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RALEIGH: FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 1883.
The Latest News.
No changes have taken place on our lines about
redericksburg. The enemy keeps up a snow, dui
tt. is evident that a large portion of his mrce Has
transferred to other points. There are indi
cations that an increased force has made its appear-
l ti Peninsula below Richmond, lien, fry
tr attacked Dodge's mounted" Riflemen near Suffolk
Bf-" m
fcn the 10th, and routed them ; he then advancea
upon a force of 3,500 Yankees at Carrsville on tne
Reaboard Railroad, who fled on his approach.
Rumor asserts that the Yankee troops at JNew-
, c i A n:i n.,,nlr 7ft tn ftfl Oflft and
;rn anu .uuieiicau vilj .iuimw. i 1
h,t s ronsiderable fleet was.at Beaufort. Rumors
,f an advance are daily reported, but there is no
'eood evidence that the enemy has yet made an a
vance movement We hear of a strong oonieaeraw
force at Wilmington, Goldsboro', and other points,
" ... el
.ready to encounter him on his advance.
Gold was rising at New lork and declining ai
liebmond. ' .
dispatch states that Gen. Bragg now estimates
ur loss at Murfreesboro, iu killed, wounded and
. nnin T. : . r..lk.. nUtafl tl.ot Hm T?f. ((T
UUSSWgat WUU. inn mi wioi oiawum..!..-.-!,,
'asks to be relieved from the command in Tennessee.
We eivc the rumor lor what it is worth.
Western accounts state that Uen. den. inomp-
i . C n.Ctt.in fnnv miliic fP
son was Wlin strong iuiw -
Madrid, Mo. and that the enemy had evacuated that
lace and Island No. 10.
Northern accounts state that Springfield, Mo. Jias
again been captured by the Confederates, with a
large amount of stores &c.
Rosecrahz has caused tho L'onieoerate omcers
captured at Murfreesboro', to be confined and subsist
op private' rations until President Davis' recent
proclamation be revoked.
Gov. Robinson of Ky. in his message to tne leg
islature recommends to ii.eniucKy to reject auu pro
test, against Lincoln's proclamation. He says' it in
flicts a fta-CmgW in&ract blow upon the State.
A gentleman from Asheville, informs ns that
about 80 tones and deserters lrom the Laurel coun
try, on the Tennessee line, made a raid upon the
village of- Marshall, Madison County, in this State,
last week, arrested a number of persons and sacked
the Court House and other buildings, destroying ,
the records of the Court and other property. They
claimed to be Federal soldiers, and were commanded
by a man in Federal uniform. The authorities of
course will take steps to chastise them.
We learn that the Yankees and buffaloes in our
Northeastern Counties are committing many depre
dations upon our unarmed -people. In Elizabeth'
k'ity and adjacent country, they are said to be en-
"orcing the. oath of allegiance.- A company of buf-
aloes crossed Chowan river Sume . days rfgo and
omniitted depredations upon the citizens near
'olerain. We give no particulars in the absence of
uthorized statements from responsible persons.
P. S.- Just as we were going to press, wc learn
rom a dispatch to the Associated Press, dated WiV-
ingtori, Jan. 14, that it is believed there that the
fa'nkee land and naval forces bad left Newbern and
eaufort harbor, destination unknown. Non-com-
aUnls had been requested to leave Wilmington.
Northern accounts admit that Sherman's force at
K'icksburg had been completely repulsed Yankee
oss 3,100. They had embarked for Napoleon. .
ThevillageofLavergne,ncarMurfreesboro',Tenn.,
t is said, has been burnt to ashes by the Yankees.
Yl division of Rosecranz, it is said, had been with
drawn from Middle Tennessee.
Narrow Escape. We learn that oh Monday
piorning last, about five o'clock. Miss Elizabeth A.
ones, residing with Mr. W. H. Ellen, of this city,
ft the house in a fit of temporary derangement.
ad jumped into a well on the premises some forty
cet in depth. She was discovered in the well by
n attempt to draw water, and was taken out with
broken ankle, and very much exhausted, having
'een in the water from five until eight o'clock. She
improving,' and will, in all probability, recover
rom her injuries. -
A Glaring Counterfeit.
We received by a late mail from the Northwestern
xi of this State, two bills, purporting to be three
pilar Treasury notes of thia Stated which are the
ost glaring counterfeits, we have seen. They are
retchedly printed, on bluish- bad . paper, and are
gned on the left of the bill in imitation of O. H.
''try. Thev are dated Raleich. Mav 1. 1862.
')y person at all a judge of money, would at once
enounce these bills counterfeit.
Let the people in the North-western part of the
late be on their cuard asiinst such bills. The
O r C7
iie, he it remembered, has thus far issued no
T dollar Treasury notes. These counterfeits
'Wily oritrinaterl in the neiirhhnrhnn nf th Vir.
1,dtwk.
A TirmT rou tub ENquiRKK.-We learn, on good
1 horny, that five prominent citizens of Beaufort
'u"ty, original secessionists or Destructives, have
the oath of allesianco to Lincoln : and we
frn r"rtw, that no Conservative of auy standing
Llilken Ru':h an oath. - The few traitors there
L r!'S Stale' Won8 t0 ih'c fiintion of the Rich-
e Un John Bell is n.nTliring in a little tiI-
earIWe. fia niVlfliff liAAn il.MTnn fnm im
le,)nessee by the enemv.
