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r " l'nT Dj pari rgo w ut ua uivwcid. HAIBIGH. N. C SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1862. MORE CARPI?i AND ING. FAU1.T-FIND If a feeling of disaffection agaiDSt the Confederate authorities, both State and gen eral, is not created in this State, iwiH not be'for lack of effort Ibj.tliajSjlitotLotha Raleigh Standard to fomenriC ;The feel lep vbMk bintet him 'oalcfieLlTUfof iQor pril, wnen no oeuDcrj "ucn iuowpu sibility of the war on the South, still rankle and fester in hii bosom,' in the full force of tbeir original malignity. Knowing what At knovs, if he it capable of morally under jnnding or appreciating anything in an un selfish point of Tiew, he must know that this ts no time for the repetition of his assaults upon those whom he terms "original Seces- sionuts' do time for men who are not wil ling to bow their ! necks to Yankee domina tion to be fomenting discorcl arid strife among those who should be united as "one man to work out onr deliverance from the grasp of the invader and spoiler. It was but the oth er dy that the Editor of the Standard threat, ened to advocate the withdrawal of all tho troops from this State from tne sou ox v lr ginis, as if Virginia was not at this moment is much a battle-ground for this State as for' Virginia ; and in his last number we find the following article : . . CoMiirrKs or Cohorts. "We publUh to day a list of the committees appointed in the two booses of Congre, at the commencement of ih Trtnnent goternmeni. It will be seen that of the thirty-three committees North Carolina has two chairmanship, and these of committeea. of an ordinary character. The chairmanships of All the important committees 'have been given to the cotton States ; ad in several instances where members from this State have been appointed, they have been placed last, or nearly last n the list. We do not mention this by way of com plaint, but to ehow that those who, with Presi dent Davis, are stiil commending secession at will as a "peaceful remedy," are det-rmined to monopolize all the honorr of the government. It k a "peaceful remedy" with many who were so atfsiom a year ago to plunge the country in war, nd they illustrate tne raci oy remaining a now . Here is a deliberate attempt to make the people ofj North Caiolina believe that their State has been snubbed and slighted in order t rrominent positions to the represen tatives of the Cotton States." What ben fi A the Editor of the Standard propose tn rifs from this course ot conauoi te trvin to curry favor with 1 While he was trying to alienate the people of this State from the Confederate Government, why did t ..ll them that the State of Virginia h not the chairmanship of a single eoamit t,A nf the Senate, and w the House nas pus two chairmanships, one on Claims, and the other of the awfully onerous (!) and tremen AnU resDonsible (!) Committeo on "a Flag and Seal." Nay, mere the list as publish Ptl in the Standard shows that Virginia, with sixteen- members in the House,1 has eighteen committee appointments, while , this State, ith ten members in the House, has thirteen remittee annointments. We do not, how ever, hear any complaint from the Virginia tress on this subject, nor do we expeci to hear any, inasmuch as it will never enter in to the head of a single member of it to im- 'arine that anv man or body of men wouw i:-u - -k w Rtt. Look, too, at Qeor- ina. the Ernoire Cotton SUte.' the Senate, on the iwo Ciiauuiu9u-ja, vw ' , Judiciary, and one in thq Hause on the same , . . , K.r. in the latter ...v:.- -:k tan momberl' in W6 latier Buuicut, auu --7 body, has twelve committee appointments, r i. .u:- Sf.- With what face uue less iuiu iu .-.w. .. -- d propriety, then, ca .Ke Editor ft. - - v . w m niin. t... KAn si ghted in tne appoimmeuK . . u,,u www O - - , .1 of the Committees in the Confederate con gress t We have demonstrated the utter fal sity of the charge or insinuation, and we de nounce it as mischievous as well as untrue Jt is a part of a policy which every man who V-ves in the South should frown upon and de nounce. We have egregiously mistaken the feelings of the people of the State, if now, when the enemy is in the act of springing at cur throats, they will join the Editor of the Standard, and quarrel with the Confederate n i.i..