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GOVERNMENT. ..
TJJ-ESIDENT Jcjfeirton Davit, of Missis.
VICB rftES'T Alex. 11. Stephens, of Ga.
Secretary State J. "P. Benjamin.
" Treasury C. G. Merumingcr, S. C.
..." War J. .A. Scddon, of Va.
" Arary S. R. Mallory, of Florida.
Attorney General George Davis, of N. C.
Toslmaslcr Gcn'lJ. II. Ken gan, of Texas.
The Southerner.
.TAUBORO': JUNE 18.
The New 'a.
It is now certain that Grant has
- abandonedliis-base at the White House
upon the Papiunkcy, and has crossc
-aniunKcy, anil Das crossca,
North to the South side of
River So it would sceuu
from the
the James
ihat he has for the present given up
the idea of takiDg Richmond by direct
assault. His plan now scorns to be, to
get possession cf .Lo city of Petersburg
and thO IJ.Ill IvMnil irt l.tr ihnt !-.. .o
. . . , ''
presume that he will Cod thosame im
pcdinent in this route as he found in
,the, other, that is, Lee's army. This
''bobbing around" of Grant reminds s
fll 1" ... . ,
' : tuiu iy oiu
.experienced 1 Fox. hunters that Rcnard.
WUBU urfct JumPca ICg iretn, boW
and defiant, will, with head and tail
uphold orer lawns and wide fields,
but the faithful 'hounds still pursue
and gradually gains upon their game
iy i i . .. . .
.uamue.tireaat this game,
he looks behind iind sees his pursuers
cpming upn him with a fatal certoin-
ty, he then calculates, that perhaps a
changer of base would
, .
eo he leaves his broad lawns and wide
fields, and takes-to; the branches and
gall berry bushesthen it is the hun
ter knows that the Fox is giving way
and soon expects "to tail iiim."
Gen. Hampton has had same severe
iavalry fighting with the enemy's cav
alry in which he has been victorious.
He xjaptured many prisoners and some
. artillery. Thc'fi-htiog took place in
the neighborhood of Louisa - Court
House.
" From Petersburg.
We learn from the Express of the
16th inst. that the enemy made another
demonstration upon the City on Wed
nesday last they attacked our breast
works a few miles -from the City and
after some very hard fighting succeed
ing in getting- possession ofsome of
them, which thoy Vtill held on Thurs
day morning The attacking force was
Cbtimated at ten cr twelve thousand
and is thought to be Grant's advance,
'all of his army being upon the South
eide of the River.' The enemy were
repulsed upon one of the roads leading
'into Ihc City, The Express says that
.the position gained by tho em my is' a
most important one.
From Johnston's Army.
No general engagement, has yet ta
ken place in Northern Georgia. Lt.
'Gen. Pclk ' was killed on the morniog
of the llhb in;Le was struck bv a
cannon- ball and killed 'instantly, he
was in the presence of Gcherars John
ston, Hardee and Jackson when struck
.down.
Tho death of 'this" distinguished
General will prove, a great loss to the
army. of Northern Georgia and to the"
Confederacy. 'f
Gen. Forrest has achieved a 'jrrrvit
o
victory over the enemy in Mississippi.
,His loss being 150 killedand 450
wounded. Jle captured 3.000 prisorers,
25Q wagons, with eopplies and ordnanc
Btores, 3,000-stand of arms, -20 pieces
of splendid. artillery, aod killed 1,000
J?orrcst had only about 3,000 men and
:the rnemy about 10,000.
Morgan is or has been on another
. raid, into Kentucky, it is said (Yankee
.Hews) that he has recently given both
Lexington and Frankfort a visit, fhe
amount of damage he has done and is
doing, they do not tell us, we presume
he is doing the thing up, all -right,
.Every thing quiet and cheering ur)
nn flm -!. 1.1 . .-C l if .
mv vniv.. eiuvs Ui lUU JllSislSSippi JU
the last acccunfs,
Brig. Gen. 'W..-G. Lewis.
