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W-J5STKRN DKMOOKAT, ....OHABLO'ITE,. .J. C. K if 1 VI V i S r i Si f fJ IS1? 1 u ':2 r r- 1 if i f. iiy. t'i ft; i ! if i! 1 i 3 i! f '1 1 1 , anJ the others ruaJc of rtin silk, vvitlj and mottoes emblazoned. State arms AuitKc vjp.ccr, - - " , rjict- ; present or participated in the fight, we may men- river at Mechamcsville. The position of our army irTwhic0. f n PSr;uf or bnV, : L. lUn j AMori-, be describe j, f.rai J iiominy, wn cu are nuw i j r. with tb Cliickahominy, an acute angle; our left men were filled with tire eho est cdibtes, biandwj, TUESDAY'S BXTTLE-Another Victory. - Mill in advance under General Jackson, lying over whiskey, wine?, c all ot wnicn were, oi course, v j r i ti;u X confiscated. The battle on Tucriny, at Wtm Oak Swamp, I 0fWa,rd3 . the ftmunkey; General Ilul occupying The BucMh Flayed oW.-The Regiment of continued with great fry until a late hour in the ! Mechanise and the centre and General Long lluck .il Kiic., of Fremont', command, whose night. The enemy in tLir desperation ha J nias- f watch word was, "We never Surrender adorned ed their artillery in ponderous batteries, and clas- , "S JS mediately along the Chickahominy. Uhc street on yesterday, with their bucktail plumes, ' tercd their infantry eo as to send forth tremendous ' Friday morning the general advance en echelon nnUrVnvtn tli Vit.ffrwlon.to .nto r.r.V.n vnllpvH. Their suhere of action was npppKsaril v a-ram began, ( eneral J ackson t n ad va nee and far c numuer 01 fscany every one cf room was either killed or cap tured. MONDAY'S OPERATIONS. On Jlondny, about 10 o'clock A. 31., there was an urtillery duel between Mott's celebrated Fed eral baUery and the batteries attached to Gen. D. II. Hill's division. Roth occupied commanding positions on the opposite side of a creek. In the coutse of an hour the enemy were repulsed, leav ing three of their guns on the field. Skirmishers were then advanced beyond the creek. The cav ?lry followed, and on reaching the other side went forward in advance and took position on the hill on which Mott's battery had been statioued. l)is covering the enemy in furce to their right, and batteries being placed in position behind some houses, the cavalry fell back across the stream. After a short time the Yankee batteries opened again from the same position, our batteries reply ing, and the fight continued till ni-ht. At dark, a fatigue party Mas detailed to repair the bridge, the enemy continuing to throw canister and shell across the bridge till alter mid night, preventing the fatigue party from accomplishing anything. About 2 o clock, A. 31., the enemy retired, hav- . : . a- . t. .i -.i1?,,. i,,, i i ti i - 1 f i nients, was hotly engaged. The brigades of 31a- 3Iotti? Lattery which had been previously cap- : , ' , , r. , . tured by our troops, but which had not been remov- j 10,16 Arnustead being compelled to fall back cd, from the fact that there was no bridge, and the : t0, t ,he7 n,C"' Gn 1H'nS0,U hH T trder ;rrnir ii i i d forward and charged two butteries that were jniantry could not be carried over. ' A , , , , c , , . , . , One fine Parrott gun fell into our hands, and a J "PP b' t,!a" fie l cdcral brigades, ..umber of horses and mules, some with artillery 1 "nd wh hing the charge were under three harness on. The houses behind which the FeJ- firCS; . 1 he? dld not fa tcr?. cr Lut. ?c,,t cral batteries had been placed were found, upon ' "d into the very teeth of the enemy without the examination, to be perorated' with our shot, ivi- f ,c"tat,2n- J h,S one brigade engaged dently .showing that the enemy had lost heavily th.e ,Ua,n bod' th? " '? thl? PJ". and v....,.!:. .1.- . . .i . -i ' when compelled to withdraw did so in order. Col in uicir uacrenc.. in tne luornincr tne LriULre was speedily repaired, and the forces of Hill and ; Jackson were again in pursuit of the foe. The result of the first dash was a prize of 2U0 priso- j .ners. This docs not include either the sick or I wounded in the hospital which here fell into our possession. On 3Ionday afternoon a severe fight came off ,' near the intersection of the larbvtown and Charles City roads. About four o'clock, the division of (Jen. Longstreet came up with the enemy at that point, who were in stiong force and position, and a battle, fierce and desperate, en- sued. The enemy are represented to have resist- cd the valorous onsets of our troops with moie desperate determination and greater bravery than in any other of the scries of engagements which have occurred since the opening of the grand ball on Thursday. Their pieces were admirably served, and during the whole engagement, which lasted from 4 o'clock untjl 9, they struggled with the .energy of desperation. So fierce was the fire of their artillery and small arms, that three succes sive attempts were made by our forces before the enemy were filially dislodged from their position! Around their pieces a severe hand-to-hand fight occurred, and they were only driven back at the poiut of the bayonet by the resistless charges of our Southern soldiery. Our artillery ammunition ; 31cClellan's army is badly whipped. The enemy paving been exhausted immediately after their en- abandoned Curl's Neck on Tuesday night, Ieuvin trenchments were