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THE WILLIAM W.. HOLDEN, BDITOK AND FR0FB1ST0B. ' . TERMS OF THE STANDARD. The terms of the Standard are as lollowi: . Semi-Weekly, six months, T Weekly paper, six months, V 8 Advertisements inserted tt three dollar per square often lines or less, for Bret istJktioa, and oae d-rflmr for each lubscqnent 1Dssrtion. The very large circulation of the StarvtarJ renders it a valuable medium for advertising. Money f at by Express at oar risk. SBC RALEIGH : TKIDAY. SEPT. . 1864. ffc regret to learn that Oapt Thomas Pool, of this County, of Company E. 14th N. 0. regiment, w&3 billed at Chariestown, Ya., on the 24th Au gust Capt Pool was a gallant and faithful offi cer and among the lat of the original members of the Oak City Guards. Ws learn that he was decently buried in the grave yard at Chariestown. We are under obligations to Mr. John Bobbitt, of Granville, for some of the finest beets we hate seen this yew. - Where are tbr Traitors I Gen. Lee, in bis late letter to Got. Vance, speaking of the troops and people of North-Carolina, says : : . . ' If the men who remain in North-Carolina share the spirit of those they have sent to the field, as I doubt not they do, her defence may be sacurely en trusted to their hands." Gen. Lee has no doubt about the patriotism of the people of North-Carolina; but there are North C&rolmians who are in the constant habit of char acterizing a large portion of our people as traitors. Is it not singular that soldiers from a traitor State should fight so well as ours do T - Is it not strange, tbit such a State should have been in danger of co ercion on account of an imaginary act of secession f Corn and Wheat for the Poor. The Magistrates of Orange County have recently passed the following resolution : " RaoWd, That we will sell at schedule prices to the destitute families of our soldiers, and a few other persons in extreme want, one-tenth part of all the wheat and corn which we have of this year S crop to dispose of." We find this resolution in the last Conftderate. We would like to know how "destitute families" and persons in "extreme want" can raise tne mon ey with which to purchase wheat and cornf Enlighten us, oh ye Cauierons and other mon archists in Orange. Paul 0. Cameron is a speci men of those haughty oligarchs who aided in bringing on this war, and who promised that as soon as the war commenced they would shoulder their muskets, and wade knee deep in Yankee blood. But they have shouldered no muskets thev have seen no Yankee blood, and they never will. Their neighbors and their neighbor's chil dren are fighting for their property, and all they can do in return is to sell one-tenth of their crop to "destitute families and persons in extreme wtnt P We have done more for soldiers and their families, in proportion to our means, than Paul 0. Cameron has ever done, and we have riever asked government prices for what we had to .spare of "destitute families" and persons in extreme want," bat we have freely given as we were able; without money and without price ; and yet Mr. Cameron and the like are true Southern men, and we are the traitor I The curse of Almighty God, and the curse of the people red with uncommon wrath' Trill rest on those who aided in bringing on this war, but who have refused to fight in it, and who are at home " grinding the faces of the poor," and dealing out to them a little corn a little corn, at government prices, to thoso in "extreme want," to keep their souls and bodies together, while their ions, and brothers, and fathers are bleeding and dying on the battle-field for the property of these very persons. We do not speak of the farmers or Magistrates of Orange generally, but of a class among them, which, there as elsewhere, acts as an incubus on the patriotism of the country. The Confederate, of this City, dwells at some length on this action of the Magistrates of Orange, acd concludes as follows : "But the Magistrates of Orange may congratulate themselves that they have not 'done as much mis chief as some others. We have been informed that in one ef the most thorough war counties, the farmers have lately resolved to sell wheat at not less than fifteen dollars a busheL We hope this is not 60. It is in vain to strike a blow like this at the Confederacy, and then question any body's loyalty. Loyalty is not the mere expression of favorable wishes but the performance of disinter ested, government supporting acts. While the formers are moving in this unwise, suicidal direc tion, other classes arc keeping pace with them. Corporations, Railroad Companks, are pushing their cost of transportation to fabulous rates, intending, it teems, to pile profits mountain high. Landlords rent their houses at the full price they paid for their purchase or construction, and a general race, scrub at that, for it couldnS be otherwise, seems begun towards the goal of absolute contempt for the government interrity and capacitv. The evil is enormous in the extreme perilous and each hour adds to it. Let " those whom it niay concern" take beed." If ever there was a time when the people of the Confederate States should- have "everything in common" in the way of provisions, now is that time. The rich and well-to-do should take pleasure in helping the poo?, for the poor are. for the most part engaged in fighting our battles and in protect ing what little is left to us. Every one who has anything to spare should cheerfully part with it to the destitute families of soldiers, and thus encourage the soldiers to stand by the flag and fight on. Do not encourage idleness "by gifts, but relieve want and encourage industry by timely and proper dis tribution of what you have to spare. Your negroes will have meat as well as bread, and thev will have hoes next winter. Who will shoe the families of our soldiers, and furnish them with meat, or even a taste of it once a day r The Conservative, speaking of the fall of Atlanta. 