North Carolina Newspapers

vrg WHITHER ARB W.TjENDING tj( 'v We proposenderjthis ueadihg,t04i6tlc soroeof . tli nnrriona c the- 'wvmmtAmcb;:;we4tflii aider to be of greae, ihtereSUif vnoi 4f:itliiQN tance to the people., These, -questions Jecqr to 00 mind, as they certairay do to every sine of orainary - observation : Whither V- We tendmf? Wtint act . of thegoveftoment is nexjiollow inhe trm of. ' constitutional violations and usurpation-of power? Have the States any rights of their own T Have we a republican form of government; or have we a mil itair consolidated despotism ' . . "Tt'i Now. it driest seem to 11 a that the wernmtt lichmoBd,.withou: regardio any-thing oeswes ; own iuprerae power, has, in one act after another, been guilty of av.osurpation of poweiv broken, down all conUtutlonal guarantees, disregarded ' pendence of the States, and trampled under foot the rights of the people. -" i?w-"S J,.' - - The first act we will notice m a recommendation by the President to Congress requesting it to pass a law proscribing the rights of c.t.sens of States to plant cottonTanJ which was u oarjudgmenv dear usurpation of power. The next is, that Coa rass should resolve itself into a ltmd of papal dig nity and absolve our paroled prisoners taken at Roanoke from the obligations of their oaths ; an act . which, if it had passed, would have sunk us in the eyes of the whole civilited world. Next, we soe town after town, city after city closed in upon w ith martial law, which is an entire suspension of all civiUaw, under which a man has the constitutional right to "confront his accusers with witnesses, and places him under a military despot who is gov erned by no rule of action, but by hU own caprice whatever it may be. Then comes an agenfwith an ; order from this Bame Richmond government to dis arm the people. This order is to be executed un der a menace or treason pronounoeu agama man who is not willing to submit to this outrage, and to purchase his loyalty to' tho' government by surrendering up his rights. Though this agent is not to stop with this wanton insult, offered to the citizen who is disposed to maintain his rights, bui the Constitution, which guarantees to every man the right to keep and,-bear arms, is to be trampled under foot, and his "house pillaged, or his arms wrested from bis hands. But the Governor of this State has issued his proclamation assuring his citi zens that they shall have protection against the last named usurpation aa step in the right direction," and one that will be heartily sustained by the peo ple. After this, comes another flagrant act of usur pation, disregarding alike the rights of the people and of the States placing an overseer under gov ernment pay and instructions upon, the various rail roads of the Confederacy. But, as if not gone al ready sufficiently far in its acts of usurpation, the President comes out with another proposition which has passed Congress, more obnoxious in principle - and dangerous in policy than any which preceded it We mean Conscription a bill which wuld have been more properly headed "An act to disorganize the army and oppress the people." This act, besides being at war with all ideas of civil and constitution al liberty, makes unjust discriminations between persons of different ages disregards all tho rights of the States, and State authorities, and in our judg ment will greatly tend to disorganize the array. We say, at war with civil and constitutional liberty, because these do not prefer to make a citizen do a thing which he is willing to do without making. It makes unjust discriminations between persons of different ages, because there is no good reason why a man 35 years of age should be farced into service, in exclusion to those 36 or 45 ; it disregards States' rights and State authorities, because the States all have lava hv which their raica and furnwh trnrtna j -.--j - . . ....... ,svv,w to the Confederacy which are all repealed by this law. It will tend to disorganize the army, because according to the Examiner ,'wbosc pet it is, it will take at least one-third of the equipped and trained soldiers who are now in the service, out of it, and leave their places to be supplied by raw, dissatisfied conscripts. But we desire to notice further the effect of this law upon North Carolina, and, we suppose it will affect other States very much in the same way. North Carolina has some fifty1 or sixty thousand volunteers now, who have enlisted under State laws and State authority, (most of them are now in or ganized regiments some are not) At least one third of this number is over33 and onder 18, making probably twenty thousand men. The most 01 inese men nave or will receiveyfy dollar boun ty each, from the State, for volunteering, over and above their regular monthly pay. However, to be safe, we will put this number down to 15,000, who will receive this bounty if the State keeps her prom ise, which we think she will most certainly do.T The bounty paid this number will amount to $ete hundred and fifty thousand dollar, and will sink our State Treasury just to that amount This defi ciency in our Treasury will have to be supplied by money raised by a tax levied ad valorem on the Whole property of the State. That of the conscripts who are filling the places of the released volunteers who have received their bounty,' will have to pay the same as that of the released men, treating the whole State authority with ridicule, and working the great est injustice to the individual citizen. But before we close this communication we desire to quote a paragraph from Dr. Russell's " History of Modern Europe," vol. VI, pagell7-'18: "But of all the enormities of Bonaparte's government, the military conscription was the most flagitious. It held the rod of terror over the bulk of the male pop ulation, from the age of twenty to that of twenty five years, rendering young men liable to be called into the pretended service of their country, when ever a war was declared by the government to be just and necessary. It was proposed by General Jourdan before the erection of the Consulate and being then sanctioned by the Legislature, it became a favorite part of the usurper's system." He occa sionally extended its provisions, and carried it into effect with merciless rigor It was de termined by lot whether the conscripts should be in the class immediately reanired. or in thn