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. t-; - - x v " : """ " " ' v. ' - -' .- "- ' " - - ", . - - . - - - - - r i - ' - i u i - iii i -v m i r M mi i i n -- , . - .... I-" v i n -r.. TOL.LXU ; .RALEIGH: WEDNESDAY MORNING, -MAY 1862; NO 21 It 1 - emsur; Unwtfp' the vUai fUix dtllrbtlal pc ,d bT irtt rm U lir like trothws. 0 M O ; r - , SATUBDAY jiOENISO, 3IAY 24, 1363. 'Wben epuUtlon of resWnU of Jlorth. TVestwn territory, en: a certain occasion, called uoon Coloael Benton, fae congratolattd Um oo iheif bonUnuedgood look-. We Under 'me ronetalelion W oar brethren of the orth Cr olio. prws. Their jcursel coolinae lo"l good looting in th newrperkilliDg diy-remkn blr eood looking; their ixe end eppeexenee Jt irg io fcet ckenged but little, , if nyr doc: the commencement of the wer. We wUh we could p-rutaUte or lorta uronn rpoVereUouroo rcoarteoa. bearing .k nut thU ther will not permit ia which it will find tsr articla signed Con- cripV and irLwtieli, alsoit wil fee a not bj the Editor of Uxs Standard, appended to an article from the Petersburg Eipresi, giy ing aa accottntamcTjgst other things, of the dastardlj condoet of acititcn ofPorismoath on the oeeaaidn of the anrrender of that town. The note ia to this effeet : We hafe no doubt this man was a rampant secessionist. Tobias, the traitor, , waa.--Standard.": )-; . :OLD DUTLEUS PKO Cli AM ATI ON. . Oar readers will find in to-day's paper the most infamous reclamation ct erf issued by a G enenl 'oJirT .' These Yankee j are 'to in Vade our homes, . aeiie - our property, murder our oitizens, rarish our womeni and if bur la dies show their -irrepressible scorn and con- hen we. fake this in jivtum,-." : r ,k iTn nff ii)nniv. il , ....mi iirninnAH' m l - 1 r 1 1UI I KMHitH -fl I II V u w. uu vm . ... 4 rlrw 1 11(3 . . .v t ii: I . - - forth Carolina toward. " J connection with the plan of havbjg ari artoed - iSSw: . '..oldUdvJo police placed orer us, may we not ask . Vhen we came to Kentucky se( flflni emphatically, What Jiave tee not ta fight for, owing to bed fiTroaeb what wet and if we fati what haw tee to live for? we were a long time mor eevefal dajs and - I : 1 T n i- m, called 'the wufefery hoar an attack from the WB oauuua iaii., ; Ajuat uoawm oeyer crown with saccess such devils incarnate as are now warring upon usj; and every princi ple of religion and civilization. ' . - The damning- and damnable proclamation nignu w Ulcere were lresn ugne oi. wbuj jcrj Ir.dijf Among our party were two tneii who Zji all the time in a bitter and seriooa qaarrel th each other. Their names were Belt and Sni uon. The war of words between them was a mat-o- ntrvrinw tn I1 tbe trareling party.:. The richt before webad completed oar Joarneytbroogh ( of Butler is no more BOT less than a ; suggest tfcewiUerne.pg aa auaek frora te u tdius 8oldiery, composed a :iher are of lrdiars was believed to beivery great. We had ' r O 7 , , intineU out in every direction, and every ,l man, the vilest scurf and scum, foreign and do woman and child in camp, expected some tJrring meat:fi ar 'tl,..wi0U ejirli. to 'eommenea and ' . 1. r 3 V 1, A 1 lhu nViMt I w&a I . SALT. . The followinjg. letter 'frem Prof. Emmons may be of great public benefit especially in "preventing a uselesr eipenditure in vain ef forts to obtam salt from ; supposed "deposits on the surface of the earth, and in giving a proper direction "tot experiments' on this all- important subject, r; The letter is in reply to ons of inquiry from Hon. P. M, Barringer : ; ,, "J 1 'ii i.r. j:" ' lUiaioa. AprU 10,4862. ' . ITr Dkjl Sib r--Mj alteaUon baa been called more' 'reqaentlj to places called eattU and U tick tban to any ether tobjeet.1 Thy eeeur eTery where, both. Ia moaataiaa and low regiona of country." Tier are maoy kinds. ' The most common exhibit effloresces of -eommoB salt with magraeaia salt, atiiphatea of alamui n and iroa, and salphata of magnesia intermixed with "rolphate of lim. In a granite and alato'regioa, or what ia nasally called primary, the licks contain only the smipJU-"' wnwrt a pt , . woiataoa 1L Theae aalta are derired frooi iro pyrites in a decomposing rock, and this kind is probably the moat- common, and ocour all over the country, except the regiona of this State known aa the Chatham and Dan Jtiver Coalfierda. - Now, whererer we hare rocks deposited . or: formed under sea-water the elements of common ealt are founJT to exis and those rocka which are subject to 'deoompesition -produce common salt at and npon the surface. It results from thfl foreoinff Cnet. that the brutklnli wnlln all through the stands tone region alluded to, are produc- t ed by superficial decompositions of rock containing a small