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TUB WILMINGTON JOURNAL. COVFEDEBATE STATES OP AMERICA. WILMINGTON, O., SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1864. iiETTEK from Lt. G. W. Oorbett, Co. E, 18th Re giment N. 0. T., dated Fortress Monroe, May 15th, 18C4, and addressed to hia brother, gives the following list of the officers of that Regiment then with Lt. Cor bett at Fortress Monroe : Captains Lewis and Woot cn, Lieutenants Corbet r, Elkina, Eouland, Towcsend, Frink, Mcintosh and Ballard, and Sergeant Major Mitchell. Lt. Oorbett also mentions ia addition, the following members of his Company whom he has seen : Sergt. J.F. Croom, Corporal Peterson, Privates D. Malpaes, N. Lewis, L. Brison, W. Batler, C. J. Prid gen, N Miller, J. Woodcock, J. Pigford, M. G. Smith, Wi H. Barnhill, C. T. Weaver, who ia slightly wound ed. Henry Corbett was ou the ambulance corps. The officer in charge is a prisoner, and he says that Henry rra3 taken ; if so, he was retaken or else wounded, and did not get with the others. Dallas Marshall of the 30th ia also along. The officers are all on board a tranpport at Fortress Monroe and expected to be ent to Fort Delaware. An Improvement. It H noticeable that during the present campaigns, few battles take place on Sunday. Thje enemy has been thrashed into some respect for the day, and we think that General Lee is anxious to avoid any viola tion of its solemn BtiHaess and repose. At any rate the announcement most generally made in regard to the movements on Sunday is that all is quiet at the front. It is hardly respect for the day that actuates our enemie?, but most probably repeated disasters on that day have led them to regard it as unlucky. Such we think ia the eentiment with the private soldiers, what ever feelings the officers may have upon the subject. But whatever cansss them to keep quiet on Sunday, it is well that tbey do so. War is bad enough at the beat, end, less than any other occupation, can afford to dippenee with the one day's rest in seven. Even in a moral point of view, that rest may do good and can hardly do harm. northern Party CZov-cm nts. Iho regular Republicans the Blacks of the Ad ministration stripe have nominated Abraham Lin coln end Andrew Johnson for President and Vice President of the United States. The radical Republicans the Blacks with a streak of Red in them have nsminated J. C. Fremont and John Cochrane. Who the Democrats or Conservatives, to meet at jhicago, may nominate remains to be seen. xtiiout military successes of the most decisive character for the Confederacy, or without a forcible movement at the North, Lincoln and Johnson have the track ct all od 3a. Fremont will hardly carry a large vote except among the ultra radicals cf the Northwest. His New York associate may bricg a portion of the b'hoy element to bis Eupport, but not sufficient to influence the result In any way. Decided and overwhelming military succes ses, resulting in the defeat of Gbant and Sherman, might give a fair chance to o peace candidate, but nothing else can or will. Lincoln and Johnson will fix up the begns Southern vote for themselves, and bear down all opposition, if they can maintain the appear ance of success, or even avoid disaster until the fall. If this appearance of Federal success ia kept up no maiter now aeiasive it may be, there will not be enough back-bone at the North to take any decided end effectual stand against the admission of bogu3 elec. torol delegations from trumped-up State organizations at the South, and these bogus electoral colleges or delega tions, liko the fictitious organizations they represent, being the creatnrea'of Lincoln's administration, will, of course go for tLc re-election of that individual. Itiseudent that, so far as the Northern elections are concerned, everything almost depends upon the pro. eress of the military campaigns in Virginia and Geor gia. The Conservatives or Democrats may nominate McLlellan or any other leader, but they cannot elect him, even with the assistance of Feemont, unless there be such a decided tendency in military affairs as wil1 strongly incline the .Northern mind to peace. Indeed, without such a tendency and its resulting effect upon Northern ssntiment, any change would probably be for the worse rather than the better, since any "one elected would go in as a war man, possibly with elements of strength not possessed by Lincoln, and with the fresh iivi.uiy mui, uiuja uwuuif aoies me aavent ci a new dynasty. Morally, we do tot think there is much difference be tween Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Perhaps, upon the whole, Lincoln is the better of the two. Both cro demagogues without any principle whatever, but Johnson's treason to the Ccnatitution, and to the constitutional rights of hia section, is cej tainly the more recent and the more violent. Johnson we think is the mere able and therefore the more dan gerous man of the two. Our dislike to Andrew John son's course dees not blind us to his ability. That he is a self-made man ii certainly in his favour, but it is to be regretted that his Mf-culture did not extend to his DiCIai nature, and seems only to have had the effect of sharpening hi3 cunning and intensifying his selfishness at the expense of all the higher qualities of human na ture. Weetcver, cn the Jamea River, to which Genera Gr-ant is Eaid to have moved his base is some distance East cf Malvern nill and about a mile farther down the James than Harrison's Landing, where McClellan found shelter, and frcm which he contrived to carry off hia beaten bests in 18C2. Grant is entrenching upon nearly the same lines that sheltered McClellan. Westover is below Harrison's Bar, and therefore ac cessibie to the largest class of vessels that can enter the James River. It is prcbable that the forces operating pgainst Petersburg on the lower side of the Appomat tox came from the York River and consist of Smith's corps of Ecttler's army. Lieut. General Pojk. Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk was killed by a cannon ball on the 14th instant, near Marietta, Geor gia. He was about 54 jears cf age, a native of Ral eigh Ncrth Caroling a graduate ot West Point, but after his graduation he entered the ministry of the Pro testant Epi3cop al Church, cf which he was a bishop when the present war broke out. Of his "services since, it is not necessary to speak. They ar.e matters cf history acd wiil not Eoon be for gotten. Hi3 remains were forwarded to Raleigh for in terment. The country, the army and the church to which he belonged will mcurn the loss of a patriot, a soldier and a christian. When struck, he was standing m me immeaiare presence of Generals Johnston, Hood, Hardee and others, and it is presumed that a consul tationofwarwas being held in an exposed position, against which the country has a right to protest. Such men as these osght not to expose themselves lightly or incautiously. 