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;. t ' "4-. V- t ' .re V-i- 4 , . a : i,-v...'r,.f V H Ay ; .7 r 1 Tr--r v-i T rf t? 3 '!"' ,1 W bokve ricceedJi Ind-woi)."! lkkIn?rlntB acKdiini M reliable sources, thi foUffiriir details of 4hereat f toiaictprlousiaetefmfirstlw travv, inaj.aaieiy.cecjipuDisarAt v miwu Wounded ,a4 jDttiasing wiUdit & AoWw definitely caiid f oq2 .v; :!.-" la Uw jniddK portion 'SThe latest NoTtbern ateareceived 'are to the -- "i CU-BLO VltjtArv AVAw I1W trm in t kwSt 7 1. ' ..t ;vc! g fjn tne aitcrooon or :Tuemay, the.i6tn,?KBe enemy psoeift artuley rjswouf Iie. Early tW-eai; morning: itt-waisrene wed mote 7,nd tbwpe ::&$it Iota ecsucier, smd. oabj lf:Wpo)eow, in the '.V eyday of hi, rr,oVped;4 l,M ZtttmAAVT dw MeCIellaIsi: 4 ; 4 J fOT Thfr HersJ4jlaims:jh v 1 vfj backbone of the rebellion k. " ! - 2 i it thrtHUh the $ad aossed th.ft'Anae'taw'-avfto'Msifioaf as f ; rt3&le,;r"ti9 teat cf ft"jver cmpacv Uneav' The r dryish of Genera,' Mo M&mtJMM I'rr 0 tX 0'. Ev.-, C'.::r '3 Gcr- 1 wba were; exnected to iava Joined Gsn. Legon 1 'i-s irr i &j i jft r . . . : 1 ' . -... tr .r-ts i i4 r the C'alu vera, v vi? f n4lnort, witt'' onwat ana, swaii' aivutona 'Werecwovnto f : i TkvenQw only to JoUow uO this . . -. . -. ... f ... . .f. . d!wheYtT5s?Lri)f btyqn found ftJr ioever, quite Jarcf , ind Lv-ss I . ' r -J , 1'- v. ' ' x ZXStf-Z I-r 1 elf ir General Jestsoa, tVtcaai eatSurcleS thirt.1-CLiict tltl- t3tt:rocr ;roa.iJ. C - ' M he (if if protege. M'iaavBiti6iRita rnftil4rHfUM i V ; ?i remits -rrc;VW0 wvci lIa.5rtyrxiPgvKt;, rvrv-'-.tiiUiotit fine raTJ.-Gea. jl:-3 nithont' fine raTJ.-Gea. jl :ca t:- mi of the etaioMrVe kii eeai Unght taeil peol. -?..Io8ted of thgmands taahiag tojqui i tut tu2aa ' tndlcooMratc in th'b work ( tteliTeTlcTlaetr own otto 'from an aocniac i;L t jraaay , they, hardly came oy taMrter u pomtleo -jBaut war jin4 tue Hfttaa dersVtho 'seat of thU warilt In addition Sto oar owni w LaTol Leretoforer bid f b tti tho lrg armies ; oiCthe -reayd is ttetas largo portioOrt)f tho J doil rbf -VuQgtiiia nu Dcn maao aesoiaw, wane, uniuiTery re- oently, that of Myjund bis been ontououod and as Maryland teems to havo ehoaen either to eait her Jot with Ianoolndom , or 'remain ' nentrall! ahe mui t abide the. consequences of her position, both pohueal and geographical 1 DEATH OF. COIONEI. .TJ3W,r Wb dleenlv reeret to be ' comnelled to an- nonnoe j the death of CoL JC-JtLSCew, -who fell at the batUe or Biiarpsburg, on t&e I7tb last.! Col.jTew was born and raised in South Carolina, bat moved to this State about &ct en years ago, and established a Military Acad emy at pilisboroV which was in a flourishing, condition when the war broke out, Colonel Tew was among the earliest to tender his serrioes to he oonn.try(and hariDg been com missioned as Colonel jpf the 2nd Kegiment nf N? C. JBtate ;:Troops, was; eonstatflly ia ser vice to the day of his death.- Jd thi death of Colonel ew North Carolina has sustained a great loss, .i THE YANK EES AT SUFFOLK IilPpR- , TANT INFORMATION. Wfl le&rnJfrom a Erantlemao who reached city last e Veiling from the vicinity of Suffolk jth&t. . . . . i i i . i m i tne x anicee army mere oaa ueen Deavijyreiniorqea , . numberlDg bow H istupposedi at least 25,000 mep. We also leaf-a that tbey bave ftent 10,000 menito Windsor station,! on the N. & P. " railro&df II miles this side of Suffolk. They have narrowed the guage of the railroad (bar inches from Nor folk to Zuai station, 7 miles this side of Windsor,: and 11 milea from the point to which the track! has been torn up by our people, find ifrom which it k more or less obstructed to Fotersburg.j. J : We wouW respectfully suggest to the govern ment to have a force sent down to Windsor suffl cient to capture the Yankee column there and al so at Siuffblk. They are mostly composed, doubt less, of raw recruits lately drafted, and could be bagged by half the tiurabor of Cotifeierates. " They should not be feffred to repose there a: day L longer than they can' be reached by f our arms.