THE RALMGH REGISTMj
WEDNESDAY JS40RNING, NOV. 13, 1861.
THE NEWS, IN BRIEF.
The steamship Arago arrived at New York
on the 31st ult., with 1,276 packages of arms,
. 600 packages of gunpowder, and clothing, for
Gen. Meigs, and comprising complete arms,
equipments, and clothing for 1 2,000 men . j v ' ,
Hon. W. Porcher Miles has been elected to
Congress from the 2d district of South Carolina.
Lieut. Col. Palfrey, who commanded the SQth
Massachusetts regiment in the battle at Leesburg,
in his official report to the Governor of Massa
chusetts of the Leesburg affajr, says that the
loss of the regiment was about 50 per cent. The
officers engaged were 22, and only nine are safe.
The number of privates engaged were 318, and
the killed, wounded, and missing, UT.
Gen. Robert Robert Lee, of Virginia, who has
been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Coast
Defences, arrived at Charleston on Thursday
last.
, Col. Clingman, irith his fine regiment, arrived
at Charleston on toe 7th, on his way to aid our
South Carolinia and Georgia friends in repelling
the Yankee fleet. j.
A telegrard from New Orleans dated the 7th
states that the7 total oottohorop of the year is 3,
699,92 hales, being a decrease from last year of
997,800 bales. The exports from New Orleans
reach 1,915,300, and total exports of the Confed
erate States 3,764 340 bales, being a decrease from
last year of 86 1 ,380 bates. :
The Confederate prisoners taken at Tort Hat
teras have been removed from Fort Columbus,
Governor's Island, New York harbor, to Fort
"Warren, Boston harbor. '
GREAT MEETING IN NEW YORK.
The New York papers contain full reports of a
large apd enthusiastic meeting held in that city
on Thursday evening, the 31st ult. "We'give the
following condensation of the remarks made by
' one of the speakers:
MOZART HALL RATIFICATION INTERESTING
SPEECHES GXN. M'CLKLL AN DECLARES THAT HE
DARE NOT WGHT ON THE POTOMAC.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the "Mo
zart Hall" wing; of the Democratic party of New
York was held on Thursday evening' to ratify the
nominations of the party leaders. ;
Mr. Chatfleld, in the course of his remarks,
observed:
This meeting to-night, this room filled to its
utmost capacity with the freemen of their coun
try, admonish me that as yet these people have
not forgottea-that they have right to guard and
interest to protect, and that they live under a
Constitution, and are under obedience to laws
formed - under that Constitution. Thank God,
gentlemen, we have yet a country to care for.
L We have yet a Constitution that is the supreme
law of the land.
I believe that yet, although the aspect of things
are dark enough, the principles of that party will
bring this country put at its peril.
I am not prepared to say that they will restore
this country to its prosperous condition before
these troubles began ; because I am not so blind
as not to see that the termination of our present
difficulty may be that our country may be left
nroslrate. loaded With debt, and desolate with th
death of our loved ones who have gone to the
wars to protect us.
I am not here lo inquire into the causes of this
war. I have the satisiaction of knowing that the
great party to which I belong has never been
Abolitionist in its sentiments..
I have the satisfaction of knowing tbat ncxjsne
of that great family has ever thought more of the
black man than the white man.
N one of us, gentlemen, not one, is responsible
for the utterance and predominance of those sen
timents which lie at the foundation of this great
Secession movement.
1 know that during the campaign of last fall,
in this spot, ana elsewhere all over the country,
we admonished those who have precipitated this
country into its present perils, that if they car
ried into effect the principles that were uttered at
Chicago that civil war must necessarily follow.
But the spirit of Abolitionism seemed to prevail.
They said to us, "Oh, they dare not flght." And
a gang of, men paraded these streets night after
ElP'ht. nromrfmi " va tnrnlioo ttinir tsravn staling
a i i vv,.v , mivj n j
"Wide Awakes." In answer to these admoni
tions of the Democratic party they said to us,
"what if they do fight." "We can whip the
South before the breakfast bell, and all creation
after dinner." Gentlemen, where are these "Wide
Awakes". now? Go search your army. Go to
the situations most exposed, and most dangerous.
Go to the Navy and you will search in vain for
I do not say this by way of discouragement.
If the war is necessary, and it is now upon us, in
God's name let us prosecute it. Instead of that,
what is the spectacle ? What will be the history
of the next six months ? We will commerce with
the glorious victory of Bethel, from there we will
go to Vienna, and from there to Bull Run, thence
to Chickamacomac, and Jrom there to the last
, place, the name of which I don't remember, and
there you will find all these splendid victories that
not onlv will make us renowned at home, but re
nowned abroad.
What did I hear to-day as coming from the
Commander-in-Chief of thn TTnitnH st-i
from Gen. McClelian ? That he dare not fight
on the Potomac So that we shall have no mo-e
battles, I trust, this fall. We have now got in
the field some five hundred thousand men, who have
congregated about Washington and vicinity, and
this array has to be supported at an expense of two
millions and a half a day, and yet we are to have
no battles this fall. Why ? Because the Commander-in-Chief
said he dare not flght. Now,
gentlemen, what is the English of all this?
