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CHRONOLOGICAL -beg PJ?rens -during the Campaign of 186i. f M COSTINUEP FROM FIRST PAGE. ' UQUST o The Federal fleet, Farragut, 17 bels, ran by Fort Morgan, and entered Mobile r i it. n j jr. , v xtavai engagement, in wmcu me tou.eue 3 were overpowered and defeated. Admiral . t. v , j.j I J A fi Powell was evacuated and blown up. , ljeavy fighting at Atlanta. .Enemy repuls- 17 (General Bradley Johnson, defeated near prefield by Averill. r ' . . "". . i'orc uames, near ivioDiie capuuiaieu. Iary fire opened upon Fort Morgan by the 3. col 3l08by captured Urook supply tram, r Berryville. j y. 16. The enemv under Foster, assaulted our ks on. Charles City road, six miles from Ilich- udf severely repulsed. Gen Chambuss, u o A, cd. 1 l7. Partial engagement at Winchester. Ehe- rouied. . . . - . 8. Grant attacks our right beyond Petersburg . jcaches tbo Weldon railroad, where he forti- 9. The enemy on Weldon railroad attacked by i A P Hill, and driven two miles, with loss of b Hayes aDd 2,700 prisoners. Not dislodged hi railroad. - W. -be Confederates unsuccessfully attack the my on Weldon railroad. The latter fortify ogly. Forrest dashed into Memphis. 'J l(Vrf Mnirran npar Mnljil flrft tnlated. I. 'J A. V m - v"f)w""J ..w-. J f :4. Vaukee raid into Kogersville. Hon J Heis- , jl U, ana Diners capturea. 5. Gen Hill attacked the enemy at Reams's ion, capturing 2,150 prisoners, 9 guns, &c. i.Early defeated and drove' the enemy near town. 29. Sherman made a lodgment on the West Vt railroad. 30. Sherman reached Jonesboro by a flank ernent to Hood's rear. Gen Harden attacked enemy at Jonesboroj but failed to 'dislodge i. EPTEMBElt 1. Gen Hood evacuated At- , at night. Gen Hardee attacked by the ene- at Jonesboro', and repelled them. Atlanta occupied by the enemy. Confederate forces at Chalk Bluff, in Mis- thirty miles from Charleston. ft. Uen John J1 organ surprised ana siain at Seville, by Gillom. Sherman ceased his pur- of Hood, and returned to Jonesboro . Sherman retired towards Atlanta. Hood. re-occupied Jonesboro'. r. , Sherman notified Hood that he had ordered i the population of Atlanta, and asked armis Hood denounced order, but agreed to armis- !. Hampton- captured 300 prisoners and 2,485 es, in Grant's rear, at Sycamore church. Federal cavalry burnt railroad bridge over pidan. Battle near Winchester. Gen Early j ted by Gen Sheridan with heavy loss on both ! Gen Bodes (C S) and Gen liussell (.IMS) i. -Gen Vaujzhan defeated the enemy at Blue r.g, driving them seven miles. Gen Early at- icd by Sheridan, at lusher s Hill, and again ted. ."Gen Forrest captured Athens with 1,300 ner3. . Gen Forrest captured Federal garrison, 800 pr Sulphur Springs Gen Price at Farming Awcnty mflss southeast of Pilot Knob. . Gen Early, near Port Republic and Brown's repulsed assault of the enemy's cavalry, t Bain, C S N, captured at sea U States mail her Roanoke, from. Havana for New York. . lederal cavalry destroyed depot near Way orough. Wore defeated near there Ty Wick cavalry. " V-Early's troops drivo away the enemy from uesborougu. liiarly s cavalry enter btaunton. enemy under Gen Ord, carried Fort Harrison, 7 Chaffin's, by an assault. Fort Gilmer, T'Chcflin's) was assaulted, but the enemy were isea with great slaughter, bhendan s cavalry cd to devastate tne Valley and make it a bar- An unsuccessful attempt was made to recov- rt Harrisou. The enemy attacked our lines 'TTT- 1 .l i . 'iL ... units uejfuuu x eiciauurg, wiiu buuio success. r moved toward Boydton plank road, and were Iked by Gens Heth and Hampton, who routed Ajve them ou with great slaughter. CTOBER 1. Gen Early hating cheeked idan's progress, the latter retreated down the uen uuronascc attacKed uen mums near Irille. and was repulsed with groat slaughter Hood, woo had moved around to Sherman s captured Big Shanty station, on the Atlanta coons attacked Altnnna. withrtnf unc. , I iiJT - - r w 1 ' - troops burned the railroad bridges Anderson Lee's army, attacked Grant's Vrhe Charles City road, and drove it several Apturing prisoners, ten cannon, &c. Gen of Texas killed. Sheridan in an official (:ch, boasted that he had burned 2.000 barns S"0 mills, and seized four herds of cattle and sheep. C. S. Steamer Florida captured at Hntho Port ofBahia, by the Wachusett. ) no h ' Cavalry fight near Strasburg" Enemy vieto- . Forrest defeated and drove oflf a body of the V at EastnorL on Trnnn5 rlvr rl'ho enemy under Gen Terry, attacked ft, on the Darbytown and . Charles City and were repulsed with heavy slaughter, aughan attacks and defeats the enemy at icville. Early attacks and drives the enemy .d Cedar creek, near Straeburc. - f. Mosby captures a train at Duffield, Bahi- (nd Ohio' railroad, with two Yankee paymas- f uznoxx ana its garrison surrendered to Gen S. Gen Price left Booneville, which he had ana moved towards Lexington. Sedalia, Mo., captured by Jcfl Thompson. Geo Beaurcgartl took command of the Mill- pivisionoftho West. ' , . uen fcariy attacked Shendan near - Cedar f from Missouri. Gen. Vaughan attacked and de feated by Gen Gillem, near Morristowo, East Ten nessee. - 28.r Iron-clad Alhemarltt blown up by a torpedo boat of the enemy, at 2 a. m, while "anchored at Plymouth. - r ' - ; ; - 31. Gen Mabone aptured 250 pickets iuhia front without losing a man. ; Oeh Forrest captured and destroyed at Paris, Tennessee river, three gun boats and four transports. : NOVEMBER 5. Forrest captured at John sonville, Tenn., 4 gunboats and 84 transports, and destroyed vast stores of the enemy. 