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, t u ATI Vnrf Sumter and the tne 31 onuor asuore i iu i. * i *1. The n«w8 of the assault ®n ort j I the same vessel that took the repuk. of Ih. •»»»./ !l!l3 I VnXltack on .he 7.h of April, mernin^, wa* the buojoc tion»m™s our citize™. ’I h, gre..e« . — i:; Oillmore to take the citj. exhibited. The »'1s„V;So, »ere they ofsucee.. in the Inte cx- . • I rri ^ ,.,;ar.nprs manifest a great deal of confidence The greatest enthusiasm j The prisoners mani and laval the ct of add that, however much superior to their antagonists the^, fitteeTi Yankees, including several prominent naval offioeri, will hate an important bearing on the future proirress of the sie^e and the conduct of - ! ncdition that two boxes werc'received under flag )i i of truce, one addrchscd to “Lieut. E. Williams i (\immandinr Fort tSuuiter,” and another to “Kn- future proj;res9 01 uie aim . , , 1 (■',,iu,..andin‘r Fort tSumter, and another t th* enemy under flags of truc. It w\l & a ]{enjaiuin 11. Porter, Fort Sumter.” “.1" ..“S“ ‘‘riil .tre p»eked ,ith len.on.s jenios, liquors. are in weight of metal and force of projeeti es, the conteat whenever it comes down to an aotua trial of individual pluck, aiway.s plant.' t ic vie tory on our banner. I’erhap-**. instance they wore ioceivcd, an a loug pre pared f fi;rht, th.v did n^f to u.ect more than an in.^i-niliOant ^^uaid wuo were to be ; ere lpe«>Hly-TerpoNvrved. He this as it may, they were t’TOiri'U.^lv mistaken, und w^icn with a thou«^and ur n a -^‘'oro or tu ire of’bar-e;*, they evidently prepared for a These &c. all cneral glorification. Jb. Ulh. Our batteries on .laiues’ and Sullivan’s Islands and Fort Moultrie luaintainod a steady and well directed fire upon the enemy’s po.'sitions on Mor ris’ bland. Our shells from Battery Siinpkin.s ated sonio stir and do.struction anionir-st the ciiemv at Hattery (.Irogg yesterday. -V di.s{>;iteli from liieut (’ol. -los. A. Vates, (Commanding Ar- tillerv on James’ Island, says: ‘‘At ten minutes arriv.'d :u the b>--' ‘->i Sumter,*it was to reeuive a past 11 o cloek A. M., a shell fired from iJatteiy punishni.'iit Mt the hands •! .iur brave tro«'p.s that | Simpkins exploded a luagaziue or caisson at Hat- wili add to, ifn«'t illustrate, the already disgrace- , tery Gregg, creating great confusion amongst the lul r.H>rd i-t V;*uk. e del'oat.-.. j enemy. Immediately after a number of shells 'i’lie s>- 'd I >oK. tpll' U'! that “the battle is not ' were setn to explode near the same placc.” alwav:^ to tl'.' stnnii: '--and tlie Scripture was veri!!i'.l by tl.o ■. von s 1 Wednes'l:ty niuht. I't Suui*- r w.ir I t' th':' n.arlosti'ii l^ittal- itni. .'1.'.'i' -lulius .V HI,ike (\iini;iaii(iing, ami perh;ips ■.nic or tWi; ■>thor I'ompanies v-ho'C nauic? we l-.avn ii.ii louruoil—the whole under tlv' eommanvl >t' Ma; >r Stephen Klliott, Jr., who.-'e gallantry ’ ■•retol'ire 1 as already iijade him lu miliar f ' wb ' lv;ve wateliod the progrts' ot evtiut"^ in T!ir >u;1ioii*^ the bouibardmt'nt of the day tk«y had roin.oned .'ile:)t spectators '.'f Hie fight -m ;:!-i_tuHd 'lu'iu. uiul ]>ationtly eniiurod the stt-ady shelling from the (loot. At nij^ht. how ever, {.rcpara.i i’iis wore Jiiadc for^hc autieij/Htod a.*sault Ooiiipauics were posted at various points within tiie ruins, and with watchful eyes, they coiumeuecd th>jir earcful vigils over the time honored old pile eonti iod to tht ir keepin'r- Such was th.' eot'.dition of affairs until about half past one, when sadJi uly from the South face there wa* e.-pied advancing through the gloom, a numl)i;r of barges, e&tiuutod about i.hii ty, each one, in the language of an eye wirn >■*, “black with men.’’ The alarm was iijstantly given, an in a moiaent more Forfs .''loultrie. Jo)in.':on and the gunboat ('’Jiicora oponod iit'. iu the direction j A rumor was in circulatioii that the enemy, during 'I'liursday night, had mt>niited three guns upon Battery ^JrciTiT—two pointing to Sullivan’s Islanif and one ( >wards the city.—Ih., l'2(h. I Th' Iraiisnlfs iiitil ttC'i i ll'jht Fl it.—I>ui'ing the heavy bombardiuent of ' Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter and Battery Be*', whieb took plai-c on ’I’uesday la.'t, one ol' the most } ri'niarlvabb- nets Was pcvi'oiined evt r recordi;d in i the history of w:ir, resulting, among other things, I in tbo ‘•takinir.’’ as above mentioned, of the Iri- gat.' Irnnsi.’es and two Monitors. The heroes of : the inei lent are Mr. Ceorge S. (’oi>k and J. M. ' 0-*bornf. of thi- eitv, and the manner cf its oecur- ' renoe was n.s Ibll nvs: It laing desirable to pre*' ' serve a faithlul lielineation of the ruiiij; ot Fort Sumfi-r. and to slu>w to future generations wliat , Soutiiern troops i‘an fridiire in battlo, (Jon- -ior- ^ dan souglit fo«)l>tain ti;e services of a photogr;i^'hic ; artist'tor the parpnsr, and making known hi> '■ wi^h, Mr. Oook and his a>siXMate promptly volun- i teered. Fr ivided with tlieir uu"truments they i reached the Fort uniler tire, then coolly :iseend- j i ing to the parapet, “planted their battery” upon a j'un carriaiio, and coinmeneed work. The cne- mv, meanwhile, were throwing their eleven and ^ titcecn itieh shells airainst and into Sumter, render- The as the l-'ederaU h them with sharp >ol!ies of musketry, which ad ded confusion to their already bewildered move- of the aj'proa -h. “ Hattali.)a lined the wJls of Sumter, and i J-ersonal exposure hazardous in the extreme idi -l on the Tfcks, received ments. A strong party of the enemy now hastily gathered and made an attempt to cruub ov«t t\e ruins of the sally port, which had been torn down by the ‘reaiendous tire of their lanil battrries Our men received them breast to breast, pelting them with brickbats and pourino: in a spatt>rini^ shower of balls. Some bolder than the others, daehed forward, and seizing Yankees, one in each hand, dratrged them by main force inside Thus the