Why, that this country will, in the first place, be
1 placed under a heavier load of debt than any
y- J ww v. wu7 CMUli X&.I1U, 1X1 lUU
- next place, gentlemen, there is notLlng more sure
in my mind the sun is not more certain to rise
to-morrow-than that the independence and nation
ality of the Confederate States of America will be
recognized by England and France and other
European nations in less than six months,
' Bowie-Knives not Used. A correspondent
wntting from Leesburg, 6ays bowie-knives were
not used, though the cavalry, under Capt. Ball,
who had dismounted and were fighting on foot,
nsed their revolvers with considerable effect. I
have heard several accounts of rencontres with the
bayonet, but probably no more than two or three
actually took place. The Yankees ran before our
boys could get within perforating distance.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Nashville, Nov. 6. A dispatch published in
the New York Times, dated at Washington, Oct.
x 3lst, states that the Federal army on the Poto
f mac will not go into winter quarters within their
present lines of entrenchments. No such -pur-poge
has been entertained by the Government,
and no such suggestion- been made by Gen. Mc-
Clellan, jwho continues actively employed, and'
his preparations are on a large scale.
The World? dispatch states that President
Lincoln had assured parties that a forward move
ment of the astty had been determined on . r
Toe Tribune's dispatch slates that the Navy
s Department has recently ordered 500 more rifiad
cannon.
From the Newborn Progress. 'M '
COL. SINGELTARY'Sf RECENT RKCON
NOITERING EXPEDITION RESCUE
OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF A
FRENCH M AN-O?- WAR, ETC.
At our request Col. Singeltary has furnished us
the following detailed account of his recent expe?
Jition down the river, which will be found ex
ceedingly interesting. The Frenchmen rescued
from the wreck attribute their deliverance to the
extraordinary efforts of Col. Singeltary :
The purpose of the expedition was to make a
reconnoiuoe about Hatteras, and in case anch
damage had been suffered by the late storm as to
disable the enemy,-to have the force at hand to
take advantage of it at once, and also to ascertian
the real condition of the works at Beacon Island.
This statement was made to Gen. Hill Sunday
afternoon. He expressed his disapprobation of
an attack on Hatteras at present and without fuller
information and' spoke of the necessity of great
caution in such operations. I assured bim that 1
should be as cautious as possible! No formal
application was made for permission to leave,
which was not considered necessary. The pre
parations for departure were made publicly and
the Expedition left Newbern about 4 o'clock
Monday morning. Arrived at Kaacon Island
about 3 o'clock, P. M., and cast anchor near the
fort. Sent out a reconnoitering party that niht.
Ascertained that the fort at Hatteras had not been
much injured, and gave up the idea of any de
monstration in that quarter. Meanwhile about
3 o'clock Tuesday morning discovering signals
across the bar, then at four miles distant, supposed
to be the enemy. As day broke discovered an
armed steamer with her ports down, and not
doubting that she was a Yankee craft, opened fire
on her. Before a second shot, discovered tbat
she had raised the French flag. After some hesi
tation sent out a boat with Major Singeltary and
Capt. Sirmond to make inquiry. On their return
th'jy reported that she was the French Corvette
Prony, Captain De Fontanges, bound .-.from
Charleston to New York with dispatches trom
the French Consul ; had missed her way and was
aground between the North and South Bars.
Being still suspicious of Yankee tricks, sent my
boat back to make further inquiry- On the way
they ware met by a boat from the Prony and re
turned to the steamer Albemarle, where I then
was.
The boat brought an officer from the
Pronv. who came with a request from his com
mander that I would send out the Albemarle and
Napoleon to Jake off the guns and coal (6 guns,
150 tons coal) which he thought would lighten his
vessel sufficient to get her afloat. I explained to
him my situation that the tfoops on the Napo
leon would be in great danger of being taken by
the Yankees if she went outside, but promised to
return to Newbern and discharge the men and
come back immediately. The Albermarle was at
this time aground outside the Swash, about three
miles trom the wreck, where she had gone to get
a supply of wood. The Napoleon was inside the
Swash about five miles off. Went to the Napo
leon and got under way for Newbern. Wind
ahead. Had not beftt4eng under i way when
the lookout reported four Federal steamers com
ing in. Soon after the Pilot from the Albermarle
came with the baggage of the steamboat and re
ported that everything was prepared to leave her
if necessary. Got in the Pilot-boat and returned
to the Albemarle. The Federal steamers hung
around the bar during the afternoon but made no
attempt to reach the Frenchman. Towards night
two of them went off South; the other two went
towards Hatteras. Observed their lights in shore
during the greater part of the night. Supposing
of course they would be around the Corvette in
the morning, made an arrangement with the
French officer to take nominal command of the
Albermarle and raise the French flag, which was
done. At the next flood we went afloat ; kept up
steam during the night, and at daylight started
for the wreck. (I omitted to mention that the
French officer had attempted to return to his ves
sel but the wind had risen and finding it imposi
ble to pass the breakers eame back to the Albemarle,
where he remained during the night.) Succeed
ded first time in getting within six hundred yard
of the wreck and were driven back by the break
ers. Returned and cast anchor and waited out
side. Made another attempt, not expecting to
succeed, there being as yet very little lull in the
wind, but thinking it would encourage those on
board to see that we had not given the-a up.
Returning from the second trial discovered
steamersinthesouRd thinking it might be our fleet
and knowing the Albemarle as a French steamer
wasin no danger from Yankees raised the Confeder
al Flag and'staited in pursuit proved to be
Commodore Lynch and squadron went on board
Flag ship Seabird, about 12 M. informed Com.
