The New York Herald Newspaper, December 25, 1862, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. |. oe I WHOLE NO. 9599. NEW YORK , THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1862. IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. The Engagements at Whitehall and Goldsboro. Immense Destruction of Bridges, Trestle Werk, Railread Tracks and Telegraph Lines. The Generalship, Skill and Feints of General Foster. Brilliant Operations of the Third New York Cavalry and Flying Artillery. INDIVIDCAL PLUCK AND DA @be Burning of Goldsboro Bridge Under a Heavy Fire. Very Rapid Marching of Our Troops. Burprise of the Rebels at Mount Olive. Inte. sting and Graphic Descrip- tom of the Scenes. Specia) Reports to the Wew York Herald. WAMES OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED, Re, Ber ae. ‘The campaign in North Carolina ig ended for the pre. |. Theresults prove it tohave been very successfully perried out as fares it was intended, We bave already Given the details of the frat four day’s operations, ending $a the victory at Kinston, iu our issue of Baturdey Inet, and now we tke up from that the aud preceed with our Marrative to the end of the eampaign,as furnishod us by Wee reports of our apecial army correspondente — FIPTH DAY. In ton Fina, Deo. 15, 1862. TUE ONWARD MAROH. We moved out of Kinston at a very early hour ibis ‘morning , and marched up the line of the Neuse river on ‘We aide opposite to that piace. The road lay through a @etion of country hilly aud comparatively poor. During the @ay wo came upon the enemy's pickets and drove em w, taking three or four prisoners. By auv- att we bad marched eoventeen milex. We then bivou- ‘ecked or the night, This day's saarch was vonsidered a very good one, considering tho fatigued “condition of the oops. On marchiug out of Kinston and re-crossing the fiver the bridus we eo fortunately saved the day previ ara wan totally destroyed, in order to defeat any design the part of Generai Evang to follow up and attack os ‘the rear. AVALRY BOOUT TO WHITHEALI. ‘When the \aain column halted for the night Mafor Gar yard, with bis battaliou of the Third New York cavalry, Sad asection of Captain Janey's baitery of the Phiri Mew York artiltery, were sent forward to dash into aut take s small town on the banks of the Neuse, known» Whitenall. Todo thie we bad to go s distanve oF threo endo haif miles from the mais colomp. This wea @omplished at a full galiop; but, uotwithstandiug we pasbed forward so rapidiy, we found on our avrival tbe Bridge over the river iv flames. We also learned that @ Virginia regiment had just retreated across the bridge, <faad that they would be heavily reiuforeed ou the follow- fag morning. The Major immediately ordered « recon- moimsance of the whole powition by dismounted cavairy- faen, In this reconnissance we found previous reports . @uaGirmed, in that we discovered @ rebel gunboat ou. the sedher side of the river, “PRSTAVOUEN OF A ABR GENBOAN. fo lestroy the gunboat, which was not fully completed, was one'of oor principal objecta; Dut to do it in the face @f an evemy, concealed in the woods on the opposite peak, was a very difficult matter." In order to east a weavy refection of light om the eneny, wo vet Gre to fargo quantities of turpentise, in barrels, in sheds and Mherwiee. This rendered the acenct ene of pesuliar and Aively interest. ‘The flames escended in atl forms and to | ‘Warlous heights, commuaicasing to and firing many ef the trees. Doring al! this time the enemy laid low Ae woods, only firing ene or two small erm. 2 MRAVE AND GALLANT ACTION. . Deief deliberation, the Major deterreived ¢o cal) apo eome one to volunteer and swim the river: then, imemming it, to board the gunboat and fire it, fe abis daring deed, Heury Batier, of Company (, Tira York cavalry, volunteered. Our artillery was ), #4 pended with shell to he right and left of the bridge, Butler thon undressed, ram Gown the bank, inte ihe river, ond swam to the opposite side. Baten