-! Now is a good opportunity to break up this neet of an3alg, The game that it is playing is, we think; to accumulate gradually at those poihbj a strong force from the new levies, and drill them for further operations at a futare day. This gamo should by all means be blocked and the ulterior " scheme be nipped In theiud The scheme is, we take it, to march upon Richmond vlaPeteraburg ftB soon as they can collect and prepare in theiway they are doing a large force at Saffolk'und'? the Northern dratt. which thev can' do unless Wir-i vonted by speedy and vigorous Counteractive measures by our Government, ' ;: ' .l ' t - , i Ptteriburg E&prms':, We learn that the troops which left Peters burg some days since foe the purpose of at tacking the Yankees at Suffolk, have return ed, and are now cneamped upon Archer's Hill, on the Chesterfield side of the Appo mattox. We think there Is, to Say the least, a good dal. of plausibility ia the specula tions of ihe Express upon the objeots which the Yankees have in view upon .the South eide of James river. After quietly and grad ually accumulating a force at Suffolk,; they might pounce, upon Petersburg and Elcb a mood before we could provide a force to re ' peltheto.;.;';;:.'" .... 'j :. ; j -jS . ! . j ) KILLED AN JJ WO UNDBD. I I ' h i We regret to learn that Captain Edward Graham Meares was killed at the battle of 8harpsburg, and Col. DeRossctt very ba , wounded. ! " : , ' i"! 1 As wt ExPixrrni). The .Yankees arelahoui to Mnd ihelr army captured at Uarper'l Fsrry, :ne Auajanr. iiaa ine uovernmenti no meatia of retallUtlng for such a breach of faith ? by tke rode and , detoutiti 'hand of wr W mast, in future, keepvinis wir m roach u ppMille iff the ' wflbf. jji r? - .... . . . .9 'Li i1" I'.- t I - 7e ci jeoarsBa- 'i u t Arrtusefiiciata; - 'cc:;!5i etf 1 Jatsedef dvfestorerand perform wbioh erq ondaeted by thn BerMa sop, of thepUcopii iriSWiSi ion.eldJi: hj the:ial firing; of three jroUeysJoJh it-': 'iPPzUi tiffin Among the wounded at , the battle oi Arps'burgfwere! Ge Ga?geT &f Anierflp Sharpsburg, rid his Aid. Oantain Robert Walkw Ander' was o'ttth intetr.ofhis! right foo;Thwoiind is painful, but not- oouaidered, dangarons, CaptA 'liOTind pjb" 'rigt8SonI?ert and rery slight. lf : Adjatant 6eatdn4 Galc5t oiGen. Ander son's brigade we ate lacl 4o""hear cime ottt of the battle unhurt. jYIiLLOW FEVER Ml WILMINGTON. Thel Wilmingion Journal of Wednesday says'lhat thre were fifteen new cases of yel low. feveJttra the preceding day. It was rer pptted here on Thursday that' Ir Diekson had fallen a victim to. the disease. The fe ver is said to be of a most malignant type. MEETING OF CITIZENS. ' Ala meetipg of ihe citizens. of Raleighheld in the Court House on Wednesday, 24th inst., for the purpose of making arrangements for the re ception of-the remains of Brigadier General iiiAWBENCE0 O'BRIAN 3 BRANCH, His Honor W. H. Harrison, Mayor of the Gityt wa called to the Cbalf , and WR.rfBichdrdioqEe appointed Booretvy. :'f The Chairman explained the object of the meet ing, after which; ft. Committee; was; rppoin ted to draft resolutions Expressive of the feelings of the community. Toe following gentlemen congtitu sd!the' committee f KCBr Harrison, Esq, John W. Svme. Ej.. Col. H. EL. Burewyn, H. S. Smith, Esq , Hon. D. H. Courts. ! The following resolutions were reported by the committee and unanimously passed : . lle8olved, lsLThat this community hw heard with unafTected grief of the sad and sudden death of our honored friend and fellow citizen, Brig: Gen. Lawrence O'Brian Branch, who felt a the battle of Sbarpsburg, Md.yonthe 17th inst , While gal-' lantly leading his Brigade to victory, j; 7nd. That while we ask the privilege of mingling pur sorrows with those of his grieved family and relatives, we are yet conscious that our sadness is softened by the conviction that be fell where Honor, Courage and .Patriotism placed him, at the head of bis command, defending our homes arid his countrys Independence. 3rd. That as a further testimony Of our apprecia tion of his unspotted private character, his eminent public servicea, and especially his courage in the hour of danger, the Chairman do appoint ten persons as a committee to confer with the milita ry authorities in making, suitable arrangements for the ceremonies proper to be observed on the arrival of his remains in our city : i 4th. That the Secretary of this meeting furnish a copy of these proceedings to the bsreaved fam ily of the noble dead, and also to the press of this city for publication. :3Si I The following Committee of Arrangements were appointed: Dr. E. G. Fishar, C. B.Harrison, jEsq., C. W. D. Hutchings, Ejq., Thomas Hogg, Esq., J. J. Litchford, Esq., Jno. W. Syme, Esq., jGeo. W. Mordecai, Esq., W. R. Richardson, Esq. ,: ' , ,W. H. HARBISON, Chairmsn. W. K. RictiABUSOX, Secretary. Delightful from MissouaL A letter re ceived by a member of Congrscs from- Missouri, dated the 6th inst., gives the most encouraging account of affairs in that State. The State" mili tia, to the number of fifty thousand, are said to declared lor the Confederates, with the Lieut. Governor of the State at their head. The Con. feratea are in possession of Springfield, and the Federal Governor has retired to St. Louis. ! OrjtHiNQ the CoMMtJNiCATioir. We learn from the Chattanooga Rebel of the 21st that the train on the Nashville road returned on Satur day having gone a far as Normandy, eighty- eight miles from Chattanooga. Colonel Cole, the superintendent, says that be can have the entire road in condition to take passengers to Nashville in tenjdays, provided the military authorities protect the road as he progresses, and the Yankees will have oritirely left Nashville by that time. Y SUDDEN DEATH. ; The Rev. II. G. Lake, of North Carolina, of the Univeraalist pursuasion, died suddenly on the streets of Richmond, last Monday afternoon, from a hemorrhage of the lungs. Deceased had been In declibing health for sometime past, but was Sble to officiate in the pulpit up to a fewdays previa bus to his death, which he did la the Universalist Church at Richmond, on Sunday week last. . tate better, alader iila cireQWt8ilcea , TJi jLuence amt cnaracier, are aciermviea. yn,jnevr Nrther ty taririy-TbiaaUapie itatsineo t, broai nfned5ii'a short umeafter the fatlcf Bnole, anjlAaa remaUjea teacily.amQng bu peipisy nf can tpeik from' knowledge. It h ttoned sritf diaa- buse-the Wtnaiof these "wiVqueClffyiltf: Ttat proportluU f ympfliAi75; iaalbese Easier n'eoantie 1 small, !tvl"imirt 'eiceedtetlj itb)xein?ader8itberfroi IgoontUcSot foarr f -Xtey are mostlj. men .without gum or fortune r ixmmp 'hUtteftj Bortlon of their resDectlvi communiuea. few are oaen of means, or a certain standing in jsooiety, enablecr'- yr,-tbeirnioty o-tfieir r the irot t these traitorw bo aave not even the tolerable t pe'JfHoe for the Tnlonistf e iimpiy 'iheitsrf Of cur popuisuon. :.. - j.- f.n It f only with such-men as these, a small knot of malcontents in each' community, that officers of the "best government in the world" that servants of a power .vaunting itself Christian as well as en)jDteceu, nave leaguca memseivesin border ft''Vwm ue back to-that nonentttv-v filiuon1 With this ostensible purpoeethey'-bate set down in each 1 1 our counties successively till tbey have serjf&ed tbxmiMdvra deliberate plunde.rijig, kidnApping negroes where they could not entioe them,-' roceiving stoleo pro- perty, and' "violent seirure of private, unarmed citizens on the most flimsy pretenoee. . Thiais a brief and hasty, but a truthful state--raent of oar siluaUom 'Since the fall of Roanoko our bands have been tied and our mouths closed, especially .for six weeks' past! - It is indeed hard that under these circumstan ces, when neither the State or Confederate Gov ernments make any efforts "'to relieve us from such foul oppression, our own' friends -and brethren should point tho finger of scorn at us and call ut TJnionisvsl , VERItAS.; Raleigh and Richmond papers please copy. - r Fob the Register. AtTBURl?; Sept. 2, 4862 John W. Symet E8q.i ' -i :; . f-. s Sib) At the suggestion of many voters 'of this District as well as of others, allow me, through your paper, to recommeod Capt. O. R. RAN D as suitable man' to fill the vacancy in the House of CouamoQS ia the ensuing Legislature caused by the death of the lamented H.' W. Miller. , That Captain Rand is eminently qualified and deserving, no one who knows him will doubt for a moment, for while he is modest and retiring, b.e is known to possess unusual talent. He has just been released, having been a prisoner since the fall of Newborn. His Company having long since reorganized, bis position is filled. .Then let him be elected without opposition, and it will be the right man in the right'piace. ... j. AUBURN. Thb YANKiRLossxsiKOvricxBS. The Yan kees l.st in theengagement of Wednesday Major General Mansfield killed, and Generals Hooker, Harteuff, Duryeo, Richardson, ;Edgwick, French Sumner, DaDa, Meagher, Ricketts, Weber and Rodman wuunded. In addition to the above, in the battle of Sunday Gjn. Reno was killed. The following ia a