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fc 2A 4 "4y. w 1 r- Jt I "11 II I I 1 I I V it ill 1 I I I : V V . if U t J it 1 - A' -''(.- " I "iH 1 ' Mil I I 111 I 1 ' J I & 1 I 1 t !l 111. a t.-.y,-; . Til - i j l : ) S3 per annum' WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET " CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF TTIB ONS IS TTIE'. COMMON PROPERTY. OF TIIE OTHER IN ADVANCE- W iST YASliL Editor akd Proprietob. CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1 8(5.1. TEN TO V OLUME NUMB ER 491.- T II E (Published c ver Tucsdaj,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, KUITOR AND PROPRIETOR. O IT paid iii a l- ano.;, If paid w ithin 3 months, If paid al ter the expiration of the year, 52 00 . 2 50 3 00 jsf Any person sending us live skw subscribers, accoiup mivJ by the advance subscription ($10) -will receive :i sixth ' "py gratis for one year. jfiuh-cribfti and otU.rrs who may wiali to send mouey to us, can -lo ;o by mail, at our risk. o - , Trati.ieut aJvertistments must be rjaid for in advance. z Adrert;.eiuents not marked on the manuscript for a i.e ilic time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. SAMUEL P. SMITH,' ' Alloi-iioy and Coinis'Ior at Luw, CHARLOTTE, N C, Will attend promptly and diliyfutty to collecting and remitting all cl.iim.s intrusted to hi. care. Special attention given to the writing of Dweds, Con veyances, &c. .;tj"' I'nrinp hour? of business, may be found in the Court House, O.H'-c So. 1, adjoining the clerk's oilice. January 10, l.S'Jl J. A. FOX, Attorney ctt Law, CHARLOTTE, X. C. GKXKRAL COLLECTIXG AG EXT. Ofli. e over the Drug Store, Irwin's corner. January 1, 1861. tf Wm. J. Kerr, A T T O II V A T I. A W, CI1A11LOTTE, X. C, Will practice in the County and Superior Courts ot Jle-kleuburr. Union and Cabarrus counties. Office in the Brawlcy buildiug opposite Kerr's Hotel. January 24, 18U " y ROBERT (ilCBON, M. I)., PRACTITIOJICK OF MEOICIKE AND OJlre A'o. 2 Jncin's comer, CHARLOTTE, X. C. January, 1801. Tl. W.- BECKWITH Has constantly on hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, FLATED WARE, &C, Of the best English nnd American manufacturers. Call aBd examine his stock before pnrchasing elsewhere. Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each. January, 1861 J John T- Butler, rRACTlCAL Watch anil Clock .TZakcr9 Jew eller, cVc., Opposite Kerr's HoTEr., Chu-httc, A'. C. (Late with It. W. IJeckwith.) Fine H'alflK'x, ( look) V Jivrlry, oferry description, Repaired and Warranted for 12 months. Oet 16, 1S1. WILKINSON &c CO., DKALKHS IN Watclies, WfcM& AND EAXCV (iOODS, No. 5, Granite Rsnge, Opposite the Mansion House, CHAKLOTTE, N. C. Attention given to Ri'pairiug Watches and Jewelry. September 13, 1800. y New Supply of WATCHES, JEW ELRY, Solid Silver and PLHrd Ware. The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive Supply of the above articles. II is purchases beii.g made directly from the manufacturer, h- is thereti"' enabled to sell at a very fmull advance on cost, aud persons may rest assured that all hi articles are war ranted t be what lie represents them lobe. Watches and 'locks carefully repaired and will receire my person.! attention. R. W. EKCKWITII. Nv. 27, 1 SCO tf Charlotte A: S. V. SSailroad. On and after the First day of October. THKOCnil EXPRESS FKEK.HT TRAIN'S will run Daily between Gharlotte and Cliarlt-ston. without transshipment, thus enabling freights to reach Charlotte in days or less j from New York, and in one day from Charleston, and j jsiVe rrrsa. Also, THUOCCH TICKETS will be sold from Char lotte to Charleston at $3 30, and to New York, via Charleston Steamers, nt and vicr rrrnu. The mer chants aud public are invited to try this cheap and expeditious route for freights and passengers. A. II .MA IiT IN, Oct 2, 18C0. tf en'l I t. and Ticket Agent. DR. E. II. A IV I) HEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Would inform the public generally, and the citizens of Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold, Silver, Vulcanite, or o:i the Cheopjastic process, as patients may desire, and lili Teeth with Gold, Tin, Amalgam or Os Artificial. He is also prepared to perform any operation belong ing to Dentistry; and need, not say that lie will be pleas ed to wait'upon any of his old friends or new friends you may