fight raged for twenty or thirty minutes, when the Federals, finding themselves overpowered, and likely to be cut to pieces, threw down their arms, retreated to the shelter of' the walls and surren dered. Those who remained in the boat.s. not al ready landed, made their escape under the cover of the night, followed, however, by the spiteful balU of the batteries above named. Thus the engagement, brief but decisive, ceas ed. The remainder of the story is told in a few words. On our part not a man was hurt. On the part of the enemy one was found killed, and nineteen wounded. These were all found lying out^jide of the fort on the rocks. Xone of th«* Federals, at any time, penetrated the work, until biought in ^ prisoners of war. The effect of our fire on the barges is unknown, but from the sound of crash ing boards and the outcries of men, ad well a.s from the fact that two or three barges were sub- e.juently Been floating off .Morris’ Island, it is be lieved that the loss has been very great. Our captures, besides thirteen officers and one hunJred and two men, con.dst of four lajges ioid three flag^. One of the latt«: cotu[>cnsates for aii the bricks and bulletj; llirown, being no lo.«s than the identical “gridiron” carried from Fort Sumter ini'll:!; exhibited to a monster mass meeting in New York shortly after, talked, ch’er- £?d and prayed over until almost sanctified, wrap ped around the . nally brought victoriously re first lowered in recognition of the Soatheru ('on- federac). I ^r this purpo'^o, Uudcr an armed guard of a th..,i,and men, it br- ught to Fort . umttr on Wednesday riirht. Fnr this r- ason we prizfi the uieiuoriai, and -imi: tak- gooJ car.- thaJ, tL. r-lie thu- •^hall be reli-itia.-il over until almost sanctified, wrap- ^ut>>e.iuently the Ameru e gouty limbs of old Scott, and ‘i- | back under oath that it should be i ' 1 ciubroke. : splantcd on the walls where it was I sutik an. r^rtori.'. to u.' iiLrntfiil owners . Jji'-'Crved among tiie memen toes ot thi- remarkable stru^irle. The ineil ndci tlu‘e circuui'itaiiees Scene after scene from the interio*' t»J the dilapidated old pile was faith- fuJIy transferred t>> tbe plates, until nearly every portion of the ruins—pieture.-qae even in their deformity—bail its ‘‘CMunteri'ei* presentment ” This done, the artist turned their attention to the floct, 'in.l had the izot"’: fortune te >ecure. amid the sm(ke of battle in wltich they were wreathed, a faithful Iikcn0'> of the Ironsides and two .^Ioni- tors.— ( 'hu rf- stun 'na ~t'rr. Tht I ■iitni Si'if'! ami Jnp in.—War has broken out between Yankee hoodie and .Japan. We were prepared for it, by a review which we read a few week.s ago, oi a narrative ot hi.s sojourn at Jeddo, written by the Kntrlish Ambas.ador there, who said that the authorities had ordered all foreignprs to tjuit the island, and had murder ed many ot them. The sjime writer say.-^ that the ]>atentate who signed the treaty with Commodore IVrry was put to death, and that the aristocracy, who much resemble the barons of the feudal sys tem in tbe miildle ages of Kurope, both with re spect to the independence of their power and their relations to the crown, had all determined that none of the treaties made with the jiowers of Christendt#m should bo carried into effect. Of course France, Kr»(,H.ind, and Russia, a.'i well as Yankee 1,'oodle, will be down upon the unfortu nate Asiatics, and we shall see a repetition of the crimes which made India an Aceldama and delu ged Chiua virith blood. \ewii Irom Japan to the 24th of July is re ceived by way of San Francisco. Actual hostili ties b'.'tween the Japane.«e and the Treaty Powers h.id f ommenced. On the 15th of July an Eng- Jidh nhip, bound t'nuu -N’arga.sadi to Kanagjiwa by an inland passage, was fired upon by Ja’>anese fo^^N and vessels, which had previously fired upon the Americ.in ship I'embroke. She was much injured, and had four men killed and six wound ed. Subseijuently the Amerioau steamer Wyo- h the Japanese for She blew up one jther, and silenced ti i?;trly all the neighboring forts. She received twt‘nty shots, and iiad five men killed and six wi.unded. Tiie forts were afterward attacked by tH 0 l»riti.-;h war ve.s^^els, and after a bombardment, a detachment of iJritish troops were landed, who de-troyc'i the forf ifications and an adjacent vil- I Japanese showed very little fight. he simple a'^ 't . dence larv'n omiuou' in these imr suei-(j>.s which will ent, . . ,, I i'littOH li that fht-ro is a Divine I'rovi- j are now otFered by the Government at out lur U-; -.ar destmy, and may be Th. emy 'hifk liours -'J the glori'jus ■veiituary leward our cause. ■jUi-c all yesterday. The M • ' • M"nitor= were lying behind Morns’ Island, evi dently underg.iing repairs. M-.st of thy lirin- done was by our batteries on James’ Island, which annoyed she worker.^ on (.’ummit; —These bonds 1.■)•-•. They t'i.>-ar interest at the rate of six per cent., payable annually in■ f/rc"//i,on the first day ot .June. The .llichmond ^V'hig is informed that eapitali>u are invtsting move trcely in them. It is greatly to their interest to do so. The premium ot fifty per cent, is low when it is considered that the pur- cna.serobtain.s a boi.d of a much higher order than MeadV^trotttiroTrnnnrS' 1 * lovomment,”the interest be of fpn „r interva.s . mg payable in cotton at twelve cents por pound or in coin, either of which must command a hif^h of ten or fifteen minutes. I>urins' the -lay a large number of empty am munition bi.xes, thrown overV>oard by the enemy uurin- th^ en-a^'cment, were picked up in the aril If. A portion ol a vcssei was alsi) found badly marked by a shf.ll. It had evide.uly been torn off IrDni one ot the inember.i of the tleet, The enemy sent in a fiag of truce yesterday morninir and was met by a boat from J'ort Sum ter. 1 he bearer ut tiit ^ankee flag of trucc w.as «nforn.