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mm VOL. LXI lt gririflli Register. Us pUas af fair aaUxhtfal mm, ry' by fzTj nf U liv liks fcretaara. ILyiEIGU, X. c. 5ATCRDAT MORX1XG. NOV. 16, 1881. THE"1 WeniouiTtheatuotionof the Ceo- fenticn to the operations of the extottioners od land-eharks in our midst, come law east b paed to remedy Ufa fearful wrong, cr Judft Lfck will open his court and try ti docket, an event most earnestlj to be irt reeated. We hate amoogst ns men who, ,!:hjugb bom and reared in the Sooth, are eat-Yeakeeing Yankee in their horrid lust fir gala. d in their sphere of action are aVwg the Sooth more mfcehief than the Yan vM Kavs Ufljoted or can inflict. These men are as bad a the Tories of the Retolution, and if justice, were done , i to them, Uiej would incur the fate of lories. Let the Contention, then, promptly take aeticn on this set ject, and pa tome inch ordinance as we suggested in our last paper, to wit : that on information filed before a Justice of the Peace that any party is monopolising any of tie prime necessaries of-life for the purpose cf extortionate speculation, three disinter ested freeholder shall be summoned, who, bating examined the invoice of the article cr anicle alleged to be held, (said Intoiee laving been terified by the oath of the hold er,) shall, under oath, decide wha't per ceo tage cf profit would be just and fair, and af ter such decision, said Justice ana ireenoia- - - .... i. ersslall proceed to di5pose of saad article nr .rticlea. to neraons who wui maxe oata that they need what they purchase for their own individual or famfly wants giting pre ference to those who propose tobuy the small est quantities. A law like this, we rerily believe, would choke to death tbe brood of tampires which is preying npon the tery yi talsof the eountry. With regard to that article so essential to life itself, 8alt, tbe monopoly ting rillsins, when they charge Uenly dollars per sack, will not break" a rack will not sell a peck or bushel. The purchaser must pay his twenif dollars per sick, or go without a grain of salt. Now, while life can be sustained on a diet of bread and water, the bread must hate salt in it. gome idea may be formed of the length to which exorbitant epeeulatiflb. is tending by the following calculation which we heir some cf the tampires are making. The calcula tion b, that as many farmers raise but e, few begs, they will not be able to buy salt with which to cure them, and will therefore be compelled to dispose of them as po ; that a great deal cf pork will U thus brought to marker, and be disposed of at prioea tery greatly below the proportional price of bacon, or salted pork. Then the tampires, or their . sgents, will be on hand to buy this green pork, which, after being eonterted into eurel rork bt their salt, they will dispose of at their own price, and thus there will be an other speculation on a speculation on two rf the prime necwitiee of life. Will not the Contention correct this frightful etil 1 We are not wedded to any partioular reme dy. All wo want is some law which will ob tiate the necessity of Lynch law. There is no we in mincing words, and we can assure the Contention that the people are clamorous for some legislation that will reiene them from the grasp cf the monsters who are prow ling about in our midat "seeking whom they cy detour." TUB IIEROE OP GREAT BETHEL. Its term of enlistment six months hat ing expired, the glorious 1st Regiment of N. C. Volunteers was mustered ont of service at Weldon on Thursday last. The Compa nies from the-Eastern part of the State sought their homes by the way of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,' and those from the Centre, and West, four in number, arrived here on Wednesday morning. Considering what they hate 'gone through, the men look- , . ... ti ed remarkably well. . Tlia said that on Parting Wltn the xvegt It U belieted that a large tnajoniy oi tne men will rw-nlist- . Since the abote was written, Company C, "Charlotte Grays," and Company D, "Or? ange Light Infaitry.-j of the 1st lament, arrited here, homeward bound- 4k A I I In SB? TII STil KIB9 AAA AAA Sta SSS Aba WW VH41UE VW - ' o i a. -ar aha iiiria ti savi? as w a dci sww u am ucuu v i - -i V AiCnimt General QaUm to retokei t, which was done. ft-Wa w that Capt. Clark M A'CTJ. late of the 1st "Bethel cigiasant N. C Volun teers, has bee appointa-l Lieut. Colonel in the 334 Regiment N. C troops, Col. Branch, and Major nU, of tha aam JUgHnent, Major ia tha JJrd. - LES TABLEAUX TFAIfTS. , The exhibition of Tableaux took place at the Chapel of the if eaf and Dumb Asylum on Tuesday etening, according to announce ment, ud u exceedingly beautiful. Tho participators in the exhibit ion were children, the eldest of whom wis scarce fourteen jears of age, and the power displayed bj them in rnntrnllinir tfi fratnrAa tni) limKa wal TTIOflt . beautiful, it Md bo intidious to single out any one scene for esttcisi commendation. We can a not, howeter, help from remarking that the "Southern Confederacy" and "King Cotton and. hi subject were a eetle of the tallest of the living pictures. The Chapel wss densely crowded, and the receipt were up wards of two hundred dollars.. Sinoe the abote wa written we hate been fatored with the following description of the first scene, "The Southern Confederacy :" In, the back-ground, an r.rcb of white, inppor ted by pillars, and decorated with the Confederate i ..I -J :V IV. tf (rnl.'