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L v -.1 t - H ! . I i ' ' ! i ! ! 1 i - . K t '' I : If -H.-i 1 t r- Si IL. ...:Jl. ' ! vvEDNEdDAYJIORNING, JIUKE 18, 1882. r t .. i. i i i,i i OPINIONS. Is Ta Supreme Court have tendre4 opinions ijn thoj .following caaea : ' -. '"'J .-4t'j---V r i 1 By PiAtwoN, u. J in aoe esxaem. -cacvor fck v l-ieejeet, from Jtobeaoo ; judgsnnt revira - in cd and venire tie novo. ' la Masod V; Vhitej Per q-utaonf, jidgroent affirmed.' ijn Jien j44. Jcn.es V W me, ironi tuingwii,: nonsuit. Jsidfl venire de novo. , I M set ; Bv BattI, J, In State ex re!, !BonJ Bil ling, from Pcrouunona, judgment stfflrmed, jln McKay v rilnciairirom uoDeaon, in equity, prcie,. ef ruling the demurrer reversed &d in ureen t Harrison, jin equity from Wale fertiiorari refused. . I motion jfor BY MANtT, J.- Fagan Wttliauoson, !fnim Vfbiirgton, judgment affirmed, j Jn Brooka v V' altera, frard Washington, affiruainjg khe judg T,.fiit. In iDIHion v Ses.om, id eqiiitv. from Washington, affirrood, dismissed. - i--t- From A. OKlIiLIANT KECONNOllSKNCK l4Y StlTAKTfS CAVALllY TUKY SIA.KB t'jrE CIRCUIT OF TflE ENliM'fi Lllt-S .Oft TIlEj CHICKAHOM1N YUbAPTJlSl& A Si) DISPERSION OF YANKEE CV- aLUY BURNING OF THREE TKANS i PORTS IN . THE PAMU KEY Akl) DESTRUCTION OF Al ' WA&ON ' train-Ia. railroad T.J141N mjji tosED, etc. etc; ;. M I ; W'e have the ploasuro this morning bf cbron 'idling, one oi tho most brilliant affair of ihojwar, bold tin its inception, and must brilliant jn itsf exie .outielrr.. On jTfiursJav, General J.Ki B. Stiaiit, y;k ihe Tlrat and" Ninth rtgiiiieptsl of j Vir ginia cavalry, and the fcavalry of Gobb'a Legion, nl lW'h of Stuftrt's ariillery, left biirilines Sort a rorortDoiSJanco of the enemy. The irUlJery pieces were! drawn by twelve 'borse, aid; fuiur ?aie liprses to eac!i. The force reached U'aisover Cdurt f lonsle on Thursday, and soon aftor Engaged, ear ing a number! of prisoners. The fop-ca j then r cetiJ'Hl down loi'utney s ianamgci toe rauaun k( v fver, where three large steam Mftspprts were Jy iniri leaded .with commissary andjcj'dnance.ctorcs' : iv.r McClellan;. These they capturcjd land butneid with the stoi-efe, there being, ho matisof ;conejf Vg tlcm awajy. " ; ' M , : 'Thi accomplished, iho cavalry proceeded oh towards Tunstall's Station, on tliof York RjveV rai'lrbiad. -' Wjien within a short diatine,f a tiaip. "washeayd corhing down the road gcaiig fn jtho direction, of West Point. The- track Swas imrrjw5 liittteFio barricaded, and A portion of tpie cayalrr wa', dismounted and drawn up to. -ecivethe train wiih thfeir yollejs if it did not halt. In k lew nlprnents he train came dashing lopg, loac Al wUh sOldiora. As foon as the engineer saw j the jiosit n of aflajrs he pu.an all steami fcnd: thojenf i;!uu knocked jthe .obstruction's froim jthe tracM, whonl tho long, file of dismounted jcdvalry ov neil rtpon tjho train a terrible fire tkafc ran aibng iu wiiole lengtn.; ine engineer was spot Jeaa at his post, other fell from the tops of the cars, and that inside ike cars tpe slaugt h . The train, completely riddled it wasi cvidentj whs vpry gro . vith bullets, kept on its way. ;; I. ', The Cavalry, after this exploit, pushed laroiond in the tear of the Chickahominy to IJimos rierj, faU'ui.4' upon a train of about hundred wagons on' the way, irhich thoy burned, securing ftbe horses' and mulep, and taking one hundred kn'd fv-v e r tj v -f i ve prisoners. aII this wori was accjmv j)lilipj during Thursday, Friday anJiaatiiirday.f (ieifcrinl tftuai t returning to Tiis Jieadquariers abl'Ut-tive fc'ch ck yesterday morning. I . The. fruits of this three days'-exloit are pnje hundred and j seventy-live prisoners, between three iar:u foun hundred horses and tiiulep, three . ..... ! , ... . . 1 :.' 1 flLtand pLcoiourt, ana ine destruction 1 ine esno ':nyVslore., transports, and wagons, yaluejd atibe-- nan ih the akrmihing, and that, fy'p reretj tip chv, wru Captain Latnne, of the Easqpctrobp. j Tbei prisoners one hundred and; seventy jive in number arlriv'ed in the city yesterday after- .iuviii 111 uunrg vi aiuvuirji racuri, au were oull- - lined in the prison, corner of Twentieth and Oarv Ah wbliavo before stated, the forced onuprin . tho rp'oonnoisance consisted of the Fest and $e foci.. regiments of Virginia cavalry, General Stunft; tlio Jclr. Davia' Legion, theciivalry cfjthe i'nhULogion, And three pieces of artilkvry" These n!inie?viueed 'during Thursday at AsBilana, and itujlcd to tho ;vork on Friday morning; Cjap st:4in Lntane was killed in the skirmishjnear Tin stall's ; tation He commanded a ;tuadroit of ctivalry, ndjacted very gallantly;' tFive balls struck ;hhn in tii6 body,anJhe fell frbm hja hrs-e Mid died; ihstairitly A number of ihfe Yankees wrro killed anp captured here, and several1 of pur ruen wounded slinhtly. When approached! at 1 -so quarters jtho Yankee cavalrymen tumbled from tpeir horses and took to the woods and thfck- etsf leaving their, horses and cquipthintiTin fwr possession. Tjie body of C-ptain latane 'wus placed, in an ambulance with the wounded, and ItPlit tiHck over thn rnnln iniviirHa Auhlr1 j - l 1 van, n, I 1 AAOUIfl U U t The depot ht Tunslall's was burned, and the most Valuable portable properjy secured. The train fired upon consisted of eight flats' or gondo - lus filled with soldiers, and was coming from the directibn of the White House towards ffunstairs, An attempt was made to turn tho ' railrbad switch: so as toi bring the train to the station,, ibut i was found to be locked. When the train wr first heard approaching, tha cavaclry was some distance from the road;, and had; to ri'cfo very hJard t'l-get up in tipie tp obstruct tnetrack and deliver n volley, which did great execution, ihe Yankees . , I'nljing from the cars by scores, j The cavalry kept in rapid motion in detached squads, so as to pre vent information of their whereaboutB from bepng ' amvevjed to the main body of the eneriay. i