dispatch from Hooker to McClel lan after he was wounded : A great battle bas been lough t and we are vic torious. I had the honor to open it yesterday af ternoon, and it continued until ten o'clock this morning, when I was wounded and compelled to quit the field. The battle was fought with great violence on both sides. The carnage has been awful. I only regret that I was not permitted to take part in the operations until they were concluded, for I had counted oa either capturing their army or driving them inti the Potomac. The Herald chronicles the capture of General Howell Cobb and hi3 staff. It reports that Gen eral Cobb is wounded and has,baen sent to Fred erick. A Military Dictatorship. That the project of a military dictatorship for the North is seriously contemplited, there ia no longer room for doubt. As cumulative evidence of the fact, we find ia a late number ot the Memphis Bulletin the follow ing extract from a Washington letter: Many are willing to in vest the President with a. military dictatorship, bq that one mind,without so much distracting counsel, shall Infuse new and terrible energy into the measures to pot down; the rebellion. A day or two since 1 attended the cer emonies of raising a flag over a new hospital, a mile east of the Capitol. Dr. Sunderland chap lain of the Senate, and pastor of one of the largest new school Presbyterian churches in Washington, was iheor&tor. He boldly proclaimed' the senti ments of the loyal North, that a new war policy must be inaugurated, or the rebellion, never could be put down . Ho advocated a military dictator ship in the person of the President. if inai iftitw-wlwdiMtad of JSiniog in lnton men, for Uieeat-iajotiyhave. joied, or i fitfcrest; ef some othier" moflv ttnani forefgtf L writs kyntafaHiiaVt decent abitaacS befort hworia ftsassW is toe: know Valkwhohad baadvaoe4 Wing soentre, ai Q6otsthev ha4 crossed the Po- tpmaoon the moraiug of th IT tb, that portion & soon: however, as these force eotficH brOttgbt UoVo.s&iaH ajww ijofli entued Ta position maiaiimsd daiftug tb rvtcrnM day. In tba aJrDoon - Uia onewnr: laced on our rtst. wbwre General Sonet's divisien was txxted, XUb nOg over tbo AnueUm creek 0tUtf4etl r.auaba WMMkai ttel left, they creased below the bridge and forced t6r line back in Bome- oofifaeion ' Just l this ' time, between 5atid 4 P.M., Gen. A. P. Hill, with five of his brigades, having reached the scene of ac tion;droveihff eaemy Uamedlataly back from the position they bad taken, and continued tb toon tetiinlft drv restoring our right aind maintain -log our ground. ; " . -th When"tbe ""battle olosei after - having raged furiously durfcng ttw entire day, we retained pos ferf easion of the field and the enemy retired to bis f mer position. The conduct of many cf our officers is feporteo- by ueneral lA-e to bave exWbited I lie isost conspicuous and brilliant courage Our toss wa oonsiaerable, and -we i&re to deplore the TaU of jGeneraU'jBraneii and Stftrke, who died aasol djerr love to die, in defence of their eouSlry. Gefis. RvHAnderson, Lawton, Ripley, Armis taad, Gregg and Wright, are reported to have been woU&dud-Bohe of them, however, d&nreroualy. tin -addition to the above, we learn from persons who bate arrived fronv the field, that on the fol lowing day General Lee, who remained4 in pos e8tkao ihe .flelo, took measure? to- renew the. engagement; but the enemy bad disappeared from his front; and it is further reported that After the removal of bis wounded and the burial jit the dead, Gen. Lee determined to cross lb e Potaiaac,' arid had established his Headquar era at or oear ShepberdstowD. v We bave received a letter from an officer in the army dated Winchester; September .1 9, from which we make the followingeitract : , On Wednesday (17th) the .fight was terrific, With tremendous losses on both sides, though the ad vantage was decidedly in cur favor we hold- ing the battle field. l osterday there was a sas- .pension or Afauiiues. uur iosin general omcers is" particularly severe, and is as follows; Mjor General It. H. Anderson, severely Wounded in hip. Brigadier General Starke killed, shot in four places. ! Brigadier General Wi ight, in breast and leg, flesh wounds. ; Brigadier General Branch killed. - Brigadier General Law tori, Wounded in leg, . . ' - kw.,, HSnlav. w 'un-d!d io neck. Brigadier General Ransom, slightly wounded. Col. Alfred