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i ,'! N '! iV i?i V. I P. i i P- f 7 VOL;;XXIIr- -- ' -- - ' ' m-fc w rr f)wt err; I I 1 Ik 1 I I BDITOR AK 0. rOPRTOK, ' TKtMS f THIS NriKr-r.. 4J1.r. TCKXSpr 1DTKTI8IIC t .turf for tk Inl UMfiiM m4 $1 jwriqMN (otmcIi kaMat fWkaUa'i .r , , r j.J ... Mr 4 fy tkaai. Nttea at TS wurria r U, will eoat 9 (jr tk $m, mmi f 1 for Meh' 44lMl fbQotiiMi. - Notice T UrfW tim.lt tU mm yioyirfiwL TpBiaiiAPina RiCHMOxj, June 6t)u IUttlb Fiel, VMS Dawks' Mill, Jude 5tl. 2 o'clock, P, U. T-ajpbu beea udimo jjly quiet. Both wde appear tojbe b8nr- ing th Sabbath. Ttier n oocaaiooallj Wiarft shooting. Last niirbt aboat 8 "o'clock, tba vnemy mJ (coble attack in front of Fio urean. which was knsHI lepuwed. LtUle ebe of interest occurred y eater day. Oo tri- lar tiibt Hoke and Uabone adraoced tbeir liue some arsutroe, in oroer io eaimoiwu loev tno beyond the akimiisbert, during which ieu. BreckenridtTe'a home was shot under uim,cauwHg uie ucocni to u Mrreriy muu ed m (ailing. -1 v i , The enemy also mode a feeble attack oo Fietrs, and a part of Kariy's corps. Late on Kridaj'VTOirag-both-w'nne mccesafuBjrrrpahK ed. Our loaf in the fights during tite whole ot 1m( wek, wui not exceed low. COXOUESSiONAL, a - The Senate pa$eed soroo bia increaaing th pay of noo-coni rfi tMiooed oTBcers and privates of the army with amendment limit- tU-solutioos of thanks to General Kirby n ' i a " .a s . '"T;i a . a! mitn ana tue oniwn ana saen onacr is vommana were nnmniuiouwy auopieu. - -House tax bill repotted back with rarious aMeodments, and made the order of the day tomorrow lloose conenrred with the Sen ate joint resoJuiioQ ezteoding the sesstot; un- t turdaj next The bill amending tlie currency act was further discussed. It is reported that Grant has retired from . Karb Ctaat, His object is probably le mass troops lor another aswuit on our right. ' Adrioes from the front states that the ene my are moriusr io the direction of Stiuoton. our forces usable to prevent' tlieir advance. It y reported Uat Suunton is already occu pied by the yankecs. FKOM TUE WEST. Battle Fio.s8 miles fkom Marutxa June 6th. The enemy s still moving toward Altoona. Hooker's corps is fortifying the hills between Achwortb and Atlanta. . Heavy rains the past two days bare ren dered it almost impasiabk) for Artillery, re tarding the moyementsxonstderabljr. Some alight skirmishing occur red near Lost Mountain, yesterday. - All quiet this morning. Atlanta, Juoe 5th. The Iteporter for te Press left the, front at noon, arid reports our army still moving to wards the Kail Road on the right of. the en erar, having already crossed near Ac k worth, and Hookers corps reported fire miles East of it, on the Atlanta load. Gea. Johnson's Head Quarters wce West of Marietta, with our left resting at Lost Mountain Hardee commanding the right, with Polk oo the left, and Hood the centre. Taivkee caealrj daslied into Big Shanty at 10 o'clocRy this morning. They were met by William's brigade, who were fighting them when the Reporter ktft. t Mositt, Junefi. This morning the steam er Donegan in attempting to run the block ade was captured. Cargo assorted. Operator at Jackson, on the 5lh reports on soouts, that afarmaduke Is blockading the MississiPDi below and above Greenville with ten guns. . His force w large,' and has destroy ed three transports, securing two cargoes, be sides crippling- three gunbsU, besioVt otber transports ; among the lajter, Marion and Fairchild, i Ono gunboat with ope hospital and lour transports between battel iea, and. iwiwi g up vr ugwo, . - Uicwiioso, June 7tlr. Lee's 'dispatch last night confirms the withdrawal of the enemy from our lA and part th. centre, nothing frSm the Vsley this morniHg. Gen. W. E. Johnson was killed In the ht near Slaunten on sun day, all of our trains were brought fM Safely, to Waynesboro . AM the citizens paroled prior Xo May ?th, and arl the soldiers delivered Io City Point up to