The Raleigh Conservative in speak
inrr nf tho nrnmnfinn nf lr?a (rnllntif.
e r "v.-- w b
young officer, claims him as. one of
Raleigh boys. '
Wc think- that RdcrofinmLfi has tho
right to claim him as one of her boys.-
o " vu'
"u Wtt wu" u IUI couuiy, was
Wo k 1 it
resident of the county when the war
broke out, volunteered here! and his
"better half" is one of Edgecombe's
fair daughters. .
It matters not who may claim him,!
there is one thing upon which all will
agree, and thaws, that he is an honor
to his State and a useful man to the
Confederacy
. .
XST'Thc currency bill published on
our paper of to-day was passed by the
House of Representatives, but when
it went to tne Senate, it was amended
' -
n Sm Partjculars- c publish
u. our ncxt lssuc the Rill as passed
amended.
We fegrct to have to announces .1
thn Jath nf 1 u a:.u w
&a .Represcntatife of W,A
0
. Xjmi
bounty in the last Legislature. Mr.
u j
and at the time of his death was a resi
KJ 1X1 1 LX
was a refugee from his county
dent of this county. He died on the
ium mst. ot dysentery. .
ualitallics in Co. U. loth Rent. NOT
. A list of casualties ofCo. G, 13tli)
Kcgt. N.O. T. in the scries of h.ttU
of the Wilderness Spotsylvania Court
Houso and Hanover Junction, from the
5ih of May to the 4th of June, 1SG4.
Capt. O. Brown Commandio-.'
..
Killed Sergeant J. R. Aluyo,
vate Sherrod Harris.
Wounded Sergeant W T. Duprec,
vorporai J. 1. Lewis, privates Isaac
JraiiKiio, mioses iVJoore, m. S. Nichols,
son Phctpsi
r-.
luissiDg Privates Wm. Bxown, M.
E. Henshaw, John Starlingi
Whitcheart, J. J. Holden.
Willi
is
XOR.TXIE SOUTHEKXER.
Tarboro', N. C, June 7, 1861.
Editor Southerner,
Dear Sir: Please acknowledge through
your paper the following donations to
the sufferers by the late fires at Wash
ington. "v-" U1 6moe; 6)d lbs I
jjacon. nusneis Uorn, 3 ,usucis
iueai, ana d6 cents in cash. Fru f
Dr. R. Scott, of Greensboro', 850, Geo.
Allen, L?q, late of Newborn,
SI Of) t
an .unknown friend of Fayetteville,
through Rev. J. M. Sherwood, 100,
from refugees from Washingten, 934.
. Please, render our thanks for their
liberal contributions in alleviating tho
sufferings of our suffering people.
Jos. Potts.
11.
9
L. Mters
G. H. ,lfru
wn.
U. .Whitdiurst,
. Committee et Tarboro1, N. C.
Fellow- Citizens' and Soldiers nf Edge
combe and Wilsoil bounties.
The time is approaching when an
election . wiU be held for members to
represent vn ; ri i
i . " " lv .
m ;t7, ssemniy
-.-.. ullUrt. UL iwo days pre-
vioua to-tho last oleetion, . I declared
myself aCandidato' to represent you in
the rower House at the ensnino- 1.;
laturc. Vou gave me your support for
which 1 return you my rincere thanks.
With regard- to my cojirse, I. will
state that I have supported such mea
siires, that were brought forward for
action as I believed 'were, best calcula
i-i -""ilia-
ted to advance the interest of North
Carolina and .the Confederate States.
So far as I have been able to ascertain,
I have heard no complaint or allegation
brought against me for any act which
I committed as your representative.
Since my election there has been an
unusual number of Legislative Sessions
during which many complicated ques
tions have been taken up for action.
