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RAt.EIGH, 3T. C
SATDBDAY JIOBNINO, AUQ.9, 1862.;
THE EXECTlON.. J' . v
Wejgije6uoh 'retiJ()&ib9eetioo
which took place Co ,Thor8day;is -We hte
received prior to the tune of putting our pa
pr to ptc. ?,It will ba fecrj that fhi rote
caat tor-GofernoT io Raleigf wt Very hei
jlpnevjXhtB waa Owing to-"thefaci that a
large comber , of -oOTfcrtt fronr the camp
near here voted at thl box i. . .
. . ... 1 ' w.
(EW are indebted to Mr. Dolini the
Operator cf ihe Southern Exprest Telegraph
in.thli city,' for the'folloiiiDg election oewi
by Ulegriph t ' - f ::'- y' :'
',.;; BY'TEJJCGIIAPH. ...".C-..".-
... .s . VOTB tx cKfturrnc. '
Vr Ghrcrntrr -Johatbo,
YA . N ' r
For Senate-' Young, - '
Fritcbard, , " " '
Alexander,
In addition I bate Veceivld th fallowing :
632
106
119
234
:7T
40
' HIOII Foinr.
For OorcmorYwcti, ',:.7 T
. 'r ! r: GRAHAM.
For Governor Vauee, . . . ,
JobntUo, ' 1
For Governor Vance, '
Johnston, w .
v G&xaarsioso.
For Goirnwr Vbm.
i
183
-20
206
35
526
153
42t
- - Johnston,
BRITTON
GUILFORD COONTY
G&xxksboko, Aug. 8
31
Majority for raaee in Guilford, 150
" Army, .
400
CABARRUS COUNTS
Concosd, Aug. 8,
So far aa beard from. Vance 200 majority in
this county.' , ' .'
ORANGE COUNTY.
DURBAM5. .'
Fur Garernor Jobmtoo,
. .. Vance,
ALAMANCE COUNTY.
43
121
Alaioritr for Vance, 660. All conservatives
, TUB CASE OP MUJIFORDr
The Kiehmond Enquirer has "authority
for saving that communications were sent to
the Lincoln Government, some weeks eince,
respecting the execution of Mumford, at New
' Orleans, and other outrages committed by
the Yankee General ; but no reply has yet
been received. Another demand h&4 recent
ly been made in regard to them" and the ad
ditional outrages perpetrated by this Linooln
officials in different parts of the Confederate
States. A short time h&a been giren to the
Federal authorities in which Co reply, before,
orders will be issued for the execution of the
measures necessary for the repression of these
'outrages also." . . ' ". "; 1. x " I"'
This intelligence will be hailed with plea
sure by the whole country. In many ; parts
of the 8outh the Yankees hare prao tic ally
raised the " black Qtp. ; In Piedmont Vir
ginia, Pope's soldiers' are committing the
most abominable outrages conceivable, im
prisoning non-combatants, stealing and des
,troying property, ravishing negro women in
the presence, of their mistresses, and in some
instances ravishing the mistresses themselves.
Under these circumstances, we should re
joice to hear that our soldiers in dealing with
those of Pope are acting upon the principle
of making no prisoners, of giving- no quar
ter to the fiends in "human shape who are
making- a hell upon earth f our once happy
land. . k ... -
WHERE'S THE BLOCKADE?
There cam be no impropriety, in our stating,
wbt we know to be a tact, that an arrival has
recently taken place ata Southern, pert, which
will add greatly to the supplies of the South, and
" enable tbe Confederate Government to place in
the fiakt a very large additional number of armed
men. The vtaael came in boldly, waa not at all
interbred with by the blockaders, ahd enables
one of Petersburg's citizens to rjaeh home again
after a long absence. We hear pleasant . news
from abroad, bat for the best of reasons, with
bold it at present. Let the South . be of good
cheer. The worst of our troubles are now nu o.
bred with tbe past. Vtersbfry Express.j1 v- . 1
We know who this returned Cockaderl
is joat as well as if we had just shaken our
i ivu it iu dj mo nana. v
FROM TENNESSEE.
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A dispatch from Chattanooga states that
McMinnville, Tenn Was occupied last Sat
urday by J,000 Federal troops, probably
Nelaen'e division of BaelTs trmy. MeMinn
ville, it will be remembered, is ".the village
upen whioh Oeri. JorrestJ'ell back after the
ciptare of MurfreesboroV "A detachment of
Gen. Forrest's cavalry was in the placeon
Friday, but were smart enough to escape.-r
A man whyran the enemy V lines from.Me
Jlinnville sUtes that.he heard the shrieks of
the women from almost every bouse in the
town.' He thinka that the YanVi
der must have tnrned loose his men to pil-
rr. OUIrS the inhi
a shxuka war agonizing.
nd outrara the inr.vift t iiHaad who wanta"a Teaiher.' fbrrat ta aend
. 1
' 1VATE KOnTHEHTf HEWS. ! ,r.
