WKSTTCRISr DEMOCRAT, CHAELOTTE, 1ST. O
THE LAW OF RETALIATION.
.Jfiyldy Iritev'Sfutj Correspond, lire Utirrrn Gn
erals and Ja fleet;.
The President communicated to Congress on
;lhe 2."th ult., tlie following correspondence; Le
.tweyu (Jen. Lcc and (Jen llalleck:
Headquarters
epartmcrit of" Ya., )
July 21st, lSttt. j
Generals is sanctioned by tl.eir (JovernnKi t.
I am farther directed by hi Excellency, the
Prei'lpnt to jrive notice that, ir. the event of not
receiving a reply to these inquiries within fifteen
days from the delivery of this letter, it will be as
Fumed that the alleged facts are true, and are
sanctioned by the Government of the Hinted
States. In suuli event, on that Government wi.i
rest the responsibility of the retribution or retal-
: .. r.ni.i,ma tvhli-.li c1ifU Kr nlnr.tr.il to rut an
' end to the merciless atrocities which now charac-
teme the war against the Confederate States.
I am, most respectfully, your obd t servant,
11. E. LKH,
General Commanding.
To the General Command in;,
l S. Army, Wash i nylon, D. C:
f.Jr.NERAL. In obedience to the order of His
the President of the CoiifeJcrate
KORTII CAROIiINA ON THE
OF BATTLE
FIELD
Manassas is always referred to as a scene of unparal
leled horror. The orchard there, near which Bee
We have been favored with, very interest! ami r;ftow fell, was filled with dead; I saw it
, i v - x. 3 all. IJr.t this house of Littleton s was iar beyond
letter written by the brave and dutin5ni9hed Co- . u wa3 torn to ieces witL rap; anj canister
lonel of the 1st Maryland Kt-unen f Bradly f. j x q an(J minnfe ifa!b . perforated and shat-
.Johnson, who nas uecn in iicaii an uiu uauies
Mnlnr General G. B. Mk Vidian.
CommmnKny Army of the Potomac :
Generaj. It ban ome to my knowledge that
many of our citizens, engaged in peaceful a voca
tions, have been arrested and imprisoned because
they refused to take the oath of allegiance to the
United States, while others, by hard and harsh
treatment, have been compelled to take an ( ath
not to bear arms against tliat Government.
1 li wr lf.nrnnil flint nrinnt rirf linndrrwl r.f t Ti o
i i ..! l . i'... I C!t,fnl- T Ii'.v fbo h-.innr tn ninke to vou the lol
lailCrVluaa IHIYC ii:v;jiiL'jr urai icitawu nuui i ui- -- j
otiro,'. 'this i over n merit re uses to admit lowing communication
ihc right of the authorities of the United States
to arrest our citizens and extort from them their
pa ride not to render military service to their coun
try, under tho penalty of incurring punishment in
case tlicy fall into tbc bauds of your forces. I am
directed by the Secretary of War to inform you
that such oaths will not be regarded as obligatory,
und peisons who take them will be required to
render military service. Should your Govern
.inciit treat the rendition of such service by these
persons as a breach of parole, and punish it ac
cordingly; this Government will resort to retalia
tory measures as the only means of compelling the
observance of the rules of civilized wartaio.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, It. E. LEE,
General Commanding.
Headquarters, Army of the United States, )
Washington, Aug. 13, j"
T Major General Geo. 11. JlcCellan,
Command it j Army of the Potomac :
General. I have just received from the Ad
jutant General's office your letter of July HOth,
enclosing a letter from Gen. It. E. Lee, of July
2 1. st.
The letters of General l)ii and Major Moore
will furnish you with the proper infoimation for
a reply to Gen. Lee's complaints in regard to the
treatment of prisoners at Fortress Monroe. The
(iovernment of the United States has never au
lhomcd any extortion of oaths of allegiance or
military paroles, aud has foi hidden any measures
to be resorted to tending to that end.
Instead of extorting oaths of allegiance and pa
role, it has refused Hie applications of several
thousand prisoners to be permitted to take them
and return to their homes in the rebel States.
At the same time this Government claims and
will exercise the right to arrest, imprison, or place
boyond its military lines any persons suspected of
giving aid and information to its enemies, or of any
other treasonable act, and if persons so arrested
voluntarily take the oath of allegiance, or givo
their military parole und afterwards violate their
plighted faith, they will be punished according to
the laws and usages of war. 1 ou will assure Gen.
'Lee that no unseemly threats of retaliation on liis
part will deter this Government from exercising
its lawful rights over both pi rsons and pioperty,
of whatever name or character.
Very respectfully, your ob't servant,
II. W. 1IAULECK,
Gcncral-in-Chief U. S. Army.
