-4 fctor on business of the Officii, to he
directed to A. M. Gorman d? Co.
MQyPAr, April 4, iSC4.
5- Office of Tns Confkijeb ati;,
Ou Fajrettevillc street, second door
South of Pomeroy's Bookstore. Sign
of the Confederate Flao.jt
Mr, liolden versus Gov. Vance The Issue,
What is it?
The Standard is an independeut, censcr
" vafive paper, and is not the organ of cither
Presidents, Governors or Generals. It is
" due to Gov. Vance himself, as well as to tl.c
" Standard, that we should state that he docs
r.ot agree with us in our views on the sub
" ject of peace. He is as anxious as we are
' to sec Rf honorable pence ct-tablished at as
early a day as possible ; but he regards
' peace movements among ourselves, with no
l overtures of the kind from tho north, a pre
' mature and injudicious. That he is honest
4 aud patriotic in these views, we have no
"douht. Oar iews arc well known to ur
' readers. We believe that mere fighting will
not bring peace. We a o for speaking among
" the peorJoaud in the public councils for an
" honorable peic, while our soldiers in the
field ;tro fighting for peace. We think there
" can -be no harm an 3 no danger in our people
' responding to thooe in the .north who :ire
'anxious fur p;aoe. We hold that peaee-
movements, if wo are ever to have peace
" again, mtiot b gin some time and some
" where ; and that the two governments arc
" so inflamed by t!ie war spirit, and so iut-mt
' ou mere physical triumphs, lhat unless the
""people of the two sections rise up and dn
' mand that mental and moral means shall be
' resorted to, to close? the war, those means
" may no- bo employe 1. and the war may ho
prolong i indefinitely. Tucso views of ours
may b; erroneous, but they are honestly
''entertained. They do Lot supiratr us from
' G iv. Vance, for both of ns hold that wc
" cannot cease to liht as 'long as wc are iu
' invaded. Gov. Vance and the
"editor of the Stiadird are .still ou friendly
tor.n, iersonally and politically; aud we
" oce no reason why wo should not rouiiia
"." II ilcigh Stand trd, Juhj 'Jlh, 18ieJ.
Afterwards Mr. ihdden charged that an
effort was being made in the army and by
the administration to " beat Gxv. Vance,"
and he said :
" Wo do not believe these machination!!
against Gov. Vance will succeed. Wo bc
" lievo he will stand by his friends. lie has
" never yet proved false to his pledges or to
" his friends." Ilaleigh Standard, August
10, 18C3.
Still later: Tho Observer charges-that 'the
Standard and its party,' expect ' to put up
' a candidate against Gov. Vance next sum
mer.
We deny the charge and caU
44 for th'i proof. We are a friend '
Gov. Vance, and expect to remain so whilo
' he adheres to conservative principles ; and
4,iiow could we, under such circumstances,
" go about to 'put up' a candidate aoain.i
"him next summer?'' Raleigh Standard,
Xvconltrr 25i, 18G3.
' O.i liu L2d diy of February, 1863 on th
ifaincj i y that the " Iloldeu Hook and Ladder
Company " was parading Mr. Holden at Xew-
bern, undr the emblem of a Silver Grey
F x " Gov. Vance, by special invitation. vj
addressing an immense concourse of his fellow
citizens, who had assembled to hear him, at
Wilkesboro,' on the condition of tho countrr
In his speech, Gov. Vance said :
' A certain discontent has pervaded and a
funereal gloom hung over the community
engendering, if we credit a wide ruaior
throughout the State, a notion that we must
have a Convention ; that we must secede from
" the Southern Confederacy ; that we must re
puliate tho whole thing, and go back and do
"our first work over again."
A Convention is proposed by some. I have
no denunciation to make of those wh arc
moving this question. They are as Miud
men no doubt as I am as ycu are. at any
body they are my friends ; but I tflink it is
wrong."
If you think, fellow-citizens, that proper
ffort5 have not been made during this war
fare to obtain the peace which you desire,
"why there cannot be any earthly objection to
such !forU being made. I have been in favor
of them myself, and from time to time have
suadvised the President. jjut
I beg you to recollect, that there is a lawful
and legal way pointed out by the Constitution
of your country, and any effort you mako in
this way will be right and proper." Gov.
Vance's Sjech.
Now here is the record. It discloses that up
to the 20th of July, 1863, by Mr. Ilolden's own
statement, that he and Gov. Vance were both
anxious for peace, both honest and patriotic, as
Mr. Holden claimed ; that they differed in their
views as to the mode of making a peace move
ment Gov. Vance proposing to do it through
the government Mr. Holden, by meetings of
the people; but, as Mr. Holden said, this dif
ference did not separate them, and they remain
ed personal and political friends.
On tho 19th of August, Mr. Holden artfully
charged others with machinating against Gov.
Tance, and came out as his champion, to repel
the attempts to divide them; and in full set
phrase expressed his confidence that the Gover
nor will stand by his fiiends ; " declaring for
him that "he has nevor yet proved false to his
pledges or to his friends."
