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YOL.20. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA-WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, AUG . 18, 1864. NO. 47.
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By order Lt. Gen. Holmes,
B. J. JACOBS, ('apt.
Au? S.
292 lt-4Ga
IlF:AIjtUAKTKriS CAPK FEAR, 1
WiLKn arox, N, C, March 30, 1P64
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(CIRCULAR:-)
It hivii g been ascertained that traitors in onr .midst
mve beea in the habit cf communicating information to
the enemy inrcugh oar lines on tbe vhite Oak River and
eewheie, all creating of thee lines, except by permis-bi-
n f!OT these Headquarters, is hereby prohibit d. (JflS
;ers c mmr.ing rut-toi'8 of this command will arrest
aril te ad to tbtse Hoadqnarters all periciia infringing this
crtlr. v - ..
iiy Oommaud of Maj. General WninnuZO
JAMES 11. HILL,
Maj. 4 A. A. General.
April 7th, 1S34. 28 tf
AUMJUJf TRATOR'S IVOTICK.
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nation rccrived from all quarters, tho Ladies hope it will
nets-, cm iitiibui for them to express more psriicularly
ther appnc itioa of conttsned ia?eret and liberality
of trietkds in Sermuda an ? N.suu, of which tangible evi
dei.ee is given by tao re..e;it.!)d oaeritig? ot rare aud DUBt
tcceotabic articles receirod from both these places.
From the Richmond Bc-Lticel.
;uit!i Ciiiolliui and ttie Yoitkncs.
T Left are no people in America that prc3tnt euch stri
king c-ontrusfs in private aul political character, and
L a!l u.or-il, intellectual ;.nJ rtligtoua characteristics,
opinioos and practices, ts the North Caroliniacs and
the Yacktes. North Carolina has been derisively call
ed Kip Van Winkle. This nick name conveys the
hightst. pos",b!o compliment ihat could be paid to her.
It implies that sLe i con3;tvative ; that she adhsrea to
oid opitiioc3 and pr?,-ticcc ; 'hat ehe 13 slow to change
her laffs, her constitution, her form ol government, cr
Ler forn;s of religion. Tnat she revere3 the past, and
ciings to its micniest habits, castoms and usages, in
private and social life, a? well oa in poliUcal life; that
the does not, fcr o-iht caaie, change her men cr her
measures. Si e detests innovation ; respects experi
ence, but avoids experiment. That she has no confi
dence in the deduction cf speculative reasoning, none
ic a prioti abstract philosophy. Her distinguished
trai's, taitb, rthance on autbori.y und experience, and
rtspect tor the past, mako her the most conservative
State ot the conservative South, and present her in
strongest contrast to the radical, fickle, sceptical, revo
lutionary North.
At the North they have faith in nothing ; specula
tion about everything, llumjn experience has no
ve-iht with, human authority no respect from them.
Change atd innovation are the order cf the day with
thci'n. Caacge in la, in cocscitution, in institutions,
' in polities, in men, in measure?, in religion, in habits,
c-jsturo.3, usages and fashions. They are the uKst con
ceited people on earth, and from the highest to the low
est of Vm m, set abut inventing a new religion, a new
form ot government, or a new pieco of machinery with
equal saug fioid ad equal preiumptkm and imperti
Ltnee. Iteye place implicit reliance on the deductlona of
mere Luman reas. n, unaided by faith or experience ;
hencewita fcw txeeptiens, they are all quacks, char
lataus, intidtld or skeptics. 1 h-.-y present the strongest
contrast to the character cf Riu Van Winkle, and it
may be North Carolina presenta the nearest approach
to that character.
If so, she id the great representative State of the
South; for conservatism ia the leading feature of
Sout .ttn character, la? s, governmtnts and institu
tions, religious, social and political ; aa radicalism, revo
lutionism, change, innovation and infidelity are of
Northern. TLis i3 a war of opinions as well aa ol
arms, a war ol radicalism &cd infidelity against faith,
authority and ccnserTatiFm. May North Carolina
leng tontime what she i--the model State of the
Sou.h.
Shr may have some traitors wuhin. her limits ; but
she has If w, and they far between. She haa a good
maay obstinate men, who, if ttey happen to imbibe
wroijg opinion?, i a all men wii, sometimes, era slow
and hard to change. O d I?ip ia coif wide awake, aLd
detests Yank s and Yankee ways Iroui the bottom ot
his brave and honts: heart.
From tbe beginning of the war, the numbers and the
courage of her troops Eatisfiod us of her loyalty to the
cause of Southtrn mdtptndence. We only feaied that
a few factious and am&itious men, who misreprtsented
her op.nioirs, might do harm without her boundaries.
The reeul of the recent elections have quieted all euch
apprehecsior.3.
Thk IxiMPLB of 1775 " We wiil eat no lamb ;" prom
ised the uiuUiude seeking to retaliate ; " we will wear no
mourning at fauerals; we will, none of ns, import British
goods," i-aid ttie traders in the towns. The inhabitants of
North Carolina set up looms for weaving their own clothes,
and youth Carolina was ready to follow the example.
"The peopb," wrote Lieutenant Governor Sharpe, of
MarjUod, wi;l go upon manufacturer." We will have
homed jUd markets of linen and woolens," passed from
moa h to month, till it found its way across the Atiantu,
aud alar me a v a kirgs ia council; ladies ot the first for
tnuo shall eet the cxdtaple of wearing homespun; it will
be accimuied a virtue ia :hem to wear a garment of their
own spumiBg." A iittie attention to theBe manufactures
wid make us ampla amends for the distresses of the pres
ent day, ana recdar us a great, rich, and happy people."
liancrojt.
LATEST HEWS FROM THE NORTH
M0B1 0 THE BLOWUfO VT OF OHIKT'S MINK BSF0BB ri
TKB6BUaO THB OH AROl FBA.RFCX BLAtTOHTSB CF THS
KIOBO TBOOPS.
The New York World has by far the most catdii and
trnthfnl account we have jet seen of Grant's repulse before
Petersburg in blowing up the mine, by which he expected
to make a breach in our lines aud force his troops into the
city. The World doe.a not disguise th reverse r charac
terizaa 1; aa a diastroai repulse ;" says that ttie
alaoghter was f. arful that "whole regiments were cut
to pieces;" that the negro troops became panic stricken
and dt mora'iBed, and took to the rear aB fast as possible ;"
that General BurnBide was wonnded " while atttmptiog to
rally them," and that the whole thing was a " lamentable
failure." A correspondent describing the charge made
after the explosion of the mine, says :
Presently the order ' forward " was sounded. Onward
moved the attacking column throush a heavy fire a fire
each moment becoming hotter, as heretofore unseen bat
teries opened on them from front and flnk. Btill onward,
and sifll more galling became that terrible fire, which, now
that they seared their destination, was poured in on them
from all points from front, from rear, zrom right, from
left.