Hklts were only made long enough; to complete 'the woili of destruction ai the various pointa and! to pick up-a few prisoners m their path, AH around ' they could ba seen skipping over the (fields Jike frightened deer,,) but their capturo was. deemed jmrdlji worth the danger a- halt might 'incur. Tliujs our forces went lor thirty miles down? to t 'liarlcs City Court House. Returning before day liiit()in Saturday morning, Ihey passedup in sghjt "I the Federal gunboats. - j At thiv Chickahominy a bridge wua conitrudte ' us j. anu ine cannon passed over, with the i ex ception of one caision, which was lost, the caji-al-r)' wirnming their horses. S j - , Con&iderable quantities of oranges,' lmons,pfne ftpplfs raisins and other delicacies, rare iin 4thU ectio8, secured from the spoils captured frjomlthe uBmy, were nrought to this city yesterday', i Much praise is accorded General Ftuart bf b Cjinmand for his bravery and coolness, be beinr o urei 10 piunge nts norse inio toe vjnckaliomi "y in-jregainiug this sjd?, remaking as ha did so, "there may be. danger ahecd, men, but t willi sce, . follow!. me.; i j .f ! Wo learn hat. McClellan'a telegrabh cjomfmj nication with Fortress Monroo and Washihgr ton was cut by the' cavalry about three mileajthU .side of ho White House. The horses and miuUa I . 1 -.-.u.nvu tW A I St.C W. :nn lk.11 An r I'liimBnAPra, "epBrtuient. " Thq prionera taken wei-e mado lo switnthe Chipkahomiiy, or a portion 'of thcrh- J In Qieir circuit round the cavalry jpame Upan "u b'Jrned several small Yankee camps, and live "X! f uttlera' stores, pno of them 11114 wjlh jcof , e- TeFedcral' property destroyed will cea- m!y ,no"nt to one million of dollar. ' 1 he men were in yo saddle fortyl!gbt bburf men and horse being withoul food or sleep fr kat period. , r ' r 1 ibo Richmond Examiner tha Old'Ciiufch, two squadrons- of the; enemy's Rivalry, whofn they dispersed byi a'cbarge, filJ iW and wounding about forty of tftetn, and taU - captured from the enemy arrived in!tie city jyes-v'Tp- t The mulea are fine looking aniroklajanid Will be Oil it ft n icnuuilinn fn I Ko I'tamiTutr'tallinh tATE? NORTHERN NEWS. ' .The Richmond Piapatch of Saturday publishea some interesting extracts ' from the' Baltimore American of the tin and. the Baltimore Clipper of lhi 9th of Jane. We subjoin a ay nopais : The Washington Star aaya that a camp of in- oHuuHuu ior mty tnou8ana troops 1a w uo lurueu near Annapolis, Md., under the auperinteoaeace juaior-uenpral wool, in me unuea omies Senate Mr. Powell, of Kentucky,; introduced, a reaelution in relation to the formation of negro regiments bv Gen. Hunter. Mr. Sumner intro duced a resolution calling upon the President; to revoke the appointment of Mr. Stanley aa Milita- ry tiovernor of Kortn uarouna. ine lax Din was then taker, up. and a debate ensued "on a mo tion to reconsider the vote, by which a Ux of two dollars was laid upon persons claimed as slaves. The motion was reconsidered and the orginal tax bill passed. "Mr. Powell, of Kentucky,"wa3 the only d arentient. Two hundred and forty-one prisoners, captured by McClellan in the-battle of Uhickahomlny, arrived at portress Monroe on Sunday. The American, spnaking of the Yankeo lossea in the late battle; at Richmond, saya : "We hear incidentally that as Iho brigade and division reports of the Union casualties in' the bank' of Saturday and Sunday last, at the Fair Oaks, reach General McClellan's headquarters, it is becoming apparent that. our lost in killed and wounded, especially' the l4tlor, was much greater lliati was at first supposed. The rebel. los is known to have been from seven to ten thousand, and we now believe ours will quite reach the for mer figure; seeen'thousand, instead of threethou "sand, aspriginally reported. ! STANLEYS ACTS BE YOKED ACTIO NOF TUB PH 1 - SIDEXT. 1 - Special Dispatch to the Evening Post. Washington, Juno ft. The excitement which was caused by the arbitrary acts of Governor Stanley, in North Carolina, is sensibly allayed to dy by the prompt and decisive action of the Gov ernment. It indefinitely anuoortced lb-day that the Pre sident has instructed Mr. Stanley to recall his obnoiious orders, to ro open the schools for the contrabaudsj ami to stop the remanding ol fugi tive slaves to their masters. The fnend3 ol Governor Stanley are not at all pleas-d with this countermand. They -declare that he will resign his office rather than recall his orders. I Y ROM FORTRESS MONRO K ARRIVAL OF MORE PRISONERS FROM UKFORK RICHMOND. Fortress Monroe, June ft. The steamer Mystic arrived this morning with two hundred and forty-one prisoner?, recently captured by ien. McClellan, including eleven officers. Fortress Monroe, June 5. The steamer Mas sachusetts, which went up the James river on Sun day night last with the privateers to be exchang ed for Col. Corcoran and others held a9 their hos-' tages, returned this morning bringing back the privateers with ber. Gen. Huger promised.on behalf of the rebel Government that the hostages wourd be exchanged for the privateers. Acting upon this intimation, tbc privateers were s.nt up, and on. their arrival at City Point a train of cars cars came down from Petersburg with flag a of truce to receive them. The expected hostages not being on board, how ever, the privateers were not given up, but a communication was sent to the rebel-Government asking an explanation. An answer shortly came back to tho effect that Gen. Huger exceeded his authority, and a further conference would be necessary bc-fore an exchange could be completed. It was immediately replied by flag of truce that the boat would remain at City Point a reasonable time in order that the proposed further confer ence could bo had. This was sent to the War Department at Richmond and an immediate an swer promised. Tbe Massachusetts waited till next day with out receiving any further communication, when, after sending a boat ashore and learning mat nothing wa expected Irom