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ration
.th e.r et tta natriotic . friends. ' whoV iaf the
F'-:':J::i ! !: p the.rowspapers ana en the stump fts.attjttii-
,i oastiiotionaiV tajjasf3d j mntusf cog
;sure; "( We' hope the' jentfmenta dr.tke. Go;
1 ernor ct their 'ctoiW will induce thehV .tare
"(fieTT-ftsd VcrsidrTthei-:pisjr-tM if
j i possible, to 'repair;, th;- mischieCwhich thoj
i the uonrederaw uorercmenr. - -1
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H ATTACK ON TatlS TOWIf OP WASniBiC-
1 .. - Some five hundred of ;our troops made an
yt uwuar wvvit, ,ku , Aukoca m uio uiiu- wt,
Wasbiagton, on Satordaj - morning. Justj' beJ
i fore day break.;Thej; 8acceeded;w?driTing
! the'-'YtTAiieir.-Witi'WmeIosi" '(iom ft w
not kaowo) from .the owia, and iield .itj 'fbr;
three hours, whea the eaemj'a gonboata eom-i
m-H" -Impelled oar troops to tetire.(-vThe only fruit
1;"U':; 'of-thia expedition was . thecatoalprthyrBe
uj pieces pi; artillery -whioh our men succeed
, tia bringicg, off. , Jhe cwaalUes on oor-eid
numbered betweeu 80 and 40,fof whbmlfon
v.
were : killed outrieht . Cant. Booth, of th
2od 'Cavalry, was shot through thej lang
and ,it r beUeTod he cannot sumvei1 his
fironad. jJlwjexp6ditioa 'failed in its chief
: : object, which i-wai ; the surprise of the towai
i---i,-.-i . i -j ... - .. - . j . j j
'.and oaptare "pf, great many runaway
3
ne-
rroes whrt were harbonred In it." Homn
traitorous rascal apprised the Yankees of
Intended I - assault upon the town, and'
negroes were jnoved off. , . i i . ; j " i
thd
o
; I ' scared. - ; -
We are indebted to some unknown friend;
foi ft copy of Jth&Oincmatti Times, of Aug
13th.; In it we fiad the following little pira.
graph j wbiohi shows that the denueas of
jr bogholes jfeel j by Ino means well aa&nred o
the safety of their porcine metropolis : ' j I
. How jo Satjb Cincinnati jrom Invasion.-
rill up the new,: regiments. "VVe niust'bave
protectiea., - We must protect ourseWes.j
cannot rely upon mere militia organization, j, jWj
must have. regular force. IThe only way to get
that force la toifill up the ranks now appealing foi
Mftct nponit. . , i :
i Pi S.-Since the .above was wrUtisn frjtel
' lence has heen received here by telegraph
i" that oar troops have reached Coylngtoai, juft
.. opposUe ito and within shelling,, distaade of
. Cincinnati. -f !..
"ITThe yfeported. death of iGei Ewellj,
i.wo are glad to say, is ooatradicted. I He wm
f doing jtsjwell as; I could be expected atljaajt
l accounts. The reported death of McCellan
i Is not oonfirmed, and we presume that report
I aiso u nntrae. ; i i
PxasbyA.-iMi Belle Boydjj! of . Winchester,
j who, for her devotion to the "cause of the isjmt,
i wa brought conspicuously before the public by
the correspondents of several dirty .Yankee jout
. nals, arrived in Richmond on Tueedayilastl, jfrom
Washington, where she had been detained' as 'a
prisoriet Until riday last. She was accomnield
by Mr. Overall, of. Jefferson;
: 5 -. : - f J . .!
JohnKoss ABBxtftxD. A letter from Leaven
worth, Kansas, to the Northern press, states; that
the Yankee troops have occupied the bapital If
the Cherokee Nation, and made John Hobs a pris
oner. lie has reoently .pursuant to a treaty made
With our government, Issued a call for the Ciercj
kees able, to bear arms tj take service as' soldiers
. for the Confederacy . ji 1 . j : !
Thk TKLiaaAPn-We learn that the offlce if
the Southern telegraph has beep re-opened.'at Cul
pepper Court 'Housej and that the Una is : beidg
rapidly extended towards Fairfax. Calpeper
the distributing posloffice for all army mails;
i i . r. 1 " i ... t. . I, 'I
Oor atjrtKAlSr-The Richmond oorresponaBnt "pt
tb VnarlMtoa. Marcary fonuhe th followinf tpfoi
utioa iirgard to the positions recently assigned (to
' ssvernl of onr promiaent Generals : ' j f
"I heat that Oen. Beagard has been assiHed to
the command of the Atlantie ooaat, with hjahead
qtrs at Charl:ton. Qtu. J. E. Johnston iuk
charge of thetTran.MialMippi Department,; with
';rii M8rodJ and Holmes under him ! Qeh.
O. W. Smith retains oommand here, and has taken1 a
house not far ftom the President's." 1- s
t i- ' ? i . !
, Col. jigger. Poatmaiter of Richmond for eeventeen
years paA has' been tnrnod out, arid JjjiL 0 Stegjer
put In fait plaee. The cause of hU renumt mia rte-
missness oi auiy. . , , i j
PEOM MANASSAS: ii hi
: Th past few days have been i ooenpied In the
burial of the dead on the plains of Manassae.fi.
The movement of the aruiaa ' beyond stre .un
known, the game of strategy bwcg now deemed
e8sentiatby both combal4nts-r-the one fot the prfe
EervaUon, the other for the capture of Washing
ton. k.. : . i I '
A, 2gof truce' was sent out frdm the enemy's
Iinea ft day or two after the last battle, isklng peS
mission j to bury their Idead. , It was r mx led J
Soon after a 1. regiment of negroes, armed with
spadeav appeared upon the scene. After they had
performed their work, they were very properly
taken in charge 4Vxur troop; moat of them: be.
