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NKW SERIES VOL IV NO. 45.) WADESBOIIOUGII, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBEK 30, 1852.
WHOLE NO. 20G.
THE DESPOTISM. IN LINCOLNDOM. ' .
In the editorial columns of the New York
Weekly Caucasian, under the. caption " A Gov
ernment of ' Faroritismwc Imrthirfoltowlog
slashing excoriation of the present Lincoln, 'Sew
ard dynasty: r : ;
" If would iccm from recent" occurrences that
we are just now enjoying the blowings of a Gov
ernment which has one set of rules (for Aria are
obsolete) for one clasrof people, and another set
"for another class. A few days since soine' Black
Rupubltcao speculators in the substitute business,
Twho'had violated ThV orders of the War-Department,
were sent to , Fort Lafayette. The aboli
tion papers, however, made a. great howl over it,
and they havo been released. There are however
scores of better men and truer patriots inthere
than those relcxscd, in whose behalf not a word
is uttered. There is Judge Carimchcal, of Ma
rjbod. Guilty of whatf Why, of the gross
crime (?) of telling the Grand Jury of his county
what the law in relation to arrests was. For
months has Judge C. 'suffered the horrors of the
Hostile for simply doing'his duty. Is it possible,
therefore, that the reccuIlepublican outburst of
"Indigualiou agaiusl arbitrary arrests proceeds froru
any regard for the principles of civil liberty?
J"N"j, it is the grossest hypocrisy. They wish only
Democrats to be imprisoned. ' If they are sincere,
why dv) they not ask for tho relea.se of Dr. Edi
son B. Olds, of Ohio, now in the. fort for sim-
Lply expressing an opinion against.. the Adminis-.
tmion. How many mare good. and true men are
also in the ssme gloo ny prison walls, aginst
- whom no charges are preferred, we can only con-'
jecture. We hear every day of men arrested in
di.T'jrent parts of tho country. - They are spirited
"away, their friends aud their''-" families knew not,
'whither.- Some dark and noisome' prison, vault
, receives theiu, and they are buried alire I
Where is I). A. Mahoney,-l'sq, of the Dubuque
HeralJ, th s central orgtn of the Iowa Democracy?-
Where is Mr. I). Sherwood, editor of the
Fairfield, I'owa Union, recently snatched from
his family by tho Lincoln kidnappers?' Where
js judge Allen, member of ("Wjrremi recently
elected from southern Illinois? ' Wc might ' in-.
cruidihis list indefinitely, but it is not ncecss.iry.
If thcrq is but tmr mm unjustly deprived of hi
lib-rty, it ouj('it to arouo every Ainerican to in
stant action r The pri oei pi 9 is t he a me. ( )u r
liberties are overthrown an 1 the rights of the in-
-dividual are-k'fl o the wh'uti or... caprice, of, some
uauri official. There is a. day of retributi i
citing, however, for" the murderers of liberty.
and the persecutors of Democrats amongst
iVS .'IT. aiiaiUJliiBd OJja in ia .cuvitciij.i'v:M,
which we publish this week, "the metres-they.
havo tiieted out to us Vhali tcs measured them
axain." Yes, that it will, "liaken down and
pressed .together." " The. arrest of Dr. OUi,"
chuckles this Abolition tyrants of--tue Evening .
Post, Aand the fcuavmary s juelcliing of Charles
J. Ingersoll. show th'nt tli (Jovern.uient is' wide
awaked' Yes, indeed, it is wide awake. It
can conquer 'unarmed men, and that seems to to
about' the exteNtt of its -..victories; . ft can semi '
possies of -.kidnappers to the houses of quie cit
izens in the Northbind them and gn itu'in an i
immure them in forts and foriifioiitionspbut It'
has hot the ability, with hundreds of thousand
of troons, U) keep the Confederates from besie
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THE SKCftET PRISON HOUSE. ' -
Few people knew, or even thin. of tho suf
feringmca, pining, for liberty, in Fot Lnjaycttc.
and none real he how cruel ly a n d hart(Hy they are
reported to be treated.;. The Ppress states that
Mews, fc'oule a'nd Mazareau. of Xew Orleans,
4 are not even allowed to leave their cells, and
the privilege aceo;ded to other captives, of ta
king exercise in the yard, Jtrwbti denied them.
No writing utensils are in their "reach, and they
are under constant sarvcjhnce." Dr. Olds, of
Ohio, it is said, h:!.vbccn placed in close conGae
mnt, and what is most remarrrMl'lFof, all, the
Express report also states that' "every-prisoner
released from Fort-Lafayette, and every -visitor
thereto, is ioundjiyt to reveaf-nuythftvg of the
discipline; of "the -pri.on or the"iir.iucs"tif' those
confined, an 1 beiice the press knows nothing,
and can report but little of what is iroinsr on'."
