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Register: Ouii are the plana f latr delightful peace rjnwarp'd by party rage to live like brothers." SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 25, 1862. rXTBA SESSION OF THE LEGISI.A- , We very much regret, that the failure of ; the Council to meet has prevented the call of an extra 'session cf the'Legialature. A day or two after the j inauguration of Got. Vance, we remarked f to several gentlemen -uraGcs victory ur Kentucky. At last we hare the tratfr in 'reference to Gen: BraggVviotory in Kentucky conveyed sent ont. ; There may by hia.own official report.; Jit was a victory, df. not . inc1 but one purchased at a great oost'on our part. Looking at the great superiority in numbers with which Bragg hadta contend, we have cause' for thankfulness'that his comparatively little army had not been'overpowered, No thing but " the ; best' 'of Generalship backed by the best of pluck on the part of our troops, could have saved our army. 1 ' In connection with this battle, we have a charge to make against our old friend "Mr. Pugstylei," of the Petersburg Express. The glowing description given by.hfm of our that the necessary steps should immediately be taken to assemble the Xegialatu're at an early J brilliant, Signal and substantial success, lift- riftd in tfce-month of October; Jpnr, tea- I e-i ua to the very attio of. exaltation and ex , sons for this opinion weref that no time was to be lost In preparing - winter clothing for ur troops that if the -Legislature met ear ly in October it wonld have pleasfant.weath er and comparatively long . days to work m, and thus be enabled for. some weeks to get i along without fuel and oandles,. the latter I being hard to get,' even at the most exorbi tant prices and there being no gas pipes or" fixtures in the Capitol,1 and no mode now of retting them that if the business could not be finished by the time; the day fixed Dy law for the commencement of tho regular session armed, thoXegislature could run the extra into the regular ' session, and finish all its business and adjourn by the -middle of De . cember, and thus-avoid the necessity bf .be iDfr in Raleigh during the inclement, and. in tie best of times, eearoe months of January through a part of Marshall's division, and and February. These were our reasons for 6uld even foUow him to the banks of the thinking that Governor Vanoe should prompt- Kentucky ;river, where we beheld his wretch- It assemble the Legislature, but as we found cd troops struggling with the foaming waters, - - - - citation, j His account was so elaborate, and at the same time so graphic, that in imagina tion we could see the fight. We could see Buell ensnared in the gorge, from the sides of which our batteries rained upon his devo ted army one continued and blasting shower of shot and shell. We, could I see his men falling' by! hundreds, and literally. ohoking op with their mutilated carcases that "Val ley of the Shadow of Deatli.'. "We could see Kirby Smith in the enemy'i front deal ing death and destruction upon his shattered, but, per force, advancing columns, while we could hear the roar of Marshall's cannon, telling him in thunder tones that whether he advanced or retreated, " his fate would be "an- '' The latest reports we -were able to get from the Cemetery last evening ; the interments bad reached 18. We are not certain that any others were havo been one or two more.' ode., negroes. Possibly we would not err materially if we placed the aeere- g&te mortality yesterday black and white, at 25. The Journal of Wednesdty, jthe 22nd, says: sTh number of new cases yesterday, shows some decrease, beine not over thirtv-lbree, and froth the indications so far to-day," we are led to believe that the report to be made to-morrow morning, will 6bow a still smaller number of new cues oc curing.-;5 ! ' f "' - .-' The : inlermenU: yesterday at the Cemetery numbered as high as 10. . It is.' probable that the total of deaths, including colored people might exceed this by some 3 or 4. . Thirteen or fourteen is as near as we can approximate the actual num ber of deaths. ' i : i A IP, as we sincerely trust, the main headway of tne pestilence has been checked, we can begin to survey the ground, and. arrive at .some conclusion as to the dimensions of jthe calamity: We heard this morning that the number of cases would not vary far from sixteen hundred,! nor the" number of deaths far from four hundred, which would ex hibit a rate of mortality equal to 25 per cent, of all tnose taken. ttat it must be borne in mind that the disease existed here, causing an unusual mortality,: some time before it fwas pronounced yellew fever, and thai not until it -.was1 declared epidemicthat any regular reports of the