THE - GBHN8B9BtiTC&
: PATRIOT,
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Volume XXV.
For iha P!riot.
ciuci LA II
AlTllnRHTKS AXI)
NORTH IWKOLINA.
To nn:
PEOPLE OF
I
Tiow be-'
Tli- mot important question
I r- t ho people of th Confoderato
t i
I
i-: How shall tho Independence of the
( .ountry lc achieved r intimately con Dec v
. mJ w.ii titii subject, and next in importune-
to it, is tin manner in which tho sol
diers of freedom aro to he rewarded, and
ln-.r f;imilip; sustained ; and to this great
matter I whtooa1l tlx? attention of al!
i U-i- ; of iho people of North Carolina.
1 1 has be u nctsary for tho defence of
tin 'innti v to c-n.1l ft very largo Lumber of
if m;ili) inhabitants t tho field ; and in
tin- -.ay many poor families contribute all
th-ir earthly mean? and hope to the com
.. ri ;kii-i A lurvo proportion of our lo
1 1 1, f k,!dieri were the nolo worldly depend.
. i, . of their families ; and when they dio
or full in battle, thoir wives, childron and
pi.'.-n? li:iv", in our emphatic senso, given
th' ir i .trtlily all to the country. This class
" p'jr jtis is rn'iM deserving of honor and
sympathy of any otherh.
Tno common oldicr hai no hopo of dis
firo tion or promotion in tho army whoo
m; ! di perli so materially on his
i .I'lrnir', obedirr.co and fidelity; hi
I ;-,- would not nupporl a singlo per
- i , and wh r ho full his very gravo
i- Tilii.nwn cvn to h'tH friends, and
i. - namo has no placo in those records
i, ' h bin valor and patriotism help to ron
j i illustrious.
When, therefore, at tho call bfhia coun
try, ho tearii hirnsolf from the home of his
h art, from wi oping wife and children,
wii'ini ho may never ao ajain, ho leaves
t h;- d'-areat ol'i'TN "f hi earthly alloc'
tiirt , without wnrJIy support, and
forth to meet tho florin of hattle, nnd
l'rave tli:it hi3t loved -m.cm will never
goes
till a
see.
1 1 uiii a Ht i ii and sacred sense ot duty
uloiit ; md when ho l.'klh on tho field of
ii:i!e, ir wa-tes away with disease er
w j r j Ii lAr from the humble circle where
a;"i.' he it known and cared fjr, what un-
; i ;.U;tl!c r nn 1 1 i mi h of t-nderncss and anx
i',' for the helpless unci who leaned on
!ni:i I i -Hiipport, Hwell within his manly
I -ri a- iIm life ehls away .'
II v many soft, sad, tender voices min
unheard, with tho rude alarums of tho
h-ittle i I 1 : th.) dvinr thoughts and urav-
- nl unknown heroes lor the dear de.
hdenl nnes who, in humblo homes, far,
t tr
way, watrh for la'-ej they will never
auin ! Willi every shout for victory
t iii i e go up to Ilenven tl'.O IhsI, htrong,
!( i vent petitions ot 'many who havo pur
th.ioil the triumph with their hearts'
i.loni lor its protection of tlinn who nm
thu b-reavf.l of earthly support; and will !
i...t ."! h ;ir hii prayers in he half of tho I
i-lov. . ik' the orphan I Ihe ''lorM.Ut ' r
K-iUroi the I ' niverso reveals Himself to
ii - ever watching over these with pecu
!i. it- tefiilernes ami erne ; and Ho has ro
p iiteiliy ilenoiincid His displeasure on the
n:iti. n tl. kt permit them to cry in vain
lor J u-tif.
It i the duty and the interest of overy
nati n to provide f r this class ot pcopie
bill
pot
it tb'-v are rieileftcd by a christain 1 '"
for w!ioe independence thfy were
in. i le wmowa ami orpnruis, muni it nui
. j.ei t tho certain retributious of a right
e ilj i m1 '!
1 1
i i ' i
w ate wo to provide lor tho vast num.
I. .1 ..I peiMMM r.-ndered heljiless by tho 1
u.w?
li .'n i Stitle undertakes, permanently, :
t.. ! ;kMl i'l:!iu them, it will bo a bur-
ue:i .v!i i h ie i.ntiMit ean HU?tain ; ani such
i i ' n e, :ii a hx. d p licy, would bo e:ni' ;
to nt v inliirft. Inr it would lower the rank !
i ' !. I-, i. -lii iMiie-, unl in the end allix on j
tii m the f,tifn.-t "l p.iuper.N-. j
I i.m . in tun.', tho very class intended to!
be (."letttted would bo degraded ; and tho
.! i . i. .it nis ot the heroes of ibis e-roat !
lo v "u ion (vild bo an unprivileged and
lei'Mi .1 t !,tij in the very country whose
I mil peiliTiee, hi,", under (icd.
