PHOGJ&ESS.
ceo. riUL.tv jov.editcb. .
f. SATURDAY MORNING, DEC." 6, 1SG2.
.fTha Progress will be issued every
Renins at 5 o'clock. Advertisements and no
tiee or publication must be . handed m by
f 1)1-2 o'clock A. II. ; if received after that
boar, they will It over till the next day. tf.
The Weekly Process Till be ready Satur
13 foreneons at 9 o'clock. . .
7 tTW. Ltxanasr, Jr.. editor. of thelr
TzyA iTary Journal, School sU Boston, is
oar sole agent for that city. Any contract en
tered into by him, for Advertising or subscrip
ts rvr .m,nnt. will be ratified by us.
Mr. Lingbam is also authorized to act as our
agent ia Kew York, and elsewhere.
Bev. O- H. Wile ttss elected Sop
; crintendent of Common Schools by
the Legislature at Ealeigh, on the
25th. . f y , .
"7. W. Ilolden, Esq., who was elect
ed State Printer, :a few days since,
cfFers to relinquish hi contract in
f ivpr Soft tlio'Deafand Dnmb Asylfic
iiVtho Xegislaturo will endow that in
gtituto with means to execute the work
in stylo and with despatch. This offer
"ii. very creditable to Mr. Ilolden, in
. as much a3 the contract is a very In c ra
ti re one. -"-"
Har&chcll V. ' Jonpibnwaa . elected
Senator to the , rebel Con ?ress. from
; -.7 - y T 7 '
i vMtev. Dr. Hawks, the celebrated
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Episcopal Divine, is now tiie rector 01
; vurisi. uuuruii) juaiiiiuuie, uu is giun
ing into great; iavonnsm.
; ho Tarboro Southerner says that
threo more cases of email pox have be
currcd iu that tojtti.
. per cent. have been sold within three
weeks at tho Bank of Fay ette ville.
Soino time since, wo published the
rfaath of Cant. J. W. Houston, f
IVnftnsvillG. Dunlin Co. Ho was not
kill idh but was taken, prisoner by our
lbrccs.
Tho Wilmington and Manchester
Railroad have declared a 10 per cent
dividend. . r ,
. xtie.Joniearate ocaies . uaTO -tablished
an Armory at - Wilmington
as we learn, by an advertisement which
Xho steamer Kate in a recent at
tempt to run . the blockade into WiU
mington, ran on tho obstruction, near
Sniith ville, and sunk with a valuable
cargo. .-'
Tho Wilmington Journal says that
CiGcn. Whiting has entered npon the
defence of Capo Fear with energy, and
tjiat the people feel tho utmost confi
dence in him.". We learn also, from
tho blockading squadron that Wil-
' xningtoiiJias recently been reinforced
Gen. Curti3 H. Brogden of ,Wayne,
lias oecn nnauimousiy ro-ciectea uomp
trollerof Korth Carolina. '
; Haj. J. "J, ITeates of Hertford, has
-been chosen solicitor for tho 1st Ju
dicial District, and A. S. Herrimbn of
Buncombe, solicitor in tho 7th Dis.
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. held their annual meeting at Greens-
hrO) on tho 1st inst
CoL Duncan K. HcKao Has resigned
his commission. Bead tha letter. It
53 rather spunky, " , V
Tho Bclsigh Standard says : -
cfA gentleman of thia State who has
lately escaped from the -Yankeo. lines
informs rs that while .North ho un
derstood that tho collection of forces
at SutFolk and Newbern by the eiie
iny was designed to advance upon
Wcldon, Qoldsboro and Raleigh. - He
also says that tho taking of Wilming
ton is ia tho proamme. vet our
authorities bo on the alert' ' .
Gen. Evans is in command .of the
rebel forces at Kinston. ' 1 ,
Tho grain crop in Texa3
from the
Bio Grando to Bed
river, thia year,
is sr. id to bo the' largest one ever known
Sa thr: State.; Occasionally, small
pa telic a of cqiton are seen, but this is
placed for honxo uso. "
Col. Alfred Ivorsca of tha 0th N.
? Trcop3v CoL: Stephen, JX Bamseur,
cX tbo 4Cth, and Col. John H. Lane of
U 2SthK3,vo been promoted to Briga
dier General i. ; - : ' -'
A' dispatch . to. tho ITavy Depart
ment from Commander Parker, Uni
ted E:rit3 1 1 cszncr Cambritlgei ITovem-
wr.j7, repcrn-rs cacoBer;-tiring
been observed near Hcsonbororrh In
let, immediately bore down upon her
and fired a thirty pound Parrott gun
at V.'hich tho schooner ran thorc A
boat under command of Acting Has
tcr Hales, with two men went to bnra
her, with instructions, as the surf was
high, not to venture too near, and in
caso or count a3 to rcacning ; tue" ves
sel safely, to return. Tho. boat, how
ever, was swamped, yet the men, with
?Ir. Hales, reached tho shore and fired
the schooner which was - entirely de
stroyed. Two other boats, with Act
inr Master's Mates Wells and Odiorno
were sent to communicate with, and,
if possible, give- them relief. ' Wells
swam ashore with a line, but' It having
parted Odiorne followed with it and
landed. Just ,at this, juncture !some
thirty men came suddenly upon the
party and "air were taken prisoners.
