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A:. . t 5 "- -4 'i- Jt. ' THIS STAdTi - JO J I r Clje State JontuaL HQRTH CAROLINA'S TICKET. ) FOR GOVERNOR, WILLIAM JOHNSTON. OF MECKLESBCBO. WAKE COUNTY-FOR THE SENATE. M. 1. BLEDSOE. " FOR THE COMMONS. ftBOTIX BISBEE. Dr. JOHN C. MUllUOT. . RIHS 11. JOXES. win cmoLiNVS platform. Jompltk Independence Eternal, Separation from tk. North. So Abridgement of Socthkrs Tkrwtort-No Dmisctio OF SODTHERS BOCXDARIES. Election First Thursday in August. SATURDAY, JuFMS627 "Wanted immediately at this office, tgol dis posed boys. anxious and willing to leara the trade. Thsy must know sow to read and write. None, other need apply. -Also wanted, on steady printer. 'f Election Returns. We-wilt'bo under obligations to our friends in every. vortionof the State ard in the camps fr early returns of the elections. In the returns ot canoiuaies to the Legislature, our friends will please state wheth er the successful candidates are Confederates or Hol- denilcs. Sheriffs and O.unty Court Clerks will greatly "oblige by giving lias notice their attention. Facts for the People-to be considered before Voting. Col. J..P. H. Russ is a candidate for' the. Senate in the county of Wake. , Col. Russ. when a member of the legislature, vo ted to postpone imkfiaifcely the bill to arm the peopleJ of the State. .f Col. Rass aUo voted that the soldiers should not bkjwhatever, had been opposed to Col. Vance He paid in North Carolina Treasury notes. C)l. lt.iialrtj advised and couas-jlleJ his neighbors sig;iinst volunteering. Col. It. us a Holdon's choice for the Senate-,, and Holden knows that Col. Russ was opposed to the , bill for anniu. the people of the State, and voted X against it. 11 ddou also kuows that Col. Russ voted against the bill pr.Wi ling that the s .Liters should be paid ia N. C. Treasury notes. 11 .1 Jen also knows that Col. Russ dissmded his friends from volunteering, und that, as far a:. he:eould, he threw otacles in the way of Col. K )gers raising his regiment. Ofcour.se Holden endorses and approves .f the actsofCI. Russ, xinJ it is equally fair to infer that 0l. Vance', approves of them.' T!-i'.v all relate to the prosecution of the wtr, an 1 are all opp t.se.i to its prosecution ; and ifC'l. Win a disapproves of Jhem, he is doing, himself injasticj t l; II )Mja'scan liiito, "' or to co-operate with those who are guilty of -such deeds and advocate such principles. , Cut the people and the army will not 'forget, b'fure voting, that Holden said opjnly and publicly, that "the, lamented, noble "-Ellis was the damnedest rascal in North Carolina " Tnat he did say so, --was proved r in open court house, iii this city. DsCl. Vance or Col. Vance's friends approve of that sentiment ? If not, why Aloes Col. Vance consent to be the candi date of the mail who1 uttered it ? No man, who re veres the hame .of Gov. Ellis, will uphold Holden, hy votiug for Col. Vance-. ' vEyery man wfio votes for G1. Vance, indorses H..1- ; ;leii's denunciations of Gov. EU's, lihd declares that L thli execrable sentiment is true. : W Ellis was elected by the largest majority ever " g'n en to any governor f North Carolina ; and we ho e to hear of every nfin. who voted for him, vindi- , eating his In nor and his fair fame, against Holden's iouLaspersious, by voting agaiubt Col. Vance. i - The next Governor. ';.' auv onloiilit that C .1. Johnston lSicreatlv the iporior of Gl. Vance, in both capacity for busi ssjind the duties of the gubernatorial office ? The nluiflgeijeutf the finances of the State will require -iv dear Thead and much knowledge of-this peculiar branch of administration.' Besides this, the adjust rjient ofjclaims against the" Confederate G jvernment,- '.dne this State, will demand a thorough knowledge of tha subject, and an especial aptitude for such affairs. " Dojcs any one pretend, who has 'any acquaintance ' wifiji the two ca vdi Utes, that C 1. Vance is, in any jdjegVee, to be compare 1 with C 1. Johnston in the qualifications peculiar to the discharge of those duties Coi. Johnston is eminently a business m,m suc cessful in every enterprise i;i which he his been en- : -gagedrfvnd tias shown hiinc'f thoroughly qualified for thedischarge of the various important' duties to 1 V-i which ' he'd l as been as.-iiined. SCESE IN TKK P.VSSPOKT OFFICK, KlCIlMO.VD. A couple of young gentlcnen fr-ni this city recently pre srMited themselves at the passport office, Kichmond, : ftnd asked fofa passport to Ilileigh." They present ed their passports from Petersburg, and desired to be ''put through" to Raleigh on thein. Tu clerk safd to oo il I not pass the first Ix-yond Petersburg, unless he -was sitisfie l that the applicant was from Raleigh. He asked: '"Do you know any pirsmsin Rileigh? lam ac--- q i itnte.l there myself. 1) you know the Hay wo-xis ? " Yes," was the rejoinder. "I know Dr. Fab. Hay-w--hx1, Dr. Dick Haywood, Dr. Burke Haywood," &c. "That will do," replied the clerk,-4;! will give you o. "J now steps up. "Who do you know in 11 1 ieigh ? ! asked the clerk. Usinsc somswhat bashful oi backward. No. 2 hesi -lite4. No. 1 imaieJi ttely holpl him oufby suggest ing that he kuew Mr. HMen aid Mr. lit Ijer. . "You can get no p issp-jrt on thase names," interro gated the clerk. L;'r:. - "' .' "Are they not true men ? " asked No. JJ. v " V A hitherU silent spectator hero put in, " "No, I'll be damned if they are.' ' v ' C , .No. 1 interposed: named other persons from Ri 'eigh, and No. 2 got his passport, and left growling like a bear with a sore hoad. I, ; - Seven more of the political prisoners confined In Salisbury roadc thei'r escape last . Thursday liight.