Oumming8, (commanding Wilcox's brigade) wounded slightly. It is also reported that Col. Lee (son of the General' is killed, but it is only a rumor, and, 1 sincerely hope, incorrect. It was by far the most terrific battle of ihe. I war, and it is impossible to approximate to the killed of the Yankees. They lie in vast heaps on the field, and are counted by thousands. , 1 1 1 . : , From the Richmond Dispatch of Wednesday. FROM GEN. LEE'S ARMY ANOTHER VICTORY ON SATURDAY. The news received yesterday fully satisfies us that the army under Gen. Lee re-crossed the Po tomac on Fridiy last, and is now on the South bank of the river. The reports heretofore re ceived, and which wo wore iftclined'lo credit, that only a portion of the army had recrossed, I prove to have been not well founded. From gentlemen who arrived last evening from the im mediate presence of the army, we are assured that the wbcle column crossed, and the crossing was effected without the slightest attempt of the enemy id obstruct our passage: . ' Uf me asperate ana oiooay oaiueoi vveanes-day,- tn the vicinity of SharpsbuTg, we have very few additional particulars. Hon. A. R. Boteler, I who participated in the fight as an aid of General jacKSon, rnvea uere ia uigub. iiv rt-jirebun is the engagement as resulting decidedly in our favor, and the victory obtained by our forces, if not complete, at least great and satisfactory. He Jeft the ar'rtiy on Friday, after the larger portion pf it had crossed the river. He speaks in the most hopeful and cheering manner of the opera tions of our forces' in Maryland and the Lower Valley, and entertains the belief that the enemy wilFnot make any serious attempt at invasion for some time to come. Our troops were buoyant in spirits, and ready and .eager to meet the; foe again.: the battlk or sa.tdbxay. An official dispatch, dated Staunton, September 23d, was received early in the day yesterday, communicating the inteligence of another fight add another decided and brilliant victory on Sat urday: This dispatch was received Gen. G. W. Smith, and was read in the House of Representa tives yesterday morning. The following is a copy ot the dispatch A.Utok h eif,i,llo,h.M JSL "f.1.! from Winchester, dated 21.it. The enemy crossed 10,0.00 men over the river .at bhephcrdstown, and were immediately attacked by Jackson's corps and routed. Their loss very heavy ; ours slight. Quite a number jot arms taken. Jackson has recrossed into Maryland. H. B. DAVIDSON, - Col. P. A. C. S. During the day nothing later was received with reference to this engagement,, except that passengers who came by the Central train stated that it was reported at Staunton that our victory was complete, and the enemy' were terribly slaughtered. The same reports also represented that we had captured some four or five thousand of -the "enemy. The Yankee force engaged in this light crossed ;he Potomac at Boteler's Mill, one mile below'tShepherdestown, and the fight must therefore have occurred in the immediate vicinity. of that town. . The statement that Gen. Jackson with his corps re crossed into Maryland, after the battle of Sat urday, is hardly probaolo, unless there was a con certed plan for a similar move of our whole force. It may be that Maryland will again, bo invaded at an early day, and tbat Geo Jackson's column is the advance guard of a second invasion. But n tbe absence of' facts, it is idle to speculate a pun whit bur future movements will be. THE1 BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG. It is Stated, upon seemingly good authority, that the President on yesterday received a letter from General Xtse, in which the latter ttatod, tbat in the bauleof SharLburg tbo shock of buttle wa the most tremeudous tbat over occurred upon this continent, and that the result was tbe severest nlabedtae olMwiV hW'fsjriafl?ltM .anumbef of-the paroled YajikeeprJ?dfter whonad aWivecf there. vj bicbtotett-thbUsahd infaBtry anoaialry most brthjSJistter,' ef. whem. there were boutthre4 thousand, making their escape before the surren der of the place, . -'; ' - -' Cofiel p. B. Miles, Acting Brigadier General, Wai tM command oft bur forces at Harper's Ferry , and madea good 5eht; notwithstanding the Over- ,whelmfng' numbefs , of the enemy. . He retained IKaSWiwS - ttfMlt this General Whltewnd'wav tJresen t and ebga- ged in the contest throoghoht, took the com mand. ' ; - ''" TOuf