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THB WILMINGTON JOURNAL. "Om B SAATH ITATXI OF AMKR1CA. WILMISOTOM, If. 0.. THUB8DAY. NOV. 8, ISM. Qokx Up. Oar readers it ill be sorry to Bee - the news from Ply month, N". O., received Tuesday by telegraph- We are in hopes that oar people lost few prisoners and little raatei i !. We looked for the fall of Plymouth after the Tankeea bad succeeded in blowing op the Albemarle. Oar force there was no doubt small on land , and of coarse perfectly insignificant on water. Somehow, we couot wfcetner the people of that section of the State have felt any con fiiecce in our abilty to hold Plymouth and the lower Roanoke country, and hence their indisposition to take toy active part in favour of the Confederate cause. We may expect at any day to hear of an attack be ing made upon the town of Washington, Beaufort co , on th Pamlico. In truth, that unfortunate town is pretty much ruined already, and can't be much more is jured even by Yankee barbarism and spite. Sinking of th Alb-marl. A few dajs since a report reached here that the Ro anoke iron-dad gunboat, the Albemarle, which played quite an important part in the capture of Plymouth, had sunk at her station in the river. Although we had this ieport, however, it came in such a " questionable shape" that we felt unwilling to use it without more definite information. The Goldatoro' State Journal of Tdesd9y morning contains a statement of the fefiair. from which we learn that about 2 o'clock on Friday morniDg, the weather being Tery dark and stormy, eleven efficera of the Yankee Navy, in a torpedo boat, run against the Albemarle, then Ijing at her wharf at Plymouth ; tha second attempt was successful the torpedo exploded against the Albemarle's bow, staving it in, and causing the ship to go down in a few minutes as far as the depth or shallowness of the water-would permit. The Yankees on their way up the river had captured a Confederate picket on board the Yankee steamer Southfield, partially sunk by the Albemarle during tre attack on Plymouth some months sgo. The Yankee party was also captured. More serious than even this is the fall of Plymouth itself, which will be fcund in our telegraphic column. It is not impossible that some of the fleet of which a food deal has been said as likely to come here, have gone up' the Eas em Sounds of the State with the view of re-establishing Yankee superiority in Albemarle, Pam lico and Roanoke Sounds. Their large double-enders could rot come through the Albemarle and Chesapeake INavigatlcn from Norfolk, more on account of their length than their depth. They would have to go in at Hatteras Inlet. Phmouth is 150 miles rorth-eastof Raleigh, and probably had twelve to fifteen hundred inhabitants at the outbreak cf hostilities. Thb Bermuda papers comment very severely upon the course of the Colonial authorities towards the reg ularly commissioned officers of (ha Confederate prize steamer Roanoke, Captain Brain and .his officers ar.d men having been arrested at St. Georges, and compelled to spend threw nights in a British goal on a charge ad mitted to be untenable, and bail refused. TMb course has been pursued at the instigation and demand of the Federal authorities. A correspondent of the Bermuda Advocate of the 12 .h says that " England was never so low in the eyes of foreign powers as she is at the pres ent time," paid a most distinguished statesman during the late celebrated Danish debate in the House of Com mooj. Thi3 disagreeable truth we are reluctantly com pelled to admit, and so long as the Governors of Brit ish Colonies act iu the sams manner as the present Governor of Bermuda has done, England will remain ' low1' in the eves of the world. The short-stghtei policy of such Governors tend more to placa Eaglacd in positions wherein she loses respect, than any act however flagrant, that might be committed by the home government." 1 he correspondent goes cn to say that " the day is not far distant when England will be repaid tenfold for the pusilanimous part she has acted since the commence ment of this war." Another comsponrlent takes the A ttorney-General to tusk in a scathing article. Aix Hallows.- We write on Tuesday, November 1st, being tie day known as All Hallows, the night be fore being Halloween, or snap apple night, quite a time rn Ireland and Scotland, as any one nay learn from Burns' poema or Macliss'e picture?, one of which, en titled " Snap-Apple Nihf," contains a9 much humor and expression and as many figures cs almost any mcd ern painting. 1 he eeaecn is progressing- and the leaves are filling everywhere under the eff-.ct of the chilly nights and mornings, especially the mornings, which are as raw as there can be any Lectisfcy for, even for the purpose of driving out contagion. Sokb doubts have been expressed in regard to the day on which tin Presidential election will be held at the North, but for this we tee no reason. That elec tion will be held, not on the first Tuesday in Novem ber, but on the first Tueedey after the first Monday, which will briDg it on the 8lh instant. We don't think it can make much difference at any rate, as Mr. Likcln will be apt to make sure of his own election, and even if General McClellah should happen to be elected by some mir6cle, we hardly see how it would make things any better or worse for the Confederacy. He is ft r restoring the old Union at any and every cost of lite acd treasure, making reconstruction the one in dispensable condition precedent to the conclusion of any terms cf peace with the South'. Lincoln could not d o much more or less, save that he in c)3ts, or pretends to insist, upon the additional condition of emancipation, which he would probably be willirg to dispense with for the present if he could wheedle the South back into the Federal Union. A cotsmporary with a good show of reason, express es regret over the Asiatic pomp and luxury of the Yan kee camps, which tends not only to the demoralization of their own men, but very seriously affects ours, divert ing them from the maiu cbjact and leading to plunder, and at times cauaicg them to get whipped after having substantially gaicei the day. The fact is that our men stopped to plunder the Yankee camps at Cedar Creek, giving the enemy a chance to turn rcund upon us, and wrest the substantial fiuits cf vitfery frcm our grasp, after it might have been said to have been secured. Bach was also notoriously the case at the battle of Cor inth. Thx result of the election recently held in Maryland to decide for or against the adoption of the free negro constitution, submitted to the people of that State by their abolition masters, goes to show that after all Maryland is at heart a Southern State, eicce