num ber of cases was made ; by our Physicians. ; These considerations induce us to believe that the' actual facts willexceod any detail' of , them tb at can be made from positive knowledge ot official reports. tATJER FROM THE NORTH. THE BATTEE. OF PERRY VILLE GEN ERAL jBlt AQQS I OFFICIAL REPORT. The following is a ,copy of. Gr3neral Bragg's, pfBcial report of the battle of Pjrryville, Ky : Hejldqitartirs Department No. 2, ) " Bryantsville, Ky.; Oct. 12, 1862. . Sir- Finding the enemy pressing heavily "in" his rear, near Perry vllle, AlajorjGeneral Hardee, of Polk's command, was obliged to haft and check Having arrive i at Harrods- bat one person to ooncur with us in opinion, concluded that we must be wrong, and there fore did not briog forward our suggestion in the Register. j It will not do, as . we' havh heard suggest ed, to say that the Convention was in exist ence, and President EdVards did wrong in declining, when called 'upon to. do so, to re assemble it. The letter of Mr. Edwards proves with mathematical, certainty that it was not in the contemplation of the Conven tion, when it last adjourned, that it was to be recalled for any of ibe purposes of . Leg irfatlon for whicbT the.Iiegi3lature was com petent. Mr. E. knew that a Governor and Legislature had been elected, and that the Id. in connection with his' Council. assemble' the latter in extra- session. That the Council -failed to meet is no fault of Mr. ' Edwards', nor could such a failure have been foreseen by him. As the Legislature cannot now be con- ; SPECIAL ELECTION. -A special election was held' in Wake county on Thursday last to supply the vacan- venel in 'extra session, : the only mode by y created in the House .of Commons by the which the evils of the delay can be mitiga ted will be prompt business action on the part of the body wh n it meets. This must be no session for Buncombe harangues. :' These tho people will not bearv Let the C. S. Senator and all the State officers be elect ed at once. . Action like this will get out of the-way all the intrigues and embarrassments which will be sure, uutil these matters are disposedidf, to clog, and most injuriously af fect legislation upon .subjects of vital inters terest to'' the State and country essential, it lnay be,tb the free and independent life of both. Let not, then, fije days elapse before the Senator "is elected, and all the State of fices which the Legislature is called on to dispose of have been filled. Then, no extra neous influences can be brought to affect the legislation so momentously. important to the State and"counjryV If ihis course is pur sued, the Legislature will bo able to adjourn iQ8ix weeks, as many- former subjects of legislation cannot now command or occupy its attention. , r j" . . f ARE SPECUI.ATO RS AND UXTORJION : EllS TO COST V9 OUR UBEBTIESt This is a questipu which ishecoming more and more urgent and pressing every day, as the, operations of speculators and extortioners become more and more i bold and unprinci pled. Every'necessary of life haahas risen to such a height that our Army cannot bo either clothed or fed. unless some means be devised to put a stop to. specula ion and ex tortion, and bring nf cessariea down to some thing approximating a reasonable price. It is to be hoped that the j Legislature of this State jf ill take this matter in hand, and find some means of restraining the obscene birds who are now praying upqn the very vitals of the country. -An attempt was made to get an ordinance through tho Convention to pre vent engrossing or monopoly, but- most un wisely it was ' defeated, j and the results of that defeat we are now most' painfully real izing. The time has' now come when this thing most be stopped, either by the strong hand of municipal law, or by tho strong hand f the law of necessity, j Our soldiers in tho field must be fed, clothed and shod, or our, country will become the victim of a savage foe and a most relentless-yranny. . It is n &et of madness to atop and split hairs on legal or eonstitutional points when .'the life of the Nation hangs trambUng in the balance.