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!lie;gltiali. lister 1 r 9V3IE,' Editor and Proprietor. -Oars are the plans or fair delightful V j. Unwarped by party rage to jive like brothers, j SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 18 63. ! Neither; from the Armies of the North, ! i South or West, have we any striking intel- to communicate a-our reaaers in : " . .. ... . j A summary of f tin Duouvr vi . u ! !Buch news as we havetiill be found under 7 ' . -T . . XT ;J ... the head ol ".iiaiesfc. We "find the following In. the Richmond "Sentiirel," of Thursday last : r The news from Fortress 31 on rce, to the effect tbaVSe eny intend to mur two of our offi--" ..i;tin fnr those! whom we have set & as a retribution for thejmurder of iwo cap- tives taken in Kentucky, win up". - riddy with the seriousness which affairs have as sumed. President Davis habown a forbearance 4hkh h.s caused many who were ,ncarable of " . : ih Kincdv (rati which the var as fcowto wear : The fauh U upon the enemy, ldTop of Wood now to be shed on both .idea S fLmof Lincoln.. Of course, the intended 'sacrifice of our captive officer al. r orirew uu sacnuce oi u r i-rialiated. Tnat is to say. Etata Z Mh sldeV are henceforth to boput b death I The Black Flag is up ai iasv , uWi Las raked it, let needs rejoice ! . . Gen" Roouey Lee, son of. Gen., Robe rt. Lee. who was rcounded at tho fight of ' S ran dy Station and afterwards paptured by tne Yankee Raiders at uoionei i io&u Hanover," and CaptC , Winder, are . said to have been set apart for eiecution in the event that the Federal officers Uapts. Sawyer and Flynn, set apart for execution as a retalia tion for the two Confederate Officers hoop by Barnside for recruiting in Kentucky -shall be hung. '" " i f arm arm at- - A correspondent fll LUH ltlklllUVUVI quirer, in a letter giving an account or tne battle at Gettysburg, does! the grWst in justice to Gen. Pcttigrew's Brigade. He ref resents it as breaking atja critical -point in the battle, and flyiogjto the woods in spite of Gen. Pettigrew's en"orta to rally them and jeadthem against the enemy. For the fol- lowing reasons we believe this account to. be wholly untrue : In the fireplace, the letter, the l.ast he ever wrotefrom Gen. Petti grew, to Gov. Vance, nd- which weub i;cv,.;n Tir last carer, sneaks favor- . . iiruvu r i f ably of the conduct of this Brigade, telling their "friends to be' proud of them as they deserve it." In the secondjplace, the list of : casualties shows that the ith, 26th, and 47th regiments, all belonging to this Brigade, suffered terribly, 'in the jthird place, the Enquirer's correspondent, by his own admis sion, although standiDg upon an eminence," was at' some distance" from (thd scene of -ac-tion,.and it ft utterly impossible that through the smoke of the battle-field hoi could have seen v much of tho conduct of Pettigrew s 3rigader asf that General himself, wbo. was with his menan the fight, and who speaks well of their; conduct in a Utter to the Chief Magistrate of the State which sent them forth to the war. It is hard, that; when men have Buffered, and toiled, and fought, and fallen, theirieputation should be j tarnished by an anonymous newspaper correspondent. Will'not the Richmond Enquirer, as ,an aot of justice, give a place in its columns to wh U we have written 1 We hope it 'will. Since writing the above, pur attention has been called to the fact that the Enquirer's correspondent speaks of the division under command of Gen. Pettigrew, not his brigade particularly. Geo. Pettigrew was in com mand of Gen. Heth's division, and it is true the correspondent of the inquirer does ay division, but his epeaking jof the troops un- Mer Petticrew being mostly craw. troops re cently brougni irom me ouuiu, he referred more particularly toPetligrew's brigade, and consequently; our remarks are just as appropriate as it he. had said brigade instead of .division ; f" , ' : -i."--' THE COTTON BONDS.. r Th..,M for the Cotton Interest bonds of t 4 -i the treasury six per cent, loan .were( opened ' on Monday, the 20th instant. .' No bid? un der fifty per cent, were considered. The of fers accepted ranged at premiums varying from fifty to one hundred per cent. The offered was . one hundred per cent. It is understood that another call for bids for $5,000,000 id to bo issued jm- rnediately.' . j Tilt: KIOT IN NEW YOltK QUELLED. f Atlast the Riot fn New JTork-has been t ... ,b.. ; quellea, ana me aumomy o tne munary, cb ! tablbhed. No soonerwas thi3 result ascertain- ; ed by Lincoln, than, true to Li, 'treacherous j icslincts, be revoked his jorderrspending me ar.ait ana airecwa iisbitk: tuiorceuiem, I thu3 treading under footj Gov. Seymours ; plcdcre to the mob that the constitutionality ! tf the draft should