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&?yzrrer ? w -.1. : 14 s . i YOL. LX1I Tha Weekly Register Ii pabliihsd Try Wednesday morning, t $1.00 Cr Ann am, payable invariably in advance; Subscri rs are notified three tnki before then: sabseription yean expire by cross-mark a tbe margin of their papers, od if advaneo payment la not sent for anoUu ,ear, their sum will be stricken from oar list at , .?riiAB of the subscription year. This rule Will continue to be inflexibly adhered to. RALEIGH, X. C. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1862. WHO IS IC North Carolina. 'RESPONSIBLE! is. this lomroer racked by the throes ef f party can va if th public atten tion ball be diverted from the might struggle upon tfce result of which depcnda all that renders life worth, having upon the shoulder of the Jid itor of the Raleigh Standard will rest the respon sibility for the evils which may ensue- His in tense selfishness and insane ambition bare divided aneonle who. but for his machinations, would I M ' now hare been unitedly engrossed with but one object and aim that of securing their liberty, now aoiminentlv iuiDerilled. A brief recurrence to r&tt events will expose the conduct of the Ed . itor of the Standard. From the moment that the Charlotte Convention in 1858 failed tonomi . nate him as a candidate for the Governorship, the conduct of the Editor of the .Standard became such as to render him an orject of suspicion to the old Democratic patty. They believed that be was a better H olden man than a Democrat, and ' whm, in . 1860, he boxed the compass between 4 Douglas and Breckinridge, and in his heart "pray ed for Governor Ellis' defeat, they determined to throw him overboard, and accordingly refused to re-elect him to the office of State Printer, an of. flee which bad enriched him and pampered bira into arrogance and insolence. Here, then, the F.Hitr of the Standard found-hims'elf without a party, and for months his mind was agonized by the question, "Where ami to go T" By and by the troubles came on., and the Union was dfefslved, and with its dissolution an end was put. to all old rjartv issues. Here was a chance for the Editor of the Standard. He knew it would be vain for him to attempt to regain the good graces of those who formed the old Democratic party. His treachery to them was too fresh and recent So be d mined to pay court to prominent jmen (eucb as Graham, Gilmer, Badger & Co.) who were mem bers of the old Whig party, which he deserted twenty years ago. Accordingly hb commenced operations in the Convention, to which body he was eleeted by a majority of 5 votes,' and soon U was apparent that he was forming a party for his on a purposes, and regardless oi the i o teres U of the State or country. In his paper he became abusive of everything done by the authorities, State or Confederate, and in proces of time drew a line between those whom he denounced as "Pre cipitators" because they were in favor of Seces sion, while he was charging thebloedshed incur red by disunion on Jefferson Davis' and the Con- federals States and those whom he eulogizes and glorifies as "old Union men." In his own lan guage, the 'original Secessionists are Destrue- .1 II 1 -V ..1 TT! H lltn..-At.nn uves, ana me oia union uieu - wuuoi At the same time that he was doing this, he was counting op, the chances of, having himself made Governor in the event of the Convention deter-; mining to elect that officer.' i - Such has been the course of the Editor of tha Standard np to the present time, and such is the mode which be has taken to repair bis broken polit ical fortunes, careless of the mischief which he may cause In the division of a people whose dearest in. - terests depend on a thorough union among them selves. If Ms denunciations of Secessionists and his eu'ogies of "eld Union men" mean anything if they are anything but senseless gabble, they must mean that secession or disunion was a great evil, and thai he and the "old Union men" desire to repair it by the reconstruction' of the Union. TVe repeat that this must be the meaning of these denunciations on the one hand and praises on the other. The human mind is inadequate to the conception f any other meaning hich ean be attributed to the language of the Editor of the Standard. . . !.. : It is upon such an issue as this that he desires to go before the people of thia State, and we can . not permit ourselves to doubt that the candidates whom he endorses will everywhere meet with a signal overthrow. We are very sure that he will come out and deny that this is the issue ; but we tell him plainly that bis denial will not be Worth a button as long as he brands Secessionists as 'De t strnctivea' and holds up "old Union men a8 Conservatives." If he has .thought proper to put out a senseless party cry for his own selfish .purposes, he and those who co-operate with him . most pay the penalty of it. Secession was either right or wrong. If right, the conduct of Seces sionists is to be commended. If wrong, the con duct of the entire