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. TYe call Attention to a very intcrsst Ing communication in another column which appeared in 'tho Raleigh (N. C.) illandcrd on the 12th ult., and also In the Richmond jEhguirer. It not only ihow3 how tho North is making money out of tho war, but that all partie3 are becoming more firmly united against the rebellion. On the i whole.it is about us good a Union argument as we could tlesire to see In such influential papers. The "Raleigh Daily State Journal is the title of a new paper recently ttarted at Raleigh. T. Loring, Esq., has, retired from tlie Ooldsboro Tribune on account of ill health. Griffith; .Brockett and Rich- trdion keep up the publication, "Tell me, angelic hosts ! ye messen rers of lore, shall Bwindled printers here below Jiave no redress aoove I The shining angel band replied to us is knowledge given : delinquents oft the printers, books .can never enter heaven." , - Lieutenant Commanding Hilton Paxton has been detached from the command of the Connecticut, and or dered to the command of the gunboat Ifcnobscot off Wilmington. We learn from the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail;, of Nov. 6th, that corn lneal is selling in that city at $1 40 per bushel; Flour, good brands, at about $-40 00 per barrel. The Greensborough Patriot 6ays, that the travel from Greensborough to Danville now requires two four-horse coaches daily. Messrs. Harvey and Simmons have purchased the lines from Danville to Greensborough and from Danville to Company Shops, from Mr. G. D. Moore. At a meeting of the stockholders of tho Wilmington and JRutherfordton Kail Road on the 22d ult, Lincolnton, H. W. Guion, Esq., -toas re-elected President The road is completed 10 miles beyond Lincolnton and graded to Shelby., On the lower end it is completed from Wilmington to within 12 1-2 miles of Rockingham, Rich mond county. Within a year the principal bank of Capo' Fear at ,Wilmington,-haloeitp' by death. V ' The Salisbury Watchman says, "that one of the most valuable machine shops in the Confederacy is going to waste in that placo for want of an en terprising owner. Why do not the speculators buy it and set it a going? They might do some good for the coun try in that way." Tho City Council of Macon, Ga., has tendered to the Confederate Gov ernment thirty acres of land within the corporate limits of the city, for the erection of - a " Confederate : States Armory. Tlie tender has beeu accept ed by the ; rebel Government and the land ordered ? to be survey cd : . . -,- . "' " V "I1 " " 1 " -.. . t Beauregard Complains that his hands have been tieds'31iey should be. And so should his neck : 3vo hard frosts having taken place in Wilmington last week, the epidemic in that desolated city may be regard ed a3 at an end. P. Bynum, 2d N. C. State Troops, has been promoted to be : Colonel of this rcglmentj in place of Col. Tew, killed in the battle at Sharpsbttrg, and Maj. W. R. Cox to be Lieutenant Colonel in place of Lieut Col Bynum ' Factors In New York now quote their coals at $7,&0a8,00 per ton 5. but tlie poor, who are obliged to procure it at retail by tho pail fnll, pay from $10 to $12 per ton. --They . pay ten cents a pail for it at every grocery- three cents more than its price a short timoEgo, , Tho rebel Postmaster General has established a Post Office at Vance Hill, la Wake county, and appointed James Hunnccut. Postmaster. Tho" Ratelgh Standard says that "W learn that Messrs. E. Wilkes & Co., th8 contractors for the construc tion of the Piedmont Railroad, are pushing ahead the work rapidly. From present indications in the movements of the enemy, wo fear it will not be completed soon enough." A, rsbel paper says that our Graces-5 borough friends, it 'appears, are a good deal frustrated for the want of gas. Where i3 Jeff. Davis ? The city council Lynchburg, has ap propriated $1500 to provide fuel for tlie poor of that city during the com ing winter. ; Georgia; Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabam&Jhave salt works inrYir" giuia, -which - ;" turning out ' over twelve or fifteen hundred bushel3 of salt per day, besides a few private works from each. AH the public and private works In Washington and Smythe counties, Va., together with the works of Messrs. Stuart, Buchanr an & Co., to turn out daily -7000 bnsbels. - v Daniel Webster penned the follow ing sentiments: "If we work upon marble it will perish ; if we work upon brass time .wills effect it ; if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust ; but if we work upon ; our immortal minds--if wo imbne them with r prin ciples,' with thetist fear . of God: and of our fellow men -we engrave on these tablets something which will brighten to all eternity." On Sunday evening last, Conductor Blunt, ran a train of 31 cars, contain ing over 2000 soldiers from Morehead City to this city, a. distance of 30 miles in one hour and forty-five minutes But one engine was used the Chief and she was run by Wm. Lewis This, considering the circumstances, was quite an achievement, and one of which the managers of the Military Railroad may well feel proud. On the 20th of November, Lieut. Wood, of the 27th Mass. Reg., with a squad of 2b men, started out from Plymouth, N. C, on a scouting expe dition. He proceeded up the Roanoke river about thirteen miles, near Gard ner's Branch, where he got into the rear of the rebel picketspvho were in a church, and surrounded them, when they surrendered. They were 20 in number, and Were greatly chagrined to find themselves outwitted wby, so small a band, and concluded that it was another "Yankee Trick." J3gTThe Free Labor Association, at Beaufort have elected Abram Con glet on, President, and Samuel Babbit Secretary.