Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-11-07
+ MATTINGt.Y, Editor.


Affairs at Hattcras.
The -dattorss correspondent OF the N. Y.
7'stxns gives US some later news Of on,
.'iseh at that place Than the last letter OF
our own correspondent coall do Week
tractthe following items. 'i-haa
x.1sWhca they retire for the night the poor
yltsaiows have nothing under or ever them.
aua are obliged to sleep in this manner
thnyagh wet and cold weather alike. Il is
tointfsed hard for so brave band of men.
edsbo arc rcsty at any moment to give their
lives for ttcir CO ,ntry's cause. Tho pros
zspccSs are that it may he some time before
ss8overnment wiz be able to furnish them
swith blankets, so scarce arc these needful
,<comforters.o ss 81 .'l..i
-ns fFho correspondent pays the following
s'hsadsono compliment to the Chaplain and
20 ono ofIshe Captains Of the Goth; -
..5,i must not omit to mention the Chap
Lain Of this regiment. tho Rev. w. G. Por-
fer, from Plymouth. In Llama; he is always
,.At work. AMI when not among the sick. he
is founl drilling his men. having recently
bcca elected Captain Of az artillery compa.
NY rttachel to the regiment lie is fight
Ing parson in the proper acceptationof the
-serm, In Encouragement on the 4sh inst.
j am nforrnei that he was found with
mnskct in hand. at the most exposed post
!, OF danger. cheering the men on. and telling
sfhcm to stand their grouui to the last
Al ono time be rushed in front of the adj
! vansips enemy, and caught one poor fel-
! low in his arms who hal fallen exhausted
(whr was about to fall into the hands OF
the Confederatcs) and bore him safely of
:, from the ,6cli. anil ahtotm of bullets.
m Captain Rse'i. of Company h.. also
shovel himself ahero during this engage
ment. While the regiment was rapidly
advancing 70 nasetth reinforcements which
,werc coming to their assistance. Captain
R.ed and his company fell back. and kept
:. some four miles in the rear. where he
picked up all our exhausted men. and
: brought them safely through. and also sue
cessfully covering the retreat. and keeping
a. bay the main body of the enemy. until
his regiment conld pass the point where
: ths Confederates were endeavoring to land
sumo 3 900 men, and thus have the Goth
Indiana regiment between their two armies.
-As"S - - W. = hsSSs "a sssStsy INV cisious-
rim regard to the condition Of loyal SEN
ssiEhens In North Carolins. he says:
sa'9A holy Of z. 900, fighting. loyal North
Carolinian, have recently tcm1ered their
services to Con. Williams. snd offered the
Union troops all the protection in their
power. il they viii come among them.
- understand that our forces gre contin-
'usily relieving invitations from the loyal
men from different counties on the main
land to come am ng them. and that we shall
be received with open arms by these true
patriots, who are anxious to be armed and
placed in position where they can assist
us in driving the Confederate troops ont
g Of their State. The Union sentiment is
rapidly increasing all through North Car
DINA. Il ia rumored here among the in
habitants. that movement IS on foot in
the western part Of he State. which will
rcsnlt in tie secession OF eli the western
counties in > body from the Southern Con-
federaey. It is creating much excitement
at Richmond, and it will encourage the
eastern ,untics all through this State to do
Ekewise.a-rr4B e5ss.l .iifU
n AT this rate. North Carolina viii soon
be frsc and clcer from the traitors. Before
,January. you will see strong Provisional
State Qoysrnlaent in 6ue working order in
,Ithe old North State. II the Union men
could. have BEEN supplied with arms ct the
commeneement of this rebellion. North
Carolina would hare been able to remain
! in thu Union. and by this time she would
hare had moro loyal troops in the field
than any other Southern State Ga ssss