va liu l 1 1 n a \ i a i vjl 1 1 i a 1 1 wkkklv vol xix salisbury n c september 30 l861 m'.mbki 42 j j bruner editor and proprietor terms i 2,00 ss i in ■ i ' upiea 16.00 ding i i'll 111 1 he same ilo . si 50 each pav muni nlw ays ill i i the richmond examiner mil ■ v life in it hardships and it il . .«, n ti are inseparable from the na ., iho ier \ ice \\ e speak tm of the risks of ti held the absence from home . ro lieiiies-il'e to et.-li the mall lie..t jurits c those privations ami lis nf the camp which our volunteers ■ w ih lieu rare \< ilieiicc imt are other lis upon i h ir pit u of endurance the drudgery and manual la hour so often necessary the tendium of medical neglect auuoyunces from ' — to sa nothing of tin yoke of . so hard to be borne by men of •, in , i n m , ist nf all of iiie i ial ne and obedience which i tli tm i \'. and ' - c , ' de i _ • it a i i r ile were f ■ -■■ n by - ir hrav i aeti u ae.i thev enlisted they were wil ■ iy i is price to win fn tn ml lliv i-l r from lh ir he.u t hs thev -,,',, - i far ■ i lured everv thing without a nm uii . l'n y know thai t > be a g 1 .', should nol grumble at oc hsional privations when thev went to w irs they did not count ou having .'■• t di cofi'ee champsigue wine lhe lux season and i he sofa t fall . ; ti al er such a 1 lily repast riiev willing *° rough it for t i ime ' eir good things after i hey lave lii i enemy such ;- the temper of the so i ei*s — but ll it should not i practized up nn every effort that ititellitjeiice and t:i;i - - skill can advise should 1 sorted l i r lo 1 lat •• the supplies of tin m . ii]ioii ncii r footing lhal its essential tvunis shall lie in lhe inaiti ade i ,'•• >. tn '. ni provided ft r brigadiers uolouels majors commissaries quarter masters an i surgeons should n i !>•• above attending to tin-ir business involves a mo lerate am mnt ". attention to tli health and cou url of the men — something of importance than personal dis play or ihe giatific ition of their iiile or puted t-ii]ieiisi:ies it is lamentable loco -'!•! how much ofthe safety and happiness of lhe heroes whose lives are sta .• d on " ir cause is dependent in ma ny instances upon the conduct and efti . net nf men who hold lhe rank of offi i bul who beyond the attribute of per irag -, and perhaps a slight know edge i f li ■ drill have not the lirst quali ition fur their important trusts for • i tigs tiie soldiers have often lo thank themselves or it muv be borne worthless governor who steeped in hate und vulgar partisanship made his appoint ments upon an avowed disregard of quali .. ■ ti ions bul yet another point remains where inicthing ia due to lhe soldiers we refei to th it;o coiumoii practice tl rouuh ness to the men iti giving orders and this may be extended to th cases of all offi cial in-nl uice from a superior to an inferior jllieer iiii practice is by far loo com mon in i lie ai my advantage is ta ton of ' ir rank by ineu destitute of h i m«j_na mil i frequently w ithout anv ol her a""l quality to practice impertinence to meu ' i ■ ii • i under them now in ae ranks ol our brave army there are numbers uf gn lant gentlemen who have abaudoiii thing to serve their coun try an i h o have every claim a gentle men to lucent ami polite consideration — in very manv cases they are the equals or superiors if their officers socially morally 1 ! in tell ctmtlly i hey are not fighting tor pay or for hun but from a use of 1 ' - ii w hich gave them birth ■ lhe individual who could wantonly ' such im ui under llio shelter nf his i and the law of he tamp by harsh ttiguagii or au overbearing manner is a : rute and a coward without disparagement to the l*r.-at f oilicers the large majority of :". we are sure would not stoop to the lings we have mentioned ami whose gal l,l a every field we are proud to re agnize wu may he pei milted to bay that a i tlii in this war go with the ' ir heart warms to those noble i ragged uniform and rough garb ■ iheir muskets encountering privation doing the work and the ■ w ith tin in it is all pure sen •>■. il!y and . ■., f country they have 1 ' ":'"-' motive t han p ttriotism they do not figure iu the newspaper they have no kind correspondent to chronicle their exploits < in the contrai \, the are but too happy wh.-ii liny g ' i hii ,.