Kicnmona, sne started on her return down the river. During her stay at City Point some privateers were very indignant at the delay to w"hieh we were obliged to submit, and an intention secretly 'was expressed to seize the boat on the passage down." Necessary precautions were taken,, how ever, by Col. Whipple, who was in command ol the flag, and no trouble aroe. ; Tho Clipper of the Olh stales that the bridges on the, Baltimore and Obic Railroad, between Baltimore and Wheeling, have been repaired, and' the portion of the Baltimoro and Ohio Rail road destroyed by Jackson again put in working Order. General Wool has gone to Maryland to take command of a firn'o of instruction, ! Gen. Dix superseding him at Fortress Monroe, j jSCRREN DKR OF MF.MPniS TO THE FEDERAL FLEET. ; New Madritj, Juno 7. The steamer Platte IVafley has arrived hero from Memphis, and re ports that the city had surrendered to the Federal Slotilla without resistance. t All was quiet there. ' r ! ' . OVFCIAL .BULLETIN. i j I WAuiNfjTON, Juno H. Advices hiivopeen re ceived from Commander Davis, at MemsUls an nouncing a battle between his fleet, aided'by Col. Elliott's ram flotilla, and the rebel fleet of (sight gunboats and rams. j i The engagement commenced, at 5 1 30 on the piorning of Friday, the Gib inet., and ended at 7 o'clock iu a running light, the result of which jwas the capture or sinking of seven of the rebel 'feet. One only escaped, and that by Superior peed. Col. Elliott, who is seriously but not dangerously wounded, is highly complimented Tor his gallantry and skill. j j Memphis sur-rendered immediately after the engagement and was placed unuer military au thority. I j Tho Federals took, possession of Fort Pillow on the5tb, but they state that the "rebels" had destroyed everything before evacuating it. I IMPORTANT FROM CIIARLKSTOV. j Philadelphia, Juno 7. The United SUtes gur boat Bienville arrived lust night with three steamers in tow, which were captured (jff' Charles ton, in attempting to run the blockade. Their inames are the Providence, Lacroilla and Rebecca, all from Nassau. ! She left Port Royal on Monday j hvt. The President's revocal of . Gen. Hunter'a proclama tion was well received at Port Royal, j A sharp engagement had occurred with the rebel batteries at Stono. The Union forces were virtually' investing Charleston. - ' j Gon. Hunter had orgainzed a brigade of con trabands, and was about to assign thein to build ing entrenchments and fortifications, i A rebel steamer was run ashore on; WilliamVs Island, wfyilo being chased by tho blockading ves sels, and is still aground. i The schooner Uora, prise to the: Keystone jStnle, is below. ' ; LATER t'ROM EUROPE. I 1 -THE STEAMER CITY OF WASHINGTON j OFF CAPE RACE, j Cape Race, Juno 6. The steamer City of Washington passed Cape Race this evening, with Liverpool dates" to tha 28th ult. ) ( The London Morning Pott learns that, in the iabsence of any law bearing on thecasa of the ship jEmily St. Pierre, the English Government will (refuse to restore her. ' t ' The aurrender of Norfolk and the1 destruction of the Merrimac is regarded aa the retirement of itke Soulh from the conteston the water. L Tbe rule, of Gen. Butler in New Orleans U le- nounced as excessively severe and harsh. ; The English political news ia unimportant. LATEST FROJil.' EUROPE, IR STEAMER NORTH AMERICAN orr CAPE RACK TBE ENGLISH DEFENCE COMMIStlOX. Cam .Race, June 7 The North American waa boarded at noon to-day .off this point with Liverpool advices to the 20th. -. " The Defence Commission appointed by the British Government Id inquire into the relative efficiency of plated ahipa and fortifications- unan. imoosly concluded that the letter must continued to farm an essential feature In the .defence of Ihe country. ": The Daily Neics defends Gen. Butler'3 course at JSew Orleans. Notice has been given in the House of Com mons of a motion of inquiring into the relations between England "and Federals and Confede rates. Tbe Grand Duke Constantine ha? been appoint ed Viceroy of Poland. , COMMERCIAL AFFaITS. - Cotton bad advanced Ad for American. ' Sales of the week 47,000 baleaT Sales df Friday 10,000 bales. The market closed buoyant Brpadstuffi bave an upward tendency. Flour and corn have each aivanced 6d. Provisions closed dull. MAJ. GEN. LOYELL AND THE FALL OF UKW ORLEANS. The subjoined communication is copied from the Charleston Mercury, of May 28'.h: The capture of New Orleacsvery naturally ex cited great feling throughout the country, and the peoplo and the newspapers immediately went to find a victim upon whose he-id to wreak ven geance. The failure of a public servant to meet tho expectations of those for whom hi labors.should not, in case of his failure to d everything with which be is cbarged1 be ih y2naiur iUi.jl-----ion hi me- pniic Kn&ivuivu, without it i.-? made manifest that he ba been wanting in the vigilance and energy demanded by the position to which he has been assigned. Tho fall of New Orleans was a great misfortune. No one knew better the vast importance of hold ing possession of that city and the lower Valley of Mississippi than (ion. Lovell,' nd a -f;dr, cool, candid statement, founded upon personal observa tion, and upon ihe official evidence of what-was done, is submitted, that the truth may be known and responsibility of the gret misfortune fixed where it properly iR ior tjs. . NVhen General Lovell was assigned to the. de-. fence of the coast of Louisiana, he immediately discovered that the or.ly serious dar.ger to New Orleans wa3 by an attack of gunboau up the iiv er. Ho went to work, and with the assistance of the heroic Duncan, soon placed. Fort. Jackson and St. Philip in as good condition lo doo'.rov any fleet that might attempt to pass to the .city as tho very limited means in his power Would permit. ; The obstruction of the Mississippi river, at a point near those defences, was deemed essential to j the successful defence of the city, and