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.. A W4X ?FlOB ) O.V THE 3 OF TRADE STREET O HT1 371 ..... ) 3 per. annum CHARACTER 13 AS' IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND TUB GLORY OF THE ONE 13 THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. WEST SIDF IN ADVANCE- CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1862. W $ Editor and Proprietor. ELEVENTH VOLUME N U SI B E It 541. s It i THE wsstmii mm (Published efery Tuesday ,Q) Br WILLIAM J. YATES, IDITOR AXD PKOPHIETOtt. $3 IN ADVANCE. Tracieut advertisements must be paid for in ti-y Advertisements not marked on or pp'Cifie time, w ill be inserted barred accordingly. CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, President. Alex II Stephens of Georgia, Vice President. J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State. G. XV. Raudolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War. C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury, S- R. Mallory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy. Thos. II. Watts, of Alabama, Chief of the Depart ment of Justice or Attorney General. J. II. Reagan, of Texas. IWniaster General. the manngcript until forbid, and AN APPEAL TO THE PATRIOTIC. A MILITARY COLLEGE FOR ORPHANS. Fcllow-Citizess: Oa the day last appointed by the President of the Confederate States as a day ofTuaaks-gi-ing to Almighty God for His blessings upon our arras, a few geutieunea in ibe Towu of Wilson, North Carolina, subset ibid over $5,i'00 (sidco increased to over i,rtO) as the beginning of a fund to be not less than $10.1,000, to be devoted to the endowment of a Military Cullee in Wilsoa, N. C, for the education of fbe orphan b of such soldiers as have fallen, or may hereafter Uil, in defence of the Confederacy. The plan so f ir ag matured is as fallows: - :. Not ni ne th:iD one-fifth of the amount obtained is to be devoted to the purchase of buildiugs for the open ing of the College. Ample arrangements have been tandc to secure suiti'de property on tbese terms. 2. The balance of the fund is to be iuvested in some safe and profitable manner, the principal never to be invaded and the interest to be devoted to the mpport and education of orphan Cadets. 3. The insulation is to combine the tharacteristi of a thorough Collegiate and a thorough military course, and is to receive paying Cadets on terms usual id Military Academies, and all tbe profits from this ue uartmenl are t. iro to swell the endowment lniid, and thus iucrcas the capabilities of the College to educate orphans 4. The first fond of SI'Jo.OoQ is to be obtained as fjllows: Every gentleman mukiiig a donation of 50 or more, is thereby to become a Trustee of the College, and to have one vote in the-JIuard for every $j given by him to this fund. It is apparent that this at once secures the I ollete from ever becoming sectarian or ecuuI. Any lady making a donaLiou ef $.r-0 or wore. r.iMV deimale Some centleiuan as Trustee to represent thi amount. The donations may be made iu bun is ot live equal amount?, payable annually, and Learii.-g interest trout January 1, 1J. Thus: a gen tleman j.ives live bonds for c200 each, payable sever ally on Jaa'y 1. 18'it, Jan'y 1, 13(35, Jau'y I, '.tiUti Jau y I. I b'm. tin 1 J.tu'v I, IS.;, all bearing interest float Jun'y 1st, This is a donation of $1,000. hitue ut tiiese Ijouds are to be considered binding until JlCO.OJo be ill tlx (.ecu red. 5 Kvety iltnur may deiignate the County or State to whic : hisdonutiou is to be assigned: and orphan cu. iris muI he taken as nearly as practicable from dif ferent seciiou of the Confederacy, iu propoitioa to the mouiiN n reived therefrom. 6. Any in :ivi iu:l contributing $2,500, shall have the designation of one orphan cadet, to receive the benefit of this fund during tbe donor's natural li:. 7. When there shall be no longer any claim nppn the fund iu beh..!f of orpliaus ot soldics who fail in the nars of the Confederacy, other orphans shall receive the bonc'it of this endowment, in some niuuuer here after to lie de.jiu:ite;i by the Trustees. Tbi. fellow-citizens, i the enterprise :o the accou piis!.utent of which e respectfully solicit oar co-op-er.itioii. It i a p.'tilant'trojiic project, iiovs v ho would uUi.-.-w i.