THE . STATE JOURNAL RALEIGH, N. , C. WEDNESDAY.yAPRIL ; 30, 1862
a-
n&n' prier T0 THE STATE'
"TjED PCBtWHEa OF THS tAW OF THE C05FKDB
BATS BTAXt VF -
Wednesday, April so, 1862.
Terms of the State Journal.
he to remind bur friends that our paper is con
Jted on the cash system. The cash must accom
ductf v ,.r.W in every case. - ;
panj TERMS! 1
Terms
.Weekly, per annum
...$4 00
....,... 2 00
Weekly. r .
Notice to-Subscrfljerrv
onducted on the Cash principle.
The hTA VhVrPafler be sent without the roone accom-
pa,PK!.r Trder - and all cases names of subscribers will
Pan-r nt the date of expiration of their subscrip
h68t,CiC,l Lwed previously. We are compelled to
Enforce ttvis rule m
all cases, and no friend can grumDie
ll" ' fV,a wrnnir or on the mareinof
Look out for the cross mark and renew. ,
Tke immumtv ro7 'fighti? in defence" Of the
country; claimed by memlcrs of the Society of FrjeK
familiarly knowiTas Quakers, is a question worthy of
serious and dispassionate consideration. s"The Decla-
.fpuw. " c far as it ones. i airainst it. "No
man or sf 0 men are entitled to'exclusive or sepa-
tho. mmmunitv.
rate fuiutuiiiviiio, ... 1 -o
but in consideration of public services." This "lan
giwgc'is absolute. To ascertain whether it is appli
cMe, wc have only to enquire : First, can a religious
sect be described by a "set of men ? " Secondly, is
immunity from fighting, in case of invasion or insur
rection, "an exclusive privilege fu
We think the affirmative of these questions are
axioms. We will not stop to quibbje over the differ
ence in signification between seel and tet,-leaving that
to the student and his lexicographer. The simplest
mind will readily, perceive that, .without a "set of
men,", no sects could exist. Then it wonU seem very
1 it .. . j1 . f . ...v.... .11 oli nHwnf mBn"
piaiu mat no sect 01 men, un Ul ......
are entitled "to exclusive or separate emoluments or
privileges from .the community, but in, consideration
M,f public services1," and, if only in consideration of
public services, ccitaiuly not in consideration of reli
gious tenets And as t some will denytiat immunity
from fighting, in case of invasion or insurrection, is an
"exclusive privilege," surely none will claim that any
sect or set-of men ought o. enjoy it. . ..
But this
construction
of the "Hill of Rights" is
strengthem d and confirmed by theSith section of the
constitution which places all denorninatioiiS of chr:s-
knsou the broadest equality,' strictly jrohHiiling the
'Reference -to one, over another. Its, language is ex
plicit enough. It says: I
There shall be ho establishment of any oijc religious
church or denomination, in this State, in jtrkftrence to
any other."
; 'And while itjustly provides iht "all Arsons shall
be at liberty to exercise his own; modeof worship"
there Ls not a word in it which can be corstrued into a
nullification of that divine law, pr.irnulgel by the Su-
prenie law giver, who never dil in
who told his cotintryfcon accordii
ustice to any, and
to the fleoh, to
"render unto Cajur the things t'.ial are Cesar's, and
'into Go I the things'that areGodJ"
Th'j l);clar ition of Right aud tfe C :i;titutiou of
the State both denying ti Quakers the iniiviuity from
bearing arms which they claim, and the diviue law
enjoining upon them, in comm m with all other citi-
. 7ihl! iVin lliT nf AaCm.Mltrr tUn Sfifo nTinst. its Ptlft-
"VIIUj 111 v M V L. ll I VIIHI Q vav v " - - -
mies, m return for the protection yliipli tney rec uve,
is it expedient to,exompt them by legislative enact-'
- racnt ? We hold that it is not only inexpedient, but
that it is granting them an "exclusi ve privilege" con
trary to the letter and spirit of the .fundamental law
of tho land, by which all other seats are governed.
Wc are relieved from examining the subject further,
.by the announcement, at our table, that the assem
bled learning and wisdom of the State, known as the
Convention, in one of its anomalous freaks, and for
want of-something useful to do; has just taken
action upon the ordinance by engrafting upon it an
amendment exempting Quakers frbmmitftary duty on
condition that each member, within'thc military age,
.shall piy a tribute of one hundred" dollars into the
State Treasury, or serve m the salt works or the hos
pitals during the .war. The commutation, we sup
pose, is better than nothing, on the principle that a
half loaf is better than no bread ; but we can't see
into the reason of the thing. The verytact that tho
Convention subjectsthem to pay a penalty denies them
the right to claim the immunity for which that pen
alty may be regaided as an equivalent, f Then, this
immunity is not granted them as of rightj nor yet of
grace, nor withal ot conscience, but as .'a matter of
purcliase
Then, if Quakers be allowed to purchase
this immunity, why may uot Episcopalians, Baptists,-
Presbyterians:, Catholics, Masons, Odd Follows, Union
rnon and. Secessionists? N.iy, why may not every
.'poltroon iii the land who can fork over his hundred
- dollars to the Treasurer of the State.?. The absurdity
of such legislation is so palpable as to arrest the at
tention of every thinking mind. The Quaker is
outraged, by allowing .him Jhe exercise of his con
scientious scruples ojily for a' compensation; while,
at the. same time, h has confer re 1 on him an "exclu
sive privilege" cxressly forbidden by the Constitution.-
It is said the onlinince will p.i!
: A friend writing us from "Camp, near Kinston,'
on the 22nd, gives us an account of the late skirmish
at "Gillct's house" which doe not, differ materially
from that which wchave already -published,, except
that he puts down the number of the enemy at 330,
"including a 'Colonel, a Lt. Colonel and a Major."
