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CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1863.
Editor and Proprietor.
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(Published every Tucsday,Q)
"WILLIAM15 J. YATES, .
' KDITO'l AND IMtOPRIKTOR.
ADVANCE.
Transient advertisftnents must be paid for in
a,1f.lhei.ti-:c.)U-!its not marked on the manuscript
or :f -cific time, will be inserted Until forbid, and
hur?fl accordingly.
FIELD OFFICERS OF N. C. TROOPS.
Coi.onki.s.
LIEUT.-COL'.S.
Majors,
i
J A Mel) w.-ll.
Ham A Brown,
J James 8 Hines,
W H Stalling,
S. D. Tlmr.stou,
James H Wood
John W Lea
Hob.-it F Wbb',
;1) W Hurt
:"5 V L I) -Kos-tf,
4 15i v:m (iriin'-s,
-, T Al ( I ."irivtt
j; Is:i:ic K Av- iy,
W M Parsley
K A Osborne
William J Hill,
Sam Mel) Tate,
7 IM (i Haywood, 1
ill A f i 1 t w L
W Lee. Davidson
J McLeod Turner
J W Jliutou,
S D loole,
Henry MelJae
J no J I Whitaker,
(Juiiu and Sparrow
Egbert A Ross,
m i n il i v .i
i L S 1 l.ik r,
10 J A .1 ISni.'.l'ord,
Win J Martin,
l.
Jno T Ilambriek,
l: Abr- d il al'S
J t 12 T l!mi. tt,
-.',Vin M u h'a.',
,;'.f S MiKhoy,
J7 Win V Martin,
H John 1) Harry
1'JJas 15 Gordon
2i) Tims. r. Toii.
i W W Kirklaiid
J H llyman
,V A Johnston
WII Yarboro',
Win 'A Ntowe,
John C Lamb,
GAV Hammond
II DLee -Thos
II Sharpe.
C M Andrews,
W J Stanly
W S Rankin
Laban Odell
C C Rlacknall,
XV G Robinson,
Nelson Slouch
1- Jaup s Conner, U 0 C'oh
it D.nil II Christie ij I) Johnston,
JfiWni J Clark--, iJolm L Harris
!.-, II M KuMedge, jS C Hryson,
till'll K Hurgwynn, John Ii Lain1!
J7! John A Gilni'-rJr.G F Whitfield
' ! .Samuel ) Lowe, jW.II A pear
T 1) Le,
W S Grady
J T Jones
JC Webb
Saml N Stowe
W li t'reasinan
:!o Fran M Parker,
Hi John V Jordan,
'.James T Kell,
fC W Knight
!Wm W Sillers,
J A I) MeKay
G 1 Coward,
::. IV. J Brabble,
Clark M Avery,
:i V L J Lowrance
o.'mM W Ransom,
:;;! Artillery
:i7 j Win M Barber,
William .1 Hoke,
I!!) David Coleman,
lit 'Artillery
II JohuA Baker
l-JJI -tuge G (iibbs,
I'.'.'Thomas K Kenan,
W T Williams,
Robt V Cowau.lTW MayJiew
J L MeDowell j
John ii Jones,
detached
W G Myrris
John Ashford,
F A R-y"olds,
detached
companies,"
Owen A hrown
M J McLaughlin
companies,
John E yrown,
Win. (j! Lewis,.
C W liradshaw
I Walt J Hor-an,
iC M Stedmau,
1 1,'T C SinpfiMtary.
lo.'j II Moreh ad,
-JT, JMward 1) Hall,
17 1! II Faribault,
l-i llob.-rt C Hill,
.i!),!..-.' M McAfee.
T j Harcrove.
Andrew J Royd.'J R Uinsfon
W L Saunders I A C M? AllisU-r
John A Graves. A 1 Crudup
S H Walkup, Alb. -t A Hill
John A Fleming V 1 Ci.anibefs
.Ml J A Washiiiirton '(Jeo
Worthrf.n, J C V an Hook
r.l'H MVKethan,
', .) K Marshall,
Win A Owens,
I K M Muridiison,
(; 1! Hobson JasK .U U"iial.l
Marcus A Parks, J (, Richardson,
J T Mort head,
Jas J Iredell,
iVnderson Ellis,
Jas A Rogers
.- John K Conally, Alfred II Iielo
M T Smith
II V Schcnck,
James A Craije,
J C Keener.
Jas M Mayo,
W M I lard y
; aul r I aison,
."i7; Arch C Godwin,
rs John 15 r.ilmer,
.V.) I) D Feivhee
t) Jos A MeDowell,
!l'Jas. D. Ra lclitVe,
ill Roht. (i. A. Love.
C, i I'eter ( Evans
G (5 Luk.
II C Jones, Jr.,
Win W Prottit,
E Cant well
Win II I leaver,
Win S Devane,
(! W (;iayton
S R Evans,
James A Keith,
1 Henry Harding'.
1 1) G McDowell
JI!E M Allen.. James A Keith, J II McNeill
('.:. (Jeole X Folk, I " J
t;ii Jas W- Hinton I 'Win H
The above H -gtineiits arc in the following ,
( Tiiiirniaii's ith, wist. "lst and lst.
