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(iXfRMS OF TUB WEE&LX. Fuar dollars r eix
4 SgMS OF THE REHfrWEEKLT.-Six dollars for
1 w&lhiMitbs, fa WtMtef,-'--.;,-. f ' v ' J;
Terms or Adverusiag,'
ferttMmeotainnTtea iot a per qogn 01 i umw
i forflrsl irtavtionJand SI per Mn for eacii suese-
W ipaertlooi " JAnnp. desirmgrj contract Tor til
!e above ratee with a- aeauetion
ipereeet.,StW
me amount -.
&.A sWptlj tip the cash principle,
id when the tjme paid for expire.
Ly at the riH of those tending.
e Is
apert arettisetiMi
I remUUneeaof
AUSIgHiftlDAy. JAN.4, 184. -
y ;;"iPA(ifef : tifoemlsfrl. --'AV
It'if&i'ArxwibstMice'ttt, to filline the
vacancy in, tiw Attorney Generalship, toe President
lhi8 cfioMn ti jrtr ititft that body "of citizens, who
w l jonner tusn Ois political antagonists, auu
( w -3m taatoas, more, peruapstiiau auy umciy
ited s.gna of dissatisfaction with his Admin-
lion, rTbe eijtleruao ori whom the appoint-
i;A alien Wouia, 80 tar as we. Know, unaer
r ctrcMttneos have -been acceptable to the
rEi'iuiiJuire ta. harmonize old divisions
w. o'uiovtuuei, ?incea in bis,
uy tha country 83 a happier
el the reiraril Ait n Flia i m nor.
leraonat fitiifjk . ;
tiuatter for J Reorient, con-
'StWscliaracter.'to con-
na rec'iTer the confidence and
ition oi aiu nc'i,-"' " .
II D.'L ri U'hift
,e- F&i does.lbot appear tu tie posted.nq
Carolina PCliljafe? was supposed
timTto be a Conservative, but since March;
Mlie has been a thorough going Destructive.
appointed a tneaiber of She Peace Lonfer
ifil. and it wesfthoueht lhat he would do
- i - t .
to reconcile the coun-
lie fluid in rvaaoiiigoQ
a'nM vert, the
warubut ne joinea nimseu vt
4y(jt,;K ana uoi. urriw'i j1"" -
is at-"that time ifrireserv the Union and
:-war.
Ha
it
Selected tojrfteS.aate as a Destrnc-
the. f!Kent Lgisuture declined to re elect
at account, and filled "is placowith the
iaw A. Graham, a- triej Conservative,
ppointed to his preient place by the
use he is a Destructive, and beeaxue
tJ by tb Conservative Legislature Of
TieVeiTdetit has a strange way
. ,t.t 1 1 F-.F mlLanc r vara in
;otrig into pai owij "'r"1"
fcr times nis," ponuiau ux"", "
,B old divisions acd sooth Irritated sensibih-
Thc politics of "former tines" have ceased
exfet i this" State.' An old whig, who Is now
Destructive, m if possible "more jobjectionable to a
uqvv.fff our people tbalJan old Democrat
ho is a ucsvucuo.
nd Mr. Dvis eouia nov frrjr iu
nf flllf Tit' .vtfe with bim.
S The P Ant is not Receive-
He knows these
wett as we Op. uts reguiany posip
a tf t A.
Hampered minions Jrt this State. Ana
in ,-. ,i,.,t he will lot be able, br niak
d.vy
it-
. KinTmPIlLS w T-T T ' "
d'scontents, anfl
foier the conndence
tJrtdStion " of our pfcoplt-
i.:-.mrt.Wthat UOT. 1
e has tendered the
made vacant by Mr.
I the WHneu'w uiu.y
raham.
ITS. 10 W
,VT publish
ay the bill reported
sliary commniee
le House of Repre-
tnnut every aUI
icdffan between
mi forty-five, wij
r -
few exceptions, in
y IM also S I'S 0 w 1 iodiuulj. ....
o apt aid d Ivefersomi as heinay
Op9.;XUl 1
lM, tf adopted, win
fern, every '
shop, and every mm
er the control dt the
liAate.Stafes
l-tretch of (1
er onJwn eTen m
ooarchies.
'Hississip-
i corpus
and that
ilish an
at Courts,
d to hear atoTdeter-
t substitute, or, if
0ld"ner,4 -Atrm
e. their decisions will
te bayoMem! Are our
g V If not, let them
U;Jpijreparedtethes'tb
oslfate with'th.nn
I .. 1
k then implore it
r7 such cU.'ere Mb toMkte for remon-
- iiupioraiioss. iiod i?e vuuicu-
L'l T ' ' . . . -'-l 1
4-
itt Faith.t-a o-f.n.romn ho has a substi
,.thearayinei?ed ta ull soabeBork in this
al4lA t . . - - I
w per nuDdred msnoae
and was after-
.rBaI3.00fot ti but
Jkept hiS word
"lO-Hethiswiec
an offer which
ve pat 5Q hundred m
e io his pock-
federate money,
ress, represent
tnd kept
is word;. but
reprtentinf the .mor
character of
rtry.' breaka its w
Ird With i
and forces
Itnw tne anny.- Behi
the con
petitioW of. the rumor
-alUyT Was COUlxii
ir.nr t.hir.
