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T T 'TV 1 " Our are the plan of fabi delightful wwJ Uowkrpa by. Py sl U Uf fcrottrt. RXlEICrH, N. .C. Y , ' . ' ... - -i-rH r-- I "I - SATURDAY MORNING, EB is, 1862; j The fc Semi-Weekly Rejsrister ; ill jbllahed 9jrj Vedites(by land Saturday! saosn , at'$4.09 per annum, payable In advanee, or $6.00. per an nam If payment U delayed junta thi ezpiratijH The -Weekly Register Is" published every Wednesday; morning, M $100 per annum, payable invariably in advance. 8ueri- bera are notified three weeks before theif subscription years expire by a oroas-mark bn the margin of their papers, and if, advance payment i not sent for jaooth er year, t&ejr names will be stricken frpm oarlbt at the expiration of .the subsoriptioa yeah i This rale ill continue to be inflexibly adhered tou. The Register Job O&oe Is. supplied with unrivalled facilities jfor executing all kind ef Book and Job printine with neatness and diipatch. Havine an excellent:-STEAM POWETt f RE88, we are enabled to execute Job printing quaQealled eelerity. 1 i ifi,-1 444 ito T1I13 DI8A8TER AT ROANOKE ISLAND. I Oar file will bear us out iu tbe auertion tbat daring the progress of this war we bave Lot been; captions or faait&ndiag' with the eoodaot of those who control ita operations. We have been willing to believe that onon all occasions the best tEat could be aceom dished was done. The disastrous affaiij at Roanoke Island, however, compels the press to speak oat loudly, against the oondact of hose who exposed the Island to certain cap are, and the comparatively handful ofj neo on It to certain death or imprisonuient. It vill not do t slur over the disaster as a tri lling affair. Any attempt to do so by those who are responsible -for it, will oaly add a deeper shade to their culpability, if noi cri ' ininality. If the Island was not a point of importance, why was any attempt -made to I'pld it against the Yankees ? .Why jwere jwenty-one! hundred of our brave meojlwitb their arms and munitions, exposed' to certain destruction or inevitable canture in a vain and. hopeless attempt to hold a poiptof minor, importance ? What earthly excuse or pallia tion is there for ttm cruel and wanton expo i sure of I'fe and liberty ? Nona ihat; any amount of charity which we can bring to bear on the act will suggest; It is wholly wiincHu, any piea or jusuncauon wnion we daQ imagine. But tbe Island; was a point of Vast importance, and the sequel has proved it to haye pbeen so. It was the key to what has been called the granary of the State,! and it was-the kev, too. to the door of communi- atin between the granary and the city of orfolk. Tbat this double-acting key is now in the hands of .the enemy, and placed there by the gross negligence of those who might nave tetained possession of it had they acted with ordinary energy and . priidence ,r is painfully ; true. This Burnsie Expedition was no surprise. Its fitting out had been heralded fdr months, and its Arrival and des unauon naa Deen xnown ioriweexs. The 6reat Being himself, who ""'holds the waves in ihe hollow of bis . hand' had seemed to have interposed in our behalf, 1 and given us time to preparo for the assault of die inva qers. But blindness or supineness ruled the hjour. The defenders of Roanokej Island Were caught with an insufficiency of men, arms, and ammunition, and the result we be hold in one important town laid in ashes, others daily threatened with a- like, fate the .most fertile part of the Statist thd mercy ,0? a merciless foe, our most important Rail road connections threatened, and 'oQr great port of Norfolk seriously menaced. This is an incomplete summary of the disasters ao jaQg from the loss of a point which might hiye been triumphantly maintained. Why, ' daring the four weeks Burnside's 'vessels were baffled jind beat about by Ifour distinct storms, scarcely ble . to save themselves from des truction, much less to inflict! it upon oth ers, were not four or five regiments, with if. i i i a ! .m. large oannon and a plenty of ainmunitioni sent from. iN orfolk to the Island t ; A success ful defenoe o tbe Island would have been a successful defence of Norfolk and all the vast interests connected with its lafety, while it would have destroyed the Burn side fleieti last hope of the.. Yankees. ;; We learn t one thousand additional troops, wuh requisite arms and ammunition, would hate saved the Island to us, and sent the ex petition, the Great Armada, ofl howling, in dlsgraoe, if it bad not sentjU to the bottom of ihe Sound. But we had not; either the requisite number of men or the right sort of srui, aim uio powaer gave QUI., JYUO WOQ- ders, then, , that at Roanoke Island we re cei red the most disastrous blow of the" war ? .Wj do then sincerely hope' that a rigid scri tin will be instituted faito the condiaot if those haying in charge' the defence of Roan oke! Island; and thatyle or they who may be found responsibly for its loss, may be dealt with; aoobrdinVto bis or their deserts. ; ne report 1 that a Jarge number of the Horses belonng to the 1st Regiment N. C. - . - . . Cavalry hate died, we -are authorized to ear IS ut I- Hi I- '.' II f ft II T.1FE1 nftT.mv Tiln ' bcording to ,; the inevitable 5 "Jenldni; Mrs. iiuicoln haa gone into half mourning in respect to the widowed Queen of England. if TltB-GOTEIllfpRSniP..:! We corUllj:Ca(iorsa tie propoiUiorj. on- la the last fcnmbcrcf the tit ate Jou it ot-$ul Impartapeptbaj for metim? to gome no tngry political or sectional contest snail aiviao mo peopie to t vne ot&te, out mat laying aside party and, perponal j feeling, we snail eieot toe Deai men w ma pnoiio onces. The resolutions introduced by Mr. Jones, of JB.owan,an4 nn)ippiial jm,4opteol b y ,the Convention, oonstitnte a platform npon which ererj true mart in the State, can stand, no matter what may haye been bis past course. It is well, known that Mri Jones did not be long to that class which has been denomina ted "Precipitatojrf'! bat that he adhered to the Union aa long- as it could be preserved with honor and safety. The i Convention had i in it men of ' two classes men who with him stood out for the Union while a hope of its honorable preservation existed, and men who, unlike him, at an early period came to the conclusion that the Union could not be maintained in honor and safety to the South, and, therefore, believed that the sooner the dissolution w as-effected the better it would be for the South. Both these class es of jnen sustained Mr. Jones's resolutions in the Conyention by a unanimous vote, and we are sure that the; people, in their primary otpacity, will sustain any. candidate for the Exeoutive Chair who may; be nominated by Convention called for that purpose, and oomposed of Delegates elected without any reference to old issues and old party animos. ities which should be buried with the Union under which they grew up and existed. OUR NEXT GOVERNOR. Who shall be the next Governor of North Carolina, from the 1st of January, 1863 ? Are we to have a contest to eive the answer to this question ? Have we parties in the j State ? and if not, shall we pursue a coarse in the selection of our Governor which will end in the establish ment of parties and party lines? These questions demand th most serious consideration in the pres ent crisis of the country. - f We take it that the successful prosecution of the war Is the end and aim of 'every man in the State ; and to this end nothing is so essential as a unity of feeling and purpose among the people of the State. This taken as true, it would be the height of folly and wickedness to ; enter upon a cob test tor the office of Governor with a certain ty of arraying the people agaiist each other, and begetting a spirit of bitter contention' and strife. Toe queetiorkthen is, how cjan a Governor be selected without a contest? From tbe best con sideration we have been able tor givn, the subject, the following plan is suggested, and it is respect- fully submitted to thd press and their consideration : the peoplo for We think tbe following resolutions, introduced into the Convention, by Mr. Josnes, of Rowan, on the 22d of last November, and unanimously adopted by tbat body, would constitute a platform upon which no friend of the South can object to stand: Resolved, That we, tbe Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, en tertain an undiminshed confidence in the justice of the cause for which we have taken up arras, and we hold it to be the duty of the people of these Southern States to maintain and uphold that cause with all the means they can command ; that in behalf qf tbe people of North Carolina we declare to our Bister States of this Confederacy, and to the world, that no measure of loss no sac rifice of life or property no privation, or want, or suffering, shall cause us to : shrink from the performance of our whole duty in the achieve ment of oar independence. ' Resolved, That from the cruel and barbarous manner in which our enemies have carried on this war a war iu which agod and dignified men and helpless women have been seized, and with out accusation or warrant of authority, cast into priion in which private property has been wan tonly destroyed in which robbery and arson are the principal means of aggression, and in which servile insurrection has been proclaimed, we are convinced that there Ua "radical incompatibility" between such a people and ourselves ; that for the independence we have asserted we will accept no alternative. Resolved, Tbat we have full confidence in the wisdom, integrity and patriotism of the Presi dent of the Confederate States, and we congratu late him and our whole country upon the success with which he has administered the! govern ment. Resolved, Tbat to the officers and soldiers who have gone, forth to meet the dangers of this war, we are under a deep debt of gratitude for the valor and fortitude with which tiey have defend ed us from the assaults of our enemies, and il lustrated the glory of our arms. Then let a Convention of the people be called at such time and place as may be designated, to be composed of delegates selected jby tbe peopie of tbe several counties on, say, the basis of represen tation in the House of Common each county selecting I a number of delegates i equal to the number of members she; sends to the Commons with one alternate for each, and noA rru j .1 ' l : i . I jihjic. xuvrse ueirgaiea, wuen jugemoieu, can then select a candidate for Governor, requiring