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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17
FORT BEE. VA. March 14,h. 1862.

Mr.. EDIToR:-ln conformity with my
promise, | drop a few lines for your valuable
paper. | am gratified, that notwithstanding
the circumstances which surround the Press
of the country you are stFb enabled to keep
the i" Age" in circulation. 1t is an impor-
tant moral institution in the old North State.
| have, as usual, but little of a local char
acter to communicate. The health of the
14th Regiment continues very good. Now
and then, one of our gallant band, in the
wise dispensation of Providence, is removed
from our midst, ! trust to a better CLINE than
this. | am panied to announce the death of
Lieut.. IS. Brown, of the :" Rough and Ready
Guards from Buncombe county, which Oc-
CURED on the 26th ult. He was confined to
his quarters only about one week, though
for some trme he bad been in delicate health,
and serious approximations were entertained
by his friends that he would not survive the
campaign. AS a member of the company, |
feel competent to testify to his many virtues.
No one, perhaps, stood higher in the estima-
ton of all who had any intercourse with him,
than Lieut.. Brown. He was very gentle
manly in his department, and uncommonly
humane and kind to his fellow men. He was
! upright, answering in interity, patriotic and
brave. His death is laMented by all who
knew him, and the sad event has cast a deep
shadow of gloom over the hearts of his rela-
tives especially. Lieut.. Brown was only
about twenty-five years of age, quite prom
Using, and had he been spared, would have
made his mark. Peace to his ashes.
The present term of the 18th Regiments
service is rapidly drawing to a close. The
Regiment will probably be disbaEded on or
about the last of next month. The exact
time and manner of its discharge Is not yet
known. The most Of the Companies, | have
no doubt, will speedily re enlist and enter the
field for the war. The material which com-
pose this Regiment IS of the very best, and
those who do not remain in the field here,
will beyond questi n, turn out as soon as
they visit their families and friends, and en-.
joy their society a few days.
regret that Lieut.. Col. Lovejoy has been
compelled to leave US, on furlough, in conse-
quence Of i'll health. He is highly esteemed
. by officers and soldiers here. | regard him as
a splendid military officer, and a perfect gen.
tleman. | hope he may soon recover from
indispesition, and return to his post, at least
in time to show himself before the Regiment
is dlSbanded.
Col. Daniel is absent also, attending Court
Martial az Norfolk. The general expressions
among the soldiers is. hat they would
rather be under, and fight under our Colonel
Daniel, than any other man in the Southern
Confederacy. This speaks volumes in his
behalf
! must close. Pardon this hastily written
and imperfect communication. b.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17

SPRING CREEK, Madison Gowaty, N. O.
This precinct voted rs votes last February.
and has furnished the following numbers to
the following Captains, IN the army Of the
Southern Confeoeracy Capt. Peek s Capt
Love 1; Capt. Woodfn 4 ; Capt. Jchnssn
Uransylvania,) N. c., /; Capt Lowry l !;
Capt. Thrash 2 /; Capt Allen 70--Total 81.
Besides the numbers who are in the army,
there were some twelve who started to Capt.
Aliens Company and met the sad news that
the Battalion to which that company belong
ed were captured they have returned home
waiting to hear from the company.
w. a. a.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17
Fewbern saEen an