According to Mr. Holden, then, Gov. Vance
wfts'TBUK on the 19th of August.
9 jmH nil 'KJI'
j On the 25th of November, Mr. IIclcTc "
i digeantly denounced the accusation that he
f would -'put up" a candidate against Gov.
'. Vunce ; declaring that he expected to support
! him, together "with a vast majority of the
people of the State." As thematterthusstootl.it
was hoped and believed by the good pet-pie i f
this State, that this summer there would be ro
political excitement thnt Gov. Vance would Le
re-elected itbout opposition. Hispolitieal op
ponents were willing, for the general welfare, t
j let the election go by default ; and all appeared
mootb, so far ss any excitement growing out
of the gubernatorial election was likely ho
occur. But in this moment of universal sat
isfaction, Mr. Maiden, actmg upon that seif
couccitcd, eelf-consequential, self-import u:t
and self-inflated prompting which has been
the bane rf his life, begins to stir the mud
' to raise a mere issue a convention scheme
j professedly for the purpose of y ce, bin .se
cretly, for the purposes of Mr. HoIJcn ; and
on the 3rd of March he deveiopes th whole
! scheme, plot and contrivance, by putting him-
self Mr. Holden u for Governor of Xorth
J Carolina! Thin is the whole operation. A
i more cunningly contrived political scheme
for personal and eclfish objects, party hi.-t'ry
hfls nerer furnished, in pursuing this courso,
Mr. lloldrtn has inoretl tho jmer.d desire of
the people for quiet. He ha start d a divi-"
sion in his own party, when no other party
was inclined to oppose his car didate. lie has
ignored his obligations of party fealty, anil in
the broadest sense of the t? i m "put up " Krxr,
above all other considerations.
We have hea'd of people "putting up,"
after taking a severe emetic. In this sense
the people of Xorth Curoiiim, in August, v.'iil
"put up ''3Ir. Iloldeu :md thai s 'thorough
ly, that for all time thereafter he wiii be "put"
down, for any further purposes of teltishnas
and mischief. m
We shall look hereafter more pirticulaily
into the issue Mr. Iloldeu has raised in ihis
contebt.
Kalclsh.
Tu the observations which we are about to
make, we have no inteution to intimate the
possession of any information which should
inspire apprehension. Our remarks fre made
upon the general appearances of alf iirs. From
j all sourcef? of information, the plan of the enemy
appears to be to make a grand concentrated
move on Richmond, with a heavy force. In aid
i of this movement, his effort wilt be to as:iii,
i with less force, a3 many weak and unguarded
points as he can, in order to scatter our forces
anu prevent our reinforcing from one to another.
There are indications of a move on the liucs of
communication in North Carolina; and" it is
not too great a stretch of probability to appre
hend a raid, if not a formidable movement to
TrariLs this place. It has been a favorite idea
with the Northern press, with the Newbcrn
Times, and with Yankees generally, that there
is a union sentiment about the centre of Uiis
State, which ought to be reached with sufficient
force to be strengthened and assisted. Very
J lately the project of an advance towaT.Is fids
place was revived in the Yankee journals, and
within the past few days we have teen an ex
tract from the yashvilte Union, urging the
uttauk on Richmond and the invasion of this
State, in order to give " loyal Xorth Carolin
ians an ci'portunily to vindicate themselves ami l heir
cause." Who these loyal North Carolirdacs are,
every one can readily ascertain, who Juis an
opportunity bke our late prisoners have hart,
of being daily eye witnesses of such notices as
these in Yaneee newspapers:
The nolle ITolden is doing immense servico
in the cause of the union." "The bod nu I
Kpirited Iloldeu is maintaining the freedom of
the press, and making the tyrant Jeff. Davis
tremble on Lis throno ;" and such l:ke.
Those of us who only occasionally get a glhnps
of these precious publications, only see how
Jy, the Ynnkee, abuses Gov. Vance and praises
! Mr. Holden ; how he cajoles "John, the rascal '
as be familiarly cils the Vroyrets; how he
copies long columns of their licks at the
Confederate government, and urges reinforce
ments to penetrate our State. Weo-ly see how
Everett, the tilJcen blood drirfker, and fJaxter,
the traitor, stretch out the hand of fellowship to
Mr. Holden, and how, now that this bepraise 1
personage has announced himself to be a self
made candidate for Governor, the note of counsel
is struck for an advance into the State. We
hear of preparations under Buruside, and they
point to North Carolina.
Tho people of this State should be at once
upon their guard resolved against all panic,
all confusion, all disorder to do and perform
whatever may be necessary to defend their
harth-stones and capture the invader.
We urge, in another place, some suggestions,
important, we think, to be followed.
Secret Circulation. .
To our astonishment, a Standard, bearing
date the 6th of April, one like a number that
has been circulating among the inetiated
for near a week, as we have been told, has
been placed in our hands. It contains the
message of Gov. Brown, garbled, also garbled
extracts froin the Confederate, so garbled, a3 to
alter the sense of the articles quoted from ; ard
among other things a long aud labored attack
on Gov. Vance, signed conservative ;" but
bearing "ear-marks so'long," that no one cau
question its paternity. Altogether, it is one
of those productions that are intended to serve
doubtful objects ; and it is admirably gotteu
up for the intended purpose.