State Convention, of which he was a member, is to be reprobated. We say that stcfsion was right. If he says it was wrong, and thus convict himself of infidelity to the best interests of his State and country, let him say so like a m&n, and let the people judge between us. - - . -1 "CONFEDERATE" versus "CONSERVA " ' ' -TIVE." . -V It will be seen by to day's paper that Moaes A. Bledsoe, Esq., announces himself as the "Cbnfed erate" candidate to represent this county ia the State Senate. think this a very excellent term to distinguish those who are for sustaining the Confederate .Government from those styling themselves "Conservatives" who are making war . upen it, whik the Yankees are engaged in a sim ilar operation. Col. Johnston ia the Confederate candidate for Governor, and his election . t the Executive chair will let the Yankee know in an- mistakeable language that there is not a sufficient amount of "conservatism, in this State to war rant any hope on their part that it will ever ra ame its stand under the flag of the old Unien. - 'Confederate" rsUonaervative." -This is the . ,uit !t Und aPn the docket, and as it will be tried by the people on the first Thurs day in August. - . .GOVERJTOR STANLY- TRYING- TO PI.AY THE flOFT-SOAP. GAME. A gentleman has placed us In possession of. a copy of the New York Herald of the 4th instant, from which we shall, as we likeiit, make an occa sional extract, .always hoping thVt we shall not be Indicted for circulating 'inceDdiary matter" for so doing. Tha following will show that Govern or Edward Stanly is trying to .reconcile the peo ple in his department to Lincoln's bondage : From the New York Herald. OUR NEWBERN CORRESPONDENCE. -, ; NrwBiCHir, N. Cl May 31, 1862. cn tienttv ... - " J . Rigorou'Aprttor Act of Governor Stanty The Fanatical Abolitionists lie Id In Check, and Loyal Sentiment More Developed in Conseqaence Negro Schools Closed and ' Negro Brunettes of Sixteen returning' to Their Owners Two Leading Greeleyltes Sent to New York, and Joy of the Natives Wretched Conduct of some Black Massa chusetts Volunteers, ke. 'ij I The peace policy of tb3 administration . as shown in the action of Governor Stanly at this place, is going -on splendidly. The abolitionists are find ing considerable mora difficulty ip making their living under Governor Stanly than under Gener al iiurnside. . :j S'nce the arrival of this discreet," cocfirrRtive and firm minded man, to-day, We have had four successive acts of bold policy, which, if be do?s nothing more, will more than, repay the govern ment for sending him here. 1;. These ac's may ba enumerated, tha First Closing the schools for; the neeroe?. - These schools-were the cause of ithe most intense annoyance to the large number of faithfully loyal men of .Newborn. .Never before the arrival of that crazy abolitieui.t, dubbed with the title of Doc tor" Colyer, was ' there such a thlnz heard "of as a negro learning to read. The fmpudence of a woolly headed, urchin running up to a white boy and faying, "Aha! lam learning to read too,"t bicn is now heard constantly, Was never though oi. More than one of our old citizens have been heard to declare "that if it was for the military "that fellow that taught .then! would have his neck stretched." Your correspondent has alluded to it before, but altogether too mildly. Well, all this was, brought I a close on , Wednesday by Governor Stan lyrery quietly hintirig to Colyer that there was a law oi N. C. that made such a teacher as he liable to sil. months in tbe State prison, and telling him that it would bo ai necessi ty laid upon him as Governor to apply that law to friend Colyer if complaint sboqjd chance to be made him. - The result wa, "Brother" U. closed his schools, amid many wailing?, lamentations, sobbings, rubbings of noees. &.0 , tosay nothing f exirametis ana penumes, mat evening. Second The next good rap tha Governor gave this class of abolitionists was to make them re turn the stolen negrcea. they weie harboring in their houses andtrvinc to run North. Nicholas Bray, a roan of mild and gentlemanly deport- i a. V- . 1 . . " . 1 meni appiiea 10 governor otaniy ior rearess, ne having lost two darkey wotnen, one a very lively looking brunette, of rapturous sixteen, for whom a man famous for his fraternization ideas had of fered the nice fat sum of $1,500. ji The Governor at once helped Bray, and told him to take his property wherever he could find it.. He did eo at onoe, orrytsg on bome in nia -barouche, although ehe feigned sickness, aod giving Culver's resting place a gooa overnauliRg lor tne other. Ihatnight,however.a party of volunteer solaiers from one of the Massachusetts regiments fres love rights men and true to thoir principles, went to this poor -man's houga, broke open his door, frightened his sensitive wife because she had he roically assisted her husband in tbe capture of ms property, stole once more his slave girl, set hre to nil house and decamped. The next day tbe Governor gent word to ail the captains in port that if they took