The Fourth division colored troops were ordered to the
charge. They etatted well, but arriving rear the conceu
tration of fire found it too warm, and hesitated. Their f
fleers cheered thm on ; they moved a little further for
ward, again faltered, were again urged to go forward by
their officers ; still they faltered : entreaties changed to
j threats, but both were alike nselsss. Many a brave effiaer
lost his life while doing his utmost to rally them, and al
though portions of them vre got tr gather and led forward
by those gallant men, they could not induce them to attempt
another charge, while it is said by maoy that th-'y broke
no less than three times, each time suffering the most
frightful loss. Gradually turting, the men retrea'ed pell
mell to the rear-
Aeother correspondent writes of the pauic and slaughter
cf the negro troops :
Ia lact, the rebels certainly did some of the best fighting
which has been witnessed during the campaign. As tooo
as the rebels discovered the line halting tt.ey made a des
perate charge, which was as fierce!.? met by volleys fiom
the white troop, while the negroes fled in wi'd disorder to
the rear. The greater portion seem id to become utterly
demoralized, part of them seeking refuge ia the fort, aud
the balance-running to the rear as fast as posa.ble. 'I heir
looses are very leavy, particularly in officers, as will be
seen from tbe following figures :
' Twenty-third United States Colored. Fifteen officers
killed and wounded ; four hundred mn, including tha mis
sing. Twenty-eigh'h United Btates Colored. Eleven cinders
and aboui one hundred and fifty men killed, wounded and
missing.
Twenty-seventh United States Colored Fix officers and
about on hundred and fifty men killed, wonuaed and mi
Binsr. Twent;-ninh United States Colored. Eiirht ofilsers ard
about two handled and seventy-five men killed, wounded
ai d missing.
Thirty-first United States Colored Seven officers aud
about two huodred men killed, woanded and mie ;n.
Fortv-third United 8tAt.es Colored. Six officers and a
larce enmber o men killed, wonoded and migaing.
Thirty-ninth United States Colored Several officers
and a'icut two hundred and fifty mea ti led, wouuded and
missing.
Another correspondent writes :
Gen Bnrnside was slightly wounded in the arm in an at
tempt to rally the colored troops.
Lieutenant J. U. Grant, noplew cf Gen. , Grant was hill
ed. Most of the Northern papers charge Grant's failcra to
the cowardice of the negro tro,pa, although heretolore
they have alwavs laboured very hard to Bhow that, these
sttaa negroes were auioug their most gallant aud invinci
ble soldiers. A crrepoiident, wrirng of the inform ati i
that hid reached Washington from Pete sharf, Bay :
The wocnied officers that have arrived here ironi Peters
burg claim that the explosion of the mmewja coa'piete sue
cess, and cur failure to accomplish th object in view was
o witg to the bad ooa duct of th n?gro troops Aftor cap
turitgand holding for somt time tne firft line of rebel
bre&Biwoika, a division of the Niath corps, which is cm
posed f coloredj'roops, were ordered to charge, but being
exposed to an enfilading fire, they broke ani run aod pitch
ed pellmdll into the supports, jausa-g considerable confu
sion. The rebels, taking advantage of this, penned grape
and canister in npon our forces with terrible effect.
The Second and Thirtieth Michigan regiments lost heavi
ly ia prsonera, as did also the colored troops.
CONSULTATION BSTW3BM OLD ABS AMD GBAKT.
The reverse at Petersburg quickly brought aboat.a 'con
en tation" between Old Abu and Grant vhey meetihg at
r ortress Monroe. A despatch from there say a :
General Grant arrived from the army of the P jtomac at
nine, A. M., and President Lincoln from Washington a s
ten. They both embarked on the steamer Baltimore, and.
a?ter going in the direction of Cape Heary, turned then
course to Norfolk evidently avoiding any interruption du--ing
their interview. At three o'ctock, P. tfl..,-the Preeident
and General Grant returned The P.eniden shortly aftur
left for Washington and the General went up the James.
TH3 FAILCKK BEFOBB PBTKRSBURO IN THE KOKTH WHAT II A3
COMB OF THB SL'MMEB CAMPAIGN.
Most of the Northern papem adoiictbu- reverse before
Petersburg. Tne New Yi rk World grows quite disconso
late over it, and says that "all haa gone wrong again in
the field : hherman has ben checked, and is apparently on
the defensive ; the bordets of Pennsylvania are agaia wild
with terror, and apparently not without reason; and, most,
disheartening of all, we have Buffered another and giisvoas
aefea: in front ot Petersburg." The World then proposes
to show " why Grant failed before Petersburg," ia the
course of which it says :
We failed. Why ? Simply and only because to negro
troops was intrusted the task of taking the key of the rejuel
position. So easy did the task seem to General Grant that
he did not wish to detract from tho merit the negroes were
to win by having any white troops to support them if they
failed, in other words, be periled the whole movement
upon the va our of the bJack and seemed to be so sure of
their success that he made absolutely no provision for a
possible failure oa their part. . So the country haa suffered
auo' her miitarv humiliation because Air. Lincoln and his
military agents have proceeded upon the theory that ti e
di&c&b are as goou Hoiaiera as mo wuucj. juj, uchci, uc
cau3s the latter have necessary supports ot other troaps
when a critical point is to be carried, which wai no aaem
ed ef3 3ntial in the case of the negro troops at Petcubarg.
The heavv losses amoDir the white officers cf the coiour
ed troops show with what splendid courage these men tr:ed
to urge forward the timid troops they led. It most be un
derstood that unusual pains had taea taken to officer tbe
coloured troops. The white men who commanded them
are tte very pick of tbe army, both as regards education
and personal bravery. iaa-a on tne wnoie, ins suoorain
ite officers of our white regiment; cannot begin to be aa
efficient as the man who are specially picked out to lead
tne coloured troops, if possible, to victory. All the condi
tions existed for making good regiments of the negro con
scriDts: but this coBsnicuoua instance shows tbe ma k?d
inferiority of the coloured to the white race in crises that
demand the utmost bravery and good conduot.
Thus terminated the summer campaign. General Grant
is a tenacious military leadar, and intends to get all the
work he can out of his soldiers ; but troops who are so
constantly disappointed of victory, alter uudergoing terri
ble sacrifices, cannot be expected to be in proper morale
for immediately pushing on the campa'gu. Indeed the pio
blcm is 4no longer the destruction of Lee's army and the
capture of Richmond, or even the capture of Pete rsburg,
but the deface of the loyal States aaicst the rebel armies.
