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- rrrr n i -1 pniiiin mi i mmw iii n 1 1 ii i iin (fOT; W- . ' II i. IA 1 f ' S: SS .fife.Vf 7;'J f ' " -V'; '. -: , ' ' . i.' V ?. - 7 :' ?r.:'jy.- ?'.-i'f. VOL. LXI K ALBIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER X 1861. NO. 40. 1 vs f .i f If mm Wi -f 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ii mm mm i w - '.Wr y ;JT JSl t rCBI.Il HID T jOUI W. STME, EAiUr u4 Prrrietors. .jBH-Winar, (dngle copj,) 94 00 Pjble inT&rablj la adnooe. . IIAL.EIGII, JT. C, . jATCaDAT MORNING, OCT. 5, 1861. DISSOLUTION". Tie co-fftrtnercbip heretofore exutioir ia ihi office, wx&tr the firm of Sjtae & Bell, r thii dj diolred by motail eotueoL JNO. W. 8YME. EVERARD HALL! October 1, 1S61. Tee tosmen or toe Ute Lm will be iet tlei bj the Mbeeriber. who hu fall eoibority uiNiM name or toe firm in toe settlement d its boaioeae. ' E. IIALL. The Re pater will, ia fotore, be conducted t the enbeenber. - JhO. W. SYME. CONFEDERATE STATES OP AMERICA. FOR PRESIDENT: JEFFERSON DAVIS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT : ALEX. H. STEPHENS. FOR EXECTORS : ... " V FOR THE STATE AT LARGE: Hon. WTT.T.TAM. A. GRAHAM, Hon. THOMAS BRAGG. . . ' PRESIDENTIAL EEECTIO.f. As the day for the election of a President ul Vice President is drawing nigh, we place it the head of our columns the names of Jeff-ran Dans and Alexander H. Stephens, is oar preferred candidates for the offiees of Pretident and Vice President of the Con federate Sutes of- America. We also raise the names of Ex-Got. WilL A. Graham and Ex-Got. Thos. Bragg as our choice as Elec tors for the State at large. We intend to ibow oar faith by our works ia this election, lod ignore old party ties. Old party issues ttre disappeared with the gOTernment under which they arose, and no sensible or patriotio man will be influenced by them'. THE LIXCOEJC DESmTlSM. Who could hare belieTed in this age of etnlixatioa that in a portion of what was oaee Republioan America, there should now t witnesseiLsueb a scene of grading tyranny i is displayed by the Federal GoTernment ! Liberty under that gore rn men t has totally disappeared. " Neither person or property is bow safe, and soon we may hear that life itself is held by an equally uncertain tenure. In a word, we hafe only to see the Guillotine placed on the stage, to realize fully the worst horrors of the worst period of the revolution which drenched France. in blood at the elose cf the I ait century. Men are torn away ar liurily from their homes and business, and without trial immured in dungeons, property, u arbitrarily seised by the minions of the repot, and such is the searching tyranny t hit even certain colors and artioles of dress are proscribed. And all this is done by a man who claims that it is his mission on earth to giTe frtedtm. to the enslaTed ! ! Yes, to ire freedom to the negro alaye, at the ex pense 'of the liberty of his white fellow-eiti-ieas!. Was such awful, hypocrisy eTer wit nessed in the history of man ! The ends of this tyranny, too, are to be attained, sot only at the expense of the unoffending people whose soil has been invaded by an enemy for the a roared purpose of either eobjogation or extermination, but at the expense of all the eiru'ized powers of the world, whose peaee w threatened, and whose material interests are already suffering vast injury from this Tiodal war ! Can these. powers stand much longer quietly looking on upon seenes which disgrace the cirilitaUon of the age, place in jeopardy their own peaee, and injure or de stroy their ova prosperity as nations 1 By vlat right does Abraham Lincoln continue . to prosecute a war in which his forces, in every important engagement, have been sig nally and ignominiously defeated 1 What right has be to M uproar the universal peaee " for the purpose of attaining his own atrocious J ends ends which, if attained, would mluet cpon mankind untold and incalculable mis chief The subjugation of the 8ouih would result in the speedy extermination of its labor. Tre abolidon of negro lvery would enure to the destruction of every product peculiar to the Sooth, and so incalculably valuable to the world. Great Britain, in her own histo ry, has an example of what emancipation dees for negro slaves. With all her precau tion of the apprentice system, what has emancipation dooe or Jamaica? Let her ova custom houses and statistics of trade answer the question, and the response will bow that where the received thousands of pounds from alavebolding Jamaica, she sow receives hundreds from emancipated Jamaica. Frta being one. of the loveliest and most productive spots on the fioe of the globe, the Island of Jamaica is now one of the leu productive. It is ia the hands of a race who are their own masters, and who were sever known to labor when not compelled to do so. As it has been with Jamais a, so it will be with the South when ita slave shall do emancipated. White men cannot make! ootton and an gar and rice ; alares will not make them unless forced to do so, and when thej eease to be sltres thej will not make anything bejond what is required for the upplj of the most urgent wants of nature. - GEXEBALS FLOYD AKD WISE. Oar readers saw by the last Register that n m m uen. v ise bad been recalled to Richmond. ine ppm of that city do not say for what ft was mao. n nomer it was made for the purpose of trying him for disobedience of Floyd's order to fall back from the "lop of Big Bewell ' mountain," and cover his (Floyd's) rear on his retreat to Meadow Bluff," or to assign him somo other position, we are not apprised. One thing is certain, there is a screw loose in the man agement of matters in western Virginia, and such a state