. Having conversed with the guide and with those who.
visited Gillet's, the day after the -fight, we think the
number of tho enemy is exaggerated, and we can't
well sec how anybody could have ascertained with
such accuracy tho rank of tho officers commanding
This may all be bo, however, and we therefore make
the statement, but wo deem it unnecessary to publish
, forth.
Confepesate MissTKELs. Tlieso popular fa
vorites are amongst us again, with additional attrac
tions. They appear for the first time, since Buroside J
made them leave Hewbern and their battery in a hur-
.ry, on Wednesday, (to-morrow) night, at Phillips'
Hall. Of Course the Hail will be crowded. Sec Lilla
nvm
aod programme. ...
- Thk Convention.--Tliis body is getting along
pretty smoothly if 'not rery wisely. Their proceed
ings are recorded pretty fully up to Monday evening,
to the exclusion of more intet esting matter, but their
constituents want to know what they are doing, and
mu. be'gratified.
: It will be seen by. a memorial from the citizens of
Rutherford that the good people of that county are
tired of. the Convention and wish it to resolve itself
as speedily as possible into its primitive elements and
each member return to his plow or his gun. Ruther
ford county is not alone in this matter, since almost
every member we talk with says that himself and his
people are imbued with the same sentiment. v
The Quaker exemption ordinance has not yet passed
and is elsewhere alluded to as one of the most bung
ling and inconsistent acts of legislation ever attempted
to be put upon the Statute book of any State.
" . Since the Convention refused to Gov. Clark his con
stitutional right to jntinue in office until the first day
of January, we are glad to see that they have adopted
the plan of filling that important office, recommended j
by this paper, and allowed the people to elect one m
his stead. The election will take place at the usual
time and the Governor elect will qualify and enter on j
the duties of his office on the second Monday of Sep
tember proximo, and-ccntinue in office until his succes
sor be qualified. , '
The time for receiving the returns from camp has
been extended to two weeks from the day of election ,
which is a wise provision ; batjVPVight be well also
to provide that, in case the soldiers be deprived of the
opportunity to vote on the day indicated, they be al
lowed to vote on the next convenient day thereafter.
The reasons for this are obvious and need not be stated.
Every contingency by which our gallant mgn ia the j
'field might be deprived of their vote ought to be pro- j
Judge Howard's resolution to adjourn sine die next
Saturday has leen tabled by a vote of 42 to 40 we
call attention to the ayes and noes on this question.
Mr. Green seems to think that" Gov. Clark has ?
refused and neglected to. defend the State and its in-
terests; but, we regard tlie words- as spoken in the .
heat of debate. Mr. Green w ill find it difficult to
prove this. Gov. Clark, like other men may .have
been guilty ot umnu,rs ana miy nave uone nn .
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things that haa better remained undone, ana reiuseo i ftnfj jn snCn ag i1;VVt, not the number ot companies al
to do others which nerh ins busht to hove been done. ; lwt(l bv law to a reeiment, the said commandants
but that he wilfully refused and neglected to defend
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the State and its interests, to the best of his abiluy,
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no sane man will . believe. Does Mr. Greeu forget j for cacn cornpany of infantry, 64 privates ; of caval-
that the beople of Newborn refused and neglect-id to ry, 60 privates ; of artillery, 70 privates. .
furnish negroes to construct defences for that town 3. The recruits will be apportioned among tho sev-
, . V . T . . . - , ., I eral arms of service, according to their respective
and its interests? It is easier to prefer charges than j jti as f;ir as practicable the preference
to refute them. Judge Howard's ordinanie propos- j 0f the meii. Where a greater number offer for a par
ing to pay $-30 bounty to 12 months' volunteers con- j ticular arm than can be assigned to it, the distribution
tinued in service under the Gmscription act, is a salu- i will be determined by lot ; but recruits for the ca val
a , c a 1 - -ili i i rv will only be taken from ihoso who furnish their
tary and beneficent measure; and, with- the lights 'lu; w
. , n r .1 1 . -i . ! uffii horses.
before us, ought to pass. For further details we must xf Vi.lunteers for enustinq corps. V
refer the reader to the record itself. ' 1 8. Persons liable to military service under the above
1 Act. not in service on the 10th of April, and Wishing
Effect of the Conscription Law on Volun- i
leers. . 1 ,
To CoEKESPOSDENT. In answer to several cor- i
respondents writing to us for information as to the ef- !
feet of the new Army Law on the companies noV yet
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offered to or received by the Governor, and in refer- ;
ence to its effect upon the bounty authorized by . this ;
State in addition to that offered by the Confederate I
Government, we state: i
1st., Kvery company received by the State will re- j
eeivc the $50 State borrhty. The bounty from the j
Confederate States will be paid assoon as the com pa-
ny or regiment is transferred to their service. !
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2d. All companies authorized by the Governor to
be recruited, prior to the passage of the Conscription ,
Law, wU I bo received by the Governor. The Con
scription law was ratified on Monday the 14th and
signed by the President on the 16th inst.r-i-wc think.
. For further particulars we reler to the Instruction0 j
issued bv the Secretary of War. to be found in our ua-
per of to-dav. !
We will, take pleasure in answerin
quuoiis (
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this or other subjects at any time.
. Since the foreg ling was written a General On
er ;
has been issued on tho subject, which will be foun
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iirauotiicr column. V , . -'
More Caucusing. c
"ITT 1 1 l- ITT -lr. (
e arc goou nanus ai guessing, generauy.. e now
"gpess" that Ilo'.dens foul breath has sickened ;uuto
death, gubernatorially, Mr. Graham, aud that lie
xcon t run. What thn 1 j Are the "destructives" go- ;
ing to give Up the conlels they had resolved upon, and t
like patriots, suiK personal ana parry considerations,
and joia thbir brethren in the" election of a Governor
without a. contest? Ve are sorry to say for them,
They will not ! We "guess " John Pool has been se
lected by the caucus, aud will be thearty hack.