No doubt General Grant will keep a Iarga force oper&tmg
on the James river; but we can never adord to present to
the world the spectacle of an enemy marching, uahiador
ed, through our own territory.
THK CHECK AT ATLANTA THE BLUNDERS OF THB LIN
COLN GOVERNMENT.
Despite the effortB of the Lincoln Administration to
smother their defeat bsfore Atlanta, the truth begiU3 to
pear out. The World, referring to it, says :
It is now seen that, notwithstanding the re-assurirg de
spatches which were allowed to be made public, semi-offi-cially,
respecting the great battles of Wednesday and Fri
day, our troops d'd totter a serious check, and that on Fri
day, the rebels seriouily disarranged Gen. Sherman's plan?.
The following extract from a Tribune editorial ycBterday
tells the story :
The Seventeenth corps. General Blair, held the ex'rerne
leit, and held t negligently. Two rtbel corps, Sltwart's
and Chentham's, got upon General Blaxr's flank swfnsed
him and rolled up a large portion of his .e wUhout cere
mony. It was in consequence of this unexpected aud
unnecesrary disaster that General McPherson met his
d-ath.
Tha World, after admitting frankly Pherrcan's drfeat.
a gues thet ' all, or nearly all, the diiastera ot tbii wr.r
are due either to Mr. Liacolu's direct intermeddling with
-my movement, or to tbs appointment oi generals by
him wha are notoriously unfit and incompetent." ia its
citations, it says :
Geaeral Grant's first oamBaiirn asrainst Richmond failed
because Dolitical considerations comuslled Mr. Lincoiu to
give Seigel an appointment in the Sbenanaoah Valley, ai d
better anoiner on the Peninsula, iiunter, wnom ns enuje
quently appointed, was given a command because cf his
standing among the anti slavery politician?, and aso on
account ot his intimate personal relationship to Mr. Li a
coin, which exiBted previous to the war. Aecins; all de
cency, and in direct defiance of the laws, Mr. Lincoln in
sisted npoa the appointment of Mr. Blair to an impoitaat
command In General Sherman's army. The reBult in a l
these eases is before tne country. Butler failed in ms
Seltrel in his : and it was only throaeb a merci
ful Providence and the quick military perception of the
gallant deoeased General McPherson that we have been
-aved thn moat tremendous disaster of tho war, a t Atlanta.
It is confessed that Blair held hfs line negligently, and, in
short, did not know how to command bis corps ; and the
direct inference is, that, with a competent efficer in hi
place, a brilliant victory .inEieaa or m neavy repuise, wca:a
havo crowned the efforts of our armies at Atlanta, x n
deplorable result, in addition to the failure of the negro
soldier delation at Peteisburg, tells its own story of the
failure of Mr. Lincoln's measures, end the mufoitune
which invariably attends his military appointments.
How long, Q, bow leas, will tha country be comptlled to
suffer th;s terrible asd perilous triflicg with ita biopv im
portant aims and m-litary inWeats ?
THK MILITARY SITUATION GSKAT DESPKDIKCY AT THB
KORTH RICHMOND CANNOT Bg TAKEN THB KOBTH IN MOHB
DANGBK TSAN.HB SOUTH.
There is a prat re-acion gig on id the North. Since
Grant's repeated failures in this summer's campaign and
the immense slaughter of his army all for nothing i con
viction seems at last to have taken hold the public micd
of te North thit the capture of Richmond ia a hopeless
undirtaking. The conservative press admit that ' n-body
can longer hope for anything from tni administration ;"
that 'the military fitcaticn. b nrdprc'oe a g eat
change;" that ' ti.e ?.ar ent rst unen a now phse?,? and
" that herett-for Gen. Grant has diatated the movements
of Gfh. Le, but hereafter Gen. Lee will dictate thi move
ments of Gen. Grant." We give upon thin subject a very
able and interesting article from the New York v7o:l l,Te
viewing the military situation and the presint phase of tho
war. It ia qa?te lor g, bat it i so siRn ficant aod extraor
dinary in its character that roue should fail to read it. It
sheds a flood :f I ght npoa the feeling among the c nserva
tive masses of the North. Speakiag of Grant's c impawn
the World says :
Richmocd has foiled the most colossal attempt the Ad
ministration ecuirt organize tor its cspture. We have r o
interest ia dere?virg ru-se!v'i, but every in?erPHt that our
subsequstit effrta hha'l be baved cpoo a correct apprecia
tion of ih9 ac'ua: portion of aflairB. We cannot take Rich
mond. It haa been evident to good jo Jgss for several weeks,
that General Gra&t'a campaign is a failure ; bat, though an
adverse fate had the deed drawn and s gned, it lacked th?
seal ot fiaal authentication which waa impressed upon it
by tbe battle of Saturday. SViiAt is Inft lo General Giant
that he hs not already atternp ed ? When, neurlj" a month
ago, he ntdertcok tho laborious task of cocf truoiiog iai
menfie mices under the rebel works at Pe'ereburg. he Cin
hssed to himself that the outlying defenses o Bichmcnd
were impregnable to direct asau t, and incapable cf being
turned. Th s heroic bat wasteful tenacity in assaults had
only weikensd'his arm? wi-.hout aay correapood'ng results;
biirplendid and admirable flmk movem:n s conotaatly
brought him face to face with the s lme iio!able problem
of carrying earthworks by st-.rm. Thj surprising mobility
of his army pifved as fuUls as wculJ have been an attempt
b ? General Gr&ot to flmk hi? own Bhadov. North of Rich
mor.d, east of Kicumind, south of ilicfraosd, wuerever he
granted his army, the iaovitable earthworks still fronted
him and frowned defiaaco. Tjo Wf?te of turiing trt opa
agaiEt th-m in isefiactuai acnaulta would, if persisted m,
have reduced his army to each a point that it would b
ccmpelled to Kaud. oa rbe defensive- Having exhausted ali
tha other ra-curces rf Lis s'ran-gy, G'jneial Grant adopted
agaiost ea-tb works tba rrethod which woald naturally have
been used against stone formications.
