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WEDNESDAYi - MAY ;. 1 1864. THE 1S01.TR CAROLINA STANDARD i -Carolina itankrii Ffoai tin NorUt-Carolia Standard February 4, 1863. The Great Writ or Right." , We h&vn th a nWaiirn of laviru? before our readers tswUv in nM and olnniwnt cntnmnnication OVOr the signature ox Davit, on the subject ot ine great vwrit of. right," the habeas corpus. , The writer is thoroughly informed on the subject, and his demon strations, founded on the Constitution itself, are as T clear as a sanbeam. Read ihis communication, and ' . .then hand it to your neighbor.: . '-. For the Standard. A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of 'liberty. - Declaration of Riguts, Sec 21.' Such is the warning of our ancestors, when, in the midst of war from abroad and civil strife at home, : . they proclaimed for ihcmselves and their posterity, ' the grett principles of freedom which constitute our Declaration otR'uAt. Among these fundamental . principles, the power is denied "of suspending laws, or the execution of laws without the consent of the representatives of the people," and the right iR as serted ' that the military should be kept in strict subordination to and governed by the civil power," Here also it is solemnly declared that general war rants to seise .any person, " whose offence is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are' dangerous to liberty, and ought not to be grant ed.'! '.' That " no free man shall be put to answer any criminal -cnargeTiui oy indictment, presentment, ur ' impeachment;" that "every man has a right to be informed of the accusation against him, and to con front his aoeusors and witnesses with other testimo ny;" that "no free man shall be convicted of any crime but by the unanimous verdict of a jury."- And lastly, that "very free man restrained of his liberty is entitled to a remedy to inquire into the lawfulness thereof, and to remove the same if un lawful, and that such remedy ought not to be denied or delayed." Such are jthe strong and noble guards against op-. press ion jriuh which our patriotic sires fenced the persona! liberty of every citizen of the State ; and a greater degree of happy freedom no people ever enjoyed, so long as these guards were kept sacred. In process of time, "pur ancestors entered into new political engagements, and became subject, in a great degree, to another form oi government, which ttill continues. Now let see whether they sur renderedjin the new relation in which they placed iheruselvcs, any of those priceless muniments of freedom. In all respects affecting personal liberty, they are the same in the Constitutions both of the United States and Confederate States ; but T quote from the divisional arrangement of the .latter Con stitution : . v . " The right of the people to be secure in then persons against seizure, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation. Ait 1, sec. 9, sL 15. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous, crime, .unless on prese'nt 4nent or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases .arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia while in- actual service in time of war or public danger. Nor shall any person be deprived of lib erty without due process of law. Sec. 9, cL 16. In all .criminal prosecutions, the accused shall en joy the right to a speedy and1 public trial by an im partial jury of the State and district wherein the .crime shall have been committed. And to be informed of the nature and cause of the ac- -cusation; tobe confronted with the witness against him, and to have compulsory process for Obtaining witnesses in his favor. Sea 9, cl. 17. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeach .mentihall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crime shall have been committed." Art. 3, sec. 3, cl. 3. Such are the guarantees of the inviolability of a freeman's person under the Confederate Constitu tion concurrent in almost in every particular with . those ot tne state Constitution, and repugnant in rone. Now it is manifest, 1st, that no citizen of ' this State, not in the army or navy, nor in the mili tia while in' actual service, can be constitutionally "deprived of liberty", "without due process of law, ' which due process, is defined in section 9, before cited, wherein it is declared that the people shall be secure from seizure except upon warrant issued " upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation." 2. That every citizen, not in the armyr &a, is entitled to a speedy and public trial by a jury of the district and State wherein the -, crjme i committed. that many f our citizens are now, and for a long time have been denied these palpable consti tutional rights, thus secured by two Constitutions for nearly a century, is as open and public as noon day. Is it any apology that they have been arrest ed by the military authority? Where is its war rant for such a procedure? Certainly it is not found in either State or Confederate Constitution. If it may exercise this power, then vain as a child's Whistle is that emphatic declaration, that the mili tary should be kept in subordination to the civil power. Did our ancestors of a past age, or our pa triots of this, intend to guard the person of a free--man from seizure, without due process, even by a -regular officer of the law, the neighbor or acquain tance, perhaps, of the accused, and likely therefore, ; S Well as from his habits and offifiial resnnnRihili- -ties.to be mild and kind in the exeeution of the ar ,rest, and who would take bail if the offonce would allow of it, and yet commit such power to the rude - soldier, who, both a stranger and "blunted in his sympathies for his fellowman by his profession, ex hibits his mpsket for hi3 warrant and takes for bail only the walls ef a loathsome jail? If this be true ' , of oar times, well may the citizen exclaim with an ; eminent patriot of the days of Charles I, "I can live, though another who has no right, be put to live along with me: nay, I can live, though bur dened, with iinposjGons, beyond what at present I labor anaer- but to have my liberty, which is the - soul of my life, ravished from me : to have ray per - son pent up jn a gaol, without relief by law, and to be so adjudged 0, improvident ancestors I O, un- - wise toreiatners i tohnnA mr nn n KmtM nCw Jtbefliet possession of our lands, and the liberties oirariianient ana at toe same time to neglect our personal liberty, and let us lie in prison, and that - during pleasure, wtthont redress or remedy 1 If - this be law, why do we talk of liberties? Why - trouble ourselves with disputes about a Gonstitu- - tion, franchises, property qt goods, and the like ? W hat may any man call bis own, if not the liberty of his person? I am weary of treading' these ways." Griefs like this drove the people of Eng - land to rebellion, and ultimately wrung from the ' throne the famous habeas corpus act, the second .Magna vnaria oi mac niignty umpire, which became ' I :.... A 1 : 1 A 1 too juiicniiiinio ui uur cuiumai -yuuui, aiterwarus " infused itself into our Declaration of Rights, and now spreads itself oyer the most sacred page of our Code, rrouuiy now do the English people kSM.ii fcv.