but both classes were occasionally called out, anti gen we supplies or a future year were sometimes called out Substitutes were allowed, but the char ges for this exchange of service were generally swelled to a sum which lew were able to pay? with "w Berl0U8 inconvenience. Jt may . be supposed that many of the new soldiers, were tempted to de sert Of these, the majority; were substitutes, on wnosedisappearancethe conscripts who had brought tftem forward, were obliged to find others, or to aerve in person.' Refractory individuals were either forced into the service by menace of death, or de- lyjiTT7 rt?? ", and'sent in chaws to. different fortresses,, W employed h, , pub- VVe will leave it with the reader to make the coral panson between the governments the one here de scribed and our own and decide between the enor nuties and usurpations of the two, and say which lias gone the farthest-thisor that But again : all tms portion of our population between the ages of Wand 85, are placed in a state of suspense, not fW theiT momen theT V dragged way home their families. They have no encouragement to olant their crops, and to pur hav 7:?trwtT7 ! nuy.llbeinafc, t? 5m!T the!,ro or control of themselves Jn.M--nse army is to iTF EKTLr T" "S? P own resources- "-"'- -1'? "wis is made, we are gone. as will jiriE nfiap Convention should tabu in r "r.c hV vuva 1 wy what course, the but will say, surely it will noipai by wifhan?!n Ub. Holdex: lam clad to inim. thtt t . Wimbisb of Granville County, has been eW.Jl Lionel ef the 64th Regiment CoL Wimhisii 5. . o of Halilkx Oonnty,"ra., and the son of CoL mW8h wn0 W1S Capuin in tba warof 11 if' u h " gnd-on of Maj. JohuWioi "p " wa six years in the revolutionary war. - nw nmcors wno rejatea to receive a I!. a mother was Rebecca Lanier Wil If??? Joeph,Winiams. of Tad- ILr w? o served in the Sowthenr Wu.L 71 " T0latMm- H house was for a r nromised you a descriptive tyter.Iia 5W, v li,. ' j -A th aiihlect MVtwr dbw w u mill Wi qww f" 'rr . . V mnrtL: posj tbat we can ami- .wmk-p .TOffr-JS hi day is very Qtryndyed cot But doubtless 8 from up theine atturiJ look out upon a score of j-mentsT up for theiTmouhtedatilt the e;xperienced knoe they ".Vffl&o rt.:. tMih n..it Bnthuiastio. They, o ul 1 w'jej to tue. rear vt me nns, -w . .- .; KoTThe VSST- and fryans.",' Their sooty, feces VV wefl: cknown Tpower-of Ipng-leafHrKS fa; aking Ihch Tou noUce how dexterously they, homii their utcn--sils--nd my prayer jeanwhd w, .".don t smoke; the soup too much,, boys"- and " setf hat there are not too many vigglfitaiU in that cup ofwater ybu hand the gentleman 1? (This I said privately.) Casting your, eyies around, you discover Tiow. the long rows of tents aw gUmincring in the sunlight, and how the. poor" horses' are endeavoring to take advantageot the slight' shades from the taH, slim pines, in a grove of which the encampment ts itoa ted. Just now, two rollicking: boys;bouftd;ouc of an adjacent tent, and are trying thoir pugiBstic powers. Kow they ave up aim uwn, w . k one takes the other-wnicn onngs roe 10 uiejinn osophic reflection, that I had better never enter into, such an arena, my not being, such' protubetaht member, it might come in-dangerous, hurtful prox iaiity to some body else's fist . '.!-. . . If we were to take a walk up the line, yon would' find perhaps a soldiers elysiumr-you would find them, some at cards, some at papers, soino who well-stained book in hand: some writing to tooth- ersi wives not a few to their' ? friends" and tweet heartt; (en paauint, I will just mention that I ain MreUlarlv in" mysolt in Wis iaer -capacity ; anu it tuis letter snouia come utn""o the fairest, sweetest loveliest flower or the wild western mountain vales, she may bring me to task for writing her certain items, made known also to an editor. But, with kind, warm, generous heart, forgive me !) . . . To our soldiers. VTe find some lying, some sit ting, some singing, some talking, some half-asleep, others all the way in the embrace of Soinnus, and in every conceivable manner of passing the monoto nous hours. In this tent you wiK find a cot or two, sundry articles scattered all around, such as guns, sabres, pistols, canteens, haversacks, cartridge box es, hats, caps, officers' uniforms, sashes, gloves, copies of military books, pamphlets Ac. - There is Lieut B's trunk a splendid "En6eld" resting on it (one of those the Nashville brought over with her, first or second trip.) Let's lift the lid of that trunk, and we will find an " instrument" deemed indispensable among soldiers, especially officer. What is it ? do you ask. Flask -shaped, cork stop per, labeled " soldiers' companion," you can distin guish by applying to your olfactories, whether the contents are poteder or not Will you tako a drink? No, I thank you am a temperate man. Captain asks if there is a deck of cards and a dirty shirt collar there, also 1 .He says, there is nothing in hi but a Burgundy plaster and a Bible. On a fly leaf of. this book. I am permitted to read the following : " My dear husband, this is my old Bible, the one that I have used from the time I could firtt read ; and thinking you would prize it more than a new . one, I will pack it in vour trunk. Read it, dearest Forgot not God, or " ; What a page for the philosophizing moralist ! And would that .the injunction, " Forget not God,'.' could be impressed vividly and forcibly enough in all our hearts, that the blasphemy and wickedness of our armies could be eradicated and prevented How mysterious, how melancholy a truth it is, that the camp, where piety and religious devotion should characterize all, is but a nursery for sin and profan ity. But the theme is one to which my pen. is in adequate, and I should not desecrate. I also close my brief description of camp scenery. You doubt less knew as much before my writing as now I take it for granted as editor are nppoted to iww ettry thing. But I have not written to edify you, or to add any thing to any one's learning ; I hare written simply to break the tedium of a soldier's life, and to gratify those who love to hear from us in this capacity. Graver heads military adepts and fogies, and literateur may curl their lips in scorn ful smiles, or contract their brows in frowns what care I, if a few humble friends will read my articles with pleasure and approbation ? If I can give only one heart a joy, I will have won my guordon. 