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. From the Charleston Courier. THE BATTLE OF KINSTON. The fl ght on 8atnrday was merelj a aeries of heaTy . ,. skirmishes .. ;, ...V- ' thi cbjict of crx. rosTia . , In advancing from hid entrenched works at New. bern, was clearly to capture Goldsboro, as the key of future operations In the State; destroy our rauroau . communications between Virginia and the South, and re-build the line between. Newborn and Goldsboro', must hate used the Church as a hospital after the bat-1 indignation exists at the Headquarters of the Com- I t " ...- f . . - - I a wV manaer-in-uoier, uen. emun, Dccause a very, imi number haye gone home without lcavej and thus ab- which had been partially destroyed by our trocps an tier Gen.yaa?N Jlis epieshad informed him of the true condition of affairs, up to the hour of his depart , we from Newbern, and our trusty scouts had likewise riven us intelligence of the advance contemplated by tt enemy. Unfortunately, however, this information I ( did not reach us. in time to be availnble, and the Abolitionists found our forces divjded, as they bad been for several days in anticipation of an attack at other points. The Uolcombe Legion and the 18th South Carolina Regiment, forinsUnce, were posted at Green Till, on the Tar Hirer, some thirty-fire miles distant, and the former did not- reach - Kinstoq until late on Saturday evening. The Utter, by reason of their or dert, did dot tome at all, being detained to guard our rear from an adtance of the enemy ria Washington, where the latter were in considerable force. The march of the Abolitionists was, therefore, un interrupted until Friday, the 12th. Their arrival at . Trenton, twenty-two miles below j was reported by Major Nethcrcutt, of the Tartizan Rangers, North Carolina, on Thursday, and on Friday Col. Baker, of the CaTalry, was dispatched with parts of two com panies to his assistance. Owing to some lack of pro ""denceOr knowledgeof IhecointryThoweref Jleinfbrce stents got between the cavalry of the enemy and their advance guard, and before the Confederates were aware of it, they were completely surrounded, A skirmish .then ensued, in which Col. Baker was wounded in the ear, and the men succeeded in cutting their way out, v but in such a scattered and disorganized condition-that as. a distinct command, they proved of no further use daring the events that followed. " THE TIGHT OX SUSDAT. The engagement commenced about 9 o'clock, a. in., when our artillery opened on the abolitionists, who were discovered in & long open field in their front. It is a singular fact, and not unworthy of record, that this discovery was due ta a woman w bo was seen vig- orously waring her handkerchief or some other white object of feminine apparel, to her rear. Almost im mediately the Yankees swarmed into the field in which she was standing, and we opened. The female then disappeared as mysteriously as Ehe bad showed her self, and nothing more has been seen or heard of her cince the engagement The-Abolitionists at once re- turned the fire of the artillery with a volley of musketry .and a salvo of heavy guns, and the battle became gen-; eral. The roar of the fusilade is said to have been as terribly idcessant as that which has characterized any of our large battles; and in the fourteea.or fifteen en gagements I have witnessed I have certainly never seen the effect of fire more conspicuously marked upon and around the. field. , The ground is level and alternately covered with woods and the thickest undergrowth; and where these were occupied by either our men or of those of the inemy there is scarcely a shrub that has not been eplintered by the balls. ' Frequently the huge pines were cut completely down, and the eye on every side rests upon severed branches hanging to the parent stem by a few fragments, great .ragged holes, juppliBgi toppling in all directions, bashes shattered ; by a hundred bullets, grape shot buried in the trunks of treeSj and scarsl gashes, and perforations of every shape, size and character. Looking at this work of destruction you cannot but wonder how our little handful were saved from utter annihilation; and l ean only explain it on the ground of bad markmanship of the enemy, and perhaps some Blight advantage of position. Manyof thiree.?iJ,o.t inltanceThave rankeelbullets in them thirty feet from th? ground. . - . ' The battle continued without intermission from tiae . a. m. until one o'clock, p. m., and though it raged along our line for a mile, the' hottest fighting of the day was on the right . Here, near an old Church, were eutiopwi the Uolcombe Legion, with Mallet's Battak tie, and the presence of . a coneideraula number of graves and trenches shows that they must likewise hate burled many of their dead in that vicinity. Our own lulled were also interred by the enemy.. , Of the character of the battle there is very little to describe beyend