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r XJ WBCW PRAYER OURINQ BATTLE. ' mok tub gbbsXs of" kritbr. . ' Father, I call on Thee, he warring artillery's clouds thicken around me. The hiss and the glare of the loud bolts confound me; . Ruler of battles, I call on Thee ! 0, Father, lead Thou me. To victory, to deatb, dread Commander, 0 guide me ; -..... The dark valley brightens when Thou art beside me ; . Lord, as Thou wilt, so lead Thou me, God, I acknowledge Thee. God, I acknowledge Thee; When the breeze through the dry leaves of autumn is mourning, When the thunder storm of battle is groaning, ' ' Fount of mercy, in each I acknowledge Thee, 0, Father, bless Thou me. I (rust in .Thy mercy, what'or may befall me ; 'Tin Thy woid that hath sent me, that word can recall rue. Living or dying, 0 bless thou me ; Father, I honor Thee. Fathor, I honor Tbee ; Not for earth's hoards or honors we here are con- -tending; . All that L holy our swords are defending ; Then falling and conquoring I honor Thee. God, I repose in Thee. God, I repose in Thee ; When the thunders of Death my soul are greeting, When the gashed vents bleed and the life is ftaeting, In Thee, my God, I repose in Thee. Father, I call on Thee. - . From the -ropress HAVE WE ANY CIVIL LAW IN - NORTH-CAROLINA ? ' We had snpnosod that we yet had our Bill of Rights, our Civil Code and Statute, and that even in these times of general demoralization and usurpation they would protect the .weak 'and helpless non-combatant, the women and children and de crepid old agerfrom insult and orttrago ; but it seems we have been laboring tinder ;i delusion. That rnlcr who makes war upon the women and children, even of ft common enemy, ia not only a tyrant but a brute, but what are we.to think of one who makes war or allows others to make war upon his own women and children ? Over a year ago we urged the Governor, in these columns, to turn out his whole militia or as many as might be necessary to accomplish the' work, and have all the deserters in the State arrested and retuin od to the army ; and we insisted that where militia officers failed in the performance .f their duty that they bo reduced to the ranks and conscribed. Had our sugges tions been then followed we should have had but little trouble with deserters; they -onld have been arrested and returned to the field without taking regnlar troops from the army to hunt them up, and-now the State would have been nearly or quite clear of them ; but our advice was not heeded, nothing was dono, and during the whole of the live months of the guberna torial canvass we heard of no efforts to gather them in.- We regretted this, for we desired that all men absent withont leave fhould be returned to duty, and hence we hailed the recent action of the Governor in calling out the Homo Guard for that purpose, with gratification. Homo Guard and militia officers whose commis sions protect them from -service in the field, should perform this duty cheerfully, and when they refuse or fail to do it they should be made to perform it. We have heard, for several weeks pa3t, of the arrest and penning of women and cliil.lren, by the Home Guard officers now engaged in deaertor-huntije, but treated it with silence, not bein; disosed to say anything which might seem to interfere i with the mam work in hand the arrest of ; Randolph, been arresting and imprisoning, ritssertcre ; but acconnts of these outrages j helpless women in order to compel them n tho weak and helpless, now come toii3 i to give information as tofthe whereabouts in such shape that we can no longer, con- ! of their hnsbandy, brothers, sons or sweet sistently with our duty as a public journ- ! hearts who are deserters from the army, aitst, fceep silent. We pu binned tno law, - passed by the last Legislature, on this subject, yesterday; Rnd we insist that wherever persons, male or female, have been guilty of harboring, or aiding and abetting . deserters, they be arrested and tried by the civil tribnnals, and punished if found gtiiUy ; but in the name of human ity and civilization we protest against the wholesale arrest of women and children which is now going on in various sections of the State by armed forces, .wider orders from tho Executive Department. There is no law to ' authorize it,- and it ia an un mitigated outrage. It may be said that these persons, are all lewd and depraved. Admit it, and yet it doe3 not mitigate the high-han Jed outrage and thorough disre gard of civil law. Bnt we are assured that many of the women thns arrested and kept for days and weeks under cnard. are persons of education, position and refine-, luent many ot whose sons, husbands and brothers are no doubt now keeping watch in the trenclios at Petersburg or elsewhere. "Wo would not shield any giiilty person from pneh punishment as the law inflicts lor the punishment of crime, but beyond the law we would not go. It is paid Gov. "Vance excuse? himself by saying his order has been misimder fitohd. If so why does he not revoke it, or substitute" another which may be un derstood Why suffer these arrests to go on in disregard of all law ? Bnt will ho allow the order iiudor which his officers