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SATURDAY MORSING, MAJKCH. J2, 1162.
TIIE FOLLY OF PLANTING COTTON.
. The following article from the Golamb&i,
Ga., Sun wilt Eo w . the follj and sadness
of planting cottba thia year instead of corn
and wheat. If every available acre is not
Made to bring' forth brea?stnffs this year,
there will be a, famine in the land : .. t - T
A Lrrraa THaocan thk Blockad. A gen
tleman of thU citj bu juit recelred lettar
through the blockade, from hit Liverpool CJftca
Tvdni. who resided in tb South orer twenty
Veart. We are ra permiUad U mk tb rollor
ing xtrufrom the letter.which i dated January
3i, is6j. "" "" ' : ,
To my great atifaction I received yeaterday:
yoar leiter s oi December 20th ; all previous letters
arter Norember 28tb have faill to.reacb me.'
So' letter by tbeTaeopico route, bare come to
hacdnd Ibetalkopoo Charge U tbatthatrouteia a
failure. Don't make any adTancw on cotton ; It
will be a long time before it can be shipped, and
our cotton dealers and manufacturers look for
ery low prices when the blockade is removed.
They taw that the large supply from India and
other place brought to market by our pretent
bieh prices" together dih your crop nononhand,
added io the crop your planters unU toon put utihe
ground, even if only part of a crop, will swth
quantity to be thrown on onr -markets, and pro
duce very low prices. Ourpeople, almost, univer
sally sympathize with your Confederacy. We
all believe that you cannot be conquered if you
are united and devermined. Our government no
doubt entertains the same view, but appears re
solved to act the part of neutrals and thus leave
you to fleht it out. Mason and Slidell arrived on
the La Plata .All England and France are in
dignant at the cowardly act of blockading Charles
ton with a stone fleet. You have a glorious future
before yoa If your people are true to themselves,
you will be triumphant and command ihe ac
knowledgment of all nations." - , ( J
TIIE FIGHT AT HEWBERV.
After all it turns out that there were some
hours of as hard fighting at Newbern as has
taken place during the war, with the excep
5nn. rwrhana. of Fort Ponelson. -The Yan-
kee loss is at least 1500 men. The militia,
itlj said, did not commence retreatiog. until
ordered to do so, and the question is, who
gave t At. order? It is agreed on all hands
that SinclaVs' regiment ud the Cavalry be
haved very badly, indeed. ,
' P. S. Since the above was writteD, we
have seea and conversed with a highly intcl
ligent gentleman who was at the battle in
Newbern, and he has convinced us that the
loss' on both sides has been greatly exaggt
rated. Altogether, this ifiair of , Newbern
is the very hardest to make head or tail of
that we ever heard of.
GENERAL GATLIX.
We cordially concur in the opinion of the
State Journal, that if the Confederate an
thorities will not promptly remove General
Gatlin, the people should, drive him from the
State. He is a miserable incubus, and should
be shaken off before he smothers the State to
death. No appeals could induce him even
to attempt to do h's duty. . We hear that
even the ladies of Goldsboro actually he
sought him to leave that town and his own
enjoyments, and to repair to the post of duty
and danger at Newbern. ; The appeal, we
now know, was vain." Stolid and stupid,
unconscious, and 'therefore careless, be re
mained at a distance bf fifty miles from New
bern; and bad no other; intelligence of I the
fight than that which be received fronrthose
who l. were running from it, panic-stricken-,
because of his own culpable and criminal ne
glect to do that which would have given them
heart, and nerve, and confidence. -
P. S. Since the above was in type we have
received the Goldsboro' Tribune, which states
that Gen. Gatlin has been removed, and Gen.
J. R. Anderson ordered to take his place. -We
hope soon to hear that Gen. Gatlia has
been tried and dismissed from the service, as
the very least penalty for his conduct.
DYING MTORDS OP, BISHOP MEADE.
The Richmond Enquirer reports that Bish
op Meade, on his death-bed, said to a friend :
' ' - - i. ''
Tell your people to be jmore determined
than ever. This Is the most unjust and iniquit
ous war that was ever waged, and we must bus
more determined than ever. God will tgive us
succese in His own good time." j f. .
These words of a dying Christian should
sink deep' into the mind, of every Southern
mn. A- more "nnjusl and iniquItous"rwar
than the one waged against us y the accurs
ed Yankees was never recorded in history,
and we"wu4f be more determined ; than ev
er." Whose imagination is vivid enough to
conceive, adequately the horrors of subjuga
tion! Rather than this, it would be far bet
ter thai every man, woman : and child in the
South should.be laid stark and stiff in the
grave. Think of it ! Ten millions of peo
ple' to be held in thraldom by the mst bru
tal and cowardly nation on earth, and to fetch
and carry, like dogs, at the beck and call of
our oonquerera !-r What would life be worth
under such circumstances?, .
