LLIAM W. Huuu&ri, IDITOR AND PROPMRTOB. TERMS OF THE STANDARD. The terms of tbe Standard, are m follows: ; Semi-Weekly, six mootbs, ; r ; ; .- . u three months, - , Weekly paper, -six months, three, months; : : 8 The government through it financial agents, and the various corporations aad trading men. having estimated fire dollar Confederate bills at tyd-thtrds of their value, we are compelled to do the same. Persona sanding fire dollar bills will be credited for two-thirds of their doe and do morey-and no bills dne the office can hereafter be paid in fires, save at such discount Twos and ones and new issue preferred. . Advertisements inserted at two dollars per square often lines or less, for first insertion, and one dollar for each ubsequent insertion.; The rery large circulation of the Standard renders it a rateable medium for adveriiiring. KALEIGH: FRIDAY. MAY 13. MM. Ocr Correspondence. Now that we hate re sumed the publication of the Standard, it will be impossible for us to reply to .the numerous letters we receive. We hope our friends will take the will for "the deed. Though absent in person or by letter, we are with them in spirit and besides, we will send to each one of them a large letter in the shape of the Standard, once or twice a week. We shall say nothing in. the Standard do not be lieve to be so. and our friends wilOftereoret e fullv nosted as tf we were to write to them. Our opinions are the same, whether written. Spoken, or printed. The moat thorough devotion to the Southern cause is not incompatible with the strictest mainte nance of the great priDtinles of civil liberty. In deed, the latter necessarily goes with the former, else our sufferings and sacrifices will be in vajn. This troth illustrated by the course of Mr. Steph ens ant Qov. Brown, who have made .their mark as tru'j Southern men and at the fame time u earnest devotees of civil liberty. ... Nor is sorrow for those who fall in battle, and an anxious desire for peace, opposed to true Southern fpelinir. The best friend to the South is he who would stop the war at the earliest moment on hon orable terms. Surely, surely enough blood has been shed to close the war by such an offering, if that would do it Even while we write, thousands of our brave boys are wounded, or have just been laid in bloody, garments in their rude graves. Sor row and lamentation will be in nearly every house- bold in the Confederate States. In many a cottage, in many a lordly mansion, in mapy a lowly cabin is heard to day the rustling of the wing of death, as he sweeps the son, or brother, or father to his dusty shades. It matters not that he died gloriously with his feet to the foe; he is dead, that is the bolt which rives the hearts -of those at home. They will never see him note. But chiefly is this visita tion felt by the poor. It deprives them not only of those near and dear to them, but the poor wife, and the aged parents, and the helpless children feel that their prop in life is gone. We are too apt to forget, in th excitement, as the battle news comes in, the bumble private who fought like a lion and died, an 41 unknown demigod," and lavish our praises on the officers who led in the engagement; but in thousands of humble dwellings the tidings that the battle is over, and that this one or that was slain, - or is missing, carries woe upon its wings, and in flicts a wound which time will never heal. Our hearts yearn towards the brave men who are still 'in the field, withstanding the awful shock, or charg ing home on the foe. While we mourn those who fall, and pympathise with those who survive, we who are at home can perform no service more ac ceptable to the latter than to encourage every effort which may be properly put forth to end the war, and restore peace to a suffering and well-nigh ruined country. Oh that the day would come when " Every man shall eat in safety-, Under his own vine, what be plants ; -and sing : The merry songs of peace to all his neighbors. The Confederate and Conservative, of this City, with the Stallfederate office-holders, are just now occupying their time with efforts to ridicule the re cent Conservative meeting in this City. The meet ing referred to was composed of the "bone and sin ew" of our population, and the 'proceedings were every way creditable to them as citizens of the State. The officers of the meeting, and the speakers on the occasion, are the superiors . morally and personally of those who are assailing them. High times, when officers who are drawing their sugar, and rice, and bacon, and flour, and clothing from the government at low prices, and literally subsisting on the State, -are spending their time in abusing the people, who ought to be, or rather who used to be their masters. "The ox knowetb his owner and the ass his mas ter's crib." Men who are owned and controlled by those ,bigh in place ought to show Borne modesty if tbey bam no sense of justice, in their allusions to meetings of the people. Conservative Mass Meeting. Remember, Can--servatives, that the Mass Meeting to nominate can didates for the Legislature wiH be held in this City on Monday next. We hope there will be a full at tendance. Let every true Conservative be present The meeting will be held in the town Hall at eleven o'clock. In the beginning of the war we insisted