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.4 i - THE lortli-Cdrnliao Mtoru WILLIAM W. H OLDEN. Editor and Phopbietor. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY Two DoUart per annum invariably in advance. TERMS OF THE SEMI-WEEKLY four DoUart per annum, invariably in advance . . Alt vapert are discontinued at tkt expiration of He tone for which they hac been paid. Terms of Advertising in Semi. Weekly Standard: Our regular rates of advertisint are as follows: ' One square, (14 lines or less) first insertion, - fl 00 Each subsequent insertion, 25 Longer advertisements in proportion. Contracts will be made with advertisers, at the above regular rate, for six or twelve months, and at the close of the contract 53)4 per cent, will be deducted from the gross amount. . Professional or business Cards, not exceeding fire lines will be inserted in either the Weekly or Semi-Weekly, for $8 for six months, or $10 for twelve months ; or in both papers fur $10 f r 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 No deduction will be made on weekly adeertieements, no matter how long they VMyrun. 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 sot marked on the advertisement it is inserted until forbid. Money sent us by mail is at our risk. tan&arb. KAI.EIGII: SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1862. The Latest News. No changes have taken place in the relative posi tions of the Confederate or Federal armies below Kichinond for several days. McClellan cannot leave his present position unless he crosses James River, without encountering our forces, who now have him hemmed in. No fighting has occurred except slight skirmishing since the Tuesday's great battle. Prisoners arc being taken by the Confederates daily, and the late battle ground has been thoroughly ex amined. The Northern papers begin slowly to acknowl edge the defeat of the " Grand Army.". Much in dignation is expressed against Stanton, the Lincoln Secretary of War. It is positively asserted that he has been removed, and that Gen. Scott, now aged and infirm, has been appointed his successor. McClellan's army has been re-inforced in its new position, and is now said to number 100,000 men. Rumors of approaching battles are rife, but they are doubtful. In the mean lime we are assured that the Confederate forces will not remain inactive. Very properly, all new movements of our army are kept from the public. The West. Vicksburg at last accounts was se verely bombarded, and the enemy was preparing to land their forces to attack it Our people still hold out in their determination to resist, and our forces will give them a warm time. A rumor is afloat in the papers that Gen. Van Dorn had re-taken Baton Rouge, Lai, and captured 1500 prisoners a story we do not credit The Yankee forces in Arkansas and in the West generally, seem to do but little on land. ' The com mand of Curtis was considered in danger of being captured by Gen. Hindman. Yankee Gunboats is Roanoke. We learn that Gov. Clark received a despatch on Thursday, stating that two Yankee gunboats ran up Roanoke river as far as Hamilton, Martin County, and shelled that village without notice, on Tuesday last It was the day for enrolling the conscripts at that pi ce, and it is supposed the object was to prevent it We hear that a child was killed in the village, and that one of our Cavalry companies attacked the boats, killing several Yankees. We give the rumor as we heard it, without vouching for the facts. No new movements of the enemy are indicated by the press near Charleston, or in East Tennessee. Indeed, war news or news of any other kind is scarce, indeed. t To the Soldiers. We are glad to say, that we are authorized to an nounce to all feeble or jaded soldiers who arrive here on the cars and have to stay overnight, that ample accommodations are made for .them at the State Hospital at the Fair Grounds, free of expense. The Ladies. We have observed for some months that the rapid increase of our subscription list has not been confined to the gentlemen. By some means we have secured the ladies on our side. They are for Vance and the Standard, as the large number of our lady subscribers will show. God bless the ladies. The country owes every thing to them in this war. Corhespoxdents. Our correspondents must bear with us. The letter of our Richmond correspon dent is interesting. We shall be glad to hear from him often. The article in relation to the 38th N. C. Regiment will appear in our next Death; of Dabxet Cosbv, Esq. One of our oldest and most respected citizens, Dabney Cosby, Esq., expired at his residence, in this City, on Tuesday last, aged 84 years. He was buried with Masonic honors. His funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. J. M. Atkinson, of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Cosby was a native of Virginia, and an architect and master builder. Many edifices, monuments of his skill and industry, may be seen in Virginia and this State. More than sixty years ago Mr. Cosby, when a young man, worked on the University of Virginia, under the direction and supenntenaance of Mr. Jefferson; We have often heard mm speafc of his conversations with that illustrious