the present lime declsred. ex changed. Sale of Confederal, bonds postponed until 2It, at Cofumbia, Richmoitd, June 8. United Slat psners of the 4th receiv d. Gold ia Mew York had-adraneed to Grant's dispatches of the 2d claims . f.t rned MMUIll yim tot .fur. fep.txl iSJJTnn. tf iJliiBnoW lLi MeiJ from Uie.aneinr." Ikimrfe,! LU. . j. o. ; .N . ' . ..... .linos,' ilofsomo plaoes are Io fiftr yards of ! t. ' I , , j . f""' '"nu,yro roaa was .repssieo vy c "-('-I Vth llovvs has pafsed 1oi resotor 0 . . , . . " . , JssamtassUMSSIsa4s y ,.u ' ' oners were froiavHuifer a, prob IM IMIAI tf III. IfAAHl.!..' . . fas It mm , r-k . , , , ( . , , . J . " w . , mm fivuuinr , nrW" w --. i - - 1 - X . ..i i dupalchet, ..ou..a., .r". Mr .with. . slew bf mlluendmr lZTZTVl mVZ,?J? . U'" tlT. ? ' V0' .Ysnkeo spy, wM ' -T, wv-ww vs tss awiff4Vlt:in. CsJU rafillUkal trace for tlia t.irhn.; m X:t. ours, imitrniwrfv MittBrin ). -S... -krt bsriuif lh a4 Issl'iiitfbCiMMl to pol Nothing of jnlafest b.as. trsnspwtd to- ' ' KtCHMOKD.JoOe'8. - - Tlis 8enate sustained the President's veto of the joint resolution exempting editors and employees o newsnaDers. r . t j 1 , a v w www n mu msgasines, penodicals,-dfa, from miliUirj service. Also rejected the bill iqcreaaiagi ordnance officers, : returned by the I'resi lbs appropriation bill passed without 1 amendment. House joint resolutioD of thanks - to Gen. Taylor, tils officer and men, concur red ia. " Tax bill was further considered. The House was occupied n tb. diseussioo of Uie eeoato Ull until recess. II EADQU ABtERS, 8 V. if . Kichmokd, June 0. enemy lias been unvsmtlly quiet to day along the whole extent of his lines, and nothing of importance occurred. Two divisions of his cavalry 'undeV'Sheridan, are reported to have crossed the t-rry. . 1L E. LEE, Gen'l. The advance of Sheridan's column, ac companied by artillery, appeared last night at desternWd blation, moving in the di reciion vl Aioeiiisrle. . : IISAD QCAKTEKS, MoVNTAIX TOP, June 11th, at midnight 1 1 o'clock P. M. Crook and Averill and Hunter to-day jitstaub'.ou. ran of 1be4r Iosxms.' ass on-1 the Greenville and Middlebrook road. -Five buoJred cavalry made a demonstra tion at 3 o'clock, P. M.on VVay nshoro' and Greenville and Staunlpu road, but were repulsed by Geu. Imboden. The enemy retired to Staunton, burning Fisherville depot . : Pore, with four huodred is moving down the Valley to reinforce Hunter. The ene my has do supplies,' but subsists off the country. Our troops are in fine spirits. An advance is anticipated to-morrow. Mobilx, June 9. ' The operator at Brandon on the 8tb, inst says that on authority .of Col. Shads from Sheveport as official froitf Camden, Arkansas, Mar 27th, on the 24th Manna"- duke, engaged the enemy's fleet near Gaine's Landing. OspU Jacobs boarded and captured transport Lebanon. - Pratt's battery did excellent service, crippling one gunboat serious! r. The whole Fed eral fleet severely repulsed snd driven down the river. Pajce is reported at Cain dn, Taylor below Alexandria., Steele oc cupies Little Rock. . . Richmond, June 9. After further debate the Senate passed the tax bill. House passed a bill author izing the issue of certificates of indebted- ness for property purchased or impressed by the Government Said certificates to be receivable in payment of all -dues, ex cept import arid export duties. '1 Motion to reconsider, screed tov Richmoro, June 9. 'Nothing doing along our tines to-day. Not a heavy gun fired up to 3 o'clock. Hot h armies' oonfrontiniz -each ot her - in heir brasst works with occatiunal Vtfket firing. ' RicuMovb, June 10. The enemy SOOO-strong, under Kinlz, made a dcsjerato attempt to capture Pe tersburg yestenlsy. ITie enehy advanc ed in two. columns" snd after severs! as saults upon our. works sou tkeast of the city, in which they were reputsed, succeeded in flanking our forces, aad causing them to retreat after fighting bravely.' The Pe tertburg militia susiaieed the brunt of the first ssaahV belaying like veterans, and losing six killed, ted thirty wounded. Some of the best citizens were among tbjo. The enemy advanced to th. suburbs. At an opportune ... moment, Graham's battery opened upon them from the lieservoir. Hill, simultaneously, with Dearing's Car .tBaltimorsyestsrdaV. Tr, T KipwwoirD, June ' . , J Kicsntovn, June 10. V Gen. (Jrsjit W Gm :'fJii b .toroMR adtrtco. Id the JMi ofMayi , .... M - . 