carried, prevented the rout from ! twenty pieces of cannon, several hundred boxes of oe.., complete one. Our troops, fatigued and worn down by hard marching and heavy fighting, remained during the night in the captured entrenchments, from whence they renewed the pursuit of the retreating foe at day-dawn Tuesday morning. I he losses on both sides in this battle were very heavy. An eye-witness informs us that the field was literally strewn with the dead and wounded of the contending parties. Hard as was the struggle, and heavy as our loss unquestionably was, thevietory rested with our troops, and adds another to the series of brilliant .successes that have crowned the Confederate arms around Richmond. The numbers killed and wounded in this fi-ht arc variously estimated some estimates placim- I hi - fa. Ill ... " , as l.oOO, and the loss of the enemv ! t ('Mm n (Kin tr. 7 mm ti r i J ' bave already stated, cannot be denied i Fijht at Fia:. ,s Farm. Uur torces having pursued the enemy duiiu ininday and part of Monday, came up with .1. - me i mam hody at J-rozers farm, about fifteen miles from the city. Generals Longstreet and A. I. Hill were advancing to the right,' and Gen. Huger by , our left, when about three o'clock on Monday our i pcouts announced that the foe were in strong force in camp, and all things prepared to receive us. Pushing forward on the Darby town (diaries City) road to the right, it seemed to be evidently a part of the plan that JIuger's advance on the left should , be made simultaneously. About o P. M., Longstreet advanced upon the , enemy and drove in their dense body of skirmish, r I supported as they were by a large force of aitil- Itry. lluger did not arrive in time, for it was re j ported he had been, engaged with the enemy, and . consequently delayed. Our attack on the ri-ht J l'r?v.cU eminently successful, and after much hard fighting our troops found themselves in the cne limy's camp, facing the whole divisions of Sumner Hooker, and Kearney, supported to the right and lelt ot the road by not less than thirty pieces of artillery. Fronting and in the midst ..I M, n ..,. valso, artillery was stationed, and maintained a verv j.iicavy fare upon our advance, but when our infan- trv li:iil ptir.-.noit 1.....L-.1 .1 i .. . v , -j i..v.Uo.-it.a in me euge oi the '.P'J't destructive . - ,v ... v iuc 1:111:1111- iiitMr lir.i hmu a J i - . . .i . ii uo jjiuuuvine lun me rcucrais immediately bean to fall back. Our artillerv. ailtl Virf ifitliirli r)iA i. 11. -ill i . so 2 Maryland company, worked their nieces so fast jtvuid accurately, that every horse of the foe was I "j ' . slaughtered aud their artillery stationary. When yrf lulu"j aruuery simultaneously advanced Jpon the. enemy's masses the eain-.-o "i'tf'g'itiul, the i edcrals rushing from the held into r . . T " he woods in the greatest confnsi.m Iheir (jCii- Aaruia uiu eyeryuuur possib e to retrieve their !.-,. ,' I - - I . . a 23 r "ri"" W ! Bo , ". v nios to our luuds , b u- ftera, uuuureus lit small arms and stores. less man seveniopn nnn tin .i r... i i 1 1 xi is reponea mat aunng the ught Cen. Hooker k I c,irM f i 7, ZS "u""u I fe' Their J" L,V.r d prisoners. From all accounts we are conmpll. L to say that both infantry and artillery behaved na' they always do marrnificentlv: the Federal fir. flery being assailed by our men with such " fury tea11 theJ were unable to endure the fire. Those ifgaaes ot Longstreet s division (Wilcoz's, ' l'rvor's and IYatherstone's, &e.,) maintained their ! reputation, and added to the laurels won an many . ""o"- tt.... limited, but their finhtin.-. like libit of :iv other desperate men when driven to extremities, inflict pd se vt re lo.s ur-on the rK)rtion of our armv en C 7 a I .1 ma J - gageu in tne auacK upon tliem. 1 he. issue was long djubtf'ul, but our men were determined to do 1 all that human energy and courage could, and, . long alter niht had closed around them, were at ' length successful, driving the enemy from his position and capturing some 15 or 20 of his guus. Tl.e loss of men on both sides was severe. This fight commenced at 2 J o'clock Tuesday eveninu' and continued until after ii"ht. At G o'clock the enemy were reinforced, when for three successive hours there was one unbroken roar of artillery and musketry, which, for its fierce inten sity, exceeded any thing that has occurred in the : whole series of bloody battles around Richmond. I The very earth trembled beneath the deafening and incessant peals. Notwithstanding the fatigue ' and well nigh exhausted condition of our men, ! from their almost superhuman labors of the previ- : ous six days, they entered the fii;ht with an ardor , and readiness plainly indicating their unchange 1 able determination to conquer or die. About 10 ! o'clock the enemy's batteries were silenced. 