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II, f.HFilJZGOTA LHISTQRiCAL SOCIETY. ... :( .:i---hii v v , . !. . - , -;- . , . - - A- i.,r 'J :- J- -' .'it- if : " ; ! : N ( i 1 V r 9 rr BY" GEO. MILLS JOY: t - Yi .1 i NORTII CAEOLIKL TIMES will bo ' -published ererj Sturdy mornineon Pollock -Otreet. tira.door astof Adm txprs uzace. iap iirc) opposite the Episcopal Cbarcn. ADVERTISEMENTS pablished mt rcisona ible tts. i To tecur insertion; the copj mast fit banded in b efore. 6 P.M., Thursday. - Single copies for tile by Bkers & Co.'s 20 Pol- fock t., and O. v. FoLSOMjcor. bo. Front and CrTu et; Nvr Berne : Nathaniel Portkr, Newport B. H.-WoodwobtH. Koanoke Island i ". J ifroai the Ealtfij?b ProgreM.J ; . i if .v- r- ;cc-. nrfrv,0r,f . KerTinirnotices on all the producers of Wayne, AKCUIS Ul IUD wmiuioai ivu. ...,v.... - JoHnatbn and Franklin: elaimirie all the sur- plua meat they iriay have; and forbiading thera to dispose of any to citizens; :i The army ought at hoiye to starve r flf all the surplus mat in ... vv - - r i the country be, taken, how are me non-proau- cers tbde seneaeea in ; otner employments ."- w .w...r. . ..: . , corruption that holds high 1 carnival ai .utcn- 'nibnd. and has' permeated all the ram mcations of the ebvernmenC bids fair to starve our peo tle and wreck the cause. We. are told by the tninions of power that we ar too gloomy and flesponaent. we era neuner, uui we cinui hut our eyes to events, and; have never oeen luuuvu iuiu mi mi. w wv r Y. - falsehood and deception a virtue, and honesty and tairnealmg a vice.' . uur conauion is ue peraie. . ana growing waw.cm uajr, .u it).A.it ;h9nM nf rulprs.nr management of fioroe kind. thBTstsd is not'ftr off. ,Our people - ""bVi w - - o ; have given liberally of men; blood and treasure -hive risked their all and themselves to sup- .oort the cause and hold unUhe hnnds of those. who pretend to administer, the affairs of gov- ernnrent out tneir means; nave we hquau dered and usurpers bav6 made their insidious v approaches entil we nave ncitner ngnisoi per on or Drooerty left. . f We are told by those who are driink with passion - and prrjudice, that "all's weU"-jthat there is a silver lining to the cloud, and 'that the mornini? star shines briehtlv ahead. This may be all so. but we know at the Ratne time that :one-half or more of the families of this the production of surplies for both army and f QlH V"n,UI i 3r ,uVuVry 9 " ' to he trustworthy. Ut that it may be so I the enemy: lay,-for(vatr. Ue; had Just people, and had a' little common sense been law, and when the force of the measures Hi pressure .bn'Burnside has, undoubtedly stooped and swuhgjdown llis cant een when employed in the management of the war there suggested in the first has been examin- quickened Orants attactjih Eragg;; while ftickp'Tarifle ball srUcklt at aH angle and would have been no want of. men onsupplieA, ej j as it must be before it iir fixed in the absence of hiswhole corps from theGon- bounded awayi -rV-ii3 iAU f; Christian- city are without meat, and many of anybody,' to do military duty ? It is fni e' a emVT " VriL look intoithe thiVd generation, and a sharp--them without bread, anM that if all the "aur- nulte'notoribus it is not denied bv anv l-SIS- Sf???!".1.?1 shooter withal, volunteered "to dislodge him; pu" in :tn.s ana ine W.u. . . ... .1 r 1 nf.crt nn rumen nil. uicv uiuii hiiiivo. c The masses of the people were seduced into this war by fraud and falsehood, and now the UiArr