During Commander Parker's absence.
while engaged in destroying ; the
schooner, the Daylight drove an Eng
lisn bars npon tno oeacii about one
mil from the fort, where she became
hard and fiit.' The followirfg is a list
of the officers and men taken . prison
ers: . V, ":
Acting Master Males, Acting Mas
ter's Mates Wells and Odiorno, . Quar
termaster H. C. Beed, Captains of the
top ; John Graham and ..Deroacher
Seamen iGebrero,' Silly,1 William B.
Frost, Hans Dabour, ; Dick HaVnan,
Thomas McGee, Wm. Haley and
Wm. Thomas. " ,
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A despatch . from Lieutenant Com
manaer sraine, datea tne ictn, re
ports, "after giving chase to a schoon
er, the parties on her ran her ashore,
With a few shell those unloading , her
wero dispersed. - She proved to be the
English schooner Ariel, of Halifax.
There wero no papers : or - colors on
board. At this time another schooner
was discovered to the westward, down
tho coast. Leaving two . boats - en
deavoring to get the firstschooner,
Commander Braine immediately start
ed in pursuit of the second, and she
was also run ashoro. He, with a few
shell, drove those away who were en
gaged in v unloading -her. - On board
ing hejr she proved to be the English
schooner Ann Maria,' of JN"assau, N.J P.
No papers or colors were found on
board. Getting to her as close as pos
sible with the steamer she was hauled
off. , . She, however, bilged in four
fathoms of water. Immediately -re-
turning to the first schooner and find
ing her bilged, she was fired and com
pletely, destroyed. f The cargoes o
these vessels were principally salt, a
few kegs of lard and several barrels of
flour and " Bugar. Everything upon
which hands could be laid were de
stroyed, including about two thousand
bags of salt. ; . . , .
Lieutenant Commander Truxton,' of
the gunboat Chocura, Beaufort, N. C,
under date of : Kovcmber 12th,w says
they seized ah unknown schooner for
violating the blockade, fromTWilming
tpn bound to -Nassau. Her master
stated that she left yilmington with
out papers, flag ori name. The death
of the Collector' and tho prevalence of
yellow fever had caused the Custom
House to be closed, and business to be
generally suspended; Eight hundred
cases of fever were said to exist when
she left.Tho schooner, was, loaded
with turpentine, rosin and shingles,
and her master openly declared her a
rebel vessel. . As she sprung aleak and
was found to be filling, she was set on
fire, when , capsizing, her destruction
was complete. ; , ; '
Lt-General Polk, arrived at Baligh
a few days since, and is stopping 'with
his brother-in-law,-- Kenneth ' Baynor.
xvu, jcquz is a oauye ox, -tuueiga.
We have often been accused of ex
aggerating the destitution in the rebel
army. Bead the following corrobora
tive testimony from the leading rebel
paper of this State; - s
"We are glad to seo our pebble
moving promptly to aid our sulfering
sn in tho field. We have conversed
with a number of persons who have
recently visited the army, and they as-
sure ms i oat the accounts of destitu
tion given in the newspapers, am by no
means exaggerated - Help, and help
now." , " - V V
Our editorial, brother, who formerly
sojourned at Newbern, andwho has
started a Daily JProgressixx Haleigh,
in his issue of the 21th ult., says :
"we met a gentleman, from Pitt
county at tho depot yesterday evening,
from wlioni we learned too following
facts : A cunboat ascended the river
o within a mile of Greenville on Sun
day, last, vrhea it stopped, and they
transferred some artillery pieces to a
fiat and came up to tho town. The
party cf Federals that tcck possession
of the place, consisted, of about SO
only, and they only remained two
hours. vThey fired the bridge near the
town; bnt on Deii),cr remonstrated witii
BffFfrf! tlirt fim tn htryttnfumhl nnfl
, J i.-n cnwrnA rTlln!. A!nne.
ouor .In. citirens otI,e0nnty
town Messrs. Joel Hodsrcs, Ex-Sher-
iff; Joseph DancyXJlerk of Snperiorjg,. j can no longer serve the goTernraent
Court; Edward Howell, Wm.: Stocks, Lf the Confederate States. i
Tnms. fVwT,1,' To; n- Ctmon.
".t
Alien yton, ana no wuerr wuu
name our intormani.nad. Jorgotten.
