The Greensborough patriot [July 24, 1862]

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XXIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1862. NO. 1,208.
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.,, ol affairsin ibe American
: , exhibits no prospect of improve-not
merely that the vicissi ude«
uggle destroy in a
:..,- which the week pre?
ire i" one
•i,. other.
,,,■ most ominous sign llia' ",e
teat will be long protracted. A much
nde a speedy tri-
Thifl is by DO means
... arming sympatuy jg to I e louud in
ipparcnt Mieai of tbe Federal
1 .„..., a8 to thoconrseto bo pur-l
federate popula-they
have conquered a
ireignty. We have beard a
about the inhabitants oi tbo
, towns being subjected to a reign
It baa been stated over and over
i, that the revolutionary committees
i the vast majority of the citi-i
H; that numbers had been compelled to
.. - in lavorofthe Confed-and
From the Richmond Di«palch.
Tlie "Ofliilal" Report olMcClellan.
The following excellent satire on
••George's" report bis been furnished by a
corespondent. It is a capital piece of hu-ffffulquirters
Army of Potomac, I
Hear Gujiboatt on James River, July 8th, UOJ. )
I:.T. U. 8. A
u misnomer for the Army of; _!_
, be called tbe Army* of the "P^J
:
of
bo joyfully
from tb > cir-ause
wholly against their wi
sorted that with the first appear-ara
and Stripes tbo yoke
• yrannic minority would
Jthrownoff. It wo may judge
(cumstances which have called forth Gen.
JButU astounding proclamation, tbie
i , i i arcely be t lio case.
II.- ontentsand character ofthat docu-nly
Bhe mow' extraordinary
episode in the pn enl American struggle.
i-: ivc could scarce.,] bring ourselves to
iv ss, dated .May 15, and
j nrporl rig to bo issued at the headquai
, ; i he I tulf, is to tbo effect tbat
I diets of tbo United S ales
nod to insulting treatment
l> men catling themse i -
\. w Or!« ana !" These insults,
if ifiirim-d, have no justification; the
women, "calling themselves
been treated with singular de-
• v by tbo Federal officers
: . To punisihthis ingratitude,
tually lo repress this insolence.—
<, ■ . :.- , But reclamation declares
ftor "In i any females sba I, by
;., ure or movement, insult or show
jc mpt forany officer or soldier of the
\. ■ I Si ites, she shall bo regarded and
I, s to be treated as a woman of tbo
ation." This atro-ni
w II calf forth from the pob-
'• i ol overj ■ ivilined country a cry
i i universal indignation. What
. I possibly be heaped on any
*i Fed •'•'i army :om-
|i • - i now offered to it by
Ji. if! iiis language
[l tl ii they must be lost to ail
'■ - ... ui lar.ity, of chivalry
i. To tell the federal officers and
... the ladies* of N ew
li . ■ †v..m to the party f. elings
v , hare with their besbands and
[hers and their sons— iven
do so, perhaps, after a provo-i
—they may be d> gra-vel
ol the most aband ned
an :K i in which it won u b.
.I find a parailed in tbo an
anciont or modern warfa o.—
i nality of tbe proclamation is
I by its folly. Is i; designed,
bj uct, to reconcile the South to
a ol the restored domination of
ii ? No wonder that Gen. Beaure-digi
intly calls on the men ol the
-i as one man, and drive from
. men who would treat their
in ors and wives, their daughters and
irlots. It mailers little :n what
this proclamation is tole UP-
' J. It matters little whether it
es of birth, education, and
or should be given over to
tin lawless i is ? t of an infuriated soldiery,
or mere . arrested and consigned to the
rection, there to I erd with, and
Bon E. -'/. S onto*, S
It may seem a
J mnes River to
Potomac, and it may excite surprise that
iny address is "Near tbe Gunboats" instead
of Richmond. Va;" but 1 have just execu-ted
a grand Btratogic movement. Nothing
equal 10 it was performed at Sebastapol.
That the ci.lightened public of Boston
a. -1 -New York may understand the mag-nificent
conception and execution of this
wonderful plan, I will make a brief state-ment.
On the 26th of Juno, I enticed across the
Cbickahominy the rebel Generals Jackson,
Lougstreet, D. B Hill and A. P. Hill, for
the purpose of annihilating them, when
separated from their reserves. The works
at MechanicBVille, though very strong, were
strategically abandoned that night to toll
the rebels into toils around Gaints' Mill.—
No such magnificent design was carried out
at .Sebastapol.