- - man fa I ' - vongres3 over commineo ypv CHATHAM 1XAILROAD. citv bv a vote of 154 for, tu: k wnim nf ID ior. to a 70 against subscription, agreed, on Tuesday, to rabacribe for $50,000 worth of the Chatbim Coalfields Railroad fltoclc .Owing to the ahsence from the city of a good many voters, the vote wasathia oae. This Boal wben made will be of inestimable Talue to this citv. and ta tha State. It will be continued from the Coalfields to Cherawr and thus will be obviated the injury wbioa. may ; accrue frAm v ftr.fMition of the Road from "ORIGINAL SECESSIONISTS. Of all - th unprincir4ed andinconststent men ever connected with the press, the jEdi tor of the BaJeigh Saniarrfv takes! the lead. It would never ocour to one, nnfamiliirj with his history, who sees the sneers at the orig inal'Seoessionists" with which ihe Standard has abounded for the last year," that its Edi tor teas himself a secessionist, as the follow- ing extract from his paper will 'abundantly proTe : ' . - j , (North Carolina Standard December 'A, 1850. "Wo have heard the idea recently expressed that a State has no right to se ode 1 romj the Union that there is no blp from oppression except by revolution. In other word tba the Sutes are the reXurea of, and" dejerdants on, the. Federal Government and of eourse subject to Ehytic I coercion. Jiach aorassumpUoii wehurn ly submit is unsupported by any testimony de rived from the Constitution itself (or from, any. sirgle circumstance attending its formation or adoption. It is moreover at war with all regular ideas of free republican government. f We hold that aa no state could originally have been forced into the Union, none can be forced to remain in, cr rather be prevented from going out." ..! j Can anything be more plain, than this, and is it not the height of audacity and impu dence for the author of it to sneer at 'orig inal secessionists !" But later still-as late as Jane, I860, the was a secessionist, for yourself : Editor , of the Standard Look, reader, and see (North Carolina Standard, June 2; 1860. ) "JJdt it is said the Supreme Court may be in the future an unsafe tribunal for the South; jthat the Black Republicans will obtain control of it and turn its decisions against the slaveholding States. That may be so. At present it is jeer tainly a safe tribunal for the South. It may 'be changed, and no doubt will be, if Black Republi cans should obtain possession of the Government. But what of that? Must we waitf uatil this change is made. Shall wo permit Lincoln to pervert the whole power of the Government, and in addition to turn the Supreme Court against us? We are for meeting the enemy at' the thresholdfor vanquishing him Or ftr being van quished long b fore bis law, his adjudications rint us re made. If the people of the South are true to themselves, they will never be troubled by the decisions or UiacK Jiepuoucan joags. BOT IV THIT SUBMIT. TO THK IJTatTaOBaTION ,a.s RULr or Black Rkfublicaks, thY Wili. BIND THEMSELVES TO SUBMIT LIKEWISE TO THK DECISIONS OF AN ABOLITION COURT. Ir WILL BE TOO LATE TO RESIST THE COURT AFTER HAVING submitted to the President. That is our view of it. h ' I Yes, this teas your ''view of it. You wUhed, in the event of Lincoln's election, either to secede, or to prevent his inauguration by violence. And yet, yon have O ! Shame, where is thy blush 1 COL. CORCORAK AG AI JfclN TROllBZ.fi. Col.' Corcoran is surely one or tne moa unfortunate of mortal . He gets out or, one scrape in order that he may forthwith plunge into another. The following arucie imu. the Petersburg Express shows that the j last acrane in which the Colonel finds himself! win perhaps be the worst into whieh he has, yet eot. If he has broken tus paroie oj i,icuiF.- intr clandestinely to carry on xmpuru. u formation to the Yankees, he ought tp be hnnir. inasmuch as he is guilty of tbe douDie nf Kr-aVinir his word of honor and UiiCUww c acting the part of a spy: PRISONERS DETAINED. : ; nT i r.rr, th Richmond Enquirer 'that Col Corcoran and one hundred otherf Yankee nrTsoner. of war, who reached that city on JFr. ; Taa rnoon from Petersburg, We beea detain- H They were to have left for Newport tfjya ns 'l liev were tv uw r. r- . yiorning facU having reacneu uea. -. poned indefinitely we deparwre i -rrr isoners, and prohibited all y"M; itirns and the prisoners during the stay of the latter in Richmond. L,W Uoon reaching - lticDmono uuuk v-6, the pVners were searched, and in their poasea. SiPwa. found map. of Bteh-cV, and of Manassas,- tgetner wuu . v - -, treaso lable character, oowr w," ? b Yvia Yrnnuirer from parties in Petersburg, j The the Enquxrer. uora i further, inTmSdangeJous development, of treason in our mW In thus receiving and secreting this treasonable Correspondence v - - hom it Poiee. was Touna nave iiagrauwj - l noctinn arises, did tnese 1 iicio "w these treasonable letter. and prisoners . "Tfrom parties in Pe had lr". r,.AiA it ia time that we t tersDure j- w V-.T'S'S 1 inr 111 mi s l7 A numerous and rapacious avowsa I ... . -11 .... w.af 1 nt. ruuut-a. x v,v w,n Wx sui u. 1-- C . " -44.Knii01 Kv secret assassins in etemy rn" have we good eaate be r miu , --v- ,nT;r of safetv as t-l . iM flt RTlll KTOI I - . -;iint and every oouuij . M:-fflMi U8 to fern ferret out ! V. SVuUin,. .nd h..d them over o ?elR"""rK "rthemrover to those sthlrthnnolongerdooshaxn will see that ttiey can n --7 . THE CONFliUiiKA mu 1 . We Bhall-pabhsh in our next tha Ordi 6 8 1L. n.