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- ' - ' ' ' '"" ' 1 ' " '"T'T" ' ' ' ' NILL I AM W. HOLDEN, IDITOB AH0 PROPWMOB. TERMS OF THE STANDARD The terms of the Standard ere as follows : ; Semi-Weekly, six months, u " three months, .. Weekly paper, ux months, a . " three months, 17 .4 S S te government through its financial agents, and the rarin corporations and trading men. having; estimated fiw dollar Confederate bills at two-thirds of their value, re ire compelled to do the same. ' Persons sending Bvs iJIar bills will be credited for two-thirds of their face and do more, and no bills due the office can hereafter be paid in fires, save at such discount. Twos and ones and new tune preferred. ' - Advertisements inserted at two dollars per square often lines or less, for first insertion, and one dollar for each subsequent insertion. The very large circulation of the Standard renders it a valuable medium for adverting. RALEIGH: FRIDAY i JUNE 10. 18M We learn that Gov. Vance stated in his recent speech in Greensborough, that while he was speak, ing in Raleigh we were near hiin in a room m the Courthouse, listening to and taking notes of his speech. There is no truth in this statement Got. Vance knew he was uttering a falsehood when he made it ..... w mlRo learn that he charged us with delaying as State Printer the publication of his Message with the accompanying documents. The Legislature was in sessien but fourteen days, and we stated early in the session that it would be impossible for as to print the Message with the accompanying docu ments, together with such reports, resolutions, and bills as the two houses would require from day to day, in the short period of fourteen days referred to. So we printed the Message itself and the Trea surer's Report, to be laid on the tables of members. The accompanying documents will be completed soon, and will be sent to the members by maiL They will receive them in time to examine and use them in the July campaign. We printed 100 pages during the session, and we made every effort to per form our duty as State Printer. The truth is, we could not procure printers, and we cannot procure them now as we need them. Ihey are very scarce, many of them having entered the army early in the war as volunteers. There are two excellent prin ters irom this office now in the 14th regiment, where they have been since May, 1861. If we could have had hands detailed through the Gover nor's influence, as they were detailed to print his new paper, the Conservative, we should have pro gressed more rapidly with the State printing. We accepted ihe office of State Printer in Novem ber, 1862, at the urgent personal request oft Gov. Vance, on the ground that if we declined it the Conservative party would be injured. We have lost a considerable amount of money by the office. At the third session of the Legislature we were al lowed fifty per cent on the prices we were then re ceiving, but in less than two weeks after this allow-, ance was made we were compelled to pay our work men as much as we received from the State fr set ting the type, this fifty per cent included. We are now paying our workmen fifty cents per thou sand more on the State work than we receive, and we are consequently losing: at least seventy-five cents on every page we print for the State. Up to a recent period we were doing such printing for the various departments under Gov. Vance as was need ed, but it seems this has been withdrawn from us. This printing, not coming within the act on the subject limiting prices, is charged for as other print ing is charged for, and in this way we were enabled to realize some profits that diminished our losses on the other work as State Printer ; but the Governor, actuated no doubt by personal malevolence, most have given directions to withhold this printing from us. We are entitled to it by custom, i not by right, but we shall not insist upon it Gov. Vance admits in his public speaehes that he sent abroad on a State steamer, five bales of cotton for which he received payment in gold or its equiv alent These five bales must have, weighed 2,000 pounds. At fifty cents per pound, the price paid bv the English and Yankees, these tj bales brought $1,000 in gold, or $25,000. in Confederate money. Gov. Vance says he laid this out in sugar and coffee and the like. Who believes it 1 Now observe the contrast: We are holding an office at the hands of the Conservative party by which we are losing money; and the books of Mr. Treasurer Worth will show that we have paid into bis hands as public money, twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents, received by us as State Printer in small sums for documents sold to members of the Legislature and others. We would have bad as much right to this money, and as much right to use the State paper in our hands for our own purposes, as Gov. Vance had to use a State steamer to transport his cotton to Nassau to be exchanged for gold. When Gov. Vance charges on us the meanness of having intentionally delayed the printing of his Message with the accompanying documents, he not only utters a wilful falsehood, but he judges us by the same standard of integrity, honesty, and decen cy which he has erected in his own bosom for the government of his own actions. Cobb fob Vance. Mr. David Cobb, of Edge' combe, has announced himself a candidate for re jection to the Commons. In his card he says : " North-Carolina has two candidates in