take tjiat for granted. Fehruarv"5, 1SGI NEW GOODS. KOOP.MANN k PHELPS hae received a handsome j assortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, to which they inrite particular attention. April 2J, liCl. I take pleasure in informing my friends and patrons of this town and neighborhood that I have returned to Charlotte and resumed my former business. In consideration of the existing pressure of the times I shall limit my terms of tuition (in town) on the Piano to S'J, for the fuil Session of 40 weeks, or $15 f'jr the half Session of 0 weeks. I have a fine stock of sheet music on hand and will attend punctually to all orders in that line as also to Tuning, Repairing and &ile of Pianos. Address orders, through the post-office. CHARLES O. PAPE. "Wanted to purchase, a second-hand Piano. Oct 8, lbol. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A, A. N. 31. TAYLOU ME3PECTITLLY informs his friends and the pub lic generally, that he ha added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete itock of Hardware, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun ing, grafting, teunon, back, compass, webb, and butch er SAWS; Uraces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels, Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick, plastering, and p dntiug Trowels; Saw-setters, Screw plates, Stoc ks in d dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke shaves, Steel-bla le be vel and try Squares; Spirit Levels Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Horingr machines. Gougers, and i.i fad everthing a mechanic wants, in great variety an I at Very low prices, at TAYLOR'S Hardware store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite th Man sion. House. Charlotte, N. C. May 20, 1 800. 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 Tiles of every kind. Cut horseshoe nr.d e!:nch Nails, Borax; Iron of a.; s-izes, both of northern a.d country manufacture: cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; kc, for sale very cheap at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House: Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, ot'all the Jillercut sizes, at lAlLOliAS Hardware Store, opposite Man.-Son House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters, Corn Shelters, Plows. Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Folks, Axc-9, Picks, Matlock, Grubbing Hoes, Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning and Hedge Shears. Pruning and bud. ling Knives, gar den Hoes and Rak-s. withhandles; Grain Cradles: grain, grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks. Waym boxe : Hollow ware, cuch as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, .pi ders, stew-pans nv.d kettles, Cauldrons irom 20 to 120 gallon? each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep Shears, Ac, at T.-v J.OU'S Hardware Depot, opposite the Mansion House. Tin arid Japanned Ware, A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate, Babbit metal, &c. Stoves, the largest Stock, of all size?, at TAYLOR'S Hardware. Stove and Tin ware Dopol, opposite Mansion House PBTER U. PAVIS. W. II. HARPKE. DAVIS & HARDEE, PRODUCE COAiffllSSIOff MERCHANTS, REFER- TO lion. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood, Raleigh, X. C. Feb 10, liOl Cm-pd. I5iUS, 15 a IS El -r All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS: also, a beautiful assortment of NEW STYLE CAGES. Thoe wishing a fine Sonysur. will find it at J. 1). PALMER'S Variety Store, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. Nov 20, IS 00. Tf otic From and after thi day ( 1st of January, 1SC1,) we will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers, and the rest of mankind, for eaSi, nsael cah only, auv article in our line of business that we may have on hand. Any person sending or coming for Goods :iftcr this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in stead of tilling their order, we furnish them with a conv of this advertisement, as we ate determined not to sell a single article on credit. RQ And those indebted to us are requested to can and pav, as we want the moncv. GATES k WILLIAMS. January I. 1P01 tf Dissoliitioii. The firm of Fl'LLINGS, SPRINGS & CO. was dis ?oIed by liniiiatioT! in the 1st January, 1R01. The business w ill be continued under the name and style of FULLIXGS