Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-07-28

ooo"S, Oh Inc Jtn instant. 1t
sseiis tnas the gunboats, in their progress
ap .ne riVer, were attacked by a body of our
cavalry, who killed FIVE and wounded eioht
OF their men, three of the dead falling ever
BOARD into the river. Our. cavalry cont;n-
ueo to pursue and fire into them until thew
were within n mile of Hamilton. when tho
boats began to shell the town. Thew were
Ut pretended to be, under the impression
tnat the attack or them had been made by
Tue c..Zens OF the place, and on reaching the
wa, .hey sent ashore a company of Haw-
klns Zouayes," with two pieces of cannon
with Instructions TO destroy the town. Rnt
on soHe prominent citizens approaching them
under a flag of truce, and undeceiyins them
Is 60 their assailants, the Zouaves were march
ed back to the boats. taking with them an
olu cavalry horse, the only piece of public
properly IN the place, who, it is said, kicked
one OF the Louayes mortally during the re-
urn Oh the boats down the river. Several
houses IN the town were very much injured
~ the enemy's shell, but no citizen was
hurt. ~ 80
Our cavalry who attacked the boats did
not lose a man killed or wounded.-Eramt-
neT.
HEAVY Guns OF McCLELLAS's ARKy
1t is now believed that a large number 81
siege guns, designed to have been nlanted
around Richmond, were at the White House
when the yankees evacuated that place. and
that thew were thrown into the Pamunkev
river. Everything that has transpired SINCE
the stampede of McClellan's army, proves thu,
arrangements were nearly perfected for ~
immediate advance upon the capital, and tho
purpose undoubtedly was to pursue the same
system OF unciviliZed warfare that has mark
: nI fhn 100 -,-- e ~ VI
The blow struck by the Confederate forces
was a timely one. Beyond the fustration 81
a scheme initiated Immediately after the bat
tie OF Manassas, it occasioned the destruction
OF war material so vast in extent that thu
Federal censors are driven to the subtcrfuys
OF talsehood in order to conceal the value Fl
dollars and cents, by which the popular clam.
or at the North is to some extent aIlayed.-
Rteh. Dispatch.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, on the -%autllori-
ty OF Major General Porter, says the loss GA
the Confederate side was seUentyf6e thou
sand /! !"
In the name of all the Yankees Doodles
what did their army run from, then ? 1t they
had killed and wounded seventy-ive thou,
sand OF our men, what prevented them from,
marching " on to Richmond? admitting thar
we had one hundred thousand men engage.
IN the battle. The grand Union army mus.
have been desperately afraid of the remaining
twenty-five thousand men. Perhaps Nc
Clellan didn't want to go to Richmond, bu
was trying, by q grand s~tlagetic movement
to get back to the James river all the while.
He's such a consummate liar tina no one can
tell what he means by what he says.
Certain parties In Huntsville, who were
rurTputrTv-0-eneaSkrSe-seH 4se;s~ecsten Ia 81
Yankees who swarmed there from the North
were paid by them in bogus gold. Tn
galvanized coating has worn of the pewter.
and these gentlemen have lost their cotton
as etfectuaIly as if they had burned it like
true Southerners.
GooDs FROM ENGLAND-THR1R SAFE ARR
Valve find the following cheering intelli-
gence in the Atlanta Confederacy of Sunday
last:
A gentleman lately from Nassau brings the
welcome information that very large amounts
OF goods from England have lately arrived in
the Confederate States through Southern
ports. No less than five vessels have run the
blockade within a few days, laden with arms,
ammunitions of war, and stores of various
kinds for the Confederate States. The rov-
eminent has now on hand an abundant sun
ply of guns, shoes, blankets, clothing, &c.
for the army next winter. The gentleman
says he speaks advisedly and knowingly
when he says that the supply of these arti-
Giles for the army during the coming winter
is abundant.
Then a very large amount of goods have
lately run the blockade. Our own city is
getting to be full of English goods, and the
villages and even the country stores are com
mencing to replenish. Soon goods will be
cheaper as they become more abundant.
The gentleman alluded to says the greatest
excitement prevails in England in relation to
trade with the South, and numbers of IRON
clay ships are now fitting out for the purpose
OF running the blockade with goods. Soon
We Shall have plenty of English goods here.
which have not been polluted by the touch Of
YANKEE fingers, and which have not creased
their palms in passing through; but they will
nave come direct to US from Europe. If the
government of England choose to recognize
the blockade IL theory, her people do not az
taet. This will establish regular direct trade
between US, to be kept up as soon as the war
IS over. The blockade and the high price
for goods have accomplished, and will accom-
pisa, more for US, to introduce and establish
direct trade, than twenty years Of diplomacy.
Let US thank God that out of all our suffer
lngs, lnconvenlences and privations, q large
amount Of goods bas been secured to us and
our posterity.
With propitious seasons, we shall harvest
one OF the greatest grain crops ever grown in
America. We shall have plenty to eat and
with plenty OF English goods at moderate
prices, and plenty of guns in the hands of four
brave soldiers, We can whip out the North
and conquer : peace from them, without any
thanks TO any one for intervention, or even