We had no troODS there and no oppO-
Sill on was ouereu litem, ihbv juureu
anrl rptiirnftd - rift r! AnKf trt W asf nno'ton
tlie samo day. The town is now oc
i j . - nri.
cupied by our troops, and ail is quiet."
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The history of ourrsfster town Wil
mington for tho last few months, is in
deed a melancholv one. Heath has'
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made fearful inroads among its enter
prising citizens. Th' editors. of the
nrrTJC? alluding to the march of death,
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remark
Sometimes1 wholefarailies appear
to have been swept away. Two doors
west of our office stands the handsome
brick d'wellinsr of B.;Baxter, Esq.-r
Within two weeks, n f re iamiJf,
consisting of hims.arrandT.btS : niece,
a PT;o ,'i.iiu .
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and thai home was closed and desolate.
-Just round the corner, .Tan. seegnd street,
oeiow Jrnncess, : wiinin nity yaraa oi
where wo now 'sit, is the residence of
nr: MftRpp. "That is. indeed, a hmisft
of mourning. Our venerable and re-
spected fellow-citizen, the JJoctor, qas
lost ihe venerated partner of his life.
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fi T MnPcp V.ri ; h lnt a rovororl
A rpvprpn
mAfL. .:r A.um
mother, beloved wife, a daughter just
It a .
uiuuiiiuii: uuu Kiuuuua nuujauuuuu, auu
a son, a notile, lnieiligent ana manly
youth. Suraly, this' is"enough for one
hnncp arir? vpt this 'nnrl iKa i r
u - i ''ir ! . .ni:...
have cited, before are. not solitary in-
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stances.7
We propose to publish m our issue
z-t- t f - .
Gov. Vance s Message to
to-morrow,
the Legislature;
We like, to see the progress of the
feeling among the free white citizens of I
this good old State in behalf of free
laboK and elevating the dignity of labor.
Wfi An not .wih -tn thrnvv itr
ri
upon any movement of tne kind, but
would do alh we can to help it alone,
r .uL . it i !i . . .
u vue prcseni-irouDieajaria unsemea
state OI the country, we think it would
be in much better taste for our people
, . . i: trwtr1
to enlist in the 1st North Carolina Resri-
nominate any man for the Presidency, 1
nd.thrAhv'.nnAnihar'iliA
t ' .11 iii . . i j
cai rancor, niisuDg wouig.noireiara,
biit'wiTnlfl heln alnno the MT?rTe'aUse. ' "
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Trpa far State Defence..
The ceneral imDreession aecoos to be that tbe
Legislature will adopt the recommendation Gov.
Vanee to raise ten thousand troops for State de
fence. .No plan for raising teem, baa yet. been
matured, but it is more than . probable that vol
unteers will be called for between the ages of J8
and 45 ' " "'"'...'
Bat this' will interfere with ' the conscription
law. ' Granted bnt. we have 50,000 troops al
ready in Virginia, and we have sent .more con
scripts to the Held than other State. It will be
time enough to consider the propriety and the
justice of permitting the conscription law to be
extended to those who are 40 years of age, when
it is made apparent tbat tbe other slates have
contributed as many men to tbe war in propor
tion io incir population as ortn Carolina.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature. - Jf
the enemy should be allowed to occuov the Eas
tern Counties as far west as the Wilmington and
WIdou Railroad, th Stat will be ruined Two
hundred thousand slaves will be lost to us, with
incalculable quantities of corn and meat. Such
a loss would not only . increase tbedaeger ef
starvation which now stares us in the face, bnt
it wonld cast a blight on the prosperity of our
people from which they would not : recover in a
quarter ef a century. Our brave boys ha,ve laid
their bones on every battle field, from Greair
Bethel to Sharpsburg ; but much of tbat which
bad been gained by their suffering ' and their
valor, and the sufferings and Valor of their com
rades trom otber States, baa been lost to us by
tue ui juagea but magni&ce&t raids into Mary
iana ana lieutocay.
By all means let the troops be raised. If they
snouia not be able to beat baek tbe disciplined
troops of tbe enemy at-all points, they can at
least annoy them aud hold them in check while
our Eastern brethren are removing their proper
ty, and especially tlto means of subsistence, to
the interior of the State. - We would beep faith
as long as possible with tbe common government
and with eur aiater States; hut cmr faith depends
on tJirir iatim nf lnttTA tnrarAa m ImnA thuir
measure of if ' Allegiance and protection are
reciprocal. North Carolina i pledged to no war
wmcn will desolate ber aorfaee and exterminate
her people, while at tbe same time 50.000 of her
veteran trops ar in m distant-rcgwifedin
Jtbers tromihe horrors W2ta whicn aseia threat
ened. . -.;' . .- n -is
Let the troops be raised.' Call for volunteers.
and they will rash by thousands to , tie flag ot
the Stale. - We have a Governor who can com-
mana mem one wn oas seen service, ana ia
whose hands that flag will never be tarnished . -
Kmlcigh Standard, 25 A. , ' j " .
aVroaa ITarana 'and rtnaaao.
