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Arming the Slave.
We copy from tne uonjeuerui m i -remarkable
article on this subject
is we have no wish to misrepresent that paper,
orlo misstate its position on this or any other ques
tion we copy the whole of its article. That paper,
while it prudently and ingeniously abstains from
committing itself in so many words to the proposi
tion to arm the slaves, makes an argument in favor
of the proposition, and assumes the extraordinary
ground that the employment of slaves to fight our
battles was anticipated previously to the war, and
l,as never been lost sight of by some who "have
consistently and rationally followed the course of
events." We repeat what we said in our, last, that
whatever may have been the teeret purposes of the
original secessionists, the idea, that, in any event,
our slaves would be armed to fight our battles, was
never given to the public as one of the probable, or
even possible consequences of dissolution. On the
contrary, the people were told that the only course to
parent emancipation, and the placing the slaves on
an equality with the whites, was to secede from the
old government ; but now, it seems, the employ
ment of slaves as soldiers was anticipated, and the
only way to secure independence to the whites is
io emancipate a portion of the blacks and put them
in the field as soldiers. We are thus called upon to
do the very thing which it was said the enemy in
tended to force'upon us, and which the cotton States
restated in advance by their acts of secession. Our
enemies abolitionize, and so must we 1 our enemies
eiupluy the negroes as soldiers, and so must wt 1
our enemies destroy the institution about which we
went to war, tfnd so must we 1 We repeat, if the peo
ple of North Carolina had foreseen that the strug
gle would came to this, they would never have au
thorized their delegates to separate the State from
the federal Union.
But the Confederate, in order to reconcile our
people to the employment of negro soldiers, can per
ceive " neither degradation por dishonor" in the
mere fact of their employment as such by our enemies,
but only a breach of faith on their part towards the
negro and towards the South. That is the view
uken by the Confederate. What, no degrada
tion, no dishonor to the Northern government to
steal our slaves, inflame their passions -against
their former masters, place them in their armies,
and turn them loose on our people to rob, and burn,
and murder ? No degradation, no dishonor in white
men to employ these poor creatures "to fight bat
tles in behalf of cowards, who are afraid to fight
the war they advocate and urge f " The Editor of
the Confederate must surely be presuming on the
credulity or the stupidity of his readers. . But "the
crime the dishonor" of the Yankees consists, says
the Confederate, in robbing us of our property and
then using it against us, "without intending to
benefit the agents they employ." That is, accord-
ineto the Confederate, the negro is forced to .fight
forour enemies without any hope of benefit or re
ward. But the very reverse is the case, and just
here the shoe pinches those in the Soujj) who pro
pose to employ the negroes as soldiers. The enemy
preaches freedom not only to tie negro soldier but
to his wife and children ; but the advocates of negro
soldiers in the South offer freedom only to the male
slave. His wife and children, though he may ght
like a Trojan, and even save the life of his master
a dozen times in battle, are still to be held in bond
age, and he is to be free only as tie result of his
escaping the chances of war. It is criminal, it is
dishonorable, says the Confederate, to compel the
slave to fight without benefit to himself. The slave
fights for the enemy to free his entire race, but he
would fight for us only to free himself. If the
crime or dishonor must be measured by the benefit,
at whose door would the greater crime, the greater
dishonor rest?
But the Confederate not only justifies the use of
slaves as soldiers against us, so far as their mere
employment is concerned, but it goes further and
seeks to reconcile our people to the proposition by
holding up to them the example of heathen nations.
It refers to the Helots, the slaves of Sparta, who
ere employed as soldiers; but it omits two very,
important facts ; first, that these slaves were white,
nd therefore of the same color with the ruling
race; and secondly, that the Helots belonged, not
to individuals, but to the State. They were simply
1 separate class -of inhabitants, like the boors or
serfs of Russia. Yet these Helots, thus 44 elevated
K the Confederate says, by the use of arms, rose I
several times against their masters, and were with
difficulty reduced to subjection. As they belonged
to the State, the State hada rieht to use them, and
60 at times vith afFant . kiit It lia1 n.ir
" VUW. , WW IMU JIBJ UiV
penalty ro the insubordination and revolt which in
variably followed. But the Spartans were heathens,
hey were a rough, vulgar, unpolished race, who des
Psed learning and encouraged cunning and dishones
ty n their youne men. insomuch that the vonth whn
COuld steaI most without being detected in the act,
most honored. Spartacus, who formed and led the
Pet conspiracy of the slaves, seventy years before
U,I1S against the Tinman pmnirp snnn tnnA V.;
Stir t 1 r"l -w- .wuuu hiui-
"at the head of 60,000 men; and so formidable
wis conspiracy that even Rome trembled for
J 84 This was one of the results of the 44 ele
ha T f wll,te s,aes by-placing arms in their
in lr 6 reat aP0,eon was urged at one time,
A v Ps against Russia, to place arms in
tost 'l "udo,nu biiu cuujuiage lueiu
rike for their liberty ; but ambitious as he' was,
see ousashe ws 10 hutnMe that empire and
d fe ,&dvntages to France, he refused to do it, be
,.. newas.not w!11
-uus ol Hip Rnci., .,. A n.
