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.ub'"!"".; 1 Hottjl-CanilM tankit WILLIAM W. HOLD EN, EdItor axd Pbopribioo. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY Two Dollar per annum invarmb'v in advance. TERMS OP THE 8EMI-V?EEKLT Four DoHars per onnvm, invariably in advance . ... . Alt wpere are dicontenued'at the expiration of the time for which, they have been paid. . Terms of Advertising in Semi-Weekly Standard: Oar regular rates of advertising are as follows : One square, (14 linesor less) first insertion, - $1 00 Each subsequent iiwertinn, - 25 Longer advertisements in proportion. - Contracts will be made with advertisers, at the dime rraular rates, for six or twelve months, and at the close of the contract 33 per cent, will be deducted from the gross mount. . Professional or business Cards, not exceeding five lines will be inserted in cither the Weekly or Semi-Weekly, for Jli! for six months, or (10 lor twelve months; or in both papers for (10 Or six months,,or $15 for twelve months. Terms of Advertising in Weekly Standard. One dollar per square for the first insertion, and twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion A'o deductinnvnll be n- ide nn weekly adnerlittnunU, no matter hmt long they tttat run. Only a limited number of advertisements will be admitted into the Weekly. All advertisements, not other wise directed, are inserted in the Semi-Weekly, and charg ed accordingly. When the number of insertions is no; marked on the advertisement it is inserted until turbid. Money sent us by mail is at our risk. KAI.EIGI1: SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1862. The Latest News. On our lines around Richmond every thfhg has been quiet for the last several days. Rumor, how- ever, indicates quite a. stir in the camp of McClel lan. We loam that the impression prevails among our pickets that McClellan is about to change his front, or abandon the idea at present of attacking Richmond. Others infer that he designs a move ment upon the South' side of James river. What ever may be his purpose, it is hoped that our com manders will never let him move upon them By slow approaches. We incline to the opinion that he is gotting ready to sit doun, by fortifying h:s position a,t all points, so as to force us to attack him. Such an attack would involve the risk of a terrible slaughter of our men. Having fortified, he could spre some of his force to check Jackson's movements. The news from Stonewall Jackson's command is confirmed. (Sen. Ewell attacked Fremont on Satur day last near Cross Keys, five miles from Port Re public, and repulsed hi in with much loss. On Mon day Fremont was reinforced and attempted to re inforce Shields, but could not cross the Shenandoah. On Monday Gen. Jackson attacked Shields at Lew istown, Their forces being about equal, and after a terrible battle of four hours, completely routed him, capturing six pieces of artillery and many prisoners. It is said the route was as complete as in the case of Banks. Our loss in both battles is estimated at 6j0 in killed and wounded. Quite an engagement occurred between our forces under Gen. W. D. Smith and the Yankees on Tues day last on James' Island. The enemy was re pulsed and driven back three times, until he retired to his entrenchments under tile protection of his gunboats. Our loss wa? about CO the enemy's not known. We have no news from Beauregard's army, or from the South west There is nothing additional from Chattanooga to that which, may be found in 'our " war news" column. An Atlanta paper states that a man direct from Nashville, Tenn., affirms that .Andy Johnson was killed by Ex Gov. NeU S. Brown, on account of his vexatious and tyrannical treatment, and that Brown was hung by the excited mob of Yankee soldiers forthwith. jgf Our subscribers in the Army will please not forget to notify us when their regiments are remov ed from onf Post Olfice to another. Some complain of not getting their papers, who have not done this. The failure is no fault of ours. We are informed that the Governor will send a messenger to the army near Richmond on the ICth of this montli, and any packages or communications for N-irth-Carolinia troops in that army will be for warded, if left at tha Quarter Master's Office in this City. Supreme Court. Thi3 tribunal convened in this City on Monday last The following gentlemen were admitted to the practice of law in the Courts of this State : Counlt Courts. J. Edwin Moore, Martin Coun ty ; Council S. Wooten, Lenoir ; Alexander Barrett, Moore; Charles C. Pool, Pasquotank; Howell C. Moss, Wilson. Superior. Courts. Stephen W. Islcr, Wayne ; William G. Morrisey, Wayie. As a matter of justice to our neighbor of the Re gister we will state, that after our last number was issued, we discovered lhat ho was not the Editor of the Petersburg Intelligencer at theime the article appeared in that journal, which we copied, apologis ing for Mr. Stanly as a black repuhhaan. W e have since examined the files of the Agister for 1857, and find that our neighbor disapproved, in very de ' cided terms, of Mr. Stanly's conduct in California, lie has, therefore, been consistent in this respect; and, as he is so seldom consistent in his public con: duct, we feel that he is entitled to this