the field for the office of Governor. ' I have no hesitation in saying that I snail support Gov. Vance." Mr. Cobb is one of the bitterest Destructives in the State. He is the author of the proposition in the House of Commons to endorse President jJavis. Cobb knows what he is about Gov. Vance is a good enough Destructive for htm. We learn thathut delicious fruit the May cherry was ripening on the 1st Junen the Brushy Moun tains in Vadkin and Wilkes Counties two weeks later than usuaL The fruit crop in this part of the btate will not be a full one. , :.. Locusts. We learn that locusts have made their appearance in theBrushy Mountain region of WUkts County. They have the ominous W on their win ), . which used to be construed to mean War. , W ehould rather have heard of a variety with:I';6r. heir flying appendages. " .; ." Verdastlt Contercaiive. Rich. The "Local Items" of the . The Crops. The small grain crop .is now ripen lng, and will soon call in the services of the mow ers. Iftbecron. tnnrllv in ismwiHaann thn titan. tions around the city, the yield must belacge.( Aotonly does the return promise well, but much rw oreaatn ot land has been sown than ever ueiore. f Flour has not many days now in which taM "'5 pnees already it Has experienced as decline, yet not near as .great as it will be heu &e.crop is gatherd-3fot (Aia.) MaiL Vol. XXX. No. 14. Gov. Vance and President Davis. We publish to-day the correspondence between these-functionaries as to the best meant for restratn- ing and controlling public opinion in Forth-Carolina. We should have published it sooner but far the want of Bpace. Early in August last, and as soon as President Davis had learned tha: Gov. Vance and the Stand ard Uttered on the subject of. peace, the former in vited the latter to Richmond. Gov. Vance, went What conversation took place, and what was agreed upon between them, will never be known. Soon after Gov. Vance returned he wrote and addressed a letter to John H. Haughton, Esq., of Chatham, of the most ultra war character, the main object of which was to repress and silence the peace feeling in this State. This letter never saw the light It was submitted to us, and we earnestly advised agains its publication. We fold the Governor that it was not required by any thing our people had dona or omitted to dothat they weretf ae to their co-Confederates, submissive to lawful authority, and were pouring out their blood and treasure like wa ter in the common cause that its publication was not only uncalled for, but that it would produce the impression among our enemies that we were di vided among ourselves, whereas we were not divided on any material point ; but we told him at last that in our opinion he ought not to decide on its pub lication until he submitted it to a friend, one of the wisest and most distinguished Conservatives in the State, and obtained his opinion in relation to it We also told him that, in our opinion, its publication would injure him seriously,- if it did not destroy " him politically with the Conservatives of the State. He adopted our suggestion and submitted the lettei to the distinguished gentleman referred to, and the result teat the letter was not published. But Gov. Vance was no doubt under pledges tc President Davis, and the next thing was his procla mation of September in relation to the peace meet . ings. He seemed to labor under the conviction that a large portion of our people were disloyal that they were concerting plans to resist tho laws or to secede from the government, and that it was his es pecial business to lecture them, and threaten them, and thus control them and sate them from them selves. . A herculean undertaking, truly, for s "young Governor." Meanwhile, though the Slan ard office was mobbed and the peace meetings had pretty much ceased, still the peace feeling was on the increase ; and so about the last of December Gov. Vance addressed to President Davis the letter ve publish to day. What oiAer letters he wrote ii. . M-t 1 1 . 1 . ' J. 1 nis capacity as vurernor, ana wnai prnme kiw ':o wrote to the President, and what private replies, he received, will sever be known. The noticeable feature in Gov. Vance's spsech it. he fact, that he is not so intent on peace as or 'removing the discontent in North-Carolina. That monster, popular power, ' seemed to be con stantly before him. It was in all bis dreams and in all his thoughts. He could not bear that tht people should speak out, especially for peace. In his anxiety and alarm lest the people should make their wishes known, he runs to the President with bis appeal to aid him in the crisis that was upon him, feeling no doubt, as he declared at Wilkes borough, that ' the Aing t name is a tower of strength." The "discontent" in the State is so 1 great that the President must be informed of it, and must do something not for peace, for that was not the " principal matter" but to induce the dear people to be quieH " Though statesmen might regaid this as useless, the people will not" And then he adds, " the effort to obtain peace is the principal matter." You and I know, Mr. President, for we are "statesmen," that all this talk about peace is nonsense, or worse, the evidence of " dis content," ve know, Mr. President, that it is not possible to negotiate, and therefore I have suggest ed neither the "method" nor the "terms," but the people of North-Carolina must be deceived and cajoled, and so the " effort" must be made. That is the " principal matter." And Mr. Davis replies, and such a reply I Gov. Vance pockets the reply and makes no answer, which shows he was pleased with it Mr. Davis agrees with Gov. Vance that North-Carolina is in a very bad way, and he offers to aid him with troops, if it should be necessary to shoot any of our people in order to remove the "dis content" Reason and " conciliation " are regarded by Mr. Davis as out of the question. The " trai tors" must be summarily put down. It may be that these "traitors" are "sound at heart" they are so regarded by some in North-Carolina, the Governor included, but " they ore more than sus pected eluvhere." That is, they are " suspected " in Virginia, whose soil their sons and brothers are defending, and in Soutft-Carolina, the author in a secondary sense of this awful war. They niut be put down, and if necessary they must be shot down. To all of which Gov. Vance makes no reply, thus showing that he agrees with the President We shall dwell more at length on the President's letter hereafter. Another noticeable feature in Gov. Vance's con duct is, that about the time he wrote this letter to Mr. Davis he endorsed tie Johnston County resolu tions, which contained the first proposition lor a Convention made by any public meeting in the State. Facte are stubborn thing3. The Johnston district meeting referred to was held on- the ' 6th January, 1864, and Gov. Vance's letter to Mr. Davis bears date December 80, 1863. The iact that he endorsed the Johnston. Corihty resolutions is posi tively stated by Dr. J. T. Leach, the author of them, H m ulb - Appenaix 10 me iiiie ana Limes oi Uitncan K. McRae." So it appears, and is actually proved that at the1 very time Gov, Vance was writing to Mr. Davis aoout the "discontent" in this State, and urging him toid hhn m putting it down, he was ' .endorsing the Convention movement, which he has rince declared was one of the most dangerous signs of the u discontent" referred lb - - - WiJl his mercenary organs io this City attempt i meet these facts ? ; ' - - The army correspondent of the . Montgomery.Ui vertiser states that a few days since,a soldier cried out to Gen. Johnson, " General don t fallback any further, we are getting mighty tired." "I am not retreating," said thetGenersi, "the enemy is On our flank and rear, and we must face the foe, V " Bully for you," cried the soldier, and the ranks gave their pet General three -cheese, 1 1 CoL Riolev'a Vttnlf aa f!avlrv mAa & raid An Itin Weldon and Wilmington Rail Road Thursday last. r uu wore repuinea at smitp's Miirs, VnslQW county Mfcy a section of Starr's battery jand ,Lt oL Beard's' cayairy. i. . , . .:" : RALEIGH, C. WBDNES We saw an intelligent gentleman yesterday from Buncombe, and be assured us, if there was a HoK den man in that -county he had not heard of him. The gentleman alluded to aid the tones, deserters, and bushwhackers, who were jn the woods, were" all for Holden, but that they would hardly venture to come out to the polls on the day of election. Conservative. ' 1 , ' .' . ... ',' Two years ago Gov. Vanot was assailed by the Destructive papers and leaden Just ait the Conservr atit is now assailing us. They ealled Gov. Vance, then Col Vance, a traitor, a cowat-d, a.Lincolnite, and one of them even went so far as to declare that if he was elected the federal flag would wave over ' Raleigh in six weeks. They also started a report that . Gov. Graham Mr.' Badger, and oarottf were in secret correspondence with Mr. Stanly, the federal Military Governor of North Carolina ; and this report so alarmed. QoL Vance, that he wrote us a letter from Drewry'a.lUuff urging ub to conhra- which ire ient tallttrtirguiis)-by m special messenger at our own expense, to be distributed. Now Gov. Vance turns upon the great body of bis old friends, and joins the Destructive leaders in making the same charges against them which were made against them two years ago.' The Conserv atives, of the State will pay just as much attention to these ohargea now as they did then. . .'. We do not wonder that Mr. Hyman, Gov. Vance's mercenary Editor, has a special spite against old Buncombe. That county voted, against him for Congress in November last, though he had resided in the county several years, and though he had the 'advantage of Gov., Vance's endorsement and support The people of Buncombe Inew him and voted accordingly. - . The ConurvaiiveUbon in vain to show that Gov. Vance is not responsible for calling out the Reserves in this State. If Gov. Vance had performed his duty and protected his State, these Reserves wonld now have been at home subject to his calL , As it is, the boys are called out and placed in camp, and many of the old men of the Eastern Counties are at Goldsborough guarding the Railroad. At least five thousand plows have been stopped by calling out these Reserves, and many a field of wheat will go uncut, and thus he lost' Let the people remember, that our Governor might have prevented this, if he had only shown sufficient forecast and firmness. The country must he defended and the invader must be met, but if our entire male population is ordered to the field, the crops will fail and starvation must follow. A Governor who thinks of nothing but war, and who is vexed when the subject of peace is men tioned in his presence, is not in a proper frame -of mind to see the importance of keeping enough men at home to produce bread and meat Injustice to Ci'gaan's Brigade. Hiadq'ks Cmxgxins's