-" .- .giM ..lun ...igiM vii i HI IV tnents by the power armed witn tne sword, and re- - . . m - -m jL li'. lOiee in tne mills oi uieir nooie maxim o: -uoorty. ' that a public injury offered to the autnblest subject is an insult tothe ifhole people. . ' iPbe apology commonly offered for such arrests and commitments iy the military power is, thaUhe crivileffe of 'the writ of habeas corpus is suspendsd "bv. cororatent authority. Admit, for argument. that it is suspended over, the- whole State, and it would excuse bat a grain of .the wrong. This is clear to the least reflection ; antl ?t there is a vague nooular notion that such suspevwion allows the seizure of a'nv nersbn. without warrant, and imprisonment without triaL I proceed to eip off: quences oi suspenuipgne wnt ibb jinviivRo the writ is, that every freeman restrained of his' liberty is entitled speedily to have the judgment of . i . . ...mi f-- me law upon- too cause oi ais restrain i, mu tu w enlarged absolutely if the ttanse be sufficient, or al lowed bail if the offence charged be bailable. The :. suspension of the writ operates therefore to this extent only :. that if the person be committed, his , case shall not bo inquired into, and he must remain a 'prisoner until his triaL bow trival soever may be bis offence. ;. But assuredly this does not allow ar , rests in any new manner forbidden by ttie-Censti-' tution. The suspension does- not suspend those ' - clauses of the Constitution which prohibit soieurcS without warrant issued on "probable cause, sup' ported by oath or affirmation." Neither doeB the suspension of the writ suspend that other provision which guarantees that the, accused sbull enjoy the"- right to a speedy public trial by ajury of the State wherein the crime is . committed.. To maintain otherwise, would be maintaining that Coogress watf? invested with the power to abolish:the requtremeot" of a warrant before arrest, and altogetMr tddis-j pense with ajury, though the accused was hot in" the army - oi navy, nor was of the militia at the time of committing the offence. So far as prece dent has gone to expound the nature of a suspen-' eion of the writ as contemplated by the Constitu " tion, it utterly rejects such an absurdity. The only attempt ever made by the federal. Congress to sus pend tfie writ was in 1807. The bill for that pur- pose which passed the Senate only, suspends the trrtl in aU datesvihere persons, having cming been charged "on oat A" with offences endangering tne peace, safety or: neutrality of the United, States, shall have been arrested or imprisoned by virtue of a WABBANTftw the President, a Governor, or a per ton acting under the Preisdent. ' : The power, therefore, to suspend the writ does not affect, in the least, the other guaranties of per sonal liberty. It is palpable, then, that an order" given by a military man to seize the person of v freeman, riot of the army, &c, without warrant and probaAle cause supported by oath or affirmation, is void, and involves a gross violation of the oath to support the Constitution, which, if executed, subjects the actor to a civil action, and, with or without execution, justly subjects hjm to a court-martial, as much as quartering soldiers in time of peace on pnvate persons against their con' sent It is equally palpable, also, that if the com mitment be. regular, the accused is entitled to a speedy and public trial ; and whatever power in terposes to prevent it, is guilty ot a breacb ot om cial dutv. In mv iudmnent it is the dutv of the ! Judge to seek to afford such i speedy and public Atrial, But alas I it is said that such prisoners' demand for r trial cannot be heard beyond the walls of their J confinement Thoir mouths -are dumb as Caesar's wounds ; yel if they could' speak out where the ; official ear is not closed against the wails of grief,' perhaps they might win the sympathy of power, and once more embrace their families, or be allow ed to weep over the graves, while yet they are fresh, of Jhe loved ones who have died in their absence.- .The duties of charity forbid us to believe that the President is acquainted with the practical operations of the military despotism which now pervades the land. . Unwilling to override and piostrate the guards of civil' liberty throughout the State, he confines the suspension to an area of small extent, in which the mliitarynrison is erected. : Over this small spot waves theQack ilag of martial law, and all the rest of the State has apparently the sun shine of freedom resting on its bosom. Alas 1 how deceptive. Behold how it is managed 1 The mili tary go abroad, and without warrant or probable cause, supported by oath, they seize their prisoners, and with all possible speed convey them to this place, where the law is dead, and the sorrows of captivity fall on walls of stone. The arrested are not allowed to stop on the way where the writ may reach them, and their cause may bo heard, but are hurried, at whatever inconvenience to them, just as they are caught up, sometimes half clad, without permission to bid adieu to their wives or children. In this plight they are exiled from their rights of citizenship, nd cut off from every tie that human izes mankind. r Of what avail is it, then, to the citizen that the suspension should be confined to one small spot, if he may be picked up any where and spirited in a few hours to the fatal place ? The Governor of the State, knowing of these outrages, has mvoked tbe counsel and aid of the guardians of. our liberties. What they may advise or do, I know not It was said by the advocates of the habeas corpus, in the reign of the first Charles, that there is not " any spirit so erect and independent as not to be broken by"the long continuance of the silent and inglori ous sufferings of a jail." I hope that in an after age it may not be said of this body that they took warning of this truth, and soueht by tamelv al lowing the inglorious sufferings oi others, to escape with unbroken spirits themselves. it tney nave not the courage to demand as free men, freemen's rights, let them become suppliants for. women and children cruelly separated from their husbands and parents. Let -them march in a body in humble procession to tbe footstool of power, and beg in the name of the broken-hearted and helpless, a speedy trial or enlargement on bail If the sov ereign be himself a free and brave man, he will ac- turn io meir prayers lor tne weaK and lor lorn, what he might well deny io their pusilanimity, but had freely granted to their courage. With the father of his country, I can say, born in a land of liberty, I early learned to appreciate its bless ings, and with the distinguished patriot of the reign of Charles I, " I am weary of treading these rwaJ's- . DAVIE. Dir. Stephens on Martial Law. The following excellent letter was written by Mr. Vice President Stephens in 