On tho27th instant, the rebels Longstrect
and A. P. Flill attacked my works in front
and Jackson and D. H. Hill turned them on
my right. We killed vast numbers of the
enemy, and left a vast army of ray woun-ded
in his hands. Knowing the great lack
of provisions and medicine stores in the re
bel ranks, I let them lake a thousand of my
well men and all my sick. My wounded,
nick, and sound men, will add greatly to the
distress of the enemy and help to crush this
unnatural rebellion. No such such mag-nigfieent
schema was devised at Sebastapoi.
The rebels having cut my telegraphic
wires, 1 found it necessary to invent a now
system of signals. 1 therefore adopted tbe
old idea of signaling by lights sol made bon-fires
out of a fb'.v millions of dollars worth
of commissary and quartermaster stores. I
am happy to state that the signals were
understood throughout my whole lino. In
this age of progress we ought to improve
upon old ideas, and 1 am confident tbat 1
can firmly claim that no such signal lignis
were used at .Sebastapol.
On the 88tb, the rebel Generals Ewell
and Stewart, cut the railroad, destroyed my
the fact that our untiring boys could march
five miles in an hour: That they might
march with greater ease, all throw away
• heir knapsacks and ovcicotits, and sever: 1
threw away their guns. Nothing of this
kind was done at Sebastapol.
1 am now on the banks of the majestic
James; whales and catfish are disporting in
its yellowish waves: the gunboats and fleet
float proudly on its glassy bosom; tbe soft
zephyrs gently rufilo its surface-. The mos
quitosand the frogs unite in a dulcet sym-phony
with the owls and whippoorwiils.—
The dense dark foliage speaks eloquently of
rebel sharpshooters. In fact all nature is
redolent with grandeur, magnificence, mag-liloquence,
and glory. I feel inspired, ele-vated,
sublimated, etheriali'.ed by tho great
scenes through which I have passed. My
victories have won me eternal tamo; im-mortality
is mino. 1 have not token Rich-mond,
but I have taken tho gnnboats. I
have not "pushed Johnston to the wall,'
but 1 have pushed myself against the old
redoubtable Stonewall! Immortality is
mine.
With lofty sontimentP of exalted estcom,
1 abide, G. B. McCLELLAN,
Maj. Gen'IComd'g near the Gunboats.
P. S.—I omitted to state that forty six
of tbe rebel regiments wero from North
Carolina. I have told you before of the
strong Union sentiments existing among
tbe troops from that Slate. From the
closeness with which they followed me it is
now demonstrated beyond all peradven-ture
that they desired tb establish intimate
'_; relations with my brave and noble reserves.
Had not the Tar River boys kept shooting
bullets the sweetest intimacy might have
been established between us.
Sincerely, G. B. MC,
Near the Gunboats.
GEN. HARDEE AND TIIK ARKANSAS RAW
RECRUIT.—An anecdote is told of General
Hardee, which shows in a very amusing
light, the kind of material out ot which an
army of volunteer soldiery is formed :—
About the begininning of the war, tho
General was forming the nucleus of an ai-my
in South-east Missouri, and being a
great disciplinarian, was very active in
teaching his men the rules and duties of a
j soldier's life. It happened one night that
i a sentinel bad been placed to guard some
stores near tho entrances of tho General's
, Headquarters. Returning home rather
stores at Dispatch Station, While House, : ]ate trom a t0Urofiiispection, ho passed the
fee We iost stores to the amount ol forty
millions of dollars. All this was p.srt ot my ;
original scheme, long conceived and now .
handsomely executed. Neither tbe Russi-I
aus nor Allies did anything of '.he kind at,
Sebastapol
On the 29th 1 resolved to toll the enemy \
sliil farther on, and it became again neces- I
sary to make signals to my anny. The
belter to deceive the enemy, I blew up a
lino engine and several tons of powder, in-stead
of using signal guns, lam happy to j
say that the explosions were heard through. !
out my whole lino, and wero understood by
my gallant boys. No such substitute for j
signal ;_'uns was used at Sebastapol.
That quiet Sabbath afternoon, I resumed
my march for James river bat tho serenity
and calm of that holy day was broken in by
the rebel McLaws, who attacked me in a
most barbarious and uncivilized manner.—
We fought him until dark, when, disgusted
with the atrocious conduct of Mc'Lawe, 1
resolved to leave him and continue my
march to Jamesriver. I used the same
happy expedient ot making signal lights by
burning my stores. 1 left near tho baltle-i;
round some t * ■ thousand ol my sick and
wouuded, Uir -cting Gen. Suinner to destroy
ail medical a «l commissary stores at Sav-ageStation
It is difficult to conceive bow
tbe rebels can sustain this new burden.
In my official report to tbe lfon. Secrc-sentinel
a few paces from bis door, and not
being honored with tbo usual salute of
"present arms," be halted—and in a kind
but commanding tone said :
"Don't you know who I am?" "No sir,"
replied the uncouth Arkansas; "who are
you?" "I am Gen. Hardee, sir!" Where
upon the raw recruit advanced a few paces,
put. out his hand for a shake, and said in a
most familiar tone: "My name, General,
is Bill Hickcrson, and I'm right glad to
make your acquaintance!"
