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RALEIGH : FRIDAY FEB 5t184.
From Easter NorthCaroiiiMU : '
The public mind has been excited for several days
past by the knowledge that important military:
movements were on foot in the dii-ection'of Newbern,
but up to the time of , writing this we are without
definite i.f tiou a w iuw result it ta' Wowu
that a large force of .veteran troops, commanded bj
an able and experienced officer, were moving to
wards Newbern, and that on Monday morning last
a skirmish took place at Batchelor's creek, seven
miles this side of Newbern, in which CoL H. M.
Shaw, of the 8th X. C. troops, was killed. It is re
ported that a portion of oar. forces are on the south
side of the Trent below Newbern ; that the Railroad
has been torn up, thus cutting off communication,
between Morehead and Newbern ; that our forces
were within two miles of Newbern on Tuesday
morninc. andhad surprised and captured a Yankee
regiment It is also reported that heavy firing was
heard on Wednesday morning in the direction of
Newbern, by inhabitants below Goldsborfflagh.
We have no doubt from what we have learned
that the expedition was well planned and we feel
sure that if the enemy's works at Newbern should
be attacked they will be carried. The possession
of Newbern, and the permanent occupation of that
region of the State by our forces would result moat
beneficially. to our people and to the Confederate
cause. . We trust the expedition has been in every
respect successful If we should hear more before
going to press we will lay it before our readers.
Postscript. We learn that a dispatch was received
by Gov. Vance on Thursday morning, from Golds
borough, stating th Newbern wold not be attack-,
ed by our forces on account of the strength of the
fortifications of that place.
An official dispaich from .Gen. Pickett, who com
manded the expedition, to Gen. Cooper, at . Rich
mond, states that he bad made a reconnoisance with
in a mile and a half of Newbern, with poke's brigade
and part of Corse's and Clingman's, and some artil
lery, fie met the enemy in force atBat.cbelor's Creek,
and killed and wounded about one hundred, and cap.
tured thirteen officers, 4wo hundred and eighty pri
- vates, fourteen negroes, two rifled pieces and caissons,
three hundred stand.of small arms, four ara&ulances,
three wagons, fifty-five animals, a quantity of cio th
ing, the camp and garrison equipage, and two flags.
Commander Wood captured and destroyed the Uni
ted States gunboat Underwriter. '-
Our loss is thirty-five killed and wounded.
The resolutions adored by the Conservative
meeting held in Greensborough, which we publish
to day, have the ring of the true metaL They
breathe the loftiest and most determined devotion
to the great principles of Constitutional liberty, and
are every way. worthy of the noble assemblage of
patriots who adopted them.
' Tai Confederate. CoU' Duncan E. McRae has
assumed the chief Editorial management of the
political department of the Confederate, a new De
structive journal in this City which succeeds the
State Journal, now defunct, CoL SlcRae is a bril
liant and ready writer, and has had much experi
ence as a public man. He says in his Salutatory,
that " the public mind is weary of individual strife,
and a 'better - taste appeals for a higher order of
mental nourishment Frankly -acknowledging all
his deficiencies, and truthfully assuring the frater
nity of his motives and intentions, he asks their
right hand of fellowship, and claims a generons for-'
bearance of his short comings, and a sympathy in
his efforts, so far as they may be proper and well
directed." We reciprocate this feeling on the part of CoL
McRae. and trust that nothing tnav occur tn dia.
fj turb it ' -
Of course we are all duly grateful to Col McRae
vj for assuming the Editorship of "an organ faithfully
;sf reflecting the loyal sentiment of the State, deemed
;J requisite here, in tUe capital' town of North-Car
olina." '
We published in oar last the substance of the mil
itary bill recently passed by the Senate, placing in
service all white male residents of the Confederal
States-between the ages of eighteen and flfty-fire.
The House, it seems, is considering a different bill
in secret session. Nothing lias been perfected on
this subject, so far as we know.
The Confederate, noticing the ridiculous stories
.j.' J published in Boston' and elsewhere, to the effect
mat ums btate is about to secede from the Confed
eracy, and. the public meetings. held in this State,
says that Gov. Vance, who is falsely reported as
being in favor of a return "to the Union, "is mis
represented because tbese meetings tie Aim to them
by their laudatory resolutions." We feel sure there
is no purpose on the part of the meetings, referred
Ito, to injure Gov. Vance. . : . . . .
I The Confederate, with the Oburver and other
1 destructive journals, is assiduously engaged in an ef
S jfort to show that the Standard is untrue to the
i.oofederacy, and a friend to the federal government
'hese journals are displaying their ingenuity at the
xpense of truth and justice. They studiously
mit to copy from our columns our own opinions:
uuwmg our position and views, but .rely on.Tan
lee testimony, such aa telegrams from Boston and
pincia irom Mr. Everett's Gettysburg orationV 1
Je' object to the witnesses. , they are not of the
louth, and they are not truthful These ioumals
rc pleased to attrlbujte influence to the Standing,
ow much more grateful and pleasant the task Jft,
iow, as they coul4do from our Editorials, 4hat we
b devoted to the South,' and that out 'people , are"
tflya unitinlheir determination to resist tba
irthern abolitionists: but anrh a cniiran wniil
C r!aPt P drtag, ad beat it Is rwt
rHu. we ao not ask for cnaritv. bntsnnb
r . "Ik ? TOB 01 our opponents ; bat whether
I get the latter or nut i.nninu u' ii,.'