batteries Occupied both Bolivar and Mary land Heights - Upon -.the latter were three Jarge aeie guns and 'some five or six smaller pieces.1 There were breastworks and earthworks 'epoh Maryland Height., but as they wereoriginilly in t ended to repulse anr attack from the Virginia" srde of the river, tbey were not in very good condition to repel an attack from the opposite hore. There were alio earthworks' and entrenchments' at Boli var : Heights in additbri to thnae at HarpcrV Ferry proper.' Thas matters stood wben the ball opened. - ; ' ; : ' ' ' . ' On Saturday morning the rebels commenced an attack onf ' bur " rfttteries; on ihe Maryland Heights and our forces there, with artillery and a strong force Of infantry: Fighting continued at this point through the-day, and there were a good many killed and wounded on both' sides. 'About four, P. M. the rebels "were 'largely reinforced, and were then, in such -overwhelming numbers that we were obliged to abandon the Maryland Heights and retreat across the river. This was done in good orders the gun& were spiked and the wounded taken with them. The ammunition of both parties is said to have partially given out before the conclusion of the flgband that stones were used instead of balls for the artillery, i SuTvdaT night paasedlnVeomparative quiet, out forces lying pn their arms, nd only an otvasionSl musket shot breaking the stillness of the sight, anu assurmg our "forces of, thepresence of the eaemy near cur pickets. '' ' ,-' ; At daylight' on "Sundayisjsibrning pur troops were aroused , supplied with their breakfasts, and j,!. ti,f.i.Wi-ritiftnt. At an flftrlv LnQP -1-;, Wan ontheCharlestown bike. but without serious results on either side; "Our forces maintained a firm front.arid gave way not an inch before the advances of the rebels. The rebels also commenced at about the saniotimo an artille ry nractlce from the same o:irection. .wuicn was promptly and withfsptrlt responded to from such f our guns as could cover the field in that direc tion. As is usual, but little damage was done on either side,' although the rebel shells exploded in rather close proximity to our forces. During all this time Colonel Miles was in command. At about two o'clock, P. M. tbo enemy succeed ed in getting tbeir batteries in position on Lou doun Heights, on the Virginia side, and oponed upon our position. .Batteries were also opened upon our forces from the Maryland Heights, but rather weakly,and also from the direction or the Charles town pike. The cannonading from this time was terrific Our batteries from Bolivar Heights, Harper's .Ferry aba uamp mil were in tun play in response, and the Very mountains, rocks and valleys seem ed to-be alive with the detonations of heavy artil lery." The mountains seemt)- to shake witt the deafening roar, and the battle smoke bung like a pall over and about the combatants. The engage ment was desperate 'and continued until about sundown, When the enemy, repulsed and beaten, withdrew from the fight and retired to a position out 01 range. Alter sunset tne contest was sus pended, and quiet reigned through the long night, each party busy with the pTeparatior.s for the re newal of the coming con tes; of the morrow, which was recognized as likely to be the "fiercest contest of the siege. ,: Neither party had elected any considerable ad vantage during the prolonged fight of Sunday, though the loss on either side was through t to be very heavy, and each was prepared to ?ive and receive urns heavy, telling'blows on t" morrow. The weary night nt last was waned, and tne early dusk of morning came, finding both sides np. ar.d ready for the "worst. Not a mdment passed du ring that long night that some ear was not listen ing for the rattle of musketry, which should tell of the coming of reinforcements from McCiellan. But all in vain', and as each man went to bis post at daylight, itwas with the full consciousness that he was to rely only on the faithful band that stood around him for support and protection. The rebels were not inactive during the night. Every hour was profitably spent in erecting new .batteries at different points, bearing upon the de voted town.. -,jlt yr, I: ,r r-s ''&?,&. -, At daylight on Monday morning tbey opened with terrible'powef from seven. or cigh; different points. In feet our works and forces were com pletely surrounded by their encircling