1 : brigade of Gen. R. Ransom, consisting ol'thc 24 The 4th, r vjiii, ..jui, aim -;;iu iuriii aruui.a iteci- -..!. ..l. -..!. i in.u t,u i: . i 31 W Ransom, of the 35th, was wounded in the arm, buf remained with his men until struck by a piece of shell in the side- and prostrated. Lt. Col. Pctteway of t he same regiment was killed. Col. Ramseur of the 49th was wounded, to what extent is not stated. The brigade slept on tne nciii. tn ucunesuay morning the enemy were out of sight. Uk iimoxd, July , There was heavy firing all yesterday afternoon, four miles below City Point, All the gun-boats and transports have disappeared j none are visible at City Point. Two divisions of our army were in close pursuit of the Yankees i this morning, who were retreating through Charles City County, near the river. Stuart's Cavalry, who have been operating on the Pamunkey, have joined in pursuit, which, owing to the bad state of the country since the recent rains, is necessarily slow. pKTi::tsiiru(i, July 3. Occasional firing was heard to-day in the rear of Wirt Court House, Charles City County, 23 miles from Richmond. Several fugitives from 31cClellan's army ar rived on this side of the river to-day. Five have just been brought in and lodged in the Pet ersburg jail; others were arrested near Bermuda Hundreds and tak;n t Drnrv's lilnff All c-.v i fixed an.mu nitio nition and a vast amount of commissary and other stoics. Persons in the vicinity represent the army as discomfited 9nd exhausted. Many were buried at Shirley and several wounded left there. The gun-boats are still hovering about Berkeley and shelling the woods. Gen. Robinson has occupied 3Iorefiold, Hardy County, capturing a large quantity of commissary's stores. Jlen. R succeeds Ashby in command of the cavalry forces in the Valley of Virginia. The Columbia Carolinian of Friday says the following despatch was received by Gov. .Pickens: Rich mom, July 2 On 31onday afternoon, there was a very hard fight and again yesterday afternoon a terrific battle. We met with severe losses, but we occunv both hntt.ln cnemv's i o i.un-uujij oncucu UUr ll"UL Wlllir. 1 lie v,..l-..?... ...:n ... v- . un-boats shelled : n-i "; leueauug uuo oie s cck, anu THE VICTORY COMPLETE MeCLELLAN S ARMY SCATTERED. j .Owing to the distance of the fugitive army from o j Richmmid it is very difficult to obtain information - - - J , -- ' uiiiiuii w i uua.ia nt thr t:itn-.f...t. v It is onlv certain th.it McClellan's army has been completely routed, nrul while a number have escaped in transports, large numbers have been captured. Our victory is said to be complete i HOW THE RATTLES WERE COM- MENCED. j The complex character of the movements of the i Confederate army, for the three days preceding the great victory of Friday, lenders a description ; very difficult for readers not familiar with the ' country embraced. We shall attempt to describe i hem as clearly as we can. On Thursday at three ; o'clock Major General Jackson took up his line of j march from. A.hlaiid, ad proceeding down the ; country between the Chickahominy aud Pamunkey 1 rivers, he uncovered the front of Rri". Gen im.iiicu oy driving ott the enemy collected on the North bank of the Chickahominy river, at the point where it is crossed by the Brook Turnpike; Geneial Branch, who was on the South bank, then i .1 i i ..... crossed the river and wheeled to the liirht ,1 down u. -oiinern bank. I'rocoeding in that direction, ciier.il Uranch, in like ke manner uncovered, at j r.unt jd Maj Gen. A. P. , Tossed. J lie lhro Pdlni.niQ I Meauow Rridge, the Hill, who now proceeded en JttkM . Z ! " ...,.. i . .i . .m un me extreme left, lirig. Gen. Rranch (who was now merged with Cen. A V Hill ;.. the centre, and Cen. A. P. Hill nn th -;,r1.t immediately on the river. . ,i ...... . ivuiiut; tin ay from the Chickahominy , tl,is ,illt ofthc so as to jrain trround fnw.-.r.lw i marched to the left of M.-.,.;...:ii. . n J' : n n i -v....MB wntie lien. Hill ...n ... .i .... . " .. J hc Jt exhibited by.J. rf, i"" " ii.proacli and a..ult, U.wortliv ofa. . dation, aud has won imperishable boners for that gallant young officer, while the courage, ardor and i . i . . . o " firmness of I,is r,ffi..prS 1 men in the assault f me enemy s eartn works at tllyson's Mill, have reflected ihe greatest glory uporf the Confed Zl Driven from the immediate locality of AUechanicsville, the enemy retreated during the night down the river to Powhite Swamp, and'uight cloeed the operations of Thursday. A soon as General II ill eleared the road at Mechamcsville, Geueral Longstreet'sv7y d'arnve, consisting of his veteraa ivisiop of the Old Guard ' of the Army of the Potomac, and General D. II. 1 Hill's division, debouched from the wooda on the L.v v . to tbe left, gradually converging to the Chicka- I . - T k TIM' " . - hominy again; General A. 1 . Jini in tne centre, - i and bearin" towards new (.'oal Harbor; General : -r i -i . Longstreet and Gen. 1. II. the rhiekahominv to New Hill, comins down bridge. Arrived at Ilojran's House, near New Bridge, Gen. Lee.await ed ti c consummation of his magnificent strategy courier after courier arrived informing him the approach of each division. As soon as Jack son's arrival at Coal Harbor was announced Gen. Lee and Gen. Longstreet, accompanied by their respective staffs, rode by Gaines's 31 III and halted at New Coal Harbor here they joined Gen. A. 1. Hill. Soon the welcome sound of Jackson's guns announced his arrival and that the battle had began. The enemy now occupied a singular position; one portion of his army on the southside of the Cbickahominy, fronted Richmond, and was con fronted by Gen. 3Iagruder the other portion on the north side, had turned their backs on Rich mond, and fronted destruction in