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0 -fflWtf v f 1111 I fc I- 1 I'M 1 I VOL.LXIII Tq. W. SYME, Editor and Proprietor. 1 RAIIGII i N. C. SlTUBDAY MORNINGj JUNE 27, 1863. ! - . .v ....Hi. J!,. . . THE NEWS. ' " . : ' U will be seen :by . the news, which we publish to-day, that everything looks bright for our glorious cause, j At Vicksburg lhe "clouda which lowered o'er. our bouse" have been dissipated, and we Way expect at any: moment to heat that the city which ha so : loffc and so minfuily, withstood the assaults of the vandal foe, has been left to wear in quiet the laurels whicVfLhas won. From the North we. may expect good tidings. Our army, in splendifoondition, and with the prestige of repeated victories on its banners, is on The S&xtkera de of the Potomac, and ready and anxious for another passage at arms with Hooker, who has re-crossed the Potomao with an army thoroughly disheart ened and demoralized. If Leo succeeds in getting another fight out of Fighting Joe, we may Jay goodbye to the Taunted "Grand Army of the Potomac," which will. take its place in ail history," as the most frequently and worst thrashed body j of men that ever marched under a banner. I The great heart of the Confederacy is now-filled with thanks 'giving upon the oountenances of all but .'tories, the light of joy now shines. fjFor the very latest! news, see Latest News" head.' THE EXTRA SESSION. MISCHIEF BREWING. Some days since we copied and comment ed upon anarticle in the Raleigh "Standard," which gave some italicised advice to the constituent body, in reference to the ac tion of their Representatives in the extra ses sion of the Legislature j which" will com mence on Tuesday next-. The drift gf the "Standard's" article was: to impress, upon 'the people and - their representatives the idea thst, although- the Legislature waa re assembled fcr the purpose' of adjusting a fi nencial dimoulty, which has arisen since the .Tegular session, it by no means follows that it should not consult about and legislate upon other matters, and the people were told, with the emphasis of italics, that they should secm to it", "that their represen- tat ivts assemble in Raleigh deeply imbued vith' their feelings, and prepated to adopt such measures as will maintain the honor and promote the best interests of the State." ' The uniforn and persistent hostility of the "Standard" to the Confederate Government, and its unceasing efforts to embarrass it at every step it has taken in he prosecution,, of this war, warranted us in the expression of the opinion that, if the Legislature did not do something hurtful to the common cause, it would not be for the want of an effort on the part of the "Standard" to incite it to mischieC,and in our issue of the 17th inst., we gave expression to this opinion. To show that this opinion was neither guess-work nor the offspring of prejudice but a conviction derived from a knowledge of the "Standard's" course acd proclivities, we extract the fol lowing, which we find in j the editorial col umns of its issue of Tuesday last : . 1 Extract from a letter from a highly intelligent citizen of Davidson County, dated Jane 17, ad dressed to the Editor of the Standards ; i I see that President Davis- has called upon Gov." Vance" for 7,000 militia for State defence. Wehave not now a single man to spare in this part of the State, and the fall execution of the conscript act will leave ui still less. I think the Legislature, which will meet in extra session soon, thou Id adopt resolutions instructing the Governor not to comply. These are the sentiments of eve ry body here, except one or j two crzy Destruc tives who are themselves exempt, and who live from the labor of their slaves. Bat If this call is complied with, God only knows what ia. to'' be come of the many thousands of poor women and children who will be left belpleta land pennyless. We believe you are their friend, and we therefore expect you to take aCeclded stand against this till of the President." " 1 f This recommendation of clear and distinot nullification of a constitutional right of the President, is commended , and4endorsed as coming from an "highly intelligent citizen of Davidson county." We say "commended and endorsed," beoause it is placed nder the editorial head, and its author commended to the public confidence as1 "a highly intelli gent citiien." When it is remembered that the "Standard,"! in prder to make.thts call distasteful to 4nis State, by egregiously misrepreseuttog its .nature, and telling the people that when mustered in they would be in the service of the Confederate 'Government-, commanded -by Confederate officers, and liable to be carried out of the Stat? and be-held for the war, can we doubt that it is willing to co-operate with its "highly intel