1nd looking forward to iho future, says : " While ue oW le prepared far the worst, let us continue to. I "ope for the best" Such language in the Standard few months since, would have been called treason- wuie. . CosrisSES m Dutw.vrMT The Frlitm. f !.. ""'ltnington Journal, in a notice of the Chicago 'worm, says : As to the platform, that amounts to little. We J Te worked out some planks for platforms in our 'V. and br, i.V -i . . .i j .. uuun BuiutsLHuiK aooui mem, ana we can riliv MO tt... Jl I.- .r .. "... p,.i ' "viueoojeci irequenuy is ramer.w con t1 meaning than to convey it." ' ' The above is truly Yankee in its character. The utor has worked on platforms, and hu been smart ino"gh to conceal his meaning 1 cmVIf? If' lMt two cWWren died at Charles, n tb. n ?arolma' fr031 Ula effdtt8 of hS "ten nly calTTi3 7 S0U"S bits ot'tnmonium, com- j ":wjwn or tiimson weed. Vol. XXX No. 27. The Examiner on Got. Vance." We copy to day an article from the Richmond Examiner, which is not at all complimentary, to Gov. Vance. We did not expect eTen justice from that paper, and we do not desire it at its hands. We snap oar fingers at it and ask it no odds. Its libels on at excite no emotion bat that of contempt. But really, we had thought it would treat Gov Vance more tenderly than it has. It has discovered that he is a Tulgar demagogue a mere clap-trap-" politician, and it says so. It pats on its spectacles, ' and looks at him in the most favorable light, to see if it can discover anything like statesmanship in him ; and having failed to make the discovery, it casts him sway with a gesture of contempt, declar ing that he owes his re-election to fortuitous cir- I cumitances, and not to any real merits of its own. ' It is not for M to defend the Governor against these j charges, or even to say that they are not true. He has two organs in this City, and if they do not de fend him and excoriate the Examiner, then that paper must have its own way, and the inference must be that its reflections on the Governor are i just We do not say they are. We do not say they are not In this respect we are in a situation to return the compliment the Governor bestowed on us, when he declared in the campaign that he did not know whether we were a traitor or not 1 - If he had said we were a traitor, the people would have asked him why he had not arrested us ; and if he had said we were a true man, he would have lost the votes of the blue Destructives, who, when they cannot answer our arguments or defend their an worthy conduct as selfish partizans, invariably close the discussion by calling ns a traitor. No, we can not defend the Governor. We wish we could. He needs it . We do not say the charges of the Exam iner are true we do not say they are not true. We leave this to those who hombly masticate the crumbs that fall from the Executive table. The Examiner lied upon us during the campaign, and it continues this unpleasant habit It seems natural to it It wallows in defamation and false hood as a hog wallows in the mire. It seems .to like it In its issue of the 37th-July it said : "One cannot afford to be mealy mouthed upon this occasion ; the soldiers of North Carolina are asked by the candidate who calls himself a Peace man to give their voice for the submission of North Carolina and subjugation of all the rest of the South ; to declare that they themselves have been in rebel lion against their lawful sovereigns that they now repent of it, and will do so no more ; to brand as traitors and criminals those Virginia brigades that a'.ood on their right hand and those South Carolin ians that charged .upon their left, upon every field from Manassas to Cold Harbour ; nay, to denounce the dead, their own brothers and sons, who have died for their native land to gibbet, them to the Wurld as brigands and murderers who have met their just doom, and to bold them dp not as an ex ample, but as a warning to North Carolinians yet unborn. This is, precisely andaccurately, the vote they are solicited to give 'to morrow to the candi date who calls himself a 4 Conservative.' " The above is horribly false. It is a lie, as livid with the malice of hell as any lie that ever came up from the bottom of the pit But this is a specimen of the manner in which we were assailed during the campaign. The newspapers groaned under such falsehoods and the people, did they believe them f No. But they voted, as the Examiner says, " on compulsion," but a very different compulsion from that imagined by the Examiner. It was the com pulsion of force and fraud. It is our opinion that the attack oi the Examiner on Gov. Vance was prompted in this State. Let us " watch and wait," and ate what the. object is. The object may be seen during the approaching session of our Legislature. The Richmond papers have heretofore undertaken to control and shape our popular elections; and