are operating to fee the light, so that tho people of the State and of tho country msv iudse for themselves ? If it does o authorize these arrests we will most cheer-: fully do him tho justico to publish it, if furnished with a copy. : We have heard of delicate ladies ia a condition to render excitement and expo sure very dangerous, being dragged from their homes and kept under guard in the Home Guard camp for -days nnd weeks; and others, we are assured, "with stickling babes havo been treatad in the same way all the arrests being made because they were swpected of harboring, or aidingand abetting deserters. J oath or aflirma tion; no civil process only -an armed "iiard anfl the arrests made on suspicion, Sy the order of Gov. Yauee ! This is a practical suspension of the writ of habeas corpus without action of Congress. These high-handed proceedings lave no parallel in the history tbis .iv TJ& Yankees have warred ofc o&r women wd children, and all gop,d ieiy .everywhere, hate and loathe thedS for it1; ut ti iisf the first instance in which any public lunc tionary, civil or military, has warred, on his own women and children. Sherman's brutal order expelling women and children from Atlanta robs themdnly of thoir homes and property ; but here women and children are deprived of their liberty -and subjected to "tortnre" without the shadow of law 6r, authority for the proceeding. To those prominent citizens who are now writing. to us from different counties about these outrages, we Jiave no answer to make. We and our friends are powerless. Bayonets ruled in North-Carolina in Au gust, and they rule now, and we only re member the healthful operations of the civil law asamong therubbish of the past an indistinct dream or a half forgotten nursery tale. . Our friends will remember, however, what wo predicted relative to & reign of terror in the event of certain things happening, and do us the justice to concede that all. which we prophesied and more, ha9 come to pass, and that much sooner than wo supposed or predicted. We will Bay no more atpresent, but the following letter from a Western county will show that we have abundant material' at hand to call forth the remarks we have made. The writer is no imaginary char acter, and he makes no request as to se crecy. He is a gentleman of high char acter, and when tho General Assembly meets we trust that his voice will be rais ed in that body in defence of the -weak against the strong in favor of civil law and personal liberty against usurpers and tyrants. We append'his letter aud ask for it a careful pernsal : CIVIL LIBERTY-GONE. Mb. Editob : Every true friend of Civ il Liberty, everywhere, in" Europe or America, how looks upon "the torture as the foulest stain bit ancient Jurispru dence. Kiug James II, of England, has obtained an immorality of infamy for the use of which ho made of it during his ad ministration in Scotland previous to his accession to tho English throne. He in flicted upon' all Stato prisoners, or those, whom ho suspected of being privy to any cunspiracv against the government, all the horrible "and exquisite tortures of which the rack, the bo6t and the thumb-screw were capable. Jn England this horrid sys tem never obtained the sanction-of law or prescription, let during tno woist uaya of the Tndors and Stuarts it va occasion ally inflicted upon the Stato criminals in the tower. The tact that it was thus used has ever been deplored by all wise and virtnous Englishnieu, being regarded by them as one of the darkest stains upon their country's history. The glorious rev olution of 163S rid England and Scotland of this foul excresccnco forever. It is never mentioned there now but with ab horrence, and no one supposed that it would ever again by revived by the Anglo-Saxon race in any part of the world. But in this they were greatly mistaken. This relic of barbarism has again, in tho high noon of tho 19ta century, been in troduced into Conservative and liberty loving North-Cr.rolina, and that, too, it is . said, by order of Gov. Vance. It has not only been introduced in Nwrth-Carolina, but it has been -introduced in a far worse form than it ever existed in England and or "Scotland, for it has beeu done under the auspices of the military authorities' of , the 'State. For the last three or four weeks .; the militia or Home Guard have been ! hunting deserters in the Counties of For- ( syth, Randolph, Davidson, and perhaps ! others, bv order of Gov. Vance, and have, especially in the counties of Davidson and 1 endeavoring to force them to. do by lor- tare what it is in many instances impossi ble for them to do. This they say they do by order of Gov. Vance, who hag promis ed "to stand between them and all dam ages." I obtained my information from an intelligent Justice of the Peace, him self engaged in the business, who assured i rV tr 11... 