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RALEIGH: FKIDAY, OCT. 24, 1882.
- The News. '
Several days ago, the advance ol McClellan's two
divisions across the Potomac, excited very general
expectations of a battle, but the movement of Jack
son's forces to meet the invaders, led them to Tetire
as soon as possible to the north side of the rier.
There are therefore no signs of an early fight in that
quarter.
Our telegraphic dispatches and Gen. Bragg's re
port give :tll the information we have from the West
Our victories in Kentucky, like many others, are
neutralized, we fear, by subsequent movements.
We have no news from the eastern part of the
State, or from the neighborhood of Suffolk.
Agency for onr Troops in Richmond.
Vie learn that Surgeon General Warren has ap
pointed Dr. 0. F. Manson, of Granville, General
Medical Agent in Richmond, to attend to the wants
of our soldiers. ' A better appointment could not
have been made. The distinguished services of Dr.
Manson as a hospital and army Surgeon, his known
ability in his profession, and his high character as
a gentleman, richly entitle him to the confidence
of our people. Dr. Manson has made the amplest
arrangements for our sick and wounded soldiers.
Ambulances will be at the depots for the purpose of
conveying them to the hospital ; and in addition to
this. Dr. SI. will aid all of our soldiers in obtaining
furloughs, passes, their pay, and discharges when
they seem to be justly entitled to them.
Our excellent Surgeon General, Dr. Warren, has
been and is now indefatigable in his efforts to re
lieve our sick and wounded soldiers. It was assumed
by some of the opponents. of Gov. Vance that the
office of Surgeon General was not necessary, and
ought to be abolished. The best evidence that this
assumption is erroneous is found in the fact that.
Dr. Warren has already visited andreiieved hundreds
in the hospitals in Virginia, who would otherwise
have suffered greatly.
The Xew Coxsciuptiox. President Davis has
caused a special or.der to be issued by Adjut, Gen
eral Cooper, calling for the enrollment of all be
tween the ages of 18 and 40, who are not exempt.
There is, no doubt, an absolute need of more men.
The first conscription has been partially executed
in some of the States. We' learn that North Caro
lina has furnished four times as many men under
the first consription as any of the States.
In 1S50, there were in this State, upwards of
29,000 men between the ages of 30 and 40. At
present there are about 15,000 between the ages of
S5 and 40, but of these there are, pejbaps, 5,000
exempt or in the army already.
Contributions to the Cause.
No community in the State has done more for
the Southern cause than Fayettville. The people
of that place have contributed men and means with
out stint We hare heretofore recorded instances
of this patriotic liberality on the part of our Fay
ettville fellow-citizens ; but we have the pleasure
of recording to-day one of the most liberal dona
tions, perhaps, which has yet been made. The fol
lowing letter, which the Governor has kindly per
mitted us to publish, from Messrs. E. J. Hale &
Sons, to Gov. Vance, speaks for itself:
Fatettville, Oct. 18, 1862.
Jlii Excellency Gov. Vance:
Dear Sin Your eloquent appeal' in behalf of our gal
lant and suffering soldiers cannot but stir the patriotic
feeling of North Carolina from one end to the other from
your own mountains to the seaboard. As onr own re
sponse, we forward to your add t ess one hundred pairs of
shoes. They are coarse, but arn the only kind, and almost
literally ail, that we can tind in this pla'ee. We hope they
will prove strong and useful.
Very respectfully and truly, your friends,
E. J. HALE & SONS..
We commend this noble example to the imita
tion of ouf people generally. Every one can give
something in aid of our brave and suffering troops.
By the wayit -is not improper that we should
state in this connection, that we have seen it men
tioned in one of the newspapers that Mrs. E. J.
Hale, of Fayettville, has contributed 250. pairs of
socks to our soldiers.
We learn that contributions are coming in rapid
ly in response to the appeal made by 3ov. Vance
to our people.
A New Broom. Broom cor n is very scarce and
good brooms arc not only hard to get, but they are
uncommonly high. We saw a good corn broom the
other day for which one of our -merchants asked
$2!!.
We observe that a Dr. Parker of the South-Caro-iina
Asylum is having made a very good broom from
the tops of the Chinese Sugar Cane. A good deal
of the cane has,been made in this State, and we
could suggest the propriBwy of preserving the tops
for brooms. We shall be glad to hear that Mr. Pal
mer at our Asylum is putting it to the test The
Columbia Guardian pays it an excellent substitute
for broom corn.
Leather. This important article if exceedingly
scarce in the Confederacy. In the. beginning of
the war very little care, was taken, especially in the
army, to preserve tbeJiides of slaughtered cattle.
This waste cannot now be supplied, and many must
suffer during the coming winter. Moreover, those
who have leather, in many cases, are asking two or
three prices for it .