all the Countiea that are really occupied by bona fide Mary landers have gone against the Yankee constitution, and, indeed, it would seem that in spite of Yankee equatters in Baltimore and in the Northwestern part of the State, Mars la nd as a whole has gone against the Yan kees. . Somiboot tEquires of us what Blue Stone is. We believe it is sulphate of copper. We presume it is used for soaking wheat to prevent " emnt." Thb Salisbury Watchman learns that General J. G. Martin has been ordered to make his headquarters at that place, ted that ha will probably move in a day or two. CoaaacriOK. Instead of Mulberry Street, in our fire article yesterday, read lS'un Stiett. The fire was on Nun and Second Street. Tha Iat Flgfct Anwid RliLmond and Petersburg The Richmond Enquirer of the 28th inst. says : It an T'7 noor JMterflaj morning a movement In fore upon oir works im developed by the enemy on the lines below Richmond, and oa the right of cur line before Pe tersburg. Daring the previoui night the-enemy had made fxterilve preparatory macceivres, and, It is' said. had re ceived heavy reinforoemeata. Be this as It my, ihe enemy begun below Blobmond bj nak!rg some demonstrations against oar right, bringing about a heavy cannonade, which was Intermingled some time after with oorslderable skir- mlihing. The enemy made no determined a ttack uaoa onr front, but seemed to be simply 'eeling the etrength of cur lice- They continued to move oat to the right, however, npon a Ilea parallel to onr wirks, akirmhhlng occasionally along omr exterior liae, bo t making no impression. Upon reaching the vicinity of the janotion cf the Nine-mile road with the Williamsburg turnpike, th)y made several serious florts to break ear Use, bat were repulsed with consider able loss. The cannonade oontinaed during nearly the en tire day. The principal fighting ooour'red on the Williams bnrg and Nine-mile roads, some seven or e'ght miles -from the ciy Our losses were very slight. The firing ceased about six o'clock in the evening. Pending the progress of affairs on the North side, a still more vigorous atteapt was made by the enemy before Pe tersburg to extend their lines toward the Scuthside rail road. They advanced at aa earlv hour in fnrcn ttnnn nnr woika on Bargees' farm, on the Bojdton Plank Eosd, eev?n miles southwest of the city, and made seven assaa'ts npon them, but were signally repulsed each tim. In tbe caval ry skirmishing during the dy the gallant General Dearfcg, of Booth Carolina, it is reported, was kiliei. After their sanguinary repulses in the morning, the enemy remained comparatively quiet on the right, but commenced in the afternoon some heavy cannonading and mortar shellisg cn the left of onr Petersburg front. The losses of the eiemy are, of course, unknown It is evident 'hey are prepared now to operate upon both flacks, and It is likely they will attempt to extend their linee npor both sides simultaneously. They were yesterday wi-.bin a short distance of the York River railroad, bat tbe further they proceed la that direction the deeper ttey get into the swamp country, which is somewhat more uncomfortable if not so dangerous in winter than in summer. What ob ject tbey can have in stretch! sg out their line on this side, unless it be the rather questionable object of getting upon the Central railroad, It is net easy to divine a yet. It is certain, and quite satisfactory that tbey made no thing cut of anything they attempted oh yesterday. What ever their design was, whether aa a " feeier," or as the begisnfeg of a grand assault, it was a costly and a useless enterprise. From tbe Valley, offlsial news ootres of an attack by Uosby npon a heavy guarded wagon train of the enemy near Banker Hill, in which, though unable to brinar eff any booty, on aocount of the heavy guard which attended it, he killed one general, captured and killed various others, and made good his retreat. rosmox in bast tbvnisssb. Official intelligence from tbe front has reached here, to the effect that a party from General Vaughn's command got into the rear of the enemy, and burned the bridge on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad at Mossy Creek, on the eight of the 18th. On the mornirg of thelS'-h, about two o'olcck, the enemy evacuated their strocg peti tion at Bull's Gap, retreating in the direction of Knoxvilie. At last accounts, Geo. Vaogtm was pursuing them, ar d with the obstructions to their retreat which were the re sult of his admirable strategy, it is highly probable that he will overtake them. He has thus, far mot them beccess- fally at every point, and we have all faith in hia ability, if not interfered with, to clean the last invader from tbe soil of East Tennessee. TJROX THB TlLtir. The Lynchburg Republican of the 27th nit., contains the following from the VUley of Virginia : There was nothing of interest from the Valley last night, except the reiterated report that Bheridan had fallen back to Winchester. Gen. Early is said to hold Fiber's Bill and to be resting hl army preparatory to giving Bheridan another lick. His men are again getting in good condition and the next time they strike they will wipe out the dis grace put upon them at Cedar Creek. Thk 16th day of November has been appointed by the President as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, to be observed by the people of the Confederate Stages. Whkbb the fleet which threatened an attack on Wil mington has gone is more than we are able even to guess. It may come here ; bat upon the whole, we da not think it will. For tbe present, at least, we think the town of Wilmington is comparatively free from im mediate attack. We think that for some time the Yankee fleet will give us the go bye. Official Rprt of Admiral Buchanan of the Ravel Engig:mut In Albll Bay, August 5, 1804. U. S. Naval Hospital, ) Petsicoh, August 25th, 1864. J Hon. B. B. Mailobt, Becretary cf the Navy, C S. A.: Sir I have the honor to inform yon, tbat the enemy's fleet, n&der Admiral Farragut. ooniistin of fourteen steam ers and fonr monitors, passed Fort Morgan on the 6th iost.. ahom. 6.39 A. M., in the following o-der, and stood into Mobile Bay. Te four monitors the Tecumeh and Man battaa, each carry irg two ZV Inch arnns, the Wiznebsgo and Chickasaw, each carrying four XI inch guns, in a sin gle line ahead, abont half a mile from the fort. The f oar teen steamers, Brooklyn, of twenty-six; Octorora. ten, Hartford, twenty-eight; afetacomet, ten; Bichmond, twenty-four; Port Boyal, eigh'; Luckawana, fourteen; Seminole, nine; Monongahela, twe've; Kennebec, five; Oesippee, thir teen; Plasca, four; Oneida, ten, and (Jalena, fourteen guns in a double line ahead, each two U'hed together. The side-wheel steamers ctl