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"W E8TEBN DBMOOBAT, EARLY TO HIS TROOPS. " The following is an address from Lieut. Gen TCarlv fcr the, troora of his command : -j - t ITkadquarters Valley District, October 22, 1864 Soldiers of the Army of the Valley: I had hoped to have congratulated you on the splendid victory won by you on the morning of the 19th at J5elle Urove, on tJedar ureea, wnen you - i fSh,;(j,B'. ormr- hrk miles the remaining corns. capturing eighteen pieces of artillery, one thou - 5. .. nnn.hr r.inr. . large quantity of small arms, and many wagons and ambulances, with the entire camps of the two rout el corps; but I have the mortification of announc ing to you that, by your'subsequent misconduct, U the benefits of that victory were l3t and a seri ous disaster incurred. Had you remained stead fast to your duty and your colors, the victory would have been one of the most brilliant and de cisive of the war: you would have gloriously re trieved the reverses' at Winchester and Fisher's Hill, and entitled ypurselves to the admiration and gratitude of your country. But many of you, in cluding some commissioned officers, yielding to a disgraceful propensity for plunder, deserted jour colors to appropriate to yourselves the abandoned property of the enemy, and subsequently those who had previously remained at their posts, seeing their raiks thinned by the absence of the plunder . ers, when the enemy, late in the afternoon, with his shattered columns, made but a feeble eilort to retrieve the fortunes of the day, yidtied to a ueed less panic and fled the field iu confusion, thereby converting a splendid victory into a disaster. Had ..any respectable number of you listened to the ap peals made to you and made a stand, even at the last moment, the disaster would have been aver ted, and the substantial fruits of victory secured; but under the insane dread of being flanked and a panic-stricken terror of the enemy's cavalry, you would listen to no appeal threat or order, and al lowed a small body of cavalry to penetrate to our train and carry off a number of pieces of artillery and wagons, which your disorder left unprotected. You have thus obscured that glorious fame won in conjunction with the gallant men of the Army of Northern Virginia, who still remain proudly defi ant in the trenches around llichmoud and Peters burg. .Before you can again claim fc them as com ; rades, you will have to erase from your escutch eons the blemishes which now obscure them; and this you can do if you will but be true to jour for mer reputation, your country and your homes. You have fought at .Manassas, Richmond, Sharps burg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys burg, and from the llderncss to the banks of James river; and especially you who were with the immortal Jackson iu all his triumphs, are ca pable of better things. Arouse yourselves, then, to a sense of manhood and appreciation of the cause in which you are engaged! Yield to the mandates of discipline; resolve to stand by your colors in future at all hazards, and you can yet re trieve your reputation and strike effective blofts . for your country and its cause. Let every man epurn from him the vile plunder gathered on the ..field of iho 10th; and let no man, whatever his rank, whether combatant or non-combatant, dare : exhibit bid spoils of that day. They will be badges of his dishonor, the insigiiiu of his disgrace The officer who pauses in the career of victory to place a guard over a sutler's wagon, for his private use, is, as bad as a soldier who halts to secure for him self the abandoned clothing or money ol a flying foe, -and tbey both sell the honor of the army and the blood of their country for a paltry price. He who follows his colors into the ranks ot the enemy in pursuit of victory, disdaining the miserable pas sion forgathering booty, comes out of the battle with his honor untarnished, and, though barefoot ed and ragged, is far more' to be envied than ho lli;;f is ladencd with rich spoils, gathered in the traii of his victorious comrades. There were some t xocptions to the general misconduct on the alter i.con of the 19th, but it would be difficult to speci fy them all. Let those who did their duty be sat-it-ficd with the consciousness of having done it, and mourn that their efforts were paralyzed by the misbehuvior of others. Let them be consoled, to some extent, by the reflection that the enemy has nothing to boast of on his part. The artillery and wagous taken were not won by his valour. His camps were destroyed, his army terribly shattered and demoralized, his losses far heavier than ours, even in proportion to the relative strength of the armies, his plans materially impeded, and he was unable to pursue by reason of his crippled condi tion. Soldiers, of the army of the Valley, I do not speak to you in anger; I wish to f peak in kind ness, though iu sorrow. My purpose is to show you the causes of our late misfortune, and point out the way to avoid similar ones in future, and ensure success to our aims. Success can only be secured by the enforcement and observance of the most rigid discipline. Officers, whatever their rank, must not only give orders, but set the exam ple of obeying them, and the meu must follow that example. Fellow-soldier., I am ready to lead you again in defence of our common cause,, and I ap peal to you by the remembrance of the gloiious career in