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'THE liortl-Carfllina itattkra WILLIAM W. H OLDEN. . '" Editor and Proprietor. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY Two Dollart per annum, invanab'v in advance. n."' ni. TERMS-OP TUB SEMI-WEEKLTR' DoOan per annum, invariably in advance . , ', . ! All vapers art ditcontsnued at tkt expiration of the time. for which tliey have teen paid. ' ' ,' - ". Terms of Advertising in Semi-Weekly Standard: Our regular rates of advertising are as follows: - One square, ( 14 lines t less; nrst insertion, - f 1 00 Each subsequent insertion, - - i - - 25 Longer advertisements in proportion Contracts will be made with advertisers, at the about reaular rates, tor sis or twelve months, and at the close of the contract 33 per ceQt-Wl11 06 deducted from the gross '"professional or bnsiness Cards, not exceeding five lines will be inserted in either the Weekly or Semi-Weekly, for $0 for six months, or $1!) for twelve months; or in both papers for f 10 for sis 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 Xb deduction will be ir.ide on weekly adneriieemmt, no matter Jww long they nmy run. Oirfv 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 forbid. Kig Mouey sent ns by mail is at our risk. Igm, RALEIGH: SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1862. The Latest News. There was a general expectation in Richmond that a battle on onr entire line would have come off Wednesday, and others have fixed .upon Thursday. So far as we are informed, up to this writing, no general batttle has been fought Besides the usual picket firing and artillery practice for some days which looked to a general battle, a very sharp skir mish took place six or seven miles from Richsiond, on the Williamsburg road, on Wednesday morning. The accounts in the Richmond papers, but the Examiner which is usually correct, says that on Tuesday night the enemy advanced and drove in the pickets of the 14th X. C. Regiment, Col. Roberts, and they were reinforced by the 4th Georgia, and 1st Louisiana, of Gen. Wright's brigade. Three brigades of the enemy, Sickles', Hunter's and Sum ner's, advanced upon our lines about 8 o'clock, on "Wednesday morning. After heavy firing, the 1st Louisiana Regiment charged the enemy twice, and drove him back. The fight w;as principally main tained on our side by the 1st Louisiana, 2d, 3d and 23d Georgia, and the 14th North Carolina. The enemy is said to have sustained a severe loss. The 1st Louisiana which suffered most on our side, lost perhaps 3d killed and 150 wounded. The loss of the other regiments -was trifling. The ball was wound up by the artillery. Gen. Kirby Smith has certainly evacuated Cum berland Gap and fallen back to Clinch river. But little has occurred since our last of general interest in the West Mitchell was still at Hunts ville, Ala., with 3,000 troops. Charleston is daily in expectation of an attack. The late severe repulse on James' Island will serve to hold them back awhile. We regret to learn that our old friends Captain Hiram Witherspoon, of this county, and Captain Alsey Taylor, of Nash, have both been compelled to resign on account of continued bad health. They belonged to Col. Campbell's gallaut 7th N. C. regi ment, which fought so bravely in the Nevvbern bat tle. They have both been quite ill since that battle. The regiment is now in front of the enemy, about 4 miles from Richmond, in Gen. Branch's brigade. Wheat Ckop. We observe that several of our State papers are speaking more encouragingly of the wheat crop" than they did three weeks ago. The crop will probably be large on account of the large quantity sowed. The Georgia and Alabama papers speak highly of the grain crops of those States. The Crisis. We judge that matters about Richmond have reached a crisis. The battles of Saturday and Sun day at the Seven Pines," if they had been pressed and followed up by our force, must have resulted in the utter routej if not annihilation of McClellan's forces. Facts which continue to leak out show that his loss was at least 10,000 compared with a loss of 2.500 to 3,000 on our side. The killed, wounded, prisoners and demoralized forces of McClellan in those battles is now estimated by Northern writers at 40,000 ! Gen. Johnston's wound was a sad calamity, yet we believed then and b.-lieve now that we should have sustained far less loss by pressing on then, than we shall in the sequel, and we should have ut terly broken up McClellan's army. The rest we have taken since has no doubt put our troops in better trim, added greatly to our force and our preparations, but the enemy has not been inactive. He has erected the most formidable forti fications and has beer, largely re-inforced. But his present strength is not equal to the task of taking Richmond. If he advances we can whip him badly. As Magruder would say, let hiin.be attacked. e lij and vigorously. 1. Oca Own Primer, for children. Published by Sterling, Cambell & Albright, Greensboro'. 