Pledge that
KM by the people. - . -e :.r. ; ,v::
bilftdelpbia Intrtti of tka. let cli
r -'K I v ,aoi fiiouHi,
P tbtt Lin'n haij ordered a dift lbV fiWiOOa
( t I to serve during the war, the draft to be uada
3 ' w 1 1 1 " -
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lorne Plain Tatk
. Tbe Editor of thia aper iastill ;and.he bean or
wo years, an object of . the bitterest and moat un
just political persecution; and not only this.-but'hc
is socially assailed, and . is 1 constantly threatened
kb'ietstraal ttolenc: ' Whyis this"? I What 'have
W5 done? .. ,;r ...; ,i:v . :
i ,9rWe were a Union tnai up to Lincoln's proclama
Uos. We have since been a war man, and we are
now'itt' fcyor of fighting apd negotiating at'.lhe
same litne for. peace...' At the beginning of the war,
when volunteer companies were being equipped by
private subftcriptioBB,' we eohtributedto this object
as freely and as much In proportion to our means as
any cititen of the State., Our only reeret is that T
wi wwe notable to give more. We have oniform-
ily submitted to the laws, advised othe.-s to submit
to them, paid oar taxes, and labored to ensure the
independence of the Confederate States. We have
never refused to aid a soldier when he appeared to
need & or ito aid -the soldiers' families when
called upon to do so. We Lave cheerfully part
ed with our property for government use, at a low
price, when others in this community who- pretend
to be war wen gave up their property reluctantly,
or retained it by making special appeals to the de
partment at Richmond. We have uniformly re
ceived Confederate money in payment of .old as well
as new debts, while many Destructives have' refused
it on old debts, and even for grain and meat for
soldiers' families. ' We have never entertained a
thought, nor breathed a word, iftr printed a line
with the view or intention of injuring the Southern
cause. Wherefore, then, this persecution these
threats 1 We will' tell you, reader. We have ur
ged the people to maintain their liberties while
tbey were contending against the common foe.
We have insisted on a strict construction of the
Constitution, and on the perpetual, unremitting
force of the civil Jaw. We have exposed corrup-.
tion in high places, and demanded reform, not for
: factious purposes, but for the good of the cause.
We have contended for the rights of the States, and
resisted the tendency to establish a military despo
tism. We have taken the part of the private sol
dier when he has been unjustly treated and impo
sed upon; and we have called time and again on
those who promised the volunteers that they would
provide for their families inaheir absence, to redeem
their pledge. We have insisted on the right of the
private soldiers to have the companies and regi
ments re organized when tbey shall be again con
scripted in the spring, with the privilege of electing
their own officers. We have published complaints
from citizens whose rights have been disregarded
by the military, and have insisted that property
shall not be taken or destroyed by order of com
manding officers, without just compensation. We
have protested against the arrest of our citizens
without civil warrant, and have insisted that every
one thus arrested and thrown into a military prison,
is entitled to a speedy trial to be released if no
sufficient grounds exist for holding himor to be
turned over, if sufficient grounds exist, to be tried
by a jury of his country. We hare advocated every
measure which was calculated to reHiMMuirarmies
efficient ; we hare rejoiced when ia.
ed our arms, and we have mourn Jter
has fallen on our banners.' But weS n4a
tive we believe In the right of the peopSeto gov
ern, themselves we have favored such steps' as
promised to lead to an honorable peace we have
insisted thatthe Confederate States should not fight
oo blindly to the yerge of ruin for States that are
against us, as for example, Maryland, Missouri, and f
Kentucky, but that the olive branch should be car- jl
ried in one hand and thn aronrit in tUa .a f
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we have favored a Convention of our people, not
for fictions or selfish purposes not to destroy or
even embarrass the common government, but to
aid it in its efforts to obtain a just and honorablo
peace. M Our offence bath this extent no more.'
Still we are called a traitor, and every effort is made !
by our enemies to prejudice the people against us,
and to destroy us socially, politically, and person
ally. Our fault is that the people arc with us, and
that we are true to both soldiers and people. If '
this be our fault, then are we proud of it; and we
tell our assailants, whether they be Destructives or
professed Conservatives, that if the$ are against the
people of this State if tAey are disposed to thwart
the will of the people, or stifle it, or ii they consent
to any measures that may be resorted to. to stifle
that will, or to interfere with its free and full ex
pression, then we are against tbem. If we are false !
to the Confederate government, then it has but few
friends in this State, for a vast majority of onr peo- ;
pie agree with us.. But we are not false. The real!
traitors are those who aided in bringing on the war,
but who refuse to fight in it, and who are at home '
growing' rich out of it, while their neighbors and j
neighbors' children, who were opposed to tbe action j
which produced the warare baring their breasts to I
th storm of battle. ' These are; tbe traitors, fellow
citizens traitors to their own pledged word, trait j
ora to their nsigbbors,. their coontry, and their i
God ; and these are the men who are themselves :
engaged, or engaged as the instruments of others, "
in assailing, yjllifymg, 'and threatening os.