- "f thorn has sjnrc rehirrol. - Col. Vance's Legion-More of Holden's ' ..... , Lies. . .-:-. '.. ' The inimitable "Rolling Machine," sometimes known as the Standard, published ft batch of lies as false as fiction and as "black as hell," relative to "Vance's Legion," This it does at the eleventh hour, when it supposes these villainous lies cannot be re futed. But they can and shall be refuted. Col. Vance was authorized by the Secretary of War to raise a legion consisting of thirty companies. He was allowed to master therri into service himself. ;When thus mastered in he had nothing to do bat re-, port his legion complete, either immediately to the Secretary of War, or immediately through the gene ral commanding. In doing this he was totally inde pendent of the government at Raleigbr Neither Governor Clark nor Gen. Martin had any authority , over him or his-legion. His authority, derived from the Secretary of War, was absolute, and could niot have been limited in its exercise by "the gorern- ment at Raleigh," unless it had determined to pre- vent .Confederate officers from raising troops in-the State. No sane man will believe that "the govern ment at Raleigh" was ever guilty of such folly, or ever contemplated such an act of hostility to the Con federate government. .'' . 7 ' ' Now the SUndard affirms that "Col. Vance had permission from the Secretary of War to raise a le gion to consist, with his own regiment, of two or -three thousand men." We affirm he had permission to raise thirty companies, including his own regi ment. This would have left him .twenty companies to raise, exclusive of his own regiment. The Rolling Machine 6ays: "in a short time forty companies were tondered to him, of which he accepted thirty." He I had the extraordinary right granted him to muster ( them in hj-nself ; and, having accepted them, he had nahing to d but muster them in and report for du- j ty to the propvr authorities. Then the whole thing j would have bn completed. Vance's legion would have been raised, and Col. Vance would have this day been at their head in the field. Now, we appeal Jo military men . whether we are not right ? If right, the Standard's or .Rolling Ma chine's assertion that forty companies had been ten dered aud thirty accepted is infamously false. For, if accepted by Col. Vance, why did he not "mustcr them iu," as he was authorized to do, and tender them at once to the government; from - which he derived, au thority to raise them ? If Col. Vance is any party to these si auderous falsehoods on the government, ci ther at Richmond or Raleigh, and we fear ho is, he is as unfit to command a regiment of patriot soldiers as he is to be governor of the State. Now, we happen to know something about Col. f ance's legion When at GotdsbW some five or six weeks ago, Col. Vance was there. A friend, who had conversed with Col. Vance, told us he vas com plaining about the difficulties which had been thrown in his way by the government about raising his le gion. We went immediately to Geu. Holme aud learned of him that no difficulties nor any obstacles, wanted Gen. Holmes to receive liis legion "by com panies," which that officer told him, and which Col. . V. ought to have known, he had no right to dp. - -Gen. Holmes told Col..V. he had been authorized to raise a legion of thirty compauies, aud when those thirty companies were tendered to him, he was bound as an officer of the government to receive them. But by the terms of the authority conferred by the Secre taiy of War, he -could accept no less number. r He, Gen. H'lhues, was to accept a whole legion of thirty companies or none at all. The thirty companies never, bavins; been, raised or never tendered, Colonel Vance's legion "fell through." This was solely Coll Vance's own fault, and noi the fault of the govern ment .at Richmond or Raleigh.:-' Gen. Holmes-also told CjI. Wince -that, ;u au in dividual not speaking for his government, he .'was oDDosed to lositiir auv more time about the leirion. n,i .,..,M r.,.,,,.0,,,,,.1 tUa Qu .. . .n . ! J band what"-had been raised. It w is acoumulatiug heavy expanses uponthe State, without the prospect of its receiving any adequate return. Col. Vauce had a gojd regiment, . said Ge.i. .'Holmes, and ho would be endangering its reputation by blending it with raw recruits, many of whom were likely, to be taken with a panic when first brought under fire. We may notsute Gen. II ihu is' conversation exactly, but we give 'ts general purport; ami all he said in this particular wai simply by way of a 1 vice, as an individual to C . V., 'which ho was at liberty to re ceive or reject at pleasure. But Gen. Holmes distinct ly told Col. Vance if the latter tendered his legion, the former would feel in duty bouud, as an officer, to accept it. But the Rolling Machine, alias the Standard, says : "We go further and state, on good authority, that after the Standard raised the name of Col. Vance for. Governor,- Gov Clark and Gen. Martin held a consultation with "Geu. Holmes and determined .to defeat him in his efforts Jo raise his lc-gion." And we state on