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THE KENTUCKY BATTLE. From the Knoxville Register of the 2-llh. Gen. Crittenden had received news on Satur day la-ot that the enemy had crossed Fishing creek in aniall force [1500] and determined to cut them off. He accordingly marched out froiu his breast works at Mill Spring, with all his force,^ at 11 o’clock Saturday night. At daylight Sunday morning the enemy was encountered about seven milei from our camps. They were repulsed three times, but came on in overwhelming numbers. Our troops finally retreated, and reached their breastworks about dark. The false information of the enemy’s force was brought by one John.>*on, known familiarly as “Hog-back Johnson. Our troops fell back to the breastworks under the command of Gen. Crittenden, who was active in duty. Under cover of night our forces were transport ed speedily across the river, and were ordered to fall back to camp McGinnis, twenty-five miles in this direction. In the engagement Rutledge’s and McClung’s batteries were lost, except two pieces of the former, which were stationed with Monsarrat’s battery, on the south side ol the river, and are safe. From ihe Knoxville Register of tlie -5th. We have received somd additional details ot the Fishing creek battle. Several of the lutjitives reached ihis city to-day; but they are mostly from the hospitals on this side of the river, and were not in the eugageaaent. Their accounts are con flicting. • All accounts concur in awarding to Col. Cum mings the highest praise for his courage and gal- lantrv in. the action. He is said to have charged on the en«my after the fall of General Zollicoffer with terrible efl'ect. There was a rumor that he was appointed a brigadier upon the field. The loss in his r«giment is rumored to be twenty-five. The Fifteenth Mi.>issippi regiment, command ed by Lieut Col. Walthall, covered itself with glory. They were engaged with Byrd s regiment of renegade Tennesseeans, and nearly annihilated them. Capt. Shiala, of the Engineers, bearing dis patches to Gen. Sydney Johnston, arrived at London on Thursday, directly from the field ol battle. He was in the engagement, and his ac count is thereftirc reliable. The substance of his stateiHcnt is: ‘•On Saturday nisht the ISth, at 12 o’clock, Gen. Critt^iden and forces marched out to meet *the enemy on Fishing creek, eleven miles distant. They met the enomy lying in ambush, just at the d.iwning of day, when Gen. Zollicoffer, who was in front, gave (he order for an attack. Col. Staunton cried out. “for God sake don’t fire— they are our friends.” The Shoop ffites hallowing lustily for Jeff. Davis. Simultaneously the enemy fired, shooting Gen. Zollicoffer in the heart and killing him instantly. He spoke but twice—his laat words were, “ 6'« o/i. yn o>t, ntt/ bnue l/oys— / urn killed!" )n parting with his trusty ser vant at midnight he shook hi.-; hands and remark ed that they would prohabiy meet no more. “Colonels Battle’s and Cummines’. and the Fit- teenth Mississippi regiments touirht bravely, sav ing our forces from annihilation Generals Crit tenden and Carroll were in the engagement the whole time, evincing great courage and determi nation. “Theenemy were repulsed several times. Their stength was fifteen regiments. Ours actually tii- gaged was three regiments and two companies «»t artillery. Our loss in killed, wuuuded and mis sing, three hundred and titty Theirs probably much more. “The Confederate army retreated across the riyer, by steamboat and two tl it. in good ordtT, as is shown by our lo>ini: only one man while crossing. Fourteen pieces ot artillery were placed on the boat. Gen. Crittetidcu ordered tht ui to be spiked, and the boat burned, and the L'uns i»re now at the bottom of the Cumberland. 'I'lie river la much swollen by recent rains and snow in the mountains. The enemy have no boats, so there is no danger of any considerable force cro'sinir the river. Our-men mo.»tly brouL'ht awav their arms, and will make a stand either at Monticello or at Wolf river, twelve miles beyond Jamestown " Since writing the above Wf have seen t'apt. Jones, quartermaster to Col. White’s recriment. who arrived last night. He reports that Gen. Crittenden made but a short stand at Monticello, and then fell back to Camp .'IcGinnis, and may fall still further back, in order to collect those of his force who are scattered. Account.« brought in by the new arrivals are so conflictin*. that we can giv« no fuller or more reliable statement as yet. It is no promptings of enipty pane>:vric when we say that there were few such men as F. K. Zollicoffer. He was a perfect model of a true mnn. A braver man never lived. It ha' been truly said that he was insen.'ible to fear In all the social relati(.‘n> of his life he strictly ob- ser\-ed and practiced the high (jualitiet> of a ('hris- tian gentleman, and never gave cause for offence, yet when rudely assailed, ur the .'jlightest imputa tion cast ujMjj) his nonur. he was proiupt to re sent it. Some have supposed him rash and precipitant. e think not. On the contrary, we have ever regarded him as one of the coolest and most determined men it has been our fortune to be acquainted with. The hero has gone! He fell in the liurness— fell leading on his gallant men to the char-e. and the last words that dropped from his lips after the fatal ball had pierced his heart, and he was reel ing upon his charter, was “Go on, ;u o.v, .\iv BRAVE BOV.sI 1 A.M KILLLD.” The Nashville Gazette is indebted to a meniber of McXairy s battalion for the following account: At eight o’clock on the morning of Sunday last, the 19th instant, the battle commenced, the enemy opening fire. The .