The rule which has governed me in my
action -has been strictly, in 'accordance
with a determination to - support such
measures as 1 believed, would most ad
Vance the interest of my country, and
opposed such as I believed would, ii
adopted, have an opposite tendency in
their operations.
I now announce myself a candidat.
for re-election tCMrepresent you in
- Hbnse i of Commons.
In makin2this announcement, 1 am
-I .f -
theknnfc unmindful of the responsibility
which wUl .rest' upon me provided I am
elected. It is for vou fellow-citizens
and soldiers to determine as to whether
.
. ! .1 :u . ..-a nf ha.
a yuu an. &uuuu .m
tian, as your representative. If yo
t are, I ask for a renewal of jour conn
dence at the ensuing election. If you
are not, I take it for granted that your
votos will be given for another. North
Carolraa has two candidates in the field
tor the omce ot uovernor. 1 have no
hesitation in savincr that 'shall' sun
I O k
port Governor Vance.
Any effort on the part of certain
political leaders in North Carolina to
wreck . the Confederacy by. the ac-
tiou of a Convention, if successful would
not only prove deleterious and unwise,
J
but would diminish our strength
Nation while struggling in defence
as a
nee oi
tho dnt . nrtit tnnmn tn mn '
the dearest rights known to man
-v 11 1 - i
. ... .
in the history of the world, and any
internal action based upon a policy
that would thwatt their progress,
would be worse than suicidal and can-
not bo tolerated by any friend to the
Confederacy.
DAVID COBB
I J , A'A.lJf A . ivui,
IS
The Toliowing dispatch; from
General Lee was received at the War
Department
- - -
Headquarters Army .Northern Va.
.June 13. 180110 P. M.
1
Ilonorallc Secretary of War:
A dispatch just received from 'Major
Gen, Hampton, states that he drfcated
the enemy's cavalry near. Trcvillian's,
with heavy loVs, capturing five hundred
prisoners, besides the wcunded. The
enemy retreated in confusion, apparent
ly, by the route he came, leaving his
dead and wounded on the field.
At daylight this morning it w:is dis
covered that t-he army of Gen. Grant
had left our front." Our skirmishers
odvaneoJ- Lofwoon one and two miles,
but failiug io discover the enemy, were'
withdrawn. A body of cavalry and
sonic iutun!rv. from I
j, .. iiu-i., au-
vancod to Riddle's shop and were driv
en back, this evening, nearly two mil
. ...
eslin 9
alter some sharp skirmishinn'.
Ikcspcctfully, R E. LEE,
General.
Grant has changed his base to the
wau" u 43 crossiug
over to the
. UIU Siac-
. uuuuuumg neara in
the city
lYJ , aJ,il.T1as ! 1 8unboiAts Celling
Hill.
ono anu
n vjaniureu uetween
t; y Al J t
o hundred prisoners yester-
Goorgia Death ' n
Ihc telegram from Geor'g.. . .
tidings of battle, and the iniu.nSs
telligence of the death of Lieut. Gen.
Polk. Good as be was brave, ho dies
a soldier's death while nobly discharg
ing his duty on the field of battle.
Fgrrm's Victory still, more Glorious.
Qun Town, June 14, via Mobile 14.
Gen. Forrest's victory is greater than
at iirst suppoaed. Our loss is tmo hun-
u;n j . j i i
ured killed and four hundred nnd Rftr, -
wounded ThP m.m,u L " J oppresses my person and tales my
vi-uunucu, Lne enemy s loss is nnfl',m,.(.. . . . V
thousand killed, three thousaud woun-
ded and tho balance are scattered
t J i ..Ml 1 .
l"luuKu "iu.wuous auu are si ll Deins
pursaed havin trilv l6j
fifty-eijrht
o
miles in 31 hours,
is destroyed.
Tho Entire army
".1'0rt How" was- the "battle cry
uriug hc fight, aud hence their anxie-
iy io escape, ihey are still being pur
sued and many more will be captured
before reaching Memphis.