whrt h.lnpd the abolition fttnaticsTbrine It IH W Hr- UY liauu 1IIU . luiacuuuu, aim ttj jv J . ! .1 t I f L - n vcheerfullv eiven. , " ri - , r. . " . we roust have, if the cause is not to be wreck isdom, sagacity and jtirmness in council. nieft are brave enough, and if properly. Our arm managed, strong enough; but tne running sore, . - ; ri : ' ' From the Ricktnoka. Examiner, f JT1 astounding- propositions whicli ie have signalized the first days of this bresent session, for olacinsr the - entire population of the Confederate States in v the field. leavinir ; no producers of food : (ed-tbe wormou.J.rmx so raised,. and no taT-navers to end the monev to r -a; ai and no tax-navers to ffnd the money to furnish it, have created a considerable sensation. A feeling! of despondency MfbW.wo" annnds time contained. Where re they ?4 3 S rW-- vthe last man rather than have a day of reckon- PU , , i . 't t i :lifcj net.. fit. la . expresiy, proviauQ.. Mi:oime right hand 'gave hi rh good deliverance T buwVell them.rthe reektning must P1 'f !aV they . have ahsepted Law of, tbude thait shajbe hfiit y fleW t,ie f bultetay Instant elapsed; V .come- If the rev,lution,faiJv(WbiclrGod for. then1seiyes-deserted--or been allowed J thclume of tl cedaV parted, and, 4e a - bid.)ihe fault will not be with the people, who to go home on .some excuse and never at J place appo.n.ed by la thold elections u.. .aglhebs described it. out lean- j i ...,ufn Kf tr, vni.M .! j , U'l i u 4 i for electors, governor, Tncmb.rA of i;ongiess, 4),g Ll? ?urJ?'fd J TTCvbrl returned. Vh.y does . such a state of or mproberVbcf the f GerEvmbluhder ed a grayba . has been produced by f hem among re . flective observers ; not by the prospect : of the universale cessation or national life and organization, which the realiza tion of those wild projects would cer . tainly cause for; no One ran fail to see that there is no danger of realizing a patent impossibility ;-pbut Jty the sin- "gular want of discernment which they j.i: ' ' . t i : ,i nxz . .'i ki: u.,i , .. r .l f ii many memberi orthf. Congress really , lll('l'vf tilt .iiui'j loiniit. ii v. u uiitniui- ihip in this country still less to make Mr.-Davis dictator." Yet it requires but little reflection to perceive that such a; i law lately suggested in his message, a j suggestion which menlbers of Congress have taken in trusty ffom it,is nothing more nor less than that. ; " -; ; An entire nation cannot remain in the 1 field more than twenty-four hours, under T the penalty of deathi by starvation. A . law requiring the: whole' population j taKe up arms ana go into camp is a nui- i u:rrr Vr xne jrresiaent oianuiyjproposeu mat me power and discretion should fte given him to 'detail' such persons as he pleas- ; ed to continue the puj-suits ot civil life.' TJie relative numbers "of "those inthe , army arid those out of it, . might not be . .kmnaH lime o I a ff nnivareal onrnll. I vuaxgeu J ' UIII.V-IOU4 iuiuir rrinnl if aecomnanied bv' this nrovisirin , The sole difference between the present Edition ol the milita- and prospective cond .ry force and natipn,would be the change. words designates persons who continue the work that must be done in war and . peape, under the authority of a law; the l i -' ' iki U.A '...l. ..4 4 1. t U'..i.t .'r. ! . - . -1 I hoc t9 CGod frtiErtl 1 1 1 f rt a t hf I tYia Qrola r( ITan. I : ' ; ; because xne favour ot tne rre.iaent norhave the late bareand scanty news T S?r15 oaice.noiaers, great ana small, that quarter snstamcd the high hope which hc tb general goyernment for reimbursement, innocent inhabitanU by the i -. ' ... . . r Pi w "5 irivfii uca i me' pautic jusi-iy uajcQ on tn jirst inrem it wui pass tne senate. . i ; ,i h harament ana connaffration. r I : " : - - !'