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OK M'UTH CAHOiilXA,
Halifax CccNTy.
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'. uri l'l- ot and Quarter Festsons, August Term, A. D.
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ik I?av. -i-'kos and !
I'ttition lor Partition of lieal
K.ia-e.
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i lit S rfj 1 1 ! J' met: hi Atiguji aerm, a. l. is'j ),
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ths Court of I'.eas and Qaaner feasion, fur Hali-
f -.A : UU'.y, ioriu v-aiuiiUTi, ujr ucui itnwnurs itiiu viu-
t-rn ft-.;tii'.f -Jtfs-:e Itawlina and Tnomaa Raw.iogs, pray-nift,-
u.r a ibstrihuMun of Heal Estate ; and it appearing that
j iKjir.-' Kawiius reside without the limits ot the rit&te
t S-jT'h Carolina, it id ordered by the Court that publica
tion be lor 8 x weeks in the Wilrairgton Journal, a
vrl;.y newspaper published ia the town of Wilmington,
ii iN rjt- sai.1 Tboai&s Kawlings to appear at the text term
i ; i I '."o'lrt, at the Court House ia Halifax, on the third
:-: ! .1 ,v of November, 1-C3, then and there to plead, an--vs
r ur mn' to bail petition, otherwise judgment j.ro
' -. : vi;i e rendered against r.im.
..:? s. Jis. H. WL-itakcr, C'l rk of f.ail Ccurt, at cflice
l.i-.l v.: -i.ru y c! J.uzmt, 16:;.
JAS. U V. HITAKE3, Clerk.
, t ' lltli, ISC". Pr. adv. $21 3 Cl
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KOnTI CAiiOLINA.I
Halifax Covnty. f
: ?,vi (j'Hirijr mios, ili'just li'mi, l.i.,
, aJaiiriibtrator of Lucinda Peuder, df c?a.seJ,
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Lawrence Pendet and olherp.
:M-t is a Petition Lied at May Term, A.D., 1S-31, of the
i'o'j'tut Uhus and Quarter Seasons ior Halifax county,
- ..I'd C.i'o'.irs, liy Nottlis Pindar & pcministrator of Lu
:i:itj iViKtr, deceased, cg.iinst the heirs at law of said
i .:.:.,! i, pr.ijiatr tor a liueue t sell rel estate, ot which
!i mi: 1 Lu-;in:a cZ i d ecjzed, for the piyuiect ot debts due
ive v! LuciLii; aL;i it Rppearirg '.hit bophii Pender,
A't.s.-i.i i r hack!' !rd, a id Hit: children and heirs at law of
; .. ly 11 nt'.ji:, k i.-teaid ftiater I faitii Lucinda, reside be
tii i ;i:ns n: !)i3 Ma'eot Korth t a-olina, it is ordered
:V. tii- vAiurt, that i'ab!u;atioa be made for six weofca ia the
v, i;:ui!!gton Jourcul, a wetbiy Lewepiptr, published in the
.,-,!, oi W liQiL-g'ou,. not:f ing the said iion-residenia to
.-! u . t!0 L' XI ICTia oi Biia oOnri, at iae i.uuri-ouu!ro
ili'r.x lon, oa the third Monday of Asgust, then to
1. 1 t!
.,i ru C'jnft'yfO will he reudered against ttem.
V.iiu.frt, Jas. H. W'niTAKEK, C lcik of said Court, a:
Lriwcr i'T utiuur iu sum pcuiuii, u ijci mac j-jujj-
ofiice
.i lloadav of Aaeust, a. U.
JAS. H. WHirAliiiK, Clk.
I Pr. adv. $21
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STATK OK NORTH CAiidLI.VA, )
Halifax Cocmy. j
;4 1 tf iarU r fti'siiifiy, yl''yt,s- J'trm, t-X.,
V.-iUi'v, As., J
.r, of ,J I". Lf.CfcC. j
:. ji- i i ; v ri li'.cd at May Ic.rva, si- i- ot the
van ot i'iOK and tjaaiter hteijume lor Kai-ix coaa
I Ivitu Csiio'iinft, ri beniet Locke against the heirs ot
li jifti.it'H Loike, praying lor an allotment of dower, and
to th Court that tho uotendauts, Jackson,
V"? H'l II. J Ida - ijul ac, uiiu intiftft vik. ftwa.w
,.-Vji ! the l.nrta -f the State of North Carolina, it is or
lo' d th i. puaiication tie made lor six weeks ia thi Wil
Prijctoii J.urpl, a week:y newspaper, published in the
ct V;:u:ing:cn, notisyii-g said non-residests to a,pcar
t c i.'-x'. term ct Siiii Court, at iho Court Hou;e iu liali-
, or. iha third Monday or November, there aed tLeu to
;iuaver or demur to feaid petition, otnerwiee judg
iiMit t -i n. ( jnt .-o wi.l be rendered tgainat them.
VV.iue.-t, James It. Whitaker, Cierk of said Ccurt, at
oihce in llaulux,
this third liloluday of Auujt, A. i.,
JAJ. H. wniTAKEU, Clerk, Ac.
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STATS OI KOIITH CAIIOL1SA, )
Halifax County. J
i'.m-i .. ru-ar, and ynarler Xessious, August 2tTi, A. J).,
lbOJ.
, . vl- t Fetiti;.n for Dower.
H:,r3 ht Ijiw of
jtilib is u petition ii!ed at Ma? Term, A. D., 1803, of the
' curt of Pleas and y carter Sessions lor Halifax coua
: . .North Carolina, by Mary E. Fpuicon, against the heirs
.t'rfaid John Faulcon, uraying for an allotment of dower.
vd i tnpenriuT to thCoart that tha defendants ii. T. J.
IHwaias aua wita Martha, reside beyond the limits cf the
bta'e cf iiorth Carolina, it ia ordered that publication be
m-ido for weeks m th? Wilmington Journal, a weekly
Ltwspaper, p-b'isuc-d in the townot Wilmiiigton, notifying
"i ucieadauts ta appear at the text term of said Court,
' i'ie Ccurt House iu Halifax, on the third Monday of No-vi-inber,
a. L., IsiiJ, thero and then to. plead, jrnswer or
dert-ur to iil petition, otherwiao judgmsnt pro confesso
y, ;li bs reudyred against them.
Witneee, Jas. II. Whitaker, Clerk of said Court, at efnee,
li i:;-ax, tLclhird Monday of August, A. D., lSt3.
JAS. ii. VHlTAKEiJ, Clerk, 4c.
n. i. t5, Pr.adv. $21 3-t5w
TIIIIVTV UGL.L.AU5 UKWAUU.
'I-:iVATG GcftOKUK V7. WHiTFilSLD, of Co. B, 51at
JJ' ii.ii. lieg't, deserted from the Cairp of the 5 lot N.
Keg't on or about the 30Lh ct October, 18G2, and is
iurkiJ- uileruitely mtho couaiies cf eampson and Bladen,
iiL 1 supposed to be at times in parts of New Hanover
"Hi Ur-'-wick. I will give tho above reward for his de
livcT; ia7'ai p of the oict H. C. Keg't or at any Military
t?i;'. 2 Ih, lvia 40-'jt 5-4t Co. ii.oistri. C. hCg-
n liiiiii c no.--: is a, ) Ik Equity,
Iev, Hanjvku Co , f Fdll Term, 13.