The General was too much amused at
the soldier's innocent manner to deal harsh-ly
with him, but quietl»* pointing out what
his duty was, ho retired t* bis cot—to
muse, probably, on tho trial and troubles of
manufacturing soldiers at bhort DOticC.—
Jackson Miss issippia n.
Gen. Lee to bin Troops.
Headquarter* in the Field, July 7th, 1862.
General Orders, No 75.]
The General Commanding, profoundly
grateful to the on!y.Giver of nil victory
for the signal success with which He has
blessed our arms, tenders his warmest
thanks and congratulations to the Army,
by whom such splcnded results have been
achieved.
On Thursday, Juno 26th, the powerful
and thoroughly equipped Army of the
enemy was entrenched in works vast in
extent and most formidable in character,
within sight of our Capitol.
To-day the remains of that confident and
threatening host lio upon the banks of
James River, thirty miles from Richmond,
socking tort-cover, under the protection of
his gunboats, from the'- ffects of a series
of disastrous defeat \
The battle beginning on the afternoon of
the 26lh June, ubove Mechanicsville, con-tinued
until tho night ol July 1st, with only
such intervals as were necessary to pursue
and overtake the flying foe. His strong
entrenchments and obstinate resistance
wero overcome, and our Army swept resist-lessly
down the North side of tho Chicka-kominy,
until it reached the rear_ of the
enemy, and broke his communication with
the York, capturing or causing the de-struction
of many valuable stores, and by
tho decisive battle of Friday, forcing the
enemy from bis line of powerful fortifica-tions
on the South side of the Cbickahomi-ny,
and driving him to precipitate retreat
The victorious Army pursued as rapidly as
the obstructions placed by the enemy in
iiis rear would permit—throe times over-taking
his flying columns, and as often
driving iiim with slaughter from the field,
leaving his numerous dead and wounded
in Our hands in every conflict.
The immediate fruits of our success are
the relief of Richmond from a state of siege,
tho rout of the great Army that so long
menanccd its safety, many thousand pris-oners,
including officers ot high rank, tho
capture or destruction »f stores to ibo value
of millions, and the acquisition of thous-and-
of arms, and fifty one pieces of super-ior
artillery.
Tie- service rendered to the country, in
this snort but eventful period, can scarcely
iicestimated, and the General Commanding j
canunot adequately express bis admiration
ol the coinage, cnd".r»ace and soldierly
conduct of the officers and men en-gaged.
These hnllinnl results have cist us many
bravo moo, but while wo mourn the loss of
our gallant dead, lotus not forget that they
died nobly in defence of their country's
freedom j;t:d have linked their memory
with an event that will live forever in the
hearts of a grateful people.
Soldiers! your country will thank you
for loo heroic conduct yon have displayed
conduct worthy of men engaged in a cause
so just and sacred, and deserving a nation's
gratitude and praise.
liy command ot Gen. I.ee.
R. li. GUI LION, A. A. G.
From the New York Herald, (Editorial,) July 6th.
Tbe Situation and its Consequen-ces.
General UcClellao has failed to take
Richmond, and has sufTeroxI serious losses
in men, artillery an J warlike materials and
stores in his struggle to extricate himself
from a position rendered utenable from the
heavy reinforcements sent in to tbe army
of the Confederates, and from the very-scanty
reinforcements to his own. With
his army thus weakened by battles aud
disease, he could not hold his White House
operations twenty miles in his rear and his
entrenched lines of ten miles in front ol
Richmond. His original plan, if wo are
not mistaken, was to move his whole Poto-mac
army of last winter in a grand semi-circle
upon Richmond, sweeping the entire
country from the Potomac to the Valley of
Virginia before him, and contracting his
lines as ho advanced upon Richmond, not
from the east, but from the north, thus
leaving no loop-hole for tho Confederate
raids into tho Shenandoah Valley, nor any
chance to the enemy to cut him off trom tho
baso of nia supplies.
Unfortunately, however, this well con-sidered
plan was set aside by tho disorgan-izing
abolition radicals of Congress, aided
aud abetted by two or three political Gen-orals
of tho Cabinet.
In the future of this great and all-impor-tantenterprise
we have lost tho labors
of a campaign; and to repair this, and to
drive the Confederates out of Virginia will
requiro an additional budget of many mil-lions
to our national debt. Tho President
cannot fail now to see where the responsi-bility
belongs. A very significant feeling
of indignation is beginning to develope
itself in tho public m<nd U[ on the subject,
and directly against tho Cabinet us now
reeling- In Jlcw York.