it may be having been prompted to the work by certain parties in this State that they will attempt to elect a Senator for us in place of Mr. Dortch, or it may be that the re election of Mr. Dortch himself is at the bottom of this attack on Gov. Vance. The Progrttt of yesterday states "that Gov. Vance is a candidate for Mr. Dortch's seat in the Senate, and an aspirant for the Presidency at the close of Mr. Davis' term." This is an item of news we have not seen before. Is the Progrett author ized to speak for Gov. Vance t Can it be, that the Pregrett has become a " Court Journal T" If Gov -ernor Vance is a candidate for the C. S. Senate, or for President, we are not aware of it It is true we have heard the Governor's name mentioned in con nection with the Senatorship. But we do not be lieve he is a candidate fer the position. We are not authorized to speak: for him on this subject, but our opinion is, that he will be content to serve the peo ple in the honorable and exalted position in which they have placed him. If, however, their represen tative! in the Legislature, chottn at the tame time with himself, acting for te people, thould conclude that he would be more useful to the State, at one of their Senators, than as their Governor, we do net tee how he could well disregard their wishee. It may be that by the time Mr. Dortch's term expires Gov. Vance could serve the people better in the Senate than in the Executive chair he now fills. But this is a matter to be decided by the people's representatives Conservative. . " Yon all did see that on the Lnpercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thriee refuse 1 Was this ambition 1" . But to descend from the sublime to the ridicu lous, what is to become of Mr. Dortch t Mr. Dortch stumped the County of Wayne for Gov. Vance, and be carried that bounty for him by threatening the detailed men that if they voted for his opponent they would at once be marked and put in the army. Is Mr. Dortch to be whistled down the wind f It is also rumored that the Hon. Sion H. Rogers, of this place, is a candidate for the Confederate Senate. Is it possible that Mr. Rogers and Gov. Vance are to come in competition for this position f They may, but we do not think they will The use of the Governor's name may serro as a sort of breakwater for Mr. Rogers,, and thus protect him against opposition up to the time of the election, when Gov. Vance may decline, and his friends may vote for Mr. Rogers. , 1 houghtful and prudent Conservative members of the Legislature will not commit themselves in advance to any one for office. If we had the honor to occupy a seat in that body we should see to it, first, that Conservative principles were maintained irt their integrity and purity ; and secondly, that no slight should be put upon the "strait" Conserva tives without that slight being resented to the full extent of our vote on tM- occasions. We would deal liberally, and justly, and even kindly with the Vance Conservatives, if they would deal withms in the same manner; but if they, presuming en their temporary ascendency, should attempt to - ... '.-.v.vJ RALEIGH; K 0., WEDNE3 proscribe and punish the 'strait" Conservatives for their adherence to their organization and their principles, we would tarn upon them and give them 41 war to the knife, and the knife to the bilt." Fair warning often leads to a good understanding. Any fusion in the Legislature between the Conservatives and Destructives, and any attempt to proscribe or punish the "strait" Conservatives, will be fetal to the Conservative party of the State. ' The News. We give elsewhere to-day all the news received up to the time of going to press. The fall of Atlanta has been apprehended for several waka paat, ut the calamity is now tpon as with all'its consequences. We are yet without details of the battles which resulted in the occu pation of the place by Gen. Sherman. It is an amazing fact that the latter has been allowed to extend his lines for hundreds of miles from Nashville to- Atlanta thai no serious demon stration has been made against those lines by our forces that no part of the large and warlike population along his lines has fired the first gun or torn up the first rail to impede his progress or to interrupt his operations and that Atlanta has been captured, not so muchrby hard fighting as by a regular siege, continued for months, until the place, as the result of a conflict to maintain its last avenue of communication, fell into the hands of eur enemies. It is rumored, and we fear the rumor is true, that several thousand prisoners, for the most part Georgia militia, were captured by Sherman in Atlanta. It is useless to dwell upon the advantages to the enemy from the occupation of Atlanta. They are obvious to every one who is at all acquainted with the geography and resources of the country. If the place is re-captured and the enemy driven back, it must be done by the forces of Alabama, Georgia, and South-Carolina, for Grant is pressing with so great a force on Petersburg and Richmond that Gen. Lee can spare no troops for the relief of- Georgia. "Who would be free tkemtshet matt strike the blow." Now is the time for the chivalry, the indomitable courage, 'the desperate valor of the States referred to to manifest themselves. If Sherman should succeed in permanently occupying Georgia, bis line from Nashville through that State will be a second