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'''' '. v :rvijli.),t. -1 - THK I Mi WILLIAM W. H OLDEN, Servos An Paotainos. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY. Four dollars per annum, In ad ranee, v. TERMS OF THE SEMI-WEEKLY. SLx dollari per an num, in advance. Terms of Advertising. Advertisements inserted fur $2 per square ot 14 lines or less for first insertion, and per square for each subse quent insertion. Persons desiring to contract for six months, will be charged the above 'rates with a deduc tion of h per cent, on the whole mount. All remittances of money at the risk of those send in?. lanhrii. RALEIGH: FRIDAY. JULY 17. 1883. The Latest News Gen. Lee's Amy. - We are still without full and definite accounts from Confederate sources of the late battles at Get tysburg. Gen. Lee was still, at the latest dates, atHagars. town, with his line extasded, towards tie Potomac at WiUiamsport The Yankee forces are in his neighborhood, and thosght to be in his front and rear. We have had rumors of another great battle near Hagarstown, but these rumors are not thus far confirmed. It.is tlought, however, that anoth er gt conflict cann. be long postponed. " Delay is dangerous to the Lomeaerates. it enables the federals to add to their numbers from all quarters. The Richmond Eirtr of Tuesdf y last says : " The President received a letter from General Lee on Saturday, which puts to rest all anxieties in relation to the situttion of our army in Maryland, and confirms the statements which have been made, that our army has bean uniformily victorious in its encounters with the enemy in Pennsylvania, The letter states in effect, that the engagements at Get tysburg resulted in defeating the enemy-Tmpletely, in killing and woundieg a number exceeding our own, and in the capture of a large number of prisoners ; that the falling back of our army to Ha geretown was a prudential move, not occasioned by any success on the part of the. enemy, and not through any apprehen6io of contingencies arising which might ensure his siccess at that point- The gist of the letter, in a few -words, is that the enemy was even more thoroughly cut up and whipped than he has ever been upon Southern soil, and that the occupation of Hagerstown was a movement dictated by strategy and prudence, as essential to the suc cess of the campaign. The secret involved in this movement may as. well be bft to Gen. Lee to devel ope in his own good time. The prisoners in our bands and on the way here, are, .we understand, estimated at between lo.OUO ana io,uuo. aaearmy is in fide spirits and excellent condition." ; The jpeople would have been better pleased if they cold have had the whole of Gen. Lee's letter. I From Jacksoa. News fjfom Jackson to tht 14th. Fighting still going onwetween Gen. Grant and Gen. Johnston. Considerable loss on both sides. From Charleston. ' Tk Yankees are actively engaged in fortifying thofr position at the south end of Morris' Island. Fort Sumter maintains a slow but constant shelling of the enemy's position. Fran JmOMM tUvci. No troops had been landed from the Yankee gun boats on the James River up to the 14th. The flo tillla was reported moving up towards City Point near Petersburg. The militia of Petersburg and vicinity have been called out to meet the enemy. From the North As evidence of the loss of the federals in the late tattles, one of their correspondents states that one of their brigades went iff 2,100 strong, and came out' with only 400. ' Some of the federal papers admit their loss to have been 25,000, bat they claim that h rvinfafarate loss was eaual to theirs. The New York EeraU of alate date says : "Lee is sending over to the Virginia shore his wounded and his supply trains, but no troops have .f ornud- Ammunition is beine hurried over to the Maryland shore, and there is every indication- , . ill a. TT that Lee intends to give us name at nipmwwu. His position is an excellent one, and affords better opportunities for defensive operations than that oc- - -.J 1 . f Cthnkliro" President Davis calls for more Conscripts ! President Davis has issued his proclamation, dtclarioe. in his judgment, that the necessity of the mb!ic defence requires that every man, capable of tearing aiTOS,betwteen the ages of 18 and 45, should now be called out to 60 hia duty m aetense-o nis drWinz back the invaders now wuun;i --- - ithin the lines of the Confederacy. tt therefore calls out all white residents of the Confederate States, between the ages aforesaid, and orders all persons subject to this call, not now in military service, upon being enfolled to repair tortn- ith to the conscript camps of their respective States, under pain of being held and punished as deserters. He further orders that it shall be lawful for any person embraced within this call to volunteer tnr aervice before enrollment If -aM male white residents are called for, the principals of substitutes, County and State officers - . j j t. n.nitU (ronorallT are included 1 as well as all persons exempted by act of CongresI If this be so, the call is not in accoruanco .wnu r, tn Ree the call in full before submit- XU vv ting comments upon it The Military Power to be Supreme! Tho Charlotte Bulletin of July flth says : of military law overriding all- buman laws so long as we are engegedVin the pres ent war, and witu peopie wra a - And the Richmond Enquirer of the 15th, no doubt speaking-for the administration at jucnmonu, vyg . In i-r, v,t in ha silent except military law. We regard all Judges and Courts, State and Con " federate, all Congresses and Legislatures at anuu Ss?ve in o far as they help us to "trengtUn JhTbands of the commander-in-chief of this iConfed SLv There is no interest or institution m thT country worth mentioning now except the irmy Thi government of the Confederacy is the WT" "rfr and no 'citizen has any fwhehea Impede iUeffi- . w- . int mnch surmised at these declarations. ' w are just such as we have along told our read - ' made when the time came. If the Pnqvtrtr speaks for thePresident, and if the Presi , x .