Passengers by the train, from
Saturday morning, bring the terri
of the taking Of NewbeEn By the n
the day previous. 1t appears that til
ded some fifteen thousand troops abos1l
miles below Newbern on Thursday and~N
Friday a general engagement took place VIII
our forces. The accounts are confused. andy
we are only able to give generalities It is
said the enemy's loss was some $500 men,:
our loss only abeat 15a
The enemy however siIenced and passed
our batteries and reached the own in the
evening, which they fred and az the last sc-
counts it was stip burning. The Railroad
bridges are reported as having been burnt by
our forces. Gen. Branch With his brigade
OF about 1900 men, are all that made their
escape. 1t. Col. Hoke is tbs emily Field Of
6cer said to be killed
Col. Lee and his regiment !. Col. Campbell
and his regiment, indeed all cur forces ex-
Icept the brigade with Gen. Branch, were ia
ken prisoners They had retreatcd to Kin
lston and intended making a stand there. it
is aid-the enemy being expected there in
their boats We hardly suppose Gen. B.
will be guilty of so suicidal a course.
: Only a portion of the Railroad rolling stock
were on this side of the river. Two loeomo-
tives are in the depot in Newbern, which the
enemy can make use OF in going TO Beaufort.
When the enemy reach kinsten, which they
can easily do by their boats, they will be in
possession of the railroad to Goldsboro'--
some IS miles distant
Fort Macon, below Beaufort, with all our
troops there, are cut off from escape except
by the beach to Swansbore'. OF course the
enemy will attack the Fort, and beng cut off
from supplies, they viii either be stormsd or
starved out, should they rot escape.
The reports that Col. Lee and 1t. Col. Ed.
Graham Haywood were killed, is contradic-
ted. They were taken prisoners, with their
commands.
The enemy's loss is reported some $500
killed and a large number wcaaded. Our
loss, $50 killed a considerable number wound.
ed, and all our troops taken prisoners except
the 1900 who escaped with Gen. Branch
We could not learn precisely what regiment.
were captured, but as the following were a
and in the neighborhood of Newborn, W.
5 presume they are among the captured viz
+, the I'd Reg n. c. Cavalry, the 18th and 32c
: Regs. N. G. State Troops, the 26th, 9th
SD, 37th and seth ~ c. Vols. ; except tb
sd N. c. State Troops who are said to b
the force that escaped With Gen. Branch.
The reports are very auch confused, S
Q much so that we could not collect a connec
? ted account of the battle and capture; bu
D the foregoing are believed to embrace all th
: reliable news to hand at the time of putin,
!" our paper to press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

The Richmond Examiner OF the 18th says:
The accounts of our victory received by
the Government state that all the crew of the
Cumberland were lost at the time of her be
ing sunk, with the exception of som sixteen
or seventeen, who were taken prisoners. The
Cumberland was not sunk by the guns of the
Merrirnac, but was run into by her. The
formidable iron ~cleaver Of the Norfolk Iur-
tie parting her sides, and sending her to the
bottom.
Frous the Petersburg Express of the 18th
we CLEAN the following:
The Captain, First Lieutenant, and Sur
peon. of the Congress, were among the Killed.
We ascertained the name of the Lieutenant
only. It was Albert n. Smith, a son of
Commodore Joseph Smith, st the Lincoln ma
Wy.
The schooner Reindeer, which was lying
at Newport News, and compelled to leave in
consequence of the hot fire from the Merri-
mac. fell into oar hands without trouble, ane
was taken up to Norfolk.
Not one of our men was killed by q ball
from a cannon, which is somwhat marvellous,
when we take into consideration the fact that
| the Nerrlmac vas strnek during the two days
FIGHTING at least one thousand shines. All the
casualties we're caused by MIME balls and es-
Gaping steam.
The powers of resistance which the Merri-
mac offers will be made apparent, when it IS
! stated that the Ericsson car ries cannon throw-
ing solid shot of1S3 pounds, and conlca balls
weighing $50 pounds. The Ericsson played
upon tie ion sides ofthe Confederate marine
during much of the engagement, =
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17

President Davis has sent in TO Congress
Gen. Floyd report concerning the battle at
Fort Donne'son, accompanied By a message
of his own, in which the President states
that neither the reports of Floyd or Pillow,
state that reinforcements We're asked for
Is it not shown that the position could not
have been evacuated and the whole army
saved, as we'll as a part ; nor is it shown
by what authority two senior. Generals as
sumed the responsibility Of transferring the
command to a junior officer. And he fur
Their states that ne had suspended Gems.
Floyd and Pillow from their commands, un-
til they give more satisfactory accounts of
their action at Fort Donelson.
The Richmond Examiner expresses much
Indignation Il the course of the President.
Denonnces il IS unjust to these Generals,
and says uniortnuale results to the army
vii crow out of Il.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17