1 have no war news to communicate. I be recent events that have transpired here since my last, in the way of movements of troops &&, I deem it un necessary to state explicitly. Our camp has been changed, and we are now nearer Kins ton than be fore. Forage becoming scarce beyond the Neuse, rendered this necessary. Our camp is called Camp Man, 1 supnose in honor of the immortal trod of war. I hope It will propitiate the most gracious smiles of his divinity, (if he has any) and induce his benediction to be followed by some great and suc cessful achievement for this child of bis the First N. C. Cavalry. The vacant offices have been filled by election, as desired ana in my next I will furnish you a correct list of our officers something that never yet has appeared, I believe. TENN. ' -. For ttie Standard. Mr. Editor: In the process of man's investiga tions there are three epochs in the history of man's mind to which it has always had recourse to ac quire that information which wa3 necessary to ena ble roan set himself Tight, and to steer his course safely through the shifting scenes of time. , , , . The past the present and the future, have occu pied the whole mass of human intellect, from the days of Adam down to the present time. What has transpired in the past and what is transpiring at tne present time, alone presents itself to our minds in a tangible form, provided they be not concealed from our minds, or mantled in falsehoods or deception, as appears to be the case to an alarming extent at tne present time... The future to us is in a great measure unknown, time alone will, to a certainty, re veal to us what is to come. Yet we can, to some extent, determine the future from the past and the present. X0 this end I suppose it was that the sacred wri ters so frequently and earnestly admonished us to examine ourselves David says " commune with your own heart on your bed, and be still." Again, "My spirit made diligent search. I thought upon my ways' and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. Thus saith the Lord consider your ways.".. We might add many similar passages but the above will suffice. The reason why men persist in . evil doing is attributed to the fact, that they do not consider ; they will not unfold the pages of the past ana learn wisdom. In the history of the past we may learn much as individuals or as nationslike causes pro- uuce like ettects. and they are exaniDles lor us. iiere we mignt make some allusion to the down-tan ot Tiiuiuve nations such as tireece ana uome ; out iuey are among the things that have been, and we leave their own history to tell the sad tale of their destruction. What, more immediately concerns us JS that we do not share the same melancholy fate. They sinned and fell and so have we, as is evident lrom tne aistressed state ofthings in our once happy country. - Are we as a nation examining ourselves with a view that we may see our error and be brought to humble ourselves before Him l.i..iu the destines, of nations as well as individuals f It is nft my intention to trace out the sina nf h".tm Thi?:; would require',, wiser head and an abler perrj than I . Can command. .Neither is it for me to sayj '--! wuiunt uu rsTviinjun w men is new desolating ur once happy but new bleeding and straggling couni try, was brought on by die North or the South. These are grave ouestlons in regard to which I have no doubt ail must; and I haveno doubt have made up their own, minds. 1 It has passed into an. adags "that we ire to it thdwemust getput theoest way e can. But there are ort foots connected with in. which li waft brought o'and the mnei In whioh.it has, and is still lieing pwiaeui a, which wiir never be Torgptten, and which will w some extent, give shape and direction to the fa tare history 0f our. country. In the first place, there ins not that strict adherence tdihe truth on the part of those who took, the lead in this alMm portant matter. andeAnuA.,1- .aJTi. thousands.of the unsuspwUne flwd-that they hare ueen aeemveo. ' in the owtaetf tKir hmW w . f had peat toaw Th tjl they pojneetea gmrnwyfl- Mlkf ttiem toey nava raven -v,- ,e falsa . thing isstrf hOlMfe ffX,0tm -ty, towj-ahaitpi ihe positions 4 taktnby-. thes 'who xlaiav tW ho .-.!, hJ un v t. uvuui hi - vfn ha . first - nlace hoo.;MTig we- -wertf-thlrf' hv thW men before Elncoto'8lectToii, 4h Uhipn, 4hejg wuW aeHOunc ItM .Jwt : Jlft Vn tbey mae weir.worp true r. j, axui, wwai"!i 'was a peaceful remedy '.But perdentdre? war idiouia grow out of it, it would be r short-hvefl af &hHt1irndofiOTi(fs play I thousands of the North wyo'raW--4l)ntaV EngUnd too, would be for us. .Cottoji was Kihgj, and those foreign po w ers, England and- FrandUr would, jn .self-defence, be obidpehed Ui'ome.to puTTfljef by hunting up tpe blockade and acknowedirine our independence as a nation.- C l' heard Mr, Johnston of Charlotte; (whoJsn bow spoken.' of for governor of this btate,) say in a noted secession speech delivered in our village last MV. Before this State seceded that he had no doubt the independence of the Southern Confederacy was 1 acanoniuugeu luon ifi jjuiiiui -it ia.ui uuub and this "not alt---We art now told tha,t it will not be done until the South"1 can stretch- out its bloody sword over a conquered North. We were further toid'Tthat the Yankees could not fight; .that they could be killed with Cornstalks and itarlow knives. ; As to how; utterly false all of the abovo-ntalomcnts have becn,: we have only to turn our attention to the history of the past. As I am passing along I niiist not forget that ever memorable Convention held in Goldsborough. Let me assure you that although editors of papers appear to be saying nothing about . it at present, it is still fresh fii the minds of the people. ' -- '"' ." '.-;"-.