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PEPORT OF THE ADJUTANT QENERA.L. RxeoutIVE DEPARTMEriT NORTH CAROLINA, AHjV(}. n’i'8 Offi?», R l.'is;h, Nov 19, 1864. Ills I''xcv;llr''cy, Z H Vanc - Gov oi'N 0: - 1 iiaro chr* iionc* o submit lor 6. 8ub$i$tence De^rment.—Thu Depftrtmenk | ban furni'hed proviii m to troops in the gerv’Co * oF the Sfa^e and to tho bumc gu^rd and militia wL'cn calljd inti* service. The (li.jburflnr»i»nta from the 31 ?t. March 1864, y tnr \ . r ^ ,>) Cno revort ot’ ?he ope to tho SOvh ScpteLiber lS6i, aro aa ioilows; ‘ - 1 .ii?. r v:r>i d’partmen's u’ldor n-y cop t*ol lisi 5IX n*o.'i*hs ot' the fiscal yav cndiug t...' iJO'.h f Si'ptpicbci-, JSiH. ADJL TAM' (JK.iKRAL'd DEI>A (IT.tl KNT 1. .V r.'A /h:,'jj;. -Tao T'f*op^ ir th r?ioe cf the S a’e have b?ca ac'ively ('ui p -I and >r the direcfi>n ot the coinmandipg Otfijera of t'lj several military di3‘r’:C"s in whio' thcv a. ' »o tod T py n *0 •s.-anly servo undf-r th'* c r: ,Aa ’ of Oonf d ra^e Goae'ala, and while so ser-in-4 ari f^^d the Oiiofederate G ivero monr, l ut are paid aad clothed by the State. Hence if they oao be tamed over to the Coo> Icicrate Government without violating the trrms of their cniisrmcot, I rdcooimeod that it be done. The en '^osed return marked “A” shows an »g- grcffate of this force of 3429. Since my last report the State Renerves have been organized by the Conscript Bureau, and many r^crnits sent to the E^gioients in the field Tfie followioa; ia a statement of the number of troops furnished by the State of Narth Qarolipa for service in the exieting war^ith flli^Jnii Stites: \ ^ Namvr rf Troops tMTisfv-r'd *o the Conf"5- er» 0 S ,-a aceor.nog to the crigiaal roUa oj file ia tki*' cfELc?, NaniHfr of ''>na?rip'4 H- tifprn >*'e 18 »ai HI p"r tne r port nf C -'nm a ?4»1 of Co68 5r»p a, ditii 8?pte ttbar 8), 1814, Eitin«tei a'^mber of Tcornits hi-va vol- actea>'«i i* «h« Hff:^rtat ooxpaaiea oiaoa date of toMs, Noffibfr of Troops in the State servioB for tue war, 8 429 Naaib'r of Jonior Rea*»^«B, 4 3^7 Number 0 Senior Keserrea, 6,684 nited 64 636 18,636 1,608 Po;r’b««e of Subs'stencfj Stores, -labiijt x'^e oi State Tr^cps and Q.'ias M ■lOellr.at.cus, *. »»• t'lnf Vilu3 jt iioroa on har:d lat April 1864, »1« nf alarea, oV> fl ' to Coa^iiy Com* «p’8S' -n»r!i, ^10,C24 61 Valui) of StorM on hand, sad ia the hanos of at Oodt price, SdjptSO, 1864, {TB 610 86 >227,413 24 92^21 90 PBACl BBSOLUTIOHfl W rOW»i» From the R'ohmond ExaTniorr'a wport rf cecdiasra In the House on Fridiy l^t wo take th* following: Mr. J. T. Loach of N. jO offared th« following “peace'* resoiutii)ns. Wfes^es-?. T '.e uufri.-n lly, Qt>ja>^;flabla as^ U^ra|fi ■".ic i :tor af*nca f32: 71*5 iy 410C:70 4-2 f72S,78tf 81 69? 584 96 118.i60 folldws: Exp anses of tke Department., $1^4 251 83 The account of the Chief Commissary has been rendered quarterly to the Auditor for si^tlement.. 6. Ordnance Departmsnt.~—'YhSa Department has furnished arms, ammunition land aoooutre* ments to the troops and to the Militia and Home Guards. The disbursements of this department from the Slat March, 1864, to the 30th September, 1864, are as follows: Purol^asa, Manafaotnre and repairlsg arnps. Pu'.o^ase of Nitre ftad Snlffinr, ' of Foifvler 'rom tae Baleigii P'wdet MiU", Cirtr J^vn. to , ArHUdfy Hkraean, Mit'OilJicatui, T’**! dieba7t't(n«nta, 3*1 of N tre aod 6aii>har to Saleigb Powder $*^8,000 00 IJaloa ot Powder to Conf'jde- ra*e Siat'B. 180 810 00 Vfisoellaneoos aalai, 16,993 92 T3»«i number »'f Troops, These croop? have been organised as Regiments of Art»lleryj 3; Cavalry, 6; Infantry, 60; Juaior Reserves, 1; Senior Riserves, 1. To tal 71. Battalions ot Artillery, 4; Cavalry, 4; Infantry, Juaior Re.servos,5; Senior Resrevea, 4 Total 20. There are thirteen unattached companies. In addit on to these there is one company from this Stute ia the 10th Virginia Cavalry, five in the 7th Confederate Cavalry, four in the 62d Gopr- gia R?giiiient and one in the 61st Virginia In- far fv 2. Mi-’iti'a and Oanrd Jor Bom* Defence — Tha Guard for Home Defence throughout the Sta‘e H :a bcoa cTnployed in appreheuding desert ers and retnrning thcsa to the army aad in aid ing tbe ci.'ii au^ho'-i ies to preserving order. Ia the ia^t f iur months they hav;e resumed to the arm^ 1289 deserters and recosant Cocsorip'?, 421 of whom have been ippre 'ended »ad the rest surrcndeiei themselves under your proclatration of tb« 24tii oi August las . In addition to these dunes the Guaid woat of the lii iB Ridge have boon kept almost constantly in the field to repel invasion from E »^t Teane&>ee and to operate against disloyal cltzdns who have gone over to the enemy. With tJ'e view of keepiag in t^§ fiald as many of this class of trocp3 an might be neoesaary and at th«t same time to interfere as little as possible with thd industrial pursuits of the country, they have been divided iato three olaaaes, PHoh to serve in succcssijn, and for short periods of time The Guard ia oartain coan*^ics have b.^ea deaig- Dated for ‘^er^iee the western frontier, and t^c^e service ia the eas.srn pirt x' he S.i'.e i'lW-^t ti ns ot tae-e j latt’ r h:i7e !ib.)a'. oo nplet d their ur^c pariod ot thirryd. s's nicjaadar.'jjwbci .grehov dbyl\"* • • v the se.ioni oiasi. 1 physioil oooditi n Bat his spi'it, hi I .sjean lirp bb tt ob -lin O'rr.ijt rcturnsof th'' G:vt i t If il)a! D.-f'inco, o-i’ is ii b’liev^d thar ih' • ifijjfs >irc 111 p.-opo-i.OT t) the .ff*ct\5’e 2i?'i as r‘nir :» fif e n T i £■• J'Sti iry 'rom ilio ir'Cii; r?