North Carolina Newspapers

E O S 5 . per .ahnritai ON THE " WTSST SIDE OF TRADE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS TfrE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. - f IN ADVANCE CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1863; Editob and Pkoprietob. TWELFTH VOLUME--- D 31 If I tiit i iti . .. ziii ill 1 1 I I I I I I I II MM II I' - III SSI 111 111- THE Published every Tuesday,) BY - - - WILLIAM J- YATES, EDITOK AND PROPKJETOR. . -.nr"nnr?n nr $5 IN ADVANCE. '' o- Transient advertisements must be paid for in a ilvunce. A '1 v f r 1 1 s e m onts not marked on the manuscript -n v. ingnrtml until fnrVii fl " fin fl f (r a s-jiecinc time, win. u .y.-.. .-- , ,1 ownrilinfrlv. AN ACT THE MILITIA AND A GUARD HOME DEFENCE. IN DELATION TO FOR- SEc 1 I! 51 euactejl by the General Assembly. of ' Tate' of North Carolina, and -it is hereby enacted ' .i ,.r i, oorvm Tlmt tlir nvpmntinns ... tl.n IHllllUrilV Ul Hit 3. ...... - i li..,, rcc.ribed in I he act3 of Congress of the Con- ,. ("ill.C ana io uc same caiuji nu uv ii t, jWicrnte States, providing for the enrollment of men the public defence and eranting exemptions from the same, commonly called the conscription and ex- "c 2. iSe it further enacted, That it shall be the ,'rtiin finvemur to cause to be enrolled as a guard v,r home defence all while male persons not already, tnrolh-d in the service c t the Confederate blates, be-twet-n the apes of eighteen and fifty years, resident in his State, "including foreigners not naturalized, who l)-vc been residents in the'Stato for thirty days before Mich enrolment, excepting persons" filling the offices of Governor,' Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts f Law and Equity, the members of the General embly and the officers of the several Departments of the luvernmp.it of the State, Ministers of the Gospel the several denominations of the Suite charged with .!, .hiti.'.s f churches, and such other persons as the Coviiiior, for special reasons, may deem proper subjects ot exemption. " Sec. 3. I5e it further enacted, That all persons above' the u--e ot 'fifty, who may volunteer for service in said .rrtrr for home, defence, and shall be accepted by a "v. tain of a company for the same, shall be deemed to l..,.ig thereto, nnl shall be held to service therein fithi-rVnerallv or for any special duty or expedition -.is the commanding, officers of regiments or companies, a.-,-...r.bng to .the nature of the particular service in .lUi -iioii nmy determine. , . Srr. A lie it further enacted, That the Coventor s!ui!i cause all persons enrolled in pursuance of the (-.. j.rec.-.ling sections of -this act' to be formed into . i:v.. 1n.t lio rnnini'5sioned offi- v.-r-i'uf urh companies, and thence into rotil :1I1H". Willi iiiHiiv iu c.. w.. -t battalions or regiments, l.rigiides and divisions according to his dis cretion, an 1 he shall appoint the fWlu officers of suclT lies and divisions, and V tiaiMiions reirimpntfl. briffiules ana illusions, sliaf i.-ue Coir missions in due form to all the officers albisaiil. sr.. no it further enacted. That members ot the Socu tr of Friends, commonly called Quakers, may be exempted from the provision of this act by paying the sum of one hundred dollars according to an ordinance of the Convention of this State in that behalf, ratified the 12th day of Mify, 1K2- Provided that when a Quaker shall have paid or had levied of 'his property the sum of live hundred dollars under the act of Con gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall not be required to pay any sum of money for his ex emption under this act. Sec. 6. That the said guards for home defenceniay be called out for service by the Governor in defence of the State against invasion and to suppress invasion, either by regiments, battalions, or companies, en masse, or by drafts or volunteers from the same, as he, in his discretion may direct; shall be under hjs command, through the officers appointed a3 herein provided: shall serve only within the limits of this State, and in terms of duty to be prescribed by the Governor, not exceeding three months at one-term They, or so many of them as may be at any one time called into service, maybe organized into infantry, artilrery or cavalry ag he "may direct, and thc infantry and artillery may be mounted if. he sluill so determine, the men furnishing their own horses and accoutrements and arms, when approved by the Governor, on such terms as be shall prescribe. Set. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Governormay furnish to said troops the arms, accoutrements and ammunition of the State when called .as aforesaid into active service, and shall prescribe rules for" their return and to prevent the waste, destruction or loss of the "same. Sec. 8. Be "it further enacted That all laws and clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur view of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 9. Ke it further enacted, That the commissions of officers of the Militia, called into service by this act, are suspended only during the period of such serVice. Sec. 10. Be it further-enacted, That this act shall be in force from th date of its ratification. . Ratified the 7th day df July. 1 863. COTTON CARDS A?VD SlIOE. Cotton Cards for sale, but an early call will only se cure a pair as we only have ten pair. , . We have on hand and can make to order calf-skin Shoes and Gaiters of very fine English leather. Lots ladies' calf-skip Bootees. Lot of thick Brogans, large sizes. J. F. BUTT, Mint Street, June 23, 1863 . tf Charlotte, N. C. JUST RECEIVE!, BLACK ALPACCA, BLUE FLANNELS, ' SPOOL COTTON black and white. BLEACHED SHIRTING. J. S. PHILLIPS. June 23, 1863 tf . Copartrvprsliip. WlCIilAjflS & OATE8 Have this .ay associated with them in" the Mercantile and Commission business, LEWIS W. SANDERS, the style of the tArni will hereafter be WILLIAMS, OATES & CO. 0TICF'-AU rer?ons indebted to the late firm of illiams t Oate will please calf and settle up, as we wishto close our old business. Wit r t uo tf n tps tf DR. J. M. MlLLEI Charlotte, N. c.. Una vAciifYiai tho Mno; f T i found at his Office In the Biawley building n be Kerr's hotelor at his residence! . B pPS1 be Fbb. 25, .1862. The History of North Carolina Published in 1851 by the undersigned, in its 'preface conceded that it contained omissions unavoidable and many iruperfevtiona. A second edition was then prom ised, which would remedy these defects. This is nov called for. He will be gruief nl . to any one who wLl point out any errors in the date, names or facts in the Various counties of the State; and Any biographical sketch of those who hare cone service in the field or -ptate. . Letters may be sent to ne, care of Don- D. L. Swain JOHN II. WHEELER. Chapel Hill. J. C, Jijne 4ih, J. SO.;, . . ; KOTICJB- : To Conscripts nud ITXilitia Officers of the HtU Consresronal District. In obedience to General Order. No. 14, and General Or der No. 15, issued by Col. Peter Mallett, Commandaat of Conscripts for North Carolina, Colonels of Militia will on the" 20th of August. 1863, enroll all persons liable to con . scription under Xhe recent Proclamation of the President of the Confederate States, and ail persons so enrolled, will report theuisefves to the enrolling "officer and Medical Board, at the following times and places, to wit: , C r.E A VEI. ANU , C OUST V 91st Kegiment, Colonel Lo gan, Tuesday the 2Gth, and Wednesday the 2Gth ol Au gust. 90th Regiment. Colonel EJIiptte, Thursday 27th, and Friday the 2ith of August. Lincoln County 88th Regiment, Colonel Ramseur, Monday 31st August and Tuesday 1st September. Gaston County 87th Regiment, Col. Hand, Thurs day 3d,-and Friday ther4th-of September. ' Mecklenburg Counvy 85th Regiment, Col. Max well, Monday the 7th and Tuesday trie 8th of September. 80th Regiment, Colonel Brown,, "Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th Septembsr. r . ' , Cabarrus COUNTY 84th Regiment, Colonel Barn hart, Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September. Union County 2d Regiment, Col. McCain, Mon day 14th and Tuesday 15th. 119th Ifc-ginient Colonel Mullis, Wednesday Kith and Thursday 17th September. Rowan County 7Gth Reyment, Col. Bradshaw, Saturday I9thand Monday 21st September. 120th Regi ment. Col. Lockj, Tuesday 22d and Wednesday 23d Sep- Catawba County 89th Regiment, Colonel Forney, Friday 25th and Saturday 2Gth September. This call includes all who shall have become. 18 on or before the 20th of August, ISo3, and l who are under 4i on that day. whether residents of any, other portion of the State, or of any State, or claiming to be a citizen of any foreign Staje or Power all who received exemptions as the owner or owners of (20) twenty negroes, as so much of the Exemption Act of October, -1862, as relates to over seers has been repealed by the act of May, 1863, to w hich th'i attention of all desiring the exemption of oversers is called. All persons discharged irom the Army trom any cause, oi by any authority since the last enrollment. All persons to whom temporary exemptions were granted by the Examining Boitrd, and all persons permitted by the Enrolling-Officer to it-main at home till further notice;' persons exempted or derailed on any work for the State of North Casoliiia, or any department thereof, will be required to attend and exhibit the evidence of exemption or detail. This call doesyiot include persons exempted by the Ex amining Board on account of physical disability, (unless specially ordered,) nor persons exempted-by he Enrolling Officer, at or since the last enrollment, (except overseers as above mentioned,) nor persons detailed tor a limited time through the Conscript Office, at Raleigh, provided the details are intull force and effect on the 20th of August, and the parties are actually and diligently engaged in the business for which they were detailed. IW Colonels will return the Rolls to the Enrolling Officer, made out by Companies, with the full names plainly written, without eiasion or alteration, enlarge size paper, only written on one side, with one