L t&e horrore which he foresaw would result
So " wurse. ue was restrained, if not by
'W f6nSef right by the sentiment n this
of enlightened, civilized, Christian nations. '
h ' luo the Social War of Rome,
kd T place in the 662d year of that empire,
" to tt, t- "uesi uisoruer, ana ultimate-.
64Hiea n Ul ju- ine liaiian Btates,
Dfivii,
6i were no sooner admitted to the
"iKoman citizens-that Is, emancipated
Cy revolted, and being accustomed to the
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35.
military knowledge and discipline of the Romans,
they obtained important advantages ; and 44 the So
cial War being ended," says the historian, 44 it was
bat making one step farther to involve the republic
in all the horrors of civil war." Artd that civil war
ended in the destruction of the republhr qdthe
reign pf the tyrant(Sylla.
Insurrections by slaves, whether white or black,
have seldom if ever resulted from the system itself,
but they have generally been caused by some tam
pering with the relation of master and slave which
has impaired the authority of the former, and
tempted the latter to revolt This is true from the
horrible war in Italy under Spartacus, down to the
atrocities of the Haytian revolution in 1792, The
insane debates in the National Assembly of Franco
in 1791, on the subject of the rights of man with
out reference to color or condition, led to the insur
rection in the French colony in Hayti ; and this was
soon followed by an act of the Assembly, proclaim
ing the equality of the free-negroes and the whites. .
Every one is familiar with the atrocities Which fol
lowed. At length Boyer, a mulatto, whose mother
had been a slave in Congo, having taken part with
many o.ther persons or color in Le Clerc's expedi
tion against St. Domingo, which was organized by
First Consul Bonaparte in 1801, 'and having dis
played ability and address under Petion, was nam
ed by the latter as his successor, and in 1818, on
the death of Petion, he succeeded to the Presidency.
In a short time he established the republic ot Hayti,
and united the whole island under one government;
and thus, in the end, the blacks became the undis
puted masters of the island.
We can have no assurance tfi&t what has taken
place in the past will not take place again, under
similar circumstances. Human nature is ever the
same.. It is no better than it was when Spartacus
led his revolt, or when Dessalincs headed the freed
blacks in Hayti. And is it possible that we hare
come to this, that an organ pf the, administration
holds up for our imitation the example of heathen
Sparta, and of insane France in 1792 ? Is thi one
of the results of 44 peaceable secession ?" We were
forced into dissolution and war on account of an
abstraction about slavery in the Territories ; and
now, having lost all hope as to the Territories, and
being pressed in the States, we are called upon to
abandon the very institution which caused the war ;
and not only this, but to arm the slaves, and thus
court not only the negro equality whkh we have
regarded as so disgusting in our enemies, but to run
the hazards of servile war among ourselves 1 And all
this for what 1 Not for slavery, says the Confederate,
but for independence. What would such indepen
dence as Hayti enjoys be worth to us ? Do we want
independent free negro colonies ? Must the Southern
white man fight to free the negro, and then, when
the war is over, admit the negro to a footing with
himself? We want no such independence as that.
If the slaves stand in the way -of independence, or
in the way of any honorable settlement of our diffi
culties, let them go. If we had our way we would
not shed another drop of white blood on account of
the negro ; but in the name of common decency, in
the name of humanity, and for the sake of the civ
ilization and manhood of the country, let us not get
behind our negroes and have a part of them butch
ered, and then run the risk of being butchered our.
selves by the other part, in order to achieve an inde
pendence which would make a servile race the equals
of those whites who might survive. Eqnals, did we
say 7 Yes, to that complexion must it come at last,
if we employ these people as soldiers. If they fight
for liberty they will be entitled to enjoy it. The
freedom of the ballot-box the right to vote, which
the free blacks in this State had up to 1835, would
make them our equals politically. If we denied them
this right they would be apt to fight for it ; and with
arm 8 in their hands, and accustomed as they would
be to the use of them, they would be formidable foes.
Away withtthi8 folly J way with this insanity!
If we are not able or willing to fight our own bat
tles, let us sound a truce and ask terms of the enemy.
But let no original secessionist, and no modern ally
of that class, and no slaveowner who ha3 thus far
been screened from service by the number of his'
slaves, attempt now, when the call is for all to go,
to get behind the negro 1 Tlrat is just what the
cowardly abolitionists are doing. Thousands of our
brave boys who own no slaves, have been fighting
or years for the negro; do not ask them, on your
account, to screen you, to fight with the ne
gro. Let it be a war of white men for white
men; and then, when independence is achiev
ed, it will be a decent, honorable independence,
which we can point to with pride and transmit to
our posterity, as having been won for us, not by a
servile race, but by our own iadomitable.courage and
Plymouth in thb Hands or tub Erear. We
have the unwelcome intelligence that Plymouth is
again in the hands of the enemy. It seems that a
small boat containing some sixteen men, approach
ed Plymouth recently in the night, captured the
picket boat just below the place, and then placed a
torpedo under die iron clad Albemarle, and destroy
ed her. Thirteen of the crew of the small boat
rwere captured and the rest were drowned. A hard
fight ensued soon after between the enemy's gun
boats and our forces under en. Baker, which re
sulted in an evacuation of the town by our troops.