which you have formerly participated by the woes of your bleeding country, the ruined homes and devastated fields you sec around you, the cries of anguish which come up from the wid ows aud orphans of your dead comrades, the hor rors which await you and all that is yours in the future if your country is subjugated, and your hopes of freedom for yourselves and your posterity, to render a cheerful and willing obedience to the rules and discipline, and to shoulder your musket again with the aetcrDjtoation never more to turn your backs upon the vfbe, but to battle like men and soldiers until the lasVyestisre of the footsteps oi our Daroarous and crul enemies is erased from the soil they desecrate," , and the independence of he independence of :ou will do this and ofajustandmerei - '.ill ,i k w our country established. It yo reiy upon tne protecting, care lul Uod, all will be well; you will again be what you onee were, and I will be., proud to lead you ouco more to bsttlo. J. A, EARLY, . Lieutenant General. 5- Confederate credit, if the papers are to be be ieved. is manv tim? hofrpr in P,.l:1rl tu,n ; is in the Confederacy. Nay ' - i-i . it is better every- ! where that it is received at all, than it Li at home ! The last accounts from Rurnn. (WpWnt i,n,ia ! AN ADDRESS PEOM GEN. were worth CO cts. in the dollar. At Memphis ' Src1 suffering among his troops, and at other points on the Mississippi, Confederate 1 ,1lat therc 's "ot a mnremer auiong n"e iminor currency is worth 17 cts. in the dollar But with- tal ncrocs v lhe? rress forward to danger and to in our own lines, where every dollar of currency hberi hatlcsf!' coatles, bootless, moneyless, ready ought to be worth, and if our people ami -overn-' to eDdurc a11' and to Lravc alL'fur the 8ake of a ment would say so, and pursue a wise policy," would ; more blessed booD ,han al1 these Liberty! be worth a dollar in gold, it now ranges f rom 3 to 1 S'J AN HOPE. 5 cts. in the dollar. What a shame upon us! What ' r-,T .. o i, " t u r : .....L..- i Guiliord Superior Court In the case of vV,s .c.y,. -uue. ; ; U !,rn T.f Vvi lm...i ! rWtroll Jihl, ,;tv h I nnnmnfpH .I,in,.r! 1. Tt,:..t o . ' Ji vr.i 'V:- I tut; j.u;iu iiimv vuiu?, .iiuiy VI .XUItlil.nl t I r- ginia.- Raleigh Confederate. Terrible Calamity. Six thousand persons were recently crushed to death by the falling of a .thareli at St. Petersburg. " - FROM GEN. HOOD'S ARMY. Correspondence of the Columbia Carolinian. -" Jacksonville, Ala., October 1C I do net now precisely remember at what point v,....- i-r. .u. " fr,. H,1 w mv i:inl in i r ir.ii 1 1 . jiiujv we .a.m.vvfv wm skub V 1.1? . i- a.,.1. i story 01 His extraordinary nan movement ia bo i interesting that portions ot it repeated win De read .-i j : I 1 i W1T P 'V,U. ,i LZ!?r:"-u a i ilibtri luvuuiuibuuaic aiiava iwa .wvuw j t - - . -7 ! French s division, of Stewart s corps, in wmcn tuat rasn anu precipitate out gaiiaui ucuerai uau . . 1 I ". ,. L..1. II I 1 I I 000 men killed wounded and captured, the army 1 eunqueu iu uc r ", V I did not again strike the railroad until it reached the vicinity of Balton. Here Gen. Hood attacked and carried the enemy s works, the towo, garrison, and stores. The first impressions of this battle only are at hand, and no effort at details would now be correct. From thence our army appears to have marched back to Iteeaca, ten miles, de stroying the railroad, and, at the time I write, that place is either in our hands or closely invested. There were two cavalry -engagements near Rome on Wednesday and Thursday, in which Armis tead's and Harrison's brigades were engaged and defeated by a superior force of the enemy. For the number of men engaged, our loss was very se vere; but we inflicted a heavy los3 ugon the enemy. And this comprises all the fightiug that has taken place recently. Our reverses at Altoona and Home are two-fold more than made up by the success of the main army at Dal ton, and the effectual cutting of the enemy's communications between Atlanta and Chattanooga. We must have destroyed all of fifty miles of that railroad. The march of Gen. Hood's army from Palmetto to Dalton has been very rapid. The distance is all of 110 miles, which was passed over in thirteen d;iys. It was the intention of Gen. Sherman to so strongly fortify Atlanta that a small garrison could successfully resist a legion of assailants, to re or ganize and recruit his army from the draft of 500, 0l0, and wheu autumn leaves. were falling, march down the iMacon and Western Railroad, and flrce our army into South-western Georgia. It was the impression among all his subaitei us .that he would winter in Alacou, antl there oitu or dictate peace, or in the spring take the field for further aggress ive movements. lis plans were not all matured, however, else there was some difference betwixt him and Lincoln; for he left his army and weut to Washington for the purpose of consultation. He was either there or on the mid when Gen. Hood struck his rear just above Marietta. Whether Sherman has the transportation and the rations to make a move to the rear of Hood, will be determined in the future. Of one thing for a certainty, Gen. Hood has thrown everything upon the turn of a single die. If he is successful, all Northern Georgia will be cleared of the enemy, and the situation reversed back to what it was when Johnston retreated from Ialton. If other wise, let conjecture say the rest. October 17th. Events