of. affairs is deeply to be deplor ed. . The matter is made more unintelligible by the fact that General Lee examined Wise's position, thonght it a strong oae, and rein forced him with 4,500 men. This Is alto gether a strange affair. Sioee the above was written, we have re ceived the Northern mail of Thursday, from which we have extracted the news of a glo rious victory, in which Rosencrans was mor tally wounded and his army so badly routed that they are rapid Jv ea route for the porcine Sure of Ohio. Kj : ' Big Sewell tnountain, the scene of the battle, is six miles west of tha Blue Sulphur Springs, twenty miles west of Lewisburg, and twenty-nine miles west of the White Sulphnr. : CRITICAL. Some time since, when the Yankee block ading vessel were not on their post near Beau fort Harbor, in other words, were not block ading, two British Teasels entered the port and discharged their cargoes. They then took on board cargoes for Liverpool. In the mean time the Blockading Squadron ap peared off Beaufort and notified the British vessels that they would not be allowed to leave the Harbor.,' The Captains ef the British vessels remonstrated against this no tice, taking the ground that as there was no blockade when they entered they had a right to leave unmolested. The Yankees, however, persisted, and the Captains wrote to their Consul at Charleston requesting his presence at Beaufort.- The Consul, en his arrival, took the same ground with the Yankees that had been assumed by the Csptains, but with no effect. Whereupon be repaired to Washing ton and put tne case neiore nora liyons, wno . ... , . it is said, fully concurred with the Consul and Captains as to the right of egress, snd ordered a portion of the British Squad ron to Beaufort to see the British vessels safe out of the Harbor, and give them con vey on their voyage homeward. We give the above account as it was given to us. Whether it is accurate in its details . i t we do not now. une uuog,mowever, u certain, to-wit: that one or more British merchant teasels that entered Beaufort Har bor in the absence of the Blockading Squad ron are forbidden egress by that Squadron that the British Consul at Charleston has placed the ease before Lord Lyons. . We do not profess to be very mu fait in matters of national law ; but we think that common sense teaches that a right of ingress carries with it the right of egress. The mere decla ration of a blockade, unaccompanied by a force to maintain it, is a mere nullity. The absence, therefore, of the Yankee Squadron from Beaufort or its immediate vicinity, laid that port open to any vessel that , might ehoose to enter it, and when once in, such vessel had the right of egress. A doctrine contrary to this would enable the blockading party, by temporarily absenting themselves from the vicinity of a port to entice vessels La enter, and then to stOD them up like rats In a hole. We would not, therefore, be sur- prised, if the facts stated above, are facts to hear that the roar of the British Lion was soon beard on our coast. THE HEXT GREAT BATTLE. Speaking of the next great -battle now momentarily expected on the Potomac, the Scotch Fiddler of the New York Herald says: A terrible battle is at hand between the 400, OOff troooa on the banks of the Potomsc in the vicinity of Washington 200,000 on either side a battle which will be greater than that of Wa terloo, and will probably by decisive against the party which loses it. The mighty results aepea oier on it involve the destiny of the peopb of this continent, and per bans of modern civilization. If there should be a iartial defeat of the Federal ar my, let the Abolition leaders who instigated the rebellion and the war, PbillipsJOarrbon, Greely, Beech er, Cheever, Terpen, Jay sad their associa teslook oat for another oountry, as this will be too hot to bold them. If there should be a total defeat of the Federal army, together with the cap ture of Washington, let the an ti-slavery demago gues who, for the last thirty years, have been stir ring up the embers of strife which resulted in the Sottthara revolt look out as fast as they can for some asylum beyond the limits of the American continent, for this is the only wa7 m wbicn t? can consult the safety of their Imperilled necks. - Here we nave a' distinct charge that the " anti-slavery demagogues for the last thirty years " have been bringing on the existing war be tween the North and the South. , After aa admission that the North is the aggressor, who but Sawney Bennett and the Scotch Fiddler could urge a war of subjugation against the party acting on the defensive ? : ' ARMY op the potomac. I We do not, share .the uneasiness felt bj I wm0 persons at the withdrawal of our troops I ""O Mason's and Munson's hills. We hare I e greatest confidence in our Generals, and I asjured they had the best of reasons for the morement. Neither Mason nor Munson s U;m fartilW r,t .Uh'k n the Utter, whieh the terror-strioken Yankees I mistook for a cannon. The bringing in of I the pickets indicates an early actionthat is i ro say, it tne xankees ever intend to naye a I fight on the open ground. MISSOURI FORMALLY SECEDED, We find in the last Charlotte Bulletin telegrapbio news dated Washington, Sept. ! 28th. Among o'hef items of this news we find the following : 'V Advices from Lexington says the Jackson Leg Ulature assembled at that town and passed an Ordinance or.Saceasioa. - When our informant left they were discussing the act Confiscating property of persons opposed to the Southern Confederacy. Brigadier ' General Hill, of Great Bethel memory, has been assigned the com mand of the North Carolina Coast from Fort Macon to the Virginia line. J His headquar ters sre at the town of Washington. This is most admirable appointment, and will do much to restore confidence to onr fellow-citixens on the coast, and the State generally. SPIT OIES POR THE DIERft. SICK SOL- We saw at the Depot in this city on Thurs day a large number of wooden spit boxes des tined for the Hospital of the Ueorgia Troops, These articles like everythinz else which induces to cleanliness, are needed in every hospital. I WAKE SUPERIOR COURT. In this court on Friday last James B. Strict land was tried for the murder of a soldier by the name of Simeon Wilkins. his brother-in-law, in August last. ' The parties lived in Johnston County, and the case was removed from Johnston to Wake Court for trial because the prisoner did not believe he could have an impartial .rial la hu own county. It appeared from the evidence (bat Wilkins belonged to Cant. Snead's company of volunteers, now stationed near atanassas, and had returned home for . a short time on furlough. Strickland, WQkins and others being at Boon Hill on a drunken frolic,' a quarrel sprang up be tween S. and one pf the other parties, when Strict land out with his knife, threatening to kill the other nartv. Whereupon, -Wilkins endeavored to pacify S-, and to get him to put up his knife, when he rushed upon Wilkins. stabbing him to the heart, and mutilating his body in a horrid manner. ! The jury found the prisoner guilty of murder in the first degree. On the prisoner being brought into Court on Thursday afternoon to receive his uiiImim hiavwinul KAmn H. KattlA. KiO.. in. to Sapreine Court for a new trial. , r - ' 1- Ud Wednesday xsnam, a slave, me property 01 Thos. Fexrell.was tried on th charge of setting fire to the storehouse of Dr. Haves, and being found guilty, was condemned to be hung. On Thursday the case of Solomon Thompson, charged with aiding in burning Dr. Hayee, store was to have been tried, but the prisoner not being ready for trial, he was admitted to bail. Attornev General Jenkins - appeared for the State in each of the above cases..' . MRS. REID'S BOARDING HOUSE. We call attention to the advertisement of Mrs. S. A Beid, to be found in our advertising columns. The departure of the Legislature enables Mrs. B. to accommodate a number of additional boarders with lodirinff as well as board. Her rooms are " - O 9 L- well ru.rnikhed, and her table, we feel assured, can not tail to please all who msy patronize her. INTERESTING TO THE FAMILIES OP THE OFPICERS AND MEN CAPTUR ED AT IIATTI4KAS. i It will be seen from a notice from Adjutant General Martini in aoother column, that the Leg islature having authorized him to do so, he is pre pared to pay to the wives ana children of the offi cers and men captured at Hatter as half the pay they would have received if they had not been captured. j At a meeting of the Council of State, held at the Executive Office, on the 1st day of. October, 1861, the following Besolutlons were unanimously I adopted "WVinro. ! fwA Atir list meeting it hath pleased the Orat Rnlr of the Universe to remove his Excel- I. ...... trr ti: r u:. 1 lency, tne late vnn v. m., .ro .pn,. usefulness in our midst : Theref&r, Resolved, Tha t we laket hu opportu nity to unrat our high appreciation of the per sonal worth, high official merit, exalted patriotism and dutineuhhed aOUitv or our late uniei jnagis- traLft and so rander our grateful tribute to his memory.- I - . RfurJrrA. That these resolutions be spread upon the records as a part of the proceedings or tnis . meeting. . - ! -. . - ...... Jiesoived, That me secretary lurniso copiw v these resolutions to Ute lamuy oi tne aeceaaea, and to the several editors of this city, with a re quest that they publish the same. - . r " J". Th Eztobt or Corrox. We are glad to an nounce (says the Charleston Mercury,) that, in deference to the general wish of the community, the project of shipping cargoes of cotton from this port has been relinquished". .Thus, by the acqui escence of a public spi rited and even patriotic firm, has this vexed' question, which has been so fully and treely discussed in these columns, been finally settled at least as far as Charleston is concerned PreaidentDavia, accompanied by General Wise, left Bichmond three or four days ago for Manas sas, where he has been engaged in reviewing the troops, In anticipation f an early engagement with the enemy. " - The Memphis Avalanche special correspondent from Bowling Green says Gen. Buck ner took Hop kensville, Kyi, on Sunday lat, with six honored stand of arms, and three cannon. Twelve hun dred Federals fled before him. His force was JCfOO, and nobody hurt.. , -T . ; Sir James Ferguson and the Hon. Mr. Burke, of England, arrived in Memphis on Monday last, en rtmte for Kichmoad. They have private dis patches for the Government. --'V ': " ' " '"'' " We have been kindly permitted by ; thej gentleman to whom it was ' addressed to publish the following letter from a member of the 12lh Begiment N. C. Volunteers : . . " 'J' . . ' ' ! Camp Holm is, Sept. 23rd, 1861. : Mi Dm Fbiisd: As the 12th ;Begtment hu not ;et been translated to the ''realms above," and we hope never will be to the "realms below," you may rest assured that we are somewhere; but where that somewhere is we, as good soldiers, do not feel at liberty to reveal. In the strict confii dence of friendship, however, I can tell you that we are In I uyinia, and in the norther half of Virginia, not a hundred miles from Washington City, and in the same profound spirit of secresy, I will impart to you that we hope, (I dare not say prognosticate) to be in or behind that great depot of Llncolnism before very long. In this region we can scarcely 4 narrate , accurately the past, much less venture upon conjecture as to