Wo. J. Elliion, Esq., a member of the North
Carolina Convention, died last week, after a brief
Illness. . .
It was currently reported yesterday, and gen
erally- believed, that the President of , the Confed
erate Stales had sent Into the Senate for confirma
tion the following dabinet appointments :
Secretary of Slate J. P. Benjamin; of La. "
Secretary of Treasury C. G. ilemminger, of
South Carolina." - " ' I
Secretary of War Geo. W. Eandolph, of Va.
Secretary the NavyS. B. 4klallory, of Fla.
' Attorney General T. II. Watts, of" Al. -
Poetmaster General II. Reaeani of Texas. r
It win be remembered by the reader, that Messrs
Beagan, Memminger, and Mallory, are members
of the present-Cabinet, and retain their places' un
der the new- organization. Mr. Benjamin is
transferred to the State Deoartment, j where bis
ereat mind will soon find, amnio employment.
The new Secretary of War. Mr. Randolph, is. a
distinguished son of Virginia, and will i bring to
the discharge of the Important duties or tue ornce
bib mlliUrv atuinments. ' Judge f VVatttT the
newly-appointed At'crney-Gerreraij is an eminent
Alabama jarist. fie is n old-line Wb$ and
was recently a candidate for Governor of Alabama
fo opposition to lion. Jne. Gill Shorter4 , --""
."Ve tike the above from the Biehinohd
rispatch of v Wednesday. A telegraphic dis
patch from Richmond, : dated - the 19th, says
that the Senate had that rnorning'confirmed
the above Cabinet appointment.! The ap
pointment of Gen. G. IW. Randolph Seere
tarv of War. and the transfer of Mr. Benja-
min to .the Secretaryship of the State De
partment, cannot fail to give universal satis
faction. .Tbey are both the right men in the
right places. Gen. Randolph is a graduate
of West Point, has proved himself ! a gallant
and skillful military I commander, and is
doubtless eminently qualified for the respon
sible post to which ho has-been called. We
do not think that the retention of Mr. Mal
lory as Secretary of the Navy is calculated
to give so much satisfaction, -as the people
have lost confidence in his capacity to fill the
office. But we suppose the President knows
better what he has done than the outside
world, and we can therefore only hope that
his appointment may be for the best
Governor Bragg, of this State, who is hsft
out jDf the present Cabinet, will, we learn,
be appointed to a seat on' the Supremo Court
Bench.
A MISTAKE.
In our last paper we inadvertently said
that Gen. Gatlin was in command of the de
partment of Pamlico.; We should, have said
that be was chief an oommand'of all the Con
federate troops in North Carolina,! with the
exception of those in a few 'of thej countias
near Norfolk'. The Department of Pamlioo
is under the charge of Gen. Branch, and that
of Cape Fear was under the command of
uen. Anaeraon, wnue Dom oi tnese aepari
ments were under the command of General
Gatlin. Thus it will be-seen that the re
sponsibility resting upon Gen. Gatlin was
far greater than our mistake would lead our
readers to believe it to be.
IRON SHIPS.
The Charleston Mercury, referring to the
recent brilliant exploit of our iron-clad ves
sel, the Virginia, very pertinently comments
as follows : - . - ?
.. The sinking of s splendid frigate in fifteen min
utes settles one point : henceforth, wooden war
ships are obsolete, and Iron will rule Ihe sea.
The Yankees have at once grasped this great, les
son, and will act upon il wttn ail the energy
which their lodging desire to gain the mastery, of
bur harbors can inspire. Probably, before these
words meet the eves of our readers, the timbers
for a score of Merrimacs are bein hewn in
Northern Navy Yard, and a thousand an vfts are
shaping iron plate?, which the shot arid h ell -of
our batteries can never penetrate. Iron -clad ves
sels cannot be built in a day or a week ; butit
would be madness to disguise the fact that our
enemiei will have afloat a large number of such
vessels in as short a time as the nature of their
construction will allow. T
Unless we mean to give up pur seacoast to the J
invader, we must oe ready to meet iron, wita iron.
We must build Merrimacs for everjr- Southern
harbor, and build them at once. We have every
thing that is required for the work. We have
the live oak, the tar, pitch and turpentine,' the
copper, the iron, and the men who,, from these
materials, can build, the boats'. ' If w'e find it dif
ficult to obtain the iron plating ins ifficient quan
tities, we should send to Europe without a. mo
ments delay, for the plates ready-made. We are
telling nothing newjtathe $nemy when we say
that tb blockade U a farce. With proper enerey
: t- i ii .l . - ;
ww uiigut ubtb an Liiu pmLiL-g we rcquira aeuver
ed in the Conlederate States. within seventy days;
and before it arrives the new steamers might be
ready to receive It.' , . I I ' j
TVs can only blame ourselves if, months hence,
when the Yankees bring against us their . mailed
fleets, they find us siill unprepared.Cta rleslon
Mercury.. : f :, ' y j 1 - ,
KF" We call attentionto the card of Mr.