We hare no particulars of the fight and no account
of the casualties. - .
Plymouth is n the County of Washington, near
the head of 'the Albemarle Sound, and commands
the Roanoke and Cashie rivera whieh water the up
per part of the Albemarle region. Its capture may
res nit in serious loss to that region. It is reported
that the destruction of the iron clad, which is said
to have been equal to five thousand men. was the
result of gross neglect on the part of those who
were in command.
We learn that Washington in thistate hs also
been evacuated by our troops, as the result of this
disaster at Plymouth. The fruits of -the hard-earned
victories of our brave -troops under Gen. Hoke,
are thus swept away. Who is to bkme for these
serious losses ?
The attention of oar readers is limited to the
communications in our paper to-day, over the sig
natures of "S. F." and 44 Cms." Also, to the
Opinions of Judge Battle and Chief Justice Pear
son in the case of Johnson m Mallett The rights
of the citizen and the sovereignty of the State are
safe in the hands of ?oeh Judges.
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SLEIGH, N. o.,WEI)NES
IThe Chiu-W
"the Confederate uniform io al 5 tUt
be cleansed from all taints or 1L p,acea fflU8t
or of xlrunkeoness, or arri-
dulgence of all Itiods, if we extT ntlou in'
complete success." But how iVthsV!1'7 '
when the government is distilling wttL
iwge scale, and its officers are impreS Y
all the brandy in the countfy I 8
We py to dayVg, the daily" th(J
ceedmgs of the meeting eitjy held in thia Cit
to make arrangements for suppflae,;for our citizens
during the ensuing winter The objeiuf
ing is highl commendable, and Wo trustth
arrangement's suggested will be carried out
WAR NEWS.
From Richmond aad Petersburg.
Affairs have resumed their old face in front of
these cities. The weather is now rainy ani cold,
and if continued, hostilities will necessarily suspend
for the time.
Grant was removing part of his forces on the
right on the 1st, to the Southside. Nothing definite
as to their purpose has yet transpired. His late
movement was a failure.
Col. W: K. Payne, of the 40th A1C cavalry, has
been made Brigadier General and assigned to Maxie's
command ; and Lt Col. G M. Sorrel), Longstreet's
Adjutant-General, has been made a Brigadier also,
and assigned to Wright's command.
There is no news from the Valley.
From Eastern Carolina.
Plymouth hag been evacuated and is in the hands
of the enemy. There is a rumor that little Wash
ington has shared the same fate.
The fleet expected to attack Wilmington has not
yet arrived at that point, nor has it been reported
elsewhere. The Journal thinks that perhaps the
greater portion of it was meant for Plymouth and
little Washington. Perhaps it was.
Late intelligence from Bermuda, via Wilmington,
says that acting Master, J. C. S. JSraine, C. S. Navy,
4ias been relieved together with his associates.
They were arrested by- the Governor of Bermuda
for burning the steamship, Roanoke.
From Georgia.
We have but scanty intelligence of the move
ments of either of the armies in this quarter. The
battle ground seems to have been transferred to
north Alabama, and will perhaps soon be in middle
Tennessee.
A correspondent of the Selma Reporter writing
und dale of October 23d, from Gadsden, Afa.,
(which place is on the north bank of the Coosa riv
er, distant from Gunter's landing about 25 miles;
the latter being on trie' Tennessee river,) says that
"Hood left with the army for the Tennessee valley,
Friday morning, October 21st, The supply trains
of his army have been passing through Blue Moun
tain about ten days. The enemy under Kilpatrick
are about 18 miles distant from Gadsden, and are
near Round mountain. Wheeler is between them
and Hood's army and is 11 miles distant A raid
will be made on Blue mountain and other points as
soon as our army is out of this country.
The army was never in finer spirits. They all
received new alothes here and went off for the Val
ley of the Tennessee rejoicing. A great many ac
cumulated things were left strewn through the
woods; several of the citizens here have spent the
whole day with wagons collecting them. I witness
ed a large mess chess optmed ; it contained a full
lot of crackersjjMt-ware, OS, &c. '
The trains cT Which I spoke above are bringing
supplies from clue Mountain to the army,, crossing
the Coosa river on pontoons at this place.
Gen. Beauregard is here yet, and perhaps will re
' main until the trains have all passed out of danger."