"Mark what we say ! "
One more "guess." Should John Pol permit him
self to be thus used, he will be defeated by 13,000 ma
jority. Mr. Tool-knows our ability at guessing.
Rev Mr. Bur well Temple desires us to state that' if
ten companies of artillery can be raised, one for each
district in the -State, that he will subscribe 100 each
to three companies; 300 iu all, for their equipment.
Mr. Templeuhcretpfore subscribed 100 to the Raleigh
artillery, and his purse has ever been open when call
ed upon to assist in furnishing the sinews of war.
Where is Fort Pillow? This fort," which the
telegraph 4 'advises us, tho Federals have commenced
bombarding, is thus described by a camp correspond
ent : -
Fort Pillow, is on the Tennessee side of the Missis-
sippi, about twenty miles from Randolph, and about
eighty-five miles above Memphis. It is an immense
entrenched camp, situated in the midst of the hilliest
r'T" - -- --- . , .
of tho Tennessee hills. 1 he fortifications on the river
consist of a rifle battery (six 32-pounders) on the
bluff and the water. battery below; thirteen 32-pound-
crs, smooth bore, and one 11-inch columbiad, npw
being mounted.' A deep-ditch, rampart and military
road extend from the river fronton the right to the
river front on the left, is; the form of a horse shoe.
.The Memphis Acal&nch, referring to tl,ie attack on
Fort Pillow, says :
Wa f.l n..i m,1, nltrm f.r tb Mftw Mm.
nl.i. n..r work, ;.t Fort li!!nr ar t.rb afi t
"w -
fv iiiir nmm ( that the Hot.i a of irnnhoata. ta.. of tho
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eueinv cauuot pass it. Weave this as the intel i-
A
gent couviciion oi our citizens.
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"AUittle More Grape.. .
We;want lead lead for bullets : bullets for enchiies.
Accordingly General Beauregard has made to our cit-
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ueostue luiiowing appeal (as he did when he wanted
i.ii.r' v t it .i. t . i .i :n
.or un,.., .or a., me .ea mcy can pou.y
er-iV-f.- . '
pare : . i
iPQCABTERsABMr of the Mississippi, 1
Corinth Miasiasinni. March 31 lRfi' '
t . na,.r.t Tfora;.i :cf,a . in ,f.,
your letter of the 25th inst., to say that our couutry-
AJ1U WlJU 4A a A.-. A LA I ,CB.B U B LAuLl Uliliil AAIB. AAA III BM
men of the Valley of the Mississippi may indeed render
mulnrill ai.l V nim-Artinir all ha lxMi.l nin'inn aiul
house roofinc thev can Dossfblv scare into bulleta.lube
mt nimr.,1 nt 'nnr wiii-Mi. ;,w,n ;n..i.N .Hni. i
lead and slec , wielded by men resolute and bent on
indeiendcnce, can our homes and warehouses be now
defended from the agrarian hordes mustering for, and
incited by, the rich spoils these homes and warehouses
promise if we are defeated. . - ;
llespectfully, your obedient servant,
" C . ; THOMAS JORDAN, J:
' ''-'Acting Adjutaut-General.
v, To Mr. J. T. Tbixzaht, Memphis, Acting Ord
nance Officer. . "v., - v" :
. '. The Conscription Act. :- 4
The following regulations of the War Department,
in relation to the act of Congress known as the Con
scription Act, are published by authority, for the in
formation of the public:. . ' V i ' NV !
1 EjrBOLLMEJTT AK0 DISPOSITZOK OF fiECBUITS. ,.
1. An officer riot below the rank of Major .will be
detailed for each State to lake charge of the enroll
ment, mustering in, subsistence, transportation, and
disposition of the recruits raised under this act. -
2. Application will be made immediately to the
Governors of the several States for permission to em
ploy State officers for said enrollments, and in- case
such permission,' be not granted, officers of the army
will be selected by the Department to perform that
duly, under such regulations as may be prescribed.
Where State officers are employed, the regulations of
the respective States in regard to military enrollment
will be observed, as far as applicable. .
3. The enrolled men in each State will be collected
in camps of instruction by the officers in command of
the reciuits, the said camps to be selected with refer
ence to health, and the facilities for obtaining sub
sistence and transportation. The number of these
camps shall not exceed two in each State, without
authority from the department, and to each will be
allowed a quartermaster and a commissary.
4. The xsommandants of the camps of instruction
in the several States will call upon the Generals com
manding the military departments in which their
camps may be situated, for competent drill officers to
instruct the recruits, and will prepare them for the
field as rapidly as possible! They will cause them to
be promptly vaccinated, and in ordering Chem to the
field will, as far as practicable, prefer those who hare
passed through the usual camp diseases. They will
establish hospitals in connection with their camps,
and make rcquisiton for such medical attendance and
stores as may be required.
5. The - commandants of regiments battalions,
squadrons and unattaehed companies, in service on
the 16th inst., will send copies of their , muster rolls
to the commandant of the proper camp of instruction
in their respective States, with officers to take charge
of such recruits as may be furnished to said corps.-
The said commandants will apportion the recruits
among such corps in proportion to the deficiency of
each, except when otherwise specially uirecieu pyme
department, alloting, as far as practicable, to each
such corps the men from the regions of country in
which it has been raised. 1 hey will, from time to time,
send off such bxlies of recruits as are ready for the
field,, and will report on the first Monday of every
mouth the number of recruits in camp, their condition,
the number cot off during the month, and the regi
ments and corps to which they were sent.
i. 1 ne coiiimuou.ui
C. The commandants ot regimc:us ana corps win
the recruit3 a th,ir 8everal companies,
may orgamze the required manner 01 new companies,
after first filfin" n the existing companies to the
a!:L n "" l.A hv wtL. v.
to volunteer ia any particular company in the Con-
fe-ierate service on the 16th day ot April, may report
themselves prior to their enrolment at a camp of in-
struction within their respective states, wnere tney
"iil be enrolled, Fepared ft - the field, and sent to
tlip said com nan v unti the same shall be hllea up.