= fi that no fi»g of tmce bo;tr.8 could be re ceived unvi. .'j.ti^facLory explanation wa« given why th*;y tiriMl m.nn imr ot Wo x that the eneiuy'h boat brought a letter bag and dis- patchcH lot >.en. Beaurigard. A j.rop.-.iiion was made bjf the Admiral fo send u Surgeon to at tend to the l ede>'ii wounded, which wa.s deeliticd. a Suri■•;^Jr, having been already detailed lor that work.— C/hirfmtiiii (’iiurtKr, IU//t. The enemy has refrained from firing sin-e his unsuccessful assault on l-Drt Sumter Our bat teries keep up a steady fire on the Morris’ Island works. The enemy is reported busy at work on Bat teries irerg and Wagner, having erected a large platform for his guns on the latter, and thrown up an extensive sand cmbanki.: nt on the firmer. The i ankee.s are also .said to be working on their batteries on Craig’s: Hill and buildin-. ,7ibras.ires for guns pointing to Sullivan’s island, which it is believed will be Uic next point of attack. According to the prisoners’ accounts the expe dition a;aiuat f'ort Sumter consi^Jted of twenty five to thirty boats, with an average of twenty to each boat. J he details of men were made from the blockading vessels outside, with officers from the fleet inside to command them. They expected they say'to meet not more than a simple guard of about one hundred men. They also expected to bo able to go thn.uKh the breach without difficulty or having to climb over. The night was misty and favorable for a close approach without notice. Their calculations they say all proved incorrect. About fifty marines from the ti mted States etcaaier Powhatan form the greater price for many years after the war, thus irivin^ a hiirh rate u\' interest in currency. It is to the interest of every nriu in the Confederacy that these bonds should b^' taken freely, as for each bond sold at ?? I .>0^ fifteen hundred dollars of currency are funded, and to that extent the etirrency i.s improved, which \* to the advantage oi .‘very one. liCt all, then, who have money "o itJVtf'st, huy ootfon boriJ.i, and thus iuorouoo tho purcliasing -power of our currency. l.iiftrtii Hun. VV^u. (\/iioix—W’e invite attention to tlio not>lc ani trurtiuu view« «>i nn,-, di-ifinguinbod Virgini.**!! concernin'.' the position and prospe*ts of the Confederate Stales. We have long regarded .Mr. Kives a> thu most accomplished and able .statosmin of the >id l>ominion lie hii,^ l.een one ..f the most ealne.« and sagacious pnMic men in th” Confederate counciltT llis h'. arl is .-vs brave as his head is wise. C/utrlctton Mercury. We are glad that we have lived to see the day when so just a tribute is offered by the Charleston • lercury to one ol the ablest, and at the same time one of the most conservative statesmen of his time. In the past the political career of Mr. Rives and th(; Mercury lay in (‘xactly opposite directions. lie revolution has broken down those di.stinction.s which kept so great a man as .Mr. Rives out of the public councils fur many years, and we rejoice to see that those with whom he differed most are among the first and most generous to recognize his brilUnt talents and enlarged statesmanship. So may it be with every public man of our coun- should now, if ever, be the true test ot public conliaenceand trust.—,Savannah Htpab. Promotk.n^^ H; w. Allen, of iTouisiana; \ Battle, of Alabama; Col, (Joode Bryan o (.r orgia; Col- W. W, fvirkland, ol North Caro- i 'J'-hn.stoi, of North Carolina; nr I u ^ ^^ .^“^'■les, of Tennessee; Col. W. E VVickham, of Virginia, and Col. M. C. Butler, of b. C., have all been promoted to Brigadier Gen- erals—the last two iu the cavalry service. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVRR. A late New Orleans paper, which announces with a grand flourish the arrival of a steamer loaded with provisions, from St Louis, contains in its commercial columns the significant fact, that this arrival had put down the price of flour and pork twenty-fivo per cent, on previ ous very low’ rates. Their rates were already be low Ihe rates in the Northern cities. The Mo bile Tribune says: . Here is a practical illustration of tho folly and infatuation of those who imagined that the vic tories at Pittsburg and Port Hudson had opened the navigation and liberated the trade of the Mis sissippi, or that any physical force can, without the consent of the Southern people, effect those great objects which, more than any other, have stiuiulateil the W’^estcrii people to such great ex ertions and sacrifices in this war. It is in vain that Admiral Porter offers a convoy of gunboats to all trading steamers—that he has floating bat teries to defend his wood yards. It is in vain that the yankces in New Orlean.i cclcbrate the great victories at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and the whole North aud West illuminate and go crazy on the joyful occasion. The shrewd traders nnd operators are more sagacious and far seeing. They give a cold shoulder fit the enterprising pi oneers in “the n-vivcd trade,’! and decline pur- v-ba.-^Ing articlc.s that are for the present iu great deinund throughout (ho vall'y ot the Mi.s.dssij'pi. The peojiUi in this valley are everywhere sufljr- ing lor flour and bacon, 'I’he prices for these articles are fabulous. The people needing ihem less near tho great artery and channel of tiade. If commorce were re-cstablishod. Hour and bacon to any amount would command euormouB rutis, pa\ablc in the most valuable of all agricultural jirodiicJs, cotton; and yet these so greatly needed articles are held iu New Orlcaii.sand on tho stcam- boais, and at any landing eoium nded by gun- boaus, at pi ices lower than they have been sold at for the last ten years. Tho dealers in tbes« article.s roi'u.io to acciinm- late uny The city demand won’t justify it; and the\ estimate the prospects of a country de mand so low that they will not give the co.sc of freight and charges for articles which, within lU miles of the .'li.