camp at Marlin Bottom, 1
Pocahontas County, Va., Oct 19, 1861. j
W. W. Holden, Esq., Dear Sir: A few days
since mv attention was eailed to an article in your
; paper, of t he 23ih beptember. calculated to uo me
! injustice. This article is based upon information
! derived from a gentleman recently from Valley
: Mountain. I don't pretend to question the state
I incuts made in relation to the general condition of
the regiment. Unquestionably it has been greatly
afflicted, and has endured hardships and suffered
privations, that I trust have not fallen upon any
other regiment from our State. My business is,
however, with the sick, and in relation to them I
desire to state a Tew facts. We arrived on Valley
Mountain the 1st day of August. The general
health of the regiment was then good. Shortly
after we arrived there measles made its appearance
in the camp, of which we had several hundred
cases. During the convalescence from the measles,
typus or more properly camp fever attacked the
patients. This fever assumed a very malignant
type, and being in a country where we could not
obtain any of the articles generally used in diet
ing fever patients; and while this epidemic was
prevailing most violently, we were as stated by
your informant, without some of the leading arti
cles of medicine that would have been applicable
to the treatment of the disease. In the month of
September we had five hundred and twenty-five
cases to treat and there were some hundred and
fifty cases from our regiment in the General Hos
pital over which I had no control at all, there
being a Brigade Hospital Surgeon appointed.
Of thus number of eaes in quarters and Hospital,
we lost twenty four. I simply refer to t hia bill of
mortality, to show that the Medical Board have
not been inefficient. Others have died since that
time and their deaths were caused, iu several
instances, by being transported at a very critical
period, and over roads that were almost impas
sable The sick are being removed to Hospitals
near the Railroad, and are riot within my jurisdic
tion. Under all the circumstances, and the condi
tion in which the men were when taken with
fever, the absolute want of delicacies for the sick,
and Hospital accommodations at Valley Mountain,
I think we have reason to congratulate ourselves
that we have been so fortunate.
I am your ob't. serv't , C. MILLS, M. D.,
Surg. 6th Regt N C Vol.
Matters in and arouni Washington. The
Republican, a thorough Lincoln sheet, published
under the eye of Old Abe at Washington, says:
A report prevailed on the avenue that Gen.
McClcllan would be sent West, to put the army
there on a fair war footing, the quarrels between
Fremont and Blair having left affairs there in a
very questionable and complicated state. Of
course there is no foundation for the report. Gen.
McClellan cannot, under any circumstances, be
spared from the Potomac. He is in daily consul
tation with Gen. Scott, and they carefully review
each other's plans before they are put into execu
tion. On Saturday night a private in the 4th Michi
gan regiment, while on picket duty a mile beyond
Barrett's hill, on the Leesburg turnpike, received
a severe wound in the arm from a rebel. From
the description of the latter, he is supposed to bo
a Mr Williams, of Alexandria, who was confined
for some ten days in a slave pen in that city, but
released by the n Government, and who is now
acting as a scout. Orders have been issued that
in the event of his capture, he be hung forthwith.
The amount of forage issued by the Govern
ment daily, in use in Washington and vicinity,
is, of hay 215 tons, of grain 180 tons.
Arrest of Naval Officers. The following
navy officers, recently arrived fcpm the coast of
Africa in the storeship Relief, haing tendered
their resignations, were arrested on Friday at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard and conveyed to Fort Lafay
ette: I,t Hamilton, H. Dalton, ef the 6loop-of-war
Saratoga; Surg. Phillip Lansdale, also of the
Saratoga; and Assistant Surgeon Wm. M. Page,
of the Relief. Lieut. Dalton is a native of North
Carolina, and was appointed from Mississippi, on
the 1st of October, 1851, as midshipman to the
steam frigate Wabash.
The Price of Corn The Savannah Republi
can says corn is selling in South Alabama as low
as 40 cents per bushel. The Milledgeville Re
corder sa3's that corn sold in that city last week at
50 cents per bushel. We are informed by a gen
tleman of this place that a resident of Barnesville,
Georgia, informed him that corn was selling at
35 cents per bushel in that place.
military Notices.
IlVadqiiaitcrs Dpa rtmiif of 3. C,
Office of Chief Commissary, Goldiboroueh, Oct 17.
Proposals will be received at this Office for the de
livery of 5.000 barrels of good superfine FLOUR for
the use of the Confederate troops on the coast of North
Carolina.