I - The New York World of the 2nd instant
has been received ia Petershurg. - It con
tains but little of interest. : : From this source
we'eet' the fitst Northers account 1 of our
recent night attack on the j Yankee fleet In
lames river.' mey aamii m ions ci iaux mes
killed,' tome fire or Ax wpunded, and several
horses killed i She? say that Caw of, their
Teasels were struck, but none of them were
seriously damaced. This is about as near
the 'truth as we expected, to . set from the
Yankees. .."i .it.j '- 1 - -
Com. Porter's mortar fleet is sail Jo" have
arrived in James river. ts objecl is thooyht
to be to attempt the redaction of our works
at Prewry's Pluifl -j' !V' :y0C:
I The World aays editorially :It-:i now
certain that an order wilt be issued for a draft
in'snch. Stateslor' aectious at vStatea as will
cot sunoly their Quotas of men ;before'tho
middle of . the present monthJff ? ,.
r The New YorkJ Tribune is beginning to
count the oost of putting down the rebellion
ia the Southern States. It.'taya f "Fattiog
down the slayeholders'rebelUoa u a very ex
nensive as well as bloody business. Con
gre&s, at its recent session, passed bOls whioh,
in the aggregate, appropriated out of the
Treasury the sum of $913,078,527.63 At
the extra, session last ssmmer,-Congress ap
propriated $265,103298.$9f. The . total
amount, therefore, for the two sessions reach
es the enormous sum of $1,178,181 ,824.62."
i The following Yankie news, is interesting,
if true: 1 ; . v-;- ); - '
BEBEL GUNBOATS' TO'THB -YAZOO
!. VicrsBUBO, July 25.A eentleman recently
from the Yasoa river ccmotry report that, the
teamer Star of tbe Weet captured off Galveston
I bv tbe rebels ia on teat river and armed witn
twenty two guns, tine ts iron-plated to a consid
arable extent. v. . ,; - i- -..' -
Tbe W. H. "Webb, a powerful occean towboat,
u also op that river, aad baa been placed aome
tiine in the style of tbe Sumter. Sbe is construe
led aa a ianu . .. , . ' : '
Tbe rebels have alao tbe Mobilemounting one
gua. . . -v . i i! ..- -v
Tbebtar or tbe West asa tae w.ebb came up
from New, Orleans when . tbat city was captur
ed, bringing, among otber rebel plunder 4 108
At Liverpool, sixty-five miles np the river, tbe
rebels nave an inramouslr contrived rait, wnico
is a perfect lock acrainst cceodinje boau. Tbey
have alao a powerful battery on shore at tbat
point. , . ; f. --. -t . f4. . : - "i--
In addition, to tbe abov-aamed , vesaela there
are about' thirty" river steamers up tbe Yazoo
river. j . ! i
Morgan'b "Orr icial iBEPOBT. The offi-
cial report of Co!.' Morgan of bis recent ex
ploits in Kentucky states that be took twenty
towns, captured 1,200 prisoners ' and des
troyed Drooertv, valued at 'three miliicss of
dollars. ! Among the spoils, taken from the
enemy are 20,000 stand of arms, and num-
bers of mules and horse. Col. ueorge ut.
Le?er Greenfelt. of tbe ! British limy,' dis-
tinguishrd himself, charging in front on sev
. o , ' ..... . - w -
eral occasions. He was eligbuy wounded.
fVOTBtiTwiTi! VTrnrnTrv- hit Amuima 1
uenerai rmsirosg omciauy repuru auowxer 1
rt : 1 - . V ? 1 1 A - iL f
bama., une Hundred and twenty or nis com
mand, under Lieut. CoU Kelley, attacked
four companies of Federal ' cavalry . near
Jocesboro, Ala., on the; 26 th,; . and . routed
them. - The enemy left y;dead and & wound
ed on the field, and we captured 1$ prison
ers, . - Our loss was one wimnded. The iena
my on the North side of the Tennessee is re
ported tq be retreating towards Nashville.
Thx Yanksxs ami thk Nioboxs. Ah
special despatch to the lobileAdvertiser
and Kegtster, from Jackson, nnder date" of
the 3rd. savaxhat nasaenErers from Memphis
' - . . P , ;
report thalan emeuie had broken out between
tne lanxees ana tne negroes worxmg on me
fortifications there, in which the Yankees
shot a number of negroes j i; , ,
t Rcnninq . thi Blockapk.- News from
Nassau to the 30th July ; has been reeeiyed
at Charleston. " The steamships Kate : and
Herald had arrived at Nassau from the Con-
- b v . ...
federate coast. The Herald was attacked oil
Nassau by a Yankee war steamer, which fired
a whole broadside into her : but. the aim of
the Yankees being too high, the Herald es
caped into port with only one shot through
herhuU:. . T ::.r. t"-;: : ' i
s DaAPTiHd in MissorjBt.The Cincinnati
Commercial of .the 2Bth states that hundreds
of foreigners in St. Louif, mostly Irish had
claimed the British Consult protection from
draft. . ; Great excitement "was occasioned.