We have captured about 3,000 pris
oners, 250 'wagons, with supplies and
ordnan'ce stores, 3,000 stands of small
arms, and about twenty pieces of splen
did artillery."
The fight was stubborn and the ene
my stood till knocked down with 'the
buts of our guns.
We had about 3,000 In the fight and
the enemy about 10,000. ;
a . -..
Congress.
Richmond, June 13. Tho most i
portant action in either House of Con
gress to-day was the passage of bill
amending the Tax laws reported from
the Committee of Conference. Among
the provisions of the bill as passed are
the follo wing : Lands purchased and
occupied by refugees are to be assessed
at the market value in 1860. The
property assetts of Corporations and
Associations are lo be taxed the same as
property assetts of individuals, thc.tax
m-
to be paid by the companies, provided
that no Uank shall
p iy any tax upon
deposi!
s. The stock of Corporations
the and-Associations and all property with
taxation. The .5 per cent tax on spe
cie, bills of exchange, &c., to be paid
in . specie or its equivalent, Treasury
notes. An additional tax. of 30. per
a 1 ..: S . . 1 . n
ceiic is levica upon tne amount o
J"-- uuouuu u
I f hfi t.wn first T-firjiflrrnnns nf hA fnnrfh
section 0f tex ct. from Feb. 17th
. t . . .
to July 1st. Oldvfive dollar notes are
- to be taxed 100 per cent on the 1st
January, lobp
Vert; Latest 'from (lie North.
The " Petersburg Express has a copy
of the New York Herald of June 9th,
from which the following is taken
The Baltimore Convention
The Convention which met in Balti
more the th. altera session of twD
HaVS .nnmiri'ltorl AKn l.iniinln on1 AnJn
Johnson, the formor for the Prcsidcn.
cy. The following' is a brief svnoosis
"S most wnportant proeeedingi :
J The Lincoln Convention.
"eraiu occupies several oi us
columns with , the proceedinizs of the
i i - i
JLJaltimore Convention. It was charac
Jlenzea some disorder, but the de-
UUB,rtUUUa wu generally . conaucted
I with decorum.
tjimon Cameron, of Penn.. nomina
ted Abo Lincoln for the Presidency,
and the Convention proceeded to ballot
with the following result : . '
For Linclon.
Maine, - 14 I Ohio,
42
2G
32
16
16
1C
8
New Hampshire, 10 I Indiana,
ermont,
Massachusetts,
Rhode Islaud,
10 I Illinois,
-1 j Michigan,
8 "Wisconsin,
12 J Iowa,
CO f Minnesota,
11 I California,
52 J Orecon.
Connecticut, .
New York,
New Jersey,
Peifnsjlvauia,
Delaware, .
Maryland,
Louisian,
Arkansas,
10
G West Virginia, 10
11 I Kinsas.
14 j Nebraska,
10 I Colorado,
15 Nevada,
i
! 'cuucsscc
I KtUKk
Total,
42.
For
Missouri,
Ulysses S. Gant.
On motion of Mr. Hume, of Missou
ri, the vote was declared unanimous
The eiithuaiasiu at this ti
uie was ner-
iecuy maescribable, th6 whole Conven
tion being on their feet, shouting, and
the baud playing "Hail Columbia."
For Vice President.
The total vote was Andy Johnson,
of Tennessee, 492, Diekimson 17. Ham-
From the Raleigh Confederate.
! Star tl inn Covfu mntinn If.. 77. i
den's. Disloyalty.
, Goldscoro', N. C, Dec. 12, 1863.
My Dear Holden : Enclosed you
will find lour dollars for Weekly Stan
dard si5 months; direct to Needham
Smith. r.ni,iK.' xt -
7 vy. unarlc3
Parmleeof this plice has not
his Standard far two wpoh -ir
. . t a ma ouu-
Sr-nnfinn honour, ...1 1. i
v,u-u uc wisues to
It. .
how are tirnlulte sick aI1 the week
do you think of the" 'filoi8h
k mmm W
never can forget the fan of a a-1
turn that alwags protected me and mu
property ; and never can I love one .
cto-r can love one
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tJivuviiti iiiiiirtiir vi.m is o.. .,... ... ji .
de facto and usurped Government of.
v vvH.tiiouuuij. (tive we,
uttA- ny " Kays oefew, and moy
another fll not his place, but the place
of President of us all.