bo tested by tho supremo ludicial tribunal of the State. Will tne Governor yield to the President 1 The remains of this distinguished, gallant and lamented ' officer reached thisDlaoe on Thursday, night, and, were interred in the public Cemetery on Friday." morning. The funeral ceremonies were conducted ia accor dance with ihe following .'trogramm3 : , PPOGRAMME . . ... . ". Of the funeral of the. late Brigadiet General J. Johnston FrrriOKX'w; . ff . The funeral procession will be formed-on Fay etteville street at half past 10 o'clock, in the fol lowing order : ' J' ESCORT. . ::r 1 clergy.1 . . ,'. Maj. J. DeFereux, j f l Col. "E. G. Hay wood, Maj. W. W. Pierce, I '. ! CapL H. A. Dowd, CoLS. H Rogers, H1ARS; Surg. E. B. Hay wood arg.R, B. Paker. l.y Surg. Thos.-HilL - - . aioui5jrBEa::r: :'ir- His Excellency, the Governor of North Carolina, - . and Aids. -Stale Officers". -Mayor and City Council. Adjutant General and Officers. Surgeon General and Officers. . . Medicsl Director and Staff. Provost Marshall and Aids. . Members ot the Pres. i ' Citisehs; Semces at 11 o'olock in the Capitol Square, Rev. R. S. -Mason, D. D., officiating. UK. DAVID MINTON WRIGHT. Our readers will find in to-day's paper the account given by the Philadelphia Inquirer of the killing of a Yankee Lieutenant San born, in Norfolk, by Dr. David M, Wright, of that city. That Dr. Wright was perfectly justifiable in killing the dog of. a Yankee who ordered his arrest by negroes,' will not be questioned by any but a craven spirited cuf. Bat for all that, we,, may be sure that the act will subject D. W. to the forfeiture of his life at the hands bf the vile wretches into whose power e has fallen. 1 We have known Dr. Wright a long time, and if. "the boy was father to the man," there lives not a worthier and more estimable man than heis. We were his school fellow at Dr. Rogers' Academy at Ilillsboro', in this State, and subsequntlyf his school fellow and room mate at Captain" Partridge's Military Acad emy at Middle ton, in Connecticut. He was born sjnd raised in Edenton, and removed to Norfolk some fifteen years ago, and soonat tained ai exalted position as a practicioner of medicine. We shall deeply .deplore his fate if he is put to death by the Yankees, but we are sure he will meet it like a man. We are indebted to Mr. William B. John son, of Columbia, S. C, for a bottle of his superior writing ink. We havn tested.this ink, and find it much better than we have been using for the last year, or two. It is equal, if not superior, to any ink in uso in the Confederacy, Mr. Johnson is manufac turing this Ink on a Urge scale, and we take pleasure in commending his establishment to the patronage of our readers. . W e can at tention to his advertisement; in another col umn. " " . ' THE CALL FOR CONSCRIPTS. Lieut, CoL G. W. Lay, Acting Chief of the Bureau of Concriptionrhas recently issued the fol lowing circular in response to numerous applica tions for information I 1. Under the recent call of the President, ex tending the Conscript age, all substitutions have ceased to be valid if the substitute be less than 45 years old and is not otherwise exempt by law.' 2: Membership, whether as officer or private "of local organization for home defence or special ser vice, confers no claim to exemption from Confed erate service j neither does service' In the pallitia, unless in case of officeia actually in commission wbo have duly qualined. . ' " 3. Hereafter any, (one .furnishing a substitute, will become liable in his own person whenever the services of the substitute are lost to the Gov ernment from any cause other than the casualties of war. "'. 4-Applications for exemption on any ground whatever, must first be addressed to the local en rolling officer, who, if be has not power to act, or is in doubt, will refer them to the higher authori ty with report of the acts. All such addressed di rect to higher authority will necessarily and inva- riably be referred Dacic lor locaj examination ana report ; and the applicants will thus have useless ly. lost time ana pro-longed suspense: - appeals agamst oarerae decisions pj ioqoj of ficers, will be forwarded by them for hearing when any plausible ground ; tf appeal is set forth, v - ' W ..' V,'. 5 Commandants of conscripts will give this no tice extensive, circulation in the local press of their DESTRUCTION. OF A FEDERAL GUN- . BOAT BY ATOKjyswo. A dispatch has been received at the Navy ; De partment Richmond from Commander Brown, dated. Yazoo City, JuV 20th, stating-that the Federal gunboat DaKalb, thirteen guns,' had been totally 'destroyed, on the 18 th, by the explo sion of a, torpedo which had: been placed in the Yazoo river to prevent he Federal war vessels from ascending that stream. 