GL-.mei: at WasWnn. Noth Ckrolina,
Vvicinity, for a land attack apn; Wilming
'Ainction with desnoiistraCiep from the
la said that raiders bad approached within
iij,xaggerated reports retched the
iyVnt 01 tne eoetty 8 neet in we ueigu-
dawngton, which were not ejeoitea
iu, lwwever, ; the enemas diock
been largely iosreased : it titbougbt
naval force now in the vtinity of
v2iRers soojn .twentv five ci thirty.
ectured that he is.awaitfcg the.
Cads to commence operfjtn.
01 special interest to both par-
w oi me only poftiVi any ,
, BUU lia JLCOUWTNOO V w
on that account-aftdv be-
otc ot Charles tob ana open
V-i. " . ,v
Jobhto that tbeeV's fild of aoUve fen
Jf'aji be lj:ni(d for tfaAnWr months to tVJ
f.c with ncmipsL sAadd!tiooar move-
f i.n thf OCCUJK j,n of v (ia' Tetcin Mst and
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thtrtnif i
bavene
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Jol: XXX. No. 2f
More Aoitatioh. In its great anxiety to make
peace with ttuAfankees. the Kaleieh Standard and
its adherents appear determined t'..at we shall have t
no peace at borne. There are unmistakable signs
in that paper that a new programme of county
meetings and resolutions is arranged for the Spring
Courts ; and We areoredibly informed that a set of
resolutions has already been prepared in aleig,
and sent down to Johnston county for adoption
there, and afterwards fn every other count; in
which meetings of the right stripe can. be gotten up.
The object thi time is to agitate fr a State Con
vention, in which, in the language of the Standard,
" the people of North Carolina uiU take their ovn H
jaffam into IheitovA hand," that is, in plain lan
guage, go. out of the Confederacy. This, instead
of making peace with the Yankees, would but add
a civil war to the foreign war now raging. If the
people are not prepared ibr this, let them bertare
of the teachings of the Standard, which educated
the people in the docjrine of secession, voted us in
to the present war; -and -pledged " the last dollar
and the last mad to uiaintstn.it. Who will guar
antee! that if tbC Standard shftotd get the people
saddled with aher war, ' it woifld be'-av more
true th- "Ti'the present? FayetUtilU Obterter.
It is not true, so far as we know, that resolutions
were "prepared in Rale:gh" Tor the Johnston meet
ing. The Conservatives of Johnston are able to'
prepare their own resolutions, pass them, and then
maintain them against all comers.
We heard of the proposed meetings in Johnston,
from a distinguished citizen of that County, but the
day before the Obtentr from which the above is
copied was received.
- Let the Observer qprne out frankly and state who
its Raleigh "detective " is. This. is not the first'
time that false information,' as well as correct infor
mation has been communicated by some one in this
place io the Observer, who seems specially charged
with the business of acting as " detective ,r towards
the Standard and its Editor. Who is this unknown
employee, Mr." Observer, wh thus strikes in the
dark? Let the public have his name.
We have made no proposition to " go out of the
Confederacy," and the powrMfcknows it;" but we
have protested against measures hich would change
the whole character of the government, and subju
gate our people to the arbitrary edicts of Congress
and the President wtiich would abolish all civil
law and establish military law in its stead which
would break faith' both as to the supply of tnerf and
means, and thus lower our government and our
cause in the eyes orbur own people and of the world
which would blot out the States and render them
dependent on the central government as Counties
are dependent on States ; and in view of these meas
ures we have given it as our opinion that the people
ofNorth-3arolina will, if they should be adopted,
vindicate in their sovereign capacity their ancient
liberties and privileges. Ithe'06rer prepared for
a Dictator f Is that paper ready to abandon liberty,
the rights of the States nay, the very existence of
the States themselves, in the hope that by so doing it
will escape the consequences that may result from be
ing overrun by federal armies? For our part, we
4re opposed to-deapgti omf kt u&ler it
may. The States were the creators of the Confede
rate system, and they must remain the superiors of
the system, or it will fail. It cannot succeed by
trampling on the States. Indeed, its misfortunes
commenced kt the very moment it began to ignore
the power of the States; and those misfortunes will
continue and multiply until it changes its policy,
ceases to exercise doubtful powers, and relies on the
States as the controlling power in the system. The
secession .leaders broke up the' old government
against the wishes of a majority of the peopfa of the
cotton States, simply because, as they alleged, that
government had threatened tbe rights of jthe States ;
and yet we are expected, under the new system, to
sit down with folded hands and see the States re-
duced to the condition of mere appendages of the
common government, by the very men who made
the revolution on the ground that the States were
io danger. We shall net do it' Tbe people of this
State will not do it. They will maintain .the civil
law, their Constitutional rights, and the existence
of their State government in its full integrity against
every effort to destroy or even impair them. But
tbe Observer threatens the people of this State with
civil war if they should think proper to hold public
meetings or hold a Convention. Confederate troops
are to be called in, and tbe people are to be preven
ted by-force from exercising their reserved sovereign
rights.. North Carolina is thus threatened with a
double subjugation. She is to be subdued by both
governments.' . We denounce the paper and tbe-meti
who make this threat as Lincolnites as worse
than Lincolnhes, for they would turn the bayo
nets of Southern men against the breasts of
Southern men. They would add war to war, des
potism to despotism, blood to. blood suffering to
suffering, and -see the plowshare' of ruin, driv
en through their native soil by tbe very government
that was formed to defend it Such is the infatua
tion which possesses men who have been bitten, even
atthe eleventh hour, by the mad dog of secession.
