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THK WILMINGTON JOURNAL. ,COSf KEtUTK STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINQT0nTnTc!7 THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1863: Xu Raiders on lbs Railroad, etc The Yaukee cavalry r aiders on the Wilmington and Wei don Ba Iroad oq Monday morning last, succeeded in burr ing the bridge over tbe Tar River about two miles North of BockyMouut. They also burned tie cotton yarn factory on the Tar River near Kocky Mount, belonging to Mr. Bat tle. What othir dama ge they did we are unable to learn. The telegraph line ia again np and working, and we be lieve that the energetic measures adopted by Col. Fbost will soon put the roadi n working order, and that in a,ery short tims traina will again be running tbrongh. The raiders have left the railroad and were encountered by some ot our troopa on Monday on the no'th aide of Tar river, where a f got is believed to have taken place. An other portion of theeoemy's forces is reported to have been on the Greenville and Contcntneu Boad on the same day, supposed in pursuit of two companies of Confeder ates. It is supposed tbey intended to cross the Big Content sea Creek at 8cow Hill in Green county. The main body cf the enemy in this State, said to be ten or twelve thous and strong, appears to be concentrated at Newberrj, their forces with tbe exception of the garrson cfFort Macon, having all been withdrawn from Beaufort, Morehead City, Bheperdsville and ovher points below. lit i:or to whom Honor Is Due In regard to the defence of Fort Wagner against the fu rious assault of the eno o y on the nfcht cf Saturday last, it is proper to state, as we now do on urqnesiionable authori ty, that of those taking pait in their repulse, about sixteen hundred in ail, over one thousand were North Carolinians. The olet Regiment had 687 men ia the work, and the 31st 350. The accounts o' fancy correspondents of the Charles ton papers epetk of all ocr trcopB but incidentally and iv general terms. Eat to this we are uied. There are other things of an unpleisaat character upon which we will not now dwell, and to which, indeed, we wi'l Lot now refer. We think it otly ilbt to place the above fact open record however. L t it Lot be forgotten that two-thirds of the de fenders of Fort Waenet were from North Carolina. Ws met this week Captain S. R. Ecktino the p-polar and gallant commander of tbe exoell nt corps known as Bant ing's Battery, which his for a long time bscn stationed at and near Kiat.'on. We were glad to nod the Captain in good health. We Icaru that Cap'ain Eotino has tendered his rfs-gnatiou as ccoiibander of the artilicry company. Being Cioik of tha County Court cf this County it ia proba ble thathia presence at home became Lecosaary. We be lieve that hs resignation has bffeii accepted. Ttic King cf I lie True irlclnl. We take pleasure ia c opyiijg the followirg editorial from tho Fayettevihe Vbsrcer of the 20th instant, and in endors ing every word of It. li contrasts pleasantly and well with the more lhn naif traitorous exprefesiona iuauing from other quarters. We rvik on r renders, to ponder it well, and tore member thai tile expressions it contains proceed from no ' Democrat or " or "Destructive," but lrom a paper whose party affinities have awajs been of the oppoite character, but which hashed the manliness to.riae above.al peUy distinctions, so tar at least as the great issue now d--m&odiug a solution is concerned. In the presence of this issue we waive all toraer disagreements or more recent Eqaabbles : From the Fayette ville Observer, July 20, 1S53. Another Call for Consckipts We copy tho Presi deni' rTciam uon cal ilk cut all men, not exempted by la, between ihebgea of IS and 45. 1 hi-cell ia rendered prper, and indeed indUpennab e, by Lincoln's call for 3o0 tOO coi-scrij.ts to Bveil his forces to bo employed for our t-ubj mat on. His nrcd, whatever force they may amount io, mubi be mei, i; itthculd require every inanatd bo, ia the toa edeiae 1- i a hard duty, but it i3 a duty, wh.ch cannot be avoided but vriih the lo-s of everything that as individuals and us a community the people of the Cobft.dc mcy hold dsar. Tiie ankee Conresi has already pats d lat to coutinca e ihe vropeity of the people of tbe Coattdjracy, ulu to emaucpiie treir siaveu, ad trie av age migmtjr of tneir cauauct vtereverth-.y have secured a loothoid in i lie feouth shows oi'voua ttranvemuro mat those laws will be eif jrctd it they ever get the power to enforce thtm. 'Ihtir u jldiers have been promised faru in the fc'oa-h as ihe reward ot their cervices in conquer ing us ; exd th-y must be wiltuliy blind who imagiue that the hu ureuH cf ihcuiaudB ot toid'ois who have had a tast. Cf blood and auipie lineity to tub and outrage, will ever be peimnted 10 return to tho North iu ca.-e of the conquest ot uie South. Ti e oniy h jpe of preserving the lives and propeny of r.on comoatiuts in the lare Northern citie wou:d lie in the quartering of thce blood thirsty villains at the Houth. luad Ji'iou to ell that, none but a yankee, or one aa vile couui hve cute.rcBot perfect equality in ac ui munity one bait wh'ta and the otuer half Atricau. F qual ity, did we say ? It wou.d be worse than thet, ss we navo abundant eviuence irou rertoiK. new uri.ans, ana otner places wheio whits men find women have been incarcera ted for reiseniinf? iLe.a:ta eeouiafeed by the jaukee officers and soldiert.. One nice or the othfv woiild necessarily be exterminated, vve wKi cot dwell cn tho horrors ot the scenes th.it would precede the extermination or the exodts of the leebler raco ; but ot one thinj; we may be assured, that the Atucan would have the active eympathy and aid of our Northern coLqaerors, who have already put arms in their hi!id whilst tau.itg every tiTcnsive or detensive weap on out ot the hands ot white men iu tjwns ot vhich they have o!tained possession. Uuiier fauch circuuis.a.cts, and oar reidcra know that we have stated them correctly, it is hls to talk ot tbacb, until ti e North tLowb a vrilliagnebH to Lave peace, Or at least to enter upon Legotutoas. Tht-t they are not prepared for tLia is mauitettt from their refusal even to lis ten to bo distinguished t commL.sioner aa Vice P.esidest titepueus upon u secondary point. Vve repeat, ir is idlb to talk of teack. We must talk of war, aud wage war, nuiil ibo enemy tires of war. His tory ii mil of exarDile3, for oar encouragement, of more unequal and even more bloody wars, that Caaily result ed in ihe triumph ot the people fcghtiug lor their rightsr their homes, and tneir lives. It is tbe will of God that we sailer occasional disasters. Let us not by our own will permit a combination of all the worst dis asters tnat can bcfail a people immediate loss of proper ty, liberty, honor, and eventual lota cf life also. Courage, then, tsouibro.s ! lirave and true men sezethe momeLtof adversity, noi to itduUje despair, but to terve themselves agaiLSt disaster, and to comell victory. Assured that we aie battliUK lor tho riin, nothing but the will ot God should conquer us, and that will has been, so far, more mauiiested in our favor man Egam-t us. We find little or uotbit-g in tbe Charleston papers relative to affairs thero that has not already been anticipated by the telegraph. On Monday the bombardment was kept np from 11 A. M. until 4 P. II., whan tho llset gradually hauled of!. NothiEg of tho doings yesterday. 