P. F. Pesoud, soliciting contribuiions of clo
thing for the men of Col, Vanoe's regiment,
who lost nearly all of their clothing in their
retreat from Newbern. These men. led on
by their bold and chivalrous' Commander,
fought gallantly against overwhelming odds,
and we trust that our citizens will show a
proper appreciation of their valor j by gene
rously and promptly contributing to the re
lief of their immediate necessities
1 '
BIajos Dtjnlop. This oflScer has return
ed to this city from a visit to Bertie, where,
we learn, he raised and swore in two compa
nies of artillerists and artificers, to join Gen'.
Magruder la xorktown at an early
day. ;-" . ; ::.y
Vlt was intimated In Congress yesterday (says
the Richmond Examiner of Wednesday) that Pres
ident Da t is, after th adjournment of that body
would take the field in personaad probably assume
the aommand of our forces ip the WesU
GREAT BATTLE EXPDCTED RAPID
AND ASTOUNDING MOVEMENTS IN
' TENNESSEE. ' "": ;"' '. . -:
The Richmond Examiner says ' that highly
impcrtant dispatches were received on Wednes
day byr Consress. eivine Intellisrence of . an
Impending and . critical battle at Corinth, in the
vicinity of the Grand Junction of the Memphis
and Charleston and Mobile and Ohio railroads.
These dispatches site ; positively that General
Johnston had made a sudden circuit froni Mur-
fraMhoro'.iA Decatar ' confrnntinir the whole
. ' e
force of Bueil that had been moved f rom Nash
ville down th Teunssee river, and the advance
of which was kit heard of at Savannah, 'which
is on the river, about fifteen miles from whcre.it
crosses the Mitsissippi line. ' General Beauregard
was, at last 'accounts"; at Jackson, in Madison
county;; within easy reach of Johnston's armyii-
These wide and rapid movements of tne forces in
Tennessee have been wholly unexpected ; but Vh
dkpAtobes giving the' intelligence of them are en
tirely reliable, and one of the most critical battles
that has yet been fought in the West is immedi
ately anticipated on the borders of the State . ot
Mississippi.
THE WAR ON THE SEA COAST SA
VANNAH, AND CHARLESTON TO BE
BURNED.
The Savannah Republican learns from a gen
tleman who had been at Fernandina, Fla., (re
cently occupied by the Federals,) and who effec
ted his escape by wading through a marsh and
swimming to the main, somo interesting items of
the operations and designs of the enemy off that
part of the coast. By pretending to be a staunch
Union man be managed to get information from
the Federal officers that their intention is to lay Sa
vatfnah and Charleston in ashes in less than thirty
. i
days, and that thoy were expecting the arrival of
ten or twelve throughly iron-clad steamers, ' and
thirty others partially iron-clad, when they would
proceed to destroy both of these cities.
The same party reports that the enemy, imme
diately on; occupying Fernandina, commenced
pillaging the town and committing all manner
of outrages. ' 1
THE SOUTHERN PATENT SYSTEM
The report of the Commissioner, of Patents,
which has been sent into Congress, shows
following a! the condition of the office at
close of the past year :
Number of applications for patents, .
the
the
304
110
57
ii
caveats, :
'patents jssucd,
' iTTnitA1 SftfH nntAntft and assignment
thereof reeorded, - 112
Amount of fees roceivod, ,a . 1 . $9,000.90
Amount of expenditures, - ' 'y'y 6,188.28
" .ir:-' ;'":" :-:
Excess of receipts over expenditures, $2,812.62
The considerable excese'of ,ibe receipts over
the expenditures, up to the period to which tfri
report extends, and which has resulted in placing
a surplus of $2,8 12.62 in the Treasury tothe cred'
it of the Patent Fund, sufficiently demonstrates
that the office is most prosperous in its financial
department, and that it is entirely self-sustain-
ing. i ';'
OUR LOSS IN GUNS AT NEWBERN. ;
The following statement of our batteries at
Newbern will give our readers an idea of the loss
we have sustained in guns : We take the fol
lowing from the Goldsboro Tribune : - j
We present here a description of the fortifica
tions taken by the enemy, so that our readers
may form some idea of our loss in war material.
Fort Thompson was the most .formidable for
tification on the river. It wasfour miles from
Newbern, and mounted 13 gunsir two of them
rifled 32 pounders. ., .