ergot oon a fire brand at the burning Wriige, qhen the engmy opened fire on him, Butler instantly turned and rae for the river, followed by a couple of Mae gmewy, (who quickly sprang from their hiding places), tamped into thetwater, was again fired upon, and fosily eoaghest his old without injury. For this gallant tet ihe Major higiiy complimented Patler on the spot od while B. wos in # eltuation not observable fo civilized, anwarlike society. We then gave the enemy a severe dose of canister, and, Ouding that we could vot well get svor to the gunboat, we battered it to pisces with ebot and shel. 0 vouee! Was a nmal! one, flat bottomed, in for fast river navigation, devigned for one or two Built somewhat after the form of the Merrimac, be plating and all, We then returned to camp, baving vee, Wpliabest our purposas, . ‘THe RENRLA OUT WITTE, In con YoU with our movements to-day I may eid r was completely outwitted. From the fect four jing fought hard to save the Kiaston bridge, 40 the opposite side, oooupying the red to meet us y Hall to tho line of the Goldsboro and jing that we intended proceeding bank of the Neuse. Instead af that, on will be obserVed by what is above, we pasved ZS the other side, loay:'Qg Moseley Bull, eith ite armed ’ ; far to ovr right. a SIXTH NAY. Wau » Deo, LP. MARCA AND OCCUPATION OF WAQTIRALL—A OmTAMIED, ovluma again moved at au oaXly Hour this morning dirpation of Whitehall. As ww the town epene revealed our approaeh ovemy, the Detng concealed ia @ thick woods CY ‘he opposite @ she river, Hoevy skirmishing immediately en. betwoap the Ninth New Jersey ant three Segimente . Major Garrard, who was in adyauoe\gr the » With three pieces of artillery and a aq of Ofer ® high bill bebind the ikirgienYys, of the enémy, ‘int'l he gor to the loft of tone aad then opened with hia artiliery, Ina fow ouneT artillery camo ap, when the Major conse’ OUR SUCCESSES IN NORTH GAROLINA. ©” EVERETTS VILLE, ga tlNe reach TORN UF) — CREE TOR SEVERAL MILES firing. Although his cavalry force was in a” position 0 great exposare, under a heavy fre for quite a whilo, eti!) the loss was quite trifting. {We CAVALRY DARI MOUNT OLIVE. Under cover of action om both siden Major Garrard, with bis command, pressed on past White. hall, md made a rapid march (a distance of over twenty miles) to Meunt Olive Sta- ti & small place situated on tho lime of she W'ttn ington and Goldsboro Railroad =Whilo Major Garrard was away, in order to cover bis operations, Geueral Fes- ler epiered into * regular engagement at Whitehall. ‘tHe EYBMA! LABOR LOST. ‘The enemy having destroyed the bridge over the river, showed that he labored under the impression tbat we’ } would attempt:to crofs at thie point; whereas, it be bad not bave been.quite 60 fast, he weuld have discovered | that it was our intention to burn the bridge om the pre- vious evening. TRS PNGAGRMANS AT WHITRRALt lasted for over three Bours. The enemy operated age’ us with a force of about five er #ix thonsand infsntry threo battories of artillery. The Ninth New Jersey, Volunteers, General Wesselt’s brigade, and a. couple Massachusetts regiments, were cogaged in the fight. A regiments were brought under fire; and, as they fowforker a Jost a fow men, I suppose they clalia,to being ia the Nght alse, My accountsof the killed and wounded will explain the engagementa in which the regiments participated: Neither in the battles at Kiuston or Whitehall was over dalf our force engaged atone ume, eapecially not Ip tho latter. CMNBRAL POOTKR'A FEDS. ‘The better to deceive she enemy, General Foster made feint of rebuilding the dridge.under fre. A feint was alse made to cross the river; and a few of ene of our Massach ueetts not knowing that they were jy Swam across the river and got on the opposite bank. \ Of eonree they were ordered Deck. Under the direction (GCol. Ledley (Acting Brigadier sicuers!), our artillery wae\so admirably ported and gallantly worked that we efteteed the enemy's fire, and drove