the fact that it was a stand up, give and-take affair, in which our troops behaved better than in any other fisrht of the war. There was no charging no runjngjitre, or there flndn(utrazsUng. The men seemed inspired by a common determination If necessary to "dia there," and nntil the order was given to "fall bsck firing,", theyetood their ground like heroesi and held at bay the legions by whom they were confronted. Col. Mallet was wounded near the Church and subsequently taken prisoner, and Adjutant DoBose, of the' Uolcombe Legion, also fell at this point severely wounded, and was carried to the rear. I have heard several speak of the splendid conduct of this young officer during the day as chief in command ofthe regiment, and the handsome manner Jo. which be maneuvered his men, and gave them encourage ment by his own cool and gallant example. A? tha day wore on it became evident that tho ene my were making an endeavor to turn our left and get between us and the Neuse River, thus surrounding our forces. The troops on the left were, accordingly, ordered to retire over the bridge in good order and fall back upon the town. This, of course, necessita ted a similar movement upon'the right, and between one and two o'clock the entice body,- save those who 'Were severely wounded and those who were captured, had crossed to the Kinston side. "lit ' i ii i H NORTH CAI101IA MC11S, tented themselves from their commands at a-time when their services are of the greatest value. An order is about to be issued publishing these men in the principal papers as deserters. By the time this letter reaches you the exchange will have been made, and if the foregoing statement should meet the eye of any of these absentees, let ni suf gg8 that they will I save, their reputation by returning to tne ranxs wiiu out delay. : - . Col. Mallet was wonnded at the bridge, and sub sequently taken prisoner. Ed. Abu tMallct's Battalion was the last Regiment toleave the field and consequently arrived at the bridge after all others had crossed. Ed. Ab. ArroiNTED.-i-S. F. Phillips, Auditor, has appointed Cen. II, 0. Spruill, of Washington county, and Thom as Harrison, of Caswell, as his clerks nndor the re cent act of the General Assembly, creating the office of Auditor of Public Accounts. , Thla Argai o'er the people's Hgh'ta doth an eternal vigil keep No toothing strain of Mala' vn can 1 all his hundred tjn to lUef 0. W. FENTON, Fditor. , WADESBORO', IV. C. jnURSDA.Y:uJAUAaY15r18637- Cobs. Corn is selling at ooe dollar per bushel in most'of the lower counties of Alabama, at which price thousands of bushels can be obtained. 1 1. ........ ion on its right, aud six companies of the 17th Regi , tnent 8. C. V. on the left, and here it may be said, without discredit to the gallant North and 8outh Caro-TlmaWufthert&ttiH jmeot, the remainder of the 17th and 61st were fight ing) the advance of the Abolitionists was most stub bornly resisted, and tb!y were most severelypunished. The old Church to which I have referred above is -IHerftliy riddled board I counted forty-six hcJes. It was probably owing to the protection which this afforded to the Le gion that the men were, enabled so long to withstood the hurricane of fire tbat every second -of -time swept s remorsly from the front of tie low, dense thicket vhich concealed the eDemy. I judge froia tbencat rtaies of blood upon the floor that the Abolition! t. J IJiaTe.nowJoFpakjtJhe circnmstanQ55Jfhis capture. . the BrBxtsa or thi esidcs As mentioned above, Boyce's Battery was. instruct ed to bold the bridge, aud as soon as our troops were over to open fire and check the pursuit by the enemy. To one of his lieutenants was also intrusted the task of burning the bridge. Our regiments, one by one, retreated, according to- the orders ef the General, pre serving, with but one or two exceptions, an unbroken front, and fighting the enemy to the last; and the Abo. tionists, too timid to make a bold rush and overpower our weak numbers, failed to., take advantage of the best opportunity they have had during the war of cap turing acomplete command. With a nirrow structure only two hundred yard intengt h at ur backr-and an army ten times larger than our own, in front, the won der is that Foster did not follow up h?s success by pressing us rapidly to the mer ban!t and there com pelling a ctpitulation. Bathe did not, and ail of the regiments, execpf the Uolcombe Legion, crossed in safety. Capt. Boyce beinj informed of this fact, now opened a vigorous Ere from his pieces, which he Con j tipued for some minutes, and at the same time his Lieutenant, duly prepared with Ughtwood and turpen tine, applied the torch to the bridge. Suddenly word came that the Hokombef Legion were on the other side. - The artillerists were .of course ordered to de sist,an J soon the Uolcombe 'Legion made their ap pearance, and the greater part dashing through thej just ignited flames, arrived on this side