k Sl'KIXGS, 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. All persons indebted to the old lirr.i of Fullings, Springs .V Co.. must come forward and make immediate settlement, as it t- absolutely necessary that the liusi nss be speedily closed up. "A word to the wise is sufli eiMt.'' ' Ja.n 16, 1S01. PROCLAMATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY, HENRY T. CLARK, GOV ERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. E':i ttive Department, ) Raleigh. Oct. ::d. f In pursuance of the power giren me by the I ItU section of the Constitution, and by and with thf ad vice of the Council of State, I do hereby prohibit the exportation beyond the limit or mis ciaie, oi an bason, perk, bi'ef. leather, men's ehoes, woolen goods. lindsevj and blankets except through the orders of the proper officers of the Confederate Government, or of the State Government. The order of the-lSth, ult. i hereby revoked. The Adjutant General is directed to employ all necesf.u-y mear.s to carrv i:;to full e"'ect this order. Done at the ci;v of R&khj.". 3r4 da.v of October, A. D.. 1861. - - - HKNIIV T. CLARK, jcl 3 4t Governor Ex-oilicio. Situation Wanted. A j -Tfoa who i5 thoroughly acquainted with the Milling business,' and who has had entire charge of a lare establishment 'in Vircini for 15 years, derires a situation in this part of North Carolina. He has had Isi-Te experience in farming and Hie management ot hands. Ilecan bring the bst of recommendations. ' For'" further infornuit!" inquire at this OfTicc, and state what sal.- .. oe given: ."' - August 1.1, U-01 St jCjje Wtzittn Ihmorrat I CHARLOTTE, N. C. j Hereafter wo intend to charge advertising rates for all obituaries of over ten lines in length, tributes of j respect, and for announcing candidate for office to j be paid in advance Great Strength. The Boston Herald states that the strong man, Dr. Winship, while standing ! upon a staging at an elevation of 8 or 10 feet from the floor, lifted and sustained for a", consider- able time, without apparent difficulty, a platform suspended beneath him on -which stood twelve gentlemen, all heavier individually than tho Doc tor himself, and "weighing, inclusive of the appara tus lifted with them, about 1,900 pounds. The State Convention. This body will meet according to adjournment, on Monday the 18th inst., (yesterday). The Greensboro Patriot and Salem l'ress hope that it will abolish the pre sent Legislature. We hope not. The Legislature has adjourned, not to meet again, and it may fair ly be allowed to be forgotten, so far as that may be to a body that deliberately passed a most evil and iniquitous law, which the Supreme Court had just pronounced a violation of the Constitution which the members of the Legislature had sworn to support. Fayctteville OLscrvcr. rS?" Messrs. Brown and Johnston, engaged here in packing beef for the Confederate Army, are doing themselves the credit, and the Govern ment the valuable service, of packing the nicest beef we have ever seen in this market. And judging by the specimens we have seen, they are also handling it in fine style. The packing process is a very important one; if properly done very common beef becomes passi ble; but if improperly, the very bet may be rendered unfit for use. Salisbury Yutchmun. WHEAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new crop of What at the highest market price. Farmers will find it to their advantage to call at the CHAR LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. Jan'y 1, 1SGI tf JNO. WILKES. I Imve now on hand and am constantly receiving large quantities of Hides, which I will exchange for Leather. S. M. HOWELL, October 8, 1SG1 Ct-pd Charlotte, N. C. The Accounts and Notes due I. LOEWEXSTELX are in my hands lor collection and settlement. All pet sons indebted will please come forward and settle without delay. J. EIGEXBRUN. November 5, 1SG1 5t M0NTAM0ENA FEMALE SEMINARY, MOUXT VLEASAXT, CABARRUS COUXTV,X. C. The exercises of this School will be resumed on the 20th of August. Ratks per Session : Board (including washing aud fuel) $10 00 English course, from $5 00 to 13 00 Music on the Piano, Melodeon or Guitar, 20 CO Languages, each, 8 00 Drawing or Paintinc 10 00 Vocal Music, 3 00 1 00 Embtoiderv, Other ornamentals reasonable. Terms : Half of all the expenses, board and tuition, must