('soke's loth, -27th. lllth and 1-th.
j; lt ,.'s -M l,.
Daniel's :Wd, l-U, loth. :'lh and .V.d.
I) i vis' ooth.
Hoke's litli, -,'lst, ultkand T.Ttlr.
Hniipton's IMh, (cavalry)
I v r.-wn's ".th. I Jth, "iitth and '.:?d.
Kagl.y
iri"ad.s:
I aui
-7th. Iih, "ith, :5od and o7th.
V II F Lee's I'Jtii, (cavalry)
l'ryor's 1st and
render's loth, fbth, "i'-M, oltlr and o-th.
I'. ttigrew'.s 1 Ith, liCth, 4'2d, 4 1th, 47th ando'.'d.
Ransom's 'ilth, '2."th. .'55th, l!ih and ."mth.
R.tmscur's '.M. 1th, 14th and oi'th.
Robertson's 41st, f!th, and (iod.
The 0th, 17th, olith, 4tth, oth, (JUth, Cr.'d. tilth and
."! h Regiiiu nts are not Ibigaded.
The !th, !!th, 41st, r!)th, C.IJd and Glth are cvalry Re
f'iineiits. .
. The 10th, of'.th and 40th arc Artillery Regiments. '
In addition to the liegunents, there are the following!
Battalions: Lieut-Col- Chas E Shober's infantry (for
merly Whatton J Green's;; Maj J II Nethercutt's Ran
gers; Maj.R W Wharton's Sharpshooters; Mai John W
Moore's An'dleiy; Maj WL Young's Artillery; Alaj Alex
McRae's Artillery; Col Peter Mallett's campVjuard.
Col. Win II Thomas has a Legion of Highlanders and
Indians numbering over l.olX) men.
tJOTTOX A IS IKS
Cotton (.aids for sale, but an earn call will only se
cure a pair as we only have ten pair. .
We have on hand and can make to order ca!f-skin
Shoes and Gaiters of very fine English leather.
Lots ladies' calf-skin Bootees.
Lot of thick Rrogan, hvire sizes. -
J. F. Rl'TT. Mint Street,
June 23, 1S6.1 tf Charlotte. N. C.
JUST
t.LACK ALPACCA,
BLl'B FLANNELS,
SPOOL COTTON black and white.
BLK AC1IKD SHIRTING.
J. S. PHILLIPS.
June lv,;i
tf
Williams & oates
Have this dissociated with them
in the Mercantile
LEWIS W. SANDERS.
c a.jn. me luiu win hereafter he
f WILLIAMS, OATES & CO
NOTICE. All
persons hhMu.i . ....
Williams & Oates will ..lease , n ' Y"e idte nrra OI ;
we wish to close our uM hiuinMa uc "P
i irfvi.
Dec f, 1?02
tf
DH. J. " .MH,.r;n
Charlotte, N. C,
Has resumed the. Practice of Medicine, and
can be
ound at Ins Uluce 1:1 the Brawlcy buildin
Kerr's hotel, or at his residence!
Feb. 25, 1862.
opposite to
NOTICE TO. J)EKTOIbV.
llV7r ,ndCbtd t0 V,e, tE?,a,I?
Lftwne. deceased, are reonestet! rr :. a,,, :
r.ie.!i;ite payment to
!S A. ML. P. SMITH.
SI IN
,'Jec
."Attorney for Ki.ecutrix.jT
j . AN ACT
IN RELATION' TO THE .MILITIA AND A GUARD
: FOR HOME DEFENCE.
j Skc. 1. Rft it enacted -by the General Assembly of
i the Siate of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the earns, Tluit the exemptions
; from service in the M ilitia of the State, shall be for the
j sanw causes, and to' the $anie extent and no farther,
that are prescribed in the acts of Congress of the Con-
t'cderle States, providing for the enrollment of men
i for the public defence an4 granting exemptions from
! the same, commonly called the "conscription and ex.
ctQpttoii acts. . . -v , .
Sec. 'I. Re it.fuither enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the Gorernorio cause to be enrolled as a jnard
tor home defence all white mle'person3 -not already
enrolled it. the service of the Confederate States, be
twepn theages of eighteen and fifty years, resident in
this Stat, including foreigners not naturalizeiL who
have beei residents in the State for thirty days before
such enrolment, excepting persons fillin the oflices
of Goverior, Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts o Law and Equity, the members of the General
Assembl,' and the ollicers of the several Departments of
the Govini'nent'of jtTke State, .Ministers 6f the Go.'pel
of the se. eal denominations of the State charged with
the diites of churches, and such other persons as
tire Governor, for special reasons, may deem proper
subjects if exemption.
Sec. 3. 13c it further enacted, That all persons above
the age ol fifty, who may volunteer for service in said
guard forborne defence, and shall .be accepted by a
Captain ol a company for the same, shall be deemed to
belong thereto," anil shall b held to service therein,
either gemrall- or for any special duty or expedition
as the commanding officers of regiments or companies,
according to the nature of the particular service in
question nny determine.
