W1ESTB'RN"':SBKTINBL.
YOL. VIV.,
KO. 30.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1864.
Deserters Killed, &c. We learn that a
deserter by the name of Ballard, was killed
near Kernersville, in this County, - the latter
par; of last-week; and that another, Wm.
Knott by name, also from' this county, was
killed near the same place in Guilford, the day
after Ballard's death. Ballard was shor by a
portion of the Senoir Keserve Guard force.
Since last Saturday, under orders of. Gov.
Vance, the Home Guard have been engaged in
" We" refer the readp.r elsewhere for brief ac-
count, of the news of the week. Nothing of active duty in apprehending deserters, &c..
t . . . oeverui nuvu ueeu urou;in. m.
uiipuriaijup ur cnange in me situation is re
ported from Petersburg. The enemy made a
fierce attack upon our lines on the north side of
the James river simultaneously with their
movement neir Petersburg. They were re
pulsed with heavy loss. 600 prisoners were
captured by us here. Matters in the Valley
are stated to be satisfactory to us.
JggF We see it stated that Brig. Gen. 3. G.
Martin has been appointed to the command of
the Department of Western North Carolina,
with his headquarters at Morgantoiy Gen.
Martin has issued a General Order offering a
full pardon to all deserters- and absentees from
the army, who will surrender themselves be
In Georgia raiding partios from both sides j fore the 16th day of September next. .This is
appear to be unusually active. We confident- a generous proposition and one which it is hop
ly look for the occurrence of events of great ed will induce ail absentees and deserters to
importance very soon, in (his section. (See ar return to their commands forthwith.
tide elsewhere.) 1
rr, i .1. .j. c L ' i Among the new an vertiseraents we direct at-
: Jhe telegraph brings tidings of an attack up . , D . , crr . . -
,T , i tention to that of Fres'dt. Gauawav,4of Trinity Col
on iuempnis oy our troops ana me oenei oi us
capture. At Mobile all was quiet. A terrible
riot was progressing in New Orleans. Ov'er
400 persons were killed, and it was still rag-
From Ietersibrirsr TTIovibment Against
.The WeltSoii Iluilroad.
An official dispatch, received yesterday, states
that about noon On Thursday the enemy in
front of Petersburg moved his- Fifth corps
towards the Weldon railroad, when he was
met by General Heth, who drove him- a mile,
capturing one hundred and fifty prisoners.
lhis would convey the - impression that the
railroad had been cleared ; but it appears from
unofficial accounts that our forcep, alter driving
the. enemy back, retired to a more eligible
position near the town, and that the enemy
yesterday morning was in strong force on the
railroad, holding his front, with one line of
battle extending on both sida of the track, and
was engaged in fortifying. The fight on Thurs
day evening was quite severe, the enemy loos
ing heavily, and leaving many of his dead and
wounded in our hands. Our casualties, con
sidering the magnitude of the engagement, were
very light.
Our entire loss in the fight of Thursday is
estimated at three hundred and fifty, while that
of the enemy is much greater.
i lege ; from wh ich it will be seen that that well
known Institution still continues to dfoid its sup
erior advantages to the youth of the country who
desire a good education.
ing. It resulted from the Yankees attempting
to enforce their draft. The Yankee negro
troops were engaged in trying to stop it by
force.
A Battalion of Reserves was organized at
Statesville last week for the 9th District.
Capt. G. C. Stowe. of Yadkin county, was elect
ed Lieut. Colonel, and Lt. J. K. Burke of
Rowan, Major.
-o-
From the Augusta Constitutionalist 17th inst.
The Front.
