The Greensborough patriot [April 17, 1862]

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GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 17. 1862. NO. 1,194.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
M. S, SHERWOOD,
EDITOI AM' CKOI'RIKTOB.
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I nofflclal Letter ol General A. 8.
joliuslon to President Oavls.
The following is probably tho last im-portant
letter written by tho lamented
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. It entirely
,is course as a military leader
g that hia movements were dictated
sdomand experience.
DKCATCB, Ala., March I8tb, 1862.
M , DEAR GENERAL:—I received the dis-patchesfrom
Richmond with your private
iptain Wiektiffe three days
, essure of affairs and the
ly of getting my command across
I revented me from sending
Hrlier reply.
j I all ibatyoa have told me
sure which the fall of Fort
r< m upon me, and the attacks
to* , >i nu^ht be subjected, but it was
imp for me to gather the facts for a
ailed report, or t<> spare time which
required to extricate tho remainder
'.I my troops, and save the large aecumula-
.-. .d provisions after that dis-
: itaster.
1 transmitted the reporta of Generals
ind Pillow without examining or
rig the tacts and scarcely with titno
in i >nd t hem.
When about to assume command of the
Department, the government charged me
with the duty ofdeeidingthe question of
i E■ ' Sreen, Ky., which in-iily
military but political con-sideration.
At tho time of my arrival at
N slit i . ihe action of the Legislul ire ol
Kentucky had put an end to tho latter by
Ing the formatioD of companies
I'ennessee, by assuming tlie
G ivernmcnt at Washington.
doningthe neutrality it pro-and
in consequence of their action
le occupation of Bowling Green became
ssary is an act of self-defence, al least
in ihe first Btep.
About .the middle of September General
kner a Ivanced with a small force of
ut 4,000 men, which was increased by
the 15th October to 12,000 and though ac-cess
u force were received, it contin-cd
at ah iame strength until tho
November, measles and other dis-epingdown
the effective force.—
my's Ibrce then was reported to
i lepartment .IO.OOO and an advance
lossible.
* * *
/it to bo ol the greatest moment
topi i the campaign as the dearth of
I bi'ing strength from abroad
and tl scourago the North, and to gain time
then myself by new troops from
ussee and other States, 1 magnified
in) forces to the enemy, but made known
true strength to the Department and
tin'. vornors of Slates. The aid given
At length when Gen. Beaure-
"i|> in February, ho expressed his
e smallness of my lorce, and
wa: I with the danger of my posi-nitted
what was so manifest,
ire him my views in the future,
mi rely concurred, and sent
me i indum of cur conference, a
h I -end to yoa. I determin-
■ Nashville at Douelson and
•-' t part of my army to do it,
onlj 1 l.nOU men to covor my
giving I6.0UO to defend Donelson.
i lie li rce at Donelson is stated in Gen.
1 iv'a report al much less, and I do not
rrectness ol his statement,
force at Bowling (Ircen, which 1
supposed i" be I 1,000 effective men, (the
I ical report showing only a little over
11 .. in ili' hospital,) was diminished
more than 5,900 bv those who were unable
i fal rue of a inarch and made
on reaching Nashville less than
I HI nun L enclose Medical Director's
lie pi 11
Had I wholly uncovered my front to de-li,
i i would have known it,
i on Nashville. Tbero were
. ten small steamers in the Cumberland
dil ion—only three of which
■■ †■† ■ ■ \ ,■. while the tran-ii
of I he enem v was great.
nation ■>! Bowling Green was
Li vi j necessary, and was ordered
: N llile '.ho battle was
In ... ut I 'ooelson. 1 hud made
every disposition for tl e defence of the fort
i ■ i ; and the iruope were
■ e. The Generals,
. i' A ml Bu kner, were high in
mi i f i llicers and men fur s,. ill and
and among the best of officers of
I. They were popular with
nd all had seen much
No reinforcements were asked. 1
icoventopposite Nashville. The
I each Jay was favora-ble.
At midnight on the 15th 1 received
jlorious victory—at dawn of a
during the day and night was
•.. , b< river—i a battery had been
i the city to secure the
Nashville was incapable of de-
.-] sitioo, and from the forces
from Bowling Green and up the
. I A rearguard waslett under
to secure the stores and provis-mpletely
effect the ob-were
terrified, and some
conformity with my original design, I
marched southward and crossed the Tenn-essee
at this point, so as to cooperate or unite
with Gen. Leauregard, for the defence of
Valley of the Mississippi. Tho passage is
almost completed, and the head of my col-umn
is already with Gen. Bragg at Corinth.
The movement was deemed too hazaidous
by the most experienced members of my
staff, but the object warranted tho risk.—
The difficulty of effecting a junction
is not wholly overcome, but it approaches
completion. Day alter to-morrow, unless
the enemy intercepts me, my force will be
with Bragg and ray army nearly thou-sand'strong.