We have no particular care about it ; having
a very well settled opinion of its propriety
and fairness.
The article we have alluded to, indeed the
whole of this underhand and unscrupulous pro
duction, merits the attention oT Gor. Vance's
friends. If it is a specimen of what the cam
paign is to bo, it will add to. Mr. Ilolden's
reputation, if it does not elevate if.
See important Order from tho Conscript
Buran, in ir advertising edemas.
which I
In the event cf a Tai i on Kleigh, (
would be a most fool-hardy, and ought to be a
most disasterous enterprise to the enemy,) the
great danger to our cause would be confusion
and panic. The best guard against such ac
cidents, is the exercise of a prudent forethought.
In such moments men are apt each to think
himself a director, and rather to counsel others
to act; whereas the feircr thinking henh there
are, and the more working hand, the better for
huch r;u occasion.
The , first important necessity is, thut the
military authority should make itself recogni
sed, and felt and obeyed. Arrangement bould
be made beforehand, so that each citiz n may
know where he i to go to ; who he i to obey ;
and what he is to do: and all that he should do.
When the occasion comes, he is to go to the right
plrce and do the right thing; to look oidy.to
himself, and not meddle whether any body else j
g;es a-nd does. Organization, rules, regula
tions and orders, "ought to he prepared now for
i the government of this town of Raleigh, in the
i event the enemy should succeed in getting aiive
i thus far. Preparation never djes harm, and
may do vast good.
j Col. Mailett. who is at the head of the Cm-
federate force at this pl-ice, is well aware that
the Home Guard, as ic has been organize!,
would not be effective. The very worst ar
rangement possible for such a crisis, would be
.to leave that organization as it is. Col. Mallctt
knows that the officers appointed therein, in
many instances, are more obnoxiou." to many f
our citizens than any tha could be made. They
are distrusted on every account- When we say
this, we but speak the sentiment of a vast
number of our best and most loyal citizens. We
do not care to specify; -but what we s.y is
known to be true, whether just or not is not
now the question.
The most important service, then, that Col.
Mallett can render, will be to see that all whom
the new law of Congress operates on should be
taken out of that old organization, and be en
abled to form new ones selecting their com
pany officers and having their field officers
selected according to tho act of Congress. A
recommendation from Col. Mallett will be heel
ed, when made in accordance with a general
wish of the public, and so entirely in accord
ance with'the public interests. This being at
once settled, the establishment of rules, the
adoptiou of a system of defence, will seenre this
place against a great calamity, in the event the
enemy shall be strong enough to break our lines
below, or raid around theni.
Thft excellent let-er from our correspond'-nt
: G." gives a cheering account of Govern' r
Vance's visit to the pol liers, and his reception
hy them. All honor and considera'i n
wa given to the Chief Magistrate of ihe State
the prrud and glorious repres"ntati'ai of
Xorth Carolina patriotism, summed up to one
word, her soldiers were mu.ered in s rvi'e
before the Governor, who was welcomed, with
enthusiasm. It was, from all description, a
fit nnd honorable reception a!ik worthy
of th"S(; who yielded and him who received.
Xo mention f-eetns to have been mado of the
self announced t h s e 1 f- m i d c a r 1 i 1 a 1 e .
Perhaps it w;uhl be as well hereafter
gether to ignore anv such existen e
IS ICilliJi Mil I VJO I V IM 1 1 II ViJHl'r
one rarely heir a Ann say he is for Mr. Hol
den. In tho army then i-J almost entile una
nimity. Having fupended h"s prsper. so far
as an open ani hold publication of it is con
cerned; having refus d to meet the people
who have invited hini ; with all the press of
the Stjtc against him, Mr. Iloldon presents
about tho stnaTe&t dimensions of a candidate
ever seer:.
An Irisoui'i!, ouoiv? oo'isioo down near
fleaufort, in the yard of one or" the citizens
fell in with one of the sn iliet si. -d nk r j
Ponies; whereupon tho s n of Erin cum-
j menced to pummel the little fellow with might
aud main. Upon being overhauled, he was
thunderstruck at being asked why he was
beating the horse? " Horse! hokse! did
ye say ? " May I niver ! by jabbers aud
its no more au' a rat, or its my3elf that am
not Patrick, niver at all."
Mr. Holden bears to an ordinary candidate of
fair proportions and common prospects, just
about the proportion of this Irishman's rat,
to a respectable conestoga. It is hardly
worth while to keep up the mention of him.