1 1 I me tnat uov. v ancenau given sucu oruer, and used the precise language qnoted above. -The order has been vigorously execated, and women, it is said, who were' in that situation in which they are enti tled to be treated with peculiar tenderness, have been arrested with others. In some instances thirty or forty of them have been huddled together in an old school house and kepj; guarded for several days. Harboring deserters is undoubtedly a crime, but not one of those great State crimes which the torture was used to dis close in England and. Scotland several cen turies ago. If there is evidence to impli cate any parties in the crime-of harboring deserters 'let them be arrested at once upon-; a warrant issned by a magistrate, and bound over to answer for-the crime beforo the proper tribunal, or be commit ted. And, above all, let the Grand Jurors do their duty. In one of the above na med conn ties.! (know that the Grand Jury, at tho last term of the Superior Court made the most .dHligent inquiry and in dicted all against ,whom . evidenue could be found. This is the only mode by which crime can be ptinished in "North-Carolina, I and he who attempts to pnnisli it in any other .way commits a grave crime himself. This is the course to winch Gov. Vanco is himself pledged. friends claim that he Uypar ezceiUenM, the champion of civil liberty of the supremacy of the civil over the military Jaw yet .thesp' proceedings' are a most outrageous violation ef the civil law, and in fact establish thereapreaiacyof the military over it. For the credit aad fair fame of tho good old North State, I hope Gov. Wanee has beeii inisunderatood. . Bii'fc- titat soeins to lie impoibIe.:as several of Jiis officers who are engaged in executing, the order, are members of the legal, profession, aai I think capable of un lei-standing, their or ders. His Exceilencv will ceniainly set himself right betbre ie public, "by avow ,ing or disavowing the order .and if he did not issue any such orderftjfte- oiiCourse he .rtflf inStrnct Mr. SolicitofcSettW to ia- 4- IButwpOTse beam isje.cn ant order, t it is nistti afad yoid, beingwithont authority of law, and m Positive violation ot the Constitution and Bill of Rights, which says that;th rnilUary shaM alwayrle kevt subordinate to and Governed buthsl Civil power ; -and being thus unlawful will anord no protection to those wno may I a. fiiTahitr.iofkfiTn Antrim ohn.A be indicted forfalstfimTJrisoh'nient'ih con sequence of arrests made under it, and if they were to consult their;.own saiety tney would cease at once. . Bnt what most astonishes me is, that 6uch an order ever should have been obey ed, especially, by. that large number of the militia and Home Guard who are Justices of the Peace. By SO doing they not only I virtually abandoned their civil functions, but actually assisted the military in usurp ing them. Of what avail are the civil courts, when -the Justices composing them thus allow themselves to be made the in struments of their overthrow 1 If, as a Justice of tho Peace, I had been liable to militia or Home- Guard dnry, and had obeyed such an order, I should feel that 1 had disgraced my. magisterial robes, and deserved to be impeached. . I would have submitted to all and more than all the tor tures which they inflicted upon their helpless female victims, before I would, in obedience to an usurped authority, have aided in striking a fatal blow at the Con stitution and liberties of my State, and my owji civil functions. If information had been laid betbre me on the oath of a re spectable informant, that any parties wero guilty of tho crime of harboring deserters, 1 would have issued my warrant " to any constable or other lawful officer," to arrest the parties, and would have bound them over, committed or discharged them, ac cording to the evidence elicited on an in vestigation. More than this I never wonld have done, and I hope that this is all that Gov. V ance ever intended by his order, but then he should hq,ve addressed it to his vivif and not his military office8. This I would have done to bring tho party to justice : but what makes these arrests par ' ticalarly disgraceful is that their purpose was torture. Snch proceedings are a sad commentary upon tne degeueracv ot the times, iiie fact that they are tamely submitted to, proves that our people havo lost that spirit of liberty which animated their ancestors that they are even now subjugated and ready to obey the edicts ot a despot, and if so, for what is this struggle continued ? In tho language of Vice President Steph ens, " 1 would not turn upon my neel to choose between masters." VERIXAS. Grant's Earthworks aronad Petersburg. A er.ncFPOTident of the Sprincfield (Massacliu sctLs) Republican gives the following description of me worts constructed by ur&nt s army around Po terahurg. After all the descriptions given of this battle cen tre, tnero are probably tew at the JSorth who have a correct idea of the position as it is. Even old soldiers, Ian:liar wila siege operations, coming bere Ircm other points, have been surprised at what they saw ana wtiat tney aia not see. un this, tho ex cavations and embankments (til systematic and cor rect to the eye of the experienced engineer) have the appearance, to a casual observer, ot incomplete ness and confused irregularity. There is no well defined chain of .works with finished front, as at liermuda Hundred, to be seen from any point along the parapet, stretching awav in cither direction as far as the eye can