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VOL. XXI.
SALISBURY, 0., SEP XEMBCR 21, 1863. , xN UMBER 18.
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From andaiU-r thia date, and ntilthcreia
and oflier articles required to carry oa buw
iwm, ilia Kitcription i a tea of .this paper will
UiM eWfcrrt for sis mouths, end tares; W-
lrt ff year., " ' ' y,y .
Anvleroiva, (10 iotUrt for lbi first; and
one JolU for each aubsequrut publieatioa.
PnOVEUTYFOlt SALE ft
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TN oar M irbaa aar kwitra, ara UI oV-r
lfar mJW mi Thanriay ika 34tb f 8rj; timber
ait il f.fl.witi tahiabla pmrtif, a Nw. I
ClatVtallh, Jolu 3 row a,
lunaarty Iba pwpart of Crorz W.. Umwi,
Ff a"lbuff . Ila of lb boat (Hi
jfewHba ia iba wiat a4 caa 6t aajr ka4 af
wurb ia'rrwa aa4 aiai4. Aa a horae httyr, ht
baa aw atj-tal ia ihia JtUta. fla W a buy of a
aallaat charaur, boavat iaduttritiaa m4 uh.
4tal. W id mimt aeil tba la.v.Hih-brrd
AMERICA. .
Ila waa aataa veara Jd ua tba h of Ja
Ijr last, ia jal bUck a-illvMt a wbita bair
W 11 boat ff of , eoatradieutta. ara (XmvmBC9
-kumlht iaajl bUuij aiid nmaiierfccl (jrMia
Muff a tliwaa ia l ha Coafrderata l"a Aa
a luai auar, ba ia vara, aad ca, ontdaca ia
tbi'aiy avtna tarw aad oaa jeaf !d col la.
laat eaaa ba aaraaaard a aaf Mitr'. ila
t par actiy brba ih barMaa, d hk utk
aad baraaaa wut ba old wab kiiM. Abw, wa
tba Mm d)r,(ti ba id taw fall ttill Blcb
vwuh 1V. Ab. (arolarfa
jCiiircoiifi; x it, vdJcussj
14 paJaaafrr. 1 da.aiuaH 9 fmmr'ug't, $ mt
paaaggf llacka, aad ai paai(rr Tiwjr
Ctacb. ia ILckiaray, oat imo bwraa Ba;y,
na OUf h.rar di, aua
Tba atlaif uM of ('wacb aad Wafui HaLara ta
allrd lo i bia ali. Tba renuini fka .J . att
crbaaJ baaareir.HrMr,aad
u ti M.uaMrttfM, .ill, atkad, ap i . m
t wwiarjta euaebca. by auw repin tu Uw bbra, !
aa W'Wfaa'M'Swlwwrarat'TaaiaatM a"t
a " I
alafe l-aa. Wa wtil alao wtt a aaad Cra
Hltrtiar, a larfa atta T 'tna-uM'ilf.w Caltr,
aad a -.rr Caal Ketlir. iW faH-na. wbtcb ia
triy mw, barisf barn bol bill uard.
Tenaa of t"ah. or, tf rf---rd. hi
anoaiba unta wiH ba urca. 'N'wta aad appu
od aaearny, with inlareat lfM da fa.
UUi'W'N at Vt0. AL'UIIEY.
Mtai.a, N.t., At."2r. 1?63. 4i':l6
rf.
Car tloi.VKJi, Aaf 2ih,
J TDOSi; aemM rsraUed ar liable ts carol
a rnaat who caa furui.h brr ai!l, M- (be
prrariil, ba aceeptrd itb llwir hurana, aud
racrive Cavalry py, o la I ip umiify autpluy
ad aa Wuaalvd wu whtle Uie urcaMty ea
tiara. roaiaiuiag for the tiua o Julym ibia
' Slate, f parp.aaa of guard sad" patnd. It ia
deairrd that tbey report wiih ihnr lioiara with
Ut deUy at ibia Camp M Cauip VaoCtt, uear
Morgaatiai, aa may be nunt wviat.