Mis sissippi river, effectually catting off all communica tion between Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Richmond, and will throw our armies in Virginia on the States of North and South Carolina for near ly all their supplies of corn, forage, and bacon. It is rumored that Gen. Beauregard has been ordered to Georgia. Much may be expected from his ener gy and his great abilities as a General. Let us hope, if the rumor be true, that Beauregard will be able to rally the people of the States referred to, and with their aid and his veteran troops turn the tide of victory in eur favor. ' Ws have nothing new from Petersburg. Grant still occupies the Weldon Road, and the indications are that a great conflict will soon take place for the Southside Road. We have every confidence in the valor of our troops, and in the skill of Gen. Lee, - but we must confess that we fear Petersburg is in peril. Let the Laws be Silent ! The Milton Chronicle is so intent on losing lib erty and then gaining it, that in its issue of the 5th of August it says : " For our own part we are as jealous of State rights free government and civil liberty ts eith er of the two journals above mentioned But what avail State rights and State governments if the enemy overrun us while we stand splitting hairs about constitutional etiquete f In the desper ate struggle now raging, we regard State govern ments as nothing without the army to protect and defend them. The great desiteratum, as it seems to us, is to keep up the army, even if it requires a temporary suspension of State rights, or. of govern ments themselves. If we fall into the enemy's bands, our government is gone not only for during the war but forever; and with it perishes State Constitutions, State fights, and liberty. But if we conquer, then each State can resume its original rights, and guard them with an eye as jealous as she chooses. This is one of the fruits of the lsto Destructive triumph in the elections in this State. The Rich mond Enquirer of the 15th of Jaly, 1863, pro claimed the same doctrine, as follows : . " All laws ought to be silent except military law. We regard all Judges and Courts, State and Con federate, all Congresses and Legislatures at nuis ance, save in so far as they help us to strengthen the hands of the commsnder-in chief of this Con federacy. There is no interest or institution in the country worth mentioning now, except the army. The government of the Confederacy is the government of the army ; and no citizens has any rights which can interfere with or impede its effi ciency." The above is Destructiveism intensified. We hope the Enquirer is satisfied with the progress of its doctrines. We oppose to this, and we invite the attention of the Editor of the Chronicle, to the following ex tract from the great speech delivered in our State Convention by the Hon. William A. Graham, on the subject of Test Oaths : " It is quite remarkable that while the commit tee inveigh with vehemence against the despotism now practiced by the Lincoln government in Mary laud, they should bring forward a measure equally abhorrent to freedom in North-Carolina. Sir, if such a measure prevails and is acquiesced in, it is of little moment what maybe the issue of the present great conflict in the battle field. We shall in the end be in any event slaves, and present the sad spectacle of a State throwing away its liberties in struggle to preserve them, in angry imitation' of the contagious example of an enemy who threw awsy theirs, to give vigor to their efforts for our subjugation. - Our people are resolved to be independent and free, not only in the 'end but in the means. They are resolved not only to be free men at the termination ef the contest, but will not surrender their liberties during its progress." , Fillmohs toa McClillas. Hon.-Millard" Fill more has written the following letter: BurrALO, Aug. 17, 1804 My Dear Sir: Your ftvor of the 18:h came Ho hand during ray absence, but I was greatly delight ed to see by the papers that you had so large and enthusiastic a meeting for McOiellan, and sincerely hope that he wl receive the nomination by the Chicago Convention. I see my name occasionally alluded to in connection with that Convention, but I cannot think there is anything to come of it, for I believe that all know that I do not desire any nomi nation, and 1 cannot think any very great number oi my fellow-citizens desire me to have it Truly yours, (Signed,) MILLARD FILLMORJE. DAT, SEPT. 14, ' 1864, Cubbt Fbiobtebid. Mr. Clisby, of the Macon Telegraph, who is a Yankee by a birth, having heard that some federal raiders had said they would make him "smoke" if they caoght him, enters upon a defence of his course, and concludes as follows! "If the Federals ever make the writer "smoke" wr bis opinions, they will smite the man who as much or more than .any other has deprecated, deplored and striven against the very catas trophe into which they have plunged the eoun try. We are not anxious to smoke or to suffer, out ii tnereunte. called, can suffer with a conscience as free of having contributed in any degree to the destruction of the American Union as any man on the coe.i.nentH . ' - ; Mr. Clisbv. iiW4k. r.gU g,KfnPt;.rf;fud the aabbbin -if the Standard oflTce .in 4ereioerr last, by sotne Georgia troops ; and he is so true a Confederate that ho never refers to the Standard without abasing the " traitor