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. fFrom tCe Petersburg ExnrcM.l I encampment of Sneer's troops, capturing hproepitsau
VlOB BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL: RAUOF ,nr m.-". and putting the balance to fight.
A CFV JfAXfPTnv K SBwr.hed1atcra were at Mount bmal Church,
aaJ, h v timepermittca, be would areo one Dweu rouiea
i vb.ii iinjui i.w.1.
The fact was generally-known ia'thia citj and be
."yond its limita, that Geo.' Via le Hampton started on
a raid to the enemy'a re4r on" Wednesday last, for ilie
" purpose of bagging Urge drove of cattle, Mid to be
, g ratinf at or in the ticioity 6f Coggln'e Point, Prince
George county. The matter" was widely discussed, tbe
probabilities of the success or failure duly weighed,
. cad curiosity was raised" to tbe highest point In the bo-
soma of all to. learn the result of the expedition. We
have it at lint, and the 'expectations of the mast sau-
gnine art fully realised. On Saturday the glad tidings
of Hmnptoo' locctsj rcau&ei tht cLtyjJB.ll9; pt
i i -w i "v"4 TOogravamuone were secretly and openly cx-
;l tended to the noble caiefuio and bU command.
f . ;.' hi juaefk.. .'".'
' ' ' ' 1 sa w ' , . 1
or captured
the object of tHo expedition being accomplished
ourtorce stalled on their return home. Generals Koa
ser and Dearlng were in -the advance of tbe captures
and Gen. Lew brought up tire rear.' The iftttle
stretched out .for a distance of four or fire miles, but
were moved and guarded in 1ie root sys tern etio Winner
Tbe cantured watfons were loaded witn eeeil oats an
other tores ensured from the Yankees. Lvcrythir.g
progressed favorably nutil the arrival of tbe bend of
the-at iUhtAilUr bUa JaccsalcjL i,'jaU4
Road, eighteen mt'ea. from town, where .the lnkie
General Gregg, commanding two divisions or cavn'ry,
codfrouted it. '
r . 1 .1 .. . k..U - M W ltV,irtfti.
and f!hrthH hri,ft- R-.-V- . ... urrPK wu. r,. uu . ..,.-.,
7. . : -v,, - -v-..mA . M ..-tm Hfnntaii' toad. sand it was round ece
ttrtriflea ar Aiwtirv. inTiinima'i . ,rr -' i ---- --r-- - - ...
K.- If I'' " 4ry to give him battle. Uosscr an J n-nr n4 w;e or
- Petersburg
lie encam
Snseex eonoty- about" eighteen mils . front tnwa.
Thursday morning the march waa resumed, tbe column
passing within thrfe miles of Stony Creek, and thenc
acrws to the Jerusalem Plank KmJ, ground to the
iionoix and re.ter8burjr ra.lroad. aud en-campei fiTi
milee north of Warerly, at 3 o'clock in tbe afternoon?.
-At a.rlj ham U,.liuM.fy mnnttng, (ia 11 tnp- 1 , ir ,
' ton, with W.'H. P. We dirision. f liarriner' and r.
If Ht i i . w T 7 i i . I eary to giw him battle. Uosscr an J P -arlnS w;e or-
'rJlrAliT' "I't derJd to attack at.one, which tBey did in the lo,t
2L5tS?M M l"-P,0r-Vr ftJl!r m' determined style, forcing the Y.nkeVs back in the JU
LS "'S1.1? l1ht:ic,n,t,,f D,Ufl rection 6f Petersburg, one mUe.i a hV.f. . Tbey re."
1 At 11 o'clock that night the column w agnin put in I) n, "J
I .:- -rehtJ Ji the direcUon ofycLore Sfl.
treated acro- a creek at this poat, birrning the briJge
to rreient rurguit. Uere ther plauted a btte rt, au i
opened Bre upon our-troops, while the mid b y of
tueir urces loox a roaa 10 iuo icii m oruer t uanu us.