away a amglo negro rJorth their ships, on their, return to jncw bern, would be confiscated. : , That same afternoon H. H. Helper, who has been a constant hanger on-to the army ever since i s arrival here, and getting his living out of the fat crib' of tbe United States government, pre tending to be on secret service, burning bridges, Ac., wrote an impudent lett;r to the. Governor, presuming to criticise bis conduct for the before mentioned acts. For this he waj quietly reques ted to report himself in New York as soon as possible, Dan Messenger, our gallant Provost, giving him additional quietus In ithe -shape of an extra shot, telling bira if he (Messenger) found him in Newborn after the departure of tno next steamer he would send him to jsil and leed him on tough beef. Helper cleared that afternoon, a3 did Colyer. also, and so your city will have two more pets for Oreeley to lubricate; " Uf course all this has cheered up tbe drooping spirits of the long prostrated and abused loyal people of Newbern. Once more they see day light, and the prospect of the good Old North Siate coming back into the Union was never brighter and more hopeful. A few more such good moves on the part-of the administration as the appointment of Governor btanly, and we shall have, a happy return' , to peace. The old States, seeing the great misapprehension they have been under, would return to. their allegiance, for sake the error of their ways, and all would be - " !' Fob THa Registee". GEN. BRANCH AND HIS SLANDERERS. - The following card has been sent to us by Gen Branch for publication. It explains itself : Hxad Q's 4th BaioADi Light Divwiok , V . I os tux Chickaominy, June 9, 1862. . I "have been j informed by several friends in North Carolina that ah. anonymous letter signed Hanover," published in the Richmond Exami ner t has been re-published in mostj of the papers in the State, and that on it a public opinion has been formed, very Unfavorable to me, and which it will be almost impossible to change. The author of that letter was lit. William T. Nicholson, Adjutant of the 37th Regiment, coin manded by ColJ Charles C. Lee. I A public opinion that would oonsign me to dis grace on such evidence, I cannot be expected to have either the hope or desire to change. But for the satisfaction of those who feel an interest in my reputation, and still more to quiet the ap prehensions of those whoso sons are entrusted to my command, Ii wish it known that General Lee, the veteran commander of all the Confederate armies, not knowing me personally, nor having the least reason to favor me above any other offi cer nndef bis command, fbut I fear before he ..... t ... - read Hanover's letter) has written me a letter in which he says, I take great pleasure in express ing my approval of the manner in which you h'ave discharged the duties of the position in which you were placed." . ' .Not in the nature of an appeal from this em- to whom all the facts were known, but to spread upon the records of the War Department Ih'cr evidence of those facts than my own report, I have asked for a" court of inquiry t before which Col. Lee and hi Adjutant will be called to tes tify. As many of the best known officers of my Brigade as the cdurt shall have time and patience to examine will be before it. The court will be requested to call! them indiscriminately, without suggestions from myself. The doors of the court will be wide open to ! critics, whether taey are mere calumniators or hi nk themselves robbed of their ey have not been appointed to . t '""'' i: .'-v no 24 - , , ,, ,. .. .,, ,t, , I I 3- f RALEIQH WEDNESDAY MOEN1NG, JUNE 17, 1862. Prom the Richmond Whig-J LATEST FROjH LINCOLNOOM. NORTHERN ACCOUNT OP THE BATTLES honest fools who deserts because t command armies I shall prove well. THE EDITOK OF THE STANDARD HARD 4 RUNHE DISCOVERS A MA1.ES NEST; , The Editor of the "Standard," in bis last issue, copies an article apologetic of Mr. Stanly's nc ceptance of the nomination as Black Republican candidate for the Governorship .of California, which he says he found in a number of the Pe tersburg Intelligsncor published in AugU3t, 1557, which paper, he asserts, was then edited by the present Editor of the"Register.w This assertion, like most of those, made by the Editor of the Standard" is grossly, false. We have never written an editorial article in the Petersburg In telligencer since the st of January, 1857, and in April of that year sold the Intelligencer Office to Messrs. McDonald & Page. To the best of our recollection, we never saw the article from the r Intelligencer, until We saw it quoted in the last Standard. We purchased this paper in December, 1856, and the Intelligencer was edited by a friend until April,' 1857, when, as above stated, we sold it to .Messrs. McDonald & Page. Will the Stan dard retract its charge J Rons verrons. ( P. S.: Friday I J o'clock, m1 1 We have just seen the Standard, and it actually does us the justice to say that it was mistaken In saying that we were the Editor of the Petersburg Intelligencer in 1857, and ".also admits that the' Register spoke of 8tanya conduct in California ia language of just reprehension. Will wonders never cease 7 fore the court, by as; many wit nesses as the court will allow to be'examined 1st.. That my Headquarters, instead of being more than a mile distant, were less than 300 yards from the centre of, my Brigade, wher? I bad slept on a bench in my clothes the night before. 