shore, all about a qnatter of a mile from J he monitors, carrying in all 199 gnns and 2,700 men. When they were duoovererl standing ioto the cfcann-1, sig nal was mad to tbe Mobile squadroo nodnr my command, coBsisticg of tho wooden gauboatB Morgau and Gainsa esch carrying six cans, atd selma, fear, to follow my m Hons on the Teniietsee, r&m, cf six gans In all 2'i gaus and 473 men. All were soon under way and stood towards th4 enemy in a line abreast. As the Tencee approached the fleet, when oppoBl'e the tcrt, we opened our battery at abort range upon the leading ship, thd Admiral's flis-hio ta-t-ford, and made the attempt to inn into her, bat owing to her superior speed, oar attempt was frustrated. We iben ptood towarda the next heavy ship, the Brooklyn, rith th aarre view. She also avoided us by her superior speed. Daring this time the Runboats were alo ci'sly eefa?cd wth the enem?. All our guns were nied to the grea.ct advantage, and we aueceeded in seriounlv d?E.agInr mur.y of tbe enemy's vesaera. Trie Se.ma and Guinea, usdr-.r Lt Commandant P. N. Msrphy and J. W. Bennett, fuughtgal lan ly, and 1 was gratified to hear from officers r ttie eno my s fl:-t that their se was vary destructive. Tbe Oaince was 1 ought until the was found to be in a einkinp. condition, when she was rua on shore near Fort Morgan. Lku'.Hoant Commandant Murphy was closely eoagea with the Meta cosset. Boon after the gunboats were dispersed by tbe over whelming superiority of force, and tha enemy "b fleet bad anchored abont four miles above Port Morgan, we stood for them aeain in tbe Tennessee, and renewed the attack, with the hope of sinking some of them with oar pro" Again we were foiUd iy their superior peed in avoiding u. The engagement with the whole fleet soon became general, at vry close qmrtars, and laaUd abint one hour. and, notwithstanding the serious n-jary icuscted upon nuny cf their vessels by onr'guns, we eouid not sirk them. Frequently daring the contest we were surrounded by the enemy, and all cur guns were in action almost at tho same moment. Five of the heaviest vetseis ran io ns with fnll steam, with th view of sinking ns. One ves:el, the 44 MonoiigaheJa," bad been prepared as a ram, and was very formidable. She struck us with great furcd, in juring us bat little ; her prow and stem were knocked eff, and the vessel so much itjited as to make it necPB-,ry to dock her. Several of the other veegcis cf tie fleet were lound to require exter s'-ve repairs. I enclose to you a copy of a drawicg Of the Brooklyn, made by one of her officers after the action, and an officer of the Hartford informed me that she was moe seriously lxjurei than tha Brock lyn. I mention these facts to prove that the guos ef the Teaaessee were not idle during tbe unequal contest For other details of the action and itjuries sustained by the Ten nessee, I refer you to the report of Commander J. D Johnsten, which has my approval. After 1 was carried be low, unfortunately wounded, I had to be gorerned by tbe reports of that valuable officer as to the condition of the ship and the necessity and time cf her surrender, and when he represented to me her utterly helpless condition to con tinue the fight with injary to the enemy, and suggested her surrender, i directed him to do the bet he could, and when he comd no longer damage the eumy, to do so. It affords me much piasure to state, that the officers and men cheer lolly fought their gans to the best of their abilities, and gave strong. evideuce, by their promptness in executing or ders, of their willingnsas to continue the contest as ions aa they oooid stand to their goes, notwithstanding :ha fa tigue they had undergone for several hours ; and it was only under the circumstances as represented by Captain Johnston, that she was surrendered to the fleet, about. 10, A. If., as paicfnl as it was to do so. 1 seriously felt the want of experienced officers during the action. All were youcg and lnexperieaoed, and many had but little familiarity with naval duties, having been appoin ted from civil lite within the year. The report? of Com mander Harrison, of the Morgan, and Lieut. Gom'dg Ban nett, of the Gaines, you have no doubt received frcm those officers. I enoloee the report of Fleet Surgeon D. B. Con raa, to when I aa ouch indebted for his ikiiJ, promptness and atte .tia to th wounde. By permission of Admiral Kamg.it, he acorncpaoii d the wounded cf the TenneMes and b las t to tbt. hospital, and is aerated by ass' I Sur geons Booth and ft iwies. of tbe fce m and Teanesiee-aQ under the Charge of Fleet rorgeon Palmer, TJ. 8 N , from wh.m e have received all the aUeu'Jou and consideration we cou.d dcB'te or xpsot. Th ciewi ami snauy oslcers of the Tennsatee and Selaia have been e'J 'J orteae ; Commander J. D. J .ho st, u, Lt. C'lmcuniant P. H. nrphf ane La. Wn L B.adford ad A IK Whaxtoa, Id Aaa't ttgtneer J. 1C. O'ConcAll ud rnvtel? are to be aeit North ihe Xaator Mates W. T. forr-t aa4 U. M.. CaiWr, who Mr with me otiug aa my aide not haviag aay SMdaaipaaan, are per mitted to accooipaui m. i bey are vaieable young effl oers. aealous in the discharge of their dalles, and both have stsivsd in ths &riy, bt; ihey roeive4 honorabl wounds. Their service are important to me. I ana happy to ufvrm you thai ay wound is improving, and sincere y hupe that au ezchAbge wi i be aSeoted, and that I will agaio so he on d-tiy. iuioioaed is a list of ihe officers of ths Tennessee whj were in th action. Vsry rspotfuliy, yonr ob'dt serv'i, Fbamxlln Bcchamajc, Adntbal. P. B. Sept. 17th Since wruisg the above, 1 have seen the report or Admiral Fartagut, a portion of which ! in correct. Cp iJa JchcxViu did not dii?f my twoid on board the barnord. Aji&r thssarrenJar of the Teaneitee, Lapt. G rand, the (ffi jes who was eet on boaid to tak charge of her, e&d -o me thet he was directed by Admlia! Fari&a: to ast fr my wurd, which was brought troxi Ujj Cttbin, aLd delivered to him by ono o( my aids. F. S. With respvct to tbe Arneiicm qiestion, the London Times sajs : It would really sajm es if there bgan to be a prob ability of our set-ing ihe end cf the American civil war. Uu'ike ihj check rsd and balanced course of tvnti which we .have iamerto had to record, in which the successes ot one sid'j were almost sure to be counter balanced by tqiitalect i accedes on the otuer, tho la'e accoujta s-jiin to go ali one w. y. The military proe-jt-cis of tht; Xortu appear to be declining, while at tLe suue aiomeut we remark a new and sir.r.iing macifes tution of tbe strtLgtn of the opinion wdoh ha arisen n favor ol pease. Ui.dtr these circumstances, political mm are obliged to take indicttuot.s u they can get, and must generally steer their course by tha last authentic