They were met .by O cn. Lee, who' after a ghnrp -fi'ht
of an hour, completely routed thcni. OriUaiu. i and
were in the hicaniim-: bruaht
Lnurch, rrlnce-Georjre county, about fifteen miles . ... .1. .. .1 . c; 1
fr - , -wis rue precision 01 unrurr,
- vwh, n)ivi iuv vjciuj 4 1 1 4 c vtcrv vuunu IU
U encamped. A bait ftt called about one and a half
miles from this spot and preparations made for the at
tack at daylight rest of some two hears being al-
lowed the men and 'animals. .
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it, and compelled it renivaj. Lee's coiijftict wi'h the
antce catalfv was on, of tSe most uecifive 01 lac
war. He notonly defeated, but routed them aud
causedthem to retreat innbe most stameful cimfutdon.
Cheered bt their briUhot'succexM in .tlrts captnre of
iriui or orx . - cattle, prisoners and store, an l ueterm;nea U bnog
The epirircf the men ws excellent. Scarcely one tbem safely ino'ourlines at all b.-izirds, Lis-uien weut
CI them bat' knew the object of the expedition, the jnto buttle with a win which made them meisiille.
farorable effects of iu soceess, and all were cool and Tbe ynkees charged time and again,. but wire re-
determiried, bat impressed with the importance of tbe pa!9 j riurvl, with considerable los.. They wire
nnderUklng before them. They were the'right men compelled to retire at lat, an lllow our column to
for the duty. . v pnrue the even tenor of its way. ' -
r thi attak noei or tub rMr . Vhcre all ncte 1 welL it would be fnvidu;u to par-
AU Beoeaary dipontion of the troops hatirg been ticularue, yet we muV be permitted to siy .ruai t.ie
9 S1U 111'- u l-l.li 17 iuw I
aABroich 1a nrrni r.i.rnrn.rnh .nm;n; . turn of the artuiery enriged in tnttie ni i, isca.s
nee, an atUck ru ordered upon tbe enemr just be- j Mill as unsurpassed, and as terribly dts.rttCii.ie .0 tu
for daylight; Friday morning.. HU Jeft, neWr.Sr'ca- Bn,.T- 11 w,s larlX l'1t'unl;at, 13 S:S be
morwvnnrcn, rested npen a ni;i, well lortifiedwnd pro-. ,,Viiy
tected by abattia. His tirti. some two miles diUnt I ' sate arbival
at Cox's Mill, til protected by a series of breast wcrks j After the disastrous and ignoraiuioui'defeat of Greg?,
31.
Wc hare rcceltcd from "Uamma," an esteemed '
friend and correspondent, 4icmjier of Co. A, 4tb N.
Or Cavalry, n Ivngthy accouut of Gen. Hampton's .
raid upon Grant's beef, in wliiob the 4th was a particl. '
pint. We regret to sy that it was reccired so late
and our spa'ce is eo limited that we cannot tire the-
TIIURDAY;;::i:::::SpPTKMBER.20, 18W. utter this week. We. fed it bur duty Wmr. V
make room for the' following extract, gitlng the cos-
AdvkbtisiSo- $2 00 per' square of ten lines for oaltles in Co. A: , '
iDLSHOItO', A. V-
firt iasertion and $1 50 far each subsequent insertion.
For inserting only one time, Obituaries over five
lines one dollar per sqaare. '
-LtOKKUT-Ft)rV TH ClhS3-M.RKf-
Lleut. J. P. Kendall, Co. A, 4th N. C. CTalry,irU
killed in a charge 00 the morning of tbe ICth. e hate '
known him long, eter itTnce onr entry into the sertloe,
and we bare known no one more bre and striolly ocuv
sclen lous in the performance of hu dutr. Strictljr a war
man be prsctierd what eprsMh!d,awd withe recklest-
We send this week's pujtf r toa large numbe'of our J nesa of life he clashed himself among the toremost4ip.4 -
mo iae lAuji uiau..uui..viu,u.i).M)tM-.
thrTherrertierthe trrm-f
they paid expireJ. u they wish 3 renew tneir auo
scriptions they will be prompt in notifying ns.