4 . - . .Yakkist RA.rxxRs' Paroles not Recognized. Gen. Buckner has issued an order announcing that the Government at Richmond does not rec ognize the" paroles given to officers and -soldiers captured by the Yankee forces under Sanders, fn their recent raid in .Tonnessee, and ordering all such paroled officers and soldiers to report im mediately to their respective regiments for duty.. Alluding to this order, the Register says: It is well known that the Yankee Government has nevef recognized thej paroles , given by Mor gan to prisoners taken ' by him in his Kentucky and Tennessee raids, and more recently, as we are advised trom official sources, the Yankee Gej rals in Kentucky have disregarded the paroles given by our officers, in cases where we held po sitions "that might have enabled us to ; secure the -prisoners. According to the usages of civilized warfare, parole da the battle-field aM not binding, because the prisoners captured, before they are removed to a place ot security, are at any moment likely to be recaptured. Much ia mis the case in a mere raid, where it would be "almost Impossible for the raiders to car ry oQrpruoners. j , Mr. Editor : I ask leave briefly to review though your columns an editorial published m the Raleigh Standard of the 17th Inst., and head ed ''Peacewhen shall we have peace." The . ed itor claims for himself the right of txpressing his opinion a right he has eve; enjoyed under, our free constitutional Government the Govern men against which he haa ever poured forth the venom of his hate. The Editor anticipated not the in terference of the Law, but the burst of indigna tion which would rise from every patriotic Jieart the scorn and withering contempt which would be felt bv everv noble mind, as the full meaning of his base counsels: was understood. "He claims for "his oniniana' the infallibilitv of Trutbr and 'US ihus that he justifies their exprfcss'ion-r-by this he strengthens himself against the storm he foresees J propose to examine, in as" few words aa may be, these "opiniors," so confidently expressedand the argument by which the Editor supports them ; and I hope to show that there is as little of wis dona and virtue in the one as there is of teason and truth in the other." The Editor of the Standard says "From thfjfbe ginning of the war to the present the enemyhas slowly but surely gained upon us. : The war then will go on. One side or the other must conquer. Wirl five millions conquer twenty millions of the same race? Will they conquer a peace on the vef y soil of these twenty millions?" These questions.he answers in the negative. Then comes the result' .of all these immaculate Drbinises and this sound logic. " What then ? If the worst is destined to overtake us, would it not be wise and prudent to take lees than the worst,' provided w'e could do so compatibly with honor. . The object of this vr, on the part of the enemy, is to conquer us, to subjugate our people and over run bur country ; our o"bject, on the contrary, is simply to defend our hcmei from invasion, and to win our independence. In'no Eense can our ob ject be to conquer the North; 'tis therefore, simply to keep them from' conquering us. ' And in this double use of the verb to conquer consists the chief fallacy of the Editor's reasoning. It may be true that, other things being equal, five millions can never conquer twenty millions; but it is equal ly true the Vbice of God, speaking in History and in Ref elation, declare3it that five millions, or four millions, or three millions can werer be con quered when fighting on their own soil, in! defence of their freedom and all they hold dear.; no, not though their enemies be as the "sand of the 'sea shore in multitude." In entering upon this war, then, our enemies had in view an object which has never been attained the conquest of a brave and united peopIe,-.fighting in eelf-deferrce on their na tive soil. On the contrary,' our cause was one in jwhich no popple similarly situated have evorudled. I and counsels timely submission, that we may meet a fate "less than;the worst." So far from thfs.be ing the case, the Confederate States are at this very moment better able to cope with the foe than they were at any time during the first, two "years of the war ; they are now nearer the attainment of the result they aim at than they ever were be fore. This may seem strange languago to the Editor of the Standard and his brother croakers men who counsel us to grasp the hand aye, to falln the down and lick feet still red with the blood of our brethren. The Confederate States entered upon this wa r thaoarnn, without ammunition and with no adequate means ot supplying these neces- sitiesjtheif population, scattered over a vast extent of country and mostly agricultural, had but few of those local organizations so