on laying every town in ashes rather than leave the sacred, dwellings of our loyal people to be occupied and desecrated by the infernal enemy, whose barbarous instincts were as well known to us then as they are now. It will be remembered when Newbern was yet in oar hands we advised holding it tilt the last moment, and when no longer Able to hold it to lay it in ashes rather than abandon it to the detestable Tankee hordes that were coming to occupy it AH will remember that Capt Holden poured out his wrath upon us for having suggested this course, falsely asserting that we wanted other people's houses burnt because we had none of our own; and holding out the idea that the Tankees were harmless creatures, and would commit none of tot outrages which we predicted, of them.' . facta are stubborn things.- Washington, the first town they have evacuated,' has been burnt to the ground, our: ' prediction has been verified, and Capt Bolden's harmless Yankees have proved themselves the Til Jians and ruffians that we long ago proclaimed them. State Journal.- We find the above copied from the &Mt.Journal into the Conservative, of this City. John Spelman .nd William Robinson, who edit the State Journal, opposed Gov. Vance two years ago, and etbausted their abuse of him both personally and politically. JTou) they areor him, and his organ) the Conmeno the, copies their libellous attacks on us. But they are only following the example of Gov. Vance him self, who in his Fayetteville speech said: . "I went to WilBesborough .to present the effu sion of blood. A fellpw .had raised a company of 400 men, armed them with United -States' muskets, nd, ,wilh a copy of the Raleigh Standard in hit Joeket, marched them into WUkesborough.!? . John Spelman and William Robinson call us a wry, and so doe Gov. Vance. Let thepeoplejudge. -Mora m this subject hereafter. Vol. XXX No. 10. Got. Vance and tbs Georgia Hob. . We make the following' extract from the speech delivered by Go. Vance in Fayetteville : "I have been Mr. Bolden's friend. . Some time ago a mob of soldiers took possession of his office. As soon as 1 beard it, l went op me street, wuue be come down a back street, to my house, entered my bed room, turned down the gas, sat there very much frightened, On returning home, I found my competitor sitting an a chair. ' He asked me for a drink, of brandy- said he felt badly. Soon several gentlemen came in. Mr. Holden then said ; " Yoa and I may differ in politics, hot I hope my right srm may rot off if ever. I raise my little finger against you." I replied: "I have-done nothing but my duty." "Vny," Said he, -you wemip among the soldiers and the bayonets I snail al ways be grateful to you. And the Salisbury Watchman of a recent date contains tiie following : "Verylikeiv! Vance told but half the story. Howaboui Holden diving under the Governors bed that night? , After Vance had returned from quitting the Boldiers, and- was comioriaoiy scaiea ut nis nome, nr. noioen sun reumiumg mo u . . . - . i .i for protection, (or to arms nis nquor,; we are uu that a brass band quietly drew up under the Gov ernor's window to serenade him; and before any one knew of their presence, broke loose with a tre mendous crash of big brass horn music. This sud den disturbance of the solemn hours of midnight was more than Mr. Holden could bear. He thought the Philistines were after him, and with n, bound, clasped the Governor in his arms with the exclama tion "For God's sake, Governor," and then hasti ly dived under the Governor's bed. And there he remained, until the Governor went out to see what was the state of things out of doors. Finding .it all right, after making his thanks to the band in anoth er speech, he returned to find Mr. Holden was still under the bed, &c, Ac. We insist on the -Governor's telling the whole story, so that Mr. Holden shall have no room to complain of injustice." .Gov. Vance notified us by letter, the day before he left for Fayetteville, of his intention to assail us personally. We replied, deprecating personal con troversy. But we had no idea that his attack would be so rude and coarse, and characterized by so utter a want of truth. No alternative is left us but to reply to the Governor, and to expose him in his true colors to the people of the State. . On the' night of the 9th September, 1S63, our office was mobbed by a portion of Benning's (fieor gia) Brigade led DJ officers, acting deliberately and under orders. ' Troops were known to be passing through Raleigh at the time on their way South, but, though threats had been made against us, we entertained no serious apprehension that they would be executed. On the evening referred to, about dusk, an officer accompanied by a soldier called at our house and enquired for the printing offices in town. .We told him what offices there were, and where, and handed him a copy of the Standard. We also invited them to come in the house and be seated, which the officer politely declined. About eight o'clock a couple of friends called to see us, and we conversed until about half past nine, when one of them left Soon after, the doorbell was rung, when we went to the door and met, we think, the 8a me officer and soldier who had previously called. We invited them in the house, which the officer de clined, saying he desired to