0 R - officers m.v be detafled, with the
t,e permission of the Genera's commanding military
depaetnients, by the cfmmandants of regiments and
Ps V,eir Pctv.Q Sfes fo,r JT,
nformity with recruiting regulations heretofore
iuiupted (General Order No. 6,) volunteers desiring to
joiii.them. Such volunteers may beassembledat the
camps of instruction in their respective States, pre-
pared for the field, and sent to their respective regi-
11Rljt3 an(l corp3 untU the same shan be filled up ; or.
jf reaiy for the field, may be ordered directly to their
corps by the officer so recruitinj them.
Ill VOLUNTEER CORPS " HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED.
10. PersoTia 'liable to military service under this
act, and not 'in service on the 16th day of April, may,
until the 17th day of May next,voluntcer in corps
bprt'tt)fure siuthorized to be raised by the Secret iry of
uay u m
l to oe ra'.sea ny.iue oiwuj oi
War, or by the Executive of any State, as part of the
nii(i;i niereoi. in iu u.nnv; im a vn nuvi. uvu
Pri.L.nt IVrsons niithorized to raise
a 1 ;uii iw u 1 ii 1 v a 1 ---
I such corps, who may not on that day have thence-
essarv number 'of men enrolled and musterea into
f.ri.if'ft florlini? to the terms of their authority, will
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I P'oed with their men to a camp of ins ructionin
, their respective States, and will deliver their muster
rolls to the commandaut thereof.
11. The commandants of such corps as are com-
fl. Uv ftf, atuinnt oth
erw;se ordered will report to the commandants Of tin
recruits of their respective States, and with their corps
will h nlnrml bv him in a cam i) of instruction, and
reported innnediatel v to the department. Such corps
will be under the command of the commandants of re
cruits, in their respective States, and will be prepared
for the field in like manner with the recru ts, until re
moved from the camp. They will only be moved un
der orders from the department, from the Commanding
4 . e . a.
tienura ot the army, or in urgent, cases, itom we vauu-
mandin General of the militarv department in which
o . . . .
tlie camns mav be situated : ami in sucn cases repori,
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...n i j ' .,i...f.v,f k v.
will lmmwuaieiy oc iuuc iu n -r' j
officer in command of the camp. ... -
IV. APPITIONAL CORPS GUKKBIL1A SERVIUK.
12. Under the prohibition of this act against the
organization of new corps, no further authority tor
J! tm
to organize Panels ot rartisan nanpn. x ur tuis
ter purpose, application must bevmade through the
Gnnmanding Generals of the military .departments iii
a a a
which the said corps are to be employed
v.-reorganization oflv; mohh
13. All reriments. oattahons. sauadroBS. and com-
j A
pahies of twelve months volunteers, will reorganize
within forty days from the 16th of Aprjl, by electing
all their officers which they had a right heretofore to-
elect, and ou such days as the brigade commander may
prescribe, and the said brigade commanders are hcre
bv'ordered to fix and announce the day for such reor
ganization as soon as practicable. No person who is to
be discharged, under the provisions of the act, will-
take part in such election.
14. xae lorra oi jiaiujj auu uauijrmg era.-
t- wiI, be ia conformitv with the laws of the State
14." The form of holding and certilying the elec-
from which the men. or the mai r part thereof, may
come ; arjd when the election of field officers is to be
made by com pan v officers, the latter will be hrst
elected. All certificates of election will bo returned
to the Adjutant-General's office, and the officers will
be commissioned by the President. They will how
ever, on receiving a copy of the certificate of elec-
i tion immediately enter; upon drtv. Officers not re-
eiectea win oe reucveu irom tiuty, ana me ungiwic
1 Ml 1 . I ai . 1 I A
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commanucr win reuirn meir names to jue Aycpii.-
t nni-tivtnnt
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i riATi nr ti a Tirn t t rn at t irrff V rV?
? " wu' "fi"' ..
if, i orns r.nsHi ior.u uerenre win reuiin i cu
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less previously disbanded; but. members of such
- corps may vviintecrinto ccrpi for general service as
"creinaoove proviaeu.
.1 4 VII. DISCHABGES.
; . , 16 Whcn any aMnpaa noW in mrvce for twelve
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montnssnan txore tne lotn aayoi u y nexi, aitam
, the mnicimimi numbers nrpsrn ben bv thi act. With-
1 out me nding the men under i and over 3& years oi
a11 ucl men J discharged, and such of
1 tnem as remain in service on me saiq aay, win, upon
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j tbeir. application, then ducharged, whether such
i
i -VIII. TBASSFEBS.
1 ,17- T.he right to change cipany or corps in virtne
"ist by. the repeal of all
ent ; but transfers of in-
I oi re-enlistmeut ceases to
laws in regard to re-enlistment
dividual or of companies may be made as heretofore,
within the discretion of the department.
: i. : . IX.-7ITBSTITCTES.
18. When any person liable tornilitary duty under
this act, bu ' toot yet mustered into service in any
company, desires to furnish a substitute, he shall re
port himself, with the substitute, to the commandant
of a camp of instrustion, and if the substitute be law
fully exempt from military duty, and on examination
by a surgeon or assistant surgeon be pronounced
iound, and in all respects fit for military service, he
may be accepted and enroll e, I, and the person furnish
ing such substitutes may be discharged by the com
mandant of the camp. But no 'substitute shall be
entitled to transportation or other allowance at the ex
pense of the Government until so accepted and en
rolled. -'". ' . - "i . - '- ' '
- ; " EXEMPTIOHS. y '
' 19. Persons claiming exemption from military duty
under this act, shall be required by the enrolling offi
cer to make oath that they are lawfully exempt under
the act of Congress, and shall be furnished by bim
with a certificate of such exemption.
