Washin'oton, July 30.
Retuniiny Rryiments not to-take their Arms
—Apftrehfiisions of an Attar/con Washimjton.—-
Geii. McClellan forbids the departing Keginients
to take their arms with them, and declares that
all arms are contraband.
The correspondent of the New York World
haya the Confederates are moving North, Kastand
Southwest from Manassas, contemplating three
simultaneous approaches on Washington. The
(Confederate pickets are stationed every five miles
from Harper’s Ferry to Fortress Monroe, on the
Potomac river and Chesapeake Bay.
Revolt oj the t'tre /Coiiuves.—^V ASHlNUTON,
July 30.—The Ellsworth Fire Zouaves have been
in a state of insubordination ever smce their re
treat from the Manassas or Bull llun fight. They
openly revolted on Saturday last, and a lleginient
was ordered out to restrain them. Nine of them
are now in jail tor an attempt to desert from
Camp Walton.
Gen. Tyler, I*. S. A., and Lieut, (’arter and
Colonel Keyes are missing.
The Douglas Democrats arc impatient at hav
ing no Generals, although they are the most vi
gorous in favor of invasion.
The President declines to answer wliy the
Baltimore Police Commissioners were arrested.
Tht “/V Ldinbs'^ Rcgi'jniiti/—Anc.^t of -
eminent Empfo^ets.—The ofHcers of the Fire
Zouaves and the 7th and Sth New York Volun
teers are resigning and leaving for home.
The President has called on New Jersey for
three Regiments.
General Scott has had thirteen Government
employees arrested.
Arn'i al nf Troops.—Yesterday nioviiing. llie
2d regiment of the Siekle.s’ N. Y. Brigade ar
rived by the Philadelphia and Wilmington Rail
road. Many regiments of inferior-looking men
have passed through the city, but the worst of
those already noticed wore excellent compari'd
with this regiment. Of all the ragtags and bob
tails which have ever been mustered into servicc,
there has been none to compare with this regi
ment, unless it might be the country gang of the
jolly old knight. Sir John Falstail’. Some had
uniforms on, soiue parts ot uniforms, ami others
were dressed in rags. In appearance they looked
as though they had been drinking sotnetliing be
sides water for the past few years. Some were
lame, several blind of an eye, most of them knock-
kneed and pigeon-toed. The regiment took the
cars for Washington.—Balt. Hrcli(in(je,'H\(h.
m '.it a X{iui re thinka of a Mississippi Hoirit
knife.—The Baltimore Sun tells the fol'owing:
One of thoN. Y. Fire Zjuavcs, who wound
ed at the battle of Manassas, a stalwart, hardy
fellow, of considerable intelligence, passed through
this Oity yesterday, eu route homeward. He, of
course, has the privilege of telling his own tale.
From him I obtained a thrilling narrative of a
rencontre between his Regiment and a Regiment
of Mississippians.
After the battle had been raging lor some
hours, he saw an immense body of Mississippians. ;
accompanied by some (believed to be) Baltimo
reans, rush furiously over the Confederate ram
parts. They at once saw the conspicuous uniform
of the Zouaves and made at them. The Missis
sippians, after approaching near enough, sent a
terrible volley from their rifles into the Zouave
ranks. This done, they threw their guns aside
and charged onward until each contending enen:y
met face to face and hand to hand in terrible combat.
The Mississippians, having discarded theii
rifles, fell back upon their Bowie knives, of huge
dimensions, eighteen to twenty inches lonir, heavy
in proportion, and sharp or two edged at the point.
Attached to the handle was a lasao some eight to
ten feet in length, with one end securely wound
l^und the wrist.
My informant says when these terrific w:irriors
approached to within reach of their lasso, not
waiting to come in bayonet range, they threw
forward their Bowie-knives at the Zouaves after
the fashion of experienced harpooners striking at
a whale.
Frequently they plunged in, and penetraUd
through a soldier’s body, and were jerked out
ready t>; strike again whilst the first victim sunk
into -death. (,)n several occasions, the terrible
Bowie-knife was transfixed in a Zouave and the
Zouave’s bayonet in a Mississippian, both impaled
and falling together, ^o skillfully was this dead
ly instrument handled by the Missi.ssippian that '
he could project it to the full lasso length, kill '
his victim, withdraw it again with a sudden im
pulse, and catch the handle unerringly.
If by any mischance the Bowie-knife missed
its aim, broke the cord fastening it to the arm,
or fell to the earth, revolvers were next resorted •
to and used with similar dexterity. The hand to ^
hand closing in with both pistol and Bowie-knife, '
cutting, slashing, carving, and shooting almost in !
the same moment, was awful beyond description.
Blood gushed from hundreds of wounds, until, i
amid death, pitiful groans and appalling sights, it
staunched the very earth. 3Iy Zouave champion ,
savs himself and comrades did hard fightin^',
stood up manfully to the murderous conflict, but ^
never before knew what undaunted bravery and I
courage meant.
He felt no further ambition to engage in such *
renconters. Having been shot throu-h thewri^t
by a revolver, after escaping the fearful Missis
sippi weapons, and disabled from further active !
participation in the struggle, he willingly prefer- I
red to reap the glory won, convinced that tofi-ht '
against Mississippians with Bowie-knives and T,'is- |
tols, after receiving a volley of their sharp-crack- '
ing rifles, is no ordinary fun. j
Ijf'tter from Hen. Patterson.—PlHLADKLl'ina |
July 25. A private letter from Gen. Patterson^ |
dated Harper's Ferry, July 22d, says: “(ieneral
Johnston retreated to Winchester, where he had
thrown up extensive entrenchments and had a
large number of heavy guns. I could have turn
ed his position and attacked him in the rear, but
he had received large reinforcements from Mis
sissippi, Alabama and (Jeorgia—a total force of
oyer 30,0rM) Confederate troops and .5,000 A'ir-
ginva militia. My force is less than 20,000
Nineteen Regiments, whose term of service’ was
up, or would be within a week, all refused to sta
one hour over their timr but the four Indiana
Regiments—ironck’s, Jarrett’a, 11th and 24th.
