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V ,2.;or: $ i 11-'.' i ,;:.v v.''i ;.!!'!' '4 I .;J.i..i . til ri "'i'i' 5. .REWBEKS, N. C.f SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1862. KUMBER;'ll." ''.,-.. i . i'. U ; 1 U-l f n wit i df .K , SV. V ' if Ij pubtUbed Dully aiA Weekly jfrom ti Trogrtu Building, Craven. Strut fciii.f Pai, owe yr. " . " , , , 8 month ,,. (M) ... 3 (HI ... 1 50 ... 60 ... it Otl ... 1 w in 3 monthi. t.-.iM I - ..j mBtb... Vltttr'hMMif, yew....... ... a ,., m traoaOia.. . jlfflitiieWptimt fc brpTi u sJwar. The roiiaW.aS rale will be ebargert for elldeiv i ... in the Daily rroKWiM" titer hie ''"'Out g0it of Twsi.ti tiKM om tin. J. On. Jay (a two days'.......... I W Three Jaye I 37 Fimk yi.: . I 5 Kkv eWy s. ,. flue weuk...J 50 Two week SB Onamenth J Oil J o mouths. 5(1 Tr owwU 19 50 One year. ,.-..w....3U 00 linn nr lui will be in ill ease coasted a square aud additional seusre will be charged the aftmet i.'-f- . -w i nJUTEaWTflK WEEKLY. Oh aqaare, one Insertiou, $1.00, and iKS'oentefor very eubeeerieut insertion. No attention will be paid to advertlMmeati eent by letter, aakie a reraittaeo in money aoceinpauy them. ,v ' ;V MIlfTIWO, .. Of erery dbioripttea, neatly ad promptly exe. ated at tkiepfllca. Editorial Melungc. Grorernor Stauly uai lady, awived hereoa Saturday, erwirng last, from New York, via Beaufort. , The Gov ernor, we are pleased to Bay, returns good .spirits and full of , vigor, de termined on accomplishing the work he took in hand, when he Was appoint ed Military Governor of this State, of bringing Vis loved native State into the fiolda of the Union, from which she was o foully-wrested. . ,The U, S. gun-bon Seyraonr, wliieh was soaggod and sunk a short time since, in the Neu8e, just above this eity, has,.by the indefatigable exertions ef her crew, been raised, repaired aud ii in good fighting triniy and her crew are anxious for a brush with- the enemy of our nation's honor. ;For the information of thoBe inter- that 200. bbls Stockholm tar sold in New York, oa the 6ih inst., for $6,25 and $6,87 1-2 per bbl. Stockholm tar at present, is commanding better prices than North- Carolina tar. Look out for tarry fingers. The Victory at Corinth The Rebels Totally Rooted and Throwing Away : ; , : Everything. tWO REBEL GESERALS KILLED. Generate Raeccraaa mmi Marital la flea ' ' Pareatl. orriciAL DtsrArcnFROirctu. grant, UEADQtAirrEits or Genemaij Giuvr,") JaIckso.n, Tenn., Oct. 6-12:20 1'. 51. f To Mtyor General Ilulleck, General-in- Chief: Generals Old and Ilurlbui, camo upon the enemy ycstoiday, and Gen. Grant hav ing driven in small bodies of the rebels the duv Defore. after seven hours hard fighting drove the enemy five miles back across the llatchie towards Corinth, capturing two butteries, about three hundred prisoners, and many small arms. I immediaudy apprised Gen Kosocrans of these facts, and directed him to urge on the good work. The following despatch has just been received from him : ' Chkvei.i.a, Oct. 18G2, To Major General Grant : The enemy are totally routed, throwing everything away. Ve are following sharp H. .. ; Wf g, BOSECRANS, Major General. Under previous instructions General Hurlbut-is also following. General Ma l'lierson is in tlleleadof Gencrul lioseoi tins' oofumn The rebel General Martin is-said; to-be kiHed, U. S. GRANT, Major General Commanding. - . Caibo, OcU7, J8G2. As ye we can only state the goncrul re rult ot the flshtinit at Corinth.. Kkirmish- ing couiroenccd on Sunday last,. and- thore has been more or less hghiing every any since. The rebel loss is about tight hun died killed and from- one thousand- five hundred to two thousand eight hundred wounded. We have ono thousand five hundred prisoners at Corinth and' three hundred on the llutcJiie river, and more constantly coming in. V o hav? taken sev eral thousand stand of arms,, thrown away by the rebels in thcr hiiiiiU iticy are mostly new and of Knalisli make,- Our osa, it Is believed, will be three hundred killed and one thousand wounded. Many houses in the town were badly aliatteicd by shot and shell. Qu Sunday General Ord drove the ene my iive miles over hills and through wood and Millcy., tbeictels taking udvantae-of very woed for liic infantry, Bni every bill for llieir nililleir.. The fight lasted oven hours. The relict General Roeers was killed. General Oglcnby has died of Ins wounds, beuerul Urd is slightly wouu dd. Prisoners taken ssy their effective force rn the vicinity is 65,000 men. This is prob ably an over esimrato ; but it is certain (hat they outnumbered as two to one Interesting from Kentucky Tke Rebel BetrraliB( Half' Omp, wurv m mwwmt enm win -if n IMM. VriiniUe. Oct. 1. 