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SIMKINS, DIRISOF & CO., Proprietors, EDG-EFJELD, S. Cj ' JANUARY la, 1863,
The Late Battles in North Carolina.
' Personne," the able and popular corres
pondent of the Charleston Courier, furniabes
that journal with an interesting narrative oft
the events connected with the war, which
have lately occurred in North Carolina. We
condense his statement as follows :
His first letter is dated Kinston, N. C., Dec.
25th. He says that the noble deeds of the
late campaign redound as much to the honor
of the Palmetto State, as any that have. yet
marked the annals of this war.
The object of Gen. Foster's advance from
Newbern was the capture of Goldsboro', and
to rebuild the line of railroad between these
places, which had been destroyed by General
Evans. The information of the advance did
not reach us in time, and consequently our
forces were divided. The enemy's move
ments were, therefore, unintervupted, until
Friday, Dec. 17th, when they reached Tren
ton. Here, Major Nethercutt, of the Par
tizan Rangers, was reinforced by Col. Baker,
with two companies of cavalry ; but, owing to
some lack of prudence, or knowledge of th"
country, our troopa found themselves sudden
ly surrounded by the enemy. They cut their
way out, however, Colonel. Baker being woun
ded in the ear, in this skirmish ; but th' y
were so scattered and disorganized as to be
of no further use during the events that fol
lowed.
Gen. Evans was, at that time, at Green
ville ; but he arrived early or. Saturday mc r
ping. During his absence, tha chief comn
mand was assumed by Col. Radeliffe, a grad
uate of the Citadel Academy, of Charleston,
S. C.
On Friday night, our fir t line of defence
was formed by Col. Radcliffe, on what is
known as the Southwest Creek, and which,
after running near'y per-.ll with the Neuse
river, emptits into it three miles below Kits
tor. This line consisted of the 1ith, 22d,
and 23d South Carolina Reginents, and the
61st North Carolina. The artillery coustisted
of Bunting's Battery, North Carolina ; Starr's
Battery, North Carolina ; ard Bryce's Bat
tery. of South Carolna-the whole force
,umbering s than ],7u0 uei, with six
pieces of artillery, a1nd not cavalry enough to
act as couriers ; while the enemy's force nuts
bered 30,000,. with 2,000 cavalry, ang 42
p;-. nI rtilloy, t ianessagrtp
plies.
On Saim!day morning, the fight was opet
ed-the enemy evident!y feeling our stre'f gth ;
a series of heavy skirmish ensued, the brunt
of which was borne by the 17th South Caro
lina and filst North Carolina. The pressure
of the Abolitionists was so great that our
troops had to fall bach frot iliines' Mill to a
position two miles nearer town, and s-ub e
quently to a mile and a quarter neerer the
town, where we held the en my in check un
til dark. The Holcombe Lrgion, in the mean
time, and afterwards Col. Mallet's Nurth Car
olina Battalion, C00 strong. had arrived, rak
ing our whole force 2,014 bayonets
lt.was thought during Saturday night that
the enemy were retreating. but Sunday mor
sing found them ready for the fight again,
which commenced by about nine o'clock,
A. M.
The discovery of the enemy's position here
was due to a woman, who signalled our troopsj
by wavin-g a white handkerchief or other ob
ject to our troopa, and soon after disappeared,
and was not seen again.
The battle raged with grat fury until I
o'clock P. M., when it became necessary . for
our troops to fall back, which was according
ly done between 1 and 2 o'clock P. M1.
All the regiments crossed the bridge safely.
except the Holcombhe Legion, which did nct
reach it until 'the flames which had been ap
plied to it burntt f.'rth. This createdi some
confusion, and cause-i the capture of our men
as follows: IHiclomse I1,egion, 27; 22.1 S.'uthc
Carolina, 01; 17th South Car.,lina 8 ; 231
South Carolina, 12; makcing a total of 133
Soui:h Carolinians ; and between Mallet's
Battalion and the 61st North Carolina, some
212 others were taken prisoners.
These men have been parated and sent to
lRaleigh to await anc exchange.
General Evans' object was, next, to make
the Neuse River his second line of defen'e ;
buit in this he failed, as the enemy extinguish
ed the flames of the b:crning bridge, and kept
up a sharp fire along the banks of' the stream
which created sojme confcuion i'n our rank',
and caused a further retreat. Capt. Bumcing
lost t wo of his pieces in the retreat, his horse.s
having keen killed in the battle.
Our loss in the brigsdd here was-killed,
16 ; wounded, 88 ; total 10t.
Gen. Evans retired about three quarters
of a mile from the town of Kinston, where
he formed in line of battle, on a slight eleva
ton -ailed Washington Hill, the enemy's line
otbattle occup;ing the town.