T Gen. li. E. Lee, Com mnndiny, if -;
(ir.XKR.vt.. Your letter of July Gtli was receiv
ed at t lie Adjutant General's office on the 1-lth,
but supposing from its endorsement that it re
quired no further reply, it was filed without being
shown to the President or Secretary of War. I
learn to-day, for the first time, that said letter had
been received, and hasten to reply.
No authentic information has been received in
relation to the execution of cither John Owen or
Mumford, but measures will be immediately taken
to ascertain the facts of those alleged executions,
;f which yon will be duly informed.
I need ban Us assure von. General, that so fir
us tho United States authorities arc concerned this !
conte.-t will be carried on in strict accordance with
the laws and usages of modern warfare, and that
all excesses will b duly punished.
In regard to the burning ol bridges within our
lines by persons in disguise as peaceful citizens, I
refer you to my letter of the 22d of January last,
to Gen: Price. I think you will find the views
there expressed as not materially differing from
those stated in your letter. In regnrd to retalia
tion by taking the lives of innocent peisons, I
know of no modern authority which justifies it ex
cept in the extreme case of a war with any unciv
ilized foe, which has himself first established such
a barbarous rule. The United States will never
countenance fetich a proceeding unless forced to do
so by the barbarous conduct of an enemy who first
applies such a rule to our citizens.
Very respectfully, your ob't servant,
II. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief U. S. Army.
Headquarters Army of the C. S. )
Near llichmond, Aug 2d, 1MJ2. )
To the General Commanding the Army of the
Litited State., Ya shiny ton ;
General: On the 2Uth of June last, I was
instructed by the Secretary of War to inquire of
Major Genend McClclIan as to the truth of alleged
murders committed on our citizens by officers of
the United States Army. The case of Win. 1)
Mumford, reported to have been murdered at New
Orleans by order of Maj. General B. F. HutUr,
On the 23d July last a cartel for general ex
change of prisoners of war was signed between
Major General I). II. Hill, in behalf of thi Confed
erate States, and Maj-Gen. John A. Dix, in be
half ol the United States.
By the terms of the cartel it is ctipulated that
all prisoners of war hereafter taken shall be dis
charged on parole till exchanged.
Scarcely had that cartel been signed when the
military authorities of the United States com
menced a practice changing the whole character
of the war, from such as becomes civilized nations,
into a campaign of indiscriminate robbery and
murder.
The general order issued by tho Secretary of
War of the United States, in the city of Washing
ton, on the very day the cartel was signed in Vir
ginia, directs the military commanders of the
United Sutes to take tho private property of our
people for the convenience and use of their armies,
without compensation.
The general order issued by Major General
Pope on the 23d day of July, the day of the sign
ing of the cartel, directs the murder of our peace
ful inhabitants as spies, if found quietly tilling
the soil in his rear, even outside of his lines, and
one of his Brigadier Generals, Steinwehr, has
seized upon innocent and peaceful inhabitants to
be held ns hostages, to the end that they may be
murdered in cold blood, if any ol' his soldiers are
killed by sonic unknown persons whom he desig
nates as bushwhackers."
Wc find ourselves driven by our enemies by
steady progress towards a practice which wc ab
hor and which we are vainly struggling to avoid.
Under these circumstances this Government ha
issued the accompanying general order, which I
am directed by the President to transmit to you,
recognizing Major General Pope and his commis
sioned officers to be in the position they have
chosen for themselves, that of robbers aud mur
derer, and not those of public enemies, entitled,
if captured, to be treated as prisoners of war.
The President also instructs me to inform you
that we renounce our right of retaliation on the
innocent, and will continue to treat the private
; enlisted soldiers of General Pope's army as prison -!
ers of war; but if, after notice to your Govern
ment that sve confine repressive measures to the
punishment of commissioned officers, who are wil
ling participants in those crimes, the savage prac
tice threatened in the order alluded to be persist
ed in, wc shall be reluctantly forced to the last re
sort of accepting the war on the terms eho.cn by
our enemies, until the voice of an outraged hu
manity shall compel a respect for the recognized
usages of war.
While the President considers that the fae:s re
ferred to would justify a refusal on our part to ex
ecute the cartel by which we have agreed to lib
crate an excess of prisoners of war in our hands, a
sacred regard for plighted faith, which shrinks
from the semblance of breaking a promise, pre
cludes a resort to such an extremity ; nor i? it his
desire to extend to any forces of the United States
the punishment merited by General Tope, and
such commissioned officers as choose to participate
in the execution of his infamous order.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, It. E. LEI,
General Commanding.
Headquarters of the Army, )
Washington, Aug. 9, 1S02. j
Gut. 11. E. L:ey Command ! n yt dc:
General. Your two communications of the
2d instant, with enclosures, are received. As
these papers are couched in language exceedingly
insulting to the government of the United States,
I must respectfully decline to receive them. They
arc returned herewith.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
II. W. IIALLECIC,
General-in-Chief U. 8. Army.