This metho 1 was a great pucejq conwdercd merely as
an opera'iau in enRiaesr-ng. But earth wo'ks &e bo eusi'y
cots'incted that whiJe au army ia niidermiiiing one. others
can be coi.Btrticted in Bacsea-ive iuen beliird it, as irnpri7
ra)ic to d rct ".maolf s wan rhn fi st. J3esid's. mining
operations are so dilatory that years might bi consumed
in reaching Vie tn'-er defences of Richmond. Ho ne'
ijorwal U-ano ame to taking Petcisburij we are in no
coidition to judge without & more xact knoffhidge'of de
tail Not.wuhs"aadi. g tha rlfajted myatar? us t riiat
tJererai Grant was doing Geuer;a Lee and Beauregard
mat havrt kuown that if h& were d. ing anttbin?. ha Tit
engng d in the construction of m-uB. After haviig ivn
checkmated at cvecy noit, there wa nothirg else, io an
purpr.iie, thit he could tio The rebel gnutrals weie, t
coure?, too circnuiiipect mo to prepare for a contibgnc
that could be fo eaady corjeciured. Tav kiiew ttiat if v.- !
expiod d a r,.iae we ehoUii explo ie r uader their fronc r
leuces, and that ihe tXKltiSi n would be fuiile if not mini:
db-toiy foi.'osred by ;j Rsj,uit. 'Ihe necestiiry Kiowr-'-sq
our operations gave time for thciis They wou d uat j v j
cotistra 't works, plans artillery, aud post strorg bod.t d .t
rktilful riflemen, where nn assaulting party would tuh ia
to a foctis of fro uiore con-utiii g and terribie than the
' ja-.vs of hsil " into whica tbe famous six hundred rod ai
Baialilva. V, hat it weuld requ.ro no great foresight, but
ci nsummato tDg.r.eencg Hki l to do, the rebels at Peters
bu g Be.nifd i- have acc rulinhfd. Tha nsgioroop
which Gentrsl iju. ctioue ta select for the lust ter: !e
trial, a trill rei. ir:.- the sTeadkeaa and hardihood oi tie
rriojt perfect muuood, were puohed into a vrriubie feu
d'ei'ftir, which possibly no white troops could have with
stood, bat to which it was a presumptuous teinptit-g cl
fortune to expose thoe nare.iibie blacks, lt was a
gri- vons fault, und grievously must somebody answer for it.
Tho two capital faults ot thin abortive ana most exper
s:v5 campaign have probably b?n committed out of com
plaisance to the President. TheBe aie (1) the hi.lcom
wtste cf life consequent od the adoption of tha overland
r u e, and (2) tho put .iug cf nei?ro iroopi iuto a position
which waa tee very Thermopjla? of the war. Geo. Grant
is a SiUiguue as we las a grate. ui man, and very likely ex
pect d, ia both cases, to vindicate his benetact Jr while ef
fuciually serving bij country. The resrdt proves, in both
casxts, that grati'ude is a poor substitutes for generalship.
In t'da laat mtt-jr of putting black troops ia the mo-t crit
ionl pubitioa any troops have occupied during the w?.r.
the country wi'i fiud it hard to fotgive the au hor of tbs
blunder. Had this ibsardity succeeded it would, nod;ub;,
have been a trumpt-cird for Mr. Lmi-obi in the Prebident
iat election. But, as it hs turned out, Gi.eral Grant has
saciiucei his ca.mp.iign without serving his friend, bo ar
11UUJ IIUUIUJUIU " 1 1 JUlViVlU
ttougu uaijtentiolil, reduclio
"my plan,' ns ir. Linco.n cal
Irom vindicating Mr. Lincoln, - he has given a practical
ad absurdum, , both ct (I)
lied the ovtitilftud routt-, and
(2) oi tbo folly ot defending upon negro trooj B to f.ht
white men a battles.
Bat, however it i &g come about, the war now enlersnpm
a ntw phase. Tns pftge tbJt is wn-.teu is wiiuen ; ana-no
mortat Gun lift the curtain thit conceais what ia t; be in
icribed on tte new oae that in now turned ov?r. Nobody
can longer b'.-pe anything from thla Administration ; nor
can anybody predict what new folly it v,ili coitia ic belore
it goes out of power. Ihe gftat change which the milita
ry situation haa undergoue couuiats ioth:s : ihutheictolure
General Grant has d'ctated the movemeiita ot Gn. Lee,
bat herealter Gtn. Loo will dictare the m jvemauts of Gen.
Grant. Lee has thus fur fvoght on the defensive, uad
Grant has determined his buocesd va positioni al: the way
from Spottgylvania to Petersbu g. Bat Lee wiikcow adopt
a bolder etrategj. Havin-j weaiianod and worn away the
forces ol h'.s adversary, ani no iot gar leariag for the safe
ty ot Bichmond, he will compel Giaat lo chacge hi poni
lion, rr vtiil make the Kortu pay the penalty ot peraistiD
in a hopeless undertaking by enfLrirg the Bama horrora cl
invasion which it baa been ilH ctiog on trie South. The
valley of the fchen.indoah is open ; ic .'s already occupied
by rebel lorces etrcng enough to have collecn d tuplies
ror a great aim from its .eeming h&i vei-ts ; and u Grant
be not promptly recalled. Washington will, within ten dajs,
be in greater daDgei thyn any o which Richmond ha-i been
exposed tmce jhe opening of th'a ill starred campaign.
LATEST VliOSl THK IJilTED STATES.
The Richmond Sentinel has received from f he. Agent
of the Tress Asjociation the following brief summary
of new?, from tbe Washington Chronicle of the 6th, all
that he had an opportunity to copy :
From Ihe Upper Potoutuc.
Pittsburg, Aug. 5. A dispatch baa been received
here stating that an engagement wus foaorht yesterday,
at 4. P. M.., with the raiders at New Creek, on the
Baltimore and Ohio roilroad, twelve miles east of Pi d
mont, towards (Jomberland The tight was despetate
Pittsburg, Aug. 5. Gen. Kelley telegraphs offi
cially to this city t " My forces repulsed the enemy
yesterday at New Creek, under McCausland and
Bradby Johnson. The enemy attacked our post to
day at 3 o'clock, P. 51. The fight, contiiueJ until late
iq the evening. Ihe enemy then retreated leaving
their killed and wounded.
" Their less was severe. Oars light not exceeding
25 killed aid 50 wounded. Th.j garrison made a gal
lant resistance."
Gov. Curtio has called for thirty thousand militia.
In his proclamation he saya :
" I cannot too earnestly urgoupon the people of this
State tbe necessity for the Immediate presence of thia
force."
Gea. Couch has iasoud an appeal to the people of
Pennsylvania. He urges them to prepare tnemclvea
for defence, to put their guos in order, get in the cover
of their cornfields, forests, bailding?, &o , as a rebel raid
is net impossible at any time curing the summer.