-;S. tnakinJ nro nance passea py vuo - T" Tision for paying the Confederate .tax. We learn that Mr. Treasurer Courts has sent circulars to the Banks, and to various jother ; be Confederate States, containing pUlUKB " 1. uinnn for an exchange of State bonds tax for v;omeuerv. , t. must be paid by the State in these to es on the first of Apru. - f : THE WEATHER.! tu resent month of March has at aided the reputatioW its most disagreeably, i Ttnousn pre - mL. ,.athr has reen aa uis decessors. - r eAible as can De imagiucu. nere was MABTIAI li AW 1 . uTZ' STJrf Pter.bu in publid me.t- ...M.a .OBointed committea 5. rPntS and re,n..i i T ; Wf&rfi authorized by 'the "fuSTre urer Ao state -. tnat her nas appowicu San?l H; Young, o this city to sign for him the N. CTreasury Notesof the? denomina tions of fives,"tensj andUwent thorized by; ther late' Conyention.v And we are authorized by the OomptroUer tolstate that he has appointed Mr. W. Ti Womble, of this city to countersign the said -notes for hinu, Botli these appointments Tjite i been maJfl bv and with the advice and consent of the Governor ' ' - From the Meurphi Appeal. THE BATTLES AT FbttTUON EL80NI .' Memphis, Feb.yM.86 ' ' IDiTaRs 'Appeal :-rThere is so much anxiety felt by the country, so mucq misapprenenslon m the public tnind as to the results of the battles fought at Fort Donelson, aqd so much excitement among the friends and relatives of those surren dered, that I deem it p.oper to lay before the public my official report of the several conflicts. This I am aware is irregular, and in violation of the usages of the government, but feel that the extraordinary circumstances of. ihe cae justify a departure from usage so far as to publish the re port, not doubting but that the government will approve of the motive which induces its publica- Qid. J. Pillow, Brigadier-General. Columbia, Tenn., Feb- 18, 1862. Capt. Clarence Darrick, Ass't. Adj't. General : On the 8th iast., Gen. A. S. Johnston ordered me to proceed to Fort Donplson and taker-command' of that post. Oa the ' 9th insl., I arrived at that place.' In detailing the operations of the forces under my command at Fort Donelson,. it is Drooer to state the condition; of that work, and of the forces constituting its; garrison. W nen 1 arrived I found the work on ttie river pauery nrl nhnllv too ; weak to resist the forceof heavy artillery. I found a tert-inch co lumbiad and thirty-two pound rifle gun had not been mounted. Deep gloom was hanging over the command; and the troops were, greatly de presseoSand demoralized by the circumstances attending the surrender of Fort Henry and the niannefof retiring from that place. My first at tention was given to the necessity of; strengthen ing thi worn, and mauntinjrthe two heavy guns, and to the construction of defentive works to pro tect the rear of the river battery. I imparted to xi.. ; i- ii oir whh it wis nossible to t do laboring day and night with the whole com- mind Tha batterv was without a competent j ,,mhhf urtillerista. and"rtiose that were there, were not well instructed m the use oi meir guns. To provide for this want J placed the artillery companies under active course of instruction io - - . . . 1 ' ' the use or tneir guns, a aeiweu .. his company of artillertsU to the command of one of the river batteries, s Acese neavy gans bi ine mounted and provision made lor woraing them, and a proper supply oi anmunmon naving ... been procured by my.pruer irom hmuv" toe ltifTieetl;orinore uery P18' . hatteries consisted of SfM oolumW., and on. r.fl, . of 3J- poundcanoer a w itJ WOT!;! rirer was favorable, the site was ermabyXhefghts Jovj'a jWow on the river, and by a conUnuods range of hills all been constTucted for ie garrison to protect the baUerv but this field-work was commanded by Oie S n already referred to, 'and lay open to ne of LrSllery 7from every direct ic n exc the hills below. To guard against the eflecM oi fire of artillery from these heights a line of de irseVork-consisting of rifle pits and abattis for InSntTv detached on our right, but continuous lfa.nt.rT L;h Offenses for our light artillery, Gan. la w 41 w . i v-tnT .nil nn tnfl rwvt around the rear oi no u.wj KihftSm which artillery could reach our bat SSI and inner field work,, enveloping !the inner k and' the town of Dover, where our P pal supplies of quarter ana - . . weremoepo Tbwor J nor my troop. all inpoaltion, though nearly JXt station -TNovd mT senior officer, reached that sUtion.