Carolina Watchman

              ui$lmu w u$i mm . vol xxii salisbury n a may 30 1864 numbeu 1 1 j i'.urxki 1:1111011 ami t'rol'hibtob rkbms ok this impkit five dolls • is months no subscriptions reeelvsd for a ■- m,",.r 1 1 i.i , ui press nt . iimttlsol iftfrlttisinfl 2 persquaro • ,- the fim iu — rn 11 umi * 1 per squaru for each uii i quenl publica ion i s ktig adverlit meutt u-di tlto end fit v i pay t'..r ihem notices of t.i it m lett i !|| coal ft3 for the first nntl * i foi e.mh additional poblioallou rfotiees ol i -./-•. m ilm seine proporliiiu telegraphic northern \ i:\vs pi :', n-iii'i may '-'.:. t . ■ new v . ,\ i iml7iii received s'otbii the army ol ihe i'.i tmpltttn thai heat t rains ' ..-.--,: ft 1 court ■ .' han " 11 1 yet *' ■ ii '.■ .... m.i .. . . • .■■ ■ taken re bstima i 3000 says ear kanis « bui \ ' 1 rich ut th . ■ . 1 . a 11 v new york " •-. .' i 1801 • • ■', . ■ tatiiij s rn the li it il * ' leal ol - mill i .' ' • ilk of lira . al '' .... . . . . ' .■ . ly in l'i out iii lllld itt nn al iy 23 ft i day stale thai mam 1 vc aba ding 1 • '■'. • dak nn p'-i ■ i mi 11 ■ 1 la congressional 111 llll .-.!. al i . ■ i 1 foreign o-nn ' i 1 i 1 . . ipet intend ' ■ , ■ 1 n bill 111 ven dolls 1 una introduced . ' ■ immii 11 tho 1 laid ' i the si tary ot the titiii.it b 1 ition m tlm ■ lhal ii an portntion : olothing nnd subsistence may bo pnid for with ei tigcates of indebtedness payable two years ' after peace in cold the interest payable in tho nine luinuully in com valuations to bo . fixed at the rates of tho yeai 18g0 illciimonii a'ul 2 i official inioi unit mu ii-.;i-ii ei i say a ihni the sheridan raiders crossed pnmunkey at a'esi post 1 1 i.-tdii nnd nuiii-d up between pa munkcy and matdponi probably lo rejoin i limit's corps i'he ca i of the virginia militnry inati tute ivore reviewed on ihe capitol squaie yesterday by presid&nt davis km-niiiivi mav 04 the follnivirif just received : hanovkr jukctios 1(1 p nf — al t • to day the enemy approached the bndi ver north anna river tins after noon he attacked tho guard al the bridge and drove il t 1 ihis ; lace about the same - warren's corps at •!■ ii ford ii our left was attai ked by a p hill hi advance becked them r e i-kk ru ini'ini may 25 tn following received tin morning tavlorba m i i 9 30 p m . 2 ith — seen tary of war : i '" .". m.i has 1 u making feeble atl upon our lines to-day probably with - ol ascertaining i were 1 • leral a ,-, .- ,\ .-... three regin nl ■ aid to g 1 11 e l richmond mm 2 i i ■ f geo d in tin seo ul a ■ . 1 by ' ' ir-iiin-m on fi '■-■-. uioi • a led ) from m lary poi ters ol l'i ass . rations passe 1 ii 0 .:.-:•■ 1 1 : 1 to re mr graham 1 1 ■ iti ve .- . petersburg may 24th northern dates i ■ . . - the van . it waa rep ,--!■-. . • . . . nil i tl - 111 i v.t io kl't^tl 1 ... ii i ni .- ■ . it '• '. 1 . - . 1 1 iver bio : . . , , .,• ma .. ■ '- by 1 rebel - 1 - - ' id y tbout to a - to move them earl maj . li .. ... 11 inter s tci him i ' itch i m slierm ti ' tte i t 11 day ... latcd du :. ... ' 1 11 - l'i a ha hera imong pa ird nt 1 ion wn edwaid a 1 ■ . i . .' 1 uou .'...... i 1 1-1 j sews 1 id ml iii t est suffering refugees a11 iin m iy 25 wi • -.-. u ! and eastv is '■'■■<• inui - of n i 1 uti'ii.t tl issue , : . the aro . . itnod . ' ' 1 p g ■ 1 ml south cn1 '.\ 11 and children bat . . ,., 1 detive ed southern expr - ob duncan pn n ' -. ' 1 ' d , nu m be i md 111 : mi ih ui my i . of a |. ' "■ , in mi m '""" move nents -, 1 . , 1 1 moinp '■ 1 a an .- m 11 . this ii . 1 1 in left alaini in i w ,, bt ■ i . : .', li it utiomi al 11 26 tlm s.niie passed ■> bill increasing iho pay of n h.