A tanner in Henderson County writes us to know
ii niues can be bought here. We judge not, as mere
. ' are not enough to supply the demand. He says
that persons.who call themselves government agents
are buying up all the leather and, shoes in that sec
tion and taking them out the State. Persons who
sell to such individuals should always be sure that
they are bona fide government agents. No encour
agement whatever should be given to speculators in
leather or any other article of prime necessity.
Vol. xxviii. No. 44. ftA
The Connoii or State.
By the Constitution and laws of the State there
is a body of seven men, chosen biennially by the
Legislature, called the Governor's Council. These
men are usually chosen for their discretion and
wisdom, and supposed devotion to the public in:
terests. It is their duty, in the recess of the Gen
eral Assemby, to advise with the Governor, and to
concur with him in making certain appointments
and in adopting such measures as may be deemed
best in any emergency. The present Council,
chosen by the late Legislature, is composed of the
following gentlemen : Louis C. Desmond, of Lenoir,
John W. Cunningham, of Person, David Murphy,
of Cumberland, William A. Ferguson, of Bertie,
Jesse F. Graves, of Surry, William L. Hilllvd, of
Bunqombf, and John J. Long, of Halifax or North
ampton. They were all original secessionists, with
the exception of Mr. Desmond, who was recently
appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re
signation of Mr. Wooten, of Lenoir, who was als.o
an original secessionist
We happen to know that Gov. Vance is most
anxious to lay an euibvgo on the transportation of
articles of prime necessity from the State by specu
lators to make provision for clothing and shoeing
our brave soldiers in Virginia, who are already suf
fering from exposure and cold, and who muft suffer
still more unless such provision is made for them
and to devise such measures as may be in his power
to protect the Eastern portion of the State from the
ravages.of the. enemy. With this view, he notified
the Council of State to meet in this City on Satur
day last ; and it is quite probable that, if a quorum
of that body had been present, he would have re
commended the assembling of the Legislature some
two weeks earlier than the regular period fixed by
law, so that that body' might have considered and
adopted such measures as should have seemed to
them expedient and necessary in this important
crisis. Meetin,thus in advance of the regular pe
riod, that body could have. completed its labors by
Christmas, and adjourned, and the members could
have returned to their homes by the first of the en
suing year. But only three of the Council were
present to-wit: Mr. Desmond, of Lenoir, Mr. Fer
guson, of Bertie, and Mr. Murphy, of Cumberland.
It is believed that Mr. Cunningham was absent from
the State, on business, and could not attend, and
Mr. Hilliard is in the army ; but we know of no
good reason why Mr. Graves and Mr. Long could
not be present Mr. Graves may not have received
the notice which was sept him, or he may have
been absent from home ; but we learn that Mr.
Long was at home, was duly notified, and was urged
by telegraph to attend, the three members above
mentioned having remained in Raleigh awaiting his
presence from Saturday until Monday evening.
We make no charges or reflections on any of
the absent members ; but we, cannot omit to. allude
to the singular fact that on no former occasion, du-
ring the two years ot tneir term snout, to expire,
have the members of this Council failed to furnish
a quorum for tbe transaction of business.
When
notified by the preceding administrations, which
agreed with them In political opinion, a quorum
was promptly in attendance, and all party appoint
ments were duly made; but when Gov. Vance
calls for them to consider matters of the highest
j importance to our brave troops, to our Eastern
I brethren, and to the State -at large, no quorum at
! tends, and he is thus hampered in his wishes and
efforts for the public good. Gov. Vance had no
I party views or party ends to advance in summon
ing the Council He was actuated solely by a de
sire to adopt such measures as would render our
troops in Virginia more efficient, and to take steps
to defend the State against the approaches of the
enemy. These measures must now be postponed.
Meanwhile, every hour is precious to the cause and
to the State. Thousands of our soldiers are with
out shoes, and without suitable clothing for the
winter ; and many of our Eretern fellow-citizens,
despairing of that protection which, under all civi
lized governments, is rightfully claimed as the .re
sult of the allegiance of the citizen, are preparing
to abandon their homes and remove to the interior,
leaving much of their property to the mercy of the
enemy, and committing themselves as refugees and
wanderers to the chances, and, in many instances,
to the cold charities of portions of the State already
greatly burdened by a superabundant population,
especially of slaves, whose owners, not having it
in their power to bring with them the means of
subsistence, are compelled to rely for a support for
their slaves on the insufficient and diminishing sup
ply which has been produced or provided for other
classes of our people. Ten thousand State troops,
even ordinarily armed,' could at least have held the
enemy in check along our coast, while our Eastern
fellow-citizens were removing their slaves to the in
terior, with' a sufficient supply of meat and bread
to subsist them until another crop is made. But
we know that some of the original secessionists are
opposed to any measure of this sort by Gov. Vance,
because, as they say, it will embarrass President
Davis by depriving him of a portion of the con
scripts';, and there" are others who would incur the
risk of seeing the State still further overrun by the
enemy, before the would consent that Gov. Vance
and the party that elected him should receive the
credit and the praise which would be justly due to
.them for clothing our troopsand defending the State.
