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Zkri THE WILLIAM W. HO KDITOB AND rnoriTu. Onr Terms. persons subscribing for the Standard will please hierve that our terms are as follows : . Weekly o mourns e-iu, oouirntj wuuiua ut we could not possibly afford the paper at for V r under obligations to those who hT promptly reneweu in awuruaw.-u wnu wur u,w terms- advertising : One square of ten lines or less, first Insertion, $3, and $2 for each subsequent insertion. BALEIGH: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 18C. The Latest New. fl give elsewhere to day all the war news re- . , .. time of eome to press. Our anti- ceivea uy lu "w . . ... . npatioM in our last, an immeoiate, uesperatc, and prolonged struggle for the possession of Peters burg and Richmond, have proved true. The news which so publish, condensed from the dispatches shows that a general conflict is in toe wau vt"", commencing on" Friday last, and brought going on, on bv an attack by Gen. Lee on the enemy. The information thus far received ia not as clear or as satisfactory as we could desire. It seems that the Confederates have lost a portion oi taeir nreast works near Petersburg ; but one of the dispatches states that " the fight is going on well, and good results are anticipated." Gen. Hood has removed to the rear of bherman, and at the latest dates he was on the Atlanta and West Point Road, some 25 miles beyond Atlanta . . a y- it il V. president Davis was witn uen, trooa e army m mo 26th. The army wa3 expected to move very soon, but the point aimed at was not known. The Geor gia papers seem to be in the dark on the subject We have nothing definite from the Talley. The federal forces are said to have retired to Harrison burg. ' See news eisewnere. The Superior Court of Wake County is in sea. Bion here this week Judge Saunders presiding. M. S. Robbiss, Esq. The Greensborough Pa. triot of a recent date contained an articlo in relation to this gentleman which we should not have noticed, though it makes an unjust allusion to us, but for tne fact that it has been copied into the Governor's news paper. We concur entirely with the Patriot as to Mr. Robbin's respectable attainments and exempla ry habits ; arrd we can say that we were not only gratified to see him made Speaker pro tern of the Commons, but that we aided in our humble sphere in directing attention to his claims and qualifica-- tions for that positioa But the Patriot is morti fied "at his recent defeat in Randolph, and attri butes his defeat to false impressions on the sub ject of peace by his opponents and Mr. Holden." Mr. Robbins was rejected by the people of Randolph because he allied himself with the Destructives of that County, and opposed the true Conservative ticket If he had maintained his Conservatism, tnd had refused to go with Gov. Vance in his affiliation with the original secessionists-, he would have been re elccted-by a large majority. As it was, he was defeated, and the majority against him would have been much larger but for' the military terrorism which the two administrations established for the sole purpose of carrying the elections. Many of the voters of Randolph, as of other Counties, were not free to voto their honest sentiments, but were restrained or deterred from doing so by the patron age and bayonets of the administrations referred to. But the people rejected Mr. Robbins, and Gov. Vance provided for him and saved him from con scription. He has done the same thing for several of Jus friends who have biren defeated for the Legis lature. Is it right in the Govornor thus touse the State offices within his gift 1 Every honest man will say no ; but there are none so bold as to enter their protest publicly against such conduct. Con greases and Legislatures are as obedient to the be hests of the Executive as ever the Commons in Eng land was to the requisitions and commands of the Tudors or Stuarts ; and the people 'but it is use less to dwell on that theme. All power has prac tically departed from them. They would do right if they could. But their servants, now their mas ters, do m they please; and when tbey would re buke or seek to change them, they find the ballot box controlled by detectives and corrupt partisans, and hedged round with bayonets. " Is this the en tertainment to which we were invited t" Are these the fruits of "peaceable secession ?" It appears that James M. Bullock, Esq., whose death was noticed in our last, was murdered. He was shot through the head by some person un known ; his watch was missing and his money gone. It is to be hoped that the perpetrator of this foul deed will be brought to justice. But if all our able bodied men. State officers included, should be put in the army, what assurance can we have that such horrible occurrences will not become common in almost every neighborhood t Letter from Mr. Stephens. The last Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel promises a letter from Vic President Stephens in its next issue, on the state of the country. It is believed that Mr. S. has taken Btrong ground for peace. This letter will be looked for with intense interest - Mr. Davis was in Augusta on Thursday last, prob ably cn his way back to Richmond. . Confederate Prisoners is the Battlb of Wis cnssTUR. The New York Herald "publishes a Hit of the officers captured in the fight near Winchester, among whom we find the fallowing North-Carolln-iins: CoL R. T. Bennett, Hth ; Lt M. M. Hineft, 28d; Lt J. J. Gatling, 5th; Lt W. A. Riddick.j Otb ; Lt J. D. Irwin, 20th ; Lt M. G. Webb, 45th ; Lt R. L. Watson, 5th ; Lt H. H. Smith, 6th ; Capt . E. M. Lyon, 23d ; Lt J. Ingram, 20th r Lt H. M. Warren, 4lh ; Lt G. M. Williams, 14th ; Capt 8. A. Kell v. 4th : Lt" T. M. 0. Davidson. 