Fort Ellis, three miles from Newbern, mount
ed eight heavy guns. It was commanded by J
Capt. Jfidenn's tjompany u, j? irst maryiana reg
iment. Finding that the other fortincations had
fallen, Capt. E. ordered his guns to be dismount
ed, (having no spikes,) and they threw them
down the embankment. , . ' .
Fort Lane, mounting eight guns,, two miles
from Newbern, was blown, up, Captain Mayo
losing ms: life by remaining to nre the maga
zine. He was killed by the explosion.
Union Point Battery, one mile from Newbern,
mounted two guns. It was manned by the Con
federate Minstrels, under .the coamisnd of Chas.
O. White, Manager. This -battery fired but
twice, and then with but little effect, the enemy
being outbf range. Three of the Minstrels are
missing. J It is thought they" were taken prison
rers.
We take the following item, from the Golds -boro
Tribune .
Ly. Cold. Cratox. We hear that the above
named gentleman has been arrested, by order of
CoL Sinclair on a charge of cowardice, in the
late contest at Newbern, i :
We have not the least idea, that the charge can
be sustained no one here, that ws are aware of,
believes iL i ' P !
Gen. McClellan has divided the grand army of
the Potomac into five corps de armies. ., He has
also ordered the following tariff pf exchange of
prisoners of war : v - u' :,if'
A For a General Commander-in-Chief, sixty
men.' ,'---; - . ' J : --
i Lieutenant-General, forty men. 4
Major-General, thirty men. ' . -i
Brigadier-General, twenty men. i
Colonel,' fifteen men. ' t
Lieutenant-Colonel, ten men. ,
; Major, eight men. ! ,
Captain six" men. ' - , V " '
. Lieutenant, four men. - . L ; j l!
, Sub-Lieutenant, or Ensign, three men.
. ; Non-Commissioned Officers, two men. '
Privates, man for man; '. . ; V - : t
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tmv- mnw pwt.t.
. . This old statesman made a stirring . speech at
Winchester, Tennessee) a few days ago. The ar
my correspondent of the Savannah Republicarfi
thus alludes to it :.. - ' yyjyy:- -; ' ;
He told the people tht all had not been lost
that there was no reason to be discouraged, and
that if they would be frea they must strjke now,
and strike with all their power. ? He urged -them
to turn out en ruasse, and to drive the invader,
from their aoil. V I hear that he took an encourag
ing view of our affairs, and that hie speech had a
good effect. This i the man who was held up to
the people of the South as untrue to their institu
tions ; and yet all , "his- property baa beeh seized
anLconfiscaled by the Invaders, and, still he is
loyal ioorjeaase, j-
FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND THE
' T :; -y'r- 'y'lsopTS.yy S"! if'-5"
The North is very much afraid of foreign in
tervention in this war. and Is alarmed ?lest! the
great distress of the manufacturing classes of E nijr
land may. furnish a cause for the intervention bf
the British Government to break the block-
j ade -The New York Worldt in discussing the
J subject, says : ; ', ; V i 1 j-
j The war commenced on the 19th of A-oril'
J186I ; it ought to be ended by the 19 Jh. njf April,"
1862-, The amount ot offlori now on hand in the
i m..nv.. r r ! . . j i - 1 - -
ciant to keep the Lancashire mills at work, at
their present rate of running, tintil the latter part
of; May. As that period approaches, the impend
ing distress of the manufacturing por.ulationl of
England will furnish powerful motiyt-s fur the )n
tervention of the JirJtish Uoyernmmt to bri ak
'thablox;kade.'';.TheoveTma6.tering instinct ot sclf
preser'vatiun will assert its force, and nretexts will
'jnofhe wanting for war jwith the United Sttttes.and,
an ailiaiipce with the Southi Kcent events have
'showji"oanow;'fSSparfous a Footing are our reia
tions with'GreaCBritain. . It behooves us strike
vigorous, rapid and effective blovrs while we have
but one enemy to contend with, and no formida
ble third party intorferes." . i ff
A BIG GUN FOR THE -VIRGINIA."
The Norfolk' Day Boo k, of ye?terdayi ! makes
the following announcement ; j ) j.-
We are gratified to learn, that thekrge gun re
cently ca3t in. BichmQ?id for the Virginia, has
been placed in its position en board of that, vessel.
It throws a solid shot, we understand, weighing
000 pounds. The shotis long, and 'has a stoel point.