At no time since the cotnmencment of the
present campaign in Northern Georgia, have
we felt more sanguine and satisfied with the as
pect of the situation. The news from the front
is cheering, and of such a character as to make
us feel perfectly safe and fully assured of final
success. The General commanding is now con
tident of his ability to hold Atlanta against ev
ery attempt to dislodge him from his strong
hold. It is not often that we indulge in speculations
especially of an over sanguine character?, but
the aspect ot attairs is now so promising mat
we look forward without fear or distrust to a
vice) is construed to mean that the parties emuuer- successful termination of the present campn gn.
ated aru exempt from drill, apprehending deserters I Thus far we have acted on the defensive, but
and the ordinary duty of the Guard tor home tie- we believe that the time is near at hand when
IlTilitast Rule. Under the pressure of military
authority our press is now suspended Our entire
force liable to the service are now in camp, and
have been in the field since Saturday lost. This
accounts, for the email slip instead of our usual
size,which we issue this week. We know not
how long tntil it may please our authorities to
permit u? to resume the publication of the Senti
nel. "We regard the move suspending the press in
thia section of the State for the purpose of arrest
iag deserters, while it In? not been done in an
other, as inconsistent with law, averse to General i
Orders No. 6, and unnecessary. We say averse to
ienWal Orders o. 6, because that order pointed
ly says so, and reads as follows ;
III. The 8d section ot the foregoing act (haying t
ruisrfiiw w uie jaw exempting printers irora set
r
I1EAE QUARTER A ; IV. T.;
, . .August 10th, 1664.
General Orders,
No. 54. ( .
All persons connected with this army who ar
absent, without, proper aulhority, are enjoined to
return to their respective commands without delay.
This order U intended to embrace those who
haxe remained abseni beyond the time limited for
their return, or alter The ean?e of their absence has.
ceased. All such persons are admonished that
every clay they remain away from their posts, adds
to the dangers and . labors of their comrades, while.
they are violating. . '
The Commanding General deems it only necess
ary to remind those who have erred tjhrough
thoughtlessness or negligence, of the shame and
disgrace they will "'bring' upon themselues and their
families, if they shrink from the manful discharge
of duty, in the hour of their conntryTs need," and
leave their homes to be defended, and their hide
peridoure to be achieved by the unaided courage
of 'l oel's.
T those whosa absence has been prolonged un
til they have incurred the guilt of desertion, he can "
uut , Liiiiu . uiiij i. ifiuiii uj uiuy aioiie can
paliato their offence, and entitle' them to expect
any cleinency. . .
If' arrested aod brought back, justice to the
faithful and true, a well as the interests and safe
ty of the country requires that they shall suffer the
extreme penalty of the law.
(Signed) R. E. T.EE, General.
Official, J. C. McRae, A .A. Ger.
To District Agents and Mag
istrates of Forsyth County
LATER. Vbout three o'lock on Friday af
ternoon onr forces made an attack upon .War
ren's fitth corpse 'on the Weldon railroad, driv
ing them back upwards of two miles, and cap
turing over two tnousand prisoners, including
Brig Gen. Hayes. aud a number of stand of
coJors. Ilich Dtspaich.
The Petersburg Express of Saturday says
the battle for the possession of the railroad
would orobablv be resumed that mo'rnimz and
thft e.nemv not. onlv dislodged, but disastrous! v district agents will please send to me a state-
. z . 1 J t. , . , ;l . rnenr. ot the number of bdid ers wives and child ren
defeated. It also states that the numoer of r , . . i t
. , j r. ! who have been receiving assistance in their dis
prisoned captured was upwards of three, m-j tric and also the number of others not soldiers,
stead of two thousand, and that Gen. Clingman ) famijes.
was among the severely wounded on our bide, j The Board of Sustenance will meet at the Court.