1rigruniwaywcontrabands.w V ; u i
t
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ti
-llcpsa, jQ-ocahsring
Tha-Addrsss
platfona erected it tia
9 Cjpitol;ThetmTcf
! L 3 lallcnaect was present and crliTca'e j
il3 c'cciiioo, with ,80130 good.ta::::?. -.''Abct
Ulf-
Vpast 11 Governor ;Vanco "crrir: J ' tho
Cspitol,' iad waf Ccpndcrtii ca tl3 plat-.
the.
jfcrar hj, JSx-Goy.ipfiTl: iidj-jtho
iJwilsescf tho Snprer23 Court, Judges Pear-
son'Baltle 'afii Manly," &adi EGipjMofe: .
heailioa: PU,EirrbeOttf?Mar'm
aaa otters. , L9 oaiua or cuca were jncn
idtainistcred tj Chief.;JniMcePearsoniftt
thecor:lf:ba cf tocicli'CQoTi, .yanoo deliv
ered the following Addrs, bebg frejijehtly
ciiccred aD-datplauded daring ita, deHvert :j
Delivered tn rbni-iA-, Capi&,A Ifrleigh,
W-PitiAW CmzsNS r Called by t&e.yeice of the
paralleled In'. tne hlatorr of oar Statu te sum,
lhf jwer.;of Chief . Magistrate jo .the, na?dt oi
revolution nad wax; can bat feel oppressed by a
sense of te great weight of responsibility which
the oathi f offlce ost administered' byotalr..re
ipected Chief Jaitioe, impose. .' Ii&leea. ihete ii
much before me,' and the path of my doty mvtsv
lewx mrougn anjtmng Dot pwaeant nelds and be
the country, and brine it into the service of- the
J3late--tb clothe, cquio and organize btfr trodns.
and to do justice to merit on the field, might well
appai me statesman witn. nair grown white in
the public service. .To confess my inability, and
to aay that I inter upon the taak with trembling,
Would not be a customary affectation, but the
si m pie IruthyJ'sBat, you will bear me witness
.that I sought not the position. I preferred that
piw m our armiei wnicn x neia, as tne one in
which I could probably' best, serve mvcountrv.
1 Could but say; hb wever, that I would be content
with the peoples will, and would serve wherever
tueir vojoo auouia assign me ana nere navel
been assigned. In return for this ereat eiDres
ucsn? of confidence, lean promise obty that I brine
ft will and determination to the performance of
my doxies which no one can surpass.
1 JfcUowHsitizens, we have but the one, great and
aiiraoBorning ineme. - xne war wnicn we are
fighting for our liberties And independence, is in
deed the.8ea which receives our every stream of
tnoognt;iiow it was produced, whether it could
aafeily ave been avoided anupon w hose shoul
ders5. rc.iU,the blame, it wer6worse than idlonoir
to enquire,.'. At the proper lime it was discussed,
and every argument, pro and con, was given to
the people. Suffice it to say, that it was forced
Upon lua by a dominant and encroaching majority,
and is evidenlty but the pent up fires of fanatical
hatred which have been- accumulating in the
North for forty years. The government of the
United States was a great confederation of index
pendent communities, held' together by a written
compact called the constitution. Of this instru",.
ment the verv life and soul was ths orct mlnm
fthatfall. governments derive thetr just -(towers
iroai ine cotscnt ot the governed." Tg this the
ances,tor8;of those- who now are shedding our
bipod, together with your forefathers, assented on
tho 4th of July. 1776. and the instru mflnt in
Which they set it fosth and pledged "their lives.
.lufiir.ioriunes ana tueir sacred honors" to main
tain it,ha8 rendered their names immortal,
j; : When Abraham Lincoln was elected by the
votes of the North only, embracing among his
supporters all of the fierce and fanatical enemies
Of; slavery on the continent, several of these inuo
pqr.de n I States which were slave-holding; refuse i
ihjeir1 "consent" to an auminstration which
threatened to destroy them. W e, in North Car
qai, after fair debate, resolved to wait and see,
ian! to trust yet awhile longer to tho safeguards
bf the Constitution. In the meantime, we im
plored the North to offer no violence, but to. allow
itte; people to relist secession by the only constitu
jtipaal means given them discussion and public
.opinion. . Many Southern States followed our ex
ample., While thus honestly engaged, the mask
was thrown off, and our souls were sickened with
a'prociamation from the President, calling for
r7&,000 men to slaughter our Southern States into
a! foonsent." A proportionate share of these
troops was demanded of North Carolina, who
Were thus required, in defiance of tho first prin
ciples of liberty, to step across the State line, and,
hand in hand with the scum of Northern cities
and. the refuse of degradation, to cut the throats
of -our kindred ?and friends.
i! j Then, and not till then, did controversy cease
5a jNorth Carolina. Her sons and her daughters,
of jail shades of political opinion, from the moun
tain tops to the everlasting tides of the sea, shock
iedi by the monstrous proposition, with a won
drf us unanimity, came forward to resist the des
polio step. The delegate i of her people in con
vention assembled, without one dissenting voice,
ordained cur separation from a government
wfiich had thus at , one blow subverted the chief
.ends of its creation ; and even before this thOu
S&nds of our citizens had seized their armrind
were rushing to the border to make good the pa
triotic re wive-
i This is.f a brief history of our separation from
thp government of the United States. vIt was
not a whim or sudden freak, but the deliberate
judgment of our people. Any other course ,wld
have involved the deepest degradation, tbe vilest
dishonor, and the direst calamity. We also ac
cepted with the act all of in inevitable conee-
quence, a long and bloody war. We Were not
of seivea eitner oy tbe idea of "peaceable seces
sion," or .by vain and unmanly hopes of foreign
protection. We were wide awake to all the re
sults, and gallantly, gloriously have our people
m i&a ill am a
IiHvm bUOUl.
i ! For seventeen months has this unequal war
prbgressei ; the many against the few, tho pow
erful against the weak ; afid yet army after
army, pi tbe sands of the sea in numbers, led ty
vaunted Napoleons, and armed from the work
shops of Kurope, have baen hurled back from our
Capital with ulaughter and disgrace, by troops, in
many case?, ragged, barefooted, and armed with
the condemned muskets of the old government I
According to their own reoorts 600,000 Soldiers
swarmr I into our borders, oeperate with fanati
cism and lust-fired by confiscation laws ; where
are they now ? How have we beaten them hank?