the future. Nearly foaif weeks ago we receiv ed very unexpected orders for a secret expedition and a forced march. . broke up our camp that afternoon in the midst of a pouring rain, with infinite enthusiasm. It would have done vour heart good to see the Begiment march by in th mud, tinging and rejoicing, as though they were going to a bridal party. But man , proposes and God disposer. ' AVe read in the Richmond papers that we have done great things, too tedious to mention in detail. , In consequence of our confi dence in the . accurate information of these jour nals arid their patriotic reticence in refraining from publishing information which might be of service to the enemy, we suppose such articles are intended as a blind, since, in honest fact and truth, we have done nothing but look at each other across the valleys, though there are enough men here to eat up one wing of Lincoln's army. To whom this delay is chargeable nobody knows, be cause, as usual, it is difficult to fix responsibility. Fortunately the blame cannot be laid to any member of our Begiment, for we did all we were ordered or allowed to do, and are capable and de sirous ot doing a great deal more, if ever we get an opportunity. ' f . This forced march, so fruitless of any good, was dearly paid for by us. j Up to that period there had never been a death in the Begiment, while our neighbors on all sides were losing men by the j score. ; But many of our : measles convalescents,! in their anxiety to be in at the first fight, evaded the order requiring them to remain behind, and marched in the ranks. The roads were perfectly impassable. Wagons stalled and broke down in every direction. Infantry and Artillery alike bivouacked in the mui and water. As I was de tained with the baggage train 1 did not reach the halting place, four miles off, till half past eleven but then coiled up in an old field, with my head on a persimmon root and ! my feet at the fire, I slept most deliciously through rain and wind un til reveille. In this manner a journey of two days occupied a week, the convalescents relapsed under the effort, and at length one, in spite of the efforts of the Surgeons, paid the great debt of na ture. The event made at the time a most pain ful impression. We had not yet been rendered cal lous by frequent repetition. The funeral took place a. night, and a solemn scene it was to those who witnessed it for the first time, as we wound down the side of the bill or ridge upon which we are encamped and d eg posited the remains of ur com rade in bis last resting place in the valley. Thouch the booming of cannon and the rattling of musketry hsd not attended his exit from this worldly scene, yet ne died tne soldiers oeatn, tor his life bad been sacrificed to his anxiety to be first in the service of his' country. Misfortunes never come alone. The two following days added one each to the number of graves in our little Cemetery ; but then the hand of the Destroying Angel was stayed, and the health of the: Begi ment has been improving ever since. Regimental Orders require us to pay the utmost attention to hygiene. The reveille is1 not sounded until sun rise. - The day commences with a "man nana", (ss the Spaniards call it) of infusion of do gwood bark, as a prophylactic against fever and ague. We are not allowed to go to woric oiore oreaa hut. As soon as the sun is well up and the air drv. the tenlt are all raised and the camp thorouehl v policed. To accomplish this more ef fectually, tne omcer oi tne aay maitaa nia vimus oi inspection in company wun one oi urn surgeona, ana there is no class of offender more unpardona- blv nunished than those against cleauliness. We are not allowed to drill until the dew is off the gra, nor in the heat of the day.' tOur tents are placed so as to Bave iaa morning nun em no iuu non them, while our arbours against the noon day are in the adjoining1 woods, contrary to the usual custom oi encamping in ue wooas ihbii. If there be necessity, or our orders require it, as on the last march, we are exposed without stint ; but otherwise we ' are carefully protected and warned to protect ourselves against even tne dew. Whether it be owing to these precautions or to our good luck, I know not, but we certainly have no diseases saveine roeasies ana muir cuaeequen- cea. Yon are doubtless tired of this and wonder why I dont write yon some "news." .Why, my good friend, we hear no news,! except every . now and then the appointment of anew Brigadier General, which has become so common of late, that we run the risk of having inscribed upon, our tombs the famous epitaph, , "11 rieiaxt rien, '. Pas meme aeademicien." Cape Halleras affair is an awful mystery to us still, and we would be glad indeed to bear some news from you elucidating the transacion . If Commodore Barroo, imitating tne nornbie example set in Western Virginia,' surrendered while it. was yet possible to make some little resis tance, however desperate, then let us sadly turn the picture to the wall and mention It no more. If the blame reU witn the confederate Govern ment, say so. But if, as charged by some papers, it belongs rightfully to politicians, who sacrificed their State to a deeire to further the interest of poltical friends and to save a political faction, then no step could be too vigorous to preserve the hon or and fair fame of our State from soiling,' and to secure us against a repetition of such humilia ting disasters, which might result in transferring the scene of war to our own fireside. ' indeed it its high time this fashion of surrendering should cease. Supposing resistance unavailing and death inevitable, is not death by the bayonet preferable to death by the baiter ? Those who