THE
j!nrt-tolmii Itankit
wTlliam w7holden
IDITOB AND rBOPRIBTOK.
Oat Terms.
Persons subscribing for the Standard will please
observe that our terms are as follows : , ,
Weekly 6 months $10; Semi-Weekly 6 months
$15. We regretted to have to advance our prices,
but we could not possibly afford the paper at for
mer rates. We are under obligations to those who
have promptly renewed in acoordance with, our new
terms. ' -
Advertising: One square of ten lines or less, first
insertion, $3, and $2 for each subsequent insertion.
RALEIGH : FRIDAY, OCT. 28, 1864.
The Disaster ra thb Vallet. It is stated that
Gen. Early has issued an address to his troops, in
which he attributes his recent defeat to "the dis
graceful propensity to plunder and panic". We
have heard from a soldier who was in the recent
engagement in the Valley, thatour troops had won a
signal victory, and then sucked tbeir arms and com
menced to plunder the battle-field, when tb,e fed
erals suddenly attacked them, and the result was
the loss of many cannon and a total rout But
the men are not alone to blame for this. Gen. Ear
ly himself is said to be not freo from censure
There were no panics, no stacking of arms to
plunder the battle field under Stonewall Jackson.
Gen. Early had a larger army than Stonewall
Jackson ever commanded, and if the latter had been
living and in his place we should have had a very
h-WmiA. amount from the Valley of Virginia. As
it is. we can only deplore these reverses, and " pick
the flint and trv it again." Success is the test of
merit in military enterprises. Tried by this test
fion TSarlv has been found wanting;. Thousands of
brave North Carolinians, including the gallant Ram-
acur have bitten the dust in these Valley cam
paigns, and what makes'this fact the more distres
sing is they have probably died in vain. uen. aiar
ly ought to be forthwith removed.
Arming the Slaves.
The Fayetteville Carolinian regards the resold
tions of the Governors as proposing to " place ne
groes in the army." That paper has committed it
self in the most positive terms against the proposi
tion. The Fayetteville Observer has not bad time to
read the resolutions "deliberately," but it regards
the idea of ' conserving slaves and putting them
in the army as soldiers" as "inadmissible.
The Charlotte Democrat is not " prepared at pre
sent to express an opinion for or against it" But
that paper thinks if speculation is not arrested, and
if those white men who ought to go to the war do
not go, and that speedily, " it will be necessary to
take negroes or abandon the struggle for indeper
dence."
The Greensborough Citizen thinks it is not clear
that the Governors have recommended that
use slaves as soldiers in prosecuting this war." e
think it is as clear as language could make it. But
" if this is their meaning," says the Citizen, " we
are bitterly opposed to tbeir policy. It would prove
utterly ruinous."
The Conservative, of this City, was positively
committed against the proposition before the Gov
ernors held their meeting. J
The Richmond Sentinel, the organ of the Presi
dent take for granted that the resolutions adopt- I
ed by the Governors propose to arm the negroes,
and it advocates the proposition;
The Conservative of the 25th October, after re
flection and consultation with Gov. Vance, takes
the ground that the idea of putting in slaves to
fight our battles "was not entertained by the meet
ing." The Conservative will find it impossible to
prove that two and two do not make four. Un
doubtedly the resolutions do contemplate the em
ployment of slaves as soldiers.
Tn Soothers Cultivator. This sterling jour
nal, published weekly in Augusta, Ga., has been
laid opon our table. The present number is filled
with useful agricultural articles, varied, entertain
ing and instructive. Our farmers would do well to
subscribe for 6uch a journal, as it will not only amp
ly repay perusal, but the valuable suggestions it
contains will aid them materially in their pursuits.
For further information, see prospectus in to day's
issue.
We prefer independence to every thing else. The
Standard seems to prefer any thing else to indepen
dence. Richmond Sentinel.
We reply in the language of Mr. Stephens:
" Without liberty, I would not turn upon my heel
for independence." We want liberty and indepen
dence, and if we cannot obtain both we shall regard
the battles of this revolution, as having been fought
in vain. The Sentinel prefers one master to anoth
er.' We have no choice between masters. This is
the difference between the Sentinel and Standard.
The Standard is still true to the great principles on
which the revolution was commenced the Sentinel
is false to those principles.
Our Slave Code. At the late session of the
Georgia Baptist Association, a resolution was unani
mously adopted by the body declaring the laws of
Georgia, in their failure to recognize ana protect
the marriage relation among our slave population,
to be essentially defective, and that they called for
reformation. Bib. Recorder.
By the law of North-Carolina, and we -presume
by the law of other slaveholding States, a free ne
gro is not permitted to marry a slave. The object
of the law is to prevent a tree negro from having a
slave wife. What would be the effect of freeing
those male slaves in this State between eighteen and
forty-five, who are married, in order to place them
in the army 7 Would it not at once divorce them
from their wives 7
If the Yankees come, we will neither get out a
daily issue nor be good, for they won't let us do the
first, and we won't be the last, for we shall certain
ly feel like "cussing" them. Wil Journal.