-e ;rov up in neglect, will be trained into ex ci .'li-ut ciczeiis and many au anxious widowed heart ill he madr td.id. It is a patrioiic prfject. The College w ill train accomplished oI l:er to take the places of those who are cut olf, and inatiy a man will mi. re ti eei v enter our in mies, and our nun novr in MEMBERS OP THE FIRST PERMANENT CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. SENATE. NORTH ALABAMA. Win L Yancy, Clement C Clay. ARKANSAS. Robert W Johnson, Charles B Mitchell. FLORIDA. A E Maxwell, J M Raker. GEORGIA. Benjamin II Hill, John W Lewis. LOUISIANA. Edward Sparrow, T J Semmes. MISSISSIPPI. Albert G Brown. James Phelan VIRGINIA. R M T Hunter, Wm B Preston. CAROLINA. George Davii, Wm T Dortch. SOUTH CAROLINA. Robert W Barnwell, James L Orr. TENNESSEE. Langdon C Hayues, Gustavus A Henry, TEXAS. Louia T Wigfall. W S Oldham. KENTUCKT. II C Burnett, Willium E Simms. MISSOURI. John B Clark, R S Y Peyton. Total number, 26. Co- L:i i 1 will be Mill more ready with glad heart to scrihie Ihem-elw for iheir country when ihev know thl tlnir b .ys are to be l;in iaomely cared lor. It is a ''irM.wi pn-jret. The Cod of eternal truth says "Uless-ed i he iliat cousidet eih the poor ; the Lord will deliver hm in titne of trouble." And he also sav?. 'He thai hruh pit; oa the poor lendeth to the Lord, and that winch he giren, will He pay him agi.in ." Let all who love their l.iuj and tru.t their Cod come uji til our tfp fcf'cedilv. Thr K-v. ir. Ieeuis ha been appointed the Finan cial Ag-nt. All comaiunn atious may be addressed to h:m at iVi'sou, N C- Persons sending subscriptions nil) picase specify the amount they desire to give, and ineir Post Cilices. I'l.. per bonds to be filled will be 'at them. Now is the time f.r action. Let us remember that eci v fuhsi-i'ibr-r to this fund gives assurance to all his eiloA-citiiens that he has fail h iu the final success of o.ir cause, and thus helps to increase the trust of our frien.Js and we iLeu the confidence of our enemies. Ki.ML'NI MOORE, Zi:.0. II. GREKNE, JOHN' T. DARNr S. S. SATCHWELL, JAMES V. DAVIS, "iison. N. C, Sept. 26ih, ISoi. HOUSE. Tbouab S. Bococe, Speaker. 1 Thomas J Foster, 2 Wm H Smith. 3 John P Kalis, 4 JLM Curry, 5 Francis S Lyon, ALABAMA. 6 W Chilton, 7 David Clopton, 8 James L Pugh, 9 E S Dargau. 1 Felix J Balson, ARKANSAS. 3 Augustus II Garland, 2 Grandisou D Royster, 4 Thos B Hanly. FLORIDA. 1 James B Hawkins, 2 Hilton. GEORGIA. 1 Julian Hartridge, 2 C J Monnerlyu. 3 Ilines Holt, 4 A II Kenan, it I'avul LiPwis, 3 6 William W Clark, 7 Robt P Trippe. 8 L J Gartrell. 9 Hardv Strickland, 10 A B Wright. KENTUCKY. 7 II XV Bruce, 8 S S Scott, 9 E M Bruce, 10 J W Moore. 11 R J Breckiuri'Ige, Jr. 12 John M Elliott. Alfred Boyd, John W Crockett, II E Read. George W Ewing, J S Chrisman, T L Burnett, LOUISIANA. Charles J Villiere, 4 Lucien J Dupre, Charles M Conrad, 5 John F Lewis, Duncan F Keuner, G John Perkins, Jr. MISSISSIPPI. 5 II C Chambers, 6 O R Singleton, 7 E Barksdale. John J McRae, 2 S W Clapn, '3 Reuben Davis, I Israel Welch. MISSOURI. 5 XV XV Cook, 6 Thos W Freeman, 7 Thos A Harris. John liver. 2 Casper XV Bell. i Georjre W V est. A II Con re w, NORTH I W N II Smith, 2 Robert R Bridge, I Owen R Kenan, T I) McDowell, Archibald Arlington, SOUTH CAROLINA. W W Boy cp. ' 4 John McQueen, W Porcher Miles, 5 James Farrar, M L IJoiiham, CAROLINA. 6 Thomas S Ashe, 7 James li McLean, 8 William Lander, 9 B S Gaither, 10 A T Davidson. 00 Reams of Writing ioo.ooo r: TO AM,. Paper, 6 L M TENNESSEE. 7 G XV 8 9 10 11 Ager. T . - t j ones, Thomas Menees, J D C Atlkins, Bullock, David M Currin. 1 J T Heiskell, 2 W G Swann, 3 W H Tebbs. 4 E L Garden shire, 5 IIS Foote, ti M P U en try. TEXAS. 1 John A Wilcox, 4 Wm B Wright, 2 Peter XV Gray, 5 Malcolm Graham, 3 Claiboruo C Herbert. 6 B F Sexton. VIRGINIA. n velv pes, J aM lVicived at the itorc of K OOP MA NX May 27, 1C2 tf & PHELPS. M R II Gain eft, John R Chambliss, James Lyons, Roger A Pryor, Thomas S Bocock, John Goode, Jr. James P Ilolcombe, Dan'l C Dejarnette, Total number 107. 9 William Smilh, 10 Alex R Boteler, 11 John B Baldwin, 12 Walter R Staples, 13 Walter Preston, 14 Albert G Jenkins, 15 Robert Johnson, 16 Charles W Russell. iron run SALE. I h ue on hand, at my Furnace in Lincoln u-antT, i:ii fiit ,.f Lineolnton, about 20,000 LI. 'of WRorGUr If;(Ntvre plow mould, bar?, Ac. I am prepared to cast machine iron.- of all kinds, hollow-ware, fit pans. Ac. Orders solicited terms r:x!l J. V. DKRR. July 22. ist. f 6m-pd, Spring Hill Forge ISi'pairiiir, I5t 11-Iiaiiin. Arc. The subsiriber begs leave to inform tbe public, that ... prepare.! to Repair Locks iot us nl Jewelry; he ery iomt pro-e: t- -.--n i . i r... ,, 1. ; .. 