- . ' ISWe are indebted to Capt Bow en, U, S. Quartermaster at Morehead City, for the Baltimore Sun, of the 20th. 2 1 .1 1 . 1 I,.-;' " :. j -; i C"The . steamer Eastern State ar rived at Beaufort, on Wednesday, with Northern papers of Nov. 29th. 25? We tender our thanks to Thos Atkins, Esq., for files of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore papers to the 1st inst; also to Mr. Carpenter, agent of the Associated Press and W C. Hamilton & Co., for similar favors Catrlbtatia rr the liIliera. iK Surely never were people so stirred to thj very depths ; of their hearts as " the people of North Carolina hare been by Gov. Vance's Ap peal for relief to our gallant solUers. We hear on all bands of a spontaneous movement of men, - women and children, all anxious to contribute something and bringing their gifts to the altar of their country. In duo time we shall have the proper acknowledgments of most of these gifts. On Friday last a lady from Robespn coutity was in town with same tfeans of het own weaving, which Uo! Pemberton desired td pur chase for the State. The article was selling in the streets on that day at $8 a yard; The lady said she had rio son in the army, but wished to contribute something for the relief of Other people's sons, and the State should have the Jeans at $L75 a yard Of course it was gladly purchased: ; ? Col; P. 'informs us that the Captait in todk's Creek District has already brought to him SO blankets and duilis, besides socks and other articles. One of the blankets; he say& is well worth $15. , . . ; , lie assures us that bis subaltern .officers have entered heartily into the work of canvas sing their Uistncts and collecting such Useful articles oi clothing as. the people are ready to contribute. They are thus making their ex emotion doubly useful td the cacaa.a-'-iliyeiJs- 1 Ftnsut i-r-Brig. Genl itobert Toombs of ttie army has publicly denounced. H&j. Gen. Din iel H. "IIilV-alst of the army, as "a coward and a Uartn This is a good joke I Gen. Daniel II. Hill Bethel Bill a coward t Daniel II. Hiiy the Presbyterian Elder wbdse piety has been bitbeTto unimpeaeHed a liari And all because the said Gen.-Hill declared that in his opinion Toombs "bad taken the field too late and leftjt too early, at the battle of Malvern Hill and because when Toombs challenged Elder II iir to fight him a duel therefor. Elder Hill replied - that "he would not make himself a party to a course of conduct alike , forbidden by duty and the laws which they had both sworn to observe.' If either of the two Generals be 1i coward and a liar,M which we will not pretend to say, the public can scarcely be at a loss to decide which is 1 be man. Fayettetille Vlserter KSyA piagraph is going the round 3 cf the French papers which sets forth that .n: In ventor in Connecticut has constructed an om nibas of indta rubber in such a way that there will always be room for another passenger, even when it is full. The idea is good, but tka jefcf is an c!4 cn 2V tfo Editor of tk Richmond Enquirer: ; GssTtEaiES: At my request the Rev. B J, Graven who very recently returned from the North, drew hasty sketch of his imprcs sions, which, I hope you will give . to your readers. His impressiens, you will sec, are very different from those expressed in your issue of the 1 1 th insL, and, I apprehend, much more correct. I need not say it is very important last our people have just views 0 the purposes of oUr enemies. The writer of the article on the 11th. it seems to me-. Would lull the South into a false and dlngefous se curity.- At all events, let both sides be frrpre- senteov' - -Very respectfully, c 7 A ttmms llfcr in Erpeet ' GESTLEMfex : Having lust returned from six weeks sojourn in tho United States, per mit me to give, to the public, ) through your columns, the information I obtained respect tog tnia warand on which mv conviction is based that it is to be a very long one. I shal state tne substance or what 1 learned in mew York, during a stay of three weeks, from mer chants, bankers, and lawvers. m recard to public sentiment throughout the entire North. And this is it: 1 be whole North is prospenn growing rich, in consequence of the war. The commercial and manufacturing interests of the North-Eastern States are now- more nourish ids than ever before. - Everything made . finds a ready market, , The