UarrJ'BCkg, Aug. 5. Five messengers from Gen.
Avtriil have rtacntd aleConciavilie, and report that
the rebels, three thousand strong, were croasicg the Po
tomac at Haucoek. They farther state, that our pick
ets wue btiug driven in towards Cumberland.
Laths? Intelligence, ju3t received, confirms tha fact
that tne rebeis occapitd Ilagersiown in force at Line o'
clock this morning.
i he greatest cocBternatioa once mori prevaiU abng
the Southern portion of the CunaDerlaad Valiey. The
farmers are hurrving from their hcm.s with their stock,
and th? population ia general i3 panic stnckea by tbi3
saddep, and to them unexpected, occupation by the
rebels.
L4.TKK PUOM KUEOPR.
The Baxonia, with Cutes to tha 26th ult., hns arriv
ed. Cotton waa unciitnged. BreaditufJa declining.
Lord Palmsrsioa, in the Hooaa ot Commons, in re
Eponse to an inquiry whether England intended acting
.in concert with otuer Earopeaa powers, ia eadeavorh.g
to bring about a suspension of hostilities ia America,
stated ttiat he thought no advantage was to be gained
by meddling.
The Bank cf England has redaced its rate ui dis
count to seven per cent.
It is reported that Mr. Slidail is on a visit to the
Emperor Napoleon.
Southern Independence will be gained this fall if
I rsrrvinrvra will earelullv harvest tha croDS that the land-
ia groaning uader.
fro?i tbe Ba!f igh OnserNrative.
We are permitted to publish the following extracts
of "a letter written by a gallant young officer in Potts'
Battery, Branch Artillery irom this State :
Branch Artillery, )
Petersburg, Aug. 3, 1864. j"
As we have very lately been engaged in battle, I
write to inform you that, through the protection of a
kind Providence, while many of oar brave soldiers fell
around me, I have epain been spared. As the fight on
the 30. h was vjry different from any I ever saw before,
I will give you some of the particulars.
Oar battery was in position on-lhe Jerusalem plank
road, in rea- of cur regular line cf breastworks about
four hundred yard3, and about half a mile from Peters
bu g. Oa 1 )8f Saturday morning, about five o'clock, I
was awoke by the rr port of a tremendous explosion ;
tbe earth peemed to epek beneath me. 1 being left in
command of ihe battery, jumped oat ol my bomb-proof
as quickly as possible, and arousing the rrea, placed
rtbem around the d fferent guns. Just ia front of me I
petceived a large volume of smoke arising ana I scon
found that tbe Yankees hatT sprung a mine under one
of our batteries which was supported by infantry. As
soon as the smoke cltared away, I saw that we were
having a hani to hand encounter with the enemy in
the breach made by the explosion.
A large force was thrown tbrough tbe opening and
rmr men gave way to the right and left, and the Yan
kees came marching down on our battery. Knowing I
had no support, I perceived that we must fight and
fii-ht hard to save ourselves, and perhaps tbe city, as
theie were no troops between cur battery and Peters
b-jrg and the Yankees were pouring through the breach.
Trisoners say they were surprised at finding any force
in rear cf onr cvaia line.
Oar guns all being loaded with canis.er, as the enemy
came out into line, we fired two rounda into them,
which so astoLishtd them that those wbo were not
killed or wounded broke and fled back to the works.
Numbers of them threw down their arms and ran into
cur lines, among them many negroes. 1'hey ran into
my gun pit3 crying out, " Massa, I hav'nt done any
thing." An eld negro ran up to me, tbe exact conn-,
tt r pari of oid George, tha drummer in . He
f showed me his cartridge box, and said he had not fied
a shot. I examined and found but one cartridge mis
sing, and toat was in his gun. He said he was a slave.
Hi may be a hirmles creature, but our men say that
some Kji his comrades fou 'bt like dogs. Well, .as sooa
as our battery brt.k- th. ir lines, the iulantiy took ed
vaut..gfc ot it aud drovti them from cur works with
slight loss to us, but ith great loss to the enemy.
Ttw negroes were slaughtered on signt by our men, and
General Mah re had to issue aa order to stop the
bloody work be'oze they were all killed
Oa iloaday rnor.iiug a truce being granted the Yan
kees to bury tueir dead, I went down to the place
where tbe txplosiuu occurred, aud theie wai one of the
most appaliDg ud heart rcudiug scene I have ever wit
n.sted. The chasai v&s about seventy five yards in
circumference and forty feet" deep. Some of our mea
were plovs-n to piecis and oiheis crushed to death, some
eutirtiy buritd aa t some with tctir limbs protruding
cut oi tin earth. A party of men were digging out the
dead bodies and others were. Btandiag around ready to
itcogcizi their fnewl as they weaj tak'.n oat. The
iwo piicea of artillery in position here; weie thrown
th rty feet cutsidi cur worka, and but two of the artil
ieiy men weie it. ft uii'e. I looked outs de aad saw a
sigot that c iovicod th -. that the YankefS had mt a just
retribution, for tie groand was literally covered with
them. FUi- hundr-.d of ihem were Ijhag dead in the
small ppace of half an acre They carried eff a good
ciaay dead while our battery was firing on them.
Two mea would take one dead one and drag him along.
While they held cur lines I threw shell aud Bcorapnel
into them killing a great many. I saw alterwatdj some
with their heals half off, others with the head eff and
lying ten feet from ths trunk. This was certainly done
oy artillery, and ura was the only battery playing on
them.
The -Yaukees admit a loss of 5,000 here while ours
was comparatively email.
The negroes do not deserve our sympathy, but I can't
help feeling lor the poor creatures, as but few of ttem
survive aher their caoture. But few white Yankees
were engaged in the fibt. I gus8 Grant will fiud
tbat miuirg Lee's army will not py. While we were
working our battery, five Yankee iart3 were firing on
u, though our works were so strong that not a mau in
tattery was killed or wcuuded. Our j its were struck
often an 1 we were several tirac-a covered with dirt, but
not one flinched from duty. I have written you this
letter tbat y- u may see what part we took io tne fiht,
as I S3e no mention made of ua at all in the papers
North Cardioa troops are seldom mentioned in Vir
ginia papers except when they happen to maka a fail
ure. IJanaom's N. C. brigade was the first to retake
any c,our works. Geo. Hendleton, the chief of artil
lery ot this army, complimented ua on our firing.
Whether we taved Petersburg or not, it is certain
that there way no force between us and tbe city, and
the Yankees were chargicg us when we broke their
lines.' M.
7 h - Clilnmc Sugar Cine and Cattle.
