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PftatrBCt-Tlit .battles in the-lmiisulewaleh
mj be now considered as joined, anAhe moat import
Unt events that have transpired since the settlement
ef . AnieHeft -i i. ' j .:. t . . V' i
If ,we r successful, and retain Richmond, there
will be foreign intervention and peace, wlfboat the
possibility- Of-.diw f w4aetr-f'M Oka: month of
Jnbe lf,wr defeated and lose,. Richmond, the
. Confederacy is launched on vide, troubled and un-eeruinseaofaccidepts,:-
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' Foreign Governments tea delay action now only on
the ground of a great Federal success. Seward is at
the entt of Ma promises. 1 If the United States falls to
Uke the. Capital of this country oa the present trial,
and immediately, the game is up. Already it Is de
TclTeid In Xew York that the Southern Confederacy has
been recognized by France. The news nuy not be
true, but it i the snadaw of the coming event the
event that stands at the door. Riehmdnd Examintt.
jWith the Examiner, wc believe, if our arms
are successful in the Peninsula and at Corinth,
that we shall have peace in a few months, at far
thest. Upon this issue, in the Peninsula, de-
pends ihe fate oflRichmond, 4he capital of the
country. Should we fall, and ' Richmond fall,
then, indeed, shall we be launched upon a sea
p( troubles, which may , end only "with External-
1 nation. ' When , we JrememWr7Nahville, and"
New. Orleans, and Portsmouth, and Norfolk, to
say nothing "of lesser places, and" Roanoke and
Newberu, and"call to 'mind the' rrporti of their
impregnability and the certainty with which we
all looked forward t a. their security, and recollect,
. that, one after another his fallen, until all are in
the possession of the enemy we fear and tremble
for the fate -of RichmondWelave beeaji?!-
.tWifV it is easTrfethbBthcrej
is LuteiV wij to obtain ttq boon, f.'jy, for.it
-Sjr'e t;. for it, and stillkt tbtain t tjlTigl I
)4 h. Wirfyh in its ietfy.W-cut$
along wUhdut it, and as we must fight, let us fight
with all our hearts, souls, minds and strength
but let us fight ia the strength, of. the God of
t . - ' .-aJsI tr. iJi h'vl
oauies. XjK us put our irusi io mm auu ugnt
the fight of faith. We believe that victory to
xmr arms fn the two great battles soon to be) fought,
'depends as mien upon those who if ay aLhomeY
as upon thofewhogotjar: We know that eliect-
tial, femnt praye will obtain the rictory against
all odds." We know that's people who "put
ticif trust' in Qod shall nerer be tcmfonnded."
It is V good miiic put your trust in God,' and
keep jour powder dry; Then, while our eoldiers
and generals are fighting, let Christians ptaj. Is
not our beautiful land equal to Sodom or Gomorrah?
Is freedom worth hating! Is it worth fighting
for?" Then, surely, it is worth praying fori Let
our soldiers pray Vi " ; ' r1-
"Pray on the field of battle: :
'""'T'? God works with those who pray J.
Hts mighty arm can nerte ns," t"
. And make us win the day !'.
Tho pick-axe and the spade are McCIellin's
faTorUe weapons he baa more faith io them
than the sworiLJIe may put off-Lhe eTil day hi
a time but it will surely orertake him. If
-Johnson don't outgeneral him, Geueial TeU
JowjJckt. will. ' Already his approach is hev
ten deceived io relation to the strength 'and de
fensibleness of p!accs,jhat our confidence has re
ceived, a shockwhicn nothingless thin the safety
or Richmond will enable ni to overcome. 4 Per
haps, ere tbis ' article tis pot in type, the great
battle will be fougf and won? Certain it is, we
bd'eTd "that" our forces near Richmond,-will
fiiU'.bacV no -niorc. They have reached their
6taodin ground and in the f pace they now
occupy, a few wiles frpln the capital, f will
be fought the , fiercest, ;bloouicct and most
decislre battle ;of ancietit or ulodcrollwesr
It will decide - the fate, ot the Xurth and the
-South--Defcafi'd-.L0tLiDC-i"t-UJins but
aided by certain on erring signs and premonitions.
The fly which slways heralds hi approach, bps
made its appearance, io large numbers, in and
around Richmond. Good-bye, Gen. George Mc
Clel'and.x It is written on the wall, "Thou art
weighed in the balance and found wanting." So
mote it be. r Amen. -
. k 5 7 : QQT. Q RAIIAM.T . , ' "
we'f ndjft t! last SUnda'x), tlH QtfSyptyfa
declines the tse of hllwalM' candidate f--GoteVnor.
