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THK lattti-Cwnlimi Mtarit WILLIAM W. HOLDEN. Editok akd Pbopriitoe. " TERMS OF THE WEEKLY Two Dollars per annum inrnnnblv in advance. TERMS OF THE SEVI-WEEKLY Four Dollar per annum, invariably in advance ' Alt iHtwn are disao'Umiutd at the expiration of tie time for which they hacf been puid. . . k Term or Advertising in Semi-Weekly Standard: Our regular mt'ea f advertising are as follows: O.ie square, 1 14 lines ur less; first insertiim, - $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - - - - 25 Longer advertisements in proportion. Contracts will be made with advertisers, at Hie alone rmtdar rate', for six or twelve months, and at the close of the contract 33 per cent, will be deducted from the gross amount. " ' . Professional or business Cards, not exceeding five lines will b inserted in either the Weekly or Keuii-Weekly, for for six months, or $10 lor twelve months; or in both papers for l 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 wide " weekly advertieemenU, no mutter into long they nay 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 not marked on tbe advertisement it is inserted until forbid. Money sent us by mail is at our risk. RALEIGH: SATURDAY, AUG. 16, 1862. The Latest News. The Richmond papers furnish but few additional items of information of the battle at the Southwest mountain, than will be found under our head of war news. ' ' The Dispatch states that about 8,000 men were engaged on our side to about 15,00D of the enemy. It a!s says that our loss was about 600. The Ex aminer says our killed does not exceed 100. We iearn about 50 of our men were taken prisoners by the enemy. The battle is considered to have been one of the most hotly contested of the war, yet de ferences of opinion exist as to the fighting spirit of the enemy. None of the Richmond papers correct the error into which they have been led, in stating that Gen. Ransom's Brigade was in the fight That Brigade is known to have been somewhat nearer Petersburg at that time than South-west Mountain. It must have been Gen. Branch's brigade or Gen. Pender's. No casualties are yet mentioned among North Car olina troops. The Petersburg Express has high authority for believing that McClellan is evacuating Berkeley, but the Richmond Examiner says it has no reliable information for such an opinion. General Burnside with 25,000 men was at Fred ericksburg, with the view of co-operating with Pope. This settles the idea for the present of any intended advance upon Kinston from Newbern in any short time. " A number of political prisoners from Virginia and North Carolina are still confined at the Hip Raps, and they appeal to our government for help. Among them we see the name of Rev. R. J. Graves, of Orange, and several citizens of Gat county. These are all, no doubt, innocent men, noncouibatants, and our government should have resisted all overtures for an exchange of prisoners, until Lincoln released all such citizens and ceased his unjust war upon them. We observe that Lieut Council, of Virginia, and Thos. A. Joidan, of North Carolina, have re cently died at Rip Raps. Mr. J. was an excellent citizen of Gates county. The steamer Gen. Lee captured by Fort Pulaski with a flag of truce, has been released. The Yankees at New Orleans claim a victory at Baton Rouge, but Gen. Breckenriclge congratulates his brave troops on the victory. The Federal Gen eral Williams was among the slain. Our loss was 250, and a number of officers wound -1. The Yankees are alarmed at Memphis at tbe pros pect of an attack from Gen. Bragg. A story.is in circulation there that a fleet of ten iron clad steam ers for the Confederate service had arrived at Mo bile from Europe, and active exertions were making to man them. This would be good news, if true. In Tennessee our forces seem to be doing but lit tle. Our guerilla forces in Missouri create intense alarm. Pity that Gen. Price should not have com mand in that region to second their efforts. The 600,000 troops are being raised by Lincoln. The South must bestir herself. Half Sheet. We shall be under the necessity hereafter, until the close of the war, or until the price of printing paper is reduced, of "furnishing our Semi-Weekly subscribers with a half sheet We are no paying more than double tbe amount which we paid before the war for paper, and four times more than we formerly paid for ink ; and both these articles are difficult to be procured, even at these prices. The Petersburg and Richmond papers, and others of our cotemporaries, have been issuing half sheets for several months past We only follow their exam ple, in yielding to a necessity almost imperative. Our Semi-Weekly will contain in a half sheet quite as much reading matter as we have herctotore furnished. Our Weekly will continue to be issued on a whole sheet, and will contain all the reading matter of the Semi Weekly. We had one or two courses before us either to advance the price of the Standard, or reduce the Serai-Weekly to a half sheet