It was this same spirit that defeated the seven regi
ment Ordinance in the Convention, which was in
troduced and passed to defend the coast If that
measure had been adopted, we should have had
ennue-h troons to save Newbern in March last"
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against the attack of Burnside; and we should havo
had note a large body of veteran State troops, whose
services would have been invaluable in this emer
gency. And it was this same spirit, we fear, that
had some agency in refusing to assemble the Con
vention. That body, if assembled earry in this
month, could not only have completed the State
Constitution, but would have greatly aided the
Governor, in giving more efficiency to our troops
and in defending the State. We know that Gov.
Vance ,and other eminent statesmen were anxious
that that body should be re-assembled; but that op
portunity, and all other opportunities, it seems, are
denied the Governor in his efforts to defend the
State.
The original secessionists were largely instru
mental in involving tbe State in her present troubles ;
and yet many of them, from partizan motives, are
disposed to obstruct the administration in the only
policy, which promises to protect the State against
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LEIGHi. N. C, WEDNES
the enemy! North-Carolina has already sixty regi
ments in Virginia, She may be overrun and rav
aged, and not one of these regiments, it seems, will
be spared for her defence. If, jn raising State troops,
the government at Richmond shall be deprived, of
conscripts, the fault will not rest with.Gov. Vance;
for North-Carolina bag already contributed her full
proportion of troops to the common cause, and her
first duty, in the last resort, is to herself. That
duty she will perform, happen what may.
Recent events, not to speak of former ones, ad
monish the Conservatives in the Legislature to se
lect the next Council of State from the Conservative
party, and not to rely on original secessionists. The
latter have shown themselves unequal to the task,
not only of preserving but of establishing and main
taining goveantnent on sure foundations. They
must give place, in every instance, to wiser and
better men.
The Past and the Present.
The earlier days of the American Republic were
distinguished for the disinterestedness, the patriot
ism and the wisdom of its statesmen. Citizens who
were called to fill high posts of responsibility were
confided in for their capacity and incorruptibili.
Thirty years ago even, men of bad moral character
and of dubious political integrity, if 'once foisted
upon the people, could not long deceive them. The
wholesome checks of the elective franchise, not
then so much corrupted and subordinated to mere
partyisni, would soon rid the public councils of the
mere demagogue who aspired to fill the place of the
statesman. '
The country was safe in the hands of such men, .
whichever party was in the ascendency. Then par
ties were created for the preservation of government
and for the conservation of the liberties and rights
of the people, and not for th'tjr destruction. The
interests of the representative'of government and of
the people, were synonymous. Politics had not
then become a trade, By which the bold and the base
mighl live upon the government without work.
Government in'those'purer days was the patron of
industry, of enterprise and commerce, and not the
mere provider for those who were in the interest of
its' rulers.
What a change that brief period has wrought !
Men verse'd in the science of government, trust
worthy and competent, began to disappear from the
public councils of the country just so soon as the
great interests of the nation came to be thrown into
the seething cauldron of political and sectional par
tyisni. Men of principle, of character, of integrity.
shuddered to be put up in the' political shambles
with the demagogue and the time-server. They
slunk from the unequal contest with tricksters, and
the country lost the services of her best men when
she most needed them.
The great sectional contest of 1850 resulted in the
gradual yet early withdrawal of the leading states
men of the country from its councils ; and the histo
ry of the nation for the last twelve years, presents,
with but few exceptions, a continuous strife between
f partizan zealots too-imbecile to forsee the rocks and
quicksands which lay in the track- of the ship of
State, or wicked enough to fqj'pe her, so reckless of
the common weal, broadside upon them.
It may touch the pride of the would-be statesmen
of the present age, but truth compels the admission,
that the present calamities of the country have been
brought upon it, for the lack of statesmen in our
public councils, and by the reckless, headlong parti
tan tricksters wfio hate controlled its destiny or
the last jice or ten years.
Controlled and shaped by men of this class both
North and South, what could have been looked for
but a revolution which must, shake, if not to their
fall, yet terribly the very pillars of American liberty ?
May Heaven interpose ana preserve those pillars, It
least, which support the arch over Southern free
dom !