1). Jovrnal, 22d. Anxiccs as we a l a;e to obtain something deOnite ia re gard to the reports ol European recognition, mediation or Intervention, the Yankee raid upon thd upper end ad per haps the centre tf the Wilmington & '.VelJon Bail Boad, has by stoppieg the lraiE3 on thut road Tor a time deprived us of the chance of getting any Northern news by mail, while ot course the teicraph wires are also cut, and we are thua completely isolated for the time being from the Capital of the Confederacy, b-.uart has cavalry which are good to scour Pennsylvania, and which have scoured it, and brought out fifteen miles long of horses and mules. They did nothing, in fact toik no part and could take no part in tho battles around Gettysburg, nor have they dne much since. A regi ment or two o 1 them, veil mounted and held well in haLd, ready to launch at a moment's warning, would go much to protect propt ty both in eurrailroadj and in the houses, lands, negroes and pergonal effects of oar citiz?ns. This raid Ing requires 61. me v got ocs measures to be adopted. Gen MABTir, stayicg at Kin3tou and si;ppo3inj thit the ensmy is going towards Wilson, don't stop the enemy from goin to Tarboro' and Kocky Mount, and, as we learn, destroy Ing the Baii.oad Bridge ever the Tar Biver betvten Eocky Mount and Eattleboro'. It is also reported that they burn ed Mr. Battle's Factory at the Falls of the Tar Biver, not far from te Lailruad. Thid will be a great lcs to the people of that rection, &3 it supplied cottcn yarn to all that part ol tbe country. Ol cuurte, alter doing all the harm they can, the enemy will go back to Newbern or Wasuington, or wherever they came from. The wires will le put up- ths railroad com munication re.tjred and the public, exceptitg the imme diate suflerer, wul oegia to forget this raid, when, lo and behold, the raidtra will nuake ihsir appearance in a fresh . place. Perhaps they wu pay another visit to Dcplin and Onslow, or give Wayne a call, or even make a reconnois ance of New Hanover, wnioh ia nct bkely unless thay come in le ce. Without pretending to rciiitary knowledge any body can see that w need cavalry, or at least men mount ed on good horses, and armed with good rudb. Daily Journal, 2st. W saw a gentleman this morning jast from Charles ton, having lett that city yesterday afternoon. He inform ed us on the authority ol a physician, who had been cn Morris island on bunday giving professional assistance to the wounded, mat our people had buried fa 1 six hundred ol the enemy, and that there were still more to bury. This would indicate that ihe loss of the enemy was even greater than had been sappobtd.- Daily Journal, 21sf. We copy from the Chweston Conner tha long and inter esting aCCoUaof the bambardment of Fort Wagner last Saturday, and of th attempt made to- storm that work during the night of tha same day. In the absence of gen eral news by mail or telegraph, we hardly knew of any t fejng else that would bo cqially interesting. Why Vicibbubo was only victualled for forty-seven days, must always remain a mystery. General Peubirton had long ago made the most Btringent rules against allowing any provisions to go out of the department of Mississippi. The people of Mobile were not allowed to carry off a bushel of corn or a pound of bacon : General Pkmbbbtok forbade it. He wanted all there wt.s for ths use of the army. Bo strictly was thi3 rule enforced that great in genuity was required and exerted too, in runni ig the Pbk- berton blockade. Most people recollect the anecdote of the citizen of Mobile who contrived to smuggle soma Inms from uader General Pembbkton's nose, said hams being enclosed in a box precisely similar to thoBe in which coffins are put for transportation. The box was duly marked Private John Hogs " and directed to Mobile. Yet with all this strictness and with the country full of corn and bacon, after full warning, Vicksburg is caught with little abova six weeks provisions. Verily Gen. Pemberton was found in the same predicament alluded to by General Scott in a speech on Western Steamboat a part of his garments was disar ranged. Johkston did Cnd things in a pick's sure enough, when he got to Mississippi and perhaps he could have done nothing else than what he actually did do, but then why did he not go sooner? He was General-in-Chief of that whole section and ought to have seen to things. There are things that we suppose we never will know, and there are others of which it seems to be considered a sirt of petit treason for an editor to speak cf, but for the lite of us we can't help saying that the Vicksburg affair is still a puzzle to us. We dont understand it. We don't like it. It ia all a muddle." The VIiel of Fortune. Twenty-three years ago last November Louis Napoleon, the cresent Emneror ot France, left the Et. Charles Hotel without payine his board bit:. In the New Orleans Bee of of November i0, las9. appeared the following account ot the noble Count' " denar'ure fro n that city : f.ount Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, whose arrival in this city was announced in several of the papers, has left New Orleans in hi.rh dndceon. and for iust, reasons. He was vesterdav morninsr informed bv the tiroDrietors of the St. ' ha? lea Hotel that it was customary lor gentlemen travel ling without baggage (the Count was scantily provided in that way for a man of bis titular dimensions) to pay for their board iu adv&rce : whereupon the following dialogue ensued : Count Mv name is a sufficient guarantee for my bill Publican Your name. Conn t. is a very eood one, but won't buy marketiBg. Count Make out my bi'.I. Publicar It shall be dose. The clerk thereupon presented the biM, made out in the name of ount L. N. Bouanart). My Lame," said the Count, "is Louis Napob'on Bon aparte. I wish it so htatec, in full, in ih j account A B -cond bill was made cut, and the entire name written out in fair, legible letters. " My name ii Count Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Ol&egovia. KamscnatKa, sua emer Qepenaeiio;u. ia the bill," responded the sprig of nobility. " r mill rot make out a third bill." said the clerk. bay so 44 Then fil be danmd if I p?y it," said h,'s Excellency, aad forthwith absquatulated. We copy tbia thing, which is going the rounds, aimplj for the purpose of cajing that it is whoily untrue. Locis Na poleon was not in New Orleans at lha time mentioned We don't think he ever was in New Orleans at all. It is made out of the wholo cloth. As f jr his destitution, etc in New York, even, as sometimes reported, we believe that t j be all gammon. The Queen Hortense, his mother, was a millionaire. He is connected by blood and mar.iige, (not his own marriage,) with some of the highest and wealthiest ariitocracy of England. The man, Louis NiroLBON, for he was a crown mm when he visited the United States, never was sj d fl'erent from the man we now know, and a the world knows, never was so different from the present Dictator of Europo as the relentera of canards would have us to believe. From Charleston. We learn that the 51at regiment N. C. T. was in the fight on Morris Island on Saturday evening snd behaved remark bly well. None of tho flald or staff officers were injured One L'eutenant in company UE" was killed, one wounded