ligent" correspondent in inducing tre Leg islature (prone enough, aapts history proves, to such a course) to advise or instraot Gov. Vance to commit an act of nullification, and Sfcraee himself and the State. That it would be an aot ,ot numucauuu Vance to refuse to call out the troops ret quired by the Pesident, ho Jiimself proves,' for his proclamation making the call begins with these words : ; ' Wiikkias, the -President' of the Confederate States, by virtue of the authority vested in him by the Constitution, has made a requisition upon North Carolina for seven thousand men to serve within the limits of the State, for six months from and after the first day of f August next ; and whereas, it is desirable that -if possible the troops should .be raised by viniary enlistment, with the right to select their own officers: . . . Now, therefore, I.Zibtjloh B. Vascjeov. rnbr 6f North Carolina, do issue; this my Proc ?amalion, calling on the patriotic citizens of the State to Volunteer for State defence, and tender their service in companies, oattalions andregi ments, on or before iWl7th of July, &c., &r. But the "Standard"; and its "highly in telligent" nullifying confrere and corres pondent, find now that they are rather late in this attempt at nullification. ! Gov. Vance has made the call, and wbat'nyist the . Leg islature do ? Usurp the powers of the Ex ecutive and order him to recall. the calli and snap his fingers in the President's faee ?-"; We can see no other way now of pwventing the enlistment of . the seven thousand men. Rnt. ft will be asked why did the "Standard" publish the proposition of its "highly intel ligent" correspondent, when, it naa aireauy published the Governor's proclamation?' It did it for the'double purpose of making the people dissatisfied with the action of the President, and of inducing, ! if possible, the "conservative" Legislature to pass resolu tions denunciatory of the aot, and thus fos ter the idea that the State is. heartily iiiok of the war, and ready to end it even on terms of re-constructing4he Union. Such a course by the Legislature would give intense satis faotiott to the Yankee papers which so greed ily snap up and re-publish the articles of the "Standard." ;, THE SUPREME COURT, THE EXEC UTIVE AND ADJ'T GEN. FOWLE AL1. in a fog. -.. . :j Some of our readers will say that .the above is a queer caption for an editorial ar ticle, but if they will read what we write, they will eee that if the officials alluded to are not now "in a fog," they have, but re cently emerged from a very -extraordinary one. The annexed "interesting correspon dence," between Adj't.TGetf. jfowle -and Brig. Gen. McCraw, with " the "explanatory letter" from Judge Pearson, will show the density of "the ".td which we allude. The.Judgesof the Supreme Court did not know that the legislature had conferred upon Gov. Vance the power to call out mi litia for "local and temporary." service that of arrestiog .deserters included. The Governor, although he had ordered out the militia for the purpose of arresting deser terswas not aware that he had legal aathor ity to do so, and the Secretary of State, in whose offioe the original oopies of the laws passed are filed, could . not lay his hands on the Law of February, 1862. This is all very strange. So ignoraatwas Gov. Vance of the authority with which be was invested, that alarmed by the opinion of the Judges of the Supreme Court, that ; he had acted without authority, ho was actually about to "revoke he order" to the militia for the ar rest of deserters, when the law of "February '63,'t came (how it was brought does'nt ap pear) to light. Adj't Gen. Fowle, too, though an aotive member of the Legislature, and the offial through whom the Governor issued his order -to the militia for the arrest of. deserters, seems, like the Governor, to have ".gone it blind" to have been utterly isrnorant of the existence of a law, in the. ab- scenes of which, in' .the opinion of Ihegen- tiemenrcouBUbuuiig mo uupiciuc.vvuif, iuc call of the militia, for the purpose specified, would have been illegal) I It was really a "foggy" proceeclingiill around. , The'follo wing correspondence will explain it self: " - EXECUTIVK'DKPaRTMUTT, N. C.( Y Adi't. General's Office. (Militia,) Y Gentlemen: Your letter of June 3d has been received. . In it youl assert, that th'e "highest judi cial authotity of the State has decided that Militia officers have no right to arrest deserters,'' and in timate that, in:, your opinion; it is wrong for the Executive of the State to expect militia officers to do an' unlawful act in' obedience to orders issued from this office. 