i I- CUiieiia wha deaira Ut pm,ni,Wbe aale
ly aad iatervataof tba- aratby dwaraf o(
OVxarliuii, or who deaifF loaavaihfir iinjK
burbiJa ftnn ilia ioeV'table iiiiachief uf ina
ravdiuj, terror aad inaeeariif tba.- inuat f'mw
ittl Y lha preaeace uflawb dewnera aad
akalkera, caa ba made aaafui bv lend' rtnf their
ao! to tha aaruliiuf 4licra. Tbey caa ratdar
aerrva as (aides and ia awelHng the aaaibera
uf pirla aeal t by authority, A few days.
abttfcce, at matft oaty would be mjutred of
haio Thar .ia ao pnivuo vf law ouder
which pay can be jjieu ibem, but all thoir es
wnarauf aubaiatetiee, bxtginf and "Ma(a will
ba paid, and a liberal hire ained for iIm uae
of tlicoborare,
By order af
.Oil. PETER M ALLE1T,
Commaailanl of Ovcrit for N C".
:. J. W. Maixstt. Adiuiaot. ' i"
TREASURERS ffiFlCEy
- Waatero N. C. RailR.d.: "
tatesville, S.CL. IDib Aa , IC63.
THE tlOAUn. Diretorar lha WValml
HJK-itXLiMMIVgJhisiliiy ilrrlaiad a drvi 1 ..
dead of (our M) pr t-i.l m ih t'ap.lal .t-k I "
AH 4A)
j-
-aernt mwJUKoewr'tm-f -gfteriaegl at Sept.
leU. SlvCkJkJdi.'t luuM frawirt tbW4l-
-este nf Hlneki - Those setxf n power. of atf.rf
- will mill lha earn to T. If. Mctlori. Clerk.
3ttA -i R- F. SIMONTON. Trtaa.
AdmiaioitratorN Notice.
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:. -L HE subsenber haying at the Aaguat Terra
f His CiKthty Court of Howaortikea. Letters
. of Admirrntralioa aeatrdiaj tn tiw,on Iba ea
' Ute of Cbriatiaa Briurle Jrc'd., beieby ajires
aotiea tt ail craliur i f said estbia, to Praaaaf.
vnr ciajma Juljr anlhealiaataAwitbiatha tint a
vS4bTVw7tut that jtrtrriTaw-aa tbia
aoticiwATae plead ia bar ot thair rseovery-.'
D.btors U tba aetata will slaopWa make pay.
. Bieat iaamadiauly.
-y D. L BRINGL&, Adra'r.
Aag. t9ta. 186)-teti - - --I--
TUB alHGflT SIDE,
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!U ftl e.rl tkin a..
'Aad being ho pbilueiipher
1 1 Malfra Mil wluU
Wheiber tk beedtvof the star
- . RmIm ia ate or it.
. loaf aa I tea are the b'glit
Aad revel ia its beam
1 eere a4 if aa A eeboriU
-Caa pew it all a draaae I -
loag aa I cm aa a aatlta
. AimI frl It vaa U ma taaV
It aaiaaraia juM aa tl( laa waila
alLera
. "Lt atkara raaa aad aapfai
, Wttb facaa bnf aai nrf
I luv all tbal'a bright ia ' falaa aud aia
' Aad aN Ib.lV pUaaiaf bad.
-la aocb rr6uvd pbiiuaophie
Mf aml caa tab au part
ft aeaaia ail fabvbuud iv nv ayea,
AH treaa to Mbaart.r
Aedrat t dnaol qoita foqrrt
Ranh'a fViriea auon are pa at,
Aad tha tba brifbiart day ma at
la aafry cbaida at laat.
Bal-ai it aaaa I nrnat, I rU
Kropracala lha flow,
8fEciajnlo uti Iba ill
. That m bla'a aariaao ro.s
afa raa tk kamr tlat lUnA,"
Ail utbera fo fur blatAa,
At Jriua I ariNild aaVr rapiaa,
Bat or ft;al fir I fcaaba.
Tm ibaa iba btrda aad doarara ubey
- Tbrr jnatjttct f r ba EfiU
Brmtkig mt mmg aad rawfi .'cil a'ay,
.Tal aaaVa aad cWd l mil
HAVE WE A
COVEltXOU AMONG
US?