column of names near the left margin, the balance of the page blank for remarks. If the Colonels have any reason to suspect that tfif.it-ares Dersons holdiner exemptions; from the Enrolling Officer, or the Examining. Board, riot entitled to them, ob-. tamed through fraud or mistake, or that their are persons properly exempted by charging more than 75 percent., by quitting or neglecting the business or profession for which they weie exempted, or by engaging in any other pursuit, especially speculation and extortion, they will make separate roll of them, and have them together with' sworn evidence before the enroll ing Officer. Reasonable notice must be given to all such suspected persons, so they may produce rebutting evidence, to the end that justice may be done. All persons having business of any kind with the En rolling Officer, must be present, -together with all' papers and evidence necessay for investigation and . decision, while the officer is in the county where parties re side, then, if necessary to-defer, a time and place will be ap pohited. Alf papers" and affidavits must be presented im due form and properly attested, to receive attention, as-th Enrolling Officer will not have time to draw up or correct instruments of writing. All applications for wxemption and all inquiries for information must be addressed to the Enrolling Officer only. All applications for exemption, on the ground of executive clemency, on account of justice, equity and necessity, must be. presented to the Enrolling Officer, fortified by the sfrocnA-estimony of at least three disinterested and - respectable persons; persons whose re liability the Enrolling Officer can endorse. All persons liable under this call, can volunteer before the 20th of. August, and will be furnished with transportation on re porting to Col. Mallett, at Camp Holmes. Colonels of Militia will return to the Enrolling Officer a complete roll of all conscripts w ho thus volunteer, giving regiment and company to which they have gone. To avail themselves of this right, parties must be actually in service with their regiments on the 20th day of August; furloughs, or per mission to remain at hoie till after that time, by whomso ever granted, will be disregarded, and the parties sent to camp as conscripts, without delay. Conscripts sent to camp will haw choice of regiments as far as practicable and the exigencies of the service will allow. All soldiers who have been transferred to Salisbury Hospital, and per mitted to return home, will promptly report to Dr. Hall, at Salisbury, or be arrested and treated as deserters. . LirThe Enrolling Officer asks the aid of all officers of the militia, and of nl good citizens in executing the law, and in raising men to drive the foul invaders from our soil. ' jesse r. .Mclean, Capt. and En. Officer 8th Con. District. J.wan Byan, Ass't Sur., C. S. A., ) W. II. Howertov, M. D., Ex. Board. J. R. Ellis, M. D., ) Aug 17, 1803, ' ' -" EDGEWORTD FEMALE SEMINARY, Cfrcenslioro, IV. C. The fall session of this Institution will commence on the 4th of August next. " TERMS fob thk Session jOF 20 Weeks: Board, in cludingwashing, lightsqel, &c, 220; English Tuition, $l!0; Music on the Piano, Harp or Guitar, $30; Vocal Music, $12 50;. Oil Paining, t30; Drawing, $12 50; Grecian Paintiug, Sluj Aucieut and - Modern Lan guages,"each $12 50. - - ' For further particulars apply to - RICHARD STERLING, Principal. June 30, 1863 . 2m-pd . We have a Tannery in full operation about six miles from Charlotte, on the 0. & S. C. Railroad line; It is a first-class Tannery, and we are prepared to purchase, at market prices, Hides of all descriptions, and supply the trade at curttut prices - . 'A". -II: GRIFFITH, July 13, 1803 tf O. E. BELL. BLANK DEEDS, Warrants, Ejectments, &c, for salet this Office. - ' ' Printing promptly executed to order. TO COTTON PLANTERS.- I haye been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for the Confederate Government wirhin the State of North Carolina, and will pay for the same iri 7 per cnt Bonds or Cash. " . . -" . Sub -Agents visitiiijt the different parts of the State, afpoiutrneut; " ....... ; By order of the Secretary of the Treasury, all Cot j purchase'd by-mysclf or my agents, on and after j the 18th day of Marrh, 1863, will be paid for in 7 per t cen Bonds (ir-Cosh, and not 8 per cent Bonds as stated i in a former advertisement. Up to that time, however, - tho 8 per cent bonds will bo furnished as stated. I I atrioUc citizens are now offered an opportunity to Mud the Government by gelling to it their Cotton rather than to private capitalists. . t , LEWIS S, WILLIAMS. Charlotte, March 21, 1803 tf ' , CHARLOTTE, N. C. KOTICE. Our term3 are five dollar per year, in advance. - - Q months $3. iJGSJ Individual or local shinplasters will not be re- ceived. ' When sent to 3 ua they will be nr.ld subject. 