V'e here give Personnie's r.ceount of 'he
denand for the surro:.der of the torwn in his.
ownwords:
A DKXAN4D FoR stnNND/.ct
Abut three o/cloc.k, while Gen. Evans was
at his eadquarters in the large mansion
which gyes the t ill its t:amae, a body of stX
hundredihorsemen came 'dashing up the
streets Caif thoy intendled to carry the place
by.stormn,but swid'enly reaching a c.,rn~er
they wheelid, and, as quickly as the-y ha'
appeared, dkappeared tr..' ,ight leavinag ~e~
hind'tbre ' iniividuals on horseback. who nOa
rode sloaly fward.
Gan. Evans\.e them at -she G~t of the
bill, and then ensued that colloquy, the result 1
of which has been so wrongly given to the
world in the sententious reply of General
Eveins, '-Go to h-1l I"
The true history of this iuterview-and I
am glad to be the medium of correcting a
false impre-sion . that bas been allowed to
emanate most carelessly-is as follows:
The conversation was commenced by one
of the officers in the following words:
Officer. " I understand, sir, (bowing) that
some of your troops Lavae indicated a wish to
surrender, and I have been detached to re
ceive the surrender, by Gen. Foster. I pro.
sume, sir, that you are Gen. Evans ?
Gen. E. " I am-who are you, sir ?"
Officer. (With a supercilious air) " I am
Col. Putter, sir, of the 1st North Carolina
Volunteers, and attached to the staff of Gen
eral Foster."
Gen. E. " I am not aware, sir, that any of
my troops desire to surrender, nor do 1 b .
lieve there is a South Carolinian under my
command who has any intention of doing so.
Give my compliments to Gen. Foster, and
tell him he knows G.-n. Evans too well to sup
pose that he will ever surrender."
Col. P. " Then you intend to renew the
battle."
Gen. E. " Yes, sir-to fight now and here I"
Col. P.-" Do you mean to begin at once,
sir, or do you wish time to remove your
wounded ''
Gen. E.-' Well, sir, you may say to Gen.
Foster that if he will give me an !.our a ad a
half to remove the women and. children froth
the town, I .shall then be ready for him."
The North Carolina Yankee then made a
wave of the hand which he doubtless intended
as a polite mode of saying farewell, but which
a by stander remarked to me as much resem
bled the fall of a pump handla as anything I
ele; and, accompanied by his brother offi
err and courier, turned and rode ona. 1[is
manner was anything but that of agentleman,
while that of Gen. Evans was ali that a pro-,
per regard for courtesy could demand.
The molt r' --ulot.s part of the affair i
that the flag of tru-n ws a pair of white
drawers, which flopped about ou a bayonet in
a decided state of looseness, and excited the
resibilities of the spectators ro a pitch of re-i
blious is cachina-ions. Whether the Ya: -
kes ictended is as an :asuttor+whether it-I
-, an infzr'ntial admission that it was a
darn game, F'have no rnans of knowing,
but one thing ii certai-a, though Gen. Evans
has once surrenderel to a ce'iuoline skirt, the
breeches do not walk the earth or fly the
air before which he will bow in homage as a
ctive.
While tle, bit. was going on aronnl
Kinston, Poole's battalion of heavy arui!le- .
stationed at a small fortificationon the Neu
river, 3 miles below the town, wsi enMg
with 9 of the enomy'. gunboat-. Wt' h:"!
to a'suion th work. d-utroving the pi..ve.
As the gunb ats ptssl down the river, Cap -
tain Whitfor.'s Partizan Rangers fired into
the rear boate, sweeping their decks. anal.
it is thought, killing and wounding some 70
or 80.
Discovering the overpowering nature of the
enemy's force, General Evans retreated to
Falling Creek, 6 miles distant, on the road to
Goldboro', where he arrived at sundown, and
was reinforced by the 4-Ith, 47th and 11ith!
North Carolina Re~giments.
On Monday, Glen. l-vans sent Glen. Roub
erton, with his 500 dismounted cavalry,
Leaventhorpe's 11th North Carolina regiment,
and a r-ection of Moore's Battalion of North
Crolina Artillery, to contest thme enemy's
cossing of the Neuse river at Whitehall,
while the 44th North Carolina regiment wasi
sent to Thompson's Bridge, sevent miles east
of Goldsboro', for the same purpose. The
fight a'. Whitehall was conducted generally
with artillery, and across the river. Our loss
was only 10 killed and 42 wounded. During
the skirmish, we burned the bridge at White
hll and Tiho:npson's, and foiled the enemy,
who withdrew from the combat and resumed
his march up the river.