7. Congress met in Richmond. 8. Abraham Lincoln re-elected bya large ma jority. 11. Sherman's forces burned and evacuated Rome, Ga. . 12. Gen Rosser defeated two divisions of the enemy's - cavalry, near Middletown. Sherman evacuated Atlanta, and started on an expedition across Georgia. - - 13. Hood commenced the passage of the Ten nessee river, near Florence 14. Gen Breckinridge, having turned Bull's Gap, struck Gillem'8 column while retreating and routed it, with heavy loss. 15. Gen Fagan, captured Fayetteville, Ark., with eight hundred prisoners. 17. Gen Pickett captured the enemy's pickets in his front. 20. Gen Sherman's forces occupied Milledgc ville. '. ' 22. Gen Rosser repulsed Sheridan's cavalry, driving them through Edinburgh The Georgia State troops, Gen Phillips, attacked and defeated a column of Sherman's force? at Griswoldville. The enemy abandon the attempt on Macon. 23. Sherman's troops repulsed at Oconee bridge by Major Ilartridge. ' 25. Sherman evacuated Milledgeville, after burning the penitentiary, arsenals and bridges. 2C. The enemy evacuated Decatur, burning the stores. 27; Wheeler's cavalry whipped. Kilpatrick at Waynesborough, Ga. Thei enemy evacuated Huntsvillc, Alabama, and Columbia Tennessee, and retreated towards Nashville. 28. The Confederate States steamer ' Florida, while lying in Hampton Roads, held as a capture by the enemy, was run. into by one of their vessels and sunk. Gen Rosser captured Fort Kelly at New Creek depot, and also' Piedmont, both on line of Baltimore and Ohio railroad, with numerous prisoners and spoils. Gen Merritt, with 3,000 cavalry, ravages portions of the counties of Fau quier and Loudon. EESOUHCES OP THE CONFEDERACY. The Richmond Whig recently published two ex4 cellent articles' upon the "Physical Resources of the 'Confederacy and "The Situation Past and Present -As they seem to be the result of pro found study, and -are. very enco'uraging, we give a summary of their contents. The . belief : has been very widely entertained that the arms-bearing'pop ulalion of the Confederacy is exhausted. This belief common, to us and the Yankees has had' the effect of depressing our people and stimulating the Yankees-. It is utterly erroneous: The ma terials of which armies are, composed, exist around us in sufEcient.numbars not only to keep up our force to its present' standard, but to enlarge4 it be yond what it has ever been. This is proved by comparing data derived from the statistics afforded by the census Of 1860, with an estimate of, losses and diminution of resources sufficiently large to cover all decrease in the supply.of arms-bearing men. The white male population of all the Con federacy, leaving out Kentucky and Missouri, was, inM8G0, a fractioa less than 2,800,000. Of this male populationa fraction less than 1,300,000 were between the ages of 17 and 50. The persons who arrived at the age of 17 since "I860, are com puted at a fraction above- 330,000 a moderate computation, -we thinic. Add these numoers together, and we have in round numbers, 1,630,0Q0 fishtins men. Allowing 200,000" for the-average -- WAR IfE WS. r; ,i From WrLMiNQTON. -Richmond, Jan. 13. Official dispatches from "Wilmington to-day, says fifty -vessels are io sigh mostly opposite: the point of former landing. ; ; ? - ' - Intesesting Officiai. Dispatches. Macon,' T:n....ir 7 LfPn dmerai MJooper; General .Hood rrfs' from Tupelo, 6th, that Thomas appeared way:- J.ieut. om - J.ane, wno was in command or reports, from iupeio - n w BQVQe cmzens and soidiers for the purpose of -put- naturttl mortality of four years, and we still have 1,430,000. But a great deal of the Confederacy is i tlfe hands of the enemy. It is computed that this occupation deprives us of 340,000 men (in round numbers) between the ageso 17 and 50 These are to be deducted, and they leave 1,090,000 say in round numbers, 1,100,000. If these are undcr-estimatcs, they may be supplied by troops from t Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland, and refugees from those portions of the other States under Yankee domination. A farther deduction must be made for the casual ties that have resulted either in death or disability. This is done by estimating the losses in General Lee'? army for the past year. Putting it at 35,000 which is greatly above the truth and allowing 5,000 