Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-02-10

much excited and quite indignant hope, how.
eye,,ron reflection hey consider, that no man Of
.nv Gosition in Greeukborough had any thing to DO
,1,tt, the disordet It is however to be much re.
s5retted that some who could have prevented all
Disorder and preserved peace and quiet did not
have simply to add in conclusion that the meet
ing on last Saturday has satisfied every nteiseI'
man that so far the people OF Gul!tora are so...
eerned, that while they ne Hing snd reaay 70 Po'
forth all their energies in common with tneir ieiow'
citizens Of the ConfederakyEoE gain tAsF indepen-
dence, and to make q final separation from tno
North, yet they are not prepared. and will never .,
submit to milnaryzassspuseskak Home ana WI
contend for the writ Of habeas corpus under any ana
all circumstances. : ass!I sno&AS A. Lung.
TIVE AFFAIR AT sMfffFfEEDb, VIRGINIA..
From an officer who Participated III the afair, We
have interesting particphoE Of ssu recent sdeeess
at S,uithfeld Virginia. bns bal, seas y.sioz t;
,sl Tor3an. colnnandiSe at Ivor, received hforma
ton that the gunboat Flora Temple was lying OF
the wharf at Cherry Gposs,on ChuskatackS creek,
and that if he could reach her 10 time he could
capture hs, G with :: e Sser isns
Sturdvant's battery to proceed as rapidly As pos
sible to the place designated with his two Napoleon
guns, supported by two companies of the Thirty
first North. Carolina infantry apd squad Of the
Seventh Confederate cavalry, twenty one in number
and attack her wherever she could be found. Our
men took up the line of marehat O'Clock, night,
and reached Cherry Grove at day.break Sunday
morning, much to their regret, to find the Yankee
vessel gone. Our troops waited there until noon,
hoping she would again make her appearance, but
to their serious disappointment she faIled to do SO.
They then took up the line Of march for SCOTS
factory, seven miles from Cherry Grove, aud in the
direction of Smithfeld, where they, went to make
their camp for the night On the way they receiy-
ed information that the enemy were in force in
Smithfeld, having landed there from two transports
and one gunboat and were advancing from Smith
field in front of them. Our forces halted at Scotts
factory, and there having fully ascertained the cor
rectness of former reports, moved on very cAu-
tiously in the direction Of Smithfeld and had not
proceeded far before they encountered the enemy
in some force, with piece of artillery which i'm
mediatey opened fire. Our command formed in
line Of battle very rapidly, threw the artillery in
position, and warm work at once commenced In
thirty minutes they drove the enemy from his po
sition, killing eighteen and wounding two men,
Our loss was one QeutenanD MORALLY wounded,
who died in about five hours afterwards
Our men returned to their camp, having marched
fifty four miles and had brisk skirmish, inAicting
serious damage upon the enemy, in the short space
of twenty nine hours They had hardly got quiet
before they received another order to sturn at once
to Smithfeld and attack the enemy In his position
at that place. They again took up their line Of
march at six o'clock in the; morning, reaching
Smithfeld at half past eleven o'clock of the same
day. After some preiminaries, Captain Sturdivant
who commanded the expedition, sent in a flag Of
truce, demanding unconditional surrender Of the
forces occupying the town. Time was asked for,
and promptly refused, Captain Sturdivant stating
tnat, in five minutes he would fire upon the Yam.
KEGS if his demand was not complied with.
A surrender was signed, but gunboat appearing
in sight, it was withdrawn and upon the arrival Of
the courier with the above information our men at
once opened fire with two pieces of artillery the
infantry and cavalry deployng right and left to gain
the enemy's tanks and rear, In twenty minutes
the enemy we're driven from the streets, retreating
in disorder to the river having previously thrown
their gun into the creek. The gunboat, meanwhile,
had been firing upon our troops from below, and
had reached the town. Our men lmbered up and
moved our artillery at gallop until they reached
the lower end of the town, and run alongside the
. gunboat Smith Briggs, and opened fire upon her
with two guns, pouring shot and shell INTO her
broadside with such tremendous effect that in abou.
ten minutes she was totally disabled and hauled
down her flag.
In this engagement the enemy lost about twenty
in killed and wounded. On Our side two men were
lost The .prjsoners were at once disembarked and
the b. her armour and stores burned,
am ched out of town, and that same
eve to camp.-Rich Examiner.