North-west finds it more profitable to convert its immense Quantities of erain : into beef and pork, and forward these to the East era ports for shipment to Europe, than it was formerly to dispose of them in the markets of the South-West. Consequen :ly, the port of cw xors. aione, nas exported aanng tne nrst eight months of the present year , $31,000,000 worth more than in any whole year , of the preceeding five. . They point to. their large and increasing imports as an evidence oulhetr growing prosperity. Thus, while the staples of the distant West must now be carried East for shipment, instead of sending them down the Mississippi, the products of other coun tries are carried back to them by the same routes, furnishing employment to every spe cies of transportation and to thousands of men And thus the West empties itself Eastward, and in turn, it is supplied from that -quarter. The two sections in this way aid each other. The. prosperity of the United States this day is universale There is another bend that keeps them united against us. Even if the West were suffering in a commercial point of view, it now contains the throne of abofUionism and ftfoUnd this the entire people rally, . Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut are not more hostile to our institutions than Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The conflict of political parties now waging in the State of New York, and which we unduly magnify and hope may. be of benent to us, really amounts to nothing so far as ending the war in concerned. This strife is like a quarrel of two domestic dees for a bone t if a strange dog attempts to take it, they forget their quarrel and unite to drive him off. Horatio Seymour, the Democratic candidate said, in a late convention ot bis party at Albany, that though, as Democrats, they differed from the Administration in many things, still they were for prosecuting this war, until the Con stitution is established over, the Rebel States. Daniel S." Dickenson, the high priest of De mocracy id that btate, warmly advocates tho same cause. However much, therefore, political parties differ among "themselves, they are all united against us. Trw there is no hope now ex pressed of bringing us baok to the Union. Not word is said of restoring tha Union as it was." i All - parties are now bent on estab lishing-one government over the whole terri tory of what was once the United States, kUr that S oeccrnmeut U t l Th Northern people '- do not desire a republican government for themselves, if we can fly off aud setup an independent one by their side. -br other States may : do so in the future 1 and what, they say, is to become of the country f VV e suoHld be like tne tier man or Mexican States, constantly on the market for the high est bidder. Against tbis they are determined to guard, and for tbis result they are now contending to have one government, of one kiadt for the entire country. They declare themselves willing to come out of this war under the vilest despotism ever known on earth, provided ; that prevail over : the whole land.; That we should establish a government at their side, with slavery at its base, is a thing they are resolved shall never take place, and that six millions of people, shut in from the world and with very limited resources, should be able to do it against twenty millions; "pos sessing immense, wealth and strengthened by -a .".- rj -e . . tne contrioutions 01 me wona, tney say, is simply absurd If they have the ,men and means, this is .one thing that shall never be. They! begin to look on a republican govern ment as not desirable. It is not ttrong enough. Tbey are madly bent on their own ruin, if that be necessary, to effect ours. The debt now ac cumulating they, look on as a great blessinjr 1 for as . it , is due to themselves, it will attach the people to the govern metitj whatever form that it is , to have, when the war is over. Should it be repudiated, which they do not much dread, this repudiation will involve them in no troubles with foreign powers It will be only an individual and domestic loss. ' With gold chough to manage foreign indebtedness, unbounded confidence is given to government money and securities In nor instance are bonds below parf any fluctuation that occurs is al ways above that figure; and the government currency, the demand note, or " Green Back," sells readily at from 7 to 8 per cent, premium in exchange' for State bank notes, No nation has yet failed to prosecute a war for the want of money, and they Will not be the first td set the example. ) Engt avers and printing presses can manufacture the article, Congress attaches art excbajigeablaX value to it, and the people receive it glauly. --;v Another point. . . They' have htfw discovered that the Rebellion" is a serious thlng-one not to be trifled with but they have not yet everted their strength to suppress iU They confess that they have been hitherto Unpre pared to meet it successfully. ;But the time is coming. Their people are slow to move much slower than we but now they are rousing, and when they do take holaV it will be with bull dog obstinacy. When the time eotnes to execute the ''emancipation proclamation' they will have fifteen new ; war vessels of the most formidable' character Completed and ; oh oar waters, in addition to to their present navy ; they will have a million of disciplined, wll armed troops in the fields and if the rebellion thett holds out tbey Are to enact such a seeho In these rebelliou3 states," as the world nev er saw. - No age or sex is Us be spared from death or dishonor.