1862, on the subject of martial law. We published it at the time with our cordial approval, and we print it again on account of the great principles of liberty which pervade ifp every line: . ' V . RicintoNb, Va., Sept 8, 1862. Eon. James M. Calhoun, Atlanta, Ga. : ' Dear Sm: Your letter of the 38th ult, to lion. B. H. Hill, was submitted to me by him a few davs ago, for my views as to the proper answer to be made to your several inquiries touching your pow ers and duties in the office of civil Governor of At lanta, to which you have been appointed by Gen. Bragg. I took the letter with the promise to write to you fully upon the whole subject This, there fore, is the object of mv now writinor to vou. " I re gret the delay that has occurred in the fulfilment of my promise. It has been occasioned by the press of other engagements, and I now find my time loo short to write as fully as I could wish. The subject is one of great importance, and this, as well as mat ters of a kindred sort, have given me deep concern for some time past . . I am not at all surprised at your being at a loss to know what your powers and duties are in your new position, and your inability to find anything in any written code of laws to enlighten yon. upon them. The truth is your office is unknown to the law. ' Gen. Bragg bad no mor authority for ap pointing you civil Governor of Atlanta, than I had : and I had, or have, no more authority than any street walker in your city. U nder his annointment therefore, you can rightfully exercise no more pow er wan u tne appointment bad been made by a Btreet walker. - " ; ' . - We live under a Constitution. That .Constitution was made for war as well as peace. Under that Con stitution we have civil' laws and military laws : laws ur uiu uivu uuiuunues ana laws ior toe military. The first are to be found in the Statutes at Laree. and the latter in the Rules and Articles of War. But in this country there is no such thing as Martial Law, and cannot be until the Constitution is set aside, if such an evil day shall ever come uoon us. All the law-making power in the Confederate States government la vested in Congress. But Congress caunoi aeciare martial 1AW, wQion In its proper sense is nothing but an abrogation of all laws. If Congress cannot do it, much less'oan any officer, of ine government, either civil or military, do it right fully, from the highest to the lowest Concress may, n. certain eases specified, suspend the writ of naueas corpus, out thw by no means interferes with h.e administration of justice so fares to deprive any party arrested of his right to a speedy and public trial by a jury, after indictment, Ac. It does not lessen or weaken the right of such party to redress .for an illegal arrest It does .not authorize arrests tnpeept upon oath or affirmation upon-probable cause. It-Onty seCUreS the Dartv be.Tnnd minadventura tn pr-iri person to answer the charge and prevent atry-Aracimirjary inquiry as to the formal itv or Ififinl. -jry 2-4i8 arrest It does not infringe nr fmnitir his otb constudtidnal rights. These Congress cannot .'uipau law. xne constitutional guarantees are above afc beyond the reach or power of CUkmsa and much Bire, il it could be, above and beyond K&6 power Afe-ay officer of the sovernment Your app.ointmeniiSerefore, in my opinion, is simply nullify. Yon, tt virtue of it, possess, no rightful authority : add cm ?xertfse none. The order crea ting you cvil G6vf ror of Atlanta, was a most pat nableiiSur action. Cpeak of the act only in a legal and'eonstitutit! Sews riot 'of the motives that prompted it--j'B2t a" vies -people, jealous of their iKiAiu wnnld An .ell to.tnember: us Delolme so weJIexpressed-iti tt) M sr4s acts, srlaurlable-vrhcn we only consider the motive of them, make a breach ,..t which -Tyranny will.one.day enter,'' if -quietly BubmittttQ too lomj. Now then, my opinion is, if any one be brought before fpu few punishment fo seiang sliquor. to iiBoldiier, or ny other jOlegation, where there no taw aeainsi it, no lavpaesed by - the proper law-makini power, either" State or Con- h ledorate, and where, as a matter or course; you nave ' no legal or rightful authority to punish either by fine, corporeally, &c, you should simply make this response to the one who brings him or her, as the case may be, that you have no jurisdiction of the matter complained of. . ''..'".:-' A cntisti yueea 'Anne; was once urgeo oy me fcfhperor of Kussia to punish one of ner omcere ipr wnat nis majesty consiaerea an act oi. lntngnity to his Ambassador to her court, though the officer had violated no positive law. The Queen's memorable reply was that " she could inflict no punishment upon any, the meanest of ber subjects, unless war- - ranted by the law of the land." ' : " .' This is an example you might well imitate." For . -1 take it for granted that no one will pretend that any General in command of our armies, could confer upon you or anybody greater power than the ruling Sovereign of England possessed in like cases under similar circumstances. The case referred to in Eng 1 land gave rise to a change of the law. - After that - an act was passed exempting Foreign Ministers from arrest So with us. If the proper discipline and good order of the army require' that the sale of liquor to a .soldier by a person not connected with i " the army should be prohibited (which I do not mean to question in the slightest degree) let the prohibt ! tion be declared by law, passed by Congress, with I . the pains and penalties for a violation of it, with the mode and manner of trying the offence plainly set forth. Until this is done, no one has any authority to punish in such cases; and any one who under- takes to do it is a trespi tresDasser and violator of the law. - boldiers in the service, as well as the officers, are subject to the Rules and Articles of War, and if they commit any offense known to tbe military code therein prescribed, they are liable to be tried and punished according to the law made for their gov ernment If these Rules and Articles of War, or in other words, if the military code for the government of the army is dofectiven any respect, it ought to be amended iy Congress. - There alone the power is vested. Neither Generals nor their PrOvost Mar shals have any power to make, alter or modify laws either military or civil ; nor can they declare what shall be crimes, either military or civil, or establish any tribunal to punish what they may so declare. All these matters belong to Gongress; and I assure you, in my-opinion, nothing is more essential to the maintenance and preservation of constitutional lib 'erty luan that the military be ever kept subordinate to the civil authorities. You thus have my views hastily but pointedly given. Yours, most respectfully, ALEX. II. STEPHENS. For the Standard. Mr. Editor: As you know I have never had any political sympathy or connexion witn you heretofore, unless it was in casting my vote for Gov. Vance, who, I believe, was nominated and supported by you for the office btr now holds. When tne party then in power assailed him and did all they could to defeat him in raising a legion, you defended him and gave him all the aid and comfort id your power. 