«iac:i ri tuj jj'’ ujfrd ori:; rj i ly uo- rjlldJ ocj si .n d the iuw »■ Ciiig tiS o‘ I',-b- ruarv la-t, w‘'.i3h takes ou^ hU nb >ve the .ige cf 45 year^, -inJ doc.-’^'64 tSo nu n>jr ot cxemp lions { ■icTV'.co m tS"* Joafederi.e arm/ It tiior:’- Tt; i> c m s Gco s-ury to r rgiuizj bis I forcj— r 'yhi' wou;d be octer, sj rep’ul tiie 1 li\T oj ■ ^ rj;ir) zici )i, u->i to ir. anizj i ibroe j , ^ lor fi;;lc to De c j op33 d f'f all oMc^rs aud I ^ otherr of t.i3 mi!iti.i phjsioilly at l »f jucii .*ervi'!5. i This tyfje t) bj or!i>*aizjd inro o mpiaws, b»t- 1 talion^, r giunn 8, b.iixiijs aad divi'ioos, and the ' c^muii^si ms of ihc uffiiers to bj io forca only w) n oillei into che 11 jU—at all other time^ the orgaUxZitioa to be merged into the regular militia, wii^'re the vffioera and mjn must servo with their milit'a rank This would necessitate the suspcn- Eioa of t;.c oammi's.oas of m:hti^ olhjera wiiile serving ia this oaiv or anizuion. Should ihc Guard for Homo Dofeoce be abol ished and another orgiuizatioa 'siibs^ituted, lioie should ba tivea for tne nhang;, to^ the end that the public strviae dj ^ot suif-r thereby There are in rho Sui3 2050 militia (JiBoera, and J312 Ujaie Guird otiloers. Many of these hold ooiurai'.-.ions ia both org^nizitiooi. 3 of Ilouor.—-The plan adopted for car- ryijg iato cffooi thd resjlu lOQ of the General ! Asjt mbly in r^f^ard to this work was g>en in m/ oiUatna of th» bob a^v^haUiag " ^ '»a I P^P tk«pQ^lt and ■“ >9 r ruiv-'vj wtU the roaervad nrhts of ihe prcTi^di in tor CousfStutiaB of the Uoittd States and by th« Uwa of C3«gr^a* b»* baan th.ii pro lifia oaui" of 80 oracl, h’ocdy and re1«atl«8S war that baa no p»raMel in poiut of atrocity ia fbe aaoals of the wjrid bcikw.vn a people profeRsing the Christian ra- lijfion “ *a'i whereas, Tha oit?i?ns of slave Statas at an naguaried moment, under the i of aa unvia* oonpcil, wi>.‘iou^. raature dellbvra loa as ta the fearfn* ooas^qiencaa, made tae eleotioa of Abraham Ltasola to the PresiJeecy of th» Uaiiad States tha owart^’O for precipitatiag the Confederate S:atea cat of the Uaios whio& has been f.dloirid by a train of faarfal eonae qnnne-^s not contemplated by those who advocated the measara. ••Aua whereas, We, the representatives of the poopie of tho nonfedarate States, deeiring to plaa» ouraelve* fafrly before onr oenftituents, our enemies and the civiliaed worW, deolaro that it is onr eaneat desire that nroper measares ehoald be adopted the respective Qovemments to seoure an hotorable, just aad perna nent peaee, not inoompatiblo with the priniiplea as laid down in the oonstitutirn of the Uaited States, nit with (he inalienable rigt>ta of freeman; ‘'Bes'^lved. That the reeerred righte of the States shoald be lEuarded with watohfal and jealous vigilaaae. and ihat au; aileqapt to in'rioge upon these rights edO>'td be resiaie - by all 'awful and proper loaau. ■‘Rrsn've^i, That whenever tbe ^Temmfat of th* ITcitrd Statss ehft’l sigaify i*s wUUogacea to caaeiruiB” the rc8erv>'d rights of the States and guarantee to the ait'xees of tha States their rights of property, as pro vided in the Constitation of tks UiUed. State* aad by (he lawa of Googreaa, to tfe« end th%t peaea mmf be re stored xad oar fntore happimss and proeperlly pcrpet nated, we will agr»e to treat for peao^; Md ihat roofa terms cf peaoe as may be agreed to by conumesionrrs appointed by tb« reapecdta GjverntaestA. or bj the f26.0S5 27 111,000 60 127,9'6 00 4 64 2.683 87 6,608 8> $v78,960 13 290,808 92 Gxoess of '‘eo«iip(a $12,74‘ 79 This excess arises from the fact that a good portion of the powder settled for by the Confede rate Government during the last six months was of the stock accumulated prior to the 31st Mareh la«t. The Department is still indebted for 680 rifles manufactured since the 1st January, 1864. The minufacturo or purchase of arms by the State has been discootinaed. The eocloscd return marked “C,” exhibits a eondonsed etntement of tae receipts and issues of ordnanco and ordnance stores for six moaths end. in? the oOt; September, 1864. Tha ao7ounta of the ordnance cfflaer have bsen rtndtTcd quarterly ^o the Auditor for setllem*''«t. I rncl)8« herewith eatimates of fand-* required by the varixia departmants of the military ser- vic'» ol thi State fur the fiscal year fiudiog Sept. 30'.h, 180=^. 1 ais, Governor, very r©«pt’y your ob’t serv’t, R. C GATLTN, Adjutant General ffe’i, L. iS Jiaksr.—Gen. L. S. Baker, I coaimaadiog thia military division, by invitation of Gt n Brisrg lefc lor Goorgia on Saturday night, where he will be put at the head of an important command. Wo esfeem tfcia as the bishoat com pliment tha- couid bo paid to G'u. Baker I: may not be gensrally known that nearly two years a-ro h^ had his right arm broken by a minnie ball while in aetioc io Geo. Lee’s army. A desira to save the arm presented amputalios, but to nn. purpose. R^seotioa followed, by which two inches of the bjne above ttio elbow was removed, aad s ili to Q > pa>"poe. Tn» arm is hopelesily ! >!>!■. an 1 ii >w it i> ^^“.d in a »!ing, a mel .m, apivnlaga, bu*. iH/‘>l.'ijg t?o much d^o gt.r of iii? life to t ike it oflr, ia of»»;B?quence of U:s sha't- red physioil oooditi -n Bat hig spi'it, hi I lario ? and hts d^sh .ire »a 8tr''rg is ever, as my ha e b en witueis?:! io hiq galLot defence of Ply- m .>uth, with a mere ba dful of men, for three days a dct^n ie wIiioTi h.>s elicited tho warmoa* f^xp-’o-ss o frjm G i an-1 Pre-id^nt Divlt«. And now Gj”. Bra^g, who t'xoroughly knows the material ot whioh >>ra. Baker ia m.kdt*, calls him, a Ofipple and vail 1 as iie H, vvaera iightins q 14I ol tfie fif'it or'er will tali. Our S'atJ wili noa' Iron u‘'r son B .ker and his N. Jar.