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0?HB WILMINGTON JOURNAL. CONrKDBBATE STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON. N. C. "THURSDAY. JUNE 9, 1S64. As details of the fightiDg near Richmond, on Friday last, coma in, the affair assumes a degree of importance that we had not at first been disposed to accord to it. The enemy mast hare lest fearfully and our people but little- . , The scene of the fight is that of the battle of Gaines' Hill or . Cold Harbor, from which position Lee drove MoClellajt in 1862, with this exception, that we now occupy the eame position that McClkllah then did, with the further difference in the result, that whereas Leb succeeded in driving out McClkllan, Grant has failed in his attempt to drive out Lie. This is a striking, proof of superiority on the part of our army over that of the enemy, a superiority that pertainB alike to cffi cers and men, but which is also due to the cause in which they are engaged, and to their faith in that cau3e S3 much as to anything else. The statement has been repeatedly made in the pa pers and confirmed through private channels, tha Grant's men have on many occasions lately been well primed with liquor before being sent forward to charge our Jinee. Some of the prisoners taken have certainly ' been very much drunk, snd the general conduct of their charging columns has displayed rather more of frantic excitement than cf stern resolution or desperate vaior. But drunk or sober, the enemy's forces have .charged nn to our lines with a vim. and, although repulsed, hare kept coming on with a pertinacity that speaks well for their pluck as soldiers. For men to be repulsed with E'aughter on the first charge, and yet to come again six more times, indicates a determination that might well be dreaded by any other army than that of Lee. No doubt it is all for the best that Grant should make these frantic attempts. It will bring the matter sooner to an issue, and if things keep going on as they have been coin?, that issue will fce favourable to the Confederacy. If. a general- impression bs any indica tion if shadows cast before do foretell coming events, then we mav look for some decisive results from the operations now coins' on, for from all sides comes the expression of the hope ths belief almost the confi dence , tfcit this campaign will .virtually end ths war, and that in our favor. "We hope so ; but it mny not. Let us continue to hope, but also to watch and work, and be prepared for all contingencies. The enemy in Georgia ha3 changed his front and position. After haviDg traversed a route West of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, he has returned to the line of that road and at tha latest dates occupied Ack worth, a station 35 miles North of Atlanta. He is said to be fortifying the Alltoona heights, five miles North of Ackwortb. Our position ha3 been shifted to meet the changed front of the enemy. But we confes3 that the accounts are not sufficiently clear to enable us to understand the relative position of the enemy's army and our own. Upon the whole, our Georgia cotempc raries seem to have locked forward to the successful execution of this last move as favourable to the enemy. We find the following in reference to trans-MisBissip-pi matter in some of our exchanges. Why it was not Bent to us we do not know. These omi33ions, con stantly occurring, become unpleasant and irritating : TKOMTHB TBAN8-MI3BISBIPPI BTKELB BE8IGNED THE MIS SISSIPPI BLOCK iDID TBANSPOSTS DESTROTKD, &C. Special to the Daily Cation. Gbanada, May 31st, 1SG4. Capt. Taylor arrivsd Lere this morning. H left Gen. Price'B Headquarters on the 18th. He says Price was then moving towards Little Rock wi'h a large wagon train. Steele was at Little Knck with four thousand men. A portion of them were without arms. Several transports loaded with troops, ordnance and commisiary stores, goirg to reinforce Steele, were attack ed on White River and driven back. They returned ta Memphis. Gens. Shelby and Fa pan had surrounded Little Beck. Shelby destroyed the railroad tor nice miles. Marmadnke is at Kingston, 0 miles below Helena on Mississippi river, with three thousand men and sixteen guns. He captured two transports with commissary stores enough to subsist Lis crmmand for one month. He also disabled one gunboat. No boats have passed down the river within the last sjf day. Tangipahoa, Hay 31. Gen. Trudeau, who Les been for eome time a prisoner on a Yankee plantation in St. James Parish, was rescued by a party of Confederates who made a raid for that purpose. The General mond. win be here to morrow, en route for tiich- A portion of Gen. Dick Taylor's army is at Vecherie Bod, fifty miles above New Orleans. He holds the whole country weBt of the Mississippi river. Banks' army, now under command of Gen. Canby, is at Morganza, twelve miles above Bayou Sara. It la reported at fifteen tsousend strong, without a wagon, horse cr piece oT artillery. The balance cf the army was destroyed or captured by Taylcr. It is believed the Mississippi river will he blockaded by a battery at Yacherie Hod. Banks has gone North. i den't know how it may be with other people, or other occupations, but we know that so far as we and our business are concerned, the reduction of the curren cy and the other financial measures ot th late Congress have borne very hard. Instead of a fall in anything instead of any reduction of expense, the very revFVse has been the case. Foper costs us now cne-third more in new issue than it previously did in old. LaVjr costs tw between a third and a half more in new s3ue than it did in old, and this advance in the, wages of our hands has been necessitated by the advance in the cost cf living. We are now paying $1 80 per thousand ems, which we believe is higher than is paid at any other point save Atlanta. Perhaps as high may be paid at some other point, but we are not aware cf it. This is bringing thisg3 down with a vengeance, and is particularly hard, when, from sundry causes, busi ness is unusually dull and money Bcaica and