Nor has the case been better either North or South
since the revolution began. Let the honest reader
scan for a moment tbe Congresses and the Cabinets
of the two belligerent powers. . Where are the men
in either who were known to the country before or
since the revolution began as possessing profound
statesmanship and moral worth? Seward is the
only man who had established any reputation as a
statesman, but he was regarded in both sections as
being more wily and selfish and evil-designing than
wise.
North and South, the military and tbe politicians,
minus the statesman, have been combined to man
age and control the revolution. West Point had
como to be regarded as almost a useless appendage.
' It had slunk away from the public gaze under the
benign influences of peace and, the arts of home in
dustry. But as soon as the war-clarion was sounded,
with boots and spurs it strutted forth a king, and
straightway in both sections became the ruling
demi-god.
We think we have a proper appreciation of mili
.tary talent and' of our military men. Tbe military,
controlled and guided by cool-headed statesmanship,
is a valuable adjunct to the government But men
who study the science of war as a vocation, and
who bear its immediate responsibilities, know bow
to train men for the field and how to manoeuvre
them, but what do they know or care about the
wants, or the rights of the people ? Our Generals
such men as Lee, and Jackson, and Beauregard, and
Prjce, and Longstreet, and otherj are the right
men in the right places. But in tho conduct of the
war in the South, it cannot be questioned that our
affairs bave been controlled too much by what has
seemed for the moment to be a " military necessi
ty," or the exigencies of the times.
To suggest the requisite number of merfor the
war or for an emergency ; to estimate the wants of
the commissary, quarter master, ordinance and
medical departments, lie within the duty and the
province of military men, but how and from whence
the men shall be obtained, and how the ways and
means are to be provided so as to affect least inju
riously the great body of the people and the re
sources of the country, are questions belonging
purely to the statesman.
Statesmanship is feirly presumed to know, to
forecast and to grasp all these important interests.
Exigencies or emergencies do not tSrWart the real
statesman. He.foresees and provides-for them.
But it is palpable to every reader, that the Con
gresses and Cabinets of the North and South bave
' failed utterly to measure the girth of this revolu
' tion, as our fanatical and factious .politicians, who
brought it about, felled to see, or, if they saw, cared
not for the direful consequences which must ensue.
DAT, OCT. 29. 1862.
The government, for the most part, after the
emergency arose, has looked "to tbe fire in front,"
but has been oblivions of "the fire in the rear.
When the exigency was upon us, it has rushed
pell-mell into plans and schemes for building up a.
large army, but has it stopped to consider tbe best, ,
safest and least damaging plans to the body of the
people for raising the men and the means? Ia all
its plans, what has been done for the people?
What care to provide that the country shall not be
impoverished and named at home ? What conside
ration has been given to the future, how our army
is to be fed and clothed, if there are not enough
left behind to provide for the army and those at
home ? or if those left at home are wholly con
sumers, and do not labor ?
The Exemption Act.
We have been frequently asked if, under the ex
emption act, the owner of twenty slaves, who is jn
the army, is exempt from service. We answer that,
in our opinion, according to ijust construction of an
unjust provision, he is exempt It would be unjust
and cruel to compel the owner of twenty slaves who
is in the army, and who may bave been there from
the beginning of the war, to remain, and at the same
time to exempt the owner of twenty slaves at home,
who has not,' perhaps, struck the first blow for his
country.
While upon this subject we cannot forbear to en
ter our earnest and indignant protest against that
feature in the law which divides our people into
classes of slaveholder and non-slaveholder, and which
exempts the former from service because he happens
to own a certain species of property of a certain val
ue. This feature is unjust to both classes so-called,
and was not desired by either. The war is waged,
not alone for negro property,- but for Constitutional
liberty and in defence of our homes. It is a com
mon cause, and it is as much the duty of one class
to fight for it as another. Political equality is the
corner-stone of our government ; but what justice,
or what political equality can there be in providing
that one portion of our people shall be subject to
military duty, while another portion are exempt,
because they may happen to own a certain species
of property ? It is no sufficient answer to say,
that police regulations must be adopted and ob-'
served, in order to keep the slaves in subjection.
In the first place, the slaves have been remarkably
quiet and obedient since the war commenced, with
the exception "of those localities which have been
occupied or threatened by the enemy ; and in the
second place, the Congress of the Confederate States
bas no jurisdiction over slaves or the question of
slavery, but .it is the duty and the right of the
States themselves, and of the Counties within the
States, to adopt and enforce, by their own power
and in their own way, all needful police regulations.
Under the war-making powetyMr. Lincoln attempts
to abolish slavery in the States; and nnder the
war-making power, the Confederate Congress at
tempts to protect slavery in the States. It was a
universally received axiom in the South, fourteen
years ago, that the power to protect carried with it
the power to control or abolish ; and one of the
main reasons why the old government was broken
up was, that a portion of the Northern people
threatened, through the Congress, to assume ju
risdiction of slavery in the States.