general at the North ; the workshops and skillful workmen Were in the land of the enemy ; we had no nucleus upon which to, form our army, and not a war vessel bore our flag pn the ocean. The nations of the Hearth condemned us. unheard, and we stood alone to breast the storm.; Now, after-more than two years of unequalled, stouggle with a foe who has not scrupled to let loose against lis every demon ef evil that a fiendish malice couW suggest, the Con federate States of America confront their enemy Upon every battle-field of the Continent with ar mies equal in the munitions of war, and making up for want of numbers by the resistless spirit of their soldiery and the acknowledged superiority of their commanders. Our gallant little navy. growing larger day by day, has already paralyzed Northern commerce and won for itself immortal renown, j xne uovernmeni oi inese .uonieaerate States has become eminent throughout the world for wisdom,' for moderation, for justice and iyni- ty. All nations now do honor to the calm endu rance, the long' suffering patience and the heroic daring of our people. 'Tis true" that, for the pre-. sent, we have failed in the first, two steps ot our Summer campaign; the bright sun of our proper!-' ty is clouded for a moment but f does that imply that the campaign is tost that the Sun will not again shine upon cb in still greater- refulgency ? No, a thousand times no ! And if xq campaign be lost, does It follow that our holy cause, must be given up? Let every patriot's voice make:the heavens resound with his indignant denial. What are two reverses,' what is one campaign, to the hap- Lpiness of millions yet unborn to the honor of a people 7 bnaii we, who bore, with nrm heart ana head erect,, the fall of Henry, Dooelson, Roanoke Islandr and. Newborn, and the other disasters which then pressed upon us rshall we basely talk of submission now? Rather let the man who dares mention it, meet with such indignant scorn from the 'people whom he'eourts, that he will not again revive the odious theme. " J I am neither an : editor nor a politician, there fore, I cannot say positively that my opinions re truth; but they come from a heart full of devo tlbn to the common cause and of earnest love for bur noble State something which I iear cannot be said of the infallible opinions we have been considering."' : . Ifchaa been my much prized privilege to serve our "country in"tha field, and once it wa3 my mis fortune to be taken prisoner. It was just before the battles ;round Richmond. At aicClellan's headquarters, I waa approached by one of bis staff, Col. Keyee of Ohio ; we conversed for some time, and his arguments were exactly those the Editor of the Standard now uses, the impossibility of suc cess, and the necessity of immediate submission in oder to make terms."- Mv answer to' the Editor of thq Standard 8aan the same as my answer to thel Yankee Colonel i Sir, this war is not of ohr making ; we urged you to let us depart in peace bift you would not ; we offered you compromise dftor compromise, and your'only answer was ifl suit aad contempt. We coptinued oar efforts til our own hearts condemned U3. Then finding al in -Tain, we turned our backs upon peace; we look ed tbis monster, War, fairly in the face, and see ing aU its horrors, embraced it. We bate appeal ed to the God of Battles and trusting in the just ness of our cause, we will abide His decision.. The .day for compromise and negotiation is past, never to return until vou cease this war updn us. I told the Yankea Colonel that he did not know the pe pie of North Carolina ; that they were patient and long suffering; and slow to change their opinions; vhen they did-change, the chango was fiaal. I told him the people NprthCarblihaiwOU d be bis country's - bitterest foes, and that they woud never give up the cause they bad espoused.- 1 Did' I answer rightly for you, fellow-citizens of our beloved and glorious Old North Stato ?-" Did I answer rightly, when I told the insolent foe that sucfi" was your nature ? or will you listen to the counsels of that wilv man who, with - false promises and'f also reasoning, tries to make you re creant to the holy cause in which we are engaged? IJe tells you of "Peace," and tries to mislead you intothe. bejief that it rests with us to end pis war. How can we negotiate with a Government which refuses to receive an honorable commissioner, Sent to see.if 'our enemy could not be induced to con ddct Ihis struggle in accordance with the rules of civilized warfare? "Peace! " Yes, peace bought' at. the price of honorf virtue and patriotism ; such peace as is en joyed Jby the damned in, hell., "Freedom," yes( tne rreeaom to noia communion ..wit a tne rouruer- ers of our honored dead, with the foul fidnds who have laid waste our fair land, laiduf beautiful homes inches and- ruio,' dishonored our-wo'men and starved our little oftes. Such a freedom and such a-peace can be gained by submission by fol-. lowing the counsels of the Editor of the Standard. 