man, and of the information he received from him in architec ture and the art of making brick. . Mr. Cosby leaves numerous descendants in Vir ginia and this State. A few months since he had ten grandsons in the Confederate service in Virginia. Rags fok tub Wounded. We learn that clean linen or cotton rags are much needed in Richmond to dress the wounds of our gallant soldiers recently wounded in battle. We are requested to say to the ladies of Raleigh and vicinity that clean rags bun dled up or put in boxes and sent to the care of Capt W. W. Pierce, Assistant Quarter Master in this city, v ill be forwarded at once to Richmond. Death of Col. Stokes. Col. Montfort Sidney Stokes, commander of the 1st regiment N. C. troops, died in Richmond a few days since, from a wound received in the battle of the 1st July. CoL Stokes had one of his legs shattered, and'amputation was necessary. Soon after this mortification set in, and all efforts to save his life were unavailing. Colonel Stokes was a son of Gen. Montfort Stokes who was at one time Governor of this State and a member of the United States' Senate. He had been in the war from its commencement He possessed considera ble military knowledge, and had seen service before this war, having been Major of the regiment from this Stato in the war with Mexico. Ho was a good ofiiccr and a worthy man, and his death will be de-plored-by xur people generally. Cbe 9 M European Intervention. . This subject is again attracting much attention both in Europe and on' this side of the Atlantic, both North and South. European advices, both from correspondents of tho Northern press, from agentsof the Lincoln government, and from Messrs. Mason and Slidell of our Confederacy, very clearly indicate a purpose on the part of England and France to end the wicked war prosecuted by the North against the South speedily, on some terms. It is. even asserted that England and France have notified Lincoln that the war must oease ; and npon this is based the reason for the recent call of Lincoln upon the North for 800,000 additional troops. We have never been sanguine of an early inter ference on the part of England and France in any attempt to stop the war. Both countries have too much to risk in an interference with our affairs. The ill-success of the South until recently has been against it The power of the North her million of men which she could bring into the field her large and increasing navy, her iron clad ships and Monitors, are not to be trifled with. Be sides the immense debt the North owes England, and the certain destruction of one half of the com merce of the world for years' by a war of England and France with the North, which might be the in evitable result of European intervention, might well deter those great powers from interfering, at least, until the necessity become imperious. Add to this the well known fact, that the moral sympathies of Europe are against Southern institutions. All these considerations have tended to weaken our faith, in the many rumors we have heard of an early recog nition of the South, or in any proposition for media tion or interference. But recent events incline us to tho opinion that if the South is true to herself, she may hope for and desire European intervention at an early day. Wicked and unnecessary, as all sober people in Eu rope or America must regard this war to be, this consideration, strongly as it might justify the inter ference of nations, of itself, was not sufficient to prompt cautious and selfish England to move, hur riedly in the matter. The war has proved far more damaging than was expected. The two belligerents are not only crippled beyond what .can be cured in many years, but the whole world feels its blighting influence. Foreign nations are beginning to feel how essential to the world's commerce and progress in all tho elements of prosperity the Amer ican States were, and especially does the North as well as Europe feel how essential to that prosperity is the great commerce of the Southern States. The pressure upon the world's prosperity by the contin uance of this war cannot much longer be borne, and the moral sense of nations is waking up also. Even in the North, obstinate, determined and fanat ical as the dominant party is, there is a strong re action there. A few more brilliant successes for the South will force the pent-up anxieties of many of the Northern people to'clamor for peace. But how can we secure peace f This has always been one of the most difficult problems to solve, growing out of a war between the North and South. Any thing like a fair and equitable settlement of the controversy between the parties themselves, is an impossibility. The good or ill success of either party only widens the difficulty. The North, if not hampered by foreign interference, will never con sent to disunion at least to the severance of the border slave States from the North. The South is equally determined to have all the slave States, with the exception of Delaware, perhaps, or none. All or none is the true doctrine. The hope of the South as well as her plain duty, is, therefore, the most vigorous fighting the most active and determined exertions to carry the war into