" . ... n c"
Was tricro ever anything in Austrian. or Aca-
t . , .. .
pHiitnn uu'igeops tnat.CvUld exceed the uespotu.-
.icter of uch resulaiions? -"-.The' names of
thoWVorilint-TT' must nut be revealed. V'ho
hen," howjuany people arc. "languishing
tlicre, or tr what trivial olkiiciLaJ: . V e know of
of oneunnho was kept in ForHajajgttfikJjet.
year, ior Homeyiii monins, -oeenuse ins cniiJren
raited u''dn a pe a rag through wUeh he had
boeu training blackbeiries ! Borne .neighbor,
who, ras at.ennitV with him, sfarit-,1 ihe re
port that he had raised 'a scces.-ioii flag," and
suddenly he was arrested, hurried oil hundreds
of miles, (he resided in lichigan) and incarce
aratcd in Fort Lafayette and kept- there for more
than half a year, without ahy attention being
paid to his case. lie was finally Informed that
there wm no chargo against himand allowed to
go. Six lJious months of cruel inprisontnent
simply pn account of a little harmless phiyfulness
of his children ! Can that be called a free or just
government, under, which such shameful outrages
are perpetrated? "And' yet this i.s but a sample
of what arbitrary arrests must and will ever Env
If any persons bave committed offjences, let thc-nr
be tried and punished. It is all fully to say the
kx: is not situate to reach all cases. Inade
quate to punish all' real offences.:; It is only be
cause the powers which be wish-to tortuiT'into
terms nets that are not crimes, tint they resort to
the high-haudod HiC'isuresi they do.
, The Caurn.ii-m, we understand. U publi.-licd
.tv.thi f'.nuer proprietors ot" the. Day JJ.mk and !
lTtTTy Ne ws. b If of ''wTiTcliTTt w IH "be rcrniieeted.
w. re n; prtSM i.l No'i after the commencement of
fliil-vrsr. .The ('.k.vkj is n.t .::d!.wcd to cir-'
eulatj thr.upi the.if!i;ils, but the'proprietors state--th.u
theif. we,;k!y: cd.irton .is; tlrea'dy many' thou
":u?i.is, and rapidv inereasing. ' '
the right, each received. on tho field anid the oners between fopr and five hundred, and abonk
terrible contest, rry;ten congratulatprytq ders, lor forty or sixty killed aud wounded. At Tuscum-'
their skill and prowess in eurrvingaiainst sune- bjAibe-briaff8..waai)erfetwPrie'a-division bad
V i4TTorceFlIiere n trench m e nts of the enemy not
forgetting the noble men they led.
At the close of the ffeht on Friday, Villepiguc,
Dowen and.Hust, under Lovellr-MaurjCabell,
l'hifer, Ilebert,. Green,-Gate8,Martin, Moore,
Irwi n, an J all others under Price received the
univcrpnl meed of applause, so grateful to the
soldier's heart, when U fullows-heroio deeds.
Tv.o hours of daylight on -Friday would have
made .us masters of -Corinth. The place was
snyi;4-by the extraordinary. exertions of llosen-J
craii7., who, working with indefatigable laborljn
til daybreak brought reinforcements of eight
thousand men not, as the." very intelligent
peiitlcnian who enlightens ti e Missiippian de
clares, from Cairo and Columbus, by tho oversight
of .our. General in not cutting the railroad" but
from Jacinto, Tlienzi.'Iuka uiid Kossuth.
, Tlis force was concentrated at daylight, among
the Strong central fortifications, of the town, be
fore whichjhe centre and left of bnr army Ipy,
:md where our gallant and noble soiJiers threw
t!icirclves with thc cnrly dawn intQthesc formi
dabla works. - Tl.eyvwere too few to hofd tb
place their valor had won. These were the forces
under the gallant Price. On the right, Lovell's
-"Uviiioihvingtskef t'necxtrrrorlrntrcf intrcEctr""
men's, and after hnrd fighting captured a fort,'
f'ounj his wing confronted by the last strongholds
whiih guarded the town on the West. Ilia
troons,-not having been o'neo repulsed in their
victorious march, were in the act of storming
these last works, when he. received orders to re
tire and form tbe rear guard to protect and cover
the Vetreatr "r "" ,
General .Van'. Dorn had cut off all reinforee
mect3 from Bolivar, by so mancevering to menace
that point, and by cutting the railroad between
it and Corinth.