Skillful Generals and brave soldiers have nn.'
0oabV ily fought our battb i, but can we not re
cognize too the special favour of Heaven in our
great deliverance ? The bush has indeed burned
With fire, but is not consumed, because of the Dre-
eace of the Living God.
I .iNortb Carolina Jias sent forth near 50,000 mon,
and, can send many more. Are there any moner
Q&1 whos faint or despair ? . Oh, my countrymen !
nave we any in our midst who still look back to
tbe flesh pots of vassalage, and for the sake of
peace, would leave their children a heritage of
shame, to feed upon the bitter husks of subju
gation ? Is there yet a man in the gallant histo
ric State of North Carolina, so imbedded in poli
tical dogmas f to be unmindful of the claims of
bis country as nofeto hear the great blows which
.are shaking the continent, for him and his chil
dren? If so, let me I g of him to judge of the
. faty that awaits us if vanquishe i, by the, manner
in JWhich our enemies are waging this war, as
bey say, "for the Union ai it was, and the Con-
ftitutSon as it is." Let him behold the mournful
iroccssiont of gray-haired men, women and little
children in our sister State of Virtrini. thmt
i . -
oi vuvir uytucs, oecause iney would not t
lak
mm i ii Mm i iii ! " " 1 ' "' I '' 'i ." ' " ' , . . i-. . TyZTZTTTTSZiSm-
t!-3vata --of tftCes!anc was:rfr 1 witJ .weary
-fect and .bleeding herrU into : tc "ilea, exile : let
him see the burning homes "czl c!2sate4iflalda
"which mark the tract of their armies? 4iia mtnv
der of - unarmed citizens, tt 1 in some lnstandesy
of little boyi f the thrs-ts p - "nst the chastity of
our slaters in New Orl: --.3 ; well autheaticat
ed murder efpriicser- t-sa'Ia battle; and lastly,
the attempt to ena Ldo&d cf Afrlcattfalalres
against os, ia whose Cinasar mothera andshv.
tors would Had carder indeed. messengeriof
relief! .If all this thoold : fallto arouse hU soul
to retance, then Indeed it he dead to every aeoae
of shams, and deaf 10 his couatry 'a voices I-1
y Toprosecate .this war with aueceaa,- there ii
quite as much ,forour people as for oar soldier to
do. -Qneofthe most vital elements) of ouraoccMa
i barmony. On thia ereatissue of existence It-
aeii.-.iet there, i bray yoo. be nodusentine to1c
In our bordara Let the names and "watchwords
which once divided us, divide us .more forev4
eK ijet new-order of things take place,? and
while the OonteBt; lasts at leaetlet- oa sea aoth-
j'agiiear nothing,' know nothing put our coun
try. nr.ta. aaneTingSvK5xv ?-.f-a J,;,,:-
t uongress, m April last, passed air act -of urn
acriptioT), whereby all able bodiedcnen, with eer
tain exceptions, between the acres, of eighteen and
thirty-five years' are enrolled -for military duty
aiany ox you: xnougni naran ana unconautution
alt it was harsh, and mav luztie beea nnconstitu
tional, though many-; of bur ablest ' statesmen"
tnougnt not. .to atop now to areue it could Ttmlv
produce tbe greatest mischief,; for the reason that
it has. already been executed upon t at least four
fifthaof those subject to it; 'However objectionable
1 in' itsonceptfon, let us, at least, be just and im
f pattial in its execution. ? But I am: sure that if
every man who has his country's good at heart,
but , knewf . the n eeessity .which existed at the
tim,lle would render it a cheerful -obedience.
vVHbin five weeks of the date Of itapassager. one
hundred and fortjseven of our beet trained ani
Victorious Tegmenta would have been diabahded
and scattered to their bomea.xAnd this during the
very aaraest aayt in the history of tho War
Fort Lhnnekon and Nashvile had fallen; Gen.
Halleck with an overwhelming: and victorious ar
rpyt followed by a vast fleet of iron clad boats,
was passing into the very heart of the South: the
great and magnificently equipped army of Mc-
ycseiian, was in tne act or springing,- as a ugvr,
upon Kichroond, and to make his success doubly
sure, was waiting for thia very thing of disband
ing ux regimenir; Koanoke Island and Newbern
withll their dependencies on our coast were in
possession of the enemy, as Was much of South
Carolina .and Gebreia. lust imaerine the resnlt 1
The Confederate government having failed to pro
via in nine ior this terrible emergency, utter
rum was at the door arid must be averted ; the
.aw was passed, and the country was saved. It
fell hardest upon the patriotic soldiers in the field
they had already served twelve months, most
ortnem without furlouehs. and thev had looked
forward and counted the day, slowly revolving
as they seemed, to the time when they should see
home ana all that was dear to them. Sorelv were
they disappointed, but how did they behave ?
T" ? 4 t I ... .
xveaiavme law, as wun arms in their bands and
doubting ita constitutionality, they could have
aone r jno, inaeoa, they swallowed down theif
bitter sorrow, they dismissed all hopes of seeing
their homes and families, grasped their muskets
and set again their resolute faces toward tbe
flashing of the guns. God bless them for it !
An exhibition of purer patriotism has'not been
seen on the continent, and our government can
never sufficiently appreciate it. "
I remember with a thrill of pride, the condu it
of the gallant men I so lately was honored by
commanding. - 1 hey too, were discontented, und
spoise louaiy ana Diueny against the harshness
of the law. I called them together and simply
laid before them the necessities of their country.
and appealed to their patriotism to sustain it; I
made them no promises, held out no hopes ;' I
even told them that though thev were nromka
furloughs by the law,they would not getthem: that
mere was noming Derore mem but nehtin"- and
o,: mi j- . . . .
auuuiiug. j-uej quieiiy aispersea to thetr qunr
ters. and in four hours the rimsnt mo rn.,..'n
il 7 - r " m 'T MhJ VVt HBli'
reed for tbe war 1 This-will answer for a hiskrv
of-
It thfy who went out first, and have suffered
ana bled trom the beginning, could thus suo'mit.
oh ! cannot those who have so far renosed in near-a
in their protected homes, give the remainder of
their time to their country ? Our brave regiments
have had their ranks thinned by death and dis
ease; will you not all go cheerfully to their help ?