-^.'issippi and lOO miles from tiie city, would, if trade were free, yield a j)refit of several hundn d j.er cent. This is the commer cial view of the value of tho present “free cavi- tration of the Mis.^i.-sijjpi.” And so it will k to ! the end ot the war. j The good time expected from the “opening of j the Mi>sissippi" has not yet come to New Orleans, as will be seen by the folh wini; cxtract from the eomjicreial article ol the i’icayune: We have to repeat tlie general dullness, the non aj>pearance of the usual habitues and fre- ■ juentcrs on our flags. On the great levee thi-re was a general nonenity of commerce and trade. There were two or three steamers pre{»aring to leave tor up the river. 'I'here were als.i parties looking for two or throe to arrive. There is no prospect of a?i immediate amelioration in com merce and trade for the present. The irreat high way—the riv«r—is receling from its aptitude to float c)lossal steamers heavily laden to the ('res- cent City. There are also other contingeneie.- and serious negatives to which free int rcour>e with the great West is subject, before we c*n realize any real and SMlif improvements to »iir own ver}’ depre'ssel aod light trade. The New Orlean- True l>clta, a ynnkce sheet, thus holds forth on tl e subject; Our W estern friends share the overwhelming di.xtre.ss which oppre.sses us when the return of their boats, empty and void, tells them ot the sad ruin which ha.s been wrought amonir their for mer mo*t reliable, welcome and atflueyt . ustomer>. Louisiana of oM is Louisiana no more. She w;u) committed to civil war; contending armic.'' have dcBolated her fairest features, and faction, made drunk by its unwonted success, is engaged in try ing the experiment how it is possible, in the shortest time, to make the greatest havoc ot the Republic piece meal. As Louisiana is to-day, Massachusetts will er» long be; there is nothing new under the sun. Some six or eight weeks ago, ere yet Vicksburg or Port Hudson had fallen, we warned our West ern brethren of the danger of believing the re opening of the Mississippi to be the revival of the old, lucrative, reciprocally advanU‘.:eous trade with this lower country. No idea chuld be more fallaciou.*!. The Conf«derate edicts to burn and destroy are no more destructive to commerce than the acts of the Federal Congress and the incom prehensible regulations (y ) of tho Treasar} l)e- purtmenl, with ifs swarm of electioneering spies and agents. No man in Louisiana can be said, literally and truly, to be mastei of any descrip tion ot property. If a man buys a shirt for him self, or a cotton gown tor his wife, to gj out of the city, he must first go to the permit agent and wait his convenience to receive from him five per •ent. tax on its cost, and then to a Prt>vost -Marshal and wait six, eight or ten hours, or per haps a day, to have his permikaion to take it home, li a planter buys a barrel of St. Louis tiour, pork, lard, or beet, he has to go through the same proce.«s, and this whether or not he be longs to what is in official jargon designated loyal to Louisiana, in like manner, if a man wishes to bring sugar or mola?ses to the city, he must pay five per cent, on its assumed value for the privilege, and then on arrival two cents per pound additional internal revenu« tax, to sav no thing of the five dollars hospital lee and the taba- lous freight charges. If a permit t > bring cot ton to tho city is rot^uirod, the applicani must first deposit twenty d'jllars per bale as the tax at random levied upon it, and should he retuin with out his cotton lor want ot transportJition, or other rea.son, he must wait leisurely for the return of his deposits. If, however he succeeds in get ting hi.s cotton hurc, then the treasury agent will seize it and hold it tor proot .-atislaetory to him of loyal ownerst»i|>, and that, us mieli, it« ovrnor na.s never given aid or comfort voluntarily to tho Confederacy. Our W^e.stern friends will see the utter hope lessness of expecting any trade worthy of the name being done here, even if there were products in the hands of our planters to dispose of. The growing crop is scarcely worth consideration either of cotton or sugar; consequently there cari be no trade with a people having nothing to give in return for the necessaries they recjuire. Slave ry is practically abolished by tho (jiovernment the country is “cleaned out,” the future is before us, and the gold-laying goose is dead. We de plore the catastrophe, and we rejoice that our conscience ac|uits us of complicity in it. The day of mourning for New England and the W'est IS not yet, but soon will be. Let us wait and see. CW (Mint Ijevfutkorpe.—We learn that a letter has been received in this city from Lt Col Wui. J. Martin, Commanding the llth Regiment JN. C Jroopn, which contains the gratilyin*--in telligence that Col. Ijcventhorpe was, on theltith ultimo, alive and doing well. He was just re covering from an attack of fever.— WOMAN’S PATRIOTISM. Windsor, N. C., Sept’r 4, 1863. To the Editor of the Whig:—-In reading a short time ago one ot Atkinson’s old “Casketa,” I found the enclosed picture of a Polish woman’s patriot ism; and was ho much struck with it that I con-. cenivi vrvic I WAR NEWS. in East Trmimsee and ,t -Atlanta, Gko., Sept. 12—On Krj. I Affairs I Qeortfia.- ' day, *21st August, a portion of Kosecranz’s eavni 1 i-v firfid across the Tennessee river into Chatta ry fired across the J enneKsee river into rtiatta for a few days, and feints were made at ■ had FOR THE OBSERVER. Gamp nrar Oe.^nok Court Hohsb, Va — Sept 9, 1863. J Messrs. Editors: I send yon, for publication, the fol lowing deftlh* ill Co K, 38th N C Reg t, from t).e 27th | nOOga , i eluded to send it to you tor reproduction in your January. 