J. i D. Dc'd&2 & Co., cs. Tho Cape Fear Coal and Iron
Corapaay.
i !' VliiTUa of a decree ia tiiia cj.bo made at tiiia term
J3 oT :h-Couit, 1 will sell by public auction, on the
pr-.wlswa ia Chatham county, N. C, ou faeiday, the 8lh
tty ot Uocembtr next, ut 10 o'clock, An M., the followag
'i'i-.AC'i'S OF LASD, viz: One Tract lying ou the north
! jo 0t Deep River, bounded as follows, tc-wit Beginning
ut is whit- o.;l; ou the bank of Deop river, near au oid canoe
iuiiditg, ruuu.ng north one hundred aid twenty-two (122)
pou.: iu a piae (V.iijox's line), thence wrh and beyoou
Viloc.'s iiue one hundred aud eeventy-six (176) poles to A
on $n.iit.is line, tliecce south 2a dg. tasi, two hua
dr.-d r.'.-c1' twenty-tear (221) poles to a white oak on a
t- gut ticar the river ; thence Lorth 'G deg. east down
:aiJ cut iwcu'y (iO) pok-a ; then south. Co deg. west eight
(-) po to i'ie coniiueuce of taid gut wiih the iier ;
iiieictf with the varu ui courses of the river to the begin
ri;.", contaiuin.se by estimation one hundred and seventy
vi70j acres. Also, auotiier TUACT containiig two and
n-liuX C-'i) acres, ac joining thj land of Harris aysor, with
the appuricuancea.
Tciuis ol sale- Cah.
A. ftM. WADUELL,
Clerk & Mt.s:ei in fcquiiy.
63 it 7 ta
Jilt-; OKl'ilK Uf CUlf.K tOSXUOLLISU
v U AU I'ERi'.ABTMt, Kichni jid, Va., for the collection
3 . .M.r.. tht tlit f.ill.wirf ta l.ist.'lithed CTitti
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' I k ;.itiit r, Uiit. ia ftftj.. ..A -" - o r
t;.v- view ct euciiiug mioiiiiatiou uu ii.c .
iarmeis ol North tjaroiina. The pun proposed is ticm a
MdlL'g
..- t-rniT iu Hanover toamv, jrirtiia.
j.-, iku'd.'i'hoAS most succe9-):ut ia kcepic-g sweek
p(:Ht;Cd c"
the win'er, in Uiinovr t ouut.y &., uaopi
t:':3 :
t i a L;gh, dry npot, excavate a hclo of couvement size
an 1 sh.ip j, Vo tie Gsptb of four or livu feet. Put iu a layer
of ji-e tic;, ssy three inches thick, the sides also bhould
be lined viih tue same as th9 potatoes aio put in. After
t ie hole a tilled to within olo loot of the turface, and a
theitt-r to keep til the rain erected, the potatoes are allow
ed to u;.fr.in untouched lor about a week, to undergo what
i e-aiied the swAt. Then pi-e tags are th.owa into the
h....( i-ven with the surface, and plauk laid over. It ia of the
-,rrit?i iuiu jrtatee that no water should ruu in upon the
..ntatiit'-i. ihev bhouid not be moved or touched until
tiiken out Iwr u.-e. Pine turs tha best non-conductor, uni
versally u - el iu Hanover. The uuual country shelter 13
made ol top loddcr aud corn stalks. Before the potatoes
;ire out iu te e ht.lo, each ono bhouli be iubbed with th3
iir.ud taking oil ail dirt and root. The potatoes should uot
be w i'u.'d or bruised iu aay rianuer.
GtO. H. FllZvIL50N,
Capt. & A. (J M.,
Ass't Q 1. Geu'U OCi.e.
1-Himcr? ar? respectfully eohcited to give their oiuions
on the ubjec:, and will pieae direct tteir letters to bij
ii. A. Hadaam, Raleigh
Nov. 12 h, Ht3
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liKCitClTS WASXKU,
1W1--.U 1 () ESLIST a lew more youpg men to All up an
Artillery Company stationed at Fort Caswell, louag
i.ifn h ivir.ir to srn in feervioa soon, who have not been con
scripted, wiil fiad it t j their interest to come forward and
volunteer where they cau have corntoitabie quarters and
bo weii cared for. All volunteers wi.l receive a bouity ot
4lf.U. Baid Compry will be commanded by
A. A. rfOSELKY,
Lieut. & Recruitiuj JjlSer.
Fort Caswell, Nov. Cd, 1SG3. 7-3t
KOT1CE.
A FPLICAlliJN wm be made to the next Legislature of
Xju North Carolina, tj ra'ua the tees of Clerxs of lha Ocun
ty aud Snjerior Courts.
Nov. 12, 1SC3. 7-2
Ueported Lo3 cf Yankees. We learn from
Vackee journal, bearicj; date October 29th, and pub
listed at Portsmouth, Va., that there was a well sab
Btantiutcd rumor in Portsmouth that the steamer con
tainicg tne 09ih New York retriment. and two full
batteries, which left Fortress Monroa a few days pre
vicus, Lad gon-j to DavV Joms' locker. o2 Hatteras,
in a terrible gale. Ail aboard are believed to be lost
The 99th regiment was for a In time stationed a1
Deep Ureek, Norlolk county, and stole enough from
pcactaDie citizens in tnat vicinity to make deatn tern
Vila iA J l . 4
iuucw, unuer aDy gircumgtaaces.
VOL. 20. CONFEDERATE STATES. OF AMERICA WILMINGTON, N. ('.. THURSDAY .MORNING,
WILMINGTON, N. C , NOV. 12, 18C3.
AS- We noticed that the train from the South which ar
rived ra'ber late this mornirg, brought in a special car the
gal ant General Hood, who lest a If g at Cbickamaua We
heard, and we believe correctly, that he is to remain some
iaio in Wilmir gton as the guist of General Weitinc.
He was accompanied by eeveral officers, among whom
we preecme'wsi his phyfciciat.. In cljse attendance upon
the wounded General, we rtmarktd General W. W. Fmith,
now a citizen of the fctte of Georgia.
We were glad to see that Generai Hood was ab!e to trav
el, but not without apprehensioEsthat tho ff'jrt might be
more than prudeLce wou'd ju&tify. We tiUit however, that
none but good effects will be experience d as tho result o,
this railroad travf 1.
Like rani y otlnr rin of signal bravery, General Ho. ,
in personal appearance, .is the very oppo.ii.e of the conven
tional id.a of a fi e ea'er Somewhat blenched by illneHs
rtndtring hiB delicate feature's more delicate, with soft hair
ot 1 ght tio-n and tilky beard nearly golden, he looks like -a
Uiibi, lentitive and amiable man, as no dubt hd ia in
private )i e, r.s he id a C( urtecm and gal ant eoldier in the
field. .
Wu uie much ; leattd to see that the additional engines and
le'.jiDg stock o aoxi tuly looked for by all connected with
thd Wilmington and Ifacchester Railroad have arrived, and,
a e might say, have gone ito commission.