Thin must be destroyed before
the enemy can attain his object.
I have, given this sketch, so that you may
appreciate the embarrassment which sur-rounded
mo in n.y attempts to avert or
remedy tho disaster of Fort Donnelson, be-fore
alluding to the conduct of the Generals.
When the lorco was detached, 1 was in
hopes that such disposition would have been
made as would have enabled the forces to
defend tho Fort, or withdraw without sac-rificing
the army. On the 14th, I ordered
Gen. Floyd by telegraph, "if ho lost the
Fort to got his troops to Nashville." It is
possible this might havo boen done, but
justice requires to look at events as they
appeared at the time, and not alone by the
light Of subsequent information. All the
facts in relation to the surrender will be
transmitted to the Secretary of War, as soon
as they can be collected, in obedience to his
order.
It appears from tho information received
that Gen. Buckner, being the junior officer,
took the lead in advising tho surrender,
and that (ien. Floyd acquiesced, and they
all concurred in tho belief that their fbice
could not maintain its position—all concur-red
that it would require a great sacrifice
of life to extricate the command. Subse-quent
events show that the investment
was not so complete as their information
led them be believe. The conference
resulted in the surrender. The com-mand
was irregularly transferred, and
devolved on the junior General, but not
apparently to avoid any just responsibility
or fiom any want of personal or moral in-trepidity.
The blow was most disastrous,
and almost without a remcoy. I therefore,
in my first report, remained silent. This
silence you wen kind enough to attribute
to mv generosity. I will not lay claim t>>
the motive to excuse my course. I observed
silence, as it seemed to bo the best way to
serve the cause and tho country.
The facts were not fully known—discon-tent
prevailed, and criticism or condemna-tion
were more likely to augment than to
care the evil. 1 refrained well knowing
that heavy censnres would fall upon me
but convinced that it was better to endure
them for the present and defer to a more
propitious time, an investigation of the
conduct of the Generals, for, in the mean-time,
their services were required and their
influence useful. For these reasons Gen-erals
Floyd and Pillow were assigned to
duty for I still felt confidence in their gal-lantry,
their energy and their devotion to
the Confederacy.
I have thus recurred to the motives by
which I have been governed, from a deep
personal sense of the friendship and confi-dence
you havo always shown me, and
from tho conviction that they have not
been withdrawn from me in adversity.
All tho reports requisite for afml official
investigation have been ordered. Generals
Floyd and Billow have been suspended
from command.
Here follow some alunions not necessary
to an understanding of tho main objects
of the letter, and a statement of the
disposition of the forces in command, which
it is not deemed necessary to publish. Tho
letter closes as follows :
I havo troubled you with these details as
1 cannot properly eomunicate them by tel-egraph.
The test of merit in my profession, with
the people, is success. It is a hard rule,
but 1 think it right. If I join this corps to
to the forces of Gen. Beauregard (1 confess
a hazardous experiment, then thoso who
are now declaiming against inc will be
without an argument.
Your Iriend,
A. S. JOHNSTON.
a were dishearte.-ed, Tho dis-lent
waa spreading, and 1 ordered
I la Murtresboro', where I man-
I, by assembling Crittenden'a division
and the^ugitives from Donelson, to collect
e to offer battle. The weather
was inclement,the floods excossive, and the
• washed away, Lut most of the
--. in a and provisions were saved, and con-
■ new depots. This having teen ac-
Louipliuhed, though with serious loss, in
From the Milton Chronicle.
Conscription.
President Davis has sent a message to
Congress asking power to remodel the
whole Army, on the conscriptive plan. All
men now in service above 3Ci years of age,
arc to be sent home and held as a reserve,
and their places are to be filled by pressing
persons into service from Is to 35. Ti«e
President, in this case, alone lias the power
ol appointing all commissioned Company
and Field Officers—the poor privates are
to have no -say' in the matter, f be Ricbs
mond papers are highly delighted with it,
but what for, or how we are to be belteied
by it, is a myflery to us.
Now. we cannot see how sending half of
the Army home (those under 18 and all
over35; and filling the ranks with military
green-horns, needed for immediate action,
is to 'save the Country'any more than it
can now be saved. What, we ask, is the
great objection to our present Army sys-tem
'! The President gets more troops than
he calls for? If he wants inoro he has only
to call for them. And the men between35
and 45 are belter fitted for the field than
tender boys from IS to 21.
But conscription is necessary becauso all
the men and boys between la and 35 are
now needed in the lield. Why, then, do
you propose sending all under lSaudabove
35 homo? They are in the prune of
life, and already well frilled and prepar-ed
to meet the enemy. We regret that an
obtuseness of intellect disguises from us the
advantages to bo gained by this move. We
see in it wrong, injustice, tyranny and des-potism.