Another correspondent of Atlanta Reghter from
Blue Mountain of the 24th ult, says that Hood's
movemeut'was successful thus far, and that every
thing wenti off smoothly, and Sherman's cavalry
will have to' hurry up if they expect to keep up with
our rear. On the 18th October, Sherman was at
Summerville', Ga., enroute across that mountainous
country for Gunter's landing in order to anticipate
Hood's crossing. Thomas is reported at Bridge
port, Tenn., with one corps, and one other corps
is still at Atlanta. Prisoners captured, says this cor
respondent, report Atlanta as splendidly fortified,
rationed for 40 days and garrisoned with 18,000
troops. t
Northern ', accounts of the 31st ult, received in
Richmond, say that Hood attacked Decatur, Ala.,
on the night of the 29th and the morning of the
30U, bat -m handgomely repulsed. Decatur is
on the Tenrffissee river at the head of Muscle shoals.
Granger reported to have captured four pieces of
artillery, spftad two,, and captured 120 prisoners.
Rebels are reported to be retreating from Decatur,
but have crossed the Tennessee at the mouth of Cy
pvss creek. Prisoners say that Beauregard and
Hood are both with the Confederate army. Hood
in a general order assured his men that Sherman's
army did not exceed 35,000 men.
ilajor General Forrest has the lower part of the
Tennessee river blockaded. He captured at Fort
Hinson, on. the 29th of October, a transport which
had. in tow one large barge. Her. boiler was cut in
two at the second fire, and the boats drifted down
on the opposite side and were brought over by ropes.
We got off sixty wagon loads of shoes, boots, and
blankets, and hard bread. Gunboats came up and
sneneu me transport ana barge which were destroy
ed, but the goods on the shore were saved. Five
transports and one gunboat above Forrest's batter
ies. The enemy are moving everything from Pi
ducah across the river, and have been running five
transports per day up to Johnsonville, heavily load
ed with supplies. -Northern
accounts say that Paducah is threaten-
ed by Forrest. All business was suspended on the
29tb, and goods were being removed to a place of
safety: . r ' "
Gen. Meredith is makipg extensive preparations
for the defence of ihe place.
. 'From the North.
St Louis papefe of the 26th. report Price 20 miles
south of Kansas City. The fighting and material
loss on both sides,amounts to no great consequence.
It is supposed the main body of Price's army has
not yet been engaged.
The St Louis Republican says that little reliance
can be placed upon anything coming from Blount
and Lane.
A special dispatch to the Democrat, at Warrens
burg, 21st says that Price is making his way
through Kansas and Smith following.
The latest news places him beyond the State line.
The federals lost three hundred at Kansas City
and claim five thousand prisoners.
Official dispatches from St Joseph, say that Bill
Anderson and seven of his men were killed on the
27th. . ,
Gov. Bradford has issued a proclamation announc
ing the adoption of the new Free State Constitution
in Maryland.
A telegram from Knoxville says that Vaughan's
command was routed at Morristown on the 28th by
General Gillem, with a loss of one hundred and six
ty seven prisoners and six guns. McClung's battery
was captured entire . The rebel killed and wounded
left on the field.
A Louisville telegram says the Journal learns
that parties from Chattanooga report that Sherman
has evacuated Atlanta. The report is discredited.
The Union majority in. Pennsylvania, including
the soldiers' vote so far, is 12,000.
Lincoln has issued a proclamation admitting Ne
vado into the Union.
An election riot occurred at Philadelphia on the
19th. Several buildings were -igtuch injured by
DAY
NOV. 9, 1864.
0fSt?IWn- ,.0ne u,an Mledand a number
5 no policemen seriously injured. Nearly
.hundred arrests have been made. 7
xhe proceedings in the case of the Vermont raid
oners etrn8erred to-Montreal, and the pris-
o7eTved to thatplace. . , .
by the tlfe11' Pwwileu in the United States
Prt of thHE-vW of e,ection fraud3 " the
sent three CoJlYork Stat9-Asency. Seymour has
gate CchSr ,0neW to VVh'Stn to investi-
Gold 219.
European advices to the iiwv " . , ' '
newsunini.ortant Commeaf.. Pol- il
fTheUn Twenty firms nave failed. ,D ED,and
- New Castle is dead. -
nd four bank, , Ma T?" at Rio JaneriV
Editors' iT' 8oWiew are Diacooraged." . '
nse a small weHL'You win P6"1 me to
few items of the re the Pub,ic
heartening those whoM1Lant?nbe8.'method of dia"
the redemption of our bSJ'!.11 Wllhng 10 fi8ht for
Onthe9thofthePre7el!?untry-1.t,, . A
as relieved from dutv withuLh' Ur h!$S band
sV and ordered to report GerT" f
St?1 ft, oi ' ottT-uS
ing cheers werellraaea,lnn?8, tnrebfous.
the hearty determinSt? !a "nd ga,n- to indte
the last" We had connilUnd. b each other u
everything looked bright andfIL10 ach other and-
"On the cars, the whistle blows,'- '
the old battle-flag with seventeen fields 2? we S0'
engraved upon its folds, floating in the breeze.1"118
are cheerful; we are not whipped, though Atlantk
has fallen. So much for the army, where all are
hopeful Soon arrived at Griffin, whero evidences
of confusion begin to appear. On to Macon, and
arriving there you know nothing more until you get
away. The confusion of Babel was a mere cypher.
