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elsewhere
all the news
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reived no to the time of going to
from tue ariuiK. . ,w w
No one outside the lines seems to know so
thiners around Petersburg.
curateiy we
been more man iwu " "
. j Richmond or Petersburg papers.
Za however, that the Road between Weldon and
Petersburg is now open. If this be so, Grant must
hive withdrawn his forces from the Road near Pe
tersburg. He may, however, only have fallen back
.short distance to strengthen his centre, which is
ast of Petersburg. We await with much anxiety
true statement of the condition of things around
Petersburg and Richmond.
Richmond and Danville Road. The Danville
Avpeal states that about fifteen miles of this Road
hve been destroyed by the enemy. Arrangements
hive been made to relay the Road with heavy iron,
which will be taken from the Charlotte and States
Tille Road. The Charlotte Bulletin hopes that by
tie first of August the trains will again be running
through to Richmond.
Guilford County.
We learn that the true Conservative ticket in
Guilford County for the Legislature is as follows:
1
For the Senate. Robert P. Dick, Esq. For the Com
mons, D. F. Caldwell, Esq., CoL Abram Clapp, and
Col A. S. Holton. These gentlemen are all Uon
lervatives "after the straitest sect," and their elec
tion is regarded as certain by a large majority.
Mr. Dick is well known to our readers as a gen
tleman of fine attainments and as a sterling patriot
He was a devoted friend and active supporter of
Jlr. Douglas (or the Presidency, and did every thine
in his power to prevent this awful war. For this
ha was proscribed by the administration at Rich
mond as unworthy to hold office at his hands a
compliment to Mr. Dick as marked as the venom
was bitter which could lead an administration of a
vhole people in the midst of a common war, to at
tempt to punish a citizen for the honest exercise of
his political rights. Mr. Dick was afterwards elect
ed to the State Convention by the people of Guil
ford, in which body he was uniformly found on
the side of Conservatism and popular rights. He
is now the Conservative candidate for the Senate in
Guilford, and we learn from those who are well in
formed as to public sentiment in that County that
his election is certain by a large majority.
Mr. Caldwell has frequently served the people of
Guilford in the House of Commons, and has always
been noted as a public man for his opposition to
arbitrary power, to abuses of every kind in the ad
ministBon of public,.-affairs, and for his devotion
'opularC lij ve of civil liberty, hatred
of tyranny, and respect, for tha opinions of the
great body of the people be of the essence of Con
servatism, as they certainly are, then Mr. Caldwell
'anhgrough embodiment of Conservatism " after
the straitest sect." The State contains no more
honest, candid, or patriotic citizen than David F.
Caldwell.
Messrs. Clapp and Holton are both gentlemen of
intelligence and character, and will make good rep
resentatives. The Conservatives of Guilford may
well be proud of their ticket. We trust they will
work lor it zealously in every neighborhood, so as
to insure its triumph by the largest possible ma
jority.
The Weather. The weather in this locality has
been very dry for several weeks. The gardens are
suffering for rain, and many vegetablesyill be cut
off. We learn, however, that the corn is not yet
suffering seriously. It is striking its'QSots deep in
the earth, and going less to stalk, thus ensuring
good full ears if it should please Providence to send
His rain in due season. The weather has been fine
for saving the wheat and oats, the crops of which,
we learn, are generally good. ,vVe hope our people
will btar their trials and sufferings ' with as much
fortitude as possible, and that those who are blessed
with something to spare will not forget the families
oj the soldiers.
The Conservative, one of Gov. Vance's bought up
organs, claims that certain prominent gentlemen are
ror uov. Vance, and then adds, if they "are satis-
nea with his Conservatism, no other man hat a
right to complain of it." This is high ground.
We mean no disrespect to the gentlemen referred
w DT lne Conservative, when we say that other
people have as good a right to their opinions as
wey have to theirs. But this hectoring, overbear
ing conduct is characteristic of the Destructive
leaders. They are the most intolerant of living
men. If the people wni not think and talk as they
so they call them traitors ; and if the people will not
Tot. as they do, they are told they have no right to
COmplMD by consequence, no right to vote.
Ata meeting of the members of the North-Caro-una
Mutual Life Insurance Company, held in this
wtyonthe 4th instant, the Mowing gentlemen
ibS Directors for the year ending May 1st,
"65 : Charles E. Johnson, M. D., W. H. McKec,
; and Messrs. Albert Johnson, Quentin Busbce,
Jverard Hall, H. W. Husted, W. S. Mason. W. II.
T ' P- Ba"le, J. G. Williams, C. B. Root, P
fescud, and R. H. Battle. At a meeting of the
rctoraheld after the adjournment .11 the eld
omcen wre re-elected.