hard to get. But we suppose it is our part of the fortune Of war. It is seldom the luck of newspapers to make much money, and it Ei certainly not their luck to do it now. Their proprietors, at least, cannot be classed amoDg the speculators who are growing rich eff the war. A correspondent writes to us enquiring how many papers in this State support Mr. Holden in opposi tion to Governor Yakcs. In reply we would state that we only knew of two the Raleigh Standard and Raleigh Progress. -The first of these papers i3 edited by Mr. Holden himself. We think these are all, but cannot be c srtain, as we do not get the Salem Pressor Henderson limes, and hardly know what course these papers take. P. S. Since the above was written, we find the fol lowing paragraph in the Ashevilie News. We think it doubtful whether there is any avowed Hcldin pa per save the Standard and Progress : Prom the Asheviile News, Sndinat. The Henderson Times, edited bv Dr Wm t t hoisted the name of Gov. VaiK ?a chof, Governor. The Times is the organ of what to knSri . Conservative party of this District, and its action todicatea very clearly that Editor Holden's candidate. sa Holl wilf be - left out ia the cold," so fai M , that ceined. We are not in the line of prophets, i but We risk Httle in predicting jhat Mr. Holden will be tha wont beaten man that ever wanted to be Governor. oeaiea Our opinion is that Virginia is not a good plnce for equestrian exerc:se. At any rate the Yankee rjam on horseback," has foucd it a hard road to travel, and his horse has completely mired dowa and broken. in the attempt to carry him into Richmond. He hr lost His hoofa and may ia a measure ba 8aia to be tt? velin? joints, which fa not improbabI q J i ng ihe great mortality iQ Grant's army. CHERRrxs-phTrriea are gettfa abunnT d paratively cheap m Petersburg t that lut c , " "'S ct and falling. We feel almost like U.W ? i where after euch things. Wetdont t . rE l.a v . rr' i i'ti L ttt o .3.11 quart, some- whea .we There is no intermission and hardly even a lull in the fighting in "Virginia. Of this the telegraph will inform ourveaders. Gbant wants to fioish up his cam paign before the dog-days catch him io the swaups of the Chickahorainy. Grant is famous for fioishirjg things up. Ha promis2d to keep fighting on the Fred ericksburg line, if it took all summer to reach Kich mond by that route. He tried it for three weeks, and, having voted u all summer " gone, changed his line and his base. He has intimated that be will take Richmond by the 4th of July. He must hurry that matter up, for the time draw3 near, and there ia a good deal yet to be done. He cannot efiord to enjoy bis otium cum digmtate. He m ust keep " pegging away ;' and he does jmd will keep at it Work,- fight, try no matter how many men fere lost. What does Grant care for men? He has already sa crificed over sevty thousand men in one brief cam paign, and has achieved no retuU. We veritably be lieve that he would ba willing to tacrifice two hundred thousand men, in exchange for the possession of Rich mond. But Richmond is an old bird, and will not let either Grant, Bctlkb or u any other man " throw salt on its venerable tail. The fatality among general and field officers during the present campaign has been without example in the history of this or perhaps oi any other war, and few States have lost more severely than North Carolina. The enemy, too, has suffered heavily in this way. Among the last but far from the least of our losses is occasioned by the recent wounding of General Lane, so well and so favourably known here as the Colonel of the 28th Regiment. We trust thct his wound may turn out to be lees serious than has been apprehended. We can ill afford to lose such men. Sunday appears to be regarded as the great day of battles, and most people look for stirring news between this writing (Saturday afternoon) and Monday morn ing. Of course whatever comes will be found under our telegraphic head. Certainly, things have drawn to two poicts cne East at Richmond, and one West in Northern Georgia. AH by-plays seem for the time to be over and at rest, unless in so far as they tend to aff-ict the issue between Leb and Grant, and between Johnston and Bhebman. Forrest may fall upon Middle Tennessee, sweeping Railroads, depots, bridges, etc. Morgan may make a progress through Kentucky, and yet Forrest and Morgan will really be fighting the same oattie tnai Johnston is fighting. Like him they seek to ruin Sher man's campaign, force him to retreat, scatter his army and defeat bis plans and himself to boot. The up-shot of all theee things must come pretty soon. Uampaigns use tnose oi leoa in Virginia aua Georgia cannot last long. They are too violent aud exhausting for that. Neither can they be resumed very soon after the game has been played out ; the effort made has been too great to permit an early renewal of violent exertions. Conscription before Ibe Flood, with Incidental itt- rcrencv to Eating and Drinking. Methuselah lived to what would now bo considered a good old age. Few people in these latter days can reasonably hope to attain their nine hundred and sixty- ninth year, though at the rate some have grown old un der the operation of the conscription law, it ha3 boen slyly hinted that they will soon approximate the antedi luvian standard. But that is not the thing which we had in our mind when we wrote the caption of thi3 brief article. The fact is that something suggested to us yesterday the idea of a militia muster in tliose early days when peo ple counted the stages of their lives by centuries. We seemed to see some of the cotemporaries of Tubal Cain, or some colcnel or enrolling officer of the Land of Nod, calling upon the able-bodied men between one hundred und eighty and four hundred and fifty to be aud appear, armed and equipped as the law directs, at the usual muster ground near Tubal Cain's blacksmith shop. And then we could fancy the subsequent call for the reserves, including aU the youths between one hundred and fifty, one hundred and eighty, and all the men