admission, to say nothing of the justice of it on our part Our neighbor never does us justice, but that. is no reason why we should misrepresent htm. ' The cause we advocate requires nothing but truth and fair dealing to sustain it At the battle at Winchester, Va., on the 25th of May, the 21st North-Carolina regiment under Col. Kirkland, was in the hottest of the fight, and well sustained the honor of the State, It lost about 100 men in killed and wounded. Col. Kirkland and Lt Col. Pepper,were both wounded, the latter (supposed to be mortal. Capt Hedgecock and Ligon were both killed. Norfolk and Portsmouth. Gen. Wool, who has always been noted for his hatred to the South, it is said, determined recently to starve into terms the loyal citizens of Norfolk and Portsmouth, by cut ting them off from all means of procuring subsist ence, beyond their limited supplies on hand. It was found not to work well, and the Petersburg Ex press says, that those places' have been added to .the department of Gen. D:x, with ins'tructions to let provisions go freely from Northern cities. At tempts to smuggle provisions and goods into Nor folk, were arrested by the British Consul, who gave notice that if the blockade was removed the port must be opened to other nations besides the Yan kees. The Cossckipt Law. The Richmond TTAtjrsays all persons over thirty -five, who have re-enlisted for the war. whether old or new volunteers, will have to serve during the warg conscripts! But the law. ones not toucn tnose over ttiirty-nvc ana uuuet eighteen, who arc not now in service. Tol. XTin.-No.5. . ra Tie Richmond Enquirer and the North-Carolina Standard. The following article we take from the editorial columns of the Richmond Enquirer. We beg the reader to consider it, and wo ask the Enquirer and the public to consider our reply: "THE NORTH-CAROLINA PRESS. The Raleigh " Register " copies an article which appeared in this paper a few days ago, and appends thereto a commentary, explanatory bf its own course on the suhjecHmatter of our remarks, name ly, the bitter spirit of controversy between leading journals of North-Carolina. The "Register" in sists that it was forced into a defence of its position, and that of its friends by the partizan course of the Raleigh "Standard." Indeed, the "Register" as sumes that in justice to North-Carolina and the Southern Confederacy, a denunciation on its part of the reaent coujse of the "Standard" was a solemn duty. Far be it from us to appear in the character of lecturer to our respected friends of the North-Carolina press. We would not commit the indelicacy of par ticipating in any wise, in their personal or their po litical controversies. What we said' in the article copied in the "Register," was suggested by the strong and very natural conviction that such a con troversy as that in which the journals alluded to are engaged, in the present critical juncture of affaire, cannot fail to have a most unhappy effect upon the Southern car.se m the good old -North State. We wish our North-Carolina brethren to hear us for our cause and their own cause. With the sincerest iespect fotthe editor of the "Standard," he will 'permit us to say, that his friends outside of iSorth-Carolina concur in the jus tice of the strictness passed upon some of his re cent articles articles which have given no little aid and comfort to the Northern enemy, as the uses made of them by Lincoln's journals fully show. Has the editor of the "Standard" seen the repro duction of- his articles in-the New York " Herald ?" Has he seen a late number of that sheet, containing extracts from the Raleigh "Stajidard," headed, in staring capitals, "The Southern Confederacy virtu ally repudiated in North Carolina!" We hope that the known appropriation of his articles by the " Herald " will suggest to our friend of the ' Stan dard " the importance of a return to that discretion and self-possession for which he was once distin guished. HeJs true to the Southern Confederacy, as is almost every body else in North-Carolina, and will perhaps be surprised to learn, that he has been instrumental in conveying the impression to the Northern mind that the people of his State are ready to submit to the Lincoln yoke. Yet he is bound to admit the fact, however unpleasant it may be, that the language which he has employed, in his new character of grumbler and fault-iiiider, is susceptible of the very interpretation given it by Bennett in his " Herald." If the Northern people could see the "Standard" and read it through, they would not be thus deceived. But seeing only the extracts in the "Herald," they conclude very natu- ; rally that North-Carolina is about to declare alle- ' giance to Lincoln, because the Raleigh "Standard," j as they read it second hand, ssys so. i We believe that, upon reflection; the indiscretion ! and impolicy of the course of the editor of the ! "Standard" will be as apparent to himself as it fs i to the writer of these lines." . The courteous bearing of the Richmond press j towards each other is admirable, and the equally j courteous deportment of the Enquirer towards the Standard, challenges our respect and a reciprocal j demeanor. Were we in the midst of gentlemen of j the press of equal intelligence and high moral posi- j tion with