a vry short ! lime alter tie assumed commana a rait was moor ed from one bank to the other of the riv-t r, imme diately under fire of both forts. This raft was constructed of very large logs with two immense chain passing under and fastening below, and they were likewise secured by riveting large,strong slabs across the top. No one for a moment then believed fhat the combined fleets, of the Federal Government could pass up the river. Upon tbe. night of the 28th of Febuary this im mensa structure was torn to pieces and swept away by the Mississippi, which is higher than it was ever known before. The writer of vthh well remembers the energy and dauntless determina tion with which General Lovell wont to work immediately to place another obstruction in .the river. It was clearly shown ! that no 'raft could withstand the terrific flood that was then passing over tho country. An order was issued seizing a large numb -t of ship and rchooner-', and they were formed iinm.o:tiutety, under that gallant, ac complished officer, Col. Higgins, into a line, and anchored with every care arid prcau'.ion across kho river near tho lorts. Officers and gentlemen of the highest engineer ing attainments were coniident, thnt this so;,,i,d obstruction could 11. t be carried away. Kch ve3sel was heavily fnd securely anchored, and im mense chains pa?seo from one to the other. The fragments of tlio first ' rafuwere also ;igain moor ed and anchored across the liver. The Federal fleet was then in the river, but we felt no appre hension, in fact everybody whs more than wil ling that heshould ruoko the attempt against the fort, which were garrisoned by one thousand ex perienced artillerists. , Right here it is proper lo add that there were" very few first class siege guns at either fort, that few wo had, Gen. Lovell had procured with great trouble It is true, he had otten called for 10 inch gun?, but those having the power to aid him paid but little attention to these demands. So far as the land defences of the city are in the question, it is only necessary to staff tint they wre of such a character as to have en&bleri a ve ry small rorce to hold them against any numbers' which the enomy could have brought. Every confidenc-i was fcit by mon and officer, and uni versally share I by the community, that the city could not be taken, except the fleet of gunboais succeeded in destroying the defences above Memphis and coming down the river. Such was the condition when the enemy open-' ed hretroin, as near as could be ascertained, 2 mortar boats. They took their position nearly three miles below Fort Jackson, where but few of. our guns could reach them. On Friday night a most violent storm arose, and when the morning came, to the unspeakable anguish of tho gallant Duncan and his men, it was discovered that rhe anchors which held ihe.hip and schooners aoross the river had yielded t the co.nbinod presuro of the wind and flood, and tire obstruction, upon which so much depended, wa destroyed. Prompt measures were taken to repair the damages, but the Federal gunboats opened a tremendous fire upon the men nnd boats engaged on the work, and they were forced to abandon it. . " An open passage to the city was tb.H9 before them, through agencies which "ho power of man could resist. Tho River was still rising rapidly ; the parade ground in Fort Jacka-m was covered to the lepth of fifteen inches with water, and' the sharpshooters, who had been sent to annoy the enemy below tho forts were driven by the water from that position. The bombardment of the mortar fleet was kept. up day and night for a week. They succeeded in. getting the range, and the number ofshelU whieh rell into fori JacKson is almost increuible. The wood works of ifc..,.' JViP1 burned early in the action, and the garrison, up to their knees in wa ter, and without clothes, save what they were wearing when the quarters wero destroyed, cheer fully and bravely stood to their guns. Upon the morning of the 24th of April, about three o'clock, the enemy's fleet of gunboats and frigates was discovered coming up, but owing to to the treason of a scoundrel who was on watch below,, and whose duty it was to give warning of their approach by sending up rockets, they had. , reached a point nearly opposite the forts beforg they were observed. The country kpws how the indomitable Ddnean fought tbem,.l-ivas be yond the power of mnn to hold therrf n cheek. On they paed. Gen. Lovell was on an ordinary 6-.eamboat (the Doubloon) in the thickest of the fight, and at one time some of the Yankee flet were between him and the city. He came up in all haste and ordered well trained artillerv under Gon. Smith, to tbe few guns thai were at Chal melte, five on one side ,and nine 32 pounders on the other. It may be asked why there were not more guns at this point? Simply for the reason that Gen. Lovell did not have have them. H? had been requested o turn over to the naval au thorities the guns which be intended for these bat teries; and, besides, it wasn ;ver pretended by any one that any open works, with the river at least four feet higher than the level of the country; could stand the broadsides of a fleet under such disadvantages. vThe works at Cbalmetto held the thirteen large frigates and gunboats about an hour. The last de fences having been overcome, tbe thirteen ves sels came up and anchored off the city. (-'en. Lovell was in town, and ready and willing to re-. main with all the troops nnder hia command, which the merning report of that day ahowed to be about twenty-eight hundred, two third of w:oni were the volunteer and militia companies w6ioh hadrecently been put in cmo, and not one hi; f-of whom were respectably armed. - It Waa the undivided expression qf public opin- i ff that the army had better retire and save ibe ci.',y from destruction; and, accordingly, the Gen eil ordered his troopjs to rendezvous, at Camp. 