- t. n.mr nf tfu'n nnmmiiH. then he dent lutmiiAtm w j - i o . .ill be a desoot and our property, ftur liberty, and i;a .ill ha ia his hands. If our State Courts and our Legislatures are to be nuisances except when they bend to tha will of the commander-in- chiet then is that eommanoef-in cniei woipeu wu. ' pore power than the Queen of England or the Em . peror of France. ir tnege aocwinw . fheir will work a thorough woliition nffifitf-ccweraflient Constituthms and A-nnear. and the bloody hand of military power erill suMwe SU wJ Pe0Ple to ' H,Dd' unren inc. slavish obedience ! Are we reaay tor vn e Is North-Carolinaa BOterp Sttto? is she only Yol. xxDC-rNo. so. EA Peace When shall we have Peace t We copy the following from the Raleigh Daily Propreat of the 15th instant : " We favor peace "because we believe that peace now would save slavery, while we very much fear that a "prolongation of the war will obliterate the last vestige of it Wetare for peace because there has been enough of blood and carnage, enough of widows and orphans, heartbroken mothers and sor rowing fathers. We are for peace, because, with an implicit faith in Divine teaching, we believe that the sina of nations as of individuals will overtake them, and that God will avenge himself on this American people, if this unnatural, fratricidal butchery is suffered to go oh. We have nothing to- advise, nothing to suggest, but we know-wa bat express the. truth when we declare that the earnest prayer, of all right thinking men, everywhere, is for peace, and that our pepale, herein North-Carolina, now as several months ago, are in favor of any peace that does not enslave and degrade theta any peace that is honorable and that respects oar rights.' We earnestly hope that the peace element at the North will revolt at he great struggle at Gettys burg, and compel the despotism that is consuming them to agree to a settlement-of tfie whole matter, upon terms that we can accept They have to choose between giving us peace upon our own terms, and fighting on, for we have three or four hundred thousand men in the field and can fight for years yet The horizon, is dark and gloomy, people are thoughtful and anxious, and men are eagerly asking what is to come. We have no comfort lor any one, for our perils are great and our future is gloomy. Let every man put himself on a war footing and nerve his arm and steel bis heart for the trying scenes through which he is to pass." ' We agree with our co temporary in much of the above. But we have no idea that we can obtain "peace upon our own terras." The most powerful nations seldom succeed in doing that What the great mass of our people desire is a cessation of hostilities, and negotiations. If theyjcould reach that point they would feel that the conflict of arms would not be renewed, and that tome settlement would be effected which would leave them in the future in the enjoyment of " life, liberty, and hap piness." It is a great crime, especially at a time like this, to conceal the truth from the people. We intend to tell them the truth as far as we know it, let the consequences be what they may. , From the beginning of the war to the present the enemy has slowly hut surely gained upon us ; and but for the extraordinary endurance and courage ot our troops, his flag would now be floating at the capital of every State. We have lost Missouri, Ma ryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, the Mississippi valley, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and considerable por tions of other States. Vicksburg has fallen, as we fear ed many months ago it would. Port Hudson has fallen. Charleston, Mobile, and Savannah will probably go next Gen. Lee is attempting to retire from Mary land with his spoils, but no substantial victory has crowned his arms. We are weaker to-day than when be crossed the Potomac into Maryland. Our recruits in the way of conscripts will scarcely keep our regiments full, and we cannot hope to add ma terially to our forces. Our- fighting population is pretty well exhausted. Every body knows this. The North knows it and so does Europe. On the) contrary, our enemies, flushed with triumph, have alaree army .in the field, and their President has just called for three hundred thousand more. He will get them. The movement on Pennsylvania oy Gen. Lee, and the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hud son, have hushed all clamors for peace in the North, and have banded the people there as one man for I the prosecution of the war. We have nothing te hope for from foreign nations, and, just as our cause is, we see no indications that Providence