better authority the authority of Gen. Holmes that that's a lie "as false as hell I" - No suikh consultation was ever held, and we call on all the friends of Gen. Holmes, in and out of the ar my, to repel this foul slander on an old soldier, who is opposing his aged peison to the bullets of the enemy while Holden is charging him with the foulest sort of conspiracy against our government and its cause. Will soldiers or.ofliccrs tolerate such slanders on their broth ers in arms, and proiywncc them true, by voting for Col. Vance ? The very fact that ''Holden hopes to elect Vance, by denouncing the government Richmond and Raleigh as "factions" and charging of ficers of the government and the army with dam nable conspiracies, is the surest evidence of his unfit ness for the office. " The Rolling Machine has no right to complain, that the Quartermaster at l'aleigh refused cooking uten sils to the companies of a Vance's legion, at, Kittrell's. As C in federate troops, the State bad no authority to furnish them "conking utensils;" nor had I hey any authority for paying thein " bounty'' juntil th?y ' were accepted as ''f a legion" by the Confederategov ernnient. II the captain' alluded to by the Rolling Machine, had nt refnnded the bounty .unlawfully paid him. it would have been lost by the State or the Paymaster. These complaints are, therefore, .absurd, ridiculous, wicked, seditious, aud expose Holden's ignorance of military law," or his baseness: iu seeking to subvert it. : " j Ye6uppose a general is the only proper judge of the persons to whom, ami the time when, furloughs are to be granted. Col. Vance enters his complaint on this score wjth the Rolling machine, and forthwith it rolls out its malignant spleen against a general for" withholding a furlough from C1. Vance if he did so. A Is not this a fine display of military subwrdi nation- ou the part of a colonel ? He wants' -to get hi general chastised by Holden's cess-pool' ot iniquitous 'detraction, because he can't get a furlough to run over the country and electioneer I , : : j . .' Thej sum of the whole matter is this : OA.' Va n c had authority to raise a legion for himself, but expect ed the government at Raleigh to raise it for him. That is, he sought to make up his legion out of companies raised by the State and under its authority This, we ' suppose, was refused him. "To expect it,' y was a piece : . t- of silly arrogance. What right had Col, j Vance to tlatru thU fjr-r oer all other 4 wels in the service ? Were there not hundreds of colonels, majors, captaius, lieutenants, sergeants and privates in the service as competent to command a legion as Col. Vance T Had theynot as strong claims on the State as Col. Vance 1 Why should the State allow Col. Vance such exclusive privileges over all of her gallant sons in the field t il is sheer arrogance in Col. Vifnce to expect it, and vil lainous impudence in Holden to say he ought to re ceive it. He failed to raise his legion for himself, and now denounces the government at Raleigh because it would not raise it for him ; and charges Gen. Holmes,; Gen. Martin and Gov. Clark with entering into a con spiracy to defeat his object Every wprd4 that the last Standard has; said upon the' subject is a lie or part of a lie, and Col. Vance ought to say so oyer his own signature. ' . , " .. , : Before we go to press we expect to receive a certifi cate from the captain of the ; Mecklenburg company, certifying that all that the Rolling Machine has assert ed of that company is false. We know it to be false, and if the captain can be seen in time, it will be proved false. P. S. Not having: an opportunity to see Capt Alexander, of the "Mecklenburg company" alluded to by Holden, and of course could not obtain his cer tificate, we make the following statement of facts, and refer to that officer, now in Camp Mangum', near this city: . .. The company was originally raised under authority of the State, but was afterwards reorganized and j went into camp at Kittrell's, expecting to form a j part of Vance's legion. Capt. Alexander finally found out that ne'er a legion was likely to be formed, and he applied to the governor to Jbe received iuto the troops of the State. This the governor emphatically declined to do until Capt. Alexander filed a written statement, declaring that he had the permission of Col. Vance lo make the application, and was released fm any an(j nj obligations to him. These are j facts which we state from memory, and which -we j believe Capt. Alexander will pronounce true. There is not a word of truth in H v.den s whole statements about Vance's mythical legion. We state positively that Gov. Clark has carefully avoided all interference with his preteuded legion. Col. Vauce never liad'ce, much less forty, compauies tendered to him, which were raised undjr hu on authority, or by his own exertions. Foua companies were all he could muster at Kittrell's Springs, and even some of these petitioned to be received by , the governor, but were refused, ou the ground that they did not bring him the written consent of Col. Vance. The thirty or forty companies he claims (and he might as well claim fifty or a hundred) were raised by officers acting u ider appointment from the State ,t whose authorities they were bound to report and r not to Col. Vance, who htd authority only from the ' Secretary of War, and who