4th ; Cant. N. H Chad wick, 2d; Lt J. A. Hall, 53d: Lt J N. .Scott, 53d. The whole number captured is 105, cf whom 75 are from the State of Virginia. "The President's Speech." Under this head ng, the Charleston Mercury of Tuesday last 'ays: " We lay before our readers this morning t' e President's speech, delivered at Maqon. We make oo comments upon this speech ; but we cannot re frain from expressing our profound regret that such a tpeeeh should have been said to have been deliv ered by rite Chief Magistrate of the Confederate Slates, for we cannot make up our mind that he de livered it. hope speedily to be able to deny it authentically." Ges. Hardse. We learo from the Macon Con federate that this distinguished Georgian has, at his own request, been relieved from duty with tire ar y of Tcancsice and orderad to Charleston. QDEN, THE NOTB W hare been anxionnlv ih'no fx v;. dent to call the nation again to faring and prayer. infldeh or ungodly jura may ansar at these proper manifestations of a disposition on the part of the President and the people to commit bur aflairs into the hands of God, yet the past experience of the country as well as the word of God, assure us that God's ears ire open to our cries. if. V. Chrietian Advocate. We concur with onr eo temporary that constant prayer should be. made to God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, for the salvation of the country. The arm of flesh has Hailed, and our only hope now seems, to be in the mercy of God. But our cotera porary will recollect that we have had already some three or four proclamations from the President, ap pointing days of fasting and prayer, and that these proclamations have been countersigned by J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. Mr. Davis is a Chris tian, and is said by his friends to be a devou Chris tian ; but Mr. Benjamin is a synagogue Jew, None of these proclamations, if our recollection be cor rect, have appealed to the Father through the Son, or in any way recognized the incarnation, the crucifix ion, the ascension, or the intercession of the Re deemer. We. would fain believe that this failure to "confess" the Redeemer was unintentional or acci dental ; bnt the fact that all former proclamations are thus characterized, and' that Mr. Benjamin de nies the divinity of the Saviour, preclude this be lief. We entertain no unworthy prejudice against our Jewish fellow-citizens. We voted in the Con vention to abolish the test which prevented them from holding office in this State. We would neither exclude them from office generally nor persecute them. But Mr. Benjamin, with his peculiar reli gious views, is not the person to hold an office in which he is called upon to write and countersign proclamations appointing days of fasting and pray er to the Chrutiarii God. It is an awful reflection that the Son of God may have been ignored or neg lected in these proclamations. There in no hope for nations, and there is no hope for man, here or here after, except through the merits and intercession of the Son of God. "Whoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven." We fear there is a Jonah on board the ship. Let him be thrown overboard. "Brown and Stbphinb vertui Holden." Under this head the Fayetteville Obtener quotes the reply of Gov. Brown to Gen. Sherman, declining to meet the latter to negotiate for peace, and adds ' But what would have been the course of our would-be Governor? Why of course he would have been bound by his pledges to meet Sherman, and thus commit himself and the people of the State to a violation of the Confederate Constitution, which expressly confides to the Presidout and Sen slo the exclusive right to negotiate and make treat ies with foreign powers. If Gov. Brown or any other Governor were to enter into a negotiation with the enemy he would be a traitor, and would deserve a traitor's doom." There is no foundation for this charge against us. The Governors of the States have no power to ne gotiate with the enemy, and we have never even thought of holding that they, possessed such power. A Governor might meet a federal General and con fer with him as to the best mode of mitigating' the horrors of war, but he would have no power to ne gotiate for peoaoe. Gov. Brown gave the only an bvrer which he could have given under the circum stances. But we hold that the States, as the founders and masters of our system, have a right , to speak to their agent, the common government, on the sub ject of peace, and to unite with that agent in ob taining peace. This is as far as we have ever gone. We have never favored separate State action, as it has been called, with a view to peace ; but even if we had done this, we should have gone no furthur than the separate State action of 1350-61, which led to war. Separate State action was very popu lar when it was resorted to to break up the govern ment and occasion war ; but it is not to be thought of when proposed to obtain that greatest of earthly blessings peace. "Our would-be Governor" fa vored a Convention of the people of this State, and so did Gov. Vance, as has already be -n proved by his eudorsement of Mr. Bogle's Convention resolu tions at Taytorsville, in February, 1864. The Obtener says the Governor of a State would, in a certain event, "deserve a traitor's doom." Who would deal him that doom i The oath which binds a Governor to the people of his own State i primaryjand paramount We know of no Confeder ate authority which