10 the sender's call, and not returned by letter. t&B The Democrat will Ve discontinued to alt stiscri bers at fhe expiration of l7ie time for kchich it is paid. Those toho want to continue must renew before or at the ex piration of their time. LIIJjCOLN'S policy. We .publish in another'column the statement of a gentleman from-Kerituck' as to the settled poli cy of the Lincoln Government, as recently an nounced . to a delegation of Kentucky conserva tives, who waited upon him for the purpose of as certaining in distinct and unequivocal laug'uage his views and purposes in regard, to th6 further prose cution of the war. After twenty-four hours of deliberation, he replied that emancipationand con fiscation would bvhis watch-words, -and 'short of this his armies would not stop. If anything was wanting hitherto to teach the Southern people the fate that awaits them, in the event of Federal suc cess, this is certainly" enough to remove ie scales from their eyes. The Atlanta ' Appeal says that already the confiscation of city property. ' has .been commenced on a large scale in New Orleans, which will be followed up everywhere as fast a? the ene my get. permanent ' possession, of the cduntry. From this source "alore they will add immensely to the revenues of their country. Southern home steads and landed estates will be confiscated .and sold to. defray the expenses of the t war, and the Southern people thus be made instrumental in their own subjugation and robbery. To incite their soldiery to deeds of desperation and. daring they are promised the personal effects of the peo ple, while the reality is reserved to replenish the exhausted coffers of the Government. Such being the settled policy of the Federal Government, the people of the South can surely no longer hesitate in the discharge of their first and highest duty, both to thoir country and them selves. .Those who are ab"le must takre- up arms,, while those who are rft must minister to the wants and necessities of the Government with all the means in their power. The farmer must come forward with his produce and'the capitalist with his money to sustain and strengthen the govern mental arm. Without tivcir spport, it is power less, and we ninst all soon fall an easy prey to our repacious and lentless foe. We can but perish in this gfeuf struggle to achieve our indepen dence, aud a far worse fate than death awaits us if we fail. . V, In view, moreover, of this policy of confiscation and sale, let us hope that no more cities and towns will be permitted to fall into the possession'of the enemy. If they on n not be held by us, let them be reduced to ashes before their occupation by the enemy Far better thus than that they should be converted into meana of sustaining the war waged against us. New Orleans, Memphis and Nash ville alone will pour many millions, into the Fede ral treasury, and so soon as this policy of confisca tion shall be more thoroughly inaugurated, the North will really make money by the war. When it is once ascertained tnat the Federal Govern ment has the power to guarantee, convey and maintain titles, the sales of Southern estates and homesteads will become rapid and general. Cap italists will no longer hesitate to invest theitgreen backs in such desirable property, and our South ern planters and -farmers will become tenants to their'Northern lords and masters.. This, we can assure our readers, is no fancy sketch or overdrawn picture. Our doom, in the-. event of failure, is already written' out in unmis takable characters, so that he who runs may read. No time-serving policy or sycophantic fawning can now save us.- Kecbnstruction is fyibjugation in its worst and most humiliating form. By this process we lose not only all our earthly possessions, bnt even our honor and self-respect. Reconstruc tion implies the disbandment of our army and na vy, and the surrender of all power into the' hands of the Northern Government, and throws us back upon the weak dependence of constitutional guar antees which theNorthesn people? have long since ceased to respect.. It is their purpose, long since settled upon, to strip us of our wealth and indepen dence, and reduce us to poverty and want. Our only salvation lies in our strong arms and firm re liance in the God of just. Cohnnhia Carolinian Every word of the .above is true. ; aT It is our most sacred duty to sustain the Government in all its efforts for the achievement of our independence. It is very certain the Gov ernment can do nothing without the hearty co-operation .of the people. Let us all then from this time forth, do all we can to encourage each other, sustain our army and the Government, and permit no root of bitterness to disturb pur harmony or en danger the success of our struggle for indepen dence. We ..have every thing; to gain by this course and nothing to lose. And if need be, let exempts, old men and ail,shoulder their guns and go out in defense of themselves, their property and their country, rather than submit to the disgrace, shame and ruin which' the enemy will impose ou us, if we submit, or suffer ourselves to be subjuga ted. balisburg MatcJiman EXTRAV says: "Purchase prices demanded has a man to flni nif u 1., e t- : ! is found paying two, or three, or