him, infautry, artivery*yand all, away for baok from the river bank. After we could, of course» have croseod the river; but the scdoe of General Foster's plens tondod etill more to deceive’ tho enemy. Under cover of infantry Oring and the wotking of two sections of artillery we passed ong without further molestation» and went into camp for the night sevaral miles the other @ide of Whiteball. Mount Onrve Stanton, Dac. 16,1862. (ER AWETAL AT MOUNT OLIVE BTATION——« SURPKIGR, Or leaving the main column we pressed rapidly on om regular and by roads until we reached @ swamp. crew atragk « tupentioe path, and after fnll gallop of a dis tance oF over four miles, camo out at this station at threo o'clock ¥. M.«, Thia sation was a perfect surprige to the peapte of the ;Yeeo. The ticket agent was vehing' tickets; paseengers wi foitering around waiting for thé oars, the mati for Wil. Wagten jald ready on the piatfoym, and a few paroled ro a im readiness to go ty Wil. mington, probably bt again, Ae a metter of cotree, for the time being, Mi Yor Garard pnt everybody unger arrest. The telegraph Wire was immodinigiy and after. wands effectually cut and’ troyed by Captain Wileon, of the Third New York cavn¥y) Mount Olive Ie seventeen miles from Goldeboro, and, 1 have specified before, immedjately on the line of tb boro and Wilming- ton Ratiroa ON GO THR CAYALAY—TREKLE Captains = Wilsov aad spective commands of the Thi airy, were sent seven miles i) ko Airection of Witmington , to destroy an extensive ‘N md treatle work. This thoy accomplished with gra labor, pfior a few minatee’ skirmish, aud joined our ayem foroe by dus, 18 conpection with the destruction of «| bri they algo destroyed the track and sot fire to thtyror tien tn eoveral places. AWOTHRR CAVALBY ° fa WAIL TRAIN cPrACKAND OND “ys aer. . { Waile this wos boing done Captain Jncobs, with ac yp pany of the Third New York oarairy and ous piece yb MUDGP DART ED. \ With their re” York ony. Allis’ Fiying ertillery, woe sent throes and o haty miles’ in the direction of GAldsboro, ep We ijno of vue raile: to deatroy the trtok, pome pots Bo ae & Dridge, bo ne Captain Jagébs teacked the anda alt y point tbo mall train Hfrom Go) ut m her Nes acta Spt H Bvaz zcv9 joined ua at -Monnt Ulive Station Past sbout sundown. ¢ MORE RAILROAD TRACK DASEROYED. . By thie time we at Moant Olive Station had taken np a large extent of the track, destroyed the rwitches and did ali the damage we could; then, about eight e’clock, we get out for a change of base, made several strategica! mmovemente through woods and swamps and reached the camp of the great army about midnigt!, having ou’ yoad more (han dive minutes a a time. a View OF WEAT Was DONE. On Jeaving Mount Olive T paused for a moment to behold the sight preneuted te our view. apparently on fire for miles in extent, buge fires of tieg and warping rails, and the blink mazement the w: too evident in the face of our now releneed prison The woots were bright und radiant with the reficoted wotets in the swatpe-if uot 10@ue of beanty, ad leur! 10,0 great degree of attructivenese, Ax we left the plo ghe boys gave therce cheors for the Diujor’s suscess, anit the came was dighly eamplimented. by General I, ov mak mg bis report to that officer. ‘THE BEBE ARETE TOO Lass, ‘We bad hardly left Mount-Olive Btation over ap tour when the encmy came down as near ae he could with a for quite a while. SEVENTH DAY. BATTLE OF GOLUSBONO RAIDER. Ow tas Fiesp, Dec. #7, 1802. AGAIN ON THR Manon. We resumed our line of march thie morning, and got on @ Digh Bit! and im full wight of a large foree of the entmy drawn up im Hne on the rajlroad, without meeting anything of importence to impede our progress. VER ARSARAY OVEN YIRB—NEBEL BETAMAT Tlaving the advantage of positionsboing on a hill, over & mile from the ratirosd, with an entirely opem covntry before ua, the river ov our right and a densa wood to the joftmwe opened on the enemy with shell. Ver a very whert espace of time the rebels siooa