our cotcmporaries of Richmond, the duty j of editing would be a pleasant one, and our inter- course with our cotemporai ics, how much soever we differed, would never exhibit unwonted severity ; ! nor" would partizan rancour, misrepresentation and j abuse from them for:e us at any time to resort to j such means of retaliation and punishment of the of- ! fenders as we are sometimes compelled to employ, j The Enguirer -is not cognizant of the surroundings i of our position in this regard, and hence it is net prepared to appreciate our circumstances. j We can scarcely, however, .suppress' a smile, at I the succiss-of our unhappy neighbor of the TJegister J in imposing upon the credulity of the Enquire-1 The Enquirer really seems to believe that the bad temper of the Register, and its violently' abusive j spirit, are the result of " the partizan course of the ! Standard." Our friend of tho Enquirer certainly j does not know the. Register since it has been in the . hands of the destructives. Did the Enquirer but : know our neighbor as we do, we are sure it would I .keep at a greater distance than we have been trying to do for the last twelve months, to avoid, collision. Our partizan course, if it be mch, has been forc ed upon us by the so-called Southern rights party j of this State. In February, 1861, the people of this State, like those of Virginia, determined at the polls, by an immense majority, not to secede from the Union on account of the election of Lincoln. But the ultra secessionists refused to submit to this decision, and so they at onco held a Convention m Goldsborough, at which they dubbed themselves the Southern rights party, and tbok steps to sepa rate North-Carolina from the Union by violent means, and against the wishes of a large majority of her people. The so-called organ, of the State government, the State Journal,, meanwhile advanc ed the doctrine that those who were inaugurating this revolution were alone entitled to conduct it and to possess and enjoy the honors and the offices ; 'and it constantly declared that all who opposed its views'were submissionists and traitors. But the Register held out for the Union almostup to the proclamation of Lincoln, in ApriL It went with us in February, ili Editor concurring with us in our views, and supporting us for the Convention. We introduced the first resolutions adopted by any public meeting in the State, to- unite and consoli date all parties in resisting the coercive policy of Lincoln. Here also the Register was with us ; but in a few days the Editor of that paper, to gratify the ambition of a few personal friends, and the spleen of a few ultra secessionists, turned upon US' and upon his former associates, and commenced a course of policy which identified him with the de structives, and.placed him in the attitude of bidding for the organship against the State Journal a. pa per owned and controlled by a knot of unscrupu lous politicians, and which has never had any char acter in this State for truth, or dignity, or decency. The real fricads of the Register were, of course, deeply mortified at its conduct ; and its Editor, still somewha't under the influence of just principles, and still niovecl by the wishes of his real friendsj ap peared to -repent of his conduct, ano, coming back to us, joined with us in supporting a-Presidential ticket of Electors which ignored party by doing justice to All former parties; and this our neighbor did in opposifjdn'to the vjews and course of the State Journal Whether the defeat of that ticket discouraged the Reguter or pot, we do not know; but in a week or two it went toddling back to the Southern rights party, where it has been ever since, the most obedient'sorvant of the so-called State or i k. -.". c i r. i u m t a k. . mm i u .arrr"-. w hi t mm J . lm m imm I n I I ras i LEI&I. N. (J.. WEDNES gan, and of the corrupt politicians who control it With this exception the Register has constantly as sailed us for the last twelve month's; and, though we have done as much for the war and- for the South as the Editor of that paper or any of his friends, he has, time and again, impeached our integrity as a Southern man, and endeavored to make party capital . against us and our friends by charging that we are opposed to the government of the Confederate States. Meanwhile we have acted strictlyn the defensive, and have shown ourselves the best friends of tha government and of the cause, by insisting on reform where we believed reform was needed, and by rebuking that disposition which exists both at Raleigh and Richmond, to make this a party war by ignoring for office, as a general rule, all those who did not prefer to break up the old government, and who agreed to do so only when the proclamation of Lin coln called on the border States for troops to be used against our Southern brethren. This, we beg tp assure the Enquirer, is the ex tenj of our party feeling; and this is the manner in which we have been treated by the Reguter and the so-called Southern rights party of this State. Let that paper decide for itself.ipon the facts, who is to blame. But 'to the Enquirer's counsel. Our respected cotemporary gravely advertises us, that ourncfc outside of North-Carolina concur in the 'justice of the strictures passed upon