; We now say to our friends, or.ee for. all, that wt .
arc calro and am, and intend to do our duty at al
(. fWo shall not swerve,' under any ctrcnsi
stances,"frbm Conservative principles, nnr tnrn cm
back on the people. But we advise ipotleratiop n
all tlrtngi''; Wij iftost not forget' our duty to our
StatesV'to'tfM common governmen t, or to she bra-
"t w vonieoerau dates now in the sH f -,
wielding the mailed hand of war 1 while those at hcea n I
In the ciyfl councils are'presenting the uogfTe f, 4
hand f peace,;, Wemuat fight and talk. for peat e
at thaaame tiaaa; aodtheffectivenessof thelatSai
jwaether by publift nteetings, or poblic j.mmafe; i i -.J
motbers-;of Congress or of Slate Xeglaturesv C 'i
netlons' of the Stateai' depends on the vigor 1 i, f
ui wmtr.s.wemtuf treat mth arm in our km
These 'are our views, held and expressed ft
monUe fut, It s absnrd--titterly absufiT ta1
anmrahat W haye.psssessed the rtmole witiAftaa
r
,-T,""v"any parti eular views, or thatfthey ave-di
wrunic aa waiiegeu, unaer owr leaderhipv
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rq maaeu tnaisucaanassuuipiioit.shoula bema4
byi ajgh intelEgant peraftn. Tbe- vary reverse k H
fot...fsraessit, wear behind the people. 1 TW
ar4 dwecting and eontrolling ris 4 We "ace imri
li-Jit 1". .prison WfCIUlp I
ecouM. But they want no leaders. They as "
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leywt , and- govern, .themsel ves., W bditi
they will Wsoprndentl; justly, sMd ifeelyss
that the result will h the greatest gjod to toe gfes
fcai nutsjhec- -;
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' i' We shall not fbildw (he'exampte 4( the FajoUe
ville' plerierxi its self-praise' and coaiaa persen
.alities
souroes
r which
it -cputd notesy priees.ciiafged
for Bubscqptioni; j'but, We did .Ahia selely 'in
self-defence, as the Oburvef had charged Us "with
asking 'rtortkmate prices" , for ih Standard.
; Wsy;obtained ;no ln'fbnxatrgn jrjejpd. .t.'j&
Keroeneftrfqrj
from an 'ill iriformed.orunworihy -sre."J M is
genarally known that they are Interested both" in
'tbietaBeM Mffettfon aesi Their sUtem,e.ptj' f .:
that they are not xealiver ? -prt-HSinw
souroes, but in vea4ed.. their aoa Ao -patriotic
motives,' may pass ibr what it is worth.- Fof tlur
part we do not believe it 'e repeat lbs iacx, as;
a printer, that the OUerter is losing money, si its
present rates of subscription, that is, if it Bays the
market price for. the paper it Met, and' pays its em
ployees the wages they have a right to expect ; and
we believe the Editors fear to advance heir terms,
lest they, should lose subscribers, and bence tbey rely
upon other souroes of income to sustain their paper.
We did not wish to make this statement, but the
Observer forced it from us by its discourteous -and
unfounded statement, made without the slightest
provocation from us, that we were charging "ex
tortionate prices " for the Standard. .
The Clterter boasts that its. circulation is in
creasing with great rapidity. .We do not believe
it The Conservatives, we know, are dromiine it 1'
by hundreds,- for we are so informed by letters
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from all parts of the State; and nearly all its new
subscribers are Confederate office-holders, or ob
tained in clubs in Destructive neighborhoods by
earnest appeals made by Destructive leaders. And
unless the Olnryer changes its coarse, renounces
its errors, returns to the path of Conservatism and
co operates in good faith with the Standard, it will
soon find itself in the condition of thtjlegitter and
State Journal when they wore on their last legs ;
and if it should live on thus in " the lean and slip
per' d pantaloon," it will have to depend entirely
for its nourishment on its Kerosene and cotton
factory ' profits. " '
But these are small matters, and we dismiss them.
We have referred to them only in self-defence, but
we shall not again be diverted from the discussion
of grave matters by the presentation by the Obeer
ver of those small issues and unprofitable personali
ties in which that paper, appears to take so much
pleasure. '
The Obterter says we have "confessed that we
used to abuse Gov. Graham, Mr. Badger, Gov. Vance,
Mr. Gilmer, and others, as untrue to the South."
This is not true. The Obterter has no authority to
use the names of these gentlemen in this way. . Its
allusion to Mr. Badger, when we consider the con
dition of that venerable and iBuatrioaa)
the relation which the Editors bear towards him,
is in the last degree improper and indelicate. Mr.
Badger is now so stricken with disease as to be un
able to answer for himself. That glorious intellect
which once charmed and convinced, and shed light,
on every subject whichjt.touched, is now obscured;
but his principles are the same, and his heart is a
generous and unselfish as it ever was.' It was onr
fortune to be associated with him on the ticket in
this County for,.a seat in the State Convention, in
February and May, 1861; and during the February
catupaign, on of our . opponents indulged in the
same strain of remark in reply to a speech of Mr.