18f>2, at which time they l«f* tSt-ir pleasant i Harrison s, -0 miles a JOve ^ paper '■ hemeH and fire-HideH to drive the iaviuiing foe from jur j ^t Bridgeport. By the jtle:ny Our women have acted no le for independence; still there Krazier 8 r-rm. .vun >iau ' The enemy’s movements wete slow Hjircer’s Ferry, Sharpshure. Sheohfr-lstown, l?rea;r- ine ciri^ciia . , • j n'-.,. ickKg, ChaLllorsville, aul G.uy.v.nrir . land cautious At length passing down W .Il.s Up to th© present lime (hiity-sevcn of our ooiitrniies j Valley, through Dad» county, (»a , in con-nlcT bare left m?, to hear no more t»>f> h-jrstinsr f f shMls i\.nf v f^rcc, to flank Hragg’s army on the loft by whietlinjr of minnie t-all9 Wm J Holton wiMhe fir^ , J. cavalry reached Alpine iu rch 12. 1 0 (ioorgia and ,-\ia- be done. I read the enclosed with peculiar interest, as just at this time the Poles are engaged in another noble effort to gain their freedom. W'' blv in our trreat strug- ! soil, up to ibis time; L-w« succee.lp 1 in driving them grossed at Bridgeport, the small forec then nf tliat J. .aac. ,no.e to ■,?!>! i poin. ^ 1} Gr^jbiim, April 3d, pi 1-1 1-itllf rvt ('iianiellort'TiIlc, Va, ay i; r'-*a!e • o L' Mom le L «d in bit tie at Chancellors»il>e, M.ty private N i. McLeod died of wc'.nds r. c“ivd In hiM'e at •'J. incM lorsvilV, May 2; rrivfite Istiac Av ry di.->J tf vonnds. Nlay 18.'rcc-ived in ba'.tle a' Ct- mceilo’-sviile, M -.y S; CorplB 1) A McI>ougHlJ. O H NicN-'itl ..aJ e 1> Me Uutfie, ‘fille l in baitl-, J jly 1. at (}pt!y-bur»;; pjrt b 0 McCttskill died July -1, from frounds received at Gettys burir, July 1 , ., J F McAKTHUR, LiMit. ' otn dg dated Au.r. - itn, announces the death of Lieut. L Battle, Co. D, ^Tth N. C. Troops. He died of fever, at Camp Hospital, Gettysburg, Pa His arm was shattered ;n battle at Gettysburg He was the youngest son of the Hon. W. H. Battle of Ohapel HUij N. G.~* TIIK POLISH WOMAN’S PATRIOTIS'M. ‘‘Suwloiska, open the window; I de.sire to die iu the sound of the .diurch bells.” Suwloisku. had not courage to obey. Hhe look ed pensively at her mother. “My daughter, is not this the Sabbath? I he hour of prayer has come. Help thy old mother to prostrate herself before our good (rod; and, pious child, the young woman helped her mother to kneel. “Suwloiska, I implore theo, my daughter, open the window, in order that I may hear the hymns of the church.” . . . . • ^ , She opened the window on the public square in | Richf=onJ. Vtt from wo o.d , r,‘o ivcd m b .-i ;j .lun.. wliii-l. Iho cliureli iv.s situaliil, and then return- |.riv«le J L .h-J n. ' "j, .nJ sat a.mn « the feet of her silent mother. •' >' “ “’Suwloiska, I do not hear the sound of the bells.” “Not hear!” “It i.-^ the cannon.” “Yes, mothi r, they have come down from the steeples ot the church to kil' the Ilussianr ’ “(iod is with us.” TtiC mother listcnrd again. ‘‘What has happened, my daughter.'' not a sin gle chant, not one voice in tho church. What is our priest doing^” “He has turned soldier.” “Let us {>ray to (Jod tor him. He has prayed for us often enough. It was he who blessed tliy marriage, my daughter. Oli, well do I remem ber it. Thou wort beautiful; 1 had dressed thee myself Then the bells rang out joyfully. Then on thy knees, before the altar, thou did’st pro mise fidejity to thy Suwloiski.” “I have kept niy oath,” replied the young wo- inan, blu>hing with pleasure. The aged mother pressed the hand ol her daugh ter closely in hors—but, suddenly starting, she e.\elaimed ir a shrill voice, “Where is thy wed- diiig ring':'” “1 have given it away,” said the daughter, holding dov.-n iier liead. “Suwloiska, has (iol reserved such affliction for njy old agel (>h, my daughter, who has caused tiiee to forirtt, to sucli an oKtetit, thy du ties a-^ a wifoy 'I'hat ring, the token of an eter nal covenant between Suwloiski and thee: what luist ih"U done with it? To whom hast thou giv- ••n it':!'” “’fo Poland!" and she raised her head with con fidence. “(>ur husband' are s.tidier-:, our ehandi- bvll' have been melted into cannons; our collars, our c:u’-rin'r'^, our pcarl^, have been bartereii tor muskets. We wives hal no longer anything to irive, and, neverthelos, Poland lacked ptowdi r. Well, there arc six thousand uf us alroaiy, who have, for our country, made a saerifice of the only property which remained to us. that which a wo man esteeuH ot all ornaments the most precious in the world, our jnarriage riri:_'s We have given them up to purcha.sc j>owder.” The aged mother slip{>ed from her finger the- golden covenant, which she had thou'^ht sheshould never part with; atid, after having ki.ssed it re peatedly, she wiped her eyes an'l said: “Suwloiska, take this ring; let it be sold with thine. Go, my daughter, tell our victory; for the country in whieh wives sell their wedding riniis to buy powder, is />/»■. Pi-ri'h the i‘ussian.»; now, Suwh)iska, open all the windows. I lit f.ire to lie ill t/it aiouiitl •>/ thi canu'/it.'' W'U AnsiifrfL—“A (’itizen,” Having pro pounded to the candidates for Congress in the Sa vannah (Ceo ) district the followmg inquiry, viz: “Are you in favor of settling the ]«resent diffi culty with our enemy by a continuation of the war, or will you, if elected, advocate an immediate ce.'sation of hostilities for the purpose of nego tiation with a view of obtaining au honorable peace?'” Has received the following answer trom the Hon. Thus. Butler King, one of the candidates: “Tiie power to negotiate treaties is given by the Constitution to the President, but all treaties must be ratified by the Senate. Thf' Heuse of ileprcsentatives does not participate cither in the negotiation or ratification of treaties. There- tore, if elected, I shall hare no more power over “negotiation” than I have as a citizen at home; and any one who assures tlie j>eople th.vt the mem bers of the House of Kepre.sentatives havs power to conclude a peace, does so either from ignorance or a design to mislead and deceive. “The IVcsident has declared from the begin ning th ;t this is a detcnsive war on our part, and that all wc a.sk or require is to be let alone. The Northern despot lias poured down hi.9 almost countless hordes upon us with the avowed object of conijuest. lie ha.