proportion of salt. I have found, the salt to amount to 225. grains ia a shallow. welL - Boring in the same well to the depth of 130 feet, the water con tained 180 grains only to the gallon. All the facts go " From, tbe Kichmond Enquir- JTHBT-NEWS FBOM EUEOPE. ; Oaextracts from the rlMV-Europeaa: ieteUU genca received at the Nerth iodicateS on the part of England1 and Fiance, -a "diap pcitiori to intervene for f the restoration bfj peace on! thisosn ifnenitj; The feeling exhibited Jls altogether in iyoof sc knonedging the, -prateBltona of the Confederate Statetfs-' ;' &2-.pt " cxma tries we have named baveon the termination of the Americait war ;Ss;the motive I w bich stirs ! lbem.r. To remove this interest, Lincoln has tsso ed a form a! proclam atloa " pariially relieving the ports of New" Orleans, Beaufort and lrt Boyal from the existing bl ockada. I England, and France are to oe cajoled with the idea tnat the a - a opnry -ot cotton - will : th na be to avenue ' to ToaTHit Broisna.- THEYANKEES IN MABN COTJNTY TtlEY, CAPXTJBE THE STBA31EK ALICE : Mtor i the Raleigh JcegUfer : Sir-l preeame all aeyea are turned towards the' Eastern parf of North Cato3fna;v ;Oar patriotic eponty has been formally taken posseWkyn' oi by the Yankees Two Oonboata raid ria a. visit last v'Wodneedav I freu one of tbe war -veaaeJa lTine" In zth Some tory aVpiymouth Informed them, on their I PfrocM the wharf at Ciry- Piat, from CAPTURE AND KILLtNG OF YANKEES r ; AT CITY P0INT.4': ." . Tbe'Petersbax lEiprws of Tuesday gives the i tollowlpg "account of th killing anpture of ai" portion t .cer..adrew..rf the Yankee , gantjLfonltorjp;-:;.:y: ,-; . ;4'Qoitete brUUant JUtle anair occurred atCit Point yesterday afteraooa, by which nJaa Yankee -offleersjad men taken priaociert, and aeven or eight killed. About 3 o'clock a 'small boat' ' i v " "ti. j -f.iJ vi -it;-" - i , - v 'Tr-ri Which nine men were seen to land and nrtiA nt,' arrml tbereon that dajvait-tbettle jteamef to tht w while seven W eilKiaSS Tb2 f Alice," Capt -Thrower, bad just .gone op the bind in, Ik boat. fiutioned near! at hand and "t, hb pTOTwioun umwHom tww fu ia detacbtuent to hot oarsuit, and ! m'p if,nfin to Com; any l Capt' swer bad were two Willi (oT tb Joarth Oorjia, regiment: Tne 3wer had were wo conjmand.ng officer of thisdetTchmant Immi. BoMoke ; Riveifrpm for our arm f.' ua they went sL-. af a " tTV : ' ' .r., ..r, v.Jri4. u wa commandine officer of lhladataChm,t fL: abote oyer him. He turned hia btat to the shore atelvr divided his nn inM ia .u and made hia escape with one hand.! Toey put a j which hedwpatched to the huat' and the other ia opened and established 1 ; and the expectation thus j prize crow on her, and sent .her back to PJy! I .the direction of the Yankees who had approached - createdjstc reconcile them' still longer to thedia. moath. The Alice had 90u6 tbi ofiBacon and a f rTckin VordTth hf vT5 6K ! HHcohien few bb& ofVlard and some iew Church Tjellsf tbV T& to tffi?SJ?-, ' tion td fffe world'a commerce, cauaed by the atro- two steamers thenjeame np to orir landing andre-' t.nately cut off and made to aarrrndar- -The crtnZ - cious and impracticable attemptof the Washington mained one hoori They Informed they ..nel f' glv4 to those In the It would take but little lime to prove the falla cy of any hopeof thuaobtaining supplies of Sou lb ern prdducts. . The blazing coton "everywhere given without stint and without hesitation to de-" struction,would have -proven, even to theinfaiuted North.thfifolIvofanv.uch exnectHtiom.if thiv ak.. y . .... .. . . - . :-, ..j..--., , not under the necessity of clineirtJ Io hobesf Der Rn go. up the Kipanoke,a(mrjahied by their so desperate and absurd as to excite paly our deri- J boats as far as tbey can go,and send the Alic e aionr. ii ...i. iKvM - 4 tii ; t. u -- ' -. . - im iguwt jioruaps xo yveidon. wometaing of w.htwWiipfii,4llh Wafi-niri." 1 f ??rDO - : . mos repeated without success. i z , - "r f -" I it Deine' varv avidonttn nn. m.. 4... particuJarly -withlhb 'damned egrpes, . to use j endeivoritip lo ret awar wftht Li.LjZr, their expresaipn they were in pursuit of Govern." I fusing . to aurreoder, they raised their riflea and " ment stores. They Went to Windsor the next day. urod. vOne man was seen to fall overheard, and ' : Itis thotigbtthey will take the Alice(aa she draws " 1 , but 18 inches of water. 