Badger, which the Olureer has adopted. Reference
was made to the former course of the Standard to
wards Mr. Badger,, with the view of exciting him
against as, and of making capital for the disunion
ists; bathe met -this reference before the people
with. Bilence and cold contempt, while he observed,
to us privately that we had, doubtless in time past
dona each other injustice that we were now friends,
and that he would not gratify our enemies, as he
hoied we would not, by taking anynotice of such
attacks, which contained no argument, but were in
tended to revive anworthy prejudices that ought
to be forgotten. It is unnecessary to say that we
agreed with him heartily in this view, and regarded
his course on the occasion as additional evidence of
his largeness of heart and magnanimity of disposi
tion. And when in. May, 1881, we .were again
elected to the Convention, after a most bitter cam
paign in which the efforts of the disunionists were
directed mainly against ui, he declared to the peo
ple, in his speech returning thanks for the support.
he had received, that such was the interest he felt
iq our success as a candidate, ihat if either of us-
was to be defeated he would have preferred; our
election to his own. So ' much for the Obterter'i
allusion to Mr. TSadger We, shall always cherish
he kindest feelings and .the deepest -respect for
that great and good man. Nothing can ever in
duce os to think or speak unkindly of him, or of
his real frien da. ' To tbe Obterter we say, " cease.
yiper, yon bits a file." . 1 . ...
Taa Curmkct Bill. The Examiner says "it
was expected that the currency bill would be com
pleted and passed by the Senate in the secret ses
sion of yesterday. . We learn ' that the. bUWbiyh
was sent up.front the House, has been modified by
the Senate, in such important pex-tiealars that there
. is no prospect of the House agreeing to it, and that.
a committee of conferedce will be demanded, which .
wiU probably., bring., this, important matter to the
heel of the session." : ; '
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We publish to-day for information, at the request
of the Treasurer, an act eo the sabject of revenue,
passed at the last session o! the Legislature, to which
we respectfully direct Hhe attention of Sheriffs and
others concerned. . : .. .;
IxroBTAST Decision. -The Fay etteville Obterter
contains a decision by Judge French, in a case of
habeas eerput from Moore County, in which ha
holds thai the law pf Congress conscribiog the prin
cipals of substitutes Jst constitutional. ..The. appli
cant was reminded to ibe cuBtOdy of the enrolling
officer. yl r.v s-v.s;; ,' . ..; - :H
'.i "i u i'i v '.'.."i.mi. .i-'ii if'
Fibs, Wo regret to atate that the residence of
Mr. Holt, ihe Seatenld the Gravwyard rn this City,
was accidentally barned ptip6n fie ' meting "of
Tharcday the 4tb1rfstaji(
13 M.'in he hroa daylight -jjOwiog to'the oxer
tions qf those i reaent, the adjoining bouse of M.
Mulhn's was saved from almost certain destruction.
The, fire company appeared promptly upon the
scene of action and rondered valuable assistance.
W reminded It ttt iU large profits' from e'ta-.day the remarksof the Hon. Edwin G. Reade,
..outetde. the '06rMr estaWiahment -from f aeJitered m the Confederate Senate on th. uruh r
It was obvious the paper waS ' snsiired,:as nary, on the . occasion .of presenting resolution
FEBRUARY 10(186i.
Mr Reatfe's Remarks. .'
We'take ereat nleastire in lvina h.fluu...-
.f thanks toa portion of the North-Carolina troops
their.patriotism, as evinced by volunteering for
the remainder of the war.
' ; The occasion was- very appropriata for. these re-
KksV,.. We are.glad. Mr. Reade submitted, them,
:A wearemore than pleased with their temper and
' fumas. :" He tells-' the Senate and tha,epuntry
ithJ? tW .charga that North; Carolina is oitrue tothe
VonfederaUovernment,.isHnfouBded; and he goes
ZZrT T! , , ition to hold a flnn.
yention inrthis State is best understood" by its ad,
vocatea; who declare that it does, hot mean mischief j
and that whether North-Carojlina shall call a Con-;
vention or not, or whatever else she may do,' will
be. so marked with propriety that others in time to
come, as in tiaie pas will evince their high appre
ciation of it by claiming that she was not the first
, to do it, but that they were." In other words, Mr.
Reade claims for his State the right to take such,
action as her own people may consider, best for
themselves and .the Country ; and he has so- much!
confidence in the intelligence and integrity of the
people whom he in part represents, that he feels
sure that any action that may be resolved -upon by
them will be both proper and patriotic and. narked
by a due regard for the rights and feelings of others
U. T J- J . ., . . . - 71
mi. iwwe uoes nos see we danger in a Convention
whicb other PuWio , who might be naincd.
.1 ., . . :
ibiok iney see ; w, Keade is not afraid.jto trust the
people in Convention Mr. Reade has no sympathy
with those who denounce the friends of a Conven
tion as plotters of treason and enemies to the com
mon government ; Mr. Reade can perceive no "new
Hartford Convention ". in a movement which pro
poses that the people shall consult together in .their
sovereign capacity as to the best means of shielding
their vital interests and obtaining an honorable
peace.