--Th7wori were laid off with judgmeirt and skijl bv AlT Gilmer, were well executed, and design ffr the defend of the riear of the wo k the only objection being to th4 length of the line, -hlh however, from the Surroundings, was un which, nowever, ir in&d avoldaDie. iu, .sr - --- . Wa11,.of ' r . . - .f ,ififan8ei was ee s !U1. ;;nutUhe'.trQggle which !rued fn the 'defense of the post-, tl0?u- .-nA Rrio-. Gen. Buckner in command .t."". .-Rri. Gen. Johnston in Tbad Uly go the worb in a defensible con diUoV when the enemy made an advance in ?orc around and against the entire line of outer works. I 'h THK BATTLS OF THK TKBNCHES. Ji.-lhoinnmv1! j r.Ua. loft Kv exiraoruiuary wWc"V promptly responded to by OaPt Srien's battery of field artillery. After several Koura of ftrtag between the artillery of the two m?es the enemy's infantry advanced to the Skt aU Vong fhe line, ofZVnl and increased in volume from a .end of the l.oj r- .ovaral hnnm. vben at last me to tne Oiuer wi ' .- . jv, enemv made a vigorous assault against the right !m,!iTrr-inr.Ihe oosition assaulted being a YrV::"rfkA hvfcoL Helman. and defended - - brigade, consisting or tne iuio xuC - Sder command of fol McGavock - Voorhies' Tennessee Col. Hughes' Alabama nigUw w;vt- . . . nlh Tennes8ee, VUUBlBkldK v ---- - l ... I and volunteers, Col. Head's Tennessee regime" V m r.na'i flnld batterv. . M V-rr."-!- made, and the po- sition as vigorously defended, and resulted in the repulseof the enemy here and everywhere aroun j !?P ,: " Th. rnlt of the dav's work pretty well tested the strength of our defensive line, and ZubUahed, boyondWon, the gallant' of the entire command, all 01 wnom lougui, - rv oorUon of the line. The loss sustained by our foXin this engagement was not Ur ye, .our mea being mostly nderthe .helr of e rftj. but we, nevenneiesa, uu " v flnru4f d wounded, but owing to tbecohtinued fight SS which followed,! it aa impossible to get any ?S iame Say our battery on the river was engage tD.e Br. ' r .k. .,mV. oinhoats. which oc- - Ssioned quite a lively ca'nnonading for .morethan Km tour.ih which the gallant Uaptain iu, bK,rfbls offiSir h.S been oadu.y toJKW -oauvry. -hoVed ereat energy SSaT W. - to oa Utoccion,whUedireungUoper.K." ' reparea to meot m w-M W &V2?.. .TH-1 - ..f ? rr uefloas to the service kn d? a source of no Iillie embarrassmeitt in our after operations. On the 28th we had quiet, bat we- saw the siokfi of a large number of gunboats and steain b at a short distance below. We also teceiv- d rdliable information of the arrival of k Iarere iiimber of fresft troops, greatly increasing th sirengxn toi tae enemy's forces, already said to be fcom 20,00 to 30,000 strong. v r . : rTH EMBATTLE WITH THE 3UNBOATS. On the1 13th these reinforcements were seen nd- tancing fto their position in be line of iavest njent; and, while this was being done, six of the ejemy'a iron cased gunboats were seen advancing up the river, five of which were abreast and in tUe of battle, and the sixth' some distance to the rear. : When the gunbeats anived within a mile and a half of the fort, they opened fire on the fcattefiesi My orders to ti officers, Capts. Shus tar and 'tanicovitcb, who commanded the lower battery, ft eight uns,,iDao'iDapi.l Bo4,.the upper Wtery, ef four gune: wef to hold their fire" un til the ea4myV run boats- should come within point otaos rapee, xnis mevaiarnKMien tne oraoai mfirf holding their tiro while the enemy's shot and J.TW1 ftn thick around thair position, was a severe restraint upon , their patriotic impulses. . But, aeverthless, our batteries made no response till tne un boats; got within range of their guns. Our entire line of batteries then I opened fire.' The guns of both parties were well served. The ene my constantly advancing, delivering direct fire kgainst ojur batteries from bis line of fire gun boats; while the sixth boat, moving up in the fear, kept the air filled with ..shells, which, fell thick and; close around the position of our batte ,ries. The! fight continued, the' enemy steadily ad vancing slowly up the river, and the shot and shell from fifteen heavy rifled guns, tearing up jour parapets and plunging deep into the earth jaround and over our batteries for nearly two hours and until hfs boats bad reached within the distance- ;of one jhujndred and fifty yards of our batteries. Having cpme in such close conflict, .1 could dis tinctly see the effects of our shot upon his iron-cased boats, i We had given two or three well direct ed shots from our heavy guns- to one of hia boats, when 8beinstaotly shrunk back and drifted help less below the line. Several shots struck another boat, tearing her, iron case and making "her tim bers crack, and