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S A 5 FAYETTEYILLE, N;; 1864. KG 13 4 Willi I Reported by the Press Association 1864 Entered according tn Act of Congress in the Tear 1S13. by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's nifice of the District Court of the Confederate States, fur the Northern District of Georgia. Mobile, May 2d. Mr. Wagner bearing uuymii iuu-t -.- uii or tne battles of 8th and 9th on Ited river as follows : A complete defeat. Th lo eS" : e enamv s timated by Gen. Taylor at 8,000 kiiled-oun- 5 lf iiieirnwn au""!"" , put the numbcrat 13,000. We captured-21 I pieces ef artillery, 10,000 slandmall arms, 1200 mule5,40a wagms and a large q-iantity nrct,. fv , . , . , . , . 0.-nA ' - 01 stores. Our loss is officially stated at 2200 j nA : .. : t...A .i ' .- . Killed. GcnMs. Mouton and Greene were killed. Three Yankee Generals are reported milieu, i lie eneniy-js torce was 'ZZ.vWJ curs 18 to 20,000.. Kirby Smith. conducted Taylor command! thelcentrOA r ii ! i.t-1 3 iioviin uiB'Wings. n runoay ine hui the enemy attempted to cross Red rivei again J to attack us, but was again whipped worse . , i than before, but no particulars. r orty steamers, of all classes, ascended Uie River and were all above Alexandria xci t '. no ; jfOHtsibllily vj escape. 'Yen or twelve boat, Ten or twelve boats already arc blown up i I or burned to avoid capture. Mr. Wagner .1 . . 1 1 1 i . t t . , 1 1 t - . 1 c , , . ,1 Price seemed to have fallen back m apparent 1 1 1 ; disorder abandoning ev-ei-y thing, when tho. Yankees attacked his trains they broke ranks and scattered to plunder, Price turned hnd cut them to pieces, capturing 4000 prisoners 300 wagons, all their ammunition, l agg;,gc and supplies. It is reported also that Steelo has cvacuat- ed Little Rook and fallen back towards the Mississippi Uiver. This story is corroberat - i 'y Y.nkee accounts oa" the Mississippi; i:i.:n.uoxi, May 2d. An official telegram; from Wilmington to the Secretary of the Na- i vjstates that authentic intelligence lias been received from. Nassau to the effect that the Florida sunk the Iluntsville.and another gun. boat on the Wesl India coast. Oa vscr: C. II., May 2. S:outs report the; Mietny as hivi.'ig struck their tents in C1.1l" pepper and that the Yankee army is morf.ig' No demonstrations as jet on our front. It is reported that the enemy were moving both 11 .nks. liir;!Mol, May :. Tin Senate to d y was I occupied in electing by ballot!, Standing ! tmmiitees and Ch;iirm..ii of the, principal j Com-uitt..m K.w . i-n alf nix. Pun .veil, Fi-1 nance; Idlii.-n, rirtm-aier.- ; Spirro Mil; t:ry Atfdrs;, IJ.own, Xval; Il'll, Juilcary Jn the House, C'kilton's resolutions fr the investigation of the charge of diloyal?v . AV;il. -i.i.cnn V.. V ldiS .irlnntcd v-a sixty nine, m ys six. A c omnuttec of , kce mossed Ely's ford last night and lire was appointed. advanced on the Plank roa-1 within fiva,miles Mr. Cruiksh uik introduced a b'!l fo repeal : of Fredericksburg. It if probably a recon the act suspenJiug the writ of y.ibeas Cor uoiteiing expedit'on. i)US. Various bills, and resolutions introdu- j . . . . , . . . , a i i- j ; i j;,, During the day they retired several mi es. ;ed and appropriately referred, including j a j j propositions to increase pay of the army j At two o'clock, when thb train left Hnmilto i hundred per cent issue rations to officers j c.-ossing, a repoi'ter dsmc I reliable, stated itiid put five dollar bills on the srtine foo ing that the Yankees were aiin a Ivan wing in with new currency. force. , ,r hit The only news fro a the Peninsula is, that Wii.MiXi.Tov, May d i. The enemv evacu- J ' njted Washington at 12 M. Sunday last, our the Yankees still occupy West Point and forces occupying the place. j are repairing the whnf. Their pickets are thrown out six miljs. t . . r o.i 'r..-.n... ,;,., v. .-. lJBMUl 01.I.. iUitl UM. i HCIIH-lliii. iiiiian. prisoners, incluuing a Captain, pilot and part of tl c crew ot the gunboat Petrel captured, by Wirt Adam's command, passed through here to-day, on their way to Cahawba. RrcnMoxD May, ,1. -About four thousand Yankee troops landed at West Point on Sun- j brilliant victory at Plymouth, was unani-.-. t .ii,j - j day afternoon. A larger lorce ianueu at O muCester Point and io-ktown. ihese troops constitute Peninsula army, probably under command of Gen. Smith, and will, no ; .!. . - .. . ? Vx I K(.ni Int. r. 4rv .lira I uuuji, muic iu mis uui-tuv.il in nicn u.ij a. j The Xmv Yurie IFrnthl of the tlilth s;ivs ii i V i i r v .i ,J that reinforcements lor Lee from South Car-i olina and Geoifik are ranidlv reaching- him 1 all the troops from Augusta had left for Rich- i raond. Lonjstrcet asccrtaired to be at Char lottsville. An arrival from New Orleans, s.13'5 Red river advices of the lUih, states that Steele is reported to have captured Shrevcport." A portion of the Union army had left Grand Kcore to attack Kebcl's position. The E ist pvTt is still on the bar. TJni-in loss in the several battles thtrtj'-four hundred. (Oh what a rubber! En. C.vu.) Quantrell reported moving on Kansas. Ihe .Senate concurred m House, resolutions j - : J...:.. sn .. ... i .1 . increasing uuuv-s oo per euov. iu M.wy un s, except on printing paper. lax bill passed the House 102 to 33. Whiskey taxed 50 cents on the gallon. Gold closed on the 2Sth 7lH - MtltiDAN, May 2j The Mississippi is rising, Red, Ouachita and other livers falling. Gen. Mouton had five bulletts through his breast, f.reene was killed by a stray shell from a gun-boat two days after the battle ol the 7lh. The expedition tjis planned by Franklin. The Yankeis expect to muke Shievcoi t their ba.