crowd so thick and fast, that it is difficult indeed to distinguish them one tiom tne otner, ana sun rorwaru .xortnward, on ward goes the army of Tennessee. The railroad from Big Shanty to Itinggold is well destroyed. It is true, that some of the garri sons at intermediate points were marched around, but Dalton, Tilton and several other important points have been taken. Gen. Hood reached the former place on Thursday last, and demanded an unconditional surrender, granting Col. Johnson five minutes to haul down his flag. The Colonel begged for his negro garrison, that they would be treated as prisoners of war that private property would be respected that officers should be parol ed, &c all of which, in consequence of his sol diers being our slaves, was peremptorily refused, and at the expiration of the five minutes, "thegel orious old flag" trailed in the dust and Southern banners were unfurled upon the forts and upon the houses of Dalton. The negroes were eight hun dred in number and the white men two hundred and fifty, making over one thousand in all. They were all rigged out in full Yaukee uniforms. The darkies were at once stripped cf their over-coats and boots by our boys, and put to work burning cross-ties and twisting rails. It must have been two days before that, when Tilton, with three hun dred and fifty prisoners, was taken. As soon as Dalton fell, the army resumed the march towards Chattanooga, and the last heard from it, the right rested at Lafayette, arid the left at Ringgold. It is not thought, however, that Chattanooga will be attacked, as General Hood is endeavoring to economize the lives of his soldiers as much as possible in Northern Georgia, for the purpose of being more effective in our adjoining State of Tennessee. The opinion is universal that he wiil speedily cross that river at a point below Chattanooga and march towards Nashville. General Sherman won the reputation both among his own people and ours, that he was a great strate gist; but iu the recent operations, General Hood completely out-generaled him. A division of cav alry under Armstead, was sent to the Coosa, near Rome, to which point it was known the Yankee army was marching for the purpose of intercept ing ours. Our aimy had, however, already passed North." When tbe cavalry came in si" dr. the Yan- kee army, thinking it the advance of General Hood, deployed in regular lines of httle, posted reserves, flankers, threw up breastworks, etc. The cavalry skirmished and fought for two days before their real strength was found out, when the Yan kee army advanced and routed them, of course. But while they won the victory o squadron, Hood gained four d-v-' tbera, for they were obliged to tail i ston, and from thence go up the' road It is to be regretted that General i he little upc : to Kin Hood's armv is so badly provided with blankets and shoes in this extraordinary movement. Whole reriments are barefooted, while blankets with any of the men is rather the exception than the rule. And there 1 18 """" lDan l And th i "re some T,menPS aVDOt bCQ paid l" :tCC?.mr.llhf - 0f corse. then, the men h nothing in the way of money, with which to r fif- have money, with which to pur chase elothinir themselves. There are manv hun- i dreds of men here and in camp at Blue Mountain, j for thtf want of proper outfits. They are full of ! enthusiasm and anxious to join the advancing army, ar.e "pt Da oy the cause indicated. 'Ihe w,na 18 aireauy com ana cniuing in these naoun- i . . tainS 8"d u.nlcM the couctry promptly forwards t,iesefuPP,iesi or en- Hood goes into Tennessee J ana Kentucky and captures them, there will be the State vs. Wyon Kobeson, for tha murder of 1 Mrs. Alston in a collison on the North Carolina ! Uailroad, the defendant offered in affidavit to re- tZ ' whr h- T8Imdav,tTt0e ' case whereupon his Honor Judge . irected it - to be removed, and lorsyth as a "reed unon bv the counsel fnr thn : move the French directed county was agreed upon by the counsel for tbe prosecution and defence. It was ordered that the case should 6taud for trial on Tuesday. Greens, boro' Citizen. ; . ' THE FIGHTINGS AROUND PETERS BURG AND RICHMOND. Petersburg, Oct. 27. The enemy with a force of cavalry, artillery. -and three corps of infantry, the za, otn. ana io, moveu mis uju. u.u- - c . ' - tour on our extreme right, driving in ouravaIry and occupying Boydton plantation, near Burgess mill, seven miles below here. Our forces were dis- i nosed to meet them and considerable fighting e niTDiin en- -. hnrtrnan sued between 4 o clock and uigbt. ine enemy at nh'ht still held the plank road, and we hat-e cap tured about 60 prisoners from the 2d corps. This nirtvp places the enemy further from the South- side road than they were before. ; 6iae roaa luan luJ WCiC October 28 Last nijibt about dark the enemy charged our works on Baxter road,- capturing a smali portion of them, from which they were quick ly dislodged, with tbe loss of about a dozen prison ers. Our loss small. Lieut. Col. Harrison of Wise's brigade, was captured by the enemy. About 10 o'clock, last eight, the enemy' ; charged our works on the Jerusa'em plank road, capturing a part of our picket line and driving iu the rest of it. About 12 o'clock, however, the HpeSraa re-established in this part. ' In the fight of yesterday evening, on the Boy den plank road below here, three battle flags were captured from the enemy and about 200 prisoners taken. General Lee's OJiial Dispatches. Richmond, Oct. 28. Gen. Lee's official dis patch last nipht, says the enemy crossed Ilowau's creek below Burgess' mill and forced back the cavalry. In the afternoon Hetb attacked, and at first drove them back, but found theru in too strong force. . Afterwards the enemy attacked him and were repulsed. 