A Xorth Carolina soldier, who has lost hie
right hand, has learned to write well with th
left hand, and very properly offers his sers
vices if otherwise qualified to take the
place of any able-bodied soldier now doing
duty at a desk. $
We saw lately an account of another Xorth
Carolinian who lost his eyes. in the war, and
in a very few months, by determination and
perseverance, acquired the arts of reading and
writing as taught for tho blind, at the Xorth
Carolina Institute, where he was kindly re
ceived and sdso at the Cedar Spring School,
near Spartanburg, S. C. We commend these
cases to the friends of any soldiers who have
suffered loss of eyes or limbs.
The best charity is to teach all sueh, where
they have the will and the other conditions to
be self-dependent.
A correspondent of the Selma Reporter
writes from Cahaba, Ala.:
Perhaps it is not known abroad that proba
bly the oldest practical printer living, who
works at his trade, resides in this "place. He
is 81 years of age, md yet retain? his faculties
sufficiently to cnab'e him to set type. I have
just seen a phamphlet speech which he set
upland it is as " clean a sheet " as I have
evef seen from the fiugersof any typographer.
His name is McKnight, and he has
been a printer for over sixty years. How
many millions of " em " must have passed
through his fingers in this time!
Kossuth has turned up again. He has is
sued a proclamation, which is circulated among
the Hungarians who form a part of the Aus
trian army in Venetia. He asks bis country
men to desert the Austrian flag, and form an
alliance witji Italy, by which they wid be
freed. He adds, that the King of Italv is
preparing to lead his army agairV Austria,
and that a Hungarian Legion is being formed
in Italv.
Amy Correspond ncr of the Confederate.
Addresses of Gov. Vaxce at Orange Cvurt
Ilonst; Jo., and at the Headquarters of the
Thirtieth X. C. It'giment, in the fresence
o Gen. Lee. and Ids teicran Officers and
ijin Grind Review in Honor cf the Goo
e nor, tc.
Thr. ti.rh th prompt attention of o::r army
r-orrespondent "G." wi h the army of X' rthwrn
Viru'ir.i , we' :re e:?.bld to lay before or
rrad-r ;the follo-.ving 4!;etohM .f the addresses
of G iv. Vance in lie presence of Gen. Lreand
hU vr'ernn army, s rd.-o ti c (li.-tinguishcd
h..uors paid our Chief Kxecutive by this i.oblc
j yr
Cw.r Sfcoxij X. C. Infaxtuy, 1
R.m-kvk's HniGAPE March 28, f
Jdrssrr. Editor: We hive had, f r sev "al
' davs vi-t. a vnrietv f tbinjrs to disturb the
mo; ott r v of camp life. L.:isi week, thtre mil
the lit a v Test fall of snow that 'has occurred this
winter, nnd it 1 a-i ore si o tied no little port
amoiiii tJ.e s -ldiers. Snow-balling was all
the rage, and countle.- battles wete fought
between different companies. regiuwTs and
j brigades, end there as even .-m N't ween
rival d. visions, ii? which officers m huh rank,
and nsraily of crave dignity and dicornm,
atticip iTeii. When the snow had mlted
si way, s it did in a very short time, md"r 'he
waitn nd gothd ?un of .-everal days tint fol
lowed Gov. Vance came, ami since tl en, wc
have had the plea-ure of listening to two of
i his inimitable peecheos
Un Faturoay. lie spoKe to a very iarg'
amliet.ee of Xor.h Carolinians ai the quarters
.f the 5S'l regiment, of Daniel's brigade, and
again on yesterday, t sdl the Xorth Caro
lihians of' the 2 l corps and the 1st X. C. cv
a ry. llis'spepcii on Saturday was listened
to with marked attenti n. a no had the effect
ot ch ering, in no small degree, tho listening
oldiels. I was gla 1 t? s.'e, on Saturday, on
t'ne speaker's stand, po many of our ;Mef
leadeis, among them Gns. fyje. Kwell, Hill,.
Rodes, ''Alleghany" Johns' n", Jeb Stwart.
Kaui.-eur, and Stewart, of "Maryland ; and I
am ii fonned., duiing the Governor's stay with
us, he has receive d all tlnfcourte-.v and atten
tion fr m our chief officers to which the Exec
utive of rur State is entitled, and the high
merit of the man is duea
But f-day has been tlie gala y. It was
pn.po-rd on Saturday, thnt a grand review of
the North Carolinian of this arrnv corps
be held in honor of, the Governor, a id it came
off on yesteiday in "all the p"mprnd circum
stance of g-'orious Mar." AM the brigades
and ynrts of brigades, hailing fro.n tho old
North State, were out in fill force, and pre
sented a splendid appear ince9 in mih'tary
beaiiu2, as wdl a in cverv thing els ; that
the uio.-t ardent well-wisher Could desire.
The proud array ot tin children of old Hip
Van Winkle battle-scarred veterans sthey
stood in long line alrno.-t as far as the eye
could leaeh, witii their arms glistening in the
light of the non-tl iv sun or, as whet led in
coiuui'!, in an hundred sub-.li visions, with
bii'kn-! ert ll igs living, they . n arehel with
soldierly preciinn around the review ground
cu'o i nt l)!it impress the observer with
the ni.'tri ittide of the p ver which the old
X'rth Stile wields in this cutest lor freedom.