Better feel like fighting them, James. . James,
you bargained for war in 1860, at Charleston and
iialtimore. . You lost your rights in the Territ.riis
about that time, and you seceded in the hope of re
gaining them, and now is the time to fight for them.
It will do no good to " cuss " the Yankees. Fight
them. You have " cussed " them and made mouths
at them long enough.
A New Hymn Book. We are indebted to the
Rev. William E. Pell, the compiler, for copy of a
new Hymn Book" The Southern Zion's Songster "
designed for Sabbath Schools, Prayer, and Social
Meetings, and the Camps. The selections seem to
have been made from the best authors, and the
book will do doubt be highly appreciated by those
tor Whom it was designed.. It is for sale at the
Bookstore of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
this City.
Vol. XXX. No.
34.
DiscouBAorao Over. Bro. Pell, to be candid
about the matter, the standard of morals in the
army at present is very low. Profanity is on the
increase. Stealing is unprecedented And I fear
drunkenness will be added to the vices already
practiced in camp, as Quantities of brand y are being
brought from N. C. in the boxes of good things.
wh'cn are sent to the soldiers. Army Lettef.
The above extract from an army letter, is truly
discouraging. If at a time when every interest of
the country demands high moral.virtue and cour
age in the army, our soldiers are thus demoralised,
what can we nope for 7 And then to think of par
ents and Triends sending brandy to the army, to
root out every vestige of morality among the sol
diers by making them - drunken, what is to be the
result I Better let them d;e in the trenches gooa
men, honest sober men, a thousand times, than
make them drunken and worthless. If the au
thorities intend to allow this, either among officers
or privates, they had better disband the army and
give op. We find the impression prevails that
drunkenness is on the increase, both at home and
in the army. We have ridiculed the drunken Yan
kees, and now we are walking in their footsteps.
Let every true friend of the cause discourage this
in every possible way. N. C. Christian Advocate.
We concur with our cotemporary in every word
of the above. But we must go to the root of the
matter in -this business. At the last session of
Congress national distilleries were established by
an act of that body ; and we learn that the impres
sing officers are now engaged, in many of the Coun
ties of this State, in impressing brandy from the
people. These distilleries are carried on, and this
brandy is impressed ostensibly tor medical pur
poses, but really for the use of officials and for pur
poses of speculation. There is not one sick soldier
in ten who ever smells any ftf this ardent spirits
except in the breath of some official. Congress
should repeal this law establishing national distil
leries ; and the President should stop these impress
ments of brandy. Drunkenness is on the increase
both at home and in the army. It is useless to
pray, or even to hope for success when many of
the rulers of the people, as well as officials of almost
every grade, are almost constantly saturated with
ardent spirits, and when this fire water is expressly
provided for officials by solemn act of Congress.
Nor will it do any good to pray, as some of our
worthy preachers are doing, that God would re
move drunken officials from among us, for the
simple reason that the days of miracles have pas
sed. Human means must be used to remove such
characters. No fire will descend from Heaven to
consume either the liquors or the drunkards.
We understand there is a government distillery
in full blast at Salisbury, and that if consumes about
three hundred bushels per day of the precious grain,
It is said to be guarded by Confederate bayonets.
Words of Comfort.
A correspondent of the Confederate who belongs
to the Home Guards, Writes as follows to that paper
from Kinston :
." The blueness of the three beef shanks furnished
seventeen of us for one day's rations, defies com
parison ; the almost jetty blackness of the wretched
compound made from the spout ot a smut macnine
called flour, beggars description. Some body ought
to be hung; either the miller who put up such
stuff, or the A. Q. M. who purchased it for the
army. No man or dog on earth can eat thereof for
a week and live. This is no idle complaint ; some
of us are old soldiers and have lived roughly, but
this is wholly unbearable."
Whereupon the Confederate utters the following
words of comfort :
" The rations will be bad to begin with, but bet
ter will come round in time. It is better to begin
at the bottom of the ladder and go up, than at top and
come down. Our friends are having about as bad
fare now as they are likely to have."
Could the fare be worse, if what the correspon
dent says be true 7 " No man or dog on earth can
eat thereof for a week and live." Why are these
men treated in this way 7 The Stallfederates of Ral
eigh draw their fine flour and com meal, their lard
their sugar, their wood, and their bacon, at low
rates, and some of them, we learn, sell their bacon
at high rates to our shopkeepers ; but our soldiers
in camp aro put off with what as this correspon
dent says would kill a dog. But one of the or
gans of the Governor assures them that their fare
will be no worse ! Very consoling, indeed.
" An act for the relief of maimed indigent sol
diers," authorizes the Governor to furnish an arti
ficial leg, at the expense of the. State, to every in
digent soldier of Alabama who has lost a leg in the
military service. Mont. Advertiser.