be paid in advance, and the remainder at the close of the Session. Fupil who board in the Seminary will not be per mitted to make store accounts. For further information, address L. G. I1EILIG. August 13, 1S01 2h)i IVoticc to". he Shcrifls of the diflVreut Comities of North-Carolina. All Blankets and Clothing which may be received by you can be sent directly to the several Companies "which went from your county and when your own Companies are supplied, you will then forward any balance on hand to the Quartermaster in Raleigh. Y'ou will put up all articles intended for your Companies in strong boxes, directed to the nartermaster in Raleigh with the Company and the Regiment plainly marked on them: and you will have the contents of each box marked on it. Whenever the Companies are on duty your neigh borhood, you are authorized to deliver the articles to them, taking the receipt of the Captain for them, which receipt vou will forward to this office. October 8, Uol. J. DEVEREUX, A. Q. M. QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE, October 3d, 1661. Anv person or persons who may be desirous of taking contracts for making Clothe3 for the Army of North -Carolina, ran obtain terms, &c, on application at this ofiice Good, will be issued to any responsible parties, in quantities sutlicicnt to clothe single Com panies which can be made up in their own neighbor hoods, and the money will be paid to the parties re ceiving the Goods, o'u the return of the manufactured articles. Parties mav furnish the Cloth, which will be paid for by the State. October 8, 1861. J. DEVEREUX, .' Q. M. Hpsadqcap.ters North Carolina Troops, Adjutant General's OUiee, Rakigh, Oct. 11. J8U1. j General Order No. 19. I. All accounts against the State of North Caro 'i:;a, incurred for military purposes, must be presented at this Office within thirty days after they have been made. If longer withheld, no assurance can be given of their favorable consideration or prompt payment. II. All accounts should always be accompanied by a certificate ot some' otticer or authorized agent of the "State, that the property Las been delivered, tlu t the price'charz"J was according to agreement or contract, and that the receiver will account for the same to the State. Otlu rwise accounts cannot be paid. Bv order of the Gove-nor, J- G. MARTIN. 22. 2t Adjutant General lfKAPQUAKTERS NORTH C.4ROL1XA TrOOPS. T Adjutant General's Ofiice, Raieigh, Oct. 15, lcGl. j Geuerai Order, No. 20. 11 companies hereafter accepted by the Governor will remain at home, without par, -until called upon for active service, wheu a reasonable time will be al lowed them for reaching their appointed place of ren dezvous. This order is .necessary on account of the limited qnatiiitr of clothing and camp .cquippage now on hand, and to enable the Governor to have these sup plies ready for the use of the troops. Bt order of the commander-in-chief. - J. G. MARTIN. - (((.t o n Adjutant General. PAY YOUR DEBTS. Is there any proper reason why so few people pay their debts now, in comparison with ordinary times? It is a grave question, and we arc obliged to answer it in the negative. The crops of this State have for twelve months past been at least fair, and some of them exceedingly abundant, and with the exception of cotton for one month past, and naval stores, prices have been unusually high. Alore money probably was carried into the country from sales of produce during the past twelve months than usual.; And in town until a few weeks,, or at the most a few months, business was active and profitable. Then economy has been practiced to an unusual extent, . and men generally have created no new obligations. Why, under all these favorable circumstances, should there be any failure to meet obligations, either to banks or in dividuals? We cannot see why. And yet the fact is notorious, that there is an unprecedented number of protested notes in all or most of the banks, and a universal complaint of the difficulty of collecting individual claims. It is easy to see why the usual bank accomodations cannot be had, for when a protest is the rule, and prompt payment or renewal the exception, the banks can have neither the ability uor the inclination to discount. Their means are locked up in State and Confede rate loans and protested notes. We fear that too many men of cash