declaration ol pubkc opinion, ifcus thre was no doubt that, on the uevs ot h ttking ot Fort dumber, the general feeling of tu NurtLern ilcmocracy wa all Im war. The na tional pride waa wouuded, the national sentiment was irnuied, the naiiosa: honor was believed to be at stake; tud bo, without coactiug ths cct, without examiuiDg its own resources en1 those of its antagonists, the North plunge! into ths frightful coufl.ct wh eb has lasted evtr since. I; has happened, very curkusly, that all these clever politicians have foacd thtmseivts in the wroag. The Kepublicans wauid have prospered mcci better if tbey bed not so outrageously overacted a desire for war aad b:u jdshed, aud u cu tempt for tbe very insii:utioas they were CDdeavoriog to preserve ; and toe Democrats would tiave saveu their own party rxmcn oncectsary ditgraca, aad greatly ac?tlera:ed she iaeviiabla resc ue n against tbe ' vioienoe of therr antagonists, if tbey had been a little bolder in Ite expression of their own real opinion, tr rather a little lese servile in supprest icg it. Tbe lime bus at last come when the ssveieigu ptople are called upon to exprejs an opinion, and it aee ma pretty Leariy tgreedou all bands that ibis opia ioa will reverss the view of 1861. It id ody just to Bay that tne Americans appear to be now turoiug such knowledge as tbey have acquired to the teat uecouut. Witb extraordinary audicuy, tee North htu caught at the scheme of aa armistice aud a convention, of all the 8utes in the lafe Union. 1'hie would be to recogn.B9 the South as holding a very dif ferent position horn that of a re cel. It wcu d a needs to t'ie Scutn position of equality, and suVstitu -e for the dominion of trite tcrje tLe itflienca of jastice and cqaali'y. Ttie s sine ciusea which bave made the nation jt'jX.ouj to suspend fh3 var would tbenple'l powerfully against i"s reuewdl, and, tha difficulty of coaceding to tbe South riguts adverse to tbe claims cf the North oiiCe got ovir, we musi. truit that tha principles of the Declaration of Iodtpcndeoce will be found eufliciensly ccm:3rchenaive to do tie rtt. 1 h Umtrlm of Itrubarg. We copy the following from the Charlottesville (Va ) Cbror iele of tbe 25th iost., which gives an ap parent fair statement ot our disasters at or near Char lottesville on the 19th inst. On the n'ght of the 18ib two corps of (Jen. Sheri dan's army, the 8ch acd 19th, commanded by Generals Crook &nd Emory, wre encamped between Cedar Creek and Middle-town, about fire miles beyond Strasbnrg. The 6h corps under (Jen. Wright lay eff on the Front Rcjal road. It was determined in cur camp io sur prise aud attack them. Accordingly duriog tbe night the divisions of Kerehaw, Gordon, Ramseur, and .Pe gram were marched around in the direction of the ene my's Itfi flank, erosaiog the river aud moving up tear tbe b&ee of the mountain, and then crtsing back over tbe river. Rosscr io the meantime witb his brigade and Wickbam'a moved around towarda ther enemy's right. Col. Payne commanding Lomax'sold brigade accompanied the infantry, which advanced without ar tillery. About half piBt four, a. m , Rosier commenced bis attack on tbe eoemy's rigbt, where the main body ol their cavalry was posted, i he object of this was to draw the enemy's attention from their left flank. At a quarter past five the infantry advanced to tbe attack, the opposing pickets having been driven in by a charge of Paynes cavalry. ice attack was magnificently made and thoroughly euc cssrui. By ten or eleven o'clock, when the fighting ceased, exceot io a defcuHory way, we nad taken some 1500 or 2.000 pridoutrrs, and some 18 cr 20 piects of artillery and tbe enemy bad been driven some two or three miies, and forced oil the p;se. Whartou a division and the artillery passed on tke pike through Strasbnrg about daylight, acd bows guns were posted on the hills just this side of Cedar Creek, and aided the infantry in their attack, three d. visions cf infantry, commanded by Major General Gordon, struck the ei-emy's left flank at dav break, and Kcisbaw pusutd against bis front at the sain;; time. As we hare remarked by half past ten our victory was complete. The enemy were driven from tneir cuoiis h tat loss, and in confusion. We had only engaged the eighth and ninoeutb corps, and had scattered them. Prie. ners report that they could have been of no farther use to the enemy during the day. Ju3i here the sixth corps was encountered by our in fantry m.d stood its ground. Artillery was massed so as to give lt a front and enhlading fire. It was driven fiom its position. We then advanoud on the pike juat bejord AliddIetown,.at tne larthor suiuttn of which our line wss advanced and formed. Wharton was on the T'uhK : then Wcffjrd's brigade of Ke-shaw's divi sion then retrain stretching acroes tbe pike then i. ii it i i it n i 1 1 t- uumieur men xersnnw ai u tucn u jruoa, witn sct tfl to .the l"if, with a gap of a mile between tbern. Rcsser was forc d b&ck by the enemy's overwhelming cavalry io Cedar Creek. At this time the enemy's in fantry wps H on the right of the pike, and nothing acroai it on cur left except their cavalry. He,t our troops were stopped. There was quiet for three or fout hours, and our men betook themselves to plundering. Except Bome skirmishing acd desultory tiring, everything remained in statu quo until about bait-past tbreee or lour, p. m., when tbe enemy sudden ly attacked Gordon, Kerehaw acd Hamseur. Gordon's division, LOiwithstaLding his efforts, soon broke. Ker snaw's and Ramseur's divisions were fighting well ; but soon loilowed tbe example ol Uordcn s division. Five or six guns in tbe rear were immediately drawn back when the line broke, and plac9l on a high hill, where with no aidlrom tbe infantry, who were flying in every direction, they kept the enemy at bay lcr an hour or more. JELbVing exhausted their ammunition, they were compelled to withdraw. By this time Wharton's and JEYgram's men bad caught the panic, and the field be came cave-red with flying men. The artillery retired firing Blowly, and sustained only by Fegram's old brig ade), and Evan's brigade. All of our artillery, as well as that captured from tbe enemy, were gotten safely over Gedar Creek. Just then a small body of the ene my's cavalry cross jd tbe creek, and charged over the hi A, but were driven back by a few scattering mukets. Alter tbe creek was crossed Pegram's acd Evan's brig ades participated in tne demoralization the road was, filled with iugutives. Th:ir cavalry charged again in the rear of our train, and not a gun was fired in it de- J fence. Many ordnance and mtd.cal stores, and 23 pieces of artillery, besides those taken by us in the mor ning, were captured. We lost t bout 1,000 in killed and wouuded, acd about 500 prisoners. 