Lino:
IR AMD Gsevnt CT tif h nl. ...... .
IDnUncingtOKlav that Toward PatriMr rt..
pected Senator from Lenoir and Greene, is a can
u"te 'or re-elect! U- t..:j. s. . .
trn P WHA 19 tneu 1DU
Conservative, and has made a faithful and uae-
W SntOT. We a,
we tat resent tnmoner from Greene, but
Coniervlt fBdktata- M'- & ! true
reiw .e nd has acauitted ttimaolf wll
butmtu oy urge majorities.
Vol. XXX. No. 18.
The Holdeniteg are working with might and main,
ucrelly, and we very much fear that in some strong
Vance counties they will take advantage of our nu
merous candidates and slip in a " Pharisee tor
the Legislature by a plurality vote. L,ot all men
who desire to avoid civil war and bloodshed in our
State beware of this, and look well to the Legisla
ture as well as the Governor. Conservative.
The "strong Vance Counties" above referred to
are original secession or Destructive Counties, for
it is nutorious that Gov. Vance has but little
strength in the Conservative Counties. The Con-
urtative is, therefore, appealing to the people to
elect Destructives to the Legislature. The cloven
foot will show itself in spite of every effort to con
ceal it.
We deny that our friends are working secretly.
In many instances, it is true, prudence enjoins that
they should be less outspoken than the pets and
favorites of Got. Vance and President Davis, for it
is well known that both these functionaries and.
their dependents are constantly and systematically
persecuting and oppressing the true Conservatives.
We have proof that enrolling officers and County
Boards for making details have been governed in
many instances by political -feeling, and have fa
vored the friends of Gov. Vance and the adminis
tration at Richmond, while they have been harsh
and hard towards the true Conservatives, and have
put them in service merely on account of their
opinions. Xbis tact is known ana can oe proved in
every neighborhood in the State. In addition to
this, government detectives are sticking their vile
faces into every hole and corner, eavesdropping,
marking the true Conservatives as disloyal, and re
porting them as such to the authorities at Rich
mond and Raleigh. It is, therefore, natural that
our friends should be prudent and cautious, but they
have co secrets which they desire to conceal They
are prudent and cautious because detectives are
after them, and because their liberties as freebon
American citizens have been to a great extent cut
off. They are calm because they are confident
They know the tale which the ballot box will tell
on the 4th of next month ; and they will be there
from nine o'clock until sunset, voting and working,
and making one last earnest and determined effort
for peace and liberty. The Destructives and Stall
federates, with Gov. Vance at their head, may har
angue and print, but the minds of the people will
not be changed, They will neither be persuaded nor
driven from their principles. If they are threaten
ed with punishment for voting as they please, they
know that threats generally proceed from cowards
that "barking dogs never bite," and will still vote
as they please. If force should be used to prevent
them from voting as they please, they will meet
force with force. If insulted publicly by the charge
that they are not true to their country, though
they are peaceable and law-abiding men, and averse
to personal difficulties, yet they will be apt to chas
tise on the Bpot any insolent Destructive or detec
tive who may make the charge Three-fourths of
the fighting men in Virginia from this State are
Conservatives. Their fathers and brothers at horn e
will not submit to insult They are truer to the
country than the swarms of officials who are ty
Tanizing over the people and eating out their sub
stance truer than those cowardly secessionists and
their associates, the Vance Destructives, who are
avoiding military service by pressing themselves
into every shade office they can hear of; and truer
than those SDeculatine. noisv. and grasping De
structives who avail themselves of details and ex
emptions granted on political grounds, to remain at
home and grow rich at the expense oMheir neigh
bors. It is enough that these characters, in con
junction with the Northern abolitionists, have in
volved us in this awful war. They cannot be per
mitted, after having done that, to add insult to ruin
by telling Conservatives to their faces thrt they are
not true to their country.
But it seems if Gov. Vance is not re elected we
are to have " civil war and bloodshed ! " The Con
eenativt says so in the above extract If Gov.
Vance wins in this race, all right ; but if he loses,
the people are threatened with " war and blood.
shed." The people, then, are not free. Tbey mutt
vote for Vance or involve themselves in another
war. That is the argument Now who will cause
this wart .7 Not the Conservatives, for they expect
quieuy to eieci ineir cauuiuaie, anu quietly to in
augurate him as Governor; and they expect to
eleet a majority of the Legislature in the same way,
They will' shed no blood except in self-defence
they are peace men. What then ? Who is to bring
on this war among our own people ? We know
that Mr. Davis, in his letter of January 8, 1864,
promised troops to Gov. Vance to shoot down our
people on account of their political opinions, if such
shooting down should, in the opinion of Gov. Vance,
become necessary ; andVe'know that Gov. Vance,
in not replying to that letter, substantially accepted
this offer of troops. But that was a Confederate,
and this is a State business. Who it to legin (hit
tear in our midtt t who it to require the ilqfd of
our people to be thed, if they thould not tee proper
to re eleet Oov. Vance T
But there is no danger of bloodshed. These
threats are as desperate as they are empty. 1 Let the
people vote as they please, and leve consequences
to Providence. If their decision should be against
the Destructives, as we have no doubt it will, there
will at once be a great calm the Destructives will
submit and retire, for those of them who will not
fight the Yankees will not fight our own people ;
and we shall have a more honest administration of
public affairs, more liberty, and better prospects of
peace.