- Meanwhile they are keep ing us off their territory, defending their capi tal, and gradually cutting up the best army we can ever put into the field,- while forcing hS in this condition; to exhaust our resources. But their real strength .is yet to be put forth, and the time for the exertion of it is drawing near. Their best fighting material is yet : to take the field; and to it men are flocking by thousands from city,- town, and country. Neither the government nor the people have been in the least disheartened by recent re verses; . They . do not regard the battle of Sharpsburg as a defeat to their arms. They have kept our army out of their capital, made it necessary for us to fail back on our own tsrritory, and that is all they expect to do for th present, A drawn battle ia front of Eicb raond, lcavtrj it still ia on? possession, would be claimed as a victory by us and very justly fco. This is prcciaely the light in which the Northern mind views th$ battle of Antietam. The roeoiced Washington is theirs stilL Bat, even if that last battle were admitted by them to bo a defeat, they have received - it, as they would Just now more ..ones, with stoical com posure. Defeats they do expect and many of them ; but meanwhile, preparations are goln on, that will render defeat, to their opinion, l)r ti present we may outnumber them ; but Europe, w swelling their ranks by the ship load, the country is now pouring forth hr thousand, aud these are ouly forwarded in sufficient nam bers to defend the capital, hold strong positions and menace as at vainerabh points, and keep us pent up within our on Hmits.:' Meanwhile the shipyards are all astir ; the camps of instruction in every Northern State are crowding ; the dread artillery ot deAth preparing, and men training for 111 use. 7e srat of this war is $ to tome, and the spring wilt probably bring It to our doors, It will not come before, for the Northern army will not be ready sooner. When Lincoln's proclamation goes into effect, pr Very soon after, when an army can move by land, we' may, ex pect an opportunity to be given 'for exerting greater strength than we have yet p&t forth. Shall we be able to make a successful res is tance f What man. true to the booth, doubts this f This granted, thenar will not end in a few months, nor m a few ytariv A defeat to the Northern army even In the great proportions it is to assume will not caaso a people to desist from this wAr who are madly bent on their own .overthrow, if it be necessary to effect our ruin. The resources which God has entrusted to us, and the spirit which animates our people will not allow them tamely to submit and gire op all for lost, evtn if we should be worsted in the ter rible co'ufiict to hlch the opening spring w ill call oorarmv. aMKij A ; The above is an embodiment of facts From ob sertatiott and information derived: from leading men At the North. I have credibly 'stated how the people, as a whole, think and talk, aad how they intsnd to 4cL I am cobfident it will be for our interest, as a people determined lo be free, to shape our conduct in view of what I have writ ten above, for therein is expressed, though dis connectedly, the,; sentiments which the whole Northern people cherish, and their purposes against us. Permit tne add a few words of earn est warning to our people. Do not listen to see ond hand reports, nacratmg the words of some aspirin? ' but disappointed Federal" officer . and underling, who says thit tbis war must soon ter- minaie, eecnase ns urea ot it, - . Do not think that the Northern government or people is . becoming more amiable towards us. because the - regulars. " who fisht onlv for oav. are uot abusive of the Sou:h. Give no heed to what a hungry, shiverinz pick et calls out across the Potomac, when be sars. McClellanV army will fight no more I " The fellow has only lost At nerve, and needr a warm meal or a drink of liquor to change, his opinion. Do not lock for a fioaucial break dowu at the North when the government is manufacturing its own money, end it sells at a premium : over the money of other corporations when crovernment securities are greedily bought up by bankers aud brokers at a ngure mttcn above par. - Surely this is not withholding confidence from the govtrnment.: v;:m vs.