.n colon ma CTngrevui, wiib iug M ew, . . Rights" The central and mot prominent figure in the group represent ed the Confederacy; entire; ikirt of red and white, boddice of blue, spangled with eleven large golden Sun'; on the head, cap of Liberty, of red and gold, a drawn aword in the light handif an olive branch in the left. Falliog tucccs!iTelj behind her, to u to form throe fronts of a circle, were the eleven SMtt of the Confederacy, each being represented by a young girl dressed in pur. white, wearing a trico'ioured scarf oter the shoulder, and bearing in one hand some emblem or prodocj of the State she represented, whilo with the other, she touched lightly the shoulder of the flmire next in advance. a if significant of ing a tovereign and Suta of th . Confederacy, vawwA a rrnwn wiin m &in triti uatstb olu iu ii vu v The various emblems ol tne eleven estates were as , SouUl0aroIilliBuleoortof arm.made The from the genuine Palmetto leaf on the shoulder, in the hand a scroll with the word "Sumter" in j letters of gold; Georgia Bice-Plant, and other j grain,; Alabama Cottou bolls and buds; Flori- j da Oranges and wild Tines ; Mississippi With i a minatura pair of scales in the act of weighing cotton ; Louisiana Crescent, and sugar cane ; j Texas "Lone Star" and ear of corn ; Arkansas Indian dress with bow and arrow; Virginia j dress of scarlet, in allusion to her bloody battle- ; ground, coat of arms o! the State in black and gold, in her band a leaf of the Tobacco Plant ; j North Carolina Pine burs and leaves on tho ; boulder, acroU in her hand with tho word i "BftbeT In golden letters; Tennessee A lunch of wheat. Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, weredis-united from the others, yet represented j in the Southern Confederacy as rightfully belong- ing to it. Mary land dress of deep black, wreath I oi tea wrm, auu uv.iv . . . .. i i dejection, ganng saa y, ne.P.css.y a, hands ; Kentucky dress of gray, arms folded in indifference, in uaen ot nw original position f nMitralitv UUaoari tkirt of black boddice iri -colon red, decorated in front witfcHbe half (or more correctly speaking three fourths) of a Star wreath of gray and silver, iu the act of draw in" heri werd from the scabbard. PROTECT THE RAIXROADS. . The timely advice gtten in the annexea ;! fmm thi Wilmineton Journal, applies to wtert Railroad in the South, We cannot be too careful of the sifety of our railroads : TBECAUTION-OUK RAIL ROADS. It wil' be seen by our telegraphic dispatchci in another column, that by the triuro felonious irrendiarr course of the tories of Est Ten- nessee, tne uomeacrac , kUI ' 'Tin - - j t K. ...a nl ' of IU lroadcommunication betweenhe Northern llfsSro portions of Iu territory. This i domestic triftorl and Lincolnite .ii, rimultane- oT tbe Legislature, is not only incapableof accom domesuo irauor L:Bi ! ,.;.u; .h -nd. da ned bv lU framers, but is " . ..-a4 hatwAAP ous wit uerairt upv , V tn now thrown upon vne two nam mruuu . lDe Jruiuut iwuw - ,. : V,. North ClinaTwhicb. uTder tbe circumsUnces, 0emd 0f relieving tho poor soldier enlisted.in his Li nrt S co porsia property, or the ; cumryU cause, i. realW oppresses him by pre aTnsofSrJovenience, bnt.rein fact the j anting the collection ofdebu due bimthome, ioVnaaWe necessiues nd corditions of public ! opon which he relied for the support of ba wife ar AnythlnTtbat would seriously cripple j children while be encountered the hart bins Sefwof traf.portaUon would alw seriously and dangers ot the field ; and that, wjbort.tbe leoilSw the comrnon cause, and embarrass the j wroD(fi and injustice of the said law are ipAoly iSaool of wr miliury authorities and civil ; gfe.ter than any advantage that can possibly flow 8VornriTk must be run. Our peop!e, as a people, j ThGrand J urors aforesaid do, therefore re ar, loval-non. more so-but with an enemy art! iuv i uwu. - - - soch as we have, plaoed in circumstances such as ibosa by which w are surrounded, tbat general belief will not do to depend upon. A few despe rate and unprincipled men, not onetn athoosand, miebt. for a ime, Ue the hands and paralyae tho .v. i.nn1rl and nintv-nine true and loyal men. How many men would it take . . . . i i wl J vn .nail 7 to burn down-any lauicea unugo.iu i 1 j... .Lnh Icflnt un bv rail- (jan any mnij y - - r- - f ' ... rWoompani whose energies are all strained j alreadt to their utmost tension, effectually guard ; against the effort, of the desperate, th "nalienant, j the traitorous, .the unprincipled, the bribed 7 fcvi- , i dently tne answer mu u .