--Toscncranz, on Friday night, expected, to lo.-e
Corinth. He started 'his' train in' retreat towards
Farmington, and burnt some of his military stores.
He has deservedly wen a right to promotion by
theoil, skill and energy of his defence.
k . o ii.tuu vuouait.u.f ui ikic nc nave tic-
ry- reason to conclude that in the killed and
wouded, and in prisoners taken on the'fceld, the
loi W the enemy was trreater than our owo.
TaH 'traglers tf car r.rmy, worn Out by the ex
cessive msat and thirst of a two days' struggle
alter rapid marc Les, may swell their list ot prw
oncrv.
- We capture dVt Ciori nth three: pieces -uLartil-
j lery, anajiosLotie jXece by a mistake ot the driver,
who ran it into-tow
TUHHIETREAT
crossed it-and LyellVdiyision was approaching .
it. TEe enemy wslc not in poeition at it but
were sent howling back before they reached it.
Bowen destroyed it after he crossed. -
I have spoken in warm, but merited praise of
all the ofacers"and men engaged in the bloody
field of (iorintb. There is a class of Soldiers of
whom I have not spokma large class would
it were smaller ! ia class, in numbers sufficient
lo form a brigadea class of stragglers who were
not at oritrth, on either ofthc- long to be remem'-;;
bered days of Friday and Saturday who deser- "
ted our advancing colums who learned the cur
rents of the fight only by those cannonades wnose
distant thunder made the earth tremble under
their feet whose coward footsteps turned away : ...
from tho fields of carnage, and whose lying tbngues
spread a panic cn . every mile of their igno
miuious flight. It is a pity to find their catiff stories
xf blundering Generals and terrible disasters
stiffened into type.
Whatever may be the sum cf hurtful and erro
neous criticism heaped upon some of the Gener
als who fought at Coiinth, by those ignorant of
their action on the field, it ought toTbe'a solace
to officers thus defamed to knowthat theyjire cher- , -.
IIlunjylhTToldiersTIiey" led lnso "much' tbat .
even retreat could not stifle their cheers of admi
ration. ' " .
Ilosecranz isr of course, inferior to the military
critics, who denounce the action of Van Dorn ; but
it is safe to say that he would not readily under
go again the toil by which he saved Corinth.
As to LovelJ, so bitterly and undeservedly as-
sailed his cool courage, self-possession and skill
in handling his force 'attracted the admiration of
the army ,
I see that in the list of the meritorious I have
failed tcmention Gen. Armstrong and Col. Jack
son, whorfommanded our cavalry. Each" of those
gallant officers greatly distingursied themselves
by their admirable use of their respective forces
in protecting the flanks of our line. Indeed, with
out exception, the conduct of all our officers, of
every grade, was worthy of all praise. ' And Ad
ams, in his vigilance in watching the enemy ad-,
vanclng from Bolivar to Hatchie bridge, coin-
manded tho thanks of the Commanding General. -
Kattlc cV C'orintU-il iilt :u ilt uliws.
A'V'o
eaulil'H huk sid"iK"v
.l.N.' ir; i ti:u. '.'! .ft'cn rce'.'ive ;,,al
Was conducted in" a masterly manner as its re
sults proclaim. Abaggag train, six '-or . seven
miles in lenth.'-was bro,ughtft' iu safety. The
small Kvs often or twoivo wagons was occasioned
by the silly panic of the drivers. There were but
-twoeontcfisoirtlse retreat.,. The firk occurred at
Davis' Jirid-e, on the Hatchie-river,, -Rear - Poca-
il.i.il...-, i t v. I L. I Illy ilN.llS ui uui
U ty.ii i ion var a 1 1 erwaras
hut's" xlivisioir'
i ioi ecu
-Truth. :v.: -e, :f:ul tlie holy"
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i criveu ... .lo-'-i-uvision. rrom use same uouii Tiisnuteu tne Tias-
Jrevous -ctin rite jii ' jitij -ofitiifl !atcuie The contest, ws'short ai
t;-.uel.iiiig the ,.l:;t.r S'liti Uh-.C Morris' briffaue .w;is in" .flrtj'--advance,' a
ur ir;'iv frt-(n I p-jttmti of liH-firee about tive'hunured. iii..num- I
: . . y .... -.-
:n : t do refsxrit
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IS
.pe;iffarraiid mi
'h:1 t "i ! r y : i
tie 'orfa??), :
t!.at l!l ;:;';'!. '
yaler and f:ji.r:. -tljm of the s&4ier .t..'fui'J-iiw
jij.ist ? a iiif.: I aiid hi- Irave-t eiVjU . &i dvwn'to
uca'OU ntTf"H hljinderinc a:ni yfaidiaj:nieie'n'-'
" i.eai)-! hrtiired by the' pre:-s,.o zt evory health-
i:o!:aii to 'elii i i no ; .tor crossitfc t he h-ridge.- A' part oi 1 hirer s and
a portion'cf , CambeH's brtga4ej-were pushed up
iir j ap'wrtf-'-'tuak i n g . alt og-?t her abuut 1,0U0 men
en'jr.ii
linsr tlfi National Capital. Tt can wreck a pcttv
vengeance upon some individual whii has had too
"much honesty to bend before its usurpations.