single instance B'lt the Merrimac did seri-
ousiy damage the Ericsson. Phe ~latter's re-
yoivlng turret was so badly Injured, that it
became imperative, and one of the Merrimac's
balls passed clean through her. She finally
attempted the colliding game, which was ac-
cepted by the Merrimac, and the Ericsson
forced to retire.
From the Richmond Examiner of the 18th
The Late Naval Baltic.
We have some graphic accounts, through
personal sources, Of the naval battle off New
port News. The sinking of the Cumberland
Is said to have been the most terrific incident
OF the light. We learn positively, from ac-
counts which have reached the Navy De-
partment, that the whole of her crew. about
three hundred and fifty souls, were buried
beneath the water. The Yankees behaved
with desperate courage. Before the frigate
had entirely sunk they continued to worn
every gun above the water line. One of her
after guns was discharged at the enemy as
she was actually going down, prov fore
most. She sunk in abous i HUNDRED feet of
water.
There is scarcely an instance in the war
of more desperate and devoted spirit than
that shown by the crew of the Cumberland.
She sank very slowly. There was no effort
to escape, no rush to the boats, not a sign
of surrender, and, as she settled. her guns
were sullenly fought to- the last moment,
and every living soal on board was buried
beneath the waters.
Captain Buchanan was wounded by a nus.
ket ba in the thigh the bone was not bro
ken, but it is thought that one OF the arte-
lies is injured. This officer is said to have
been the only man visible on the black and
nameless craft in her work of swift and ter
rible destruction. He stood on the iron roe
of the vessel, exposed to the cannonading o
the enemy's ships, besides discharges from
the field pieces on shore and a hail Of mus
kerry.
The account of the conflict between the
Ericsson battery, now called the Monitor
and the Virginia, surpassesyall we have. eve'
heard of cannonading on the water. At on;
time we are informed that the vessels were
within a few feet ofeach other. Shot after sho
was poured upon the Virginia from the i'm
mense armament of the Monitor; her ,rol
plates resisted the fire, but the balls wer
so thick tibet the plated sides are said To hav
been bent by incessant impact Of canno,
balls upon particular portions Of her surface
During this spell of cannonadng the GREY
Of the Virginia, within her iron she'll, per
ceived no effect from the fire but the sulle
thug Of the balls that fell from the sides.
The collision of the Virginia with the Gun
berland is said to have produced no nor
disturbance III the motion Of the former We:
sci than if her iron cleaver had been cuttin
: its way through a sheet of writing paper
There is a report that Der prov was broker
; and that she is at present in the dry dock f
repairs. We are assured, however, that b7
trifling repairs are necessary, and that 81
f viii soon be on tue water again.
The following is the force against viii
!, the Merrimac had to contend, and CIV
. which she was victorious:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17

D1ABoL1cAL ArTEHPT.-An attempt was
made it is believed by yankee sympathisers,
on Friday morning last before day, to burn tn
Railroad bridge at Newbern over Trent
Strange to say the guard did not dis
until the fire began to spread. II
extinguished.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17
Great Battle In Arkansas

GENERAL MeCULLocH AND MCINTosH KILL.
En-A despatch from Fort Smith, dated the
9th, brings the information that our troops
under the command of Gems. Van Dorm and
Price engaged the enemy for three successive
days, 18th, Sit and TIN, at Pea Ridge, Ben
ton county, Ark, near the Missouri line.
Our loss was heavy. Generals McCulloch
and Mcintosh were killed. and Gen. Slack
mertaliy wounded. Gen. Price was wounded
IN the arm Col. McRae was killed and Col.
Sims was wounded in the arm. Our forces
had got N the rear of the Federals aud were
driving them to the southwark and ,ssuguine
OF success. The remains Of Gems. McCulloch
and Mcintosh were brought to Fort Smith
for inteTment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17

The Senate has confirmed the following
Brigadier Generals Carter Stevenson and
VIM. B. Taliaferro of Virginia Albert Rust
of Arkansas VIM. w. Mackall OF Maryland :
Danyille Lcdbester of Ala. ; John B. Hood of
Kentucky Robert Ransom DR., of North
Carolina; w. S. Featherstone of Mississip-
pi; Thos. j. Churchill and p. r. Cleburn of
Arkansas Samuel b. Makes Of Tennessee /;
and Hamilton p. Bee of Texas.
RICHMOND, March 10.-Congress to-day
discussed the operations of Gsn. Albert Sid
ney Johnston of Tennessee. The debate was
warm and long. Mr.. Adkins said thst near
~ every member Of the Tennessee Legisla-
ture had signed a petition for the removal
of General Johnston from the command o
the Tennessee department. The petition la
been presented to the President a
Congress has passed a biz creating thof(
flee of commanding General to be appeTl
10y the President. 1t fixes his salary al,
per month, and Gen. Lee, it is thouff
be appointed 1t has also passed ~
ulating the destruction # 20
military nesesyourr fee
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17
aF0URTH DISPATCH