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A Threat of Resignation. The Cincinnati
Gazette, referring to the interview between Lin
coln and a committee on the subject of arming the
negroes, has the following :
'The word "resignation" from the President's
lips, in the interview about arming negroes the
details of which, notwithstanding the effort to sup
press them, crept into print in a New York paper
must have fallen with startling effect upon the
public car. The dissatisfaction of a portion of the
. party that elected him, with certain features of
j his policy, was well enough known, and a conse
quent feeling of general discomfort was but na
tural ; but resignation the word sounded omin
ous. "If the people will not be satisfied, I have
made up my mind I will resign, and let Mr. Ham
fought in Virginia since the war commenced. It
was addressed to a North Carolina friend and not
intended for publication ; but it is so graphic in
its description of battle-scenes which he witness
ed, and so just to the gallant troops from our good
old State, that we have obtained permission to
m ike liberal extracts from its contents, to which
sve invite the special attention of our readers.
Col. Johnson is, in all respects, a competent and
unprejudiced judge, whose courage has shown
conspieuuu.-ly on every battle-field, and who3e skill
has placed him in the front rauk of commanders.
EXTRACTS FROM CuL. JOHNSON'S LETTER.
"Vou know it was my fortune to fight the battle
of Front J loyal by myself, having only Wheat's
Tigers with me. Wc in all not 300 they 800
and two pieces of artillery. Not a shot was fired
by infantry, except my regiment and Wheat's
men ; and after a three hours fight we drove the
enemy, and the cavalry captured those wc left.
Forty escaped the rest were killed or captured.
Of course we had quite a number of congratula
tions, and the capture of one 1st Maryland regi
ment by another was considered in our army a
capital joke. However, early Sunday morning,
just at daylight I was ordered to the front again.
There I found Kirkland, and the 21st North Car
nlinn who had oceuoied a hill overlooking Win
chester since midnight. He was deployed on our j fight
(Ewcll's) right as skirmishers. I was to take the
same position on our left and open communication
with Jackson, who svas approaching by the S'nis
burg road. The crest of hills wo occupied sweeps
along in a semi-circle, southeast of Winchester,
iverlooking the town, and half a mile from its
tered from cape to foundation, and the yard around
it and road in front of it, as far excelled in the
( number of dead about the Henry house as the
i forces at Malvern Hill did those at Manassas. In
j a ppaee of twenty-five yards square, on the third
! day, when the wounded and dead had been cared
for by friends, I had buried 15 men, and this on
j ly in one space just in front of the front door of
j the house. How it was, I dont know, that An
I derson was ordered to attack with so small a force,
i but I do believe that the charge of the Light Bri-
rflde at Balaklava was not equal to it. 1 he diffi
culties of the ground, the marsh, the ditch, the
steep bank, all gave the enemy enormous advan
tages, and a fire on them as they came on. But
notwithstanding every obstacle, and up to the
muzzle of this terrible battery, they charged over
all, and through all, right into the mouths of the
cannon. Had they had sufficient force there, the
free we have repulsed an invasion by a people
numbering twenty millions, under an organized
Government, with a powerful navy and unrestric
ted access to Europe for munitions of war. When
has the like ever been seen? Hungary had a
population of eleven millions, and she put 135,
000 men into the field. With a greatly inferior
population we have even far surpassed this number.
We have now to brace our energies to resist the
last desperate effort of our enemies. If sve repel
this wave of invasiou, it will be the last effort that
will be required of us. Let us banish all discord,
suppress every faud, summon our whole energies,
; and all will be well. Richmond Enquirer, '1'ld.
battle of Malvern Hill would have been ended
three hours before it was.
4T have changed somewhat my opinions since
this svar commenced. I onco Lelievcd that discip
line so far equalized men that no great difference
in lighting would exhibit itself between troops of
equal discipline. I think not so now. Our men
can beat the Yankees. They fight better, and
could we but have the discipline they have, they
would never stand before us for any determined
and Colonel John Owen, reported to have been j ',n trv what he can do at it!" The response
murdered in -Missouri, by order of Major General j ,rom a estern man and an intimate acquaintance
Pope, were those referred to 1 hid the honor to
be informed by Major General McClclIan that he
had referred those inquiries to his Government
for a reply. No answer has as yet boen received.
The President of the Confederate States ha
since been credibly informed that numerous other
officers of the army of the United States tvithin
the Confederacy have been guilty of felonies and
capital offences which are punishable by all laws,
human and divine. I am directed bv him to
bring to your notice a few of those best authenti- j
catcd. Newspapers received from the United
States announce as a fact that -Major General
.Hunter has armed slaves for the murder of their
.masters, and has thus done all in his power to in
augurate a servile war, which is more than that of
the savage, inasmuch as it superadds other terrors
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to tnc inuiscriuiinaie siaugiuer ol all ages, sexes,'
. and conditions. j
Brigadier General Phelps is reported to have i
initiated in New Orleans the example set by Ma- I
jor General Hunter on the coast of South Caroli-
,na. Brigadier General G X. Fitch is stated in i
ol the Presidents was not less startling: "I
a -
wish to God, Mr. President, you would !" .More
astounding illustrations of the revolutionary spirit
with which tho air is charged could hardly be
imagined.