reach. - There is no succession of I parallels and saps clearly tending to a prominent object ot attack as on the Morriss Island sand waste. The whole country for miles about seems dug up and ehovelled over, with no other purpose than to make as many heaps and as many holes as are pos sible in a given space. There is a lonz line of low riflo pits lor our videttes. Back of these, there is a stronger line of embankments before a wide trench for tho picket reserve. There are bomb proofs- nuge uetuiKpnericai neaps ot eartn anru logs liko a New England potato cellai" in the outer line, for the videites to crawl into when shelled by tno ene my, there are bomb proofs in the second .ine for the pickets. There is a large bomb-proof for tho picket headquarters ; I write from that. There are covered wavs long trenches to protect passing sol diers from rillo bullets from the vidette-pits to the reserves, atid from the reserve to the rear. Along tnese covereu ways are small bomb proof flooging LolOd in the side waits, like bank Swallow's nests. 1 ben there are graves. Away at the front a .Bin glo grave on the barren sand bill; two or three grates in a row on the pUiir: low mounds of Yel low clay with head and foot boards of ammunition or cr-wkerbox covers," rudely marked with "the nsme and regiment of the fallen soldier, and date of his death. A utrange place for bnrial I No rest even ia death. The roar of artillery and the rattle of musketry shake cominnally the dead soldier's narrow bed. At times, even his clayey covering itself ii torn from above bim, as though he had no right to sleep while the war went on. ' Since I sat wriiiug here, a rebol shell has struck and exploded in the very centre of a Pennsylvania soldier's grave, but a few yards to my front and tight, and opened ii uucw, as ii w on iia inmate again to arms. TaBFarrnrra Misistbii. We have seldom read a more beautiful tribute to the true Minister of the Gospel than the following extract from an "able ppeecn aenverea- in toe United States llouse of iieprescntaiives, by ilon. JJ. W. Yoorhees, of In diana:: - "Sir, let not these remarks and record nffatttrni history be construed into an attack Upon the min isters of our divine religion. I have endeavored rather to portray the evil lesults which flow from desecration of that high calling. To my mind there is no vocation, on this side of the mysterious river wh:ch divides time from eternity, bo lofty, no career oi iiie ao sereneiy oesuciui, ana bordering bo close ly upon heaven, as the benevolent pursuits pf him fallin g world.- A balo hovers around his head which tells that he walks "in the foolstepta cf his blessed Master. In the presence of aoch a mnn I would stnd uncovered and do him reverent homage. ' And pass almost unheeded by the busy, atrivlng world but around wnanruie comforting aneiscfthBT.nri encamp by night and by day. In their keeping are all the future hopes of the Church the Oh:. tian welfare of mankind. The youtn of the land snouiu an. ureir icbi uu learn- wisdom, and both voung and old should rise up and call them blessed. Bat in this bright category of human excellence this high gilaxy of stars-shining with an unearthlt splendcr there is no place for such as take chr,i ol Churches by order of tho War Department and preach the gospel as commanded by the PreaiHW of the United State.. The vineyards whVrf tw lsbor nvcr Acar the fruits of peace never smTiV with domestic tranquility. Before them I d W piruu mj nw. moui i ezDect to hear tuiuc iu viiiiiiuc. j,nu protracted - havoc." v no cry of A Boston firm has gone into the manufacturi nf artificial anns and legs-tlie mparannn agnaran.ee of eight percent divides toZkhof dors and a special permitfrom Secretnry Stan eon to fcupply tua Confederal ! Thi- T"L? lo j goes m for the vigorous prolongauon of the wan" -n . rWt.Bmi SmmtNTs. The war - riXF-"""" - w . ... . . necessarily interfering very serwusly .with tteau- iU. AAniro Tn! nfev nut into 86T- rtSlIt the ge of 16th vear. just at tne raw wmj are : : . ' ' - -i at school or college termtnatea. lathing bjat tne ,1 measurelr 1 pvuem. most prcswuR v. r.:-,Trrjr : : nn the nart of our aut&onnesr" uut me duwswi; , . .i . iL . :i i I..ni 1 exists, and for the time the evil must be borne. We cannot oejieve wat uongresa wiu wu - ".ttL-.i. i-.ro..... .i.- k. . .nd ii a iiouuv - a that they may be well trained, so as to take the places 0f their rathers and brothers wno nave iauen fn th nr. The remark attributed to President Davis, two or three years ago, about grinding teed corn when boys are put into aervice, conveys an important trutn. is oi course me uesiro m u President, as well as every ope else. connected with the general government, to encourage ine cause vi and to extend the season allotted to study, as far as can be done consistently with other interests of more immediate and pressing impor- compliance with the request of tho Board of Trus tance. in accoraanco wuu iuw uispuannui, tees of Hampden Sidney College, Vs., we learn that the Secretary of War has decided to exempt from military service the students of that institution who thali become 17 yean of age during the umon. All such will be permitted