1 then thought this a magnanimous act on your part, and think so still. But unfortunately for you, no service you have heretofore rendered to Gov. Vance or any of his particular partizan friends, see-jis to have made any. impression upon him, unless it be to awaken his ngeance against vou and your trends. I under stand that he has declared it to be his purpose to excoriate you to the quick upon all occasions here after. That the time has come for this work to be done, that he intends to get his friends to call him out to canvass the State to perform this patriotic work. I think it a great pity that he did not re sign and canvass the. State when be was running as Holden s candidate against Mr. Johnston, and tell the people then what a "miserablesecessionist" turncoat, &c, you were. Had he done this Mr. John ston would have been promoted, and the Old Line W hiyw bave been spared the mortification of seeing Gov. Vance riding on the cars in company with the most notorious secessionists, mocking and sdrjfflng at Gov. Graham, and ridiculing you for fleeing to him for security when the armed mob destroyed -your press. . 1 was amazed when I saw and heard a secession ist of the deepest dye, shortly after the occurrence just referred to, detailing to a crowd what Gov. Vance had told him about your cowardice and flight, and showing by a great many grimaces the expressions and features of Gov. Graham, when his opinions were asked concerning the peace meetings, their enects && It seems that some secessionist had called the Governor out upon the question why Gov. Graham bad not expressed an opinion upon the said meet ings, and Vance in reply mimicked Gov. Graham in order to convey to the secessionist Graham's opinions. 1 could give names and dates, out do. not feel willing to encounter unnecessarily tbe herce abuse that would be heaped upon me, because I am growing old and am in bad health. You will therelore excuse mo lrom entering into lartber par ticulars. As a whig and one who had given Gov. Vance a zealous support whilst the individual to whom be bad been relating, with such apparent pride, your doings and sayings and Gov. Graham's expressions of countenance, was denouncing Vance as an abo litionist, traitor and coward, I confess I felt great ly pained and mortified when this red not seces sionist was made the medium Of conveying Gov. Graham s expressions to the crowd, from Gov, Vance. When I heard this red hot secessionist and notorious defamer of Gov. Vance telling what the Governor had said concerning your flight and conversation with him in his room, I repeat that I was greatly astonished and mortified but keenly so when I heheld Gov. Graham mimicked by this bosom friend of Gov. Vance before the crowd, as the Governor had, as it was said, mimicked him on the cars. - - -. From all that I could learn or gather from what I beard and saw, 1 came to the conclusion that Gov. Vance became deeply offended with you for Calling upon the people to hold public meetings and re monstrate against'the policy pursued by the ad ministration towards North-Carolina. I have no doubt that it can be show a in black and white that the Governor declared the whole weight of his ad ministration should be thrown against these meet ings, and as Gov. Vance had marked out a differ ent line of policy, the temerity of Gov. Graham did not suit Gov. .Vance nor his new secessionist con fident So he sneered at Graham's, prudence and mimicked his attitudes. - Under the circumstances, I think Gov. Vance has shown less heart and gratitude to his friends and more contempt jot the sufferings, wrongs and out rages inflicted upon the poor and upotuhis State, 1 a! rt . 1 i . ... uiuu any oiner man nas ever aone Detore. ' I am so well convinced of this, strong Whig as have ever been, and bitter as I have been against the se cessionists, I would vote for almost any honest and true nearted secessionist before I would for Z. B. ance. We have had enough Tylers in this coun try to satisfy us, one would think, for all time to come. .' To hear his abuse of you and to see with what greediness the old secessionists and Monarchists drank it in, was en6ugb to disgust any true friend of our country and popular rights. '.' : ' As far as I have had any opportunity of gleaning public opinion, I have no hesitation in saying the people are for Holden. but what effect the Govern- ors harangues, his party efforts and the whiskey of uia ii icuus unu many otner sucn appliances may have, in and out of the State, I am not prepared to say. Go forward, however, and do your doty and iear not toe result. May 1, 1864. ; " r A Pbatbr- or Washington -FVom MoGuirfs Beliaious Opinion and Character of Wnkinfn Almighty father, if -it is. thy holy williat we T'" ,r.r .I .V.t:vU,e.i,uon8 1I ou;mt?toKd7f tn r.A hAtr ThML Bless i with -s.j ' - oar councils, success in battle, and let oar victories be tempered with humanity. Endow, also, oar enemies 'with enlightened minds, that they may become sensible -of their injustice, and wHlrog to re store our. liberty and peace. - Grant the petition of Tby servants for the sake of Him whom Thou hsst called Thy beloved Son : nevertheless, not our will but Thine be done. Amen. : ' : v iv VM- " . . wouoio in For tWstandard. w w" nnT.nW T5ko. -lJ?nr Sirfr lti tookin over some old papeiraid fM tjiVnri from an ediUrrfaPfe tbrAsh r' ii: isi hMRM. z..Bu Vtel w I -thil Mr? Vanee made- Waynesville on fhesday of lastwEik, tod an, nounced himself a' candidate for re-election to the next Congress of the United States. His speech we informed was an able effort, and that he took "bold tad very decided grounds against the separa-. tion of JiQrtO-.uarohna irpm weiUnior.W-imoui. mo . eo-pperation.of the slav.e State ihafhaye not sece- Aa Hia tibsition as we understand - is that tne slave. States remaining in t-be.:. Tjrnion should hoW. a COnierencu, agree upun a cuuituwn .mvi jy...j, and make common cause;". That this line of policy when adopted should be submitted to the Northern States as aa yltirnatttmr It MhUimatum should be accepted,- on tbe part 4ne noruvtnas ne Union wul be preserved, and peace good-wm ano fraternity be restored. But on the other rha?d, ir it shall be rejeded, then.be is for pursuing snch a." course of policy as under tbe circumstances the honor and interest of North-Carolina and the other slave holding States, with which she identified, may dictate tor their future safety and happiness. Mr. Vance indulges' the hope that the North will in due time do usjuBtice" by guaranteeing tbe heces-" Sary constitutional protection. , We have not heard of any one who proposes to . oecome' aotnua-.o, against Mr. Vance, although we have.been inform--- d he will certainly nave opposition, in wnat shape this opposition if made, will come, we can not tell. Th true issue now in North-Carolina; as well as in other seceding States is between those who demand separate, unconstitutional and precipitate secession of the State, and those who desire consultation and co-operatiofi with the bor-. der slave States, for the purpose ot restopng tne Union, if possible. The form in which that issue will he nresented. to sliehtlv modify the language of a Virginia cotemporary, is, shall North-Carolina secede forthwith or snail sne consul i wua ur sister border States ? is the great issue. It is one of incalculable importance to yery citiaen of this State. On this then let the battle oe iougctana mo victory won. Mr. Vance aS is shown is for stand ing by North-Carolina and the border States." 