Conscription may suit tlio Presi-dent,
it may suit Congress, and tickle the
fancy ol Richmond Editors (seared half to
death!) and even the views of men in this
sectiou who are "exempt," but we do not
believe it wiil suit the men that carry the
mu6ket. They ought to have the privilege,
at least, of choosing their own Officers and
it denied this privilege no nan can foretell
the consequences. Wo protest against the
precedent: If it is not a uiroct violation of
the Constitution, it stripS the States of all
right and control over their own sons. The
precedent will prevent men from volunteer-ing
in time to come, should we engage in
another war, because it forces men who
' volunteered for a limited time to remain in
the field to an indefinite period after they
have faithfully served out their time. If
troopscould bo had only by conscription,
then there might be a reason for it; but. this
is not the case. Any number can be had
by means that neither usurp State Rights
nordeprive the privates ot their rights. But
it is a Europeau custom, and ergo we must
adopt it. That is tho argument. Are we
to adopt the customs of European despo-tisms?
Is it for that we are struggling ?—
Then give usthodespotism of Russia and
a Despot "to the manor b^rn," and be done
with it.
There may be some great necessity for
resorting to conscription that we are not
apprized ol. But from "tho lights before
us" we oppose it. Tho "censors" of the
press that everywhere abound, may call it
impudonce, treason, or anything they like
—but it matters not. We think for ourself.
Have a mind of our own, and will speak it
or die. It is painful indeed to differ from
the dignitaries of the land, bat they are
not imacuiate—not a bit more than we are.
We went to war about State Rights and in-dividual
lights, but conscription usurps the
one and blots out the other; and for what?
Hasn't tho President his hands lull without
the addition of making all the Army Offi-cers?
If the object be to force all the 12
months volunteers to remain as they are in
the field, pass an undisguised "force bill"
and call it "a bill to annull volunteers'
rights." Thoso in fat and easy places will
not object—nay, will be delighted—provi-ded
they can retain thorn. But nine-tenths
of these privates need no "force law" to
"ma'/o" them stay—the fat place and easy-place
fellows mignt, if required to vacate
and fall into ranks. No, the privates will
not come homo while a fight is in sight.—
They wi.l stay there until you draft, men
(if they wont volunteer) and drill them, and
til them for their places. That the men
have not been raised and properly drilled
ere this is no iault of theso volunteers, and
why mistreat them? If you want tho men
at home, between 18 and 35, draft them,
and you can get them. But let volunteering
continue, and as even dogs havo a prefer-ence
t> r masters, don't deny the private the
humble privilege of choosing his officers?
Surely it will not be allege 1 that they are
incompetent—that the President alone is
capable ot making officers for them ! Who
made Gat! in a General ? Who made Branch
and others like him ? Tho privates bad
no hand in it.
Ai'ii !>< i II Incident*.
The Editor of tho Suffolk Sun learned
several incidents worth relating during
his trip to Kinston ar.d vicinity last week.
The following are recorded in tho Sun of
Saturday last :
George Perry, a prominent and worthy
citizen of Jones county, for helping our re-treating
soldiers across the Trent with his
Hat and preserving the guns they were
compelled to leave behind, was seized by
the Federals and threatened to be shot in
his own yard. His wife entreated, and he
was put in irons and -ailed at N'ewbern.—
At last accounts the nons had been remov-ed,
but ho was still in jail
John Richardson, Esq., living about six
miles frcm town on the Washington road,
had to call on General Burnsidc for protec-tion
from his own negroes, who had entered
his house declaring that he wa« no longer
their master, and they intended to cat and
drink whatever they pleased, and ho dare
not interfere with them. 1/urnside sent a
guard to protect him.
Ttie yankees wftjnt to the farm cf J. M. F.
Harrison, a prominent merchant ol New-born,
and destroyed everything they could.
When enquiry was made, as to tho bitter-ness
manifested toward .Mr. II. they said
he was a "Rebel Captain." Tins was con-tradicted,
but they said his negroes so in-formed
them and they believed it. Mr.
Harrison had commenced recruiting for a
company but had not succeded, and this
his negroes had probably learned. Thus it
will be seen that should we ba overcome,
our negroes are to be.the witnesses exam-ined
against us, and they aro to inform
against us.
Old and infirm persons who sought pro-tection
at the hinds of Burnside, were
protected by a guard. Thus when Miss
Ellis the Matron of the Griffin orphan
school, was disturbed by soldiers, Burnside
had a guard placed near the premises, and
nosoldier was permitted to enter.
Among the families who remained in
town alter its capture, wo beard tho follow-ing:
Mr. Coles, Alexander Justice, Lacy
Philips, Z. Siade, Joseph Robinson, Or. Uis-osway,
L. Heritage, Pre . Doherty and Dr.
Boyd. Some ol them sent away some mem-bers
of their families. Prof. Doherty 6cnt
his children to Graham, and he and his wife
remained.