And tiiistoass of men wero only ji part not
l.alf of her rep; e-entati ves in the army of
Northern Virginia. '-The soorner may sneer
at, and wiliioes defamo- her," but her jewels
In le shii o with h lustie unserpased by nor.p,
anil by th.ir rnal wt ith and valor ill fv.ry
l attle fiehl of Virginia, have woo the plaudits
of the imp-op id iced wrui'g praise from tho
er alb- j unwilling, an i plared her namo in letters of
Toere 1 l'v,n" 'ihjon "'nis'ory's story." Our Gan-rain-(
lencr d a-d Commander-in-(Jhie?." ac
companied bv Maj. (Jen. Ho les and st iff, rode
down thn lines, and the troops then broke into
column and inirehed pat the reviewing offi
cers, a't r which, they all repaired to the
qu-.irters of t'ne JiOth X C. Regiment, w lie re
a s':i'd had been eiccled, to hear tlo sjiorh
to be delivered hy th'' Gov ruor. I Jy dense
psicking, us th'n-k as they c uld stand, sill
around, tho audience were perhaps enabled to
hear the sficech, but it was no little strain on
the Goyrnor's lungs, ior thtm to do so. Your
rorn spondee.! took no noe- it was impossi
ble from the sLand poi ,t o do so and he
i.innof, therefore give a.ilhiii like a syn ps:s
ot" his remarks but as vour readers would
' l'dcc to know what Ihe Governor talked, to us
j about. We wid try to quot,? some things ho
said, Jrotn memory.
The Govrnor wa introduced by (fen.
ivmvi'Ur. lie began his speech by remark
ing that on Siturday he addressed lm hear
ers as "fellow-soldiers," but on second thought,
he ivcollecti d that although ho was once a
soldier, he was not one now having sku'kod
out of service by being elected to a little office
down in North Canjina at.d he felt that he
had no right to greet them by that term.
They were no' his 'Feliow-citiz'JTs," and he
knew ef only on other term to use a term
that had been given thean by their comrade
from -other States "tar-heels" and he
would borrow the term, .and addresj them us
Fellow-Tar-libels. "
He said he knew wo all wanted peace
everybody in ie C-nt'edera y wanted pe ce
and sis the blessed word was first in every
body's .mouth, he would make it the first
poir.t in hi address. lie then discussed the
subject in all its bearings, and showed plainly'
that the only way for us to obtain peace
honorably was by fighting for it. that it was
impossible to negotiate a peace with our ene-
mies, expressed his will.ngness, however to
send commissioners whenever it w?s thought
-necessary, although he felt sore our enemies
would reject and refuse to receive them, but
that he was willing to b ar th humiliation,
that Europe aud the world might see that
the bloodshed an 1 misery cauel by -this war
was not of our making, and that the Uni'ed
States Government alone was responsible
therefor. He was apposed out and out to any
separate State action ; it wa-j unconstitutional,
would look like acting in bad fiitli with our
Southern sisters ; and if t tempted, wotdil
only make matters worse. He depicted iu
ghiwing colors the consequences that would
result from any attempt of the kin I ; that
Lincoln would not tre-it with us, without v.'e
first laid down our arms, and submitted to the
most degrading terms ; that it was impassible,
from our geographical position, if Iroin no
other cause to be neutral ; if attempted, we f
would have both parties on us ; we would soon j
be in a worse condition than Maryland or
Kentucky, that we would be compelled t
either assist our Southern br thren, or to jin
Lincoln submit to his drafts, pay his taxes,
fight our comrades who have fought by our
sides for three years past, and becerme the
miserable slaves and vassals of the piost rotten
and corrupt people on the face of the earth ;
that it would transfer the seat of War to our
own. homes, cause the whole lanel to become a
howling wilderness, our families outcasts,
homeless, and ourselves elespired by all, and
our memories banded down in history to be
execrated snd loated by generations y'tt ui-
li-rn Me DP'7 LTe U Ula inraieis i" nairu ni "'
V , . ' 1 V, t..MWWA 1l.Aff1 .1 -V I '
vren voice of evi -minded men, -tn
tle Pvreii vo ce o, c ,
would advise mem 10 purs.. to..-, .;,'- . .oc
. ' . 11 !o.,.l I,., .
ofpoace. iMUiwewun.u...;H- ,u u.
. 1 .... nni.. nr(Tni7.ation ouo ilisn
fiuia, iiittiuiaiu u "o , , ,t i I
pline and coutioue to btriKo Doi-ny m m
future as in the post for boron, freedom and
independence the Fun of peace would soon
risr in the east and shed its be dngu riy;ver
cur war-worn land. Any other course would
li-id to disast'T, disoluti-m and ruin.