1 r i . . . . ... " . "-"l,KCl,;,"-ing done at short notice. Special i t u hi i.'iui Ia i . . i . - - i -. j ... oeii-nangin jsi.e ine post-otVice. Jan 2H. If 02. 'I.'- Wanted, t. n Old Gill-locl.S. Jan 2H. leej th'Tjsar Ac. d oi l Anr FKEH FOR STOCK. quantity of Li -indeed ( ;i ri v ii n ruie s .uii; s. near Ch:; July 15, !eC2 iie. GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. Z. B. Vance, Governor. Salary $3,000 per annum. R H Battle, Secretary to the Governor. Salary, exclusive of fee.-, $300. B ifus II. Page, Secretary of State. Salary $600. Daniel W. Courts, Treasurer. Salary $2,000. XV. II. Richardson, chief clerk to the Treasurer. Salary $1,200. C. H. Brogdon, Comptroller. Salary 0, Oliver II Perry, Librarian. The Council of Stato is composed of the followine j gentlemen: Coin.cil Wooten of Lenoir, President, i John W Cunningham of Person, David Murphy of Cumberland, Wm A Ferguson of Bertie, J F Graves of Surry, J J Long of Northampton. W I L Hillard of Buncombe. j Governor's Aids David A Barnes, Esq-, George ! Little. Esq. 1 j Literary Board Zeb. B. Vance, President ex I officio; Arch'd Henderson of Bowan, Jas B Gor ; don of Wilkes. Wm J Yates of Mecklenburg. j Internal Improvement Board Zeb. B Vance, j President ex officio; James Fulton of New Han j over, N M Long of Halifax, I The General Assembly commences its session on for snip at st. j the third Monday of November every alternate year. of every description. also clean Jewelry for a He mav be found op W. V. WOODEL. Key?, of different sizes; W. V. WOODEL, opposite the post-office. R. W. BKCKWITII Has constantly oa hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &c"' Of the best English aud American manufacturers ; R VESUVIUS FURNACE IRON WORKS. CJjr VdtsUxn Urraotraf. CHARLOTTE, N. C : TTOTICE. Our terms are three dollar per year in advance. The Democrat trill be discontinued to all tubtcri bert at the expiration of the time for uhich it is paid. Those who vant to continue must renew before or at the ex piration of their time. A YANKEE LETTER. A friend in the Atuiy sends us tbe following letter for publication. It was found on the battle field of i( Seven Pines." The writer seems to be an intelligent man, and frankly acknowledges that the Confederates have out-generalled the Yankee officers, though he expresses the opinion that the South will be subjugated. We suppose by this time he has found out his mistake on that point: Albany, May 19, 1SG2. My Dear Friend: With all possible haste, and without knowing what is to Gil this sheet, I sit down to write to you. Ihe valuable information you give me concerning the movements of the opposing annus iu Virginia and the sound theories vou advance as to the plan9 of the Generals on either side, arc inducements for me to write, no matter whether or not I have anything to say, in order to hear from you in reply. Great progress does not seem to have been made by our forces towards Richmond since the fall of Yorktown, and it is doubtful to me whether it would have been good policy on the part of the rebels to have held that place under any circumstances. We claim that they arc utterly -demoralized, and that their retreat is a disgraceful rout, while the telegraph inadvertently informs the publio that they have a line of skirmishers thrown out to protect the re treat and drivo in stragglers. The determined stand made at Williamsburg was not the struggle of a destroyed army, and by examining carefully our reports we find that we were thrown into great confusion, losing a large number of dead and wounded, and a considerable number of prisoners. It occurs to me that if either side could claim a victoiy, our enemies had most right to that claim, for having achieved their object, tbey gave ro ground until night ended the battle when they moved on to a permanent line of defence. Nor is it certain that they left all their wounded and prisoners behind, for I find in the reports of casu alt es many names under the head of "missing," and some prominent officers are among those Lieut-Col. Renedict of this city beings one. It is two weeks ago yesterday since the evacua tion of Norfolk, and since McCIellan announced that he would "push the enemy to the wall." He is now, according to to days report, within fifteen miles of that place Richmond, the "flying, hope less, disgraced and demoralized" Johnson en camped in his front, his pickets thrown out, and evidently making preparations to meet him upon equal ground. McCIellan has made forty-five miles