see the Editor of the Standard in his office. We told him it was late that our office was. closed for the night, and again invited him in. He replied that a number of gen tlemen desired to see the Editor of the Standard in bis office. We again told him that it was too late to go to the office, but that we would be glad to see him and bis friends in the house. He bowed and retired. We had no other thought than that they were some North-Carolinians who were friends, oh their way South, who desired to call upon us. In the course of five or ten minutes a body of armed men filed by on the pavement opposite our house, on the way towards he office. Our friend and our. self were looking through the window at them, when one of some three or four officers in the rear exclaimed, "only the provost guard, gentlemen." Even then we did not suspect their purpose, but thought they had been sent from the depot as a guard to pick up stragglers. They halted, how ever, at tfaa office, and we soon became aware that their object was unfriendly. We immediately re tired from the house, feeling that we were not safe on the premises. Meanwhile some friends, who bad had earlier intimation than we of the purpose of this armed band, repaired in haste to the Execu tive, mansion and informed Gov. Vance of the movement One of our first thoughts was to call upon the Governor and obtain his aid in dispersing the mob. We walked down the main street by the Courthouse to the Executive mansion, and found the front door locked and the Governor absent A brilliant light was burning in the left hand ball as yoa approach the. mansion. We-knew the Governor's family was absent We felt that we might be in danger if we returned, andanot intending to proceed further, it occurred to us that it would be advisable to remain, as we knew we would soon hear from the Governor himself, and friends who would Accompany him, a full and au thentic account of the mob. We went round to the south front-of -the mansion and asked bis ser vant to let us in. He opened a door, we entered, found the light bunting brightly, and walked through the first 'room, which was a bed room, into -the dining room, and thence into the main hall re ferred to above, where we remained until the Gov ernor returned, la the' coarse of a half r three quarters of an hoar we heard music in the distance, which it seems proceeded from Bennings band- Soon the (Governor returned, and, standing in the portico of the" mansioii, addressed the band -and other present' We stood at one of the windows,' near the crowd, and listened to the speech. He then entered the hall, followed by several friends. We were standing up. . We approached him he offered as bis hand, and we told him that he per ceived ve bad " taken hold on tha horns . of the altar." One of bis staff, ..ho was with him when be addressed the mob, then gave : us a rapid and glowing account of what fbe Governor bad said. , lb main points we caught were, that although he, Gov. Vance, differed with us somewhat politically, yet he would protect us and par property, and that he would rather have beard of the defeat of Gen. Lee's army than to have witnessed the outrage referred to. We then said to him that it aright be that we difi fered politically, but we should always feel grateful to him for his personal conduct on the occasion. We confess, that though by this time we were quite calm more, so than Gov. Vance was yet we felt badly, and in a spirit of unreserved personal friend ship we asked the Governor if he had some brandy ! RALEIGH, K 0, WBDNES His reply was an invitation to ob sod others to walk into bis bed room, where ansae very good brandy was et before as. Meanwhile some of the Georgia offi cers, who had been Invited to the mansion by the Governor, drank in Ac dining room. Soon after this wo retired. We did not go down a back street to the Execu tive mansion. v We did not turn down the gas in. either of the rooms,' or think of doing so. We were not sitting, but standing when the Governor. entered the hall. We have no recollection of hav ing osed the expression about the arm rotting off, . nor do we believe that we did use it We are not , to. the habit of using such expressions and besides, there was nothing in the scene or the occasion to raise a suggestion even that we might lift a finger against him. So much , for the' Governor's state ment The Watchman's account is not only, equal- lv unfounded, bat ridiculously false. . Dr. Edward Warren, Maj. William A.: Smith, Col W. EL Harri- son, and JohnR. Harrison, Esq., were present ' Neither of them will say that we acted on the occa sion in a manner unbecoming s gentleman, or that we were " frightened," or that we exhibited any thing like a cowed or craven spirit, as the Gover nor would have the public believe. These gentle men are Gov. Vance's personal friends as well as ours ; and though we have no wish to involve them in this controversy, we could confidently appeal to them, if it were necessary, to sustain us in the state ment we have given of our bearing and conduct on the occasion. But oar word is at least as good as that of Gov. Vance, and we declare that his state ment is false whether intentionally so or not we do not know. . ' The whole matter may be summed up thus: We were being mobbed, and oar life