They have struggled for you, and now you are
necaea 10 struggle with them. Let the law b3
executed impartially upon aW.rich and poor, high
aDd low. '
Any proposition' for the further increase of our
army should, and under our nresent nronmne
circumstances, might Bately be treated with more
aeiiDeration, nnd that method sought out which
would bo most acceptable to the people. Then
let those of us who remain at home, bend everv
energy to the task of clothing and feeding our de
fenders in the field, and providing for their wives
ana cnnciren. lhey Bhould constitute our first
care, ah ine iruits or the earth should be
savea most caretullv: retrenchment -
torm 6Jiouia.bezin in our households, and at.
, .
tend to everything public and private. Now is
the time for an imitation of that heroic self-denial
by which our mothers of the firet revolution
rendered their names worthy of a bright place in
history, and I doubt not we shall see examples in
North Carolina that will put our boasted man
hood to shame.
Fellow-citizens.there are also other danwera u,w,
beset us, besides those which come from th ft
Bloody revolutions have necessarily a chaotic ten
dency. Yielding ourselves upgraduallv to martial
law accustoming ourselves by slow deereea tnonh.
mit to thaexercise of arbitrary power in our milita
ry leaders, and looking with less and less concern
upon thedisordered morals which a state of war al
ways must produce.we may endanger bothriuil lih.
erty and the frame-work ol society. Th3time-hon.
ored principle in the charter of our lioerties,
"that the military should be subordinate to the
civil authorities," should still bo honored and
maintained. It should never be departed from
except in cases of most obvious and undeniable
puDiic necessity, when the safetir of fch St
would otherwise be imoerilled. Tt
through centuries of strife bv our EmrH.h
rebaptized in the blood of our American ances
tors. Exorbitant grants of power, to any man
or set of men, are dangerous in the extreme.
ne generations ot the earth have seen but one
Washington, and the sun may pursue his great
journey among the stars for many eenturies, be
fore his counterpart is seen among the sons of
men. The J udge, the Magistrate and the Sheriff
should travel regularly the path of their accus
tomed duties, and all respect and obedience yield
ed them a custom for which the good name of
North Carolina has become proverbial. Let all
the complicated machinery of the law, with the
numberless auxiliary organizations of society be
kept in unremitting action. Beware; of infringe
ments thereon under the plea- of necessity; none
has ever been found so plausible and specious bv
which to rob the people of their liberties. It is
the complacent excuse of the despot the world
over. The people must keep watch at this post
Their officers are responsible to them, and mast
"CiU lu Binci account. Bo far as I am con
cerned, next to tbe preservation of the State it
self, I shall regard it my sacred, paramount duty
to protect the citizen in th niAvmn t i v-7
protect the citizen in the eniovment nf ti k;.
rights and liberties. 3
Most assuredly nothing can be rlnno
rulers unless we give them a cordial and hrT,
support. I bog it at your hands, fellow -citizens
in the great task which you have set before me
aa I shall render it most cheerfully to those bv
whom it is expected of me. Without it, I shall
be utterly powerless: , Yet that slavish subser
viency to those in power, which injures both Riv
er and recipient, is to be avoided and despised:
I shall need true friends, manly friends who will
both warn and censure, as well as nraiae ?
lis due, and with such shall find my labors lteht-
We have every reason to believe that the great
heart of the people of North Carolina is deeply
devoted to this struggle. Nona in the, Ctonfeder -'
cy be made greater sacrifices to maintain it
and, I au corrvinced their patriotism will not
fin.' O ar'Intrc; : Iad : herode soldiers Jn2 sla
ter StatcaitSoc z rrsd with a grudging-; spirit
ftndofteaoveilocked or quiu alajidereaVJhaVe yet
borne car standard - with- undy ingrglory fcx th$
front of. every charge, and' death.) has spread ?xe
fea& to witch, they havo iiot aat dowiuby bun;
dreda: The spirit of oar glorioucwomea -has ex
ceeded if possible", the gallantry of ni soldiers
in the. field. r; Gag ,Uwa, test oaths, and sedftioal
Drdinanees, have, thank God, bees uncalled; Tor
and. mob violence, that dangerous oflspring of
revolution has been equally repressed by the con;
seryatismof .otrr people. To ooutinueL this happy
and commendable state of things, let all good clt
Uens eri-themselves5
;. Fellowcitizens,' the future depends oa otrraetves.
The skies are radiant with the, signs epomisej
if we do bnV hold'&ithfut to the great vrorar we
have undertaken;17' Oar- 'victorious Generals are
everywhere driving our enemies before them, and
the vjast armies which invaded "ttsat the- begin
ning'ofllhe'y'ear,- havo melted "away Eke frost
before "the steady vaiorf jbnr " troopiantil aU
hundred thousand men "are called tor ; to. replace
them. -Let them come too, ancl fear thejnat not
With alot, 6hell and bayonet, free1 people will
welcome them toT tbe, bloody graves of their'pre
dece?3ors. 'The worab.of the future, X ftm conff
den't,holds for iii hright and -gtertooa desliby;
The boundaries of our young itepubtic, as we
hope td see them established,' embrace the. fairest
and noblest portiona of the temperate zone. - In
numerable miles of great inland navigable-waters;
a mighty-sweep of sea eoasr indented with mag
niilcent bays and harbors ; tbe unrivalled produce
tion of 4,he leading commercial at iple oftheoarth
as a basis of public credit j s soil adapted'to the
sUcceesfu! ' cultivation, of almost every article
necessary to the comfort and convenience of man,
embraced in an.' area of 550,000 square miles f
abounding with materials for a great navy, com
mercial and warlike: inexhaustible mines of Irani
oopperjooal, anda'llihe valuable metals; anbdunded
wcHiuTt7r-BUTiaingapgreat manuiactorieson tne
streams of onr znoantains ; a brave, IhUIligen
ana virtuous popuisti -n numbering eight millions,
with near four million slaves, a source of wealth
Incalculable; these constitute tbe unmistakable
iemenu of a great nation. Beholding them, to
pWbat splendid risions do tbey not give rise, when
peace, otessea peace and independence, shall have
been won! Q.h. ray countrymen, let os resolve
this day that they shall be won ; that .North Qmy
clina, at least, shall not fail in the performance of
her part; that the streams of precious blood with
which our glorious sons have eonsecrated their
names to immortality, shall no be a vafn and un.