2. Ocit Own Second Reader, lor the use of Schools and families, by Mssrs. Sterling & Campbell, same Publishers. The binder, at a late hour, has laid these South ern School books on our table. They are excellent compilations, and are well adapted to the purposes intended. They are altogether North Carolina books, web and wocf, and we hope the effort of the enter prising publishers to furnish Southern schools with Southern text boTks will be suitably rewarded. The Confederate Treasury is now issuing bills for circulation of the denominations of one, one and a half, two, and two and a half dollars. Fine Spcn Cotton. For the information of a correspondent, we state that the Post Office of the Agent of the Island Ford Manufacturing Company as well as we now recollect, is Franklinsville, N. C. The fine cotton yarn of which we spoke some weeks ao came for this Factory. It is fine enough for fine homespun dresses, hose, or to be double and twisted for sewing cotton. A correspondent of the Richmond Whig repre sents our affairs in a critical condition in East Ten nessee. .Gen. Kirby Smith needs more men in that quarter. js . TVio Pp.ni" tnhanco Rtored in Richmond in a ware house near the river, has been partially ruined by the late freshet tk v i;n which has Dassed the Federal Senate, vill irivi it in com du ted. about a hundred' and twenty millions of dollars. The Knoxville " ReAster" reports that Col. John H. Morgan is en route to Virginia to supply the place in Stonewall Jackson's army- made vacant by the death ot the brave Ashby. . It is stated that for General Halleck to remain at Corinth two months, would be equivalent to the loss oi thirty thousand men. . - Wtmm Vol. xxviii. No. 27. m Let North-Carolina Alone I ..-"'.; The Richmond. Enquirer of Tuesday last, no doubt by request, comes forward to dictate to the people of North-Carolina as to how they should vote in August next That paper devotes nearly two columns to ""North-Carolina politics, and does gross and manifest injustice to the old Union men of this State. Its main object is to prejudice and influence the North-Carolina, soldiers around Rich mond against CoL Vance, and thus, if possible, de feat him for Governor. North-Carolina is a sovereign State, and her peo ple not only have the right to govern themselves, but they are competent to do so. We protest against all outside interference in our elections; and especially do we protest against Virginia interfe rence, at the nnment when not less than twenty- five thousand of our brave soldiers more than half of whom were Union men are massed around Richmond, ready to die on Virginia soil for Virginia firesides. Col. Vance, against whom the Enquirer is endeavoring to prejudice the army, and thus ob tain thfiir vote1? for his opponent, -was among the first to volunteer in this State. - He abandoned a seat in Congress, a comfortable home, and the practice of his profession, and hurried to Raleigh as Captaii; of one of the first companies raised, having entered the ranks as a private. His regiment was first assigned to duty near Suffolk, and, for months, he stood guard with his brave companions, on Vir ginia soil. Without any solicitation on his part he was elected Colonel of the 2Gth regiment; and at the head cf that regiment he fought through the battle of Newbern, which was lost by the incompe tency and ignorance -in military matters of Gen. Branch, one of the political Richmond Brigadiers. Having fought in that battle for nearly two hours after his General had left the field, he conducted the retreat of his men in a masterly manner to Kinston, where he remained until within a few days since, when he was ordered to Petersburg. "With thous ands upon thousands' of our gallant soldiers, he is now engaged in keeping the battle from the doors of the Enquirer and the Enguirer's neighbors; and that paper acknowledges his presence and his ser vices, by joining with those in this State who, for party purposes, are hunting him down, and brand ing him and his friends as unsound and disloyal to the Southern States ! North-Carolina, unlike Virginia, seceded from the old government unanimously and with open doors. From the beginning of the war to the present hour, her sons have not regarded State lines, but they have fought the enemy and laid their bones from the Big Sewell to York river. Her troops drew the first blood on Virginia soil, and made the country ring with rejoicings over the Bethel victory. Her troops (Moore's battery) drew the first blood which was shed on South-Carolina soil, after she became one of the Confederate States. At Bull Run, Manas sas, Williamsburg, Winchester, and Chickahotuhiy, scores and hundreds of her soldiers died for South ern rights; and ol those who fell, and those who remain tocontendfor freedom on Virginia soil, more than one-half labored with Col. Vance to save the Union up to Lincoln's proclamation. Every blow aimed at him by unscrupulous partizans, falls on them, as well as on his friends at home. Col. Champ Davis was slain near Richmond in the re cent battle. He was an Union man as long as Col. Vance was. A more heroic, gallant gentleman never lived. Col. Vance is just like him; and it may be that before this paper reaches those for whom it is intended, he too may have fallen on Virginia soil in defence of Virginia