Tbla declension Vill te V aTer orf "
Ibj?. We ask Ahe" attention f V Riders to
thi arcle jp first (ago ieaded "Oner and
out duty." Resd it caxefotry. ... -"aie ran. who
stands bacJt (rouj ftht fat in tbett jperilous
times, because be is toWillioc to'serVo bis coun
try as a orivate soldier, who loves bis esse more regret to many of the people of North Carolina t-
than liberty,, Kis luxuries more'thsn.khi hofcor, My name bating been i menticced in seteral
Io' seasons of great calamity, the ancient pagans tnnos electloBt tnj Tecommended by .
wcro a consumed to appeaso tho anger of their pDblio meeting Teeeo Uy held In the Counly, of
godaby baoanjacrifiyesj "d iQhey bi gM Wake, I esteem it proper pnbKcly t tonounce
upon the principle of wleetiBgUM whmonl tliafl moitd
r .. .. r. r j:v.'.rM:,:i. f of that office. : The ressorrs for this conclusion
iosignifieaoeo. rendered tbem alike oflenatto to v: v . t m. f.mtu ..t r? -
. . . . , arm ost out of the situation of my family aed pn
heave, and useless U earth, they would always ?gt6 hm bwn frwJ t393oe4 o all with '
bate selected these drones, loafers, big beads and wbora I bate communicated in conversation - or
exquisites, A Cbristior nat'on caonof offer them by coTrespondenoe, and need not bo repeated,
in sacrifiee, but pablie eontempt should wkip thenT I offer my onfeigned thanks to those-kind I friend -r-
l. vi j -i .i.-. and tbe conductors of publie journals, who have -
frothc.r hrkiag boles, a.d compel the. U Jplewed to fender me thiaastirr.ee oftheir v
sb?-e tbe common danger. , The pommuoHy that CDnfidence aod my cordial co operation ia whst-
w;ll cherish such men without rebake, briars oer mtj tend to the eafety, independence and
down wrath upon it. They most be forcett to be good government of too country
nsefu1, to avert tbe jodgments of God from the
patrons of cowardice and tueaoness. ,
&The man who is now intent upon money, who
turns public necessity and danger iato means of
speculation, would, if very shame did not rebuke
him, and he were allowed to follow the natural
bent of bis heart, go open tbe field of battle af-
W. A GRAHAM
May 9, 1863. , ' s
SPIRIt AND POUCT67 BURK31DB.
" Nothing that a Yankee can ssy or do gltef Its
any cause fof astonishment. . From the begining
we saw the end snd were r repared for the teortt. '
Tbis mat seem unreasonable snd even arrogant;
ter an ongagemeot and strip the lifeless bodies of fc , (nm xmaQ2 0f the war, we hate uniform-
his brave toootryinen of the fewepoils they.ear tj declared our conticutni, that, In the Ustresortr
rie d into the fight. Such , men, unfit for aoy- to eflwl lbo lubJgation of the South, tbe negroes
thiuj generous or noble themselves, Jue toe
h vena, can onlv suek the blood of tbe l'oa.llt
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AnsoN TnooPtR9. You are ordered to be io
this place) on the 28th inst., prepared to march to
tbe defence of your eountry. Se Orders.
To Sunday School Children.
Them isV nnd will continue to be, for a long time,"
perhaps, in onr eonntry, a pent' scarcity of beoks
especially Spuday School booksr: TheHbeaniifal 8ons
which Sunday School children delight to aing, and
which are contained in books which cannot now be
ha-, and few of wbieH are found among n, will, we
fear, soon be lejond theirtach. Ta meet and eop- I
ply tbii want, in part, we cjlll pabliib, in tbe J.yut,
ervery week, a hymn. Weomeso tbis week with
tL beautiful one, " I cujlit J p lore tty Mother.'I
oujht to be a reproach to any man, that be is
giowing rich, while bis country is blecdieg at
every pore." , t
For taeArgns.
if practicabU, wonld be armed against their mss.
ters and incited to deeds of cruelty and guilt which
wonld make demons blush. Of c this deteraios.
tioo oajtha ipart of our barbarous invaders we
have now proof positive from lips which do 'not
lie: It aa follows : ; '
After the surrender of TortJJaeosy twocom
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' We coatemplate poblisb'Cj a Sue Jay School. Ilymo
Book, of our own election. U cobfun nboat one bun-
i ureJ taz3. wbici we wUI cllit a pile that will gim.
iiubjugation or xteiuiiuaaon ; fur in tbat event, ply runerate os for expense nd labor, without pro
we need not look alaad for Lid.
of Europe will help toe xorth to ennd us into
tho dustf ' The moit -we can do, n ill' be to carry
on a guerilla warfare', until the men are extcrnji
nated. aud the women alone remain to deTend
.jtoaWitealasatoat the .hra'fttif im -ut, thjeit.he'art-1
iess invaders. Victorious ! the fate of the Xorih
is sealed. HeVdoom js certain Wctghed down
ty an almost iVcalculabfodebt her citizens
taxed iteyood' endurance --uer credit goneher
cities filled with widows and with orphans
trailing and lana'eptation in" hef streets oaths,
curses, maledictions an infuriate mob, with pas
sions set on lire of hell murder, rapine, blood,
Yncest political and -moral death-IictoHoas-i
Liberty is rescued trom tbe grasp of tbe tyrant
we are free. Our independence acknowledged
by the world, the Confederate States, 'become
'tho land of the fjree and the home of the b.-ave."