The Yankees mobbed . them. ' . The Provost
Guard was" called upon to suppress the riot;
i ; -S ' -;hot ':aiwb:;'F-S
; Since Tuesday last .we nave been suffering
the first really, wann ireatherlof. the present
summer. I. In the sun it has been intensely
hot, while in the shade, we have, been pain-
loiiy reminaea 01 the lines
'1 - V-
With Test unbuttoned, and loose cravat,"
Lo I In the breezeleat shade I sit." '
n.Tha geatlenian signing lumself :J
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b kifalliiaBM;. w.- :. :;;-:; -
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SUCCESSFUL BUNNING OF THE BLOCK
ADE THE HERALD FIRED ON Bt T,HE
YANKEES. " r r . ; iC v.7 -v" ?' ; ; :i-
On Saturday last a steamer arrived at a South
ern port 'with a heayy cargo,, including .47,000
pounds of ammanition and 7,000 stand of arms.
-This Tessel . brings the news of tbe firing 00 the
steamer Herald, a British vessel, commanded by
Captain Coxetteri;y the United States frigate
Andrlondack orWgunV oasauNP.The
Herald' was bound ifrom Chajrleston for- N assar
and ran near the ifrSgaer thmkUg 6h .was Eng
lish or French ; but lound by a hmadside that the
was aa vemyv po .a aau Por?
,iV i . -a
by tbe yeeseLSho was 8rufeknce,but made her
wav safelv into Jfasfiati.: - jsne was. rmoff cruisn
colors at the tim&j " A Nassau naber tarn
iiI.B M.abipGej hound, which was
kT.k,- w ...u :
within the' harbor,;-. gotC up;ateaiii iand
I wentoot and mmunicated with tbr.Fioeral'.hlpll
Wh inoknlWwe are not informVcL Lut the
What look place we are not informVd, Lot the
Greyhound returned about 3 ofclock to her uooorr
ings, and the 'Federal ship stood closer In,-, and
finally anchored outside of Hog -Island, when she;
saluted tbe flag, , which salute was shortly after re
turned from tbe Barrack wharf, v We understand
that he ia the JJ. S, ship Adriondack. ; There are,
a great many report in circulation regarding this
shin, one ot which ia that her - commander imade
an apology lo.tbe commander of the Greyhound-.
According to the recent Instruction'. limitiBg the
time allowed to ships of war of-beJligerents tie
main in British portt to 24. hours, tbe Adrion-
dack'a time was up at 3 o'elock to-day. - jir..i"f
A YANKEE'S : DESCKIFTION OF f MER
! BfACAC NO. 2, y"'
An -Irishman ' named v Peter Dlan. a Drinhpr.
who has been for" some time emplojed In. the
Eichmond. xami Office, - has been permitted
to return North, and furnishes one of the Yankee
rjaners with the fullowinfir descriDtion ; of. Alerri
mac No. 2, which is said to' be building at Rich
mond :
THE NBW UXREIMAC.
Sunday three weeks, I was on board. theMerrr-
mac, being anxious to get a lootc at ner before I
came -away, bne is a. very lormldable vessel, con
atructed with much skill. Her wood work ' was
then flnisned. ua tne following .. day sine was
taken across the river to the Tredegar Works .to
have her plating put on. The plates are about
ten; feet long, and ten inches in width: They are
punched entirely through with holes for tbe in
sertion of the bolts, and all overlap one another
when in position. ; '
Like Merrimac No. L, sbe is a formidable ram,
but is somewhat smaller tbaq the great original,
which, in every other respect, she greatly resem
Me. Her roof rues uptoapeak, of such a height
that the aides rise at a sharn anerle." When ironed.
and ner machinery put in ner guards will proba
bly not be over one foot above tbe water. , Being
smaller she will be far more manageable than Mer
rimac the first. Her guard? were: about six feet
above the water s edge.- The ram was well beaked
reaching about four feet above the de?k, and ex
tending out six or eight feet.
HJER ABM AitEX T.
. Although hei armament was of course not vet
on board, iu cnaracier was no secret.; Tne entire
public have access to the vessel. . it ; was easy to
be seen what number of guns sbe was to carry
ar well as tneir approximate cuaracier, - r rom
other information, however, I can -state that she
. T - : . . 1 . tti
will carry one bow, one sterd, and three side guns.
They are to be Df the same description as those
which are mounted at JTort leaning, tneir ability to
pierce our iron armorea vessels, navmg, in tne
attack upon that fortress, been exemplified at
least to the satisfaction or secesh. : Toe ball to;
be used are steel pointed, and were being made on
tbe day of our departure! as well as previously. -
Dna is no uiwui uuuipitiKu ut .vois umer una
reedy for offensive operations, as a very large gang
of workmen were employed upon her. She is
the pride of-the Bichmonders, w homely upon ier
m . . ... . 1 ". ' .1 -
lor tne aeieace 01 vuo city as muca as. upon meir
armies. Itlsbanstingiy declared and universally
m . . m ' . a. . m fit - - W
DeiieYeu 7 tu u u. sweep uie. oamea.
. . . J . i" 1 t . -
certain sne naa cmeieaiare 01 iormiaaoieness not
HB CBXW ITXMS
Singularly enou?h her crew ia to consist only
of. tbe old crew of Merrimac tbe first. , ine men
were quartered on - Thirteenth e'reet, a few doors
from the Examiner office, ia a building styled
The Sailor's Home.".: -
Bicbmond is one vast hospital. Two. hundred
and twelve were but led from a single hospital in
one dai. negroes being compelled to penorm lhe,J
work. : : " ' '
After tha late battles evertmah in Richmond
possessed of three-abirtS" was compelled to give
one to uae army sue a was me scarcity 01 cioin
1. m 1 II. m . .