--B.--.- I We wool respectfully suggest to the civil and -inurt powers "whom it may 'concern wprs-. to night, a shall effectually guard all "e p- , roacbes to all the more important railroad bridges . la the State, allowing no one to approach within i . .. a... Kn. i. lan.l af water, lots : 1iltlM Uinn LUD .iwvou I ; - . nieit fcnd lhe service performed may be as ( as navn uu u vu w r w - it7nslderaUons we have offored, we - ".r.Lrfocd totheconclmionthat it ts ieceary, , arc luroeu ,r..n- mt Mrnestlv i and W IBerelOIO nswuu"! " I . . . I-iha matter urntho attention of, the civil I r;Ti,i,-rt: anthoriUes. ' r j - .l.. .v. TA4ao mill erected. tT w a isam voa .arthi city will go into oper.tioain .bout two weeks. t i , HALEIGH WEDNESDAY REPORTED VaNB.EE INVASION OF, AC CO MAC COUNTY. t Intelligence was received in the city last nittbt and conveyed to the War Department by llr. Fisher, a member ot the convention, who arrived yesterday from . Eastern Virginia, tbat a large force of the enemy, abou 4,000 strong, bad Inva ded the Eaetern shore uf the State, crossing from Somerset county into Aocomac. We give the the report, without being able to ascertain any other circumstances of iU authenticity than those implied in the statement fits source. It is stat ed that our available force for the defence of tbe Eastern shore, Including Colonel Smith's regiment stationed there, is about 1,800 men. It would dxibtless, be impcwible , to send reinforcements across the water. We learn that the Government Is disposed to. regard the report is an exaggeration if at all fouoded in fact. Aocomac, geographically, belongs rather to Maryland than Virginia, and if the Yan kees have intaded it with the force reported, they will hold it, and probably the adjoining county of Northampton, until Maryland k redeemed from ber thraldom. The xankees hating the control of the Chesapeake, no Southern troops can be sent to the relief of the Eastern shore of Virginia. SOUTHERN PRINTE1 ALMANAC. We call attention to the advertisement of Turner's North Carolina Almanac. This Almanac has heretofore been printed in Phil adelphia, but this year it was got up at this Offioe, and as our perhaps too partial friends say the job has been tery well executed, we suppose we must believe them. COL. BOWMAN. It will be seen that "Col. Bowman, now a prisoner at the Fair Grounds, is among the thirteen Yankee prisoners selected to be con finod in cells and treated as prisoners aocused of infamona crimes. The retaliatory mea sures adopted by our Government are the re- iTjt 0f melanoholj bat stern necessity. OFFICIAL VOTE IN THE 6TH DISTRICT. We subjoin the official vote for Congresss in the sixth Disliict: - , McLean. Dick. Forsyth, 531 446 Stokes, " 47 144 Rockingham, 824 315 Caswell, 403 267 Person, 254 , 195 Alamance, 260 348 Guildford, 351 6?7 3120 2412 McLean's majority, 708 TRIAL OF OUR PRIVATEERSMEN. We have already announced, that the Chari ton Privateers men, forming the prize crew of tho Eitthantrees, have all, with one exception, been convicted, in Philadelphia, of piracy on the high etas. Of the man who was acquitted one Ebcn Xjan Philadelphia paper says : ) j w&, clearl shown, that he was not , . Mthy witK lne pirates, but used his skill as a narieat0r to deceive the piratical crew ; at night e.,-;n Via vmoaI-o hoskrl north, atld in tD6 GftT putting her couree ioutb again for Charleston. This made her passage an extraordinarily long .n.i .tlinmof her beinz i-nptured by . iTnitivi SitM vpsapI off Hatteras. Under the circumsUnces shown, an acquittal wss asked and htinl frool the iurv. Tbe defendant a nativeof Masjachusetls . We have also learned by telegraph that the tn ; f . of the cheston 1 M " - t nrivnteer Savannah, has been concluded. On the j 3m ult., tho jury are reported to have stood eight for conviction and four for acquittal. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 1 , Currituck Covsxr, SUj,ERI0R COURT OF LAW, FALL TERM i nA f.,r the Countv of Currituck j rpoctfully present, tbat a though conceived ma i ipl5i cf justic .and humn,ty, the law commonly I I tha SfB l.