the persons of Lee, Longstreet, Jackson and the Hills. These last were therefore advancing on Rich mond with their backs to the city; such was the position into which General Lee had forced Mc Clellan. The position which the latter here occupied, however, was one of great strength. Jackson having begun the contest, it was taken up by General A. P. Hill in the centre and by D. II. Hill on the left; Longstreet, in reserve, sup ported immediately the centre under General A. P. Hill. From the beginning of the conflict Jackson pressed up and 1). H. Hill down the Chickahominy. Our wings were thus approaching each other, while our centre was driving the ene my back upon the river. From 4 o'clock until eight the battle raged with a display of the utmost daring and intrepidity on the part of the Confed erate army. The enemy's lines were finally bro ken and his strong positions all carried, and they covered the, retreat of JlcClellan's broken and routed columns to the south side of the Chick ahominy. This retreat to the Richmond side of the river was continued through Friday night, and the morning of Saturday. Closely watched and pressed by our army, he held his fortified camp on the south side of the Chickahominy during Sat urday, but evacuated it during the night, and re sumed his retreat, taking direction towards James River. E 'vac it a tion of James Island. Chaiu.kstox, July 3. The official report from James Island states that our pickets hava pene trated as far as the thick woods at Grimbali's. They found extensive entrenchments in an un finished state, and apparently abandoned. Four steamers had left, supposed to contain troops. Later. Information comes that the enemy have retired from their advanced positions on James' Island. Our pickets have penetrated as far as Rivers' House. tStil Later. The enemy have entirely aban-, doned James' Island, and removed the guns which had been placed on Scccssionville. A few are on Battery Island. The rest may be on Cole's Island, or have been carried away. Salt. We are" happy to be able to inform our leaders mat Uov. Clark, has taken certain steps, which need not now be explained, by which he hopes to secure an ample supply of Salt for the entire State the ensuing season. We state this to allay the anxiety which has necessarily been felt on this subject, and can assure the people that his Excellency has the best of reasons for believing that his fondest anticipations will be realized in this matter. Efficient agents have already been employed, and are now engaged in perfecting the arrangements. Ijov. Clark, always studious of the wants and welfare of the people, will greatly subserve their interests and command their gratitude by this timely and laudable undertaking. Raleiyk Jour. Sui'UKMK Court. This tribunal adjourned on Thursday last. The following opinions were de livered at it close : By Pearson, C. J. In den ex dem, Dobson v Fin ley, from McDowell, affirming the judgment. By Battle, J. In Mason v Williams, from Hake, in equity, from Davidson, dismi ssing the bill with costs. " i Ry Manly, J. In Neal v Wilmington R. R. Comp., from Edgecombe, judgment affirmed. In Albright v Tapscott, from Alamance, judgment, arrested. In State v Brandon, from Alamance, declaring that there is no error. In Tomlinson v Long, Iredell, venire de novo. Tn ldbetter v Arlcdge, judgment reversed. In Chambers v Reid from Mecklenburg, decree in favor of defendants. In Rhyne v HoAuan, from Gaston, plaintiffs en titled to distributive share. In Quickie v Hender son from Lincoln, demurer overruled. 3Irt. Buchanan on the War. The editor of the Christian Observer has seen a letter from ex Presidcnt Buchanan, in which he takes the posi tion that the subjugation of the South is impossi ble. He argues that the Northern troops now in the South will fall a prey to the diseases of the climate, and this fact, connected with the deter mined spirit of our people, convinced him that. t were vain to make the attempt at subjugation. On the Wank. Lincoln's call for 200 000 more men to defend the 'National Capitol,' is' not being obeyed with much alacritv it bad a quota of 12,000 and yet she has only" y,000 men in the field. According to Northern counts 1 l :.. tv., t - i . UIU4 . Z 1" .Pusett8, j have done almost nothin . ice which' was heaped upon the Pcnnsylvanians at ; nun, any upon vasey s division in front of : Richmond, seems to be well founded. Xow that the j Old Quaker State has refused the tyrant's last call j it would seem that the Washington despot mi-ht ; well distrust Iter loyalty. I Singular Coincidence. On th osd, r June, 1776, the Rritish fleet was driven off from Charleston harbor by Fort 31oultrie. On the 28th of June, 18G2, a Rritish man-of-war, the Racer of SOVntfPll trims onfaroil I, I i ' cheered by citizei.s as she anchored off' the V)Z7 1 WUdri-j Take every man who is speculating upon tha ' necessaries uf life, and place him in the ranks of I the army, whether he be over 35 or under 18 years ! of age. Make him live cn half rations of raw stiukiug beef aud black bread, oiife half of the i time he is in service, or during the war, and we ' wilt hazard our renntjiti v j our reputation as centlompn tW tortiou will be put a stop to. Wihninyta J0llr Good advice. I ; I IMPORTANT l"ROM EUEOPE. 