2nd. That Latham's battery and all; the Infan try Regiments, exicept Col. Lee's, were ordered under arms, and Latham sent to reply to the en emy's artillery, byj myself. .That I reached Col. Lee's camp, which was my extreme left and near est to the-enemy, within five minutes! after he did himself, and before bis Regiment had; got out of camp. j , f'Thatl was twice at Latham's battery whilst the artillery flringj was t going on no infantry being engaged on j either sideand was all along iny line giving directions to commanding, officers, and making the necessary dispositions to meet, the attack; what thesd dispositions were yfill; be shown by the statement of the officer? who were directed to execute; them. All this and much more will be shown, not wJlhstandinir. " Hanorer" says I reached the Held after Latham's battery had been withdrawn. 3rd. "I will show thatevery Rsgijnent I had, ex cept Campbell's 7th N; . C, which I held in reserve, was engaged in' services of the mofet important character, the withdrawal from which would have exposed my Brigade to instant rout and capture, and that as soon as I could withdraw it frrm the service it was or), the 331 Regiment wa3 sent to Col. Lee. I vrill show that for three hours cou riers were arriving 'with scarcely intervals of ten minutes from Col. Robertson of the 4th Va. Cav alry, a brave and experienced officer, informing me that a heavy ' column of the e.iemy, having driven his Regiment, wore advancing rapidly on my rear from Hanover C.H-r aQd from the Cav alry pickets on tha Ashcake road, to the effect that a column was' approaching my rear from that direction, and was driving them in. Con-, tiding in Col, Hardemans, of the 45th Georgia Regiment, whom I bad ordered to hold the mouth of the Ashland road at whatever cost, and in the tried courage and disipline of tha 7th N. C. io cover the retirement of my command from the field, I maintained my position until neai sunset, in the hope that reinforcements would arrive and enable me to cut my way through to Col. Lane. When I ordered the withdrawal, the steadiness of the, 7th ennbled me to effdet it in perfect order. I saw the eagerness of the 7th to participate, nd T knew Col."Lee's desire that they should, but I appreciated toA much my responsibility as a commander to gratify either. Col. Lea had al ready reported to me that bis own Regiment had j dispersed aad could not be collected. Havjng been forced to the mortifying extremity of bringing nay indivdual. actwn to the attention of my peers and associate! in arms, now that the thoughts of all are engrossed by the great trans actionsjn which we are participating, j . ' : I sball rest my reputation upon their verdict. Whilst I shall not attempt to forestall the judg- 1 ass no suspension of it. Through the courtesy of Lieutenant Wt H. Vernon, of the 2d -Virginia Attillery, we ere enaWed.Jat evening, to examine a eonv of ih New York Herald, of? the 5th instant, containing a detailed account of the two days' fight near Richmond, which has been stvled "Tha Rattla of Seven Pinea." As we were not permitted to put the paper, we can only give the spirit of the ic- count by copying its captions, and -the sqDstapce of the most interesting and striking passages, i f The heading in large type is. ".MeClellans 6p-eration$--The Great Battle Before Richmond The Three Days-Desperate Struesle Over Five Thousand Rebels Killed and Wounded, and Fif teen Hundred taken Prisoners Our Loss Esti mated at Less than Four thousand in Killed! and Wounded Our Spladdld Bayonet Charges,"; &c. The writer commences by saving, Aholher field has been made glorious by the success of ur arms." There, have been but few battles so fatal to oScwi. Three brigadiers on our 'aidei were! hit. Some; brigades were left without ft Colonel, land no brigade But lost one or more of its Colonels. Line officers, too, fell in great numbers. ; j I ana alter nre tore through the rebel ranks.ibut could; not break thorn. ; i Casey's di vision was faurly driven into his first- line of de fence, and the enemy advanced sgainst that. i 1 bo rebel line again began it .temple advance. They reached the redoubt and rifle x&U and stormed both. In the redoubt was left Bates' whole batlerv'. and two of Snratt's eani. hec&tiga they could not ee taken away, but every gun was spiked. After tha los3 of Casey's last po sition Gen. Heintzleman arrived upon the fl4ld andafsumed the command that bad previously been held by Gen. Keys. At two o clock ithe Williamsbuag road was lined witli a -stream of men on their way to the rear. Generals Keys and Couch bolh endeavored to arrest this rear ward stream, at first by moral suasion and sub sequently -, by a guard. y It seemed tht the enemy s advance was checked, for iie Wfts fairly stopped in the swampy gr6und near tbe Nine Mile Road, but he tried again, and again our line gave away." J ; ff ; in thisBtyie, tne writer procee3s with his adr- tailed jaccount of the first day's fighting. M TheHerald, in us editorial account of the bat tle claims, of course, a Federal victory. If says "we took 1500 prisoners, and killed and wounded. 