aad a Csp'ain woundd. There was quite a number of pri vates killed and wounded? but we have not heard th names. We also learn that tho loss ia company "G" (Captain Lippitt's) is quite small. This company is mostly from Wilmington. We expect to get full particulars shortly. Many Months ao wa took occasion to express our sclemu com ictionihat no such cause as ours, supported by such a people as ours, ever had been or ever could be lost. It could never fail untesn abandoned or betrayed. Eince that expression was made we have seen sb dark, yea, darker hour3 than this, and many of theac, yet thsy mvdr once shook cue faith in the final triumph of our cause On the contrary, even oar very dr feats or disasters tended only to strengthen us in tho belief that such a people coald cot be conqnered. - From each fall there was a fresh re Loand; exhibiting in the strongest light the indomitable spirit of oar people, and showing of what efforts such a people, an'mated by such a spirit, are capable. And oa the occasion of each revsrse to our arms has come forth the voice of the croakers, dispiriting our solaiets and our citiztns, telling them that there is no use trying, that we aro whipped and they told us so. These peoplo are doing all that they can to defeat the caute in which tho South is engaged They are doing all that they can to procure the abandonment of that cause. Thpy are exaggerating all the evils cf the struggle, all the reverses to our arms. They are preaching np peace, when in fact no terms of peace are open to us bat those of absolute sub Jiisgion to Iikoclk and kytabd, tha disseverance of North Carolina from her Southern Sisters and her alliance with the people of Beast Eutlkb, Brute iliLBOT, Dog Rosecbakz etc. 1 his is the entertainment to which tbe soldiers and tha citizens of North Carolina are invited To abandon th cause now, cr to couneel its abandonment is virtually to be tray it. What that is let the judgment of an honest and a virtuous people proncu.-ice. Peace ! At the very name the purest pulses cf the heart throb. Peace! The return of husbands and fathers to their wives and children, of sons to their parents, of broth era to their sistero. Peace ! the arrest of human slaughter the stoppage of human bloodshed. Who does not pi ay for peace! But in the name of the fathers and the b; others and the sons and the husbands who have fallen in this con test, we aek, shall it be said that their blsod has been shed ia vain. Why, it would cry out from the very ground against a peace founded upon submission to Lincoln and a reconstruction of a Union which North Carolina through her Convention solcanly and unanimously repudiated hard ly more than two brief years ago.. Has the war in its pro gress developed such amiable traits in the character of ,4onr Northern Brethren" that wa fhould now be anxious to be taken back to their embrace, gory with the blood of our people, foul with the mire of plunder and rapine ? Shall our gallant soldiers be disbanded and returned home to taeir families only to find themselves and their posterity vassals of the North, tributaries, appendages, worse than colonists ? All our people favour peace on fair terms, but hs who t illis now abont conferences with tno Lincojoite Government -on fair terms, or upon any terms short of absolute sub mission, moral and physical subjugation, talks wide of the mark. Lincoln has already refused a confersnce designed to bring about an arrangement whereby the war could be carried oa according to tho usages of civib'zad nations. While such a spirit animates the Federal Government, what we ak, could we expect to result from making our Con greesicnal elections torn on tho proposition that Congress shall appoint Commissioners to nret others on tbe part of Lincoln ? Suppose Congress should appoint such Com missioners, all the capacity in which Lincoln would agree to receive them would be that of suppliants crawling to h"s foot-stool ready to cast the honor ard liberties of their country under his feet, and offer cp for his delectation the heads of President Davis and other "rebels" on a charger Some may like that sort cf thing, we don't. We have had enough of angry discussions in North Caro Iins enough cf partisanship in all conscience. We depre oatc, we avoid both; We appeal to the people on the merits or the question beforo us and before them. We wish to be strictly parliamentary in all we say. We wish to make no attacks upon individuals. We 6ee movements on foot. We examine asd characterize Buch movements. We tell cur people plainly and candidly that we know there is an organized movement on foot to control the Congressional elections in all the districts. We sy in all sincerity that if this movement means any mmg, u meansre-constructioQ 8uomiBSion. we wain the people at home. We warn the soldiers ia caznD mat sucn is its uaxure, sucn i;s tendency, sucn wul be its result, if successful. We have called their attention to the state of abjectness to which that result would lead the state of vassalage in which it would place us In their hands are the issues. They are sovereign. Let them sub mit to Lincoln, Sewabd and Bctleb, and, in the name of all that is truthful and constitutional, let us ask them, Where would that bevereignty be where their independence ? Who so blind that caunot see who so stupid that cannot nndarstand who so abjest that woul? submit ? -E.lgtueuiti HtglmenC We had the pleasure this morning of" meeting Lieut. Col. McGill of the 18th Begiment N. 0. T., who ia home on fur lough, fcavlBg beea wc-noded ia the baUle of tie 3d feat., 5ar Gettysburg. The. Colonel was struck down by a wound in the neck hile the battle was actually going on, and of the latter part of tae f gh't of that day be is unable to give any ? coo u at, save what he received from others. He left on Saturday morning, the 4th inst. Be believes that the regi uut lot abqut 8) men in killed and wounded a large proportion' of the wounds being comparatively slight, f ol. Barby, who somehow hea been reported as kdled oa Friday, was all safe on Saturday wlen Lieut. Col. Kc'Sill left. Among the t facers wounded besides Lieut. Col. McGill are, Acting Adjatani Blaxe, wcuaded. Lieut. Colvin, Company E," wounded in arm. Lieut. Inm an, Company M D," wounded and taken. Lieut. Tolkb of Company 44 K," wounded. Lieut. Nixon of Company 44 G, severely wounded and missing, supposed to have been captured. Jjauy (untcn, win. Th newB b7 telegraph this morning is highly interesting and may well b reaided important if true. We must see further before we attach any great value to the reported me diation and recognition news in Europe, cr feel certain that Ihe English Seward, Eabl EubSkll has resigned ; or, even apposing that fact established, we have no assurance that the assumed cause is the real one. A few days win, no do i'jt solve the mystery. The reports reach us through a very unreliable channel, being founded upen something in tbe Baltimore American. Eabl I; sell's resignation, if he has resigned, may have been due to the adverse award ef the Kirg of the Bel gians in the case of the controversy between the British and Brazilian governments, eubmitted to him for arbitra tion, rather than to any difference between him and Lord Palmzbsto arising out of American affairs. The advices from Charleston indicate ho: work, with the