four dollars for i watermelon? Nobodv-makes him do that. The melon is not a necessity. It, in fact, counts him nothing; for, after eating it, he wants bis dinner all the same. Why not let the thing abne sooner than pay such prices? If we acknowledge such a standard of prices, where we arp under mrneces sity to do so, we stop our mouths when the specu lators have us in their power Many a man is throwing away rocney nowjvhich he will sadly want hereafter, It is a great mis take to indulge in expensive habits, just because it may be the present fashion. agance. The Richmond Sentinel I 4 ,7- :' . ' , , ! twritory, and our loss of the trong-hold r,n tho ;i unworthy of Not lh t ami mians is this coranlaint, rs. are wholly to blame for tho .f.1". .'tf. -TV' .wr,M? a" OK Wiswismp1i have tailed tocvireliia uopt. of mic-, v'J P " nrpisi for some artilpi What riht 8K,u,er ieuu lu us llu,u "K"- us cess, or to cnanjse ia any material roint of vj:w B,,u ,H,wt "Pu,c" " uia oih lauco into complain of fortv dollars for a barrel ! ,r ""u,v "' '.'".r ,n,s 4:courging aspcer ol Ins ailairs.- - iim armies 'V . , ; ,vt? u fin V 1,:. a f ; a i5uncomoe county soioier at rone noyai. He . Pannot be recruited sn rt '.bl r ihrir material iwissinni nau.io te yielded te rum. opening . PUBLIC SENTIMENT. " A '-large meeting of the, citizens of, Rowan county was.held in Salisbury on -theOlh ult. A : committee consistiog of H. C. Jones, sr., C. L. Par- , ( tee, J. J. Bruflc, M. S. McKonzie and Arcbd.' Uen . der was armolnted to draft resolutions.' h:o. r Jones, sr., ofi behalf of the committee, reported 1- . tne lollowing, which ine : mectiDir unanimously adopted: - .. - ' - Resolved, That we fully appreciate the hard ships that war has brought upon the people of even, this, comparatively, favored region, and we are more than willing that negotiations for peace be opened whenever our enemies signify their readi ness to treat with us upon that subject; but having every reasbnto believe that a proposal of that kind from u to them would be treated with in sult and rrdicule, wc cah see no sense or propriety . w. 0 j in urging a peace policy upon the people at . tnjs time. ... '"; llesolyed, That any .peace short of the'inde pendence of the Confederate States .would be ruinous and disgraceful to the States, and hard as the war' is upon the country a peace based" upon a surrender of the principle of independence, would, make those hardships more intolerable, be cause they would be embittered , by a sense of dishonor. . , Resolved, Tint a peace based on our subjuga tion "would make us the scorn of the' world, and would bring upon this land woes and humiliations of whica we cam only ibrm an ' idea from whatfour enemies have already done, when they have par tially prevailed witlr their forces. We are not aware that the party now in power at the .North, have ever said,- directly or indirectly, -that any mercy, or pardon, or anyiosty, would be grauted to us upc'ni craven submission to their term; on the contrary, emancipation of slaves, confiscation of -our homes and chattel property trials for treason, and death under lhe sentence of the law,, are but 4oo plainly written as our fateT if trie Aboli tions shall.be able to crush us into submission to their terms. . Resolved, That wo recognize in the.cpnduct of the gallant soldiers whom we have sent forth to the war, a constancy, devotion and courage that has conferred xerjpwn' upon this young nation-1 and earned for themselves an imperishable name. And for us at home to be willing to barter away that renown and to accept for our sons and broth ers the name and destiny of traitors and felons,' would be to sink ourselves very low in the scale of social existence. ' Resolved, That the leading obioct in passing the act levying a tax in kind, was to sustain, the currency, by diminishing the issue of notes and bonds, and to provide a certain aud prompt s'ub-sistencE-for pur soldiers inthe field, and we regard it hg the dictate of patriotism to sustain the law. Resolved, That we do not feel called upon to arraign the motives with which the Editor of tho Standard has been actuated,-in his course in this the perilous-crisis of our fate; but we have no hesitation in saying we believe its tendency has been to eneourage desertion from the ranks of the army to produce mutiny and insubordination among our troopsflo dampen the' ardor and zeal of the people and encourage the efforts of the aboli tiooists to accomplish our subjugation and over throw. " .... Resolved, That we have full faitli and confi dence in the patriotism and purointenttons Of the President of the Confederatet5ta0s, and however we may differ as to particular measures of his ad ministration, yet, as he is pur President, and as we have no power to change him for another, it is the duty of all good citizens in this terrible juncture to strengthen his arm -and nerve liis heart by sus taining him in all his efforts to achieve our inde pendence and to conquer a peace. Resolved, That we regard Governor Vance as peculiarly fifted for