North Carolina Newspapers

ip mm \yrn^-AU MurcSj. '*> lv»iiia -U . u.u,y du,j_ ' * i iuo?e » ‘ ■ !. s- ..1 UjhaiDK ' ' lu jt r« H ^ '0 *'jkn.iw- I w^.rri ,.ni ;"-> lat u tooapiii^i ' -•!... OLuroti, ^ meu aaa» nuaib.r ol m, M hen- e thej retired rJ-J, Id «aigson« -Ltfw. itey lehth.tf ouly g|| J»a>u .nt« this ,»v«n- auuiu.rfud his oorr.s 4 i^auy yi ttiuis ■ - ■ ticiu whicu ur luiL and taket, oC ^»n tho.r lima whigL «‘i^g troops, lijy i ave ^es'roycd t ^plnt^. Gon. I,fe laiary urdcr to the « »u Tan.ms parrs ol t.KlOW.C , *i^utUe-t.les3. ♦‘•r. c^» .kfd tbo ".' J tai «.n»!uiv aud t ur uti'fjuit-u are Jc, ui 1 tocir prajeis «fc;iii.- Kucouraged til v> ,ucha,ilfil to us ia et .s.f. i-.at depend ti rcswive lo ttdure be «{. i'^: vf a just ui> huL' be Qriveu ur coua r} r ol ycur com- rt-we.i.O!.‘r that it de- L ive die; in vain, od to doteut the iast rcure toe iodcpend- iTi'J ■^aru ^16 laAtiDg coutitr\men ar.«l thw .1/ jf U) — i ini eneuiy* twtntv thousaad at ui.'Uaj, bji Mutioiies lifigadei. [I .''i V > N ■_>, May i 7.— to at lias traospircd tch IS, the rejoritd uiy'ts ^nfaotry below . KicLijiodU A.l I: ■■•tiiig tr-jm Let’* 1‘^ ' ttO! i’!U* '.on- liuati. -May Iti — ii.uf, iind farm. T-ie enemy ed yf the railroad to •»nj j.ri.'-oiierb havo I ol to-Uay near this Tiic were many nic-n, wagons e J •-> 1,11 - Ter thirty imt chariif ut Chester, knd a any res. a;* t ie o* utro, Icmr- inkcv'^ u.i ttie field. tht;r right flmks at ic.ta: in IS captureu. li e t-aoni • liuve gone ch'j * rit« :ir i»eruiuda tjaJ tj liichaiond is ar- ' milet thhj side t; ;■; '>Tor Lee'fl .'iHy 10.—ISu.cc 1- . I i'iui beta At.d by John- lie verj tflort y!.. .*• ;iapt against Cuu. .. ed through Tj WUH fUCC- B?«- 51 -*a our oidf. >/ — v- f.K;JjIAN, May Xt,d ar Fiflceiis Sta- I't a; R 11., has iour rail rjad ^/'j in Grant't III b - /—Mobile, ioijy . ^r^r.L'S on the on hi: uutiioritj of jiliiii 'iraui’R loss in , irjoluJirtjf 10 erat purport ut the Sew ^ ,rk p-ptrs of i Ucraici ad- it> rmy. M-ii't;iy. 3—a ;i90 of 37 per . — TaLLAUAS- ' I: ! !.a- joist ar- -i.tes that wuH cap- ioui 6u men,; last ine! , >’o loss on irfc n .‘ -it hand. iiH.y truiu from be* that an' t/jtr of tbo t>wn t‘i at'>iuH, on yes* ace below ■ H R’^d was [Inch l:-MUppOsed, uhf'j... \th IfTTU I*; h/t 6a rd i tf = I'c i;».—3Io- sii- t ur men were L>ar:c:iri alter being ctrilirmed. It i* lliutury ineasure fot ky 17.—The Sena»« on: u 31st in9t. lor sn ehictiy ocOtipiel nil r> (juiring a iwo- icrct f^eHhlon. The 'H- a-^' '• J to '■•y * Lii:hPATKl(’K is - ./ Cu.-;.:. r]*B>J I :!w*ti»e of VOTEKS. «8-tf rfro'!»»iiieiid (a •• p- rpon to 1 > ■ .liin'. i^9 of ie»' V. ** of North i&n fuQb »H t>ie tinM iAXT Qiii^^rs. Ii^4tp4 iiOTER^OlM SfEff A6E. | dinary timei, for th« •oppreMloa of rebellion and re- Ihf H '^orabl^ Getieral Atsembly of S. C.: j p«lUng of inrasioo, and thoagh shorn of its strength Since v rtur last adirturnniont. Tariout Aod import-. *^7 th« raising of great armies, and despita its many *nt lu Ibe situation of our aflairs h»v^ oc- j •hort-comings, it ha? been of great service both to turr'(i b!h1 many of them rt'quire l#gi«lative action ' the State and Confederacy daring this war. at vour hrtoils. { Among the acta of Congress referred to, that which Tin* late !i' f of ('(inarei's conferring power on the : b»* suBpended the privilege of habeas corpus, has Prt'siilpn* of the ('«^nfv’erftte Slates to impose regu- triost thoroughly aroused public attention. Neither ^he losses incurre«1 by the radical and sndden changes in the currency, nor the conscription of the princi pals of substitutes, nor the extension of it to such an ^i/iuic ui >uo ( • r . t/uvoiu » | lie innsnrrr l wt ra’l and c'«pe such persons* and uesire of our people to save the precious blofxi *>f refer yon to it, confident ibat I ron on it by the’mili- poMibUity, snension was asked i ^ the statesman to supercede t^e soldier, I i demnnd^r’calT it wj.niy Ulio’and rH'-tri( tions ou coiiinierce hi'.s giveu rise t > fii. h a !»\ on the part of tlie Confed. ra'e au- ihorifit ’'. >i-s will »tTectuallv o.xdude this St^te from i:iy fur'her ‘iup]>lie.? for the army or pt-o-1 age, and upon such terms as to place the industrial Th’ i.'or» of 'V'ilininirtoit is n-'w ir^orf* effect- u.illy tilorkaU*d fr> in v.'ithin than without. The tcrin 'tinux Ml upon ship own^rM beiuif such that a .heuv\ lo»>s inf urn-d by every voyage—and not- \vithst;indicjf the said act provides; “That nothing .1 t}.! ' ?-!iall he construed to prohibit the Con- (Vdt r ifi* St:vtos, or uny of them, from importing any I'f tiif ;.Mifh>5 her -in‘‘n'TJierated on their own ac- ■ niu’." yi* this i^; .'» con'-’trufd by the (Jovernment a# to I'crnoel :rti»tos to submit to the ■^ame terms i« arc ;i>i[i‘ised on private jiartieo; and cloaranL'es are rrt'usfii and the sun,4 of the lortifications broutrht to t ear i!poii I'ur own vessels to compel a compliance. I’rivatt* jiartii’s iniporticf supphos tor the govem- nioui. i-y i“!ntrai ♦. for onorinou'; profits, an* not taxed l.y lh i'. ;_nil;>tions; yot the o!’ Xorth Oiiroii n.k Mt.pcrlin^ ;dm*'S‘ tho some articles f>r the .'■vinif' |virpo^t>. i.s LV!i r«‘!led lo s'lUinit to iheni. I deem it iucon'iistent with the rml>!ir interest to refer more piirticith'flv to cnr blockade-nuiring transactions and tl.-e !>.-■!> wl'ii-li tlif .'^J-,t*e will sufTor ou both ships and sup}* a h.md. if these retrulations continue in force. When iiii> is consiiVr**d with the further fact. !»s T lu>!d i*. thnt the rener;d government has no riii-hl to seize s'no-lmlf, or att^ i»irt >/, the interest of a soveri'iiru .'^tute in the ves>ols ornp!oy«‘d in im- por^ine I’cr sui>[>li‘ s. (thi hein? the terms to which we lire callotl upon to •>ubnutl) or to impose such rej;u!.it!lus as %\il) ile^troy instead of re^ulatiue commerce, it lioeomes your province to dt^mand a repeal or nmdificatii-!! of tl’e a_-t, and I rebjicctfully and ’ani-'f:t’y iTi'tnnihcnd that you do so. And in . us*- (’•! •.:! 'S ^h'>’ild dccHm to repc;or moi'.ii'v t^ir at f. f rr'p-. ?!.il!y -isk for direc’ions as to what I ^hall do with th.i* shirs end suv]’’'^es v>u haed. A J tailed >uu*'inent ,t>l these su}ij'iies. toirether with an aci oun’ u c itrMie as it can be without vouchers for exi'-iidJtures al'roa-i not yet received, is herewith subii'itt'u- -'i -i>thcr with tlu* report ot Mr. John Whiie. our ccir.l Commissioner to Kuropt;. In re ference to ihia gentleman, it is due to him that I should s;iy. tlr.'t I Irive evt-ry reason to l.e pleased with ti.e slxill ;\nd li-lelity with which he performed the duties of lu3 diiScult mission. A report of the openiiion'of o’tr other Commissioner, ('ol. 1>. K. Mc Rae. uec'-ss.irily incomplete, is also submitted, and will I l.eiicve be found eijua’ly satisfactory, and cre ditable 1o him as Commissioner. In this connection [ res]>ec'.fuliy hsk for the appointment of a commit tee to inve'i’pate all matters ap{)ertaininj.' to the blockad '-runiiinir of the State, to be appointed lU an early d;iy. s(> to report to your present session if pv s.'ibii-. Vi. upprupri.ition has been made by your honorable I'-dy to puv t’ e uirent e.xpcoses of liie ve^?-'*!? rn_:‘_'-t‘u in runnui" the blockade, and none will be c:: tor these e.xpensc' can be paid by .«eilina i'ill-. -Jra^n on >ar asrent in Kngland, as be ing inciirivd .n \\ il».iiiii!^'tiD chiefly for the expenses coanectf'd with the loadiusj and unloadioff ves.sels, coinprc.'slrgcotton. Arc. And they can be dischartred in curienty. I Wi'uid su^^gcst that you authori?.