7 I have riven the whole of the article, from which it appears, Mr. Vance thinks the way North-Car-, olina seceded was unconstitutional. According.to this showing he did not consider it unconstitution al, in 1861, for North-Carolina and the non seceding States to send delegates to hold a conference to restore the Union. To this end the Legislature sent delegates to Montgomery, and Washington. How then can it be unconstitutional now to hold . a convention and co operate with all other States to. restore peace ? ' -" -- After the vote was taken in itoi, ana tne propo sition to call a Convention rejected by the people of North-Carolina, the Abbeville S. C. Banner, published the following : ' "Moving 'A littlb - iekkafin mus. Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri are beginning to poke out their heads and Jegs preparatory to crawling under the fire laid upon their backs by tne Lincoln ad ministration. But Tennessee and North Carolina under the stream of molten lava pouring upon them, well not even shake their, tails. Would States so slow tomove under such an accumulation of wrongs, Contribute much to the moral power of the Southern Confederacy-? Would States having litterally to be biekedaad thrust and goaded-out of the Union, with the salivas of insult dripping from their faces, strengthen us in heart or nanar ne fear not. Their tardiness under-the circumstances is conclusive of the fact, that they would hang like sheats of lead upon our skirts, boon in onr hum ble judgment these States would be to. us what the Nortbiormerly was to the bouth. lislter tor them to remain in the Union, and stand as a barrier be tween us and the Northf than to join us and dis tract our councils and cripple our -operations. Of course if these States were sound to the core wc would be glad to have them, but a milch and water mixture we fear and dread. What we want is a pure, unadulterated, proslazery government. Such we now have and such let it ever remain." - This paper was at last willing to take us with the salivas of contempt and insult reeking from our faces. Is it not well that the unadulterated, pro- slavery government got us to fight, its battles ? Here is a letter copied in the ureensooro rairiot from a Tennessee paper : ' Cahaba, Ala., Feb. 27, 1S61. Mr. W, G. Brownlow : Sir, you may exult as much as you please over the election in Teanessee. In this part of the country we are not much disap pointed because we know how your State was set tled It was settled by Hoosiers from North-Carolina, the tory State of the revolution, which we ex pect to follow suit We can do without either. Both are occupied by a class of people of low order, without one spark of honor or chitalry about them. Let them submit to Lincoln. They are cowards and from the way in which Virginia, Kentucky and Arkansas are behaving, I do not believe they are any better. Virginia and Kentucky are well enough descended, but I do not expect there is a family of high connexion or noble descent in the whole of North-Carolina, Tennessee or Arkansas. Now the crisis is upon us, this Boosier blood shows itself But let them go. We do not want them. We would be degraded by their association. As something has been said in the papers of your State about Northern Alabama in the revolution going oft with Tennessee, I and all here say we would like to see her try it We an bring her right at the point of the bayonet, and if Tennessee sympa thises with her, we can conquer her too. Such people as yours could not stand- moment against the chivalrous and brave population of Southern Alabama and Mississippi. More than this, if any of your Tertnessceans come down here expressing their Union sentiments, we intend'to treat them to a coat of tar ornamented with feathers, to go home in. If our country does not furnish you with a market for meat,- your hog raising State will he reduced to starvation5 and bankruptcy in less than twelve months; We -wet willing to sustain you and trade with you,, but your own action has reduced you to the lowest, depths of depredation and beneath our contempt, and forbids our countenancing you any longer. ' After all it is a happy riddance and we are well auit of voa. - . - L. B. MANNING."- Brownlow in reply says that a counterpart of the above insolent letter appeared also in the Nash ville Union paper. 1 have taken the pains to copy these, as 1 could inapy other articles ot a similar kind, to bring to your mind the cbuft that was heaped upon North-Carolina by the secessionists because she did -not secede immediately. The chivalry hated us and traduced tis before this war, and notwithstanding all that this State has done and is doing, they hate and traduce us still, and defy our authorities and trample upon our laws, appoint, hosts of eitiiens -from other States to fill all profitable and influential offices in North Carolina. Go to all the counties of the State and look over the office holders and behold who they are and from whence they came. ' Not only-so, the people of other States are told that the writ of habeas corpus was suspended to carry certain eke tions in .North-Carolina. Nor is this all. The War Department has detailed the Key. Doctor Pitts, a Colonel in Longstreet's army, to canvass this State and lecture the people of North-CaroliB on the state of the country and to look alter other matters. He and Gov. Vance will speak in the same disaffect ed or disloyal regions to the people. : It will-be a hard matter for the benighted citizens of these tory counties to tell which is the best at a joke,, Gov. Vance oj the Colonel, Doctor of Divinity. Tho Bey. Colonel is a great mimic and is bout& to get np a laugh.' But when such men and such soeans are taken to degrade our people, and such efforts made both, at home- and abroad to fix a lasting Btigraa upon certain Counties, because they honest ly choose to differ. r rather maintain the opinions : they did. when thoy voted for- Gov. Vance, .it is eqough to stir the blood and to fill the hearts of all with the sternest resolution, to rebuke tha finreiim and domestic calumniators at the ballot-box. They may hang up .11 in the amy bv the thumbs w& I eP shoo a tnioir io tM State, although I i - . - . : ... sea soma are Oeiwanciner an those who wHl nat vote with, an oeen ticket and regretting ti our L iw(uq iu ma. out oi tne army are not compelled . to vote tivdvoeeC Att these and many other threats and measures to say nothina of the young men who nava been deeailad' out xf the army- toedik-certain -papera. ia oertain strong uas-yativ4- diatricts. have been nsortod W tboro ere, a, wa53 case to this? . -t . To!nat this combination of bid wf'matoarri cahimniators aid foreigners, strut-' tiai thesm-eelfand filling profitable anjl honorab cLi Wrl diiafted to edit oaoera advocating tb suspensHm of writ of habeas corpus, are not all these and a thousand more things, combined in or der to reelect Got.. Vance, and thus crash out the last ray of Conservatism and independence r is no this "machinery formidable, an,d is not the aeal of the Governor and his ew allies wonderfiil i How harmoniously do they work I '- .