‘ ive Regiments have gone home, and two more
go to-day and more to-uiorrow. To avoid being
cut off from the remainder, I lell back and occu
pied this place.
Nkw \^,rk, J uly :50.-The company of re-^u-
lars sent down to hort Lafayette to prct.are „u"ar-
ters for political prisoners and captured offictrs
ot the Secession army will have that place readv
to receive any persons sent down in a few davs
It is said twenty-five distinguished personac^es are
coming on to be confined. [This is evideirtly in
tended t(» refer to the Police (’ommissioners of
Baltimore and the prisoners taken from Fort Mf.
Henry]
\ estcrday afternoon, Messrs. Howard, (Jatchcll
and l>avis, three of the l^olice (commissioners of
this city, together with seven other persons, most
of whom are citizens of Maryland, were placed
on board the steamer Joseph Whitney, and car
ried, as is supposed, to New York, there to be
impn.soned at the pleasure of Mr. Lincoln
Ji'.iltnnora /'Jxchanifey !^0//t.
Important to Tra vrlers.-The shortest and
quickest route from Manassas to Washington—
the road the i'ederals took.
W, Ge«er„l V,„.’_Tho battle at I Alex,mJria.-A lettler from Alexandriasa,a,- | A C.
Manassas has «•». only routed and dispersed a ' In the town of .\lexandria, there are but 200 | and lourteenth North Carol.na
.lanassas na , p.. ci.iliana and (i,000 soldiers, yet the latter are in ; now in this city. They will bo (nil to-morrow,
:n“t':ar.>"’H.an^'r Oorer,rn‘t “ I HK”trn\£,TJirtV;;ru^^^^ | tbe.otheV^eo^ani.'being expected to-day.
York, is a Committee, called the “Union Defence , (^apt. Ashby's farm (Shuter «
Committee,” composed of the solid men and mo-1 leveled, and the placc occupied by the troops,
ney-bags of that great city. When the news of ; Upon the clearing, they have posted two pieces
the defeat arrived, (liis t!oiiiniittee, which takes upon of cannon, which are pointed towards the^ town,
itself to speak in the tones of a master, forthwith as- i used should the citizens attempt tO rise,
sembled. Uesoluiions were propo.sed, condemning the I W. (Jreenwood was shot dead in Alexan-
LincolD Administration in general terms for its man«K*‘- : Saturday by a soldier. On the same
Histohical Coincidencks and Reminisobncbs.—A
distinguished literary gentleman writes to us,—
“Has it occurred to you, that the opening scene of
THE VILL.4GE OF
HAMF’TON—GEN' m. .
DEH, &c.
There is little doubt that the Federal
ment ofaffairs, andcallingspecially forthereraovaloftlie ; - , i" „ Wilson
Secretaries of War and Na>?y-as being incompetent or, day, at the same place, Mr^ Archibald Vk ilson
unfit fuuctiouaries The speeches made on the occasion i was iLurdered by a soldier, hucli occurrences arc
by the heavy-mcial ni“n, Me.ssrs. Grinnell, Wetmoreand , -.solated, but witnessed every day.
others, were even more savage than the resoluiious. AU | ^Vhile in the act of writing the above, 1 was
of the gentlenien spoke freely SfolAurv i informed by a reliable gentleman that another fe-
lamp-posts and hanging them np, without judge oi jury i j at i u„rl innr)oroil ‘it th(»
—and all admitted that there were great numbers of ] male, named Murphy, had been murdered
Secessionists in the city, and that nnlesa speedy and i same place by a soldier.
effective measures were adopted both at \Vnshington . - i’ v , nt
and \ew York, the (Government would be thoroughly ; Harper s terry
I and forever subverted. A monster meeting of the mil- the liead of a large army of federals, has evacuateu
I lion was propostd and will be held, to carrj’ out the , Harper’s Ferry, fearing an attack from Gen.
: views of the ('ommittee, and torce the President, Lin- ,jQhnstoil
i coin either to abdicate himself, or change his Cabinet I . . , i
; and Oener.al8. The Army of the Potomac IS quiet and gradu-
I This is the beginning of the end of Northern self- ^ .jjjy extending its lines towards Washington and
: government. When outside pre.ssure lu the guiae ot j Alexandria. Falls Church, lately occupied as an
I a mob assumes to dictate the action of the Oovernmenl, i *i . .....I;.,. ..n.l
' the c«.as.rophe is not distam. It is not for us to fore- ^ entrcnchcd po-itiou by the ciiem>, and distant
I see all the phases through which Northern society is three miles from Arlington, is in possession of a
i about to |)ass. I>ut when we see a committee, com- strong Confederate force, and constitutes our ad-
j po.setl of the most substantial and respectable men ol a yanced post.— Richmond Examine r, Ls7.
! great city like New York, crj’ing out for “a strong Gov- . • ■ u
i ernnient.’’ ami when such a man as Moses H. Grinnell Alkx.\.\I)KI.V, July oO.—Hcsertions from the
i expresses puM’cly his regret that he was not physicial- J.\.Jeral ranks Continue numerous, forty having
; ly able to hang up to the lamp-post a man who had ex- j j,, /,,uaves are loud in
pressed svmi>athv tor Secession iii his lieaiing. tlie ,r • t ii 1
rei>r„ of l:lw is pretty ni j. over, the bloody orgies of theii^ c.miplaints agains the so-called (,ov ernmcn
’ the French Kevolution impent. at \\ ashuigtoii. 1 hey have not received one cetit
I l?ut, the fust de.iionstr.ation of this mob element is to of their pay, and have refused to do further duty.
