Carolina Watchman

              carolina watchman weekly vol xx salisbury n c december 22 1862 number 31 1 j hi in kit kilu'ok ant liru'riktor immmaaamnmaamtmaammmmmaaar-saiaamummmmmmmmmmammmmtm from the c ti . lute bulletin te___r_i'hic news for the w ker prompredii!rick8burg ricumoni i i.c 1.8 tho yankees left large numbers of guns knapsacks and and a quantity of ammunition ; n fredericksburg they also left aboul sis hundred af tneir dead m aud about town — nearly euery house v ;.- sacked and contents wantonly do si rove livery conceivable in jury thai malice coti iiggest was resorted to to their retreat actons the river they pri.pi'c.l up dead bodj ol their soldiers tu represent pickets mr veatuiau of rr._-.irky offeret i rcso lutioti in the yankee gbngresa that tjie policy of emancipation recommended by lincoln was not calculated l hasten the restoration of peace — that it waa hi assumption f pow er dangerous to the pr iperty of free govern ment laid in table 9 . to 55 prom goldsboro n c the abolitionists retreating i ol.l.sliol.o dee is tne battle of yesterday result 1 in the ene my's taking the buck truck last night for parts unknown they are reported as hav ingpaseed v 1 1 1 1 _> hall to-day sixteen miles hence on the neuse raver the greater pari al yesterday was spent in ui artillery duel resulting in a very slight loss on our side lu the evening general clingman's brigade crossed the river and by .. masterly movem i i caused the enemy to skedaddle having lost at least thirty in killed and wounded ; seven or eight only killed the 52d regiment n c troops suffered most having lust about eighty in killed and wounded while charging one >.| the enemy's batteries across a field this reaimeiit be haved gallantly a part ol gen davis 1 mississippi brigade was on the field and behaved well the yankee hospital near the battle field gives evident sign of numbers of wounded ajraocg them feut amputating tables were mud the railroad for miles has been torn up and bridges destroyed a fine mill near the battle field was buru.od and numberless ants if murder ami incendiarism are reported our entire loss in killed wounded and missing does not exceed two hundred ii tiie yankees bad given our forces battle to-day their chastisement would have been equal to their crimea it appears they came only to burn murder and destroy ami they have succeeded only too well thus far — light they dare not do rlcltmond dee 14 tbe following dispatch was received from jen lee late la night at j o'clodk this morning saturday the enemy attacked our right wing and as the fog lilted the hurtle ran along the line from right to left until i o'clock 1 m the enemy was repulsed at all points thanks be to god as usual u we have t mourn the loss of many brnv . men i expect the battle will be resumed at day-light to-morrow sunday morning signed rouert e i...i approved by the secretary of war second dispatch richmond dec 15 the fighting of saturday was chiefly bv longetreeta corps and a part of jackson's being in reserv at liamiltoiis crossing a 1 llil ".-.-• divisieu of jackson's corps was 111 the battle at the time gen t r cobb was slain mis legion was holding in heck 15,000 of the t.nctny onr loss in the battle is variously estimat ed at from six tfcundred to one thousand in killed ami wounded the slaughter of the enemy was very great our artillery was admirably served gen pindar was slightly wounded a special dispatch to the examiner says the jesuit of tin light on saturday on onr right wing may be summed up briefly we drove the enemy back killing three lo one ami al night held theground occupied by the ene my's batteries tn the morning the enemy bad 20,000 engaged on this wing while alto gether from tirst to last we had not more than 10,000 in line of lire geti longstrect's victory wiis even more complete he drove the enemy into the streets of fredericksburg killing at least five to no at dusk firing ceased simultaneously ou both sj mum dispatch richmond dec 15 among the wounded who arrived in rich mond on saturday night are 1 in i >'. b jenkins of 3d and t a deal of 2nd south carolina lieut j j acaster iv (.}. jandon and 0_pt j molaw of 8th florida capt c vv matthews of the 17th georgia lts j i finley and w baskiu of the 18th c w price j b clayton w e smith ofthe 17th mississippi and capt g green ol the 21st mississippi among the arrivals of wounded yesterday afternoon were the following : lieutenants j k parker of the kth south carolina lieut j k wiggins of the 18th north carolina ; w h holt of the 38th n carolina ; capt h c fite ole 27th nor th carolina tbe body of capt d a quin of louis iana guard artillery wii brought down yes terday evening tin enquirer's correspondent says ihe pri soners captured by our men some 250 say burnaide commanded on the beld in person wo bav some seven yankee ootntnissioned ] officers tim prisoners were mostly taken hy fields brigade an i by lavytons georgia brigade th ni georgia is reported to have suffered severely archer's brigade is reported to have lost a great number during the flghl iii(l ilso in prisoners we losl dll : ring the day two pieces ot artillery the brigades that suffered most are lane's gregg's and archer's major buchanan of ' ilm isi t tin — ■ c wns lightly wounded i the loss in a i hill's division in killed nml ! wounded is aboul 3q0 the result of yehtor lay's fighting is