their yround but 60 accurately <id we get the range of their position, rapidiy throwing in the shoits, thet the onemy broke front and Hine, and eommenced a precipi tate retreat across the river on the ratirond briege. We kept up our fring with considerate rapidity and by that means cut off the retroat of two rebel regiments, who fel! Dack into thick +oods on the other side of the railroad OUR REET MOVEMENT, Gol. Ledley then moved @ battery to within less than half @ mile of the enemey’s porition. ‘The Ninth Now Jersey was rent to@urport the battery avroes an open fold and afterward beyond it, until the regiment got close we the right of the rail ad bridge, amd a ebort distance (rom the enemy and the river, Whije these operations ‘wore being carried out, ho Seveutoeuth Maseachueetts, wader command of Lieut. Col. Fellows, moved to the left, tuto the woods, waded through @ until stream, and come Opt on Ube valiroad line direetly in from: of the enemy. Thr umDKLe OFAN riAR. Ry this time, and while the Seventeonth was slowly advancing, the enemy commenced @ rapid fire of shot aud shel) from @ battery concealed iu the woods soruss ihe fiver, and t the left of the bridgo, luoking from our position, a@ sleo from them iron clad raiiromd car, Ovoupy ing 8 position on the other side of the river, close to the entrange to the bridge. At this poiut they alsv haw gharpehootera, WhO Iried Berd, bat did aot well snocesd hana hoo RRP GHNMRA) PETIUNEW By the time the action had become tolerably heavy we heard the whietie of an approaghing trajo, and goon after from prigonera that the rebe! Genorai Pettigrew ft arrivdd with rejnforcemonts in the way of his ANS 8ABIGS GATT Ge APPROACH, of our @! waa h Bond alogg ® plaiiorin cary we groaving confv@ion as to delhy from oma! Immedia'@f toto agiion Pango of ihe wainye birew the abajt re Sch er ae ba “Te fm diately whietled down brakes,@ud reversed his order Of procecding, Notwithstanding thie Captain Javobs waa enabled tw bring his pieces of artillery into such @ porl- tion ag to give the retreating train the force of three shelis, After doing nie business, and well and ably de- “veloping the bump of destructien in North Caroliua, he Across , 88 6xplaiued Above, without moving on any main 1 saw the raiiread Nght; our hidden toad was ateo iuminated, end a" gaiure soemed changede-ss the light retlected on the 20-ealled *' Merrimac Railroad Car” and abelled the woods * fram thy enemy wee “tears anim, Ba he. AES finns and on the Wilmington and Weldon Jiailroad. weeds I Splendid Operations of General Foster’s Forces on Southwest Cree,k, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro ‘this morning, and after a horseback ride of ove miles reached Newborn by sundowa, When be jeft ‘lv army was on ite way to Néwbern, » & CENTS Dre. 19, 1862 Your correspondent left the army about seven e'¢ co) os THD LATEST. Newnnaw, Peo, 20, 1802 Duriag the progresa of our late expedition we wpon argo quantities of cotton and turyentine. Our i ‘Vatioe was so peouliar amd rapid that the rebels did | ( JAIDCE 4 | vrod, and that the two South Carolina regiments | whurged Morrison's battery lost in that obarge { three bundred and Gity men. ‘AROS. 6 AIDGE papel EH RIDGE YTRKD—DANOER.OF TH, AYERMET, The object of General Foster's penetrat by so far intend Deing to <lestroy this railroad bridge, he ser geve ondore to have # Unrned. Colonel THokman, aot the order, called for volunteers to carry into effect the Geverare destre, nel weleeted some from cach regiment to } advanees were mado. vo fires were driven back Ajntant of the Seventeenth was dungeronsly G4LLANTRY OF LIKUTENANT GRAHAM AND PGMONE. ded. Finuily, Liewtepant, Graham, of the roekes Teattery, m. © ath New Jersey, adlrenood » when Liertenar#@ra- and now ecling aid to Colonel Hickman, and Semone, « privateie the the enemy's heavy f ) got neer enongh te and did fre the bridge. WEETRUCTION OF THY TRACK. AS soon a8 we saw the bridge in flamestie Geveral Two Massachusette regiments, who bad been lying in reser Ve, stacked arme and ruebed up op the traek with 2 yet! aryl acheer, and did the work of destruction at alert notice, ‘The rails and ties were thoroughly destroyed by physical gaveorders to bave the railroad track destroyed power and the efivct offre? 