| m j oil or h sheet of pa i er to write to the loved ones al home the results of their labour accrues t th officer they mske the ] charge in battle wliich takes the battery ami ihen the officer ink * lln credit lhe case of the officers is altogether dill rent their hardships ordinarily are not great thev can command many lux mi nud comforts which are beyond lbe | reach of the privates they rarely suffer tor necessaries promotion is open io them fame lures them on to noble deeds ' honour ami elevated ] isilion lhe office of command renders it i in possible foi them lo be othei wis th iii brave on the held - ihey have a liberal pay preventing all disquiet a t,i lhe condition of theii nin li s and altei lhe st ar can um ik for w ird io positions ot civil trust aud preferment others again may have a life position iu the ai'lllv now while we belle e that many of these are actuated bv lbs loftiest motives which impel human conduct it is impossible to assign ikern the same meed ni praise lot i .. abnegation as thai which i b i i ', :,■■ i oluuteer iu ihe ranks l'i ii ■•.- i i unttn olher reasons do we reprobate lb too common hsbii iu ihe 1 , i i iin ■- ot giving , iid 1 s to lbe soldiers in a haieh oi on isi e in in ii r such conduct j l pure i rann . it ad i miming to 1 he i tree of the orth i . nor do it til all inspire a greater alacrity lo obey the proper orders of military life the n cessary inter course of superior wuh iiit.-imf jn rank in it always bo conducted with courtesy a deviation front it shows tbe same vicious style in an officer as it d u-s the praul ice of swearing iu common co versation or lhe frequent use id citi i i - bv a writer em ] nh.t-i is uo i i '' , i it is notices ble ihat this overbearing temper is rarely ; displayed bt the grail i it - of west i'oinl r,,i ihe oili ct is ol tii old army iu oui service they have been brought up in a j different school and are too secure as to their positions lo feel it necessary t re ' sou to such practices they are content to leave tins kiud ol department to the greenhorn in military life who puffed up i in his rank conscious of his i'tiorance hu i iisi'k u --, and anxious to hide it thinks lhal in bluster rudeness and noise he cu make the w rid believe lie is a teuenne ol it w'l.l i.l si i on line i , . 1 1 ■ .^ r . ■ t the pai i i k.y | seniiitt l al one bundi ed lanailics have lefl l'aducuh kentucky since i invasion by tlio hessian many pera . .-. it states hud already arrived at paris having efl while i lie 1 u vv re di embai i its aud only tak ing such ihiug-i v ii i hem as tbey co ild cou \ , meni ly carry in tl ty j ( ll thc rtion ol pad n ah a coi respondent writes the st 1 iuia /.' tl ■ e feeliug is uot at all en and 1 ncle s.t:u need not ex p er aid or eom fi irl from them the stampede of eitiz tis wiih their poods still continues and paducah bids lair in a abort lime to rank among the thou-.au is ol othei deserted places ihat exist in once happy ai icrii a the i heel that late alfairs will im • • ty of keu • nis v and tl i of her legislature is anxiously awaited i j both friend iiii'l fix — jwiiig in previous occupancy ol paducah a the sec ■ ii li i ces pro . isious and e e ry thing that could be ol material use are ve ry tcarce numberle ces are de cited ami land silent monuments ol blighting se cession among the clustering vines and trees society eeiu lo hav c all eady fled and gloom .. , has taken possession not a carriage .- cen upon the streets or lady upon the beauilul walks the stores are many of them closing and wagons witb the boxed up goods landing instead of customers before tbe doors in no place yel have 1 i bittei ly hostile a feel ing existing a ain i the d nion as here — scowling angry glances watch with what seems an intense hatred every movemenl oi a passing so some ol the wells have heen poisoned where the camps get tin ir wa ter ami nii'iiiy similar aci • perpetrated se i n i the i ui and 1 nam the rare excep tion whether uncle sam has any raed im strong as the complaint is still an open question on the streets [ pie wear .-,■,, ii caps and boast that before the week -, et v federal w ill be driven out tbe telegraph wires have been cut through tbe town and lie across tha side-walks or are twined arouud trees reign of terror in mitson > \\ c learn the i v ilie ( ourit r thai thc reign ol terror and despotism in st louis is da tin the ar eiiai ,- con ei led into a ba tile in which lia ly been incar cerated thn •■ baptisl pi not a word 0i these oul in bnborned and ,.,,,, , : nmeul papers ii the honest l'n e pa i il silenced and our only resources ol information are from travellers who detail thi - luct i uk late r.aiti.i in wkstkkn v higinia the editor of the lvnfchburg republi can who i one of gov floyd's aids fur dishes the following account of the engage in nt to his paper < n monday lasl we received intelligence ofthe advance ol the u tie my in heavy force from lhe direction ofsulton along i in summer die road on tuesday nnu n iug col mccausliu's regiment which bad in en at siiiniiiei \- 1 1 1 . ■ hs mr advance was driven in and iho enemy encamped 1 i miles distant inuu us we expected him lo drive m our pickt !