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ranged the whole affair. The 'volley was fired, WtWbtllet touched Aatoioe Hinds-clfr..-H was .entggltd into,, hi berth assln?Vnd took" arc to avoid 'my sight. The whole crew' were io the plot, tod, think GM? I was duped. , - ? i J tent Parley ft thousand dolls i a u ft re- I mivw ta ld nun, but I am happy. My chitdren and my grandchildren (1 call them nothing else) seem to think old Cap Jain Fntaihbleau it not inch a wretch af- lttr all.4' - fnV ' j FEB LIN OS 1H BATTLE. People often wonder how one feela ia Uttle. AH men are not affected alike. Some are cool, determined and courageous; i .11 : .. . . - hindedi rush epoa hundreds;. others art .eutirsly unmanaed, tremble like aspens, aeem dead to ever emotion oi honor or Jeelior of ehsme. and will slink into eo- terta or run from the field. Lord Forth, in the Crimean war, ia' in instance, i If . akiraiahera eagsge prior to a general bat tie, and a desultory fire ia kept up for a while, one become! eeed to it, and, aa the battle worraa, infrequently becomes, ei citing, and mta that tremble at the firat few shots now rushed on like hsrves. I remem- . it r I : . Ik. ISmi s.t- Dtr wen ml icciiujs - tie io which 1 was engaged. The night before we received ordera to prepare to at- ' tack the eaemy early on the morrow. , All was now hurry, buetle and ansiety. Gans ware cleaned, ammunition inspected, straps adjusted, caatrena filled, kaspsscks lightened and letters written. We had aeteral men in our compsny who hsd al ways boaated ol their bravery aad prowess HBia who had been spoiling fur a fight," is. the j said. These were now stall as tniei tha didn't neeo. One of them, who had taken" a master degree ia all kioda of ing stniation came oTertne. ? lie smiled faintly, spoke raf namej gasped and etpir ed. He wai fugVtfuIlT mangled. I waa maddened to desperation. ' All thought of fear Vaatahed; 1 could have fought thou sands. The command of Fire I" ran a long the Una and a tremendous crash of muaketrj answered the command." J Wc now loaded and f red for dear life. Dense volumea of jsulphurees smoke hung like a pall over us, and shut the enemy from our sight. ' The battle grew warm and blo.nl j. , The rattle . of. musketry, the screaming of shells, the thteder of srtillery, the whistling of butleis, the shouts of com mand, commingled with carsea, prayers, and groans of the woondcd and dying, fill ed the air. Our men, black with smoke and powder, looked like fisadswcarnste,aathev plied, their work of death At leneth a bieeze rolled away the smoke that shrouded oa, and iiiscleaed our other cnlsmns bear ing down upon the" enemy's flank. Now waa the decisive moment. M Charge Bsyo neis !w rang out, and with loud shout we rushed forward to the aaaault. A storm of grape and caniater waa hurled agaiaat ua aa w neaped the batteries. Like maddened tigers oar men leaped forward with the cold ateel. 1 be enemy aeon broke and sed, leaving as maaters of the field. - SMnce that time I have not felt the least dread uehesi tation on entering a battle. After the firat faw ahota I fired away aa coolly sswhen hunting squirrels. Church this. U1LUSOK0U6D, X. C. tTedaesslar. Jan. S, 1986. We are iaJsotod te ear ighbr E. H. Pgoe tot a esa of Psacbee, pat op ia one of hia neat Pe- teat Top cam. They waie aa frh aa4 pr fact ia -..r.:. k.rt.i.i Rikl ' it dawn ! .nJ rdJ h far sme fme. and iotimat.d to rP-r J .h,B VtahaJroaiha