The eperien ..f th lt week in
atl5ir thoak oanfat rrlby Wfme- bM
tttni at tme rnleripuiif Jrtatorr. Tb?
fa-t h S'"' madi patrut tlat wt bava a
in in li iubrraatorial chair. All rotwi
a.koowlilthal the citizen of ltipU-e,
the pvp!a of tW vho! Su'e, and tba. an-,
tltortiwa of the CoiMerm:f btv finiud ia
, iov. Vance' a fn-nj alio baa rved tteiit
J
lrJwl(,;y fijbfuiK aird roont efii.ieallv.
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llu. rv,-klt- auidw-ia itl aiM.llu r NlalM
ttr t tr mrn-st :'T lltrft lawl em.
leoce, Iwten to hia loqn.nt vimbcatioa
.
of the di:rn:tv of the Sla nd the riirhts
of her citiz. nj.. nnd are a.-l .el-, nroorie-
ty by lm bu.n.ill ,'da au.i uaJlant bar-
ibV ForHi.. lW tl,o motaeat the tiif
iag rebuke whh-.u even their thrateuiag
UytrtaHa i.a.1 not restrained, their .rntbu.
a..i. M,mirti.,M krM.b. r..,tl. ; ..r-.ln
im! and hearty brers. Thoin-b engaged ;
' - w kTTiBwav aa a uavauaaK 1
in a tnoat dtfputaWe work, they are still jnU iireet word. nJ deeds of doubt
Soulberu. ..aoldiem, juid delight to bojior ,,HWHHy ; but, that tW great heart of
tlie chivalry, aavi Courage and the loval- ' North Carolina isitili losafand true, no
ty of a true man. .s'ir, l v, a more sublime
ajmUble i ever wilu-vd, than that
ioi;k' ci:uen,uiiarrnedaiid aported 'ft
no show vfjur&i, elaudii oo iu the midst
of a crowd d ansjry soMiem, and by mu
ral suhbiou alone relrainmg their excited
prion's traiinlnriuiiii; ih.ir haired of an
oilier fntu twlmiraliou of himjlf, and in
dutring thein to return t their quarters
without furl line ditiiiiiKl rai Lma if viiil.-iiruT .
Can words u.ie the s-Tvice rendered
to ibis nity. to the Slate of North Caroli
na and to th.- Confederal entire bv the
restraining in licence, winch Gov. Vance
exerted on that memorable night when
the work of d Unction bad cxninenced,
and tbvro was bulb the power and the will
to compleVH 4t f
Aain, wheti public indignation at the
first act of violence sought to-expresa itself
in deeds Cjul!y at reprehensible','' an ap
oeaJ for aucijor is immediately made to
(overnor Vnlice, even by those who bad
once cloned in Iradutin-' bun. Ilow does
j he respond f Doe he reineinber the tn
1 juries of t!fr p.tt f lluua he Mop to make
j teims with bt e'lemieaf !. he muni-
fest, an yiuir.tr of iTial "tfuculency and vas
cillation" wbn h have ht tn tH.sely .kl
tnbuted tu mi by corrupt partizans lor
their own unholy purpoa.-, No, a tbiius
and "tunes' no"! J5ut oil the ot heir hand.
re",n1ii f,f Hi tloft
note.
which C:tMtYY "otaii'helioa With theilT. "'H
arrnonntes hTTmrH tfie rhamjion of 4lia
bw u ner all i-iit-iunaUtncea nd eqaallr
against frielid or foe. 1I declares hl de-
termination to rMriiti a!J further violence
and rwtalialion. eu iClht?t'erceire bayo-
nets Of NeTthtr4Hi-S4dKS -itatwdinc mtrtioiilraf, rpJ . ..na arlw. ,ih"ed
oe brought into requiftilKMU Anorta a
worI, by his" d'-cisiwn of character, bis
ready eloquence arid bis consummate tact,
be succeeds in curbini tlie pa.oos of (be
ae4a4a'"prev-eiuiia destruction
of property juhOnvfu
fusion of fi-aterns) bktod.-- ' - ' - '-.