'Forbid itt Almighty God !"; Alelhinks that at the very idea I see legions of our unshrouded heroes rising trom an nunarei Dattie neias to tajce ven geance on those whoidare dream of thus ulesecrat- mg tne lana ior wnicn vney nomy aiea. i - PRO PATRIA Er VIRTUTE. For tHE Register. ' .:i:.' - CLOAKING. ; ,-( -: " It can cot be doubted that many persons kre dis posed to give up the Ghost. They see, or fancy that they see,the end coming. Because Gen. Lee did hot take Baltimore or Washington, because Grant j succeeded in' perishing out the garrison at Vicksburg because Port Hudson has succumbed, because Gen. Bragg has fallen iback, no matter 'jwjetyLihtjfrsMtftnw. ' itralghtway they eonclS the Confederacy is undone; tbat our necks are so hear' the halter, we may as well throw up our hands and beg for quarter, sue for mercy; in oth er words, submit to the Yankees. Now, for any one or all thee seeming mishaps, there is not a partible of sense in giving over to despair. In December last the Secretary of War of the U. S. Government reported to Congress that he had in the field 800.0'00 troops, exclusive of their great Navy; that there was to be no going" into jwinter quarters; that in a few months the rebellion should be wound up.' . ' t- - Let us see what has been tne actual result ot this ponderous crusade. They have lost Arkan sas and Louisiana, which three months ago . they heldi' : For nobody can name a place they hold outside of the city of New Orleans, Port Hudson and perhaps Baton Rouge. Throughout thke en tire States as also Texas, the population are free tA nitraiM their usual avocations. The Trans-Mis- sissippi district has not been so clear of Yankees since the fall of New Orleans last April twelve months. :' . ' . '! . - They also hold less in Mississippi even, giving Grant Jackson and the counties b.etween.Yicks burg and Jackson. Last Summer they held all North Mississippi as low down as Grenada, and during the past Spring they permeated thfe Baybus in every direction through the River courf ties In North Alabama and Tennessee Rosea cranz does not yet occupy as 1 much territory, as Buel did 12 months ago, an.d In the opinion of all his Corps Commanders he can only do it at the risk of meeting the fate of his predecessor. Against cirtLnt in MississiDpi Johnston has a better .army than Price and Van Dornhad last Summer, while the Invader, to-turn his conquest of Yicksburg to adversary the advamageld5ia4uierhile aAAnilTIT.' UJUBh vmw w Charleston ana Ba van nan remain as uwwoio. North Carolina and Virginia, .except the .Coast iowhs, are 'entirely disenthralled, while Lee,: with large supplies drawn from the enemy, is in 60 mites of his Capito?, thus compelling Meade to con centrate all his troops, even the garrisons of small towns, to protect the Despot in his den. This of itself wfil pay well, without counting the immense loss inflicted on the enemy at Gettysburg. So great was the excess of prisoners to our credit, that we shall still have a surplus. after losing Vicks burg and Port Hudson. Morgan is in Indiana, and Kentucky forced, to defend herself. Qwe star vation has given place to teeming harvests our currency is being absorbed by bonding to the "prudent- old farmers," and pur supply o(arms and ammunition beyond all contingency, a4d our privatears and volunteer navy fast destroying the enemy's commerce. So mote it be. : . FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT N. C. ,T, iTe following partial list of casualties among officers ofj the 55th Regrment N. C. T., hai been furnished; the Express for publicatioa : . , Col. Cohnelly left arm' amputated and severe ly wounded in right side. Owing to weakening effects of his' wounds, was left atCasbtown, penn sylvania, and has fallen into the hands of the en emy. . ' , ' . f Li. Col Smith -.mortally woundod has since died. f Major Belo, contusion on lft leg. Adj't Jordan, taken prisoner. ' J ' v CotACapt Upchurch, killed. : Co B Capt Gilreath, killed. ., ' .'; Co i C Capt Dickson and Lieut Bethel, taken prisoners.? ,,-:', ' Co D Capt. Randall and IA Townes, taken prisoners. Randall, severely wounded in face. Co E Capt Whitehead, slightly wounded on Co GppCapt Whitted, slightly wounded ia face, Lieut'Lee, killed.' i Qj H--Capt Satterfieli, killed ; Lieut Lilling ton. flesh wound throusrh thish : Lieut. Blount, captured and Lieutenant Holt, wounded ia calf of leg. i Co I Capt Williams, taken prisoner ; Lieut Winston, wounded. Lt, Co. H.. 55m Req'N C. T. FROM THE : STATES. UNITED PROGRESS OF THE RIOT . YORK.; IN , PEW TERRIFIC SLAUGHTER OF