They are powerless. South Carolina, and
Alabama maj soon be ia a similar condi
tion. Mast we await th action of .these
States? And if , we do, are we, with arms
ia oar hands, unsubdued, with the port
and p;rit of freemen still characterizing
ar people, to be bound bj what -fAey may .
agree to ? They art in no condition to of
fer terms, but tee are. fie majr interpose
to obtain terms for them and ourselves,
but the are comparatively powerless, with
the hoof of the invader already ua their
breasts. The Observer says," if we had
gained some great victory, or series of
victories" recently, "there would be some
tense, in proposing, to v negotiate.", But
when shall we gain even one great victo
ry? Still, suppose we should, as we nope
we may, what would be the result ? What
is to become o( Maryland, Kentucky, Mis
eouri, and Western Virginia? Does any
one believe that a great victory would not
encounge our governiuenf to insist that all
these Statei shall go with us? Will one
great victory, or a series of victories, wrest
T . -- S
iron tne enemy cne Mississippi vmiej s
Are . we likely to recapture Vickshurg,
' Port Hudson, Memphis, Natchez, and Nash
ville, or either of them? Ave fear hot.
Can we even drive the enemy from New
bera, ia our own State ? Will we t able
. three months hence to hold the Wiltuing-
ttn and Weldou Road ? Is 'Charleston
ufe? Is Richmond entirely safe I" These
are questions which deserve the most ae
ritus consideration. Reasoning and re a
aonable beings mutt' look ahead, it they
would profit by the lessons of the pat ox
provide for the future. The farmer who
' pitchts his crop, and the mechanic who
casts iS his work, look ahead and provide
for events. '.Shall those who have in charge
the affairs of a great people be less thought
fal and less forecasting? ' "'lite wie man
foreteeth the evil andhideth himself, bat
fools pass en and are punished."
The Oforrterdoes as the justice to say
that we are opposed to reconstructing the
old government. We are opposed to it.
and have been fron the first, whatever
seme of our correspondents may have been
permitted. to say to the contrary ; but, hav
ing put the whole' matter on the issue of
the sword having discardeJ reason-under
the pressure of circumstances we cou'.tl not
awid and appealed, to phvstcal force, we
do not hesitate to say that before we would
see our State permanently subjugated and
trodden down, at Mississippi i. re would
consent to a restoration of the old govern
men:, or the esublisliment ef a new com
mon government, with all our rights guar
anteed, as the lesser evil." Bat we would
avoid this by all the means in our power,
as a great political and sectional humilia
tion ; and hence we are for fighting and
talking at the same time for some settle
ment which will leave at least a portion of
the slavehotding States under a separate,
common government. If force! to choose
between the two evils we would rather
live' triA than under the Northern people.
Our resentments are at strong as they ean
be against thost who have Carrie I 6 re and
sword throrgh our country, and many of
whose Soldiers have committed wanton and
cruel outrages on oir people ; but we could
not, as a rational being; sacrifice the Inn-
pinest and the lives of both raes in the c
aoum merely 10 grainy naireu aoi re
always open to the people, and especially
to those ot mem wno agree .wnn u in
opinion. We hope' never to see the day in
North Carolina when the people will be
denied the privilege of assembling togeth
er to consult for the common god, or
when, having consulted, they can find ho
journal which will give circulation to-their
opinions. If that day should ever come
civil liberty, will depart from us, and the
right of the people, to govern themselves
will give plxe to tne edicts ot usurper and
tyrants. Let the people speak. It ia re
freshing to hear. them speak in this day of
misrule and calamity ; and if they had done
to earlier, and. more frequently,, much of
the evil now upon us might have been
averted. , .
We are too old a politician to indulge
the poor vanity the Observer would seem
to ascribe to us, of being disposed to see
these meetings continued simply' because.
they endorse our course.
With all respect for the better judgment
of the Observer, we think that paper is un-
Lnrtunate in ranging one portion oi nr peti
ole under tne leadership, of Gov. Vance,
and another portion under the Kditor of 'tor two year
the Standard. We trust that no socn
classification resile exists. The' Standard
has uniformly supported tfie administra
tion of Gov. Vance ; and n difference is
known to exist between that functionary
and the Standard, except as to the beat
means of obtaining prae. Surely this dif
ference cannot be a material one. Purely
it cannot justify a disorganization of the
Conservative paty, or any thing like an
alliance ot an offensive character toward
that party of a portion of thoe who'elect
ed Gov. Vance and his political opponents.