in those two weeks or an average of about three miles a day with bis "splendidy appointed army equal to any in the world," driving the fugitives to the wall. It strikes me that the Rebel Chiefs must be immeasurably superior to ours, or that by some miraculous means they ascertain exactly the plans n I. 1. .!... .1 ... . , . oi our uenerais oeiore tney can oe put in execu tion, and time enough to check mate them. De serters to be sure "are coming in every day," and contrabands come laden with information to our reliable of A PUBLIC NECESSITY. The exigencies of the war are forcing upon us great changes in our population. Many persons of vicious character hitherto living in Northern cities, have come South, and undgr various pre tenees entered the Southern army, but soon de serted and are now roving the country. Thev are not of us, and may not be trusted. Myny of our own population have deserted, and fearing appre hension have not returned home, but seek to elude the officers' search in strange neighbor hoods. Men who are untrue fo their country's nag cannot be trusted. Besides this, the occu pancy of the sea-coast' by the Yankees have necessarily driven out many of the black popula tion into other districts, and hence the discipline which formerly controlled them has become more lax. Moreover, what may be. the precise effect o Lincoln's proclamation upon the black population generally, as the period draws near lor its pro posed execution, cannot be fully determined. So far as their past conduct since the war began argues anything, we may expect no difficulty, yet the mixing of new and strange associations, and a knowledge of the proclamation itself, which many ot them undoubtedly have, may work mischief among them, demanding the most rigid police. At all events, it is not a time when our domestic discipline should be overlooked or indifferently attended to. We beg, therefore, to call the earnest attention of the County Court3 of the State, and the authorities oi all our towns to ihe immediate and pressing importance of establishing and organizing at an early day, a strong and effective ARMED police throughout the istate, to be kept up 7 .7 Jul f , - aanng tne war-, ine necessity lor this is so obvious that we need not argue the point. Let it Da done quickly it we would avoid contingencies of the most serious character. This poliee in the counties and towns should be as large as possible, embracing every able-bodied white trfale from 16 to 60, not physically or mentally incompetent: and in the country', especially it should be a foot and mounted armed police. The labor might be so arranged as to make it a light burden to all, and yet preserve an efE ;ient organization for any emergency. Kalcigh iStandard.- Morganton, N. C, Oct. 11th. There is a widow Shuffler, in indigent circum stances, living on Upper Creek, who had seven sons, six of whom volunteered in the service of the Confederacy, and the seventh wanted to. go, but was prevailed on by his brothers to stay with their aged and infim mother, but he is now gone as a conscript. Also, Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, a widow, had seven sons in the war until recently, the youngest of them returned home on a dis charge. Also the widow Hennessee, near Mor ganton, has seven sons, six of whom are in the war as Volunteers. As a full demonstration of their patriotism, they all went as privates, not one of them being in office. This speakes well for Rurke, while there are still other similar cases to be found. ; D. XV. STACY. -The regard camps, but seemingly we get nothing fa' I n.l examine Iris Stock before pirchasin; Watch rysials put in for 25 ccats eaah. January, le'82 j acturers. ehewhere. The subscriber iuforms the public that he is manu facturing Pig iron at his Furnace in Lincoln county, miles north of Sharon Station on the WiL, Char. Rutherford Railroad. He is also nreoarcd to cast Machinery, such as Mill Cearing. Thrashing Machine Irons, Ac; also Hollow-Ware and Salt Pans. J. M. SMITH. Vesuvius Furnace P. O. July 1R, 1892. J-pd Rebel plans and movements. It can t be that any of our men are deserting to the other side such a thing is too improbable for belief, and the inhabitants of the invaded country can gain .no information of our operations. . I cannot believe that spies carrying on their schemes systematically and incessantly could escape the notice of our officers in whose confidence they must necessarily be. me oniy mierence men leu is that the