They h ive not got herd a day too son, a? we cau bear
witness. Althorgh we kno w that the officers of the road,
together with the engineers and conductors have been do
ing thtir best, etiil there, were circumntancee that they
coald not coatro', and tin result was that detentions and
miscoouection3 were of freqasnt, we might siy, of con
stant occarrence.to the great annoyance of paeserger?,who,
as men tciW do, vented their spleen oa the first ret reseutative
of the c jmpany they could meet with, which was gen
erally the conductor, who, in uch cases Las to listen
to any amuat o" grumbling aad growling, not 'un
mixed with censure o himself. We know how it is, for we
have participated in breakdowns (not old Virginia but
Railroad breakdowns) and are still a little the worse of the
wenr thereby. We therefore repeat that we have been re
joiced to see the additional machinery and rolling stock,
which v- ill push things thrrugh satisfactorily, and allow the
sfeck previoudiy on hand to remain lorg eucuh ia the
shops to be thoionghly repaired.
r.cMoui are afl jat that the Margaret & Je3se was captur
ed oil the Cae Fear liar ou the 5;h inst. Whether this re
port is coriect or not, we have boenuuable to ascertain.
We rrv-hr thiul: tLatlt in conect.
Ihere is also a unfavourable rumour about the Robert .
Lee, which i3 too vague to justify any conclusion as to its
correctness. Wo may hear rrore iu a day or two.
Fire. Yttterday between 1 and 2 o'clock, P. M , a por
tion cf the root of the dwelling honsa of S. R. Bunting,
Esq., tock fire, evidently Horn a spark. The fire was scon
extinguished with a loss of four to live hundred dollars,
which ia covered by insuraLco.
Ur. Ilktinu desires to return his thanks to his friends
and neighbors, and to the citizens generally, for the promp
titude and zeal displayed in saving his house, whiih but
for them would, in all probabilit; , have been total y des
troyed. Piemotloi.s.
A correspondent cf the 20th North Carolina Uegiment
now in Virginfa, writes as follows :
Lieut. Col. Nblson Slough, of the 23th N. C. Regiment,
has tendered Lis resignation, having been elected SheiifF ol
his county, and having also become incapacitated for ac
tive service from wounds, Ac.
Lieut. Eetit Bobbins, of Co. G, has a'BO tendered his re
signation from ill Health.
Lieut. J. F. Ieelakd has been promoted to the Captain- j
cy of Co. D, vice Stanly, resigned, and Lieut. D. K. Ben
nett, to 'he Captaincy of Co. G, vic3 Mehcku, killed at Get
tysburg. Capt. Wbiuut, of Co. F, with a Corporal of his Coiapany
were recently captured, havitg strayed too far from our
lines while tUQ reg:ment was on picket.
For th3 Journal.
Camp 20th N. C. Reg't,
Near Kelley's Ford, Va., Nov. 4, 1863. J
Messrs Editors .-In my last 1 briefly stated that our re
giment was enga ged in the skirmish at iloreton's Ford, on
aunday, Oct. lltn. Allow me through your paper to give
something like a detailed account of that affair. The cav
alry ia their reports having left us (the-infantry) entirely
out of the question, and holding tho maxim, "let justice be
done though, the heavens fall,' we are in lor eur share.
The maiu army havirg movea a aay or two previous oy
the wav of Madison C ii., our (Johnson s) brigade was
left oa the Rapidan to bring up the rear and rejoin our di
vision at an agreed point. Accordingly on uie morning oi
the 11th. we made .pre paiation to cross the river. The VWth
regiment, commanded by Col. Toon, and five companies of
the 12th regiment, commanded oy uoi. uoieman at more
ton's Ford, and the 5ih regiment commaaded by Lt. Col.
Lee. the lio.-d reermien: oy (japt. Beaneit, and live compa
nies of the 12th regiment by Col Davis, at Raccoon Ford.
few miles above the whole commuuaea bj uoi. x. az,
Garrett.
l considerable force' of rankee cavalry, it seems, were
ntending to cross the river at the same time at these two
ioints, and had succeeded at the lower ford, (Moreton's,)
where Cols. Toon and Coleman were preparing to meet
them, wheu we were reinforced by a brigade ot Fitzhngb.
Lee's cavalry. A sharp fight ensued, lasting about two
hours, in which cur ehaiphooteis aid most, tnougn fell am
their duty nobly. The xankees got two pieces across we
ri? er, which were q lijkly Bilenced by oura ; and their
whole force put to flight just m time to savd themselves
from being catuied, alaios. to u man, by Col. Garrett,
who had routed ttinu on tho UU anu waa coming down on
the other side of the river. A running fight .now enaued,
which lasted until nearly night, and resulted in the total
route ot the Yankees, driving them with considerable loss
beyond Brandy fcstation. Thus euaea our aay s wors, wnn
but slight loss on our side, while a considerable number of
thd entiny were killed and captured.
Our cavalry, whatever may nave been saia to tne con
trary, acted nobly in this affair, which, to say the least, has
reeulttd in driving the enemy beyond the Keppahannock,
aLd the posiuon . now heia by tur troops.
x ours, ocu., n. i.
From the rfcehmced Sentitel.
A ltcvltw of Hie War.
So absorbing ia the interest arousad by each of the
great battles and prominent incidents ol the war, that
we are proae to look only at distinct facts ; and,
eonseuueatlv. our opinions of the progresi and manage
mcnt of tho contest generally partake oi tne iceunga
which event ia calculated separately to inspire.
A more extenued examination oi the results ot mill
tarv oneratioas will not ba- found uninteresting or an
profitable, at d will enable us better to appreciate the
value of what has been done, as well as to form a fairer
uilment of the services of those entrusted with the di
rection of affairs.' Such a review will, we think tnora
iust reason to believe, that the blood and treasure that
have been expended, itie sunerings, losses ana narasnips
trit hnvft hppn endured, have not been iu vain ; and
justify the hope, that we approach a Buccessful issue of j
the struggle, ve.tru3t tnat vnai we Buau gay iana we
hall endeavor to cocliae ourselves to undisputed facts,
and such inferences as they fairly warrant,) may cheer
the desponding, it any there be, animate all with je-
uawed confidence in the patriotism and capacity oi our
public agents, a firmer latth in our ultimate success, and,
above ail, inspire a deeper and more reverential sense
ol the debt ol gratiluie we owe to Ilim, to whom alone
belong the issues of battles and the destiny of States.
The subject can be best presentee by comparing the
present condition of cflairB with that presented by the
campaigu ol 18C2, the period of the enemy's greatest
strength.
Tne first battle of Macasaaa opened the eyes of the
Lincoln Government to the magnitude of the work it
bad undertaken, and all its energies were devoted to its
accomplishment. The people ol the North, with unpar
alleled unanimity and enthusiasm, placed at the dispo
sal ol their rulers the entire resourcee of the country.
There were men without stint, and credit without limit;
and the continent resounded with the cotes of prepar
ation for a gigantic war by land and sea. The autumn
aud winter were consumed gathering and disciplining
armies, and collecting supplies of every description,
while their dock yard hastened to cover tha waters with
an invulnerable and an inviL-cible navy.