Brioadr.) Cold Harbor, June 5th; 1804. J To the Editors of the Richmond Dispatch: 1 My attention has been called to,. a statement in " your paper, that in tho battle of the 1st inst, "Clingman's brigade gave way for a time." As this statement does great injustice to the gallant and patriotic men under my command, I earnestly re quest you to publish in your next issue this note. My brigade was in line of battle on that occasion, and was heavily attacked along its entire front from right to left. . The enemy advauced not only in line of battle, but on the left also in heavy columns, masked by the line of battle in their front This -attack was repeatedly and signally repulsed with great loss to the enemy in my entire front Near our left, where they came in columns, their dead were much thicker than I have ever seen them on any battle field. Any force advancing in front would have been destroyed as fast as it could come up, for my men were regularly supplied with fresh ammunition, and fought with the utmost coolness, ' courage, and cheerfulness. There was, however, in tho beginning of the en gagement, a brigade from another State than my own, stationed on our left This brigade did give way, and while the contest was going on in our ' front, the enemy, in large force, occupied the ground on our left flank and rear. After we had repelled tho last attack in front, and the men were cheering ' along the line, the 8th regiment, which formed my left, was suddenly attacked on its left flank and ' rear. The woods there being thick, and the smoke dense, the enemy had approached within a few yards ' 1 and opened a heavy fire on the rear of the 8th as 'r well as its left If this regiment had then given way, it might have escaped with much less loss ; ' but, true to its reputation and its past conduct, it, by facing in two directions, attempted to hold its position, and thus lost about two thirds of its num-' bers. The left wing of the Gist,, next to it, suffered " in the same manner heavily, because it continued the fight by facing in two directions. They per severed in this even after the time when, seeing ' that the contest could not be maintained in this mode, I ordered them back, and with the aid of their -officers withdrew the survivors. They were then -formed in line of battle perpendicular to the origr- i nal one, with the 8 1st and 61st regiments, which i had also repelled all the enemy in their front , The bngido was thus under a constant fire from ' the erroUty, rormed tn a new line of battle across the open field. While it was so doing, the 27th Georgia regiment, of Gen. Colquitt's brigade, came - up from our right handsomely, and advanced in line with ua. The' enemy were then, after a short straggle, driven back, and the whole of my origi- j nai nne was reoccupiea, nut tne position of the brigade on my left remained in the possession of the enemy without any attempt ever, being made ' to retake it V I feel confident that no brigade from any State, in this war, or any other war, ever acted better than did mint under such circumstances. It may not be amiss to' state that within the last three weeks it has lost in battle eleven hundred and seventy-three men. -It is a singular fact, too, .. (but one that iB indisputably true,) that in every instance in which it has been engaged, whether at tacking or defending itself, it has decidedly and signally beaten the enemy in its front, and that four-fifths of its losses' have been Sustained solely because its flanks have been. left, unprotected by the troops which should have been there. Tbey have suffered in this way on six different occasions. I will not, however; trust myself further to ..speak of these : things. ; Having been for a full month in the trenches" every night and day, and a part pf the lime without a single staff officer, all the members of my staff present having been shot . down in the late engagements, I have little leisure to write at length. ..As ttus statement is not lone. I earnestly request those editors whose papers have. copied the article above reierred to, to publish this. remembering that; next to his country; the true soldier values the reputation and glory of his own eood actions. n. . r Very respeotfolly, youra, ebi, - T. Lv CLINGMAN, Brig. Gen. ' " Uhifoiw for Gbn. Lbs. A Yankee correspondent f says that a letter was 'found from Gen. Lee at the nouse of a distinguished citizen in the valley by which it appears Gen. Lee lately got a complete uniform (made in .Baltimore) though the Union .fTtOr. -The General says the suit pleases him much ud fits beautifully. ' ' ."' JUNE 15, 186i .-. 'i Let it h mmamhHFMl that thtu WMt imiv ftf Went and statesmanship is the sequel, of not the .logical aeqnence, of the manly, yet modest-efforts of Gov, Vance against the suspension of the Great Writ! Bight Conservative., ' And let it also be remembered that Gov. . Vance's real position in relation to the suspension of habeas eptffiio be found in the following extnot from Mrfikborough speech v . I regret to see the suspension of the writ But in the name of common sense, if we are a law abiding people rf we regard the Sing's name as a tower of strength; does he mean w King " Davis t we, must not make a commotion because a law has bew passed which our jurists announce as within thaJaaita of the Constitution of the country that we have sworn to support We ought to be willing to stand up to our own Constitution and our own Jam,.; . , Xht Conservative says Gen. Robert Toombs has "vindicated." .'Gov. Vance on this subject Very 'hkely. 