Mt Lincoln made an effort recently, in his eman
cipation proclamation, to induce the non-slaveholders
of the South to believe that the war was waged sole
ly'on account of negroes ; and now, under a strange
infatuation, the Congress of the South comes for
ward, and, by an act discriminating between the
slaveholder and non-slaveholder, gives color, if not
confirmation to this belief thus attempted to be pro
duced by our common enemy.
The Constitutions of the States and of the Confed
erate States, expressly provide against privileged
classes among our people. But, Gov. Brown, of
Georgia, nullified a pact of the first conscription
law, and the result was a privileged class was con
stituted of the militia officers of the States ; and now
the Congress, disregarding the Constitution, the
rights and duties of the States, and the views and
feelings of the people, not only assumes control of
slavery in the States, but creates another privileged
'class out of owners of a certain species of property.
Members of the Society of Friends, Dunkers, Naza
renes, and Mennonists, who are averse to war, and
who had no agency in involving the country in
bloodshed, are required) to pay five hundred dollars
each into tbe treasury as the price of their exemp
tion ; but the owner of twenty or more slaves is al-'
lowed to remain at home, to. speculate, perhaps,
upon the necessities of the army and the people,
and is not required to contribute one cent to the
treasnry beyond bis usual taxes.
But we have no disposition to argue the question
further. Our only object is to enter our protest
.against this feature in the law, and having done so,,
we shall not allude to it again unless compelled to
do so in reply to such -strictures as this article may
call forth. We are for right, justice, and the Con
stitution, happen what may; and we intend to
stand, at all hazards, by the people and by the
great principles of political equality.
To Dyx Cottoh or Wool Browx. A lady friend
sends the following receipe lor dyeing cotton or
wool brown :
'fake the bark of the root of a common wild plum
boil in iron or brass, as most convenient until tbe
dye looks almost? black. Strain, and add a .small
quantity of copperas dissolved in a small quantity
of the dye. Add the article to be dyed. Boil an
hour or so. Wring out and dip in strong cold ley.
When dry, rinse in cold water. This gives a genu
ine, bright brown, which is the prettiest contrast
for blue; and when checked ih together makes a
dress becoming enough for the proudest Southern
dame or belle. Ladies, try it
A Few Words about Chicory. Chicory, Suc
cory (Cichorium Inlybus), a perennial herbaceous
plant, indigenous to Europe, but naturalized in this
country. It has been found that the root, cut into
thin slices, roasted and ground, is an admirable sub
stitute for coffee ; and, when combined with the lat
ter in the proportion of two to one improves the
flavor of coffee very much. In these blockade times,
when none but the wealthy can indulge in pure
coffee, the chicory,- will be found to answer all its
purposes. Chicory is used to a great extent in
Europe, and throughout Germany coffee is scarcely
ever prepared without the addition of a portion of
it Several of oiir own citizens are now using chi
cory, and speak of it in the highest terms.
Judge Jno. A, Campbell, of Alexandria, Va., formerly of.
the U. S, Supreme Court, has been appointed Assistant
Secretary of War, vice Mr. Bledsoe, resigned.
Tbe New York banks increased their loons and discounts
nearly five millions of dollars last week.
Whom Number i440.
Educational Association at North-Carolina.
We learn from a friend who was present, that
the annual meeting of the Association, bold at Lin
colnton, on the 14th and iUtb of this month, was
not so largely attended as usual, yet tbe meeting
was very interesting, and Well calculated to advance
the educational interests of tin State. Tbe small
attendance was owing to the present distracted con
dition of the country, and to the very disagreeable
weather in the early part of the week, which ren
dered it impossible for those who lived far from the
lines of Railroad to be present
On Tuesday night, the usual opening address was
delivered by the President of the Association, W. J.
Palmer, Esq., of this City; after which, Eev. C. it
Wiley, the energetic and faithful Superintendent of
Common Schools, made some interesting statements
in relation to the educational interests of tbe State.
The following officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: "
President Prof Samuel Lander, of High Point
Vice Presidents: Prof F. M. Hubbard, of Chap
el Hill; Prof. D. S. Richardson, of Wilson L.
Blackmer, Esq., of - Salisbury.; Prof. Graves', of
Sampson ;- Rev. T. M. Jones, of Greensboro and
Rev. J. L. Kirkpatrick, D. D., of Mecklenburg.
Recording Secretary J. D. Campbell, of Greens
borough. Corresponding Secretary Willie J. Palmer, of
Raleigh. .
A resolution was passed directing the Executive
Committee of the Association to correspond with
teachers in the different States of the Confederacy,
inviting a general Convention' of teachers to meet,
to take into consideration the best means for sup
plying the great demand for school books, and such
other matters as may be calculated to advance the
cause of education.