Beore the late election for Governor in this State,
our Surgeon General, by order of Gov. Vance, ad
vertised in the newspapers that North Carolina
would establish a manufactory of artificial limbs for
her maimed soldiers ; but since the election we have
heard nothing of this commendable enterprise. No
doubt the Surgeon General 'would most cheerfully
superintend a work at once so patriotic and philan
thropic, but in this as in other matters he must act
according to the orders of the Governor. -
The true Fire or the Flirt In the Holston
Conference, in session at Bristol, last week, onr ven
erable friend, Bishop Early, in the course of a de
bate upon some question, incidentally alluded to
the expression that "the taking of Richmond was
merely a question of time." The Bishop remarked
that he did not think bo, and further said that " if
he thought there was any danger that Richmond
could be taken, he would be for adjourning Confer
ence forthwith, and going to Richmond, to assist in
tearing out every log and brick to prevent it"
This is the true fire of the flint, and should be the
determination of every man, old and young, in the
Confederacy. Lynchburg Republican.
What could the venerable Bishop accomplish by
"tearing out" the "logs and bricks' of Richmond 7
That is tbe very thing the Yankees are trying to do
with their big guns.
Our Sable Dependents. We were gratified re
cently by hearing from a highly intelligent and in
fluential citizen of Charleston, the expression of some
views which had often occurred to our own minds
on a very interesting and important subject The
subject of tbe remarks which gratified us was tbe
negro. Tbe precise point which gave us pleasure
was the earnest and eloquent expression of the idea.
that one resnlt of this dreadful war will be, by God s
blessing, a kindlier feeling than ever on the part of
the master for his slaves. They have proved them
selves for the most part so faithful so docile, so
true to their only friends on earth, the' masters God
has given to them-, that there is not a Southern
heart that will not beat more tenderly towards these
affectionate dependents than ever before. We look
confidently to see slavery shorn of all its abuses, so
far as may be in any way practicable, within a very
short time after the close of this war.' So mote it
be. Southern Presbyterian.
Imitation is the lincerest of flattery.
A RALEIGH; N. C, WEDNEti
A aevr Scheme to AkotiOMbra the .
It in painful tn reflect how soon the landmark
of great principles are lost amid the throea of revo
lution. For forty years the people of the soutn
Lave been-fiercely battling against the mad schemes
of the abolitionists to destroy the Institution, of do
mestic slavery. We have uniformly contended that
negroes were property, and that slavery was a local
institution with which no power under tbe sua
could interfere, save the sovereign States themselves"
in weir uiuiviauai capacity. 2 or Mi great princi
ple of tbe right of the States to regulate their do
mestic institutions to suit themselves, we went to
war with tbe North, and for nearly four years have
maintained the dreadful conflict with' unexampled
success. Just at tbe moment when all tbe gigantic
schemes of the enemy to subjugate us have failed!
wnen brant is panting for breath to renew a con
test in which he has besn completely baffled, and
Sherman is toiling to escape from the coils of Hood,
which threaten the destruction of his army just at-f
the au8picitus moment when tbe bright and glori
ous day of independence is about to break upon us
with tbe splendor of an unclouded sun just at such
moment it is gravely proposed by respectabler
though chimerical journals in the South to ignore
all of our past cardinal principles, surrender the
great question for which we went to war, and do
for ourselves precisely what Lincoln and the abo
litionists proposed to do for us without war abol
ish slavery.
ibis is tbe naked proposition ot those Who advo
eate the conscription of our slaves as soldiers. They
propose to conscript "all the able bodied negroes of
the country, between the ages of 18 and 45, respec
tively, arm ana equip them and put them in the
field as soldiers, along with our white men. As an
inducement to make these negroes faithful to our
cause, they are to be given tbeir freedom, and per
mitted to live amongst us after the war as freemen.
The result of such a proposition, if successful, can
not do mistaken by a blind man or an idiot It
will convert the sovereign States of the Confeder
acy into free negro colonies, with all the social and
political evils which attend the amalgamation of ad
verse races. If our negro men are made free, then
justice and souud policy would require that their
wives and children should be permitted to enjoy
freedom along with their husbands and fathers, on
the principles announced by tbe Richmond Enqui
rer, "that they who fight for freedom, deserve to
be freemen." Whether this be just or not, it is
very certain that our slaves once made freemen, and
trained in tbe skill of arms, and the hardships of
the camp and tbe dangers of the battle-field, would
not only insist on their owu freedom, but on the
freedom of their entire race. Nay, more. They
would insist and have the right to insist at the
point of the bayonet uPon enjoying all the civil, so
cial and political rights enjoyed by their former
masters, on the ground that they had suffered equal
ly the dangers and responsibilities of the struggle.