only thai he unequivocally endorse the sentiments of the foregoing resolutions, and pledge himself t abide by them, in letter and spirit, in adminis tering the duties of the- office to which it is pro posed to elevate him. This done, let the delegates go home, aDd let tbe candidate selected stay at home und make no canvass, and; when election day comes the people will cast their suffrages for him in a body, and shake hands over the act like a band of brothers, for the first time in the history of the State. ;. Thi, then, is our plan, plainly stated, in as few words as we could employ. Without a word of commentwe submit It.to the press and the people and we will cheerfully submit to their dockion. ! COL. SHAW. ! , We feel authorized to denounce as utterly false the Reports In circulation concerning the conduct of Col.. Shaw, at Roanoke Island. Colonel Shaw is as true and brave a man as ever lived, and if those connected with the defence of the Island, but who .were not on it und never had been on it had done their duty as well as Colonel Shaw did hit. tM disaster would never have occurred.. r ! . v SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDEPI T. j We learn that a bad Railroad; accident oc curred on the North Carolina Road, on Wed nesday. It was caused by tl4 collision of two Trains, about ' 12 miles on; this side of Vnaxiocw ADOntiiiU passengers were badly r-ao badly injured as to render am ton necessa- tj. No life was lost " putat . FEB EXTRAORDINARY, . JVYe happened to be present in ib Consven-' ti ot;Thnradaj when hisHonpnri Judge ' Bowrdibhmi'U 'jh Militar Commit tief charged as) pitbi endorsing 'k cifflatuiioar tion signed "N. C," which appeared in the last number of the Register, ow, what are the facts ? "N.i U." a gentleinan who, al though not enrobed , in the jadicial 'ermine oast over his shoulders by goooj natured po lltioal friends, is, nevertheless, as respectable and responsible a man as lives n or out of the State, sends us a communication bp a subject of vital public interesj, and we pnb. lish it (not, however, under the editorial head) without one word of comment (a mode in which we publish a large majority of .the communications sent tons) and Judge How ard charges ua with "endorsing'? it, and goes on to draw a comparison between his "mili tary record," (he having "three brothers in the army,") and that of "Mr. Syme," who unfortunately has no brother to do his fight ing for him. We shall claim no vicarious military renown or any credit ,for services rendered by others, although we apprehend that our claim for a pension when it is pre- ierreu, win oe uaseu uu tus uue --icuuiu of valiant deeds as that of Judge Howard when he seeks pay and renown for services rendered by his "three brothers." Judge Howard's charge upon us was utterly untrue, gratuitous and extraordinary. , If our cor respondent has "touched his raw," and dis turbed his self-complacency if be feels him pelf to be personally aggrieved:, and wishes redress for his somewhat tender, but too deep ly wounded sensibilities, his remedy is a plain one, as we are fully and emphatically au thorized to give up the real name of "N. C." to any one who, feeling personally aggrieved by bis language, may dtmand.it, In. conclusion, we say to Judge Howard that if he is not a better Judge! of law than he is of fafls, (taking his' charge against us as a specimen of his powers of appreciation and discrimination,) may God, through the medium! of the Supreme Court, help the suit ors in his Courts, for in no other quarter can they find refuge and deliverance. ' a : 0Gr" The Editor of the Kaleigh Standard Has painfully realized the fact that there is such a thing as getting "a Rowland for an Oliver," and has found out, too, much to his cost, that "those who play at boWls must ex pect rubbers," and therefore plays klignity , and will not notice the Register won't give any more ''Rowlands," as be has a great hoi r or of the ' Olivers" he gets in retunj,and won't "play at bowls" any more, because he has had his thanks terribly barked by the "rub-; bersl" Well f we can afford to live unno ticed by the Editor of the Standard, but he need not lay tbe flattering unction to his soul, or in the absence of that, to his gizzard, that be will be unnoticed' by-the Register when ever he is caught in his mischievous tricks. The Danvillk and GaKKNsuoKO' Connec tion. --Congrpsj has passed, and the President approved, the bill authorizing a railway connec tion between Danville, Va , and Greensboro', N. C. It appropriates one million dollafs. Thomas Webb, Esq., of Hillsborof! has been elected President of the North Carolina Kailroad, vice Jtlr. Cameron, .resigne THE GLORIOUS FIGIiT AT KOANOKE IS LAND. If there is any other people but the Yankees on the face ot the earth who would exult over such a victory a tbat at Roanoke Island, we! know not where they are to be found; nor do we know in What other nation except our own, su;h a defeat, under such circumstances, would be retarded -jn anv other lizbt than as a victorv.