New York, Nov. 29 Tbe stearaer British
Queen, from Havana on the22d, via Iiassau on
the 2-ltbr arrived this evenia She brought no
uaraua papers. XHo X4aaat Uuaraian states
that the rebel steamers Aotbnia. lately tbe Dri
tish steamer Herald; and the Leonard bad ar-1
riv frnm DitrtoafAn i tW. Qftth . Th iaam. f
rived from Charleston on the 20th.' Tbe sleam.
era Aries and Hero were at Charlestoa on the
17tb: ' - j ; ... - - v ' " j
Admiral Wilkes with two steamer arrived off j a
Nassau on the 20th and signalled for a pilot, I
when pilot went on land informed Com. Wilkes
that he could not pilit him only by special per
mit of the Governor, who had issued a proclama
tion to that eTact oa tbe 11th. Tha adtairal re
ported that he woulnot corns in without permis
sion, lie tben bore away and lay at a distance
ui larea mi es trom the shore.
a-ibt coma to grief. - ' , , - - - I
The Scsora and Octornrit were at Ahico on the 1
SCO
tr.t , - - ----- - J ..i
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09 port magistrate nan-an inter
view with Commanders RtovonW tmA VUiU'ms. iriv-
ing them a copy of tha proclamation, attd ictima-
io7 aaouid not stay in port ana at roe
aatne time oering to sell them any stores they
anted. .They kft that day teturnin' gaia at
aigtt . , ' i-
1 h lsTitisan m t...;.nn Rnl tin that 1
Wilkes will not be HnwAt rn fffwTWi rn.hrobablv be came
feeling afiaid that tha two rebel steamers i pori I ing or
:2clle.
lleadquarl
to
im-ent,
G oteusor cave una unueacu to iuc
riintint General of the Confc aerate states.
.,-. r.iit;nn cf mv coramission received
the ClfiVrtnCT ' Ol ItOTlQ. LarOima aS t01-
--?.
.tK mv R.nsa of dijmitv and self
I have now been m the semce aoout nine-
.h. With the exceDtion of about
- - . . T hare nerer been ab
t . ,-Tftr-dntr - I hare served
,'indfr several commanders, and have never in
i a single instance, cnwiuin.i: cjiu.i. ,
divliaon tmmanaer. aiaiur uenerai urn, en-
idorsesmv resismation in substance
I have
three times recommended Col. McRae for pro
motion. -North Carolina has furnished more
troops and has fewer general officers than any
other State. I approve CoL Mcltae 's resigna
tion believing that his self-respect require it."
t .Lieut. General Longstreet and Brig. Gens.
Early and Rhodes, under all of whom I have
served, and all of whom are familiar with my
conduct, have' recommended 'me in terms of
compliment, of which I am justly proud : and
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T. ia not n officf raJ
I division who does not freelv concede to me a
I hardshi. s suffered privations, performed la-
oorexecumarcnesDeen expost-uioperu
loss in a single engagement, while obeying im
mediate orders.' is not surpassed. nroionion
jately. . Y herever it has encamped it has been
remarKea ior its oraeriy ana boneat aeport-
I went. It has constantly received the approval
I ol general' officers for its . promptness and
filJ?;tv ln --.v.d.w ' :r.nr Th-nnh-
I lie journals of the enemys country the diaries
oi prominent omcers touna on oattie neios,
nd private letters of other distinguished tf2csrs
f the army of the enemy, addressed to officers
I AV vri v ivi ivi An r n m r a ma f Kitvnrl dhmi n v a t as
tifDony to ita braTe and gallant condact ia the
Sight., ".' t-.' - '
? So long as it retained thematerial elemchtj
1 nuiuu i uau iuo uuuor.iu lurui iuu iraiu, il
l . A l. .l - l.. m. i.. .t d. . .
I wDich I had the honor to form and tram, it
i never miierea. x . ciaim in some uegree, in?
F wi..r.! k. .
I ' sjwwwvrw ' w kti v a.wja v aw . uuoi vuvu .. lvm iiv
t Stat. Much of the lima I have been in the
service, I have commanded the brigade.: This
was the case in all the hard trials of the retreat
from Manassas in the exposed service in the
I irencnes ai xorsiown.-anu in inai reireai : in
the battles in jra land ands!ncethat penod.
It wofiAh as a r V tiL r.mn ami m that ArAi t ark
At the battle of South Mountain, this brigade,
though isolated from all support,' numbering
scarce a thousand, opposed by a force oi six-i
I teen regiments, having all
ur
nogition ' held iha enemv
in .cnecK ior lour
hours; the fire of one regiment, the 23d, kill-
ing the. commanding General, Reno : that of
another, the 20 lb, killing the enemy's cannon
eers and compelling the -abandonment of his
guns ; whilst & third, :be 13th,- under Lieut.