WW
bought
by
t!ie I- I ither.s h!'Vd.
lie juit ArbKor of Nations would bo
lie i meet sueh conduct with appropri
ate leward.-; and tho ignorant and enslav
ed ni;iv h wnulii, in the cud, becomo an
cVnirii' i'ci:iiili;i nion nnd destruction t
i. n
yU i !i
.O t 'M,
t
IKl'l
t loir
a nu an
made the licvolulion in
meotois were the great
nl degrading their posteri-
'A ii.-it t!.en to he done All that can
I w Uc d, all that ran bo desired, is to see
t u thv. I'm' hi! hen of the heroes of this
wurare made virtuous, and se'.l sustaining,
ipial n. f-oi-iety In all others, with tho
r
t
i . t ail t.ie l.ui!ir- ut tho biate as open
ihein ;i- to others.
I :u . w. to,! relieve the State (f an-im
i .v.d ever iricre::sipg burden it
.' 1 iei. li-r siu-ioty more hceure and hap
. . v.' i , enrich the country and cause the
o ol nature to unite lrom tho energv.
-. i ami nteilii'eneo ol a freo and
ll i -e.pc Jtig people, ami would, through
u .- eoil'iren. n!,fer the oo.t, tho most.
t
a- i ; and m-i honorable remuneration
.m u ; i.i mniuii could make, on tho pa-
ill l ".W ( t tJu.. u :ir
..iiou. p'.fis havo been adopted, by tho
Iiet !!'.!, lor the proper education and
tiiuiiin ;4 a perlion ut tlie youth of tho
. , ii.ti v ma le destitute by this tremen
sti ligglo ; and the liberal contnbu.
ot theo pclieuu's indicate tho sense of
!.e r .inmuiiity in regard to the justice ol
t a 'jmv
i' r. all i f these plans together, however
f - will he able to benefit only a
tn
minority of a class equally .deserving;
i " i ".va'.e ur denominational cnter-
i' v- " " ai-eompusn i no cnu in view.
I ne v
'a, to line tit all, must bo as
union at.il
'iii ver.-.ii art the dews oi
1 1 i
. and
. o a .-
a- . ie SwHtealono can under
cr.iv', it bee imes its duty to
; -i -a it.
t ' :nn. n
l'l i
to'
lO !. Ir.fiiiii nn !4ilmin.
be
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1 1 1 r lit- -i. .I. .... .. . .
i i H a hy vu m which at a very small
liirnish
the means ota primary ln.
n to every
white child in the
Mate.
ylorif Ui
lot-
a!re-.dy aec omoliihed
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t.ei
v ;
nl,
aroiina
; it
;a.
unuer
eon a
mc.iiii of
infusinr
that
i into tne mt,sos of
i -
our poo-
in the I
tew years, cov-
ovements, with
i m ,i.
una
a.gu
behoob, and which
havo mado the namo of North
Carolina
rlorioas in the present struggle j Ibe legions oi ine noriuern ijrani are
In a recent National Convention of j not the only enenv.es to our peace and lib
teachers and friends of education tho high erties : oar independence is bat half sccu-
honor was dnno to oar Stato of recogni- j
zine hor as tho undisputed leader in the ;
. J- -L- !
ffreal cause OI education in mo unieue-
O . . . . . r. . I
duo the credit of pushing forward the State !
to this position. The machinery of tho
system has been rendered consiteot and
rnLH MtALM : and to-the uommon ftenoois is
ystom
elficieut it hasa largo, permanent endow
merit, and it ha been put in active opera
tion in every part of tho Stato.
It is now in a condition to build upon ;
and what it needs to rondor it complete is a
eyncm of graded and higher schools in
connection with it to prepare persons for
usefulness as teachers and in other employ
monts. The necessities of the country have
opened th9 way for thewo higher schools;
and now is the litno to complete the com
mon school system, and to make it a means
of special benefit to young men disabled in
the public service and to the children of
indigent soldiers ; and tho President and
Directors of tho Literary Fund have resol
ved to recommend a plan for this purpose
to the earnest attention erf tho Legislature.
The scheme proposes th-t in addition to
tho annual difetribution from tho Literary
Fund for Common School purpose-.-, an ad
ditional ammount shall bo appropriated to
such counties as shall raiso a like or great
er Mini by taxes : the amoant to be employ,
cd in supporting graded or higher schools
for tho education ol disabled soldiers, and
tho indigent children of thoso who havo
entered lie array, for teachers and for
other useful and honorable occupations.
If the schools are not filled by this class,
thy will bo open to all others; and all will
bo entitled to snd their children, on tho
payment of tuition.