tnan nnn ni (miliar uce. usniti mar strike those
we do ant know and e fed U nor; but when the fatal
shaft brings low a comrade we feet it deeply", and ex- v
tejid to bis bereaved family our carne'et eynrpitthr
L5f A laree number of oot subscribers are due ns though we know them not. Prifate E. C. Doater of .
for sulw-ulptlon, It Is in the power of man of them ,b VVm' company ws also killed-a brare h- nel,
: , . ... .,; , nprVht, and worthy m. Wounded James Gray,
to pay vs.m corn and proTtsiant . Jhey will confer a w f . CurU Rjbt ulhttt the last slight in arm. ,
great f4otiMnryw:l help us In this way. It is . f '
mat'tcr of impossibilitj fj'r'ie to tie runnTug ofer 1hetTJBiiiEiTircTs or LtoaiJit)io.--ne learn that on
eoubty looking for tiomeUuRj to, eat an a the same Saturday afternoon loot, about fire o'cteclt, Mr. Nelson
time to giTe the ntttraion tp the paper it ought to Low, who Hree in this county, between Idlesrille nod ,
bare, tte dislike obtruding jxwnU-ioatters upon the Orasiy Islands, bat, three children (boys) killed
odr reader bet this eating question is etch an(jaf from tho e&vcts of Irghtntng Kd respectively 17, .
one wtf taut Lelp it. ' "-" . It end 7. It appears th-t ei the time tbey wer killed
no rain had fallen immediately in their neighborhood, -and
that Two of the children weretsittiog in the door
watching the play of the lightning as Uie cloud
was passing, with the third tying be hind them ch the
floor, nar the door. Their mother wat somewhere
lith it.
and rifle-pits. Gen.. Eosser assaulted the left and J Tiarapton eonliuued Lis. course t6wai:lj our linos, and
- Gen. Dearin the right, simnltaieouslr. and with Eke I arrived in. camp without further Hiterruption at C
result. The attack was a surprise to (he enerfy, and o'clock on S ituday mo hing. lie brc uel.t every thing
their poeition was carried with a rush. " The charge eafely with him him, biibg rely f ome 0 or CO c:itt!o
of oflr men at bth points, is represented to hare been from fatipue. The." e cattJe were brought thronjrb
TaoIUess.' Oi the enemy s right, Dearing'a men swept town yeiterdny afternoon, and bsve been placed in a
uv niiucai vFcr mcir wore, meeuog wilt a rap- I posiuon iccutc irom i anno raiui-ra. -
J4.. I??0 "iHLlT of. musketry,! , roow rra. '
w-icn only served to increase their ardor and enti.aM-f Dnrini the rftBrn.rtheirp!firrrrTnce
mo so eudJen aqd rapid waa the ashpit, that the 'George." Gen." Kaotx followed in Lee's rent with fifteen
laoKeearwsoea irom weir tenunrfuAaiJ, aJ were hundred men and four'riecea of cannon, but he t oi
enAoieoxo mase comparatively bat a feeble refisytnce iimam.withia ahooing diftwee. At onetime
Oen. arinjr,fook thirtyifive prisoners, five or er Gen; Lai halted nd fed swl.wi.Wd bis animals,
teame, and tne enemy'e camp. DemoraTiied and panic JCantx also halted. But we understand frmn g o.Kaa
etocken, the balance of the enemy fled in great dis- tbcrity, tliut after the battle t IVNehen.'Kaatsarned
order to Sycamore Church, where, finding Gen. Ros- his troops loose nnort the citizenf of Princ George,
ime.y and robbed an i pt'Hged then generally, in revenge
'I T.w nnp unw.i Trw 4 nnnr rvn. fi.e ft t.YAfji nvin
r- u-: i.n . c. ' -vv-. j--
. vu lueir iru,mi ojvwmoro cuurcn, me enemy wa? to take
macn moreitrongiy rorined. lie held position ofl a
nill with formidable barricades in his front. Gen. Bs
jper demanded a surrender, but the Yankee commjtnd-
eer io possession of tftir works, they immedili
nt, seemingly conscious of his ability to hold his po-
iioo, returned a psttire refusa-, wi h thi
tbe adJitfonal
remark that he intended to f zbt (o the last. G?n.