About the end of February, 18C2, the storm broke,
j . . j- z i ia tho "ISTnrth-
auu a nurue as liuuieiuus nuj no aaia r
em Hive" once poured upon Southern Europe, was
precipitated upon the Stales of the Confederacy.
In MBV.18K2. there were more than 210,000 Fed
eral soldiers in Virginia alone, distributed as fol
lows :
II. Il II
I S3 n It-J 'ICi 9
General VcClellan entetf d the PniDiu'a wi'h UG,0C0
Ueneral Mcdowell advanced to Fieder cksbu.g
with 22.0CO
In the Lower Valley, wereUei.s. Banks atd Fre
mont with a . VO.fOO
And in Wolein Virg'nia, Gen. Cox had... 12 (.00
' " 2 '0,000
' his (stimate does not include the iroof s on the Pt n
ilsuIs b.f.ire the arrival cf Gen. MclJIellan, the garrison
at Norfolk, those who rem lined at Washington and
Alexandria, or occupied various points in Maryland.
These beicg within call of some or al! of the armies io
Virginia, may be properly regarded ts belongug to
them, aud wil: more than compensate for aay error in
the number above -stated, which are, hoserer believed
V) be accurate.
In addition to th.3 force, there were twenty thcuanil
men under Gen. Burnside on tie coast of North Caro
lina ; acd another army, estimated at twelve thousand,
at Beaufort, threatened Charleston acd Savannah, itd
ravaged the coasts of Georgia aud Florida.
At the same time, two large armies under Generals
Grant and Bueil, penetrated Tennessee ; a third, under
Gen. Pope, operated cn the Mississippi ; a fourth was
in Missouri acd Northern Arkansas ; and a fifth ocou
pied New Orleans and Southern Louisiana.
The strength of these Western armies is not accurate
ly known ; tut it is enough for our ptCSont purple to
remark that it was snffieitnt to etiuble them to a-t in
dependently, none drawing upon the olheis for rein
forceaaents. '1 he se vast nrmiis conducted their opera
tions simultaiieorjs'y on nil sides of the Confeckracy ;
aLd, at many poiuts, particularly wheie their navy
could co-operate, overcame the resistance of the in
ferior forces opposed to them ou our extended fron
tier. It is ut:uecS8cry to trace events in the order of their
occurrence, es we are only concerned with the geoeral
result.
The batt'es around Richmond caused the recall of
the main body of Gen. Burnsidc's qriTiy from North
Carolina, and was the beginning of that system of con
centration which the losses of the enemy coaipelltMl him
to adopt. The Federal force in tbat State has never
since been strong enough to prosecute the proj-.ct ol
invasion. Immediately after, those battles, the forces
of Generals McDowell, Fremont and Bank?, with re
inforcements from Washington and Maryland, were
united under Gen. Pope. The campaign in Northern
Virginia followed, and caused the withdrawal of Geii?.
Burnside and McClellan from the Petir.sula ; and, a?sof
ao large a part of the army of Gen. Cox from Western
Virginia, that the enemy bus never smce been able to
act seriously on the offensive in that quarto-. All these
troops weie brought to the sunpart of Pope and the
defence of Washington, and all hurled back, crushed
and broken, upon that capital.
A call was made by Mr. Lincolo for two hundred,
thousand additional troops to sarve for nine rnon'hs,
and th&uh a considerable number was obtained, the
failure of nearly every State to furnish its cjnota, gave
the first indication of on abatement of the enthusiasm
of the North. The losses inflicted upon the ecemy in
the Maryland campaign were so severe, that when Gen.
McClellau re-entered v lrginia, it was not deemed pru
dent to rtturo any considerable number of the troops
that had bess concentrated under his con maud, to the
districts from which they had been drawn. The bat
tles of Fred .ricksbarg-and Chancellorsvd'e showed
that this concentrated army "was insufficient to perform
the duty assigned to it. The Pennsylvania campaign
reduced it still further, and after its return to Virginia,
b Jore any part of it had been sent to the West, it did
not venture to act on the aggressive. Tne Valley, too,
with the exception cf the immediate lice of the Ualti
more acd Ohio Railroad, was entirely evacuated. The
necessities of Gen. Rosecranz, of which, we shall pre
sently speak, could only be supplied by a further deple
tion of the Army of the Potomac, and as the third
year of the war draws to its close, notwithstanding all
accessions from the draft, and the various requisitions
of Mr. Lincoln, the force of the enemy in Virginia,
with the exceptions of some small garruons, has dwia
died down to the army that recently fled bcfoie the ad
vance of Gen. Lee, himself weakened by sending a large
detachment to the Southwest.
Such, in short, has been tho result of the war in y lr-
gima.
A brief examination will snow tnat ti e inaecisive
advantages obtained by tie enemy in the Southwes'.,
have been attended with a corresponding marked de
crease of strength.
As baa been said, the Federal armies ia the west,
during the first and second years of the war, carried ou
their operations independently ot eaca other, coca 13
no longer the case. - With the aid of their vessels, and
with the facility of safe and easy lines oi communica
tion, they succeeded in forcing back oar armies, and
gainiDg SQme important euccestea. But the reduction
of Vicksburg left Gen. Graut unable to resume th of
fensive in Mississippi, and the disaster of Gen. Roae
crans compelled htm to call to his support rtinforce
menta'not only from Gen. Meode, but also from Gen.
Grant and the army in Arkansas, tbur reducicg the
strength of three armies to insure the ea ety oi a
fourth.
It is uot pretended that there are not euougn troops
left on the Mississippi to invade Louisiana, tiuu tvi n to
enter Texas : bat it cannot be supposed tear the imia
ber is adequate to occupy, even imperfectly, these vast
. . i . a a i i :.. it , :
rfgicns, or that they carr maintain memseivta m ioe in
terior of the country, except on navigaoie wafers, wuu-
out larce reinforcements
These facts show very plainly tnat tne s.tet g u oi
.-'- . ........ ,. i-r
the enemy, notwithstanding all tne accessions it Las re
ceived, has been largely reduced : wnne ou tue ointr
hand, his need cf a numerous army ia even greater than
in the besinning of the war
In Virginia, bis losses have not been , product we of
any corresponding gains. The task tEsayed without
success by two hundred an ten thousand men remains,
with all its difficulties, :o be performed by scarcely more
than one-third of that number,
In the West, be ha3 therefore bad the assistance of
his navy, with comparatively Bafe lines of commumca
tioa by water. With these advantages, hw strength
originally was orily sufllcient to accomplish what he
hasdone, after a long lapse of time, with great effort,
and with heavy loss. Not? he has a military power to
overcome at least 6s great as any he has yet eueroun.'or
pft. while he will ba compelled to depend upon hia land
forces alone, from which large detachments must be
made to guard long lines of communication, and occu
py the exteneive districts in his rear, overrun it i.j truo,
but far from conquerred.
Iu view of the military difficulties alone, it U safe to
say, that to give him aay reasonable hope of success
the enemy requires an army at least as large as that
with which he began the campaign of 1862. If we look,
at the means ia hia possession to raise this force, the
moral effect of all that has been done wi.l become ap
parent. It is true that the resources of the North iu
mea are still great, and in military supplies, are net
materially impaired ; but its credit is, ana, wuooui u
hearty aLd enthusiastic sappors oi me war uy us peo
ple, euch as marked the beginning of the contest, tijose
resources are like a steam engine without steam. Un
questionably tbat spirit has nearly expired. We do
not refer to the elections as indicating the growth of a
peace party, though they do show a great change m
popular sentiment ; du; we pumt eo u-j-u
compulsory measures to obtain men, the opposition
which those measures have encountered, and the almost
total failure iu which they have resulted.