fire. : All our batteries replied except on r large field pieces, ! the ammunition ot which was completely ex hausted. During this engagement, Col. D. 3. Miles re ceived a dangerous and probably fatal wound in the calf of the left leg from the. explosion of a shell, which tore the fleshy part of the leg entire ly off, and .caused a profuse and exhausting loss of blood. His leg was amputated at the knee by the Burgeons of the eighth ew York cavalry, from the effecu of which he soon died. J But a short time only intervened, before the white flag was raised, and the surrender of the strong position, with its brave defenders and im mense stores of ammunition tendered the enemy.' The surrender was made at ten, A. M., and to General A. P. Hill, commanding one of the di visions of Gen. Jackson's army. Gen. Hill received tbe surrender of the places and shortly afterwards the famous Stonewall Jackson appeared upon the patade ground, and fixed his headquarters there. The enemy took nearly eight thousand prison ers, made up of tbe following' regiments. - Gar ibaldi Guard, New York, Cok d'Utassy; one bun- dred and sixteenth New YorK, one hundred and twenty-sixth New York, thirty second Ohio, 6ix tifctb Ohio, eighty-seventh Ohio, ninth Vermont, first Maryland Home Guard,-and one or two other regiments of which I could not obtain any particulars, being new regimen U; besides an Illi nois battery and some other artillerists unknown to my informant. j ..... , After the capture of tbe place Jackson Is trains marched through it, on their way to the valley of J tbe Shenandoah, xcey were burned rapidly along, and seemed to be well filled with supplies of ail kinds. Over containing the one one hundred and fifty wagons,.' article of salt, aiote, obtained ' in lh Lrnin . . Oihar- umnnit ' at retteries, were mine uaui. s Uvber wagons contained clothing, shoes and other articles much needed by he rebels... The entire train was m mense, and would stretch for, ten or twelve miles, and ail were filled. The story that Jackson had but a small train of wagons rwitb him iu bis foray is thus shown to be incorrect. 1 Tb ADAMv .fonnH hut few orovisions in tbo store-houses, as the supplies were nearly exbaust- th w ac)of beft?With meetingo! Consresfc !Th Decemberjr.TbIIeTald Uys down a plan' by ' $cis&i"Udl&Xkt&fc may be easily caW '' r vr Moiouafcea, pna iay ui toe meantime. wkcw jjuajs army -corps ot caetn or : tweaty thousand Aykwaf - Of Jrederfcksburg and Uke possessldri 'of Richmond! WltU Vlr gtaia'tims; Jlbetaied jrdnsUt'UdeV'ihe oW Bag,' V says the Ilerald, U wor k f racoverue . J.North Oarolrns, and of, Settlingwita Charleston, Bavannar, anoj Mobile, will be comparUf ely easy; K1" 't4iriicoof ourland, forw from Virginia, iind Kentucky do wa to the : Having settled the rebeinofl' to its sstiifacdon '. the Herald Ih&i tUrns on EueUmL aPanoalB the folio wng jityif : . ,( V : .; t '." ..Tbenv withMburV!oriou8 UbVott 'rdnatiiiifl In foil ttrertrtb. land rtbfrofl'-'or'thirrJiir.rui elements ot Southern secession ism and l?ofihrn abolitionism, we shall be prepared at once to'ex- acj awnemeni ana reparation rronf Jfipgland and franco lor ira insuiia wntcn tney nave inflicted upon us, and for the aid and comfort which thev uare-ivcn lu uur enemy in a tnousana devious " ways since the outbreak of this rebellion. JTbeh we shall be prepared to try - the force 6f bur re-, publican Ideaa and Institution in Canada.nd to see that justicjs is done t!o Mexico. ' " ,:lbo yankeepapers state tbst they bad lathe battle ot Wednesday, tbo I7lh. fi and one division of regulars, all commanded by McCleUnn in person. They cla?m to have driven back the left ing ijf ojir army but acknowledge that they got! J?oreted on our right .Speatlng of the Southern: soldiers, .'the correspondent of the Herald writes :.".; JJIt is bej-onli all wonlder how men such as the reoel troOrA alro, can fight as they do; That those ragged and fi thy wretches, siclt,' hungry, and in all ways ra'RHfrabl !, should prove such heroes In fight, w pasjt bxplinaMan. Men never fought better. Tiicrta 'was onje regiment that stood up, beti-' the fire of tvo dr three of our, long range 1 batierifS and of tw regiments of infantry, and though the airround tm was vocal with the whis tle 1 of bulletsand the sproam of shells, there they stood and delivered their fire in perfect order ; and there they continued ti