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RALE1CH: FRIDAY. SEPT. 30. 1864.
Latest Newa-The Sitaatioo.
The daily pPers of lhis Cit of Thursd,y morB'
inc contain a dispatch which states that in the
cavalry fight etween Gen and SbeP"
dan on Monday. last, at Port Republic, the enemy
were driven back about three miles. But the Btme
dispatch states that the enemy entered Staunton on
Monday evening. Port Republic is about fifteen
miles from Staunton. The Richmond Sentinel of
the 8th says that Early's cavalry drove Sheridan's
six miles on Monday ; but the XKrjutfcAof the same
date says:
"The report of Confederate success in the Valley
-e regret to say, not confirmed by official dis
patches. U was stated by a persoa who armed
last evening by the Central train that General Ear
v had a fifcbt with the enemy at Brown's gap on
Monday and drove them six miles ; but we have it
on eood authority that no regular engagement has
V C . iA.: iKan astro A PMf. tTIHaTfi
nine uciota u .
movements since falling back from Port Republic.
About five o'clock on Monday evening a small
body of the enemy's cavalry advaBsed and entered
Staunton, the route thither being open and unob
structed, our forces having deflected from the route
leading to the place. Of their proceedings there we
have no report, the latest intelligence having been
brought by persons who left just as the Yankees
were coming in. Previous to this tana the tele
eraDbic apparatus had been removed, and thus all
direct communication with Staanton is cut oft for
A nortion of the enemy's cavalry appeared at
Waynesborough on the morning Miwii
.m. ia t of Staunton and west of the Blue Ridge,
end about twenty miles from Charlottesville.
Lynchburg is about sixty miles south orunariouei
,;n .nri Burksville. at the junction of the Danville
and Southside Railroads, is about sixty miles east
,.f T.rnfhhurir. Early has retreated more than one
hundred miles down the Valley, since the battle of
Winchester, and has defended himself as well as be
could in his retreat Be ta evidently pressed by a
urftatlv suDerior force.
It is impossible to arrive at the losses on either
side with any degree ef accuracy. Thay are. no
doubt very heavy. We have heard k stated that
Early did not have more than 12,000 men in the
battle of Winchester, to oppose some 80,000 tf
the enemy. We greatly fear that his army is badly
cut up and demoralised. Thefederais claim a signal
victory, and their pap67S are boastiag that Sheridan
is pursuing Early with raueh vigor. The New k
Herald thinks that it is Grant's purpose tosicze
ttie Junction at Burksville, or, fiulingin that, to
make a vigorous effort to occupy the Southside
Rod near Petersburg. He is probably awaiting
the result of Sheridan's movement before giving
battle again on a large scale at the latter place.
The Lynchburg Republican of too 27th states
that every thing of value' belonging to the govern
ment had been removed from Staunton, and' the
sick and wounded in that town brought to Lynch
burg. That paper is of the opinion that Early in
flicted heavy punishment on Sheridan at Port Re
public ft tLinks that Early would yetreat further.
The same paper contains the foHewieg :
We have information which we believe to be
authentic that the eueoiy are aiassing a large force
in Eastern Kentucky for the purpose cf destroying
the Washington ceunty Salt Works, and attempt
ing to overrun Southwestern Virginia. They are
said to haveSOOOmenat ift. Steiling and 6000 at
Paintsville, all under the command of Gen. Bur
bridge. Osr authorities are doubtless advised of
this ieteaded movement and wiil make the neces
sary dispositions to checkmate it"
We have nothing of interest from Petersburg.
Grant ia massing his troops on bis left, near the
BrntftSKlc kom.
The federals are still lab'jriously engaged on the
Butch Gap Canal, and deserters state that it is
marly fimsbed.
Aocounta from Georgia represent Gen. Hood'a
troopa as in good spirits. The " astounding move
ment" ia the neigh borheod of Atlanta, referred to
so mysteriously by some of the papers, is no doubt
a movement to the ear of Sherman by Hood. In
deed, itisconMdered ertain that Hood in already
n his rear. The Vaeon papers of the 24tb are si
lent on the subject, though one of them says the
federals occupied Griffin on Friday morning. We
concur with the Lyachburg Republican .that if-th
Teport of this movement by Gen. Hood be true,
either Slierman or Hood wfll "go up" ia short
order.
General Forrest telegraphs the Secretary of War
that he has captured Athens, Ala.; with thirteen
hundred prisoners, five hundred horses, and a large
quantity of stores. . Athens is about twenty miles
northwest of Kuntsville. It is a very, important
place, and its loss will be felt by the enemy. -
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unuerme mnuence oi me news irom onenuan
gold declined ia New Tork on the 24th to 200.
rrVt mAnth f aiaarrtl-kAv will mns.t rtrrthalil Krtttflr
uivu fcM va vvhvuvi v awvv f wnw j va
"n ith it the most desperate fighting ever witnessed
.i .. . .i ii mi l
on .mis continent, or in we worio. xnose wno
have friends or relatives in the army may as well
brace themselves for the shock. Gen. Hood's recent
movement in Georgia must precipitate a general
action in that quarter; and the situation of things
in Virginia indicates that a desperate and prolonged
""uggie must soon commence tor we pobseeaiwa in
Petersburg and Richmond The interests arid hopes
of the present, and the destinies of unnumbered
generations depend on the result. . We are hopeful,
but we confess onr henes are not snmineled with
serious lea re.