Rebel Generals are superior to ours. Franklin s Division, you are aware, was sent up the York River to intercept the routed rebels at West Point and by driving them back on Mc CIellan accomplish their destruction or compel their surrender. The result showed that their army was not necessitated to pass that point in their retreat; and further that even if they were, Franklin vould be no serious obstacle in their way. Lee met Franklin at West Point, where he arrived previous to Franklin and of course with the intention of fighting him, and our own papers acknowledge that were it not for the indomitable gun-boats we would have suffered a disastrous defeat. As it was they said our loss was small and the victory was ours. Rut a few days since I noticed a small paragraph in an obscure place to the effect that the battle of West Point was more serious than at first supposed, and that we lost 500 prisoners, as the enemy attacked before we had time to form after our landing. Lee was said to have had 80,000 men, ten thousand more than our forces, but it is doubtful that ha had so many. Thus you see that tbe enemy were in possession of our plan to intercept them, and in order to checkmate us, attacked with great vigor at Williamsburg, and then detached a large force to precipitate itself upon the unsuspecting Frank lin, who undoubtedly would have been driven into the river and signally vanquished but for the sassy ironsides. McDowell and Ranks have not yet joined Mc CIellan, and seems to be kept in check by who or what nobody knows. The fleet of gunboats on the James River have been repulsed on their way to Richmond, and the river is blocked up with sunken vessels, so that Richmond is far off yet, and the war won't be ended this season. I speak this way simply to give you my plain opinion of how things are conducted and to show you to what estimation 1 hold the skill, valor and endurance of the Southerners. However, 1 think there car. be but one termination to the war, and that is in the ; subiection of the traitors, no matter hew distant the end n.ay be. - Your friend, Kearnet. INVASION OP PENNSYLVANIA, By Confederate Cavalry, under Oett. Stuart Headquarters, Depart, of Northern Va., ) October lSth, 1862. j Gen. S. Cooper, Adjt. and Inspector Gen ; General: Iu forwarding the report of Major General Stuart of his expedition into Pennsyl vania, I take occasion to express to the Depart ment my sense of the boldness, judgment and prudence he displayed in ; its execution, and cordially join with him in his commendations of the conduct and endurance of the brave men ha commanded. To his skill and their fortitude under the guidance of. an overruling Providence is their success due. I have the honor to be, Most respectfully, your oV t serv't, (Signed) R. EJ. Leu, General OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. STUART Headquarters Cavalry Division-, ) October 14th, 1862. J" Col. R. II. Chilton, A. A. Gen. Army Korthen Virginia Colonel I have the honor fo report that on tne ytti met., in compliance with instructions from the Commanding General Army Northern lrgmia, 1 proceeded on an expedition into Penn sylvania with a cavalry force of 1,800 and four pieces of horse artillery, under command of Rrig- Uen. Hampton and Uol. W. 11. r. Lee and Jones This force rendezvoused at DarksvUle at 12 M. and marched thence to the vicinity of Iledges- ville, where it camped for the night. At daylight next morning, (October 10th) I crossed the Potomac at McCoys' (between Williamsporl and Hancock) with some little opposition, capturing two or three horses ot enemy 8 pickets. We were told here by citizens that a large force had camped the night before at Clear Spring, and were supposed to be en route to Comberland. We proceeded northward until we had reached the turnpike leading from Ilagerstown to Hancock, (known as the National Road. Here a signal station on the mountain, and most ot the party. ar 1 "Enemies of the United States." telegraphic report from Jackson, Miss., in to the number of persons in New Orleans who have "taken the oath as enemies of the United States," may need a little explanation to make it intelligible. It will bo remembered that some time ago Rutler issued an order requiring all per sons iu the city above the age of eighteen years to report themselves to the Yankee officers of his ap pointment, and to register their names in a book prepared for the purpose, together with a list of all real and personal property. Those who