.'- " .... "'-t . - ,, . V'," - ; ' .'. :'-.. - (-''..! ;; i"' '-''tt ; -:. ;.(...'. H- i; ;! ;- : t . "; ; -i is . I;!"'" '. ''.(''-. "'; '! ' I'.".' -A .K. . : i- ; ' v, . .1 - . ' ! - : . .-:i:;V1- A'A " - i Jrt .;! :. : 71-:' i; iHh- r 1 : 0 ! .- - . . . ; I.- j 4 ;j. .;:.'; . , , AA-'- -'. Hv-v ;JH'.Jliiill.." v"'H '.fr-: flfiP:- f'J-v l ' . .'v- l:--' -!: ' ,' ' ' " '-r iA:H-:::A:: A'yiA::AA itfl iTTitaaaMaaaaaaa---r rr"'' a Ja fT LJj"aaLl- aaajjjjj fca T.rf m,, . JrnnTlmMBaMBMtMM Liberty and YOL. 1; ' : NEW potic cofilrol fOver-l every individual in ! this country, and to destroy every check uDon tneir win.' ine Darasues oi power .wi - r - . ---( . are pleased Vfith Fit. There exists a ,mal faction in this country who have ,An rlMmnilrLfr (or thU measure" he- fUa aJn-f rtWr nmfit awrt rl ' DOWer profit and te- t it is im possible to u. . . P. , . i . f ; t- . - - venge irora Hi d oeueve inai inose who nave tfuuuu "l,s wno nave ecnoea inis crv in some or the resolutions onereo: in (jong-rass. inienaea 10 aoso. a re SSW,UIth lat- thtaritk Will hA IlttlP -riancrr that f, --tiiltifv-it'sfelf or sacrifice rr""ov w- rr.v - - riI,ac .onr inn tn thpso nrn mrta . Mri, . i , p v.- V nr 1V - l: r-i - TJ.; soreiy neeus lepieuibuui". yuw auuie means oi eueciing tnaipurpuse uiustue jounU wtncn is not at once a lony ana I 1 mi ' . . .. . l . . rrimn nfi nrpspni nrmv s creaiRn nv " T V r " , i" , If the actual conscriotron Jiuipuyii.p, law.aoes not, iu irnisri -a Riininipnt nnmhpr of men, the natural and rational means it can be done with safety the exempted class. But is it true, that the actual law does not" affect' the desired number of men, havinsr Ithe youth and anu occupyinsr me re lat ons in 'life which require them; if . i f 't- . r. . 1 r - . -1 Qne jperson whatever that the law. i . . thnnirh Imrlltr pnforcprl. has i rallv fur,! nished the rmy with a number of men litis uvj kkv mil ." ,In,,h tht whir.h it ranks hv t anv iriiiilv irirpn hv a mra rpnnripr inp. th other day. who concluded his list of: 'City Intelligence' with this paragraph : No ExicUTlDNi The militai y exe- cutions ordered to take place at Camp Lee,' vesteiday, were posii)oned on ac y, were poj count of the respite or reprieve of the condemned. The readier will remember. (if he can) how often he has, seen a similar an nouncement since the army was organ ized, - When deserters are caught they are generally tried by a court-martial. The pehaty filed By jaw to thatr crirhe . i r 1 . - i . s death; sentence-is passedand. execu tion I arranged. But the inevitable s quel is contained .in the stereotyped phrases of tne; local rf porter: rlence we have in practice laws without penal- ties ; that is to sayj neither law nor jus J tice: Hence, toof ine army is a seive. Conscription does not fill it a levy in mass will fill it less, for the greater the volume. ol water, the swifter is the cur rent tnrougn tne noies oi a.sctve. v tAn increase ot the arny is- necessary. Without it! .we perjsn. increase it1hile juktic nrvtriiniY ttt!11 v. iiutiiui" IV 111 ice has no minister The - canker of the' modern man is the loss! of that vigour! of. rectitude which exeCUies lUUincnt anu inillClS UUnlSll'' Ji. .e ... . . . : I ment. A tnu' ell fuoICi,k i, A .eiKii;.." - u- . van ty and . .nervous sensibility..fwhicb .a ipill va.