between four hundred and fifty and five hundred. If they Lad substitutes over the conscription cge, they probably came from the claes between five and six hundred hale, hearty men, a little over their prime, but still equal to good mili tary service. And the antediluvians were a Drettv hard set that much is evident and it follows that although they may not have ha d Colt's revolvers or rxunnie muskets or rifled cannon, they were not without means for doing each other h?.rm, nor wanting in the disposition to use them. They rjso got drunk at militia .gatherings, no doubt, for abou'w the first thiDg Noah did after the flood subsie'ed was to plant a vineyard, make wine and get overcome. H e bad learned that before he had seen so much water, and his long swim around in the ark does not seem to have made him a convert to the Maine liquor law. We can f sncy the light headed boys from one hun dred upwards, and sympathise with the fears of their j discreet parieats when they found these innocent and unsuspecting juveniles exposed to the temptations of the camp, acd acquiring a taste for cider-royal and oth er potent beverages dealt out by the sutlers, for of course they bad sutlers ; and of course the sutlers had something to sell that would make runk come, al though distilled spirits for that purpose is a modern invention. That opens up a new field of reflection. Just to think of our superiority over the Greeks, Eomans and Egyptians, antediluvians ard other ancient peoples. Solomon in all his glory never bad a mint julep. The grandest feasts cf the Roman Emperors could not boast a Tur key, the most meditative philosopher never soothed himself wi'Ji tobacco. Fancy Plato walking through the groven of the Academy with a pipe in his mouth. Imagine Achillks, who was no philosopher, getting " high " on Puryear's best, while Thersitss stole his cock tail, acd railed at it for not beiog stronger. How that jolly " wandering minstrel," Homer, would have relished a good Irish whiskey punch after a day's wan dering1 during a spell cf that inclement weather from which " the Isles of Greece " are not exempt. By the way, daring the prevalence of thi3 warm weather, such things mu3t give place to thinner pota tions. We would, therefore, euggerat the following C3 not hard to swallow : Take a sufficient quantify of ice, clear, sparkling, and well brol;en; (if you can get it,) put it in the bottom of a glass, t he largest size cf glvs is preferable ; fill the glass about three-fourths full of champagne, (if you can get it,) tht?n let the balance be claret, (if you can get it) then why then, try it, that'e all. There are worse things, and' the only serious objection consists in the difficulty of obtaining the materials. But we h.ve nearly consumed what the parliamenta rians call " t he morning hour " and have no more time for maundering. DEATH OF L.T. J. I. JOHNSTON. "We regret to learn that on Thursday afternoon, or even ing', Lt. J. L. Jcvhkston, C. 8 . N., attached to thia station, came to hia death bj drownin g below 1 ort Caawell, n& cot far from the West era Bar. We are not in p OBseaaion of the panlculara. bat le.';eve that Lt. Johkston, with the t mall steamer Equitor, bd been out to the w reck of the steamer Georgina McCall, and waa returning, the weathei r being rough and the steam er near the breakers. When he was abont going to his cabin a sadden lurch or roll 1 hrsw him overboard. Get ting among the breakers he cot; rid not be rescued. Lt. J oemstom was a native of Virginia, probably abont 38 years of age, a clever, gentl e manly officer, highly es teemed and much regretted by a. U who knew him. We be lieve he had been an officer Ju tl le old cavy, but resigned V) cut Ui tfo WW Wp naUre it lpUoa. " " I!i-lgn Grtternls. It is a so'iiewhat noticeable fact that of the few for- jtignera by birth who luve attained rank and made a rj?.me in the ion ft d. -rate soryiee, nearly all are Celtic or smi-Cfeltic. There en two ro;eii;n-born nn Mi jor Genera's, to wit: Gjo. " Pa." Clkburn, as he is familiarly ciHed by h:a command, and General Polig kac, who ia aaid by the Mobi'e Itibune to ba a grand pon of Charles X. of Fracce. We have alwajs been under the imprcsaion that he was a deact ndant of the minister of that uafor'.uaate sovereign Brigadier General Fisneoan is pretty well known as an Irishman, and an undoubted Celt. Ths two young Mitcbellb, sens of Johx Mitchell, also bid ! fair to occupy a pr f ruicent petition should the war con tinue. Even Get eral Beauregard, altlough cot, as haa scmetiuif a been eaid, a French Canadiar, ia a tho rough Gaul or Celt, by temperament and descent. There is probably something in the Gaelic blocd of France and Ireland tlat sympathises more readily with the condition cf a allant people, bravely struggling againBt odda, tbnn there is ia the cooler blood of the Tuetonic race, whether direct from its original seats, cr coming dawn somewhat modified by its trans plantation to England. Not that there have not been some exceptions, as for instance Col. Levexthorpe cf the Bethel Regiment, a gallant Eaglisbrnaa and a good soldier. We do Dot make an exception in the case of Col. St. Lkger Grenfbl, who, as a military mam only sought edvectcrea, aijd in pursuing of ttem had served with tuodry poweis, and may yet serve with ct htrs. Gbenfel S no me-icenary adventurer. He sought adventure lor the leva cf the thing, but . we think cared nothing for the cause. We do not know of a sirgie general of foreign birth, that has a'taintd anj reputation in the-Northern ar mies, although there are bo many foreign soldiers in the ranka. Seigfl and theotbtr German generals have been failures about, equally with ;the Irish genera's ike Meagher, Corcoran and others. These- were po itical appointments, the Germans beiDg Red Republi cans, and the Irhh ''Feniacs,'' or some such ibing. We believe ttat President Davis, whil?, of course, naturally desirous that ibe Confederacy Bhould erjoy the sympathy ted moral support of all good men throughout the woild, and being above any petty pre- judicea against