acknowl edged their allegiance to the Yankee Government and took the oath to support it, were to be regard ed as repentant rebels, for whose pardon an effort was to De made. Those who were still determined to adhere to the Government of their choice, were to be regarded as altogether beyond the reach of mercy, and they are to have their names registered as the "enemies of the United States." Their property was to be confiscated, and they them selves are to be declared liable to imprisonment. It appears, according to this report, that some thing like ten thousand have had the moral cour age to adhere to their convictions, and to take the risk of imprisonment and confiscation of property Fiendish Outrage. A deed committed by Federal soldiers has come to the knowledge of he writer, which is shocking beyond description, and the bare mention of which will produce a thrill of horror in every Southern breast. The information comes in such a shape as to leave no tloubt in re gard to the truth of the story. A few years ago, a young lady of Columbia, Tenn., was married to a young lawyer of Helena, Ark. She was educated, talented, witty and ac complished in a high degree. We speak from personal knowledge in miking this affirmation. They were comfortably settled in Helena, and were blessed with one or more children. Her husband is in the Southern army. Five Federal isoldiers, including an officer, forcibly seized this lady, carried her to a barn, asd each of them com mitted an outrage ou her person. In two or three weeks she died, a victem to their brutality and the greif and mortification produced by their treatment of her. Her husband is said to be a Lieut. Colonel of some regiment. The writer knows him, and could give his name, but forbears to do so. Soldiers and men of the South, think of thi unparalleled deed of crime and infamy, and let it c .u. k ...t.Mi. n nf r : wires aim uusuuuicu mC nerve you , ug LT" Z at daylight, Hayattstown, on McClellan's ariii int nron "inn i i iiiik idUav auu ulchui tuv - . ui'a vntiui - j invaders of your country and despoilers of your homes. Knoxville Register. Gen. Bragg to be Superseded. The Montgomery Mail says a report has reached high official quarters in that city that Gen. Bragg U to be superseded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who will at once assume tbe command of the army in Tennessee. drove back the enemy's oavalry upon the column of infantry advancing to occupy the crest from which the cavalry were driven. Quick as thought Lee's Sharpshooters sprang to the ground,' and, engaging the infantry skirmishers, held them in check till the artillery in advance came up; Vhich, under the gallant Pelham, drove back the enctuy'a force to his batteries beyond the ' Monocacy, be tweeu which sod our solitary gun quite a spirited fife continued for some time. This answered, ia connection with the high crest' occupied' by' our piece, to- screen entirely my real movement quick ly to the left,' making a bold and rapid strike for White's Ford, to make my yny across? before Ihe enemy at Poolesvilla and Monocacy could , be aware of my design. Although delayed somewhat by two hundred infantry, strongly posted in the cliffu over the ford, yet they yielded to the moral effect of a few shells before engaging . our Sharp shooters, and the crossing of the canal (now dry) aud river was effected with all the precision of passing a defile in drill. A 6ection of artiller being sent with the advance and placed in posi tion on the Loudon side, auother pieoe on the Maryland height, while Pelham continued to oc cupy the attention of the enemy with the other, withdrawing from position to position until his piece was ordered to cross. The enemy ''waa marching from Poolesville in the meantime, but came up in line of battle on the Maryland bank only to receive a thundering salutation, with evi dent effect, from our guns on this side. I lost not a man killed on the expedition. ' and ' only , few slight wounds. The. enemy's loss is not known, but Pelham's one gun compelled the one my's battery to change its position three ticuce. The remainder of the march was destitute of in tcrest. The conduct of the command aud their behaviour towards the inhabitants is worthy of the highest praise; a few individual oases ooly were exceptions iu this particular. Brigadier-General Hampton, and Colonels Lee. Jones, Wick hum and Butler, and tho officers and men under their command, arc entitled to my astiug gratitude foi