(wviiiuvf 0lllOVl ine weax muiaKe ior mercy, nas usur- 1 I ! 1 I ' ' - I ped the place of the monarch of the soul, justice ; the conception of law and pen- any; tne sfniiment.oi tne right, inter- 1. . .. . . - j 1 erence against all innocent persons in the tithe of be. myri ui c guiuy uiair. is iiauerea witn benevolencpjinstead of being" the vilest of crimps, and thp . h i worst of treasons. Xh e nicuiiiona . jZjxavi iner oi ine ztn November, J 863,. has ther following in its leading edi Longstreet onal upon Lieutenant General and : his KnoxviUe and Nuffblk campaign, vhich are pronounced as parallel illUlCo T 1A llnAPA 1 nnmieetAna ln I It a maIa! I let Pre8s a uvviai auiuioctuuo uj ine icuci I the 4tMA J n..T . a. 1 I lillJC AUU IKMV ICSUcI L I II IT Lilt? I 'Stu?olk Pior.v axe highly ommahd of Major Genei --r-. creditable to General Peck, and ought to satisfy those who sought to under rate that campaign : fercnt if ineitrtBt and his corp8 0-f the virmnia hA an ;n v,n i?Tai. ations in East Tennessee afford little com- tne cause Dyj sucn insane sieps as are a., great opportunity. wua uuring ine piece oi ieaa,you kuow, inat goes at a kui now feared by rnanv. . ' parallel Campaign of Ldngstreetl i against ing rate without malice prepence ; v and so, The motive ofthose who have ffiven Suffolk that Hooker madehis coup at Chani nowise infirmr oi" jpiirpose, Sbeagain bent; to s.C m nltrinv f rtA lotAAf: io t-h flMiornrA f ha ui ic Hcuj-iiig il.CuC.,.3 .ifl6C ciplsas old as. English liberty sphere of its action, by incretfsmo: the shall be imprisoned withoutv .mo nf fnnsnrint nnrl Himiriitiin"nr.u.'hpr I Inor" Oiir! CoiirtR-'kave thnS f Union 7iov "dud For tvcrOxicaiidt BEENEi - N. C, . SATUItDAlj M. gence briskly forwarded by treiieral Bragg. His telegram declared that L.ongtreers cay - i - r.- ;r"w--?-"t I .L. L nina iolnci im ' . ".", ""T " t nalura lo suppose iuaiinezi news wooia be that ot UnoxvUles recapture. Jiut the n?xr;news irum x-wugan cw vumameu a uj.en- ln bf entrenching, which suggested disa- ojeeable reminiscences of SuflTolki i Since next flews lrom Liongstreet contained a men- r USn-t..'K- uJjs c. hen little or nothiu has T men, unit; jw (iiyiuiijg, f" v ck UUJ Longstreet, unless we arc to receive the 'un- i frt "Kno fit t.hft time OtS hermnn'ft fiilL Ual in the Felerni.host.'lias Mv'eh" tlie'lenemv " " '.'"'t.- j 1 i "if", while! Grant had to do with Bragg a one. - From the Raleigh Standard Liberty a lid Iaw. ar rvun nrm fnr Nnt for ff,pBtp r we..w..b -r r fut; r. mun eaf rr man I but for liberty and la w. There can be ho, civ- " ."V.VT"" "' "-'"tL1 -TV I u lioeny whuoui wyu m. j-n.ia. aw may be endured in camps during, war, out. outside ine. camps u suouia never uc.icu, msu pnn- mat no man due process of this 1 " VLl CaW IJI lilCiiMJf - U4 ' VWVT lit continue to do so, bavo t heard of recent infrfngemenU of ersonal liberty in this State. jby order of bili- ary officers, which will doubtless receive the P ta ye the aitvnnon oi ine uener.ii nssemuiy - anu aiso i. . . . mt . m - t i .. a - : lj . ' In,!ar ,ntr,erent.WIfft :t?,rte??P i0 1 ctiffraom whirh rn.nnft na? overlook ftlf- Hv! the We learn, for examnle. that a test oath was reauired of certftri citizens of Bertie County , . . i . i i", ..I e eiec . m . . .. .