- ' Mr. Editor, these things are past, hut let me as sure you they are not forgotten, -and those from whence they proceeded will in all time be held re sponsible at the tribunal of public opinion. - Either they were too ignorant to know what they were doing, or they were designing war and did it with a view to deceive;. in cither case I think it is bad enough, and the people would be perfectly justifia ble in trusting them no further, and in placing the government into better arid more trust-worthy hands which I will venture to say, will be done when the people once more shall get a fair showing at the ballot-box. , , ' Again, and finally let me say, that the thing is not growing any' better. There is as much dissatis faction as to the manner in which, the revolution has been conducted as there is in regard to the manner in-which it was commenced Those late oppressive laws which have been passed have very much alarmed the people ; they say they are certain indications that we are tending to a perfect -despotism. The interest you have taken in the 'people and their rights will not be permitted to pass un rewarded ; if ever there was a ttme when such men were needed now is the time if you will stand op to the people, I have no doubt but that they will to you. ; SCRUTATOR. GOVERNOR BROWN OF GEORGIA, AND THE CONSCRIPTION ACT. . We find in the Millcdgeville Union the following interesting statement of the views and recent action of the Governor of Georgia. When Governor Brown was notified by the Sec retary of War of the passage of the Conscription Act and that all tho State troops between 18 and 35 years of age must go into the Confederate service, he yielded to the necessity and promptly transferred the State troops to the Confederate General, rather than have open conflict in the fice of the enemy. lie, however, promptly notified the President that he considered the Act a violation of the Constitu tion of the Confederate Slates and a severe-biow at the rights of the States and the fundamental doc trines for which we are contending; and that he should have nothing to do with the enrollment nf the conscripts ; that he should do no act to commit the State to the policy, but should reserve the ques tion of the constitutionality of the Act and its bind ing force" upon the people of the State, for their decision at the earliest period when it can be done without serious embarrassment to the Confederacy in the prosecution of the war ; that Georgia, in re sponse to every call made upon-her, had furnished more troops than the President asked for, and that she would have - furnished 20,000 more, if her Exe cutive had been called on, as part of her quota for so large number. Ho plea otneccssy could there fore, in the opinion of the" Governor, be set up for the passage of the Act, as far as Georgia is con cerned. It is a well known fact that the President has not arms enoogb to arm all the. troops now in the field. The Conscription Act will call into the field a very large additional unarmed force and take these men all from their farms at a time which will cause many thousands of acres of land to lie idle, when it is of the Utmost importance' that they be cultivated to produce supplies of provisions. The Governor has written the President calling his attention to the importance of exempting such overseers as are neces sary to govern our slaves, and cause them to culti vate our lands and make provisions. The President has replied, referring him to the Exemption Act, which does not exempt them and declining to give any assurance that they will be exempt - The Governor is of opinion that we have never been in danger for want of men, but that our defi ciency has been the want of arms; and if the defen sive policy is to be persisted in and large numbers of men forced to leave their farms and go into camp for the summer without arms when they are so much needed in their fields he seriously fears that we are in greater danger of being overcome with hunger than from any other cause. For the last twelve months, Governor Brown has favored a more active and an aggressive policy, and bur-opinion now is that the beat thing that could possibly be done would be to throw a column "of fifty tos seventy-five thousand of our best trained men to Chattanooga in the shortest, time possiblo and put them under General Price, or some one else who has shown that nature made him a General, and march them rapidly by way of Nashville upon Louisville and Cincinnati This would throw them into General Buell's rear, and he would be compell ed to follow them into Kentucky.' Gen. Beauregard could then follow close after Buell. This would compel the Federal column operating against East Tennessee to fall back towards the Ohio, and Gen eral Kirby Smith could follow, and in thirty days there would not be a Federal soldier in Tennessee. The effect would be not only to liberate that noble State, but to arouse her whole people and the peo ple of the whole Confederacy to renewed energy and activity. We are now supporting our own armies and a large portion of the Lincoln army from the productions Of tho cotton States. The proposed movement would drive back the Federal army and place our own army in the rich fields and green pastures of Kentucky, were; supplies would be abun dant; while the raitvoad connection would be re opened into the heart of Tennessee and enable us to draw supplies from her rich valleys for the support of our people at home, now so hard pressed for pro visions. It may be objected that we have not the 75,000 men in the field to spare. We can readily concentrate them by withdrawing them from places .iWhere they are guarding points which' jmust fall when attacked by the' gun-boats of the enemy and 1 Which are of but little value when comnared with the grand object to be accomplished We have siuiply hinted at the outline of a policy to which we may recur at a future time. : v ? ' -; 'A Qmcfr-WAT: to End tb Win.--An old friepd of oure, woo always, has his own views about mat ters and things, and when his opinions" are- formed stands firm by thetrv even if he goes in a gang by himself, said to us the other day, that if he had the power delegated to him he could end this War in a short time, with equal joatjc to both sides - We asked: him how he would do uV He said he would 4ake Mr, Lincoln, his cabinet and Coneresa and nlaea' k Ahem in a line, then he would take President Davis, nis caoinet ana uoosress, ia place them to a similar line 20 feet irom Lincoln and his men : be Would J luraisa mem who tuppae, ana give nts orgers thus: Gentlemen, you btt penl ink and taner:. you-hive powder, ball and musket, -now.agtile this - n Muuip uii uatir vi jVtwKtu. - uur menu IS i ! ; - I. ..,:. i ' i. . . . . v-. - , ;7etttWnKtvi b Vievc toetha:w.baniight rLx. Kr fL i Kitvi A-with this Uiar they1v:wr ror secesa(-rint u electefciWwe wTlHfi to MrM W wbeii told fhaTU Was thetr .infentfon'to.bYe& up , .--' nave naaa, miiimiKiui wuvm mt'':rM daftJMKt IwB left PcW!it'JmlJt ffct w . j. .mi - v. -i. iA - it. . i- -."