farornble to us though noth ing decisive was achieved tim extent of our loss mi saturday is conjectured imt n careful coirparison of statements obtained from il wounded does not exceed 500 kill ed and from 2,600 to 3,000 wounded ew j ell's i i vis ii commanded by gen early is said to have suffered severely in the action barksdalov brigade also suffered severely du i ring the engagement und did honor to mis sissippi fourth dispatch richmond i lecember 15 all svas qtiiel along the line of the black water on saturday and up to the hour of 5 o'clock yesterday morning in lhe skir mish al tutu on friday afternoon our forces ! repulsed the invaders with u loss to thein of in killed and wounded our loss was only three wounded i h.tii dispatch rlohmond dee 15 i ne fighting commenced this morning with i in ll_.ee miles of fredericksburg on the north bank of the rappahannock yesterday the , enemy were engaged iu burying their dead and removing their wounded under cover ol their gun latest from richmond richmond dec 15 there was some skirmishing near freder : icksburg aboul 9 o'clock this morning but to ; no eoiisideral.lt extent the enemy suffered 1 terribly from our artillery on saturday and it i believed lost five to our one thev were ; compelled to give wny before the deterinin valor of our troops we captured about 1 , 500 prisoners lour filths of whom were sent forward this morning t our rear our loss in killed and wounded will not exceed 1.800 is believed the enemy's force does not exceed , ours more than thirty thousand gen gregg ! was shot ill the spine by a ininnie ball and •■ was dying this morning the enemy did nol capture any of our inns it is reported i that gen seigle arrived with reinforcements tor burnside gen lee was in the thickest : ol the fight cheering and encouraging wher ■ ever danger threatened al the latest advi ces from the battle field all was quiet brig adier gen jackson is reported among the 1 killed of the enemy ■■ ' from tdk west mobile dec 14 the advertiser ,{• register has a despatch dated grenada 13th inst which says the latest reliable intelligence place the abolitionists at water valley on the iockna patala river where ihey burned live houses f hey impress all stock and crops and their i advance is an indiscriminate raid carrying i destruction to every interest and private property is not respected grants and mc i phersons head quarters are at oxford the enemy report 7 killed and wounded at coffeesville including five officers ofthe 2d iowa out of i^iawn on the field goldsboro it is evident lhat the enemy ire press ing upon goldsboro 1 with a heavy force and unless our generals are largely rein forced our impression is that the place will be occupied by the enemy in a lav or iwo w e are not advised as to the exact po sitioti of our troops but from our dispatch es we infer thai they are gradually falling lack upon goldsboro there was some lighting yesterday nt white hall but the greal battle that is to lunl ihe enemy back oi lose the town mid road is vet to be fought the enemy's cavalry lore up the uail road yesterday at mount olive 12 miles bouth of goldsboro audit was rumored here last lilglll that i portion of their for es were within six miles of tbe town on the south side ul neuse the mail train came through but there was no mail from goldsboro last night large numbers of refugees am pouring up from below and the destitution and suf fereng muht be great goldsboro is now the great point of in terest to our people and lo it all eyes will be turned till its fate is decided los us trust in god an 1 tho bravery of our troops there are dark days but we trust there is yet sunshine ahead daily proi/rcss from loldsborougli golmbofto dec 10 ! dear progress — the enemy are at white j hall and a light is going on there and at i spring rank j miles from here a demon i stration is betog made on tlie railroad ut i dudley depot troops arc going down eon | stantly gens french pettigrew and cling 1 man have just gone down to the war the j tiring is distinctly heard hen from the light i at spring rank reiiifi rci u»_nts are eon ! stantly arriving and th opinion is that we ! will drive iii uu into newbern before sunday rumor says the enemy's purpose is to attack wilmington in the tear bul tins is hardly j credible i think a few hours later will j give us more reliable information lis reid mckee and williams re taken ' prisoners according to instructions 1 am i off for the seat of war tins is til t can send now friend w will let you hear by next train the lighting be low is ter ri flic in the extreme people are moving their families from here the yau | kees are burning and destroying property as i ihey come two deserters arrived here this morning and voluuteered to serve in our ar my gen smith is now examining them daily progress cavalry raid-wilmington road torn up wires cut-buildings fired etc ( i..i.i.su..i;o . december 1 i a body ol yankee cavalry made a ran on the wilmington road al mount olive twelve miles south ol goldsboro to-day tearing np the track cutting the wires and firing the buildings the lire wns distinctly seen here from goldsboro'-battle raging great excitement etc golnsnono december i the abolitionists have certainly changed their has to the south 61 neuse river theii cavalry made a raid to-day on mount olive depol on the w and w railroad nine miles south of this place