0eopb.lcaI. Missouri, Arkanzas, Louisiana, Texas and the news paper comBpondatB all lie beyond the Mississippi Some of the correspondents, as well as parts of Louisi be a lie aleo cn this side cf the great river. Ir is believed that the address or manifesto recently adopted by both houses of the Confederate Congress ia from the pen cf Hon. Wh. C. Rrrss, of Virginia! Pushing Over. lt would appear as though General Grant Intended to transfer his forces to the South Side of the Jjmes River. At any rate he has changed his base from the York to the James, and is getting opposite to Bermu da Hundreds, where Bdtlkh is already entrenched. He will find as many difficulties on the South Side as on the North side, though it can hardly be denied that he will be in a position to subject us to a good deal of loss and inconvenience by hia harassing attacks upon our railroad commnunicatious. It will be neces sary for us to guard the Petersburg acd Weldon Road, the Southside Road between E'eterBburg and Lynch burg and the Richmond and Danville Road ; and with all our vigilance, it is very probable that communica tion by these roads will ba occasionally interrupted by the raiding parties of the enemy, who will aleo be in a position to threaten Petersburg a3 well as Richmond, which he will no doubt do, keeping ihe people in a state of constant excitement and uneasiness. It may be that we are premature in these specula tions, and that Gen. Grant will make some further at tempts on the Peninsula before crossing over to the South side of the James, but we think, that he will cross, and that General Lee looks forward to such a movement being made by hia antagonist, and is pre pared for ik The works on the South side of the city are of great strength; the only great difficulty which we will have to encounter will be in the defeneVof the railroads, requiring an almost continuous line from Richmond to Petersburg, and even then they will be subject to beiDg cut by an occasional dash of the ene my's cavalry. By hook or by crock, Abraham Lincoln is bound to be re-elected President of the Northern States. That, like his nomination at Baltimore, is a foregone conclusion. He is far from beiDg a great man, but whatever else may b2 thought about him, he has shown himself to bs a "saart " man in his own way. He has out-jockeyed all his competitors so far, and will do bo again, we think, although the experiment he is trying is a dangerous one; but the danger lies away in the distance, beyond Mr. Lincoln's ken and Deyona ms care. At the Convention that re-nominated him, undoubted Southern State3 were fictitiously represented, and, in the electoral college that will choose the President, we should cot wonder if the vote of North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana and other Southern States ehoujd be counted for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. One man out of ten is author ized, according to the Lincoln programme, to cast the vote for any of the " rebel" States. Who knows but that there may be a sufficient number of runaway ne- groes, Uutlaloes and white I ansee soiaiers in i orm Carolina, to muster up tea thousand votes in Novem ber next ? Or, if there is not, who will say that there will not be Lincoln agents sufficiently accommodating to return them a3 having voted, and, cf course, voted for; the present incumbent? That thing will be ea3i' Jy arranged. So much, we think is certain. The New York Herald undertook to predict that Lincoln could not ba nominated, and that Grant would ba The result shows how far the Herald was mistaken. The same paper takes upon itself to say that Lincoln will not be ekcted. In this prediction it is almost as certain tD be mistaken as it was in its pre diction about the nomination. Lincoln plays with loaded dice, and unless his election ia prevented by force it wiil certainly be accomplished by fraud . The great State of New York may feel insulted by r having its vote offset by electoral delegations presum ing to represent North or South Carolina, Alabama or Arkansas, Louisiana or Texas or Florida. New York may fully understand the fraud, but it wiil be unable to right itself without having a resort to open force, and we doubt if it will have that resort. For the time, at -least, Lincoln will probably be master of the situa tion. He will carry his point. Away in the future will loom up dangers and difficulties. The seeds of dis traction and suspicion will be planted, and they will be certain to bear bitter fruit. But that will be in the future, beyond the ken or the care of men like Mr. Lincoln, who are merely " smart " and not wise who ara politicians but not statesmen, who are fanatics and not patriots. Why Hamblin was thrown overboard we can hard ly tell. Hamblin was as black a Republican as any body. There has been nothing white about him, not even his complexion, since it is shrewdly questioned whether he is a fall-blooded white man himself. But he has been thrown over board to make room for An drew Johnson, perhaps because Johnson haila from one of those Southern States from which a bogus dele gation is expected to cast a counterfeit vote for Lin coln. - The state of the weather has been such as to retard for some days pas t all considerable movements in North, era Georgia. Thi roads have been deep with mud and the risers have been full of water, and the whole thing has been impossible. Both armies now confront each other from their positions between Marietta and the Etowah River. OccasicnaHy there is some cannonad ing in the direction of Lost Mountain, or Big Shanty but it results in nothing. The Chattahoochee, which passes within a few miles of Atlanta, comes from the Northeast, and is not far from the railroad for a considerable distance above the point where it crosses it. Alter havicg tried for a long time the system of flanking on our left towards the Alabama line, Sherman returned to the line of the railroad, and now manifests a desire to flank on Our right, and thus to cross the Chattahoochee to the East and North of the railroad. The river, however, is