Lynch of all that had occurred and requested him
to send one or two of hi3 steamers to assist in case
of any accident to the Albemarle to which he
very readily assented stated that he hitn
seif thought it best for the Albemarle to try first
as her loss would not be so great and if she failed
one of the others could try soon afterwards dis
covered that the Curlew, Capt. Hunter, was get
ting under way, and learned on inquiry that she
was going to the Prony for the purpose of taking
off the crew returned immediately to Albemarle
and started for the Prony Curlew some distance
ahead. Curlew went beyond the only place from
which the Prony could be reached impossible to
get to the Prony except through breakers Albe
marle "lay to" got in the Life Boat with Capt.'
Sirmond and the oarsmen passed through the
breakers without accident ; went on board ; all
the boats gone but one: Proney's boat carried
about 12 men ; Life boat very small.could only liDd
room for five by putting one under the helmsman ;
filled both and started the Life boat ahead direct
ing the other to follow ; Curlew dropped back and
came alongside the Albemarle, as the small boats
neared the Albemarle Curlew ran between
and attempted to get the men on board,
they refused to do so and went to Albemarle ; af
ter this a life boat from the Curlew with Capt.
Alexander went to the "wreck and one other boat
started.
In the course of the evening the entire crew,
numbering 140 including officers, were taken off.
No accident except that on the second trje of the
Albemarles boat. She was capsized in tnf break
ers, but thxough the cool nessjand skill of Capt. Sir
mond the Boat and all on board were saved. The
Curlew and Albemarle returned to anchorage about
dark or little after. Soon after a boat from the
Curlew came and carried off the French Officers
onboard the Albemarle. During the night the
wind shifted and it became smooth around the
wreck and remained so during the day following.
Next morning I addressed a note to Capt. de Fon
tanges of the Prony stating that I was about leav
ing for Newbern ; soon after four of his Officers
dame back to the Albemarle. Left for Newbern,
and arrived about 2 P. M. Provided quarters for
those I had brought and also for those who were
expected to come on the other boats.
After supper received an order from Genaral
Hill placing me in arrest with copy of charges fur
having gone on the expedition. About 1 o'clock,
P. M., Curlew came up with orders from Capt.
Fontanges and fe'om. Hynde to carry back the
men who had come on the Albemarle. Informa
tion was also received from the Captain of the
Curlew that the French commander had become
very indignant on account of my having brought
off his men, and that Commodore Lynch demand
ed my arrest for taking the Napoleon. Tbe next
day, after getting three night's sleep in one and
furnishing myself with clothing in place of that
which was lost in the Albemarle's boat, I returned
to Camp Gatlin, where I shall have time to
meditate on the impropriety of saving 140 French
men trom drowning without orders, or even an
introduction.
In addition to the foregoing I will stato that I
had informed the officer of the; "Prony" tbat he
could not get to New York by land, and believed
it to be understood that they were to come to New
bern and return thence to Charleston where the
French consul could provide for them, and the
Yankees could not get hold of them.
Further, that the "Napoleon" had been left at
anchor just opposite my camp ; tbat two thirds of
her crew consisted of men from my Regiment
temporarily furnished as a matter of courtesy, and
I thought and till think the was under my command.
"Further,' the Yankee steaitners did not make j
their appearance after the first evening, but after j
examiftinethe'situation of thoFrencb steamer went j
off and left him to his fate.
. From the Newbern Progress.
communicated.)
WRECK OF THE FRENpH FRIGATE
STEAMER PRONY INHUMAN CON
DUCT OF THE YANKEES AND FEDER
AL FLEET RRSCUE OF THE CREW
BY THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER
ALBEMARLE NOBLE CONDUCT OF
COL. SINGLETARY, AND SAL YEAR
AND SIRMOND EXECRATIONS AND
DENUN IC ATIONS OF THE YANKEES
BY THE FRENCH COMMODORE
THEIR LOVE OF GAIN AND PLUN
DER GRATITUDE OF THE FRENCH
COMMODORE AND CREW TO THE
CONFEDERATE AUTHORITIES.
We are enabled to lay before the public, the
following account of the wreck of the French
steamer Prony, and of the inhuman conduct of
the Yankee fleet from tbe lips of the Captain,
officers and crew, of that Steamer. The frigate
Prony of about eight hundred tons burthen left
Toulon in France on the 22nd of July, 1861,
with instructions to sail in the American waters,
touching at the various West India Islands.
Whilst on the voyage the Commodore of the
Prony received orders from the Admiral on board
the Flag ship of the squadron, to go to Halifax
and thence to Charleston, in South Carolina, and
thence to New York. When they received the
order to sail ,for New York, the Commander of
the Prony was on shore at Charleston, and the
weather being boisterous and heavy, one of the
Confederate steamers undertook to convey the
Commodore on board of the Prony, and whilst
under weigh, and as the Confederate steamer ap
proached the Prony, the steamer was fired upon
by one of the Federal steamers, and thereupon a
boat was despatched from the Prony to meet the
Confederate steamer and bring him ou board.