Holders " But he changes bis tune as the federals approach Macon, and now declares that he never " contributed in any degree to the destruction of the American- Union." Clisby reminds us of the course of the French Editor in relation to the Emperor Napoleon when he left the island of Elba for the campaign of one hundred days, which terminated at Waterloo. His first notice of the Einperer was, "The tiger has broken from his lair at Elba." The next was, " the monster has landed on the coast of France." The next was, "Napoleon Bonaparte is making head way with the troops and the people they are flock ing to his standard.". The next was, "The Empe ror is rapidly approaching the capital." And the next and last was, " His Imperial Majesty the Em peror of the French reached Paris to-day, and was welcomed to the palace by the shouts and acclama-' tions of his loyal subjects." There are manyCUs by'a in Georgia and North-Carolina. If the enemy should unfortunately overran the country they will declare that they were always Union men, and that they never "contributed in any degree to the de struction of the American Union." - It is very evi dent that if the Yankees should capture acd hurt Clisby, they will hurt an innocent man. WAR NEWS. From Georgia The fall of Atlanta is fully confirmed, but the particulars come in slowly. Gen. Hood has con centrated his forces at Lovejoy's Station, 39 miles" south of Atlanta, on the Atlanta and Macon Rail way, in order to check the further advance of Sherman in that direction. The fall of Atlanta cut one of the great Railroads passing throug the centre of Georgia into Alabama, via Columbus, but another remains, upon which Macon is located some 100 miles south of Atlanta, and for the pos session of which city and railroad the next battle will be fought Every available man, that, eau shoulder a musket, we learn, has been ordered out in Georgia. Gen. Hood, before he evacuated Atlan ta, repulsed several attacks upon his lines in that immediate front with great slaughter, but below . bipand. upon his left flank at Jonesboro', Sher man'u'etilumns literally overpowered a detachment of his army under Gen. Hardee, and thus outflank ing him forced the evacuation of the City, which was done 'upon the night of Sept 1st, after a com plete destruction of all ordnance and commissary stores, which he was unable to move. It is be lieved that not many of our Wounded fell into the enemy's hands. AU the rolling stock was brought off safely. An official dispatch from Gen. Hovd states that the officers and men of his army felt that every effort was made to hold Atlanta to the last, and that the army is not discouraged. The Yankees entered Atlanta in a quiet and orderly manner on Friday morning last at 9 o'clock and took possession. A garrison and post com mandant were left in the city, and the troops passed on to join the mam body of Sherman's army. It is stated that no citiseus Who remained were mo lested. While it is not to be denied that affairs in Geor gia have assumed an .exceedingly critical aspect, and that tf the advance of the enemy is not speedily checked the second and last grand line o( communi cation between Mississippi and Alabama, and the rest of the Confederate -States will be hopelessly lost, we still trust that the extremity of the danger will put in operation measures of sufficient vigor to avert it and save Georgia. Fiom Petersburg. We hold the railroad at Reams' still, but the enemy still have the road on our front just out aide of Petersburg. Grant's next object will be to cut the Southside railroad with his raiders, or, if possible, to make a permanent lodgment upon it as he has upon the Weldon road. In order to accomplish this last result he will -have to swing his columns around full six miles. The next fighting near Pe tersburg will be for the Southside road. Friday night the Yankee soldiers all along the lines were cheering vociferously. Some say because of McClellan's nomination, whilst others allege that they had received news of the fall of Atlanta. - There has been some terrific shelling of our lines and the city, but no casualties are reported. There have boon, also, several demonstrations on the Wel don railroad, but thus far no actual conflict Grant will not long remain quiet. From the Valley. Yankee press despatches say that Early's head-a quarters are at Bunker's Hill, halfway between Winchester and Martinsburg. Early wiil probably soon return to the vicinity of Richmond. The enemy-have probably 40,000 or 50,000 men in the Valley. Some 60 of General Hoke's brigade skirmishers were captured recently They were advancing about 400 yards ahead of the line of battle, to . wards a hill upon which were some Yankee videttes. It ao happened that at a time when the skirmish line was in one bottom, the line of battle was in another, with a hill between. Taking advantage of the opportunity, a squadron of cavalry, which bad been concealed behind the hill upon which were the videttes, dashed down upon the skirmishers, and after a sharp fight, overwhelmed and captured them, before the line could render any assistance. . Death of General Jobs II. Morgan. - Authentic information has been received in Rich mond that the enemy surprised Greenville, Ten. Bessee, on Sunday, killing General John H. Morgan and capturing all of his staff. " General Morgan's body was expected to arrive at Bristol last night From this