swollen and angry, and is not to be forded r and the two practicable bridges are in our possession. This may account for the present lull in affairs near Marietta. Grant has been trying to steal a march on us oa the South side, and Petersburg has more than once been in danger. The enemy got dangerously close to it on Wednesday night, and there 13 every reason to suppose that heavy fighting has been going on since, lhat re inforcements will be brouebt up in time to drive ihm enemy cfl, we have every confidence. There were any number of reports afloat yesterday, but as, although plausible enough, they were only reports, we forbear giving them, trusting to receive some definite informa tion before going to press. Fifteen prisoners reached here this morning on the cars from Petersburg, haviDg been recently taken in the neighborhood of. that city. They are on their way to Andersonville, Ga., for safe keeping. Amongst them are three negroes, representing themselves as belonging to the 5lh U. S. Cavalry troops. The whites are said to befrom. Connecticut Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Contemplated Raid on Avguata. Oa Monday last Col. Geo. W. Rains, commanding at Augusta, Ga., issued the following address to the community. Augusta is a point of great importance in view of the large government establishments" there for the manufacture of ordnance, ammunition tod mili tary equipments generally. Col. Rains' . manifesto makes known a very peculiar state of things, and certainly there must be something wanting when spies in Yankee uniform can travel through South Carolina and Georgia without interrup. tion : Headquarters, Government Works, ) Augusta, Ga. June 13, 1864. f To the Community. 1 deem it right and proper that you should know the exact condition of affairs in which one and all bare such vital interest. Being entrusted by the War De partment with the command of this Post, it is neces sary that I should take such measures as will best secure its defence: The importance of this point to the Confederacy ia known as well to the Northern Govern ment and in Europe as it is to yourselves.- 'I hat the enemy will endeavor to destroy the public interests here, if hp coaceives it Tn any way practicable, is very evident, and he ia now making the preliminary arrange ments to this epd by a concentration of his troops, vessels and supplies at Hilton Head. This information cornea to me officially from thAighest Bouroe in this -Department A letter addressed by aa emissary of the enemy, fresh from Pert Rja!, from this city but a few days since which providentially came into our possession to another agent of the Federals in another town, states explicitly their designs in relation to Au gusta and Anderson, and that the "time of " dealing a death blow " to the Confederacy and reaping a " rich harvest " in this city, is near at band. The writer also alludes to eertaia persons ia this community who are accepted by us acd treated as our friends, who are implicated in this matter. aDd whose services " cannot be overestimated " Ao.thatina conversation with some of the principal Feder J prisoners whilst passing through this city on their way to Anderson, they were informed as to the part they were to act, and the time and mode of delivery. The writer pays a compliment to the loyalty of our countrymen, for he states " no Southern man is in the secret." Again, a couple of Yan kees have ju3t been broaght to this city one a corporal and the other a private who have passes from Major General Thomas, of the Federal army, to enter our lines if they can, and they leisurely proceed through the heart of Georgia, spending some eighteen hoars in Hamburg taking notes in short hand, and are fairly on their way through S mth Carolina with their gathered information bafore they are finally apprehended. These men, it is said, wore th.ir blue Federal uniform?, and found abundant entertainment from our credulous citi zens, who Bupposed that they were Confederate soldiers, and had they not grown over bold from continued suc cess, they could easily have arrived at the Federal Hoes. Ia it not plain that we are permeattd with epics and agents of the enemy, and on the eve of a bloody drama, unless they become appalled by the preparations mak'mg for their reception ? 1 have freely given the above facts to the communi ty, in order that it may perceive the necessity for bring ing out our whole energiep, and that it may b3 prepar ed for the stringent measures it will become receesary to take, as soon as I cbalLreceive information from Ma jor General Jones, Commanding the Department, that the enemy have commenced a raid for the interior. Fortucately, the information given by the letter wri ter that there are " no defences" around Augusta is in correct. With an unfordable acd rapid river in front, and three lines of deep, wet ditches and embankments, supported at intervals with strong brick stone btruc turts, which almost encirde the rear of the city, with over twenty piects of artillery of good calibre for their defence, I think, as an old Eogiaeer Officer, that such well merit the appellation of formidable defences. Itis true the earthworks are called canal levels, and the artillery is not in position, but it is ready to be so placed in a few hours, as soon as forces are called out to protect it from injury. Augusta can and mu3t make a defence long enough to receive reinforcements ; these are tendered to me when the proper time arrives from Gen. Johnston and other Bources. Major General Jones' army will, in fact, be our reinforcements, as it will fight the enemy back to this place should the latter succeed in breaking through his lines, nence, Augus ta has but to perform its just part in the defence, and this it must do at every hazard ; as Commander of so important a point, 1 ought not, and most certainly shall not, make terms with the enemy, but will try to the last to defend the interest of my country here con centrated. Should the enemy arrive on the opposite bank of the river in spite of cur efforts to prevent it, I truat the in habitants will not ba undaly alarmed ; it is qaite pro bable, that being a raiding party it may be destitute of artillery, at all events, only very light pieces could ac company such a fjrc. From such, no damage or dan ger of moment is to be apprehended ; the houses imme diately along the river bank should be evacuated on such an occasion, and their occupants fiad shelter for the time being in the central portieni of the