'More, about' seventy'above Few Orleans, on -.be Jvpkson Railroad. v :. demand was made by Farragut for tho sur tder pf the command, which'Gen. Lovell posi tively refused, but' told the officer who bore ti message that if any Federal troops were landed hH would attack them. ' Two day after ha retir eMt waiaald that tbecity had changed its purpose, ar preferred a bombardment to occupation by the eiSV;mv Gen. Lovell nmmntlv ordered a trin aii -4 proceeded to JNew Orleans, arl immediaiely . 1 - . -j . . r - - - - "j unjuiprviow wun mayor aionroe, onering, it tulu ,w, vue aesire oi toe autuoruies ana peor :e, t Mum with his command and hold tho cisv as lo z ms h man and shot waa found. flji offer not being accopteJ, it was decided th t'lhe safety of the large number of unprotected wi tiien and and chijdren should be looked to, nnd th Jtbo ileet would bo permitted ti take pofip? siii. The raw a-r.d poorly armed infantry could ha-e done nothing against, tho fleet. Thp oily would Lave been destroyed without any correa- poixlng gain ; and if the GeneraJ comuianding nai adopted this course, ho would have jT-tly beHH charged with a waTiton destruction of lite an J property. . ' ' irbfi imDression which prevails, that Gen. LoV- elt h,R'd a largo army under bi? command, is incor ret;. He had, since the fiiftot March, sent ten ful),f splendid 'regiments to Gen. Beauregaul, be fiJVs'.many companiesof eaa'ry and artiilery. In (act, J.ho demands for, assistance had been so constant that he was almoststripred of every Lbirirf . ilrJ m Km bad, town Jnr ta iie I3fr5rtTyefit sirrcc UoJfjd taken command; 'but upon the contrary, as tas he succeeded in gathering'np somstbing in f ,en and materials for tbe defeneo of his De par taentj.be was ordered to'send it toother fields. He: lad no control .over tjhe navy. It hud been urg.'l that all the means of defence should be un .defyjis command, but thu was -refused, A very .-ksV'.' ti-ne before the fleet' passed the forts he bad iyijired the commanding nav&l . officer of the station to order the iron-clad steamer Louisiana to-bf; pladed below Fort Jackson, which was re- Juse- . t It is confidently ben-ivd that it thvt had beeij!; done New Orleans would have been savel. Itis.npt theintcntion of the writer of thi biief noto'bf explanation-to find .fault with any one, but ."the fatal mistake in the management of the . Louiiana- is no secret. Upon whom the awful responsibility, refhsing the assist mce which she couic nave rendered to Duncan in his unequal struggle, should rest, will be fixed .by lhcpr.per authorities; k I sate, upon tiny and every responsbility that telons toa gentleman and a soldifr, that Gen eral Novell requested that that iron -clad Btteiy be sef to'-the eddy below" Fort Jacks n, about three)UHrlers of a mile, vLere she Cw-ul.l iiave engaged tho coming fleet, and given the garrison timedSf". -notice that the hour of trial had cr.me. H w she vuld hac.-o succeeded, may be unq'iesti:nably determined--by' tho fact that the eneuuv fml.d 10 makeiiny imprcsdou upon her n penetrable cov ering' iron, and was only destroyed aftr the surrcljor 'of both forts, to prevent her falling in to IhCUjands Qt the fleet; it being impossible, from the uf ii.ishei state of iicr machinery, to move iicr. ly.x. Lovell had had any number of first class. 5i-ttst they couid'not have been usotl, as tho county? was covoned with water.. As before sta ted, tjt river was higher than it .was ever known before-, and from a few miles below tbe city to the Gulfs ohe vast sheet of water, with the excep tion ,o the-narrow leveo on eiiher, aud upon whigh; ttere was -no space enough to manage the 'guns tlat could have been efT.clive agiindl ships- , of-war. . If jf ny obstruction, could have stood the fl ?od of the: llkilssippi nnd the furious sioriiilhat raged on 1 rir lay night,, by wbich tin line of so looncrs i wft3SW'it-4way. the city couid not havo 1 nllct.. : T'botorisi were nct'urmed with the larcrt s' guns, j but thfy ciuld h:we. destroyed tho H.-xH if it uld : have boen licld under their fire fur any considers- j JJe period. After they succeeded in f.as.jing to j in f?i lroni "! infj cuy, vi-merai Xjven uru miner to stand ' bombardment wi-.hout the power of reply ing, ad by which the city w nild have destroyed, and uioie than, one hundred thousand helplt-s? women arid. cbil lren expOeod.. or ictiro and let the. cfle:liy take po.-syesion.' lie followed in his decision the wishes ;r the people ; he wks ready a-nd" ill ing, anl so wero his officers and men, to .perislt in the, ruins of New Orleans rather than yield,' if f ueh a. course had been agreed to by the mba.bltants. ' But it was decide! otherwise, and in tijakirjg Ibis st-dement noreflpction is intended upon 'the. courage and loyalty of that unfortunate cilV., ,"A truer, braver community never felt tho p'jwer.of the'Lnvader ; and, to-day, thej arep-rdud a;.d defiant in their devotion to ibo cauae. X, again repeat, -but '.for the storm and d od, vd3oh combined to destroy the obstruction in tho river, .New, Orleans wonli have been saved. (ionera.1 Lovell did all that mortal man cmld do to save 'the city :.and, it is believed, '.hit the good Sirne. and candor of the people will dohim j-istic. Nosldrer in the armie of the S-mih has shown "stronger evidence of devotion to the cau.e. Whei tho revolution commenoed, ha was a citiKSmcif Now York, enjoying a plac of great honor and profit, vhi?n he couid have held ; and if he had been disposed to have sided with our enemies, a commission of the very highest grade was at his service. But, abandoning friends, po sition., fortune, and all, he came and offered his great.. abilities to our people. lpb.h the holds of Mexico h-had won groat honor, and no man oi hi3 age evr stood- hihcrr in the old arniv. : The words of reproach which hate been uttered against him, for misfortune which no banian power could have preve'ted, will, not' tur'n the bravo soldier and unfaltering patriot from, bis duty. He is actively engaged organizing the troops of Louisiana .and Mississippi, and people may rest assufej1 that no clamor, no misrepresentation, can mkke'pim for one moment forget that the pres- .ont difVy is to drive the invader from our soil. Thi; ; brief statemeot issubmiitdd rjy one entire ly acquainted with all the facts, with the convic tion u at the Southei n " people will not, wi.en the. lrujii's.