This action on the part of the Federal steamer,
which the French Commodore characterized as "a
mean Yankee trick" gave him no favorable opin
ion of the morals of the Federal Navy. The
Prony left Charleston in rough and heavy weath
er, and the officers making a mistake in their cal
culation, whilstoft" thejoistof North Carolina the
ship struck upon a shoal at Ocracoke Bar all
steam wasput upon her'and every effort made to
get off they fired guns, and sent up rockets as
signals of distress, with the hope that smne one
would come to their aid and relief. In the mean
time the little Confederate steamer Albemarle,
Captain Salyear, being at Beacon Island, a boat
and men commanded by Capt. D. D.- Sirmond
was despatched by order of Col. Singletary to
visit the frigate Prony. By the aid and efficient
management of Capt. Sirmond the large anchor of
the Prony was gotten out and carried out so as to
heave the ships head around for her relief ; and
after rendering every assistance, that could be
given all which was fruitless Capt. Sirmond
returned with his men to the Albemarle for the
purpose of having her brought to the aid of the
French ship, but unfortunately he found that the
Albemarle had gotton aground and could not be
gotten off that day and not until the making of
the next tide In the meantime four Federal
steamers hove in sight, coming from the direc
tion of Hatteras, and visited the French ship, and
advised the French commodore to k8ep his ship
on the strain of the large anchor a3 (Japt. Sir
mond had adjusted it and they would go off and
briim other steamers to .his assistance and aid.
Thefour Federal steamers then left him, and
never retuned or sent him any aid. That night
the weather came on to be exeeedingly heavy and
the sea ran high, which caused the French ship
to break in pieces, and the French Commodore,
believing that the Yankee steamers intended to
play upon him a "Yankee trick" and were only
waiting for the destruction of his ship so that
they might plunder the wreck, threw overboard
all of the small arms one cannon, &c, to prevent
them from fnlli ng into their hands. The Com
modore, officers and crew, were loud and deep in
their curses and execrations of the Yankees. At
daylight in the morning the Confederate S-eamer
Albemarle having got off the 6hoal, mada two
attempts to get to the French ship, the sea run
ning very high, which, for the time, rendered it
impossible for the Albemarle to reach the stea
mer. At 2 o'clock P. M. the wind changed to the
westward, and the Albemarle made a third at
tempt to make the French steamer, and having,
at the imminent risk of the lives of all on board,
run as near to the Prony as it was safe to do,
came to anchor ; haviDg but one small boat, the
same commanded by. Capt. D. D. Sirmond, with
Col. Singeltary on board, succeeded in reaching
the French steamer ; and having put Col. Singel
tary on board of the Prony, where he was most
cordially received and greeted by all the officers
and men, Capt. Sirmond, with the aid o the
boats of the Prony, removed the entire crew from
the wreck to the Confederate steamers Albemarle
and Curlew. On one of the trips in his boat to
the Albemarle from the French steamer, the boat
with five of the French seamen and ber crew,
were overwhelmed "with the waves and sunk the
boat turning completely over and casting the
whole crew into the sea. In tbia perilous condi
tion, after the men had been struggling in the
water for the half of an hour, tbe Frensh sailors
came lo their relief in a yawl-boat and rescued
the whole of them from a watery grave, and
Capt. Sirmond and all of the men were safely
placed on board of the Albemarle. Nothing
daunted by this disaster, Capt. Sirmond and his
men soon bailed out the little boat of the Albe
marle and immediately proceeded to the relief of
the French crew, and continued to p!y on this
errand of mercy until the whole of the crew
were safely rescued and put on board of the Con
federate steamers Curlew and Albemarle. Fifty
six of the officers and crew of the Prony were
brought up to Newbern in the steamer Albe
marle and comfortably provided and cared for by
the citizens of tbe town, the Commodore and the
rest of the crew intending to follow them in anoth
er of the Confederate steamers. In the mean
time, the French Commander, after conferring
with Commodore Lynch, of the Confederate stea
mers, resolved to go to Norfolk en route for New
York, and accordingly the whole crew were taken
to that place by Commodore Lynch in the Con
federate steamer Curlew, the officers and men
leaving Newbern on Thursday night last, at 11
o'clock, for that purpose.
The French Commodore is not sparing of his
denunciations of the Yankees, and unhesitatingly
declare their conduct to be both unchristain and
inhuman be says, well knowing as they did,
that he, his vessel, and crew wore in the most im
minent peril and distress, and receiving assurances
from them that they should be aided by the whole
force that they could command, and believing
that they had in truth left him and gone to Hat
teras for the purpose of procuring and returning
with additional aid; tbat after anxiously watch
ing in vain for their arrival that night, the
sea rouea nign, ana it required all his
strength of manhood and f r i:ude to sustain
and support his men. He encouraged them
in every way, but when be lost" boat after
boat, until only two small bjats were left, which
were insufficient in such a heavy gale to save
them, he awaited with painful anxiety and solici
tude the dawn of day, expecting every moment
that they would all be submerged by the waves
and find a watery grave; but when at the break
of day they perceived the little Confederate stea
mer Albemarle bu flatting the waves and strug
gling for life as it were in attempting to reach
them, his heart wa3 cheered and they felt that
there were still some friends on earth who mani
fested an interest in their well fare ; but all hope
again vanished when he perceived the imminent
hazard and risk tbat she encountered, and be
gave up all for lost, being well assured that she
could not survive in so boisterous and heavy a
tea. And again, when she failed to reach him in
her first and second attempt, he believed all far
ther efforts lo do so would be vain and fruit
less, he and hi whole crew mads up their"
minds to meet their fate Hks men, and
were sadly ' and mournfully ' afflicted when
they reflected that ; each ; an awful . catastro
phe might and ought to have' been averted by
the humane and timely aid of the Federal fleet
which they ntost inhumanly refused to render
them. He says tbat they were greatly astonish.,
ed, and it sent a thrill of joy through the whole
ship, when tbe little Albemarle, which he per
ceived was a frail boat, most gallantly and brave
ly made a third attempt to save them ; and, when
she dropped her anchor apparently safely moored,
and sent her little boat to their aid, they all de
voutly gave thanks to God for their safe deliver
ence. And that too much praise and grateful
commendation cannot be awarded to the Confed
erate officers, Colonel Singletary and Captains
Salyear and Sirmond and their erews, for their
brave and heroic efforts in saving them all from
an untimely death.