^li^^issippi reriment was ordered to the right, and Battle’s to the left, and immediately afterwards riding up in Iront, General Zollicoffer advatie.-d to within a short distance of an Ohio r -iment, which had taken a position at a point unknown to him, and which he supposed to be one ot his own regiments. The first intimati((n he hud of his position was received when it was too late. “'I'here’s old Zol- licotfer,” cried out several of the regiment in front of him, “Kill hinil” and in an instant their i»ieces i were leveled at his person. ,\t that moment | Henry M. l-oj::;, aid to General Zollicoffer, drew I his revolver and fired, kiliin- the individual who ' first recognized General Z. With the must per- ' feet coolness (general Z. aj,pruacl.ed to the head of the enpy, and, drawin;.r his ,ahre, cut the head of the Lincoln colonel from his shoulders As soon as thi.s was done, twenty bullets pierced enff MM General Zolli- coffer fell from hn horse a manuMed corpse Co ^»til about 11 o’clock. Col. Battle 3 and Col. .Statham s regiments bearin.- the brunt of the battle. Before the enua.^enjent closed, General Crittenden ordered the"entire force, with the exception of the two regiments above na.ned, back to their breastworks. It was at this critical moment that our troops sutlered ^ >de by side the gallant Mississi{)pi regiment, stood up against the ^ force of the enemy. Three times nf tui V ^*^1 'charged upon the united host 1 1 • ^ unawed by the lifeless forms ^•‘^•^rades, they con- M desecrate the ed soil of our sunny laud, until they were com pelled to retreat or fall into the hands of the spoilers. NORTHERN AND FOREIGN NHWS. Norfolk, Jan. 27.—Information reached this city Saturday, from the North, says the Day Book of the 27th, that financial matters there were still all chaos. No arrangement bad been made be tween the banks and the government, and every thing bid fair for a speedy bankruptcy. As a I last struggle, it is proposed to assess a tax upon ' the necossarics of life to the amount of one hun dred and fifty millions of dollars, and upon this, as a basis, to issue Treasury Notes to the a'mount of five hundred millions of dollars. Finaiicial Plans of the Government.—Ihe telegraphic correspondent of the Herald writing under date of the 23d, says: The plan of action decided upon by the Secre tary of the Treasury and the representatives from the Boards of Trade and Banks of New iork, lioston and Philadelphia, so far as it contemplat ed the issue, receipt and paj nientof United btates notes, is considered as defeated by the ^refusal of the banks of Boston and some of the New York banks to carry it out. The Secretary, therefore, feels him.self obliged by the necessities of the pub lic creditors to concur in the plan for issuing and fundin'; of an additional hundred million of dol lars in Tnited States notes, and making them until funded a legal tender. Thirty thousand Mi.ssouri troops have entered Lincoln’s army for the war. The Herald says that Congress will ]>robably tax newspapers half a cent each sheet, which will yield five millions dollars. The siime paper siiy. tliat the proposed tax on uews- pHperii ■•will play the mischief witli mfiiiy of the pnpers j now published, while a large number of ihe weaker journals will inevitably go by the board.” Iinprobdhilifi/ >>f •(» Aiivain'e vf the Liratid Armu.—The Washin>:ton (Editorial) correspond- I/.— me >> asmngion (K ent ot the N. Y. Express says:. Your readers may set their minds at rest.ibout ' any advance movement of the army of the Foto- ' mac. Othcers and their regiments and divisions j muv rcceive orders to be in realiness to move at a moment’s notice Gen McClellan’s 24 baggage ■ wairons including arrangements for eating and ^ sleeping, with well matched bright bays, m:iy be in irood runnin-j: trim; but an advance movement of the army ot the l^otomac at present and tor ; davs to come, is out of the question. The winter 1 ot this region has just commenced, and the road> are frightful. A piece ot hard ground upon i which to manceuvre an army of 2').U0U men can I scarcely be found between this and Richmond. ' This state of affairs, it is feareil. may prevail at ! the West, where the grand army has so auspi ciously commenced active opi iations For.ts ill K'—The N. Y. Tribunegivcs a list of the Yankee forces in Kentucky, showiiii: “an aiTureiiute ol abuut lv>0.')t*0 infantry. ll.UMt> I cavalry and artilleri.'ts. \vith over iL'O ^'un>. Ot these 114.0L'U men, abnut 7->.UU(,* have been * pronounced fit lor the field. >t the remaining: ■ iSiKUUM, jirobably OUUO will yet be added to one I or more of the divisions, and the balance form a rc'erve to be partly kept in a camp ot' instruction, and partly employed in guarditiiT railroad bridges and crossings, preventing the risiuir of .secession- ^ ists in disloyal counties, conveyin'.: trains, etc ” ; F'firijn.—The “Ocean ” brimrs news to theUth ; inst. The news ot the surrender of Mason and Slidell reached Entrland un the 5th, and was re- ccivtd with the greatest sati^faction, but some j lurnals complain oi ihe unLrracious manner in which the Washington I'abinet j)roceeded. (Oth ers accord due credit to the act. and the grace- , ful manner with which the settle>uent was con- : ducted. Gonsols immediately tissumed a buoy ant tone, and advanced over one per cent. Immediately befor? iu new> the English paper* were stili discussim; the Trent affair. The l imes a^ked why the decision should be ! delayed it I'uvora'bie tor peace, and sa_\s that th'- , immediate surrender i;f .