firesides. And yet the Enquirer, which deprecates party, joins those who, for party . . - i . i 11 1: t. T purposes, are nuuuqp nun uown, unu urauuing unu and his friends as disloyal to the South ! We now say to Virginia and South-Carolina, let North-Carolina alone! She is not "a narrow strip of land between " you, but a sovereign, self governing State, She wants a Governor of her own, and noCone from South-Carolina, or one dicta ted by Virginia politicians and the government at Richmond. The Noble Women of Richmdifd. We saw, a day or two since, a most touching and beautiful letter, addressed by a lady of Richmond to the father of a volunteer from this State, giving an account of the sickness and death of his son. He was a mere boy ; and, his gentle and delicate ap pearance, as he lay in the Hospital, having attracted the attention of some ladies, they had him removed to their house, and kindly nursed and ministered to him until he died. We mention this case among thousands of a simi-' lar kind which have no doubt occurred in Richmond, Sorely pressed by the enemy, with almost famine prices for nearly every edible they purchase, with but few if any luxuries and delicacies, with the sounds and alarms of war around them, and with their own sons, and brothers, and husbands in the army, these noble women are devoting themselves to the sick and the wounded from every State who are thrown among them, with a patience, fortitude, and unwearied particularity of attention, and with a forgetfulr.ess of their own ease and comfort, which call for the thanks and gratitude of all Southerners, and which will make their names immortal in the history of this war. Every father, and mother, and wife, and sister, and brother, in all these Confed erate States, whose near and dear ones have been succored and cared for by these " ministering an gels,", will "rise up and call them blessed." The brave men who encircle Richmond as with a wall of fire, are no doubt deeply sensible of the attention thus shown by the noble women of Richmond to their sick and wounded comrades ; and .the knowl edge that tbey are fighting for such women and for such families, as well as for their own firesides, will give tenfold vigor to their efforts in the-day of battle. r ; The Court of Inquiry at Richmond in the case of the Merrimac,' has decided very ' properly that the destruction of tlfeMerrimac at the time and place where it occurred, was unnecessary it being shown that she might have occupied the mouth of James' River and prevented large Yankee war vessels pas sing up. The same Court decided that the burning of the ram Mississippi at New Orleans was neces sary, to prevent her falling into the. hands of the enemy. . .. ' It is stated that during the late brilliant achieve ment of Gen. Stuart to the tear of McClellan's ar my, that they passed within 600 yards 'of McClel lan's head-quarters, who was there at the time with a small guard of Cavalry. What a pity Stuart did . not know it - ,' ," LEIGIL N. C, WHINES V Our Rail Roads. ' ,- - Tho publication of the Directors of the several Railroads of the State recently appointed by Gov. Clark, suggests some ideasln regard to the manage ment of two. of our Railroads, which may not be inappropriate at this time. Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road. - We doubt if there be a Railroad in the Southern Confederacy managed better, if so well, as the Ral eigh and Gaston Railroad. Ever since the re organization and refitting of that Road, no matter who has been President, it has been splendidly man aged. Even when our quondam friend, Gaston H. Wilder was President, whom every body knows is rather a slow coach, it was well-managed. Gen. Branch did admirably as a Railroad President far better than he has eijer done or ever will do, as a Brig. General. Dr. Hawkins' energy and prompt ness, however, rank him with the first Railroad Presidents of the Confederacy ; and no Road has a better superintendent than Mr. P. A. Dunn. The great secret of the success of this Road, how ever, does not lie so much in the ability of its Pres idents, as in the wise policy adopted years ago, and rigidly adhered to, to employ none but the most fit men as chiefs or subordinates of the several de partments. Its employees must be sober, indus trious, reliable and compitent men, or they are dis charged. The amount of wages demanded by each, has not been the sine qua non with the managers, but the question is, are they worth what they de mand t The success of the Road is, therefore, to be attributed more to the efficiency and thorough competency of the Johnsons, the Vasses, the Aliens, the H of tons, the Lipscombs, the Pooles and others employed on it, than to any other one fact Many of them have been on the Road from the beginning they are as much interested in its success as if it belonged to them. It scarcely ever loses a mail, a box or barrel, and a serious accident has never oc curred on the Road. We learn that every engineer at present was raised an apprentice on the Road. ' Promptness, safety, and the spirit of accommoda tion characterize its operations," and the Road is coininc money. Nokth