1 he enemy lost some three or four thousand. Tbey have not followed onr army, be ing, doubtless, too much whipped. In addition to the casualties previously mentioned by us, we hear that Lt. Col. Stmcnes, cf Humphrey's brigade, was killtd, and Col. Moody, commanding a brigade, shot in the arm. We believe also, (bat the gallant CoL Goodwin, cf Gen. Early's staff, already so frequently wounded, received a slight wound. Maj. Gen. Gordon distinguished himself greatly. In deed be was in command of the army on tbe field, and executed the movements, up to sunrise; when General Early crossed Cedar Greek and assumed command. Brig. Gen. Grimes ia in command ol Bamsdur's division The pan of the battle was admirably conceived. We bave attempted to give only facts which we derive by comparing various accounts, and we f!eave our read ers to draw their own inferences. We make only two remarks : first, that an error seems to have been com mitted ia giving the enemy the rest between eleven end four o'clock, after we bad routed them ; atd, second, that it ia clear our troops bebsved as thfy never be haved bef jre, ben the enemy attacked us at the latter hour. The enemy admit tbe loss of Brig. Gen. Bid well and Col. Thorburn commanding a brigade, kiiled arid Major Geo. Wright, commanding sixth corps. Major Gen. R'eketu?, Major. Gen. Grovfr, Col. Kitchen, command ing a biigade, and Col. McKecale, commanding brig ade wounded. A dispatch frcm Winchester estimates their lost at five thousaud. Tbe material results of tti e battle are decidedly in our favor: the moral tL-ct is against us. Had our men not been sttuck by an un accountable paunic, connected to a Urge extent witb their being icattered and plundering or had we pushed jn in the morning we had achieved a victory uu sur passed in tbe war. a,V. RARLV'i ADDRESS TO IMS TROOPS. flBADQ7ABTa YaLLBT DISTRICT, October 22, 1861. J Soldiers oj the Army cf the Valley : I had hoped to have cangratula'eJ yua on the splen did victory won by you on tbe morniu of the 19 o, at Belle Grove, on Cedar Crexk. when you surprised aod routed two corps of Sheridan's army and drove back several mi he the remaining corps, capturing eigbieeu piroes of artillery, one thousand five, huodred prisoners, a number of coii-rs, a large quantity .of smill aroa3, and a toy w'agons and ambulances, with the eniir camps of the two routed v orp ; but I bave the mortification of announcing to jou that, by your subsequent miscon duct, all the bmefl-a of that victory were lost and a se rious dialler incurred. Had you remained steadfast to your duty acd your colors, the victory would bave been one of tbe meat brilliant and d cisive cf tbe war; you would hava gloriously retrieved the reverses at . Winchester acd Fisher's Hiil, and tntitkd ycurselvss to tbe admiration acd gratitude of your cca itrj. But many of you, including some commissioned officers, yielding to a disgraceful propensity for plunder, desert ed your colors to appropriate to yourselves the aban doned property of ttie enemy, and subsequently those, who had previously remained at their posts, eeeiig their ranks thinned by the absence of the plunderers, when th enrmy, late io tne afternoon, withjiis scattered cojjmns made but a feeble fffjrt to retrieve the fortunes of the day, yielded to a t eeless panic and fed the field io con tusion, thereby cooverticg a splendid victory In to a dis aster. Had any reppfctable number of you listened to the ap peals made to you, and mads a stand, even at the last moT.eat, the disaster would have beui averted, and tbe substantial fruits of victory secured ; but under the in sane dread of beicg flanked and a pnic-6tricken terror of the enemy's cavalry, you would listen to no appeal, threat cr order, and allowed a small body of cavalry to penetrate to our train , aj..' cmy ff number of piects of artillery and wagons, which your disorder left un protected. You hava thus obscured that g!oriou3 fame won in cot j auction with the gallant ratn of the army ol Northern Virginia, who still remain proudly d.fiiut in the trenches arour.d Richmond and Petersburg. Be fore ycu"cn again claim them as comrades, you will have to erase from your escutcheons the b emishea which now ooecure tnem ; and this you cao do if you will but be true to your form- r ctputa ion, your country and your homes. Yea who hava fought at Altuaesia, R chmond, Sharpsburg, Fr-'deric&sburg, Cbancellors ville, Gettysburg, and fr-ia the vViiderarSs to tne bankB of James River ; aud especially ycu who ware with the immortal Jackson ia ail hia triumphs, are capubie ol better tbings. Arouse youraelve?, then, to a sense of yenr manhood and appreciation of Uis eacred caue n which you are engaged 1 Yield to the mandate of d seipl:ne ; resjlve to stand y your colors iu future at all h z-.rds, and you can jti retrieve your repu'aiion tni strike t Ac tive blows for ycur c uatry and i's caue. Let every man sp'irn from him : ie vile plunder gathered oa tne field of the 19.b, ai d let no man, whatever bis rank, whether combatant orncn-cooilatant, dare exhibit bis t-poils of that dy. Tbey will b? bedgts cf he dishon or, the insignia of his disgrace. The officer wbo pauses m the career of victory to place a guard over a sutler's J wagon, for his private use, is as bad as the soldier who halts to secure for rimbelf the abandoned clothing or money of a flying foe, and tbey both sell the houor ot the army and tLs blood of their country for a p&itry price. He wno follow bis colois into tbe ranks ut tne enemy, in pursuit of victory, disdaining to? miserable passion for gathering bco:y, comes out cf the battle with his honor untarnished, aod although barefooted and ragged, is far more to be envied than be mat is ia dened with rich spoils, gathered in the truil of bis vic torious comrades. Taera were oa;e exception to the general misconduct on t'iO itilernoon ol tne 19-h but it would be difficult to specify them ail. Let. those wbo did their duty be satufitd with the consciousness oi having done it, and nunru tha'. :1l,c efforts were para lysed by the misbehaviour of ors It them be con soled, to some extent, by the n il c .on itu tne enemy has nothing to boast of on his pi. lie artillery and wagons taken were not won by his v v'or. His citupa were dtstroyed, his army ternc-iy tab .