The horrible result would be either the amalgama
tion of the black and the white races in the South,
with all its attendant 'shame and ruin, or a dreadful
civil war of extermination between the white men
and the black ! Can soeh consequences be contem
plated by the Southern mind without a shudder for
the result 7 And yet this is the certain end to
which it is now proposed to educate our slaves, for
we hold it to be impossible that we can escape these
calamitious consequences with a half a million of
negroes trained to the use of arms and suddenly el
evated to the rights and notions of freemen.
.Look at tbe question in another point of view.
If our slaves are made soldiers, then they will have
to be governed by the same military laws which
govern the white men, because we have only one
military code. They will, therefore, be ipso facto
the equal of their masters, entitled to the same
rights and subject only to the same punishments. .
The insolence of our former slaves would have to
be endured, or, if chastised, they would have the
right and tbe force to chastise back again thus
destroying the first principle of negus subordina
tion, which is tbe life of the institution of the
South.
But supposing the question to be fraught with
none of these terrible social and political evils, it is
perfectly clear to our mind that armed negroes
would be a source of perpetual danger and weak,
ness to the South in this struggle, instead of
strength. When we shall have armed them what
security have we that they will not desert us and
join the enemy in a body 7 Reasoning from all na
tural principles and from observation, they would
certainly do so. It would be folly for them to fight
for their proffered liberty, when by simply walking
into the camps of the enemy, they would be ipso
facto free by Lincoln's proclamation. Place our ne
groes in the field as soldiers, and they would sur
render every position which they might be placed
to defend, for it is idle to talk to sensible men about
the fidelity of slaves. That is a subject which will
do to amuse the brains of romancers, but the expe
rience of this war as well as tbe teaching of com
mon sense, have shown that not one negro tn a
thousand will refuse to accept the proffered boon
of freedom teodered by tbe Yankees when he can
do so with impunity. . To arm the slaves is to arm
a powerful foe in our own midst I
Nor is this all. When wo. conscript all the able
bodied negroes, who are to cultivate our fields, and
support our armies 7 Put the white men and ne
groes all in the field, and what will follow but gen
eral starvation? With the negro in the field and
in the trenches he is a powerful and indispensable
auxiliary to our cause. This is .the capacity in
which Lincoln fears the power of slavery. Five
thousand negroes with the spade have made Rich
mond invulnerable to all the powerful and ingenious
assaults of the enemy. The same number have
enabled Charleston to withstand the most terrible
and prolonged siege of modern warfare. With the
Bpade and the hoe, our slaves are more powerful
than an army with banners, but with arms in their
hands, tbey at once become a source of fearful weak
ness and inevitable destruction.
We caution the people and tbe press in all sol
emnity against countenancing this new and mad
scheme of abolition this scheme to convert the
Southern States into free negro colonies to make
the slave the equal of the white man to rob the
master of his rightful property to emancipate the
slaves against positive State enactments to destroy
all hope of civil liberty in the South, and make to
Lincoln and tbe world the toumiliatiner confession
that we are incapable of defending our property or
our ireeaoin. juyncnourg xepuoltean.
Gov. Brown on Rbconstuction. A correspond
ent writes the Columbus Enquirer from Lumpkin,
Ga., that it having been reported then that Gov.
Brown was In favor of reconstructing the old gov
ernment' provided we could get our rights, etc., in
the Union, a gentleman of that placed addressed
him on the subject and received the following in
reply, which is explicit enough :
" Executive Department, , )
Milledgeville, Ga 8ept 19, 1864 (
"Sib: In reply to your letter of the 16th inat,
addressed to His Excellency, and desiring to know
under what condition he would bo in favor of a re
construction of the old Federal Union, ad go into
fraternal embrace with the foul invaders of our
homes and rights, the murderers of oar brave men,
and the abusers and iasoltors of oar women in a
word, the base and fiendish mcif ilisers of the age
I am directed by the Governor to say that bis
position on this subject has been so often given to
the country in an official form that he does not con
sider it bis duty to spend time in further explana
tions. All who wish to understand, it have the
moans of information at hand.
Very respectfully,
E N. BROYLES, AicUvdt-Cemp."
An Imperial Trench decree declares the herring
and mackerel fisheries henceforth free.
DAY, NOV. 2, 1864.
WAR HEWS.
Front tbe Valley.
Gen. Early was last reported at New Market, and
from Northern accounts it seem the Yankees after
their late victory, began a second pursuit How far
they followed him, if at all, we have not learned.
Gen. Early has issued a lengthy and eloquent ad
dress to his command, attributing the recent defeat
to a disgraceful propensity to plunder and panic
He appeals to them to stand by their colors in the
future at all hazards, and retrieve tbeir reputation.
The Yankee Accounts of the late battles published
in the Richmond papers from northern journals rep
resent the first onslaught and pursuit of the Con
federates as bold and courageous. Their loss' they
admit to be heavy and between 6,000 or 6.000,
while tbey claim a corresponding heavy loss on our
side, together with some 1,500 prisoners. The glo
rifications at the North over this -victory are still
progressing.
From Rich mead and Petersburg.
