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THE . r 1 M W. HOLDS K, Edi'tob akd Paorai-voe, xxix. NoT 27. TERMS OF THE WKEKLY.-Fonr doltare per annum, ff3s OF THE SEMI-WEEKLt:-Six doUaw pw in- .,. .rtisemeu. inserted f,r per .ua . ol tt Ham or Terms " '1 rornrsw- . desiriB te contact for x uent inwnuw- ' ,w-, ,nof--5 per ,. - , All remittances oi muu-j ULEIGH,: WEDNESDAYS JIO.Y 1. 1863. Latest from tke North. Ehe whereabouts of Gen. Lee is not definitely bvn. .A telegram from llarnsburg, dated tne u states that our forces are at Greencastle, Pa., in CfV column, and that a demonstration on Harris L. is confidently expected. Another of the same' re - D.ltimnM amra thara sm nnlv BAVfill or Kbousand rebels in Maryland, and thatMary Jtihta are strongly fortified and still hold out ; yet of Gen. Lee's movements, it says, the pub- gt profoundly ignorant. . . u private lener copiea oy penuiba-un iu wc - jrer, irom vomeaeraie Boiaier, uaieu near it u juport, Md., speaks of the long and weary march jar troops hare accomplished since leaving Fred .icWsr. over the mountains and river into Ma- Ei they being obliged to support Geru Jenkin's ry. Gen. Rodes', brigade leaves there to-mor- k it Bays, ana we are iw gc uwomiuii iwkiwuu l' Thev are onlv seven miles from the Pennsyl. E; line, and if the rumor of Rhodes' brigade be- , noun tea as ereaencusourg is wrroi, uc m uu, 'doubt, at or near Harrisburg, Penn. - Well may" .tf-nhrs nuaka. . . Ifhe Yankees have made another raid around Rich- l . . . m ii-. iji xneaamageaoneiBBerraaB. iuojr-M-o VTunstall s station on we xor. mm inu W ... . -i crf 1 1 ft. . Friday morning last, aoou. xaw tvirj -ju v pieces, and moving straignt up me ramunaey .-rived at South Anna bridge on the Central L.1 t even o'elock.,cuttine the wires and at- tojsliody of eighty North-Carolinians guard- the bridge, belonging to tne aiq a. v.., xam. dietary. Beinforoemeots wen teiegrapnea ior hi. Godwin, commandine at. Hanover Junction, b ihev were promptly forwarded, but too late to leve oar gallant troops at the bridge. . Unfortn- y Gen. torse 8 commana naa ie me uun.uou de' before in consequence of an unfounded ru-. L .a mnhi-her un the read. Afters short atance, the bridge was fired and consumed, our jps faUing bacle, xne r reaencKsourg rou ws dimaged at last accounts, and it is to be hoped ; communication with Lee'a army will not be ut- Rr destroyed. - - .' , jThe marauders captured Gen. "W. H. F. Lee at , Wickham s residence, where ne nas peen stay since he was disabled at Brandy Station. The A from Tunstall's to the White House has been .. -t i n n 1 3 , : n hi up on tne ions mver juuiroau, muu iwu uiuu the Fredericksburg roaa narrowly escapea -p- awl raj Ricbmond is thoroughly lortified, and a support--force of 20.000 is in striking distance.- The rbd Ufa. Kgraph wires bring tntelligence this morning that W men, under Uix ana j.eyes are moving up Peninsula. Preparations have Deen maung ior defence of Richmond for some time, and militia bmzations have been constantly going on, so that mi onr iiterer could be done . in its defence nas been ei iT 1 V ii "i iirir' nnr'. .:- Its from' Gen. Lee are cat off by their cavalry. large army suddenly massed before the City, tch is scarcely probable. -" From the East. there are no movements of interest going on in quarter. Negro soldiers have made their ap- bhee at Swift Creek. They are well-armed and uffolk has not been consumea nor evacuaieu, Jl the-Expres. ' From the West. Obi lorgan is over the Cumberlandj near Carthage, ill. 5t dve thousand troops. . lie is tree irom jsragg s pa stnngs ooce more, and wul give a good e- tt... -ft : ir J l. . . . ..... mi. oi uiiuocu uu uuuuu nil From Cincinnatti we lean that nine hundred rebels in South Indiana, near Panola. .Their object-is burn the bridges on the Ohio and Mississippi iroad. ' -:- ' ' ' ' " e.H DM itbi ficksburg is still beleaguered. . We have no ad Ual news from that quarter. . Miscellaaeons. tie eunboatame Adger has arrived at Fortress loroewith the officers and crew of the Atlanta, wed near Savannah. -. BSC leasanton claims a victory over Stuart in he ear- ioiri neel ngot at Middleburg. will lioJ lwut one hundred and fiftt Yankee prisoner,. pred, we learn, at. fort Hudson, passed through aty on Sunday lasts on.their way to Kicbmono. prder looking set we have seldom seen. Us U ML irther northern and war news wiu be louna "here. ' ' -. ' . ; .: Prlntiag Paper.' " ft regret to be compelled this week, owing to scarcity of paper, to issue but a half sheet to SLU weekly subscribers. Our present aapply will Any us further than oar next seaii-weekly, irhM e really fear that' we shall not be able to issue' next weekly. . We assure Our friends that we Diking strenuous efforts to obtain a supply, that we will omit neither labor nor expense tc h have been dependent for our supplies on the and Forestville mills, in this Coonty,- t, we isacBi has been eat of stock (or sev- a, owing to the neglect of the Atlantic Road sport cotton for ih and besides, the propria feel, bound just now to run several weeks to ly with a contract made some time since with overnment; and the Utter mill has not been leration for a week or two bast on account of lecessity of repairing machinery. The press 'ally has been supplied mainly, if not entirely iese mills and by Mr- Murphy, of Cumberland, 7 all the other mills in the fjtate haying turned attention to fiber paper, which jcommaodfl bet- inces. y ?r :Y',f'i . ' trust that no conflicf-or, HI feeliay will !n the press and the paper mills. . They art pry to each other,; and shdttld co-operate bi 'rt to spread information before the peppier 'fear, if the war continues, that the day & distant when oar people will be without re. If this mental eye of the great body People should be extinguished, .tha darkness I wul follow Wiii iniM(j be felt. Supreme Court of this State having decided Till .air a I...:-.. ..I . . : jun-aicuon or wnu of habeat eor- tern, time, and that it has CAflian. fn (:- P-ith the Confederate Courts in air eases r. me j.berty of the -citizen arising -trader. "iic iawfl. TnA nnfifinn. : t t .. 