2s WSS AGAIN RUSH TO FIR aThe% , BUT ARR AgPT) GED. General Foster having successfully accomplished al; his plans and more, today determined to withdraw bis lureefrom the field, andte fall back te tbe Srat“conve. nieat eampiug place for the night. ‘The coluran was got in motien (each regiment okeering ihe General as it pasced), and we had advanced « con* siderable distance (probably two miles), with the supply train, &c., in front, when the rebels, secing che last bri. gade, Col. Tee's, about to move, and some distauco from tho artillery, iook courage and ruebed out of the woods ca the other side of the ra\iroad, and gave the raltying cry and yal! thet follows it, fmunediately after ward two South Carolina regiepia, who hed come from Franklia, Grod » volley and then charged with the bayonet on Mor. riseu’s battery. ‘The ebemf were allowed (o get rather clove to the battery, when the opened on them with conister, Beliger’s battery pat in » powerful crore fire, and Col. Lee's Brigade wheeled into live and did excel lent cxeoution. Tle rebele mada this bayonet charge with great dash and courage, but, notwithetauding, they were repuised with great fore of !i’e, and an amusing and estoviehing precipitancy PREPAMACIONS POR A CONPRAL. ENGAGEMENT. Of coarse, this Initer movement on the part of the re bole had the elie t of baiting our columun for several hours. Not Knowing but that the enomy might be in etrong force thin side of the river, we made every preparation to enter iuto a regular engagement. flowever, after a renewed ght, Iaeting nearly two hours, we ogaim silene d the ene. say's Ure, and pureued our retrograde movement. in the inet figut the rebels opeoed fron two batteries instead of 26—their iron plated car—au! brought into action thelr infeutry on both sides of (he river. THR KEBEL PORCS R¥GAGKD, In the battle of thia bridye the rebels bad, a9 prisouerd report, between eight and ton thoveand troops engaged, We never had Wird our force engaged. about aine o'clok P.M, our ariny bivouncked for ihe night, ve tween White Hall and th Goldebero Railroad bridge. CAVALRY Dasmtwn, White the battle wee progressing at the bridge Majbr iiiestumous, with his battalion of the Thira New York cavalry, made a dash againet Dedley station, ou the line of the Witaington flailvosd, Ove miles from the Golds. boro Ratlroud bridge, took pritouere sevoral Fbel pickets, capture? aud dostroyed 4 train of four oars, touk ap three miley of the railroad track, burned some trestle work, a ride, and other Hittie oF vetoras, (uoltding @ mort com plete destrvotion of the telegraph ne, and joined the maia ayer ohm Without loss (0 Bis Command. The Major also ro. peated w similar experiment at Pverett station, on the tine ofthe same raiiroa’. Major Garrard, with Dia buttaiion of the Third New York oavalry, went (while the main urmy bridge, over the Neuse river He took with him @ ve a Raosom’s Twenty-third New York artiliory, On arriving im the vicinity of the bridge Cuptain Jncods, ei Ine oompany of oavalry, Wge ordered w charge down to fh, He did fo, found Wie bridge in ames, ond received (ve Te will again be seen that the oneay io regard §=tO (5% (oromeing of the Majer imufediately oponed with bw Ot tae Aamo tue demnHHiRed p mee veer Mouny volunteered from ibe~ZoverBeeo'n Manon otneetis and Ninth ew Jersey regiments geo the Coto- do the our men Ip one of these advauelpma former 1Vare {0 jwform General Foster with regard to hig position, aon- dition, &e. AB pom as General Fuster reonlyed the in- formation be retuforged tho Major with (ur plecos of artillery from Angoll's battery and the Furty-third Mas- saobueotis regiment, under command of Gol. Holbrook. Aiter 9 fleht of over two hours