-eieu and dtmoi al;z.d, his lossts tar btavier tLan our, even in ptopor- tion to tne rua'.ive ftrecgtn oi tne urmi s, Uio pians materially impeded, and hj was Cuib.e to pursue by rea s.n of h a crippled condition, faoioitrs ot tbe Army of toe Valley, 1 do not spe-uk to you in auger ; 1 wish to speak u kirdnces, though in eonow. iiy purpute is to show you lie causes t our ui Liis.'ortuae, and joint out tne wy to avoid similar uncs in u ure, aud iosare suc cess to our arms, buccss can o;'y 02 secured by tne eu loroementai d observance of th' inosirikid discipline. Officers, whatever tbeir rank, n u3'.. sot ouly give or ders, but set tbe example of 00,11 tnem, and the men must follow that tx.inple. Jb tli w soldiers, I cm rends- to lead you again in Ueience ui our common cusepLd 1 appeal to you by tbe remembrance ci tue glonouj career iu which vuur bietdinc: country; tne ruined homes and devastated tieius you see arouud you, the cries of anguioti wbich come up fioui tne widows ana orpLiats of your deud comrades, the horrors which await you and all that is yours m the fa. ure if your coan'ry is subjuga ted, and your hopes of freedom for yourselves and your posterity, to render a chcerlul and willing o bed it nee to tbe ruis of oi?cipuoe, and to suouiUtr your musket again with tne doteruiinatiou never more to turn your backs upon tbe foe, bui to do battle line men and sol diers until ths lafct vc6t:ge of the ioutsieps of our bar- oaruus &nd cruel enemies is erased lrom tre soil iuey detxernte, aod tbi independence ol our c uv.ry w fi.miy estaoiitsucd. li you wia Co tl.u and n iy u4 o . iue p:c- tecticg care ot a just ai.u oaclui liod,uli wi.l b: well; you win again ne wnat you once were, and I will ne proud to lead you once m jie to battle. J. A. EARLY, Lieutenant General. PACCLAMJITICS ATPOlMXlJia A DAT FOR PUB LIC WOESlIiP. It is meet that the people of the Confederate States snuuid, from time to time, assemble to acknowledge tntir dependeuce ob AlmiKhty Jod, to recder devout thanki for Mis mani'.oa bieeUbgs, to worship His Ho v namj, to bend iu prsjer Ah an iuoi siooi, ana io accpt, Mtn reverCDt submission, th chasttitia of BU Ali-wise and Ail-me.cl- nu rroviaence. Let us, tbe, in temples and in field, unite our voices in recognizing, wita adoring gratitude, the minifestations of flit proteciitg care in tie many signal victories with whicn cur arms fcave beeo crowuod: ia the irQitinltieM with which our laid has been blssBed, and in the unimpaired energy aud lortitudo with which He has iusoirod .ur hearts and twengthentd cur arms in r jBiBtacoe to iha iniaaitcnj designs of our e&smies. And let us not lortet that, while irraeiL-usly vouchaaflaij- to us His ptoteotion, onr sins hava merited aiid received grievous chastisement ; that many of oar bast and bravest have fatk-D in battle; tnai maay ethers r still ha:d in foreign prisons ; that large districts ot our country have been duvatitated with savage ferocity, the peaceiul homes destroyed, and helplees women aad children driven away ia dkstitation; and tLat wiih nsndun nulignity the pnaiona ui a sorviie raca nave oeea excited by car loes into the commission of at-cities from which dsatk is a welcome es cape. Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, Pre?ideat of ths Con. federate State of America, do issae tuis my proclamation, setting apart Wednesday, tbe sixteenth day of November next, a a day to be specially devoted to the worship of Almighty God ; ana I do invite and invoke all the people of thee Confederate States to a aemlie on the diy afore said, in their respective places of public worship, there to unite ia prayer to our Heavenly Father, that He betow His favor upon us ; that He extend over ca the prou etion of bis almighty arm ; that He sanctify His chadUiement to oar improvement, sa that we may torn away from evii paths and walk righteously in His sight, acd thai He may restore peaoe to oar beloved country, nealing its bleeding wounds, aLd securing to us the continued ej jjmeut or cur own right of sell government and independence ; and that He will graciously hearken to a, whhe we ascribe to Him the ptwtr and glory or oar deliverance. Given under my band and ths seal of ths Confederate States, at Richmond, this 26th day of October, in rsiAL. the year of our iiord one thousand eight hundred ad sixty-four. JEFFEBS02J DA 713. By the President : J. P. Bisjijaj., Secretary of State TELEGRAPHIC Reports of the -Prtto Association. Entered accordiccr to the Act of Congress, ia tbe year 13. by J. S. Thka8hb, in the Clerk's Office of the Dis trict Court of the Confederate States for tbe Northern District of Georgia. OFFICIAL FBOM GKST. LETS. Richmond, Oct. Sit, 1864. Tbe followicg was received to-day at Headquarters, da ted Oct. 31st : afahone peretratad the enemy's ploket lice last sight nar Pitersbarg. aad swept it for hall a mile, ea.pturig two baad.'td aad thirty efflasrs and men, without tne lose cf a iean.' The total number of prisoners 'capture! on the 27th b low Petersburg, according to Gen. Hill's report, was seven hundred. BIgr-d, B. E. L153, G&neral. NORTHSBN NEWS. Richmond, Got. 30 sh, 1864. Tho New York. Herald of thb 2kh has been received It contali.8 the following : S. Lob s t.kgrama of the 29. h say that a diapatch from Leavenworth states that Gea. Price bat been driven below Fort Ec At, and was clcrely pursued by oar oavalry. We have captured a large enmber o prisosers, inoluding Gan r&lri Vurmidnte a.-d Cabvll, aud several pieces of artille ry. Plica's army hid been routed acd dipersed. He burned to bucdred wrgoos to prevent them being cap tured. Stiele, with besvy re'nforcemrsta, was at Fort Pml'i. Moat of th4 Kansas militia had goae horns. Martial Uw has been aboliehed. and business resumed. Bosscratis was t L'.ttl 8ta P, ith his infantry. On Tuesday nigh six Union Jo'osets were wsylaid acd mnrdered oy garriliA n'.ap Fort oolt. Nothing from Sherman. ADOl riONAL N )UTHERN MoiiLS, Oct. 3U 1S64. (Sjtec'al t.- ih Advmiser.) Henaiobia, Oct. 30th, I8t. The ifrmhls Argu tf the 23J, and BrUUn o' tho 29tb have been rec.-i fed. Ths Federal acccunts about Price are confused, creating the impre aaion that ti.e Federals have been worsted. Piice's force ia reported large. They admit Ihe evacua tion of Independence. Price is heading for Kansas ia three cola am, and Pietsntoa is pursuing him with twenty thou Btndicas' Ghtii'g costinaes to exist. The FederaiH c!ira that ths telegraph and r.il read are wcrkirg to Atlanta. Jlebel sharpirb?oers are troob'escire at Petersburg, knocki-g over t;n or twen'y F-3derls daily. Hanfer baa 8i:ned cofnmani of the 12th army C3rpj. (Jaerrillas are trecbV.Bome cn'ali the Western Elver. T-ie s'eamer Emrea was surjk at 'slasd No. 24, and is a total Ices. A flre occurred at Kobila th'a tv:ning, destroying 100 bales of cotton ba ongng to Government. FUBOPE1N NKWS. EicnaicND, Oct. SOlh, 18C4. Eaopean adio of the 16th inat. have been rt csived. A. dscided improvement hr.d taken placo in th price cf tbe cotica loan end f'e Coufed.