We confess our surprise and reerel that the Presi
dent of the Confederate States should have deliver
'l such a speech as the one we publish to-day.
mle his countrymen will concur with him in the
earnest appeal whieh he makes, in tke hopo of fili
ng up the army, and while they fully appreciate
his peculiar burdens and lesponsibilities, and could
wish tLat these burdens and. responsibilities wtrc
less -weighty, yet at the same time they cannot ts
pe the impression that much of this speech is un
niGed, and that a portion of it reveals a fact w lii h
0llS''it to have been carefully concealed. .For exam-
P'e, fee calls the Editor of the Atlanta InUlligtnetr
a scoundrel ; and he states the astounding fact that
two fiiirds of cur soldiers are absent, and meat of
tnese absent without leve that is, they are deser
ters. The Editor rpferTAil tn mftv lie a scoundrel.
but it does not become the President of the Confed
erate Skates to say so in a public speech. One-half
ofoura!diere may have abandoned their colors,
out this fact if it be a fact shoold never bars
escaped We Jips of the Commander-in chief of our
lorces. Wfest must be the effect of this statement
at the Kortih .nA in Einnn. ' TU. uA.i .urn.
I. ... wuvpc iiniimwiiirnw
t') haVA :VaiL 1 J! .. . ... . . .
tiken place nuiuiug uwo . D
skirmishing. The War Departmen last night at
" t.. nA infnrniatinn of General Early's
- vwja ins uidcreuon ana dm teatperv
Vol. X3X No. 30.
Our eovernment ia movine in the rieht direction.
There are signs of waking np, and we hope it will
go on till every efficient officer and soldier shall he
confronting the enemy. The following general or
der, it will be seen, places the business of conscrip
tion under the management of Generals of Reserves.
It speaks for itself:
Adjutant and Irspictob Ginerais Orncs,
Richmond. Sept. 22. 1864. t
General Obdebs, No. 13. V
L The Uenerals of Reserves will hereafter con
trol the Enrolling Officers, and conduct the busi
ness of conscription and enrollment in their respec
tive States, under the direction of the Secretary of
war, tnrougn the Uonscript Bureau.
IL Uommandments of Conscripts and Camps of
Instruction, will be under the direction of Generals
of Reserves.
1IL As soon as practicable all officers and men
now employed in the enrolling service, whether as
enrolling officers, conscript guards, clerks or other
wise, except such as are retired or assigned to light
duty by the Medical Boards, will be relieved by de
tails from tne Baurve forces and sent to the neia.
IV. All applications for exemption and detail
will be transmitted through the Generals of Re
serves to the Superintendent of the Bureau of Con
scription for decision. The office of Congressional
District enrolling officer is abolished, and commu
nications from local enrolling officers will be trans
mitted through the commandants of conscripts to
the Generals of Reserves. An officer may be as
signed to duty in each Congressional District by
the Generals oi Reserves as inspector of conscrip
tion. .?
By order:
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General
We presume that the number of efficient soldiers
connected with the business of enrolling is not very
large. Those from the provost guards, bridge
guards, commissary and quartermaster's office
would' swell the .numbers considerably, whose
places can. well be supplied by the reserves or
others.
But what shall be done with the militia officers
and magistrates under 45 year3 of age f We in
cline to the opinion that every man in the State
capable of bearing arms should be enrolled and
drilled and made ready for any service which the
caase demands. So long as there is no real neces
sity for such in the active duties of the field, let
them remain to till the land or work in the shops,
or attend to the business of the State and of the
country. The crisis is. a serious one. Every one
must do his duty to the country. We do not de
spair by any means of the Republic. Many must
be aroused by fear or otherwise, before they will
come up to the help ef the country as they should
do. Let all rally to the standard of the Confedera
cy in this hour of peril; and the country is safe.
Contenmtiv.
We copy the above from Gov. Vance's newspaper
of the 27th instant The Governor's newspaper of
the 26th the day before not having obtained the
cue, entered into an argument to show that magis
trates and militia officers ought not to be conscript
ed; but we felt when we read the article, that the
writer had ugone off at a tangent," and had not
correctly stated the determination in this respect of
the Governor, ivow, it appears that "'every man
in the State," magistrates and militia officers in
cluded, "should be enrolledapd drilled, and made
ready for any service which The cause demands."
To show the change of tone which took place in the
short space of forty-eight hours, we copy as follows
from its issue of the 26th instant :
" The Legislature is desired to be convened, by
some persons, in extra session. .Some of pur cotem
porarirs desire Gov. Vance to call it at onco. - They
think the condition of public affairs demands it We
may be too obtuse to discover this necessity. Our
army needs reinforcing. Erery one admits this,
but does it need raw recruits, who will go in under
whip and spur will such a class of soldiers be of
avail at this juncture? We think not .
-Why call the Legislature now in extra session ?