*- the Treasurer to purcha'^e these bills out of any mo ney in rhi- Trcas;iry. and thus keep :he sterlinir ex- .haUire in the 'rrea-;ury —whi' h otherwire would have to be put on the gentrid market, and be lost to the titate. Being convincoil from experience that the le'^iti- mat; bu^im'ss of my office, now four-fold great-rr than formerly is -ufticicnt to tax all my energies of minu and b .dy. and tlr t I cannot do justice to the .ntert'St of the in abii> u.?' so complicated, as maiiV of th** triin-action': of which is carried on at snch a di^t.inv . 1 respecllully recommend that a oouiiaissioi: of oue or more irentlemen^ .-killed in such buy'UfSJ. be app^'ii.ted to conduct the future operations of the State, in importiuii supplies, whe ther for the puvpo-ie of continuintr the operations or ^inJin? up til* i)us:r. '-» A report ol the Adjutant «l>-neral. covering re ports of h'is cubordinttes in the difTcrent depart ments. is hercwrth submitted. The impre.i'i!i« nt of property of citizens by ofS- cers and agents of the iN'nlederate (iovernment. h.HTfi!) cnoiitrh in it-elt’. li.i-; bt c ome doubly an. hy the c instaiii di-re.i ird ot tb»' provision of the law reguiutjiii.' '■',/>.!In ad hlitm to this, the tlasrrant outr,su'v.' c •II. n.'M d. r-v, rv p.u't of the country, by stra_sr'ii.e a::d cti" r p-rsons. in the Con fedt'r.i’i- serv''- '. I'o shadow of authority to impie?.' pr pvrty. ha- bc.-ome a grievance almost in tolerable. A rci itul uf many instances of such whicii have mOs H br ii^Hit to my knowledge, would ijhock the ini>;-;!i s« n'? if tlie fiiu^'t heartless. I have t:r.:> d in v .in uj'oa the authoriti- s of the Conft'.i'-ia; y m ciie k th s evil, and have utd every possib'h- etyori to it" so myself. But it s. 'i - rrow worse, and ;!■’ th«- .-i!;iiii(.s of on.'' {,; u^>ie be>'om mor- '..a''! tiii y !i-el more sensi..iy tiii,' n'lju''- de privation o! their j>roperty. w'litii reduces th* ;n al most to the vetL^e of starvation. It must be sti ped, :f pos-ibif, and I e;«rnestly recommend su action on your part n- you m.iy think best eulcu iated to aid me in remi dyin? the evil. My corres pondenee with th*- War l>e[)artment on tiiis subjec IS submitted for your eon'ideration. i ilesire to a!l your attention specially to certain enactiueat' oi’tb.'- la'-t Contrress of the Confederate States. Amon_' is one extending the age of '•'nr-'Tipti«'r> fn in I - to 17 ;uh14.t to 50 years, which force is to b;; oi sani/-d as a State reserve—their company ofii fr- t.- b» elected nnd the tield of^cers af'pointcd ' y the J’resilent. and all to be under his co’.’invii.d. In ad'tition to t’lf' j:reat injury to be apprehend -d to the airri‘ uii".v;il interest ot the country, slnnld ihi s« men bi* ordered into actual service, I have to remiiid y'.u tl.at it wili absorb the entire militi force of til - Si.iv. aiid would b'ave the Ivvccutivi with ho fi.r-'- w ii if'..ever e\'.])r .-^tate oihcers coud.t: a d -li.,'. roU' at ;dc,c to the peace and orch- of the and to it.-^ .M/verei?nty .ind dijfiiity Th'-re ‘;iQ fi;;,n f. ■, b‘ a dou’ot of the iue.\pelienc of thi.' act ' s *•' thi- .State; since the same men wilu tie- f.'.t. ;-’it n ot iioy-; Iroiu 17 to 18 ar.^ P )w very t}ioroi!:rl:ly or”’ii:)iZ> d as Home ‘iuards under Sta’ authority. a:id have been heretofore and woiiiil be hga-n pic:n|)tly turn- d nut in cuscs (,f great pub! dan;!cr. Grave doiibt-; arf a'-io entertained ot it3 Con^u:ntiou:uitv; *he for raised under it bein.i? to all inlents utui purposes militia, the contrid of wbu Ciinn.>t be ic-jsilly t.ik* i» I'roin i\if I'jxecatlve ol the State »overnm' !it—at least so far as the appoin’- ment and coinmissiuninir of oflicers is concern«;d. Should you, however, in the absence oi a judicial le- cision as ti^ the: t'on-tltu^ionality of the act, decline lo tali- the resjion'ibiiity of refusing nssent to it, Ihr-ri- will be an indi-^pf^n.-able necessity ot yc>ur con- utitutmg son e niiiiti;i for the preserva>imof iawanl order in the ritato—l>y e.\ti nding the atre of service in til" militia, and by .-o.uie new organizaUori of the remnants o! th^ .Mil’itia and Home Guard organiza tions; othi rwise I sh^ii have on my hand.s the officers of twodjslinet organizations, powerless for the want of ni«n. In th.' .omiectinn f wo’ild mention thatthesame act of Con^'-r-;ss iias again conferred ui>on me, with out refvrence to the L-gislature. the power to claim the exemj'ti.'n of such Stat-.ollicer8 as 1 may deem necessary for lh>- due adm’nistration of the laws. Not ^l.'hicg to t>ike so important a responsibility npoD my should*'rs without consulting the Representa • 'ves of the people, 1 have so far claimed the exemp tion of all civd and military officers of the .State, to gelher with rhe iudisptusable emjiloyees of the iiffcn nt departments of the State Government, as enumerated l)y your body at its late extra session And 1 now respectfully ask that you indicate to me by resolution, wliat persons you regard as proper eubiV, t'>r--\f i:'pti I hi\--y. take, the t-rou.id that exemptiou of Slate o3i.'er- fi lU fo*i.srrij):iott int') the Citmetl rate ser vic'j IS noi i._. .avor ol L,'oni(re.s;i, but is a matter of rit(iit ii;iii-iviit I'l a sovereign State, uud that for the same lertr'.on liie St:i;:' has ai ind'Spat.lble right lo the >‘er-. ici*s of l ibo-ers and other persons who are nece-sr.r. y .:i h'*i'..'iipioy, llioUj^h they be notoj/ircrs wii'a.ii th'j itieaoinK ol tiie act of Cim^ress. Should jou ;ip vii ..'Meo Willi me in this opioiou, 1 would be nappy to bo -a.,;a ii‘;d oy a resohititm to that etfect. Shoul'i ^ .0 I uiicjude to Combine the Home Guard and Miliiii ■;■gii.j^zuiioi'S, 1 recouimeiid that the lat- nursnits of the country at the feet of the President, nor the heavy burthens of taxation—none of these, nor all of them together, have so awakened the pub lic feeling as the withdrawal of this time-honored and blood-hoBght gnard of personal freedom from the people in times when it is most needed for their pro tection. It is true that our forefathers assumed, and this generation ha.s conceded, that in cases cf rebel lion and invasion, the public salety maj’ sometimes require its suspension; and, therefore, we have con ferred on Congress the power of suspension in such cases, when the public safety may require it. Nor can it he dout>ted that the power authorized to sus pend is the sole power entitled to judge of the ne- ces.sify for the act. and if the late statute had merely prohiliited out and out the use of the writ for the time specified, there could be no comphunt against its constitutionality, however ill-timed and unneces sary may have bei’u the exercise of a rigor so great. But I have been as niuible to see, in the times, any necessity for denyinir the wri*. as 1 am to recognize in the law the constitutional exercise of the power that is granted. Concurring in the doctrine that the protection against the abuse of the constitution cf the Confederate States, either by usurpation of powers or oppressive u3e of such as are granted, is to be found in the responsibility of Congress to the ]>eople, ensured by their short tenure of oftice, and the reserved right of each State, to resume the powers delegated to the Confederate government, whenever in her judgment they are perverted to the injury or oppression of the people, I deem it a duty to make known to that government her complaints and to insist upon a redress of her grievances. Un der this idea of duty, and in a spirit of regard for the ovcrnment of our adoption, i «eem it incumbent to present my objections against the late act. It is declared in the preamble that “the President us a.sked for the suspetjsion, and informed Congress of conditions of public danger which render a sus pension of the writ, a measure prope? for the public defence against invasion and iusnrrection.” 