We call attention to the following significant
statement by Mr. Reade: "Senators have doubt
less heard, as I have, that it has been gravely con
sidered whether force ought not to be employed to
overawe arid silence' her people." It is true, then,
that it "has been "gravely considered" whether
North-Carolina ought not to be coerced I Mr. Reade
very properly omitted to characterize the fact, or
to make any-threat But he reminded the Senate
that North-Carolina had held two Conventions
one at Charlotte Town, in 1775, and one at Raleigh,
in 1861, and both those Conventions were unanim
ous in their views and purposes ; and the inference
to be drawn was, that though no State was more
devoted to the Confederate government than North
Carolina, and nonjr would' go farther or submit to
greater sacrifices to Veep faith, yet there was no
jwjerthat cou overawe or silence her people,
wbetftbey ChOSe Werfn-eae tluur apintnruL'htfax
in Convention or otherwise. We trust, however,
that the idea, even if " gravely " entertained, of re
sorting to force against our people in any event,
will be at once and forever discarded ; and that the
States and the common government will continue
to move forward harmoniously in their respective
spheres. And the speech of Mr. Reade, as we trust
and believe, will contribute in no small degree to
this most desirable result
i . Revenue. .
An Act to amend ajt.Act bntitlbo "Rsyawos,"
RATiriED tbe IIth dat or "Jamcabt, 1863.
Sbction 1. Beit enacted by the General Assem
bly of the State of North Carolina, and it it here
bv enacted by the authority of the nine. That the
16th paragraph, under schedule A,' section 70, of
said act be amended so mat said paragrapn snail
read as follows : On every dollar of nett profit or
dividend declared, received or due, during the year
preceding the 1st day of April in each year, upon'
money or capital invested in manufacturing cotton
or woolen goods, leather, or other articles made of
leather, iron and tobacco; also on every dollar ot
profit made by the purchase and sale of corn, flour,
bacon and other provisions, salt cotton, tobacco,
leather, and naval stores ; also on every dollar of
nett dividend or profit on money invested in- steam
boat companies, (.whether incorporated or not) and
in railroads a tax of two cents. '
Sbc . lie it further' enacted, That there shall 1
be levied on every dollar of nett profit or dividend ;
on the purchase and sale of articles imported into -the
State from neutral ports through the -blockade
of our coast, or which shall be brought from the '
States with which we are at war, and- sold in this -State,
a tax of five cents, and it shall be the duty of
the Sheriff of the counties in which said sales are
made, to oroceed forthwith to collect the tax au
thorized by this section as soon as sales an made,
under the same oenalties for neglect as are pre-1
scribed for neglect in similar cases, in anaot enti-
tied "Revenue;" to wnicn tnis is an amenamens.
Sbc 8. Be it further enacted. That 10th para-
rraph. under section 86 of said act schedale B, bo
and the same is hereby repealed.
Sea 4. Be it further enacted. That this act
shall be in force horn its ratification,
Read three times in General Assembly, this 19th
day of December, A. D. 1868. "
(Signed). , . R, a DONNELL. S. H. C.
(Signed;, GILES MEBANE, & &
Raise Vxobt ablbs We commend the advice .of.
the Columbus (Ga.) Ti net to our ownpeople." That
paper says : ', . .. ' . : . . . ." '
We again- urge upon our planting friends the pol
icy and duty of preparing for a bouotiful crop of '
vegetables for their negroes.- " There is not, by a r
largo amount meat enough in the Confederacy to
allow full rations to the army and people, negroes '
included. .- The amy must be fed, we all know, and '
the smoke houses of planters: mast fraieh: the suh '
sistence, . The meat rations of the negro moat be
reduced to at least two Bounds per week. With a '
plenty, of yegeUbles, tbi ia sufficient, or will do
very' well Without that addition, the negroes will ;
suffory Let -every planter, then- nut- hi A least's .
bair-aors in eollards to eia' "arhaoda. K ho wilt
manore tha ground. bighlyThJat half sera will iss
worth to hhn a Jthousand. dollars or ntoval Nw is
the time to plant thera .Don't mind cold weatbes.
It won't hurt theuv ; la three months from to-day
we will receive the thanks of every man who adopt '
.this advice. s. o:"i .i "
Foundbr Br Hohsbs. I send fo a jreceipt'fef i
founder in horses, which I have never seen in print,'"
I have used .an.Mcomweoded it;forfiften yaara.1;
and so far as my experieoco gei it aaw and '
speedy remedy. . Take toblasfKioasulf purveHsed
alum, pull the jhprse's toncnsMtvf Us atontb a''.
far as possible and throw the alum down his throat"
let go of his.tongpend bohl np kisaead wntil ho
swallows, t jn. fix hours time nv-matter bow had'
'thefouriderj be wai.hei ik for rhodetservkf I
have tested this- remedy- so': often , with perfect suc' -cess
that lwotili). nounake five dollars difference
in a horse .foundered or not, if done recently, and
one that was not Country Gentleman,
Whole Na 1509.
! Principals f SahetUates.