When next beard from, the enemy were'
within six miles of Goldsboro'. Gen. Smith,
the Commander-in-Chief, had arrived there,
but found everything unprepared for the oc
casion. Providence, however came to our
ad, and the diflicul ties were surmounted. I
At this place, anothe~r battle occurred, du
ring which the railroad bridge was burned by
soec six A bolitionists--fiVe of whom were
killed-the sixth--said to be Lieut. Duncan
Graham, of Va., a son of Glen. Graham, of
the A bolition army, succeeded in making his
escape.
The battle lasted until nightfail, both i ar
ties holding their positions, when the enemy,
under cover of ther 4ness, retreated to
New bern.
"Prone thmnks that Giner-d Fo ter
will renew the aterek. lle thinks, also', that
the credit of the campa~aigna belongs to Goner
al Evans ;the blame, if any, must rest else
where.
The renegades in the neighborhood of the
army are known as '- Buffaloes.''
The occupation of Kinston by the enemy
was not marked by any acts of Vandalism,
exept the burning of three dwelling houses
an1stores on Main st reet, for which act, Ge-n.
Fostr ordered the incendiarv to be arreme;.d
and shut.
" The scenes during the fight here are said
to avo bi en distressing, The enemy's balls
w..e flying through the town in every direo
tion, piercing the houses and racing through
the streets. Cotton was burning in piles,
whil women and children were wildly flying
to the suburbs for their lives.
" In some instances, the sick were taken
from their bed en dishabille, and tottered
along, supported by their relatives. After
wards, they were found lying by the side of the
road so exhausted that they could go no fur
ther. One of our oflicers on the retreat
through the town, found just such a group as
I have describe.-a young husband dying
with consumption, pale and so feeble he could
not stand, and trembling with nervous ex
citement, a wife of not more than two and
twenty years by his side, supporting his head,
and a little child. All tears and supplication,
the noble woman appealed to the officer for
help, and with an oloquence that none but a
woman can use, made him disunount, assist
her husband to the saddle, and then walking
by the side of the horse, supported him in
his seat until he reached a place of safety.
Such is war. God save us from its repetition."
' Personne" concludes his highly interest
ing series of letters as follows:
" Though we are scarred with wounds, and
then with toil, the South yet stands firm and
erect. And " if we;have lost the Missi-sippi.
that was her girdle, or that splendid city that
was the tir-t jewel of the crown she wore on
the last fe ast of the Christian ycar, we re
main nndaunted, as then, stronger for our
losses, stripp.ed for combat, traint:d to skill in
ars by thir employment, and taught by the
discipline of three great. catmpaignts, comn
pressed into the brief space of twelve swiftly
pasel months. Our adversary, e the con
trary, distracted in spirit, pants with distress
and streams with b!oodi. Deflnted at every
p.int, he staggers unders the blows that have
at last reached a vital y Ani is now in the
throes of an agonrized desperation. Gut only
knows what will be the result. Never before
ha His hand been laid in anger so heavily
upon the Northern people, and yet it may b
bu: the precursor of a morn bi:.er end.
On our part we have every reason to be
ereouraved. Peaceful influences are becau
ug stronger in their concentration every day.
The Republican element of the North is dis
integrated beyond redemption, and the people
at large are discouraged. Their public debt
is-a'niglur~re-.-and thu incbi; i erdajcs at~
the rate of three millions a day. Private.
like public expen:.es, are on the increase eve
rywLr.. Eve.'v elibet of the Abolitio:i-i;
ha proven a practical failure, dist'actio't is in
their councils, and exnct in the W1rn.t t
country, whi-ro they have secureds a tenpor;ary
advatitage. the fuun-arem 'rni~es to be ai, ba
reel of results as the past. They have no
snp athy abroad and no helps at home. The
friends f peace ar lcunig bolder, aad in
the defiant attitude we still maintain around
ur front, there is a lesson ot' caution being
taught that will make Northern leaders pon
der well are they again order their armies to
advance.
Let us hope that in this luil wisdom may
take possession of the hearts of our enenia.
We may then confidently Lopo that when the
snows o' winter have melted away, the green
grass and blooming lowers of spring will
bring with thei the peace for which we pray.
All quiet in front. PtzsNxn."
Sc.n: .Ar llort:..- (T ime, midnight ) Att
st. Room in~ 3.-lory. D)ramatis Persoinnt.
Parie~ arriving by train. -Belated traveller
.-just arrived--to lackly traveller simualy
ensconced in bed and not anxious for com
pany:*
Colloquy.-First Traveller-" Is the bed
you're in occupied, stranger ?"
Voice from beneath the quilts-" Yes, sir."
First Traveller--'low many in it.?"
Second Traveller-" A bout 15,000 I reek
on, from the way they "crcuot." Exit first
traveller with baggage.-Chat tanooga Rebel.
M"' At Sharpusburg Geni. Lee bailed one
of the many stragglers, and inquired :
" Where are you going, sir ?"
" Goin' to the rear."