A committee was appointed to prepare an address
to the people of the Confederate States, urging the
groat importance1 of adopting Southern school books
and sustaining and encouraging Southern literature.
The committee consists of Gov. Vance, Rev. C. H.
Wiley, A. W. Burton, William Johnson, E. J.
Clement Rev. R. N. Davis,- and W. J. Yates.
On Wednesday night, an entertaining address
was delivered before the Association, by W. M.
Coleman, Esq., of Concord. His subject was, " the
importance of Common Schools, and the obligation
of the State to sustain them." ' ' .
The members of the Association were entertained
in a very kind and hospitable manner by the Jjti
zens of Lincolnton, who were present in large rram
bers at the meetings, and manifested a deep inter
est in the proceedings.
Yellow Fever. From last accounts the number
of new cases of fever in Wilmington has been grad
ually diminishing since last Friday. There were
supposed to be about thirty deaths on Sunday last
We had quite a sharp frost on yesterday (Thurs
day) morning, which gives encouragement to hope
that the' fever will soon disappear from our afflicted
sister town.
Advektisexkhts. We call special attention to our
advertising columns to-day. We have not space for
special notices. The people are finding out that the
very best medium for advertising in the State, is tbe
Standard.
Hospitals, Surgeons, Ac.
We very cheerfully give in another column the
remarks of "An Army Surgeon" in defence of the
Surgeons, Hospital management, 4c We have
joined in no indiscriminate assault upon the Surgeons
of Hospitals. When cases of manifest dereliction
arising from intemperance, incompetency or indo
lence have been brought to our attention, we bave
noticed them in some instances. We have objected
especially to the appointment of surgeons on politi
cal or other grounds, except their entire competency,
and this no man true to the country can except to.
That there are incompetent, intemperate and indo
lent surgeons in the army, and hospitals shamefully
managed, we have no doubt; but we hope that these
are the exceptions anJnot the rule.
What defence can be made for a Surgeon belong
ing to one of our regiments, who, after the battle of
Sharpsburg, remained with our wounded, got drunk
out of the. brandy allowed for the sick, quarrelled
with the Yankee surgeons until they were compel!-W
ed to send him back into our lines, and then cared
humanely for our wounded ? This is said to be a
fact
What defence can be made for the Surgeon Gen
eral of the Confederate States, who, as the Examin
er states, a few days ago, ordered 150 of our paroled
and wounded soldiers, upon their arrival at Varina,
to be transported to an out-door hospital two miles
from Richmond, where there were tent accommoda
tions for only 60, and rations for none,- not even al
lowing those who had parents and friends at hand
to take thbm to their own homes ! The wounded
men say they were treated kindly from the moment
they got into Yankee hands until they were landed
at Varina, and that the first and only cruelty they
suffered was from their own people. There may(
have been a few cases of small poz among them, but
if they had been horses they should have been trea
ted better. ?
A party. of colored "gemman" applied to tbe Mayor of
Richmond a short time sma, to allow " a selxst party of
twenty colored gentlemen and ladies" to have a bnst np
and a dance. "It was agreed that that number should meet
and no more, but the manager sold 87 tickets at $2,50 !
The police, about 1 o'clock at night, captured the entire
number and locked them up nntil next moming.
The men about fifty in number who were engaged in
the act of resisting the draft in Blackford county, Indiana,
are to be arrested and returned to the military camp at In
dianapolis, for duty during the war.
Soldiirs' Pat. By a recent act of Congress, the
oath required to enable sick, wounded, or other sol
diers, to receive their pay, may be taken before any
Quartermaster as well as before any other officer
authorized by the laws of the State to administer
oaths. Of course it will be tbeduty of the Quarter
master to administer the oath uunovt charge, and
thus thesoldier wi)l be spared the exactions of the
sharks who have heretofore demanded from one to
three dollars for administering the oath. Richmond
Whig. .- '
Scexi in a Hospital. Lady (at the bedside of a
sicjc soldier.) How dy'e do t la there anything you
want
Soldier, (curtly.) No, I believe not
Lady. Is there nothing I can do for you f
Soldier, (with anxiety.) No, I think not
Lady. Oh I do want to do something for you.
Can't I wash your hands and face ?
Soldier. Well, if you want to right bad, I reckon
you can ; but if you do, you will be the fourteenth
lady who hat done so this morning?
f GENERAL ITEMS. "
Matt. Ward, who killed a teacher in Eentaeky
years ago, was recently killed in Arkansas. He was a Lin
coin sympathizer. Vengeance alambfra sometimes, bat is
sure to overtake the murderer. ' . .
Gen. Ewell, we are glad, to learn, is gradually improvtag
from bis wounds received in the last battle of Managua.