1 . vm isct. VI ism a a aii i. laiHiii ijui anr LniarrrM na nniu ' uuua on i Mninrruwi la i?smAflAraxA uniiorm vpwirviAV UP Wa.I. ft J ' I . ft teen received: ird!ia.ier,. Dak. of i MaUioff ls oVad. Tfi Jmws of 'th rveaf Lattk in Vtrgioia ca&V. profound Mna: tioa ia nglao4.'TU4 ss mnf i Star regards Grant's suoce. iudecJaive.1 Th. Pott expressed lhV rcoviitfio' tkai lh Federals had sustained s crushing defeat. The 7rruW and t?o6 ropounce th. ad vaocs on Itichmond lurL '--' 4- RirwsoxD,JuM 10. K Northern dates of thejSlh, says: Grant's di snatches' say the enemy attacked the Federal line Saturday 0)ght and were ev erywhere repulsed. Everything going on well. . - ' f . , The correspondent f the JUmquiryr ad miU s lossot 4,000 a: Cold liarbor, on the 3rd. Gem Tyler lost a foot 3vep Colonels wounded. Caucusing at Baltimore indicated re- rnomination of Lincoln' and Hamlin. Gold 194f . ' Sherman isreportei to be in possession of Ackworlli, abd of t-'ie Railroad, w'rthio one mile of Marietta.' , - v AtCaxtaa,, June 1 . Tlie enemy was developed in brce yes terdvy in our front at Ackwerth, and our extreme right east ef the Railroad. -.- Skir mihing this afternoon from Hood's corps. Prisoners reports list the bridge over the Etowah, has been rebuilt by the Yaukeees. Trains running to: Ackworth.- Sherman s voids eyery effort to bring on an engage ment out of his brsastaorks. A captured ysukoe says he has orders not to risk a general engagement , Gov. Browo return ed from the front yesl?rdy, where ite has beeo with Gen. Johnston "' ' ' RicahoKD, June 10. Fremont's letter accenting ,lhe Cleave land nomination declares Lincoln's ad ministration a military, dictatorship with out unity, action, vigor or execution.- Says if a respectable man is nominated at Bal timore be will not be a caiHitdale. If Iiruvtln ia nominated no alternative but to organise every element of opposition to j Prevent the misfortuno of his election, he JftralJ says Fremont's position se cures the defeat.of Lincoln. Richmond, Jane, 10. v .The steam rare both jby Laird, has been purchased .by the;, English Government. The crew and schooner, of J.- L. Gerity discharged.' Liverpool cotton, market steady. . " RiCBMOND, inne 10. me senate concarrexl in the uouse amendments of the bill establishing Bu reau for foreign supplies. The bilj author izing army reKrters of the lres Associa tion to purchase rations of forage, Rguln rt-iwteil. MfMt of th tv Mnl in Avt' sessioji. The House ' passed th Sena j bill for the relief f Stales holdinz old I currency; and disagreed to Senate amend ments to bill sraeoding the tax laws. v The commit tee of conference will be secret Congress will probably adjourn lo-raorrow. - ' RiCRH5n, June lOlb. No change, In the situation of the: two armies. . Alt uie to day. ' - - MooRf aIrtTop, June 9th. , The' enemy advanced to-day witb cav alryand were driven back by .Imboden's. infantry.' . Column ea. t side of the Bail road aJvseceJ to Fisherville, burning the Railroad track. AW Moaiuc, June 9tb. Special I. tVe Register, dated Ssenatobia, sandefi ltaok S8! and -Hotencrawta,-retain tbeir respective - eonimands. . Mor- rfAriMt defeated br frtKtnta lh 18lh ultimo, on Yellow Bavow. Confedi erate loss eight hundred.