Qualifications or an Editor. An English wri
ter says : " A good editor a competent newspaper
conductor is like a general or a poet ; born, not
made. Exercise andjexpreience give facility, but
the qualification is innate, or it is never manifested.
Un the London daily papers, all the great histori
ans, novelists, poeta, essayists and the writers of
travelsiliave been tried, and nearly every one has
failed.'' "I "tan," said the late editor of the Lon
d m " Times," " find very seldom a man of com
mon sense." Nearly all successful editors have
been of this description. A good editor seldom
writes much for his paper he reads, judges, se
lects, dictates, altera and to do all this well he has
but little time for composiion. To write for a pa
per is one thing to edit it another.
Atlantic and N. 0. Railroad. Messrs. J. D.
Whitford, George Green, J. H. Bryan and J. 0.
Washington were elected Directors of the Atlantic
and N. C. Railroad, at the annual meeting in Golds
boroug!. Mr. Whitford was re elected President, and Mr,
Juaiisei Secretary and Treasurer.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNES
A Word or C actio. It ig clear that the object
of Gov. Vance and his Destructive supporters is to
escape an exposure of their conduct by patting the
Conservatives on the defensive. Hence the thou
sand and one false charges and sensation stories in
the Confederate and Conurtatite. Hence the false
hoods started' privately by detectives and others
against prominent Conservatives. Our advice is to
pay no attention to these stories except to brand
them as false. They proceed from the same De
structive source, which, two years ago, filled cer
tain newspapers and the months of certain men
with all kinds of false charges against Got. Vance.
At a general rule it is not safe to rely on any politi
cal statement which a Destructive may make. In
every instance demand the proof, and if that is not
produced brand the charge as untrue.
Charge home on the Destructives. Keep them
where you have them, on the ,defentite. That is
their true position. Next to the abolitionists of the
North they are the worst enemies our people ever
had ; and those who act with them, or so speak, or
promise, or do as to secure their votes, are no bet
ter than they are nay, they are worse, for such
persons are traitors to Conservative principles. It
is bad enough to be a Destructive, but it is worse
first to be a traitor to Conservative principles, and
then a Destructive. These Destructives, with Got.
Vance, and D. IL McRae, and others at their head,
ai e no w on trial. Press home the testimony against
them and compel them to defend themselves, or at
least to attempt a defence. The innocent and up
rightthose who wish well to the country, and
who would adopt the best means to save the coun
try in this crisis, are not expected to act on the de
fensive, but are rather to be commended for their
good intentions and conduct
Migiitt Orators aicd Ignorant Pioplk. It
seems to be the opinion of some of our public men
that they can change the minds of the people, and
induce them to vote for them, by harangues from
the stump. But little waa ever made, even in ordi
nary times, by stump speeches ; but at a time like
this, when every thing is at stake, and when the
minds of the people are already made up, harangues
from the stump and button holing in private effect
nothing. The people are not as ignorant as some
of the Destructive candidates suppose. Got. Vance
was going to carry the soldiers and the people like
a storm by his harangues, but instead of gaining
he has lost by the operation. His speeches in the
army lost him thousands of votes, and his speeches
at home are doing him no good. Let this mighty
orator go on, and let the less mighty orators follow
his example. They compliment the people by as
suming that they can convince them that they are
in error. We will very cheerfully abide the result f
of this comnumeut The people will bear them l
and then vote against them. " Hear, but strike," j
is the old expression ; hear, and strike, is the new
one.
The Red String Party
S TVa Iva eukatlivasl nvrrana t dak sfU l? mnA
A. U V t W V PUVOIUIHVM VI a"U WWV Wf wv wmM
Contervatite, are still greatly excited about the red
string party. They affect to see in it "gorgoni,
hydras, and chimeras dire." They are afraid the
count.y will be secretly delivered up to Lincoln,
and that their property and their precious persons
will not be protected by the red string if the ene
my should come. We know, nothing about this
red string party, or any other secret political party.