5:500."(t!) "Our loss was nearly eight hundred kiUed,&na aboui 3.000 woundett." ' "The rebels took no prisoners at all.but retreated before the ir resistible sweep of our patriotic army." , Oenj Wassell was wounded in the shoulder.- Gen. Howard twice in the arm;' the arm has been amputated. ' . k .' . : Among me neia omcers Kiiiea are tbe toiiow?- mg: VERlr LATEST FROM THE NORTH. .The Petersburg "Express" has received a copy of the Nw York "Herald1 of the . 7th ifist , from wnicne make the following extracts: YANKEES UPON 2 BE BATTLE OF "SEV- EN PINES." . Col. G. D. Baily, 1st N. Y. Artillery. Col. U. L. Raker, Anderson Zouaves, 62d New York, j - - Col. Eiwin Rose, 81st New York: Col. S. A3 Dodge, 8 7th j New Y.rk ; Col. Jl M. Brown, 100th, 'New York : Col. O. H. Rjppery, 61s Pennsylvania; Col. James Miller, $ 1st PennsyU vania. ! I: i The Herald claims that the "whole of the 8ti Alabama Regiment" 'were taken prisoners, 'ara( gives a long account of the regiment and it ocersi - : .- ;' !-'' . LI A correspondent of tha Herald, at the "White House,'f under date of 5th inst.,Eay8 ; j "We have had three days of the most sanpuina ry battling with a loss on our side of killed, wounl ded, and missing of not less thanoW thbusajina) nien, The enemy's lots will not sum lets than! this, If it does not far exceed it. - Our ar4 my have only made good their original position! we nav$ gained no vantage ground. ' i . FKOM HA.LLECK 8 ARMY. The Herald publishes j the following lying des-l patch with a great display of black type. , Halleck's Headquarters, June 4, 1862. Hoh. EJM. Stanton, Secretary of War ; rope with 40,000 men is; thirty FROM THE PENINSULA TERIBLE LOSS ES OF THE; REBELS TEN THOUSAND KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING. McClellak's Headquarters, June 6. Two deserters who came in this mornine, state that Gen. Joe Johnston was seriously if not mortaily wounded through the groin, by a minnie ball, du ring the late battle. . ;i Gen. Gustayus W. Smith is now in command.! Other information received goos to corroborate these; facts." '' These deserter state that tha rebel loss is esti mated at 10,000 in killed, wounded and niis- No material change has taken place in-the po sition ot tfce enemy. ' ' " A negro has arrived here who left Richmond yesierdayHe represents things a In terrible ttte of ooinfusian. and .uncertainty", No troops are in the city excepting those doing guard dirty , ana tending to tne sick and wounded, all being compelled to remain outside. There were no signs of evacuation, but on the contrary, every thing goes to show a determined resistance on the part of the rebels. ' . . The negro states that during the fight of Sun day the house tops and all elevated positions were cbvered with people to witness the battle, every oneexpecung io see our troops driven into the CQiCKanominy, out wnen they saw the rebels run ning towards the city .the greatest consternation prevailed. . f Many of tbe inhabitants have crossed the James river expecting the city to be occupied by ouf troops soon, it is rumoroa that Oeneral Magru der is going fo resign, having become disgusted witn the ret.el military administration. We are informed that there are no troops be tween the Rappahannock and the army of tbe Potomac under command 6f General McClelian A . flag of truce came in to day from Gen. Huger, asking for the bodies of General PetMgrewand Colonels Davis, Leightfoot, Long and Breton, who were supposed to have been killed in the late battle. Colonel Davis was the only one killed. .Liflighttoot and .Long are prisoners, and Breton was wounded, as also Gen., Pettigrew. Colonel DaVis' body will be returned. iUJNUULJJ'S GRAND ARMY WHERE Is itt . . . i 1 ; A comprehensive tU nf th rnAim ... k. its present aspect, eonuins everything not only UoexcitehopebuttoInspireagWingc5ilfid.nceli' tne tnumpn vi the Uo&rederaU ea iae. Oar ene mies have not only run up a publio debt so vast, that with-all their ports open tod all their nveofies to trade undfstarbedV tbty fear to lay tax sufficient to pay the interest, but their tXDtn. na been enormous.' " - . y Gen. ment of the public. The North Carolina public will form its opinion on such materials a3 it fit on no material at cowardly to take the t Ardrews, the, ringleader of the thieves who stole a train of cars in Georgia spine time since, made his escape a few days ago, but was pursued and re-arrested. He has no been sent to Atlanta tot execution. ' r thinks fit, or,wben i t thinks all. Those who are too field themselves,! and too mean