" What are you going to the rear for 7"
" Well, I've been stung by a bung, and i'm
what they call demoralized."
This was enough. Gen. Lee had not. the
heart to say more to an innocent who had
been " stung by a hung"-mneaning perhaips
that he had been stunned by a bomb.-Cor.
Charleston Mercury.
The New York Post says there is probably
surplus corn enough in the Stato of' Illinois
to feed the destitute operatives of Lancashire,
igland, until the cotton famine is over. As
long, however, as the .blississippi river is el's
ed by Confederate batteries, there is lhttle
propect of England's starving millions ge+
ting their su~pplies fronm that stectionl. Al
though we pity, we cannot aid--..ir prman~
nent relief to the:nm would be a great db:tri
ment to us. F'higlandu has ta~ken the po'ition
that she will not do w h-t is right in this jgreat
struggle until she is for'eed .to-and unless
her sufl'ering operatives are p~'ovided~ for in
some manner, she cannot sit idly by and per
mnit this war to continue many months longer.
We have heard of a good many sulatitutes
f'r colee, and coppera<, and suel like, hut
th hest ,.ubstitutto for a unan who wats to
be consderedl a Southern ?oldier, hut does
not went to be hurt -is an office in the Quiar
ter.m.tr's Deprtment -Chmattan'oga Rebe~l.
From the Southern Guardian.
The Late General Gregg.
We publish below two letters which will be
read with mournful inter'est by our people,
and the entire people cf t1ie Sonth. Thetirst
was addressed hy'Gen. Lee to Gov. Pickens,
and the second is frominGor. Pickens to the
surviviug sister; of Ger.NGttgg, coverir.g that
of Gen. Lee to him. WN have solicited cop
ies for publication, feeling that they but ex.
press the universal and just sentiments of the
Army and the Coufederay. The language1
they employ is not mere idle eulogy, uttered I
as a matter of course. It is well considered I
and conscienitious, and however laudatory,
true to the very letter. It is the voice of his
tnry, hastening to utter its verdict of approv-r
al, to pay its iuibute of admiration, and to re- t
cord its undying sorrow for accomplishments,
and virtu -s, and services so rare and aelf- ae
rifcing:
C'A31r NEaf FaEDE~ttcKSDittG,V A.,
18th December, 182.
To Uis Eccellency, F. W. Pickens, Gorernor t
of South Carolina. t
Sit: While South Carolina is -mourning t
the loss of her gallant and distinguished soun, I
Gei.eral Maxey Gregg, permit me to j in in e
your sorrow for his death.
From my first acqaintinee, when you a:-nt
him with his gallant regiment to the defence e
of our frontier in Virginia, I have admired s
his disinterested patriotist and his nin.selfish c
devotion.
He has always been at he post of duty and h
o' danger. and his services in this army have
been of inestimatble --alue, and his loss is
deoply lamented. Ins it. greatut trium:phsI
and its bloo:diest battles, he has borne a dis
tinguished part.
On the Chickahoininy, on tho plains of I
Ma'hassas, at Ilarper-s Ferry, Sharpshurg, aind
Stepherdstown, he led his brigade with di3
tinguished ekill and dauntless valor.
On the wooded heigbts of Fredericksburg
he fell in front of his brigade in 'cose corflict
with thi advancing foe. The death of .sucl
a tman is a re( tly sacrifice, for
his high iatcc -
that -'
to I).
and
bis s
al- hi:
his t:
I ha
.. -. :L1,. Gtenra!.
Enci:oont,, Dteceiber 2t, 6 02.
MVy Dear Mif.; (reyy: I tee-ply regreit
was imposihle for ne! to reunain in Clembia
t' at tend to your iih.triouns hr..th t's remnains.
.iy houe- rent was up, and I had eoverythho,
paedcl. I went to thie dl. pent ea 'Thurs.daty
e'venintt the I 'h.' expecti:'g to :ieet Ih'm
tihen, tit he did not arrive, and I was obliged
to leavo in the tonuing.
I onelose you the within from (;ene-rabt1.ee,
received yesterday. It is a toucl:ing tribute
to his memory from the first capjtain of the
age. In my opinion, Gen. Le has not a em
perior as a general, and as a Christian gentle.
man, his character is spotless. I therefsre
think his tribute to your brother's worth, anid
nob~le hearing as a hero and~ a commander, is
atf the highestt value to' his friends. I need
net say litw cordially J jo.in in everything
satid by G eneraI Leo. I1dt all this enn never
1i11 the atching void ini a sister' heart. When
I received thie telegram or his d5-arb, I felt ne
though I had indheed lost, a brethe r. True, I
never bad a brother, bnt your berother was
near and dear to moe, andI his d.-athl went deep1
into my bear-. for I called him to may sith., at,
perhaps, the~ most trying perio: of my hII.