'GahTToomheis a rampant original seoes aiofiiat, and ia of coarse very nnxtour to see Got. Vance re-elected. Genl Toombs has been posted by the originals of this State, and ho knows that Got. Vance can be safely trusted by the original seces sionists. We have not seen ft stated that Mr. Ste phens has " vindicated n Gov, Vance. -. From the Richmond Dispatch, Jane '8th. " .''" -"-;.?'' War Hews. '' With the exception, of tbe flag of truce sent in by Grant, asking permission to bury bis dead, but little of interest has occurred at the front since our last report - Ihe following official dispatch from General Lee was received at the War Department at a late hour on Monday night: '. Hbasq'bs Armt Northers Va , 1 June 6th, 18648:30 P. M. . J Honorable Secretary of War : . There has been very little skirmishing on the lines to-day. It was discovered early this morning ihat the en emy had withdrawn' from the front of Gen. Early on our left, and from the most of the front of Gen. Anderson on the centre. Respectfully, &a, R. R LEE, General, - There was some skirmishing on the lines 'yester day, but nothing of any importance occurred. Grai.t is evidently too busily engaged in his stragetic movements for a change of position to risk the con sequences of "butting" against our works again just at present A reconnoissance over the York River Railroad yesterday developed the enemy in some force at the lower end of the trestle work over the Chickahomi ny beyond Meadow Station. Tbey have construc ted a mask of bushes to conceal their movements, and whether they are planting a battery on the road, or proceeding on down the Chiukabominy,' is not known. The latest intelligence from the front represents that Grant is still moving towards our right, and the impression still prevails that he is endeavoring to make his way to James river. Allaire at Bottom's Bridge continue quiet, nothing having occurred yesterday save the occasional throw ingot a shell trom either side, which served to keep the men on the lookout There is no news of interest from the Southside. From our own Correspondent. , AHVT Or NOKTHEKN VlltOINIA, ) June 6, 6 o'clock P. M., 1864. t Since my last Cowaiunicatioo nothing of special interest tas occurred in the ngiitaa line. After dusk last evening there was a heavy cannonade, lasting for about an hour, but it amounted io little or nothing. About sundown yesterday evening Lieut Gen. Grant sent a flag of truce bearing a communication for Gen. R. E. Lee, proposing that in the intervals -of battles squads ot unarmed men by merely ex hibiting a white flag should be permitted to come between the lines to bury the dead and care for the wounded. Gen. G., in sending this flag, professed to be actuated alone by motives of humanity. Gen. Lee at once replied, declining it is said to ecccd to a proposition of this character, hut intimating a willingness to entertain, a proposition tor a flag of truce in the regular way. lien, urant, it is proper to mention, averred in sending his communication - that there were dead and wounded of both sides be tween the lines. That there were any Confederate dead unburied or wounded unattended to between the lines Gen. Lee denied. This morning Lieut Gen. Grant sent another flag, saying that he would avail himself of the ar ran cement to send squads of his men between the lines for the purposes indicated. Gen. Lee at once notified Gen. Grant that he had misconstrued his letter. This wound up the correspondence, and so the matter stands. '''" This morning the fact was revealed that the ene my bad fallen back from our left and a part of tha ' centre, in front of Early and a portion of Ander- . son s command, ana moving oy tnetr tett rank still ' to our right, or concentrating their troops on that point Lieut uen. &ariy at once began to awing his columns, and went some two miles, passing over three heavily entrenched lines ot works which . the enemy had left. On lines parallel with the Mechanicsville pike, some nine or tea miles from Richmond, we captured some fifty prisoners, some of whom say Grant has fallen back to the White House to get the protection of his gunboats. - Others think be umoving towards James river, in order to go to the Southside. Besides this nothing of interest has transpired to day. I have it from good authority that our captures of prisoners since tne campbtgn began wui foot no about seven ihotuand five hundred well, besides a number of wounded ones. ; Juki 741 P. M. Early yesterday evenin g moved forward, or rather Bwaoe his lines oa our left around some three or four miles in pursuit of the enemy, who , had left his front until he found .them in force strongly eo trenched On tiie Tottototomy creek, with a deep and impenetrable marsh in their front After skirmish ins with' them a while nothing was left hnu but to . desist in the pursuit Among the prisoners whom, we captured was a Captain of Engineers on Sheri dan s start ; The enemy in tailing nacK left some three or four lines of very heavy works. ' As usual the enemy have inflicted all kinds of wrongs upon the beads of the poor . non-combatants leit tn their lines. Some of the people in the country thus . abandoned; by them were absolutely without one morsel to tat ; whilst their houses had been literally sacked, the bedding being taken by toe Yankee devils to the trenches to sleep oa, and o liter kinds of furniture carried there and wantonly destroyed. To-day our wagons are hauling a large number of hides left by the enemy, and also some kitns say. six or seven hundred stands. . To-oay on our ex -tremeleftau waaouietatSivP. M - Last evening-Grant sent anbther flag of truce to bury the dead. Tbia was granted, and tne time between 7 and 10 P. it set apart for that purpose. -Tiom some cause or other, however. Grant did not get Btice ef the tmcein tiuHtud bin 4ead were -not buried. - This morning nether flag of truce calne ever, bni j am not adved at this writing of . lie purport. . .v - .