. 'ilere, only, will freedom be found. . "11 ere, "only,
will .God'f people be at liberty to worfbip. him
: ."under their own vine and fig tree, none daring
make .them ashamed or afiai J ; Civil, reii
gioas,fcociaJ liberty, w far as Aoieriea is concerned,
ivill be. coofioed to the Confederate .States, and
The rat'ons j flt Parties interested In such a work, are invited
w ku a ijcii viufir, ew lumii w c Hi. mew LOW
many to print, and whether it will be worth oar while
to enter upon tbe Lbor. - We think we can make a se
lection casual to, and perhaps superior to any mere
Sunday School Hymn Eook In me. We have had
ffiay 'yers.xpeiiepcejn:ihi; Jl5.tJ!P.toi.otSoflj!ix
Eehoofs, and thiak we know what will please, interest,
instruct and benefit children. Besides, we have a de-
tire ie be naeful . ,; ;,; ,
. : , t JTo serte the present sge,
r- Our cal'iog to fulfill '
fj may it aH.our powers engafeV
" v - v To do onr Master's will.' '
there, th outstretched arm of pur fathers' God,
5,nphol4iog and defending us, will dwell the hap
piest, riohest, most contented people in the world.
. I But, thetattle Js yet to be fought and woo.
copying and retreating advabeiog and falling
' -. back, until Wfrcan fall back oo further our troops
c U Outragreoe a.
On Sunday, the Hth Gen. Butler took foraible pot-
: exposed to all withers sleeping on the ground,
iwithoat -teats or coteriog a a single bliinket
riiting on aeaoty ,fare-New Orleans Norfolk,
PoWsmoathy, fallen -Richmond in danger the
AnAmv in frrtlhir tnAftrt H.S11M iirviit ion ,
Extermination'' whai ecewary to compJete
irretersible tictory but faith in Gad ! t
' - ,VlfioryTiclory , s necessary- fom rjiery cx-H
Jrtfce s pcopw. . cannot jivt in me pois-;
. frofd'atmoshere generated by a Jyrabt's rcath.
TO-r r"!sT""i-i IanquUhpioeyawaysnao7
session tf the office of the Consulate of the Nether
lands, in New Orleans, searched the person of the
Consul, and took from him the key 6f his vault, where
$800,000 bad been transferred by the Citizen's Bank
of Louisiana, to the credit of the Metsrs. Dopes, of
Amsterdam, to pay the Interest on? thr State bonds:
He alio took possession ot the offices of the French
nd Spanish Consuls, and jplaced guard over them.
The French Coosol weot on board the French war
steamer, JttUm, and bad not returned at this-date. Jle
has also Issued an inflammWry proclamation, designed
to lucerne the poor against tbe rich, by proaUfng to
distribute among the poor one thooiand barrels of
Lf ef and sngir, stolen front the citizens., Tbe poor
it ia said, will soon be starring. " The enemy has de
atroyed the track of the New Orleans, Jackson, and
Great Northern Railroad.
If "aflybodywanta to purchase a good .two
horse wagon, let him go to Jno. HuscoeV
; ' OUR KEXT GOVERNOR. .
Hon. Wm. A. Graham declmes the candidacy
for Governor. Who" will the people of Anson
nominate and support f '
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,; SSeoadverusementof Corn for gale.-None
need be-afraid to purchase of Jo, for his muter
told him twBei the eorn for sale. .i
YSAifrTkp Wilmington' J oujoap says that
tho salt marsh to which we alluded a week azo.
la-Rladfrr, has been purchased by a company, who
-I only address yow a few lines to briogyourat-
tent'oo to a letter in tbe Charleston Courier from I missioned officers bad It Interview, accidental we
Dr. Buekman to J. B. Gibba & Ca I am sure suppose, with Gen. Burnside, who expressed the
that yeujcannotjjo the u determination of his government Ut snbjogste the
trodden and bleeding eountry a greater service, Sooth. He wss asked how this was to be brougb'F
so I hope you will give it a conspicuous place in about ; to which he replied that if nothing else
your spirited paper.- I wish it could be writtea would do, he would art fAe nyrrvs. One of the
in berning characters, not only over J. B. G'bba officers, astonished at the enormity of such con-
& Co's. doors, but over the doos of every such tetn plated barbarity, on the part of a civilised,
concern in our land, and unfortunately, our coun people,' inquired of tbe General if he understood
try is awfully cursed with such shaving abomina- him to say be wonld arm the negroes against the
whites I? subrogate the Sooth, The General re
plied io the affiuiativt, bis determination to arm
the negroes if nothing else would do. Snrely
General, interposed tho ofRcer ; you would not
exterminate our women and children in that way
Yes. reoltcd thcGeneral. e rohaticallv. if even
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(W be litccssaryto sabuiiaion, it will be done.