They are to form part of tho Common
Schools ; atid tarried on in this connection
their benefits may be equally diffused over
the whole State, and they will constitute
j by far the most economical and useful
i system tf high, .schools that can bo ostab
lished.
j The plan was brought boforo the State
j Kducational Association at its recent an
nual meeting in Lexington : and that body
unanimounly passed resolutions commend
ing tho system as the most praoticablo plan
for the permanent relief of the families of
boldiers yet deviled, and eminently worthy
vi tho favor of the people of tho Stato.
The Association was, also, impressed with
the belief that now i.s the time to act; and
as tlio Legislature will not meet till lato
in the Fall, I was instructed to lay this
jiIhd, and the action of the Association, and
that of tho Literaiy Hoard before tho
County Courts, and to inaugurate such
lllt-r incipient measures as I might deem
expedient for the accomplishment of the
i.'iiw uesiruu
1 will, therefore, appoint somo citizen nf
eaeh cnutiijv to brint: th -"KJ
specially lu the attention of the authorities
and of tho pcopie ; and he will be authorii
zed to receive donations from individuals,
and to hold them until thero- is occasion
lor thoir employment, it is riot necessary
to go into details of the method ot conduct-
mg tneso scnoois, uiiii tlio legislature has
acted in tlio premises : it is only important
lor tho public to ho now informed of the
general pl.au which is simple, praoticablo
general and overy way beneficient.
Iicommenus itself to all whoareir.tcrcsted
m tne wenarc ana prosperity ot the-State;
and it appeals powerfully to ihe t-ympa-
thies to the gratitude and to the christian
itintincti of tho good and the bencvolont.
Let it not bo said that this is not the
time to act : nou: of all others is tlio most
impotlaut hvason for exertion in all tho
moral agencies of Society,
Liberty and independence arc r.ot only
preserved, bir thoy are gained by moral
power ; it ia this that sustains a ;codIo ot
.1 ii -i .. . i
inferior numbers against superior physical
lorces, lor iw treaiea arm ioatcrs tnal cour
age and those virtues which rise superior
to all ciicumstances and which can be
overcome only by tho extermination of
those to whom they belong.
Whatever tends to render home desira
ble increases thu heroism and determina
tion of thofco who defend it ; and with a
very large poriion of tho brave ruldiers of
tho Confederacy tho only stake in this
struggl j is the moral and social condition in
which it ij to leave their families.
Rut, besides all this, the demoralizing
influence of va.- is "l eal ; and tho very timo
to meet this tendency i whilo it is exeit-
ing
its power.
We have au armed and active enemy not
only ouron aoruir.s, out iu the bosom ofevery
society ; and if it would be an absurd and
fatal stroke of policy in our generals to re
tire from the ticld, to wait till the armies of
the national loo had completed their work,
and were withdrawn, whal t-hall be thought
of tho leaders in the moral world who deem
it imprudent to meet tho powers of dark
ness as long as tbey are armed for the con
flict? Ulstare j rindpiis is a maxira.of wisdom
uioro applicable to the domain of morals
than to thai of physical forces : and to with-
stand the beginnings of evii is iho most et-
lectual way to accomplish good.
Let it be added to all these considera
tions that a glowing patriotism marks such
revolutions enterprises intended to pro
mote tho public weitare are moro readily
appreciated by tho masses and tho pop.
uiar lainJ, roused to unusual energy, is
more daringaud enters with less hesitation
thau at other times, on important underta
kings. -
The filings of the public aro now moro
actively enliated in behalf of the class to be
benelittcd by tho scheme herein proposed
than they ever will be again ; and the cood
...... I'-L.vuviiavo goiaen opportunities
whicii may not again return.
Thi is the need lime for tho friends and
tho enemies oi human progress it is ono
ol these formative period Vuen the desti
ny of centuries is fixed by tho action of
bouts.
People of North Carolina, of thus glorious
iun l, to long the abode of a free, virtuous
and happy community, I appeal to you in
behalt 0t your own beat interests and in
the i.amo ol that posterity whom you
wouiu navy to bless your memory! This
IS
UU 01 ll'IAl in iti.'krrt .)rtidA th in no
our moial m vnhood i-i now subjected to
tests that will pre vo our true character bc-
G-REElSrSBOIlOTJGrH,
fore the world and for all coming -time.
red when wc are deliverod from external
foea.
T m Knml.L trit in Clod frr&SD
u a. - n r
.1 i I. !,( o.w.iiclmr ctltnjSITIHn.
shijf which characterized the men of b
let us be united among ourselves, and let
us remove every realcaue for intestine dis-
iu imurc wnn mux ,ui,.-.-0
sensions let us be iust VS those gallant and
devoted men who are contributing their all
to the country's cause, and let us demon
strate to tho world the slanderous charac
ter of those charges which arraign us as a
people of inferior civilization.
Our duty, our domestic peace and securi
ty, our greatness and prosperity, our honor
and glory all lie in one direction; abd we
aro called on by every motivo which can
toach oar pride, our sympathies and cur
christian principlo to go forward in tho
work herein suggested.