any Confederate citizens merely on ac count of ti.eir birth, has a decided disinclination to giving military pesitiou ia cur armies to European so! dierp, no matter ho w biave, who come simply as sol diers and not ts ciiizina cf the Confederacy, The Con federacy is rich in educatf d talent, and to her citizenp, who have borne the heat and burdan of the day, belong any honors tppirtaicing to command. Anythicg like a mere adventurer the President has eo use for. rhis much might be nikrrcd irom tho tone of his I mind. The fight no w prcgassirjg ia for national, con stitutional liberty, in u torm in accordance with the genius and institutions of the Southern States of Amer ica. That fight is snfScient to occupy all his attention j and tax ail tLe energies of the people whose representa tive Lead he 13. II is rot likely to be a man who could be expected to share aDy enthusiasm for Euro pean Red R?publiciia-'sai, or mere doctrinaire schemes, nor to complicate his hardly .tried, but sturdy young nationality (not ccniolidated govertmcnt) with matters which concern only th ? psopla immediately to be effect ed by them. A difference of opiniou and feeling on these points may perhaps account for the non-employ- tnent of eome at l-iass of one foreign-born general of high character acd splendid miiita attainments. We might as well say that we allude to Geo. Heningsen. It would appear thai Grant still keeps moving around our front, with the view, apparently, of making bis way to the James River. What ultimate results be premises bimselffrcm tnis movement, we ere unable to see , except that he may think b s base on that river more secure in the event of defeat, that it would be if he kept it at the Wcite House on the Pamuckey. Perhaps he may contemplate crossing over in a certain contingency and fallicg on Drewry'a Bluff and the rail road. We can htrdly even make a guess, but presume that a fhort time will show, lor Grant is a rapid-moving person, aud will not remain quiet. We doubt if be could do so now, were he ever so much ioclined. The eteamer Granite City, a fine, Clyd:-built, iron propeller, captured by the Yankee blockadera in Feb. 1863, while on he: voyage from Wilmington to Nas sau, having been turceJ into an iron plated ganboafr by the Yankees, was on the 3 J of May recaptured at Cal casieu Pass, Louisiana, by a Confederate light battery and detachment of sharpshooters from the 21st Texas Infantry. Her armament consists of one 24-pounder rifla Farrott gun, one 32-pounder smooth-bore gua, and four 24-pounder emooth-bore Dablgren howitzer shell guoe. On to-morrow or next day the Republican Conven tion meets in Baltimore to nominate a candidate f jr the Presidency cf the United States, to be supported at the election in November next. We thick Lin coln's re-ncmination a foregone conclusion. Daily Journal, yesterday. We have received frcm the publishers, W. Alvin Lloyd, Atlanta Ga., Lloyd's Southern Railroad Guide for June, 18G4. Price $5. It is illustrated by a very neatly executed Southern Railroad Map. We have, witb respects cf Mr. R. P. Paddis:n three Nassau pspers, the latest being the Bahama Her ald of the 1st irst. We make a few extracts. The Asheviile News ' rejoices to hear that tlerumcr of the death of Col. C. M. Avery is not true." So do we. Col. Avery is a brave atd useful efficer. The same paper of the 2nd instant, says that gentle men from East Tennessee, within a dy or two, report that Gen. Vaughn's brig8de is at Greeneville. No Yankees above Kooxvills. We are glad to learn from the Richmond papers that Gen. James H. Lake's wound, although painful is not regarded ds serious. He was wounded in the thigh or groin. The Asheviile News says that if there is a single Holden man in that county (Buncombe) it does not know him. There may possibly be men in the county who intend to tote for Holden, but if so, they are ashamed to avow it. The season appears to be progressing very favoura bly. Fridcy evening a mild and much needed rain com menced falling and has continued with occasionally ces sations since, to the great benefit of vegetation. Every thing looks fresh, pregn and healthy. CAN IT BE POS SI BlilS. We understand from the maimtd and weary soldier f, that on their way hither, through the towns of Wilson, Goldiboro', Magnolia, and the other Stations, it was im possible to procure even a drop of water. Famish ad and Bufierin;, they were obliged to pass through the hot and dusty day and night without a morsel to eat or a glaFs of water for their fevered lips. Can there ba such heartless ness outside of Wilmirgton ttat no one will move in the matter. . 'Tia a little thing to give a cup of water, yet its draught of cool refreshment, Ao.," might revive the droop ing spirits of a hero and save a soldier to the Confederacy. Tbs Ladies of Wilmington are nobly performing their duty, prompt, errple and organized relief is furnished daily from their own delicate hands, ana they are repaid by the overflowing gratitude of the suffering recipients, whose br&sta hava received the leaden hail of the enemy In their defence. In the name of charity and good will to all man kind, cannot some Samaritan remedy this inexcusable omis8io.u. We really thfck the managers of the Eafl Boads are derelict ia this matter, and the gentlemanly Presidents and Superintendents, by a stroke of their pen, could do oach to correct the wO. Z Mb. J. A. Willaid of this placet collecting for the Washington suflerershas received the following note from cHzans of another State: Pickbks Co., Ala., Mav 30th, 1864 Mb. Jamass A. Wjllard Dear Br : Enclosed please find iftv Dollars s?ot to you for the .benefit cf the unfor tunate eLffrrers by the Yankees burning the Town of Wash ington in your State. The amount ia small but, we are poor people, and every little is a help. Oh that the wealthy were more zealous in s-ch cases, they could do so irinrh cor.fi if thpf would. A. B. Speed. $W Lerr-y Sped, 20 W.W. Speed. 