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1 i J UULJ U U r 1 k 4 v. - . i J - J -wisRrifjV. . VOL. XXI. , , " . ' " 1 : . . J , , ' jjlmii jMiwnn : r ' wmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm J. J. BRUNER, BOITOU awn raorairroa. .u Villi VIMf Tkiu inllMl V" . " -i "SSjiSisSS TfUf flfE ETere dofUn tsgv TUI1 r 1TMT1SIXC $ aeraeuar Sj la tret lassriUa aad It er severe ax eech TImm eeediaf dvertswute, will els MM Ue MMf Mf74aci!Mi. HeUeee ef 7 mAjwIm, will seat fret, and l fcr efc aaiiiel fMafieatkM. MotieM ef MW to tlM BMM BHipMtioe. . Frta the 4th North Ctrolloa. 1 , . CAtm.ti..OAiroivvTuir x April 7th, 18. j. - (7e. Vct iir 8pd-fr- nen-itmiie d Am frteabU tUnpi lt vaditrllobin rtd-lrtaU, e. . Fortevra)djiypet the weaiber bat been m nnmerrifaHj iocWmeoltbat,it b bee impuMible toNU aaylWing itb aalia (aetiua, eicpt ro4iW and tolling yarn . wm peber rond UiesOoty fire. Old cituen in thin txtion eayXbw H, but tbe wul " A pfil Morin," which iarUWj.i- hi th Uiitl Mfn tbe firt nd mid iU vf ibia month. I dLmYdoob oar un ro w have twnd it w Meuie finr. Tbe 8n4 atortn art came on w while we wm percbe4 on (ark'e rooanuin ia April 'ft ; the tecond. ta prif t Frederickfbwrgvirnd tb tbW bar. blw Orange ; where aet we can harJiy mj.I br my own pan Tin not intimate witb tbe wintera ont here that I eare ' much abojit giving them - another ch familiar ebake! at parting while t 4lion rem Vio the same aa it ia m pretent. Bt we We no reason to complain, in deed, wo rw thanUol - that & ia ao well witb aa Iaiel of Crvwsiitf on picket, or in old aplitnd deroonJiied tenta aa we dul tax prinf; now weean mi by onr anog firiJi and listen with feelings aglow with rral pleare at the wind rating aroand the corner of oer hanty, or to tbe t ami rainlrop4 incantlyr clattering on oiw clplo''d roof. This i comfort lw yo, -nuine, heart felt comfort ; far lOMdin anything we he etperienced ineethe boginning of tbe wary Things iae eertainTy taken a torntbo belter, tbe feet i aelf evideot. Oer men are well clad, btur than at any former period of tee ar, wr ehod, Mckneat ia almost un haard oC onr ratiooa are abnndiint bat eMrse, principally meal and baoon, and a pirit of contented cheerfnlneaa and buoy ant bo prl tbe army truly eccour ang. We are gaining ground, tbere ia m kind of doubt about it. We hear no MnpIinU or grumbting ; desertion, with ram esotpHo, are numU'red among the tbtug tbt wsre, ami tbe encouraging nws from ali points of the Confederacy, '. and from th North aUo, bav breathed into onr eoldiers a oonfrlnce not eaily . shaken, AH seem fully convinced that this mwim will ttt tbe tale, and though the bard blows pending are dreadd, yet tbe men sewn ejjer fee them to bgin that they may be stoner owr. ' Not one witb whom I have cooversed earbbor in hi brwast single misgiving about tbe result; I -and now, villi the biesstng ot 1'rovioence, e can see, fee the firt lime since tbe be ginning of tbia bloiMly etnifgte, a Jight Uwuiog ahVad of us. My reader may think tbre is more - faney- than . fact V1wiHfcNl! wrIUsee.fer tbsmselra .ere anotWr ii month roll away, aalsa som uolookd fr and-terri-b!s catastrophe befall onr arms. - But nothing Las tn4d au much to in spire tb troups with frsb leal, or strength eo.thoir feitb in .onrcauie, in the loyalty of ihose at borne and in out nltiroaU and early triumph j tbe late visit of Governor Vance and bia well timed' speeches. . On the 28ih nil be addressed aoenthusiatio Kit; to fortWe of tb , audiMso i. DiePHand on MoodsjJolJtenUon that "";w " Towln? aaotber in IU1 trMMoaeur ; pr.j. li t foreiK (Moar JS Carolina troop ia Rod s diviaioa, consist- T rag of two brigade, Ramearfa aad Daa iel'a, with tbe lot and Sd N. a regiment - l ite ill 1 1 to Stewan' Virginia brigade, war mattered It an old field not far from eaaaa where tba Governor w'nt ptt Ibroagb grand review lo tbe meet imposing and -..MMr lmsffinahle. I should add idt iW beroftir 10 tbfc?I)iiiov-bst-nr "'present M aoseni aeiaooea service m 1 where -I m-t .mot ' aa? ,. tW w " . 