&W n&VaU 11 LUO SFOTOiLm - ZV - i?.,fitii. thatin- j srtfully tttion ine nvenuon pwiiuitj I"- .... . I. -v-...u .:. .i;n. u.sn tn aAAflmblel to reDeal. alter or modify said law, to. the end that in dividual fa tb. and credit the only sure foundation of State faith and credit may be preserved, and a healthy tooe be given to the business transactions of the people at large j- giBad . W. JONES, Foreman, i'' 'T.TrvtUJAV1 I u&j - i ha AO SNOWDEN. TULLY WILLIAMS, JOSEPH WILSON, CORNELIUS JONES, JOHNBUNNILL, t?AM'L THOMPSON, PETER TATUM, J. C. BUBNILL. JOHN SIMMONS, JASPER GUARD, N.N. HAMPTON, E. B.SIMMONS. STEPHEN O. FORBES, THOS. L. SANDERSON, Grand J-Jurors. 7 E-A new Post Office has been established at ! Dunnivllle, in thla county. J. H. Bell, Esq., is ! appointed Post Master. Robfirt Johnson and C. B. Mitchell have been i Legislature, to represent rate Senate. elancholy case of suicide on Thursday of last week. i uairruu in -j .Tohn u Houston committed suicido by banging binulfon that morning. He bad been laboring ! 7 . .Ar oraat and troubled . JOT HOC hujwi " - y. r .... I u(0 rf mlld in to bu religious condiUon. , Tbedeceased was aged aooutmiy years, .....i.ju lit. hui alarava lMl a moral 1.. nr.. Ma loaves a devoted wife and LaulT IlLUIrM J - . , . , ght child en to mour. their loss -Greensboro MORNING,, NOVEMBER 20, - (From the Charleston Mercury.) i. THE BATTLE OF PORT ROYAL. The Batile of Port Royal will b remembered as ooe of the best fought, and best conducted bat tles, which have signalized the war in which we re engsged. If Gen. Ripley had been appointed a General in command two months sooner, every thing would have been in a better stale of preparation. But these two previous months were wasted in doing nothing for our defence. Within the time left to him, Gen. Ripley did all that untiring en orgy and skill could accomplish, to put our coast in the state of partial preparation our oneirics will encounter. The two islands of Hilton Head sod Bay Point, with their extreme limits, consti tute the two points which guarM the entrance to Port Royal Sound, about throe miles in width. On thee two points, two Forts were erected Fort Walker on Hilton Head and Fort Beaure Kard on Bay Point. The time we poBsossed, ena A A us to make tbem only earthworiu, without any protection from shells or bombs. I xne ISiana OI union neaa was oommnouou vy . mi. - tm i 4i.l.i.l..,u... i i J: r.t .:n i if.- . Fort Walker, were Col. Waeener, Malor Arthur n wni i n r LiiH arLiimi v biiu ujiiuuiiiiik s : sa u t u va i UUger ana uapt. ive, oi tun reguiur ranuwi espt-cislly deuiled by Gen. Ripley to aid in direct ins the artillery. Col. Dunovant commanded at Fort Beauregard, du ne generously auuweu Capt. Elliott, of the Beaufort Artillery, to direct and conduct the batteries of the Fort The 1at wai beautiful calm and ; clear, with scarcely a cloud in the heavens Just such a day as our invaaers wouia naveoruaiueaitopy vouiu, IO carry on weir opnuuug. - citement and thousands of baseless rumors, wo are onahind tn nrment to our readers, a brief roview of ths earlier events of this memorable week will not be uninteresting. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS OF THE ESfJCMX. Th L'roat fleet of the enemv passed our Bar on Sunday, the 3d inst., and on the following day .. ..knnut r.rTP.irt Rnval ontMriW A boat 4 1H IUVUVI w. u' o'clock on Monday afternoon, Com. Tatnall, with n . . L 1 L -3 bis "mosquito neev ran oui irom tae uarour auu made the first hostile demonstration. The im mense armada of the invaders, numbering, at that time, thirty-six vessels, was drawn up in line of battle; and as our hlfys flotilla steamed brkly op to within a mile ot them, and opened its fire, the scene was an inspiring one, but almost ludi crous, in the disparity of the size of the opposing h fleets. The enemy replied to our fire almos; lm- meataieiy. Aiier au oicuiuro vi wum ij shots, Commodore Tatnall retire!, and was not pursued. About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, ieve ral of the largest Yankee war steamers having come within range, the batteries of ForU Walker and Beauregard were opened, and the steamers .i . nmKo rf nlwiVU in and over our works. inflit ting'no damage upon Fort Walker, and but I liohtiv wnundiner two of the carrison of Fort j Beauregard. This engagement lssted, with short ? What injury we did to the enemy, we do not intervals, for nearly two hours, when the enemy i jinow. Our firing was, of course, less efficient drew off. Tbe steamers made a similar, but short- I thau theirs: 'Our troops were volunteers theirs er reconnoiaance, on Wednesday ovening, but j wore picked ariilterisU Yef, it h very reroarka without any important results. On tho nejet day b(e how few wor9 killed or wounded, amongst ouf (Wednesday,) tho weather was rough, and tho tr00pg. This battle, in this respoot, was very flanf ac unDor DVB vr en uiuts iii" 1 n...;n.r tha Hav. snvnral strairtrhnir tranenorls came up, swelling the number ot. vessels to lorty one. All Tuesday night, and all day WedDeaday, and