No one having the interest of the country at heart
can be found. 44 Extortioners of every description
throng the boqses and streets." Atlanta would
have blushed for them at the zenith of her extor
tions. A soldier seems to be the only animal that
receives no attention..
Hundreds f the white linen gentry are flocking
the streets. What they are attending to, God only
knows. It has from the beginning of the war been
a constant source of wonder to the simple-minded
patriot, (whose whole soul has been engaged in our
revolution,) how these men avoid the draft
We left Macon as soon as possible, with the con
viction gradually creeping over us that we were
hazarding our lives for a great many worthless men.
Passed through Columbusq the only attractive fea
ture about this city is the number of young men
about the railroad depots- They are hardened cus
tomers. With cheeks like brass, you may halloo
conscript. Brown's pet, &c, but it is no go. He
whirls his fob chain, twists his moustache, puts on a
look of dazzling courage, as much as to say, "Jeff
Davis regards this as an important position, and he
knew his man when he selected me to hold it " A
citizen at Cheraw, wishing to encourage our droop
ing spirts, walks upwind down the side track, tell
ing to our boys, be of good cheer, McClellan will be
elected sure, and that he can raise a million of men
to where Abe can one hundred thousand, and that
we are gone up, sure. This man wears blue pants
and white hat, has brown whiskers, and supposed
to be, from his general appearance, 44 a doctor."
Arrived at the famous city of Montgomery, in a
dirty and wearied condition, we felt that we had
arrived at the birth-place of the Confederacy, and
that no croakers, stragglers or men exempt could be
found within her walls. Alas for human hopes 1
Things have gone from bad to worse. I stood upon
the streets, and, lol a sea of Wnan beings pass
. before me. Where are they from, and whither are
they going! To the front? 44 No," replied a bright
eyed little fellow, (who will some day make a gene-
' ral.) 44 they are not That big fellow you see tend-
. ing to that store, is exempt because he superintends
the Wayside Home ; that other one has a contract
for hauling wood to government shops ; that one is
the Governor's aid ; that one driving the fine bay is
a quartermaster ; and that one," &c, Ac., continued
. the boy, giving descriptions of their business as
each passed before us, until more than double the
. number of our entire company had passed.
I turned away disheartened and disgusted. The
little boy interrupted me "say Mister, you see
that old grey headed man with the linen coat t
Well he told some soldiers in the train the other
day that if he was one of them on that train, and it
was goiDg right into bell, that he would not jump off,
for the Yankees would send them all there, any
how, before the war was oyer." I left instanter,
and in passing the. provost marshal's office, saw two
young men sitting at the desk, examining the papers
of an old man (who had served in the war of 1812)
to see why he was not in the army.
It is such influences as these that operate upon
the minds of the soldier. He leaves the army hope
ful and returns disheartened. Let me say to .you, .
men in (he rear, that we who do the fighting are not
whipped, and if you will have confidence ir. us, we
will whip the fight. Be cheerful, be hopeful, and
with all, let each man be determined, whatever his
position may be, to do all he can for the cause. We
will win. Napoleon's veterans never waded through
fields of greatt-r carnage than we have done, (in pro
portion to numbers,) and which we are willing to
do again. Then, in the name of all you hold sacred,
whether in money, love or life, I conjure you to act
like men.
To the old men I would say, speak in the presence
of soldiers hopefully and encouragingly. Let no
croaking be heard in our land, whether from males
or females. To the ladies, God bless them, smile
not on the young man who thinks the President has
selected him to hold, at all hazards, a bomb-proof
position in thejear. They are not your protectors,
and would run and leave you to the tender mercies
of our common foes, at their approach on your city.
Your protectors are in the front Save your smiles
for us, for I think we have earned them. I know
we need them. BOON.
Intemperance Tr'adb in Liquobs. The follow
ing statement, full of very striking facts, was sub
mitted to a committee of the Canadian' Parliament,
by Rowland Burr, Esq., of Toronto :
44 My experience as a justice of the Peace ana
Jail Commissioner for nearly twenty years, shows
that nine out of ten of the male prisoners, and
nineteen out of twenty of the female prisoners have
been brought there, by intoxicating liquor. I have
visited thejails from Quebec to Sandwich, through
the length and breadth of Canada, and I have per
sonally examined 2,000 prisoners in the jails,, of
whom two thirds were male!, and one-third females :
they nearly all signed a petition that I had present
ed to them for a Maine Liquor Law, many of them
stating that it was thair only hope of being saved
from utter ruin, unless they could go where intoxi
cating liquors wre not sold.
I examined trJS jailors' books, wherein they all
kept a record of the number of persons, their age,
country, and occupations, and their crime; also,
whether they were brought there by the use of in
toxicating liquors. In four years there were 25,000
prisoners in the jails, and it appeared from the re
cords that 22,000 of that number had been brought
there by intoxicating, liquors, and I believe, from -the
2,000 whom I examined, that 24,000 out of the
25,000 would never hare been there had it not been
for. the liquor trade. I have the record now before
me, kept by myself, of the liquor dealers of Young
street, Toronto, for .54 years past, 100 in number,
and I will mention the abstract of the record, viz:
Number-of ruineS drunkards in 100 families, 214 ; 1
loss of property once owned in real estate, 58,500 ;
number of widows left, 45 j number of orphans left,
Whole Number 1538.