some of our recent arti cles. Our cotemporary must allow us to say that no friend of ours in or out of the State, can for a moment believe in the justice or fairness of those presses, in this State which abuse us, or in their dis position even to be just and fair towards any one who was an old Union man or a conservative. In this regard North-Carolina is an exception to all the States of the Confederacy. No where else are ultra secessionists so proscriptivc, abusive and unjust to the old Union men, as in North-Carolina. It is not enough, in North-Carolina, that a man who was formerly a Union man shall declare his fidelity to the Southern cause by going into. the army, or sending his son, or by contributing his means to the support of the war; but we are requiredrto ignore all our former principles to admit that the ultras were right at first, and have been right alto getherto think, and. talk, and do, precisely as they do to give our unqualified sanction to all the acts of the State and Confederate governments, and to the acts of every officer, big or little, in those gov ernments to yield a silent and willing submission to, and an active support of, every measure they propose to withhold all proper scrutiny into the .conduct o( our legislators and public officers to submit without a murmur to the violation of laws and constitutions, and to the encroachments of the military upon the civil power. This is the cup pre sented to us, and if we do not drink it, and drink it to the dregs, we a pronounced untrue to our na tive land. a We voted for the separation of North-Carolina from the old Union, not because we were converted to the disorganizing- doctrines of Yancey and oth ers not because we believed South-Carolina and other cotton States were right in their precipitate course, but because of Lincoln's unconstitutional and tyrannical coercive policy. We have urged a separation of the South, and a vigorous prosecution of the war, because of the assumption by Mr. Lin coln of despotic power his overthrow of the liber erty of speech and of the press, and of the writ of hibeas corpus lv:s arrest of men and women, and . imprisoning them without a hearing, because they claimed the great American right of thinking and ! speaking. for themselves, and his disregard of the ' rights of the States and of the rights of property . in the Southern States. Opposition to all such acts of tyranny is inborn with the people of North-Carolina. They have never submitted their necks wil lingly to the yoke of any tyrant, and they never will. WherSn, then, have we offended? We have given the administration of President Davis a hear ty support in the vigorous prosecution of the war- we have aided in rallying the people of this State to arms we have encouraged our brave soldiers in the midst of their toils we have voted, in the Con vention, men and means to carry on the war; and if we could have been of more service to the cause by shouldering our musket, we would have done it But while we have opposed tyranny without, we have labored to maintain liberty with in. Hence, when partyism has prevailed instead of patriotism when the governmyit and the cause it self have been claimed as the property of parly, the offices divided out among original secessionists, and the late Union men put under the ban, suspected, and told to fight on foot when sedition oaths and test oaths have, been proposed, for the purpose of putting a "hideous mark" on1 the late Union men, and on their children and their children's children when the military has been made paramount to the j civil power, and when the laws and tho Constitu tion have been violated, on tho Seward pretext that we must violate a part to save the whole, we say, in view of all this and in the face of it, we have raised our voice in protest, remonstrance, and de nunciation, and we have called on the people to come forward and reform 'their governments, and save their liberties from the-encroachments of pow er, and from the polluting" poison of partyism and favoritism in the midst of war. Would the -ffh-guirer censure us for this? Ought we to laud in Mr. Davis what we condemn in Mr. Lincoln ? Must we gloiify the Confederate Congress for doing what we detest in the Northern Congress.? But the New York Herald and the Newbern Progress are copy ing articles from the Standard. Because the Stan ZarZ.utters plain truths which in many respects ap ply as well to the South as to the North, and be cause these papers copy and distort what the Stan dard says, we must desist Now, in all conscience we ask the Enquirer who is to blame? Is the Standard responsible for the false and unjustifiable construction placed upon itsManguage by the Lin coln papers? Nothing is more common in the South than for the entire press to denounce the Northern papers as lying sheets in every respect How comes it, then, that in the estimation of our cotemporaries they always tell the truth when they pervert our remarks? Every body knows that the Lincoln papers referred to, take their cue, not from the Standard, bat from those presses in this State that slander and misrepresent the Standard. These presses charge that we are untrue to the Confede racythat. we are opposing the government that we are unsound and a traitor, and