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VOL. LXII 1 i M M I, nVflVli . : ,u : & ; i L X - rMVV kcyix. W?ry mmw r.' IlALEIGJl AVEDNESDAY MOltNlNG, JUNJ5 -25, 1862. . Oars &re the pUot ef lir delightful peac Cnwxrp'd by party fg to Hto lik brotben.1 RAtiEIGH, KT. C, . . - ; .... : 1 , t SATURDAY MOUSING,1 JUNE 21. 1862.' Thes Weekly Register J : I pnblibd every Wednesday morningi at $1.80 Ct annum, payaVU iowUbly in advance. Subscri rs are notified three weeks before their subscription rrr hw m. cross-mark, on the mareia of their papers, aod if advance payment is not sent for anoth. er year, their nama wul ce siricKen irom our usi ai the expiration of the' sabs-iription year. This rule trill continue to be inflexibly adhered ta I .Resolved, That it is the duty of 'the legislative and .executive depart ments to retrench and reform, as far as practf- We publish in parallel columns the reppeo- State the "Confederate party." devoted to - the best interests or the Stateaud the South ern Confederacy, and the iftWen-" Conserva tive party," devoted, to the selfish and am bitious interests of its founder and the fac tion in tho State who charge as a erime upon those whom they term "original Seoession- UXb that they bad the foresight to perceive . that the South could no longer live safely d honorably in. union with the damnable Yankees. The contrast between the two Platforms must strike every-reader: That of tte Confederate party breathes the purest spirit of patriotic devotion t(V glorious cause of the South that cause with which our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred hon or are identified. There is nothiDg in it low, gTOveilingi selfish, r sectional.. Tit is the r'lauorm oi a iree peupic, uumuS alienable fight to liberty, and daring, at all hazard3 and sacrifices, to maintain it. 'It is most emphatically the Platform of the- sot ereign people of JYorth Carolina, J or they through their Delegates in Convention as' 'sembledt inanimously adopted it. On thia Platform Col. William Johnston, of the County of Meoklenburg, takes his stand "as the candidate for the office of Governor, and by his ajdo will stand all the. Confederate candidates for seats in the General-Assembly. On the other hand, the Platform of the Holden-" Conservatives" breathes the genu ine spirit of its author! It is not only thor oughly sectional and narrow-minded, but essentially vulgar and falsely fault-finding. When not vulgar and fault-finding,-the Res olutions are "essentially platitudinous abounding in mere meaningless generalities, and utterly silent on the greatest and most important s'ubjosjt which can occupy the thoughts of the people. . .Although this State, with her sisters of the South,' is involved in a war upon the result,, of which depends all that man holds dear, .not a word of encour agement is given by the Resolutions to a vigorous prosecution of it, and not a tender of earnest and patriotio support is made to the Government conduction it. This is a singular and moat ominous omission, and it is for the 0jV-"Conservatives" to account for it. And yet, it is with such a Platform as this that tho ' leader and founder of i this party arrogantly tells, the people that he will carry the StateJ People of North Carolina what say you ? ; Will you not show this man on the first Thursday in August that you are not degenerate sons of the patriot sires who first on this continent declared to the world the greaf principles of human liberty ? COSrEIMU.TEP L A T -. HOUEX- COXSIRY ATI V E - TOJCJ . , PULTTOXM. Kesoiutums or fjunnacuce ed that there is a radical incompatibility between each a people and otr telres; that from' them! ojr separation Is final and for the independencefcable, in the administra we haveaeseried, we willltion of the government, accept no alternative. fA prudent economy is ' Reached, That we have especially necessary at, full confidence in - the! this, time, wilh-an in wisdom, integrity - and 'creased public debt and patriotism of the Presi- heavy taxes on sthe pec dent of the Con federate! pie. JU1 useless offices Stalesand we congratu-should be abolished; and late him and our wholejnO more money should country .upon the sue- be expended (ban is ac cess wuh which be hat f lutely required locrry administered the Gov- on the government, and ernoient. S (to enable the State to Resolved, That to the'eontribute her due pro- offlcers and soldiers whoj portion of ' men and have gone forth to meet, means to. the common Ihe dangers of this Var, defence. ; we are , under a' deep 'Meh6ltl, That the mil- debt of gratitude fat the; itarv r power should al- NO 25 ICF" The j Richmond "Whig" is becoming decidedly evangelical - in its tastes and pro clivities, i Bead the following, and then hand it over to" the Rev. Mr! Pell, the Financial, Political and Ecclesiastical Assistant Editor of that righteous, Godly-given and and ( what shall we do for a climax ? aye, we have it j cpnser7xanve journal, me ivaieignoiao dard.1 Wej think he will agree' with the Whig and the Presiding Elder, that