THE SOL DIERS AND POPULACE. THE RIOT SUPPRESSED Br THE MILI i TARY. TJIExDRAPTiN& "ORDERED TO PROCEED. Disturbances af Other Places, &c, &c. ' The Petersburg Express has received copies of the New York Herald of the 16th, 17th and 18th. The following captions from the Herald will furnish a good idea of the bloody secenes" which were enacted on the third day of the riot s The Popular Tumults-Posilive Susnension of the DrafWN Abatement of the Violehce-Drad-ful : Conflict between the Milhary and the Peo-r pie lernble Fighting m East .Nineteenth Street The Military Completely Routed Col. Jardine, Wounded A Captain and Lieutenant ot tne'iftn Hew York Militia Killed Tena ble Slaughter of the Soldiers and Populace ' ' Forty Dead Bodies cn the Ground More Per secution of the Negroes Three of them Hanged i0rK Pfreei uompieteiy tsacKed Immense Exodus 9Jt the Colored, Population The Gas House Threatened- Gen. McClellan Volunteers v his Services Important Action of- the Com mon Council Twp Millions and a Half for the Conscripls-Gov. Seymour Opposed to Martial Law Conflicting .Rumors as to the Hanging ' of Col. O'Brien Afflicting Circumstances Sur rounding, his Death His Body in the Bellevue Hospital- Dead Blouse Sacking of Buildings' in the Twenty-First Ward Another of our1 . Re - porters -Assaulted Excitement Around , the Seventh' Avenue Hvepital--More 'Terrible : Fighting Heavy Loss of Life The Howitzers Discharged Houses Burned and Sacfced Dis . turbince: Corner of Green and Morgan Streets. The Herald says': . f"--;. '. ' .. The reign of violence and bloodshed continued all day' yesterday, notwithstanding the vigorous measures adopted by therauthorities'totjheck it. The announ6oment of the suspension of the draft seemed to have occasioned, no abatement in the popular excitement. As will be seen from "our copious reports, i frequent collision between the military and the populace occurred, and numbers of lives were sacrificed; white an immense amount of property was committed to destruction. In one of tho fights it is stated that forty dead bodies wee left on the. field of conflict. The poor negroes were hun ted, driven about and hangeoTjust as oh the two previous davs, and hun dreds of the unfortunate creatures fled terror- stricken from the city. There were scenes of vio lence to oe witnessed ur every iquarter. Around the Thirty-fifth street arsenal numerous skirmishes took place, and extreme measures had to bs adopt ed byHhe military authorities. I The multitude was exposed to the fire of howitzers, and several persons were killed. i ! In the editorial department the Herald of the lethiristvsays it : v . ; .'. ':-f ' There was little abatement in the display 6f throughout the city yesterday. Notwithstanding ineproer or tne jaayor, announcing that 'peace was restored, and the proclamation of Governor Seymour, invoking the infuriated crowd to retire to their homes, promising protection to the rights of the citizens and the vindication of the law, scenes as violent and mor9 bloody than on Tues ' day were enacted in various "qaarters of the city. The people seeme! more desperate than ever, and the military forqe employed, though strong) were repulsed in different localities. ! Under these cir cumstances the effusion of blood and the destruc tion of property Was very great. ? The excitement was intense. It was more it was undoubtedly alarming and appalling. There can be no doubt that authority had, for the time, to succomb to popular passion. Private property suffered terribly from '.Incendiarism, principally in'the houses of the negroes. Up to a long time past midnight ' the i city presented an appearance which seemed to moderate the hopes entertained in the morning, that the' trouble was at an end. . i In its situation article the Herald sas : The particulars which we receive from the ar my of the Potomac afford fdditional evidence thaf, with the exception; of the capture o 1,500 rebels, which we announced yesterday,! the whole army, got over the Potomac -in perfect safety. Not even a gun, a caisson or wheel teas left behind as a tro' phy for General Meade's army, So completely was the retreat executed. The address to hu army, dated, on Saturday, which j was allowed to fall into the hands pf Gen. Kilpatrick aft Hagers town, and which indicated his intention his inten tion to Hsk a decisive battle, looks now very like a clever ruse of General Lee to deceive our generals while he was passing his army securely into Vir ginia, whither all of his valuable trains of stores, lmmunition and- richiplunderfcad brbceeded hini Disturbances occurred in Boston, Newark, Yorkville, Harlem, Brooklyn -Jamaica, West chester and other "places, but the outbreaks were on a very small scale, except at Brooklyn. Here these was a great