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v WADESBOROUGIN. C.,-Til UBSDAY,: OCTOBER 1, 1863. . v
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TUB GREAT BAWLE AT
Tho latest official dispatc.
;neral
Dracs represent the enemy, after a des-
' Harry iLLtrmATtow. In a group in front
of a well known hotel a few dayi ago, a
gentleman who hns been a zealous and pro-
npnitft fiirht and heavy loss In men, artillery, Jminent laborer in the Southern cause re
mall arms and colors. retreating on Chat-1 marked ; 14 Having seen the horrors of this
tanooga. From our Western. exchanges
we give such additional Items' as have not
been given
The Atlanta Jhtelligeucor, of Tuesday,
says: ' ,. '.
The attack on tho enemy's lines was made
warly Saturday morning about eight miles
Northwest from Ringgold; on this side of
the Chichamauga, on Frazer's farm, by the
forces under the command of Generals
- AValker, Cheatham and if ood, and lasted all
day.'
On Sunday the engagement became gen
end. and lasfcd all day.- The cannonading
was represented by those, who heard it as
'.. being terrific. Our two wings dcove those
of the enemy back several miles but the
centre of fach army remained firm on Sun
day at night.
We have .information trom a rduible
source that our troops, being very much in
want of water, made a desperate charge
. on a portion of the enemy's forces stationed
on iVa Vine Creek, and routed them at the
noint of the bnvonet. and obtained' their
position on the Creek. In this charge it is I
I tuxid w lot from twelve to ii Aeen ii unured
-and the loss of the encmyrwhq madr an
oUtinate resistance, is represented as ex
cewlin; anything our informant evtr beheld.
It is aNo supposed by this success the ene
my's supplies from Chattanooga ha ve befn
cut ofl.
" It Is expertrd that Gen. Jngtreet will
renew the attack this (Monday) morning
on.the enemy's centre .with ajarge rein
forcement of. fresh troops. ,
. We h ive heard our vntiru loss up to Sun
tlay night (we think extravagantly) estima
ted 'at from five to nine thousand. Wc
know nothing of that of the enemy ex
cept thut it is reported much heavier.
We'havn to mourn the loss of some of
our moat distinguished officers. General
l'reston Smith is certainly killed. Gener
als Wnlihnll.WofIVrd and Preston are. re
ported killed. General Hood is reported to"
have "Iot a leg. General Gregg received
a severe but not dangerous wound and has
been brounht to Marietta.
We have taken two or three thousand
prisoners, and have lost none of our men as
prisoners. " :
All the men were represented on Sunday
evening ns being excuea io uih urguest ue
giw f enthusiasm, feeling that on this
battlf may rest the issue, not of thc.mde
lieiaenceoT our Confederacy, but of a.pro
lonirationof the war.
We can hacdly believe that the report of
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ucn. woiioru oeing Kiueu is iruc. xio
wa in this city only two days ago, but had
gone, onward to the scene ot conflict.
Wc are assured that a large number of
Yankee prisoners have been captured
1500 ready for shipment and more arriving.
The latest news is cheering indeed 1 The
work goes bravely on!
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, of Tuesday,
says: . ' . :; ,
We Icarn-from pascngers by tho Atlanta
train this afternoon that a heavy fight oc
curred, on Chichamauga creek, about -mid-wavvbctwfcen
Ringgold and Chattanoogai
on Saturday and Sunday. The. fight com
ncnCed by our skirmishers driving iri the
pickets of the enemy then r a brigade of
our forces bpcamo engageuranu tne ngnt
extending from Chichamauga, the centre,
right and left, soon , became general, and
raged until darkness put an end to It.
Jt is reported that the enemy were driven
backtheit-'-TigMndbleltf-butnvcentre
war, when it is ended, I will.be for knnging
mo nri man Jtoaiyje rjcounsc.il rftyomuon
agiiin r . !
Their why don't yon submit to tko abo
lition despotism ?" grufflyqueried an impul
sive patriot. . iS
' Never, ao help me Go 1" was the em
phatic rejoinder," , ' 1 -v
" Strange inconsistency I" commented
one or nis nearers.