- From fiftv to w - rj ml i - one hundred shifs and fifteen thousand men, after two days bard fighting, compel a little band of wo thousand five hunured to surrender. Our men contended against odds of nearly seven.to .one, to say nothing of the snip, and they fought with a valor never equalled on this i continent, and not surpassed in the most heroic days of Greece and Rome. We may regret 'most bit terly that the common precaution of providing a way Of retreat from such overwhelming odds was not provided, and that our chivalrous and noble defenders are now in Yankee hands; 'but their honor and that of their country is unhurt, and the moral enect of their conduct ought to ' add fresh hope and spirit to tho Southern cause. We have just as much confidence in the superior mil itary aptitude of our men this moment as we had at the battle of Manassas, and the balance of suc Icesaeb is still largely in our favor. Whenever the enemy advances to the interior and forsakes the cover of his ships he is sure to be beaten, provided always that we have Generals worthy of the men, and that they are guided by a skill equal to their courage. We have never yet suffered from - the incompetency oi the rank and file. Wherever vney nave Deen ably otneereo, tney nave won the day ; and that baa been the case in the great majority of the battles. It cannot be denied. however, that there, are a few incapables among our military leaders, and the tooner they are weeded out the .better. Richmond Qispatch. Appropriation torK bntucky. The injunc tion of secresy has btfen removed from a bill, passed by Congress, Impropriating two; million dollars for the benefit p( the State of Kentucky. . Forney deprecates theexiatenco of c'f?'0 "a't ty upon the basis of separation- such ms he thinas is now forming in the North. He seemsjto think that final separation would be ruinous to kll Yan keedom. He gives in his "Press" alitof the evils that would be suffered , and amongst' other things enumerate tbe imposition of taxes on tbe products of the Northwest, seeking an outlet down the Mississippi ; border conflicts, it is "stat ed would be inevitable! ; California and Oregon would declare themselves an independent Republic the situation of the Middle, Western and! Eastern States would be inconceivably distressing ; fac tions would spring up everywhere, and to swell the general calamity, bankruptcy, poverty, anar ehy and total disregard of law would contribute their nameless horrors. After picturing these, he implores the statesmen of theJNorth to pause be fore committing themselves to so frightful an. al ternative, but Msures them that if a combinatiom is not immediately tffected among all men Willing to carry the contest through, the vv will lend in a bloody catastrophe. atiQTA OX CPNTOEKTE ff STAT JS WDubluih belohe bitf hrchsbasjust pass-; dfib eueral Auemii$ ofirginia: for raising irgtnlai qaotaf of Con federate State Troop. ; : ' A BILL, tbfl President of the Confederate 8tat b$ ascertained tbe military qaoU of Vir- agtnUl'for the existing war to be aixiy-nve tnon iand eight hundred and fortf two men, and has Wad'e Jireqmaitioii upon tbe Governor for a por (K0rw,f . nA it i the DurDose of this sot to apportion the said requisite taDly.among , the tevertu cohdium, ciho mm w- t- - wealth; accordine to the whole population thereof, ind promptly to raise the tame: ' - . 1, jse it tneretore enacieu y " lembiy. Tbat as toon as may be after the passage of this act, the Governor shall ascertain what 'lumber of men will be sufQpient to raise iJie nam iu .rh (nliintMrcomnanrnow in the Con- L'ederfte service from this State, to the number of eo men, ranK ana uie. a uwvuj-m kfrtiffn the same amone the several counties, ci-r $h and towns of the Commonwealth, ascertain, number to be furnished by eacn, upon wo mis Of iu white population, after crediting to a$h the number of U resident citizens engaged asPvolunteers in the service of the Confederate y Having ascertained the quotas to be fuirnish hs tho coAPdl Animtips. citioB and towsns as T W 7 J www w w w . i atoresaid. ne snail tmase proewmaiioa and shall call for volunteers to fill such quotas. Pervsuch volunteer shall report himself ito the Adintant General bv a dav to ba named ift said rltfteiamatior, for enrollment in mJx company, QJiiiainlng less than L ighty-four men, as be shall After deducting from the number appor tioned as aforesaid : to each county, city and tifsvnj the number of its volunteers under thU ciifl. the1 remainder shall constitute the number li:be drafted therefrom-: and thereupon the Gov- e-'ior shall Doceed without delav to cause the q uotas so remaining due from the- several coun tt'jft, cities and town, to be drafted by lot from ti ir enrolled militia, and to be assigned to their F pr companies I I'Q. If.;thnumberdrafteo: from any county, city otowU' be required to fill the ranks of compa ni Is from such county, city or town to the mini m im -atoresaid. they shall be musiored into the ricc in such company ; and as far ar pract'u b the dratted levies irom any county, citj or tqn shall be assigned to companies from sach CQ inty, city or town or from counties, cities or ta Vna nearest thereto. 1. At least thirty days before the day on which tl J.term.of service of each volunteer company n$W in the field shall expire, the Governor shall cise such company to be mustered for re-enlist- mi it by the ofiljer commanding tho same, who shdl submit to each volunteer the quest'o l w-luher he will re-enUitor not, and shall make oXan accurate company roll, designating therein tb iDHihe, age and residence of each volunteer w shall decline to re-enlist, the time hi9 term of, .