Scarcely sixty days will elapse before the Legislature
meets in regular session. Between now and then
those of them who are farmers will be greatly need
ed at home. The object of the call is to make ar
rangements to reinforce the army. The only thing
the Legislature can do, will be to force militia offi
cers and magistrates into the field, to reduce the
number of exempts in the State service, and call
out the boys from 10 to 17, and the men from 60
to 55. Does any one suppose that the Legislature
is ready to do either on a tnip judgment f We have
no defence to make for militia officers or magistrates
as a class, otherwise than that they or a portion of
them are necessary to the maintenance of the State
government and the enforcement of the civil law,
and that most of them are producers of bread and
meat Some of them ought to have been in the
war from the first, but many of them are more
needed at borne.
It is a very grave question, to be decided after the
most cool deliberation, whether any more men in
this State can be taken lrom ibe fields and the work
shops, and from the necessary business of the gov
ernment and the people, while there is a large army
to feed and clothe ; so many soldiers' wives, widows
and orphaned children, to support, as well as so
many others not connected with the war. We beg
every one one to look these matters full in the face.
It is high time ta be cool and reflective.
The Legislature will not act so unwisely, as to
destroy the efficiency of the State government, de
feat the ends and aims of the civil law, and disre
gard the claims of the army and people, who must
be fed and clothed. No one need expect that
Beyond these we would hare no exemptions. At
tempts may be made to raise a clamor in the army
against the Legislature for not doing what a few of
our enthwiattie people and army officers want done
in this matter, but the second sober thought of our
soldiers and officers will applaud its course. We
have hot yet arrived at Uat point, when we are
ready to. abandon our farms and workshops and
business, and flee to the mountains and swamps, to
live on roots and berries, Mexican fashion, to har
rass the enemy by guerrilla bands. We have yet
strong, brave armies to be recruited, but to be fed
and clothed, and the people at home must take care
of them."
.. " . . - ' - -
-The Ctmenativ of the 27th contains a call br
the. Governor to his Council, to assemble in this
City on Wednesday next, most probably with the
view of convening' the Legislature at the earliest
practicable moment; but the Coiuernatit of the
26th is u too obtuse" to discover the necessity of
an earlier session than that provided by law. Tho
Conurtatit of the 26th thinks that " the Legisla
ture will not act so unwisely as to destroy the ef
ficiency of State governments, and defeat the
ends and aims of the civil law," by putting the
magistrates and militia officers in the army ; but the
Cvnteroatice of the 27tb, speaking with express
reference to those classes, says that "every man in
the State should be enrolled and drilled, and made
ready for any service which, the oause demands."
On the 26th the Contcnalite is " cool and reflec
tive," and thinks very seriously, as it should, of tha
neglected far nig and pinebwg want which must
result from putting in the magistrates and militia
officers ; but on the 27th, the Conuhalive, losing
sight of these th'ings, declare that "aZ2 must raily
to the standard of the Confederacy in' this hour oi
peril." ' - - .
Tho order of the Adjutant General, copied by the
RALEIGH, N. 0, -TODKJS
Cvnurtatite, it an important one, and well timed.
Tha third paragraph will please the people gsner
ally. Let it be rigidly enforced. " '
The Wadesborough Argut of the S3d asks if our
statement that Gov. Vance is pledged not to sur
render the State officers, is true. We answer em
phatically, it u. He so pledged himself in the most
solemn terms on the stump, in Johnston County
and elsewhere; but the following extracts from his
last message to the Legislature will show that he is
on record on the subject In that message he
said:
"In this connection 1 would mention that the
same act of Congress has again conferred upoa me,
without reference to the Legislature, the power to
claim the exemption of such State officers as I may
deem necessary for the due administration' of that
laws. Not wishing to take so important a respon
sibility upon my shoulders without consulting the
Representatives of the people, I have so far claimed
the exemption of all civil and military officers of the
State together with the indlspensible employees of
the different departments of the State government,
as enumerated by your body at its late extra ses
sion. And I now respectfully ask that you indi
cate to me by resolution, those persons you regard
as proper subjects for exemption.
I have taken the ground that exemption of State
officers from conscription into the Confederate ser
vice is not by favor of Congress, but is a matter of
ngbt inherent in a sovereign state, and tnat tor tne
same reason the State has an. indisputable right to
the service of laborers, and other persons who are
necessarily -in her employ, though they be not offl
ten within the meaning of the acts of Congress.
Should yon again agree with me in this opinion, I
would be hippy to be sustained by a resolution to
that effect
Should you conclude to combine the Home Gnard
and Militia organisations, I recommend that the
latter be preserved. I should regret exceedingly to
see tne militia abolished, and its organization de
stroyed. It is the ancient and time honored mili
tary institution of the State, her main dependence,
in ordinary times, for the suppression of rebellion
and repelling of invasion, and though shorn of its
strength by the raising of great armies, and despite
its many short comings, it has been of great service
twin to tne state and Confederacy during tins war.
Here he distinctly states that he had refused to
surrender the State officers, but had left the whole
matter to the Legislature ; and he goes further and
enters his earnest protest against any measure that
would abolish or destroy the militia organization.