means are hoarding up their money, for some purpose or other, instead of paying their just debts a course which they are enabled to pursue with impunity by the unfortunate stay laws, whose great effects have been to euable men to set at defiance their creditors and the Law, and to destroy the credit system, that indispensable help to the poor but really honest man. If people would reflect how many debts would be paid in the course of a month by the payment of one debt at the begining of it, until finally, the money may even como back to the first payer, we think there would be more payments. ' Ten dol lars thus iuvested no doubt often pays a hundred or even a thousand dollars of debts in the course of a month, going materially toward.-; making money abundant instead of scarce. This is one and a very important view of the "sub ject. But there is another more important. We cannot see how an honest conscientious man can allow himself for one moment to rest 'Upon the stay law. lie contracted a debt with a solemn proaiise to pay it according to the old law, whose justice has been sanctioned by universal assent through ages of time. And when he avails him self of the sLvy law he does a gross wrong to him who relied upon his honesty and honor. His failure to keep faith may ruin his creditor, or dis tress his wife and children. It certainly makes his own integrity a matter of question, and deprives him of that claim to credit in the future which can only rest upon a faithful fulfilment of obliga tions which last is the best "policy as well as a plaiu duty. Fayettcvillc Observer. Gen. Scott's Pay. The current monthly pay, subsistence, and allowance of Lieuteirant (Jeneral Scott were, aud by order of the l'resident continue to be while he is upon the retired list, as follows: . ' l'a7, per month, Iiations, per month, Allowances for servants, per month, Allowance for horses, per month, 3270 50 Total monthly pay, 770 Which makes an annual income of ?9,240. Help the Pooit. In these days of scarcity and trouble let us remember the poor the very poor who are ever with us and who have a right to expect help at the hands of those who are blessed Avith move than tin. ir necessities require. We commend to our people in this section the following from an Augusta, (a., paper. It is applicable to us: i: It is a scripture truism, that we have the poor always with us. This fact is brought home to us with peculiar force at this time, as the rigors of winter are approaching, and the high price of l'ood brings us face to face with bitter poverty. The demands of the war have necessitated fre quent calls upon our generous-hearted people for pecuniary and other - aid, and we are har py to know that they have not been made in vain. 'Give, give,' has been the cry, and will continue to be; but our liberality has thus far been equal to the demand and a prompt response at all times has t-hown the sphir: uf benevolence and patriotism which animates ue." A Good Stout. A gentleman who was in Augusta when the Yankee prisoners passed through on their way to New Orleans, relates the following conversation between one of the priso ners and a " cullud gentleman:" Yankee, (from car window, to darkic on plat form) "Are you a slave or a free man V Darkic Well, T ain't what you might call a free nigger, but l's right smart .freer dan you is 'bout dis time." Dried Pumpkins. A distinguished physician requests the editor of the Vicksburg Whijj to say there is nothing better for soldiers confined in camp during the winter, when fruit and vegetables cannot be had, than dried pumpkins. lie says that soaked in water until they are softened, and stewed with molass.es, they are not only whole some but very palatable, and an cxcelSeut substitute for fruits or vegetables. They can .be cut into strips, hung up aud dried, .with great facility, when they can be packed in bag1? and sent to the army. - They arc now plenty aud cheap in this section of country. . . r ; - - Snuff, Snnfl, Smsff! Jut received, a fresh Jot of genuine Lorilard's High ; Toast Scotch Snuff. Cheap' at . i - . PALMER'S VARIETY STORE. ' j Sept 24. 