1862. Oen. Gilbtrt, with hi corps, was at Leba noa. .' It is supposed bere by Military men tint the wbal u-i feyn is Mrt'r to UaL's Gnp, few miles uniUt of V rb Urcharil, ihcr tlioy intend to uiaki a ptarid., t The bfiaa ax SbspherdsvitTe, will be eon, pitted by Sunday. Nearly ill the bridges be tween Us and the rebels have been destroyed by tbrm, and some three wtek will' elapse Dtmie invy ci De reconstructed. The story of the capture by the rebels near Elizabetbtown of three companies of Ohio cav alry last week is untrue. BvMwalUa mt I.ralnia hy the Bebele. . Ltmitville, Oct. 7 Midnight. Lexington is mostly evacuated by the rebels there being only one hundred remaining. They took and sent to Camp Dick Kobineoo 7.U09 barrels of pork Ironi Chenault & Co.,. peeked on their own account and lor other parties, mostly Btoessionihli. They alto took jyO.OOO eiorlh of jeans and linsuys from Olhsm, Scott & Co., which they have manufactured into clothing. The rebels paid lor these goods in Confederate script, unless the owners refused' to reccivo it, in itbicb event no consideration was given. ' ' I Reliable individuals from Lexington, who bat conveis.d with rebel soldiers, are conS dent that a battle must ensue before the rebels leave Kentucky. Kebel kold'.ers tell them they prefer being killed, or captured and pa roled,, rather than march over the mountains again- This seems to- be the eonolusiuu of the wbolerobelartuy. , , , "in m I 1 flaell ami Hie Aner-Aa Aellvti Camenila lantweacrel Aim? Jria( The Hble stctreailag, Ac. LouitoUle, Kyl Oat. 8, 1802. Those who have found so much fault hereto fore with Bush's tardiness will now have oc casion to change tbeh opinion of Ihat 'oRicer ; and admit that when necessity requires he can be as prompt and enerrvtic bs could be desired, lie entered ibis town a week ago with a jaded, ragged and footsore army ol fifty thousand men. During this week he has shod and clothed this army, recruited it by the addition of fifty thousand new inenrcomp!cted an entirely now QH'"T" f1 if" ' " r" "'".ff' t'fif' in vexue on the Potinao that of torpitTdrme and is now in hot pursuit of the rebels. All this hss been accomplished in the face cf the most perplexing difliculties. IK- has been re- moved Imm his comiuund anil reinstated during his period, the Hrst organization hevft'ected fell ihriiUKh and had to be abandoned because of the nntortunate death of lieneial Nelson. Polnlciainrand giibernaturial oOicials have In lerfered with bis plans and hrrassed him with the claims of this and that officer for prefer ment; ill niannerotobstucies have been thrown in his way, and yet, by hcrcuK-an efforts, he has surmounted them, and is alrea.ly far on his march, with the rebels in High! before him. lhe army moves m three main coryia urmee. emmandod respectively by Major General Crittenden, McCook and Gilbert. Mnjor Gen. lhoimis, the hero of Mill Spring, is second in C'ininiand under lluell. It would be manifestly improper to mention the programme of this campaign, hut its development will display a rapidity ol movement, a u;plh of strategy and i brillinncy of iteneialship only equalled in this tvrir by McClellun in his glorious Maryland campaign. A-tew glimmerings ol wlial is to be can be discerned in ibo movement ol one corpr, which left this Citv on Wednesday mornini, md within twenty, o ir hours was in possession nt Shelby vnlo over thirty milei uistunt. I In- rebels tied before them in confusion, forgetting ill their huste, to get asny large quantities ol inns, ammunition slid other military stores I'liis place had been occupied by a division ( I Kirby Smith's army, about 4,000 strong, com manded by Claiborne, ol Mississippi.. Preston smith anil Hull held positions as brigadier generals under Claiborne. Colonel Nixon, whilom editor of the New Orleans Creacent, was the rebel provost marshal of the town, lhe rebel rule at that place is described as un usually gentle. No indignities were offered to private citizens, and no great eutniges were committed. The chief eonphiint the citizens make is that they were compelled to part with whatever they had to eat or wear lor Con federate scriu, which nas declared to be ieeal tender. Merchants were forced to open their stores and- pK with their goods for this miserable trash. The only consolation the merchants have is that they get good prices for i heir wares. The rebels on leaving the, town forgot to take down their flag, which Has waving from the cupola of the l ourt House.