^lason and Slidell would have been a ;:reater blow to the Confctleratcs than a victory on the Potomac, and worth millions to the Federal exi-hequer. The London Mornirii: Herald said that it the Mason and Slidell affair is settled, England and ' trance have an induceuient, on commercial grounds, to recognize the well-earned independence ofthe'>'ont'ederate States, anJ that unless the step i.s manfully taken by the Ministers at once, it is cer tain to be taken by Parliament on its assembling:. The Daily News said that any recoi^nition of the Confederate .''tates is too abhorrertt to En>;- . lish principle to be really a subject tor apprehen sion. The British Parliament is summoned to meet on the *ith of February. 1 Dr. Russell, in his correfpondence to the l>on- , don Times, says that a victory over the Contedcr- I ate Army has become a political necessity, ami that Gen. .^IcClellan is being pressed on all sides j to make a forward movement. The Times shows that by the be.MnninLr of Feb ruary tlu' .squadron of Admiral Milne will num ber bcven Une-ot battle ships, thirty-three fri*rates, i twenty-five corvettes aiiJ sloops nt war, and spec- ulates on wh:it he can do therewith. The ship- ( ments of ammunition to the .Vtlantic squadron continue unabated. ; The privateer Sumter, on arrivini; off Cadiz with the otlicers and crews of three Federal nier- ! chant Vessels, .solicited perm is.-, ion to enter the port. The American (,,'onsul demanded that the I reijuest sh(mld be refused, but it w;ls granted on j condition that the prisoners should be placed un- ; der the protection of Spain, and the Sumter then entered the port without being saluted. It wa.s ■ rumored that the -.Vmerican (.on.sul woulu leave I on account of the resolution of Spain. 1 he I . gunboat I uscarora had arrived at I Southamj.ton to watch the Nashville, which was there ami ready for sea. '1 he Continental news is unimportant. I A violent earthquake had occurred in (Jreece. Cumm-/■«■////.—JwvKKl'ooL, Jan. The sales of cotton to-day reach 2r),M(»U bales, of which l.'),- 000 bales were taken by upeculators and expcjrters. J he market is highly excited, consequent upon the favorable news from America, and an advatice of id. a Id. per lb. has taken place. York Comnit^n e.—The custom house sta tistics of the commerce of New York for l'^^02 were completed on Saturday. he results are very satisfactory as follows: Imports, j?125,080,407 Exports, i;3x,594,*JOl xcess ot Exports, SI2,‘.HG,4y4 As compared with 1800, the im ports of merchandise show a de cline of 5>l0d, ( 2 (, The exports an increase of 35,102,721 In favor ot this country, 5513^,830,444 This statement does not include the movements of specie, ot which 897,000,000 were imported during the year. The decrease in dutiable im ports is over SI00,000,000, mostly dry goods. The free goods show an increase of about 82,250,- 000—the w’lrelioused goods a decline of S5,G00,- 000. Ihe exports of produce, manufactures, &c., show an excess of §37,000,000. The Georgia soldier who deserted from Sew ell’s Point some time ago, was on board the light bpat recently driven ashore near the Pleasure House, and was captured. His name is Smith. He will no doubt be shot. A STIMULATING APPEAL TO VOLUNTEERS. Headqrs. Acquia District, January 11th,1862. j General Orders, No. 2. The Major General commanding this district urges upon the troops the importance of re-enlisting for three years, or the war, so soon as the rolls are presented to them for that purpose. Nobly as our people have repisted the aggressions of th« enemy, great as are the sacrifices which have been made by all, the present indications do not justify the belief, that our struggle is near its end. It would be wicked to disguise the truth—we have to contend again.st a powerful and wealthy nation —possessing vast resources for war—with an im mense ariiy already occupying our territory and our strong places—with an active navy closing our ports, and with a whole people maddened by baffled hatred. The Northern army now in our front, will, in a tew months, be efficiently organized and well disciplined. Its able commander craftily and surely bides the time, when the term of en listment of our troops expires, as the propitious moment for his advance. He believes he will then find our ranks thinned, our corps disorgan ized, and that he can pour his legions over our weHkened battalions, and triumphantly execute upon our undefended country, the behests of the despotic advocates of emancipation, who have in spired this horrid war. Our existence as a natiou, the defence of our homes and the honor of our women, forbids us to be laggards now. It is the solemn duty of every man to dedicate himself to his country, until every foot of South ern soil is purged of the pollution of invasion, until this war is ended. We dare not for one moment relax our vigilance or lay aside our arms until we have discharged this .sacred duty. By order of Maj. Gen. Holmes, j ' Dav.nev H. Malrv, a. A. G. ■ Th> Riyht Spirit.—When the Militia Regi- , ments of Craven and Wayne counties were mus- I tcred for the purpose of furnishing their (juota of ' men, cither by volunteering or drafting, the rc- I (^uired number ^ one-third of the militia enrolled) iuunediately stepped f >rward ami volunteered, i In Wavne. an entire regiment volunteered, and ■ it became necessary to draft two-thirds to stay at ^ home. We hope and believe the same spirit will be manifested in all the counties called upon. No drafting should be reijuired while the enemy is ! threatening and invading our coast—let the com- ; plement of men be afforded by volunteerinsr. j The Halci^h Journal says that it the Militia of North (’aruliir.i is called into tho field, Gen. Mar- : tin, the Adjutant Gener;il ol the State, will take ; command of the troops, (ien. Martin is an ex- ! celUiit ufticer, ii.iving served in the regular army ! .'1 number of years.— Ch'tri ttf' P'-m i' rat. lifti M —The Richmond Dispatcli in the course of an article on “Ihe Southern General'.’’ says of the Yankee Commander-in- chiet:— “Met'lellan, whom they consider the bestGcn- ' «ral they have, and who direct' all their move- I ment.s, was ori^rinally a strong sympathizer with ' the Southern cause, and but for the bait of exalt- i *'d military position held out to him, wi>uld nt>w be in the .'crvice of the Southern ('onfederacy At all events, he at one time wrote to a promi- ' nent .Southern ufheer, indicating his desire to bear arms under the Southern tlatr and not until he wa' tempted by the hiirh prize held out to him by the Federalists, did he rdinquiBh a purpose which had all his svinpathif's We do not believe that, even it his abilities are as threat as they are represented, he can employ them to the best eflect ' when his head only, and not his heart, is in the ' Work Sf-.-fi',itit. ifi Alr^xandnn —'I'he \ ankee papers evidently think that all the Secessio’.iists are not dead in Alexandria. A Washington cor- rcapoiident ol a New York piper writes: ! There is no Use attempting to disguise the fact, I that nineteen out of every twentv of the old rcsi- i dents are rebels at heart, and are held only in ; check by the presence if the military who sur- j round them. I nion-loving people cannot walk the streets without encountering insult, and these insults come mostly from women in the garb of : ladies. There i' most unquestionably a fountain , of tr-asoii at this place which flows into the very ! ( abinet. camp, and citadel of the rebels. 1 \ii/rn^iits ilii^' Itere ii'il Sohlifrs—The Trea sury 1 >epartment has determined a rule fur the I payment of the claims of deceased soldiers, re- \ quirini: the intervention of an administration, w liere the amount due exceeds one hundred dol lars, otherwi.se not. When there is no adminis trator, payment will be made first, to the widow; ' second, to the child or children (^or, if initior, to , the guardian producing the proper certificate under * the seal of the court ;; third, tu the father; fourth, to the mother; fifth to the brothers and sisters; , and lastly, to the ',:encral heirs, j riie claimim: heir must produce his or her ! alfidavit, and that of two disinterested persons, i stating the relationship, and that there is no other I jterson entitled to claim.—Hirh. Ejmnintr. ; ('lirinird/ Fhrti-iiiimoit—^\’e were much sur- ! f.rised by a feat of chemical affinity, or legerde main, which took place, a tew days since, in one of our pockets. In that convenient recej'tacle, we had a j>ockct hair brush, witli a mirror on the top, and alsH a double eagle or twenty dollar gold piece, and three quarter eagles. 'Ihe mirror got loo.sed from its socket, in the top ol the brush, and lay with its (juicksilver siile exposed. Un subse(juently taking out the gold pieces from our pocket, we found the double eagle entirely, and without thtf smallest interstice, coated with the quicksilver, so as to resemble a silver half-dollar, and the smaller coins more or less coated with the same volatile material, and the glass entirely cleaned ot it- The chemical affinity of (juick- silver for gold, or of the two metals for each other, caused their cohesion, and restored the glass to its transparency. We have scientific authority tor saying that our double eagle can only be de prived of its mercurial covering ar.d restored to its z;olden hue, by exposure to a white heat of great intensity.— Chug. Courier. Cotton iSeed Coffee.—We have been favored, by a friend, with a sample of otton Heed f off'ee, prepared by Dr. H. Ravenel, of Pooshee, St. John’s Berkley, which we had served up,at break fast, yesterday morning, and found very palatable. The Cotton Seed is parched, and ground or pow dered, as if it were the coffee bean, and prepared for use accordingly. The aroma is very like that of Coffee, and in flavor it is similar to Coffee, but rather more like Broma. We have little doubt that a mixture of one-third or one-half Coffo®, and the rest of ground or powdered Cotton Seed, would easily pass for good, if not pure, Coffee. Charleston Courier. Salt.—It is stated by the Savannah News, that at St. Mary’s a negro boy, with a thirty-two gal lon boiler, made a bushel of salt in thirty hours. Also, that one man can easily manage six boiitrs of larger dimensions. If this be so, where are the speculators? If any person who is obliged to take offensive medicines would first take a bit of alum into the mouth, he could take the medicine with as much ease as though it wore so much sugar. COIfllflUWICATIOJWS. FOR THK OBSERVER. Camp Refuqio, nkar Pktkrsburo, Va., Jan. 16. Metrrt. Editors:—Permit me through your paper to return the grateful thanks of the “Highland Boys,” Co. G, 24th N. C. T., to the ladieu of Robeson County, for : the receipt of :h« following articles, and also our in- i debtednewa to Dr. Daniel Smith for their aafe delivery; , From the Centre Relief Society—Niue large boxes j containing blankets, 171 prs aocks, 36 mattresses, 43 flannel shins, and many other articles not enumerated. From the PhilHdelpUua Relief Society—Sixty-uine pieces clothing and bedding: also a lot of hospital stores. From the Ladies of Lumber Bridge—Three large boxes, articles not mentioned. From the Ladies of St. Paul’s—Two baxes. a variety of clothing and camp furniture. The iibove named articles came to us in a time when most Heeded, and have added greatly to our comfort in winter quarters We hope yet to prove ourselves worthy recipients of these many favors T. D. LOVK. Capt. Co G. I Important Military Chantje.