'e extract ttc following sketch of an important aeuace i me xogiisn .rarliament trom tne itich- moml Lnqmrer of the 28th ultimo, taken from the Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 25th: In the House of Lords, on the 13th, Earl Car narvon called attention to Gen. Butler's proclama tion, relative to the ladies of New Orleans. He condemned it in severe terms, as without preced ent in the annals of war, and asked if the Govern ment had information of its authenticity, and if it had protested against it. He also asked if there was any truth in the rumors of the mediation of France and England. The success of such media tion would depend greatly upon the manner in which, and the time at which, it was offered; but ne trusteu tne government was in a position to give the subject a favorable consideration. Earl Russell hoped the American Government would, for its own sake, refuse its sanction to it of j and disavow it (the Butler proclamation.) The proclamation was important to the whole world. The usages of war should not be aggravated by proclamations of this character. He thought such a proclamation, addressed to a force which had just captured a hostile city, was likely to lead to great brutality. He thought there was no de fence for this proclamation. Sir J. Walsh denouueed the proclamation as re pugnant to the feelings of the nineteenth .century. Lord Pal mersron thought that no man could read the proclamation without feelings of the deepest indignation. (Cheers.) It was a pro clamation to which he did not scruple to attach the epithet of infamous. (Cheers.) An English man must blush to think such an act had been committed by a man belonging to the Anglo-Saxon race. If it had sprung from some barbarous people not within the pale of civilization, one might have. regretted it, but would not have been surprised. But that such an order should have been issued by a soldier by a man who had rais ed himself to the rank of a General was a subject not less of astonishment than pain. Mr Gregory deprecated any fussing or meddling interference with the affairs of foreign States, and entirely disapproved of the homilies which were being continually read to foreign powers by Her 31ajesty's Government. This, however, was an exceptional case. A proclamation had been issued by a General of the United States repugnant to decency, civilization and humanity, which was to to be put in force against a people to whom we were connected by every tie of family, language ana religion, it was the duty oi the Government : avowed purpose of subduing or exterminating us to protest against such a proclamation and ap- J they rob, burn aud ravish, and our people should' peal to the moral sense of the world against out- j kill them by any means in their power wherever rage so wicked, so inexcusable, and so useless.- tne 1 aris correspondent of the Daily News tied that France had determined to says it is affirmed ask England to join in mediation which would be refused just at this juncture. Other correspondents speak as if France was already assured of the co-operation of England in her schemes lor intervention. It says that after two discussions in the French Ministerial Coun cils, one of which was held yesterday, within a few hours of the Emperor's departure for Fontain bleau, mediation was resolved upon, and that sim ultaneous propositions should be made by England and France at Richmond and Washington, and that, in case of their refusal, cither by the North or South, the two powers trill impose peace upon the Lcllifjrrents by force of arms. The New York Herald, in a long article com menting on the above, concludes as follows: The real meaning of the mock humanity of Palmerston, Russell, and the other British states men, is, that they desire to inflame the public mind of England and all Europe against the Uni ted States, and to prepare the way for that inter vention which Earl Russell intimates is only a question of time on the part of the British Govern ment. The London Post, its organ, says "the difficulties in the way of the reconstruction of the American Union are insurmountable." The Lon don Herald, organ of the opposition, asks, "How long is America to be indulged and Europe to endure?" The Paris correspondent of some of the English papers assert that "Napoleon is assured of the co-operation of England in his schemes of in tervention in the United States; that mediation has been resolved upon; that simultaneous propositions will be made by England and France at Richmond and Washington, and that in case of refusal, either by the JNorth or South, the two powers will im pose peace on the belligerents by force of arms." But we rather think, as intimated by Earl Russell aud by the Manchester Guardian, that the pro gramme is to let France, for the present, go for ward alone, as in the case of xMexico, and that if nccex-aryEnglaiidand Spain will come to her rescue. The London Times regards the defeat of Banks oy Jitf'kson as a most important result for the Confederates, on account of the lesson it teaches the North, in showing that tbey must make efforts greater than any they have put forth, in order to restore a single Border State to the Union. It also states that the attempt at subjugation of the South grows more and more