Dispatches have been received at the War
Department from General Van Dorm, dated
the 9th, stating that he was victorious on the
9Th, and slept on the field Of battle that night.
On the morning of the 9Th, in consequence of
the death of Gen. McCulloch AM others on
the right wing, he deemed it juaicious to al
ter his position aRd withdraw his command
to the west of Fayetteville, Is miles from The
battle field, He retired in good order. The
loss on both sides was heavy. This news is
reliable.
30 The Northern accounts of this battle
claim the victory ior their side.
A despatch from st. Louis, dated the 10th,
from General Halleck to General Mcclellan,
says that the army of the Southwest, under
Gen. Curtis, after three days hard fighting,
near Sugar Creek, in Arkansas, has gained
a victory over the combined forces Of Van
Dorm, McCulloch, Price, and Mcintosh
The Federal loss is estimated at 1000 in
killed and wounded. The Confederate loss
is much larger. Guns, flags, provisions, &c,
were captured in large quantities. The Fed
eral Cavalry was in pursuit Of the Confeder
ate8.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-17
SECOND

RIeH&OND, March y, P. n.-Despatches
received at the War Office, dated Fort Smith,
Arkansas, 9th, state that a great battle oc-
CURED on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
inst, the 9th, 18th and Fin i~nstants. The fight
took place at Pea Ridge, near Boston Noun
tain, Benton county, Arkansas, in the vicinity
of the Missouri line. The force. on each side
was 10000. Our troops were badly armed,
hut have fought With terrific fuzzy and will
eventually defeat the enemy. Our loss is
heavy. The enemy's unknown.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-01

deemable villain, who could utter them
in the midst of a community only saved
from the nameless horrors Of the mob
by invoking the arm Of military power.
By just such falsehoods. and infamma-
tory appeals to the passions of particu-
lar classes, the Enquirer has famed into
the intensest malignity, the unreason :
ing ferocity of the wretches who crowd
the rum holes and gambling hells of the
city. For days and nights these ele-
ments of riot, gathering boldness and
increasing in ferocity, blanched the
cheeks and palsiea the arms of the citi-
zens with a.terror that would not have
been felt so overwhelming at the ap-
.proach Of a rebel army. The city was
placed under military authority just in
time to save it, and the citizens are tax
ing themselves to arm two thousand
men to hold in aweathe turbulent spirits
evoked by the Enquirer, and save the
lives and property of the people.
And while the citizens are standing
guard over their homes and families,
until this force of two thousand dcitizen
soldiers can be organized, the Enquirer
appeals to the Irish and German popu-
lation with condensation of lies which
human depravity, uninspired by a dew
lis malignity, could not have reached.
The only hope of society is, that such
papers have mistaken the character of
the Irish and German population.
Surely these classes must see that they
themselves must perish in the ruin they
would bring upon the communities in
which they live, by the overthrow of
order and society which cannot but fol-
low in the footsteps Of awar of classes.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-01

Administrator,s sale OF Real Estate.
I'm parsuance Of an order granted by the
il Probate Court Of Meigs County, Ohio, we
will offer for saleat public auction, September
9th, 1862, at eleven o'clock, forenoon, ct the
door Of the Courthouse, in Pomeroy, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate in said
county and State, to wit: The east half of
southeast quarter of sec. No. 26, town No. 2,
and range No. 1s, of the Ohio Companys Pur-
chase, containing 80 acres, except 30 acres
heretofore sold off said tract by David M.
Thomas to William M. Thomas and conveyed
deed dated Sept. 21st, 1858, and recorded in
Vol. No. 81, page 1e4 of the Records Of Deeds
of said county. Appraised at 100000. Also
one undivided half of all-the coal and minerals
underlying the above mentioned thirty acres,
sold to William NJ. Thomas. Appraised at
$45O.O0
Terms of sale; one-third in hand, one-third
in one year, and one-third in two years from
the day of sale, with interest. The deferred
payments to be secured by mortgage upon the
premises sold. ]. 7. WILLIAMS, q
D. L. EDWARDS,
Executors of D. M. Thomas, decd.
JuJv 2fth 1S62-3O-4t ..
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-01
County Convention.