the position to which the peo ple oF this State have elevated himj and that we have the fullest confidence in his patriotism, firm ness and devotion to the best interests of the Re public. - ' Resolved, That we feel gratified for the4rue and faithful services of . the. Press of North Caro lina for the manly artid enlightened zeal and ability with which they have advocated the cause of the Southern Copfederacy. Deserters. We have frequently heard that there were a great many deserXers in Vadkin,' Sur ry and Wilkes counties, but we havceen a pri vate letter, recently, and also had verbal state ments, which represent the matter in even a worss light than we. had supposed. . "Desctters go about all through Yadkin, mingling with their acquain tances; and so numerous are they, that the militia not only makes no . effort to.arrest themj" but are afraid" to speak of doing so. Neither have tho Conscripts gone into; the army from some of these counties. ' JThe deserters and conscripts together, in Yadkin "alone, is estimated to be between. Q() and a. 1000 iu. number, . : . This is a deplorable state of tiling as derogato ry to the reputation . of the counties concerned as it 13 prejudicial to the caue, and unjust' to those parts of the State whichhavo responded faithfully to the calls of the Government Militia officers in. many of the counties have' not done their duty, or this eviIof desertion would never have attained its present importance. And aIthou;lr fh r., ..wMrt fxma fr.r .irmctin.. u i uic liiuai lajuiauiv. iituv u uuiauiii: 14 uaa iiiusvu, 1 it r k If t.Vrll 1a ti ilnnn fl n rl bit cr..in, rJu :u 1 VI lb OUUUIU aW v v kJk'V-v.v w . IV Will I be followed .bv others of a more serious nature. approached a house, vcjy beaut if al and intelligent lady appeared, with wuo "JC wow "5 uwurreu ooiaier "jven you give a poor soruier some thin to eat? . lie hasn't had eny for .two days." . Lady -"Certainly; but I regret that our break fast is over and we have nothing left but. corn bread, (dodgers.") ' ' " ; Soldier "Well, tbat'Jl do." , ' The bread was presented. "The soldier took it in his hand, examined it closely, then turnin inquiring look upon the lady, said: 'Lan't you give a poor eoldiyr a little sorlo wallop his dodger in?" ". - m rapped at me ooor, and a ifit ro,,rth dnrino. th ADDRESS. OF THE 'ARMY. . " -iaaxj - . To 4!lC People OflYorth Cardlilia. A . general contention of delegates fromeach ! Regiment of Troops from North. CaroFina, in the :sfrom North. Carolina, in the "Viitfnia,JieldatOngeO of August, did- ns, the under, ta afpoint us a Jommitte to Army of Northern Va., On. the Kith . t t signea tue nonor ta appoi prepare and publish to you su address,' invoking vdur aid in the accomnlishmGnr nfn nhit vrv dear to thqse whom they represent,- an . . r . j j o you and id A nf iiinnr. passed, interest and consequence io them. They desire that the irresistible ? influerrce of the publio opinion of all good and patriotic men in the State, may be invoked to pat down and de stroy, and to silence forever "the voice of a faction, which is Relieved to exist in no .inconsiderable strength in your midft, which is dafly growing bolder in the expression of treasonable and mis chievotfs BcnUments, and whoso ma'cbinations.have been and still arc directed towards poisoning tho minds and hearts of our soldiers and pOople, and breaking down the courage and confidence of you and of us, who are sustaining the cause .of our country, in the groat strijggle for independence, in which we are engaged. .. It was esteemed a most fortunate circumstance for the honor and. welfare of North Carolina, that such perfect unanimity prevailed in her councils when she resolved to break the bonds which had eouiid her to a government which had "ceased-to be the representative of the true interest of her people, and which she could no longer respect. arul to make common cause with her bister States of the South. Then it w'as ; that her great and honored cames, were found united in the glorious purpose. Iler Badger, her Hay tier, ' her Miller, her Graham, her Morehead and, her 'Gilmer, her Edwards, her Outlaw and her Smith, her Winslow, her Shepherd, her David, hej Kllis and her Vance, her statesmen and men of power, were found to have quit for a time the arena-of ' admiiatrative and party jwlitjcs, and united in .he work of lay ing anewihe foundation of a'governmcnt of our choice. Her quiet farmers, her honest tradesmen and arfizans, her civil magistrates her lawyers and men of learning, nay, all her plain, sober, thoaght ful people who have always been slow to give their pledge, to a cause, yet know so well how to honor it with true Royalty whcn"given, were in happy accord. There was at least, no Carlisle, nof Crittenden,' nor Andy Johnson, to -head a roll of infamy, Vrithin the whole of her widely extended borders.' ... There wasjio vote against the ordinance of seces sion. There was no press to inveigh against it. There was no voice of faction raised, in opposition to it. I1 direst of hands made appropriate banners and wove ricJi garlands for expectant heroes, and, pri vate contributions, from rich and poor, were be stowed'without stint or limit in furtherance of the common cause. The sons of our. noUe old State, I supposed to possess very Jew of the dements of martial character, came .forward with astonishing alacrity, and in very astonishing numbers. Those J 1 1 1 . v. 1 1 . 