rNor l8it true that we "educated the people ig
tbe doctrine of secession," and then "voted them
into the present war." .We never maintained the
doctrine of secession' as practiced by the. cotton
States, and we resisted secession up to the last mo-
ment The war had commenced before we voted
for the ordinance of separation in the Convention,'
and we were called upon to fight either the North
o the South. We chose to fight they former, but
did not wish to do so. It was not in our power to
'vote the State in or out ot the war,' for war was In
evitable after tbe cotton States, for no sufficient
cause, bad seceded from tbe Union Vfhis. is the
truth on this subject in a nntshell ; and tbis.was the
view taken by the Observer at the. time, but that
paper Im 8jnw chnged, and now decleres-that the
cotton Sutes didVnot secede A day too soon. It now
"eats dirt "acknowledges that its former Unioq
opinions ere erroneous, and, to please its new
TieDdturns back oriall those ttue men with
bora it acted, i luo tn the great, but unavailing
euv. 1 wU,UQ w v u.m 19 preaerva-the govern-
-. . . .t -
tnt and Svert tne war. ,
Tbe OfciarMf has been assailing ua
rRpast i a very uncharitable and
for moaUb
meet theprovai of candid or honorable men.
Ve now' say to te 'Observer that we do not fear
' is fro whs, nor the fro wns of. those who prompt or
' ustain it We ire conscious that we.are right in
-.ia course we are pursuing, and wo are sustained
y a vast majority of the people of the State
. We. shall notQeviste a hair's breadth from the oath
duty .as we understand it, no matter what the
Observer and its friends .may' say." Our "friends
1 e real Conservatives, not p'retendedmem, and
. l ot Destructives, as are those of the Observer. . .
.- . ' .- . , . .;. v.
. DerpODdcncr amoDC tbe People. -
One of the Editors of the Hmderaouville Time
rites to that paper as follows, from Waynesf ille,
t iaywoed County:
'. "Tfind the people throughout Western Carolina
I M 0. K., except an alarming despondency which
r ems to prevail in every mind. Nor does this feel
- -.g of despondency seem to be alone confined to
Vestern Carojioa. I learn from the "papers and
I om gentleman of undoubted veracity and loyalty,
K atit exists thiodghout the State, And in many
i .-etions, to-even a more alarming extent- .
I have made diligent inquiry to ascertain, if pos
' ole, the true cause, of the despondency. To my
quiries on this subject I have received such re
; ies as the following;- Irresponsible persons
i ive come into the country from tbe army with de- -1
its of men to scout the country for deserters.
I any of these have been guilty of outrages on the
''iizens." .1 have been informed that bouses have
jen forcibly entered at tbe dark hour ot mid-night
' id searched without , authority, that even femajes
I tve been.arrested and forced off from their homes
i threatened with. summary punishment for' real
. imaginary crimes in harboring their husbands or
ms ; that the property, hot only of deserters, but
: some instances of good and loyal citizens, has
i ;en carried off and appropriatedalmn&t a2 lib Hum,
f lhe use of the captor; ministers of the Gospel ar-d
' en ladies have been halted and insulted oa the
; iblic high ways. These are a part only 8f the
t jtrages of which I learn the people are complain-
: If- ' - " . :
Now, I know nothing of my personal knowledge
. 1 to when and where these wanton acts jof violence
ivebeen committed. But.I hear tfthn complained
, f in almost every neighborhood and by a great
umber of citizens ; so there must be some justifies--'
ou tor the complaint And there is uo'tnistaking
te fact that four fifths of the people are approach
g a point that must and will burst forth in the in
- iguration of a new and terrible revolution, if some
ting is not quickly done to reconcile the disaffec
in. Men whom I knew a year ago as the most
voted Southern men, men who would have vol-
'ltarily laid down their lives for the Confederated
ivernment have become so disgusted at the con
ict of bur would be rulers, that thoir sympathies
. ve almost become entirely changed.
Now is there no remedy tor this fearful demoral
' -.ation among the people ? Can there be no means
- g "vised by which the confidence of the people in
le government can be restored?
The people have been taught that their sons and
rothers are fighting for freedom, for liberty,
: r their rights. This being so, they cannot under-
tand why they are deprived of their civil rights by
I ieir own rulers. To them this is inexplicable.