—\^e have reli* • able authority for making the following btatemeat; , General Beauregard, the distinguished officer of the Army of the Potomac, takes command of the. Army at Coluuibus, Ky., and General Gus- tavus W. Smith succeeds him in the position he has so long and acceptably occupied. At Colum bus, we understand, he is subordinate to no one exc^t Gen. A. Sidney Johnston. This change goes into effect without delay. Rivh’d Disjtatrh, '2,1 th. The Bowling Green Courier states, that the liincoln Congress has passed a resolution, direct ing the exchange of the privateer prisoner! in Philadelphia and New York for Corcoran and oth ers held as hostages. We have not seen the re solution, but it can scarcely undertake to dictate the persons for whom the privateers shall be ex changed. Private for private, officer for officer of equal rank, is the rule. But it argues some lowering of pride, to give up their absurd preten sions about privateers.— Richmond Whitj. WAR 5EWS. The Bur/ixide Expedition.—Norfot.k, .Jarj 28.—Passengers have arrived here from Elizabeth City, who report that there are thirty of the Burn side fleet in Pamlico Sound. This com*-s tryQj authority likely to be well informed on tilt ject, and we are forced to accept it as true. This news appears to have occasioned butlmi. apprehension ii» the counties bordcririy on tl Sound, as the people are under the injpre*.-; , that sufficient means have been adopted to the emergency; and confidence seems to be rreat ly inspired by the belief that the ellicieucy u} fleet has been materially lessoned by the la?e r),i hijul; A Norfolk despatch to the Richmond Ijis says:— ‘spatcb The people of Elizabeth City, Edeutun were sending away the women and chilJreu a-ij servants. One family arrived here thio cveni* from Elizabeth Citv. FOR TliE OBSERVER. Clinton, N. C., Jan’y 24, lKt)2 Mes.srs. E. j. Halk & So.MS:—Below ^ou vfill find h i list of contributions received by me, and by order of (he ^ Old North .SVu/f-.—Since the present war Executive Committee v’lven to Capts Ashfords fiml i o v v, * i 3 i i TroublefiPld’s Companies:- , commenced .North Carolina his not only dotie her | believed that many other ves- Betn Hargrove 4 blankets; G W .Mar.sh 2 blankets: Jno ! "* j the fleet were lost, with A Orties 2 blanket:}; C P JohDsou^ blurikets; Jao Smith j sister i^ tates ill 6Verj waj, but she has ta- 2 blankets; J II Lamb 2 blankets, 1 pr cotton socks; | ken good care to see that her sons who obeyed her call and went forth to battle in defence of her Reliable information, from passentiers by o! truce, states that the t>ay steamer Louisiana V certainly lost, and all on board (about ^UU pti- Serena Fortner 1 pr sockt: F.lizabeth Fortner 1 pr socks; G W Robinson 2 blankets, 1 pr pants. 2 shirts, 4 prs socks, 1 towel; G R Robinson 2 blankets. 2 prs pants, iS vests, 5 prs socks, 2 shirts; Miss .Martha ChesnuiJ It prs socks; Mrs ?? P Hobbs 4 blankets, 4 prs socks, G towels; .Mrs W E Hudson 2 prs socks; Mrs Ruciiel Strick land 3 prs socks; Mrs Lany J Warren 2 prs socks; Mrs W Lee 2 prs socks; Mrs S J Jackson 1 pr socks; .Mr O H Johnson prs wool socks; Mrs H »V Faison 4 blan kets, 2 shirts, 4 pillows with cases, 4 prs socks; Miss H M W illiams 2 prs woolen socks; Mrs Si J Oates 1 blan ket, 2 prs socks: .Mrs II D Lewis 1 blmket; .Mrs Nancy IJrvan 1 blanket, 1 (ir socks; .Mary J Andrews 1 pr HOcks; Nancy Sution 1 pr socks; ,\bso Williams 1 pr tocks; Fenny Cobb 1 prsiockh; .\au M Sutton I pr socks; Bettie Lindsey 1 pr socks; Elizabeth Lindsey 1 pr socks; E iiutioii 1 pr socks-; .Mary Weeks 2 prs socks; Smitha .\ Smith 2 prs sock.-; Jane Andrews 1 pr socks; Sue Sanderson 1 pr so ks; Zilpha Totton 1 pr socks; Mary J .Marshourn 2 (>rs socks; Ann Rainer 2 prs socks; Sarah J Boyett 2 prs socks; >Iargaret M Oates 2 prs socks; Mrs Gabriel Barbry 2 blankets, 1 pr socks; .Miss Sarah Williams 1 coinfoit, 1 neck comtorier, 2 prs woolen socks. 2 towels 2 prs drawers; Mrs S N Culbreth 1 ohiri, 1 jir drawers, 2 flannel shins, 1 pr woolen socks, 1 pr Barbry 1 ijuilt, I pr wooWn rights, had every assurance that they wer.e not forgotten by the ‘‘loved ones at home.” Many munificent donations have been heretofore noted. In this regard she leads the van. Within a week pa'll her citizens have sent 83S.000 worth of clothing, Ac., to the 4th. 6th, and 23d regiments, and 813,400 to other regiments not named. This is the way the “old North State” fulfils her obli gations to her brave sons.—Rich. Di-tpatch. arge |f.,s of life The Federal steam.-hip Pensacola ,vailt;J Hampton Roads this evening, bound south From the W'f-st. N ASM VI U.K. Jaj] ^ Private dispatche* from liowliiiL’ (Jreen anriuuu.v that fifteen thousand Federalscrossed tirci.ii Iti- er yesterday. It is also understood thut invrt-i p,... ed to-day. Nashville. Jan. 25.—The Fort Hci;rv t respondent of the Union and American tl i' Federal gun-boat.s came up near to that p,„t,,,, the 22d inrif., and fired four hhots Iruiu Uh'i,,' Point Island. “No body was hurt.” The pickets which returned on the iii_r|,t the 22d inst. report that the enemv art cnoaDit ed at Calloway, sixteen miles below tnj i. rt. a- woolen gloves; Urii A B socks, 3 prs cotton socks, 1 diaper sheet, 1 pr pillow j ^ent to face all these eviliJ Mrs Civil Crad lock 1 counterpane, 1 pillow, 2 ' towels; Miss .^nn F Snead 4 prs socks; Mrs Elizabeth Darden 2 coverlets, 1 shirt. 1 pr drawers, 3 prs wooK n socks: Mrs John Hudson 2 C 'verlets; Miss Nunnie Hobb* 1 pr »ock>; .Mrs Reddick Hawley 1 pr woolen socks; .Mrs D.^niel Ray 10 pis socss; Mi»s S .V Liyton (i pr- sockx JNO. A. (>\TE.S. In Bad Odor.—We learn that there are five steam gunboats at Old Point for which crews can not be obtained, owing to a fear that they will be sent to Hatteras. This point, the occupation ot ! on the opposite side of the river. It> i- which was so rejoiced over by the North, has j variously estimated from five to twenty-tive th ,u. turned out to be a bitter nut. Its exposed condi- ! sand. It is thought they are erectin:r fjrtitica- tion to wind and wave, the prevalence of small pox i tions there. 