GENERAL BEAUREGARD.
A few days ago the Richmond Dispatch publish
ed a synopsis of General Beauregard's report of the
battle of Manassas, similar to the' synopsis copied
into tbb paper some days since from the New
Orleans Delta. Thereupon a number of news
paper editors and correspondents commenced an
animated discussion of the report, some censu
ring Beauregard and others condemning the
President. General B., disliking to have his
name brought before the public in conflict with
with the acts of the Presdent, publishes the fol
lowing card in the Richmond Whig :
A Card from Gen. Beauregard.
Ceittbeville, Va.,
( Within hearing of Vie Enemy's Guns.)
J
November 3, 1861
To the Editors of the Whig :
Gentlemen: My attention has just been
called to an unfortunate controversy now going
on relative to the publication of the synopsis of
my report of the battle of Manassas. None can
regret more than.I do this publication, which
was made without my knowledge or authority.
The President is the sole judge of when, and what
parts of, the report of a commanding officer should
be made public. I, individually, do nDt object
to delaying its publication as long as the War
Department shall think it proper and necessary
for the success of our cause.
Meanwhile, I entreat my friends not to
trouble themselves about refuting the slanders
and calumnies aimed at me. Alcibiades, on a
certain occasion, resorted to an extraordinary
method to occupy the minds of his traducers : let,
then, that synopsis answer the same purpose tor
me in thi3 instance. If certain minds cannot
understand the difference between patriotism, tbe
highest civic virtuo, and office seeking, the lowest
civic occupation, I pity them from the bottom
of my bart. Suffice it to say, that l prefer the re
spect and esteem of my countrymen, to the ad
miration and envy of the world. I hope, for the
sake of our eause and country.to ba able, with the
assistance of a kind Providence, to answer my
calumniators with new victories over our national
enemies; but I have nothing to ask of the coun
try, the Government, or my friends, except to
afford me all the aid they can, in the great strug
gle we are now engaged upon. I am not, and
never expect or desire to be, a candidate for any
civil office in the gift of the people or the Execu
tive. The acme of my ambition, after having
cast my mite in defence of our 'sacred cause, and
assisted, to the tjest of my ability, in securing
our rights and independence as a nation,-is to
retire into private life my means then permit
ting never again to leave my home, unless to
flght anew the battles of m ycountry.
Respectfully, your most obd't serv't,
G. T. BEAUREGARD.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
New York, Nov. 3. The City of New York
at this port yesterday, brings news from Europe
to the 24th ultimo one day later.
The L ndon Times published an editorial on the
Federal blockade of the Southern ports, in which
it warns the Lincoln Cabinet to endeavor to make
tbat measure effective at every point. r else there
is danger of its being broken by the English Gov
ernment, which has to provide for the wants of
trlany millions of people likely to be thrown out
of employment by the cotton mills, in conse
quence of the cutting? off of the supply of that
s aple.
While the Times thus expresses the Palmerston
ideas on this point of the American question, we
find the London Herald the organ ot Earl Der
by and the aristocrats after a complete silence of
four weeks' duration on our affairs, out in a very
violen-leader on subject of the condemnation of
the bark Hiawatha and other British vessels, by
Judges of the Union Courts, for violating the
blockade. The Derbyites pretend that if the de
cision of J udge Betts is not either reversed or dis
avowed, England will demand reparation for her
ship eWners and traders, even to the length of a
war with the Uni.ed States. The expressions of
the Times and Herald are published merely as
party bids for office
As the day of opening the session of Parliament
approaches, the American question is made a orora
inent topic in the after-dinner spepches of tha En
glish members of Parliament. Three Spanish
war ships had sailed from Cadiz for tbe Galf of
Mexico. England has stipulated, in the tripartite
treaty, that, if a monarchy should be restored in
Mexico, no member of the Bonaparte or Bourbon
dynasty shall be elevated to the throne. Another
British war vessel (the Medina) has sailed for the
West Indies.
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
OF
GEORGIA.
Milledqeville, Nov. 7. The Governor's
Message was read on yesterday, and is published
this morning.
The Governor refers to the early history of the
Union, and advocates the doctrine of State rights.
He deprecates the power conferred on the Presi
dent to accept State troops without the interven
tion of the Governor of a State, and pronounces
the act unconstitutional and opposed to State rights.
He says that Georgin has ndw fifty regiments
in the field, forty of hich are State troops, and
ten independent regiments.
He recommends the issueof Treasury notes by the
State,andalsoan ad vanceto the planters of twothirdi
of the value of the cotton crop of the Slate, on
certain conditions. He advises the re-enactment
of the stay law, and alludes to the unpatriotic
speculations of some dealers in articles of prime
necessity, and asks that authority may be vested
in the Governor to allow him to seize, for the use
of the troops, such provisions as may be necessary
tor them, the State paying such reasonable com
pensation as may be fixed by competent valuing
agents.