A letter in the Philadolahia Inquirer
dated Jaly 5, says :
Tuero are thousands of sorrowing hearts
beating with painful suspense as the long
lists of killed, wounded and missing, which
are now beginning to find the way into the
newspapeas, give uu signs of tho fate of
loved ones who are known to have been in
tho regiments most hotly engaged. There
is no comfort for those but Christian
patience and resignation, with the patriotic
reflection that ihey who will no more res-pond
to tho roll call died in a good cause.
and upon fields that will live eternally in
history as hetacombs of heroes.
An apprehension is expressed that, when
the eventful history of the. past few days
reaches Europe, tho clamor tbero for "mc
diation," "intervention," fee., will bo inch
us the French Government, if not iho Brit-ish
Ministry, will find it impossible to
resist. It is certainly worth while to bor-row
trouble on this account.
Mr. Soward has boon in town pretty-much
all day, w-iting up dispatches for
Europe by the steam packet leaving to day.
His little parlor at the Astor House was
besieged with visitors, anxious inquirers,
&c., &c.; but the Secretary was "at homo,"
for nobody—not even his most intimate
friends—so 1 hear.
The steamers were detained throe hours
behind their usual time, in order to convey
these dispatches.
A Rich Mormon Lady.
IO last
passec
bound for Sail
thousand solid
reasons why s'o ought not to have gone
One of tho women belonging to th
company of Mormon Saints, who p
through here yesterday,
Lake, had ninety-seven
constituted- Let the President look to his j thither. In other words, she bad, in a li
Cabinet, aud to it« reconstruction as a ' tie iron bound chest, ninety-seven thousand
workiug unit with himself in the prosecu-', dollars in gold. With an amount of worldly
lion of this war for "integrity of tho . prudence, which we should not have ex-
Union," and not for the extirpation ol peeled to tied in a Saint, hut which showed
slavery, and all yet may bo saved. Let that she bad learned theneoesaity of being
him negect this essential duty at this me- as wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove,
mentous crisis;and we may go from bad to she entrusted the money to the Express
worse until all is lost. | Company, who transferred ii for hor. On-
TUE STORM COMING.
The excitement now is but tho mere
muttering of tho storm. W lit until tho]
long lists ot kided and wounded in tho re-cent
battles before Richmond are publish-i
ed, and the storm will be then at its height.
i Already the people of Philadelphia boot
' Stanton'a name in the streets, and dociare
'■ ihat no more men will enlist while ho
: remains in office. Now York city has suf-fered
quite us mueh as Philadelphia, and
shares these sentiments. Two New York
regiments suffered at Bull Run, and tbe
excitement hero was fearful. What will it
be when the lists of killed and wounded
come in now ?
ly think ot it—nine-seventy thousand il
lars and a woman going io some Morman
harem '.—St. Joseph {Mo.) Journal.
ANOTHER YANKEK. TRICK.—Several of
Jackson's men, \\e learn were walking over
the premisies of Dr. Gaines, in Hanover,
after the sudden evacuation of the place by
tho Yankees, when tiuy came upon two
new made graves. One of tho men, with a
knowing wink, remarked that they wen
uncommonly long graves, and sucrcested
the propriety of opening them, which, being
done, they were rewarded for their trouble
by finding about live hundred cxquisitclj
finished Belgian muskets, and as many
overcoats, &c.f caretuIly packed in boxes.
Being conf id.ered contraband articles they
were of course handed to tho Confederate
officers, who will turn them to bolter use.
United Slates, shall at once be shot when-tary
of War, I would earnestly call the at-1 ever found inaims. The order alluded to
tention of the Rev. Mr. Beecber, and the : ismoro in detail than given above, but is
exceedingly peremptory.
In a still more recent order it is directed
that whenever in the State ot Missouri an
officer, soldier, or loyal man shall be killed,
an assessment of from §5,000 io §10 000
shall be made on the citizens of the neigh-borhood,
in which the kiling takes place,
and if not paid voluntarily, their property-is
to be seized in payment. Aud wherever
one of the above named parties is wounded,
a like assessment ol from §1,500 to £5,000,
io be similarly collected.
' he discipline of common "social
• W have heard much—we have
.el mu ml tbe almost idolatrous
with which Americans are in the
■
e ; li ipe is that the federal
. nt will i om e show its sense ot
.. lii General Butler,placing
and subjecting him to the
ii t-martial. It is bound to
► If, to the citizens whom it
■ | be Pedoral army so foully
t of a Federal General,
• if < iber countries, to
i uivh '! is the L uardi-future
.i nerati<>ns of its own
act WOUld be always
A stain and fraud. We
lorn taking any
• A .... thi Noriii aud
in ality has been* eve n
■ i lea than suggested
Bat such in act
I Geu i ■†promptly dis-ale
finally
it fav< r I the Confederate
We a.! remember with what terrible
' mi t 'avouc appealed to the
u judgment up
■ .. ncral I rban, when tbe
.. >■•'.: o family of Piedmon-
,i m re sus-
;. : lefferson Davis might
i ■ - i both the ' ■ d and
e..t r right,
o iu Bayii g, with
' rtai v< -- - I uilt by
close of the Russian
of wl . . are in tho vicinity
kyard, have been care-irveyed,
and a report i>f their
: warded io the British
Admiralty.