the re- vival in the Chickahominy Circuit has been a time of treat tefreshing." Presiding El- ralor and fortitode with ways be subordinate to I which they, have defend-jthe 0vil power, whether ei us irom me assamis iq war or in peace; nna of oar enemies and il that martial law should luttraled the glory of our arms. , Resolved, That a jcopy of these resolutions - be it to. our. Kepresenta tiyea.au Coneiesi, witb a request that they bej communicated to his Excellency, the Presi dent of the Confederate Stats, and to Congress. never- be declared, nor the writ of habeas eorvus 8U6pended,except when indispensable to the pi ei- ervation- of civil society oriof the State itself. i?Motorf,,That the pa tience, fortitude, endu rance, gallantry, and de votion to4he cause of our brave troops, are worthy of all praise: and that wq shall ever cherish a grateful recollection ot their services and sacri Bees in this war. I V m XT- ' 1 r w in our cause or tear,, pie oi , Aona Carolina and in the President v bo called upon, on and Army. Adopled' tbe first Thursday in Au by Vie S1ale Convex-, gust next, to elect a- Gov iion. -Dec- 6A. 1862. ;ernorandmembersofthe Risolreii, That we, the General Assembly; and delegates of the people it is highly important of North Carolina, in that 'the administration Convention- asembled,'of public affairs should entertain an undlmig-;be reformed, and better iahed confidence in the'raen placed in cfBce than Justice ot the canee for, these who, for the mosh. which we have taKen op pari, pare nw ? are mmf-wnra mv iiuii n t Tiowincnicei Ahorelore, he the duty of the peo-j Resolved, That the par pie cf these Southern !ty ism, favoritism,, inof States to maintain and'Gciency a,nd. misrule uphold that, cause witb; which have marked the all the means they tan i admin isUfction of public command. . jaffilrs in this State, sitce Resolved, That in be- the commencement of tbe half of the people of prwent war, deserve the North Carolina we de-;stern 'and unqualified re clare to our sister States, buke of the people-, and of this Confederacy, and. that a change in this re to the world, that re spect is indispensable to lDtudure of loss, no sec- the preservation ot the r:fice of ife or property, 'credit and character 'of no privation or want, or ;the' State, and to abat suffering, shall cause uslinity of eentiment'aod to shrink from the per-'pirit to macb to be de formance of our hole sired, and without which duty in the achievement thiftrts of our brave cf our independence. noldiers and peeple to es Resolved, ThatAfromtablish our independence, the cruel and barbarous. must be, sooner or later manner in which our en-Jeriously embarrassed units, have cafriod on . Resolved, That our muwar a war ln which.Consulutions. both Sute aged and dignified men and helpless women have oeen seized, and without and Con federate, should never be violatod on any pretence whatsoever, but alrWkiiaae.. . . mi a r . . .vx.u3.uuu or warrant oi nouia . do sacrecuy. OD authonty, cat into Pris. served by all whose iuty on in which private it is to enact,: expound, property has ben wan-Ud enforce the laws., i TIIEN AND NOW MR. HOLDEN AND " '.'31Rf GIIiMER. Jn cleaning out some rubbish in one of the drawers of- our desk a day or two since, we cade across an old number " of the Raleigh Standard, dated July SOth, 1860, and found in it an article headed "Tho Fifth District,' from which we make the annexed extraot : - It is not that Mr,' Gil met is a black Republican or an abolitionist. That is not the point. - No one charges that he is an abolitionist or a black Republican ; but we all know that he co-operated while in Cong res with the abolitionists on the slavery question ; that he pleased them so well that they publicly congratulated him and were ready to kiss him, and that he stood side by side with Giddings and Grow in their efforts to embarrass and break -down the administration. ' It makes no odds what Mr. Gilmer is.if he consults and co operates with tbe black Republicans the result is tho same to his constituents. They are injured, misrepresented, their interests' sacrificed, no mat ter what he may call himself or be called. Never let it De said tnat sucn conduct, tn&t soon a man has been endorsed by a slaveholding constituen cy! ' . We learn that .the Democracy of Person and Caswell are thoroughly aroused that Air. Gil mor will lorn, and Mr. Williams will gain large ly in tbe two Counties. We appeal to the Dem ocracy elsewhere in the District to exert themselves to the utmost. liet them leave no honorable effort untried to ensuro auccess. Now is the time, broth er Democrats. Tbe fact that Mr. Gilmer will be supported by tho freesoilers of Chatham, Guildford, and Ran dolph - should of itself influence every Southern rights' man in the District, without regard to par ty, to vo.e against him. These freesoilers rally to him instinctively. - They kr.ow their man. ' We have called up the above sweet re membrancer" for the purpose, of letting our readers fully appreciate the difference be tween "then and