235; sudden deaths, 44; suicides publicly known,
Im . ? f Premature de4hs by drunkenness
.203 , murders, 4; executions, 8 ; number ot years
of human life lost by drunkSaess, 1.915.
.ni iT ul aC(lMinted with these 100 families,
and have kept written records of them for tbe purl
P0Be of printing them, leaving out the name;"
For the Standard.
Surgeon General's Office, (
" . Raleigh, Oct 29, 1864. f
, S5R Permit me to make a statement in regard
to the 44 manufacture of artificial limbs" for our
mutilated soldiers, to which you refer in jour paner
of the 28th instant Gov. Vance has given mVbut
mZdZffy0 the subject. -d that was, to take im
thZ ,,Lr Ti9Wards"P"wurin8 proper supply of
whose nelessiUes7-
1 determined 16 establish a manufactory for the
tpeeial benefit of our own soldiers, and so aa..rt jsed
in the papers of the State. Upon enquiry, it -ra9
ascertained that a greater part of the materials ne
cessary for the construction of 44 artificial limbs,"
could not be procured in the Confederacy. They
were then immediately ordered in Europe, and our
agent there instructed to ship them in the Ad Vance
on her return trip, in July last Unfortunately,
these, materials themselves had to be made to order,
and so much time was necessarijy consumed in pre
paring them, that the ship was compelled to sail
without them. The subsequent capture of the Ad
Vance and the consequent interruption of the block
ade running on account of the State, has rendered
their importation impossible up to the present mo
nnt Every effort is, however, being made to se
cure their transportation to this country upon some
other ship, and I am in daily expectation of their
arrival at Wilmimrtnn
theMlt,f,l'at,ng Bome delav in the importation of
44 manufaS.,als' 1 concluded an arrangement with a
lina soldiers wJ.n Virginia, by whh North Caro
limbs," at thexDenstbe suPPl,ed wlth " utificial
St.t7wdriiw
S f, "PP7 10 8ite tbat a lar Baber of our
rha , h0ldie,r3'h.a,re l 25
that the orders of others are being rapidlfilled
as the circumstances of the case will ali
So soon as the proper materials are recced I
snal commence the manufacture of "artificial
limbs" for the tpeeial benefit of North Carolina
soldiers.. Until then, the present arrangement is
tne,.ifl08t "patriotic and philanthropic" that can be
devised. - EDWARD WARREN,
' Surgeon-General of N. C.
W. W. Holden, -Esq. , Editor of Standard, ltal
eigh, N. C-
The sixth resolution adopted by the Governors,
has been seized upon as a pretext for alarm. We
do not now speak of any criticisms by any portion
of the newspaper press upon this resolution, but
we have reference to the private expressions of ap
prehension which have fallen in our hearing, or
have been communicated to ns. It is very clear to
us, that the resolution of these Executives of States
does not contemplate the recommendation of the em
ployment of slaves as armed soldiers in the service.
If any such meaning were capable from tbe language
of the resolution, tbe Conservative gives assurance
from Gov. Vance, that such an idea is not intended,
but that the resolution simply favors the employ
ment of slaves, by the consent of the owners, on for
tifications, as cooks, teamsters, ambulance drivers,
Ac. It is to be presumed, we say, that this assur
ance isiven by the ".organ -'' from Gov. Vance ; but
unhappily, it is too often the case, that this paper,
while considered to be the Governor's organ, so far
varies in its positions from those otherwise under
stood opinions of his Excellency, that one can hard
ly, in all things, regard itm an organ, without de
tracting from the frankness and candor which are
known characteristics of the Governor's political as
well as personal intercourse.
But on tbis-point we do not need to be instructed
by the Contervalite. It could not be supposed that
four or five Governors of States, met :n common con
sultation, would make a recommendation so indis
tinct, upon so grave and important a question. It
is very plain that the Governors have not intended
to touch this question at all in their resolutions ;
and we have no idea that either pf them has commit
ted himself, or is prepared to commit himself upon
it, as yet, to the public. If the war continues, it
mav. nrebablv will, come nn for di.wnasinn In tha
anticipation of its probable continuance, the State
T i . i. - t . . . ... .
uegisiaiurea tuu me national VOngreSS Will not
throw awav time in m stndv nf rha nnMtinn Uih .o
j ,...,
to its propriety and expediency, and as to the' na J
The subject of arming our slaves, to some extent,
under certain contingencies and conditions, is net
to be disposed of as an 44 inadmissible idea," how
ever at first ttfbughti it may shock our received
opinions. It was a question antedating the war
anticipated by very many, who felt the apprehen
sion that Northern aggression would ultimately
compel separation when national, existence might
have to be fought for. And with some 'of those
who have consistently and rationally followed the
course of events, its possible eventuality has never
been lost sight of.