is aoout ta , interpose in our behalf . The war, then, will go on. One side or the other mustamywr. Will five mil-! lions of whites conquer twenty millions of the same racef Will they conquer a peace on the very sou ', of these twenty millions? Not, in any event, if j these twenty millions possess ordinary manhood and J will fight They fought at Sharpsburg and at uet- tysburg, and they worsted us at the latter place. , Northern troops are not cowaros, -aey ngo.iww ly as well as Southern troops. We cannot achieve signal victories over them on their own soil. What then? If the worst is destined to over take us, would it not be wise and prudent to Uke less than the worst, provided we could do so com patibly with honor ? The Richmond Enquire recently aeciarea tuai there were but two roads before the South one, to invade the North and conquer" a peace, and the oth er, to restore or reconstruct the old government . That paper was either indulging vain speculations as to the future, or it will be prepared to abandon the contest if Gen. Lee should fail in his efforts to conquer a peace by invading the North. To aban don the contest, or to attempt to endure tne pres ence of Northern armies on our soil, and to resist them only by guerrilla warfare, is most probably " to be conquered. It does not follow tnat a nation is not conquered because all its troops, or a con siderable portion of them are not whipped or cap tured. Whipped we have never oeen, ana nerer will be, but we may be overcome by mere physical force. Such waB the fate o Poland Hungary, and Ireland. ' It is no disgrace to. a people to be over- ; powered by mere brute force, if they resist manful- ; ly and desperately. No troops since civilisation j commenced have foueht with morecourage, or con- j stancy, or ardor than the Southern troops. Their future, and the future of the country w they are still contending, can never be, in any i .1.1. event, otherwise than respectable ana nomiru among nations. We grope in the dark like child ren looking for tfie designs, and endeavoring to in- terpret the workings of Frovmence w -nations. The birth of a nation on this planet is a great event The decay and deslb of a nation is a great event If it should please Him to build up and perpetuate this new nation' of. Confederate Sutes, He will do it ; if not, He will not ao iu- That is all we know about it and common sense, must look at and act upon things as they are, anu the would have them. They must remem- hirikatthev are totereign-Qai they are the masters minima freely and boldly. wasting, bloody war, let them say so; if they want Lt them sav so. and let them statethe terms on which they would have it That peace cannot v. kf. flhtinc merely is now apparent to i Uf those who administer the government u i"u.u. , ? 5-LT i. ..iv T I Wf bottom oij wnicn i i ww. ' tf -n.-r... i...u -r it., t j.u r had hia -arm amnn-' I w F". . . u fnr t.ktir ben- Y ttted at tne snoumer. ciiiy uj - :., I.J nriiiojiile'that an men fatonrifstom "rZZTnihmii . -w" 10 Kthe surrender of the civil law will eflt; ana tney mum, - bad bis noree snot unaer nun. ... , I. army on that very da I '. j 'TrthiMt want mntinued. L - . .i -.. i - - ' g, ..... ' , ' '. l" LEIGH, N, C; EDNE all Inihe language of a highly intelligent friend 3 who writes us from a County bordering oni the-1 South-Carolina line, (from whom we should hke tbrj h'ear at some length,) " the people are tired of this i awful war. It must end at some time, and there must be a starting point to an end. Let our next 1 Congressional elections turn on the proposition that"! Congress shall appoint commissioners to meet oth ers on the part of Lincoln, to make an honest effort to stay -the effusion of blood by an honorable ad-' justment Let what these commissioners may do , be submitted to the. people, '. If they approve it, i i peace wiU be the 'result; if they reject it, the.war will be renewed and continued inddfinltely.". :? If an. ' hbn6rable; peace were tendered, by the Smm j -v v m, ioojDtwuu wuumi uieu nerve every Southern arm, enamour people would sharea common fate and fill a common grave. Rut this awful result, it seems to us, may be averted. It may do much good, and can do no harm to talk to negotiate, or to pave the way to negotiations while weflght '.- We spoke just now of the worst befalliftg our people as the result - of this war. What it the. worst? It would be the condition of provincial de pendence on the federal government each State be ing ruled by a military Governor as Tennessee is, and the emancipation and arming of our slaves in our midst That would be the worst If the war continues is it not likely that this will happen? Judging the future by the past and we. have no other means of judging we fear it wiU. What then ? Must we rush' on to our doom ? Must the sword still wave, and the strong arm of physical force still exert itself, and no effort be made by men tal and moral means to close the war ? Why, North American savages' sometimes bury the tomahawk and meet together -to smoke the pipe of peace. Are we of the North and South Christians as we pro fess to be more savage than the savages ? These are sad truths, but we feei it to be our duty to lay them before our readers. We do not censure others for entertaining their own opinions, and we have a right to express ours without censure