We do not' believe that Gov. Vance withes
to lead any portion of our people any more
than we do; and, so farts we are concern
ed, we aspire to no such position. We are
content to act simply at an organ of public
opinion.' If a constant and unrestraint
interrours with the people, and our long
experience as a public man nave taught us
how to gather and announce that opinion
from time to time, this piece of good for
tune is fairly our own, and no one will
concede it Us us with more cheerfulness
than the Obttmr. That opinion is teldom
wrong; bot if wrong, it is always disin
terested and patriotic, for the people have
very motive to deal -justly aud candidly
with themselves.
There are other points in the Obierrer's
article which we would like to notice, bat
our space to-day forbid. We lull t ap
preciate the elevated and patriotic tone of
that journal, and we trust we have said
nothing either directly or indirectly to" of
fend the sensibilities of its Editors, We
rely opon the Observer to show as the same
courtesy, we have' manifested towards it by
la) in our reply before its readers, if com
patible with, its views of duty ; ad we
promise in the to lure, at. one of the surest
means to avoid offence or even apparent
injustice, that we will insert in full every
article from that journal to which we may
think it our duty to reply.
place. They're port that, notwithstanding the damage
to lbs wall, the fort is by no means amenable or inse
cure. It will therefore ba held. It is aisteJihat Gen.
Beauregard entertains no kits of surrendering it.
It was reported that t,a enemy at Ntwbsrn are
contemplating m movement oo a eonaiderabla- scale
towsrtis the interior of the State. Our authorities hat.
jug been duly advised in the matter, the Horns Guard
of aoms nineteen csuntiea saat of and including
Wake, have been called out and are tdJer arms.
Thia ia in 'addition to fhe regular force. Il is be
lieved, therefore, that whatever may be the intention's
of the enemy, they will be prsmptly and effectively
mel.
We learn from the Raleigh Progre.e, thsl Gea.
R. C. Gall'. haa been appointed Adjutaot General,
in ple ef Gen. D. G. Fowle, resigned.
The Hon. Robert Jarneicoo; jr., haa been elected
to the tJeaala of the Uonfedeiole Male, fiom lbs
Slate of Alabama, to fill lbs vscsney orcesieard by
the death of Wn. L. Yancey.
William Garvey, charged with robbing the South
ern Eiprea Company of about (21,000 of money
enrne room be ago, wae tried si s late term of lb Cir
cuit Court for Ihs Corporation of Danville, Vs.. an J
convicted, snd sentenced to Us btsts leniisutiaiy
Jill5li0r0usi.frurtrr.
a aws"S se aevs a as anas a
veoge. t
Tt.e Observer thinks we luve giaet way
before the assaults of our enemies and have
acted indiscreetly under numerous provo
cations. We may have acted indiscreetly,
tut we have oat been provoked to it. Ma
ny of the a'tiaults of, our enemies in the
n-y papers wetiever read some of them
we notice in the Standard and then forget
them. Our course is the result il serious,
del berate consideration. We do not re
jiri our enemies. Their assaults never
occasion mere than a pasting emotion vt j
pitv, scorn, or contempt.
We confess we are touched by the earn
est appeal which the Obsentr make to ut
to," discountenance" the meetings being
held by the people; and if we thought
il':-.r ttadtacy -as injurious as they art
r : .i ered by the Observer, we should not
:..-ii'ite to beg the people to discontinue
t en. But we are not responsible for
1 1 .ii. They had their origin in the policy
.' ii administration at Richmond, and in
'I.; est desire which exists for peace,
n.c public press may be able to. modify the
actios of these meetings in tome respects;
but the public man wh.i denounces these
meetings, or d nits t thepeople the. right
to.asaeuble and consstt and' tpeak freely
for the coinrtfja good, will snap like a pipe
stem in the tvrreur. We do r,et 'fear to
hear the people spea'j, even amid the thun
ders of revu'wtisa. The philosopher who
attra Is the i.g!itr.ing from the dead it
powerless to attest the hurricane which it
generated in itt bosom. Our columns are
HIllsBOKOLGU, N. C.