10 $50 For the Journal. Taeboko', Jueo 2d, 1864. Sfensrs. Fulton & Pbicx Editors of the Journal: Gents : We received your favor ot the 30th ult , contain ;ii2 $3C90, collected at your office for the euflerera at Wath jretcn. hv the late fires. ' Accept our thanks for your kirdneps for the intertstyon nave taifeii io r etail or our anneriog town, ana you may rest aured that it shall be applied according to your de sire. Please retarn our ihiakj to the liberal contributors to thia fund.' We are very re spectfally, Your ob't S9rv'ts, JOBEPH POTTS, G. H. BSOWN, B. 1. MYERS. BOBT. WHITEOURST, Committee at Tarboro', N. C. For the Journal. Gxn'i. Military Hospital N. C , 1 Wilson, N. V., May 3 Is', 1S64. J I. is general!? known to the pres tbat. during a lew months past, 1 delivered addresses at several placet on ihe war and stale f the coontry. Voluntary contributions, in money, v'ere made on these occasions, for the benefit of the sick atd wouuded in tha General Mili ary Hospitals of the State. I havo been directed by the proper authori ty to acknowledge the receipt of the turns collected at the places visited, which are as lollops : Greensboro', - - - $ 436 30 Hillaboro', - - - - - 72 60 Kaleigh, -' 359 40 Wiloiingt5n, - - - - - - 8VZ 75 Michael CroLly, Esq., - - - 10.C00 00 Lexington, - - - 336 05 Pittsboro,' - - - 605 05 Fajettevilie, - ... l,U2 40 Charlotte, - - - 730 00 Salisbury, (o-e n?ght only, weather bad, - 114 60 Mrs. E. P. GuL.n, (through Mrs. Dr. Dickson) 100 00 KenaosviUe, 19S 65 Kineton, 174 50 Uoldbboro', 194 60 Total Travelling esi-ensss, $15,916 60 269 00 $15,647 60 Thi3 amount haa been handed over to th1 hurgeon id charge, lor which I have hia receipt. Ete haa transferred it to tjorsreou P. E. Bines. Medical Director of Hosnitala in this State, who has disposed of it for the purposes in tended bj the doners, acd in a manner deemed mcst ju dicious and suitubie. Owicg to a severe attack of illness, tha delivery of my addreea has been puspendsd for fix or eitrht weeks, but will bo resumed as Boon aa mv health is sufficiently restor ed. Due notice vill te given oi the places and times of my next visits. DBORY L4.CY, ' Chaplain of Post. For the Journal. Headquarters ) Third Ncktu -Car ilina Cavalbt, Jane 2d. 164 S Editors Journal: The following is a Ha cf CRsnaUies in the 3d N. C. Cav- alrv, (41st N. O. lJ--g',) since th5 26th May : Field and t.rl Sow. Oo. A Killed : C C Usher, Pamuel Casteen. Wounded: Capt C W McClammy, slightljin kEee; Lieut Bighsoiitb, sliahtlv ia thich; nersrt fcnnett, severely io breaB; Corpl Herrinsr. seven; v in knot; Privates J Cor bett, E O Bochelte, W B Herring, E w Kerr. J D Hansly, eevere'y in breast; C C Cc.ett, O K Dixon. J L Carrol!. Co. a Killed: Privates D C Marshall, Hiram Williams. Wounded : Lient J W Spicer, severely in shoulder: Pri vates Geo Turner, Geo Ervn, .lames Wiliiams Captured: Capt B goutt:. -iand. Co. G. Killf d : Theodore MiJleT. Miasinjr: A J Bird, James TTarrlson, Jno McKirney. nded : John Sas'ie, Walter Smith, D G Co. D. W Smith. . Co. E Wounded : Corp! L H GibboxiB, Privates G L Kilpatrick, (supposed mon liy ;) trarklin Moore, Joseph i'jimin- Missing : Capt L H Hartstield, Lt Isaac Roberts- Sergt J S Taylor. Privetes N J Alien, S H Bar.k. J L Gray, O C Hancock, Thos McDat.iel. E K Shelfer, D C WiUon. Co. F Kiled : i. W Pearson, Sergt J A Dale, supposed : Lt H C Bennett, Sergt W B Avery, Sergt J L Laxton. kg amputated; OorpI Browsing, P Anthony, K G Gibbs, J H Mall, H Y Mot'. Missing : 8 A Hoay, J W UcGimjtsey, S E Pnett, G L Powell. Co. G Wounded : Thos J Plummer, ?uggett. Co. n Killed : Enoch Patricks. Wounded : Thca Barber. C. I --Wounded : J R Carney. A T Joyner. aiisaiDg : fegt TJJeffrejs, J T Joyner, Albert Worn ble, H J Womble, J H Olive, Lawrence Clark, W W Jones, Tobias Rlurdivant. Co. K. Woundd : L A Jones. M"83ing : Geo Howard, F C James, W J Moore, Joel Ohaa. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Captured Officers. 3 21 1 Men, 7 34 23 7 7 Total, 7 37 40 1 Uuk-SB otherwise stated the wounds are mostly slight, The regimont has fought every day siaco the 26'hof May. dismonnttd, and against infantry p. fncipally. It has re ceived compliment from Brig. Gen. Young, and Maj. Gen. Hampton, and the other regiments of the Brigade. Col. Baker coram Mid the Brigade. Bespecttully yours, A. M. WADDELL, Lt, Col. Comd'g. G. W. FUCKMAKK. Acting Adjutant. Fayetteville " Observer ".and Kaleigh " Confederate " please copy. For the Journal. WitMiKGTOK, June 2d, 1864. The Treasurer of the Soldiers' Aid Society, very grate fully acknowledges the receipt of the following donations for the benefit of the sick and wounded at the Wayside Borne : Mr. Jas. McCo-mick, , $ 50 Mrs Doiz3 100 Mr, Woi. tUanks 100 Mrs. Jas. A. Willard 60 lr. Hrgsc, 20 Mr. W. W. Ausell, 100 50 A Friend, . 1 barrel sugar, Mr Cobii. 7 lb, tea, Mrs Utley. Basket of vegetables, Mr. Padd'eon 50 lbs. snsar, Mr. Utley. 3 hams, 3 bottles braniy, bread, cakes, &c, Mrs. N. N. Nixon. 6 bottles brandy, Messrs. Kirkhem & Soutter, of the " Kdith." 3 bbl8 bread, keg kmoa juice, aud 4 tins preserved po tatoes, Capt. Beid, stea.aer Lsnx " I cask rice, i case whiskey, Mr. O. G. Parsley. 1 box soap, Mr. Marcus. 2 pieces Kockfim 6birii, M?p. DeRoseet 1 piece do. do. Miss Pitts. 1 r-arrel beef aud 1 barrel pork, Capt Capper, " Will o' the Wsp." 2 barrels alo, 2 barrels onion?, end I ba coff. e, a goa tlemao. 4 bars aoap, j ig of viaegir. Mrs. Jas. C. Smith. Tin of butter and bundle oi liucn, Mrs. W. McNeil. Potatoes, oiiiona, batter, eggs and 1 ham, Mrs. Sarah King, of Bladen. 21 tin cups, Mrs. Morris. 