- Uaiborue discov ured this hen some distance away, and re turned for the precious piece of bunting. It is reported from the direction ol Iiiirds- town thai the rebels are fallina buck from that place, though Hragg's main army is or has been, camped there. The Demvorat of this citv has information that Uragg is massing hit. troops baok of ISaidstown, with a view ol marching through Springlleld. snd Danville to Camp Dick Ilnbinsnn, where he proposes tor ttfying and making s desperate stand. Teaareice Trnliaraarreatca' la f'iaciaoall Two secessionists mcrohants of Knoxville, Tenn., were srrested'St the Gibson House in Cincinnati on Friday, having been recognized by one of their viotoms, a loyal man, whose property, amounting to 430,000, was- confis cated by the agency of these men, and be him self thrown into the same jail in which Parson Ilrownlow was confined. The Quutt says i With the bitter memory of his wrongs burn ing in hit bosom, the pirsecuted man went im mediately to the bntei, where he found one of the men lust discussine solendid dish of soup. He was dragged nut and placed under charge of an officer. In, s few moments trai tor No. Two, for whom the refugeeentortainod less lov even tban tha first, mads bts appear ance, lhe German oorared him immediately, and upon his resisting, drew a pistol and batter ed him on tve bead. A crowd which had col lected Intorfered here, beins ignorant of the merits of the case, snd the traitor u saved jam.a dttwvtd cufctijitjo.-) News from the Army of Virginia. laieaeeat af u Dvewrler frwae lhe Rekel Araay CleaeralJan. Jahaeoa OraVrea la aarreeia KravR la Keaiaeltr Vaaleiaa aa aircagia af taa Rebel Varee ia Via glala, tee f AVc. ., FAiarAX Court HoL'se. Oct. 7. A deserter frem the rebel army, brought In last evening, makes sums Highly interesting ttala menti, which are Important if true fie belonged te-lheBeeund Virginia cariliy, of Oen. Mntrr fnrd I brigade and Oen. Bttiarti dlviitea. The muowlDi are kie statemeate i Muaford's brigade, af from ule hundred to ten bundled cavalry, la between WarrenluB and lhe Springe. Tbe fore st Culpepper Court noine, now coannai.aea of Uen. Jo. Joanelon, coniiite of three diviiior.i. oue of them coin mended bv Geo. Gustavui W Smith, another by Gen. Hortuu, the name of the other division corumsoder he did not know. He heard Hen Mnmfurd lay that Juunilou had been ord'ersd1 to te He eommeiid ol In lHperlinent of the West, Oon. Uragg t.iriug been' reliuved. There woe much complaint eiraiiiM Oeu. Kretror He eaw a young man from Hiebinoud, who told biro that the rebels hair a larga force st Gordomvilla. He was with the rebels In Maryland, and heard ufliceri lay that their loss at tha bsttle of Aiitietnm was iitteeu thousand killed and wetind ed aud fuur thousand prlaouere, Tha rebels iey they obtained eight hundred ravalry and two thousand infantry recruita in Maryland, about is hundred of whom are from Penmylvauia. 1'he foree under Lee at Winchester, he eayi, uuruberi one kimdred and eighty thousand men, end' is being roiumrced Tbii la eoniidered here a large over eitirnate. 1'be old regiments are being filled up with eonieripls Ho was in the battlea at Bull Ron, and nyi that the rebels universally admit thai they were whipped on Friday by Gen. Bigel - A prisoner truiu the forty-ninth Virginia, com manded by Colonel ( formerly Hon ) We. Bniilh. was brugbt in yesterday. Us was boms on ick leave when taken, and givea do information V asiiikgtom, Oct. 7. While there Is ns evidence of any enemy in great foree Immediately in front of Waibingten, lhe General who holds tbe advance ii not idle. Daily reconaoluueea in force are mode in- all di roetioni. and every oeeeiaary precaution ia taken to provide against any surprise from tke retreat ing army of Geu. Lea. INTERESTING VBIn NORFOLK. Stringent Iltgvhtiont fotetir to Trad and Trantl, lltaipiartm of the Military Governor, I Kurfoik, (XI- 6, im J No more passes or permit! will be Uiucd lo take supplies into lhe country, except on a certi ficate from lhe clerk of lhe market that the per son applying for lhe permit actually brought eup plies lo town, rjuppliea will only be allowed for the family use of those who lake them. The picket and eelittne s will ke inetruoted not to al low any peraon or vehicle to pais out of the lines, w Ith the exception ot market carts or wavoua. each containing but one penon. Phyiiciane win oe allowed to peas oa the same conditions oa heretofore. Ho person or vehicle, nnlcia fur mar ket pnrpoaia. will come Into tbe lines, with this inception, that, ahoold the person have come from dietanoe, having no knowledge of Ihil si dr lv Mil Ui :ite3-tu u.ta tn si-d-Hieir names and reaideneea reported at lbs headquar leie, where inatrueiHine wilt be given as lo al lowing them to return to their Ii oiea. A picket w ill be placed at the .Marina Hoipita! immediately, and no boat allowed to land there witn i r without a pane. fo tioau. eicut hirlit- eri wilb wood or stippllni, will be allowed to pase the drawbridge going up or down. Until runiier ordera lhe daily pasiemrrr boat will not return to Portrees iionroo, and no pasiea will be given to go there bv other covernuntnt vessela, except return paaseror to officers on duty or with leave from Sutiolk