so utterly failed in his cf- forts, if he made any, to raise a legion, not beiug'cou i tent to serve his regiment. I The fact is, Col. Vance made a grand failure to raise his boasted legion ; but it serve 1 to give him a : name, aud he now attempts to throw, the blame on the factions in power at Richmond and Rileigh.jwho had nothing to. do with it. Any military novice could ' raise a-legion on Col. VanceV, terms that is, if Jthe State, authorities would raise and transfer the compa nies to his-command. The "legion" is "busted" vanished into the air ; but it has saved Holden's life , for he has told lies enough about it which, if pout '.up in the "iunards" of a dqzon ordinary villains, would "bust"them 'all. s. Nkguoes Executed. Ye noticed, at the time the execution of two negroes ou. Friday, the 18th inst., at Kinston. The rascals were put to death by order of Col. Sol. .Williams, 2nd cavalry, acting brigadier gereral. i Col. Williams is one of the men for-the times, and possopsos that decision of character; amidst the great- test sweetness of manners, which will make him a ter- ror to evil (loer's, whether black or white. He cannot be promoted too soon or too hih. always regarding the rights of other officers, which 'Col. Williams wiil J never seek to infringe. One of the negroes executed-was one who' had been set free by the Rev. Wm. P. Biddle. at his death ; the other the property of Elisba Gward. Another nc- gro belonging lo Oliver Herring, esq , of Ijeuoir coun ty i was killed on Sunday, Wnile attempting to escape from- his captors, near Kinston. He leaped into the river, and was pierced by a dozen balls, and sank to rise no more. " He was one of a crowd who had been detected in a 'conspiracy to run off on Saturday night, several of whom had been arrested. One fellow, who was arrested, said that a negro, returned' from New bern with a purse of gold7 was paying them a bounty to go olT with him. 1 . Fuxnv. We heard some amusing discussions last Monday evening, at Goldsboro', between the. Holden ites and the Confederates. : Some of our respectable aud respected friends, who arc refugees from New bern. are pretty strong Vance men, "for party purpo ses," but the way they cu-se Holden is a caution to sinners. The Cm federates Charged that the Rolling Machine is Vance's organ ; but this the quondam Newbernians denounce and repudiate. They swear Holden is killing Vance, and if they thought Vance affiliated with Holden, they would not vote for him "to save his b fe." Well, that Holden is Vance's mouth piece and the Rolling Machine his organ, our New bern friends can't reasonably deny. Holden claims the right to kill " and make alive. He tried to kill Vance in 1859 and he is now trying to make him alive in 1862. Vance is dead and Holden is hisexc ecutioner. . . . .. Gbeexe Coustv. Capt. II. II. Best is the Con servative candidate for the Commons in Greene. His election is considered certain. He will make an excel lent representative. So says the Standard the old , "Rolling Machine" of last Wednesda'. It is one of the milium of Hol den's falsehoods, unless Capt. B. is deceiving the pso ple, and we believe him to bo incapable of that. Capt.' B. is the compromise candidate iu Greene, and will re ceive the vote of all th old parties in the county. "We appeal to our friends in every county, to leave no effort untried to carry the Assembly." Standard, J. July 26. That's it. Vance for "governor, Holden for Confed-) erate Statea senator, and for the Public Printing! Go it boys, leave no effort untried. Couxcii, B. Woou asu the Standard. The mis erable partizan who controls the Standard denouuce8 the Board of Internal Improvement for appointing Council D. Wood as a Director of the Atlantic & N. C. R. R. Co., because he was unable to escape from the enemy's lines, and still is there, though he is a true aud loyal citizen of this State, and devoted to the Confederacy. What will he now say, when he hears that the private stockholders bard', elected Mr. Litliam, a true man also, though he is within the enemy's lines. . ; v :i :, 1 PiBSONAL. We' learn that OA. M. W. Ransum, and CoL H. Reddick are located, with their wounds. In care of their families, at Lincoln tou, a this State. We learn, also, " that Col. W, J.. Hoke is expected. WMWSV ilUO JL UVOC7 ououi viuvuo uviHi ov 1 v 1 v I v wotiiKletl but arc ik.w rapidly recovering, ' ; : , .- Col. Vance's Report. The Slindard brings out Col. Vance's report, at he eleventh hour, to prove that C J. Vance was in the fightt Newbern ; and that he fought the enemy "two hours after Gen. Branch quit the " field." It doesn't prove either. We defy the ingenuity of man to make such proof out of it, notwithstanding the vagus and general terms in which it is couched. Ev-' cry word that Col. Vance says about the fight or about himself being in it, is included in the followiug paragraph, of which he shall have the full benefit, together with such criticisms as we deem fcir and houorable. Col. Vance says! ' . About two o'clock Friday morning, in compliance with orders received, I pushed companies E, K and B of my right wing across the small swamp alluded to, so as to make my extreme right rest on the bat tery at the Wethersby road. This was oai position on Friday morning, which remained "unchanged du ring the day, except that two companies of the S3 J regiment, under