hia me.a.ate the propriety of praving be-, 'T -w ft. r...r (.. sleeo that iif ht. It is not ; th" M' f U lh m" your blustering, profane bravado that is thej'rP'J h;m. irave man on the field of battle it ia your Dy otJer f Gaw Caobj, lb CatitttUnal Cao- vtotioa f ibia Mute will tMcsbU ia the a'.ij of Ra OjooNaws Faoii VVa'aatifaToit. Tie Mootgowery Mail has. been alwwn a letter from an eminent Jawyer al .Washington, wno lias abundant opportunity of knowing whereof he speaks, wriltetv t ihe Central Conaervati ve Eracuti ve-Committee of Ala bama; in which he ays t ,;:; ;:; ;: a here is god ground1 to believe we can vet save the white covernmenl of Alabama, and avert : the tarea-teoed. evil whieh Iws- before us. A esse from alississiDoi: and. pernaps one irom Artaaiat, will ie in trie Supreme Court thia term and will be ucmJ. ed, which will test, the leoastitutwoalily of '.w wnoie vungressionai legisisunu.. u againat it, as there is no doubt it arill oe. the whole besiness of reeonatrnetion un?e. it will stop at once. This we can depend. on. New Orleans, Jan. 6. At GaUei ton-to day information was received that all the business portion of Indianola was destroyed bv fire on the 3d inatn Loss (100.000. No insurance. The Custom House and 50 other buildings were deMroved. Supposed to nave been the work of an inceuUiary. patient retiring man. i eoalcK. a loelin Ol uremu aim uiit , stole over me. Battle wss certain, the , ,ik Towiaj th Uia ioat. enemv was strongly posted, and we had) 'ifMnrate wurk before as. 1 wanted to go: CONGXIo-Taoiw Hm of Coaftfa aJ n into battle. et 1 dreaJed it like death. I JwmJ Ut tha kaiiJaja aa tha loth of DwtaW, u ' aleot bat little that nitht. The auoraiog.oMMMtacain oa tko Sib ioum (ModjUg came, and oar column moved quiatly aoU'auf tw oipctJ ibt ib wiifetwjwacaoo1 oataosilj leraly forward thruogh a wood. I he firat ;9 (bo rk kafive ikoca. intimation we had ol Ike enemy aa the akirmiahing Uetweea his oulpoats and our By u,jr9fuaPraa4Mt,bfij.nn.E.O.aOrd vaogeard, te former falling back aa the h u.. u.j f, Ua com. oli 4tk Vli - latter advaaccd. We pasard out of ttorf Oi.irirt.aoi Maj.G.a. A. CQiiW oppoioiaJ wood and rapidly deployed into line i,bieeoca0r;aal M.j. Gra. J.haSpe aa Uao battle, a general sloping hill hiding the fBtf-J bom &9t9mmt4 0f the 94 MJiurf Dia. eaemy Iroaa our view. A part of ooi r loree (iMrp a Hm4 ,f p.i.i.4 bia aid ueca seniroouu - ---- - rear attack on tha eoemy ; while ao doing it waa .of the otmoat taiportance that e - M KulJ tiio aiteotion in the Iront. We marched ateadily op the hill till the whole line of the eaemy burst upon oir view; there we halted, and for some minutes not a gun waa fir ad en either aide. There atood Ihe two armies, esch wait ing (or the other to begin tke work of death. The feces of our men looked pale and de termined ; aooje of them looked like etaluea , there eervouej and uneasy. line to teat their courage. accnaof. IMPOXTANT OKDIK. Geo. Caebf aeUee4ea ontet mpi Jy iaf tba pro vtoao oroVf of Gaa. cliakbo. aa J tbanfiaf aawo of iba acta of the Leg iataUro of tbo ttate, ia rtloliia to tha colUctiao of iobu. Tbo foHowUif ara ,001m of iu provwiooa ; wo will poUiett u wkoloorotr ia oar aait iamo. Joieeu aa4 iomanda for the pejawat of matj oacaiitoaof aetioa ariaiag ia North Carolioa bctwaaa It oae the titeSlthofMar 1161 aaihath Oaf of April lli, A line if can. hm mIumJ V aiacaiiM liaot ao V eoraoa lliUC IW IMt .ww.v. i " " ' ' eon was bearing directly epun as. Death JM j,f)pertyof iba4foJwit;aa4p(caaJiopiooca fio t. i i . .... . . . t mm t af aa was certain. W bo win it oe f thought L A singular leeliog caote over , me, a confused image of a mother sod aiater appeared fitting before my imagiaaiioa like diaaolviog abadawe, while the tiemeadouo fc reality ia (root oppressed me witn ureatfioi . forebodings. .A few aiomen! raaed. like those that 1 intervene between drawing the cap ovrr . a ..r a II t. Mm.m the criminars lace aaa leiuag iau too ir.p. when a puff of smoke ehot oat from one the cannaa, followed by a crash, and a ahvll weot screaming over ue. O .r men duck l- ed their lieada like gerae-Fire was now wpeneil n as along the ei.emser.tire line Their first shots were aimed too high. They Z,ukt their balls fearfuUv aeaier. We . m anient to return their 6re. but dare .... t i iKo euoaataud was ttcn. Oar ..l,..,l naaosd aloof in froni of the line, iVf..j . ,i mUiiid firm abtil the Dfofiet time, and the dy wld bo ears. It is a ' 1 la.k u hoW seed eipod to an enemy s . ... .11 fk. tik retutn tt " 'They will soon run ne way or the other. . , t Tho emy'a shot IrtU to U! around I' ' a., itoogh oor rank. aad Uar up U earth .. about our feet. .. A 6 peund ball tut the Mwi;t t1 messavate ta my left, a mo ment mwr and one atrst khiwi ia the breast, '' severing1 him almiat Io twain. ' The hot lawd Croat hi heart prUJ full in iaf face biaat Ood, how 1 fcJt! A f aiat, lickea c4f aetioa ahallU auraJ, and aa aait comawofr oJ eotii after the civil geverameat J tha Htata anal! bo ooukUhoJ io aeeo;daoco witb the lawa of Cao grot. ; 4 i Tb aole of propoitj epea otocuiia notoff eaj jaa'gmtat or donee roadared botwNo the tetb day ofMay llftl, aad ibetttkdavof .Ipril 6ft,akM poo writuo eoootole tbo aVfetMJaiil, lo prabilM tag vttrj, ia eaaca wbaro tbo dtd-aJaal ia about to ttmvo Lf yroport beveod the juriIttioa of tbo (Jooru '. TbeeuralOr4of of 19. b May, ISt7,larewkad, an'l laa JiiitlaUa of apirita4a lieora ia thia atttt Ury VititWt will bo eubjaat to aurb raeirietiune only ore iuijJ by tUa Uwa of tbo Uom4 Kiatot aa4 of Huie f X wib aaJ Hoth Cralia. retpaa tivoiy. Paragriphi I aad 7 are roeokoi, anJ tbo pooerto great ticraoof foe the aale of apirilaaua or inUi ieat io I'aora la roai'iUoJ U rba pfoper local aaitwittre, afiet aa aad after tbo tat day of January ?l,'flJtobeeutjc!l eertain rMtrletioaa. Aeeoaato bvo Weea itvivod that the loftidi Mail IKoainer utt, was loot off Monlevidre, (a a terrible gale, two or uroe weeks ago. Whea ah weal dewa ho had aa koa4 foathaodred release, iocWdiflg the raw aad peeovngera. . Amug lbs latter wta the BagiWh sttaiotar, arba had jaat beoa relieved to ooo elo biastsjiaako a akort vUt lose, tie, with the root! waa baLeafy enoaa out of the whole beleg A JiBSirau OcTwirrtD. A cunnin- trick waa perlormed iu Newark on Friday last. A Strssger who preteded tobetpsy, slipped on the step In front of a machinery ware room aear the Aimet street tlrpot and bt oke a large plate-glsss wirwlow. The proprietors demanded psymenf. but the man pretended that he had no moniv. One of theiartuera then proposed that the cul prit iboald be searched Thia waa doo and tha owner or tite window waa rewarded by finding a one hundred dollar bill ia hia pocket. He immediately changed the bill, and after lking watt 13 lor damages. had eddhe inebriate 188. To thia the inebri ate made no objection, but stafgered off, and