We think our pat rons and friends will prefer the latter course, as we have. While on the subject we may as well add, that there is no better advertising medium in the State than the Standard. Its circulation is probably largsr than that of any paper in the State, and con stantly increasing. Tbe New York Herald makes a flourish over the recent refusal of Lincoln to receive into the army the negro regiments said to have been raised lately by Jim Lane, of Kansas. Butler, at New Orleans, has- imposed a tax of $312,716 25 on the people of that city to support the poor, and 20,000 on the cotton brokers for the sameobjet-t The Yankee at New Orleans claim a victory, as usual, over our troops at Baton Rouge, but have sent up reinforcements. Exchanged Prisoners. We are requested to state that Capt. John A. Moody, of tbe 28th N. C. regiment, is collecting all the exchanged prisoners belonging to Gen. Jackson's command. They ren dezvous at the New Fair Ground near Richmond, preparatory to their being sent on to their regiment Heavy Loss. It is reported that the steamer Golden Gate, which left San Francisco for Panama on the 21st of July, was burned at sea on the 22nd. She had on board 230 passengers, $1,114,000 in gold for New York, and $270,000 for England One hundred and eighty of ber passengers aod tbe triure wire foil - . 4 s she:-3aMBK Tol. xxviii.-No. 34 RA The Conservative Victory in this State. ' - A vast majority of the people of this State were Unionists in 1860. They were opposed to a dissolution of the Union, and to the war which they knew would result from it, until every measure of conciliation and compromise had been tried and failed. They did not regard the election of Mr! Lincoln to the Presidency as justifying a resort to secession, though they profoundly deprecated his election, and feared that serious consequences would flow from it But, they were Unionists according to the Constitution. While they deprecated the precipitate action of the States south of us, and deplored the results which that action might pro duce, they nevertheless regarded the old government as founded upon public opinion, and not upon force as between sovereign States ; and though they dif fered in opinion as to the rights secession, they were determined that after States had acted in their sov ereign capacity, and had separated themselves from the old government, they would not stand by and see the sword drawn and used against them by that government They regarded coercion as a violation of tho Constitution and as the parent of despotism. While they admitted the right of the old govern ment to suppress rebellion or nullification, in a State which remained in the Union, they could not, in any event, concede . the Constitutional right to the common government, the creature and agent of the States, to make war upon the sovereigns which had formed it, after they had solemnly, by the voice of their people in Convention assembled, announced their separation from it Consequently, as soon as Mr. Lincoln's proclamation of April, 1861, appeared, calling tor troops to be used against the States south of us, the people of this State, with those of the other border States, promptly and in dignantly refused the call, and commenced the ne cessary steps to connect their fortunes with the Confederate States. They had been true to the Union as long as the Constitution was observed, and that, too, against their own sympathies, which were largely with their erring Southern brethren ; but when the sword was drawn, by the short-sighted and bloody-minded tyrant who rules at Wash ington, they felt they had no alternative but. to turn upon and resist him to the last extremity, or become, in his hands, tbe executioners of their own brethren. As we have stated, they did not hesitate an instant ; and in this they were perfectly consist ent, for they had proclaimed in all their newspapers and on every stump, that while they were devoted to the Union, and would exhaust all honorable means to preserve it, they would never consent that the sword should be drawn against their sister States at the South or themselves. Those in our State who had been Union men up to this period, constituted two-lhirds of our voting and fighting population. Instantly, to all human appearances, the violent and early secessionists and themselves became a unit Both governments were in the hands of the early secessionists ; and the old Union men, forgetting all past differences, rallied around them like a band of brothers. All they asked was, to bo allowed to fight and pay for their country, and to be regarded as tho equals, socially and politically, of thoso who were controlling public affaire. But w hat was the sequel ? ho w were these unselfish and devoted patriots treated by those in power ? As a general rule, they were proscribed from all prominent positions both in the military and civil service. Incompetent men blustering party, backs favorites in certain circles, family fa vorites, and biatant secessionists without merit, and, in