fact we infer that the enemy do not now hold Greenville. Greenville is fifty miles southwest of Bristol, on the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad, and about seventy miles from Knoxville. Later ffosa the North. Farraguf s official report of the fall of Forts Gaines and Morgan has been received. He say that An derson finding his positioa perfectly untenable and being encumbered with a superfluous number of conscript, surrendered the Fort, which he could not defend, and scrupulously kept everything in tact, whilst Page, (commanding Fort Morgan,) with childish spitefulness, destroyed the guns which be never defended, and threw away and broke wea pons he had not the manliness to use against his enemies. Fort Morgan never fired a gun after the commencement of the bombardment Secretary Stanton announces the fall of Atlanta. Unofficial reports state that the rebel fees at East Point near Atlanta was heavy, and that they were Whoix Number 1530. defeated and Hardee killed. - A larre force of " re- bela " are threatening Nashville probably Wheeler and his command. The draft has been reduced from 5 to 800.000 men, and Stanton says that if one hundred thou sand new troops are nromotlr furnished, it is all that Grant asks for the capture ot Richmond, and to give the finishing blow to the rebel army yet in 'the field. The residue of the call ia adeauate to garrison the forts and cities, field lines for commu nication ana supplies, free the conntry of guerrillas, give security to trade, protect commerce and travel, and establish peace, order and transquility in every Mate. The Washinrton Chronicle of the 4th savs. edi torially, that the fall of Atlanta is a deadly blow to ine reoeuion. wnicn can neitner be palliated or de- Gen. Wheeler has burned several jnilss of tbe Nashville- and Chattanooza railroad. Wheeler k retreating and Rosaeaa is in pursuit The raiders nao captured r rantim, Tenn. Tbe rebel General Kelly, of Wheeler's command, has been wounded and captured by the Yankees. Tbe wires having oeen cut oy tne reoei raiders tuere was no intern gence at Washington ftom Atlanta. Sheridan reports Earl v retreating no the Shenan doah Valley and he pursuing with the whole of his army that Averill attacked Vaueban' cavalrv. cao- tured twenty wagons, two battle flags, a number of prisoners ana some cattle. Meade has eone North on ten davs leave. Gen. Parke commands the army of the Potomac in his aoseuce. - ' Miscellaneous. There has been some fighting on the Mississippi, and the capture of Duvall's bluff is renorted. Twelve transports laden with Yankees had passed down the river.' Their supposed destination is either White river or Meridian. Great rejoicing reported in Memphis among the Democrats over the Chicago Convention. Four thousand negroes are reported at Big Black river, ao rones aistant from Vicksburg, with pon toons and five days rations. Dick Taylor com tnands that department There has been more fighting in Mexico, and civil war seems to be progressing in the Northern dts iricts as usual. Latest News. From Geertjia. Gen. Hood has officially dispatched that the en amy are retiring from his front to Atlanta. We drove them out of Jonesboro on the 6th, and took a good many wounded prisoners. Our losses da ring tbe battles of last week are now said to be to be 1,500. The property destroyed in Atlanta consisted of almost wholly of ordnance stores, and ot tnese tne loss was not sumcient to lucom mode the army.' ' - Frosa the Notth. The Eerald of the 6th Sept. says that Secrets ry.Stanton has telegraphed to Dix, Sherman's offi cial report. Sherman having withdrawn from Atlanta made a break for the West Point railroad, reaching a good position on the 30th, from which he struck the Macon road. Tbe right was commanded by How aid, near Jonesboro; the left under Schofield, near Rough and Ready, and the center under Thomas and Couch. Howard drove the enemy from hia position near Jonesboro after a hard fight Sher man broke the railraid from Roach and Ready to Howard's left, throwing bis whole army between Jonesboro and Atlanta. He made the great attack on the enemy at Jones boro' on Thursday, the 14th corps of General Jeff Davis carrying the enemy's works splendidly, taking ten guns and 1000 prisoners. In the mgnt tbe rebels retreated to Lovejoy's Station, the federals follow ing. Hood finding- Sherman between hint' and a considerable part of his army, blew up his maga zine and left immediately. The 20th corps occupied the place. Sherman says his losses will not exceed 1,200, and he bad taken over three hundred rebel dead, 350 wounded and over 1500 well prisoners. Slocutnb, under date of 30th, telegraphs that the rebels destroyed seven locomotives, 81 cars, losded with ammunition, small arms and stores, and left fourteen pieces of artillery and a lare portion of small arms in Atlanta. The Eerald saya the victory at Atlanta has put down tbe rebellion, though a trip through the mountains of Virginia may b unpleasant for years to come. There was great rejoicing in Burlington, New Jersey, Utica, Auburn, Cleaveland, Brooklyn and Builington, Vermont, over the fall of Atlanta. The Herald says the rebels attacked Sheridan's men on Saturday at Bunker Hill, and it is reported they were defeated and driven five miles towards Winchester. Tbe rebel artillery barely escaped capture. New York City is exempt from the draft. Gold 240,. Petersburg and