-e, w hen lr.int move : Texas, through t'ne north eastern counties, lianks was sure of finding Steele in possession of Hhreveport, intensely chagrined when iniornied he was .nil. A courier from Banks to Steel was intercepted at Shrevcport carrying orders for Steele to t ill back as rapidly as possible, that B inks was advancing on .Shre.'epnrt, expee ting to find six thousand, but had met ninetv thousand. Natchez and Raon Roue arc crowded to excess with wounded. Tf.e extent, of out victory on Red River cannot bt? exaggerated. Prince Polignac was promoted on the' field. Mis" clothes wre riddled with balls. He succeeds Mouton and Wharton succeeds Greene. Mobile, May 3. The Loursianians at this stati u tired a salute of 13 guas to-day, iu honor of Taylor' a victory. Daltom, Maj 3. As far as known the ea emy is making no movements in this auc tion. Everything is perfectly uict iuside oar lines. Kilpatrick left a note at Tunntl Ili'.l on yesterday for General Wheeler, saying: "I came out to meet you on "Friday, with 500 men. which you declined te-d.iy. with 1,00, iiRd r.ext time I cenae, with a-.y uh-.de ct?m. ma nd, and annihilate you and your minions. Whew !J Your Classmate, W. J j. KlLPATKICK." Shanghai fowls how tall they grow, In a few days D altos May, 2. Northern dates to the 2Rth re ceived, and Louisville to the 27th. It is believed Lee Tould not'venture on offensive movements. . Special dispatch to the New York Tribune say-?, the Mi army corps is d v 40.00U strong. It isaid 1 in high quarters that the President intend send- ,Sickles to relieve Banks. Admiral Wilkes has been dismissed from tnf ser vice ! Gen. Foster is appointed to a command in tbc n'-Ilb a- w51 probably b. assigned to Burnside's co.r?f" , A t. Kavo Wn riv: - - Cotton advanced one fourth to hair tennv. Con guia 91-. The enemy advanced in heavy force on Tunnel Hl this morning, gradually driving our Cavalry back until thev reached a point near Tunnel Hill.. , . , , ,,,. , j ,u -.1 i ' Our loss twelve" kiHi and wounded, including one general officer equ-pm plnnltous and brought off negroes' and .l' . r . t 1 ne u'mament ol the gunboat, Petrel, cap tured b Wi t A.lants, ha reached lirandon. Trans-Mississippi advices sta'c that the . V I .,l... 1 1 p-ifls about the rapids, on lied Hirer, - I prevent their falling into our hands. 1 . h.- ! 1 f'.i... i' 11 :.:.. 1 1 MKirfniAN, M-y 3d. I1ieut. W . 1.. ren, , r ' ,- ,, - ; ! r iv . 1 . ,1 . c; ' ,.ibaut u doaen .str.igglers.- these scouiTe ' tl.o nrvrilinns of t irt Adams cavalry, went within six .. 1 . . j . the operations. , : 1 t port the country about Cu'p:Mcr . -1L iiy , 1 1 1 -s ui n.tr"Uil icvcmt, i.iiumui nu( , -, i i c . i , , I .'IIIIII I'V lll'V H V A 1 I I J I 1 I 1 I I jVI II I ill l: n, . 1 norfc of irice whinuintr and routine Stnelp. I'. r . . 0 . ' 111 t t 1 : i v -1 ; The commander o.f the Petrel and 25 other v , , 1 , 1 Yankee-:, captured by irt Adams, arrived ierc to-dav. Mobile, May 3d. Shrevcport news of the 15th containing Taylor's congratulatory ad dres uiion the victory of the 8h and 9:h ult . ! at Mansfield, lie claims a complete victory. lso, an order relative to the death of Gcn'Is Mouton and Greene in which "Taylor claims vi ton at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Gen. Greene was killed at Blair's Landing. IJichhoxd Ma G Rurnsidc's corps cros- St U the'K.ippalmnnock, Monday,-with the ex ception of a negro Hrigade, left at Manassas. A special dispatch to the Jraminer from Hamilton's Crossing, says Northern papers of the 30th, report Grant returned to "Wash ington to demand the services of McClellan, ' and refuses to move with Ids arniv. until the demand is complied with. Also urges that Fie mont be assigned to duty on the Peninsula" Troors whose terms expire in May, have notified the Government that they will not obey orders recently issued, continuing them in service till the 1st of July. Jj ist accounts trom bed river represent the Confederates inarching on Grand Eeore. Th Y-'inkees admit a loss, of -i,00. A r"!lfl"" in Lincoln's cabinet is reported and that Ch.