many instances, without character, were appoint ed to office over our best men, merely on account of their political opinions. The ten State regiments were officered, to a considerable extent, in this way. The coast defences were neglected, and, as the re sult, the enemy gradually encroached upon us, until at length he obtained possession of our seaboard. Our brave troops had officers placed over them in Raleigh, many of whom were whimsical, capricious, and insulting in their character and manners ; and one of these officers even went so far as to attempt to tiictate, in writing, to the regiments encamped near this place, the officers whom they should choose to command tbem. The militia of the State were mismanaged and vexed by inconsiderate or ders, and by counter orders. One of these orders was calculated to array the non-slaveholders against the slaveholders, and another, to degrade our, vol unteers, and consequently arrest volunteering, by causing them to be stripped and examined before they were received. The public money was iin providently expended. Unaccountable and inexcu sable delays took place in manufacturing munitions of war. While thousands were lavished in various quarters, the Governor hesitated about giving forty cents per pound for an indispensable article, salt petre, until it rose to double that price, when of course he was compelled to purchase it Pet regi ments were well armed, while other regiments, whose officers did not agree in their political opin ions with those in power, were put off with muskets that were almost useless ; and one- of these regi ments, the 31st, was required to meet the enemy on Roanoke Island with muskets if this character. Appointments of officers made by one administra tion that of Gov.. Ellis were revoked by the ad ministration that succeeded it, no doubt on tbe ground that the appointees had been Union men ; and even ministers of the Holy Gospel were ap pointed to Chaplainces in the army on party grounds one of these appointees, at least, not having been commissioned by his Church to administer tbe sa craments. The Constitution and the law were dis regarded in numerous instances, and various at tempts were made to render the civil subordinate to the military power. Foreigners and refugees some of whom bad run the blockade were placed in office over natives and persons of known loyalty ; and more than one of the newspaper organs of the faction which thus misgoverned tbe State, was con trolled by foreigners of low character, who had but little sympathy with, or 'interest in, the Southern cause. The test for office was as follows: Are you a secessionist ? Yes. Are you an original seces sionist f Yes. Are you an original secessionist? No, but I believe secession was right, and I regard the' old Union men as untrustworthy. "Very well," was the answer, "yon can have the office." The old Union men bore this misgovernment, and this treatmentof themselves for months, with patience and fortitude, and almost with meekness. No call upon their treasure or their blood was ever dishon ored. Tbey constituted two-thirds of the army; tnto wrytoatuioolgbhooa, It was appa LEIGH. N. C. WEDNES rent to every one that they contributed more liber ty of their private means to sustain the war than their opponents. At length, however, forbearance ceased, to be a virtue. They remonstrated with their opponents.. They reminded them that they were their equals, and they pointed to what they had done and were doing in the war, as proof of their fidelity to their country; They told their op ponents that it was not office they desired, but the simple admission of the fact that they were loyal Southern men ; and that if the policy of proscription was continued, they would appeal to the people against it They were answered by threats of test oaths and gag laws, and by efforts to prove that they, the old Union men, were sympathizers with Lincoln, and were secretly plotting to 're-construct the Union, One of the organs of this faction the Raleigh Register charged on the eve of the elec tion, that the object of the Conservatives or old Union men of this State, was to deliver the South into the hands of Lincoln. This paper, in its issue of he 2d of August, said : "Voters of North-Carolina! do you doubt now the end and aim of Conservatism ? Do you doubt that the Conservatives of the Department of North Carolina, Stanly's Department, and the Conserve--tives of the rest of the State are united by the com mon tie of re-construction T Will you not tee the gulf that is yawning at your feet, and crush out a party that would force you into a union with those who are waging against you the most brutal war that the malice of the devil ever instigated ?" This was no mere electioneering appeal It was the deliberate sentiment of the writer, and this charge against the Conservatives constituted one of the tests in the election. The people have been appealed to ; they have re sponded at the ballot-box, and what is that re sponse? They have declared, in their