for dead and 5,000 for permanently disabled, we .have 10,000 for that rmy. Making the same allowance for the army of Tennessee, we have 20,000 for the two armies. It is fair to make the same allowance for all the rest of the forces, so that the entire disabling casualties amount to 30,000. To these add fifty per cent, for mortality peculiar to camps 45,000. The whole lossthen, may be computed at 75,000 men for this year. But it has, been much heavier this year than it was during the other three years of the war. Jt is fair to say fn i r i exp- 30. Gen Hood attacked the enemy under Scho- I that in 1801, when there was little field, at Franklin, Tennessee. The enemy retreat ed during the night to Nashville. DECEMBER 1. Grant's cavalry, General Gregg, captured and burnt Stony Creek Depot, Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. Hood's army. appeared before Nashville. iho-enemy, General loster, attcmptad to the Charleston and Savannah Railroad at Grahamville. Heavily repulsed at Honey Hill by "General G W Smith. Admiral Dahlgren repulsed at Coosawbatchie. ' 4. General Wheeler repulses and routs Kil patrick between Milledgeville and Milieu. r b. Lhe enemy driven back from an attempt on Pocotaligo, Charleston and Savannah Railroad. A heavy column of the enemy, under-Warren, start on an expedition against Weldon. . 7. Fight near Pocotaligo, between the enemy and the South Carolina Cadets. The enemy in trenched near the railroad. - 8. Warren's expedition at Jarratt's Station.- Sherman's advance encountered Hardee, twenty miles from Savannah. Gen Hampton defeated and drove iu on the infantry the savalry of Warren's expedition. 9. Gen Hamptoo, who had joined the guard at Meherrin Bridge, repulsed Warren's attack at Bel field. Warren abandoned his expedition and set out on his return, after having torn up six miles of railroad track. 12. Warren regained Grant's lines. Sherman's forces -felt our lines arouud Savannah to-day, but made no attack. 13. Sherman stormed and captured Fort Mc Alistcr at the mouth of the Ogcechee, and. opened communication with the sea. 14. Bristol, Tenn., occupied by a raidin dition under Burbridge and Stoneman. 15. . Thomas attacked Hood near Nashville, and forced back his left wing. 16. Gen Hood falls back to Brentwood Hills A raiding expedition of the enemy occupy and burn Pollard. - 17. Hood continues his retreat. His rear guard attacked 6 miles beyond Franklin .at 6 p. in. 17 and 18. . Breckinridge in collision with Bur bridge near Marion. Handled him roughly 19. Hood crossing Duck River at Columbia. Skirmishing at Spring Hill. 20. Forrest joiued Hood at Columbia. Bur bridge gained possession of the Sale Works, at Saltville, to-night. Gen Hardee commenced to evacuate Savannah. 21. Breckinridge advanced on Saltville. Bur bridge ictircd at night. Savannah evacuated this morning. Sherman receives the surrender of Savannah from the Major. Occupied the city. 22. Rosser, nine miles north of Harrisonburg, repulses and drives back Custar. Hood reported at Pulaski. . 23. Lomar, two miles and a half north of Gdrdonsville, defeated and heavily punished Tor bett, who was moving against Gordonsville -and Charlottesville. Torbett retreated with precipita tion. '' 24. A great land and naval expedition which left Hampton roads under Butler and Admiral Porter, on the 13th, commenced to-day a furiou bombardment of Fort Fisher, below Wilmington. 25. Bombardment of Fort Fisher con tinued - Butler landed three brigades above Fort Fisher. Attacked by our troops but held their ground. At nighu hey assaulted Fort Fisher and were repulsed. 27T Butler's troops re-embarked. Bombard ment inflicted but slight injury on Fort Fisher. 28. Porter's fleet no longer visible below Wilmington. ana gained a .great advantage m the early 3f lhe engagement, which wa3 afterwards lost h unaccountable stamrmde fighting, the loss was 30,000; in 1862 and 18?3, 60,000 each so that the whole loss from disease and battle has been 225,000. Add to thi 50,000 for pris oners. Total, 275,000. Take tlis 1,100,000, and we have 825,000. . Allowing 103,000 for exempts and details, and there is still alighting population of 725,000 men 1 Alio wing oris out of every three for details, and. we still have 80,000 men; more than the Yankees ever had, nd enough, if em bodied, to drive every Yankee out of the country in three " months, and keep them out. We haye not followed the numbers df our author fully, be cause he aimsat exactness, while we usejonly round numbers. Such we believe to be vixy nearly a true state ment. There can bevbut one thing wanted to se cure undoubted success. That one thing is the spirit of the people. If tley will use the advan tages they hve, their, triunph is certain. But if the spirit is go.oc, ten niillons of soldiers, "armed all in proof," will do no gdd. We awe pretty con fident that that time'has ntt arrived as yet. Look ing at the actual situation, we are far