could execute the Governor of a sovereign State as a traitor. Am ak Comfort to thb Eseut. For the last twelve months the -Destructive papers have been giving aid and comfort to the enemy, by falsely re presenting that the Standard is a disloyal sheet and in favor of unconditional submission to the federal .government The Fayetteville Obtener, which is guided solely by selfishness and prejudice, has been conspicuous in this work of misrepresentation, and thus encouraged the enemy and sent many a bullet to the hearts of onr brave boys. What will that paper Bay to the following extract from President Davit's Macon speech ? "Tbo-thirdi of our men are absent some sick, some wounded, hut mott of them absent uithoul leaie." Of course the President did not design to encour arge the enemy by this statement, but he hoped thereby to reuse the people and fill up our armies. But what must be the effect of it? What will be the conclusion of the heads of the British and and French governments when they read it t What will Lincoln and Seward say when they read this astounding declaration t Will it not aid in still further filling np the federal armies? But the Ob eerter will make no comment on this- remarkable admission of the President- It will play "foww.--Tbe Obierter is not free to publish or to tell the -truth, lt is under bonds to its secession masters. Terxibli Effects or Liohtninq. We learn that on Saturday afternoon last, about five o'clock, Mr, NJlso'n Lew, who live in this county, between Liles . vil'.e and the Grassy Islands, had three children (boys killed from the effects of lightning aged respective ly 17, 14 and 7. It appears that at the time they were killed no'rain bad fallen immediately in their neighborhood, and that two of the children were sit ting in the door watching the play of the lightning as the cloud was passing, with the third lying be hind tham on the floor near the door. Their moth er was somewhere about tbe bouse. She was con siderably shocked by the stroke that killed her chil dren. When ahe recovered her .first thought was of her children, and when she went to look after them, she saw the one that bad been lying on the floor, still in that position with his clothes on fire. . She put the fire out, and found him dead. Tbe other two bad fallen from the door out side one lying on his face, the other on his side, and both dead. Wadetborough Argue. Bibles for Hood's Armt. Sixteen thousand copies of the Bible and Testament arrived in Set in a on the 15th inst, en route for Hood's army. They are the first installment of fifty thousand presented the troops of the Confederate States by tbe Ameri can Bible Society at New York. ' They came by way of Memphis. CAJtOLINA , 8Ti We publish to-day an article from the Nortii-Oar-olina Presbyterian, in relation to the exemption: of college students, to which we feel bonnd to enter onr unqualified dissent We would gladly see- all the boya'of seventeen and under at school, where they ought to be; but we object to partial exempt-, ions, whether of the rich or poor. Ours is, or should be a government of absolute pelitical equality. The boy Of seventeen who attends a high school or a, common school, is as much entitled to exemption from military service as the boy who is at college. No distinction can be made without disregarding a fundamental principle of free government We shall be called a demagogue, as a matter of course, for taking this view of the subject f but we do not care what people call us when we know we are right We are the friend of education from the humblest log cabin school-house to the proudest and most prosperous college. ' There are golden links of scholarship, of improvement, of progression, from one to the other, which we would be the last to break. We hold that the law conscripting the sev enteen year old boys ought never to have been passed. If the seed corn shoujd be ground up and consumed, how sbaU wTprepare forthe intellectual harvests of future years ? If we cannot achieve our independence without these boys, we cannot achieve it with them. We must have men for our armies not boys. The boys are in the way. And suppose the war should last for years, what then ? Our schools are now, for the most part, closed. Out school books are wearing out, and the supply of new ones is not equal to the demand. Intellectual dark ness is settling down upon our children. If tbe rising generation should be ignorant and vicious, and if the vices of camps should bo added to this ignorauce and viciousness by the return of these seventeen year old boys to the bosom of society, what must be the. result ? What parent is not sad when the school-house is closed for the war,. or, if still open, if the child cannot be supplied with suit able clothing and books to attend school ? And what parent does not tremble, and earnestly pray God to shield from temptation the gentle, unsophis ticated boy who is forced into camp at the age of seventeen ? if these things con tin do if our schools are to bo closed and the boys all put in camp, the inheritance of the rising generation must be igno rance and vice; and in that event the native popu- n will be jostled, and in tbe end rooted out by intelligent and bardy incomers from other countries. It will be a repetition .in history of the Norman and the Saxon. ' - WAR. The humane, reflecting reader of man's history is sickened by the constantly recurring details of battles and butchery by accounts or tbe happi ness sacrificed, the privations endured, by thou sands after thousands, in gathering from remote corners of the earth to maim and slaughter each