splintering them as by a stroke ot lightnings when the two fell back. . Then a third, received everal shocks, making her m6tal ring and timbers crack, when the whole line gave way and fell rapidly back from our fire until they passed out of range. Thus ended the first sovere and close conflict of our heavy guns and the enemy's gunboats,! testing their strength and the -power of heavy gutos to resist them. The shot, from our 32-pound Jguns produced but little effect f they struck and rebounded, apparently doing but little damase : Ibut I am satisfied from close observa- tion that the timbers of the framework did not, could not withstand the ' shock from the .10 Unch cplumbiad or 32-pound .nflod , guns. ffliL These crun boats never renewed the attack.- I learn from citizens livipg on the river below, that dne of the injured boats was sunk, and that others had to be towed to Cairo.- This information may or may not be true; but it is certain that all of the boats! were repulsed and driven back after a most vigorous and determine ed attack, and that two of the boats ..were badly damaged,; and that a third was more or loss injur- anil B.UJOIC wuuuu - j "-Trr batteries, who so well and so persisMJouy S"" our guns until the enemy's determined advance biouhthis boats and guns into such close and desolate conflict. Where all did their duty so well, it is almost impossible to discrimmate. Toe captains already named and their heuten anU, (waose names for want of official reports 1 cannot givo all deserve the highest commenda- ,0Lieut.i.G. S. Martin, ( whose company is do J at Columbus, Ky., but who was ordered to that nost bv Major-General Polk,) commanded one of the guns, and particularly attracted my. attention by his energy and the judgment with which he hindtedf his gun. The wadding Ji a ving given out,herklledoff his coat and rammed iMown as wadding, and thus kept i up the fire till the . ..a-a finallv ranulsed. .- fkia Av too rnnAived infor- Utt tne evemug y " -7 - 4-; mation of the arrival of additional reinforcements . of infantry, cavalry and light artillery, by steam boat,! all of which weie disembarked-a short dis tance below our position. I .' the BA.TTLK OP DOVBR. i On the 14th inst. the enemy were busy throw . . , am nrnnnd ns. extending tne His iQrcB -- , his line OI WTWimeui r---- mnletelv enveloping us. On , the evening ot this day we ascertained that the ehe- mv had received awun.iuu ,.u.v,'" . steamboat. ! We were now surrounded by an-im, mense force; said by prisoners to amount j to-ftfty, rL -Q5rnu. and every road and possible ave nue of departure were cut off, with the certainty odIv bv the river would .W be cut off by the enemy's batteries placed upon the river above us. : , A w - nT,oil of the ereneral officers, called by U'.T ri v,fttt n.Tt Anv at davlisrht. 60 as it Was unanimously uovm uimou w to cut Ipena route of exit for our troops to the interior of the country, and thus .stive our army. Wehad kno wieage mai a F"r t-7 nmv's forces weremasseam encampuiui. enemy?" mm.nHinir t.h two roads nf Ymr extreme ibi, viwii"""& - OI our .'! r ,ki.h Wa must lfladlne into me inierur,wu -t take in leaving our position;,- We" knew that he had massed in encampment another large force " ; " tt: vrrtr mad, onDosite the center bt ...j ipft wine, and anomer iu. tiuuv ' v. -y Sr right wg. His fresh arrival of troops be our ns" & Kb nf r vnr tvo and r run i ( 11 1 i.iin unit k u. v . ... - - p t u..in no fpnrn which latter encamo- anaii mnw ? V :. --.:.,iiw raent a' stream or iresn iroops. w ;-uvuMu.. nourins. around us bn his line of investment, aad K .T-J.u hia cAiiAral enesmoment on thus Bireuitiuciii"fc a - g and onieach road be bad in position a batteryjof o.u 1 rv. ana iweuiy-iuui uvuuu oin ftarriafires. ijetweeu uto euv-u,Fr-. wu b" . " .Wtlr i,nammvt.h of hllSb .!, K .,k lack, miking it impossihle to advance .1-. AArta WHM B bUla uuwwifcivn T " " I" inv considerable body of troops The plan or auao --t- r Gen Floyd, to be executed was, that with the ' vJcT J I ., : . .. t Inft miner. bv main -1ody of the forces, of our left wing, ;hould attack the right win ohj.; . .nvincr and resting upon the heights I and resting upon tha bank of the river, accompa- nied by Col. Forrest', brigade ofcavalryjf t Ruckner. with the forces un Ai-.-stathA nerav'a encampment and fbr-t t9rA mbould Toia n, and S Shmnd should leave in She trenches . Vnonft to hold tnem. -.rtr. . r hatila it was aaav io oe Vr.Li. of hattle it was easy w db : 2 at li mv niiw"- --. r . . . a. -i. rttl. that his retreat would be along ms nn indent toward thefW W,:nj thence toward nu erva heeney'a McCausland, Simontori and Drake, ana Uaptaw. In other words my wWl M fought thcir gun. un. force in. retreat over 3 . -g v: by hiaattaca u r',:t"i rnm :L aav and put him completely, to .rout T:inilvdisnclttonswerem -"7!