judgment, that to conserve means to reform and preserve the government, and not, as charged, to destroy it, or to deliver it into the hands of Lincoln ; that those who wish to do this are the best friends the government has ; that the Conservatives are as true to the South as any among us; that the proscription against them shall cease ; that favoritism and partyism in the government shall give place to patriotism ; that the government shall be reformed, and shall be con ducted for tho benefit of the people, and not for the benefit of office-holders; that our Constitutions, both State and Confederate, shall be respected and observed under all circumstances; that the military shall never be allowed to override the civil power ; that promotion in the army shall not depend on family or party claims, but on seniority and merit ; that all useless offices shall be abolished ; that those in office shall be industrious, attentive to their du ties, and civil and respectful to the people, who are their masters ; and that tbe war shall be waged with renewed vigor, and waged until the separation of the Southern from the Xorthern States shall be complete and final. Thcso were the principles in volved in the contest, and this is the judgment of the people. From this judgment there is no appeal. Those who question, it are factionists, and those who denounce it and attempt to. thwart its operation, are enemies to the State, to the South, and to the pub lic repose and safety. Such is the moaning and the moral of tbe most signal political victory ever achieved in this State. It was achieved mainly by the people. The politi cians had but little to do with it It was a spon taneous uprising against injustice, and in favor of reform. It has occurred, too, in the midst of a great war, which is absorbing public attention and mak ing large demands on'our resources; and it has oc curred most opportunely, for since the dissolution of the Union, no inconsiderable number among us have been inclined to doubt the capacity of our peo ple for self-government, and have been calling for a strong government to protect property and persons. Tue right of the peoi'I.e to govern was inscribed on all the banners of the Conservative masses in every portion of the State ; and most signally and nobly have the people themselves asserted and vin dicated this right It was charged by our oppo nents that we were dividing and distracting the peo ple in the midst of war. This charge, like others, is shown to be unfounded. Instead of dividing, the Conservatives have united the people ; ard in proof of this we point to the immense majority for Colonel Vance, and to the fact that the Legislature is Con servative by two to one. Many of the honest early secessionists united with tbe Conservatives in this movement, which has delivered the State from mis rule and partyism, and made our people as much a unit as they were when the war commenced. It remains for us only to add, that as the judg ment of tbe people is that the Conservatives shall ' be clothed with power, and as they will be respon sible for the manner in which this power is exercis- ed, it will be their right and their duty to select their own agents in the administration of public af fairs. We believe they will select the best and ' truest men, without regard to party ; but our oppo nents have been so selfish and proscriptive that many elections and appointments must be made, before the Conservatives are placed en an equal footing with them ; and besides, those in office who have abused their trusts, or shown themselves in competent, or who have either joined in or encour aged the cry that the Conservatives are traitors to their section, if they do not consult their own self respect and voluntarily retire, must expect to be consigned to private life. Vicksbubg. At last accounts this. which wo shall call our Queen city of the West, still held out against the Yankees. They are beginning to be lieve that Vicksburg is invincible. The noble spirit which has actuated its citizens and which invigo rates our troops, is worthy of any people in their palmiest days. The same spirit of resistance and purpose would have saved New Orleans and Mem phis and Norfolk to the Confederacy. What can alleviate the surrender of New Orleans and Norfolk? Nothing but tbe complete-triumph of our arms and an honorable peace. Desperate. Gen. McCook, of the Federal army, showed himself in Tennessee to be an unmitigated tyrant and barbarian. Some one, stung with resent ment, about Salem, Ala., a short time ago, put an end to his worthless existence, it seems, by shoot ing him. At once the Yankee troops in that sec tion added to theii barbarities, by burning every dwelling in the neighborhood of the occurrence and hanging several citizens. How long shall these desperadoes go unpunished? It is said that the Unionists in Nashville have recently shot a number of prominent secessionists. Hon. A. 0. P. Nichol son, of Nauhville, who persists in his refusal to take the oath, js still kept in close eonflnenwnt with the werstftre. DAY, AUGUST 20. 