Carolina (Central) Railroad, We wish we .could say as much for the North oVth Carolina (Central) Railroad. The State and the people are more interested pecuniarily in this Road than all the rest Its eminent success is a matter of State pride as well as uf State interest It has had good Presidents. The lamented Fisher did much to make the Road an efficient and successful one, but it has always had some draw-backs, from ! some cause. It is, moreover, a long Road, and it is a Herculean task to manage it and keep every screw tight and in the right place. Mr. Webb, the pres ent President, is a sensible, energetic young man, and he is doing his utmost to make it what it should be. Besides, the Road when he took it was in a bad condition nearly run down, and time is re quired to work it up. But there is manifest incompetency or dereliction somewhere. Complaints against the Road are be coming too common. Collisions, running off, loss of mails, dreadful accidents, enormous losses of freight, trunk?, baggage of all kinds, and failures , as to time are constantly occurring. On the other end of the Road,- some one is always grumbling. We do not know that any one is to blame for the inefficiency of the Road. But it is certain that something must be done to produce a change in its affairs. It ought to have been the most prosperous Road in the country for the last twelve months, and we learn that the losses have been so great that it 'is doubtful whether much has been made. We hope lar otherwise. Wc fear the secret of its poor success lies main ly in the too frequent changes made in the chiefs and subordinates of the several departments. . A penny-wise and pound-foolish policy has been prac ticed too much, we fear. The price of wages and not the character and fitness of the employees, has been weighed too much, perhaps. Why is it that Capt Allen, one of the best Rotd -masters in the land, was not kept on the Road t Were he at his post, there and he is at home on a Railroad things would work better. Capt A. is-no friend of the Standard, but we will do him or any other man justice. We throw out these hints for the consideration of the stockholders who are to meet soon. We repeat it, something must be done to make this great interest of the State what it should be. . If Col. Vance is the skillful officer that those who bring him forward represent him to be and we de tract nothing from his merits in that capacity he ought to know and feel that this the very pinch of the war is no time for him to leave a " field " in which he was pledged to remain while the war lasted. Register. If Col. Johnston is the ardent Southern man he professes to be, why is it that he is not in the field? He accepted a shade office last spring, and drew his salarV as Commissary General and member of the Convention at tho same time; but the war has been raging for twelve months, and he hanot even gone to the field. Nor does he intend to go. He is hang ing back for another office. But if CoL Vance should retire from the service, he will do so at the call of the people, for no living man can say that he sought the nomination for Governor. The people found Col. Vance in the line of duty, and, being well pleased with him, and wishing his services in a different position which requires military as well as civil knowledge, they are saying to him, "come up higher." If the brave men who compose his regi ment, and the army generally, vote for him for Gov ernor, and if the people want him to be Governor, what is that to Mr. Syme, or the Richmond En quirer? But where is Col. Vance in the " very pinch of the war ? " In the face of the foe, with his sword drawn, and ready for action. Where is CoL John ston? In his office, in Columbia, South-Carolina, managing his Railroad, or in Raleigh, caucusing ' with his brother office-holders for his own personal promotion Fellow-citizens,- behold the contrast! And where are many of those who are abusing Col. Van:e, and attempting to cast suspicions on his loy alty? Skulking from the conscription avoiding service in a war which they aided' to bring on the country; or. occupying fat offices in the shade, and purchasing their salt, bacontaolasses, coffee, tour, and the like at government prices, while the sol diers and the people have to pay full prices for these articles. ,': ' - ' ' - Great sickness prevails among McClellan's and Halleck's forces. ' ' DAT. JULY 2, Cov. Clark and the Governorship. It is a little remarkable that Gov. Clark, who hails from the Edgecombe region, and who has acquitted himself as Governor quite as well as Mr. Johnston would, has been overlooked and neglected by the Slallfederate party. What has Gov. Clark done, or omitted to do, that the cold shoulder should thus be given to him ? .,..., We observo that the Wilmington Journal still withholds its support from Mr. Johnston. This is significant, and may be accounted for on these grounds: First, Gov. Clark is an old Democrat, and Mr. Johnston is an old Whig, and the Journal is mainly supported by those who were formerly Dem ocrats. Second, the last Governor was from tho West, and was nominated in Mr. Johnston's town ; and