The Legislature responded to the Governor by ex
empting the militia officers and magistrates, and
others ; and that body did this, not because these
classes were not as much bound under ordinary cir
cumstances as others to enter the regular service, but
because to conscript them would be, to that extent,
to abolish the State government; to sweep away the
last remnbnt of able-bodied men from the farms, and
to deprive the State of nearly every civil and mili
tary officer of a subordinate grade, without whose
active and constant services every neighborhood in
the State would soon be at the mercy of deserters,
and slaves, and persons of desperate character.
The Legislature believed, and acted on the -belief,
that magistrates, and militia officers, and constables,
and others who were exempted, were as necessary
and as useful in their spheres, and as indispensable
to the preservation of society, as the Chief Justice
and the Judges, and the regular troops themselves.
The question is, will Got. Vance redeem that
pledge ? "We do not believe he will. Will the Leg'
islature surrender the State officers ? That question
is to be decided. We apprehend that all the im
mense patronage and power of the two governments
will be brought to bear on that body, to induce or
compel it to make the surrender ; and that it will
be quite fashionable. In the eourse of four or five
weeks, to denounce every one who may oppose the
surrender as a Lincoluite and traitor to his country,
These are our opinions let them go (or what they
are worth.
The impression in this City seems to be that the
Legislature will be convened on Monday , the 17th
ofOctober. The request to do so no doubt pro
ceeds from Richmond, and the orcUr as to what
should be done by the Legislature, when assembled,
appears almost daily in the Raleigh ContdcraU.
We cannot better conclude these hurried obser
vations than by. the following extract from Mr.
Stephens' speech, delivered before the Legislature
of Georgia in March last :
"If all the white labor of the country, from Bey.
enteen to fifty except the few exceptions stated
be called out and kept constantly in the field, we
must tan, sooner or later, Tor want or subsistence
andother essential supplies. To wae War success
fully, men at home are as necessary as men in the
field. Those in the field must be provided for, and
tbeir families at homo must be provided for. In
my judgment, no people can successfully carry on a
long war, with more than a third of its arms bear
ing population kept constantly in the field, espe
cially if cut off by blockade, they are thrown upon
their own internal resources for all necessary sup
plies, subsistence and munitions of war.. This is a
question of arithmetic on well settled problems of
political economy. But can we succeed against the
hosts of the enemy unless all able to bear arms up
10 nity years or age are called to and kept in the
field f Yes, a thousand times, yes, I answer, with
proper and Skillful management If we cannot
without such a call, we cannot with it, if the war
last long. The success of Greece against the inva
sion by Persia the success of the Netherlands
against Philip the success of Frederick, against
the allied powers of Europe the success of the
Colonies against Great Britain, all show that it
can be done. If our only hope was in matching
me enemy witb equal numbers, then our case
would be desperate indeed. ' Superior numbers is
one of the chief advantages of the enemy. We
must avail ourselves of our advantages. We should
not rely for success by playing into his hand. - An
invaded people have many advantages that may be
resorted to to counterbalance superiority of numbers.
These should be studied, sought and brought into
active co-operation. To secure success, brains
must do aomething as well as muskets. Of all the
dangers that threaten "pur ultimate success, I con
sider none more imminent than the policy embodied
in this act, if the object really be, as its broad torms
declare, to put and keep in active service all be
tween the ages of seventeen and fifty, except the
- r t. : in -. . ' j
Actupui iiaiueu. vrii in iiuv we win uioaiBBaureu
ly, sooner or latr, tfr what the enemy never could
ao, conquer ouneitetr - .
A Nxw Book, Frank. I. Wilson, Eq., will pub
lish in a few days, a small volume containing a
eraphie account of the Battle of Great BetheL Mr.
WilsQp is one our best writers, and the public may
expect an inter sling book one that will do full
juatice to North-Carolina and her brave soldiers.
James M. Bullock, for many years a representa
tive from the County of Granville in the Legislature,
was found dead on the old track of the Glarkaville
Railroad, on the 36th September. Cause of his
death unknown.
'DAT, O0T. 5, 1864.
ftpeeek of President Davis in Macon.
Baying been introduced to-the audience by Gen.
Cobb, Mr. Davis said:
Laiiet and oenttemen. friind and fnlVnB-m.fi.
It would have gladdened my heart to have '
uoi you m. prosperity instead of adversity. But ,
friends areudrawn tnnlW in ftwM-aiHr Tha win
f a Georgian, who fought through the first Revo-
iuuud. l would ba antrna to m vmlf if I ihmilrl far.
get the State in her day of peril.
.What, though misfortune hat befallen onr arms
from Decatur to Jonesboro', our cause is not lost
Sherman cannot keep up his long line of communi
cation, and retreat sooner or later he most And
when that day comes, the fate that befel the army
Of the French Emnire in tta retreat from Ifnneov
will be re-enacted Onr Cavalry and our people will
harrags and destroy his army as did the Cossacks
that of Napoleon, and the Yankee General, like him,
will escape with only a body gnard.
now can tnis be tne most speedily enected r By
las absentees of Hood's army returning to tbeir
posts. And wilt they not f Can they aee the ban
ished exiles, can they bear the wail of their suffer
ing country-women and children, and not comer
By what influence they are made to stay away at this
nour, ii is unnecessary to speak. If there is one
who will stay away at this hoqr, he is unworthy of
the name of Georgian. To the women no appeal is
neeesaary. They are like the Spartan mothers of
old. I know of one who has lost all. of her Bona,
except one of 8 years. She wrote me that she
wanted me to reserve a place for him in the ranks.