-- no-ition to engage nim.f m ioouainf,w rfannfha?fyhouo forces VeX engsged. pany killed and w less than one halt nour .Q , f bis and Grave.. If I ?!S assumed line of battle and while 1 was moving against him without any formation for the engagement.- For the first half hour of the en gagement I was much embarrassed in getting the command in. position properly to meet the foe. ; Having extricated myself from the position and fairly-: f engaged him, w fought him for nearly 1 two hour, before I made any de cided advance' upon him. He contested this -field ; most stubbornly. ; The loss tf boh :armie8 at this portion of the- field was heavy. iThe enemy', particularly, as I discovered by rid ing over the field j after the battle r with Gen. Flpdy, . The "enemy having been forced oL yield this portion of the field, retired slowly toward the Winn's Frry road Buckner's point of attack. He did not retreat but fell back fighting us, con testing every inch of ground. ' f The fight was hojly and stubbornly contested bo both sides, and it consumed the day till twelve o'clock to drive him back as far as the i centre where Gen. Buckner's command was to flank him. "While my command was advancing and I slowly driving himj I was anxiously expecting to bear GenvBuokner'a - commae open .nraia nis rear, which not taking place, I feared some mis apprehension of orders, and came from the field pf battle within the works to learn what was the matter, j I there found the command of Gen. Buckner massed behind the ridge within the Work, taking shelter from the enemy', artillery on the Winn's road, it having been forced to retire before the battery, as I learned from him. My force wa still slowly advancing, driving the enemy towards the battery. I; directed General Buckner immediately to move his command round to the rear of the battery, turning its left, keep fng in the hollow, and attack and carry it. Before. the movement was executed, my force forming the a . tacking party on the r s;ht,with For rest's regiment (cavalry), gallantly charged the battery, supported by a body of infantry, driving it and'forcing the battery to retire, taking six iieesof artillery,f?ur brass and two twenty-four iron" guns. In pursuing jthe enemy falling back frpm this position, Gen. Buckner's forces becaoiH united with mine and engaged the enemy in hot contest of nearly an hour with large forces of fresh troops t,at had now met us.v. This position qfth enemy being carried by our joint forces,I called off farther pursuit, after seyen and a half hours of Continuous and bloody conflict. After the troop, were called -off, order, were immediately given to the different commands to form and retire to their original position in the I entrenchments. ? The operations of the day had forced the entire command of the enemy around to our right wing, and in front of. Gen. Buckner's position in the entrenchments, and; when his command reached bis position he found the enemy rapidly advan cing to take possession of this portion of the workl He had a stubborn conflict, lasting one and a half hours to regain it, and the enemy actually got possession of the extreme right of his position, and held it so firmly that be could not ' dislodge him. The: position .thus gained by . the enemy was a most commanding one, being immediately in ijhe rear of our river battery and field work for. is protection. From it he could readily turn Iho entrenched work oceupled by Gen. Buckner, and attack him in reverse or advance under .cover qf an intervening ridge directly upon our battery ind field work. While he held this position, it was manifest-we fcou'd not hold the main work or battefv. Such was the condition of the, ar- jnies at night fall after nine hours of conflict on 'r,aarv oil hia wounded, becauae we could not re wounded on tuo anrinrn, ai inove them. We left his dead unbuned because we could not bury them. Such conflict and couraee has perhaps never before occurred upon ithis continent. We took about 300 prisoners and a large number of arms. We had fought this battle to open the way for our army and relieve us from an investment which would necessarily reduce us and the position by famine. We had occupied the whole daytoaccomplh our object, and before . a nnr tnlave.after taking in the woun ded and the dead,the enemy had thrown around us again in the night an . immense iorce 01 iresu troops; and reoccupied his; original position in the line of investment thus again cutting off, our re treat. We bad only aoout iz,uuu iroop an Of these a large portion we had lost in the three wnQfl Th command bad been in the trenches nizht and day for five