the Journal may think that' the East, and espe- ' cially Edgecombe, is entitled to the Governor. Third, Mr. Johnston is known to bo in favor, as his acts show, of building up tho port of Charleston, to the neglect and injury of our own ports. It remains to be seen whether the friends of Gov. Clark will submit to bis being overslaughed by an aspirant for the office, who is by no means his su-. perior either in decision of character or business qualifications. All the other papers in the State have indicated their choice for Governor, but the Journal is as dumb as an oyster at dead of night in Onslow Jaj. We know the Journal was in favor, some months since, of seceding from this State, and annexing New Hanover to South-Carolina ; and it may be that he will turn his back on his friend and patron, Gov. Clark, and go for the South-Carolina candidate Tell us under what flag thou sailest, in the midst of these roaring storms, oh James ! A Grand Discovery i' Some scribbling Stallfederate, who writes in the Register over the signature of "Old Whig," and dates his letter Halifax, June 19, says it is rumored that the Editor of the Standard has ' prevailed up on the Hon. George E. Badger to suppress a certain letter to the Hon. Ed. Stanly, Lincoln's bogus' Gov ernor of North-Carolina." Now, in the first place, Mr. Badger has had no correspondence with Mr. Stanly ; and in the second place, Mr. Badger him self must be the judge, as he has been,. and will be, as to whether he will permit his private correspon dence to go before the public. We happen to know, however, that Mr. Badger has written a letter, which passed through Mr. Stanly's hands, and which Mr. Stanly no doubt , read, for it was unsealed, and it was intended that Mr. S. should have the privilege of reading it This letter is admirable in concep tion, sentiment, and diction, and would have been creditable to a Roman Senator in the best days of that Republic; but the suggestion that we "pre vailed'' upon Mr. B. to "suppress" the letter is not only unfounded, but absurd. The attempt which this anonymous scribbler makes to produce the im pression that we did not wish the letter published, because it "scourged" Lincoln's administration, is entitled only to our contempt We will venture to say that we are a better Southern man, and more hostile to Lincoln's administration", than this scrib bler is. This scribbler says he believes Mr. Stanly "means right," and that he "never knew him guilty of a dishonorable action." He thus appears before the public as an apologist of Mr. Stanly ! If we had said as much, the Stallfederates would have pro nounced us a traitor ; but original secessionists may say and do what they please, and it is all right The Newbern Progress and New York Herald, as soon as they, get hold of the Register, will no doubt copy the above compHment to Mr. Stanly from that paper, as an evidence that the "Union" sentiment is on the increase in North-Carolina. What does Mr. Syme mean by thus giving "aid and comfort" to the enemy ? A Mistake. Mr. Johnston expects to secure the support of Iredell County on account of his efforts in establishing the Railroad from Charlotte to States villc. But docs that bring the people of Iredell un der any obligations to Mr. Johnston ? Certainly not The object of Mr. J. was not so much to help Iredell County as to help his South-Carolina Rail road and his favorite City, Charleston. That Road, while it may partjally benefit the people of Iredell, contributes towards building up Mr. Johnston's Railroad and Charleston, to the injury of the Cen tral Road and our own seaports. But the people of Iredell, looking to the interests of the State, will not allow influences of that kind to sway them to the support of Mr. Johnston. The question with them will be which will make the best Governor which is the man for the times, Mr. Johnston or Colonel Vance? ';--' The Old North State. After a full year has elapsed our Virginia cotem poraries are beginning to appreciate North Carolina and her gallant sons. On every battle field, where our brave people have been, they have stood in the front of the battle. Perhaps no State in the Con federacy, except Virginia, has sacrificed so many val uable lives or so much treasure in this war as North Carolina. Her people only need to be led by the right men, to exhibit a daring,, a gallantry and an endurance against wrong unsurpassed in the annals of any country. And yet, with shame be it said, thousands of these men in the field, and their fathers at hme, are characterized by the original secession and partizan papers of North Carolina, as traitors to the South : "When the truth is told, says the Richmond Whig, it wiil be found that North-Carolina has furn: ished as many, if not more men for the field than any other State in the Confederacy. She has armed, equipped; and clothed them in a style which other States may equal, but have not surpassed. They have fought nobly. At Manassas, Newbern, Wil liamsburg, Hanover Court-house, Seven Pines, and under Stonewall Jackson, they have shed immortal honor on the land of the Mecklenburg declaration. Their numbers are surprising. Not