>)e direcieil against its own Government. That Govern-
: nient must be made stroii;;er. U hai that means we are
I not tol'l. Hut the Governiaent is not only to be matle
I stronger, but the/'fr^o////!?/of the .Administration is to
be changed. Ttie ''I'ni'ni Dtj'eiice ('ommittee" ordei's
this ch;inge; the mob will enforce it.
I The oriier. in etfeot. has alreaily gone to Washington.
It will be qiiietly (ibeyed, or it will not be. Snpp'>se it
: obeyed: then the .\dtninistration in substance ablioate.
and simply registers llte decrees of the mob. It sinks
i into ciintempt; its influence is gone. The changes matle
: umler such pressure will only produce contusion, dis
content and rebellion. Iftitemob is iletied—no more
, men, no more money I In any cniitigency iiie \ankee
Government proves a failure. — Htchiuowi Whig.
J.incohix Oiticirn.—The Washington correspondent
! 3f the N, V Tribune says that t’ol. .Miles will probably
1 be court-martialed I'or being drunk and not l>ringing
np the reserve, wliich he cominanJe't. at tlie critical mo
ment at Man issas,
.Another I’olonel was asketl where liis regiment w
. He saiil he liid not know, when his interrogator saiii.
, “Vou're at'oward, sir.’’
.Anotiier ('olonel left his regitnent on the tieM. juini'-
e{ into a private carriage, drew his revolver an i inade
the driver rush }iim towarils W^i hington. leaving be-
hin'l those who had hired t!ie coacli as well a.s his own
soldiers. On Vieing asked where his regiment was. lie
; rejilied. “all gone to hell. "
The N. Y’. Times says that there is in the Cabinet an
element of intense hatred to (ieii. Seott. an>l that lilair
has sail! openly that he is utterly unfit for his high po
sition The Times thinks the I’resident onghr at once
to choose between Scott ami his Ciibinet revilers.
iNctOK.vTs i»K U.^TTi.E.—The Manassas correspoiiilent
of the Charleston Mercury writes,—
••r.attles make singular developments. .NIy friend,
l>r r>heph.ird.->tin, visiting the prisoners vesteriiiy.
found a cdllege-mate among them. (Mie of our soldiers
found among them his own brother. Gen. Kvans found
among them Major Tillinghast, long known iti Charles
ton. who had been his classmate—at tliK instant of re
cognition. Mtijor T. was at the point ofde.itli. and dieil
soon after; and. also, in a horse that was taken ai Fair
fax. the charger upou which he rode in the service ut
the Cniietl States. .Vnti ('ol. MiiHins. in a customer
tliat was skulking on tlie ro.ad to Centreville upon the
evening of the battle, and whom he m.iile hi-> j rts^ner,
the Hon. .Mr. Kly, of New York.”
The Washington Star of .Monday evening say.-:
i'ol. Farnhiim.—This irallant officer, it'oloiK-l
(»f the New York Fire Zouaves,^ we rcLrret to
have to -State, has become deranged from expos
ure and wuunds recei\ed at the battle at Bull
Run. He ha.s been takoti to the I ivcruiiKnt In
sane A.'yium.
The A'(/• York Herald's Estim itr.—'I'he New
Y ork Herald, of Friday last, says; i
We have taken tlie trouble to ascertain the real faci"
of the case. and. although no ollicial re{>ort has been
niaile by tlen. McDuwell. the returns, s.j far as we havt-
been able to obtain them—ami they eon«e from a high
military authority—we can state to be as follow-;
Killed. ;JM); woinided, ijUO; wagons, with jirDvi-iuns
lost, l!-); Cannon spiked and lost, 17: small arms droiipci.
(about)
At the Battle of .Matia.ssas, the large seige thir-
ty-two pounder, o\ er which the \ ankces made
; such great brags, was captured. This gun is 20
feet long.
In addition to the 20,000 stand of arms, .‘>0,000
hand-cuffs, four wagon loads of horseman’s pis
tols, \'c., our gallant and victorious army cap
tured a large number of boxes, \c., belonging to
(Jen. Scott and other ‘“grand army” ofheers, and
i all marked as destined to “Richmond.” Many
ttf the lii*xes were filled with sauces, sanlines,
preserved meats, peach pre.serves, olives, i^c.
Our army is .said to have captured provisions
enougli to last twelve months.—Ri h. Enquirer.
Betrt’cen three and four thousand of the eaj)-
tured muskets were brought down from .Manas
sas on Wednesday night. They are .slightly rust
ed by exposure, and have bt'cn sent to the .Vr-
niorv to be rtdmrnished. — E.ranimer, 'hi.
Erii'it>ir ('aptured.—A Icttt'r from -\orfolk,
1st itist., says that the privateer which left that
place a few ihiys ago has certainly been captured
by two uf Linci-'ln’s steamers.
AdvdWi Ilf'thi ('iiti fi di rafc /^ri f s in Miss'^un
toirards C'liro.— C.viKu, Jul}' —Deserters
from the rebel camp at Union City report that
the Sece.ssioti forces tht-re ami at Randolph and
Memphis have received marching orders—tlesfi-
nation Bird’s Point, opposite this place. They
are to rendezvous at New Madrid. It is reported
that the steamer Prince ot Wales arrived at
New Madrid on Saturday with a large number of
horses.
The Inst Li> y,t.—The New Y’ork Herald has
it from “Iiigh military authirity” that the I’ed-
erals lost only killed at Manassas. Aud fifty
thousand men ran away and irave up all their can
non, on account ol such a loss!—Rich. Ih'.yj/ntch.