We do not mean to question the opinions of those
who have already formed and expressed them ; nor
are we at all prepared to reach the issue in our own
mind at this time. The example of mankind has
long ago settled the fact, that the employment of
the negro race in the ranks as soldiers, has neither
degradation nor dishonor in it Further than this,
the most brave, loyal and independent nations have
used slaves as soldiers, with great advantage. The
fault of the Yankee in his employment of the negro
is, tbat his forefathers fastened the negro upon us as
slave property, and realized immense fortunes in
the operation, and that our present assailants are
the legitimate descendants of their ancestors in tbe
enjoyment of these fortunes. That for this and
other considerations, both their ancestors and they,
while we were of a common government, gave guar
antees that we should be protected in the enjoy
ment of the right of property in the Slaves which
guarantees, for better security, were made part of
the system of our then common government Nev
ertheless, they,, the present Yankee race, and their
less remote ancestors, shamelessly violated their
obligations of faith annulled and broke the guar
antees, and waged continual hostility on our rights
of property, until they forced us to dissolve our as
sociation with them, and to form a new government
of our own. That since then, they have by artful
dissimulation, fraud and cheatery, as well as by
force, gotten possession of numbers of our slaves,
and have beguiled some and forced others into their
ranks as soldiers, and employed them to fight bat
tles in behalf of cowards who are afraid to light the
war they advocate and urge. ' f
And the worst of the Yankee criminality, the
meanest and basest of their conduct is, that they
do not mean the negro to profit by his own tabor
and exposure and sacrifice, but they are employing
by his side races of foreigners who have ever been
the uncompromising foe to the negro, and who have
always attacked bim wherever they have come in
contact with him ; which -foreigners are to be the
settlers upon our lands, if their vile invasion is
successful in our overthrow.
These are the sins, crimes and this the dishonor
of the Yankee, that they steal and rob us of our
property, whioh they convert into instruments of
destruction against us, without intending to benefit
tbe agents they employ. '
But there, was never a reproach of any sort, in
the employment of the slaves or Helots of Laconia.
On the contrary, when they were transferred from
tbe harsh, severe and cruel servitude which they
nnderorant. into the militsrv earvinn the wom
elevated ; their condition was improved ; they made
safe, faithful, subordinate and brave soldiers. As
light troops they formed, the majority of the Lace
demonian forces. Aa'ongtheDardanians, where
it was not uncommon for a private individual to
possess a thonW staves, they in time of peace
cnltivated the land; and in war filled the ranks of
the army their masters serving as officers.
We do not intend at this time to enlarge on this
subject, nor to assume any position, until we are
more enlightened. It is a subject worthy of serious
investigation. At the proper time it will be thor
oughly ventilated. Nothing is mere true than the
declaration of President Davis, purposely made, that
this war is accepted by us, and the defence in it
maintained by us,yir independence. We must car
ry, the purpose of achieving independence to the last
In this purpose, the nation is day by day becomine
more united and determined Every element as it
presents itself, as necessary to be employed to eflkt
this purpose, will be employedand to secore its
employment, the power of tbavernment will be
enlarged. t "iy'
laIe alfction ortiellWnoi- of the
fiH T1 as,n-i, Pr& ommenda
tions, and , the firm ajarf earijesTreoewal of mutual
; Y0T tb'8 ,ctk1- 01 or Magistrates:
supported, as we trust it will be bthe fruTand
faithful people,. disaffection and distlt St to
cower, and the m.intno . u ur .. .:
Content. ""' mou- w " silenced.
v wvr
Halnol n.n.r . . ..
At iQe adjourned mt; r.v- ...J . . .
Monday. L " F d
y-" q-t tbe rolfowing report j
The committee to whom it was referrel to sue
thl cit?eLPifVr- 'heuPP'7 of provLs for
hate k f Rle' darinK ,he msk y
mZ Under nderation, anf submit
lt Zlt!e M result of th8ir del.beXs:
"Th6RALtn.aB80ciation 08 formed t W called
ciation?of,lMtua, Re"efand Benevolent Xsso-
ber who ij "IT011 maj C9mL
hundred dolC Bum not &
scriL's
rate of six per centX IV Staf?rt at th"
shall be refunded; btehT'Un1 """V
being sustained, th'e subsets sT aMnJ J?
tied to receive pro Pata npS"lZi?,i,ta?'
84 That the sums mto"&
in whole or in part at any timTqExecuttvt
Committee may think ,3yE
may require hw money to be refundeVt him
any time after six months from the tinW sub
scription, upon giving thirty days notice.