- , i , inspectors on mi svoject was susamea oy - nit covered of any person who sh ill call such yn us j ter, or assemble ucn armed nenv aim appuea one uau io ine use oi me iijiuiuici, w u'c other .half io the us?,of tl e State.". Yet armed men were assembled in Bertie, and some of the citizens of that County were arrested andi helu in custodv bv the military. We j earn also that the military terrorism which - prevailed in some oi our ft eKiern iimnucs uiemuau uuui bers "of citizens from votinr. . H i t I 1 A Confederate (JoIoneL a lew weeka since, a7iMd ?J?e 0f lue ifandipf!lVff ciflze;8' of VV ilkesborough, and put him m the guard- house on the vague charge that a spldier bad told him, the Colonel,; that a deserter had told him. ithe soldier; that he. the: deserter, could get as much powder as he wanted ct the store 01 me uii.en arresieut- auu iui uir, uisn i citizen relerred to.had been active in the peace or bo caiieu uitiun hiosiiiiksi , uc wns iuus inUS I av j av . attended and taVen . part 'in a impnsonea on suspicion, aim uetause lie uau i public meeting, aji iceliorsvme: out ne iounuv mere acKson, jret tne water, i nnzi a second outlet cut composed of loyal citizens. I i:JIaV ' "?rf ,aa ?eP M?un ,n lIie 7ara 'We have also heard that another military omcer boastea, wne ien he had .reached that! part f Chief Justice ParsonBx-i of the State,-that if Chief Justice FarsonBx-ij ecuted any writs ot habeas corpu in relation , to those under his command, he would have to , i . . , , . . f T j do so over his bayonets; but the Chief Justice execute writs of the kind, and the bfcclerlfWPE had the I ffood sense on reflectioriJItd resDect the action of.the Chief Justice. : a M i ni These acts, and many others that might be mcntioned, have been committed in contempt and derogation u ujc vuusihu iuii aim iub laws oi mis oiaie , sui; u la.ior lue iegihiaiure i lw hiiu uuuuiu ic iiuai vunsuiuutn i i . i. ''-i ,rr,ti .-Lr i . : . . I upnoiu iiib iinai onsiuuiicn i a. I iA A. rt . - I and those laws. i lie liiuiciai nrannn oii rnc t oiaie government rousi oesusiainea at an naz- Vl ; 1-r'a-'- v """f't" '"f j.vv afds. 6It is th6 iastUr6at breakwater aeainsthen returns quietly to the stables. JSTn. -i . . . ' .: i ! i it I u1 A w iiiw aj ; u ,he inflowintr tide of mhovation ana ac-eskion: Here, at the very outpost, the strides of mUita- rJ Power must be hiet jand resisted.) Our ipep- " , w.;-ow.w.r . ., cult tii Inn rnmmftn irnnn ami Jnr- fMamn ought t0 Ue taken, f impr.soned, or disseized, of his freehold, libertiss or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner deprived of his life, liberty or property! lutby the law of the larcd. ire wueb mc iirgiM4imc aaiuiaiu ujube their decisions. In the language of Governor uraoam, in nis spcecu in me onveniron. " our i people are resolved to be independent and free; not only in the tend but in the wcal they arel resolved, not only; to be treeraen at the termi-i oi.tue ouence,jsiaung inat au enoris loar nation of the congest, but will not surrender rest the goiftys parties had b6en vain, ; and i V mi w l.kn.tinn JnMni. 4tf nwirwaM viicit uuci vies uunu i jhuicm. 