Wednesday, September 2, IMJ.T
Admiririg ike spirit io which il wse w mien, and
hoj iu thai it wiIJ btve a ieudf-ir l.iiuutuu
ihc f tWtK mind oport aaail wbith si,'.!.
naieijr agitating il, we pubSitiicd t-l xfn mut mt
Deatk of GV. FlOjd. A dippairh'frera
Abingdon received at Richmond, snnauno-s tkedrslU
st Ibsl placs, an the morning f.ibe SSib, oCGen.
Jjhn B. floyd, Ex-Goveinar of Virginia, snd feere-
tary sf War uoJer Buchsnao's Aduiiaialistton.
Ma). J. II.
OWrf r nf the
Sauridert. Tbe Fay etirville
!4th say: " A rvjiorl ba reached
Cboel Hill that Major gauodne waa not killed, l
(ieliykburg, but is doing well' wnondad and apii-
oner, of eauiaa. Tha report arems la ba verified."
We hap thia report may pra irua, and thai the
Major will soon bo restored lo his fnesuU,
C0N1 RIBL'TIOM S T THE SOLDIER AID
SrOCItTir.
The Coaimittea of lbs Mocietf acknowrvds with
tbanka ike (ollawiag coottibations.
Csdeu Military Academy $23 00; Mr. Rowland
15 00; Mies Emma Taw luCO; Miaa Hannah Man
ly 10 00; Mia Watkiaa 5 (HJ ; Miaa Lucy Owes) 4 CD;
Mia Mitchell .00; Mrs. Dr. Cam 10 Ot ; Mrs. Tha.
bsra 5.00; Mie.Owen ft.00 ; Mra.Bagley S vO; 'aVa.
Curtia 20. DO; Mr. Jotiah Turner, aen , 10 00; Mrs.
Prih fi.0O; Miaate .ah and KalUk 60X0; JMr
P.CCaaarrai &0.00; VWa. P. O. Cantarart 30.00;
Officer of Militsry Acs.lemf tO OO ; MrV l. Cam
eron 10 00; Mr. A. Uite CO.OO ; Mi L. Raal-
be S00; Mia Rex So SCO; Ms Norwood 3t0;
Mr.re. H.'N. B.owrj & Co. 35000; .Mrs. Ja.rjb
Tbooijwon, alu al 15.60 ia spina ing. aine snd
dyeing; Mis Brttia E. Thompson, satue as 4.7i in
wes'iag ; Mia Margaret Thiojo, value cf 4 10 ia
weaving; Mr. P. C. Cameron, 10 tl la. tour; Mr.
Ward, t pr. socks; Mimw Beitia snd Margie Wil
kinson, 1 ft. do. KmU i; af.aacka by tie uftawmg
peraana: Mr. Kaet 3 pair. Mie.Uaen 4 pairs Mr.
Lynch 4 pair. Mia I a i comb 1 pair, Mu I Roaaett
1 pa':, Mrs. Curtis 2 pair', Mr. T. Webb 2 pairs, Mia
M. Norweod 4 pair. Mra. Beg'ey 3 pairs. Kim K.
South S pairs, Miaa I,. Roulbac I paii, Mia CaoUy
I pair, Mr. Etaa 2 pairs, Mlaa Browa 4 pair.
jif Sesrlet I pair, Mies N aaJ M. Kirktasd 4
pun, Mr. Judge Naah I pair, Mwa L J one 1 pair,
Mis K. Jane I pair, Miaaes Hearu I pairs, Mra. If.
N. Brown S pair, Mia C. Jones I fair, Mia M.
Janes I pir, Miaa N. Jaaea I pair, lira. Va Reaaatl
I psir, Mia. A. Tarreotine 2 pair, Mrs, IV its I
pair, Miaara Haleasan 1 1 pane. Mm Tkarbma 2 paira
gloves, Mias W.'M.Kuklind 3 pair it, Mrs. Dr.