from friend or foe. But censure, and even the grossest abuse we feel sure we shall incur ; yet "none of these things move us," when we know we are speaking the truth, for the sake of humanity and liberty, in the name of the people themselves, who ought to be, if they are not practically, the masters of us all . Gov. Graham passed through this place on Wed nesday morning last with his son, Capt William A Graham, Jr., of the cavalry,, who was severely wounded in the leg in one of the late battles. Gov. G. has, we believe, five sons in the service. ...We publish to-day the -list of rasuallie and 13th regiments. We have also received from Lieut CoL Speer of the 28th, a list of the casualties in that regiment, which shall appear in our next There were of this regiment fourteen killed, one hundred and seventeen wounded, and ninety-four missing. Col. S. fears that a large portion of the missing are killed. CoL Lowe was wounded severe ly, and CoL' Speer, Maj. Stowe, and Adj't Folger, slightly. Thb 47th, 26th, ahd 14th. These regiments the two former belonging to Gen. Pettigrew's, and the latter to General Ramseur's brigade suffered greatly in the Gettysburg battles. Wake County has four companies in the 47th, one in the 26th, and two in the 14th. The 47th was commanded by CoL G. H. Faribault, who was wounded ; the 26th, (Gov. Vance's old regiment,) by CoL Burgwyn, who was killed; and the 14th, formerly CoL Daniel's, by Col. Bennett, reported wounded. We learn that all of the Raleigh Rifles and Oak City Guards, with the exception of Capt Jones and Lieutenants Bryan, Hardie, and Bevers, were killed or wounded, and made prisoners. A letter from an officer of the 47th, who was wounded, dated Winchester July 9th, to his father in this City, says: "We have lost more than two-thirds of our reg iment, killed and wounded. Tou never saw any thing like it, thousands of killed and wounded ajl over the ground. Our Vegiment is ruined forever, nearly all killed, wounded and missing. I can't give you a list of killed now, for I don't know.-p-Calvin Rabon, Buck. Wilson, both of Turner Med lin's sons and James Sneed, all killed, and a great many others. Dowd Honeycut, badly wounded; James 'Dew, wounded." . We have been kindly furnished with the follow: ing letter, written by an officer of the 47th to his parents in this City: Camp or ths 47th Req't. N. C. T.,) Haerstown, Md., July 10, 1863. f Mr Dear Father and Mother : Thank God I am once more permitted to write you, and let you know that I have been spared through the hard fought battles of the 1st and 3d of July at Gettys burg, Pa. I came out unhurt with the exception of a slight graze on the middle finger of my right hand. I was shocked by a shell also. We have to mourn the loss of many thousands of our poor soldiers, who have fought their last fight In our company, C, Sergt E. O. N. Green and private Han sel Poole were killed instantly, on the 1st of July. Capt Iredell's arm was shot off, and he has since died. Several of the men were wounded, tout not seriously. ' .- On July 8d, Lt Norfleet was wounded severely, if not mortally, and Cornl Gaston Utley killed. Lt ' Whiting, Sergt L. M. Green, and Gorpl. R. B.Bedv dingfield were wounded and left on the field, iiieuu W. was shot in head, Sergt G. in face, and CorpL B. .struck by shell and whether killed not known.. Privates John Done, Nicholas Gill, John Johnson, Geo.W. Partin. J. W. Pilkertoh and Jde WoodaTd are missing. Lt CoL Graves, Major Crudup and Adjutant Powell were Been to fall, and have not been since heard from. Jim Andrews was wounded and left on the.field. . . s! . The officers missing from the Regiment are LuC Evans. Whitine. Drake. Jovner. Newsom. Watson, Capt Davis, Lt CoL Graves, Major Crudup and Adr Jutant PowelL The followinir are the officers wounded and taken. off the field : CoL G. H. Faribault slightly in right . Trr . -r T XT a . X . arm; Aiw. westray Dunn, rerry, Robinson. Gill. TnnstalL Williamson. Womb ? & j , e. . . vrgfc-i.'- smft .j Hall, and Geo. Moore and Kd, ? Williamsare safe, as are Deems Smith and Bragg. The following are the quotations of the Horthern stock and money market: , . ; ; t v American Gold, 88 a 8. Tennessee Wt, 0(fc North-Carolioa 6's, 65. - Missouri fa, 71. , JWMi?Sbp 9V9 below eome Hems of Northern news from tern papeisof the latest daies received in Rich W " 'j -5 , y i :j1'- U:'v V fce irfest intenigence sidss were massing then troops, and that there v.W .iimnediafe prospect for auother battle.-. A. tch from Washington, dated on the 10th, says : i the last accounts frotu the 4ront, the two: .wfre hot over ten miles apart- Lee's army from Hagerstown to. Stllliamsport,- and v 4e was moving from Boonsboro on two rds Lee. Oar advance was six miles be- .Jmto'.; I -f c. . ...''