threatened, on ac count of our political opinions. -. We went to see Gov. Vance to claim his protection. He treated as respectlully and kindly. We partook of his hospi tality in his own house. Afterwards, to gratify his malice and to advance bis own selfish purposes, he perverts and distorts what occurred under bis own roof, and in a public speech retails private conver sation. Every thing that occurred at that time, under his own roof, should have been saered. No provocation should have led a gentleman, and es pecially the Chief Magistrate of the State, to lift the curtain from occurrences in his own private apart ments. Even if all he says of us were true, it could do him no credit to tell it A wild Arab has more correct .and more elevated ideas' of hospitality than to divulge the incidents and the conversations that occur in his tent, to injure even a deadly enemy. The person and the private conversations of his most deadly foe are sacred in his eyes, after that foe has partaken of his bread and his salt In our next and in subsequent issues we expect to go more at length into the circumstances that preceded and followed the mob, and to show the parts that Gov. Vance played and refused to play in connection with that outrage. We shall state facts, and leave oar readers to Judge for them- selves. Personalities In' Politics. Our readers will bear witness that we have uni formly eschewed . personalities in political discus sions, save when compelled to resort to them in self- defence.; snd even then we have indulged in them with reluctance and regret It gives as no pleasure to inflict pain even on an enemy ; but when we are systematically and grossly assailed, not merely po litically bat personally, it cannot be expected that we will submit in silence. We have been pursued for the last three years with a malignity without example in the history of politics in this State. Uur good name has been slandered, our motives as sailed, our office mobbed, and our life threatened by our political enemies and their tools. Our an swer to all this is a calm defiance, strengthened by a consciousness which man can neither give nor take away, of rectitude of purpose and of an bonest devotion to the best interests of the country. ''Come one come all, this rock shall fty From its firm base as soon aa I." The people are with us, and we shall walk un- shrjnkingly in the path of duty. Personalities furnish strong evidence of the weak ness of the cause in which they are used. A public man who has truth, reason and justice on his side, and who, having confidence in the capacity of the people to govern themselve and respect for their decisions at the ballot-box, is prepared to submit with a good grace to those decisions, is not apt to indnlge in personalities or to exhibit a chafed and bitter spirit . It is only your upstart oligarchs and small demagogues who resort to personal abuse on occasions when the people expect, as they bave a right to expect, calm discussion, common sense, and solid argument . Politicians who are about to be -foiled in their, purposes, or. rejected by the people, are vfly apt to get in a passion ; but passion only J exposes them and benefits their opponents. If oar-readers find personalities in oar columns, - they must remember that., they are uttered in self defence, and that under the circumstances, they are unavoidable. We regret to have to resort to them even in this way, but no other course has been left to us by our assailants. We shall never de scend, however, to the cesspools'of filth for which others seem to -manifest a natural and instinctive . affinity. We shall throw no garbage upon them, bat shall- simply repel what they may attempt to cast cn us. A politician, and especially a candi date ior high publio station, should never forget that he is a gentleman ; and that if he fs wanting himself in self respect, he qwea'if "to th6 people to treat them with- respect and dectner. which cannot oe aone oy lnauiging in ribald jokes and low per' sonalitics. His New Fbiesds. The following resolution was adopted at a Destructive meeting recently; held at Keoansvtlle, Duplin County; - ; "Resolved, That we recommend Gov. Vance for re-election to the office of Governor of oar State. and take this" occasion to extend to him a 'cordial invitation to visit our county and see bow cheerful ly original -secessionists can greet patriotic Gov ernor." :.- . .. - : ;.o ; : ;. . Behold, bow pleasant it is for brethren to d well together in unit;.". . : ; r- "v" CoL William A. Allen reported this and other resolutions. Will CoL Allen be good enough to toive as his privaU opinion as to Gov. Vance's attainments aa statesman, and also tell us what bethinks of bis jokes t - Does CoL Allen really think, with Gov. Vance, that St Paul, the great Apostle to the Gentiles, raised a row " and wmade astompspeoh"atEphesuaf DAY; MAY 18, 1864. ' Specimens of Gubernatorial IUleratare. " Fellow- Citizens. LADIES and Gbstlkkh : 1 do not know bow it is possible for me to make my self beard by this large audience, unless I adopt th-- pun oi uie one armed soldier woo could not bug hi , sweetheart all the way around, and so was forced t , chalk the distance he could reach on one side, am. men turn and bug as far on the other. (Laugh ter,") Extract from Go. Vanee't Wilhuborougfr . You know when-Saint Paul went to the city o . EpheRiis and announced the true God, he rutted ' auitt a row with Demetrius and the rest of the artiots in the place, who had been accustomed to maae weir living by manufacturing shrines for tba Goddess Diana ; and they were about to massacre Saint Paul for bis interference with their profits. Al ine neightof the excitement which was about to break out into actual hostilities, there appeared ajpoog them a fellow, the town clerk, whose name is net given, (and J regret the ommwn,Jor IthxnM ne wot tue martett vnwipired man tottitwiuuf, t Scripture,) who got upon the court houtt ttept or 1 the stump' and spoke to the neonle." Extract from Gov. Vance's Wilkesborough Speech. ine impression nas gone abroad that the man who runs against Holden will be beaten, and that. uoiden is ror peace, and Vance is opposed to it Whenever you hear a man say that, look him right in the face and say, 'Jim Jones, Zeb Vance says you are a liar and a scoundrel V "Extract from Gov. T7" . I - J J 7 - t r imw x-ctTcttesHe upeeca. . a) -" Boys, if you want peace vou must eo to the beart of Pennsylvania, and there fight till hell freezes over as hard as a light wood knot" Cot. Vance's Speech to Coolct Brigade. "Boys, when you wbip Grant I will send each of yon a bottle of whiskey, with enough sugar to sweeten it Gov. Vance to the Soldiers. Boys, yoa must fight till yoa fill bell so full of Yankees that their feet will stick out of the -windows." Con," Vance to the Soldiers. " Boys" but this expression is too vulgar to re peat among gentlemen, much less to print We understand that CoL George Little, the re fined Editors of the Fayetteville Observer, CoL Mo Rae, the delectable A. M. Gorman, the perfumed W. F. McKesson, the patriotic no-fighting bolter at BaK timore, Mr. W. W. Avery, and others of this stripe, are delighted with the Governor's rhetoric. We respectfully suggest to the worthy President of our University, and to our Superintendent of Common Schools, the propriety of providing printed slips of the above for the careful perusal of the students over whom they have been set Let as have Vance on Rhetoric. Such a book witb such examples as the above, would create a sensation. - . y The Editor of the Wilmington Journal copies from the Salisbury Watchman its grossly false and libellous statement as to our conduct at' the man sion of Gov. Vance on the night our office was mob bed, with these remarks : " We find the following in the Salisbury Watch man of the 22d. It is unkind, but we fear. true. for the Editor of the Watchman would, we believe. be unwilling to state positively a thing of this kind unless it were so." ;' The Editor of the Watchman is, we. believe, a member of the Church, but this does not prevent hisr from uttering a wilful and deliberate falsehood. We call the attention of his brother Church mem bers in Salisbury to the fact, that every word in the article referred to in the Watchman is grossly false. So far as the Editor of the Wilmington Vournal is concerned, we hare this to say to him : He impeaches our personal courage, and endea vors to render us infamous in the eyes of the peo ple. In 1860, in the delegation room of the Vorth- Carolina members of the Baltimore Convention, in Baroum's Hotel, we saw Mr. James Fulton, the .Editor of the Journal, personally chastised by Col. Duncan K. McRae, and he submitted to the chas tisement that is, he made a feeble resistance while CoL McRae had him down, and manifested no dis position after he got upon bis feet to resent the in dignity. JJe also impeaches our loyalty. ' This same per son, James Fulton, finished the publication of the laws of the United States in bis paper, after Mr. Lincoln's proclamation, and then applied for bis pay for the same in fedoral gold ; while we ceased to publish the-laws from the moment the proclama tion appeared, and applied for no compensation, though about one hundred dollars in gold were due us. "' Mr. Fulton wants other people to fight while be himself is already subjugated. Like his brother bolter, W. W. Avery, he has neither the courage nor the loyalty to engage in a war which he, in conjunction with the abolitionists of the North, was instrumental in bringing on. We are glad to. know that both these worthies, with many others of a similar stripe, are supporters of Gov. Vance. They stick to him like the shirt of Nessus, and he loves the contact, as is proved by the fact that he courts and encourages it. ! Where is Gov. Vance t "While our brave soldiers in Virginia are baring their breasts to tha bullets of the enemy, and fall ing by hundreds on the field of battle, and while many women and children at home are suffering for food, the Governor of the State is absent from the capital on an electioneering tour, neglecting the business of bis office, and haranguing the people for their votes. ."Nero fiddles," or rather piddles " while Rome is burning." Vice President Stephens, while in Richmond, devoted much of his time to visiting the hospitals, to cheer and solace the sick and wounded, especially from his own State, and thus added a lustre to his character more ' attractive and, more to be envied than the imperial splendor of the Cassars. If Gov. Vance were here, at his post, he might be of service- in dispatching