Lieut. Col. Hoke, ame to my assis tance about nine o'clock, who were placed in the re dans vacated by my right companies, who were" thrown beyond the swamp. You will perceive that my forces covered almost as much ground as all . the rest of our troops together. Taking my own posi tion near the centre, a little nearer to the right, under Lieut. Col, Burgwyn, about whose position I .was considerably uneasy, owing to the unfinished state of our works there, I placed the left under ' command of Maj. Carmichael, and awaited the en gagement. It began on my left wing about ten minutes to eight o'clock, extending toward iny right by degrees, until about half past eight, when all the troops in my command were engaged so far as the swamp referred ,to. The severest fightiug was on my extreme left, the enemy advancing under shelter wu W,KX,S to within easy range "of our lines Whenever they left the . woods and entered among the fallen timber of the swamp in our front, they were driven back in' confusion by the most deadlv and well directed fire from our lines, who with the greatest Coolness watched for their appearance." Now 4 pompamea E, K, and B, were on his ex treme right wing, and as two companies of the 33i . regiment, under Lieut. Col. Hoke were in the re dans, on the left of companies E. K, and B, who were thrown beyond the swimp, and as OA Vance's "forces covered almost as much ground as all of our troot s together," we are at a. loss to know the exact p sition occupied by Col. Vance. True, he tells us that he took h'rs "own position near the centre, a little nturer the right," under Lt. Col. Burgwyn, but "the centre," where his "forces covered almost as much ground as all i.ur troops together,,' is a very vague term. He says "the seoirast fighting w is on his ex treme left" but the only motion made of any fiht-' ing, on hU cznlre or right wing, is siinpiy when he says that "all the troop i in my commnU were en gaged, so far as the swamp referred to." -Then, by his own showing, companies E, K, and B, were not engaged. And if he took - his position near the cen tre a little nexrer to the rig'it, unler Lt. CM. Bur- gwyn, who was, according to the report, beyond the swamp, iu command of the right wing, we cau't see how the colonel came to be engaged. But again; two companis of the 33rd, under Lt. Col Hoke, were placed in the redans, on this side of the swamp, left vacant by tin ro noval of companies E, K an 1 B, sent bejond the swamp, and they, Cd. Hoke himself assures us, were not engaged. These two companies of the 33rd, under Lieut, CI Hke, were still nearer to the centra a little nearer t the left, where the severest fighting wi3, an I they were not engaged never fired a gun, because they saw no enemy that day to fire a gun at. Moreover iu another part of the report, detailing the disposition of the troops, CjI Vause says that "a portion of tlte companies of Captains Hays and Thomas' com n 10 I, 2 id N. C, C ivji ry, dismounted, was also under his command, or in that portion of. the field where all of his -'c m:n ind were engaged, sY far as the. swamp referred to," and these "officers as sert positively, we are told, that they were not en gaged. Now, we have three companies of Col. Vance's regi ment, which the colonel himself says, were not en gaged; two companies of the 2 I cavalry dismounted, which the officers in command, Capt. Hays, Lt. Gra ham and L't. Rogers, wo believe, say were not eu gaged, and two companies of the 33d, under Lt. Col. Hoke, which that officer says were not engaged. These seven companies must necessarily have extended from the right towards the centre and left ; and a? Colonel Vance only accounts for 15 companies (supp sirig his own ten companies to have been tin the field) aud Oiie section of Brem's battery, we can't see how "all the troops'' in his command could have beeu engaged, with the exception of companies E, K and B, of his own regiment. Col. Hoke, expressly tells us his two companies were not engaged. Capt. Hays, Lt. Gra- ham and Lt. Rogers say, we are told, their com panies were not, ensrasrea. JNow. as these -com names must o .:-- . . have been near, or quite in the centre of, Col. Vanee's command, aud as he says he tofk his "position near the centre, o liltle nearer to the right," there is not a particle of evidence that ho himself," or any man un der his immediate c mman l; w is engiged that day. Cd. Vance is perfectly justifiable in using the pro noun "ice," and in speaking of "the well directed fire from4Cur Hues," but the "we'" and "our lines" apply, wo think, exclusively to the lamented, brave Carmichael, ; and the no less brave men of Vance's regiment who fought under him. We do not mean to say that Col. Vance, and every man in his command, . would not have fought a3 bravely as Carmich lei and his men, had the opportunity offored ; but no such opportunity offered, anl there is not a particle of proof, even on the most liberal construction, in C d. Vance's report, that himself or any man under his immediate command fired a gun at an enemy, or had a gun fired at him by an enemy that day. The evidence all goes to prove that Col. Vance was nntl, striotly speaking, in the fight, and his own report o rrobrates tho testi u my. of others. -Ha does notm-enti i a m m that fell, or an act of gallantry performed 'that diy, under his own observation, except the case