If such a party exists, we do not know y What
is it to us if does exist f " What is Hecoba to us,
or we to Hecuba t" But one thing we do know, and
that is, if the wit of man has devised a worse party
than the Destructive party with Gov. Vance and
D. IL McRae at its head, the wit of man is more
viciously prolific now than at any former period in
history.
But do these journals ever reflect that if what
they ssy on this subject be true, they are giving
aid and comfort to the enemy t If it bo true that
many of our people are banded together in a secret
organization to deliver the State into the hands of
the enemy, would it not be best to conceal the fact
from the enemy, and go to work quietly and firmly
to remove the evil and save th e State T But if it
be false, what mutt be thought of politicians who
. would deliberately make such statements about a
portion of our own people, simply to, influence the
elections ? Tell the Tankaes we are divided tell
them any thing, if by so doing we can get votes 1
Such seems to be the rule by which the Destruc
tive leaders are governed.
It is even stated in the Destructive journals that
a large portion of Gen. Lee's army belongs to this
secret association. If this statement be true, and
if the association be treasonable in its character,
then it is charged by these journals that a large
portion of Gen. Lee's army are untrue to the Con
federacy. If such an association exists, and if the
soldiers belong to it, it cannot bo treasonable in its
character, as charged by these journals, for no sol
dier would attach himself to any organization cal
culated to give aid to the very enemy he is fighting.
Our readers will remember that charges equally
false and ridiculous were made by the Destructives
two years ago against Gov. Vance and the Conser
vative party. Gov. Vance himself was called a
Lincolnite and a traitor, and it was asserted that
Mr. Graham, Mr. Badger, and. the Editor of the
Standard were engaged in a secret treasonable cor
respondence with Mr. Stanly, Lincoln's! military
Governor. But the people turned a deaf ear then,
as they will now, to all such slang. They are not
to be diverted from the true issues, or induced to
change their votes by this trash and nonsense about
secret political organizations." " Old birds are not
to be caught with chafl."
We repeat, our opponents belong to the red
string parly. The tortuous' string which guides
them is steeped in blood, and leads through ruined
homesteads, desolated fieldslnd blazing cities.
CoL McRae and bis Destructive friends who live on
the two governments, and grow rich while the peo
ple become poorer, follow this string at a safe dis
tance, bqt tbey pull it till it it crimsoned with the
blood of others. They are the red string party.
' Ahothrr Tort Raid. A band of Tennessee To
ries, numbering 50, made a descent on Ostalooche,
in Haywood county, on Sunday night last ' They
captured and carried off Young Bennett, Esq., and
his son, and Mr. Levi Caldwell and his son, all re
spectable citizens. They also carried off quite a
number of horses. Henry's scouts, at last accounts,
ware on their trail, and woe bo to the rascals if they
overtake them. -4Aetts New. J "
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DATT, JULY 13, 1864.
The Stallftderato System.
W promised in our last to make a full expo
sore of this corrupt and corrupting system, but we
find it so thoroughly exposed by our friend of the
Progrett that we adopt his articles in lieu of any
remarks for the present of our own. We give
elsewhere to-day an article from the Progrett on
the subject, and the following is from that paper
of Thursday : . ;
Foraoi. The stall-federate corruptions which
existed under the former administration was one of
the leading issues in the canvass two years ago,
and here in Wake and in facf throughout the State
the whole subject was freely and thoroughly dis
cussed,, and not a Conservative candidate was to
be found) who did not denounce it in unmeasured
terms ; but now, Got. Vance having gone over to
the Destructives and secessionists, we find gentle
men wn profess to be Conservatives, not only de
fending the system but actually- the recipients of
the benjgtao-Sowing .from this outrage upon the
honest masses. The candidates that have been put
forward by the Destructives in this county, voted
against the system and denounced it then, but now
tbey are supporting a candidate for Governor, who
has allowed it to be increased ten-fold. The peo
ple of Wake voted against stall-federates and their
corruptions then, ana they will do the same thing
now.
Diligent efforts have been made to arrive at the
quantity of forage these shade Colonels, Majors,
Captains and Lieutenants are permitted to draw,
but all the subordinates positively refuse to give
such information, acting no doubt under the or
ders of Governor Vance, for he well knows that if
the people could be placed in possession of the real
facts, as regards these stall-federate privileges,
which are enjoyed by himself, staff and all the at
taches and attendants, thousands who now cling to
him would desert him and vote for Mr. Holdrn.