-yse has resign e,d. Gold ISO. Riciimon'P, May 4. Information has been leceived this forenoon, that a force of Yan- Richmond, May 1. in tho Senate a reso lution introduced, fixing the dajof adjourn - mcnt on the sixteenth inst, laid oyer. A joint rosolution of thanks to Gen. Hoke, Com mander Cooke, olUccrs and men, for the mouslj' agreed to, also a resolution of thanks to Gen. Finegan, oflijcrs a:i l men. for the victory at O.ustee. Various propositions i 1 1.1 1 were introduced auu reierreu. . i lu te House personal explanations were 1 w maJe UJ t,iC i'Messrs. Loach, defining their respective position on the question of peace and the Habeas Corpus act. Resolutions de claring it inexpedient, to put five dollar notes on a par with new issue, adopted yeas sixty seven, na3's eight. D Alton, May i. Fourteen privates be longing to the fifty e'ith (58) and C3i N. C. Reg'ts., were shot to-day. for desertion, two were also shot for the same offence in Su- arts DivisioiT. The enemv have lmfssed a i..:.c portion of their armv at Jted Chi v. " 1 ... . . . - Skiimishin' has been going on near Pinir- gdd on the Cleaveland road, between our cavalry and the enemy's all day. Our forces gradually retiring on the 1 ttter toad. A gen eral ergagciuent will probably commence to morrow. (tyANOE C. II., April 1th. A body of the enemy's cavalry crossed-Ely's. and Greriiianna fords last night, and are reported this morn - in:'- to le moving to Chanceliorsviile and i 1 1 ' i. i . tr 1 1 c reoe: icksoui r. ine wuoie i.-niKee .-irinv is moving 11 om Culpeper C. 11. towards L'.y s and Germanna frds, over which thev have thrown pontoon bridge, across which their! infantry are reported io have been pacing all dviy Some slight skirmishing To-day with small arms is reported to mo going on at these fords. The 'enemy withdrew their pi kets on our rone nt th upper fords last wight. Ample preparations are goihg on to meet the enemy, i his week car. hardly close without a des perate general engagement. Our troops are eager and confident. Grant is reported to have a very large force. Mobile. lay 4. Taninabon OnontAr ports a figljt at Olive Branch yesterday be- tween fi teen hundred Federals and Scott's cavalry, eight hundred strom. The" fio-lit lasted eight hours 'IIih enemv were driven across Thompson's creek. No los.s It is reported that Confederates are rein - foi cing. Ihe fight will pvobably bo rtsuui cd to-day. Ricintoxn, May 5. A flag of truce boat has arrived at City Point with northern pa pers to the 3d. A telegram from the mouth cf Rcd rivir. dated the tjit'i. svs U mk& ar- my liad fallen back to Alexandria without fighting. . - , Steele is reported at Camden, Ark., in & strongly fortified position. '"- Gold on th? 2d, 771. Rtcn.voxn, May 5. European advices he 2M lmve been reeeivdt The Prussians, on the ISth, nssmilfed and captured the Danish work at, Duppcll loss heavy on b.oth sidos. The Danes rttrcat'edlpa to' the Inland of Alsen. ..fP feo The Conference in regard to (he Danish ft and German war was to meet on tho 20th I I. Maximiiltn w.s at limine on the 18th, from t r-! ... !.. ,!. I ,.,..l.,V ffrv;.,.. - , It was reporte I that Garibaldi would leave England iairncdi ttcly, at the instance of the I c I II 111 . II I- .. a iji Cotton advanced a qiartef rof a penary; breadstuff dull. OiiAXon C. U., Aprii 5. 0ir scouts trenti are reported still t r-hojtl out at ltra,U tion, in tjnlpeper c unt-. Thcrr infantry and artillery all crossed at the lower f jftls l.it night, and.spread this morning from ChtniP cellorsvilic up to Perkins' Store," a point aboutTe u'" uciu. 11 imltoiii-u uuvuie' u ported tli at they inoviirg-this momiug out-frim Chancel 4 lorsvill ,. e towards the C'entnd Kail nay. Some s!ig!i t cav.dry skirmisaing has beea goins on ... . about iiJ miles below, near Perkins Store, tins morning- Grant's force is variously -es . w timated at between 100 and 180,000 rhen. The first figures are most probably correct. From thu fact that Grant only toilk Tour days rations in leaving Culpeper,. it is pot improbable he will decline acting offensively and will fll back to the heights of- Freder icksburg. No cannonading heard here up to I o'clock to-t.y- Rich.m ini), May 5 Additional -Foreign items : Tne English (iovern n.'iit retains : possession of t'ne gnnbo.it "Alex mdria, but wa.- leatiy to iieiiver ner to Hie o.vners on application. Alexandria correspondent of the London Times says it quite certain that the Viceroy of Egypt, gave th'. Lairds an or der for the construction 111 the Mersey, of the rams- ' The steamer Pavaria from Hamburg:, for New York, wns ciptmed o. tij 17th, by a Dj.ni.sh frigate. The London Times attrib ites the rally of the Confederate loan, and thw reaction in the Paris llourse, to the action of tho , Yinkce House of l"ep:- senfalive.i oir the Mexican question. DEMoroL.rs,May 5. Special to the Ctirion Merfti'uiii, from Tangephoa, on tho 4th, say : Advices fron Olive lb inch, just - re ceived, strtcs that after eight hours desper ate fighting, our forces repulsed a d drove the enemy tvero.ss Thuwnsou'rt creek, the en emy numbered fifteen thousand, our forces eight hundred. Ileinforceinents are being rapidly sent forward to Col. Powers. To the s.nne from Clinton, on t!.e GJ, via