meditate upon surrendering under any circumstances en tirely mistake the character of this contest. It ia not a war to defend liberty. The question is no longer whether Pompey and Cuffee shall be held in subordination to the Southern white man, but whether the Southern White man shall be held in subordination to the 1 Northern Yankee of all hues.'' Ia such a struggle, what inducement any Southern r- White man can have to surrender I am at a loss to perceive, and I think that the Government should rormaiiy announce mat no person who deliberately surrenders ' himself shall ever beexchanged.' You may rely upon It the ex amples of Bich Mountain and Fort Hatteras will never be followed in this Begiment. And in closing this letter, I may assert, though I say it myself, that we are, to speak modestly, second to none we have met, in punctuality, vigilance, care for onr weapons, good humor, hard work, march- ' ; . " ... .' . :r: i ' ; . : irtg, marksmanship' (for we are Mountaineers) battalion drill, and that the manoeuvre we execute best and like best the bayonet charged in line at double quick; so the idea of surrendering has not entered our heads. Indeed, the boot is quite on on the other leg. We fondly expect to1 receive a vast lot of swords, marked "Ames Man. Co," of which we are in much need. - -'r'f-yJr't '' "r" If you have any fresh buttei4, please send' it along, as there never was any here, and besides we have eaten up what little there was. We are told that: this region' is quite proverbial for its eparseness. Tbey wittily say that the crows here sit on the fennel weeds with tears in their eyes, and the praaBhoppera t ways provide thenuel vea haversack when the ycross the country. Be that as it may, we have devoured every edib'e thing, and would be grateful for a supply of luxuries. -. STATE NEWS. . Messrs, B. F. Gaither and L. Q. Sharca. can. didales for Congress from the Ninth Congression al District, have withdrawn from the canvass.and propose that all the ceun ties' comprising the, District shall appoint delegates; to meet at - the town of Wilkesboro, on the 22nd day of October, ar t ; - wvww mm vui vh vuv V eaiaaaa vuu for the purpose f-nominating candidate forToTthe war, be left the Federal service and made Elector Tor the District, and that the same Con ven lion nominate a candidate for Congress. p; We take the following items from the New barn Progrcss'bf Wedooxday : ' " ' I1 ' ' Col. G. B. J?ij"glktary It must bi gratify ing to the people of this section of th j j State, as well as to the officers and men of his immediate command, that George B. Singlelary ' was elec ted Colonel of the 27th Begiment, flow stationed near this place, on Saturday last. Col. S.'is not a man for . display but for thorough discipline, attention to duty and efficient management gent erally, he is tar ahead of many whom these trou blesome limes have elevated to high positions, Uol. bin;letary spends nis time in nis camp, and is constantly engaged instructing his ben and preparing them for service. j . r , The people of Newborn especially may con gratulate themselves that he is in command here, and if the State authorities and our own people will act their part as well aa he is acting his, we shall nave but little to fear from the Yankees. 1 The Ll. Colonel and Major elected in Col. Singeltary's Begiment we doubt not are good se lections. " ; . . - i -.... .. TJkvortunatx Aocidiwt at Fort Macoh. We learn from a reliable source that Pate,' private in Capt. Guion's company Sam'l B. of Artij- lery, was killed on the 28th inst. by the acciden tal discharge of his rifle, in his own hands. He was acting as sentinel at the time,' and came to ao order with such force on the pavement as to fire the piece. The ball entered the right check and passed through the skull, killing mm al most instantly . Deceased was a good soldier, had just arrived at manhood, and promised to be of much service to nis company. Mat this sad accident be a caution to others 1 The! rifle had the cap removed, for the sake of safety j but it is generally believed that with thecommon cap in use enough powder adheres to the cove to fire the piece more -eft en than otherwise. The corpse arrived here oh Sunday morning and was conveyed from here to bis borne on Bay River for interment. -. We also learn that a member of the 7th Reg't was drowned near Carolina City in the gale on Thursday or Friday while out on a fishing ex cursion. . It was a day or .two before the body was found, and when found the eyes had been eaten out by crabs. We did not learn his name or the company to which he belonged. HaTTIRAS AKD ITS I SURROUNDIHG. Some news of considerable interest reached us on San day from the vicinity of Hatteras and Portsmouth, but we forbear to make public anything now, more than the simple fact that four gun boats were in the Bound. IMPORTANT FROM KENTUCKY. - Atalakche Office, Msmphis, Sept. 27. I. From a gentleman who has just arrived from Shelby county, Kentucky,' we learn that a few days since, an order was sent to Frankfort for the arrest of Gov. Magoffin, by the Federal but that he made good his escape to Owen county, the banner . secession county of the State, where 2,000 armed Confederates have rallied to him, un der the command of Col. Humphrey Marshall, who was Colonel of a Kentucky regiment ia the Mexican war, and highly distinguished for his bravery. : ' -:;v y.' V We are also informed that the wnoie country ia in a blaze of excitement, and thousands are rushing to the standard of the Governor. The State guard, having in their possession the guns and cannon or the stale, win mostly join Magof fin's force, as they are chiefly located In that por tion of the State. We anticipate, . therefore, that the mucleus of sjn army in Northern Kentucky will be pretty well provided with both small arms and artillery. . L -. " . . . Orders .