- uwucn umu, ui nc uavv ww viuccn own -
tilled to promotion than he. We judge be was "Stone
wall " Jackson's right hand man.
Tbe Boston Courier a few days since, asserted that Oov
enter Andrew bod said, in conversation, that not another
regiment should leave the State of Mat saehusetts for tbe
. war, unti( be was satisfied that the right man was to be
ia command of the Union.forces.
The Richmond Enquirer says that the negro marks! ia
that city is overstocked, and that prices bave a downward
tendency. ItJiowever says, that field heads, bring from
IS to $1,450. The people of the upper Counties of Va, are
sending their slave to Richmond to avoid the Yankea army.
Ode hundred and fifty bags of prime Bio eofiw sold ia
Baltimore, on the Hth, for twenty-five cents per poond,
cash. Common Hio 23; Lagnyra 26 cents; Java U
cants; Market firm. - ,
Tbe. Richmond Enquirer says, that before the wet, peer
seamstresses in that city were paid $1 per pair for making'
pantaloons, and cheap enough at that Now, that it costs'
four times as much to Kve, the government is charitably
paying them fb cents per pair! '
At Perryville battle on the Eth inst, Gen. Bishop Polk
bad a narrow escage. About dark be left his staff and rode
in front to stop the firing, as he supposed, of a Confederate
Regiment on our own troops.' He rode up to a Colonel
and seizing him by the shoulder faked, 14 Why do' yon fire
on your own friends ?" The officer replied that ha did not
know they were, " Who are you !" said Bishop P. Col
onel of the 2Sd Indiana,'' was tha reply. He immediately
ordered him to stop firing, in . a rough manner, and before
the Yankee found eut . who be was, put spurs to his horse
and got away. '
The Virginia Treasurer has issued about $1,000,000 in
new one dollar bilLi and about $600,000 in fives. Tbe
small.cbange bas been of advantage.
The Col urn bus Sun of the 1 3lli inst. says, the proprietors
of the Eagle Factory have decided to sell their fabrics at
retail to consumers, instead of putting-them np at auction
in large quantities. . ;
, Cren. Echols in command of our forces at the Kanawha
Salt Works in Virginia, is nrging the farmers of Virginia
to come with wagon loads of forage and get salt ia return.
Tbe Pennsylvaniaus have been frightened by rumors ml
a new invasion by Stuart. The farmers of Franklin sobb
ty .moved off their stock to Perry county.
Several cases of garroting and robbing have oeejured re
cently in Richmond.
Gen. Jff. C. Davis, bas received an order from tbe War
Department, releasing bim from tbe arrest nnder which be
has hitherto been confined since killing Kelson. t .
Tbe passenger train from Richmond to Staunton on tbe
26th inst, ran off the track near Charlottesville, prectpita.
ting several cars over a precipice, killing 7 and woundiag
50 soldiers. Among the wounded were two North Caroli
na soldiers, D. C. UcMosters, Company I, 22d Reg. N. C.
V., injured in both bips, and W. A. Loudermilk, Company
C, 2d N. C. V., both thighs broken.
Gen. MagTuder has been assigned to duty west of the
Mississippi. His district embraces Texas, Arizona and
New Mexico. He passed through this city yesterday.
Tbe Confederate government, it is understood, has ap
pointed Conlmander Maury as a Commissioner and Pleni
potentiary to Europe. Commander M. is well known as
the late distinguished astronomer at the National Observa
tosy at Washington City.
Breadstuffs are rising in New Tork. Wheat at 1,40 and
$1,50.
Latest Telegraphic News. '
From Brag
;'s Army.
Chattanooga, Oct SA,
The Inst we have from Brasrg's army be was at London,
Jvr., falling back in order towards Cumberland Gap.
Buell has a very large army, and endeavored to flank
Bragg while ut Camp Dick Robinson, which was prevented
by his retreat. Buell is still endeavoring to flank him,
and there may be a battle any day.
Tbe report of taking a large number of prisoners at Per
ryville, by our army, proves untrue.
From Corinthi
c MOBILR, Oct S.
A special dispatch to the Advertiser A Segitter. dated
Holly Springs, yesterday, says: the enemy in front of
Corinth yesterday made a reconnnissance to onr lines un
der a flag of truce. The pretext was to see about the pre
tended ill-treatment of their prisoners in our hands, and
remonstrate against the guerrilla system. There Is noth
ing reliable regarding the reported evacuation of Coriitk
Upwards of aoo prisoners, taken at Corinth, arrived at
Jackson to-day. Several hundred of our wounded art at
Corinth, where they are well treated. The Federal regard
the loss on each side as equal.
Latest from Nashville.
Chattaxooga, Oct. JJ.