Suin, mit oil the 4th, states that Col. John. S men, engage I fi ve thousan : Yankees from Baton Kougs and Port Hulson, under Gen. Andrews, ar.d after several hours fighting in wkich Col. Posvt rs nnd Mjor ()gd n and Lie;;t. Powers', behuved withdistinguished gallantly, ho repulsed them with heavy loss, including Coi. Teabooderman, of the 4th Wiseonsiit cavalry, killed and a large number wounded. O.ir loss ii-ve wound-: I. Tha light took place at Olive Branch Creek; the enemy are in full retreat towards Baton Rouge, and Maj. Fre J. Ogden commanding Maytisld's cavalry, pursuing. RiiiM0ND, May2 . The fl g of truce boat brought 50 officers, and 2-J5 privates for ex change. . - Chase has not resigned. He has been in duced to remain at his post f.r tfie present. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, (mentions a rumor that Banks will be super- eaea iy .uiur. , Qi.COXD MSrATCII. RtriiMONu, .May 5 Nothing of importance occurred in cither branch of Congress to-day; uiu oeutie was eiiieuy occupied in debates on the 1 issnort system. A bill sec.iirinc special passports to members ui' Congress ya lr.ss.(i - fTiiiKn visiT rtl - - ' ' " '- i n.ril,lnvi. ... r lnf,,n,i;, ,0.;nvi i J,c,IMONn l- -intoi mat ion ie -pived at j the War Department reports 4 monitors and ' 5 gunboats, including 2 iron clads and 5U transports, in the James river, this morning) coming up. (Special to tho Examiner-l Hamilton Cuossixt;, May J From Xor - tliern paper? or 3 Jth, and other and hizhci authority, I learn the cause of the dday in the movunent of the army of the Potomac. It has transpired that when Gen. Grant as sumed comui mdof the United States armies, he represented to the President that, in view of the in -iguitudeof the trust cOiitided to him, he felt it incumbent upon him to fortify him self 03' all thi means .n his pOWer, and in, particular he needed the moral support which the employment of Gen'ls. MeClellKn and Fremont, representing two great phases of public opinion, would give; he, therefore, de Sirtl permission to assign them to duty. rhis was i -fused on a trilling pretext, as respects rremont, but peremptory as to Gen. ' McClellan j Grant then proceeded to re-organize the I armies .011 another ba.-is. He thought it best t . 1 ...;... .... ........ 1 e ... i..u r -. ; ,Jl",s -n-ni n v. u u-uuais 10 ins am. and displace many who had served under MeCleilan. Inis has not worked satisfacto- lily, and General Gram t is understoetf to hive admitted, while sati-fied with the number md material of his arm', he is uneasy respec ting the virdt. ll-j returned to Washington on Monday, therefore, with a peremptory de mand fjr the service- of General McCleILn inthe forthcoming campaign, and refuses to move the army un lit ms uemamis are com pliedwtth. He .salo very uigent that Gen- eral rrcmont be assigned tiidut-. lhese the armv until his demand facts are admitted bv J.incohi s adherants. The PMnnsylvani; troops in tho army of) the 'Potomac, whose terms . expire in May, have formally notified the Washington Gov- I ernnn nt tliat they will not obey the orders! recently issued remaiiuing thm to service 1,11 t,lw Hrsl JuI-5r" lhe ,,timsy lvjnia. Legist : Satul M;ls passed' a joint resolution urging j . . , , - . i i Lincoln to thei " discharge. j The reserve ;roops from the Northwestern 1 1 States ai pouring tor.anl to the reinforce ment ol the aimtrs in irginta. Grant was- still in Washington on Saturday-. ' ' ; . A great lUptist rcviv.ti is progressing in Macon, (Jeorgia. Fifrv persons have been ! added in the chuicL in I, past fe w weeks. ,4- 1r t - x .ly lad ac- con?; oli to T ce- the. tal acc '.I sue. we: tin-; -.altt ,yed nd- , brb n. re tl ii le 8;' UK Tl off ax 1 - . . TUB SliCO-SB a ttack ' rtaLw un-oa -I r.nd7n" vS baek";i t:?Hne "JTaiv madkr tUe enenj rottuaiu.; tf e town alnio laOtfhter . r Jtut tha reTjols jseem deternuned, and renewed attacks wert madeand cheeked, each one i still 'atteii.l-d with th.- Tn,.-t- a.-..:.Hr1,r cimmrf.! troin.this time until half oast ten o'clock on Wed -' Trom this time until halt" past ten o'clock on Wed- ncsday aiopning th tiprhtia ;vas aliot aniatcr-' rupted. -OiLTussdai ok-rs we iHued'for j upted . -On. T uesdaj THE E.VACPATIOS OF FOiiT W KSSELI.S. HJatter known a? thoKirhtv-jiSlh reariaient redoubt situated a short distance fro;u Mill creek. Cap-' LnuVi??';-?m,J,a,Lla?t 0fthef;!,t'h4d,be! killed, altaouga the stock ot amiuuaition on hand! disabud the-guns of Slis t'ovt TUE PSIOX FORCES COSCISTRATED, was growing ''small bv degree aud bsautifullv ! rather, grandmother, ot countless years ago. - J' . , , . , , IsssntilUEekeorie little band kr,t up an iuces"-iyOUnov what shape he took, that he! Ah, the wretch, I have him aow; and sant firing on th&eiemy, everv hnt telling with , . i,pa,lf!w, 'mna .,1T,T ,. t.'S08 iu search of his sword to Tun him thro' fearful effect. Upon the reception of the order "g breo-tne into her unsuspecting ear the ' the survives of the gar, ison aSraited the coming ! soft words of the seducer you know bo v.