we slenoof the cuems’s heavy guns aud, musketry, and returned to the main Column withe loes.cf one killed aud four wounded. Be- fore leaving our forces could go anywbore in that neigh. borhood, slong the bank of the river, without being Ared AS. The robole had eight precoe of artillery and four regi- gents of jufantry at thts bridge, ro SPOTRKR ORIRE EH. out tem o'clock ANis’ flying artillery, ard. fo ©, A nod D of tha Third Now York eavairy, in attemeting ‘rejoin the main commn from another direction, were attacked by two pieces of the rebels’ artilery., and, Supposed, about a ragiment of rebel infantry, {0 \ecs, than 2ftonn miniten our artillery silenced that of the enemy. pxcmENTs Doring tue cnyageseent a chaplain of ono of the Masea. elurette regiments, who was on the field seeing ove of the meu ¢f Bettery B, Third New York artillery, being borne off wounded, swid to hima, “Were you Supported by Divine inspiration? “Nol was the reply, “we were ‘supported by he Ninth New Jersey. In the battle of Whitebal! Col. Lediey (Chief of Artillery) Tecelved a very elight wound on the hand froin one of the rebels’ shells. Derg ~the progress of our operations there was ‘brought into eetion, at various times, Belger's battery, battevien A, B, D, B, ¥, H, 1 end K of the Third New York artillery, and the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth (ikdependont) New York bdatterios, The whole of our artillery was worked admirably. Copsain Morrison's battery of the Third New York artiery bel three men wounded, and Jost the same Sumber of horses. Captain Morrison took at the battle of Kinnow forty-one prisoners, tueluding two commis. Showed Offictys. At the battio of the ratlroud bridge be ‘ook seven score prisoners. When bie batiory was charged by the south Caroline regiments he kept up 4 Steady fire untii every round of bis ammunition «a gone, and then gay? way to Captain Bolger, Captain Rigge’ batiory waa wide engaged in helping to repaise the charge of the South Cagoline regiments. In the bat (les of the 160i and 17th Captalu Amnon’ battery dia yood execution, and without sustaining any oisualties in the company, ‘These three battorits, while in action vore ubder (be itnmediate comroend 9; Major Kennedy, AEREL RESOLUTIONB NOT ae ‘i At Mount Olive Btation, among the private papers of the Poetmasters was found the following. —~ Whereas, we, the people of the counties of Wayne aad Diplia, have eoen a proclamation from tbe biack repabi: cou President, Abrahaci Lincoln, calling fer sevouty-five thonaand men. (and @ call inade on North Caroling Siac wher the rort), for she py Of subjugeting onr Son brethred of the Confederate States who avking nothing but for their rights to be and their ieaiitutions Jet alone, the Interest of North Carolina being. kiemtitiod with the sakd Coufederate Statos, we, as ber citiyens, deem it Rigbiy necessary tO express oor views to the world, irrespective of former party tieg, therefore Ranolved, That the example of oar patriotic forefathers is too platuly set bofore us to be unmindful of our dubs We kuow the cause of tho Confederate States to be t supreme tutorest of North Carolina; therefore we OuF fortunes, our lives and Our most sacred hevore in majutenance of ad cause Regolved, That, (or the ald and furtherance of said cause and the defeece of our howes aod our rights, we will form a m!Mtary company for the purpose drilling that we pen Mas the betier propated to defend out homes and our country. Resuived, That we eal! upon the good eitizcas to sustain us apd give us thoir wid for the support of our com: '. Resolved, That tho manly and patriotic course oe his Excotleucy John W. Pills in ordering our forte taken sad eld by troops of thie State, and bis iudependent dental wr w Abe Lincoln te sustain bim ip hie 4) & , Meota the entire approbation of this company his community. Our total lone ie Between four endtive hyndyed, te all we (ook over five hundred prisonéte, | EIGHTH Day, | Duo, 16, 1868 ON THR ROAD