The ferry to Ports mouth will run every half hour only during the lay, unlesa a more trequeut me aball be required fur military purposes. I neo ordera ill continue 10 force until a more general good faith la exhibited towerdi tha gov. tirunient Uiilcsi tha attempt! to violate the mi litsry lawa neresaarily estabtinhed here, shall be liseounteiianeed and suppressed by the ciiisua ihemaelves, they must blame Ibeinaelve alone for the conaeqiieiiens All pciions ere nueninly allied iainst attemptiiif to pass the lines for any purpose whalevur, wiihout authority. Igno rance ot miliiary law in this respect will not hereafter be accepted at au eicuso for its viola- ion lly order ot Brigadier General EGBERT V VIELK, Military Qoveruor News from McClellan's Army. Important Order of Grn. ItlcMcl. lun Itclikllve lo tli) i:iiiniit'lMt lion rroi'luuiutioii. Orneiol Ordrre-Ka. SOS. Jleadijuurteri, Army of the Potomar, Camp near Stratburg, lld.t Oct. 7, 181)2. The attention of the officers and soldiers ol the Army of the Potomno is called to Goncrul Orders No. 130, VVAr Lk'tiartment, Sept. 24, 1872, publishing to the army the President's proclamation of dept. 23, A proclamation of such grave moment to the nation, otliciully communicated to the army, affords to the general commanding an oppor tunity of defining specially to tho officers and soldiers under bis command the relation borne by all persons in the military service of the Untied aisles towards the civil authorities of the government. Tho constitution confides to lo the civil authorities, legislative, judicial aud executive, the power and duty of making, ex- pouncing uuu executing uie r eucrai laws. Armed lorces are raired and supported simply lo sustain the civil auihorities, and aiu to bo held in sVrict s'llwrdiustion thereto in oil re spects. T his fundamental rule of our political system is essential to the security of our lepublicsn instituticng.and should be thorough, ly understood aud observed by every soldivr. 1'be principle upon which,. and-the obiects for which armies ahull be employed in suppressing me reoeuion, must ue determined and declared by the civil authorities, and the chief Execu tive,, who is charged with the administrutiun ol the national atiuirs, is the proper and only source through w-hioli the views and orders of the government can be made known to the armies of the nation. D.scussion by officers snd soldiers concern. ing public measures determined upon and dc-- ciared by the government, when carried at all beyond the ordinary teuiperate expression ol opinion, tond greatly, to impair and destroy the discipline and efficiency of troops by substitu ting tho spirit of political faction for that of firm, steady and earnest support of the author ity of the government which is the highest duty of tha American soldier.' The remedy lor political errors, if any are committed, is lo be found only iu the action of the people at the polls. In thus calling the attention of this army lo the true relation between the soldiers and the government, the general commanding merely adverts tu so evil against Which it Tin beeo thought ili'inbls during oar vrhilt h.btorr to guard the armies, -of the republic, snd in so doing he will nor be censidcred by any right minded person as easting anv reMection upon that loyalty and good conduct which has been so luuy illustrated upon so many battle fields, in carrying out all measures of publie policy this army will of course, bs guided by the same rules of merer and Christianity that have ever cuntroled its conduct towards the defenceless. - By command of ' Major General McCLELLAN. Jaitus A. IIaudek, Lieutenant Colonel, Aid de-Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant Gen. Reconnoitame on th t'harttttvun Bead The Enemh JJitcottred in Fore.' ' ! . ; Sandy Book, Hd., Oct, 8-, 1868. A reoonnolssance wai made this morning by tbe Sixth United States cavalry and a sec tion of Robinson's light battery. They moved out e,JhsCriarlostown-rwad, and shortly after came upon the rebel mounted pickets,. who fell back, rapidly skirmishing as they retreated, until they came upon the reserve, who were drawn up-to receive thenwkh srbwttery "com manding the approach. , Captain Banders, finding the enemy in force. Ml back sod re turned to camp; During the advance we had two men killed and six wounded. The rebels lost six killed and lea wounded, and a lieutenant of tbe Seventh Virginia cavalry taken prisoner. aoie ot this everything is i.ttet ia this vicinity, . The JUIfl Armr Bapldly Reireailag Tewar4e BlrhaeaS. Fredtrkli, JJJ., Oct. 7, 1382. I learn from private sources that reconnoij- sances revesl the fact that General Lee's rebel army is rspidly moving back on Richmond. The chances of their escape from McClellan's clutches sre hourly diminishing. A detach ment from Sumner's corps drove in the pickets of the enemy to Cbsrlestosn day before yes terday. 