now," and realizing em phatically the faot that "the case being s-m tered alters the case." In 1860 it was the policy of the "Hotel keeper'1 to treat John A. Gilmer as he had Created so many prom inent members of- the old Whig party, to wit : to hold him up to the country as a man utterly untrue to the South, and the friend and' co-labourer of Abolitionists. - Then, "kiss him Giddings" was the favorite ex pression of the Standard when the Editor of tha' paper wished to give Mr." Gilmer a "sockdologer." Then, too, it was the poli- oy cf the. Standard to hold up that portion of he 5ih District on wbioh Mr. Gilmer relied for his majority as "Free-Soilers" as men utterly untrue to1 the South. Nowthe "case is altered," and the same "Kiss-him-Gid-dings" Gilmer this Same friend and sympa thizer with Abolitionists and. Black Repub licans, sits enthroned in the " highest and ho liest affections of the man who for years re viled him. Now, too, "the case is altered" in relation to Mr. "Kiss-hini-Giddings" Gil r'o constituents. TTow, the Editor of the Standard desires to co-operate with. the peo ple whom he so often,. held up as Free-Soil-crs and enemies of the institutions -of the South." He is wooiog these "Free-SoilersV with all the tenderness of the turtle . dove, and it will not be his fault if he is not ad mitted by them as a political, bed-fellow. We warn them, however, that if they admit him to their political bed, it will not be long before they will have to kick him out der Jackson, too, in the Shenandoah Circuit, with his ministers and laymen are doing gopd work in the vineyard : I - , , - ' Tmc Chickahomint Circuit. From vari ous lay mem ers and brethren, we receive ' most gratifying acquets of a recent missionary tour amuse the heathens lately settled in our vicinity. Rev. J.E, B.Stuart, assisted by Brothers Lee.Mar tfn Robins, Afosby, Aahrtonj Vaa-feorcke, Bucke, agan, Farlfev and others, together with many lay members and brethren from Georgia and else where, conducted the proceedings, which were of unusual interest. The exercises opened a't'a camp meeting nearkhe Old Church, and were contin ued without intermission during two days and nights at Various poiEts along the. circuit. At Putney MillsJthe heathen received us with trans ports., At Tunstall's Station, there was a most re freshiher "season, and so also at other Dlaces. - Ma ny of the heathens evinced a change of heart, and even their wagons were cod verted and purified by are. Some of. them were constrained to come apd abide with us, bringing with- them their cattleL Such of them as came were baptized, in the Chick ahominy, together; with some ot tbe brethren, willing. to I Eetjthe heathen ,an example. Brother Stuart and hisjco-laborers returned from their cir cuit early on Sabbath morning, and reported their success among the benighted,to Bishop Robert Lee, who 'expressed his gratification and approbation. It is hoped that Brother Stuart will renew his missionary labors at an early day. Let us not neglect the heathen at our gates. . ' 'r'i'ir FOB THK. BOrSTKR. MR. EriTOa :rl take the liberty of eluding yeu for publication, a very interesting accoutt of the, part taken by the 21st Regiment N. O.; Troops in the fight at Winchester, received from a friend who was a participant. The Regiment was under the command of Col. W. W. Kirkland, of Hills boro. The. Richmond papers speak in' very com plimentary terms of the conduct of all 'the mem bera of the, Regiment' on that occasion.! They are beginning to find out that North Carolinians can and will 'light ! The letter is as follows : ' ;- Winchester, Va:,May 29, 78C2. Mt Dear Sir : Thinking, or rather knowing that North Carolinians generally, and" the! friends of the 21st Regiment N. C. T. in particular, would be glad to-hear something of the battle of Winchester, which was foogbt the 25th of May, and in which the 21st Regiment, under Col. W. W. Kirkland, bore a conspicuous arid gallant part, I have concluded Ut communicate some of tlw facta relating thereto; A9 we were on the extreme tight, I cannot refer with certainty to the operations of a partlpn of Maj. pen, Swell's division. Every gentlkman with whom we have con ver-, eed and with whom we associate, koows well, that we have in the mt3t earnest manner declared that we desire no office whatever at this juncture. , i Raleigh Standard. There was a " juncture," and that too, not very long agol at which j the Editor of the Standard was anxious to be made Governor of North Carolina. During that period of the Convention when the election of a Gov- ernor by that! body, who should serve from the election ia August until the first Mon day in January, 1863, was mooted and thought-probable, the Editor of the Stand ard was very anxious to be the selected man. Then his programme was, Holden for the term prescibed by ;the Convention to prevent After the Yankees bad been driven in at Front Royal, And the.; first Maryland Reeiment can- turea. togetner with a large and valuable supply of stores of every description, the army; com menced