advantages still rn cur side. There is little additional from the anti-conecrirtion no's at the North. We ba dly know what to think about that affair. Daily Journal, 20th. Wa have intelligence this morniag cf abother raid of the enemy ia the direction tf Tarboro' and the WilmlnRton & Weldou Railroad, probably in tho neighborhooi cf Wilson or Bocty Mount. The wire are down, and a report reach ed Rooky Mount yeeter ay that the enemy were in pos6.es itrn nt Tnrhnrn W hA no naviculars, but it is suppesod that they either have destroyed or will destroy bridges on the railroad. What General Maktin is abou all this time that four or five hundred mounted men are thus ravaging the country is a ques'iou we hear frequently ak d. Daily Jour.al, 2Q!h. CjrreS:onIritct of Ibe JoiunnI. Encampment 61st Br it. N. c. T., ) Ju'y 19tb, 18GJ. f Messrs Editohs : - The bombardment of Fort Wagner yesterday was one of the most furious cf th war. The at tr okingiorre conei&tf d of the Ironside snd five Monitors a d two land batteries. It is estimated that the enemy tarew about Bix thousand shelV during the day. Thede fecce of the Fort is one of the nr-.t gallant cn record. Her guns were vast'y inferior ti those of the enemy. In fact tbe ttn inch Columbiad was the only one which could offer any effectual resistarce to the Monito s. The damage to the Fort, it beicg an earthwork, was very siight, and our loss during the day was four killed and fourteen woucded, although the firing of the enemy was very accurate. It may be said that tho Fort was defended throughout the day by one gnn. About dusk iu the evenlrg the fleet crowded down upon the Fort, r.td fired at ef.crt rargo with remarkable vigor and rapidity. They had almost ceased a litt'e a'ter dcrk, when the signal- wer given from the fleet, and ittini t!ite ly the inf.mtry advar cec1, from six to eight thousand htrong to tssau!t the woik, under hi mistaken i 'ea that all of cur guns wrc disuotirted except one. An th'y advanced up the beach our ,itil!ery fr-.-m Wsgaer and Sumter played on them with terrible effect ; but they continued to advance, neverihcless, (some of them showing a degree of courage highly ccmme'ifb.bhv) uatil they bad reached the Fort, a portion of them climOiusr over thd prape's, and taking and rcaititaining one post ion inside of ihe Fort tor about one hour. Two Norh C roiina regimer.ts participated in the dafenc;, (the 61st ai.d 3ll) and behaved hand somely. 'Ihe conduct of the 61st has bet-n particular ly mentioned on all sides as exhibiting grt t galUutry snd being very efl-i jtive. This regiment iu; t with a Joss ol six ty five killed and wounded, being one half t f t.ur eHire loss. 'J hrt 3Kt ako loet a few of i'n mou. The es tire lo. s on our side will not exceed, iu kil ed ad wounded, one hundred aid thirty, while thtt ot the enemy in the asp.uu was not less than s:x hundred ilied, and no doubt Jhe u.ual proportion m wonnded. It is very unfortunate that there is but one hea-y r ju mouutei at Walter, and th;it t::e enemy are aware ol it. Five or six Biook guns, or eleven inch Jolunbiad , would enable it to destroy or whip off 'ho wholo Yankee fleet. I co not believe, however, that the enemy cn take and hold Wagner with tneir present force. Two North Carolina regimtts also participated ia the attack npou the) enemy upon James Island on Ihurbday, the 16th inst. u hey were thd 61s-ard 31st, the former losing one killed and tne wounded, aud the l&tttr fivo kill ed and wounded. It does not appear, however, lrom the reports of the t.narlestou newspapei s that either ot the.je met with any lots. Col. Radcl ffe commanded that portion of the forces which were ordered to make tha attack at Grimbali's (th euem's extteme left) consisting cf the Gist Regiment an1 a section ot the Cha,th m Aitiilcry, (Captaiu WhartonV) and a section of Capt. B ake's Battery, making ia all four guns. The Pawnee and another Steamer were lying close t ) Grimbali's Landing, with an open field it front of the landing. The at acK at tnis end of the liue was a periest succtts. The 6Ut drove in the enemy's pick eta and reserves, many of whom took refuge on board ihe Pawnee. The field pieces were then put in position, and opened on tr.e gunboats at a distance of about four hunuied yards. Tb burpuseof the enemy wa bo great thai they did not return the lire until some ten or fifteen shots had beeu made. '1 he first four cnt of six shots st uck the Pawce. Both of the gjnboats retired down the river shelling cur artillerists and the Cist Kegiment, a l of whom were in tch exposed in an open field, without any protec tion, t he artil ery contest was kepi np for two hou:s, by which time the gunboats had retreated cut ol range ; both of them, but the fawEee iu particular, badly crippled. The attack on the other erd of the line, at Legare's, was successful ia so far that the enemy were badly frightened, and some t-ixty or seveuty killed and wounded ; bat there is no disguising the fact that our forces ought to have at tacked tne enemy's n,ain body at Lcgare's, and thai they would have Killed and captured the whole cf thera witn very small loss, if the attempt had been niad . The result of the attack was, that the enemy were pa:dc-slricken, and within tweiity-foi:r hou.s made a hatty retreat from the Is land. General Clincnian did not command his reg'ments in either of these fights, and was not given any command un til last Saturday, and that aa unimportant one at this junc ture. A change was made to-day, however, by whiuii he takes comrnand of an important post, and will, no doubt, be allowed to command his own brigade again. The whole brigade is of opinion that our t-eneral has more military capacity than any other Genera! ia and around Charleston, except Esaukkoabu, and that he has been slighted and badly treated. No command was given him for five days after the arrival of his brigade, and his regiments were placed under the command ol officers whom he outranked. The writer happens to know the views entertained by General Cliagraau previous to the attack upon the ensmy on James Island, and he positively asset ts that if he had been in command, the whole Yankee force would have been killed and captured, instead ot being allowed to escape, and that, too, witn a email less on our sue. Wry ReEpecifully Ycurs, NORTH CAROLINA. Hie isliclllng of Carlisle, Pa. A correspondent of the New York Ilerald, writing from Carlisle, Pa , July 2d, gives the following account of tbe shelling of that place by the forces under (Jen. Fitzhugb 1-iee. A ; engagement, as unlocked tor and unexpected to the rebels as to us, took place here yesterday evening, and continued during tbe greater part of the night. It seems that Fitzhugh Lee, after having cat the Ualti more and Ohio Railroad, and foraged until he he had got a heavy train of wagons, by a circuitous route, passed around one end of. South Mountain and was hastily proceeding to join Ueneral Jewell, not being ap prised of tbe latter'a departure from Carlisle, came in contact with tbe Union forces under command of Brig. Gen. W. F. Smith, said forces having just commenced to enter Carlisle, footsore and legweary, oa the Harris burg pike, while Lee'a men were pressing upoa the York pike. At first Geo. Lee was somewhat puzzled to knew the cause of this unexpected turn of affairs, so be entered into a slight skirmish