: j House on Saturday before September Court beirg r
Maj. Gen. Buell, who ws mustered out of; the Sd of "September at 10 o'clock, a. m.
service as a Federal Major General of vol On Monday of September Court, I Will srdtmit
unteers, being reduced to 'his original rank as I to Court a statement regarding our County affairs
Colonel in the regular arm v, resigned. j at-'d hope a majority ofahe magistrates ot the Conn-
tt u i " t f ' T2 ac a tv will be present as matters ot importance relative
He has late v written a letter from Bedford i - , 1 , ,,T n
f . r . , . , r ,, . , to the sustenunee of those dependent upon the
Springs, m which he gives the following reason ; County hliVe to be Cou.sidered aud determined
tor nis resisniHj;.
fence, but are not exempt from duty when the
Guard for. home, defence is called into service to
repeWnivraib n suppress insurrection or to execute
the laws of the State.
s It is'clear, and no one pretends to the contrary,
that thre is no invasion Iiere, no insurrection liere
zna no rebellion against the laws of the State, lt
is trne, however, that h ere, as in other sections,
there are some deserters, and that a barn has been
Immed, and e man shot at ; also in an adjoining
onnty a barn has been burned. Theso nets have
Wea donb by deserters or parties unknown, and
vwjasejneutly ncarrested by civil authority.
A Wa,f ay unhecossarj-, because there are net less
than .200 Militia and Home Guard officers, and oth
r persons in the county whose especial duty it i
h perform thiaWyfce,' that is they are held by the
-3ta from -Confederate service for this duty. These
are uite sufficient for emergencies. Indeed had
"rtliey beett dilligent as they ought to have been, we
liave no idea thatthfere now would be a necessity
for this call at all. More than this we think it
-HS.P?ptfaMe.that there is not more than ten deser
ters to be found in the county, and possibly not five.
Immediately upon calling out the Home Guard, it
there were many in the county at all, they left for
parte unknown most likely escaped through Yad
, Jcin and Wilkes across the Tennessee line. But so
-it is, w are now under orders, and on service an
- ihdifmifo period of time. v
r, . We have taid . thus much In justice to our conn
t ty as iWell the defence of the legal rights of
our army will assume an offensive policy. It
is now no longer a matter .of consequeuce to
suppress a. welcome piece of intelligence which
came into our possession several days since, the
facts of which, from prudential motive, we did
not deem proper to place before our readers at
an earlier day ; but now that the expedition
has been operating for some days in .the enemys
rear, no injury can result to the cause from
publishing the information communicated to us.
-Gen. Wheeler with three bddies ot cavalry.
numbering in all thousand men, crossed
the Chattahoochee river last Thursday night for
Sherman's rear, with a view to cut his commu
nications and destroy his supplies tt Marietta
and other depots along the line of the railroad.
Gen. Roddy started on lest Saturday from
Opel'ka with a picked force to oo operate with
Gen. Wheeler.
It is stated that still another tody of picked
mounted men started on another expedition on
Friday last.
With these gratifying facts before us, we
hope in a few days to give our readers a glo
rious record of their exploits." The enemy's
cavalry has been materially lessened from re
cent captures and the severe castigation admin,
istered in the recent raids must certainly have
had a. very demoralizing effect. , Our force on
the contrary, is composed of picked men, well
mounted and equipped, and with such material
and a fine field to operate on, we confidently
expect that the result of the raid will be pro-
upon
E. A. YOGLER, C'tv. Coin.
Salem, Aug. 16th, J864. 8v
"I believe that the policy and means with
which the war was being prosecuted were dis
creditable to the nation and a stain upon civil-
ization, and -that they would not only tail to GRAIN AND GRASS SCYTHES.
. . , , , . ' . ... "it - 1 have received a supply ot Gram and frrastt
r . . j tc;fttie,z lor Ihi!-
that their tendency was to subvert the insti-. tuJ. mm uru .j,
tutions under which tne . country hud
ur.exampled prosperity and happiness ; and to
such a work I could not lend my hand.
jis county. 1 will dispose ot thtm
irnun ana m inac v'jiv inev wm noi cost- ujo
realized i.nn'K'Kiir morp than rId rale;-.
pros-
iiange or PkisoNERs. There is a
Dect of the change of prisoners of war
resumed. ' VvTe hpe nothing may interpose to
orevent the consummation of an object iuch
the Confederate authorities have labored to ac
complish. Tii e number of prisoners held. by
the two Governments is said to be about equal.