'I'here- re it is enacted that the writ shall be suspended as ooQititutional repoattors of the law for a decision {of th« t!t«atlon, been nmBtndfWl of ^ greel object { SeTemi other matter*, opon his rights; yet there is too much reason to be- i of *11 o»r blood and smfferiiig—peace, or neglectflU of idl themie:*e« v lieve that the language i« sasceptible of the inter- ‘ .. > nanc » pretation that it does include su SQch is the interpretation put upon tary authorities. And at the suspension was asked ; r , \ -v ' ’ ' by the President, it is but jnst to infer that it wa3 ! !EXbvi the hrst opportunity pre- I,;™ I sented Uj the ewssation of hostditips last winter, and urged uitn to appoint comiuiasiuners and try what might done by De^>tifltions. I had little hope, indeed, of those eomraissionera being received by the government of our enemy, but I thought it our duty, for humanity’* sake to make the effort and to convince our own suffer ing people that thfjir tfovernmeiit was teader of their lives and property and hajipineas. My letter to the President last December and his re ply are Sent herewith for your information. I respfx-tfully Fecommend that you, as the Repreaent- atives of the people of North Carolina, nhonld lay down what you woulii coripider a fair basis of peace, and call u[Mjn our Representatives in Congress, and those to wlioiu is eouiiuitted the power of making treaties, by the ('ouitiUition, to negh ct no titting oiiportunity of offer ing such to the enemy. Those terms, in my judirment, nhuald be nothing less than the independence of those States, whose ih-tinies have been fnirlv unit«'d with the drawn to suit him, and hia exposition carrie# the in tended meaning of the paragraph. I am unable to see any reason consistent ■with the principles of a free and civilized government provi ded with a judiciary as a grwat and independent branch cf its composition, for suspending the habeas corpus in cases which involve ho evasion or attempt to evade military service that is due, but which merely asks when honest opinions differ to have t^ie point settled by those tribunals which settle all mat ters of controversy between citizen and citizen and a citizen and his government. If a citizen owe not any military service to the government, h# has as much right to refuse to render it when wrongfully claimed of him, as he has to refuse to pay a deJ)t to the fiovernment wrotifffully claimed ol him; and if in both cases he stands fairly up and submits to an investiffation of the question before thos3 tribunals learned in such matters and appointed because of their fitness and skill, it would be just as reasonable to suspend the writ in the alleged debt of money as iti the case of the alleged debt of service. This course mi^ht. and likely would hasten the payment of a debt just or unjust, and so it may serve to put men in the army exempt by the laws of the land. There is no instunce of u suspension at any time of the writ, or the privileges (d the writ, if there be any difference between them, for any other cause, either in Kngland or America. Many suspensions of the privileges of the writ occurred in Englaiul between the passaj^e of the habeas eo'^pus act and the Ilevolution, running through a period of almost a century, and they all empowered the King either to ai>preher>(i and dita/'n, or to sccure iinil detain whteh » deem tt nnnnec*«arT to specify. I upon yoor attention ' Ttrctnt-r RiirJ „«• ‘ • i* ? i re#ara to nnanctai inatt*rs. ihe lnleretine Report «f the Pab- - „■ proper and honorable efiForU to obtain it-knovrtn« the , Treasurer^ f„., and - MoBttl, Mav 18.- il", ei>.?nr*e. ’ . ^at^hentic news received from Brookhaven on the IBtli fei)t rHiniiie« of our soldier*. «tiu i states that Ranks escaped to New Orleaa*. with ^,000 oi j«*tly ri*nc«'(lpd th it when they are not a- his troops. h'e lo nopport themselve*. the Stale ihonid rnipport them lathe ' ali^nri- of their natural protfetora. I rannnt, however, make «I>ei'i(if ri’conimendHtion for tbeir fnriht-r rt-Uef, hut should any I •>i-cur to your mi'erii'r wisdom. I iionbt not but yon wli! proinptly the rest are damaifi.,^ hnt. f«ti ha reDairwl. artutionlt It will be *er>'ditfirult for many of ihein to slruegle j TW/^n Rouirt^ v, thr-.Vih 111 h«rve,i. e,p-clally In of the counti.-s of the west, ' KOUjfe ha* Wn evacuatedi Th* wh'i 'i h^»ve been nreyp'l upon ailke by frleml ai'd f,ie | ®fe in possession.^ ^uteht?i is burning. TwO tqUIW Trantliic thnt hnriiKinv will previtM in \our r.nn«eU. Kn1 that are gone and the ure Still nunnir Tlie much eood ni iy, Dnder (;Hl,ire»iil' tn ilie country iherrfroin, I close ' untl li>itroved my i.ir., g,. with an e«prp.»>..n of read »»•:.. u.co n,*rai.-v. uK you , — i( m my p-nver—'ii tlie fxecniit-n >•( it‘« ’:iUir«evoiT [ Ing uiinn yon Z, B v.\A'CE LATF.'«T MAIL AND TELKORAPHIC NBWg. le* a*ny i Al«‘*aadria surrendered to Taylor with 8,000 prlaoacn^ ly pi in • 20 (^uns. muli-s and 50 boat*—S6 in rannlng wdaf; Kxerutlve IV|ntriinent, May 17, 18B4. ^ Ire ODflMi lose destroyed. Arkama*.—The New Orleans Tr«* D«ltadMiM I Steele’s capture on authority of a membar oC CoMrm, ; who left Little Rock on the 26th of April. TIH'S ,.;re of a free choice to thoM whVth have been consi'^.lere.l I signal victories with which He has blessed the Con- Gi.orioi's VlOToriEsI I From Gen Jahntiofi'* Army—JiMity Skirfniihii^— Atla3«ta, May 18.—The yankee force operatln^j agaiait I Gen Johnston is now well ascertained to be over t^,00#. I Flank movements in force on both wingt are going oa at the same time.—one by Lafayette, arriving Resae*^ and one by Spritifr Place'and old Federal road to £«at Tennetfsee, arrivijifr at Cart*'rsville. Gen. Johntton haa foreseen every attempt to (lank him, and hae embraoed God be praised for the | every opportunity to punish the enemy. Reapeetir* ?UV MAY ^9 doubtful federate armies'. From North and South they come! ! T‘of Heaven’s messenger, the \ tnii'g le:i tluiii indepeulenc'*. I^ess would besu:>ju- ° ition. ruinous and dishonorable. Nobody at the North j lightning, they evidence Gqd’s goodness and mercy to this people. We have little room for comment,.but give all the jjution lliiiiks of r construction, simply because it is iiiiposribl' ith u corit-titiitioii torn into shretls, with slavery abol- i-h'*tl, with our property confiscated and our.selves and . . . our chiliireii reduced to beici^arv, our slaves put it> pos- j particulars received by telegraph and mail. Of session of our hinds, and invested with eipial riirhts, so- Banks's grand armv, said to have been originally ■ial and politic4il, and a sjreat uulf yawnin:; between the to 15.0(K) Yesterday afternoon sharp skirmishing waa going on, at 4 o’clock, three miles above Ada'irtville. The yankaw were severely punished. North and the South tillei wiiii the blood of our tiuK'- dereii sons, und its Waves laden with the detr u of our ruined homc*s, how can there l*e any reconstruction with the authors of thesft evils, or how can it be desir able if it wep; jios.