Gkn. Bkalruiard. A letter from Chattanoo
ga, in the Mobile Register, says : "The country
will be rejoiced to learn that tho health of Gen.
Beauregard ha3 been fully established, and that
he will report in a few days for duty in the field
again. Wherever he may be ordered, it will bo
a source of congratulation to our people that we
svill soon agaiu have the benefit of his masterly
military judgment and strategic instincts on
the field of battle, and our soldiers once more
made to fel that mysterious power with which he
inspires confidence and enthusiasm in the hearts
of our gallant troops."
suburbs. As the mist of the morning melted be
fore the advancing light, I looked over towards
the North Carolinians, who sverc feeling their way
down the hill slowly but with the regularity and
precision of veterans. Soon they formed a line
of battle, and with a lhnz:-t,' charged in a run. T
did the best T could to beat them, but just as I got
on their Hank some hundred of yards to their left,
a brigade of Yankees rose from a stone wall and
poured into them a sheet of lead and fire which
nothing could withstand. Kirkland went down
the Lieutenant Colonol fell, the front rank was
shattered as a svave on a rock but still many kept
on with a shout and gained the wall only to meet
death there, at the muzzles of the guns of the
concealed foe. I ran on to turn the flank of their
position got there just in time to be seen, and in
the smoke which was then so thick you could see
nothing ten yards off, the enemy retired. All fir
ing cea-ied for fifteen minutes and when the curtain
raised from the field, tho wall was clear and the
Yankees had gono. Banks' Adjutant General, in
an address to Massachusetts said, 4it (the 2d Mass.)
retired because a large force suddenl' appeared
behind them to their right.' It was only my
small regiment but the truth is they had no
stomach for another charge from tho North Caro
linians. That charge was the closest I have ever
seen some of the men were not ten yards from
the enemy.
"But afterwards, on the Peninsulu, they must
have done even better fighting, though T did not
witness it, and ouly judge from the field after the
battle.
"At Coal Harbor my men were lying down to
avoid a terrific fire from a battery and infantry for
a moment, preparatory to charging it, when a reg
iment came running back in disorder. We tried
in vain to rally them. Sword and rifle were una
vailing, and the me .ad got far beyond control by
word of command Again this happened, but this
regiment stopped ...id formed. Then came hurry
ing back two small bodies of men, each with a
battle-flag. 'Who arc you V I cried out, 'The
and North Carolina svas the answer. I forget
the number- -the Oth was one, I think. 'Col.
MeBae ordered us to take that house, but most of
our men are killed and sve are obliged to fall back.'
'Haiti' I shouted ; 'by the love 3tou bear the Old
North Suc, rally and charge !' 'Hurrah for the
Old Nonn State !' they sent up with a shout heard
above the din of battle, and in the murky smoke
over the dead and dying, tho two North State lings
flying aloft in the roar of battle, these two little
battalions, rcmnaats of North Carolina regiments,
marched straight and steady into the hottest of the
fire. McRae svas in command of his regiment or
brigade elsewhere, but he or any other brave sol
dier would have been proud to sec that rally and
charge.
"The scene at Malvern Hill ought to bo immor
talized by the artist and transmitted to your pos
terity. I have been on all the hard fought fields
except 'Seven Pines,' and nothing anywhere, that
I have sen, is even comparable to it. Early in
the afternoon of July 1st, I rode forward with my
Adjutant General and Adjutant of the regiment,
beyond where Generals Jackson and Ewell sverc
in the road, towards some heavy firing, and a quar
ter of a mile in front met George Anderson, late
of the 4th North Carolina, now a Brigadier-General,
unhorsed, with not a company around him.
He had. with two of his regiments, charged a force
twenty times his number and been cut all to
pieces. We then galloped ahead and soon came
to some dead and svoundtd, and ran right into a
line of Yankees, but escaped by a quick turn and j
hard riding. 1 did not get to the position again
till after dark, but was ordered to lay still and take
the most infernal artillery fire that ever was heard
on this side of the water, from 50 to 00 field
pieces, in addition to which those tremendous 120
rifle shells from the gunboats, came all tho time
crashing through the trees, felling timber larger
than a man, and filling earth and air with iron and
lead. At dark, though I was ordered up and push
ed beyond the position attacked by Anderson, the
ground svas covered svith North Carolinian, and
during the long night our cars were filled with
their piteous cries. They svould cry out '1 kh N.
C.,' '3d N. C.,' ttc., and it was dawn before many
could be carried off. Daslight showed the dead
INTERVENTION.