CoL :Ruffin, , thrice cut its way through the
enemy's lines with desperate determination.
Gen. H.ll, I leern, applauds that fight as one
ot the best of the war
I Yet. on several occasions. I have been com-
pelled to see junior officers promoted over me;
officers who had not and have not yet seen a
Dame, anortiv after the battie t "seven
Piae State brigades were onranized. . Gen
orals Pender and Anderson were promoted and
J8?.10 North Carolina brigades while the
brigade in which I was senior iJolonpL was
assigned to the command of General Garland
or - Virginia. ' I retrained trom resigning then,
laAiiiieA -i. if f Via SmrtAnrlitif I AAnfltto wiinrl
Richmond, yielding to the earnest solicitation
Hill and Garland
Since that time, Gen. Garland has made the
most favorable mention of my conduct, in the
Gfclct arrl Geni-Hilr basT2Treved therecom
ij.r r.. i - i ..;i!. . mt
ucuuauuii iur- ujy uiuuwuuu. iuo nuuuiui-
ment of Brigadier to this command has ji&t
been announced in the person of Col. Alfred
Iverson, of Georgia, - who,- since bis entering
on active service last summer,- has been my
junior in the brigade, and tor the last two
months under my command.' "I could not con-7
sent that a junior officer in my own command
should be promoted to command me, when no
allegation is made of - roy unfitness or un
worthiness. , .
But. severe as is the trespass upon the indi
vidual pride of North Carolina officers - who
have lately been obliged to submit to the pro
motion, in
several instance?, of citizens of
other States,; to the command of brigades ex
dusively North Carolinian, the slur upon the
State is broader, and demands the f resentment
of her sons in the oply mode they; can manifest
it. In the spirit of an earnest protest against
this injustice, individual, and to'my State, I
resign
my commission.
I do not wish, however, to be idle so long as
the footsteps of the invader press our soil. If
your Excellency can make my -services avail
able m any capacity however subordinate, they
are freely tendered in any service -which'will
not subject me to a renewal of wrong.
I have felt bound to communicate to you.
Governor the reasons which have impelled me
to surrender., a commission I especially cher
ished because of the magnanimity accompany
ing its bestowment by your predecessor. Gov.
Ellis. In order to be just td myself. I have
been obliged '.to dwell more upon' the subject
than my- inclinations would' prompt. I shall
very shortly file in the Adj't General's office.
a complete narrative of the part borne by the
5th in the events of the war, together with a
list of its officers and men, the fate "of those
dead, and the whereabouts of the survivors.
- I have the honor to be,' Governor,
Your obt Berv't;
D. K. JJcRAE, Col. 5th N. C.
His Excellency, Z. B. Vanck.
Timoto y TrrcoKB ' alias Doctor Holland.
ei toe oprmgaeia ix.ep'uoi,icartr is- aoven upon
tne sour Rind oi deacons ; be likes a wholes
souled man, and thinks the lugubrious sort of
religionists are a serious injury to the reputa-
tiun ot genuine Cnristiamtyv lie says:
l have seen a deacon in the pride of his
deep humility, tie combed his hair straight,
and -looked studiously after the main chance ;
- m m m -
ana wniie ne mokco-, ne , employed himself, ia
setting a good example. Iis dress was rigidly
plain, , and his wife was not indulged in the
vanities of millinery andruantua-ruaking. Ha
never joked. He did not know what a joke
was, any farther than to know that it was sin.
He carried a Sunday.1 face through "the -week.
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He did not mingle in the happy: social parties
f BIS ,Re SwrD? . . was a Oeacon. lie
is neignoornootv ue was a aeacon.
swvea bis social nature rjecaus he was a
oeacon. uereirainea irom ait participation in
free and generous life because he was a dea-
con. He made his children bate Sundar be
cause be was a deacon, lie so bronht them
up that they. learned to- consider themselves
unfortunate in being tha children of a deacon.
They, were pitied by other children because
they were the children of a dsacon..- .Hiawife
was pitied by other women because she was
the wile ot a deacon. Nobody loved him. If
mto a circls where men wero laush-
teUin stories, they always stopped
until he went out . Nobody-- ever grasped bis
hand cordiallv. or slanned him. on th- shnnMov i
. . . f
as dry and hard and tough as a piece of jerked
7 : i.v.
beet Ice re wa.uo soilness ot characterno
juiciness no loveiiness in him.
"xsow a is ot na use lor me to undertake to
realize to myself tbat God admire such a
character as tli&:'
rirftlsnnlii
nacti nad the ' Currraer.