Puritans of Now England, to the fact that
1 was attacked on tbe holy Sabbath day by
that (iodless rebel McLaws. Such a thing
was only ol weekly recurrence at Sebasta-pol.
On tbe 3Utu, I let the rebels Jackson and
J). H. JIill take a thousand of my men, on
the road to While Oak river. Some live
hundred inu'cs were also turned over to the
rebel Col. Mumford, to add to the difficulties
of tho forage question of the enemy. Find-ing
that the rebels Jackson and Hill were
behind me, I tore up the bridge at White
< >ak river and resolved to givo them battle
at long taw. This is a popular mode of
lighting with my men. when their long-range
guns are out of reach ol'thc halls of
the enemy.- But, while we were having a
fine time at our favorite game at White Oak
river, the everlasting Longstrect and A. P.
Hill Btruck me in flank and captured a
Tbe Oasis of Inffi-vcntion.
Some of our contemporaries aro appre-hensive
that if European Powers should
intervene in the American war, it would
be on theutipossidetU basis, that is, that
each of the belligerents shall continue to
hold the ground they now occupy. Wo
have no such fear. Peace on that basis
would be wholly impossible, and this is
well understood in Europe. But a'still
would
distinction whatever, \ defeat tho object of tho intervention. If
II the State of Missou- j that event ever occurs it will bo in the
interest of commerce, and especially the
cotton trade. But commerce could not bo
resumed with all our ports blockaded, nor
the culture and shipment of cotton go on
with the Mississippi river and all the com-
COULDNOT AVOID JACKSON.—'Die Wash-ington
correspondent of tho New York
MISSOURI—A gentleman recently from
Missouri furnishes us with the following
barbarous order of Lincoln's satrap in St.
Louis :
Gen. Schoficld in command of the De-partment
of Missouri, in tho absence of
Gen. Haileck, in a general order issued
about the I6th of June, orders that all per-1 stronger reason against! I is, that i
sons, without any
who shall bo found
ri in arms against the Government ot the
Provisions.
Occasionally some of our speculators,
and others, get up a "big scare" aboul
something to eat. It is a little singular
that while our own people are scared about
something to cat, the Yankees aro alarmotl
about our large quantities of provisions. A
few days since three Yankee officei s passed Evening Post says :
through this placo to Washington City.— I Certain enthusiastic frionds of McClellan
Tueynad been captured at Shiloh, and now blame tho Government for not sending
were selected by their captive friends, and i him all the troops in the vicinity of Wash
with the consent of Gen. Beauregard, to go ' ington a fortnight, ago. I understand that
to Lincoln's headquarters to negotiate an ; tho Department makes tho reply to this
exchange of prisoners. Having traveled criticism, that it mado little difference to
from Corinth, through M'ssiosippi, Alabama Jackson what disposition was mado of our
forces here. It all the available troops had
SIEGE or VICKSBI.RU.—Among tbo inci-dents
of this interesting contest wo are
pleased to record tho following:
Tho gunners serving one of tho ten inch
mortars were detached for somo necessary
work, when three Major Generals took their I
mercial towns on its banks in tho hands of
tho Yankees. But for cotton there would
be no intervention—and when intervention
for tho sake of cotton takes place, we
ppl, Alaua
| Georgia, North ,'arolina, and Virginia, and ;
i made every observation that a Yankee can
make, they* told their friends, on their,
arrival, tbat the whole South was filled
with corn and potatoes and that there
; would only bj cotton enough raised to j
ilurnish seed for the next year. This is
cmabalically true. We have every pros-1
I pout of a most abundant season. Fruit
I and vegetables of every kind will bo very ,
j abundant.
Mark what we say this war will not
outlast the fruit and vegetable season.—
I Before the harvest moon is passed tbo war
will oe practically ended. And specula-boen
sent two or throe weeks ago to Gen.
McClellan, then Jackson would have taken
Washington, which would have been a
great deal worse than a partial reverse
before Richmond.
SALT.—We are happy to ho able to inform
our readers tbat Gov. Clark has taken cer-tain
steps, which need not now bj explain-ed,
by which he hopes to securo an ample
supply of Salt for the entire Stale the di-alling
season. We state this to allav the
anxiety which has necessarily been felt on
this subject, andean assure the people that
The Cireat Tlctorr.