We publish below the bill which has passed the
House of Representatives on this; subject It is
now pending in tbe Senate:
A bill to be entitled an Act amendatory of an Act
entitled - An Act to put an end to the exemption
trom military tertiee ofthotewho have heretofore
Jurnuhedtubttitutet," approved January 6. 1864.
Sbctiob 1. The Congrett . of . the Confederate
Statet of America do enact, That the above recited
act shall not apply to farmers and planters engaged
on the 5th day of January, 1864, in the production
of grain and provisions, either by their own manual
jS0r In 8uPerint04'ng the labor of others: iro
dea , The exemption herein contemplated is grant
M subject to the following conditions:
control or superintendence, exclusively to Aep'rf
; doction' of provisions and family supplies.
D.- That there shall be paid and contributed,
from the farm,- or, if more than one farm, from each
of the farms which the person thus exempted owns
or superintends, in addition to the tithe required
by any tax law, an additional tenth of the pork or
bacon produced on said farm or farms, (beginning
with the product of last year,) for the use of the
army. .. .
lit That the person thus exempted will, if so
required, sell all his surplus provisions, now on
hand or hereafter raised, for the use of soldiers'
families, or for the use of the army, at prices not
greater than those fixed, for the time being, by the
commissioners appointed under the impressment
act - ...... , .
IV. That the person seeking to avail himself of
tbe benefit of this act shall hare furnished a substi
tute not liable to military duty, who is now in the
service, or who has been legally discharged there
front, or who has died therein.
V. That the benefit of this act shall not annlv to
-persons on farms or plantations on which there is
any otner male adult not liable to military duty.
Sec. 2. Nothing contamed in this act shall be
construed as limiting the power of the President,
uuuer wiauoe iawc'. to exemnt aucn nersona aa he
may deem proper, on grounds of equity, justice, or
necessity, .
This bill passed the House by 44 to 81. Messrs.
Arrington, Ashe, Bridgers, Davidson, Gaither, Mc
Lean, and Smith of this State voted for, and Messrs.
Kenan and Lander against it
In the Senate, on the 8d, Mr. Sparrow, from the
military committee, reported back to the Senate
.the above bill, with a recommendation that it do not
pan. . Ho action was taken. ,
T '
Another Blast mo the North Carolina
Troops 1 The Thirtieth Reoikbnt Speaks. We
publish with great pleasure the following patriotic
proceedings:
Camp 80th N.'-a3. Ttoofs.)
Jan. 27th, 1864. f
Editor Sentinel Dear Sir: Please publish the
subjoined resolutions, and oblige your obedient ser
vant J. 1. HARRIS,
Capt Co. I 80th N. 0, T.
At a meeting of the troops of the 30th N. C. reg
iment, held at headquarters on the 27th,of January,
1864, the following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted :
' Wknu, aja uni""4 f f -radical party in
ttre TJcIted States, to subvert and overthrow all con
stitutional guaraa ties, and to rob us of our property,
(honestly obtained,) did first force us to withdraw
from an alliance no longer binding; and, whereas,
they did deny us that right, and have attempted to
drive us back into a re-union that we detest, by
waging a war against us unparalleled in history for
its atrocity and vindictiveness of spirit ; and, where
as,' we have learned through Northern papers that
the despot who reigns at Washington has induced
large numbers of his present army, by the. induce
ment of large bounties and broad promises, to re-enlist,
and'is offering extraordinary inducements to cit
izens of foreign nations as well as of the United
States to enlist, to fill the ranks of his army, thus
clearly defining a settled determination to subjugate
us at all hazards; now. therefore, we do unani
ousfy, Retohe, That, viewing our cause as a just and
holy one, we declare Ourselves re-enlisted for the
I war in ton Biruggio tur iu iiuui tjr mucpciiu-
ence so dear to every patriotic and honest heart;
I that our watchword shall be liberty, and we exhort
'. our Congress and the President of the Confederate
States to listen to no kind of terms that fall short
' of our complete and untrammeled Independence.
Betolted, That we have the most unbounded con
fidence in our gallant chieftain. General Robert E.
Lee, and will cheerfully and willingly stand by hhn,
- through storm and sunshine, until the prize for
which we are contending shall be acknowledged by
all nations.
We received last evening, too late for publication,
the proceedings of the 4th and 47th N. 0. regiments,
also. We shall take great pleasure; in our next, in
laying before our readers what these glorious men
have to say. Richmond Sentinel.
. Hon. Jons Bell. Alluding to the assertion of
the Charleston Mercury that this is an age of
mediocrity, ' because competence is no longer the
measure of preferment, as shown oy tne aosence
from the public councils of such men as Freeman;
Durkin and Hammond,' (Rhett should have been
1 ,aad tha fVlumhru Sua. aaa:
j fne lercury inieht, with equal force, refer, to
bonored names in otber-States tieorgia, Aiaoama,
j Tennessee and Virginia for example which bate
! Kan oyer in the selection of legislators and
nassed
cabinet officers. - In this State, the comprehensive
intellect and exalted statesmanship of Stephens has
been effectually buried. Somewhere in Northern
Gaorsria mar be found an old man an' exile -from
his native Tennessee a man whose name is a house
hold word on both continents a ripe statesman
one wbo.has been familiar with Oio politiaa hoih f
Europe and America for tbe past nan century a
man who, in the days of persy: strife was tnadft tbe
object of more misrepresentations and slanders than
almooi snr othr livinir man. This man s name is
John Bell one of the noblest specimens ef human
intellect united with and, directed by the pure heart
of the ttuo Christian and patriot and yet our gov
ernment has never availed itself of his wise and con
servative councils in this our day of great calamity
nd imnendin daneer. We mieht add to this a bril
liant catalogue -of other States, bat oui-bonot ThU
seems to be a strange era, one in. which mediocrity
reigns whilst great talents and: exalted statesman
ship are not in req'iisuon.