At different times articles have appeared in the pa
pers in regard to tbe propriety of feeding tte Chinese
sugar caue to cattle some contending that it is inju
rious, o;hers that it beneficial. Ihe following letter
to the Fayetteville Observer i3 from one of tbe best
farmers io thi3 State. The writer's testimony is in fa
vor of feeding the case to cattle after wilting it in the
sun a day or two.
Rockingham, July 20, 1864.
Gentlemen : I notice in your paper of the 14th a
letter from a highly respectable gentleman and physi
cian of Clinton, Sampson county, upon the great dan
ger to be apprenended in soiling cattle with Chinese
sugar cane.
That there is something poisonous and seriously det
iimental to cittle, when given as a food in a wet and
green cooditioD, (tbat is before it is allowed to " wilt "
or to ' wither " by the san,) I do not deny, for I have
experienced it myself, but if cut and it ba allowed to
remain in tbe sun one or two diys, it is perfectly harm
less, and the btst of food lor cattle or males.
1 have used it as above described tolerably exten
sively for some sevu years, and have never experienced
the least injury from it.
Why or what property there ia in it to destroy cattle
when given in a wet and greeu condition, I have no
means of escertainint?, bat I will agree to pay for any
cow who, wten fed as I describe, shall be injured there
by. Some years ago, my attention was called to tbe
danger of fettling it in a wet and green condition by
tha Southern Cultivator, who while admitting that it
should not be fed in a wet and green state, roundly
denied tbat any instance could b3 produced in which it
had ever proved itjurions when used as above stated.
lit spectrally, W. F. Leak.
In order to ba cn tbe safe side it would be well to
follow Mr. Leak's directions, bnt we know tbat muny
feed the caiu to cattle grein, and we haveheaid of no
injury resulting thereby.
MOTJSTAIOUS ISLANDS Ifl THE PACIFIC.
The islands of this ciass, with bat very few exceptions
tue truly splendid The immense mountains rise gralu
aliy frcm their base, till their lofty summits are lost,
fcmid the clouds of heaven : soma are broken i itou
thousand fantastic shapes ; bte a pyramid.pu'rcicg the
skies, and there a spire presenting its apex above tho
belt of clonds by which it ia girt , and thea you see a
precipitcua rock, lilting it3eir m solemn grandeur, ana
m
rificf.nt hi ipht?
of varied saadte. Beauty, grendenr,- -mldntt-s ai.d
sublimity, are so fantastically blended and contrasted,
a3 io excite tha most varied and delightful ieeliog?.
Then there is the ocean beneath you, stretching away
in boundiefcs maj;y, antil i" appears to embrace the
heavens ia the distance. At their base are fertile and
luxuriant valieys, intermingled with tbe stately b'read
fmit tw thfl banana, the Brazilian piura and many
other tropical productions ; some of which are trees of
gigantic growtn ana ricoest, lunage, an cquauy uwu
tifnh hnt. n.h havicff its own hue, from the darkest
shads to green of the lightest tint, the plumes of the
cocoauut tree, over-teppmg tne wnoie,, ana waviug
majestically to the pacing breeze from the ocean, give
an exquisite finish to the landscape.
rowninf like tne rxouiotnug uauituituiB oi suuu ilu-
ense castle over your ucuu, uc cuu ui iucod tucg-
are clotted witn ortgnt verdure, ot
TELEGRAPHIC
Repot ts of the Press Association.
Enterpd accordirg to the Act of Congress, in the year
13, by J. S. THBA3HKX, in the Clerk's Office of the Dis
trict Court of the Confederate StateB for the Northern
District of Georgia.
NORTI1EBN NEWS.
Ricbmond, August 10th, 16C4.
The flag of truee boat arrived at Varina last night, bring"
icg thirty Surgeons and two Chaplains.
The Baltimore American, of the 9:h, says that advices
from the Upper Potomac state that the rebels have again
left Maryland. Their retreat, it ia said, was made with
great haste, the movement of the Federal forces on the
South side of the Potomao threatening their rear.
The main rebel force under Early is reported retreaMog
on Winchester. .
Sheridan has been temporarily p'aced in command of the
department of the Shenandoah.
Kelly reports that Averill overtook the rebels under Mc
Causland at Mtorefield on Sunday, when he attacked them
and captured all of their artillery and five hundred prison
ers.
The American is much elated by this news aad reports.
There is nothing important from Mobile.
It is reported that both Grant's and Lee's armies are en
gaged strengthening their defensive works.
A telegram from Fort Smith claims a victory over the
Confederates under Cooper and Standwatle oa the 31st
ultimo.
European advices of the 29th nit. have been received,
but they are unimportant. The Confederate loan was ac
tive at improving rates.
The latest, gold quotation in New York is 257.
FBOK PETERSBURG.
Pitkbsbubo, Aug. 10th, 1881.
The explosion yesterday is still unexplained.
The enemy are contracting their lines on our light, and
their Uft, and are receding from the direction of Ihe Wel
don Railroad, and showing thems'lves in diminished force,
fc very thing indicates that the enemy ate throwing them
selves on the de'enMve.
Li-tie or no shhrpsbooting, and scarcely any mortar or
artillery firing to-day.
Fit lid MOBILE.
Mobile, Aug. 9th, 1864.
Last night a soldier's train ran into a land slide between
Pollard and Montgomery, and killed 12 and wounded 67 of
the f'irst Mississippi batta'ijn of artf'lery.
Last night t wo white men aLd one negro were arrested
for cu'ting the wires.
Home Federal" vessels ate crossing in the bay.
The garrison in Fort ilorgan is in fine spirits. Otherwise
all ia quiet below.
FBGM ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Aug. 10th. 186L
Nothing occurred along the lint s yeefciday, except the
usual artillery practice and firirg between skirmishers.
M&j . Gen. Bates received a slight fleh wound in the leg,
but no serious reunite are rpprthesdtd therefrom. The
enemy if maeairg on our right, aod endeavoring to extend
his lines in the direction of the West IViut Bairoad. A
few shots v ere fird at the city jeetri day. Biisk shelling
commerced at eleven o'clock last nfght, and continued for
four hours. No personal casn lties repotted.
FBOM RICHMOND.
BiCHSioKD, Va., ug. 11th, 188.
On Tnetday last tie OrCnuTJce Depot at Ci'y Point, ex
ploded, killing a large Lumber cf Yankee soldieiB.
The New York Timbssajsa large force h concentrating
on the upper Potomac, to operate against the rebels in
that Beet ion.
Gratit and Staff visited Harper's Ferry on Sunday.