was ooo lot to tight. In a abort time the math niata had occasion to make a da poait, and the one hundred dollar bill as aenl to the bank. It was returned as a counterfeit. The stranger has not been seen since, and, if ai rested, could oot be prosecuted, as ho did not attempt to psss tlia bill. Th e ia a new dodge." We re z ret to learo that the cin house of Or. j. H. Dunn, of Wake County, waa fired. on the night w the let laaut, and co outned, with 5(1,0(10 pounds ol cotton in the eed. Ur. llunn's whole crop was In tha house. Lots seme f 5,000. Sundati, X aeatlriaan ia Tennessee has recovered lUi.VOO domages sgaiost Uen.d. 11. bleed nuu, wiiti toMk Ms preperty.lnougn a loyal au, aud imurtsoued him, while tue L. a. troopa were iu occupation of Chattanooga. The end of the Parageavga war ia au- uouoced.ihe raraguayaua, completely ex boated, having aabed lor a suspension l haotilities. Alter a eoutest of two yeara and a hall, which aaa IrcoeenUy been very bloody, thia war i Happily at an cad, and with the restoration til peace, which ibeie ia su lair a rict, it is stated the liee navigation ol all the Brazilian watera io lo be opened to the world lo Wiicousin the payment of $10 State bounty on wolves, wildcats, and lyuies is amounting to a cooaidcrabla sum, reaching avmeumee 1500 in a day. The total thia month thus lar ia S3.2U0, ot which but a small part is lor wolea. ' ' John Montgomery, the ringleader of the gang of negroes who removed a rail which threw from the track a tram oa the Swath Carolina railroad io October last, has ben tried bv militaiy aoanaiasin,sod sentenc ed to titeeu vears' imprisonment, rbi sentrnce has, however, been mitigated by Uen. Canny to tbree yrars imprisonment wiin hard labor. The Tenneaaee fzialaturc has voted to abolish all distractions of color.' The question now is whether the blacks are to be blesched or the whites lobe painted. the Maaaachusetts Agricultural Collet has all the students it can accommodate and the 'Iiusteea are going to ask the Leg islsture for f 50,000 with which to erect new building. - Cslveston, iso. G. P. M. Informstion has been received that all the busiaess portion ef Indianola was destroyed by fire m the 3rd. inataut. Loss $100,000. N Insurance. It wss supposed tube tha work of aa incendiary., -nThe U Winchester (Va.) News 1051 Population is pouring upm ua, chiefly from gestlera, Pennsylvania. 'Tiieae folks ara generally of the right stripe, and come to 1 arm vuriauua. 7; A severe earthquake; ' tatting twentr seconds, was oa the morning of the I8in attending over the New Knrland States end Canada, aad cxtrndiiig Is if South as Whitl Ull, Ner Ytrk ' " Governor Humphreys, of Mississippi, hat issued a proclamation anting that he has. received communications from, gentlemen, othigh official sm! social position, in diffc renl.portions of the, State,. etpressiog se rioua apDiehensions that combiQtions ami ctMisiiirasiea'ard being formed by the ne groet to seize the lands of the white inhsbU tants and establish. rsrm. ,uv. Humphreys warnathe blacls people-agsinstlawlcssVi. lence, and notifies them, that the first out breatin insurrection will signalize the de struction of their hopes and. the ruin of their race.-, .