The Yankees entered the house of Mr.
Robinson and seeing a watch in his wife's
sick room, deliberately took it down and
carried it off.
The lowest order of Yankee soldiers with
the negroes went from house to house and
where the family was found to be absent
they entered and took whatever they de-sired.
All who know anthing of the Yan-kee
disposition to Meal, and the like dispo-sition
of the negroes, can well imagine the
stale of things.
Col. Z B. Vance, whoso Regiment fought
so well at the late battle ot Newbern, wa>
formerly a member of Congress from the
Buncombe District. Ho was captain of a
Company stationed at Suffolk during the
most ol the summer. When the battle com-menced,
he cried out to his Regiment.—
'Stand linn my brave boys, I am wftb you
for victory or death." This Regiment was
tho las', to leave the field, refusing to be-lieve
the order to retreat when it was first
given. Of this Regiment, Maj. Carmichael
was killed after having on an eminence
fired more than 40 guns at the enemy.
While our soldiers were retreating, a
courier overtook them a few miles trrom
town, and informed them that the Yankee
cavalry would soon be upon tbem. Col.
Lee called for 45 volunteers to bring up the
rear and receive tho enemy on bis approach.
Capt. Lassiier commanding the Haw river
Boys from Chatham, and of Col. Sinclair's
Regiment, stepped forward and tendered
his company. This was regarded as a very
gallant act, and Capt. Lassiter and Lieut.
Petty were both highly- commended lor
bravery, as well as every other officer and
the privates of tho company.
It was currently reported by the Yankees
on their arrival in Newbern that Burnside
had previous to the battle, visited all our
camps in the guise of a fisherman, and bad
sold fish to n.any of our soldiers.
Tho Yankees declared that Col. Avcry
was the bravest man iheyevei saw, and af-ter
the battle would cry about tho streets
of Newborn, "Hurrah lor the gallant, gal-lant
Avery." It will be remembered that
Colonel Avery was taken a prisoner by
them.
Such havoc did Captain Whitford's Ar-tillery
company make among them that
after the battle they expressed, a willing-ness
to pay a heavy reward for him dead
or alive.
Our troops on their arrival at Kinston,
were hungry, tired and much disorganized.
Thecitizen6 opened their houses, and they
were filled, and the town was almost entire
ly stripped of all eatibles before the army
could be provided tor. The people cf Kin-ston
deservo much praiso for their patrio-tism.
Hardly a Union man could be found at
Newbern. We note this with pleasure.
Capt. Morgan's Interview with Gen
Basil..
Beforo leaving Tuscumbia, I learned the
particulars of an interview between the
celebrated Capt. John Morgan and the
Federal Gen. Buell at Nashville, which is
worthy of record as a part of tho history of
the times. The exploits of Capt. Morgan
are more like the romantic and daring
feats of the days of knighthood and chival-ry
than anything else we can compare
thorn to.
It seems that Capt. Morgan, having learn-ed
that Gen. Buell bad determined to hang
four of his men as outlaws of March 8, he
who had been taken prisoners in bis mem-orable
scout proceeded with a flag of
truce and ten of his men to JXashvi lo. On his
way he met Gen. Mitchell with a largo force
ol tho enemy's cavalry t.i whom he made his
object, known. Mitchell said he was just
going out to search for Morgan, and regret-ted
to meet wiihnim under the protection
ot a flag of truce. Morgan, with a mean-ing
look uot to bo misunderstood, assured
the Federal General that nocno moie than
himself shared his regret and his disap-pointment,
and hoped that an opportunity
would soon offer of meeting him under
more favorable circumstances. Hitcth-ell
then gave an escort and accompanied
him to Buell's quarters. Buell was greatly
suprised ut meeting with tho bold partisan
lace lo face and evincing no litllo uneasi-ness
asked to what circumstances he was
indebted for the honor of this visit.
Morgan replied that his errand was a
ehrisiam one ; that he had been informed
that General Buell had threatened lo hang
four of his men, who had been taken pris-oners,
as out laws, in violation of tho rules
of warand civilization ; that he had thirty
six Federal prisoners in his possession, and
that if such was Buells's determination, he
should retaliate by hanging nine Federals
(jT ono of his m-'n.
Buell disclaimed any such intention, and
said he should never violate the usage of
civilized warfare.
Morgan then proposed an exchange of
the thirty six Federal prisoners for his four
men, saying that ihe difference in numbers
was but a fair valuation of the services of
his brave troopers.
Buell replied that ho was compelled to
decline the offer, as be could not negotiate
with an officer inferior to him in rank.
"This is unfortunate, sir," replied Mor
gan "us '.he objection could not hold good
in any other sense ;" and the interview
then terminated. It was after this that
Morgan learned that ono of his men,
named Love had been shot after he was
taken prisoner.