1 and nut a :iw trnna on 1 thm u . .n .w. C. ' m . cr-. eion. il - If is;not probable that -Europe will be deceived or autfbr iteelf to bW tantalised, 'by any such .idle proffer aa is contained in Li'npoln'a pwBclamation. Despite tbe systematid lying of-, Federal official despatches and Northern newspapers,! the English to show that the salt is superficially formed, aad thai journals eeem to be very Euccessful in arriving at there is noi probability of sucoeeSiajr in' obt&inine a J a tolerable conception of tbe reeal ' truth of our stronger water by. sinking wells. I understand from aBalr9-j must perceived ty them; that sooner man acKnowieago Liincoin s auinority, or take a permit trom his omciaJs, or pay a dime of tribute to his government,' r trade by bis gracious per- The survivor,; was seen "to paddle' band, and.the inference Is that tbe Wr' was too ineKina win tne wind. I trust our; anthoritipa have an eye to the imstterr They" ;. Jiave "several steamers at Plytaouth Friday tbey toot Major H. A. Qilliam. unde the charge of violating bis his TJaioa Editor, we are now, nominally speaking, in Yaa kee land. Our patriotic County will soon. I fear. off wjth one then tjuitkly a- liule way brought tbem ately carried a stir on the ftitTt Hl hV tna CracJC OI IWO Znui "vw Kv-ww..x - i. . Pioum w. uumuuu tu I Tf u,:t- r ni. 1 tt: jv.i t l-i.- f .L - ri j -1 .iAit( lift varrfn wact. I -t v-y . - 9 I . iun on ma wuaernsa row -"j , ew urieans. ana we may soon near of scenes nfjfKn a tn a at,?t,iai, r w in. f T tnnlr . fn SMfltMl mil tl IB- '. ' -J- f I ? . . " r " , T ! -j 1 .11.. 1 vKiAk f ttkwn a4.uiUtf VmII .P. i 1 1 4. . flio I .11 IV nan atiAta Aall.i? ItaIt. am '.ntuuitial rlin vorn nrvn in hot I WUIOOD renoveu UJ uv I .v unw. uu mwvu o.jf hud v--v. "'"') informaUon that Snidon and Belt had, by agree- deScrintlTa nen of the'readiest nr ter. or tfi ai do not furnish Indications ofthe existence of val- ment," ended 'their quarrel "In a fight with rhol J . . . - ;s . I aable aalines. No money should be expended in ex j the outside world forever J They will never pass guns, in wnica coin oi nu w """7, . - I- - " . . . , - , - :7I. - - . ' I Pong tnese neas-tne pans are au impn theattrTaecu J uuw,' ."'..""w """S. 'bs ovenme.but never ' eonauered' Our count w.onmman iha niAra or uu nimuTew vur tn ii,nnifa if tn riaoxnha and Honnnnna I .. .v.;. : u.j . .u m. '.. . t or j ranee. Oi IGT HD V TJUrnOaH I anfl.rJntTlann nnrl 1 - . V -T resnected brethren of the North uarJlina -press. . tj; -.- - . I 7 . .1.. : . '.7 Fance would dispise them If they did. ' UJV:!?- f"y"-F"'y;cuunwa in In travelinir the road U Independence, we ought occasion, on wnica a virtuous wo- wm woe.aer ws conimon sail ; jt Mr. Lincoln, then throw. his i tub to the the Stale, and her soldi'er's have borne their nart D . . - . . - .-i.Li. . .. I . .- . . a.t. ....'. til nAf. I a m mAlt trn I v rnnn I j i r ' . I - . . . r . . to reserve our shots for the iormwowy vu man ismaae ine vioum 01 ranaauasr.snouia 1 " , ; j : wnaia ue u our pan to prepare loranv advan-i of the suffering. To this fact Hatteras and Roan. missiaS, the people of the Confederate Sutes ba Cfl!le!? Pon 10 PnvYrai would, feel it their iiuty to lock, themselves from ia's late. - . What ours will be, God only kojdws. There is but one sentiment amongst ni. "Weniay tbe way side. At such a time it Is mtoleraDie to . expend our ammunition upon our traveling com panions. Richmond Enquirer. ' - If the writer in the Enquirer lived ta this State and was personally cognizant of -what the true friends of the South have had to contend with,' he would have withheld his re bate, at least so far as this paper, was con cerned. An attempt has been 'made by the the Editor of the Raleigh Sundard, .for purposes of his own selfish- ambition, to di vide the State into twoparties, and he is at this and to who shall be Governor, and who shall com pose the next Legislature of the State. By reference to the last, number of that paper, the Enquirer will see a call for a mass meet ing of what he terms "consevatives,, of this county, to be held in this city on the 81st in8t., for, the purpose of expressing a prefer ence for Governor, (an office which he is known to be assiduously seeking for himself,) and nominating candidates for the -Legislature. After .repeatedly - declaring that taste will inform any one whether .it is common salt or not I : f E. If SIMONS, State Geologist. Hon. D. M. Ban Bursas, Present.' ' i ' be the signal for the uprising of the oitizens with whatever weapons they can sieze npon ana toe turning npon meir oppressors.