>li lab^ys. B'ii G33 L37onhj"')'t ha® r*:s ni'id temoora ry c.'-mTDaad of the diatriofi d ariag Gsa. Baker’p If tao y^nicecs desire to tust Ge^a. L’b aoi.ity and pluck agiln. now i’ thp.ir tiaio. G 'hlshor >* Jour.ial. W'lmiaytoa ani, Mtnckes*er Rail and leara that th^ rcoeiptj and expenditmres 01 th-'s r:>ad for the fi-cil year ending Saptembor 30th 1864, ware as follows: Tj tl R c'-ip p. “ E cpiniitar^*s, . f2f»16,S9l 6-S i.yj8,:39 40 N s' E Tjia. H>o,ip'B previous 7ear. “ £sp..niiuur6s previsus year. f! 007 1'2 25 f'.123 HO 62l.9 j3 53 *606 ‘iO' 77 $78H *^26 3 - 400 650 48 last report. The offiser charged witu its execu tion has bee.i iudefitigab e in coUectiog nepes-ary in?orciation. Tha records up to the l^t January Lst, cf the several regiments, baltilions und un- N *t E vraiag^. I ;crear»0 R’^eJp’a, •• Nt t, E The number onh-nnfrh passengers carried du- rirvg tho yoar was 103,324, being an in''reas3 ot 2,913 07lt cue number carried tho previous year. Th ‘ iocreise ia wrxy passenge's 22,370 Toe road itas ooen worked at aoout 65J per cent ol the gross receipts Tho rcc?ipts of the road have been considerably reduoed in conscqnenc j ot th”* occupation of the Weldon and Petersburg Railroad by the enemy, thus cuttins: us off from j comEaunioatioQ with Richmjud.— Wit. Jour. attached oompaning, have, with few exc'ptlocs, been rec ived and transanbed ia the books Vept j Cor-t.—Tho Superior Court of Gagton for that purpose. But lictle ’nformation of the j beii week before last—Judge Oiborne many qhaogcs that have taken place during the 1 prosidmg. The only important oss3 tried was prosentyearh s been obtained, owing to the con- that ot the S«te against Joseph Carpenter for st^nt moving of the troopf.;-u5 as tte oampaiga , jnto a dweiiing house, knocking down will soon Close, advantage will bo ta«en of it to j ^5,3 and etijaling l3.;ther, &o. He wus collect more material anithu^ cc.:tiaae the wor.i ! g.avial.-d and iiont^need to be fc^ng-^d nn tbe 16lh j Deo CiTi*enter is a dt^aerter frr-r, too army »3 7'5 60 :-‘,C\7 86 1 500 03 3 000 00 22,168 00 from time to timj until tho close of tj’.e'war. 4. Quartermaster’s Department—Thi? De- par.‘raei.-c hus lurnisoed cioihing, Cimp and :^afn- 8)n equi age. pay, hountj, i;nd- trnos una hm' tit the iro >^>8, and p^id •jthcr minced i .e us .iceo m’a Th ; d sbuispm-’nts t'r m th • 3Ul .'dirau 18(34 to 30th Sepconib r 18G4 are as f dlows: Cl 'itiiijg, o«ia^ aud gik.cq.ipa^e, ^r»(!o. Wood, Hirrt of laborers to work in cotton, &e., Aliece Uneous, ooD8istiog ot transpor.atioQ, ri’p«irs, stationery, hire of clerks, Stt, Mire of laborers on foriifioatiuns around Ba- leijfh, 10 770 00 Pay of troops, militia and home guards, 83 217 00 Boou’y, 160.246 00 Advonces to disbursing officers, 410,678 00 Tr is Department contiauss to supply the North Caro'ina Troi'p^ in the fcrvico of the Confedsrate S'ate?, as wrll us tho^e io the service oi tue State, «kitn ai abundance of comfortable clothing. The cnclos'^d statement, marked B, shows the -amount of ehthing manufactured ani turne’J over to tbe Coi)fedrate Government du'ing the six mootha endiLg 3Ut • S ptemrer Lr issue to ttie Njrth Cur.iii a Troopii; aiso the issue m*^de th‘ sorvieo ot tt^e T; tre has been (v ^'nlederat ■ tjjve las' thp mui of Govffr ::i nt s lii n i . oi i to ill- 8‘at-‘•>» N.j. tn \ Ca liiia fj. c othioi in ih > sum f-1 62,354,:iU3 The m 'ney valu * of ;he do hi. i i^sui^d to it-t- tro [S n the State «erva*e since tbe 31st Marc 1 las^ amounts to S235,000. Th^ recounts ot tbe Ciiief Quartermaster and Paymaster have been rendered quarterly to the Auditor for settlement Ch-i loi.f'. n mocrat. Alamnncf' Sav^’ri’r 'ourt.—Tuts Coart was i- ■ession oa Muna y. ' ho crimiu 'i cases of Mau 1 lin, Floyd and jAckfl(»n, moved fr *m R\ndotph 10 thu cja uy, .f r«j o mtiau^J f;jr tae ab-ieuoa ^ f ‘ ne pri’ocer.s' witnesses. Uendersja Jones, who w*s coavioied ot murder of Wiltiam Stephen son and was refu-ied a new trial by our Supreme Court, was condemacd to be executed on the 16th day of December in the county of Alamanoe. Greensboro' Citizen. En*ate S'lh—At the sale of the Estate of the late Major J T Gilmmre, of this county, on yes terday, every artiele btv»u»ht a fair price. The kod, ooQi'istiag ot some 480 aores, sold at $127 pvr acre, nota ai one and two years with approved security. E. -F Moore Esq. of this place became the puroha«er.—North iJarolinian, 30fA. Well D'>ne. Suite* acting in^heir sovereign and independent oha racter, and ratiflod by a majority of the people, shall oonetitnte the bond of peaoo oetween the North and the South ’• Mr. Leach said that his resolutions were not intended as an spple of discord. He did not offer them ior the purpose of strengthening the arm of the enemv. That had been efiectually dona by the President in his speeoh 'at Macon and the convention of Governors at Aug05ta,^when they recommended the employment of negroes as sol diers. All he asked was that they might have ^a calm, careful, unprejudiced hearing” Mr Montague, of Virginia, said he was unwill ing to let tbe reaoluiions of the gentleman from North Carolina pass without a protest After surae remarii upon tV.eir extraordinaTy oharactcr, he moved that they be rejected by the Hous«. Tue vote, by ayes and noes, was at oace order> ed upon them, and tho reault was they were re- j acted by an almost unanimous vo..e~but three tuemberi of toe whole llou-a voting for them. Those members were Messrs. J. T. Leash, Lt^an aad Turner, all of North Carolina. Mr. Leach, J M (it is