'ill no doubt now be taken an. Tha next Kwhn f 'dr the CoBrt whether r who put m substitutes under ibe W hw , are themRnUo. ii.i.i. . grt has thus far acted wisely and nobly. ong muH K. mr,.ut j .' .i ' . EErtat I t agaiciK au comers, bulwark airainsf Confefrf ..-... j it" main stay of State rights and State J I Yoi- 5 ' ' mtmi tra,fonn! r'-i 7l nc it m I . .,- .. .... " ,s., ,i,.::,,,j;, i; r. ,, , v,...... -. , .... . ,-,. - - Th Cttmaloii Haasman of the EauireT. The Kchmotut Ajutrer Ja'-of opinion becauso we abitshe ja ateoeht issne the faJlowing extraet from a letter ' from' Davidson Qoonty, ui.tlus 8tivt that wa ought to be hanged: ', 's :'.-''.. "'-- '- "I aee that Preslden't Davis has called upon Got ernor Vance for seven thousand, militia fori State defence. - Wo have not now a single man to spare in this.part of the State, and 'the full execntioo of the conscript act will leave us still less.' I think the Legislature, whiclwill meet in extra session sopn, should adopt resolutions instructing this Governor not to comply. These are the sentiments of every body here, except one or A wd crazy Destructives who are themselves exempt, and who live from the labor of their slaves.. But if this call is complied with, Godenly knows what is to become of the many thousands of poor women and children who will be left helpless and , penhy lesa We believe you are their friend, and we therefore expect you to take a decided stand against this call of the President." ,; We now empkatically endorse every word rf th above.'- It is from the pen of as true a man and as pure a patriot as the State contains.' North-CVoli-na has senttmore troops to the field than any other State in proportion to her population. Her troops have turned the tide, and thus won ever important battle which has been fought in the Atlantic States. She has been literally swept for conscripts from 18 to 40; and the Secretary of War has even gone so far, as to seize exempts, in defiance of the decisions of our Judges, and force them into camp. The con script law, In which our people' have acquiesced, not because theregard it is constitutional, or bo- r mane, or just, but on account of their devotion to the cause, still calls for men up to 45. If the Pres ident needs troops, let him oall for thon, bnt our militia belong to the State, and our Governor is (heir constitutional commander in-chiefl The call of the President embraces, 'under our iaws,'inagis trates, militia officers, many persons Who have fur nished substitutes,, and State and County officers net specially exempted. I. those should bo taken, what militia will remain? , How will the civil law be enforced?' How. will deserters be arrtated? How will insurrection and violence of a certain character be guarded against and prevented ? How will our Governor, in his necessary struggles with an administration which appears .to devote Itself w pecially to usurpations of power' in this State, be able io hold up his head and make good his promise that he will maintain the decisions of oar Courts, and protect the liberties of our citizens against these usurpations? These militia once raised and trans ferred to the President, will become' Confederate troops. They will thus pass absolutely trader the command of. the President' His. oath will -bind him to control them, and to use them when and where he pleases: The Governor will be powerless. ' Be sides, at the .end of their six months service, they. oill be eontcripted. The call is for them, as well, as enough of the conscripts up to 45, to raise 7,000 men. The conscripts are already liable for the war, and 'the militia, fcing thus mingled with the eon scripts, will be held. The idea that the Confederate government will disband 7,0Ck) trained troops, as these will be at the end of six months '8 sbsnrd. . It will dq no such thing. Again, some four or five months since, our Legislature made an effort, at the call of the Governor, to raise ten thousand troops for State d. fence. That effort was defeated by the President and his partisans, the Enquirer among them. It ws denounced as treason to the cause.