-: Do not fancy that ' oar independence is to be secured as a result of the wnr of political parties at the North. .There is no strife so hot, no differ enee so great ' between them, as to keep them' from harmony in action to effect our subjugation. Let ns frankly own that the worst is preparing for us. and resolutely prepare to meet it. In the lull of 4he storm that now exists, and may contin for months to come, if we permit it, let us cot fancy that the Northern army is idle end listless, or that preparations for . cur ruin have come to a perpetual end.' They are surely going on inrsi lence, and, though not much to he dreaded 'on this account) yet our da ty is to make the best preparation we can td ward off the destruction that is preparing for ns,::, : ' . ' ' ' - " : ' If McClellau does not march on Richmond with his present army,' one is in training that must surely be met moving. in that direction fcoi oaw4iMrt0ivI .am oonadent tho Nwrtbwn people would rather see Wasbinirton, lialtimore aud Philadelphia in ' our possession than that they should fail to capture our capital. If we be wise, in peace to prepare for war, surely it will be the part of wisdom in us to profit by this ces sation of hostilities, in making efficient prepara tion tor tne day w ben they shall burst upon us with augmented fury iSvery man should new seek to know his duty, and with a bravo heart perform it, not wait jii? for his neighbor. Thus acting, and in humble dependence on Him who breaketn the bow and cutteth the spear ia sun der, . aud t burneth the chariot: in the fire, and maketh wars to cease unto the end ef the earth," though this war may be a long one we shall have cause to praise JtJim for its usee. . . . The Crisis. At other periods of the war the -Southern mind has felt the pressure of the sitnation most Bcrieusfy'i but the valor of our troops And the determination of the people to sustain them, have removed the cloud ever and anon, and victory crowned our efforts. At no time have we regarded the war as a small matter. Ilea- sonjng from facts, we have been confident that the aecoQpushment of the ends and aims of the South could only be effected by the most consummate wisdom and prudence in the man agement of our affairs, the highest skill on the part of our commanders the most unflinching and superhuman valor and determination of our troops, and by tile most UttselHsh- and overflowing benevolence and patriotism of our people. ' Of the skill of many of our generals and the valor of our men, the world scarcely produces a parallel; Neither the government nor the people have lacked the will to do, but the manner in which bur affairs have been oon ducked, has not always indicated such wisdom and forecast as the case demanded. ' 1 - The crisis in this war for weal or wbe to the South is evidently approachidg.- -; No earthly doubt can exist in any mind of the purpose of the North to subjugate " dur people, destroy sla very root add -branch, and ; to beggar the Sbuih, if its myriads of soldiers, unmense army and naval resources, and its hellish hate can accomplisb'it; At all points- East and W est, North and South our brave troops must bare their bosoms td at least three or four times their number. V The North has prdven its disposition and its ability to fight,' yet it must be admitted that in no instance have they. shown themselves oiir equals, with equal num bers, except when our men have been led by blundering commanders. , , We can whtp tne , Yankee's in equal or Superier numbers,- all things else being equal ; but that is quite a different thing to whipping the North intd peace- with us,1 and an ac knowledgement of our rights. With a power whieh can raise 400,000 ; mert and clothe and- eed them with tftore ease than wet can lyr" 000, it is a Herculean task to cope. Yet it can be .done, if added to - wisdom in .'.coaacil, unprecedented valor and a . united heart and hpurpose rroviuence ngnis tor us. uou nas most clearly and marveuousiy -sustained our army . in many insiances, but that God is wholly en our side and fights for us always, who can pYove ?i" Were we alibayi irt the right --were the Authorities always wise and true men-were our commapders ja pure men did not extortion, and speculation) and crime, and high handed wickedness fill the land, then mignt we ctaim viou iu ob ai ways on our siue. But what is ; the case T - Injustice,- selfishness, unholy ambition, intemperance, profanity, lust, and the vilest spirit of extortion and avarice which ever j disgraced people, fill the land. The North ia no better, indeed, may be a thousand fold worse What then? Can God be always on either side? May He cot have eft both Kortu and bouth to tne - control of Satan and their own passions, to be a mutual scourge and a curse to each other 1 1Vfbo can tell s Jiatei'jn x uyns sam ... . A4vce ef Yankee TrgegSs ittte.tbih Ktatc Wehear tiiany rumors, but nothing very fiednite. up to the time of sroiig to prcsi. in relation to the advance of the enemy's forces, into the interior, towards the Wilmington and WeldanKoad. . - A - m X . There is no doubt cf the fact that some six regiments, with artillery, crossed Swift Creek some days since, on the north side of Neuse riven What point they were making for - is &ol known. It tf&rUlh In it some of the ene my's steamers passed up Tar river on Sunday, last, neatly if not quite to Greenville, shelling the country as they advanced. Tins may have .been intended to divert attention from tho. ad vance oh 'Weldon. . i,-";4 - It is reported that a conflict toon place on Monday last near Hamilton, oa the Roanoke between three regiments of the enemy, with some cavalry and artillery, and a portion o the 26thi under Coh Burgwyn. It is said that we lost ten killed and thirty wounded, and that out forces bad fallen back to within ; a few miles of Tarborough. We have various re ports as to the strength of the enemy, one be ing mat tbey nave ten.tnousand troops near Hamilton, with forty pieces of artillery. We have conversed with ft friend who - left Fly mouth on Saturday last. Who informs us that he saw unmistakable Indications of an advance by the enemy up Roanoke river. A day of two since we had not nine than tour thousand effective troops in that p&rto the State: but reinforcements have been sent forward from Petersburg to the scene of hos tilitics.' 5 Gov, Vance left this City, with Gen. Itartin,' on Monday last, for ;Twborough. a uen. liar tin is said to be in command of our troops. ; iThcre are many humors in circulation 4 that we do not repeat, but we will give what intek ligence we may receive that wa may deem at all reliable, up to the last moment before going to press. - . t We have constantly warned out people for months, of the . impending dange td our Bas tern Counties, and urged them to remove their slaves, teUA a sufficiency tf merit and bread Jor thetr tupport. JJut the storm so long gathering is now upou them, and we fear that not only great suffering - will, ensue, but that millions of property will be destro'ed The government, too, at Richmond is deeply inter' ested in the movement, which no doubt has the cutting of our-Railroads at Weldon for its objecLc If the government-would not be cut off from North Carolina, and particularly from ail the Southern" Atlantic States, and indeed entirely cut off from them, With the exception of the means of transportation furnished by the Danville Road and the East Tennessee and Virginia Road, it must rouse itself to the dan gers that threaten it, and make the necessary. efforts to drive baclc,, the enemy to his gun boats. The main hope, if not the only hope which we have that Eastern Carolina will be rescued from the grasp of the enemy, is in fact that the ' government at Richmond twill find itself isolated from the Southern. Atlantic States, unless it should make vigorous efforts to save the Railroads at Weldon. In other words, the necessities of that government, which has so long neglected our State, win. we trust, lead to such measures as will relieve Eastern Carolina of the presence of the enemy. . ; ', z,r-h "S?--"'-- P. S Since the above was : put - in type, we learn from a reliable source from Tarboro the following versidn of the above rumors : ? It appeaia that three companies of the 2Gth N C. Regiment had been sent down below Hamil ton WiUiamsto", as other forces had been sent to other points, to enable bur people to remove their negroes and otha moveable property from beyond the enemy's lines. y Many , were availing them selves of this arrangement, and Were removiri large numbers of blatJhs. The Yankees hearing of this, determined to prevent it, if possible, and hence moved a force in the direction - of Hamil ton. orWHHauiston-i' i?t?T".'-Z ? v Col, Burgwyn, with his small force, determin ed to arrest their progress, and . heneo attacked them, keeping in check a very superior force of the enemy nntil re-inforced. when he determine ed to fall back to a better position,' ; The rumors abo it the landing of the enemy in Bertio and on Tar river, and of his ia tended advance Upon Tarboro. Were believed to be premature. - We hope that the rumored destruction of property at Hamilton, by tne enemy, is also magmned or unfounded. Raleigh roper. Still Further. At the last moment We learn from an entirely reliable source that the Yankees went up the Roanoke river in their gunboats, on Wednesday Inst, and landed in for ee. near Pal myra, Halifax county. This place ia Only 25 or 30 miles from Weldon.' ,::.,-,: ; vV;A -H Uen. rettisrrew is said to be , in command at Weldon with a good force. If so, we have good hope of success, Raleigh paper, 1 2th.' Ma. Editor : T desire to propound a few questions, which I hope your position as a public journalist will enable yon to answer. -. v st What ratio of the white population of the States was called for by the Confederate Govern ment, to fill up the army f 2d lias not North Carolina furnished more than her quota f 3d If so, what justice is there in calling for more, nntil all the States have furnished the same proportion of troops I 4th Does. not' the conscript law al low the men to choose their regiment and com pany, when not fell f 6th If So; What right had the Commandant at Statesviile to refuse thit pri vilege which he did T 6th Did not the con script law contemplate only keeping the regi ments then in the field, full.f If so", what light bad the Secretary of War to authorize the organ ization of a new regiment if not twoegiments) at Salisbury out of conscripts already enrolled as such 1 If satisfactory Answers can be given to these queries, it Will oblige," ? l a - ONE OF THE PEOPLE. September? 