days, exposed to the snow, mud and ice water, without shelter, and without adequate covering, and without sleep. Ia this condition theTgeneral officers held a consultation to determine what-we should do. Gen. Buckner gave it'ashis decided opinion that be could not hold his position one half an hour aeainst an assault of the enemy,, and said the enemy Would attack him next morning at day light The proposition then was made by the iA & .in fiffht throueb the enemy's line and cut our way out. wener said his command was so :. worn out and cut to nieces and demoralized, that he could not make another fight; that it would cost the command three-quarters of its present number, to cut its wav through, ana it wai'wrong .wii.uw.i-..-quarters of a command to save one-quarter ; that So officer had a right to cause such a erifice--; Gen. Floyd and Maj. Gilmer I .understood to concur in this opinion. . !t Kon ATnre3sed the-opinion that we' could "we could ua ne,t another dav. and in tfiat time get steamboats and set tne command over the fiver, and probably save a,large potion or ik To this Gen. uucitner j rBj)i - enemy nortAinlv attacK mm at uavngui, and that he ceuld not hold his position half an hour. The of their positon ana commana. vrou. .u,u that he wouitt neuner eurruuuu .uo nor would he surrenaer niajBn had taken the same poe uiuo. cu. said he as' satisfied nothing else, could be done, and that.thereroreie wouia surreuuor t-.-v i v',a m that h would turn over the commana waimuiwwiu.w...?.-;. withdraw his commanu; w auio v.wwV : A. j ifr.k.rn-OAn. Flovd turned the command senieut """-: RlrrAr oVertoniM pM.ibgttinst.QUI Ben uo.r, nor myseu s j , circumstances t .-..i.s. wav out. Udder tnese circunwiuw Gen. Buckner accepted the command, and sent a ftae of truce to the enemy for an armistice of .ix. hours to nezouawo n iwm. -- Baforef thi. flag and communication was dehver--j t Jltiro. from the earrison. Tfiefore closing my report of the operation of Ueiore CUB ,,Bf iri illftdcft the the army " neiwu f:.1!"'.". ,ftm. at er officers ana forces unaer my iu' , . . i. A I CQ17 that harder fiihting or more ganan uiaa, y .nj man T have never . Wlt conuuc iu.-- .- . ,rta neSSUU- X" .-r "T"-- ,ne -,h?K brigade and ;rfg' "'EJi amdeprived 1 this report, I detailed m may not be able to do jqttice to the different corps, i w 11 "X w y . ; - mib' - unuw j "rr... , . saec unuer mj . 4-vu. 'i - - m sism i i n nniviTiiii in i bu a taau'w w w conmc.. - kommendatlon of the brig- conflict. tWw -Mwl Wharton, , , the consunt and annoying fire or ineenemy ;f .harn-shooters, and tneconceniraieaure fyuij - - .ftPco-M,h itK commands suffer wounaea ; . ao uu - should . nexeaiter receive giving me detailed information of the conduct and beariing of officers and ' mn.r will make a supplemeatai report. The absence oft official re ports deprive me of the raeaea of giving Juts of the killed! and.woonded of the different commands'. I am satisfied that In inch a aeries ofeonflicU onr loss "was! heavy' 1 know- tha- taanry'i was, from passing over ' the . battle-field) with Gen Floyd in 1 the evening Immediately! 'after the battle. Hia los in killed: and wounded was ter rible, exceeding anything I hate ever) seen on a . oattle field. v.Our force in the field" did. not ex ceed ten thousand men, whi e from what II sawlf the enemy', force, and- from information derived from prisoners, we are sore he had from thirty to forty thousand on the field. 1 must ackno wledge ' ray obligations to, Utj Gilmer, engineer, for the special and valaable services rendered me . in laying pff the worts, and the energy displayed by him id di recti tig their . oongtructl, and 4 for his counsel and advice. I likewise i acknowledge my obligations to Col. John C. Bereft, my aid-de-caraprio Captain Gus. A. Henry, Major Field, ' Lieut Nicholson, Lieutenant Cbs F. Martin, and CoL Baodf-n, nay vol uxt taar a IW de-ca rop. to Major Hayii my assistant c?mtxmsary, ilHjor Jones, my assistant quartemaster, for Lha prompt , manner id which they executed) my ojdarsl'ifuW trying c-onmstancp. .thr.ouehfut the long - and continuedf conflicts, and: to Major Gi mr, who accompanied; me throughout the entire dayj Also to Capt. Parker, of my staff, j a hom I as signed to the command of Capt. Rnas't flld bat tery with new recruita as gunners, arid who fought and' served ' them, well.; Col. . Brandon was severely woundedf early in the ac ion.! Cl- v onel Baldwin's command constituted the front of the attacking forc?,8ustained immediatsly ly Col. Whanoii's. These two brigades desnt ve vspwial commendation fo toe manner in whic i they us- ' tained theflrst shock of battle, and unc e-circurn-Btances of-great embarrassment threw tbemselve. into position and followed up