In speaking of the recent victory achiev-ed
by the Coufedeauto «,„,/ below
'• bmond, the Memphis "Apr^r
But the most beneficial ronult tbat will
tl .w from this good news from Richmond
is tho ardor and enthusiast* it will inspire
in the hearts of our gallant soldiery, giving
them confidence in the ultimate success ot
our glorious cause, and nerving iheir arms
i\.h }tw,1,,n*l»»o our people, too,
with renewed hope, energy and activity
while uw.ll have a tendency to "111 io
ranks of our depleted regiments with new
volunteers, and thus enable tho South W I
throw into the field a better army than she *
has over yet mustered. Wo have a great;
work yet before us. Tennessee, Kenluc- l
h> . Maryland rnd Missouri are yet to be*
redeemed, and now is the time for a forward
movement to accomplish this great purpose
Our forces will gathor strength as they
progi ess through these States, as thousands
of brave souls, now hold nndor subjoction
by rederal bayouots, are panting io flock
to our standard whenever iu folda shall be
unfurled within their borders. Let our -
leaders then all become Prices and Jack- I
•on*—let "onward" henceforth become the
watchword of our army, and the first of
September will find every Hossian foot
driven from Southern soil.
Iu retaliation for the offence of banein.,
Mr. Munford, by Gen. Butlor, somo tim,
since, in New Orleacs, the Richmond Dis-patch
says ii is currently reported tbat th.
l'res.i.'enthas made a demand upon thi
lulled States authorities for tho surrender
Of Butler to the Confederate Government
and in the event of a refusal, tho law o:
retaliation wi.I be •■forced upon a Federal
Major (ieneral captured in tho recent battle
below Richmood.
The l.ynchburg Republican st
Gen. Floyd's command is iu sue!
any Government avowedly Democratic.—
France is ruled his
nlace to election- the
at number of my men. My great ma- ; places and worked the piece —Major Genls.
tor, Gen. Scoit, could not stand a fire in tbe
rear and front, nor could 1 be expected to
stand a the xnflunk ami rear. 1 therefore
fell back and lolled the rebels on. None of*J
the General.* at Sebastapol acted so unfairly
as did these four rebel Generals.
I I ad now lolled the rebels to tho very
Van Dorn, Brcckinridgeand Lovell.
This bears glorious evidence ol'thc spirit
pervading the entire body ot our army,
lrom the highest in rank to the lowest pri-vate.
The above incident occurred on tho
day when the Yankee fleet passed tbe bat-teries,
but at tho cost of one of their largest
placo i wanted to get them, "Malvin HihY' frigates, supposed to bo the Richmond,
which sunk io rounding the point above the
city.—Mobile Advertiser.
■
a magnigficent height, defended on the
banks by tho gun beats, and onlv approach-able
by ravines swept by my* artillery. I
anticipated a glorious limein slaughtering
iho rebels. 'Ibe r.-'>el troops of Jackson,
Huger, Magrtider, D. H. Hill, and Whiting,
swarmed around me all day. They came
up to my batteries yelling and shouting,
and I mowed them down with grape and
cam ister at ball range. Il was n glorious
victory; but I could not persuade our men
that il was a glorious victory for them. I
therefore yielded to the wishes ofmy hernia
buys and resolved tO toll the rebels on.—
When the belligerents at Sebastapol gained
a brilliant battle ihey held the field; my
abandonment of Malvin Hill was, therefore,
different from any tiring done at Sebastapol
I flatter myself that 1 have seriously crip-pled
the enemy by leaving another large
lot of sick and wounded io his hands. 1
had almost forgotten to state that I have
abandoued in all about fifty of my magnifi-cent
Par rot t and Napoleon guns. The
euoiuy will be compelled to feed a large
ini.i.ber ol horses to transport these guns,
ar.d it is difficult lo imagine how starving
rob Idom can support such a burden. It is
very gratifying lo report tho excellent
health of uiy men, notwithstanding their
fatigue. A rtpori on the 1st ot July that
Siuart'i cavalry waa in our rear, developed
THE CONSCRIPTION LAW—GOVERNMENT
HANDS.—The War Department has deter-mined
hereafter to limit '.he detail of men
engaged on government work to sixty days
—extension of these details to be made
when deemed necessary. Conscripts en-gaged
on goverrmont work will be enrolled
and permitted to go on with their work by
the form of a detail limited in time as ex-plained
above. The rule is calculated to
guard against abuses, as it is well known
ihat a number of persons hare managed to
avoid the burdens of military duty on pre-tences
of all sorts of little temporary jobs
lor the government.