- . ,,, jTo-day Hktht or nothing his been done,: i Grant isptilL iavforee near Game's Mali, in front of Hill . and Anderson. -That he has aot' gone back to the ...White House. I am almost sore. ' He may be prak-v lug iut wvouutubiue, or no may uiwuu hi Birpugiuaj, bis iiBmaad mag ni& (roups tor- another ana a depeate final effort .11 is said, a I close this, however, that he fe again moving more to our right i - - - ' '-y :. f i. V . .vr n .' . ';.r Staunton,: Va., has recently fallen) into the hands of tha- enemy. This place is in toe valley, - about 1& miles from Richmond, and tho same distance Whole Number 1517; Irom Danville. The Petenburg Express -of Wed nesday has a rumor that Lexington, Va.,1. was threatened by AveriH with his cavalry force. . .. .From Georgia. The Atlanta Confederacy of June 5th has a ru mor that Attoona hills were in possession of .the enemy ; and they were fortifying, and that our. forces bad retired to Big Shanty. The rumor lack confirmation. Occasional skirmishing between tht two armies, but no regular fighting. Forrest wa supposed to be on the north side of the Tennessee of oo vine doing his duty. - . Congress. Richmond. June 7. The Senate was chirfiv o? ' cupied to-day with House bill amending the Ta law. No final action. A resolution requesting the President to inform the Senate if any officers of the Provisional Gov eminent are still discharging the duties of the offi ces to which tbey were originally appointed, was debated and transferred to the secret calendar. The House indefinitely postponed the Senate bill amending the Currency Act and passed the Sen ate bill to compensate ihe habeas corpus Commia-) sienen. They concurred in senate's amendment to the bill increasing the pay of the army. Both Bouses Anally passed the bill increasing the pay ol the ueneral officers of the army. . . Richmond, June a The Senate sustained the President's veto of the ioint resolutions exemntine- Editors. and employees on Magazines and Periodi : - - n" j .... . i ituu uuiuorjr aervice. . jlimo rejecwu a oiu in creasing ordnace officers, returned by President ' ine appropriation bill passed without amend ment - : The House Joint Resolution of thanks to General Taylor, his officers and men, were concurred in. lue tax bill was further considered. House was occupied in the discussion of the Sen ate impressment bill until recess. . Exemption of State Officers, Ac, from Con. scription-Opinioa of the Attorney General. On the 14th December, 1863. the Legislature passed the following Exemption Act : AM ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN OfFlCERS AND KJIPLOTKB8 OF THE STATE FBOK CONSCBrrTION. . Seo. 1. Beit enacted hi the General Assetnbtu of the Slate Of, North Carolina, and it is hereby en acted by the authority of the same, That in ebedi ence to an act of the Congress of the Confedoratt States, passed and approved May the 1st, 1863, in relation to. exempting certain persona necessary at atate omcers in addition to the Stare officer exempted by the act of Congress passed Octorbei 11th, 1862 : the Governor of the State having claim ed and obtained the exemption of the following offi cers necessary to carry on the operations of tht btato government, viz: Ail Justices of the Peac, nose appointments were made previous to Mat 11th, 1863, County Trustees, County Solicitors. Registers, Tax Collectors, one Deputy Sheriff it each county where there is no tax collector, . Coro ners, Constables who entered into bnd previous U the 11th of May, 1863, or their successors in office one Deputy Clerk for each Court requiring it, one iounty commissioner tor each county for distnbu ting money and provisions amongst soldier's fami lies, Agents appointed under an act of Assembly foi any duty, Commissioned Officers of the Militia oi. this State, and Commissioned Officers of the Home Guards, Mayor and Police of Raleigh, Wilmington, Salisbury, Charlotte, Fayetteville and Goldsboro', Counsellors of State, 15oard of Internal Improve ments, and Literary Board, and employees of the State Government in the different departments. bo. a. lie if jurlMir enaeteO, That tne General Assembly doth claim and exempt all the different classes of offlr-era named in section first of this bill. in dbedicsee to- the act-ef Congress approved May 1st, 1863. Sec 3. Be tt further enacted. That thiSSCt-f hall be in force from and after its ratification. Read three times and ratified in General Assem bly, this 14th day of December, A. D., 1863. K. S. DON NELL, S. H. C. GILES MEBANE, S. S. On the 28th ult, the Legislature passed thefol lowing preamble and resolution, re-affirming and eularging the above act: RESOLUTIONS EXEMPTING STATS A5D OTHER OFFICEB8 FBOK CORSCBiroOH. . ; ,. Whereas, The fearless and free discharge of the officers of the State is essential to the preservation of its sovereignty; and, whereas, Congress has no power