-rate loan. Sir. G'adstone, ia a speech at I arjcasttr&liire, exfrefsed regret at tha cor.t;B'iar.c of the Amricnn war. Ho said that.be was in favor of the Americacs beiug left to ssttle their cwn aSairs, but expressed a doubt of the abil-tj cf te North to sahj agate the South. Tbe spaui?h Btoaoaer lately sfitd by tho Niagara was discharged. It was drii'.ed that Capt SemmH hid goa8. FItO' PETERSBURG CAP IUUR O? YANKEES YO TISG TO BE PUOHISITED IN THM TANKEE Ad MY. Pbteeseubo, Got. 31 it, 1894. G'n. tiahone, about ten o'clock Ust night, by a well ex ecated flvk rncvempt, Barpiifd and captured the ne ray's pickst line iu his front, wiihr ut Gring a gnu. Two hundred acd thirty prisoners, kclr.ding four cotnm'f siosed effioers from Hancock's corps, were taken. . Abcut th'rty citizers, reK-ased from th prlsoa sb'p at City Point, hve arrived in oarlin?p. The prisoners uken to dy say lb tit all the soldiers woa'd vote fur ticClollaa, but tnat an order has been iaiaeJ pro LiLitiag voticg in tho army. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IA AUGUSTA. ArootTA, Ga., Oct. 31, 1864. A destructive flro cccurred here last night. A large buildicg on Reynold street, togethar wi'is its contents, was burned. The building was partly ccenpiad by effioers, acd the reratinder fi lad with cotton ; about S'.-O bales tf cott'o were burned. A !r8 nuaibar o'f graia bags, osca bars, kc, veie destroyed. Tha building ws owned by T. Me catf. Total loss $l,008,CKJO ; Girercmest loss $300.- OC0. PLYOUIH, N. C, BE OCCUPIED B THE FEDER ALS. Goldjbobo', N. C, Nov. 1st, 1S64. A special dict'atch to the btate Journal fiom near Ply mouth, the 3Mvvia Rocky 'cunt the 1st, states tbatalttr ihree days l.ard fi.htiBg the ecemy pafsod tip Widlle river aud come down the Roanoke thid m Ttiug. Gen. Baker rotn as.ded tbe garriaou o: Plymouth in person, and fcugbt fit'l the enem's guriboats bud paseed c ue frtard de mounted all our Uii iu the other. The evacuation was 'hen ordered utidi-r revere fchel irg, which vras eflacted without riiach Ires. Col. Whitford acted witb coupicuous gallantly. FOU TWINE, SEE -GEN. FOBBEST AT WOBK. Pr.n, Tcnn., via Corinth, Oct. 31st, 1864. General Forrest Las the TcnreeBee blockaded. He cap tured at Fort lleniscn, yesterday, a trantpcrt wLich bad in tow oi.e la-g3 taige. 1L boilers of the tiaLspoit were cut ia two at the ecccbd fi.e, and the bargo which rr.f ed down cn ths opposite side wa3 brccght over by re erf. We got GO wagon loads of shots, boots, blanket? and hard bread. Gunboate came up and shelled us when tbe transport ar.d barge were destroyed, but the goods on Bhore- were saved. l ive tran&porls and one gunboat are above Forrest's batteries. The enemy are moving cvorytLSng icm Paduc-i.b, Ken tucky, acrof ho r;r-.-.. Thty haVd iiBo been runiog five trarsporie per to Johnatonvllo heavily laden with tup- LiTit FKOil LUll'jrE. Bicumosd, Nov. 1st, 18c4. European advices to the 20?h uls.have been received. The political news ia unimportant. Commercial failures in England contiaue. Twenty Liverpool linns had failed. The Dufee of Ne iv Castle is dead. A oomrerjial panic had occurred at tiio Janero aud four banks hid suspended pay oaent. Cor;"o's close J oo the 20lh at 8SJ for money. .UNITED STATES NEvVS. Kichmokd, Nv. Int. J6t4. Tbe Washlcgton Chronicle of the 30th has been received A St. Louia telegram of the 2ttth, states that later accounts put Price near Carthage, and ttill tked&ddling, with cur Federal ca?alry in mil purauit. Plbasanton has been slightly ii jared by a fall from Lis horss. OfBoial. dispatches fromt. JcaJpls, say that Bill Andjriin and Boven of his m.n were killed oa the 27th. Gov. B.adford haa iaaued hia proclamation announcing the adoption of the new State Constitution of Maryland. The Court ot Appeals offered a decision by J. T. Morton, refusing to grant a mandamus to restrain the soldiers' 7Jte. A telegram from Kucxville says that Vaughn's com mand was routed at ii orris to wa on the 28th by Gen. Cel ton, with a loss of 167 pri&oners aad 6 gund. McClore's batterawss captnred enure. The rebel killed and wound ed were left cn the field. A telegram from Louisville of the 29th, says that an at tack on Padujah by eoirest was expected. All business had been suspended and the gooJs removed to a place of safety. The proceedings ia the case of the Vermont raiders has been transferred to Montreal aad the prisoners rom.ved to th&t place. sGreat excitement was produced iu the United States by the alleged di30t,vjry of elec iou fraulaon the part of tha Naw York State agetcy, and Seymoar has sent three Ccmmia- sionera to Washington to iuveat-gite the charges. Gold 219. FaJil PJfiTERSaOBG. PsTSaSBUao, Ifov. 1st, 1861. All qaltt. Negrods are corning in every day to act as drivers and laborers. The wagons mentioned by Grant as being captured near Burgess' Mill, were private and not government property. Their contents were left on th8 roadside. They were used to hul off .the wounded and dead WESTERS XhW3. Mobils, Nov. ls 18C4, (Special to the Advertier.) BlNATOBIA, Oct. 3l8t, l ei St. Lculi papers of the 26th say Price is reported to be 20 miles Bruth of Kansas City. The fihtlog ad material loss on both fides is of no great corsequence. Itiasn. poeed tbe main body of Price's army has not yet been ec gageJ. Ths Et. Ltuia Republican says little reii.v ce can le placed ia anything coming from Blnnt and Ltnn. A special dispveh to the Demoerat from Wt,rrrnbufg the 21st, says : Pries is making his way thron;;h Kins9, Smith following hi t. The latest news places bin byoDd the Bute lirse, with his plucdor from 20 coantks, causing much murmuring. P-enanton ia reported workiag'np a Fcdtral loss of 400 at Kausa ;;ity and claims 600 prison ers. From lltnundiu By a late arrival from Bermuda we cckuowleJge tie receipt of the Bermuda Advocate cf the 12th nad 19th of October. The Advocate of the 12.h contains a sy nopsis of the proceedings cf tha Court'of B.rnaJi in the case of Acting Master Joan O. Braix, O. S. N., on the charge of tbe burning of the Federal stcac.rr Roanoka, at d hU diechaige, together with the discharge cf his associates. We give below the synopsis o i!,e proceedings fr5m the Advocate, also a copy of Secreta ry MxLLoax's irstrnctiocs to Lt. Bkaix, hidi was read in court : Ihe steamer which, nsmentiontd in onr last wk'a imprt-ssion.had bten for somedjys in the w'hbour t.ood of the Islands and bad been pajiog tidbit) visi to Five Fathom Hole, turned out to be a UoufcKTVe priza, and has given nse to jroceediegs which b.d f .;4 to ema'ato those in the celebrated caee ol thy C'nr; ptake. As it ia more than probable that they will k irjc.de the Bnbj.ct of legal discussion at hum ., u ia p:r hsp8 premature to do more at present thun give a:i abridged accoaat ot the proceedings, a3 we prcpodo m.xt week t ) publish a correct aud cmcful occourt of iLcin, meanwbil.', without any breach of tbe eiiqittre ob-! Eerved by the most ligid portion of the piosn iu eimibt ea9es, vo may go as far us to hint tb it whutever tLe ul. timate dtc siou of the Homj authorities ou tic m ittir may be, we shell claim to have a few words of our cwa upoa a c.s-3 ou which party fttlio appears ti luvj betnendcavoarir to fastcu the biiteieet acd hard, as and most ut justifiable of uofavorable rpithe:s. 