. fence they begin to eaA look to the flesh pots of
rlgypt Now the remedy for this very dangerous
; vil that now threatens the peace of the community,
; simple and easy by the adoption of those great
v vuw vvnc -.'VITV UVIT Wllll.il UircCL
jMooutoiialib JSii&L
1 t military it subordinate to the civil aiUhortlji,
lint there (-hall-be no infringeroent on the constitu
.iona! rights of citizens. -
If the Houth is saved from subjugation and slave
ry, the Conservatives must .do it. If the South is
. ver subjugated, the responsibility for such a calam
ity must rest with that reckless portion of our pop
illation, who, while acknowledging themselves orig
.ia! secfsshtnists, have shown such a disposition to
i-c guilty of acts of tyranny as to Ux the forbear-
nee of reasonable thinking men to an unbearable
xtent Confidence in the government must be re
. xored. It can only be done by a reform tbe peo
ple 'demand that reform. If their demand is un
seeded, they will demand something else it will
I e peace on any terms. . . . ' -
We have the ability to bring the war to a soc
pessful close T: say, we have the ability, but have
We the win ? that determination that is necessary
to secure that ckject
The President, in bis message, points out some
greviou errors in our military gymena and tbe rem
edy therefor. If competent officers be placed in
command of our regiments, companies and brigades,
everything will wear a new and more favorable as
pect We have too many officers at least one
third too many. "We need men with guns in their
hands, not innocent sabres. We have the guns,
but no body to carry them. Wiat Congress ought
to do is this : Let .the army of officers that hang j
.round our hotels, thaL are always absent from v
their command in the time of battle be dismissed,
jet thembe at once conscripted and forced into the' i
ranks. .
I learn there are commissioned officers in Wes-
tern Carolina that have been at home tor three or i
four months under various pretensions. They ought
lo be advertised a deserters and treated according
ly. There are too ufany shirker every one must
do his duty in this war, if any are .unwilling to do
lbeir duty,Jet them be compelled ta do it and we
are certain ot success in me end. une third ot our
army is absent without leave; and of this number, '
commissioned officers, including those who manage ;
to get trifling details and other modes of shirking
out of the army, constitute a very liberal part '
When commissioned ofQcerd so frequently get fur
loughs and details home, can it be expected that the
rank and. file will be content ? Such is unreasona- .
hie. If the officers do their duty, the men will do '
theirs. If the former neglect their duty the latter
may be expected to do likewise. If tbe former are
absent on unnecessary details or ill gotten furloughs, -what
more can be expected of the men than the fact
that they will desert To euable our armies to con- :
tend successfully against the powerful army Lin
coln is sending against us, the, deserters now at .'
home must be induced lo return to tbeir colors, while .
a remedy must be obtained for the evil. It is within i
the power of Congress- to do both. If it fails, the L
sooner we get terms with our enemies the , bet- i
W - ' - . ' - : y -- - i
Impohta'st DEC'SMit-rWe alluded some weeks
since to the application of William T. Brooking for ;
a discharge from tbe service on- a' writ ol'ttftbeas
corpus. ' -' .. ' ' V .'--'- .-T-
The petitioner volunteered in .1861, and. served
regularly in the armyr was wounded at the battle ;:
of Gettysburg, in July, 1863. While ih the service 1
he wsr elected -as a Justice of the Peace in the coun- .'
ty of Orange, and regularly qualified as such. On j
this qualification he applied for a discharge from the .
service.- This was refused him.. He then applied -;
for a writ of habeas eorpnt before Judge Mevftiith, ;
of this city. It was agreod by the counsel of Brook-
ing. (John B. Gilmer, Eq.,) and the counsel fur the
Confederate states- government, teasrB. 1.. jeoii
i and T.' P. August,) that the merits of tbe case v
Vl&" considered and decided qn an argnment :
""- -T he krjM'" elon tha applies-
-4';l-sihMrfMi1isi Raleihv . v-
We Uh4th following from 'the Raleighat
Is yi Hf--At kind of codfish " supper :
givep in tb4 City on Christmas eve, we are told on
of the guea'toa8ted " the Stars and Stripes,": Hoi
.den, of ihtiiSlandatd; ini Petinmgton, his Jackal!,!
were preset, and Gov." Vance, too, as we learn. '
How was e toast received ? Or is it true it was ,
-given ia ptesepce of-Gov.' Vance? - ;
v We hae reason to belieV that this ''feast" &i
come off. and that tbe Stars and Stripes were toasted,
for we have, been informed by a erson just froiu
Raleigh; that it was currently- raported there that
such a toast had'bean. given and such a toast drank,
and that tte "names of the giver of the fas- and. hi
. guests were openly spoken of, upon, the streets and :
at their corners.-terorv Beguter. . . - r
: . There ii .no troth in the ahove. At the supper
at which Mr. Pennington and Mr.' Hlden were ,
present, .hosrich toast was drank nor. thought of;
. nor Jo we iie ve that such a toasjwaa given at
an-f Suppel .'.Ualrth,- or on any other oooasioa f
Gov. .Vance 'wu not present at the'inipper
ferred to. ! '
, Nothing is too sacred for tbe polluted pen of the-.
depraved creature who nominally edits the Stale
Journal He obtrudes his brazen face into private'
parties, and would even descend into the grave to
gratify his filthy appetite for slander.' We are hot
surprised at any thing -he does, but we do confess
to a little surprise that thu Editor of the Register,
.who has been accustomed to move among gentle'
men, should give currency to such a charge. The
giver of the feast" referred to is one ofcour best
citizens an amiable, generous-hearted gentleman,
. wko has done nothing to justify such an obtrusion -'
into his private house. It would have looked much
better in the Editor of the Register, if be had paid
a note which the gentleman referred to holds against
him before he repeated this slander from the State
Journal. . But such conduct is in keeping Jftith the'
character of the Editor of the Register, who hates
individuals just in proportion to the favors they
have conferred upon him.