from being discouraged. We held ac this moment far more territory than wc did th time last year a proof that, upon summing up jhe Tvhole, the campaign has been greatly in our Jivqr. At the opening of the last campaign, Grantjinvaded us with an army so largo that the Yankeqs thought he had nothing to do but to march into Richmond. Sherman had the command at Dalton, ind was to advance victo riously to the gulf or oecio, finally subduing every foot of ground as he pasi d over it. The whole of North Alaba'tna and thcschole of Tennessee were in the possession of Ue Yankees. Across the Mississippi, Price had i been driven to Camden; Arkansas and Louisiana were, believed to.be con quered; and in Texas, Ihey held possession of the lower valley of the Rio Grande. How is it now ! Grant lies inactive apparently unable to move after having lost in his Virginia operations 250,000 men; about 75,000 mire than bis original army consisted of. " - Shcrnjan . has marched through Georgia and left the jvhole country open behind him. The enemy hasten entirely expelled from Alabama, and almost entirely Jroui .Mississippi. Arkansas, with the- ciception of a" very small por tion, has been regained, and the Confederate flag, except at New Orleans and along the river banks, floats over the whole tl Mississippi. The Yankees hold uo part of Texai except Brazos Santiago. Even after the defeat of Hood the only material disaster we have suffered our armies are stronger in.proportibn to thosl of the enemy than they were this time last year to he. moving up'tne lennec iuv up o'clock a. m.t on the'5tli.: -? v Scouts report that six gunboats and sixty trans ports bad passed Savannah, going towards Eastport, loaded with troops and supplies. : - . G. T. Beauregard. Charleston January 9. To His Excellency, Jefferson Davis: , General Wheeler's, cavalry has been 'organized under my direct supervision. It now consists of three divisions-ieight.brigades. It is well organized and an efficient body. Reports of its disorganization and demoralization are .with out foundation, and its depreciation, as credited to his command, can generally ! be traced to bands of marauders claiming to belong to it. . W. J. Hardee. . From Hood's Army. Senatobia, Jan. 6.--Scouts who returned from Hood's army, report it all this side of the Tennessee river, in good spirits. Its losses are not near so heavy as reported. Gen. Hoed brought ajafge drove of cattle and L hogs safe over the river. . Hood s army is reported moving io Tupelo. The Montgomery Appeal says a gentleman who reached the city this morning, from Blue Moun tain, brings us some additional intelligence from the army of Tennessee. The crossing of the river was effected as. we have already stated, and the whole army brought over. The Federal gunboats made. attempts to shell and destroy the bridges used,, but owing to the excellent management of our batteries, they were 'generally kept at a re spectful distance, and did but little damage, and the forces were soon placed beyond the reach of their fire. . Our informant conversed with three parties who left the army after the.crossing was effected. The various statements given by these, as to the losses of the army in the late campaign, did not mate rially differ, and the estimate was that from five to six thousand would be lhe , aggregate. The heaviest loss was at Franklin, acd it was officially stated at thirty-six hundred. The morale of the men was also good, under the circumstances, and it will take but little time to recover the old spirit, if the proper steps are at once taken to inspire con fidence in those who lead them. Siierman'8 Track. The editor of the Mobile Register, reporting a trip homeward from Rich mond, says: " We passed over the track of Sherman's march through Georgia, via Sparta and Milledgeville to Macon. We saw fewer signs of devastation than we expected. In a distance of fifty ;miles wc Counted hut three barns and gin houses and two dwellings burned. -The greatest devastation was visited on the corn cribs and smoke houses, and the stock that was not driven off their line of march. In Milledgeville, Sherman expressed his' astonishment at the richness of the country in food supplies. The State House was defaced, the Gov ernor's mansion gutted, and the penitentiary and railway depot burned. No private dwelling was burned and thqse only robbed that were left vacant by their occupants. While there were many cases of personal loss, the town got off well, if we con sider the character of the army and the fanatics that led ft. We fell in with a retired Confederate officer who waff captured by the enemy near Macon, and was kept ten days with his army. A Yankee officer who had charge of him, and who finally gave him a horse and allowed him to escape, told him that 9,000 men of Sherman's army were serving beyond their terms of enlistment, and would leave it as soon as they reached the coast. A very few would