1 . - I . might be eontraoarfd; Well, lb review closed at noon; U wm Mid tbe musicians bad Mowed off five ysert oT their allotted time, bat no natter, the occasion demand ed "an effort and cheerfully tnad ffc But w were sot don yet ; the troops uu dcr arms, together with Urk numbers from other command who hvpbi lo bear th eccentric nod popular Governor apeak, or at Uut get a peert at jbtriy-all were marched to the SOih N. C'eamp;' where stand had been prepared for the oocesioa, and around which the immenae multitude irathervd in reffolar milflarr order. The ataiid a located In a'amalt hollow; three sldea of which descend gradually to the centre, thus forming m kind of natural am pbitheatrT which was literally jammed with human soul from' the base to the summit Perhaps a dozen ladies were present, some on borebck and other in ambulances but these ansur-pecting nnd modest vi tnrv though thrice welcome to the audi nce,wer, nevertheless, a serious stum bling block to tbe speaker when relating some of bi most appropriate and best an nedotes ; some of which to my certain knowledge he p in phased, mutilated, frock out nnd substituted words oat of regareTlS lb sAsibifiti of .ll' gentler on- who composed a small eVojh not inwignffcant portion of h'rt ao.rT4J;.und these few, when tbey Wong lfjje upper circles, a all lnielHgeii ladievejjalway have a verr nice BeroMiion of ikLraea. Jlng aid application of word in Caterer they may be used, ine apeaaer knewahis of uOf and apwed uslorw aee.rdWly. tle result of which, irtAome insianeeiwna ei(vmelr ludicrouwl tba reader maVwell imagine. " After aome stirring musidfrom the 4th N. C. a 0th Va. band (botK of which had endejjrored to Wow each othV' bortoff ,oa rVie-) the Governor ascended the stage miOtf the deafening shout of tbe, asaeroWeenflSta, On th platform by hi side atGenaTEw tli, Rode Ed. Johnson, arly, Slnari, and a corn of other of lesser gra4 wHile ia the com pact audience ffioer of every rank, without distinction of partyor State, were scattered profusely. At the meeting in Daniel' brijrnde Lee honored the dpea sion with bis-presenoe, and some ay A. R If ill alA. But to resume: when orderN was restored the speaker began, as is bis custom, witb some of his drolleriea, very unexpected it ia true to many of bis bear ers, but then it filed attention and that was his aim. lie said he did not know bow he mildmakeJuroicereach MJnany il it was like the large family be once beard of, all of whom never had the meailes, the disease dwa?e gave out before it got round. All I have to ay H, if ome of jou get more than your share, you must divide with your lea fortunate companion wben you assemble around jour camp-fire for aSQcial chat. (We've done it V.) Fel lo soldier, (he cootioued) but, perhap yon think I have no right to say Fellow Soldiers," since I was a , soldier once my self snd shirked ont of it on a little fur lough which you kindly gave me, and for which I'm profoundly grtefuL Omut wfll extend it M' then dayi.) Well, if you wi!l not allow me to call you " fel low soldiers" I know what ! can call jou, nd it will.be aJ right ; (then wising h vnlee he exclaimed) Fellow-Tar-HetU f (Great iaoihter.) far Heels 1 not mis named either, for you always stick wbn the pinch cornea. . (Prolonged applause.) Fellow Tar Ileela; have left a herd of croakers, grumblers and growlers, and shirkers to pay a visit to tbe Confederacy. Vou am the Uootederaey you, m sol dier from whatever &Ute, lor i ain narpj to see many here to'day who am not Tar Heels, tliAugb jour honor i none the les bright Tbi visit to lb army of Northern Virginia hat given me mora real pteiMir Wdj.,me..ejwjnA I. vor diilin mv life. except irettinff married. (Laughter.) I now face the living wall Dow ic .law iiv.h .... Which has so long and o ttobly defendeuP; " - . m 1 l sea it after so manr storms and fierce battle, yet staunch, defiant knd I believe I may safely add, impregnable. He oootiooed in this eloquent strain nearly an hour, during which lb vast audience M so still, and wrapped in aucb cloae at- i - -- -. , . iK. the speech, much lem the IffeCt. But the Governor, to urn iuonwe ora"Tj, ideally eomewbat like a Bsb out of water ; ao, desoendiog from bia exalted position, ke eoStinaed more on tbe eoBoqulal atyle, eilb tw" oatbursta of genuine eio- Us beeought the soldiers to U( queoes. ,, ,- . mZT i -. vj SALISBURY, N. kC, APRIL" 18, 1864. .;; patient, to aland Irm tbunKb we camwiijrn. and. with Cod' l4sJo- w UtneMfeiDMddtMrtkM end t dsaertcra. in . It atrongwt - pWible lenDa.