" Just a he bad convinoed tbe soldiers of
hia loyalty to tbe sacred cause of Soutbera
iodependxooe and of his. willingnesa to sa
riflw bwon nr. u jwww iu inHapi.;
Uu to ImI of L:a Strte and of Wede-l v
JeieHnlnnih.tf w protect the righu iff it'ilr'S
.:.u ail r .l ,l..f I.....
,rt(i.l.C.Wlmuua,.d:
wbo haa tlt cojiraa lu do hia iol tluir
. - a ' . a
ia evrj, mr;(Hicy. vorn.jenca i in a
l(rMt natura, rralored j J aiioo yields to
mora ki'idly autiineoU ; Tjt-cl for tkrir
Obkf Kaxrala and. an abidia fniili ta
hiadetarmiuntioo to d'vwm t-vm baoded
juatica taka lha pl;tc of iburd'tlrut and
raarBtmeot.abb-b Jd loaad Ifcair aj
iuto ao moj baaoiu;' and an era of bvt
W tteiim ia iaxaMlLaier tnaamtt nn
der Ui) attspiwa of lha man who baa
lL Dfr ud tfia to MMitrol ll
diacordaot altrioeula of tboaa Ivmpiainoca
timra, .
Uavina; tbua aurcrvdrd in rvtrainiag
the viobftroa af tha aoUiara and in alUyinj
Uiecxcitvrnanl of tba peopta, wa tarn that
ho tiunxidtaiely ouiamuaicMtrd with tha
Preaidaiit prolealiaf in tba nam of aa
L'uutrajrril and taralwd Sinta aj(aiit tba
rvpftilion of aacu btwltsaa.acta by tbo per
sona in tlw at-rvica of iba. CuMrvv--
aiid lli)ft,tir rtponMlo lira apprala, priMiipt
4Soit maamtraa ba -hnvtt idopd
by th adminialrauou .to prwent the per
petration of aiinilir drJa of violftic. If
thin bo correct, and we ara convinced Af
tl accuracr of tha infnnti..n, we fel
f illy persoaded .bat. lho.1. there mar U
uiane amaiiL' 11s who honorus onro with
.1 w-........, .. .1 ,r il
J.m tU aaaea, of oa.ra.r- and tl le
inort unprovoked of ineuita, ibern .will be
no further dveloymeut of tha "mob
writ" in North Carolina, and that her
rot.JejrueU) their itiiinct of lotsitc and-
t - - .- - --n - . t-.. .t -
ct'iix r am, will qu'etry sulW'iit" them-
selrrs to the guidance of their wise and
patriotic Governor.
What -ver lha) envy of bnffld rivals or
the tualice f diap",,.ed polilu'ians may
fft againat tivwa-.VataV'av.ta''AK
turo, no ritflit mindel n!iii will deny, that
in thm'eurfcrjjency, he acted the part of a
iiiire i.:ilriiit hikI an With- vlti Mllun tllHl
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1 inmnimi 1. m wry ,. hvih tim -
; ,f -.-.r. and h,v bi.naelf l.e
i iu,.i.i'..I r.....l .. 1 h-in tl.
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It ,ru. that our .o.de hve Ikw. !
I Ativ.n !,., xQ Ar,,.,, t,v thn inaulu ?
1 deeper
J ibeV
received and
the wri)n5 llwy
LWdauflewd at the hands of the Adihin-!
: .. . i z. c . .i ...-.I
m au hour of irniation have U-en Mraved
TajrKI lilfl SS II I 1 1 1 1 71 W Saaa I 1 1 74 1 Xilllir Itl I lirill 1
dirceri.iii man willden. With au un-
preceiliiieq uimiiimity. and saHCity
which does them the jin-atcst " Vredit, the
citU- r.s of this Stale believe in Governor
Vance aod are willing to tni.-l in all tlit
concerns their honor and their interest.
Ltl the Administration ihow the same
appreciation of hia character and inten
tions let them listen to his siifrzeliM,
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u ,' .11 Will vrt u well. WVlbail I
not attempt to paint the other ide ot the
picture, but wiil only iwy that it hack
ground is a dark one, au.l that its Viutlmrs
are traced iu crirooa. JUL Progrtt.