1862. One more Waning to our People of the East era Coanties. Soon after the fall of Hatteras, an event which we never think of without mortification and chagrin, we counselled the people of the Eastern Counties immediately to make arrangements to remove their " negroes and other moveable property, beyond the reach of the enemy. This advice was repeated in still stronger terms after the fall of Reanoke Island, and again after the fall of Newbern. We did not then suppose that the designs of the enemy were as diabolical and barbarous as they have recently ex hibited them to be, in Virginia, Alabama and Ten nessee especially ; hence we did not advise the peo ple to remove en masse. But we knew enough ef the Yankee and of the African race,.to be sure that they could not be allowed to enjoy proximity long, without being a serious injury to us and to the blacks. ' , t ' The neglect of many of our Eastern people to heed our advice, Is working the most serious evils. In tbe Counties immediately contiguous to the Yan kees, not less than 10 or 15,000 slaves have been lost to their owners, if the statements we hear of the large numbers at Washington and Newbern be near the truth. Eastern Virginia has lost a still larger number. Every day that the Yankees re main in possession of their present positions, in creases the number, and renders those left in the possession of our people in that region less valua ble, because they are becoming more un tractable and demoralized every day. The negroes who have fled to the Yankees have no doubt made their con dition worse. General demoralization has no doubt been the consequence, both to the blacks and the Yankees. Hard work and scanty food have been the lot of those who still remain among them. It has been asserted, that large numbers of them have -been sent off to Cuba and sold. If this be true, these sooty adventurers have no doubt wished a thousand times since that they had remained with their owners. It has also been lately asserted, though we do not know the foundation for it, that the Danish government has proposed to become a party with the Yankees in this stupendous thievery, by tendering the island o( St Croix as a proper place for their transportation and settlement It is high time, therefore, for the people of the Eastern Counties to look this matter fully in the face. The slaves of many orphans and widows are their sole dependence for a living. The supercilious and hypocritical pretences of Yankee Generals and Yankee agents can no longer be relied upon. The late confiscation bill passed by the Lincoln Con gress, evinces most clearly a purpose on the part of the Yankees to make themselves masters of every -stiver of property which falls within their reach. Age, innocence, or imbecility will avail nothing with them, so long as they have the power to rob our people. Even the oath of allegiance to Lincoln will tiot secure to the people in that section the peaceable possession of their negroes. Yankee fanaticism and duplicity will find means to rob them of their slaves. What, then, should be done? If it be in the pow er of the government to afford them any help, it should be extended at oncec Our Northeast Coun ties beyond the Chowan are literally overrun by the Yankees. Every day they are becoming more aggressive, tyrannical and oppressive.- Citizens of those Counties are being carried off to Nor folk and imprisoned, and the negroes, in large num bers, are being taken away. As necessity may de mand, they will draw upon the rich corn and bacon supplies of that region for their own consumption, and confiscation will soon rob our people of all their means. The same will be the fate of the Counties which can be reached from Washington, Newbern, Plymouth and Beaufort Let our people in that entire region move all their property which can bo removed at once. Especial ly let all the negroes be removed. Let the govern ment send a sufficient force speedily to render all the assistance possible in effecting that object It is a hard lot to force the people from their homes, but it is not so bad as to be robbed by a relentless, cruel foe, and left penniless among those who would re duce them to the condition of slaves. While' they can save something from tbe wreck it had better be done. But the day is approaching when it cannot bo done. If the enemy is not driven back from Eastorn Virginia and North-Carolina before the win ter sets in, the fear is it cannot be done, or if done, it will be too late to save their slaves, if not much else that is valuable. We counsel our Eastern friends to heed our warning in time. Since writing the above, we find a letter in the Richmond. Dispatch, of which the following is an extract, in which the writer gives only -n inkling of what our fellow-citizens are suffering in that part of the State. At Suffolk 8,000 Yankees and Hessians have settled down to devastate the Counties of Gates, Chowan, Nansemond and Isle of Wight Let the government do its duty, and