ynpracticable. LATEST FROM EUROPE. The Richmond Examiner of July 4 tit says that it learns from a reliable source that our Ministers in Europe have sent recent dispatches giving as surance that the Confederacy will be early reco" nized. Mr Slidell has indicated a prospect of re cognition by France. DRO'KD. Miss Lidma Lank was drowned in South River last Saturday, while attempting to cross. The flat had not been secured to the bank and when the wheels of the buggy struck it it was driven out into the stream. The bank was steep, and the water deep. The weight of the buggy drew the horse out of the flat, aud in the confusion which ensued upon seeing a lady sinking, and a horse floundering in the water, persons in the flat who might have saved the lady lostheir pre sence of mind, and she was drowned. j I his is a sad occurrence. The lady was highly esteemed by numerous friends in Davie county. S' isb u ry Ya tch m an. Irc regret to learn, throu-h a private dis patch to this place from Richmond, that our young and esteemed friend, Kiah P. Harris, son of Dr. K. P. TI arris fif tliic nlnna wnc mffi11.. I wounded, while charging a battery of the enemy, j ' He died on Sunday morning. He belonged to the i ! 20th Regiment. Concord Flay. L'AUWV CiO Uljj IU1IV The Salisbury Watchman says the political pris oners at that place attempted to escape a few days ago. "To make short," when their operations stopped, they had constructed a tunnel 28 inches L" difmeter' ?tve feet beIo.w the surce, and sixty feet long. 1 hey were going out by the under- Pround railroad, but were stopped at that time, IJUUJDer f them, however, escaped, over the waI1" on Ionda3r n?li aol are now at large. The 'atcnman says t!iey ay be distinguished as "a Jirtjr and ras5e 6et of fellows." w " f HEruDiATED. e Jearn lrom a centlcman late from Lincolndom, that Picayune Butler is to be repudiated, and Revcrdy Johnson pppointed Civil Governor of New Orleans. FROM THE WEST. Col. Tappan, of Arkansas, says Gen. Hindman, with 30,000 men, has the Federal General Curtis completely cornered. ' The State is blazing with excitement. The battery at Duval's Bluff com mands 4he whole river, supported by 5,000 Con federates. The people along the river refuse to trade with the Yankees. Jackson's Tennessee Cavalry burned 1,500 bales of cotton last Thursday, within twelve miles of Memphis. Further particulars state that Jackson's cavalry, besides destroying a train of cars, captured 100 wagon loads of stores, GOO prisoners, a number of mules, and -MuO,000 in specie, all of which was saved and brought South. LATER. A dispatch to the 3Iobile Advertiser dated Grenada July 3d, says that four thousand federals advancing south seven miles from Holly Springs, were attacked by 1500 Confederate caval ry, and after a sharp contest the Federals were routed and driven back through Holly Springs, ! which place the Confederates occupied. Intelligence from Arkansas confirms the report that Gen Hindman is pressing the federals under Curtis with a reasonable prospect of capturing them Some Confederate rangers captured 21 wagons and 90 horses and mules 12 miles east of Mem phis on the 1st inst. The enemy continued to bombard Vicksburg, 3Jiss., without much effect. The Confederates in tend to resist to the last extremity. From Huntsvilt.e, Ala'. We have had a conversation with a gentleman just from Hunts- vilie. . lie represents the state of affairs there about the same as heretofore published. Citizens are being dragged from their homes everyday and carried to Huntsville, where they are confined, and are never informed of the cause of their arrest. Our informant was arrested at night, on his plantation, about twelve miles from town, and carried to Mitchell, where he was held for some time. In his absence, the Yankees went to his plantation and broke every lock on the premiss carrying off almost, everything of any value. His servants managed to save a few articles of clothing from the thieves. Oar citizens are killing the ankees wherever they haye an opportunity Not a day passes but some of their pickets and cavalrymen are shot down by an unseen foe. Rail road trains are freouentlv fired intn ln v j hope to see this mode of warfare kept up wherever ! the enemy come. They come anion" us with the i j ii v found. It is the very height of impudence tosav that we are acting unfairly in slaying tJiem in any I manner. The war they are wain is inhnm.in nml is inhuman and ! unnatural, and we are justified in any means of defence which we may adopt. Let j firmly resolve that he will slay them upon every j opportunity which may present itself, iust as if every one iney were so many mad dogs. Athens Jia nncr. A Compliment from the Enemy. In a letter from the Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer there is a high compli ment paid to the Old North State. The writer, after giving a list of wounded Confederate soldiers brought to the Fort, says: " Many of the above men were wounded at Hanover Court House, at Fair Oaks, and at the different skirmishes had with the Rebels since our advance to Richmond. Of the Rebel wounded twenty-one are from North Carolina, and one each from Virginia and Louisiana. The regiments from North Carolina suffered very heavily in the two above mentioned battles, as they have