other. Mere depravity, however great, is not enough to account for this. No devils could be found silly enough thus to torment themselves first, then one another. Sheer madness ia the very least explana tion that is adequate. Looking closely and steadily at the matter, we detect the cause of this horrible jangle, at least a sure clue to it. War ravages nations, afflicts and destroys people, but strengthens Governments, ex alts rulers, and enables those to enrich their lavor ites with tbe spoils of plundered millions. The lodging of the commissary or contractor is rapidly transformed into a baronial castle ; his sud denly acquired estate is fattened with the gore of countless soldiers, the tears of innumerable widows and orphans ; and while thousands are shivering and freezing for want of the humble dwellings which war has destroyed, his family rest secure in lordly halli and revel in luxury. Burke, we believe, said of this class that by means of war " their equipages shine like meteors ; their palaces rise like exhalations." Well can they af ford to prate of patriotism, " right or wrong," and bribe venal orators with some share of their plun der to inflame the passions of the duped multitudes, and fool tbem into enlisting to be shot at for some beggarly shilling or 60 a day, and that often un paid. Will the mass never become wise enough to de fect and scout this swindling game of murder ? Suppose a Government to be weak or profligate a case by no means unsupposable and, therefore in danger of incurring popular odium or contempt It desires to be strong in the public confidence, but without the virtue of capacity to deserve that con fidence. It has one unfailing resort to pick a quarrel with some other Government That at once withdraws public attention from its own crimes or vices ; gives it a hold on the popular feel ings ; enables its satellites to call upon the people to " support the country" that is, to rally around and uphold the Executive ia whatever he. may pro pose. All inquiry is stopped all watchfulness aet aside appropriations are made by millions, and the purse and sword put unreservedly into the hands of the Chief Magistrate to be wielded at his pleasure the latter against his enemies, the former in be half of his friends.-v All who question the policy or tbe justice of his course are at once denounced as traitors and ene mies of the country. j Thus thousands are bribed by office and gold to j cry up tbe war ; all murmurs are stifled as treason- ; able ; and, when at last, disaster sad utter exhaus- : tion of resources compel a return to peace, a eouat- ! less host of pensioners, cripples, place men and ; fund-Lolders are provided to eat up the avails of ; honest labor for fifty or a hundred years to come. The poor man's children must go to rest hungry i . and grow up in ignorance, in order that the favor ; ites of rulers may glitter in ".orders" and stars, ; and -riot on the spoils of a people. Such is war. : Such is the small portion of the coat of the in- famous cheat styled glory. Exchange paper. j . Hiohwat Robberies. Several highway robberies j have been committed within the last few nights, oq the line of the Richmond railroad, between this city ! and Dunlop's, upon persons who were walking to ' tbe latter place for the purpose of taking the cara to Richmond. Early one morning in the firat of the week, a white man and a negro were knocked down, choked and robbed of what money and val uables they had about them. On Thursday morn ing, a gentleman of this city waa accosted in front and rear by several men, in a very suspicious man-, ner, but bo drew his revolver and zave them to un derstand that if he was approached, it would be at the poril of life, tie was allowed to pass nndiS' - turbed. The inconvenience attending the present arrangements on this railroad, is great, and persona j ' are compelled to submit to a beavy charge for a ride.i to the cars, or take the route on foot . Many do the 1 latter,, and are therefore subjected to outrages by lawless men. We advise all who walk to Dunlop's by night or day, to go well armed, and make exam ples of all who attempt ts disturb- tbem. Peters burg Expreu. North Carousians IIdkiid kbar Fortrbss Mon rob. In a list of Confederates buried near Fort Monroe we find from .North-Carolina: On the south side of the creek, W J Stone, Co F, 5th N 0, June 10th, 1862 ; Richard P Langly, Co O, 13th N 0, August 29th, 18ti2 ; A V Conner, Co H, 16th N C, June 10th, 1862 ; Capt W J Preelacd, Co O, 6th N U, June-21st, 1862 ; J A Grouse, Co F, 23d N C, June 24, 1863 ; Henry Rink, Co 0, 28th N O, July 6, 1862 ; A Pupb. Co M, 23d N 0, July 11, 1862 ; W Wood, Co C, 22d N C, June 13, 1862 ; Lt J M Womack, Co K, 5th N C, July 25, 1S62: North side of Creek, J W Siler, Co E, 63d N C, May 26, '64 ; J M Siler, Co E, CSd N 0, May 27, '64 ; K Mc- , Kiver, Co E. 63d N C, June '64; N McCloud, Co A, 68d N O, June 7, '64 ; S R Rollin, Co B, 47th N C, June 18, '64 ; II B Monroe, Co D, 49th N 0. i a p WW Taxes. The Sheriffs are now settling their taxes : t with tbe Comptroller. The Sheriff of New Han- over paid the laigeat, about $220,000. The Sheriff , of Wake paid the next highest, s'wat $73,000. J r Granville county paid $74,000, WEDNESDAY. OCT. Fran tke Valley. . hes to the 80th' report, that Gen. Early, rinvthn animi'i Mtilrr iVnm his- faint Prt Republic.