A resort to conscription was an aeimissioa of the
decay of the spirit ot volunteering ; the partial and
unsuccessful execution of that law, proves how uc popu
lar it is ; and a return to the sy3tem (already tried
with poor success,) of calling upon the States to raisa
tlifi'r finotaa hv voIunteericsT.' snows that Mr. Lincoln
is fearlul of the consequences of enforcing the draft, as
wf n a Hrinhtfnl r,f it value as a recruittL'g aaency.
It must be borne in mind, that men are to be raised
not only to recruit the thinned ranks of the armies
now ia existence, but also to take the place of those
armies which will ba dissolved in the spring by the ex
piration of the term of service cf the mea enlisted for
- TTfL .1 . i . 1 1 4l.s
three years. . v ntmer uiosa men win voiuiuamy ic
nliat to anv crreat extent is no longer a Question. The
draft cf last- summer was postponed uaiil the fifth of
Jaly with the expectation that th men enliste-J for two
A th.osrt tor nioe mociths, most of whom went
that time, would be induced by large
bounties to retaro as substitutes for conscripts. Si
rfi.finlis'mf.nta were, however, so rare taat every case
was publisiied by the anxious friends of the administra
tion.
t.
Iho itidutem nt- lo hejh;ee ie.:rs r:en to return to
sei v u-e,
s'ea.Hy
wul re evr-n
less,
The FeiJer 1 c urren'-y is
p-tci-itii -at, i.U i? is easy to see, must con
tinue to io so. if tr supported by military sec. -ess of a
more d-e'd -.1 r rW-cur tVju thre ia any re son to an
ticipate i"h couiiiial value- of everything rises as the
discount on the currency increases. Speculation ia"
thus s i:: u'a ed, a? we well "know, a d men- prefer the
!arge ;aii s of inoje to the fixed and smat'er n turns of
ioVcstm-nts ia ti e public securities. The volume ol
currency w:li, therefore, be absolved .'et-s rapidly by the
f-aie- of boiid?, w d its further i; Uition will iu'.vitably be
followed by gitaU-r depreciation. The value of the
bounty that will, hi cflired to retain the three xjeaxs
men iu service, will, thereore, bd less than tbat which
failed to tempt their !ae comrade? to return to camp,
while tlj wages of 1 door will be notnirjaily increased to
such an extent as to tnake soldiers' pay a very small
attraction to a money-loving race.
We m-'iy -a30iiably antic5 pate from these considera
tions, the d:fficulii-"3 that Mr. Lincoln will experience
in maintaining aud r; cruiting the strength of his
ariid. t-.
It h t ot u .fair to astfu.nc, that with proper effort on
the part ot cur pcop'e, a:d by the exertion of all the
power ol the St;;u: ar.;l (To?i 'derate governments, our
armies sni'l at l:;-t te what th-y never yet have
b-eu t.iiim-rici-ly eqiai to those, oi tie enemy in the
sprir g otf 1 8C4. I he great wave of invasion has been
broken, and we nee-d not upprehend its return in any
thir-g iike its ftitnur vioiooce. All that we need new
is p.;ien .and nnreni'tiiig ttlort. Let every man etand
to l is post, ready lo loilow the rtfl.icnt waters, and,
under thy blessing of h-aen, f!,r- territory they have
inundat.d viiil be ours agaiii For to relax cur exer
tions now, to abate one j u of our resolution, ia to lose
to that ixteut the advantages that we may jus ly ex
pect to derive from the waning power of the enemy,
and ignobly surrender to a w?ak foe what, in the pleni
tuce of his power, hi failod ti wrest from vigilance, de.
votion &nd courage..
Jilatovtiy of . CoufcUriute Spy.
'I h.3 Cincinnati Enquirer coatatrs an account of the
discovery and capture of a Confederate syy, who, .for
several mouths, succeed in passiog Limsell off as a Rus
sian noblemau. lie id d.scribcd as a most accomplish
td and wel! dressed geutlcman, who, under the name of
Lauis A. BclviUe, was received in the first society, and
became the intim ite ajicia'e of prcmiuer.t military of
ficrr?!, -raid a welcome and cons'aat visi'.or at the yari
ou3 military head quarters iu t.hut city. By fm social
ability aod lavisbneaa of rncney, he 3t completely enam
ored Li i aqu iutuuees that they, ured and gained an
iutroductiou to their female friends, a- d, in shott.inau
eurated him as the prince ot d(;ciety in Cincim.ati.
The Er.qtti er "says :
Being deeply interested ia our domestic difficulties,
and sympathizing strongly wiih our government in the
complete success ot the Federal arms, many of the con
t m; luted movements were couli led to his k'.epmg.
His suggestions were frankly given and thankfully re-
1 1 1 ' X . tiil
ctived. indeed no Ainernaa cinzen ana to tne manor
born could have learned one tenth of the inform ition
imparted to this stranger Russian. By the aids of gen
erals he visited the lortifkations, camp?, etc., discover
ed our real stiength in the Iiel3 and at posts, and the
destination of our armies, tc, etc. Ilia knowledge of
the American States was astonishingly limited, and to
particularize was a "military necessiiy on the part ol
these wiih whom he conversed, lie passed in and cut
of military prisons at all times, a?d had a cnte blanche
to visit (at y portten ot this depart me it. uccasioaaiiy
be wcul ! leave ibe city for a few aty3 to visit Chicago,
St. Louis, ar-d other we3'ern and northwestern cities .
and to become more familiar vitb the American coun
try. Although his absence was brief, he was missed by
his pcores of tiiendsj who welcomed his return with un
mistakable nflectioo.
One of these absentingg va3 unusually long acd con
siderable misgiving wns entertained as to his failure in
returcicg lest an accident had caused the delay. A few
dajs since his absence was recounted for, the latest
bubble of Qaeen -City corjfidence was exploded, and the
Russian nobleman turned cut to be nothing more nor
less than a rebel spy, whose discovery was thus made :
His last trip from Cincinnati waa to Lexington, not far
lro a which place in a skirmish, he was taken prisoner,
with other rebels, in arms.
Upon this astounding discovery steps were immedi
ately taken to fasten upon him the character of a spy.