to conscript state omcers : and as this Gen eral Assembly has already, by an act, declared cer tain omcers and employees of the State exempt:. -Resolved, That this State demands exemption from conscription of all the Civil and Military blffi cers thereof, and also all County Surveyors and Jailors, and all and every class of officers named in "an act to exempt certain officers and employees of the State from conscription," passed by this Gen eral Assembly at its adjourned session in 1863, and ratified the 14th day of December, 1863. . Read three times and ratined in Genera. Assem bly this 28th day of May, A. D., 1864, r - it S. DON NULL, 8. It C. GILES MEBANE, S. 8. V Some doubts having arisen as to the proper con struction of the above sesolution, Gov. Vance asked the opinion of toe Attorney General, who addressed to his Excellency the following : Raleigh, Mat 28th, 1864. His Excellency ; Gov. Vance Sin: lours of this date has been received, Upon an examination of the two acts, I am of opin ion that all Constables legally appointed, whether successors or not, are intended to be exempted by these acts. f urther: i am of opinion that the resolution oi this session is not to be limited by the act of 1863. On the contrary, the resolution claims the exemp tion, of " au civil and military officers;" and, in addi tion surveyors and jailors, and such others as are enumerated tn the act of 1863, such as commi a on era, deputy clerks, &a, 4c . " .. ' . l am yours respectfully, SIGN H. ROGERS, ; . . ' . Attorney General . The Opinions of Mr. Graham aad Mr. Beade. Mr. Graham then spoke of North-Carolinv It anv one sunnosed that anything in the condition of that State bad at any time ealled for the passage of this law suspending naoeas corpus, mat opinion was. in his belief, erroneous. V ben Lincoln, by hia nrockmationl had declared war. She said there was no neutrality for her. ' She threw herself, heart and soul, into the contest and in the manner in which she' had borne herself, in her contriheAioo to the cause in men and means, in the valor of her Hons on everv battle field, she well migot challenge with anv State in the Obnfederacy. " He Tiad learned from the Adjutant General of North Carolina, that that State had contributed to the war ninetv-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty- six men, besides two regiments, the mutter rolls of which bad not been reeeivea. ui tins numoer there were now fifty thonsawl in the HW. When General lieebegtn the tight In the W;ld n-ni-ssjikh. that amir which was tlie admiration t tne waank one-half of , theni were North Groliniare Hp knew not what was the number now, wufiesf hv the dead who were under the sod, and the. wopjded ' in the hospitals:' Extract' from Goo. f2rafiaal rv marts fn Confederal. Senate. - Just now a new clamor' is raiae1... "gainst the State, because the Propriety ot caQwe. Convention is being discussed ; I know nothkj2o that move jnent except what is before the public. Ita enenuea eav it meiina mischief: As. frieada nav it does riot f suppose ita friends oc,ght to. kiiow the best c- But however this may be, let rae ebquire when wu it ever before that a nventfta in North Carolina was ah occasion of alarm. taker friend. Visit that first little Con seoMpQ: in M.eckltnburg, or waa it her last Convecioty when, she uaanimouaiy as- t sumed ; the position : she jriow hold f ' II Pk ' against no party, and for no' party : I apeak for the State,.-1 say-that whether she call a Convention or ; not, or whatever else she may do, will be so marked ' with' jri6priety, that others in time to come, as in ; time past, will evinM their high appreciation of it, , by claiming that she was not die first to do it but that they wen.Bxtr act front Judge Bead f ire- : mam tn vrnmurate Striate. ov; Vance oa ?abtto jjLJGaira. " THAT rELlOW," SB TOWH CLKKK. -1 ' "You know when St Paul went to tho atyof Epheaus and announced . the true . GodV ho raised quite row with Demetrioa and the rest of the artists in the place, who had been accustosaed to make their living by manufacturing shrines for tte Goddess Diana: and they were, about to massacre Saint Pta! for nis interference 'With their profits. At the height of the excitement which was about to break eut into actual hostilities, there appeared among thero a fellow, the town clerk, whose name is not pivwi, and I reyret the omission, for J thini ke ui the tmwriett uninspired man mentioned in Scripture,) who got upon the court house step or 'the stump.' and spoke to the' people." Refract. from Gov. Vanee's WUlesborough Speech .. - CHALEINO. . " Fellow Citizens, LADIES and Gentleken:- I do not know how it is 'possible for me to make myself heard by this large audience, unless I adopt the plan of the one armed soldier who could not hug his sweetheart all the way around, and so was forced to chalk the distftlce he could reach on one side, and then turn and hug as far on the other. (.Laughter.") Extract from Gov. Vance's Wittes borough Speech. JDf JONES. " ' -- "The impression has gone abroad that the man who runs against Holden will be beaten, and that llolden is for peace, and Vanes is opposed to it. Whenever you hear a man say that, look him right in the face and say, 'Jim Jones, Zeb Vance aays you are a liar and a scoundrel !' "Extract from Gov. Vance's Fayetteville Speech. JENKINS. - Do not be deceived by this ado about a Conven tion. ; It reminds me of a fellow named Jenkins and I hope there is no one here