- "Fur A cooaeripi who.--had - We smah g -powder, te deaert, 1m tbeghtm(gbl be excosable, but (or an old f teran who car J ried scars, honorable acarlur him to de sert was tbe napardonabUfwin, How ia eonsidcrate, bow criminA to doom .him self and bia posterity to , irretrievable die grace ! IIow can a tree noUier feet, who baa been induced by orM 3smiadedia dividual, or by tbe eomplatat and asar- atnnpg of ivUlivea and f leods, in deaet Hie ee4ora"l bia ce.'nrdTa artos.-! fty, bdj can h feel while ktk lag ia the Wbau It JiOOMvdodgiag and bfding Iroa aiililia officer I . A militi. fictrt H-Aid there were- toea la N.a b6 wksLmade a great deal of fuse, I bey con sidered fliat their right, bat when ib teat came, thay were always found oa the right aide, lybey- were like an old fellow diwa in Norti Carolina who one tried lo erade the "tWg-Ui Uw." It may o4 a Rule greea to some of ou, but it ia true, eev ertbf lesa, that we need to bam a law ia our part by which dog were Used five dollar pern lead ; and one day a aeejotd customer tnt before tbe tnairistrstr to make bi return. All went otjftraouihJj: so many cattle, so maay boraae, ao apaay acre of land, etc, and lastly, awado. W bett all was down he tu med to leave. chuckling in bimself orrfi"is ratenvs in foolintbe magistrate out Jt five dollars Ui Cvtb dog wbich be bal not given ifc" " iWlloi'.afye theqnite to bi depart; "in 2 friend " You must swear to tkss w turn. W oat's tbat you say r M est swear to '(Jiie.'' " MH swrar to it must I r Yei, yon ainst twrar to 1t Uaee to wuar to it. bey T (Feigwiag treat ar nriseiWell since I mast swear to h, jwst put me iSrn mnotktr dv if yon liass I have aritbtootl three year (A roarvlitugbUfrfolbnedthwaiKedoiecijeta of foe mighty in n . l A ik. ..Jl.tww 1 -YVll m I l j : iUe IWJO ww. WK -- mtmum.f - ootuiauid .the peakert ? Laws aware 4wt N..C. has beenrtigmatiaed a th -mrrt of deter text? a hmrbor er trmilort aad all that, and I am aorry to ay that there was once a shade of troth connected wkh the aaawtioaa, bat when tba whele Iroib U made public It will be foaad that 5. C. i not 'more deserriag of bean detraeuwg epithet than aome of bat a. Me Slate." -But why should I attempt to go Csrtbev in giving the outline of a speech which eontumed two boar ia its defiraryf I began with the intedlba of riving only tbe most important point a I could call them to mind from memory, bat I find that alKare important' aRke. And tba length ofitiy letter already admonshea that I had bast wind up. With this h With this bd 4 i t able object in vjew I will begin by slating that the uovernoreoooiaaea wna aioucn ing and eloquent appeal to tbe feeling of hi bearers. He felt confident the end waa drawing nigh that onr enemies bad stak ed all on this summer's campaign, aad that if our brave soldier were only favored witb uceew'by an overruling and all-wwe Pro vidence, peace would aurelf follow first; then the ratification of treaties and foreign recognition and finally oar triumphal march home; happy greetings joyoasj "natnra and hi'tm inMnreaaiole. almost v innrwivable awaited tCe soldier who is faithful to the end. He was done, and as the speaker took 1 bis seat three loud and prolonged cheers were given- for the Governor of tba Old North State, followed by lively and stir ring masks from the band. Tbi visit of out Executive and bi speechea are woitb a corps of troopa to us. The North Cnroli man feel their bosoms, burn with pride when tbey remember what a champion they' have, and bow ably and powerfully be baa vindicated tbe name aad booor of our mother Stat and bar eon. - . After half an boar mtenwiaaioa, da ring which heartyand cordial congratula tion were exchanged, iutrodacvcwa given, music, Ac-, tren. Early wa)Wrfejle. resounded in a few appropnale Tern! tbe iriat of which was, the hope that onr o . a f . i . ,1 , mUt,l he meWted to had been aid in anywisecoonected with the subject Rode and Jobuaon