-i.il assigned to duty al ho seal ol government iso u bill providing for the 1 no 1 nin lies t indebtedness inleresl pu i hie iu in nothing ol interest in the house proceedings kiciimono may 2(i the only news from the soutbtide lo-day is that two mnnilurs and t0ver»l trtusporls elmp pe.l down the river last night und hud patsyd from ilm vi w of our senilis this morning itielilloni may 27 tlm sag of true fiteanwr new ymlt nr iive,l t aikitt's landing latl oight btingiug offi cers and daugh'.er nf o.en lee and dispatches to ooromissioitai ould several faasports with t loops came up behind tho tl igof ru'ie boat liicuvnini alay 27 offleiul information received ibis morning sa t the advance uf grant's left is crossing tbe r.iuninky iu nr hanover bearing ibis direc tion (!) aatirnusii may 27 our rmy it moving rapidly in line almost ! part iel with the route which goon is following at 12 o'clock heavy fortes of lufantrj hud up j pea red t hanover 11 , nun we're picm-nig ottr cavalry bunk at thu point two prisoners jutt brought in belonging to tiie ith corps say i their command received on uers yesterday to inarch to ihe white llnuse ] richmond may 27 new vnrk herald of ihe j4ih staunton i despatches to ihx 23d says many thousand veteran t m ■■>.- have been forwarded to grant upwards uf 20,000 siok and wounded have been transported froiri imltle li hi to washing ion oi nn prisoners arrived al ihe prison depots army of potomac now fully as strong in numbers ami heller equipped than when the campaign ope ned rn journal of ( lommorco has been suspend ed by im mi try authorities house adopted a resolution to adjourn cih ni june ihivis of maryland nfl'tated a resolution unanimously adopted asking the president t conimuuicale if the explunttiou given t iruime being a resolution in refereuce to mexico which unanimously pasted the house lib april u,u ue slatemilm of minister satis i mtotii explanation received by f/ei eh govermiio nt admiral poi lor*t official dispatch sayt vessels : caught above the rails at alexandria have beeu relieved by meant of a dim vabich euablet vessela in past free g.ihl iu new vork 188 al icon iii may do the following resoluii m wat adopted unani mously thit morning at the cu prayer meet ing resolved that the chi ttiant of this meet ing request the city editors | ■ nd forward pr news by telegraph all pv r ilm | md ilm the christ it ns ol macon georg k tl brethren i sry he iu the ( unfederucy in unite wtih ihem in prayer for uur i itr k p at atlanta may 26th — the trim having ad t ■' hi ihe line if the railroad westward our information c is more irregu trly l-'ir - lug it .'•- heard last evening ami again to-day supposed tn bo about tl miles fn m lore be ;... en al urriella und j lallis the press reporter has gone in the front go brown is here wuh the sine reserve i roups these is a feeling of h full confi ileii-e among all parties no communication from gen johnston lo-d.ty mobile aii 27 — special dispatch front seiiiiniliia ft'tth new vork hmuhi's wash ington correspondent says butler a campaign lo tliimluy night has not been considered rebel fortifications on the south lido uf ihe nver immence workt are impregnable hut - in lost qo0o sain medaiy arrested and bfought t i'li'cinnn li new vork times special 5lh army eorpt - 1,2-10 k hd ; i l,;"it0 founded ; 00 missing stragglers irnni the whob simyes i limated al 20,000 uii the i'jtli losses 5 lo ' c.u00 j chicago correspondent i 7th ssvt the lost in front of resacc i 000 killed 3,000 wouended 400 missing liookei mortall woundedj kd pttrick painfully muttsou severely wilcos mortal kentucky provost marshall lo enroll negroet and lake tht-tll ns suh.-l itnles atlanta may 27 latest ' it prer-t repoi ters sf iel i opere t ii ms yeslerd iy em dine skirmishing md enemy feeling h.r nu posilioni uur ri^lu esls ou road from ackwortb to datlus tb-iul t miles uurth east from new hope chan h and i « tends from lnl.o point nearly west tho movement of the enemy continues tu exti towards our right indicating diipexithni tu in the rear uf estowah river aud bridges fir iii heard early this uiornjogi bui died twaj boon ashland may 28 advices from the fi .