very important to ob- i>«rve the initiails, le^it he may ae ooafocodad with J. T. Leach,) said he was sure thac there was no mrmber t'r m North Carolina who desired peaoe upon any other terms tian eternal separation from tbe North. [Loud applause iVom tha galleries, ^hioL was checked oy the Chair.] lu relation to tho votiog the Wuig’s acoaunt is: Mr. Leach a^iked that the vote be taken bj yj«s and nays, and the House seemed to rise ai- oiu.taoeoar^ly to su^tata the oill. Tnc roll being cjll'd, aii the members voted in the affirm 4ti VC ex jar t Mtssrs Fuller, J M.Lacb^ J. T. Leaeb, L *giQ, Rims:;y aad Turner--—all 01 Sorth Carjlina. MiS^rs. Fu:!er, Rimioy and J. M. L^sok, after he vat3 WjS annouaned, as^ed leave to o'^ange heir votes, as they had vo;eJ in tlia ncgaciv> under the Bpprohensija tha^. it woul i be regarded ik» a di^court>*8y to an hoaorabb Tuctr V ites wcr?, with the oonseat oi tht* iloase, eoricd in thti affiraiadve. A charncte '/itic I'tcident.—A guntlemsu who vrsm ia the train 'rom tliid city to Pete-ebarg, a very cold mo'oiig out long ago, tells os his at- teatton was attr^otod by t*~o effjrts of a joung s ddicr, with hi-i arm 'in a sln>g, to get hie over joat on. Hi:i teeth as we'l a^i hi} sound hitnd -ffcra brcu^at into use to eflF:ct tbe object; bur, in ue midst of h^s efforts, an offijer ro^e from his i>eat, aivanc'’d to him, and vfry caretully and teu* derly ssist'd him, lrawiag toe co.»t gently over aie wounded arm aad buttoning it up comfortably, then wich a tew kind and pleasant words rotora* ing to his seat. Now, the oificer in question was not olad in gorgeous uclform, with a brilliant w/eath upon tbe collar and a multitadd of gilt lines upon the sleeves, resembliug tae famous 'abyrinth of Crete, out he was Clad in ‘a simple *uit of gray disdu- guLihed from the garb of a ciriiiaa oai/ by the ihree ^tars waiah e/ury C jatederata Colonel in rhe service t>y tne regala'.ioi^s is enatled to weir. Aad yet qc was no ocher tbaa our Coief General, H.i)bei t E. Lje, who is ujt briiver aud greater chaa h.i ii ^oad and modest Oa General Gi*aat’s recoat; returo from New Jersey to the Army of the Potomac and Jarne^, by 110 dctentioa of the trciiu ho wai forced to stop in Puiladeiphia. Bei^g rccogaizai by a soldier, ha was so crowded by the g^piag malcitude every ready in Nortuern latitudes to lionize every military hero of the !iour, be he McClellan, Hooker, B irnBi?e, Pope or Grant, that he was forced to take refuge ia the Mayor’s offico. Well, Geaeral Lea comes to Richmond, visits the W&r Depmrcment aai tbe President, attends divine worship at Sc. Paul's almost every week, and though our p^'ople love him as our fachers dii George Wasiiingiou—yet hois never subjeat- ed to any annoy&uce, savo a lo.>k from each pas»)- '»r-by waich eileytly sa 3, may God protect and bloss you!—Rtckmomi Trentmen: of the Deid.—H mlat ftffjoted sur- L*viBo wkeu iuform.^d oy tue fuir Ophelia that kim Ltber had* bacn dead ‘‘twice two mocihs ” •‘There’s hopss, then,” he said, that “d great maa’s memory may outiive his life half a year, but by'r lady, he meat build churohea then " Stronger still is the satire upon the vanity of mortals who live only for the preseat, when the melancholy Prince philosophically traces the dust of Alexander to loam wherewitH a f>eer-barrel may be stopped. But, turning from dramatic theory to practical fact, we see it stated in a St. Louis paper chat upon the opening of a new street through the cemetery near that city, coffins have been exposed, and boys have amused themselves wit}' thrusting sticks into them, and- polHog out the bones and battering them over the ground. In two instances human skulb were thus bandied about like foot balls, and locg auburn ringlets. CIWMiHtlCATieMS. rox rum obsbkvbb. Bbd Bivan, Lafayvua couaiy. Ark., Sept. 8. M*s*r«> £>tora: l>ear Ssra—I o'*py tha foil- wii«f ar- ilote o« tb« n%nn^acture of 8u«.%r f.om the G i*>rf> Sugar Cane, fro® t»i* Texai youth?rn R*'-order. I be li vh«re t ‘ s been no ijnoa»-e8 iu cu. pan of the 0 mmr in makiog Sugar fr^m tais Cane. at»hroga I rrmer/o > h«T:ng seen well formed granalaiicaa in eomn ;ta nja'Je in Anson ooanty, N. 0 , three or four years aiace It is too laie to be of suoh service thia season, bat be the means of suppljrins maay diStitu.e /amiiics a%xt year with rngar. Bcspeetfnliy, Jto, ROBERT L. 8TEEI.E Tbe Beoorder says: “It has b«ea g^nera'ly s'jppcsa •hat Sugar c.iUld not be caade from the Ohiuesa Strga Cane. We are happy in be able to state 'Hat this in preesion is errooAou*; Mr. ii. I* Green of Fort Valley, Haoston county, has made one hundred and fift* lbs. dnricg tke past seaaon A sampie of the Sigar may b ^een at this rffiae Mr Greta hai kindly tarauhed u with aa aeooniu o/his cimpla proceis, woich* ^ as fol lows: The Joioe ia boiled in the same way as for syrnp Comioue the boiling after it has arrived at that p->int but ve'fy s’owly Tha heat nust be steady. Babble^ will be formed upon tke sarfaea, which in ten or fifteec miDn'.es will burst; when that ooonrs take off the eyrup. pnt it in cMling veMtls—either troughs or ksules It must remain undisturbed for two days, then pat ii Inti drippers and l^e proeess ia eomplete. The Snrar madt by Mr. Green is an ezoeilent article. Mr Qrefta states thU there are twe material points in his method 0 mak'ng'Sutan the Cane must be perfeetly rips, th- saUe having Hegnn to c)an;re their color; the other Lhat the syrup must be undis:nrbed during the eoolln# proot sr. It is cot necaasary to use any fereiga ingre iient, either lime or so-ia « jroit I'aa