drive out the Hessians : Gates Cocntt, N. C, Aug. 8, 1862. ' On the 4th instant, the enemy proceeded up the Chowan river as far as- Mr. Abm. Riddick's, where tbey landed and took off about 3,000 lbs. bacon bams, charging Riddick to see that not a pound was removed until theyatne again. They made an ap propriation of the entire contents of his dairy, eat ing and destroying all the milk and butter on tbe premises; Thirty-nine negro men vamosed of Mr. Riddick's at the same time. Nine of John D. My rick's, nine of W. T. Byn urn's, three of J. A. Britt's negroes, and a number of other negroes have been spirited away all this in Hertford County. On tbe 6th instant the vandals landed at Bethel, Winton and Coleraine; took off a large number of negroes and made prisoner, of young Sharp, a wor thy, quiet young man, taking him on board their ships. In this county, and in the counties of Cho wan and Nansemond, the Yankee squads, under the direction of negro guides, have outraged hu manity most shockingly. They have carried off many of our best citizens, wfib were quietly attend ing to their agricultural pursuits, insulted most grossly delicate females, and destroyed millions of property. The Despotism. Lincoln has recently caused the most stringent orders to be issued, authorising the arrest and imprisonment of all citizens who, by word or act, may be found discouraging volunteer ing' or in any way giving aid and comfort to the ene my. He has also prohibited the giving of passports to all persons subject to military duty, who shall at tempt to leave for Europe. - - . " Got. Brown of 6a, has issued bib proclamation, requiring all Sheriffs, Constables and Jailors in this State, to arrest and commit to jail all officers and soldiers of the ' Confederate army who are absent frbca duty without beva, - Whole Number 1430. Election Ketone. We continue the election returns for the Legisla ture and Sheriff, as far as heard from. Edgecombe. Senate, Jesse H. PowelL Commons, David Cobb and Robert Bynum. Sheriff, Jos. Cobb. Guilford. . Senate, Peter Adams, re-elected. - Commons, R. W. Glenn, M. & Sherwood, and Win. R. Smith. Sheriff, Boon. Duplin. Senate, Dr. Jas. Dickson. Commons, J. D. Stanford and L. W. Hodges. Sheriff Hinson. Randolph. Commons, Jonathan Worth and M. & Bobbins. Sheriff, J. W. Steed. Jackson. Commons, J. Keener elected. Macon. Senate, C D. Smith, large majority. Commons, Dr. J. M. Lyle. Sheriff, J. L. Moore. Buncombe. . Senate, Capt W. M. Shipp, majority over Dr. Yancy700. Commons, Burgin elected. ' Madison. Commons, Dr. Wallen beats CoL Fagg 276. MeDowell. Commons, Craig elected. 'Alexander. Senate, L..Q. Sharpe's majority 348. Commons, J. M. Carson beats J. W. White 487. Sheriff, F. A. Campbell elected. , Rutherford and Polk. Senate, CoL M. O. Dickerson, by a large majority. Commons, A. R. Bryan and J. B. Carpenter. Person. Senate, Jas. Holeman elected over C. S, Winstead. Commons, Lt M. D. C. Bumpass. Catawba, Gaston and Lineole. Senate, J. H, White. OASTON. Commons, A. W. Davenport LINC0L5. Commons, A. Costncr. " CATAWBA. Commons, George S. Hooper. Cabarrus. Commons, W. S. Harris, no opposition. In tbe Senatorial district of Cabarrus and Stanly, Smith is elected without opposition. Stokes and Forsythe. Senate, James E. Matthews, no opposition. Stokes, Commons, Wm. Flynt Pitt. Senate, E. J. Blount Commons, C. Perkins, B. G. Albritton. Martin and Washington. Senate, Jas. G. Calloway. Martin. Commons, James Robinson. Perqnimons. Commons, Dr. Jos. H. Riddick. Brunswick. Columbus, 4c. Senate, J. W. Ellis is elected over D. B. Baker. Columbus. Commons, W. M. Baldwin elected instead of Williamson. Richmond and Robeson. Senate,. Giles Leitch beats Malloy. Richmond. Commons. Lt. S. M. Incram. . Jones and Carteret. Senate, Calvin Koonce over Dr. M. F. ArendelL Tub Yankee Taxes. Tho severe and onerous taxes to which the Northern people have to submit for the prosecution of this unrighteous and barba rous war, exhibits more fully their complete ensla ve ment to party and fanaticism than any thing else. Among the many severe and odious features of the bill is that which obliges the holder of every check, draft, deed, or conveyance of any kind, to pay a stamp duty on the paper from two cents to V. How de generate ! Their fathers broke the chains of British oppression rather than submit to tho odious "stamp acts," but the unworthy sons of such fathers will lick the dust at the bidding of Lincoln. AN APPEAL TO THE SONS OF TUE SOUTH. BT IA'LA. The following article was written for and read before the Springfield Literary Society, and publish ed by request Although I am not a shrieking fanatic imploring my sex to disenthrall themselves from their present restrictions, yet if you will allow me, I will taise my protest against a shameful practice which has here tofore been indulged in. I mean the practice of senuing protane, immoral men to our halls of legisla tion. . Immorality, no matter in what stage of so ciety it may be placed, always sheds a corrupting influence. If one child of