1852. : pH: : " x , We Are not able to answer air the questions propounded by Our Correspondent. A as I - We do not know whether North Carolina furnished more than her quota or not. She. fiftv-nine regiments; which contained originally not less than fifty -five thousand men. JShe has probably now in the field, forty thousand eflve tive fightinjr men, leaving out thousiUds cf sick and wounded. Our regiments have been greatly thinned By battles and diseasedThey have been in greater or less numbers, inyall the battles, and their losses have been very heavy not less in all, prebablyf by diseas4Uid battle, than fifteen thousand. - ," "-; y-' - '.' It wai estitiJatedwhen the conscript law-was puffed, that it would raise seven ; hundred thou sand men- W think it probable that the . Con federate States' have now 1 id service, or on ' the rolls, abcTit four hundred "thousanC. of whom three .hundred aud fifty thousand are effective tijrHinjr men. Tbey are Nearly ill veterans, and so aid meet and vanquish six hundred thousand of the enemy- ' - --i v- - a ns voaasript law tuns mow iob men io cnoose their own companies and regiments, and. under Gov. yance an order has been made to that effect. The conscript law wa intended to fill up the regiments, as well tL3 to keep the twelve months' regiments in the aerviCeJ We koOW of no law by whieh the Secretary of War was authorised to form new regiments in thi State, bdt it Is to be presumed that he acted under some law tin the subject. Raleigh Standard: r - " " ! . .. ,i i.i . .rr.i.i'i - vy-;,-v'f? ' y ; IlAEi FilBE Some of the bread served out at the hospitals and prisons of Richmond is in deed hard fare, the biscuits being of about the length and breadth of a half btick, wuh little more substance in them. 1 hey .defy the as sanlts of the strongest teeth; are generally burnt' half through,- are . indigestible when eaten, and sour to the taste. The wof m has invaded much of the bread.? That there are either great frauds, or great carelessness in the Commissary Departments is undeniable. . If such bread as is furnished the prisons is a sam ple of that furnished the army, our soldiers i us t have a hard Umc cf it wdsLEichmond ExamintTi - , . - . V. " ; . : w- , - . S a mooting cf rclc!3 licU I'.t CL.rs vi lie, oil tho 25th of October. ESir.i; in a portion of - tho Depr.rtmcnt bcr dcring on our liscs, it will bp tz::l vhli interest. Tho coolnc.3 of tlio r.iUr.;..! is most mnsir:j, in ase'ertin that tho Union Arrnins eninn tn . pxpI t.linrit ffrtm fl frt1 Vli,n tf f!'il W wW UVi . ... V MW1I ; 4 if Aw If Vr . i - V if- ' :-Tr'--:. ' X ' m- - K'' : .. knotra fact, that tho army throws tho -tEgis of protection over all whore main With their, estates, anil cvlndo their loyalty by condacting themselves a3 loyal tnen should.. I r rvm j e timet g oraira.j - JcctlJi of the C3:Ucii of Httrtla ; Halifax, EJcrilc und Iortli . ncipton Counties. - - At a meeting: of the citizens of tie aboro named counties, which was held at Clark. ville, Halifax county, on Saturday, the 23th October, 1853, it was - , . , -JSesotted thiX Hve hundred copkscf art -.Act to authorise the lormatien of OoEnpanicj for Local Defence be printed and distributed throughout the CcoUnties of Warren, ; Martin Halifax, Bertie and Northampton, and" that . cojntnittee of three be appointed, - who shall issue an address to be published with the Eai'i act, calling the attention of citizens theretoj and urging upon them the formation of such, commauds for home defence and County Po licey :0'i?ZyX''-v ; TJ-VU cf dahc6''il undersigned, wh wcrd appointed a cotalnittc for the purpose, respectfully present to their" Hjllow-cuiaens the act and address following I AS ACT TO AUTOORISB TOE fORJT ATIOK OF YOti- trXTKEB COXrAN'lESTOK LOCAI. PKFKJtCE. The Contirtto'of, thColfidUtAttM tf America do enact, That for; the purpose cf" local defence in any portion of. the OonfoderaU States, any number of. iJersons, not less than twenty, who are over the?age of fortyB years, or otherwise not liable to military dutj may associate themselves as a niilitary com pany, elect their own officers," and establish rules and regulations far their own govern ment, aild shall be considered as belonging ta the 'Provisional Army of the Confederate States, serving without pay or allowances, and entitled, when captured by the enemy, to all the pnviIeECS..of prisoners of war : ; .Provided That such company shall, as soon as practica ble, transmit their muster roll, or a list cf thu names cf the officers and privates thereof- id the Governor of the State the Commanding General of the' Department, or any; Brigadier. General in the State or Confederate service, to be