the North in order to secure the entire slave territory. But at the same time she should press foreign intervention as her only hope of a settle ment and final adjustment of her difficulties with the North. We rejoice, therefore, that the signs are favorable to an early interference on the part of France and England. Bring out toe Best Men. It is very important that the people of the various Counties in this State, should bring out their best men for the Legislature. Now,'if ever, is the time when thoughtful, sagacious, conservative, and solid men should compose that body. The State debt is already largo, and is con stantly increasing. Tax-payers are deeply concern ed in this debt, as they will have to meet it It is important that the debt should be judiciously man aged, and that it should be increased no farther than may be necessary. If those who are looked to by the people generally in the various Counties, do not come forward and consent to serve, tho public inter ests must suffer. They will suffer, if entrusted to the hands of thoughtless and inexperienced men ; and especially will this be the case, if the adminis tration of State affairs is not reformed. The people do not want partizans or the favorites of power in this crisis. Party must be put down, and favoritism must be discountenanced, if we would have unity of action, and that reform in the management-of our affairs which is so much needed.- We know that the times are out of joint, and that the post of a legislator is at this crisis particularly onerous and responsible; but we beg our best and ablest public men to bear in mind that the management of our Stato affairs is not likely to improve under present aus pices, and.that the longer the remedy is delayed the more desperate the case will be. Mr. Johnston at the Goldsboro' Convention. An intelligent and highly respectable citizen of Wayne County assures us that Mr. Johnston, the spoils party candidate for Governor, attended the Goldsboro' Convention in March, 1861. That Con vention organized what was termed the " Southern Rights party." The object of that party was to force North Carolina out of the Union whether Lin coln gave sufficient cause for it or not, and whether the people willed it or not The history of that Convention and the designs of the so-called " South--era rights party" will be written some of these days. We are assured that Mr.' Johnston -declared in that Convention that i secession brought on a war, be would volunteer tofght Has he done it f . Has he redeemed his pledge? Certainly not He has been sitting in the shade, while Col. Vance has been fighting in the front of the battle. Here is a fair specimen of these no party spoils' party gentlemen. , It is claimed that Mr. Johnston is a no-party man and yet ho was a member of that odious Goldsboro' Convention, and a member of ttie so-called " Southern rights party." ' Vol. XXYIII. No. 29. LEIGH. N, C. WEMES Col. David McJfeil, of Cumberland. This gentleman is candidate for the Senate from the Counties of Cumberland and Harnett So far as we know he has no opposition, and it is possible that up to this period no one has any purpose of opposing him, but if what we have just heard from a gentleman concerning the course of CoL McNeil, be true, he ihoitld have opposition and be defeated. CoL McN. belongs to that very amiable class of no party, spoils party politicians, who denounce the old Union men as traitors, and in the State Conven tion was an ultra partizan, voting constantly with the destructives and advocating the most prescrip tive policy, and the most stringent test-oath and sedition ordinances. These matters we should not, however, have al-. luded to, but for the information just given us as above hinted. We learn that the Colonel has, at this early day, without opposition at home, gone to Richmond to visit the North Carolina soldiers in the army, for the purpose of electioneering for himself and Mr. Johnston, and against Col. Vance ! It the charge be untrue, we will readily correct it, but if it be true, we hope the good people of Cumberland and Harnett will teach this amiable no-party parti zan a lesson. Let some good and true man, less a partizan than Col. McNeil, be at once brought out against him. If our friend Hale will pardon us, wo would suggest that we know no man who, from long public service, devotion to the public and private in terests of North Carolina, and ardent and valuable' services in promoting the war, is so justly-entitled to the honor of a seat in the next Senate of North Carolina, as Edward J. Sale, Sr., of Cumberland. We know that his habits and tastes are averse to such a position, but the State needs his services in the Senate, and the man would honor the seat Scpplies for the Sick and Wocsded. We are requested by Dr. E. Burke Haywood to state that supplies of articles for the sik and wounded in Richmond, would be very acceptable. Articles that are not perishable, such as hams, butter, cordials, and the like are preferred, as if delayed on the road they will not be injured. This is a call which we feel sure will be generally responded to. The citi zens of Richmond, and especially the ladies, are most liberal and unwearied in