the march towards Winchester. Gen. Jackson proceeded by way of Strasburgi - while ixen. jiweitacvancea oy tne roaa leading direct from Front Royal to Winchester. We! raarr hed rapidly through the magnificent valley fori about 10 miles, when we were ordered to halt and await further orders from Gen. Jackson, "We remainad at a rest until about 2 o'clock, p. m., when we again advanced. : '. At dusk we were within five miles of Winchester, when the main bdy was halted, and Col. Kirkland was ordered to proceed with one of his companies to the front aod exam ine the woods, which lined both sides of .the turn pike, and' was supposed to contain the advance pickets of the enemy. Col. K, deployed Cap t. Hunt's company from Yadkin county, and ac companied them on this duty. They had marched almost two miles, when they were hailed by a voice from a hill lust bevond. fit was now dark.l : Land immediately a vblley was fired at them. Our boys returned the fire, and the enemy retreated up the pike, u - ' .; ' ? . ' I ' After that they advanced cautiously, st9 it was Genf Ewell's-desire for them income 'Stealthily ! on the enemy's pickets and capture them without noise. Un they went, and soon came near a dark looking mass which proved to be a wood, which was the post of the next picket, who could be heard whispering in an undertone as we slipped along the fence. Suddenly the Bkywas illuminated,.-and a perfect rush of bullets came whizzing among us. Then followed a reply from our boys which sent the i ankees " skedadung" j (a favorite, expression with them) down the pike. Privates Dobbs,lVes trel, and Whitaker w0re knocked down by this fire ; the former with a serious wound -in the shoulder ; the latter with a slight cut on,te arm. Col. K. now sent back to tbe General for; rein forcements, as he was some distance from the di vision and near tbe town.; Shortly Co. A Capt. shoulder while attempting to secure eight prison ;er?. While-j we were "fighting on the right, our 'rbattery, was pouring death into the enemy's ranka at we oiner ena ot tne town. - Uen. JacKson was coming up the Valley turnpike carrying- every thing before him as usual. BVig. Gen. Taylor charged withj his brigade eight regiments of the enemy with their batteries and ' routed . theml Mia loss (Gen; Tayor-s) was severe. Lieut Col Nichols, 8th i Louisiana,1 was shot through the elbow and about, 50 1 privates wore killed1 and wounded in tbe brigade. The rout of the Tan-f kees was complete, and the cavalry swept on after thenf, capturing hundreds at a time. When night came, we iiad in our possession; four.- thousand prisoners, vast quantities -of ammunitionf ore hundred thousand dollars worth of medicines. about 600 wagons with the teams, and large sup- pues or doming, cqntie, sugar and sa t. Gathering them "up, Gen. Jackson' marched on to, MartinEburg, where a valuable addition was made to oar stores : On to Harner's Ferry i where wesnenea tne xanaees across' the ifotomac Banks Jef t Winchester early Sunday morai n g, wjin tesrs -eireaming jrom ms eyes and exclaim- ing, "tne Administration has ruined me.'' The truth, la, this exquisite -Republican Genaral Was uiue iBfut'ij mrasucu, una ia ois aeieai uexei eral cause has received a shock they will find.it hard to recover from. On- leavincr Winchester. Banks told tbe negroes that our "army killed every darkey in , Front Royal, and "would do the same in . Winchester. Thus was many a poor creature frightened from his home.: Three tnegro babies were . found by our men in the corners of thi fence, thrown there by their frightened xaoth ersjas they fled. One of these lovely little buds of sweetness was put- into the arms of a Yankee p'risoner,- and he was made to carry it into town. So jsolicitous were the Yankee Generals for the welfare of their 6tolen contrabands, that their own sick ana wounded soldiers were made todis mount from the ambulances, and the negrdes put in their places.' We captured a number of offi ciat documents, among which we found frequent congratuianory oraers irom tren. jfTcuieiian, an nouncing to the troops some brilliant victory (imaginary of course.)-1 Thus ard the Yankee soldiers deseived and deluded by their chiefs, who do riot! hesitate to promulgate' from their Head Uuarters .the I most fabulous stories lies that would choke Munchausen. .... i'- ' If old 'f Stonewall" gets reinforcements, his campaign in the valley and beyond will be the most brilliant and decisive of the war. : Let- the President send him troops enough to demonstrate against Washipgton an,d you will see Yankeedom trempte neiore mchmond. . . - - I am, very truly, yours, &c. . ' ' . TT but the left wing not hearing the command: re mained on the ground uintil it had fired 5 rounds. The Regiment thou covered tbe retreat Jo excel- I lent order. . Jf i'Mack'f consldera this "not a. J gaged,'-! would be very! glad If he tould favor me, with hia definition or tbe phrase. ; Tbe 13th Was complimited by Gee. Branch Jot the perfect coolness ir displayed diirtnf thehole aogaije- ' ment,;. I need; not add thai Gen.. Branch eccapied -a very much exposed position from beginning' to end. In justice to the 12th. I hooe roti wllr H 4 thispublicity.. YourActi I' ELTTAB. 