CONFEDERATE SMALL NOTES.—We under,
stand the fractional notes of the Confeder-ate
fives are now ready to be issued by the
Treasury Department. Though there have
been no general delivery of them, some of
the twos have already appeared in circulation
These notes are said to bo very neatly
executed, and are in size smaller than the
lives. Thoothor fractions aro ones, ones and
a half, twos, and a half, &c. They will prove
a great convenience to the public eveiy-w
hero.—Mich. Whig.
by a monarch who owes hi
n. Victor Emanuol is th
elected King of Italy. Savoy J.nd Nice
were consulted through the ballot-box
before they changed then allegiance from
Sardinia to France. Even tho Sultan of
Turkey ceded to the people of Moldavia
and Wallachia and other Christian _ princi-palities
within his dominions the right to
elect the i'rn.ce who should rule over
them, and was induced to do so in part by
the representations and advice of the Auto-crats
of Russia and Austria. The ballet
box has therefore become the European
tribunal for the adjudication ol questions of
allogianc-' and sovereignty.
We lee! et ery confidence that that if tho
arbitrament which would be proposed to us
b\ intervening Powers. The main difficul-ty
woold be tbe securing a fair, full and
honest decision in this way. it could not
be bad while tie; insiders wero still upon
the soil of any State whose destiny was to
be settled by"vote- As a preliminary meas-ure
therefore the enemy's troops woulu
have to be everywhere withdrawn, and the
fairness, freeness and integrity ot tho vote
would have to bo guarantied in such way
as would prevent doubt OT contest that il
spoke the genuine sentiments of tho people.
With liiis the people of the Confederate
States would be content. No compulsory
assignment of boundary will ever be sub-mitted
to them. We hope no such
scheme will ever be offered.—Richmond
As yet we j -fhja ncvv visitor, though exircmly taint ami
-st quality; and as wo j o!l e|v to the naked eye, is appan
moving wiih almost unexampled velociu,
having passed over :>A degress of an area u
Con- !
much
we have sown. Ibe deficiency in flour I Tatory, Cambridge, on tbe night of tbe 3d
will bo more than compensated by the quan-j instant, in the constellation "Ursa Minur "
->-• i tity ot corn and vegetables.
' ! havo meats of the lii
' know every farmer in tho Southern
federacy is attempting to raise as
as lu- oossibly can for tho sustenance of
man, we may safely calculate that we shall
havo a largo' surplus instead of a scarcity. :
Itisonly persons of little faith and acute
apprehension who havo fears; all others
aro satisfied thai everything is propitious
for the South.—Atlanta Confederacy.
Inquiries Answered.
A correspondent wishes to know if con-scripts
who have hind substitutes between
It is stated that tbe entire Conlederato
loss in tbe several bailies near Richmo.d,
lately aro ten thousand killed and wounded
—of wh'icb North Carolina has lost
four thousand. The Yankee loss is much
heavier.
By the steamer Ann, at Mobile, it is re-ported
ihat there is no yellow fever in Ha-van
a.
tho ages otiS and :53, aro exempt. The
law makes a demand for porsonal service
on all between 18 and :>5, and exemption
lrom this service can bo claimed only on
iho following grounds: 1st, Exemptions
mentioned in tho law itself,or by the Sec-retary
ot War. 2d, Physical disability, ol
which the Confederate physicians at Ral-eigh
and Staiesville must judge- od, Sob-
-uiuies under IS and over oo. 'Iho sub-stitute
who is over Is and under 35; is him-self
a conscript.
Another correspondent—a soldier—wisn
es to know how it is that all the soldu
over 35 are not to be discharged at tho
of three months. The decision by
Secretary of War was that they would bo
but he afterwards changed this decision,
and ordered tho discharge of only the
twelve months men over ihat age. fbose
who volunteered for iho war are held in
service, no matter what tbeir ages may be.
In rcard to tbe Stato bounty, every man
who has volunteered is entitled to it, wheth-er
discharged or not. To take this bounty
from the soldier is to filch so much of his
rwnmoncv from his pocket. 'Ibis has
becen done, to the Bhame of those in power
bo it said.—Jialagh Standard.
a greatcirolo in a southerly direetion, and
five hoars in right ascension towards me
win in twenty four hours.—Boston 1 T
ler.
end
the
A French paper reports that tho Empe-ror
of China recently washed himself, there-by
occasioning the great, st coosternatio!
among all classes of bis subjects. A1
it was thought that so daring an inn n
would bo visited withsenou*consequences';
bu tas scon as it was ascertained that the ex-periment
was only performed as an act of
humiliation and personal mortificat n
before the iiiim.se deity, with the 'nope oi
averting the political calamities t t the
nation, public tranquility was reatoi •
We learn with regret that Bev. B. F.