- It is said that none rbut,-tne poor, ami wiwjr are ConsBrvatwes. rr Mawr.oi S.OOT.slavenolaer? ro this State are rue ConseryatiYea. d ever irons were; t,-;; . . ",Tbe poor Mve rights, if they be ail. p 3 -. " And these the patriot will defend.' ; : " "tten In7 haste." but theretre some random Junto in-this camaretfrcation,1 which I think would be-well to. be JQOted, v ... .... . - - ,f jiTBffitJu . -. , Ma. Editor : From reading the worn it eii that we. are likely to bave a lively time betweea thi and the 4th of Angust- Prom hat I fcaa-'fiSd out the Dearrnetives MdeM unlock; oakm aearoa uve eoaseoaem v: fctd ansa ma eTersuiee,WQien seem so aeep utn oiraeaesa rily excited. Ihey are evidently badly scared for the suc cess ot .Got. Vance, who tiag beeo dealine for them. I must aay that I ana aorty'for CHiv. V-., and I suppose that He is sorry na asnamea, too, or ido company hibi e ias rot into, and from wnica d can never extneaie oimseu or all rime te come. -Gov. V. sealed his fate in his Wi Ikes- boro' speech " the master-piece of his life Vrnd jn r fosing to bear tbe people in calling ' the Legislature to gether io regard to habeas corpus and 'other -important matters. . It seems tlat Gov. Vanee nas been fully emBraced hf ths-Destrnotives since bia Wilkeaboro' speech, and waS as much praised nd doted on by the part t and press as Satan would nave dotea on reeraii ior, ais renim; uui the -Governor is not in. their arms long before be begins to kick for relief. I suppose dirty handa-and bad breath most have sickened and disgusted him, for be goes down to Farettevillo and tells tbe people, that bis Wilkesboro' speech is not his platform; that he went there to allay ex citement and prevent bloodshed. Now I had been inform ed that he was invited there to speak and -celebrate the birthday of Gaosoa - WASHnroroN, and sach was the im pression of the people in this county -but it seeais.that the Governor went for the purpose of paying a higher com pliment to the people of Wilkes and vicinity yes, to pre vent bloodshed. Now I have lived- in this npper country sometime, and I have not seen any one very anxious to shed blcod without a cause.-' 1 think if the Governor was as anxious to prevent bloodshed in the army as he seems to De in wntes, be would never bave left the Conserva tive party and refused To heed the earnest entreaties of the people in calling tbe Legislature together, Ac. Tbat lie might have dispensed witp the disagreeable task of can vassing tbe State at this time, he could have remained at the Executive mansion. at perfect ease and helped tbos poor, unfortunate lathers, mothers and hrothora i oi their killed and wounded relatives-in flagging the Royal uuurua ui naieigo ana oioer places; Dut we Know tbat bad doctrine requires areat efforts to be Rntinmt nl hence the necessity. Gov. Vance says that a Convention would take the State out of the Confederacy, and that its members would be foresworn and poriured traitors. Ac. Ac ' Now I have carefully read ' Conservative's " reply to Gov. V.'s Wilkes boro' speech, and I assert that his (the Governor's) own arguments are mrnea agamsv mm to my entire satisfaction and to all tbat I have heard speak about it. . I was of the opinion. at one time that the Datructives would be forced to get out a new candidate, fur since Gov. J. has been try ing ro get on air. juoiaen s ana ur vice resident Ste phens' platform, I was of opinion that they weuld east around for some one else, but I suppose they are scarce and afraid to risk a race, so they have determined to follow na noia on to tne uovernor s coat, tail, like a wife to a lying husband: but for the last few davs it has been sug gested that there 18 a .secret scheme ahead, .that the Gov ernor is to go with both wings open, and try to Ian all sorts and sizes, and especially as many of the Conservatives as possible; and the Destructives, getting somewhat bri- aie-wise, win Dear leading a little, provided tney are prom ised good feeding and warm stalls. But, Mr. 'Editor, the people are not to be caught in snch traps as these ; they will go lor W. W. Holden, the bold champion of tbe peo ple's rights and civil liberty. They feel it to be their uty. every good meamne- jnan feels it to be his dutv. and tbey will rally for the cause of civil liberty. There will oe a strong enurt maae to aeter-tne uonservativea, but we must brace ourselves for the contest, for tbe strueele is awful wben justice and liberty is brought against power. u r-. . : .1 Vi 1 .. .. . ' P .1 i mr. j-uitui, 111 lonuiug bua buneuerute ui iue ZOfcU or 27th April, I find the following, headed . . THS CONTRAST. Spring Campaign Cheering Spring CampaignCheering to onr Side. to the Yankee. The failure of Sherman. The message of Governor The victory of U'ustee. - Brown. The victory of Okalona. The speech of Mr. Stephens. 't ne laiiure at unarieston. rue putting up ot Win. W. rne capture 01 raaucan. noiaen. The storming of Ft. Pillow. The capture of Plymouth. ine aeieat 01 moles. This is the account balanced ud to this date of the Sor ine Campaign at a clear profit on onr side." - Strange, indeed, that after tin Confederate sums it op th.nt that paper dies not give a clear profit to the Yankees, as it always lias done under sucn headings. By tbe way, Mr. Kdttor, we are of the opinion np this way that the Con federate is about tbe worst paper in the Confederacy, and iaae 11 dui very nine, ana since we nave oeen leasing tne " Life and Times " of one ot its Editors, who has more self respect than patriotism, we think much less of it ; indeed. Mr. Editor, it is enough to make an honest man's beai turn gray in twenty four hours to see tha shuffling that is going on by the government's pretended friends, it these thiugs be true, and 1 have no-reason to doubt them as tbey are stated as facts. . .. . . But to the point. Now Gov. Vance, at fajetteville, said "that he not only approved Mr. Stephens' speech, but that he was willing to swear by it, and if necessary, to attach the great seat- of the State to it." Now, Mr. Editor, this will decide the foregoing suggestion, it" the Confederate puts this declaration of the 'Governor on the side of the "contrast " "cheering to tbe Yankees," and' fails to supoort the Governor, I will think there is a Split sure enough; if net it is evidence that there is some dark scheme to catch