- on tuesday night and attack u mi wednesday inorninu bui contrary io these expect a tions ho lorced his march nnd drove in oui pickets at 2 o'clock tuesday onr line of battle was at once formed ladiind oui breastworks and scarcely had all our forces been pi seed ' iii position bi lore the elielliv was seen swarming in lhe woods from oue end of our in is to the other lie approached with greal delib ration and liiiuness ami hi central oul um ll eiuerg d from lhe woods iinl above thu hills two hundred yards in mu liniii ust 1 a minutes after i o'clock he approached us from this poinl iu double quick time evidently intending to foree our works at thu point ol lhe bayonet at ihe first crack of our rifles the gallant colonel who led in limit of in men on a pleiulid black charger fell dead to lhe earth while the head of ins column recoil . i m utter confusion the colonel's bofac as il unconscious ol tin i ill ol bis rider • dashed up in.iiii . nib uikni'ii - and around them iuto our c imp and from the inscrip tion upou tb mountings ol his pistols proved to bo col win ii i tell's of < liu ciiiiiati 1 saw ibe lining officer fall fiom his horse an i he was certainly one of ll e bravest of tii brave for he sought the hsuble repuiation tt the very can non's iii iu lit i iie enemy's colunn - now opened upon ns along ilu whole ol our centre and i igbt and for an hour the rattle ol musketry mid the thunder of our artillery was m .-••-- i ii at i tern ble i'he enemy was driven back and silenced for i tti'itm nt bm came again to the tight supported with live oi six pieces i itrlillery two of which were rifled cannon ror mother hour and a hall ilia buttle raged wiih leirilic fury and again ihe enemy's j ii tis w , re silenced and he driven trom our \ i > • \\ . the sun was now fast sinking beyond t'ne distant mountains aud we were strong y it 0pes tlmt the elielliv ll.nl 111 t li s final repulse for the ev n ng but a few tniiiiiti s dispelled our illusion l-m the third lime ihe en my came back to the ; conflict with more violence and determina tion lhan before tie assailed us this time i from one end of our lines to tin other ami tried his best to flank us for another lioiit and ii half aud until the dai k curtains of night closed in upon us the tight raged wilh intense fury . at in st lie range boih ol tin ir small arms and artillery wus very bad shooting eiitiiiiv over our heads the range ol the cannon was especially bad for wlnle their li is cut oil lhe tops and split open llie j giant oaks iu our encampment their shells with few exceptions bins high in the uii aud full fifty yards iu our rear hut when they came to ihe last charge they nnu gol ten the range far better and theii balis begau to plough up our cinbankin nts while their shells broke directly over u iu every direction and with ten ihis fury i he enemy seemed tu be perfectly enraged ai our obstiua.0 resistance and was deter mined to pour out the full vials ol his j w ral li upon us the battle ceased at fifteen minutes past 7 o'clock liavmg continued almost in san tly four long bonis onr nnu stood to their posts with astonishiug coolness and courage the only fault ihey com mitted duriug the batllo was that ul tiring i upon the enemy at tou long a range and while loo securely posted i hind lhe dense j forest-trees which skirled our entire iuies wo did not jo t single man killed and not more than ti n wounded i'he tieinv's lo-s could ii"l i ascertained bin at oue single spot where col lytell fell we counted 37 dead bodies the prisou ers inform ua that iheir loss wns heavy and from the fact that we silenced their gun three tiroes we are confident this re port is entirely true the prisoners also informed us that another colonel whose name i do not remember was badly if not fatally wouuded and his horse kill d under linn ur officers acted with grent coolness i ; u i • i bravery the battle had raged bul tw.iitv minutes when our gallant general was verv painfully wounded in ihe right arm the ball entering near lhe elbow and passing near liis wrist without breaking