-. I ,te bo,l-v' wife, mere dead fhan alive, of th night, and under it, protecting shade .elent- Lven n he Udvs RilentJ aloirgf obedient ' W ' the midst of sobs, "Mr. O fly, IV XviMnl.w tn lh. town, hmn ' hi-t hnwoi.if ' , t f 1 t. t - J 1. on the evacuation of Fort Wessell,, in Forts Wil-jtbv lia-ms, -Uooifort and a redoubt facing the KoanokG river, below Mill week, and k?Pt up the tight in - cessautlv. The forces of C.-neral Wessells. thu.s being maimed, and abLi to handle their a. tillerv !f-"fithkbP ling fare on the rebels. Ihe ejiemv used tairty - pounder I'arrott gana and other ai tille: v ot about similar" calibre. FOP.T W ILuIAMS flTOXMZn. 'At Bine o'clock on the 20th instant, a raotfim petuous assault was mad-e by'the reb-jls on t'ort williarns. Our brave boys nobly stood by their guns and. repulsed every attempt of the enemy to enter the fortification. .In splendid order did the rebel column advance to Tthe assault: liVnerai v..,....n .,iuaii i,;. ...:.u: rairge of his guns, and then gave the o. der to lire Everv discharge mowed down th reb.-l tronjiliv ii caacuo aiiuitcu tiiNi i i.il i;uuiu iciiiiii cast platoons. .Still the gaps were instantly lilled up and tho'attack renewed. i'newed. In this manner the ene- eral severe-shocks, ard, alter a; re Impetuous charirc, vvnich like- uny received ' seven last and still more imp wise ise resulted disastrously to him, 'he withdrew, i minded men, 1 have no fear thsvt he will get ' ffituck?1"" make "ll-session ofme.. 1 defy him. 1 dare bi j evi jjTint b, - - obs. wessflls c a r i r v-L x t e d " . At half-past ten on the morningof the 20th instant1 i w eoncsaay ) an uour ana a nan aiir inr repuise at rot't v. liuaiii;. At tue uoar aoove luennonea1 the Union flaswa- hauled down on Fo. u Wiitra.us and Comfort as well as on the Mill creek rodelibt. his coaiinftd annibflat-'d1 Th j srarrison of Fort Gray no doubt fought nobly io the last ; but bein? 'm. . . K . r . i . l v. i. : : - 1 J .1 n r 1 1 .1 . . 1 uu 1 .uei uau w.-eu iiv.-o.Miy 1 uiuioj u uuriu uiose; ior i ai ways rememoer laai gre.-it men . . i; k , r, it . . t if . Tnisdavniirht.andtiiooverwhebniui : lot cvs hurled 1 , ,'. -.... ; that distance from the top. Of c mmmtrr -rrjX tnrt-alnt1v .AniiTiu-rl eoluaiu S"""- . I was killed. The victim Win g a niTonS " . Wl . .TTWT?r.:OWB-: bher: l.iit been allowed t'"..a- - -:- -H.im uowr inriuer 8 iaum:-1 iut 'gooa nutt nystnrmai reasons an. !f- .;-.,.! 1 n.iiii.r.ffi 'mi fin I'ti iii i i,nii,Ti v- k . ii ins r"' i ni'Dt was stations! on Me iM v w v. v Mv i I i.M Ui 0ui i i ci univ nil , cut off num-U1eiruain eoinuiand, without hPe otthrcc ,eMc am, it WouId to becn ; deliverence, had to succumb also. We have no i advices; troai this po.t; but common sense teaches us tliAt the fort cou d-not hold out verv lonr. TII: EEB2L COLCXIS . ij'f i. . ii l-...? i . r i '. . uonsiiieu oi uu w-iuau live uriaues in miupa, each biigide nuutbjriug abput ttiree tboUs.uiU : deeply engaged in reading. Among the." v",;u in ... ... . ,i. ..i...- !-. .. i,;.r r.v.. .,.r ai i . . . v r - ... . line in u. ; 1 .- , 7 istpnes which 1 pcrsued, was one -which marte- nAI, . frtrlf .Majar Uoueral lioko. assisted bv OreneraU liansom I , , , ,r , . , , enough to run aud ilai-ton. Th mHj.jrit Oi tiicse. truups were sjuuuuci auu xw .itruui caaua " 11 "U1 " ; rock fur the r'..,.. l. k '.. C.vnrh .a r) V.wtn I t-d i ii i i in ' Ti C ! 2 1 1 . 4 , A !.,,! 9 n.t tMi!f.ul cWi-r ljr vvhilft tl irli I i n tv tltir own 1 - ' . . ! - " 7 - - tui, it Halo VI luau vv i la vii ttvuv k m s . f aua.kke.nnouacaw.-au. Cak.',- wakl"S from souua P tound creeping whi,ft -. thafc h(J t socarcls. , to dm . ' . utia lossss oyer him an anacond.-f. Ihe writer 'had u ou tjt faUl d.lf X aiu A estimated at about ne hundred killed and pictured in glowing terms, the dreadful ag- to,d hc pcrctr- sober. - In the pres- wounded. Uaptaift C'hapiu was Killed at i oit V es-, ony of that poor lliarf, as he lav alive to all' e . i , i l ' i,ei' i,. j -.!!, .i..i f if .i if...-Ti.'i i ii, .o. ii.. i.nt (Jn ii-1 . , ' . . . n . . ence of a lady and her husband, he stepped ells, and Oaptain lloiaee J . lioug-ca, icpot vuai- ii i - Tm.::on . u,, va fe irftd , . . , ; , . i :.i.v. I,, th.. a.-t ..I i-.imn.iinc.tir.o- with lUe "OT1 Ol S IUS pOSlllOIl , UUt yl lCirilll f fi i i 1 TJnrrtil t.h 1VQ m of ....u.7.v., u..v ... . From Plymouth after the rebels had taken pos - i session ot tue town. 