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? .; Ti 1ALEIGU REG SATURDAY MORNING, JUl THE LATEST JNEWS. i; From the Daily Telegrap ! Casualties. 1 H' Richmond, July Jd i h.k!i Mokltiea. last nbrht, are tranipiirlns:. 1 Col. B,nbni is severely but not dangerously weunded.; Ka. i. kilUi. Lieut. CoL Petwsv la killed..! ii. Zw c.ox. commanding Stokea s regiment, ii re- iiuwu . , - - . ZZli wounded. I doubt it. The gallant Stokes i uvi ,. . ? x nT lL n i 1 1 i wfuli fighting of our men is represented as E?u,JJinKicE GLORIOUS NE'W'S. j' vtrTDRY ABOUT' tOMPLETE BIcCLELLAN tk'FULX FLIGHT THOUSANDS 0F MEN lVi) MILLIONS OF PROPERTY CAPTUR- ID-COL. M BARES KILLED j-ST )KES RAL- jbi foUowing special from oui Prir eipil, "wo l ' still horering around tbe seat of war, reached ua last i-ht little after nine o'clock. Oter dispatches to Jifnte citissos here are to the same-purport : f p Richmond, July . t firiit Is about over. UeClellan isjin full (titrat down he river. Mny thousands of Men andjm.il Hjiis 'pf property hate been captured. Jackson, Betbef Hill and Longstreet.are to fall pursuit. Col Afe'res killed. Cot Stokes , is fall jing.j' ' Ihuhk God our Southern Capital stands-over nine ty dav-f. i STILL LATER. ' liKFKAT OP THE YANKEES CONFIRMEi-U GOODS NEWS FROM THE. VALLEY, f ,i - .'Rica tows, Jul EL A courier to Captain Milligan, of the Signal Corps, reached Petersburg this forenoon from Bermuda Hun dred's. A couple of free negroee werefsemt over to Shirley yesterday, who returned and report that! the enemy and his wagons have left Shirley ankL gos to wards Westover, on the north side of .fames river, below City Point. ' V ' ! ; Heaty .'firing was heard all yesterday afternoon four miles below City Point. - : ! All the gunboats and trarsporU, hare, disappeared aad none are visible at City Point. " j' Two divisions of our army wore in clcpe pursuit of the Yankees this morniog, who wee retreating through Charles City county, near the riw er. Stuart Cavalry who have been operating on the Pamunkoy, have jpinedain the pursuit, which, owini; to .the ont dition of tue country sinoe the recent rains, is necosl- sarily Stow. ' . , J t:i ! ,1,1 Reliablo accounts justify the expectation of! tbe capture of a large nnmber of the fugitive, i I A d if Rate h from Staunton says Gen. Robinson thai occupied! Morefield, Hardy county, captariog a large quantity of comm'esary stores. Gen R. succeeded ten. Asbby in command of the CavaJryjifbrces in! the Valley jof Virginia, ' V LATER FROM THE NORTH. ' TbJ Richmond papers have obtfjned York papers as late as Tuesday last.! j The tbern papers give' meagre accounts f the fights of Thursday and Friday, but state tjbat tbeyre sulted n Union triumph, as tbe falf eg bank o McCltijlan's (drees "was only a "brillfiit piece of strategy." The agent of the AssocialediiPres, h$w ever, had prepared a long account of the fight, but tb Government suppressed it. le:8enfj, 4 messago to the New York papers statjjng' that bt Govetiment had suppressed his message, ifor o- ing wlfigh he wan arrested and sent ta one of the V..M.Iiirn forts. The fact that th (lovernmer.il bad Eiiprtressed the news created the ixwsi intense5 exciteiient in Now York.. ; : : Ne YoVk papers of. the 27th Ute that hej nfida of Fremont. Bnks and I McDowell' have leon fcon8oli;datd into one afmy,; unerj Mnjor (General Pope, with, a view of bringing pll the Yankee troops in Virginia to oo-operate with! 'MeCyian in his "On to Kichmond'march. A; large i ortioo of this army had renclbd McClel-., Ian bo ore the engagements on the Chckahomihyj tiMnm( ncd,. as is clearly proven by the fact that; G'MioraM MeUftll, who was taken prisoner, com msndtil' r portion of tbe above narrjjod armyi Oar rlflders will thu3 perceive thati- the enttr- available force" of the enemy, with-tfee exceptfonj of Ilajleck's army, have been concentfale&on t(bej Ohicklhominy. - ; j I Frcnont had thrown up his commission be-1 cause tien. Pope, whose commission atedi subiie-l qu,ni o tuai oi rrcuiooi, uau uou pitfua in CO mani kbove him. ' I ;i ; ENEMY SHELLING VICKSUUilG. TUEfJITY TO BE DEFENDED! TO THeD LAST DESTRUCTION OF OONFEDE-1 RAv R OU N BOATS TAX LA10XJN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, &c.; : j -j ' Jack.on,s Miss., June 29. Passlngers frm, Vick?,!urg this morning report thai yesterday uiorni ig seven Federal vessels eucceoded in pas.?- ; injr up by our batteries. A severe bombardment was cc mmenccd, la9ing two hours, from, the fleet and tho batteries on the Jx)uisiana shire. It ison4 derstend that several of the enemyt veseh, in-? cludin j the Brooklyn, were badly damaged, with heavy slaughter among th ir crews. The Oonfjed ertitM was nine, including one wpman killed: ')nr bi ttetiea are uninjured. The enepij's fire wail princi laly directed at the city. Several housesj " wore ! htLered A deserter reports jthltthe ef.e luy'sbsswfts heavy, and that they expected 'a'i "asy capture. ' . i : I .j :. -LA1KR.J '. : : I ' I j ' W learn from Vieksburg that the enemy is slowly, bombarding the town from the mortal Doatsi io-day. .ibe telegraph offliie i has baer smasqed. i it; j Geatlemert from New Orleans say that'! Butlef has isfcued orders laying a tax of $2o,0)0 on the city, f " - j . i j i Jackson, June 30. Tbe Yazoo", oorrespondent vuk luiwiaaijipuiH, wruuig uuuef ate Of the J6ih jntant, sayu that two of the f hemy's gn4 boats wore reconnoitering in Yazoo? river, wfaen" Citn.Pickney burned tbg Confederate ,gunboat Vah-porn, Polk, and Livingston, t Tlis action y considered unnowssary.and is much s eplored hero. ,Tho Joss of property is heavy. ! i ' Ge i. Van- Dorn has issued art address to tbe: ar my, dcchiring that Vicksburg shoul be defended to iht death. The Federals can caver ; oocupf Vicksburg.