1 his is of t ho ucanpa nf I .inuawaticm . -tcwwv-v v wvuni bndled mil ..7e repeal, fne cmriaw uu (oe pairjiamea. interview'; AdmiralliKopes 'opened fireri We must preserve ! liberty among ourselves Fl. ' ich nnn t;ii ; .4. Kagasima a city ot lbp,000 inhabitants. while cor tending for it -against our enemios; . . J?. . r ,, s j . tor if it should h losi -in the fttrnJ and nnl t' 1 he buildings, says the wnterbeing TTT . - . :' I ' .i l . . ihtary powrr should take its place, cpQy om?iustl, ma)tei-ials,were quick ill be all bur struggles, sacrificeS,and Iy in flames, Itho vast population, of. men priTations in this revolution: : :... in vaini will . The ! Kentucky House of .Representatives Inseparable- 'j 2, : 1864. no: 3. An Event at ChattakoogjuB. T. fur 1 rushes the following interesting 6tory of the i y.!Mwiw.wo" fcy .vws h" I -' -'-. lf t" ' I 1..W ! ill L.uli pinnerewasaiuuinipcuauie .at least it had gone shattering and thun- denng down the lme, and jthe boys were as mum -at ease as ooys can oe upon wnon at any moment, tlie storrd' may roll .bac asrain. I To be sure? occasional shots -an much at; ease as boys cart be upon whom, back and i itiri ut..-,...! u. r.f:i;i' "uw HOUUicira vuHiCMty j eueiih.epi. iHeiu alive ; but one of the boys ran dotKrn to a I tin W-aI ornirl on !nofont Atcr'&ttfA J nnhnrlv. thAiitrHir it! a hnra 1int-iW 4 : 1 i" T :v dr. the cord or his canteen, and the; boy - got the idea; a r sharpshooter j was after him", and he went to jthej righti-about and the doable-quick to the' fanks.l: f A soldier from another part of the line mhde a pilgrimage to the spring, wjas struck and - fell by- its brink.; but where was the marksman T - I wd or three boys Iran out to draw his fire, while others jwatched. 'Crack went the some keen-eyed unseen piece ag;airi,: and fellow sniedli smoke rollirW Ihtit frnm A lit III M "l-"! - II IH U.' MM - 1.1 IK; KIUII . II1MT1 If rebel had marie him n hawk's nest--in rhoira f ndian, Chattanooga in , thej tTeeand.draw. ing the greeh covert taking a quiet hand i ciose aroana mm, was laKine a quiet nana at ."aieepie-snooiing at i ! . . "t -. t ; . . . a L j - i. long range. :!ir . I l J iJi ' . i I r . ' ;v ' f"i ropp'ng into a lit no runway mat ueareu L . 1? : tl II j '1 . . . -1 i . t ne. tree aiagonaiiy,! ne.iurnea upon u is pacK, I . . : . ! " i i i .... ', ; . .-- -t. ea.n point perilously close, newmppea-oyer, ne ttly done by the German man-grown. Mflv iie j:ve to teii ibe'storv a thousand times (A i.: m.n-eAA .w1,.l.:i-l.. A Horss i Fond! of Mischief. A gen tleman. some years ago' sneaking of the hab ! its: of animals, gayje. the following curious (account :j -:' -Kl I -J I There is, he said, 'a: very fine 'horse' in tjie nossession of Sir Henrv Meux & Co.. theminent brewers, which is used as a m - , n - Hi . r41! . . uf . A 7- i T :T " V'"" MW.".T sometimes without; any Restraint . to walk aooui ine yaro, ana return to nis .siaoie, according to his fancy. In the yard there are aiso a lew: pigs oi .a peculiar Drcea, fed on grains and corn, and to these pigs 1.A linrea noi .rtrlanllir Ian IncrIaKla AK . .1 u ,: mi. L. . j u .u - r 11 ' 4 " "V . I " i T ?; r -Trr? holding water for jthe horses where this horse goes alone with histnouth full of corn, which besavesi0m1 Iris flupply.y V hin he which hefsaveslfrOml' Ins flubply rettches the trough; ihellets1 the .cofrt fall n.01. ;, ; . -nilA '; ;fiAn' near it on tne ground, and wnen tne young . T I .A , ., i,! Keep aiooi, ne suddenly seizes one by the tail, pops him into the trough, and then-capers about the yard, seemingly de- lighted, with the frolic: The noise of the n finnn brings the men to wiln thpro r r : - r from experience what i t he w w - - v - -w- - - ' - . - ; ui 4i . i J . , . - ii matter, while the horse indulges in all sorts , . --j : ,z ,- , t : o At ! c nfins wxr xr i a hnwinnr nia rrlon and :li" : Tlic Ilriiiiunity of Ctifflaud j The humanity" of England is