It was stated in the JExaminer office" in my
hearing that Lee had 220,000 men in.tbelttte bat
tles, and 40,000 in Richmond as a reserve.' Even '
the rebels accorded to McClellan, the greatest
praise for his masterly retreat." On tbe 2nd of
July the Examiner announced that; he was sur
rounded; driven'; into a swamp and hia stores;
ammunition, artillery; and wagons' captured.
Jackson, it was said, was in nis rear, xiuger on
bis left, JUilL and Juongstreet on his front, and -
Magruder on his right, and' the next day, it was
confidently j expected, , ne would be escorted
through the streets in a cage I Next day, how
ever, tbe tune bad changed, and the Examiner
be? an its disniavihead to the news with this line.
The Bird.Haa Flown." V. Tbe rebels - were-out-.
generaled, and McClellan all right. v .i. -
Thb War, lor thjb West. A speoial djs-
patoh to the Mobile Advertiser, dated Jack
son, July 31st, says : ' ;
Passeugers report that; Gen. Villfpeigue
advacced and occupied Lagrange, Tenn.v but
subsequently- returned to Abbeville. - The
Yankees were advanoing on Holly Springs,
and were expecting to occupy that-place, to
day.; ;;-; : . V,:i;'. y;. "VrvX , . ; ':y.'k
General Buggies addressed a stringent re-'
mons trance to Boiler, re lati ve to two parti
san rangers, whef it is said, Butler, had threat
ened to bang. Gen Boggles threatened re
taliation Butler; replied -that one had been
paroled, ana tnat ine other would be.
- 1 t.i - - - . - - .-..-"v.
: Tho enemy arei threatening our: forces at
Fupelor Jlissil- 't-:
, . . ' v v 11 ; r ; ; .;t
Tnfnrmation had been received. that Curtis
Tupel
; : loformation has) been received' that Cur tis
I bar been reinforced,' and Is adrancing on
Hmdman, who has a large force '; : . 5VJ
3.1)bath or axr Eminxnt ; Di VrKX TbV Rev.'
J. H. Thornewell, of Colu mhiaj S. C, the most
eminent Presbyterian divine of cur country, died
in Caarlotte, N. on tha Xt Jnat:, after a brief
iilaeaav He wa aa distuguishJKl f piety aatal-
ante.
WaO I BROUGHT ON THIS WAR !-i-AN
Wcki APPEAL FOR PEACE.f T
Some of the. conservative papers 'in the North,
impressed with - the hopelessness of this war Of
rctj ugatipn, are beginning already to raise tbelr
yojcea against its further prceeeuUon.. The New
ark (N J.) Journal ha a strong' ariiete' showing
the origin and. effect of the war, and imploring
'for peace?" As bhe: of-thesteniflcanrsiff
lines in the "North, it deserves to be fcafefullvc
The boldest and mceren'thus
ny of this counlry.if intesritvlbad continaed to
Eumu uvuueruiona una wisnom nun nmnt .
IS jn her conm-ili Vr "; 77-f
I ; ig prosperity and pmm& fdro"
ttne natorai jrewit-ot the cohsutuiional noliv rf
iha:ieaiocratic pariTv-which b&t.MUthttl
I i.ereea a strict conptruction of the Constitutjon:
vp6wiuon;
eraexacf jastice towara.entitled io
B . entitled tO
pnyueges aniagon
ism- to all lorma of sefetion -
.'"- ; : x-z . ..... .- . .i. .... . .
amm D3sea Wn :.oonu. insuwtwns wnose
V; V -srl w -vf j YSU.WH!'
uaj tuui pojucy qeen aanered 10, tow nauon to-
day wotlld.have remained a united and a happy
people. .-.J- Bat ' sectional organization , prbfessia g
for the basis of its creed eternal hostility to slave
ry, revolutionary in its origin and' destructive ia
its policy,- proposed io vern. this, country by,
usurpation ; to overthrow and set at naught every
guarantee of. the Constitution in'reference to fif
teen States of the Union to shut them out of
the'magniflcent territories acquired. ty'-the com
mon blood and treasure of the Union : to main
tain tbislUnloo just as the Union between En
gland and Ireland jis-maintained-; just as -Great
Britain attempted to maintain the Union between
the mpther country; and the American colonies.
Whefl he. danger of a disrupted Union was riporf
us, and 11 the hofroura cf; civil war menaced,
they persistently refused all attempt ) at cdncilia"
tion andf compromise, and preferred the arbitra
ment of war to-that of peace and ! concilia! lon'--
They ref usal conciliation and- compromise, and
when they did 60 tbey knew that war Would re
sult 'front the refusal: '--V: s:ff'-.
The far they .thvitedDay- longed for-is now
upon da, and has Jbrought ia its trainali the ruin
that ha waited opon- ita blood-stained, footsteps.
Every fundamental principle of" ; constitutional
liberty has been scattered to the winds enormous
expenditures, the result of speculation andUrand;
demand oppressive and exhorbitat taxf's- whole
hectacombsof victims have been -offered up and
there is hardly a house, as in ancient Egypt, lia
which there is not one dead" a large proportion
of ; the productive industry's being . turned from
tbe peaoefol pursuits of agriculture to where the
Teapers oescend to the harvest of death every
where individual and national bankruptcy ar
staring as in me iace. .;. , . j . '.