Conservatives, for they will resort to any means to effect their designs, and always the first too to hold up the Constitution to you, and when they wish to carry a point that is nnconstitutional, they say that we have no Constitution ; that we must get onr independence first and then talk about Constitutions. Mr. Editor, the people' bave no ase for each doctrine, and will give it a tunning rebuke in August next, both at borne and in the army. I have conversed with many officers and privates in the army, and the opinion is that W. W. Holden, who is for civil liberty and earnest propositions for peace, will get a large majority in the army : bat we do not want any better evidence than the vote of the 7th District, in tbe army. We know this is universal, for circumstances, right and justice makes it so If North-Carolina does not take ber stand for State Rights and civil liberty by the aide of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama, the fault will be tbe people's, if all are allowed the free privilege of voting, which 1 sincerely hope we will; I have beard of milita ry necessities, but this is a civil necessity and requires that every sacrifice should oe made to" sustain it, which will be accomplished in the election of W. -W; Holden for Governor. He has been a friend to the soldiers, to the soldiers' wives, to the honest, gcod-meining people, and a terror to the wicked, hence his bitter opposition ; but t ruth and justice is mie-htv and will prevail. His friends are as r the sands of the sea and they are not afraid to apeak out. out uenuoiore tney nava oeen so unrelentingly abased and so severely persecuted that they were compelled to aay tytbing, and to read their papers like the Martyrs of oi d times read tbe Bible in the midst of tbe persecuting infi dels. But thank Heaven we are on the aide of troth and justice, and God will always, sustain the righteous, which is His nature and His purpose. History wfou of truths of this kind; hundreds of great and good men have been ex ecuted for no other reason than simply speakng, writi ng and teaching sciences and truths that the ignorant could not comprehend. I remember, Mr. Editor, that nearly two years ago'Gov. Vance, in his address to the citizens at Raleigh, soon after he was elected, said that he was down opon the press and the politicians ; he wag going to preside at a great people's banquet, and the press and politicians most take a place away down at the bottom of the table. Then there who u be no party at this table, and everybody thought that . yariy ,wo years Dence, -and now two Veara later We see that Sama Oovnrnnr Mnnui nor iha State and haranguing the people for their votes ud making v r'fv lUE T people ana press and tne politicians that elected b"H. Bully I for the Go vernor. During the same apeech tbe Governor was called upon for an auecdofe, GovYance said tbat that kind of stock had; dried up; the times were to serious for joking; we most Dent, he Saitf ' Vow. twn nut latar. a IM that I samefaoyeruor telling more saintly jokes in hjs speeches than ever before This can only be accounted for in one ot two ways; na either .has as involuntary taattbr it, or he had probably seen some deid maa bv accident before be came to Bafeie-h. which larf nnt him mi tha anriona. and hence tbetseulva to do better and quit jukes and sneh immoralities . Now if the former be the case and he is so fated, 1 would respectfully suggest to the government at Richmond, since they have just conscripted aod then Aa- oeatea eorpaeta ail tne 014 stagers out of the Confederacy, to clean p the new Theain and- have all things rn apple pie order after tbe 4th of August, and the Carolina for bar celebrated inks teller, and i U an North' celebrated j" teller, and my word for it that ttua matiiat arrangement' will P7 0 expenses than any otW aebeoie that ureoz oarpoDiio tha anrasmeat could possibly fallon at this time. As Congress is now in esauu, l would respBatmlly call the attention or aH con servative members to a schiame of this kind. Bat Jf the latter should be the course, why' I supgose another 'sum mer ia tbe army would be the proper place for moral Stem haquotea sueh paftsaa aaito his aolitioa best: cornea down with emphasis oa aba " aaox's- uama. wrar ia nan at auatUHr BcnDtare. ana 1 sarv A paftsas aaito his aolitio best: Ee empbasia oa aba 'Sing's-nama,' t awfally alarmed, for we weMr -wtwt atta (a many nweo so mat it aearea thtnunrnhx. jm tqej oo; wuua Dairgrawaoa oar tmda. r-" Toe JL"?8 " tower(it, irtniogth," says the Goveraor. boaiat pretty.fast. To Good Book tolls tiatbai the feet Trf?"?? lto the Kiardoal oT God," the Krogdom of Heaven." What a diffcrenet between the Coaservalrves sad ti. Destructives? Bat it is oar a , at tbe same time, Mr. Editor, to pray for themv ?? Good Books jteJIa us that wa must pray for our enm-e erarywhera f then let us piay t - - - . eBeiB" Ott terd, wilt toon be pleased td hear these onr k b!e petitions io behalf of our enemies, both at home. J -abroad. . Tbon hast tauffht na in thv hl.,.1 ur .w pray for. those tbat bate us and spitrfolly treat n . 7, " ora to Wt fol v . " the wicked everywhere.. Nuw Oh Lord, in the name i! the dear Son, we humbjy beseech Thee, to open the hiM and enlighten (be minds of oar Northern eneaiieaJ show them the'WTOr.of their ways, t- Oh Father of Mercv we sincerely, believe in onr minds and in our hearts thi! we are striving in a just cttue, and if this ba tbe caaa . weoenevvity, unu iutd, in tuy aiigiiiy fotver thi rWaue tbey persist agataat us-io- Mieir wicked desi y, - "v. wmi witu 1 nou lora, ki lowest aiLtbmss in 4he disp Providence and purposes, th snena atmn ..f .r HI enable them te see themselves aright and prepare thet pura w uuuanj. w miwv us in some mann ihat enr-goud men-oD bothatdea, if. we have any that havi found favor injhy light, may .negotiate for Peace R? tiAArt anH nfpanvih tn aiifbm tha-BAwlta nf a . - " -r- -r "'u an (,. rU land like wiS beasts, seeking, whom of as they may, devour. Lord pray for them, because they have somewhat the shape of men, but if they have souls. Oh Lord, Thou only knotrest it., 'Lord bless them and breath a second breath into their DOttrila, and teach . them. Lord, with, thy mighty rod of correction, and finally bring them to a knowledge or th truth and enable as all, together to meet, and to coBfe. With each other and 4be Northern men for Peace ; that iblassed J?eaee that-Chnmaas so ranch- desire, because it ii in accordance with Thy blessed Word. Oh Lord, we know witbont-Thy assistance. We can do nothing, and a stall ware have been slopped by negotiations and not hv tk. sword, canvinee us that it is the proper-way and the oni - - - - - - ' - rk- .:! rru.. u. i .L . ulJ these.eur humble petitions and help us to bring about aa bouprable Peace as early as may be consistent with Thv Divine purpose. Amen. ' Mr. Editor, I write from Catawba county. Mr. Holden will get a large vote here, for this county is more tartly Cowvative now than ever before since tbe foundation of -J?? WJ? pu,b"5h lhis ,etter ifyn fit n bave space, and the ittandarf can copy if it chooses. I most close for tbe present, ftt you may hear from me again As this communication is becoming too lengthy, I could not giya yoo ail the news from this quarter in it. HICKORY". lOTICE. WALTER A. THOMPSON lNWill leave Greensborongh and Hillsborough on the 2oth instant, for the army of Northern Virginia. Persons desirous of sending boxes must lave them at the depot the day beTore, marked and weighed. Lint and old linen are in great demand in anticipation of the coming battle above Richmond; -he appeals to all who have-either of these articles to forward them to him by that time. All tbat can be obtained will be needed. - . : W. A. THOMPSON, Agent. May 12, 1864. itd. OB-WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION neatly and expeditiously executed at the Standard office. LAND DEEDS, MAilRIAGE LICENSES, and ma ny other kinds of blanks now on hand. May 12, 1864. 