Sec. 4- te it further enacted, That the Governor
shall cause ill persons enrolled in pursuance, of the
two precediig sections of this act to be formed into'
companies, vith. liberty to elect tlue commissioned offi
cers of such companies, and thence into battalions or
regiments, brigades and divisions according to his dis
cretion, an .lhe.shall appoint the field officers of such
battalions, icgiments, brigades and divisions, and
shall issue tonnnission3 in due form to all the officers
aforesaid.
Sec. 5. He it further enacted, That members of the
Society of Fiiends, commonly called Quakers, may be
exempted from the provision of this act by paying the
sum of one hindred dollars according to an ordinance
of the Convention of this State in that behalf, ratified
the 12th daj'of May, 1802. Provided that when a
Quaker .-hall have paid or bad levied of his property
the sum of file hundred dollars under the act of Con
gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall
not be required to pay any sum of money for his ex
emption nmhr this act.
Sec. C. Tint the said guards for home defence may
be called out for service by the Governor in defence of
the State against invasion and. to suppress invasion,
either by regiments, battalions, or companies, en masse
or by drafts er volunteers from the same, as he, in his
discretion may direct: ehail be under his command,
-through the ollicers appointed as herein provided:
shall serve only within the.limits of thb State, and in"
terms of dutr to be prescribed by tlu? Governor, not.
exceeding tlu'ce months- at one, term. 1 hey, or so many
of them as may be at any one time called into service,
maybe organized into infantry, artille'ry or cavalry as
he may "direct, and the infantry ajid artillery may be
mounted if. he shall so delermin'e, the men furnishing
their own horses, and accoutrements and arms, when
approved by the Governor, on such terms as he shall
prescribe.
Sec. 7. He it further enacted, That the Governor may
furnish to said .troops the arms, accoutrements and
ammunition of the State when called as aforesaid into
active service, and shall prescribe rules for their return
and to 'prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the
same.
Sec 8. He it further enacted, That all laws and
clauses of laws .coming within the meaning and pur
view of this act be, and the same'are hereby repealed.
Sec. J. lie it further enacted. That the commissions
of officers of the Militia, called into service by this act,
are suspended only during the period of such service.
Sec. 10. Re it further enacted. Thatnius act snail ue
jn force from the ffate of its ratificaf'on. -Ilatiricd
the 7th day of July. lbtJ.'!.
EDGUWOKTII ".FKMALK SlLillXAUY,
The fill session of this Institution will commence on
the lib of August next.
TF.IJMS Foit Tin-: Skssio.v ok. 20 Wkf.ks: Hoard, in
cltidin wa.-hitiir, lights, fuel, vc , .$220; English Tuition.
S-!"; Mu?ic on the 1'iano, Ifatj. or Guitar, S.'Jo; -Vocal
Music, $12 "ill; Oil Faining, "s:j,0; Drawing, S12 50;
Grecian Fainting, $ir; Ancient and .Modern Lan
guages, each $12 :. .
For further particulars apply to
RICHARD STERL.1NG, Principal;
June 30, 1803 2m-pd
.- 7rriiCK. "
All" persons having claims against Win. J. Cureton,
dee'd, will jiresent the same to the undersigned within
the time prescribed by law; and all those , indebted to
ljinj are requested to call on the undersigned and
make settlement. CV B. CFRETON.
B. J. CL'RETt N
G. W. WILLIAMS,
July C, 1SG3 1m Executors.
TAlIiU.
We have a "Tannery in full operation about six miles
irom C-nailotte, or. the . iiainoatt line. It is a-
first-class Tannery, and we are prepared to purchase,
At market prices, Hides of all descriptions, and Supply
the trade at current prices.
A. II. GRIFFITH,
July 13, 183 tf C. E. BELL.
North Carolina
. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
This deli-btful Summer Resort s now open for the
recejition of visitors, and the public can
ueneut of these valuable waters.
Pkices ok Bo-VRp $5 per day,
S'J8 per week, .
' S?J for four weeks.
We.have a plentiful suppjy of Provisions, aud a good
stock of Ice secured. There is a daily line of Hacks
and Mail from the Western N. C. Railroad to the
Springs. JI. L. R0BARDS,
June 1, 1663
2mpd.
Proprietor.
BLANK DEEDS, Warrants, Ejectments, frc
for sale at this Office.
Printing promptly executed to ordes.
TO COTTON PLANTERS.
I have been appointed by the Secretary of th
have been appointed by the Secretary of
Treasury? Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for
the Confederate Government within the State of North
Carolina, and will pay for the eauieiu 7 per cent Bond;
or Cash. . .
Sub-Agents visiting the different parts of the Suto,
buying in my nama, will .have written certificates of
appointment.