A wealthy gentleman at Worcester, who has
: a nephew in the rebd army at Seweli’s Point,
has .sent a K tter to (ien. Butler, offering for
tlic head ot his traitorous relation. So says the
lioston Poft
The Rrirati'i’i M'>n (ii'od Wnrk.— I’he Nor-
tulk .\rgus of the .'Jlst says;
)n Sunday last the privateer steamer (iordon,
of (’harleston, captured an>l carried into Hatterxs
' Inlet th^ I •rig ,^Ict Iilfrev, ot Bangor, Me., from
, Cardenas for Bangor, with a carro of oOO hoi;s-
' heads niolasses. She al.so cajitured the schooner
Protector, cd' Philalelphia, from (’uba, bound to
; Philadelphia, with a cargo of banannah, plan-
I tains, pine apple-', and other West India fruits,
j )n Thursday last the Privateer steamer Mari-
j tier ca]itured at )cracoekea schooner loaded with
West India truit.
I 'I’he Privateer York captured last week the
J*rr contra, the Herald of the }>receding Tucs- j brig 1>. S. Martin, of lioston, loaded with tugar
addition, ten Regiments are now in camp, and
will be ready to move in a week for the seat of
war. This omits six Regin>ents retained in the
State for home defence. What i.s remarkable
about the North Carolina troops is, the complete
and thorough condition of their equipments
the present WR8 the closing battle-field of the j Jj^ve burned, within the past few days, the,,,./
revolution? Col. Hill’s entrenchments, I understand I portion of the village of Hampton T? •
I the second time in its hi,U,ry that it
from Y'orkfown. The combined French and Americans j fired by the ecemy In the war of the tirst
are in some instances identical or parallel lines
those of Lord Cornwallis
under Washington were in numbers about liO,(K)0. nearly j olution, the English .squadron, annoyed by t
three times as great as the united land and naval lorcea
oftheenemv. It is remarkable, that according to the
official report of Lord Cornwallis he had lost Ion men
They all come well tinned, well officered and SU- j about one-third of the number of our Northern
perbly equipped. The Old North State is doing : friends whom we may reasonably suppose to *
lant exploits of two young officers, San.uti
James Baroa, attacked Hampton an,] '
most of it inflames; not, howevei, withcjv _
countering a most gallant resistance fronj ..
Col. Hill’s force was smaller, in proportion j Hamptonians, supported by the celebrated
tliiity“LrrLg‘!ren't thTLld^houTd'lhcM! j “ o'lbeVrf ;i,eVoe'u,;; tl,.n Cernwallis’s to W».l.- | p^per Minute -Mei;, the united forces '
isrencies of the war call for it.—Rich. Examiner, j ®
, ruand of Col. Woodford, who subseuuentlv i
__ _ , The battle of Guilford, like that of Manassa^^
. ' »• n . rp ' clo.sely contested. Greene had the advantage in posi
Si.rth Rei/une?it y. t. i^tate ror j j gggcjves
the gratification of those who have friends in | underCornwallisbeing about 2500. Greene’s troops were
Capt Freeland’s Company, we are permitted ta j niostly undisciplined militia. The enemy, on the con-
publish an extract of his letter to his wife. trary, were veterans who had no superiors in the British
Manass.\s Junction, July 28d, 1801.
Ml/ Dear Jufia:~l am yet alive and well,
service. So far from encumbering himself with ambu
lances and luxuries which remind us of Persian effemi
nacy and indulgences, ho destroyed hi» bapzjige wa-
’r,-
No spot in Virginia is invested with
thrilling romance and historic interest
Hampton and its immediate vicinity. !•
visited in l(i07 by Capt. John Smith, then un '*
dian town called Kecoughtan. Here Smith a
his party were regaled with corn cake.s, auj
and so only ihrou'>-h the great mercies 01* God. j pons and superfluous baggage, near our Southern bor-, hhanged for them trinkets and beads.' ’J'h,.
Sixteen of mv brave boys fell around me, dead | der. preparatory to entering upon his famous pursuit of j settled from Jamestown, in Iriiu
_ Ti l’ll. p whom he chrt.sel, not with [ocoffiotive but t _ inr'nmrtrnfofl ^.cpntiirv m
and wounded, while storming one of the enemy s , ^ ^ '
rallels in history, quite across the State, until the sue- ■ ^ Lhzabe h City,
ceasful passage of the Dan rendered further eflori | Ihc hipisoopal I. nurcli, aii ancient piit- ;ijj
hopeless.
“Naked as his army was on the battle field, (’ornwnl-
lis was well provided with arms and military stores, as
comp.ired with his adver.'jary. Greene, instead of I'ar-
rot guns, and Shermau and West I’oint batteries, h.id . i i i cn j • i
no artillery but 4 six pounders, of what construction ■ rountled by a cemetery tilled witii coiiiitlc's
not informed. Both were great commanders, ^ ble-niarks of the dead.” Scattered tlin/u.;!.
batteries. Our brave Col. Fisher fell near me.
The battle raged dreadfully for twelve hours.
They drove us once in some disorder, but we
drove them at last with great slaughter. 1 hope
never to witness such a scene again. Be ot good
cheer, dear Julia, for I hope the last great battle
is fought aud won.
I send you a list of the dead an«l wounded of
my Comjiany:
Killi-il—J. A. Hutchins, Robert Falkner.
\\’ounde'l.—J. E. Davis, mortally; E. W. rickelt,
.lames Helmun, .\. (Jlenn, A. V. Copley. James Copley,
William Chamblev. W. P. Ilaley, S. B. Freen an, H.
Vickers. (). W. Willett, H. Pickett, Silas Hutchin, Bur
ton Hhodes.
I have just vi.sited my wounded, and could but
weep over them. t>ur dead are all buried.
Ilillshoru’ Recorder.
.1// interest nil/ Extract—The late Col. t ish^-r.
—The following extract from a letter written by
Capt. Ham. C. Jones, of '»th Regiment of State
troops (McKae’s) to his father of this vicinity,
pitssesses an interest which will commend it to
all our readers. The tribute to the memory of
(’ol. Fisher is .so sincere and trutnful, (the writer
having no thought of its going beyond the family
circle.') and so happily expre.ssed, that the friends
of both will be gratified at its perusal.
Sa Iisb n ry \Va tch via n.