ouiiaavaii. Gaxr cr raa HanniraTON Liuht ABTn.i>BaT, i M'd'den Oii’rSl, I8ti4 j We the uadersigued wi«h tn ttaAna the i>advea of cu p ace [Rookioghats, Biohuond co&uty.] for*he re*e;. i.bn 01 ae«eral eopiea of tno Horth Carolina CariB(:a ldvo9%te, suhsoribsd for by them for our eomeauy fo ..ne year We aeknow edge t^at were it not for the Ladies t«( poor soldier would fare rather hard for a great man lazur>ea and tke neoessariee ol life, and eepeeiaily read eg of the proper kind, [such a9 >he Aivocatc;] aet with joy 4^ we hail the arrival of the mail which ormge us th>: above-meationad paper as aa inatrument of gooo and as a tekesi of respeet from the ever gen«reua Ladies T J SriELli. W J G WSBB. HBfiRT 8TKWABT. Bg't AL&X R 6TEVA&T. toa TU Died, Oot 29-h 1864, at the Field lufirraary, Mc&ae’. Brigade, fr'^m wounds re^ived ia the engagement at Sargess'e Mill, Oo% 27i.h. 8gt Williata fl Wiggs, Co B 47fch Bo^'t NOT, aged 24 /ears. Ttie d#oeaaed was *■ native of Franklin county, and readily offered himsel; at his country's call f;»r the defence of his home aad na uve State He was a young man of much proaiie^; and wiih high hcpes aliUruig him; energetic in ever^ pursuit, of qu’.cx ebeervaiion, aid giving ever, Mfuratiee of nsefulneas aad respec«bUuy. He wa: Qoorteeu* in hia maaaer, modeac in hia deportmsot, h 'I ue triead ani a piaaaaat eomi>aaioa Aa a Koldie- aa was uaoomplaialag and patient, baariag the hard xhips cf a solditr’a life without aiurm u-ing. anu faithful and eoasaian'dons in the diseharge oi hia duty. Tana ha maritad and won tha eonidenc* «a>) eateaw ol his ef&sars ani ccraraias. Whea wounded, his Ciptain ta appreciatioa of his worth, helped 10 beitr him off tai fi jlil, ihoegh the enemy lud cmt off tho gallant Brigade flij omrauoa too, and aU whs knew him mourned hi& deata aa a personal bereavameai- Though haring a oainfnl wcuad ha born hia euff^rings with aheetfui for -.itcd« A merei'u Gad relieved hun a:ter f«»rt; eigh. lonrs H>a brother waa wita him His aad was pe loe- f il and te«ign8d, and he expressed himself to nia 'hap *in aa wllliag ta oaar wh*tever GmI aiigat order, uaiii^ he mimorabij iaaguage of tha great Jackaon, **lt ia ai i;ht • Kay the Gad who, aa wo hambly hops, was his stay 1 mfj^t tTioas wae are thua oaltet to monra, giviuf -oe^uiy for aehea, tae oil of Jjy fur oyjuraing, the gai meat of praiae far the spirit cr haaviaeas ” voa raa oadaav^aa. It la with a Heart full of saia*aa that wa write a: tkumbie tnr.u a tn the memory of our friend aad com 'ade in arma. dergt Giorge H Bkraa-i, Oo G, 4Sch M • t'raji-a. wao waa kiil«J »i Baams s Rtatiou, ST*. a.a,, iiJk, 1364. aged 23 /ears. L ae a trna p*triothe r/ ^ uf hia couatr/ ia tae dpriug of 1862, .t the lime wk.:a onr owane.oved diate wa« first iaraj- •U t>y FoderAt fo- a-sa aad waan hia aorvtoaa w«re mo*i .^dej. tie hal pMaed uuharoijd ihreacA iaany a*.- 'ougat b>itiea in Va, waa aiw«ya cheerful aaa nil ei iiie oa the ntos'- wear/ mAroh Davoted to Ute oaoaa il «aich he had enhaiad he was ever read/ to da hu da^} a ia« oasp ani tae oiv,»um aat ia tae aet«e a-«d tin. ■t battle t}y '>is uatf>rm kia aees, gentleiaaniy bear- ag aad gi)aer>ne heartedaeae ae had wja fjr •*;(nae» 34 lore ua i cjt.fi t^uce of aU who knew ..im, i>ui aU 1 a lau efeaijj or 2)ia, Jast aoiJ>ove saai M &»e > B ia>eea*i {{iOriiiUiy o*irisd the eae.uy’n woraa u r.chived t«e f«.t»i »hot, ani t>e(ar« iaeahoua af vu> ^u. ion* oooiradee sut l died away ha yields'* up nuspii'i 0 tae G3-1 WAu gate it, aad Uia galiaat form now ra« e uxduur&>i beat»tha feweiodj faranayfrom t’tehooi. ue lorea a.> muoh. F. V. A. Tetnkm —Tankee papen of the 2fth contain notning frow Sherman, exoept aceouats* Oupidd from Ge >rgia papers. The Lnu'svilie Jo jrnal has a statement that H »o>l’s nrniy occdfi s Wayresborough, Tenn rhomas’s army ii at Pulaski. Attorney General Baled ha« resigned. • WiiB Yanhtr obont J. Ta*» I Northern papers lonouaee iiiat the Duteh 4irap 1 Can!»l IS ne«r t« cotnplewion. «Frcm naotber j source we ’^'•n th»t the iron clad.'^ of tLo ruen^y 1 have moved pjme distaace up the iver We are ! inclined to b-'»ieve both stRtem. nta Ths wt>rk A prccoueerfe l artenapt was m*do on Friday ! ,3 »>. „ , 'oi-g time i;T»ie««nte«i, oigat tj ourn ?11 the pdocipal Hu'cls in New it reaa>m^bly be stipiKwed ne»"lf done ovc-b v.rir -I... rha this assurance. of pow erful ironclads in Ham^Hor R.^rf c ^id Uv/t have been iutrnded to operate agn^it '•ry ofh r P‘iatth\n Richmond. If «boy »fr^ unuud to j Wilminer*.on, G’aar'estot! ‘ r StvajQ.^h, ihcir i-en Jisipproval ot our se zu-e of the Fi rida, aod j ^oal^ have hern .^pp 4otfti id t arbors York. Btruum’i^ Museum was also fired. The are.s w-^re flooa sjpprepsed. A Wa,ihin telegram in the P!nladelphia In quirer of too 26fh eajs: Several Europjan po'v- r-j have comminicaiei to our Govimm'eut their nave bo^n D-dit.ly informel th»t they need not n.ive troubled themseives about it as the losin- istratioQ never attempted to justi^ it. It is reported that the object, of Tatirl.iw Weed’s reccnt frrquaot vifits to tbe Oi»pital id a negotiation for the purchase of the National In telligencer, whioh, it is reported, will • certainly cDange proprietors on the 1st of January next. Other parties are also in treaty for t^o paper. -The total vote of Niw York State, in tao late election, wa> about seven hundred and thirty thousand—about fifty thousand mom than the vote-east in 1860 The Union maj ^rity on tbe Presidential elencoral tieke*: is about sf^ven thtu- •and, and Mr. Font"*!! is elected Govaraor bji a msjodty of over eight thousand. Au