Wednesday night, our men stood to their guns, momentarily expecting an attack, and ob-. twining only such scanty rest and refreshment as chance ' afforded. i TUB KAY or THE BATTLE. Thursday dawned gloriously upon ojir wearied : but undaunted gunners, and all felt that tbe day of trial bad at last arrived. Scarcely had break- fast been despatched, when the hostile fleet was j observed in commotion. The great war steamers formed rapidly in single file, and within support ing distance of each other, the frigate Minnesota, the flag ship of "Com. Dupont, in the van. As the long line of formidable looking vessels, tbir- ' teen in number ,moet of them powerful propellers, I with a few sailing men-of-war In tow, swept rap- j idly and majestically in.with porta open and brist ling with gunscf the hoaviestcalibre,the sight was grand and imposine. This was at half past eight o'clock. Until the AfinnASofetcamo within the range of and directly opposite to our batteries on Hilton Head, all was still. Suddenly, tho fifteen heavy euns ot Fort Walker, which bad been aimed di rectly at the huge frigate, blcched forthj their simultaneous fire, and the action was begun. Almost immediately aftorwards, the batteries of Font Beauregard, on the othersideof the entrance, also opened their fire. Tbe efWy at first did not reply. But, as the second steamer came op poeite to Fort Walker, the huils of the first three were suddenly wrapped in smoke and the shot and shed of three tremendous broadsides, making, in all, seventy five guns, came crashing- against iir works. From this moment, the bombard ment was terrific and incessant. Ooe by . one the propellers boredown upon our Frto.dehvernic their fire as they passed, until nine; had gained the interior of the harbor, beyond the s range of our guns. Tbe Minnesota, still followed by the others, then turned round and steamed slowly out, giving a broadsido to Fort Beauregard, as she repassed. Thus the battle was continued, the enemy's vessels sailing in an eliptical curve, pour ing ene broadside into Bay Point, and then sweep ing around to deliver the other against Hilton Head Tbia furious fire from some four hundred euns, many ot them of the 11-inch Dahlgren pat tern and some even of 13 inch bore (for a sabot of that diameter was found in Fort Beauregard), was maintained incessantly, and the roar of the cannonade seemed most continuous. Meanwhile, our garrisons were making a gallant defense. They kept op a vigorous and well directed fire :. .uaiianta and not withstanding that against hicii -'"'"'- i i . C r their best gun wasdismounted at the beginning ot the aclion.they succeeded in setting fire to several of theships. wnenever imajioi-jrouou, , the enemy would haul off and soon extinguish .va AAmna Thn affect of our euna was, in many instances, plainly visible from the Forts. Al though the sides of the Minnesota are of massive .x v. nf har nnrts were knocked into one. Nor was sho the only vessel upon which this evidence of the power ,of our fire could be seen. Many of the other steamers were likewise badly hAfter sometime spent in sailing round and de livering their broadsides in rotation, in the man ner we have describod, tho enemy's steamers adopted another and more successful plan of at tack One of them took a position inside the bar bor so as to enfilade the batteries of Fort Walker, while several opened a simultaneous enfilading fire from tho outside. Besides this terrific cross fire, two of the largest steamers maintained the fire in front of the Fort. Thus three fu rious converging streams of shot and shell were rained amongst the brave little garrison for hours. The vessels came up within ahalf miloof the shore, but nearly all our guns had by this time, become dismounted, and we were D0 longer able to reply with serious effect. Soon alter 11 o'clock, tbe batteries of Bay Point were silenced. The fire of Fort Walker, as far as the guns tbat remained were concerned, was not a whit slackened until one o'clock. By that time the dreadful condition of the fort be came too apparent to be longer disregarded. Tbe cuns lay in every diroction, dismounted and use less ; tbe defences wore terribly shattered, the dead and dying were to be seen on every side, and still the iron hail poured pitilessly in. 1861. L 10 BT VtAXKER ABAKDONBD. In this strait, it was determined to abandon the fort. A long waste, about a mile in extent and commanded by the enemy's guns, intervened be tween the garrison, and tbe woods. Across this they were ordered to r an for their lives, each man for himself ; the object being to scatter them as much as possible, so as not to afford a target for the rifled guns of the fleet. The preparations for running this perilous guantlet were, toon made. Knapsacks were abandoned, but tbe men retained