This, together w.ith her two Armstrong guns, put
on board since her return from Newport Newa,
gives her one of the most formidable batteries in
the world, in addition .to her being perfectly shot
and shell proof; " ? : J i -v
We would like to give our readers a description
ot tnis new gun and shot, but tear we. have al
ready stated more than is prudent, lest it shoijld
get to the ears of those the information is not' in
tended lor. l. ' ; r . I
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The iron employed in covering the Virginia was
rolled at the 'Tredogar Iron Works" at Richmond
according to drawings famished by Constructor
John L. Porter. J i ;
DISAPPOINTMENT IN PORKOPOLISJ
Oh the announcement of the defeat of the Con
federates at Fort Donelson, the price of pork at
Cincinnati advanced from $9 to $12 per bbl , the
Yankees supposing they would eoon be able to
open a big trade with Tennessee How grievous
ly they have been disappointed is evinced ty the'
fact, that. the price has again rapidly decline!,
and ! by the following acknowledgment; the
Cincinnati Enqxdrer, which, in its "Ta
Chanfire" on the 1st instant eavs : I
" iXhe principal 'talk' to d9y, wa3 in regard to
the occupancy of Columbus and the opeing I
the trade of the' South. The disloyalty; of tj
peoplelof 'Clarks"viHeahd other SouUierri poinls,
tends to dishearten , those who. a few dayslsine.
were confident that tha trade .with ',. most oi the
Dorts on the Mississippi, Tennessee and Oumber-
Liafid rivers, would, within sixty dy?, be fully
o)pBtolhe commerce of vJincinnau. Wiiu inese
views, ; some days since, large purchases j were
made of the product of the Hog,' which to sell fa
day would entail a heavy loss oh the seller.' 1 j
The iron clad steamer Virginia was constructed
at a cost to the Confederate States of only $185,
000. while the poperty she destroyed belonging
to tho Federal Government in- her recent exploit
was Valued at $2,100,000 To Messrs. William
son Chief-Engineer, and John L. Parter, Naval
Constructor, the former a resident of Norfolk and
the latter of Portsmouth, belong the credit of con
structing a vessel which is able to defy the whole
Federal Navy. ' . :'f .;;';." .! , :
A special dispatch from Cairo to the fjhieao
Times, dated the 1st inst.,r reports that tb unani
mous disloyalty of the citizens in and aboul Nash
ville, is confirmed by every arrival from Cumber
land. The dispatch addd: , "The difference in senti
mehtbet ween the people of the Tennessee and Cum
berland is. very marked. ' On the former are many
Unionists, on thelattere have not vet made their '
appearaoce."
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L DESTRUCTION OF MORE WHISKEY.
. The patriotic ladies of Newton, N. C, destroy-,
ed a thousand gallons f whiskey at the depot In
that place, one day list week; by kaockihg out
the heads of the barrels and letting the;- poison
flow on the ground..' i - i
E VAUATION OTP N W '"MADRID M O. A Spe
cial dispatch to the - Savannah Republican? from
Memphis, Tennessee, dated March 15, says that
New Madrid was evacuated by lhe: Confederate
forces on Thursday night last. Vi ; i
All oar small arms and ammunition, were
eaved, but the artillery waa abandoned. '
The Governor of Virginia has issued a Procla
mation requiring all persons between the. ages of
16 aud 18, and 45 and 55-to perform militia dut
as the Second Military class. . i j , "i
kderal Vessels i Hamptom' Roads
dispatch from Norfolk dated the 17th says ' that
seven Federals sailing ships, and fqur steamers
are in the Roads .below t Fortress' Monroe.
do not venture to approach Newport News,
French war steamer is above Fortress Monroe,
THK YaKCK DjESFOTISM XIT AtKXiHIBlA,
Ya. The Alexandria Chronicle of Tuesday says :
Gen. Montgomery has issued an order doclarp
ing that the practice of making offensive remarks
and demonstrations to the guards,! military men,
and Union citizens of this city, by females and.
others of secession proclivities, will ho longer be
tolerated. AH those offending in such matter,
will hereafter be promptly. arrested, ; and treated
as the circumstances may require. . j:..- .1 ' '.'i
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When Columbus was evacuated- nothing", was
left but five heavy cannon,, which I were well
spiked, two cribs of corn, a quantity of: lumber,
and several shanties,' occupied . by ten or . twelve
poor lamiiies. AH other buildings were burned.
,;-iA. correspondent of the Atlanta Confederacy
suggests that the churches in Gaorgi cuu tribute
their bells to the State to be cast ins cannonJ It
is stated that bell metal is the finest in the world
for artillery, and thatfor beauty of finuh and ac
curacy of aim, it cannot be surpassed. .