-ervice shall expire, and the company andreg im ait to which he belongs, and return the same for rbwith to the adjutant general : and thereupon tbi .governor shall cause to be drafted by lot, upj the principles and, in the proportions pre scribed in the foregoing sections of this act, from th espectlve counties, cities and towns of this cos: "tuonwealtb, a number of men equal to the ni befof these so refusing to re enlist, inclu ding as a part of the militia ot the several cuiin tiei. cities and towns in whieh they resida the vol inters so refusing to re-enlist. $ Any draft under the provisions of this act eha 1, so lar as practicable, riot only be apportion ed,, among the v:ountie, cities and towns of the Sta e, (Slot i possession of the public enemy), so as tigi e to each fair credit for the number of mei theretofore furnished ; but the same princi ple, bo fkr as muy be practicable, shall be extend ed t J iRe appointment among company districts in 4. Very county, city and,town. 6 Lrtillery companies, whether heretofore or her after organized, may bo (quipped as light batt ;ries of 6ix piaces each, containing not more thai prwf hundred a;d fifty men, rank und file: and . whenever any such shall contain not less that . one hundred, and twenty men, rank and file,' It" shall be entitled to an additional second lieutenant -to be elected by the company, and comrjjissioned by the Governor. And in an art illery company heretofore organized and accepted by toi) Governor, he shall be authorized to com misticn th.e ofiicers thereof of corresponding rank and gf'adef with the same arm of the service in the Confederate States ; and to ehect this object, he "may Recall the cbmmisgions now held . by the oflier;j thereof, and issue in their stead commis sions's of the same date, conferring the proper rank find erade. iwl pn the day on which the term of service of any jlunleer company now in service shall ex pireailio men refusing to re-enlist and not draft ed fj4j Service. shall be discharged; and the com misiiojis of all the company otficers shall be va cate!. ' .And on the same day, or as soon there afte!j j:inay be, the other members -of the eom panJbe volunteers so re-enlisting, with the comQtTKjrit furnished by voluntary enlistment anduraft, shall proceed, to reorganize the compa ny (hj elect its ofiicers. 1 8( 3 Whenever a majority of the , companies bombing any regiment or batt alio nshall be rc orgazed under the provisions of the preceding sectia:s', the commissions of the field officers of such regiment or battalion shall be vacated ; and as Eoi i thereafter as may be, the company officors shalf (jleci ftjr regimenone Colonel, Lieuten ant Cntonel and Major ; and for a battalion, one Major, s' " 9. he company and field ofiicers so elected shall. )9 commissioned by the Governor ; the co mm (Scions of those re elected to tbe same office to' be f, the same date with their former commis sions ?Tho6e not re-elected shall continue todis charg hedulies and be entitled to thejeompen satiot df officers of their grade and rank respec tively uniil their successors are commissioned; and v'-ereafier they may retire from the service. 10. ! Except in vhe cases mentioned in the sixth aeetioJf k( ithis act, there shall be for each com pany l captain and three lieutenants, who shall be idlecteily the company and commissioned by the Govef ifor. 11 jljThe terra of service of nil persons drafted or voiijjteering under the provisions of this act, shall I ectbee years, deducting there from the term of th4 iTrfeyious service Miring the existing war: I fior sb; ill rfny volunteer declining to re-enlist, who may b; drifted under this act, be ordered to duty for tbf ber.lod of forty days from tho expiration of hii' previous term of service, unless in the. ojinin of the GoveriiOr the public exi gency .bll imperatively demand his services. And tie General Assembly recommend tbat a furiouj:li of at least sixty days be granted to all volunteers Who may re-enfist at sach time as the public? ixifencies may allow. 12. fAny person who may be drafted under the prf .Visions of this act may, at any time before be 8haH be mustered into the service of the Con federal rBvtes, furnish an able bodied man, well clot bed j who shall be accepted as his substitute; but tbi' person furnishing such a substitute shall perform ordinary militia duty during the substi lude's L.bseoce. Should, such substitute,-while thus en gaged for another, be drafted or called on to perft rmhis own tour of duty, tbe person fur nishintHhim shall be required to take bis place, or to " Ornish another substitute on the same terms, t ' I 1 13. Whenever the Governor shall be required to All u companies under this act, he shall be authorr ted to accept volunteers, in lieu of draft ing.' ,':f U- ' : : 14. .hu act shall be In force from the paaaage thereof, I' HORRIBLE KAILROaD ACCIDENT. '.L:j-'.