The venerable Gen. Polk, to whom I read the tet
ter, knew that women well, and said that it was
characteristic of her. But I will not weary yon by.
turning aside to relate the various incidents of giv
ing up the last son to the cause of our country,
known to me. Wherever we go we find the heart
and band of our noble women enlisted. They are
seen wherever the eye may fait, or the step turn.
They have one duty to perform to buoy up the
hearts of the people.
I know the deep disgrace felt by Georgia at onr
army falling back from Daltoo to the interior of the
State; I was not of those who considered Atlanta
lost when our aruay crossed xhe Chattahoochee. I
resolved that it should not, and I then put a man
in command who I knew would strike an honest
and manly blow for the city, and many a Yankee's
blood was made to nourish the aoil before the prize
was won. .
It does not become us to revert to disaster. " Let
the dead bury the dead." Let us with one arm and
one effort endeavor to crush Sherman. I am going
to the army to confer with our Generals. The end
must be the defeat of our enemy. It has been said
that I had abandoned Georgia. Shame upon suoh
a falsehood. Where could the author have been
when Walker, when Polk, and Gen. Stephen D. Lee
was sent to ner assistance. Miserable man. Tho
man wno mured tbis was a scoundrel. He was
not a man to save our country.
If I knew a General did not posses the right qual
ities to command, would I not hae been wrong if he
was not reWved f Why when our army was tailing
back from Northern Georgia, 1 even heard that I
had sent Bragg with pontoons to cross to Cuba.
But we must be charitable.
The man who ean speculate ought to be made to
take up his musket When the war is over and
our independence won, (and we "will establish our
independence) -who will be our aristocracy 'I I hope
the limping soldier. To the young ladies I would
say when choosing between an empty sleeve and the
man who had remained at home and grown rich,
always take the empty sleeve. Let tho old men re
maia at home and make bread. - But if they know
ef any young men keeping away from service who
cannot be made to go any other way, let them write
to theJCxecutive. I read all letters sent me frcia
the people, but have not time to reply to them.
You have not many men between 18 and 45 left
The boys iGod bless the boys are as rapidly as
they became old enough, going to the fitld. "The
city of Maoon is filled witb stores, sick and wound
ed. Ii must not be abandoned, when threatened,
but when the enemy comes, instead of calling upon
Hood's army for defence, the old men must fight,
and when the enemy is driven beyond Chattanooga,
they too can join in the general rejoicing.
Your prisoners are kept as a sort of Yankee capiial
I have heard that one of their Generals stid that
their exchange would defeat Sherman. I have tried
every means, conceded everything to effect an ex
change to no purpose. Butler the Beast, with wboua
no Commissioner of Exchange would hold inter
course, bad published in the newspapers that if we
would consent to the exchange of negroes, all diffi
culties might be removed.
This is reported as an effort of bis to get himself
whitewashed by holding intercourse with gentlemen.
If an exchange could be effected, I don't know but
that I might be induced to recognize Butler. But
in the future every effort will be given as liar as pos
sible to effjet the end. We want our aoldiera io
the field, and vre want the sick and wounded to re
turn home.
It is not for me to vpeak of the number of men in
the field, But this I .will say, that two-thirds of
our men are aosent some sick, some wounueu, out
most of them absent without leave. The man who
repents and goes to his commander voluntarily, at
once appeala strongly to executive clemency. But
suppose he stays away until the war is over and
hia comrades return home, when every man's histo
ry will be told, where will be shield bimaeIC It is
upon these reflections that I rely to make men re
torn to their duty, but after conferring with our
Generals at headquarters, if (here be any other rem
edy it shall be applied. -.
I love my friends and I forgive my enemies. I
have been asked to send reinforcements from Virgin
ia to Georgia. In Virginia the disparity in numbers
is just as great as it is in Georgia. Then I have
been asked why the army sent to the Shenandoah
Valley was not sent here t It was because an army
of tbe enemy had penetrated that Valley to the very
gates of Lynchburg, and Gen. Early was sent to drive
them back.
This he not only successfully did, but crossing
the Potomac, came well nigh capturing Washington
itself, and forced Grant to send two corps of bis
army to protect it This tbe enemy denominated
a raid. If so Sherman's march into Georgia is a
raid. What should prevent them now, if Early was
withdrawn, penetrating down the-Valley and put
ting a complete cordon of men around Richmond t
I ooouBf fled with that great and grave soldier. Gen
eral Lea, upon all these points. My miud roamed
over the whole field.
With this e can succeed. If one half the men
new absent without leave will return to duty, we
can defeat thj enemy- With that hope I am going
to the front I may not realise this hope, but 1
know there are men there who have lookd death
fh the face too often to despond now. Let no one
distrust; and remember that if genius is the beau
ideal, hope is the reality.
The President then alluded to the oljects for
whieh tho meeting bad assembled, and expressed
tho hope that the rctugces and exiles would be well
provided for. His. remarks waie.ofteu interrupted
by applause.