beautiful ly illustrated in her recent treatment of Ja- pan; An ii.ngnsnman was muraerea ior re fusing' to yield jtho rad to the Prince. The British Government jdemanded satisfactioti, which was given iii jthe form of an apology irom tne xyc9pn ana ine payroeni, oi uau a cicnt; it ! wal(insistM; that the murderers . j . - - , rr fPi m , 4u i f V" Vr- T u,1f 1-! I v t Tf', 9- T his M:ner replied,;adm tting the enormity asking for, delay. Xhisi. however, did uot satisiy tne Lntlish ; ! land the day alter ; tne women and children, had of course no op portunity to save theij property or even their ,:VCs x? or two aay8 uie nre was raging d no one . can cted upon the sudden bom- Xuc'Cumpaigu in Isst "caiiQi..; GenerfiLJ3urnsidoimdL!aftexnyed In NewrYork: from' X3iacinaatl;,a JDcripg. stay. in the latterinty he-wxs rrrenrrd,1 v response Jto which .he mads a epesch.. : r JTIja Cincinnati Gazette reports him. as fpllorrs ; , .-He said that he'didijot claim for himself J jhe credit , of the; campaign in ..JEst Tcnnrr see. r That belongecj to thVpnvatesoldieris, lion commissioned ontcefsand ofScfers, . Ha neyerVwas associated wit b an krmy ja which every man .'seemed mor; determined, to his whole duty,- than was the lArmy. cf th ' Ohio, through all (he ftiyhg scenes i thej !tajd passed." During the siege i of Knoxvillo not a' man flinched. f Uvry one did all bej could, and neither by lobk .or ybrd, or deed ; gave expression to a possibility of lailuic ' .: In this unanimity of demotion tb the causa was their safety, and out pf it came success. ; When the - history of this war was fairjj : written and ; its facts fuljy. undjerstoodfT ijit would. appear that ; in ali the:. armiea.anoj' campaigns it bad been as -he testified it was ! with theArmjr of the Ohio in East Tennes ?ee, :;the hphor- belonged chiefly tb ihe' rank, arid fifevf'f There were as ood menl serving as private soldiers as apy oT the1 olUcers; arid the cases were riot ajfew in which tha nien were better than th4 officers.) " ffft :i The general's opinion ; is i that the rumor of reverses-1 East Tennessee and of ;tho resumption of a menacing attitute by Longt street, haye verv little foundation in factor General; Iotreet and ! armr retired froca in front of KnoxviUe sorely troubled in mind ana poay, ana lost largely .as reported, ta deserters and 'stragglers and wegeV'Eas abandoned. ; The enemy is in no position to undertake an offensive Campaign,' arid thi Federal f force; inllEast Tennessee tviauc larger than Gen. Burnside! had there -1" vjren. jurnsiue una nut resigacu uis com isionJ ' He tendered his. resignation. 'and it was hot accepted.- I He j .was relieved- of the command of his. department and'ofder- ed to report at Washingtbh. f w .-.?' i: Longs t reel's , loss; duTihg his ' operations ; commencing at Loudon, jup to the fime ho-' had reached iJogersvil le,j was, not less than five thousand men and -nine' pieces of artil lery.' '; Our loss during tliejsamc period does not exceed,-and hardly ecjiials, fifteen Kiin dred. Tt was the expectation of the rebels, when Lbngstreet was detached frbm" Bragg's army, with a force greatly isuperior in xiura bers. to that: which -General : Burnside; com manded (the country. woujJ be startled if the n u meiical . super ori ty . ( 1 1 h,e . rebel.