- j': ' ' J' '" Ltkchburo, Feb. 10. JJr. liley U. Bee, of Company D, 1st Arkan sas regiment, waa killed at the Tenneeaee Depot this evpin,' in attempting to get on the cars af ter thejf; had started, f He was horribly mangled, andtUt in a tew minutes. He had reealuted for IhaVar and was on his return home on fur lough hia reaidence in Jeflanon county, Ark. &-I-'---- ' ! ; i , : , . J ' THE "ROANOKE FIGHT. 5fc APDITIolfePAiaWtSiAR QTJR t FORbES-HE !rN0IBEHp (8PKCIAI. CKKSPONlKKCi: OT TITX KtCBHO? ' niSPA.TCB.3 i - 'it' - .'X ' ; obfolk, VVi Feb. 10. . With inexpressible sorrow I announce the fall of Roanoke Island, after a spirited and bjerofo re sistance by our brave troops. This (occurred be tween 12 and 2 o'clock on oaturdav. and the hiwi was received here with, every indication ot: fegrel and indignation' jW gather the ? fptlowing par ticulan from a young map from the Richmond Blues, who participated la the fight, escaped in a small boat,' and rowed t Nag's Head, where he was taken up by one of our gun-boats, and brought to this city. ,He ia an intelligent lad, and I believe ton of yonr Postmaster. The enemy ship?, he tays; oponed fire 05 our batte ries at Roanoke Island, at 7 o'clock in the morning; and kept up an incessant fire until 7 o'clock in, the evisniDg, doing, however, but little injury .to the Island. About 9 o'clock the next day, (Sat urday,) the Hessians wero allowed to land on a point to the east of Roanoke Island,. where they marched upon that point.' The booming of heavy cannon in the distance heralded tbe enemy's ap proach. Oar brave troopsi prepared to meet them, supposing their numbers to be- about 5,000. Gradually the sounds came nearer and nearer, and the shell came thick and fast over our entrench- 1 ments. Confident of their own strength, our troops moved rapidly forward, when, lo a " few minutes, the ball opened and the terrific contest ensued. Bravely did our boys stand up to the overwhelming forces ot the enemy and not till nearly every man was dead ior wounded did they leave their stand. Nothing remained bu;t retreat, which our men did, constantly turning and giv ing them a shot. Finding it useless to hold the Island under such overwhelming humbars, the order to retreat from the Island was given, and our remaining troops retired, leaving their stronghold in the hands of the enemy. ' It will be a pleasure h"reafier to record on the page of history the heroic fortitude of our gallant tnops. Nobly and well did Capt. O. Jennings Wise, ot.your city, stand up with his men to the fierce encounter, when, suddenly, be was shot through the side' and instantly fell. One of his men asking him if he was much hurt "Not; much," said he, "but fight them yet." He was borne from the scene of action in a blanket. About 300 of our brave boys fell, and nearly all the rest were either wounded or taken prisoners. Tbe enemy's loss is laid down at 1000. Four of their ships, were sunk; they doing but little dam ago to any of our boats. Com. Lynch and other parts of our fleet did noble service his ship baing among the first to open fire on the enemy's shipping. At last accounts they wtre in pursuit of Com. Lynch. In the midst of this terrible struggle, it will be r'gretted that Gen. Wise was seriously indisposed at Nag's Head. Bjth he and his son are expect ed here to-day. . 1 am sorry to say that but very few escaped from Capt. Wise's company.. Large quantities of ammunition were saved by our troop?. The women, children, and a number of negroes, are reported now on their way to our city. The enemy will be successfully checked from getting possession of our railroad in that vicinity. Ac tive preparations have been made here regarding this disaster, which it may be imprudent for me to mention. The Dews fell upon the ears of our citizens with fearful significance. Many would dare shut their eyes against tbe fact had not dread conviction come so direct. Every man was at his post, and oar departments here were engage 1 in sending dispatches to the various encampments. The alacrity with which every officer executed bis orders, is a theme of public praise;, and spe cial praise is due to the Young Guards, of our"city, for thei services on tbe occasion. At a very late hour military movements were going on, and everything is in great excitement. But it is gratifying, in ibe midst of this afflic tion, to herald forth the glowiDg news that En gland has recognized the South. This may be irelied upon as correct the authority is undisput ed, and the New York Herald makes a free con fession of it. I fear 1 am intruding too much upon your space and 1 must close. . LUNA. From-the Norfolk Day Book of Wednesday. FUKTEEK PARTICULARS OF OUR KE VERSES IN NORTH CAROLINA. i - FROM THE FLEET. ;v I To a gentleman, attached to the Fleet in the waters of North Carolina, who reached this city yesterday morning, we are indebted for the fol lowing particulars: The fleet, after falling ' back from -Roanoke Island, ran up the Pasquotank river for the pur pose of receiving ammunition which was expect ed from Norfolk. Dn Sunday, the enemy's ves sels crossed the Sound, and early On Monday morning advanced up the Pasquotank river. Oar vessels had tben gained the battery on! the river and -were drawn up for tbe purpose of co-opera ting witn it it occasion should require it. Capt. i-arKer, o: tne i5eauiort, was detailed by Commo