respond ed briefly to th clamorous calls made from all quarters, after which came Geo. Ewell'a turn, but the beroof Manassas, be ing rather disinclined, shuffled bi cork leg off just jn time to escape the neceesity of making a harangue te.bjJLeja?s tbe soldier of h command am ome tims das'ignsUhi. and dtojether in amlv aithar. mdirinz from tba sis of the knapsack maay of teem carry aad the hvj bor tbey perform. . The sua was tak'tag ais Lent lingering peep over the Bins Ridgn as we iwtaraad 1 r 1 l cweeeed na, Saww.afeet, wind and rain barn been ttermios a day. d aigbf Ultl wJ4M ?. tWlope of baJaay ipviagi Ktara. lfeIast evening ine Wk, nswrky donda, aa.if XigUanacLfl BJqxo apecuw iw im aacb other aeataward ta a race tot gonial cTuaa. IVhapa the abomi. body art up ia yaakeeiaad, known taijarnwfioa new asms sof nasaiga ioa) bad aometldnr U do vita tbe care ia tba etesaents; be thai a k may, by tba lioMlbcaaa wewtaowaaolacload waa raU : iaatead ef lasternaa wiada a perfect calm prevaiUd, and wben thick 1 1 a era nee came cause u a kind of jabika over tba vsaaisbed and retrea-iag ataraaa of winter ; .and to day tbe andimmed rap of tbe broad sen re animate the what- face of nature. Our camp looka bright and cheerful, the sol dier are naasaally merry aad fall of fun, while flock of old robin red breasts trot boet on tba grooad, occasionally stopping t to tarn ap their white ringed eye and ieorf bill ia aa indepradent, sancy way, aa wnch aa to any aa plain as word could exprvea it " Touch me, if yon dare." - Nasnaof a bok except aa order to send arplu baggage to tbe rear, which it gen erally pretty good evidence of a storm brew ia. Active preparation are making over the river, under Great's diree tMca. for tba coming onslaught, which will be sacfa a aboek: aa bas never been felt nor witaesned on iLi continent; il wll le ls f fimg fmp ef lie U jroeera- nsanf awsf perUi tie hirlk. fmm a AsveZr new ana. - NAT.. Tats rncrra i us r the vib. To-dar tre enter; pf lite fourth rear of the war dattus irotn the botnliardnarnt f Fort Sumter. We the otv- nainhera, boandlera ia rvaoorrea, desperately ltertioaciuaa and reniorettessly cfnel. Uam than two millNMoa -of men on land and a tiaTT eaaal to half a mtll- ioex tnofe, with the moat approved machinerr of war, and at an oatlaj of cereral thonsaod nulliooa of dol lar, hate foiioiulT atrit-en to oer whelm and Merash oa. At the oat set, r ignorant were oar foes of the pint and strength of onr people, that they couGdectly expected to consummate in thrie months and with a frtrce less than the numbers they hare actually had slain in bat tle what the frantic efforts of three Tears have only served to show they can never accomplish, in any oora- . -- .1 br of year ana wiin any uotu iuej can master. That, mainly from their uncontested command of the water, they hare won important ad-, vantages, in this long period, is not to be denied. but that they have fallen infinitely short of their confi dent expectations and swaggering promises, that they have disappoint ed eregioOcly tbe lookeis-on in oth er countrit. that tlwy have gained vgTvatly less than we urseles appre i iL tided, are f-trts eqoalty aiuletiiaMe. Thev mi? Lt have overrun as the Brititf did, and then have conquer ed us no more than they did. But, to the surprise of European specta tors, tliey have come so far short of this as to have made advances only where the strength of the Qonfeder cy was not put forth iu resistance. It was impossible to defend all our wide borders, and invasion was easy. Many places intended originally to bw defended, bat really of iniuor iui portancey had.to be abandoned to them, because their superior equip ments and; their navy enabled them to attack before we iw realy br ibBSoWwifeJWralla oke. Island, Kewbern Port Iwival, Foit DoiMilson and other incomplete and hiadeaaatclT inanne'l defeace. 