( iin enemy have recrossed tho n anna river and aro agai ■ moving ui the ■ rection it is supposed of out right tin i;e said in have tna fori this morn to inn ii ilm bridge ovei i ie north ai i li . raph road b « •■ foiled th ikirtnishing this morning km iim"m may •_".). — tha enemy cross i'uiiiiinliv i ; .-: i -"■ lay at han ■■ r ..,, .,, b i | i ai i'im h hancock wright md bui nside's force i i - , i ... .,. m y u p ,., . ha 1 formed no hue ii battle but awail :.. tiie mpvenn i i ,. nu t-onsidbrable env at hall's shop ) -■ i ■■ i'iiv l.ee's and lluiii ■ -■'>' and a lai il funk v my ti ■ i tho one i mum ■ ifatv ih in lute in the ovi i ) ireav offhav ii it issiiid some 30 killodaiid , ■"> woun :, j them fell into yankoe bauds cakton i.i via summitto via mobile miv 29 at 6 o'clock y.i.'i-d.iv oventng the v.m kee army across the liver brpke up their com pat morgansa where they had been for tifying and ii-'i down the river the cavalry and artillery on land and the in fnntry in transports whotion's texas cav , airy waa 20 miles west of tbem m morgansa ferry and our infantry wasat simsportwait ing*for walker's command to come up a major of the confederate army who crossed the river yesterday report is folloivs seven | gunboats nnd 7 transports ivere capturedtpn i k'd nver nnd whole number prisoners in arkansas and i - was 16,000 on tho ttb instant 1 t-o gunboat's and 3 trans ports were eapti n colcorse river in south west leni ... e by col alexander natchitoches and simsport destroyed by j enemy burning houses and cotton k s j it-.'tr.'b.iui'o corn crib and every lliing else | indiscriminately and many families deprived of | both rood and clothing two transports i passed up the rivet yesterday with-negrosol diers general carjdy has gone to vicks i burg new hope rm marietta may 28 — the enemy are massed in our front on the south tide of pumpkin vine creek very heavy in tilery und musketry skirmishing yesterday from sunrise ludurk principally on the rieht ' uiit when ii ceased and was returned about uiidpight aaa captured between two nnd three hundred prisoners among them l.ieut col l-'.imhhss of lhe50lh ohio adjt heller und three lieutenants oi r forces ur inspirit ! t-tl uiih the cfreal confidence the have in their commanders und ih.-ir ability to defeat ihe ! eu-iiiy every man is hummus for a general engagement b take jilucc wbjeh will probably j b 11 day skirmishing is now going on to night mi ihe right centre l.ieut ool fany blise reports gen wallack severely wounded ; in the action at resaca ' h it ha in s regimenl goran's bri nude detach ] ed ii 5ji p in and sent n tha r-jrht grails by's winch being outflanked ur rived in time to ' cbargei und drove the enemy berthnrii's loss ijs killed and wounded grauby't8g killed und [ 101 wounded and missing in granby's front ihe enemy left 268 dead ou the field and a large number wounded — these eb-ud all killed ■ by bertbftm's arkansas regiment which sep uruied from granby's line the interval of uk 1 paces tin enemy's in granby's immediate front not lets than 800 killed 1200 wounded capluied prisoners report maj gen howard johnson and ii rig gen kinvj wounded skir mishing continued until nigh-tall the enemy conttbntly shifting ilnur position from centre lu left new hope ga may '_">.— granby's brig ade was plact i iu aclioti at 5 p mi yesterday the right leniy attetupted to turn our left flunk we had no defences except it few bo igbs and stones hastily collected by our cava 1 held their position as skirmish ers l-i - , ■ came up ttheengage iin-iit immediately became furious uini raged with unabated violence until 8 1 m when tin enemy s inn advanced within five puces of ours several tunes and were at all points repulsed having no support tbe brigade was not allowed t hazard their position 1 y 1 bar ges until 1-1 m . when walthnlljs brigade arrived and took position immediately in -. the charge - mnded nntl the i rigade swept through the woods retaking three lines of battle jvithout firing a gun aud capturiug many prisoners second dispatch new hope b.'