All is yet quiet along the lines in front of these
beleagured cities. The impression that Grant will
not move until after the Presidential election is over
seems to be growing daily. Gen. Archer of Mary
land, died in Richmond Monday night last
The forces of the enemy in front of Petersburg
are principally of the 2d and 9th corps. There is
picket firng and skirmishing, mingled occasionally
with discharges of artillery. Deserters report the
enemy building winter quarters in rear of their
line of works. Our men are well fed, are receiving
a full supply of clothing end blankets, and are in
good spirits. So says the Express. A good many
recruits are coming under the order revoking details.
From Wilmington. -
It having been reported that the fleet concentra
ting for the stuck on Wilmington had on tbe con
trary sailed up the James river, to aid in the attack
on Richmond, the last Wilmington Journal says,
"we have reason Co believe that these reports about
the fleet having gone up the James river are wholly
groundless. On the contrary, later information
leaves little donbt of its having already sailed os
tensibly in this direction, its officers openly pro
claiming Wilmington as their destination. If so,
and it would appear to be quite likely that it is so,
we will hear of them ere long off our coast"
There seeios therefore but little doubt that Wil
mington will soon be attacked.
Friday the 28th inst, has been set apai t by the
"citisens as a day of fasting,-humiliation and prayer.
From Georgia.
There is but little news from this quarter. It
seems that Gen. Hood's army is now on its way to
Blue mountain, which henceforth will be the base
of operation". Blue mountain is 58 miles from
Rome, Ga., 70 from Kinston, 75 from Dalton, 104
from Chattanooga, 85 from Bridgeport and 7o from
Huntsviiie. The topography ot tbe country is
mountainous and rugged, with many streams and
bad roads.
From the North.
. A sneeial disiiatch from Senatohia on the 24th
says that the St. Louis Republican and Memphis
Bulletin report Price in possession of the country
from Marshal to Lexington. Federal commanders
say they will compel him to fight his way out of the
State. He left Boonsboro' on the 24th with four
thousand of his troops. At Glasgow large acces
sion were made to his force. Quantrell and Jack-
man are reported to have joined him. Anderson
and Jackman recruited 8,000 men North of the
Missouri river in five counties.- Tbe army is in
fine spirits and speak of wintering in the State.
The St Louis Democrat says it cannot conceal
the fact that the rebel army is assuming alarming
proportions and is constantly gathering arms flom
unsupported garrisons. The Glasgow garrison of
600 was captured and two hundred citizens surren
dered.
The Baltimore American of the 24th has been
received in Richmond.
Telegrams from Kansas City give a confused ac
count of the battle between Price's army and the
Yankees uner Rosecrans, Curtis, Smith and Pleas
anton. The fight occurred of tbe 21st between
Littlee Water River and Independence. The latest
telegrams claims a Yankee victory, and says Price
was reported retreating rapidly to tbe south, pur
sued by Pleasanton. Among the Confederates kill
ed is Todd, of Missouri.
Lincoln declines interference with Andy John
son's test oath. '
A party of guerrillas attempted to capture S. P.
Chase while stopping at Covington, Ky.
In Grant's army electioneering goes briskly on.
Nothing from Sherman's army for four days, ex
cept reports of tbe continued retreat of Hood.
Trains from Atlanta bad arrived at Tilton.
The Vermont raiders were commanded by Lts.
Bennett and Young. Twenty-three persons were
concerned in the raid. Tbe amount taken from the
banks was $223,000.
An application was made in tbe Superior Court
at Baltimore lor a manaamus to compel the Gov
ernor to throw out the soldiers' vote on the Con
stitution. Tbe Judge refused to award the writ
and an appeal was taken to tbe Court of Appeals.
The Steamer . Wando, a blockade runner, with
five hundred and fifty bales of cotton, has been
captured.
Gold 216.
The Lateat News.
From the late Richmond and Petersburg papers
of the 26th inst., we make the following summary :
Gen. Sheridan telegrahs as follows to Gen, Grant
Cedar Creek, Va., )
October 214 P. M. (
Lieutenant General U. 8. Grant, City Point :
I pursued the routed forces of the enemy nearly
to Mount Jackson, which point he reached during
the night of the 19th and 20th without an organized
regiment of his army. From the accounts, of our
prisoners who have escaped, and citieens, tbe rout
was complete.
About two thousand of the enemy broke and
made their way down through the mountains on the
left. - -
- For ten miles on the line of retreat, tbe road and
country were covered with small arms, thrown away
by tbe flying rebels, and otner aeons. -
Forty-eight pieces of captured artillery are now
at my headquarters.
I think that not less than three hundred wagons
and ambulances were either captured or destroyed.
The accident of too morning turned to our ad-
vantage as much as though tho whole movement
bad been planned.
Tbe oniv regret I have is the capture, in the ear
ly morning, of from eight hundred to one thousand
of our men.
-1 am now sending to the War Department ten
battle-Bags.