to remain at College un til the end of that term. This exemption is grant ed, however, with the understanding that no stu dent will be admitted unless under 17 years of age at the beginning of the session, and that the stu dents will be organized into a company lor iocbi ae fence, in emergencies. North-Carolina Pretty te- rtan. r Fremont's Letter of Withdrawal. ' '; ' - -Boston, September 21, 1864 Gentleman: I feel it my duty to make one step r.wre in the direction indicated by my letter of the . - i . . j i r - -jia oi August, anu wunuvaw my name iroui vue list of candidates. The Presidential question has in effect been en tered upon in such a way that the union of the Re- nublican party has become a paramount necessity, i ine policy ot tno Democratic party sienines ciiimr separation or re establishment!, with slavery. The Chigaco platform is simply separation. Urn. Mc Clellan's letter of acceptance is re establishment with slavery. . - The itepubuoin candiuate. on the contrary, is pledged to tho rc establishment oi the Union with-, out Elavery ; and, however hesitating his policy may be, the pressure of his p&rty will force him to it Uelwten these issues. I think no man of the lib eral party can remain in doubt ; and I believe I am consistent with my antecedents in withdrawing, not to aid.in the triumph of Mr. Lincoln, but to do my part towards preventing the election of the Demo cratic candidate. In resiM-ct to Mr. Lincoln 1 continue to hold ex actly the sentiments contained in my letter of ac ceptance. I consider that hi adminittration hat been, polUtcuUy, militarily and financially, a fail ure, and that itt neeettary continuance it a eaute 0 rtijret for llie country. There never was a greater unanimity in a coun try than wus exhibited here at the fall of Sumter, and the South was powerless in the lace of it But Mr. Lincoln , completely paralyzed this generous teeling. He destroyed the strength of the position and divided tho North when he declared to tho South that slavery should be protected. He has built up for the Sou Lb a strength which otherwise they would have never attained ; and this has given them an advocate in the Chigaco platform. ine Cleveland Convention was to nave been the open avowal of that condemnation which men had ben freely expressing to each oher tor the past two years, and which had been made fully known to the President But in the uncertain condition of affairs leading men were not found willing to make public a aifsatisiaction and condemnation which could have rendered Mr. Lincoln's nomination im possible ; and their continued silence and support established for him a character anions: the neoole which leaves now no choice. United, the republican party is reasonably sure of success ; divided, the result of the Presidential election is, at the least, doubtful I am, gentlemen, very truly, yours, J. 0. FREMONT. To Messrs- George L. Stearns aad others, a com mittee, fee. A reverse to our arms seems to hive started afresh the doleful iameutations of those whose spirits have been frightened nearly out of their clay tenements by the invading enemy. Some are ahiising the Pi esident for the Ioks of Atlanta, others blame Gen. Hood, and others curse Jobnuon, while none of this unhappy cuss ever seem to think that the true cam of our reve'nes is the want of men in the army. If theoe people would go themselves to the army, or, if theie is any good excuse for their not going, if they would use their influence to induce otuera to go, in stead of trying to keep recruits out, wc would nav but lew reverses to our arms. No people can rea sonably expect to carry on war for year without meeting witn deieats. in couiparibou with uur vic tories, our defeats havo beea almont inaiguiticant Reverses may be expected occasionally, and should not demoralize, or uiacourage us. If the 6ouiiirn people tie true to themselves and to each other, they will certainly triumph in the present sirole. If any one thould think that the country is exhaust ed of men, jubt lut him look at the hum vote in the late elections, and quiet his mind on that point -. But ia order lo hasten this triumph, men of influ ence at Lome must exert themselves for the benefit of the cause, and uot to save men who aro liable (and whose service at home cau be dispensed with) from conotiplion. . It L too ofteu the caae tuat when a rich lulu's fiieiul or relative ia conaciibed, begoea to work with all his miht to get him . released. He seuuis willing that that ail others should go ami fight to sve his property, except hu 011 particu lar f.icnJa aud Luaoiau. .While this ts the case and while rciufoicmo'uts ate thus kept from our ar mies, is it any wonder that the plana ot our Generals ate defeated and the troops forced to retreat betbre the enemy t There must be a change. Ai.d men of in fluence, and thobe who have a large property at gUku, must help forward the recruiting of. our or- mj, cr their possessions will be appropriated by a merciless enemy, and they and all of us driven from our homes. The rich and poor must do their share of the work aliko, or we are a ruined people. : - These remarks are not intended for any one par ticular casa: though wo want tbeiu applied to -any case they will suit They are intended to impress the minds of men ofwcalthaod influence that thero is much work for them to do towards' helping to reinforce oiir armies. We know that many of this class have done Well and much ; but it is a notorious fact that others are doing things they should not do and leaving undone tuat tney sbould do. We raise a warning voice now before it is top late to aaye the caubO of the bouUi. UiWrMU Democrat. Rdles roE,HoMB Education. The following are worthy of being printed in letters of gold and being placed in a conspicuous position in every, household: 1. From your children's earliest infaucy inculcate ine neoKbsiLv 01 meutui caeuience. 