accepted sacrifice, but through the valor and
determination of those who survive, they shall
be rendered, eificaeious to the salvation of the
hation; and with heart strong for the mighty
task, and purposes onitad, we will give of our
substance give of our blood; we will toil and
struggle, we will suffer and endure, through all
the dreary watches of the night, until the day star
of independence, flashing through the darltnes
in the east, jshall flit the whole earth with h?s
beams.
The 59th Kegiment C; T. was organized
hero yesterday by tbeelection of the following field
officers : - -
James D. Radcliffe, Colonel.. ..
Wm. S. "Dovane; Z,. OoloneL
Henry Harding, Major.
The following Companies compose this regi
ment: .
Co. A, from Sampson, dpt. W. S. Devane.
" B. " Beaufort. " Hnr Harrli...,.
C,
Craven,
Chatham,
Mallett.
v
ii
it
N.
A. Ramsay.
Ureene,
A. Croom.
Pitt, Greene and Wilson, Capt. A
j. JM.oore.
New Hanover, Capt. J. F. Moore
Martin, " y. 1$. Lanier.
'Alleghany; A. B. Cox.
CnslOw, F. D. K .once.
G,
H,
I,
K,
u.. ikucunjtj unci jlji. uoi. uavane are very
we.i Known here, and -will make most excellen
ojucarg,. o dou JMJor Harding will also
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aunougn we nave not; the pleasure of know
ing him, and therefore cannot speak with sertain
ty. Wilmington Joufned of Saturday.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Wednesday, Sept. 3. In the SenateTMr
jvenneay, oi .Aennessoe, introduced a Bill to ex-
tenu tne provisions ot the Sequestration Act to
cuizens wno reiuse allegiance to the Confederacy.
Mr. Grant's House Bill to discharge minors
from the army .was indefinitely postponed.
The House Resolution of thanks to Commodore
ivapoaei'mmeff and command was concurred in.
In tho Senate the bill to make provisions for
tue issuing oi coins or tno Ooniederacy was pass
In the House the Conscript Bill was taken up
according to-order and various amend mnt.. -a!
Buumiuea ana aiscussed.
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Pending the consideration of this important
bill the House adjourned.
Thursday, Sept. 4. In the Senate to-dav
Mr. Yancey offered a substitute for the conscxiD-
tion act, calling upon the Governors of States to
supply their quotas of soldiers between the ages
of 35 and 45, which, after debate, was voted down
and tbe Conscript Bill, after being slightly
amended, passed. It is substantially as iollows:
That the .President is authorized to call out for
three years' service, unless the war ia a.
all white male persons who are residents of the
Confederate States between the aces of 18 on1 ik
years, and who are not legally exempt ; the Pres
ldeot to exercufe his discretion in suspending the
law in localities where its operation may not be
politic. '
- In the House nothing was done of any interest.
FaiDAY, SaDt. 5. In the SAnula t:n
authorize the appointment of additional officers of
artillery for ordnance duties was passed with
amendments. Also Senate hill ..- !
SnSSV0 .rmy ioto &fray corPs to be com
manded byMieutenant generals, to be appointed bv !
general. - ir
no i niu9Bi, ana receive h Tnf k.:..j:.'J
The report of the Committee OD TT I arra an1
presented lest segsionf wa3 recommitted.
Tkf.wnption bill was further discussed until
the adjournment.-'
. In the House, the entire session was occupied in
the discussion of the bill extending the provisions
wtwusm law io persons between thirty-five
uu oriy-nve. .
FROM CUMBERLAND GAP.
A correspondent "writing to the Columbua
(Gai) Sun, tjom, before Cumberland Gan. on tho
evening oi me- 2td oi August, says, all doubu
about Gen. Smith's position are dissipated. On
yesterday the enemy attempted to evacuate. Un
fortunately for them, he met them on the road
andurove Uiem back with great slaughter to the
tiap. -During the ehgagement, or soon after the
cannonading ceased, they made a movement opoQ
our right wing, commanded by Gen. Burton, but
were driven back' to their holes after a ehort en
gagement Our wholo line stood in battle array
for two hours, expecting them to advance at all
hazafds, but they did not come to time. Poor
unfortunates ! This work of besieging the Yan
kees, says theSun'a correspondent, reminds me
very forcibly of youthful sports, when "rabita"
was the game and smoke the ammunition. We
have got thenW-emphaically got them.
A Stkanir BuaT. The Savannah papers of
Monday state that the steamer Emma, whilst go
ing down, th'e tiver Saturday night grounded, and
waa discovered on Sunday by the Yankees. She
was fired to prevent her falling into their hands.
She had 710 bales of cotton, and some tarpon tine.
All on board escaped.