. - j . .
Gen. Raker gives notice in the Wilmington Jour
nal that no permission will -be granted to pas oiir
lines by flag of truce to Newbcrn hereafter, under
any circumstances whatever.
Alexander Collie, Esq., of London, has forwarded
to Willie J. Palmer, Principal of the North-Carolina
Institution for tbe Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, a
valuable present, consisting of books, mapo, beadx,
4c., for the Blind of the Institution. We Warn "
from the Leaf Mute Catket, that the artbiM hive .
safely arrived, and the directors have forwarded to
Mr. Collie resolutions of thanks.
Whole Number 1533.
For tbe Standard.
Mr. Editoi : Befno eomDellad ta remain uvtril
hours in the town of North-Carolina, throurh
which I was recently passing, I witnessed an
instance of brutality which pained mr heart A
soldier's wife had been to the array on a visit to her
nusoauo, wun a nab about eighteen months old,
and was returning homo. She had no escort, and
had to remain in the place referred to from 7 P. M.
unui r. a. next day. She applied at tha hotel
for lodging, and on beinir refused by tbe manater.
she asked to be allowed to stay in tbe office, which
was ano mused, although she repeatedly urged as
a reason that her child was sick and cold. She then
took a bench in the cold, damp piazza, and before
morning ner curiu was dead, A kind soldier, wbo
happened to be Dassine. relieved her of haldin the
child from latest night until it died in his arms.-
On learning the circumstances a sentlaman and lady
good Samaritans repaired to the hotel, and at-
wuuea w tne decent burial of the child. .
Mr. Editor, war is demoralizing, hut who would
have thought that such a scene oould bava taken
Place in this Christian country, not one hundred
juuwj irom me state capital j a.
M I . . . . - '
The above facts are from a gentleman of undoubt
ed veracity. Then was not a family in the town
referred to, who, if they had known the situation
of this lady and her child, would not have given
them shelter and medical aid ; but she was obscure
and poor, and too ignorant or too modest to go out
upon the streets and solicit aid, and henee tbe sad
result we hare recorded. The moral of this story
is that wrjr one should cultivate on all occasions a
spirit of kindness towards the poor, and especially
towards the wives and children of our soldiers who
are perilling their all for those who remain at home.
And what shall wo say of tho unfeeling wretch
who thrust this woman with her sick child ont of
the hotel? The owner of the hotel has no doubt
realised hundreds of thousands of dollars of Confed
erate money since the war commenced, much of
which has been paid to him by soldiers. - May his
money perish with Mm I And may these awful
words, which we quote with -reverence from the
Holy Book, ring like the trump of judgment in the
ears of the unfeeling creature who turned this poor
woman and her child away I
"Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which
believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone
were oangea aoout nis neck, and tnat be were
drowned in the depth of tbe sea."
But this poor woman found one friend in her dis
tress. A rough but noble hearted soldier, moved
by her sorrow, and thinking no doubt of the dear
ones he had left at home, took this little lamb in his
arms as its life ebbed away, and held it until the
Good Shepherd gently called it to His bosom, We
would like to know his name, and the names of the
gentleman and lady who had the body of the child
decently put away.
The draft at the North is progressing quietly, and
fifty-five thousand reinforcements have been sent to
Grant within the last ten days. The Northern peo
ple seem to be terribly in earnest in prosecuting tbe
war. Can we cope with them in men and means 1
Will our taflairs be on a better footing three months
hence than they are now t These are questions that
address themselves with great force to Christian
statesmen. .
Col. Charles O. BlacknalL of 22d N. C. Troops,
was wounded severely in the late battle of Winches
ter, and left in that place, where of course he fell
into the hands of the enemy, CoL B. is one of tbe
most gallant officers in the service. We learn that
CoL Bennett of the 14th N. 0. troops, was captured.
Maj. Lambeth, of the 14th, sod Mnj. obb, of thej
2d, were wounded and left at Winchester. Capt
Jo. Jones, of this City, in command of the Raleigh
Rifles, was slighly wounded.
We record with deep regret the death of Gsobob
A. Hood, a member of the Raleigh Rifles, aged 21
years. George was an apprentice in the Standard
office in May, 1861, wfeen he volunteered in the
Rifles, before he was eighteen years of age. He
waa with that company through all its battles and
hardships, acquitting himself as s good soldier, un
til tbe last invasion ot the Northern territory, when
he was wounded by a shell near Washington City,
and, lingering some seven days, he died in the bands
of the enemy and was decently interred in or nesr
that City. George was a good boy. We never
1
,
v
new a more faithful, teachable, obedient appren
tice. He has poured out his young blooJ, a willing
sacrifice on the altar of his country.. We have rea
son to believe,, from letters received fans bim, and
from our knowledge of his walk and conversation,
that he was prepared for that great change which
awaits us alL . Peace to hia ashes, And honored be
the memory of tbe gallant and upright soldier boy I
CorrMpendanee of tbe Western Democrat.
. Barmnobk's Brigade, Sept 17, 1864.