Richmond papers of the 7th have been received, but they contain nothing later than the above. . Habeas Corpus w. e. crcnuKCH vs. a. w. scon. W. S. Maton, D. Q. Fowle,) Counsel lot Petitioner. J Upchurch had put in a substitute. On the 3d of May, 1864, he entered the Standard office as an employee, which newspaper had been published for many years, and tbe Editor certifies that " he is indispensable to the publication or such newspa per " in pursuance to the act of 17th February 1864. The return assumes the ground that Up- church is not entitled exemption, because be wss not employed at the time of the passage of the act, and was when employed subject to conscription, and, by implication, in the military service. For the reasons given by me, in Russell s. Whiting, I am of the opinion that the operation of the act of Congress is not confined to employees who were in the office at the date of its passage, and that persons, who may ' be afterwards employed, are embraced by its operation, and are entitled to exemption, although they may be in the military service when employed. The words of the act are general, and there is no provision by which to restrict it, as contended for, in behalf of the government The restriction is to newspapers being published at the time of this act," and there is nothing to connect it with "em-j.ioye-s," or to narrow the field of selection to em ployees st the passage ot this set, or to such new employees as- may be over the age of conscription. This construction is sustained by the context, for, in tbe same clause, the exemption of "ministers of religion," is expressly confined to those, who "at the pattnae of thie aet are regularly employed, Ac." There is a direct analogy between this caie and the case ot memners ot tne Aiegiaiaiure, juagea ana oiaie fficere; who are in military service when elected or appointed, as in Ru.seil's case. Journeyman print ers, or other employees, may dieor remove, and there is nothing in the act to show an intention, that their places can only be filled by peisons over conscript age. The attempt to draw an analogy from, the case ef men, who, although within the age oi conscripUOB, by a very few months or eveu a day, are required: to serve for the war, is fallacious, for, in respect to. this class of men, there is an express provision in the conscription act, making them liable ;th war ; whereas, in res pert to State officers tpd oat ployees for the publication of newspapess, there ia no restricting pic vision. , It is, therefore, considered by me that W. GTTJp rhurch be forthwith discharged with, reave to gi wheresoever be wilL The cost, to hp taxed by the Clerk of the Superior Conrt oi Wake County, wiii be ptid-by S. V. Scott The Cljsrk. wiil 6W the pa prs in his office sod give xpix R. M. PI-iRSNi Ck J. S. C. T:l tt-,i . 1 - a. . A .. . xwumonq n'u, Aug. jfrfit, Correspondence of the New Orleans PioaynM. Life la Sam JTisnwieM-Foar Men KilleeV . -v Saw Fb axcisco, June 34, 1804. .TKM Wa . ...In... .IJuIInm .Sm M Mm mmm- cipal street; (MontgomeryJ which resulted ia sue death of four persona; The facta, such as are as- wiiipu, arc ma lutiuws, VIXi ii seems one Bill uavia, a noted gambler, who resides at YmW-a fniui.l .)... . horse race which came off at Plaoerville on tbe llth instant, ana "Uirowed" the race, making sonv $4,500 by it Hank Stevens, Ball, Dutch Abe, and1 Spanish Bob, four "sports," backed Davis's horse and got Drake; swore vengeance, killing on sight, Ac. On the 18th they all came to this city (except Davis) and publicly ssid they were going to shoot' Davis on sight, Ao. On the 31st, Davis came in town, and at two-o'clock, P. M., was Sitting having hia boots nalifthftd - in a rilu&'a utininiis iK. T..V.- ion whftn Ttall artrl T)iifoh Ah ram t t A.m and looking in exclaimed, " Here's the dirty thief. n . I J : .1. , m uun, uu urawiug mcir tctuitT! GOmBMIMBOi shooting. 2avis jumped oat of the chair, with one muui pvuaucu, uiu urawiog uia revolver, nreu, ana Ball fell (fold arrasa rn.1i imn rISntf . !!.!. tfkn jumped out on the sidewalk, laughingly saying, "You've Iliads m'miillk " nil BrH niil, 1 k. the ball taking effect in his right breast He fell, wnou vans ran ana caugat tne revolver from Ball's -bands, saying, as he walked towards the door.of the PVaVi-on lWli.nl.k..... an , "... m ura v, J uu IUU1UW1I1 Bleed was running down Davis's left hand from the arm, and also down the right clink. As he was .1 : i. . , . . . . . uu wc puiDt oi catering tne aoor, ne was met by Stevens and Spaniah Bob, wben Davis raised tbe revolver in his right band and fired twice. Stevens fell, and Spanish Bob jumped over him oo tWetde walk and fired. Davis staggering, but recovering, they (Davis and Spanish Bob) commenced in good was laughing all the time. They then commenced firing at each other, about twenty feet apart After. Davis had fired two shots be threw the revolver at Rnh and .K.nlr.n ik. volver he took from Ball into his right hand, he i . i . . i - la.Bcu u, iuu it anappea vnree times; tbe fourth time it went off. and Bab fell. n..ia had r.ti.n fore this, and was lying on his breast on tbe ban- ijuciia. isaTia inrow tne revolver into tne street, saying, "Hell and furies, damn the thing." He then pulled a Deringer, and both (only having ou shot each) began crawling towards each other on 1. . 