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jjlSJXAiJ&:.Avs39, tV"Bapan5?ptr-
3
Tt? secoga cattle, or snasaa JUasjJteen 'iougn
rrecisa.y ou the same spot a; that; of the SlstJul;
last yeariwiththe exception that our : troops ToC'
e nied maaf oositiona whfch; the enemy held ' a
Jhat time tr.i the,'Yanteca fought upoo the -fame
ground, which, hadbeedheld hjuv -8everl of
our regiments entered .the fieiof wher.ithey,diu 4
i o:
I iL
one yearasoi -Ji4i&zjp
f. '. Tf' V- ....... i.'. . .r. Jt 3-
thi
Warrenton; V Tuj,pplke,abputt f i f .'dock-Getot
,i n a etui comsreacea,seax uraveu'o.ii oo
their hue beinsr in the fona of a broaxTV'flbii ene?
my between; f Thar "Yankees,. made the first d.
ran ce endeavoring to turn Jackscn'a flank, but
.were, reoulsed with. eTeat eo'nfusioifcA . battery jf
wantf eight nieces, of -artiHery,"oommanded bf
Got JI&JjQt8puiL CaioHna,'. tn'olng thern
down by"cores. GenvXjOngstreet at once threw
forward Hood's division4 and advanced his.8 whole
line, which Was in . strort time Tdesperately en
gaged. Jaccson now gave- oare,ana iue onemy
were attacked ionJevery -side The rfight-was
fiercely contested until after datky when the Yan
kees were routed ejid 'pursxted three mllea. . Their
force consisted f ' Baaka's, MerelPs J9ickies'
Milroy's, McClellan'p, -and: Fope'S commands, f
- "The lass of tbenomy xWs the Cnfbderates
five to one. -Their dead eoret "the' field, i Our
men captured numbers of batteries, nasuerbua
colors, thoosand of prisoners, and from 4,000 to
io,oou suna 'or arms.' Tney could nave ta sen
more of the latter, but the men would ; not ba
troubled withnthem. - One Yankee Brigadier.
General la now lying at neero Kobinaoit'a house,
where the Yankees-are so thick thatf We have to
step over their, bodies. - Gens. Ewell. Jenkins.
LMahone tad- Trimble, were wounded. Cols.
Means, Marshall, and Gadberry of Sooth- Caroli-naTwtiodJ-flela,
Maore n4 McGowan,
wounded. Major Del -Kemper was severely
wounded ia the shoulder. Capt. Tabb and Capt.
Mitchell, of the 1st Virginia,- were - wounded.
Wi. Cameron, Adjutant of the 74tb -Virginia and
AdjtrTompkina, of the Hampton Legion f were
both wounded, i'lfty citizens of Wasbiogton;
uv vauin wuk wrnivuoNi vuo luuir, worts Jill. IHlg-r
gea. : - ,
.iA private letter from an officer says
"The
enemy were whipped off the field with
great
slaughter, and many guns were' taken. 'bey
wjfw so xisev in soma parts or the Held that Jack -onWbr
was ordered to press them, replied they
were loo fast for him. Sunday Morning, 31 st.
We are iuBt starting in pursuit after vesterdav'a
work. Our troops are doubles at work, as they
were ordered to proceed at daybreak, and it is now
an hour after." .
We have conversedTwitlrseYeral who were in the
engagement, and they concufMnf representing it
as ths most desperate and determined; of the war.
Indeed, it is hardly to be expected that it could
be otherwise. Our loss as-well aa that of tho en
emy, has been very heavyt but we have good
grounds ior believing that their slaughter is with
out precedent in the present war; and some de
clare it to have been as many as seven to one.
One report says that the enemy were completely
dispersed, and many of them were retreating ii
the direction of Leesburg and Edwads"s Ferry.
From the Richmond Examiner.
FROM THE ARMYOF NORTHERN VIR
GINIA INTERESTING- DETAILS OF
THE BATTLE THE POSITIONS OF
THETOPPOSING FORCES DURING THE
LATE BATTLES THEORTHERN AC
COUNTS. -
Since the announcement of our victory last Sat
urday, on the plains of Manassas, and tbe retreat
of the enemy, the question which has most puz
zled the braina of .the Southern people, has been
how the enemy, wh'o was thought to have been
cut off from Alexandria, had effected his escape
through or ardund our lines in the direction of
that city. Tbe fog which hag for a week envel
oped this subject is at once dispelled by the ex
tract from a letter from an officer of
General Jackson's corps, which we give beJow.
It will be seen that though a portion of our forces
under Genls. Ewell an.d Jackson were on Tues'
day and a part of Wednesday the 26th and 27ih
ultimo, on the Orange and Alexandria railroad
betweea Pope and Alexandria, on the approach
of Pope from Warrenton they withdrew to the
west and halted in the vicinty of the Warrenton
tAUr?P1S.,where' baviug rejoined Longstreet and
A. P. Hill they awaited the approach of the ene
my and delivered him battle succeivelv on the
28th, 29th and 30th. The final battle was fought
west of the Warrenton Dike, bv whinh
ed, at tbe close of th the enemy fled towards
Centreville. We give the letter referred to :
" Wednesday, August 27 About 2, P. M ,
General Ewell, whose division, except Trimble's
brigade, had remained at Bristow, was pressed bv
heavy columnsol the enemy from the direction of
Warrenton. The Yankees were checked, wilb
great loss on their side someone hundred killed
and wounded on our nart. anoi t? n
jj. UCUOJB, uacKgon in me evening, when the
T 3 ? . i rowara8 dley's Mills, the
aa ' T I TV n 1U5 -nassas. in the
;r"""s " u.vwjr ugar, ensued on or near Doean'a
farm, already hallowed by the blood of our brave
men shed on the 21st of July, 1861. General
Jackson wa. satisfied with the result, houToui
loss in officers is peculiarly heavy
"Thuesday.-A terrific took place tbis after
noon no tka.nn .ft... - , .K r . l aiter-
" 1 s uignia flgbt the ene
my repulsed with loss. 8 9 ene
"FBrDAY.-Nearlyall.thedav
mg. The enemy attacked us four ser.-i n 1
eacntime was succesafullv reneii
"SATuaDAT.-This was the grand day before
hich all other dava of thi, -B. -.i-tJSP?8
Ian, Halleck. Poner.r: iA
edon th.m Ji" j'rr.frS re Sner-
. . . , uU uiarsnai tneir mi?ht
hosts for the auMnatinn nr tk. v iT J, &nv
the nr.n..n. " ? JZ.T. 'clw' 1 -0 for
r.U4Uwa wiuu munaerlne force unon ,'
lani army men wearied with heavy marchealtvi
continuous fighu. Without the usual nrelnde
mianing, they attack our whole line simultaneous
ly, and are driven back with i. -i . ,
Again tbeycomeagain repu 3. FrTh dl
-McClellan'a chosen troons Fitz John k--!!