- moved to Watnesboro' aad wo divisions- of Yankee eavalrv frem that place. The enemy .have ratired to Harrisonburg and our cavalry has again occupied Staunton. On Monday the 25th Kershaw's divisions ambuscaded ia brigade of Yankee cavalry and badly cut them- an. Aflairs. have assumed a brighter aspect in the Valley.". ... - . ' Fron Jllcbimoni. ,On Thursday morning laat, the 29th, the enemy having flung a considerable body of troops across ;tbe James, moved upon our fortifications near Ohaf fin'a Bluff, and obtained possession .of Fort Harrison and the outer works near the Bluff. They appear ed also in force on tbe Derbytown, New Market and Osborne roads. ' Skirmishing throughout tbe whole day. ' They made an attack on Fort Gilmer, about six miles below Richmond, but were handsomely re pulsed. Several other attacks upon our interme diate lines near Chaffin's Bluff were also repulsed. We captured many prisoners. . On tbe afternoon of the 80th an attempt on our part to retake Fort Harrison failed: The artillery firing prece ding the assault was distinctly audible in all parts of Richmond. Kautx's cavalry were on the 'nine mile road on the morning of the 80th, but re tired early. The Yankees in their attack on battery Gilmer placed negro troops in front, and large num bers of them were killed -from Petersburg. Thursday evening laat our cavalry attacked Gregg's cavalry in front and flank, capturing about SO prisoners and re-establishing our picket lines, which had been forced in on Vaughn's road, near the Wyatt house, 8 miles below the city. On the morning of the 80th, (Friday), the enemy, with in fantry, artillery and cavalry advanced on our right about four and a half miles below the city, and dis lodged our cavalry from their breastworks west of the Weldon railroad, at that point Arrangements have been made to offset this movement, but it is nut thought the enemy will hold the works. - "The Expresi of the 80th says : " Grant has un doubtedly withdrawn a large portion of his army from the lines in front of Petersburg, and thrown it rapidly across the James. He yesterday occupi ed three of the principal roads running Sonth East from Ricuiiiond, in heavy force, viz : the Osborne Turnpike, the New Market and the Dirby Town, Roads, aud.it is thought this move may be a direct advance upon the works below that city. Fort Harrison, a Salient of Chaffin's Bluff, and said to open a flank movement upon that position, was re ported toihave been captured. BuUtdfc canal at Dutch Gap is now nearly at the point if completion, and in the meantime Grant will ybake the most strenuous endeavors to gain evejfjr point of advantage, in connection with it that possibly can. We may therefore reasonably pect to hear of important events in that quarter at once If he intends a serious movement against the capital, be will probably strike without delay. The very heavy force he has moved across the James, would seem to indicate that he will at least give Gon. Lee a trial in that quarter." - Since Hampton's great raid tbe Yankees have strengthened their lines in their rear, having erected strong barricades from Mt Sinai, in Prince George County, up the Blackwater swamp, in one contin uous line, almost to our fortifications in front of Petersburg. The Yankees are also repairing the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, and have thrown heavy breastworks along the line of their new Rail road from City Point to Yellow Tavern, at its ex posed points, to cover their trains frotn our shells. Grant has received heavy reinforcements, enough to fill up the vacuum occasioned by the depar ture of the old troops. The recruits are put in camps of instruction and drilled for the approaching conflict. On Friday the 23d a force of three Yankee regi ments passed through Suffolk going in the direction of Norfolk. Their destination is unknown. . A sharp cavalry fight occurred upon the evening of the 80th, in the attempt of the Yankees to dislodge our- cavalry. Barringer's N. C. brigade distinguish ed itself upon the occasion. The enemy are busily fortifying at Wyatt's House, and tbe attack was ex pected to be renewed upon them on the morning of October 1st Front Georgia. ' The special exchange between the two armies in Georgia has been consummated. Gen. Stoneman and bis staff were exchanged, with other officers. . Everybody has left Atlanta except'a few mechanics, who have gone to work for the Yankees. Up to the 29th Sherman had made no movement in force. President Davis arrived in the army on Monday last,reviewed the troops on Tuesday, and was re ceived with much applause. He made them a speech and so did den. Hood, p remising them in a few days to lead them on to battle and to victory. The Yankees are uneasy about Forrest's operations in their rear. - Forrest has captured Athens and Sul phur Springs, Ala. At the latter place over 800 Erisoners, officers and men, 2 pieces of artillery, orses and stores of various sorts were taken. Our loss, killed and wounded, 35; the enemy's loss, in cluding the Colonel" commanding, near 200. For rest is no doubt pushing on towards the railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga. The enemy say he has a large force. Two divisions of their 4th corps have been despatched from Atlanta beyond tbe Ten nessee to meet him. Tbey appear to be concerned about hit movements and the safety of their com munications. From the TraaaM litiisippl. A despatch from Meridan, Miss., of the 29th, aays that Trans Mississippi advices report that a fightoccurred recently between Magruderand Steele, seven miles from Little Rock, in which we. were successful The yellow fever is prevailing in Gal veston. The French occupied Matamoras on the second instant Juarez and family were at Brasos Island en route to New Orleans. Tbe French had all the States of Northern Mexico. Cortinas could only raise five