- .Its advo cates were villified and held up as Lincolnites and enemies of the government If that effort had sao "ceeded, those men would How have been id the field as volunteer, with the Governor at their bead, and they would have beaten back any twenty thousand of the enetny aent gaint tbM- Bat o thai would not do. It would have deprived the admin istration at Richmond of patronage and power, and it smacked too strongly of State rights and State independence. ' Such are some of the reasons why we are not wjlling to see the remnant of militia drafted and call ed oat by the President We may add another, that the drain upon our white population is already so great in many localities that there is danger in the fu ture not only of pinching.want.but of absolute star vation among the poor. . We are pot willing to see any one white child starve to death in North-Carolina, on account of this war, while the negroes are Cat and sleek ; and we would not give the thanks and the gratitude of the humblest Widow of any one of our soldiers who has fallen, for aUtheeompliments and all the honors that President Davis could be stow. Let Mr. Davis, if he needs troops, call for conscripts. Let the " pound of flesh " be cut off; but lefhim- first see that that law is fairly enforced in other States that Mississippi sends her full quota, and that the law is . not allowed to be smv pended in one whole District in the State, of Geor gia. And let him also direct his Secretary of War to cease to insult this State by reflecting apon .onr Courts, and by arresting parsons discharged by Mr Judges, when persons discharged upon the eame grounds by Judges in Georgia and South-Carolina, are allowed to go free. . , - . ." . ' But the Enquirer wants us langei. ' What for ? From May, 1861, to the present eaU, we have sus tained every effort to raise troops and every meas ure to carry on the war. . . We voted for Mr. Davie as the war President, atd wehve been and are Will a waa-maa J3at we are aot the oaeendi-ieaal-aDd most obedient servant ef afatefettafioi atSdt. mondV-rwe are for uatioe, and right, aim OW ewa State in the last resort agaiasi tt oUmt Statea; Sid hence w.e srast m hanged If Uiis u( be tHkem, we object to-this writer for the Mjitirtr acting ai common hangman. '- It may be that there art crimi nals in the jrorld so deptv6dThat IteYonM M be polluted by liis toach'i huthe tnb'wledge that. he was officiating in oar ease, though ire ight.d- serve the penalty, would add a sting even to the pangs of death. - Bus' Jack Ketch eallspoa tiw North-OaroliBa Iroops when they return home; ttt hang us. . This is the spirit of Danton and Robes pierre in Richniond. It only wants power to be put in practical.' operation, and to deluge this State' with thebeftt blood of lis Conservative people. Take away our militia cut off the last lock of Samsoa, and this spirit may jet perform IWWdody wort And this Tile slanderer, of the troops and ef the good name of Nortb-Oarohna this degraded pimp .'of MpiufS f snd : " bldodtub "--this binling ecW . of an adminkstration which statedly orders prayers and humiliation before the Chriflian'i Qod, with a man as its chief officer who. reject Christ hjmself "this unprincipled detamer, not only of Nertli-Oaro hna and her tiwptatof aBgood .nen iverywher calls upon North-Carolina solduJrs to hang as. Gar reply is, we woald rcspect djcauttliH tlui'mtjeaity . of. the jaw even in cucomstaoces greatjy more try tng than the present, an J wewonldlay violent hands upon no one unleM tcHnmanded sa todo by lawful authority j but we can tell this writer for. the in quirer that there are thousands of North-Caro.ioa soldiers who would feel that they" were vindicating !..:. o.il -'.t-J Ju:i . ...!ii. I uwir auw uv poiwuMHg m iwiiw hi auvwvjr wjr- hanging hhw .Let this writer remenjber' that the r great mess of our sotdiers will pan through Rich', i ' nja eanafa aroud and -boal Ticutmrg have . eoat the Taakte government fully t5,000,W, , . . " - s 'X The LeglatataMOBlMfrrate Carreacy. . . - The Legislature efth ; ble m extra seaaion to-d-7,uisdaiyj Will no dou' at once maidei.the' subject of receiving; or rejecting in payment 'iifii.Octtie&mte ifsned before the 6tli. of Apl?63. nVprcsent law whictf authoiiaes the" reoeption of. all Confed erate itBuej, was passed prior to. the aotien; of oa gross and of the Legislataiw of-Virginia which,to some extent,' discredits fliese notei5 vH I After me reflection? ':..wi( sro deddedly Of the Opinion that common honesty , and , aound policy both require that no discrimination ahonld be made between Confederate issues, bat that, all should be receivable alike in payment of public taxes.;-t is 'true, the action of. Congress breaking &uth with the holders of . the issues previous to the 6th of April, 1863, in relation to their value as a fundable medium, and. the action of the Virginia Legislature rejecting these notes in the" payment of taxes in ' that State, have impaired r-tbeir value and conse quently diminished their circulation ; but it must be borne in mihd that in all other tespects theee fssuerf are just as good as those of a later 'date. .. If tje Confederate cause succeeds, they will all . be equally gooctas a circulating medium; but if. the cause should fail, they will aB be worthless, and the only good paper money -. we will, have will be the Bank notes and State Treasury notes. And If, in the end, these note ahoald air be lost, it will make no difference whether the. loss falls directly on the State Treasury or on the people at large.. - Any other course, it seems to us, would not only embitter the people against all Confederate issues; but would be the cause of great inconvenience and heavy loss to the tax-payers. A law respecting these notes may be passed and published fn every County in the 'State, and yet thousands of the un informed will attend in compliance with the present law, at the tax-gatherings, witti these very notes, and will be compelled, in order to pay their taxes, to submit to shaving operations which will be in dustriously carried on in every neighborhood. The honest and uninformed would thus fall a prey to the. shrewd and knowing; and U is the especial duty of the representatives of the. people to protect the former class. Besides, a