MAGE, ‘The army marched this day te withio seven wiles of Kineton, We had to pass through woede on dre, some of | i | natives heving purposely aud some of our mom hay. Ae LeGidentaily (ihe lattef through the medium of thelr camp fired, comraunionted flamer t the turpentine seee, Though the scene was neve! aud plensing, atill (t HHP dangerous, ANd HF Hime soMembAd More LhaD thie, ave time to burn |b, although we oceasionally Yarge quantitics on tire. Our entire movoment was greatly facilitated by + Slaght, to whose energetic course of action was doe | keeping up of oar supply, dc. , trains, Genera) highly complimented Captain Slaght for the ability whieh he conducted bis department. Atorgot to mention fa my account of the engagessen (geidsboro Railroad bridge that the enemy, on finding ‘Sur troops were outfanking them by wadlog through onil! stream, hoisted the gate at the mil and let the rush down with astonishing impetuosity. By tbie ono of two of our men were drowned, while the othe | still pushed on, with the water up ¢0 their armpits, § gardloss of the difficulty. : ‘We learn by flag of truce fyorn the rebels at Ki #.~' that their (the rebels) love is between otght and uine Wy Their color bearer wee three times. ‘ } OUR NUWBERN CORREBPONDENCE. |} Nawanan, N. C., Deo. 19, 2000. | Deiumphant Advance of the Union Apmy under Gene {| Poster—Capture of Mognotia, Whitehall and boro—Consternation in Raleigh--Temporary Revieal Gi Union Sentiment—Mere Abeut the Battle of Kinser Customs Regulations as Newbern-—Oengrésionat Fl tion, de., dv., de. | The advance of the Union army mto the interior & | ctinues triumphant. General Foster, has passed tht) Magvotia and Whitehall, and, from the latest repo¥ti, | eapproached within « few iniles df Goldsboro, sotzed |. Pumber of cars and locomotives, destroyed a large qu [etity of robol store, and token and paroled aboit |. Aundred rebel soldiers. j The greatest consternation prevailed to Raleigh, tiv <npital of tbe State, whith sarge number of the wion families haye fled from Newbern and other weaward, carrying with than ail their treaeure a ‘valuoble property that could by conveusently traneport ] ‘The apecto from the banks in Nowbern sud other ple ad been carried there for sufe keoping. The rebe! Gencrat Evans made 61x different stakes ny fore he left the vivinity of Kinston. Ho wae driven ich Unt, although having the advantazo of groand an; knowledge of the country. His foree did not exceed ft thousand men, nfl reinforepmente were solit, and the did him more harm then good, being captured carly the (rat engagement. It ip estimated that the Usioh u killed and wounded was two to one of the enemy. The rebel offlcer whe wae shot while ip the act of fir) the Kinston bridge was @ Captain McKee, brother Duncan McRae, a well kuowp North Carolina polit is body, as before siated, wag entirély consumed. Two geftiemen cane down from Kinston last ing buggy, They imet wo troops nor any other Ih human éajeot om the way until they fell in with pickets,’ The advance of General Foster had created spread ‘alarm among the rebels, while it enooure; ; Union mento avow thelr sentiments apd obocr tho flag. With Goldsboro aud Weldon in the possession of Union troops, which those gentlemen report to be cae, ita overywherc conceded that more damage be done the rebel cause than by almost any means. Our !nformaute state that the people in the tertor have a high sense of the fwportance of held! theae railway positions, 0 essential to the safety substatence of the rebel armies. And now ‘hey believe them to be lost, they ao hesitate Yeavow thelr conviction that the heck bons the rebeliion fs waren. Aboat « million dollars of redel army stores aro at Weldon, We have Tacnns Of watiwaticating the repurt Of the of tie place, bit ony valely soy thas there & 5( point in Win section of the coumtey ef more a0 quence to (he Thton army, nor one witich the rebels wt more wnwillingyp-y ied. There ix considerable cotton back of Raleigh, aws:\! the approach of the Thien army to de sent Borth, hae heen concesied from the vigilamoe ef the destrugtives in Jeff Davis’ government. About hundred bales wore burnt at Kinston before the re! lett the.plage, That storing patriot and anyielting Union may, Mr. John B. Phelps, of Plymouth, . C., all arrived in Newbern, tho pioture of ‘affliction and misery. It will De remembered that he wag of $4,900 in gold, the hard earnings and Bavings .