-tible? Lim^)tn, himself, says it is not po.ssible; so does Mr. Killmore, a man whom we once re- from S‘2,000 to 40,000, a miserable remnant of .'i.OOO, with their General along, have made their escape to NewOrleans. The remainder have been killed, wound- ! ed, captured or dispersed. We have captured also the fleet of war vessels with which he started on his ex- ivithout bail such persons us are itus-petted (tf con- I spectel. iiiid so do ninu-tenths of their oratorH and j>ress- I pedition. We should not wonder if we now regain to -tho cases of persons arrested or detatned by or- cd suspension in 1807 was coiifiued to per.«on§ charg- der of the President, Secretary of |War, or the j ed “with treason or other high crimes or mi.sdemeanor. General Officer commanding the Trans-Mississippi j endangering the pea‘e, safety or neutrality of the military department.” j L'^nited States.” The idea cannot be entertained for The statute proceeds to classify under thirteen a momeiil that the power of suspending the writ was heads a very great number of acts, of which, if a man | granted for any such purpose as that of dej>rivin be accused, he shall be deprived of the benefit of the writ; and among ttiem the act of attempting to “avoid military service.” To prevent the outrage which may be perpetrated on an innocent man not subject to military service for merely attempting “to avoid spiracy against the King aod his government. There was a British act in 1777, which denied the wnt TO "persons tnKt*n m the art of fileh treason, commifteil in any ot the colonies, or on the high seas or in the act of piracy, or who were charged with or suspected of any of these crimes.” (Hurd The other suspension-« in Knfland, alter our revo lution, commenced in 17^4. and continued at inter vals till 1802. during the storms ol the French Revo lution. They art; of tlie same charatrter us those before, and afTected those only who were charged with conspiring airainst the King and his govern ment. The suspen.s-ion during Shay’s rebellion ex tended to crime or suspected crime. I'he attempt- The only tcirms ever offered us contained in ^Ir. l^inci.hi't) pro».ltttiioti«.n «.MPo niilo ijeirradinir »ti mnT*'er and insulting in manner, being adcTro=i=ed not to the authorities. Confederate or State, of the South, to individuals, who by the very ii(;t of acrej»tin|i' it(4 terms would (irove themselves the vilest of inaiikind. 1 cannot too far estly warn you, ^eiit!>’inen and the Icotiiiliy. a^'tiitist the jire.it d.tii);f'r ot lb--e iusidious at- teinp's of th-; eui my lo seduc“ our p« ople into treHtin^ with him for peace, indi^idindlT or l*y the lonnation of sourions States or j.ails of ritn'n-s. lnde d I mipht add, ibac 1 It ok up4)ii -4iiy atlerrprs to treat lor peace. olh*T command of the Mississippi and its immense tribu taries. and even recapture .New Orleans ftseff. I^oui.s- iana, Mississippi and Arkaiisi,vs wili be redeemed, and we do not despair of seeing Missouri also wel come Price and his array. Surely the end of this terrible w’ar is near! The Mails.—We are yet without mails north of Raleigh, and have not been so fortunate as the Ra il citizen of the privilege of a legal eutjuiry into his ihaii iliHui;fh the rejfiilar channels provid' d by our con- leigh ('onfedera-e in securing copies of the Virginia titutioii. Ko ion/ a- our goverutneiit ismaintamed, asal- must 1 qually d.inj’erous. It is the real neril of the J»our TDc lonji coiitimia ice and bloody ciiaracter of the war. have HO exhaust-Ki the patience of our snlleriug pcopi-,- that mauy of them are in a condition to lii-leii eagerly to leiiii.s ol peace, without duly considerinji what the results woiiM !'(?. or how they are to t»e acquired, .^u example >t tl;is great daiigt r is to lie fouml iu the ‘Utempt of the llritlsh ministry iu 177b to reduce the ioyalty of our fore ia'hiTi* Irotn the cause ol indejn-ndence, by sendiug peaci papers. 'I'he interesting details of events in Vir ginia in the preceding page, taken from late Virginia papers, reach us through the (,'onfederate. The Leoislatcrk.—Thirty Senators and sixty- nine Commoners were present on Tuesday, the firet day of the session The Governor’s Message was read and both Houses adjourned. We received the Message at a late hour last night, the sovereignty of the :;jtates is at the mer y Confederate Government. Where lies the relief niiitary service,” unlawfully demanded, itis provided { against the conscription of the entire body of State hat “in case of palpable wrong and oppression by any subordinate officer upon any party who does not legally owe military service, his superior shall grant mpt relief to the oppressed party,” and “the sub ordinate shall be dismi.ssed from office.” And as a general protection of the*citizens against obligation to perform military service, in order to j ciMnmi'xio'iers to the coloni’-s with the proposition“ coii- fill the army with soldiers. If such a power exist 1 talmd m Lord North s • coiiciiiatiiift bills.’ These bills . • r u i • - ■ j (iroposed to abolish all taxation whauiver upon the colo- I and hasten to publish it in full, without having an opportunity as yet to read it. Gov. V^NCE will address the people of Johnston county, at Smithfield, on Monday next, the 23d. Of the Governor’s speech at Raleigh on Monday last no full account has been published. Judging so fair, ihat but for the firmucs.s and wisdom of the great and ^;ood lieorge Washington, and the untliiichinp patri otism ot Oon^rcsti, the fate of ’his continent might have l>eeu chanjfed; so great war" the weariness of the p^-ople and sj gloomy were the prosp*-cts. The danger oi allow Cuiigress was so great as well as* such a violation of the laws of war and international courtesy, that that body. d-pLndence ot these StaUs, or the withdrawal ot the lleets and armies”- -went on solemnly todeclaie the mca- officers? By this act it is deposited with the Presi dent alonel His cfficer* alone can give the discharge -Confederate officers chosen without even the consent of the Senate, and removed at will. The apjiroprl- ate tribunalsare entirely overlooked, the Slate J udges are thrust aside without ceremony, and even the iibuses, under the act, it is provided, that “the Pre-1 Confederate Judge, who holds his office during good sident shall cause proj>er officers to investigate the I behavior, is ignored, and in their room is piaced an cases of all persons so arrested or detained, in order officer who lives on the breath of the Confederate that they may be discharged if improperly detained. Executive. If the State officers are not put into unless they can be speedily tried in due course of the army under such power in the Executive, it is law.” I because the incumbent does not will it; and when And, finally, it is enacted that "no military or 1 tho rifihts of the .State shall exist by such a courtesy, other officer shall be compelled in answer to any they will cease to have any e.tistence at all. It is wrH of habeas corpus to appear in per?t)n or to re- hard to divine a suffi'-ient reason for dispiacing the I after promptly rejecting the propositions and declaring turn the body of any person detained by the authori-1 civil tribunals already established, and substituting I mai the only solid proof” of a disposition on the