IOn mthe 27th of )ceanmher, 1 80. I hoad or
diered Fort Moul'rie and Cais:le I'i:nekuer ta
ken by force, anad there was ie:nso e~zvite
menit in Charlestuon.- It was thlen extremely
doubtful if Georgia er Ah~batna would so -
cede. I felt the deep.:st res;ponsibi'ity, and
on the night of 28th Decemaber, 18610. 1 sent
for youtr brother, who was then a memiber of
the Convention. I told him it was clear w
woulid have to fight, and I wanted him to
comnmaind a picke~d regimn~nt for imm'~ediaate
ac'.ion. and authorizedi himr to pick his corn
p'tnies in the State, and order themn down. I
told him t hat .1 relied on him to goi througih
with me, no matter how desperate the wio k.
I never shall foirget his countrenance. It lit
Iup with the joy of battle, atnd he hiowed in
hisgraceful and winnin~g manner, aind replied
with a hfmile, which was always so sweet in
him, "It shall ho done;" " I am ready toi
obey any order." lie was ofr in a moment,i
and telegraphaed for his companies. With
the exception of tho city troops ihad ordered
into the Feirta nnd oin the lslanids, his regi
mnent was thme first ini thes tirnches, anal such
a regimnit no main ever 1,r.maght into service.
Is was cinmposed, for the most part, from men
in high social poitin, and intelligence-ahl
e.-.er to defend their State, let the conse
quenc~es be what they might. They did great.
tervice.
You see General Lee alludes to my send
ing your brother to Virginia at-the bead of
the first regiment that went forth to defend
the mother of States. Soon after the capture
omf Sumter, I telegraphed the Gov.-rnor of
Virginia, and .ffered to putt two thousand
men, in forty-eight hours, into Noribilk, nndtc
to take the navy yard, but it was declined
then. Soon after the navy yard wats burnt,
.A- tha (namer.. tcg.t....d I c.,u ...,a
he troops. I imncdiately started your uroth
r at the head f his regiment, or the largest
lrtion of it an.f he was the first man to un
uirl the Palmetto banner in front of the elp:
al of Virginia. le gloried in niarching to
ght over ihn tomb of Washingt:n. Sot nI
,-lyr Colonel Krb:iw's rr'inent was s' nt
it to join him, and they were both statiored
mnder the command of G-n. Bi.mham up nenr
tiexandria, and occupied for a long time the
ery front rampart beneath whose battle
7ents the great e')tests for Southern exis
erc't and independence were to be fought.
Vhent Alexanlria was evacuated and the
ortherti rr.lhle took possession of the city,
immediately telegraphed Gen. Bohamnha that
o South Carolina troops were to retreat.
.our brothrr. with his comm and, met the
nemy near by at Vienna, and gave them a
ignal defleat. He has since been in, .early
lt the bloody Lattles of Virginia, and at last
allautly fell anid the very front bttali'.ns,
rarest. the enemy, where be had been frem
be very first days of our struggle. his acrt
brughout are now known, and I thought it
u. right and proper to mention the incidents
have, at the commea :ceneit of his brilliant
areer, becaute, perhaps, I au the only man
euainted fully with the eircunmtar.ces.
You have lo."t a pare and affeetionate broth
a, nd the country has l"t a hero and a
tetnman. His portr.at will stand out on the
LItvanvu ot history as one of the bravest, tru
st, and mnst heroic patriots that ever drew
is sword kir his country': wrongs, and lung
ill the people of South Carolina plant Ilb.w
rs atound! his grave, and weave garlands ot
,ve to t:ruw over his tomb L'-t the sub
me heroism of his last words austain and
w)~ole your s.d hearts. Ile fell where he
reouid have eistn to teot death-in the
romt rank, pres.sing hard on the enemy, sur
ounded by thi troo-aps ho lIvd sao w:-iI what
he shout of victory in hi; eae.-Peace be to
i; noble rnhes! and may a tmurciful God
sal Lindly awl teaidriy -;ih ht s-isters, and
tain thmn throigh the sorrows
ad tribled world.
unuor to b.-, with ,-eat regard,
1y, F. W. ICRKENS.
paralleled Outrage.