1 ' ; t Perhaps,' General, you will be surprised to learn that no such decision has ever been made. Tne case in which it has been reported that such a de cision was made, has been sO misunderstood that I applied to the Judges of the Supreme Court, now in session, for the facts of the same, and the deciV sion, if any. rendered therein. Below jou; will find their response. .'," , '':;;.,"- By it, you will perceive that there was no de cision as to the authority of the Governor. . That the parties werajuimitted to bail and bound over, to make tbeir appe&rajice at the Superior , Court, when the; point could be made, and the case brought before the Supreme Court for final adju dication. .In the consultation by the Supreme Court, it was admitted by all the Judges that the Legislaturd had the power to confer the authority in question upon the Governor, but the Judges were not aware of the passage of an act, in Feb- ruary,; 18&V ;whicb bad not at that time, bein published, by which the power is given to iha Governor, during the war, to call out the militia for local and temporary Service, chapter 51tt, sec tioo 3, acts '63. Indeed, had the act beerfcalied to their attention, it is doiibtfuV whether -it would hava applied to orders fssaod before its ratifica- tion.'. . RALEIGH WEBNES I ; ,VY:,M0RN1NG JULY 1863 I havecbnsulted with some of the most emi.-nt jurists of the State, both at the bar and on tno Superior Court bench,ni have been advised that this actfchqoeBliooablyconfers the power upon the, jGovernor to order out the militia for the perform ance of any local or temporary service, which he may deeto necessary for the public 'defence, and that the arrest of deserters and recusant conscnpls, is a serviee of this character. - -l The Governor has accordingly, through rre as Adjutant General,! issued orders for their B re. and it is expected and required of .every rrilitia, officer, in this time of Uial and danger, to exert himself to the utmost, in order that the law ayj be enforced, and the ranks of our .army kept lull. Iam, General, Very ; respectfullyvrt ij . L . i t i -''. Adjutant Genera'. BRia. Gen.. G. A, MoCraw, ' -; . E 18th Brigade, N'tC. M., Mt. Airy.. EXPLANATORY E&ER FROM JUDGE PEARSON. ; . ' .... ink. A Jint.nt ConArnl T miKQ thALfollowine statement with the, concurrence" of the othertwo Judg-. , . ; j '1M,(1J t. t-.ih ie .fim6 to this place to meet the other Judges in reference to the question, of the. Adjutant Generalship1: I stated to them, that just before I left home a petition for a writ of habeas corpus b& been presented tcf me in behalf of four men confined in the jail of Yadkin county on. a : charge of murder that the facts involved the , thority of tb Governor to use the militia in the manner he was doing, for the purpose of arrejti&g conscripts ; that I could find no clause in the Con stitution, no Ordinance of the Convention, and, no Act of Congress or the Legislature conferring, suclf power on the Governor, and had put off the return day for the purpose of seeing on what ground the power of tee Governor was placed, supposing, there might be some recent legislation to which my attention had not been called, and of consult- oortant mat er. i I stated to them that these facts were undisputed a fiffht had taken place, between n band of xe- cuant conscri pU and a squad of the militia of fatal to the entefprise agwnst Vieksburg. : bol vu:: .,t. rnra ftttemitiner to arrest diers must eat if they expect to fight, and if they vm; AAimtt, xuhrt vRra &ttemutinT to arrest them under the order of the Governor j. two men were killed on each side ; the petitioners .were re cusant conscripts in company with the others at the Ume and for the purpose of the present inqui ry were to be taken as a partof the band, although in their petition they alleged that they had not taken sides with the others. After an interchange of views and remarks on; the subject, ws all concurred that there was no clause in the Constitution, Ordinance of the Con vention, Act of Congress, or Act of tha Legisla ture far as we were infoimed, giving such pow er to the Governor. Gov. Vance happened to come into the room and I took the liberty of stat ing the matter to him, and of HBkicg him if there waaany Ordinance, Act of Congress or..-of. the Legislature ander which the order issued. He replied, his attention liad not been particularly di rected to it, that he had received a letter through Col.