Truly, your friend,
iJAMJES. 11. EVERETT. -Tlie
foregoing letter furnishes addi
tional evidence of Mr. Holdou's dis
loyal purposes towards the Confedera
cy, It is a private letter, but its trea
sonable sentiments coming to be ascer
tained legitimatejy, it was deemed to
be the fit property of the public, by ma
ny of the best citizens of Goldsboro',
and was accordingly placed in our hands
tor publication. U is from an intimate
trieud of the self-made candidate, ad
dressed tr kMtt n- u-u ..
.-'mj -wtti jLiuiuen. lt ner-J
-0 iu umce OMneudship and pat
ronage, tasteful and agreeablebecause
ot the material gympaihy. After a
natural ana familiar allusion to" the
state of his health of the writer, it pro
ceeds, as from a pupil to his tutor, to
propound interrogations fur inform.
tion: How.are times now in' IU
legh? ' uwhat d0 J0U thiok fif
-igw i of the times ?"-and then out of the
overflow of a heart running over' with
genial and sympathetic sentiments It
pours into the attentive car of &v
Dear Holden" the following ientf
te, " WouU that I c0lddsee into
the future and tell that time the crash
mil come but come it must: What
crash, fellow country-men, was it thus
so eagerly expected, that, the gift 0f.
prophetic vision must BM!S bo invoked
-would that I could sec into it tiuie3 i UF ror ana.tomaJce to him full atone-
and tell what time the crash wilf c'flffj "f , i . WFte auother Pcr
.but como it must. koi -reply or if he received this outb H
wi no cujuywvui, iu anucipation r vraa( uursaay afternoon as th
it the crash announcing victory' for our was unloading at Catchclor's
arm'sthe. downfall of the invasion j Jarful explosion attended with f
the rescue 0f our independence and the, ful loss of life took phee- from th
salvation of tour own. people 2. Alas, no I less handling of powder. A
Wc shudder when we . write. Thejci ammunition being passed oT1
crash that "must come," that was look- out proper care, exploded, and U ,lilim
ed for and enquired about, aod that j in one of the most 'shockin? d
the writer exclaimed of "Would that I ; on record. The air was itistantl lu
could tell what' time the rtra&h will i with the torn
frm I L i! O TTT
come.. is. explained . by jthe closing
paragraph of the letter, underscored
with all the fervid emotion of trnn
loyalty : -'I never can Yorart ' tl.
of a nation that always protected
and my dropoty, and never can f love gore and remains were -,bfl'
one that oppresses my person and takes visible. The gallant I't-xi ZCIrT&
my property without compenmtion. lice tioned at this i.int , sta
the defacto and usurped Government of) At 11 1 M., Thursday T S"VCrely
Davis, May his days he, few, and number of killed ascertained ' u?
may another, fdl not his place but thel wounded 17. ' was 40
place oj I'resident oJ us all."
In short, the crash to corae4 was the
defeat of the soldiers of Liberty the
trailing oi tuo banners of the Confede
racythe triumph of our foe tho un
filing of their victorious flag the ex
tinction of. our Government the sub
stitution in its place of the Yankee
Uuionr-the death of our President
and the inauguration in his nlacft of a
Chiff Magistrate who would brinr un
der, subjection our people to re-associa-
tiqn with our invaders and destmvnr
In a word, the failure f indenendenm
ana me success of the tyrant II!