'iheir names are ui At Fill ? ii 1. i kiuson ainJ .Mitchell, loyal men. who can ioU on business here. 1 hey packed their tl uioi.4 ia a wasjon, and, after getting cieai" of the town, they took :o the swamp, and during the night theyluian- agea to obtain a iovvooat,iiioeu upiouieuion.il .xt tin t-ii-At. tt-hikii rliv w : 1 ic .i I lit nv nt nr the U.iiun gunboats patrolling tue riouud.' before leaving Plymouth these gentlemen met Captain liowet'g. ot a Georgia regiment, a cort of milk and water oiheer, who Tv as very fieri, on Union people, Tlu?V conversed with him tor some time, wuen a cry was raised that a 1 ankfce monitor and -everal i transports with troops were coming, whereupon! the rebel captain skeiluldled, auit 111 the contusion J - tkinscii and Mitchell made .their escape from the LUIV . ' TUB R2B5L LOS3ES Are, beyond the slightest doubt, immensely heavy. When it ia considered. that every fort around Ply mouth was stormed from three to seven times, and each assault repulsed with great slaughter, besides pouring broadside after bioadside into the rebel ranks ironi the Miaina and Southtield, the caual ties among the rebel troops must have been enor mous. Av ebel surgeon was luard to say tbat-the damned Yankee hd killed and wounded oue-thii d of their whoteJ'orce, and he hoped that no mercy would be shown to the cursed Yankees." The gun doat Whitehead Went on a reconnoissance on Wednesday a short distance alove Plymouth, and the o.hcers and crew observed tfcat three hundred iVi.il. 1 .lA .. crn nri! i m Lnrrrini. t h . 1 9 . 1 li'iif.i ' - - a steeple oathe' town church, overlooking a large the guaooat iimi, iu a canoe winch He ca. 1 leU iu ,10 move, juoiobl airaiu to oreuiue, jul QnQ q( hig feofc om the eJ anJ atUnlpUd tf, a w'od trom fly mouth to Couesby creek, :u or-. monster should discover that he was livinjr, , . .1 .t1 , n derto elude thw-rebel iron-clad, was u.set aud 1 " V i,uu - . ' bring the other with it-, when a small piece drowned. The lass oi this o.hc.r wilJ b,'severJly ! ould put an end to his existence. of tho rock broke elf It was cnottgk to relt and regretted by all- oUuihl How relieved was 1 when I lesnied tbat;th off ,is balan .d sway him been unable to learn thsnameot otneis who lo,thc . ed death when the awful Aaimal , x v p , , m , 5m A thtt their lives iu th j severe battles betore Plymouth, i . L' - . . . - , . .. , i hack wards, and precipitate him down the - two citizens iscafco fP from h im, leaving d. im unha nued diz7 y w hu q M. hc tempted to in lrd f rr luif i-o r.r a I n Vk 1 11 1 vvitli tVa if if. - tract ot Jand, it wjis tound that thj iieni oi Aai most agonizing, cuius the story of the arm-, ,'phe Yenkees greatly outnumbering the Johnson mahout sixty acres was completely tilled ,,.wi . it-l .,t ;r i .!.,., i i 1 . ,. -.. ji , ,H , , J , ,, - , with the xuad and dying rebels. The entire reb.l co'1'- hat t5is should be eome deadly j squad ot Om federates, a challenge for eom force could not have been short ot 'from litteen to reptiTe ! Pashaw ! said I to tnvself, votl ar bat was Tivenaud promntlv accented, when to?towTCU'9SVh'n lil"dlt llurit;-'1 fooL U cou,,:1 stldl an animal get into!thy Yankees were badly whipped, suffering thb roar pillow massacee aE-ESACTEo. Lvour Dcd, specially in winter ? it i all!a los8 of one kiied; several wounded My informant abo acquainted me with the facT tht all the negroes ftvuad after thj surrender, were stepped of l-hei- clothing anjl brutally mur dered in cold blood. It must Oe understood that Go lviral Vt essylshad no colored troops at Plymouth save a few recruits for North Carolina regiments, and ths poor, unfortunate blacks ttfas butchered vere merely laborers for the. governmsnt. The tired at. by tke brutal soldier v, purporting rep- rMont j5o4th?rn chiralrr. .Nature revolts at theU els for the future disposition ot negroes ii eiaanci- p-noa irom anu oi ir, uie. , nai a most con- emulate and elegant li,.-. Car. j ' jhe sitiatios of pltmocth Is on the Roanoks river, which frms an anjle aDo lU "oath, from the Albewarle Sound, of yu deerees. The forts wereabuUt outside of the town, and at the fift advance of the rebels oa Sunday, the SoutLiield and Miami, having obtained the range, did good ex'cutio", directed b- signal " - . TUE REBEL, CAH ALBEMARLE, Which is the name of this rebl monster," is "quits a formidable craft, built on the plan of the Merri mac. CapL James pottiswoode Cook, late a Lisnt, in the United States .Xavy, c-aminan'ds her and has a crew of sixty men. Her dimensions are as fol low .- Length, 152 f6tt ; breadth of beam, 39 feet: depth" ef hold; 12 feet. She is builtof sixteeu-inch timber, and is aid to have a plating of tix inch iron. "Oifiers, however. a?sert that her coat" of .mail is T rail, laid and fcte ted cr3s ist. Krr ; egii h a lew p?es2a: e En-liih built with f.ro 77? x. T " : screws. 1 She is pierced for six gnnjvii: oqe port hols at th t the stern" and stem, and lunt-, tq the ttarbca.'d and port idea. Her art am cut con i an of only two twenty-pounder Whitworth guus, re vel vin-on a swivel, which can be bred out of three portholes. - ' ' THE tSESlT Is supposed to be moving oa. .Little Washington and, although we are we.l prepared there far an B-" iaiacit, ni ana wooor worx will soon ciumc. ine . Of Ui' motive of the rebel. L stated bf .am f their of- attack, botaod Vioody work will soon ensue. The 1:. . -"- -Jficers, for making ths onslaught on Flrtnouih and -outh . other poU in ' Srth Carolina is to diive the Union 'Jure.