- Mallett, emanating from the Secretary of War, requesting - him to issue the order, and did so, believing itr was necessary for the purpose of executing the act of Congress, ' I replied no one could question his motives, but when a question of "Law wcas raised, we had to gp into particulars.and the object now was to see whether there was any clause in the Constitution, Ordinance, or Act of Congress or oj the Legislature under which the order could be supported. than eaid I would go into, the offle of the Secretary of State and see if he could flu'd any. The Secretary 19 d me bo knew of none. - I returned and our conclusion was that there was none. n . Before leaving Raleigh I asked Judges Battle and Jianly Ikw I. should dispose of the matter, saving of course the men are entitled to bail .iir,i1r'Mftnlir rmlied certainl v. but as thia only "a nrAlimmarv matter, it mav be well not to ox-' 'press any definite opinion, and the better wav ill. ha n.ifnrmitl inveetifiration ; allow til ' .1 to give bail on the ground that they are el d to it, taking tno lacts 10 oe as i-gou ; o State, and in this preliminary stge it was r. . n cessary 'or proper for you as a Judge to expi j s definite opinion on the qufeslion of Law ; At should be reserved until the case came on for final adjudication. Judge Battle and myself both ts sented. Accordingly, meeting with Mr. Gilnv r, one of the counsel for the prUoners, in Salem, I stated to him what had been concluded on, ld him to inform his associate cdunsel.Mr. Dobsoa. vid Mr. Armfleld.the Solicitor for the State,thaC th3ro would be no trial, and tha prisoners might ; me prepared to give bail, whiph. they did. It is proper for me to add, that from what had taken place, I left Raleigh under the impression that the Governor had or immediately, wonl re voke the .order, and on'my way meeting will, the Sheriff of Forsj th and Capt. Burnet of Stoke?, as stage companions, and learning from Burnet hat he was going to arrest some conscripts, I told i.im he had better delay h.is action as tho order;0f the Governor would, I had no doubt; be revoked in a tew days. It is proper also to add that "X learn from Governor, VificeAhe order would-have been revoked, but for the fact, that , after I had left last Legislature authorizing the Governor' to call out the militia for local and temporary servieoJ chapter 51, section 1, and under 4his haWpposed -L- .-j -..1 the orders as subsequentK- modified-Werie author- ized. ,: i : -jr? m. -v- Upon that quealionthe' Judges ate hoUat lib erty to gjye an'opinio'o until it is pro3entad by a WeT 1 .. , IS. U..JfJSAxKJUJN. 'h THE LEGISLATURE.. , This "body will meet in extra session on Tuesday next, and we very much apprehend that soon thereafter we shall hear of mischief brewing. There was no good reason for the re-assembling j of (he Legislature at this time. The action I of the Banks in 'Bwh mond in ! regard to Confederate nofes Issued prior to last, recember, has not been imita ted; by any of the Banks out of that city, and if the class of Confederate notes referred to have depreciated in this State, that depreci ation is dwing entirely to the unlawful and mischievous circular addressed to the Sher iffs by Treasurer Worth. ' But the Legisla ture has been called, and it will come, ' and. having oome it will do something, and that something will be mischief.. The, history of 'VU19 XJOglOiaUM O 'UVC9 UU !M m V peotiog- anything but mischief at its hands,' ERituit Corrected. - In giving an account the other day of ouc visit to the Fair Groundi Hospital, we gave the name of Dr. Wm. Miller, as Assistant Surgeon, instead of Dr. Wm. Little, as it should bTave -been, and by whom Twe were politely shown through the 'Hospital. A HANDSOME AND GALLANT AFFAIR, . On the night of the 16th instant, Lieut. Owen; 17th' N. C Regiment, Went within two milea of Plymouth, and with a small squad of men.cap tar ed the entire 1'ankee picket at that print. librTIiy for a hospital. : ; We "ask attention'to thia resolutions which zppesLt in to-day's paper, - in relatfos to the establishment of a library at Camp Winder Hospital. .This establishment w now the great Hospital for the sick and .wounded of the Northern army, and a library for persons not well enough to be "discharged cured," but sufficiently convalescent fo te able to enjoy j tho pleasure of reading interesting books and magazines, is, a great disederatum. It Should relieive the mind of i the patients from gloomy thoughts, and dispel and drive off that i ennui wh;ch is apt 'to make "a. well 'maagiok. . -r There is scarpely any one haviog a library who ' cannot "share a book or two, and we fjhope all' such will co-operate .to, carry out From tha Richmond Sentinel. , JSIILLI KEN'S BEND 1 OUR POSSESSION. There can no longer be any doubt, that Milli? ken's; Bend is in possession of our forces. It was taken by Gen. Taylor, forming a part of Gen. Kirby Smith's force. The force of Gen . Taylor numbered 8,000 men. These facts' have been communicated to the President oficit.lly by a dispatch (telegraphic) from Gen. Johnston. - It is impossible to over-estimate the value of this capture, ;Millikenr8 Bend completely coi mands the channel of the river when' the water is low, as it is at present, and the party in posses-" sion of it can, in such a stage of water, absolute ly stop the