The intelligence from Europe, as has been be
fore stated, is not of a character to confirm the
hopes of favorable action there. Nothing, in fact,
could be more unwise than for us to rely on aid
from abroad, or to spare any effort or exertion in
the hope that foreign assistance will render such
efforts unnecessary. We have to fight this battle
by ourselves. Wc have done it so far with fair
success, and there is no reason why the future
should belie the past.
But wc had a right to expect that considerations
of interest would have prompted the leading pow
ers of Europe to the duty they owe us of recog
nizing us as an independent people. We believe
that such recognition svould exert a moral power
which would tend greatly to a restoration of peace.
Hng-and, intimidated by Seward's empty threats,
has however, concluded that recognition svill not
bring peace, but involve her in the war; and so
judging, she still stands aloof, to her own great in
jur) and ours. She svould exert her moral influ
ence, if she were sure it svould not impel her into
armed intervention; but on this point she takes
counsel of Sesvard and her fears.
Nations arc, indeed, very unwilling to bo involv
ed in armed intervention. It is forbidden by
their interests. In modern times, consequently,
intervention in behalf of revolutionary movements
have been unfrcquent. Two cases occur to us
where such interference has taken place, viz:
Greece aud Italy. In the case of the first, Europe
lor a long time lookeu on and saw the feeble band
of Grecian patriots struggling against their Turk
ish oppressor. The war svas svaged with various
success, until finally, after it had become a scandal
to the age, the leading posvers interfered in behalf
of humanity. It deserves to be considered that
this was a case where Christians were struggling
for their liberties against infidels, svho spared no
sex, age or condition; and further, that Turkey was
a feeble Government, unable to contend against
any one of the posvers which combined to dictate
terms of peace. In this intervention, the com
bined powers risked nothing.
The late intervention of the Emperor Napoleon
in behalf of Victor Emanuel, of Sardinia, against
the Austrian Empire, was avowedly to protect
French interests in Italy, svhich would have been
compromised by tho success of the Austrians.
Accordingly, a peace was made as soon as prac
ticable, leaving Venitia, Rome and Naples to the
control of their former rulers. Some feeling svas
excited in Italy by this step, but, by the judicious,
the peace of Yillia Franca svas looked upon as a
master stroke of policy. The previous high esti
mate of the Emperor's abilities was increased by
this act.
Ou the other hand, the practice of Governments
has been general not to interfere in behalf of a re
volutionary movement. Poland svas dismember
ed, but Eurono did not raise her hand to stay tho
consummation of a policy svhich mankind has al
svays condemned. Napoleon, although he wished
to reconstruct the Polish Kingdom, declined to do
so from motives of Stato policy. Many years
after, Poland ma le sn abortive effort for indepen
dence, but received no aid from Europe. The
case of Hun,:jvy is fresh in our recollection. Tho
only intervention that ensued was that of Russia,
to put down the rovolt of a brave and oppressed
people. England, France and the United States
sympathized with the Hungarians, but declined
to risk a war in their behalf. Ireland supplies yet
another instance. For many years, it has been
the received opinion of the Yankee States that
Ireland was grievously svronged and oppressed by
Great Britain. Such topics have formed the staple
of many a speech and Fourth of July oration.
But, svith all their meddling propensities, the Yan
kees have never gone to svar to help the Irish to
throw off the British yoke. Nevertheless, they
arc fully persuaded that Ireland only awaits the
opportunity of a foreign svar for this.
So, too, in the time of the Canadian uprising a
few years ago. There was, all along the Canadian
border of the United States, a very deep feeling
of sympathy with the Canadian rebels. Some as
sistance wes indirectly and illegally givon them,
but the United States Government nerer once
dreamed of any interference in their behalf. Even
in the case of Texas, when she threw off the Mex
ican yoke, although there was a universal svish for
her success, our country did not intervene even
against the sveak Government svhich sought to re
duce her to submission. Interference in behalf of
Greece and ot the various Spanish American Col
heroes and what they had done, and what suffer- j onci.S) wheil they revolted, was repudiated by the
0(1. In tront of n Miintrv liriiir r.n i lu'll I . . , . . f J
eo. in ironr oi a country nouse on a mil, with ; eood sense of the American people
.:inni in iium yj . ib, ii.iu I'tuil IU1S euor
mous park of artillery. On either side of the en
j Such has been the general practice. It is
con-
A Terrible Regiment. A correspondent of
the St. Ijouis Democrat says that a regiment is or- !
ganizing rapidly at Waynesburg, Missouri, who i
. the tauie journals to bave murdered, iu cold blood, ! are pledged to wage confiscation, damnation, ex-
.V.n npiuwful citizens because one of his men. wbil ! communication and emancipation, against all reb- :
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, invading our country, was killed by some unknown , I
I person while defending his home. ! J a11 wuicI formidable battery the rebels" j
i I am iustructed by the President of tho Con- j wil1 IT0SC but one gun extermination. !