. . T Tho Troubles in Uadiaan.
- Thins in the adioininz countv of Madison srow no
better fast Since President Davis declared martial f
law over East Tennessee, the disaffected men of that :
region hare been flocking by hundreds into the Lau- : distress in the minds of the people. of the Govern
rel mountains, and it is now positively asserted that men wbich alone can afford them protection t Jour
not less than from six hundred to a thousand of these V" nlfl published in New York and Boston can do noth-
renegades have crowded into Madison county. A
foray from the region occupied by them was made
some nights since into a settlement known as f Wal
len Laurel," where the people are generally true and
loyal, and one citizen named Davis brutally murdered
for refusing to give up his gun v and all the inhabi
tants robbed of whatever valuables they possessed. -Two
volunteers belonging to Cul. Calemau'is battalion
were overtaken in the road and shamefully treated,
having their heads shaved, &c ,'..,
The greatest excitement and indignation prevails
throughout this whole country, not only on account of
outrages already committeed, but also in view of the
threats of these desperadoes to burn and lay waste
the whole country... (
JUl response to an appeal from Capt. Lawrence Al
len, of Madwon, Sat 4elpr-Capt. W.-W. Mcthrrrcll
promptly raised a company here on Sunday last, and
moved off on Monday morning. ' Capt. Hardy's Ar
tillery company, under the command of Lieut. D ca
ve:, (Capt. Hardy being sick,) left on Tuesday ;' and
the Keems' Creek company, Capt. J. T. Weaver, and .
Flat Creek Company, Uapt. AY. M. Weaver, promptly
repaired to Marshall. The entire militia of Madison
was ordered to assemble at Marshall on Tuesday
last, and the militia of Buncombe bare been ordered
to meet here to-day. Several companies from Yan
cey will also, we learn, ben hand, if the affair con
tinues to wear its present serious aspect. Maj. Mark
Erwin is at Marshall. Col. W. 11. West 4 in com
mand of the nilitia of this county.
We alluded last week to a fight on Laural between
the tories and some Tennessee troops. We regret to ;
learn that several of our men were killed, and the
rest compelled to retreat, being largely outnumbered.
From the formidable preparations being made, we
are inclined to think that if tho invaders can be
brought to "the scratch" they will receive such a
ohastiscment as they are not likely soon to forget.
Should we receive any intelligence of an important
character in a day or two, we will communicate it to
our readers in an Extra. Aihivillt N:io.i.
We learn that the foregoing is based upon a state
of things more imaginary than real. On the appear
ance of our troops at one of. the- points it was fouud
that the Union men had flea, ami on being scut after
and their arms demanded, they were promptly given
up. There are no ttnes irm icnncssee in tnat
neighborhood, as reported, and the kil ing of Davis
and the shaving of the heads of Colonel Gdeman's
men, seem to be the result of drunkenness rather than
of disloyalty. Matters are represented to us as
being all quiet in the region of Laurel. Eds. State
Journal.
, Our Enemies.
The Confederates states have four distinct classes of
enemies : i..
1. The government and people of the United States
are our enemies, liut they are open enemies. 1 ney
meet us upon the field with arms in their hnds, and
make war upon usv They shout down our soldiers,
burn our houses, destroy our property, and steal our
negroes. We know where to find., and how to deal
with such an enemy. -
- . m .a.
2. The second class ot "enemies are the croaiters
the long-faced men of faint hearts aud weak u rves,
who go up and down the country, seeking to unpart
their own despondency and cowardice to all with
whom they come in contact. Weak of purpose,- faint
of heart, and cowardly in spirit, they would destroy
the confidence of everybody else, and abandon every
thing to the Federals. We would suggest to have
pettjeoats put upon those miserable creatures," and
curls hung about their craven foreheads, but for the
. -ioW thereby offer u, our brave women
, -.- . - . OTlnPt;M - lllwtilI,t(1 tkA
third class of enemies. These characters operate up
on the necessities of the country. Thy are interes
ted in the war, inasmuch as it enables them to make
money. ' Beyond this they care but little who wius or
who lo.-es. They set no fixed price upon what they
i ii nn. : : ..11 i,. r. 'I'lw.
nave to sen. xiieir ur w ia n '-.
"u;;rC1 R r man a ,lCC,iy wonlh a dcs.
Pu" ,r, " Jr P.. . hlAVa ,eIU' wl,t
has fallen in battle with his feet to the foe. Still, if
the extortioner can grind out of her five dollars pe
VA W VA Vs OUIUlVl V - -
bushel for salt, he takes it ; if ten dollars, he takes it;
it a thousana aouars, sun nt- wuum t.n.. n.o be
tween him aud a Lincolnite, we have infinitely more
respect for the latter. The one is an open enemy,
and meets you on the field ; the other is a secret foe
who takes advantage of your necessities, ana seews w
undermine the cause by oppressing the people aud
sapping tho foundations of our strength.
4. The fourth ana last class oi enemies m me con
federate cause are those pimps and operators in money
----- , . rPm-v (1r the povern-
who seek to depreciate the currency or the govern
i mfinr.. i nests insowic wuiouim
l riii. - . I ....wii.i. it r no ennnp rii uir.
----- - , A.cm.
goiaen can. ine success oi oui onu.c v...
" lf CJ U i th rnrrfenfiv
L:.ii t. imm,n. vt. if thev can jraiu
provided by the government ;
.i a 1 . a. : iUi
4--. -- y - - . , ' lfi I,,,,-- tllPV do nOt
hinS H d?troln& that . "1
--j -----
o y m - -. i .