By order of the Seiretaly or the Treasury, all Cot
ton purchased by myself or my agents, on and after
the lsih .Liy of March, 1 803, will be paid for in 1 per
cent Bonds or Cash, and not S percent Hoik's as stated
in a former advertisement. Tp to that time, howevc-i,
the S per cent bonds will be furnished as stated.
P.tt I'll it i - ;r 3 . unltt'
-:0 irotton rathe
n : . -Jwll"o c"
capitalists.
LEWIS S. WILHIA.MS
CHARLOTTE, N. C;
NOTICE ,.
Our terms are four dollar per 3-earln aJrance.
tSf Individual or local shinydasters will not be re
ceived. When sent to us they will bj hld subject 16
the sender's call, and not-returned by letter.
JUSf The Democrat will be diseontitineiifo all sul-icriC
bert at the expiration of the time for which it is faitl.-
Those'who t&fttio4continvctnvet renew before or,ailhe f
piration of their tim&. ' - - -iCT ;''''
BEWARE OF CROAKERS.
An eccentric physician once said, "It is hard to
tell' bile from misery." Our Word "melancholy,"
derived from the Greek, means simply "black
bile." ' Check the functions of the liver, the sys
tem becomes jaundiced, and the whole world looks
yellow. The world has not changed, the eye has.
But there is, so to speak, a liver of the mind as
well as of the body, and the former is much more
easily deranged than the latter. v hen jhe.ment
al hepatic functions ae disorderd, hypochondria
ensues, and the wisest or men becomes a lool full
of'despair. I'3agd5, pestilence and famine, war,
death and taxes mount him like so many night-
marcs, and run hitn at Gilpin speed through an iu-
tenniaable Slough ot Despond. 11 is eyeickers
and droops, his nose acquires i permanent snivel,
his voice eroaks like the voice of an ancient bull
frog. He is diseased as thoroughly as Job was?
only his. boils and scabs are concealed from view
under his brain-pan; and what is worse, bis disease
is both contagious and infectious. Let -him button-hole
you for fi.vo minutes, and you are lost.
Let him tell you his tale, and you are gone forever.
II is words have more poison in them than the sali
va of the lama Peru. You will intone like a rain
crow. The blackness of darkness will cover the
'earth. If you attempt to laugh, your face will
sput like a piece of warped weatherboard ing, or a
chopped lip in winter, or a oegro heel in sum
mer time. The sight of Confederate money will
give you a paisi in the stomach. A jar fly on an
aspen limb will shock you like a 'battery of artille
ry in full blast. All manner of stocks will Jose their
stiffness and appear to you as limber as a cotton
cravat in August. The price of putty will be ap
palling. The child of yours who dares to eat more
than one thin bacon rind for dinner will be regard
ed by you as a murderer. There will be a weak
ness in your knees, you will be water-jointed and
slack-twisted generally. It will occcur to you that
the interest on Confederate bonds ought, to-be 8
per cent, a day, payable iu gold. You wiil look
upon Mr Memmi.nger as a personal enemy and a
lick-pocket. Statistics of the 'durability of old
clothes will'becotne ineffably precious reading to
you. lt will suggest itself to you that the duty of
a wife in war times is either to tuke in washing
and support herself, or else to rduun in bed and
limit herself to one chicken scrag aweek. The
length of the war-and the age of Methuselah will
strike you as identically the same.. There will be
a great many sour grapes this year. Peach fuz
will run you mad, and the plug out of a green wa
termelon will give you the dropsy. You wMl won
der why President Davis don't Come v and explain
things to you, and you will wish that he and his(
Cabinet were hung with a cow-itch vine The
population 'of the North will be four billion,
the" population of the South will be-ab6ut three
hundred and .eleven, mostly infants at the breast
All the grit in the Southern gizzard will turn into
weak ley; and every blade of grass, every leaf in
the forest, and every grain of sand will turn into a
Yankee, armed with a ten iuch columbiad. You
wjll thinlc it high jime : for Gabriel to blow his
horn. Finally, you will take to believing tele
graphic despatches and to borrowing newspapers.
And then you will die.
Beware oT croakers. Rirhnwnd lYJu'y.
B-Bramlettc, Union? candidate for Governor
ot tventucKy, lias
Democrat.
n t r 1
been elected "over Wickliffe,
SALT ! SAIT !
ONE HUNDRED WAGONS WANTED to haul-Salt
from Salty ille,N Va., for the" county otl Mecklenburg".
Liberal contracts will be made. In my absence call
on M. L. WrisU.i at Rock Island Office, or J. II. Wilson
or B. W.' Alexander. D. F. DIXOV,
Salt commissioner for Mecklenburg-county.
July 27, 18t3 3t-pd ' ' , '
Foi-
Lixcoi CocxTY, July 3th, 18G3,
Tbe time is approaching when the voters of this Con
rressiial District w ill be called upon to select some
olie to represent them in the House of Representatives
of the Congress -of the Confederate States. Among
other gentlemen who are qualified and capable of fill
ing that " honorable position, ve ask leave through'
your paper to suggest the name of-Col. R. D. Johnston
as a suitable man to till that office. When the war
first broke out, Col. Johnston was among the first that
w-ent into the service of his country to battle for the
. . , . .f..,. ftl.,n ir
Johnston, and he is 'till in the service'; ami should he
consent to be a candidate, we may be assured he will
perform his whole duty well. MANV VOTGRS.
i July 13. 1863
PICKET DUTY.