At this !
ate uav tne press ct uic ctoutn is
d"scuss!;. with much earnestness, the condi
lion cf our il.iancss and Currency. Thesis f jrci
the backbone of a nation r and however flight
luar have been the attention riven to this
rreat iuterest by the Provisional Government,
tt certainly claimed the earliest and matures!
consideration of the first Uonxrexs under the
Permanent GjvernmenU Our experience un
der the Provisional Government ought to have
taught o sotne wholesome lessons, pressed at
we. wjre bjr an exhausting and destruotire war;
but many of the leading statesmen under tbat
government thought that secession .would bt
so peaceable" that we would not need more
than filteeu millions of dollars ; and the first
Congress under tie Permanent Uovernmeot
spent no small portion of its first session in fix
in the salaries for. itself and other . offices of
the government I
The issue of Treasury notes to pay its debt.
is the resort of a wise goVernmen only m an
eiucrsrency, to be succeeded as soon as possi
ble by safer and more stable means to Svcure
its crwdiu To postpone, the necessary provis
ion to give stability to its credit to a period
when the emergency becomes more snJ more
pressing, and when the issue already exceeds
a' wholesome demand for circulation, is to pave
the way to bankruptcy. 1 The neglect of Con
gress at its last session to make this provision,
well nigh prostrates all hope in this respect in
the future.
It is a truism, any where and at all times,
that an excessive circulation of money, or its
assumed representative, always depreciates its
value. The quantity and quality ortne means
of paying for an artiple, will always determine
its value. The. covernroents, therefore, both
State and Conlederatej have, perhapv'unwit
tinel v originated and promoted the spirit ot av
arice and speculation now upon the country,
by their excessive issues ot lreasury notes.
Thev have fed the viper, which now in turn
bit&i and devours those who ffave it birth.
Now. to remed? the evils BroughC upon the
finances and currency of the country, by the
want of wisdom and foresight in toe Congress,
the people are urged to invest their Treasury
notes in Confederate bonds. What is this to
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recentlv. at least, been incurred at the rate of
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I iouruouars ior on lor it is eviucuv vuu
bitant prices for every thing are mainly owing j
to the excessive issue of Treasury notes, and
now, to relieve the currency of this plethora,
iVtnca mnA Ant rf tho ffnvn1niTtftnl
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and the people four dollars where they should
oave. maue uui uiie, aru ihtucu iv iu?rai m
government securities at eight per cent. The
remedy is nearly as bad as the disease ; yet if
the results should be to reduce the circulation
and the future issue of Treasury notes, and
enable the government to meet its obligations,
dutv and patriotism demand the investment.
For it is evident to every one, that so long
as Confederate Treasury notes are worth any
thing. Confederate bonds are worth more.
And is this too much to demand of those who
have their pockets full of Confederate notes?
While thousands of ;bur soldiers are required
to brave Want, and cold, and hunger, and na
kedness, and death, to protect the property
and lives of those who stay at home to specu
late upon the government and 'people, and
while they are receiving for all these sacrifices
only $11 per month, which, at present prices,
is only about $3 per month,1 shall the men of
wealth and property in the land , hesitate to
sustain the governmMttvTfo thtir means T A
short time ago-w"ben Congress was talking ot
making a forced loan out of the income of the
people,' the speculators and monied men- of
the country protested against the ' measure as
extraordinary and oppressive. ; It was. But
does not "every soldiwr in the Confederacy at
this time submit to njorcfd foan of all be bas;
nd his life in the bargainto save the coufitrjlf
and the men of property from ruin ? " IL
The currency will continue to depreciate a
long as ; the govemmcnt continues to issue
Treasury notes t and property will continue to
advance in-price as money depreciates or falls
in value. The only remedy, for the time being,
is to induce the monied men to - invest in Con
federate bonds j but will they doit? We fear J
that many ot tnem wili not in tnis day. as
well as in all other days, as a general rule.
they who have much, want more; and they
who have , little, hnd it difficult to support
themselves, and are growing poorer just in pro
nortidh - as traders. SDeculators. and extortion
prospering ana growing ncn. a tiey
The Condition' f nr Sldlera.
The recent snow no doubt extended through
out the valley of Virginia, where at least one
hundred thousand of our veteran : troops are
already feeling the sure approach of a hard
winter. Many of these veteians are without
shoes, or blankets, or suitable clsthing. The
last Richmond Ditfpateh, gives the following
extract from a . letter written by a- soldier in
Artnistead's brigade :
"We had quite a fall of snow here yesterday.
and it retrained on the ground very well, not
beginning to tbaw. .-. Aly feet are perfectly .na
ked, and 1 have to tramp over tbe lrozen snow
with bits of old blankets lied over them; which
keep constantly coming off. We aren about
marching ; tents are stiuck, baggage, packed,
and we are standing out 'here, waiting for the
order to tall in.