-, force - i I " J.I ! . " ' " were maae Known,; inaLiney would DoaDio , tn nnf timr ' nnri nnsoQo,i H oc! H Ann-aoi. port credit belongs to GeneraI;Burnside 'and his gallant army. r J The Agony of Icjair. That the South is now id the aesny of, dcs. pair musfbe aoDarent to every one of rejection. Its exhausted condition isnistronglly exhibited in a letter from a lady, whdso name' would bi a guaranty at once of herj patriotism and her truthfulness," which appeared last week in the New York World. The lady, it is stated, hts spent a year in the mostprosperous snd weal thy part' of' Alabama, artd iher , statement are the result of her own observations, extending .. .. ' . ; . J !,".-! I not merely over Alabama, put throughout. oth- es States in which she was permitted to trsvsl., . Of all these StateLshe writes ti'hAA 2Uf-fi"; - j" " "i-r : , Their desolation bepgara decripti6ri;detUo tioH is everywhere ; men that were worth hand. ' reds of thianda are reduced; to otterjBOTerty. As for the luxuries of life formerly ' to abuad ant in. the South, there afjs non, . - eraons formerly, the-wealiliiest have nothing! to susUin ' lif but what the country affords, aid not enourb of tkit for impressment it U taken from them for the ir my.. T heir garments, even heir shoe, the fam ilies have to make themselvea ; they, pin, weave, and dye their cotton, and wear hero espQn tlothea. rich and por. Tea, coffee, knd sugar mrt not to be had ; j milt and water are the only beverages; Indian corn is theirpriiicipal food.; Thii, a t pi'ov ture of the retribution which has overtaken rebel passion And siaveholding treiloD, is in Itself suffi ciently conclusive and t terrible, but ' the writer does not stop here Not only is aooiety impelled to.fall Lack upon the rude' appliances and Varbar ic life of, the dark ages, butj even,' the .domestic condition, the fountain bead; of life in the Stale, has ceaied to- exist. !V The familieV 'says' this writer, wp broken up and ruined) Xou lJom meet wita male inhabitant,' and if yon dp, heja either infirm or a crippU, A large part of fba male population are killed in battle.' many more crippled for lifetime ;' many patriotic Union men died of a brokea hert. ' What remain ,are in b army or in. the employment of. the goyernmept. Nevertheless, press gangs cross the country in all directions in search -of men for the arroy.";'AlI ties of Social life see completely dissolved N , courts of justice and equity are held justice. U meted out by the military. Universities, eoljeW es and schools are "all suspended The country in many places resembles arwihaerns. ' Wherever the armies march, tin to every tbimz iarnioed the crops destroyed; fences burned; j trees eat down ; domestic' animaU killed, robbed or takea for the army, ' V "V '.' ' ," : Could a more lugubrious picture than this Je nraaan t cA f A nrl vat tfiArak1' are rm a jksmams aik who affect to believe that the Sooth has the abil-7 ity to carry, on the war for years to corns ! ; jl ' ' ' ' I -1 -J' 'i '"' ':'';-"r : ; :!lV : . -..; --V r.i . ; j. f i j. :''; A number of fashionably drersed vyp. men were detected la Jdemphis,iVtvih, their stockings, hoops, bustles, and busts vyell filled -with contraband - articles, which they proposed, to carry through 1:. '...; i '. t . : .. ..I .l '4 speedily, alia, take, the Aray of, the Ohjo, with all its artillery an' irains. jTlieir total defeat is one 'of j i h e 'rii'os t import ant ' results J t, .1 i J 4 '-".' -..., 1 ' ' i - . uk... - -.1. '" , ! A'-Ath AA': f '1 I
New Berne Times (New Bern, N.C.)
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Jan. 2, 1864, edition 1
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