1 Tbey still hold the plank road at Burgess' mill. Heth took some colors and pri soners. The movement of the enemy against: our left to day was repulsed. Two attacks upon our lines were made one between Henrico poor house and the -Charles City road, and the other on the Wil liamsburg road. Several hundred prisoners and fiur stand of colors were captured. Our loss very slight. On the 25th, Col Mosby, near Bunker Hill, captured Brig Gen. Duffie, several other prison ers, and a number of horses, and killed a number of the enemy. He sustained no loss. Richmond, Oct. 28 The followfhg official dis patch was received from General Lee lovhight: Hill reports that the attack of Heth, yesterday, at the Boydton plank road, was niada by Mahone with three brigades in front, and at the same time by Hampton in the rear. Mahone caniured three stand cf colors and six pieces of artillery. TheJ latter could not be brought off, as the enemy were holding the bridge. In an attack subsequently by the enemy Mahone broke through their fine of bat tle, and during the night the enemy retired from the Boydon road, leaving their wounded and 250 dead on the field. About 9 p. m., a small force assaulted and took possession of our works on Battery road, in front of rctersburg, but were soon driven off.'4jt On the Williamsburg road, yesterday, Field cap tured upwards of 400 prisoners and 7 stand of col ors. The enemy left a number of dead in front of our works and retired to their former position. R. E. Lee, General. PROCLAMATION Appointing a Day fur Public Worship. It is meet that the people of the Confederate Statc3 should, from time to time, assemble to ac knowledge their dependence on Almighty God, to render devout thanks for His manifold blessings, to worship His Holy name, to bend in prayer at His footstoof, and to accept with reverent submission the ehastening of EJ is All-wise and All-merciful Providence. Let us, then, in temples and in field, unite our voices in recognizing, with adoring gratitude, the manifestations of His protecting care in'the many signal victories with which our arms have been crowned, in the fruit fulness with which our land has been blessed, and in the unimpaired energy and fortitude with which He has inspired our hearts and strengthened our arms in' resistance to the iniquitous designs of our enemies. And let us not foTget that, while graciously vouchsafing to us His protection, our Bins have merited and received grievous chastisement; that many of our best and bravest have fallen in battle; that many others are still held in foreign prisons; that large districts of our country have been de vastated with savage ferocity the peaceful homes destroyed and helpless women and children driven away in destitution; and that with fiendish malig nity the passions of a servile race have been exci ted by our foes into the commission of 'atrocities from which death is a welcome escape. ' Now, therefore, I Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do issue this my proclamation, setting apart WEDNESDAY, the sixteenth day of November next, as a day to be specially devoted to the worship of Almighty God: and I do invite and invoke all the people of these Confederate States to assemble on the day aforesaid, in their respective places of public wor ship, there to unite in prayer to our Heavenly lather, that He bestow His favor upon us; that He extend over us the protection of His almighty arm, that He sanctify His chastisement to our im provement, so that we may turn away from evil paths a.-id walk righteously in his sight; and that He may restore peace to our beloved country, beal- ; in" its bleeclui" wounds, and securing to ns the continued enjoyment of our own right of self-government and independence; and that He will gra ciously harkcu to us, while we ascribe to Him the power and glory of our deliverance. Given under my hand and the seal of the Con federate States, at Richmond, this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and Mxty-four. JEFFERSON DAVIS. From the Columbia Carolinian. BIG CORN. Charlotte, N. C, October 19, 18G4. I see in your issue of yesterday, a notice of some "extra corn" tbe feed of which can be obtained in your city the ears measuring from fifteen to I sixteen inches in length, one of them having, j teen rows of sixty-six grains, making a total of nine hundred and ninety grains for a single car. j iSyw, sir, in the nrst place, I will wager a small amount, say the tenth of a bushel of the aforesaid extra corn, that uo ear eat) be found having fifteen or auv odd number nf -nwa nnUs ih .M VJl 7 L I ; ,;. ' u V 7 f 6 P?,UtJ ..... uu,,.g ..oie ungm ot the ear; and, in the second place, I will double tbe bet, that i can produce corn (nothtng extra, eith-! er,) that will average from ten hundred and' fifty to cJeccahuudred grains per ear.. After reading the above account of Mr Poor's : CTD 1 valkJcdLout to barn, aod picking up two j ears, counted the rows and grains. One had twen- i ty rows of fifty-eie'ht grains total, 1,160 grains-! k ii,A s;ni.t. r:. r . . . i ( uc uuui (igiiiii iuhj ui BiAij-iuur grains total ! ; 1,152; total of both ears, 2,312 grains. And vet grains. And vet ! mis corn is not equai to mat ot many or my rjeigh- ori. A Wecklenbcbo (N. C.) Farmer. J . 