^ trampled the Constitution if his own country under foot lie has suspend ed the writ of habeas corpus and imprisoned citi zens without accusation or trial. He has i»sued his proclamation emancipating all the slaves ol the South, aod his Congress has passeU au act which he has signed, confiscating ail the landed and per sonal prjperty of the Southern people, and he is now waging a war of extermination and subjuga tion for the purpose of the full accomplishment ot his scheme ot emanoipatioa and eoLtfiscatiou. “Did not our President, as soon as ho was call ed inU) ofnce, scud Commissioners to Washington to negotiate for a peaceful settlement of our diffi culties, and were they not assured there would be no war, while Lincoln was secretly preparing to send a force large enough, as he believed, to over- . whelm and utterly destroy the whole Souths Has tiot our I'resiacut- aooUro.l r.p,.at*ully that all wi> ask is to be left to ourselvesi' Has Mr. Lincoln ever proposed to negotiate!'' Has he not treated with scorn and contempt all suggestions of nego tiation or peace? Has he not refused an inter view with our V'ice President to negotiate even lor the exchange of prisonersi* “Therefore you will perceive, Mr. Citizen, that this war has been forced on the South, and is be ing prosecuted by the Northern de'.spot to accom plish his diabolical purposes, and by the South strictly for self-defence. Neither our President nor both Houses of Congress, nor tbe whole Southern people, can force Mr. Lincoln to cease hostilities or negotiate for peace, except by defeat ing and driving back his armies. He has a fixed and t/ectared purpose, which he has pursueil from the beginning, and which ho has not maniiested the slightest inclination to abandon. The South has, therefore, no alternative but to fight like brave men and comjuer, or yield and perish. Nor let any -weak-minded and weak-kneed traitor, if there be one in the land, imagine that he will fare better in the hands of the enetay for his trea son to his own country—wherever the infamous ankee hosts have polFuted our soil, all have fiired alike. They have spared neither a'l^e, sex Dor condition. Biit there is no cause for des pondency, A brave and united people were never conquered and never can be. It is only by sowing divisions among ourselvffs, that the enemy can hope to conquer tis, anti, tkis he -will do if possible " ’ to leave ns. he di*d at ^^e1don. N C, , ’ ; rn n R C McKenzie, March 15, 18(52, Petprtjbure, \'a.; Corp Chattooga -OUntJ, * o i 18U2. P**'erH')ur>r, V k ; S(e- j bacia line, liH mile.s Northwest of Rome ^ On tlii> in'battle, Vlui.”'2('.; ’privHt3 J U JoliuRcn dietl Julv 2o, j nel H ill, Catoosaand Dalton on the State road Kiehinoud, V;i; private A Site.ad dir-d Jvi'.y 18(12. ■ jj, reported Gen Forrest was wounded in a k...,’. Dalton yesterday. It is believed oni i the main body of Kosecranz s army have falleu received at Manasssw. Au^ ?A); S^t Al«x MeL^od u'ie 1 j back to Chattanooga. He has been repulsed, and Ht homo, Cumber]".nd c,u:>>y. Sept 4; pn-ate Dinipl|it is believed still refu.ses to give Bragg battle, R^v died Til home. Cumber’,inJ. Nov'r 4. privti;..* ! wintering it) Chattanooga. 12- t’fipt A M Si.ifh m * o"je. (’umbtrl nd. F-*v.’y : to the Kmiuirer, from Orange C, 11., Sept f-.tb, loi 1868; private D A MePnaul died Dcc'r i‘.>, istj-j, . that the enemy, with artillery, infantry and Danville.’ Vi; private F R Jones iird 'it 'g.'^. ry I crossed the liappahunnock this morninir ripringfl, V i, Feb’y 10: nrivaie Cl F. b y * 1KG3 at W-r.'l.r V privc.:^ f =' • ’ ■ _-u I d!ed (it h.'rae, (aniiherl;-n>l ‘-uj ;V ' ' • ivHten J Murjhy na-i J H. Hb i’OB TIIE OBSEHVER. Died, in the Gener»l Hospi'al hi Rikleigh. on tbe llth day of August IHtJ;?, Jon.- .M )sn k. soo of I’eier i.n 1 Msiry Monroe, of Moore couut', *^, •»ged '21 y^ars months >ini -H days . He ccnn* cic-i biiuself »i(h ibe I'resbyleriau ('hurch at Cyi'ff-s oa th« 1-j b of O-tob, r where ke reiuuined » r.^gul.ir’i;!"!!!'. »* broke out in IbOl. >iad be 'el' it .’d country's ciill. lie voliiuieertd .iia services :n Cati. Kelly's Co. C, 35th N. C T. He was in several.e- fti.g''- .meutx with the eseuiy and came ihriiiijjh uuburl, but VTMJ! a: Ik-^t t«'iz'd witb a violent »ic':re's.-» nud only sur- TiTttd teu days, wren b« died He died !»w»y fro>n ii.. liie and among ftraniters, bui he sa;J t.e v- ;s wiiliej? la >iie ;tud j;j 10 resi: noihiug disiurhcj him ii J«aib only he wifbed to be brougbt to hi.n liopie wLeii he died He W3* a dutitul son nr.d ifl.ciion:it-''to’bi-r. lie le;.v»'« a fatuer. mother, two brother-* *nd three «i.=ter-, and a lurje liiinibcr of friend? aud rel^iives to laourn Li^ loss H* tied without >in enemy Hin will be broueht his native home and intprrcl in ihe tmryinar eroun i when* hp »pent many a hivpp% 'lay. Dearest tirolher, thou bast left n?; Here tby b-.-s we .ifx-ply ft td. bu' 'ti-* Go i lt>ai balb 1 eref> u-', He can all our sorrows heal Vet again we bope to in*o( :b>e, When the day HtV is tied. Tht-n iu htaveii with joy to gree! thee, Where no firewel! tear i>* sbt-d Sihi KK. M ,T. M. FOR THE OBSEUVER Wm. M. 1‘krs(jk, a member of Co H, 2t;th N C. T., was wounded the first d*iy of July at tiettyniurg anJ died at Wiccbe»'er, Va., the 3d of .Vngust. Surround ed by everythipjr at borne necessary to niike a mao happy in this lif>; liis coB.