corps of regulars come ub ta meet th. rZtr'l
"LmJ$2"?.!W could bere-
, h r , v ger- w "a a veu tneT charged on
the retreating enemy, when a rout ensued wualto
that nf Rnll Ktin r.r . K o,. t..i tw
,v,. bua 1Bwuty, 1B61. They
were nil ran fni- mil.. , t.- m- . J
i nw vuey uying 10 ventre
ville, and we followiog immediately behind
"Sunday Night. Tbe main battle of yester.
Til- .,, & ,11 fcUO llue oi me railroad from
Gainesville to Alexandrla-the independent track
which was commenced but not comnleta;t
left resting near Sudley'a Mill and right on the
r "D'""' fcU i Juiy, i80i commencine
in rear of Groveton, by the Dogan house, and
widening up in the rout."
oucn a series of battles have never occurred on
uu.uut. jjwj a army nas marcherl ai , u :
a fort-night, one hundreand fif7 mtleT a3
f00 Itlesand sundry combats. WWe
to God a debt of gratitude for all his mercies and
pco " intervention in behalf";
Av"e have also been furnished with the followl
ing extract from a private letter :
Gainksvili, September lst-We have given
the Yankees an awful drubbing-gurpassinl anv
day before Jiickmond. Jackaonnd 'Eongf t?eet
used them od. Thev went off i r.,u
Our left (Jackson) foVht Tor the
?,e' f1 here E vaD8 ttem first on the
upon the ground at the Henry House Thre
Yankees lie dead under a -lhr
artow Lay. We whipped them three liYrl
, u ob w nurfl rjrw
lj upon the , same ground, and Manassas 2?at
make fnnr iTVwi rru ' . . . .nMW
now. I hare Juat heard Ih.t ?k. v.nT"rt
- xuev- ourni ia ha
BT TXLXaBATB.
SlPTXMBn 1. C T If Tn ik. .-ax . c-
ley Church Oar troopa going on to Fairfax
VUUMII' BAMUSU111V vsir., S1VS1 -
tners and bontrabaiid .innlimerabTe g Tg
I M. . " " IJI LUHir Ti.. 1
mrr : .rJfr r 8 f er'y. on their w;t h
course, for nHe
ojftVprocIamaUnJ J j;
benefit
w Iark.tWrite -to-dy !Jthat.rt. v".Mal
ated WineJietter night before last harn" e8evc.
.tores and blewiirg np.thjs magazine! Th.
one whole square .ia th town. We h lSo burm
ame,aoure. that te. Baltimore Dm. ar rocn
doithof MeClellan. ; ;; paper rePw th
V??'-- aave
ral WUf-the of FrSdaC ii w port Fe
W They renn P-
I eight thSttiand -kifled ' and bounded n' k55
f Vfitory 1 II -gafuf day tKbt the i J clitiai
ele8ttaatter,irTmt,' erei.
Thir lo8 op to Friday night wor.
17,00-i Generals IBaford; Hatch tLT e?t'm,t'lat
werskiUed. generals Senawck, ToS tT'1 T
SelehViWere . severe Iv wounn.i Kewuey .
Webater, am of th late Daniel Web '? Fiewh'f
The Baltimore 'lAtierican has a list
one hundred and fifty officers killed " m re lr
'Pope's report admits a lss of 8,000 m Fri ,
Tha-4mertca eonUins-an account ,
RfehOhd, Keatateky, which adS that 'V'
were defeated with immense la,s '."''r,,
ington. Gen, Bull Nelstnwaa i.Mven "' Le.
enerai cuiHan retains
fevnt -Ar V m D i. tt i .
1 Ho
P.
reaenea tticnmond Friday
train. Up to their departure th. ie
gence or.anotherjbattle. Al! of bur tri
appeared in the dfrectioii oif Ceutrevi!i,
the enemy. r
111 l!Ur,Ul.
The enemy's low, in killed and wennded
battles oi Thursday, Fridny and '-Saturday w
:UTwep.eitntSw u, ,n,L Th. "
of .-the .mj's wounded wem on Monday , Ve, '
ing on tile field jbst whwre they bad i,m,,
the agonies of Lumger and! thim ,ll(.,ru -Vjt V'L
of their woutfds. Ko flag of truce La I i . , ,"iUv"
their relief, and our arubulauce cori.s i.l h " 'rL! :
our own wounded, couJd eparo a t iUllJ , , ; M -attention.
Several thousand uf tuu w' '.",'ir !Uiu
already have died for tl, ..r.t . . . . l' ")J 1
:cr.
f-..vu nivu ujnit ,11 C Otlti
almost miraculoualv sinall (r
by those who ha had the best or,,rlulll, ' . t,;
ing, will Dumber betweeu six un i .,'", -while
our loan in' V UI,i ...;;n ,. u -""Mi
- . fScetll
great, majonry ot tU wmuid
fl 1 Un.lr.i
men are said to: Kn ti; n 11 . "
rcri:.'(jj I,
e.v lv v. moxuomv is nceo ui ted for L (h
idi luimiuco mi our aruuery, whu h
excellent positiofts, and hour al't
derous fire into Ifope's bciiyj v
liour i..,
'"I fj II lh ,..
'IWIilllH ;is
to oreaa our lines; aul by the me
l'.V C'-)CJ
I' I h i t d
which occurred during tbe early
and retreat.
illluluei;!-,
EDWARD JONES, f Wa, re. ,,',,, . N
aged ."0. He joiued a eoaiuauv : ,r i ii.- .ii
I', M
beloved land soon after the JuhT, l;rBll r4ij Z
minna, that tima. -,UU,...t i . , . '"Iui "llil
life, has faithfully devoted hi. i!.l t h-r 'ri,'; '
uim.u, cut, uown aiinosi ou Lo tj.i..-bu'., ,t
and usefulness, was a follower oi the "ujeel
y..ur
and i..