- a- ah4f ba i ' ITa , filfcnTlf 4' V-1 ki. t-J,- ti I. nowrouf mfoaoM;-1 he.j S.obenr, aud ra- The 'citV of Norfolk wa fomallv:vIuWhdre' far "Mayor Linh ta Geo. Wot utday eveoingabout . tfe la Uorpo.' v; Several rrr. Vessels ctefe up tNof "folk Saturday n1ght,:anioBg the nouiber'the' Jfln4 toUrt 'n9 ahchorcd ,Ir the, stream fronting, the qity.--;TBese veiwelj werepiiotsd U Nrjfolk C&rtufe' tho narrow ' passage iri; Kitnbetb'TC; traitor1 .Tbia h0 ran ffTto''Old.dnifMr:.b11 in discharge tf importaht duties Entrusted him b lilbe iifeaWte-auJEhoritiest f ;. " , " uur uuormaDt is unaine to rocau tne name 01 tue military commandant of Norfolk; hut he has estab lished bis heiadquarlers .at j the Atlantic Hotel, 'and' thA ' soJdier ; of Lincoln on Saturday evening: and Sunday, crowded the streets to such ah extent, that "if wan difUcult for one to make- ti-way through thent: '"":' : .-..-',: '.'' ".'' 'v..-,-w'-':.-...'- - ' . : " ..At a dress parade on Ward's Fsrm. Sunday aftor"! noon; 5,000-Federal soldiers were'pieSeiiVand they all exhibited admirable drill and discif lino. k; ' , ' '. The, soldiers upon dismissal, scattered themselves ' thickly about the late .entrenched Cjni p of the Con- federates and the offieert expressed am;)?'.cment, that with such fortifications.the OonfedcraU-s'should have dreamed of evacuating the place. I 'General Wool was loud io his expressions of astonishment at the evacuation, and declared in the presence of several, that with such fortifications by land and water,' and the Merrimao guarding the Roads he could have held Norfolk against any force that might have been brought against it .:. 1 " On Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, the. Seminole steamed up to the city. ' A crowd of a thousand or mora persons assembled on Chamberlaine's wharf, for the want of something else to do, which the com mander of the Federal steamer construed into a wel come to the "old flag." Instantly all hands were beat to quarters every flag was flung to the breeze,' the jack tars manned the rigging, and gave three hearty cheers. This jubilant demonstration was responded to by the crowd, with nine groans which were given with a strength of lung distinctly audi-, ble at the wharf in Portsmouth. The Federals were taken all aliack, and. the gallant tars dropped from the rigging with much more alacrity than they had manned them. The halyards having beep cut by the Confeder ates a sailor " shinned " the flag staif on the Cus tom House. Sunday morning about 6 o'clock, and having adjusted the ropes the Stars and Stripes were speedily run up. A few faint cheers from a crowd of drunken Federals in front of the Atlantic Hotel, was the only but befitting reception with which the Yankee bunting was greeted We are assured that the great mass of the Nor folk people are as true and loyal to the Confederate government as those of any portion of the South. One citizen named Kay ton, a dealer in musical in struments, was so loud and out-spoken in bis lauda tions of our own and denunciations of the Lincoln government, that the military commandant of Nor folk has caused him to be arrested. This is the only arrest that has come to- our informant's knowledge. - Portsmouth was surrendered by . Mayor Nash, about the same hour Saturday evening, as Norfolk. A Federal General named Wyman, having been ap pointed Military Governor of the place, received the surrender, embracing the occasion to assure the people that the Yankees came not to destroy prop erty but to restore order; to relieve an oppressed people and reinstate that g a 1 o-r-i-o-u-s old flag which had been so long conceled from the view' of the, dear Portsmouth people. Much other gasconade and highfalutin kind of sentiment were indulged in, but we have quoted enough to give the reader an idea of the style. We regret to hear that a strongly traitorous feeling has manifested itself in Ports mouth, and that several citizens of that place made themselves prominently officious in offering their obeisance to the new coiners and proffering their services in any capacity which might he de sired One man, who had long acted as a detective for the Confederate Provost Marshal, shouted lustily for the stars and stripes and in order to effectually cloak his hypocrisy, concealed an onion in his hand kerchief, and shed copious tears of rejoicing at the sight of every blue coat and bra-ta button he encoun tered Meeting a loyal citixen of the South, he could not withstand the gaze of an honest man, but bowed his head, while his cheeks suddenly became crimsoned with shame. The Federal officers made diligent enquiry about the destruction of the Navy Yard, and earnestly so licited information of the whereabouts of any who had been engaged in the incendiary proceeding. . Five hundred Yankee cavalry escorted General Wyman to Portsmouth, and took possession of the officers buildings in the Navy Yard They had been spared for reasons already given. The Federals endeavored to make themselves very . agreeable to the peoplo of Portsmouth, and stated freely, that but few of them would remain there. The greater portion of their men, they said would speedily take up the line of march for Richmond ; that the "rebellion" was now on its last legs and that they expected the "rebel" capital to fall with out the fighting ol another battle. Monday morning a wagon drove up to the Market House in Portsmouth, and swept every pound of. beef from the butchers' stalls. Upon being told that the citizens desired to live, the Commissary re-, plied that the citizens must dispense with beef for the present as he desired it for the soldiers. The Owners however, were promptly paid to the last cent in gold and silver. The Federal soldiers all expressed the most pro found amazement at the destruction of the Merri mac. They said sho had made them feel more un easy than any other event of the war,and the opinion at . Old Point was gcneraVthat she was the most formi dable war. vessel ever constructed. But one regret mingled with the universal rejoicing which her wanton destruction had produced, and that was the fact that she had not come into the Yankee posses sion intact I'eUrtburg Express. We have no doubt this man was a rampant se cessionist Tobias the traitor, was. Standard. - . From the Hillsborough Recorder. . j PATRIOTIC EXAMPLE. V Yancey Nichols