- The fleet appenis to q too much iripjlcd w engago in a successful tilt 'With tour " bttUctW!. j . j; i ' , i If' FROM THE WEST.!; I 1 ' ' I j M EiiiLS:, July I A special dijpatch to'! tbe Vi'jiie, i , dated Grenadn, 30th JuaejsayS, Nortb- T8 report that Buell is advancing on Cbai- tanoifccirt, whild Morgan is simultaneity advani cingjon Knoxvillo. t ; 'j f i i Ajd:spatch to Chicago Tribuni says Hindman1 Confcderata army in Arkansas ifumbers Uoh tweifty five to thirty thousand. .1 : V f s oih Tbe Yahkeo General Curtis is rBint- furood Jfcckson'g .Tennessee cavalry burned fifteen hun dred bales of cotion last Thursdav ?itfiih twelve wilfe of -Memphis. The vote at fie Munifeipal ek'ckiun At Afpumhia vai sirinU No? re pec bile person, was candidate for office ?! ' SECOND DISPATCH f j Mobile, JuVy 1. A special cfpatch Uf the! AJi-ertiaer, dated Jaskson, June 3, 'sajfs: &eb-j eral Chalmers has taken Bolivar, IPenni ! ; j Tapparw of Arkansas, savs Geo. Hindmanl with 30,000 troops has Curtis, combleiely cornr- ed.U The State ia blazine with excitement. I 5 oauery at Duval's Bluff, commanding ibe , . . .. I . .1 Wlwle River. U surmortArl hv R.OOf tloniraderaBes rp' ' ri j " f - w -5 , y r-T-; v l ' i ankees. . : j . : RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT.' t - Wilmington. Aav i TKa rit 'rmm Woi. dn, due here thii evening, met yih a disaster thirty miles from town, by breaking an axle: Qne JpMwnger was killed and three others wban4edU Locomotive arrived ml 8 o'clock tor asaia- r , iBei. yROE KNOXVILLB. MoBtLX, July 1. AdTioea from Knoxville, dated 30th June, tars : : . , Bueiriarmy u rapidly crxwine lh Terinesaee Biter at Florence and concentrating at Bridgeport, 34 miles from Chattanonr i Tbe enemy crossed a regiment of! artillery over uuue ireec yesterday. ! 1 Gen. Harry Heath has been assigned tbe com mand of Chaitanoora. All is quiet in the neighborhood of Cumberland From tbe Richmond Examiner bf Tuesday THE KICHMOND LINES THE RETREAT OF 3TcCLELLAN TOWARDS JAMES RIVER CRITICAL SITUATION OF HIS ARMY. RBTIBW OT THB SITUATION. To keep the track of the battles which bave swept around Richmond we must have reference to tbe principal points of locality which have be come familiar in these accounts. It wi.l be re collected that it was on Thursday evening when the attack was commenced upon tbe enemy near Meadow Bridge. This locality is about six miles diatant from the city, on a line almost due north; This position was theenemy's extreme right. His lines extended from here across theChickhominy, near tbe Powhite creek, two or three miles above the crossing of the York River railroad. From Meadow Bridge to this railroad the distance along the Cbickahominy on the north side is about ten miles. Tbe different stages between the points indicated, along which tbe enemy were driven. are Me:haniceville, about a mile north of the Cbickahominy ; further on Beaver Dam creek, emptying into the Chickahominy ; then the New Bridge road, on which Cold Harbour is located; and then Powbite, creek, where, it will be recol lected, the enemy was pursued after having been driven from his strong position behind Beaver Dam crek. Tbe York River railroad runs in an easterly directiqn.interseeting the Chickahominy about If n miles from the city. South of the railroad is tbe Williamsburg road, connecting with the Nine Mile road at Seven Pines. The former road con nects with the New Bridge road, which turns off and crosses the Chickahominy. From Seven Pines, where the Nine Mile road joins the upper one. the road is known as the did Williamsburg ' road, and crosses the Chickahominy at Bottom's Bridge. With thebenringof those localities in his mind the reader will readily understand bow it was that the enemy was driven from his original strong holds on the north side of the Chickahominy, and how, at the time of Friday's battle, be had been compelled to surrender tbe possession of the Fed- y erickshurc and Central railroads, and had been pressed to a position wusru uu ws vui uu irom the principal avenues of supply and escape. The disposition of our forces was such as to cut oft all communication Detween mcuienan 4 army and the White House, on the Pemunkey river j he bad been driven completely from his northern line of defences; and it was supposed that be would be una&le to extricate himself from his position with out a victory or a capitulation. In front of him, withthe Chickahominy, which he had crossed, in his Tear, were the divisions of Generals Long street, Magruder and Huger, and, in the situation 'm it existed Saturday night, all hopes of his escape Swere thought ta be impossible. ' ' On Sunday tnocning it appears that our pickets, ion the Nino Mile !mad, having engaged Eomo small detachments of the enemy and driven them beyond their lortifleations, found them deserted. ln a short while it became known to our generals that McClellan having massed his entire force on this side of the Chickahominy, was retreating towards James river, having stolen a march of jtwelvo hoars on General Huger, who had been placed, in position on his flank to watch his move- ments. -' I Incidents of thi coktkst scknery of the ! ba.ttlk-f1klds, etc. ; There appear to have been some imperfect state ments as to what forces were engaged in Friday's assault on the enemy's work3 at Gaines' farm, where was, in fact, the groat wrestle of tbe con lest. From the best information we can obtain, fjt nnpears that General A. P. Hill's division, sup- ported oy Uenerai ncKeus ongaaej irom um eral Longstreet's division, made the first assault upon the enemy's works, and were afterwards re inforced by General Whiting's division, whan the enomv was dislodged. Whiting's division is com- posed of the Fourth Alabama,Eleventh Missusip pi, Sixth North Carolina, Second I Mississppi, First, Fourth