%maei8tta — gen clobum's 11 engaged the 4th army eor|is under howard about 10 o'clock tins morning after 1 u rutbperate contest repulsed them with a loss of bolweeu five nud seven tbousaud aa'e cup ; lured between 150 and 200 prisoners exclusive nf tbe wounded und immense quantities of anus null accoutrements gen cleburne says 1 the enemy's dead were left close up to his their line of breastworks in front of i hiring'e command was abandoned oui iota will probably number 400 to 500 skirmishing e'dl going ou i'im enemy's leit gradually gives tt ..;. j latbb r.lhticl lars li 1 1 . 1 1 i'o 1 n i noes from marietta ai,ii 28 — heavy skirmishing bewail at day light yesti rday morning oii.the left contiuued without 1 term pi mu oil about 5 o'clock when ... 1 jn tii u-suuli wu mini upon sleveusou's ,. ii hich tins repulsed u ■ ntltoniely u severe ids to the enemy this is the fourth u mi thai his been inudo upon this point heat . l — h tho enemy a bai nii n.i mu uf within 200 yurdt of sluai line •■ d i t'-i niie fire mi u * , ui ' tharpah ert killed evert im-.-r ttml horsn the battel was sbattdonad l.u.-t night at t 12 o'clock tho eneruy advanced ou oureatrems ' right u mi ll eie inilhilsu m by t'n inn lie's llll !■ mu who followed up nub a obargo lhal rtuiieil the em iii ei"ll|ilelell , loavillg 1 1 "- i'lisom-rs 111 our hands including the brigade commander together with their killed and wounded tha en.-mt betweeu live and lis lluuis und ou loss about six hundred the conduct . f t.'v.i iby's brigade is highly tpoken-nf ilritn bi received a slight wound bul is still in the in hi brisk skirmishing beg in agaiu ihibiuorn • i nl still i-iuiiuitu-s ou tho extreme left wing tin . ting onour loft li.it moru tuir heavy uttillery firing coutiuilod up t llo'colcb gen longsireei's wound gen eral longstreel liiisuutlioi'ized ll con tradiction of the statement tlntt the won ml under which lie in suffering was iiill;tif,.l l'_y mii;i,".it's brigade it is a*groat rojief to the brigade mul its friouds tlntt it is thus exon erated of what thotlgb tt tuort an innocent accideut was novejtbeless matter of distress aud tuortincation — 1 e'.ej'i is thb legislature the general assembly have transacted a large amount of business and now there is ve ry litlle doubt but hut ihey will adj urn flu monday tho 10th i,s agreed upon by joiul re solution , if ihe two houses we publish willi much pleasure he reso lutions that have been adopted by a large ma jority of loll houses protesting in the mime of north carolina gainst the act ol'lhe con federate congress suspending the writ of ha beas corpus with no less pleasure do we publish the res olutions in reference to a basis of peace tha were adopted by th e house nf ominous on yesterday with only eleren dissenting voles mr ciibb withdrew his amendment to the senate resolutions endorsing gov vance which were adopted by the commons almost una'nt mously — only three members voting • gams them let these things be prominently kept before ihe people : i the legislature have endorsed finvernor vance almost toaoilaoosly 2 the legislature have protested in strung and emphatic erins against ihe act of con gress suspending the writ of habeas corpus i the house of commons the popular branch of the general assembly have passed strnn|t resolutions in favor of negotiating for peace nn honorable terms — conservative resolutions concerning cer tain acts of the late con gress of the confederate states unsolved that while the people of north carolina have ever beeu and still are anxious to strengthen the administration of the con federate government iu every legitimate way and tn promote the success of ihe common cause in order that we may have a speedy and honorable peace they view with deep concern and alarm every infraction of the constitution by the congress of the confeder ate states and this general assembly doth iu their name protest against such infractions a,s of pernicious example und fatal tendency resolved that the act ,.