their muskets. Each of the wounded wa placed in a blanket and carried off by four men.. The safety of the living precluded the idea of remo ving the dead; And thus, the gallant little band quitted the scene of their glory, and scampered off, each one as best he could, towards the woods. The retreat was covered by a small detachment who remained in the Fort for an hour after their comrades had left. Among those who remained were Cipt. Harms, with six men, Lieut. Melchers with four men and Lieut. Bischoff, with four men. These worked three guns until about two o'clock, wheu they also quitted the post. The , abandonment ot Fort Beauregard was eouallv ajieejwity. The garrison WBre exhaust- Ad and in mnmflntarr d&Dtar Of DeiDI Oat OB. rrWii nafr-PgtMTaw gvdered a retreat, tears of - mnrtifipjifinn nd indignation filled the eves of Captan Elliott at tha sad necessity. The retreat was admirably conducted, and rendered entirely successful by the prudent energy of Capt. Hanck-, el, one of General Ripley's Aids, who had got together some twelve flats at Station ; Creek, by which the troops passed safely over to St. Helena Island. From there, they passed to Beaufort Is land, and reached tbe train at Pocotaligo without the loss or fnjory of a man. In this Fort none were killed, and but five were wounded, and two of these were wounded by negligence in loading a cannon, by which hot shot was driven , on the powder, without the wet wad preceding it. EVACUATION OT BAY POINT The .rest of the story is briefly told. Late Thursday night the garrison of Fort Walker had collect at the landing, in the hope of being able to reaoh Bluffton by water. Luckily, several small Confederate steamers were within hail. But he-e a ludicrous mistake occurred. The re treating troops imagined the little steamers to be Yankee gun-boats ; while the crews ot the stea mers were couvinced that the troopi were a body of diaembarked Yankees. Acting upon this dou ble delusion, a deal of mutual reconnoitering was made, and it was only after a vast variety of strategic approaches, tbat they reached tha con clusion that it was "all right." A quick trip to Bluffton followed. Thence the troops marched lo Hardeeville, 17 miles distant. The road along which they dragged their exhausted frames was filled with a heterogeneous throng of fugitives of all conditions, carriages,' carts and conveyances of every description tha. could, by any possibili ty, be pr88Ml into service. The spectacle was a gad one. Thus ended the defence of Port Royal. The of tho disaster is lessened by tbe ,.u.i,,rUnis. that our trooos deserved success. muM hiro ihn nniim oi rori. ouuiitr. nun ow luuvu x wuv . J ' - M Iihva Von dismanlod and ren dered useless, and yet so few of th&e wbo worked them injured, seems very marvellous. Oar troops did tboir duty faithfully Bnd bravely, and fought until to tight longer ould have been sheer follv. Though encountering immenee odds, no signs of cowardice marked their conduct. Officers and soldicnsomplifled the ancient character of the State, and deserve our profound gratitudeand ad mirstioa. ; SUCCESSFUL DEPARTURE OF THE . BEKMUDA- i The Lynchburg Republican has been permit ted to publish the following extracts from a pri vate letter, written bv an officer in the Confede rate Navy, giviug an account of the manuer in which the JJermuaa ran uia adbs oiocBuo.- C. S. Steamir Hustkess, ) Savannah, Ga., Nov. 3j 1861. near : I have only time to write you a very hurried letter. We came back from, a successlul expedition a while, ago. We went down last night to carry the Bermuda out loaded with .,),., 1 nnn i.oio. nfpniinn. We confidently ex- .UUU li ,vuv wa.vM. - - - - , pected a tight, as the plan was for us to attack the Diocaaning vhsbhis, wuna " r We went down to Fort Pulaski about dark, the Ave vessels of our musquito fleet, tho B. follow ing. A heavy eun was fired from the battery at Warsaw, which was the signal, but on going out we found none of tbe vessels, as the night was dark, rainy, and stormy, just the thioff for us, and their attention, I suppose, was drawn off by the signal gun. So we fooled them and gave them the slip completely, all of ue returning in higa a Kr hurt." as we certain! v anti- tninu auu uwwwj -j . cipated engaging them last night. Tbe old Flag Officer is in high spirits, and we aw off again to day to Brunswick or Beaufort, S. C, where the .n ..riiom.n .nnrntpmnlatea an - attack. Our UlvA OUvmi. 