carolina watchman wlrkki/r vol xxi salisliuuv n c november 23 1863 mai her 27 j 1 13k1 ' kuii'or imi l-uiiri iliiiu mmm i wn'i.fc iiiiiii i imiiiiiiwwumi m—^i ji pi ii i us llir uulrtiiuiui mi i uliit ln inf mi i until there i i ii paper i iy on buti f tin panel will ret dot ■ a llll-imi !. ,• r,,,l on ■ , ibbcation ■ from ir kh ptorth carolina 1 hp ok th . ■ ■ '. « . i n -.. i lib ! 368 \ -..'-.■•• ill ir is ' y ■ • : i it mi , ■ .:•-.' •> al tart - t saturday the it ii m -. - all - - _ - - > - - ■ i - | ..'■' . - ■ • i ■'-'.-' , • - _• .-. : i -- j n sft .(:'• ■••■ ir >. exptfl ll - i '. i ■ i .. • . • , v ■ ' • ir.^ii « m ■ • . i i a > at w i . - , . ■ - . ■ , ■ . a it lo ll i i.i 1 1 ■ ii i ii u - ijl in ■ i . , - . . lai in - n i - . -. ... • , . • . ..... ■ ■ .. '*• ' i u y to a rapidly v iw . ivuev.ii • ii iktujj .- . i march . , i in | in i i i i 1 oclock the aaiue uijjhl afi ran exhausting inarch without food nr reat not even i ball « i ii liaoci n soi i whei • oui di viaion marohed auroai the river in cloae i.luiiii aud kn imp id water • li meanwhile ihe quartermaalen and coiumiaaaritt togethei with th-'n n gon nttle ac wire mattered to thtf lour wwids v hen ilia iiihiiii was given on h ,! i lay evening hii itruck oat iieji mell soi iiih i ,-,.,,,. v ,. „„, mt 1 11141111 it uboul anybody or any thing • kj noi wan mi iimiu | ,,| unking i '!'" -' ■ • hii iul i li i cm j — it wan ■ 1 " ■ 1 ill'1 ol •!.-. ill ii.i.j ij mi , n m sjlw i lie m-i wmgoii belljllgilljj in i lion inn » ,- hc on the - 1 side ■-; ' '"■ hup d in lip wag i hud bnggnae w ' '" i i>o 1 ii • ■■■ li i ; ln,i i liifmim "' "•' i <" '■ '■!'■' h ii ii ) i lilt-ill ll iii t soity-eigltt hour i do noi lllillk i yr-i s „ ,, .; 0s ,,,,.,, .,, sl . hanger mi ration w i in • i p ii k j '- soid uucooj w • had iini i moment warning no pr ' • • wel in i soi ili orl ,, i hi '-. iwid i them and oi lii i reasons thi ■ ' ■■ c i - ir in i i ij ... was i "",-. lit i.'if.j nut ii man i uui i ■_ in mi «,,. hurt , i scape •-.,, i of the ■ r in oui in i x - ■ ■■ 4 - - suffered ii irw ever«ly ll i il sull ■ '•■ uivi in nioru wound nh.l iims - i ■ irn i few were k in il 2 ! n i '. inn wound i - ut l>-r i i pi in :. sown i i--i 1 4 lli 1 bat •- not learn v i ; ■> ' n i . - . . . 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• m j . - . sergi vv 1 1 l on i n . . i n m all h vv in buri — , juo a g pi - ■ k s i •;•- .. e ch a a lewis vv:n lawteiuv vv i mr in geo p ige benj page 1 ' ■ rebel ,-. a i ■ is aab r s . - ii sir :- . i smith winship . mark vv *|,. v 1 h vales vv m vairgsin and ' bvb niks co k — k lied 4-n e wounded — missing — lt j 1 burton sergi i > ii t,corpli v \ hall and m a ii ptivalea b i \ i ige j 8 al iga ' . m bird i l browniug j vv i her '. vv ch • ks >; <■ dailey vv j 1 u b jai tu d«u id john uartl wv.itl llartt w j lie -. r hughes el 1 . hi king li vv m i-,.n vv li i . -. \ v vk-ai hi -, in - i vi a ; john mcgallmtd ii mcgn i •' 1 merrill 1 b moonej 1 m murray madi son murrv.b murry vv \ i . . james i'urner <• w vvaudtt .. i vv j walker by uoaimand ol capl y ik,e..iiii'ur r«*gl i g in i'ell act a.lj bombardment of fokt m'mti ..;. nothing niin-i has occui red - in last are unit to vary the inonol - bumbardmeni <>\ v t suiuter the enemy's bring has hi en m ■-' from the mortal battery at ( mm l'oint and one lifted gun at i , i •__■. it has long si nee ce teed t ■ do an > more in ate i ial injurj to i he fort aud only adds to our cull ctiou ts and shells » ilich i ■■ v have i go liberally fm m iug u - si r future service the following biiows the nnmbe .. bhots tiled for three dm & . .