as which detail eircunstantces
,oat lifamo act+ which' our
foe bats over perpetrated-1
.. a to the W ar Depa rttn rit i l
!.iea.:mod. TVhey wre~ forw::.rded b: our"
len-ais in North Caroli~na, where th.- er::nme
Ca : conumniued". Thei del:on ents agoi ties-a!Ml
i t!,":; :ti izatht-a his wife, of the 7coulty
f Craven. Mr. Wood.4 is cit tifkid to by
an:-ral Evans as being a - respectable citi
efn an.l itioyl to our cause, wldieh reemus to
e the o'nly estail' tf i1he ti,.edish outrrges
,v the ":ta'ir+S. " It is Also statl"d tlalt he is
ch:--- I-ad'-r mi bt .,otbodist Church. It is
1o 1., lthe civiliz..t world awd to-, intrngrd
mannitity. that the facts stated in these depo
ion Sliculd be known, and yet a!l of' them
r t1o obscene to be fully described in a
ivslpare'r. 'he house of thc:ee quiet al
(Ied citizeni s was vi:ited on the ight of the
-J of October, by i v- 'pan:?e ti oopeor. a. mdcal
vihll a'is an-1 sa'.reS. .ir. W .; l'i'l r''
,e'l to b-d. We copy frin the Rlaaond
F.::qu..i r pliarto ol his depiosidn -
"I cam~le do~wn stairs in inyV t:ieht cilt b..
l'he frrint door had becen hurst openi. ( IIe ci
!ae men had roil" into the haouas un his hiorse.
1lcth ar walked in. 'The oane can the horae.
v.aho app'eared to hobe i a fier, coa~timmncedl
*nein-itg mie, andl aked mne whaere I wais t. o
lays becfore. When I tcid him I was home,
*te :a 'au lie. fort you bhot at me.' Up
an this piretnc, they ent: the cordJ from a
*.d in Ii room , sacid they wouild! ha-:g haim,
i. inlk tie~d himn toy7k b'm na t of' 1 la
i:aU2'e a1nd lasheda hima toi a tree. with the
ret of inst:mtL riea' it he rinad., any otcry
r utempt..ed ti' ge:.l~1.'. Tihey ret 1rined to
le hocusei and locikt d the door afier them,
id th olIan oh h aam d the intxpressiblec::goiny
f lisenin:g fir thel re... of th'e nigh.t toa the
~crensa rimid doleful lametatlions of' ie wiin
n: dcmnghte'r.
'T1e state'ment ade by Mr~s. Wood in her~
reposiion oif what pa.sid iiside, is tralya
beart-rening. Th'e :inpatradlleied villfair's madeh
th me peoor he.~lpless wimen~l neit mIly~~h tho vie
tims o f their bruital ]tust, buat secomipaunieda thei.
ontrage, whimeb is 'tor.se thain denth, with cir
mnstancesc thar.t naark ih:am as the motst abhan
:1neI of villinsaa. Wth picol ill hand anid
wuith threat of~ instant- denth, the: deponent
was required~ by one of the hralts to divest
derelf of 'very parti.Yle of clothir g. But.
this was almost Christian treatment coampared
wtitha ther nets which inay not ho r'elatedl.
Whiho uach were her own sutferinags, the
shrieks of her daaghater in another room
dold thr.t hers was a sitnilar faite. About
anriisea the neXt. aa'ornin'g the human devil.1
'3eparte.
It i..i withi pln that such a. sketch nas the
'Lbove' is aramittedI into our cohlmnts. But it
s du to our own people and to the world that
the villainies of our enemuies should be kunwn.
The Enquirer ina acme remarks about the de
position says:
The depositions hiavo been laid beforo ps
with the suggestion. endorsed thereotn by the
Adjutant General " that so much of this ac
r'nuit as ini tot too) foul fo'r ptiblicationmshould
be given to thie pulte, thlrou'gh the. 'ress, i
ord ler that. the righ teous imndignsaitian of 41nr
aopia, our Generabla and ouar armies, may,
.....r.- ,t.. Trnan of G;od. visit a inst ret
ribution upon an enemy so fiendlike. Con
eurring in the propriety of the suggestion, we
have acted accordingly.
We are happy to -ay that General Gusta
vu:; W. Smith has directed every efitrt to be
mad4e to aseertain the names of tbe parties,
and to -demand their delivery for trial and
punishment." We hope copies of the depo
sitions have been forwarded to the authorities
of the enemy. Surely there are some, even
among them, who would he horrified by such
conduct. The vengeance of Heaven must
light upon them and their cause!
The Neutrality of the English People
as Explained by a Yankee Corres
pondent.
The London corretsp->ndent of the New
York Times, under date of November 21st,
writes
The report that Mr. Secretary Seward has
written to Mr. Adams, blaming the British
Government for its complicity in the fitting
out of the. Alabama, caused a small flutter
and considerable indignation on the Stock
Exchange. The English have wished to be
perfectly neutral as between the two belliger
ents. They recoginized the Confederates as
belligerents in the beginning in their own in
terests, expressly that they might sell arms,
ammunition and. ships to both parties, and
rheir only regret is that the blockade his pre.
vented the:n from carrying out their inten
tijns of neutrality with perfect impartiality.
.There is a keen ri-gret felt in every Engli.h
nman's pocket that thrv baie been compelled
to be u, fair to tho South, and that they have
sold ten times as much contraband of war to
the North a, they could to the Confederates.