his Surgeons to Virginia, with such comforts as could be ' procured, to minister to the soldiers who have been wounded 'in the recent battles; and indeed, bis presence in. Virginia among our wounded would do much to solace and cheer them amid their suffer ings, and at the same time quicken the movements of Surgeons and others whose duty it is to attend to their wants. But the poor boys who have Veen;, slain will be forgotten, for the; will vote no moro ; and the wounded, though many of them, as we trust wul survive, are not exactly in a condition to be electioneered with at this time. ' So the Govern or remains in the State making speeches and tak ing cafe of himself. .He visited tbe soldiers and harangued them for their votes when there was no danger of a battle,' and now but Ve drop the curtain! C i . 'r . Gov. Vancewent into office by more than thirty " thousand majority. : What has he done, or omitted toMo, that he should fiod it necessary to take .the stump four months before the election to defend himself, and that too with no competitor Whole Number 1513. stamping against him r His best eulogy, and the it strongest argument in favor of bis re-election, i should be the manner in which be has administered i public affairs. . Hit own works ought to speak for him, but instead of that he speaks for bis works. The people will judge him not by what he says, ,. but by what he has done and omitted to do. The Latest New. The great conflict of arms between the troops un der Gea Lee and Gen. Grant, cemirencad on the Bapidan on tbe 6th instant The enemy crossed the river at Ely's and Germans fords, and Hill's and Swell's corps moved to oppose them. "Bv the blessing of God," says' Gen. Lee, we maintained 1 our position until night, when the contest ceased." ' Early on the morning of the 7tb, as- Gen. EwelPs corps engaged yesterday were being relieved, tbe ; enemy advanced and created ome confusion, bat as , soon aa fresh troops got into position the enemy j was driven back to his original position, and then ; tbe left of his fresh line was turned and driven from the field. About the same time Gen. Gordon turn-' : ed the enemy's extreme right, driving him to his rifle .pits. There was no fighting on the 8th. Dispatches from Gen. Lee, dated Sunday the 9th, state that after repulsing the enemy from Spettsylrania Courthouse that morning he received reinforcements, and renewed the attack on our po sition, but was again handsomely driven back ; but an official dispatch from Gan. Le. dated Spottsylvania Courthouse, the 10th, says that Grant is entrenched new that place. If this be so, then Gen. Lee is retiring towards Richmond, and Grant is following him. On the night of the 9th the enemy's cavalry cut the Virginia Central Road at Beaver Dam, between. Spottsylvania Courthouse and Richmond, forty miles west of the latter place, and about fifteen miles from Spottsylvania Court bouse. At the time of writing this, (Thursday twelve M.) we have nothing farther from Gen. Lee. . Confederate losses thus far, on the Rapidan, about fire thousand killed and wounded. Loss of the en emy not known, except that Gea Lee had captured a large number of prisoners. The enemy has also cut the Petersburg Railroad between Weldon and Petersburg, at Jarratt's, and burnt some bridges, tearing up the Road for several miles. The enemy has also landed in considerable force at Bermuda Hundreds, on this side the James River, and advanced on Chester, which is in the rear of Drewry's Bluff, . between Petersburg and Richmond. The enemy is also entrenched at City Point, nine miles from Petersburg, at the junction of the Appamattox and the James, and he has pos session of Port Walthall, six miles from City Point, and some two or three miles from the Petersburg and Richmond Road. Tbe enemy was in full force at Chester on the 10th, and renewed the attack on oar forces defending the Railroad, bat were repulsed. a he enemy's monitors and gunsboats are in the James, near Drewry's Bluff, and in the Appamattox, at Port WalthalL There is also a rumor, which we give for what it is worth, bat which we hope is not true, that the Tankees have landed 60,000 men at Yorktown, and will approach Richmond from that point - All Communication between Weldon and Peter. burg, and tbe latter place and Richmond is cut off, but it is to be""hoped that this is only temporary. We have received no mail from Richmond or Pe tersburg since Friday last Much excitement no doubt .exists in Richmond, and the government is straining every nerve to defeat and drive ack tbe enemy. We are yet without lists of the killed and woun ded in the recent battles. We take it for granted that the North-Carolina troops have been and are still in the thickest of the fights. The Confederates bave lost several valuable offi cers, and amongthem the country will hear with regret that Gen. Longstreet has been severely wounded in the shoulder, and thus disable! for several months to come.' . There is every indication of a general battle near Dalton, Georgia, between Generals Johnson and Sherman. The enemy has cut the Railroad between Dalton and Atlanta, and were moving towards Re saca on tbe Oth. Resaca is 18 miles below Dalton and 84 west of Atlanta. May the God of battles give to us the final victo ry in every quarter 1 If we should