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' 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" o - I 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 r ; 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,

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