and Fifth Texas.and Tenth Georgia. A hill east of Mechanicsville offered an emi nence, from which could be observed much of the jprogre s of the three day'scombat; thesmoke of the battle affording the outlines to the positions oi jthe forces engaged. ; All day Friday and Saturday, as well as yester day, there could be seen hanging over the woods a heavy buze, welling up from the scene of the ;fight below. The shells often went up to a great elevation, and falling and exploding were gener ally harmless. In the woods beyond Mechanics ville some of the trees, as thick around" as a man's ibody, are shot through and through by round shot, and the bushes are everywhere cut and nipped by the bullets. . .Signs of human habitation, fences, and fruits tree, have been swept from the face of tbe coun try as far as our army or that of the enemy has progressed in Hanover county. The woods and swamps are represented as full kf Yankees deserters, and tbey could be brought iin in any. numbers if our troops desired to leave ithe regular lines and go to tbe front for that pur pose. I The farmers residing in the neighborhood of the battle-fields have, with great unanimity and pa triotic devotion, responded to the demand for hos pital accommodations.and bpve opened their dwell ings and outhouses for the1 use and occupation of the wounded. Among the trophies of our victory are several very fine Federal flags taken from the enemy on iSaturday and Sunday. One belongs to the ."BucktHll Kifles, of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves, and two others to the Fourth New Jer Bey regiment. Around Mechanicsville the houses had been occupied by the troops of Joth armies, and the socnes of devastation and desolation are very ereat. Throughout tbe whole country tbe houses aro shattered, and nearly shot into pieces by the can non balls of the opposing armies. At Mechanics ville the explosion of a shell knocked a large house into fragments, and killed six men who were rest ing tbere. In Hanover county the scene of destruction is wide and appalling. At Ellis' mills the wounded of both sides were lying through Saturday and Sun day. A great many of the dead were picked from the canal at tbe milts One poor fellow was found lying on tbe side of tbe bill with bis musket beside bim and a shot through hn breast. At Dr. Atkinson's farm, from which the enemy bore off after the fight at the mills, the fighting waserri8c and tbe loss heavy on both sides. The house of this gentleman is filled with tbe dead and wounded, and the enemy's surgeons were among them, they being furnished with every facility. They laid unattended for miles, sick, prostrated and wounded. Tbe Yankees bave their hospitals in the woods, and thousands are lying around under the attention of their surgeons. Amputation is going on pt all timesbut the green leaves iurnisn great relief to the wounded. The demand lor coffins is so great that! some of the houses were torn down on the route to make coffins for the dead Some fifty bodies were taken out of the canal at Gaines' mills. Over five hundred horses were lost belonging to the several batteries, and their carcases are now infecting the air. ! , Among the prisonera taken yesterday was Mr. Thomas Coateat proprietor of the Yvrkkrcmany JlfetOTppr,Torkshire; England, whoee arrival ia thi country we noticed several dayB ago. He ar rived on McClellan's lines not long since to report the progress of tbe war for the London press. He is at one of the city prisons. To the list published yesterday of the conspicu ous dead who have fallen upon he field,, we have to add tbe name of Colonel Robert Wheat, of Lou isana. He received a mortal wound in the, head m the fight at Gaink' mills, and expired on the neid. Uolonel Wheat earned a famous name at Manassas, where he was severely wounded and where his Louisiana battalion- achieved some of the most conspicuous distinctions of the day. " A YANKEE LETTER THE SKULLS OF THE "RE BELS." We have seen the usual number of curiosities frdm tbe battle fields in letters.&o We content ourselves in the way of "curiosities" with the fol lowing extract from tbe letter of a strong-minded female of Philadelphia on the subject of rebel skulls. This female phrenologist wishes to experi ment upon tbe skulls of tbe Southern people. For flippancy and fiendishness the proposition of this she-demon appears to match the amusements of Old Nick himself. She writes: "Tell friend Carleton, if he can get the chance, to, cut off the bead of a rebel and boll it five bours, so that all the flesh may come off readily, and then saw the. skull in two from front, and he will find the une venness of the thickr;e to be mostly inside." The writer then adds some other theories, which show her to be a spiritualist as well as phrenologist. She ia quite satisfied, by communications from the' other world, that the rebels are at their "last ditch," and that "dear Will," to whom the consolations of this strong micded hag's letter . are addressed, , "will be back in Philadelphia very soon." OPERATIONS ON THE PAMUNKEY TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED PRISONERS REPORTED TO BE TAKEN. A report was received here last evening that General Stuart's cavalry had suceeeded in getting in the roar of the enemy on the Parr.unkey, ne-ar the White hou&e, and had captured twenty-Tive hundred prisoners. A number of the enemy's transports were also burned here. . GENERAL MAQRUDER'S AFFAIR WITH THE ENE MY ON SUNDAY. We learn that about sundown Sunday. General Magruder s division came up with the rear of the enemy and engaged a portion of his forces for about an hour and a half. After passing the enemy's camp, on the York river railroad, our "troops pushed after the enemy, and came up with him on the Williamsburg road, a