1 j , vnaaAla are flimsv concerns, and one shot wouia i .v. hiof with sinv of US. SO tbis 18 play mo juiovwv. extremely hazardous work. ire;. nJl ha tn hA laid un for a few U8TS for repairs, eo we are to oe distributed to the other vessel for the present expedition. This is the Aavw. and this Dlace is in considerable excitement, I can assure you. Two days ago one of Lincoln's steamers at tacked one of our batteries at Warsaw, just here, but was driven off. No one hurt on oursido, but we could not tell whether any were with them. We saw the vessel as we were coming up, but could not go down near her, as our pilot said he did not know the channel. He is an old darkey, and I suspect, more afraid than ignorant, lie was tcarea nae tne uhbuuhji night, and I don't blame the old fellow much, for bia station is a very dangerous one. t Tui CossTiTtrrioAtiTr or Secessiok. The London Standard, of the 2d of October, has a "leader" in reply to an essay in McMillan's Mag azine, on the American question- and the right of secession. We quote the following extract: - A State withdrawing from an alliance of a per manent nature may, according both to principle and precedent, be justly compelled to return , by war, if other means fail. - . . If half a Confederacy secede, however, botn pol icy and justice would be better satisfied by a peaceable separation ; and tbe case of the Federal (American) Government, in tbe present war is as doubtful a any case eTer was. It rests its de fence on the unconstitutionality of secession, and every act of coercion it has yul attempted J i, at least, equally unconstitutional. - ' ' - Tbe fact that the S juth cannot be attacked without breaking the very compact by. which the attack is justified U eurely.a strong reason for let ting it alone." ; , .-.-Y...: jDr:Ji A. Lindsay, of Greensboro, N. C. , a Surgeon in the TJ. S- naval service, was ar rested io New York recently becauee h offered bis resignation. As soon as bis vessel, the - Sara toga, reached' New York from the coast of Africa, Dr. L. tendered bis reiagnation, and was imme diately arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. NO 46 THE BATTLE AT LEESBUBG-INTEREST-. ING! DESCRIPTION AN AFFECTING INCIDENT, && V " The Charleston Courier, of Tuesday, the' 5th instant hai another letter- from its special ar my correspondent, ("Peraonne,") dated Leesburg, Octolww 20, which far surpasses all others frem the penct that gentleman, in vivid description and intense, soul-thrilling language. Below will be found some extracts, which are richly worth the room they Occupy in bur columns : ' EVIDENCES OF DESTEUCTIOS AROUND THE BATTLE .... FIELD. In passing over tbe ground the first thing which attracts; attention is the shattered condition of the trees and bushes. Limbs bang by a mere Bhred ; io many instances trunks are perforated with a dozen balls; the bark has been torn off by glancing bullets, and occasionally you see f great V blots of blood and brain splashed around, where ' some unfortunate fellow has taken shelter to secure a shot. In one hawthorn' bush no taller than a man, and not more than three feet in diame ter, none of whose limbs were larger than . your . thumb, I counted the marks of forty-six bullets. In a double sapling not as large as a man's body, behind Which a Yankee had concealed himself, just on the edge of the woods, I counted between the first limb and the ground thirteen bullets; while undor a large : oak tree, whose foliage almost touches the earth, a complete carpet is formed of leaves and limbs which have been shot away. gen. baker's uoasE the burmnq trenches. A short distance, perhaps two rods from the edge of the cliff which runs down the river, lies the horse of Gen. Baker, in a gulley ; a fine bay . animal, shot through the1 b.xly in several places. The fame ball that killed the one is said to have also entered tbe other. Further down the brow of t he declivity are four more horses stiff in death, which were used to draw the howitzers and rifled cannon to their positions in the field. Another object eloquent with the horrors of war, is the long hrnarl frnnrh In nnft nf tha c nllnva which nnntafna the Yankee dead. Here lie the bodies of husbands, J 1 V. n- all Ml.n . t n ;nA.t.ilil. (yj Ll niJU uruiuar, ait iuiaqu j ii iuoauhsuio uufi- fusion, no stone to mark their resting place, no word of record to tell the living age or name. Ti ,1 J:i3 1 ;n,.ia.rMM . 1. n IIUUUy, uiogusuu tui lira, l.ujy UHfQ been rolled in, arJt covered from the sight with the earth their steps have pollute! and their arms would h'tve soaked with the blood of its rightful owners.