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"ny the Un regiment bill should be passed.
VoL. ,XXIX.No. 4.
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Eastern If rth-CarolIna.
At a ery early period after Got. Vance's inau
guration, be became .luuy lmpressea wiio tne
absolute necessity of providing at once for a vig
orous defence of Eastern North-Carolina. The
would make at an early day to overrun and subdue
at least our Eastern Counties. He at once turned
his attention to the best means of preparation, and
lost no time in endeavoring to impress President
Davis with the magnitude of the danger, and the
importance of a thorough defence. Hw message to
the Legislature indicates the success with which
he met - '
The present formidable preparations of the enemy
on Our coast, plainly show that his fears were well
founded, and that his. seal in laboring to be pre- j
nrd for the dancer, was not misplaced. The
shock rf battle i evidently near ur doors, and ifc
becomes the authorities of both the State and Con
federate government, our army and our people, to
meet it coolly, manfully, and withthe purpose to
defeat the invader and drive him from our soil.
We have seen no account of the enemy's forces
on our coast sufficiently reliable to form an opinion
of the real numbers and preparation already there.
We have no doubt the movement will be on a
large scale. We-ks ago wo learned that Lincoln
had declared his purpose to send 100,000 4nen to
carry forward the work of devastation and the
subjugation of this State. We cannot, therefore,
suppose that he will employ a less force than this,
in his present undertaking. ;
Wilmington, Goldsboro', Tarboro' and Weldon
seem to be fixed in the public mind, as- points of
simultaneous attack. This may be so, yet we are
inclined to the opinion, that the two former points
will first demand the enemy's attention, leaving the
two latter for a subsequent movement Our rea
sons for this opinion need not be given, but they
are sufficient to satisfy us of its correctness.
What preparations are being made by the author
ities to meet successfully this large force, it does not
become us to speak definitely. We believe from
what we hear, that President Davis and the Secre
tary of War begin to feel the magnitude of the
crisis, and the jeopardy in which Richmond must
be placed, Should the enemy gain secure possession
of Wilmington and Goldsboro'. We will not allow
ourselves to fear that this is within the range of
possibility ; yet stung by his late "defeat at Frede
ricksburg, we cannot doubt that he will put forth ex
traordinary efforts to reinstate himself in the confi
dence of the North and of Europe.
We hope, therefore, that the preparations to resist
him successfully will be fully adequate to its ac
complishment An opportunity, we trust, will be
afforded the intrepid sons of the Old North. State, if
the shock should come, to repeat the deeds of dar
ing which have signalized them on every battle field
in Virginia, on their own soil, and that they will
forever hush the impertinent and- JyJng" vaporlngr
of upstart Virginia and South Carolina scribblers,
questioning their prowess and courage.
Confederate Congress.
This body met at Richmond on Monday last
Only nine Senators and 53 Representatives were
present Mr. Dortch, of the Senate, and Messrs.
Arrington, Bridgers, McDowell and McLean of the
House from this State, were among the number.
There not being a quorum, both Houses adjourned.
On the 13th there was no quorum in the Senate.
The House having a quorum proceeded to business
and elected J. L. M. Curry, of Ala.t Speaker pro
tern, in the absence of Mr. Bdcock. Several im
portant bills and resolutions were presented. Mr.
Curry, of Ala., a bill to repeal the existing exemp
tion law, also to increase the pay of the rank and
file in tho Confederate army. Mr. Gartrell, of Ga.,
a bill to authorize the suspension of the writ of
haheat corpus. Mr. Barksdale, of Miss., to repeal
the twenty negro clause in the exemption bill.
Mr. Crockett of Ky., a resolution calling for official
reports of Gen. Bragg's campaign in Kentucky,
which was agreed to. Resolutions of Mr. Foote,
expressive of the favorable policy of the Confederate
government towards all the Northern States except
New England.
We alluded in our last to a change of schedule,
by which the Central tears left the depot, in this
City, so soon after the arrival of the Gaston train
as to afford insufficient time for the transfer of pas
sengers and baggage. We have since conversed
with Mr. Sumner, the Superintendent of the Central
Road, on the subject, who informs ns that the
change in his schedule is as follows : The Eastern
train formerly reached here fifty-five minutes after
foufP. M., and left twenty-five minutes after five.
Now, it reaches here thirty minutes after four, and
leaves twenty minutes after five ; being twenty-five
minutes earlier than formerly, and leaving five min
utes sooner than formerly. The Gaston train, we
believe, is due five minutes before five. If up to
time, this would leave twenty-five minutes for
changing from train to train. This would seem to
be ample time. Mr. Sumner informs us that he di
rected the trains to pass each other, at Camp Man-
gum, in order, among other things, to avoid the
contusion aol crowd ot trains at the Raleigh depot.
We trust the two roads will so act as to afford the
greatest accommodation possible to tbe traveling
public.