of this county, the youngest of four brothers three of whom ' had been sworn into the Confederate service, and were on their way to join Company B. 6th N. C State troops was met by a gentleman authorised to procure a substiute, who asked htm if be had volunteered ' "No,-" said he, " I have not yet; but I am on my way to the Railroad, where I expect to meet the recruiting officer; I shall then take the oath, and go with my brothers to the war." - " vVell, sir, as you have not yet taken the oath, I will give you $150 in cash, $50 bounty that will be , due in one month, and $25 now due for clothing, : making in all $225, if you will, as a substitute, take the place ofayonngman now in the same Company you are going w - -v " No, sir," said young Nichotewith a cast of the 'eye and marks' Of indignation in his countenance which showed his earnestness: "I am a poor young man, but money could never prompt me-to take this step. . Our country heeds the services of. us both; let him stay in the army, and I will go and stand by his sidV, v" v : r . ; J The 1 writer, who Was the agent Eluded to ahoye,? deems it due to young Nichdls to make the ciruni-' stance public, and exhibit to hundreds of young men ' who are "dodging the war," and hundreds of-btti- ers who are adrift 00 the ocean o? speculation the noble principle that prompted this patriotic youth; .to battle tor nis oieeging country.,.' 'V j;.HcM. V'-'v .- -:r. -. ittlogaripttire now aoj thenS -v- '.C.ia renakedfiy wn' few m" -fr :- u Go to how, ye that extort from the ifeopiej ind. demand the last cent from the widow and nrnW. ; your silver and gold shall canker.; Wight and mildew. . snail th your neias, ana boils and murrain ybtuv herds and flocks ; your barns- shall be mpty, sod your swrouwwH ana mius 4.wuery v paper mills f J shall rot and decay : vdur :hahimtioha fcv.t tui abode of wild bts)Ithn'Wl . and the bittern;- c ur m wk u mt goia ana iverv am ftM atu 1 1 SUhmtt 4A ugm. . , "'iy "tiowinf ftw Wat DMri- r CiiV .jfc&iut fbiti CougressknewnM oderi Act'are-Dublished bv Aathocitv for 1 , rl:'AB rBoer tiD 4te be oitafedJ each, 3tate to take charge oif Abe, enrol tnuVimlrmg in,- sabsiste'nee and iBtiMtieW'-tlbcir under ttua act v; ZXi4klPV .'JiWN"fcw tfeMmors, ol the several SUtes for irmission to em? sftdy Stato oftfwwibr .aaJdrolment j, and.as w bsek by tlie depiu du vnder auh ;regu)tf tone as' may -b prescribed; WhS;oulcers re employed the reguUtiobs of the respeciiye Sttei'in regard t( military enrplment wUl oe-observea as faras applicable' , V . 0, Tn.tale4;ilDaa1.9iiH jrwBeelM in cam'ps of 'fautrdction by the :-ofiJoers4n ommti4 of- the; recruits; the said camps .'beseeeted wtth. reference in .health, and the fodlitieVifor obihing suUistemw iind transperU tlvese camps" shall not exceed, two in, ach State, without authority from the department amj to.each will be allowed a, quartermaster- jmd .aconuirissary. jThe. comnaandantsof the camps ottnstruotionan the several States trill call -upon tho 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'tbe field as rapidly as possible. They will cause.them to be promptly vaccinated, and, in ordering them to the field-will, as lar as practicable, prefer those who have "passed through, the usual camp diseases. - Tbey will establish hospitals in connection with tlieir. camps and make requisition for such medical attendauce and stores as may be required r , V " ,' , 5. The commandants of regiments battalions squadrons and unattached companies in service, on the 18th instant, will send copies of their muster rolls: to the commandant of the proper camp of in struction 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 directed by the department, allotting,, as far as . pracr ticaoc, to eacn sucn corps tne men irom tne i egions -of country in which it has been raised They will from time to time end off such bodies of recruits i as are ready for the field; and will report on the first Monday of every month tho number of recruits in camp, their condition, the number sent off during the month; and the regiu.ents and corps to which they were sent- ti,. The commandants of regiments and corps will, distribute the recruits among their several com-, panies and in such as have not the number of com panies allowed by law to a regiment, the said com mandants may organize the required number ot new companies, after first filling up the existing, com panies to the minimum .numbers required by law : that is to say, for each company ol infantry,-sixty-four privates ; of cavalry, sixty privates. ; of artillery, seventy privates . - - 7. The recruits will be apportioned among the several arms of service, according to tbeir respective wants consulting, as far as practicable, the prefer ence of the men. Where a greater. number offer for a particular arm than can he assigned to it, the dis tribution will be determined by lot ; but recruits for the cavalry will only be taken from those who furnish their own horses. . - III, VOLlNTEEltsrOB EXISTING CORPS... . 8. Persons liable to military , service .under the above act not n service on the 16th of April, and wishing to volunteer in any particular company in the Confederate service, on the 16th day of April, may report themselves, prior to tbeir enrolment, at a camp of instruction within their respective States, where they will be enrolled prepared for the field and sent to the said company, until the same shall be filled up. , 9. Recruiting officers may by detailed with the permission of the generals commanding military departments, by the commandants of regiments and corps and sent to their respective States for the purpose of receiving for such regiments and corps, in conformity with recruiting regulations heretofore adopted, (general order No. 6,) volunteers desiring to join them. Such volunteers may be assembled at the camps of instruction in their respective States'" prepared for the field and sent to tbeir respective regiments and corps until the same shall be filled up, or if ready for the field may be ordsred direct ly to their corps by the officer so recruiting them. IV. VOLUNTEER CORPS HERETOFORE AUTBOKEF.D. 10. Persons liable to military service under this act, aud not in service on the 10th day of April, may, until the 17th day of May next, volunteer in corps heretofore, authorized to be raised by the Secretary of War; or by the Executive of any State, as part bf the quota thereof, in pursuance of a call made upon such State by the President Persons authorized to receive such corps who may not on that day have the necessary number of men enrolled and mustered into service according to the terms of their: authority, will proceed with their men to a camp of instruction in their respective States and will deliver their muster rolls to the commandant thereof '.