- him at that toint nihilation or cantivitv. Then we could see the burg from Frankfort,' I determined to give him .fe.!.. WM .;.!. battle, there, and accordingly concentrated "three v.f -""- I divisions ofmv old commandlho armv of the Missiieippi, now 'under Major-General Polk Cheatham's, JBuckners and ; Anderson's and di rected Geni. Polk to tate the command on the 7th and attack the enemy next morninsr. Withers 's division- had gone the day before to support Smith Hearing, on the night of the 7th, that the force in front of Smith had rapidly ; retreated, I'; moved early next morning, to be present at the operations of Polk's forces. ! . The two armies were formed confronting each other, on oppoene eidecoi the town ol Jrerryville. After consulting the "General, and rcconnoiter ing the ground and examining his dispositions, I declined to assume the command, but suggested 6ome changes and modifications! of his arrange ments, which he promptly adopted. Ite action opened at 12 P. il.,. between the skirmishers and artillery on both sides'. Finding the enemy in disposed to advance upon us, and knowing be waa receiving heavy reinforce merits, I deemed it best to assail him vigorously, and so directed, t The engagement became general soon thereaf ter, and was continued furiously from that time to dark, our troops never laltering aud never Jail ing in their efforts, i . ' T For the time engaged it was tho severest and most ueeuerate'.y contested engagement witnin my knowledge. Fearlully outnumbered, our troops did not hesitate to engage at any odds, and though checked at limes, they, eventually carried every position, and drove the enemy about two miles. But for the intervention oi nignt, we snouia nave completed the work. We had captured fifteen pieces of artillery by the most daring cnarges, killedjone and wounded two Brigadier Generals, and a very large number of inferior officers and men, estimated at nolesstnan 4,uou, ana captured 400 prisoners', including three Staff officers, with fervanU, carriages, and baggage of Major General McCook. ;' The ground was Titer all j covered with his dead and wounded. In such a contest our own' loss was- necessarily severe, probably not less than - .... . J - . " ' T 2.500 njled. wuunaea, ana missing. j.nciuqeain the wounded are Brigadier-Generals Wood,rCle- burn and Brown gallant - and noble soldiers whose loss will bo severely felt by their commands To Major-General Polk, commanding the furces, Maior-General Hardee,', commanding ; the i left wing, two divisions, and Major-Geuerals Cheat ham, Buckner, and Anderson, : commanding, ai vi sions, ismainly due the brilliant achievements of this memorable field. JNoDIer troops were never "more trallantly led. The country owes them a debt of gratitude, which I am sure will be ac knowledged.' ' j 1 . . Ascertaining that the enemy was heavily rein forced during the nigbt, I withdrew my force early the next morning to Uarrodsburg.and thence to this point." Aifjor-General Smith arrived at ijlarrodsburg with most of his forces and .Wiihers o division the next day, 10th, and yesterday I with drew the whole to" this point the enemy' follow ing slowly, but. nonprossing us. T I am, sir, t;ery respectfully, ; f.j""- Your obedient servant, ' Signed, .Braxton Bragg, Gen. Com'g. To Adjutant General, Rich wond, Va. : some going dowrr never to rise in this life again, while some flying from the Avengers of - blood, gained the opposite : bank, and sought the cover of the forest, to linger, and tarve,' and ; die. Having seen all this as plainly as we saw the nose in Mr Pugstyles' classical face the last time we fore-gathered, we could not help thinking it a little hard that he should have let us down by the run from the attic to the first story. Fortunate ly for us, we alighted on our foet. That our neck was not broken was no fault of his.- In conclusion, . we must beg Mr. ' Pag styles not to he so impulsive, excitable,; and ready to believe "travellers'-tales." Does he not remember the time, during the Cri mean war,' that he believed tho 1 Bank of England had suspended? Has' he forgot that lesson t death of Henry YWMiller, Esq. The election passed off very quietly, and. a very thin lyote was cast. The candidates were Col. Daniel G. Fo trie and Capr. O. R. Rand. At the time of going to press all the precincts have been heard from except three, and the fol lowing was. the result : v v Fowle, 717. Rand, 257. - New York dates to the afternoon of Saturday. the itn, nave been received In 'Richmond. We quote the following extracts : - . r A;, dispatch from i Louisville,' dated ;Octobet 17th, contains nothine new. It savs that General Bragg with forty , thousand neit was at Crabb Orchard, on Tuesday, and that he intended to en camp a lew miles below there. He is rapidly re treating toward Mount Yernon. Kirby Smith was coiner out of Kentnckv on the road toMancheeter, Clay county, thence by the roaa wnereon urasg is retreating towards Uam- Deriana vap. - it wj reported that the mountain eers are felling trees: and otherwise blocking up me roaus over wmcn tne lieDels must pass m or- aer k leave me State. ?' The American says : "When the Rebel armv were in the central part of Kentuckythey met with such a reception as their other army under Lee met: with in Jttaryland. One of the chief difficulties they -had to contend against was the feeBcg of the people against their worthless cur rn. vThe pegple Jwere as