2 brushes and 6 chairs, Capt. Wm. H. James. Package of Tea, Mrs. Everett. Buttermilk and cooked provisions seat daily to the de pot by many ladies. The ladieB beg to acknowledge their oblfgation to Drs. Fountleroy and Stockd&le. Alao to Messrs. Wm. H. Lip put and W. W. Anaell for the kind care and attention the wounded soldiers receive at their hands from day to day. " Lee haa got one eye on him, (Butler) and, I am afraid, is smart enough to foil all Grant's plans Would to God he was on the Union side, for every one acknowledges him to be the greatest and most success ful General in the country." Yankee letter found at Fort Drewry. " Lord what hava I done that my enemies praise me ?" was the exclamation of the inspired pensman, under circumstances, it is to be presumed, somewhat similar to that in which Gen. Lee is placed. How the great Virginian will receive this tribute we are not pre pared to say positively. Bat we think we can guess. Yankee slander may be indured Yankee lies hurt no body Yankee vituperation is quite equivalent to the general applause of the rest of mankind. But Yankee praise is altogether intolerable. The victim of it may well proceed at once to a rigorous self-examination ; for he may feel assured that though he be innocent ot any dishonorable action, the Yapkee believes him either guilty or capable cf it. General Lee should protest against commendation from such a quarter. He has done nothing to deserve it. Richmond Dispatch. General Lee rarely uses the possessive epithet M My," in reporting results of acts under his command. He rarely refers to " my command," " my forces," u my lines." . Thb :Soldikrs' FaiEtfD." The Matron of 1st di vision Winder Hospital takes this method to acknowl edge the receipt of a handsome donation of coffee, French branoy, wine, and tamarinds, from Miss M. A. Buie, "the 8okJiera' Friend," so well known through out the Confederacy for her wide-spread benevolence, and for her (Sorts in aid of cur sick and wounded sol-diers.--iJw&. Dispatch, Accounts rrom Butler Army-Cowardice of Ills Men Admitted. The New York Tribune hei a number of letters giv iEg accounts of the operations of Butler's army on the Southside. Tha Tribune hardly ever lets out anything that is the least unfavorable to the Yankee cause, but in this instance it owns up to the rank cowardice of Butler's men, and the severe fepulse they met with in the battles of last week. One. corref pondent of the Tribune writes under date of the 20 tb : There has been to day a fierce and sanguinary battle I on the epot which I mentioned in my last the front of ine oa division ui ima wip, uuuci ucu. amta. ice rebels had come up in front of the clearing, haviDg fol lowed us down from Fort Darling, and had posUd their first guns in the yard of the Howlett house. The house is behind a fall in the groundand at several points along the same line they have posted light batteries. The clearing is wholly our owa work, and is la ulty cn lv in not haviosr been done to a greater extent. Oa Wednesday night our pickets dug a rifle pit in front of the rebel position, and about eight hundred yards from our line, extending a quarter of a mile into the woods on our right, whicb yet stacd. It was evi dent that this pit is invaluable to its possessors, and accordingly the rebels drove us cut of it this morning, and the strucele of to dav ba? been an attempt to re gain it, which is so far unsuccessful, although we have retaken the rieht cf it. Another correspondent describing the assault of our men on the nfl5 Dits. savs : The "R.bs." came down upon these rifle pits to-day in fcrc?, arid succeeded in driving our skirmishers out after a difDerale fight. One of the cmwrs command icg a portion of the line, eo far forgot his duty as a soldier as to withdraw himself and fjrea without firing a shot. General Butler, who waa aiixioudy watching the fi?ht from the Diraoet, immediately oidertd the of ficer before him. and, tellirg him tbat it would cost ten lives for every one to retake what he might have Leid, dismissed him from the service. In an attempt to re take the rifle pits the Ninety seventh Pennsylvania and Thirteenth Illinois regimen's were ordered to move through the wocds to co-operate with a movement made by another portion of Gilniore's forces. Misunderstand ing the order, the troops were moved by the flink along the skirt of tbe woods. Marching steadily along, they came unexpectedly upon a rebel battery, which opened a murderous cross fire, literaliy mowing them down. It appeared to tbe looker-on as though the entire force melted away before this terrifis rain of grape and ctn ister. Now caiuc a momentary lull, and their the Third reg ular battery, in tha left redoubt, the Fourth New Jer sey adjoiniug it en the right, both facing the pit, and the First Connecticut in the elevated redoub t further to the right, pointing diagonally and partly across it, opened fire, roaring without a moment's stop from 104 to 11 1 4, using at first mostly spherical case. Mean while tLe Thirteenth Indiana, Colonel Dobb?, made a gallant and, ai it sseemed, imprudent charge upon the pit on the right, but were repulsed when within about a hundred yards of the work. Another account of the battle admits the cowardice of the men more plainly even than tbe above. The writer says : At nine, or thereabouts, the muskets began a lively crackle, and the guns opeued from the rebel posi tion. Hurrying to the sceue, I found the enemy had advanced and been repulsed, yet had the rifle-pit in their detested pos-essica. The whole of the Ninth Maine, with portions of the Fourth New Hampshire, rittytllb Pur.nsyivama acd Ninety-seventh New York, were occupying tfce rifhpit, the regiment first named beirg nearly in the centre. Tha rebels charged upon them with their yvcnliar short lived enthu3ia3m aLd their yell, were met fi: mi 7, and the p siticn might have been held wifhout difficulty, hnd cot the Ninth Maine broken and fled to the waods. thus permitting the rebels to enter the pit aud flink the remaining regi ments, cofupeliim? them to ro;:ra. Two Lieutenants of the Ninth MaiDe, who retired their m; n without orders, wi re brought this afternoon before General Ames, and by him scot to General Butler, who summarily dis-mi-eed one of thern from the service. Beth dceerve se veie punisbmeni", for this unfortunate affair has cost hundreds of lives to-day," nud threatens U3 with severe battles as the price o holding our position. The lebels in the pit, aDd the woods which yet stand next the Howlett House, are the twin sources of apprehen sion. Word waa brought that tha left of tbe pit was emptyr acd scon the