The Provo:t Marshal was d'spatched to Johnson's la
land, where Bdville had been sent ts a prisoner, to
bring him to Cincinnati, where he ia now in custody,
and where he is soon to,.be tried. The Enquirer says:
ilis real came has not jet tee a developed, the proba
bilities br-ing that Belvil'.e is fictitious. The marshal
has lean-ed that about two years and a half ago Be!
viHe eot-Ted the rebel service under John Morgan, a
portion of whes-a command, of whom Belville was a
member, was detached ai d ordered to report to Hum-
nhrev Marshall. Gen. Marshall made Belville's ac-
auaintascc. and learning that he cculd spe&k five dif
terent lar.gu iges, and beiug xceedmgly shrewd withal,
he engaged hha'iu come North in the capacity of a
rebel spy. Belvillo is eat to Washington, New York,
Boston. Baltimore. St. Loun. and all the leading cities
and posts, and adioidy succeeded in gaining the confid
enca of ail the military authorities, from President
Lincoln down. The information he gairjed at the capi
tal from the War Department and Cabinet cfiicers was
of great importance, arid waB continually forwarded
South by the underground railway. When he had oc
casion lo visit the armies he would purchase stores for
the Uaiou troops, mid ai a su'hr or ageat for the sani
tary comtnisaicn, always had free passes to every part
of the -Federal camps. Such was his knowledge of all
our movements, that no sooner were they determined
upoo by our commanders than the enemy was posted
at once, and our plans checkmated or frustrated. It is
truly marvellous Low successfully he carried on his
operatienis. He is' coVkept in close military coofine
ment, end will be brought be-forc a military court-martial
to bvj convened by Gen. Burnside, and tried a3 a
spy, aLd if convicted," of which there is r.o pcpsibie
doubt, he will suffer death by being shot.
Vila: TUK AUJMY OK T'ABtMfiSSKF; TII?; UA1-
ri! iftOosiouT : vm .:.!. y k k X i i & it and
fr" l'l. I ft I1 A KTICl' Ij A SI.
A special corrpppondi t e-l :oe- Atlini'i Jppeal, wri
ting from r ear Look.-ut Mourii'i, October 29, says :
la the postscript to my former letter, 1 briefly al
advertf.d to an engagement c;i Wednesday morning, on
the western side ot Lookout, rnouataiu. 1 noav sndyou
lull particulars
lurm? Morday tngnt the enemy cro3;eu tne leu-
nessee in rear of Chattanooga, passed over t tie narrow
neck known as the Moccasin, again crossed the river,
and intrenched themselves on the heights which align its
margin. It was at first supposed that their obj.'ci was
simply to drive away our small fore-e, who beside? pick
eting in that locality, had seriously interfered with the
trains passing in and out of Chattacoog on the maiu
road running to their base of supplies, ft now appears
that the tuovtniont "was designed to pave the w.'.y lor
the advance of a col omn from Bridgeport up the valley
towards, and, if necessary, into Chattanooga. The lat
ter must have cemmenced pearly simultaneously with
tbe oce first mentioned ; for on "the night of 'i m slay
our commanders learned ol its' approach iu this direc
tion. During Wednesday 'morning the lead o! the
column was espied iu the distance bom Lookout peak,
and by dusk it had effected a. junction wi'h the torct-t
in the neighborhood ot Brown's ferry. Sul sequent de
velopmTnra showed that the 11th and 12 fh corps ol
Meade's army tbe former ueide-r command of Howard,
an 1 the latter under corumand of S locum, aad the
whole under Joe Hooker had taken th3 method ol
reaching this Yankee army of Tennessee.
An attempt on our part to check thismo e nent
would have been impracticable, without bringing on, a
general ba'tie, since an interposition of our fores across
the valley wcu!d have necessitated a fight in both front
and rear and on both sides the enemy had the advan
tage of flacks protected. The first eorps having passed
nn and a portion of it gone into camp, there wus still
p.ai hio hrlnw. a considerable number of wasoas, iruard-
V Uw j ' - - J - w
tlv hv an ercort of from filtein hundred to
two thousand men. Hopirg to capture thts-y Gen.
LoDgstreet determined, auring the night, Jo nuke au
nttflfk. and accordingly ordered Gun. Jenkins, com
maLdi-jg Hood's division, consisting of Law's Alaba
r,.i.n irnin's Georsrian3. Rober.sreu's Texans, and
Jenkins' South Carolinians (the latter under command
nf nnl. Bratton. of the 6th regiment,) to take position
lor tbe purp03e. Offing to the rugged nature of the
rrf
NOVEMBER 19. 1863. NO. 8.
roads, the troops could not be marched to their respec
tive places until a iate hcur in the night probably be
tween ose and two o'clock. The enemy occupied a Iiac
of biils parallel with the line cf the rivr iu the reigh
borbood cf Brown's ferry ; Law and Robsrtsm the
same line of bids, but nearer to Lookout mountain, to
prevent an attack. on Bratton's rear, and Benning a po
sition on the left of the two last named, being intended
bb a support to Col. Bratton. These three brigades,
as it wtre, covered the bridge across Lookout creek,
over which they bad imrcbctl and threatened the line
of tho enemy at Brown's ferry. Col. Bratton, with
Jenkms' brigade, now moved over to the left a mile or
more up thp" alley to attack the supposed rear guard
and capture the wagon train.
Skirmishers beicg thrown out, the Federal pickets
were sooa encountered. These falling back, the enemy
were found in line of battle, and, instead of being sur
prised, received cur troops with a heavy volley. It was
not long before it was discovered that, instead of a pal
try body of men who would yield cs sacn as discovered,
we were fighting a whole division belooging to the 12th
corps, Gen. Siocum, who had closely followed in the
rear of the preceding column, acd encamped after night.
Nothieg wa3 to be done but to fight it boldly out, and
make up in pluck and obstinacy what was lacking in
numbers. Oa our part we had but s;x regiments the
1st, Col. Kiipatrickj 2 j Rifles, Col. Thomson; 5th,
Col. Coward ; Cth, Col. Bratton ; Palmetto Sharp
shooters, Col. Walker, and Hampton Legion, Colonel
Gary. Steadily, as onparade, these filed into position,
and in a few moments, artihery acd musketry were
pla ing with terrible effect through our ranks. Fully
three filths of the brigade, however, had been wtunded
in previous batt'es, and all had been tried by fire and
not found wanting ; so thit the ordeal, fearful as it ap
peared, was encountered by men who feared not the
sacrifices demanded at their bands. The advance by
night was necessarily slow, but once fairly at work the
pressure upon the enemy's line was irresistible. The
blood of the troops now fairly aroused, there was no
thought save that of victory. Even the wounded, aa
they lay upon the ground, would call, out to their com
rades wh03e ammunition was exhausted " Here, take
mine," cr crawling to their sides would bite the ends off
the catridges, that no time might be Jo3t. Men never
stood up to the work of death more nobly, and none
have died during the war mora lamented than some of
the spletd'd spirits who fell here.
Col. M. W. Gary, of the Hampton Legion, being or
dered to go in ou the right of Col. Coward, Eeeiag an
opportunity of turning the enemy's left, aisumed the
responsibility of making a flank or " Jackson move
ment," as it 13 very appropriately called by the men,
the result of which was to break the Federal line.
Pursuing his advantage Gary now-swept rapidly on,
leaving wagons arid prisoners in his rear, until brought
to bay by a battery. Here he rested for a moment to
reform his line. Col. Walker,, of the Sharpshooters,
meanwhile pressing cn the right flank of the enemy. Ia
short, the Federal line was shattered, their troops de
moralizsd, the turning point of the battle was at hand,
and victory seemed about to perch upon our bancer..