rejection of this currency by the Legislature would at onoe throw it out of the Banks, the people generally vrtfttld discredit and re fuse it, and thousands of our most worthy poor the wives and families of opr soldiers included would find it oneurrent in their hands, and would not' be able to purchase with it a pound of bacon or a peck of tneaL It Js true, the government at Rich .mobd would be responsible for alUthis ; bat we de sire to save the people, if possible, from these evils, and we do not wish to see them excited, as they would be, against the government op account of such Thv. '' . '" . - - . " ', . But we take higher ground even than this. No matter how this revolution may terminate, we want to. see North-Carolina etnorge from it with clean hands and unstained garments. Honesty is alvayt the best policy. Let our State be honest if she should lose by it all she possesses. Let her shun' even the appearance of repudiation. It by hb means follows, because the Confederate government and Virginia have done evil that good may come,- that North-Carolina should imitate their example. ; While on the Subject we invite the attention of our readers to the able article in our paper to-day from the Charleston Covrier, headed " Astounding Revelation Repudiation." The Courier has spok en the sentiments of every honest man ia tbe land. . The Froqrttt jcontajna a report of the deatb-of dipt V. j. Hooatcm, of the eavahy, in the late fight near Ashby's Gap. A correepondant of the last Charlotte Bulletin states that Lt Colonel Ed ward Cantwell js supposed to have been captured in a late cavalry fight on the Potomac. This section of the State has lately beenlle&ed with abundant rains. We learn that the wheat is turning out remarkably well, but there ia danger of its being injured by the continued wet weather. ". Eleetioa Betams : . - ' " We give below, the following returns of an eleo tioa for Commoner held in this County on Friday last AH the precincts are not heard (rain. It will be seen that Calvin ,lira,' Esq., Conservative, has been elected by a large majority over Dr.Jjgft Manly, Destructive. This was done with acutely an effort on the part of Mr. Rogers and his friend-1. The vote is small, but it shows that a vast majori ty of the people of Wake wp btill Coijservalives. ; Roosrs. : 859 i - io : ', 17 ' . 8 - . .8, . 8 10 .. - 10 Raleigh, . - ' .Lashly'aH Roads, Aireen Level, ,.r.. . N. Jenes';. ' . Morrisville, Busbee's, ; W. Lynns', . J.Lynns', Laws Forestville ' Spikes, Wakefield, Oak Grove, . Eagle Rock,: Riofeeway, B. Jones', . J. Jonea', :;17 " 8 4 9 23 18 11 IS .-. 4- "i:4 A" i vttanksV a n4' -- ' f Co. It 81st, vli"! ..r) f u i ...Scetteifog5iL We Team that. aC tir kctioi. :hkjfa .tttV' Coun(y on Thursday las to ufl thnscancj in the Senate eccasioned by the resignation of William K.' Lane, the two genflnfo'fopww James HJ Everett,-.,fwho yoted. for, and now (Retains tt adtvinistraGon of Got. Yance; and Beo'j. Ayced Esq., who supported Johnsta'a i result was the election of Mr. Ayeock hv onFv m majority." We learq i firem a &iepd jjt the JustiBM cat two preointa, where Mr. EveMt is persoqiOl j very popular, reiusea w open ine polls and.MMW the people ia vote for him. ' Be has, the(feforteen' dmfabj'it&2ffijtii& i to be zBwtted, because ne is yoaBr tentlemiia cf Ibn-rtbtdiai sad one whose taliBBtew I. the Sttte at this thne ;bal bis friends have MgM1 to leeL proud mat be cam t$ aear being eleote over one oi tne most popular men In the County who has frequently beea elwtod . to ofElbee of high, trust; The people of Wayne7jre at laat Wit!n- tbe fetters of party and, takthtf . their stand en thn 4 BiuB utcivu uoerty. anu eonsfiiniieqat treedoffl.' . ..-- ' - v , - - - ' - j, ( ; - Votcirraa Navyl-oAs bm! beenpened jia b gress, to porchase and. equip a volunteer nam i t i--u tr.-J 'iZCrenMtr. and regulations, which eadstinihe regular taavy if . j .i.i0i.. - Ti . . , . r .. nrove successful the orefita wilt, W norinna-. m1 .l. i, i...-- -n-. . , . . . 111' Bui pa oeoa-Btr pa CLWieat. ana x avai irariara. :i A few ' more Akbemaa; would arJyse TankeO commerce. . "7. -:N- 'U ...... ," . The Cotton Csop Ox QBOBdiiu-The Ausnsta ZUoMtUutiohaBti estimates Jthe cotton erop. of GebV- gtaforttiisi year, at . about. W.ow biles. - This is predicated on & TOtabtB KW9. . , . ; .vV .' ,'"- .'f. '' ;Xi ; VvVv'--' The aBMm'mnfa. Imt mkA of State IMieotdrs u i w.vwmo Companies or ;tn wate,- anew thaUhe powirt thatbe hare detertsinedtrfaak rwarof ruthleeprSs3fptiO-i dsr aHrh will not.; bxwt r oorervatism,k farfswearby the Staa-t 0i',r--on aH Who ara dtoiw-Md toatandbv the OoU- WeAdmitrlsbttaj ri embarrass it". Gov. Vahoe naa reDOdiated the pro mises made in bis hangurtl address, "and isoW full. in I'd-. 1. 1 r i . a j. mmL' i to detract from the renoW that North-Carolina has 4 won W this war.' IK arill lira fn this day When hewnbitterty repent his course. '. With one or two axdtiOTs; these BL RL-Direct without any experience whatever fit nilro-d 'aa. tertkr--Heguter. '.:. fT- f .-.r'-V-"-V'f ' 4 S!