Nicety-seventh Pennsylvania was seen advancing against the leJt of the rifla pit, in the open clearing. Tue-ir leader hed mistaken or not followed precisely his order?, and the rebels had ccme, and sud denly the rose cud pcuicd open the Ninety-seventh a murderous fire of infantry and grape, and they seemed to fail in swaths. It was a faa sight. Oar losses to-day cannot now ba estimated. Ia in fantry fire they are heavy, and probably exceed that of the enemy. Some snel!3 of the Third artillery failed to explode this afternoon. One or two were examined and found to be filled with harm!e?s plaster. The following: orders have been is3ueer by General to the soldiers under his command: E. Kir by Smith Hdq'ks Teans Miss. Department, ) Camden, Ark , May 3d, 1864. Soldiers 0 the Trans-Mississippi Deputment: Once mere in the hour of victory we are calie i upon to mourn the heroic dead. Genera's W..R. Scurry and Horace Randal have fallen upon he field of Loner. At Jenkirs's Ferry they offered themselves up precious victims ,Qn the altar of liberty. Mouton atd Green are gone, Scurry and Randal have followed on tbe same gloriou3 path. Be it ours to emulate their virtues and valor, and to. act as men not unworthy to as3ociate with such heroes. The colors of their respective brigades will te draped in mourning for thirty days. E. KIRBY SMITH, General Commanding. Hd'qrs Trans-Miss. D&pautment, ) , Camden, Ark., May 31, 1864. J Soldiers of the Trans-Mississippi Department'. Our arms in Louisiana have sgiin been crowned with success. Victorious at Cloutterville, we have captured a gun boat and transports, and driven the enemy demoralii5?d and retreating within tlTe shelter of his eutrenchmcnts at Alexandria. No meed of praise is too great for that gallant little army and its skillful and energetic Chief. To his glo rious victories at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, under Providence, is the success ot this campaign in a great measure due. E. KIRBY SMITH, General. The accexed address of "Gen. Smith to his army sum3 up the victories to he 4th icstant : Head'ks Trans-Mis3. Dfp't, j Camden, Ark., May 4, 1864. Soldiers cf the lians-Mississippi Department: The campaign inaugurated at Mansfield on tbe day of national fast and supplication, has, under Provi dence, been crowned wittj moat glorious and brilliant success. You have defeated a fee threa times your own number. The fields cf Mansfield, Pleasant .Hill, Ulcutierville, Poison Springs, Marks' Mil!3 and Jen kins' Ferry attest your devotion. Eight thousand killed and wounded, six thousand prisoners, thirty four pieces of artillery, twelve hundred wagons, one gunboat and three transports are already the fruits cf your vic tories. The path cf glory i3 still open to you perma nent security to your tomes before you. Call together your comrades, and shoulder to shoulder, we will yet free the soil of our beloved country from the invader's i'ootsteps. Soldiers of Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana, you have the thanks of a grateful people. Your living will be respected your dead honored and revered. E. KIRBY SMITH, General. Arreted for Treason Two men, John Harding Marr, charged with treason to the Southern cause, and Peter Bowman, a supposed spy, were brought to thia city and confiaed in Castle Thunder yesterday. They were arrested in Tennessee. Rich. Dispatch. " I propose to fiht it out on this line, if it takes all summer. Thus wrote Grant to Stanton, from the Rap pahannock, on the 11th of May. Afier attempting again and again to "fight it out" on that line, and hav ing as often failed, with terrible I033 cf life, he aban dons the line of tbe Rappahannock, and is attempting to reach the point (without fighting) from which Mc Clellan was driven in 1862, and which he might have attained without the loss of a mn. Grant has not only abandoned the line bicb he declared he should fight it out" on' "if it took nil summer," but he has sacrified seventy-fi?e thousai d men in vain endeavors to force Lee out of his path. That he will be more suc cessful in the object of his campaign, should he succeed in re aching the point from which bi3 predecessor srart de, we do not befeive. He may be in a better position to escape with his shattered force?, but he will be aa far as ever from the goal of his ambition. RithmQnd Stntincl. TELEGRAPHIC Repot ( of the Prras Association. fJS.Ws! -JLh JLCor?" m the year . . A' 2 . ;,n"i n me ujer s umce or the Dii- FROM RICHMOND THE ENE VI Y ATTEMPT TO CAf,- Vuu wuBKS AND ARE REPDLfcED G EN ERAL Bichmdkd, Jane 4th, 18G4. The eneTry renewed their attempt last night to carry tho commanding position near Gatn' urm hw . but were again repulsed with heavy lots. ' ua-iDgtcengut uen. Breckinridge's horse wa killed nnder him, by a shell striking him in the breast. Tho Gsneral receivsd painful but not serions Injar'e by tho sal den fall of his horee. OccaBional reports or cannonading and musketry are heard this moriing. All was quiet on the South side of the JimsS river yra terday. THE FIGHHN3 NEAR GAINES' MILL OS FBIDAY. Batth-Fibl Nkab Gainks' Mill, ) Jane 3d, 1864 5 P. M. f Heth'B division participated with Ewell in tha fiht on yesterday, capturing over two hundred prisoners. Anion g the wounded is Brig. Gen. Kirkland, slightly. The battle opened at sunriie this morning, about ten miles below Richmond, extending from the Mechanicsville road to McClf Han's bridge. Our line of battle w seven miles long, the enemy making the attack. The heavier fighting ia reported to have taken place in Roden, Ker. show's acd Hoke's fronts, who gallantly repulsed every assau'.t of the enemy. Onr loss was very flight not over five hundred ia killed and wounded. Tbat of the enemy was fully six thousand, and some estimate it at ten thousand. The enemy at one time broke through Breckonridg4 division, capturing three piecas of artillery. (Jen. Finne gan, however, quickly cime up and recaptured th9 artil lary, and took one piece from the enemy. Breckenridge lost probably two hundred priaonera. The heaviest fightiag was u 0 