- out of tUs btate, and transfer the theatre of .wfw ar-froni. Viiginia to A'oMh- Carolina'; alao to Cfimecs me movtiinou a'n.rn'r in- oisaaectea to- irarda resisting; the J erf. Uavu tvrann v. '- ,Thi.. theiefoVmay be said to be tae enrne,t coaimejieeiuent of a vigorous spring campaign. A -rr ,!.. nv iiAnnnn BY ' AI.KJCIS. Thkrr are' in th. liv.'.ofall mn rtnln iltimes,erUia place, cr certain people, whicH.tho,,Sht herse.lf perfectly safe, was occupied .bring to mind certain disagretablo remem- brances, wliich otherwis, would have slum- berea peacefully in the deep abvss of the iast: but which, beini? aroused, haunt us furr"c PA,U ""J" " 1".'",,.T"' a time, then to pass away until the same i:. cidentsRgain recall them. . There are certain a O ? Soumlft, certain weeds, which, being heard, a -H,h udder creeps, pvejc me, tad ?ptit me ; - A -fJre:iJhich cus. a .chili; a fJatlr to was town open ami our'TTttle balloon mju ' ' wl over mv ffame-which torment me to r ,cn.tnber unannounced. Ihe- ; agony-none av. -6 great an .fleet, no.ef1 a of f terror and .throws ' : :,.i-i., r 1 , - , .... : sel f-con t toI . none make mi so much with to escape froih my own thoughts, as 1 T " i word I cannot write it: 1 cannot upeak it. You who are learnd in Piiblieal matters -vbu who "search the Scrinturos" know who it was that tempted our first otl , ler. or ! to tha rna.nd.ite. "nnon tbv 4illv nblt tbau go, and diist shalt thou eat, all' the days of , life" and you know that still ho watch - je!S"eVerv chaace to bruise the heel of the j y -genus home. I That it the name which I cannot. and wilich 6trikM 1118 with ter - i ror- j But why, perhaps you ask me is it so Avhat horrible idea is embodied in tho word i f.-otV, ,vn t'rt,.tr,t a. th!unkaPP7 wonian. vho icreaming louder what awful tnoughU or pictures dose it ad, raises Uimse.f erect, swell- out, and paint upon your mind? Do you rcaly im-jnsei majestically U the ceilingi to the im agiae that the Father of all Evil is wrap-i mense amiwomeat of the spectators; while ped up in that form, and.is it becau.eof that, j Iii. . i. ii m Ll!ir Oil SillitllUT . Not a bit. I am no more afraid of the i i devil thin the devil is afrr.id of me, Al- j though he did get possession . ,.-, , , , iAml ot r esttis, and a host of Dr, .Faustus. f of other weak-1 i i i i j to come on in any snapc ne vooSPs, ana I -? 1 . A I . .11.11 i 1 WU1 8 a inousanu uouais to mx ana a qr-i : ter cenvs, mat lie comes-on seconu ucti,. xiot j ny i ,, ;.', f i r : " w . ... f "' n- w PMirire - rr r-w virtue, or my in vinci owuy. - o none i VX-I..I. i 1 it ' I i.l : !..! ii.il, men, is uieio i areata,.. , .... and p:ire(ice 1)is profession. When, his res worn sn . I had almost written it : ..... j c 4 p-accu in oia. k inu wmic ocioi. u.y jc. I Will tell you way. j It was a cold, blustering November night ! t wo vfars n"n I win Hcittfiil before mv firp. , - -- - o - - 1 ... -1 i -1- 1 1 ii. . 1. .4. .1. ' i'" """J " " - I.... nr, I .......... l..ll,a i 1 r ii. 1 . iur 01 a inousaia ueama. ... f .1 1 r 1 ii. a '-. ,. l.T . C 1 tirew a long oieum, .m w'i.:.Ml, LwIf tI,. .,m fat . Wln the un . from me the book, tl.anked iny stars aud j fortuI1!lte Iiian wfts foUnd he Wjis it0 dcad. elastics mv wife s I mean- that I had Butt,.. , , 1 1 .i.. i: n b(en gQ ,irclldful a situation i 1 thought "Pn it, until 1 could jcar it no longer. IJ resolved to "forget myself in that far off land, j SoAIlY 'I i i . ,, . 1 1 1 - i- 1 1 ' j f de;ir to troubled minds aud weary bod-jafrai(1 u foU : ICS the land of JS'O't, j breathed a praver for my wife, who WSS . , , 1 -1 1 " nfwu j. m.-u, um, .us mmji, iii jumped into bed. Whew! how cold the 11. - 11. -r - . -liil 1 nnire uaii I iii.-inr I , T t. t- i,ri .1 I v V l I- 1 V i J. vi 1 1 b X i I I Jl I vV . Iors ! Didn't I vow that if ever I allowed myjThe Com:niUre, in accordance with the wish- wite to be absent trom me again in the 1 (!S ttf the Administration, determined to de winter season, I might be everlastingly ! fcr action for th. prent upon tkia and all Heavens I what was that? Something injother hmAr -propositions relatius to legis my bed ! I reached out my foot it was ! ,.ltion on the q-ll0stiail of our foreign relations, long, and ronnd, and- smooth in one direction, ' rpnj8 kills the matfer." " . but apparently covered with something; . - rough, when I drew my foot a slight distance. Handsome Affair. A few days ago, back. S when a portion of the Cth K. f. Cavalry What could it be ? wure in tho Yankee lines, near liatchelor's A thousand thoughts rushed pell-mell : reek f.,r the nurnoso of obtaining sUnnliea ! through my head ; but most dreadful of all, . . rnoodshine I put out my foot again and touched it. Jt moved towards me ! It rested against my ler ! A cold sweat broke out all over me A'a soldier in Florida, . dated the ltJth, says: sensation as of death came tipon me, and '"The Yankees are deserting and coming ia then, regardless of the danger of moving, thoughtless of everything bat the presence ! of the dread object, 1 spran- with