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NEW SBIUESVOLV IV-NO. 1. .': i ; ,WADESBOUOUGU, N. C, lHDRSDAY,'jANUAiiY' 22,'l86:p! Mr'm " "jiWHOLE NO. 214.' n -nmoRArrnB-potLiir AN. IRISH STORY".4 ."' -plf! tbs writer of ths Diary" of an Ennojtb." . . , - .- (coNCLViiox.); of Cork, jewel, nod troth I'm almost spent, aad I've a bad cowld, and i cough op me, as ye may hear," and he coached Tohementl. jjCethleon iiado a motion to pan the stile, bat the disguised old woman stretching out -1 great v bony hand, "seized her gown.' 3cill CathleeO did not quail. " Mash a,' then, have ye nothing to give a poor ould woman," said the monster, in a whfninp, .snaffling4, tone. : M Nothing hiro I in ' this wide world,", said Cathleon, quietly : disengaging bfr gown, bat without moving. " 8are its only yes terday I was robbed- of all' I had bat the littlo clothes on toy back, and if I hadn't met with chanty from others I'd hare started by tfie wy Vide by this time,' ' ' "Ock! and is thero no place hereby where -they would give i pots too and ieupof" cowld water to a poor old woman ready to drop on ' her roadr- : ' Cathleen instantly pointed forward to the house she had just leftand reeomwonded her to apply there." Sure they're good, honest people, though poor enonghj God help them,'' she cotitiouod, 44 and I with ye mother, no worse' luek thau my sell had, and that's a good friend to treat yo to a upper, aye, and a breakfast too;' there it is ye may just see the light smoke rising like a thread orcr the hill, jut iVnent ye ; and so God speed ve ry'circuuistances, excited tho most intense and general interest.- Among tho, property of poor IlaJferab iisovered in tho booftlrero -a-pair; if shoes and a cap which Cathleen at ouco identified as belonging to. herself, and Heilly's silver watch; wna found 6ri the younger I Jogan. VWhBn qucs tioned how they came into "hia possession', ho sul lenly refuged'- toariswerr" mother eagerly, and as if to shield her son confessed that she was the person who had robbed Cathleen in tho for mer part of tho day, that she had gone out on the Carriek road to beg, havipg been left by her husband and non for to days without the means, o&mpport; and finding Cathleen asleep, she had taken away tho bundle, supposing it to contain food ; and did not recognise her as the fiamc per son she had robbed, till Cathleen offered her part of her sapper, - '-- Tlu surgeon, who had been called to Qkamimt the body of Ilalloran, deposed to the cause of his death ; that the old man had been first tbe estate of a nobleman in tlio neighbourhood ) but bating loon telbeernod it th6, abdtfetiorf oj a yi?ung female under circumstances 'of peculiar atroc.whicb.fox.j tjho want , of lecal evidence 'could not be brought homo: to him ho was dis missed f and3,. findi ng!himself an object of gener al execration,' hehad 8incekb6crj skulking -about the country, associating with bousebrcakors and other lawless and abandoned .characters. At ijio moment the hangman was adjusting the rope round his neck, 'a shrill 'voiccscreamcd frorn the midst of tho crowd, " Uaruy Hogan ! doyc mind Graco Power, and the jast words ever she spoke to ye 1" there was a goncral movement and con fusion ; no one could ' or would tell whence the voice proceeded. The wretched man was seen to change countenance for tho first U mo, and 'rai ling himself oa tiptoe, gazed vildly; round upon the multitude : but he said nothing; and in a few mieutes ho was no more; , Cathleen terweJ to descend tho stile as she puke, expecting to be again seized with a strong and murderous grasp; but her enemy, securo in his disguise, and never doubting her perfect un consciousness suffered her to pass unmolested. Another half mile brought ber to the U p of a rising ground, within sight ot the high road ; ."he . rouW sec crowds of people on horseback and on foet, with ears and carriages passing alcng in on. direction'; "for. ft was, though Cathleen did