Gnthrie,oftho N. C. Conference of the
M. I". Church, lately Stationed at Chap-el
Hill, but more recently a Chaplain in
one of our new Regiments, recently died ...
camp at Brooko Church, near Richmond, of
d.scase contracted in tho discharge of his
duties. He was in fine health when he en-tered
tbe army a few weeks ago. Jle was
•ayoungmanof much promise, ar.d was a
useful and acceptable minister.—Standard.
states that
h a state
of forwardness as will enable him to ttke
the field as soon as Us forces can bo g: .ta-rred
:. mi the different camps in which t
•ire slatiooed.
General Price Ins ioughi thirteen bat-il
is, ..II 1 leffei ed no deteul. and yet regards
the retreat from Corinth, iho rear of which
he bi iigiu up i nd protected, as the prou-dost
Occasion ol his lilo.
The French War Department has trans
mitud orders to Bordeaux to hasten t!.o
completion of the floating batteries Palesto
and I'eiho.
Fivo prisoners attempted to escape from
tho jail iu Raleigh,on Saturday night, but
the alarm was given in time lo thwart the
scheme.
An attempt to destroy the dwelling of
Mr. K. Cook,of Baleigu >n Siiurday last
was repeated Sunday nightaboal IU o'clock
The out bonses wero totally dcMroyed but
the dwelling is sale.
Col. Vance has been unanimously nomina-te,
i lor (joveruor by a public mooting in
Webster, Jackson County.
Tho yankees carried off all General Leo's
negroes from his estate near Richmond,
when our army, under Leo's command in
chief, drove tho thieves away from that
locality.
The small supply in tho New York
market, and tho unlikelihood of gc'.lui j
any more since McClelian's defeat, has
started middling cotton froin 30 ccnU up
to 4(1 cents
four bbls. of ncw-crcp flour, tbe first ot-tered
in Fayeitevillo this season, were sold
in that town on Saturday st Sit? 00 per
barrel.
Tho gorrilla President was in McClel-ian's
camp, on tho Peninsula, on Thursday.
The object of his visit, it is supposed, SMI -
red lo ibe exchange of prisoners.
A largo number of wounded \ank(o
prisoners havo boon brought to Richmond,
and hundreds aroyot to come.
II. A. Baker is making gun-locks m
Fayeitevillo at the rate ol twenty fivo a
day.
J. C. Todd, ( o. B. 22d N. C Reg't, was.
found drowned in* tho basin at Richmond
la.si week. It is eupposed that ho coini.it-u-
d suicide. In his pocket was found a
p« unit lo enter tho general hospital, and
iVl in money.
At Augusta, Geo., colon ranges at lrom
l-lto -" cents, sales being goneially about
I-, cents. Flour#30;Corji I «'" J ' " .
last, weekly auction saleoTAugesta ractory
Is,7-8 Shirtings brought Sl| s l-'i
-. A 1 .-ci-cling* iJTi aoSj DrillII
.. i 1 Gsnaburge42f.
The rumor which baa been current for
Home time, and Which bar been endors-d »]
ovi ml new-papers. I »l B lure-wifedied
recently is coniradic-ud by
ibe Charleston Mercury.
The Government is calling for the nub
scripnon of tho Planters IO iho Froduie
The body of Colonel Btofcea, who bad
since died of ..•.mud. receive* la •■• d '•'■"
battles near Kkbmood, passed tbrougb
S-afsvilV, la.-', i r.day, to lie. ■■††■ †in
VVilkes.
The grain crop in Texas, from li
Grande to Red river, this year,
in that Man-
Upwards of twenty-five thousand
kcts have been received at tho U
mei.t Arsenal, in Bi< hmond many of
in a damaged condition ; hordes a number
of superior field pieces, and a vast quanti-ty
of ummuniiion, equipments, and cloth-ir.
g which were thrown away by iho Yan-kees
wnilo oxecuting(Uicir recent "grand
stragotic movement."
mns-overn-of
them
for
1 over known
ly small patches of coil
be seen, and this is planted
use.
The barks of Iho dogwood,
willow trees are wanted in
hospitals and dispensarii
Toe barks siioui
ores-may
boms
poplai
many of
and
our
_HK-stripped of the Cat-
•r covering. U»reaghlydrRal,and^t«
in package's of twenty live to OM hundred
pounds.
Im.ofM.s-The Bank of FnyetM
andtSB-itof Clarendon, 5 p« «
"fh, Bank of Washington M per cent
Henry N Brown, Esq., of'of Ji.H «boro\
appropriates goO per month fe*lk. beaait
o, the- poor s-ddiers and iMl fsm.l.es t>
Grunge.
W by is a iady walking before a gentle-man
hkeihe latest news' Because sL„ .
in advance of tho male.