(' the late congress entitled an act to suspend the privilege nf the writ of habeas corpus ill certain casts violates the fundamental maxim of republican government which requires a separation of the departments of power clothes the executive with judicial functions which congress cannot constitutionally confei even on ihe judiciary itself and sets at naught the must emphatic and solemn guarantee of the constitution hesolbed that thit general assembly rep resenting the people of norlh carolina dolli not consent to the sacrifice of the vital princi ples of free govern me if , in u war curried nn solely n secure and perp.etuate ihem nud doifi declare ihat no conditions of public danger present prospective probable or possible can render tho liberties of iho people incompatible with ilm public safety resolved that the aet of the same con cress e nii tied an act lo organize forces to serve during ihe war declaring all white men residents of the confederate slates between the ages of seventeen nnd fifty tn be in the m hilary service em bracing iu its pn visions every siaie officer in all the departments executive legislative and judicial and subjecting all the industrial pursuits of the country to military supervision and control reduces tiie stale gov ernments lo mere provisional administrations dependent on the grace and favor of congress aud the executive is destructive ol state sov ereignty and imports an assertion of the lower on ihe part of congress to enliven the confed erate government into a consolidated military despotism resolved that this general assembly lot tl therefore request uur senators ami representa tives in congress to use ibeir be-t endeavors to procure a repeal of iho first mentioned i.et am in h modifications of tho second us shall secure ihe rights nnd preserve the integrity of the si ms nf the confederacy resolved thai a copy of these resolution be transmitted n each of our seiitftora and licp re-t'iilalives in congress resolutions in reference tq a b asis of pe ce resolved by ibe general assembly of tin suit f north carolina that whilst we re gard the preset war between the confeperale mutes und ihe united states as a war ni to : ■-. mi ih purr of the confederate slates yet we do uol hesitate n declare that fur the sake ol humauity i becomes our gov eminent through ita appropriate constitutional departments tn us-p ii earnest • •'•' i out ni end t,i tins unnatural and unchristian work of carnage and to his end we easaestli re commend tlntt our government after sigual tpecesses of out amis and ou other occasions when none can impute its actions lo alarm iu sie.id nt u sincere desire for peace shall make i.i the government of our enemy in official of fer for peace on ihe basis of independence and national ly tt lh tho proposition that th doubtl ful border slates shall settle lh foi themselves by convention lobe el nut purpose a'fter the withdrawal of all mi tary . . e ol b i l nie rem their liituis k tolotd that we believe uus court lite part of our government would be i '-. our people and soldiery us an aaau u tt ii n bo iiui mt-s-.ir.i prolong i'hiit while tin i _ an ex presblou of iho sentiments of this general a - - oeiubly respecting the mariner in which p should be tough i we renew if the resources and powers of the slate lo lh t pi cniinii of the it ir defetitii ■• in pe e is obtained upon insi aud terms mid until the ace and nation ulty of ihe confederate states is - stablished ei deserters — nineyai kee deserters have been brought into the cit from tli region of the lower aunt in the j-.t.-i two d t ine of ilium was from the gunboat step ping stoue — em inter