The Greensborough Patriot

Aug. 7, 1862

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Editorial Summary.

Information has been received at headquarters which states that Col. Armstrong, commanding the Cavalry of the army of the West, has taken Courtland, Alabama, capturing one hundred and fifty-nine Federals and six cars. The Confederate loss was two killed and eight wounded. The citizens of Courtland were frantic with joy.

It is stated that fifteen thousand Federals during last week passed Tuscumbia eastward, destined for Chattanooga.

Passengers from Memphis report that our guerrillas have burned several Federal transports on the Tennessee river, near Eastport.

The notorious Jim Lane has been commissioned by the Yankee Congress to raise a brigade of negro soldiers in Kansas, and he has gone thither for that purpose.

The Yankees fear that Jackson with 23,000 men, and Ewell with 6,000 are preparing for an advance on Washington city.

Halleck has left Washington for the Peninsula.

Morgan’s command has returned to Tennessee after making the most daring and successful incursion into the enemy’s country ever recorded—losing only 20 killed and forty wounded. His present whereabouts is not given.

From Savannah we learn that five gunboats opened on our batteries at Genesis Point, on the Ogechee river. After an engagement of several hours the enemy backed down retiring to the Sound with one boat considerably damaged.

From the Wilmington Journal of the 2^nd, we learn that three of the enemy’s steamers are off Fort Fisher. They captured last night a sloop deeply loaded, from her looks supposed to be the Spray, Capt. Brown, of Wilmington, inward bound.

A meeting lately held in Detroit to facilitate the raising of new regiments for the war, and broke up in a row.

Late accounts indicate that the rumor which has had currency for two or three days past, to the effect that the Yankees were advancing upon Kinston in two columns, one by Trenton and the other by the Dover road, and also shelling their way up Neuse river seems to have been without foundation, though two or three of their steamers are said to have gone up Neuse river throwing shells. Sol Williams, acting Brigadier, is in command at Kinston, and will doubtless be prepared for any emergency that the Yankees may bring about in that quarter.

A portion of our artillery opened on McClellan’s fleet on Friday morning last, with a tremendous cannonade. An account of this affair will be found in another column written by one who participated in the action. Our correspondent omits to mention that six of our men were wounded, caused by an accident with one of our guns.

Andy Johnson has sent the Revs. Elliott, Ford, and Baldwin from Nashville to the Indiana penitentiary.

The National Intelligencer and Baltimore Sun of late dates have been received in Staunton. They announce the resignation of Seward, and state that the Governors of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Connecticut refuse to send more men in the field. The National Intelligencer accuses Seward of having been engaged for the last sixty days, through England, to bring about an armistice. Vallandigham is stumping Ohio against the war and the administration, addressing immense audiences with great favor and applause.