The keepers of the State crib refuse all informa
tion, but the following statement we think will
about cover the "forage" drawn by each officer with
the rank of Major, per month, leaving out forage
for one horse, wnicn.be is allowed to draw uudr
the present corrupt system of uov. Vance:
80 lbs. bacon,
value,
$180,00
ly bushels meal,
7 lbs sugar,
7 lbs rice,
1 lb candles,
CO lbs flour,
60,00
70,00
14,10
6,00
60,00
u
w
u
$3U0,00
Now add the forage for one horse to this, and
then the salary, $150 we believe, and you have the
round sum of a Major's monthly pay, under Gov
ernor Vance's stall-federate system ; and we want
Conservatives to remember that the feoplk have to
pay all these bills. Just think of the fact that
teventy dollar! has to be wrested from the hard
working masses to buy sugar to sweeten the coffee
of each Major that the Governor has around him,
for each month. The Buffering tax payer, in most
instances, gets neither sugar or coffee, and yet he
must buy both for the "shade" favorites of Gov.
Vance. The pay of a Colonel is much larger, as
he is entitled to draw for three horses instead of
one. Tne Aids oi uovernor Vance must realize
not less than ten to tuenty thousand a year!
Think of it tax Davers. and remember when vou go
to the polls that as Mr. Holden urged reform in these
abuses, two years ago, so he urges it now, and if
elected will clean cut the whole pack of favorites
and save millions to the State. If there are any
little inaccuracies in our statement we have only to
say it might have been correct, had not the public
officers whose business it is to furnish such in
formation when applied for in a respectful manner,
refused to do so,
It is ridiculous for Gov. Vance or his friends to
attempt to throw the responsibility of all this ex
travagance, reckless corruption, and waste of the
people's money upon the Convention or Legislature,
for the whole matter is with the Executive, and he
can continue it or stop it at pleasure.
Now we say to the people of North Carolina that
if this thing of issuing forage was wrong under
Governors Ellis and Clark, it is wrong now, and as
it is their forage that is issued, and as they must
sooner or later, by their own labor, foot the bills,
it is their privilege as it is a sacred duty to put
Stop to these corruptions by voting against the man
who is responsible for it That tnau is Zebulon B.
Vance.
In connection with this subject we invite atten
tion to the following act of the Confederate Con
gress: An act to allow commissioned c racers of the army
rations and the privilege of purchasing clothing
from the Quartermaster's Department
The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer
ica do enact, That from and' after the passage of
this act, all commissioned officers of the armies,
whilst on duty in the field, or in the naval service,
whilst afloat, of the Confederate States, shall be en
titled to one ration in kind each, in quantity and
quality, the same as are now allowed by law to
privates, and shall draw and receive the aame un
der such regulations as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of War. -.
Sec. 3. That all com missioned officers of the ar
mies of the Confederate States shall be allowed to
purchase clothing and cloth for clothing, from any
quartermaster, at the price which it cost the Gov
ernment, all expenses included: Provided, That
no quartermaster shall be allowed to sell to any
officer any clothing or cloth for clothing, which it
would be proper to issue to privates, until all pri
vates entitled to receive the same shall have been
first supplied ; Provided, That every officer offering
to purchase shall give his certificate, on honor,
that the articles are necessary for his own person
al comfort and use, and in no case shall moro than
one suit per annum be allowed to be purchased by
any officer ; Provided, That no law or army reg
ulation shall hereafter be construed to allow an of
ficer to purchase or draw from subsistence stores,
more than one ration a day, or for less price than
the cost thereof, including transportation:
Sec. 3. That no officer under the rank of Briga
dier General shall hereafter be entitled to forage,
or commutation for forage, for more than one horse,
except when on service in the field.
Approved February 17, 1864
. Suprxhb Court. Opinions have been filed as
follows : '
By Pearson, 0. J. In Haskill w Freeman, in
equity, from Stanly, decree for plaintiff, and direct
ing an account In Sloan vt Mendenhall, in equity,
from Guilford, decree for plaintiffs and reference.
In Edwards tt Parks, in equity, from Ashe, dis
missing the bilL In Peeler w Barringer,, in equi
ty, from Rowan, declaring that there is error in
the order. ' -j
By Battlr, J. In Walton, Gatlin (haltat
corpus) j udgment reversed, and judgment here for
the enrolling officer. In Haden w Bradshaw, from
Rowan, judgment reversed and venire du novo. In
Carson and others, ex parte, from McDowell ; le
gacies to deceased daughters elapsed. In Carson
vt Carson, in equity, from McDowell, children of
second marriage excluded from the trust
By Maklt, J. In Turner tt Kittrell, in equity,
from Granville, decree affirmed. In Whitaker vt
Brown, in equity, from Buncombe, decree for plain
tiffs. In Baker m Harris, from Rowan, judgment
reversed. In Cline Latimore, from Cleaveland,
judgment affirmed. "S. .
. The Georgia lines are about the' same, wo sup
pose, nothing being received from there since our
last issue. Gen. Johnston has fallen back from Ma
rietta but to what point we are not postively assure
but we think to Vining's, about ton wiles from Atlanta.