their attentions to our sick and wounded ; but we should remember that such supplies and comforts as are needed are becoming very scarce in that part of Virginia, and that we owe it to them, to ourselves, to the suffer ing soldiers, and to the cause, to give of our abun dance for the benefit of the sick and wounded. Boxes or packages of articles should be addressed to North-Carolina Depot of supplies, Care of Clai borne Watkins, Main Street, Richmond, Va. Look out for Falsehoods. We caution the pub lic against the falsehoods which the Stallfederates and their minions are manufacturing and circulating against CoL Vance. The air will be thick with them between this and the election. We learn that the latest one, started by one of the understrappers of the government here is, that CoL Vance is a Northern man by birth. CoL Vance is a native of Buncombe County, in this State. Look out for these falsehoods, and kill them as you would snakes as fast as they show their heads. Water for tiie Wounded. The sick and wound ed soldiers who travel on our Railroads would be very grateful to the superintendents of our Rail roads, if they would furnish an abundant supply of good cold water for them on the cars. W ounded men are generally thirsty, and whether on or off the cars, it is almost impossible for them to obtain water at all1 times when they want it We have made this suggestion at the request of a friend, and we trust the authorities of the different Roads will make such provision in this respect as will meet the wants of our sick and wounded soldiers. A Noble Example. The Milton Chronicle publishes the following no ble letter from a noble man. We publish the letter hoping to excite others in all parts of the State and South to go and do likewise. Hillsboro'. N. C, July 2nd, 1862. To the Editors of the Milton Chronicle. Gentlemen Please find enclosed One-Hundred Dollars which you will greatly oblige me by plaeing opposite my name on a subscription list for the pur poso of being appropriated to the purchase of Shoes for the wive3 and children ot the Volunteers of our army of Caswell county, N. C. A proper person being selected to carry such a paper around to our very liberal citizens, will no doubt meet with a hearty response. Very respectfully,. L. G. WILSON, of Danville, Va. . Equally noble is the example of our friend Henry N. Brown, Esq., of Hillsboro', whom the Recorder says appropriates $50 per month for the benefit of the poor soldiers and their families in Orange. These men do not desire their good deeds te bo trumpeted, but it should be done to stimulate others. How many of our wealthy men in the State will fol low these examples 1 At the present high prices of provisions many of the soldiers families must suffer if they are not assisted greatly. Who among the speculators and extortioners, who are making their thousands, will help the poor soldiers ? Let us have their names. We venture to say that we have as many subscri beis as the Raleigh SUindard, and we have good reason for saying so. Charlotte Democrat Very well, let us have the figures. How many papers do you strike off per week I State your num ber, and we will state ours. " We venture to say" that we have twice the number of subscribers the Democrat has. .Speak out, Mr. Democrat, or the public will consider you a vain boaster. " " Savage Conduct. We understand on good au thority, that the Yankee commanders, in falling back before our victorious troops below Richmond, destroyed not merely their ordinary supplies, but all the chloroform which they had on hand, and which is so necessary in mitigating pain in surgical operations. They did this, too, with a full knowl edge that many of their own wounded were in the hands of our Surgeons, and thus deprived their own soldiers of the benefitpf thisalniost indispensable ar ticle in surgery. One of the Yankee surgeons, it is understood, protested against this conduct as savage and unchristian; but bis protest was disregarded. 1 - Extract from a letter to the Editor' of the Stand ard, from the camp near. Kinston, dated June, 1862 : " All of our men. with a few exceptions, -will vote for Vance. I admire the course of the Standard. Go on. .Ours.is a great State, and we need a great - man at the head ot it -s DAY, JULY 16. The Battle of Tuesday. The battle of Tuesday, the 1st of July, says the Richmond Examiner, "has been made memorable by its melancholy monument of carnage, which oc-i curred in a portion of Gen. Magruder's corps, which had been ordered in very inadequate force to charge one of the strongest of the enemy's batteries." We learn that the position of McClellan in this battle was remarkably well chosen, and that the attempt to dislodge him by a direct charge was regarded as exceedingly ill-judged. But Gen. Magruder, it is reported, was in no fit condition to command, and ordered the charge without regard to results. Tho gallant Lee, Meares, Stokes, Pettaway, Merritt, Tay lor, Foote, Alston, and hundreds upon hundreds of our brave boys fell heroically in that bloody and al most unavailing charge. CoL Vance was in it, with his regiment, and left four of his dead nearest the enemy's. guns; but he, with his gallant Lieutenant Colonel, Harry