- of arrest have been issued for more than 200 of the first citizens of Louisville, manv of whom have been, already, Bastiled. . A perfect reign of terror has been estaoushed, and tne infa mous legislature seconds the Lincoln invaders in all their atrocities. - . We are pleased to announce that Col RMcKee, editor of the Louisville Courier," reported aa ar rested, escaped to Bowling Ureen. -i : V r" The traitor Andy Johnson is reported to have been arrested by the Confederates in Kentucky. Tbey of course will forward him to Tennessee tor safe seeping. .i-.-..v :-T r--f-r- -,-;v-v-- ' " Nashvixls Oct J. - The Bowling Green correspondent of the Union and Amerteanbt the 30th, says tnat General Buck ner is advancing up the Ohio river and driving the 'Home Guards' before him. He is supposed to have reached Owen iboro' on Mondav nurht last. The same correspondent snys that the advance guard of the army of Bowling Green" moved forward Monday ton miles beyond Green river. . ; Bosseau is reported as retreating. It is repor ted to day at Bowling Green that the .Hesbians burnt Hawkensvuie and uiove fort on the unio river.-;- ,- ;-.':-;:.;-.L;-':--i. v.-i Gen. Buckner has blown up the locks on Green river. , ' .. . . . - - .; 5 W. A. Haldemah of the Louisville Cbwrufr, hna escaped and arrived here tedsy.' .. 'ff . - " . .' Nashvillx, Sept. 30. , PasMhers bv to dav'a train renort that - Gene ral Buekner had broken up the cam pi of the U n ionists in Owen county on Saturday, capturing four hundred and sixty stand of arms arid camp equippage and routing some Indian ians, who swam the river. ' : -.-..'-.'." h y. ' ;r General Buckner is reported to have gone to Hopkinsville and dispersed the Union camps there. - - " -' -' 1'- f' - f Smilhland was occupied bv Federal forces on the 24th. - - v-'V-:-;- Mfi-: The Louisville Democrat, of the 27th, says. that J. C. Breckinridge and Geo. D.f Hodge are fifty miles above Richmond, Ky.. with 2800 men at a camp of Instruction. ' v - t" . . - Jx-Gov. Jloorenead, aw xv xrarrett, and others were arrested and sent to Fort LaFayette. ' James B. Clay and W. G. Uverton, of the Lou isville Courier, were arrestedMinister Preston escaped. '-v - -f5"--. V. B. Monroe, u. s.xnstnct, ana D. JJ: Mon roe, Jr., Secretary of State, of Kentucky," bave resigned and were immediately arrested. .v - " They have since escaped and reports that Gen. Zollicoffer captured nearly one thousand stands ef arms, which were in ten ted for iheTJnion men; " The Democrat says that the bridge over the river at Padueah in now complete.' k '' V y -' The boats that were used have been, sent to IiATEST NEWS, . .k- LATEST NEWS FROM WESTERN VIR- "... i - mwv . ' .- .t . REPORTED VICTOBY BY GEtf ?' liEE - KOSENCB ANZ MORTALLY WOUNDED DEFEAT OF THE FEDEB Ali ABMY.' We take the following highly important in telligence from the Norfolk Day Book, extra, of W ednesday. - If the Yankees have lost Rosen cranz, they have lost their best officer:- We are informed by Mr. Henry D. Crockett,' one of the prisoners taken at thebattle of Bich r Mountain, - who came, up from Old Point -yes- terday afternoon in the flag of trucei steamer, bart of the State, at the Big Sewell Mountain, oetween uen. ijee s and lion. JKosencranz s for ces, and that the latter had been defeated.' and was at Wheeling Va-,' on Saturday last mortal ly wounded ; and that the whole Federal army was men on its retreat trom tne soil or West ern Yirginia, , . N a-..,.'. , ' r .-r:. r. : ;Mr. Crockett was formerly from Washington,' D. C,, where he held a position in one of the Departments as a clerk. On the breaking out his" way into Virginia. Where he joined the 20th Virginia Begiment, and was made a prisoner at the battle of Bich .Mountain.:, - : r , - j J He informs us that on his way from. Colum bus,. Ohio; and wbilo at Wellsvillet in that State, on Saturday last, he bad the nows from the editor of a paper in that place, that the Fed eral army was then retreating from I "Western Virginia. . That Bosencranz had attacked Gen. Lee in his entrenchments on the f Big Sewell Mountain, on Thursday last, and after a severe fight, was repulsed, and that he (Boseneranz) renewed the attack again on Friday, and fought all day long., , ; - - ' - The loss on the Federal" side was reported to him as very heavy indeed, whilst the ,Confede rate loss was but trifling, owing to their being behind their entrenchments. V The Federal ar my was reported as retreating on toWheeling at that time, on their way out of Virginia. On passing through Belair, about tour miles from Wheeling, on the opposite side of, the Ohio river, on Sunday night, Mr. Crockett and the.re turning Southerners heard a confirmation of this news together with the additional particulars that uen. lioeencraniz was then at VV neeliagj mortally wounded. . This was told him bv a gentleman in Belair in whom he thinks be can pl.ice perfect conndence, and whom he thinks was with oarside. " Mr. Crockett also states that he saw an account Of the fight in the Pittsburg Dispatch of Mondav morn ng, in which it was stated that the fight bad commenced by Bosencranz- attacking Lee : that Bosencranz had been' repulsed, and that they were fighting again the next day, and that reinforce ments were then coming up for Lee, and would reach mm before the nght was over. . . . - - -; - He was not at liberty to bring a paper through. .Extract from a letter to a gentleman in this city, from one of the officers of Wiie's.Legion, at Bit? SawelL dated. ' . i- ' . - ' - "Camp Defiahck, - 4 ' : "Thnrsday morning, Sept. 26, lfl(Jl. j ' - - Mi nave just arrived at camp witn 13 Union men as .prisoners, and find Gen. Loe's forces 7,000 strong. ' -We anticipate a fight. Some think it will be a bard fight, but I think not, owing to tne strength or uen. JUee. The enemy's forocs re ported from ten to twelve thousand " j Mr. Crockett, on his way, passed throagh PhiU" lippi, where he tells us the Federals have burnt and destroyed all the property in the place. They have broke the windows and doors out of all the houses in the town, broke and burnt all the furni ture, valuable cabinets, books, &c-, of the citizens. The church.about a mile oat of town.bas been com pletely destroyed, and the minister's bouse has been kerved in the same way. Nothing being left or eitner expect tne oare wans. -, ?z , . - h : In Beverly, they have been equally as destruc tive, and in both places they have robbed . and stolen everything they could lay their hands up on, 'ine Jeaerais nave large stores of provisions, &c.at Beverly, and they have notified "the citi zens of their intention to destroy the place entire-, ly, wbenthey get ready to leave it. - . . j -At Clarksburg, the " headquarters of General Bosencranz, Mr. Crockett was informed by some one, in wnora ne Das connaence, that Gen. ltosen cranz had given orders, and had men detailed for the special service or firing the whole place. Every night, at Clirksburg, tbe wagons are backed up, and tbe mules picketed around them, and on the outside is piled up bales of hay, making a' com bustible pile,! where the mn stand ready to fire tbe whole concern in the event of Bosencranz be ing defeated;" ' '-v . ! : So great is the alarm and certainty of their de feat all through -Western ; Virgin ia1,-; that it amounts to a perfect panic among the Unionists in that section. . . . - r- . ,-. -. . - J -.J -, ' . So great is the demonstration of some of the Indiana regiments in Virginia, particularly the 13th and lath, that they were daily threatening revolt unless they were paid off. They have been in service some , three jor four months, and have never received a centr of moneyJ or seen anything of a paymaster. - Mr. Crockett, ; who was actinsr in the canacitv of hosDital steward to our wounded men, mi ngfed in freely with - the Federal soldiers, and had ample opportunities of learning on their disaffection in that quarter ; and from the accounts he brings, we are satisfied f our people have no-adequato idea of the disaffec tion in tbe f ederal ranks. He also represents that there is a great deal of sickness among them, and that some regiments that were entered as fulL have not now more than half their comple ment. 'Some of the regiments bave buried three" or four of tne Oaptalns and six -or eight of their Lieutenants, from sickness alone; since the bat tle of Bich Mountan. Besides what are in the hospitals there, from 1 150' to 1 00 leave in , ' the trains, on the sick list, for their i" homes, every week.;. 7. ;;!' - I" j ';. . ' ' 'isC- -1 FROM MISSOURI... -V ' ' St. .Joseph, Sept. 25.- Gen Preollss arrived here on Monday, evening and was assigned to the command on yesterday.'- ;- i - Memphis, Oct. .1. -The Chicago Tribune of the 25th acknowledges a complete victory by the Confederatesjat Lexington. Ool. Mulligan's com mand was 35,000 strong and were strongly en trenched. The Federal reinforcements were in tercepted and driven back., f:f - - The fight lasted from the 10th to the Jlaf .The situation of the Federals grew desperate. Daily sorties and skirmishes occurred oonstantiy.. ,v Tlie Home Guard were much disaffected and held a council to determine upon the capitulation, General Price demanded an unconditional surrender- The officers are to.be kept as prisoners and ihe men are allowed to depart without arms. Tbe Federals were marched out to the tune of "Dixie.", Col. Mulligan shed tears at the sight the men raved, but took the oath neve, again to take up arms against the Confederate authorities. CoL Molligan was wounded during the engage ment. . ' .. , v, ; Gov.- Jackson- arrived i on Saturday wltV.bia traveling Ltqislatun The prisoners, property, and specie captured was immense. It was a splendid and profitable ; - FBOM WASHIWGTONJ - . ' WashI Karon, Oct. 3. The Confederate force is encamped near Falls Church.'.- A H is quiet as far as head from on the other side of the Potomac to noon' to-day.; Marshal Kane of Baltimore has been ordered toFort Lafejrette. . John Andersoo, of Providence, E. L, has been sent to LaFayetta. i-. ---t -7V ; M i -Ji - (,, : : 77 -FROM F0BTRKS3 MONBOB. i jrM- ;i'-.v":7: 7f---MoBittv Ocu i.:v . The steamers B. Spalding' and Baltimore left Fortress Monroe en route for Port Hal tor as. Tbe Jamestown has arrived from the coast ef Florida. She brings no news. 7 . - . , , ,- - -. . Gen. Reynolds has been placed ia Command at Port Hatteras.- .- - ... ' . 4 ' A",UiT OF LETTERS REMACTIXG Uf . the Pnst Offioe. at. Baleigh, North Carolina, Coto- ft.. Imt IBM 'It - . ' - " v - . si Abentathy, W L Adany, Miss, Amanda Aiha,.W8 wa .. Blount, Xhoaas H Bryan, J S Batlor, LtOaml M Bishop, O W . Bains, Mis Mary ( Bams, "Geo ,'.;, Blake, Mary L c Boone, J B F : ' . Brown, Isaae 1 w, ? ' Barrinfar, Bar W i ". '. 3 Barns, Mrs Florida x.','- Baotuis.SB , . ; Dim, auowiim r Brinklsy, M S . "1 1 Barringr,-R"vV'v Bvden, Asa "- ' Sww-'n - Y Jni i . .. Brewer, 8 w narrstt, Isaae ' : Carr, 6am1 M Copenoing, J M . Crepps, Nathaa "Coble, Wm , J Crowdor, Mrs Mary Caranaaarh, Jacob Cone, Wm . . Crocker, Saml y'-i.i ''-4' i DePoss, Wa L .t. Darham, Littleton ' Deyrall, JJI ;-:.;V V, KUis, Thomas C , . .Davis, Thomas C Dosiar, JobUsD. (. Davis, Lt Weldoa t V Ererltt, Robtr r-i-i Bdis, Charles Ferguson, D ' Fields, JohnC V . f' -w . .' ,:. ;- dooid.wB Oower, J Hr Q randy, Biiss Annett Gambrill, JF . . G wynn, Gen Waiter - M , , . ' Humphrey, Charles . , Hill, Wm H . , ; Hayes, Willis j Harsoa,T H Hill, Or LH Huntley, K P Hinton, Wm Hasten, W H HiU, Miss Mary E Hedgepeth, Thomas ' Harrision, Saml R 2 Frenoh, W R Forbes, Arthur -oy 2' Grauthman, . v Goodwin, W T ' ; " Griffin, James D " ' ' Green, Miss Jenois B .