Whole Number 152L
The Latest News.,
The following official dispatch says the Richmond
Whig of the 4th July, (receive! at Greensborough.)
was received at the War Department on the 1st :
Hkadqdartirs. 1st J ul v. J9bn. Secretary of War :
Gen. Beauregard reDorts a' feeble demonstration
made by the enemy on a portion of Gen. Johnson's
litia aKA.it K . l J TT l I
nue aoout 6 p. m. yesterday. His skirmishers, sup-
ported by two lines, drove in our skirmishers, which
waa re esiaoimnea at aarK.
In the various conflicts with the enemy's oaTalrv
in their late expedition against the Railroads, bo
sides those killed, wounded and left on the field,
one thousand prisoners, 13 pieces of artillery, 80
wagons ana norses, ordnance stores and several
hundred negroes, were captured on their rone.
loigneu; tt.JC.Aib.lS, UeneraJ.
Nothing doing on the 2d at Petersburg but shell
ing by the enemy. Heavy reports of cannon were
heard on the 4th. This is all tha news we have
from the army in Virginia. - ; " .- - . -
The latest report is- that the' women and children
have been removed from Petersburg, and that Grant
has been shelling the place furiously for several
days past
From Georgia.
A desperate conflict took place on the 27th June
near Marietta, between the forces of Sherman and
Johnston. Gen. Johnston in a dispatch says : "The
enemy advanced upon our whole line to-day. They
assaulted French, Cheatham, Cleburne, Stevenson,
and Quarlos, by whom they were repulsed. On
the west of the line the skirmishing was severe.
Their loss is supposed to be great ; ours is known
to be small." We have no particulars of the bat-
U.
On the night of the 2d July, m order to counter
act a flank movement in force by the enemy on our
left, our troops commenced to withdraw from the
neighborhood of Marietta towards Atlanta. The
movement was conducted successfully. The enemy
was feeling for Gen. Johnston's new position on
the 4tb.
The Hendersonville Times, in its report of Go
Vance's speech at that place, says the Governor
said " the report that he had ordered all children
under 12 yeara of age to be killed, was an "infa
mous lie," as was the report that he was in favor of
feeding them on grass, and working the women in
the cornfield ; that Holden wanted to be Governor,
and resorted to these low measures to ride in npon
the downfall of Gov. Vance."
Our readers know that we have made no such
charges against Gov. Vance.
A reliable friend writes us that Gov. Vance, in his
speech at Rutherfordton, called us " an infernal
flat-footed liar." Even if we thought it right un
der the circumstances to canvass the State, it would
not be possible for us to do so with such a person
as Gov. Vance. If we were to meet him on the
stump we should expect to be treated with respect,
and would treat him the aame way, provided his
manner and language would allow us ; but language
like the above would of course be followed by a
bl and the people would be mortified by personal
rer.:)ntres between candidates for the highest office
ii v State. No decent gentleman can canvass
vrtb Gov. Vance.
For the Staniars.
Mr. Editor : As I have seen so much in the
Confederate recently, applauding Gov. Vance and
viilifying W. W. Holden, I have concluded, although
a wounded soldier, to say a few words if it will not
be out of place. I have been wounded several
months and have been at horn on furlough during
that time. 1 have also been in different portions of
the State, and I am glad to be able to ear that Gov.
Vance is losing groand fast Ilia great fuss of j
spe.i. mg and saying so much has set the people at
vmr-.oe with him. He is saying too much. We
wuu action, and not words. We have had too
much of such speaking before the war commenced
for our good, and now when the enemy are bombing
at the gates of the Capital of the Confederacy, we
think Gov. Vance could be better employed than j
he is, canvassing the State and haranguing the peo- j
plo for their voles. But 1 am very well satisfied
myself for I think theie is no danger of his being '
eivcted. If there waa but one other man in the
Confederacy to oppose Gov. Vance I would vote for
bis competitor, for I think there are but few men
in the State who would not do as much for the peo
ple as Gov. Vance has done or is likely to do if be
is elected a second time.
I would say to the Editors of the Confederate
and the Conservative that the people had much
rather see the casualties of the regiments to which
their friends belong, than to see so much nonsense
about Gov. Vance and W. W. .Holden.' But I sup
pose they think they can humbug the people out
of their votes, but I can inform them that they
are very much mistaken. We will see the first
Thursday in August who is right and who is not
- WOUNDED SOLDIER,
Co. K, 18th N. 0. T.