of the river The enemy ot this juncture were within fifty - yards and some of them so near that they could not be fired upon without killing our own men. The result was "confusion worse confounded." Those who remained with their regiments and prcserued proper discipline escaped easily, but those who left the rank? to screen themselves behind the rier bank from the incessant pouring of the iron hail, and then' vainly endeavored to cross in a crowd, suffered for their indiscretion, and were necessarily captured. Of these I may mention the Uolcombe Legion, which lost 27t he 22 J, which lost 91; the 17tb, which lost 8, and the 231, which lost 12; making a total of 133 South Carolinians taken prison ers. Bet ween Mallet's Battalion and the Gist North Carbliba some two hundred and ten or twelve others wefecapturedheaggregapf pris hundred and fifty. I should add by the way that 19 Colonel Richard YeaJon, "one of the editors of the Charleston Courier, offers a reward of ten thousand doliars for the capture of Butler the Beast. It is said that Gov. Bradford; of Maryland, will succeed Pierce, by appointment, in the U'. S. Senate Brigadier General lleury l'rin:e has been assigned lo an important command in North Carolina. Lieut Richard A. Stitt, of Union county, an officer of Co A, 48th N. C. Re., died recently in Richmond' of pneumonia. W. H. Jenkins, -Esq., is elected to the Com mons from Granville county, in place of Hon. R. B. Gilliam, resigned; Maj. Willie I). Jones to the Senate from Wake, in place of J. 1. 11. Ru.; and Isaao II. Foust, Esq., to the Commons from Randolph, in place of Mr. Worth. . . Z&m The Adjutant Geuctal of this State offer a re ward of 100 for the arrest of John Mcdiin, Jr., of Union county, a deserter from the army, who recently shot auiTlijlTeirHosea Littlo near Monroe. lie had been arrested and was bing couveyel to Raleigh, when he jumped from the cars at the Shops and made his c-captj on the night of the 22d inst. .. SPECIAL COURT. ; " 8. W.'Colei Chairman, Wm. AlUn, V. Richardson; ' G. W. Little, re elected County Trusue. 8. Vf. Cole, John Broadaway; and M.W. Mrsk were elected a Committee of Finance ' . v , The usual allowance to the families of Tohintecrs was continued. JCgy We ttated last week, that we had been inform- - ed that there were certain.eople in Montgomery Co. in favor of reconstruction, anj that they had requested c?rtinwould-be prominent the subject. To cur utter. astonishment, e learn that public sentiment has settled upon Hon. Alfred Doct ery and 0. H. Dockcry, as thei:Vcnalfudcd U)7"We are authorized to fay that public sentiment, In this re spect, is entirely erroneous. ATTENTION. We are authorized to announce that Cpt. J. C. Car away will be one of FIFTY, to organize an indorend ent company,, to go to Wilmington and ariat in the (I fence of that place. Lieut. Crump and J C. Caudel haveeinified their determination to do likewite. Here is an experienced captain and LientenatJ, lxh oLwhjnjiaTe faced the encmyr willing to unite with: forty-seven others, to go and fight the invader at W. miegton. Who wilt join this patriot band? Leavs your names at this office, f fca-T Twenty -cven persons iu Fan ttevJUe have rni chased corn to the amount of $1,(X0, to be cold to the j-eople at co and charges. - ' Why could not something lik thia be done in Ai son? Why? There is but ta answer. The wi.'l, alone; ir lacking! There u plenty tf oifiVytut little WILL. We k&uw df but two men in Anxm, who have come op to their dity in this rcfjecl! It is true thut ten ligh teoc men could 'not be found in Sodorn, and it is equally true that ten duinttresUti uwn cinnot l e founi in Anen, to prevent Anson' becoming a Hdora! There a re plenly..of. self-righteous men. ia.A njon,- m ho tuttt that " the earth U the lord's, and l julnnt (Lereof " who forget that all they have hi Hi who do cu ' believe that.the command, "(KClTi TILL I COME applies to them, Ur whose epecial benefit we rutlirh Willums and Helm,, accomplices of MedJin, have, from U cb9,ter cf LuU Tu of the alcove number belonging to the 221 Regiment were captured while on picket the Friday evening pre vious to, the fight. , ' : Amon tire officeri s'acrlficed as a prisoner, by' his sense of duty, was' Capt. Zoigler, the now senior offi ce of sthe Uolcombe Legion, who, after .the pasgagg of the bridge by his regiment, attempted to aid the escape of those, behind who -were struggling in -'the cro wd, and to restore something likr-ordcr;1rat his f ffdff war ineffectual, and before he conll retire the Yankees were upon' him. It should be added, In justice to these" men, that tbey were not only obliged to endure the heavy vollies of the enemy's musketry, but tb encounter the flames of the burning fagos on the bridge, whose fiery tongues been secured and confined in jiil at Raleigh Smasu Up. -Two freight trains left th city on the R. & G, R. R. on jeterday morning, and when near Camp Holmes two