a family is immoral, the rest, catching tbe breeze from the very atmosphere around it, are tainted with spiritual poison. But how much darker and deeper is the fatal influence 6pread when the parents, the head of the family, wields it So it is in any section of country as a County or State, Immorality in a private individ-. ual sheds a corrupting influence is a very limited sphere, but m a public individual it is extended, un limited, unrestrained, infusing its direful poison over all the land, tainting the atmosphere with its putrid stench, and covering the whole county over which they rule with a deep, dark mantle of sin. Can it be possible that our fathers, brothers, and friends, will continue to send immoral men to the exclusion of moral ? Can we believe that they will continue to send drunkards, swearers, and gamblers, to the exclusion of good, honest noble, patriotic citizens ? How long, oh, how long will this con tinue? How long will our once boasted land of liberty and peace groan under the galling yoke of tyranny wielded by immoral hands? When will the pure dove of peace, and the noble eagle of tree dom plume their wings and hover over us, untainted by vice and unpointed by the fumes of rum and tbe oaths of wickedness ? When will the roar of artil lery, the clash and dim of arms be hushed ? when will the cry of war and the loud peal of the cannon be heard no more ? Never while you disgrace the name of the Confederacy by sending profligates to fill her offices. The sacred word of God solemnly assures us that the judgement of heaven shall rest upon a nation on account of the wickedness of her rulers. Then may not the people of the Confederacy justly fear for their safety when they are sending men to Corgress who spend their time in all kinds of wickedness. - The examples of men in authority are seen, and every one feeling themselves at liberty to act in the same way, we can now see many of our friends posting the downward road to degradation and rauc In Richmond city we have examples of this bane ful influence. Members of that body grappling un der the effects of intoxication, are there as represen tivet. Shame to the honorable of our country, mo rality end religion. Are. we to be governed by laws made by such men? Surely that is nota "military "necessity." Now wo appeal to you, the sons of tbe South, for " our " sake, for the sake of our almost reined country, sad fortketafce of all that is sacred, sever send immoral men to oar halls of legislation. Gen. Charles Sideer Winder. . We were in error in our last In stating that Gen. Windar, who was killed in the battle of Southwest Mountain, was a Federal officer. Gen. Charles S. Winder was a native of MsrylandV He graduated at the Military Academy' at West Point in I860, and was placed in the 8d regiment of Artillery. A. few years after he entered the Berries, he, with Us regiment, was ordered to California. They started on the steamship San Francisco, and when a lew days from New York, she was lost Many of the passengers were saved.- Lieut Winder, for his gal hurt services on this occasion, was promoted to Cap tain of Infantry, and was ordered with his regiment to Oregon, where he was fi a, innv tim ativi engaged against the hostile Indians in that State. ( As soon as the . Provisional government of tbe Confederate States was formed at Monteomerr. he m - - a it w - 'resigned his commission in the United States army, left his home in Maryland, and tendered bis services .-to the South. They were accepted, and he was or- ' AarmA .a i i il . ' . m . . w icpurt io uen. Deauregaru ai unanesion, S. C, as a Captain of Artillery, in which capacity ' he rendered good service in the bombardment of Fort Sumter. After the fall of Ft Sumter, he was pjaced in the command of the Arsenal at Charles- inn wTiAra fiA rant.wA ll J 1 it.. r r , M . vuiBuigu Ullbll vaucu UJf iuo x l dent to take command of a South Carolina regiment in Virginia. He hastened to Beauregard with his regiment, and arrived at Manassas just as the ene my began their retreat too late to join in the battle. At the time of the retreat of General Johnston's r lr i rmj uiu nanassas, ne was promoted to Brigadier General, and was ordered to report to Gen. Stone wall Jackson, and was by him placed in command of his old brigade, known as tbe "Stonewall Brig ade." This was a trying position for him. He was the successor of the great' Jackson, and the brigade believed no one capable of supplying his place; but he soon overcame all objection, and they learned to love him and respect him second only to Jackson. He shared with the army of the Valley all its hardships and victories, and narrowlyscaped with his life, having two horses shot under him and af ter having safely passed through the bard fought battles about Richmond, be was doomed to fall in the battle of Soulh-westorn Mountain. He leaves a widow and several children to mourn his untimely death, at their home in his native Ma ryland. The remains of one brother rest on the plains of Mexico, where he fell