He recommends that the State shall pay the
war tax, and also that the State shall subscribe a
liberal sum to the direct European steam company
now formed, or forming, in Savannah.
He closes bis Message with reflections on our
competency for self-government.
RELEASE OF COL. MULLIGAN BY
GEN. PRICE
Jefferson City, Friday, Nov. 1. Persons
from the West report that Col. Mulligan had
been released by Gen. Price. He was seen at
Warrensburg to-day, on his way to Lexington,
to bring away a child left their.
His release indicates that the commission from
St. Louis some days since, to effect the exchange
of Cols. Mulligan, Peabody, and Mai. Van Horn
for Gen. Frost, Col. Bowen, and Maj. Williams,
i captured at Camp Jackson, has been successful.
Giif. Scott's Pay. The currentmonthlr Dav.
r -
subsistence, and allowance of Lieutenant General
Scott were, and by order of the President con
tinue to be, while he is upon the retired list, as
follows :
Pay, per month, $270
Rations, per month, 360
Allowance for servants, per month, ' 00
Allowance for hortes, per month, 50
Total monthly pay, $770
Which makes an annual income- of $9,240.
m ft
LATEST " NEWS.
LATEST FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
PORT ROYAL AND BROAD RIVER IN
POSSESSION OFTHE ENEMY.
BE A WORT ABA 8 DON El).
We failed to receive the Richmond and Pe
tersburg papers on Monday night, owirg to the
failure of the trains lo connect. The Charlotte
Bulletin of yesterday, however, furnishes us with
the following highly important intelligence from
Sooth Carolina :
PocoTALIGn, S. C.,:Nov. 8.
The Bay Point and Hilton Head batteries have
been abandoned. Tbe enemy have possession of
Port Royal and Broad Kiver. Everybody had
left Beaufort. It is presumed the enemy will
effect a landing at Beaufort to-day cr some point
nearer.
SECOND DISPATCH.
POCOTALIGO, NOV. 19.
Gen. Drayton and his command retreated from
Fort Walker in two steamers by Pope's Ferry,
safely, and are now at Blufton.
The casualties reported are from thirty to forty
killed and wounded.
General Dun novant retreated with his com
mand from Bay Point, via Lady's Island and
Beauford to Port Royal Ferry. This morning
Capt. Hamilton took off a company at Sawis
Point, and landed with that and his own compa
ny at Port Royal and are how at Pocolaligo.
Beaufort probably, will not be burned.
A great amount of Cotton on the Island will
fall into the hands oi the enemy. It has been ue
ter mined to burn Bluffton if attacked. The great
pointsof danger now are the; rail roads at Poco
taligo, Charleston and Savannah.
IMPORTANT FROM TENNESSEE.
Railroad Bridges Burned and Telegraph
Line Torn Do wnby the Unionists.
We copy the fol'owing dispatch from the
Charlotte Bulletin of Monday :
Richmond, Nov. 9.
Reliable intelligence received state that several
bridges on tbe Railway from Atlanta to Chatta
nooga ; also, on Railway through East Tennessee,
have been burnt evidently procor.corted move
ment. The telegraph wires on those routes have been
removed at several points.
The Lynchburg Bridge, about two hundred
feet span, on the East rennessee Railway, ten
miles beyond Bristol, was burnt about four o'clock
this morning, by Unionists. A half mile of the
track is also destroyed. It is reported that sever
al other Bridges have been burnt on the road
South of Knoxville. No trains arriving, and the
wires having been destroyed, makes it difficult
to ascertain the extent of the damage.
FROM KENTUCKY.
Memphis, Nov. 9.
The Appeal correspondent says Gen. Grant has
sent a flag of truce to Columbus to exchange
prisoners.
Gen. Polk refused to exchange owing to the
insulting nature of the proposal.
The bearer of the Flag acknowledges a loss of
800.
Wo captured 200 prisoners. They captuied 26
mostly fiek.
The Federal Gun Boats are badly damaged by
our batteries.
Generals PolkrPillow and Cheatham participa
ted. Another attack is anticipated on the Kentucky
side.
Memphis, to day, is like Rachael niourning for
her children. Business, generally, is suspended.
The wounded are expected to-morrow.
Robert Johnston and C D. Mitchell have bean
elected by the Arkansas Legislature as Senators to
the Confederate Congress.
Mark's Regiment suffered but little.
The steamr Bill will arrive to-morrow with
the wounded.
We have no correct information of any of the
names of the killed or wounded, but will give the
list as sdjon possible when obtained.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
BAKER'S PREMIUM BITTERS.
Henrico County, Oct, 1, I860.
E. Bakbr, Esq:
Dear Sir My wife has been suffering with Dyspep
sia and Nervous Affection for several years, during
which time she was as ill as possible to be alive ; all
hopes of life, by her physician, as well as by her rela
tives and friends, were blasted. Finally she com
menced, in small quantities, the use of BAKER'S
PREMIUM BITTERS, which, in the course of
eight weeks, (by daily using taem,) restored herto
perfect health. I am equally gratified to state that
my chiid, about eight years old, was long suifering
withtb Diarrhoea, attended daily by pnablcphysi
oian, without giving any relief; but the as tf one
bottle of these INESTIMABLE BITTJbRS re
stored him entirely to health and vigor. It is my
firm opinion, substantiated by that of my family phy
sician's, that BAKER'S PREMIUM BITTERS
is the best medicine now before the public to the
above-mentioned diseases. Yours most truly,
P. W. J. QDARLES.
These Bitters can be had of WILLIAMS 4 HAY
WOOD, Raleigh, N. C, and by all the principal Drug
gists in North Carolina and Virginia Also, by Syme
k Pro van, New Orleans; E. H. Stabler k Co., Balti
more; D. B. Miiler, Covington, Ky., ?. W: Jones, k
Co., Memp'ns, Tennessee, and by Barnes Park,
New York.