done in most of the engagements between the respec tive armies during the war. It looks as if the Southern leaders had more confidence in the men of the Old North State than in those from any other quarter, at least they are always found in the front aud hold the post of honor." NOTICE. I have received the Tux Lists for the year 18C2, and hold them readj- for inspection, and request informa tion of any persons not making their returns accord ing to law. I will also receive Taxes due on said lists, for which purpose I will attend at the usual Muster Grounds on the days mentioned in the following table, t0-wjJ Morning Star, Julv 5th. 7th. " 8th. 1'rovidenee, Sharem, Steel Creek, Berry hill's, Paw Creek, Long Creek, Lemley's, - Deweese's, Mallard Creek, . llarrisburg Crab Orchard, Dennis', Charlotte during Court week. 10th. 12th. 15th, ICth. 1 8th. - " 10th. " 22d. 23rd. - 24th. " 2Uth. B. DOWNS, Tax Collector. June 24i 18G2- 1m Valuable and Desirable FARM 1'UR SALE. l will sell my Spring Grove farm, 347 acres of which there is about SO acres excellent bottom a good Dwelling-House, with seven rooms, four fire places, a new Store-house, and all good out-buildincrs w-v.. e o..ueu5) ac. jims iarni is seven miles north, east of Davidson College. Any person wishing to see the place and ascertain other particulars, wilT pleaso call on Mr R. Graham, who resides within half a mile ,of the place. Possession could be given in eight or ten days. The growing crop is of corn and part wheat and oats, and would be rendered to the purchasers if sold by the 10th July. ji. BOG CR. June 24, 1SG2 4t HIGH POINT FEMALE SEHINAItY. HIGH POINT, N. C. ! The Fall Session will begin on Monday, July 2Ht i ISO-', with the same corps of teachers -and the same j leading characteristics as heretofore. For information I as to the merits of the school, we refer with confidence j to our former patrons. HATES PBR SKSSIOX OP TWENTY WEEKS. Board, at $3 00 per week, 60 00 Regular Tuition, lower classes, 12 50 " higher classes, 15 00 Piano or Guitar Lessons, 20 00 Wax, Worsted or Feather work, 5 00 Term. Sixty dollars in advance: the remainder At the close of tue session. of ,eS:' than two consec For farther intormati No deduction for an absence ecntive weeks. information address. o. LANDER. A. M.. June 10, I8C2 Principal. are authorized to an nounce R. M. WHITE as & candidate for Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, at the approaching August election. May :3, 18C2 te-pd FOR We are authorized SHERIFF. to announce A. I. HOOD candidate for the nice of Sheriff of Mecklenburg county, at the next i.ugust election.. as & Dec lo, 18;i te-pd. WANTED, BALES OP COTTON. 9 c-nts will be paid, at For first quality A. A X. M June 10. JftCv". $ TAYLOR'S. flsT" Far worse than the frogs, which rLj wrath sent to infest Egypt, are the tribes of f i finders, croakers and oronhets of v;i a,l'f- the Confederacv is now unfnrt 1 'vhoa, Confederacv is now unfortnnti 01 Probablv the presence of th ! of these TM..t. .-X CUrsi. of f.YlA TMi n i cli Wi onf mil?! . - ? ur :.t. -i. . r-"0 13 Portia : r-...w..-.i. we are now k; vuasienea. ir so, it is a dispensation of p ? dence which we should endure in pious re rT'" tion. In their foolishness thpsA 1 "Sna- people nothing which meets their approval Tnnr the obstacles against which the Govern nien? been compelled, to contend, they assume & armies, and navies, and arms, and all the tnateri f of tfr- were alrpjidr rrpniril t Uc V. i . . j r-r.. uaim and ti,,, nothing was to he. Mnno Imt tn m.,l, . ua' the . o " "-' u'"nu Mian enemy's . country whipping II r Int. SWPfninir 1.5a sliinu f'l-iim i ""(1 V . . thee critics, Jeff. Davis and Alex. Stephens 0 fools in statesmanship, and Beauregard andiw' are neophytes in military science. Tn every rSS verse, they see the handwriting of inevitab! subjugtion on the wall; and in every manure which does not square with their ideas of wh t ought to have been done, they behold 6igns Ji imbecility and inefficiency. N. C. Troops. Gentlemen from Riclimrtn,i0.. that North Carolina is decidedly above par in that city at the'present time. The North Carolinians have done the hardest fighting and the most of it this time, and indeed there are so many XortQ Carolina regiments there that it would bo hard to fight a battle without having a goodly proportion of North Carolinians in it. We take it that the. .ne over tuny norm uaronna regiments in the army at Richmond. The precise number we do not know, but not less than forty-tbree rcgimeauj at that point. The ranks of several of these regiments are very thin, as the 5th, 18th, 4th, 7th and others that had seen hard eervice and lost a good many men, but again the majority of the regiments are more than usually full. Wilminy. tan .Journal. COXSCIMPTIOtV. Headquarters Camp of Ixstuittio.v, ) Near Raleigh, June 2Gth, 1 H2. ' SrKciAf. Orkeh No. 1. I. All persons subject to the provision? of the act of Congress entitled "an act fnrther to provide for (he Public Defence," approved the lCih of April 1802, an,l known as the Conscription Act, are hereby ordered ta appear at their regular Regimental muster grouiidi in their respective counties, on the 8th day of July, prox. II. The Conscripts after enrollment are hereby or- acred to appear at the Courthouse