IltCH.MoSi), July 24. 1801
•‘This place is in a furor of excitenient consequent
npon tilt great victory. What a vimlication of justice!
What a terrible retribution foi iuitiuityl I yesterday
performe l the melancholy duty of escorting the remains
of the lamented ’ol. Fisher. 1 tell you. Father, the
man liied heroically—liietl as he had lived—brave, ar
dent, resolute; and his last gallant charge has redound-
eil ^rt-atly to the honor of the State he loved so de
votedly.
North (’arolina is the favorite of the here, anti
I was surprised to find that she had so suddenly been
emiued with a Spartan reputation for valor. 1 hear
honorable mention maile of her continually."
The tollowing is a list of killed and wounded
belonging to the Fifth Infantry, N. (J. State
Troops, Col. I>. K. McKae, in the action on the
21st J uly, iSCtl;
Private James Manning, Co. C., killed.
Wiley darner, “ wounded,
lluflin Richardson, “ wounded.
Cttrp’l Bl;ikc Wiggins, Co. (I., slightly wounded.
of imported brick, is the oldest buildin.' m ri
village, and probably, from its isolated loirativ
may have escaped the lafe^onHatrratii.n Ir
the second oldest church in^ip
lie J^tate, am
and, with the single exception of Washiiigion, neither ; found, at intervals, stones with ann.jr;
had his superior in the .\mencan or OUarteringS, designating the resting place 1)1'L "
rornwalhs, ihotich not the equal, resembled Washing- ) * ■ ■ v
are borne by^ numerous families all over the S.m-^
ern States.
One of the traditions connected with tln>
toninhismosr9^t'iik“nV*!^aiTro7cl^^^^^^^^^ HiVpeer I ored ancestry. Some of these are very ,Id.
IB c*rta.inly not to be founJ aniong ihe Xo! thern leAiders j tinji', in scvers,! i!iSt-anc6Sj uuck. into the >c\ .
at Manaaeas. Greene’s numbers are Huppjscd to have , teenth century. liere repose the earthlv Twin'd'-,
been ab(-ut 6000, CornwaUis’s not to have exceeded niany a cavalier and gentleman, wliO'e tia’
effective men. The carnage, in proportion to . ..
numbers, was dreadful. The English loss in killed and
wounded is represented to have been bOO, the .\merican
4(K). The aggregate more than half our loss at .Ma-
nas.sas, and not more than an eighth or tenth of the sun- { edifice Is, that the Venerable Steeple Wfis. pri..r •
posed loss of the enemy there. . i to the Revolution, surmounted by the ruvtil i
•‘If the pre,sent details are to be t.pon the , -
triumph at Manas.sas ih one or the most (ieciaea an‘l . « ^ *i j ? i li
remarkable victories of the present century, No amount 1 Jul^, 1 ^*>, a tllUnuer CiOUd blc\A Up, ui,.
of money would have supplied us with ir>,K)0 stand of , lightning rent the steeple and dashed the iti-;
arms, and the finest batteries on this side of the .\tlan- j ujn of royalty to the earth,
tic, in this hour of imminent need; to say nothing of Hampton is beautifullv situa
the immense amount of provisions and other luilirary ■
stores. The value of the achievement to us in prestige.
in the effect it is calculated to produce upon foreign j
courts, as well as the material results, is incalculable, i eil for its health and facilities for tine livir
I on an arm of the sea setting in from the aii|acf,' -
' roadsteads which bear its name, and is eeieKra:-
and the corresponding loss to the enemy, in all these , The part of it unconsutned is still occupied ('■
respects, irreparable and overwhelming several Federal Regiments, which are srron '■
“The t^^rnble onslausrhr of our Southern friends, with ' .-n
the Bowie knife, on the Ellsworth Zou.ives, resembles a j renched ana supported b} artlller\. Iheerj^
sinular iiiciJent in Roman history — the rout of Poin- j occupy it aS a SOrt of hulfwa\ llOUSC
pey's ••carjiet knights.” when the rough followers of'Old Point and Newport News. 'J'he excuse irive
(’lesar were directed to strike at tlie patrician faces of : for their Vandalism in burning the ■’TCater Dui
the enemy with the stout .hort sword. which constnut- ; they antici^'pated an al
! ed a part of the Kom.au armor.’
uay said:
There can be no loti;rcr ;i doubt ab'uit the disastrous
nature of the retreat of our army from Bull'ii Hun to
-Arlington Heights. Ui killeil, wounded and prisoners,
the loss amounts probably to tkoii.fami, including
many of the best oflicers, together witii tin' whole of the
fp/y/i'liil artilUry.
[We can furnish the Herald with the data for
a calculation. After the battle there were I»0
of our troops dead on the field. l>own to Satur
day last liin inure had died, and there remained
1,IM)IJ wounded. The Vankee dead on the field,
by actual count, when they were buried, number
ed 15(1(1. het the Herald multiply tho number
of Confederates dying after the buttle and those
remaining wouude J each by fifteen, then add •_',00(»
for prisoners, and a fair allowance for straggler.s
and deserters, and it may approximate the phy
sical damage sustained by ‘"The (I rand Arinv"
on the ever to be remembered L’lst July, lxil.
'J'he damage, we say—for the moral
beyond computation.]—Richmond \Vhi/.
.1 Sold it r Shoot imj at the Munnnunt of llV/.sZt-
imjton.—On Sunday afternoon, several .soldiers
were pa.s.sing neir Washington Monument, when
one of them, who had a musket in his hands,
walked to a position near the base of the Monu
ment, rai.scd his musket, and, after taking de
liberate aim at the statue of \V a.shiiigton, tired.
As he brought his weapon down, he remarked to
a comrade, “Well, there is an end of old Wash
ington. — Haiti more Ej cha nye.