1.1 1 . . 1 wno nau uiockcu ner oeiore uencia wun siacmg eyes her splendid Regiments with full ranks, sub stantially clad and equipped, and governed by a rig id discipline, which betokened the dread with which tl)jfj.jiemy has always been inspired, when they we'ifipihow-n to tc upon tho field. - Since then out of the vast store-house of her wealth, little known before or appreciated b.cven her own prople,'sho has poured forth into the lap of. the Confederacy, resources commensurate with Jier other sacrifices And whether wc measure these sacrifices by tho amount of the materials of war and means of sub sistence furnished, the spirit and determination of her people, the nutnter of her' men given to the cause, the talents, courage. arid fortitude of those who have fought, or the' number and virtues of her noble dead, we are obliged to recognize her sisters leaning on her for support in. every emer gency of the eventful struggle. , , .. . Nor have these sacrifices-been made iu vain. They have enriched her hit-tory, exalted' her famcj and increased her renown, and though her mate rial strength has been to some extent exhausted, she is to-day, relatively,.more powerful for the de fence of tho integrity of her territory, and of her rights and honor;, than when the contest . began.. Distraction, despondency and despair reign in the councils of the Northern Government. The hope? at firstf ntertaincd of our speedy conquest, 'have sunk in the hearts of our enemies, and as a direct consequence, wo find .such resistance to tho ad ministration at Washington, and mob violence so f rife in. the towns and cities, that a measure of that government most essential to the further prosecu tion of tho war, is openly rented and set at naught. Popular assemblies have Openly if eelared for p'caoe, and the press .and some of the most : influential men, ppcak now with a freedom and boldness which clearly marks a change in . the publio feeling upon the all absnrding topic. The jwplc have ceased toprosecnte tho war, and thegoverhmcnt in deal ing its blows with an erhavstnl rnrrgy and irith fanatical Llivunrs. 1 he despot" who woi'Id en slave us, has-found a lion w his path In the shape of opposition to despotic power, and - the coirtxge of'hinTand his minions has been broken down. ' Volunteering. for the armies of our enemy has ! entirely leased. Only a small number of'the cbn- scripts urartcu can dc imccu into ine srvicf, and these will certainly be discontented, tnu'iiious and worthless as soldiers. . Ilia arnncj in the field have neon deDletcd been depleted by desertions,. hu.iuili.itcd- and dU- - . ' , ! t.irited bv repeated defeats, and al their trnstrd I . - . leaders unven in uisgrucc irom command. Kven ; tne is campaign, fie is daily send-.; ing to the rear detach recnti soUie cases whole Regiments and Brigades (doubtless hist best troopHjas (doubtless Iiih lic?t troop to keep down by terror of arias' a spirit of diHCou- f tent a-jion" his own subject, which stops little j tent aaiong, his own subject fehort of actual rebellion. Add tp this the rapid exhaustion of his material resources, and you d you can-; I not fail to co very powerful 'causes at work, to . orin : awJut the iscparaiion ior wnicii we are con- tendTng, urjon terras which wHl secure, to .us in- dependence and" the blessings of peace - f Whose sacrifices have tended moio to produce ! these rcsuits-iban. those of North Carolina? Who fh? Ln.ps if our'Vnrmios were sou-ht to be in-! 1 . L - . I i people, lhe ready answer ever among them htm, r"-U is impossible; look to the number of her I tronT.in:!ho field' ntd.ho fi5ccI ,fce fiStk!" , x inere is an union iceuog proper amoLj . ncrB un union iec:iog proper amoLg 00 ih coalwfj, r.- .'"V M", a very unanimou. ,cd-. 7 ,of hostility - to any etUerawl. pt.. out 'culties except uponlermt that. shall geeort !q :-..u$ .OQ.r iaepetiacnce and. peace upon a lasting i Kftcn i - v. -ir . . u iiju n vrui wciit wo CIllDOl SQa( uur eyC3 io lh? oction.that tbre are parties in - f n" n?.ar? cnat"aTOr.,nS combine certain faction, to make war or an unholy purpose upon mo auxuoriues. 