The friends of Vigilance and Safety recommend the
name of W. P. BVNUM, of Lincoln county, to be a fit
man to serve in the next Congress.. We appeal to all
eood uatriots to ponder well the Port to which we
are.drifting. MANY VOTERS
Juve 23, 18G
pd
ADIIIMSTRATOR')! NOTICE.
Having taken out letters of administration -de bonis
non on the estate of Uobt. A. Lee, fkceased .all persons
indebted to said estat are requested to make imme
diate payment, and all person having claiiii3 against
toe estate mast present tLem in .due form within the :
tiu prescribed by law or this notice will be -plendjpd iit j
bar of their recovery.
W. F. WIXDLE, Adm'rv
July 2D,.18G3 .lm-pd
NOTICE.
Having taken out letters of Administration on the.
estate ofJ. Peoples, dect-ased, all persons indebted
to said estate-are urgently requested to come forward
ind make immediatepayn:ent. e
Anv person having claims against Ae deceased must
present mem ior scmciuciii, iium lup i - -
by law or this notic wHl be pleaded in bar of their re- 1
roiery. . JAS. H. TfluPLES, Adn.V.
. BATTLE AT HELENA, ARK.
TLc subjoined is the first connected account of
the battle at Helena, Arkansas, that has reached
us -through a Southern source. It will Lessen
that Lieutenant-Gcneral Ilolnie3 of this "b'tate,
was in command The account. is from the Little
Hock TrufM)emocrat of July 8th : "
Gov. Flannagin and Col. G. Pcay have iust ar
rived from the, battle-field near Helena. From the
Governor, who vas at the battle, we.have obtained
-robstanttalij, the followiD" statement iu regard to
Al I . a I At 1 1 . - ---wl. " "
the plan of the attack and its rcsults." Oar forces
were as follows; lagan s brigade of eighteen hun
dred effective men; Parson's of nineteen hundred;
McKae's of thirteen hundred; Marruaduke's of
eighteen hundred and Walker's of one thousand,
making in all about five thousand men. -Besides
th ese forces there was Blocker's battery and some
artiller; attached to Marmaduke's and Walker's
brigades. According Jo the plan of the battle,
Brooks' igiment and Blocker's battery of Fagcn's
brigade .wsre to occupy the attention . of the
Fcdeials ie the bottom below TIeiona, between Hie
hills and theriver; the balance of Pagan's brigade
was to attack the forces in the rifle pits leading to
the fort on he hill near Ilindman's house; Gen.
Price's forces, comprising Parson's and 31cllae's
brigades, were' to attack the fort on the gravevard
hill and Fort Gorman; while Generals Marmaduke
and Walker the latter- on the right were to
attack the fort on the road leading up the river,
called Grant's mill road. Taking the disposition
of the forcess we have given it, commencing be
low the town, thence on the hills back of it around
to'the river above, and some idea may be formed of
the battle-field.' Besides the forts named, there
was Fort tfurtis, situated nearer to the town, and
in the half circle described by the ofhers. The
attack by our forces was to be simultaneous. The
regiment and battery below engaged. the attention
of the eneny according to the plan. General
Fagan's forces, a little in "advance of the others,
commenced the' attack between 4 and 5 a. m.,
passing over and around the spurs of the steep
hills, running into the boitom. He encountered
the enemy in his rifle pits, and drove him from
them successively, under a heavy enfiladiir fire
from the- fort near Ilindman's house and from the
gunboats. His progress was of course slow, but he
reached the fort, aftersuffering perhaps thescverest
loss of any of our for ces, and he succeeded in com
municating with Gen. Pt jce to "his left. His men
were so much exhausted, and his ranks so thinned
that he did not succeed in Inking the fort.
The next fort, on the graveyard hill, was taken.
There were' two guns, in it, one was left in good
order, but the other had z shot rammed in without
powder. While taking this fort our men were ex
posed to the enemy's fire from the fort near Hind
min's house, from Fort Gorman above and from
the gunboat. The cannonading was terrific. We
f iled to take Fort "Gorman it was too strong for
infantry, being the best fort they have. Still
farther above, Marmaduke and Walker drove in
the enemy's pickets, planted their.artillery on the
ridge to command the river, but the enemy found
safety behind the ' levee. The fort on' Grant's
mill road was not taken probably not attached.
The fight having lasted five hours with tbe re
sults stated, when our forces were all' withdrawn in
good order. The enemy remained in his works
and evidently expected - a renewal of the fight.
The da-y was hot and our" troops suffered from want
of water and heavy marching. They had slept
none the previous night. But the time for the at
tack had already passed and there was no tinfe for
delay.