It is currently reported in Raleigh, and believed
to be true, that on the .very night mentioned the
nominal Editor of the Journal was a guest at a sup
per given by some negroes in a gentleman's kitchen
in this City, and that he had tbe presumption to eat
at the first table.- It is presumed he was invited,
as no gentleman would attend on such an occasion
without an invitation. ,
: .Later froea the North.
PiTERSBUiw, Jan. 6. The Herald of the 31st has
been received. No news from the army of the Po
tomac or from Charleston.
Necs from Western Virginia, dated SOth, says
that Gen. Kelly had information from Gen. Sullivan ,
that Gen. hurly, witb nine thousand rebels, was be
tween New Market and Mount Jackson. Rosser
has seven hundred and Irabcdtn fifteen hundred
Sullivan's column has returned to Harper's Ferry,
With one hundred prisoners and the same number
of horses. Kelly states that he has captured in all
over four hundred prisoners and a large amount of
property." ?
Gen. Thomas telegraphs from Chattanooga, Wed
nesday, that a rebel force, under Wheeler had cap
tured a fudoral train, on thaSth, bound to Knox
ville. nl GharltnUn. on the touth bank of the His-
lfJZfilrt; I fanned and defeated Wheeler,
capturing over ontuiodred prisoners. -.
Butler'sneers at the thrv-ac-hvH--oni in Davis'
proclsmajiiiin against himself and officers, and de
cUres that if a hair on the head of one of his officers
or soldiers be injured, except in just warfare, the
day" it is done shall be one of sorrow and mourning
for all men included, in Confederate States.
Butler thinks there is but one way to meet the
new state of things, and that it'by the sterneat retal
iation, He says the federal government having ex
hausted every form of appeal, there ia nothing left
the United Stares but to authorize that a(suttk-int
number of rebel officers be placed under such keep
ing and put upon such diet as shall in all respects
correspond to the treatment, as to clothing: food and
fuel, that wretched Union men receive in the stench
houses of the rebel Capitol.
Gold in New York, on the 30:b, 151 to 153.
Mexico City dates to the 7th Dec. received. ' '
The French troops entered Mn?ia on the 80th
Nov. Gen: Bazaine had 12,000 French troips at
Cahcya and Gen. Dbnai was at Salimanca. - It is
stated that the governments of Holland and Spain
have recognized the new Mexican government -
Coueicaaiooal. .
RicaMOT.D,jJan. 6, A. most important measure
was presented ih the Senate to-day by Mr: Phelau,
of Mississippi, it being a bill to suspend the vrit of
habeat.corpm in all eases invoking the execution
of tht law passed recently to put men into ser
vice rJto hare f urnished tiibititute. The bill wns
not read, . but immediately transferred to the
secret ca&ndar, to its provision are not knojn.
The . Senate very soou went into secret session
to - consider - it The Senate adopted a resolution
' instructing the military committee to inquire in
to the expediency of reformiitg the present sys
tem of enrollments, particularly as to the class of
persons or officers appointed to serve as enrolling
officers; to limit the length of time they shall be
allowed to serve in the same districts ; to establish
inspectors of enrolling districts, and to. limit the
number of men enrolling officers shall bave as pro
vost guard. F. J"se bill to repeal existing and reg
njate'future exemptions, which the military com
mittee reported on Monday, was considerably dis
cussed till the House went inro secret session on
the tax and Currency -bills.
Important addresses front the Presidents of two
railroads was laid on the desks pf members this
morning, relative' to the bill to repeal exemptions,
setting forth that it is impossible to keep the roads '
running without retaining all mechanics and skilled
employees' ntfw in the country, and. holding dut
every inducement to get all ve can, and that Gen. .
Grant, - appreciating the importance of breaking
down our railroad Irantportotion as the most effec
tual method of weakening our army, had already"
enticed considerable number of skilful railroad
mechanics from Atlanta to Memphis. This address ,
concludes by asking Congress not to let blind zeal
for increasing the numbers of the army or prejudice
againstailroad companies, who first sustain tbe
governmeat by transporting at hulf rates' and re
ceive notes and bonds in payment,' when tbey bad
no market value, precipitate the country and armies
into irretrievable disaster. ;'.-
A 'bill to relieve farmers from . tax5 'on cotton
burned by order of couamandera of armies was.
presented and referred. . ." ' ..