Mb. Editor : Gen. Hampton has just returned
from one of his most successful raids. With a por
tion of his command (.chiefly from the Brigades of
Roaser, Dealing, Barringer and Chambliss,) he
flanked tbe Yankee Cavalry, broke through -their
lines near the James River, surprised four of tbeir
camps, and played havoc generally. Besides the
killed and wounded, and omitting small game, wo
brought in the following : 800 prisoners, 200 horses,
200 sixteen-shooters, 200 sabres, 200 pistols, 90ft
setts of equipments, 7 . wagons and teams, a targe
so pply of ammunition, and 2,466 Beef Cattle alt
Grant bad I Our loss not more than thirty all tofd.
The 6th Regiment being on picket was not along.
The remainder of the Brigade was toere and in I be
right place. Gregg (Yankee) attempted to cut of!
our retreat but Roaser and Bamnger soon disposed
of him. Instead of the old familiar yell, the men
raised a huge bellow and we ha i Bull Run repeated.
Hampton is a noble man. It would mantle wih
burning shame tbe cheeks of thousands of those at
houie, living in ease and luxury, or sealing to grow
rich, to see this old hero an4 patriM, wbo has sacri
ficed nearly all bis vast eataies to ibe cause, march
ing at the head of his men in leng and wearisome
journeys through anxions-slei.plees uigblsoi scan
ty fare, yet ever cheerful ana ever leading them on
to victory. More than this He has borne alight,
injustice and iDgratitude (rroiM Uo authorities) all
without a limrmur. What va example- for every
man id the Confederacy to follow. -
Yours, Ac, - .
rrhe above ' from a promiaebt and well inform
ed oncer, and hw statement aifeaj, captures are re
liable
A gang of negroes
ilfoneer, at the follow
j Jim, .18 years oH,
eett by . A. Harr'M, Aue-
following prices, all Held hands. - -
Paul, 18 years old,
5,350; Edward, 1C years, old. 5,850; Charles, 85
j cars old, 5,000; Bsraey I years old, 4,725;
Louisa, IS years old, 6,00ft Ckerr. Titnee.
Thb Losses at Atiakta. If is stated that ttt
Iossch during the bonibarduaeat of Atlanta wilt seach
$5,000,000 worth of real estate, embracing Ahottsts
burnt. There weq 4ST nersoos ki and 6V1
wounded. " ""' '"' "
' Xoetken Ifs.
We clip the following extracts from the Phila
delphia Jnjvirtr of the 83d September:
sbbbidabt At stbasbuba.
Sheridan reached Staatanr at a late boor Tester
day. The Rebel retreating rear left the lown but
an hour or two before oar advance entered it
WAsamoTO
Wasbtsstom, Sept 23. General Sheridan is still
pursuing Early, and when last heard from to-day.
tnrouKh unofficial sources, was beyond Strasbunr.
which he entered yesterday, a short time after tha
reoei rear guara naa lett
obant and SnSRMAX.
Advices from Grant and Sherman resreaent ' -
everything progressing favorably in their armies.
uotn are preparine: for a resumption of active
operations, and will in good time send us news of
victory. Four thousand troops havejeen sent to
Grant from Camp Distribution, within the last ten
days.
SaUIVAH'S VTCTOBT.
Private parties from the army of the Potcsae.
say the general enthusiasm was so great when tho
news of Sheridan's victory was received that many
officers earnestly requested that their troops be at
once advanced upon the enemy in their front
Fremont's litteu or withdrawal.
General Fremont's letter of withdrawal from the
Presidential contest has proved a bomb shell in
tbe ranks of the Peace Democracy, as it de
stroys their last hope of a division in the Repub
lican rants.
The followlne is the latest despatch from Sheri
dan :
HsAnqUARTKBS MlDDLB DlTBlOH, )
Woodstock Va.. Sent 22. 8 A. 14. f
lieutenant General U. 8. Grant, City Point:
i cannot as yet eive any definite account of tha
results of tbe battle of yesterday. Our loss will be
light General Crook struck the left flank of tho
enemy, doubled it up, advancing down along their
lines, uenerai Kjcxett's Division of tbe sixth
Army Corps swung in and joined General Crook ;
rutto'a ,nii mri.t.,. a...., . -. .v. 1
movement, followed by the whole line, and attack
ing, beautifully carrying the works of the enemy.
Tbe Rebels threw down their arms and fled in the
greatest confusion, abandoning most of their ar
tillery. It was dark before the battle ended. I pursued
on alter the enemy during the night to this point
wun tne otn and vtn corps, and have stopped here
to rest the men and issue rations.
If General Torbert has pushed down the Luray
Valley, according to my directions, be will achieve
great results. I do not think that there ever was '
an army so badly routed. The Valley soldiers are
hiding away and going to their homes. .
I cannot give you any estimate of prisoners. I
pushed on, regardless of everything. The number
of pieces of artillery reported captured is sixteen.
(Signed) ., P. H. S11ER1DAN,
Major General.
Fro Atlanta. Refugees report generally kind
personal treatment from General Sherman and his
officers. Whatever exceptions may have occurred,
have been in violation of orders instances of in
dividual pilfering which cannot always be prevent
ed in an army, and in many cases have been detec
ted and punished. A friend whose wife was left an
invalid in Atlanta, and came within our lines a day
or two since, says at her request Gen. Sherman
came to see her, and finding her unable to attend to
the arrangement of her movables for transportation,
had them all boxed up nicely and transported to our
lines, even her wash tubs.