named Jenkins (a voice, yes there is.) Well, I do not mean him. Jenkins used to take a drop too much, and when in that unfortunate condition he was afraid of his wife, (and Jenkins was not alone in that custom.) As the story goes, he went home one night, walked very cautiously, but managed to overturn the chairs, Sec, and after divesting himself of his clothing, gut into the bed and turned his face to the wall to pre vent Mrs. Jenkins smelling his breath. She saw it all, and unable to retain her indignation, she said, Jenkins turn over, you can't fool me ; you are drunk clear through. (A laugh and cheers.) So it is with a few who are calling for a Convention. They can't fool me. They desire the State to go out of the Confederacy. Extract from Gov. Vaneds Fay etteville Speech. HO PEACE THIS MX OP PENNSYLVANIA. "Boys, if you want. peace you must go to the heart ef Pennsylvania, and there fight till hell freezes over as hard as a lightwood knof--Woti. Vance's Speech to Cook's Brigade. . WniSKET ANB SUGAR. " Boys, when you whip Grant I will send each of you a bottlo of whiskey, with enough sugar to sweeten it" Gov. Vance to the Soldiers. : " WINDOWS IN HADES. " Boys, you must fight till you fill hell so full of Yankees that their feot will stick.' out of the win dows." Gov. Vanji to the So Idiers. Promotions and Assignments. We learn from the Richmond Enquirer that the following promo tions and assignments have been announced in a special order from the headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia : Major General J. B. Kershaw, permanently to the command of McLaws' Division. . .. . Brigadier General Bryan Grimes, permanently to the command of Daniel's (N. C.) Brigade. Brigadier GeneralJames Conrfff, temporarily to the command -of McGowan's Brigade. . ' Brigadier General Rufus Barnnger, permanently to Gordon's Brigade of Cavalry. Brigadier General John McCausland, permanently to Jenkins' Cavalry Brigade." " Brigadier General Wm. R. Cox, temporarily to Raraseur's Brigade. Brigadier General Tbos. Toon, temporarily to : Johnson's (N. C.) Brigade. Brigadier Genoral Wm. G. Lewis, temporarily to Hoke's bnSSSe, - Brigadier Generat-bUff. temporarily to regrams Brigade. lirigadier General ftebulon zonr? to Hays' and Stafford's Brigade, Major General Jttamseur, temporarily to Kartra Division. -' ' Major General Mahone, temporarily to Anderson a Division. - ..' Lieutenant General R. H. Anderson, temporarily to Longstreet's Corps. Lieutenant General J. ' At Early's temporarily to Ewell's Corps. Tne following are some of the casualties in the 47th N. C. Regiment in the battles of 3d and 8d inst, before Richmond: Lt Peace, Co. G, severely wounded ; Lt Westry, kuled ; Lt tfogera, painfully wounded in arm: Alpheus Kennedy, wounded : and Jamea Cross slightly wounied in eim.'Conserva- live. Captain Robertson Taylor, A. A. General of Mahone's brigade, wnt to the Richmond Enquirer, that he has received a letter from General Long street exonerating that Brigade from the charge that tbey fired the shots wbtca weunaea win. i. and killed Brigadier General Jenkins. , ' - - ' ' . ' ,.i .. . Ttriir. Gen. Alex. Stuart Webb, of the Yankee army, recently killed in Virginia, was a son of Jamea Watson Webb.' He graduated at 'West Point, in the class of 1 855, and commanand a. brigade in Han cock's corps. ... '' DIED, - -.x. Ta Utianitvm tha 7th inst. at 8V o'eloek a. m . Ml. Mabtba a Wsoaoir, in the S&th year of her age, oonsort of Mr. T.J. Weddon, and dattghter of the tote Ualvm tor. dan. She was perfeetly rMigned to aeata, ana is now no. doubt with the redeemed to heaven. 8 be leaves an eflee. tioDSte bosband and threeemaii ebinren.- Of eonsamptioD. after s brief stckoess, aear Sprlnaftsldj . rniiAW eonaty, W..C,on the 82d ot March, ISSW m cai MiLo -AtBHinonALi., sgeu z jem,twi days. ' - COURT OP PLEAS AND QUA.RTJEK iMONS, OP CHATHAM COliRTX-Wesl llarsom , and Lemael M. Hnra, nx n or cenj. uannirQ, mci, , against U riskier Harward and utbers, Ifatecr . in inis etnas i mpijamaw i tu vwur. iw riwi nrnl m rxridnt ht tfia titate ot Tennessee, it is or- , dered-that advertisement b made.in the,Nortb-Carolina ,., Standard for six weeks, notnmg satd Harsrard to appear , at the next term of said Oonrt.-tft be held opoa tne aa. Monday ui Aurust next, then , aiuf there to pleaa,v answer, or demur to said petMoa, or JadgmBai pro nfuo will be? rwdend against kjm.' ... Witness, Bichi J. Cotteo, Jr., Wert oi aua uoarv. this xOthrMsv, Id.-- " mJOT3:CAOL15A, tt CHATHAM COTJIU. i Qaartar Ssasiona, May Term, ' .Xm VJk Court orFleas aad laKA, IvWl C llannrd ni otham t. the uw oi Meerr C C'astleberry and wife Patsy. Twepetitiona, (l)U4J.-.. vide land, ami ()W sell and di viae slaves. - ' ; -. liarringtoth.aHrtttafcUei8tneef aovy. Ban- .. 'Vaberry and wife Ptsy, (ehoee n are nnkiiow,) are non residents (r ibi atate, n . i oraervi ism mwriw Uienr be made in Jh Itorth-Oart!ie Stvudrn tr six. weeks, comiiundios said penows an appeur at tnvnexs term of, Chuthsm.CntMy iVart, t be held npon the M Monday of Aug tut acxw thesi ens) Unro to p!esd; answer ot demur to saiJ petitiiaa ot judgment will be givesT. against aesn,pro C"av ' u ' ' Witness, WchnrAC. Qattfe Jrn Clerk ef esii 3brt,'a ; ' PilUboroogh,lhiaKtKot Mar,. 184. " - WBA1U) O. COTTKN, J; o A , 7 ; May.n,'Wse t;u-.a . ?" s..i On 8AXB-. -v '' 1&ft. axboim Peee fimsaeu'On.' - it ' : ' , 10., rinsUitor, Nntendr jH)rj , . j. 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