Not at all." sail Col. B , a gentle
man whose patriotism arid whose eloquence
ore both of record. "He is r.bt more incon
sistent than a woman in her first travail,
who in the hourof her agony denounces
and renounces all mankind, but who, afler
she has kissed the beautiful lips of the smil
ing cherub which cos! her so, much pain,
would endure a thousand times more, ratm
er than be separated from it." !
In the conrulnive throes of this revolution
which will surely end in a happy deliver
ance ; many petulant expressions escape
the lips of true men which should be kind
ly consigned to oblivion. Atlanta Register,
A STRA3C1E STORY. 1
CAM. PaiC E, G RE EN 8 R 1 E 8 COFNT VV A , J
he says :.v 1 put imyself to some trouble to
ascertain the facts, and questioned the wit
nesses separately. , They are above suspi
cion., I have giv'eq all the inaterial facU
except that the so called men-were march
ing North or Northwest, right through the',
mantaiosIheyver-oiV all siie-vind
as much like men as if they had been real
flesh and blood.'U.-lVA;
September 13, 1803.
To the' Editor of 'the Richmond Whig: .
To gratify the lovers of the curious and
wonderful, 1 have concluded to give you" a
short and accurate description as received
from the witnesses themselves, of a strange
phenomenon that made ifsappearanceahout
ten miles West of Lewisburg on the after
noon of the 1st Inst.
Mr. Moses Dwyer, an hpnest and respon
sible farmer whose vej&cilyJsanimpe.icha
ble ; Mrs. Percy, who seems to have a very
clear Imad and is a lady of respectability
and characfcr. is are two other ladies who
wituessed the phenomenon, were the persons
from whom the following account was ob
tained. Jt was also witnessed by a youth,
Prepare for: the winter, you that dwell
in. comfortable houses, protected from, tho
desolation of the ruthless invader.. Pre
pare clothing of all sorts for the soldiers.
Not alone for your brothers and fathers and
husbands and sweethearts,' (we are appeal-
ern soldier, to whom you are bound by the for one of greenbacks, is not entitled to a
holiest ties of liberty and home associations. cou?,lr; ru are .a mean and bad citj-
Organize yourselves, our fair country wo
men, Into one grand Southern Relief Soci
ety ; bu,t vithout any little sub-associations-
to beget quarrets and jealousies; establish
7 A YANKEE REBtJKEl' ;
. At Adairsville we met several car Ioad
of. Yankee prisoners .on last Sunday. A
large number. of persons were eagerly coo
versing with them, and amongst the items
wtt noticed Ave re the foltdwlng r"' :: "" . " ""'
, One', contemptible fellow amongst our
cuizens, was auempung 10 oargam .in an
undertone) with a shrewd, intelligent look -ing
Yankee, for greenbacks. The Yao
kee, in a "tone of voice sufBciently loud to.
be heard by all who stood about, remarked "
to, him,:- You are a disgrace to any coun- ." .
try.. Any .man who does as you, have,
donet offer twpdollars, pf your own money
ii
zen.. the cowardly scoundrel slunk off
and our people applauded ' the. Yankee.
Verily,. we would rjiuch rather take the
open armed fqe by the hand and welcome
one grand central depot, and let every body nun inan lo, fflOV! an 01 'nqness or
contribute. Never mind the style, not the co"esy lo ine enemy wno at .nomeTeau
quahty, nor whether it be old or new-thear- ffs our currency. Ihe Yankee rebuked
ticlc contributed. -."Clothes for the South- A ! Jrr, v , . , .
ern soldiers r be the rallying cry. The - V"?e leiiow on oeingasKed wnat ne was
chances of war may remove our brave de.- figbt'ngf "id ''the Union. ' A German
fenders to a latitude- much farther north "l "."'t 'n was v ayeu
than the borders of Tennessee, Kentucky or
v i rein ia. Le Lus.clpthjc them jwell if ..we.
would keep them there. What is the ex
penditure of a few paltry dollars compared
with the loss of a whole' fortune V And
whose property is secure if our army be
reduced by disease superinduced from scan
ty clothint in the wintry weather? Clothe
the army, as you value your liberty, and
your home comforts, and as you love your'
native oourn. , .