1. . . I THE ACTION OF THE GOVEBNOBS Tbe Meetiogtf the Governor, which took place last week is over, and; its proceedings are before the public. Neither the consideration of proposi- tions irom tne governors oi tne lortn-west, nor a plan for tha Convention of the , States,' nor the claims of Gov. Brown and Gov." Vance tor the au thorship of the Georgia platform, seem to have eu gaged the consideration of that meeting. It ap Dears to have bee'n aa eminently practical convoca tion of statesmen, in which the tricks of the politi cian as well as tbe lanciee of day-drenmers, were ljrnoreu. 1 The resolutions of course will be the subjeot of animadversion by some, and of approval by others. The meeting did simply what it bad a right to do, without assuming power3 that it did not 'possess, or dictating to the Confederate authorities about matters beyocd ita province. The " resolutions, perhaps, embody what each individual Governor held prior to the meeting, but they have this ad vantage, in pledging to the country unity of ac tion, so far as the Legislatures of the several gtates will endorse them, backed by the moral weight which unity always carries with it. Let us briefly examine tbe resolutions: -: ' 1. The first resolution is one of ncouragement to our people, giviug them assurances that no. cause exists in the present couditioa of our affairs, fori any abatement in our zeal and purpose to prose cute the war to the securing of a peace, based on the independence of the Confederacy; at the sarrie time pledging their'best efforts to increase the ef fective force of our armies. It will be said that it was a war meeting, and that the Governors are pledged to a continuance of the war. What less could they have done? What more could they have been expected to do? Suppose they had re solved that the war should cease? Suppose they bad initiated a scheme looking to peace, other than one to be effected by carrying on the war? What avail would it have been? What force would it have carried with it? Can any sane man give a valid reason why they should have resolved upon peace? nave they any right or the States to help toem under lue uonstitution, to abandon tne war, so long as the North is determined to prosecute it and the Confederate Government to resist? Would they have been true to the cause or to' the people, even to have intimated that they were ready abandon the war? ' 2. The second resolution asserts what no one can deny, that the interests of the States in this struggle are identical, and that they should assist each other in repelling the foe. In order to do this more effectually, they agree to propose to the several Legislatures to repeal the present laws which prohibit the Executives from sending State troops into an adjoining State, temporarily, when the exigency urgently requires it. The proposi tion is not, that State troops may be put even tem porarily beyond the control of the Executive of the State to which they belong, but that in certain emergencies, the Executives may order them be yond the line, for certain purposes. For instance, in the event that Yankee troops were to force them selves in Gen. Lee's rear and be advancing into Mecklenburg county, Virginia, with the apparent design of crossing the Roanoke into this State. The Roanoke would afford the best point to check them. .If there were no Confederate forces on this side the Roanoke, Gov. Vance under the present law could not order the State troops into the coun ty of Mecklenburg lying this side the river, but must wait at tbe State line until the enemy ad vanced, before he could attempt to check-them. Again, if Wilmington were attacked and it was not in tbe power of Gen. Lee to render assistance, and our own State force were an insufficient re-in-forccment, Gov. Bonham, of South Carolina, though he might have a strong force at his com mand, could not under existing laws render any assistance. It is to meet exigencies of this kind, that the Executives propose this change. 3. The third resolution very properly urges upon the authorities of the Confederacy to place all the able-bodied men already in the service, in the front, whose places can be filled in the several depatt ments, in the provost guards &C, by disabled men, and the dispensing with the passport system except in the immediate vicinity of the great armies. It expresses a decided purpose to use proper exertions to increase the strength of the Confederate and State forces, but we do not understand this as in- timating any purpose to favor the placing of any portion of the State forces under Confederate au thority. We are quite sure when the rolls of the State force in the Adjutant General's office of this State come to be carefully examined, it will be found that it is already too small to allow of dimin ution; especially in view of the aid it can render to the general cause, by the protection of our fron tier or coast. .4. The fourth resolution agrees to recommend to the Legislatures the passage of strinsjent laws for tne arrest and return of deserters and from the Confederate or State troops. stragglers 5. This resolution suggests the duty of all slave owners to remove their male slaves from the neigh borhood of the enemy on his approach, and recom mends the passage of laws making it the duty of the proper authorities to remove them when the owners fail to do so. The obvious necessity for this must be seen by every one. It is unfortunate that it was not done in the beginning of the war. Of'course we understand the proper authorities suggested, to mean the State authorities. 