He Faid that our prospects were never brigh
ter than at nresent : that the people ev ry-
L where were daily l e'oming rmre chciful and
sanguine of our final sucve.-s; tuat.the s;.r:ng
campaign had opened auspiciously, -and vic
tory had already b en given u ; that our ar
mies everywhere were recruited and strength
ened, aud. were full of hope and oonfidem-e;
that they were he! 1 well in band by the ablest
generals thr? world ever produced; and he
gave it as bib opin'on. that if w tven held
our ow n, or were victorious in th pemlir.g
campaign, fighting would bf virtually ended
hy 1 ! time the leves began tofal'dn autumn,
and finally the w ir would languish ai d di.
out from the utter exhaustion and hearth'ss
nes t u the part f or, r foes. Xegoti ition
would then take the place d warriois, and
the Xorth, dispirited by long ai.d coutinu'd
disaster and ill-success, w uld then listen to
reason and the dictates' of wisdom, and sub
mit to tein.s. He has.. d this . pinion on ihe
evident indications of the tiuns. Our fops
woal i soon be plunged into the whirlpool of
anotlnr presiden'ial campaign, and the priz
the varioiH parties would contend f r womM
be the rule and pitronago of a government
which makes mi!l:ns ot mor.ev nnd with
the will-known vankee proclivity ano thirst
for the almighty dollir, their minds, now cen
tered on the single idei of our subjugation,
will be tietit. -n securing h" s ils. an-' in
their oagett ess for gain and plipe. di en si ns
and schisms will arise which will p.rdz
the government's cflVrts and defeat tln-ir med
itated intentions. Fher" i. t ", a. ready
strong peace party at the Xorth and, n
the vaokee b-gins to c -mi rehentl th
main fact in his mind the billi ms of d llar-s
his government U fruitlessly thr .i.g awav
in this war. obserts the rapid depreciation
i f his g en-back cirrency, and the decline
of their commerce and trade under its inllu
once that peace pa ty will iii"rea-e in strength
until it is lolly successful. I'le-y h ivp, also,
at h-t, found that we are in d .d'y earnest.
They have aln-a 'y b.gun to realiz- tlu truth.
and despair is gradually sinking into thtir
hearts. Their leading men and tr. wspape-s
declare that if their arms do no' ' crush th"
rebellion" this summer, they never will, ami
they openly proclaim that the i--uc ii staked
on the approaching campaign. Thry are
already di.sperite I and scared, and tho wa
ning strength of their exhaust d efforts is
demonstrated in their vain attempt to recruit
their force.-, f- which even ouormoiis b- un
tie are of no avail; the numb'rles. drafts
that hrir.g no me;i, and th mutitiugs rral
dissensio: s 'hat ar? observed in their eoutieilri.
All this betokens- a flagging on their pit', and
it is an historical truism which asserts that
'n agmessive warfare that once fijos never
rallies "
OJd Abe arid hieounselhirs are beginning
to see the end, and they had there f re sent
their last her, Grant, to cmfr mt us. and
they haveileterndooil to make one morn mighty
effort to crush u. We must whip this hro
and hi army, said the Governor, and r woik
is done; whip him, and iherehv maul grace
pea'-e-into their unbelieving sou Is. It would
doit us sure hh we whip him, and he felt sure
that the icsu't of ibis ca npaign would send
him into the shades of private li e, to keep
company with the other heroes of ouV tin
miking The Governor then reviewed the past ran
paigns of the army f Xortheru Virginia. At
tiie b 'ginning of the war. wiau ti e hero of
Lundv's Iiue and Sally Gorier (Cera Goida)
S.-ott was put i.i command of the yankee
army. The Governor qutked in his bots with
tear, arid th tight that Gen. Scott w.uild
march his army from the Potomac to the Uio
Grande iu one campaign, hut a mm by the
name of Ueauregard met him at si place called
Hull iam, and old Scott had mt lieen heard of
since. AlcUiwell was uurieel in ttin nrne
giave that covered Scott Then came McCIel-
lau the "Little Xap'deon who look tiings
easy and slow, aid who moved ponderously
along until ho gained the banks of the Chicka-
hotrini' ; th" a man by the m ine of Lee op.
posed him io front, a man by the name etf
Jackson, sometimes called "S'nncvalr7 fl ink
ed him on tin; right, and a man by the; name
of Vance xcilh ihe 2oth X. C. ngi,.t ut attack
ed him on liu 1- !t, and between tm in they
used him eleau up. Hardly left a gnazy spot.