1-uU.C JTalt; Uiai tvs ia 11 iijjuiijr & v kaii u i j
the cases of Muaiford and Owen, and to ask i Secession in Switzerland. The Italian;
whether the statements in relation to the action j canton of Ticino threatens to secede from the; '
teJl to be true, and jvhether.tbe conduct of th J solved to prevent u?li withdrawal. j
. 1 1 11. 1 ..1 -w
emy's guns, their line of battle stretched far asv,.v i 10 , ' . ,3 01 P0"" Uiat t,ie European
on their leftover an open hill for a mile or two ' V"CTSnon a ? ottierwi.se than act according to
their right through woods and broken ground in I f- J Y -1 te,r 1.n'crcst3,- Their y-
front of them morass, and ditch and runnin- wa- ' TatIT deciIed,y J?11'1 u; while they
ter with high banks. Four North Carolina" re-i- i arC,f ,P"lon hey will lose more by a war
ments had charged this impregnable fortress "of -T th,hel '' States than by a continuance of
death the 3d, Jth, 14th, and 30th ; but, I think, i tllC struS6le tLe cannot be epected to intervene,
in succession, and not all together, and they had' ! 1Jut a!tll0uo fureign aid seems entirely out of
died by file and rank and company. They lay in ' the iUCEtioni the present aspect of our struggle,
rows each way, with their guns grasped in front of is nlore encouraging than it has been at any period
them, rtce forward to thefoe. In some places ot tlie war- A' a11 POints our armies are victori
wherc there was a gap in a hedge, five or six iay ous and advancing. The enemy has raised, by
piled together. They had fallen, stepping over : vari'JU3 ul(JJes some seven hundred thousand
their dead comrades; but in every case, with their soldiers. This gigantic array has becu so broken
guns grasped in both hands, ready for the bayo- and defeated in the short space of fifteen months
net, and front forward. Thus all up that road and that the enemy has been forced to call for six
in every gap cf that hedge they lay, and the field hundred thousand additional men. What Europe
in front was covered with thc-m. They lay close su l'..wcr can lj0:i;fc of having done so much ?
up to the dead e nemy, ami must have died at the 1 'itl! a to.ta population in oar limits of nine mil
very muzzle of the cannon. The Henry house at , -!5J' c' WL'ci loiis than six millions ire white and
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
Alamance,
Alexander,
Anson,
Alleghany,
Ashe,
Beaufort,
Bertie,
Bladen
Brunswick,
Burke,
Buncombe,
Cabarrus,
Caldwell,
Camden,
Carteret,
Caswell,
Catawba,
Chatham,
Cumberland,
Cherokee,
Chowan,
Clay,
Cleaveland,
Columb us,
Craven,
Currituck,
Davie,
Duplin,
Davidson,
Edgecombe,
Franklin,
Forsythe,
Gaston,
Gates,
Guilford,
Granville,
G rcene,
Halifax,
Harnett,
Haywood,
Henderson,
Hertford,
Hyde,
Iredell,
J aekson,
Johnston,
Jones,
Lenoir,
Lincoln,
Macon,
Madison,
Martin,
McDowell,
Mecklenburg,
3Iitchell,
Montgomery,
M oore,
Nash,
New Hanover,
Northampton,
Orange,
Onslow,
Pasquotank,
Perquimans,
Person,
Pitt,
Polk,
Randolph,
I Iowa n,
llichmond,
llobcson,
Rockingham,
Rutherford,
Sampson,
Stanly,
Stokes,
Surry,
Transylvania,
Tyrrell,
Union,
Wake,
Wayne,
Warren,
Washington,
Watauga,
Wilkes,
Wilson,
Yadkin,
Yancey,
Johnston.
173
115
10S
12
15
102
105
31
204
230
274
50 1
40
13
('00
270
555
127
304
000
000
38
575
4'JG
113
14
132
901
102
508
378
211
127
000
74
445
144
538
204
000
82
51
15
10L
117
104
29
140
307
000
105
230
104
1,335
000
IS
120
282
1,237
200
372
203
20
13
101
220
000
55
407
07
320
273
257
704
10
S3
201
000
OO0
417
4 SO
400
40 1
0O0
02
70
400
58
ISO
20,174
Vance.
070
740
82(
227
CIS
531
525
332
310
sso
1,323
537
83S
127
000
510
005
1,518
1,015
000
000
270
523
297
117
31
700
100
1,308
113
525
1,371
370
000
1,977
942
330
451
414
ooo
1,203
190
287
1,541
004
1,000
03
2G7
005
000
G10
282
728
425
000
727
1,000
317
. 287
385
1,451
342
103
85
559
049
000
1,357
1,345 "
034
031
500
1,147
403
013
053
05S
000
000
550
2,209
700
174
000
423
1,015
188
1,172
714
52,833
Mr. James Read, a resident of Lynchburg,
Va., accidentally shot himself Monday evening
last, lie had in his possession a revolver which
had been long loaded, but svhich a few minutes
previously he had, as he thought, discharged of
all its charges. On entering his house, lie in a
playful manner snapped the pistol at his sister two
or three times, and upon her remonstrating with
him, to show her it svas not loaded, put it first to
his mouth and then to his breast, when the loaded
barrel exploded, passing entirely through his
body. He fell into his brother's arm?, exclaiming
"I am killed."