6 The sixth resolution has been interpreted by some to favor the idea recently broached of arming the slaves to fight our battles. Such an idea we are assured was not entertained by the-meeting It simp'y.favors tho idea of employing slaves by the consent of their owners, on fortifications, or as cooks, teamsters, ambulance drivers, rfc. T . , , ,- , ., The seventh resolution wnl be generally en- dorsed by the people of the States. The denial by ! Congress to the otates, the right to export their ! products and to import articles for State use and for the clothing of troops, &c , except under such j restrictions as amount to a prohibition, is monstrous, i Io view of the assistance rendered the Coofede- j racy by the States during this war, so long as they were permitted to'run the blockade, it would stem ! tho (Wederate authorities nncrbt fa rrr, it ! w K mw -v 1 promote far as possible. Lastly, they resolve that it is their firm and un- alterable purpose to maintain our right of self-gov- eroment and to establish our independence and to uphold the rights and sovereignty of the States, or to perish in the attempt. And let all the say, So mote it be. people I T- bnc Krlofltr ATnn:n -.i : 1 . 3 1 ' t 1 I con.cla?,on we mU!,t 8a7 we indorse them m whole and in part, as we understand them. Tbe resolu- tions are thoroughly practical, judicious, well-timed , and eminently patriotic. Ilavin the endorsement of Gov. Brown on the one hand and Go? Smith on the other, perhaps the two extremes' in lhe urbih vA ih f-ioo v .i, .. i l MIL. ..it.- .-..! presSme they will be acceptable . to M.-RaUiak Conservative nauig ' - " mi . .1 ..... The "fcernion on the Mount" has been issued in a magnificent form in England IarTv. tho !- ume being georgeonsly illustrated with a scries of twenty-seven plates. . V O , , . v- THE LATE BATTLE INTHE VALLEY. .The Richmon'd Dispatch gives tbe following ac count of the affair in the Valley on the 10th Ucto- Our attack in the morning was rigorous; our suo cessr brilliant and -entire, our-troops " capturing about fifteeo hundred prisoners, one thousand four hundred and twenty-nine of which have reached Riehmond, and four hundred are on the way here. We took eighteen pieces of cannon and about twenty-seven ambulances. At four .o'clock iathe afternoon the enemy made a stand and hostilities ceased for about an hour. The euemy then made a sudden attack, which, being unlooked for by our troops, (many of whom had by this time begun to straggle;) was successful, and a retreat was ordered. This attack of the enemy is now-' supposed to have been made only to cover a further retreat, as the main body of the Federal army did not follow, and had we resisted with ball the usual determin ation the result would have been different. Gene ral Early fell slowly back, recrossed Cedar creek and marched through Stiasburg in the direction of Fisher's Hill. By some nnaccountablc mistake or oversight, the artillery, both our own and that cap tured from the enemy, was iu the rear of the army. Hence the loss. When just outside of StrasLurg, about 9 o'clock at night, it being very dark, a very small party of Yankee cavalry, supposed to be rccoanoitering, (not over a hundred men,) taking a by road and coming out on the turnpike at a mill situated on a creek running into Cedar creek about a mile from Strasburg, dashed upon the train, and rode along the line of ambulances, firing their pistols and or dering the amb'ulances to turn out. Dr. MeGuire, who had charge of them, seeing what had taken place, turned off some twenty into the woods, and thus saved them. The troops who guarded the train, knowing the efficiency of the Federal caval ry in the Valley, aod having & wholesome fear of the same, and supposing that, the attack was a gen eral or.c, fled precipitately, acd the few Yankee cavalrv (rnetly turned - round the whole train and j drove it over Ce Jar creek within the Federal lines. One of our t.ftcera endeavored to rally twenty five men, saying. that he could recapture the whole train; but he failed in his purpose. The whole thing was disjrr'acWur and inexcusable. The Fed- to ! eral ios-s in the morning's fiiht was over six thou sand. They themselves acknowledge a loss of five thousand. Our loss, in killed, wounded and miss ing, will not reach a thousand men all told. Our net loss in carmou was twentyj six, ordnance wag ons and twenty -fiv ambulances. Sheridan's ofii- ! cial dispatches aboufcU vigorous attack and dashing puisuitareallli.es. The enemy were too badly crippled to attack vigorously or pursue to any ad vantage. The Richmond Enquirer of Wcducsday last siyr. . The news from Early's command, on yesterday, represents that the men are once more well in hand, and on the march, in good spirits and determined to obliterate the disgrace which accidently befell them on the 19th. Sheridan's crippled army has fallen back certainly towards Winchester. Ru mors were current in Staunton, of a successful raid on the enemy's trains, by Mosby and Rosser. These, however, need confirmation. All that our army, in this department, now needs, is some de termined commander, to