In the lislstive icouncila of thef nation; every
ho'4r makes manifest that the object of tbe war is
not to uphold the government, the fjConstitu tion,
or the -Union, ,'but to lift the artificial i; eights
"from all men's shoulders," in the language of
President Lincoln to xoage an' tlir repressive con
fiicS, against "tfte 'institution 6jf . slavery -io rob
the whitie man of his liberty; that the slave; may
enjoy it. Nine-tenths of the legislation of Con
gress has i been this -session directed towards the
conditiori of the slave, ahd how to alley iate that
CopdliOav(whUe he -a wfai situation 4 of -ihw-gov
ernment intended for white men, is entirely lost
wght of. 5 la the meantime the Ration "reels and
staggers to and fro like a drjinken man.-"
DemocraU of New Jersev ! the hour
you-are to meet in council is not far distant.
Upon you, together with your confreres in other
States, rest the hope of r tbe country.. - With a
bold, vigorous and determined effort you can belp
to save it .j but it will net be by half-way, tempo
rizing measures. You cannot save it by endor
sing and approving ! the; acta. of . the present ad
ministration ; by endorsing attacks upon the con -stitational
liberty of "the subject ; by approving
of a war of subjugation and extermination.' The
cunning, unprincipled promoters of this fwar;
who are speculating upon the blood and treasure
of this nation; have no ddsire that it shall ceaae.
Under the specious and delusive cry that 'govern
ment is in danger, and the Constitution must be
upheld, they are uprooting the foundations Of the
one and rendering "nugatory every provision pf
the other. Bead the history of the past year ;
read the daily legislation of the men ia-Congress
who are hounding, on this strife and therr tell us
honestly-do yoa jbdlieve this to be a war for the
Union or- the preservation of the Constitution ?
If you do not, it is high time you should cry
aloud and! spare not. " . . , '
It is time that you should arouse from the'leth
argy that enervates, and the false security tbat de
ludes, you If you believe that the fuT thereon -
tibuanceof this war willonly entail untold miseries I
upon yourselves and vojirpostentyyou have a
jrighHo demarJdlhat it shall cease. ; You 'have
the right by all constitutional means within your
power to endeavour to make it a floaHty, If
not, you acknowledge a right and a power in
this admiaistration which only ' belongs to despo
tic" governments tbat are founded In force and, not
in the consent of the governed. . Ia
iiet this war go on in the spirit it 4s now be
ing waged, and y ou will dig an impassable gulf
between North and South." Remember r what
Senator Douglas stjd in 4he Senate ;"- before
disease had dimmed hia eve and paralyzed
nu, .minq. v vvnetner . tne . war tbat ;, these
Republicans now clamour for ' lasts " one jrear,
seven years, or thirty years, the result must be the
same a cessation ef .hostilities .when the parties
become exhausted, arid a treaty of peace, recog
niiing the separate independence of each section.
Extermination, subjugation, or separation, one of
tbe three, must be the-result of the war" between
Northern and Southern, States." 1 ' '
1 Now, the question is,"will you wait until a' war
of years has prostrated every interest, destroyed
a sixth part of your population, aed-made a waste
and desolation of the Nortb, or will you demand
peace now ?. I the freedom of the negro Of more
importance than that of tbo white man ? If so
clamour for war. i Are the groans of the-wound-
ed moie musical to .your ears than the whir of
the shuttle and the ring , of the hammer ?
Then clamour for war, " Do you desire an incu
bus of taxation, that shall make you and your re
motest pceterity "hewers Of wood and drawers of
water' to-the Federal Government jf i Then cla
mour for jwar. D3 you desire to see this confed
erated government transformed into- a vast ceh
traUzed military depotism ?- Then! clamour) for
war: Doyou waiitto witness the final-wreck of
all the glories of our past an t o jr hopfes forthe
future f "; Then clamour for war. .;,.'. .
- ' i YANKEE DESERTERS: I-'
- . -I.- " " - . . TTTI .a . . - . w- I
A gentleman who was at jStrasburg, Shonah
doah county, on Friday last, aays that during! hi
stay there, three deserters from the Yankee army
aiay mere, vnree aeeertcrs rrom tne tan see arm
reacbed that point, and proceeded up the Talk
to gie themselves up to our picket;They statec
in the hearing of our informant, that thirty cthei
v... .u.. x
alley
ated.
erg.
had deserted at the same ti me. but that a n um ber
of them were pursued and captured by the ' Yan
kee cavalry. Two of the three alluded to were
from Ohio, and one from 3laiylaod-S The;0iio
ans were anxious to be paroled as prisoners and
allowed to go home "by way of Rpmney and Cum
berland' They stated that it .was understood
among the -Federal troop .that our authorities
were paroling all who gave themselves up, and
a a consequence many who were tired of the war
would leava wbeoever opportunity presented. ! '
j:. -X- , - Richmond Ditgatch.