to do justice to those who are in the field, will continue to slander me as. they have done heretofore. If there is not honor and justice enough 'eft m the State to protect mej whilst ab sent in the discharge! of duties to the country, loui auacKs, x win remain time and circums lancet per- milea from Corinth, pushing the enemy hard.' He a4 ready reports 10,000 prisoners and : deserters from Lis enemy, and 15,000 stand ol ahis taken. . Tqousands of the enemy have thrown away y. cJrSarjns. A farmer says that when Beauregard learned that Col. E. had cut the railroad on his line of retreat, he became frantic, and told his men to save themselves the best they could. We have captured nine locomotives and a num ber of cars. One of tbe former js already repair-" ed, andU running to-day. Several miles vwill be in running order in two or three days. The result is all I could possibly desire. ' j I H. W. Halleck, Major General Commanding. ' Tfie Richmond Enquirer commenting on, the above says: I- j ' :h Now we have official authority for saying that the above story is an enormous invention and fal sification. Gen4 Beauregard made a most sue cessful and orderly retreat. The) enemy were confounded by his mysterious disap(earance, and did not know when he had left, nor where he had gone.'' i' r We have been kindly furnished with a copy of the report, in which Gen, Beauregard officially announces his' movement to the Government here. It is written from apointj and is dated 30 miles South of Corinth. It reads a fallows :: 1, ''i June3rd, 1862. " We evacuated Corinth succeJsfiiDy on the 30th ultL It was a complete eurpriae to the enej my. Our rear guard arrived here! unmolested last night. We brought away all our heavy guns, tents, &c but bad to burn a few trifles cut off by gross neglect in getting to a bridge.' " '; ' -!! - ' . . G. T. B. : A few cars laden with supplies were not brought up as rapidly as j bad been i ordered, and hence were cut! off by the destruction of'-a railroad bridge ahead of time, by our troops and had to be burned. Some few of our sick may also have fallen 'into their hands. . 1 f j PRISONERS OF WAR. Whitehocse, Pamunky River; June 4. The following are thenames of theeleven officers who. with two hundred and thirty privates, were made prisoners of wad. They .are now iri charge of Captain John Kavanagh,. Sixty-Third regiment JNe.w lork state Voluraeers, Irish . Brigade i Col'. Charles A. Leightfoot, Twenty-second iiNorth Uaroliea. : Lt. Colonel John O. Long, TwantyrBscond Worth iJarolina. j 1 MajorTuHy Graybill, Twenty-eighth Georgia, Capt, T. S. Mays, South Carolina. 1 ' oes. whiting's staff. Lt. WOl Clegg, Fourteenth Georgia Lt. J. R. F. Miller, Forty-ninth Georgia1, Lt. W. J. M; Preston, Fourteen ih Georgia. ; Lt. A. L. Furlev, Twenty-second North Caro lina. , "'-'! ,;'.; i Lt. John. Mclntire, Sixteenth North CarO' Una. ' 4 i .... - " ' ' .Second Lieutenant C. Denoon,' Forty first Vir ginia. ' , Conrad Boyd, 8econd Lieutenant Nelson Ara -TV . TV? iiuery, Virginia, VfOtTNDKD ON THE KENNEBEC. Major II. A. Hubbard, 8th Alabama. Lt. W. W. Horsley, Co. B, 49th Va. Lt. C. P. B. Brangan, Co. I, 8th Ala. J. A. Jones, Co. C, 2d Fla. .. . B. H. Hughes, Co. B, 49th Va. T. J. Horton, Co. E, 27th Ga. M. R. Hugins, Co. G, 27th Ca. G. S. ,tz, Co. I, 49th Va. ' Jj Cuiien, Co, D, 8th Ala. H. Spencer, Co. I, 24. h Va. J. A. McUormack, Co. C, 49th Va. T. SmithKCo. I, 8th Ala. A. Quinxi, Co. I, 8th Ala. Corp. D. C. 'Butler, Co. I, 49th a, T. Bryant, Co. C, 49th Va. J, West, Co. E, 27th Ga. J. Farrell, Co. K, 49th Va. J ' , AMERICAN AFFAIRS HT EUROPE. Cape Race, June 6 The steamship "City o Wasbington,"4from Liverp6ol,May 28,via Q ieens town, 29tb, was boardod at 7 P. M , off , .his point. Tne London "Mornin g Post" understands that the demand tor the restitution of the Emily St, Pierre" cannot be com plied with, as municipal laws take no cognizance of tbe act of the throe men who re-captured her as an offence, or recog nized it as an injury suffered ty tho belligerents Had an American cruiser fallen in with tbe ship. she might have saized her, but there is no muni cipal law which can warrant tbe English Gov ernment in giving her up, and it is, therefore, bound to refuse compliance with tbe request. , The London "Times," in an editorial oti th Halleck'i ciommaiid, say 100,000 each t en s, onieia s ana Jfremont's, lay 50. iuea, xiuoierf ana u a tier's; says 50. must still. be small. Tor thev ! har Besides these they have scattered detachments, that! ntiM aa liondon "iimes." in an editorial oil tne I T , , :r .T "r: der of Norfolk, tbe destruction of the Merl o' a,nf 00 fodiV considerably more. At tbe GOOD MARKSMANSHIP. battle of Sbiloh, it is estimated,' there from such-base and without defence until mit me to return. L O B. BRANCH, Brig. General. 