of musician B. F. John son, Co. B. who ferried the greater portion of the troops over the creek, and three men w'io were drown ed whether under his own observation or not, the re port does not siy. Strange to siy, the rep rt tills a whole column of the gigantic- R Hing Machine, but not a word is said about tiie GgKt, except what i wo have quoted above the balance is all about the re treat. - The account of the retreat is subject to the si ma candid criticis n as that of the fight. He; spent "four Jiours," he says, at the creek, in getting over his men ; and yet about three hundred guns were thrown into the creek and three mon.drowueJ I Ho was about the first man, according to the report, to cross the creek ' on horseback making sure of saving his -own carcass, . whatever befed his men. S jms of C A. Hoke's men, we are. told, attempted to throw their guns into the ; creek, but were at once prevented by the timely inter ference of that gallant officer ; and yet we mean no censure on OA Vance's mert, if they threw their gun in the creek, in order fo swim over, after their gallant colonel had defiantly plunged his horse into the stream, crossed orer, and left them to 8hift(for themselves. " But we forbear. ' It is painful, and contrary to oar f, practice,) criticise the cobduct of any officer or sol- dier ia this paper.' In justice to others, we are forced to notice Cel. Y-r hdihself as well as hu report. Thus Standard slanderously proclaimed that it would prove that "Col. Vance - fonsht the enemy two hoars after Gen. Branch quit the field." Not only has it failed ' to do this,, bat taking CoL Vance's own report, it has failed to prove that even be was in the fight. That we might do Col. V. no injustice, we have copied from his report aU that he says about the fight, and we snbmit to evtry candid mind that it does not con tain a particle of proof lhat he or the men under his immediate ..command was ever "engaged" with the en emy that day. Where nw U the Vhero and statesman" of tho Newbern battle? An 4 where i tho unbluahing impu dence of his arrogantlmouth-piec, who has robbed the soldier grave to deck him in borrowed livery and mak him governor? We deprecate the neces sity which forces us thus to speak, but Holden's vil- I lamymust be cxp aed. He who votes for Vance votes for Holden; and he who votes for Holden does it purely and designedly fcr "party purposes," and sanctions the villainous declaration of Holden, that "Gov. Ellis was the damnedest rascal in North Caro lina." ' . .. P. S. That there may be no room for complaint, we will publish Col. Vance's report in full in our next issue. J f. we misinterpret it in any way, our readers shall not be misled by na. They shall be allowed to read it and judge for themselves. Iq the meantime, we reiterate jthe assertion that the extract we have made from it contains every word that ia said about Jthe fight proper. More of Major Webb's case-The Rolling Machine's mean political villainy com pletely exposed. Our readers willremember our reply to the phillip-ic-jeremiad of the Standard about the refusal or ne glect of Gov. Clark to appoint Major Webb colonel of the 6th regiment, Lieut. CA Lightfoot having been elected colonel of. the 22d ; and Col. Pender having been promoted brigadier for gallant conduct on the field. It will be remembered, too, that we distinctly stated that, judging as outsiders, necessarily ignorant of the facts, we believed .Major fWebb had been irrep arably wronged. It now appears that, as outsiders, we were grossly ignorant of the fact,' ' and that no wrong has been done to Major Webb. It will al.o be remembercJ that, in our article admitting the alleged wrong done to Major Webb, we proved conclusively that the refusal to promote Major Webb was not, ns the dirty Billing M ichine assertcJ. because he was not an original secessionist or because he was a mechanic. It turns out now that, in our article, which was cau tiously written, we were right iu everypartiruhir. As outsiders we then know nothing of the facts which induced tho promotion of Capt. Avery over him, and only as outsiders, necessarily ignorant of the facts, did we express an opinion. t -' But .th facts are all now' before .us, and disclose a piece of the nostdia'wlieal p ditical villainy ever per petrated evaii by the Rolling Machine. In stating these facts, we will try to stvj t'le feelings o f Major Webb so far as a complete, exposure of Hldea's polit ical villainy will allo v: Be it -remembered, however, before proceeding, that Holden h i 1 himwlf applie 1, by letter, to have M ijr Webb, the late lamented Capt. Freeland (one of the best ofliecrsin the regiment) , and several other captaius supersede.!, by the appoint ment of Capt. York as a field officer. Then Maj. Webb was not promoted simply because but few ccrtaiuly not more th in three of the com pany officers wished to have him promoted ; aud be cause Gen. Ponder wa sternly oppose ! to his prom -tion,, for reasons which he stated to Major' Webb. Vheu it was ascertained that C A. Lightfoot had ac ccpted he colonelcy of the ' 22J, the ouly question whieh.prescnted itself to the officers of the regimeut was not whether Major Webb should be promoted , for that all had agreed would be u.iwiso and impoli- tic but whether tiie l ite Cipt. Freeland or Captain Avery should bo appointed over hva. At. that time, and