EXCHANGfi OF PRISONEES;
The following extracts from tbe Bichmohd JDi
patch of Wednesday how5 that the exchange ol
prisenerv ta rapidly jrof ng on g ? C :
PE031. Fpst, pelawabe;
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Hr. Ricbard Prazier vrho waa captared by
the Federal cavalry at the "residence of Mr. Ap
person; in New Kent 'aenty. err the eth otJwf'J
resell ea ta esiy ibs-nigns xrom x on- jjeiaware
He came upibwrtverjyeaterflay ttb aa the re
leased Confederate prisoner from Fort Delaware,
ome four tnoufiana la number, and landed at
Aiken's about a o'clock la the arternoon,.
Alter his capture he waa 4a4ceo V "Wllliama-s
a ; a '.... .a.
oijrg, wrier renwunea jor r weeKt woea ne ti
aenx aown wt -me lup -ap6, ana irom xnence to
Fort.Delaware, where he waa confined until the
30th of July. Tha . second day, after, hia arrival
at the forte number of prison ers were dfawnt up
111 line ana m aerusnu maae -ipr vneir money, me
f mM t mifa.A -k -. : .ft,- ZA,t
I would be allowed each Prisoner. - The next dav
tha Ikiti V Mnula mnA .OT.r. -1V.
J roHiiWftfi r. 1 : u thb 1omi
1 .. . jr" 1 m s mwu mam
takea fromthe prlaonera, j.one of which was ever
J returned. Their watcbea were also tntea and not
1 restored . ... ., - ; : - ;. - r
A released prisoner from the old canitol prison;
at Washington, says they were treated with much
attentiOB by their friends in that city.. - The Sym-;
pathy there7 for the Sou th is v er y strong. ; He
thinks there were over 200 vessels in James river
.ashe.cameup-4;:-i'l,;;S- 'ij-:-h 'irc
' ; Amog. ..there released, : and 'whff arrived ajt
Aiken's ' landing yesterday afternoon: juM Gear-
erala Buckner. And Tilehmao. who have, bean
confined at Fort Warren since February - laat.
luajjroerwtt tasea ac tne tali or Fort LtoneK
son, and the latter atf Fort Henrr. in Tetmeasee
It ia expected, that these gallant offioera will reach
inia cuy-wjid morniogj? i.-4 . -
.i Grand Exotr8;oxTHxx ;Thousai Yas
kess. About 1 oclock yesterday three thouaand
of the Federal prisonera on Belle Island left the
city forM VartoaJ' (the farm of 'Albert Aiken,
Esq.. twelve miles from Richmond) a guide 1iav-
in g been procured from Capt. Alexander's deteo
tiye force lo pilot them thither.' Tbey went un
der nag of 1 race to be exchanged, and were to be
met by omcers ot tne United States Army, em
powered to effect that objeeOTh4Vmr'eonsist
ed wholly of eoldiertoo commissioned ofScera
being in., the party-': The guard attending' the
oarty was composed of a portion ot the 2d JUia
sissippa regiment, under Col. Miller' Tbe pris
oner were permitted to go by tne C. 0 JttUitary
Prison, ana wane m iront ot tne building tbey
oneered tneir imprisoned com patriots, (tienerals
and other officers) . and otherwise testified ihelr
respect for them. ? They appeared elated at the
prospect ,01 going noma, . 'tne day waa intensely
hot: and it was intimated.'after they had been
gone for some hours, : that tnany of them broke
downv and had to be left on the way-side, while
two or three diedt There are 1,700 Yankees yet
, ...To bb Broooht Hxax.-The 2,500 Yankees,
now encamped at the Lynchburg Fair Ground,
and consisting mostly of prisoners captured by
Sionewall Jackson's army, are expected In. Rich
mood to-day; Col-. G. C. Gibbs, of the 42d f
C. regiment, ha bad charge of them for some
time. The six hundred and odd now at Salisbury,
JSTwCi in eharge of Col. Godwin, are also expect
ed here this week. They will ba sent hence down
tbe river. Among the prisoners ' at Salisbury la
Col. Wilcox, of j the 1st Michigan regiment, cap
tured at Manassas, the. first - Yankee military
Governor 01 Alexandria, Va., a very aflable and
gentlemanly man ; Ieo, Lt. Hamblie, son of old
Tom, tbe play-actor, and tbe notorious Michael
Corcoran, Colonel of the 69tb- New York all
captured at Manassas. . ; X !
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From the Petersburg 1 ExprcB of Wednesday.
MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY. T. ;
From sources entitled to the . fullest credH; we
have information, which leave no room far doubt
that the enemy are advancing from the South'
side of James river. One column is said- to be
coming toward Petersburg by way of Garysville,
and the other on the river read.- The latter was
near Mercbants'a. Hope;; Church, Prince George
county, yesterday at mid-day, about fourteen miles
f rom Petersburg. .V- ; . & M ;
A letter from a well known chised of. Surry
county ,t whose residence sear the river furnishes
fine facilities for, obtaining .information, gives it
a$ bis opinion,"that the enemy? landed .10,000 on
Saturday, and Sunday at May cock's,, an a parties
from Prince George state that a number estlmat-
Point.- Coggin'a Point is the name of the farm
of Edmund RufSn, Jr.; Esq.,' and is directly bp-
poeite iserkeiy.: it is also stated tnat the enemy
are throwing a pontoon bridge! across the river
at Coggin's Point, i ; f " "
Pickets of the enemy were 'captured ,by our
videttes on Monday night, and again yesterday
The two captured yesterday are members of the
Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry and had dismount-
eo, ana gone into a gentleman,' orchard near
tfMerchant'e Hope Church to gather - pear.