The toes of artillery in the morning- was seven
from Crook, eleven from Emory, six from Wright
Front all that I can learn, I think that Early's
remfbroemeats could not be less than twelve thou
sand saen. P. H. SHERIDAN,
Mai. Gen'l Oom'dg.
- Fifteen hundred wounded Yankees have been sent
to their rear to Martinsbarg, and also fifteen hon
ored prisoners. - Stanton says that "Gen. Carter
arrived at Wasfcktgtau the sfter&oen of the 32d with
ton rebel battle flags displayed front the railroad
ttha" - -
: The Richmond Sentuul says that we captured a
total of 9,400 prisoners, and that Sheridan is now
felling baik down tbe Valley again, and that our
Whole Number 1537.
i
cavalry occupy Tishefs Hill, three milan smith of
Strasburg, and about five miles south of the battle
ground of the 19th.
Front Petorskarg .
On the 25th there was more than the usual can.
nonading and shelling, Tho Yankees are still per
fecting their works en our right and have erected
several forts of considerable strength. Every where
in front of these works they have planted abattis
and run heavy wires hi front for protection against
Miauih 4 no lanaees are reported to have begun
the construction of winter quarters.
From tho North. -
A telegram from Chsttanoom. dated tho 21 st
after stating that " it is believed that both armies
are in North Georgia," says: -
ttooa is reported to be rapidly moving down
Brownstown Valley to Jacksonville and Talladega,
where he strikes the railroad to Montgomery.
Sherman's army, stripped of every pound of su
perfluous baggage, is in hot pursuit of the enemy,
wuv ii m so mucn start ana hies so fearful that his
capture is not assured.
- For the Standard.
Lines on the Death of Mrs. C. B. Clarke.
She's gone ; and beckons us to come ;
She s passed from earth away :
An angel round His burning throne,
, She lives in endless day.
Though called so suddenly to go,
Her lamp was burning bright ;
And ere one day had run its course
The spirit took its Bight
We part but oh 'tis pain to part:
Her place, oh who can fill 7
But memory kindly keeps for us
Her voice and image still.
And others miss tbee too, dear friend :
- How oft thy feet hath trod
The pathway to the soldier's home,
To point his soul to God.
Farewell 1 well meet again. I hear
Thy last kind word, farewell 1
We'll meet thee in a happier sphere,
vv nere saints and angels dwell.
H.
Raleigh, Oct 26, 1864.
What the Times call for, of Priest and People.
The pastoral relation is quite as much affected as
any other by the. peculiar character of tbe times
through which we are passing. It is not that new
duties are suggested, for that relation embraces al
ready tbe entire circle of human life, but that the
old oihees are now called for in changed proportions.
xjo. us spouuy su instance or two oi. wese cnangi 8.
The " haste to be rich," which has always been
a crying evil in our land, and has always needed
I 11-J . t J . .
una Bweueu tu buuu uimensions, nas last
ened itself on so many hearts, has eaten deeDlv
into the very life of so many, that he who has been
entrusted with tbe care of souls may well feel that
all his energies are doubly tasked to meet and
resist it. iiis duty calls on him for singular plain
ness of speech, not in set terms and general
declamation, but in distinct application to the sev
eral consciences of those of his charge who have
exposed themselves to this fearful peril. How far
tne evil can be checked, in this way even, may
admit oi oouot. let some may be saved by it
And there is no other Way- To take this course
demands no slight degree of courage, and no ordi
nary share of prudence. It may call for much
thought involve' much perplexity, require much
prayerfulness and watching : and he must now as
never before, think and watch and pray for the
! !J J t , ... n 1 f . ..
miaguiueu ones wno are oi nis dock, lest What is
tneir great danger prove their ruin.
Again, our land is full of sorrow. It is as " Ra-
chael weeping for her children ;" hardly a village
any where, which is not mourning for stout-hearted
men gone down prematurely to the grave, hardly a
household through the length and breadth of the
land, whose spirits are not in heaviness for fathers,
or sons, or brothers, whom this cruel war has taken
away from their eyes forever. Then should all
priestly ministrations be marked by a peculiar ten
derness and depth of sympathy. Then should the
consolations of the Gospel as God's providence has
given tbem nearness of access be brought near by
mm, aiso, to tne bowed and heart broken. Then
should he stand in his M ster's place, and lift np
the prostrate with bis promises, and impart to " the
weary and heavy laden tbe strength and refresh
ment and grace which that Master has commission
ed bim to give. In these days of trouble and afflic
tion, wnen tbe strength of men is so plainly shown
to be but weakness, and all earthly supports to be
only broken reeds, the hearts of multitudes are turn
ing themselves hi secret hope and prepartion to the
Lord, to find in Him that comfort and sustaining
power which their old reliances can no longer give
All such are to be sought out diligently, and guided
with patient care in that way to which their own
griefs point them, and in which our Lord is now so
clearly calling them to walk. Then. loo. there are
many who are in danger of being hardened by their
amiction. They "refuse to be comforted." They
will see no kindness in the hand that has smitten
them. They are almost ready to "curse God and
die." These, likewise, should be sought out and
taught a more cneerful faith and a better way.