. i i mi s4mr s-.-v c norm I 4 re rtn
J - - -" - rtbe natriot sm of the
m a 9 -v vi nuu uru saw a r .-1 11,1.11 in.w s
nnio would be upm the prb-
. . h ()th ftud th
one scaie ami greeu h j
would not be lona in deciding which they would take.
Th man who tears up a railway track is no greater en
emy to the public than the one who destroys the oil
. 'I . . . I .... l.-t : tJ .wl uritlxMlf
, b""Jr-h-ichtl'ie machiuery i3 lubricated, and without
oy wmcn iuo.uiuiucijr i . ,
whieh it cannot be operated. So, too, the man who
destroys the confidence of the pub:ic in the currency
of the government is as much an enemy as the spy
wh carries intel lsrence to the aaversasy.
Such are the enemies of the Confederate cause.
Lett them be watched everywhere. 1 hey are me
aiders and abettors of the North, and should be so re
garded and treated. Memphis Appeal.
The Plan or the Battle of GiRisTn. A cor-
i .. . ,,u((
respondent, writing from Corinth about the great oat-
tie, says :
The plan of the battle, which we understand is due
to the genius of General Beauregard, is the strong-st
one known in military sciences It was composed of
three parallel lines the., front, centre and rear ; each
line bavin? its centre and two flanks. The reserve
was attached to the rear lire, and the artillery placed
in position between the front and centre. General
jm. I . . . . . an .1
Hardee commanded the front line, lieneral liragg tne
second. and lieneral I'olK the tmrd : uenerais jonn
I I 1 . .
I IT. !. :t-
. on ana lieauresara remaiuillil wiiu me iraciio
I i i 1 .1 I il. tlln
lieneral uragg aiso r nau commaim ua .mm?
Gerf. Trudeau acting under him.
Tlie writer also gives the annexed brief outline of
the ground upon which the fighting took place, and
its location as regards the Tennnessee river and
Corinth : ; '
ine position occu mca
The position occupied by the enemy was at a point
g c'omposed Df an old chnrch
I - - .' ... .F . .
and a frame house, distant three and a half mtie
from the river at Pittsburg Landing. Pittsburg Land
ing is the place where most all tlie Federals landed,
and where they kept their reserve in men. guns and
stores of all descriptions under protection of their gun
boats and in sijiht of their transports. Their camps
extended from the river out tn Shiloh and Iwo mileSl
JopJ. being almost an miinternipte:djief camps
for distance of five miles. - f ' -
I W3J)oHi37TH.---WTe learn th.nt the 37th N.
TTrotwjs re-organized for the war, with only 35 ex
ceptions, and before their twelve month's time was
more than half expired, and before the passage of the
conscription law. The officers are C C Lee, Colonel ;
W. M. Barber, Xieut. Colonel; CL B. Hickerson,
Major. Well done, 37th. r'';. - i
. From th Charlotte Democrat.
Exactlt Right. I'ha Statesville KxpTes admin
isters the following timely rebnke to those papers
who are always finding fan It with the Government
and the action of Government officer. We commend
it to the especial attention of the Ralrigh Standard J .
It is evident to every reflecting mind that the
course which a few papers in the Confederacy, are
pursuing is calculated to injure seriously, if not ruin,
the success of tae Southern cause. By their injudi
cious course they are doing more to aid Lincoln than
they are to aid the South. We do not expect Presi
dent Davis, or any other man, to be free from faults
and perfect in judgment. We never believed that
secession was the proper remedy for Southern grie-
vance, but inasmuch as it has been resorted to, we are
for doing everything that will rtrengtheo, and not
weaken, the success of tlie revolution
But bow ia it
ith those who are centinuallv endeavorins to create
ing worse, or more injurious to the cause of the South,
President Davis may have recommended measures
which, upon examination might not appear free from
objections, and his agents assume authority which' he
never delegated to them. But do these afford suf
ficient reaeon to tear down and - destroy the only fab
ric under whose roof our liberties aud future welfare
may hope to find protection. Distrust the Govern
ment and what becomes :of its currency T millions of
which have gone and w daily going into the pockets
of the people, who have sot! their property for it, to
prosecute the war. Destroy ' the Government, and
where do we land ? And yet there are men encaged
daily in doing all this, who make loud professions of
loyalty to the South. .
The success of the Southern cause depends- n poo
- alt friendship ni support ef tit whuie people to the
Government. This is the foundation upon which to
rest the fabric which Southern men are now engaged
in building, for the protection of their property, their
lives, and their liberties. Let it be finished and tried,
and then, if it. does not answer the purpose, alter or
abolish it. After that, it will be quite time enough
to liok out for other quarters. If Jeff Davis grows
into a Dictator, we can emigrate to Abraham's do
minions, and at least choose between two evils.
Domestic enemies are more to be dreaded than
foreign foes. There are men who would ship-wreck
their country to punish a single individual who had
dne them an imaginary or real injury, or stepped be
tween thir ambition and the object of their desires,
or withheld patronage which would nil their conerx
DIED,
"At Sprintr Hill. Lenoir Countv. on the 15th inst. Dr.
Thomas Lassiter, aged twenty four years and nine
monins. . -.
i Seldom has Death carried off a more - ei timablo young
man in the bloom of life. Knowing him intimatel v from
boyhood, Jwe are enabled to ay that he was a gentleman
dv taste ana education, and was destined to be an orna
ment to his profession had Death spared him. As modest
and retiring as he was talented and brare, he returned
from New York ere our national difficulties had reachtMl
their climai, and, having spent a few weeks at the Springs
of his native State, to restore a constitution enervated by
study, he volunteered as a private and as a private served
his country until the constant decay of his mortal struc
ture toretoid its anal ruin and perinontsbcd mm to retire
to the old paternal borne, which had lavished upon
him the choicest luxuries, mental and phvsical. which un
stinted wealth could bestow, wherein to breathe his last.