The President has vetoed the bill appropriating
two miilion dollars to clothe' Kentucky troops, '
It'is curious to observe the '.competitive zeajt'of
certain demagnguos in.Congress in all srts of viol
lent and impostiibie legislation, irfte'nded to
the. cjmd passions or the ignorwt clamors ei th
uay. ine uvi ufviuiiicu wntyouwr..
lists in the House seems to
1505;
TAXATION vs. REPUDIATION; i
It u a settled principle of national as well as of
individual policy: that Ale observanda ,' and
the baais. of all .honorable dealing, is credit . The
Confederate State are a new' government senw- -tiye
of its claim to recognition as a government de
jurt, and urging that claim, upon the nations of the
earth: It claims to bave- a Constitution, for.'' its
governance " -That Constitution has given. Con
gress power (Sec 8, Art 1.) " to borrow money oh
the credit ofthe .Confederate. States." Upon-that,
credit i.t has borrowed money, and by seventl acts
contracted, to pay Certajn rates of interest for the
tee of that money.' Patrioticcitizens have changed.
large-investmjits of capital to the early government
loans, which were taffd. upon credit and food faith..
(-Difficulties have arisen, flnanciillv. and neeesaitv
exists fo raise' money to meet its engagements, and
.a question now . is pending - in Congress as tO"the
Vravs and means of meeting the public debt V
. Has the government held its faith in its promises
to its creditors?- It has promised to pay gold for
interest on certain bondak has failed to io so.' Jt
promised that -Treasury notes issued on itiredit,
payablein two yeara, should be payable lrt 8jiiie
but failld to meet tbe Oblintkm ; then Ufouil to
redeem tnem with coupon bonds at tea' years, with
8 per cent interest, and when the refomption same
it was in stock and not in bonds. W iian the war
tax was laid, one hundred millions of Treasury dtes
were issued, fundable "at any time? In 8 per cant
bonds; yet one year, after, a limit was put to the
Tundabllity of the notes and an Unsuccessful attempt
was made by tbe government to destroy tbe value
of tbe notes -as currency. The people repudiated
the attempt and the notes are still currency.. .The
persistent and increased issue' of Treasury notes by
the government, after repudiating the tundability of
tbe former, has depreciated their value, and now the.
.question comes up of raiding their value. Various
propositions are before Congress for relief of the
currency, and, strange to say, repudiation is not
only not condemned, but actually recommended.
-. In tbe commencement of the war, when tbe first
call was madefor a loan and eight -per cent offered
for it, large investments were made, and widows
and orphans had their property -sold and put- in
eight per cent bonds,, "on'the credit of the govern
ment" Now it is actually reposed to issue new
bonds? with four per cent interestslot to be taxed,
for which the holders of the eight per cents, are to
be forced to .exchange those obligations, by the
threat of taxing tha latter, and thun repudiating the
first contract Take the old Uni ed States govern
ment which we all have declared Utterly corrupt,
and did it, with ail it corruotion. ever undertake to
tax its own debt ? Chief Justice Marshall decided
that art attempt to tax government stock is a tax
on the contract a tax on the power to borrow raen
ey on its credit, and consequently unconstitutional.
A reduction of the .interest which the borrower was
to have paid' for the loans, clearly affects the con?
. tract, and' the Constitution distinctly states (Anisic
1, section 10,) that no u ex post facto law, or law
impairing tbe obligation of contracts," shall be pass
ed. Tfet after a solemn contract of our new govern
ment, under the guarantee of the Constitution, it is '
proposed to set it aside and change the terms of the
contract to more favorable terms for the borrower.
The Cmfederate States of America stand before the
eyes of the world claiming sympathy and recogni-
. tion, and violating with faith its citizens who cameor
ward with their treasures as well as blood to estab
lish its credit .What a spectacle! There is noth-'
ing so demoralizing to our people as the disappoint
ment they experience in witnessing efforts to violate
the faith of tbe. government We believe they are
re&dy to give their lives and fortunes to the cause'
of independence, and will submit to the heaviest tax
ation, i Hthcf than have the K"gma attached to their
fovernmentof breaking faith with those who should
e especially protected. . The early loans of the
government were taken as permanent investments
by estates, guardians and others, and they have a
right to .claim that the faith of the government be
kept with them. ' , , . "' .
We call upon our members of Congress to strangle
repudmtiou in every form, and let the credit of the
Confederate States stand forth to the world as the
true symbol of the personal, honor and integry of
'her citizens. There never has been, and. never will
be, authority delegated by them to do what is dis
honorable, and our representatives should Remem
ber this. Tax incomes, lax property, tax whatever
is legitimately taxable, but preserve the fidelity of
the government in its contracts. The. extraordina
ry legislation recently in relation to- substitutes, of
boldiug men in the army owing no service there but
througii their principals, while tbey. are alse claim
ed, has alarmed many at the prospect of systemAic
repudiation. ' The violation of the tacit pledge of
protection from impressment, at least for a' time, by'
the passage di the tithe lawv with tbe arbitrary
claim of all Ihe surplus produce of the country,
while the tithe is uncollected or wasting in depots,
has depre'ssed the spirit oi our people, and our- leg
islators should look carefully to ftrt her legislation.
We are sanguine ef the ultimate success of our cause,
but it is painful to witness depression of our people,
brought on by thoughtless, and we might almost
say reckless, legislation. Sjuth Carelittian. , v
Civil Law to be Enforced iv Ai-AAA.The
Legislature of Alabama, at its recent session, passed
a stringent law with reference. to .the preservation
of the writ of habeas' corpus inviolable. It eives
citizens, no right which they did. not possess before i
unaer ine sanction, oi me taw, uui m iois era wnen
some legislators manifest a disposition to make this .
time honored right discretionary with one individ'
uil, the supreme power of the State deemed it nee-';
essary to protect its inviolability by affixing penal
tie? which wu! deter officers from trampling it under,
foot The Constitution deoiares that "tbe military
shall ia all cases and at all times, be in strict sflhdc
dination to the civil power."