their coolness in danger and cheerful obedieuoe to orders. Unoffending per sons were treated with civility, aud the inhabitants were generous in proffers ot provisions on ths march. Wo seized and brought over a large number of horses, the property of citizens of tbe United States. - The valuable information obtained in this re connoissatice, as to the distribution of the enemy's orce, was communicated orally to the Command. ing General, and need not be here repeated. A number of public functionaries and prominent oit- izens were taken captives and brought over as hostages for our own unoffending citizens whom the enemy has torn from their homes and confined in dungeons in the North. One or two of my ; Arkansas. The election for Governor of At took nlace in October. Col. Harris Flana gan, who is now in the army, was elected over Rec- ' from Haywood and Jackson counties '.. . ir i i : . I-.-. r Uon LiiAin before in the htut. .Oi, the present incumceni, uy a targe iuajui. Astonishing. At th9 Superior Court held for Buncombe county at Asbeville, week before i last, Judge Saunders presiding, nve white men I were convicted for murder and six were convicted : for manslauL'httr. The cases were removed there The like has not been kuown before in the Stute. with their flags and apparatus, were surprised and captured, and also eight or ten prisoners of war, from whom, as well as from citizens, I found that the large force alluded to had crossed but an hour ahead of me towards Cumberland, and con sisted of six rcgimeut of Ohio troops and two batteries, under Gen. Cox, and were en route via Cumberland for the Kanawha. I sent back this intelligence at once to the Commanding General. Striking directly across the National Road, I pro ceeded in the direction of Merccrsburg, Penn., which point was reached about 12 M. I was ex tremely anxious to reach Uagerstown, where large supplies were stored; but was satisfied, from re- lable information, that tbe notice tbe enemy bad of my approach and tbe proximity of his forces would enable bim to prevent my capturing it. I, therefore, turned towards Chambersburg. I did not reach this point till after dark in a rain. I did not deem it safe to defer the attack till morn- . . ..I 1 1 1 e ing, nor was it proper to at tact a piace mil oi wo men and children without summoning it first fo surrender. I accordingly sent in a flag of truce, and found no military or civil authority in the place; but some prominent citizens who met the officer were notified that the place would be oc cupied, and if any resistance were made the place would be shelled in three minutes. Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton's command being in advance, took possession of the place, and I appointed him Mili tary Governor of the city. No incident occurred during the night, during which it rained continu ously. The officials all fled the town on our ap- roach, and no one could be found who would ad mit that he held effice in tbe place. About 275 ick and wounded in hospital were paroled. Dur ing the day a large number of horses of citizens were seized and brought along. The wires were cut and railroads were obstructed. Next morning it was ascertained that a large number of small arms and munitions of war were stored about the railroad buildings, all of which that could not be ea-sily brought away were destroyed, consisting of about 5,000 new muskets, pistols, sabres, ammu nition, also a largo assortment of army clothing. The extensive machine shops and depot buildings of tho railroad and several trains of loaded cars were entirely destroyed. From Chambersburg I decided, after mature consideration, to strike for the vicinity of Lcesburg as the best route of re turn, particularly as Cox's command would have rendered the direction of Cumberland, full ot mountain gorges, particularly hazardous. The route was through an open country. Of course I left nothing undone to prevent the inhabitants from detecting my real route and object. I start ed directly towards Gettysburg, but having passed the Blue Ridge, turned back towards Hagerstown for six or eight miles, aud then crossed to Mary land by Emmettsburg-, where, as wo passed, we were bailed by the inhabitants with the most en thusiastic demonstrations of joy. A scouting par ty of 150 lancers had just passed towards Gettys burg, and I regret exceedingly that my march did not admit of the delay necessary to catch them. Taking the road towards Frederick, we intercept ed dispatches