J6- The county of Iredell, with a while pop.
ulation of 11,141 has 900, volunteers for the war
in the field. ; : ' i kt: ; :-: t. '' ' ; "4; ' ZZ-FJlx ;
Foi IBS RxaiSTxa
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THE STANDARD AND GENERAL L. O'B
BRANCH. '
iSditor : The course of the Standard to
wards Gen., Branch, for the last three years, is
so well known irr this community, that its late
rabid attaches on him will create neither interest
nor surprise. The hangers-on of the prudent
tarry at-home editor will, of 'course, re-echo his
misrepresentations, and enlarge on his unfound
ed insinuations ; but the friends of Gen. Branch,
and their name ii Legion, will only see in them
the out pourings of the . fetidj spleen of a disap -pointed
politician. . 'The JEditor of the Standard
must entertain a low estimate of the intelligence
of the people, if he thinks its sheep's clothing
of high wrought zeal 'will conceal the wolf of
bitter .personal j hatred which lurks beneath.'
All must concede its right, as a public journal,
to comment upon public . affairs and the current
evens of the day ; but few' will acknowledge
ils cvuipetcncjr bu criticise, ur even uuucifmuu
the movements of an army in the presence of an , I
nemy. If. the Editor of.' the Standard ist'xr
conceives himself competent. to sit in judgment
and acquit or condemn a General, then the
greater shame for him to shelter himself in his
editorial sanctum, while the object of his re
peated and vindictive attacks carried his life in
his hand in the trenches at Newbern. While 'the
fugitives from the battle field were yet fleeing,
and the smoke of the fierce contest had scarcely
cleared away upon the ipse dixit of a fow sol
diers whose activity enabled them to - reach
Raleigh when they ought to have rallied to their
colors at Kinston,! the Standard gives a garbled
account of the fight, and ex cathedra condemns
Gen. Branch as the sole cause of the defeat.
To a stranger, this precipitate judgment would
. seem premature and unfair, but those who un
derstand the Standard's tactics,, know it to be
both, and deliberately intended to be so.
- This indecent haste to blast the reputationsof
a supposed political rival,' whose blood-stained
laurels might give a claim upon public honors,'
which would interfere with long cherished
plans of aggrandizement will appear the more
disgusting when the real facts of ihe affair be
.come known. With an engineer, whom rumor
asserts to be incompetent, on the one hand, and
a superior officer, whose gross neglect, or perhaps
worse, has been generally acknowledged on the
other, Gen. Branch, -with less than 5000 men, a
large portion of whom were raw militia, only
partially armed, had Combat upwards of 20,
000 men, flushed with recent victory and well
acquainted with the weakness of the army op
posed to them. In addition to this overwhelm
ing force, their advance was flanked by: gun
boats; whose rifled guns out-ranged our few bat
teries, and threw: shot and shell with full impu
nity from danger. Under such circumstances,
the result was a mathematical certainty The
figh might be prolonged with a greater sacrifice?
of life on both sides, without an adequate result ;
but a successful defence against such odds was
an impossibility. Hatteras, Roanoke, Port Royal,
Forts Henry and Donelson, have all been cap
tured by a superior land ' force, accompanied by
a gun-boat fleet. And Newbern is only another
instance 'which proves the wisdom of President
Davis' recent recommendation, to abandon our
present worse than useless: system of put-post
fighting, and concentrate our armies in masses.
Would to Heaven ! this recommendation had
been given and acted on from the commence
ment. - ' . ' ;""-' . ;' , :
1 At Roanoke, all our men were captured, with
out any necessity "for. such a disgraceful termin
ation. . At Newbern, our men fought bravely,
and retreated with small comparative loss, and
are now rallied and showing a brave - front at
Kinston, only 30 miles from the enemy. Yet,
if we remember aright, the indignation of the
Slandapd was great,, because certain Virginia
editors dare, to express their disapprobation of
such tame" fighting, and it threatened terrible
things, if such language was: repeated. But
now the scene is changed ; pur army is neither
captured nor disgraced,; yet the SVaniartf de
nounces the event i n language ' which itf was
careful not to apply itself or allow; others to ap
mr vuu uiouaicr i ikUjiUAU. auw uuiy uu
ference beihthaLC. Shaw
one place, and Gen. L. O'B. Branch at the other.
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Fortunate Shaw I his ambition was confined to
the First Congressional District ; and still more
fortunate!! his friends were never imprudent
enough to hint at his qualifications toiproperly
fill the Executive chair of the State. If Col
Shaw had the had luck to represent. this District
in Congress, or was ever suspected of aspiring
to gubernatorial honors, the Standa rd would
have been , after' him like a black snake after a
frog.
For three years thb Standard has been the
bitter and relentless assailant of Gen, Branch.