Their consciences have I-rieked them to that
degree, fur this enrmpulaory partiality, that
they are now fitting out i fleet of the fastest
steamers that ever crossed the ocean, expres-s
ly to run the blorka-ie with munitions of war.
T heseare sm:ul, sharp tes.:Ler,. of light draft,
moads of ,,teel pla~te.,.O aldd~n wheel :tawl
fnnlt, that w ill run aiT t-Aent v knots an hour,
a..d that no blockading v-s-el can thitk of
takirg. 'Ihe ucee.-s and iapnnity of the Al
abarna wili aso' lea i to th.' iltirg out and
armirag oh a dtezn more, if the war e-ntin
nes ; i.i'd the answer to any complaint will be,
" Di.ln't you help hu.sia in the Crimean war?
Did not P:e.ielent- Pierce assert the right of
. .4eania-e hn.14sihips.end selLammunitioun
to booth .arties ? How, then. can yont )c.,il
pl.in et u. for doir.g what you did and justi
Led?"
- i .sid"s, you Lave bo.ught artillery, pow
der, everytihng you wanted, in England, with
out i.indrane-. Why as.uld not thie Confed
er.te do the samne? You call Capt. Semnmes
a pirate ; but lie is no, more a pirate than
Stomt wail Jack.un is a brigand ; and you
treat hin according to the rules of war. A Cun
federate tiaal t Iticer is entitled to the eane
e.,nsideratiott as one in the land service. You
t ike Ctiderate and neutral cortraband enr
goes wherever you c-ii. Why may not the
Cane.leratei do tit came ?'
This is the anwxer that will begiven to Mr
If Cap:in Setmimes has had t.,
ri fo.rtune to capture a British ship in lmi
tak, i-: Gover:ament will pay fo'r it.
The distr'n- in Lauca.hire deepens. Th
bounty of a nati-- n: ill be exhausted in pal
an- th- etufTerintg. Snrat cott..n r.mt ., bi
it cano..it b,.., work--d to) pr .lit. Titt Englisi
art' benning~ to -: tilat Lancashire is ro
ied and the eotton trade i:self, nn'ess the:
cni get cotton fromn America. Ilenict the
prottt against the war-hernce the prote~
against the Abolition polic~y of the Govero
ment. England is less A bolition thain ah
was a year ago. Never was any measur<
more. univeraity deinounced than that of the
proinamatioin. 'Tbc freedom oif thme saveil
Amensricat i t he rinn sf t he omnufnring in
tre--t in Ergrotd. La;tca--hir: hars huiit i
and -stent.".l .lhivery. lttf Cfomm thti
is ruined. iSentimienlt is a very tine thing. bu
hzglishtmen know the benmutiesi of bread, .
be.ef. and beer. I'hey lubnbered freely ove
'nele m'S Cabin, but mtsver b~oughit on
baie el cotton the less, :mid are readly to ink<
Iall theyv can get. Manrch. ster is thte centrei
her.t, and toaI of Anici i:an slave~ry. .man
elsener has grown rich on its profits: an~d par
tiipates in its reveras. thn you espac
symptthy from. Mauneiiester in an irt
d s-ry it l i so, y.-t recY'tn withouit yetn
host.
Tunr. G, vonor.., Tnoars.-A !cer fr-on Gens
era1 Rarty awards great p,-aise to the Georgi
tr.psj for their noble conduct. in the battl
of Frederickshurg. Mtuch of the successe
Iour arms on that stubbornly cottsted fiel
s dioo the valor f Lawtnn's brigade. Th
Lynhhurg Virginian, also, pays this brigad
a high comphmelnt:, For some reason or Sr
other-probably without any good recason
the ernmand baty bithe'rto een unide-ra clonim
ndl the prr~een. is ia favorahm!e el-pi.'rtni,
fr 1.!acng it in a posit ion which it has~
right to ovenpy. Tmoops that can win the a]
probation of General Estrly for cooln esr, an
courage on tire 6ietd of battle, are entitled to it
no ifficer we have possesses more of them
qualities or more heartily despises the lack<
them in others ; and none are more bonest t
award praise where it is deserved. All honori
tre gallant Georgians.-ichmonid Whig.
The very latest P'aris fishions state th:
b~onrR will be still worn high in the fron
buti. muoch ie.. ergetatedl. The princip:
u;-a:ents being feathers for dreas bonnet
'i fr rim-nle trimminla of ribbon or lace.
Restricting Cotton. - -
We have repeatedly and earnestly -urged a
limitation in Cotton planting during the war,
not so mch for any political or commercial
or international 'considerations, supposed to
he connected with Cotton, as from the evident
necessity of large provision crops. To secure
this result pending the war, and in view of
the large proportion of agricultural producers
diverted from the farm to the army, it will
be necessary to limit Cotton to a veryssaUl
planting.