pirt ty of the President, Secretary of War” ^tc.; "but I others so dependent upon the K'iecutive for their j *>f ttie crown to make au honorable peace with the colo- upon the certificate, under oath, of the officer having existence. The assurance of public men, that the I explicit acknowledgment of the in- • harge of any one so detained that such person is I power will not be abused, can never remove the fears detained by him for any of the causes specified in the of freemen, who rely only upon written Constitutions act under said authority, further proceedings under to protect their libertias. History is too full of the writ shall immediately cease.” j wrong to allow them to forget for a moment that In order to ascertain whether the enactment i}i\tttrnalviyilanceistht-prictof/rei.doin. within the powers delegated, it is proper to keep iu j It is manifest that the act contemplates that the mind what are the privileges of the writ of habeas I shall be invested with full powers to ar- corpus, and we shall be %ure to know what can be rest any person, who may be suspe*cted of any of affected constitutionally, by a suspension of it. This the vague and ill defined charges mentioned; and writ is thp oilwprin^ oi* oi* liajk | kB*lAAr{>rMtiLlUin put uii it Ly tUu (;4»iwrt44 been in use for ages by our ancestors and ourselves, orders of Adjutant Gen. Cooper, thus suspending a? the handmaid of freedom. Its use is to have en- the civil authorities throughout the land, and it is quiry made according to the rules of law of the cans- I equally clear that it also conttinplatns that tne or es why persons are restrained ot their civil freedom. I der of the President for arresting or detaining citi- If upon enquiry hy the proper authority, there be j zcns shall be a general order to arrest and detain all such as may come within the category of suspec ted persons—wiinout uaming or describing the in dividuals, and oach military officer who may be depu ted for that purpose wdl be invested with a perJecl discretion over the liberty of every citizen in the land. In substance and etl'ecl the President is tended to be empowered with authority to fill the land with military deputies who may seize any citi zen without warrailt or oath of probable cau.se un- iiics, except what might be nece^ary for the convenience .f couiuierce—the net proceeds ol which were to go to tiie u».‘ ol the colonies; lo fu-p nd the operations ol all obnoxious statutes iu r h reiiC" lo .«aid colonies pa-Kd ince ITtiH and authorized thef*“ commi.'»s'onors to par- lon all such pei-sons as theysav. proper and to treat wiih the exifting goverumeats or individuals.” Here almoc^t 11 the principal iU4'lei.- of dispute were cojictd'd; but , . , ■ oui tVihers Lad an organiz- d government and had K*t j from the fluttering of the wounded pigeons, it must their hearts ou independence. Vet the i»-rms oCeredwere j have been a most effective speech. Nkwbkrn.—Reports of a yankee evacuation of Newbern come to us from so many and apparently reliable sources that we would put implicit reliance mg commissioaers to addr- rs therasclve- to anybody but j upon them but for the fact that that no such state ment appears to have reached Raleigh, as we think wonld have been the case if so important an event had occurred. One account is that the inhnman monsters burned the town before leaving. A Powerful Afpeal.—The pc'ople of North Car- sure ’to 1h‘ coiittary to tbe law ol iiatious, and utterly 1 oliiea are called upon to contribute to the relief of ibver-ive ol that cotifidence which could aloue mainiain j destitute and suf^’ering people of Washington. N. those- means which had b, eu invented to of yankee rule tor two years. have the added calamity of seeing their dwellings and in many instances all else that they possessed destroyed by the torch of the vile miscreants. We horrors of war; un ///♦■» tke^ef re the perro-a t^np.ry-i try liifttfiu.f papert voirt noi tt( tfd lo tkt proiec- >ion o iX jl / General Washinglon was so astonished and iudignant that 0!i its first app«'ariug he was induced to r*gard it as cUry. und ill a I*’ be nw-rt tbe r»no*»lnft riiy. coming from was tjrou^ht to IJeiidquartcrs yesterday aliernoon b? no cause for detention, the person is set at liiKTty. If there be cau^e he is remat;ded for farther deteu- tion, or allowed to go at large upon bail. Now, these ire all the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus. The writ finds no place for action until alter the person is arrested. So that if there be any piiviie/es or securities to the person attending the mode of arrest, these are not the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, but exist independently of •tter to the Presid iit of Congress, j have not room to-day for a more particular state- e lanKUttjic, rvinu.i>k..U- >1., I jQpm hope tliat oar Town uulhoriticB will take him; •The'yiclos-d dratt of a bill I ’ * iquart.-rsyest. jday afiernoon by a the matter in hand, and give the peop.e an oppor.u- g nth mull, who infonued me tli,it a iarge cargo of them yity to show that they sympathise with t*eir fellow nud jasi lieen v-nt out ol Philadelphia. Wbeiti^r this in- calamities. .'Hi.uus nroceeding i-> gei.uiiu and imported in the pack-I els T c'>nlriv*‘d lu I'hil idelphia, is u point ULde'ermin- eii and immaterial; but it is certainly founded iu princi ples ot th“ most wicked, dialtolical liai^eness. and meant lo p'-i' »u the minds of the people, and detach the waver ing at lea.st from mr cause.' And again; "Tlie necessity ot putting tho army on a respectable tootiug. botii as lo f i . luimbirs and consKiuiicn, Is now Ijecome more essential J ly case of interest tried was that ot the State versus t ii»u ever. 1 he enemy are be ginning to play a game | D. Baker, Esq., for uistilling whiskey from Superior Court.—The Spring Term of Court for this County was held this week by Judj^e French. Tbe trial of two deserters for the murder of .Mr. D. J. Colvin was removed to Harnett county. 'Ihe ou- Ueavy S^irmis'’-ivg at Pfteriburg —PETEBSBCa*, Maj 18.—Heavy s:kirmishufg along our linen to-day. Yanlree Jccounfg nf the Vi-ginia Eaiiltt —Pr.TSBdKnM, May 18.—The army correspondent of the New York Newi of the 13th say.s (iraut was compelled to nse his ^irtjr thousand reserves on the second day, and now all are gone. He estimatas Giant’s losses at 60,000. Gold 178. Georgia MM'in Called Out—Milledoetiu.*, May 18. —Gov. Brown has ipsued a nroclamatiou calling out civil and militia officeiK>f this State, to report to Gen. Wayne, at Atlanta, immedi#ite\y, to aid in rei^lling *.he enemy. We believe we have the courtesy of an exchange ■with all the North Carolina papers, except the Fay etteville Observer and the Milton'Chronicle. For some reason or other they have dropped us from their list. Sorry, gentlemen, to lose yon, but we will try and get along without you. Halei(jh Conservative. As to that, our contemporary will of course exer cise its own pleasure*, which it should do without • remark from us but for the very unnecessary impa* tation of a lack of editorial “courtesy” on the part of the Observer. There has not been, the slightest. The Conservative’s tender of an exchange (as is usual from now papers) was promptly accepted, and the Observer sent to it regularly until we found that its package for Fayetteville very seldom contaiued a copy for the Observer. In one week we received one of its six issues, and in another we received noD*. Why this was so we know not; but in such cases we always take it for granted that a contemporary hat some reason satisfactory to itself at least, and silent ly acquiesce. So with the Conservative. That is the way it was “dropped” from our list. Another Hard Hit.