..'':' ar. stiOTiy fortified- in and around ifc.Both the bwer ., bridges over the .1 f new byemrandthe fight must soon ? A dispatch from Frederick Ravi : To-morrow, in all probability, will be ao event ful, day. Desultory artillery firing and cavalry reconnois8ances have continued since last evening until this afternoon, in order to feel for the posi tion of, the enemy, and to place our troops accor dingly); The fight will take place, it is believed, near Yilliamsport I cannot now give the position of ouf forces. . Lea cannot cross the river even if he had the means and a clear Way before him ; he is too hard pressed by Meade, and must keep e very man on this side to resist an attack. h A dispatch to the New York Timet, Bays : Tie Potomac is yet too high for Lee to attempt a cros ling of his infantry. They Are trying to shove a po tion of their force and their wounded across the rive at Sheppardstowo. , T 0 rebels have run the greater portion of their umb luiu a Taiiey near u luiamsport, ana wiew the J by artillery posted on the south side of the ' PotoWk ' A; Anispatch to the New Tork Timet says : Lf' is massing the remnants of his army on the old lattle field of Antietam. Prisoners state that his Immonition is nearly exhausted, and that in case be is attacked by our forces he will be obliged to rely almost exclusively upon the bayonet . The rebels were drawn up in line of battle this morning at a place called Benevold, 8 miles from Boonsboro', on the road to Hagerstown. . From there they extend towards the Potomac, in the vi cinity of Bakersville. They are throwing up rifle pits in the vicinity of Fairplay, and probably will await our attack. Another desperate battle may be expected in the next two days. Our forces are now so disposed that a collision may occur almost apy hour. .- The Philadelphia Inquirer, speaking of the situa tion of the two armies, says, editorially : We are Still assured that another great battle is impending. Lee has concentrated his forces about Hagerstown, thereby commanding the roads which converge about Williamsport He has a strong line to repel an attack, and a convenient one to eover the transit of his men and trains to the south Side of the' river. One of our correspondents says, however, that Lee is so hard pressed by General Meade that he cannot cross, even if he had the means. There is some diftarence of opinion as to the locality where the expected collision will oc- cur. ; one of bur correspondents naming Williams- id the other suggesting the olierouna t fin. borne point between the two will probably be the spot Constant skirmishing is go ing on between our cavalry and the troops on Lee's flank. ' Where General Meade's army is and what .he is doing, it is not for us to say. They are, however, at the right place and at just the right work.' If it is found politic to fight another pitched battle, General Meade will Aot hesitate to take the risk, but if he concludes, on the other hand, that it will be best to cut up Lee's army by piece meal, he will, without doubt, take the responsibility of pursuing thaC course. In either case he-is entitled to and should receive the popular support la the meantime, the government is supporting the army of the Potomac in the most prompt and energetic manner. Every thing in that respect is moving on just as it should move. The same wise policy that strengthened General Grant in his great struggle at Vicksburg, is brought to bear in favor of the army ot tne rotomac. Jiivery nourisaaaingw the probability that Lee's ill-advised campaign will terminate in a crushing disaster to him, to his army, and to the rebellion. Cannonading was heard all along the line during the day, but no general engagement has taken place. . General Lee was at Hagerstown last evening. Genorals Early and Ewell were holding the place with a large torce, and are fortifying the eminences around the town. The rebel line extends from a point east of Ha- MTBtown to beyond St Paul. on. the .National tnrnnike. The bridges over Antietam creek have all been destroyed, and the rebels are in position on the other side, fortifying.. Our cavalry are scouring the country and cap turing rebel wagon trains, uver tnree nunarea wasons. well loaded, were captured yesterday by Captain Boyd. Some have escaped over the Poto mac, which is .still very high. : It is believed that all the bridges over the She nahdoah route to Richmond have been destroyed bv our cavalry forces in Virginia. - Nothing .is definitely known of the number of rebels this side of the Potomac, or of, the amount of ammunition in their possession. But it is gen erally believed, from the preparations making, that they will fight with the utmost desperation before surrender., A general engagement is momentarily expected. ' . ' Of course, the Tankee capital held a great jubilee over the hews of the fall of Vicksburg. Secretary Stanton called for "a salutcof one hundred guns," and flags were thrown to the .breeze from all the " ........ . m ..An . r government buildings ana omces. At o tr. m a crowd assembled -in front of the National Hotel, and marched up Pennsylvania avenue, headed by the Marine Band, to the Executive Mansion, and serenaded and enthusiastically cheered the Presi . denf with repeated cheers for "Generals Grant, Meade, Rosencranz,' the armies of the Union, eta , Toe President appeared at the window, amid loud ' cheers, ahd spoke as follows: 'k ydu to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for v this call, but 1 do most sincerely wans. Aimignty. God for the occasion on which you have called. Cheers. - How long ago is it ? Eighty odd years i since on the Fourth of July for the first time in the history of the world a nation, by its representatives, assembled and declared as a self-evident truth, 'that :aU men are created equal' Cheers. That was the birthday of the United States of America. Since -then the Fourth of July has had several very