be induced by the high bounties to-re-enlist for one year. There Were also in that army 12,000 drafted men, unwilling and inefficient soldiers, leaving about 12 or 15.000 veteran troops. He said hey weic&lL tired of the war; and for himself, ms time oeiog out, serve again. nothing could induce him to THE IN ALABAMA. he 28th ult , the town of Au- vislted by the most terrible and Jatrect, who waa wounded May 6, resumes siand of his corps. ; Gen Price defeated Gen ;Price defeated Curtis near Kansas City. -and 26. Gn Lomax renulsed Sfcri.lra at Milford. ; : Grant attacked Gen Lee's lines' mfhoth fl.our Jeft, the. attack was on Charles Vtfd WiHianisburg roads,' and , was easily re-. Ywith'. heavy loss to the enemy. , On our ;lhe enemy seized Burgess's mill, but were fcated .by, Hraptoa and Mahone, arid ? - ; the night. Gen Price retreating 'North Carolinians, trjie to the last, as the following extract of a letter from an officer of the L-onieaerate army - will show, who .was for some time a prisoner at Johnson's Island. ? After giving au account of the" suffering of the prisoners there, he says :";-; . "And I will here stato'lhat J, never saw more determined spirits than the NortliCarolinians on Johnton's Island, they alone being : able to say, "Not a man from my State has taken theath.in misprison." 'ibe treatment of those- who fake4 the oath is just the thing. Old Abe has issued au order that all the C- S. officers who take the r oath were to be kept in prison until after the ex cnange ot all prisoners.. He-does this on account f of so many taking the oath, and returning to our armies. 'The Nl.Y. Herald advocates a union of the ar mies North and South, to enforce.the Monroe doe- Irine on the whole of this continent strains En'- land; France and Spain. . ' . , TOBHAD On the night of I hum. Ala., was. via destructive tornado ever witnessed Dy tue. oldest inhabitant. To-daJ the "loveliest village of the plain" is a scene of desolation and suffering which beggars des'criptiori. A correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer, giving an account jbf the hurricane, says the force of the storm seemti to be confined to a breadth of not more than a fiundred, yards, and within the line of its fury not a house or tree is left standim;. Some ten or mora residences, besides many other buildings, have been literally swept from the ground, with whole families buried for a time under the ruins, j It was heart-rending to hear the cries for help cqaiing up in the darkness from almost every direction, and to see the mangled, bleeding sufferer when they were extricated from their awful situations. The Baptist Church, which was used las one of the wards of .the Gilmer Hospftal, coverdi in its ruins a number of gallant Confederate solJierl? who, by the good providence of God, were raued comparatively unhurt. Amidst sucha scene of destruction, it is won derful that only four persons were killed in Au burn. One of them was Lieut. James BarneX, a gallant officer lad a true, good man. He was re- n L i : i . i. . . i ti j covering irom iwounus receiveu in oaitie, ana uaa cone with hia family to' spend the nhrht at his father's house! "He was crushed in the ruins and "no sound can awake him to glory again." The others kille'dprere negroes. 'Many were bruised ind wounded some severely, and perhaps may "vet die. - yv m m lhe tornacfo passed on to Upeuisa, and its terri blc ieffccUwtre severely felt there a number of persons eina killed. Montgomery Mail. CONFEDERATE MANIFESTO IN EUROPE. The following is the joint note addressed to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs by the Confed erate agents abroad, transmitting an official copy of the manifesto of the Confederate Congress: Paris, Nov. 11, 1804; Sir The undersigned, Commissioners of the Confederate States of America, in pursuance of the instructions of their Government, have the honor to present to your Escellency a copy of a manifesto issued by the Congress of said States, with the approval of the President, was requested to cause copies to be transmitted to their Commissioners abroad, to the end that the same might be by them laid before Foreign Governments; they at the same time communicate a copy of the preamble and resolutions of Congress accompanying such manifesto. ' , The dispositions, principles, and purposes by which tho Confederate States have been and are still animated, are set forth in this paper with all the authority due to the solemn declarations of the legislative and executive branches of their Govern ment, and with a clearness which leaves no room for comment or explanation. In a few sentences it is pointed out that "all they ask is immunity from interference with the internal peace-and, prosperity, and to be feft in the undisturbed en joyment of their inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, "which' their common an cestry declared to be the equal heritage of all parties to a