with our men in order to try and ascertain our strength. Finding the Union force heav ier than he at first expected, Lee sent in a flag of truce demanding :he surrender of the town, and ia the event of non-compliance with the demand, reqaestiug the women and children to bs removed, for, a3 be expressed it, it was his intention to shell tbe town, regardless of all consequences such action might entail. Gen. Smith promptly replied that he would not surrender the town under any circumstances whatever, and would take oc casion to have the women and children removed at one?. Thus matters remained for some little while, Geoeral Smith notifying the citizens of their danger. It ap pears that General Lee was reluctant. to shell the town, and sent in another flag ef truce, making a demand similar to the first one. Gen. Smith also made a simi lar reply, and the flag of truce returned. Immediately tbe enemy opened on the town with shell and grape and canister, but principally shell. These tore through te streets, penetrated public and private buildings, destroying furniture, fcc , to a great extent. Trees were cut down in the streets in all directions. The psople took refuge in their cellars with their chil dren, Ac, while ia many instances the shells were tear ing through the houses above them. The enemy Kept up a Bteady bre three hours and then ceased off. About midnight General Lse sect in aa- other flag of truce, asking Gen. Smith to reconsider bis former answer anci surrencer iu umu , .-"""e the be arer of the Cag of truce to tell Gen. Smith that Gen.' Lee thought Gen. S very mean became he did not come out tS fight him instead of compelling bun to shell the town. Gen. Smith again saidiie would not surrender the town, or would he.entertaia any more flags of truce for such demand. The enemy thereupon again opened fire and continued it at intervals till about three a. m. Durioff all this time heavy tkirmishmg was kept up with infantry on our side. We did not - reply neavuy with our artillery for certain good reasons, toward morning the enemy got out of ammunition and bad to White chpilino- the town Gen. Lee sent his train on by the mountain road, and at daylight withdrew bis en tire command, which consisted entirely of mounted men, estimated at fifteen hundred, ana six pieces oi cpt firp tn tha barracks. These are now And rnvpn hnr the walla are standing. They also fired one buiidicg of tbe gas works by shell, and also set fire accidently to two or three barns by shells. Tbe bar racks were built when Carlisle was a British post, an tmr tn the Revolution. Maior Andre was onca in command tere. They covered some six acres"of ground, and were quite extensive and strongly duiu or onci mu stone. . L'e had about one hundred and fifty wegon3 anda large drove of horses and mules, all captured property- . From the Ra'eigh Register. a i.i nmi Comfort to trie Ytnk.r.. A friend has sent to us the following extracts from the Baltimore American of the 6ih inst : Important from Newbern. N. C Growing Dissatisfac tion with the Confederacy. New York, J ily 5 The currespondent cf tbe As sociated i'rese, at Newberc, N. C, writes as follows : Newbsrk, N. C, June 30 An elaborate article appeared iu the Raleigh Standard on the 23d, believed to be from the pen of tbe Hon. W. A. Graham, deny ing the righc of Secessioa from the Federal Union, af nimitig the right of coercion by the Federal Govern. aient, exclaiming egaiast the propriety of and any just f Piise for the- netdios' assaults against the Union, and strorfflv asserting the right cf any State to withdraw at wilt irom the Coutedera!e.btates. The w ih fnd little daughter of Charles Henry F03 0 - - - - ter were intercepted last week, near Windsor, Bertie county, N. C, .while endeavoring to reach tne Union linos, :y a company of Georgia cavalry, atd relustd permisiion to pre t eed. Tbe people of the com ty were greatly exusperattd at the outrage, aud a strong Coo federate guard was placed around the houe in which Mrs. Foster was imprisoned. 0:i Thursday Mrs. Fos ter was compelled to return to her horns in Murlrees- ibcrougb, N. C. The Knlfigh S'nnUard, of tbe 23J, ravora a conven tion of all the States to procure pace, either by iecun 9tructbn ol the Union cr by peaceable separation. I he Rev. Ti. J. Gravej, of Hillsboro' North Caro lina, 'a ho waa arreettd last autumn, on the charge of treason to the Confederacy, has just teen discharged through tbe tflorts ol the Hon. VV. A. Grahain. The Raleigh Standard congratulates the people upon the result, and republishes, with approving comment, the article made the pretext lor his arrest. From North Carolina Southern Newspaper intelligence Affa-.rs at Vicksburg A Block of Buddings Burn'.. FoKTBiiss MoMi- E, July '6. Ihe Fortsmou h Virginian, Ja y 2d, sayB: Kelib;e iuforniation has be-n received he:e that ihe letnm of North Carolina to the Union is an event which may be daily expected. A disaffection to v.ard the G. ven inenc of Jtft Davis, radical and wide spread, ix;s s iu the Ktate. and overtntcs l ave been made ro GeLciai t'" osier, which w 11 bhcitiy lead to important re suits, i It is inipoEsible to calculate the miaehief that has been done by ct-riain partifs in thi3 State. From the very ou'set of tLu; war, the Yankee have beeu taught to believe toa!. ihtie was a suoug Union sentiment iu North Cnroiu u which would sooner or later detach ner from the Confederacy, aud reannex her to the Federal Uiiio:j. l-i the eciibittered aud persistent hostility to tin Coijicc'e ate Government, and the measures ol President Davis' administration, manifested by the Ilideigii Standard a ;d ifs conservative " followers, taken in connection with the course of the Lgislature, the Yankees tiad reasoua lor believing that they have only to conlioua the war with vigor iu order to paralyse the Cniif.dt.rdcy, by securing a Union State in its heart. The Standard ara its followers, are well aware of theefkets of their cor.dact. They see how greedily their eayiogs and doings are snapped up by the Yankees, aad still, with eyes open lo the mischief they are working, they per severe. People in other States look wiih amuztiment on the condu.oa ol thingd iu North Carolina. They .-ee her troops poured out in fhoals to light the battles of the Cenfec'eracy. They see them fighting ss bravely as the braves', on every battle field, aud jet the course of the Legisl: ure and the Organ of its majority, would lead thim to oelieve that disaffection was rile iu the State, bnrely a condition so anamaloug never before exis-'ed. The Historian ot this war, it he writes truh lully and impartially, will pillory the wretches who have tarnished, ai d blurred the lair fame of tha Old North State. Sinci tho above wus written, we have seen the Raleigh Standard of the 17th in&t., in which we find an editorial artule which luliy warrants us in charg ing the edito- of that paper with being in lavour ot peace cn any terms, and a reunion with the Yankees. To test the sentiment ot the people of the State oa this subject he proposts to make the question of peace au issue m tbe appro .