not then know it, the first day of the Ccrk Aumes. Asivbe gated, she wished for the wings of-a bird that she miht in a moment flee over the pacc whieh intervened "between" her and safety; fcr though hc could clearly see the high rod friua the hill on which she tood, a "valley of broken ground r.t its foot, and two wide fields still scpara. red her from it ; but with the same steady pace ' sho proceeded onwards : and now she had reached Jhe middle of the lst field, and a thrill of new born hope was beginning to flutter at her heart, when, suddenly two men burst through the fence st the farther side of the field, and advanced to. wsrdi hcr. One of these she thought at tho first glance resembled her husband, but that it un her husband himself was an idea which never eu, torcd her mind. Her imagination was possessed with tho one supremo idea of danger and death h); jaurdcrouS hands ; she doubted not that these Tcro the two llogans in some now disguise, and silently recommending herself to God went on her way. They proved to be her husband and a friend; -thiirihir.e1aTo41irlnat she - had nnder- gone. Tuey haitenod oa-to Cork, where m for mation of the murder was given. The country was irfstantly p; tho most active search after the murj man was-relieved, r.nd HltircrjrwaBmdohw;ilha nolifie. assisted hr all thn neighboring peasantry; and before o'clock the following nighi, tho three Jlogans, falhef , rhnth." cf, and son, had been- apprehended in; different I'laccsrcflnTcnt, and placed in safe custody. Meantime the coroner's inquest having sat on the hodj, brought a n verdict of wilful murder. As the Judges were then at Cork, the trial came on immediately; and from its oxtcaotdina slunnctTby a heavy blow on the temple, and then strangled. Other witnesses dopwed to the find ing of tho !kdy : the prsvioua character of tho Iiogans, and tho clreurjsta aces attending their ap prehension; buttheprincipal witness vaj Cathleen. She appeared, leaningon feer husband, her facc'vCss ahy. pale, and her linibnoylveakTfof eu pp6rty"ye( shehoweveri was perfectly colieeted, and gave her tetiujonywith that precision, fimpi.icity and uioicjty, pcoulini to her character. Yhen fIjc had cjcasion to nilude to her own feeling?, it wn v, ith tach natural and heart-felt eloquence that the Whole court was effected ; and, when she des cribed her rencontre at the stile there was a gen eral prcw.uc and a lrcathltss fuppense ; and then a loud.iaurmur-of astonishment find admiration fully participated by even the bench of magistrates. aheVvIdo-usa "was "clear and conclusive; and the jury, without retiring, gave their verdict, ju Iky Death. . , Whet the ruifterabb wretches were esked, in the uuil fcHiu, if they hud "any thing ' t.i say why tho awful sentence should not be passed upon them, tliC old man replied by a look or idiotic vacancy,' and was mute-rthe wwicr Ilo-an an swered sullenly;" nothing :"ihc 4d vwumi fctar- ing wildly on her son, tried tj. speak; her lips' iuoved,but without a' ro'ind nul she foil forward oa thebar-iu -strong. fits.. ' t '".-? At this moment Cathleen rushed from the arm? of her hus.bund, and throwing herself oa Iter kneei", with, clasped hands, acd checks, streaming wi?lv tears, iepged for mercy fur t tic old woman, " Mercy, lay lord J udge-1 " she relc'cla t iuc'di'"" 1 Gen llemou, your honours, havd" rcercy on Iter.' She had mercy on nio ! She only did tuir bidding As for tho 'bundle and all in it, 'I give it to her with all my. soul, m it's no robbery. . Tho grip of huuger's- hard to hear ; and if ?he lndnt,tnkcuit tbcrijyJbera-WQuld-lJiavOr-lH'en now 1 Sure they would have killed mc. for thcHvatch, 'and J would ha yc"lcr.-u'.'ump.,'U beforcyouy. honcurshy' mo-' meht. , 0 mercy mercy for her I or never will I sleep a) on this side of thegrave I" .' From tHeTajcttcTiilc Olsefvtr. Camp NVii riNO,'near Wilmington; Jan. 3. Messrs. Pditob's Tho condact of the Cist regruicnt in the lato fight at White HaliMiaviug been pretty severly animadverted "'upon"inc"er vuin "h'jh as well t'S low circles, and feeling my self mostly responsible for wlat 'scorns to have d raw u for lit-1 heo crit rcisms.