Burgwyn, though they chsrged for more than a mile full upon the batteries, escaped the deadly fire. We are yet without accounts of the casualties in the North-Carolina regiments in this battle, with the exception of those in the 3d and 20th, which we publish to-day ; but there can be no doubt that our loss was very heavy. . . We learn that Gen. Magruder has been relieved of his command in the army of Richmond, doubt less on account of his want of judgment on the oc casion. The army and the people have the utmost confidence in Gen. D. H. Hill, Gen. A. P. Hill, Gen. Longstreet, and "old Stonewall "but Gens. Ma gruder and Huger do not enjoy their confidence to any great extent Tbey are doubtless brave and worthy men, but that i3 no reason why the cause should be allowed to suffer in their hands, We have the best troops in the world, and the people want the best Generals we have to command them. The Unknown Dead. We copy the following sad article from the Rich mond Enouirer. The impression is that the de ceased was the gallant son of John C. Taylor, Esq., of Granville County. If so, it will be gratifying to the lriends of the deceased, to be able to identify bis body : " Among the gallant officers killed in the fight of Saturday, 28th of June, was Captain John Taylor, of what State or regiment is unknown to the writer. His corpse, when found, was clothed in a new Con federate uniform and had pinned upon the breast of the coat small piece of paper inscribed with the name and rank of the deceased, and this affecting request, " P.case take care of this body." The friends of the brave Captain, who may chance to see this paragraph, will derive a melancholy satisfaction from knowing that the body was buried with all possible decency and respect on Sunday, the 29th June, by order of Col. Thomas T. Munford, of the 21st Virginia cavalry, at Magee's farm, in Hanover county, under a large cherry tree, between the house and the barn. A portfolio belonging to the deceased was deposited in the box with the body, and a head board, with the officer's name, placed over it Tw6 Other bodies nf linlinnvn nnrannc, nno tti.f f . ., ih.lu,) un. bua. vi a Lieutenant, were buried near the grave of Captain Taylor. - It is not denied that the bogus Lincoln Governor, Ed. Stanly, the traitor to the soil that gave him birth, and the Hon. Geo. E. Badger, have had a correspondence upon the subject of his mission to North-Carolina, having for its object no doubt an interchange of opinion between these two gentlemen as to the probabilities that North-Carolina will ever submit to a reconstruction of the old Union. Win ston Sentinel. We stated a week or more ago, positively and un equivocally, that there has been no correspondence between Mr. Stanly and Judgo Badger. We mado this statement upon the highest authority, and yet the Winston Sentinel says, after seeing our article, as we suppose, that " it is not denied." It is denied emphatically. We will repeat, what wc have here tofore said, that Mr. Badger has written a private letter, not to Mr. Stanly, but which Mr. Stanly has read ; and this letter is as thoroughly Southern in its tone as any one could desire. Those who insin uate that Mr. Badger is untrue to his section, or that he has any sympathies with the North, arc guilty of falsehood. North-Carolina in the late Battles. North-Carolina was one of tho last States to leave the old Union, but she has been foremost in the ex penditure of blood and treasure in this contest The proscribed old Union men have done more than their full share in the war. They have spilled their blood and left their bones on every battle field, from Great Bethel to the last fight near Richmond on the 1st of July. A correspondent of a late Wilmington Journal says: " North-Carolina and Georgia furnished fully one" half the forces engaged in the series of battles 36 to 40 regiments each yet North-Carolina and Geor gia have found no place in the Richmond papers. Go around among the wounded, at hospitals and private residences you will find five, if not ten North-Carolinians to ono Virginian. This has been told me by physicians in attendance. Yet the Rich mond papers pretend not to know it It is a crying shame a piece of unblushingrascality Gov. Clarke ought to get a list of killed and wounded from the intelligence office, and let the record speak for the State. The Yankees told the truth when they said that North-Carolinians were put in the front of every battle. They are willing to take tho front but they do not like to be lied out of their merited glory. I do not mean to speak disparagingly of Virginia troops. They fought well ; but they did not do all the fighting. On the contrary North-Carolina and Georgia each furnished more troops for the defense of Richmond than Virginia did." We learn from a friend who knows, that some Yankee prisoners, taken in the battle of Gaines' Mills, meeting some North-Carolina soldiers near Richmond, said, "You North-Carolinians are every where. We meet you in overy fight We believe you would charge hell with Barlow Knives, if Bethel Hill should give the word." All honor to the dear old State and her gallant sons! . v Death of John M. Fleming, Esq. We learn