-lo the contemplation of this delight
ful crash, "My Dear Holden" was in
vited, with the impressment of an al-
iuuai, iiauernai SOllCltUiie
Yet, this, all this was treason un
mitigated, undisguised, uaked tracson
the abjuration of all loyalty and allegi
ance to country, and-an avowed 'pref
encc for our enemies, and an earnest
wish for their success: not to come
-'over us-id the smooth and even then
1 intolerablQ way of amnesty, armistice
6 ucButiiuuu out to come a crash
overwhelming crash I.
Alld'haw rlirl (i,rTr A tt.ii
- - .v. UJjr uuar noiacn re-
sponatothis epistle? It was written
on the 12th day of December it was
mailed at Goldsboro about that time
was received by Mr Holden, for the
ee,uy standard, directed to Needham
Smith, Goldsboro,, -was returned for
uc -iuur aonars enclosed."
nnac am tUat answer of Mr rrf
den
s sav t
y:r Uidit tell howare times,
llaleigh ?" Did it commin.VafP
UUI"
now m
to "truly your friend," what Mr. Hol
den ..thinks of the signs of the times?"
um n reoute and resent the disloyal
sentimcn.s and the offensa of supposin
nimto bold congenial opinions? Bv
den be judged.
- -nouui mia letter let Mr MM
It ealled for n wnU t- i ,
. " vfV' j-t ci-imea an
answer uy virtue of trua MnAahi:
anu witnout doubt Mr. IJolden did re-
1 i - " wOU ill t
Py io -it ; ether to sympathize with
Its tonfi nnr? m f 1 . .
J . , . ' - A V. tAO U tU
Onln.inicih - ' a . .
u,utlcl ureisr nt aoo
U7U. 7 us aangerous and in-
ucinusiuie contents.
. a " upon tills
"- m.S j Jill i,iit-'r m M . J. . . .
"cw auu to us even, strange and sfrf
Wns confirmation 'r ?J 1 8t?rr
jrion oi,ii ... SUSP'-
"""u await iUr. lloidpn's M
t - . . "W'UUU S re-
re-j.wuBe. n u shall turn out that hp
wrnro n I ... - . 4 WB
to Mr Everritt, and distinctly,
hewever mildly,, reproved his sonti!
epts, we shall rejoice to acknowledge
for theT' Ur CaUS0 symPathy
Dufce or ex.
e invasion, without re
longer be a qu
insure, then there can no
1""er De a oul.. - .
1 'mn of tha i,,, c
convictions ; anu . , mi
i.... ' hnm roni ,m;n
nnr. rhn o..i .1 iuiaiu
"w oiugio otner
lomr r,.,; -".won now
o vw jiv;iiue 01 our
red-hardened, treasonable combinations
are io riot in tUe land ?
fiisturlkmce at VicJcsburg. '
The fegular correspondent of the
Misssipian furnishes that paper with
he .following extract, from a. letter da-
ted
wuxun mst; A . gentleman
came out
from Vicksburc a fnw
A?h Al V . J
there last week.
mere was a great fuss
Som?
ted somo lad.es, and the citizens un
dertook to- punish them, and
5 e , . . -"A, uuu two oi
Three of the citixens were killed. The
lankce snldipra w. i
e
tlA...n I . . . . ' ""V
" vucu turnea
in on n
ua "slew them fbre and aft."
1 be troops reported as laodiug at Yicks
bnrg were some of 1W men whoso
l-:iC!Pjred "4V Roiug homo.
C b general "bust"
thus added to the disturbance."
and
From J wbern.
are indebted to a gentleman says
rhe State Journal, who has laid us un
der many similar obligations, for a copy
of Mills Joy's Yankee xNewbern Times,
of the . a8th ult,,nn which wc find
tne first stalment of the particulars
.of tho torpedoe explosion of liaichelcr's
treek , first announced by the State
Journa several days a0. The Times
heads the article on the subject thus ;
Fearful plosion and great loss of Uft.
Government are to bo-overborn r ??rl0rth Uarohna the culprits now stand.