that North-Caro-lina'is full of traitors. It is in vain that we. deny all .this, but the charges are repeated again and a"ain. The Lincoln papers are not blind to this, DAT. JUNE 18, 1862. Slid fl0nnA ttlAV mtta Mnilnl .., t TV. n ritl therefore, lies not at our door, but with those who J rr. . . , iuus laiseiy accuse us. iney are giving aia ana comfort to the enemy; and they continue to givj this aid, as the Register, the State Journal, and the Wilmington Journal are now doing, by quoting from the Newbern Progress to show that Gov. Gra ham, the Standard, and thousands of our people, are false to the Southern cause. Gov. Graham, whose father fell covered with wounds in the war of the revolution who has five sons in the Southern army who voted for the ordinance of secession, and who, in the Convention, stood like a rock for the Southern cause, firm and .self-possessed, while Others were excited and alarmed, he is charged in a skulking, sneaking, insidious manner, by men, some of whom are not worthy to untie his shoes, with being an enemy to Southern rights 1 And wherefore ? We will tell the Enquirer. Because he was opposed to disunion up to the proclamation, of Lincoln, and becaffse he Villtiot bow down and worship the Southern rights party which had its origin at Goldsborough. We are proud to be asso ciated by our enemies with such a man as Graham. If he is a traitor to North-Carolina, then are we a traitor also. The Enquirer advises us to return " to that dis cretion and self-possession which once distinguished us." " We are not mad, most noble Festus, but speak forth the words, of truth and soberness." Let our excellent cotemporary take the trouble to re-survey our course and its surroundings, and it -will think better of us.' Old Stonewall Asain. . The quick movements and the successes of the heroic Jackson, ome quicker and faster titan the eager pantings of the public for news can anticipate. After the retaking of Winchester, it was rumored that Jackson was in Maryland ready to pounce up on Washington, or Baltimore or Harrisburg. This was not true. A small portion of his cavalry, perhaps, crossed, the Potomac and burnt some of the railroad bridges, but Jackson remained about Winchester arranging to secure his booty and re move it to a safe place. As shrewd a General as ' he is knew that having left a considerable hostile force in his rear, he must clear them out before pressing on. In 22 days, Jackson marched from Staunton to McDowell, where he whipped Millroy ; thence to Franklin, 30 miles ; thence to Harrisonburg, over Shenandoah mountain, C54 miles ; thence to Front Royal, 55 miles, where he whipped the Yankees again, taking many prisoners ; thence to Winches- ter, whipping Banks, 20 miles; thenco beyond Charleston, 2G miles taking in all about 3,000 prisoners, about 10,000 stand of small arms, 80 wagon loads of ordnance stores, 20 fine army wag- ons, 90,000 lbs. of bacon, 200 cheeses, 190 head of Ohio cattle, cavalry horses, baddies, &c, and about $100,000 worth of medical stores, besides destroy ing much. To save his treasure, he fell back into the Valley, where he has since encountered Shields and Fremont, routing and beating them and still adding to his stock of captured goods, which we hope by this time are all secured. IIj appears to be at this time the focus for all eyes. His policy is the only one, as we have insis ted for months, which can bring us safely out of this war. Other Generals sit down before an ene my and ditch and fortify, wasting away their men by disease, short allowance and bad food, while he is always in the saddle and keeps his men in spirits and good health. Were all our Generals to adopt this policy, the prospects of the Confederacy would brighten in every quarter in three weeks. The Iredell Express. The Iredell Express endeavors to produce the im pression that we were an original secessionist, stand ing side by side with Yancey, Rhett & Co. The Express knows betted. Up to within the last three months the Express has endorsed our course ; and the Standard and that paper have been together until very recently, from the moment the message of Gov. Ellis appeared, which committed this State to disunion. We have not changed; but the people of Iredell, who have carefully read the Express, know that that paper has. It does not speak now for more than one in ten of the voters of Iredell. We have never advocated the doctrine of seces sion at will, as our tiles will show. We have al ways held the Jeffersonian and Jackson doctrine, that no State had a right to separate from the Union except for a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous vio lation of the Constitution. This was the doctrine of the Democratic' party, .until the newlights got control of it St Charleston and Baltimore ; and as soon as their control commenced, the party was dis organized and decay set in. A few months more, and it was destroyed, arid with it the Union was' destroyed also. At Charleston we denounced the Yanccyites openly in the Convention, and at Balti more we stood to the last moment by the old organ ization. We were induced to support Mr. Breckin ridge because of. the assurances of his leading friends in this State and elsewhere, and because of his own assurances and those of