conflagration, destroying the covered! grain elevators- and ' factories along the river pier and the .Hamilton avenue ferry house. In Newark several factories were fired and burn ed, and in HudsoD,city, N. J.', the Newark House, a large and substantially built hotel, wa) destroy ed by fire. ) ! Lincoln has issued a proclamation, setting apart Thursday, August 6th, as aday of national thanks giving for the victories which have beerurecently vouchsafed to Yankee arms. ; The Herald of the 17th says of the condition of the city 'on the previous day : . In many districts of the city yesterday, tbe dis turbances were almost auayed. t Xiaw ana order seemed to ,. prevail to a greater extent than at any time since Monday ,last. : The stores were re-4 opened; the stages and cars were again in motion, and the. city generally resumed much of its wont ed peaceful aspect. - -In a few localities, especially in the Eighteenth and T went j-r First Wards, there was a conddera bledisplay of resistance to authority, and many lives were sacrificed, butlbe vigor of the military force brought: to bear, uron the excited people, proved too much for them. Not only, were a number of arrests made, but several persons were shot down by the' soldiers' in the 1 bouses' frptn which attacks were ma le.' This summary mode of treating obnoxious individuals, "had the necesvj eaiy result of subduing the resistant multitude to" a great extent, " although at: the cost of nftich blood.'', r j- - , :.t The Herald in its situation article on the 17th iays ii:;:.:,-;,;'!5;. j-' Gen. Meade's army is in the-vicinity of Berlin, Md., and it is thooght that some days will be oc cupied in recuperating both men- and horses after! their, fatiguing marches la the Intense neat.! ", General Lee's army is reported to be pushing on as rapidly as possible towards Culpeper, and will probably not halt until it crosses the Rappahan nock. It is said to be greatly dispirited. LATER : pn Wednesday a riot broke out! In Troy.N. Y ,'. three "or four hundred- men parading thei street : ; and declaring that the draft should not' take pla.ee. They stoned and gutted the Timeioffice, deitjfoy- -ing all the property within, and broke open the jau nun remaseu an ine prisoners. ' " j ' , i- , ' Gen. Dix has bsen appointed t? the'NeWfYork Dapartment to supersede Gen. Wpol) 1 ', ; , The Petersbarg Express gives' tbe following summary of tie news io the Herald of the I8lh t ' and an, order from Wft3bing.ou,i directs that the drafting shall proceed. Large bidkia of soldiers constantly patrol; the streets t-i ieAv damn th smouldering dwqiiiet. .- , i f Irfln Wrir Laik.A' ..1 1 .1 . mahd of the United Statea "forces in the ! Citv De- - partmentand General Dix takes icommand. i ' Gen. Foster talca fJn nir'a v.i..,. .Monroe. .- ;. : ; ; j i ;;. . . A .-. i i-.t : . .- "k. vieu.. xrTey .Drown, n&i been ro tired t from fee'rvice,- and ia succeeded by "Gen. Bai)by in commandof the fopces inthe my and" harbor 1 of New York. -t- t . .,:' -f Arch-'Bishop Hughes address'ed - 5,000 of his friend on the I7t, begging them -to be quiet, and not to resist the enforcement f lbs laws. i ' j Riots of greater or less magnitude are reported in various places in New England, New York and New Jersey, jla many places the draft has been suspended,,. . v : ,. ' Vallandigbam ia at the liffjrd! lln.i-hn'h ; M MA .mm. I r . ' ' 1 . m I vjaiiuua. Blue oi jx lagara r ails. GENERAL BRAGG AND I OFFICER. THE YOUNG - The followingshows that though Gem Bragg knows how to set his. facte as a flinjl in matters of .' discipline, he also knows ihow to sympatlze with the tender sentiments .and to applaud a delicate ' sense of honor. A correspondent! of the 'Mobife Ad vertiser, writing from' Shelby vlire, says : , V : An officer in GenJ fira??'i trm hi t0tA a short leave of abfeence to ermithira to go home 1 , and attend to. personal interests demanding bt" presence." Before his time of abseace had expired ' he requested a further leave of absence for thirty k" days, and promised 'to,retuVrra better soldier than -he had over beeb before. Hia proved by tho various officers in jcommand over -him, who knewhi'm to 6e a true and faithful man. . and finally by General Braerg. , Before th thin v days' time granted had expired, he again forward! -ed a communication desiriag a Still further jeive. . ttis omcers were astonhed t his impudence and ' audacity, and! jea?h. one in turn through whrse hands it passedmarked it "dUappraved." Before the communication reached armvl headouaririi' Gen. Bragg was ttia recipient of a letter from this for.furtber leave, and gave as bis reason tbat while our army was Dinner advanced be had become en gaged to a,toung ady from whomihe had'raceiv. ed a letter, which he enclosed. Thlsdelicats mis sive contained a sad