- h!:: - j;; Hodge', T F - c" -' Hinsdil, John W -Hill, MUs Anna . Hayes, TW Hiliiard, Louis :' " Hinsbaw, Martha' Hyman, T C , Hottts, Dr J A - V Herring, Edw M - Houok, Jesse J Johnson, Joshua Johnsoo, James Jones, Miss Josephine M Johnson, W M Jennings,' R F Johnson, 8 F Jordan, W C - .' Tlvf" Kelly, Eimbrel .. . King, John C . , Liles,N P' -'V-: Lewis, Mrs Julia R ' f-'y'- -' Moore, Lt F M ' 1 McNeill, H J MeMahoa, M - ' Mitchener, Mrs Moss, Thomas !',:, Mayo, Jas E Mullis, R S - - v Pope, WH : Perry, Thomas A .. Pittman, Reddia : Roe, Miss Frances -. Reynolds, John E Rone, 8 M Eheppard, D J Stevenson, MM Short, Miss Mary B Searcy, David Khutor, Leander -. Scott, Emma W Stevens, James -j ,;" '' X ; :, ; Thomasly, R " Taylor, C L t ' tJnderwood, Eacy .-' ; V'.;v- '. .V '' Valentinei Martha' . Jordan, MUs Mary ' J . Kerr, Joha M -Levis, Joseph Long, Col JU , t M.- ( 2 Moore, Mr JE ; ' ' Melver, JD ' ; MoMUlan, John ... MoG bee, Charles ' " MoMillao, F J .-' May be w, Thomas W Parkhurst, John Pollard, Thomas -. v . " ' ; - R . Robinson, W H Renfrow, Perry ;'?. s ' ' ...... Staton, N B Stuart, Miss Louisa 1 Swain, Thomas . Stewart, Jaoksoa . ' Shaw, Alexander " Sollivaa, J D ' ' ' Simonds, R W " . TUgpen, Jelse L ' ", v - . UUey, 8arah D ; . ;V -"- Venters, Q W w '. -:,: Wood, Mariey Wicker, WM-v Williams, Cioero Wiggins, Miss P Williams, Mrs 8 8 Whitfield, Walker, John T Williams, Miss D T WHtiams, Mrs D F Warrea, James R ' Wells. WUliam D ' ' Two cents Is charged for advertised Letters. ' Please eallor Advertised Letters. oet&- r GEO. T. COOKE, P. M WIVES AND 'CHILDREN.' OF TOE HATTERAS - CAPTIVES. Under a rasola tioa of the General Assembly, it it made my duty to pay tbe wives of the offioers and men captured at Hatteras, one-half of their pay, and whan there is ao wife, then to the guardian ot the children. . It will . be necessary for the respective wives to procure a certificate from tbe Clerk of tbe County or Superior Court as to their identity at tuck, upon the prod action of which to Mai. A. M. Lewis, Paymaster, "her ia person or through aa sgent, authorised ia writing, tbe money will be paid. 7 ' " -' It will be aa act of kindness If their friends la the different counties ia tbe east will aid these good ladies ' in fixing up their certificates and having them pre sented as above. . j ; By order of ' - J. G." MARTOT, '; V''- ' "' . "T -' - '.)"!'' Adi.GeaeraU Raleigh, K. C, Oct. 1, 1861 oct 6 wlm - ' - l" Bvbseos Gckesal's Orricc, . ' f ' j. J I . RicEJtOND, VaScpU 17, 1881. j ARMY MEDICAL BOARDS, -FOR TH EX. AMINATION of Surgeons and AasisUat Bur- geons, have been ordered to convene at Norfolk, Rich mond, Torktowa and Manssssa. ; . ! Candidates for tbe appointments of Sorgoons and Assistant Surgeons will be examined by these Boards, ob presenting aa invitation to appear before thens from the Secretary of War, which may be obtained by forwarding their application, with testimonial of Mo ral character, to the War Department. . - .. - - ' Examining Boards will beheld at other points far ther South at a convenient time. , oct X 2t Awptabt Gbhcxal's Omci, I Raleigh, Sept. 28, 181. I 1 - '''V GaxKRAi. OancSs, V' ' V'-Ko." 17. J . v t "-:..'' - ' - a 17 All mQitarv officers or arenta ha viae la their bos session property belonging to thi State, particularly yUKw inn n.TT J, vvuuimwiot ui viwiMin owmw including clothing, are required t make a fall sum complete return to the Adfutant General ef all oa hand, on tb 3oth instant, the, end of tha third quarter. Their speciU attention la called to the annexed ex tracts from the law. ". ' ' ' . ' IL Any officer authorized to make bills oa account of the State, will report, stjthe and of each mouth, all that may remain anpaid. ,. ' ,'f ' By order of tbe Commander la Chief, . .. - .'- '- - JAMES tJ. MARTIN, ' .'i.'i' fr-' i-'-' ''--- . v Adjt tteaersi. . Extracts from the Militia Bill, approved ept. S, 181 1 , See. ti. All military officers having the charge of money ow property beloagiag tsr tbe Stasa shall make a quarterly return of the same to the Adjutant General, in such form at ho may prescribe, and alt aay other re tarns or reports which be may require All said returns shall be made within twenty days after theea. riratioa of the ouarter. and any officer faillag to make t the same in one month after the expiration of such quarter, er to settle op his accounts wnea require u do so, and pay aay balanoS due by him er account for any property for wbioa he ought to account, shall U dismissed by tbe Governor, unless sufficient excuse la rendered for such fail are and defouR.1- . . , Sec. 80. All former disbursing officers who shall Sot have closed their accounts and bad the satn settled prior to tbe 20th of Aagnst, 181, shall make settle ment of tha same with tbe Adjutant General j and aH officers having pubHe property ef every kind -aad doseripUoa which shall be la his hands, who shall go. out of office o tbe 30th of August, or before or . after that tuna, shall aeeoaat tut aad deliver such pro perty to the Adjutant General, and failing to do to, shall be liable t be snad ia tlie nane of the tata ; and -all suit at tow wbioa U may be aeeosssry to prosecute uuder ibis act for the Stale, may be brought ia the Superior Court of Wakeseauty, ;, t 2 St , 4 J AT f l :
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