; Taa Tabjebjss on tii Cltow-JW On . Thursday
lid tn Yankee funooata. ascended Or.owan river
as far as HarrelUvilisv'in Hvtford county, t About
300 men landed and marched up into tne vmaaje,
burned severa houses apO-des troy ed, about 1M00
imundit f snieraoient bacon which: had meat Im
prudently been aUe4 to teaiain there. They also
robbed ' many nrivato house. . earried oil ton or
twelce mules ad kUled. some that they coold not
get away.. c As wey weasstinrning to ura gunnoata,
soma of our cavalry canvs nuon them, killed aevarai
of and wounded, others, - - Only one of our atdb
, HirroUsvillo ist about, twj miles rui Chowan,
river, and. about;; twenty 'iqiW,. below. Morfra-
boro. Peterobut-f ijtprete.. j.-M.-ur-v-- o:.-.:
i Wo' earn "thai, Ty general order of the Xd:
nit
Gemral, examining boards for cons-xipta wje'at
once otaaixed, and "bev composed of two n edical
officers on the boards for Vxaniin don conscripts,
rorammrtditions'arfd certiQcsies must coiuiurred
in and sieped;b both madical ivi,Eichmond
Enquirer
-CoL Gnffin, oommanding Confederate foroas,-tel-e6phtd-.to1l
Wsr dtpartment from Jackson on
thft3i.stJMns,s.fonpws: .
VTesteriay.maTBUg'ergedtbeensw a
force of two hundred men and a moanted rinV piece.
After a flght of two nonrs, in which we angaced
4tw"'lriana,'Sd f enemy and three pieces of ar
Ullery the Yankeer were driven, from Windsor,
NorihCarolinaj to their boats. We lost simen.
Ihe toss of the. enemy is not known."
Fhom ihb.Biacbwatbr Rearon. The following "
dispatch was, receded Tuesday night from Colonel
Jordan, at tyor station
"Glorious : news! The whole Yankee force
about onf hundred and fifty are our prisoners;
and tjieir gunboats, '.Smith Briggs, destroyed.
.-No on hurt on our side. 'Four Yankee killed
and two or three wounded.
1 The prisoners are now at . Broad Water, Send
down a train for tbem to-morrow." ?
learn that this : Yankee, force was cotnmis-
MOned to destroy a larire fmp.lnrv ! SmlthflaM
Isle of Wight county. We do not know the size
or composition or our command which achieved the .
results noticed above, but understand that it con
tained two. companies of the Thirty-first North
Carolina regiment--JEsamiMr of Bd Fb.
-.w, ;, ... for the Standard.
THE. SUBSriTTJTE IAW. k
' Mr. Editor: Much has been written and said,
ffflty J? rre?r.?- .to lhe ,ate- ct Congress,
in defiance of its plighted faith and . solemn con
tract One of the most extraordinary, articles
which I have yet seen on this subject, appeared in
the last Fayetteville OUerter, over the signature
of " Richmond County," and tq which, with your
permission, I will submit some remarks in reply,
through the columns of your widely circulated
paper.
The Obterter't correspondent frankly admits,
that the Constitution confers no power upon Con
gress to impair the obligation of contracts, but argues-to
prove that the government has never en- .
tered into any contract with these men, but that
their claim to exemption rests not .upon a con
tract proper within the constitutional meaning of
the term, but upon i privilege, or an indulgence;
and that such should be recalled in a case of gov
ernmental life or death and says the Courts must
so decide, or run counter to their own decisions in
volving the same principles. -
On both of these points 1 take issue with him,
and shall endeavor to prove, first that the gov
ernment, through its authorized, agents,-did make
a contract with these men, discharging them from
the army for three years, or during the War, for a
consideration; and, secondly that the , decision
quoted by him do not -sustain him in his views on
this: question. -. -. .;-.