until after the 11 lling M loiiine give out its col .iinr.i of p litical slang, hot a single oDd; r in the regi ment had bee.i km.vn to express lfunwlf in favor of Major Webb. Geu. Poa ler thus -saw proper to i re- conr.nend the app riutme.it of Cipt. A vary, and he was accordingly appoiuted4 Biit fie Rolling Midline siys that "Ctp'taiu Avery was app rioted over mmy seni.r odke'rs mjre deserv ing." Cipt Avery h i I originally fArse.seuiors Major Webb, Capt. Freeland and Cipt. Tate. We have al ready stated that tlie prom 'ti ki of M ij r Webb was out of tha questioti, for reasoiis kn o.vn to himself and every officer in the regirnsnt, and distinctly stated to him by Gen. Pender. Cipt. Freeland wa an excel lent officer, popular with offieers an 1 nun, but hi un timelv end decided his claiiru. CiDt. Tate, we are . assured, always preferred Cipt. Avery. for colonel to any -other offiecr, deferring even his own claims in his . favor. , ' ' . . ...... .1 i Tin v sh "t he trtinnestin ate.i-ot ktckcJ u bv th Rollin r Machino has a et inorated. and h s fa sa charges against the faction in power at Raleigh have nllbeea exD,sed. Evea M il or Webb has expressed himself satisfied with the promotion of Capt. Avery ... - .. . . . over . him, but wouMliave preferretl that he could have been raised to the. rank of licut. colonel. We have all the d -tails of this whale affair - in our possession, but suppress maiy of them out of rwp'ect to Major Vkh Hiil wi stioriifir them all. ihri Staii'Lird' it vil- lainy would shock the most reckless political partizan that ever concocted or. told a lie, or tried to e ect his candidate by mlsrepresentition. Ihe case is before the soldiers It is one of a thou- saud. From its character may be learned the nature and object of all the R illing Machiuo' slandeis. By pretending to defend tlie Tights of the soldiers, he ehartras the orcsident. the scovernor and military offi- witl, nil-ort. nfeorruntinn and fraud. I't honest men put their feet ou his neck and choke him to death by voting G1. Vance permission t fulfil Ids second promise: "To accept of no civil office while the war lasts." Remembering at the same time that the Roll ing Machin e has declared, in the Staiviard of the 21.t of June, that "ecery one wfto has not repented- for breaking up the government will role for Col. John- t ft ' . : ' '.- i ' scon. . Coi.. Vasce's Report. This extraordinary docu ment has at length seen the light in the most extraor- linary manner iu the columns of a low party news- paper, conducted by Gov. JBolden, through which mc- dium Guv. Clark may now- havo an bppertunity of seeing it. ' ' ' : i-' ' " '. But, aking the report a genuine document, writ- teu by Col. Vance, and tfot garbleil or altited of which Uiero is not a particle of evidence we venture to assert that CjI, Vance is the very first militiuy eimmander who ever us9d an official report of a con- test of arms as an electioneering campaign docu- ment. B it, tks it as1 it Li, a: id loaviu; out of view all this, the report dues not 4iow the colonel to hare been the 'Hro of Newbern "tanding h his stirrups and crying to his meu'oetn ii o i, m y brave b ys 1 We may be killed, but canppt surrender f unless it be that the colonel used these words as he dashed into the creek, miles ahead of the enemy, and also ahead of his men. See if it $6ed. ' ,. ' ' ' - ii". '- :'-'.:- - ' , :-r.-a ft r..' . ? , 7 The Chicago IViZKn say there are thouaaads f the abldiers In the West who were sent bcine sick,. but are now well, who' do not intend 'to'rcturu to e;t regimeats until the war is over when they will crort n draw ther pay. . .'.. i k . . General Election.1: Notice. The following should be borne in mind . Citizens rote for Governor, "Member of Assembly c, on the Firt Thursday m:Augusti (7th day of tb month.) - , ; Soldiers in camp, (wherever they may be, in or out uf the State,) vote on the Thursday before the. First Thusd-y in August, (being the Slst and last day of July.) ' ' ".'; ..-. ' '.' . The returns from the camps must reach the Sherififc Y of the respective counties of which the roter are rent dents, within twenty day after the day of election. Three freeholder, of the respective companies, un der the direction of the commanding officer, shall hold aid elections, according to the law of ttie State, and make returns of the same, within the twenty day aferesaid. . , .. Soldiers absent from their counties or companies, passing through this State, may vote wherever may find themselves on the dy of election. , Citizens of any county in the State may rote for Governor in any other county in which they may be found on the day of election. V A Batch of Base Iaes Nailed Down. In our last issue we mads the following Charges against Mr. Russ, the Holden candidate for he Sen ate in Wake. These charges were made Upon Mr. Russ by Mr. Bledsoe at Auburn, and were not -' med : ' , nat Mr ,Rus8 Toted n the Legislature against putting on "it second readiug tho bill to arm and equip the State.' ' : ' 2. That he voted that the arras to be purchased for . the State should not go out of the State. f 8. That he voted to postpone indefinitely tho bill to arm the State. - " , 4. Tliat he voted that our soldiers should not ,bo ' paid in North Carolina Treasury notes, ' 5 That he votetl agaiust another bill to purchaao arms for the State. , " 6. That he advisetl