-"? theT Nc !ajrir Fifv cerned, Gov. Vance has fed bis poUtlfMl oppoaenta. from tiie same spoon from which they hiA fed bis friends. He found one moderate Conservative, Mr. Gorrell, a pire6tor,' and he has' appointed One mod- ; (DestJimtt.) All the othini were; -Deqtractires, as all the ethers are now Conserya. flveW This is ramending the chaliee of proserip- t Jon to your own lips, lie. Register.. ' If the con: 1 tents are bitter, so were the conients of your up. : bitter to the Conservatives. To commenced pro-, script.ion; we retaliate and do - ouraeWee Justice,' Md Qfn $0U oomplaln.: Your oourse, and the course of those for ': whom, jrou speak, proves that any liberality which Gov. Vance might have shown 'would not have been appreciated. :If he had be stowed one-half the pireotorahipa in the Road on Deatrtctive they would have complained, at not pttingell of them,; . - ; r Gov. Yance found two Conservative Directors in the Atlantic Roadand he has appointed three De-' structives. Is there any "ruthless proscription in that? : . . .... . ; .,-.;.'. .... ' He found three Destructive Directors in the Ral . eigh and Gaston Road, and he has appointed three. Couservatites. in their places; and yet he is cen sured .by the Regular for doing just what the Beg rV party itself did. u Thou hypocriteKfirst cast out the beam out of thine own eye. and then shalt .thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye-'V . " . ?, In the Western N. C. Road the Governor has ap pointed several Destructives, aq among them W. W. Avery and .N.; W. Woodfln,;wha: are bitter - enough polittcaHy alter that order of public men to ' answer for .fifty ordinary Destructives.- . ,: ' And yet, after all this liberality, he is charged Vfith ruthless prcecariptidn,1' and with having re pudiated his inaugural address. Surely $ia situa tion is not a desirable one. r Following the dictates of his own honest judgment, after diligent inquiry and; consideration, he appoints a number of Direc tors, some of whom are with, and soma of wttom are opposed to him in politics ; and for this be ia-; curs the complaints of friends in certain quarters, ' and generally the censures of his opponents. , The ' Governor has no doubt.done the best be could, un der the circumstances, and the people will sustain him. '; -;. - " . y ' The BegUler says Gov. Vance is " now- fully in the hands of those who have done-so "much to de tract from the renown that North-Carolina has won in this war." Our reply is, that but for those with whom Gov. Vance is associated politically, the Con federate flag would long since have trailed in the dust The old Union nien, as a general rule, -Ave fought the battles, while the original secessionists have remained at home to grow rich at the expense of a suffering people. Sorth-Carolina is indebted for but little of her renown to the corrupt and cow ' ardly set for whom, the Regitter speaks. : They had I . the wtiaaemSj iu tut the people Into this war. and then they had the meanness to get out of it, or keep out of it themselves. Every neighborhood can bear testimony to this truth. If the " renown " of North Carolina were in the hands of the Regitter and those for whom it speaks, the pore gold of the old State's character would soon become dim. Freedom of speech, of the press, and even of the pulpit would soon cease; the common soldier and the common people, as they are called by the oligarchs, would soon Tiave no. rights; and one chain of darkness,' fastened by despots and their, minions, would bind us alt ''But thank God, we still have some measure of freedom, Zebulon B. Yance is still Governor, and our Legislature Is Conservative by a large ma jority... Our neighbor, may ululate, but it will do him.no good. The "renown" of the State k safe, and, what is much more important in his eyes, the offices and patronage have finally passed from him and. his friends. This is what troubles our neighbor. He vlulatti over it mournfully and long, but the winds mock him with their echoes, and the reply is, the "renown," of the State is where the ' people hire . placed it, in the - bands of Vanee and tke Conservatives. Thy will coraerte, not de strvy that renown. . . . Bat the new Directors,.! seems, with one or two exceptions, hav had no.experieqoe in Railroad mat ters. Thii not so. - We have examined the list carefully, and we can say with strict troth that on ' no former occasion have men been appointed who. possessed more practical talent; or more experkmde in Railroad afBdfi J We know them aH, and we are satisfied of the truth of what we Bay. .The appoint- tinf oa f.w ma fittiMU iuul nnL!R--innt Vpm Ann. WtrtulTxoell - v 1 W thiol, it probable,.from what, we have beiudj that sosfo of the Iteftrotds have been, used to ad-; vanbei&i interests . of flertain offioara at the expense of the public; and.il this should, toll) out. to be so,' tweJoiBioera should- be disdncrged and more boo ' est onos but inthor blister There arerttritors that f whl-iey. lffindy, and other artioies have been sent through, by officials on specalaticm, while reg-. nlr freigbuj have been delayed ; anef that aubordi- tutei . have ,een : empentated . by ipecoUtors for , promptly forwarding artMea from point to point---' : A jcoaimti-don appointed, by the Leslaiure will gDCb assembly and will investigate these and other. ailleged abuses. : We trust and)beJi-ye the investigai . tion wiU be searching and thorough'; and if such ifteflexHweTed .(ljQov. Yance wOlseS to it that when once exposed "nd checked 'they W'.WiQowd.- to spring np: again. ;Tbe-mterrf the fHate tn these corpora tions require iijessa'qts.atteation. We fear they fere negleotod, and tfaat abimss wm persoitted to preceded that of 'Go Vanee.' ' PaO(OTtOilS. TBI - ... v ,- -r 'i j!--.i,-j-.-. Awr.-Grm.' Babert Ru somto,be l-Genenl, and AfaCbrtth Cot w, tMUMom, to be lngdier.aeaerel.? fitter a. j Pender promoted to a TMoV-deijeialS.; 4. If. SctJei of th8ft, promoted tea Rigadisrtbii, L,w tWbnel J, Ri Gordoo, dttbe 8d Mvaky. i Cotoaei in place of CM. WflUams; deceased. VhA 'fMmnf--i'i f !