Many of our soldiers in this State are with
out shoes and almost in rags.' An ofSfeerwho
took part in the late conCicta in the eastern
part of this State, told us a day or two since,
that when the order to advance on the enemy
was given, scores of ragged and shoeless vete-
rans responded to tbe order with shouts of en
tbusiasm. and in tneir. bare feet maretied for
snow, six inches deep, to
meet the invader, rte had been- an battie be
fore, hut he was never so roused as he was on
this occasion by the sublime courage of these
barefoot boys. Though humble privates, thev
are really deserving of the chief bono In this
war. i : very nerve should be strained to pro
vide for such men. -. - .,,.-'
The last Richmond iPAf noticing the suf
fering in our 'army,' breaks forth- indignantly
as follows :
A few days ago s scene was witnessed in our
streets which at last aroused tho people to a live
ly sense of the real condition of our soldiers. A
number Of regiments marehed down 9th street.
passing the very door of tho War Department-
titizens standing near -tbere were 410 duals
present they. never are on such occasions saw
with their own eyes what tbe' papers have long
saw rm ruber es voldHira marching barefoot thro
the melting snow.' Nor was this all. They saw
tbem tbmlr tlid.ia ragged and wore out clothes;
some of them without blankets and wMboutnats
This was a spectacle to stir tha pulses even of a
peculator ' ; . . " 1 "
Hat there were some who took good care cot
to witness se disagreeable a sight. At tbe verv
moment t bib barefoot procession, was passing the
War Deparment the President ef the Confeder
ate States, his Secretary cf War, all tbe Cabinet
ofScers,. the Quartermaster General and some
tboasands of able bodied young clerk, were sit
ting by rousing fires, toasting their well-shod
feet and thinking ef anything bat the soldier.
It is not to be expected that stout yotrag. fellows
who sliok into e overniaent drudges in order to
cet out of the army, ahwild . eare much for any-1
bodr but themselve. -It is not to- be expected
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that an admicMtration, no member of wLivh was
ever known to put hi fott. inside cf a hospital,
or to bestow so- much as a plate of soup on a sick
private, orto send one of taeir gorgeou reticle
to bring in the wounded it ia not i be expect.
ed tbat such an adra:nistiaion should cars very
c.ch tit asytMcg kul the sutic; cf as 3-HI 9
Pries r.3 JJ r.rJ. Car r.lliscr.l ejstent ir.ika '
them secuie, in their pLtcs for tlx ymn, and it
i A niartar cf r rofaund iisilTjrence to them wht
happen?, so len? as tUy czts draw their salaries
and reward ll.cir faveritt' with tLa tenors tsd
bounties of GuTernmsut. . '
The above a a sa Jf and, we fear, a true pie.
tpre. Enoeh hides wcro lost cr thrown away
lat year, a Manassas, to haTe furnished shoes
for half our array. We karn froa those who
saw it done, that they were piled by thousands
in the fortifications and covered with dirt Is
there n9 forecasie in tha - government ? . Or
rather is it not true that a majority of thesa
commissioned to purchase shoes and clothing,
are mere partizans appointed because they
were paTtiz ms and unfit for their places ?
We were informed, a week or two since, by an
officer " who visited Tennessee to purchase
leather, that he met there, several Confederate .
Officers, without money, who were offering to
purchase the leather if the manufacturers
would send it to Richmond, and receive their
pay for it there. Of course they got no leather
although there tea enough in that part of Ten
ncssee at the tizae to eaua thousands cl our
troops.
The South had very great resources at the
beginning of this -war, but they have not been'
husbanded and applied as they should hava
been. But for the contributions of the people,
tne condition of our troops would have been
much worse than it is. The main reliance, it
would seem, is still on the pt opia to clothe and
shoe our troops, exhausted as they have been
by former contributions and the general drain
of war. , They will do. their duty,, and if still
greater suffering should be in store for our
brave boys, it cannot be said that the great ;
body of the people are to blame for it. ,
The .Enquirer protests in earnest termd .
against : the aoove article in the Whig espec
ially that portion of it which reflects on tha
President and Secretary of War. It says that
every requisition made from Geh. Lee's army,
for shoes and clothing, has been met. It sajF, -r
"our cotemtorary took counsel of his wrath
instead of his reason.' Raleigh Standard. .
0l Crvaeralkblp.
Hat t eras was lost for the want . of General
ship; Roanoke Island wa3 lost for the want of
troops and ueneralship and riewbern . was
captured for ' the want of Generalship, and
those seven regiments of State troops which
the Conservatives in the Convention endeavor-
ed to raise, but which was prevented by a
partisan administration:
We have the best troops in the world y but
the best troops even, cannot achieve great or
fortunate . results, if they are not well com-;
manded. ' '
; We are glad tn bear tbat Gen. Pettigrew ia
now, in command near Tarborough, ranking
Gen. Martin. Gen. P. is one of the first Gen
erals of his age on the continent - The people,
have confidence in him, and hi men have con .
fidence in biro. We learn, also that Gen.