-known, tolerate any wrong or injustice to a.3 tue a friend as ever led their sons to battle 1 '. '. . ' Justk h:. 5 From the Daily Telegrnh. 'ANOTHER VlCT6BT.ON JAMES ISLAND KFULSE OF THE ENEV1Y COM- "vf FLETE VICTORY. Tb following dispatch was receivod.last nigh n Ivance bf the regular press dispatch : - " Richmond, June 1C. A! atver battle was- fought this morning on Janiea. ia'-and, four mil-M from Charleston. Te enemy advanced with five regiments to as sault the Secession ville battery with the bayonet. Cl. Tanner commanded thq battery, with a tmatl force.: Ho repulsed the enemy three distinct tim4. -. TvVUist time, he advanced from the works in pursatit, killing and capturing many. Tle viclojpy was complete. Our loss was about tweif e killed and twenty wounded. Tbe enemy's loss- Jfas several hundred. Te- public Treasurer of orth Carolina haa atufcorize'd the .SheriflV and Tax Collectors to take Cenfederato'potes in payment of taxes. TJplICE.. THE TWELFTH ANNUAL i-Pmeeting of the membere of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company will be held at their oCiee in the City of Raleigh, on Monday, the Tth day of July, 1862, at twelve o'clock, M. R. II.. BATTLE, jutt$ td, vEecretarr, 50 SACKS SALT, - . At WHITAKER'S 200 LBS, MOUNTAIN BUTTER, v At WHITAKER'S. BARRELS PURE CIDER VINEGAR, At WHITAKER'S. From tha London Timea May 10. ENGLISH OPINION" OF OUR WAR THE CAUSE OF THE SOUTH HOW IT WOULD BE AFFECTED . BY " INl'ER VENTION. . It will havq been noticed as a singular feature of th i&tberican quarrel, that no intervention ia loougat prooawe or practicable except in favor of the South. Mediation in whatever form or under whatever name it ia to be offered, ia univer sally taken to imply somi movement on behalf of the Confederates. So completely, indeed, are the belligerents themselves impressedjwith this ida, that tbe South casts it in our teeth as a scandal end a blunder that nt European arbitration has yt been interposed, while tbe President of the j - - , orthernState8actuallv proclaimaadayof thanks givme for t ha deliverance of the country from "foreign intervention," which ho identifies with nothing If-ss than '-invasion." The irstincts of the combatanta have undoubtedly led them to cor rect decis'e s on this point, but -the fact is cot a little curious. " We need not d'.pnemble tbe truth about certain, prepossession in Europe. It is beyond denial that in ?pite of tbe $d a vry question the South erners bavo been rather the favorite, partly as the weaker side, partly as donjuerers against txidk, nd partly their demnn"! ior independence was thought too natural to be resisted at tbe sword'a point by a government founded on right of, insunvction only. To tnete merely sentimental' and not very cogent cor.s-ideratiop.s was added lbe more potent and weighty reflection that.'what Jhe, ooutnernera hud done, no power, whether Ajnejri can or European, could succeed in "undoiner. i v mi. . j . . 1. 1 .-. 1 ... a ne. aisioHinon oj The l mon was an accom plished fact, nor could any statesman n. - cKMin r- i"or-cni n mesiis iy which a govern ment professing to. sulsist only by the will of the governed, could be re-establishei against tbe de sire of one-third of the community after a fierce and sanguinary war. Wo could understand sep araiion, embarrassing and unwelcome as its con ditions might be, but we could not understand either the conquest of a territory like that of the Souther n States, or the adaptation f such a con quest, even if achieved, to the purposes avowed by the Northern invaders. In short, as all Eu rope desired the end of" tho war, and could see but ore way in which that end could come, the South got the benefit of tho pfrait into which we Wra driven. But there i something still more curious aboyt the c?ise. It happens that the intervention so anxionly deprecated by tbe Federals must, if ex or:eJ at nil. be exerted to teir prejudice. Inter vention on behalf of the North is an impossibility. Not if -all the resources of the country were at the disposal of Mf. Bright and his friends and all oar power were thrown into the Northern sale, c.uld we add to the strength or chance of the Federals in this singular contest. We might send them ships, but they have got as'many as they want. They have already possesion of the s 'as, and the whole British navy could give them nothing more. We micht lend them money, but of this, too, in some form or other, the3 have got enough to j allow of a present expenditure l eight hunared thousand pounds a day. As to sending theru men, ail the efl'ective troops now serving in England might be landed at New York without causing any perceptible increase in the fabulous numbers of the Northern armies. Wo might send them three limes as many soldiers as weeent to Canada, withoul adding five per cent, to their forces in the field. No ruler in the world, not even the first Napoleon, ever disposed of so many men or so much money as Abraham Lincoln. He has fully 650,000 troops now ander arms, and it is b ias-ted that he could doijble that num ber. His finances may rest on a less stable foun dation, but he ha?, at any rate, enough and to spare for the lime. In no political or military operations have the federals ever been hampoced by the want 'of men. or money, amd if they' had t spend t-ome limp in turning citizens into sol dier?, their enemies wore under the same obliga tion. Intervention, therefore, on behalf of the North, would be simply ti nullity, for nu ailinice' could add to its power or promote its ends. The caso of the South, howeverj is