forwarded te the Secretary of Wart btfl the President or the commander of the military district may at any time,! disband such com panies ; Provided, That in the States and dis iriccs in wnicn tne acs enuuea An act to further provide for the - public defence," ap proved April 16th, 1862, and the acts amenda tory thereof have been suspended, persons cf any age, resident within auch States or districts may volunteer and form part of such companiett so long as such suspension may continue i Provided, That no person shall become member or sftid company until ho shall ha?ef first taken the oath of alhgiance to the Con- federate States of America in writine, a copy w. M..a WWW.. WW MAW " V tUV W4W,.ft WM W said company as above prescribed. ? . iT Annrovt d Oct. IS lRfiSl..- . . .. - T fUe CiiixnM ftr wrra, sTalifax, ITIare ila, ; JVrihaitltai,' mm Osr(i Cenatie . FelioiS CitltenotThti coun ties Which yoa owrrand occupy as your homes,- form the mar gin of the most fertile portion of the Valley of the Roanoke. These homes, so dear toyoU a ruthless and insolent foe, jnstigatcd. by the lust of rapine and plunder, seeks to wrest from you. With all the means and appliances? which art or wealth can furnish, tbey now make preparation to invade your soil and drive1 - you from the homes inherited from your fa thers, by the violent enforcement of their acts of confiscation to deprive you of, the fruit of long years 'of toil and indubtry to expel yout from the land made sacred ' by the graves of your dricestors to , proclaim unlicensed free dom to your slaves and thus turn these inno cent dwellers in your Leaseholds into savagoT and ruthless instruments of your destruction Already, by the occupation of Plymouth, ucr they stand, as it were, upon the threshold of your aoors. , javen now do they thuaacr as yoUr gates. Already have you heard the boom of their arliller) and soon, perhaps, : may see the elcaming of their bayonets and the sashins of their guns, as they attempt the ascent of tho river. Will you stand unmoved 1 Will yoti suninelv rest at home whilst they cc-mei . witli I isolent and fell desiirnf to overrun;' drive Ut and destroy ? Will ytu plead exemption, age or suosiuuves in ueietise oi your uoiovm s no you will meet them as freehien should meeu. their foes face w face ana toot . to. loot you Will stand and strike for your homes and fcf therlsnd Strike for vbur i tdves and children'. strike for your home and ' the precious boors, of freedom. ' -.y.-J -: v: Bally, then, feiloW .citlsens, and to the rescue i Arise, O countrymen 1 and meet this hour of your . peril with cairn and steadfast hearU, with earnest and determined wills. Organize companies, forni yonrseires into aumonaea, psnus, uerpieu w ur ; defensro of your Monies to tne; maintenance Of. your ngbts -anu property to tne preservation et Order to tbe destruction ana exfermrusiiou ptt the IbVader. Form yourselves into COnopsn-: i as under th above recited act of; our Congress for local defence. Elect" officers, good and true ? who Will leftd you in the path of honor ana auty Tis no bolidav car ad e to whieh yett are - sunor . HnnA tki th wnrlrLKA. earnest Work cf-mell . J .11 : inroii; men, y oar names ,wwu. sn those who have been : appointed t$r the purposal prepare yourselves for the encounter which may seen come stand reaoy to si rise wiw crava hrf und hold hands, till the Inst armed faft H driven ignominiously fromthe land rand in after times, whn peace shall again smile upon ,tho; country, and posterity vudt tour hearths, you and. your children will toitf wit honest - pride to thtf ; recollection of that. day when ytt atood forth at your country's "call,, ready do sll which be comes brave men tn tfie "defence -of country and home. RIGHAKD H. SMITIf, ; . , E0W'I CONIGLAKD 1 --3 ' yid n lW-rVia PS , i ljilothr$ must often leanT-ori GodK pfomii in faith that their ' children will be- reached ,by pfayer, and led back ta-. Christy 'A&tXpi&n hi the navy writes : Not nnwry-fi?ghts if-jo, ttiH whole of a revival meetii.g wit& Oroved as JLW heart of "one man by a noble' looking youth of eighteen, who, ln the'mMst' of feis broken hearted prayer, buTSt forth? irf the ear nest sup plication O God,- bless my dear mother f. I thank thee that thou hast beard bcr iaany; prayers, and that I,- so long the object f her love,Uiaveat last become the subject of thy.-i grace P And "on the last night the fc;e!irrg3 of every" one" present were again! moved in I.Xrcrf manner, by the testimony of a sailor in csid41ol life, given, with sobs and tears. to th& blfciiiC'J influence of a mother's prayer in restraining ti : wayward soniirom sin, -and in brifeglng' Mz$ aJJ- length,, by the grace of. God to the hope cf. salvation.' Let the praying mother, wfccsu prayers seerar noVyet to bo answered, take courage and exercise, new faith in reference tot he sou of frcr lore,' froiu such" proofs tb: raying- breath is notseut in &u vo trivo ucioViV tiio rruic; )
Newbern Weekly Progress (New Bern, N.C.)
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