4 utir.! an interregnum, and Graham for the regu lar term at which the people would desig nate tho incumbent. Uut the Editor of the Standard does not desire an office "at this juncture," but will be entirely "open to propositions" at the next "janoture" at that "junotttre" which he hopes will arrive after he has succeeded in his design of rais ing up a party W. Holden.' for the use and benefit of W. HIGH TO NORTH Which robber v and r-lJ M ivT wn ar prlnapal means power;, and that they. f aggression, and, in.and they alone have the right to govern, through their representatives duly which taction ferviie lnsur- hu been sro- claimed: -we are con vino-(chosen ', HE ACCEPTS. - Col. Z. B. Vance acoepts the nomination for the office of Governor' tendered him by the Holden-Conservstives. .His letter of ac ceptance is in the Standard of this date. ' I STILL AT THEIK -TRICKS. f . , . Barn'side's "Conservatives" in .and about Newborn and Washington are': still doing as much misohief as they .can, the Conserva tive" Gaernor Stanly to the contrary not withstanding. : '.4 ?'.'.'- -'r. i K: The CoTueniatw" Editor of; the Raleigh Standard must excuse us for' not knowing that he ia a licensed lawyer, ..To be sure, we might have surmised thai he had a smattering of the law, as he is the Land lord of "Lincoln Inn." . COMPLIMENT CAROLINA. We take the following glowing compliment to this State from the Richmond Whig : i The Old North State. When the truth is told,it;will be foqnd that North Carolina has fur nished, as ruanj1, if not more, meu for the field than any-other . State in the Uonteaeracy. : one has armed, equipped and clothed them in a style which other states may equal, dui nave not .Bur passed. They have fought nobly. At Manassas, Newborn, Williamsburg, Hanover Courthouse, Seven Pines, and in the valley, they have shed immortal honor On the land of the Mecklenburg Declaration. Their ; numbers are surprising. Not only do the f?orth Carolinians fight well, but (hev conduct themselves well in camp and on the march. They do not depredate. They are brave and modest regardful of the interests of private citi zens. If tho bogus Governor, Sianly, could see the powerful, columns that this brave old State has given to the war, his traitor heart would sink within him. North Carolina has done herjwhole duty to th'o cause, and without bragging about it. Shfl ia a glorious bid State. . God bless her 1 To the Editor of 7 ') For the Register. he Jialeigh Register i ' Sir: Will you be good enough Ho let your readers know what is the meaning of the term "Ultra-Secessionists," which your neighbor of the Standard seems to think but another name for a land pirate? i OXONIAN. Oxford, June 15th, 1882. ; In reply tho j question of ,"Oxonian," we frMiltlj toll liimi that we can conceive of DO such animal as an "ultra-Secessionist." There is no beyond in "seoession." When the Southern States . "seceded," their act of "secession" was an accomplished fact. -There was nothing ultra or' beyond secession, but that of making the act good by all the pow er of these seceded States,. against the efforts of Yankees out of the States and traitors in them to reconstruct the hateful old Union. QJF" We make the following extraot from a private letter to the Editor from a highly intelligent citizen of Orange county : " I deeply regret to see that we are to have at this time a party contest for Govern or and members ;of the Legislature, (jit is, I think, deplored; by all good men; but it seems impossible to avoid itJ . '- v -: "Ourfcropr'of wheat will do better than was expected two weeks ago.- Corn is very small, and will! depend on" the industry of the farmer and! subsequent .seasons. . Oats fine hay crop large cotton and tobacco,' none planted. I; mention these items', as I know you take an interest in all that is con nected with the' comfort and well-doing of V nnnnfrn 1 : t Jmportajit DxcaaioH.- The Secretary of War has decided that 'nen, over 35yearof ageen list ed foe the war, are not discharged from service. " Hed?ecock. came ud when the Yadkin dots Were releived, and acted as a reserve to Capt. Hi : We remained in statu quo for about one hour whilo the Col. was , reconnoitering. ! We could plain hear the retreating army of Banks as it fell back from 'Strasburff before General Jackson. 4-coald distinguish all the bugle calls of cavalry afed ar tillery, and even tbe, commands of the infantTy Colonels. The whole! right, with the .exception of two companies, was now , sent as reinforcements by the General: when Col. K, deoloved Co. E. Capt. Headly, and directed Maj. Wharton to take charge of it, and occupy the wopd from which we had received the volley. - This was done, and the pickets driven out. The main body was brought up, andi'skirmishers throwi out on the right of: the road,fwhiIe;Maj. Wharton advanced on the Ielt. Capt. Alox. Mil ler's, Co'. D, was deployed on the left; The Yan kees now began to fire into us quite briskly, many of their shots passing over our skirmishers and falling with a most disgusting M;chug,r intof our. mid3t.. Day was beginging to break, and Col. Kirkland sect back for artillery, as it wa3 evident that we were near a heavy force of the enenjiy. Brig. Gen. btuart now appeared on the lieldiwith the Maryland Regiment. 