Kittrells, July 4th," 1864,
Extract from a letter to tho Editor, written by a
member of the 5th Cavalry, a gentleman of high
character for intelligence and truth :
Your numerous friends in this regiment know
ins; that I am personally acquainted with you,
desire that I should write to you to inform you of
the true sentiments of this command. There have
been certain letters published in the " Confederate"
.nd other newspapers stating ,. that Ynce would
carry the soldiers vote in the coming Guberna
torial election by a large majority. Perinjt me to
aav, Sir, that all such statements are untrritf lVo
thirds of this brigade, (Barringer's) will vote for
you ; and I believe all wcfald, were they not afraid
of being called reconstruction's. Every man in
my company except five or six will vote for you. I
have also conversed with the soldiers in several
infantry regiments, and nearly every one seems to
bo for Holden. Tbese letters published in the Con
federate are intended to mislead the citizens, who
will be guided to some extent by the soldiers' vote.
Your election I think, Mr. Holden, is sure. Tbo
soldiers will not fail to support the public man
who has studied their interests, and that of their,
families.
We have the utmost confidence in you, Mr. Hol
den, and believe you to be the only ouUpoln
friend of the South in the Confederacy.
We are anxious that you should guide tho ship
of State, knowing that all will be well.
We ill elect you Sir, and feel sure that you will
continue to study the interests of the soldiers, and
make every proper effort to secure peace."
Gen. Grant's Tactics An old officer of the Uni
ted State army, who spent two years in Oregon in
the same regiment of dragoon with the then Lieut
U. S. Grant, once told us that he was the most reck
less man in the service ; was famous for spurring
his horse over chasm in the ground, making him
le- over the immense fallen trees of the forrest,
arr; in energies, in anything wherein there was
dr.ger of hu geufrf bis neck, broken.. He ws
well knarnin h'regiinenta..noffijer.who had
litt sympathy wj his men in tV hardships. -
C- Ut has fully sitttaiaed this character , the cnoa
maud of Urgo arnjiej, In all his operation rgj
I Ihe Mississippi, he took no account in ' planning an
i i attack of how many men he would lose. - The
iuy question with him was, could bo wm a note- -y.
Macon Confederate.
Meal for Hate. .
Got. Vance having played bis last card in the
Tnatter of cotton cards, the Ad- Vante having gone
to Europe possibly never to return, other dosper-"
fate expedients are being resorted to for the pur- ,
pose of reviving his sinking fortunes. Il is wall
known that for three, four or five months post,
many of the counties of the Bute have not- boon '
able to issue meat to the destitute families of sol
diers, and these poor women and children Who
have given up their natural protectors to fight for
that liberty which oligarchs are trying to take from
them,' have been subsisting on bread alone, and
in some instances but a scant supply of that
County Commissioners have canvaased the State
and oven sent agents into other Slate, and yet no
meat could be had ; and the poor have suffered
and endured, while the Stall-federate establish
ment and their negroes and horses have been Surinr
aun'Ptoousiy every nay. am tne election is near
. "na ,ntt lne governor, conscious that the sol-
diers, their wives and the masses of the people aro
againsi mm, conceives a mcicy tnougnt there aro
no cards to distribute and'sometbing must be done
and he throws open the State smoke house and
advertises meat I Hear it all ye suffering' poor,
from the seaboard to the mountains. Got. VauM
has meat to sell you at government prices tho
same that is dealt out to Stall federate favor
itesand come at once or send and get your ra
tions. For tho advertisement wo refer you to all
the papers.
In the absence of tho Governor the destitute
will call on Colonel George Little, chief of staff,
who, as he draws largely for his own establish
ment, is suppose! to know all about the stock on
hand. These sleek, "greasy" staff officers and
other favorites and attendants of the State es-.
tablishment have been drawing rations all tho -time,
though thousands of soldiers' families have
been reduced to bread and water, and in one
instance we heard of a family in the mountains
that lived for two weeks on boiled " collards,"
not having meat, grease or bread. The Governor
has known of these things all along, that women
and children were suffering and starving, and
yet never a word was said about meat until
just before the election. Is it possible that Gov.
Vance expects to accomplish by a little bacon
what he has failed to do by bluster and threats f
Does he suppose that all men are alike selfish
with himself r We tell him that the soldiers, their
wives and even their little children aro against
him, and the issuing of a little bacon will not
change them. Progress.
' For the Standard.
To Vote for Holden, Is to be sent to tho Army t
. Caldwell Co., N. C, Jane 1864.