4th. That the sums subscribed shall be laidSiut
in the purchase of provisions and articles' for 0
supply of the citizens generally,, and of the im-
cU..w YicHiny, wno snail be permitted to pur
Te the same under such rules, regulations and
CommlC8 118 mSy d0Pted bJ the Executive
doflara sha!rm00,I as the pum of fift7 thousand
dollars snail nebscribeiL the ..iA- fih.
sutwrrihsrfc fchnll
Executive committee-out of
their own body, to
whom shall be entrustX" .members, to
and management of all theU5 r "Pion
tion and the adpptior lol iSSS
as they may think proper. X re6uUvwIls
6th. That the subscribersshall 1Wlwlse l Ba
meeting appoint a Treasurer and Stofieeper and
one or more Purchasing Agents, and e Store
keeper, under the direction and with the a&nt and
approbation of tne Executivecommiitee, maypioy
such clerks and servants as may be required
sist him in the discharge of his duties and to rHt
such stores or warehouses as roy be necessary.
7th.. That, the salaries of the Store-keepers and '
Treasurer, and of the Purchasing Agents, shall b
fixed by the subscribers in general meeting, who
may require such bonds as they may think proper
from these officers for the faithful discharge of their
duties.
8th. Besides the foregoing and for the purpose
of providing for the necessities of tho poor and in
digent citizens, they recommend that a separate
subscription be taken up for voluntary contribu
tions, for the purchase of provisions for that class
of citizens, and that the sums thus contributed be
placed under the control and at the disposal of the
same Executive committee, and that the articles
purchased with this fund be kept separate and dis
tinct from the other, and be appropriated exclusive
ly to the use and benefit of the poor and indigent,
after defraying such portion of the general expenses
incurred as the Executive committee may think
right and proper.
9th. That this Association shall continue in op
eration for twelve months, unless sooner discontin
ued at a general meeting of the subscribers, and
when discontinued, a statement or exhibit shall be
made of its operations, and if any loss shall be sus
tained, the same shall be apportioned by the Exec
utive Committee among the subscribers according
to tbe amounts respectively subscribed ; and should
any profits have accrued, after refunding to the
subscribers the amounts subscribed with interest'
thereon, at the rate of six percent per annum, such
profits shall be apportioned among the subscribers
so as to entitlJthem to receive not more- than ten
per cent upon the amount subscribed ; and the sup
plies, if any, shall be appropriated to the fund for
the relief of the poor and indigent '
The Committee, pursuant to insrtuctions, have
had conference with the Mayor of the City, who
assured tbcm that arrangements bad already been
made by the city authorities for procuring an ample
supply of wood for the use of the poor of the city,
and tbey therefore did not deem it advisable to pro
pose in any manner to interfere with their arrange
ments. The report was read teriatem, and adopted
On motion, it was resolved that a Committee of
one from each Ward be appointed, to procure sub
scriptions to the funds of this Association, and also
that subscription papers be left at the several Auc
tion and Boojc stores of the city.
The following Committeemen were appointed:
Mr. Crowder in the Western Ward ; Mr. Landsdell
in the Middle ward, and Mr. Jas. J. Litchford in the
Eastern ward . ..
On motion, it was ordered that tbe Secretary
furnish the City papers with a copy of the above re
port and proceedings for publication.
The meeting adjourned, to meet again Monday
evening next, at 7 o'clock, at the Mayor's office, and -the
citizens generally are invited to attend
JNO. H. BRYAN, Chairman.
A. M. Gorman, Sec'y.
OBITUAI?r NOTICES.
In this City, on Tuesday evening, November 1st,
Lizzie Brandon, only daughter of the Hon. D. M.
Birringer, aged 13 years, 7 months and 8 days.
Died, in this City, on Tuesday morning, October
25th, 1864, Mrs. Susan Rotstib, consort of Mr.
David Royster, aged 85 years.
She was the dauehtar at Mr micha Simm itnMaa-
ed, of Warren County, N. C. Sixty-two years ago
sne came to liaieigo a bride. AU around tbe house
she occupied, were wild woods and fields. Few
families were then living in the place only one man
is left who was here when she came, and since. that
time she has never moved . Her funeral was preach
ed In the same room she first entened a bride. In
the sixty two-years of her married life, she never
left ber home without her husband and children,
and never more than a week at a time, and in that
long period she and her husband were never sepa
rated a week at one time till death, the fell destroy
er, took away from the old man the " light of his
eyes," and left bim alone. She has left to mourn
her loss 8 children, 44 gxand children, and 15 great
grand children, all of whom, except 3 grand chil
dren, reside in this U ty. Four children and twenty
grand children have 44 gone before." One from be
yond the Mississippi, one from the enemy's land,
the gory field of Gettysburg, and two from dreary
hospitals on Virginia's consecrated soil The oth
ers all sleep in the burying grouna of this City.
Mrs. Royster was of a most cheerful disposition,
even while dialing near the elose of her long life,
and suffering much pain. ' During the -last few
day 8 of her life, her mind wandered from, tbe pres
ent back to the scenes of her early years, and she
spoke of the events of childhood, and -tbe friends of
her youth, as if actually before her eyes. She was for
more than forty years a consistent member of thf
Baptist Church, and leaves to her large and sorrow
ing family, her example of patience, resignation and
piety, and the bright hope - to comfort them that;
their loss is 44 her gain." " " " Cqm.