The Exemption Law. The Hon. E. Barksdale,
the Representative in Congress of the Jackson (Mis
sissippi) District, has written a letter to the Merid
ian Journal, in which be says Ire concurs with the
Editor of that paper that the exemption or twenty
negro law, ought to be repealed. The Mmittippian
is of the same opinion. .Mr. Barksdale says : ' :-
"Experience baa satisfactorily demonatrated that there
are a sufficient number of persons exempt by age, by dis
ease, and by rounds received in battle, to act as mauajrers
snd overseers ou plantations, and to perform police duty
sod. therefore, responding to my convictions of doty I ahull
iavor an early reeftl, or nwteml modifioiition, of the ex
emption law. I will be strengthened in this purpose, should
the Legislature, in its wisdom, deem (it to repeal tbe State
law wiih which it accords, and to ..which I have above re
ferred. It is proper to remark that no steps having been
taken to enforce tbe late conscript act In this State, the ex
emption law nf Congress has not been put into practical
operation.' If persons have bren exempted from militia
se r vice, it was done by reason of the titate law." : - .1 rj -
,- Tin Militia. The order from the Adjutant Gen-
end's office, it will bo observed, calls out the militia
of 25 counties for drill and inspection. The move
ments of the enemy on our coast may demand their
services. We hope, however, that the, prompt action
of the Legislature in passing the ten ,rgiment bill,
may prevent the necessity of forcing raw militia
into tne contest -
LEIGH. N. C. WEDNES
ViBQiHia akd Nobth-Casouxa. We have alluded bat
seldom, and briefly, and mildly, to the impertinent inter
ference of the Richmond Enquirer in the internal affairs
of North -Onrolina; and to its false and insulting imputa
tions upon her. But we have just heard some facta which
should be known to that paper if they are not, and if they
are, should induce it to let North-Carolina alone and turn
its batteries upon Virginia. Those facts are, that the books
at .Richmond show, that in number of troops famished by
ine amies to tbe Confederate StatesJTorth-Caroltna, the nun
trooDS
to neutralize tbe nower of what she has furnished to the
Confederacy, Pierpont's part of Virginia claims to have
furnished 82,000 men to Lincoln's army. North-Carolina
has furnished none to Lincoln.
Now it strikes us that imputations against, the loyalty of
North-Carolina come with a very bad grace from any Vir
ginian, more especially from a Virginia newspaper, and
most especially from the Virginia organ of the Confederate
government which North-Carolina has done and is doing,
so much to maintain and defend.
Our State has sent the mostymen ; has confessedly clothed
them better than any others ; they are everywhere noted
for being more orderly than any others ; they have been
in more battles and shed more blood than any others; and
yet forsooth these Virginians lecture her upon loyally and
duty: falsely charge her with', entertaining a "plot" to
overthrow Mm government, and rnshnnte ftat'Ae hi' s
lurking hope of a restoration or reconstruction " of tbe
-defnnct and despised Onion. And one of the high officers
of tbe Confederate government, whose duties bring him
in contact with thousands of North-Carolinians, both
civilians and soldiers, insolently and falsely calls ber " a
damned nest of traitors "for which, if President Davis
bss a proper idea of what is due to himself and to an
insulted Slate, be will pitch the slanderer out of tbe office
he disgraces.
Tbe Enquirer' imputations are offensive to North Care-
tln 1 .1 .J u 1: J Ot.. J . :.1 .1
buii hiiiiuu ue uiBciiniiDueu. on. no uu whuvui mio
impertinent advice of that naner. as she did in the election
of Gov. Vance, against which tbe Enauirtr protested. Let
there be an end of it, if the Enquirer really desires nnity
of feeling and tbe success of tbe great cause. FayttttmlM
Observtr.
The foregoing, from one of 'the most reliable
papers in the Confederacy, is worthy of considera
tion. We have nodoubt that the facts stated showing
what this State has done in the way of troops for
the common defence, are true. Virginia has suf
fered immensely in this war, and, as a general thing,
those of her people .who are loyal have done their
whole duty ; but more than forty of her Counties
are hostile to the Confederacy, and the people of
those Counties have actually created a State and
.applied for admission into the Lincoln Union !
Lincoln, in his emancipation proclamation, has
expressly exempted those Counties from tbe opera-
tion of the proclamation, thus rendering it perfect
ly apparent that a majority of their people are with
him in sentiment And if it be true, as claimed by
Pierpont's part of Virginia, that he has furnished
thirty-thousand troops to fight for Lincoln, then it
is also apparent that Virginia has been fighting for
the South with her right hand and for the North
with her left And yet the Enquirer comes for
ward to lecture North-Carolina for disloyalty!
North-Carolina, whose people are a unit in their
opposition to Northern aggression, and who have
furnished more than eighty thousand men to fight
for tbe South, and not one to fight agaitut it
We have before us-the Weekly MUsissippian, of
the 31st December, from which we learn the extra
ordinary fact that no ttepi hate been taken in that
State to enforce the conscript law patted at the latt
session of Congrett. The Missittippian says
"Why is not ths Coxscsipt Law EsroacEpt Thja.
-question la on the nps t ereit ' wie.TnrO0r6"l Sta of
aithcult.es, a majority of the Congress responded to tbe
rccumuicuuuuuu in iu rresiueui, mat ine puuuc exigen
cies imperiously required that the law should be amended
so as to embrace persons between the ages of thirty-tire
and forty-five years ; and though three long mouths of
painful and intense anxiety hare passed, yet in Mississippi
at least, it has not been put into cxecutinu. Strange
to say, tbe measure above all others recommended by the
President urged by tbe President demanded -by tbe
country fought through by a majority of Congress tbe
measure required to meet this appalling exigency, tland
a dt&l teller to far at Mittitfitpt tt eoncirntd. While tbe
savage foe with advancing columns have overrun a large
portion of the State and are pressing to its very centre, the
question recurs, why has it not been executed? The coun
try requires an answer, nnd if !t be not satisfactorily given,
the demand should be repeated through Congress upon tbe
assembling of that bjdy.
