Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1864-08-22

ansas, says G~enerakJ0e Shelby mas thrce
four thousand cavalry, and is occupying
larendon, White river. General Pagan IS !
the Arkansas river below Pine Bluff, with,
veral thousand Cavalry and infantry. The :
ankees still hold Little Rock, Pine kBlut, i
nd Duvall's Bluff: =
A correspondent, "Ivy Greer writing to tho i
Tllmington Journal an account Of the naval com ),
at below Mobile, ssAA4: -
In this engagement the OldNerth Sac furnish I
4 one Commander, 2. w. Murphy, of the Sci, /
Ia" who fought bis Snip against the Ii artford
sixteen guns) with much skill, until all h ope OF
ictory vanished, aud then as if madsess drove
i'm on, he ran up 6re5a bro aside i':to hex apd
A Ysnls1 ,9siin.t,d at 5000 .sr.pg is
aid to have occupied Holly Springs, Missl-s'pp'
The Yankee Poet George P. Morris is dead.
His son Gen. w. Hsnorris belongs to the army
Of the Potomac il at home wounded.
A telegram . Is1ufssrffe says SO -Confede-
rate ladies' ffon# Ephave arrived there aud
$50 more areRropftsd ct Nashville They are
q be sent out Of fhh nit of ,he.Uo ted States.
: The Y'pk' e' ssEabu'a ut Price Es0's' Court
The Charleston Gurier Gays the steamer Prime
Albert, Captain Gems which left Nassau
WEDNESDAY ad;'n attempting to run into port
MONDAY night. waEAeslroyed, ty the YANKEES
batteries. Only. a snail part Of her. cargo con.
listing OF medicines and other light articles was
saved. The Prince Albert belvng,d to the Rich
mood Importing Company. This was her SEQ
opd trip. II
MILITARY CHASGEs Maj. Gen. Maury, Of
Mobls, has b ed to take command OF The
Department Of Alabama, Mississippi, and East
Loulsiana-a place made vacant by Gen S. D
Lee being assigned t, the commaad of Hoods
corps in the a'my& Tennessee. Gen. Higgins
succeeds Gen. Maary in the Mobile District.-Au-
5usto chron. onl ssat =
YANKEE TUG DEsTRoYFD.-The Whining
ton journal saysthat "a new yankee tug got
aground not farsfrom Baldhead, a week or
TWO ago, and to prevent her falling into our
hands the yankees burned her.
NORTH CARoLtsiAss AT FoRr D~ELAwARE.-
DR.. Voolfolk, tfVirginit, who has just Teen re.
leased from Fort Delaware and arrived by truceboat
furnishes the ~jo'lasi6g list of the names of per-
sons from this State now ccrfred 1T that pace
Capt. r.. w. Atkinson, I'd N. G. Cav. Lieut..
john Blain, 16sh-N. c.. ; Adjt.~ r. D. Btackw Il,
Goth N G. Cav. lit. J. ". Brothers, 6lst N. G..
1t. J. H. B;edwnth, 4th N. G.. Cav. 1t. J. G,
Clements, 21st N, c.. ; 1t. Frank Viii Jams, 18th
N. G.; Adjt-Srecd, 18th n. !; Adj j. T
Gregory, 9th Nc Capt Kinchen, 18th N
c.; Lt.-Tomn,y, 18th N. c., johnston
Island ; 1t. Col. Il. L. Cox, Goth N. C. =; Lit. n
t Y. Cash, 9th NC.
: Switzerland. already 50 rich in beautiful. seen
cry. Ias foura svev---estnre which odds to Il
wonders of nature Near ss mauT1cc--fT tn
: Canton de Vaud, a grand crystal cavern has bee
: discovered, at which one arrives BY a boat on
d suhtersancan lake The cavern lies 1900 feet b.
z low the surface oftbe earth, and is said to Is.
: beautiful beyond description.
CtEANINa BeSkErrs % zalic acil an wa.e
may lie used for Dunstable straw 5onuetts, and
b will probaly answer equally well for any other kin
provided they are lot OF too fragile a fixture t
bcarthe brushing necessary for clea-ing the,
N properly. An onncepf oxallc acio dissolved in
$ quart of water, is the proper proportion, tut if tt
straw be very dirty add a little more acid. App!
L. i with a oail birth, leave the bonnet to dry, Az
l. it will be found to have regaiaed ali its form
lis stifeess aud freshness
Mr.. J A. Cu,shens, of Nansemoud, informs Il
En1uir r that a few nights ago, ten OF bis cat,
% got mt a field q the s'rgho cine,s and that e
out Of ten died hoHa eating it before d.y.-Chr
u tau Sun. =
lis FaoM FLoR1pA-Genera' Rirncy has mad,
IA faln III riWl a,adeslrOylng several bridges, s
capturiog a Locomotive and several cars, and
ID ou,ni-y of small arns.-We nov. held sBaldv
r aaud Camp Milton.
ae TowNs THE YANKEES HAVE BuRsr.-G
mantown and Madison Court House, in Virg
n ia Wasbington,sN. c.; Button, S. c.. Dar
and St. Mary's, Ga. jacksonville and Tan
"e Bay, Fla. jackson, Miss Grecnville and OF
~ towns IN Arkansas Alexandra ana New lbel
'e La; Hick man Randolph, Lake Providence.
you Sar , P~laquthine, Danalds5nville and ey
other town on the Mississippi river. from
III mouth of tue OHIO to NevN Orleans, except NJ
I've phis, Matches VIoksburg and Ba.oa Rouge.
SPRING CREEK.-Thisis a settlement
Dot Madison county, lying along the Tennes
,at line It numhsred previous to the v
md about s, TO 70yoters. At the common
M ment Of the stf0ggle this little precinct. q
1O7 men inso tic field, brave, hardy. act
Per m~ountaineers, There are now over
:. hundred orpahlars made So by. the war a
oy twenty-five widows in tits little settleme
,n.' Yet there is neta dislcyal man or won
among then.sThe fires of patriotism b
as brightly, ssfat the outset and no &C
&C. planning Or unrmuring is heard
sas them. The cause is s~t, last, ara
thg ways upon t~hasrrpermost IN their heal
he The women god bless them) are toll
nc mon the mountain side to support til
side ones, cheerfully enduring all man
of hardships, Chat their husba k1s, fat
4 - u l-o.La.. e.~ Laln G.L+ ii. L.411-.