mile east of the Seven Pines, opposite Mr. Wm. j Sedgwick's farm. The enemy yere posted in a thick piece of pines north of the Williamsburg road, behind entrenchmonts of great strength and elaborate finish. The Howitzer battalion began the fight by Bhelling the woods. From the direc tion of the rati road, Kershaw's brigade and other troops marched down the Williamsburg road and dashed into the woods by a flank to the left. Here the fight raged furiously until darkness put an end to the contest. Our men laid on their" arms, with the design of renewing the battle with the return of daylight. When the day broke the enemy had again dis suit, capturing a large number of prisoners otvJJie way. xne demoralization oi me reireaung army was attested by tne large number or stragglers which had left the main body, surrendering them selves prisoners to our men. Yesterday it was; .re ported that the number of prisoners taken on the track of the retreating enemy, amounted to several thousand. The deserted camp of tbe enemy near the rail road was filled with valuable booty. Their splen did gray canvass tents, pitched over two miles of country, were left standing in good order. The military chests of the officers, which were left in great numbers, indicated that the encampment had been occupied by Meagher's Irish brigade, a Pensylvania, a New York and a Massachusetts brigade". As our men passed hastily through the camp, they helped themselves to such articles as suited their fancy. There Was a variety of booty sufficient to gratify the most varied tastos. Our loss in killed and wounded in Sunday's af fair is reported to be inconsiderable- about a hun-. dred men. MOVEMENTS OK YKSTERDAY M"'LKLLAN'S RE TREAT INTERCEPTED. ' Ycs.erday every one seemed lost end bewilder ed in their imagination of what had became of McClellan's army. There was no certain an nouncement that he had yet reached the river. As the day progressed,it became known that Jack son's division had crossed the Chickahominy, -ind that there wero strong hopes that Lngstreot's di-. vision .would intercept the retreating enemy. General Holmes, commanding a division, was said to be between the enemy and the river, with a force of 15,000 men. Every effort seemed to be made by a new disposition of our forces to repair the unfortunate circumstance by which an enemy with three divisions in his front had effected at least a temporary escape from a position in which it was a paramount object of the contest to hold him. The last accounts we have of the sisuation of the enemy, and which we'Can reccommend to our readers as reliable, leave no daubt that his retreat Las been intercepted. " W are able to state posi tively that wo have forces between him and the fiver, including General Holmes' command of fif teen thousand.'mten. It is also certain that Gene ral Jackson crossed the Chickanominy yesterday , morning, and tnat tne main Doay oi Aiciuan s forces is on thissido ol.theUniekabomrny.in Juarles City county, where hi retreat has been intercepted and he -has been again challenged to battle. The condition of the enemy excites hopes of a most fa vourable rtsult to our arms Information. of the progress of our arms yester day wore meagreon account of the movements be ing conducted further away Uom the city. It was stated by persons who left our lines ves- terday afternoon that general fighting wa9 pro gressing. These statements, however, wo believe to be unreliable to the extent to which they go.--There were some shelling about noon, and proba bly some action in tbe afternoon preparatory to the great contest; our troops are busily marching and countermarching to effect the complete invest ment of the enemy's position. THE LATEST FROM OUR LINES YRSTERDAY S BAT TLE POSITION OF THE ENEMY. Tbo Wtofit . fioooiinta whioH wo oan gat .frcnn tka critical portioa of our line?, and reccommend to our readers as reliable, represent that late yetter day afternoon the enemy was in position near White Oak Swamp; that all the roads to the Chickahominy were in our possession, Jackson's division having a position at Bott6m's Bridge ; that a portion of our forces had got in the rear of the enemy and were driving him back, and that late in the evening our force in his front had drawn up in two lines of battle for a general action, which the enemy was endeavoring to decline:. The at tack was made by General Huger on the front of the enemy, who w&3 at that time in the angle formed by the interjection of New Market and Quaker roads, with General Holmes and Magru der in his rear. After a short and desultory -contest the divisions of General Longstreet and A. Y. Hill were moved up,and attacked the enemy wih great fierceness, and the action became general with terrible loss on our 6ide, but terminated with the result of driving the enemy back lor about a mile and a half, and putting him in a position where he will be forced to fight in the morning with every prospect of the rout of his forces, as it is BupDOsed that-our attack wm ee maae mis morning on bis front and both flanks. Long street's division' ia, reported to bave been badly .cut up, particularly the brigade of General An derson, of South Carolina, and General 'Kemper, of Viiginia. It issupposed that an inconsiderable Dortion of McClellan's army may have reached WW-, James river. From the Richmond Enquirer of Wednesday MOVEMENTS BEFORE RICHMOND A DESPERATE BATTLE ON MONDAY EVENING AND YESTERDAY THE FEDERAL ARMY DEMORALIZED Mc CLELLAN'S SPEECH TO HIS ARMY. News from the line of operations, now twelve nuke from the city, came up early yesteroay morn ing, giving accounts of a desperate battle near T Wbyte;Oak Swamp; on Monday evening, between Loirgstfeet's command and tbe enemy.