actor, now a member ot a P nnsylvania regiment near Ricbmoad, has written to bis triocds tolling them that his officers promise to fet him have tho lease of the Richmond ttieatre a«i soon as tho Federal army takes that city Til'S Wajniuj^ton Cbronicle of tho 27th has a Ms^hvill-j telegram of the 26th, whioh says ‘ Hood's army, 40,000 strong, ht;va teen for sev- '’’al days ooaoentra inf south of Columbia, T‘oo. Oar forcos have e/acanted Pulaski, HuntsvJle ind Decatur, whioh plaocs the rebels ucsupy. A .'’oroe w^ near Columbia on tho 24ta S vere skirmishiug ensued Soaie heavy fighting ox- pected in a few ^ays.” Tho application of the St. Atbana raiders to dispatch a messenger to Richmond to obtain evi- dene'^ material to their defence, has been rejected by the Canadiaa Government. The 75:n regiment New York voliusleers has returned bome for the purpose of being mxutered out of service. It left home with 900 men, and returned with 120. A ('airo dispatch, of Nov. 23, liays a number of men who came into Mefrphid to trade eotton, have been nrrrpted, and tha- most of them were Confederate officers aad soldiers 7'e?»s of Fo^e*gn Newt —RiOHMoifD, Nov. 28 —Foreign advices are to the 13ttu Eagl'sh pa pers reiterate their denuncutions of the Florida outrage. The London Times s&js thn iudigaatioa of Brasilians at this gross insult ia d^eribed as intense. Tho Exequatur of the U. S. Consal waa a^ onoe withdrawn Uy the Governor and tbe arnsa of the Consulate torn down by the re-^plo. The great body of the merchants at Balia ai|;opd iocuMieuts ennphaticaUy denouneing the s iiuro as an opim defiance of iuternational law, and for- srarued a remoo'strance to the New York Ch;\inbcr 't Commerce, with a request to iaviiiti^t j the matter be^or^ aJj idging t'' tho captors th“ reward :>f $500,000, for tha sake of which thid outrage is believed to have been com mi ted. The Times presumes that the Governmoat of the United 3-atP3 will repudiate tne nefarious a.-t. The Paris L* Fr^nse savtf -tff dipiomatio reladjos with (he Uaitcd States, ia cousequsaca «f tne wzar'e of the Florida The Patria aaserts that Eaglaud baa called on the oth er greit powers to pro«est collectively against the leizure nearer ro tbeir point of deetu»i»»i^*o v'vt fujj eypefft to "ee a ombiued naval sM Tni*it»i‘) at- t' cS made up'n the Jef»*nc‘a ott Ohr.ft'j’s farm—■ below ttie Blurf—before the ►'roumi beeomes rAi Rir,h. ^Examintr •We loam from Wa-hiogton that Grant left there ou WeJnHfc^ay for t^e front, and leaving held uonsu> atioM with 1.1> See:* nsrj ^ War and Secretarjf cf tie Navp Thii may foresKa^o^ th« combined attack by tbe land%nd natal farcco, so long tlrcatened, and which ytn. kae oorr-epondentfl doclared wes only delayed uatil the Dutch Gap canal was finished. Ther« is, h iwever, a proapeot of auot^^er eei^n of rainy weather, and consequently a condition of the roads, that will lav an embargo upoti the move ments of artillery When Grant does move, he will meet with cbstaelee of greater magnitude than rnud or rain—tbe invincible army of Nerth- era Virginia Scouts report that Grant is grad ually moving his troops to our right, an-1 if the V7eather eontinues favorable, he will probablj make another eff jrt in that direction. Rieh. Sentinel. From an inteUigent officer, who reached the city yesterday afternoon from th^ vicinity of Duch Gap, we learn that ^hc Tankees a e still pushing ahead on this work in tho faee of all oppositiori and diffioulty Our mortars and bat teries shell the oanal oontinually, day and night Tiiere remain but a few yards more of excavadoa —^probably some ftfieea or twenty—whea tke canal will be completed and the mouth blown oat. It is believed thia will be aceompliahed this week. The Anemy have a considerable fleet between Dutch Gap and Bermuda Hundred, bat the ves sels lately assembled in Hampton Roads have cot come up thus far Jnteliigence reoeived through a sourco entitled to confidence leads us to iafer that this fleet is intended and has sailed for Ma- vannah, or some harbor in that vidoity, to eM>pe rate with Sherman, should t&at ofioer smee^ ia marehinc his army through Geor^a Pet. "A/h Gillum’s dfexf—Terrihh Panic of the enemy. —The 001 respondent of tbe N. Y. Times, writing under date of “N*.shville, November i8sh,^* thus -•ff ^rs to the tarriblc p-iaic th'it overtook Gillem's iorces m their late defeat by Gen. Breckiuridge ■\t, B lil’a Gap:— ‘Gen GilL'm, 11 b’s dispatch to the Govern- nant, "ta es that the stimpfds was the most lrit(htlul exnibi'ioa of paaicstriken foldiers he tiad ever se^o. T^^enty four hundred cavalry, a oat^ery of ar ill -ry, wa^on T.raiui and a numbor of landn'd head of cattle and males, wtsre one inex- ricaole mass, with the euemy pouri*ig down on ill sides. Tue description of such a sight caaoot urge tua imagin itiou to the sligntest cono3ption jf the teircr ol' su jh a scone.” We^re informed that Mrs. Mary | years ago were the pride of beauteous maid- Belt and her two dani^hters, living on Beaver Di'uCrr-ik i' tJ%i >n c untf, mad-, the past s-iasou. s-i ye ITS eri)p show?. .i-hi*: I’-vy 'Ii' '-i ''j, tI iscry a'l en r/y. All h'>Dor to th'^se R'.'ole w 'men —''hItem. Foa Tax OBStAVMA. D^ed in the hospital in Raleigh, oa the 8ih of Oot’r 1864, Taomaa B. Saaw, of M-iore esuat/, in the 84. year of nis age. H« was oora and razsei in M ore. Iu Ue Spring of 186I he vjlont^erei in tae Axaif of tae tJoufsderate States and served as a ssliigr in the 26.h N G X ev?r eince: aiways f^und at the pjst of duty; al ways ready aad wi‘iing to sarva in any capacity loai, he migat be ordered H« wai a y»un^ man higaty eetaem^j ly all wuo kasw itim. la tae d^tta of Mr Saaw wilatred •njtaer aad .bereaved aiste’8 an t brother cav ost an aff 10 .ta>ia e aon and brother; tae Confi>tera3y a arave aa.