- Federal 160. Shelby moviog oo the south western Mis souri with twenty-foor Jundred men. , Srx thousand mfanUy ordered soplh to reinforce Canby. j . - A raid Is said to bare left Memphis for Corinth.' GoUia . Uetnbk Xli. Fre mont and Cocherau -oousioated by Cbsave land Radical Conversion. Washington dispatch of the 2d says thirty thousand (30,000) wounded brought to the hospitals there. - Uin j ; . snbjsc. of - importancs fro;o 'either uoase . ; " -. . ': i' ' ' ' '-' Ricbmord, Jane 11- definite. information of Sheridan s whereabouts. ' RrxirWd reovmc .1n' the d'trect ef Clum) FJuvfrnawnnty, Koemy in th. Valley, said to Jk moving towards-tLexingtou.-,Uuorted thai Oil' more is sendiftfr troops to the South aid of the A ppoaiaitoi for n'othr attack on Petersburg. I v - , : -RicBtiwtt, June 11. Currently reported Rere to-dsy tliat Lincoln and. Harnhnwere nominated at Baltimore on the 8th. Gold 197. . . NORTHERN NEWS. J ' PrrfiuBORi, June 11. The Herald of the 9th received. Lin coln end Andy" Johnson, were nominated by the Vallimore Convention on the 8th. The Herald thinks the ticketwilt bve hard road to' trevel. The 11th resolution dedsres (or lh fliaintonance - of Monroe doctrine. A victory 'k claimed for Htfn ter in the valley but information gathered exclurety JromSoultie7os gan captured Mount Sterling, Ky., on 8th and destroyed bridges, tore vp track of the Kentucky Central Road between- - Gyuthi anna and Paris. Captured passenger train and occupied Paris, destroyed important trussle works, aTtlial point his force eeti inatod at 2500. Jhe Hetald pitched into the Times of Tuesday for publishing' ac count of the battle on the 3d between, Lee and Grant -The Tiroes claims that it as4 the most Important battle of the wan Confesses that Grant wns'badly beatttr br the rebels, and that they .were undoubted ly successful. The Herald cays it was published solely to defeat , Grant for the Presidency and succeeded. " Gold closed on 6th-at 194. - Telegram from Sherman daitd Ack worth's Pass. Jth, 6 P. M4njs he has - been to Altoouta Pass, finds it admirable for his purac. It is the gate I hrongh the most eastern pa'rt of the Ale ghanies. Says the enemi id not in his immediate front but his signals are at Lost Mountain . and at Kenesois. Dispatch from Grant, June 7tly 5 P; M4uy islt ,, beeu quiet to-day, Mbridiak, June 11. Lee and Forrest have routed the Yankee columns near Baldwin, Nor h Mississippi, capturing 200 wagons' bear Hy loaded with stores of all descriptions. Forrest made a forced march to meet "the enemx. . The march of the Yankees was marked by greater destruction than ever before in the Stale. " ,V .. - P MaVrnaduke erected another battery on the Mississippi, at Sonny Side, below Greenville, and has a number of boats hemmed up, and has destroyed.lhree steam ers op to the 7th instant - Mobile, June 11. 1 Special dispatches to the Tribune from Hsldwin of the 11th says Forrest made forckd rcn P f n .beiwf5n . lh?. Y.,ukc "d Baldwin., -He held them by severe and gallant fighting for five hours when Bean ford struck them io the flank, driving them four miles. Official note says the enemy were routed and over 200 wagons loaded with stores aad many prisoners were captured.. . - - . 1 "RicwtoRD, June 12..., ' Reports that . Sheridan is moving to wards the canal not confirmed, on the con trary it is asserted that Hampton's oavaN ry jUlacksd tbe Yankes raiders yesterday evening near Louisa Court House, .'cap taring a battery and large-number of plionrvJiO-oQil reporLof th.-esyt gagfment re vedb Another parly of raiders from the valley struck the Orange and Alexandria -Rail BdjestedayaearAlWnfonebon county. - Enemy have doubtless occupied Lexington, and apparently aiming .for Ljnchburgi . RiRmoxd, June 1 1th.. " Accounts from the front; represent Grant busy digging parallels., Skirmishing yester day and to-day, but it has amounted to no thing. .The lines ra, some places not 100 yards apart. ' .