- The lat ter, flawing, found themselves -hemmed in on all alt eider, and being provided "with but a limited supply f stores and ammunition, attempted tbe hazardous expedient of fighting their way t trough. Th&'ba'jtle raged fearfully for some hours,and the lo6eso! both sided were very heavy. Among tbe jtilled 3ras Lieut. Col. Joseph V. Scott, of the 3rd VaJ Regiment, whose remains were brought to the cityj&q yesterday, to be sent to Petersburg, tbe la'te hone of the gallant officer, to-day. Many others fell in, the engagement, but the enemy was finijr-4rtven back. Many prisoners were tiken and among them Maj. Gen. McCall, whose cap ture & Fpentioned elsewhere. Two other Generals were&Llsp captured, according to the account of a cour$t from the scene of operations. Yi iteday morning, the enemy made another deepf jaeB attempt to escape by way of the Quaker Roao.jto'Jamea River, but were signally defeated. Ofllc(;s who arrived yesterday afternoon, and re- Prt-i Jbe progres of affairs at headquarters, brought icformation of the utter demoralization of th Federal army, adding that "it is gone to piec' also that a large number of prisoners had been : $a;were being taken at the time of their depar iie. To secure the debris of the army was the w. rk; then in progress. Th-intelligence gives, in brief, a view of the event) wiiich transpired on yesterday. Details of b e bi t l(s r eac bed us In a disconnected form, all, howe erk; sending to substantiate tbe above, and recout jti?g a numuor of splendid movements, which addjairftls to the chaplets already won by our in vincifeiroopg. President Davis was on the field d urine thedav and nicbi a narrow escape, we understand, from injury wnicn might possibly hive proven fatal. He nd taken position in a house near the scene, when Jvard was sent him bv Gan. L to Wwa it at oncQ, s it was tbreatenea with danger. He had scarcely complied with the advice before the house Way literally riddled with shell from the en emy? batteries. ' Prisoners state that on Monday evening Mc- Clella-a addressed his troops inananimatedstrain, codj tsring them, "for God's sake r.nd for the sake of iti&i country and the old flag around which bo manTond recollections clustered, to join in one mor1af struggle to reach our gunboats on the Jam-river. I have been frustrated in all mv planigafnst Richmond- We must cut our way to tb rivftr.and then I shall await reinforcemahts. I do: t)tg,i?e up the hope of yet capturing Rich tnorii' Their fighting subsequently showed that his rds ere not without offect, though even- tuallj? to Uttle purpose. TlrE BATTLE FIELD OF FRIDAY. There are now fifteen hundred wounded Fed eral Jprusoners the General hospital, on the battle field. of Friday last. Nearly two thirds of'tbem are. wounded in the back. The number of dead qnthe field i3 enormous, aqd the atmos phere is impregnated with the corruption which com up from the half buried corpses. All of the Confederate dead on the field have been de c'eBtly interred and head-boards, made pf pieces f lemon and orange boxes found in the de- aertei c'ampe, have been planted by their grarei Further from the Battle Field. ' W exifact trom the Richmond Dispatch of Thursday the following account of the fight on Tueattay, from which it will be seen that Gen. Random's tplendid brigade of North Carolinians hav$ Coveted themselves with glory. The charge they tnade in tbe face of a battery supported by five-brigades of the enemy was certainly unpar alleled in Che bistory of the war : TUESDAY'S OPERATIONS. During "the forenoon of Tuesday there was no regular,engagement, but much desultory firing along the 3rhole extent of the retreating and ad vancing lilies. In the afternoon, about 2J o'clock, a brisk fight was commenced on the right of the left wing of our army. Jackson's corps, then sit uated'bonvenient to Dr. Poindexter's farm, on the Williamsburg road, and directly opposite Turkev 1 land creefc. The character of tbe country here U slightly undulating, the intervening ground be tween tbe belligerent parties consisting of open, cultivated tjelde, whilst the extremes are dense woods of heavy Umber and thick undergrowth. From ibe .situation occupied by our troops; the enemy w-as 'discovered in large force deploying their troop, ana placing tueir artillery in posi tion; " tBjdies of skirmishers were thrown out frone-our cotumn with a view to test the disposi tion of . thfj enemy. This required but a short time to accomplish, as a brisk fire was soon opened upot tbem Our artillery then opened fire upon the baiteriefe of the enemy which bad the effect to produce another "artillery duel," lasting for ghe'hoftr ad a half, both parties 'serving their pieces ;iih decided skill and alacrity. Beay bodies of infantry were advanced' to the suppor-of Our artillery, and a general fibt en sued, bicb resulted in the repulee and temporary witbdrwaff the eriemy ; but, ultimately rally itog antiS bridging to their aid a battery on their righl, heyHpened"a fierce obliq'ie fire on the left flank o? our forces then in action. This fire, which vwas .excessively severe, was continued with out intermission, and responded to with spirit by our own artillery until 6 o'clock P. M. An intermission of some, half hour then oc curred, during which time, according to the rep resent itionj of prisoners subsequently captured, 'the enemy at this point were bvavily reinforced, whed the fight was again renewed, our centre and righlljff line becoming engaged. For three suc cessi6 hours there was kept up one unbroken roartSf artillery and musketry, which, for its flercintenity, exceeded anything that has oc urrt in the whole series of bloody battles around iiicbiiond. The very earth trembled beneath the deafening and incessant peals. Notwithstand ing tSe fatigue and well-nigh exhausted condition of ovTR men, from their almost superhuman labors of tbl previous six day, they entered this fight with an ardor and readiness, plainly indicating theif-,uncbAngable determi nation to conquer or die: Aboitt or 10 o'clock, our artillery ceased firing, having effectually silenced the batteries of the eemyW This, however, it is due to say, was the niv percepu Die aa vantage gainoa dv mis winof tbe army in the afternoon's operations Theiss sustained; by both contending parties was hea??. How many on either side it is impossible to si ui, or even give an approximate estimate. Whilst these operations wrere going on on tbe eft 'ing ej our army, a scarcely less severe fight was ' jrogrffcsing on the right .where the division of GSn. linger was engaged. The brigades of Man one and Armistead had been exerting ibem- selvis. asalnst a largely overwhelming force of he fnemy.