> pa riouo aoliiar .\lr. Shaw posdeesed a vig- >r of uoasi iiuaon far oeyood tiat which ordiaaruy fade -.3 t te loi. of our raoe Da mg tho epaoe of neariy foa i tQjytars ha ectroely knaw irhat it.wts to bi dick .It uug.t ia the tutted field. But jiL aiak and euff .riuic omreaea were the objects of hie tenier 8olioi;.aae ana paouliar care Neither tae darkaesa of the nigat, aoi he etorma of Winter, nor the wa tt of sleep, prerentea 11m from s^iag to Lheir aid. Ha seemed to ieai t^at to be with them was sis plaae aad to miaidter to them hir laiy. Dtvine Providence had eoineatly qualified him for this Mif-aaerifioing iattor of love, by the beata«meat •>f gifts of m'ni aud heart aed body. For ioiig yearo to acme tho coagregaUon of B^taesda Olurah will caerisd ais memory. Althoa.^ we will nefer mor? meet wlta him here on this earth, yet we hope t> mset with hia^ ia that upper and bettar world, whera tae sound of ihi; dmm and roar of muakiitry aad jar of the da«i.y out aon are heard ao more- B. McLaon. fO& rax OBSB&YSB. KilU'd, inthe bait»e ,^ar Wi-ic . e-er. on the liih of Sept.,Dz9a Ma'pn/, aoa o.” »»jhB Ma.pa/ of thl (Gnmberi*nd) 0 juafy, ageil 28 ye^rs It i^ with deep rt-gr3t we record tbe dca^a i>f liue exoalieat youag man, in the prim* of iifa Bat ha wno»^ thongats are i^oi iurs s»w to remove him from time to ete>'*a> aa i ae bow to Ute aofereigo wU*. Oae of hto eAMrs wii f to his father. *-my e>mpaay haa anstaiaed a gre«.i loe in Dixoa, a loes whieh ia irreparable, aad deeply fei> by aia many fneads. Who ka«w his many good tr«its 01 cnaracter. Bat we all have tke o«mo a'iaa to «aaw, at 9as a good earistiaa aad a go jd soiier, aad fail gal anUv ftghtlaf the battis 9f kis beloved eeoatry Josi befert hia death ha was highly eompliaM'>tad by Col Ellis for his eoolaees a*»d gallaatry se sigaally display May a kiad previdsaee sustakt Uf afflteted a«d aged parents. M«B. N. 0. Preebyteriaa plMwa copy. Blank^U.—We learn that 450 balee Blankets -~each bale eontainii^ about 100 Blaukets-~were shipped over the N. G. Rjad last week, for Qteu. Lee’s army. This is oheering.—Char. D*m. Senator ^rom New Btnover.—^^Jol. E D. Hall has been elected to fill the vacancy in the General Assembly, occasioned by the resignation of Sana- tor Eli W. HalL Gen. Johntton.—Gen. Joe. E. Johnston ia a* i Richmond. ens, were scattered about the cemetery! Richmond Whig. Heat gotten by degroes, witu motiou and exer cise, is more natural and stays longer than what is gotten all at onoa by cjming ^othe ire; bo, j Vua Pr'*sideut Stephens arrived at Columbia, weak I acquire^ oy inuust*/ proves cpmmoaly | S. C , Thursday lait, cn r ute for Richm.md. ai *re laiting than that which descends by our an- ; _ , Z; ~Tf 'r , ocatois D-aihtof F,‘ed'nen.’—U from a caielul and a complate report mada up in New Dtstructif'f fi'-e ^'n N wht n—Ws learn that A soliier from Veraoit put Uis Ijtten and ’ Orleans that ov**/fltry thousand “freed’'negroes on Saod^y, the 19.h iaat, a fire occurcd in New> I papers iu tae poc&et of a d^ad comrade on the have perished of sfcarvaton aad misery in that uero, whioh resulted in the total destruction of { batvle-fijid and then desertad, gMag to Canada, department during the past two years one-half of the square opoosite Jones’s Hotel. I Hia death was duly reported, his wif* «Ubw>ed, the result of abolition (ffqoUxnationa. QcMtboro* State Journal. 11^ ^ eatate diatrU>ul^ f yvake« paper. Thid IS 80 a T^nJcie B trbariim.—'^ome of our lately re turned prisoners state that, last May, the Coufede- .rate prisouerj at Point Loukjut aad Fort Delaware were vaccinatcd, by general order, and the vacoine matter turned out o be poisoujus Many of our men had their arms amputated, and a number died within a we?k after vacainatian Two of che men bcbagiog to a Virginia regimeut, who have littely returned aa sick, aro in a ead condi- tion. Tilt wnolearn is infiimad and swollen, and tha arm of oae nan lately broken out at the lyrist in a terribb sore There is a cankerous sore oa tho arm of tne othai, some four or five inches in diameter, a«d the flesh all i«rouad is perfectly black. The possibility is that both will lose their arms. Tais sajie fiendish aoi was per petrated on onr Camp Caas^ prisoners in Ohio douie two years ago, when many of onr men wore inoculated with a disease too horrible to aienlloa, and died a loathsome death or were rendered miserable for life. Is there no limit to yackee inhumaQity?—fficA. Dispatch. Sale of In'ern''l Improvement Byndt.—The $50,000 Noith CaroUna coupon bcnJa adrcrtistd for sale at Oreech & L tohiord’s by Kemp P. Bat tle, Pres’dent of tbe Chatham Rairoad, brought on Saturday last tbe f^-il wing pri'e-: $10 0*30 at 3i*5 Rod icteroat, $40,000 at 300 and interest. $38 500 was b»ughi by a Rtchmoad firm, the rcs^- *.ue by citizjneof this State.—/?»»/. Consero'itive. State ^^eologi^t.—W 0 are pleased to learn that Washington G Kerr, Professor oi Uhc-misCry and G«oL>gy, in Davidson Coilege, has been app>inted hy Gov. Vance State Geologic in tke place of Dr. E E .aukoua, deeea)ed. Mr. Kerr isanenthuai- aatie and aecim^tlisiwd gaolofna!^, and we rejoice to see that a native North Caroliniin, educated at our owu University, has undertaken a duty so respnosible and honorable', ae that of developing the ridh resoureea gf thu State. Raleigh CoH9«rwatite. Supreme Court.