Gen. Lane, that they were opposed to secession in the event of Lincoln's elec tion ; but when we found they had deceived us, we separated from them and denounced them. ' The Express alsjp misrepresents us on the subject of ad valorem. We never opposed the principle of ad valorem. We lost party friends and party influence in the contest between Gov. Ellis and Mr. Pool, because we refused to oppose the principle of ad valorem taxation. Ad valorem is just and r ght It is now a part of the fundamental law of the land, and we voted in the Convention to make it so. The last Express is very rabid and abusive to wards us. We do not regard the Editor's misrep resentations and abuse. He will live to see the day when he will regret it. He cannot injure us, but tie is rapidly destroying the last vestige of influence which he had. ' The Milton &ronicle says that the severe-frtshets on Dan River have injured the wheat crops seriously and will probably prevent the planting of the usual quantity of corn. 1 " We are requested to say that the Hon. Bedford Brown will not be a candidate for re-election to our 'State Legislature, and under no circumstances could he consent to serve if elected against his wishes. Having retired to private life he desires its enjoy ment the residue of life." . " We copy the above article from the Milton Chron icle. While the friends of 'Col Brown may acqui esce in his decision, they will regret it Such men can be illy spared from the councils of the country at this juncture. A more consistent, able, honest and useful public man the State does not contain. The rights of the people and of the States, and devotion to the Constitution, have beet? bis polar star through out his public life. " " t '"v'-l''-"X'''-r'e'--', ' - Whole Number 1420. Personal. 1 ne course of certain presses in this State towards us personally, whiie it by no means our equanimity, demands a simple statement once for alL They meanly and falsely insinuate, that in pro posing the name of Gov. Graham for Governor first, and then of Col. Vance, we knew they would de cline, and thus leave the way open to ourselC They measure us by themselves. They are incapable of rising above a sordid selfishness. Bound down by self and an invincible partizan proclivify in all they say and do, they are ready to attribute the same base propensities to us which govern them. Every gentleman with whom we have conversed and with whom we associate, knows well, that we have in the most earnest manner declared that we desired no office whatever at this juncture. We suggested Gov. Graham's name, confidently believ ing that it would meet tho views of a large majority of the people, (in which we were not mistaken) and that he mould certainly accept Those intimate with us, knowithat his declination was a serious disappointment to us. With the .same feelings and' expectations we have suggested the name of CoL Vance, honestly preferring both of them to our self for that position. And we now say for the comfort of the squads, that Col. Vance will run, and that he will distance any one they may choose to run against him. Indeed, we now begin to think from certain indications, the squads will drop CoL John ston's name, and we shall not be surprised if they declare for CoL Vance or for some new man. But perhaps we ought to say, for the special com for and edification of our enemies and maligners, " Tr.v. Blanche and Sweetheart. Little dogs and all," that we venture the assertion, that no man in North Carolina has received more, if so many appeals, per sonally and by letter, urging us to allow our name to be run for the office of Governor as ourself. These appeals have not come from the politicians, but from theWfe of the Slate, in such numbers as would startle the hounds who are constantly barking at us. Let them bark on, and remember, that when we want to be Governor we shall say so. .6th Regiment N. C. Troops. We learn that this regiment was thrown into commotion, soon after the battle below Richmond, by the announcement that Capt Isaac E. Avery, of company E, had been appointed Lieutenant Colonel over Maj. Webb and others, who were justly enti tled to the place. Maj. Webb, who fought through the battle, of Manassas, under Colonel Fisher, and througn the battles below.Richmond as commander of the regiment, at once resigned his place as Major, as he should havi done under the circumstances, and returned cme. His resignation, however. makes room for otner favorites ; and Captain Avery will most robably now become Colonel, Capt Tate Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain Kirkland Major. Lieutenant Aiphonzo C. Avery becomes Captain of company E, in place of Capt Isaac E. Avery, pro moted. " - An ordinance was passed by the Convention, pro viding that promotion in companies should be by grade, and that all vacancies in third Lieutenancies should be filled by election ; but no provision of the sort was made as to regiments, for the reason that it was considered well settled; that the regimental officers should be advanced as vacancies take place that is, the Lieutenant Colonel to be ColoneL the Major to be Lieutenant Colonel, and the place of Major to be tilled by the senior Captain of the regi ment This has been the rule. But the rule has been violated