'I his is the force that was at .Murra-, and other considerations ol a di.sagreeable charac-: From the. Southern Count.—AL'Oi:irv .Jai ter, have placed the acquisition in such bad re-' 27.—The Savannah Mornin;; News, of tlii; iu ,rn- pule am»ng the Feds that crews cannot even be 1 ino-, says that thirteen Federal obtained for their gunboats, fearful lest they may Xorj'oUc Day Book. An Important Entt-rprize of the Railroad Com- F(»R THK OBSKRVKK THE I'lNEYGHOVE SOLDIERS’ RELIEF SOCIE' Y .Sepieiui'er 2y:h 1801 j The ladies of I’iripy Grove Dis.rict organized a Sol- I ■ iiers’ Relief Society. The following ofti ers werf elect ' e‘l: .Mrs M iry A. F lison President, .Mrs Henry .'^tevi’ns j ViCf I'resideut, .Mrs .Amos Hoyal I'rea-urer, .Miss Doliie j .•V'hf'ird Secretary ! List of articles contributed to the soldieri by the 1 »■ j he* i>t said '‘ociety; Mrs Mary .K Kai'^n o pr sock'*, 8 ! pr ot drawer', 2 towels, 1 quill. 1 pr "f sheets, 7 !b« of J 'ugur. and a lut ot sage; .Mrs Henrj( Stevens 6 pillows, 2 quilts. 2 sheets. 4 towels. 2 fT socks, a lot of s.age and pepper; Mrs .\tiios Royal 2 pr socks. 1 pr of at.eeis, 1 pr of pillow r»res, 1 quilt, 1 neck comfort. 1 prof pants: \1 i«s Dol'ie .A-'hl’ord 0 prs socks, 0 neck comforts, 1 pr uloves. baiid;*ges and lint; .Miso .Mariah Faison 1 quilt, I WKi taper. 1 botlie ot wine, »i prs sock-^. a lot ot mini, h.iniages and lint, 1 tract; .Mrs Kebecca Hiiies 6 jir ' H'ks, iJ c vi-rlita. 1 pr of pili'iws anil cises; Mrs Mary Weeks 1 jr ■iock'i; .Nliss Carrie .\shford o pr bOck*. a lot of lint; .Mrs Tn.>iuas .-Vshtord 6 pr pants, 12 pr socks. pautex.—We are gratified to learn that a well ' concerted movement is on foot for a general meet- inir of railroad officers in Richmond on the 5th j I of February next. -> devise measures for the • ' manufacture ot railroad iron and such other arti- I cles of indispensable necessity as have hitherto i j been procured from countries outside of the limits ! ot the Confederate States. To keep up a perfect j railroad communication throughout the South, | I requires an occasional renewal of material; and if j the approaching nieetiny can suggest a plan by which the South can place herself on an indepen dent basis in this respect, it will have done as much towards solving the great problem of na tional freedom, as uny class of individuals have done since the bieaking up of the old Union. Ri- hmond Dispatch. which number were steamers, were rei.orted t be off Skiddaway Island on yesteidav Kilt-«t were also seen from Fort Pulaski, bound SouiL ward The Confederate steamers Savatinali atia Johns have reconnoitered Wall's Cut and t .in rj the enemy tryint* to remove the obstructi .i,,., placed in that locality, 'fhc '•'onied-.-ratr; ai- charged muskets at the Vankets, who quiiki\ fled, leavingtheir provisions.b^.ldinL', blanket' .vJ Auju.sta, Ga., Jan. 2'^.—The Savannah K,,- publican ot this morning says that six Fcdcra. vessels entered the river ye-«terday back of Litt!. Tybee. and passed up to the north end of Wu mington island, thus cutting ofl coiuiKunicati'.r: between Fort I'ula^ki and the City. Thev sheti- ed Wilmington island and tired on the Confeder ate steamer Ida, but she was not injured. F.ir: Pulaski has provisions for .six months. R'chMu.nd, \ a., Jan. 28.—NotwithstanUii,,: the apparently threatened condition of SavuniiaL the government here has the utmost coniidf ijcc. The ('iittoit Crop "/'l5!G2 —The cotton plan- f*'^tn the knowledne ot the situation, resourt'e: ters ot Natchitoches l^arish. La., have, in public , means of defence, and the ability, expcrieCc- meetini:. re.solved that no planter, no matter what gallantry of the officers and nu n fuiiiiiiaijJ- be his force, should plant or raise more than service there, that Savantiah ay be taken by any Federal force 1 ,hirt. 1 ve,t. pr drawers. I J ^r gloves, i quilt, i | f of cotton ot 500 potinds each, in , a cake of Stive, | nnless the blockade is raised before the first of the Second Stone r le^t.—*■ H.\RLK.-iT"N. .Ian March next. — Mobile Adcrrtis^r, 27.—On Saturday last the weather havirii: mo derated, some of the steamers of the Liiuoln fleet from iinshinytou. Ihe Philadelphia Inqui- towed to a position on or near the Rattle ifnak rer says that “the mud and the small pox are the . Shoal, several of their old hulks, which wer« » prevailing topics ot conversation in ashington, afterwards sunk. They continued this work up where “the transient travel ot the week ha» fallen t,, yesterday evening, when they had placed ti\e off ojie hundred per cent. " » - • > ’ been no transient travel at towels, 2 biTttles. a lot of sage, pepper u ibs of fcap; >!i>.-« ,M iria S Stevens 4 pr socks; Mrs Simon Hobbs 2 quiits, 4 siieets, 0 pillows and cises, 12 ti'Wels, 1 shiri. 2 pr pants. 4 blankets, 5 pr socks, I coverlet, 2 bottles wine, a lot of dried fruit and sage. 3 lbs of supar. 3 D s ot cotlee; Mrs Wright Weeks 1 quilt. 1 sheet, 1 pillow and case. 4 hai.dkerchieU. 1 pr socks. 2 towels, 2 pr of pants; Mr*i BeiiJ'tmin Weeks 2 pillows anl ca«es, 1 shn»t, 1 guilt, 4 i«hirl>-. 2 pr drawer-^. 1 pr pants, 2 towels, a l"l of s.ige; .NIhs Eliza Wilkens 1 pr sock-j; .Miss Beok Oates 1 pr sock«; Mis" Donia .A'l - for l 2 pr socks; Miss Mary Vane 1 pr socks; Miss Etui- ly Stevens 1 pr socks. 1 neck comforter; .Miss Sjrah Hobbs 1 quilt, 1 pr socks; Mrs Thomas VVrijjh: 1 pr pillows and ca«es, 1 shirt. 1 pr drawers. 7 pr socki, a i t of sf»ge and pepper; Mrs Mary Lane 2 pi 'ocks. 1 t\ wel. 1 p>r pillow ca'ex, l.tt of s ige. j>epper and mus- t'lrd seed; Mins Su«au Hope 1 quilt; .Mi-s Rhode King 1 quilt. 1 pr socks, 1 pr jib'ves; \1 iss ,Nlar\' .