the conflict through out tbeda. ". S''i ' ! ';. j Being .mostly with these two brigales, I can speak from personal knowledge of their gallant bearing.' II must also acknowledge my obligsf lions to 0 jig. General Johnston, who assfited me in command of the forces withewhicjh attacked the enemy, and- who bose himse f gallant ly throughout the conflict, but I having re ceived nOjjofflcial report from him I cannot give detailed operations op hit commainci. I bavo pleasure in being able to say that Col. Forrest whoso command greatly distinguished iis com mander as a bold and gallant leader, and reflected distinguished honor upon itseif passed-safely through the enemy's line oi investment, arid trust it will yet wio other honors H defence Of our rights and the. just cauBe off -our country. I G1D. J. PILLOW. Brii. Gen U. . A; . . . f i - - WESTERN N. C. THRBjATENED., ' We make the following extract frcm a latter of I Amu. PatIcm-. of Ool. R. B. Vahce'S reei- ment, publisned in the last Aahville Newt, and dated Strawberry Plains, Tenni Feb. 17; 1882 r- It will ba seen from this that VVesiern North Carolina is in danger; "A friend, who has had from his position here tofor&J,he opportunity to knowj just told me that nfteen or twentv inousand in in is country win "1 fly to. the Federal standard the taoniMrtt tt'ieaon- es Tennessee proper. This I flfmly elieve ; In- deed ther are constantly ebine howl And when the disaffecled citizens of this 'country ffel 'bat ...... -...j v mni puuity uuiffBU m jq.uimuaiu m '1 cannot, in gooa iaua to.my. wiou combe bills, close thisi paper without giving you and our fallow countrymen one more hinU It i. this : I have it from the lips of pome of the: Union leaders, that the Federal forces imtend to sack Ashevillej N. 0., as soon as they can bpssibly get there. They actually hate Ashevillefwith. a per fect hatred.' Yes, they.say they ) intend to show yoa how to make guns up there - iq snooi u with. Mm oail t.urAthAT vour , best ana mosb Ailllul AmrinMrn l&T ofif. drSW UD.I pUn and propose in penetrable fortifications. , If yeu don.t J you ate gone, unless some unfobeeo cijrcuaostance turns Hbei&cale of destruction J I do not jwish to scare youi-you know me, and yod know the writer is so alarmUt, but write, the facts as they now. andifrom every cireumstaoos must neces- sarily exist." , j t n ni vno' rpjriment hai been ordered to Cumberland Gap. ! - . nAPTTTftTT. OV A YANKEE COW'S nT.nTHTttft. DIABOLICAIMNTKN i. We received yesterday a letter from our regular ......s...nt in rh arniv of the Valley.' dated T?maV lLTnnarv 30. but it has.lost so much or wa intArBt bv delav. that we deem it useless-to. publish it. : The following extract from it, how n.n At thia lata J ever, will! neiiouna miwreowiu, The first niorht after.Qen. Jackson', commaou reached this place, ons of the guards placed near spring of water, was attracted by i peculiar soundbfla cowell. It seemed to ring fa.t, than it should, and its wearer Approached toward., the spring, and "when halted, : stopped a few seconds and raised its head, and stared in thy directW of the voice, and thbn went on towards the spring. All seemed natural, excepting the too f ringing of thebelh pa this account -he sentineUelt bimseif jus-iflabH n compelling any- r I 'mm. 4 , I Li 11 mm j - i 1 1 w i- . . - 1 y .thing; efen a cow, to a VJ thrust hi. bayonet unaer ner iwhj.. "-- - enough, and to th .urpriselof the .aentinel, the 6.. . . . - t llln. I nnt Vlltir Atsr VW ww a z I - i Mltfl Balaam's : ass. suaac, v. J - : . . . We hive often' heard of a person Jin 'sawps clothingif but w never oerore v in co w's'clothing being sent oat as a spy. -He Was makin.his way tolthespring evidently with the! intention of poisocitig our aoldtors, considerable amount or arsenic was ian , u hi. person. :. Can any one doubt what should bavj been ddbe with such a person T fl do npi know, what ha. been done with him, but no d.ubi .he haabr will meet his deserts. Many act, bowe- of the most atrocious kind, have ieen perpr .r mzS, m u wrolof burg Republican. , : - .11 1,1 I - la Wake eountv; on tteevaoiogoi rr: a j. . iaL lant . by Rev. lWm. E."FeU, Mr. WIlLrAM .II RAND W FANNIE BASKS daughter of th- Ute A. 04 Banks, Esq. 'v ' i ' -, 1 )' .-- THOMAS yiu Of (FORMERLY HYVU 9 wyvw t , V ft Corner Canal and R7al Strwts, i . 5 r ; NEW ORLEANS . wv 4 ai l4pACTUltEBS O F JEWELRY F0ClP tterV and JFANCY GOODS. . LiiSs Wm! OOODHICH. WENS ' cfpifflsInM. Aeilittos -a. f01 j r n rrr , havealway..oahMaTor.r-" d4tMk, and the goods OUT J GRI8WOZJ9 is ffiifllin ,', , ' Danville to Greensboro. proclaim narui.w . VERY TIGHTLY SOUND ,1.;- .. . V' ; -I
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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