& jong end indostrions lifo, shat his houses were bor: hits valuable rurnitare destroyed, and, the worst inf of all, his wife shot dead by the rebels, in tneir late apon Plymouth, He came here yesterday, looking mote Mice one just risen from the grave than a living ji being, penniiess aod appareny friendiess, however, had he passed the threshold of the rr House, when hie hand was warmly grasped by one of 1 ‘Diggost hearted man in the world, benest John MeComie formerly of the ©. Vanderbilt aad Plymouth Long Island Sound steamers, and ia @ short 1 bis load of sorrow war Telieved by “the kindly tentions of that werthy friend of the distressed, Mes:loger, Provost Marsha’, has appointed Mr helps te pest Of some lucrative importance, andthe hope overy where ompressed that be may reccive a still reward for bis unwavering devotion to the canse of Union, Mr. P. bee ove son, who ie sick, anda who bas becn admired, far and near, for her and uconmplisbmente. Mr. Phelps hoisted the Union iu Plymouth in defiauce of the threats of sec: who abound in the place. A reward of §1,000 was by the rebels for his head. The miserable robel bousts of having shot bis wire beiongn to the Seven North Carolina infantry, aud is named Joe Griffin, Phelve is profuse in his thanke to Caps. Ploaser, of gunbowt Commodore Perry, for tls unremitting kind to bim in bis hour of trouble. Boats whick started op the Neuse night before lags f the purpose of Bringing down the wonaded (rom Kh. stou have not retussed up to the preseut time, They arg i j Several houra bohiud time, There are some fours tha they may have sulloreé from guerillas, who are ey owed to be eonceaied alawyg tho Danke of the river, awalt pyortanitien to perpetrate their diabolical deeds, ‘inere had been grent Pajricing io Hyde oonney ca ae olant of the reception of @ feport that the Yankoug been badly whippet at Kinston, The county. wh) is among the richest in the Stato, t® filled sith wisio: predatory bands, who ere openly entertained by citizens, A vivit to the regton‘frem the New York Thir cavalry would not be amit THE CONGRESMONA!. RLZOKON, We are likely to have « lively time ns the Congrees: election which bus been ordered by Governor Stanly fo held in thie district ou the Ivt of January, A baroh candidates sre already in the fold, cadh represant!n some partioular lnterest or other, ‘The counties in which there will Be no pels opened: Gre Pitt, Lenoir, Greene, Wayne, Onstow, Kdgecom and Jones, The remaining cowuties are Reaufort, Craven and Carteret: In‘Craven poils can oaly be in Nowbern, In Bay River, Oraveo county, there some two or three hundred Union roters, who cannot ou account of guertlias, in Besafort county the only ing cam be done in Washingtoa, and in Cartores city ta the only piace where polls can be opened. It i@ tinderstoed that the oath of allegiance is not to be exacted fg 8 prerequisite to Voting. There are co sheriff in either of tha counties where polls can be opened, and no magia’ trates, whoee presspoe i necessary (0 legalize aioction; while the Jaw of the State requires sasorndiing of all the sherif of the tu the distrivt la the Court House at Newbern to the polls on the Thnfiday neat following the vere ie no Court House i Newbexp. by. Si ties wil) be overcome by some Action gp t! fie orsor Stanly, who, like Governor Johngon, of doos not Calvor at trifles when’ the ebjeot Bought ts the at talnment of ® public goed, Among oandidates nomt uated are the foliewing»— Jeunioge Pigott, Governor? Stealy’® Private Secretory, * ‘OONTINUED GN EIONTN Page,