Pope wasnixt br light forward, Pore was a
man who had previously figured s mw he-re
out uest, and boasted that a rebel had never
seen hi baek: he was going to eat us up
without sah. ; but Jacks -n?s skirm'shets ran
him into the P..ioinac rivir, nod Father Abra
1 1 ham sent him as minister plenipotentiary to
th Pawnee Indians, l'urnside came next,
and oil the heigh's of Fredericksburg he was
seen afar off. but omvj foggy in ruing h dis
appeared, and has not been .ie;cn sim-p; he
was, gathered ur.to hi tadier in A raharu's
bosom, and "Fighting Ji-c,' u u ttned Hooker,
was sjnt t Ti ign in his stead. He was treated
wrw than any ef tiie rest; he was had V
thrashed at Chancellor-viHe, and afterwards
lost i n a marc1', anel Ihe yankee army took to J
IVnnsvlvania. .Meade came next, but did m t
tarry long, and they have finally sent Grant
1 to cou-qHeti the Golgotha of heroes. Grant is a
? man who has won his spur by iihti-.g with
j the odds in hi favor, at ab ait tie- came ratio
J that Confederate m uy sells 'o' .specif, twenty
to one. Now, s -Idier and febo.vt r hee ls,
! said the Governor, whip out thisirmy and'
hero and "the baby is born and hi n mi
Betsy." Peace will" be sure to f .11 w. Ho
', exhorted the rn"ti to continue stea If -s: to the
J end. Maintain thciri-rganizitiong vet a little
longer, bey their officer-, and Mirny their
glorious, and her ic leader, and all would be
j well. Victory In lepen leuee Wral or wor
was with them, and with them alone. If
I they gave way, all was lost. He begged them
! never to desert ; ho implored itoni never to
listen to the persimion or influence of bad
men who would persuadethem thus to cost a
. foul stain of eternal dishonor on then-w ive.
and on their posterity ; and depicted the moral
suicidtt of those who thu-? dishonored and d
graded themselves, in glowing and eloquent
terms.
In justification of the people ef Xorth Caro
lina, he told his hearers, they were as true to
the Confederacy as any people io the whole
land, although it was intimated to the con
trary ; ihat there wsi little er no disaffection,
and there was not one man in twenty through
out the State but wh se wbde hcirt was tie
voted to the cans", nn 1 would do any thing in
their power for theirs .iiir in the field. It
is 'true, ho said, there was some growling
among the principals f vubsMtmes, who had
laid the flattering unction to their soul. rfhat
they could fight this war out by proxy. They
wia duiippoinUd, and disappointed folks I
troid I grumble, but his people wer -a uv.
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eved in TIIK LAW and be was sure the i'
1 lieved in Till- LAW and he w,e; Mr ,!,,.
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consiitr.tion.i t. . . '
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s.ipreine cut when ittmt, and th-,t t! Z
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men wouM obey its bahests like good c.ti,..,.
He said tlntt many of them would d oijhq, , ,,
Kcntoui heretojin us: he wanted ustutit
them kindly, not to p k fun at them !tll j
fall then "conscript," but learn ih. tn t . i,r
good soldiers, and hi word f r it, tl.v w. :Jj
acquit lhemelvt:s with cre-dil when th. y e..,,.
froutetl the en. my. lie said there was another
class, who used bufg ranged guns, nu 1 w..;j(,.,j
to lUl.t -t I ug taw sh Hit fiO ii str te r:i t1
in Norlli C nolui i al va -k a s iu IVntrn, Vt. Jf)
male a mighty luj, kii-M wp at.Mtil-L ,',I)S;
and stink, but were veiy harmless. 1 J . Ul
us, t'ne people of Norih Carol ir.a alivaxn j-tj
ciz"d. th ir gove tnment and itt acth, m d ,,
te.itime cotpplaincd and grumb'ed at its !,tl
when nude, and reii made thn ots v heu
thought them unj Ht. but uo p.-op:c on tl
fa -e of the eat th olieyp 1 it- biiu sts with m
wild, gnefs or ahicrtty th in they d d, wh, ..
thej.iw was putn uu 'e-d constitutional
It was true, much' di.-sati-faction ai :v.i.
tested at the sunensiti of the huln-as '.-;, un
uct many th night it uncalled for an I exti . -no.
ly unwise; and for his part, h d'd not s. the
ue of the suspension. Hut that li-K:etsf .c liioi
did not indicate that she w is g'dr-E to do ntiy
thing desperate, ind she Would not: I'nianem 1
snd bud tneu th"ie were til over the Jan I, Id
sometimes attempted to fan theme popular oi.
satisfnetions into a flim?, for their own einis,
but there was no anger of the good people of
Ni-vtli Carolina perpetrating Riiy such toKy.
They were patriotic, true nnd loyal, they s iiu,..
time honestly differed from other peop'e itl
matters of public policy and proprn ty, hut hvr
p ipular heart be it'in inion with her sol lit r,
and her detenninati ui wnn as strong a thesis
to tight this war through to victory unJ u.J...
pe .d.'nca.
Your correspondent has left out ninny f.f the
imp rt mt points made iu the Governor''. fe( ;t
hut hi l.a already swdlod his b-ttcr to ai out.
rageous length, and will cut it short. Tlie
Governor illustrated hi fpcech trom his h i X
hiustihb supplv of at.eed'dcs, atid kept i
audience in a broad grin through. mt.
speech was well received, nnd ha cheer, d the
soldiers a great de;l. Gov. Vance i -their
douce for Governor, nnd my brigade will t:'v
him an almost unanimous vote. Holden huu
U considerably below par, and is getting w r.-e
every day.
There is nothing new in camp. A rain term
has been going on for the pnt twelve lm ir,
and of course, no tnoveinMit is anticipated it
awhile. (J.
Ail MY N'KWS.