North-Carolina is drained to the last man of her
conscripts they are hunted down over hill and
dale, and in some cases forced into service, and that
too while she stands firtt among tbe States in the
nifmber of her soldiers already in service, beingjifth
in white population ; yet Mississippi, the President's
State, is thus far relieved of tbe second conscription,
the law being a " dead letter" so far as she is con
cerned. Comment is useless. Let the fact be
known that President Davis has ordered a rigid ex
ecution of the late conscription law in North-Carolina
and that the same law remains a " dead letter"
so far as his own State is concerned. This fact
cannot be denied, for we have it from the Missimp
pian Itself.
Really, tilings have come to a pretty pass when each a
man as the Editor of the " Htun-Urd" appeals to North
Carolina to redress his wrongs, real or imaginary, and con
sider her pride as a State identified with bis individual
quarrels or controversies. Register'.
Things have come to no such " pass," and never
wilL We have made no such appeal. We have
simply defended our State against the libels, slan
ders, and insults of tho Richmond Enquirer; and
while we have been doing this, the Editor of the
Regitler has been copying and endorsing those libels
and slanders.
The Editor of the Eegiiter has been indulged long
enough in bis contemptuous allusions to the Editor
of this paper. When he speaks contemptuously of
us, and makes allusions which are intended to mor
tify us, simply because we differ from- him in po
litical opinion, it is time for us to retort, and tell
the people in plain terms who he is. ' He came to
this City from Petersburg, to edit a venerable and
respectable newspaper; and, under his management,
that paper has so decreased in circulation as hardly
ever to be seen. Its old friends are ashamed of it,
and its new ones use it only to gratify their malig
nant ends. Tbe Editor left no friends m Peters
burg, and ho has made none here. His influence is
as contemptible as his Editorials are weak and illog
ical The more he writes the more he writes him
self down. Tbe people hear him, and then vote
against him. If we should ever be a candidato for
any office' before the people, we 6bould esteem our
self unfortunato not to have him against . us. In
deed, we incline to think we should positively de
cline to run, unless we were assured in advance that,
he would oppose lis. . '
: Such is our estimate of "tuck, a man" as the
Editor of tho RegUter ; and, what is better, the
people agree with "us, as if shown by his constan tly
decreasing, and our constantly increasing circula
tion. We will venture to say that we receive more
subscribers in one day than the RegUter does In
ten. . This shows who it is the people are endorsing
and supporting in this trying time.
r JExcHAHGiD.r-It will be seen by the notice of Mr.
Ould, Exchange Agent, that with others the forces
recently captured at Kinston and paroled have been
exchanged; and are expected to return to their poets
as soon as possible. ' ' ' ""
DAY. JAN. 21.
s?: T, Mr. Stowe's BUI of Conytaiftts.
& Jasper Stdwe,of Gaston, is oat in an elaborate
CaM in the Charlotte BtdUtinl otf the subject of
tba neent order of Gov. Vanoe to arrest tad send
tojftunp all white marsa between the ages of eighteen
tai forty, employed in the tactories of Stowe &Ca,
srger &' Co. sad T. R. Tate,- for the reason
bat these factories bad sold their goods at a price
mach beyond the seventy-five per cent profit allowed
by .act ot Congress. ; - '
i, Ur. Stowe says the Secretary of War alone has
tbt right to do what Gov. Vance has done. In this
he la mistaken. Gov. Vance is enforcing the con
scription law in this State, and, standing thus in
the shoes of the Secretary of War, it was his duty
to Issue the order referred to. It was no " imperial"
edict as Mr. Stowe declares, but a plain business
rder, which it is evident Mr. Stowe feel.
Mr. Stowe lues in the case of the Rev. R.. J.
fejv'ao&i that Gov. Vance showed such seal
in his case as to u place himself in direct conflict
with the Confederate government" Mistaken again,
Mr. Stowe. The Legislature demanded Mr. Graves,
and the Governor simply acted as the representative
of that body in enforcing the demand. There was
no conflict whatever, for tbe Secretary of War ad
mitted that tbe Legislature was right, and delivered
np Mr. Graves as soon as tbe demand was made. .
Mr. Stowe complains that the Governor's order
would deprive him of " only two operatives 1" In
this he does not. include himself, that is, provided
he is a conscript One of Mr. Stowe's chief objec
tions to the election of Gov.' Vance was, that be
feared he would not promptly enforce the conscript
law. What does be think now f The Governor,
in the plain performance of his duty in enforcing
that law, is so tight, and necessarily so, on Mr.
Stove himself, that th'at gentleman cries out Mr.
Stove was a most ardent original secessionist He
premred disunion, and he appeared to be ready
for all the consequences that might follow. But,
, like thousands of others who entertained the same
views, he has remained quietly at home, exerting
all his energies to amass a fortune, and has not seen,
much less fired the first gun at a Yankee. In all
this Mr. Stowe is quite consistent," for, Tike the
others referred to, he said he was for "peaceable
secession." He is as good as his word.
We learnthat Messrs. LihSberger k Co., and Mr.
Tate have complied with the' act of Congress on the
subject, and will of course retain their operatives.