'With this reinforce ment, Col. Kirkland was enabled : to extend his line on the right, while Col. Bradley Johnson de ployed some companies of his (the 1st Maryland Regiment) on the left, h ? r . These arrangements were scarcely made when Gen. -Ewell came dashing up with a part of Courtney's battery-under .Lieut. .Latumer' it was now sunrise, and the enemy in all his gran- dure, of clean clothes and f bright guns, 'was ' in plain view. There vrere two regiments of cav alry, gaily prancing in a clover, lot, their bright sun. Uatiene8 were getting into position, ana a heavy columQ of infantry was massed' behind a stone wall, just within; the suburbs of the town. To the lattei Gen. E well paid his compliments through the medium of a rifle shell which bad the usual enect oi ueranging mqir ranas. ; Again we nut it to them with the rifle piece,; much to their confusion, when Gen. EweU galloped up toJCo.. Kirkland and said "Now, old North Carolina, this is your chance. The Yankees are 'before you I Drive them oat of the town!'' Away we-went at a a double quick." ' Not knowing anything of the country, we had to advance by the turnpike. We had advanced about tnree-quarters of a mile, wheft; suddenly we came upon a regiment con cealed behind a stone fence, ; within forty yards of uaJ They opened a' terrific fire, beneath which, many gallant jNprth Carolinian r went dowri. Another Yankee regiment was coming down a a'bill at a double quick, immediately in .rear of the concealed' regiment and taking position behind another wall, they too, opened upoa ue. In the meantime we were not idle, but returned their fire with good effect. Another (Yankee) regiment now appeared in our front and joined in the fight. cv- ;! -r ... ; . .1 f A Uoi. Airkland was ordered to give them ;tae bayonet, and he charged' all three ; but' another regiment fesme down uoon our rieht flank and rear, and poured into xis euch a galfling fire that we nad to fait back about fifty yards and got a position which brought the enemy entirely fn our front In the charge, CoL Kirkland was shot through the thigh, but remained in command un til h:s leg gave way. i Lieut -CoL Pepper .fell pierced through, both hips, and -had nine-ball put tnrougn nis cloUies.' capt MedgecocK, uo. A, and Capt Ligon, Co. G, both were struck 1 down With bullets through their heads. JL-teuts. Beall, Co. A, and Jones, of Co. H, were wounded, and sixteen non-commissioned officers and j pri vates fell dead. The 21st Georgia Regiment now came up on oar right, and the enemy began to retreat For " three-quarters of. -.an hoar. ;no 'troops ever encountered a hotter fire than Hid the 2l8t iNorth Carolina Regiment It was the con centrated essenca of ; Belgian and Sharp's rifles poured into our' very teeth, yet most gallantly did they stand up to the task assigned them ; and when ; the field was cleared of the foe, twenty, dead and eighty wounded marked the spot where the 21st had stood. ! '. j " -? . j We captured two flags, one from the 5th Con necticut and another. The 2 1st Ga. Regiment, which-came up to our assistance, lost 2 killed and 3 wounded. CoL Johnson, of the 1st, Maryland, on our extreme left, charged the retreating array and captured many prisoners. Lt. Col. Dorsey, of the Maryland Regiment, was shot through the . i Baiowis a list of the killed and wounded in the 2 1st Regiment N. C. T: Capt. J. C. Hedirecock, Co.' A, while leading his company in the charge. , V Capt. Ligon, Co. G, while leading his company m tne cnarge. ' Private, John B. Brown, Co. B. v ( Hospital Steward, Mr. Harris, Co. P. - Corp' I B P Myers, Co. A. r ! Privates Columbus' Martin, Austin Michael, bhade Jassender, W A Woodhouse, J B Devalt, tt r - ; - i ii i . rj ' i ixviiiy aterwiu,! jLduiei )J, xa wm 8vii, jo. G, and 6 or 7 others, names not known, . ; . Wounded ik 21st.Rico'T N. C T. ! f Col. W W Kirkland, shot through thigh. . Lt Col R K Pepper, shot through boih hips. Li. J F Beale, Co A -.'.'i,- ' " 'i' ' Lt J H Jones, Co H Company A. Sergt B F Fera by j Privates, J G Harlow, A Martin, ,W Haith, G D Brown, J Wj Sheels,' J R Henderson, Calvin Doby, T Jackson, William 'Zance. ; ' ' Company B. Privates, Dobbs Vestal, D H Baty,j T L Hayries, W T Reid. ' v . Company C. Sergt L Low ; Corp'l -H J'Hol der; Privates, R Moody, Henry Norman, T D Close A TGalzer.- .;.-.,:!. - : I Company. D. Pvt M Sprinkle. 