- Lord, have mercy on their wicked souls! ' . i: THE YANKEES IK THEIR RET&XAT. ' In sneaking of the cliff down which the Yan kees tumbled in their precipitate r?trest, "Per sonne'' eays : The appearance of the place is as if an avalnnche had Dassed over it. The cround is torn ud. bush es torn down, roeks are displaced, shrubs are trampled out of exibtunce, wui!oKrtions of cloth- tkiiifr narlrirlcrfl Ikixm. hn vonctii. ntrftna kt.wL-in.T a t j 1 r i - - Q , shoos, caps, coats, shirts, bread, crackers and ham, are oijaimrcLi iu iuuukiuuvu oioij jmuu. - vnr. load of these i articles have been, , and are still being gathered. It was at the base of tbis cliff where a large number oi tne prisoners were taken. Their boats were drawn up and they .attempted to cross after the surrender was formally made, i . c : ii j:....iaj u ... . t. . . . i OUI a tew wen uirevii-u iuuvo uiuugut ug recre- nii Koi-li in ihn ahnrfl. Manv MLrinnAi! T.ab-orl .UH WV. . J E l wkw, threw their clothing upon the embankment and swam over ; otners carnw. vneir ciotning witn them, and I yesterday fout.da dozun pair or more of shirts and drawers lying in a field upon the island. Many of the prisoners, as well as those j who oscapeJ, throw their guns into tbe river, and probably three or four hundred have been since rescued from their watery bed. .1 saw several drawn out with poles torked at the end, while large numbers of overcoats, blankets, and accou trements have been added to our previous; stock. In fact, almost every man in the brigada.is now armed with a handsome .Belgian or London Tower gun, and covered with a Y ankee overocat. The number of guns captured is not yet known, , as they are indiscriminately scattered among the troops, but it is supposed tbat we have twelve or fifteen hundred. : . ' - THE CAPTURE OK PRISONERS. The capture of. prisoners continued until nearly two o'clock on Tuesday morning ; in one instance a company of forty men, consisting of volunteers, among whom were Captains, Lieu ten tan ts and other officers, taking two "hundred and fifty, of the Federals in one body. About ten o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, Captain Vaughn, of Providence, Rhode Island, appeared with a flag of truce and thirty men, asking permission to bury their dea . This was readily granted, and for several hours they were engaged in the work Some seventy five or eighty are said to have been buried on this side of the river, and. about forty on the island near the shore. Their ambulances were running across tbe island all night, carrying the wounded. Captain Vaughn himself estimat ed that the number of wounded was greatly dis proportionate to tbat of tbe killed. . He thought their loss at least six or seven hundred aside from the prisoners taken. How true this is we have ho means of knowing, but the ground was strewn withj bodies from twelve o'clock until the final charge at sundown, and they were removed as rapidly as circumstances would admit. A HND-TO-HAND ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A CON ' FEDERATE, CAPTAIN AND A YANKEE OFFICER. ojie personal encounter is Worthy of record. As captain Jones, of company B, 17th Mississip pi, was passing through the woods at the head of bis men, ne met anouier party neaaea ny an om cer. The two halting instantly upon discovering their close proximity, Jones exclaimed, "For God Almighty's sake, tell me quick friends or ene mies who are you 7" The other replied, "We are friends," and at the same time advanced. A little boy, named Joseph Ware, who was behind 1 tlia Xria&iaQlnniRI). instantly cried out. "CaDtain. J thetf are not friends; don't you see they have I J ... mi i not guns Ilae ours, xuvy r ittiniwi u mo- shoot." Again Jones exclaimod " Who are you ? Speak quick, for I can't keep my men from firing." "I'll let you know who we are you d d rebel," said the Yankee officer, for such ne was, and suit ing the action to the word he sprang upon .and; seized Captain Jones by the collar. . For a second or two a scuffle ensued between tbe officers, when the latter broke loose. At the same instant one of the Mississippians dashed out the Yankee's brains with the butt ot his musket V '- PRESTONSBCRG, E.Y., TAKEN BY THE FEDERALS T HE CAPTUE OF THE 8ALT WORKS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA THREATENED. - The Tazewell (Jefferson ville, Vo.) Democrat of the 8th instant says: .'J:.r - ; A rumour has reached this place, seemingly from reliable source, that the Lincolnities bav taken possession of Prestonsburg, Ky., and tbat the Confederatae hare fallen back to Pike.- . Since writing tbe. abjve a gentleman has ar rivied who confirms this rumor, and gives the Startling intelligence that the Confederates have r : - reurea peiore . a superuw iu.o, um .Mvr Buchanan county, Virginia. The advancing column ot. the enemy is reported to be be 10,000, fully armed and .equipped.- The .Confederate force now ia Buchanan county' Is not sufficient to contend successfully with tbe pursuing foe, ad if active measures are not soon adopted, our wont fears of their advance on the salt woxis and East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad may speedily be Realized, . - . . , 4 rf M )- V 1 i ! t
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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