Dmrl Bttvttm Ladws We fiud the follow
ing paragraph ia tha Philadelphia Inquirer of
tna 20 :
Oa Monday foremioa. tve-al ladies, while
on a vuat.lo a friend's bouae, a abwt diiaucs
from Gray's Ferry, ware auiuiiig ibeunaelvea
by aingine and dancing, when ue of the ui a
reatdeut of D.ltimora. assg a verse f ine Bon
nie Blue Flag; cue of tbe ether ladirs jealingty
said, MyoU are a re bat," at which en.rfb.er com
mrnrtd lha fonthera Manvllaiw ; when it waa
fiaiahed, tbe My who had been callrd a rrM,
aid "I w1hfcwo had pinala, 'I'd fight a duel
witb you for catting me a rebel. At tliia. a
daughter of lha peuilcinan at wbuae house they
were, aaid : "Wo have piit iu the house, bu
ttle v are nt loafftd." The v were brought;
and, in order to gie il tlx? form of a duel, f.- J
Uncet wera oieaSuri-d ia the riKMil, tne lucliet
Ilrfttiot ttjeifTern
jgWusl4br..wba.lba U.! rt b.i hi ll r'4...l'"?ih';'L.
rebe4, oaid t wtJ i 01-4lo ttbair, u lM)
to die eay. W'oru a irajfUin given, ai t.ie
BaTriiiwr tadyrwhn- htjd a self-eisckieg f :v4,
palled the,rigr ani basg went the pit!';
iereinacrejirn.wa" heard, and ia au itislaut
the ruotn waa.nlU-d aiib the members of the
family, when il wa daeoverad thai two of tle
iA m had arAatMd : the Uallinore JdV
in -din aaav ' aittiuff psla wiih Vrnr ia her
ehair; one ball had Baited ibrough bar dre
on the left side, gring tha akia, wbi in the
leaf of a table on sltieh she bad rested her
area wera eight d simct ahot bolaa, and ooe
ballet embeaded in the wood. Tbs pUl bad
been loaded By a by oa la-h ef Jalyf bei
the charge had. " -beau. awedJTha JEidiri
were soon restored ie eooacioosness, aad eo
ateeeed to realise tbs danger of meddUng with
n-rtne, a warainp. t ia aaedless teaay, they
will aot aWeard for the fatarsi -
from the Cberteetea Ceer'er. . !
Thelssaelt en Fnrt laejter. '.,- j
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f;WPiOUS RKrULSEojr tBT.Eilt
Tba neart of tba aaaalt oa Fort Sum-
of general oongralulation among onr eiti
MO. Ila JWlUal aaUtoaiMra M X-
lul.id. Tl.- eaptnrn of oaa baadrad and
tfurn Yankeea, tndwd.ng amoral epromi-
nmf naval .4Hra, will bve an importaat
; faring tn lh futura progrraa of tba aiega
and tba conrfnet 6T tna aamj aadef Dags
of Iruoa. Ic will .k, add aeolbar to tba
kjaaona tl.ey bav. Wmw, jbat boararcr
.inocb- aurwrior: ihoff aatagocfeu tbey
nra.in- wvigbt of iwetal and tore of 'fi9-
jMctilr. the contrat whenever it eoma
down c an actual trail tf imlM-idoal pluck,
always piaut tba . victory on onr baoner.
rerhaat, however, in tL instanea they
were Jeotived," and although prepared to
6rht, tbey did not axpedto tnaet more
than ao insignificant gtard, who were to
ba a(ee1ily overpowered. Ba tbia aa it
may, I hey were rgregidaaly mittaken, and
when with a thooaand men and a score or
mere of bJget, tbey arrived at tba base of
SiRnier, it waa to receive a puoiabment
at.. tteharKls:of.. onrtkrara. troopa-lUat
will a id to, if not tHiMirate, lha already
ditacrul record of Yankee defeats.