It has been eaid that tho first movement
reared to tho heroes of this revolution,
hould bo a lofty shaft of spotless marble
to the memory of tho nameless dead who
fili tho unknown graves of our battle fields :
a moroglorious tribulo to their service is
herctn proposed, and one that is calculated
to perpetuate tho namo and memory of
every privato who served in the ranks of
North Carolina's armies in the respectabi!i
tyand usefulneos of his posterity.
It is proposed to build living monuments
to these heroes by causing tho light of
scienco and religion to shine upon the im
mortal souls of their children; and tho
country that so acts will never be wanting I
luliue hearts, brave arras and well direct
ed genias to develop its resources, to do
fend its honor and to illustrate its name and
character.
Tho character of those who will solicit
contributions to tfco cause I propeso will bo
sufficient guarantee that all donations will
bo sacreuJy applied to the purposes niteo
ded, or returned if contingencies not antic
ipatod, should defeat this noble enterprise
and they and the cause they represent aro
earnestly pressed on the attention of every
patriot and christian in North Carolina.
C. II. WILEY,
Sept. 1S63. Supt. Com. Schools of X. C.
AX ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "MI"
L1TIA."
Section 1. Be it further enacted by the
General Assembly of North Carolina, and
it is hereby enacted by tho authority of the
same, That during the war tho Governor
shall have power to call out the militia for
local and temporary service, all able bodied
men between the ages of eighteen and for- .
A
ty-hvo years, or such portion tneieot in
the whole Stale or any pari of tho State as
ho may deem necessary for the public de
fence. He sha'l cause the m oi o called
out from each regimental district, as is now
' VJ r '-"r.i-a be formed iuto com
ono hundred privates, who shall select the
panies ot not less iuau M.ty
i IIIVIw
coraDany otlicers
whenever anv ot fa:u
districts ahall furnish a s:u;;ller number
than a company, or thcro shall be a resi
due after the formation of one or inut e rorni
pdnien, such smaller tiumiar may bt: at
tached to anv adjoining dintricl and tho
companies so formed inav be organized in-;
to battalio:.3 aud regiment?, in whicli e-so .
the commieaioncd officers ot companies ;
shall elect the field officer? ; the same r.um- ;
ber of stalf officers for each regiment :n aro
provided for in the militia law shall be :
nomted. m d tho Uovcrnor tiail ccmttiv.s-
r .
sion all
efUccrs during the
war. and no
longer.
Slc. 2. lie it further cnac'.ed,-That the
officers and men shall be subjected to tho
rules and articles of war of tho Cont'cJerrtte
States, and shall receive tho same pay ta
ti oi: s and allowances while in
vice as those of the like grado
actual
in
ihi Con. '
federate Slates service
Sec. o. Uo it further er.actcd, 1 hat there
shall be exempted from service under this
act ihe following, to wit : Tho officer.? of
the State, with their clerks and Sccretai iop;
members aad officers of the Genera! As
sembly ; judges of the Confederate and
State courts ; the attorney general, v..: iei- ,
tors of the several judicinl rircuitP, c lerks
of courts of record, ma!ha!s and sb.eriifs,
jailors, registers, county trustees and kee
pers of the poor; one salt comniUsioner of
each county, two blackruiitiis who havo
established shops in each captain's district;
one miller for each public mill ; tegular
ministers of the gospel; th.1 ofoers and
necessary employees of the insam? asylum,
and instituto for the deaf, dumb, and blind,
with thoir inmates and pupils ; physicians
who havo been habitually engaged in the
practico of their profession for four years
immediately before this day ; the presi
dent, superintendent, treasurer, secretary-,
an agent for cacii depot, and a reasonable
number of engineers, runners, conductors,
and mechanics of each railroad company ;
one editor and tho necessary number of
compositors for each newspaper ; tho pres
ident professors and stewards of colleges ;
the principal and teachers of academies ;
tho principal and a reasonable nun. ber of
employees or manufacturers of 'cotton and
woolon oods, iron, leather, shoos, and
other articles inanulactnvoa oi ioatiier,wno
arc wording unacr comracis u,: i..o
Confederate or State Government, or who
havo brought themselves within the terms
of the act of Cong.fss, by agreeing to take
r.wi ,,,?,i,.i:.,..rn,rnt r;r whn
no incro than eoventy-five per cent, profit
ujion their manntactures ; but :n every
case i sliall L-e innde to appear to the cm
1 ; r. ii.i!ivf 'rt!rn tn jneli oiHrer 'as the Gov
ernment may appoint, that irnch contract
or agreement was bona mc, and not entered
iulo or pretended merely to cscitp m:lita-
ry dutv ; and that dc (iovernor shall have
power in special and extraordinary cases
to exempt any other person.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That in
executing this act the Go-ernori empow
ered to employ sueli officers of the militia as
may be rjeccssitry, and ho may appoint a
suitable number of drill officers, with the
rank and pay of junior second lieutenants.