Private advices from Kentucky represent that quite a
revolution in public sentiment is progressing in tbat btate.
Several prominent citizens, heretofore Union men, are cow
co-operating wih tte peace party.
The residence or the widow of Mcj. JohnSeddon, brother
of the Secretary of War, of Stafford coon'y has been
burnt by order of Butler, in retal ation for tho burning of
Montgomery Blair's house ear Wat-h.ngtoh City.
; Front the Uichmocd Ecqiirer.
Vance'a Victory.
The triumphant re election of Gov. Vance, cf North
Carolina, is cn3 of tha few political events which pre
sent s-gnificance in the present absorbing conflict. But
ench pains has been taken by our enemies to produce
the impression of a large Union element existing io
that State, aa to render it important to convince all
sceptics that the Old North State ratifies in the fourth
year of the war the .decisions of her council at the
commencement.
Eastern North Carolina? was the peculior province
of the aboliticnist. Immediately after the capture of
Roanoke Island, every lb fingered philanihropist,
male or female, wbo wished to make money or m;s-
chief, shipped tor the peaceiui villages, nca plantations,
and ' comfortable negro quarters of Eistern North
Carolina. Coming at once to subdue, plunder, snd
civilize, they received from Lincoln a colonial organiza
tion. He imported a renegade irom California to
govern them ; he appointed chaplains and teachers to
instruct the negroes, and officers to drill tbem. He di
rected model plantations to be opened, and gave con
tiacts to his friends to furnish everything tbat might
be possibly required in such an enterprise. Private
cupidity did the rest. The Yankees robbed and
insulted the people. They worked the fisheries and
the fine orchards. They laid off the landa into
farms, and setthe slaves to work. The progress
wal amazing. - Slavery was abolished nigger
schools -were opened the nasal twang of the Yankee
was heard in the land, and tbe fragrance of onions and
codfish pervaded the atmosphere. New England was
bodily there " progressing " with a vengeance. Theie
was by no means wanting, that omniprescant character,
the correspondent of the abolition newspaper, and there
was besires the more solid lying of official repons, pub
lished to ju3tify the expenditure and adorn the name of
the Abolition Autocrat.
All these things persuaded the creduloas North that
4t-.Aia moa o PtrnnC RPntimeot 1H North Carolina favor-
able 'to a return to the Union, ani tbat the township
system and thanksgiving day had oeen adopted rjy ac
clamation in a region which the philanthropist called
benighted.
To this was added the discontent of Mr. Holdeb,
occ understood to have been a srcessionist of the first
water ; latterly a sort of peace-at any -price leafer.
Tbe position of tfrs gentleman seems never very accu
rately to have b-en defiied. Perhaps, it may have
shitted with ihe varying fortunes ot our arms. So far
as shown, however, it seemed o coLsiat in a general
diecontentwith what any one did who was working for
the war, acd a pathetic lamentutioa over the sufferings
of the soldiers and teir families. We b lieve, howev
er, that Mr. Uoldea never dared to bs more than a
demagogue. We do not know, or, indeed, care encugh
about him to assail his motivec
I Le immortal renown which the troops of North Car
olina have gained ia delen iirg Virgiuia, the gallant,
stoim ng cf Plymouth and th: expulsion of the Yankees
from the greater part of Extern North Carolina, the
universal detes ation cf the doctrine of submisiion, re
oueed the market vlue oi Mr. U'jiden's B'ock so rapid
ly us tbat f-om the piesent returns he has been beaten
by b.s comvetitor so far u3 a'moai to ' render a ceraG
icate nece?3ary to prove that he ever ran at all." The
rondemnatiou of sol i:ers has been especially crmchsive
Indi 'traat at tbe bare euKgestioa that the position
gained by their blocd and rnojey may be mloriously
sacrificed by the cowarditc which tatnot endure tbe tri
als of war, they have repudiated H Iden and bi3 doc
trines, whatever they may be, and dechued for Vance
and the prosecution of the war at any cost to the end
f independence. And 6ujh is now tLe verdict of North
Oaroli a
Ihe Yankees msy dismiss these ideas of conquering
that coble old State by force .r deception. It cuDnot
be done. She has united her fate iudifwolubly with her
confederate sisters, and they win Lever uDauuon eaco
other to meke the terms of a separate end in
dividual peace. Nonh Carolina, without an
armed force at tbe pails, without in:criernce
at heme or abroad, baa deliberately pro
nounced in favor of Vence, with a war of Independ
ence, and against Holden with his equivocal purposes.
This we have always known she would do. 1 he world
can no longer plead a want of notice. It the Yankees
Bseums that their representations of popular sentiment
in North Carolina were ever true, it must follow that
their policy of robbery and rain has convinced even the
few incredulous of Yankee perfidy, that invasion and
subjugation will involve in a common destruction both
loyalist and secessionist.
' We are rejoiced that this vindication from the foal
libels of our enemies has been vouchsafed to our Sister
State. She now stands a pure and unspotted vestal,
watching the bright and growing fire that bums on the
last altar of constitutional freedom. The world will
know North Carolina otherwise than through the car
icatures of Port Crayon, or the slanders of his Yankee
masters. They will know her as one of tbe first class
States io the South in her system of public education,
in the development cr her eon, mines, minerals, com
merce and manufactures as possessing social refine
ment, industrial energy, and moral character of the
highest standard, and as having sent in the field, and
maintained m the field, officers aod soldiers Inferior to
none in courage, endurance and devotion to the cause
of liberty.
CAPTURE OF BROWNLOW'S RAIDERS AT
'NKWNAKT.
A very handsome affair occurred at Newnan, on the
Atlanta and West Point Railroad, yesterday morning.
in which tbe larger portion of the ahar'anders (Brown
low's command) was captured by the opportune arri
val of Gen. Roddy a command at tbat place. General
Roddy's brigade bad arrived at Newnan oa the night
before, and the train was stopped there during the night
in consequence of tte fact that the raiders were proba
bly m tbe vicinity, or had torn up a portion or the
track to Atlanta. Alter daylight Gen. Roddy, hear
ing tbat tbe Yankee cavalry were advancing upon the
town, deployed his brigade outside tho hmits of the
town, in tbe direction that tbe enemy were supposed to
be corairg.