2. Lmtc firmness with gentleness. Let vour cliil- dren always understand that you mean exactly what you say. 3. Never promise them anything unless 'you are sure you can give what you tiouiLse. ' 4. If you tell a child to do anything show him how to uo 11, anu Bee uiat 11 is uouei. " 0. Always puuiah your children for willfiillr dis obey in vou, but never punish, in aueer. 6 Never let them perceive that they can vex you or maice you lose your seir-command. 7, If they give way to petulance and temper. wait till they are calm, and then gently reason with tnem on tne impropriety of tneir conduct 8. Remember that a little present punishment, when the occasion arises, ia much more effectnal than' the threatening of a greater punishment shoul.', the fault bo renewed. 9. Never give your children anything oVeau ! they cry for it ? " 10. On no aecount-allow them to do at one tim l, what you have forbidden, under tho same circa m stances, at another. 11. Teach them that the only sure and easy wa to appear good, is to be g.wid. 12. Accustom them to make their little recita the perfect truth. - 1 3. Never allow'of talo-btirina : - SNOBBET AND SHODDY, . Thefe wag a thne when the Democratic leaders professed to be itbfl friends of the masses, and prided UubmIvm on the sympathy and support of the la boring men the untiUod nobility of the nation. mur &iiik RtockinsB and eold olate. j"."r--.--r; ,V.. ....i..j and Righted in wtat tnw caueaweir -naranaM.a fnllawera." But this is all changed now. Mincing "7 " im.. o ,i a.k snsiocrais jim oouvut, uu in.. D.U..I. ..il nMir and ita nriranft bnaflt of the gentle descent and Patrician blood of its can 1KB UBIUIUllli. IIUDWV I.1VTI ' ' Ft - didates. . - We find the following in tba Rochester Union, and ia aroine the rounds of the cooDerhead" 'fcress : "PENDLETON IS A BLOOUKD MAIN, BfiUMU DESCENDED FROM A GOQD. FAMILY, AND, HAVING NOT ONLY THE EDUCATION AND MANNERS OF A GENTLEMAN, BUT THE HE REDITARY CHARACTERISTICS ALSO." From a speech of Gen. Leslie Combs, a Kentucky. delegate to the Chicago Convention, the same paper - also quotes this : " More than eighteen hundred years ago, Rome was governed by three men in the end of that Re- . public. One was Augustus Caesar, another Mark Antony, and the other a. noble Roman. THEY WERE ALL OF NOBLE BLOOD. And we, too, have our triumvirate Lincoln. Stanton and Hal- leek: bat, unfortunately. NEITHER OF THEM CAN BOAST A VERY HIGH DESCENT;." (A laugh.) . ; After the Baltimore nominations were made, this - same spirit of upstart aristocracy manifested itself in the well Known comments of the World, the lead ing Democratic organ of the country, upon thecon- . didates presented. Lest our readers may have for - eotten those comments, we append them : "The only merit we can discover in this Baltimore .ticket is the merit of consistency; it is all oft piece;. ihe' tail does not shame the head nor the head shame . the tail A KAIL SPLITTING BUFFOON AND A BOORISH TAILOB, both from the backwoods, both growing up in un - couth ignorance; they would afford a grotesque sub- : iect for a satiric poet who might celebrate them in ; such Strains as Dean Swift bestowed on Whisron j and Ditton, or Aristophanes on that servile dema gogue, liypcrbolus. JSiutivilie Union lotA. uuk uvtt. it matters not waat our sphere in life may be we have grave responsibilities to dis charge, whether in camp or at home a soldier, or a citizen we cannot ignora the obligation due to each other as members of the same society. The times demand tno exercise of every virtue that adorns tne cnnstian cnaracter. Wherever we turn our eyes, objects of deep soliVa& await our care. i ne war nas reaucea tnoustnds irom affluence to penury happy hemes have been made desolate. and families, accustomed to ease and luxury, driven forth in exile. - A kind word, a tender expression of sympathy. or a cheerful smile, in their despair, may cause the disconsolate to look up again, as the perishing flow er iroin tne summer aroutn, tbrougu dew and rain, with welcome to the sky. An act of kindness on our pari may 00 a nine tningk but we should re member that to the cneerlcss heart It bears a bles sing that may last through life. A time like this demands the exercise of the purest virtues aud the nuoiesi aiu-iouies oi our being. Many a way-worn orower, weary witn tne buraen of bis woes, is fa nt- mg in the path of life: speak to him with a tender word, and his heart revives with bono, his Dirit surs. wuu new resoivc, as no resumes his way, bus- . : Jl . . ' uuneu anu soomed witn tne assurance ef your care. Love to one another sbould be the common law of life. We should strive to animate, instead of cniuing ine good tnat lies rpraate, if not revealed, in every fccart It is a blessed thoueht to feel that God reigns in our acts, when, with the wealth of neart and soul of purse of e very thing that may add to. another's happiness, we bless the immortal ity 01 our teiiow maa Alaco Telegraph.