«titution weak, it w »s natural to »upp08e that he would shrinic from the hardships and difn^rrri ‘>f ft i^oidier h life, but a^ t?oon his country railed upon him, he left boiii^. w:fe and cbiliren, arid all that was lear to h;na, and nobly tjok hisbtan^ with bis country’* defendrrw. He did his iiu;y likt» a true man and patriot. Long aud nobly did be battle tor his country on the bloody neld of Gettysburg After the botte«t of the fighting wae over, he turnel round to me with the blood utreaming from his breast and said, ‘d am tilled, tell my wife aud children good bye for me.” I »aw him next day anJ had hopes that he would re cover, but the fatal bullpt bad done itn work too weU. JoHM li M.AETtN, a member of the same company and R*f t, died at the samp flace, the 1st day of August, of wounds received at Gettypburs He wss an honor to nis '« anti Reg’i, an houor to bi. cvu'itry. a m.idel soldier and a most worthy nian James A N. McLkod, member of the same (!o and R.»z't, die' iicir Gettys burg the 3d of July, of wound;* received on the l«t. To those who kasw him well nothing need >'e saiJ Father, nio'her, pisler, frien l, yours w a greit jacri5ce upon the altar of your co iniry. The brava. geiitle and unas suming soldier is fone, but you know wherci yf'U may meet the true cbri8ii-.in again. Then murmur not, you may seo hi.'n again. I loved him almost as rey own e»nflp. youthful brother who fell anJ ;»lfeps n*ir him Tbe thunder of 30> c"vnnon wu? their r\illaby. They »!et>p in a strange laud Uut they will sleep as sweetly there as if at home in their own land and cbur,ih yard. Fkikm) ' 111 .- turk :- und Ktdly’j L’ordu, eo-Operatin with Si i fiirce which for some time has been encamped on ! thi.s side the lUver -at the railroad bridge, and at- teiiipted to surprise us, but failed. Our cavalry and artillery made a stand at Brandy Station, fouu'ht them, but were forced to give back before ! very superior numbers. At last accounts the ene- Mjy held Culpeper C. H., our cavalry still falling back. Our loss not over thirty, so far as heard from. Nearly everything was removed from t’ul- pepcr C. H. before the enemy got possession. The advance of the enemy is believed to be a recon- noi.'-aancc in force. Fighting was still goinir on at four o’clock. From Ch’irlntjjH.—There is a disagreeable ru mor from Charleston that the great Blakely gun, sent to the defence of that beleaguered city, had ti l the w is I been mounted in position but burst on Saturday y ;o obey hi« j looming, while being tested. We have no par ticulars of the accident. It may afford some consolation to know that there is another gun of the “same sort’’ left, whiuii may proVe cf ‘‘sterner etuft. ’ liichyiLOnd Examiiitr, 14//i. roa THE OB8ERVER. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Cajii* mk.'e Orange ('. H., V*a , ^tirii Reg't N. C. T. -\t a til. et-n» of the rr*mbers of Ce F], -‘>ih R^g’t N T . ou tQ- 7;b oi Sent lS-3, tne fallowing rero- iutions werf p>i6rd uni imanirnoiiily a'^op'ed: Vr'herea?: The raisforiua.'s of war have r^'tnovcd from tiros to eternity our niid much beleve i frietid and broib-r sol-iier, Lirut Johk II E.MKaaoN. of Ch*t- ha* county, N C . who received a -wiinud that proved to be mortal, at tie battle ef Gettysburg, Pa , on the -Sd •lay of July, and whrreas we dfsiro to mak- known our appreciation of his many insstinaable qu«.litie"; there fore. Resolved, That in the dtath of Lieut Emerson we have lost a true friend anti gillmt oflieer, one who pos' •eesed many nobV virtues, one whone integrity cf oh'irnc ter and kiadnest of he'irt er.lpared him to us by the strongest ties »f affection; aa*i while we b>w with sub- miiisioa to the will of the moat- nigh Kiug, we wish to pay this tribute to his memory, and to assure hig afflict ed wife and relations that we de»-ply symj>athize with them, who have been called up'-.n to siicnfice a dear husband and beloved relative to the cause of Southern liberty. ReHolred, That as an effic r hs wae gentle, kind, brave and efficient His regiment has lost one of it* bright jewels, his company one of its heroio cffijers, and the Confederacy one of its devoted d«fendern. R*solveil, That whiJe we tender our bcarifelt condo- lenca to /he wife aud relations of the deceisel. we hurn- b’y trust that Ho who holds the destiny of nation.s and people in His ewn hands will suhtain them under this Had bereavement. ResolveJ, That a copy of these rescdutions be sent to ibe wife ot the decea.sed and to the Observer for publi- e.atioti. »RNAI)AY, ^ SKINS, I IDD, J E. H Hornaday, K. L. Jkskins, Neill Kidd, Com. •Po Ihe Voters of tha 4th Congressional District. ^pHE Cndersigned lake pleasuru in urgin? upon their X. Icl-.ow citiztfus of this Conjress;onkI District the name of Lieut. C. S-'171^1^1:131 as a fit peraoa to represent them in t^i-^ noxt Con^rejs. Liaut Fuller has consented to allow bis name to be used by his friends. These are ttmet^ when platforms are not needed; all who know Lieut. Fuller know that he is fully capable of filling th.? position with honor to him self and the people of thi? Distnct. He has dnna Lis dnty well in this war, for after exhatisting all means to retain our old Union in ittt perfection, he was one of the first, after Lincoln's rroolamatiou, to volunteer as a private in the army, in which ite is now sarvinc as an ;MANY CITIZENS. July 18. E, flAH., (forwarding & Coamif^sion Merchant, WILL giTe qmok deapatoh to goods oot^sigaed to him PartionlAr attention given to all produce seat hi*? for Mie. Conaigomenta of N*t»1 Stores, for aale or shipmeaty solidt^ WUnimgkoB. Owi;j 19,1903 aaUf Frofn thr ^orth.—lialtimorc papers, of the 12th itj.st., contain despatches dated Knoxville. .Sept. t>th, which say that the great campaign ot the war is over. We are in full pos.'^ession of Kast Tennessee—a great but bloodless victory. The whole march of our army wate a perfcct ova tion Thousands of people lined the way with ,bouts and tears intermingled with martial music .I(jy reigned supreme. An official report from. Burnside, dated Cum berland (jiap, Sept. lith, says that the garrison here, consisting of over two thousand men, and fourteen pieces of artillery, made an uncondition al surrender at o p. m. to-day without a fight. A despatch from Kosecranz’ camp, near Tren ton, Ga., Sept. iUh, 8:30 p. m., says that Chatta- nooca is ours without a struggle. East Tennes see is free. Our move on the enemy’s flank and rear progresses while the tail ot his retreating column will not escape unmolested. Our troops from this side entered Chatttnoga about noon— those north of the River are cros.sing. The Jiaitimore llepublican has been suppressed by order of Gen. Schenck, and ^the editors and proprietors sent across the lines, with peremptory orders that if they returned during the war they would be treated as spies. Minister Adams, in his latest dispatches, says he is still of opinion that the rebel rams will bo permitted to sail. From Europe.