keep up their inspiration, now that tbey are once more invigorated to deeds of valor. Would that-Longstrcet had been with them on the 19th. Reduction in I'uices The Charleston Cour ier is advised that an effort is being mado which will have a tendency to materially reduce the pre sent prices of blockade goods. The matter is in the hands of the loading men now and the officers of the various companies and under consideration. There is, therefore, to our citizens an agreeable prospect of a largo tumble down in prices. ' Valuable Property nt Auction. EXECUTOR'S SALE. IJaving taken out Letters Testamentary from the County Court of Uuion county, according to law, on the estate of William D. Howard, deceased, 1 khull ex pose to public sale, On Thursday the 3d of November, 1S04 at the late residence of the deceased, 14 miles w est of Monroe, N. C, the following article of property be longing to said estate, viz : Land. All the right, title and interest which the snid Wnj,. D. Howard, dee'd, had at the time of his-death in that tract or body of Land known as the MILL TKAUT, situated iu the western part of Union county, on the waters of Twelve, Mile Creek, adjoining the lands of O. D. Broom, Wm. Jones and others, containing about 115 acres, and has on It one of the be.-t GKIST JIILLS (for grinding both Corn and Wheat) in the Southern States; alio, a good SAW MILL. The interest of taid deceased in these Mills and Lands is onf-ihird of the whole, which now under the Will bus to be gold. ALSO, all the right, title and interest of said W. D. Howard iu that body of Lands known as the MUX DAY'S BKANCIl LANDS, containing over 700 uors, and situated iu the western nart of Union couutv, ad joining tbe hinds of T. W. Rfdwine, S. B. Howard and oihers, and lias on it a good ordinary (iHISr MILL and a good SAW MILL The interest of said deceased in these Lauds and Mills i one-third of the whole. fregrocs. I will also sell the Xryro man, SCOTT, iirftd about 45 years, and known throughout this section of country ; one of the tip.st Millers in the ( ui.lVderacy. A rare, j opjioi't unity is now offered to mill-owners fur supply ' iii tUimselvei! whj. a xood numb, r-une' .Miller. Said j nr-grn has the rf-r-n'ati'.ii or brip j.s honest as negroes arc generally Kn:-v;i I will aln sell a nt-gvo boy aged about 8 years t pmfirr and likely. .- . - . . 1 will also sf'l a negro Woman, aged nbout 45 years J souni so far ns known. Hogs, ITIiiIcs, Corn, &c. t ll.n riiA ir.,ii. m..j... t '-vt "iic uuiu ii nun. inui;iuu .'i ultra, uuu .tinrc. Ubout 20 nf iw Rn,e Shorn, on r.miir r, riagc, one road Wagon, one log Wngon,.one sett Bhu-k- smith's Tools, about 250 bushels Corn, about 35 bush eh Wheat, a lot of Fodder, one Itifle Gnn, one lo: of 1 Farming Tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and various other articles too U-dions to mention. Sale to be opened nt 10 o'clock, a. m., when and where the terras will be made known. The Executor will lake pleasure in showing this property to cy one who may with to purchase it, if lheJ wiI1 cal1 n hefor he d)' of ale. G. D. BROOM, Eieeutor. Wolfsville, Union county, N. C, Oct 10, 18C4. 4t CAKI) IfTICE. There is now ready to be issued from this Depart ment to the different counties in the State, a lot of COTTON AND WOOL CARDS, This lot of Cards will be sent to the Agents,' with Backs ready for tacking the Cards on, and be sold at 522,59 per pair to the cit- izens generally: in no instance is more than onenairto be soJd to a j,. Th. Card .re not intended for tbe families of soldier. The Department id baviog a lrge lot backert rs;idy for use which will be sent out 1 aild ,old to ue i"""1'" ofoldiers as fist as tbej van j be ma.de' at a mutb le6S pJrice BU re requested L" ak. arraoge..U'Md 11 foMhn . .... - uyn u' A H' 950 REWARD. Strayed from the residence of Mr S M. Stafford on Rocky River, in Cabarrv county, a light-red COW, in fine order, with the right born broken o. rThe above reward will be paid for her delivery to me or to Mr Stafford. . SPRWGS. Cbarlottt, Oct 10, 1854- t - NORTHERN ITEMS. - J v The court-house at Mayfield, Kentucky, Wu by Confederates recently. i'-.. Nashville papers say that guerillas prevent re. crnitinz for the Yankee army in Tennesson i T threats aod violence. ; Gen. George B. McClellan spent the day it James Gordon Bennett's house on the 20th. 'he Herald of the 22d advises a union of all rirti. on "Little Mac." 1 M The Herald says Stanton is in favor of demand ing from the British Government the surrender of Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, (formerly Sccre. tary of the Interior,) as the instigator of the nij on St. Albans, Vermont. The Rocky Mountain News of the 5th say iUw nearly one hundred persons have been killed Lv the Indians along the Platte and Arkansas river sinco the beginning of the outbreaks, about thrc months ago. T Bad Nevot from the TTVi. Under tie tlove caption, the New York World says: The military news from Teunessee and Grori is really alarming, and may forebode th greatest disasters of the war. Seciotary i?tufitiii'a des. patches havc-serced to put those who bclieifdiheni into a sort of fool's paradise, as he tiiod to convey the impression that the rebellion, especially Nt the West, was on it lust legs, and would f,H,n ,e j.j and buried. Bu4 it now seems that the rebel araiv ! in Northern Georgia has vitaiity enough lo be on ; the offensive, and that the situation of affairs itt ex. I treutvly critical. Tho following are the points. in tho. recent military news from the W'cM: 1. That the rebels have actual possession of por tions of the line of railroad between Chattanooga and Atlanta, and that consequently the FeJcr-d army at the latter point is cut oil from its coiomu nications with tbe North. 