-. . . O H - , THE GALtANT FIFTII. : It. will be ecen from the following card from Col. Bloliae that he is anxious forthwith to raise enowgh recruits to mafco he gallant I Troops, have been appointed by , the Presi- Fifth an efficient Regiment, its ranks .having I dent' Brigadier Generals in the Provisional been greatly redneed in its desperate charge j Army of the Confederate States in the battle of Williamsburg. . Those who lAtn f hia T ammenf artll fiA f Vsan rof Kvui iVi f moment mdostnoujly at work to divide j. 0 m . , . . - I Richmond, and will have an opportunity of gitate-the people upon Ci9qaaaMmVL.iiSi tageousj and perhaps, an early peace by pushing the appliances of war with all our energies 1" We hold the enemy at bay everywhere let ua now RUMORED APPOINTMENTS. . i driw.him ! Let Gen. Johnston swiftly etrike the Tt baa nsmWmmsn on 1ia rf fnr Wpw that is to make him a name and give him . 1 - . . bia rank, among the Generals of th!a war Lei eral days that General J. G. Martion, Adju- Beanregard drive home upon Halleck,' and strive tant General of the S tate, and Col. Thomas fo; another victory. Letourcomm .nders every. - nihnrd anntc all (hoir Sntarnpia all thai cb-ill Ii. Clingraan, of the 25th Kegiment N. 0. and all their activity. They must not be afraid to trust! their- aoldiere, for no generals ever had. better, j The only question is whether tbe officers are worthy of such men and this is what we wish; them ; everywhere to prve. . . f i . - , . . vve verity Deneve mat we nave now arrested "pxjijj FIFTY-FIFTH REGISIENT. f e eDeva7 ftt points, and that to uft the future mi... ..-r.- tr.t. to T r m ' ' 19 oi hope. We believe that the next . fcw auw , MjfccgMneus . v, -troops weekg win witness crand things. Theenemvara wasorganiaea as vamp iuangam on the 19th J ooistenng up the lainng patience and, drooping much injured lo be used. Our men returned to a train of cars stationecB 01?, puuherr prisoners aboard and I to town, whence tbey t were Immed to ien. uugers headquarters., - f Their arrival here created quite - . - p . i . ;."- streets, and men. women and hnv fi,)i. a -Charge madQ byiomeof to the Custom-Hoose. Wa . -7i.. enemies at mat, piaoe. i wen, Air. I '"""f" aua posuions ofAthe officers carturrd Vnaries n Baker, Chief Englneeri J : 4" Lieut. J. W. DeFord; Signal Corps.' " .Levi S.'Btock well. Assistant Pkrm..tL7 George D, Slocum. Assistant Serveon: and fl. seamen orthe steam sloorM.f.ar ilaMichuiStts. . We ucderataiidhe iramedUte caoso of tbe Surgeon Visit to City Point was ioobedienc. to ?ntmr 9tj ! bMhottld give her medical adnee. - What truth there Is in tbia we do not know, but from bat we hear-are ta- cltned to credit it. f-.,.-; " T ve oke Island can well attiest." IiilE. .4 FROM CORINTH. I ORDER FJROtf GEO?; BE A UREGARD.P PICAVUNE BUTLER AND THE LADIES l : OF, NEW, OBLEflLNS. 1- -.. --"S 4 .CoaiNTH, - May 19. Skirmishing continues i.t .t . i.f . - 1 . .11 '- ... j'- Biuug iijq jrost, who no general result. - i -i; The fol lowing prder was issued to-day ir r Corinth, May 19. --General orders for tbe tni Ibrmation of this arm v. '-'-- 4"-"r" . - V The folio wine general orders of Maior-Gaiii Butler, commanding at New OrIeans.'will be rad i j j . : . uresa raraae: ..: , h v Theprlioners were all corafortsil cired for last nlght by order of Gen; Hoger. t . , ". i i eo9tcer4foyouag men ol Yflae appearance and intelligent. countennf.M ThJ...-. na ini.n ' a. jt . - . wuiuwj iaoBg, sua -ere;mosUy foreigners.-. j ..aii.uu iiucuiitfb as not at ailexprctior an attack from, the Confederal! at) City PoinL But for orderato the contrary, wo understand large number of officers and men 1 might" have been bargred at the Pnii.i Kru. !f mrwwtv irKI UIIV. ) t ""fMB!OTB,,aerr toe floei, UOOT the floe place in the vicinity of that city AN APPEAL FOR THE FIFTH N C : STATE TROOPS. 1 1 t This Kegiment, marching under the orders of its Generals, and unsupported by a large, portion of its associates, has been met by an overwhelming fore of the enemy, and suffered a terrible disaster. . Its effi ciency aa a Regiment baa been destroyed. Shall it perish, and its name be lost to the list of Regiments from Koith Carolina by its owa desperate valor? One hundred and fifty tried men are waiting for eomradaa to join them. Company .officers, brave and a3hXl6g: SUfd Officers were elected : ,' " 'f"; Colonel, John K." Connally, of Yadkin; Lt. Colonel, Abner 8. Calloway, Wilkes. Major, James F. Whitehead, of Pitt. THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. ': -y Headq's Dsip't of rat Go4j, V ' 2 " "New Orleanh, Jslay loth 1 As the officers and" eoldiera nf fhn TTnita the yank; ees jON jackson rtvrr The Richmond Eiamlner states that the bodv of Yankee cavalry, about three un Jred, strong, that were reported some' days .'ago t have made tneir appearanoe at Jackson Bivert Dapot,' had burned two bridges on the Central riad near thai Pltcaj'.'jQflj ifi'1 nimnUlfaithr. k JJr.' liack. spirit of their soldiers and ciUzeris," by deliberate ana yatematie falsiflcation. Jibe conduct 13 des- a native of Bedford county, but who for sev-r ' i leans, in reiurmior me raoaswupuus non-ii)- -VOM Sk-, .li v-J.;J . 