Bidders mnst state the quantity tbey can deliver per
week or month, the price, and the Railroad depot at
which the Flour can be delivered.
The Flour will be received in either barrels or bajs,
but preference girea to offers for it in barrels.
WM. W. MORRISON,
Oct. 22, 1861. 3t. Major C. S Army.
I take pleasure in informing my friends and patron
of this town and ntipbborbood that I buve returned to
Charlotte aid resumed 013- former busines.
In consideration of the exisiing presjure of the times
I shall limit my terms of tuition On town) on the
Piano to $30. for the full Session of 40 week3, or $15
for the half Session of 20 weeks. '
I have a fine stock of sheet music on hand and will
attend punctually 10 all orders in that line as also to
Tuning, Repairing and Sale of Pianos.
Address orders through the post-office. -
CHARLES O. PAPE.
Wanted to purchase, a second-hand Piano.
Oct 3, 131.
Kl'TTK IS I RI TTa:R ! !
The highest cash market prices will be paid
Butter. Ergs, Poultry, &c, at PALMER'S
Sept 24, 1831 Variety St
for
ty Store.
M. S. OZMENT
Keeps for sale Lard, corn and corn meal; also, chick
ens, &c. A fresh supply of candiea just received. For
sal cheap for cash. Two doors blow th Jail.
October IS, 1861
Common School Fund. The CharlotteZ)
ocrat states that at the recent meeting of th
Literary Board in this City, the sum ($90450
was ordered to be distributed among the variou
counties of the State, patable on the first day of
April next, for the support of Common Schools
The pressure of the war upon our State Treasury
forbids the payment of the apportionment at
earlier day. We are glad to see this purpose to
keep up the common schools even partially dur
ing the war. The children of the State must be
provided for and taken care of, even if the u
rages. All concerned no doubt regret the neces.
sity of delaying the payment ofthe appropriation
But the school committees must go to work vit0-l
ously to keep the schools going. How to e'j
suitable instructors to engage in it at a time Hke
this, when cash is demanded for every article
of food and clothing we buy, upon the promise of
being paid in April, may be a difficult task, yt
it should be done, if the people of each District
have to advance the cash for them. These are
strait times, but our people must learn to manage
in a strait. Raleigh Standard.
.
' B' In the Confederate Court at Charleston, on
Tuesday, in the case of The Confederate States
vs. J. W. Wilkinson, the defence, in his plea to
the Writ of Garnishment, submitted that he wis
not bound to answer to certain matters, the knowU
edge of which had come to him in his profes
sional capacity, and prior to the existence of war
Judge Magrath held the plea to bo sufficient. 1
Colvmbia Ca rolin ia n .
PROCLAMATION.
In pursuance and by virtue of a resolution
of the General Assembly of North Carolina, I, Henry
T. Clark, Governor ex-officio of said State, do hert
by notify and require all male citizens of this State
now in the enemy's country of the United States, to r.'
turn to North Carolina, where their allegiance is justly
due. u-ithin thirty days from the date hereof; and I do
hereby declare as an alien enemy, subject to all tb
pains, penalties and forfeiture which are or may be ia.
enrred by an alien enemy, every person failing to obey
the requirements of this Proclamation, except hebta
soldier in the army of the Confederate Stales, or somt
one of them, or in prison, or detained by force.
HENRY T. CLARK,
Governor, ex-officio.
Executive Department, Raleigh. Oct. 1, 1861.
FA VTO VlY SO 15 NAM).
The undersigned propose to sell, at a low price and
upon liberal credit, their COTTON FACTORY, local
ed on the South Fork of the Onuwba River. Tbe nfa.
chinery i3 comparatively new and in good ordar for
work. The wat-rr power is good and the buildings
ample, and a g-od FLOURING MILL attached.
The principal machinery consists of 1300 spindles, I
cards, 23 looms, and all the machinery to work tbl
same. J. & E. B. STOWE,
Oct 8, 1861 1m, Stowesville, N. C.
Koop Poles, Staves and Cord Wood,
Wanted at the Charlotte Steam Mill.
Oct 15. JOHN WILKES.
Headquarters North Carolina Troops, 1
Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, Oct. 9, 1861.
General Order No. 18.