IRON FOR SALE.
I have on hand, at my Furnace iu Lincoln comity,
0 miles enst of Lincolnton, tiliout 20,000 LI8. of
WROUGHT IRON lyre plow moulds, bars, &c.
I am prepared to c:ist machine irons of all kind?,
hollow-ware, salt pans, &c. Orders solicited terms
cash. J. W. DERR,
July 22, 1R12 Cm-pd, Spring Hill Forge
Finley High School.
LENOIR, CALDWELL Cul'XTV, N. C.
The Fall Session of this InUilution svill commence
on tlie 'lib of August next.
Board in good private families 3 per week.
Tuition per sesiion of 20 weeks, Classics, $20 00
En-li!i " " $12 and 15 00
Contingent Fee, 50
o deduction for lost time, except fit the option of
the Principal. E. V. FAT'CKTT,
July 22,'l8C2 3t Principal.
AVAIVTKI).
Twer.tv hands can find immediate employment by
npnlvinc at the Envelope Manufactory of
1 1 ' " J. H. STEVENS & CO.,
Jane 17, 18C2 tf Opposite the Postoffice.
NOTICE.
A Hospital having been established in this place for
the care of transient sick and wounded soldier?, all
such will report to It. KIDDER GREGORY, Act. As't.
.Surgeon C. S. A., in charge of the Hospital at Char
lotte, N. C.
P. 3.--Ladies in the town and surrounding country
are requested to send ban lages, lint, arid del linen,
a3 lartro quantities are nee ?-:'.rv.
July 15, 1803
Salt Water Spring in Wilkes County.
Col. T. C. Land, of Wilkes county, has loft t
our office a vial of Salt-Water, which flows frr,in
fissure in a rock, about twenty miles wen 0)
Wilkesboro, in a stream the size- of a man's lin.-Pr
and is never failing. The water is very salt, an.'
the fountain, no doubt extensive, is covered l
a large flat roek, which, if removed, might re'
veal, by sinking wells, water sufficient to nianu
facture salt upon an extensive scale. Col. Lan(j
thinks the fountain a tributary of the Salt Spring
in Virginia, and has no doubt but that the water
contains saline qualities in an equal degree. j
has made salt from the "Water. We WuuLl su-..
ge?t that our State authorities appoint a C0Ij
rnissioner to dcsxlop these salt springs, without
delay, or at least, make a scientific investigation
and act accordingly. Stalcsville Eu-presa.
fcjyTho Federal troops, while iu Swansboro
carried on at a high rate, breaking into houses
robbi lg citizens, taking meat, stealing cattle, ',
bragging that they would pay Wilmington a visit
in two weeks. That party of hen-thieves won't
although wc by no means promise ourselves a cum'
plete immunity from attack.
They run off such of the few negroes left as they
eould lay their hands upon or induce to go with
them. The fact is that Foster makes these rVi
to keep the Northern people satisfied that, he i
'doing something." Captain Foster used to pas
for a gentleman, but no gcn'lctnan would order or
sanction the acts which arc done by his troojts from
Ncsvbern. Since he has become a G nral, his
morals have deteriorated. Wilmington Jour
nal, 2'A ultimo.
Administrator's Sale.
On the 18th of September, n3 administrator of Shnon
Rhyne, deceased, T svill sell at the residence cf '.l.o lo.
ceased, TEX NEGROES, (boys, girls and women, and
one man.) Terms six month's credit, svith note und
security lot the purchase money, bearing interest Irom
date. JONAS HOFFMAN, Administrator.
Chcsnut Oak, N. C, August 2C, 1802 ;J4
IIIGn POINT FEMALE SEMINARY
HIGH POINT, N. 0.
Th Fall Session svill begin on Monday, July 21st,
1802, svith the tame corps o"f teachers and tli ?arii
leading eharaeteristics as heretofore. For informntinn
as to the merits of the school, wc refer with conlidente
to our former patrons.
KATES I'Ell SKSKION' OT TWENTY WKK.KS.
Hoard, at 00 per week, $00 00
Itegnlar Tuition, lower classes, 12 M)
" " higher classes, K 00
Piano or Guitar Lessons, 20 00
Va., Worsted or Feather svork, & 00
Terms. Sixty dollars in advance; the remainder it
he cloc of the session. No deduction for tin ubseiae
of less than two consecutive weeks.