pecu liar recognitions. The two most distinguished men in the framing and support of the Declaration were .Thomas Jeffirson and John Adams the one having penned it and the other sustained it the most forci bly in dehate the only two of the fifty-five who sustained it being elected President of the United States. Precisely fifty years after they put their hands to the paper, it pleased Almighty God to take -both from this stage of action. This was indeed an extraordinary and remarkable event in our history. Another President five years after, was called from . this Btage of existence on the same day and month of the' year; and now in this last Fourth of July just passed, when we have, a gigantic rebellion at '' . . . . . a .... t . . - 4 1. .1. s an euOTt io eramraw iuo were created equal we have most powerful position and, y, cheers. and not only so, WlAa in- PAnnavlwAnS nMr I; :u4; Through three days, so rapidly fought that :eS battie on the' firit, f seoona ana tnira oi tne montn oi juiy ; ana on ice v:bii IM .tion that all men- are created equal, parted taU" and run.; ' Long continued cheers. Geotlemeo, this is a glorious- theme, and the oocasion-Artf speech, bat I am not prepared to make one worthy of the occasion. I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers jind soldiers who have fought in the cause of the Union and Lib erties of their, country from the beginning of the .war. These are trying occasions, not only in suc cess, but for the want of success. I dislike to men tion the name of one single officer, lest I might do wrong to those I might forget.. Recent events bring up glorious names, and particularly promi nent ones; but these I will not mention:. Haying said this much, I will now take the music? -- At the close of the President's speecktae crowd proceeded to the War Department, ariSrssrertadad and cheered Mr. Stanton. The Secretary appeared on the steps, and made a short, stirring speech. He said that something under two years age, on re ceipt of an offer of conditional surrender from a rebel army, the General in command replied: "I propose to move immediately on your works." The same General again moved on the enemy's works, and the result is Vicksburg. He paid many flat tering compliments to General Grant, also to Gen. Meade. He concluded with saying, "The same strategy, the same bravery, the same indomitable zeal, which have driven the enemy from the banks of the Mississippi, and the banks of the Susquehan nah, will, in a very short period, drive every armed rebel from the field, and every Copperhead to his den.". The Secretary next introduced Major General Halleck, who was received with applause. .; He. alluded to the time when he first took command of the Western army, two years ago. Since ,then Grant had been under his command. ' He had fought fifteen battles and won fifteen victories. He was in Vicksburg on the fourth,, be will be in Port Hudson to-morrow or next day. fRenewed cheer ing- After General Halleck finished speaking, he was succeeded by Messrs. Wilkinson, Wilson and Wash burn, who gave an account of Gen. Grant's career; and the Jim Lane branch from the main crowd called on Mr. Seward, who spoke some minutes. Mr. Seward said, that in his efforts to crush the rebellion, he had abandoned party and friends, and naa taxen Andrew Johnson as his Die leader. Speaking of his devotion to his country, he added that no human being could ever make him, the re cipient of any favor from the nation after the close of the rebellion. . He had determined that for one. he would not be swerved from his path by the lust for power, under which patriotism was so blighted. LIST OP CASUALTIES. . Fifth North-Carolina Regiment. The following is a list of casualties in the 5th regiment N. C. troops, at the battle of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania: Killed 1st Lt Matthew J Malone, Co D; 2d Lt OCRawls, Co G; 2d Lt W A Carr, Co E. Pri vate J T Womble, Co A; Corp'l-J S Morgan, Co B; Privates R H Blount, W H Jackson, G R Wil liams, L Worrel J King. Co B : D Bridges. L H Jones, Co C ; Sergts J M Miller Wm Steele, Privat s Geo Waller, Co E; N Ethridge, D L.Williams, J G Clifford, M P Morgan. Co G: S Riley. Co I: J Ab len, J M Heileg, Tobias Cruse, Geo Keith, Aaron Dosuan, Isaac carnnsrt, vv K. Wounded Captain S B West commanding regi ment, shoulder; Lieut F J Haywood, Adjt, buttocks anu thigh. Company A Lt H H Smith, finger: Sergts S A Rose, arm ; S Boon, hand ; Corpls J W Monk, side! J M Fox, leg; Privates N K Goodwin, shoulder; Robtert Adkinson, head; N M Braddy, hip; T T Burke, arm and head; Jas Smith, hip; M Sisemore, arm and head ; W B Antony, thigh ; N Gee, arm ; H L Webster, thigh ; Levi Cook, hand ; C F Har per thigh; E Kinsaul, J F Beat, head. B 1st Lt J F Cross, shoulder; Corpls J Hays, face and leg; R W Hays, head; B F Willey, arm and thigh ; Privates J A Howell, arm ; Calvin Hays, shoulder; P E Matthews, head; B F Thompson, shoulder; B F Powell, do; D Knight do; John Parker, stomach; L Draper, neck; R A Saunders, thigh and shoulder; RH Knight neck. C 2d Lt H L Watson, head ; Sergt J K Whilley, hip; Corpl A Creech, hand; Privates W Garner, shoulder; K Brown, neck and hand; D W Lee, shoulder; W N Harper, Jones Faulk, arm; N Faulk, shoulder ; B N Dean, neck ; Jas Dean, hip ; Durham, hand and arm ; . N Corbet wrist ; U John son, arm ; J Hudson, arm and side ; L Sasser, wrist and face; B Massingill, eye; W B Jowvnngan, shoulder; Wm Rains, hip; J H Williams, face; G R Pool, bead ; J Foard, hand. D-Sergt J W Barrow, thigh ; Private G E Tart, ncclc E Lt M F Hunt; bead ; Lt R C West, shoulder ; Sergt D C Basinger; abdomen ; Corpl John Sott, thigh ; Privates W J Bond, head ; P Cunningham, leg; G S Council, thigh; J N Morgan, hand; G W Long, foot; D H Hewitt, side; Wm Riggsby, hand. F. 2d Lieut W A Riddick, hand; Corporal C Hobbs, testacies ; privates J F Endey, shoulder ; M M Endry, arm. head and knee ; J Peck, head ; J R Carter, leg ; J D Whitley, back ; G W Gafeiy, breast ; A S Barringer, breast ; .W Almond, hand G Kiser, breast G Capt JM Taylor, abdomen; 1st Lieut TD Deems, buttocks ; Corpl Jas Pennington, leg ; pri vates G A Barringer, arm ; J Bobbins, head and arm ;. J Lock, both feet ; J J Boon, jaw ; W L Light -J-; R Watson, chest and side ; J Anderson, leg; W Dickson, leg; M Mason, leg; B L Collett, ; D Baker,. arm ; VV" A Williams, leg and mouth ; J T Weaver, hand. . H 2d Lieut R Cooper, breast ; Sergt R Powell, head and breast ; Corpl D Parker, leg; privates T Hurdle, breast ; M P Morgan, head and shoulder ; M M Pool, thigh; J Riddick. Bidet R Sanders, side;'W 0 Safrit thigh; J Copeland, arm; JJ ooaver, neaa ; u w stirewait, hip. I 1st Lieu: W M Lea, neck : Sergts J E Robin son, head and arm ; W F Smith, arm : Cot pis B F Thompson, leg; John Taylor, shoulder; privates R Harlow, thigh; T J Hoke,, neck; B F Bean, breast ; L GoodSon, side ; W W Cobb, head ;. T H Wood, neck and thigh ; T J Hancock, thigh : J P Hopkin, shoulder; N D Berry, head; E Lewis, head and hip. K 2d Lt J 0 Irvin, head; Sergt W T'Powe, neck; privates W Lefler, shoulder; LD Brinkle, shoulder ; E E Leach, arm and leg ; E Safrit rm i E Seaford, shoulder ; L Deal side and arm : A Leo pard, hand ; S A Bean, neck j W C Sugart, thigh ; .A A Bostian, elbow ; E. Brewer, shoulder; M. Sa- irii, uouiuer. . . The above is only a partial list of the casualties. a large portion of the wounded having fallen into the bands ot the enemy. Very respectfully, , , S. W. WEST, Capt 5th N. C. T. Thirteenth Regiment K C. Troopt. The following is a list of casualties in the 13th regiment of North-Carolina troops. Scale s brigade, Pender's division, in the engagements around Get tysburg, Pennsylvania, Lieut Col Hyman oqmmand- ing: Field and Staff Wounded Lieut Colonel I H Hyman, ankle. : 1 Company A Killed Corpl Henry Waters, pri vate John Robinson. Wounded--Capt E B With ere, 1st Lieut L B Henderson, 2d Lieut J N Wil liamson, Sergt J M Jones, privates H 0 Howard, J Totten, Mack. Warren, Joseph Moore, P Scott I Missing John C Raegan. Total killed 2, woun- Bed -7, missing L " B Killed Sergt J N Knox, Corpl R W, Choat, privates H S Moser, H C Alexander, A Brimer, J L KimbrelL Wounded Capt R W Choat privates J F Kirkpatrick. J H Neagle, W J Taylor, 1 Walker,' (leg amputated,) H F Wolfe, S H Marks, W A McGinn, N 0 McGinn. Missing 2d Lieut wnw ouiiia, privates) . rwwc, -"Pfro vumm. i.otai KU10O p, w una .(3-KUledHeMyEaELoefler Sdf Lieut W W Safer, tnormlly i 2d ! Braddon, Sergt Jfi xrbiwougVCorpl G Yjf -f;e-vV 0v privates A4o1ph(Mf '-jtfkwnn, JohnvAJleni lji?J-v?5ii.r Amputated, Saml Covmgtoo W M PowelL : Missing; ;'Ql-, -Private W W ffteliuTotaluied 4. woun- .j ; i " ' ded 8. missing 1. x nvuiea q jjifua imm unamoers, tuvjyi n a.' t Gordon, private Jno Evans, Anthony iottBa4 W v: S Oakley. Andy Stephens. RYWarren? Wounded 2d L)eit W Q Woods (supposed mortally,) Corpl , B M. SlTjiens, private: Wm. Faucettegampu-'. V 4ated,). JBO!Bnen, WmScott(guUte,) W i, McFarland, (lg mpstetetQ G B Lea, William ' yohnson, (aapposed BM)rtaUy.V TotalKilled 7 Wounded 8.'- : 'V':---- v, --,:k 'vV KJlledl-Thos Fonyille, WW, Murriy. J M Heicks, Fetiey Gerritier. ,-, Wounded Capt Thos A - -Martin, ISt Lieut Jae Bason, 2d Lieut J R Ireland,v . ' SergtsJj P Bradshawv J A Dickey, F Fiucette, V .. privates John A4atoa,p J Andrewi W Boggs, G' W Holt, Q A KgIJ M Lackey, Caleb May, Jas . . M Matthews, A J Rike, Mathew Patton, R B Forshee. ; ' Missing-JA Rippey, W M.Thompson.- Total J' killed 4, wounded 19, missing 2. v. V Vi . f . F HUled : Privates X Leonard, James McDaniel,' j WmHPenry. Wounded: 1st Lieut Frank Wil- , llama, 2d Lieut N B Lain ; Sergt J A Nail VWW- Vinegum.' naiiace.J juuea a ; wounded 14 G Killed: Sergeant R J Stallings, Private E R Jones. Wounded: 2d Lieutenant Rufus Atkinson, Sergeant J H Keel, Corporal J R Mavo, Privates L Atkins, L W Blount M VBamhif), J B Elexson, H D Lilley, J B Medford, H Parker, W Proctor. J H Whitehurst Missing: J Savage. Total Killed 2, Wounded 12. Missing 1. ! H Killed: Private James FVaughan, Wound ed: 1st Lieut J Macline Smith, Sergeant James 0 Ratliffe, Corporal J M Robertson, leg amputated ; Privates Root Covington, Owen Joyce, Henry Mel ton, Peter Robinson. Total Killed 1, wounded 7. I Killed: Sergeant Joel Hudson. Wounded: 1st Lieut Win H Winchester, leg amputated ; Sergt Josephus Pratt Privates Henry Carter, Giles Jones, J.T Rogers. Missing: Privates Thomas Smothers, Jas Wray, Leonard fry. Total Killed X, wound; ed 4, missing 8. . r. ' K Killed: 1st Lieut Wm M NunnaYty, Privates J H Upton, Jas Walker, JFSlade, Richard Ramsey. Wounded: 2d Lieut Wm R Tolten, leg amputated ; Corporal J H Trolinger. Privates B O Nun, B F barter, W N Summers, P