2. That the rebels are in large force at Dalton and arc besieging Chattanooga, which, at lat ae counts, was defended by a force of ncgroc, who were expected to be able to hold out. 3. That General Sherman was in Nashville, un. able, at last accounts, to get back to hia army, which would, therefore, be without tho benefit of his presence, abilities, and experience. - One of the worst features in this case is the fact that General Sherman pcems to have been de ceived. In hi last despatch made public by the War Departmoiif, he peak.s of IIooJ as on the re treat to heentu.- and Ki,i.e, wLereas the rebel r- lit v s .vniri to iuve .?wuii around to the North, right in the line at ins communications, whtcu at uit : "cc-mnts tbey held. '" " uu " ty , , '? ' Kansas are now so much alarmed for their own borders that the militia are to be called out. Foreign Items. Uapt. Scmmes left Liverpool on the loth, with eight officers and one hundred men, to take command of the privateer Hanger, at Madeira. The London Post says that -many Yankees id England are interested in the blockade runners. The Confederate cotton loan had advanced at Liverpool. Cotton market dull, at a decline of two penco. lrcad.--tuif dull. The greatest failure that has happened in l'nj;. land is that of.the Leeds Hanking Company, the liabilities of which are orjnal M almost $i,000,00'). The institution has existed hdcc 183-, and id failure is attributed solely to grus meut. mismanage- CIIEROKEE INDIANS-NO. 3- Notwithstanding that the Chcrokccs, in ancient time, occupied as a hunting ground a vast territory in the heart of the South, it is quite probable tint at no time did they exceed in the aggregate more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and their ability to resist and drive back their enemicp, to great extent, depended upon not only tho braverj of their warriors, buL-also on the strong natural de fences of the country they occupied, lly the pos session of those mountain fastnesses it anahleJ them to assail their enemies in the 6urrouudir plains, and then if overpowered, rctiru bcyouJ lltoo great natural barriers with perfect impunity, l'ut this tribe like many others seemed doomed to pu.sa away like the wild Elk and Buffalo, on which they subsisted, on the upproach of civilization, to pire place to a higher btate of improvement, in pows sion of a more certain means of subs-ist ir.ee, found ed upon the knowledge of agriculture, mtclnnic alio aim iiji; u.'i; in uie-uii:is. as .iie- j i , when viitcd by General Washington fur the pur pose of forming tteaties with tbeni, they ero mostly armed with the bow and arrow and bad but few fire aims It is probable that it was tbe know ledge acquired by General Washington of the strong military position in the Cherokee country, that during the subsequent war of the. revolution, and while retreating before the British nrmy, friu place to place, that caused him to fy "that rathtr than Eurrcnder he would retreat to the country be ... 1 ..e 1...,. yond the Alleghanies," where, if no where else, l'i little band of patriots could defend themselves against the superior numbers of tbe enemy. And the timo may come when it may be discovered iu the present struggle, that the Switzerland of the South has lost nothing of its. importance, but in a military point of view, still commands tho sur rounding valleys of tho Athntic slope' and the de scending valley of tbe Mississippi. ( Goldtboro Journal). JvSA LUS K A A FEW IMI'OKTANT FACTS IX ItBO AltD TO The ".Southern Hepatic 1'illft." I. Thev are i.trjmred from tbe bet ona!itv of MHt e-iiie tiy tin; li.-c rrer, now nn eyed Minuter or in Gorpel. fl nd e if'-. 'i. 1 h'y h.v.c Iji-e.i known for year and tested by 'I,J,iS1r''1'- Five tin n Jrtd persons arc known to have Itra curid bv them. 4. Thej are not recommended by tbe proprietor for everything, bat only for diseases which arle from ordend livers. 5. Directions ad certificates accompfto 'f" loX and these certif:cr.tei are from well known od wot respectable individuals. .. 6. Correspondents recommend them as good lor i.ir er Disease, Chills and Fevers, Pb.-ooih. J"ndice, Dyspepsin, Billions Feer-. bilious Ithf nmatlr m, Worms, Hurisy, Bronchitis 4e- . . 7. Several gentleman sta-e iht h " pill, ha, been to il.em an ann of fro.n $100 to S200: Iher are the beil plant.uoo .o.dicine cur of fered' to Ibe public. ...... ,. . 8. Somephyic of the hhrst stand.ng pre .cribe them to their pstients, and hvnArtdt of boxes bait been sold to rtguUrpra.Hi loners. 9 During ihe Jafl quirter 2, 8&0 botes have been 10IJ to iwo Druppits, one in South Carolina, and one io N'ortb Cnrolina. end some time ago over 3 7o boxes were ordered by Druggists in one town in Virginia. Trice J5 a box. For $00 a dozen boxes wilt It fot to any addreis. $450 per gros. A very liberal count to Druggiits and country dealers. Cuaii (t( currency) to accompany orders. GEORGE W. DEEMS. Oold.boro, V. C For !ale in Charlotte br Dr. Scarr and by Dr. Ut J" ison; io Lintolnton by S.P. Sherrillria Shelby by Fronebarger; in Concord by T. Reid; and ty lro,?ts generally. geptembr 2, 1P64.