Sec. 5. Be it further ev.svtcd. That
whenever the Governor sh:.!! deem it expe
dient to raise secretly in p;aces where it
cannot be done publicly under this act,
companies for special eei vieo, he may com
missionotlicors lor that purpose, with au
thority to raise bucb Companies toe i.s:?l ol
as many men and officers as uo may deter-
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mine, -who when in rffetual ervic shall be
entitled to the fame pay and under the
same rules as the force herein authorized
except as the appointment of officer, which
shall be made by the Governor.
Sec. 6. Be it farther enacted, That the
Governor shall have power to appoint field
officers to command any force raiaed-nnder
the 5th section that he may think proper
ana expedient.
Sec. 7. Be it farther enacted, That all ,
laws and clauses of laws coming in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed, and this
act shall bo in force and take effect from
and after its ratification. Ratified ihe 10th
day of February, 1863.
11k Lift A Vert La&qi Protxrtt.
This is the closing sentence of a recent
obituary, and it suggests some reflections:
What a pity he was obliged to leare it I
lit) had taken great delight in accumula
ting it. As he added field to field, farm to
farm, ho looked with pride upou his ex
ended domain, conscious that he was the
largest landholder in his country. His cat
tle, if not wandering upon a thousand hills,
rangesover more tban thnt number of
acres of rich pasturage. Stocks, notes,
bonds, mortgages crowded his safe. And
it was all the. fruit of his own industry,
erjorgy aad good judgment. The rust of
usury and tho canker of extortion' had not
scarred any of his gold. It was well and
fairly earned, and ho loved it all the more
becauso it was' bo. It grieved him to leave
his large property, to depart from the
world as poor aa he came into it, and to
enter tho other world utterly destitute 'of
tho wealth he so much loved in this. But
he bad to leave every centof it.
Ho might havo taken it with him. Rath
er let us say, Ije might have sent it for,
ward in advance of mm. As the capitalist
. I ,
country, converts his property into drafts,
" " v..,vuipu,v swwauK v mm ivviu I
anu remits iromtime to time to too land otl
his future residence, so he might have made
lcuiiuiiiiucs to mai unaiBcoverea country;
bj mat on nis arrival mere, ne wouia nna
apunuant treasarcs laid up in fceaven for
Xiory uottar wnicn ne naa given con-
sec rati ntr it with sincere nraver to B.Bit.
C3 . g j - I
in carrying the glad tidings of salvation to
tho ends of the earth every contnbutien
in aid of the many christian enterprises for
tho glory of God and tho good of man
every enp of cold water given to a disciple
in tho namo of a disciple every tear of
pious sympatnyior tne suneringevery
gift of kindly charity to the needy would
havo added to tho store of his durable rich-
cs. Jle might have been rich toward God.
and ajoint-hoir with Jesus Christ to an in
heritance incorruptible, undenled, and that
fadeth not away. If it was sad for him to
leavo that largo property, how much sad
der that ho sent none before him ?
It is much more pleasant to go to, than
to leave a largo property. The man who,
closes his eyes upon this life, goeB to take
possession ot a largo property. v
0 - A II A
owned not a foot of land on earth; but for
him. 44 sweet fields beyond the flood stand
diessed in living green." His feed hero
was course, perhaps scanty ; out tnerc ne
will eat fiealv from the tree ot life which
yields twolvo manner of fruits. iis gar-
moots were plain and poor; but there he
shall bo clothed in white rooeswasnea
and made white in the blood of tho Lamb.
He associates here with those who areues-
pise
d and rejected of mon ; but there his
S . - .
companions will bo an inuumeraDie com-
. . .. 1 LI
uanv of anrels and the general assembly
and Church of tho first born! Who
would not rather go to a large property
than to leavo it ?
FionTiNO. Some cariosity has been felt
to learn what Gen. Longstrcet's men think
m
I p.i.., rtr,,oo.Ur.A fifrrnino- nnalitios of
kjv w.v "o a i
the Eastern and Western Yankee troops.
These veterans have now inea tne mouie
of both, and are competent judges. The
Appeal, gives us amall scrap of tostimony
in the following paragraph
(i Tho immense slaughter on both sides
fallv attests tho desporation of the contest,
and, besides, an officer of General Long
Ht reel's corns was heard to say, that al
though ho had witnessed a great deal of
hard fighting in Virginia, daring the war,
ho had seen nothinc to equal that of the
past few days, ine western men, uuuo.
Kosecrans, are-a different breed of Yankees
from those who composo tne Army 01 mo
Potomac, and fiffht with a pertinacity and
bravery unknown to those with whom our
Virginia army baa naa to comena
From all accounts,
oar eoiaiers nevei
rhif-Umnn and
ChiCKamaaga,ana
jougnt Dcttcr luc. uv
there were many reasons for it. Ihe mag-
nitude of tho stako was tho controlling ono.
iHp Anneal
ACUUH i iO wiULvaiT j ri
" To add to the
troops, moreover.
inieuso nruoi v
a spirit of emulation
mm
sprang up botwecn tuo troops oHxenerai
Bragg and those of Gen. Longstreet, which
greatly increased their furious -zeal ol vie-
botwecn luO iroops 01 urcncio.