Atter watting lor some hours, Gen. Roddy, believing
that it was a falsa alarm, had the whistle of the loco
motive sounded , that being the agreed signal for his
troops to assemble at tbe train. At that time about
fifteen Yatkee cavalry came galloping ap to him and
demanded his surrei dr. He replied tbat be bad not
come there to surrender, and called on his tscor. wbo
were not far til, to hie into tbem. 1 ha escort; rashed
to their tuna, which were stacked, when the cavalry
fi-ed into them without dwmsge, and immediately gal
loped eft. Gen. Roddy s com mind coming up now, ana
seeing that toe main. body of tho.Yat.kfes were advan
cicg from i he opposite Bide of the to wo, in which hia
men tad been posted, he went oat to engage them.
He here bad qnite a heavy ekiramh with them, hold
ing them in cheoK until a body of Caolederate cavalry,
nnder Gen. Wheeler, who had beta pursuing them,
cttrae up in their rear, and having tbe Yankees sur
rounded, after an iatfLctual ifljrt to move out by tbe
ritrht. f! ir.fr. nhnnt pit hnn.irpd of thp.m wera taken
I prisoners. Among these is . Col. Brownlow, who waa
' : 1 . I . J i ..A
m eumujjuu ut me party, auu whu is uiuu repui icu
wounded. He can now have an opportunity of fiuding
u supplement to tbe notorious Pareoa Bowniow's book
of his tixperienca in a Confederate prison.
These are tbe same raiders who were oa Friday last
engaged in the work cf tearing up the railroad between
this city and Atlanta, and ol plundering the citizens in
the vicinity of Lovt joy's station. The. confidence we
have expressed that the raiders ia Georgia would ba
chastised by our cavalry has not been misplaced.
All cf the enemy's artillery "(six pieces) waa cap
tured, and it ia believed that many more prisoners will
be secured.
The original force cf the raiders is not estimated at
Headqaar tera at more than twelve hundred met. It
will be seen, therefore, that more than half of them aro
already prisoners, several having btea taken at Lave
joy's. Rebel, 1st.
The London Index, of June 30 h, makes the follow
ing pnnouncement of Confederate publications in Great
Britain :
Ia thy Press, pnst 8vo. Vol. I., Life of Lieutenant
General Thomas J. Jackson, (" Stontwall Jackson,")
derived from authentic soui ces, by his personal friend
and Chief of Staff to bis corpi. Profeopor R L. Dab
ney, D. D., of Richmond, Vireinia, with additions by
R v. W. Chalmers, A. M. Bv. Dabney has been se
lected to write thia memoir by theGeoeral's widow and
friends ; by his successor and devoted comradj Lieut.
General Ewell, and by the advice of tbe service incren-
era!. Alj the materials in the hands of hia widow and
relations have been p'acid at tbe disposal of Dr. Dab
ney, and unlimited access to the papera of the Confed
erate War Department has been granted to him. Tho
Fit st Volume brings the memoir down to the battle of
Bull Run ; the second volume, concluding the work, is
ia preparation.
London : James Nisbet & Co., 21 Bernera street,
W.
Next week will be published, in two volumes, post
8vo, The Cruise of tho " Alabama" and " The Sum
ter," from the private journals, etc., of Capt, Semme s,
C. S. N., and other officers, with illustrations, corres
pondence, London : Saunders, Otley & Co., 6G Brook street,
W.
Sltge Matters Thr Ilui drctl and NlnctyHsVranth
Day.
Since our last report Battery Gregg has fired 126
ahots at Fort Sumter and 10C at the utranded steamer
Prince Albert. Battery Wagner has fired 7 shots at
Sumter and 72 at the Prince Albert. The Sullivan's
Island batteries replied with 110 shots and Battery
Chevea with 7.
There has been no farther fchelling of tbe city.
Chas. Mercury, lOtk.
We ai-e requested to notice the death, Juljr 29, 1864,
at York Hospital, Winchester, Va, of First Lieut.
James C. Goodman, of the 5th N. C. Volunteers, from
a wound received while gallantly leading a company of
skirmishers ia the battle of Kernstown. He was a na
tive of Gates county. North Carolina papera are re
quested to copy for the information of hia frienda.
Speaking of some contrabands wbo recently arrived
al Wheeling, Va.,tbe Wheeling Intelligencer say s: Ond
of the contrabands had a foot "oa to him', like a dag
out. Tbe Goverment don't own a shoe tbat will fit him.
He will have to be sent to Philadelphia to be shod.
Lincoln says be will go down with colors firing. Bo did
Satan when he iell from the empyrean he'ghts
Macon Confederate.
MARUIED.
In the C'ty or Nassau, N. P.. Bahamas, on the evening of
the 28th July, by the her. H. Cheesbrough, JO Hi W.
B vk nes to ishsia. CArtuLaau maun. i, au oi wu
mir gton, N. C.
in Ocslow county, at the resi lecceof Capt H. II Sand
lie, on Tnssday the 2d iost , b Rev. John F. Mattocks,
Dr. R. W. WABD to Miss ELlZl J. FOY, all of Onalon
county.
Io Fayetteville. An. 5h. MaRY LANGD'N, wffe of
Lieut c. B. Cook, and diughter ot the late Doyle and Mar
garet O'Hmlon.
At the residence of his father, in Oavie county. N. CM
July 30 h.'lfc6t, of typhoid fever, WILLIAM AB HI3UD
MILLER, a member of r0 D, Adatis' Light Bittery, 13th
N. O. B ittalion, cg-d 19 years.
Thns has fallen by the band or create, contracted in
cma, anobsr minyr at thi altar nf h' country. In re
Co dio th death or a friei-d and brother ii arm1, with
whom we have been aasocia'ed for tbe last four eeu mouths,
our hearts and harda tremble with sorrowful emotion.
We are reminded by every woid wo pen that wo are pay
ing the las, tribute of respect ta one wh se hacd we shail
never grasp ag-tio, and whom we shall rjeei no more "on
earth DcBe-tli. and unas.-umi.i-- f W ing to serve his
country in any capacity, h s dea-h has add-d anoth -r rame
to the long roll of ma ty rs whi have given their lives 4o
har r.Anfte. Mort-fct ar A reti'irar ia h's disDositioD. trentlo J
ard amiiblo, he was universally beloved by all who knew
him. Llis memory will loan be cherished by his comradas,
aud wi'l cease to be only when tbey pass away one by one.
Littte did the wiiter think when bidding him good bye as
be depatod on h s furlough some three weeks since, tbat
dea'hhad chosen end would soon claim such a shining
mark as its victim He having a firm teliance on Ihe all
lorgiviog power of the Savior, it is to be hoped that he has
found rest from all toi at dp aula the regions of 'eternal
bliss. Ma. the sod ren inhuy on the oosom or aooum-
ern soldier and a benUeman.
WaLikh B.
Camp Adams' Battiky,
near Fort Fwher, N. C, Aug. U, 1864