Hat Mr. Stowe done so ? As soon as we bear that
he 'has, we will do him the justice to state the fact
It seems to us that any reasonable man who is de
voted to the cause of Southern independence, ought
to te satisfied with a clear profit of seventy-five per
cent Gov. Vance, instead!, of being censured for
the course he has pursued in this matter, deserves
the thanks of the people, and especially of our
soldiers and their families, for bis efforts to restrict
the manufacturers of cotton and woolen goods to
this profit It is his duty to enforce the law, and
CTYigult thgi t.t good f tbe greatest number
and if a few persons are thereby deprived of iui
mense profits on articles of prime necessity, it is
their misfortune, and not his fault We have but
little patience with any man who seems to be more
intent on amassing a fortune than he is in aiding to
provide for the wants of our people and in repelling
the foe. No one, in the present crisis, can serve his
pocket and his country at the same time.
.The Register, in its notice of the speeches of
President Davis and Mr. Yancey in this City, takes
occasion to indulge in some flings at the Editor of
this paper which are entirely uncalled for ; and the
Richmond Enquirer copies with much gusto this
article of the RegUter. Our notice of the President
when here was entirely respectful, and clear of party
feeling. We now state, in reply to the Register and
Enquirer, that Mr. Davis was surrounded whilo
here by bis partizan friends, and that some of these
friends 6howed an activity in getting to and about
the President which was no doubt as refreshing to
him as it was amusing to the people. . If Mr. Davis
had conducted himself as the President of the whole
people, and not of a- mere party, this mortifying
spectacle in tho midst of war would not have been
presented. Men of all parties would have clustered
around him; but as it was, those who surrounded
him, and introduced him, and conducted hiin from
point to point, were in every instance, to far as we
could see, bis partizan supporters.
The Troth. A friend writing us from Franklin
County, says: "You have some inveterate enemies
in this section, but a large majority of the people
are with yon heart ana hand." We feel compli
mented by the bitterness with which some of the
Destructives assail us. They are generally such as
were going themselves to whp fifteen Yankees each,
before breakfast; but they are still at home, abu
sing better men than themselves, and speculating on
the poor and the absent soldiers families. We do
not want tbe friendship of such people. . The nub'
lie man who does not always have some enemies, is
11 Anew in tiia nuinmi.lMi n .1 .f 1 . .1
geuciaiij cuojr iu uu fi ill viica, aiiu Ul llbUt; nurvice
to tne puoiic.
Upper Counties. We give place as requested to
the proceedings of the recent meetings in Surry
County. The condition of the npper counties in
regard to .the prospects for bread, seems to be at
tracting attention. ;-, .
Food for Reflectiox.. The Richmond Enquirer
says a portion of our people are disloyal, on account
of their advocacy; of the Ten Regiment Dill for
State defence, recommended by Gov. Vance in his
Message, We deny this and will continue to deny .
it because the devotion of our people to tbe cause
of Southern independence gives the lie to it ; and if
we wanted further proof we could .refer to the fact
that Lincoln excepts no part of our territory in his
emancipation proclamation, notwithstanding a com
siderable part of the soil of the State is, temporarily,
under his dominion. Thus we see that even the''
enemy considers thn whole of the State of North
Carolina in rebellion," while a considerable. pjrv
tion of Virginia is not included in the prooJMuatio'it
on account of the supposed " loyalty" of the' people
thereof to the Federal government '
Here then, is a distinct issue: While the Rich
mond Enquirer libels a large portion of our people,
including the Governor of the State, as -disloyal,"
Lincoln frees, the slaves of tho entire State because
our whole people are in V rebellion," and at the !
same time excepts a large portion of Virginia, con-1
sidering the citizens thereof "loyal" to his govern
ment .'; ' - '-'." '"'''.:' v.
. We make no charges against the- people of Vir-'
ginia or any part thereof, but simply ask the .V
' quirer to lift the cloud that obscures its own house
hold before attempting to regulate matters in this
State, where, according to Lincoln's proclamation,'
we are all " rebels." Daily Progress, .:
Whole Ntjmbm' 14&5.
North-Cabolitia. North-Carolina is the right
arm of tho Confederacy. In proof of this, let the
bloody bat glorious records of Bethel, Beven-PindB,
Malvern, a harps burg, Manassas ana FreaencKSBurg,
be read. Let the roll of her noble dead be called.
Let the story of ber sacrifices, her devotion, her
courage and her services be told, without varnish
or addition. Wunout ber the rjonrederacy would
have been impotent and evanescent with her, our
young republic can never know destruction r de
feat This is the truth of history, and such will be
the righteous judgment of posterity. And yet, in
the most ungenerous disregard of these palpable
facts, it has become fashionable in certain quarters
to speak of her with contempt to question her loy
alty, and to hint of abandoning her to the enemy.