The following is the first section of the act :
' Scction 1. . Be it enacted by the Senate and
Eovee of Representatives of the Statt of Alabama
in General Assembly convened. That any person, as
to whom a writ of Imbeasjtorpui has been issued
and served, vrho willfully foils or refuses, under any
pretence whatever to obey the mandate thereof, or
the orders of the -Judge or court thereon, before
'whom the same is heard, or who knowingly and in
tentionally prevents the service of the same by force,
or by keeping out of tha way, or who shall willful
ly fail or iefuse to penult any person, upon appHc
tion by counsel in his cxtody-to conduit .with, and
have tbe-asxistance of counsel, for the jjurpose uf
suing but -or : prosecuting said- Writ, or who shall
send away, or oncoal any person who ia in his cus
tody or tMider his control, with intent to prevent
said writ from ein 8ued put or executed, or the
petitioner from bein discharged when the Judge or
court ao order , sbail be guilty of a lelooy, and on
conviction "M.all be iced not less than !l,QQ0.ur
imprisonel in the penitentiary not less than qne nor
nmre'tbui five yeais, at the dibcretion of the jury
trying the same.- : ' ' " ", "' ,. A -.-.
A Pest Office haVbeen establted for the special
acuom daodation c-f je rpy . umjer
stot-, to which all
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Capt Joskts A. WiLLum departed this life the S8d
day of Xnvrmbjr, at ihe capital citv of the S.uthera
Confederacy, of wounds received in battle, in theaiihyiar
-of his ore. . -.
-' The death of tkij'yoonjf and prwmisitifr offlcer, deaervf
a more extended notice than the above unuouneenient.aud
although niMbie to do juatice to his memrry, I am eoa
iraiul by persooil triaridahip, to add mr leotimony of
bia worth, both in ciru and military life.
W'wiepb Adrian Williams waa born ia Pitt eountv, Sorfh
Caniluia, in the yenr of IS89. His fther. Dr. Robert Wil
liama. Ml a native Korlh-Oamlinmn. nH at n'a.t.itf -.
esSJSligbed a. reputation aa a pbraician, scarcely inferior to
any io tbe Stale His ffrandfelher, also a pbvaioian of nn
small repute waaa ttirjroon in onr army daring ihe'nar
with our mnlbet country. His mother wa a Miss Drake
an accomplished and Kitted lady. Than he inherited those
superior qnalrtlesith which be waa endowed. His Tooth
ful training was commenced at home uuder the tnition of
Mr. Jamea Murray, a leifDed acboiar and tukpenanced
, teacher, and completed at the University of $w ive Stats
in the summer of 1S5. - . AVr"-
. Dnrinjr.lhe Inkrval from tbe time he jrradnated to the
commencement jf the present war. be spent most of his
' time traveling, .With feeliuga end emotions trulr South
ron, he. unlike mot yaag (.lurists In search of pleasure,
: discarding the fascination of life cold tin'eenial Norb,sonrbt
rtcreaiioufioto his college laifora inia own nativesouib, -amontiis
tealihlul srene and balmy -bxeeiea, antainted
withfanut.icnl poison. Ifanptwed Willi it love!y and roman
tic sceuery, iU beautiful htOTpeiU invigorating climate
.and its rich soil, be Concluded lomake H his fuiure h-nf.
and purcbajed a farm in Arkansas, and bad it sot bar be;n
for this cruel strife, into which political madness and sec
tional auimi'sities have plunged as, be would now be,
doubtless, enjoying, all the luzurietSreaHb could afford,
surrounded wiih kind friends and-blessed with the sweet
smiles and caresses of a'fair and aOeetionate partner. lis
hd just returned borne with the iutention ofa-etnoving his
estate ot negroes and household goods tbiiber. wben lbs .
muttering tbundew of war begin to arouse 'be Southern
people, and ftrepare them fur the fiery ordeal through
which fvy were destined to pass. Wild the same love of
eountrTlrd uit8eliib patriotism which distingnivhi-d his
Ancestors in tbe revolution of '7tf, casting aside all pttnwnl
interest and considerations, he threw himself into the
"deadly breach" and battled manfully for his country's
fights, aod gave bis life to Issr holy cause,' Of our fiial
triumph be never entertained a doubt, and wben the timid
and weak-minded sought to influence others with their
floom and despondency, be rebuked tbem in sevee terms,
t is a sad thought, and. chills my blood, that be list not
been spared to enjoy the object a eorintry free and happy,
'which be gave his life toobtaiu. How vain ve earthly
1 bopes and calculatlonal W
Capt. Williams possessed many noble and gentle quali
ties wbich made bim beloved and admired Uia polished
; ' manners and generous. nature were a 'passport to the most
select social circles, and bis humorous disposition, sod
ready, wit made bim a pleasant companion. His mind wss .
si roig and ot great originality, and allh tngb he neglected
many opportuvties of slrettg'bening it witb Ihe intricate ',
stadies o2ered in college, vet it wj8 stored with noble .'
thoughts and gjiit-rsl inf-rmaiien, g'tniietl from thefy tile
fie!! of reading. . Be was particaiariy toad of litersrv'iDro-
anciions or tnia.aisa wntiea away rami : T.2 :.mxi-!
ot camp life perusing the W'trk of reetird nnthors.