'a al Dararr'e Ferry Nlaa Ia Waaaded. .,, Frederick, ifd.. OcLl-?. M. At eleven o'clock lost nia-!it. at Warner's Ferrv. s house formerly used as-a powder magazine, was exproped in tho lollowing manner: The powder had apparently been removed : but enough remained to cause an cxulosion from igniting by spark from a soldier's pipe. Tbe house was used as a guard house at the time of the explosion. Nino soldiers wore wounded by tbe explosion, including Uazer. of Co. A, Seventy second New York : Merrlne. of Co, K, Seventy-second New York; J. Street, of Co. G, Seventh two men of the Seventh Michigan ; three .uierj of the First Delaware, and two wen el the Eighty-eighth New Kork. Aaatae BHIIIaat Adair. Capture of Etbtl SvpyUct, HunilUmi of War mid I'riionert. . .. ... r: . , RAtTIMliRr, Oct 7. The Amman has received the lullowingr dee patch from Cumberland i lmbodun a entire wagon train, embraelug sup pliee of all kinde, two pieces of ai tillerjr, one hundred and fifty prisoner!, were raptured : and fofonel McRajnelds Is in ttrauit of him, up the uii vscapon mver. luibodeu la a noted rebul artillery ofbeer. NEWS FE0M WASHINGTON, Departed Uclplrae ('a.lillaa af Ike Rebel Ucarral l.er. Washington, Oct 7. Advice received in thia citv bv rclatln-s of Generel Lee show that he was Inj'.red iu both handa al lhe battle of Antietain A hall pasted through the palm of his ri lit hand, and soon auer. Ins nurse herein: no nninannireab e. he was i hrown head furnmoei, breaking one ef the bones iu the back of the left Land. One of his rrle lives, who saw him two dsys aao. describes him as perfectly helpless. itOXtW.Al.I, JACKSON RF.POHTl'.rJ 10 BE MARCH ISO TO ATTACK SlOtX. A necrro, escaping- from tha .Second Virginia Cavohy, lately serving his master there a pri vate in that regiment r-pnrts the current belief among a purl ion ol tho rebel a'niy that Jackson 10 iiiHit-uiii ouvrii iu arnica pijfpi at v srierviiie. riila eau hardly be true, n Jai-tKn'e foice was pretty well uaed up in tha ballla of Artietam. THK RKBr.t. AHM STII.Ii AT WINCIIESTKB Rnbols recently captured, huvins an eye to business, have reported that the enemy is Hying fiom the vicinity of the Potomac and Wi.ichus let towards Richmond Our scouts, w ho have heeu sa far as the valley, report this afternoon that the enemy is nnl moving from the vicinity of Winchester. The itatenieuta of our own scouts are considered the moat reliable. It doe nut follow, however, that the cue my will not soon mi ve toward Richmond THEIKKKL CONSCWPTI lN IM VlRWNIA-. The rebel armies are imnrevine the occunntion nf the adncout scciions of Virginia to enforce thoir conscription, which lh-y had not hitherto had an opportunity to do, nctuatid piobably by a feeling of ill will towards peoplo who have been allowed to ocenpy their hemealeads limits lurbed'by the Union srmv. 'i'hev aie carrvine off all white malea, without distinction, over six toen years of ago, to bear arms iu the rebel cause 1 hey are also iainresainir everv horse Gi for service, and aeUing upon everything portable inni can no maue avniiaoie to'tn snpnorl ot an army. Tho male citisena are flying for refug in every direction Many ef them are nor wan deriog iu the mouutaius, aud others bave arrived here. THB REBEM DEVASTATINO TII8 VIHH1N1A VAtLEV Itappears that Gen, Lee's army are exceed ingly deficient of forage, provisions and horses, and a d iturini r.ution has been manifested to make the meal of the occupation of the valley of Vir ginia.and'to sweep it clean, clearly intiiusting that there is no prospect ot its bving either long occupied or soon again visited by the rebel forces . A kSBEb BATTXIty OK TUB LOWIR POTOMAC PI- STRnyBj Csptsln Jtb Ruai k, nf the schooner Stateiman who arrived hero today, reports- the rebels-had sucaeded iu placing a baltery at Cockpit Point, on tne Mtomse river, and that just before inn set yesterday one ofi our trniiboNte ran into the Poiut and'i-hi lled the battery, entirely destroying I. no M.iiinn mno Ullini IIIIVQ IMTCU'a COmiUQI able quantity of combustible material in the immediate vicinity of the battery, as a lurge fire was burning nearly all night. Tbe captain of tbe schooner Eliza Ann John son, which arrived this morning, itatea that he spoke a schooner below Cockpit Point, which warned hun not to go too near iu, as the steamer Georgia bad been tired upou, and was told our gunboats had run in aod shelled the rebela out, eetting the place on fire The captain had heard firing daring tbe afternoon, aud as be came up he isw three ai our gunboa's lying oat frou: tie RATAL ORDERS. ' ' Lieutenant Commander Wa. C West Bs been ordered to ordlusnce duty st Dostou Nsvy .Yard. - - , ; . LicnteftNnt Commander Wilson McGimnegle Has been