. ' " tn rTTl. i
ww m m m . - lUllltlF H I Y . .
human bodies
large -number wr
in waiting, h(
inning L . I ' v
arrival of fh-- . , "3 UQ We
Ann ! victims were hlnTOn 18 P90
L1 U,,,
ns 'for a distance of himdr J -5aienS and
From gie Charlotte (N. C.) Timeg.
A Yt&ee Confession.
. which has been placca
m our.hands, shows that a
Yankee officer is disno,
truth, So far as to relieve the"
from condemnation by placing th. f 7
before the public a JJttlh
, As the wanton destruction of nmn.
ty by the Yankees at the time
"""o " ""TJingion, i. (j
cially admitted by the officers
: 13 offi.
in" cum.
mana, mat question is naw
settled : .
dleadquarters,
North (,,,..:.,.. '
District
maw,''0, ,r?"Ps of tliis command
m y cxuU and ,ake just prid. j,-
"any v1Ctories over the eaemj, Tei 1
Portion of them have within fc"
days, been guilty of an outrage acainst
humanity, which bring, the .Wsh of
shame to the cheei of every. troe mja
It is well known that, darin the
late evacuation of Washington, N. C
that town was fired, and nearly', if not'
entirely consumed,, thus wantonly ren
dereti houseless and homeless hundreds
of poor women-and children, (many of
them the families of soldiers in our ar
my,) and destroying the last vestige of
the. once happy homes of those men
who nave now given up all to servo
their country in her hour of peril.
And this was done bv mp.n ;'n
mimary service ot the-Uoited States.
it is
w. "uu-ummu oiares.
is also well known that the army'
lals did not even wanonf n.
table institnHnna v..,. i t-
uo. wut uursunt, opel
tho doors of the Masonic and Ci.u ru
lows Lodges, pillaged them both, and
uawfea aoout the struts the regalia
and jewpls.
And this too, by United States
troops.
It is well known, too, that both pub
lic and private stores were entered and
plundered, and that devastation and
destruction.ruled t.he hour.
The .commanding aennmVhm-A
fl,- .. ... O UUIJl
this time, believed it impossible
any troops in his command conld h
committed an act such as this which
now Maekens the fair fame of thp
a. .' He. finrls U
that he was sad U tr.ioft , . f
. . . - j """'bu ; ana tiiat
the ranks, are disgraced, bv mon my-
are not snld, iZ.
drels, dead, r
Kr. -v 7of whom
no punishment
can be too severe.
The commanding general is well
awara what troops were iu Washington
when the flames first -appeared. He
knows what troops last left that place
He knows that iii the ranks of only
tWO 6f the rcfrimpnfa In V,a A.'.r nf
Ta save the reputation of the com
mand, it is hopgd that the guilty par
tie ,nav be ferretted out by the olficers
who we., . ia Washington at the tintf
of these occarAncoi." .
This order, lili he read attlw head
of every regiment and detachment ia
this command, at .dress parade, on the-
j c"euing us receipt, aud at tho
head of the 17th Massachusetts volun
teers, and the 15th Connecticut volun
teers, at dress parade, every day for
ten consecutive days, or until the guil
ty parties are found.
1
py command of Bri?. Gen. I. N.
1 aimer.
g. ucn.
J. A. JUDSON
Official: -
-! HA TickQcr. Captain and Acting
Aid-de-Camp.
The Price o a UdeVs Ileal
Mosby's head - is esteemed by the
Yankees it appears, os a very valuable
piece of anat9my. The latest reward
they offer for the article is three thou
sand dollars in gold, in addition to tf
iong standing proposal of two thousand
a greenbacks, aud.a major's coium'
sion in the regular army to aDy ods
v. win produce it at WashingWD,
coinected or not with the rest of
ubiquitous corporosity. They have not,
however, in this -case, been yet able ta
increase the regular army in the
proposed, and. are cot Jikeiv to beat aa
blvVa inn toliowing particulars:
:j early day."
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