dore Lynch to the command of this battery. Owing to the dense fog which prevailed on Monday, tne f ederal fleet came within two or three hundred yards of our fleet and battery be fore being discovered. Our fleet was therefore compelled to retire again, and the battery was abandoued. Before it was left, however, all the guns were spiked. , The fleet proceeded towards Elizabeth , City, closely pursued by the enemy. After proceeding some distance, three of the vessels were overtaken and capijured, and Commodore Lynch, together with their ofiicers and crew made prisoner. The BeaufortL JSmpire and Raleigh, however, succeeded in makirig their escape, and are now safe near the south end of the Canal. Captain Parker, who was in command of the bat tery on the river, is thought to have escaped with his men in tho direction of Edenton. Captain Hunter aud Simms are reported, to be on board their vessels at the end of the canal, and Capt Cook is supposed to have fallen ihto the hands of the enemy. XFROM ELIZABETH CITY. The report pfxthe burning of Elizabeth City and its capture bye Federalists Is fully confirm ed. The' town was attacked on Monday morning about 8 o'clock, and was set on fire and evacuated after aflght of about a couple of hours duration. The torch swaa applied by Xbe patriotic citizens themselves, and although the deetructieo was only partial, yet a sufficient display of elf -sacrifice has been made by the?e gallant Carolinians to satisfy the enemy that they are fighting a people they never can subdue. 1 v The Confederate steamer Forrest, attached to Commodore Lynch's fleet, and which was under going repairs at Elizabeth City, we are glad to say, was not left to the enemy, as at first reported but was burned by the citizens before they left the town. ; ' CONDITION OF GEN. WISE. ' i It affords us much pleasure to announce that General Wise is safe, and all reports to the con trary are without any truth whatever. We are also much gratified to announce that instead of increasing his malady, as was feared, the excite ment through which he has passed has had a con trary tendency, and the indications of a speedy recovery are now apparent. The Gen. 1 more determined than ever, and-is represented as all eagerness for an opportunity to avenge hlmaelf for the wrongs he has suffered. He bears the deatn ot hiasonsnianfully, and derive much con- f eolation from the fact that he perished in the de- 1 - -J I BEATH OF O. JENNINGS WISE. ' Tbu brave offieer was among .tBeSi lied at Roa noke Island. He was in command of the Rich mond Blues, and received . a wound shortly after the engagement began,' which disabled h m.-4 While his comrades were bearing him from the ground, a shot from the enem y penetrated ha bo- St &Jr JaaMU a mortal woundi fit died ym , immediately? ;T '2 ) ft .Cpt.jWise-wak. brate jind efficiently and couch beloved byt those ufcder his commit UU reuieamai aite? ne ad isiien on tfa fl.u coolF ' DXAtH OT CAPT, 8LPa ' Captain Wmitieldea, of this city, attached in the Engineer ' Pepartment, was; alio amjnuv killed. Bis cocduct' on the fieU is spoicen ' by those who wttnessed lt.;1n jthe most ex terms. Daring and bold, ha feared not the ove, Wwering forcesthiemyi)utf fo vheaT prately 1 dJspiiUnk their ijtigbU to every snch of ground, .j - : i" : ! He leaves behfod him for pie consolai0B 0f his friendi si name and fame, of which; thy m,t fendinir bis country from the attacks of a brut. trum and Insolent foe,; and he now I fills 5rave.44iS!r j ! - - ;. 'j. -i " sfoBLX CONDUCT. ' patriots 1 1 I The ,Riichmond Blues and IcCullougi'g jn. fantry are represented as having Conducted them! selvea Dobly i during the battle. ' Not 4 tuSll among thjm but displayed the utmost choicest and intrepidity apd the gratcst hsvoc wosj nude by them a bong the foe. They kept at onj time two regiments at ibay, and finally at tbe point of the bayonet drovl) them up to their arm pits into the. Sound. Befor osurrendering leach manlcoctiv oroKe nis gun against tne trees, aeierminej th; though they fell nto the hands of! thoenomv ihey aboukf be uselessj : t The casualties among the firs mentioneci com. mand have been greatly exaggerated. Only Wlt of tbe entire company its cojmimandeiv killed and only eight or tenor them woumW ARRIVAI, OF Th SICK FROM ROANOKK ISlitAir) About fivei o'clock yesterday I afternooi the steatner RoAnoke shaving in tow a schoonej- at.d several barges, Srrived at the j Quarter Rasters wharf in this city; On the schooner and barg. were those of our forces at Roanoke Island ho Were sick and who were removed from the jlslaiid previous to the attack upon it. 1 There were( about one hundred of them. They jleft CuKrituck Bridge last mights-did not see anything of the m emy. - t . f- !!;.:' I The arrival of those men created, considerablo excitement in the city, and before the boat had mad fast quite k crowd had) collected dn tt wharf to weicoma thorn, iney seemed tope Ul as fine spirits as could bo ex peeled j i ' I OUR LOSS. ( Our lose was not over one hundred killed end wounded, while tlat of the enem v is estimated at least one thousand killed.' Indeed we have in formation that at Did Point the number is esti mated at fifteen hundred killed, j The beach i, represented! as