J'be rod book tell in tbat 4tlm battle
is not to tba atrong" aud tlw Scripture
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tl ClwrteaUrti JSOUHoo, Mai. Julius A
taDinanding. and perhaps om or
two other ooropaniea, wnosa names we
hv not learred the whole' under tba
command of Maj. Steven Elliot, Jr. whose
irMilantrr ueetofore bH already iniule. bun
familiar to ail -w W wndied lue-progress
o. tit-no. iiiTmadlafe.
TbrougLout the 6erce bombardment of
the day tbey bad remained silent spetfta
tors of the tight gving on around ibem,
and patient 'y endured the ateadj pbelliog
from the fleet. At night, however prepa
rations were made for the anticipated as
miiiil i .iiiniMiiini nrrr iiuiLrii VMaunra
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Itonits within the ruina, and wi'h watchful
e.T, Tie wuhitow "'
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tIMHf tMwta OM P""ned to
'heir keeping.
.. Su' condition of affurs until
!"out half Hal . ui. wbaa. suddenly fronT
S.uth l..ce tlreVe was espied advancing
inrouijii- iuo giooiu, a uunir-r 01 oarjea,
r,,,BHled ?boul mnl J??.,D 'A
lationjiie of an eye witness, "blacs wiih
V. --e - -i. '
ineii. l lie alarm was instantly given,
and in .a moment more FcrU Moultrie,
Jobtiston and tlie gunboat Vhiton opened
tire in the direction of the approach.
The iNtt.lion lined the walls of Sumetr,
aod as the Federals landed on the rocks,
received them i witfi sharp voltiesuf mtW
keiry, which added vonfosion to their al
ready bewildered movements. A strong
party of the enemy uow hastily gathered
and made an attempt to climb over tlie
ruins ul the sally port, which bad been torn
ilow u lv the tremendous fire of tber land
ItttHeritn. . Our men received them breast
Mu br'",sl' " WHjK-traia ana
l.iiruijr in splattering snower or nans.
Sonus bolder than the otbers,adabed for-
ard, and seieins Yankees, one in each
hand, dragged them by main torce iuside. I
Thus the bgbt raged for twenty .or tnirty
mmiites, when the Federals, finding them
nf- overpowered, and likely to be cut to
pitvH, threw down their arms, 'tretre-ated to
lite Richer of the walls and surrendered.
Thoee who remained in the boats not id-
rt itJy landed, made tbeir escape under tbe
cover of the night, followed,' however, bv
the spiteful balls of tbe batteries above,
named. . ' '
Thus tbi engagement bfi-f but decisive,
xwi). The remaiuder of the story is told
ill H levy WOIO!-'. :
Oa our part, not a man was hurt On
the ;ii t of tbe enemy one was found killed
and niueti-en wounded. These were all
found lying on&ide the fort oil the rock,
fcf-the dVh at aV VrrrM-f ptiw-
Ten -of wnr. -; f lie etfectTif our Are Tm 1 lie
(argifs is unknow n, but from ihe sound Of
cr!limy- loards and the outcries of nieu,
an well as from tbeTacl that two or' three
lr3iS" were subsequently seen floating off
Morni Uland, it is balieVed that tbe loss
Iuo been very- great.
Our 'capt ures, besides thirteenofikeri jnd
one hundred and two men, consists of four
birgtss and three fli One of the IaU-r
coniei!iates for all the bricks and billlels
thrown, teiug no less than tbe identical
gridiron" (Carried from Fort Sumter Jn
. 1EJ51 1 exhibited to a monster masa meet
ing in ; New York "shortly ailerV taHed.
cheered and prayed over aati) almost
sanctified, wrapped around tba goaty limbs
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of old Scott; and finally bWught buck t.W',
dar-eath that it should be victoriously re-
Dlaftled ott the Walla whera it area fl-at'
J lowfvJ in iwwiWik M'
fit".
net-
da; ftigbU 4 For tMa priaa
tba
memorial, and afiall- taka good enra that
1, ilD, ralrreH In fta rlMf-l
m ti)ull ba , reltfoualy prraerred 9mon
tI,tlnroenioeaof ibis retoarknUa troMla.
i IncidenL aimiJa aa it ia. .!. .K.
lbr-' u . f. Jvg.y.Bce earriW out
j irMj ba eminooa
- jr lhw our.d,rk boura of tba rlorioaa
, tBCWMI wbW w5jj ,,eBttlnT raward oar,
,..-,. rW--?' 'r'-vr-r r-?