Known him most intimately fr.nn
er remembers to have seen bitu
heard him speak a cross word t..
longed to Co. A l?th Reg. N. r.n
'"v u,:v s I,,
' Vnl. ti,e W.
(nil cuj :l.-to , i-
tie oi "biasn Uhurch, he fought
on irom nis mem and suitroundud
l.v f, .. .
ugu vyiium a few leet ot, ttiew, tlje l.rd hl-i 'uw
be was not taken prisoner; ; and ihoie, in the -&u-,
of Hanover, he was lost" thee nights nd ;w, .li'--without
food, slelter, and hn ..n without t;uur
for when Norfolk was evaluated,- bi. reiai.-i.i Ui
their baggage, j A negro pilotio.l him out of i!k
Bwamps, and 0H1 foot he found his "way tu huul u
Richmend, hungry, weary, naked an 1 si, k. liii U
thers brought hiui home,;to lin-rawbiie witti us, hi, i
then yield up his life a crifi. to this unholy wr
He was so modest he ney-er b .listed i,f bis u,-ivxv.
ments oraafiSarings, but arwavs-pvmied ;, i.
possible. Butin'tlie delirijiain of the disease, be tlmugl.t
himself in battle, spoke of .M.-CIellanV onlr,"
"jhooting our picket-," ; bogged the I ysianders i
"help tho poor soldiers," .and to "wn-h iin l dress hi
wound, it is a deep one, and he is a rood lellow."
He spoke of the war, and went with dUtre.-s, wus
that it was forced on us, rind that our little b..ybuV
to fight and be butchered by the Yankees. (), tiud
the blood of oiir slain calls for vengeance' tr.,m uU
high; I pray Thee avenge thi.ni a thJiisauJ-ful l. A
short time before his death he said, "There is healtb
up there." We; know Una t he is at rest, pe:icc nud
glorj, bat belieive thai, his lifts was a sacrifice, a n-i
oould we go into battle our shout should be, "ifi quar
ter to the Yankees." A SISTKK. '
; DIED :
At an advanced age, Tuesday, the 2nd ins'tnnt, in
Franklin county, Mrs.' JOHN Y. JONES. For ;u
years a member of the Methodist Ch" urch, an affec
tionate mother, a kind neighbor and bumble christian.
In the City of Raleigh; on the 25th of August,- Mr.
ADELIA W. UNCHURCH, wife of Alfred t'jichurch,
in the 33rd year of her a$e. She was an acceptable
member of the Meth. E. Church about 14 year.
LIST OF tETTEHS UEWAINIX. 1 M
called for in the Raleigh Post Office, September
8th, 1862:
Atkinson, James
. Hinton, Jno 6
llendrick, J Y
Hodges, Lt James K
Hoke, Henry B
. JIarvin, Jno T
LeweJlen, Jas Jl
i; Mathefion, K A
; Martin, Capt S T
! Philpott, Q
Rogers, N G
Strickland, B F
i: Sawver. Mrs A T
Adams, W A
Andrews, Miss Ma7 P
Barry, Dr A R
Bolin, Lt A
Cannady, Wm :
Clark & Fioklery
Crowder, Miss Francii
Creech, Wirley
Conn, Sergt D (3
Caahwell, ILnyea
Chalmers, Thos
Cole, H P
Dillard, Miss D E
Eckenwalter, Awton
Eoote, Ambrosia
Ferrell, Mrs Mary
b
t Shaw, Misa Stella V '
;: Sample, W R 2
Seidell, Dr W B, Jr
( Taylor, Capt W V
: Williams, W D
;; Williuuip, Mihs Catherine
Griffin, D
Georsre, Presley:
Jp& Call for Advertise! Letters, and give the data
of the List. ; GEO. T. COOKE, P. M.
sep 10 lt j
Blaieksniith for Hire.
FIRST-KATE BLACKSMITH
HIRE. Apply at this Office. se 10-
FOK
3tpa
TI1E MEMBCJIS OF COMPANY F, Htli
N. C. T., ar ordered to report at Caiup Mti.
gum, without dUy. C. J. J0NKS,
Sept. 10, l2-5tpd j CapUi...
- Wilmington Journal ccpy 5 times.
S16.000
e 10 3t
IN N. Ci STATE BONDS I OH
BALK fid issue 6 per cents.
, W. II. JM.NLv
' WAR DEPARTMENT,
I
uji.taht ARB firaPBOIOia UEHERIL'8 OrFICE,
! Richmond, May 17th, 1862. j
Uxncral Orders,
No. 36. J
n- IN AL.I. CASES WHEKE PROMO
. tion is due from seniority, and the competen
of tbe parties entitled by position to promotion i
questionable, a Board f iExamiaera shu.ll be convene'!
by Brigade Commanders to determine the caudiiate'
capabilities of instructing and controlling tbe cm
mani commensurate with the grade to which prom
tion is expected, aa abot,their efficiency and perle."
sobriecy. AH nejwly ekejted officers will be eXfiuinuJ
before similar Boards of Examiners to determine tbe.
Competency and the confirmation of their election.
By command ot the Secretary of War.
S. COOPER,
se 10 3t ;, Adjutant aDd. Inspector (Jenral.
To the Members of the Next
- House of Commons.
GENTLEMEN;-1 SHAI.I, BE A CAN
didate for re-election to the ofiee of PRINCI
PAL. CLERK OF THE HOUSE OP COMMONS
at the approaching session of the General Assembly
Former xprtne in that and similar positions in
duces me to believa that I shall hm abU to riva satis
faoticn, if elected. ; j
fi Raspecitfully,
10 2m JAMES H. MO ORE.
WAIfTED AT THIS OFFICE AHAP-
PRENTiC8t9 leant th PrfotSae knuinMe.
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