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. .
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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" -- .-