only do the North-Carolinians fight well, but they conduct them selves, well in the camp and on the march. Tbey do not depredate. They are brave and modest regardful of the interests of private citizens. If the bogus Governor, Stanly, - could see the powerful columns that this brave old State has given to the war, his traitor heart would sink within him. North-Carolina has done her whole duty to the cause, and without bragging about :t"v X lady recently from New York, says the Peters burg Express, states that the steamer Commodore Vanderbilt, carried to New York 800 wounded sol diers after the recent battles near Richmond. Their condition' was deplorable and the city was filled with mourning. Many were ready to cry out against the continuance of the war. Whole Dumber 1422., .. t " Holdenltes." , , The last Salisbury Watchman, in an srtirln nn the Governorship, sayB: " "Tw0.North"cro,in Standard was partizn enough to attack Wm. Johnston, Esq., and say he ff? to be Governor: and thereupon, every preicra S?me one else than Mr, Johnston, mean!" nldenite or something else that's Our friend of the Watchman is mistaken. We are not a partizan, and we have mnV no attack on Mr. Johnston. That irentlpm . ru inated for Governor by a partizan "meeting in Char lotte, and we only exposed the attempt to run him as a no-Dartv randiilnfo Tt mil-u! i:r - av uiuvreuw with us what Mr. Johnston was, before the old Democratic and the old Whig parties were broken up; but we know he was a partizan in the Conven tion, ana we know he received his appointment as lotnjnissary General from a partizan Military Board. and turned his back on bis old Whig friends, and aciea wun inose who were striving, and aro still striving to put a "hideous mark" upon them as un true to the South. We admit that we said Mr. Johston was not a suitable person for Governor in this crisis, and we stick to it ' What does the Watchman mean by the expres sion "Holdenitcs, or something else that's mean?" The'Editor ol the Watchman has seen too much of parties and of the world, and has too much sense to be affected by the silly cry of "Holdenites" raised by the spoils party. Such a cry is not only ridicu lous in itself, but is intended as an insult to the con servatives of the State. Now, the holden ites are the very fellows we want turned out of office. They aro holden-night and day to all the shade offices of hoi.or and profit, and they will continue to "do so until the people say, hold en ough. Though Stall-feds, they baulk and stall at nothing when on the road to office. The Iredell Exprcts says " we shall expect soon to hear that the Standard ally at Newbern has nominated Col. Vance, and that Burnside's soldiers will vote lor him, in consideration of tbS important services which the Standard is rendering tho North ern government" Can party madness go further than that? We ask the special attention of the people of Iredell to this language of the Express. The same paper also speaks of Col. Vance as the "Northern1' or "Federal" candidate for Governor! We will tell the Erpress to what extent Col Vance is the "Northern" candidate. He is several hun dred miles north of Raleigh and Statesville, ready to meet the Northmen at the point of the bayo net, and prepared to offer tip his life for tho rights of the South. Wc wonder that the hand thaH pens such monstrous reflections on a worthy man and a gallant soldier, is not paralyzed in the act Gen. Pendep.'s Biucade. This Brigade is compo sed of the lfith reg., Col. McElroy's; the 22d, CoL Conner's ; 34th, Col. Riddick's ; the 3Sth, Col, W J. Hoke's, all North-Carolina troops, and Muj. Bro naugh's Arkansas Battalion. The Brigade will do its duty. Re-Okganization. The several brigades and di visions of the acmy around Richmond arc undergo ing a re-organization. The troops from the several States are being placed together in brigades where it can be done with propriety, according to an act of Congress. North-Carolinians will rejoice at this. Let our brave boys stand or fall together in regi ments and brigades. In thit case if they i'.they will reap the credit, and if any.run it will be known who riin.. We are not afraid of our North-Carolina soldiers any where. Let them have the right men to lead them, and they will win or die. Wno Ran at the Battle of Richmond? The Richmond Enquirer shamelessly intimates that the falsehoods published in the Yankee papers that North-Carolina troops ran in the battle of June 1st, near Richmond, because .of the divisions in this State and the course of the Standard. Will a jour nal which claims to be respectable so stultify itself? Why did not the Enquirer tell the plain truth about it ? The Yankees knew that some troops ran. They knew that North-Carolinians were in the battle. Why did they say that the North-Carolinians ran ? Simply because Virginians are always ridiculing the North-Carolinians, and charging them with cow ardice. It has been "done repeatedly. Now the truth is, "no North-Carolinian ran on that occasion, but it can be proven that Virginians did. Why does not the Enquirer correct the falsehood ? Ask Gen. Huger who ran on that day, Virginians or North-Carolinians ? Confederate Prisoners in New York. The New York Herald publishes the following list of Con federate officers from North-Carolina, held as prison ers of war in Fort Columbus, Governor's Island, New York harbor, Junellfh: 3Zd Reg'tr-Gol C. M. Avery. Capt. T. W. May hew, Lieuts. J. A. Weston, R. A. Hauser, and John Anderson. " " - 2Gt7t Reg't.