totally dif ferent. So singular is the position iof the Conf. d-ei-ates that, though all the powers of Europe could dj them no harm, the intervention of an)' ohe of these powers might do them an infinity of good. They are weak, but nothing can make them weaker than they are, whereas, the help of a sin gle ally might treble their strength m a moment. A little squadron such as even a minor maritime power might dispatch to American waters would suffice to raise the blockade for a longer or shorter period, and in that period tbe South might turn I 4 is cotton n to money ana us money into .muni tions of war. It is for tha want of these opportunities that the Confederates have been tightiDg t so serious a disadvantage. They contrive evea from their in ferior number to match the numbers oftbe North, bt.t they are beaten in guns, gunboats, and all the scientific appliances of war, which manu facturing industry creates, and which money pur chases. What they most want is the freedom" of the sea and a highway to the markets i tbe wrld. Once placed on a level with their antag onists in this respect, they would have litil-i to tear from numerical superiority which their de fensive position would counterbalance. The re cognition of tho South by a maritime! power and .an alliance between tho two, would at once de stroy all such hopes as the North can, venture to esterlain. " ' 1 The alarms, therefore, of the Federal?, and the hopes of ihr Confederates, on the score of inter vention, are equally natural. One party has all to loe, and tho other ail to gain, by such a cop- tingency, and both understand theii position. So hopeless, it. this respect, are the prospects of the North, that when the New York papers found themselves under the necessity of accounting, in some agreeable way, for the visit ol M..Morcier to Richmond, they- could only suggest that he bad gone lo persuade President Davis to submit tutright to President Lincoln. Witk any purpose short of this the mission of the French rniniter must needs have been obnox ious in Federal eyes. An armistice must place tho Southerners in immediate possession of all tney contond for, and would not leave them, when it ended, more ready to surrender than beiore.1 A compromise must mean a partition of territory, more or less lavorabie to this side or j. . a mi wue. If cvtrctivdcxl tx! jrmeni, woiUd proi baoy un- ply ihe recognition of Southern iadependenee. Tnu3 the South has a dozen strings to its bow. It icould gain immensely by recognition or in tervention, whatever form that intervention took. It would gain by a peace, by a truce, by a "transaction," or by a conveation of any kind. On the other band, tha North would gain only by an event which no po wer professing to mediate could hope to bring about, and which no Europe an observers pretend to think probable the un conditional submission or total subjugation of the Confederate States r , The spectacle thua presented io us may teach us some useful leesona as to the practicability of that system of arbitration which pas been reconl mended as so infallible a specific against the out break of ail wars and tbe necessity of all arma ments. Here are two ections a great people arraytd in arms against each other. If ever reaeons could bo shown against fighting they could be shown now, and in atreugth quite irre sistible. The belligerents have oeencitizenaof the same State, and were connected by the closest tioa oi'lineage, language and instttutiona. The bonds of commerce, which, if well knit. must, we are told, alwaya prevail against war, , ex hied between there to such an extent aa could never be realizxl between. Independent 'Statea. The conflict itself is ao hopeless that peace ought to be more than ever acceptable aa an alternative, and yt what, with all these usually favorable conditions, u found to be the reauit? Why, that arbitration could hardly be ao much aa attempted. At first it was rejected with indignation, and if it should be accepted now, it will only be be cause the combatant have learned theirrelative potitiona by the tharjj teachings of war. The conclusion -may be a aad one, bat it showe at any rate, that men may still believe in the poeaibility pf war, nd make preparation to meet it, without miacocceiTing ihe apirit of the age. - TXTB ARE FCQUESTED TO AN NOUN CC TV ?QPENTiar B USBEB a4 a candidate for a m( ia theltoaa of Comidons the . next General As semblyj 1 T t1" ; . . " 13th Jiine, 1861 je 14 td Alttt AUTHORIZED TO " AN UNC M. A. BLEDSOE u thConf.d.. rate candidate ra r-eleetiou to the Senate for the County ef , Wake. ! , 1 . Raleigh, May ip, 1882. r my 38 td Hills'boro Military Academy, HILLSBOlRODH, n. c. , TUE SECOND SESSION OF THE 4th Academic year of this Institute will commence on the ljr Augtiat, ISM. f r For CiroulajTs or information apply to v .'- MAI. WM. AL GOruOw. je 14 rtfeL Superintendent. ! J. H. Horner's CLASSICAL AXp MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL, AT? OXFORD, N. C.; - WILlf, BE RE-OPEN Cl THE 2nd JBOIV. DAY IN JlfLY. Theciiarga, for1 board an tuition, xeldaive of 'i-i - .- a v - ugnw ai4 ruei, wui m 9 izo per session. OxfordJ If. C , June 10. 1M2. june 14 2iu Inte re s t-B oaring Tr e asury Notes . TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ) H RrcHveHn, June 1, 1892. NOTtiCE ISii HEIXEBY GIVEN THAT the Treasury Department ia now ready to issue Treasury! notea of 'the denomination of One Hundred dollars, bteiarinjf Tlaterest at .the rate of two cenu per aay, in paprment ok dues, or m exeUanje far ordinary i-reaBurjinoiei 01 every aenomujauon. , iBeexonange vau ua luauo t lua uiiiue wi tea xreasurer. tir oi anT ; . l. . . ,11. . . l . n, . . m AfHrnnTTeuanr ur wuoaii&rr ft I r.mt irnfntn. r These "Inotes bciscr renelviiKln fnr all lnA :n k.. same maximer as ordinary Treaanry notes, offer to the holder the doable d rentage of an intereat ef $7 30 per cent, while retained in his hands, and the capaci ty of beiag used asreurrenoy whenever he may desire to pay thqifx away. The thua afford an-opportunity for investnlients of mall sums at short dates, at Ihe will of thej holder, y C. Q. MKMMINGBR, 3 - ,i; Seoretary of Treasury. WANTED TO HIKE FOU THE BAI, A S(pI5 of thefyear a goo'. Blackamlth. Apply to i U M A. BLEDSOE, mar 29 tf ,; Oapt. and A. Q. M. H ; i lirANTED TO HIKE FOll THE BAL T T ANiCE uf the vi.nr n (Jlinii nrfTZ ..:,u.. meumbraae. Appy at this offioe. apr li I 1 17 A VTED.