- 11. The commandants of such corps as are com pleted on or before the 17th day of May, and not otherwise ordered will report to the commandants of the recruits of their respective States and, with their corps will be placed by him in a camp pf in struction, and reported immediately to the depart-' nient Such corps will be under- the command of the commandants of recruits in their respective States and will be prepared lor the field in like manner with the recruits until removed from the camp. They will ouly he moved under orders from the department, irom the commanding general ol the army, or in urgent cases from the commanding general of the military department in which the camps may be situated ; and in such cases report will -immediately be made, to the department by the offi cer in command of the camp. -H V ' y. ADDITIONAL CORPS GUERRILLA SERVICE. 12. Uiider the prohibition of this act agajnst the organization of new corps, no further authority lor that purpose can bo given, except-that specially pro vided for in the act of Congress entitled "An act to organize bands of partizan rangers"; For this latter purpose applications must be inado through the commanding generals of the; military depart ments in which the said corps are to be employed VL BE OttaANlZATIOtf OP TWELVE VONTHS CORPS , j 13. All regiments, battalions squadrons and com panies of twelve months volunteers will re-organize., within fortjrdays from the loth of April, by elect ing all their officers w,hieh they had a right hereto fore to elect, and on such days athe brigade com: mander may prescribe, and the said brigade com manders are hereby ordered to fix, and announce the day for such re-oreanization as soon as nractica ble. No person who is to be discharged under the j provisions oi me act win take part in such election., i,-14? The form of holding and certifying the elec-; tions will be in conformity with, the Jaws of the State from which the men, or the major part thereof may come; and-when the election of field officers is to be made by. company officers the latter will be first elected All certificate. of election Will be re turned to the Adiutant General's office, and the offi cers will be commissioned by the President- They will, however, on receiving a copy of he certificate of election immediately enter upon, duty.'- Officers not re-elected Will be relieved from duty ,: and the ui igoue commander wilt return their names to the department , " ' VII. CORPS raissd vera looai. nGVRwrnt .15. Corps raised for the" locar defence will retain Jheir organisation "during the term of such enheV nient, unless pi eviously disbanded, but members of Buch corps may volunteer, into corps for general ser Vice.' as hereinabove nrovWtixl. 16. When any company now4n service for twehe monins snail, Ddtore tbe itn Jajr of July nerf tain the maxium numbers presribed.byt tbja; without including the .inen 4nder eighteen and ever' ju ox age, ai socn men may be dis cM?d wchuf them remain In tervic en diwmarged, whethet.aucb; jnixluor; be attained w UU.k" TaAlt&FIBS. J-l' The fight to change eovpany 6i corps tue of re-etdistmeni, ceases to wrfst by the repeal of t 1 - aii lawswTga.tore-ehlisanent, uo wansiers.ot individualrf or of companies may be made as hereto Aire,, Within, the discretion of the department. tig bntwtyrt mustered tot tar rice ra .T?e'e furnish a ur. . .wawBit with. th DK.:r.v"uie. MmuJiotr of a. eamn of l-n:,luie 10 the ml eamp . cYlnstrnet ."J " ? mfk a surgeon VJ J2?T. WTOon.py Burgeoi - Pmuiwe pnnd and in all " nlhSv iryice. he mavl- pecte fit ed -wiaV the -peman furnUbin.r .,k "n(r enroll Mi&arBed by the co:"?8 titute may kno anbstrituWhau k.7wT.r lne mVi but Kno substitute-shall be- entitled to i'?..?: b Kother aUoweoce at the axnMu r -"" wuon or ransDortfltinn . r ' - .. .. . r - VI LUB mum, until so acceptedlnd enrolled th.e government rersons JBiWUKAiSMKNT FOR TFIF TTum 'tlSSSONS -OT HKTOR?0 PBOiI North?" says: W subJgated bythf three million, wS invaded o th J d not e .'jugation by the Pers.an monarch 5 w IT army more numerous than the en ire 1? h n, the country they invaded; but lwuCL "",m f disciplinedd brave, and the rufc u7 wdl sia "failed to subjngkte her," aT t l t turned houui with not more than the fiSfc the ar ny that entered Greece. - u,lleu Put of h Englond, with a population four times more n merous than that of Scotland, by taking advance f the domestic discords of the country for "3 than two centuries at wriobs times attempted h r f SVd ,n thVe,'6n 0f Ea the 2 d d succeed with a powerfu urmv in !:! ?'a 'entire eountrv tat-in,. .. . j, luru-ess tneir canitiil -and every sea port town, and yet, notwithsiam lc her chiefs who fled tohp mn..n..; : . ,a""""E. takinir a.a... ., . o 'SSS fl i 7 "my of determined men! and at the fieldof Bannockburn, so completely vanquiX ed and dispersed the British army, that it wi" thp and though the two Kingdoms afterward became um ted under the same monarch, it was the result oi civil compromise and not of conqust But a case more analogous to that of the Sou'h ern States and that of the Northern government presents itscf in that of Spain and Portugal Pr tugal was a department of Spain, separated from the other departments by a chain of mountains and containing a population less than onejfourth of the entire Kmgdom.. Portugal felt or fancied that she did not enjoy equal privileges" with the other de partments and therefore, in a Convention, passed a resolution to secede from the Spanish government and have a government of theh own. Spain called this, rebellion, and sent a powerful army, by land andseav: to crush it out Portugal also assembled an army, which was commanded by the Duke de Braganze, and, after many years effort of alternate defeat and victory, Spain abandoned the country, and finally acknowledged her as an Independent King dom, and her rebel Duke as King. .