The Tallahassee. 'The, new Confederate
steamer, which, according to the Yankee ac
counts, is playing havoc with their commerce
on Sandy Hook, is under the cm m and of the
brave Capt. J- Taylor Wood, who made, the
m, Aug.
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VOOLER, Cv. Com.
JOTICE,
GeNEUAL HosT'ITAI., -So, 12.
Greensboro', K. C, August 7i'u 1SC1.
The Exarning Board J"'r grunting furloughs .ind
executions meet 'at this Hospital on Tueniiiy's ami
Friday's at 11 o'clock.
W. II. MOORK.
8.1m Sen. Surgeon Kx. Hoard.
, S0JJTHER1T. CITISEH,
HE -SOUTHERN CITIZEN will be issued eve
rv morning and mailed to ' subscriter& l'r
i . r u. ...... ; ..u T FIKl'KEN :or bix mourns.
gai-nuu uuptuie oi iwu guuuoui . "or-- .-; w;tur -Uhnr or ex-
pahannock last year.. The ..T.U-hB.ee lately 3 'Sible ,ned
sailed from a SouLhern Dort. and is one of the . ' .. - i..,;'.;, Hde tor
.... . vr ..i. . ... ui itwc " - r ..
swittest vessels anoat, tnougn me, loruieru
papers say she is. slow. Whenever tner is a
necessity for it, Captain' Wood will show the
Federal cruisers that she can run as wsll as
fight.
IIExVDQTvS RESERV E, N. C, )
' lialeighy Aug. VJth, 1S64. j
GENERAL OHDERS ( ,
No. (5. " , ' ( .
I. General Orders No 3, paragraphs III.-1 IV.
and V., Headquarters Reserve N. C , curreut se
ries, are hereby .revoked.
in making the Citizen an acceptable inet.ium
arrrungeinents havinu maoi-
r a. rmLT tt Trr i?fiTf a Pit from all
securaii; tne uiir l i i ir.uww.
points., Uoiresponoenis uave niyt
wtmse letters wm ee oi inu.irsi. u -- -readei-B
while in. point ot Miscellaneous and . Uen
eral Heading, we hope to keej) up a greater variety
than is usual witli dailies of the present time.
All letters. should be addressed to -
A. W. ING OLD & CO ,
Greensborough. In. t.',
Sytlie Blade
There has been received, at Wilmington, a lot o
ducfivfl of the moat sesrious conseauenees in ef-
th printicg establishments in this community. -r-'j ectuall v destrovina the enemv'a line of com-
Wirmake no attack uton the Commandant of ! mnnieAtion 1 ; !'
1 f4.01 ard n the Conn ty. We believe . he is
feting strictly '"under "orders. .. ':
-v;.iil? roay here add that we have on our table for
v publication two or three very important orders,
immediately eSectmg the people of this part of the
3P, oiwit this week the tabular vote
joi Governor, but will insert it again as aoon
as the full and official vote is announced.
The Raleigh Conservative sav that ten
Counties are to hear from, and that Gov. Vances
- majority is now 38.450. "I'he Conservative
.r eat i m at . that when all the counties ore" heard
from Vwce'a majorityvwill be 45.00GV ;
jifS&k ?rMrV8Vay s bat the 'TJeposi
tarjr in lialoigh is paying interest on coupon
0nfferiU;Bt5nd'35nd alao upon 2 per cent, a '
In addition, to this movement, others are re
ported on the military chess board, which if in
augurated, will undoubtedly free Georgia soil
from the presence xf the enemy. .Eor purself
we see no cause for despondency ; and our ad
vice to all is to keep up a stout heart, as there
is imthe present aspect of affairs nothing to
fear but much to be thankful for The future
is full of promise, and we. bid the timid arid
weak-kneed cheer up, go to work with a hearty
good -wi.il, aad do your duty to the Stiite and
the vandals will soob show their backs. to At-
the
lUtllt? ii-'lli. iiiuu.-iaiiu j ' , , ..,a
II. All Exemption of persons within ? the Re - i crass blades. They will at once be.brouglit u.,o'
j serve ages, will be granted under general instruc- : nlaoe for distribution. The Courts of, tho
tious from the Bureau of Conscription, without ret-: counties are requested to appointed vi.mu.