-chiog Congressional ele-clions. Thus while the sou's aud energies ot the people of North Carolina fhould be bent on iru3tratiur tbe effjrts cf the Yankees to sabiusate us, this man proposes to divide the people and to ci.courage the Yat.kfes, by an isaue which resolves itstll into this : Shall we fight 071, or shall we slop the roar by consent ing to iemate with the Yankees, aud takeswik terms as they tcdl give us?" i)a wh.ch side of this issue the Editor ot the Raleigh b'tandaid will be found thete needs no ghost to teii. 'J hi3 proposition, too, is put out by the Editor of the standard at this time lor the pur pose of embarrassing the execution of the Presidents Proclamation calling tor conscripts up to the aire ol 45 If euch condact is not treasonable, then we know not what treason is. Will not the Standard's article be " nut3 " for its Yankee friends ? We will publish the article in our next, issae. Xbc Late lirtlUtS. The New York Daily Neics is the only Yankee jour nal which seems disposed to tell the truth in regard to tne late battles in Pennsylvania, lhat paper sajs : " Amid this din of false rumois, however, those who have held fast to General Meade's authentic despatches have not beeu deceived. They have knewn that the triumph of the IS'ortbern army has con&isted in not be ing defeated, and that to have repulsed the attack of the Confederates, though with prodigious less to ourselves, is the extent ot our victory " The lcs3 in killed, wounded and prisoner during the :hre3 days' battles in and near Gettysburg, turns out to have been about equal oa cither side. Our loss in officers is almost uoprecedeuted. Sixteen, and. ac cording to soma accounts, eighteen, Federal Generals were either killed, wounded or taken prisoners, and tbe list of subordinate officers received, who were put hots de combat, runs up already to several hundreds, which number will be greatly increased when the full returns come in. Gen. jieade promised that an accurate fist ot all who were killed and wound d should be sent to the War Department two dajs sicce : but with the usual cruel, tantalizing reticence, and disregard of the popular wish, which characterizes Mr. Stanton, it has not yet been communicated to the public. It may be safeiy calcurateo, however, that the Confederates ana federals lost in the neighborhood of 25,000 men each with the advantage in favor of Gen. Meade of not hav ing compelled Gen. Lse to relinquish for the moment the effort to destroy tlfe army, which interposes be tween himself, Ualtimore and Washington. General Instructions for Battle. We reprint from the pamphlet lately issued under author ity of the Geoeral ot tbia Department the following hints, which should bs carefully studied anu remembered : 1. r le'd and company olhcers are specially enjoined to instruct their men, under all circumstances, to fire with de liberation at the feet of the enemy; they will thes avoid overshooting, aud, b-sides, wounded men give more troub le to ohr adversary than h s dead, as they have to be taken from the held. 2. Officers in command most be cool and collected inac tion, hold tteir nen in their hand, and caution them against useless, aimless firing. The men must be instructed and required each one to single out his mark. It was the delib erate sharpsbooting of cur forefathers in te Revolution of utb, aud at Alew Ur leans ia 1815, whish made' them so formidable against the odds with which they were en- ganed. 3. In the beginning or a battle, except bv trooos de ployed as skirmishers, the fire by file will be avoid d ; it excite the men, and renders their snbaeqnent control d.ffl calt ; fire by wing or company sh&u.d be resorted to in stead. Daring the battle, the officers and non-commbsion-ed officers must keep the men ia ranks, enforce oboedi ence, and encourage and stimulate them if necessary. 4. Soldiers must not be permitted to quit the rauks to strip or rob the dead, nor even to assist ia removing oar own dead, unless by special permission, which shall only be gien when the action haB been decided. The surest way to protect our wonnded is to-drive the enemv from tha field; the most pressing, highest duty is to win the victory. Tbe Decision of th English Courts In th Case of tne - Aitxanurn The London Post of a recent date contains a synop sis Cf tbe decision of tbe English Courts iu the case of the Alexandra1; which vessel was, -seized on the suspi cion that she was intended for the Confederate service. Ihe Post says: ; .. Nominally, the point left for tbe decision of tbe ju ry waa whether the Crown or a firm of Liverpool mer chants were the rightful owners of an unfinished ship ; but, practically, the matter for adjudication was wheth er the ship builders of this country are precluded from constructing ships which may eventually be devoted to warlike purposes against a State with which we are at present at peace. On the one side exists the obl gations to preserve intact our commercial rights, and on the other thoee which make it incumbent upon U3 to pre vent our ports and dock ard3 being made available lor the cqaipping and fitting out of ships or armaments for the purposes of aggression sgainst a friendly Pow er. Passing from the purely legal consideratio i of the case, it is manifest that, on grounda of expediency, a maritime nation like Great Britain, possessing commer cial relations with every quarter of the globe, is bound faithfully and strictly to fulfill the duties appertaining to strict neutrality. V e are neutrals to day ; we may be belligerents to-morrow ; and as we do to others so we must expect to be done by. The issue raised in the case of the Alexandra was one consequently not less important iu its consequences to ourselves than to those more immediately interested in the result. We have established a precedent to which, when we are at war, npHtmi cations mav successfully appeal. It is thus that we accept the law as laid down by the Lord Chic Baron aod as confirmed by the verdict of the jary The Judge interpreted tbe particular statute intended by the Legislature to prevent the equipment of ships for the purpose of aegressiou against a friendly Power ; and the jary, applying tbe principles thus enunciated to the facts disclosed in evidence, decided, without a mo ment's hesitation, that the act had not been infringed In this verdict we entirely concur. America ha3 lor upward3 of half a century had a Ffcieign Enlistment aci similar to our own, and the decisions of American Judges aflbrd a key to its in terpiettiiioijs Ia a case brought on appeal beforo the Supreme Court of the Umted States, that great janst, iir. Justice Story, laid it clown that although' by the terin3 of the Foreign Enlistment act the subjects of a neutral State wtre precluded from equipping or arming vessels for ihe purp';S3 of aggression against a friendly Power, they were not preciudtd from equipping and arming them lor the purpose of eale to a&y one, bellig erent cr otherwise, who chose to purchase thtm. In othir words, a neutra! rcay eq;:ip a puip-of-war just as he may construct a cauuou, if he intends no: to use or have it used against a niendiy Powtr, but merely to eeil it. Adopiiug this ruling, the Chief Baron laid it dcv.n that a British subject might equip a ship-of-war with a view orseliicg it to either belligerent without infringing the provition3 of the Foreign Enlistmsnt act. Indeed, iu the course ot the triafthe karntd Judge ask ed the Attorney Ueneral whether sucn a course would not be'legal, and as the latter declined to reply, it may be taken that it is so. The Chief Bzroa went so far as to s iy