- Sugas as an Element op Kotrrior. Children. and the lovers of sweetmeats, will Le under mkuv ob. I-a? 1. ir. n i a . . iiauuns 10 ir. cringes Adams, wno tells tutui that tneir lasto lor sugar is something more than a mere appetite. In a recent paper on the " uses of sugar iu n,ung assimilation ot lood, be says : " 1 know by experience the difference in nutritious effect pro duced by the flesh of tired cattle on a march, and those slain in a condit?fe arising from abundant food and exercise. In former case any amount nngni oe eaten wunout tne 6atislacuou of hunger, while in the latter a smaller amount removed hunger. But I discovered that certain other food of a different quality, such as grapo, sugar and fruit, would help tired meat to assimi.ate and thus to remove hunger. Puddings and fruit tarts are not, therefore, sim ply flatteries of the palate, but digestive aeuu: provided, always," they are not themselves made of reoeuiously indigestible materials. Tne reviewer- alludes to the fondness of the artisans for confec tionery, and of patients just discharged from the hos pitals at king for "sweets" in preference to "good, and substantial food," as examples of a. correct in stance. There is no doubt but that in children, in whom the reqnlrments of erowth call for a ranid and efficrent transformation" of food info tissue, the uenian a lor sweets is very imperious ; and parents should understand that the jam pot will dimmish tne butcher a bill and increase the amount of nutri tion extracted from beef and mutton. Louitville Journal. Letters to Pbisokbrs. We are reo nested bv an cfliccr who has just reached this place from a Nor thern prison, to urge upon persons who are writing 10 menus in capuvuy oy tne nag ot truce boat, the abtolute necettity of conforming to the reeulations. These have been often published ; but some persons never learn, and in consequence' maoy letters' are sent on which never reach those to whom they are addressed. " A letter mvettiot exceed one tmae of or dinary letter paper. It mut nqt he inUriiiied. It must refer to nothing but family matters. Often arc letters withheld from the prisoners because of tbc inspector's endorsement, "contraband in length," that it it vselett to write, unless the abo ve directions ore complied with.- A letter that eonfdrma to the rules, and Ins a Federal postages mp on it. Is pret- ij ueri u wire ueiivcreu; ami me comtort wbicn they carry to the captives i& difficult te be conceived or by any who bave not experienced a like isolatiaa f rrtm li.n mnA A!nft ... r if . 1 . ..w w .(,G9. nwwKttt fxmmci. A tuwous Kcobd. We have seen two Oenral Orders issued by Adjutant General Cooper, giving we nBuica 01 uo iss man oo omcers ureppeu from the ftolis of the Army" between the 1st Jan'y and 1st July 1884. In the month of June 250 of them' were dropped. W hat is tho meaning of this ? Were there so many incompeteritfljeers f Or are they the sick and wounded f , &c loiterers at home, awav from their posts of duty r the Orders assign .no cause in any case. .' v batever may be the reason for this wholesale dismissal, we areTejoicela find that the proportion of North-Carolina name .is very small. There is no doubt we think, that she has one-fifth of all tfc ioices in the field ; but instead of finding one fifth of me uisuiicmib ir among iier oiucera, there is but Oiie iu twenty-one, viz: 81 out of 66- The drop ped, from tilts State are, 1 Colonel, Captains, 10 h ijieuia., ix u -.leuta i.., y.iartermaster, 1 Tax in Kina, and 1 Vizfuu.-FiyelteviUr Obtener. Wao wiw. M.tx a G006 Wire Whon you see a young woman who rise' edrljr, Sets the table and prepares hr father's brefakfast cheerfully, depend upon it that she will make. good wife. Yon may rely upon it that sho possesses a good diapoaitwn and a kind heart . v . .' . .. - When you see a young vvbraan just ont of bed at . , .r.u.iig wiui ner eioow opotghe table, gasping and sighing, "Oh W dreatfuMy I fetd," ly uiMHi iS sno win not make a rood Wife.