We have understool from an army officer who
was in the fight at Jiull Run, that ladies’ wear-
ing a{)parel was certainly taken amongst the ef
fects of the enemy. They were ball dre.sses. A
printing press was also found, and invitation
card.s, showing that a grand ball was to come off
in liiehinond on the Monday night succeeding,
for which the enemy had provided all kinds of
confectionery. What a pity that such a nice
programme was spoiled.— Lynchbnnj Vinjinian.
Panicon the Coast of Maine.—BaN(U>r, July
27.—The Down-Fasters were badly frightened
last week, by the appearance of a rakish-looking
schooner, curiously painted, which appeared off
Cape Sable, and atte .pted to board or speak with
several vessels, which made all sail to escape,
supposing her to be a privateer, as she carried a
large number of men.
The I’ortuguese schooner Jacinto arrived here
to-day, and reports that off Cape Sable she attempt
ed to speak several vessels, to ascertain her where-
a outs, but that they were frightened, and she
did not succeed. This is undoubtedly the key to
the mystery, as the Jacinto answers the descrip
tion of the first named vessel
>n every particular.
There is Aothini/ like Leather!-~U one of the
Massachusetts regiments there are or were 83G
shoemakers, of whom 87 belonged to one Compa-
at the Manassas fight was
awmlly troubled in its soles, and waxed too
feeble towards the end to bristle up when the
masked batteries balled it oS.— Wil. Journal.
niills and other machinery, sliooks, t*tc. She was
beached near Loggerhead Inlet, and it is report
ed that the Yankees succeeded in burjiing her
on .''unday last.
Another Prizi.—A ve.s.«el laden with fruit, we
b arn, has been captured and taken to Newbern,
thp crew carried to Raleigh in charge of Serg’t
Wm. M Stevenson of the Washington (irays.
It was rumored at Newbern on Saturday last that
two other prizes had been cajitured. (’argocs
not known.— \\Ushinatou (A". C.) lh'sj>afh.
(iallant Evat of Arms.—The Fredericksburg
News records a feat performed by W. C. Scott,
of that town, as follows:
Though not strictly speaking in the fight, his
position being that of’ Private Secretary to (leu.
Holmes, wdiose cuumand was not engaged in the
action, his proximity to the scene of conflict w'as
rewarded by an unexpected encounter with lour
straggling Vankeos, whose muskets were some
what out of order and who were endeavoring to
escape. Our young Virginian hero "surrounded”
the .sfjuad, instantly dispatched two with his re
volver, and marched the other two into camp as
his prisoners. We’ll venture to say not a man
of his inches did as much on that great day of
triumph. The soul makes the hero, and one
Southern boy is good fora dozen Yankees at any
time.
The Soldier's (iraie.—The remains of Lieut.
Hdgar Macon, of the Thomas Artillery of this
city, who fought valiantly and fell at Manassas
on the memorable 21st, were conveyed to Orange
Courthouse. They were received by his friends
and deposited in the family burying ground at
.Montpelier, where his ancestors for five generations
repose—amongst them his uncle, ex-President
.^Iadison. A fit grave for the soldier who fell
in such a cause—to be laid by such a Statesman.
A singular coincidence is the fact, that in the
same ground lies also the son of (ren. Winfield
Scott. This needs no comment. Every South
ern heart will make iti? own in contemplating the
circumstances under which our gallant friend fell.
Lieut. Macon was the only son of a widowed
mother, and leaves a young wife and one child,
an infant son, never seen by its father.
Richmond Whiy.
The horse killed under Gen. Beauregard was
struck in the flank by a six-pound cannon shot
which hit not quite a foot from the General’s
right leg. The horse was a splendid animal,
furnished Gen. Beauregard the morning of the
battle by his Aid, Colonel Manning, and was a
blooded animal of admirable points.—Rich. Ex.
Ex-President Van Buren is reported to have
said on the L')th of July, that the war ought to be
vigorously prosecuted until the full authority of
the United States Government is re-established.
It took about three months for General Mc
Dowell to march his grand army from Washing
ton City to Bull’s llun, and it is a remarkabfe
fact that the same army returned to Washington
in the short space of three hours.
Arrind. — Lieiit. Edward Hick, .son of Judge
l>iek, of North Carulina, arrived in this citv on
.''londuy evening from Florida »« routt- for home.
Lieut. l>ick was formerly first Engineer on board
the I , S steanit'r Mohawk, but upon hearing of
the action of his State resigned his commission
and refused to continue his .service on board the
ship, 'fhtv latiiled him at rampa Bay without . things well,
money, keeping back an auiount of back pay due
him from the I 'nited States (jrovernment, of?.i7r>.
He procured conveyance, however, as lar as
Jacksonville, and there wrote home to (ireensbo-
routrh, N. C., for funds. He was on his way home,
coming by the Savannah route, when hewas.sud
denly arrested on suspicion of bein: a spy, the
remark as to bis former position on the Mohawk ! good physic’ans in our company, viz: Urs. .M.
having been overheard.
He was e.\ainined before the Mayor yesterday
morning, and produced letters from Jno. A. Gil
mer, Esif., and w;is al.so vouched for by Mr. ]^.
Barbot and other respectable citizens with whom
he was aejuainted in this city. )f course, the
.^layor at once released him, expressing his regret
fortius untoward circumstance.— Chas. ('ourier.
the Bowie knife, on the Ellsworth Zou.ives, resembles a j entrenched and supported b} artiller\. ineeri^-
similar inciJent in Roman history — the rout of Poin- j OCCUpy it aS a SOrt of hulfwa\ llOUSC
pey's ••carjiet knights,” when the rough followers of ' Old Point and Newport News. 'J'he excuse iriven
"‘I" ‘?r pur-
ticipateil an at
tack from General Magruder, aud found it nece>
In reply to the opening question of our correspondent. ' gary to consume a part of the town to irive proper
: we may remark, that it wag fit that the revolution should i ran'^e tO their artillery
be taken up just where it was left otf in 1781. It had ' [t is tO be deeply regretted that, from th.' in-
i proved to be a failure. The work must be done over adetjuacy of our force, the entire county of Eliza-
I again. The corruption of the North must be purified. ! beth City should have to be given over to the
, The fanaticism of the North must be killed off, since it ! ravages of the Federal A'aiidals. No day pas.'t->
. can no otherwise be eradicated. The love of the ‘-al- ' does not furnish some fresh outrage, .soiutr
I mightj flollar” must be obliterated by the drain of all niw act of barbarity or some fiendisfi eruelt-.