Tba. aajinV Vera .' oaiet' aU-daV: aaatar.
day. Tlie mooitors were lying behind
il orris' Island, - evidently undergoing re
pairs. Most of the ' nriag' doH was by
onr batteriea on Jane's Island, which an
j npyed the workers Comminfs' Point
by a steady stream 'of round shot and sbell
at intervals of ten or fifteea vjjihntea.
Darin tbeday a large number of empty
ammunition boxes, thrownorerboaxd by
tba enemy during tha engagement,' were
picked ap in the harbor. A portroa of a
vessel was also found badly marked by a
shell. -It had evidently beenTOrtt olffrom'
one f the members of" tlie fleet
The enemy sent in a flag of truce yea
terdary morning and was met by a boat -'
fiom Fort Samter. The bearer of the ' "
Yankee flag of truce was informed thai no
flag of truce boats could be received " un
til sat isfacte-y explanation 1 was give why -tbey
fired upon our flag of truce? Ve
learn tbat the enemy's boat brought a let
ter bag and dispatches for Gen. Bcanre
gard. - A propoaition was made by "the
f Admiral taaendaSurgedn"t6 attend lo"-
the Ff"drljiro
a Bargeon having been already ; detailed
for tbat work.
Tbe folLaing is a list of (lie officers cap
tnred in tbe assault on Fort Sumter. .
-E- P. AVfllittmay commanding gunboat .
Wissabickon. - I
... Robert L Meade, Lient. U. 6. .Marines.
C. P. Hovey, Master's Mate, U. S. steam
er Powhatan. '. .
Benj. II. Porter Ensign "U. 8. New
Ironsides. -v-
Edwin T. Brewer, Lieut, U
war TIiiiHatniii
8. sloop of
Lieut. S. W. Pleston, U. S. Admiral's
Flag Ship Philadelphia.
Lieut. Geo. L. lionmey, gunboat Caoan-
daigua.
Ensign S. C McCauley, gunboat Caoan-
daigua. O
Lieut Charles U. Bradford, U. S. Ma
rine, wououed.
E. G. l)ay ton, Executive officer on board
the Wissahickon.
iJhe priboners were all brought over! to
tbe city last evening. Tbey were taken
iu rbat-j-e by Capt. W. J. Gayer, Provost
Marshall, who entered their names, tc.
after which they were lodged in jail. 4
. 'A Joke on the Quartermater.-A. cor-
respoiident of the' Mobile Xt6aNvteIls tha
oilowmg: ,-. . .
Tbe tollowing good story ie told on my
good looking frieud, Maj. M, Chief Quar
termaster of the Department of Mississippi
and East Lousiana. Shortly after the'
evacuation of Jackson,. Major M. was or
dered to Demopoiis, and whilst ou tbe
cars en rente, be was showing to some
friends a magnificent watch which be bad
alely purchased. AH were lood in tbeir
' . a - a a a -V
praise ot tne eiaoorate cnasings ana gen
eral appearance of the watch. .
"What did it cost you P asked one of
the party. ' '
' Ffleen hundred dollars,"" replied the
Major.- ''.'!- ' -
A dilapidated looking Georgian, who
had bis "furlough" in bis pocket, and was
making tracks for Hall County, bad been
sitting quietly listening to the con versa- 1
lion spoke up, saying:
"Mister wfll you please let me see that
t-(-!tt-rta replied thg-Majori-jrandinif
JiPoi;-r.,:;:
After looking at it very attentively, as
if Josf in araazt-metit. for sonw rfW-;wbich -
bad caused the Major, to oudge several
geotlemen and call their attention to loo
manner iu which he was examining it
Georgia, suddenly looking up, asked '. '
"Ilow much did 'youans give for it d:d
you sayT
"Fifteen hundred dollars,'-replied the
Major.
"Then S-ouans' must 'either be a d d
fool or a qaartenaVaster'replied Georgia,
banding it back
If tbe Major -did tkirUd tli4- irinka .
wa tball awaya ba oogfct to have
dose so. .
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