Bosser determined to-give him a chance,"aa-l ordered
his men to charge. , They . obeyed the command with
jrreat oheerfulaesa and gallantry. They reached the
UOESES CApttBED. .
In thff'fightnt Sycamore Church and Cox's Mill,
time hundred fine Yankee horvs were enptuyjed which
ill be put to useful scrvice'ia tho Confederate army.
THE FIGHT If THE 4"ALLEV."-.,
The Richmond Examiner of Thursday slyi: '
A in-itin" It till. h-st infetrtnnttan m h r.c a. Kaon
1 I 1 ... . . . . I ' O i ..,v vtvu-avii
oaencaaes, puuea mem to- pieces, leaped over, and to obtain tbe buttle here mentioned took' place two or
w.ii i iiu v . i t. iit-iii hiii rrainvii wnm onamv " w k. a i -i . . ir ' . i
face of A heavy fire, which ibrtanately, did little exe-
cuuon. A namberoi rnsoeers were taken inclnrl
int Major Baker, of the 1st Uietriet of flumbia car
8?i. U'e would be much obliged to airy of bur frl'jn Js,
recvivjeg letters from Eirly''coramandjf they would
send ns Uie 2its, of casualties any of tbeTu may con-
lin ef the fights cf the 19th and 'AM. Webave seen
v v iv uv t vvuiiiuiiia h v v i.at ri a . - .
. I fthnnt I !i hnniA Sua rtn-!,!.,r Kl .kL. !
C, Hth lfit., but we do not deem it prtdeut to pub- " .11,,, T L7. . V.' T 7
6 ' r I the stroke that killed her children. . When aha reeftw.
ered her firt tbongLt was of her children, and when
REMEMBER TnE SOLDIERS. wok after tbcm, she saw tbe ooe that bed
We are rented tj.ilr. JI. Gaddy, Co.dwiCth been lying on the flo ifr still in jlbat position with bis
C. T., to tute that he will leave this county on
tie ot'.i of Ocktbcn (o rej.in his command, wnJ that .
U any one wiehes to se.nd anything to members of bis
coap.my paiticultrly tometbing to eat, and by aU
nieins rryr'iii.V they will have the articles nicely
Jle wilt uke'
clothes on fire. 8he rut tbe fire out. and found him
dead. The other two Lai fallen from the door out
side one lying on lis face, the other on his side, and
both dead. .
packed in boxes and sent to his house
great !eH!(ure in takirg charge of. fhe boies and d-
literinj tbem to tbe partjes to whom they msy be di
rected. Reruilect, lidiithe djties that tbe niec
bei s of C j. K, have been performing the past scanner.
They Lr.Te heen iu tbe eotrencbim-nts nearly all the
time, UebarreJ frori ihe opportuaities of getting veg.
enables an I fr'd'.t that troop in more open fields Jiave
had. You can sen lihetn enitjls, potatoes, dried fruits,
and anything that wilt keep and which you know the
boys would like. AH .who intend to send mat have
the boxes at Mr. Gaddy's hou&e. rot later than Uctv
ber 4th
LrsT voi r Titus." Attention of "all whom it
may cjniarn,- is invited to the notice of -Messrs
U il injon and Knight.-wno- have re-xson to complain
thr.t the fufci rs h.tve not been as prompt in atteb'i.rg
.the appo:itr.ients athe respective precincCren Jcivqus
Cd5T"J B.V Wi.heetoknow what has become of ,
Argus's "hundred eyen" that were want to figuret
the head of these tditariat eotumn. "J. B." is In
formed that thejwi ''hundred eyee" complained ta
ns that they were tired of looking after tbe "f eop Vi
rights" with nothing'to eat; and that they oVairad t.
j gi tm a hunt for corn, bacon, cbickeos, egg, anything
that would sustain the inner miin, knd naurl-h their'
menUl vwionJhese-btipg r4,'tight'i-;tiora-e-let
them go, of course, tl e undertaod they met with"
such poor success in Ike first' week-of their hunt after
the articles named that they have turned their atten
tioo to young puppies, rats and, mice, 'they being io-
formed that said - articles are much estecmel'ai fjod
among the Celestials.