men at George Thompson's not to volunteer. - , Just as we go to press, we have receive a copy of the notorious Standard, in which w find, by a glanw over the dirty sheet, that these charge are denied. Now we will nail the lying editor of the Sinn- dnrd down, by imply giving our authority, and t we ask the honest people of the State to -examine' our references, ami to brand anvwgst their neighbors, the editor, of the Sf.nd.ird, as a .convicted, infamous liar .. In our next we will have more to bay m this subject But here is the proof Wlw will lie be lieved, the Standard or the Journals of tlie legis lature. '". . j ", , : For tho proof of charge No 1, eo Hoi sp Journal 1860-'61, page 207, 1st regular csioii.' . For proof of No. 2. see House Journal page 217, 1st regular session. ; lir prwf of No. 3, ste House JoiirnJil page 580, ls regular session. Fir proof of No. 4, sec HoUpc Journal page 'J3, lot extra session. : For proof of No. l, see House Journal pago 211, 5 2d extra sission. f For proof f 'No. Cask those men at Geo. Thoinp sons's who were present. Holden says this laet charges is false. Mr. Iluss'did not dare nor will he dare 'to deny. it. ' i: '' ;. v ' ' , v.. A word in your ear, Laon J . We don't often notice anonym as .vriters, hut "IjC-on,'-who writes from Dairy's Bluff, to the "Rdling Machiue"of4hi,s city, under date of . tho 15th, is en titled to a few wordTspecially. 1 '.'. "Loon" is ti'ijiHt, or igioraut, or bth, when. h5 says that any attempt has b?en mule, in -this paper, ta injure Col. Vance's "rcgimeiit." No unkind or disrespectful or disparaging wortl of that "regiment" has ever appeared in this paper. . . ' "Leon" says "com pany H. was on the right win, had its captai'i an I tAO men killed an 1 winded." Col. Vance says i i his ivp rt, "c ) ;iipiuioJ E, K , and B were ou his right wj.ig beyon 1 the swamp, and were not engaged. Loon and Col. V. may recon cile these contradictory statements as they please. "Leon" s-iys "iro companies on the extreme light were not exposed." ,.'.,-! Col. Vance says ''three compa ny's u the extreme right were not exposed." "" "Leon" says Lieuts. Iiogors, Graham, and C1. Hays werj on their right, (the tuoj companies alluded to,) and of course were exposed.' , Col. Vance says that compvnies Kj. K, au 1 B, of his own regiment formed Jus extreme righ1t,1ttnd that two companies of thu 33rd, under Lt. OA.-'. Hoke,;' . ii . i... ........I I...1 1.! . rcre I,ilccl ,n w,u u--m r,"1 Pie w,w. were illc"V .thV-'io,p a"J Col. Hoke says tbesa conipiuies uere : eugageu. Hence five companies on ms ert ngm n ere. not e-c1- ' ...j..... - . v , ... , ........nyl V,i if im mtiwn 1. K uinl If. fiirmml vw. aucc cwc ."" '-" ty than honesty, w assening w ; weuw.-uogcri., Urabam; and Capt. nayi were suu on iwr ngm. , . . - . s -t . Leon says -part ot two oimpuw gicm iu. im swamps and wandering back nearly to Lhr breast works, supposing they would be taken prisoner, they threw away their guns, but not by Gol nel aucc s or ders." .' '.,.- .. -' . OA. Vance says when he gave the order to retreat, his -men jumped otilof the trenches witlwut, panic or confusion;" andif any companies or parts ojcompa- nies "got lost in the swamps" Col. Vance either did not know it or docs not stale it. . Leon says the guns were thrown aay ty the com panies who got lost in the swam p, ';'; ' OA. Viince says that many of lii man, despairing of tho boats at tbecreet and determined not to be takeu, threw awy their guns toswiui over. liut in no single nuiaocc uo irm aua An. ance aree in theii statements.. Ami e have published ew)Ugh to expose their discrepancies.1 ' ' We hope Leon will now sec how far he i mistaken in hii statements made to the 'R lliug. Machine," un less he undertakes lo show thai he know tnore about the 'disposition of the troops, the fiijhi and the retre&t than OA Vance, whom we have chosen ai the. witness against Lim. ' i i - .- -5 V-' We suggcht to Iem and Vis brother sjldicr that if Col. Vance is indeed the hero 4" tlie Ncwbcm fight j jf,0 were personally engaged if he did fight thecu-. cn,y two hours after Geu. Branch left the field, it is quite remarkable that hi report does not mention a siuale order issued br'hinv that day nor who executed jt) c:cpting the order sent by amesgert'Wjuite mifjtary ?) to Lt. Coi. Burgwyu to r'etfeaVV ' jf j,c foUght so long ainl so desparafely'jBUrcly he mutit Heeds have , issued VpW brler':or every -inair. must j-e been "fighting on his own hook." If he did I an order or orders, ami it "or theytreeaUantly executed, Cod. Vance haa'colpably iicglectcd his suh ordinate officer by omitting to make f.ivor-ble mtn tion of them in his report. . , " --Lcon' mint now see that the attempt tor$iake, Col V. the hero of the Newberp fight is all iwlitical sound auu lury rox et proerea nuui. lluown.rervirt 1 shpwa couclusirely he was hot ih the Jijrbto and also mai ni retreat was Partly conducted. We omnieud the report to "LeouV attention, and entr&tt him to withdraw the unfounded charge that we have attempt M to iujaie.Cr, Vance' regirnepUi Wet tiate only ineu u prevent me itouing Machine from wrapping up CytwVancoln the niantle of glory ajid farno which other soldiers hare purihased,witb thelV 5 fcraveTy or blood or both, and whieh Ihpnsandi bare purchased with their live. ' If be is to he tnatle 2rverww Irt him atrut in his own iirery. y v. t- , -