-.BOAKI) IN FRIVATE Tf FAMILY by two young geatlemen Apply Vox Kaleigh O. jane 11 3r Higlx pointlliemale Seminary, mm point, n. c. rpiIE PALt SESSION HILL BEGIN ON A MONplAY, Jnly 21st, 1862, with the same corps of Teachers and the same leading characteristic as heretofore. ; For information as to' tbe meriU of the School, we jefer wita eonfideueo to our former pat rons. '! 'ft ! UAT48 FOR 88RSI0X Of TWRJdTT WERKS. ' Board, at $2.50 jer week, $50 00 Regular Tuition, lowr classes, 12 50 .-: ; higher classes, Jft 00 Piano or Gaitar Lesions, 200 Wax, "Woratied, or Leather Work, 6 00 Tcrmsi -Fifty Dollars in -advance ; the remainder at tho clo e bf the session. No deduotion For an ab sence of le?i than two consecutive weeks. For further information, address .It S. LANDER, A. M., je H lwpd Principal. Bank of the State of North Car- :'.. : :i olina, - t THE GENERAL MEETING OP THE Stookhplders of this Bank will be held on the 1st Monday in July oe'xt, at their Banking House in this City. j n C. DEW KY, Agent. Raleigh, jjune 9, 1S82. je 11 td Ordinaaoes of the Convention. WE SHALL PRINT, IN PAMPHLET Forittrjou fine hook paper, Moat 500 oople of the Ordinance and Resolutions passed by the State Convention at its several Eesaions, and solicit orders for the samel.' The Convention only authorired the printing of 500 copiei, and as tbe distribution of that number is provided for by an ordinance passed by that body, it is quite likely that copies of these ordU nances will be difficult to obtain. For this reason, we have coDcluiied to print the above mentioned number of extra copies for sale. Price $1 ti per copy, or when sent bji mail, postage paid, $1 60 per copy. Those wishijrjg copies would do well to order them at once, aa the extra number for sale is quite limited. We will also print &00 extra copies of the JOURNALS Of THE CONVENTION, Provided we receive a sufficient number of orders to justify our deing so. We do not know at what price we'inay be alio to sell tbe Journals, but those wish ing copies can notify us so that we may be able to decide what extra nuoibcr to print. I JNO. W. STM1C, L Printer to the Convention. U' ' ii - :i Southern Enterprise, " IKITTRKiL's DXroT, W. C. THIS HOTEL IS NOW OPEN FOR THE accommodation of its friends, pledging, the beat fare the couitry can afford, good rooms, and proper attention to 'ii patrons. Terms aa heretofore, $30 per month, $10 per week and $2.60 per day. There ia a fine Mineral Spring, three quarters of a mile from the Hotel and, at its command ; reference can be had to the analysis of Prof. IKaimons, which will be found, -accompanying this notice. The Hotel s within four hundred yard of Klttrell'j . Springs, immediately i-on the . Raleigh and Oatten Railroad, eifht milsi from - flenderson, fifteen from Louisburg, fifteen frora Oxford aed ten from Frank lin ton. . ; i fl . : Proper conveyance cq be had to either of these places after the 10th of Juno. Respectfully, i jj WM. F. COLLINS. ;AMALY8ta 0 TBE WATER. . :"' J- The wate'r.whioh I received from you early thi week, I fin&p a chalybeate, and I believe will prove an excellent pne on trial. A large proportion ef the iron had subsided, or ceased to be held ta aolutios, at the time I received tbe water. It still continued to t hold in solution 8.40 grains to the gallon, and waa perfectly clear and transparent. We may consider that about two-thirds of the tron had been separated from the water. However this may be, the water ia j A J mitnwir. The Iron, lime and ma great are held auite aa atroog aa 'ft need be to be useful aaa tome in solution by an organic Mid. It i in consequence of this peculiarcombinaition that this claai ef chalybeate waters become easily aimibited to the .svstem, and thereby become so useful in certain eases of debility. ' Uj- Most truly yours, my si ft! E. XMMONS, SUt Geologut. A ' mO SICK ANO WOUNDED NOBTH X CAROLIiAr-ine unaeraigned, by state authority, i In this eity, using hi beat exertion to establish one or more ,Uospitals, and to contribute to the comfort of the sick and wounded who may be nn providsd for.f He ia instructed to direct all whoae homes are within the Yankee linjaa of North Carolina, to report to either of the, North Carolina Hospital at Petersburg, Va , or at. Raleigh, for medical treatment and protection. . Ml : V '. jEBr- All person on tbe line of Railroad in North Carolina, wb can accommodate our aick and wound el soldiers, will pleaae communicate with me imme diately. - ...Uf , i ji .,i . , : - JEST- Soldtbra' Aid Societies in North Carolina hav ing shirt, drawers, jiocka, bandages, lint, and Hospi tal store of any kind, will please forward ta me Transportatien will be given for raeh articles by ap plying to M. A. Bledbo, A. Q- M Raleigh. N. C. No appeal Meed be made to North Carolitlana; all are glad to do their almost for the relief and comfort of the poor fUk an woended soldier. u j Another great battle 1 daily expected near tbe city. Send me aid forthwitlii ; ; !. F. PJESCDD, Medical Porveyor, I !i North Carolina. Exchange Hotel, Room 17, Richmond, Va. - ,! jf Prelfr boy'a goide. Th Enieigetia 71iitaker WISHES TO GO SOUTH IN A FEW i day a sind Wonl4 like to close out the balance of his SUQAR, RICE, Ao. Ke toteadaUying la a Urge atcek of Oroeerf, and aleo latead aeUiDgtMam at a. fety iaall ia4vaaee': ant eoat. " - - ; Vf '; " -Patronixe te InimUahle if yeu wiah, te get reed eatzaioa.' IM " " 1 ; . mJ -; HOTEL
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