Af lkn mws rm I mm. A t A m nnl w .m lk ,
While thus regaling themselves, they were sur
prised by our pickets and captured without resis
tance. They state that they landed at Cog gin'
Point Monday night. . They expressed no regret
at their capture, but seemed to; be rather gratified
than otherwise. '. They date .that tbey havenjver
been in a battle, and never expected to be ; that
they are opposed to the warand hope tbat it will
soon be brought to a termination. - , 1
Our opinion i,i that the number of the enemy
have beon ;gfeatjy.exaggerated but there is no
doubt that tbey are on tbe South bank in force,
and may contemplate a forward movement in the
hope of occupying Petersburg. On the: other
hand, many think they are only making a - feint
toward Petersburg, .while; tbeirrSal object !
only to gain time to secure a tafe position on such
por lions of theSeuth ban k of the ri ver as will enable
them to prevent another night attack upon their
fleet and camps. - But the only rafe policy tor our
authorities to pursue, is to be prepared to meet
them at any point beyond the reach of their gun
boat, and this we believe is, the one which . ha
been adopted. 1 - Should thdy persist in coming to
Peteri burg, " they t will meet with an opposition
which they do not probably contemplate fe.WV!
: Heavy firing is said to have been heard in the
directum; of James, River yesterday, above City
point. It no doubt proceeded from tbe enemy-
gunboats, the commandants of which practice daU
y in shelling the shores. . ; ; 4! k- t ;
?-Many of the farmers of Prince George are still
removing their families and effects total city and
points oeyond.
ESCAPE OF DK' RUCKEB, THE RENE
- "-s :-''"!' -,QADE. j ,- ,J:
, The' notoriousTrenegade, DrWm. P-Rucker,
who was ca :ured at Nicholas Court House a few
day since, escaped from; therguard at . the Salt
Sulphur Spring -on Friday night, and up' to the
latest information from there had.not been re-csp i
tured. The whole country was being scoured to
secure hie re-arrest, 'and it was thought that the
enbrta being made to that end -would be luccea
t -: 1 Foa nu RRataTak.: -
f SITtXATION QF AFFAIRS IN Tlffi. WEST;
- Ma, EoiToa : Fiading a comparitiy ignorance
exuffngjrithe eastern 'sectioa of our oouatry la
regard to the provTou and 'preaeat campaign of
our western armie, and thinking H desirable that
all portion of our country -should be-; well in
fornied in the hiatory of thi our aecood Eevoloi
ti an,-1 take the liberty oj .offering to you some
few facta concerning the actions of. our western
arm during the past year, "which1 miy not prove
uninteresting; and may furnish some information
When the war first broke etit between tbe North
and-the thj Preudeat JDavi ooWed tae.ap
poinlment of Major General, to ,Lecnlda jPoIk,
and was much gratified at the'acoBbtaaoe f;tt by
htmj kBoWing the ; influence he weuld carry
with Mm. "The Generai, ar I ani informed, acoept-.
ed the position fem no ammtioui motlve but
putely from patriotic moUta -'acting, aa ha bim-
self ..declare', I almplyj. as. one - who, walking the
streets' of some city, pursuing his dally avocation ,
comes across a building' upon fire, which he thioka -
l.byaundere ueed astlstanot to extuguish; after
which bejag rtinguished, he puriuaa hU' avoca-
tion aa Uaoai.' HeenUrad ta tola war because he
thought it wasai irerswagei.oy. the perfidy and.
selfishness of Germany, aad , Irelaod, ltd ea. by,
New; England fanatics, agaTnst 'thi intersat and
welfare of our country, and well and nobly hu
tbe General pWformed bla" paTt He organltad '
thefirit army t$U$kl of, the Mississippi river to'
the cotton-and border State of Tennessee and
WeBteru;.&antocky ; he being the- commanding
General of, that jdepartmaat at , that , ttmtv ' '
Finding ihe Federal anthoritle had violated the
neutrality of, Kentucky, and had taken a portion
of her soil the General" feeing that Colambu
Ky. wait the key to the MUslatippi; river, tmme- -'datelyjtook
. ii cottttary io' 'evders from tha Seer
tary "of War, . but afterward sqstaised by the.