social compact. Let them forbear ag gressions .upon us and the war is at an end. If there be questions which require adjustment by negotiation, they have ever been willing, and are still willing, to enter into communication with their adversaries io a spirit of equity and jnanly frank ness, and commit their cause to the enlightened judgment of the world, to the sober reflection of their adversaries themselves, and to the solemn and i righteous arbitrament of Heaven The undersigned beg leave. most respectfully to invite the attention" ot tne Government ol his Im perial Majesty to this frank and full explanation of 4he attitude and purposes of the Confederate States, and will merely remarky in addition, that since the issuing of that manifesto the war has - - . ' From the Henderson Time.. . V AFFAIRS IN POLK COUNTY, NV Ci , Last Thursday was a day. of: intense excitement in Columbus Village, a. u. a day ..long to be re membered and one which has caused many families to feel the pangs of deep distress, grief and sorrow. ' The bloody affair jjegun - about noon, in . thia Jjieut. Jom -Laoe, wno was in command ot A W'ashi man conside Charleston, We think his desires. :on-vepecial despatch, says that Sher- jjrancnvme more important tnan iad wiii Haeayor to taite tne lormer. Mr Sherman will fail to accomplish been continued to be waged by our enemies with even increased ferocity, a more signal .disregard for . air the rules of civiliied warfare, and - more wanton violation of the obligations of international law. The undersigned, having thus complied with the instructions of their Government, beg to assure your Excellency of the distinguished consideration with which they have the honor 'to be yoifr Excel lency's most obedient servants, John Slidell, - ; V J- M. Masox, A. DuDLEf Mann. Guerillas are very troublesome on White and Arkansas rivers, and fears are entertained for the i safety of several yankee boats up the latter river. ting: down some acts of. out-lawry which had been perpetrated upon the citizens of PoIiC and adjoin ing counties. They proceeded to the house of Pate Hunter, (in the village) and notified him that he was then a prisoner, also notifying Hunters two- sons, Charles and Sam, that they, were likewise prisoners. The whole .party quietly submitted, apparently. The senior Hunter (who was in his shirt sleeves') requested to be allowed to go into his house for his coat, which was granted by Lane." The three Hunters walked into the house, and m a few moments appeared at the door, each heavily armed1, the senior leading the way, brandishing two large bowie knives. The sons, with Colt s army pistols in hand. As soan as they cleared the en closure, Pate Hunter remarked to Dr. Columbus Mills, "I will kill you, you- damned old rascal' making at the same time rapid strides towards the Doctor, and calling, upon his sons to fire. Lane, to saye the Doctor, sprang to his assistance, and exploded a cap of his pistql at Hunter's head. At this time Lane and the young Hunters began to fire their pistols in deadly earnest.. The other party firing without stint upon Pate Hunter, kill ing him instantly; the position of Lane and. the younger Hunters being such that to shoot would be endangering the life of Lane. The tjoys had it all to Ibemselves. By this time, Lane gave Charles Hunter a severe shot, who -fell to the ground, the other brother firing at" Lane with telling effectv " Lane now falls to the ground, pierced by three ballsj hut yet able to fire, which he did at Sam Hunter, who was making off, strik ing him in-the elbow joint. Sam Hunter n6w drops bis pistol and' makes ofiy the guard firing several shots but doing no' damage. Sam makes a temporary escape; . The guard soon arrested some citizens who they had heard from reliable authority were accomplices of said Hunter, and others. A 'posse folldwed to the house of Hunter, where they fouud him woun ded as above described. To tell what has since followed my pen almost falters, but to be a warning to others the truth must come. The arrested party were sent off under guard, the secret of which, none other can tell. The news, was soon, in circulation, however, that the whole party of four were killed, not more than a mile from the village of Columbus. The friends were anxious to find out if such was the case, upon a search, which I am informed, was alas ! too true. Oh ! what a picture ! Where arc we drifting? Is this the beginning? Xhope it is the ending. I fear not, though, without some hand carr interpose, a repetition may be looked for. Is it not lime for the good men to advise, and for the evil men to take warning T If something better does not take place we may Jook for times too horrible to contemplate. Every mn must begin to prepare himself for the approaching crisis. We have a powerful common nemy to deal with and a terrible enemy at home. To deal with both requires untiring vigilance and wholesome counsel. The