1 I A'dvices from - Vicksburg, represent that the enemy bad opened fire on the ciy and batteries Two Federal batteries, u vessels had been disabled by the 1Gotkrnor" Stanly. Tbe' last that was beard of this functionary he was at the town of Beaufort. were discharged on the. Confederate tide, one million balls from small arms. The' official' re4 port of the Federal loss in killed and , wounded is 13,000. Allowing that the true i number was greater, say 20,000, still it leaves 980,000 sb'oU thrown away by our soldiers. That is, our bays succeeded one time out of fifty shots in doing some execution. Forty-nine misses and one hit.. Now. wouldn't it be better to save the powdt r and lead, 'do less shooting and more execution 7 j Alluding! to. the subject, the Mksouxi "Army; Argus" says ; ' ' j, : It is not known that most guns overshbiit. Tfce' 4 aim therefore should not be above tbe knee. ' Better to shoot at the feet than fail of effect. An. enemy wounded is better than an enemy killed," since to bear off and care for the wounded ab stracts one or more effective men from- the lines.' Don't shoot wildly' You might as well not shoot at all. If you are confronted by . one hundred ' thpuaand foes, a discharge of 300,000 balls against ', tucir uutN, juuioouiy auu vwuy mrecceu, wimiq proper range, would decide the battle. You go out to fight and, be fought. It is a mercy to win tbe battle and end -the war. The more execution you do, the more you have effected towards put ting an end to the strife, and winning peace, lib erty, and home again. Shoot close! surren rirnau, etc., says trie conquest of the South, so far as the water ia concerned, seems almost com plete. On land, however, the Times" say, H ia; premature to say tbe rebel power is altogether broken. It sees no signs-of the end, and no in dications as to what that end will be. The South erners may bi beaten in" battle, but they have immense territories for retreat. The contest is! virtually the whole world against the South, as the North is-open to the ships of the world, whi'e the South iscomptetely shut out. The surprise is not th t the Confederates retreat, but that tbey matt front at all. $ ': " . The London "Times thiri ks that General But ler's rule at New Orleans is exceedingly severe and harsh, and calculated to make the raising of the blockade there valueless . t The London ' Morning Post" ia tery bitter on' General Butler s proclamation, and says that not even the Austrians or Russia&s ever issued more severe decree. i .,, ; The "Post" eays if Davis and Beu regard can inflict defeat on the Federals the independence of the South will be achieved. . . If tbey are over come, the South may be considered ar.quUbed. A The London "Daily News" regards tbe aban donment of Norfolk and destruction of the Merri mac ii of great importance, and that it proves the resignation by the Confederates of the contest at sea.'v; ' ' - 'i ' " ' 1rTwo ships are up for New, Orleans at Liver pooL - . - 1 fl Sir L. "Paekcgoile" bad given notice ia the Commons that he would call attention ta the des- ii krucfioo of cotton at New Orleans, and the cfiect lit might have on English manufactures.. At the same time he would ask if tbe government intends to take steps for mediation. : ' , Mr. Berkeley brought forward his annual mo tion in favor of the ballot,' which was carried by 83 to 60, ay midst loud cheers. ; Leave was given to bring in a . bill on the subject. ' . commercial. ; V LiviBPOOL, May 28. Sales of cotton two days 12,000 bales. Prices are firmer and one-eighth of a penny nigner. ditureof men Senator Grimea, of Iowa." in a latainMh mAmL vocating theenliatment of Degro soldiers, referred, to the deleterious effect of the Souther, elimate on tbe Northern soldier and said that Iowa, a year ago, had ent flveifull regimenU to the field and now out of them all there couli nat b pro duced tLousand tffective men. A tjrisoner Uken at the battleof Williamsburg sUted ibat hii regimentlefV Maine twelve hundred BtrOnr. but numbered at the battle only three hundred, i It isi the boast of the Northern mm tht tkv enlisted at the beginning of tbla war, seven hun dred fo seven hundred and fifty. thousand men. ah vom ara ion i inm are now in; the field. The enemy have no reserves. This id tmiA tbe fact that when iher iletelr txiniuLrmA capital in langr, they bad to call for the myitis; and to seduce them by tue'Dtomisa' la fcfctn th- bnly' three Inonths. It U corroborated br the iwi, luik wBu jucvieuan and ixslleck have begged for reinforcemenu, and thsy have been constant beggars, tbey oould only be grati fied by weakening ether , commands. In tbto manner it Was that Banks says be was vlclimlaed i pyiu, uuHcmrj in turn caseyaCKfoo was tnartly robbed of greater trophies, "f .-'-. f xnerorcesor tne enemy ara MeGileltan. mnA MeDow- 000 Burn- 000, tbey :pt very but ; a Ism 11 mAA but little. The foreolng figures add 300.000 i u to iuiu wej igg are iioerai. -.xJut puttlnr the aggregate at 350,000, and there rsmai&s a bal ance of 350, 000 or 400,000 to beset down as the con sumption of the Northinmen, in wagitgtbler war upon us for one yearf 1 ' . v f The fHerald" states the present strength of ths Northern army at 600,000, and the Confederats army at 400,000, as above stated. , We do belters thatXu coln has near 500,000 men Iri hU camps; but even that number would show a diminution of ?50 -000 from what tbe "Herald 'says they started wibv Where are the rest 7 They have got thelrSoulh ern farms, or have oiberwise been placed Aors du comffat. ..'