The enemy ia in the neighborhood of Brown's Ferry,
discovering a battle in progress, had already thrown
forward two columns, one ot which advanced to attack
the line occupied by General Laws and Robertson,
while the other moved steadily past that iront, and aim
ed to penetrate the long interval betwet n Brattoa and
Benning, m other words, to cut Jenkins; brigade oil
from the bridge3 over Lookout Creek. The first column
met with littla success, being checked by the sharp fire
of the Alabamiacs and Texans ; but the second prom
ised other results. The situation was a critical one,'but
Gen. Jenkins quickly divining the object of the move
ment, met the issue by ordering Urattou to return to toe
bridges, acd the remainder of the division to hold its
position at every hazard until- the sa etyj of the former
was secured. Lieut. Col. L?gon, of the Hampton Le
gion, with 1-4 companies, whom ha had relieved from
picket, having reached the field, was ordered to the leit
of Benning, where, occupying a hill, he extended out
line, and naturally contributed to the ctecK of the en
emy. Brattbn nor reluctantly abandoned hia hard earned
advantages, which ten minutes more would fcstye com
bined to make our victory complete aad enable us to
capture a baitery and bring away a large number of
well hiled wagon3, now tell bacis m perfect order, ana
fortunately reached the creek. There hs formed anoth
er lice of battle. Law, Robertson and Benaing cauti
ously dropping back behind their skirmishers and re
cfossed tha bridges. The South Carolinians then fol
lowed, bringing away as many cf their wounded as
could be safely borne, and behind all Gen. Jenkins fol
lowed himself. Col. Logan with hia skirmishers anl a
regiment horn Bennings brigade alone remained ou the
opposite side to protect the crossing of the slightly
wounded who were slowly making their way to the rear
and finally, he too retired aid established hia pickets
at the bridge. From these facts it will be observed
that there was no disorder, no irregularity cf any kind,
aud that the division fell back unpress.d and with the
sima undauuted front with which it had advanecJ in
the encounter. The Northern press with its usaa! men
dacitv will probably claim to the contrary.
Although we had not achieved a victory, we had,
judging oy results, been blessed with a Providential
success. The Federals encountered by Jenkins' brig
ade were doubtless cn the eve of a disastrous defeat, as
ia Bhnwn bv the facta alreadv set forth namely : the
breaking of their lines and the falling back in front,
uutil wagon traiaa and prisoners were captured ia the
rear. Oa the other hand, the pressure of the Yankee
columns from Brown's ferry, where it was koown they
had at least two corps, not distant more than a mile
and a half, so threatened the integrity of our position
tbat it eventually became critical in the extreme.
Probably from seven to ten thousand troops, enveloped
the line derigned to protect Bratton from an attack
upon his rear, and iu a few moments they would have
intersected the only road by which he could return.
Reir tr unable to counteract a movement on so gr.cd a
scale with tho email force at his command, Gen. Jen
kins did the next best thing, which waa to recall Col.
Bratton acd compel him at tha moment of success to
abandon the fruits of- his struggle, which had been so
gloriously wrested from tbe enemy.
Instead of censure, therefore, praife bf longs lo every
officer and man concerned in the expdilioa. Oa the
part of General Longstreet, the elesign wes just lilie
himself, bold daring, dihiag, 3rd had it not been for
the c;rcum3?anci s mentioned, it would hive resulted in
complete succf S3. Oa tue part ol Ger eral Jenkins, the
movements displayed an anruoie racr, ro :cau-.e upon rus
:uick perception and prompt judgment m an emergen
cy which required thy ab est gt-nera's'iip, -depended the
safety of ihe troops. Oa the part .of the latter, bard
fighting, snpeib discipline, coolness ana order charac
terised their motions from beginning tond. ai d all
these combirif-d to g ve our arm3 the edat of tucccss.
In brief, while v.e failed to achieve entire victory r.nd
its attendant train ol b r;efi:3, our success wa? in full-
....
est measure uu'.il tbe eppcarance oi overwruimmg
forces from ar.oibi-r d:rec ion, when another succt ssen-
sufd in the withdrawal of our troopa, without, the loss
of a single man in .he act.
Tbe loss in Jerkins' brigade, k'.l'ed i ni wounded, is
three tur-dred m d sixty-one. L i the other "brigades, as
I am informed, it is from thirty t:fif.y. The, loss of
the enemy is estimated by one of cur scouts who coun
ted dead and wounded at from o:ve thousand to four
teen hu tired.
Twenty odd priHon'-rs were captured by Col Gary
and one flig. A lurge n imber of mules were billed by
his crer, while the legion wa3 moviog back, it beicg
impossible, as tl ey were ur.h amassed, to bring them
awav. The fisrbt comme'tiewd about cne o'clock and
terminated before five, the dark:;t?3 of the night nf cea-
sariiy requiring every mevtmebt to be cauth u?ly
made. The r;r:socers state that C 1 Gary was op
posed by Brig. (Jen. J diuJ. Geary, tf Kor.sis acd
Vifginia infamy. Oar Colonel is the same tfliser to
whom I adverted in a former letter as origmating the
system of grauting furloughs for rtcrui's, now operating
so admirably in tne army. uur:ng-tce cgat lie wa3
wounded iu the t-ide", bu still remaina with hia com
maud. Ihe Hampton L gi ..- has now been in seme
twelve or f. urten piTciitd battles, ard though I naw
on the bloody fi-.ldof S". rps'.m-c onlv se-ity-five-men
clustered around us ii :iored bao::er. it ::o;v raoks
mmg the b-.si regirn?ct3 ia the service. Ia the late
engagt meats its fl -g wls thot down thro; times. Cul.
Coward's 5.h n-g merit also bchavrd magnificently, one
hundred and three out of two hundred and eighteen be
ing killed and wounded. But all, without exception,
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1 square, of 10 lines or leas, for each and every in
sertion, $2.
Special Noticea will be charged $3 per equate for each
and every inaeuion.
All Obituaries and private publications of every charac
ter, are cbargod as dverU8mtita.
AS-No advertisement, reflecting uponprWate character,
can, under ahy cibcumstxkcbs, be admitted.
come withiu tbe category of gallantry, and it would rc-
cpuirc columns to describe the various incidents whih
have become the; theme of camp discourse'.
Amorg oar dead is Col. Kiipatrick, of tho 1st regi
ment, a promising young officer, who had the honor of
firirg the first shot at the enemy near Stone bridge, in
tb battle of Manccsas. Beloved by all under his com
mand, as well as by his official associates, there ia no
loss that will be more keenly felt, and no absent fotm
more fcinserely lamented. He was shot in the breast
while shoutirg au order to .charge, and breathed but
once or twice, during which he faintly whispered the
name of his mother, and then died. Capt. Colter, A.
A. A. Gr, of Jenkins' brigade, was dangerously wound
ed, acd there is little hope of hi3 recovery. Capt. R.
M. Simms, A. A. A. G. of Hocd's -division, had a nar
row escape, a ball passing through his coat aad caus
ing a severe contusion of the arm. .
The primary Object of the enemy has doubtless been
accomplished. They have obtaimd the possession of
the greater part of the railroad b.tween Chattanooga
and Bridgeport, relieved thir wagon line of communi
cation, acd cau now supply the army abundantly.
Whether the two corps, iu question w?re intended
simply to ocpupy the valley and protect the railroad
duriug the winter or tbe movement is preparatory to
others more important, it is difficult to determine.