1 ' Company E. Corp'l N Sapp: Privates Jno Smith, J L Reid, Eli Swain, E B Castle. , Company F Sgta W Page, A J Neen, H B Hoozejr; Corp'l W N Collins; Privates,, John Page, SJ E O verby, W Webster, J H Shackleford, J Roberts, Martin RutledgC, R W Cook, J M MabeJ W Baard. ; Company G. Sgts, J H Fergursoti, E Coliey, O T Wmt W Wall, OS; Privates, D E White, ASpenhaw, E Bevil, T, J Tolar, A M Bowles, J C Baker, WJ Vaughn, H P Fulton, G H Poindexter. ;"J ;. Company H.Lt J H Jones; Sgt J Axotn; Private, P H Cockerbam, J E Gibbina, J. T Miniefa, A S Key, Jno Edwards. . ' Company J.Sgts J H Sprags, R W Hill; Privates, R J Benett, H L Vernon, Giles Whit aker. .- ". ' -1'. ' '( y Company M. Privates, VV R HufSns, J A Coble," A Cordle, H Sapp. SURRY. . ' For the K-jqistxr. :" Gki-irp Armx q RicHi:pi,w June 1362. r Mr. Editor: I notice in your issue of the 11th ultimo, an account of our battle at Peake's, (about! six miles from Hfnover C. H.,) given by a correspondent who signs his name " Mack' Now, I do not propose to detract anything from the. well merited praise bestowed; by 1 " Mack" on the 18th and 37th; N. C. Regiments, but this I do avoW : He-does loul injustice to the other gal lant Regiments who equally sustained the honor of. the'glorious o'd N"orth State.' He .conynences by saying that " only two regiments were en gaged' the 18th! and 37th, which is simply false, as CoU Lane's. Regiment and Col. Wade, of the 12 th K. C. T., both played an active part during the engagement : At -1 2. m., the 12th was drawn up in line of battle about one-half ; mile from Lebanon Church, and immediately on the road ; it however, only remained in that position for a short period, when it was removed to a point far ther back in the woods and near the Railroad. Two Companies were ttan detached as skirmish ers, and tbe balance of the Regiment were or dered to f place rest" Col. Wade next brought them to 'attention," and addressed them in a few words yery appropriate to. toe occasion, and high ly characteristic of the transcendent good sense of the man; He then, marched the Regiment in line of battle through the dense ' piece of timber and oui to a wheat field directly in front of the woods occupied by the enemy, who fired a con siderable number ot shells at us, but fortunately doing qs no damage. We then filed across the road add took up an advanced position in a wheat field ori the right cf a battery that the enemy bad posted !in the woods, only a few hundred yards distant We here remained for the space of half an .hour, exposed to a most terriffically ' galling fire of grape and shell, which did us considerable damage: and the.only way I can account for its not decimating tne iiegiment is, that we were in 1 a nomzontai position, and -ot course concealed to some extent. So exactly did the Yankees have our ratge, that every shell that missed,, came so near oar heads as' to fan bur hair, and invariably bursted a Tew yards behind us. The eommandant seeing that we were making a useless, sacrifice of life, ordered a retreat, but halted us in the road some distance in. the rear. As night was ap proaching, and Gen. Branch wished to retreat, the Regiment was ordered up again: ; We " marched up, formed a line of battle, and behold, three Tr ankee Regiments in solid phalanx and id dan-, gerous: proximity confronted u j' one directly in front, Jod the others opposite our wings.' CoL Wade; gave the command to fire one round and fall back, (as be. was ordered fcy Gea. Branch,) . . i For Tax'RxQisTj UNFORTUN'ATK .TACTICS.. v It has been often , remarked that Jt req-uiraa scarcely less genius .and fejlicity ti use'a" victory than to gain. one. i Had Hannibarimmeiiauiy after the celebrated battjle "of tjanna marched Upon Rome, such was' the 'general oo alter naUoin prevailing, that the gates jof- the city; would have oee? Penr :lo.,n .vqnqueror, J. uut insteal f followlbg up hU ylctoryvwlth. vigor, hp retired to Ca'puo,where his brave IspldieVi were' soon dis solved in luxury "amid the fata) seducjtloni bf a oft climate and a volaptuohs city, f ' ', .' ,' I- r e c&nnot wiiuout paia opserve mat our far ng brethren of the North seom to 'have fallen nto a similar error : and any orror I on thai part we cannot 8ufficiehtIytoploret when we 'thtoie of the long series of pitileesj aggress! on u to wtich - Km. uoj uaQ WOT4I puviKvnu ju w . viib laltUiieH DOdlCV of Southern statesmen and the rapacious spirit of the Southern peopla ' Thisi natural; sentl merit is heightened when we consider the enormous con cessions which they have jmade" to prevent! the dissolution of a Union by which they were so' de graded and impoverished, and the magnanimjoal contest in which they are now engaged Jto restore it. it is a -fact notorious to all Uie World that they have uniformly observed the mloutsst pro J visions of the Federal Gonstitutioia with punc- ' tilious care; arid the Federal Unioo althohgk from the moment it was formed they jcould pot , hut feel it to be an element of weakness and a ! source of humiliationLr "j j .J . If i" ' Under these circumstances; we canat but re-i gret that on the yery few occasions oil Which they" have sustained, or seemed to; sustaina Repulse, as at Bull's Run, Manassas and Ball's Bluff; by foes at once ferocious and cowardly, it has been wlol ly due to the fact that tho attack was made before they could be