from Col. Rush (Lancers) to the commander of the scout, which satisfied ine that our whereabouts was still a problem to the enemy. Before reaching Frederick, I crossed the Mono cacy, continued the march through the night, via Liberty, New Market, M onrovia on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, where we cut the telegraph wires and obstructed the Railroad. We reached line of . wagon communication with Washington, out we found only a few wagons to capture, and pushed on to Barnsville, which we found just vacated by a company of the enemy's cavalry. We had here corroborated what we had heard before, that Stoneman had between 4 and 5,000 troops about Poolesville and guarding the river fords. 1 start ed directly for Poolesville, but instead of march ing upon that point, avoided it by a march through the woods, leaving it two or three miles to my left, and getting into the road from Pooles ville to the mouth of tho Monocacy. Guarding well my flanks and rear, I pushed boldly forward, meeting the head of the enemy's column goinpr to wards Poolesville. I ordered the charge, which as responded to in handsome style by the ad-1 fi3 The Bank of Cape Fer has deUrcd k Taoee squadron (Irving's) of Lee'e Brigade, which sami-annual dividend of 5 fr tnt. ineu lost their way, and are probably in the hands of the enemy. Tho results of this expedition, in a moral and political point of view, cau hardly be estimated. and the consternation among property holders ia Pennsylvania beggars description. 1 am specially indebted to Captain B.S. Whita. (C S. cavalry,) and to Mr. , and Mr. -, whose skillful guidance was of immense service to me. My btalf are entitled to my thanks for un tiring energy in the discharge of their duties. I enclose a map of the expedition drawn by Captain W. W. Blackford, to accompany this re port. Also, a copy of orders enforced during tbt march. Believing that the band of God was clearly manifested in tbe signal deliveranoe of. my com mand from danger, and tbe crowning sucoess at tending it, I ascribe to Him tbe praise, tbe booor, and the glory. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, yoar obedient servaut, J. E. B. STUART, - 5ij. Geo. Comd'g Cavalry. Battle between Floyd and the enemy in tucky. Tho Lyuncbburg Virginian says: Capt. Stephen Halsey, of Floyd's oommand, has arrived here, and reports that a fight ocourred between a portion of Floyd's command, about 300, and a force of the enemy, supposed to bt about 400, at Warfield, Lawrence county, Ky , on Sunday, the 12th. The enemy was driven through the town and pursued about three milee. We captured 20 horses,' 100 head of cattle, and ix prisoners. Uapt. Halsey represents iMoyds command as being well clad, well armed, with plenty of provisions, and in good spirits. Lincoln and nis "Boor Guard." The Washington correspondent of the New ITork Ex press sa3"s : v Whenever Mr. Lincoln now appears in pablio on horseback or in bis carriage be goes through the streets at a rapid pace, escorted by a- cavalry guard of about'twenty men, half of whom are in V the advance and the remainder in the rear of the I Presidential charge. For some reason, Mr. Lin- $i coin has allowed himself to be persuaded that bis , life would be endangered if be rode about "aH an- armed and alone," like Lord Lochinvar, and like Mr. Lincoln's fifteen predecessors in the White House. It certainly is a regre table precedent for a Chief Magistrate of this Republic to establish,! tn.imitation of the despots of Lorope, woo bar well founded cause to expect attempts to assassin ate them, while the President of the United States cannot, in good reason, entertain any iuoh ; rea sons. The death of Mr. Lincoln ' tvouH simply have the effect to place in the Presidential chair a man far more repugnant to the rebel - than the r.rcsent incumbent, from the fact that Mr. Hamlin is not only believed in the South to te more ' radi-I cal in his leanings than Mr.' Liocoln, but is- alsof generally supposed to have a negro tatot in hit blood. : . J Fatal Raileoad Accident A sad accident occuned on Saturday last, on the Wilmington aoJ WeJdon Railroad. AaiJbe up-train was pasting' over the trestU work near Magnolia, the. axie of j tbe tender broke, causiog the trestle to give way, throwing tbe baggage car, a second Class car au 1 two coaches to a considerable depth tabwv A necro hrakmn was instantlr killed! two iilJter wounded, and almost every one els on tbe train? was bruised.- RaUigh Journal. i C