!'-' ' .( ' . : . s - x . j 'And;pet only is the Northerp army 'ithus re duced and destroyed; bat! wherever they sued confronted with ours, it is we who seek the fight and tbey who shun it. At Corinth and at Sich. mond.they prefer to burrow and dig, and although -they have come to whip us decline the gage of battle. The excuse they giva is that we outnutn ter them. The strategy on which they rely, is to cut off our resources, and! to conquer, us, not like brae and strong, men, attack their efrtsmies, but. as Underminers. The New: York 'Herald" exults over the idea that food Is td full us t that our med icine chest is empty and that thus the stroog, maa is to become weak from famine, and the sJckmaa is,t die for want of medicine ; and then the brave and invincible hosts of the N6nb ire to sweep over our lanid. Poor', degraded ereatursfl Instead of tbe noble eagle pouncing from some towering cjli upon his vigorous prey, wo have here a miserable buzzard waiting for carrion I - , Our enemies are destined to disappointmtot here as in otherUbiogs. We are boldly confrootlag them in the field, and we have intimidated and over ma'cbed them there. One half of tha creel army under whose rushing tread on pay-day the Very earth shook is gone.; The other half are ! overawediend digging and trenching. Midum- wm aimosi nere. i no -malaria, so aeadiy to strangers, will soon rise from the swamps la which vuey are ionise, ana give them UU1 reverl and achts and agonias. The camDaien.iashort.is almost over on Southern soil. Lt us noW, with Wis'lom and forecast nourish and davalon and provide for the comfort and iealth of our sol- U 1 Jil . . . mei, auu ice enemys idit nope will. die. ! : ' Courage, ye soldiers and citizens ef the Confed eracy 1 Ye lee ; what ' a vast work has, already been done 1 Kadouble your blows,, and rekindle your confidence, and,-renew your energies.' and a givrious reaun win crown your enorts I -J Richmond JZnqyurtr. : i i 'j i . - I FROM GENERAL JACKSON'S ABlir IJT THE VALLEY COftFlRMAtlON OF his victory' oveh bhieldi he has occasion to-beturn thank9" again.' . ; , ; : , , The successes of: the Confederate arors under Stonewall . Jackson In the Shenandoah Taller have followed each in such' rapid and brilliant succession, .that one report concerning ihenT bat hardly time to be published and digested- before ine recora oi another is ready at hand; These appear to have been prettyMesoerate bat tles one on the 8th and the other on the tb io- . sunt in which one portion of -Jackson's com mand,: under "Stonewall" i himself. fell boon !' Shields' forces, and the other portion, command- ' ed by General Ewell, pounced upon Fremont's : division while they were- maneuvering la bis rear. Our loss on tbe first day was about two Of Shields' forces it is reported that nearly an en tire regiment was captured land several pieces of' cannon. Fremont crossed North river, at Rock ' land Mills, with his forces after the baitle, and at last accounts was retreating, blocking . op. the . road, with the Confederate cavalry Jo pursuit ' i iTbe enemy's loss is said to have been eery heavy id killed, wounded, prisoners and artillery. The ', following official announcement the- victory ovejr Shields was received 'yesterday by Adjutant General Cooper, at tbe War Department : . ! - "Niae Pof RxTrBLic, July. 9, I . Via Stauntun, July 10. , !. 'To S. Cooper, Adjutant-General, War Depart- rnent,Richmondt' .' '.;'$?.;, . Through God's blessing, the enemy near Port Republic was this day touted, with the loss of six ; pieces 'of artillery.: i 'A- ' -f ; ,1 Signed I jT. Ji JACKSON," ' "Msjor-jGeneral Commanding." i Up to 'last evening nothing further bad beea i received concerniog the progress of bis arms' ' , . ? " ' JticKmond Examiner. , , v'l , ' : THE BIGf SFIlUTe ; y: . When tbe Yankees took possession of tha town i of Lewisburg, la, Greenbrier Co., -,Y? ' ed a' meeting of the citizens, And proposed, to them to take the oath of allegiance to the Lla- : coin dynasty; which they unanimously refused to j fo. Not a man in the jtown would girt la hia ; adhesion to tbe Baboon Government. When a' soldier, dies at one of the Kichmond hospitals he is hastily , bdried in tbe clothes la which bodied. A fa days since a soldier named Wnj iA. Jolce, of the 16lh "'Taf died 'and, wat buried. The next day his brother arrived ia the; city and upon asking if aotbiag was fooad cpoa the persdn of the dead soldier, was ans wered 10 the negative. He thereopon had the body d-la terjred, when ha found ia the pockets f the uead man f 1,010 in money. t: i -': ! . - . , . - i i : . : - .'!"' , 1 .' ' ; " i . ' v : '. . ... ..'-vj -A
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 17, 1862, edition 1
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