that John M. Fleming, Esq., of this County, expired at his residence, in Rolesville, in. this County, on Fri day last, of typhoid fever. Mr.: Fleming was one of our most useful citizens. . was, we suppose, about 55 years -of age. Max T. N. Crumpler. It will be seen that one of our army correspondents states that Maj. Crump ler is not dead or a prisoner, as at one time report ed, but severely wounded. No doubt he was in the front ranks when the charge on the enemy's cavalry referred to, was made. We sincerely trust that bis valuable life may be spared..' " -f-i: - CAStrikLTlES.The, official reports of the casual ties in all our regiments will appear in the Standard as they come to hand, and as space will allow. Whole Number 1424. TI. r ii Br Arnr me following well conceived congratulatory ad dress from President Davis to our victorious army riders- h" ' t0 0ur TO THE ARMY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA. SoLDs :.! congl bnlhant-victories, which, undefavor of Wvine Prov you have lately won, and, as the President of the Confederate States, do heartily S the thanks of the country, whose just cause via have so skillfully and heroically served. Ten days ago an invading army, vastly superior to you in numbers and the material of war, closely beleagured your Capital and vauntingly proclaimed its speedy conquest You marched to attack the enemy in his entrenchments; with well directed movements and death-defying valor, you charged upon him in his strong positions, drove him from field to field over a distance of more than thirty-five miles, and, despite his reinforcements, compelled him to seek safety under the cover of his gunboats, where he now lies cowering before the army he so lately derided and threatened with entire subjugation. The fortitude with which you have borue toil and privation,-the gallantry with which you have entered into each successive battle must have been witnessed to be fully appreciated, but a grateful people will not fail to recognize your deeds and to bear you in loved remembrance. Well may it be said of you that you have "done enough for glory," but duty to a suffer ing country and to the cause of constitutional liberty claims from you yet further effort Let it be your pride to relax in nothing which can promote your future efficiency, your one great object being to d-ive the invader from your soil and carrying your standards beyond the outer boundaries of the Con federacy, to wring from an unscrupulous foe the recognition of your birthright community inde pendence. (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS. The junior Editor of the Milton Chronicle who has been a drill-master, in the camp near this city, says: "Wm. Johnston was nominated by the People. His abilities fine his heart loyal no stain sullies his skirts, and he belongs to no party." Mr. Johnston received the nomination of a meet ing held in his own county, called ostensibly for another purpose, which he attended. Htf was after wards nominated in Gaston County, where he has an influential brother. This is the extent of the ac tion of the people in regard to Mr. Johnston. He is properly the candidate of the spoils party office holders, and the ultra partizan papers of the State. On the contrary, CoL Vance was first nominated by the people of Rutherford county, since endorsed by al least ten County meetings. The Standard rais ed the name of CoL Vance after the people had designated him as their first choice. No one qu tions the loyalty or personal integrity of Mr. John ston, but as to "his abilities fine," the people wil . enter a demurrer, unless our friend means that the are so fine the people have not been able to discover them after twenty-five years acquaintance with him as a lawyer. But better than all, "ho belongs to no party." Those who know the facts are amused at mo claims 01 mese partizan spoils party men. Mr. Johnston's votes in the Convention showed that he tea a party man. His affiliation with, and warm support of, the odiously partizan Military Board, and of original secessionists, to the utter ignoring of the old Union men, is proof positive. Yankees on Chowan River. A correspondent at Pitch Landing, Hertford county, N. C, writing us, says: "The Yankees are keeping quiet on our river, and have as yet committed few depredations on our citizens. They were fired on a few days ago by our cavalry at Winton, with what result we have been unable to learn." Friend Evans, the elder of the Milton Chronicle, says that he is keeping a list of the extortioners, with the view of publishing them in a book after the war is over. It will be a large book that Nine of the political p-isoners confined in tho Confederate prison at Salisbury, effected their es cape last week, but all except one have been arrest ed and sent back. A negro captured one the morn ing after bis escape. Next Governor. Hon. W. A. Graham havine declined the nomination for the Governorship of this State, we have been somewhat at a loss, as to what course to pursue. But we have recently seen that the people all over the btate desire our gallant fellow-citizen, CoL Z. B. VanCe, to be the next Gov ernor. We certainly have no objection to that, but most heartily