Tub CoxstavATivg Nt wrraa .,Jn.. D. Hymen,
Eq , ha withdrawn from the Ed.turUl chair of the
Conerviive, ar.l the paper Is to be eon.ucted here
after'by J B. Neathery &C. A gentU-manof learn-
aatheyiiL-iuldhavbeenaQd inlistingtketr wheat, oats. I .. 1 .nttt. 1-.. . i :.
, ,. ' ing anl ability bas t.eensecuTvd as permariuft Editur.
t
aJry, eommaodin?-As seon -a Ger-Eos-er-reh4-
their position, the Yankees scattered iaaJl directionr j
ana nea irom tue place in the most precipitate maJaer.
. It was here that the men who flrd before Gen. Dear
ing, were made to surrender. Sen. 11. took about two
hundred and fifty prisoners' nd several Taluable
teams, io addition to the,. enemy's camp-.
THE PMs6fXSW"'Tfirt-7'iv"piT
CAJirs.
-The prisoners eaptoredhy GerrilOTer-el-De
Ing belonged to tho lt District of Columbia Cavalry, thirty-five thousand infantry and tenjliousnn dcavlrj.
rye', 'hay anl wool.- These gentlemen offer them one
more chf.oc t J mike all right. If you neglect, this
it call (see a Jvuftisement) remember yon are ub--ct
to a fjrfciture of COO per ceut. upon the estiraited
yalua of each article you are liable to list..
. Yaskee rRisosiBs For a week or two past we
bave bsd iortof Urga number of Yankee pruontrs
tOHth.of Wiiithester, an I Fisher's Hill etghteen'miles
further op the-VaHe It ia a very utrmis )oit'K-n on
Sbena-ndtwh riverr ennnjn shot wothTtf Sh-nrTir
.atheliaUnc uajxix tuilca. i youtu tarouna, and that through carelessness on
From4h?s point a Staunton
Gen. Early's po.-ition at Fisher's Hill i.s impregnable the parUof the", guard or remissness somewher', sever
U nny force attacking in front. Tiie only way l. can l hundred o'f them had been pVrnntted toW.ipe, Re-
Valley. . - J-TTt-farther said, tu ease thj -fablic mtnd, that -the
In tais baftlj our forces were grest'y outnumbered
rgsht'emm recent' on tiers: Eir!sa -g;-tth;o"teft
g! t'.ttr portion, if not nil, of the escaped had been re
captured.- But wo do not believe this lusUiepirt, for
Wia'jwtfvw.tuoVli3tayri44
c&mmanded at the tiine by Major Baker. They were It is .believed that th VankeeNf'ir'ce, in the Valley has
armed wim sixteen snooters, many of which weapons npea, recently greatly augmented by-iafarct ments
fell into tbe hands of tbe captors, and were safely from the MUfci iMppi Valley and fronvShcman's army-,
broflght off. The camps were prolific of dalicities Some 'think that Sherman ha sot t, Virgiuia as
nd provisions. Oranges, lemons, cigars,' crackers many" as twenty thousand troops. ,
and good things and osefal, wee found in great pr i- . tcetiieii particI'Labs of tui? fioiit
fusion, and not a few of hera were. secured. Every- From 's, gentleman whol(ft (cn. Eary's nrmy on
thing not brought off, was. destroyed, and we learn Monday night we have fldias hit particulars of the
mock more waa destroyed than secured, on account of fight. : '
ft lackTof twnsporUtion. , ' . . The attack was made by the enemy on 'Monday
captcei or ihs CAITtf. '.' morning jut aftfr daybreak Our camp was t kcn
Tbw enemy hating been completely routed and de- .completely by'surprie. . The enemy came upon our
moralised, it was dterrained to tnsn" ahrad t onn men' in overpowering force, and bis attack was so su (-
-ftrnrTattfeTaFi09drt
iXwij in the distance, py 'the faint lizht of the break- the while, iota considerable confusion.-
made their-way up intJ this country ,-sind thut tbey are
committing cxtvim'.ve Jepredations upon potato patch
e.-, btn coops, aoJ dairies. Oue of these gentryw s
aries-tcd near JJorveu on Friday afternoon by Hiram
Pratt .'ad Mr. -Ainu; i.ah'd -brought to this pluc land
turned over to the Couu'y, Euro'liog UfT:er, Litut.