htij bunt wo retiie.l him i slmii din ihiu <■ under the lull mid had iho wound dressed l.i surgeon cleaves and in ten iitiiiiii.s he wiis again moving along our lines encouragiug hii men liy ins presence ninl liis voice at a inter stage of tlie iight t minie imll tore through the lappel ut his tniii nti.l another through tlm can tie of ins middle indeed it is thu wonder nf till nf ns lii.w lu escaped death none imt lis stall nnd surgeon knew liu was wounded unlil ilu close ul tin tight lit is not ult i in iiincli pain 1 lu nut know ilu names f all our wounded hut john stuii aud thomas w martin of capt henley's company am lierst were the most sev-h-ely burl none nllier of ihi company was lunl ; 1 1 1 < 1 mils tm in capt sueed's company liryattt at tin i lost i tin light it council l wtti v i ii i ninl upoll ulll knowledge ol llie elielliv sl i •• ll g 1 1 1 , together willi lln information we received from our prisoners it w ilet.-i iiiinci in retire all our foroes to iin siituli nle nl gauley ami imt hazard an attack i ie ti t nn n inn we lent ii i in the pi isoners tli.-u the iniii was iiie ii mite mi trong wilh six piecesof artillery aud thai lhc would be reinforced by gen - ox in lhe morning with two more regiments aud two pieces ,,' nrtillerv they slso informed us that gen os ncrai t eoinmnnded in pei sen < nr force wa nii l,?00 im ii iimi while we li.iil stiolig reiisoli l.i believe that we till maintain oui position evi ii against such terrible t ilds we did not think ll pru delil lo a ii sn iiimli we hsd dispatch ed gen w ise iu lhe morning lor reinforuemuiits nml lie had declined to send iln-iii i,'i fear iif an attack !!:■ ••• him ii gen * ox \\ o had also scut couriers for llie north carolina and • t ,| ■!,( r i-,ii : ,,- to c nne up but it v ss impossible foi them reach ua in tune lo support us at 10 o'clock lasl 1 1 . r 1 1 1 , therefore our forces proceed i to retire from the position ihey had so heroically defended during tho dsy und by light ihis morning ihey were all safely snd in oroef across tbe river with all their baggage vi except suiim few thing which were lost hum neglect and \. nut of li ttis|.oi tatioti vve ate now pitching our tents nt tbis place on the main charleston road about 13 miles from gauley bridge and 5 utiles \\ i sl of lev l-lung geu wise is i-iii.iiiij 1 at dogwond a .,,. h fe vs miles ubo\e a while it portion of his force holds tbe hawk's ni-st b low it mav not bo prudenl to say what our next move will be our men and officers however are in fine spirits ami feel that lii'-v at least li ive lone their whole duty lo tln-ni-i lvi _ ami their country i think b public ami all military men will agree il al both out tight and our fall hack to ihis siile >>( tbe river are among i ne most remarkable incidents in the his tory of war seventeen hundred men with i inferior pi - of artillery fought back four times their number with much supe rior artillery for it nut thi n i oil r loi i hours n-i iil-e.l them three time and remained i .-;■ t , ' the ground they then retired ilnir numbers baggage stores and more than t>\o huudred sick and wounded i:ro«s the i iv t from 10 i m lu 4 a m hitlllg olie of the st ej.est aiid woi l single track roads that ever horse's hool trod or man saw lour o'clock toiind these iih-ii three miles from the enemy witb our new ly constructed bridge destroyed ami our i'oti sunk behind tis 1 think these facts show a generalship beldom exhibited any w il le i m dl'iivi of vvythevi lie hits the fine pistol of col lytell ami capt steptoc of bedford his splendidly mounted sail lie and bridle thefiuu horse whs shot through ami died ii floyd's lent from whicli floated ourgiorious flag was completely riddl d wii b iin l>ii is ot lhe euemv tbe lles-iatis approached within thirty yards of col wharton's regiment but was soon r.-jiiils d jrv"""tli yankees some lime a , uttered a large prize for a national llymu ami ap pointed a commitiee lu make lln ict tion ami award the prize twelve huudred yankee | ts wen to work and submitted iheir labors to tho committee bul either the committee tailed to appreciate good poetry or the poets themselves failed to get up anything that could be called a nation al iu nm for the whole was repudiated by the uoru miltee and uo award made we ilou't know what the villainous set will do for something to bing now ihey have disgraced " yankee doodle and cannot get anything iu its place ui.'-o.