\shford 1 pr ^^*cks: Mis' Harriet .'^tevens 1 pr socks. 1 neck coui- t irter; Miss Lizzie Bradshaw 3 pr socks; Mrs Michael Hell 2 pr socks. 1 quilt. 1 towel; Mis« Ellen Bradshaw 1 (juilt; Mi«s Mary Bradshaw 1 sheet. 1 t.'wel: .Mi^s Margaret Darden 1 coverlet. 1 pr sock-; Mrs Jethro (•rites 2 pr -ocks, 1 blanket; Mis- Kebecca .\shford 2 pr ^ n'ks, 1 blanket. 1 sheet. 1 towel; Mrr \'illia:u A^litord 1 -hirl. 1 pr pai.t-, 1 vest, I pr •*ock-', 1 pr pill wca^e-J, 1 t''wel, 2 sheet*. 2 blankei-*. 2 quilt“, 2 bottles wine, 1 boitle honey, a lot of sage; Mrs Thomas H faisoii 1 bot tle pickled jiepper. 2 tracts. The nieinhers made 2^ shirts. ^ pr- of pints, an 1 2 prs of dr;iwer“. of donation cloth—the donors consisting of various names FOR THK OBSERVKR. TRIBCTE OF RESPECT. 1 A«r t Mill«. F-tirl'nl County. Va.. Jan. il. Iheil. nil liir 'n-l M th*' 'I ‘^■re il, near .Mannt'ai J innii'n. N > . Or William II McKin-*!! ( ,, , ,N C , snl « iMii,>an) l’ti>!titinn ol ' (■ TriKJix ... a tiieetinc "f hi' (•■•Mip.-iiiy- » c.immillef> of nvc was Kpixiintrd Mhii r |«.riP.I Ihe l.ill..»ins re>.ilul.« ns l!r>..Ueil I h-il‘Hir hrnri.') r.re w» ighel itown w ilh !t rr >» . iind n nine « ilh Ilif 111 •' ntfl.tlivi-e 'el. m ttie s .d intell genre „f tlie ilrHili i»t'*'Ur inurli b-lovetl Iri»-inl atul tellovv- tiid.er. l)r W'lHiitiii n. MrKmiion. anil thmig i ileeply (leiil.inn*; that one who com- hineil III h ' cliHt .> ter »o iiiu. h ot i..vf liiiess iiml iHiiiHhilitv, u ho^e liii.iiii w I'. n.iriii"‘il vv 1*1 »■> III iiiy j;eiier'>u-i nnil noMe iiiipiiKe'. Ru.l wtm -'r t'-nu m.inllM ot priviilii.n !tnd e^iMsure. hail lemi F.l in In.'S iir.1>*'H.niil with so iinirti ^klll and devnliiin; tiiith di»|K-ll'iiK iiiipendinc di». ase and rKnmj iimny of us fri>iii r..!irhe-> nl'l.incm'tii”!: P'ln. vhojid hitiiself tie smitten d «n in th. ot h » u-el»l.H, we iim-,! huiiilny arknowledtre (Il tl iiur ff«'lile undiTst indinKs ranncit falhoin the niy.tteriou* work- inE> >>l a Cre ;l and .\ll-w I'e hh1, and thoiieh our hearts are nnu liliTdiii!! eneath the >lr-ike, we hi-s the hand that smileit u^. an I liiiw III •iutiinission to ll;^ will. Kesoived. TfiHt in his doth we have «u»iained a lns« w hich can n»-v r l«* rr|i.iire 1; t'^r a^ a sold.er. none was iinire le»r e.-s .mil ti.ild, a^ a rhV'ician, n'lne so devoteil and kind, and tlioiigh others iii.iy iiiinUirr k iidly 111 u*. wht-n |iro-ir»ted by di>eiise, yt-t, none save a iiintt'e ci.u d waich at nur tiedside mi t> nderly as lie. Ke'olved. That ourselves, and our paruiiU and trieiidi at home, owed to hm> a detil ot' gratilude. «hivh we did lio|ie to have the' prnuil privilege ol' piyin" when oiir lnde|H.‘iidence ha.I l«cn arhiev- fd. iMir rights seriired. and wiien the sun in his course tliroiigh the h'aven». lixiked diiw ,1 up.in the >unny tields .if our loved Souih, lu.furiant with wealth and niagn.licence, and upon our people! pru'|ierous. content, d and happy. But this fondly che inhed h>>t»e has iH-en denied us. He Ims gone to rece.ve hi« reward in a l«nd brighter and happier ttian tne ••.sunny ^oulh”—a laud whose fields aie never desolaltd by war. and whose rivers are never dyf d with human $;ore. Uesolved. That we who knew him be»t, loved him iiio»i, nnd do best know liosv to nyiiipalliri- with his grief stricken mother and atHicted relatives, in this their s>id bereavement: and as thi- last s.id act of syiiipatheiir kindness we are aide to pertorix, we send his mortal remains to he interred near his home, where a mother's eye may watcl. o’er the gr.tve of her noble boy. and where triend- ship may repair i' da\s to come, to drop a tear to hi« memory. Resolved, 'I'hat a copy of these reso:ut ons l>e sent to the Fay etteville tJbserver and North Carolina I’ri sbyterian, with the re quest 'hat they lie piibl shed, and one also to his mother, with the sad consolation that she does not weep alone—the manly bisotn of many a comrade in camp sorrows o’er the untimely deaih of her son Kl>. C MtK)KMAN, -i KK.\.\i;TH .McKK.VZlE | HKnRV c. W.M.L. >Com —that is. there has ill. Perhaps 5U per cent, was meant. iiativr- ol Richmond I),”'iJd Keginunffk. VV .M. 1. EVER K IT, JOM.N VV, CObE, J W. N. TILLINGHAST —OFFERS FOR SALE— a good assortment of CROCKER^*, AND W»1RE. ALSO, 400 Doz. Knives and Fork«. 75 “ Pocket Knivot. Spoons of various kinds. Silver Plated Ware. Self-Sealing Tin Can.^. Glass Frut Bottles and Jars; Looking Glasses; Paper Hanging Stone-ware; Wood-ware; Tin-ware; Brushes; Baskets; Castings; Bell Metal; Brass and Porcelaine Lined Kettles: Tin Lined Tea Kettles and Saucenans; Floor Oil Cloths; Canton and Cocoa Mattings; Platform and Counter Scales; Wheat Riddles; Water-proo* and Common Safety Fuse; 5 Coils Hemp Packing Yarn for ateam £agia«a; and a variety of Home farnishiog Hard ware, AT THK CROCKSRY 8T0RE. Aug. 7. 46-ilf of their wrecks on the bottom and had four other: I ready, which were no doubt filled with water ui i Sunday night. The purpose of the enemy r,- pears to be to throw obstacles in the wav ot“ vc- sels coming in or going out of thi:> port. wLicL i may have to pass in the neighborhood of the Kit- ' tie Snake. There were three steamers and u bu.^^ I blockading this port yesterday.—' -r . Running th>; lilockiKh.—Mohll.F,, J«n The Mobile Register states that a private disf'stiL i from Pensacola announces the safe arrival then ' ot a Confederate schooner. The Y'aiikeci ired I at the schooner, but she escaped unhurt. ' The British C'onsul at .VIobile has sent a iiic-- . songer by flag of truce to demand tlu* liberation i ol the schooner Wilder, which is ciaifiud n I British vessel [ The Mobile Tribune states that there li.sve been nine Federal bodies picked up on the Leach, kii. ' ed by our men in the taking of the schooner j W ilder, and expresses the opinion that at ha.'’