T A A X. .1 - A 1 J . . AI I . 1
isevoieu to tue interests oi pany luemseiveu, mere
are those who falsely pretend that the purest patri
ots within the limits of the State are conspiring to
saennce the great cause of southern independence
for the purpose of retaining power ; and, who re
garding these as her "representative men," over
whelm North Carolina with indignity and insult
In the just indignation of ber. citizens at the neglect
which -denies her a place in the Cabinet of the Ex
ecutive, which consigns her bravest regiments to
the command of strangers, and which has surren
dered the fairest and most fertile of her counties to
a merciless foe these contemptible witlings see
nothing but disaffection and treason. In ber noble
efforts to protect herself to rescue ber overflowing
granaries from the bands of the enemy to protect
tbe lives and property of her suffering and fugitive
citizens and to add thousand of fresh troops to
the Confederate service by relieving the East of the
presence of the foe these vile miscreants can diS'
tinguish nothing but a disposition to csnnict with
the Confederacy, to ' break faith with ber south
era sisters." and to " re construct the Union." In
the name of justice and common honesty, we enter
our protest against this most dishonorable and fla
gitious attempt to injure the fair fame of North
Carolina, and to place her in a false position before
tbe world. Are the ties of party stronger than tbe
obligations of patriotism ? Are the spoils of place
dearer than tbe honor and reputation of our " moth
er State ?" - Cannot political prejudice, intrigue and
corruption be forgotten wten a wail of sorrow is
arising from every household when the blood oi
our brothers is flowing on an hundred fields when
pestilence and poverty are arrogantly stalking
throughout tbe land and' when hostile legions as
merciless as they are powerful are forging the fet
ters with which to omd us f
For one we envy not the heart or the fate of that
man who can give no satisfactory reply to these
questions, whatever the excuse with which he has
deluded himself into so shameful an apostacy from
humanity and honor.
In order that our noble old State the right arm
of tbe (Jonfederacy may strike still more vigorous
ly .and successfully for the cause of Southern inde
pendence, she must be untraremeled. Paralysed
by the presence ot tne toe, weakened by the subju
gation of the best portion of her territory, and with
but little prospect or relief from tbeeuonfederacy.
she now proposes to raise a force of her own and
drive her enemies into the sea that she may be the
better able to do her whole duty to her sister states
' that she may contribute her whole power and in
fluence to the common cause, and, last but not least,
that she may protect ber own loyal citizens from
rapine, oppression and murder. This is the sum
and substance of her ofieuding. This is the alpha
and omega of her disloyalty. It is for this most
wise and prudent measure alone, that her wounds.
ber triumphs and her sacrifices are ignored, and a
hireling press and a mercenary party pronounce
her faithless to her sisters of the Confederacy. If
this be 'treason, let politicians, place-hunters and
hirelings make the most or it
In our humble judgment the Legislature cannot
refuse to provide for the defence of the State with
out manifesting so craven and disgraceful a subser
viency to executive power as will merit the con
tempt and indignation of a fearless constituency.
Jiaieigii vavy rrogrets.
Sad Result or a Runaway Marriage. The New
York correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer
writes:
A few years ago the marriago of Miss Boker, a
young, beautiful and accomplished lady, with her
father's coachman, John Dean, set all the scandal
mongers in Gotham on end. A sad addendum to'
tbe "strange, eventful history," has now to be ad
ded. After the marriage, the couple, notwithstand
ing 'their different " bringing up," lived happily
enough together, in a small cottage over in Williams
burg. The'husband obtained an office in the custom
bouse, and saved money-enongh to open a public
house at the foot of Grand street Williamsburg.
But, alas ! for John Dean, be could not keep a hotel
It is said " be was his own best customer," and as a
natural result he commenced treating his wife badly.
In a short time all their money was spent, and with
poverty coming in at the door, love, as usual, flew
out of the window. John beat and abused his wife,
but all this she put up with until starvation stared
her in the face when she was compelled to ask ad
mission into the almshouse. Tbe petition was
granted, and the fashionable, elegant, and accom
plished belle of the Fifth Avenue a few years ago
is now the associate of beggars and paupers.
Tns Wonder op tub World. On Monday last
there was an exhibition in our town of a two-headed
colored girl. She forms one of the greatest wonders
of the age," and has excited the. wonder, of the med
ical world, both in Europe and America. The Sia
mese Twins have been regarded as a most wonderful
production of nature, but in no respect are they
comparable to this dual and yet single existence of
this black girt She has two distinct heads and a
marked individuality above the waist and in the
lower extremities. Instead of a lateral, connection,
as in the case of the Simese Twins, there is a posi
tive spinal junction, in part, by which one body is
formed), tbe other parts being free and unrestrained.
She seems to be a ywy intelligent girl, and bas
rather a fine musical latent While talking or sing
ing, you have before you; two distinct persons, and
yet there stands in inexplicable . reality but one
corporeal existence. At this ' mysterious - union,
science recoils. She, however, is worthy of a per
sonal observation, and we anticipate if she is car
ried through the South, that the student of nature
and the curious must make her tbe subject of a
close scrutiny, and return amazed at the works of
nature.- In Europe, in some of the States of the old
Union, and in some of our glorious Confederacy,
they have been exhibited. We hope that they will
be carried through the Southern States, so that all
may have an opiortuhity of inspecting this wonder
ful of all wonders.
We learn that this girl will be again exhibited in
the Court House on Friday next ' '
; ' ' -.. '' ; ' ; . Carolina Spartan.
Tbe two Stats Rkuuests. Tho Confederate.