being strewn with their dead llodicr, and the probability is that when the truth comei out it will be found that this .victory haj- been purchased by the Yankees with a fearful outlay of life. ! ' ! V ; jTHE KNKMT XT IDKNTON. A special train of the Seaboard and Koar.okp Railroad arrived in Portstaouth, yesterday, jalniut one o'clock, Information was brought that tbe enemy. had entered Ededton and taken possession. This news was communicrted through v) r. 1) ar ren, of Edeinfein, to the people of Suffolk, anl for warded by them to us. We have received uo confirmation as yet of the statement, and ij may be tbat tbe intelligence is prematufe. ; Tbe enemy I was repreaented as being on th way to Black waier, aqd tho non-anivat of the; boat due from there esterday seemed) to corroborate the statemeut. t I i TRKACHKR.T THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. We learn that. a man named Doe, who lived( on Roanoke Islankl, and who knew of a landing place on the Marsh that others were ignorant of, deserted, went oler to the enemy and pilot.M them into the landing, after giving them all the information about our forces and iprtificatiojis. It appears that Col. Shaw got wind of hi in tended desertion, and told him that if he attempt ed to desertj he wobld blow bim out of the water , but Doe Afterwards got a chance made his eecajw, and in consequence of this terrible 'disaster, j Chatham Coalfields Railroad. AT A MEFJTjlflfG OF THE COMllS sioners j appointed for opening Books ofjSub suription to the aboire Road, ta following resolatinn was adopted p . ;, i , "Resolved, That Books of Subscription for Stol'k in said Company he irthwith opened at the Baqk uf Cape Fear, la the City of Raleigh, under the superin tendence of W. IL Johks.T feb It EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT N ADJUTAirr Oknkravs Office Raleigh, February 13th, 1 802. FlVEi REGIMENTS OP VOLUNTEERS for the )Var art wanted to make np-North (jaro Una's Qujitaof the Army of the Confederate Stiitee, to whom a bbaty ef fifteen dollars per man will be paid by the State and fifty dollars; per man bj tbe Confederate Stales. j j , This namber is expected to be raised with as little delay as possible, and Companies at present organ ii ing will report to dais Office with ha little delay m possible, j They will, be received by Companies or in diridualsj and whenj a full Company is tendered, four officers will be commiesioned ; with, a less nutiW appointment wfll b given aa follow : A CapUini for forty mjjq ; First Lieutenant for twenty-fire ; SecpcJ Lieutenant for fifteen. j j Tbe Mil iti who bare been ordered oa duty, aa to be ia readiness, c.n still avail themselves of l opportunity of gettiSginto the volanteer service, ani the number so doing will be credited to their respec tive counties. ! 1 ' rf : ' ' ' ' '! ' ' ' By order of the Governor, i ' J. o MARTLN, Adjutant General, All the papers in tbe State cop lour times. feb 15 ,41 ; i I i 1 1 i i EXECUirVB DEPARTMENT N. C , ,j AdjoItart QcrBRAisi Omci, ! Rale)gb, February Ut Ut2. The followiac instructions from the Governor w published ! for the - information and Guidance ef ft I ' . , . 1- . j 1. -. . eonceraeas - m . ; .. t j. . I feTATe0P NORTH CAROLINA, : j .hi EiKjUTi v 1 Dc part ti ent, j i Raleigh, February 13th, 1862. J MAJOR GENiJ, G, JMAR TIN, , General Gkief of the Force in jtorth Caroli Gen : Tpu w ilj proceed immediately to Wei don onJ such points ia the North Eastern Counties of thr State aryou Way thlak necessary call into sernt snch portions of th Militia as may he darned necesVj ry and can be isejd effectively, and 'make such dis)Mj sition of them jas eirchxQgjLances md the public safei may suggest ahd reouire for the the 'defence of tb. State. ' ;, 4 i Such of the (jfficersof your Staff aa you may dveid expeaient laayj be enuployea by you on to is cer and may accompany iou on the same. . Signed ; ' j V HESRY T. CLARK. 1 1 j lt. Qoverner ex-offiei-Bj order ef the Governor -, i. G. Martin, Adjutant General. ! Feb. It ! : ! 1 , . ' ":" - ; n a t - -- . . 1 1 HEAD ARTEUS NOUTII CAROLINA! i T HOOPS. AnJfTAar Gkheral'h Orncs, I !' I Ri1;rh Pol. 13 lHfi2. ( GaxKBiL Orokr I No. 1. : tij The undersigned announces for the informal' n and guidance of the North Carolina Forces, the Tol lowine offieers as his Staff : . 1 Lieutenant-Colonel 'A. jGordon, Asst. Adjutant GeneraL . J M ..; ' - . Major John DercTeujr, Quarter Master. Major John J, wincr, Aid xte-ciimp. Major Thomas p. Hfgg, Commissary B ichlrd B: 11a v wood- 0 - - l . IT 1 i.- ti i a trrV General In chief of North Carolina Fort es mlr. -am f i i i i -I I 4 - . i M t 1 "I : Reoruits wanted At hi. mT nnmMH&.4 htM fil milKi mei J?igu va men; ugui on 1 and milB 8UB8CKI1JER 'BEING AUTIIOB X thorhwd to &era tha number of hi" B8Vn, to U60 men, wants! aOOlBacruiU iauoediately. ties, wiU be paid by Recruiting Officer sUt at prominent poiat In tSM Btata fxoca which Ue ImtwaaeriallFrai 0JI febljV-4i ! 1 CO. let Reg. N. C. Cavalry. it '- - 'i -'r. r i'l i 5 r h Vi.-! H: l .T4 Ah 1 I . l. : - w 1 i f t- it: 1 1 . "V. ft , S - L ' 'VI 0 it':: . r S :-T yA 1 ,r ir
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 15, 1862, edition 1
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