. . C 1 1 n
tory, and renderod thorn irroEistible.'
d Uko . hayo thejadg-J
, , T .xr ,,rtn
ment oi tno veterans oi ojeco
msntu. i..ou. j r
the fighting of Bragg's men. Ihey lougnt
ijo by side in generous emulation, and we
by side in generous
doubt not both came out -with the opinion
.Li ii, wnnted no better comrades
through tho trying ordeal of a groat battle.
The people have reason to be proud of their
jQ1 .j0UB goldiers
Tho Confederate army
.
nrmv of huroes nnd veterans.
13 uon . J
God bless tho bravo boys is the - prayer of
every patriotic man and womtin in the
land
Whh such defenders as these, I et those
who talked of being whipped, and wrhined
after reconstruction and other b.180 terms
of peace, hang their heads in shame.
The Apvance. We n'ocd hardly say
that the report of the loss of thuj stsarier,
which obtained some currency here last
week, was wholly witboat foundation.
v cr,nnn it rot its Btart somehew in
ith trie loss of toe Elizabeth,
,,nl o.hAw. "but did not fail into
the hands ol tho enemy. WH. Journal.
8, 1863.
MIbjuaox Compared with Sinoli Life.
Marriage ia a school and exercise of vir
tue ; and though marriage hath cares, yet
the singlo life hath desiroa, which aro more
troublesome and more dangerous, and. often
end in sin ; while the cares are bat exercises
of piety ; irnd therefefre, if the, single life
hath more privacy of-devotion, yet mar
riage hath more variety of it, and is an ex
ercise of more graces. Marriage is the
proper scene of piety and oatienpo. nf t.h
uuiy oi. parents And Ine charity of reia.
lions : here kindness is spread abroad, and
love is united and made firm as a centre.
Marriage is the nursery of heaven. The
virgin sends prayers to God j but sho car
ries but one soul to Lira ; but tho slate of
marriage fills up the numbers of the elect,
and hath in it the labor of love, and the
delicacies' of friendship, the blessings of
society, and the union of hearts ai d hands.
It hath in it more safety than the single
life; it hath more care, it is more merry
and moresad; is fuller of sorrows and
fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens
but it is supported by all the strength of
love and charity, which makes these bur
dens delightful. Marriage is tho mother
of the world, and preserves kingdoms, fills
cities, and churches, and heaven itself;
and is that stato of good things to which
God hath designed the present constitution
of the world. Bishop Taylor.
Remember the Children. When I was
a little child, I was deeply interest-ed moro
than any of my friends suspected in a
sermon on the text, "If any man sin, we
have an .Advocate with the Father." 1
went homo in a very thoughtful frame, and
when I found that thopreacher, Kcv. Mr.
S , was coming to take tea with us, I
thought to myself, "I wish ho would say
something to me."
Mow my heart tbsmked him, when, in
J "millWU UlllI, VV 1
iiuoilll 1UO. uu laill lllfi IllLflfl lAnnarlv ri tn r
head, and said, "My little child, have you
tnat Advocate with tho F.ithpr?" it
not lost upon mo. It helped to deepen the
was
impression oi ine sermon at a timo when
religious truth was taking last hold upon
my mind ; ad as I look back through
me long train of innuenoes that wore pro-
penng mo way lor my intelligent accept
ance of "tha trnth nn it. 'a n " i .....
- bw iw rv.sur' A 1
gard that britf expression of interest from
good Mr. S as a choson instrument
of blessing "a nail fastened in a sure
place" for which I have reason most dc
voutly to thank ray hcavonlv Father.
The good man has doubtless forgotten
vne nine circumstance, but in eternity it
will, I believe, be brought to his rcnictn-
brance, as a part tit tho good seed which
ho sowed lor his Master.
Captain William A. Graham, Jr.
We learn that Capt. William A. Graham,
Jr., Company K : 2d N. C. Cavalry Rotri-
ment, has boon appointed Assistant Adju
tant General of this Stato, and has accept
ed the appointment
Grahamhas oecn in 6ervTco evcYi'ncir M
! 1 . I Jl C
commencement oi Hostilities anmeaves iour
brothers in the field, viz
Malor John W. Graham, 5Gth Rex.mcnt;
Capt. Joseph Graham, Light liatterv C,
luth Kogiraent ; Capt. Kobert U. u ran am
56th Regiment: and rirst liiontenant
James A. Graham '-J7to Regiment IV C
Troops Progress
From the Richmond Whip.
THE NEW FRENCH. PAMP1U.ET.