1 have also been put in possession of the
particulars of another most gallant affair
which occurred on tho 10th inst., and of
which no mention has yet been made, O.i
th; t day Lieut. Basile JJuko, the adjutant
and brother in law of Captain Morgan, and
equally as brave and daring proceeded with
eighteen men to within three and a half
miles ot Nashville, and half a mile of Gen.
McCook'scamp, where concealing them-selves,
they dismounted leaving the horses
in charge of three of their men, while the
fifteen took position cfffnim tho turnpike,
and succeeded in killing twenty Miree of
the enemy's advanco guard among whom
were three lieutenants and ono captain.J
Three of our men be.ng cut off from re-1
turning to their horses wero forced to cross
the enemys lines by an old field, and pass- i
ed within thirty steps of their pickets, w ho '
saw them from the pike, and who allowed
them to go by supposing that there waa a
large force and that they would capture
tho whole command. The three men, by
making a circuit of halt a milo, regained
their horses in safety and the whole com-mand
escaped without the loss of a man.—
Correspondence New Orleans Picayune.
PatentN in March.
The following is a lit of the patents is-sued
in the- month i f March, from the
Confederate Patent Office :
C. V. Litllepagc, of Travis county, Tex-as
tor bullet machine.
B. O. Halox. of Little Rock, Ark., for
improvement in tanning,
J. S. Copes ot Now Orleans, Lousiana,
for improved cotton tie.
Thomas Oale, of Russolville, Ky., for
improved device for replacing locomotives
and railroad cars on track.
Stuart Olrings k Taylor, of A'exandria,
Va., tor improved machine for sighting
cannon.
Gardner S-nith, of New Orleans, La.,
for improved rail for railroad curve.
John M. Morehead of Greensboro, N. C, j
for improved heating apparatus.
John E Paterson, of Houma, La., impro-red
apparatus tor ciaryfying cane juice.— j
Tbe Late Battle la Arkantat-
Statement of an Officer.
The Memphis Appeal has had an inter-view
with an officer direct from our army
in the West, from whom it obtains the
following interesting details of the late
battle in Arkansas:
Gen. Price bad remained at Springfield
until the enemy was within six miles ol the
tiwn, where he put his army in motion
towards tho Arkansas line. There was
more or less skirmishing between his rear
guard and the enemy's advance, until he
crossed the Arkansas and effected a junc-tion
with Van Dorn and McCulloch. In
all these skirmishes, our informant says
tho Missouri sharpshoote: s invariably got
the best of their pursuers. Price's object
was to draw them down into Arkansas,
since Van Dorn had not joined bim at
Springfield.
Tho Confederates rested a few days a*.
Cove Creek, in Washington county, some
thirty miles below the line. At length,
General Van Dorn having got ready, he
determined to go in search of the enemy,
and to make tho attack himself. The
troops wero ordered to cook five days'
provisions, and move upon the enemy, who
had stopped al Sugar creek. At Benton-ville,
on their way up, they encountered
the F'ederal reai guard, and had quite a
OVER 35!—Since the Concription low-has
been mooted some folks have grown
old fas-,, and it is now almost impossible to
find a man out of the Army who isn't over
35 by "a few days."—Jltlton Chronicle.
brisk skirmish, in which we lost ono man
and tho enemy eight or ton. We also took
ooe piece of artillery from them. The
Confederates marched all that day and
night without food or sleep, and came up
with tho enemy in tho Sugar creek hills at
half past ten o'clock, A, M., when the action
at once became general. Tbe enemy was
completely surrounded, General Price at>
tacking them on tho North, and General
McCulloch on tho West.
It is now believed that wemadoa mis-tako
in surrounding the enemy and cut-ting
off every avenue of escape. It is
thought tha* if we had attacked them from
one side only, as it is understood Gen.
Price proposed, wo should ba/e driven
them out and taken every thing they had
ere the sun went down. As it was. we
drove them for two miles from all their
strong positions, and held their encamp-ment
during the uigbt, with tho greater part
of their commissary stores, on which our
half famished men fed.
Many of our troops who were supposed
f> he captured by the enemy, have come
in, and our whole loss in killed, wounded
and prisoners, will not exceed six hundred,
viz: one hundred and twenty five killed,
two hundred and seventy five wounded,
and two hundred prisoners. The enemy's
loss was far greater—probably five to Our
ono. A Federal colonel, w^io was taken
on the evening of the first day, says their
loss up to that time w.xs terrific—perhaps
twelve hundred to fifteen hundred—and
the noxt morning they lost much more, and
among them were several officers. Such
prisoners as havo ■ scaped from them say
there was no exultation among them, so
heavy had their losses been. The Confed-erates
took two uundred and twenty five
prisoners.