detached from tbe Misstmppl icpisdrvn and awaits orders .. - - Lieutenant Joseph P. Tyffs bos beea ordered to the Misstsilppl squadron. . . DISABLCD SOLPISaSTO BR DRTAILKD FOR B0SMTAL . nurr. . r, - It Is understood that disabled volunteers, or luett ae sre not eufffi-fenlly strong lo serve- hi the field, will be detailed for guard duty at hos pitals. , ' A number of ebanges having been made, ia the ofbeers ot 'he gunboat Octororo, we repub lirti a correct If at of tbe officers, ss follows : ' iMuUna nt Commander George Brow a-. ; . t Surgeon James Lawa. Acting Matter and Exttutio OfUctrluhn A Johnstone. Acting NatUn3. D. Graham. A. A. Gould. L.O Cook "... . Cn 4Tr-JacluonUoElwlI -''' Acting Aisietant Payma$terVi'th fl. Tfigbee. M if Mutual tngimtr Enory . ftro ks. Third Anitdint Unaintrrt C ,B. Mergan. Jamos G. Cooper, G. W Clark.' . ,. Midtkipman-C. W. Traey. ' Acting Matter' i Malt Thomas McElwtU. Commander t Clerk Walter Cuopor Matters and things at Savannah. Preaeal Cawdlilaa af the Cliyfefraea Caaaaleird aad la Pr(r-aaThe al ine; Ballrrlee"nearBla aad "I'laBal" Obelranieaa la tha HirerPrlln mt lhe IeBl with regard la lb War Hrahable KaTu'iariheEeaaacluaalaa Vraelaataiiaa cSe., ate i Mr. A. G. Spencer, formerly a merchant of New York, but for the last two years a resi dent of Savannah, Georg e, which place he left a week ago last Friday, arrived at New York, two days ago in the United States transport OeorgeO. L'olliM, and has kindly favored usj with the following aulhenlie information with regard to the present condition of affairs in that rebel city. , Tbe population of Savannah, us ually about 23,000, i at present something less than 10,000, and business is almost at a stand still. Two out of tire of the stores and other places of business is closed, and t!.ase remaining open have a very meagre sioek of geods, and are doing next to nothing in the way of trade. The blockade of the city he considers almost perfect, and dues not think it worth w hile Tor the Government to spend an other cent to make it wore effective. All man ufactured and imported goods are extremely higb, and scarcely to be bad at any price. Or dinary boots bring 80 a pair, snd 120 is charged fr Rioting old ones. Coats wottb in New York $15, bring from $40 to 50, and pants from $20 to $2. Tea is worth IB per pound ; coffee 79 cents : butter $1, and other things in proportion. , Flour is 12 a barrel, with a limited supply on hand, aa tbe wheat ciopof that region has proved almost a total failure. The crop of corn however, baa been good this season, and it is now selling in Savan nah at 6u eetits a bushel ; though, previous to ibs gaiiieiing of the new crop, U brought: S. There is great suffering among the poorer classes of the city, and thoir prospects for the future are daily growing worse, as the contri butions nf the wealthy fur the support of the soldiers' families, which were freely given at the beginning of ttia war, are now greatly di mintshed, from the inability ol the contribu tors, and from the fact that many of them have been theniBclVcs forced In to-the army through the conscription act The conscription has been very thorough, snd almost every able bodied man, from 18 to 35, is now in the army. Tho second conscription, which is to include all between tho ages of 35 and 45, bad not been enforced when Mr. fcpeticcr lelt, but Ue thinks it wilr add one third to' the renting force of the Conlederaoy, which be estimates at present ta be about 400,000 i Rectivc men. The available troops iu and about Savannah at the tune ho lelt hs thinks did not exceed ;t,uui but it was currently reported that the Confederate Government were about to station 10,0 i0 soldiers in that city. Gen. lieauregard arrived at Savannah on the 14th ol Septem ber; and formally look CBinmand- of ihe lokncisof that city and Chnrlhstnwn nn ths 19th. Gen. Pi-mberl in, who was prevjnsly n command at Savannah, was ordered to Kichmond. Great preparations have been iadc snd arc now iu progress fnr tho defence of savannah, and air. Spencer thinks if an at tempt is n.ade to capture the city by land it will require a strong force. Every road lead ing out of the city has been fortified for three or four nitlcs in extent, snd batteries hsvc been erected on the South snlo of the river at inter vals all the way from the citv to Fort JacVson. the high bluff" in the city limits, where the gns works are located, has been mounted with eight guns of the largest calibre. Besides these, a lit e of fortifications is now being erected-arouud the entire city, commencing on The river above the city and ruining round and intersecting tho river below. Gver 2,000 negroes are at present working-on these forti ti cations. Tho water defences of tho citv consist of the floating batteihs (Jeorgia and t'ingal, and ob. structions