city, where my own family will be located. I desire to call particular attention to the orders late ly published, designating the placa of rrnJtz vous of each body of men when ' called out by the signal ot general assembly, ia this city,' so that there may be no confusion at the time, as will certainly happen, unless each one has it clearly fixed in his own mind, where to go and what to do. I expect to have two days and probably more to prepare to receive the enemy before he shall be able to reach this place, hence the signal of general assembly is not desigced to be one of alarm, but simply as a signal to the commu nity that the time for a general turning out has arrived, and for the posting of the troops at their several pestj to resist the enemy when he approaches. It will also be . the signal that military matters are predominant for the time being, and the taking of the necessary measures to protect ourselves from the ene mies who are in our midst, and who now pass as our friends. I have an abundance of the best of arms and am munition and accoutrements, and hence no excuse ex ists why every one capable ofLbearing arms should not belong temporal ily to some company. Who is not for us, at such a time, is certainly against us, and their ac tions will decide accordingly. I have no fear but through the favor of God we will preserve our city and the Gov ernment Works from the hands of the spoilers. GKO. W. RAINS, General Commanding. For the Journal. The following Is a list of casualties in Company O, 8th N. C. Begimect from the 15th of May to the 9th of Jute, 1864, inclosire. You will please publish in the Journal for the lnforfi&tion of those at home. Killed : Private P P Williami. Wounded : 3rd Corpl Isaac Hill flesh, in leg ; 4fh Corpl M M Bush slightly in shoulder, and taken prisoner; Privates K M Moore, severe! in side, since dead ; G W Wynne, iij flask ; Mat hew Jordan, severely in face; H J Anderson, slightly ia head; Wm Eeter, slightly in ancle ; L E Man ning, severely in face and prisoner. Hissing : 5th 8ergt W H Browning; 1st rpl W H Bnse; Privates J E Batch, 6 D Ganus, Jas Looper, J H Miutz, H Peebles, 0 H Roland, J Talstona, H W Armstrong. From the Petersburg Express, 16th inst&ct. FROM THK FRONT THH KSKMV lH P03CB. The enemy are determined to annoy our people with all the meaDS end applianc s at their command, if they cannot effect our subjugation. At this time they are threatening a half dozen or more localities in Virginia, requiring on the part of the Confederates the exercise of all the .vigilance necessary to watch closely the move ments of a crafty and insidious foe. Our own immedi ate vicinity was again menaced yesterday, and at several points by such a show of force, that it was no doubt the intention ot the enemy to have effected an entrance into the city, had he been permitted to do so. At early dawn our citizens were aroused by the dis charge of artillery, the sound of each cannon being dis tinctly beard here, and comiDg from the direction of the City Point road. At'9 o'clock, it was ascertained that the enemy was advancing in force, and every man able to shoulder a mnsket, did so, and hastened to the fortifications. We learned last evening,, .that the main point of attack was on the City Point read, a distance of C or 7 miles from town. At an early hour the enemy ad vanced with at least seven regiments of infantry and one of cavalry, upon some breastworks thrown up has tily duriDg Tuesday night at Baylor's Farm, by Col. Ferrehee, of the 4th N. C. cavalry. Tbey were held in check by Col. Ferrebee's men and Graham's (Pe tersburg) battery for four hours, who fought bravely, but were finally compelled to fall back before overwhel ming numbers. Ferrebee's men inflicted serious loss upon the enemy, and Graham's battery ehelled the masses cf his men with admirable effect. Our men re tired in good order, and sustained but few casualties during the fight. It is stated that Graham lost one gun, in consequence of the horses being disabled, but we know not that this is correct. The enemy demonstrated at other points along our lines, but his were attacks feeble and easily repulsed. It is stated that our sharpshooters did admirable exe cution, picking the enemy cfi wherever he showed him self, and in some instances at a distance which appeared almost increJitable. It is estimated this effective arm of our service, placad not less than sixty Yankees kors du combat along our lines yesterday. A few prisoners were taken. Among the number was a. fellow who rode into our lines at full speed, mi nus his cap. He was mounted upon a blooded Bleed, no doubt stolen from some Virginia gentleman, in one of the recent raidp, and could cot rein his animal op. In fact, the fellow was a poor rider, and" let go the bri ble, and hung on to the pommel of the saddle with as much tenacity as a drowning man would a drifting log. Some of the prisoners stated that they belonged to Buxnaide's corps, and asserted also that Burcside, the barber, was at City Point with his whole corps. We presume it is not very formidable, since it was pressed into service, on tb ycry . second day of GreaVa fearful encounter with Gen. Lee, and has been engaged ever since. Burnside may probally expect to win some lau rels around Petersburg, but we can assure him in ad hft will dbv dearly for them. 9ur authori- tiAn muM -fhnn ever alive to the importance of defending Petersburg, and should the invaders renew their attempts this morning, as it is probable they'will, a very different reception awaits them to any Which has been heretofore extended. FBOM CHESTIKFIKLD. We understand that the enemy withdrew all their white Yankees from Gen. Beauregard's front in Ches terfield Tuesday night, aDd substituted negro Yankeee in their stead. Yes'ttrday morning our pickets over tbere were surprised when day dawned, to find them selves confronted by soldiers purely of African 'scent. Ba it so. If the elegant, refined and fastidious But ier, dcsiies to achieve the reputation of a warrior with such troops, it is not in our power to prevent him, however mach we may object. . But when the actual conflict does come, it will be a sad day for those sable eons of Mars, acd their burly leader too, if he should take the field. LATER DESPERATE FIGHTI3G THE ENEMY CHARGE AND TAKE A PORTIOX OP OUR BREASTWORKS. The above account was written at 5 p. m., yesterday afternoon, when comcarativeaaiethad Brevaliled along our lines for two hours or more, and it was the general! impression that