FromTiik ,11 a r i n a x . La tet hf rnn i n
from Gen Lie' army gives no in li nti n ..f
mi immediate opening of the cauin ii n. !
tween the Hqvdan ard'th I'anp thmn v'
rivers arc estimated Vake-j fcree eh" t'yt ex.
ceed' thirty jive thnwaivl.
Oneday I t wc k very hetvv atid cnti .u
on cannonading, wvmpa i il bv sharp tn -ketryofsever.il
honr duration, wik lean!
in the direction of Cnlrieer Court Hi.;.
Xo d finite cause h. b -en asigtied but r'i
nior tell i f another difficulty nm ng t! Ya i
kee trooi s
On Tues 1 av rnornin'. ahont II o'cl ek, three
nun, from the Stonowull btigi.le, 011'' 1 the
great bend of the Itapi dan, between 'Yv c
stick Ford nnd M"retms F'rd, fr tin pur
pose of firing up u the Ymke, cavalry a thee
cinip down in th0 morning to wafr their
hor-e. Hy daylight, louver, the pnrtv
were ko thoroughly eliilled thatlhey, could
not w lit longer, sthrv fired away at t ';
Yj nke'e pickets, who were in and nrvi"u a
house on the opposite? side of the Ktrf itn,
about a hundred and fifty- yards lisfa :1.
Three fell at the fir.t fire. ; the gtVatvt c"U
st jrna'ion prevailed among th cmnny ; 'h y
tn ncd out en tnn.ise, threw out fkimiish rn,
ai d prepared for a general attack. Our h y
fired again, and retreated nero.si the b-.ttnu
land, returning the Vrnkee finath"v we it.
AH three returned safely to their regiment.
The enemy's piekf t say that G.mi. (Jrmt
has taken eointnand of th army of the I'oto.
mac. Our men aro in most excellent spirit;'.
To the boast of Gpii. Gr.ut, that lie can,
with thirty thousand men, whip out Get',
lye's army, eur lys say that he cannot cross
the river in opposition io Kwell' c orp ahno.
Quite an acceptable present w,s rceived a
few days Mi.ce in the shape of a quaniitv t
e xccllctitviroh 11 MK'k, t' bf distributed to
those si.'diers whoso homes are in psscsdou
of the publieenemy.
(ovcrnur V.mee, of Xorth Carol in a, sti.l
continues to ad Iress the Xorth Carolina
tr ops. His speeches are vivifying and re
ceived with enthusiasm by all who hear him ,
troops from ither State us well ns hisov.n.
A grand game of bass-ball was pltyed ri
Monday last, the contest bing between th.?
members of Gen. Stafford's Louisiana Brigade,
of Maj, Gen. IMward Johnson's Division,
and G .o. Hays' Louisiaua Brigade?, of M ?j.
Gen. Ivirly's Division The stakes wen?
SoOO a mMp. The gam was won, after a con
tc-t of two hour and a half, by tjeu. H.iy'
Bri gad e. Rich m on d Enq u irer.
Westkbs NottTii Carolina. The countie
of Wosterii North CMrolina have suffered heavi
ly by r.iid of tho cotnmjn enemy, Including
deserters and torifc, who havo committed out
rages on the dcfenci-less people ; nnd owing t
circumstinces beyond control, tho authentic
have not been able to givo tlie protection they
have been anxious to extend. The people l"i"
continued faithful to our cau-e, and thir
hatred f n the invader has been more intensifn 1.
Col. Palmer has returned from mi extendi -d
trip through the Western counties, whhh I
succeeded iu clearing of the invaders, and tn 1 le
di-posit rni fvhicli, it is believed, will prevent
thdr inroa -a hereafter. The Yankees made a
raid into Clay mid Cherokee counties to j rcvud
the enrobnent of conscripts, b"t retreated on
hearing of the upproach of our troop.
On Satordiy previous, Maj.,r McDowell, of
the C2d N. C. Uegtrneut. with detachment from
his own and the Glth Regiment, cucounfred
the notorious Colonel Kirk and hi band. A
shtip engagement ensued, and Kirk wa de
feated. We lost one killed aud several wound
ed. Majnr McDowell was, severely wounded ia
the arm.
Col. Thomas' Cherokee Indians are rendering
pood service, nd are ns "true as fdeel " to tho
Conftderacy, notwithstanding the alluring jre
misci of th Yankee emissaries, who havo been
among them
From Uppkk Kast Tfnxp.ssek. -It is now
certain that Gen. Jones has entered Kentucky
througli Fulkerson Gap, with some l.oul)
men.
The Federal-) have ben driven back both
At'Morrutnwn and Whitesburg.
A general engagement, it is Moon expected,
will take plae between all the forces n both
sides
McLiwV division hr.s been ordered to t !.o
front.
It is retried that the Federals have been
heavily ivin forced.
Tho Federal movements ta fl ink our h it
have so far faihil.
G.neral Imgstreet has issued very strin
gent orders roUiiug to unlawful impress nout
and thieving by M. ldiers.