-! week up tu sundown saturday number of rilled shots tired rimrs day lit of wh - i 8 1 miase i ; nun i r ol inoi tar - tills is9 ul wl ,">!' missed the in miiuvs oi ly tired twice striking ' ea y hie shot passed through tne during thursd ij n gbi isu i -:> were lire i of which 51 j 1 1 ■-- ed ; and 289 mortar bhells 1 10 of which uii ( n fi idav 71 rifled snots were tired lime oi " lh illisseo and 815 mortar shells ol w hich 128 missed 1 hiring friday night the number of rifled shots tire i was ! 15 86 missed < hi saturday only '-'•'> rifled bhou were thrown nino "' whi di failed to strike and 225 mortar shells of which y»l missed char courier kva ii,n,ij jf'h)iii(l /';■•' v cmtu tlt>"i der — extraordinary seat oris(ijj jnii'j hiui mining on butunlay iiiorniiig ihe war | doti il ja.-liu tiiuimiit wliilc i'll uhjiud iii calling tin morning roll i f tin j . r i ■-, were e»n«i<lerably taken nliack al tiiidii»k ihiriy-threo n,i:i,.'s ii le roll ot vaflkeo desert i ere fur wliich no nwnura in propria persona could l»e found at the inline time it wae a|»j»m*ent to tlio eye from the greatly reduced mini ber ot priaouers of hii elu tli.it there had lioen n rs;iinl le;>k in mj«:r al urn ijiniti_r tin uiijlit iiive8ligatiun wtu it um-o made with u view ;<> the diacuvery t the nutlet the i u in which tin \ anki -• desei tei -. hei ween i iglity and ■ ■ hundred in nnin'mjr are confined - mi the li r-t floor of the < lustle whi h is about ten or twelve feet below the level <>\ the alley s-:.y which rt .. nog the •■ nr us the cattle ti ■ teentli '.. nineteenth atreeta — i ie i'l mera i amoved the mas m ary from the rear wall faeing the alley mined direcliy across it in d line ul mil bix feet below tho surface directly tinder the treai of the aen j tiiieis aut^emerged t the yan of mcconnick's restauraut ti main street the aperture created was about two feet in diameter and was made to rise aa it terminus was ap proached i tools were tumid . in ■ the tunnel and if the prisoners employed any r ■ their fingers and nail they carried them uff wish them in their flight a guage line giving the exact distance from the prisun wan to t lie mouth of the ex cavation waa inn which shows that everything was worked on scien tific principles thirty-three prisoners are all that ate known to have ebcaped and but t'ur the too sudden coming ot day light these was nothing to prevent the escape of every prisoner ip the room from which ruii this extraor dinary tui three ot the escaped prisoners were reeaptnred it saturday lurk ing about the city li is probable that the whole par ty are broken up biugly nr into squads i twos aud are making their way to the \ aukee lines up .'■• ia.-r nighl eighteen of the escaped prisoner had been caught and live more were n their way to the city having been taken neai he i >,.! church in ilauuver all were captured by our cavalry pickets i'ii in ubservai tuns made yester day it waa apparent that the nun y must have uccupied the prisou - neai . '■ i wftek the work is in ' ■ . shape of a pttrulel approach . in su thai a lnit from trances v i wmild have i ol i he w.'i kmeii nor _: prisoners had they been detected the work is as perfect a igh performed by a corps ot -- .- 1 j > - pera and miners and from its sue ce • it is inferred thai botne i if grant's men w bo-worked into vu-ks were en raged in this digging out business prom ieliufort a des '. r from the enemy's camp nt ll u ut who arrived here a day or t w.i :•- : gives gome iutei - i'.ein nl inf rmai ion the n es nt so i ce of i he enemy at |: , •.,:,. 