- Scotland in. her- efforts was without a navv so was Portugal, and the ports of each, all the "while under the strictest blockade, and neither of them possessed of half the internal resources for the sup ply of food or arms as are the Confederate States, and each of them' had to contend with a greater nu merical difference . in the. field It follows, there lore, as a fact, that if we suffer ourselves to be sub jugated il is because we are less brave than either of these Kingdoms. - This we do not believe, and therefore utterly discard all apprehension of subju gation. - '. . .ui.j --rMna PLANTATION FOR SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS JFOR SALE A TRACT of LAND, lying on Haw River, io tbe County of Alt-maDcc,-one mile north of the Haw River House, on the Railroad, containing it acres, D of wbicb are well-timbered,- with 25 acres of bottom land. This place is veil adapted .to tbe growth of wheat, corn, tobacco, uats, Ac A good dwelliugboiue, with six rooms, is on the premise!, with all necessary out houses. . The locality is very healtbj. Terms of sale will be made easy to the pnrchaser. Address tbe subscriber at Meirillej Alamance, S. C. . - ' . : .. W7A. ALBRIGHT. Feb."!!. 1S6S. ' ; -. ."- ' - 7-wtt BLAST FURNACE AND BLOOMERY. THE tJNDEKSlGSED HAS NOW IN OPfillATION A BLAST FURNACE,, ail miles East of Lin colntoB aud t miles from the Wilmington and Ruther ford Railroad, where be is manufacturing a good quality of PIG;t RON, alt kinds of Machinery and Cooking Ware. He bas also a CUPOLA and BLOOMERY at the same place where Wrought Iron is also made of a good quality. AH articles usually obtained at such establishments can be had at reasonable prices. TEHMS CASH. . - Orders are solicited and will be promptly -filled. Address, JOlf AS W. DERR. Spring Hill Forge, Lincoln Co., N. C. . 12 w6mpd. PIEDMOST RAILROAD. mroTicE is hereby given that at the ex- .1 W piratioo ot twenty days from the date hereof, books of subscription for the capital stock io the Peidmnnt Rail road Company will be opened at the following named places and Under tbe following named persons and will stand -pen for thirty days from the date of thia advertisement, via? . . ; In the town of Charlotte, under the direction of John A. Young, -Win. Johnston and James W. Osborne, or any one of them.- At Concord, finder the direction of V. M. Bar ringer, Caleb Phi fer -and Daniel Coleman, or any one of "them. At Salisbury, under the direction of Nathaniel Boy. den. N. N. Fleming and J. I. Shaver, or anv one of them. At Lexington, asder the direction of W, R. Holt, John P. Mabry and Samuel Hargrove, or any one of them. - At High Point, under the direction of W. F. Bowman, Robert Lind say and Nthan Hunt, or any one of them. At Greens borough, under the direction of James Sloan, Jed. H. Lind say and J. A. Lung, or any One of them. At Salem, onder the direction of D H Starbnck, 3. Q. Lash, Francis Fries and C L. Banner, or any one of tbem. At Danbury, un der the direction of Nathaniel Moody, A. H. Joyce and S. Taylor; or any onaof them.' At Graham', under tbe direc tion of Thomas Ruffin, Jr., Edwin Holtnd John Trollin get, or any one of them.' 'At Roxborongh, under the di reel inn of Chart e Wiostead, Dr. C H. Jordan and Green Williams, or any nae-of them,, At Yanoeyville, under the direction of John Kerr, Dr. KlL Roan and Thomas W. Graves. Or any one of tbem. At- Milton, under the direc tion of Samuel Watkins John Wilsun and Thomas Donabo, or any oheof tbem. --At Wentworlh, under tbe direction of Jno. W. Ellington, W. M. Elliagton and J. B. J. Lanier, or any one of tbem. At Uadiaon, under tbe direction of W. L. Scales, Joseph Cardweit and Nicholas Dalton, or any of them. AtLeakaville, nuder the direction of Geo. L. Akin, Jones W. Burton and fi. t, Brodux, or any one of tbem. At High .Rock,' under tbe direction of Francis L Simpson, Dr. R- fl. Scadeaand Geo. W. Garrett, or r.ny one of tbem. At Danville, Va.; under the direetkm of W. T. Sutherliu, James N." WHitams and Dr. T. P. Atkinson, or any one of them. At Hillsborough, noder the direction of J. C. Tur realiae, H, K. Nash and W. . Strayborn, or any one of them.. -In the city of Richmond, T, under the direction of A T. Stokes, Lewis B- Henry d Thomas N. Brockea broogh, or any oae of them. i a-..-.''; .- - J- -h;;; BF, WATSON, Secretary, -- VT-. . ''1 i' --. By order of the Board. ; - May viaea. - -l ' : r i-w3t. E UreeBaboro' Patriot and Danville Regiiter will oo py weekly three timea. r. . . - : : . '"'- - K . . " tETTERS LOST." LOgr A BUNDLE OF LETTERS WRAPPED IN A I piece of newpaper, addreasad to H. H. Shankle, M. E Ivy, Ann Fry, Fanny Fry, E. M. Iloser, Jerdan Blalock, Margaret Rogers, Elisa Coble, G.H.Mane, M. T. Debeny, and Mr. M. Watkins, ef StaatV county, from tbeir friends in the fiSd regiment, Capt. J. C. McCain's company. V Any on tindmg tbe above letters and leaving tbem with Mr.Holdea, Editor of the 8tamdo4, will b liberally re warded" .-v, WHITMAN SMITH. ;JSayii7m2. -7, - 40-8C ') -i " ' i . . . -'. ' ' " Public meeting. .:- '"a meeting of the citizens of. oranyillb ,xSL County, who are opposed to tbe present administra tion of bar tHateGovernnmit, topartynm-and inefficiency In appointment to office, and who an in fcvor of refcrai urpublie afTairs.aed wish tbe best men in respoBeibl of fices will be held i the Ooert House in Oxford on the ae oond Saturday in June, tie Utb, for,the purpose of select ing candidates for tbe c(uieg Legislature, and w to n commend sosm soitabl. person fcr Governor of State. "a ftiH attendance from each Distrust m (he County is da-' sjaby-W - ' MANX yOTERS. May U, Uj-" ':.';'." - - ilynd- , . NOTICE. - LL PER80HS ARE HEREBY CAUTION- ed against pnrcaasing any stock la tbe -Farmers of N. XV witkaai first aflewtainimr Whether the nartv f offwing to seH said ock ia indebted to thia Bank, and if bo, tneamoajrl or 'such indebtedness,, for no atoek win De transferred rfcm any one owing, this Bank, antil tbeir in debtednaM 1a (ally paid, and eertiDcatas of stock in Faid Bahkean be1 transferred only en the books of tbe Bank, in parson or by attorney. i -.'-?'' -..; There will be a meeting of thesioekheldera o) said Bank h Geseasbofo'i. X,C i on the S5d day of May wxV which all atoekhdtdera will find- it to their interest to attend, es pecially those indebted to the Bank. . ." ; By order of atoakaolaefa owning I0B8 tharea fat the Far jnera' Bank of N. C, made 7th April, 18SS. . V V ' . C'A:. "j- W, A, CfcDWELL, Casbisr. CrTHaaboroMt ClprUiai Ull . ls-wTt.