hundred men when he reached Browns ville. Shelby has destroyed the railroads running to Little Rock, and captured fire hundred prisoners, four trains, one million five hundred thousand dol lars worth of property. The Yankee cavalry-destroyed fifteen thousand pounds of wooljast week in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, intended for the gov ernment this side of tbe river. One hundred moun ted men from Vicksborg, are raiding through Deer Creek county. . The people of Texas are looking for an attack on Galveston. The late storm serious ly damaged all railroads in the vicinity of, Meridan. Trains will be running again in few days. From the North. Adviees from the North to the SQth says there is great rejoicing on account of tbe present state of affairs. Tbey claim for Sheridan tbe greatest vie- t tory of the war, and say that Lincoln will get his levy of 500,000 men. .. Andy Johnson has issued orders effectually pre venting McClellan having a ticket in Tennessee.. The Herald of the 27th says Stanton has tele graphed Dix, September the 26tn, at fellows : Sheridan's telegraph at 11 o'clock Saturday night, six miles south of New Market, states that he had driven tbe enemy from Mt Jackson without being able to bring on an engagement The enemy are moving rapidly. Sheridan had no cavalry present to hold them. Torbett attacked -Wyckman'a force at Luray and captured -a number of pruOners. Sheridan found rebel hospitals in all the towns from Winchester to New Market, and was eighty miles from Martinsburg. Twenty pieces of artillery were captured at Fisher's Hill, together with one hun dred and ten prisoners a large amount of ammuni tion, caissons, limbers, large quantities of entrench ing tools, small arms and sabres. . Breckenridge baa gone to take command of the Department of the Southwest . " . Dispatches, received from Sherman, say Hood ap pears to be moving towards the Alabama 4ir.e. A atrong force of rebel ratdera are reported operating against Sherman's communications, and have cap tured Athens, Ala. . Vigorous exertions are being made to capture the force. ' Steele being strongly reinforced, has taken the offenaive. Grant reports no operations. Stanton says the foregoing is all that is proper for publication. Averill haa been relieved of his command in the Valley.' ' The rebel CoL Hatton died in Winchester. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has been re occupied its entire length. . - 5. 1664. V - - ' aBBBlBBBiBBBBaVBBBMBEaBBBBBBB-- Ditpatchfronifit Lord the fifth say, Geo. j Price enlered M isawtri with &H4hirty4bosafid strong.: Shelbys esoalry and Kirby .Smith are bs. i lieved to be co-Operating in the moveseent Itmsumn and Pike appeal to the people to rally to the meue of the State. T - Seward is on visit to Grant Mobile is reported ia the North, to have Surren dered on the 20th, and created a great excitement Gold closed at 193. Produce and merchandise of all descriptions, declined heavily in sympathy with gold. ' . Late aael Important If ew- Desperate flfhtinf : around Petersburg a4 JtlcbmndTke great . Battle still progressing. The dispatches received in this City up to this (Monday) morning, are confused and disjointed, but they evidently show that a desperate fight hu been going on between the two grand annies for the pos session of the Southside railroad. We have cap tured many prisoners and inflicted beavy damage upon the Yankees, but they have gained ground and still hold possession of some works, near Fort Mc- Rae, captured from us. We had recaptured part of these works from tbem, but finally relinquished them for proper reasons. . Early on Friday morning last the 30th, tbe enemy advanced on our works four and a half miles south of the City, and dislodged our cavalry at that point After the capture of onr works the enemy pressed on some two miles until met and driven back upwards of a mile by our forces. Early on Sat urday morning, Oct 1st, 'our troops renewed the attack, and succeeded in dislodging them from a portion of the works which it appears subsequent ly they had erected within our works Friday night, after falling back a mile before our troops. Upwards of 400 prisoners were captured, but fail ingo retake tho whole of the works our troops re linquished possession of what part they had cap tared. Tbe carnage was represented to have been terri ble in the ranks of the enemy, equalled only by the fight at Spottsylvania C. H. The force of the enemy engaged was the Ninth and truth Corps. There were many new recruits among them. The enemy were constantly using their new railroad during the fight forwarding re inforcements to tbe place of battle, it is auDDOsed. Rain had been falling all day on the 1st, and the leiiing. war cavairy was engageu neavuy during the whole of the contest capturing many prisoners. A dispatch from Gen. Lcea of the 1st states that Gen. Heth attacked the enemy's infantry who had oroaen tnrougn a portion oi the line held by our anil lery on the Squirrel Level Road and drove them back. Gen. Hill reports that they were severely punished, and four hundaed prisoners captured. Hampton, operating on Heth's right, also drove the enemy, capturing two stands of colors and about 'five hun dred prisoners, including four Colonels and 18 other omoers. A special dispatch to the Whia of the 1st save that Burnside's corps advanced across tbe Vaughn to the Squirrel Level Road yesterday and dislodged our forces frem their breastworks at Peeble's farm. four miles from the city, and distant one and a half in ties from tbeirformer lines. Our forces fought brave ly but were overwhelmed. Hampton