- She must be laay and mopish. . . When you see a girl with 'a broom in her hand sweeping the floor. With 'rrihhinr hn-ml . fe.t.. 1 . - -- ...j v va at viv.uri line, in her hand, you may put it down that she tr uuusu-wus ana wui make a very good wife for seme- buoy. . , When you see a girl with novel in her left hand, and a fan in her right, Shedding tears, you maibe kareioat abe is. unfit isja.,a wife. " Happfnes and t m uciur. yu ; wnxu wai you cboose f The Uacon extortioner misunderstands. ' The meanin? of tt ,, r. . .:- He thinks the last word it spelt wltij an e 44TH SENATO RIAL DlSTRicr EDITOB STAN D ABD : PLEASE ANVnnL. the people af tb Senatorial District. comnT.J?pre,ii Conatieaof Tadkto, Surry, Ashe. AltohZW th. to ., the vaeaae occasioned by the "fat? of- aept. xa, IBM. ' - 1 DOOEKEEPEESHIP OP SENATE. THE UNDERSIGNED RESPFCTpt-, - anonnnces himself us. a cardid.t. rZ..? Vint ASSISTANT DOORKEEPER to the Sm. 5c, been in aemce. was wounded, and am now on li . T and acceptably. li elected, 1 will uou I can to serve thB sn-..: ,.u.' wtv. V. U0,T. J.H.tOcbEB' Sdtt September 89, 1W4. D00EXEEPEESH1P OF TtrT nuivii wwju 01 ine lloaae of c of Horth-Carolina. at the enuring session of th i"0 tore. If elected; I will spare no pains n0r effr!, t th Houie of .Commonj aoeeptablv and Uithf..M. l,. !.erTice was wounded. andan. now dffi for liht work- September -tf, 1864. -nu -tl BOOK WOES! PRESS . . AND JOB WORK! Doneln the NEATEST STYLE at the . STANDARD OFFICE." BLANKS of au km on hand, or speedily print. , Order. ' A flue POWER PRESS, good rollers AUD - ' THE BEST SOUTHERN INK, With constant attention to business, will enable guarantee TRB SSST STYLE OF PHlNTlm I Plain and Fancy ' . PLACARDS, Business Carda, Posters, Handbills, in fact, eve7 viej UJb' JOB WORK, Neatly and expeditiously execated at the "STANDARD OFFICE" V , , On JJARQETT STREET, f1 Raleigh, N. c. September 5th, 1864. 50 tt WOO L NO T 1 C ' . : Qnartermaster'g Department, 1 Raleigh. X. C , Junt 9, 14. f 1AM NOW PREPARED TO EXCHAGE COTTON YARN roa WOOi, upon efolliWin teroia, vii: One bunch of Tarn for S pounds of Washed Wool. " " " - " 4 Unwashed AGENTS hare been aDDointed to maka ih PTrhnM .1 the following places: . uxi.ira, Tawboro', Kinston, Catherine Lake, Concord, Rockiarhun, Hendersonville, Statesville, Roxboro, Ahevllle, Pittsboro', Louishnrif, Kavetteville, Coleraine, Kuleih. E9T Fvrsons abiliitine worn, to this olacs will i. mark ou the pekage who they are ao, and cotton vara will be forwarded immediately. I hope the people will patriutieallr resnond to the ithnra notice, as the wool ia for clotbine the North.rr. Una troop. . IX. A. DO WO. A. Q. M., K. 0. A. Julyl8,lS. ss.tf. PCH SALE CE EEKT ! A NUMBER OF VALUABLE HOUSE and LOTS in iiie City of Elioit inrlnrlin. th UCXC UN8 Ma f0rnler!jr ocoul'iBd by the late Mr, HOTEL. For terma apply t tbe aunacriber, t. , v c . J, P. H. RUS3. Baleieh. Sept. 22, 1864. - (Sir Peterabnnr Express and Dailv Proirresa am thm tiuea and aend aceounta to tbia office. Olfioe of Chief Q. M.. C. S. s. A.,1 MSI, If DlaTRICT NOETH CirUIXA, Jt'ttetch, Spt. 264. 4 1L CONSCRIPTS SERVING IN TIII8 xm Department thronebout the State, nnder the assin- tnent of " Exaiuining Boards," will present tbemselrea without delay to the EXAMINING BOARDS of tbeir respective Coorreiuiosal District- for Bs-sxianr-atiok, and report to this oliice the Certilicates of sud ex amination, whether conbi matnry or not of the Certilicntet. now held, on or before the 30th day of October next, under the pennltv of being immediately thcrentter reported for rieLD saavica I W. W. 1 'EIRCE, Msj. A Chief 0, M., Dist. N. Q. Sept.29.186 . 59-St NOTICE! FINE SHAVCM, TOILET, AND U1CATED 8QAP THE SUBSCRIBER . HAS ON HAND A (rood suppiy of the BEST Toilet an.i Sliaiinr HMD i also, Medicated Soap, made fr.m the wter of Kittrell't . Spruits, which she warrants for its soothias aud healiaf qualities. Hbe ia so wall convinced of the excellence if these articles tit she' is willing to let them rseomuuwt tbbvsblvks to those who. sy use them. U'dera thaak- lully received ana promptly attended to. - - .. BCUUWAS. Baleigh, Sept. 89, fit. o-st A NEW BOOlE THE BATTLE OF GREAT BETHEL ! ST X AVE L WILSON. THIS Jj IT TLE VOLUME WILL BET ready in a few days, wgll printed on fine white Eop lisft paper. Every North Carolinian should tiarea enpT. Price f 1 50 per ingle eopj; S eopies for $?; and" 19 copiea for $12 50, On t reaetpt of the money tin woik will be seut raaa or pocracs. Address . fttANK I. WILHOH, ' . ' Raleigh, N O. BT Newspspera in the State eonvirr the above, or nolin editoriallv, bv aendin sae a marked soar, will have the book sent to them free of postage f. 1. w. September H, 1864. ' 9-tf. JS-DICAL COLLEGE OF VtGIIA, SESSION 1864-'65. THE ANNUAL COURSE OP LECTURE Will commence on the FIRST ilQNDAT in Novem. ber, and continue until FIUST ef MAECH, under the same orgaoiiation as heretofore: FEES. JiATRICTJIJtTION. . t PBOf 80B3' rK8, each, f DEMONSTRATOR OF ANATOMT, $W GRADUATION,. W For farther i-fcrmation. or nv of the ratslnei a dresa ' L ft JOYNB. Dean ef the Facvlty. icnd. Vs. September 12, 184. 64 stpd- WANTED! $5,00Q Baiik 'Notes. $3,0Q0 Old N. C. Coupons. $z,uu xi. a Kailroad Coupons. ; JNO. H. WILLIAMS Jr Vf ' . " - Broker. Jtajeigh, Sept 19, 1884. M-Btpj COTTON YARNS for sale at E. A. WH1TAKEB MJ1U-.B CIUAK YIN BOAR - or sale at E. A. WHITAKEBU ILEX SOAP For sale at K. A WHITAIS TEE8WAX AND TALLOW s Jfor sale at S. A. WBITAKER'S- BACON AND LARD - tor a at E. A. S"fliTAKS5- TOBACCO AND CIGARS, foe sals at THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFCTt. annoDDCea himself as a C-NDiDAta for 1),. . i1 .23 T mi 'yC-.'z n Pi ; ; : ' S. A VEITAKEBS. Baleljh. AhWMSSA - - 4-- "" ut uuf apeuea wctii an a . J
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 5, 1864, edition 1
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