-.but being compelled to fall back in orde? to rest their men, Qen. Ransom's brigade wasbrdernd forward. It consisted of five regi mens, vizj 24th, Col, Ulark; 25th, Uol. Kut- edt- ', 6kh, Cvl. Vance ; 35tb, Uol. Kansom, ana 49th"4Col. Ramseur, all North Carolina troops. Thjvere Ordered to charge two heavy batteries, hat 'ere supported by not less, than five Federal brigades, and all the while they were marching up 0 make the charge were under three fires. i b' did not falter, however, bt went lorwara intq the Jfery teeth of the enemy without the slightest indication of hesitation. It was, beyond question, fine of tbe hardest fights, and one of the mot l desperate charges, that has been maae during tho"bole:war. This one brigade engaged the. marl body of the enemy's army at this point, and wn& compeuea 10 wunaraw uia so iu iuo mubi per kt orcfer, and with the most undaunted spirit. Gef i RarisoB. fearlessly and intrepidly led his brijlide 66 horseback, and was, during the whole cott inuance of the fight exposed to the leaden hal.' -of the-enemy. " p. M W. Ransom, of the 35th regiment, was wo indecttn the "early part of the fight by a Minie ba'in th4 arm, but remained at tbe head of his rement rallying and cheering his men, till Bit JCk by a piece of shell in the Bide and prostrat ed 1 Lieut. CoL. Pettway then took command of th regiment, but was almost immediately killed. CVt Ramseur, of the 49th, was wounded, and the natalities are very large throughout the entire brrjade. We held our ground, and Gen. Ban ao -and his men slept upon the field they had for ne fly occupied, and but for the peltingrain would hf f reaawed the fight jeaUrday morning. . TliereTrere, doubtless, other divisions and brig, adas engaged at. different' points along thellne who acquitted themselves with tbe same heroic and determined courage as that of the gallant Ransom-; but being unapprised of their particular participation in this grand struggle fur the defence ol liberty, we are not prepared to notice them sp n any. YESTERDAY'S OPERATIONS. Notwithstanding the heavy rains of yesterdav, the two armies were not inactive, though we bave no report of any severe fighting. The latest ac counts we have inform us that the enemy, finding some difficulty in getting off tbe bulk of their forces by the way of Turkey Island, had moved to their left, in direction of Deep Bottom, where tbere are good landings and deep water. But their retreat was cut off by our troops occupying the New Market road, while they were also being attacked along the lines of the Long Bridge and tbe Quaker roads. These three roads form a triangle of about one and a half or two miles area of low and heavily timbered land, with thick undergrowth and which, in wet weather, is almost impassable. If this information is correct and we cannot doubt it the total surrender must be only a question of time ; and.in the absence of supplies, cannot be postponed more than one or two days. The Eriquirer, speaking of Wednesday's opera tions,says: The drenching rain of yesterday put a stop to active operations in the field, but our troops were not idle. Our positions were strengthened, and the situation of the enemy rendered Ie39 hopeful than ever. Ample preparations were made against any emergency which might arise pending the issue with the hemmed in' enemy. A large por tioa of our forces have not as yet been engaged, and should reinforcements be sent up to McClellan, thwj wtti mees a reception wnicn will doubtless astenish them. The Examiner of Thursday, under the head of 'The Latest," says : We bave accounts from our lines as late as 9 o'clock last night. No fighting of consequenee had taken place during the day. In his retreat Tuesday night the enemy abandoned some of his artillery, and. a large quantity of stores.'Twenty three transports are reported in the Tiver. It is thought that a portion of McClellan's army suc ceeded n reachin gtheri er at somoof the landings below Turkey island. Notice. THE CANDIDATES FOR THE LEGIS LATURE! and for Sheriff, will address their fel low citizens of Wake County at the following times and places, viz : Busbee's, Thursday, July 17th. 18th. 19th. 21st. 22d. 23d. 24th. 25th. 26th. 28th. 29 th. 30 th. 31st. 1st. 2d. 4th. 5th. 6 th. Banks , Friday, Franklin's, Saturday, Dannsville, Monday, Forestville, Tuesday, Eolesville, Wednesday, Herton's, Thursday, Wakef eld, Friday, Hopd'j, Saturday, Barney Jones', Monday, Wm. Holleman's, Tuesday, 44 44 reen Lvel, Wednesday, ar Fork, Thursday, ;ers to tore, Friday, August Willie Lynn's, Saturday, Laws , Monday, Thompson's, Tuesday, Spikes', Wednesday, 44 H The Tax Collectors will also attend for the purpose of collecting the Taxes due for the year 1861. je 28 td WM. H. HIGH, Sheriff. For the Legislature. WE ARE REQUESTED TO ANNOUNCE Dr. JOHN C. MARRIOiT, as a Confederate Candidate for a seat in the House of Commons of the next General Assembly, for Wake eounty. june 25 td WE ARE FEQUESTED TO ANNOUNCE QUENTIN BUSBEE as a candidate for a seat in the House of Commons of the next General As sembly. lth June, 1862. je 14 td W' E ARE AUTHORIZED TO AN NOUNCE M. A. BLEDSOE as the Confede- rate candidate for re-election to the Senate lor the County of Wake. Raleigh, May 26, 1862. ray 28 td Classical and Military School, Scotland Neck, Halifax Countv, N. C. M. L. VENABLE, Principal8 JOSEPH VENABLE, A. M., j """P18- THE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTI tution will begin on Monday, the 4th of August,. 