Cairt makiog Sshirie, Mrs. Koalhse making 3 ditto.
nosmaL tTimts.
Mra. Dr. Cain! 1 bualiel patatae. 2 bam. I knit
flannel. 3 psira aarka, I bundle Tmen, 1 bot lint.
Mra. tik)a Jonea, 1 bag Kej , 2 hwUera baron,
lb. 1'ea, I lb. Caflfra. ft U. sugar, 2 package ase.
coii.lnl an aWeariu laon Nvrih Carolina i'o. tca
fr.n tU Fayettevilk oUr.n. Ts Ibis lhe.hlr f ' Ja M l"'' l'undI? cf 1
Ibe !und,,id. with Ids aaoai alLiy, baa nid s e- M'' I'ul L'm"on' 1 t JfiJ PP". I psrkage
I a a . . a a . .
ply. wu , pu,a.h.ia Iks lco.dcrlo4iy,s sni" ' " w pepper, i on., i.nt. i i.t soap.
act ct jwa ire dae to lb editor, and ibj-a ', jr,
perfrmirwe of. a dnty to our reader. To t' lb
OUeraerof the 27th has a rejoin ler.which we should
like elm to piibiitb, but are beaitating on account of
ii length.
Tin: .ki?j.
Tha aeige f Charleston ia still going on, bat ns
intellfgencs has yet reached as discoursing to ,s
hopes of Ihs Hcuih. Tha N. C.Stals Journal sf Fri
day ptiblitbes tbf following diapatcb fram t'apt. E.
Mai letL Irsiber or CoL Pater Mailed, dated Charles
too, Auguat tit
-1 ar am now op mv third viait of ail dayi to ibra
fort (Wsgssr.) I ass vary well. Tha fori i ma. b
dsfacad tui ss Strang ss ever, lit tr.pv sis ia -oud
spiriu snd f gl4 the enemy w II. We have na Ut
of being evsrpowered. The erm ha vs ; brown aMls
into the city, but thai ia nt taking it. Oar bjiu-i
an Sullivaa's Hand bsve been ax atrangtbeaedsetn
sks (be entrance into Chsrkutaa harbor sttraiel
doobtfuL"
It is further state l.lhst Gen. Baaregsrd recentt
sent asversl csiaprtenl engineers to Fort tSusaier for
the pf rposs of ioiuiriaf iota lis conJition of lh
Mr. Bag'ey, 6 huaJketchiefa, 1 lead.
Mre. . M. KirtlanJ, 0 hsndkerchicf.
Mrs. It. Jonea, I buabe'e potatoea.l leaf ef bresJ,
package pepper, bundle linen, hanJkercbkb,
Mre. Cbtek, 1 package pepper, I ditto dried fruit,
t bundle clutb, 1 package sosp.
Mrs. Na.b, I haoi, I packagsdritJ fruit, II bckfa.
Mrs.8tsnly, I buadla cloth; Mi Lucy Owen, 10
handkerchief; Mra. Knot, I bundle cloth, I hand
kerchief, t package pepper; Mis. thread, 1 pscksgs
ssge, pefpsr,ate. Mra.T. Webb, 2 boltlea cstaup,
I jar pickles; Mrs, Grsham, I buahel petstaes, lb.
lea; Mta Lucy Owen, S chickena; Mm C. Brawn,
6 ditto; Mr M. Naah, 3 ditto; Mra. Lynch, 4 ditto;
Mr. Tearce, 4 ditto; Mrs. A. Tarreniine, t ditto;
Mrs. M. Turreoltne, 2 ditto; Mrs. lames Wsbb, 3
dit t; Mrs. Grshaai, I bbL tour.
Richmond, Aug. 27. The stock of am
munition in the Confederate States it re
presented to be abundant, and in any con
tingency now deemed possible, the top
plies will be ample. ,
A more cheerful. vic-w "of, the situation
of affairs it taken by persons here fn po
sitions to form correct opinions.: The el- -forts
of the Yankees to Incfetse their ar
mies and extend the occupation of Cor.'
federate territory, are regarded at eviden
ces of desperation, foreshadowing eventual '
abandonment of an attempt to. subjugate
the South, if the people of the Confederate
States tttnd firm and meet the aggressions
of the enemy .with the spirit of resistance
heretofore exhibited.