much; if not more, opposed to receiving it lis the neob e ol LMarv- land, and such was their firmness against taking itin exchange for articles of merchandise, that General Bregg issued a general order, in which he Btated that any refusal to accept it vbiuld be treated as a military offence . and punished accor dingly! However, ; before this ; arbitrary and Cruel order could be enforced, General Bragg was driven from Lexington by General Buel.M! -' I he Union losses ; in tHe battle of. Perry villo (otherwise called the battle of Chaplin jUlli's) are, we regret to .perceive, much large? than stated in some of the' reports. In Rosseeu's divi sion alone the total loss was upwards of 2,0(00, as follows : Killed, 465, ; '' wounded, 1,463 ; missing, 161 total, 2.089. ,Iniluded in these fia:uos are about seventy commissioned officers. This divi sion; we believe, bore the burnt of the flghj. A correspondent, I writing of the same battle, . f . . i . - . savs : . : The rebels have retired, and safely cpnveyed their valuables with them. Nw, you' ask was the battle of the 8th a 'victory. We answer-that we dwnot regard it so. Oar fearful loss of life, the loss of a battery, and the loss of so many val uable officers, are hardly remunerate! bytbe cap ture of a barren till, .the killing of five ot sir hundred wi etched rebels, and the taking of 2a.ot of guns and prisoners. ; . We were certainly not defeated ; the enemy; was forced io abandon ibeir- positians with the loss of several wagons and a large number of prisoners. , , . EXECUTION OF TEN MISSOURI AN3 - The Missourians who had violated their'catb of allegiance to the United States were executed at Hudson on the 28th ult. A correspondent bf the Philedelphia Press gives the followmg account of i he eceme: The execution ground was "about half ai mile from the town, and when I reached there I'found the troops drawn up Ion three side? of a square, while the fourth was occapied by the condemned and bring parties.- After some timo occupied in the preliminary" preparations, each prisoner was bljudfolded and knelt ir front of his own execu tion party, A venerable-looking, gray-headed chaplain, now stepped out from anions; th& s:k11", and ia a short, fervent prayer, com mended the souls of these poor wretches to the mercy of God, baforo whom ibey would tnortly ai)pear. 'Every thing was bs still as death. Tne perfect, hiiish, if 1 may say so, was pRinmiiy distinct, and Ircould see, even under the grave, stern face of General Merrill, a softening .look, as if he was struggling hetween dutv and mercy. For a moment the silence was awfuijthfifl came the clear tone of command of the officer! of. the day: "Ready, aim, fire; ' a - rattling discharge; a puff ok smoke; a groan, and all was over. ' The ten had paid the penalty of their broken oaiths.; For a moment all was hushed as before.and then you -could almost hear; the long drawn breath; of relief. The bright sun snone as calmly and clear- lv aa before, but shone on ten corse?, stiff and 6tark, where the moment before vyefWen men in tho" full flash ot physical health'. A' suirgeon dredbr three thousand men,' who could hold out (with ample provisions and ammunition) against largo army. y u ncer ue guo or this work and aiong tne Dansrs of each river a series oi batteries," armed -w:t tba heavie&t gun (eight, nine, ten inch and rifled gang) could be constructed,-"bear, ingjdirecily on obstractions flaeed in each ot said rivers. : . , .. . ..- When Louisville shall have fallen Into our pos session, I would construct' a work there for. tbe command of the Objo and the. canal, and I wonld destroy the laltr as soon asTjoesibleso eomnlet that future travellers would, hardly know where it was. This I would do as a'rturn for the Yan kee vandalism m attempting to obstruct forever the harbors of Charleston and. Savannah. A de tachment of our army could. I think, take Louis ville, whilst the main body would be marching to Cincinnati; but if we could get boats euough, it would be shorter td eo un the Ohio in them. To keep the command of Cincinnati, I would con struct a strong- wort k, heavily armed, at Cov ington. .; Now tor the, operation in Western Tennessee The object there should be to drive the enemy from more ana resume we-command or the Miesissippi river for these purposes. A. 7- I woqld concentrate rariJlv at Grand Junction Price's army, and all that could be soared from Vicksburg or Van Dorn's. From there I would make a forced march to Fort Pillow. would take with probably only a retv small loss. It is evident the forces at Memphis and f Yazoo river would then have their lineof communica-, uon oy tne river with the North cut off, and they would havo either to: surrender or cross without resources into Arkansas, where General