1862. - " Terms per Session of Twenty Weeks : Tuition in Classical Department, $25 00 " " English " $15 00 Contingent Fee, 50 Board per month (including washing) 12 00 All communications must be addressed to Princi pals, at Scodand Neck, Bjilifax Co., N. C. jy 2 6t Standard copy 6 times. Headquarters 38th Rkq't N. C. Militia, ) Raleigh, July 1st, 1862. J rrVHE MEMBERS OF THE THIRTY- X EIGHTH REGIMENT N. C. MILITIA, and those subject to the Conscription Act within the bounds of said Regiment will assemble in front of the old Factery in the Southeast part of Raleigh, on the 8th July, ai 10 o'clock, A: M. Bj order ot the Uolonel. D. W. BAIN, jy 2 td Adj't 38th N. C. Militia. J. M. Lovejoy's Classical, Math ematical and Military School. rnHE FORTY-FIRST SESSION OF THIS L Institution will commence on July 9th, 1862. For particulars address the Principal. je 25 td Standard copy Si Hillsboro' Military Academy, HILLSBOROUH, N. C. mHE SECOND SESSION OF THE 4tfc I Academic year of this Institute will eommem on the 1st of August, 1862. For Circulars or information apply to Maj. Wm. M. GORDON, je 14 2m Superintendent. J. H. Horner's CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL, AT OXFORD, N. C, WILL BE RE-OPENED THE 2nd MON DAY IN JULY. Tha nhircra for board and tuition, exclusive of lights and fuel, will be $120 per session. Oxford, N. C, June 10, 1862. june 14 2m 110,000 WORTH OF GOODS TO ARRIVE AT THE ENERGETIC WHITAKER'S! T7 A. WHITAKER HAVING JUST RE- Pi. TURNED from the South, offers for sale the following goods : ON HAND, 20 Baskets Champagne, 50 Cases (St. Julien) Claret, 10 Dosen Pepper Sauce, 5 Dozen Mushroom Catsup, 10 Dozen Tomato Catsup, 10 Cases French Cordials, 100 Pounds Gram Pepper, 100 " -Ground " 100 " Spice, 20 Cases Mint Julip, .10 " Sherry Wine, 5 " Maderia Wine, 10 Barrels Crackers, Soda, Butter, Ac. TO ARRIVE. 50 Boxes Candy, ' 500 Bushels Wheat $5000 Worth Crockery and Glass Ware. CALL ON THE INIMITABLE. OLD RYE WHISKY EXPECTED DAI LY AT WHITAKER'8. o LD MINT JULIP AT WHITAKER'S. s WEET OIL AT WHITAKER'S. R OPE AT WHITAKER'8. CALL, ON THE L3DL8FX3ABL& WBHAKBB. i 3ttAQWiBWKa Camp ot iMTmrcnow, 1 i Neat RALueH, Jane 26th, 1862. f . Spsciaxi Qanxa 1 ; ' -aX' j'. ' Ail peraoaa subject to the provisions of the ot of aWd An act further to provide for the FnWw Deleaoe,- approved the 16th of April, 1862, a. know as the Conscription Act, are hereby order ed to Ppor at their, regular RegimenUl muster groonds ia their reepedtive oountfes, on the 8th day er July, last, ; 3 . tt; TheConscripU after enrollment are hereby or dered to appear aft the Courthouse of their respective ccwnUes, en the ISth July, proximo, prepared to pro eeed forthwith te tais eamp of iaatruetion. IU. Tie earolfiajf officers will have instructions :o grant exemptions as prescribed by law, hereto aD pended. - .. . .- , ' IV. Offieers eimmanding regiments and companies of the MBitia' of this State, will immediately notify their respective commands, and warn all persons lia ble to Conscription Co eomply promptly with the above order, Nos. 1 and li V. All persons- svbjeot to enrollment, who may wish to Volunteer, must join companies in the Confederate service on the 15th April last, aeoordins; to law : and consequently are prohibited from recruiting or organ ising new companies or regiments, Partisan Rangers excepted. '? By order: PETER MALLETT, f Major and Ass't Adj't Gen'l P. C. S. A. waK department, Adjutant and Ijispkctob Gkre sal's Orncx, Richmond, May 10, 1862. General Orders, I No. 3:7. J I. The fallowing Act and Regulations in reference thereto are published for the information of all con cerned : . An Act toeicempt certain person from enrollment for service in, the Armies of the Confederate States: Sex. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America da enact, That all .persons who Shall be held to be until tor military service under roles to be pre scribed by the Secretary of War ; all in the servioe or employ of -jthe Confederate States; all judioial and executive officers of itbe Confederate or State Govern, ments ; the members of both houses of the Congress, aad of the Legislatures of the several States, aad their respective officers; all clerk of the officers of the State and Confederate Governments, allowed by law ; all engaged ini carrying the mails; all ferrymem on post routes; all pilots and persons engaged in the' marine service and in actual service on river and rail road routei of transportation ; telegraph operators, and ministers of religion in the regular discharge of ministerial duties ; all engaged in working in iron mines and furuaoes ;: all journeymen printers actually employed in printing newspapers ; all presidents and professors 4f colleges and academies, and all teachers having as many as twenty scholars ; superintendents of the pUiblic hoepitals, lutfatio asylums, and the regular nutfses and attendants therein, and the teach ers employed in the institutions of the deaf and dumb and Mind; in each apothecary store now established and doing business, one apothecary in good standing, who is a practical druggist ; superintendents and op eratives in, wool and! cotton factories, who mav beex empted by the Secretary of War, shall be and are hereby exempted from