1 its resources. Our work, is thus before us. and that hereafter, if any female shall by word. J county, . ureal alarm had been excited lo Buch we are able to doit! Courage, then, people and gesture, or movement, insult or show , contempt I anan and FincastlW:and- othr riortCom Itottwi soldiers of the Confederate States 1 ; And, ye poor, for any officer or soldier of the United States, she I ii-k Viv "iW-jL.Kl.'-i ' it ut W-iXwi..-.. t.: "homes. MEN 1 I miserable tribe of growlers and croakers, and ye shall be regarded ahd held liable to be treated The 17th N. C. Reiriment Was re-organized trembling prophets of evil, try and possess your a? a worn au of thetown, plying her avocation. ; I ueu " lt0" ftfA tbfl I "" SOU IB 10 pcMUQ lJi a aim nui,uu own, wd. i y - juj uuu1.1ui.u14 u-. ; f- ., ... J ' j 1 -,! - . capable, are waiting to lead them. there should be hrxi one party in the State, I ; I invoke the sympathy of the press and the people the Editor ot the Standard has been oblig- HUte w P " 01 , w ? T . . . I the patriotic young men who are ready : to stand to the luuut ftiiAC luvlw w inv) mi. charge that ' npon his shoulders rests the responsibility of whatever mischief may en sue from. this division of the people.! He commenced months , ago, . and has continued np to the present time, a war .upon the Ad ministration of the Confederate Government, and npon all who would not join him n his assaults npon it. . His paper is the ready me dium of every complaint against the author ities, State and Confederate.' -Under the on the 17th instant. The following are the Field'Officers elected : .. ' . Colonel, William F. Martin, Pasquotank. L-Colonel, John C. Lamb, of Martin. Major, Thomas H. Sharpe, of Hertford. .-D- In the. list of contributions to the trust and believe, you will see what will ; matte' you forever as" much ashamed of yourselves as all gOOU C1UZBU4 ilVW BIB. defenoe of our country in'' the hour of her extreme j Gunboat "Fund published -in our last the fol- need to join and swell my little band. j i' I should rejoice, on reaching Raleigh oa Monday next, to be able to carry to Virginia a complete Regi ment, -that the 6th may strike another' blow for free dom in the great day not fax distant, fj v : " - . - ; ; d. k.mcRae, I v". Colonel 5th N. C. State Troops. : lowing were omitted : Mrs. K. P.'Battlo, Mrs. Wm. R. Cox, $25 00 25 00 CASUALTIES IN THE FOURTEENTH 'v;'' REGIMENT. ; ; We are indebted to Mr. W. J J Palmer for the following aoonrate list " of tissual ties in sniise of the private soldier's especial friend, 1j4f, v n nL;marttL Lv.'-.i. , 4 ' ' -1.1 AIM. A.-. W. V6IUH,U. .AA .AA . S"" ne nas enaeavorco m everv pusaiuio way w ft .f wmt.m.Kn-.. - - . I iuwui mm T 1UI.IU9UW1C sow tne seeas ox aisoouient ui iuc raiuu w the army by holding the men np as the sub jects of nojast treatment on the part of the publie authorities. He has in his paper at tributed every enormity to (he Confederate Administration,' and charged j that it would wind up with "repudiation" italicising his charge and begging that his prediction might be "marked." Although he himself, as a member cf the State Convention, signed the Ordinance of Secession, he has been un , remitting in bis denunciations of those whom ihe terms "precipitators" or'original seces sionists," while he has been profuse ; in his laudations of those whom he terms "old Union men." In the commencement of. this war, he declared that the responsibility for the blood shed in it would rest npon J efFer son Davis and the Southern Confederacy, and if he has ever recanted "Jhatcharge. be has certainly not done so through the medium of -his newspaper, or ia any other publio manner that we have heard of. The inevitable ten dency of this conduct on the part of the Ed itor of the Standard was, if he had any in fioence whatever, to render the people dis satisfied', and canie themUo murmur about the privations and bereavements necessarily entailed by this war for our independence". , Under these .circumstances, we ask the En quirer if we would not have been'derelict to our duty as the Editor of a newspaper if we "had remained silent, and permitted the mis- . ehievous course of the RaleigK Standard ; to go on unexposed and nnrebuked ! 