tearing up the road burn ing depot and cutting telegraph wires the cannonading al white hall resulted in slight loss to the confederates we had on ly two men injured the principal lighl was with muskets from fredericksburg ricumond december ic an official dispatch received this morning from headquarters near fredericksburg says that as far as can be ascertained the enemy have disappeared in our immediate front and has recrossed the rappahannock and may be meditating a passage at some ui her point second dispatch from fredericksburg our woi nded pris in ers etc richmond december 1 •'.. no fighting oi consequence near freder icksburg since saturday evening yesterday the enemy sent in a flag of truce io bury their dead the evening train brings but little news loth armies occupy their original positions passengers state gen maxey gregg died this morning most of the wounded have been brought to richmond and are well eaied for several hundred yankee prisoners are n their way to richmond no confirmation of the death of hooker third dispatcn dispatch from general lee no more fighting etc richmond dec 1g tbe following dispatch from general i was received i day : yesterday was spent by the enemy in car ing for li wounded and burying his dead he retains his position under cover l his trims on the north banl>oi the rappahannock signed > k k lee the above is construed to signify that the runs and not the army are on the north i side of lhe river fourth dispatch from fredericksburg richmond dec if loss of the enemy in battle of fredericks burg estimated al 4,000 to i.hoo killed and wounded conlederate i-tisualties will not exceed 1000 on the led when fighting was severe a south carolina rng.i.ie suffered heavily gen gregg was killed by a min nie ball which struck him in the side and penetrated the spine before his death he said to one ol his aids " tell governor pick ens if 1 am to die this time i yield my life cheerfully fighting i i lhe independence of south carolina washington artillery of new orleans re pulsed several desperate charges of the em my our troops displayed greal zeal and courage thcr were not very many strag glers the only general oflicers known to be killed on abolition side is gen jackson nuinher of prisoners taken said to be 1500 one of burnside s staff taken says that the reason he fight was not renewed on sunday was serious discontent among yankee offi li i aid that nol more than one tenth of fredericksburg is seriously injured gov letcher and _ number of citizens left town yesterday to render assistance and re lief t0 the wounded news of i niiiside's change of base recei \ ed this morning is construed in official circles as evidence ol demoralization in tbe yankee army others regard the movement m rout ol the abolitionists which was confidently expected in event of a general engagement kiktii dispatch richmond dee hi nothing additional of authentic character has been received from fredericksburg to-day except that coudederate loss in killed and wounded is less ihan 1,800 correspondent represents that the kiss ul the enemy was fully 8,060 burnside's army is reported to be mutinous havinc positively refused it i said to renew a charge ofthe confederate butteries after the gunboats port hudsok dec 14 on tho afternoon ofthe 1 '__. 1 1 1 the yankee gutiboal essex and a wooden boat name unknown anchored oul i range ol lower j i buttery capt mcgone's c6 l cavalry crossed the river in the rigbl and hired i ne gro io had the kssex llml was promptly i answered and a small boat senl ashore when i the cavalry fi red killing and wounding two j lastnighl capt boone with his company of light artillery crossed tin river and look i position opposite the wooden boat and at dawn opened a brisk fire n her which was i answered l.y her and i sex the engage menl lasted two hours vhen the wooden b i retired behind essex loi protection and both proceeded down the river the enemy fired ui all 1 h shots capl ii e fired 25 twenty ol which took eu'ect some passing through the enemy's boat enemy's loss nol known we bad one private slightly w un led in hand enemy badly worsted and driven off capt boone's company act ed with great gallantry the enemy's pick ets extended as lar up as donaldsville on the si iore prom the west moi.i dee 15 special to advertiser and register from okalonn 1 i tli says we learn from official sources that the federals at tacked and rout ed ruddw cavalry day before yesterday at tuseumbia no particulars thirty yankee cavalry advanced within two miles ol bcddwin to-day and scouts re port a huge loreo in ti vicinity and caval ry camped six miles south ol rienzi hist night and advancing iu this due lion to-day v a n k1.i s shell1 ng j a m es isla nd charleston i c 15 the enemy's gunboats have heen again shelling james island at intervals to-day ! without effect railroad convention an si i 1 ir li the railroad convention met here this morning and is largely attended business committees appointed and adjourned till to morrow morning goldsboro enemy at white hall artillery engaged etc < rolilsill iki . . i le i -. the firing this morning was between bun ting's battery and yankee artillery at white hall 18 miles below goldsboro on neuse river the tiring was across lbe river all : uie at presenl the atitboi j - have llul i ordered any one to leave hern srcoktl nisi'a i ll from kinston killed and woun ded gi i.i i ri . . dec lo im loss in the fighl below kington about ! ii killed and wounded capt joe hill ol million's battalion was killed north and south carolina stood up like in.