, the Northern means to carry on an unjust war. The ' practiced by the banditti horde that infest thb
I facility of rapil accumulation, which, as with an .\1- fairest and certainly most classic spot of \ ir
j laddin's Lamp, built up palaces in a night, must T>e ® soil. All the tine farms on the Back and
withilrawn from the North by the loss of the Southern ' rivers, many of them once the adorned
j trade. .And. to crown all, the ferociou? spirit that sets hon^esteads of that noble race of gentlemen ot the
1 Constitution and Laws at defiance, that imprisons men have been visited and stripped ot
■ ar,l oulrageB >rom»n, .h«. bur„, ,„.l a„,l .11 ^ «-=0'tlling valuable they eonta.ned If auy ob-
. for .he purpo,e of nmkinp ,he „m„ wi.h .1,. T’ ‘J.
I ^ I at the hands of the banditti. This has
'''"^'’“'''“"'“’Ibeengoinaon now for more than two monti,..
, «„.l,,ra«oe .n,i OoJ s favor M.eve ,1„. |
ing 1 ro.i.lfuce li«» onlereJ all il,al has occurred, has ; a,_,od, and wears an aspect ot bleak and dreary
j begun the revolution where it left off, and has so far . desolation
. crowned our arms with victory. Let us go forward in What plans General Magruder has in view are
! Faith that He will continue to do so, for "He doeth all not known; but the supposition is, that he means.
’ so scon as a favourable opportunity offers, to pos
sess himself of Newport News Point, and thu>
command the mouth of the James river and open
up water communication between Richmond and
Norfolk. Besides, it w'ould enable him to hold
all the country up to Yorktown, and keep the
enemy within a few miles from their lines at Old
Point.
The federal forces arc strongly posted at Now
port News, having both a wateV and land batterv;
of our men. S^uch men should not be overlooked by , it has to be assailed opportunely and judi-
our military Board in making appointments of Sur- | ciously to prevent great loss on our side
geons and .Assistants for Regiments. Our company ' f •
is highly complimented, not only for their efficiency of j _ ntinm ud Ex^min,,
drill ami jjeneral fine appearance, but also for their
From thk Moork Coixtv I.skkpe.vde.nts.—A mem
ber of this company, writing to us on business, adds as
follows: —
AT G.\rvsbubo, .July 'JO, 18t>l.
We are all well except .Mr. Neill Ray, who has in
termittent tever. Some of our boys will probably have
measles, as it is prevalent in the camp. We have two
.... 1 . ■ - M. ytreet
and 1). M. ;Shaw, both of whom deserve honorable men
tion for their indefatigable efforts to promote the health
The Rev. Mr. Norwood, of the Protestant Epis
copal Church, is at Manassas Junction. He has
for some years past had charge of the church in
Georgetown, i>. C-, from which place, having be
come obnoxious on account of his strong South
ern sentiments, he recently escaped with difficulty.
There is said to have been a hot pursuit after him,
but h? succeeded in reaching our lines in safety.
Richmond Examiner, 'Id.
Arnst.i.—Ou Monday last, John Hilton was
arrested in the county of Havidson, near Thomas-
ville, for using inccndiary language, and making
many violent threats of violence. When the
b-^ierifl’ proceeded to his house, in company with
three or four others, he refused to surrender; and
in taking him, Mr. Wesley Thomas received a
severe sword cut on tlie side of the face. Hilton
wasc arried before Judge Saunders, at Lexington,
who sentenced him to twelve months’ imprison
ment for resisting an officer; and also bound him
ov3r in a bond of S.),000 for his appearance at
the next Superior Court, in default of which he
was committed to prison.
A man by the name of Chandler, a yankee
shoe-maker at Thomasville, was also arrested for
some improper conduct, and carried before Judge
Saunders, who, after investigation bound him in
a bond of 8250 for his appearance at the next
Superior Court. Mr. Chandler readily gave the
bond and was discharged. Mr. Wright, also a
yankee shoe-maker, was bound over as a witness,
in a bond of $250.
The movements of a squad of men, in a neigh
borhood North of Thomasville, created considera
ble excitement for a day or two; but we learn that
it has pretty near subsided, and we do not appre
hend any farther difficulty in the neighborhood.
. Greensboro' Patriot.
Winter is Coming.—Our soldiers must be pro
vided for against the winter. The Iredell Ex
press suggests that Southern families dispose of
their blankets for the soldiers, and substitute
comforters in their stead. Our country women
used to manufacture a fine blanket and woolen
coutiterpane, which would be advisable for the
soldiers. Blankets and woolen cloth will be scarce.
No better substitute could be provided for our
soldiers than those old fashioned homespun blan
kets and counterpanes, and the homespun cloth
made by our country women for clothing. Let
them start their spinning wheels and looms again.
Raleigh Standard.
StraiP flats.—Mr. A. D. Wilkinson wears one
of the prettiest straw hats we have seen this
season; and the best of it is, it was manufactured
by his excellent lady out of our common oat
straw. This shows that we can make our own
straw hats, if we are willing to take the trouble.
And there are a thousand other articles which
we might make if we would. Let us do it.
^Saliibury Watchman,
gentlemanly department and good conduct generally.
Large detachments of troops are passing here almost
every train going North. .All seem anxious to meet the
enemy. I do not know eertaijity to what Regiment we
will be attached; there has been nn effort to tack us on
to the narrative end of the 14th, but we claim the right of
freemen to exercise a choice in oflicers, &c.