time is coming when alTraust lend a help ing hand, "They that forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them." - ' -' " :. P. S. Lane is yet alive, and some hope of his recovery. ' M. Retrhjution. The Columbia Carolinian gives the following information of the same affair: Several weeks ago we recorded an advance by raiders, to the plantation of Dr. Mills, eighteen miles from Spartanburg, where they committed ruinous depredations. A company of the citizens of Spartanburg started in pursuit; but, after a chase of two days, returned without achieving their object. Last. week, a rumbcr of-the ring-leaders, so supposed, were traced to Columbus, Polk Ceunty, N. C, and a posse of men, under Lieutenant Lane, went thither to secure them. Dr. Mills accom panied them. They reached tho bouse of one Peyton Hunter, and on his arrest being demanded, be. made at Dr. Mills with a bowie knife, but for tunately stabbed no deeper than an over-coat. A moment afterwards, Hunter fell, pierced by seven balls. . Five others namely, Frank Weaver, Shehan, Samuel Hunter, B. F. Hampton and Charles Hunter--were -also killed. The Hunters were' members of the same family. " Weaver was one of the distillers' of this State, and known ex tensively in Columbia as the manufacturer of the celebrated' "Weaver Whiskey." Three of the above party were mysteriously "lost" in the woods, while en route to Asheville. Lieut. Lane, of the attacking party, was wice wounded, while per forming his duty, but, we aie informed, will sur viva his injuries. It is said that the entire com munity in the vicinity breathe freer since the above "clearing out," and that tho most dangerous nest of ringleaders in that section has been effect ually destroyed. Captured correspondence impli cates other parties. Important Arrest. The notorious Wm. Turner Fry, who has been charged with stealing so many horses in various parts of the State, was arrested in this town on - Friday last, and b now safely in jail, awaiting the applications of the vari ous jailers in other counties who have advertised a desire to extend their hospitalities to him. Fay etteville Observer. A FEW IMPORTANT FACTS IN REGARD TO The ."Southern Ilepatic. Pills." t. thej arc prepared from the belt qn&lity of Medi cines by the discoverer, now an aged iliniiter of the Gospel, and tire tafe. L 2. They hare been known for yean and teted' by thousands. ' ' : . 3. Tire" hundred persons are knewn to hare beta hcartd by them. , . 4. They are not recommended by the proprietor for everything, but only for diseases which arise from dis ordered livers. 5. Directions aad- certificates accompany each box and these certificates are from well known and most respectable indiridaals. 6. Correspondents recommend them as good for Lir er Disease, Chills and Ferers, FnenmonU, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Billions Ferers, Billions Rheumatism, Worms, Plurisy, Bronchitis, Ac. ' 7. bererat gentleman state that the use of these pills has been to them an annnal earing of from $109 to $200; they are the beat plantation medicine eTer of fered to the public. . 8. Some physicians of the h;gbest standing prescribe" them to their patients, and hundreds of boxes baTe been sold to regular practitioners. . , 9. Daring, the last quarter 2,880-boxes hare been sold to two Druggists,. one in South Carolina, and one in North Carolina, and some time ago orer 3,700 boxes were ordered by Druggists in one town in Virginia. . Price $5 a box. For $50 a dozen boxes will be pent to any address. $450 per gross. A rery liberal dis count to Druggists and country dealers. - Cash (new currency) to accompany orders. . ' GEORGE W. DEEMS. ' Goldsloro N, C. For sale In Charlotte by Dr. Scarr and by Dr. Hutch ison; in Lincolnton by S. P. Sherrill; in Shelby by R. Froriebarger; in, Concoriby T. Reid; and by Druggists generally. , . . .. . , . . - - September 25 .164. - C j " Ex-QovERNoa Foote Arrested. Richmond, Jan. 13, Ex-Governor Foote Eaa been arrested at i Oceoquan, Prince William county. ; The charge upon wuich tne arrest was maae nas nuw ueen maue public. It Is understood to have been made with out instructions from the authorities in Richmond. Mr Foote has not occupied his seat in tho Housp of .Representatives for three weeks. Ho went to ward the Potomac for the purpose of sending his family across that they might reach their home io Nash vine; "' " " Second, Dispatch. . President Davis sent In a message" confaioing a statement that " H. S. Foottr, a member of thV House). had been arrested in Northern A lrginia, while endeavoring to pass our lines on his way to the enemy's country... Accompanying the, message was a note from .the, Secretary of War, saying that r,n enaniol ? ncf mninn tiAil Krpn riven for his ar. rest The Provost Marshal at , Fredericksburg, who made the arrest, says in a telegram dated 12th: "I have arrested tbt tlon. Henry .8. Foote at Oc eoquan, on hia way to