Every mode of attack, fair and unfair, has been
resorted to, the cowardly innuendo the sly in
sinuation and even, as in the present instance,
bare-faced misrepresentation, all of which has
been answered by silent contempt
; -When he -undertook the laborious office of
Quarter Master General, and fully organized
that important branch of pur, army, he was re
peatedly sneered at as one of the writing sol
diers," and taunted with not being in the field.
When he resigned that office and took the field,
he was. , denounced as ' inexperienced," while
political friends; of the Standard, his inferiors In
personal energy and political experience, were
highly eulogized; Such is the Standard's id
or political journalism.: t T A mere machine for
the glorification and political advancement of a
chosen few, and a persistent and vindictive per
secution of all outsiders who d not basely; bow
to clique dominatyon. Such a course is a fool
abomination to all lovers of 3 FAIR PLAY.
, 'The-Arkansas papers say that volunteering I
going on rapidly, and that companies are beine
M av A ' 9
wrmeu ia every coumj. Arsanftas ca alres j 21
regiment in service -15 east of the i MiasissiDnl: I
and 6 on the Missouri frontier. t
Colonel James J. Ramsay of Georgia. .nA hn )
commanded the First Georgia Regiment, has f
HAMILTON'S OLD FIELD, .
, 14UTH Kmroan coirwTrJ N. C,
C. S. A, March Uth. 1861'
Mr Edkor: At a very resretblA iumKi,
of a portiin of the citizens of RuiHfrt ..nft
at the aboe place- and time, on motion of Gen.'
G. W Logan, a meeting was hM t. k. '
pbseof nojminating.a candidate for! the ofSco of
uovernor pi a ortn Carolina at the pext election
whereupon. James L. Tavlor. VjA--y
pointed Chairman, and Dr. J. W. Harris re
quested to act m Secretary. The object of the
meeting was explained In a few brief remarks
by Gen. Logan, and the following pranaable and
resolutions were then Introduced and passedlwith
out a dissenting voice :..;h ' y v.- '
Whxbxas,. The- perilous oondi'ioO f our
country renders It necessary for the people to
meet together in their sovereign capacity to, con.
suit for their common. good 't and whercaaj it js
bighly important, that the wisest and best men
of our country should be' placed at thy head of
our ivil authority ; and vhwu, ye; are op
popod to being longer governed by town solectcd
by party designs or jcaucUs:: 'f;
" ,Bi U Verefore rts6lva That'J we recommend 1
to the gooi people of North Carolina to fill the
office of Governor of said State at the nextelec.
tion, the name of. the -Hon.,' now J CoL Z. B. '
Vance. . :" . '.' -.-.a ; .. jj . .
Be it further resolved. ! That ' will n
honorable effort in our power to. procure the
election of. Col. Z. B. Vance for Governor; i -
Be ti further resolved, Ii That the Henderson .
Times, the Raleigh BUnuiird. and Raleirh-Reg ¬
ister be requested to publish the proceedings of
this meeting in each of their, papers- (t f , , .
. J. L. TAVLOK, Ch'm'A.
J. VV. HABRJ8, 8ecfy ,j - , -
V
. i . Fok TPS Bxqistkr. L '
Col. Z. Vance's brave and gallant j men
are entirely destitute of 'socks, or a change of
under clothing. . The, undersigned calls upon
the Ladies of Raleigh and surrounding jcountry
to aid himjin making thera corofortablei I wish
to send a box of socks, shirty drawers! &o; on
Saturday bf this : week or early next week.
Who will pe 'first to send a contribution ?:
' : " (;; ' 7 .: j P. F.-PESCUD,
CArtraa ov Yankees. A dispal
(ih arl wtonl tha Ifih ti
JUieutenarrt-Uolonel Bsnnett, of the 61st
enn-
syivania regiment; Lieut Riley, of the 47th
New TprH, and L. JI., Wills, Federal Govern
ment Age At and cotton broker, were captured by
our pickets on Edit to Island, on Sunday; and
brought here to-day as prisoners of ; war.
k l A k. A S -
They
were riaing in a buggy, when captured.
f - -i '
NO
FEDERAL TROOPS IN EAST?
TEN-
V NESSKE. V.
RcnMoN,rVa.l March I9tb. IBC2. -
Aisnaicnes oave.Deen rcceivea oerm ID is morn in
TV! .-.-l. t . . . . a . '
from Knoxyille, from well hi formed nurtirs whic
late that there are no Federal troops In Bast Ten-
neisee, ap the lorraer report of a contrary char
acter is a i acre bbax. . , ".(..j.-.'.f . I" ;. jj- 4
Gen. Beauregard calls on .the planters of the
Mississippi Valley to give all '. their 'plantation
bells to be cast into cannon.