—The Raleigh Standard abuises Gov. Vance for relating in hia speech in thJi place, the conduct and language of Mr. Holden on the night of the Raleigh mob. The Standard says that even a wild Arab has more regard for the rights of hospitality than Gov. Vance. We have already stated that it was tbe Standard’s infamous charg* of corruption in using the steamer Ad-Vance to im port luxuries that justified and demanded that state- meQt from Gov. Vance. The Raleigh Conservativ* alludes to the matter in the following caustic style: “It is said to be true that a “wild Arab” holds the guest sacred who has eaten his salt, and will suffer no evil to befall him while under his roof. And it is also true that the wild Arab guest will steal the mare of his wild Arab host after he leaves the tent, if he can: whereupon it is the custom of the host Arab to pursue the thief and break his head, salt or no salt, when overtaken. “Now did it not strike this most Chesterfleldian candidate for Governor that the violation of hospi- tality came from the visiting “Arab?” Being attacked bv his foes and driven from his own tent, the guest A.r»Vi nccka a rciVipr in the tent of bis neigh *>or. The host flies to hi>4 rescue, disperses the assailants who were outraging his property—then returning, com forts his distressed visitant and ministers to his faint ing soul refreshing draughts, to-wit; “Brandy and loaf sugar.” No sooner, however, was the guest oft and relieved of his fright, than he uses the ve^ pro- hem. And it is therefore clear that a power to j der general warrant from tbe President to arreut all suspend the privileges of the writ is not a power to suspend the privileges secured in forms attending the mode of arrest. They are too distinct lo be con founded by any species of sophistry; and this distinc tion is plainly and notably observed in the bill to suspend the writ, passed through the Senate in Jan uary, 1807, which suspended it only when the per Son may have been “charged on oath,” ami arft'Sted by virtue of "a warrant.” 'I'he writ was as efl'ectu- afly suspended by that bill as by this act, anl the Constitutional .securities attending the mode of ar rest, were left untouched and unimpaired. It may be then regarded as settled truth, that the suspension of the writ is no suspension of the Constitutional :orms prescribed for arre.>t. aud that Congress ha^ suspected persons. Such a warrant is without pre cedent in England for the last hundred years and during the entire century pa-‘t has been fortjidJen, de- nimnced, and declared void. In my jud:^ment the t resident is vested by the ' onfe derate onstitution with no part ot the judii ial authority, evcejit in eases arising in the land and naval ton es, or iu the lailitia, when in actual servii-e under his orders If he is vested with a particle of civil judicial jurisdii tion, where i? the grant ol it, and how far does it exLendV if he has the jMiWer U) is-ue a w arrant for the arrest of a ci vilian suspecte«l of violating a law of the oufedera.i tales, he may make it returnable and esaminable betore himself, and order a discharge or require a bail. ,t in certain that the mere suspension of the writ of habeas cor pus does not invest the I'resident with the powers of a more dmgerous than their elforts by arms (though thes» will nut be remitted iu Ihe smallest degree,) which threa tens a fatal blow to the iudependeuce of America, and of course to her liberties TAry ire e\dtavo~iug to ensnare ihe pr- p e by rpeciou* cVu-'em'ntt oipeice It is uot im- piolnible that they have had such abuiidant cau^> to b lin d uf the war, that they may be sincere in the i*-rms which they otfer. which, though far short ot our preteii- grain. It resulted in a conviction, and the Court imposed a fine of $.'),000, with 60 days’ imprisonment. The Court adjourned yesterday. S.vD Casualties in Virginia.—Just as we are going to press the foliowiug private dispatch (on the ions, will 1h' f.xtreme y flattering to minds that do uot I way since Sunday last,) brings most sad intelligence no power, c.xpress, or implied, to suspend any other 1 civil judicial niagi.str >te, and it it could iiave that effect as to some gallant young soldiers troin this place: Rich.mo.nu, Maj 15.—(.’apt. Robinson, ankle shat tered. Lieut. r. Haigh reported killed. Lieut. 11. V\'. Horne and Lient. C. P. Mallett captured. Lieut. W. T. Audersou mia.-ing. CoL. MrK.ETiiAN''s Reoimext.—We copy else where an account of a gallant allair in which two companies of this regiment were engaged near Pe- perty saved by his host (printing press, type, &c.) to slander and tniduce him, by alleging that he did not honestly acquire the very brandy by which he was refreshed. To mention a respectable “wild Arab” in connection with such conduct is a slander on ori ental character.” HARR1K9, .\t the rc’sidence of the britle's father, in this vicinity, ou Tuesday morning last, by the Rev. Mr.ilaidwick, Mr. HliNUY K. COLTON, to .Miss SOPHIA McD.ANIEL, daughter of the Rev. James McDanieL guarantee of civil liberty provided in the Constitu tion besides those secured by the"writ aloue. Not withstanding this, the late act has strode over some of the most important guards of civil liberty, as if an express power had been conferred on Congress to suspend them likewise. Thus, while by paragraph ;i. sec. 9. it is allowed Congress to suspend the privi leg»;9 of the writ of habe.os corpus, in the emergen cies mentioned, it is by the same section, paragraph 1.‘). in the most (‘inphatic terms, declared that "No warrant shall issue but upon propable cause, support ed by oatli or atliriaation, and particularly describing the person to be seized.” And by paragraph 16, that “no person shall bcdenrived nf iiU lii.r.,.*,. — au.r {iroeess ot law —that is, "law in its regu lar mrse of administration, through courts of jus tice,” (I Kent’s Com. Sec. ’24, paragraphs 13—14) The beginning of this lue process is first the charge on oath, and the next step is the warrant ilescribmg the person to be seized. The third is the arrest, and until this takes place the habeas corpus has no sta tus, and cannot possibly have any. At this point the writ springs into being, if not denied, aud as here only its aid can be sought for the first time, so here for the first time can il3 privilege be derived. Yet the act involves with its suspension a suspension of the distinct and indepemlent provisions which guard the citizen against a false charge and the dangers of a gf*neral warrant. Ill rny judgment Congress had the Game power to suspend every other guard of civil liberty to be found in the constitution—the same to deprive the citizen of the guaranty that he should not be held to answer for a capital crime, unless on>^)re8entment or indict ment of a grandjury—thathe should not be compell ed to be a witness against himself—that ho should have the right to a speedy and public trial by an im partial jury, and a trial in the district in which the crime shall have been committed. The writ of nabeas corpus is peculiar to the En-1 cjous in the extreme,” Ac. it could L'ol give iiim an authority wiiile ’i.s'liar^ing hi juilii ial jurisdiction to lay a^ide the restraints inqtoaed upon the other jud:.