The nature or duration of his disease we have not learned.
his death bavin? been announced to us in the few simple
words which we hare quoted above. The sad announce
ment wilt carry a pang: of sorrow to many a youthful heart,
and will, we hope, influence many of them to prepare to
Wr'
but a thorn and the
without a bramble."
PHILLIPS' HALL
Wednesday Evening, April 30.
L. KEEPERS,...
..Manager.
RETURN OF THE OLD FAVORITES.
CONFEDERATE MINSTRELS,
T.t nf thn Tiirhmftml Onera H-msC. ' Also. M'Ue AME
LIA WALLACG, the celebrated Tight Rope Performer
and charming Danseuse. -
THE CONFDEERiTE -MINSTRELS
AWD-
M'LLE WALLACE
IN A
GRAND BILL TO-NIGHT.
JIM WOOD AX0 HARRY HUXTKli, THE 0RK1T
SOUTHERN FAVORITES, IX HIEIR SIDE
SPLITTIXG COMICALITIES.
M'LLE WALK ACS IX A FANCY DANCE
TO-NIGHT.
April 30. - 48 It.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, NORTII CAROLINA,
Adjctaxt Gbskral's Office,
Raleigh, April 28th, 1862.
General Order,
i i t. Hunlm authorized bv the Governor to be raised
prior to the passage of the law known as the "Conscrip
tion Bib," must come to Camp Man gum near this city, be
fore the 17th day of May; otherwiae they will net be
received. . ........ .L r
. in not in tr that time will be subject to the War
Department undef that law, and had better remain at
.... t il a. T - A -
home tut oraerea or io iiepsrwocui.
Bv order of Governor Clark,
J. G. MARTIN,
Adjutant General.
All papers in the State copy twice.
April 30, 18C2.
48 2U
Confederate Court for Albemarle District
nPHE Court for Albemarle District, ordered to
1 be held "at Edenton on the Tuesday next after 3rd
Monday In May next, will be held at Rocky Mount,
Edgecombe county, instead oi Edenton; of which all per-
sons interested will take notice. . .
ASA BlUUS, jaoge.
The SUndard and Register will publish the ahove until
m i.rn
Court and send their accounts w mo jiui
Important Notice
Orrics N. C. Railkoad Comfast,!
riruiwT Shof. Anril 4. 18C2. f
A '
LL PERSONS OWNING STOCK IH1HI8.COM-
A naor who have not Feeeived their certi8cates, are re-
. r. j ikaM ihi hrwiVa. are rcatiestaa to fend
their certificates and have them transferred ai required by
the by-laws. . nrrct be
lt U very lniponani w nic iut .
' fv re the next annual mectine.
X n. BRTAN, Jr., Sec.
April3, 1862.
4.3 im.
BANK CAPE FEAR,
WiimsoTOK, ArsiL 16, 1862.
A DtTlWdof5ircent.bM
MT- 47-tlM
"RS. DV PRE will be prepared .to entertain
. i" h State tion Ten tion. Ali, per-
,n.".L.j.MrMV xrtnr the CltT. UHlHipM
m. lew Hiciuvi it .
tote&tt&W. the CApe Fcank.
V u.i-til, Anril 9. 1862. '44 5t
Ai Aj"f T ' '
LAND I LAND
SXIIt of sSubuTy will .hew the pl.ee. to any perro-
iT; to aee it.. For further jpertie-Urs .aar. em.er
" " Y. D. DBAS, MAieiTiiiy, - . y
- . or iv. r . ""f -----
Aprils
1 NOTICE! .J:
-r niW en handfroa lCC5to45C0t0Il f te
I . . . 7 i? " nil A K. and fO0 btiheU ot fiara ,vt
WMtm Railroad, or oa tae vv"" '
ir fin ' -
'.. , - - - . - - - -A-' - vjk'"""' .
- . . tritifintv VlVWIflnV wiMtbttOlDtrio
sILarr conUiniTiTWO HUNDRED ACRES, withe be PdJu orcauixed h.u rumeut. by the
lute, the commimUmeA odeen f j
Caaooaov as teoa
1 mr"-" -'M
-1
-- roHXMAcojr fallekI,: ; --
A dispatch to the Governor, after we had gone Id
press, announces that Tort Macon," after terrific
bombardment of efeftft Xovrt, surrendered, with
loss of seven killed and thirty Wounded. The" gar
rison were permitted to retire with their aide arms.
No statement of the enemy losW".!' V t ;
Nrw Obxkaxs has fallen. When of fcot WMaa
scarcely Ull. We need scarcely say w expected and
predicted it. Our opinion of the tenabtfUy of ottf tout
uu 11 tci wnui as jmi ia pnns long ago ; ana mere
fore, though grieved, we are not grmtly d'uotppolnted .
The narrative of iU fall is short. ' The enemy'a ves-
els appeared before the town and a surrender was
demanded. Gen Lovell declined to surrenderand re
tired with hu troops towards Jackson, Mississippi,
when the town fell into the hands of the enemy' '
- .This is a crushinng blow to the cause of the Con-
federacy, but by no means lire parable, It will open
the eyes of the goverment and people to the magni
tude of the work which must speedily be accomplish
ed. The Almighty has better times and better news
in store for us. Buell or Grant's forces are retiring
from their position in front of Beauregard, at Corinth ;
and McCIellan refuses to meet oar forces on the Pe
ninsula. Stonewall Jackson is taking care of Banks,
and Gen. Price will give a good account of himself be
fore long; Fresh supplies of arms and clothing are
arrriving from time to time in our ports, and out sraiy
is swelling its numbers every day. We have sustain
ed great losses and many reverses, but our dearest in
terests, our lives and honor are still at stake and must
be vindicated at whatever cost. Lei us never despair
of the Confederacy. With seven handred and fifty
thousand soldiers in the field or ready to enter it, the
Southern people cai never be subjugated.