stand until a battery of six light twelves was brought to bearf On them, , and before that tbey broke. Nothing mortal can stand a batfesry ot six light poleon guns if there is plenty of grape and canister in the am -, munition ohests. . . j IMPORTANT FROM THE WESTSUR- KENDEROF 5,080 FEDERALS AT MUN FORDSVILLE, KY- . " Tbe t.urreder of Munfordsvillo, Ky., by the " ' Federal troop, fl?e. thousand strong, under Col. Wilder, to the forcy 6( General Bragg, numbering thirty thousand, U announced in dispatches from Indianapolis!. TheBurrender took place on Wed- nesday. The following dispatch tells the sto rJ : I . j Indian APii)Liis, Iud:, Sept 19. Adjutant SUu sonof tht. 17 th Indiana regiment, who escaped from Munfmrdsville immediately after the surren der of that place to the rebels, has reached this city. : . i. . ' . Uojrepor la that tbo j garrison there numbering i from four to five thousand men, comprising the SeventeentHjthe Fiftieth, the Sixtloth, the Six- ", t-yseventh,! the Sixj2ighth and the Sixty-, ninth Indiana regiments, and one company of cav alry and ten, pieces of artillery bave surrender- ed.' ' i' x ' !' The surronder was made; on Wednesday morn ing, our forces boing completely surrounded by General Brsgg's forces, ostioiated at 30,000 men". .; Our loss ijn kiled aiid wounded was fifty,- , . The rebels acknowledged a loss of seven hun-- .. drod on Sundav. j TKIBUTB OF RESPECT. MELTING OF JI RAM LODGE, KALEIGII. At a oalled, meting.f Hiram Lodge, No. 40, en the i evening of tbo 19th inst. tbe following PreMsble and v Resolutions were submitted and unanimously adopt- " ed: f ; . . , -. ' V7HasASV, It has pleased .the Supreme Atohiteot and Ruler of the Universe again to visit ear Aacient : and Ilonoraihle Fraternity by the removal of oar wor-1 thy and much esteemed brother and friend, 'HENRY WATKINS MILLER, who departed this life at his residence inj this city oa Wednesday evening last Thertfore Jtewlvedi That while we deeply regret and mourn he loss which Masonry and the comma- nity ia general have Sustained tn bis death, we are forcibly reminded that te too are born to die, and,: sooner or later, mast descend to the tomb, and he num bered with the pale anjd s!lent nations of the deaL We will, therefore remember oar bounden duty, at all,, times and under ail cjireamstaneei to bow. with preW found reverence and biamblesabmlssioa to the will of Him in whose bands are the isfaes of life, and death. : . o?rrf,That we, deeply sympaUiiSe with the fam- . ily of our deceased brother, and, tender to them our' ' sincere condolence for their Irreparable loss. Iietohedy That in farther token of respect for our deceased brother, we will wear the anl badge of. mourning for thirty days. ftesohedi, further, That the Secretary of this Lodge is directed to .transmit a copy el these resolutions to-. ; the family hi the deceased, accompanied .with oar -best wishes for their future happiness and prosperity; , and that hej cause the; same to be pablubed la the . city paperni 1 ' ' T""T. ' ' 1 ALBERT JOHNSON. 1 ' . . ! S: M.-PARRISH, Komwlttee 1 -JAMES 'A. MOORE, I ' i j; DIED-. :- In this city, on the 22nd inst., in the 37th year of her age, ELLEN REEVES, wife of Henderson ' Reeves. I.1 '-':' .'f. To the Magistrates of Wake jr 'j Oountyr " " ' -i Yu ; AKB UEQUESTED TO ASEM ble at the Coartlloase at 12 o'clock, ea SAT UnDAY, the 4th of Qetober next, to take some ae tion in regard to the a;npeal made by the States' ajrtnt at SaltviUe, N, WMWodfia, Esq-, aad also to "make some disposition of tne aalt already procured. . iTHOS. O. WHITAKER, Cfm'a C. C Sept. 25illSv2, ! -jSje-39 td notice- . . j OFFICE. N- C. R. COl CdMPAav Snors, Sept. 24, 1862, J. OTICC IS lltHEBY GIVEN TO SHIP-, prrs and other j interested tbat the tariff ( Freight rates on tbhi Raad will, be railed twenty-five nr .mil. una lo rmvaa w nn.i tv mi cvuia Vrnw f , T.J." SUMNER, ' . e27 f : Engineer and Snyf r' H '1 1 . l'" j Wanted to Hirer ' i f ABaB-BODtL !ICURO MF, AH at tie 3eif ia Chatham county, for the baiano of the year. ' " Apply to! Gaoaaa WAsaiaeroa, on the premUes, er - . U tbe sabseribwrAt KJbaston or Riigh. -( 'v ' i.; - s f-i -J. C. WAJ8UINOTOK.C Bept. UUvISSl. ! at 14 tf " I; I fit. 1 1 - i -I! y ' X;. 4 W. '1 .4.;. H -I 1 iHf.il
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 27, 1862, edition 1
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