Union of Friday last says it is informed that three
companies fully organized, have been tendered and
accepted for State service in tbe two regiments au
thorized to be raised by the Legislature at its late
session, and that several others have been tendered
but not jret accepted because not fully organized
according to the General Orders of the Adjutant and
Inspector General, and that a number of other com-'
panies are being formed. " That paper also expresses
the opinion that the two regiments will be com
pleted in a short time. ; ; ; v ,
The" Union" also publishes a correspondence,
which will be found in our paper to-day, which
shows thai the question raised whether "militia
officers of the State are subject to conscrintion,"
has been settled in tbe negative the War Depart
ment having decided that all militia officers of the
State 41 in eornmUsionn are exempt (roro conscrip
tion, v CoL Weema has therefore so instructed the
enrolling officers of bis wmmni.Atlaut (Qa.)
Intelligeneer.- - .'
w observe that XcvtranUTttaa. Isq., of Baneemb;
is a caadidatcJn the th Senatorial Dlstrist, to fin the va- .
eeacy occasioned by the rewgmaSov' afJxiSfi Mripry V
The Lecislatura of South Oeromit.iiiow'M tasaisa. die ! -.
approvingof ths appointment of officers by t4s Eietmtive
CooaeiL has passed a law worgwrsitrg' row retfiSiMtfs. ef
the State, sad directing the election of fatd1 efKars By tW .
rank and file of thersgrawnts. . It is started Oat 0 Bean'
regard lias. ordered the regiments not toexscatetEt lawv
thus bringing the military in direct conflict witb fW'dffl'
power.. - . ' , ' -' .' v V . . ' ; . ' .' ' ' . i
The people of Texas seem to apprehend bat fit tie daa; '
age from the proposed invasion of that Slate by the Yankees
The bridge over Neuse River on tbe WUnaraatna sad -
Weldon Railroad, destroyed by the Yankees recently, bas
been repaired and the ears have been running for a week
or more between Goldiboro and Wilmington. .
Tbe Yankee prisoners taken at Murfreesboro', Tcnn., bad '
their pockets full of counterfeit Confederate aetes.
Lincoln bas signed the bill organising 43 Counties of.
Western Virginia into a State, called Kanawha. .
It is understood that our army at Tattahoma, will defend
ths line of Duck rlvef. 1 "
Gens. Morgan and Forrest bad joined Gen. Bragg,, bavirg
captured 1,000 prisoners, 4c. . '.',-.,
The Milledgeville Union says tbe Georgia Penitentiary
will soon be able to turn out 800 pairs of Cotton cards per- -day,
and in a few months, it is hoped ths machinery will
be increased so ss to tarn oat 800 pairs per day.' - '
It is rumored from Middle Tennessee, that Gen. Pi How ' .
has been assigned te the command of (ttt troops lately un- ,
derGen. Buckner.
Vallandigham, of Ohio, recently made a speech in New
Yorjr, in which he denounced Lincoln and the Congress in .
strong terms.
" It is reported fa' Northern papers that Bornside bad re
signed, snd that Hooker would sneoeed him.' . -.
Several cases of small pox have occurred in Salisbury, '
N. C, and several in the surrounding country.
The contrabands at Washington City are said to be in a
suffering condition. It is equally so about Noi folk. Suf
folk, Newberit, Ac. ' Poor creatures, they have boen delud
ed by the Yankees, and most of them would gladly return .
to their masters. - ,
Smith. SecretSry of the Interior, of the Lincoln Cabinet
has retired and Judge Usher of Indiana, has been appoint-'
ed in his place.
Col. Bradley T. Johnson, of Maryland, has been elected
Colonel of the 1st Maryland regiment, just re-organized at
Bichmond.
The Yankee Congress bas passed a bill providing for the
issue of 10,000,000 thirty year bocda to aid the emancipa
tion mission Lincoln pledging tbe removal and coloniza
tion of the freed slaves where is not stated.
, A new Post Office bas been established in Edgecombe
county, N. C, at Whitaker's Turnout, on tbe Wilmington
snd Weldon Bailroad. ..."
Brute Butler has been feted in Washington City and at
other points since bis arrival North. - It is said that he
will return to New Orleans.
It is said that 100 Yankee prisoners st Richmond ths
past week bare taken the oath of allegiance to the Confed- .
erate States.
Tusibm Less. Tbe Columbus Sun learns from private
sources that in the attack made by Breckinridge's division
on the enemy's left, Murfreesboro', on Friday,, in which the
Confederals were repulsed, eighteen hundred of our brave
troops were killed out-right during the first hour and forty
minutes of tho engagement
The Federal General, Jefferson C. Davis, who was st Fort
Sumter when it fell, was among the killed on the battle
field of Murfreesboro''.
The present session of tbe Virginia Legislatnrc, it is said,
will prove a Very short one, as the members find difficulty
la obtaining board in Richmond. A fat member was beard
to declare that it was absurd for members to attempt to
" run " their per diem of four dollars against the hotel b hs
of six dollars a day and washing.
The Yankees have repaired the Baltinore and Ohio Rail
road, and it is said the cars are running on it.
Tor ths Standari
TRIBUTE OF BESPKCT.
Camp 14th N. C. Tboops, )
Nbab Fkbobricksbdbq, Va., v
Jannary 6th, 16 .3. J
At a meeting of the " Oak City Guards," held this 5th
day of January, 1868, William K. Nichols was calied-to the
chair, and Jos. B. Martin requested to set as Secretary. -
Tbe chairman explained the object of tbe meeting to be
to give expression to our .feelings of sorrow caused by the
death of Sihboh D. . Vbbbell, formerly a member of this
company. Whereupon the following committo was ap
pointed to draft suitable preamble andresolutioni : Messrs.