—The Winter Term will com- menee on the seeoad'Monday in Deeesiber, the I2th. Causes will be ealled ky weuits, aa tiere- tofore arraoged, but no weaki^ given, i^plioaats for license to practice iu the County Courts or Supwior OocMrts will be exaauned on the first day .-—Ral. (Mmfvdfrote Capture of Qen. Rojer A. Pryor.-^ PKTxaeBuao, Nov. 28.—Roger A. Pryor, now a private li cavalry, was captured yesterday while exebaaging papers. It is alleged that tne enemy acted ■.rea’h**rausTy. ' Oo»emmA‘^t Wo ks at The Chrotii- classys,‘ he graatl priz , wi-»tob*JO 'taiaed in casa A Jgusta “Wij Cijjtti.e-i, nai boda removed. 1 an ponder works, arseaal, arm-iries, and machioc hhjps located at this pi c> uare been completely dismantled, and tne v^laable p>rti »n of their ma chinery ha.>i been removed to a locatioa of safety not threatened. Tne maahiaarj wm tmX vmq OMcelj aa a nattir oi pKMudM. jP-am Otorgin —Sherman wa^, on ycst«rdaj, still west of the 0 Jonee river, one of the trlhet jriea of the Altamaba, wMeh runs soatb *hn>«igu tJ * eapt eeutre of Georii!t. Io the only brejih va hear cf our tr>'p# having with tbe eri#my, th£\ have been entir.;ty saceessfol Th’s afftir c«e«4lro4 near Jooosburo’, where the Centrel Georgia raii road runnioe from Maeon to S -vanna*', crosse* tbe Oo^jnte rivcr> A eonpiderable body of the tae my^s d,v»'Ty attempted to oroM to the °a£t bark of the O-'Cuee ;»t ihis pnint on Wednesday mora> ing4 but were met by our troops and driv.3a back Tho aituanon i*^ Georgia is regarded, ia bffiulal circle', aa dseidedly eneonraging. There Incm. (^ot io the oampai^n which we tbink should givi wu^a.i. I aju h ground for hr ja—the slow prijgresi mada Brs*.l haa broken Atlanta, and has, as yet, marehed only about aevetity five miles, and baa aot reached one f-oiat of strategie i aportauee —Rich. D'^'ttch^ The aocaunts indioate that work was quite ae- tive yiMterday io fho vicinity of Oacnee Bridge. There was more or less fighting throug^’ont the day, and at 5 p. m. Maj Hartridge had atiil pos session of the oridge, and there was every proe- ppct of uis ability to hold it. The enemy, ea the oth^r side of the river, had tnrned their g loa and were firicg vizorously inan oppoeite direction, indi cating thittbey had b9»*n attacked in the rear The main body of Sherman’s army waa reported y'>tter- day to b-) ab:>ut thirteen tciles wet of S'udersvilie, and c iming forward rapidly, spreading devaatatioa ia their path.—Sav 'nnah Republican, 25 h. Threo hundred prisoners arrivad l^t evening from up the Gsorgia R>ad, and four hundred more are to a^'rive to day These prisoners repark thac a Divi ion of three thousand of our cavalry ]ias foli'>wed them all the way, dashing upon them flonstantly, picking up stragfzlers and eapturiug wi^ons. Geu. Wayne has whipped Kilpatrick’s cavalry division at the Oo'^nee Bridge, drivioor them head, long and in oonfua on Ho telegraphd that he ii perfectly able to take eare of himself. Wheeler, with many thousand man, has inter cept*^ the enemy at a point, at present unmea- tionable, and is giving them no rest nigh^ or day. The main body of tbe enemy is moving down the western side of the Oconce, and has Hhowe do disposition, thus far, to attempt its passage. Tiia skies are brightening. Everything lo jks glorious, and ere loog Mr Sherman will get a lashing that he little dreamed of when he mads hie “Oa to the Gill.” The gulf of perdition be upon himl—Augusta Con$tieuti'>nalist, 2hth. The Constitationalist of the 26th publishes the following: We have iaformatioa that the enemy’s eavalry, 600 to 1000 strong, is moving on Sparta They enctmpod at ot ne»r Devereu’s last Thursdsv night, about seven miles southwest of Sparta. Another 00 umn i^ moving from Milledgeville with »r*illery It passed the Oeonee, and pursu ing tho road leadiDj^ through 'V'a«hington county, by the way of Stndfcrsvilte, will strike the Central Railroad aoout Station N>. 14 This is a direct line to Savanofth from MUjedgeviile. A column, supposed to be SlucuJi’s, numbering from two to . three thousand infantry, is repoi>ted to be moving ia oonjaaotioa with ttie eavalry above mentioaed on Sparta At Sparta there are two roads, one leading to Augusta via Mayfield—another to Sandersvi'le. Should this audaoious raiding par-, ty eome thia way, we are prepi.red to bestow a proper Mid becoming chastisement It ia proba ble, however, that, after ravaging the oountry about Sparti^ it will eombine on the eolumn moviox on the road to Savannah. Gen Hardee telegraphs that he had left Macon per£eet*y secure. From Macon he went to Sa> vannah to make certain dispoaitions in that quarter. He u now where his servicea are de> maaded. The Augusta Ga Otirooiole and Sentinel of the 27th haa the folio iring: The train on the Georgia road only went up aa far aa Camak yesterday, 48 milea from Augusta, in eona«H|uenee of the rumored preeenco of the enemy al^t four or five miloa from Warrenton, or nine milea above the R>ad Nothing definite was koown of Vheir strength. Gen Hardee haa ordered the train on f e Central Road to go no farther than Na 10, aad General Wayne to eva cuate S^atioas'^lS and 14. A fight occurred about "ix miles frooi T-iauillo, about ten milcd from the 0‘Onee rirer. The .yankAe 1>fs it esUmated at ten killed and fifceon wounded. Oar Icsa 2 killed. Tae Chronieie alao learns that Gen. Braxton Bragg arrived in that eity on Thuraday eveoing, and ia tha gneat of His Honor the Mayor. Thera aiw peesaaSttBito s ne»b* at edetawta4 eeeei- timfn
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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