Washington, for the purpose of negotiating sv peace, as he avows. I have p. roled him to await instructions." On motion of Mr Clarke, tho matter was referred to a select comntlttee of five. ' . ' On Coiisisriimcnt, Star Candles; 100,000 English Percussion Caps; small lot of fine French Broad Cloth, black; 800 feet heary English Sole Leather Belting; 12 inches wide; 125 fe do. 6 inches wide ; 200 feet do. 4 inches wide. 500 Lbs Liquorice, suitable for Tobacconists. A lot of slightly damaged Sheeting, 12 dozen pairs Cotton Cards, Rice, ice. 500 Sacks dry Virginia Salt; ; - - -1,000 Boxes Tobacco, ; 100 Reams Paper, commercial note, 300 Kegs Nails, well assorted. . C. F. I7ARRIS k CO., Auctioneers, Commission .Merchants k Broken. Jan 9, 1865. tf TAX-IIV-KIND NOTICE. We will attend at the following places for the pur pose of taking the Returns ofthe Second Class Crop, which consists of Corn, Buckwheat, Rice, Irish Pota toes, Cured Fodder,.Sugar, Molasses, Peas and Beans, Ground rcas,arja uotton: , Lemly's, Tuesday, Dewccie's, Wednesday, Friday, 17th January, 1861. IJarrisburg, Crab Orchard, Clear Creek, Morning Star, Proridence, Sharon, Steel Creek, Bcrrj hill's, Paw Creek, Long Creek, Dec. 2, 18C4. 18th 19th 20th 24th 25th 26th 27 th 30th 3 lit 1st 2d .3d J. BLACKWOOD, W. M. STITT. Assessors Tax-in-Kind, 43th Dist. N. C. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, JAS. 4 It II I l II II February, i ii 6t-pd Schedule of Prices. In the Schedule of Prices published orer dato of December 7, 18G4, the item of Cane Molasses was in tended to be oud is hereby declared Omitted altogether. The discrepancy in price wad thercforo not intended to be rondo. . Papers still publishing the Scbedule"will pleas omit the line referred to, and others who . bare pub lished it are requested to cop this. II. K. BURGWAW, . . R. V. BLACKSTOCK, ' January 9, 185. . . STRAYED, 77 From my plantation near Wilson Wallace's, on th 29th November, 2 red COWS ; one a low hraTy at-t Cow, the other a medinnv sized Cow with a whit spot in her fc and a leather strap around one of her fore feft she is a bad jumper. They were ?u on the l'otti r Koad near Milton Black's. The one with a otrap on her fore foot cama frnm SS.1r7ronlr Mi.tMTnAnt. T will r lilrl rtwrJ forthem, or infonnation so I can get them. , t i nrrv Dec 12, 1S64. Q. M. Pep't, Charlotte, N. C. NOTICE. All persons baring claims against the estate of William D. Ilowartl, deceased, will present them to mt for payment within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. G. D. BROOM, Executor. Xor 28. 1864 4t-pd SALT salt:: la exchange fur Bacon, Pork, Corn or Molaj'ts. YOU.VG, WRISTOX k ORR. Nor 28, 18C4 . tf - REIIOXZOTII FURNACE, In Ulast, 3 miles north-east of Iron Station, Jjincoln co, KC, The proprietors art .prepared to do Catting of all kinds.- . Address, SIIII'P Jt REINIIARDT, Dec. 5, 1864. tf , Iron P. O., N. C. Southern Express Company. CHARLOTTE, N. C, Nor. 21, 1864. On and after this date all Boxes which are securely fastened and strapped, con. inning stores for the N. C. Troops in the field, marked to the cart of Surgeon General Warren, Raleigh, will be forwarded without expense to either shipper or consignee, and will hare preference orer all other freight excepting that of th same class from other States. , T. p hitm' Not 21, 1864 tf Ass't Supt. The undersigned bmring qualified as Executrix of lb last Will and Testament of Samuel M. Withers, de ceased, at the October term, 1864, of Kecklenbnrg county court, all persons baring elaims against tbt Estate of said Testator, are required to present the Sfttnt for payment within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recorery. . MATtGARET M. WITHERS, Nor 28, !S64 lm-pd XxeeutrU. " " " 1,1 - i urn ..j, ID UK It'S FUICftACE, SIX MILES EAST OP LIXCOLNTON, If. C. My Furnace is now in full operation, and I asa pre pared to exchange Iron of all kinds for Bacon, Com; Oat, Ac. Castings of all kinds will be furnished for provisions or money. Molasses Mills, Boilers, Ac.castto order oajnoderaU terms. . I want to hire for lhe ensuing year fortr or fifty negro men two or three of them must be oehnicf Address me at Lincolnton, S. C. c ..... , Ji W' DXRR. Spring Hill Forge, Dec. 19, 1864 2ra CARRIAGE WORK, Wagon-work and Wood-work of all kinds, and Blacksmithlivg. rThe eubscribtr has removed his Workshops to the stand formerly occupied by Clmles Orerman, bear the Presbyterian Church, where he'U prepared to do alt kinds of work in bis line. Repairing will always re ceive prompt attention. : m He will work at old prices and take provisions in payment at thcarae rates, or he will charge an equivalent in Confederate monev. . w " ' T . I CHARLES WILSON. . Charlotte, Jan. 9, 1865 , tf" -..' ' ; FOR SAIiE, . T A likely Negro Girl, 18 years old a good house vant or field hand. Apply at thii Office. - Janiir 9, 1865 1 , . icr-
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