Homes would take good care?of them. From Fort Pil low I would compel Ubo forces at. Corinth and Jackson,' Tennessee, V fall back precipitaiely to u.uujuoiutana oiumous, or tneir nnosof commu nication would be eut off also. We would then pursu-3 them vigorousl7 beyond the ALississioni at Columbus, or the Ohio at Paducah. ' . Wecould thus compel, tho enemy to eVacuate the State of .Mississippi and Western Tennessee, with, probably, tho loss on our part ot a few hun dred men. General Price could then be detach ed into Missouri to support , bis friends, where his presence alone would be worth an array to the uonieueracy. The armament and ammunition of the works referred to to ba 'collected as soon as possible at jieriaian ana unattanoosa. Such are the operaiions which I would carry inio tneci, wnn, suen modincalion8 as circum- stenccs might require, if the President bad judged proper o order .me back to -the command of that army which I had, with .General Br agg's. assist ance, collected together and organized, and which I had only 'eft to recover my shattered health, w hilo my presence could be spared -from it, and until he informed me that it was ready to 'take the offensive. ; . noping for its entire success, I remain, " Very respectfully, ' V Youf obedient servnnt, J " " G.T. BEAU REGARD; General, C. S. A. . OEN. EFAUftEQABD TO QKN. BRAXTON- BRAGGt, Confi.lential. CulLum Sprijios, Bladkn, A la., , July; 20th, 186?. . My Dear General ---You r letter of tho 23d inst was only received last nigbt. 1 givw you with pieasore ine i juowing views on your proposed op eration from Tupelo.for I wish you thtjiraplottsui- cefs, ootn on your and tne country s account. Yoahad evidentlybut one out of four things to qo. x irst, to attact italleck at Corinth: second. to attack Uuell at or about Chattanooga; third, to attack Grant at or tbout Memphis; fourth to re main idle at Tupelo. From what you state the first is evidently inad- uaissable, and the la-t cannotjbb entertained for one moment, for action action action is what wo require. : . - Now with regard to the otner two propositions. it is evident that unless you reinforce General IS. K. Smith at Chattanooga, he vail be ovdrDw- ered by Buell, and then our communications with RxLKAK ov Gix.DAVia.Gen. Jeff, O. Da vis, on Tuesday," received an order frcim tire War ' Department, releasing him from the. arrest under v which "hej has hitherto been conflnfd since killing " Iteison. j . : i s ; ; . : Th kw CoNsCBlPTI0y.- President Dat la ' ; has caused a speciaf order "to 4 be issued ; ky ' Adjut. General Cooper, 'calling for the enrollment of all between the ages pt 18 and 40' who are not 1 exempw inere is, no dputt, an ihsolute need cf more men. . : ) ; Mat Ward, who killed a leacDcr Ip some yeara ago, bar been recently, kili kacsas, Wjhere he last mided. Ilia guarded lSy Yankee soldier Under whosa proW . - lion fie was picking 'hu- cotton; The Confeder- atea a lafcked the party, and Ward who wai dressed like the Yankee, was mistaken for ont of mem ana.aiuea Kentucky'.- ed io Ar farm .wis Col. Thomas G. Lamar, of the Confederate Army, died at the, Charleston :Hotol last, aged33 years. on Friday LFFAIRS IN NASHVILLE. 4 - Advices from Nashville are to the 9ih init. Inthe cfy - there are, all told, ilO Federal regl.' mnta, averaging some 400 men to thef regiment Geni Negfey is still in command.' Much discon tent prevtpls among the Yankee soldiers because of the eorcity of provisions, They hive recent ly receive but one ration of meal per jweek, and for some tjme they havo received no payv Many Of them rfeceiva orders (or clothing, bout's, Aa, upon the Oommusary Department, wbtyh, asoon as iuey receive, mey sen lof ; any tnlng taey cart get for thim. Our informant bought a nklr if : line boots Jfrom one of them for. $2,50 -DisdpV line, too, ft lax with the soldiers.' Tbejf areloler-': ated in mfny excesses, while citizens are trcaiei ' -with greft severity. Since ,provlJon have ' grown scarce in Nash vllto the houses bl prhrale ' citizens a 4e daily, entered and robbed ot whatever can be fouf.d td eat, no matter bow smallllhe quao- i tity. j .v . ;.- '. Andy Jjohnsod u still in Nashville, hui Urouch discouraged and chagrined at bir situation, i-The prevailing opinion there was that the cliy. would ; havel to b surrendered up io tbe CnfeHerst. Daily th esu fieri ng for provialons bocoaTcs great- . t er. iAmopg the ci.izans -it has becumb already ' TefJ greaL' Unions it t evacatted soon,, or re r lieved in ome way, the' citizens must siffer febm -; outrages dft the part of the soldier.. But a few ' days ago fltie house of one of tU Iaitis of tUatV city, was sfet on fire by the soldiers ana burnt to the ground and a gentleman, who attempted to protect hej- was shot'and killed; ' The )ldy?was ;. then takep to. jail, but was.relased in a ds or .