. 1 thirty of the enemy were killed on that occa'ion j The schooner Jessie Richmond, while atienij t- ing to run the blockade, got aground. The ":ip- tain and crew abandoned her and burnt thw vessel, including about 150 baleg of cotton on beard. The Battle at Somersrt.—The Lvnchburg \ ir- ginian, of the 27th, says: A lady who reached this city vesterday even ing, direct from Winchester, reports that she read the Baltimore papers at that place, in which a los» of seven or eight hundred of the eiieiuy i- conceded. They are not jubilant, and admit that their loss in killed and wounded is greater tb-in ours. The Confederate Steamer Calhoini - cd and Burned at Sra.—The Charleston Courier says that information has been receive»l tV nu Orleans that the Confedsrate steamer Calli ’JG' on her way frotu Havana with a large and ^al- ,,, , ,r. j uable cargo, was chased by a Lincoln cruiser, a narniny to Snuf D>pper.^.~yiiss Gibson, a | bandoned and burned beautiful young lady, died from the eflfects of i - snuff-dipping in Arkansas. She fell asleep with j tired upon by a British Corvette.—The b'irt the “mop’ in her mouth, and was found a corpse ! Gazelle, at New York, frotu Demarara, rey 'rt;- .some hours after. A pout mortem revealed the j when she was going into Barbaduesshe wa- fact that she had swallowed the juice, which was i fired at by the British corvette Cadmus, first with converted into nicotine, a deadly poison. Her i ^ blank and then two shots. She continued "H lips, cheeks and brea.sts were smeared with the I course. foul snuft in her dying struggles, alone in her! The R^(1 General Crittenden—\Un ’'!ni room. Before she retired she felt a dreadful sick- | j. Crittenden is deeply affected by tho new. tuu: hrd"use,i\“t°srh^l7fh •’"‘‘if’ i Kentucky, and h.as not been in tL House since uau used it so long that nothin*; was thou"ht of Ih;-a.trf>ut: Firt in Snc Orhans.—Nkw OR LEANS, Jan. -5—A disastrous lire occurred this morning, which destroyed twostoreson Maijazine street, occupied as a hardware store, and as a manufactory of harness and military equipments The h).«^» is about S1.>U,000, while the insurance does not exceed $20,000. P'jit tfjfice ('hmt^fg m A. f'. — Establifhed.— Beaver Island, Rockinirham, J. A. Vernon, P. Sliiro, Currituck, (V S. Mairnenat, P. >1.; French Creek Church, Bladen, Robert K. Troy, P. .^I. Uiscontinufd.—Brier Creek, Wilkes; Brindle- town, Burke; China Grove, Rowan; Craighead, ; Mecklenburir; Job’s Cabin, Wilkrs; Leo, Stanly; | Peacock’.s Store, Columbus; Rocky Point, New Hanover. i Cntton and Cof>«.—We learn from those who i have tested the matter, that the seeds of Sea Is- \ land ('»tton, parched and prepared as coffee, are | fully equal to the best Mocha coflee imported, ! and that the seeds of the upland prepared in the same way make an excellent coffee. Columbia Guardian. bnportant Remedy for I'ancers.—Ccl. I’.ssory, of the parish of De Soto, La., informs the editor of the Caddo Gazette, that he fully tested a reme dy for this troublesome disease, recommended to him by a Spanish woman, a native of the country. 1 he remedy is this: Take an egg and break it, then pour out the white, retaining the yolk in the shell; put in salt, and mix the yolk as long as it will receive it; ktir them together until the salve is lormed; put a portion of this on a stick ing plaster, and apply it to the cancer twice a d-ay. He has made the experiment twice in his own f^imily with complete succeis. her complaint, until, alas! it was too late. Arkansas paper. Conundrum.—Why may the religious martyr, John Rodgers, be said to have been better treated by the English people, than was the political mar tyr, Charles the first!'' Because they gave John Rodgers a hot stake and Charles the first a cold cut.— Char. Cou. ' Office The “Old Virginia” hunt alter office is as keen as ever. The Richmond Enquirer, of the 20th instant, which gives an obituary sketch of John Tyler, contains a card nominating his successor for the Confederate Con gress.— Charleston Courier. the The will and Twenty-five .Tien Wanted For a Company of LIGHT ARTlLLErtV in Provisional Army of the Confederate Stales, term of service, during the war. The Company go into camp at Richmond in eight or ten weeks into actual service late in the Spring. Pay $12 per month, and a bounty of S50 when sworn into service. Any one desirous of entering the service can find m« at the Court House, or in my abaanoe Mr. John W. Baker, Jr., will a«t for m*. GEO. B. BAKER. Dtc. % 1861. 8ltf the report ot the battle of Somerset was received ; Although he has two sons in the Union army, the presence of one in the rebel armv—hi.s olde^-r overwhelms him with grief. The report th;it General Crittenden deserted his coimuand at Somerset is not believed by any who know him Rsbel though he be, he is accounted gal'snt and manly.—Northern Paper. *-1 Gallant Reyiinent Re-eniista for (ht The 1st Arkansas regiment, of General H )1id^'® Brigade, has re-enlisted for the war. Hurrah for Mississippi.—An entire regiment of 31ississippi Volunteers, now in the army the Potomac, have resolved to re-enlist lor the war.—Mobile Advertiser. To bring the war to a speedy conclu>iun. ari' to give satisfaction to all concerned, we fully suggest that all Generals now in tlif li- •'•' resign at once, and that th«ir places be given t'J the editors of the Richmond papers and o*. Memphis Argus.— Charleston Courier. Fatal Accident.—A valuable negro man, ageJ thrown from a oar load of wood on the Tarboro'J? Branok railrsad, on Tuesday laat, run over and «-Ui« fint Mriout Moideot oa tkt road.
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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