I admit, that in one sense of the word, the law
allowing substitutes does confer a " privilege,"
the privilege of exempting yourself from the mili
tary service through a contract with the govern
ment The moment a substitute is accepted, and
tbe principal is discharged, it becomes a prioilege
accepted and a contract executed. Every discharge
sets forth, that the principal, having furnished an
able-bodied man as a substitute, is in eontiderution
thereof d scharged from the army for three years,
or the war. A stronger evidence of a contract it
rwould be difficult to conceive. What, is a con
tract 1 It is an agreement between two or more
parties' ; a mutual promise upon lawful considera
tion which binds the parties to a ' performance ; a
bargain ; a stipulation. Is here not an agreement
between tbe two parties f ' Tbe principal agrees to
furnLh an able bodied man as a substitute, and of
una tbe government -itself is to be the judge In
consideration of this, the government agrees, to ex
empt nim from military. service for three years, or
the war. The substitute' is examined by tbe gov
ernment Surgeons, pronounced able and sound, is .
accepted, and the principal discharged, if this is
not a contract executed 1 know not wbat is. it is
an agreement between two parties; it is a mutual
promise upon a lawful consideration which binds
the parties to a performance ; it is a bargain ; it is
a Stipulation, llUIII ltul miiVW'.wUglli
You sell a man your horse, and in consideration
of the value received lie gives you bis note for the
purchase money, payable the next week. - Here be
contracts with you to pay you at a given time, just
as the government contracts to exempt the princi
pals .of substitutes for a fixed length of time; .but
the Legislature passes a stay law voiding the con
tract by extending the time of payment, just as the
act of the Confederate Congress voids this by short
ening the period of exemption. . What does " Rich
mond County" suppose the Courts would say
about the constitutionality of such a law T Such a
law has twice been passed by the Legislature of
North Carolina in 1J13. and in 1861 and in both
cases the Supreme Court decided that the law was.
unconstitutional, upon the express ground mat it
" imoaired the obligation of eontraetl." The Ofo
tener't correspondent will nearch a long time, bo-
fore be Onus a case more in point iuii wih.
But I do not believe theie is much analogy be
tween the case of the Fayetteville 'Bank ana the
present Suppose the bonus paid by the Baiik for,
its charter to constitute a contract .WhaLdw Ui
Legislatu.ee dot D:d it atone lell swoop sweep awny
all the vetted right of the corporation I Certainly
not . It simply imposed some restrictions upin it
.for the public good ; enforced some regulations fr
the oenetttoi tne community, mis iiw oufiwoo
Court held that it had the iht to do;, but no one
knows better than the Okmt correrpandi-nt,
that if the Legislature had deprived the cory.irut on
of ait Us vested rights; nsu annuuea us cuurui.
the Supreme Court would have decided that the act
was unconstitutional and void, Didr.Congre dim
ply attempt a regulation or- an annihilation of toe
righta vested 1 Upon this question hinges the point
of analogy to his Bank. case..
. But let us view the quesuon.in its naorai spwru a.
needs the services of an able bodied man. lor three
years. B, in consideration of a sum of money to
7. . . . ..... t . - - . ... r. I !..
him m hand pajo, agrees 10 oecuiue A
that length ol time.5 A accepts of the proposition,
and the contract is. reduced to writing and uiado
binding by the payment of the consideration,;, But
no sooner -does i: bind tne oargaui u u,w
where he could have done much oetter. ,,. In order
to enable him to do thisvO-greeatotake h place
as a servant of A for a specified sum of money; A
agrees to the arrangement and enters into a second
contract with a, in wnicn ne aiscurBra.ii.j.. -bis
service in consideration of his having lurrwhea
soother able-bodied hand in the person of C- After
a short time he says to B1 have work enough for
two hands and must have tbem,". ana Btvempw .
force mm back, mu kin uuvice without discharging
C, or refunding him any rart of tbe money paiu n.,
C's services, but being a private individual he can
not override law and jostice wnn aa biucm
therefore falls. - But Ua
' very atten.pt is an act .of such vmoral tuvprtuds as .
to snocK all tne oewer ieii6 - , . -
tis is precisely wbat the government it doing, -tv
The same number of the Observer that ronaiae4
this article, also contained. an,able
highly respectable religious paper, the-N. C.tris
tian Advocate, expressing the opinion tht'all or
our calamities are merited by us in consetfcitaoe of -the
sins of our people, and urging them tpW away.,
their sins. It lso tell" us th1 tore
ly to rely upon the right and justieofonr cause
that the historvjtof the wo4wb thSst every uak
cause is not rteefoTrVtthey. are 8",tn
trampled dowf?Mjfa)tM.ltoAtf opprewionr-pttat
whUe God is Riboside of tbo lisjhteoas cause. Bo
is not on the side of th wrong doerna that to
merit success, wo must not only Alright f"1"
side, but that we .must lright odts;W,(.:This
reasoning Rtack me wtth sftioe force, but1t ,ooour
redo sue that our peopJft wera..not likelj aojwprove,
in thtrevet in the face of such glarhsgand tbame
less yiolations of contract of good farUa eA Ao.part
of tiiE0"'rn"Den- itMMi uf ff.M.!15e,s
pie- to our people to induce them v, JH8Vi,l'f
of tmo acta of the governuient,veod!graally,tO-de-
moraliae them, and thw is tne more
that tbe government prof. to rely upon the ood,
Proridence of God. and otupvoiiea uufcniaj"-.
irf th. Motile, Bef6re it MimW"y,W PV
. ' i 1... :. i... Vion. (wmrM all. .
.lasunana praer k i. r 1
its obligation;, and punctiliously keep faith wtta Uti,
.subjects, and it cm ith much -morepropneiy in-
. . . . t j- 1 niinrs? savan
vote the Oleir!g pi u.m upon uur j
ouroauae, . A PLAIN FARMER..