-I two, the Yankees 'having becouoo' sathiied wlln murdering the gentleman and destroying ber property,! What with the lipcnstJ civan to tha Drutai soldiery t&ere, and want .staring ftbj . citi zens in tbp .face, the condition of tbe latter, will soon beco me terrible. I ... -." .; : :, " DIED: CL A RAI WALTON, dauihterrbf Col. d -itl .n Minn ocyiemour ei, i90, azeq iv tears. the East and our suppliesjat Atlanta,Augustat&c., will be cut on; also that a' partial reinforcement iteppe j from the lines and walked along ejamin- I would so weakn yoii atTupuloas to paralyze you 'ing each body as be passed, then stepped up, to the for any other movements from there hence ydu Fowle'a majority, 460. V THE PItlCE OF CORN. Why is the price of Com so high in this market i A crop admitted oo all hands to be the most abundant ever made, as nearly all the lands Heretofore j devoted to cotton and tobacco were this year, planted in com, has jnst been gathered. -' ' --""l FROST. 7: ! . There, was frost here on Thursday and Friday mornings. " THE YELLOW-FEVER IN WlLMING- : f- TON.-" " ) The'bulletin issued by the Editors of the Vil--mington Journal, under date of Monday, the 20. h inst , says : ' m . ! ' We have already referred to the death of Mr. Quigley, out at the Cemetery. We regret to learn to-day, that his assistant, -Mr. Walter Fur long, is also! sick prostrated by the disease. Under these circumstances we have been unable promptly to ascertain the number of interments yesterday. We learn, Lowever, that on Satur day there 15,' and on Sunday 17. This does not include colored people, nor those- interred in pri vate grounds. - j - Eight Physicians report 30 new caspi as having occurred on j Saturday,'"and 35 on yasterday.p There are some two that -had not made, any . re ports as late'as ten o'clock;. It is. more than pro bable that their reports will bring the average for each oi the last two days up to 50. .v; - j Five physicians report 14 deaths as having taken place yesterday. Nearly as many doctors have made no report at all; so we may fairly as sume that if full reports were received from all, the mortality would mount up to fully f 20, possibly, more. . The demand t this morning for coffins, . hearses nd other . adjuncts' of interment seemed tq equal ' if it did not exceed any morning yet. Tho cool weather appears to "exert a inichievous influence; and where! so many have already died, those now 'attacked, knowing th'e fateiof numberstf their friend?, be- j come discourages, anticijate fte same fate for tbemselrea and are thus leas able a to struggle against tho advances of vtbe disease.' i . "jj , Tne Journal bulletin of Tuesday, r the ' 2Lt, saysr; - v. :.v "- 4WJ f ' From furtbeienquiry we are convinced, that our-Statement or.eslimate -of the aggregate-of deaths on the day before y'estefday, Sunday.) was considerably below the mark.-; From 4 the number of cSSUi issued from the Central Depot and known to have boen obtained from underta ken and carpenters, It ia almost impoasiole thai the mortality could havB been below 23 or 30. V FROM THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIR ; - . -GINIA. ; : We have but little news from Gen. Leo's ar my. Wo learn from the Richmond Dispatch that on Fridar the enemy crossed the Potomac at Williamsportsome ten or fifteen thf uiand strong, over to Martinsburg. 6 a learnipg' oftbe enemy's advance, Stonewall Jackson attacked him and drove him back across the river on a "double- quick." The Yankees are represented as not hav ing waited for the second fire from our man. The movement no doubt, was intended as a ruse degtierre, to draw Jackson over, into Maryland, having, it is prtsumed, laid a trap for that astute Gene'raiy but ho was not! to be caught. - Saturday morning everything along the lines wus in statu quo. j Spzzch tsiou a Consul.-' The French resi dents of Mobile, Ala., last week presented M. Porlz, the French Yice-ConsuV there with & cane. In a li tie speech acknowlediog the com plimen, the Mobile Tribune saysr that : - He regretted that the South had cot yet ben re cognized by his Government, but from hi full con viction that France would. always-be found in support of a rightful cause, he waa satisfied fthat this act of justice would not be long delayed ; and that this hope was now stronger; than ever in his mind, from theientr of his recent advices. t - v- . ; !: ' s I Huso is Efviot. The Atlanta Confederacy has been informed that tne citizens of Huntsville, Ala., UU'ly hung in eflijy Nich Dvis, Jerry Clemens, and Geo. L-ine, of that place, on ac count of, tb4rU1iwm. Lno i ownly'for Lincolnsmnd went off with the retiring Yankees. Clemens and Davis romain at homa but It seems