1 1 is about 10,0uu white tro pa most v loieiguera ami atx reginleitts us black i i ee oi wh ieh ha e re ,- ■ > ■ en organ . i . . i-i \ week t he aukec . ificera re id in a noi ice t the black troops purporting to come from across ine es to the effect thai all negroes ' return u the qor.si derate ten i tury will be imng immediately upon their arrival by this infamous sys teiu '<( lying they are succeeding pretty well in retaining the fugitivi . near all of whom would joyfully return t their masters if they believ ed it could be done with safety — they are thoroughly disgusted with the brutal rule of the yankees and long to get home again a new conscription has been or dered to take place to-morrow i mm day by which ail blacks between the ages us eighteen an i sixty will be enrolled in the army the bin a 1 1 pux im raging tu a fear ful extent among the fugitive blacks and a large hospital has been estab lished a few miles from beaufort fur t hoi r reception and treatment extensive preparation is making for an expedition us some suit ami from what our informant ooom learn from tin ofticers a simultaneous at tack is contemplated against charles ton and savannah in the course us a very short time — savttnnalt sep military execution in the army of northern virginia — three i diei ... tin forty-second virginia regiment general jones brigade who by trial us conrt-n artial had incurred the death penalty fur the heinous crime of desertion under repeated ami aggravated circum stances paid the penalty of their lives on friday in general lee's army by being shot to death with musketry ' the execution ground was ncated offthe road leading from orange ( ourt-uouse to fredericks burg about six miles from the court house am in sight of mount pisgab church the condemned were bound to three stake and six brigades of infantry were drawn up in hollow square !.. witness the spectacle which was effecting indeed at the first discharge of the firing party the heads of the condemned dropped forward and their hats tell oft to the ground ; but they were not dead and a 6ecoud platoon stepped up and fired and also a third platoon when the work of death was com pleted the military then marched in review past the corpses and re turned tu camp and the bodies were buried where they fell the victims were all virginiaus two hailing from itoauoke county and one from fat rick one was a very young fine looking youth named cooper he wept much during the ceremony and every soldier present felt for him but the gravest of all military crimes had been committed aud could only be atoned for his blood the names of the two other men were unknown to our informant who saw the execution thus dtb honorably perished three men who alter passing unscathed in honor or patriotism through many battles facing death by bullet and steel bv one talse step aside from the path ot principle and duty were brought to die miserably at the musket point of their comrades in arms front the rdliey — we are in fo ined by a gentleman who lately passed up the valley from winches ter have pat>8ed over through lou iieti ami fanquier ami that the yan kees have re-occupied charlestown in force and send scouting parties of new \ ork cavalry to strasburg aid front royal to gather up strag gling confederates steal horses and plunder hen roosts and pig stvs — capt blackford surgeon guild and chaplain morton escaped from pris on and came over the potomac in my the i eder.iis were much infuriated with the people >.<( charles town since their late mishap there id in their rage set tire t a num ber of buildings in the place whic i were fortunately extinguished bj citizens with the exception of a - or three liie wife of major hawks while remonstrating with them was struck by ■.' trooper with >-. ore aud injured beverc /.' 7 i sent .'.'■■ allayed the atlanta registei iia a private letter from general bragg's army written by a distin guished citi/.en ol tennessee whicl assures it that the recent dissati-;'.i tiou among general officers has allayed — there are but few wh growl and ttie purpose of ah seeni to be the promotion of harmony and thus the perfect efficiency of the in viucible army of tennessee