They should be especial objects of tbe Pastor's care
and sympathy and labor, as being in a. peculiar
peril ; for we believe that Christ our Saviour, who
loves all men with a divine love, looks also with a
singular compassion on those whom their misery
has made wayward. Let too Priest then, imitate
His heavenly pity and care foe these as for sheep
gone astray. -
Is not this a time, too, in which the Sacraments,
and particularly the Lord's Supper.- should be min
istered, if not more frequently, certainly with more
earnest faith and solemn preparation 7 should not
the people be now taught as they have not usually
been, and urged with - affectionate importunity to
make much of what Christ bath so graciously insti
tuted for them, and gather from it the strengthen
ins erace which in it He so freely gives 7
So much may indicate the kind of change the
changed aspect of tbe times has wrought in tbe du
ties of tbe Clergy. We may instance the altered
duty of tbe Laity in one point only, though in their
ease the changes are hardly less manifold. Tbe
great body of them have very much increased their
wealth. Many of them have become rich beyocd
all their former dreams of accumulation. Should not
the old proportion at least of this increase be given
into the treasury of the Lord's house 7 Should not,
at least in this, if not in much larger measure, the
means be provided for the Chorea's benefactions 7
Now, as ever, her institutions are to be maintained,
her Clergy supported, the ignorant to be instructed,
the poor to be relieved. She must look to her lay
men for the means to do all this. Surely the claims
of their duty cannot be satisfied by tbeir giving as
they gave in former times. Rather should their
hearts be enlarged as their wealth has been enlarged,
as tbe need for their gifts has become greater. The
providence of God has given them an opportunity
of showing, as they nave never before been able to
show, the generous impwlses of tbeir nature, tbeir
gratitude to Him, their love for his cause. If they
prove unfaithful to this call which so plainly He
makes on them, we may well fear that their added
riches will prove only a curse, and the unworthy
steward he stripped of that imagined wealth which
he held so closely, and would sot use in his Master's
service. Church IuUTMgeneer. -
Ms. Stably cat tbs ADutHnrraATios. San Fran
oteco, Oct 11. Edward Stanly, the Military Gov.
ernor of North-Carolina, publishes a letter favoring
MoClellan and opposing the emancipation polioy of
Lincoln's Administration, He expresses grat kind-
i personalty ior tae. AWaiswauou,
A Speech from Abraham Lincoln. -Lincoln was
serenaded by Marylanders Wednesday night in hon
or of that State now being " free." In the course
of his speech he said something about himself and
tbe Presidency. Here it is:
Something said by the Secretary of State in his
recent speech at Auburn has been construed by some
into a threat that, if I shall be beaten at the election,
I will between then and tbe end of my constitution
al term do what I may be aSle to ruin tho govern
ment . Others regard the fact that the Chicago Con
vention adi.iurned not sine die. but tn meat Airftin if
called to do so by a particular individual, as the in
timation of a purpose that if the nominee shall, be
elected he will at once seize control of the govern
ment I hope the good people will permit them
selves to suffer no uneasiness on either point. I am
struggling to maintain the government not to over
throw it. 1 therefore say that if I shall live, I shall
remain President until the 4th of next March, and
that whoever shall be constitutionally elected, there
fore, in November, shall be duly installed as Presi
dent on the 4th of March, and that in the interval I
shall do my utmost that whoever is to bold tbe
helm for the next voyage shall start with the best
chance to save the ship. This is due to the people,
ooinpn principle and under the Constitution. Their
will, constitutionally expressed, is the ultimate law
for all. If they should deliberately resolve to have
immediate peace, even at the loss of the country
and their liberties, I know not tbe power or the
right to resist them. It is their own business, and
they must do as they please with their own. 1 be
lieve, however, they are still resolved to preserve
their country and their liberty, and in this, in offico
or out of it, I am resolved to stand by them.
Outbreak or Net.ro Prisoners
On Monday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the negro
prisoners engaged at work on the fortifications
around Danville, made an attack upon the guard,
biiu uor a. uesperate struggle, succeeded in over
powering the small force, and gaining possession of
about twenty muskets. One hundred of tho scoun
drels then made their escape, following the Dan
River in an Easterly direction. During the scuffle,
eight of the negroes were killed. These negro pri
soners, with their white brethren, were carried over
tne uanvuie tfoad during last, week, on their way
South, but for want of transportation were tempora
rily detained in Danville. The authorities there
upon determined to place the negroes at work on the
fortifications, and while so engaged, they availed
themselves of tbe opportunity offered to inakn their
escape. The citizens armed with shot guns and
muskets, turned out promptly, and started in pur
suit of the fugitives, and hopes are entertained of
tne capture oi tne entire party.