President add held, i t and made it so impregna.
ble that U' comrjlelely guarded the Mlsslatlpp
river, and the Engineer oflcer sent by General
Beauregard upon . .ht arrival to' that ctIon t
country, to inspect lbs - work there, pronounced ,
them impregnable from a water attack, and very
difficult to take by land.. The enemy, never did
take it, although threatening tbe place frequently
with a largely superior foreeUpan the fall of
Fort Henry aad Fort Donaldson, Bowling Green,
Ky., waa evacuated by Gen." Sidney Johnston,
who fell back fiist to MurfreeBDoro, Ten., after
wards to Chattanooga, and thence to1 Oorioth
Qen. Polk had to; abandon ColumbtM," Ky., being
flanked etumy oj tae enemy la tneir possession
of Forta Henry and Donaldson. Tbe evacuation;
of Columbus be executed with the loas of nothing
save one oist wo r'sce ef. arullery 'His heavy
guna he ont andlaced ia position upoa the work
at Island No. 10, another fdrtiflcatloo' for the de.
fenceof the Mbssisaippi river sane few miles do wo
:tbe river from CoJumbu. . Hi army with all It
(upplles he moved to Humboldt, afterward to -Corinth,
Miss., where Gen. Johnston and Beau
regard had concentrated force consisting of Gean
Hardee's division,! which had been previously op
erating over to MUsouri and Arkanaaa, In keep-,
ing the enemy In check in thattectiob of country, ,
together with Gen Price, the State! of Missouri
having just been eccepted into the' Confederacy a
ahort time previous hi force new having beea.
tranererreate uorintn wttbUeoeral Bragg divi-;
Ion and Gen. Polk, for the purpose of defending'
the extreme Southern Slatre-J-the Border States
of, Tennessee and j&entucky then being la the
possession of the enemy. It waa there, soma fit . :
teen mllea from Connth, waa fought the bloody '
battle of Shibb, tke most destructive, probably
taking into consideration th number of men en
gaged, which has been; fought daring the wr.
There it wa that two too of North Carolina,
General Bragg and Polk, won immortal renown
by their heroic conduct, and: whose columns, led
by their brave commander, would have captured4
the entire Yankee! army at Pittsburg Landing,'
where they were disorganized and routed, fleeing
and hiding themselves like soared bird under the
banks of the river1, but 'that GenJ Beauregard
ordered them to fall" back, under tbe impression?
tbat our men were being badly cut up by tbelr -
gunooal in the river, which were firing broadside
after broadside lntoi them but having to fire up ,
an elevated bluff, fired completelv over, them,
harming them not at all. Upon 1 tne falling back '
?r lD."r ccnwnasine enemy reuiea, ana oejng;
A . a j . a - 1 9
backj uortntn tbe following day
where our force remAined-forr'-ral weeks:
during which time, Gen. Lovell had New Orleane! J
and Southern Louisiana captured from him by . '
tbe x ederai forces under lien. Butler and Com
modore Farraeu?. olacinrlNew Orleans under the
tyrannical ruia of Gen. Butler. " The poMeasIci i
of the lower Mississippi river byf the enemy, ' ut
caused the erection iof .fortifications atVicksburg,
JUles., wnere its gallant defender have so long
and so gallantly fought, restating in finally driv
ing the enemy away from tbat city, Gn. Beaof
regard, after offering the enem battle Mveral
time at Corinth", and fighting tbe battle of Far- . '
mington, coming very near capturinGsn, Pope's
command, ahd continually kirmuhibg with the .
enemy around Cori nth found, on account of the 1
aickly condition of Corlntb, the want of water, . .
and having Gen." Halleck'a plan fully developed , :
to him, found it b-ftter for the condition of the- , . '
army and the frustration of Gen. Hal leek' plans ( ' 1
to evacuate Corinth ; which, probably; considering
tbe immediate vicinity of a pbwerful enemy, wboT; '
had possession of oad which could cot hi rear f4
guard off, and marching bi army over bad roads, , '
and through-one or two swamp Wm probably Y
themotuccebsfditrateglomoTetjieriton record ; j -losing
only soma two hundred stragglers from the
army, and some three of four ear foad4 of ammo '
nitlon, ordnance and com miacary store. The r ; '
whole army-moved out of , Corinth at twelve',
o'clock at night,' marched on several different'
road down to Baldwin, tbe point of I rendezvous,
losing none of their body, save sora fw strag- ,
glers above mentioned, leaving Gen. Halleck to '
march bis force Into a sickly place with no water, ' '
the well in the place having been filled up upon,
our leaving, dryidg up what little water was '
leftby u. - v . ' ' - -I- ,. -' ;'. .'
r The army of Beauregard moved finally to Tu
pelo, Mi., fifty mile. from. Corinth where it ' 1
wa impoasiblefor the enemy to pursue, and there - '
recruited Its vigor and strength, and i now prob-: 1
ably one of the bat disci pfined and .organized il
armie in the Confederacy, ;. It. 1 now under the ;
command of Gen. Bragg,' " Gen. Beauregard hav- ' '
ing been relieved o hi command. I The portion 1 ;
of lh army com mtnded by General Breckenridge - 1
composed of hi jdivitlon, I Undr Gen. Van t ;
Dora,' at Vickiburg, -Mia..; Tbat under General j
Price, called the Army of ,tbe West, U at Tupelo, !
and the Army of the Mlasiuippl bas gone with
Gen. Brartr to Chattanooga, there to go to Rich- ..
'mond at a moment's warning, or to take and burn
Cincinnati should its bravo commander see at to ;
go In that direction So our military line tbi side .
of the Mississippi river 4 Vicksb rg, Tupelo, .
Chattanooga and Gordonsville, or j Richmond ;
but bv the aid ot God and our brave men, we '
I will finally take tha Une to where it should prop- ;
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