7; ? V-J ' In conclusion, we beg the Enquirer to look , at the number of the Standard of May 21st, LIST OP THE KILLED' AND . WOUNDED IN THE Urn REGIMENT N. C, TROOPS IN THE ' BATTLE OF MAT 5th, NEAR WILLIAMS BURG.' - . ' -5 : , Co. A, Roanoke1 JU 'inute Men. , ' Private Peter BeswelL slightly wounded." . - Co. B. . T" . Third Serjeant R. M. Snider, slightly wounded. ' . : Co.' CJAniom. Outrd, Prirate Jamea UL Smith, very slightly woanded. - ' ! Co. E. Oak City Gunrdi. ' " Private E. Holmes, killed. ; ! , N 1 Prirate Li H. Powers, killed. ' ; : 4 ". - - Private B. M. Yarborough, slightly wounded. " ; Sergeant W. Hamilton, mortally woanded and sup. posed to be dead. ' '--, :: ' - ' ;' " j Co. Q. Reed Qardu t Private John D. Badgett, killed, i :;. j. Private Cornelias Hobbs, killed. (? ! . Private Q. W. Taylor, mortally woanded. Corporal T. M. Lea, slightly wounded. ? j : - 'i Co U-rStanIy Jfarkem&i. : ? ' 'i; , . Private EbinTowdeiwiaortally wonaded! , ui Co. LXxtffAMkrlTt7(f Cat: "'.. , Private R. A. Penny, kiUed. .: ' ' . , . ; - , : Private' Monroe Porringer, Slightly' wooadedL y ; : Co. K.Raleig RifiH, 'J- ' . . ' - Private John Liassiter, killed. ' , ; ",:. RICHMOND IMPREGNABLE. . We saw an intelligent genUeman just from Richmond on Thursday evening who' told us that Richmond is completely impregnable from the River side. - '." f ' THE MONITOR PRISONERS. ;.." - -' The prisoners from the Monitor; taken at City Point were carried through this place, on Wednesday, on rtheir way to the summer quarters provided for them in Salisbury". DT We are indebted to Mr. J. W. Mar tin and Dr. -LongK of Ashe County, for club of fourteen srijscTiberf; ;:(-: j - THE LINCOLN RULE IN NASHVILLE, Charles" Bealy. who formerly, represented the Fifth District of renneassee In the United States Con gress ; Joseph U. Eye, cashier pf the Branch Bank of Tennessee at Columbia ; ; Major Wm. Ledbetter and D. D. Wandel, of Murfreesboro', have been arreited for treason, and are now con- ned at Nashville. 4 1 ' Andy Johnson, ! the "Military Governor," has informed the directors of the State Bank at JJash ville, who gave lip the assets of the institution to the Confederate leaders, that they must make a return of every cent of the" amount which be longed to the StateT The directors, are wealthy,, and have large interests in and around Nashville. SxascpiDiBS RicLBASXD. The Knox ville Reg ister learns that about 300 of the "prisoners cap tured by Capt. Ashby, and sent to Madism, Georgia, have been released by the Goyerhmenl all of them taking the oath of allegiance to tbe Confederate Government, and many of them vol unteering. Some the volunteer's have been- sent Corinth, others to! Charleston, S. C. i We, trust that the leniency of the Government towards these misguided men' will not jbe' abused. ' .. : i t j CONFEDERATE ARMY ORDER, 4 Telegraphed from Rich mondj Va.,' to General I - - M.LovelK , C'r v' ; j- ,' l ' May 2d, 1862.! '' J The following dispatch was sent to you on the 25th nit . A. T. BLEDSOE, Assistant Secretary of War; It has bean determined to burn all4he Cottons abdTobftcco, whether foreign or our owno prevent it from fulling into the hands of the enemy. ; . You will, therefore, destroy it all if necessary to prevent them from getting it." " L j (Signed) , v G. W. RANDOLPH, 4 .' , ' ' U-Secretary ot War. f 4 SraioricxKT. On the night of 5th inst, Gensi Beauregard and Polk were surenadeq at Corinth by the excellent bras band belonging to General Priee'a division. In reeponse to the compliment GeneraBeauregard made a speech, in which he said he hoped soon to be in possession of some northern cities to compensate for the loss of New Orleans. ' ... "'J -'-V. :'!"' ''' " '-' ' 'YxLtow- FivR.-The first ? case of .yellow fever made its appearance in New prleanson the second insl., since which several additional cases. have occurred. C The new, occupants of the Cres-; cent City will find themselves in veryuncom fortable quarters before long, j There , will be plenty of food for yellow Jack to operate on this aeason- fl-"i's t-;:"t-' J:--." -- Vi-z r-A 7. L5f' f -BrjBiaKa THCoTTOs. We are glad to learn (says the -Vlckaburg Whig) that the cottor all along' the river j is" being burned.'. 7Some nine thousand bales have been . destroyed ..between Ticksburg and Grand Gulf. Judge Perkins alone consigned thirteen hundred bales to the flames It is also being destroyed at every plantation above on the river. jlel it all be buxeod, no mat tex to whom it may belong'. 1 : - 1 CONPKDKKATB S XATKS OF AMERICA, -iv - j Headquarters, Ddpartmeiit No. l. ji '. . . - i , May ?,U862. Ckmrt McnrefLa''., General Order' No. 17.'