to 11 o'clock. Bines tben there ha been heavy connonading end incessant skirmish ing. Gees. Lane end Fiunegan wsre slightly wounded, Int the tetter did not leave the field. CONFEDERATE C03GRES3. Richmond, Juno 4, 1SG1. lh? enata pasaed tbo House bill extending until tlio 1st January, the privilege of funding the old currency tolojal citizens within the enems's ii:e. A motiou to reconsider wa- entered. Alao passed the Benate bill to retire aid drop field or company officers in certain cases. The noas3 proceedings were unimportant. NORTHERN NEW3. Bichmond, June 4, 18C4. The New York Times, of the 8th lost , berates Butler foi the failure of the campaign on the South Side, and admits a signal defeat at Drewry's Bluil. It attributes the failure to Butler's mismanagement. The Radical Republican Cot-vcntion at Cleveland nomi. nated Fremont for President, and John Cochrane, of New York, for Vice President. Lincoln's name was only tuca- tioned in derision. DISPATCH FROM GEN. LEB. lISAPtjrlRTERS NCBTUSBN VlBQlKIA, June 3d, 16G4-8 V. M. About 4J o'clock, A. M., to-day, the enemy made an at tack upon the right of our line io front of Hoke and a part of Breckenridgc'a Hue, and were rcpuleel witu'.ut diflbui ty. He saketded ia .penetrating a salient I-j Breckec. ride'e .iae and captured a portion of the battalion t.ero posted, r inrjegan's brigade and tho Maryland battah-.;n immed' itclj drove the enemy out, with severe Ices. Repeated attacks were mad 3 opou Anderson's pDii i jc, chiefly against his right under Kershaw. They were mut with great tteadioces. and repulsod ia cvary inHtauco. Tha attack extended to our extreme left, u.-.der Early, wi'h liko results Later in the day it was twico renewed anaia.it Heth, who occupied Early's left, but was repulsed 'with loss. Hampton encountered the enemy's cavalry csar Oawei' Shop, acd, with a part of V. U. F. l.ce's division drov? them from their entrenchments. Our loss to-day was small, and our success, under the blessing of Gad, was all that we could expect. B'gned, m li. E. LEE3, General. CONFEDERATE CONG HE iS. Richmond, June 5th, I'd. The Senate last night reconsidered tho House cunencj bill, and again passed it by a small majority. FROH GEN. LEE'S ARMY. Hhiequikteks, June 4th, ISC1-8.30 P. II. To the Skcbetabt of Wab: List night after the' date of my dispatch, Breckenridge and Finnegau were attacked by the enemy as they were preparing to re-establish their skirmishing line. Tho ene my wero soon repulsod Immediately atterwardJ an attack was made npon Hoke's front, with like result. Up to tho time of writing, nothing has occurred along tho linos to day, except skirmishing at various points. The position of the army is substantially unchanged. B. E. LEE, General. FROil JOHN BTON'S ARMY YANKEE REGIMENTS MUSTERED OUT GUNBOATS ESCAPED FROil RED RIVER, New Hops, Gio., June 4th, 1C4. All was quiet during last night. This moiniDg a heavy rain is falling. Four regiments of Yankees were mustered out of service at Kingston on Thursday. Tha time of tor vice of e ghtecn thousand will expire within the next twenty da;s. The Na&hville Press, cf the 30th ult., Iub been received. It reports Lee retreating before Grant. Edward Pollard has been sent to Fort Lafayette. Bells Boyd has been released. The gunboats are reported to have tujceedeJ ia escap ing down Red River. A Convention haa been held in Louisville. The delegates to Chicago hava been icsti acted to vote for McClellan, und theBe to Baltimore for Lincoln. Cotton $1 04 per lb. Gold 18j. FROM JOHNSTON'S ARM THE i ANKEE3 DHPIll- ITED. Nxw Hope, CSo.r June 4th, ISCi. Iatlo adieu of iha 23th ult., oa our left the enemy's loss was fifteen handled in killed aud woaaldd. Seven or eigit cannon balls passed thiough tha h?ad qujrters of Gsn. Thorn is. The en?m ara forafyiog at Kingston an 1 at the river four milts below. Their troops aro dispirited. They were told that after reaching Alltoona they would meet with no farther opposition in their march to Atlanta. Exaggera ted acttunts of our loss are circulated among them by their officers, in order to cheer thorn np. The punishment inflicted oa them last week by Stevenson and Ciebqrn? was very severe. A portion of the 17th army orps ia now ou its way from trans-Mississippi to reinforce Sherman. It has reached Van Euren, Ala. All is tranquil here. The weather is cool and rainy. FROM NEW ORLEANS TEN STEAMER3 DESTROYED BY FI3E. Clinton, La., Jane 3d, via Summit, Jane 4th, 18C4. On Friday night last, aa appears Irom tbe New Oncass papers of Saturday, ten Steamboats were burned at the Newertoa levee. Their names are : Black Hawk, Meteor, Tim i and Tide, Belle Lee, Fawn, Nebraska, Belle Creole, New Orleans, Empire Parish and a steam barge. An ex plosion of a shell occurred oa board the jfwa. Everything on board of the Steamers was lot. The Nebraska was a Yankee transport. The Picayune and Courier Francais have been sap press ed. Gold ia New Orleans was quoted at 195. . FROM LEa'd ARMY. Battls FiiLD nzab Gaikis Mill, Jane 5th, 18G4. To-day has been unusually quiet, and both sides seem to observe the Bab bath. Only occasional sharpshooting. Last night abont eight o'clock the enemy made a reeble assault ia front cf Fionegau, which was easily repaired. Little else ot interest transpired yesterday. On Friday night Hoke and Mahone, on the right, advan ced their lines some distance in order to esuoJiah their lines of skirmishers, during which General Biecsioridgo's horse was shot under him, causing Uen. B. to bo severely bruised in lallicg. . L , The enemy also made an assault on t leias and part 01 Early's corps late on Friday evening; bath were access fully repulsed. , , Uur losses ia the fights daring the whole of last week will not reach one tboasand. CONFEDERATE CONGBES3. fucflxoKD, June tht 16C4. The Benae has passed the House bill inoieasljg the pay of non-commissioned officers and privates in the army, wiu an amendment limiting the Incressa 1 to otho period ol one year JteSOJUUOUS OI UUU v t vmyv men. were adopted.
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