117, r . . m ... mcir Biuiuauuis. r uen atout nre leet apart tuey both raised partly up and fired simultaneously, wben Bob's head fell, and he remained perfectly still. Davis then said, crawling towards Bob, " He a gone, I cooked him," and theu partly turned on his uo exuu u icu rise. On examination, Ball and Spanish Bob were dead ; Dutch Abe and Stevens mortally wounded, the first u.Tiug Hum iii run (ii me r:gat lung, causing internal ;heuiorrhage, Jbc. The latter wss shot through the left breast opanisn bod had four wounds on him two in the right breast, one in the right arm, and one between the eyes. Ball had a ball in his heart Davis has six wounds two in right leg, one in right breast, one in left shoulder, one in left-wrist, (through.) end one in right cheek, where a bullet had struck l. I 1- 1 1 . . M ... me i-ueca. oone ana gisncea on, cutting out a piece of flesh of the size of a ten cent piece. O . . V . .a . a oievens aieu onnne Z4tn, at forty minutes put ten A. M. Dutch Abe died yesterday morning. Doctors say Davis will certainly recover. What a trlnriniiK trnrM thin n..l V. tt .11 c- . O " "( nvuiu uv 11 Bill HIV inhabitants could say, With Shakspeare's Shepherd : "Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn what I wear ; owe no man hate; enw nn man'a h.n. . .1 . .1 . - , ---j -..0 i.rtnicii, jjiav of other men's good ; content with uiy farm." Wilmiafftoa Market, Sept.- T, 1M4. Bear Cattli. Scarcelv in kaavaa J J "V"" avvnaniai SaBa. nil the market ia nonrli; Bnnlif1 Th. r.:. r-"-j w"rr"wr" e iseir atmusd, and w quou on the koof at $3 60 pr lb. Bacos. Is in demand, aad very little on market We quote from first hands at $4 50 to $5 per lb. uibku. to ao ou per in. Buttsb. t7 to $8 per lb. - Cotton. There is no ddmanrl and nn u ..-. been reported for the week. We quote nominally at It 40 to l 50 for uncompressed, and $1 70 to (1 75 for compressed. Cokk $30 to $25 ber busheL accordin.- tft mi sui. tity. Corn Meal. Retails from the granaries at $25 per bushel. CorrssAS. Retails at $4 to $4 50 per lb. Eggs. Sell from carts at $5 to $5 20 per dosen. Flocu. Is in demand, and vers lit.Li if ana- , market The price has advnced, and we quote small sales durinr the wwlr eian o.m r... . . aw .... aw lUf superfine, and $200 to a225 per bbL Ur family. uAa. coaaer 10 to fit ; and Shucks $13 to $14 per 100 lbs. ' . Hidbs Green, $2, and dry $4 50 te $5 per lb.- v LsaTHCR Sole $20, and Upper $25 per lb. Labo By the bbL, $5 psr lb. Nails By the keg, $2 30 to $1 per lb. Psa Nuts $30 per bushel. Pbas Cow sell at $20 per bushel. POTATOBS Irish 335 to 140 : and Saraat StK busheL . P oultbt Chickens $4 to $, and grown fowls $8 to $9 each. ' Rica Clean sells by the cask at 60 cents per lb. Salt We quote Sound made from store at $39 to $40 per busheL Sugar Sells by the barrel at $$ per pound for brown. Strop By the barrel $25 to $30 per gallon. SnxsTiKo Fayetteville factory sells by the bale $1 25 to $3 50 per yard. Spirits Turpsntiki Nominal at $5 to $0 per gallon. TALL0w-$3to $3 60 per lb. Yark By the baic $35 per binch. Wood Sells by the boat load at $20 to $31 for pine and ash, and $30 to $40 per cord for oak. MONEY MARKET. There is no change worthy of report in this mar ket We give the following as the rates at which brokers are buying : Confederate Bonds, $100 to $130, according to date. " Four per cent certificates, $60. 7.30 Notes $70. Goid $20; Silver $18; Exchange $19 to $30 for one. . Bank Notis North-Carolina $3 to $8 50 ; Geor gia $2 50 ; Virginia and South-Carolina $ I 50 to, $2 for one. N. C. Treasury Notes $1 10. OBITUARY NOTICJBr !" ' Fsakk. W. Bird, Lt. CoL llth N. C Troops, fell mortally wounded in the charge on. the enemy at Reams' Station, on Thursday, 25th ultimo. About forty yards .from the . breastworks on which the charge was made, he was struck by a minnie ball in the temple, from which h died in a few boars. tl . 1 t L - " . . uc auiorou ine army as. a private, a -vacasn Lieutenancy soon occurring he was elected ts fill it In this capacity be servey six ..months. Hia, rerinifeBL known as. the Bethel1 reejraenfc. beiavsh then disbanded, be atones raised a company,. ofT which he was elected Captain. His cam pea Mim ed part ef the llth reghsewt, of which,, Leavetv thorpe became Colonel. - ., ' , - In sundry minor engagements oa the Blackwater, at White liallat Getty barf, in the bettlea on the Potomac, at the Wildevaew, Spottsyhaaia Court House,, aud in the tubseqiwrot engagements from there to. tU fight where be Ml, CoL Bird waa' beiiisd- none in encountering the dangers of the. fiirht his consnisunus ealkntrt aavinar at Gatru. burg in Tetodirrghut gag, given to him a widespreaA applause ia Gen. Lee' army. afcraer man, kinder heart, or a fcoblsr haeerei , has not fallen a -victim in this war. . Ue was truth. fil, aiBcere, cheerful in temper, sensible, strong ir his friendships, and scropalouely Kgardfol of th rights of others. He was liberally edeea'ed. a lawyer of gvproa., iae at the beginning of tbe war, and enjoyed the oott Bdence of those who knew him Lu aa eminent eWgree. He goes td join scores of ULera who have allien by his side. He leaves bo briber, and but one si-, ter Kr. P. H. Winston, of Bertie. A large nuiav. ber of relatives awl frmitk will mourn the early, death of so 'rue a it'Kcd, so genial a nature, so kind a heart, an thorough a gontleman as Frank Bird.
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 14, 1864, edition 1
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