Whatever is doce by thtci mut be done quickly, cr
the season for military tperatit-03 wiil have passed
away.
Whatever may bD said out of the army to the con
trary, those on the ppot who are familiar with tha coun
try are satisfied that our commandin g officers have act
ed judiciously ia allowing the Federals to march up
the valley and effect a junction with the forces in and
around Chattanooga.
BY TELEGHAP11.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year
by J. S. Thbapukk, in the Clerk's Office of the Dis
trict Court of the Confederate Bt&tcs for the Northern
District of Georgia.
FROM ABINGDON, VA.
Abikodon, Va., Nov. 11, 1863.
A Lumber cf Morgan's men, who have escaped from
Northern prisons, are arriving daily. Thoy state that a
terrible system of guerilla warfare is being waged in Ken
tucky. Citizen are being murdered and their houses
burned, and privates Tom Carter and Jamoa Keller, of
Duke's regiment, have been shot by the enemy after being
taken prisoners, for the alleged rasrder cf Majcr Wilmanf
of the 28th Federal Kentucky regiment.
AU quiet in East Tennessee.
FROSI RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
COMMISS10NEr.3 (jULD AND MEREDITH.
Richmond, Nov. 11, 1SC3.
No official report has jet been received from Cen. Lee Of
the affair at Kelley's Foid. Some believe that Meade will
not attack Lee in front, but will attempt a Hunk movemect
to Fredericdsburg.
Among the recent arrivals here is Senator Johnson, of
Arkansas.
Further correspondence between Ould and Meredith rel
ative to the exchange of prisoners, is published. The for
mer under date of October 20th, proposes that all of the of
ficers and men cn both aides be released, in conformity
with the provisions of the cartel, the excess oa the one Bide
or the other to be oa paiole. Meredith replies at length,
and charges that the py3tem ofexcl argi was first inter'
iupted by the Confederate Government in declaring its pur
pose to make certain distinctions ia the treatment of a par
ticular class cf troops. He refers also to the cuargas tha'1
Ould had improperly declared as exchanged a large per.
tion of the troops captured by Grant, aad having thus ex.
haueted tha paroled prisoners in hu hands, propotoa deliv
ering prisoners in oar (Yankee) Lands for whom there are
no equivalent, or comparatively few. U:a propcsal. is
therefore not accepted.
Mr. Ould, Oct. 31st, exposes tha falsity of th9 various
statements of the Yankee Commissioner, and rebukes his
maligdant and wanton a&perEi&a of tho motives of tho Con
federate authorities in making tho proposal contained ia hia
letter cf the 20lh, aod says in conclusion ; Let mo tell you
the purpose of your letter is apparent. It has beca well
known for a lonr time that your authorities are opposed to
a fair and regular exchange of p; burners under the cartel.
In rejecting my proposition, you have endeavored to con
ceal, under clcs:r and v&guo charges, unfounded state
ments of a determination at which your Government has
long since ordered. Why not ba lrank at once 't Why not
eay without further subterfuges,. that you have reached tho
c.OLcladou that our oSicerd and soldiers are non valuable,
man tor man, than yourB if
LATE it FjJOM K1CULIOND.
IlicuiiONU, Va., Nov. 12, 18G3.
The Yankets who recently appeared laNejv Kent coun
ty, were a foragirg parly. Alter securing a considerable
quantity of com, they returred to Willunuburg.
There waa nothing of iniereet from tho ltapidan laid
night or this morning.
Commiasionors Ould and Meredith have agreed upon
terms f or the exchangj of Burgeons.
FROM CHARLESTON.
CUi-BLESTON, NOV. ll'-ll, 18j3.
Slow firiag contiaued to-day from the enemy's liod bat
teries aud one Monitor, report from tin Fort this
evening.
FROM B JAGG'S ARMY.
Atlanta. Nov. llth, 163.
It- porta from the front btate that the enemy is advancing
bis line of works around Chattanooga with lo w ba-.terit-f,
and everything bj quut.
A Yankee forage traifi, with tworegiinutscavdh y, r-tt
up Lookout Valley and returued. supplies f . r ChiUanoo-
ga are constantly crossfrg at B.own's Ferry.
Cur cavalry are repoi ted at Len-;ir's btatlcn, 21 lu'lca
from Krfoxville.
A special dippatchtot.be Intelligencer, fuj tVit tie
works of the euemy are ef0 yards from oar front.
f evadors. We see by ou - xch inges tbat John F. Iloko ,
E. q , hA3 been e'ectc-d je-iiUtor ol Lincolo, Gust, on and CV
tawba c unriet.
We' also ieaimtliat Mr. liariu, of R.rhprfora, has b(en
lii td Ssnator lor I'jik, li u'Jiei ford and Cb ve.arei.
Lh':rloUe Bulletin.
I.:.Ctii. 1'olk A'iu!t'!t of Itlnmn.
Lt.. Gen Polk h..s been acq lifted ol all blame in tho
Cuickamauga miuianagenajjCt. The following is a
copy of thy Utter written to him by President. Da
vis :
Atlanta. Oa., Oct 2'J, 18G2.
Lt. Ge i. Folk, Atlao'a Ga :
General Alter an examination into ths C4U-C3 and
circumstance-t acceding your bein? relieved from com
mand with the army commanded by Gen Braxg, I have
arrived at the conclusion tbat there ia nothing to justi
fy a Court Martial or Court of Icqiiry and I therefore
dismiss the application.
1 rur appointment 'o a new h,ld of duty, alike im
portant and iiflieult, is the be8t evidence oi my appre
ciation of your past tevio s and (xpectatioa ot yeur fu
ture careor.
I am very fiu'y and rciptctlully your3,
Jefferson 1)avi3.
n a on i ii.
In tLi county, on h? llth inut., by J hri T. Mo. ro. Emi
Mr. PfcTEii H. SMITH, to Mina ii All it i K F BENSON.
101 KD.
In Favetteviilo, N. C, on tbe fnh inft., MAllY. daughter
of Waj. "L. t.nd I. C. Smith, ag-"d 15 yea" and 3 m?n'h.
In a Cell hospital, rear Gettysburt:, Pa, WIf LI AM
HERRING, of Samson county, N. C, Coov ny F, 1'0 h
P.eg't N. C. T. - .
Jiewasino ana rig the firs, to advocate s-'CrS't.m nr.l
njaintam i:s prit ciple. Whi'e the people -f tbe Hctru
wee railing to tin defence of tho ou ir Coafed'1Trt?y ! e
left, the comlorts r.f bone, lor th.: kard-hfps f.t a c ip p l b,
ch- f sii.g rather to'nndcrgo tlu sutf'eriDKK- i f a soidi -.r tha i
to live micr a Government oi fna ".nva. Rnd tyrn.'iy. Ua
disehared thd datiesoi" a soli. 1 with her.dbra l I r'.-
....... t' n ,r r.,-.n.l in th. ! -iit inPls .t'!i ')!'.
tlo of Gf?ttj st-n 2f cr vbW.. was -a to t h v;
tal. and liv-d about two weer He n' "c''
rtrd utiapsnminz
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'..ia rrmrc rna a ohenrfnX C .rru.lf'loa, I. eu":
a Una patriot aud va iant se uu r.
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