JRANCE, MEXICO,
AND THE
CONlV.IiERATE
STATES
As a matter of great interest wo publish
i . r . I . l i i.e.
a translation ot me material pan oi me
pamphlet of Michel Chcvniier, lately
brought out in 1'aris, uiiucr ineaoove tine,
jind"whieh has caused somo stir both in
t-M,ftnll ,i ,u;c mnI,irv. nrt -well as mi he
I JkJ U t VLfVi " " l
a sensation in the United States, from the
fact that on its hrst apnciranco it was cur-
A. I" I...
P
. f . .. j Cuu-tcc at. Tho
1 act, 0f inspiratiori has been semi oQl
cially denied in Paris, and ostentatiously
H from Washington : but those who
fullv comprobend all the mysteries of I in
nerial inspiration are still 01 tlu opin
ion that the brochure has somo degree of it,
and that it was thrown without the Lm-
peror's sanction, to subserve a purpose.
M. Chevali-r. it will
;o remembcicj r.
wag WQ0 tjirew out Uio hint concerning
t Hnnramacy of tho Latin race in .Mex-
ic0 " which tho Emperor mauo ti.
e ru;ui
1
pretext for tho Mexican expedition. I h en-
is uo doubt that tne present painpuie
at all events, au Impcr;al "feeler.
The pamphlet, begins with anallu?io?i to
and ex)Ianation ot trie roncral unpopular:.
f ... V n ,.f .Ht.i.ini mi i I i t n r7 e v T it-:! ' tifi'iri
1 iy i j- k'"1"" ...... w. .
"DtI runs a contiust between tne policy ot
rriirit f, in this ix -ctt.
Britain and
, . imuortant advantage tho fornu i
obtained in the acquisition of valu-.ble
: Mnnprnloncics. and the eainbiuumcnt
01
I I '
nr s rii.11.7 Luiouue
principi0 object bad 111 view in tne
. brOU,rlt f,irward
I I .Ai;.uii.vu
:. iu nf thn moeror s in.-truc-
1 ,an(T e of lho jimperor's int!
to qu Forey.
u In hQ a(jluaj condition of the civ. I
lZd.
tion of tho world, the r 1 ospenty c t Ameri
ca is not a matter of indifference to hurope;
for it is sho that liBCds our factories ami
ivea lilo in our trade. We are interest-
60ejnfT tho jicblic of tho United Stat
o,n0roU3 &nd pbwerful ; but ve hav
prosperous una powenui out .v
none in her oDiaining poi-setsiun ....
Gulf of Mexico,
cot.trolling th -ret y m
as S-JUth America, and
Antilles, as well
hprnminir tho sole distributer ot the pro-
ducts of the New World."
r
This paragraph, quoted
from
the in
rcTilies tractions ffivt n 10
Gen.
For'"-',
triumphantly (says M.. Chevalier; to tho
who, even at this day, a?k why we ha
c
thoso
1
ive
been expending men and money, m iound.
nr a regular -Government In Mexico.
Frauco must oppose tho absorption of
Southern! America by Northern America.
She must equally oppoo the diuninut:
Oti i
tko Latin races on tne other hiqu o:
; f5r .hn Hrcir.tr rn 'll;in t.'C the
OX; can, 111 i.i--, xav... v.., 0
;n.Tritv and security of her
1 tid fa
colonies. The interest which 1 'i
.nmnntliip nf Prjitiffi toward tlie
des the
l"h:-.- ot
the seceding StatesSias conducted her flag
to tho walls of Mexico. Therect -union td
the Southern States will be the consequence
of our intervention; or rather our mterven.
Number 1,270.
tion has prepared, facilitated and rendered
possible the diplomatic act which will con
secrate final separation accession in the
United States.
The thirty thunaand Frenchmen who
now occupy Mexico, or who aro purtainr
J uaroz to San Laisde Potoei, are the van
guard of an immense commercial army,
and their bayonets are opening to our
sele ports too long closed against them.
Lot no one. then, repent these lying rt-
irains upon tne inanity of our plans in
Mexico. What Napoleon III. intends he
does seriously intend ; ho has long willed
it, and ho wills it until it shall have been
accomplished, lie wishes to regenerate
our transatlantic commerce, and give it or
create for it fruitful outlets ; he desires
that our home industry shall at all times be
enabled to procure the materials iodispen
sible to it. This he means, and he will
pursue his wish until it shall baveattaiaed
its object. Now that the solution is so
near to us, there would be no merit in pre
dicting it, unless we accompany this easj
prophosy with a complete statement of
tho advantages which France would ob.
lain from its accomplishment.