thrown in the river, these ob struclions are placed about a- mile below Fort Jackson, and consist, first, of rows of spiles driven into the bed of the river, Rud running across from bank to bank, and,, second, ol wooden cribs from fifteen to twvn'y foot square. tilled with stone and sunk in the bottom of the riwr. The oribs-are forty or Bfty lods below the fn lea. As lor the floating batleriei, Mr Spencer dors not think they will amount to much, end says very little riliance ia placed on them by the peo pie ot Savannah as a defence for the city, ( he ijeurgia is tne only oue yet completed, ana vns is generally admitted to bave proved a failure. Not being able to procure new engines for her, ihey were obliged to use old ones, aud as none could be gut that were powerful enough, she has thus far proved eml -ely unmanageable. They lacetiously call ber the fouling battery, rom the fact that she Boats at random, and- pretty mnch independently of any opposing force off-red by b-r engines- Still, she ie heavily armed with ten gnus of the largest calibre, (one at each end and four on each aide,) ia roofed over wilh rail road iron, and would probably prove a formid able obstacle to any craft coming iu the range of her guns, however little damage ihe might be able to do ai a ram, or acting on the offensive. She is J 1)0 feet' iu length, snd is constructed pretty much on the same plan as tbe defunt Mlir rimae. The Fingal is not yet oomplete-l, but is to be finished iu the same s'yle as tbe Georgia Wheu Mr. Spencer left, they bad got tne roof on but not the iron covering. She is an English bnilt stismer which ran tha blockade, and is bciuz cut down to fit her fur a battery. She w ill cairy tbe samu number of gum as the Georgia, 'and will, doubtless, prove a more msusgeable craft ; but she is not built fur a ram. and no fuari toe) be entertain jd that she will repeat tbe ex uloiia uf tbe Merriaaa With reiereao to tbe ebatraethw hi lb river u i3i..ri p ep;e ocuider to. or. iu.-.sa,Ja, but the United 8'rtee-oflWr ai Port Royal snd Port Puktski iuformel Mr. Saaneer thai, they Cou'd easily be r moved whenever the Govern ment saw fit fa commence (peraiienr (gainst the city ' ' , , , ' - i Tbe fcelhwg of the eltlsens of Savannah wfty reference Icthe rebellion, Mr; Spencer re presents' ai being nearly BBaaiaieae ie toor of eontlnutnr Ihe conres they bave beguii, and ot never yield ing until they have gained their independence. Many of them opedry declare lb it ihey weald! prefer bee sniag the subject ef a foreign, 'slower' to a reunion with Ibe National Gevernnieat.-r' Rot a few openly trowed that they had meditat ted the movement for twenty years Mt,"tpd tW in tbe election-of Lincoln they saw their opportu nity. The Nertbeia own of whom tbere are ir great many in Savar.oah. ua well aa all thw 8eatM- ern cities, aie mostly Union meu at heart,, bat they are oblio-ed ta disavow or it tha beat la- sea eeal their sentiment. There is, .however, notke Ing like the reiga of terror rutting them at pre- -out, that there was at tbe beginning of lb rebel lien. Tbe - Rattlesnake Club " and - Viirihavw Committee. at waoae taeiifHseit o ieaui aae rage ware eoaiaiiud en Cuion eseindrstnib gsrs at the eomuMneeraent of lb movement; have pretty mack died out Tbe better bias al elliseus were compelled to diicountjusnca Uieas m self preservation, and to save their whole soeiaf fabric from tumbling into onereby.-had- their. opt position, together wllb the fsct that lb leadiur desperadoes, witb aiosl of their rank and (He? have fouad their way into tbe army, bo at length, relieved the eity frem much of tbe terrorism that formerly eiiited. Couieiersbla freedoav -of eau presiion ia now allowed, provided it Ii not inlu dieijuily indulged in, sal w ith reference to In demerit! or the neiguonnf Btata of lioetb Cartit lina, the Utmost latitude ie Permitted and avew approved. 'Mr. Bpeooeriayebeboaoftea openly' expressed the hope thai tbe war would not end1, ..mil ft..L...HA .... ... I. ..t : L . 7 M.i.i. vii.iiu.iuv uifcarir vaiiiiguiauoa vua blotted off the map, and kb seotiment' always mot witb an ai'Drovine- echo. Thev aeeuae Charleston of havKig got them Into the eurape' and charge cownrdicst npoq ibe Bontb CaroUe a.vvjfa uniim. . . ' 1 ,m 1 '' ("( :. . Interesting from Ttiarj 'ill 1 ' Niw YoBa;Sept.if!JI Colonel A. J. Hamilton, member of Coomi gress from Texas, arrived from New Orleans. , He is well known tot our citixens as that One" of the Texan members ol Congress wbd sre-i fused pluuiply to join tne eonspirwors . who', left Washington during tbe last dy of Bq chanan' Administration, ind Whum Wigfalr and Toombs- vainly tried to browbeat and bul ly. lie is now on his way to Washington try ask help for his suffering lellovr Union men of Texas, who have endured every thine eiceotn