The casualties on our side were about 400 killed
and wounded; the number taken prisoners k.va-
riously estimated, but is not large. Loss of the
enemy not known.
Gen. Holmes acted gallantly during the fight,
and when betook the fort on the graveyard hill,
lie left his position and went into it under a heavy
fire. lie loet the horse which he rode into the
fort. Gen. Price was always with his men, and we
kuow they fought well with the old veteran.
We are unable to give the force of the enemy.
It was ascertained that they were not reinforced
up to the night prior to the attack, though boats
were arriving all day and during the fiht.. iron.
Price sent word to Gen. Holmes that he had been
reliabty informed that the Federals received re
inforcements on the day of the fight, amounting to
fiver tbojsanj. The town was strongly fortified
and the fortifications appeared to have been built
for seme time. Every' approach was stopped up
with fallen timber and abattis work, except down
the river, but they worked all' night before the
fight blockading it.
Tbe attack Was intended to have been made
about. the first of July, and might have been more-
ot a success,' but the rains for ten days previous
were so heavy that the whole country was flooded
and the streams were almost impassable. Gen
Price's little army, led by their indomitable old
chieftan, struggled th rough"tu ud and water for
many davs, and reached the point of attack
only the night before. These delays were una
voidable, and the reinforcements arrived to the
enemy about .thj time the-battle commenced, so
that they could not have been foreseen in the"ca-
culations
The negro troops, thouph protected by rifle pits, ! have never mentioned his name but with interest ' " ' "1 , j,j
and everykind of fortifications, showed the white j and admiration. He has been the bright particd- j c " LB1,nnr'camD.i
feather and fled to the protection of the gunboats. rar star of college tradition. To have belonged to J ln'-. a J
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Our nrmv is vet around Helena, but the cnemv
; :n . . r f V. o , . .f...... -r.rl
Will IlOl vriltUIC uuk v- mwi xtvivuvv.-, uiiu us j
j an open battled
over every highroad of this country; penetrated
every neighborhood, plundered every city and.;
town clean to the Gulf but lost the game. Their j
successors in tyranny will lose lite tgem, uniesij
the descendants of those who lived "in times that t
t-l .I ..f ri.lc" fiar-o infimnnclv Aorronor'itt.A !
Richmond Examiner.
i
Maj- General Hindman has been as?ignpd to
Withers' division of Bra-g's army. " ;
t u e are claa to near mat uie peopie are piiii true ! uiieucci. ui3,ulu,6 va.vt,,,uU .ivu.-i T. pr.nh oecu nation of Mexico will Umi S
land loyal, even around Helena, though all the j the accomplishment of their predjctrons-hiouro ,on,r aS be ncceMtr. ure forew in thr
j fences and houses for five or six -miles from it are for him now as Tor a son whoc like thrir declin- lontTJ the opcration 0f tn honest and regul
j destroyed, and little or no crops are being made , ing years will never again sec. , . ' I GoTernrucnt. The people themselves woulJ erenl
within a circuit ot fifteen or twenty. miles irom tlie ; lei nc aiea as ne wouia nave cnown, uu w , be calldJ upon to decide. Io every ca
town. . ' the thousands of the flower of our land who hare i pface WoUld take possession of Sooora, and woul
j faien ,n j,er dfer,ce, of none may it be said were nnm Ar lh rf,rtMttflumt r;n . vnJ
t n.. . -i t i . ii.. :-... a mjii ' " -
A Lesson fkom history. i ne British ran , iruiy man oi jonnsioo rcw.jt.". V ;.! militarv station for the DroUcUon of her commeri
From tbe Ralfigh Register.
THE LATE GEN. PETTIGREW."
j In the untimely death of Gen. Pettigrew, North
LCarolica mourns a young man, of extraordinary
natural gifts aud attainments of whom it lVno ex
travagant eulogy to siy. that, had he been spared,
Lis' riper years would, have a5ded a lustre to the
annals of his country! It is hoped that a lasting
memorial of him, oao-which shall do him ample
justice,
will oe prepare'! by nttinx hands, but
I meanwhIe eTn arapid glai.ee at the brief story
0I-f)ls me. wn' 8Il0W now eAt7 pre-fimncnce
4 IMQ AAIT M Idf .A A n 4 - a m AAlala
j was acknowledged; and hew steadily "it advanced
and was maintained. v v
James Johnston PJtigrev was the son. of the
Hon. Ebenezer Pettigr&w, and grandson of Charles
Pettigrew, first Bishop elect of the P. E. Church
in North Carolina, vllo graduated at the Univer
sity in 1847tin about the nineteenth year of his
age. President Polk and Judge Mason, Secretary
of the Navy, were'present at the commencement
ex'etcises, and were so much impressed by young
Pettigrew's appearance on that occasion, as to ten
der him a position in the National Observatory,
and urged its acceptance With an earnestness that
would take no denial. In .the Observatoryas in
the University, his high reputation for ability and
extraordinary proficiency, especially in the severer
Mathematical Sciences, was fully sustained. The.
profession of the law, howe'var, being his ultimate
aim, he became the pupil of his distinguished
cousin, the late James L. Pettigru, of Charleston,
and the extent to which he commanded the confi
dence f that most accomplished jtirist, was shown
by his admission into afco-partnership with him
very soon, if not immediately after" his admission J
to the bar.