Rat it is incompetent 4o save jthe country from
the-calamities which menace it. irioV'es dupTT
eityand deceit, and pjysahigh premium forth ems,
in the'-persou of the reneiradd ; Dl-mocrats who
go ovef to it for plunder and pelf, but. it especial
ly Kates nnnliness and honesty, aud persecutes
-every-4 ttdivhl aa4h.Kssesscs cno?gtr-if jhcsg''
. fpi iluiesjto teHit of its fmlt, or rebuke its follies.
I t has fi rial ly Xcu v i ? t ed I tSel f of par ty -A a vjjjri t ism
by releasing. frVhj iQiprisonincfit members of its.
"T5tn party, and re)aTnTiig'DeiM.tcffits:iii custo)!
tlioggh tho oiiencev charged were the s ii)e. in
byUi ias. v IrUlu of OhuTr is ciiargiui with;
discouragi ng en list mcht sy yet ho is -imprisoned,
while Black llepublieaivs arc released.' It is no
wonder that some of its, "own party papers arc
. calling for t he resignationVf a President who lui
hHrethfr'tyt'niujent.tucenm on
aiualion which' would seem to exist, just 'now.
imiinly for the persecution ,ofthose who. have in
tclligcnco enough to soo tho truth, and mauliness
enough to utttcr it. . '-.V . ..
' There arft many other articles in the number
of the Caucasian now before us,whioh would
well pay perusal, aud which we would gladly place
before our readers in preierenco to anything that
441 the
I f.-::r ti nt the lamented and'imm-ortal Albert
.SiJney Johi:.to!f is not the only (ieuf nil sacrificed
by'-' croakers who hate tho smelt' of
1 tydteBrjic,,: asdic-yrrid.. 'Vthaf tft thumi'c ;ircL
1 on our sidx .-At that roint. the. .noble
hig!i-.tUMed.:.-salljfu 'soldier .ind gentleman,' Major.
-Hibour, on .Van, DrfiSj .ta.ff;fell. mortally woumT"
ed ni.theeitort to rally our men, pressed and over
powere4by 'really superior numbers. The enemy
sueeioed in gaining -.the bruise but -withdeew-
kOf'tei-, a sliarp - contc-sf rou the approjtchof II chert
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hi L.-.-iii.in'iH.'r; xui f-..j, as- iih; ii;v i.sc oi j -.UIVIS40.1, cuiii.iiaiKie'.i- vy vi euerai u reeu. junng
.merit,"-but our .fathers. dieted oil a diil :mt idouyfthis combat at tho Ilatcliiluidge, the forces
or else (leorge- W'ssliington - could not lung hae. Ilosecranz, ftont'Corinth, attacked otirrear guard,
remained .!Comnrauder'-in'-t.tliic'f " of th-i avmY olj six miles distanj.jiJjhiidgeaerossthe--T-cstruta-
: '"'The following" little motto of Virginius ;
Hutchen, of Graves battery, has a good" deal of
rlth .- ' . . . .-
'"'"''Juui''p"6fW''"aiI'th'e Tfs and luts-r
There's always some kind hand
To lift life's wagon from the ruts,
Or poke away the sand. .
xv. Mr.'
.'.'." Push on! You're rusting while you stand
v luacticu wiir not do : - '
Take life'ij small handle in your hand,
AiKMrudge it bnskfy through.
, an eccentric preacher in Mich
igan, was holding forth hotiohg since in Detroit.
A young. man arose to go out, when the preacher
said .'i Young '.jr.an, if you'd ; rather go to hell
than hear meprcach, you can "go." .The sin
ter stopped and reflected for a moment, and say-
'iugNespectfullyj " -B , believe 1 would," went
on.