We are in for another'winter campaign
--in all probability, the" last'one, for the
Nftrihcauuoi keep up this miserable farce of
suoiugaiion anomer year. . iiut we am now
. -. . ' .
to deal with the momentous present. 1 he
winter is upon us almost. Think of ihe
noble young soldier scantily clad and bare-
loot upon tne distant picket, and ot tne vet-
eran gray-hairs shivering and warming his
almost grown, and bya servant eirL-Therjgun barrel over the bivouac fire.'
said To bj under the 'command of Uosecranz
himself, stood firm, k ' ; ;
, The loss on our sfdevas five thousand in
killed and wounded, ami. the enemy's sup
posed to be about thef&amc, witji the addi
tion of three thousand prisoners, which fell
into our hands. r r V '
This fight wan called a akirmish, and it
is supposed Was followed by much bloodier
work on Sunday and Monday,.
The Augusta Constitutionalist says it
was reported that QenBragg was slightly
wounded, but did po( htv tyo fia Id. ; 7
all testify, substnntially, to the same faets.
and "are perledly willing to be sworn to the
truth of the statement mad to me,
The day was bright, clear and Warm
lite locality a till! or mountain' side on
which the sun was shirting with full power.
The first thing seen was something that the
witnesses do not seem able toescribe with
clearness and accuracy. rThev say it was
masses or bodies of vapor, mist or some
thing else five or six feet high-and two. or
three wide, n,U i ng i n a perpendicular posi
tion, above the tree tops,.' moving on in a
line with the utmost' regularity and preci
sion, then passing through the tree tops,
without having the line broken or disturb
ed. These bodies aro described as being
of a whitish, green color, and passed off in
the distance. Then came a countless mul
titude tfinep,- dressed in white, marchjug
in eolumn, on the ground, through an open
field, up the mountain slope, ata rapid peace,
quicker than double quick time, the column
only separated y a few feet. The witnesses
state that they could see the man-not
only as a whole but the individual parts';
their headsarms, legs and leer. Uccasion-
ally one would laga little, behind, aiid Could
t ' -. i i .... .
oe utsuncny seen :io quicxen ms pace io
regain his position in the jine. They were
passing for an hour or more, and, it is t hought
numbere(t thusandsrhe lieJd over which
they passed is several hundred yards in
length, and they covered the ) entire area
in passing.. Their general appearance was
whiteV and they were 'without arms or
knapsacks,
coloring or exaggeration, a received from
eye witnesses of the strange sight. No per
son in this community doubts or questions
the veracity .of the witnesses, known as
they are to pe of highly rospectable chatac
ter and entitled to credit. All agree that
they saw. something out. of the ordinary
cource of nature.. - .
This account of a singular phenomenon
was it a" minage? is communicated to us
by an tfficer of rank, intelligence and char
ncter.? He means ao quiz, and is not apt
to be the victim of one, Jn a private note,
The soldiers will need more comfortable
clothing this winter'tlian the Government
jWtll be able to supply, Therefore, let every
man; women and child in the land contrib-
te something to keep ihe soldiers warm.
ur countrymen, go to work ! Action! our
fcuuntry women.
out,' he "was vightingfor tirteen dollars
month.? .Honest Dutchman. The grea-'
te ri number; joOhe . f KsonersC ire dogg&dr-r
i"t
mean, cut tnroat jooKing devils, v. .
. .' . .. Atlanta Intel, ,
The ScaHENDEa ax Citmberlard GAf.