-ii every body compliment mallei battalion lieuts higgins guthrie ur.d wilkerson ol the glsl are reported killed on saturday we also lost t small pl.-.e ol artillei \ . rilll'.i di8pati ii lt reid wounded col mallet'l and a number of his men pri soners i joi.dsnoito . i let lo a wounded man from malli it's battalion i armed here ays thai lt j j keid ol i o a severely wounded while lending bin com mand at ihe bridge below kinston col mallett and a number of his men taken pri soners the fight at kinston i the town shelled cl hzens killed-«hous es destroyed etc ( roldsboilo dec | ... three thousand of our troops fought the abolitionists yesterday al kinston from 8 a m to 1 p m drawing thein once entirely from ijieir position nol more than this thousand of our men were engaged about 1 o'clock general evan retired across reuse bridge and the vandals occupied the own rending the engagement the yankees shell ed the town furiously killing several citizens i was present and saw it so vc_.l housed were destroyed no estimate of tmnn 0 n ei ther side j iv vance is here and is doing his full duly jen foster sent a hag of truce to general kvans demanding an unconditional surrender — tell him to go to hell was the significant reply frmn the charlotte llvlletiii from wilmington the abolition cavalry raid on the wil mington & weldon kail road is estimated at about 800 cavalry tltey got possession of the road fourteen miles this sitlc of loldsho i ro yesterday cot the telegraph wires toro ' up tho track burnt tbe tills c nnd en camped lust night at ghosben grove ihey burnt the i ridge and trestle work ; nls the small bridge ihis side of oslu'ii i ai.out 63 miles from wilmington communication northward is cutoff morgan the guerrilla chattanooga dec 10 col john 11 morgan the distinguished guerilla chieftain was married last night at murfreesboro to miss'matlie f ready eld est daughter of the hon charles ready of tennessee all is quiet along the cumberland from virginia i richmond dec 16 , beigle who is reported to havo joined burnside has not over 16,000 raw troops | raised by recent levies hampton's cavalry had a skirmish with the enemy on saturday at ellis ferry where three hundred abolitionists attempted to cross he drove them baok and captured two pri soners according to the statement of the yankee prisoners on thursday last burnside review ed his army and made a famous exhortation lo them he said " we are about to fight a decisive battle which i feel confident will be conclusive of the war as i intend to crush the rebellion on the banks of the rppahan nock richmond dec 16 the following dispatch was received by j the secretary of war this morning : as far ts can be ascertained this morning i th uny has disappeared in our immediate ! front md has reorossod the rappahannock ! i presume he is meditating a passage at some some other point approved rob't e lee another arrival ciiaki.kston dec 17 another steamer wilh a cargo of shoes and 1 blankets has arrived safely at a confederate port from nassau ciiakleton dec 17 intelligence from nassau tothe 13th just ■ arrived state that admiral milne had arrived from bermuda with a large fleet yankee outrages in british waters contin ue to exapserate the people of nassau the nassau cnntrdian of the 22(1 ult re port the arrival ot wilkes who was informed , that he could not come into port without spe cial permission ofthe governor wilkes replied he would not ask but would cine iii without permission the guardian says wilkes conduct ma ultimately embroil his country and eng land in war the insufficient protection of knglish vossells between nassau and bermu da is to men like wilkes only a temptation toi iolenee and offence the numerous launches of federal gtin l ats are guarding every channel and en trance to the hail or the schooner nolesuch with a cargo of salt and coffee was seized on december 1st by a launch from the gunboat tk._a which was employed blockading the north-west passage a prize crew was put aboard the vessel and sent to key west the british ships kmerald and gelatea the former thirty-five and the latter twenty-six guns w.rc daily expected from milne's squad ron the governor has issued a proclamation warning native seamen if they engage as pi lot io federal or confederate men-of-war that th.-y bring themselves within the scojk i the loreign enlistment act evidence lunl been forwarded to governor of nassau showing that the federal gunboat octorara had taken a southern schooner la den with turpentine within british water . offahaco reef near allans bay tlieschoonor pocataligo brig rover sloops avenger nte_pt.se and upperado bad all arrived from confederate ports th schooner brilliant belle alfred hay wood bosalend and florence nightengale were in port ready to sail the legislature to-day on the third ballot elected general l m bonhain governor ot south carolina from the west moiui.k dec 16 i a special dispatch to the advertiser & re gester dated vicksburgthe kith says the en emy's gunboats went up the river yesterday and that another left this morning on friday a federal ram gunboat wae de stroyed in yazoo river by our torpedoes on the 8th inst ., the federal transport lake i