receive further news before going to press we will append it to this article. Eastern Carolina. Since our last issue there has been a brilliant dash, if not campaign in the eastern part of this State. Our forces, mostly North-Carolinans, com manded by Gen. Hoke, aided on the water by the ram Albemarle, bave taken the town of Plymouth, and captured some t.000 of the enemy, with large Supplies of various kinds. Soon after' the enemy, alarmed it the progress of onr arms, evacuated the town of Washington. A movement was then made on Newbern, and we learn that' the fight was in progress, when orders were received under which Gen. Hoke retired. The Confederate loss in the battle of Plymouth was considerable, owing to the fact that it was im possible to approach the place without falling under a raking fire from the enemy's batteries, and to the further fact that it was necessary to storm several strong fortifications. All accounts concur in repre senting the conduct of oar officers and men as high ly praiseworthy. ' This locality was favored on Wednesday evening with a refreshing rain. It was much needed. Wa learn, however, that there was a heavy, and we fear destructive hailstorm at the same time commencing some twenty miles west of this place, and ranging in a direction towords NewltgbV north of Raleigh. The growing crops and fruit frees are. said to bave. been much injured. v "- . ' We heir that the wheat crop is rapidly improv ing, and that the prospect now is that there will be an excellent yield. Outrages. We learn from undoubted authori ty that Confederate soldiers in the Wester coun ties for the purpose of recruiting cavalry and ar tillery horses, are daily committing tha rossTit outrages on the rights of peaceable dttxens, api La some cases maltreating them with violence to their persons. A number of Gen. LongstreeCa men, have bfcome a perfect terror to ekisens of Catawba, as they bad previously become to the citiaena. of Wilkes and Ashe counties. It wis onr lot '-a eaJl at the house of one of tbe most rUbectable. citizens"'' Ul V.WWU. wi iwauij, win. ivuuu UiB people absolutely suffering from fear lest 'tba VuthJesa men' encamped at Catawba Ptation sbonVi vand fob them as it was Te ported 1b the neighborhood, they bad done elsewhere imnresriir in Wnvthin tbey want, or take.a fancy Uj, in tKTradast an? 1 most informal manner.- Suriv thu thinra ahAnld I not be tolerated ; anJ we fi-& tba atUotMP of tba western people, and the authorities crvil and mili tary, to tba General Orders and accompanying cir culars in this .paper, relating to impressments. SatUbuiy WaUhman. . - ' " Ceaa-raaa. -. In the Senate on the 4th instant, Mr. Dortoh of fered a resolution of thanks to Maj. Gen. Hoke, Commander Cook, and their commands, for the bril liant victory over tha enemy at Plymouth, N O. ; which til adopted. Mr. Graham ictrodveed a resolution, which was agreed to. instructing the Committee on Finance to inquire into tbe expediency of amending the act to fund, tax and limit the currency," so as to pro vide that bonds of tbe. Confederate States receiv ed by any State in pursuance of the ISth section of said act, shall be coupon bonds, and exempt from ' taxation ; that Treasury notes of the old issue, held by any State on the 1st of April, 1864, may, at the option of such State, be exchanged for such bonds or for notes of the new issue, and that all just de mands of any State against the Confederate States, accruing before the 1st of April last, shall be paid in new Issue. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Smith In troduced a series of resolutions directing the Sec retary of the Treasury to make returns as to tha manner in which he has settled certain claims dot " previous to the 1st of April last, but presented for payment since that date. ' Mr. J. T. Leach: A resolution requesting the President to transmit to tbe House the number of officers and privates each State of the Confederacy has furnished, whether by volunteering or under tbe conscript act ; tbe number that have been kill ed, or have died of wounds received upon tha bat- ' tie field, the number that have died of disease, and tbe number now in the service of the Confederate government, and, also, the camber that have de serted from each State. Referred to the committee on military affairs. In the Senate on the Sth ihst, Mr. Dortch Intra . duced a joint resolution for the relief of John D. Sutherland, which was referred to the committee on claims. The Chair laid before the Senate.the petition of a Convention of Banks of Virginia and North-Carolina; which was referred to the committee on fi nance. . . In the House of Representatives, Mr. T. C. Fuller introduced a resolution as to the propriety of re quiring the opinion of the Attorney General in cer tain cases. - rteferfed to tbe judiciary committee. Also, a resolution instructing the committep of ways and means to inquire into the expediency of making certain amendments to tbe tax law, approv ed February 17, 1864. Referred. Also, a resolution instructing the committee 6a : military affairs to inquire as to what legislation"! ; necessary to- secure tbe -more speedy payment of ! amounts due deceased soldiers to their represents i tives. . Referred. ' Mr. J. T. Leach : A resolution inquiring as to the propriety of exempting