'i be cuec, dives ed of a'l bellig. retit bias, appears to bave bteo simply this. The Rjaack?, Federal su-urair, plving betweeu Havana and New York, kit the f jrin pr port on the 29.h of fcJeptr, aud wheu at sea was sul deuiy captured by a cumber of her paasergora h ) turn ed out to be officers and mea of the Conltdnate Slat if, their commander Deng Capt uin Brain, wjli kuowa in the case ot the Chesapeake, ibe original inkntiou wua to carry tbepriz? ioto Wilmiugtou, but waatiog pro vision?, coa's and men, she was brought to the neigh borhood of our Islands iu order to obtain all th cc. 11 ere tbt attempt to carry her into Wilmipgtou biug considered hopdtss, s!ie wa e?i oa firo ou Sunday mornirg at 4 A. M. and hsr pass ntjers and crew Ijmu ed here, taxing tLeexenionaof the LTaiteJ States Ujj bul rather heavily to provide for lbs vrauia ol sjcii of them as weie subj c 8 ot" his Uovircmeut. The ctptors also lauded here acd were not a little surprised to fijj themselves immediately handed over to the hodpituliiiea of our goal, whither they were tomuuitted en m ise oax charge of piracy, and, aa it was at fh-st ulleg,:u oi mur der too, it being stated tbit one of the Ofluers had been shot, but ou examination it turued oat tbut thj charge was not iuCiUded iu tbe warrant. Tlm caoture took place on Saoday-m.-n.cg, and the captive cpt -ra beicg retused bail, became iamatcs of tin gaol up to Wednesday, being brought oat daily for just so rrnn v toars i s it might suit official CDavenieocj to sp:o f ir the examination of effiaera and gentlemen, cnarged witu tbe sume sortot ofljiJC8 aa was ia the babit of bm committed in old daya by Nelson and Coiliagawoou aud Hood and Howe and other officers wboo naaiia have somehow or other come to be handed down to ud ni:h some sort of historic fame, rather more to their ere lit than tbat of beirg pouiiced upon in uu out ot tho way colony where illegui acs may bs committed with very slow chatces cf visitation and made Sumaou Jilie the sport of local beadledom. The proceedings before the Magistrates were practi cally cotifijed to takitg the evidence ol five witness s. The two firat were the first officer aad parser of tne ship, who deposed to her capture in the way we have ttdicattd. The third was the Inspector of 1'oiice, m.re iy culled to prove the capturo cf tbe Conreaera.ed, and trie other two proved the hand-wtitujg ot t.je Secretary of the Confederate btates Navy, to commiasions and letters of instruction directed to Capt. Brain. The Attorney General appeared on tbe Grt dav. but depu ei Air. lixhard Dariell to repiv.scnt bin oa tho succeeding ones. The commissions and Idlers of instruction having been duly Verified, Air. Darrell withdrew th? charge, Capt. Brain end hia officers anl mea baviog pp-;nt three nights in a British gaol oa a charge admitted to be untenable and bail retused. Capta:n Bruin'd comruiajion was produce?, and hL letter of instructions from tbe Scereary ol the Con federate States Navy the sigtaturea of Air. Ma!!o7 were proved by Mr. Fry. The letter of instruction was as followa Confederate States op America, America, 1 mknt, V ith, lbCl. ) ISavy Dkpartmf Richmond, May 20 J Actirg Master John C. Bratn, C. S. N., Uicbtnonr', Va: Sir : Yon will herewith receive aD appointment cf Acting-Master in the Navy, and will proceed to Wil miDgton and there make the Lecetstry arranguuinnts to capture upon tbe high Ecaa the Federal steamer Koa'j oke, or tbe steamers Aloroing cr Evening S'ar, all f wbich vessels are on a line ruonirg bvt'.vei u New Yon; and Havana. In case you succeed in capturing eit'acr cf the above steamers joa will bring her and the pris-aers cf 'vur into a Confederate port. The strictest regard for the righ's cf neutrals and neutral property mast be observed, and discipline and subordination preserved among cflicers and ineu ui:ds.r yur command, aa a mucr o. security ani Euccrsa. You are cut!:orz?d to u.ol.i U roc tir-!in M oli ra' iiutfS M.a tliree iC mg inn a a'.s an rvgiuers rr--portiiig tLif-ir natiK-9 o ffcn I) -pir in & as ejiiy a pi- c t.cable, and you will also r por; our p.-ccuius uai. r tbia ord r. I am respectfully, Your obedient cerv't, S. Ii. AlAf.LORT, Secretary of the Na7y. If the;pr'.& .nr rs Cannot be ssnt into the Confederacy you will parole tbeia, uktag their parole iu writing, embra cing tbe rank, grade, name and age, and taking their pledge not to serve against the Confederate Stutea du ring tbe war, uxltss regularly exchanged. ri. 11. AIallorv, Sec'y. Mr. Richard Darrell, cn the part of tbe Attorney General,, then withdrew the cbr.-ge, and tbe accused were released. BklllKt Labor In the WorUaliopw. There being Eome misapprehension oa the subject, we take pleasure in calling attention to the fact that the recent General Orders to strengthen our armks in the fLld do not contemplata tne withdrawal of tkiiled or trained mechanical labor from ths Governurcnt work shops. On the contrary, the policy cf the Govern man 1 13 to. attract to the Confederacy and to retain this valuable elemsnt in a nation's prosperity. Whi!e it is necessary that ever v able-bodud man should be eent to the irout, it ia equally necesaary that skilled labcr should be re tained in the service of the Government. We are led to these remarks from a prevailing m's- apprehenaicn on the subject, aad opoa information that steps are in progress to withdraw petmanently lrom military service those now in the trenche3. The zm ani excellent conduct of our mr:c!ia:iica ia rushing to the frout in the hour of danger ia worthy of ail praise, but thai hour has passed, aud it ia evident !o all thinkirg men that the best interests of our cause require their permanet.t services in the arsenals and workshops of the Confederacy. Richmond Enquirer. Smithtillb and W luisQTos, . C. An intelli gent effiser writing to tbe editor of the Macon Te'e grapb from the first named place above, saya : "We are looking daily for aa attack on th's place aud Wil mington, bat I fe'.l perfectly satisfi d that tbey cannot take cither by water. Nature has endowed then: with defences to wbich art has bjen skillfully aided. I sap pose the enemy will attempt aland attack, bat tbey will ifind Una very t&zardoaa."
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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