in defence of the old government but others, with many friends, are in the service of the Confederacy, and will avenge his death. Call roa Troops. Lincoln's recent call for troops has Been understood to be for 800,000, but it is now ascertained that it is for 600,000. This number could not be obtained by volunteering even at a high bounty, but the madness of the government and Lincoln 8 party will demand them to be raised by draft or conscription. A small steamer with a flag of truce sent from Savannah, to Fort Pulaski, a fews ago, was fired on by the Fort and captured. Yankeeism regards neither the laws of nations, nor of humanity, t North-Carolina and Georgia. . The following just remarks, we copy from tbe correspondent of the Savannah Republican : " It is butthe simplest justice to add, that the mflrimanta ft Am Mrrt Vl-fo 1 Ir flannnia knun the brunt of the battle. All the troops did well, and those from one State fought as bravely as those from another ; but such were the numbers and posi tions of tbe regiments from tbe States named, that tbey were called, upon to bear " the heat and bur then of the hay." No Georgian or North-Carolinian has intimated anything of thekind to me ; but I hear it on the cars, in the streets, at the corners, and in the hotels indeed, wherever I go and not from acquaintances merely, but from strangers, and those who witnessed tbe conflict If this fact has "not been made to appear before, it has been because the troops from those States had no one here to sound the trumpet of their praises, even if they bad not modestly preferred to let their deeds speak for themselves." NORTH CAROLINA OFFICERS. The Rev. A. J. W'.tberspoon, of Linden, Marengo, Alabama, has just arrived in Virginia from Fort Jobnwn, Sandusky Island, Ohio, having left there on the 4th inst He is Chaplain to the 21st Ala bama Regiment and was taken prisoner at Shiloah on the second day of that great fight The Rever end gentleman1 furnishes the following list of North Carolina officers now confined as prisoners of war near Sandusky, Ohio : C, M. Avery, Colonel 83d N. C: Sam'l D. Lowe, Major 28th N. C. Oscar R. Rand, Captain 26th N. C. W. H. SpoeT, Captain 38th N. C. S. N. Stowe, Captain 28th N. C. Geo.- B. Johnston, Captain 28th N. C. D. W. Brown, Captain 18th N. C. T. W. Mahew. Captain 23d N. C. ' W. F. Farthing, Captain 37th N. C. J. W. Vinson, 8d Lieut 26th N. C. . Niel Bohannon, 1st Lieut 28th N. C. Calvin Scott, 2d Lieut 28th N. O. R. A. Hause, 1st Lieut 33d N, C. James A. Weston, 1st Lieut 33d N. C. Jno. N. Anderson, 2d Lieut 83d N. C. R. L. Steele, 1st Lieut 37th N. C. W. A. Stuart, 2d Lieut 37th N. C. J. S. Rogers, 2d Lieut 37th N. C. J. S. Bost, lat Lieut 87tU N. C. Woodbury -Wheeler, 1st Lieutenant Latham's Battery. ' Charles IL Brown, 2d Lieut C. S. A., Richmond, Virginia. (. These officers are all well, and confidently ex pecting to be'koon restored to their respective com mands by a " general exchange." A- : - : . Tbs Skirmish Moxkoe Couktt. We have some further particu1p of the skirmish at Pack's Ferry, Monroe county Ya., on Wednesday last. Col. Wharton, with small force, surprised and attacked about 300 Yankees, putting them to rout, and kill ing and wounding between 20 and 80. On our side there were none killed, and only one slightly wound ed. A small rifled cannon was fired from the other side of the river into the enemy's camp on this side with great success, and our sharp-shooters did tbe rest A notorious Union man, named Barton, was wounded and taken prisoner. This engagement, between two parties on opposite sides of a river, lasted but a short time, but was very brick and de cisive. ) . Jcirrnr Tors. from the Macon Telegraph we eopy the following While Gen. Forrest was making bis forced cavalry march upon Murfreesboro', the enemy at that place, all unconscious of their approaching doom, was holding a drum-bead court for tbe trial of numerous citizens of the vicinity accused of shooting tho Yan kee pickets.- .They hid condemned quite a number to be hung among tbem master Charley Ridley, a youth of sixteen, entirely innocent of the offence charged, but a most acceptable victim, inasmuch as he was the son of Blooddeld L. Ridley, one of the Judges of the Chancery Court of Tennessee, whose brother, Dr. Charlos L. Ridley, a citizen of Jasper county in this State, is well known to many of our readers. While these summary trials and convic tions were going on, the distant thunder of the tramp of cavalry attracted the attention of the " hon orable Court" and in a few minutes the sharp re port of musketry and tbe terrified cry of "the rebels I tbe rebels 1" adjourned that tribunal with more dispatch than ceremony. The Provost Marshal, who, in a few minutes, would have been treating his prisoners to a short shrift and a cord, took to his heels, and tbe happy escaped set up a shout of de liverance that made the Welkin ring. What a lucky arrival for them I
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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