Summers, Julius Love, Thomas Loftes, W D Wright, John Chamber. Missing: Corporal R W Stanfield ; Privates J W Bagby, John Batemah, R C Sanders, G. VV Ware, 0 W Walker. Total Killed 5, wounded, 9 missing 6. BECAPmJLATlON. Killed, .88 Wounded, 95 . Missing, 17 " NAT. S. SMITIT, 2d Lieut, : Acting Adjutant 20th N. C. Regiment. Maj. J. S. Brocks, of this regiment, has communicated to the Wilmington Journal the following list of the casualties in the in the field and staff officers in the late Gettysburg battles. . He could not obtain a list of the men : Killed None. 7 Wounded Lt C6L N. Slough, in left srm j Maj. J. S. Brooks, in left arm. - Company A Wounded, Capt P. A. Smith, in .. foot ; Lt J. D. Irwin, in hand. . Company C Wounded, Lt P. Williams, in faee. Company D Killed, Lt J. L. Gore. Company F Wounded, J. W. Wright, in face. Killed, Lt F. 0. Wilson. Company G Killed, Capt 0. E. Mercer, Lt T. a Fulwood. ' Company H Wounded, Capt C. B. Monk, in breast hand. All the wounds are slight The Richmond Examiner says Gen; D. H. Hijl has been made a Lieutenant-General and sent to Mississippi " THE "TITHING MAN." - The appointment by the Confederate authorities of one Major Bradford, of Virginia, as Tithing inau-in-Chief for this State, calls forth, so far as we have seen, denunciations from the entire press of the- State. . . As this is an office never before heard of in this immediate section, and as our readers may possibly wish some light on the subject,. fr the benefit of those who have not a big dictionary to consult,'we quote from Webster the following : TITHE, ft.' Sax. teotha, probably contracted from. teogetha, as the verbis texghthum, to decimate. See Ten. The tenth part of any thing ; but appropriately, the tenth part of the increase annually arising from- the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support Tithes are personal, predial, or mixed; perianal, when accruing from labor, art, trade, and navigation ; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit ; and mixed, when accruing from beasts which are fed from" the ground. Blachttone. TITHE, e. I To levy a tenth part on ; to tax to the amount of a tenth. When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase. Deut xxvl Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. ; TITHE, e. i. To pay tithes. Tuner. . V TITH'ED, (tithd,) jp. Taxed a tenth. TITHE'-FREE, a. Exempt from the payment of tithes. TITHE'-PAT-ING, a. Paying tithes; subjected to pay tithes. Uranklin.- TITH'ER, n. One who collects tithes. TITH ING, ppr. Levying a tax on to the amount of a tenth. TITH'NG, n. A decennary ; a number or company Often householders-who, dwelling near each oth er, were sureties or free pledges to the king for ' the good behavior of each other. The institution of tubings in England is ascribed to Alfred. Bjaehttone. TlTljfaNG MANrn. tithing and man The chief , tnaifmf a tithing;, a beadborough; one elected to preside over the tithing. Blachttone. - 2v- A peace officer ; an under constable. - 'Z. lxx Nea England, a parish officer annually elected to preserve good order in the' church du . ring divine service, and to make complaint of any . - disorderly conduct So it will be Been that the old royal institution, ascribed to King Alfred, of England, is to be revived in the Confederate States of America, and the "chief man of the tithing," be who is "elected to preside over .the tithing " of North Carolina, is a Virginian, and of course in so hf S3 that matter extends bis " royalty " cannot be questioned by the simple-hearted people of the good old' North St te. The mere announcement that our "chief man of the tithing" is a F. F. V., will satisfy the most in credulous of the people that he is in high favor at ' least with those who appear to offer every possible indignity to this 'State, and it. will likewise, no doubt strengthen them in the belief that we really have no men amongst us qualified to discharge the duties of the most trifling civil office. Unless this notion is already too strongly implanted in the minds of our people, we think some plan should be -devised whereby the authorities at Richmond may be given to understand that the people of North Carolina are really rational beings,, live' in houses, ahd are supposed to possess souls ; that they pay their debts, even tn hind, and are in earnest about maintaining the credit of the government; that though they, bear a great deal without even a mur-' mur, yet there is a point in their existence beyond which forbearance doth cease to be a virtue ; and further, that this point has at length been reached. As to ho w the ? head man of the borough," or the " chief man of the tithing " is required to attire and deport himself, we know not In the days of King Alfred, we believe, such an officer wore a coat of mail, rode a large horse, and carried a heavy shield, being followed by retinue, of squires, pages, and lackey-men generally. The man whit U ' elected, to preside over the tithing1" in North Carolina may possibly wish to revive this ancient custom, to which -we have no objection; though we 'insist that! his attending tenant shall be brought 'from Virginia alsa 'wjuforouaA Patriot.. r a :-i "i ,A... -v A 0 Daywalt John Harris. R A Holt WW Kiakle. TJ 0 May, Jno Jgidnbojui'JUdVH -Jno BheafspJohn Tutorow,-T V Vinegum, D C a province ? pe aviwuw "j "b"' o