erence to the Lieutenant General 'Commanding Ke-i to receive the quota tor their" respective c-w-
serve. ' ''"' '
III. Applications for Detail of persons "within
the Reserve ages will not be. received by the Local
jburolling Umcers, until alter .the organization ot tribution.
the company from the county in which the apph-
will
HE HEXT SESSION WILL BEGIN ON
on Monday 7 th of 8ept'r. neit. " Tuition from
$8 to $10 a month, in adcance. Board $100, per
mouth, payable monthly or about $8 per niontli,
if paid in provisions' at peace prices.' " wm
.There. are small extra, charges for ' washinfse
of room &c. Stddents aire ifequested to bring all
the Text, Books that they may be able to procure.
, - - v . .T. GANAWAY; EfustM
Angst, 22d 18C1-, , - lc 4w
cant resides shall' have been effected." They
hen be carefully investigated, and acted upon in
conformity with Circulars Ho.'S, 8 and 29, Burean
of Conscription, current series, .except as hereihat
ter prescribed : Pirstf In cases of appro val by the
-District Enrolling Officer, a 'furlough for ia;y clays
will not be granted, when the party would, within
'that time, become eighteen years old , Secondly.
In cases of disapproval by; the District ,Eni oiling
Officer, if the party be between forty :five and iafty
years old, he will be forthwith assigned by the En
rolling Officer to the company 01 Senior Reserves
from the county in which he resides ; if "between
the agos of seventeen and eighteen , years, he. ,wi 11
bo gent to Camp pt Instruction for assignment by
the.Cjmmandant of Conscripts, according -to-county
and congressional district. ir Thirdly; AU appli
cations herein referred to, required by the Circulars
from the Bureau of Conscri ntion.to be forwarded.
will he trahsrpUted, through the "f Ccmimandant; bf
of Oonseri pts4' to this' office for:-fi n al action, instead ;
of to the bupenntendent of .the Bureau at:;Kich-
a: By command of.Lieut.. Gen; Holmes, ,. ,
. JOUN W. H1N3DALE, ,
10 Tw ' ' -A. A, Gen.-
Western counties has not yet been harvested a p
feri'iice will bo civen to these counties in the u-a
r - . . w - .
J, DEVFROUX, A. Q. J-
tfftfpitrri .Tnlv 18th. 18G4:. 7 4t.
TiToriU Carolina, Surry Connty.
V in Equity'. - ,
tv In the matter oif James Snow and otliors.-
. PETITION TO SELL.LAND. '
It appearing to the satisfaction ot onrt
HBray and wife Polly vgan fcnow Wmbn
Clarisa Snow, Louisa ertow. -.Salhe-BatcbW
Syntha Butcher, are non-fesidentond tue J
diction Of the Court. It is therefore dered '
X I. , u wtrn -Sentinel
.residents to; ap-
s&fenccessive weeks .- nonWents r f
pear at the next term of said Court t ooj e
the County of Surry at the OofFVyiii
son on the 2d. Monday a tet the 4th 3lonoy
'August nex then and there; to pl
demur, or j udgeraent pro eonfmo w,ll
and the case heard exyartt as totbern. Q cnr
Witness, J. E, Graves, Clerk and,1 C.V0 '4iu
said Con rt at. ofiice, . the 2d. Monday tter
Monday in Feb. 180 1. " lfc
" J. P. GRAVES, C.