T. 8. Lemay. James il. Hicks, James M. Woods and Wil
liam H. H. Shaw. They reported tbe following :
Wbebeas, we have received tbe sad.intelligence of ths
death of our friend and fellow-soldier, Simeon l. Ferrell,
which occurred in Fort Delaware anbort time since.
While we submissively bow-to the will of Him who doeth
all things well and kiss the rod that afflicts as, we never.'
theless feel constrained to give expression.to the sorrow
that stirs our bosoms. Be it, therefore,
Suoittd, That in tbe death of Simeon -D. Ferrell. this
company bss lost one of its best members, ths army one
of its most faithful soldiers, the country one of it most
promising young men, and the Church of God a bright ex
ample of pietv and devotion.
Benlved, That while we may be unable to pnrure an
outward badge of mourning, we deeply fetl hi hiss, wilt
-Cherish his memory in our hearts, and will endeavor to
imitate bis many Christian virtues. . - . -
Retained, That the sympathies ef tbe company be ten
dered to the bereaved family and other relatives nf the de
ceased. Retohed, That this preamble and resolutions be publish
ed in the Raleigh Standard, and other nesrspai era of tbe
City. WILLIAM ,R. NliHOid, Ch'u.
' Joskpb B. llaBTnr, Sec'y.
k . HARRIED.
In Hillsborongb, N. C, on the ISth insfc by the Rev. M.
A. Curtis, D. DM Dr. Thomas Dmvis Wabbbb to Miss us
abbth Alethia Collins, both ot Edenton.
Executive Department. North-Carolina. 1
. AdjutaxtGbmbhal s OrricB, (Militia,) V .
Ralbior, Jan. Ii, 18K3. '1
COLOfrEL.-Yoc will iorthwith assemble
all able bodied men fit fbrjniiitary duty not called for - -as
Conscripts np to this date; and who are liab'e to ssili
. tia duty under existing laws sad orders in yoar Regiment , ';
snd organize them into una or more eompsuies of seventy- ',
five men each. Shouhr tbe number of men in any Regi-
meat equal or exceed .one hundred and twenty, titer will ' '
' be formed into twA eqaal eompaniea. Detaeiimaiiis of
forty men will be allowed a Captain and Second JUeuteu- .. . -ant
; twenty-five awn, a First Lieutenant, and filiees. men
a Second Lieutenant A full Company of seventy-five will .;
be allowed all these officers, to be in all eases selected by ':'
tbe rank and file. ' The Militia having been so much re-f,J
duced by recent calls for Conscripts, and this call inelud- : :
,ing all who are fit for duty,, render it neoeasarv that the
Commissioned Officers should be now included ; except. -the
Field O (Boers ol highest grade, snd Captain, or Senior "
Officer of each district.- When the Companies are formed 'i
tbe Colonels will immediately report tbe fast to this office
by letter, enclosing roll of Cojnpeny and the probable
number and kind of arms in the Regiment. .. . ,
IL Companies when thus formed, will assemble each
Saturday for drill and inspection, at a place to be desfg- -nated
by the Captain, who will report to this office each
' week the condition of the Company, wMch will a'wavs be) ,
held in readiness foraetiveduty at the ah on eat n-.tice. v .
IIL This organization and drill , is for the purpose of '
being prepared to repel an expected advance of the enemy, ' '
and will remain in force till farther orders from ihe Gov
ernor. - The utmost promptness is expected in tire execu- -;
tion of this order, Ind ten days from its reception , is desn- .
ed sufficient to complete the organ ixalion hernia directed.
By order of Governor Vakcs : . ' K -
J. G. MARTIN. ' ;
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To the Colosels of Northampton, Franklip, Martin,
Greene, Johns! ou, Cumberland, Onsiow, Bladsa, Knbeson,
Halifax, Nasb, Pitt, Wilson, Wake, Sarnnso. Columbus, i
Brunswick, Warren, Edgecombe, Lenoir, Wayne, liarnett,
Dunlin, New Hanover, GranviPe. --.-. ... .-. ' .
: JaavlSilSSaV-'v ; I .5.;r.-. J4...;
.VALUABLE, LAND AND SAW MILL FOR ;
IwJlCsell the tract of. land on which j
I reside, W miles southwest of Raleigh, containing 360
-acres, of wbfeft eboat 80 are in eallifauon. There eicoa r
the ptwweetorbTtabta anea and ousveoieat-karBs..'; ;jJ
On the lsd isa Kt 1 STEAM SAW MILL, and plenty
vof long leaf pine timber.. This will be sold either with or .
without tbe land ; .. i' GEO. W. ATKINSON.
-', Oct.9.1862.' ' .-'4f-wtt'"f
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i :?.uri; ;''t.;CIIEAB LRATtlRR.- w - j. --
LOSE WISHING TO H1Y& HIDES CONVERTED -
into eood leather, on shares' or fiirso mtrafe nerWxir.'
can be accommodated at .the -tannerr f J T- LKACU '-,
SON, which is situatL-die Wake Cuoaly, four miles souti)-
'west of BnkV master e'r'nnf.' Their tj rros are as fotinws :
Forty eenU't lb. for hide for tip, ealf arenas ekuia; '
one-third ; which tSerwiH set! to la uwoers ef the skias 1
a uarketBraja,-!! tbey wiser to paichasav , si-ViVts. - it
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