. I .' The enemy,' by an : overwhelming naval force; having succeeded in passing1 'the defences . and gaining jpoaession of theor y pf New Orleans, are jubilant; in the boast, that. the. struggle which a gallant people are making from a bondage to which death would be preferable, is rapidly closing in disgrace and humiliation JO the South; . Tbey claim that the great Valley of the West being opened, tbe remotest commercial interest Of the civilized, word will have cause to side with them in the iron handed controversy which they are now waging , upon us ; for the reason that cotton will now flow frfm every tributary of the Mississippi to seek a market under their protection , in tbe porta of ;Europe ; for with that staple they kndw full well .hat a brief period will put ' an end to their attempt ; to conquer ' the South. ; It is with tbe people to decide this question fo r themselves. K you are resolved to be free if you are worthy of. the heroic blooi that has come down td you through' hallowed generations, if you have fixed vour undimmed eye.; upon " the brightness :that spreads but before you and your, children, and are determined to shake away i foreve- and ever, all political association with the vandal ..orde that now gathera ike a pestilence about your fair country nnw, how, my fellow citizeDa, is , the lime to strike!; I One. sparkling, living touch of lire in. manly action for one hour upon each cotton plan tation, and the eternal seal of Southern Indepen dence is jit ed and fixed in the great heart bf Ihe world. . .. ,. - r.'-'-; ' ;'i7- - ' It needs' no argument to show that with the destruction of negro property the cotton and su gar lands of the South would be worthless,; and that the! mighty effort of this Abolition war ia for that purpose is ; amply proved by a .thousand e vidences unnecessary to refer to ia this order,and which are: rapidly culminating in; jthe various schemes of tbe Federal Congress in reference .to the destruction of the slaveholding interests ia all the border States. ; i f J.;;-7 V-'i"? i Your. Major. General calls in this hour of dan ger for one horoic effort and he feels consciously proud that he will not call in vaipj . Let not a solitary bale of cotton be left as spoil . for the in vader, and ail will be well. -:' By order of '.S; ; f 'I Major General IXJVEJX: - J. G. Picxxtt, Assistant Adjutant Gen'l. ' ' ' ... .-I ... . . .-! !' Abraham Lincoln visited Norfolk on the 12th last He was coldly received. - . ' ' v Men of the South I shall our : mothers,, wives, daughters and sisters be thus outraged by the rutaaniy soldiers or the North, to whom is given tbe right to treat at their pleasure the jadies I of tnecJotttn: as common harlots 7 - Arouse, friends, and drive back, from pur soil the infamous inva ders of our homes; and tbe disturbers of our fam ily lies.'' . ' t ' " ''-. ' v ir,::1-:. ; (jgnee : ; ; u. x iixt.VRzaA.BJ,: --' .- General Commanding;. aBRILLIANT affair in western vir4 . , .-- v.- GIN I A. , ' ... .. . J Ltstchcboro, May 50. Ws have- further au. tbenuc intelligence of the fight in Giles county on Saturday last. - TheYan kees were . dri ven from their positie with a nissvof forty-three kill ed and a large number wounded. On Monday even ; ng our iprces again attached the enemy,; com leteiy routing nim wuing a and e pturine Our troops were in hot pursuit of. the enemy ben the courier who brought the information to 'ubhn.left the arm vl Our loaa In both fiVhta waa niy lour killed and twenty-three woanded. ;r tThe enemy, U Js hopedt will be dispersed or ptured. The enemy's dead in both, fights were leit on me neKU-Ct -v.it'.- '",'-. " ; From tbe following from the Examiner It wil be seen that the above is. officially confirmed : A FIGHT AN D CONFEDERATE VICTORY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.: Of5cial d ispatches addressed to .General Lee reached here last evening, conveying intelligence of a considerable route of tbe Yankees in Souths western Virginia by the combined forces of Gen erals , Jtleth and MarsfiaU. It appears that the enemy were attacked and rotated in Giles, county by General Heth, and on their retreat they ell in with the forces of Genera) Marshall, nearly their entire command ; (they, are represented to. have "been twenty five hundred strong) being captured and taken prisoners. There are various accounts of the affair. We hope they: will not dwindle down to nothing like tbe preceding reports from tbe same quarter a short time since.1, - t i-y-i un :: ; v - - .. '" y FROM CORINTH. ; v : CoBiirrny May 18 via Mobile, 9ih Heavy skirmishing took place yesterday and to-day,. Theedemy attacked our pickets along the centre, add brought up their artillery, when the fighting ! became very severe. ' Our, casualties are. forty killed and wounded. .We took several prisoners A battle is expected daily...;';:-:. i';'' ! General Beauregard har issued an order award, ing a badge of merit to every officer and soldier distinguishing: himself in -battles , hereafter the names of. such to be reported to a military com mission, on ;. whose recommendati on he will - re-' ceive the ' reward of patriotism from the hands of .the General. ;'';-;"' ' -'; " . Mobixe, May ldth. A special dispatch te the Advertiser, dated Corinth, 18tn Inst, says Cant.' Avery, of . the Georgia 'Dragoons successfully penetrated ihe enemy's lines two nights since, and discovered the whole Federal army moving from, the ri ver upon our position, fortlfyint as tbey ad vanced; also, bringing Op siege guns of. immerse size. There was considerable movement of the auemy on our ngnt jass niguu v-t - f; ,vr?j"v 1 , una 01 Jlorgsn's men arrived last night, and reports that Morgan lost twenty killed and woun ded, and forty prionersin the fight at Lebanon Morgan's force killed sixty Federals and captured 140, but was compelled to retire, a heavy Federal 4 't. Thb Poucr ortHf Waa. From anfarticie 1 force being near, coming ta attack. Morgan siwing nsa are. coming in. . . I. to a recent number of the New N York Herald we take the following: :; .:.7!;'." -.?. "-( :'- '. ! By precipitating battles at the two laces named (Corintb and ! Richmond,) we risk, fin ca.S of a ' dieaster, the indefinite protraction of the war By enclosing the Confederates withn a net work from .which tbey cannot escape, and starving them, into submission,, wegsin two objects which the country would be .'gratified to; accomplUh that of sparing the further effusion cjf "Wood, and ; capturieg and punishing the rebel leaders.; This line of policy cannot been trusted into better bands' than those of Generals McClellao and Halleck If the Government consult the intfresU and feel ings of the country, it will support ihem in onr suing IU.-KU-- ' i s 1 -. '. V.: -v- DARTNG EXPLOIT OF COL. MORGAN 1 ! CAPTURE OF A FEDERAL PA I'M ASJ- TER. Atjousta, May 20. The. Atlanta Confedera cy, of this morning, says that after the affair at Sparta; CoL Morgan went iotd Kentucky till le strack the "railroad above Bowllog Green burnt two trains add a depot, took the Federal paymas ter, wun jy,uyu, ana captured one bandred. Fed erals.whoqa hearole and sent to Louisville. CoL. Morgan has since been in Chattanooga, r a. ' DIED: v. : - v In RalelghJ on the 10th of May. Miss SARAH L. HILL,' daughter of. Dr. .rat. 0. lilt t. i . t , Miss Hill was a most consistent; aarnsst and asefol Christian lady. At tbe time of her 1 death . she bad) been a member of the Methodist E. Chareh, South. for nearly 12 "years." Daring alt that time she' was ' j prominent for her seal, actlrity aad splrluallty. Ev-, 1 try department of religions endeavor bore the mark .' . of her faith, humility and. tenderness. iSbe loved the iastitations, the erdinanees and saeramsnta of Chris, tianlty, because through them she eoold advance the interests of the gospel, and enjoy its consolations in . her own heart.. The writer of .(his communication was with her tnaoy times In her last s'cknei. H In. variably found her calm, stable and 'eenudent la her ' piritaal experience. Sue mani!ested no rsptai, such as is often manifested by Christians la jth last hear, . but her reliance upon Christ, notwithstanding, waa such as to impart comfort and eacoorSrement to Bar '' relatives and friends. May the loved ones left U- ' hind, as well 4a her- companions tor spiritual assecia eUtlons, profit by her example, aad straggle to attain ' unto the fruition of eternal life. t , JOHlf S. X0N0 QTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA k7 WELL f;.V CALD- COUNTY Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions May Term, A. D. 1862.: L "f Sarah A- Pnett, V . - :" vs. ' -' -rr- Petition for Power. sWm..M. Paett, J v I -- It appeariagti the satisfaction of the Conrt that of the heirs at law Of Joaevh PaetL deeeased. vie : . . John W. Poett. Tilmon Moofe and hla wife dvire. John A. Paett, Wat. M. Pnett. Jeseih IN. PaetL SU- ah 8 Paett and Piakney; A. Paett : the followlflg, . k wi ; oan u, raeti, xumon sioore ua sw wun; Elvira, and Joseph N. Paett, are not resUentt of this State, bat reside beyond tbe limits of the saas there. fore, it is .-ordered by the Co art fbat publioatloa be made in the Raleigh Register, a paper Iprinted in the City of Raleigh, for six aaeoassive weeks, ncAifiag t the said John If. Paett, Til on Moor and bis wife Elvira, and Joseph N. PaetL te be and appear at the . next term of this CoorL to be held for the Cnty of CiJdweU.at the Court Iloase in Lenoir, ea the first , Monday in "Aagust next, then and there 4e shew eaase, . If any they ean, way said dower shall not t lau ot, . , according ta tha prayer of the petitioner on IW Um . lands of her deceased husband, Joseph PaetL . Tastei! JjCTHKO R. WiLSOIT, V- v. toy 2-wew ' 1 Ci 'I! -j 't t : -.:
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