19 tf. CITY OF RALEIGH. . Mayor Col. Win. H Harrison. COMMISSIONED. Western Word-W. II. Tucker, Alex. Creech and Park er Overby. ... Middle WardW. R: Richardson, Augustus L. Loueee and 8. W. Scott. - 6 B Eaetem W'ardDr. W. H. McKee, f. 3. Overby and N. S. Harp. J. J. Christophers is Clerkato the Board and City Tax W. R. Richardson is City Treasurer.; Tcun CQiuttabUef. J. Betts,. Chief; N. V, Denton, As- sistant. K. P. Battle, City Attorney. J. L. Pennington, City Printer. F. G. King, Weigh Master. MIGHT WATCH. Captain 0. H. Horton. Watchman A. Johnston, fffl. Beeves, Wm. 0. Parker, M. C. Lnter, C. A. Driver and Wra. Overby. The last Wednesday night of each month is tbe time fixed for the regnlai meetings of the. Board. ,. . MILITARY DIRECTORS' FIELD OFFICERS, BRIGADES, DIVISIONS AND CORPd OF NORTH-CAROLINA. REGIMENTS: - Colontsls. Lraut. CoLoaaxa. Majoaa. Ham A Brown, Jarrott N Harrell, Lewis C Latham, Dan W Hnrtt, WmTEnnett, Edwin A Osborne, Wm J Hill, WmHUoi, w o stailings, Wm M Parslev. Steph D Thurston, bryan Unmes, Thos M Garrett, Jaa H Wood, Jno W Lea, Sam D McTate, Wm L Davidson. uoot r webb, Ed G' Haywood, Jaa M Whitson, J McLeod Turner, RnfusA Barrier, W O. H Gowiaa, Jno R Murobison, wmitUQeea ttuius tsarnnger, Henry T Guion, lOlStephen D Pool, Thos Sparrow, IJasReilly, Wm J Martin, . H E Coleman. Francis W Bird, vvmaiiavis, Henry A Rogers, Robt W Alston, E Benton Withers. ISiJos n Hyman, K Tyler Hennett, Wnrl ManRfle. - wm a jonnston. Llos H Lambeth, W H Yarburoogh, leNVm A Stowe, U W Hammond, Thos n Sharps, Tbos J Wooten, Wm R Roberts. Wm v Martin, Jno D Barry, C M Andrews, Thos 7 Toon, Jno C Lamb, Jno W McGill, wm u Kobinson, Wm S Rankin, WSMitchel, Jno S Brooks, wm j rtiobi, Lee Russell, Chas C BlacknalL Thos G Galloway, 24Wm J Clarke, Jno L Harris, -Sam C Bryson, Jno T Jones, Tbad D Love, Wm 8 Grady. in m Kutiedge, Jno R Iane, Jaa T Adams, Jns-C Webb, Sam N Stowe, J A Gilmer, jr, Sam D Lowe. Ueo JC Wta"eld,' Wia H ipeer; BaeJProfiitt, : WmB Ureasman, r rank M rnrker. Jno V Jordan, Chas W Knight, Jno A D McKay, Henry G Lewis. hkl U Brabble, Clark M Avery, 1 W L J Lowrance, Lino G Jones, Wm Lamb, uavicl u Cowan, Kobt V Cowan. Mos H Saunders, Geo T Gordon. Lias T Johnston, irrancis U Twitty, ISimon B Taylor, jno U Taylor, Wm G Morris, Jno Aahtord, jas at atevenson, 871 Wm M Barbour, jscasnn ii Host, Geo W Flowers, Wm J Hoke, . David Colemad. F A Reynolds, ; Geo Tait, 40 Jno J Hedrick, Wm A Holland, Roger Moore. Jno A BaKer, . A M Waddell. Jno & Brown, ThoaS Kenan, ' K) WBradshaw, Tbos J Brown, wm u Liewis, Taxe L Hargrove, Jno R Wiuston, A C McAllister, waiter Korean. 44fFbosCSingeltary. Chse MS ted man, T McGee Smith, sam u itnyd, . wnii Saunders, a jneK McNeill, Geo H Farribault, Arch OCrudup, Wm H Jones. .Mm 11 Walkup, Lee M McAfee, Albert A Hill. Jno A Fleming, Jno C Van hook, Jaa F Davis, ouNGeo Wortham. uector Mcltethan Caleb o Hobson, Uas B McDonald, aai-cns A Parks. Wm A Owens. Jas T Morehead, Jas J Iredell, JaA Rogers, KenR MurchlsonJ Anderson Ellis, Jno K Connally, Alfred H Belo, fani rraison, G Graltiot t Luke, 1 no W Graham, Area u uodwin, .Ino B Palmer. . uam v Jones, Jas A Craige, 5iHDen DFerrabee, Tbos J Lima, Jas M Mavo.' Ed Cantwell, 60 w asn Jl Hardy, Jas D Radoliffe, Jas T Weaver, jjasTHuff, SI wma uevane. Henry Harding, Jas. H. McNeill. 62 VBeo W Clayton, 63 M UwrenceM Allen,1 IS. B. bvans. Wm N Garrett, Alfred H Baird. Thos P Jones, -Ino J-Spasn, Clem G. Wright, etHtieo . Folk, Alex u Moore. J H Netberautt, Jno N Whitford. K W Wharton. Ed Whitford. uas w Hinton, ysd C Tellowler, The First Battalion (Heavy Artillery; is commanded by Major Alexander MacRoe; The First Battalion Sharp Shooters by Captain R. E. Wilson ; Tbe Second Battalion (Infantry) by Major Janes J Iredell. Md regiment; Tbe Third Battalion (Light Artillery) by Maj Jno. W. Moore ; The Tenth by Maj. W.L. Vonng; The Twelfth Battalion by Capt J. 0. Cherrv; The Thirteenth Battalion (Light Artillery) by Lieut. Col. Joseph B Starr; Tbe Fourteenth Battalion (Cavalry) by Lieut. Col. J. L. Henry; The Fif teenth Batalion (Cavalry by L. Col. J. M. Wynne; The Sixteenth Battalion (Cavalry) by JameaC. MeRae ; Thomas' .Legion consists of a regiment and a Battalion and ia com manded by CoL Wm. H. Thomas. . Tne 1st ana sa i Phe 1st and 8d regiments are in Stewart's Brigade, Joha- i's Division, E well's Corps; ' - son e TbeUd, 4th and BOlh are in Bamseur's Bricade. Rhodes. Division, E well's Corps. ., . The 5tb, 12th, '20th and 23d are in Johnston's Brigade, Rhodes' Division, Ewell's Corps. -Tbe 6th, Slet, 64th and Wth and ht Battalion Sharp Shooters -are iav Hoke-' Brigade, Whiting's Division, Beau regard's Corps, The 42d regiment ia temporarily with tfris Brigade. The 7ih, istt(,'28tti, 88d and 87th are in Lane's Brigade, Wiloox'e Division, Hill's Corps. - TnVpth, Ust, 6lst and tist are io Clingman't Brigade, Pickett's Division, Beauregaad'aCorpa. The 9th, lth, 69th and 63d are in Gordon's Brigade, Hamptooa Division, Stewirt's Corps. - Tha lh, Sto, 44th, 47tb aad 62d ar Kirkbnd's Brigade, Heth a Division, Hill's Corps. The 18th, lath, 82d, S4th and SStn-are in SeaW Brigade, Wiloox'a Division, UiU'a Corps. . Tba 15th, 27tb, 46th and 43th are in Cooke's Brigade, Bcth'a Bivision. HiH's Oorpa. - Tha 17th, pi, aotb and tftlth are in MarUn's Brigade, Whiting's Division, Beauregard's Corps. . . "The 44th; 16th, 8ftb-, 4tu and 60 tb are W JUaaom'f Brigade, Pickett's Division, Beauregard's Corpa. --. - The MtB 'is in Ec ton's Brigade, Fraaeh'sDivuum. Polk's Corpt,; -...-' , The 8 2d, 4Sd, 45th, 53d and 2d Battalion ar ia Daniel's Brigade, Rhodes' Division, Ewell's Corns. The SUth and 40th are in Herbert's Bri) !oita Wt,I:Mfl PoK oZrtJ 'M? Diviaion, The 85tTu in Davie' Brigade, Heth'a Xiviaion, HUra in- teyuoli's Brigae.SWvajison'i Division, tfood'm Conn. 'hy will be done. Oh Lo J I J hvuiviuiwi miu wvuiiRinu U J W1CCU BLUQ UeSlgnjnv men ; and that the good, by. Thy assistance, must come to toe rescue before they are ever bIosmI. itA k 7 The lothv svea( 4asft, 67th Dngaded. and '68th are not ' if II
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