-. - ' Sroaa's Farm, June lltb. . No change in the relative position of the arm tea, save aa ootooal disctWe of artil lery and active sharp shooting on the part of toe enemy. Boouts report lrant to be tear- in the viciaHy of Rome. ! From JCeneeaw. rnouoUu'o, sevecal ljun-. dred of the enemies' wagons csn be seen parked 'near Big Snanty: - 2 . vPrisofletBsreport Blair's 17th corps joined. Sherman on the 9th Ipst.. ' -Ait quiet paring me ntgnt up ur-irae ot in. w . . . -w P t Catawba ' Britm! tf. U IP -t iDimk ' Watchman have, obsen'ftd thstf J.ohn,lhe rascaL" as Joy fsmilisrUy cells biro, 'has -.received a communication from Catawba Station, in which it is said that Uolden is gaining ground in. Ca tawba." ( Ial vipdicstien of old ClaVbt, it should be staled that she is for Vance, except about two " guts" who have re-, cently moved to CaUwb 8tsti6n- from' Eastern- North Crolina.: And the sup posed author of the ktlfr that John" boasts of so triumphantly, says be came up- tor his heaftb (about two weeks ago) nod hsssr right to express the vsentiments Cf rtrwdr. ii bis .poysicai m as rouen aa hie political health, be ought to hare Meot further for be will undoubtedly - go up- the sdouI" soon. As for UoUen. we rV gard bun Rs the d st traitor thai aver graced sapling, aed j J It SO after the election. ; OE.' . Pleasart Rxtriat, 2?. C, ) ' s t;- '. " in 7 I84. . j , Mr. Editor? f notice in your paper that the Progress11 is laying elaltrf to the Western counties for Billy Uolden. Now, met wiU aa Jntellizert soldier who flaa been through several of our Western coun ties taking op deserters, .and be assured me that all the disloyal men' and deserters were for Uolden, bnt all good citizens were for Vance. So, M iv Progress must get his bformat'ion frorq thai kind of soprce. As to my own- neighborhood, I know of bnt one men who says be will vote for Hold en. Others therettnay be, ' but if tbey be, they won't own it , ou may be assured that every candid, open-bearted man in McDowell county is for Vance. ' Could many who are lying out in our mountains bsve the privilege of voting, Uolden would get many votes Holden is too chameleon for us. ' Respettfuliy, 8. W. M. Te tie Sherifi as! Tax-CeUecten ef Isrth Carellaa. , " . ' ," ' : The following is a copy of so much of. an act passed at the last session of the ueneral Assembly as relates to . the cur rency in which taxes ntay be collected i SrCtios 1. Be it enacted by the Gene ral Xsumbly olhe State 6f Worth Caro lina, and (t ii hereby enacted by the au thority of lht tame, That all taxes due to the State or 'counties '''nod for school pur poses, or taxes for the poor, all payments for entries of public lands, and all fines and forfeitures for tbe use of the State or coun ties, may be paid in Treasury notes of the Confederate States under five dollars, or in the new 'issue authorized by the act of tbe Confederate Congress, ratified the 17th ' of February, 1864und all such dues may be paid during tie present year in the old" issues of Confederate Treasury notes of the denomination of five dollars, both toclusiv, less thirty thiee and on third percent, the tax imposed by the act of Congress. ' . ' Sic. 3. Me further enacted,'. That tba act ratified July 3d, 1863, entitled "an act in relatioo to tbe payment of Uses" and for other purposes, sad-ao much of section second m lhf Ordinance, No., 35 ofthe 1 State Convention, ratified 26th February. 1 861, as directs tbe receiving of Confede- rate Treasury notes in payment of jtaxea and alt other does, are hereby repealed. - Qwing to considerations explsined , in ' mf late Hporl lo the General Assembly. our Treasury, notes of less denomloalion than a dollar are. not exchanged for Con federate notes, but these change notes will -be exchanged for North Carolina. Treasury . Botes of larger denomination, or for cou pons from our State bonds. 0n preeeota Ution by you or auy other person at this department of an v amount f our Dotes above a dollar, or our due coupons, oar change notes for the same acoonnt will ba cSectedlh rough the agency of the South ern Express Co. . . .. -V JONATHAN WORTH, ,- ia, Trial. . i Jan 2d, 1884. i ''-'A i'I "i1 r '4 l t I l' i -r if i ; Hi V:
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