We do not deem it oecersary to give the .
names of the officers who held this dialogue with
Ocn.-Bnrnide, but one im I jDapuin and jhe
other ranked as Major, and their veracity is above
suspicion. We did not get the conversation from
them, but we received it from i source whicVV
places its accuracy beyond a doubt. - We bare
tried to state the facts itifcttim as they were told
tions. . . '
. If every man who looks upon tbe efforts rosk
ing by our own )eople to aid Yankecdoro io sub
jugatiug a few people, would speak out their en
timcnts," without fear or favor, I believe that a
different state of aflalrs would aoou blt'7a'our
distracted country," for already such Shy locks are
dreading thtr daylight on their evil deeds.
If I bad time, Fwouldlike very much to make
one rude effortin yourpaper-in behalf of-this
beautiful sunny land of ours; but I am fully sat
isfied that we run a greut risk of losing the good
will of some men by telling them the truth. I
jwonldLiak..'fof..th8Sako otthobolt cansc in which
we sre engaged, who will abandon bis aecorsed
love of gain, by which his country's cause has to , aod we feel assnred we hate added nothing V
been made to trail in, tbe dust, until the hopes of to their force. '
What then f Is anybody astonished f Is
many have been dcetroyed? None can deny that
this is a very dark period in our retolution, and
that every one's faith and trust should be in tbe
great God of Ileaveo 'for deliverance. , Certain
things are necessary to be done to enable us to
any deed too brotsl or too barbarous for a Yankee
soldier to perpetrate I Is not this the moat hell
ish purpose iter avowed by the lips of civilised
man t But it brings no astonishment to onr auiad ;
believe that tho good Ird-willioUrpose-innriJior.WQold .we waste psper In recording it; rere -
behalf: 1st. Will the owners of cotton and wool
factories repent of their sins, and put the neces
saries which they produce, at former prices, or
lower, to suit the. times, if they possibly can?
- 2d. Will the proprietors of Tsn ysrds Uke into
it not to steel every heart, and nerve etery arm
to deeds of the direst tenges nee against h foe
whose atowed brutality of purpose no words can
describe. ' . p ' , '
Men of the South, you slumber on-a volcano.
consideration that,' if : for the love of gain, they Seven hundred thousand tbeives, robbers, mur-
hWp Lincoln to subjugate our country that self derera and avov-ed enemies of our wives aod chit-
interest would dictate a different policy for if
we are subjugated all is lost.
3d. Will the members of the Confederate Con
gress who so recently voted to themselves f2,7C0
pr annum; for services there,-together with twice
at much mileage as ii requisite, acknowledge to
dren are on their way to despoil you of tor prop
erty, yoor: honor, your lives, sad your liberty,
Will yon slumber till your armed slave applies -the
knife to your own throat and the dagger to
the hearts of your wi ten -. -sod children ? Arm ,
for the fight : for, under. God the dsy of teBgesnes
draweth ntgh. Bel your bouses in order, naaia
their eonaiitoeour. with their feces veiled in the joar property ss secure ss yon can, ana be fesdy '
to receive your vanuai jo, at um uagger s poioi.
Tour sous -ste brave, your cense just, tour God '
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rigniepus, yonrejiveranceceriajn.otafevoMr;
nal.
dust, that. they had nothing in view but. tbeir
owninterest, hut that as soon ss so opportunity
offers, they will, tf far ss they can, atone for the
great; wrong they had done them and leduoolhl
pay to $8 per day at most.
4. Will etery one repent and. turn to the
Lord, for then our course will be speedily triamb-
antjuid God will heal our land, , ANSON. 1-
s FSjOII GZIt. JACMOST COMMAND -7
Tbe Riohmond Dispatch of Tuesday, ia itan
saramsry of news', says J, . : Jt': . ' ' ; T --:"
vTbcnews frooj . Stonewall'' Jsckaon,l,if It be
correct, is glorious. It wss rumored In Staunton
.the County.Courtof Mecklenburg has sppoioted Z?IlTZi!!l
tM tO Dot . miAi " j
a Salt Commiwioner and instnrcted htm
600,000 pounds of salt to he distributed smoeg the 7 ""'" "j- S - p T?r
't.-etL. ........ j. - . . oanio stricken, inetert dinction. . rortionr of
F.oyu.. ,uny,. W.0 ewirges. rAUfMlmAA,A9.ptn
county,' and these were being hotlr pnrrued and
ta) notemcot.
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