Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-02-05

There was 9 rpnor prsvaleptinthis aity on
toe LIST Instant that = b~loodyfbattle had been
iousnt at Bowling Green, KY, listing for four
DAYS Or more: The report is that on the frst
Gay the COnfederates repulsed the feds. the
'seconddAy the feds. repalsed tue eonfederates.
on the third day the Southerners repulsed
ishe feds sgsin and the fourth days battle
ahadabegunl but the result Was nuknovu.-
pon Whist authority the runor is based. or
ny what means the Information Is derived
We eoaidnst ascertsin. We find nothing OF
the sind in the 1Richmsnd. Petersburg or
tNetiolk papers except a simple statement.
gathered ffen northern papers, that on Mon
daysandl Tuesday last there, was great ex
citementin W ashington, in consequence of a
runner having reached there that 4 battle
a bad BEEN fought at Bowling Green aad that
the federal troops bad suffered a severe de-
The Richmond Examiner of Jan 81. no..
ncss . rumor current in THAI city, to- the ek-
: feet that AcClelland was preparing for a for
; ward movement in the direction Of Winches-
Ser, Va, so IS to cut on Gen. Jackson.s
e"mmasd The Examiner says it mentions
the rCmer because We have reason to know
that an advance movement Of the enemy on
the Potomac has for some days past been
actually entertained a. probable in official
circles.
Late northern papers we're rscsived in
Norfolk on the 18th ult., from which was
Cleaned the following items of new
Washington papers contain . dispatch to
bis Government from Gen. Burnside, dated
"HatteFas Inlet, Jan. 18th, in which be adj
mlts that his fleet had suffered severely. He
expresses disappointment in not finding ex-
perienced pilots at Hatteras, The northern
papers admit the losses have beer tremen-
dous 10 vessels, men, stores, horses, &c.
Col Alien of the 9th New Jersey Regiment,
his surgeon and mate were drowned, and
the 9th Maine regiment is supposed TO DO
lost, as nothing has been heard from them.
In consequences of the immence loss of life
2 and treAsurs, burnside calls on his govern
nent for help. 90 3s4
There is nothing later from our coast than
D we give in other colamns 1t ia certain now,
J however, that the expedition was intended
Tor our coast, and we may expect an attack
as soon as they have recovered from the ter
! rible shaking received By old Nep. Our
[ Commanders at exposed points say they are
ready to receive them
FRoH NoRyoLk-A telegram from Nor
fOlk,odatsd the 27th, says IS
4 Information was received here tonight.
which seems entirely reliable, that from %
TO 80 gunboats were in. Patnlico SQUAD. The
people Of Elizabeth City, Edentop, &c. were
serding away the women and children, and
servants One family arrived here this eve.
ming from Elizabeth City.
Reliable information, from, passengers
by the flag Of truce, states that the lay
steamer Louisiana WAS certainly lest, and all
on board about 800) persisted 1t is beliew-
Cd that saay other vessels OF the feet were
lost, Aith = large loss Of life.
NORFOLK, Jan. 29.-Yesterday three Con-
federats officers, from North Carolina, cap
tured at HatteraS who were coming South
to be exchanged were detained at Fortress
Monroe, and net allowed to come to Ibis city
by the Gag of truce boat Notwithstanding ur-
4 gent renonstranees.' No reason was given
for their detention. #
Northern papers to the aSth January have
been received here. sat Isl .iaso
There wxs a great panic at Washington on
the night of the 27th, on accout of ! report
4 that ths Federaltroops had met with q terrible
and bloody disaster at Bowling Green, Ken
lucky.
4 The War department has ordered that
Bishop Ames ofthe Methodist Church, and
the Hon, II. Fish, ofNsw York, be appointed
Commissioners to the rsbsl States to visit
Richmond and elsewhere, under such regula-
tion as many be prescribed by the authorities,
to relieve the necessities of the Federal pris-
oners confined ia the South. Both Commis.
sioners have accepted, and will
. number Of prisoners to Fortress Monroe.
oaA5 DEATHS,
Near this City, on the aOth inst, after an Illness o
10 days, Emily H., eldest daughter OF Nj. William
a Cox, aged ten years and ten months.
A his residence near New Hill Wake CouUtv u
c., on the 9sd of January, 1862. Mr. William Barker
in the war OF 1919, and served At Norfolk, Va. unit
peace was made. The deceased leaves an aged wild
ow, and many children relatives and friends, tina
) tionate husband, father and ~neighbor. Their loss 1
his eternal gain, as they have evidence that his souI-
r ut rest. 1t seems hard indeed, that one so much Of
!, teemed by all who knew aim, should thusbe cut dswT
z but the will OF the Lord be done. The writer Of thi
has been well acquainted vita the deceased for man
years, and can say with truth, il he had an enemy,
was wlthouta just cause.
a AT his rssidsnce in Chatham County. on the f5t
. year Of his age Formerly Of wake County. III. d d
ceased was an honest sHd worthy citizen and his los
is deeply felt by his nuaeroas acquaintaaees.
At Wilmington, N. o., on Saturday January lit
u 1861, 1st Sergeant B. Holy6eld, OF congestive chins
% aged "a years 4 months and 7 days. His remains we,
buried in the family burning ground in surry count
surry Regulars, Co. A, 18th Reg. n. {. Vols. He W,
,e abravc, generous hearted soldier. and endeared hin
d eharacter. He labored under many a~fiiotions Will
lg In the army on account Of his delicate health, bat
Is gone we trust to q better land where disease an
war can never reach him more. .0 ANNA y.
10 tEE State journal please copy.
The verses on the death OF this young hero q
crowded ont By the press on oar columns this wee
We may publish them hsreafter-ED. AGE.
r. Bethel Regiment to DO Re0rganizsd
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