Crops of corn are remarkably fine on the route we
travelled over to this point; and as the wheat crop is
good I think we shall be able to get a good supply of
the statf ot life during another year. We are well sup
plied here with good wholesome provisions. A young
man from Person county in a drunken broil shot anoth
er from the same county here on Saturday evening, in
flicting a painful though not mortal wound. The
ball entered his thigh in front, some 8 or 10 inches
above the knee, and passing around the bone came out
on the under part. The offender is now in the hands
of the civil authorities.
A letter from Capt. Scott of Greensboro’, to his bro
ther, is published in the Patriot. At the close, after
stating that his company joined in the pursuit at Ma
nassas, he says,—
“W'e had the pleasure of running the yankees, and
of hallooing and shouting at them, cheering them on
their way. We also overtook and captured several live
yankees. "We took a preacher, a colonel, and several
privates. They scattered all sorts of things along
their way and destroyed all they could. All along the
road were crackers, blankets, knapsacks, guns, cards
books, clothing, &c. We got supper last night about
one 0 clock. The Federalists fought bravely. No man
need say now that they will not tight. They fought
like tigers. I have no ink—I write on my knee in the
-am, in my entrenchment. We have no tenis. I have
been sleeping on the ground, in the rain, and notbing
over me but a blanket and the sky.”
The Patriot also publishes a letter from D. Z. Har
din, a private in CoL Fisher’s regiment, from which we
make the following extract;
“Our regiment was led into battle at about 12 o’clock.
We were in the thickest of the fight, and consequently
were considerably cut up. Besides the loss of our re
spected Colonel, a large number of our men were killed
Our regiment, in rushing to the scene of action were
compelled to go through a dense thicket, in consequence
of which we became very much scattered—to which
fact our severe loss may be partly attributed. This
was, if not a rash move in our Colonel, at least a very
desperate one, and against which several leading olficers
of other regiments endeavored to persuade him; but he
hearkened not to their counsels, and at the head of the
regitnent marched us through this dangerous pass, and
as 1 have already stated into the thickest of the fitht
where we remained until we were completely exhausted’
when we were ordered to move to another portion of
the held, after which all who were not too completely
exhausted, again rallied and fought valiantly until the
pemy were comp etely routed. The day after the fight
I reviewed the held of battle, and such a scene fan
much better be imagined than described. Acres and
acres of ground were so thickly covered with the dead
(of the enemy,) that I could have made the entire cir
cuit on their bodies. The wounded were scattered for
m^iles m every direction. I conversed with a number
Care for the Wounded.—By direction of (Jov
Clark, Surgeon General Johnson left Raleigh, N
C., on Friday last, accompat^d by a numerous
staff and with everything necessary for such an
expedition, for the vicinity of the battle field in
\ irginia, to render all posssible aid to the wound
ed soldiers.
lo llie dilliciiify
of procuring supplies and then only
cash, our sales hereafter will be fir
Lash only, excepting only to those who will promptly
settle their accounts in the months of .January and .Julv
S. T. HAWLEY & SON.'
Augua 1, 44-4t
The Virg^inia and .\ortli C'ai^liiia
Irrepre»(Kibie«.
JcxCTios P. 0., Hanover County, Va , 1
July 29, 1861. j
Under this name it is proposed to get up a regiment of
ten companies of 100 men ea^h, including ofiBcers, mak
ing 1,000 mea. We are to wear citizens’ clothes and
to use such arms as we can furnish ourselves. A pair
of Colt’s pistols, a bowie-knife and a double barrel gun,
with a .Minnie ball or a good rifle; to pledge ourselves
to serve during the war wherever the President mav
choose to place us; to serve without pay.
The main object of this organization is to avenge the
death of Gen Robert S. Garnett, of Virginia, and Col.
Charles F. Fisher, of North Carolina.
Those who wish to form such a regiment, will signify
their assent by writing to me at the above post-office,
and when we have r>K> men we will report ourselves for
duty, and go on increasing the number until it amounts
to 1,000.
The design i.s, that the number shall always be kept
up by new enlistments whenever vacancies’ occur by
death or inability, and no other cause shall release a
man from his obligation. I will act as private or in
any capacity the regiment may direct. When our num
ber reaches 500, we will request the President to ap
point a Colonel 0*’ his own selection, and muster us into
service at Richmond. 1 will advertise the time of meet
ing there as soon as 1 receive the names of 500 men.
Lach company will choose its own Captain and subor
dinate oflicers.
THEODORE S. GARNETT
The newspapers in Virginia and North Carolina
will doubtless publish the above without charge, twice
a week for three weeks.
Sumter’s captures off Cuba,
n.inmr*? ^ freights there. This is
ruinous to the ship-owners at the North.
Not to be relied o/i._There are ^itli^y men, of Eu
ropean experience in war, who say that those who have
been part and parcel of the rout from Bull Run cannot
be relied upon hereafter for offensive operations.
W^nhington corrufigndtat Philadelphia Ledger.
Ki\COIiaiGK IIO.ME IMSTRl!
-TIERCHAIVT TAlLORIM«
AND
Clothing Manufacturing Establishment.
The subscriber very respectfully informs his friends
and the public generally, that he will from this day,
have all his Clothing manufactured in his House, under
the supervision of some of the best and most skillful Me
chanics, and every Garment will be warranted. Every
article of Clothing made to measure on the shortest
notice, and a perfect fit insured.
A fine and choice assortment of CLOTHS C.\SSI-
MLRES, DOESKINS and VESTINGS, always on hand.
.All those wishing to make a genteel appearance in a
nice and substantial Home-Made suit of Cloth will
please call on GEORGE BRANDT,
No. IG Hay St., Fayetteville.
ON the 16th inst., I shall waat Twenty-five experienced
hands to make Pantaloons and Vests. Constant
employment and liberal wages will be given to good
hands; none other need apply,
T. BRANDT.
D«c’r 8, 1860. 76itf
pointi