—Foreign advices are to the 1st inst. Amerkan Affairs.—The Liverpool Courier professes to have reliable information that the Tnited States steamer Vanderbilt was sunk by the pirate steamer Alabama, on August 13th, iu latitude 47 deg., longitude deg. The Times editorially admits that the ijuestion of ships building in England for the rebels is be coming serious and urgent. Xo concession caii be made to menace, and the law must take its course; but it hopen that if these rams arc really intended for the Confederates that the law may be strong enough to stop the*m. The Confederate Government has made a press ing appeal to the Spanish Government to obtain a recognition of the Confederate States, offering to guarantee to Spain the possession of Cuba and Porto Rico, but the Spanish Government has de clined. The Jiondon Times of the 1st says: “In regard to the destination of the suspicious and powerful armor plated frigates in the Messrs. Laird’s yard, we do not think it morally right that ships like these should leave our ports for such service a.-* that for which they are intended. We do not wish to soe any more of them sail on the same errand.” A letter from on board the Flovida, Brest, Aug. 24, says that on the 22d we succeeded in captur ing the American ship Angl>Saxon, from Liver pool for New York; stripped her of what wa.s necessary and set fire to her. We then stood off 1000 to 1200 yards and fired three broadsides in to her, as much for practice as for the sinking her speedily. There were two or three vessels in sight at the time. We brought her crew to this port.” The rebel steamer Atlanta reported as being overhauled in the dock yard at Brest, is no other than the celebrated Confederate steamer Alabama, whose bottom was so foul that her speed was natu rally lessened. Poland.—The Polish insurrection is still raging After burning a Polish village, the Russians ent to Siberia all its inhabitants, men, women ind children, 1000 souls in all, and confiscated*their estates for having executed a Russian spy caught near the village. From Mexico.—Dates from the City of Mexico have been received in New York ria San Fran cisco, to the 15th .\ugust. Miramon has been appointed by Forey commander ot the Mexican forces. The Triumvirate had notified the repre sentatives of foreign Governments that a legal government was provided for Mexico and reijuest- ed them to rccognize the Triumvirate as constitut ing such government. The American (Lincoln) and Central American Ministers replied they must recognize the Juarez government until fur ther instructions from their governments. Death.—Hunibertson Skipwith, Esq., probably the wealthiest man, and certainly, with a single exception, the largest slaveholder in Virginia, died at his residence in Mecklenburg, a few days since, at an advanced age. ile was almost the last of the genuine, old fashioned aristocrats of the State. His father was an English baronet, (Sir Peyton Skipwith,) and his elder brother succeeded to thi title vKi eijtMe ii) OH F^l - ", . -TZ ~tui:ksda .J-' Gov V'anc ' Bpirit of the to our Govern y in the case of information w • i etfoct. Hut f i uniirinply en ] the mischief i tent IndfO'l 1 have stopped ^ took to retal i panoply cf tbe I a« lo defy in earneht eloqu I commands—a ^ any kind, that ^ rate and arrt 0 as of the excit his sympathiei of tbefr victii r decidf^dly and \ had been his d g tion a third p ^ had bitterly an L, him to ilo this •■5 which its prop / generous natui low even his b I It is tortiina * city of go brave, so th loveJ as the ni With a weak o ■ gine the scene; 1 in(?e»d the 8' (Spirit of th«> A “To the efl'o debted for tha and cur citizen terferenf'e, pre A TiMf. T«j r saye: “Vr'e trust tl: fnl 8cene“ in li will guar'l aza; ing, calculated among our p^c press belonjr to either for rai!c contend for th« membpr, that grievoti‘1 word This is admi common rettiar and hnpe none ' rybody’.a motitl were political abate evil*» of them will b reflection upot elusion at wh they have beei bility. alonfr w • (‘State, by theii once t© chantre to a better frsr rage, grievous and con lemnec in vain. The Exitct t the Age, luenti Virginia, for tl of Adjutant Mi “We do hop men will be a i the crime of d cold to think o; duct has Carrie ones Their n their memories never be blotte to wives, motnt writing letters them uuhappy them to desert, their colors is « ing pvinighmenl pd, sooner or Ifl these thiuga. ai culated to inln The descript of our exph if] my poor mothr the offenders, i poor mother! j whose or’giu^j ^ to come liomc peace uieetiug he did come h after him. H he shouj l rest this poor wife We learn tl, ties a desprtoi Bence of his and in the ^cii enteca others surrendered at that c tmp, example, for tolerab!t!. Ak I.SCtDKJ 7th inst., tbei Adj’t Luc>ts o at Oett>sbur friend a staii the llth Reg can (.'anieron Company 11, entb nj'in whi ed or wuuudt Tae near hini know if hi; •‘1 can rise n Hag. ’ The noti Lucas w la si shot.” Thir front of tho the Heg’t nt dered to rei Ivey, who w wound friii Young Wad cried to Foi finement, h with severa he received and while 1st Lieuteti of Chapel 1 relied on, a the bloodie! Calimvki man at Len “liy refei years pust, were by a v They were After that a people, a^ are a few had ihe prt tenths uf u Buoh a pea oa lttdep«2 •*
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