- T) Jl " -t jm ' ' deserted, and vriU give general satisfectioa to onr people. Tbey 'ara! ex'oelletot of6cers;and fiave wen their jwiwitioo'oo 'i-myVwa.ikld.:lt tonneoessaryi add .that B the; officers OTei-btked are poQticnl: - fti'snds of tb admtnistrat ion at Richmood. -v "i -, .::.V ' r' -,-:;. .TtolPjMka Boe st Waahinjfton haa ktriy Nftirfe? tne BineteM tttojitt. applicktion of wivea made widow i br tkia mmt.oitci. Irorueript ;. ' " ? !MeeaaMi. ContmeitinMa.' xTliefoBtjs tB been ftiniiifor pnbticatl by GWrT-vae, is sliSo credaable M that funtoatax jaad to acadierandhistjuher. The aotdicK fefleuanead br 'v ssrnpfg; for Udf, lBmseif from his l-egtaieat wiodt Jeave,;n d maket ft" appearaaoe,. travel-worn ana aowttoasx, qta i:t- :. - V"- .--. . - . . thei?arta"The old uv -meets Hm '.tift of joy, bat those tears are changed to rriet asaoon -helearaa that his ion W'abseni without leave.-. J4 e ohides him for his conduct, and tells bun to re tarn and stand by bn oe4bra to the lat, S The soa . recehree the repreor with tMekne!n--repets ef hi iitSnl to the dovernpf 'rnjiirdo ww a ywayufv w nuna w ua regiiueak . ua )hu . don fa granted and the pa3spctro-d ad wa have no doublbythis time thiriroUe-hearttdioldier is again wita bfa regiment strengthened in iresolu-' tioa by jbe (trdeal throogb WbkA he has feassj$ 'juil prepared td do andaaffi for his country to Ihs last TheanhSls of Oreeoe and Stnnie famish ioexample of patriotism brighter or purer than that exhibited by t fcther pf this soldiet And if afl absentees and desertera were treated with the mingled flrm ess and kindness which led this soldier to repent of hii errof, and "which has returned him to-ds-reg-Unent, 'dniTjifoali bj less frequent and. many who are "now absent would go back to their regi-. meats better men,' and mye determioed thaa ever to stand by their olor&We repeat whet we have--sboentudto oursoldtait, nothing can justify dese sertion. There are Sewer desertions, it is true, from North-Carolina regiments thasT from those of ether States ; .but we are sorry to know that there are any. . Soldiers, your State has pledged herself to this war. Her honor Cist stake.. . When the says come home, oome, but not before, Jhe watches .over yoji with the solicitude of a mother, and bear heart bleeds when you suffer. When you ate wronged, she labors through her Governor; who has been a soldier him- self, to remedyyour wronga, The" night may be long, and the. prospect now and then gloomy, bat the morning mutt, come sooner or later. - .Desertion neither saVes nor helps. Whatever your wrongs, whatever your motives, whatever your opinions about the war,- desertion will-only aggravate your situation. ' This is common sense-VYoa are in the keeping of your State She wilKbe thie tb ber al lies to the last, but, in the end, she will be true to herself. I( the Cause succeeds, as we hope U will, you wiS return with flying colors, and the shouts of thousanck witt greet you as you place your feet once more on your native soil ; but if the cause should fail, your State will know it in time, and will provide for you. Therefore, while the says stay, stayj when the says return, return, but not before, though a thousand batteries should frown along your path ' . . ' ;': . ;.'"'- ; ' , IisrcoLs Co., N. 01, June 16, 1863. Excellency, Gov. Z. R Vanee: ' Sib : It is with sorrow 1 communicate to you, this morning, the Contents of this letter, but f see no 5ther alternative ; it is the only way for me ever to gain the affection of my friends. Sir, .1 have brought on myself disgrace and the contempt of my frienqp as. long as. I live, by absenting myself from my company without leave. : f got home the 12th of this month. My old gray-headed father met me at the gate with joyhappy to see me. .After pas sing the usual compliments, he asked me if I was on furlough. I told him I was not The old man broke -into tears, and told ine I could not stay with I him, that I mast go and join my regiment I re- ptiea to aim, i mieaaea wag w; i aia not come home to stay- He then told me if I would go back be would'nt have tne .' arrested,, but if not he cer tainly would. ' 1 told him I wanted some clothes and a pair of shoes. He gave tne a pair of shoes, and told me he intended to send me such things as I needed, and asked roe why I didn't stay and wait for a furlough? I replied I hadn't been home in so long, I wanted to see them all -once more. He re plied, " I had much rather never, to have seen you, than for you tooome home in that way.? He asked me if I bad' nt seen the Governor's proclamation? I told him I had not He then, got the paper. " See' here read tfiis, my son ; this teaches you what fruits dosertion brings on." "Now'sayshe, "you are rained undone forever. This sort of conduct will never do; you must return, and that immediately" I promised him I would " Go," says he, "and stand by your colors until you ft'J, -or until your country is free." ; Governor, this Is a lesson taught me I never can forget I am actually swtyl done so.' I will promise you'I never will, do. so any more. ; Ibogyour pardoa- I Want to return to my regiment, if you please. Give me a pass or Something of Ihe .kind to show, in order that 1 can; get back without being arrested.