1SGI " " ' '' - ' ' ' " ' 0TIi:. , : UR CREDIT CUSTOMERS. ' ! BY DISREGARDING OCR APPEALS, ! hart forr,4 it to adopt the CASH SYSTEM. : j ' Our terms hereafter will HetrieUf Cah-on delirerr. j - xx v FISHER &vBURRorGUS.T Aug 6, 161 tf A FBENCH VESSEL WRECKED. Rescue t7ie officers and crac of a French Jhn- i... -.. s j . I. ,i . of- War by a Confederate steamer on the coast of Xorth Carolina. - ' ! From the Newbern Piogress. We are enabled to lay before the public, the following account of the wreck of the French steamer Trony, (at Ocracoke,) and the inhu man conduct of the Yankee fleet, from the lips of Captain, officers and crew, of that steamer. The frigate Prony of about eighteen hundred tons bur then left Toulon in France on tha 22ud of July, 1801, with instructions to sail in the American waters, touching at the various "West India Lslauds. Whilst on the voyage the Commodore of the Prony received orders from the Admiral on board the flag-ship of the squadron, to go to Halifax, and thence to Charleston, in South Carolina, and thence to New York. When they received the order to sail for New lork, the Commodore of the Prony was on shore at Charleston, and the weather being boisterous and hoavy, one of the Confederate steamers undertook to convey the Commodore on board the Prony, and whilst un der weigh, and as the Confederate steamer ap proached thS Prony, the steamer was fired upon by one of the Federal steamers, and thereupon a boat was dispatched from the Prony to meet the Confederate steamer and bring him on board. This action on the part of the Federal steamer, which the French Commodore characterised as a "mean Yankee trick" gave him no favorable opin ion of the morals of the Federal Navy. The Prony left Charleston in rough and heavy weath er, and the officers making a mistake in their cal culation whilst off the coast cf North Carolina the ship struck upon a shoal at Ocracoke Bar all steam was put upon her and every effort made to get her off they fired guns, and sent up rockets as signals of distress, with the hope that some one would come to their aid and relief. In the mean time the little Confederate steamer Albemarle, Capt. Salyear, being at Deacon Island, a boat and men commanded by Capt. D. D Sirmond was des patched by order of Col. Singletnry to visit the frigate -Prony. By the aid and efficient manage ment of Cdpt. Sirmond, the large anchor of the Prony was gotten out and carried so as to heave the ship's head around for her relief; and after rendering every assistance that could be giv en all which was trustless Capt. Sirmond re turned with his men to the Albemarle for the pur pose of having her brought to the aid of the French ship, but unfortuately he found that the Albemarle had got aground and could not be got ten oil" that day and not until the making of the next tide. In the meantime four Federal steam el's hove in tight, coming from the direction of Uatteras, and visited the French ship, and advis ed the French Commodore to keep hiss ship on the strain of the large anchor as ('apt. Sirmond had adjusted it and they would go off and bring other steamers to their assistance and aid. The four Federal steamers then left him, and never return ed or sent him any aid. That night the weather came on ifi be exceedingly he avy and the sea ran high, which caused the French ship to break to pieces, and the French Commodore, believing the Yankee steamers intended to play a "Yankee trick"' and were only waiting for the destruction of his ship so that they might plunder the wreck, threw overboard all the small arms, one cannon kc, to prevent them from falling into their hands. The Commodore, officers and crew, were loud and deep in their curses and execrations of the Yankees. At daylight in the morning the Con federate steamer Albemarle having got off the shoal, made two attempts to get to the French ship, the sea running very high, which, for the time, rendered it impossible for the Albemarle to reach the steamer. At 2 o'clock p. m. the wiud changed to the Westward, and the Albemarle made a third at tempt to make the French steamer, and having, at the imminent risk of all on board, run as near to the Prony as it was safe to do, came to anchor, and having but one small boat, the same command ed by D. D. Sirmond, with Col. Singletary on board, succeeded in reaching the French steamer; and having put Col. Singletary on board the Pro ny, where he was most cordially received and greeted by all the officers and men, Capt. Sirmond, with the aid of the boats of the Prony, removed the entire