of their respective counties, on the 15lh July, proximo, prepared to pro ceed forthwith to this camp of instruction. Iff. The enrolling officer will have instructions to grant exemptions as prescribed by law, hereto append el. IV. Officers commanding regiments and companies of the Militia of this State, will iinnu'diately notify tlieir respective commands, and warn all persons liable to Conscription to comply promptly wilh the above order. Nos. I and 2. V. All persons subject to enrollment, who may wisli to Volunteer, must join companies in the Confedernte service on the 15th April lust, according to law; and consequently are prohibited from recruiting or organiz. ing new companies or regiments, Parli.un or Hangeri excepted. By" order: 1'KTKR MALLKTT. Mijor and Asg't Adj t Gm l, P. C. S. A. WAK DEPARTMENT, AOJL'TANT ASI I.SSI'ECTOll GeXEUAs OfKKK Richmond, May i:i, lstll! Gknkkal Oudeup, No. 37. I. The tollowing net and regulations in reference thereto, are published for the information of nil con cerned. An Act to eiempt certain persons from enrollment for service in the armies of the Confederate Ststeg. SEC. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all persons who eball be held 10 be unfit for military service under rule3 to be pre scribed by the Secretary of War all in the strvice or employ of the Confederate States all judicial and i-xg cutivc officers of the Confederate or State Government! the members of both Houses of Congress and the Legislatures of the several States and their respective oflicers all clerks of the officers of the State and Confederate Governments allowed by law all engaged in carrying the mails all ferrymen "on post routes all pilots aud persons engaged in the marine service on river and railroad routes of transportation telegraphic operators and ministers of religion in the regular discharge of ministerial duties all engaged in work ing iron mines, furnaces, and foundries all journey man printers actually employed in printing newspaper! all presidents and professors of colleges nnd nca.Ie- mieF, and all teachers having as many as twenty scholars superintendents of the public hospital, lunatic asylums, and the regular nurses nnd ntttmliuiti therein, and the teachers employed in the Institution for the deaf and dumb, and blind in each npotheenry store now established and doing business, one apothe cary in good standing, w ho is a practical druggist superintendents aud operatives in wool nnd cotton factories who may be exempted by the Secretary of War, shall be, ami are hereby exempted from military service in the armjes of the Confederate States. Ap proved April 21, 1862. II. Ry the above act of Congress, the follotrin),' classes of persons are exempt from enrollment for militaryscrvice : Justices of the Peace; Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriff; Clerks and Deputy Clerks, allowed bylaw; Masters nnd Commissioners in Chancery; District nnd State Attor neys ; Attorney General ; Postmasters and Deputy Postmasters, and Clerks allowed by law; Coinmisiou er3 of Revenue, and foreigners w ho have not acquired domicil in the Confederate States. HI. The following are not exempt: Military Officers not in actual service; persons exempt bv State laws, but not by the above act; foreigner! wno nave acquired domicil in the Confederate State!. IV. No persons other than those expressly named or properly implied in the above act can be exempted, ex cept by furnishing a substitute, from military service, in conformity with regulations alreadv published, (Geueral Orders No. 29,) and such exemption is valid only so long as ih suid substitute is legally exempt. ' V. Persons who have furnished substitutes will receive their certificates f exemption from the Captains of Companies, or the Commandants of Camps, 7 whom the substitute have been accepted. Other cer tincates of exemption will be granted by the enrolling officers only, who will receive full fnc mictions regard to the coirdif ions and mode of exemption. Ap plications for exemption cannot, therefore, he consid ered by the War Department. S. COOPER Ad jt and Insp. GeiM-ml. S I X T 12 12 TIjTd iTlUBSNU. C. & S. C. RAILROAD, ) CoLiniiiA, June 16th, 162. i The Directors have declared a Dividend of Six Dol lars per share, payable on rfh'1 afier the 1st of Julv. Stockholders in North Carolina and Eastern York will be paid by the Company's agent M Charlotte Those in Chester District and Western York by the agent at Chester. Those 111 Fairfield bv the agent nt Winnsboro. Those in Charleston at the Bank of the State of South Carolina. Alt others at this oflice. It is the interest of all to have the Slock Dividend adjusted at an early day. C. BOfk'XIGIIT, Sec. k Trens. July 1, 18C2 lin For Sale, HELPER'S HOTEL, with all the Furniture anrt Fix- tures, stock of Provisions, tc. Possession givi-n im- niemateiy. n P iLEK. Davidson College, X. C, June 10, 1862 lm-pd NOTICE. 1 ersons wishing to settle thtir Accounts or Notel with Fisber &. Hurrough, con have un opportunity of doing so by calliug at the store of A. A. N. M. Taylor. Don't delay, as we are fnxious to get our business settled up. - J, Q. Dl'RftO'.'GH.'r June 3. 1862, tf
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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