Editor Standard: Dear Sir : Will yon permit
me to inform our Conservative frieods through tho
columns of your paper, of the plm that the info
famous Destruetwt leaden in Western North-Car
olina have fallen upon to frighten the people and
prevent them from voting for the men of their
choice in August next I spent a few days in some
of the Western counties and conversed with a great
many citizens with regard to the election, ia I
was informed that ucA men as and
are assuring the people that at the election each
ticket is to be examined,and that every man w ho votes
for Holden or any other man who pledges himself to
rote for Holden, will immediately be arrested for
disloyalty hand-cuffed and sent to the aimy. They
say these are positive orders from the authorities at
Richmond. Will Oov. Vance assure the people
that tho above is a willful falsehood and that no
such orders exist? and will he be so kind as to
assure the people thst on the day of the election
every man has a Tight to vote for whom he pleases ?
or will he let it pass by unnoticed by bim, with
the hope that it will only cause him to get mora
votes and Holden less? There is another man
whose name is in the upper edge
of Burke, and who issues government -rations to
soldiers' families. He tells the soldier's wives that if
they don't writeor get bim to write to their husbands
to vote for Vance, tbey shall have no more corn, Ac.
A CONSERVATIVE AFTSB TDK STRAITEST SkCT.
Grskkal Lib. A gentleman of our acquaintance,
who belongs to an ambulance corps, upon visiting
a room in whici there were seven or eight wound!
patients, was struck with the gaiety of a soldier who
had just bad a leg amputated. Upon his express,
ing his surprise aid pleasure at the cheerfulness
with which he bore hi misfortune, the patient said
he did not seek to conceal from himtelf tho serious
Dature of the low which he had sustained, but that
there was one apprehension which weighed much
more heavily on his mind than any with regtrd to
the consequences of his misfortune, and from which
... . ,il
U ne couiu oe reueveu ue ieii mat ne snouui d
quite happy. When questioned as to the nature of
the apprehension to which he alluded, he said it
was that some accident might happen to Gen. Lee.
Instantly, all the other wounded men chimed
in, each one declaring that anything which had al
ready happened, or could hereafter happen, to him
self was not worth thinking of in comparison with
. the fear of what might happen to the Commander
of the army, and they all declared that the sent..
ment was universal among the troops.
We very m-ich fear that the m idesiy of General
Lee induces him to underrate bis own importance;
and yet we think the sublime incident of the 12th
of May, when he was desirous to lead a division in
to action, and was forcibly prevented, ought to
have opened bis eyes. He is at this moment " tho
foremost man of all the world," and his life is
more precious than the life of any other individual
whatever. It was thought a high proof of the es
timate in which the courage of Napoleon was held
- by his men, that he should have felt himself so se
cure of his position as to promise them tha evening
before Austerlitz, that in tha battle of the morrow
he would keep out of danger. There can be no
doubt that they fought all the better for the assu
rance, and there can be jut as little doubt that the,,
army of Northern Virginia would, could tbey al
ways be assured that their leader was out of dan
ger. And Gen. Lee owes it to himself, to the cause,
to the unbounded affection of his countrymen and
countrywomen, to the love, passing the love of man
! for woman and parent for child, entertained for him
' by the rough and stern warrior! whom be leads, to
gratify them in this sole request that he will take
care of his own safety, and not expose himself to
danger where he can possibly avoid it Richmond
. IH.IU. ' T-
' A Tradition. There is a charming tradjtioq
connected with the site on which the temple, of
Solomon was created. It is said to have been oe
. cupied ia common by two brothers, one of. whom
. had a family, the other had none. On this spot
there was sown a field of wheat On the evening'
succeeding the harvest, tho wheat having been
gathered in sepearate shocks tho older brother said
to bis wife:
- "My younger brother is unable to bear the bur
den and beat of the day; I will arise, take of my
shocks and place with bis without his knowledge.'
The younger brother being actuated by the samo
benevolent motives, said within himself .-.
" My elder brother bos a family but I have none ;
I will contribute to their support;! will arise, take)
of my shocks and place with his viUsoat sws
knowledge."
Judge of their mutual astonUhmtit, when on
the following morning tuej found their respective
shocks undiuiinb-hed. This, course of events
transpired for several nighty when each resolved
in his mind to stand guaidani solve tho Mystery.
They did so ; when on tho following night they met
each other half way between their respootrro shocks
with their arms fulL Upon ground hallowed with
. - .: . il... .1.. T). r SaIuu.
area ted no spacioos and magnificent, tho wonder
and admiration of the world. Atast in these day a.
how many would sooner steal their brother's wholo
shock than to add to it one single sheaf.; '-.
May. Rsmmeo. We loirn from th Souther
CUsua th.it the Piedmont road h resu.ned carry
ing the mail from Greeusboro' to Danville, tbftmail
tMMLAnivinv at Ureensboro' at 11 o'clock, ti ni.
and, leaving at three p. n. . . . .' ..
' Col Jj. U. Ketnercutt, late in comman-iT of bs)
. 66th regiment, 2T.. C. T., M. fjvort timo sgei' is
Oxo hoslljtJttDanTllle, .';'