HN BELL'S PATRIOTISM".! i
A member of the4 Hinds Llcbt Guardi wrl.
ting to th i Raymond Gazelti from MurfreesborV,
thus (peak i of the Hon. John Bell and laiy s j
I cnnb close this letter without aljudlng to
the noble conduct of Hon. John , Bell ind bis
most excellent lady. Mr. Bell procured medi
cines and the8rvlos of pbysicisns at his own ex
pense, while Mrs. Bell attended about two ; hun
dred sick ih the Court House, who bad a medU
cine, no nuree.no physician, and nothing to eat
yet she, like an angel of light, carfae alon among
the lick, hurled, fed them. and. with her husband.
secured for them all the medicine they received. -About
forty of the above mentfobed lick' belong
ed to the 2!2d Missisfppi Regiment. I pek iof
the above: far' it came under my own observation
tof i9. dajr during, my stay ia.Nsshville. !: I
v.y a i' ,' r.M.
AM INCIDENT IK CINCINNATI. The aholU
tionistiof
CincinpatI desecrated th22d of Fb-
ruary by w
bat they celled a celebration and illu-
minntlon.
Mr Dickerson (a true Southern wo-
man.notw
thstanding she I - the wife of Capt.
a Quartermaster In the- Federal armv.
DicWerson,
who was boarding at the Burnett Houso. declined.
in the absence of bcr hu.band: to permit the win
dows irr her room to be ilkiminated.; For this she
was denounced as ;s?cesherM and grossly insult
ed byjSMr. Johnson, a cjerk ot thehoue, end.t a
Mr. Barbour, a bonrder; ,Indignantat tbi lot,
mous ' and; unmanly treatment. Mrs. Dickerson
immediately left the Burnett House and -(bought
the protection of a friend who resided near the
city. When Capt. Dickerson returned and waa ,
made acquiintod with the circumstaneef, be lra
flicted summary chastisement! on both Johnson
... . . I . f' .1 . . i ,w
iuuyavaai ; quivq seriously, . aoa nunclnir
uum uit peepers in ine mourustio stvW. Jfor
this he was brought beforeThs poHce Court, and
pleading guilty, be was fined. 36 for astaah and
Oattery -aicli be cheerfully paid.
5
DEPARTURE OF , VOLONTeIrs. :
Some 250 new vol ot tee rs for the war left thta,
place in the train, Monday last. They were cblsf-
lyirom xreueu. Jiany-ciners Will loJIOW in ft
few days.-4 Iredell Express.
NORTH CAnOLINA.WAKD COUN
TY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessbna. Fsb-
raary.a-emM' nTt yy I. :'J .
i. T"-1, - ZJ ; J 1 PaUtion for settlemaali
Charles II. King and others, j 1 4 i- , j . ' ,
It appearing to the aatUfactioo of the Court thai
the following defendants, to wit: Solomon Todd and '
wife, Biddy Scott, John IE. Kin r. Edward KIb. R .
fas Kingv Ehas KUg, Ubeeea King, Ana Elisa. King,.
Nancy, An and George Bnffaloe, Andrew, CeJrla
aoa woan 14 auig, Salomon JUng and wife, dith,
and Serenvj Kine reside berond the lukini ef the
State: It Lsj therefore ordered that edvertijement be
made for si weeks laecesshe! in thejlaleixh Beg.
uier nouijmg n aerendeals or tbe kUlag of this
petition, aai to appear aad answer, Ve er the pray
er of the petition as to them will be mnted. , - f
; JVitaeee, Jaa'J. PerreU, Clerk of oar said Coirt, (
Office in Balelth the 3rd Mof ' ef Pebrnary, J 882, .
( It . ' JAP It IIkI.T.
STATE OP ORTU CAnOLINA-WAKE
Coonty Coart of Equity Pall Term, A. D. 1S01.
Andrew U. IbD aad others) p- J
A. Cope and others! ! J vpartltlo. ...' (1 ;
r it appearing t f tbe seUtfacUoo lof the Court tbat
the deCendeaU Borwell , Boflklew and bu wife Can.
dace, Thomas Cope, Isaiah Coee, Henderson A. Cpe
John Cope, iOiim L. Ccpe, Jaues A. Dirbfleld aad'
wife Bethena, John E- King and wiCe Orinj Aader-;
son Bjprs and -wife leey, and huey. Todd, are non
resident! of in U State,' if is ordered ' that pabtlestioa
be made in the rBaleigh Eegieter," a aewapaper peb
lubed m the city of RaJeirh, for six sueeeMire weeks.
thkt Bntaae the eaid defeadante aenear at onr neit i
Court te. be held for said county, a tbe Court Boom j
in Raleigh, oe tbe first Monday after the ftorth Men- 1
1. aL- th.r.i ..m nwitin. tu i &k
prveotfeoi and heard expttrn as in them. '
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