Il'jlt,'who sent hiai nvxt morning laCherw iu charge
of V. II, Milhi, Lieut, nont in Home Guard. Ou Sun
day night two more were brought in by IV. W. Win
tfte and J hu and George Bo t'gan. (n Mou ln night
oue more was brouaht in by W. W Wiufrcei and ou
but a few weeks nut elapse before he can enter on
the discharge of bis duties. His name is. not given
t.UVy Ca'e, of M.otg jmery couoty. ro. E, lCh
N . C7 Uegim en t , a ootwrious deserter and Jobber and
the 'murderer of an old mannamel Simmons, has been
on tn it for a considerable time. at reterhurg. Wit
nesses had to be aent from Montgomery conratyrHfl
waa ftdallynvicteJf aadjras jihatjoa lhe13tn of tbi
month. - '.: . -r
ing dti, were Been a vast herd of animals. Gen. Ros- Tbe fight rnged all day. At night General Earlv
ser took them to be aismountel cavalrr. and. at fe,V bc5t to ''her s Hill, bringing .off with li'm nil
however, a note, captured in Major Baker's tent, was two " this 'side of Strasburg and eight miUs .this
brought to bim, whicii explained the Dnesence of this side of Winchester. . ' - .
greji host. It was addressed to.Gen.-"Grant's chief - TI,e Demy bad been strongly reinforced j-nt'before
- COinmistSff rinrread ponowsf
The uoe b'' ought iu 5Ioftdy night lad saccei'ded fu
diverting liimself,of nil truces of Yan-kee clotbing'and
, I hare the honor to report the arrival of 2,486 head u f ?' 7 thousand m-n had
of cattle here. 1 have this day moved them from beenece,Tfil-; hrttstbwgXtMAluUhtnsmx
Coggin's Point, a. the grazing U this vicinity i, the lTult?0 'nTTVTr 'i
t t-k--, i .ii...f.'.i -... . Gen. Rhodes was killed about ten o'clock in -t in
. u u " vyiu.t j . i vuii icir it will not DOIU Out I
federate uniform. WVitten directions were found up-
jii him, as tj the-o nU he was to avoid aadJlffi route
f 4 wi943ke-
pers Were given Lim at er near Society Hill, 8. C.
The fmmelxf the party who. gave theu is known and
long enoagh. - The cattle are in,splen iid ox3er
. - J-S.-Baekh,
morning, while in the net of rallying sortie tiortion
)
Com'dg lst D. C. Cavalry.
There was oo difficult -iu searing the cattle, for
sucn toe great drove of animals grazing ia tji.e dist
ant fields proved 'to e, and oar gai'nt horsemen
t pwsbed rorward-to gather them in. It was a great
. and glorlods sight, and ooenat did, the sonl good, to
wHtness tbem as they jm op hundred after hurtdred.
Tbe are all Northern' bfves. raised especially for
that market, is epleudid onditiou,andall yoang steers.
' Oar tmops greeted tbem with' joyful cheers, snd no
doubt smiled in anticipation of many a juicy sirloin.
A DASH AT SrCIR'S XE1T. -
Gen. Fitzhajrh Lee was reported wounded, but ft
was tbongv.t not seriously -
Thcenemy made no pursuit of 'our. forcrs,(.in their
retreat. When our informant Lgft cur army bad reached
Eisber's Hill. - . " . ..