- Capt 0. R. Rand, and Lieut J. W. Vinson. mh RegH. Major S. D. Lowe, Capts. W. W. Speer, S. N. Stowe, and G. B. Johnston; Lieut N. Bohannon, C. Scott, and M. A. Thornbury. 18th RegX Capt T. Wi Brown. Nth Reg'LCupt. W. Y. Farthing, Lieuts. R. L. Steele, J. L. Best and W. A. Stuart Latham's Battery. Lieuts. W. Wheeler, and C. H. Brown. 22nb N. C. Regiment. The 22nd N. C. Regiment, originally commanded by Col. Pettigrew, was re organized on Friday last, 13th inst, by electing Maj. Conner, of Hamton's Legion, S. C, Colonel : Capt Robt H. Gray of Randolph county, N. C, Lt Col onel ; and Capt C. C. Cole, of Guilford county, N. C., Major. Lt II. E. Charles takes the place of C. C. Cole, as Captain of the Guilford men. These are all ex cellent appointments.' Cumberland Gap Evacuated. The Knoxville Register of the 20th announces the evacuation of the Gap stating that our forces had fallen back to a position on the Clinch river, and that the Federals had left their camp beyond the Gap, blockading the road so they could not return if tbey would. The infamous Butler at New Orleans, recently had a Mr. Munford hung for taking down the Fede ral flag raised there before the city surrendered. It is said, that for some trivial cause he is about to have six others hung. Is there no speedy- retribu tion for this demon in human shape ? L Holly- springs and Manchac Holly springs, which is reported to have been captured by the en emy, is the county seat of Marshal county, Miss. and is on the Mississippi Central Railroad, one hun dred and twenty miles north of Jackson. Manchac, Louisiana, (also reported captured,) is a depot on the New Orieans and Jackson road, near the head of Lake Ponchartrain. ;' . Col. Yance. , , .. TlGreVrtsbo PaiWt says We regret to learn thtrf many obstacles' havn been thrown In the way of his rateiii his Legioni that a tery large number of ComaMle desired to join his legion be fore they were -ttustered .into Regiments but s deaf ear was given to tSellr wisbaa, and they were distributed ehewhere. -Watchman. The truth is, forty cotflpattte were tendered to CoL Vance. ' He accepted thirty-all be . was enti tled to in his Legion. Actintf orafeF authority, ho appointed Kittrell's Springs as the phee of rendez vous; but as soon as he was generally" Spoken of for Governor, those in authority commenced tff em barrass him in his efforts to raise his Leeion. and i( seems now that it is broken up. He was refused a turlougn, which he was obliged to have, in order to visit Kittrell's to attend to'-hia Legion. We know these things to be so. Let the people oi the State, who do not wish to sea this a party war, judge for themselves. There are Stallfederates and minions of power, here and elsewhere, who would rejoice to near that JCoL Vance had met with some serious misfortune. But we believe a kind Providence. who has heretofore shielded him in the crash of battle, will continue to protect him; and will pre serve his life for great usefulness to his country. . For the StandarO. Mk. Editor: I find the fnllnwino- in the Richmond Examiner ol the 24th inst: "Tor Conscription Law. W nA7 efata fnp f Tin benefit of persons claimed by the government as w.ov, ipw, uiai mo enrolling omcers have been in structed by the War Department to pay no atten tion to certificates of disability from physicians at home, or surgeons in camp, or discharcoR from th service prior to the passage of the conscription act lejwpi, irom wounus receiveu in Dattic.) Uonscrjpts will be ordered to the camp of instruction, where they can be examined by surgeons detailed for that special purpose." I haye no objections to urge against the conscript law or its design?, since it is claimed to have been passed as an imperious military necessity to meet the exigencies of the country. But the manner of its enforcement is one of legitimate criticism. There fore, I do not hesitate to pronounce this regulation of the War Department unjust and oppressive.. See how it will work. Major Mallet, who has been appointed "to take charge of the conscription ia North-Carolina," hag established his camp of in struction' at Camp Carolina!, in the vicinity of Ral eigh, According to the order of the War Depart ment, "no attention is to be paid to certificates of disability from physicians at home or surgeons in camp" but the conscripts will be ordered to the camp of instruction, "where they will be examined by Surgeons detailed for that special purpose." So that a poor fellow, living in the extreme western part of the State, and liable according to age to serve under the conscript law, but on account of infirmity, ill health or any natural bodily defect, will be compelled to leave his home and travel all the way to Raleigh to be examined at the camp of instruction by the government physicians 1 This