passage of all and every kind of craft bound either up or down the river. ; As all the provisions for Grant's army come from above, it mill at rvn.m Ka man thai thia o.nnnitAt' nrtnst nrnvA can get nothing to eat they must fall: back. As far as we can see, Grant cannot sustain his army without the free use of the Mississippi. I the meantime, Smith, having possession of 'Milli ken's Bend, has a fhee passage to Johnston whenever the latter may call for his assistance and ean, passover Price, who is at the head of 17,000 men. We have heard many and great fears expressed for the fate of Vicksburg; some have even gone so far as to say that it must fall without the in terposition of a miracle. We never believed it limnli hflnausa we were well acauainted with the strength of the position, and did not imagine that It ever couia oe carnea,' proyiueu niy u were ' defended by a resolute ; governor. ,Such a man has been found in General Pemberton, who we believe has, at last, satisfied the most f skeptical of his loyalty and bravery. From the river Vicks- bnrg has nothing to fear. Sheis buflt on a high hill, and the guns of the fleet ha ve toib3 aimed at suchvan angle that tho shells pass "oyer her, or explode in the air. There is no object "of: more thorough contempt to the Vicksburgers than the mendacious braggart Porter, who haf been firing at hr for a month and has not yet killed a maij. On the land side again the counti y , s peculiarly susceptible of defence.' It, is broken Into a wild succession of formidable hilU, sometimes termi nating in Jeep "valleys ; sometimes sjnkjng sheer klmrnloto abrupt precipices, Vending in bayous deep enough to swallow a considerable toWD.- RoEolutely defended, indeed it may be regarded as impregnable, and in Uiat circulistalhce, and the courage of our troops, we have constantly put our faith. "! --'J(-r: y. ': ''' f Things, at lasl, appear to be on the point of jtakin'g a favorable change. Mlllikea's Bend m ing in our possession, an end is put to all recruit jng from aDove. The waters are rapidly falling, and in a week or two will be at the lowest. John ston has a powerful array, and bis -capacity for increasing it is greatly enlarged by the, conquest of Kirby'Smith. The toils are slMy, but, it appears to us, surely being drawn around Grant. Already sickness to an alarming extent is said to prevail in his army, who-are forced o drink the water of the Big J3 lack, redolent wih pestilence and death. We do not Wish to excite hopes that may never be realized ; but for ourown part Witheut asking anybody to, share fin the con fidence which we feolwe are -firmly persuaded that the time is not far distant when that Yankee army will either be taken ,ei tire, or be compelled to maae ft uisasirouo. rBiiwi 'm'iu jv" now occupies. Apparently, Gen. Johnston has been slow ; but he has had to organise an army In th3 face of the enentfy, to supply, it with tho munitions of war, and to encounter other un heard of difficulties'..,'" He has surmdunted thend all, and now that the water is down we may ex pect to hear from him in a way that shall silence bis detractors forever ''' I " - 1 The advantage whicb will accru8 to our cause from the repulse of Grant and the? salvation of Vicksburg, are prodigious. We shall have made iha finemy fail in the operatfons of a whole cam-: ta t fjr n We snail nave preserveg. a poiat wnicn thev .consider of more importance than anyj other. We shall have secured the traoamiis-. iBpTIStatefWe&hallhiM cogdUiOn to roll iho mar iimn f.fia Y ftnkea States, inl co On eration with Lee's army on the Potomac. These area few, and but a few, of the least important fesults. Perhaps the whole North est,jflnding themselves as far off from ecu ring ..the naviga tion of the Mississippi as ever may become tired bfthe war, and either force a peace or secede from the Yankees. V . TEBBIBLE CALAMITY A MOTHER AND THKEE CHILD BEN BURNED TO DEATJI, Correspondence of the Petersburg Express. J . j, . Jo'ynkr's Dbpot, N. C; .1 . . June 12, 1863.. fi Editors Express: Being very anxious to let the bereaved husband know the accident that has befallen him since his absence, and not knowing exactly where a letter would firrd him-rhe being in the 43d N. C. T., Col. Kenan, a pHvate in the said regiment I thought I would inform ,him through the medium of your reliable papfer, of the great accident that has befallen his family. " it On Thursday night last,-in this county, (Edge combe, N. CV.) Airs. Penning Carrt? and three children, aged respectively, nine," ixv and three years oldt were burned up; with . the bouse and all its-contents. No one living with vth family at the time, no one can tell how-the accident happen ed, but it is-suppoaed she caught, afire and the house caught from her, she being subject -to fiU It isthoughtshe