The Rebel has a dispatch from Murfreesboro' dated tbe
21st, which says our pickets attacked tbe enemy from sev
eral points rear 'ahville at daylight this morning, dri
ring in their pickets, killing several and capturing fifty
prisoners on tbe Murfreesboro' Pike.
We-alsu killed W. B. Stokes, Colonel of a Renegade Ten
nessee Regiment, and another Colonel on the Lebanon
Pike; also driving their forces into tbe entrenchments at
Nashville. ' There is no evidence of an evacuation of Nash
ville. Captured private letters represent the state of the
city as intolerable. .
Northern News.
RlCHKOKD, Oct St.
Northern papen of the 20th have been received. The
troops under (tens. Hancock and Humphries, who recent,
ly crossed the Putnniac, have returned to Maryland.
Several prominent politicians and .business men bave
been drafted in Pennsylvania.
(Sen. Morgan dashed into Lexington, Ky, on Satitrdar
moraine, the 18tb, and compelled the Federal garrison to
surrender.
The democratic gain in Ohio is 4,000. They have ma
jorities in the Legislature in Indiana and Pennsylvania,
securing two Senators in place of Bright's successor sad
Wilmot.
Gold 29 to 30 in New York, on Saturday.
The Battle of Ferryvilte-General Bran's Of
ficial He port.
The following is a copy of Major General Bragg's official
report of the battle of Perryville, Ky.:
Headquarters Dbpaktmext No. t,
t Bryautsville, Ky.,. Oct., 12, 1813. f
Sia-rFinding the enemy pressing heavily in bis rear
near Perry villo, Major General Hardee, of Polk's comnThnd,
was obliged to hall and check him at that point Having
arrived atHarrodsburg from FrankfortArtetermined to give
him battle there, and accordingly concentrated three di
visions of my old command the army of, the Mississippi,
now under Major General Polk Cheatham's, Buckners
and Anderson's and directed Gen. Polk to take command
on the 7th, and attack the enemy next morning. Withers'
HiTiKinn hAl crnnA tha Aat twfnrp tn snnnnrt Kmitti. fliu.
ing, on the night Of the-Ttb, that tbe force in front ef
..t. u . .i ..ii.. . . i ...j T . i . :
to be present at tiie operations of Polk's forces.
The two armies were formed confronting each other, on
opposite sides of tbe town ot Perryville. After consulting
the Geueral. and reconnoitering the ground and examining
bis dispositions, I declined to assume the command, bat
suggested some changes and modifications of bis arrange
ments. which he promptly adopted. The action opened at
24' P- M between the skirmishers and artillery oo both
sides. Finding the enemy indisposed tv advance upon ox,
ad knowing he was. receiving heavy reinforcHnents, I
deemed it best to assail him vigorously, and so directed.
The engagement became general soon tbtreafter, sad
was continued furiously from that time to dsrk, our troops
never faltering and never failing in their eftrts.
For the time engaged it was- tbe severest and most des
perately contested engagement within my knowledge.
L-caiiuuj uuiiiuuiuem, uur irwops uiw .... . -v su-
gaga at any odds, and tboogh checked at times, they event
ually carried every-position, and drove the enemy about
two' miles. But for the inU-rrcntion of night, we should
have completed the work. We had captured fifteen pieces
of artillery by the most daring charges, kilted on and
wounded two Brigadier Generals, and a very large nasa
ber of inferior otlicers d men, estimated at no less than
4,000, and captured 4X prisoners, includ:ng three staf
otlicers, with KerT", carriage and baggage of Major
General TdcCook. .
Tbe ground was literally covered -with his dead and
wounded. Id such a contest our own loss was necessarily
severe, probably nnt less than 2,500 killed, wounded ana
missing. Included in wounded are Brigadier Generals
Wood, Claiborne and Brown gallant and noble soldiers
whose loss will be severely-felt by their commands. To
Major General Polk, commanding tbe forces, Major Gene
ral Hardee, commanding the left wing, two divisions, and
Jdajer Generals Cheuham, Bnckner and Anderaoe, com
manding divisions, is mainly due the brilliant aehinements
of this memorable field. I obler troop's were never more
gallantly led. The country owes them a debt of grati
tude, which I am sure will be acknowledged.
Ascertaining that the enemy was heavily peinforced ail
ing the night, I withdrew my force early the next morning
to Harrodsburg, and tbence to this point Major General
Smith arrived at Harrodsburg with most of bis forces and
Withers' division the next day, (10th,) and yesterday I
withdrew ibe whole to this point the enamy lollowing
slowly, bnt not pressing us. "
I am, sir, very respectfully,
lour obedient servant,
Signed, BRAXTON BRAGG, Gen. Com'g.
To Adjutant General, Richmond, Va,