a loud bed, and sunk u on the ' . i uc f floor. My cry ' alarmr-d the boarders ; in tbe costume of the midnight hours, they rashed into rcy rofm. I could oily point t0 the bed, and say nothing. , They turned down the clothes, and there in plain sight rested, not a ven nnous reptile bat what, put there as a joke, had been to me a dread reality:-what was in trnth a colc ail to thera, but to me a i'tale of horror.,. - Puritan Ccnkihg. In Scripture "seven" is said to ha a fortunate number, and the Yankee Government believing that the Cath olic peasantry could be won by it, adapted the device -of offering $777 as a bounty all. recruits in Ireland'wh would serve in the AS AMOROUS AERONAUT. A late Frtnch journal relates tiie follow ing wellnveute4 story, which, it will le. see , is French all over t w While Mous. Godard was filling an iro mens ballon in the Champ Mars, be amused tho spectators by lending up the small figure - ., t 1 , r - mi- of man' tlIe rer,ect Wance of M. 'Ihier. I without spectacles. J he little man beinj fiile;i with gns ros(, mRjeaticaUv into the air, , t,'?.. t l( so, 1(st to the v,eir .anion ti cloutis. His aavaniures, . w nieli Dccamu i -i,.. frio..Vu known the next dav, Avere curious. Thanks to H strong and lavurablc gate which impell ed him on his course, the little balloon man arrive a m me same aiiernooii 111 sigut 01 a fine country house in the neighborhood of ! Hievro. It was ear the hour of dinner, ami the lady . of the manison, whe naturally iu in iiivtvii-3 ui tics ivuik, " w as a Trarm a? . "Ha, "" ,on of the windw wll'c1' . i1 "Pu j j While tranquilly etigageil. by the asiiituaco of corset-lacing, in reducing ' her wivirt to a sieo and shipe that would reflect credit upon her husband's taste. sh was suddenly startled by a blast of- wind, followed by shawl over ber shoulders. Ilie little man. driven lit- the wind thrown himseirfinon thef urnc" ) lM uint1' inros nifceii upon mo than ever puslies him on, and he conceals himself under Ihe bed. Just a the wife, iu a supplicliag voice, says to this novel l)o- !Juan Ah' Mousieur, go away, or you vfl! ;riiiu me; mc uunuanu lunousiy rusaeu iu, . ..n ii.. i l c : l i l ; ful trageclj-!" The husband arrives, armed !10 l,,c lCCl"' I,',OWWV ? WD0, "U"V ' h"1,1' who seek to moh 1,13 Ur' hlU two of his friends hold the husband, a third, j . . ' ' , doping down, perceives our little irtetM 'who. f-' od cause titteranota word and catching him bv the leg, draws him forth . , . Mrom h,s ccahnent whe n, lo! Monsieur "anoon, no longer neiu uown oy in iieus- i i i i ii i i v . "ie VJ Jo DUSOana s m away, swr.i nirl all hartilv :iahamril ot " his cauoeless 1 J 74 rnn' FATAL FOOLHA1HJY FEAT. A Chattanooga correspondent of the De- troit Tribune gives the fo ThrfC daT, a T llowing : ago a young man, whose r rd net earn a private in the 78th j ; infantry, fell from that point of Lookout moutain knowns Point Lookout, I . . ... ; a distance of some, eighty feet, upon a kind of table that is formed iu tjie mountain, about -nine he photogra- tmt-whilo moaatsio. ' 727 "I 7t h a 1 allowed permissioh to remain, -as te nau fe t expense in cettillff UD stock i annsl ,..,... Sa.l to relate, ho was riven to the in toxic ting cup, and was often in a . . - stare OI drtlUKeil 11CSS. ; such a state he was . foolish around the extreme edge of the amusement of visitors to the mountain He had done this so eftem ;catch the skirt of the lady's dress, but, with iuich inscin c vi uiiuvi. u tin i . i 0 i f t r 1 -1 .1 1 1- ..i 11 in tiprk and l.V were brnltn- literal! v . . t ' mm Fhe Lincoln Government is ow up the action of the House of Representatives on the Mexican question. A late Washington dispatch says : "The j Senate Committee qn Foreign Affairs to-day 1 jiad unjer consideration the Hoise ioint res OllltlOIl . . . in regard to the Mexican Question. ' r . " it i of forage they met with a.pxrty of the inemy . and prisoners, with a loes of. all their stores. Wholesale Dkhkrtioks. A letter from I us as fast us tkey caa. Eighty-five came to us last ntfijit, and fifteen to-day 1 hey say the whole army would come if- they could Ut cff. We expect a hundred ia to-night, l u , . , r . , ... . l do not think the lankees 4iill give us another fijht soon. They are all at Jxele oaville, under cover of their gunboats." "Reliable '" sayt that prior to the buttle of Mis&iouary Ridge, the President nominated D. H. Hill for Lieutenant General, but not' bemg -U pleased with Hill at this battle ordered him to Charleston and subsequent ly withdrew the nomination. A quarrel r remonst atice ensued "and Hill was tabled. He is nov acting as voluateer aid to Gen. Beuregard." ' " ' Capt. J. C. Mitchell, son of the.Irish tojexile, John Mitchell, is in commind of Fort iSumter, during the temporary absence of Lt. t r v iiit .nuiiiiieiir. iinii save ino inn sijni mi a iiru . l.j. .rmy. UjI. Stephen-LUiott. -
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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