that the people have no confidence in their fidelity talheSouih: . " U;JA : :;i t- - v;-v ,H I ,-; v ... . ' ' ' 4 i . ... -tH u The steamer, Gn.' Ruk has run into a Confid- erate port; with powder and other war auppliea General witn a stm military salute, "lner are all dead, sir." ''Yery well, sir." Not the change of a muscle, not tbe sngntest relaxation ot that outward sternness, the same grim face; and y et, I thought, a moment ago, you might havosaved thuir lives ' ' ,. , : - ;'i THE ISTERCEPTED PAPERS Off QKN. BEATJIiEQ ARp. The Herald publishes the subjoined letters which it says were captured some time agp by Gen. Buell while in process of transmission far file to Brigadier General Thomas Jordon : ' :? I GENERAL BEAUREGARD TO ADJUTANT GENERAL COOPER. rfSi,- -f-1, -b rT n Confidential. J j j. ; I Mobile, Ala., Sept. 5 1862 J General Under tbe supposition that on the restoration of my health I would bt? returned to the command of Department No. 2, I had P pared, whilst at Bladin, Ala., apian of opera tions ini Tennessee and; Kentucky, based on my knowledge of that part Of the theatre of war: but hearing that my just expectations are to bo dis appointed, I havetbre honor to communicate It to the War Department, in the hope that it may bo cf service to our arms and to our cause. It . was submitted by me to General Bragg, on the 21 inRt: 1 - r U ; i ' : : i. ' By looking at the map it will ba seen that the forces operating in that section ofcou itry will be separated at first by one river. (the Tennessee), and afterwards Dy two ine xennessee. ana uum- berland; hence they wul.be unable to support eachi, otner,; being unprdv.raed with pontoon ijrairif; but their operations must bd more or lrss depen dent on or connected with each other. 1 will ifirst refer to those in East Tennessee and then to those west of it. " . si'". In the first case, ouri-objective points must be,; first Louisville and theni Cincinnati. How best to reach them from Chattanooga, with Buell, at Huntsville and Sievenon,-is the que3t?on. f It is evident he has the advantage of two bases of op erations, the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, and .that, if we- advance towards our objective joint3 without getiing rid of him, we would ex pose our lines of communication with Chattanoo ga. VjWe must then give him battle first, or 'com pel him to retire before us. ! s ' f ' Should he retire on Nashville, (as the newEpar pers say he is now doi.ig) wo will be advancing towards Louisville; but . should Le ven ure :o Florence! or Savannah, to 'unite his forces with Rosecrans or Grant, we; .will have to concentrate enough cf our forces froni. Middle and Enst Ten -nee8ed to follow him rapidly and defjt bir4 i;s great battle when we would bo able to. rdums oil r march as before indicated. ' vVe must, how ever,ason as practicable, construct strong Vf -rrks to command tbe. Tennessee- and "Cum ber land riversj for otherwise our communication would, be cut off by tbe enemy as soon as' these two rivers shall havB risen sufficiently to admit the entrance cf their gunboata and transports. . : iv ;; ." : Thd best positions for said wot ks are about for ty miles below forts Doaelaon and Henry, net far from lEddysville, wher.e those two -rivers come aithih one and a half miles' of eadb other. I am Informed there is at that point a'manding have adopted' tho wisest course" in sending to Smith all your available f9rces,except jnsi enough to guard your depots, &-.,to the rear of your pres ent position at Tupeio. - The third proposition would have afforded you some sufces?, but not a briiliant and important in its refults as the second one, if the newspa pers will permit you to carry it into eff-.cl;-for Hal leek ana Uuell, occupying the b:sa of a long isosceles triangle, of which Mobile ia the apex. could gpt to Chattanooga before you, it they should bacome awaro of your movements, and then you would Have to contend again with supe rior forces, as isjusuai-WL Us Taamoiaentyour gei io v,Hinoog8,you ougni io lake tno ouensive. keeping in mind the. Allowing grand principles .of the art of war : ' First.always bring tho nlasses of your army in contact with the fractions of tbe enemy, second, operate as much as possible on bis communications without exposing your own; third operate always on interior, or snorter lines. 1 huve no doubt that, with anything like equal numbers, you wilt always meet with success. X am happy to sea that my tw lieutenants. Morgan ana rot rest, are d.,ing guch eooa ser vice in Kentucky nd Tennesee. . Wnen I'ap- pointed th.