the fightirg had ceased for the day. In this, our troopa wa3 mistaken, for it was ascertained be fore dark that the enemy had massed a very heavy force on our left especially ou the City Point and Prince George Courthouse Koads. At sunset tho enemy charged our batteries command ing these roads, CDmibg up in line of battle six and seven columns deep. Toe brunt of the assaults was sustained by the 26th acd 46th regiments, of Wise's Brigade, and Stnrdivant Battery ot fuur guns. Three luriou3 assaults were made, the enemy coming up with a yell, and makiEg the most determined tfibrts to carry the works. Oar troops received them with a terrific volley each time, sending the columns DacK, broken and discomfited. The fc urth assault was made by each overwhelming nambers that our forces found it impossible to resist the pressure, acd were compslled to give way. The enemy now poured over the woik9 in streams, cap'.nred three of our pieces, and turning the guns cn our men, opened upon them an eDfiladiog fire, which caused them to leave precipitately. The goes captured belooged to Sturdivant's battery, and we regret to hear that Capt S. himself was captured, aud two of his Lieutenants wounded, both of whem fell into the enemy's hands. The gallant manner in which this battery was fought op to the last moment, is the tberae of praise on every tongue. All present, with whom we have convers-.d, say tbat Capt. S. and his men stood up manfully to their work, acd the last discharge was made by Cept. Sturdivant almost solitary and alone. J he i-ify was filled with rumors last night regarding the killed and wounded, but aa we could get nothing authentic regarding names, we forbear to give them. It is gecerally conceded that Capt. S:urdivant was captured, acd also Mj. Batte, of the Petersburg City Battalion. YVe shall certainly receive more definite in formation during to day. The pesition gained by the enemy ia a most impor tant one. Oar Generals are fully aware of this, and we shall undoubtedly have hot work to-uay. Officers in the field yn-terday estimate the number of the enemy actually seen fronting different portions of our lioe, at from ten to twelve tnousand. It is bsiiev ed that this is only the advauce column, acd that Grant bes ceany hia entue army on this side 01 the river.- Tbktv odd transports tssend'-d James River with troops yesterday. Twenty-three prisoners brought ia Ia3t night, belong ing chitfly t-i the 148th N. Y. regiment, all concur in the statement tbat BaL'y Smith's entire Army Corp3 (the 18:h.) is cn this s da of the river again. Other prisoners, taken yesterday morning, state that they be long to Burcside 'a Corps. A FIGHT OS THE BAXTEi: itOAD TI1E ENEMY REPULSED. An officer engaged, furnished U3 at a late hour last night, w ith a brit.f account of an engagement which oc curred on iw3 Baxter lioad yesterday, about three miles frcm this city. It peerrn that the enemy appeared on ths road near the rt sidcce of Col. Avery about twelve o'clock. Immediately in front of Battery No. 16, was stationed the Macon (Geo.) Light xYrtillery, Capt. C. W. Slater, supported by a portion of the 34th Virginia Regiment . Wise's Brigade. The enemy showed him self at once, driviog in our pickets,-and planting a bat tery in front of our works, with which he opened a fu rious cannonade. He was promptly and gallantly re sponded to by the Maccn Artillery- This fire was maintained for two hours, when the enemy charged our works, but after arriving within, two hundred yards of the fortifications, was repuIsedLyrith considerable loss. The artillery sent round after round of shell and cannis ter into their ranks with great rapidity acd accuracy, and the work becoming too warm for them, they broke acd fled in confusion. They were pursued by the 34th for some distance, who poured several galling volleys ioto their racks. . Amocsc the dead left on the field in front ol this bat tery was Col. Mix, of New York, who seemed to have been inFtantly killed by a canister shot iu the breast. About eundown the enemy entirely disappeared from this portion of our lines, acd returned to the left. From the Daily Morning News. The Ilobjs Cttipuavs. Tho Confederate Statts ; or, The Elg Too vi. The Body. ATT ALLEGORY. In tho ycir 1S07, whilst the wisest head3 in Great Britain were 44 at their wit's end " in devising means to secure the " fast anchored isle " against the politi. cal tempest that hod already swept away several of the old dynasties of the continent, there was in that island a factious party whese conduct tended to alienate from the government a large portion of the people of the United Kingdom. This faction harped upon various subjects of domestic pciicy, with a view to arouse pop ular feeling, and especially upon the dangers that, as they alleged, were impending the established Church. At that time, among the leaJicg spirits of Great Britain, there was a clergyman of the established Church named Sidney Smith, a Christian of the most, expanded benevolence, a ripe scholar, a keen, hut good naturtd wit, and a fearless patriot This man) devoted to his country, va3 not blind to the abuses that had grown up uxdffr her institution?, bat had done, and was still doing with his tongue and with his pen, as much a3 any other individual for the refor mation of those abuses ; for what he undertood to do, was done reasonably and discreetly, not out of time and with a recklcsa disregard for the feelings of other men, or lor all the interests of the country, but the one that to a jaundiced vision might seem to be paramount, if cot exclusive. In the year " aforesaid," Sydney Smith, who was one of the founders of the E linburg Review, contribu ted to that periodical a criticism, in which is found, in reference to the ill-timed inflammatory publications of the day, the following racy passage : A man fcaa a wourd in his great toe, and a violent and perilous fever at the same time ; and he refuses to take the medicines for the fever, becauso it -will disconcert his toe ! The mournful and folly-stricken blockhead forgets tbat his toe cacnot survive him ; that if he dies, there can be no digital life apart from him; yet he lingers and fondles over this last part oi his body, soothing it madly with little plan ters, and anile iermentatiocs, while the neglected fev?r rages in his entrails, and barns away hia whola life. Ja the comparatively little questions of Establishment are all that this country ii capable of discussing or regarding, lar God's sake let us remember, that