Tub Vikws-of Napoleon on vns Yankee Presi
dential Election Official Report upon Them.
Mr. Pennington, the Secretary of the United States
Legation at Paris, has just returned home from that
city. The Herald gives the following result of his
observations: -
He reports to the government that the Emperor
of France takes a deep interest in our present Presi
dential contest and watches it especially in the en
deavor to find in the result tbe true expression of
the American people, and the real sentiments of the
country upon the questions of union or disunion,
war or peace. The Emperor, it is said, will regard
the re-election of Mr. Lincoln as a determined and
unqualified Jeclaration of the American people in
favor of the Union at every hazard and through all
the possibilities of war. He will regard that re
sult as a confirmation, directly from the people, of
all the statements that our government has made
to European Powers to that effect On tbe other
hand, it is said that he will regard tho election of
General McOlellan as an expression of readiness
on the part of the people to make terms with the
Southern States ; to make a peace even that will
anmit the independence' of those States. In short,
that ho will find in tho election of General McClel
lan, and in the temper that he will suppose it indi
cates, that very opportunity which England and
France have waited for the opportunity for inter
vention in favor of the South.
Fattening Swine. Farmers begin to fatten swine
too late. Some do not commence till the first of
autumn and others even later; the consequence is
the animal scarcely gets under way when the time
comes for slaughtering him. Our best managers
make it a rule to keep the animal growing without
intermission from tbe first period of its existence
untill ready for the pork-tub. If kept over winter,
tbey are fed and kept comfortable throughout and
the regular fattening process is commenced early in
spring. A bushel of corn given thus early in tbe
season to a vigorous animal is worth much more
than if fed in cold weather or in winte One rea
son that farmers find it unprofitable to fatten pork,
is that a large part of the process has to bo perform
ed when the weather has become so cold that much
of the feed is required merely for sustaining animal
warmth.
The best pork raiser we know of has in one in
stance grown a pig eight months old so as to weigh
about four hundred pounds; and in another four
hundred and fifty pounds in ten months. He has
the corn ground to let at half its value.
Farmers who have not begun to fatten their
swine regularly, as they should have done months
ago, should commence immediately. By attending
to the particulars just mentioned, they will find the
business far more. profitable than the too frequent
practice of feeding in the ear, giving the feed irregu
larly both as to time and quantity and paying no at
tention to cleanliness and comfort. The skillful farm
er whose practice we have already described, finds
that the mixture of meal and hot water makes twice
as much pork as corn fed on the cob, according to
careful weighing and sieasuring.
He prepares it by pouring into a covered tub,
four pails of boiling water to each heaping pail of
dry meal After standing a day or more, it all be
comes nearly a Solid mass, and makes excellent food. -The
animals are kept perfectly clean, dry and com
fortable, (not in a close pen, but in a small yard,)
are ted with great regularity, and never quite as
much as they will eat surfeit being carefully avoid
ed. .He finds that pork thus manafactured costs
him only five cents a pound when corn is a dollar
per bushel. -
MARRIED,
In this City, on Tuesday 25th instant, by Col. J.
P. II. Russ, Mr. Bold Robbik Hood and Mrs. Catii
abini OvEBBr, all of this City.
OBITUARY NOTICES.
Died very suddenly of congestive chill, at his
residence in Kinston, Lenoir County, North-Carolina,
tbe 22d of October, 1864, Mr. Daxiel Hilton,
son of William and Susan Hilton, aged 42 years, 2
months and 11 days.
The deceased was a native of England, but re
moved with his father to this country, when only
about eight years of age. For the last thirteen years
he has resided in the town of Kinston, where he
was most favorably known both for the geniality
of his temperament and the honest industry of his
character. He was one of tbe first mechanics and
architects in the South, and. under his own super
vision, nearly every bridge on the Atlantic Railroad
between the Towns of Goldsboro' and Ncvbern
was erected ; and besides he has left more lasting
monuments of his enterprise and attainments in
other and more distant localities. His worth and
ability made bim an ornament to the Town of which
be was so long a resident and the kindliness of bis
deportment and native gentility of character, but
enhanced bis great value. His death has left a void
among his relative-) and friends which can never bo
filled, and bereft the community at large of an use
ful and energetic citizen.
He leaves a dear wife and one little boy to mourn
their loss, together with relatives and friends. Which
may it please tbe Wisdom of Almighty God so to
be tempered, by this sad affliction, as that their im
mortal spirits may be prepared to reap the true and
lasting rewards of Heaven, which we trust he has
now gone to enjoy- i. r-' r j p. D- O.
Died, at Winder Hospital, Richmond, Vs., Aug.
16th, 1864, of wounds received around Petersburg,
Mr. William Howard, of Kinston, N. C , 66th N
C, troops. Thus has fallen another of North
eiioa's brave and true sons. He leaves an "
ate wife and a large circle of friends
bad endeared himself by his manr . ,
qualities.