soldiers' families from Che payment of tithes where there is not more than necessary for the comfortable support of the family. Referred to tbe committee on ways and means. Also, a resolution inquiring into tho expediency of allowing certain officers of the government to purchase rations for their servants from the govern ment Referred to military committee. Mr. Logan presented a bill to protect citizens of the Confederate States from unjust and illegal im pressments. Referred to military committee. For tfio Slandardjt TUB WIDOWS BiBfcV lv bud nnfolds. the Toss of incense tells. Before the And in thy bud-! like form sweat babe, a deathless essence dwells : Ws know it by the nobis brow, and by the beaming eye. And by tbs smile, and by alas! that piercing human cry. Ws know it by the hands held oat 'thy mother's breast to win Oh.SaTiourl. save tbat breast from woethose little basis from sin I . Thy race for earthly happiness already is began. What myriads hare run tbat race t and who has ever won t We know it by that joyous gase apea the taper's light For tbns immortal spirits gase en pleasures meteofSbnicbt ( Like thee to them the warning voice of Wisdom speaks in . vain Like tbee they madly grasp at bliss, and seise on burning pata. Poor mi nature, free-agent I thns the sags Experienee shows A snare in all earth's flowery paths, a thorn on every rose, Tbs strongest reed we lean upon will give the deepest And in earth's sweetest sup of joy tbe bitterest dregs are fcuad. A whirlpool's sound is In our ears I thy fork 1 en the wave! How wretched were oar love for thee if thsre were aone to save I Bnt ob, how blest that we may kneel and give thee to ism Lord, . And rest onr ashing hearts npon His everlasting word. By faith we see a radiant crown suspended t'sr thy head, A glorious canopy of lore around toy frailty spread, A tamp to light thy way-ward feet thro' all the tesrM gloom, -A tender hand to lead thee from the cradle to the tomk - Ob Christians I shall this precious babe still pine and pin - for bread t Oh Christians 1 shall this Uother soon be numb end with the dead? God's bread is in your granaries,. God's manna la joac band, . To deal for Him note Bis poor throughout onr aalira land. Let tho Conservatives of Raleigh Remember a As an hnumble participant in tha Conservative meeting at the Courthouse, in this city, on Fri day night last, wa do not deem any answer to tha scurrilous attacks made by anonymous writers for the Conservative and Confederate necessary, in oar own defence ; for tbe masses of the people know as and endorse our principles, and the attacks of tha pies and "detailed" men of those who proclaim themselves as" M patriots and property holders," can do ui no hurt We ask them no odds in any way, and the more they abuse and denounce us tbe high er we shall rise in the estimation of an intelligent, honest public. But these scribblers, as well as tbe papers that publish and endorse their slang, go. farther, and assail the bone and sinew of this com munity the tradesmen, merchants, mechanics and others who. though they may not bave U many negroes and Confederate bonds, nor as much block ade coffee, sugar, tea," Ac, as those "patriots and property holders" who want to "save the State from disgrace" by patting down tbe Conservatives, are as honorable, high-minded and as patriotic as any men in the country. Let the two hundred Con servatives who attended the meeting on Friday night remember tbat Gov. Vance's organ, as well as the Confederate, has assailed them in the grossest man- " ner, and go to the polls on tbe day of election and rebuke tbe oligarchs who look on them and fra quentiy refer to them as M poor whita trub,? wbe) are " no better than niggers:" The people of this city are probably about aa good and about as bad as those of other communi ties, and of course know thosa among tbem who assume to be leaders, and wa now call npon " pa triots and property holders" thosa oligarchs who proclaim the voice of tha majorityjadisgreco to the State," to bear witness of thebat ws pW" diet a majority of at. least three to one ta.faxor. of the ticket that Ihaljbe nominated b? those who assembled at the Courthouse on FrUaf night and I their friends, at the August electtau " . . , Let the ttcnest, bard working tionscrvattvea m Raleigh rwocmber these aesaoltaupon them ; and we wooi also remind these who make them to re member the fate of Spelman-and Byrne, who, for outTaghig decency sj?i violating all the preprietiea ol society, wera eortpelltd, on account of poblie opinion, to leave a community that could no longer tolerate them. The umsertauree arcau-powwnni. ners aw; tafongooat ne state, ana ne wpv tbem nusllaU in the coaaicX.rrofrest, "k V.I.. .... i v.". - Fsab on Dbath. William the. Conqueror, eat, tramely alarmed on his death bed. entreated-tba, clergy to intercede for him; - Itdnr -with taany. and grievous sins," be exclaimed, M I tremble t and) being-ready to be taken soon into tho terrible ex amination of God, I am ignorant what I should do. 1 have been 'broofrut up in fcjitif of arms from my childhood ; lam greatly policed with e&iaion of much blood; I can by no meant number tbe evils 1 have done these sixty, four yesrs,,for which I am now oonstrained, without stay, to -vender an account to the just Jodge" -- .-