For further information address,
S. LANDER, A. M.,
Juno 10, 1802 l'rineipal.
NOTICE.
Persona wishing to settle thvir AeconntP or Xot. j
svith Fisher k liurrouh, can have an opportunity uf
duiiig so by calling at tlie store of A. A. N. M. Taylor.
Dou'i delay, as svo arc anxious to get our hiiMiir-
settled up. J. c. isrni'orwhs.
June 3, 18C2. tf
ISOLDS FOK SALIJ.
Tlie first Mortgage 15onds of the Atlantic, Term., ft
Ohio Railroad Co. are oll'ered for Rale. They tire se
cured by the endorsement of the Charlotte 8. C.
Railroad Co.
There is no better investment for cnpilnlists, Dud
scarcely jrny bonds offered in market so secure.
Apply to 31. li. V Ilia i U.n, I rons.
March 1R, 1RC2
tf
Tanner's Oil.
On hand and for
May 13, 1802
sale by
tf
S. M HOWELL.
MEDICINES.
Gum Opium, Morphine, Castor Oil, Calomel, Wne
Mas, Soda (cooking), Castile Soap, Old linnvn Wind
sor Soap, Quinine, French lirandy, Old Fort Win,
Lemon Syrup, Arrow lloot. Epsom Salts, Hiilj-liur,
and Quicksilver.
E. NVE HUTCHISON k CO.,
Charlotte, July 15, 1802 lm Druri-tf.
IULKS OF
JLF 11 c uts svill
Jum 10, l-
COTTON. For first nit'ili'J
, t
N. M. TAYLOK S.
f pan
A. A.
tf
.T
OlT.
The lartrcst stock of WALL l'A PER, WIXPOU'
SHADES, CURDS, TASSELS, Ac., in the State, mu-t
be soiil in 'JO days, to make room for other husitM'?''-
ATI those wanting bargains had better fall soon.
Those iu the trade svill do well lv cal liner ti
VV. II. SCIL'TT,
n-p. m, 1801. tf Opposite I'o.-t MiTiro.
MILITARY IYOTI;i).
HEADQUARTERS, (CAMP IIOLMKS.))
Cami ok LssTiircTioN-, r
Near Raleigh, N. C. July 1'J, 1&02. J
General Order, No. .'.
All persons subject to the provisions of t!io.'M
Congress entitled "An Act to provide for tlif I11'1'1'0
defence, approved Apiil 1G," are hereby warned not to
join or enlist in any regiment or company nhatevT
They must report to the commandant of this Cani l,r
duty or be considered us deserter.--. A II olln i s nri
hereby notilied not to recruit or enlist in this State
men enrolled or liable to con-nription. " per.-:fi"
enlistud by officers for any company or regiment i" ''1B
State or Confederate service, since enrollment iiii'I'-i'
said Act, must be returned to the commaieUut of t'"i
Clltllp. , .
OHicors refusing to comply with this order 8
reported to the War Department.
IJy order: PETER M ALLETT,
Major mid A. A. G. P. A'
W A It DEPARTMENT,
Aoj't axd Inspectou Gknkuai.'s Urn' tf)
llichmond, July I I, W---
All persons engnged in enrolling Conscripts re
hereby authorized and rctjuired to arrest il-.--rterJ
from the Army, and to deliver them to the comrnaiei-11-of
the nearot Camp of Instruction, or to lodge tli':'
in the nearest jail, and lo return their names, ciiipaiy
and regiment to the Adjutant aud Inspector (i'-ii' i"
Jailors are requested to detain them, ami svill
allowed the IVes and charges fur the detention of pn '''
ncrsj prescribed by the laws of the State in which t';c
j.iil is situated.
Enrolling officers are nlso required to report t1 ',l4
Adjutant and Inspector General the names nnd ad h'"'
of all persons absent from the Army, without I' .i''
whether by the expiration of their leaves of :ilis''ii''i
furloughs, details or otherwise; and svhen this un''-'
thorized absence exceeds the time required to ("'')
pond svith the War Department, the enrolling "f'1 ''"
svill arrest the person and send him to the ni"r("'
Camp of Instruction, reporting the arrest to the M"1'
tant and Inspector General. .
Commandant? of Gumps of Instruction nr r'"'urf
to forsvard deserters and persons absent without J'''1
to their regiments, and have the powers of arrest ."B
ferred upon enrolling officers.
By command of the Secretary of War.
S. COOPER.
27 3t Adjutant and Inspector Gencr
HEADQUARTERS 1st BRIGADE,
Aemy or tiik Pamlico, July 2jth,
General Orders Xo. 130. rf
Hereafter no Flag of Twice will be so nt to N tj
unless ordered by the Department commander,- fl.jf
no cii'f will a citizen be permitted to g
By onlf-r of Col. Sol. Williams.
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lines,
' St.
J. C. PEGP.A.V, A. A