the foreign conqaeat which deetroya ail, destroys this beloved toe also. WCICJ bear! he moral of thi3 passage is earnestly and resoect- lly recommended to the attention of those kind ear ted, patriotic doctors in our Confederate Congress, and elsewhere ("wherever the court may be,") who are making plasters to save tne big toe (tne writ of habeas corpus.) while the body to which the toe belongs is al most tn extremis, and when other doctors much more numerous, if not much wiser, are convinced that the temporary suspension cf the big toe would facilitate the cure of the fever, ONE DAY LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. Gold Rising Morgan's Operations. We make the following synopsis from the N. York Herald of the 10th instant : Gold opened on the 9ih at 195, reached 198 and closed at 197. ft It will probably reach 200 to-morrow, and the ambition of the speculators will then be grati fied." "The rebel guerrillas, under John Morgan, appear to be running net in Kentucky. They now hold un disputed possession of Paris, Georgetown, Cynthina, (where they burned a warehouse,) and Williamstown ; the latter place on the Lexington Pike, within thirty miles of Cincinati. A forca of cavalry, 700 strong, entered Paris on Wednesday, without resistance. "The rebels occupy the railroad near Lixington. They are also reported.-to be between Crab Orchard and Stamford." An intelligent officer on a sick furlough has lately visited North Georgia, and was within jour lines, to see. friends with whom be baa served. He epeaka in terms that know no limitation concerning the spirit and tone of Gen. Johnston's army, in all conditions, and especially concerning the confidence which is re ciprocally shared by the General and his men. Our friend and informant who thus reports, bad op portunities of knowing and obaervirjg Gen. Bragg, and believes him to be, in all respects, a great and good General, and equal to Johnston, except iu his manage ment of and on a retreat, or falling back movement. Had Gen. Bragg been enabled or permitted to im press all subordinates and soldiers with the conviction entertained by this officer, and by some others who have several under him, his efficiency and success, even with the same number of meu would have been more decid ed. It is Gen. Johnston's singular merit, in additition to qualifications, to enjoy and possess the great art of at tracting and maintaining confidence, and where a Gen eral, whatever his merits otherwise, or the opinions and prepossessions of the appointing power in his favor, has not this art, he or the men under him should be re lieved. Soldiers, like sailors, believe in men, and to work successfully, mu3t work with a foil faith in their com mander. The friends who have the disposal of General Bragg's Bervices, if they believe in his qualities as folly as they avow, ehould put him in the right place for showing them. Since feaving Penaacola, he seems, as it is believed by many, toave been placsd only in one wrong place after another. Cltas. Couxeir. THE ACTS OP CONGRESS. We subjoin a classified list of the titles of the acta acd joint resolutions, passed during tha recent eesaion of Con' greBs, with the exception of the 44 Appropriation Acts," and a fow other acta and resolutions of a private or unim portant character : MI11T1HY ACTS. To provido for tho compensation of non-commissioned of ficer, soldiers sailors and marine on detailed service (Allows regular pay, rations and allowances, aud a Bum not exceeding $2 per days aad alio compensation for extra To aiuend the ait entitled an act establishing a mining and nitre bureau. . To amend the "act to organiza forces to serve during the war," approved I7tn February, 1SS4. Ext'.r.ds the time of enlistment of persons wIk.h residence is within the Jiaes of the enomv. , . . , To increase the ccrarensation of tho non cooimisaionea officers and privates of thaaruiy of the Confederate' States. (lnrea8P8 the pay $7 per mjnth for one year.) To amend as much of an cct emit ed -an act to organ ize forces to serve during the war," approved Feb. 17th, 1834 as relates to the ex-mption ofceuin religious de DominatioLB. (Authorizaa the Secretary of iVar to grant exemptions atd details to peraons belonging to said de nominations ) .,.. Xo prcnute the effisisncy of the cavalry cf tho Provi sional Army, a,d to ouuish iawleeSfitBi aud irregularities of any portion thereof. To amend an act entitle ;1 "an act to provide lor an lava lid Corps," approved 17th February, 1864. To provido for the appointmeDt of additional military storekeepers ia the Provisional Army ol the Confederate States To furnish transportation to cfScrs of the army and navy while traveling uudar orders. To ameDd the several acts ia regard to cbaplain3. To amend he act entitled ' an act creating the offioe of ensign in the army of the Confederate States." To authorize the appointment of commissaries for regi ment of cavalry. To aut'jorizs the aprointment of additional cfScers of ar tillery fcr orduance dutif s. To authorize the appointment of Qiartcrraastera aud As sistant Qaartermastera aud Commissaries and Aseistaat CommiBdriries in the Provisional Armv. in eertaia cases. To graduate the pay of general tffijers. To amead the act entitled "an act to allow commission ed t ffieers ot the aroy rations, e'.c." To amend an set entitled an act to organize military courts to attend the army of tho Confederate States in the field," &G. ( three diflerent ac 's with this title were i&sa- ed ) , To provide and orga&iz9 a general staS for armies in the field, to serve during the war. To authorize the formation of new commands to be corn posed of supernumerary cfiiaers wh3 may resign to join such commands. NAVAi. ACT J. To amend the act entitled "an act to regulate the sup plies ot clothing to enlisted men of the navy during the war." r AuthnriKFiS the issue of small store.') t, To extend to the navy and marine corps the provisions of the 3d section of an act entitled "an act to organizs forces to servo during the war," approved 17ih February, 18G4. To amend the s3veralacts in relation to a volunteer na-vj- To amend an ict entitled "au act to create a pro visional navy of t.e Cuufedtrate States," approved May 1st, 1863 To lurni9h transportation to officers of the army and aivy while travelliug uuder orders. FINANCIAL ACTS. To provide for the redemption cf the old issue., of Treau ry notes held by certain Indian tribes. To authorize the owners of the registered eight per cent, ten years' cotvertible