- Par don me for my transgression; I find the way of the transgressor is hard,' I give you my word and honor as a man that I never wiu do so any more. This is thp first time, and it is the last ; I will go and join my folio w-soldiers and remain wHb them nntil the war ends, let that be sooner or later, if I live. : If you will pardon me, I will btf more than a thousand times obliged, and feel myself under in fiumirabre obligations to you for so doing. If not please send me a passport or something of the kibd, so. that I can get bad. to my regimehc I don't want to gojjhder guard if l ean blip ftjftf I can't, I will gojmyho'w, - and abide by the consequences, be they what they may. I have served two yearsy and will serve as inany more if necesfifcry, ' I did not think of the evil ; If I bad lave knows once -whatl now do, I wouldhave remained there until; naw. I hope, -Qovernor, you will rrant' me this : forpve me for so dainf. . The God tb-vt.rulo) Hea yen and eartn knows my heart I pray U may forgive me. -I must close by saying; I remain your .LmwtentwrywiV ir eaMaat j. - - ' -t- t L r. l 7- : '-'A ' Private .-, i.. .v - - . j.'I .1 .'c-rO'f 81a: Your letter sdiing for patdon, and pass ; closed I send you a -oasa. . and 'will tdva yon- when Z you 1 you repon w ue deV, which;! have VittaCitjvalstterto.Q no doubt will aeeura roa exams-' moot vSSSrTK'iSW wwi uvk- yi"'n"ww. . a ki- win i if , guivraw t.-- iu! . v . 1 ri- ' j . . 7. r- (!aM IV 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 itS 1 1 mi I ouuiiu umb m unTv.vuiqer ywia DO nans to we- r..-i. . .uA. t 1 . T .. 5 my reaaids, and to say to him that I WeaiVitS honored to shake his hand. .I.fee. nfrwhtdin the' i JffW W .ipr jga eonteapktion ef snohvnalloyed patriettam aad such L fTW?? JtS "T" -.Romamvwtoe j and I thank God that sueh tee can bwo4wW the Sooth .of, tomTciilsM vtjhio be ioan4 JNorth-Carolina.- And while tSeyare, L 1 ; 'iSP&ZP ' I feel it Impossible to despair of ear mltiaate aoo- I But jhey Bstaxed , to the ePCK iViWijIliy,e ef ; oess. , Would to God that every father ia the land fjBmm'Vf Wfl ..! : :- v& Jj!T :Vi :T. T' f 'T S Tti WTt 4 r rKM.I ljJjLM- would receive bm.en.ng son in hke auour-.Hew i many noble s4dia, -jrb 'bkv boot indueed jiy J hardships jmd disappointments to take this ftxil 1 step, would be redeemed finavi----r npret and sorrow and disgiKe. wUdt U-e vememtenie of aH thplr clnrumirfi-f- ..-viwi.-.:-v . u. - j ened would he tV-Tw nt JUu .i 4nUM-.-'iv' 1 : 11 . . iTl TV. " "'"f Hi--" or lues, dohiu .ne anowRiw ava-tiM r . iu j .u tNM bends -M al aflfcetioa h&t JSLt i,. Mnee,to people wbo have dd ; .BM9uer ana tneir bones to aesdmnw for their e-atdepenae jour miners advice. Ton nmill a ftillnv tto wimsds oleteimilorio teturn to won JL- rrT ment aa .rA Zr.7 rr..s T show byrooz good eonlnct that yo beii?yoor rrc to UforrottML and J.ZTZJ!rZt t . , rr " mow oi eaoia. ana t ;-V'-V';y-; f-.':-58. VAlKat' a?ssrtsiSr5 has Oaatan. tu.lro-4 Mi d- 4oaarthtrlcsivHR 1 TbU lHrU5W l-WTSZZ. d. - yrr-th. mmrw" it,"t V to... . - - t ti.-i -'--Ht'-e.f .1. -m ,f within t&liwmottth to r for Conmss st the vmong muaai n uutrw ,or vMigross n tne enfuinf HWMj.n wqwna Tim whether 1 wo'nld wnimljtoJwi, rttakethja, -5 ; fwcasion and.this-toode tt nnl-wto e a3?tor , pi ttua UistrK tht l.aman0i-to W if Congress the Ciedelei5tate- -&V . . ( As I deem It nnnuu-r tia an -m at tHialJltU- "' -. " !' 1 shall here rive od a syllabusxf nSiriositien Mid '7 Jjj. " i views, toncbine the war. and such Questions afaWjh.&i- (, erementat policy as art woet lfkely to daJikf t tention of the peopla X IjUi, ;-i t -i.-. ;. I was ardently attached tothe old anddid r .! 1 ?oU. in hvnWe way, for its fmmyjftv .(vr anterior to the proclamation of President Liircoln,;.,.;'-;' ' calling upon torm-Uarolioa for troops; to UtMtjrsc : noon, ana ooercv Xpo- seceded SUtes. . in oo-hiww, . r.' with the Dnfon avcHMrally of Nortbarohna, iJ tood pledged to teswtibe policy. of epoido.'Iiii.,-, V .saedlatdy, tJcfcudpont foln's .proc-amation, acjtuatod by good ithv and V an honest desire to contribute the IfttteloMud to C ' the common cause,! volunteered ny sefyiofcv-and . t oominned in tne war untd (Usbled io battle.-.- ; . -This will account for my notbeii8tiU. iat)eser- 7 y'""'- " - 'J-' . .'V. -.V. ,-i :' efi.r'iiwr' ' ''i'.5Vf -.,' I What may be the final issne of ouratro1ew inoe .;- pendencey perhaps no one fa wise eabngntoibreeefc - . Sorely our independence ia a V ooqroamiticrr o bo . j. ... devoutly wfahed," if indeed, it has not become t..;;' our people aster andinexoraUeaeoss8ityr While, .. therefortL I am for maintaining thekdependene ef r ' '; the Soathera Ccnfederacyy with all. the meana and. v :"; reao&roea at our-eotamand,at theaamo time I should "'. ' rejoice to see a cessation of hoataities. -and a tarai. i natioq of Mr present atrnggie in a fust, honorable; 7 j ' wiu usuug yMx , ,uu nu uoe wiu ga uirus(,ur uu y - , nwe, according to ability, tiian. myself to secolf '-.'H this end. - . ". - . .' ' . s- .. ' , '. ; The enlisted soldiers have .ought oqr battle" and " won our victories, and whatqrer of ory or honor , -may attach to our arms belongs, in thie "n.io-.to - .-' them. They are the principal sufferers by tjie war: .. not only have they borne the brunt of battle, bat .' they have eqdured and suflered more andlnqger, and submitted- patiently and with heroic fbrtUnde- '. . r to more pri vations, than all other classes of our : . y ; , , people, . jl am, tnerelore, in favor of . inereesinz their pay. Justice demands this at the hands of Con eress. .' 