in this instance. A worthy and com petent officer, whj is a Major, fresh from the field of battle, has been called upon to submit to the in justice of having a Captain placed over him as Lieut. Colonel ; and, having resigned, as it was expected he would do, the programme is no doubt to be car ried out by confering all the field offices of the regi ment upon family and party favorites. The only objection to Mai. Webb, so far as we know, is that he was not an original secessionist W e now call upon Gov. Clark, and the partizans who surround him, to furnish reasons to the public and to the army, for this act, which appears upon its face to be so unjust, not only to Maj. Webb but to other officers of the regiment Is this really a party war ? No, God forbid. Why, then, is it that nearly all the offices of honor, profit, and trust, both in the army and in civil life, are bestowed upon certain patizang and certain families? Why is it that merit is nothing, and - ol patriotism nothing, when compared with these claims of partizans and favorites ? The remedy for these wrongs can be (bund Only at the polls. Let the people rise up in their might, and cast out the partizans and " money changers " from positions whieh they have abused, and put better and more honest uien in their places. It is just as important to reform the government as it is to -prosecute the war ; indeed, the latter depends .very much upon the former. Let the people elect a Legislature which will ferret out and expose abuses, ! and reform the government; and let them elect Col. Vascb Governor a man who sympa thizes with all the bravo officers and men who are staking their lives for the country, and who will see to it that justice is done in promotions and appoint ments, without regard to party. ' Carthage. Our friends at this place complain that the Standard does not arrive regularly at that office. , We assure them it is not our fault, nor have we any just reason to suppose that the postmasters hon that route are to blame for it For some time, the heavy rains have probably interfered with the regularity of the stage between this place and Fay etteyille. On some routes we fear unprincipled men do detain the Standard. Our friends will please keep a -look out for any foul play of this sort We shall not fail to punish as he merits, any one whom we learn is guilty of defining or suppressing the Standard. , Bees. Every family who has no bee gums ought to buy them. They are very profitable and are of verylittle expense. 'Sin.ce the fall of New Orleans, honey would be a good substitute for sugar for the sick soldiers. Gen. Robert E. Lee in a letter to Mr. Chambliss of Petersburg, expreses his opposition to the entire system of impressing the property of citizens and of undue interference with farming operations during the war, except irf cases of great emergency. Good gense' good sense. Subordinates may learn some thine from the General-in-Chief. Beaareeard'sArihr Great anxiety prevails to know the exact position mjd condition of our large force under 'Beauregard, ' w the evacuation of Fort Pillow and Memphis . .were remams no longer a doubt They are already m possession 0f the enemy Yfcksburg held ontat accounts, bnt the enemy may belaid to have fileteposseMioncf the MississipaiThat Corinth baa evacuated m eySrftn, and our forces hare retirtd into MississiptA Baldwin, and from thence act toown. leanregard had remained at Connth as long as ajcwW. Halleck had so pressed him that he was oBfcH t0 g(V tnd fte of his army, the lackf waiw Ui heaUht 4a pelled it Southern, accounts a, that lhe evacn8. tion was well conducted,' with buf fito-t jjffc. era accounts, however, speak of Geff. J'ope". 'sttaefc ing bis rear, taking 10,000 prisoners and ltww arms. No one believes this, and yet the bare' an nouncement renders every one feverish and arntious. We hear of intimations of an entire change itr Beauregard's programme. The silence of the South' ern press, except a few meaning hints, indicate this change. Indeed, we have so much confidence in ' the ability of Beauregard, we shall not be surprised to hear from him soon on a career of brilliant and : daring successes." We trust, whatever may be his course, he will soon vindicate the high confidence' and reliance placed in him by the Southern people. Fishtl Fight!! . Five little letters contain the only solution of the difficulties which, now hang over the Confederacy. We talk of combining our forces of withdrawing from the sea-coast of advancing into the Northern States of the disaffection in the North that she is growing tired of the war that she is bankrupt ' that she cannot raise more forces that France and England must interfere and all that, but we repeat what we have often said, that nothing will do but o " F-i-G-n-T. We must fight every where all the time wherever the enemy shows himself and we must fight for victory for peace for independ ence for bread, for every thing. We must fight vigorously, impetuously and giant-like. Our move ments must exceed Buonaparte's in quickness in shrewdness in impetuosity, and daring and power. Jackson has seethe example to all our Generals and to the whole country. Let Jackson and Price, and . Magruder be reinforced and turn them loose upon the enemy every where to