We have no meairs of ascertaining the precise
dates which -chronicle his rapid, and upward pro
gress in public estimation. He served a session or
two in the South Carolina Legislature, and made a
marked impression there. " II is report in-opposition
to the slave trade, and his speech in favor of a
Bill which ave tbe existing organization, to the
Supreme Court, won- for him more than a local
reputation. The latter was pronunccd by compe
tent judges to compare- well with any spccimeii of
pariiamentry eloquence that had been displayed
that year in either the State or National Legislature.
To such abilities' already so cultivated and
heightened, ha added the further advantages of
foreign travel and study. II is literary tastes and
pursuits kept pace with the severer Studies of law
and of science. There were few thidgs within the
range of human capacity that . he did not attempt,
and in whatever he undertook he c.rccltal.
In the first agitation of the secession question in
South Carolina, he foresaw that war was inevita
ble, and with the same ardor and success that at
tended every effort of his mind, he applied him
self to the acquisition ot military science, and re
visited Europe for the express purpose of availing
himself of every advantage to be derived from the
study and observation of European military tac
tics, more particularly in the French army. His
career since (he war began is well known, and has
been as brilliant as brief. He served first in South
Carolina Colonel of the South Carolina ltifles
but as the war progressed, he came back home, as
most men -would fain do in time of trodble, to hit
own nwtJwr, and " North Carolina welcomed her
gifted son. In the course'of the war, and after
the fall of Sumter, in which he bore a conspicuous
part, he onlisted as a private in Hampton's Legion
rid while in this Legion, theu in Virginia, he
was elected by acclamation 'Colonel, of tho 12th
llcginien North Carolina Troops, which was after
wards, in the new classification, numbered as - the
22d North Carolina Troops, anu which has won so
many honors oa the field. ll is management of
this regiment is understood fo have been i"yu
in its superiority and its success. The energy
with which he threw himself into the work of
drilling, and by strict personal attention educating
every man in .it to be a soldier, anituati'ti" thetu
with one spirit and inspiring them with an intense
devotion to himself, was an exemplification of what
he was in every other pursuit of. his life. At the
bar, as a student, as a statesman, and in all that
charms in social life, he had ever been foremost
he fiad failed In nothing and now ut the last, as t
a soldier, he Was a model.
We cannot but think that in the warm personal
attachment of his men to him, in his ability to
inspire love, he showed 'that he was possessed of
the very highest attributes of genius. For twenty
men that ore admirable, there is not ore' loveable.
And he returned the devotion which he inspired.
He declined the office of BrigaTier-Generul, till
it wa3 arranged that his own regiment should be
long to his brigade. It is inuchcvcn to rfeterve
success in life. Few men do more. Juhnston
Pettigrew rfbt only deserved but won it.
And now, his son has gone down while it is yet
dav. The noble aspirations are qufnehed, the
transcendent gifts of nature and of cultivation .are
dust and ashes. "How is the strong tafl broken,
and. the beautiful rod !" In thisquiet epot, far re
moved from the agitations and vicissitudes of ac
tive life, safe as yet from war's alarms, thie why
remembered th.slender and graceful youth who
bore away all college honors without an effort,
whose ingenuous simplicity of manner- disarmed
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bis class was a distinction, tp have even contended t
n th aronn with him was held, tn he an hnnnr. l
j The venerable men who guided and nurtnrcd that
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solum clarrtate tnfa,it eiiamopjr, un,,n i
University of North Carolina, July 23, 103.
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Ttrrwic aviso the Mississippi. t,oI. Matt !
Tt,.L ,nnk one-Yankee transport and d babied !
. n !!l - tUtt Ui.a'o'nn! viva .
nv . . . . .1 J "
ium ith inst. It is bored that tne success ci
1 this movement will cause numbers or light artillery
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batteries to be organized at once
purpose.
; to be organized nt once tor ine same
i purpose.
CONSOLIDATION AND MILITARY
DESPOTISM.
Nothing is more absurb and preposterous thm
the prttauled apprehension of conaolidation and
military despotism in the South. Each State, in
the exercise of admitted sovereignty, acceded for
itself from the late Un1yn, and whether nnjnstlr
dealt with oppressed, or not, may, in the xerciA
of its discrctioo, secede from the Confederacy.
Such is the theory resulting from our. history as a
separate Confederacy. But there art facts, pbynl'
cal, undeniable facts. In the case;' worth ten times
all theories in the- wrM.V&aeJ?.ttt it ornl jd.
ly and anatouiicaTTyV complete political 'body or
nation. It hai its executive, legislative, andju
dicial departments, its militia, its distinct sutute
and common law, and is in all -respects a thorough
ly orgaiited" and complete nation; preparvd at ell
times to assert and maintain aU once its indepcu .
dence ajd separate nationality.