10 pring .tue ngnieous cause in .which wo are engaged into disrepute among, our pcoplc, anil to thwart tho designs of patrjotio tncu in their labors for. tire publio good. The scnti- ' rueiits of the parties referred to find utteraoco principally through tho columns of the Raleigh Standard. . , - . ' - . . "Movements Tor peace" have been proposed in North Carolina, taking the shape generally of proposition o hold, convention of the people of the South, inviting similar 'contentions. of the pcoplo of the North, to meet them for an adjust ment of our difficulties. In none of these propo sitions are the terms upon which their authors propose to agrcp upon a peace even dimly shadowedfprth. " In some it is true the term "hon orable peace" is employed, but their views upon other points are so plainly the promptings of a dis contented and desponding spirit, if not of actual r treason and disloyalty, that we cannot withhold our minds from tho conviction, that if (heir Ideas of an Jiotforable peace were made known, they . would fall far 'short of the dictates of a msnly spirit, and' of the wishes and expectations of patriotism. . - . in furtherance of their common design, these parties take hold of every apparent cause to excite a feeling of discontent among our people and sol diers towards the authorities of the Confederate States. They represent that the defenoe of our.. State has been wilfully neglected, and our coast and a portion of our territory wilfully abandoned to the enemy. Thoy aay our soldiers do not pro-, euro a fair share of military honors io -the shape of promotions, and even that newspaper correspon dents of administrative organs fail to award, to North Carolina valor and merit Jho just nioed of praise. ; ,. .. . We are painfully conscious of making an amlig nificd descent in noticing this last topio of com plaint; and thtfonly reply wo shall make is, that tho soldiers of North -Carolina do not feel so poor in fame as to find it necessary to rely upon epu'e 11 oral puffs of ignorant newspaper correspondents for tho maintenance bj. their claims to a just share of rej-utation. . They ore content to abide the criti cism Of the' Generals who command them and the impartial judgment 3f hbtory. TThe complaint oi injustice to. North Carolina officers .we ire not in clined to discuss, lest we Vender ourselves obnoxi ous to the censure of claiming more for them than " is'awardcd by the impartial jadgment of others. The complaint that the defence of North Caro lina has been neglected is in our judgment wholly without foundation. Thatll has not been accoui- plished upon the soil of our State which, was pr parc.ntly within the power of the forces loft therej fnay bo questionable, but even upon this point wo do not profess to havo a sufficient knowledge Qf the "situation of things" to discuan If, even if wo arrogated to ourselves tho military skill to make a just criticism. Jiut there canirot be tho. leat doubt that in concentrating tho troops from NoVtlt Carolina upon the soil of Virginia for oor own de fence, tho true military ptinciplo has been adopt ed, and it is to be hoped that when tho. fact Is onco pointed out that twico in'the history of this war this plan .of operations has conipcllcd tho cue-" my to withdraw bis forces from yur coast for thq safety of. his, main invading army) this senseless caviling will be forever hushed. Huruside was withdrawn in consequence of McCIcllan's defeat before Richmond, and Foster ivas withdrawn iu . consequence of Hooker's defeat at Chancellorsvillo and the operations which followed. And that our peoplo have experienced few of the horrors of war compared with tho peoplo of large districts oi Vk' ginia, is attributable to tho adoption of this prut ciplc in our defence, and God forbid that it should be abandoned except upon the- most imperative necessity. . . 'Jf it shall be said that Iho enemy ought never la have been allowed to gain a foothold upon Our soil, it may bo answered, .we had not tho lime and" means 'jo enable us to place Jiattcris in a propor state of 'defence leforo it was attacked.- After this disaster the fall of Newbcrn. became inevitable, un less more troops could havo. been spared from points of more importance. And it may tc11 be doubted whether the mean at the tonrmanfl of tbo General of the Department of Norfolk were sufii cient to have saved Jloanoke Islam: Certain it is, that.'ho was then regarded as a General of skill, and all the available means at the disposal of tha Governnu'nt were placed at his dUposal. With the lights which experience has afforded, abd&ith I even the scant -means then at cominindi-these 1. 1. fliKfht TMVeairtlv. Iurn nil limfn h!,f Knf it 11 f human to'err, and wj: hare no reason to snppoee N. Carolinians (certainly not. tbo parties whoso .senlinTcnts wo are combating) are exempt from . .1 j ... . ...it.. m 1 . A a .1 1 i . , o.. I ,1 ' i 1 . . . fcon ol oor .iiato brtiiusa disasters has UUea m . - i . 1 f tf . . - ! . "rt" " """J f wvupieu vj Ic of that State. to Lis ravaei. Is there nJf laciiwu iu Iouwiarij or MLHssippl that dins that New Orleans or Vickburf of com port I iain were wiuiuity nglpctc4 or surrendered? ? And can. it he supposed that the President of the j onicacracy nas deliberately cboacn to innict, by I n" ocitct, greater-lOjuncs upon niAOirn ctate aD1 people, than upon even thtpoorcatt off ptopU y v"rw''"u .v vwuiujuicu, nq persuaded, will-yield to thawoioe of chtrify aVfcd reason, and say with us, ."The rresident is not infallible; he may, ia somfl instances, liare errod in the choice .ol .men Mdof meanyhe lusy f idaly inBaenced by the jadgment of