On tho morning of the eight, the enemy
having taken st'ong position during the
night, re opened the tight. Tho action
soon became general, and continued until
about half past nine o'clock, by which time
General Van Dorn had completed bis ar-rangements
to withdraw his forces.
The reasons for our withdrawal were,
first, that a number of the Southern regi
ment", after the fall of McCulloch and Mc-
Intosh, bc-ame demoralized Secondly,
some two hundred Federal troops (Ger-mans)
while fleeing from the field, came
upon our ammunition wagons, and the
teamsters supposing they intended an at-tack,
put whip to their horses and fled as
rapidly as possible. This left several of
our batteries without a single round. These
unfortunate occurrences rendered it neccs
sary for the Confederates to retire, and
that at a timo when victory had actually
perched upon their banners.
With the exception of a portion of the
regiments thrown into confusion by the
untimely fa'l of McCulloch and Mclntosh,
the retreat was conducted in the utmost
good order—so good, indeed, that many did
not know but what they wero making a
flank movement on the enemy until late
in the afternoon. Several of cur batteries
was in great danger, having to be brough
off through tho woods and over bills. The
enemy aid not pursac, except a few
squads of cavalry who followeo up some
of our baggage trains. Wo brought off
four more pice s of (annon than we took
in having lost only two pieces, which were
disablcdand spiked.
Several of tho enemy's batteries were
taken, and they could not bo brought off
They, were dismounted and the wheels
taken off; dry brush and leaves wore pillct'
on them, and they wero burnt by our
troops.
Our list of killed and wounded is still
imperfect. Colonel Rives, of the Missouri
Confederates, and Captain Churchill Clark
of tho artillery, whose loss has not hereto-fore
been mentioned, wero killed. Mi-ny
other officers were killed or wounded.—
General Van Dorn paid a high compliment
to Price's army. Many of their charges
would have done credit to Napoleon's Old
Guard. The troops in McCuMoch's division,
up to the timo of Ins an! Mclntosh'e fall,
(ought with tho raoM determined gallantly
and covered themselves with glory.
We left the field on the second day for the
reasons given above ; and yet the result ol
the battle was as good as a victory to the
Confederates. They have so crippled the
enemy that they will be unable to attack
us until they get reinforcements. Price
and Yin Dorn however can march where
they please and without molestation. At
hist accounts they were recruiting and
getting ready for another forward move
ment in a direction but little suspected by
the enemy.
With the excepti&n of Stauwaite s regi-ment
orr Indian allies did not take much
part in tho fi^ht. This regiment took a
battery, having approached it behind
trees, and b haved with much courage and
gallantry- Owing to the early Call of .Mc-
Culloch and Mclntosh some six or seven
regiments were never brought into action.
The enemy's forces were at
ours.
From the Richmond Dup»tch of April Id.
Congress Yesterday
The member* of the House of Represen-tatives
yesterday changed their place of
meeting from the room formerly occupied
by them, in the southern end of tho Capi-tol,
to the hall recentlv vacated by the
members of the House of Delegates ol
Virginia. The change seems to havo in-sp.
red the House with a desire to do
something, and to discard the talk all and
do-oothing policy which has heiotoforc
characterised its proceedings. Of talking
yesterday there was an abundance, but n
was attended with at least a semblance ol
business.
The most important bill under considera-tion
yesterday, and probably iho most im
portent that has engaged the attention ol
Congress since the commencement of the
session, was the bill reported by Mr. Gar-nctt,
from the Committee of Ways and
Means, entitled an act to admit imposts
duty free—except such as may bo imported
from the United States of America. Tbe
debates upon this measure were interes-ting,
porhaps able, on b*th sides. Ai a
financial question, it possessed no merit
at least so far as the present is concerned,
and it was not contended by its Bdvoca:e<-
that any benefit in that respect would be
derived from its passage.—It was supposed,
however, by those who favored it, that tV
policy recommended might have its effi ct
in propitiating the public sentiment which
in European Powers, a sentiment which is
as much regarded in England and Fran-;e
as in the United or Confederate Sta'is.
The friends of tree trade per se of coune
gave tho bill their sanction, although it
was declared upon tho floor of the Boaee,
even by the known advocates of that policy,
that tho debt incurred in the prosecution
of the war would, at its termination, ro-quire
a tariff for its liquidation.
The opponents of the bill thought it
calculated to place the Government in a
humiliatingalt tudo before the commercial
Government of Europe. Tho measure;
however, received tho sanction of the
House, and we give it as it passed that
body:
A Bill tole entitled ait net to admit ImpotU Du'y
f'rte—Except luih at may be Imported front tie
Uuittd Statei of America:
SEC. The Congress of the Confederate
States of Ameri-a do enact, That all laws,
and parts of laws, by which duties are laid
and col'ected on foieign goods, wares, or
merchandize iriported from foreign coun-tries,
are htreby repealed—except i.s
regards thoso im ported from tho United
Slates of Amer.ca.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage; but the provisions
of this act shaf not apply to goods, wares,
or merchandise heretofore imported or
now in bond.