prepared to repel it that tfceir forces were altogether inferior Jn numbers that they were ill-supplied with the monitions of warj and that white fighting with a spirit and deter J mination which would nave put to the! blush tie veteran legions oi iuuas uteiar or the Old tiuard of iNapoleon Bonaparte, they , have been .over whelmed by incalculable numbers. and; the fatal lack of ammunition 'j U'iji- '.'f. - The particular Calamity which baa called forth this lamentation, however, is the lact that when the martial ardor and matchless proweas of (the uuiou iruopa, inspired uy ui suoiime OPDSClOUt- ness that tbeyere fighting the. balms , of free dom, of civilization, and of humanity, land chid- ed by (he science and skill of their self-sacriflqing and pure-minded leaders ; yet, lh ho one initanoe have thay been permitted praotioAlly iA.aMi4a harvest either of renown or! of power to which they migntreasonaoly iook forward, i . j- ' J ' ' lo allude to only two pr three of im most" re markable and recent illustrations) , It ia well known that at the glorious battle of ShilobJ at which the brave champjons1 of the Constitution and the Union, with a feeble and ill-appointed force, routed ihe combined armies oft the 'rebel conspirators, and drove them! In disorder and dis may from; the field, still the strange fact appears mat tney aia not permanently retire ana unperfe, but had the incredible effrontery to tre-occupy the ground for i several ; weeks from which they j had been so icnomlniously driven. . And tillj more recently, although We have the authen tic statement of that scrupulously accurate histo rian, Gen. Halleck, that the rebel Beauregard was compelled to make a disastrous and disgraceful retreat before the conquering heroes of be North, with a loss in killed and wounded of not less than 16,Q06 men it seems still that to the yictor re-; mains rather a barren glory than . si fruitful and substantial gain ; for strange "a It maj seem, tbe beaten and - besotted rebels have dared ' to aetlup their banners again," and affect to be In greater loroe, in better spirits, and in a stronger position than before their defeat . K; ' j - " 1 1 The most signal instance, however: of this Mr- tin acioua habit of renewed or continued resbtance. when ,j by all the rules. of war, they should have succumnea instantly ana utterly, ana), on our equally unaccountable and persistent habit of re fusal to gather the ripe fruit of our glorious vie-; torv, haf been recently witnessed on the Chicka hominy. . 'Gen. McClellan, the young Napoleon of the Westi the ardent, intrepid, Impetuous and invincible leader of the gallant sons of the North wo had risen-up to deend their beloved homes from an unprovoked and cruel invasion, bad hurled back tbe threatening foe, and ofScially .notified his own Government, la terms bf cbarac tefietic modesty, indeed, but yet iuf2cintlv ex pressive of his fplendid victory over the dishear tened add retreating guerrillas of the South, aad we naturally., enough supposed that ere this, the rebel Capital would have ; been in chains or la ashes ;; but still.the coriqueror for bears to enter still that hated city standi, a grief to loyal hearts and a shame to those who .hoJd it the unfeeling and unprincipled oppreMors of' their inoffensive brethren. t , ""in I I )- i .1 if Whereunto, I ask, shall: Ibis thin jrj if row T What ahaltJbe the final isiuej of this' Iwrolo en deavor to' defend themselvee on- , the part of the oppressed ( and Injured people of the i North a people whose religious regard; to the rights,' Xh feelings, and the interests of ta other nation is as Well known "to Europe as their unswerving probity and honor towards their aggressive and insatiable neighbors of the Southern Confederacy, What,' I ask, can be tbe issue of a contest so sin-, gularly conducted, in which the victories re lall 1 on One side, and yet we seem ao nearer the termi nation of the contest than whan it began ? . What calculation can any rational being make, when all the laws which commonly go, rem military operauons are reversed when .victory is no longer attended by success, and when lowed by depression ?. ? ", f defeat lis not xbU Tbe Richmond Eoquirer states that 1 3 J3atur urdayja Yankee balloon was observed over eur iloes taking obaeryatipns, wheni one piece of the purceil battery flred.at it, knocking the batlooo Into a "cocked hat, : and j)Itcaihg the ' Yankee aeronaut headforemost to the ground. Of course theaeronaut was killed in stunt ly. '' I f' Vla this eity oolhe motnlnc of he 17th Inst, at tbe residenee or the bride' fataer, j Key. xnvmas Kkinner, KarVJ. H. HOWELL, Chaplain ref tbe Regiment ! IS. C. Troops, to . Miss VIROIHL ROASTER. .'! A-' ; ' , : 5' t it v ' 1 If h an rjTllnin n Mrtk. ! -- -i.i l iiithi;uuuiik! . - j . ; When two that are link'd I end avay tie Love en throuoh all ills, and love on till they er Spirit of the Age ant BilUei Reeorder eleaee 2.; 1st. : It t i eopj-
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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