endorse the nomination, CoL Vance is a worthy son of the mountains ; has enough of the suaviter in modo and an abun dance odhefortiter in re and take him all together, is qualified to make a most excellent Governor. If he bad ever received a military education, we should oppose his leaving the field. But he is better qualified for the Legislative and the Executive func tions of the government and hence we hope he will consent to become a candidate. We believe the people will triumphantly elect him and tuen take care of yourselves, ye small fry that are now fed on the public pap about Rileigh, that think more of a dollar than you do of your country. Western Carolinian. The Path of War. The Richmond Examiner, thus describes the country near and around the battle-field: ' "The section of country lying between the Charles City road and James river, for a distance of twen ty miles below Richmond, has, until last Monday, been visited by the troops of neither army. Con sequently, when McClellan began bis ietreat, the fences and domestic economy of the farmers in this region had been uninterrupted. The land is gener ally highly fertile, and famous for its wheat and corn crops. On Monday morning last the flying Yankee hordes burst into this hitherto secluded Eden, fol lowed by the victorious legions of the Confederacy. On that morning the young corn was springing lux uriantly in its lowlands, the bounteous shocks of the recently harvested wheat dotted thickly the fields and hillsides; gardens were filled with choicest vegetables, and large orchards bent under loads of ripening fruit ; but before two suns had set a sad change was put upon the face of all that country. A flood of lava from some great Vesuvius could scarcely have proved more disastrous than the irrup tion of the hostile armies. Every fence is now swept away; the wheat has disappeared as before a con suming fire, leaving scarcely a straw behind ; the corn is trodden into the ground, and great roads now traverse the fields where it flourished. Jbe gardens have been n proofed and utterly destroyed. . The pleasant and comfortable farm-houses, so recently happy homes, are now filled with the bleeding-and wounded soldiers; and under then- roofs many a brutal invader, now broken in spirit and body, re ceives christian charity from the hands of those he came to crush and subjugate." a .- The "Old Flag." In one of bur "conquered? Virginia towns, the boys annoy the Yankees much by comments and criticisms, and sometimes by " beating them in the argument," as follows :. One small boy asked a Yankee officer, abruptly, "What did you all come here for? What are you fighting for, anyhow?" The officer replied, "Fighting for our flag." " Then," replied the urchin; " why don't you take your d -Vr- d old .flag away from her We don't want it" GEMUUiitusan. The drought in AlaouM Mvyirib to extensively and so long, that the mimstefg of Selm. nrged the rhgioos people to jmWrtain on the 4th ult aJt J 6l" signed Itf.tteeom- ' Jufe?S ibune, ot the ofh of ttnowM 6fl"-.BueU Chat, EMS 2rpui fa tbe Mme moving on KnoxviUe.. ThenewsisfcHn Northern sources: iY?ZzE?& assigned the command of tbeConfederaleaatChattaiMwga. ' ' Mississippi baa about 40 regimens in the field. Uer sons hare shown their gallantryin every battle. The greajt Natwtml Tax Bill passed both Yankee Mouses of Congress on Monday. The BiU imposes a tax on everything; even glue, candles, "screws, molasses, wire and coaL , r w . Rksionto. Gen. Humphrey Marshall has resi- pied, and his resignation has been accepted by the president His late command vat turned over to Gen. Williamwho, with his forces, Is in Mercer or Giles county; Va. ... . . .. TT - CoLosk of thc 44th. ThoSas C. Singletary, late Lieutenant Colonel of the 27th, has been elected 1" Colonel of the 44th Regiment N. C, Troops, i Singletary, who was recently killed .?eUrT Randolph wm consent to no more par- a?!!88 of Prisonens- There must be a re 7OT,l0.exchI,P,lt,, Tbepreponder ance of prisoners since thework of last Friuay and Saturday must bo rather in our favor. Westbrh Rail Road The President and Direc ; tors of this Company havo ordened a survey to be ' made forthwith of a line for the extension of this road from the CoalfV- to Thomasville, on theN. Kj. roao and with a mJr to its further extension to the valley of the Yadkin. ' v . . Mr. Eustace Hunt, of CaswelL. authorises the Milton Chronicle to say that he will be one of ten ' lT ,,ess.n'e't who will deposite' one r hundred barrels of com in the Milton Mills for the benefit of the soldiers' families in that section. A . most excellent proposition. X For the Standard, f Camp Lamb, Wilmington, N. C.,) TO ' July 5th, 1862. f W. W. miden, Esq. : , . Dear S : You will please announce me as a candidate to represent thef County of Burke in tbe House of Commons of the next Legislature of North Carolina. Your obed't serv't, C S. BROWN, Capt Co. D, 11th (Bethel) Regt N. a T. v - .. For the Standard. V THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND. Mr. Editor: Many of our citizens are doing much for our cause. Let their names be recorded; In conversation with a friend from Johnston county the other day, I was informed that one