checked and forced them back. . The battle progressed hotly but favorably, and tbe enemy were driven back from, the works taken from us at Feeble s farm. Our forces captured 1,200 prisoners, among them several Col onels and other Field Officers. Being flanked by superior numbers we were compelled to retreat with the loss of one cannon and eighty killed and wounded and prisoners. After this advantage, the enemy pressed forward in the direction of Boylston DU..U lfn-A ...... ..fn nl.t II 1IB.. A Wllk J.WOU, UUI (TWO UlOkVU IkUUU il. TIBU tation by Wilcox. Most of. the prisoners have ar rived in town. Yankee loss very heavy ours not fully known, but comparatively small. Some fight ing this morning. The enemy hold the captured works. A dispatch from Petersburg of the Sd Inst, Sun day, gives us some more particulars, but the whole of the telegrams are confused and almost unintelli gible. The facts, it says, about Saturday's fight are that our infantry charged and drove the enemy from a line of breastworks they had thrown up in advance of our works, ihese our forces held Saturday, to gether with a number of the enemy's, killed and wounded, but relinquished possession of them that night and fell back a short distance for proper rea sons. No further efforts was msde to dislodge tbe enemy from the lost works near Fort McRae. Sat urday evening the enemy's cavalry pressed forward Etill further on our right some eight miles below here, driving back our cavalry some distance. Our cavalry, however, being reinforced, reformed, and after a hard fight drove enemy back, re-establishing the lines from which, for a while, tbey bad been dislodged. During the fight our cavalry captured about 200 prisoners. Our loss slight the enemy's beavy. Among our slain are Gen. Dunnavant and Dr. John Fontaine, Hampton'a Medical Director. UunosteBsmce Thursday are not over seven hundred. Our cavalry lost one piece of artillery when dis lodged from Fort McRae Friday morning. Total number of prisoners captured thus far is seventeen hundred. The enemy shelled our position near the scene of operations for the last few days and several hours this forenoon, bat it amounted to nothing. Fighting may be renewed at any nloment. From Rienmead. After the failure in attempting to recapture Fort Harrison, no assault has been made upon that point, op to Oct 1st Firing tbe afternoon of that day is believed in Richmond to have exceeded in rapidity any cannonading heard since the commencement of the war, and produced a lively excitement. The cause of tbe firing was the approach of Kautx's car airy towards the intermediate line of defences. Our batteries opened on the raiders and drove them bsck, From the Talley. Gen. Early reports that up to tbe 1st all the ene my's cavalry have retired towards Harrisonburg, and that there is now no enemy south oi rsortn river. From East Tennessee. Echols reports that the passage of the Watauga nrer, East Tennessee, by tbe enemy was resisted from noon, 29th, till dark, 30th. He waa routed by Cosby and Duke, and driven in tbe direction of JonesboroV At Carter's station he was repulsed by Gen. Vaugban. CoL Gillmore is operating against a body advancing np Sandy river. From Georgia. - Gen. Hood has made a movement to the rear of Sherman m order to withdraw tbe latter from At lanta, sever his communications and force him to retreat to Tennessee, wnen last neara irom nis armv had crossed the Chattahoochee and was pres sing on to Blue Mountain, which will probably be .. . .! j.-.: II' 1 L. .:. tne DMO 01 tula GApeuiuvu. 11 uiajr hu ivr rinr news from this quarter soon. On the 26th ult, Gen. Hood's army was 25 miles beyond Atlanta. His army was full of spirit and determination. Every thing in tbe way of hospitals and stores had been sent to the rear in order not to encumber his march. It is a bold movement, and will either be crowoed with great success or meet an overwhelming defeat Still Later. Since tbe above was written we have received Petersburg arid Richmond papers of tbe 1st instant The Dispatch says the excitement in Richmond is verv treat Tbe entire rui'itia force had' been called out The federal force on the north aide of tbe James is estimated at thirty thousand. The Vie patch says: "The sudden abandonment of Fort Harrison by our troops was a sad affair, lt proves that none bat tried veterans ought to be entrusted with the defence of outposts, liable at all times to be sud denly attacked and to be overwhelmed before the .arrival of assistance. The Yenkees will represent the capture of this post as a great victory, of course. But time will show whether it is so or not" The Expreet'cit the 1st October says that the en emy's advance on Friday morning was steady and unbroken and though enr forces fought moat gal lantly, they were overwhelmed bv superior num bers. Fott MrKae is near Feeble's house. Tbe latter is 1 miles from the Vaughn, read and an equal distance from the Boydton Plank road. We suppose therefore tbe position occupied by tbe ene my is shout baj'way between the Weldon and Soatl aide roads. " . ' . . After the capture of theae, works, the enemy af- vanced, bnt'was repulsed by Hampton; with the loss of 400. riaooerav and driven to PeebVs fernv - lui paruauiar wi uw ugBtarv nmp ana vt . raust await further dovetopmeats fa order to give si succinct and aoenrate aceoont of the operations around Petersburg. Arbitrary Miutart TrBAinrr. We learn that on ; tne night or the 26th instant, the Tax Collector Caldwell, and the Sheriffs of McDowell and Yan y, while on their wav tn Rlaiirh to nav the Stata of cey, wt taxes of those Counties, and having all the necessa- j Kr iamu ui view oi tneir respective uoun y Courts to settle with the Comptroller, wero itopped at Lexineton on tha K ft R.;im1 k h. - military authorities, and carried to Saliabury. Whither are we drifting whan th offi cers of the Slate are not allowed to travel to Raleigh uusiucaa ui tuo graven importance r rn greet. Cubs son tub Pilbs. Mix one tablespoonful of mlnhur with a half a hint nf milk tn -bn it.. - . - I - v w wmcu uv last thing every day until favorable symptoms ap- r"i uu vccwHoaaiiy, as ids case .may re- ouire. Tha ah ia h.r .imi. k... T.i : J,,. :, r mi iuubv 111- falhabls cure for that most painful and unpleasant Jt'.mJ Tt 1 I 3 ' . - . waviucr. it uaa oeeo oaea witn cotDDieta inntau Old and invetantA cacao. hM rnA;.;.,.l. Y.