We publish, this week, the call for
Mass Convention of the Union men of
Meigs county, to be held at the Court
House, in Pomeroy, on the 18th of Au-
gust, for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to the State Convention to be held
at Columbus on the 21st of the same
month.
As there is nothing partisan in the
call, We hope to see the true patriotism
of the county at the meeting, withou
regard to former party attachments.-
When the country is struggling for its;
existance, it becomes the duty Of every
loyal citizen to rally to its support. The
madness Of party having eliminated in
open treason, and hands red with frater-
nal blood are clutching at the liberties
Of the people which they would crush
beneath the ruirs Of our institutions; it
is no time to divide into factions, whose
only effect will be to encourage the con-
spiraters, whose last hope is in fatal
division among the people Of the loyal
States.
2 In the language of Douglas last and
almost dying letter, ssthere can be
but two parties in the country until the
rebellion is suppressed-patrtots and
traitors" There is no room for any fac
ton between these two Whoever is
not for the Government is against it,
The rebels in arms will so look upon
our action. Foreign Nations will Judge
us by the same standard. The hopes of
the loyal men in the South will be
strengthened or crushed by the unanim
ity or division of the people of the Free
States. An overwhelming majority for
the unconditional support of the Union
and the suppression of the rebellion will
satisfy the leaders Of the conspiracy that
they have nothing to expect from north
ern sympathisers. And the war will
hardly cease while that hope lasts. Ey-
cry instinct of patriotism, duty, and in
1erest, alike, urges US all to stand by the
Union. A fewbold, bad men, who have
mo hopeeof Office, except through the
success of party, will, ofcourse, ply ev-
cry art to distract and divide. But
what interest can the mass of the peo-
pie have in placing them in positions
which they only seek for their owa sell
fish, ends, and to enable them the better
to embarrass the Government by fac
tious opposition to all measures calcu-
lated to put down the war? Let there
be such an outpouring of the people as
will convince all that the spirit of pa
triotism is iuextinguishable, and that
our country shall be saved.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-01
HEADoUARTERs U. S. FoRcEs IN KENrucKy,l
Louisville July Il, 1862. !

HEADoUARTERs U. S. FoRcEs IN KENTUCKY
Louisville, July Il, 1862. :
General Order No. B.
The following General Order IS is
sued, to be enforced by military com
manders in the District of Kentucky:
No person hostile in opinion to the
Government and desiring its overthrow
will be allowed to stand for Office in the
District of Kentucky. The attempt Of
such person to stand for Office will be
regarded as IN itself sufficient evidence
of his reasonable intent to warrant his
arrest. He who desires the overthrow
of the Government can seek Office under
the Government only to promote its
overthrow, ln,seeking effceh he becomes
an active traitor, if he has never become.
one otherwise, and is liable both in rea-
son and in law to be treated accordingly.
All persons of this description who per-
sist in offering themselves as candidates
for Office will be arrested and sent to
these headquarters.
By command of Brig. Gen. Boyle.
JOHN BOYLE, Capt. and A. A. q.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-01
sherif,s Sale.

Vim. Lyons, admir-, VS.. A bel Chase, et al.
DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Pleas of Megs
County, will offer for sale at the door of the
Courthouse in Pomeroy, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ,
On the lst doy Of September, 1862,
the following-described lands and tenements,
to-wit: Situate in, the County of Meigs, and
known and described as the north-west quar-
ter of the northwest quarter of section No. 8,
in town No. 8, range No. Is of the Ohio Com
panys purchase, containing 40 acres. 70 be
sold as the property of Abel Chase at the suit
of VIM. Lyons, Administrator of John Lyons,
decd. Appraised at $500.00. >
j. j. WHITE, S. NJ. G.
July 2e, 1s62.-8o-3t 800