being near the fire,; had -one of those paroxysms, which , terminated-, her and family's existence. The community is sadly grievl at the misfortune that : happened to er husband, David Car, who is in th.e ranks fight in", he thought, for his wife and children. . . - . . I "Homo.'' ARRIVAL OF THE -PRISONERS OF THE . . . , "XL AX , lilita.fi. - - By Monday' night' train from Petersburg, f eventy-one of the prisoners of the steamer Maple" Laf, captured recently inthe Caesapeake, reach ed this city. Theofficers are stopping for tie frBT sent at the Spots wood- Hotel". Rieh. Enquirer. Jl ' ' .FROM JACKSON, j -' - J : Jacks nJ June 24. Gen; Taylor hnd a" skirmish with a' email force of the enemy near Richmond, La:, on ihi 1 lttb. Heavy fLrin continued at Y icksburg. ; t ' . . ' . '. 1 f; ' v - NO 26 v AWUiiiJfiK- orLENDlDrf VICTORY AX . "VICKSBURG MORE AWFUL SLAUGH TER ,of Yankees Indications of QF GEN. JOHNSTON ON THE. MOVE, , ! - - . JTackson, June 22. On Saturday in or nine -at 2 o'clock, the erfemv made another furious assault on out lines in rear of Vicksburg. The action lasted till 10 o'clock a. m.-jiendmg in the complete rout of the ene my. --V-v ::i : : j ,. - i- . ' Citizens j from" the neighborhood report that the fire of. musketry lexueeded . anything ever heard. ; , - .The los j of the enemy is heavier than in any other attacki Nothing whatever known in regard to our loss;i but it is: certain .that another great victory has been gained. " j' . . " ' The speciaKcorreepondent of the Sigsissippian estimates the loU of the enemy on Saturday at ten thousand. He also- states that 'the etiemy are throwing ponfoau. bridges' across the Big Black,, between the -raif.oad bridge and Baldwin's Ferry, near "Warren fair. 1 L- - , It is reported our forces have taken possession of UnSca Bluff on the YasQQ. s r Gen. Grant sent a flag of truce to Gen. Jackson yesterday asking permission toremove'his wound ed left a.t Edward's Depot - after the fight of the creek, which was allowed, after they were duly ex- cnangei. ,' OstkA; June 21. j from the vicinity of Port; A reliable gentleman Hudson reports that Banks has received eleven? transports of troops from Hilton Head, , but that1 he has mustered out as many as he has received.- ills present army amounts to 1 12,000 to 15,- 000-men, whose time is out fight. :' '-' ''!'- - and who refuse to A courier from Col.' Lyons reports heayy firing at rort Hudson every rflgbt Gen. Gardner's men are firm. 1 I Jacksok, June 23, - Col. Wert Adams cavalry attacked 400. of the enemy's cavalry on Bear creek, La.t near &e chanicksburg yesterday and route 3 them, captur ing, their artillery land killing and wounding 100. Our loss 25 killed and wounded, among the latter Capt W. Yonger, who the action,. Ond of our scouts ha distinguished himself ! in Wist arrived from the In terior of the enemy ' lines. He reports that they acknowledge their loss to be heavier than in any other assault, and that it is variously reported t at 7,000 to 10,000, and also that our victory was complete.; ;.' ..' " " !; j Their troops are much depressed m consequence of this, and sa, thai Vicksburg has "ever been a slaughter pen, and abuse Gen7. Grant for under taking am impoisibiiity, YANKEE ATTACKON KNOXVILLE REPULSE OE' THE YANKEES. Kkoxvillk, June 20. Six jeciments oftaouhted infantry, one of cav alry and a battery 0 artillery, in all 300, at tacked this cilyhis morning. Col, Trig; 54th Virginia regiment, was in com maud of ourJorces, After a spirited 'engagement of one hour" and a half, our batteries drove theJ enemy from the field with Theavy lose. The loss on our siae was six killed and wounded, , . I egtet te state that Cap:. H. McCluag of this citv was killed. The enemy tore tip the railroad and destroyed all.the wires for some miles above nera.. KNOXViLiis; June 22 The raidars left here Ion Saturday at 10 o'clock p. m. After and reached Strawberry Plains at 5 a brief lira of half an hour our droops were captured.:- -"..'' . ':!.' - . 1... ! The enemy paroled 130 prisoners.' They burnt the bridge, depot buildings and three or four pri vate dwellings, and rifled others, and proceeded to New Market by Mossy Creek, on Sunday, where they burned the bridge, tore up the railroad track and -cut the wires aa far as they went,; v i ; . On Monday between Mossy Creek and Morris town, they were confronted from the front and rear by the commands; of Gens. Jackson, Pegram and Col. Scott. It is rumored and ; belie red that we took all their: artillery, and that their whole force was dispersed, our cavalry pursuing them and capturing 'prisoners... .;,'!! Our loss was six killled and nine wounded in the fight of Saturday. This loss of the enemy twenty one killed and wounded.. Nu injury to the prop erty here. THE. RAID IN JOHNSTON'S REAR. Jacjcsok, June 