Orders promptly filled by addressing
E. BAKER, Proprietor,
noli lm Richmond, Va.
A Good Chance to Buy Clothing
AT FAIT PRICES.
Clothing of all the Different Grades,
AT
HARDING'S.
THE STOCK IS WELL ASSORTED.
Small and Large Sized Men can he Fitted.)
WE HAVE OPENED WITHIN TnE LAST
week the following Garments :
SOU Black and Colored FROCK COATS from $10
to $30.
200 French Cassimere BUSINESS COATS from
$12 to $15.
100 Lower Priced" BUSINESS COATS from $5
to $7 50.
500 Pairs of neat and handsome Colored CASSI
MERE PANTS from $7 io $10.
500 Pairs BLACK DOE SKIN PANTS from $7
to $10.
30O OVEH COATS at various prices.
OOO Handsome VESTS Rich Velvets, Rich Silks,
Cassimere and Cashmere, of ail the various qualities.
Af fair prices.
We sell only for CASH.
E. L. HARDING.
Raleigh, N. C-, Nov. 1, 1361. no 6 w Jbswlm
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, )
WiLMIHGTOI A5D MANCHESTER It AIL ROAD Co.,
Wilmington, N. C.Nov. lt 1861. J
THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
the Stockholders of the Wilmington and Man
chester Railroad Company will be held in the town of
Wilmington, N. C, on Wednesday, the 20th day of
November, ISftl. J. A. WALKER,
no 6 td 6eey.
ASOMC.-.THE OFFICERS, ME3L
REUS and Representatives of tbe Grand Lodge
of tforth Carolina are hereby informed tbat the An
nual Convocation of this MASONIC BODY will be
held ia thi City on Monday evening tbe 2nd of De
cember next, at 7 o'clock, for the transaction of busi
ness. The officers of the Subordinate Lodges are re
quested to attend io person, or cause proper delegates
to be appointed in conformity with toe constitution
and general regulations of tbe Grand Lodge.
WILLIAM T. BAIN,
Oread Secretary.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 12, 18(51 td
"PROCLAMATION
BY TIIE dpVBRNOK jOFNOlRTn CAItOLKU.
WHEREAS, THE'.' PRESIDENT f OF. THE
Confederate States hath set apart Friday, the
15th of November, instant, as a day of fasting, hu
miliation and prayer; and whereas, it is our sacred
duty, with profoundgratitude for past blessings, also
to supplicate Almighty God for his continued kind
ness and eare over u as a Stale and Nation ; and
whereas, this solemn religious duty is especially pro
per and incumbent upon us in the present serious
crisis of our public aifairs, when we feel so deeply,
and are anxious to acknowledge our humble depen
dence on the Almighty io all things, and especially
on Him as the God f battles, to give os the victory
over all our enemies, and secure to us the blessings
of an honorable peace :
Now, therefore, I, Henry T. Clark, Governor ex
officio; of the State of North Carolina, do hereby set
apart tbe said 15th day of November, instant, for the
performance of said religious duty ; and in conformity
with the proclamstionof the President of the Con
federate States, I earnestly request the Reverend
Clergy of all denominations and all the good people
of our State, religiously to observe the said day in
solemn pubHc worship, and as a day of fasting, hu
miliation and prayer.
Given under my hand and tbe seal of our State of
North Carolina, at Raleigh, this 5th day of Novem
ber, 1861. '
By the Governor: HENRY T. CLARK.
Pi'LASKi Cowper, Secretary.
All the papers in the State will please copy.
WANTS.
TANNER. WANTED TO PROCURE
the services of a good Tanner, to tan leather in
the Eastern part of the State. No objection to a mar
ried man, but require sobriety and honesty.
Apply to R. S. TUCKER.
no 13 3t - ?
WANTED A GOOD DISTILLER OF
Whiskey can hear of a good situation by ap
plying at this Office. no 9 t
THE GENERAL MILITARY IIOSFI
TAL for N. C. in Petersburg actually need.4 Ba
con, Flour, Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatnes, Lard,Kgg.,
Onions, Dried Fruits of all kii ds, Butter, c Ac,
and it id believed tbe good people of North Carolina
can and will spare these things in soch propertions as
will be in no way privations to thctnpelves, whilst the
whole will constitute an amount that will do a va.t
deal of good in the Hospital.
CHA3. E. JOHNSON,
nov 2 burgeon General N. C.
JgS- City paperg please copy.
F
IVE A NO. 1 TAILORS WANTED.-.
None but the v ry best workmen need apply.
sep 28 tf M. GRAUSM AN.
(iONCERT.TIIE RALEIGH MUSICAL i
J CLUB (Professor Hansen) will-give a Concert on !