MoNEYKAiAKixii i Virginia. "Hermes,"
writing to' tliv" Mercury fromiti"c1rmond, says:' "
cou hn v et esea pl 'VnnAnt'4T.Ty
ciibul did nf triumph over the good siy?se6f our
a u ce stq.ru, an d v b i ay hope t h a t IT) i'ae t ions'. of'
pn'r day laay.'f'iotwi'th'.vat reeistaTee;nr the famg:
oT oilioers whose -tn i ! ", ta r y xaehei veui e u k deserve
tin
HrohtrratuTatiun-s of every .general officer undet hi
command-jand tho hearts of his men Iyinn-
.proMtjitepriroDtKt py.r nirst and weary troin excess
of valor. there was but ono feeliiipride that
t h ey so r ved n t i cl c t aco.m in a n dc t who had taught
HOytJsfJB.tetiiit we: must close ,oiit jMleeUonf,frt,n tTXif wy A-sr.refid fctnte-fetdr
ISpr centreand Lavell.oa
"biaL Boweu's bvigade at. this latter poiaLrc
Ttie enemy witli grert slaughter, and that .was the"
.last eoufvst ot the retreat. rfVan Porn retiredl
Price's division up tho Iiatclue mil!, preceded by
tus imuieiiSe'Tnuii; "'.onuaggage, una oicstod ; re
paired a bridge 'at that point, , which-had been
lb u rut. by .. Gen . Ams t ron it ha t .raor ni u g aero'ssed
I have heretofore spoken of the moheymakinf; .
spirit in this iStatev Here is an incident in proof
of its effects. In t tie town of B -r, a great re
vival was going 'on: tfoe . night the minister of
the 4duucltiayyhic.h... the revival occurred, pub-.
Jicly rebuked his elders for not attending except
uii Sunday. , Brother. Diggs excused himself on
the'.ground'That "his business had increased so
much thut he c-ould not possibly leave it on week
AtherFrsss then rose and saiit'Di'Tirs
-ri PC k ' -
has stated my aliee"xa"
and I manufacture it, ud you .all know that fco-
bacco is a big business at this time. A Jiy, bretfi-
nation's gratitude. ' -
C ) f jflte " b iiJlcLofZCur i n thJi is ury-will say iiRtiictmrrn
was not. n' victory.- In a;l the -elements of "mili
tary scieiwac'ni'ccptioiitari of.uttack.' and ex
ecution of design it relfeets.- the.-hicrhest'- credit
on'iJic: gencrab-vlK errnn'l"i o'T f'Tf" , ntf4
it coveVcd' with "riorv '.ihe' s.ubui din"- - ; ufals
officers and men epgagied i ff the territic''5thicrgle4..
ie eose eft tie contest on'the night oMUo
Jay, ( Friday, Gen. Van Dorn received the
On tl
first d
.'route, unmolested and-- in this order our entire
.army ins marched to this point. ."Tho. very iu-tt-Higcnt
geiytleinariTFf the Mlssissippian, puts
vvCy asTt-tt'e.-nf tin; tvvo,K c'aUeS of oUr reVi'rscs-,"
die burning of 'a' bridge across Cypress. creek ten
-'miles from Corinth arwhich point tle enemy
held a commanding-position where our men had
to run down the. creek and cross over a mill dam,
etc. There was no-bridge, burnt or injured, , bn
our entire route,; fruiu'Corinth to'neiir Pocahontas
ou the llatchiethat bridge was not burnt ijsr
passage' vv'as disputed by the enemy in position
but the contest ost them dearly. They lost up-;
Wards of one hundred killed rEnd between f"Vr
5Edl"6eltiIur
Generals Ordan J Veltch-whilo our loss was in pi ;s-
ren, even lugs is eight dollars, and how kin I
leave my factory." . This really occurred. 7
.'An KPIT 0 ANTSMSATFOB Hid FAMILY. '.
The editor of the Cleveland (Tennessee) Ban
ncr has fhc followiog iii his' paper. We are not
refmestfed" to-cgwrbttfr,','hia easo has seworke
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upon our Sympathies that we Cannot refrain from
inserting his advertisement. Wo Hope somebody
will see this, who can supply his wants and hasten
to do so : . - ' ' -; "
Wamed. We want" tp buy" a coou a&d 'pos
suni dog, to hunt our meat with during the c: tu
ing year. It is foolish for & man to think about,
buying hog meat who is printing a paper at
a year A dog that will hunt cooiiy ' pcfsiimjaid
4iji"Ees?poaea nd-gO4f
jprici alUhleadquartera i -; -f ? v . ,;
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