crew from the wreck to the Confeder ate steamer Albemarle and Curlew. On one of the trips in his boat, to the Albemarle from the French steamer, the boat with five of the French seamen and her crew, were overwhelmed with the waves and sunk the boat turning completely over and casting the whole crew into the sea. In this perilous condition, after the men had been struggling in the water for the half of an hour, the French sailors came to their relief in a yawl boat and rescued the whole of them from a watery grave, and Capt Sirmond and all of the men were safely placed on board the Albemarle. Nothing ! daunted by this disaster, Capt. Sirmond and his men spun bailed out the little boat of the Albe marle, and immediately proceeded to the relief of the French crew, and continued to ply on this errand of mercy until the whole of the crew were safely rescued and put on board of the Confeder ate steamers Curlew and Albemarle. Fifty-six of the officers and crew of the Prony were brought ! up in the steamer Albemarle and comfortably pro vided and cared for by the citizens of tha town, the Commodore aud the rest of the crew intend ing to follow them in another of the Confederate steamers. In the mean time the French Com mander, after conferring with Commodore Lynch of the Confederate steamers, resolved to go to Norfolk en route for New York, and accordingly thfl whole crew were taken to that rdace bv Com- modore Lvnchiu the Confederate steamer Curlew, ' denunciations of the Y'ankees, and unhesitatingly ! declare their conduct to be both unchrhtant and '- fnlumanhh. says, " well knowing" as they did, I that he; his vessel, and crew were 'in the most nn- j mincnt peril a net diatrtss, aud receiving assurances from them that they should be aided by the whole i tinf t!,nr mmfimi nnrl i.dimrSr. rr 1 1. .u thevhad in truth left him and gone to, TlaTterai j for the purpose of" procuring and returning1 with additional aid, that after anxiousjy waiting ' ia vaift for their arrival that ntzht.the sea roLed high, and it required all his strength of "manhood j tne uuicers ana men leaving -ewoern on anurs- j ""v v'r j"- "5 "j""t? , : day night last, at 11 o'clock, for that purpose. j dals pent thrse 'balls- entirely through it; fortu- !" Tl.ft I'rrn,.!, f, tr, r.,b rc J nM tnarintr r.f hi- DatcU', hoWCVer, iniurilUT TlOOflQ. ' V; "'-' I and fortitude to sustain' and support his wen. It encouraged them in every way, but when he 'lost rit nffnr Vimf-. until nnlxr twn small 1 hnnfs WArn left, which were insufficient in such a heavy, gale to save thenvhe awaited with painful anxiety nnd solicitude the dawn of day, expecting every mo ment that they all would ibe' submerged by" the waves and find a watery grave; but when at the break of day they perceived tha little Confederate steamer Albemarle buffeting the waves and strug gling for life as it were in tho i attempt to reaoh them,, v his v heart , was - cheered jind j they felt that there were still some friends 'on earth who manifested an interest in their welfare; but all hope again vanished wheu be perceived the imminent hazard and risk that she encoun tered; and lie gave up all for lost, being well.. as sured that she could not survive in so boisterous aud heavy a sea. And again, when she failed to reach him in her first and second attempts, he be lieved all further attempts to do so would be vain and fruitless, he and his whole crew -made up their minds to meet their fate like men, and were sadly and mournfully afflicted that such an awful catastrophe might and might to have been averted by the human and timely aid of the Federal fleet, which they most inhumanly refused to render them. He says that they were greatly astonished, and it sent a thtill of joy through the whole ship, when the little Albemarle, which ;he perceived was a frail boat, most gallantly and bravely made a third attempt to save them; aud when she drop ped her auchor apparently safely moored, And sent their little boat to their aid, they all devoutly gave thauks to God for their safe deliveranoe; and that too much praise and grateful commenda tion cannot be awarded to the Confederate officers, Col. Singletary and Captains Salyear and Sirmond and their crews, for their brave and heroic efforts in saving them all from an untimely death. In rescuing the party mentioned above, the