THURSDAY EVENING, the 2st November the,
funds to be distributed among the Relief Societies of
this City, for the benefit of the sick and wounded sol
diers in the N. C. Hospitals. no 6
HE NORTH CAROLINA STATE AG-
RICHLTURAL SOCIETY is requested to meet
in the Court House in this City, at 7 o'clock, P. M., on
TUESDAY, 19th day of November, inst.
Business of very great importance requires a full
and full attendance.
By order of the President.
P. F. PESCUD, Seo'y.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov.' 1, 1861. ne 2 td
PLUMBAGO OR BLACK LEAD,
TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE MINE NEAR
Raleigh, thoroughly ground, cleanred and pre
pared for Paint, for lubrkutiog axles and bearings of
every kind, to prevent friction, for crucibles, for
cleansing and polishing all sorts of metal?, for facing
the moulds of Foundry men, and for all other uses
to which this mineral is applicable For s'le in bar
rels and half barrels, in lots to suit purchasers, by
ANDREW MILLER,
oc 23 lm Baleigb, N. C.
$S3 Richmond Whig, Chariest n Mercury, Mobile
Advertiser, Montgomery Mail, New Orlear s Bulletin,
and Memphis Appeal copy twice a week for 1 month,
and send bills immediately to this Office, when tbey
will be promptly settled. Each of the above papers
will also please send a marked copy to the advertiser.
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT
PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THIS
office for furnishing the North Carolina Troops
with HATS. Proposals must be accompanied by a
sample of the Hat, and must state tbe price and num
ber which can be delivered per week, and also at what
time tbe delivery will commence
oct 9 tf J. DEVEREUX, A. Q. M.
WARREN COUNTY LAND FOR 8ALE !
BEING DESIROUS OF CHANGING MY RE8
idence, with a view to the education of my chil
dren, I offer for sale the Tract of Land on which I
now reside, containicg -13ft acres, about one-half of
which is in original woods, the balance, cleared, ex
cept two small parjeels of young pine It lies just
North ot the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, and equi
distant from the Warrenton ard Macon Depots, 2
miles from each. To any enterprising man wishing
to establish a Tan Yard or Distillery, it presents an
excellent opportunity for a profitable investment, and
the Pine Timber and Wood would pay for the whole
tract in a short time. There are on the farm a great,
cumber and variety of choice, fruit trees, embracing
Apples, Peaches, Cherries, Pears, Plums, Ac, many
of them young and thrifty.
I will sell on terms that cannot fail to suit any per
son wishing to purchase, and if desirable will reeeivo
in payment Confederate State Bonds or Treasury
Notes, or N. C State Bonds at par. Persons wishing
to purchase wiii please address me at Warrenton, N.
C. R. C. PRITCHARD.
There is on the tract a largo quantity of oil heart
Pine. nov 2 St
NOVELTY IRON WORKS-
RALEIGH, N. C.
S. BURNS fc F. BATES
PROPRIKTORS,
CONTINUE TO MANUFACTURE STEAM EN
GINES, Saw and Grist Mills, Plows, Iron Rail
ing, and every description of Iron and Brass Castings.
Also, Repair all kinds of Machinery.
TERMS: Cash on delivery,
P. S. We have on band a large and well assorted
Stock of Plows, which we offer cheap. Also one 1
Horse Power Engine and Boiler, alt complete, with
Saw Mill, which we will sell low.
jan 12 wswly
NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTION.
FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB
AND TuE BLIND.
The next Session of this Institution will commence
on Monday, the 2nd day of September, and continue
ten months. Pupils should be sentia PUNCTU
ALLY at the commencement of tbe session. Hav
ing a full corns of teachers in tbe different depart
ments, it is. to be hoped that tbe parents and friends of
the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, will send them bete
to receive the benefits of an education. Any informa
tion as to the method of admitting Pupils, Ac, will
be given upon application to me by letter, or other
wise. WILLIE J. PALMER.
au 17 wAew&n PrincipaL
RUN HERE, EVERBODY !
PF. PESCUD, WHOLESALE AND
Retail Druggist, Fayette ville ftreet, Raleigh,
N. C, would announce to tbe public' that, he it now
receiving from the South a splendid tssortmentof
Perfumery, consisting of a superior article of Cologne
Water, the very choicest variety of Extracts for tbe
Handkerchief, namely : Victoria, Jockey Club. West
End, Forget Me-Ndt Geranium, Violet, Musk, New
Mown Hay, Ess. Bouquet, Spring Flowers, Patehouly,
Moss Rose, Sweet Briar, Ac. lie ii alse receiving a
fine assortment of the best and most highly perfumed
Soaps of the following kinds; namely : Toilet, Omni
bus, Old White Windsor, Antiseptic and Aromatic
Tooth, Transparent, MiliUry, Barber's Shaving, Boa.
quet. Forget-me-not, Walnut Oil, Ac.
Id addition to the above articles, he is also receiv
ing a Fresh supply of Medicines, Tooth Brasher, Tooth
Pastes, good article of Fine and Coarse Combs,
Heidlitx and Soda Powders, Matches fa good article,)
Pomades, Cigars, et cettra. ' "
Ths public are repectinlly invited to call and ex
amine the above, and varioes other articks, wbieh
will be sold on terms to suit the tunas.
' Heal, wash, perfume, comb and broth thyself ; take
a bottle of Bom Cordial, Ibjbt a Soger, and ca iaso.!
Raleigh, Oct. 16, 1S.