-A spent scores of dollars in medical advice. It is . 11 m 1 a . . . . cuubuj as useiui as a preventive, it will injure none, and only require trial. Unitnttwn (Ala.) Herald. - Brandt from thb Soaogo. 0. Keuster, Esq., IBS Shown US a aamnla nf knn,). .t. C .L. . 7 7 uwuu mm luv skimming of the Sorghum that is better than any "new dip' we have seen from the Apple. Mr. Keuster thinks a good article may be made if pro perly managed, without the slightest difficulty. the price of brandy makes it worth an expeii- In France the waste steam from the locomotives is made to heat the cars in the train behind. It ia con ducted from the escape pipes through tubes, which inside of the cara are copper, but outside are of vul canized India rubber, with couplings which can be readily managed. ItALElGU JHARKKT. bt w. c. ercuuacH, eaocia. October , 1364. ArPLES-Green Ih-ied BACON-Hot- ronnd BBEP MJTTElt UANDLES -Tallow ,. Wax, by tbe box CORN Per barrel CHICKEN'S COFKEE liUCKS EGGS FLOOR Family " Extra aaparfine. - ' Fine. FODDKU Per hundred FEATHERS FLAXSEED GfclESU HIDES Dry " Green HAY Per hundred LABI) BYBUP MEAL NAILS-Scaree OATS Per hundred " Cleaned, per bushel SHOAT POTATOES-Irish PE A3 Ground Stock " Whita Table RAGS RICJE KYE SALT SUGAR Brown. Coffee, TALLOW WHEAT VIRGINIA SALT, bushel, BRANDT Mew, CIDER IS 20 5 60 s . a 7 100 . 15 t lo 140 m 8 b s i 4 S 7 S 10 (6 I SO 4 SO 7 DIM a (A 8 S SO 8 5 eo iA to ft 10 s 7 17 18 18 7 8 10 O 88 IS i eo ia a u 40 eo 8 50 ) 10 It 4 80 4 25 SO 85 (B 80 8 Fayetteville Market, Sept. 30, 1804. BAJJON-85 60 to . Pork$ 60. Lard 5 50 to $. BEEP 1 60 to 82 per pound, retaiL BEESWAX 18 per pound. BUTTER $5 to $0 per pound. COFFEE $12 60 to $15 per pound. COTTON $1 BO to $1 73 per pound. COTTON YARN $20 to $40 per bench'. COPPERAS Retail $5. DRIED FRUIT $1 toll 60 per pound. EGGS $2 50 to $s per dosen. EXTRACT LOGWOOD-SS to $3 per pound. FLOTJR-Soperflne $150, Family $25. FLAXSEED $4 to $10 per buhel. FORAGE Fodder $10; Hay $5; Shucks l 50 per 100 poaodi. APPLES-Green $10 to tit per boahel. GRAIN Corn $2 SO; Wheat $0 to $J5: Bye $20: Oat. $10; Peas $11. HIDES-Green $2 60 to IS 60 : dry $ to SI. IKON-Swedee $1 $.$ 50. LEATHER Upper $20; Sole $17 60 LIQUORS-Cotq Whiakey 145; Apple sad Peaeh Brandy $40 to $45 per gallon. II GLASSES Country made, 15. RICE-60 centaby eaik. SUGAR-IS peTbbl.; retail v to 1. SOAP Family Bar 2 per poaod. Toilet S. 80DA-I5. retail. . NAlLS-lt to$4perpouB& ONIONS $20 per buibel. POTATOES Irish $10 to $15; Sweet $10 to $18 per boshel. SI'IlilTS TURPENTINE -l per ralloa. . -SUEKTINGS-Fayetteville 4-4 Sheetings, $1 te SALT-837 50 to $44 per bushel. TALLOW $S to $S 80. WOOL $5 to $6. ' Corrected by I. L. PEVBERTOY. MARRIED, At the residence of the bride's mother, in AUk mane Co., on the 29th September, by the Bev. Mr.' Barnes, Mr. Josepb I. Lgb, of Raleigh, to Miss. A. F. Odom, of Alamance. DIED, On the 1st instant, in Franklin County, Omboa H. Fostkk. His many virtues and noble qualities of mind and heart endeared him to all that knew bim, and -will but make the loss of him the sadder to his many friends. Hendq'rt. Cavalry Brigade, I Siptsmbsb 24th, 1844. I ALL COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF this Brigade are hereby authorised to .aet under I he order given by me by Gen. R. hi. LEE, of data July 84th, 184, to collect " ALL Cavalry Arms, Equipments and Accoutrements in the hands of Civilians and other unauthorised'persooa in tbe State of North Carolina, when aatUned that each Arms, Ac , are legitimately the property of the Confeder erate States." . , Compaq Officers will require their men to report to them the names of ALL PARTIES, iu their respective localities known to have such Arma, Equipments and Ac coutrementsespecially McCLGLLAK JsADDUW and SHARP'S RiFLES; and if illegally held, whether claim ed by capture, pnrcbise or otherwise, they will seise them, if not voluntarily given up, and have tbem brought to their commands. ft BARRINGBB, Brig. Geo. Comd'g. October 8, 184. ' 0-4t. ' ' Surgeon General's Office, I RtLmian Styt SOrA, 1144. I A MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD CON sisting of Surgeon E. A. CKUDUP and Burgeon , will meet in tbe town of ' STATESVILLE on the 10th OCTOBER, At TA YLORSVILLg on the 1 3th, " At WILKKSBORO'.on the 15th, " At MOIIGANTOX on the 18th, " . AndatLKSOIR oo tbe 20th, . '?r tha Burnosa- of examininc all reivoas elalmlow i 'Cemolran from Home Guard duty en account nf physical ia.V 0 BAAvRo October t, 184. Q-At. JORDAX WOMBLE. GROCER & COMMISSION MERCHANT, RALEIGH, X. C, CONTINUES TO CARRY ON THB COMMISSION BUSINESS on Uargett Street. A If consignments of COUNTRY PRODUCE ABB TBI COOM 'received and sold. SPECIAL attention paid to the sale fjr Wanted to putebaaa. WAX aasl T ALLOW, ia large or small o'lautitie. The highest prices paid. Raleigh, SL ia. 111. -wf4