The Federal General held three hours conversa
tion with her and justified at length his order for
the removal insisting that in his exposed position
liable to be cut off and besieged, it .was the part
of humanity to require that non-combatants should
not be exposed to the privations and perils to which
his army must probably be subjected and worse,
because he could not provide food for a large popu
lation. Goods left behind were stored, and dupli
cate receipts given, with promise that they should
be safely returned.
Refugees report that Sherman's army is going
North by thousands and his force is now very small.
Whether this movement is confined to men who are
vgoing out of service, or embrace reinforcements to
Urant they were unable to wj.-Maeon Telegraph.
A correspondent of the Raleigh Standard very
justly complains of the appointment oi Constables
by magistrates, now at a time when there is no use
for Constables. He says the magistates of Owslow
county have just appointed five healthy, stout men
to the office of Constable. The effect of such ap
pointments is to cheat the army out of men. The
migistates wbo make these appointments, and the
members of the Legislature who vote to make new
magistrates, ought to be compelled to go into the
field themselves. Charlotte Democrat.
Capt Neely's Company of Home Guards were
again on duty two days of this week, and met here
yesterday. They report nary deserter caught,
and none on reliable testimony, even heard of.
Salubury Watchman.
waammmnmmmwmmamimBmMmmmmmm
DIED,
In Rockingham County, en the 6th September,
Mrs. Catbabirb Rbid, wife of Hugh K. Raid, Esq.,
and daughter of Hon. Calvin Graves, aged 88s years.
JORDAN WOMBLE,
GROCER & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
RALEIGH, If. C,
COHT1KCE8 TO CAKBT ON THE CQJmi4I01T
UUSINESS on Uargett Street.
All coDwgomants of
COUNTRY PRODUCE
reeefrerf and sold SPECIAL attention paid to tha sale
of FLO Oil. .
53T Wanted to purebaaa. WAX and TALLOW,
in large or small qtuntitita. The hjghfat prices paid.
Raleigh. 8pL Si, 1SS. 89-wtpd
NOTICE?
LOST OOM1SLAID,
A NOTE Oft DUE BILL. GfVEIf BT
Dr. E. F. WAMOM, of Alamance Cnnntr, to h T.
CLAYTON, late Oixeated. for 3700 payable oo ita fate
in Confederate ibomv, and, dated some tuna in Novem
ber, ISftS, to tbe beat of my retail action.
All peraons are warned agaioat tbadixo for said note,
as it has never bees, transferred either by said L. T. Clay
tonormraalf. DAVID LEWIS.
Adm'r. with ibe will annexed
of L. T. Clayton, dae'd.
September H,18S4. 2-wtt
effJERIEE NOTICE TAKEN jra AND
9 committed to jail by Jnliaa Ramaey, a negroboy abui
twentr-one years of age, who says hia name ia Emannsi.
and belongs tn John Hope of Clearelaud county. Be had
on wbru put in jail a brown suit of jeans cloth. He is
about fire feeV eleven tucbea high, of a dark blaek color
weighs abotw iM) pouni. The owner will coins for bim,
pay charges and take Lira, away, otherwise be will be dealt -witb
as tbe law directs. WM. A. WALTON. .
. Sheriff of Kowan T.
June 1. 184. ' 14 wtm.
mttlNITY cOLLEGE-TnE NEXT 8E
X aion will oumwauce oit the 7tb of September next.
Tuition from to tl 0. per month in advance. Board f l OS
per monih, parable mrm'hly in advance, r nboai $H par
mouih, if paid io prnviaions at prace prices. There are
small extra charge lor washing 'nd room rent.
Student are requested to bring all the Test Books I bey
may beab'e to procure. W, T. 6AK3AWAV,
Presideat.
Aneast 1, 1S-A ., . SI el
ANE MILLS, U EET-IROff, PLOWS .
VYe keep an tly m hand
Horizontal Cane Mills, Hulls,
Vertical Cane Mills, 2 aad 8 Holla, Ringfe Guard,
u m . Sfcnibie -
Sheet Iron Sir Boilers, SO inches vide, from S to fed
long.
Cast Iron Plate Lr Boilers, all sixes,
Sheet Iron SkiaiMicra or Ladte.
bolts from ran iuch to thirty iacbea Wg,
Flow, one hmee, N No. II, No. Su and S. 8..
two boa Ltvingum, ,
P1rT Prat. iakM and Bolts.
OreMtSpicfcrs, Lids, Vial irons, Wafa BbiM, e.
star Iran. Trout ibrra X artba to eight inches wide;
Nail Rod and lioraohoa iron, Round lrom and Shovel
Wale,
Mill Irons repaired. Gudgeon, Inks, Otai-tng, aad all
, kinds of I roe and Uraaa Castings made oa abort
notice.
WANTKIA Scrap Iroa, Brass, Copper and ZTne
SHAY, WILLIAMSON A CO,
North State Iron and Brass Works.
Kaieigh, Jane , la4. 19 wlTM.