>-*'s. Ihe course adoj.t-^u by the duiinistration of allowin the writ of iiabeas e.irpus to i-isue, and of lorlhwith check ^ the action of the udu'e and suspeniiiag all his tardu r proceedin;;s ad libitum, to aw iit the reports oi militarv olHcers having cu.itody f the petitioner to tiieir sui>erior-, !tnd tinally sutyeetinir the cu'e to the decir^ioii of the war department iu dero>.;.iiion of civil authoritt. is hiimibatiut; to the iiulepemf'ut cJiar.u^ter ot the judicia' v, _aud tends to the great dana;er of HLm rty, to familiari/.e the j>eoj>le with a military supremacy. It must be remembered, howevi^ ‘‘ , -- -- . ujireme ourt, which alone has the jiow r to decide ujion the constitutionality of the law, has not vet spoken. v’> hen it does speak, we must give-heed to its voice, so loug as Him law remains on our statute books. But whether f.»r coDislitutional rea.->ons, or reasons f mere jiolicy, the [leople have a right to deinaiul the repeal of any obno.xioti.s law, On both grounds I recom mend that you urge Congress to repeal tiie act suspending the privilege of habeas corpus; or, should you concur in the judgment of Congress, that a suspension is required bv the exigenr-ies of the times, that it should at least be modified and strip[ied of its uiicoustilutiiuial or (at least; obnoxious features My opinion ou this subject is well known. In the first message 1 •’■ad the honor to send to your body, in 18iiV, speaking ofthe then existing act authorizing a suspension of the writ, I used the followimr language; “I have uot een an official copy of tho act. but learn from the news papers that Congress has conferred upon tho President the jHiwer to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in all cases of arra.sts made by Conf.-*derate authority’, if this be once admitted no man is safe from the power of one individual, f^e could at pleasure seize any citi zen of the State, with or without excuse, throw him into prison and permit him to languish there without relief— a power that I am unwilling to see entrusted to any liv ing man. To submit to its exercise would in my opin ion, be establishing a precedent dangerous and perni- glish people and ourselvos. And a complete illus tration of the operation of a suspension of its priv ileges will he seen by supposing that it had no ex istence here, lu such case no provision would have been found for its suspension. But the clausc requir ing a charge of crime to be mad : on oath and war- There is nothing of this that J am desirous of taking awHV or adding to. My earnest remonslranro against the j>a»saj;e of the present act is herewith transmitted, together with divers other letters to the oonfderate au thorities ia rel-it.ion to the execution of the eivil taws, rights of the people, Ac., and wiiicli wili convince you, , - . u J 11 ,• tru-it, that I.have benn equally zealous toguard aghinst raut to describe the person _to be seized would hav, ^ threaten us. t only very proper, but the more necessary ■sftrted. These could not have been legally been not to be in disturbed by Congress aud any legislation dispensing with them had been mere csurpation and void. Such is the general vi.jw 1 have taken of the aft as it is supposed to relate to crimes. But the stat ute is construed to reach cases involving no offence whatever, legal or moral; and though there is some difi’ereiice of opinion upon the question Jwhether er bj pic'-c vcd. I should rtgr';t exceedingly to *eet!ie Uiililsu abolished, and its organiiatiou do- ^ ^ vtro^ed. It is tho ancient aud time honored military | ^n not liable to military duty, who neither flies nor of the Ht«ttt, her m»ki depQD(tonc«v ^ or* L Nsists, Or ^iei ^ paragraph 5 of Sec. I embraces the cane of a citi- lii ■ - Many recurring dangers of serious contlict with the Confederate government, etipecially in relai.ion to the seizure of principals of substitutes after a discharge by a judge, have been upon me siuce your session. They were fortunately av(>ided however; but the.r solution would have beOn e.asy, could 1 but have had tho assist ance of the Supreme Court I greatly regret that you did not aee projier to comply with my recommendation, when you were l»stin session, to authorize some one to conveue that body in caites uf great importance, aud whicli admit of no delay. 1 can but repeat it now, for up..ii lie'ter ie iiis limit lliey couUI ol' erwisp , x[,fct I'.v siirii t iiie'.y C'lUn'- 1 Ji.l the rreai \Vit~liin:fliin Mitain the !ii^e t>\ ir.d'pfHLdrnce—Imoying up tin hupcs if .lur »i>ifslorK Hnl 'rtlxT i.e t.' i 'siil »D« alieiiuii.i of the Brl t.«h ti> I'ecoy tSi HI ii.l.>l>ie ilai "f >rt k ni; [leiire hy Irreiju’.ir noil rev.-l'jimn- i iii> !li■ il.-i i'l «n"tlnT etter in the .s.-.iiu- persnti. tie It M^oiiis to me niiii'ina sho't of incipi enile- re cmi im>«»11>Iv il'i. The rj li.ive reri’.v. il ii.'iii Brii-iiii m« npvfr lie lerg ilieii, ri.i1 . \i;i,-- ■•'Her itrms w iul l he Ijie Mourcf of perpclHal frviU and r.mmm.tn " The civil.ir.l wnriil, ulierev. r lihrrty i!> w niiip-il. 11 1.' '.' Iih ‘>i>e v» i-c tho'ko i WimI lur the uir* of vv’nsliii.n ■ n -^h.eJui W-. hi-s r..tinlrvine'i—r-ciir.eiits f the tileesingi lO hi Ill .n.l v"ilT f III''- to liet-il his w:r.iiiu! vo>e7 .Strrmre h» I' '»'> these •speriims iillureiiienis of |wnre.' .1 srra.ol .1 (leni unce.l mm‘. Ivl-? the ho*tiMtv. aixl so furi'>u« ttie Uiftiticl'nt of the •lominant iwriy at thi» N«»rth. that ftiey hnve ni't even otfereil lu terms thnt coiilil be reparleil liy ihe in '»i tini.il ami w.iveriup as ‘-.iliuriiii: ” incoln'A pr-clHmHlion it «o ar s»ly mHrage-us niiit so repn”n"nl our rvetv tilea "I llhertv. i ro|ieriv «nu honor, as lo en*!ire ihe rejei-lion of'terms It hoi is oni, whiie it iihls weight -inrt ftives a tr.nr of HUile-rity to the oft reyeatt il a5s> rtio-is of .heir pehlic ntpn mil presses thnt th> y wnnt no ^•'nlpr^mli^e I'in will lo'ly lie ron- len; A ith oiir siil'Ju»:it;im If imr cneiiiv were really Wiilinir. iin- ter my r rrumslMne-s, lo conipronilsr with ii« upon any terms ihoit f •■ur ah'oUee submiKsii n. tlity wmild c^rti.nly so, nnil :h«l to thi.se whom the • know to tie Hiithori7. -il to entertain heir propositio's The insidious iiUenipts to mvoKe separate, inilividu- al ;ml Mate iirl'in’. prove Th s c.irrl|i«ive!y. «nil can have no .o>er iiiteiiiion t'lin lo p’nne’ II* into civil warsnd >osnlijug;oeill 'leynil rerf niptioii. llo>\ smtice ihen lo think, s.s sonie of oiir |M iiple honestly lio, that ihe v«ry pl'iti iirajxi'ed hy the enrinv f .r ■ •nr I'estriictlo;', Is t'le he*t iv«y to srcnre it spentv :.ml hnn irable p---\re’ I rrs|), clliillv Mibmit thst tiiy plan, tmseil on the wisilnin ii;nl p.itrii.lixm ot Wnshinp* -n. ami the U'liversal te»rhiPK of hi-to- ry —til ;.irvi.iihen ■'■>•1 sustain ihe . riiiy, anil nr.'nti:ite ihrousb the proper rtiHnnela—N tlie a ifer unit belter one It Seems In me liiBt the "ufe true nnfl l onservHi've path throiish nil our troubles, lies in Kitatiiine hlike npnlMst ihe desiruction of IHW .inil liheriy on the one h.'tnd, «nd th- Inipitienc-! of ihe people iiniler the burdens of war, ini the other, while with taiih hands, and with till our strenelh, and hearts and sonis, we uph' lil and ■n iin'ai" ilii'se who. even is I wrCe, af’e Imitlirg and bleeding fir the r;gh:s Hpd indt i*ndenc-of ti.eir c .nntry 1 c-.infess I a'li ii t of th..