22. ' Passengers, from Grenada report the Yankee raiders operating oh the line of railroad in John ston's rear, in Northern- Mississippi, have gone back in the direction of Memphis, after burning Panola and Batesvllle, It was thought General Chalmers bad overtaken them, as heavy firing' had been heard in the direction they had taken i. . i AAhilhA I. Yan kee r aider fjoearkyiWd to-aayTuna a severe epgageaieuv uueu, twuuuig .ia the oapture of thirty prisoners, ? twte pieces-of artillery, their entire baggage nd ammunition ain, together with a large amount of provisions sloleft from the citizens. v , 1 i r- The enemy's loss in killed ia eighty. . Our loss small.. v , j - j . MORE CAVALRY FIGHTING; ' ; ' JackscTiri J une 23. A special dispatch dated Grenada; 22d, states, that on Friday', Chalmer's attacked the 2d Illinois cavalry four miles south.of Hernando, at daylight, killing,, wounding and capturing all but one com pany. On'Saturdav hieht Chalmers was at Hickahalen (?) with the Yankee fbr.e this side of him. , Gen. George states that the troops and'McCul loch were four, miles in tha rear of the enemy. Tha Yan kees are heading North. 1 - . , THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. Another Confederate' steamer ts jouit, but was nreity thoroughly Bearchedby the English author Hies betore she left. I She" was called the Lord Clyde wbilelying at Cardiff On the night before hhe was (osaii the custom house authorities serch- ed her thoroughly . ripping open several bales pf J clcthihg to find ;. arms, iaey jounct none, aow and were hir llj a ihtbefoie the attain tteb looie from the wharf and i railed off. iThe Engiieh par pers state that she is for the Confederate Govern men At HartleVool (Eng.) an iron, screw steam er, 3T0 foet long, has made her trial trip. " She is a blockade, runner, buitffur the Charleston steam, ship company. v The TJ. a'roerchanshrp.Cbirles Hill was destroved by the AlabamaV oiS a voyage from Liverpool" to Montevideo. The cargo was British property, i and mufch excitenaept ha been caused in Liverpool by its destruction;'; The Ala bama has burneJ 74 Yankee vessels since she, 6tait ed out JJicAmonS . hispatch. -.' V j . 'Pkoqrks of Trade A merchant,, tayss the Savannah Jtepubliean. who hflsrkept an eye to the blockade runners, informs us that there are at this time twenty-one" cargoes of unsold impor- led goods in .ports of the Confederate States, via. :' two at mo Due, nve ai vumingwrr, lanuiouriwu at-Charlesion. rSa tmuca for . the , "effective' blobkade ! ' It ia tojbe hoped that the sale and dis tribution ot these go .-ds will bring pric3 from present high figures. , ' ' t 1 - r-.-s 11 1 1 n i Par tha RexrUtir " . JtTDGE PEARSON'S LETTER. ; , In politics as well as religion, an aot of pehanca is amiable and praiseworthy, At.Vuch I am dis posed to accept the late letter of Chief J astica Pearson to Adjutant General Fowlo, on the r ported decision, that the Governor had' no right to u e the militia officers to arrest recusant con scripts and deserters. Bat whilst accepting the apology, it will be bard tq obliterate the ill effect it has wrought in our army. It i well known the report of such a decision- had reached the army, and that the effect was to augment the noinir to an alarming extent. ! Nay, rl think .the Governor f himself, took the alarm,- and;in a third proclama tion, imploringly besought all skulkers and rene gades to come inT Ba this a it may, in after times, thia letter will be regarded as one of lhe?lampa of history" now;, transpiring in North Carolina, iwi ii jkwvuuuu iu ui umaKinq am unexptctea fact, that the and his two associates were ignorant of the Statute Law,' thai recently enact ed, and that from ilarch, the period when they sat on the Martin casetill June 16th, they con. turned in- ignorance of thia very . Important act. and that, too, when t he affairs of these Confederate i States were trembling in the balance of fata I NoK , a it less surprising that when the 6. J. called the 1 attention of the Governor to the subject, ' her'too.' did not know any such act, though approved ' officially by Awn laty as February dast And yet more, the Secretary of State, that officer whose ' tola business is to copy all acts,' knew of none such 1 1 Now, Mr. Syme, if I do not greatly err, (t vM I during the.pait 1 2 months that this Colonel Rum waxed ; furiously mad, and actually iwore .ven geance against the head of Governor Clarke, and , all others in authority here, for downright in com- ' pewncy, ignorance ana, a spirit or destructiveness in general. Did Clark, Page or Martin ever do penance like this ? Verily, "mint enemy hath writ a book." And now to C, J. Pearson for this- addition to the record of our times, let thanks ' be returned, by every true j ,v . j . ,. ; :. . : DESTRUCTIVE' ' Camp "Wikdib Hospital, i lsT Divuioy, ; Richmond, Van June 16, 186 j. '. ) - The ofllcers ' and attendants of this Division having held a meeting for the purpose of organ izing a Library Association for the benefit ot the. sick and wounded of this hospital, believing ihat such an organization wouid be highly beneficial to the i suffering'soldiers in their charge, passed the following resolutions r ; ' " I. Resolved, Tjjat the President of this meeting have published in the different newspapers In thta city, requesting the friends of the sick and wound ed soldiers to send books, both religious and litera-. ry, to facilitate us in said object, hoping that alt' friends desiring to do so will forward to the libra rian the numerous valuable books laying In waste about their houses. '' ' ": ':'Il' ' - ' y ' ',' . ' Resohedf That our sincere thanks shall be". returned to all 1 those who shall have manifested such an interesfin the promotion of our caoie( feeling confideot thai through our patriotic) ladies, our 'library will )fo-p$e&i , .'. ' '' . !" . ; r '', ' ; : ; " ,; , , 3i Resolved, Tb&i persona wishing to contribute books magazines, -pamphlets, tract, papers er reading matter of any description, will please ad dress either ot the following officers : 1, v G. DuDLTj Surg'n in charge 1 . r , ' . "'il t:. ' --h I :; lion. President. ' , - Hoaacs NiE&ONk M.;D. ! President. ; G, S: Stmork, JD. DJS.V . V. President. , . I . "'WV-C. itxcHABSSOur, (""'-"V' Secretary. ."-;',, ' 'Iitmi'L. Nkw,' -- '-. jfr " Librarian '? k BOLD LANGUAGE FOR A NEW YORK" iV- : -"PAPERS; ?:..(;;V 9f. J " The New York Freeman's Journal haa aa ' article on the manifold' outrages bom m It ted by Lincoln on the rights -(if they have any) of the citizena of the United States : - j r ' Is it hot evident hat' the Lincoln Adminis- . tration, despising the United States Constitution, '' which all its member swore to obey, are acting as if they were dispensed from all law save that of force I Are they not all scholars and followers of the sophist Seward, and acting or hia " higher law?"' -... -I'v.'M-,:'"-;,"-. V ;.;'.;'. ':r . Ifso, what is the duty of Uw abiding freemen f , We American citizens have sworn no.obedience to men. Oiira is a Government of laws, and no . ft frm tifAi4 a ah faWsmMt frana- nit Jacksojt, J une 2z5?4wDi0 rTanisi net our matters. This is" tha1 . o 7Ssvee vua. i uioi ejaj. vui uiw - ' . . ..fi...!, : i II A ' a. a. - fundament&wpi&n , snOL vonsuwwon ; insi , me . people fall the"8taf0s; using the Gol-elvea right of forming a Government to suit them,' have established. Our public servants are as much, subject to the Constitution and laws as are tha people; i They, have no more right 'to kidnap Vallandigham than we have to kidnap David Todf Governor bt Ohio, or Sewardf of Lincoln. They have no inore right to send bayonets to overawe the freemenof Indiana or New Jersey, constitutionally and peaceably aserabled, than we have to dictate bfoclamations to Lineola with sv pistol at his ear.?:., v ;' i p- ':',: v;-;i. v:.-' 'I ' nas lue.iimcoiu vauiueuwpieuuiiiigvi u Richmond newspaper ; writers? Does the Ad ministration make the dreadful" mistake of taking the patience and forbearance" of the Northern ' people fo- abject cowardice? It looks like lt-' batf ifso, the ha'lucioation is destined to a bloody, awakening I We are law abiding. W. will re- . treat from conflict, even to the walll Bat, if we be pushed to the wall-iUf so choice, be given us but to resist, or to yield to the Administration as slaves tcr masters then the Administration will. , find that, even if our liberties be gone, tt Is sot to . uch masters as they that the people will yield. . . r In the interest of Justice, of good order, of social tranquility, we appeal to Lincoln aad his surround ings. W do not appeal to their justice, for Xhev are devoid of it. Vve do not appeal to their magnanimity, fof they never had It. r We do not appeal to their common sense, for their conduct forbidait. Weappeal to whst Wis know exists- theirear. :By their cowafdlv fears We ap;eai to t them not to push theslaw. abiding people of the . North to the wallj inj defence of righu we will never surrender: to them I IVoe to Ihem, It the lawlessness of the Administration ahall exttnd to the'peoplel rtO; : j 'i : ,' . ' . 'A , - Classldal and MjEthematioal f SCOTLAND NECIT HAtlf AX'CO K. C TELE FALL SESSIOJf Ol TIHSlaSiTlTl tion will open on the SOth ef July; IMS. , ' Tsbms rsa Sasstow or twehtv Wasxa. Tuition In Classical Dpartment, it ..' English "h Boaj-d oer month (lights extra.) ." - ! f 35.00 , 15.00 H ; 20.9 ' M. L. VENABLE, - I pritoifU. ' ' JOSEPH VENAIi, A. auj-i . - : v.j. je 24 Wtir.
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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