Commendable.
The following note speaks for itself:
'•The Deaf and Dumb pupils ask Mr.
Palmer to buy a bundle ol unbleached
cloth, to make shirts for poor soldiers at
Kinston. They have just contributed
88 50. They say ifyou have some money
loft, alter buyvr.g the cloth, they wish you to
buy socks. The girls will sew the sbiits
themselves."
We publish the above to show that oar
pupils feel a deep interest in tho welfare
of thos<» who have come forth, at tboir
country's call to drive the invader from our
Stale. Soon after they had heard ot our
defeat at Newbern, and learned that many
of our bravo eoidicrs had lost all of their
clothing, except what they wore, they of
their own accord, made a contribution for
their relief. The blind pupils have made a
contribution for the same purpose. And
not only on this occasion havo they mani-fested
a desire to aid tho soldiers, but
they have several times beforo done all in
their power for this object.—Deaf Mute
Casket.
least double-
Two precious Scanips.
When the Milton Blues left here Ins!
April for tho war they were joined by n
couple of good looking Yankees, named
Streeter and Dunton. The first of these
scamps professed to have been born in Ga .
where, ho said his parents resided. H-came
here selling a book called "Cotton ir-
Iving,'' and if be is not a genuine blue bel-lied
Down cast yankee he has. tbe twang
Dunton came ab^.ut here peddling on Sew-ing
Machines, and looked like he might be
kin to the nigger; he was, however ibtelli
gent and polite. Well, this prepares us t'
remark that these two scamps eloped from
camp at Todd'i Point, to parts unknown
last week, but the Impression is that ll e\
slipped over to Newport News, where th--,
no doubt ernpt ed a big budget of new-.
touching our f rces, &u. Some of tho Blue-always
mistrusted these scamp, (pariicu
larly Lt. Hu it,) while others thoughi
them sound aid reliable.—Mtlton Chron
tele.
Bethel. Manassa and Million.
It is little remarkable as we heard re-marked
yesterday, that tho scenes of
three of the most noted battles of tin
present war and of the most brilliant Con-federate
victories should bear such solemn
and impressive scriptural names as ih >-■
which star.d a*, the head of this notice. And
tho most solemn and significant of ail i-that
given to the battie of last Sunday, be
ing lliat by which the Hebrew proj
referred to tho coming one, the hopes of tin
nations, understood by Christians and
pointing to our Saviour.— Wilmington Jour
r.al.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.—Tho following is an
extract of a private letter from a lady, dated
Abe-de-en, Arkansas:
"The ladies about here have all learned
to shoot; las', summer wo had shooting
mat.-hes regularly—rather masculine sporl
for ladies, think you, I reckon; but never
theless we all learned, and thought the
times would justify it, and some got to b
verv expert in loading and f.ho*tin;r.
Woil I you belicvo that I can kill" sqT-.irn la
or hirdnon the to| S of tall trees? I keep
a loaded gun in my rorni, also a pistol on u
table n.-ur my bed every night, and, if
necessary, wojld not hesitate to use tbem.
and 1 hope never to have a use lor tbem."
Krwa tm RoUifh 8und»w
To tbe Women of Wrtn Care.t SW,
Already b.vt the women of V,r< it,
fund to build gonboats for the defen-, of
their respective States, .nd the interest, of
the Confederacy. In our struggle for 'J.
erty oar Stats hs. seen behind hands in rK
mg. nor can I think she means to be, in- „v
project whereby her seal and honor c. the
vindicated. I call then upon our p.,r *£
women to cooperate in contributing „ i,(.
,ev 8"m Jor a ^nboat 'o *»» called •• *' „•
Old North State 'and I venture to subimt
tor their approval a plan for obtaining h.
necessary fund. 6
It is this; to ask some one or more person*
in every town ,„ ,he State, to accept ths
post of Collector, and to extend tho sub-crip.
ion hsc to high and low, rial and poo-, £
that every woman and child within our
borders may have Ihe opportunity toniJ a
maintaining the cause of the Confederacy
and the honor of the good Old North Slue
Mrs. John W. Elite will take the we,. ,ro
portion of .Norm Carolina, and in tho lUd-dlo
and Eastern portions. I trust that I flay
meet with the „me c„rjia, rMp0iiBe flCJ
ciaite?,,tiha,lt.\hWasba0lnreaIJd,y*rcbeyeent ,0rstu""rn"e"dVlbay-those
who have consented to ace at Cok3c.
lore. I
Any person not within reach of a OoJjW
tor, and desiring to give to this objeet. Ien
do so by forwarding her subecr.rtionf to
Gen James G. Martin, Ralsigb, N. C, £>ho
has kindly agreed to receivs tbe contrfcu-turns
SALLY ft. COLLI.Nf
rUioigb, N.C., April4, 1802.