that the ob ject of the For. ign Enlistment act could not have been tbe protection of belligerents, for otherwise the expor tation of contraband of war would equally have been prohibited, and that const qaently English shipbuilders Lad as much right to sell armed ships to either bellig erent as they had to sell gunpowder or cannon, or other munitions cf war. In this, however, btfore the Court, it cid not become neecssary to apply these principles in their fullest signification. The Chief Baron lef.it to the jury whether the Alexandra was "equipped, armed, frnished or fitted out," or whether it was the intention cf the defendants to "equip, arm, furnssh or fit her out" within Her Alaj; sty's dominions for purposes of aggres sion agaiL3t the government of the Uoiied States. The act does not prohibit the "building" of ships of'any de scription ; and as it waa shown that she was not, at thrj time of her seizure, "equipped or aimed," and there was HOthing to show that it was intended that she should be eo t quipped within Her Majesty's dominions, the defendants were entitled to a verdict. The Alabama was frequently rtfetred to in tLe CDurse of the trial, and it may possibly illustrate the interpre tation which must hi put on the Foreign Enlistment act when we S3y that the Chief Baron, in Eumming up, pointed out that in her case the act was not infringed. She was bnilt in an English port, but she ws equipped and armed in .Portuguese water.?, where of course the English Crown possessed no jurisdiction. It may be saii that, according to this interpretation the Foreign Enlistment act will prove a dead letter It the Chief Batoa's views of the object of which that act Vv-aa framed namely, not to pro tect belligerents, but to prevent vessels equipped tor the rival Powers iu neighboring docks fighting whilst still in our hjrbors cr in cur water? is correct, it will not. If, on the other hand, its object was the protection of the commerce of a friendly Power, it cer ly seems (to pay the leat of it) that its provisions can be very easily evad d. However, with conseqaencea neither judges nor juries have anything to do. It is, at all events, a eatifcf action to feel that tbe Lord Chief Baron has a?ted in accorujincc with a higa American authority in his interpretation of the law, and it will be impossible, fjr the American Government to ques tion the soundness of his opinion without also impugn ing that of the greatest of their lawyers, Mr. Ju3tice Story. KfT.- fa t.l' tite Wr t our bo.lal System. Mary persons, (says tha Columbus Sun) both from natural constitution i;nd from habit, are accustomed to look on the dark side. And it should create no sur prise when we see persons, as ve sometimes, do, who look upon ns as a ruined people who complain of the way in which the government is administered who apeak as though our scciai ej6'cm were perfectly un hinged, and the whole country rocking to ruin. These persons are honest in the expression of their fears, we allow ; bat they are either not familiar with the history of revolutions, or have been slow ia receiving instruc tion from its teachings. That we have sufiercd socially by the war, is freely admitted ; and it is not to be expected but that a na tion will retrograde ia its civilization during a civil war ; but, all things considered, our social system has 6tcoJ the ehock adm rably. It we compare ourselves with the English during their long civil commotions, we lose nothing by the comparison. From vhe decapi ta'ion of Charles the First, to the accession eif William of Orarge, they scarcely had any thing that could pror perly be called peace ; and their society was upheaved from its veiy foundations. If we contrast ourselves with the French during their celebrated revolution, we have everything in our favor. And our social condition even compares well with that of our fathers during the first American revolution. Even Wathiegtou, who was by no meai.s narrow-minded and Puritanical, had to complain of the moral de fection of the people and their want of patriotism. There may be more speculation and fcelfi-hness now than then ; but it should ba remembered that our armies are vastly larger and our population more numerous. There is, it must be confessed, much corruption ia practice ; but our theory of human lii'e and society is undergoing no dangerous reforms. It is & little re markable that in. the multifarious excitements cf revo lution, no essential principle of our moral and social philosophy has attacked no new-fangled notion of so cial lifj brought forward. The French during their revolution,, not only at tempted to break down the existing lorm cf govern ment, but the prevailing social and religious systems. They attempted to ancul the Bible and dethrone its Author ; and euch wa3 the condition of their social and political system, that no man could feel 6ecure of his life for a single day. But our society rests on the Eame great ethical principles that it did before the war. The Bible is still our book, God cur hopa, and there is still enough moral integrity in our society to prevent it from miiicg uj pieces irom us own weignr. State Educational As relation of Xortl Carolina. me mil. .uuuiti meeuuir tu me oiaie raucationai Associatien of North Carolina, will be held in Lexing ton : the session to commence at eight o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, the 18 th day of August next. inis Annual Meetimr is called at an earlier dav in the year than usual, in order that it mav precede the meeting of the National Educational Association to be hold in Atlanta, Ga., in the month of September : and it is to m hoped that tbe members cf the body will con sider it u duty to attend, if possible.' ine Association baa by the bleESiocrs of Providence, been kept alive during thi3 trviner crisis, and has been made a means of great gocd to the State ; acd through its agency teachers aad friends of . education caa.do much for the independence and prosperity of tte country This class of persons should set an example of unfal- ering efforts in behalf of moral progress ; and the accu mulation of trials and difficulties Ehould only stir them up to nobler strivings. The dele-gates to the Association will be carried by the Railroada at half the usual fare, and will be enter tained by the people of Lexington free of charge. C H. WILEY, Sup't Com Schools of N. (7., J. D. CAMPBELL, Reo. y 'y Association, W. J. PALMES, Corr. Secretary, . Xxecutw Committe. , . FROM CHARLESTON. Q Chaslkston, July isth, 1PG3 The bombardment continue! unabated. FROM CHARLESTONBOMBARDMENT OF BATTERY WAUAh.lt DEorERATE ASSAULT OF THE ENEMY TQEIU REPULSE. . ' CHAHLKSTOK, July 19th. 1863. The bombardment of battery Wagner yesterdav wuir. rifle, five monitors, three iron sides, seven wooden or.. boats and two Yankee laud batteries maintaining a con- sLani nre lor u nours. At dark the enemy, nu-i bering tea regiments, made a determined assault cnour works. iftfcr a desperate straggle, lasting until 11 o'clock, P M.,tbCy were repulsed with heavy loss. Ocr loss is about 100 i jij. ed and wounded. The enemy's is estimated at fifteen hun dred. We captured over 200 prisoner?, includicg some black troops engaged in the aseault. All quiet to-day. hurrying the dead. FROM CHARLESTON OFFICIAL. Charleston, July isth, l8G:t Gkkkral S. Cooper : The Ironsides, five Monitors, five mortar gunboat, two land batteries of fi?s gans, fired foriously all day on bat tsry Wagner ;-4 killed, 14 wounded, and 1 guueanbre disabled. (Sl'gned Q. T. BEAUhEUABD Charleston, July 1 9th, 3:40 o'clock A. M. Aftr a Iu. rious bsmbardment of eleven hours, the enemy assaulted battery Wagner desperately and repeatedly, beginning at daik. Our people fought worthily and rt pained the a tacks with great slaughter. A number of prisoners Uve been csptured. Car loss is relatively slight; however val- uaoie lives Lave been lest. Brig. Gen. Ta iaferro, com manding on our ide. Our pictetsare now well in advance God is again with n3. (Sigaed) O. T. BEAUBEGARD. FROAI BUSKER HILL.