bonds issued under the provisions of the act approveu May 16th, lS'Jl, to exchange the S3me for conpon bends. To raise money to iacrease the pay of soldiers. (Levies a tax equal to one-fifth cf thefamount of thajpreapnt tax, lor the year 1864, upon all subjects of taxation, to be paid only in Treatury notes of the new ibsue.) To amend an act entitled an act to reduce the currency,' &c, approved Febuary 10th, 1864. (Tats act is for the re lief cf States holding old isbue of Treasury notss. Another act, amendatory cf this act, aa a'.sa paused. To amend an act entitled 'an act for the relief cf Tax payers in certain c&8es, approved February 13th, ltC4. To amend the laws relataoar to tho tax in kind. To amend.the tax law. - N POSTAL ACTS. Mating appropriations for tha postal eervlco of the Confederate States for th'9 years 186A and 1883. To estaDlith certain post routes therein named.' To extend tne 'ranking privilege to tho Traus-MiaaiESip-pi Agent ot the Post Office Department. MISCELLANEOUS ACT?. To provide transportation in kind In certain cases to me.nbers and delegates iu Congress. To amend the act piovialng lor holding elections of Representatives in Conctreas in the State of Tenneasee. To secure the prompt printing-ot the laws of the Con federate States. To rr gaiate the compensation and mileage ot meabers of CongreiB, acd increasing tha compensation of the offico ot tha Senate and House of .Representatives. To provide for the appointment ol a disbursing clerk In the War Department. To provide passports to Senators and Representatives in Congress when traveling la thd Confederate States. To autlioriza the withdrawal from the Treasury of money contributed to build an iron-clad gunboat by the ladies cf the State of South Carolina, and deposited therein. To continue in f jrce au1 amend the provisions of the act approved January 20 h, '64, increasing the compensation of certain officers aud employees ia the civil aud legisla tive departments at Richmond. Providing for the establishment and payment of claims for a certain description ol property taaeu cr informally impressed lor the use of the army. To amend au act entitled " an act to prohibit the im portation of luxuries," etc., approved February 6th, 1864. (Admits vegetables, fruits, meats, etc., enclosed in cans or otherwise, and brooms and brushes of all kinds.) mmSo amend tho laws relating to the commutation valne of hospital rations. To autrorize the manufacture of epirituou3 liquors for the Uie of tha army and hospitals. For the payment ot the commissioners appointed under the act entitled "aaactto s ispend the privilege of th9 wiit of habeas corpus in certain caBCn," and to confer cer tain powers npou aa d commissioners. To increase the compensation of the heads of the seve ral xecutie departments, etc. Concerning the salary of the Treasurer. To authorize the judges of the distiict comta of the Confederate States to appoint and change the times and places of holding tne courts in their respective districts. JOlUt RESOLUTIONS. Joint resolution of thanka to the 9th licgiment of Texas Infantry. Joint resolutions responsive to the resolutions cf the General Assembly cf Va., asserting the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the Stata of Va. over her ancient bounda ries. '; Joint resolution of thanks to Missouri effieers and sol diers in the Conlederate service East of tha Mississippi river. Joint resolution of thankg to Msjor-Oeneral N. B. Forr reBt, and the officers and men of hia command, for their campaign in Mississippi, West Tennesiee and Kentucky. Joint resolution ot thanks to the 34th and 38th regiments of N. C. Troops. , , , a , - Joint resolution cf thanks to the Texas Brigade ia tho Army of Northern Va. m . , , Joint resolutioa of thanks to Maj-Gen. Hoke and Com mander Cooke, etc., for the brilliant victory over tho ene my at Plymouth, N. C. Joint resolution of thanks to Gen. Finnegan and the offi cers and men cf his command. Joint resolution to ailow sick and wounded officers of the army atransportation to their homes and hospital ac commodations. Joint resolution of thanks to Mej.-Gen. Richard Taylor, etc. Joint resolution declaring the dispositions, principles and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the ex isting war with the United States. The Latest Parisian Sttle. A Paris correspon dent writes : It must for an instant allude to a new fashion, ground ing my statements oa a picture in the Journal IUuatre. I hinted some weeks ago that ladies were about to wpar " tail coats." The time has arrived Jor tbat innova tion, and only last night I Leheld with astonishment, not unmixed with .terror, many ladies in silk and dress coats waist coats, ehirts, collars and cravats they have assumed them all in turns. What remains for them to wear ? And echo answers Well, never mind what echo answers, but a Highland chieftain's wife would find "ill" to assume. Bat who am I tbat I should interfere with ladies' toilets ? Only I hope they won't get in the habit of standing with their backs to the fireplaca and their hands la their pockets. TELEGEAPHIC Reports of tha Prcsa Aamrltlon. EllMdKSCTC0dJ to lhe Acl of Congress, in the year trict'Co'ni 5,H,r H!R; iD th6 Cierk' 0ffice 0f tb9 4,i--Jctu the Confederate States for the Northern THE FIGHTING ABOUND PETERSBURG. Petbrbbubo, June 17th, 1RC4 The assault of the Yankees on Battery 16 last cvnin was handsomely repulsed by BoBhrod Johnson's division. About 450 prisoners were captured, belonging to Ha'n cock's corps. They state that Gen. Birton is mortally wounded. Our forces met with a slight revtrse at the same point this morning. An assault at same place at three o'clock th:s alters .c a was repu'f-cd. It is believed tbat the enemy's forces are he ivily mu. ed in front of Petersburg. Col. Page, of Wise's brigade, was killed this morning.