Confederate steamer Winslow was wrecked' by running on a sand bar. . " '''.',- : ""' TIIE PORT ROYAL ENGAGEMENT, Authentic accounts show that it was one of the most terrific fights on record. Soldiers, in ,the Crimea say there was nothing like it in the memo rable seiges of that celebrated campaign. The fire from the fleet fell upon tho devoted garrison like a storm of hail for five consecutive hours.. So rapid were the reports ofthc guns that it wai dif ficult to distinguish between, them.. One, contin uous roar was kept up throughout the fight, i The battry on Hilton Head (Walker's) consist ed of one 10-inch columbiad, one 8-inch do., one rifle cannon and seventeen 21 and 32 pounders. The fort is a common earth structure, but very strong of its kind, and the width of the bay, 2i miles, proved from the beginning that a fleet of such power was ..obliged to enter with an effort. The Day Point battery, just opposite, on St. Hele na Island, had 17 guus, and there was but little risk in swilt steamers passing a mile and a quarter from each. The ships were disposed so as to di rect their fire from three points. The achieve ment, in itself, is of little consequence, but it fa important in that it gives the enemy a foothold on our coast and possession of one of our best harbors. Our force in the battery while the" fight was progressing amounted to about 220 men, the rost of tho troops being disposed in the rear and with in the distance of a mile. The greater portion of the loss occurred outside, front the bursting of shells, which were rained over a large district of territory. The German Artillery Company from Charleston, who were on the fort, foughtMike tigers. Our men were ordered to retreat "'when their powder was nearly exhausted, the holding of the battery had become hopeless, and the enemy had it in their power to cut off their re treat. They left in good order, followed by a shower of shells ' from the ships. Fortunately, a considerable number of steamers were lying in a deep creek that ?kirts the west side of the island, which enabled, it is thonght, our entire forces to make safe their" retreat. A portion landed at Dluflfton and other points on the Carolina shore, and another, the largest, was brought by Corrj. Tattnall's fleet to Savannah. - - ' - i Col. Wagener, of the German Artillery, was in command of the fcrt. Gen. Drayton was alrfo present throughout the fight, and Gen. ltipley arrived about 10 o'clock. . " - - ' Coin. Tattnall's fleet was present, aiding - the fort to the full extent of its power, and all are loud in their praise of the intrepidity and daring of its heroic commander. Of his fleet, the Lady David and the Huntress were cut off, and went on to Charleston. : - Com. Tattnall,- after his flag-ship was ' crippled by a shell, retired to Scull Creek, and landed his marines and' powder to give aid to the fort," but before reaching it he discovered tho United States flag flying on the hospital; ho then retraced his i steamer. ! : - - -' -: ' The garrison at Day ' Point, ' commanded " )f Capt .Stephen Elliott, made good their escapeand at last accounts were engaged in throwing up ai battery at Port lioyal Ferry, near Beaufort -('apt. Win. Elliot's company, which garrlonei the Work on Braddock's Point, South end of 'the isaud retreated! in small boats, and many "of them, with their baggage, were picked by np tho steamer Leeaburg, from Savannah, and landed on the opposite shore. : They burnt their atorcs and left their tents behind them. : ' ', : : lt AH ' thcljecord. and papers of the 9th South Carolina I'egimcnt, together with the store3, were left behind and felt into the hands of the enemy. The killing of, art Aid to Gen. Drayton, and" the wounding or trie uefierai uimselt, are talso report. nr hpital wag five hnrvdred yard from the e . "at the guus were taicen irom ine LaJ am ?n4 'Huntress and placed in ' battery at Port RojaPFerrywhere under command Df U1. .Don brant, with his regiment, a statfd willbe ma(lc , -, "w- " ; , - , v,:- ' "Messrs. 1 opc and; Baynard, who reaide- on Hilton Headset fire to every building on their ... . s " - , T . . TTVPlCS'1 thc;rcr.0P8'? ving mass of rum3 behind diem to fall into the hands of the enemy. ri.ue citizens oi ueauiori iiave au aesertea cue town tho tueVTor tho' army and tho "rest fgr'the interior. Savannah Republican, 9A.