Evans, of South Carolina, has been ordered' to .
Weldon. He is also an able General. But wo
did think, after the battle, of Cherry Run,
which Gen. Martin fought by himself, white
his troops were fighting the battle of Wash
ington, under his command, that this General,
who, like Job's war-horse. snuffs the battle
from afar,., would not be again placed in su
preme command. If the Yankees were not 1
sorely punished in their late raid on Martin,' '
Edgecombe, and Halifax, the fault must, bo i
imputed to the commanding General, Martin. t
Our troops were not only ready, but burning
for the ; conflict. We say5' what we know.
General Martin is wanting in decision of char-!
acter, intellect, and daring. ,' The Cherry Run
affair, and the recent events below Tarborough, -prove
this. He possesses the confidence of ;
neither the troops nor the people. We .have
no confidence in a General who says " ga
boys,", instead of V come boys." (We rtgret ,
to hare to write in this wav, but our duty to :
the country must be performed.
i Gen. Martin has been acting for some: timo
sj I as Adjutant uenerai of the tiute, ana at tho
same time as a Brigadier under the Confederata
Go7ernmeat We presume be is drawing his
salary in both these, capacities This should
not be allowed. By accepting his Brigadier
ship he vacated his place as Adjutant General.
The latter office is vacant, and it will, therefore,
be the duty of th6 Legislature to fill it -Ha
leigh Standard.-
'- SfiihcrH Priaaer.
The fact has been stated repeatedly that quite
a number of persons, who have been taken pri
soners from our army at different times by thct.
"; "u" eps r paroie i - to re-
ance to the Lincoln government 80 far we hava
seen no notice of more than than two who hailed -from
North Carolina who are said to have taken
the oath, and these, we believe, were not natives .
of the State. .
This matter, it strikes us. has not attracted anf.
ficient public attraction, nor has tbe covernmenl
given it the necessary notice. The North c-loata?
pver this fact, but Southern paper that notice it
deny the, statements nositivel v. instead of at-
temp'ing to account for it
the Richmond Dispatch of the 5th inst state
that about 40 of the Confederate soldiers tooltf '
the oath at Washington, and gives the names of
a number from Virginia. It does not sav what
relative proportion the 49 bora to the whole num
ber of tbe prisoners alluded to, and tbe reader is
left to iufer that of the 169 prisoners from Fort
MeHenry and the Old Capitol prison at Wash
ington, 149 were exchanged and returned to Va
rina last week, aud 40 took the oath . , .1
It the number of deserters to Li 11 coin ism bar
in that proportion generally, ft becomes a matter
for serious consideration. The Yankee accounts
worn time ago state that of the prisonors can.
jath
tured at Fort Donelson, 1.000 of them took the
We never credited this ; and yet we begin
to fear that the number was larger than we werer
illu g to believe, ' -
What ia the explanation of this ? Are not too
many native Northern men and foreigners : hired
as snbstitites by Southern men. often violent se
cessionists, who were going to fight like t'laze
before tbe war came on, bnt who would pay half
thay have made by a-pecalation before they will
risk-their carcases, is the, war T. Hava net. tocr .
many, who are not natives of the South, been pre- '
ferred for efSce. or rushed into the army. In order
to keep atroag secessionists at home ? : Or hava
our people become so tired of fighting that they -will
risk expatriation from home and eternal ig
nominy, rather than come back to the South ta
fight ? . We will net believe this cf any trca !
man, North or Coatfw But why dewe b&srotsxr
tew irortbern soiJors, m tfr tboasands who
have been captured bv us. willing to star South
and help us bghtf - Do our men desert us be- - '
cause they are fed and .vcIothed and treated sovj
badly I, Let the matter be looked into ; ita in
portance demand it. RaUxgh Standard. - -
Ttt riOHBtain XSrajton.
An observing and intelligent friend in ono of .
the upper Counties in this State, cites tha-;
following account of tbe crops, . in that .,
region. We tear it is a correct picture of tha
entire We&tcrn Counties;
One word about crops, meat andT clothing''
Our, people can do little or noth:r.for the
army outside of their own relations. All that
can, will clothe their near relatives in the army :
Out most of our wires need what they have --
Jeff, 'Laving Spared all t'rey coufJ last ye sr.
The material to make more cannot be had -
Hundreds and thousands are suCcrin-r for
clothing and shoes, with the worst crop3 tWr
known in , this country. The truth id if wa'
can can live ibrouh the year en what we hava ,
rnada tn c&t ami 'hd. will tin Kfn tv,.n
most of us think : whilst tTxnse left
.'W .. W WVW. Uttl
behind
after conscription is fully enforced.
cannot
possibly support the women
tbo countiy. lien err; ber, we have- very, few.
negroes in this mountain country, and ncrs.. '
destitution in everything, io wear than I fcavs
re? stn-bsfo're." IL'aUijk jm;, '
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