Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-05-26
The News Of the Week.

an! We think the indications are that it WI
not hc attacked by the enemy unless he car
force a passage for bis gunboats up the rlv~
er-wLich is believed 70 be an impossibillty.
This fact being established to yankee s~atistac-
ton, they will resort to the cowardly means
Of starving the city into a surrender by sur
rounding it and placing it in a state of seige,
Mcclellan will not meet US in a land fight
We think this fact has been positively de-
monstrated.
~ Nire Yankee officers and men werc
taken prisoners at City Point belo" Peters,
burg on Mouday last. Nine landed from ona
Of their war vessels and the remainder le-
manned in the small boat near the wharf,
Stationed near at hand and completely hid
den from view, was a detachment Of 10 men
OF Co.. |, 4h Ga. Regiment, who dividing in
to two parties approached those who had
landed and those in the boats and demanded
q surrender. The party on shore finding all
escape cut of, at once surrendered, but those
in tac boat cndeayored to make off, when
they were fred upon and all killed but one,
and a. he padded off with one a only,
he is supposed to nave been vounded,-
Among those captured are Chas. II. Baker,
chief engineer; Lieut.. J. w. DeFord, Signal
Cops; S. d. Stockwcll, assistant paymas-
ter, and Geo. d SlOcum, assistant surgeon.
They were carried to Petersburg with the five
others (seamen) and handed over to Gen. HUI
ger.
The prisoners captured at City Point pass
ed through this city on their way to Sails
-b bury. on We dnesday last. The officers were
we'll dressed, good-IooKing nen; anu rreu,.
DeFord was very communicative. He said
they had greatly the advantage Ct US on wa.
ter, but they knew we had the advantage on
the land, and it was their policy not to give
us a land fight if it could possibly be avoid.
ed. And he gave it as his opinion, that IN.
less the gunboats could force their way up
the river, there would be no fight at Rich
mond.
One of the prisoners among the numbe'
sent to Salisbury on the 10th, lcapcd from
tue cars near Castor but was pursued ale
csptulc ed by the Gnard. He was put in
house for safe keeping during the night, ba
he again escaped, and on being pursued, h
leaped into the Roanoke river and wa
drowned. His name was Scott and he be
longed to the I'd New York Volunteers.
- The famous Capt. Morgan had a mar
row escape recently, at Carthage, North cas-
Of Nashville. He made an attack upon
largely superior force of the enemy, who be
ing reinforced came very near capturing hi
whole force. Indeed it was reported at frs
that Morgan escaped with only 90 men, tn
remainder $50 being taken prisoners. La
ter accounts state that he lost 20 killed an
40 taken prisoners. His missing were r(
joining him every hour. He killed 60 fed,
and captured $40.
Skirmishing with our Cavalry Companie
and the enemy, between Kinston and New
bern, are now becoming ofalmost daily occu
renee. On the 10th or nth about 60
Capt. Hays company, Cd Cavalry, encour
tered about 800 of the yankee cavalry, char
ing upon them CALAMITY, putting them
flight, killing 8 and capturing 3. Two
Capt. Hays men were killed.
1t is also reported that a portion of the /
Cavalry had u brush with the enemy ne
Newbern. Our loss is reported to be min
aud that of the enemy IS in killed, wound'
and prisoners.
Yellow fever has appeared in New Orlear
Three cases had occurred up to the IS
inst, and as the warm weather advance
they will doubtless be plentiful enough
the c~arcasses of the yankee invaders.
In a recent engagement at Fort ?
low, between our gunb0ats and those OF t
enemy, we sunk one of their gunboats a
two of their mortar boats, =" while our sha
shooters literally moved down. the enen
Our loss . killed and s wounded.
One of General Bragg's Pensacola Res
ments camp in Kentucky, get their water
Tennessee, and drill in Virginia. They .
right in the corner.
On the day of the surrender of New c
leans, a son of General Beauregard reach
The city and succeeded in carrying his mott
to Il place Of safety.
The Surgeon-General of the Federal ar
cknowledges a loss in the battle of Villa,
burg, of three thousand killed and wound