His Iriendahib. wben once secured, whs firm and stesi
fast, changing not with ihe "-tide of even's" and dcsrri
ingtn tune of danger and distros. . Mr aiatinn with
him was intimate, and -1 tbink I can upei.k orrectlv of
him as a fe low etficer. He was vi-laat, eurues', nd so- "
tive in the performnnce of bit diiiies. All tbe energies uf .
bis piindseemed b'nton the ma'sterv of tbe scienrenf wur
and the djffsrent erolutiflna of iba drill, and I may truly :
say that as' a tactician, he h-td do superior in his rtiaent, .
and but few of bis rank in tbe Service:
. He received two severe wounds upnn tbs ill-fte'l 8-ldof
BrtKtow Station Va ,-Dct 14th. lsst; Uw urneon pro
nouneed tbem mortal, but he' lived so long that hnpeiwere
entertained of hia 'ec rerv. He was removed t U'.cbmon4
aa anon as possible, where, after lingering tor about six
weeks ... . .
" Ueaih. rigid lord, claimed tbe bsrTot diy,
Whilej .youiy.ibey.itlifui soul weal Intake his her-taice"
With the same eatm courage that hafueed Bis coutitry's.
foes, he yeldi-d nia aufa v.et:m to d.Mth, his hut eiiemy.
' His mortal voice will be heard ou earth no more; his
manly form now lies cold benfctn tbe sod. b'li bt early
grave wilt b b.'dewed'wit many tear of afTectnin. ai d
the rerueuib'&nce of bis manv uublie and urvaie virtues, '
bis deeds 'if d-ujngjiiid bis seif-atev.ficing ai.d hem e dra'h, v
will live long in ibe memory of a gratelut country. .
TOOKTH-CAROLINA, WAKE CODTV,
11- Courtof fleaasad Quarter HeM on. Nov erm, '865,
John P tlook and others, r John F. KlUfsguin. petition
for dirisioo of slaves and aettlemeoL
Ths cause coming jid to be beard, and tt appearing to
. tbe satisfaction of tbe ftonrt that JtAtn V. Arera, f. H nton
and wile fester, ttansom Minton, William npivey, uiea
Bpivey.Gray Spivev.AnnSpivey, Jane Spivey,and Fiancia
Stiirey are non-resldenu of rhia Hlate.it it ordered that
advertisement be made in the Raleigh Standard fir six
weeks for said defendants to-appear t the next term of this
court to 'answer, plead or demur to ttis petition, orjudg-r
meat will be taken ere as to tbei.i .
: - J. t. t fiaaELU. o. c. t.
Dec. 14. 18S. ' 61-wSw. -.
TE X DOLLARS RBW ARD..-STBAYED
awaytrom tbesiibscribcTjbouttbe drstof NuVtmbaT
last, a large white cow with brindle head, no boma, mark
ed with two slits and Under bit hi lha left re.'.r and two '
slits and crop off tbe right. "The ab lvevewanf will.be paid
for the deirrery sf the cow to m, or fr an; mf fw-ttiofl
ao tbat 1 oan get her.; County Bingsrs are respeei fully ia-.
viTedto notice this advertisement . My resideqoV l-"
miles Eaat of Yada Institute P. O , Yadkia counttyN. 0
.. . . . sarah a. Ja tt-itcTT
Dee. 81. wt&y ; '-v ' ' '. r; . W-wpd. ,y
TORTH-CA ROLIIT Aj'NASII COfJlHTj .
-H Petition to sell real estate for assets. B H.Horsf,
Doaier.a VT. Wurd and vtife P.liy. WiUiaM Colson saS
wife Kancyl C B. Glo ver and .wife filiiabetb - 1
Jonn ii'wi ; .
li appearing to.tbc aaiisfaetion of tbe Court that I-0""! kj
D nier. one of the defendenU in this cause, resides ber fl
'. th hmimof the Slate, it ia. thenJbre. on motion, orderetni
by the court ttut aavervwmeot ne naae ior six ,
cessively' in the B;leigb Standur4, aotifying tbe said er -f
..... 4 w . . . r . t.d juAi .Uf
lenuanl ot laebituoi mis ptinoa, ana ini umw ---.
rear at tbe next term of tbnr court, to be held tr ibeen"
Uiv of Nasb, at thearthtMMe i the town or Waeltv ! S
fvV. m u....,i.. in iu.,.,. .nM-the rliw" '
orthe same Witt be taken ymnJD, an ea-r .- r -aj
ato,bijn. :. y . - i' V A ..iV ' ''01
,s a,,ii.i. iiivv.i.ji ""T , , l..urtHL .')
WiiritM,.il H. orby, clerk of our saia v.u.-.
ia Kashville, Sd Uoqdaj ia November. A. V W A:tf
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Dee. 8, 16SS.
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