of tbe phy sicians of that county, Dr. J. T. Leach, invariably refuses compensation for services rendered to the volunteers of his county. I was also informed that he requested his son, Capt John S. Leach, not to let his men want for any thing in sickness that the government does not furnish. . If they are unable to furnish themselves, he instructed him to supply j . . . . i i urai ucvcoaiucB uu scnu mm iae oujs to oe casnea. JUST1U ( For the Standard. trinity rm.T.wnii' The term closed at Trinitv An ihtk 17 th inef There W&A a Rmall ftnmnnmrennnnt tVlio vsan naanlir all the students having gone into 'the service of the country. The classes, however, were still contin ued, and the regular college was sustained to the end. The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on tbe following young gentlemen of the senior class : ; H. M. Alford, Randolph ; A. C Blackburn, Stokes; J. W. Brock, Jones; J. W. Goslin, Forsythe; W. H. Jones, Franklin; W. C. McMackin, Chatham; R. D. McCotter, Newbern ; C. W. Ogburn, Greens boro'; J.J). Pitts, Belmont, S. C. The degree of Master of Arts. was conferred on : T TIT e r . i v- u. . Anurews,. ua.; u. w. . lineainam? ua.; u. W. Carr, Duplin;, J. H. Bobbins, N. C. Conference. These were all regular graduates of three years1 standing. Tha mmtlnif nf 4ia IVimIiim and flia n..fv mvam bv the students, maila nnn thinlr nf tfiA nlilm tim. I but the war has made a great change at Trinity. I j. uo exercises 01 me uoneee will be resumed at he regular time, and everything will be carried on a M.tn(nM Tl .1 O . L u ur luree universities exceniea. nas Busnenaf bat Trinitr still stands firm, and it Is not belinv luavkjuiviuiiiir soon 01 actual occunauon ov enemycnslpp Trinity College. ALPH Juno 21, 1862.' ' For the Standard. Richmond, Va., July 8, 1862. W. W. Holdek, Esq. I arrived in this city last Saturday, to look after our sick and wounded N. C. ' soldiers, particularly the I5th Reg't N. C. State Troops, in which . I have many personal friends and relatives. The companies from Franklin couq- , ty are in this regiment -1 enclose you a statement of casualties prepared by Capt A. O. Massenburg, Commissary, which is tolerably correct Please copy in the Standard.' I also enclose you a Hospi tal Directory, which' yon can copy or not as space will allow. In these lata; battles, North Carolina has covered herself with glory. Her praise is en every one's tongue, but alas 1 alasl her sick and particularly wounded can be found in almost every hospital and many private houses. She has suffered severely in killed and wounded, and death from am putation, &c. The gallant CoL Sidney Stokes, 1st Regiment N. C. State Troops, died this morning. His right leg was amputated mortification ensued, and death closed his career this day. The Ladies, the Ladies of Richmond and vicinity oh, what a debt of gratitude we owe them, for their untiring visitations, 4a, to our sick and wounded. They come with breakfast, dinner and supper, with deli cacies, &a They wait upon and nurse from early ' morning till night May God richly reward them. The general crowd in the city is immense this week. Gen. McClellan is some 18. or 20 miles from the city, with his gunboats in the rear, in James river. receiving reinforcement, our army in front " He is not conquered or surrounded but entrenching again, and many say we will have other and bloody battles this or'next week; The weather is very warm, which is greatly against our sick and wounded. -Do not believe sensation dispatches. No one thinks for a moment that Richmond will be taken or the South finally ; subdued, but that we have other and many hard battles to fight, 1 am well convinced, m Excuse the length of this, and as I may remain here you possibly will receive another communication. Truly,': WvM. C. Published in our last issue.. '" . v " 83F Biblical Recorder please copy. A PUBLIC MEETING Webster, N. C., June 17, ' 862. A meeting was fhi day eld at the Court House . in Webster, by the citizens of Jacksdh County, ir respective of party : whereupon, on motion, Maj. W. H. BryBon was called to the chair and Nathan Coward Esqr. requested to act as Secretary. The object of the meeting being explained to make known our preference Tar Governor. ' ' - On motion the chairman appointed S. B. Sherrill, Esqr., S. W. Gibson and J. Newton Bryson to draft . resolutions for the action of tho meeting ; whereup on, the committee presented, after due consideration the following, which were unanimously adopted, Whereas, we have the utmost confidence in the ability and patriotism of the Hon. now CoL A. B. Vane and believing him to be man well calcula ted to fill the office of Governor of the State of Worth Carolina, and believing that the time armed when party prejudices and politf cs should be burled in the ruiM of a once great, united Republic, there- "fiwofrei That CoL Z. B. Vance is our first wboice for the next Governor of North-Carolina ami we iKilieve bun to be the choice of tbe people of the State. , u Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Western Carolinian and that the Ashevillo Newt and Henderson Times, and other ., N. Coward, Sec'y. V s
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