Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-09-13
WAR NEWS.
from PeIeTsburg.

.TIom Petersburg.
Gen. GEsnt Z busy at present buiidinFA railroad
in the gear Of ~ line Of !orthcat'on$ from Cl'y
Point on the J41es River 70 Reams Sutton on tie
Weldon anil Pet-rsburg railroad. Troops are berg
maSSed by him A this latter place, and reinforce
menLs are constantly coIniTg in. The .ntny's bat
teries PLAYED utou the City Thursday morning la-t,
inuring one negro and striking two houses
Prom Georgia.
Sherman has contracted his linrs s, Atlanta .nd
is rerruitiIg his army before making any other
D. movemen'f lie IS reported as erecting q line OF
hreastworE from Atlantis 70 Est Point and thr"ugh
the city 70, Dec 'tnr, and is also repN-i7. Ghc IA
gust4 railway. The maiE oody u IL, srmy l.
witkia the iortihcations Al Atlanta.
From tho North.
Lincoln. has issued proclamation r-qu,'iirS
that thanks Sying be offered mex, Sunday al al
places Of lie worship Ia he UuI.ed Sta'es 10
GOd Tor reservation Of nat:UlG! existence $50
prayer 10 pliEine protection 4 nc soldiers and
for biess and comfort TO tho sex and wcun
ded and -Oners, and the widows ,rd o-unans Of
those ave fallen in the service o. tie country
/ also pf 1mAtion returniT z ire Usuor, tLauks
| for th. uclion Of Forts PoEsI, Ncrrs1 aud
[ Gaines andy, Fsrragut AMI Grsag.r. sud to
! Sherma' men for the captur. u At,N,,ts
!. Ther,f been immense dem.as,-ations st S.ra.
) ,ors-.,,I Boston, Buffalo, Me- London, over the
The u = y ~ - |r 81 s@ u? 70, +
burned
III. hooL Loss
over $40, The federal IA SgSr' seized
thl Lr,vat ryia off Lisb pa. prlzr crew
on SJard her To New York Clty. when
.sl 11s under d BI'' 'Se nag c,S, au
There IS q, of opinion i'll regard 70 the ie-
gah.y Of .pture, bat ma 'At'Siacuon Is
eyr.ced in At Britain. The Prl''teer,
Florida, 50 ON Santa Cruz, sbil1e, on the
~ Al =
The dralt !: 5cIa postponed in New York City,
but the Heran thinks i should DC executed as soon
as possible Bennett has declared for Lincoln Tor
President -
Celebration OF the Fall of Atlanta
"The entire North is ablsze with. joyful excite
ment over the downfall Of Atlanta and the conse
oucnt disaster to the South Politics, which but \
few short days since occupied the public attention,
are for the time forgotten, and saiuteS bonhres,
music and coHsratulatory speeches the order of
the day. Thev very heavens have been Illuminated
by the blaze Of TAR barrels and fire works the air
has been made to shake with the thundes OF ar
tillery. and hundreds of throats have been made
! hoarse by Speedfying. New York, New Jersey,
| Vermont Ohio. and other States exchange comp:
ments over the brilliant success and all sgree that
! the rebellion IS in ertremis-i e., crushed
! Sherman reports lis losses at 1900. kilograms
/ from the upper Potomac say that Early retiring
! before Sheridan.
eminent employees are under srms The Confed
crates occupy Franklin and Lebanon, and have
! been within miles of Nashville ROsselu is IN
pursuit OF Wheeler.
There is prospect of another Republican Con-
ventiOn, under the auspices Of Wade Aid Davis, 70
nominate new Republican ticket.
Juarez is expected from Mexico. Macmillan is
gaining ground by his national cOnclliatory fsyors.
Major Reed Saunders died at Fort Warren
Saturday, the cd. lie WAS son OF Geo. !. San
ders. Simeon Draper has been appointed collector
of Customs in New York.
Grant takes decided grounds in favor OF Lincoln
and against the Chicago platform SherpIn is also
o supporter Of Lincoln, il is Gated hd blnished
come officers e. using incendlary SnguagyaGsinst
the President
The Indians are giving the Yankees muGtroubls
in the west An Indian bureau agent Eris TO the
| Yankee government as follows:
1.-The overland road passes along the Lite Blue
for perhaps 6Ry miles, and all along that distance,
at intervals, saw men ani women lying 10 the
road and by the waysde dead stripped shot full
OF holes and scalpsd The R@ bank ismil Except
the old lady, who away from home all lac
within few yards Of each otner-a grThsaded
man, two grown daughters three grown snS andS
boy fifteen or sixteen years uf age. o. OF The
/ daughters had seven arrows sticking InrsT boy.
They were al stripped and scalped eG>o. the old
man and boy
A few miles below were two murder. ild scalp
ed men in house. the doors OF nh,rl '5e close ].
We Afterwards overlook the ftrGIi~ ing t. tie
settlements, and learned that thiry-' Indians
attacked them the previous evening 'illeu tie
two men in the house and badly wc ed tnrae
others. Two unhurt boys succe,deu ...Acinr the
doors, got upon the loft, cut holes in c root, and
drove off the ssVages by shooting at IN with &C.
vOvers and one Henry's rifle.
At the next ranch were two laen adj shot FIJI
of arrow, and scalped. Others Ser.ii'si a lt'Ic
ways from the house but the Bhr ants WeJe 30
filled with eonsternatiOn that tn. nht Vs7:G~' :
to bring them IN. Nearly all NShJ p unna-,l-I .
were fleeing to MarySville aud other Is Of haAsas
densely populated"
IN. overland and mail route 70 Pacific has
bee, stopped.
How Gen. Morgan was led
Gen. Morgan and his staff were lying st the
house Of AIRS Williams in Gre.Ille, and upon
Sat"rIay kShh she, having deteried to oetray
hin, ,nG' tel SSorse an rode fNn miles TO Buh
zap, by N un"equen.ed way, upon making
: her rcIoit 10 the Yankee ccnu,.T at that point
h.. -, No. Itely gave her n trco,f cavalry which
4 she uiluted s. sa'eiy haa. In entered Green I
Vile uni soEyt.,o peion daygt and surrounded
the nods ~ SoWe u.ans, hover, Morgan was
aroused i'tc The b,l yard attempted
. max. h. - ., Dli the :Je vre all around him
Drawn So L nc a'cd fg, snots, till at length
he WAS yeey ausset all, in the heart
zen, "en beng reused, soon drove
the s@,EI sd ' II ;,.,s: .,.-,,.- .,
teen ~tsred OCr Inc, IN
: ceiying The cOngrStuatiOn O -. -
n The cody Of Gen. Morgan ne Aim.