military service in the armies of the Confederate States. Approved April 21, 1802. II. By the above act of Congress, the following classes of persons are exempt from enrollment for militiry service : : ; j Juttices of the peace ; sheriffs and deputy sheriffs ; clerks and, deputy clerk g, allowed by law; masters ; and commissioners in chancery ; distriot and state at torneys ; attorney j general ; postmaster and deputy postmasters and clerks, allowed by law commission ers of revenue, and foreigners who have sot acquired domicil in the Confederate States. III. The following are not exempt : Militia oScers not in actual service ; persons exempt by State laws, but not by the above aet; foreigners, who have acquired domicil in the Confederate States. IV. No persons ether than those expressly named or properly implied iin the above act, can be exempted, except by fftrnishingj a substitute, exempt from mili tary service in oonfmrmity with Regulations already published (General Orders No. 29) ; and such exemp tion ia valid only so long as the said substitute is le gally exempt. .' j V. PersoBs who hiave furnished substitutes will re ceive their certificates of exemption from the captains of companies, or the commandants of camps, by whoni the substitutes have been accepted. Other certificates of exemption will be granted by the enrolling offioers only, who will receive full instructions in regard to the conditions and mode of exemption. Applications for exemption owt, threfr, b wnsidorpd by the War Department. iiy command oil the Secretary of War. ' h. COOPER, jy 2 2t: i Adjutant and Inspector General. Cottoii taken in Payment' for ij Land. HAVEjFOR SALE A TRACT OF XAND belonging to . the estate of James H. Fitts. con taining 640 acres, lying upon the waters of the Roan oke rUver,; about four or five miles below St. Tamma ny, ana some 20 miles above Gaston. The most of the Tract lies in Mecklenburg county, Virginia, bor dering on f arren county, N. C, adjoining the lands ot A. G. iJyd, Capt. Hunt, Dr. William T. Howard and others, land is said to be by those who know it best a very valuable : tract of land. It produces well the crops usually grown in this country, Tobacoo, Corn, Wheat and Oats, and I think is well located, being immediately 'on the waters of the Roanoke, by which all the produce raised on the farm for market might be delivered on the navigation line of boats and landed in market in less than 24 hours, a very great advantage when there is a rise in the market on wheat and ' tobacco ; or, if desired, might be sent along one of the best country roads I ever saw seven miles to Warrentoa JDepot, on the Raleigh and Gas ton Road, and from thence to Petersburg, Richmond, Norfolk or i Wilmington, giving the planter a ehoiee of markets j after reaching Weldon, N. C. The im provements on this place are of a very plain, subr stantial order, consisting of a dwelling bouse witn feur rooms and a passage, stables, tobacoo barns, and houses for 30 or 40 negroes. The tract has aplenty of wood and water, and cleared lands on it for 15 or 20 hands, and lies in the immediate neighborhood of Nathan Malone, F. A. Thornton, P. Hinton and A. G. Boyd a Saw and grist mills. 1 should be pleased to sell tbe above lands immedi ately, to pay tbe debts of tho estate, and having learned from the principal creditor of the estate that he is wilhnig to take cotton in payment of his debt, 1 will here state that eotton will be received in payment for this valuable property. Persons who may wisn to purcnase wiu aaoress me at Henderripn, N. Carolina. . je 258 JOSEPH S. JONES. : S3S Tbe Wilmington Journal, Petersburg Express, and the Richmond Enquirer and Dispatch, publish daily ; the jState Journal semi-weekly, and the Tarbo- ro' Southerner weekly. All will publish four weeks, unless sooner ordered to discontinue, and send bills to the advertiser. Interest-Bearing Treasury Notes. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 1 i j , ' Richmond, June 4, 1862. J VJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN the Treasury Department is now ready to is sup Treasury notes of the denomination of One Hundred dollars, bearing interest at the rate of two cents per day, in payment of dues, or in exchange for ordinary Treasury notes of every denomination. The exchange can be made at the office of the Treasurer, or of any Assistant Treasurer or Depositary of the Government. These notes beiiag receivable for all dues in tne same manner as ordinary Treasury notes, offer to the holder thet double advantage of an interest of $7 SQ per cent, while retained in his hands, and the capaci ty of being used as currency whenever he may desire to pay tbeln away. They thas afford an opportanity for investments of small sums at short dates, at the will of the holder. "C. G. MEMMINGER, je J 4 JEm ' Secretary' of Treasury. Notice. A SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND OF IO PER CENT, upon the Capital Stock of the Raleigh f Gaston Railroad Company has been de-l clared payable, one-half in Confederate bonds, at the l r . aL a aAJwwtn MAfl. office 91 vae vompany, on ana aaier m -- din Ji7. 1882. ! W. W. VASS, Raleigh, June 27, 1S62. TrTr' TsvTOlICE.THE TWELFTH ANNUAL fiutual Life Insurance Company will be held at their Sice in tfce City of Raleigh on Monday, the 7th day of July, 1862, attwelfs o clock, Mfl junJ 4 7-Ud f! : Secretary. Warrenton Female Collegiate In j ' stitute. -rif.I. rnHMRNHR ITS 22nd YEAR VV tai 10th at next July, at the same rates as. usual, a4d as weU prepared to give instrueUon to Young Ladies. Please send for Circulars, r fnrther je lft-aa j JULI17B WILCOX, Ptin. ( . r. ' -!:' ! .:. 1 " 1 fi -. ! t 1' ... I if: . - i 1 ' i -' . t r; ' .-:!;: i . i :t. - r
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