1 '-"-; ; , , ,; ";., : . '" v :. , .;. V A strict subordination ' Of tho military to the civil authority Is a cardinal principle in, a froegoy- : ernment, and I think, Should never, be departed ' tntn. ' , ,.- . . .. . , . , vr 1. .'. . .1 am opposed to the proclamation of martU) law. -r and a suspension of the. writ of hoheot eorput, x- '. , cept ine contingencies contemplated by the Coo stitution. ; . ;' .; i .. , .. , ... I am in favor of free speech and the freedom . of the press two of. the greatest bulwarks of lib- ;, , orty- , - v w . ' , . The representative is responsible, to bis eon- -atituents, and should he held, to a strict accounts , , bility. ...,;"..'. . :. '. ... I am utterly opposed to closed doors and secret -sessions, as being contrary to the genius of jfeo hi--stitutions. . . ' . v r .- I am in favor .of establishing a nations) judieiary, that thO rights of the people may-be ascertained, . ' and declared under the constitution and laws ?f the '-, ; land. '.. . ;-. . ;: . . -. ...... ; ; I am for the rights' of the Statiea and for c forcing a proper respect for their executive, legislative, anq . judicial authorities, .. . .. ,. ; , '. j- cr : ' . . I am-in favor of a just and equitable srstein of . taxation, so that all classes may bear their burthens , - equally. I am, therefor opposed to the ty the svs. tern Incorporated in the tax bill of. CorJgress dis criminating against, and taxing the labor and indus try of, the agricultural classes. t . ; ;.; . Finally, I am opposed to repudiation in;every shape and the consequent depreciation of the ur- -rency : , ; JOHN D. HTMAN. ! Hpdersenville, June 14th, 18G3. . We were shown a letter the other. day, written t -a gentleman 'of this county, by Hon. A. T. David son,' in which he requested us to say that, he is candidate for re-election to - the neat .Confederaii Congress: . He promises . his constituents that. tw V will be among them soon, and give an acooUfit of his stewarashrp for the last two years. . Bo will id- . dress the people at Clay County Court, on We 1st -Tuesday' in' July, and regularly on. circflit(i esstr- . " . We bespeak for the Honorable ntlenan, w itupar-. ' ', tial hearing. Hen&erton Timet. , '.; .... 7. .."'' ', .' The cowardice, of European powers in rpect td ' ; the American struggle is one of the most striking " circumstances of the war, and will Itereaft be re-; V garded as one of the strangest phenomena hjrhisto ry. The war itself has disclosed a physi iiower : I in the belligerents which neithej or them di earned ; hefore that they possessed; ind the awe of l.(irope - 1 has increased with each new development of tfie gi-1 gantie resources of the contestants. The lime was -. when recognition would have bora ffatterini. to the ' -; I feelings of the South, and. Wouldjoare implied t getW erous impulse in the foreizn power :' but lb st time la-long ago passed by. . Recognition is no tonierm - -matter of desire with the South. v AU thesstaii-, . -tial idvantages 61 the measure .already SfcCifreU " The success of her arms and the heroism of her peo- 1 . . pie have bronghtDur country so on-pknoat -be-' . . fore the world, and extorted so univemHfti. aKl 1 ' miration of mankind, that a genera) recbgnirtbir'now" ' ,by fdrtJgn: powers- woatd be, 'exep.t for tfie tttere' ; Conveniences of diplomatio mtetxxmrae, Mpferubu -f ' : and ridkulopa. lt cebld impart to us no tdtrrib ' oonsideraiion. no bigM iespectabiUly tir la si ' ready enjoyed, v' "Z- 'Z:'r Dmlomatioreoogaifida o!nii,and inlercoaree wli - tu might, in the early Btages of tbtt'Mntroversy! .'-' have been "of great Service to forafirh powersi'in en ablinjt fheh. governments to escape some of the ef- ; .' . Tors and mistakes into which their correepbff(jbce ' .'with a man ;'w 1 nnacrmiffohs and nkndaSionii aa;7v ' t 1 . -i -. - - r - : a m. .a . Btrannns.: w n lanau proved wnu gromtaeatnea . .C.-iJ !. v it. Z :.i:-. ;Tf.i ; i- WjniniWB bsvo icmya goo thri anAtba. 1 8 OT-eoognwttg owr government f vttt advantaganoo to tneauseiVeK; : TM result lis ckiuoq - . . pewara pas iea taem) wnn conw scarq-iy Tiave, . ; beerfof sty decided sdysntage to ounelfi j bri tbo ' . contraty, we mtgfft have deceived ooiaelVtt inttr ii.--.''- - posing a greater reHanoe upcaii foreign toterpitioo '' than was conslstant v prudertce tnd tf that re- ' .' liance bad proved ftlKeL arf would bsVe beeH tnoat ' " . iroUble, our cause mi eUhafrileototo des ' El - 1 T..: . -:f.lC.i. IV .flag an eariy weloome of tUs QiSk&Q ;V ; tuitions ; and the'pW whlci t4 U of Exetee Haa.: lAtoTcm-iUw dditat Ae renit-on a Mw'Ebyihimenf .lif ne iiuto w4tVawl Jittti wonipiaint "Wom, v' ' that with wttph tbrwbw oee iiat.wa-'eWd . : IW?M &Et::Cl rieht asserted br retanit imd mrQi-M w . intorhiaiftnal ct' V Tbetr symnathfes 'wife.tJ - ' . flnrtlk tfcoli- tMttmm rnmrrn in A4lWU' fit kt V. . T . - rs "Y " :r -ri.Li: rkt-t-an-. of hat cease, whilfi tbr oounet iteipowet6a?V indtooala1.,fJ . consiaBiwioB.r- u-w uurLt "! bee4meeif ttyyt 4-a; owww.w';'w. i i convlctiobi of right, nsbeaeful i vtw.ro in rd to the Sobth.- It : r . - tpttv ..! ,.'. nltrespOQt no )ess .fbi6ggS i : w. Attui f--ira: r r- f on theirt of TCMT-rJ. meaanre of pnbiicjasnc-M TtTZr. eonferreS bl-nr from the Nt; and t. C Tlfetift- !"TZ:?WJ--wM -' to snow war wwi ,'','umsijU'v-:i: "' nDeUVe T ' - -.-.' ft. !-;' U .'fTh Mil I ISII '- M -'. ? . -.''J record that K atoft- fr-tf-WfOj alike to fmr. ; .rv.T, ..- !i
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 1, 1863, edition 1
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