Kegboks. A fe w nights azo a gang of seventeen
negroe, were overhauled and captured by our scouts,
below Trenton. They were making their way over
the lines.. On being halted, they broke ami ran, but
were broughtupataiidingby a.few rounds of buckshot.
Lieutenant Nethercutt is doing good service In that
section. .. . J ' -
Shot. We regret to learn that Mr. Mcjougt, a
lawyer, of Green cunty, .In an altercation jrith Mes
srs. Kerr and Ulcrry, received a couple of bulled
woundi at Snow Hill, last Saturday night, of which
the unfortunate man died early Sunday morning. The
particulars we have not learned. - ' 1 ,
Fbom Burxsidk's fleet ami army, wi bars but Wlo
to reoml. Rumur says that a few nights ago, seventy
of Cipt. B wth'seai mi, 2:id Ctvalry, U. n.lnrts com
manding, were captnrell by the enemy. We don't
believe that such a wholesale capture could have been
made. ''," :- ; - :
AtKisstjs ax sxtittic belonging to the Atlantic
and N. C. Rtilrnd company w.is d'.sc-iver! ah-tut ,
2 o'clock, la-t Sunday morning, fire I up, afMih np-
ply of wood and water having been laid in aud an
extraonlinary heat of steam on, ready for starting.
The object is apparent and the lesson important.
The telegraphic column of our exchanges contsiu
but little ol interest. We make a few extracts from
the Richmond papers, copied from Northern sources : ,
THE WAR IK KENTUCKY.
Kxoxvil.t.E. April 26. A prisoner who escaped
from Lexingtou. Ky says that, 10,000 Federals are
concentrated at Lexington, Kentucky, to make a de
scent on Cumberland Gap.
The Federal arefortifying Huntsville, Ala.
The cause of th. South isi calning daily -in Ken
tucky in consequence of the war tax and emancipa
tion scheme.
. - ,
FROM MEXICO.
Tlie Snanish and English pleuirjotcntariw, resolved
to withdraw their force and march back to Vera
.... . .
Ons. The. French diviwon had commenced ue
march upon the city of Mexico. ,
FROM THE WEST.
Caio, April 24. The couutry between hert and
Mound City is inundated. A Urge portum, of the
Cairo and Fulton railroad was washed away.
PiTTsbubo, April 21. General Granger, with 600
cavalry, has nan a ngni wini m? it"wi u-
hour. . Both sides retired ls small. The goneral
aspect of affairs is unchanged. .
UHICAOO, April a ijwcii "'' - ;
lit funeral Mitlicll's division hae arrived
at Tukunibia aud ha possession of Jw hundrdl
miles of the Memphis and unaneun raurwi
re-inforcemcnte arrived at Pittsburg on the2d.?
The latest accounts from TitWbur ltnuing sia w
tliat preparations arc making for another great battle
near Corinth. r v T
THE NASHVILLE.
New York, April 2L Advices from Newhera,
New Providence, tate that the iNasuviuo muniw w
that place after an unsuccessful attempt to nwtbe
blockade- at Charleston, One of her paddle-boa
was badly injured. She had a full cargo of g tin-f and
ammunition, brought uy tne uwuaw ' a.6.--
(The Nashville has srrived safe, wttn ner csrgn m
a Southern port. Eds. Mate journal.)
THE t-LAVE TRADE.
Washikgtok, April 24. The ratification of the
Seward and Lyons treaty for we PP.,U" "VJ
slave trade will soon be exchanged. Ihe main faatares
M9 tll0 mntual right of March, and tne summary
anijihrDCtlt cf those engaged. v .
F i ?
.,, .,viuinLl. .
o- Vr.. j " .7,l,. fH Y.rk-
i ii . mi akw m nni r aaaawsj iii ui.eyiw' . - .
towu state tbat preparations were rapidly
. attack; The armed steam gunaw
arrived in Hampton Roads Wednesday.
WA8HISCT0K Tit.
01." . .mAmrnt l the cotifiscation bill, nam
iogecrtain classes subject to tlie penalties of the bilL
was adopted.
The French Minister after his return froinh
cud, had a long interview with Seward.
mom
' GOOD JlF.w , IT i aj . s f j.
.. m wtntta
A tehvT-aphic dispatch if said y have been re-
incna in wianw, . .i-,n Tt-irn
crate iron-clad steamer lmana wt djw g Bayw
irra and had captured a ieoerai uig.- '"
SZhoat harwerVblockling at that pulnt.-AV-
folk Day Bof'
EXECUTIVE DEPABTM EST KOBTH pA JtOLIXA, 1
; -.BAtEic,'liarcat2BIsl .
0 lkh o.,.l
o.5.
LL new
teera miut ne v?? .r"i,ii.ee of the Coav
IwtnntV
poarfble sfter tnetr t- . wiI1 U
L5XBZ& ly aityef fh.
S II I Tb TrTa bg raiaed for tamediAte field ervie.
i.fy iL, bairrare than each man eta carry la
buknaptacK. f'""' .ti.l rtlrtr mtif tioroa.
" . wiiii ita lawa.
(II be can raran-n ii, ; ; - -r
' .. .. 1 . If k.MM.Kl
V TmiUs -im HSitarv matters mmi be
this office. U no ether way wiU they rtctive im-
I
mediate attention
e a lien hot. ' ' .
Bv etier ef Governor Clarlt : , , -l
0MeT j. o. JlABTIX, Adjutant GeneTst.
MarclatS.
Alt papers la the State eopy for tine.
I -K! TttM hAlialT WUI K vm .
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