-c democrat itkceivers under the seques tration a«'t we dip from an advertisement which ap pears iu the goldsboro1 tribune of the 24 tli iii-t the following appointments as ordered hy the ' om t of ilu confederate slates foi districi of pamlico in tbe district of nortb arolina : < irdered that the foliowing persons he ap pointed receivers iiii l.-r tbe sequestration act who upon giviug bond ami qualifying according tn law ate authorized to act in iheu nev eral i hstricts i k ii carson of polk county lor the counties ol cleaveland and burke and the coun ties lying west of tin said couuties j david schenck i lincoln for thecoun lie ol gaston lincoln catawba mecklen burg ami reddl .!. john vv cunningham of person coun ty for lhe counties ol person casvvl 11 ala malice rockingham and guilford i i l holmes ol new hanover county for lln counties i new hanover jllai , brunswick ami columbus .">. a a mccoy of sampson oounty for the counties oi wayne duplin sampson imi johns ii n edward conningland of halifax ooun ty for the counties ol halifax danville war ren ami i'laiislin 7 h b barron ol edgecombe county for the counties of edgecombe greene wilson and nash 8 henry b short of washington county im ilu couuties oi mait n washington ber tie and tyrrell '.». 13 m selby uf beaufort county for the counties of ily de beaufort pitt and lenoir in c v w bite ol cal an us ,. out.iy lor thc counties of cabarrus union anson and stanly 1 i vv w peebles ol northampton coun ty for the couuties oi northamp m hert ford cite and ( bowan 12 ii c jones ul craven county for the ities ta craven carterett onslow and jones i'j john manning jr ol chatham coun ty im tiie counties ol chatham mi , ran dolph and montgomery the war us it progresses — no country has ever witnessed a war similar t.i the one into wliich lincoln has plunged the ameri can people tin mad ambition ol scwardia added to the clownish aspiratious ofa usurp er ami thus m pair they are driving on tne engines ot political and physical death i nn.1 eii a country lately peaceful prosper i'tis happy and free this however in iis results is not a war waged to make or to unmake a mau two diverse social systems have met each other in the lield of that " irresponsible conflict wliich draws blood not words our war is not one for or against slavery the asservationa of northern politicians to the contrary notwith standing tlie social condition ol the south ern people is as different from tliat of the vankees a1 liberality differs from meanness • u bravery varies from cowardice tlie impending war was inevitable and the bsi'-.iih have the advantage of resisting cn bcioachnieuts on liberty of persons pies and bspeech b the slavery question is merged in thc high bcr ia of those human rights which for cen bt'iiies have heen treasured no in english his bi'iy an i which it has been reserved for lin he in and his minions to violate ou republican bt-oil i sue a war must result in the triumph of ms mi hem arms — jn triumph of righl over hwi,'il god i's inst and his providence iwat.h.s over itli things he is seen m the flic glare of battle a well as in the peaceful hti i<i thus far om standard has been borne bvictonou-iy over tin field of conflict ami we ihiive an abiding trust that the day is not far hh-tiint when our confederacy will be fully hic.-o_uize.l and we shall go on to the con summation ofthe great purposes of a go vera hinciit resting mi ■• liberty regulated by law ___ richmond enquirer h invasion — such men as ren ihitler hire foolish enough to believe or pretend to hbelieve that they can march a federal ar imv through the south but not by way of hmana*<*i:is yorktown or richmond but by invading the southern sea coast squiut l>'\cl butler said in a speech in washing lion recently that during the lirst of au htumn a victorious federal column would hp m-trate the very heart ofthe south and hihus crush out rebellion this assertion hand other indications justify the belief that hthc federalists will attempt to concentrate ban army this kail on the coasl of north or hsouih carolina and invade the interim hi'iiiintry with proper preparation all isin-h attempts can be successfully resisted i \ . lca-t ten or fifteen thousand men should bh - k.pt on the coast of north carolina h if butler is ever caught on the soil ol hnorth or smith carolina we hope ha will huever le heard bom as a prisoner he bints already btolen 900 negroes ides bl inning houses and destroy iug f-irn and lur hope the day is not fir listani lhe will be fnrnished with his farm in he h-.mii h 4 by 8 feet in size — charlotte hm mocrat