extermination at the bands of lhe moo of rt i els who now bold the rule there. Colonel Hamilton has been livina for thalaat.i year at Austin, tbe Texas Slat capita). , Thail and three or four counties surrounding it are'3 still strongly Union so much so tha. thrrciK els, greatly as they would bare liked1 ta hurt him, did not dare, ki these and other" eoun lies there wens until recently organised UniooV '' foicos, not armed or trsintd soldiers, but sucbt bands as could have been quickly called to-. gel her to aid any attempt of tba gflvprnnisritf in Teats, and stood ready to dofeud tiiair baiuV eragainut all harm. , Curunel Hamilton state that life hi Texas hi ' now entirely lawless. - The civil law bat baft t been dead; mart.al law, wbteli tool its place. is not executed according loany syslein kuown to civilnd nations. Every petty provost niar shal is supreme tyrant in his district, and ln-.'! prisor.rand robs st-his'own discretion, i What bis carelessness or good nature omits In the -ay of tyranny selt-aoflstitated vigilance ooua- s mittecs make up. Thus all Who sr suspect 1 t of loyalty are st (he mercy of ari irresponsible set ol rubbers and tyrants. : ; -' - -' ! Until recently there was no regular garrison ; uf rebel soldiers si A-dstin.- Su Ring-aa-they were not there the Union men were ablo to"'! protect themselves. But when, the soldier camu the Union men, bug ago entirely disarm ed, were at their mercy. A friend informed' " Colonel Hamilton that , the soldlert bad ordera 'to to capture him, and he saw that he must act , mt of the way. lie left on the Sd July. Be-- lore then his bouse was surrounded by troopay -1 and when he got into the mountains be found ., ill the passes guarded als all tbe water holes on the rovls leading out ef the country. He was fur a month iu lhe mountains, and al- .1 last, with a few friends, made his way to the ilio Grande, wbtcb he crnssed into Mexico. ' The crossing was opposed-by a rebel cip-1 , tain, whom the ccloucl wade pr'tsnncrs till he' ind Ins party got salely serosa, cut the pass-- ' igo down the Alexicua side of the river wyr made through s succession of ambuscades laid' by rebel truops lor bin . -M n ''" ' By vigilance they all escaped, however, an , it lust, after var ous adventures, reached Mala- . moras. In Brownville, opposite Mstamoras,. he rebels kept a vigilant eye upon the Colonel's-. ) iiioveinents. lie engaged passage in a-vessel,. Iut was warned when aliout to step into stage 1,1 I at the tnamy knew it- and bad. planned to i ; ntercetit him.- Seventy.-Bve men,-in fact, , way laid-the stage aS'd'stupped it thie times in the way to the vessel. He then-waited for" ; -mother opportunity, snd at last got off by, ,-.,, ravelling some distance overland, and being.' ,' set on board a schooner by a- friend'- shore i hoat. Tho -robels, however, saw the mas. .,, ment, anil sent a launch with an turned crew ' to the schooner j a bi-eeae striking up, tha"'1 Colonel hsd sail put no tho schooner, and et off for New Orleans,, leaving the Captain and his ship's papers unavoidably on shore. On' ( the way to New Orleans the schooner fell Id' the United Stales ship liohio.whiob sent them1. in safety ' The Uoloncl iooaa to'be in goed health, but i has evidently sufl'cied greatly in wind ia the'; ast year. He has some touching stories to' tell1'.1 ol the trials and sufferings of loyal men InTeX- 1 : ss, They have clung nobly to the old flag, but' t there is fear that unless suon helped with' troops ihey will sll bsve to- give tip. Most of them have already been- foroed'W-tako the : . oath much as they hate it, and many have been , . forced lo lotn tbe rebel- ruiy. W hetl' called' ' upon to take lbs oath they use many mean ot . avoiding it.- Une ingenious tellnw slopped his' , ears with colton, so- that be might not hear' " what he was required- to ssy yes ta As lor Colonel Uanmlon, be has kept the vow be made at tbe beginning, never by any ( act to recognise the rebel authority.- lie bar,' lefued constantly to take the oath, and hi ' prominent position mode it until lately imprU' aoiit for the rebels to use force. He refused to render un account of property iu his posses ' " tion, owing tu northern uteri, and paid no at. ,-, tenliun to the summons sent oat against bmi. He procured himself tu be elected, over a se- ' cesstunist, to the State benate, aud refused ta- take his Stat in that rebellijus body,, saying s he only wanted to show them what the people thought In bis distrist. When summoned to' -pay the Confederate war tsx he refused, lay ing that he meant-to be on the reoird squarely '" s having opposed tbe rebel movestnt tronv ' MtoW.
Newbern Weekly Progress (New Bern, N.C.)
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Oct. 18, 1862, edition 1
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