- FIGHT AT SUEPHERD3 TOWN, VA. Eicnitoyn, July 13th, 1. A special dispatch to ths Whig from Banker Hill, th.i 17th, savs: Our Cavairy had a fight yeaterddy at fcbepherds tiwn, lastiac several hours, resultiog ia tbe defeat of the enemy, who retiicd to Harper's Ferry, leaving their dei.J and wourded on the field. Wc took a number of prisoners. General Peitigrew died this morning. FROU WINCHESTER. "WlNCnSSTKB, July 18th, Ih'jJ. I was unable to get a meKsage through yest ;rJay. Alt quiet in tie army. Nothirg from the etemy. Heavy Sk irmishing on thi 16th at Khepherdstown. The enerry at tacked our cavalry with cavalry and artillery, aud after a severe fiht the enemy were repulsed, leaviDg their deal and wennded cn the Cold. We captared seventeen prhon ers. and a riumber f hoises. Our army is in spUndiJ con dition, but few sick and no strasg'err. General Pottigrtw is dead. LATER NEWS FROM YANKEEDOil. IIicumond, July 18, lSiJ.i. Tha New York Tribuna of the 15th, is very severe on tho Herald and World. It charges that their counst U exciud the riot ia that city. Not a ward cf comment oa the out fa :eak is in the Herald, except the prefaca to descriptive scenes. Clreely made a narrow escape the fl st day. The crowd was informed that he was dining at Wiudurst's aud proceeded fo that pluce. Greoly was apprised of their ap proach and escaped ia a hack. Several men, supposed t be reporters of be Tribune, were, roughly handled. One was killed. After making due allowance for the sensation al character of the report?, the New York papers say that, U is evident that the riot was the most formidable of any outbreak of the kind that has ever occurred on this cum nent, acd will encourago similar demonstrations ia ctlicr Northern cities. LATER FROM YANKEEDOM AND EUROPE. Eichmokd, July loth, A special dispatch to the Whijf from Bunker Hill, near Winchester, gives a summary of the news of the Baltimore American of tte 18th. It hs mostly been anticipated. lht only thing new is the following, but it iu not stated hetli er it was brought by a later arrival or not : Roebuck ta ted th; Napoleon had authorJzsd him to say to tho Huu'c of Commor.s, that he hid instructed Baron Gioss to iiro poso negotiations ti England for mediation ia American affairs. The London Herald says it is reported that Lord Rureell had resigned on account of a disagreement with tbo Pre mier on tbe question of the recogaition of tha South. The Yankee cavalry advanced from Williamnpor: or t!,e 16th withiu 4 roilB of ilartinf-burg. FROM RICHMOND. Richmond, July H, No:hhg impel tant has transpired to-day. The cl.i. f topic was tbe arrest of Mrs. Allan, wifa of Patterson Al!au, charged with communicating ioformation to tho enemy. The accused is a native of Ohio, and became connected ly marriage in Europe with ere of the most wcahhy aud re pectable families in Richmocd. Letters written by her a:;J forwarded by the blockade runners, conotitute the cvidviK-t; of her gui't. An officer from the Valley this eveniog, bta'e.s tint Usado's army is still in Maryland. The report that the enemy has been landing troops frmi their transports on tho James liner, 1C miles below l;Ui mend, has not been confirmed. FROM THE WEST. MoaTON, July is, 1 Cur army ia still slowly falling back. Up to 4 o'chu k, yesterday evening, no troops excopt about twa thu.-uii l cavalry, had crossed Pearl river. Our cavalry are hair mishiDg with theirs beyond Brandon. Citizens who c.im' out since the evacnation of Jackson, say that a Om ef truce was sent by the cilia ujs to Grant, formally su:rcni r ing ihe city. Grant answered them that private prop.rij wo ild be respccld. Their cava'ry camo ia at 8o'cl ' and took possession. LATE It. Mouto!, July 10th, 1m;.;. Geas. Penuberton, Stevens, B jwen, Rarton, Hmitb, Lm- and Cummicgs, all field officers captured at Vicks!,mt. have been exchanged. The men have straggled ail over t c country. Gcu. Bowen is lying dangcroubly ill at Clu-t r. unab'e to be brought through the line. (Jen'l Jack-on -cavalry has just returned from the River. irnt j.i.' u i . and destroyed a train of 100 commissary wagoni. IK v. por s the enemy in force at Can' on. The enemy crossed the river iu henvy forco yesterds) and are moving on us steadi'y. BOMBARDMENT OF BATTERY WAGNER CONTJN UtD. Charleston, S. C, July UOth, 1;: The bombardment of Lattery Wagner was reae-wed f ' a short time thi? aftcruooo. All quiet th's evening. NORTHERN NEWS. Richmond, July 21st, W" Northern dates of tho 18lh inst. have been rcctivf l. The riot in New York has been sapprctsed. TLa Hen: Bays that perfect order reigned throughout tho whole i on yesterday. The wards where tbe highest excitement prevailed, wc filled with largo bodies of military, whj patrolcd the str. c" entirely unmolested by the populace. A circular from the P.-ovost Marshal General, at VV. ingtou, announces that th3 draft will be enforce 1, and t!..r. the ProvcBt Maishals will all be sustained by the mi.ita:y forces of tho country. Gea. Wool has beea superceded by Gen. D:x, ia mand cf tbe military forces of ths city. Archbishop Hughes addressed five thousand on ).' I'-' begging them to be qaict and not to reaidt the eid'or?::; of the laws. Gen. Kemper was not killed and Lids fair to recover . A telegram from Cincinuatti, July 17th, that gan has passed through Piketon, goicg ia tLe direction ' the River via Pomroy and Gallipolis. YANKEE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ATTACK CHABLESTON. Ac, 4c. Richmond, July21fct, 1"-' General Gi!mre's cflWl dispatch, relative to the a".'- on Charleston, says : He a'aaanltod Battery Wagnor n t! ? morning of the H-h and was repulsed, federal ios lj killed and wouaied. He claims to have taken II piece tf heavy ordnance, and a large quantity of camp cquipace o:. Morri Island. Meade's army is in the vicinity of Berlin, Mary lar i Viva rrerimATita nf TCato York trnnnn vjt ra to have l! 1 o - r - - - - - drawn from the army of th3 Potomac and sent honi? ' Wednesday, but no transportation was provided snJt :' order was countermanded. A regiment of rrgalm ''; battery of artillery has been dispatched to New ''' their Btesd, as Gov. Seymour had discharged th" -troopB. The discharged regiments wero to have retarued. ' co iseqaence ot this disiegard of hii authority may Il3ai 10 grave complications between himself and the Federal U ecutive. A special dispatch to the Whig Bays that tho enemy w -force and is reliably reported to have crosr ed into Loaao County on the 19th . Nearly 609 Yankees, commlsaloned officers, areifl-'' liaemeat here Richmond' r
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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