Tho pamphlet then roviews the great "
physical resources and advantages of
Mexico her affluent soil, her luxurious
climate, ber unequalled mineral wealth,
her splendid dye stuffs, and draws a cap
tivating figure of what might be made of
all those in tho hands of French enterprise
skill and taste. '
The political, social and industrial evils
under which tho country has so long la
bored aro next adverted to, and the source
ol theso erils and the remedy for them
pointed out. Tho protection given to la
bor and property and the stability afforded
to tho Government by tho French flag, Ii.
Chevalier justly concludes-will fill that fa
vored land with a new population, and re
generate her with a moro vigorous exis
tence than she has over known. The
F roach army, ho says, is to Mexico an
ar my of creators, not of destroyers. France
will give to Mexico what she most lacks
cohesion, order, industry, skilled labor, en
terprtso, public works and social culture.
Bui those things, he concludes, sho "will
rot bo a.blo to do in perfoct security and
with profit, until after the recognition of
the Confederate States."
To the question of recognition he then
addresses himself :
Had not this war broken out between
tho Northern and Southern States of
America, Europe would not yet have bron
struck by the dangers with which tho pow
er of tho United Spates monaccs her.
Tributary to the New World, Kuropo had
taken no precautions to prevent the out
burst of a crisis which she has never fore
eeeti and which has weighed upon her now
for nearly two years past. It ia at our own
expense that we have learned how precari
ous is tho fato of any branch of industry
that has to look for its primary material in
ono market only, to all tho exigencies and
all tho vicissitudes of which it is subjected,
orate States becomes an 0 vent "par uvuiarry
favorable to France ; for England has no
longer any intorest in the cessation of hos
tilities, and consequently in the establish
ment of an intermediary Power holding tho
balanco between tho Fodera'.s and tho
Spanish continent. She fears for Canada,
in which tho North might scok, aftor the
war, a compensation for her losses. Her
maritime commerce profits by the existing
diuiurbunco ot American commerce ; sho
sees, with satisfaction, tho North and South
enfeebling each other; she furnishes arms
to both parties and whilo tho South sends
forward no more cotton, sho devclopcs its
culture in tho Indies. England, therefore,
will never take thcintiatory stop in recog
nizingth'e Coufedcrato States, and tho ro
ception which sho has twico mado to our
propositions of pacific intervention removes
all allusion on that subject.
France, on the contrary, cannot count
upon drawing her uecdtul cotton from any
other quarter than tho South. Every at
tempt that has been mado to plant it has
remained withrn result, and, unfortunato
iv, it is probatflTthai all that may bo mado
will share tho same fak In the first placo
tho cotton culture, iiko tnat 01 tno vine,
depends absolutely upon tho character 3f -the
boil. A plant from Bordeaux, or from
a-vineyard on the Rhine, transplanted even
to analogous latitudes and temperatures
will furnish neither Chateau-Margaux nor
Johannisberg. According u the ground
the flavor changes ; it is cxaclly tho samo
with cotton : its quality degenerates in a
!cs.s propitious soil. Then, again, the point
is ro.-t merely to produce good, bad or in.
(iitfl ront cotton, it must be produced at
available prices. .Now, in tho doubio res
pect ol quality and cheapness, the cotton of
li e S nnh oarpasses all others. Tho Fed
erals know this o well that the war thoy
itre '.eep.ng up is for them, abovo all, a
warot interest. Tho South, a producing
ki.d agricultural country, was winvassed
... "V .1 I'll-
commercially by the A.ortn, wnicn uesires,
at all hazards, to retain its best customer ;
tho emancipation of the slaves is but a pro.
text adroitly put forward to surprise tho
sympathies of the liberals of Europe. Tho
nu n of tho North, if victorious, would cot
cut into the quick of tho slavery question ;
having become tho arbitors of the late of
the black, they would hesitate to com
promise the cotton culture, in view of
which they sustain with such ferocious
vehemence, an unjust war; thoy would,
then, without great difficulty, admit that
the vital economic conditions of an im
mense country cannot bo changed by a bat
tle, or a stroke of too pen. Tho abolition
of slavery, aa the North understands it,
to-day, in making tho negroes food for
. , i.... , in ir!ir,.nfirtinL' them to a dis-
IDHUll,"! ill o
i.rp or allowing them to die of hunger,
is iud-'ed m Humpo as it deserves
to bo.
Oar r.'.ilanthropic ideas and o
manners
-ne repliant ly lij0he kciouB exugcera
,,Ua .1 th.: love of liberty. Enlightened
men who aro sincere, do not allow them--elvc-s
any longer to be caught in those
coare toiis, and Mr. Lincoln's cry of abo
lition no longer has au cc-ao. To those who
doubt this, it will sctfico to recall tho sum.
n.ary judicial proceedings of the .Northern
ers, tho Indian hunts still popular among
them, and the very recent proclamation of
!.!, Governor of Minnesota ofiering aro-
. . .i,.llrc for ftmrV Indl-
waru or iwen; :y-u. o uwi.--- j -
an. --alp. Now for a people who pretend
to bo a fighting for the abo'ition of slavery