The Lynchburg Virginian says :
An officer who was . at Cumberland '
Gap in the capacity of Lieut. Colonel was '
in this. city yesterday, and reports the fol'
lowing.' H is well known to us, is a Vir-
guiian, and. nis statement may oe relied
upon. .; He says that, we .liad-1800 "men,
were very strongly intrenched, and had
plenty of guns and ammunition. When
the enemy, numbering about six regiments -
as is believed, commanded our forces to
surrender. Gen. Frazier held a council of
officers and it was unanimously "determined
that the place should beheld to the last ex-
tremity. The officers then took their posi
tions, but it was soon rumored that a Ken
tucky regiment had. thrown down their
arms. The officer in question going to
make some inquiry upon the subject, bb-
served a white nag flying, and interrogating . ,
Up wiJh vour bristline uc?; r. nl lo Iuai 11 .mea?! ine.iauer , .
beedles of steeUnd charge with balls of Lru' l??"! ,"at UV Sno
hundred of his men then retired unmolested.
He considers the surrender of Cumper-
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i . . i ii i mi in p. snntir i nn i .ninnpi wnn inw
am. lift mstnunentai in ihe noh rnnsp. l -i . r--" v
f your country, and reflect that every
Iniftorl clfL'!nf Kilt nlnrlo n (Voumtn'o fmt
. for,, to maaf n,t nc Kl- tK in! land Gap the most disgraceful event of
vtT.Chat. Rebel. . . the vrand so it is Frazier,we believe,
is a l ennesseean, ana betrayed nis trust, or
i . it j
sucn a position would never nave oeen
yielded without so. much as firing a gun.
It is high time that some General vvere
shot; ,
It is stated tjiat Mr. Corwin the United
Slates Minister to Mexicohas given in his
alhesion to the policy of the French au
tiorities in Mexico, and recognizedthe Gov
ernment established by.thn Congress of No
tihles under tlie guidance of the French in-
In other words, the United
A Gocb Hrr. Prof. S. of
Col-
lege, not a thousand miles" from 'Bath, te
inn i hit nv-Tvii r i (lifiur- ii'i ir 1 l
ates Minister; the representative of Mr. J ?? much givento joking. Occasionally,,
Lincoln in Mexico, has witnessed the sub
vrsion of the Government to which he has
b-en accredited, . by a foreign power ; he
Ins seen a RepublicarLsystem' demolished.
aid an Lmpite erected upon its ruins, and
itiscood. He waits not to see whether
tie people sanction the action of the Nota
blis and receive the new Emperor Maxinv
ill an, but promptly recognizesthe new g'ov-
eriment. . ' ' .
If the Lincoln dynasty approve the course
of its representative, it will stand before the
civilized nations of the earth, as treacher-
oui to its own declared policy and system
Ih'tVtreg fx e rnrtTBfnvrrfa y40la
am lUJse; n an us uwn cjusn tuna ui mtci-
naional lawv Its remonstrances with liUjTi
ntt.n governments against the recoffnition,
(f!he independence of the Confederacy 'of
SoithernStates, will then appear unveiled,
nothinc more than the clamors and raving
of H'lfishness and fanaticism. So, one by
onctlwy abandon the absurdly false positions
they have taken, and every day of "the war
of subjugation bu adds anoiher link of
tesiimony to the hypocricy and-deceit they
have so long .and successfully been practis
ing upon the world. Chat. Rebelt
however, this vein in his disposition is ex
cited and then his hits are of the largest
kind and double edged. One morning, not
long ago, he found a horse in the recitiation
room. The. class had collected, and withv
trance of the Professor. He came in, looked
arounddeliberately, first upon the horse then
upon the. class, and remarked, at the same
timejAyjtchingat his coat collar : " Ahem !
You've got a new classmate, I see." ' Ym'
glad it's a horsethere were iackasses
enough here before." - Horses. We believe.
have not since been introduced.'
Bah Courier.
p-Theolfie i al -TotemforH?orernort-
A'irginia. .as counted- by-tho Legislature
last week, -is as follows : Smith 28,613.
Flournoy 23,453, Mumford 7,47a scatter
ing 353. For Lieut-Governor: Price 27,
411, Imboden 2197, scattering 1,040.
Horses Wanted. Maj. Pierce, at Ral
eigh, clrief Quartermaster for riorth Caroli
na, advertises for two hundred artillery
horses: He tants them immediately. ' If.
the Major has to resort to irppressoient he
ought to take the pleastTre horses first. He
can fincl a few in every town in the State.
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