Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-14


IA WAR.NEWs.
From Pstersburg: ~
Gen Grant is busy at present building railroad
in the rear Of Ills line Of Notifications, from City
POM on the James River to Reanls' Station on the
Weldon sad Petersburg railroad Troops ste beng
inassed by him at this latter place. and reinforce
meats are constactly coming in The enemys os.-
teries played upon tie City Thursday morning tast,
injuring one negro and striking two houses
From Geosxia.
Sherman has. contracted his linss At ktlanta and
is recruiting lie army before making any otner
movement: He is reported As erecting line o.
hr eastworks from Atlanta to Fast Point and Though
the city 10 Decatur, and is also repairing tbs An>
gusta railway. The main body Of his army is
within the notifications at Atlantis.
From the North.
Lincoln has issued a proclamation requesting
that thanksgiving be offered next sunday at all
places of public worship in the United States to
God for the preservation of national exisence also
prayer for tho divine protection of the soldiers and
ior blessings and comfort to the sick and woun:
ded and prisoners. and the widows and orphans Of
those who have fallen in the service of the country;
also proclamation returning the national thanks
TOR the reduction Of Forts Powell, Horgan and
flames to Candy, Farrsgut and Granger, md to
sherman and men for the capture of Atlantis.
There has been immense demonstrations Ct Sara
tosA, Troy, Boston, Buffalo, New London, over the
fall Of Atlanta At the U. s. arsenals 100 guns
were fired. and in many places, professions and
congratuis:ory speeches were made.
The U. $. fiigate, Brandywine was accidentally
burned at Norfolk, with all the stores on board
The books and money alone were saved. Loss
over 81, GOO 600 The federal frigats, Niagara seized
the pr'vateer, Georgia, OF Lisbon, put RriH crew
on board and sent her to New York City. hen
lad ~. d. a..
the captain entered protes: against the capture.
There is difference of opinion in regard to Che le
gality Of the capture, but much satisfaction is
evinced in Grea, Britain The G. S. privateer,
Florida sailed from Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, on the
-4th Of August on q cruise.
The draft has been postponed in Nsw York City,
but the Herald thinks it should be executed ~
as possible. Bennett has declared for Lincoln for
President
Celebration Of the Fall Of Atlanta.
"The entire North is ablaze with joyful excite
ment over the downfall of Atlanta and the conse.
quent disaster to the South. Politics, which but
few short days since occupied the public attention,
are for the time forgotten, and salutes, bontires
music and congrstulatory speeches are the order OF
the day. The very heavens have been Illuminated
by the blaze of tar barrels and fire works, TIC air
has been made to shake with tho thunders Of a.
tiliery and hundreds of Threats have been made
hoarse by speochifying New York, New Je:ssy,
Vermont, Ohio, and other States exchange cunpli
ments over the brilliant success, and all agree that
the rebellion is in ertrenis-i e., crushed"
Sherman reports his losses at ], 200 kilograms
from the upper Potomac say that Early Is retring
before Sheridan.
Wheeler has aroused Nashville and all the gov
eminent employees arc under arms. The C:ufed-
crates occupy Franklin and Lebanon, and tu7e
been within miles Of Nashville. Rossesu is IN
pursuit Of Wheeler. =.
There is prospect Of another Republican Con
vention, under the auspices Of Wade and Davis, to
nominate new Republican ticket.
Juarez is expected from Mexico. Macmillan is
gaining ground by his national conclatory fsvOrs.
Major Reed Saunders died at Fort Warren on
Saturday, the Sd. He was a son Of Geo. N. San.
iers. Simeon Draper has been appointed collector
Of Customs in New York.
Grant takes decided grounds in favor Of Lincoln
and against the Chicago platform. Sherman is also
supporter Of Lincoln as it is stated he banisted
some officers for using incendiary language against
the President.
in the west An Indian bureau agent writes to tie
Yankee government as follows:
1.-THE overland road passes along the Little Blue
for perhaps fty miles, and all along that distance.
at intervals, we saw men and women lying in tn.
road and by tho waysde dead, stripped shot full
OF holes and scalped. The Ewbank family, -excep,
the old lady, who was away from home,-an l,s
within few yards Of each other-a gray-haad'd
man, two grown daughters, three grown SONS, AND
boy fifteen or sixteen years OF age. One q flss
daughters had seven arrows sticking in her Dsdy
They were Ill stripped and scalped except tie cid
man and boy.
A few miles below were two murdered and scttF
ed men in house, the doors Of which we're closed
We afterwards overlook the family fleeing to tie
settlements and learned that thirty live Indian.
attacked them the previous evening, and killed IL!
two men in the house and oddly wounded thyes
others Two unhurt boys succeeded in bracihg TIL
doors, got upon the loft cut holes in the ROOF, ani
drove off the savages by shooting at them with re
! volvc.s and one Henry's rifle.
At the next ranch were Two men dead, shot full
of arrows, and scalped Others were killed litrll
ways from the house but the inhabitants were q
filled with CONSERVATION that they did not venture
to bring them in. Nearly all who were unharmsu
were fleeing to Marysvile and other parts Of Kansa
more densely popustsd."
The overland and nail route to the Pacific ha
been stepped.
How Gen. Morgan was killed.
Gen. Morgan and his staff were staying at th
house of q Mrs Williams in Green vllIe, aad epo
Saturday night she, having Determined to bstra
him, mounted horse and rode fifteen miles TO Bu
Jap, Oy an unire9uenteo way, ano, upon m2An
her report to the Yankee commander at that pom,
he Immediately gave her troop If cavalry, whic!
she ploted as safely back. They entered Green
vile undiscovered before daylight and surrounds
the house. BY Some means, however, Morgan wa
aroused and running into the back yard attempted
make his escape But the foe were all around hi,n
Drawing bis pistol be fred five shots, till at length
he was.out down by musket ball, in the heart
osn. Morgsns men being aroused, soon drev,
the enemy from the village.
The husband OF Mrs. Williams is member o
Gen Burnside's staff She and her children hsv
teen ordered our lines, and are now doubtless n
ceiving the congratulatlon Of Yankee friends
The body Of Gen. Morgan was inferred 1t As,ina
don, on Thursday last.
Late Northern News. -.