-. Capt. Fred. Carter, of tin Richmond Blue, wonndod cn We dneeday night, dfed to-day. Col. Randolph 1 hornpon was f erely wounded in the same Cght, hut is doing wHi Lt. Col. Wi-e, eerioutly wounded ia improving. FIGHT TE TWEEN OUR BATTERIES AND THE Y A N . KEE GUNBOAT3 ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Climton, Mi8B.,June 17tb,lS. Oa Wednesday mortiog at daylight, 8cott's batteries at acked and drove cfif gunboats No. 63 and the Bragg at Co mo Landing and. Radolifi's Ferry. The enaemcnt Ltsttl four hours, whan the gunboat Lafayette camo up, and Scott withdrew. Last night tho engagement was renewed and the "rru: was towed off, with thirty shots through her. There is considerable moving of Yankee traai )ri !., tween Port Hud-on and New Orleans. FROM THA NS-M ISS1S31PPI TH E YANKtSS J KV 1 o FLANK M ARM A DUKE'S FORCES. Meridian, Mi?s., June 17th, ls '4 The latest reports from the Mississippi river state t'A Marmaduke his gone towards Little Rock. A. J. Smith landed troops below Ilarmaduk un.l t, about to fUnk him, when ho wUhcIro, taking away al! ,m booty and stores. Marmaduke has injured a groat many of tin enemy's vts sela on the river. The small pox is very bad iu the Yankee camps at Vic ka. burg, and is spreading amoig th9 citizens. Gtll U quMo.i there at 207. FROM GEOEGIA. TtfREK 5SILK3 West or V arietta, Jane 17th, I t' I. The enemy made an attack iu three lines of battle, n our extreme left, near Lost Mountain, and were receive? with terrific volliys of artillery and musketry. They wtr driven tack and our forces occupied the grcotd frni which th?y had been driven. The fight occurred at 2 P. K. Full accounts have na jet been received. The enemy cannonade our works ia the centre cf cur lines furiously. Beth lines retain substantially the tutiio position as yesterday. Tho eicmy contiauo fortifir;. They attempted to shell our.tignal corps on Kene8.11 Mountain, but could not reach the top cf the Mountain. Distinguished VUltors. Th3 quidnuncs and boys were not a little exeltrd r.a Saturday by the arrival of a considerable batch of Yan kee officers in cur city. They came from Macon m route for Richmond, we presume fcr exchange; hut failing to connect with the Charleston traiu at tho junction, they were compelled to lie over a day in tl.ii city, which they spent at the Barracks most of tl.i-ui beirg paroled with the liberty of the enclosure. 'Mioy left this morning for Richmond via Charleston. T: ,0 following ia a liat of the prisoners : Brio. Generals Weasels, Seymour, Scamicon, ler, Heckman. Colonels. J G Grovor, It Hawkins, W narrinor, T t' Lehnun, O H Lagrange. WC Lee, It White, 11 Uuiiir.;.':, H L Brown, B L Dana. E Fardella. Liect. Colonels. J H Curuham, C B Baldwin, W ; Eartholemew, W It Cook, C S Dickerson, J F Fellow, ti A Frambes, W Glenn, E L Hays, H B Hunter, J II N ii'-.u-botham, C JobIJd, WE McMackin. D M ilea, W" c M,i well, J D Maynew, S Merfitt, E Alcott, J PoU.le, A F K , gets, J P Poflord, J W Stewart, F W Swift, A W Taylor, W I Ltl3CCl!6 Majors C H Beeres, W F Baker, E N Bates, J E Clark, D A Carpenter, W Crandall, H Giant, J Hall, J II J Vi- SOB. Anniversaries. On the 18th of June, 1SG2, skir mish of Kershaw's brigade on the Nine Mile R ia l, i 1 front of Richmond ; 26th, battle of Mecbaniesviilt : 27tb, battle of Cold Harbor ; 28tb, battle of Garne't n Farm ; 29th, battle of Savage's Station ; 30tb, batik- ; White Oak Swamp. July 1st, battle of Malvern 1 1 ill ; 8th, Lincoln visited McClellan's camp at Harrison -Landing. August 1st, Yankee fleet and camp canum t.ded from Coggins' Point, Jamf.8 river ; 5tb, Malvern Hill occupied by the Yankees th, Malvern Hill re taken by the Confederates ; 9tb, battle of Cedur Run , 30 lb, total defeat of Rcpe at Manassas. Richmond Whi. Lord John Russell's wife bed been a widow, a Lily cf dignified and ample proportions and present-. Hi3 lord is of slender stature. Hence, he was calliJ by the wife the widow's mite. "Oh," excloimed un American lady to whom this witticism was related, at u dinner party of the English gentry, " I now seo h w i: came to pazs that b.13 lordship ws cast into the trcafu- 7 Important to Paper Manufacturers. Mr. Jjm Winter, President of the Rock Island Paper Mill, C Iumhu3rGa., has commenced the manufacture of felt.e. equal in all respects to the best English made. Charleston Mexcnxy. Lincoln has been verbally informed of hia nomicv tiop, and replied : " I know no reason to doubt H at I shall accept the nomination tendered, aud yct; per haps, I ehould not declare dtfinitcly before readitjg anJ considering what is called the platform." The Htrald attacks Lincoln with great bittcrnfe", and calls for Grant, McClellan, Sherman, Hancock, Thomas or pome other, to oppose him with. Sheridan's raidiog party consists of the First ut; ! Second Divisions of his cavalry under Generals Tr bert and Gregg. " It is one of the most hazardo'F, and if EuccesaluL one of the most beneficial expeditioM of the war." Whither bound we are not told. Richmond Sentinel Prentice says if things go on in the South as t'-.-y are now goicg on, the rebel soldiers will soon get to k as naked as so many ladies in a ball room. Munitions of War Captured. It i3 said 1 1 j ; 1 Kirby Smith had only sixteen 6 pound riGe.gun3 wlmi he encountered Banes. He now has eeverty-one pic? of artillery, eight of which sre 32-poundtr ParrottP, forty-seven LZ pounder ivapoieons ana nis own ongir.ui sixteen C-pounders. Banks also supplied him witli 20,000 extra email arms, and various other thirds ne cessary to furnish a complete outfit for an army. Ha;J:3 makes a capital ordnanca officer. We are sorry to beer that he is superceded. Off for Parts Unknown. The great body of the Yankee troops left Morris and Folly Islands some daja ago, and it has been ascertained that a large numht.r of vessels sailed from Hilton Head Monday last. TrVj probably contain troops destined for Grant, or petti r 3 tor the Georgia coast, to work cfl eome 01 tuur oa.i humor over-the los? of the Water Witch. STATE OF KORTFI CAROLINA,; DUPLIN COUNTT, t...hI r VI an nnrl CXunrlor '. tnm. Artril f.rri. 1-C1- iimM P. Shine. Agsitruee of L. It. 1 fcaVT&rUB BUU WHO, MMBlIBB &U' wardi, aad Nancy JoueB, TO. John M. Baison and wife, Eliza Baiaon, Edward Winders and wife, Lany Winders, Needham Johnson, Isaac Johnson, James Johnson and wire, Kitty Ann T 1 . T T 1 n M AM1 Petition for Partition of Land. JUUUSCJU, AUQH al. wIVUVBiJU auu i Adam Caraway and wife, Bsty r' appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, tbat tLe defendants ia this case, Needham Jehniou, Iaac John son. James Johnson and wife, Kitty inn Johnson. Anna J. Johnson and Adam Caraway and wife, 7" , state: it is therefore, 'R motion, ordered by the Court, that advertisement be m J gf six 'week, sucessively at lb. Court Hon. in Ken.oj Tille, and at three other puouo "V"?,;; 8Vid de and also is the Wilmington Journal, notify n the "ld fendants of the filing of this Petition, and that nnUws ney appear at the next term 01 v,ourv buu.---tion. th flame will be taken pro confesso, and heara c parte as to them. wrtTTEHEAD. Clerk. Juno 17. W39'51
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