3 ... . Xew OrleanV j&ll becau ces wre not completed, and V ices, burw because it was entrusted to in competent hands. These successes eave tliern tbe Mississippi liiver, and cut the Confederacy in twa But t what practical advantage! ThnoT sjibrlt rvunmercial oarposae, and the two divisions of the Confederacy fight aa well as ther did when one. Their siicceasea, indeed, have demon atrated even more forcibly than their failure the impossibility of accoo w ana aince taew aw rT i tN UMBER 47.; , , i ...... ... nliehipg what tbey have undertaken j for they have .shown that noibing eertoDsl harts nar6o ;vi6t. Js'por area, and so hamerous (be strategic and defensive 'points it ..furoulics. tbo-loss, tf any only neccssitstei a" change of position oq oar pari,' and leaves the enemj to contetnplavo tbo . failure of all the .calculations bated . upon. tN prospect of winning It The expected results of snccess hare always- eluded them,' and the frqits of victory have turned to ashes oo their lips. They have nowhere- touched the vitals of the Confedera ejr, and never can ; for tbtfConfed- -racy has no one point In which its life is lodged. Every portion of it is instinct witli existence every ntodntaln and valley and plain throb with inextingnishabie vitality -As long as ground enough Js left to plant a battery or set a sqnadron in the field, tvital point of the Con federacy is not touched. The question of most interest with ' a ' e . a ns now rs not wnetuer, tiie enemy can succeed in their undertaking. if, indeed, thht ever was a questionTr- hut how much longer tbey will per sist in the mad attempt. The im pression generally prevails that the campaign which we are now enter ing is the last that the death mp pie has come, and the straggle tnuetr soon be over. The army makes no calculations--With grim humor and -gar defiance worthy of the cavalier etocc jrom, wnicn- iney come, oqr soldiers volunteer for "forty years or ihelaEin themselves in speculations, tbe fail ure of. which cannot affect men wh mm lr m ttn W lififlia. tlia (nnrtY year of the war will be the final one depends mainly upon the incidents . of the rampaign. ""r We leave oat of view the possibility of other things always possible suchfor instance, as the long delayed, hot inevitable, ' financial crash at the North, of which the upward tendency-of gold tbere, in spite of all Chase's thimble-rig-; ging. affords improving prospect the counter revolution that has been" hoped for, and of which the late out break in Illinois is prophetic for eign intervention, rendered more likely of late by the hostile demon stration in Washington towards the LEoropean arrangements for Mexico; we leave these ont of the calculation, and speak tmly of military conti gencies. Our opinion is, that if the campaign is a success fal one to ue, it will end the war, though it may not bring immediate peace peace settled by treit7 d declared by proclamation. We do not see how it is possible for the enemy, if at the end of four. years of such gigantic combat as we have had .they find themselves no farther advsnced to wards their object than they now are, to stsnd op before the world and insis't npon continuing the con test. We do not see how the world, without shaming the civilization and common sense of the age, could per mit it. Christian nations would b bound by the faith they hold7 and the humanity they profess to protest against it, and, if that did not avail, then to interpose to prevent "it . Yankee .humbug could not longer deceive mankind as to tbe poesibUi-. ty of our subjugation, nor Yankee audacity persist in what WoQld be so obviously absurd. What is most to be feared, all in fact that is to be feared, is thai "ad vantage of such apparent' inapof- ranre may bf gained b . the enemy It U ?l . I . . as win anoru uicm a pretext iut continuing the strifeand will enable them vet awhile longer to nraetice. npon the credalitj of other coiintries." This would give them a little longer respite from the humiliation of ad mitted defeat, and the more terrible consequences they will have to face among themselves, when the appal ling fact strikes the mind of the maa war. this frightful sacrifice of ha man life, tbe bjood and tears and angaish of a whole people, the nighimar of national debt! the prostration of na tional name' and rank, the corrnp-: I tion of nnbli meralav the sabrsr-
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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