conquer or die, and some thing will be done. Oh for the spirit of our Marions and Morgans .and the fathers of the first revolu tion the spirit of Andrew Jackson in the second war of Zack. Taylor in the Mexican war, and of Stonewall Jackson of this war, to be infused into our entire army, both officers and men. Then we might hope for early and complete success. We publish as follows, at the request of a friend, the official statement of the loss of company A, Capt E. F. Lovell, Surry, 28th N. C. Regiment, in the late battle at Hanover Court-house, Va. : Killed. P. IL Roberts, J. RKey. Wounded Hugh Puckett Missing Corp. W. C. Key,.S. Axum, Jas. Asbburn, C. H. Atkinson, J. T. Black wood, B. Brown, E. W. Bray, L. II. Burris, J. W. Cockerham, J. H. Childress, D. Edwards, W. A. Gregg, M. Glascoe, John Harris, Win. Morris, H. G. Pool, W. O. Parks,' Albert Parsons, H. Patterson, James Puckett, John Reid, Olive Stantly, John Hyatt We are glad to learn by a flag of truce received in Richmond, that Gen. Pettigrew although severely wounded is improving andloing veil, though a prisoner, and that Col. Lightfoot and Lt Col. Long of the 22d N. C. are not killed as reported, but aie welL i. Capt. Fbeeland, y Orange. Capt Freeland's company ef the 6th N. C. State troops, was detach ed as a guard for Gen. Smith's headquarters, on Saturday the 31st, the day of the first Jbattle near Richmond. He went into the engagement with tho 22d N. C. regiment, under Col. Lightfoot He had his sword drawn, and the scabbard was shot in twain. His-leg was at length roken by a ball, and some of his men were bearing him from the field, when, being hard pressed by the enemy, he urged them to leave him and save, themselves. They did so reluctantly. He was captured with four of his men. The company behaved nobly in the action. We trust that Capt Freeland, who is one of the best qfficers in the regiment, will survive his wound. Johnson Jones Hooper. The Richmond papers announce the death of this gentleman in that City on Saturday last He was a native of -this State, a man of varied learning, devoted to literature, and was the author of those popular tales, "Major Jones' Courtship," " Simon Suggs," and other works, which have af forded the entire reading public so much entertain ment and instruction. He was Secretary of the Provisional Congress, and had been a resident of Montgomery, Ala., a number of years. Gen. Branch. - From the air of truthfulness, which pervaded the article of " Hanover," giving an account of the fight "near Hanover C. H.,Va., we, in common with other papers, published itL . We readily therefore pub lish the correction.by "Hanover," in which he ad mits he did injustice to Gen. Branch. A correspondent of the Charlotte Bulletin rays that the 28th N. C. regiment is in line near Rich mond. He also states that the reported loss of Gen. Branch's brigade in that encounter is about 800. Wby is it that no official report of the losses have been made public, except the casualties of the 18th N. C. regiment 1 A correspondent of the Wilming ton Journal blames Gen. J. R. Anderson, who he says was within 4 miles with a large force, but did not render uen. li ranch any aid. lhe annexed is the card of " Hanover." RicnMOKD, June 6, 1862., To the Editor of the Richmond Examiner : In your paper of Mar 81st appeared an article on .the battle in Hanover,, by VHanover." The author afterwards found that some Tacts bad been uninten tionally misstated, and that certain expressions had been used which might, jf unexplained, be constru ed to reflect upon the personal bravery of general ship of L. O'B. Branch ; therefore "Hanover" re quested you, on June" 1st, to insert an article expla natory of this first article, and was told by your clerk that the article would appear if possible. Will you. sir, please publish said article, if possible ; and if not, please publish at least enough to assure the public that "HanOTcr" is now satified that Gen. Branc was on the field before a gun had been fired, and that bo ordered ail of his forces into position, and did not keep a battery and four regiments idle at his side while the enemy was moving down the Eighteenth and Tbirty-seventfi, as'was at' first stated. Gen. R. E. Lee has thanked Gen. Branch for bis management on that occasion and for the conduit of his troops; and as the first article, if unexplain ed, might do injustice to a brave officer, it is hoped fbat you will at least aflow an explanation. I am, sir, tc, V HANOVER. Capt: Stebsia. We are pleased to learn that in the recent skirmishes near Washington, oat young townsman, Capt Charles M. StedniaiBbore a con spicuous 'and gallant part In the first, his horse was wounded, and becoming unmanageable, carried him almost within the lines of the enemy, where he fell, injuring his rider in the shoulder and leg by the fall, though not very seriously. Capt S. was highly complimented by CoL Sinrletary for his gal lantry in this action. In the third skirmish, he pursued a Yankee officer alone, captured him, and secured a fine navy repeater and an elegant sword, both of which he intends using in his future opera tions against the enemy. Capt S. accompanied the remains of CoL SIngeltary to Raleigh. Fay, P .
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