and touching farewell to tha ' yoiing officer who had gained her affactioni. She ' eipiamea mat since, me enemy naa gained her ' hopsesfead they had destroved her property, taken' eyeryining irom ner, ana well niga jmada her pen- When she had engagejd herself ty her lover, she -w the possessor proprty j and wm in different cirdumstances. WiththUstate of thinca hard as she felt woujd be the trial to her; she had ' determined to release the object of her affections from an engagement made in her prbsperlty. This ' noble missive was couched in such laving and gen- -tie, though prudent and touching language, that- it might well have drawn- tears jfrom thd Iron warrior to whom Itjwas prestnte j. , The officer add- ed that the misfortunes of his affianced bad only ' the more endeared her to him, and this manifes tation of her disinterested love and spirit had on- -ly inspired a stropgef afftjetioa for so noble a wo- 1 uiau. uo umirou a bwu lurmer noiiaay mat .lie 4 might go to her and marry her, pTOjving that his' ; -love was as pure asjher o wn, and by making' her 'v his wife, endbw hia proDertv uooh her in ciu h ' v was made the victim of a bullet. General Bra?? sent directions to bis bureau officer to send him - the communication so soon. as it should arrive, and .,' regardless of the' endorsement of 'disapproved," -made by officers unaware of the circumstaoces, be marked it "Granted for thirty days.1' and endors- - ed upon the letter : "The lady is wbrthy the best and'bravest aoldierj and from what I learn I te- ' lieve you are wdrthy of the lady. r - j . v l i "BRAXTON BRAGO A REMARKABLE PROPHECY. ! Private Drophecies are of little accounttill veri fied by- their fulfillment. We heard of one la'e- ny, nevertheless, that. we ofler to the reflection f . our readers, xis autnor was a man. in very num ble life. a pic bs, good Catholic, who troubled; not himself with politics, and hardly Uver, if ever, looked at a newspaper. He died in December, . . 1860 the month j after Abraham "'Lincojnt was saddled on some of Jthe States as President.; Ht as near his death, ;and friend, visiting, were dis cussingthepolitical ,Jrouhle,and-pculating whether South CarbMaa would really iecd.-Tha good man had eaidjnothing while they, were talk-' ' ing. After Jhey ceased, he said : "You hav been talking of what is to come. There will be a war! a bloody wr between the North; an1 South. It will last three yearj, and the Sbqth will then become a separate Gbvernment, hut ! not j without ' the help of. a foreign nation. .When te North and South are separated there will be awful irou-i bles at the North. The troubles will last for 20 ' L years, and a hundred years from now the country will reel tne enecis or xnem. mere win be a ter rible persecution of ths -Catholics! here after the ' country Is divided.' w j. . This good nian died soon -after, (ilia pastor, rc- siding not' far from tbis city, is a man of great ' learningand talent; He says that, for a long time, head known the ijeceased as a nun of very holy -and mediutive life, He Was net 4 man of ioel- -lectual cultivation Dtt a man of r rayer. rWbeth- , er it were the vagaries of a dying man, or the' y visions of coming troubles given to a true and . humble servant of jGqd, we know jnot. We can only say that a subtile infellectwith a large readt , ' ing of history and a keen appreciation of all the ' elements tbat are at work, it Xorced to utter the gloomiest and mst probable of liu; provisions would have said 'about ' what this pious, bumble ' and unlettered servant of God uttered on bis death bed. UV. Y. Freeman's Journal, '..j.-K,' J I To. Coitpn Planters. ) V: - III AV E BEEN AP FOJNTJED BY THE ' Secretary of the Treasory, Chief Agval tot th purchase of otton for tha ConfeJcfat UovernmAt k within the State of North Carolina, ani will pay for ' the sasae la 7 per cent. Bonds or Cash.! : .1 . ' , . ' ' Sub-Agents visiting the duferent parts of the State, baying in my . aanraLw ill have writfien certificates of ' apnointment. " .f -' -i t- ' ? : . K j : By order of the j'Secrctary of the reMury,1" all Cotton purchased by tnyself, or my Agents, on aad after the 1 8th day of March, IS 63, wilt be paid for" in 7er cent, Borods or Caah, and not 8 per ut. Bond i as f tated in former advertisement. Up to that time, - however, the S per oent. Bonds will.be furnubea as . stated.:-. ' c.'i- - -'X -- -U t ' - Patriotic oitixens are now offered an opportunity to ; aid the Government by leUing to 11 their Cotton t atter v than to private capitalisU. r ! ' . 1 t ' - i, LKV4TS S; WILLIAMS. Charlotte, March 20, 1865 Z tns&U iOTTOflYARNtBVTHK BUNCH Oil jba:e. ! At WIIITAKKK'S.
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 29, 1863, edition 1
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