It was owing to this organic, physical sovereign
ty or nationality of ach State that secession ws s
so easy a matter. So long as this Stato organizi
tion remains, each State roast be sovereign, no
m titer what Union or Confederate constitutions ba
superimposed; for their sovereignty is a physical
fact, and they have "each its territory, its peop!?,
and its army, (militia,) to defend its rights. Un
ions and Confederacies are mere matters' of ?on
tract, constructive nationalities, States or nations
on paper, without a people or a territory. Stato
sovereignty or nationality is a physical fact wbioS
no writing, charter, or confederation can destroy or
invalidate so long as that national organisation xe.
mains. To consolidate them, or establish over
thera a military despotism, you munt first fuse their
populations into one by destroying their national
organization, as England did with Sootlaud and
Ireland.
If a military despotism be attempted overstates
thus nationally organised, it cannot succeed; but
tho attempt may, as in Mexico, bring about con
tinual civil- wars and 'revolutions. .This is what
the North has fo dread: not stable, consplidated
despotism, but sectional civil wars. She fears to
make peace with us, because such a peace would
beget war at home. She has new a military des
potism, brought over her by tho abolition State
Governments, the Black .Republican Congress, and
by Welles, Stanton and Chase. Lincoln is the
puppet in the hands of these parties).' A common
hatred of the South, and a common 'rapacity aud
cupidity, noT combine them under self-impost J
military despotism to make war upon and rob us.
They fear that when the war is over, their (Jrdoa
will fall asunder, and they will begin to war on ooi
another. Hence their desperate pertinacity.
At tho South, nobody really believes or appre
hends danger of a military despotism or consul! Ji
lion, either whilst the war continues or after it Is
over. Wc arc one people, and shall continue oni.
people, from taste, feeling, choice and common in
terests; not from compulsion; for any State may
secede when it shall judge that its interests rcquiro
it Richmond Sentinel.
THE YANKEES IN ALABAMA.
North Alabama up to the 22d of July, at which j?
time' the Yankee's were devastating that section of '
country. The Advertiser ssys: f;
The Yankees captured Hontsville on the 12th j
ult. , -and left on the 20th 8 o'clock, returning
towards Foycttcville and ' iffocbcatea, and rni
brigade going through Jaclion county. Tho f
force with which they captured -Huntsvillo wna H
from 0,000 -to 8,000 strong, all cavalr', finely I
mounted, splendidly armed and adnfirably di: 1'.
ciplincd. They left after staying eight dsyj,
promising to return in ten or twclvo days at.d in- i
htitute the rules in forco in Nashville! Ptrjn;'! lj
the citizens were not molested; and all w.-.s qule?, I
and orderly. Privates wcro not allowed thn la.x- ?
ury of stealing from or abusing the citizcr.s, nv 'j
insulting . them in language. Bat corn, oatj. ;
wl eu, bicon, horses, cattle, moles, tofescco, sugnr, p
Stato fait, &c-, were taken most lavishly by mill- ;
t&ry authorities, and rcccipta given, "pnysbl 'i
hereafter as the Government-may diiccL"-rt thtir i
own prices; and negro men were taken from 13 to I,
45 to work on fortifications, as they sail--in sot.-vo
instances giving receipts for them as taken foPlhe f
"use of 4he -United State." About 500 negro I"
men were carried off, and many women and'
children followed. Many of the oegroes escaped
and arcttill escanincr from them. It was a nl'
citrht to see sue n a vast amount or. property c&rricai
off from the country before the eyes of the people,';
and to know that they would probably soon rftfurn
to finish the work. The Provost Marshal rey
marked that they swept clean, and they did in'
some cases. They promited to leave eacn furmcri
tiro males or horses as a 'tram to do his hauling'
and all bis work with! They were expected ti
cross the river and get into Georgia, South Alaba
ma and Mississippi whetthey returned. j
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'Aftvr.nsiTY the Test of Fortitude. The
reverses brought upon as should be accepted a -the
test of our fortitude and our strength? Hera
tofore our greatest achievements have follawcc
clfe upon our. most embarrassing sitdstioas
ouht
m It
uiiucume biiu pcrn uam cu, ,ct
n:r.-..i.:. j :i l .
failed V
brintr out the true snint and eoeriT of tho-South
they tail us now. lit ion
o is conclude J va shall havi
encourajring news io eiaie ine conuueni
i: t?:,i.,7 n...i
elate the confident and cbet
!?
Permanency of French Occupatior
m'litarv f ut I An Tar th nrnttif
a0( 0f nch Frenchmen as might go there tor
fciJc. We understand that already the l3ovet
njCn iscallins the attention of capitalists to n
merous sources of 'wealth to be caploifed in th
munificent conntrr. This appeal to Indast
.t . ..I mhhIiUm k...
and the scadioz of troops tod munitions that r
being got" ready io our arsenals and ports, art o
ature to lead to tbe belief that tbe Govsmmc
ezoeets to be installed at Mexico for quite a Io
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