car? belonging to the. foremost train became detached and ran down grade on the hindmost train, damaging the tngine, and smashing up the two cars aud some twenty hogsheads of Government sugar on board, audnjured a fireman. We understand the soldiers at Camp Holaes helped tberafelves to the su gar pretty freely until a guard was placed over it. The passenger train due here yeWrdayofntog'tlM not reach here until Ute in the afternoTnlu conse- qaence of the above accldent.Voyrfi Jan 8. MztKLtSBCBO Coc.NTTCocRTs. It will be seen by a notice of the Clerk of the Court of Tleas and Quar tcr Sessions, that the next Term of the Coui t for this county will be held on the second Monday of Janury instead of the 4th Monday. This change was made necessary by the establishment of a new Circuit by the Legislature, causing a change in the time of holding our Superior Courts. Therefore the time for holding our Connty Courts was altered so as to prevent two terms from taking place on the same weeks of the Su perior Courts. Wctlern Democrat. Small-pox is being carried from the army into the country and here and there. Tho people should be vaccinated to guard ogainst it ZQm Cotton cards are now being mode at the Geor gia Penitentiary, at the rate of thirty pairs per day. 8kins of sheep,. goats,. or dogs, will be taken in ex change at present, as it is the desire of the, factory to get skins on hand to work up. .1 he cards are worth six dollars a pair. . : , A new,! iemtabUhdifr Edgecombe county , N. C., at Wh"itakir' Turnout, oh the Wilming. ton & Weldon Railroad. ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying, what Shalt t do, because I have no room where tu W.-tsiw my fruit-! And he said, this will I do, I will pu!) down my t art W nn.lr buil l greater; and there wiil I bestow" all iar K1 fruit aud my gaods. And I will y to my soul, Soul, Ihouhast much pood hid np fur many years; t-ia thine cny, eat, drink, and be merry. But Gol said unto him Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be re quired of thee;, then who$i tha't thue lhttj$ lt which thou hast provided? Sd is he that Iyeth up trealura for himself,'an Is not 'rick 4ovtit 'God.' -r:rl -""f .tsaT The. latest canard cut, is to the elTi!.ct that the Conscrratirciucuibtts vof the JiCgisb ture hclJ, just previous to the recess, a private meeting, tu consider a projiXMhoti from the trai tor, Jjtanlj, to the effect that if orth Carolina would return to the Union, the l tdVrols would guarantee protection to person and! prupt rty, Ac., and that paid caucus refused j nccept btanly's proposition by onljowe vote. The origin .of this slander; as wo learn from the Sa!ijburjr; hatch' man, is, that a secret session of the Legislature was held, at which . Oovl' YinctiLic8d.8.!it)toma-; nication from the Federal, ililitary (jovcrnor, Stanljff -and hi-r reply to thc"aiiic; That rcptj wo have heard spoken of us otic of t he hcr things Gov. Vance has done, and receded the una h tmous jplau& of the Lrffhlatur" From this, doubtless, originated the false and nbsunl story whispered about in thin town, in private circles, for the purpose of pn-judicing the people against ttie ; legilgtttrc.r Tha wpgEgcMXIg: Tchs great admiration and respect for Vox, Vance, were now1 licking, every foot of the structure, and it was indeed a task which -few natures-could grimly withstand.. ' . 1 revert for a moment again to the prisoners to 'fay, that they have all been paroled and sent to Raleigh, to await there the consummation of the arrangements for their exchange. Rut I learn thfit. n great deal of The Dank cf Clarendon, at Fayeteville, has de clared a semi-annual dividend of tlx per cen t. " V.,-" ' iBOJJ.-ynlqur people soon get to making - iron in largo.quantiHes, wehall have 'an iron famine equal to the sajr famine, Tfareis no difficulty inrocoris g a bounf'iful snpply, if those who have means will go into the business.- No country on enrth U richer in. ores "of the finest qualities than r ars. The mountain regionsof North Carolina, South Carolyn, Georgia an I Alabama, abopndlw,ith iron eifirhtt$ j)tmbcrtt. who, thev say, defeated the treasonable attempt referred to above : but their frofessions have this sign i fica ttonyand Tio: tnore he diviiira breach betweeu Xpe uovernor and the people w ho elect 1 St . mm.: . - . This villianous concoction is doubtless the workof Bomeof the brave-sfay-at-homes, who, but, after the war began , took special care to keep ot of harm's way. Themiscrable,falHifjin.' good for nothing scamps. They are too cowardly to fight hate the smell of gunpowder -but nt cunning enough 1o keep at homeland base enough to invent and circulate falsehood about those whose every thought, word and act' is pre'gnsn with good to the Old North State- ci 0! U o 0! 'Ot Th 13' Oua he w 1 y 1.1 ;ie ice or; he h-ari ":Jfln 'eclar Imvch nd h jfttfe! Tee o eliev titiiti idera' f Alrr
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