-iu-v , ' - Baflalo, N. yl, Dec. 9-P,1L An El press traia on the Like Shore Read ran ott . e track near Augueta. The rear car weut ot - Bitty feel of ein'jankmeut'and was baruo'. forty-eight passengers were bum ad to ilealf. No Southerners are amosg thepailial list of killed and wounded ( A letter from Lrilngtou, Miss, in the Louisville Journal, sets the greater part uf cituene iiLlhat acctiou are hoprleaaly tit aulf eut, and that uoihug,bu4 ei treme' pov erty pie vrula a general eiodua. ' The Ularkii!le'CTrii) Standard is hap py to record, that with all the hardness of. late tiuteo everywhere throughout Tease,. lure is pleo'y ol Joed, aud uo danger ol. starvation. Corn is .quoted all, over the autc Iroui 30 to 33 csbts a bushel. The Cincinnati Commercial aavsj. Au action to tecover damages Irom an et- magtstrate lor impruoumg a (aerman lor relustug to ajeak the huglish language wheo ua the, witness a la ad, rcmited,, ou Mouday, tn a verdict againat ins victor A Kcutucklaafthot at his brother becauac he wouldn't iudoroo lor htm.. Although he missed his aim, his kind intention was not ruatrsted, Tor his brother (ell dead or heart iscaec at that instant. ' ' ' - v The Memphis Avslanthe tays there aie wenty thousand, sure ing argroes in tlist A Tobacco erower to the Connecticut valley has sold hi erop of this year, lor seveutren thousaod dollars. It amounted to twenty eight tuns. Two hundred clerka were discha'red on Saturday from oae drapery house on Board- ay. New ork. Tie famous University of Salamanca, ia ijpaio, uow haa bat one hundred and tfiirty sevm aludenta. The shippmr adieriisementa of one of the Liverpool dailies is laid to be worth- 100,000 a year to that jurtuV Ordtrahave been receivedat the Boston Navy Yatd todiacharge thirty per cent of the force employed in the mechanical department. Hon. Thee. II. Seyvour. of Coanertisut, will deliver the annual adJiesa at Chvpsl Hill nest Summer. ! 1.Z.; Admiral Palmer of the Navy hss died of. yellow fever contrscted while receiving the tranaler ol tte Inland ol bt. 1 nomas. Br "ihe way of llsvsna we have'adeicsa from SL Thomas. They stste that the city. is crowded with shipwrecked sailors. A Srca of Eiyptiana, consistent m four thousand fifhtiog men. have joined, the Csgftyh etpeditioo at MsssowsU. . Good farms it Nertk uermanv rent for $100 per acre. ...t , A fsrroer nesr Des Moines, Inwe. recent ly found f 10,000 buried on his land. Up to aoon oa Thursday there was nve lathes of snow on a level in New York. CHirsfVs new building. within a yea. amount to nine million of 'dollars. The following party ; story , told by a northern paper. o a Yankee corps Jn the late war. ts not bad t ,. . , . 1 ': In the Atkanaaa eampin the, ceneral officer found the entire th grouped around a saw mill aad weeping like Niohei. Whv, boys, he asked, "'what is the mat ter T ' Sutler enosih. sobbed one en terprising volunteer. MTiu fsr we hate never left anvlhing behind but we esn't possible steal thia aaw mill ! : -. ., The New York Worllestimatec that there are fifty thousand men out of employ meat io thst city. , There is a most cam- oleic atate of stsgnstion among sti trades. rTlhs Mtine nspen are complaining of dull times in that ffate. No vesiels art being boili, hundreds of work'mg-men an ostol em ploy men I, and nearly all kinds oi buslt.estareata atana aim, Three boyl, iged from twelve to all tees years, were downed on Mnalsjr, whil skatlag 00 1 pond in Philsdelphis. .A young man, named Hibbard, walkrJ twenty tnilci ia three hours aed fifiy-eight mineteii at tha Ridiot Park tt Jackson Ci ;ty, MUhig-a, t few days since
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