' r' :" '7T".":-"v:
Tersons having Irish potatoes.onions.sonr krout.:
A.O., io bcii wiu conrer a great favos on our oldiers
In tbe trenche at Tetersbttrg by furnishing tbem to
Maj; T.'.D'-Hogg. Raleigh.; Mj. J. SloanrOreensv
boro'j'Jobn L. Brown, Charlotte j J. D
WJiUe Roster and Peering were fighting the enemy, Sdii-bury; A. C. Mardock', Hirisboro'.; J. A. Boy den,'
detachment of Gen. Lee's command dashed into aa J Wadesboro', or G. m.Wbifet tatesille. '
has b'een eut to tbe proper authorities.
We Jeem it our duty to tell our people to be un-
oi nis uiviijir.n.,, ue was strucu on the head by n frngistiallyTigilantatthis time, and at rest every man they
log atter recivog 4he blow. ' 1 .. 1 see pass.ng about as ad ssonp Jankee .prnoper wTT5
cannot giro a good accouut of himself.- They should
not look for "fvidtnee of tbe nationality of the party
io the clcth'ng he may be wearing, for no doubt, be
coming bailssiiries among the slaves, A many of them
will -think-it their duty todo.they1 will be aided by
the-slaves,. In changing their clothing and passing
through the'eouutry. Look to your ba-js, bridges;
and cotton if you have any on h.und, for no doubt
efforts will be m&'li to fire those; and, look to your ne
groes that they are not corrupted, and that your po
Uto patches , and emke Jiouso are not jobbed.'
fCJu Otn. Beauregird. (says the llaleigb 'Cafklr'.
altt ut the llih,)s in this city lt Friday. M't
did not see him on onr street, and understand t bat be
spent mot of hi time with Gov. Vance. On his
airrivAl at preensb.-tr'i' the cars wire clwcd round by
Himtsi'Sfvdig mh t? eatch
a g.impse of the irmnortal btf-o.VBuing waited upon,
pays t.e Greensboro' Citizen." Gen. Deaurrgard pre
sented himself at the car platform and after tbe band
ni"he i a patriotic air,, he made tbem alt a banJsome, '
eneniiciging, conversational speech II eeaid we ha-1
tieen-crowned wifn many victories; that we must look
for some reverses; that ever rose has its thorns and
we are, ever and enon. to fe:Ltbemjthat bo never
despairs even yi tbe midst of the most terrible battles,
tha' all is going wll t Richmond and Petersburg;
that we must endure, hope and-fight, and our Inde
pendente will be voJichsafod by the wl.w and beneficent
Ruler of the-Universe.
rntsTa atk!; or Ejfitrf.s Ait t) a ta i t i d . M e h .
ThnVar Department has orredTIie regulratioh of
111 raajo white person between the ages of seventeen
nd fifty years who arc not now actually in the fi.dd of
jtnongoot setenteen. within the next twelve months,
with the month ip which they will" become seventeen.
The grounds of exemation or 'detail will also Imve id "'
bveftr dnder ihf order? GtipWb Cokerlb enroll----
ingjitrcer ror tbis district, will proceed with the regis
tration Without dqlay. ,.. -
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is2T Gen. R. C. Gatlii),djutant general has gtveu .
the following explanation of a recenuWder from his
offic . - ' . V. , i .-;
JIInM?Jlof t hG osjpeljpXlIie if venLd en ominattona
in the States eharged with the duties of such ministrr. . -
are exempted by law from enrollment in the Guard for
Home Dercnce., They cannot be required to perform 'j
duty in that organization. , ' -
Cfffc. Iu a dUp'atcb to General Bragg. General Hood
says he is very much gratified at the feeling now ex-
Istiiig among the officers and men of his army, and
that they are in better copd'tion for baitle Uian at an,
time since tbejr'croHsed the Chattahoochee.
tkjT It is said'that withfn a fewlayi the price oVx
eoru is Columbia. Bouth Carolina bat deolined from
$25 to $1$ a bushel. Beef, bacon and other artiolesl ;.;
or prime necessity, have declined considerable. . f -" ..
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