^e who S.oni '.O thi-k the greatest dani'cr to oiir riRh's and liher’ies I- fom ■•nr own |ieople and nur .rwn p iveriiiiient. While stnii!slins to re»l-^t the iiievitibl*" tendeiicies’of ievo:uilon to I'es- stroy rivit freedom pi home. I cannot forged tb il thf danger trom wi’h- ii! itireatcns the de.strijctii-n of evnifihin/f; Ihat there roiiies from the .North a rink lod bbnidy desiioii,ai, (ierre a id finatical, gor\ with our p*- 'ple‘ bio -d and b'.aCK ret by the smoke of iheir Mirniiig h m s, w ilh hordes f arined (hirsvtm; to roiiiplel.* ihf demoniac work of w-isting -^ad ilestmvin e. and |«nling tn sow » itt in the furrows of the plow iUare ef df-si-l itl m , ss it lu is over ■■•ur ri«e ciiie*, nn*l in whose niarh, firiiu of law, cniisti'utii fr e C' venuiii'pts I'fe. horn*-. pro|n?rlv. :ill gn down lo n«e no m :re, tili (iod 'hr II Imp' in: in the bo’-oiii' of a n» \v geiiention the prin c p! s of liberiy «nl love ol ps.ite. which thii> in tt> mad less, li:ii r ist ii>f In .iddition to t^e miny bri'liant v'clorl»s \rliirh h »ve rro «nr‘l nr Hrtiis ih!>i .Spring in all parts of ihe t.'•iit^'dt racy. I ►'axe the imere :>le:i>ur. to roi gratiilHie you uinin th« very uplendid S:ic- rt-IS of the oiieniiig of Ihe c-inipH’!! 'lo onr St. ti‘, ri*aU:nrf in the re capiur'- i-f ihe towns of I'lvmoiuii and vV^shuit:! n. and ti.e rn cue of a cotisiiieral'le portion . f our teiiii-.ry It .Tn the enemy This is the inor*; er.iiifviatJ her use it was M. c.unpll sii-d by troops an i!er the roimiirtiid if two disi'nusiislied soas *if North Carolina— l!fi!! idler, now Mi.jor On»’ral Hoke ro'UT'iandifig the land fori eg, f nd t'oiiiioHnd'f I Hike with Ihe st-aiii laiii .‘^iliuniarltt. i ii.iuht ii'it liut that y.in will >ice the pfoprietv of renilfriagsiiitabl* ihaiiks io ttio^e ftillsn: olficers and the br'.Vf officers it^d men under th‘*ir coniiiinnd, fur the coi>'P>cuouh h«roini which bis been rewarded hy 'och kpiendid re«alt« We c irdinlly and gl8,dly we'cimie back our lei low citizeni of Ihat region, thus rescued from the enemy, to the embrace^ of their tii rther t*laie, and thank Iheui fi*r their stead fast adhereace to our canse nnder the tyranny and oppression tif our foes. Inriend, it l« gratifying lo observe tb« verj- great loyalty and iiatiUitUin of that whole (Mtrtionof unr dt’% te within nr contlg- p‘iietr.itc far into, political coiis^H|uei»c‘‘s; l»ul whether ihi-y are .-incvro or not. they may be equally destructive; for lo di.scerumg men uothing can Ik; more evid-. ut ihan that a peace ou the principles of dnenlence hvwevrr I cd ,:jt r V at h-j» nuppfita Wtuld be io thi’t*t grre -Ji'hor.orrid:e '»• d rumour. • • * --it is doulitlul whether many of our frietids mijjht not incline to an ac conimodat.ou on the grounds held out. or which may be rath- r than persiVtre. iu a contest for iudepcudi-uce, ■I III s '» the rase it H u-t .surely Ik* ihe truest pil:ry !■• sirct'p hen i! army, and plare It iiiMiii a fulistint al liH>t nic TLis wiiic.in (lure'o inspire thr rou tiy » iih ronlidenre; * * • and il a iresty ■ - ,,, , , • mou on hou il li ileemeil eti«.'dienl, w i'l pul it in their flower to lasiitt I torsiiurg last Wceli. 1 lie WllOle reglllient was ei- ‘ ’ gaged in Monday's battle and suffereil severely, as will be seen Viy the following dispatch received here yesterday b}’ the Colonel s father: l^ETKRSBrKti. May 18.—W e charged the enemy Moud.vy, driving them before us in wild confusion My Regiment had 25 killed and 111 wounded. A.11 the boys from town safe. The E.'tpress will give you full list of casual! io5. n, .M4-Kktiian. t!oI. r)lst N. C. 1. WovsDED XoRxn Caroi..ixiANS.— The llichmond Dispatch of the 11 th reports ('ol. C. -Vvery, ,33d 2s. ('. T., Lane’s Brigade, as wouuded severely in arm and leg. His arm lias been amputated. Lieut. Col. Winston, 4;'>th, wounded ;ii leg, but not daneer- ously Col. John R. Tjane, 2Gth, slightly. Lit. Col. Davidson. 7th. is reported captured. Baikino Onk's I'kir.nds.—Mr. Holden has pre tended that he was imt a secessionist. We have proved from the file? ol the Standard ihat for ten years h« advocated that doct-ine, that iu fact it was he of all others that educated a portion of the people of North Carolina into a belief in that doctrine. His “facilities for gathering public opinion,” of which he boasts, enabled him, however, fo discover that se cession was not popular just at the time that it was put in practical operation by the eoUon States. Therefore he then suddenly became opposed to se cession. Those same facilities for gathering public opinion showed him that when Lincoln issued his proclamation in April lSf»l, it would be popular to pledge ‘"the last dollar and the last man” to resist it, and so Mr. Holden made that pledge. Those same facilities once more showed him that the peo ple—everybody, man, woman and chiid—desired peace, and forthwith he was par exceUenrtt a peace man, and set to work to ridicule ^ae “last dollar and the last man’’ men, of whom he himself was first and chief. In this work ho has been seconded most zf'al- onsly by the lialeigh Progress, which boa ^rved as his organ during the suspension of the iatantlard. This Progress was also a fire-eatmg secessionist, and in attempting in a sort of side w’ay to appear to denv the fact, the Progress says that the Breckin ridge and Lincoln tickets were both "sectional tick ets, gotten up aud advocated for no other purpose than to disrupt the old yoccmmerit and briny on This is a hard hit at the Progress’s friend Holden, who abandoned the regular nominee of his party (as he declared Douglas to be) to advocate th« election DiKi), In this town, on Tuesday morning last, Mr. DUNCAN McNEILt-. one of our olde«t and most rcspect»!d citizens. Xear Laurinburg, Kichmond county, April 5th, JOHN I5LI E, aged 6« years. FAYKTrEVlLLE MARKET.—May 16._^ f«i;VIKW OF THE MARKET. FU«r f 150 10 4 H-5 n 37 50 to ^0 00 per hnsh- el Sytap, rrosniry niase. 36 00 by qnan«ity No o’her cbftpr'^r. Ilirect Ini portal ion. noz HAND S.\W FILES; ZO *l doz lloni Dressing Combs; ‘.!0 10 (iulta I’ercha do; Ivory Kir:*' do; Gutta IVtcha do; Gutta r rcha lioiind Combs; Toorti Rru^he-i. assorti d; 5.'’),030 Sewing Neeflles. —AL*iO— On consVnmcnt, Rice. Toljacco and Co;king Sod-.i. St wholesale on'y. l or by Tl’O. J. Fayetteville, May i!i. »N. .H»-I3t c rOK OPPE-.\-'. Sod', Snuff, Mate’e». Tob‘cec, Bmokirft Tob^ceo. ChcD* and I>raw Looks. Ink A -d 'W *; .'■ibv-l I'lDjf* J. If C POE 33 2t Further Hu|>|>lieit! Dressing Combsi Neediesi Sp(k>1 Thread! Watch Key si Hooks and Eyes! Side CombBl Writins I’aper! Enveloftesl Lead Pencils! Steel Penal Toilet S>ap! Matches! Agate Buttons! Tobacco! Snuff! Writing Ink! Percussion Caps! Powdsrl Lead! Nailsl.Sodal Iron! Black Pepperl On« superior Violinl «fca., dke. N. A. 6TT:DM.AU a 00., May 10. No. I tf, Hay etrect 81-i3t The Kuterprixi* f'odon factory ifi now prepared to exchange for corn or bacon th« Finest Naittbsrs of Spun Tarn, suitable for Spring and Summer Cloth. This Tlir*ad la of a euui’rior quoiity. not surpafW'd by any in the Coo- ’ederacy. G^!0. BRANDT. Fayetteville . May 4 29*tf aui^ oj^ioua reasooi. ^ ief% I, eaW 1 flw wliMtWaierti f I nous' u>‘ t‘Le e“nwy'ir«n»i, which Jw b^n all ito •ahjiectwJ «£hU I ^ nne rtf tilOM ticlMto, th« BNekinhdge j . I Ibgp It, l.fiPPERi^M! f'OPPCRAM!! •SI PKRIOR ARTICLE, juit received and for I by K. A. fcTEDMAN fc CO.,