-m I thought tbey would leave their wnark. wherever th-y rassod. n ' Bv the by. I think we ou?ht heraftar. in our r ! ' . . Z7 . vuiumi pjwrs, iu w tun Ji au&c auOiltlOUISlS, insteadf '-Federals,'' for they noW proclaim not only he abolition of ilaVery, but of all our con stitutional rigbts;and that name will hive acting-, ing efil'tt on our Western' eneum-s. J intend to ifsue a general order on the sutject whenever I assume a command. .'..;:' r i v Sincerely, y&ar friend, G. T. BEAUREGARD. ' General Braxton Br ago, ' " 0 Commanding Department No 2, . - Mobile, Aia. . TnEE;LECTION8.' .' In speaking otthe flections in Yankeedom the Baltimore "American" says : '?- . y Additional returns from the State elections are to bo found in our news and telegraphic col- unLns. The largo Democratic gains in Pnnsyl vania have made Ibe result upon the State ticket doubtful. A e pet ir dispatch to the Washington S ar s tys the Dem craisnave ! a 'o jbteJfy carried ibe Staif, bat the ress despatches a ve not yt ootflrmed th:'s?tittemenL ; In 5tb, 21st and -24th Congresrionall District, which were ia ddubt, the Rejiblicans have elected; their candi dates. The 4ylegi ian, -Cheief -re, consists of six teen RepublicariS.rno Ur.ion Democrat and even regularly nominateJ Democrats." . Ohij and In diana hare both gone for tba Democrats by from ten to fifteen thousand" : majority. In Ohio the Dimofiu elect thirteen out of the nineteen Cen grfssmou. : : .; ; ; ,j ' In Indiana the Damocrats have certainly elec ted five of their Con gressmen. Th- Rdsnblicans have enrri! 'Iowa,' thereby. gaining four Con gressmen by the increased apportionment of that State Accoidicg to .bvse reported results, the Democrats have gained 'five Congressmen in Ohio and Indiana, whilst in Pennsylvania the aeiegauon suuius as in ue present uongreu. AT WHITAKER'S, OCT. 21, 1802: - JUST UECEIVED lOOO lbs. 'Wax Candles at ths INDISPENSABLE WiHTAKBR'fl. 1 A BARRELS NO.jl RICE U At the . xENERQETIC WiXITAItETfJL A FEW BARRELS SUGAR-. ilL At he INIMITABLE wniTAKEEU 20 BOXES TOBACCO-.' E. A. WmiAKEIU - 12 Rai Blotting Paper, 20 C&jes Bt. Juliea Wioo, 1 '2 Boxes Par Starch. - DAILY; EXPECTED- lOOO lbs. doufL - IQOO Cakes Toilet Soap, oo l At !, E. A. WIIITAKER'3. 1 ' Notice. 1 N ADJOURJTED MEfcTI.VG Ol THE XJL ioeitnoiaer oi the Roauoke Navira r tion Company will be held at Halifax Court IIohm, , Virginia, Wednesday, the J2th day of Nvmbr. l8fi2. . ,; , . . CJ1. C'ABANlS3, '. - ! oo 25 4fc -' . ' VVIUCjrawibr d. ITTff.T. nilLIPPfrn . mm m. VI . -" the Confederate tftates.' Particular ituatloa i' will be paid to those, of JDeccased Soldieff. All . necessary papers will be prepared and forwarded b " mail on being informed of the facts of the cite, j Address, oc 25 lm V. -T. CHAWFO Richmond, Va.'Peft pffloe. I 1 Wantedi A GOOD NURSE FOR Til E BALANCE XX of the j9j. oo 25 tf Apply to Maj, vr. M GORDON, . . -...-!-, U illsboro'. ID, i i, - WantedJ TL .Rr OR S,X ABLE BODIED xbcRO XT'MEJr, to chop wood, for which rood ww arlU do pat j.. Apply to - w. L. POMEflOY I'"llK-BLACK, BLUE AND lish and Confederate make, this dav reoeirsd, and for sale for cash .only, at t , ; 0f5 s W. L.J'OMEfiOYU f7lytil,OPES, OP VARIOUS QUALI- ties, for caafr only, at P DM E HOY'S.- FINE WHITE NOTE PAPER SUITA, able for Ladies' ose, for-sale for cuh only, at ' . T 1 . , . I r UilJCttUl t), oe 25 i (1AP PAPER A GOOD MJPPLYj AMD V excellent qaalitr. Just received and for tale, for caaa omy, oy v.-,' W. Ia. JPOMEROr. Notice.! C? TATE OP NORTH CAROLINA j t. elevation, where a strong field-work wld be con- Deducting the Republican gain in Iowa.the nett atrueted lor a garrison of about twentj-five han- result it a gain of two lor tho Democrats. trAJTJL Coonly Court of Equity, Pall Term, IS 62 ; ' . xaura jr. vouon ana outers ex part. J " Pursuant to a decree of the Court of Eavttr of Wake County, at JTalLTerm A. D. 1862,'ia th above entitled ease of "Lahra P. Cattoa and therk" th ondersigned, Clerk and Master, will proceed ; to sell the land and premises fa the vleadinrs meattaned and desovibed, on the 29th day of November wit, at - puDuc aucnon. ' -. ' : TUe Iloase and Lot are located in the City ef Ral eigh, oa NewBerae street, about a half mile from lb ' baelness part of the eity, and U one of tbi most dl rAUe places to be found. - J The dwelling bboso is large and commodious, eon- . Ufoing thirteen; rooms, with about 1 acres (it lnd attached, having the'necarsary outhoaitr, and a well -of the inert water. ' There is aiso a floa staU let ' . . m t ait . J f ana a well oi vwrn n. ., roues uub wiu om giru immediately.' -: ' t The sale will take place on the prentUes, eooimeao ing at 12 M., upon a credit of one year for on t&ird of the price ; two years tor another third ; and tan years for the residua 'of the purchase money the ptir ohaaef entering into bond with two able securities. - '? 20th 0t; 186X -J 2S--wjSWtd fl L7 'I. ' I - K o I
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