trip is to be taken at tho hazard of health and life 1 If the conscript is too poor to pay his own expen ses, who is to provide hitn with means? In the name of justice in the name ot the glorious cause in which we are struggling in the name of hu manity itself why are su-h tyrranical and cruel means resorted, to hjf the officers of the govern ment? Does not every man see that they will prove disastrous to our cause? JUSTICE, For the Standard. Mr. Editor:' There has been considerable said in regard to the skirmishing near Hanover Court House, in which our gallant 18lh showed their bravery, yet there was one act of noble daring which - has not been stated by the papers. Capt John W. Meares, of Columbus county, N. C, who was elected Capt of Co. C, from a private, and who failed to receive his commission in consequence of the misrepresentations of a certain officer, was dis charged from the Confederate service, and on the morning previous to the fight had left the company, and was on his way home nearly three, miles from camp, when a courier overtook him who was carry ing a dispatch, and informed hun that the enemy was advancing,' and that the 18th Regiment would be engaged in repulsing them. Nd sooner had our gallant Capt Meares received this information than his spirit was aroused, and, turning back at the double quick, Jie thought to regain the iatn Kegt., of which he as previously a member, but being cut off by a Company of Yankee scouts who had managed to get around the Regt, and who rushed out from their place of concealment and poured forth a volley of minnie balls upon him before he saw them, yet Capt Meares, not to be outdone, return ed the tire, unconscious of the imminent danger in which he was placed, without making any effort to get away or showing any symptoms of fear, and kept up the fire all alone until a company of caval ry came to his assistance, and which finally suc ceeded in taking 63 prisoners besides those killed. These prisoners were taken to Ashland the same evenmg, And afterwards to Richmond. We consider this an act of noble bravery for our young and gallant Captain, for we doubt whether any other person in the Regiment would have re turned to participate in so unequal a contest, after being discharged. ' Wc greatly prefer the gallant Capt Meares to such officers as those who treated him so unjustly and then got behind a tree in the fight, for we saw them with our own eyes. MANY COMRADES. Bayonet Cuaroes. A New York Trilmne letter says : " The conduct of the rebels in the engage ments of Saturday and Sunday was worthy of a better cause. - General officers speak of some of their charges on Saturday as splendid." On the 25th of August, the one thousandth an niversary of the foundation of the Empire of Russia, the Government will be declared changed from an autocratic to a constitutional form. The Grand Duke Constantino is the initiator of this movement The correspondent of the New York Times says that the officers of the British steamer Racer, at Annapolis, associate chiefly with the avowed Seces sionists at this place. ; I Information received in Richmond warrants the belief that a good portion of Halleck's forces will reach Washington City in a few days. PUBLIC MEETING. ' On Tuesday, June 10th, after speaking of the candidates for the Legislature at the. court house in Franklin, Macon county, Gen. R. M. Henry being present, arose and said that he had been requested by a goodly number of gentlemen, friends of the gallant CoL Z. B. Vance, to request a meeting of the friends of that gentleman to be held in the court house, immediately, for the purpose of giving ex pression of their opinion as to the propriety of run ning him as a candidate for Governor. And with a view of organising the meeting he said by leve to nominate Jacob Siler, Esqr. as Chairman, and W. N. Allman, Esqr. as Secretary ; who were elected by the meeting. , -p On motion' Gen. R. M. Henry, CoL J. L. Moore and John Ledford, Esqr. were appointed a commit teee to report resolutions for the action of the meet ing. Who, aftr retiring for a short time, returned and thereupon their chairman, Gen. R. M. Henry, reported the following preamble and resolution, which was unanimously adopted : VCtiereas, CoL X. B. "Vance has receiveJ the re commendations of some of the primary meetings held in other sections of the State for the office of Governor, and we being a portion of his old con stituents who have heretofore taken pleaure in bis support, and deeming; it just and proper to express, our preferences, therefore, Resolved, That wa heartily concur in the proposi tion to make this gallant, patriotic uoldier and statesman the next Governor, and Commander in Chief of the State of North Carolina. ' On motion the proceedings of the meeting were "ordered to be published in the Western Carolinian and other papers of the State requested to copy. ' On motion the thanks of the meeting were re turned to its officers. - " ' - . Resolved, That this meeting do now adjourn. JACOB SILER, Ch'm. W. N. Allmas, See'y.
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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