-Itakcrt ho eaTlfcIt pract'cablo moment to state the facts of tho case, and assume publicly my entire Vhare of the re sponsibility. Ear'' iu the action the 31at wis ordered', by .Gen. KolMjrtson, to a point' on tho road about 150 yaidi in the rear of our forces then engaged they being protected by the gun boat in pvocc?s of construction and tho timbers thrown along the riverjiank. - Here, for two-hours, we lay esjxsed to tho tnciay's fire of shot, ball and shell. ., A line drawn from the exact point at which we subsequently "ascertained a field battery of twelve pieces was posted, to the i t nlrc of the right icing of our regi ment (my position) would pass directly over' tC gun bo;; ti. ira mcind- - ad jyee n t -pi 1 es - uf u m ber. Tjio Crd was icrffio anil our men were suffering severely; yet not allowed toMYMCC-xor-fire a shot." I could not see-lha "'"-"necessity cf thus ex pociflg uiVn, and called repeatcfy on Oolonel Jor dan, who vaa tioaic twenty paces in advance, rat t'.'c head oK the. regiment, to know jf 1 might move back a short distance, leaving the first two companies, whfci were not so directly in ransJ of the cuicmyVgans a tiff more protected by trees, logs, Ac, iKs causing a Ehort'ciin our -iioe ; but owing to the incessant "ri lr of riiusketry ami artillery, 1 could not be heard. Most probably thhj was not in strict-keeping with the ideas 'of fome' military' men, but to, my . humble view it seemed belter. lYati thccaugeless. murder of the gaUant and brave men around me. At last, when two men had been killed at my side, and. eight or ton wouuded; when snot and shell were flvin hick'v autog U3 and the limbsand trees crashing all around, 1 gave ihe order to fairbacikTas'above. HLVHhis- running," scattering to the woods I '1.ejL legiou of devils was after us," (as elegant ly .expressed bv one cf our friends,) or any thing ciso,"l most jy'vJ'ly take all tho blame that may avtacu.io u. x am giau i gavo ,tnp oiaer-r al ways shall bearid wmddo: it a thousand times vei.uiidtr.uilarciLerr be su-pris'hg to some as it Cwnsirreeable to -me to heat: that tho -highest military anth'oritvr pres ent at Goldtdoouly on our arrival there, endors-. ;1 causes just mantioocd, A few men xnav have M taen o'tW W05ds,' not to return ; if ,aol I uopo, mcy may, persist iu iaf yauer. uetcrmios r -When afterwards ordered to the scene of ac tion, the companies. with mo obeyed most cbeer fuUy.and readily,1 snd those carried into the fight the iifle com panics fought, well and 'gallant ly . "'-! i'"- ffn'ti, - . m , , u Ou.tho two days succefediogthe fight,the four com ponies left under my c6mmand as a picket " "1 guard, frequently, exchanged shots with the ene- V my'a pickets, killing; two certainly, and probably iuore. . 1' ' , .... ' ' . . ' .". 1 ' . On the third day a detachment of my men was sent over to bury the yankce dead. Thcjr obtain ed sixty superior rifles sod a large' number, tf overcoats, ! cartridges," rabbor cloths, &c, &c.; buHed nine men; saw-many graves, dead horses and fcrjusof ternble havo by our artillery (wUch was riot be forc 't hough tby ''tis to have done odch damage) arid musketry. Two wounded men, of 24th Massachusetts regiment, were also brought and cared for, They were bitter in their dennneiatibns af-Lioo)arprofuseirrrrressio to us for saving , their lives when deserted . by the'T comades, and apparently most anxious for peace. - - ' k ..'". . - Jut tb s w not what I set out to writ about -1 --.1 -4, T I, and I conclude as I commenced by saying,' that the G ' st d'd not, iu'my opinion, vet badly, and I ' A J .11 ii it did, 1 amrespooalble-acdalone-to bin me. - Wost respectiully, K It. LILKS. . " L$. Col. 31st N. C. T. L From the Standard. Gamp Whiting, Jan. 5, 1863. ; Mr. IIolden : Were all the statements of " Ca'pt. (J. S. Ur6wn 'company 1, 11th ( Bethel V &c.,-&c., published in your issue of the 2d nst.; 4 possesisC'd oC ihe characteristics w those which re fer to tho 31st regiment, then bis own epithet5, " ir.v)c.ic urjnst nud vntrue" might with pre pricty be trpi;ed to him and his communication. '1 ins, it g' vus me ptoasu' e.to say, is not the case'. rail t i . . . . J lit most 1 .1 1 3 The judge. thovchMfilLflffi of 5 as ; i .j , x . ..1- J ois was-uono.n 4no presence oi.a aistinsniishcu hMvtnVa-'- '"''' - " ".'' :"- , t to have her forcibly earned from ihojeourt, and , A s v ir . . v "e.u,,' vu "creio.o .e. - . , . ,; v-..- ; . , . , j"-.- y- gentleman ami soldier of our rtate aad myself. . ; . V justice tQ6k its awlul course.'. Sentence of death I am -i'uUv nwaro of the t. thnt . T: The E;stcV8outheiQ Advocate savs Ant Jnd 1 ivWpronpunced. oii all the piisoners :but tho wo- aid inen on t"o left of our re2imeiit.Vunablo to Everett, of Ky,. died in that place, of J)dklurk The two meu were; exeeut hours after thcifconviction, on the Gallows Green. eHlrfir'foTtetnt' c'd-tteHbTtiie rcgiuieni1.was iallms. They made no public confession of their., gailt. iajioitjlii;irJaMwitK awfyl ceremony v'as fora moment interrupted by. an" iocidontwhich afterwards funisVd ajiplc f -matter -for' "wonder and pecr'ation 'among 'tjbc superstitious populace. It .was, welknpw'ri'that' tho youTiger Hogan bad been" long employed jp back, and that sore few did ac b?dly : but it is -cu -jtherregimcn-t -ami jj,o'-derIf;av.ethat I speo kr With the assistance o4 Ca ain. (aeting Major) Kni ghtrrn d vt hof ctSryr p r-braWand .."ti jo' o s orcr drew, bjdo, I .soon resic -d o:dcr and had the ciht companies which J had uused to with draw, in read iaes3 to move baelv-to th-j scene' of action. -;. True, wo hail moved further bac'i thau was proper or thnn was intended; but this was oti 'vount ofi)' slMitConfas: .1 -following the e 1 1 th (Ucihel)VVf fight and act, throughout, st allatiily i'ar be it from me,,if in my pow er to detract one iota from tho merits of that nobJoT regiment, or remove one Jeaf from the laurel crown m gallau. !y ypn by its brave and accomplished Coioucl. - JJui to set " Uapt. C. S. 13rown, com-" pany p, 1 lih Iktiicl, (?)" &c, &q., right, and n lievo Ii 3 fears as to the errors iu which the " fu ture lmtor'au" may fall, I mu3t bo allowed to say that the 31st regiaieut, was not ordered " to tho river bant'' liad such an order been giv en it wouhi probably have been as readily obey el as was the order to lie down, in that: road to' be shot at, a?id there remain two or three hours without be'ng allowed to fire a gun. Most likie ly Oapu Urowo is right in saying that ?some other fo? ces should fuive been engaged;' but that the 31st was not engaged? was owing to no fart of its com 2'andiog officer, so far as my knowledge extends. . To whom. or what can the Captain re-, fpr when he speaks of somebody claiming " brave ry due to others V: Surely not to us or at lerst 1 have heard of no such claim being made.r-Jf any ooo hat claimed or " taken credit ' for buch. " bravely,"-1 do not kr.ow that he or 'they can be more cu'pable ihaa it tho claim was for tho numcjoi aoothej . V : - L llespecftully, E. R. LILES, ' : - LLOol. 31st N. 0. T." - X '! t .fi : Gen. Buckner arrived at Montgomery lastly Thursday night iSm Mobile. ; ; r- Tho mad tram on the N. C. Kailroad nnwi : 1! -i1 ,1 Tnmcns. au I he 3d inst. . . ' . - . - -- .t -k - r v hi r, i)oxs Missouri:. We are glad to iearn that Misiourt has receutly contributed fifteen ad jonal regi-'nents-to- ih"e' Confeldejatojtrm:ylSov ral of.thesa rcgitrouts participated i i tho recent uaiue n Arsausas. . : It is statotl that the powcwul new'st'iid ship Etf tan tua which recently commence J rr between tbc Tynftond EJInburgh, lias been pvchftsed for the t'evK' rr,'c t-'y'ri "tie i in vw . v 1
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