Wet have doubts whether the desired end
can be attained by legislation alone, and it
may be doubted whether a besetting sin or
error of our day and generation is not undue
r.nd excessive reliance on legislation.
The observant reader will Bnd our statute
books and our records of legislation in State
or City burdened with proper and wholeso=e
laws, which are practically obsolete or virt
rally abrogated by indifference or neglect in
administration. There are many things which ~
patriots and good citizens and even honest
men must do or avoid, which cannot be ein
forced or prevented by law. We lock hope
fully to the spirit, intelligence and enlighten
ed interest of the plarters and tarmers for a
regulation of the crops, with more confidenca
than to legislaticn. Georgia has attqepted
legislation, as Georgia seems now to believe
fuily in law as a remedy for every evil.
Under Govertor Brown's administration,
it seems an accepted fact that law, or even a
Gorernor's act, can stop or.seize or arest or
s:r.rt or pron. ute any thing-eze pt the ru
ring of interest, the working of yest, and
I the course of the Calendar.
Fur the infurwnation of those who desire to
see what has been attempted, we present the
iteclaratory clause of the Georgia Act "to
prevent and punish the planting and cultiva
ting, in the State of Georgia,. over a certain
quantity of land in C.atton, during. the war
with the Abolitionists:"
SrcTrw, 1. The General Assemblyd^ ?..
That it shall not be la tul -forany'
persons, whethe r residing in thi
not, to plant aud cultivate in any .
this S;a-e, Ly themselves, their
employees, or allr.w the samne to
greater numt-er t.f acres of land
than three (it) acre's for each ha
employed.by thembetween the sr.
and fit fie ;ai w1ei'stilliin.
ons may own or employ hands c '
yars of age and under sixty fl'.
twetlve years of are and under
of said hands shall be counted a,
and therefore said persons o:
plant anid cultivate three act is
Cuttron, and no more, for every t
Lands so owned and employed by
The other Sections prescribe t:
( O for eah acre in excess) an.
of proredure.-Charleston Courie
The Cincinrati Engnirer talks very plainly
about t'.e McNeil maFeaCre in St. Louis. It
days that " there is hardly its parallel to to
found in the whole annals of military history.
It is a loul disgrace upo "in American fiau
and upon the American name. No one who
lovue. hi.i country and desires her to 'have a
favorable record in history, but will not cry
for justice upon this wretch who has inflicted
scl a stain npon her. Is shold be remem
bred that this is a civilis~ed twar, and It bt.aa
always been claimed that we in-the Northare
cvilzed beings,; but the future historiap who
rcords the coo1 and deliberate murder of
hese -ten men, and as far as the world l.as
any kr.wldge,.innocent men, will have a big
tak on hisa hands to reconcile the deed- with
the anners and customs of civiliation."
S'Ay flr.Tr OF A BUNAWAT MAualuoE.
The New Yoar k correspondent of the Phi a
d lphia Inguireer writes:
A few aca s ago thermariege of M'iifBo
k.r, a yout g. beautiful, and accomoplished
h, with hir fatler's coachns,.kohn Deam,
rIset all the rendal mongers In Gotham on
end. A sa d addendum to the " strange, event.
ful history " hias now to be added. After the
m arri:ge, the coup!e, notwithsdirg .their
diIernt a riniging cp," lived happily enough
geber. in a smiall pttigenoer in Williamne
burg. Tge~ husband obtained an pflce in the
custSomf honqe, andl savedi money etrpagh (o
opn a ptublic hous'e at the foot of ijraud ptrqqt
Wiiamyburg. But alas !'for John Dean-, he
ould not keep a hotel. It said "he was his
own best customer," and as a natral result
ha commenced treating his wife harshly. In.a
sort time aill their money was spent, sand
with poverty coming in at the door, love, as
usual, flew cut of the window. John beat
nd abused his wife, but all this ehe .put up
--:h until starvation stared ho? in the *ce.
aen she-was comnpelled to ask adwllet a
to the almshose .The petltiott Wit grl'
teal. ad the fashlcnatbles elegant, and aciaf
"plished belle of the Fifth Avenne--a f'ew 3ue'
ag-is no. the associate of beggais atnd pad
d ers., , -
LATEST ra.OM Eratorm.-" Say Pomp, a
'liable darkey tell me just now dat JeL' Davis
ga ineWjl to taliate 'bout the President.'s pros1.
m adtion-he gwinie to declare all do iggers
n the Norf States slaves,
Pomp.." Bress ne all!I"
t icm.-A dispatch from North . Oarolina
Sr.tateu that a negro challenged Col. Wicks, of
Sa New York regiment to a duel, and sent a
a, white mia as second. The latter, Wieks,
..rutueat and reigeds in disgustk