•W All the papers in the State are re-quested
to give this aa extensive a circula-tion
as possible.
CutTyat the Battle of Leesbu ».
The Southern Monthly has the following;
A r.ogro who accompanied bie ma«t>.- to
Virginia, was giving bis "experience.' »t
ihe battle of Loesburg, on bis return to
Memphis to a fellow-servant, as foll.l
•Folks may talk as much as dey pi]
bout not b'jin'skeeredon tho battle-fij
dis chile can tell different tale from [
When dem ninny balls 'gin to whistle
de cannon to roar, and de hos.es to ri
and rar, I tell you de kink cum'd out o
nigger's wool. I said, 'Masia. lee mo ., id
you git hacko'dem trees, tr-d we can ehoOt
without bein' shot at.' Young maasa tan
he eye. at.me till I fell like gittin" into*
augur hole. Den I say, -Mas«a, you don't
keernuffiii for your life, please ear give me
your commission to git out ob de wayo'
dese bullets, sure.' He kinder smile a "mo
and say, 'you hab my c-omtiiisBiuu ' 1 el
you, I runn'd like a skeer'd dog. Butty
quick I cumm'd to biggest kind o'h
log, and jest as I stooped down to git i i
bears somebody cry out like dey bad |'*in
in deir stommick, •<) dey is settin' • eir
slaves upon us V and true as 1'e bore too iy,
dat are log was stuck full o' dem Yankees.
Yah : yah '. yah •."
Gen. Toombs and a Lazv Poldl -r.
Quite an amusing scene oc-urred recen-tly
rear Warrenton. Gen. Toombs order-ed
tho "fatigue" to "tote" rails and fil 'ip
a bad place in the road, when one soldier
said h*» could not tote a rail — wboreupot;
the General dismounted ..nd told .it
fellow if he would hold hie horse he S/ooli
do it. The man held the horse ami tho
General shouldered the rail and carried It
loand threw it across the hole which !<■
had ordered filled. The soldier wasjL
large, strapping fellow, and tho rebuke r*?
General gave linn caused peal alter ;.c ildff
laughter, while the man looked as n de
Wou:d have liked to havo beeu lu tho oC1',
covered Irom sight by the rail* be "co,, d
not tote."
THE PRIVILEDOES OF THE PREH* IN
SotTi! CAROLINA.—On tbe 18th, inst., the
Governor and his Executive Coaueii Ado-pted
the following resolution :
Resolved, That Ihe editors and ov.Icrs
of newspapers in this State be ioio(lftd,
that if any of their employees shall hill
under the conscription, too Adjutant a.id
inspector General will be instructs* to
withold fiom Confederate service stc^ ot
said conscription as the editor or owm »of
such newspapers shall declare by affldJ'it
to be absolutely necessary to carry on ;a ir
respective establishment, arid that Vie
work cannot be done by workmen th
thoir command otherwise exempt: Provi-ded,
The number wilbcld shall not ox
seven for Charleston daily papers, five lor
the Columbia daily papers, and two 1-r
each country paper; And Provided, J'ne
conscripts wilheld from Confederate ser-vice
shall be bubject to bo detailed to iuch
local and special duty as may not seriously
interfere with tho buisness of tbe NapM
tive offices.
MARTIAL LAW OVER EAST TlllsMU
Was proclaimed by President Duvis <,:-. tbe
8th inst. Maj. General E K. Smith il in
command of the Department if that pemion
of tho Slate, to carry out tbe Presiof it's
proclamation, who will forthwith esU* - I
an efficient military police, and will choi-ce
the following order :
All distillation of spirituous liquor-is
positively prohibited, and tho distilleries
will forthwith he closed. Tho btlo of
spirituous liquors of any kind is aba pro-hibited,
and establishments for tliJ »alo
thereof will be closed.
Tbe Nassau Herald Ic-arae frooi ihe
Havana papers that n treaty of peace had
been signed at Lalidad, February 'Win,
and that a ratifisation by President JUHIC/
had been received in Vera Crux on LfceSc
In conscjueoce, two Spenisa batalii
just starting, bad returned to »**¥*-
J'artof tbo allied army remain at Onz;**.
1 he Mexican flag is again flying from flr~
Castieof Sao Juau de Clloa.
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It having been asserted that p«
rye is pois' nous, ir. its eff-cl on lheo»-,
matter of iho system, ihe nodical cacvaae
have put tbeir wits together, Mri w. ^be-lievo
it is now pretty well settled thai'■rye
.•offee" contain* BOtUlr.e injurious to health.
Those who are compelled to resort co t,
will be pleased to receive tbe lnformxtion.
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