All companies of N. C. Troops ire allowed four
servants for which they receive rations. Free negroes
can be taken with their consent, but not without it,
except on the order of the chairman of the county court
or of three Justices of the county.
By order of th commander-in-chief,
J. G. MARTIN,
Oct 22. 3t Adjutant General.
QcAr.TEa Master's 1cpartueht, 1
RALEion, N. C, Oct. 1, 1861-
To all Whom it may Concern:
Notice is hereby given, that all goods affected by the
Proclamations issued by his Excellency Gov. II. T.
Clark, dated Raleigh. September 13th and October 3d,
1861, which were bona fide purchased and paid for, or
shipped prior to the Kitb October inst., are exempted
from all restrictions under said Proclamations, and all
Agents will hereafter be governed by this order as to
stoppage of the same in transitu.
By order of the Adjutant General.
JOHN DEVEREUX,
Capt. and Asst. Quartermaster N. C. Army.
October 15, 1861. 8G-2t.
Headquarter Northaromna Troops, )
Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, Oct. 11, 1361.
General Order No. 19.
I. All accounts against the State of North Caro
lina, incurred for military purpose, must be presented
at thi Office within thirty days after they have been
made. If longer withheld, no assurance can be fives
of their favorable consideration or prompt payment.
II. All accounts should always be accompanied bj a
certificate of some officer or authorized agent of tha
State, that the property has been delivered, that tba
price charged was according to agreement or contract,
and that the receiver will account for the same to the
State. Otherwise accounts cannot be paid.
By order of the Governor, J, G. MARTIN,
Oct 22. 2t Adjutant General.
Headquarters North Carolina Troops. 1
Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, Oct. !S, 1861.
General Order, No. 20.
All companies herenfter accepted by the Governor
will remain at home, without pay, until called upon
for active service, when a reasonable time will be al
lowed them for reaching tbeir appointed place of ren
dezvous. This order is necessary on account of tbe
limited quantity of clothing and camp equippage now
on hand, and to enable the Governor to have these sup
plies ready for the use of the troops.
By order ofthe commander-in-chief.
J. O. MARTIN,
Oct 22. 4t Adjutant General.
IVTotlOG.
An Election will be opened and held at the several
Election Precincts in .Mecklenburg county on the first
Wednesday in November (6th day) for twelve Electors
to vote for PreMde'nt and Vice-President cf the Con
federate States, and also a member of Congress to rep
resent the 8th Congressional District in the next Coa
federate Congress.
The following gentlemen will hold the election for
President and Vice-President, and for a member of
Congress, at their respective Precints, namely:
Insprztors of 'residential box.
Charlotte C Overman, j. p., John L Springs, Cbts L
Torrence.
Norment's Store ?n Meant, j p, M M Mocre, A '
Sadler.
Long Creek John F Harry, j p, C W McCoy, E A
McCauley.
Deweesc's T W Sparrow, j p, T E Potts, J L S:on.
Hill's R L Deai niond, j p, W H Stinson, A H '
Harrisbnrg J Sample Daris, j p, Tho M Alexander,
CJKMcGinnis.
nan's A C Flow, j y,, John R Morn?, Jas McCombs.
Rea's John M Pyroa, j p, AO Reid, Clark Weding
ton. Providence W M Mills, j p, W N McKee, J& k
Caldwell.
Steel Creek Thol B Price, j p, J Starr Neely, Al
Qneiy.
Inspectors of Congressional Box.
Charlotte J P .Boss, j p, P M Brown, II G Spring'
Norment's Store W i Norment. j p, Sainl La"g
RSMcGee.
Long Creek A M Barry, j p, Robt Henderson, R D
Whitly.
Deweese's E B D Sloan, j p, Saml M Withers, C 3
Potts.
Hill's B II Garri?on, j p, Abner Hunter, D F D'00'
Harrisburg Sam'l W Cr.Idwell, j p, S A Stewart,
Wm Hutchison.
Hart's Robt MeEwen. j p. Wm Bain. Z Morris.
Rea's Arthur Grier. j p, J S Reid, T A Morris.
Providence VV M Matthews, j p, W TStitt, J N Rj"
Steel Creek Gen W U Neai, j p, Alex Grier, J
Grier.
The number of votes given mnst be written in words,
not in figures, and the scrolls containing the number 0
votes must he returned to me before 4 o'clock the eX
day. W. W. GRIER, Sheriff-
Oct 15, 1S61