The premium on goM it lower,
Various articles of subsistence have re
cently declined in consequence of increai
ed receipts.
The Millers of the city refuse to piy
more than government prices lor wheat
five dollars per buhej.
Richmond, Aug. 28. The gallant Lieut.
Wood and his brave band, are stiJI at
work. They hate captured oQ he mouth
of the Rappahannock, two schooners, toe
loaded with coal, ami the other with an
chors snd chains. fBoth muth needed by
our navy.
Richmond, Aug. 28. New York papers
of ilie 26ih receieil. , '
Tle Yankee journal are jubilant over
the partial iiesirutli'r if Sumter.
On the 21st, during a violent gale, tbt
U. S. Urig of.war Rainbride foundered
while bn a voyage from New York to Port
Roysl. Every soul on board save a negro
aiiied Smith, lm was picked up in an
open boot, erii( ta tie bottom.
Tha Yankee aniiiiutiilioB ateamer Citvol
MailinNt was blwn up at Virksbury;
tliiouih ihe carelessness of a runaway nr.
gru. One haudred and fiftysix lites were
' v. .'
'Ihe Mayor f New York, Opdjke, has
vetacd the esamptiuN ordinance.
The IlritUh strafDrr Hebe, viae Captured
olTNevs Inlet, N. C on the I8;h.
tord Lywiisaud sml are traveling through
the Canaifas.
Kxcitement ia the New York slock mar
ket continues-
While tol)dar tpeing. 1
(t'leeubrier Co Vsn Aug. 27.
To (!tn. Sam'L Cooper:
V met the enemy yesterday morniag.
about a half mile from thia place, an the
road leading to the Warns Snn. Vt
faughtthrm frisn 9 A. M., to ? P. M.
Kvery attack made by the e.emy waa
repoled. At nijli, each side orcupieV
the same position the lud in the morn
ioj. 'I"his morning the enemy made two rlher
attacks, ami as mnt hatlo iely rrpbla
ed, when he abandoned hi p.i"tiau, and
retrestrd towards tNe Warm ."'prinj. We
are pursuing him with cavalry and artil
lrv. The troops enjsed were the First Brig
ade of this army, Col. Geo. Tatton, ram
ma nding.
The enemy were sboot three, thousand
strong, with sis pieces of .artillery, under
the command of Brig. Gen. Averilt.
Oar loss is about two hundred killed
and wounded.
I he enemy'a loss is not known. .
W hsve taken aboet unc hundred and ,
fiftv prikoners, and one i-iece of srti'lert
bigned. hAMUKI. JO.NK!.
' Brig, Geo. CawestiJiiig
Tni Sneio or im VasosattiT. The
story of the sinking the Yankee steamer
t'antlerbilt be a f'onlederate. vessel tf war
said to be the Gttrgit. begins tn ssisme
an air of probability. The Mobile Tribune
of Saturday sat a: '
We have la'le news front Havana by the
arrival o( a vessel running the bUckiJe.
When she left.it was rumored, tnd pretty
generally believed at Havana, that Captain
einmes had bad an engagement with the
Yankee ttesmer Vaiderbi!t, ami had sunk
her with large loss ef life. The I', si il
be recollected, has been lor a long lme in
search of the rebel pirate," as. the Yaa
keet designate Semmes, An account of
the engagement hat been published in I
llabana, a Havana paper, and was receiv
ed both from Key est and Nassau, and .
wat believed by Yankee and other ship
pert. It it, we think, qoite probable. The
action it reported to have occurred off the
Bahamas.
' rraTitta MRTicmas,
We learn from the Tallahassee FUridian
of the 2d August, that the despatch an
nouncing that the Federal steamer Vender
bilt had been sunk by the Confederate
learner Georgia, Capt.'Semmta, hat been
confirmed by a passenger, who recently sr
rived at a Confederate pert Irom Havana.
It seems that the Ytnderbilt chased the
Georgia for tome hours, and upon aetritg.
hailed her, with a demand to surrender,
which wai intwertd by a broadside fro
the Georgia which disable J jitr and fmwJ: