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4 !!:. I if I i H K V' .1 - ! i ' i .4.-- 1 VOL. LXII RALEIGH WEDNESDAY M011N1N6, JULY 16, 1862. 1 i - .a inti " V" ! f ; ii 1 1 ! 1i gnldgl glisten Onii are th pUoa of lir daligbtfal pese ' Unwrp'4by party ng to Ht lik brother. ( RALEIGHt' y K SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1862. THE RALEIGH STAWDAHD AND COL. UILUAM JOI1NSTON. In the pescnt inteDBfclj hot weather, tnd when oar mind is almost entireljfciigrossed ' with the stupendous events transpiring be 1 jood the confines of this State, it is anj thing !r. bat a labour of love with us to. take part1 in the canvass forced; on the people of North (iarolina bj the Editor of the Kaleigh Stan dard and a junta of broken down politiciaBt whose counsels, had they been, heeded, would . have left North Carolina, bound hand-and foot, at the mer oj of the detestable .Yankee Government, instead'of being, as she now is, a sovereign member of a great Cbnfederao, sofln to be acknowledged by. all the world as a free, sovereign and independent nation Uot we have no alternative,, as' we cannot dream of sitting idly by and seeing this fac tion carry into execution their purely selfish and nnnatriotic clans, unrebuked and unre- - lifted. ' . . The last number of the Standard contains an editorial article showing why its Editor is opposed to Ihe election of Col.Wm. John ston, the Confederate candidate for the cSoe v of Governor. Anion cr other" things, -the j 7 I! Standard says : - "We oppose him (Col. Johnston) because tbe times call for an abler man tnan tie is, and one more identified with the interests of North Carolina.". '. t Without detracting from the real merits of Mr. Vanee, we undertake to say tha ' looking at the qualifications more requisite novrthan ever in the inoumbent of tbe Ex ecutive chair,' Col. Johnston is far better jnoalified to fill the office than Mr. Vance that he, without being able to compete at all with Mr. Vance as ijoke-t filer, is, in sound, substantial, useful intellectual qualities, so lidity of jadgment, habits of and experience . iu business, immeasurably the superior of Mr. V., and we fuxther say that no truthfal man who knows the two candidates will venture a dp lililtf our aaacrtion. Ia th preaenl cd diuon of the finances of the State with a heavy debt to manage and provide for, what knowledge, experience, or ability would "Zeb Vance," the young stump-speaking, joke-tclling, horza-bojiog party politician bring to the execution of the task t Ncne earthly, 'and the idea is simply and purely - ridiculous. As to1 tbe thorough identifiea . tion of Col. Johnston with. ail "the interests of North Carolina," the Editor of the 8tan4 - dard knew that he was libelling Col. J. for ' ."partisan purposes" when' he intimated an vj the slightest doubt to the cootrarj ; forLhe "knows that Col. Johnston was born and rear ed in the State, never, resided out of it a day during a lifetime of forty-five, years, and is ' thoroughly and substantially identified with . everything which pertains to her interests, and has done and will "do more to advance . i - .V them than Mr. Vance veverhas done or ever . will do, for we defy .the Editor of the Stan dard to show what Mr. Vance has ever done for the interests of North Carolina," except to join her army, from which, it would seem, be is very willing to let his "too partial friends": take him, in order that they may place him in a position in civil life tor which he is wholly' unfitted by the habits of 'his life and the qualities of his mind. - . - - -We stop here to-day, as we do not wish to . fatigue our readers,- and promise to resume i the task of refuting the Standard's charges against Col. Johnston in our next issue. lr . t ; . ' We have the consolation of knowing. that when Bennett sends his Herald to Eu rope with his ljing accounts of the Yankee 1 -disasters, in the same number of .each paper, ; under the head of "The Stock Marker," will be found an ample exposure and refutation . i - ot mem. - , COL. HRYAN GRI3LES, j " ; This gallant officer arrived this city on I cuueew j. ii e is, wb regM s io learn, very much indisposed," bu we hopeVlittle rest and good nursing ' will voon ' make him all right again, and seed back to the head of the gallant "4th," prepared. to'Kniier more patriotio services when the occasion is presented, r . , - ' . THE ' 1VEAT1IER. f ! After some days of- intensely hot weather, it clouded up tm Thursday1 evening, and we had a very light rain, lasting bui a very short time.'. While we write n;Friday, tho atmosphere is heavy 'and misty, promidn more rain. t -. Batoh Rouo RxVnwBjoi Plungers by ,-the flag of truce steamer Natch ex, from New Or- ,toMobUonlhe8th,portthalBatoDRoyga kwn taken by Gen. Van Corn; amfc thai ha Tturaa ifUa hundrad priscMr. - f,: f : ; PAPERS. . We did think that when fhe news pf the lata Yankee disasters reached their "father land," the press of that section would-be r either utterly dumbfounded, or would j"con tess tne corn' we aid turns: mat not even Yankee mendacity was equal .to tbe audacity of attempting either to put a good facq upon or . liar over- disasters so crushing U their damnable cause. ' Bot we were mistaken. We wholly underrated the .mendaciomf pow ers of those jineal descendants from thaj lons of the great "Father of Lies' , We will not encumber our paper or disgust our readers with the acohnt given, of the recent events on the Chiokahominy by the great Tycqon of Yankee Liars, Sawney Bennett. " Suffice it that we ell them that he represents Mcjulel lan's' disastrous retreat-as "a splendid Borate gicmove," and that we prove how this old villain lies by extracting from bis papier of the same date 'the following account of the -New York Stock market.: . V r ! -' We copy the jfollowing paragraph from . the ; New York Vllemld' f itaalion article : '. :. . ; The stock-market was very much depressed yet' hr tha &Ilefird conce&lirent of news ferv th Secretary of .War. Government sixes fell !f per cent, and railway chares 1 a 1 per cent. Stoney was in demand on call at 5 a 6 per cent tbe patter being the usual rate. Exchange closed at 120 a j; gold rose to 9J, closiogat that bid. Tbe .bank statement shows a decrease of f 215,319 in specie, ,AU increase of $1,506,639 ki loans and $1,19J,286 In denosits. The Sub-Treasurer will commence paying the July interests on the public liebt to morrowvand the pame Interest on several Northern State debts will also be paid at the usual places Here is a blasting refutation of all Ben nett's talk abont "strategic movements'! and "masterly retreats." Bennett cao lie has lied, and will lie as no other- mortal map ex cept Seward ever did lie, but the stock (mar ket does . not lie. Men, and particularly Yankee men!- do not operate in the funds with any other object bat that of promoting their own pecuniary interests, and if etboks in New York h&ve fallen 6r become derariged, it was because they were depressed by the "news from Richmond." What "news from r ti Richmond!" Certainly not "the news of McClellan's splendid" strategy, for "news" like that would advance and strengthen stocks. What "news" then? Why, "news," 'nnd nothing else than "news" of McClelian's i. disasters disasters ominous of yet more serious and fatal blasters. : Besides the' de pressions f stock?, gold is leaving the North "by the bushel. European holders of IjJ. S.- securities, seeing the inevitable and speedy crash awaiting the Yankee Government such a crash as the world has never seen ; are selling their stocks asrapidly as jhey can, and as there is no cotton or other Amer- ii : ican produots to be exported, the proceeds of these sales must be sent to Europe in spe cie. Tbe consequence is, that gold, butjlate ly at par, has risen in New York to 110i, and will inevitably rise much higher, fojr be sides the demand for specie as the medium of remitting the proceeds of the sae of stocks held in Europe, there will be an addi tional demand for it to pay for goods import ed into New York. " - j. This is the predicament of the greatlEm- porium of Yankeedom, and when we look at the Yankee Government, with its baffled and beaten armies, and its debt of One Thousand Millions of Dollars, may we not expect Epeedjiy to do enaoiea to. say, "juu Jon athan." -: i PROSPECT OP ANOTHER BATTLE ,, NEAR RICHMOND. The Petersburg Express of Wednesday ays; . ; ; Ii Webavewhat would be considered by r roost persons good grounds for believing that i fight is imminent. We believe, too, that when it does take place, the South will have no cause to jeem plain of the result. Bat we do not intend to make public what has come to our knowledge, and any fuither comment or speculation at present, is unnecessary, not to say lnuiscreet. , . . Per Contra, the Richmond Enquirer says ; Thi SiTCA.TioH.-'The movements of oucarmv for the fiast two days, have been entirely strate gical. No fighting of ImportanceJ bai4ransp:red, and, at least . for some days, so far as our advices Indicate, none need be expected. It is sufficient for us to know: first, that McClellan has been defeated before Richmond, and, second, tha his immediate plana, in changing his front,! have, been frustrated, through the superior ability ot our Generals: It will require a Herculean 'effort for him vo retrieve his fallen fortunes, an. effort which will require time, - patience and increasing energy. . It is considered a physical impossibility r l. : - I . v: t . : i lur uiui iu icu uik uisnruijr iu ums lor iu eikrijn and earnest resumption of hk ,Mon to Riobmond! march. His status at present, though not an idle one, is not and cannot be as active as our Jwn. At no period fcthjstoryjoj Abe warhas the Con federate Government mabifesled a .more dashing and energectic spirit than that which is no s per mitted to inspire the, commanders of our-armyt' although that old temptation,, "foreign interfere, eace," looms up even more brilliantly and iseduc lively than ever. The war baa at length become an earnest one, tbe Confederate Government has eeased all parley with the rest of the world, and telying upon right and her own" resources" is de-5 ter mined to pursue it to the bitter end. It would be imprudent topublish the movements J which are now being made by our army. The fpublid most be saUtflad that they are wise, practical and essential to the success of the struggle. - 1 w ; -..- Ii ;tK? We have ben requested to stale thai contributions for the sick and wounded' N. C. Troops, especially provisions not of a very perishable nature, are ve'ry . much needed in Kichmond. Direot.them to Claiborne. Wat kins, C. Depots Main St.', Riehmood, Va.; BospUal 8to'ret:: :' ' -! ; . .v:-'f ' " THE LYING YANKEE LIEUT. LEONIDAS J. MERRITT. -We are grieved to record tha death of the gal lant and noble hearted -young man, - who fell in the battle below Richmond on Tuesday last. Lieut. Merritt was second in command of the Chatham Rifles, 15th regiment .North Carolina troops; and we learn from his Captain, (Capl. London, who passed through this place on Sun day,) that he was struck with a Minnie ball, which entered his side through his arm, and came oat under his shoulder blade. He died almost instant ly. His last expression was, "come on, my brave boystf: ' - . I . T ': Lieut. Merritt was wounded in the brttle of Wyrfti's Mill; and was relieved for, some7 weeks from doty oa this account, during which time he occupied his seat as a member of the Convention. He returned voluntarily to his company, as under tbe conscription law he ws exempt, being a Clerk of one of tbe Courts in Chatham. We conversed with him the day before he returned, and. we know, at his conduct shows,, thai he was actuated by tbe loftiest sense of duty. His fellow citizens of Chatham were urging ; him to be a candidate for the Legislators, and his election would have been certain if he bad cob sen ted to rnn, and this also wontl.have exempted bim from ttrdcOn-' soription; bat h told us be was in for tha war,aad he could not tbink of leaving the brave boys who composed his company, and who had stood by hi or in battle. He was a young man of -fine attain- ments and unusual promise ; and ii his life -had been spare he would have taken position among our beet and ablest public men. We knew him intimately, and we mingto our regrets wilb those of his numerous friends who deplore his death. , Raleigh Standard. 1 1 : To the above handsome' tribute to the memory of as gallant a man as e?er lived, we give a hearty endorsatioo. Lieutenant Merritt was a patriot soldier of the Urue stamp. "He was in for the war," and nei ther the sweets of home nor, tbe allurements of civil office could seduce him from the de fence of the flag of his oountry in the. bat tlefield, or from the companionship of his brothers in arms. "He was in for the waT." This was his holy pledge, and nobly has he redeemed it with his f niartry-blood. How beautifully does this young patriot's conduct contrast with that of "Zeb Vanoe," the can didate of the Editor of the Raleigh Stand ard for the office of Governor. He, too, "was in for the war." He "would never take any position that would' separate him from his gallant men! !" But, alas ! alas ! He has listened to the syren song of ambi tion, and is willing, when the battle storm is raging loudest, to "leave his gallant men" to its pi-iless pel tings for the purpose of occupying a snug civil office .' ! What a contrast between Jeonidas J. Merritt and Zebulon Vance ! - ,'. NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE. COMPANY. At a meeting of the menbers of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, held at the office of said Company, on the 7th July, 1862, Dr. W R Miller was called to the chair, and W H. Harrison was appointed Sacretar'y. On motion,tbe proceeding! of the last annual meeting were read by the Secretary of the Company. ' A detailed statement of the operations of tbe Company during the past year and its present con dition was submitted and received. Five hundred copies of (he report and accom pany ing documents were ordered to be printed for the use of members of the Company. gThe meeting then proceeded to the election of a board of Directors for the ensuing year, when the following gentlemen "were elected : , Chas E. Johnson, Wia. S. Mason, W. H. Jones, K. P. Battle, . JIG. Williams, C B. Root, P P. Pescucl, Battle.' W. W. Ho'den, Quentio Basbee, H. W. Husted, W.H. McKee, , Everard Hall, - ; R. II At a meeting of the Board of Di rectors, held ititmediately after the adjournment of tbe annual meeting of the members, the following gentlemen were elected officers of the.Company for the en suing year: ! ' Cbas. E. Johnson; President. W. W. Holden, Vice-President. ' II. W. Ilusted, Attorney: . R. H. Battle, Secretary. W. HTMcKee, M. D, Medical Examinet. ZXC.B. Root, I Quentin.Busbee, Executive Committee. W. H. McKee, J I . , Chas. E. Johnson, 'I W. H. MqKoe, V Med. Board of Consultation. R.B. Haywood, . J , ' A dividend ol 20 per cent was declared for the year ending May 3, 1862 .,PROM yiCKSBURG, &C. The Memphis "Bulletin," of the 6th Inst, says that the Federals are connecting tbeir two fleets at Vicksburg, bycutting a canal across tbe coun try en tbe opposite' shore, f They are also fitting out an expedition : to go up the Yazoo river to to take the Confederate batteries situated sixty miles above the mouth of the river. - On Friday last our guerillas captured and burnt forty wagons, loaded with Federal stores, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad. A detachment of Gen; . Chalmer's command captured seventy five more, .which were; saved, with their con tents." ' .. i . . j ;' ' . ; ' 1. The Yankees are fortifying , Memphis. They are digging' rifle. pits and throwing up entrench ments four miles in rear of the city. A portion of Sherman's division has moved from Grand Junction to Moscow, forty miles from Memphis, where entrenchments are being constructed: Ne groes" are being impressed, through West Ten nessee, for the purpose.. An attack is evidently expected by the fenemy. " ' " : THEjPBISONERS. , " The Richmond Ebquirer states that the whole number of prisoners of war taken in the recent battles and now confined within the corporate limits pf Richmond amount to 4,5)6. Among tbem are the following Yankee generals : . , S Major General A McCall. .'. . 1 . j. Brigadier Gener-d J F Reynolds; ; -Brigadier Ganeral Rankin, v Brigadier General Sumner. , - ' -:. Brigadier General. Headc. And 131 other commissioned officers. : . ; For Tns'REGisTEa. ,t Womenof tbe South, we know your pitrict ism, your bravery, your nobleness of sou). It h. not your privflege to fight.: -.You" cannot move amidU the dangers, tbe perils, the blood and car nage of the battle field, beside your fathers, broth ers, husbands and lovers. But you can do a work', quite as important. 1 ou ean' gird- them for the conflic, and with words, looks, glances an3 smiles,' cheer them on to. victory and glory. Every let ter you write them from home, should be filled with 'thoughts that breathe and words that burn,' tha't will catch and, kindle frjm man to man, -and heart to heart, until all along our lines shall blaze with a martyr's courage and z jal for country and lor noise, i ou can also by your fortitude, pa tience, courage and strength of spirit, shame into silence tne fearful, trembling, terror-stricken, eravea-hearted men inf our midst, who are con stantly;" predicting our failure in "the glorious Utroggle in which 'we are engaged. They, absorb aii inerays 01 iigni, ana. reneci none ; tney act as non-conductors in the' social', chain, 1 that arrest the flow of the currents of patriotism through society. Their influence is like the blighting frost upon the flowers. It blasts the hopes of; the timid and chills the hearts of tha desponding. By destroying confidence in the stability of our government, in tha success of pur arms, and the ultimate -triumph of our cause, they prepare the way, to the extent of their influence, for the ruin of, the country, by the destruction of our credit and the depreciation of our currency. Wise men, if they cannot be made brave, should be taught silence. SThey should not be suffefed to do as harm by their cold comfort, and oamn our cause by faint pratso. r . , "You can also pray for God's blessing and pro. lection on the loved ones who are abaent, Every home should bo a sanctuary, every dwelling ji Batbel, every spot an altsr, from which prayer ehbuld .be offered for our country, And ibr our juvcu uusa wuu aitr umriug buo uaugera ui iue battle field tot us and all we hold dear. " TJae above extract, mr. jaitor, is rrora an ap propriate and eloquent sermon1 recently delivered by the Rev. Mr. Tucker, of the Methodist Church, to the people of Fayette villa, and I know it will afford you as much pleasure to give it a place in your paper, as it wilLgralifyhe mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of the South to 'read it- While we have been, and are still, girding our brave loved ones for the conflict, and cheering them on to victory and glory, to "strike for Qod and our native land,"I think with Mr. Tucker, that we should take in hand also tha "trembling, terror-strioken,craven-hearted men in our midstj" who employ tbeir time in croaking, fault-finding and speculating on our necessities, and the broken down, spavined old political hacks and editors, who whine and write about State Rights, original unionists and secessionists, and to she w their con veitativeness, give us their cold comfort and "damn our cause by faint prajse." ' I blush to say there are a few such men in every community, and I ame bold' to' say that they are wolves in sheep's clothing, Yankees in their disguise, cow ardly wretches who would barter our liberties for their gain and' ease ; sell their birthrights for a mess of political porridge and revenge, and then leave us to the "tender mercies" of such brutes as Butler, Andy Johnson, Seward & Co.' Sisters' of the South t let us one and all,-with 6corn and contempt banish such creatures, not only from our presence, but frotnour,sunny land ;(they are. not of us, and the sooner they are driven ooj from us the better. . . : 1 'X MARY-ANN ' X ' For, thjc Register. - - - , - It is a little remarkable tbat Gov. Clark who bails from the Edgecombe region, and who has acquitted himself quite as well as Mr. Johnston would, has been overlooked and neglected by tue Sf all-federate party ? What has Gov. Clark done, or omitted to do,, that the cold slioulder should thus be given to him lbtamlard of June 28?A. . Well, the above is about the. coldest shoulder ever given to anybody. Is it not now remarka ble, after reading the above, that the, Editor of the Standard himself did not nominate Gov. Clark at bis own meeting? Ue not only called a meeting, but he called a mass meeting, rwhJch was attended en masse by a few citizens of Raleigh. . Ha not only called it on the 31st of .May, but he called it on Saturday, the 31st day of May, the nearest day toSunday for his holy and righteous purposes. And whom did he iiominate I One would suppose Gov. Clark, but hs did not. He nominated Col. Vance; a man. whom, for party 7 purposes, he once charged in his paper, as being colleagued with tha Abolitionists of the North, in tha defeat: of the Postal Bill. Now there is not a clearer case of cold shoulder on record, than ' that exhib ited by the Standard in his- meeting towards Gov. Clark save one solitary exception, 'and that ex-, ception is, Col. Vance ; who, after all the trouble, pains and expense of getting up the meeting, val uable time lost in writing out the resolutions, and making the speech, and only speech of the -occasion by Mr. Holden himself that Col. Vance,' right in the face of all this, actually sent his letter pt acceptance to tha Fayettville Observer instead of the Standard: . Well, it. settles one thing, to wit: that Col. Vance has as correct an opinion of the Editor of the Standard and his paper as Mr. Badger and.Gov. Graham once, had themselves. if0 temporal Oh mores 1" The advance of our army, over the deserted ground of the :. Yankee' Vandals, .develop daily instances of the most horrible brutality. Inspir ed with a bitterness intensely i bestial, they have lost no opportunity to visit heir inhuman 'wrath upon, the bodies of the living and - the dead ot the Confederate army that flaye fallen; into their hands. On yesterday, some of our forces, in pas. sing over the deserted camp ground of the fugi-' tives, discovered three Louisiana soldiers hanging from a tree, while the bodies of several Georgians were lying around mutilated with bayonet wounds, and begri&ed with dirt We trust tbat that due vengeance will be visited upon the " vil lainous wretches for this glaring violation of all the rules of. respectable warfare. ; Tbe blacirflag, it is understood, was raided amid their ranks, in their last struggle, but its effect, like all the rest they may attempt to get up, fell dead. The situ ation ia now nearly as it was on. Wednesday The enemy are at bay, without supplier ammu nition, aid, anda!most without hopc." J 'r ''"':. Richmond. Enquirer! ' SUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. The Nova Scotia has.' arrived, with Liverpool dates to the 22d ult. ? The Euiilie St. Pierre affair has been settled. The correspondent of the Paria l'Constitutionnei" regards the mediation of Eu rope, respecting the American war, merely a question of time. , Public opinion, both in En- gland and France, daily grows in favor of recog nition and mediation. , ;. ; j i: In the House of Commont, the motion of Mr. Lindsay respecting British relations with Amer-" jea, expressing the hope tbat . the Confederacy would be recognized since 'lis. now clear, that its independence will be achieved, bad been poslpon Ad to the lift Tof Julv. 't?L. " V! ' ! I Mr. Linday, in postponing his -notice on tbe subject of British relations with America until i Friday,- the 11th of July, expressed a hope, that J the Govern ment would in the meantime see! the Necessity of recognizing the .independence of the 1 Cunfcderato States, and of taking the matter out juf the hands of private members as it was per fectly clear the Confederate States, Were now able to assert their independence. . ! 4 Ia the UouFe of Lords, Mr. llapward stated that he would on 1st of July, move a resolution that it was the duty of tho British Government to use every exertion consistent with, the' main tenance of peace to end the American war. f - THE BRUTAL ANDfiTJFVlANLY BUT ;V' ' - : ; LEK." ,.Vi . .--J From thQ Manchester Guardian, June 18. ' f It is honorable to human nature on both sides of the Atlantic that tbe most devoted syespa-i taizera of the Northern Spates are1 sincerelv ashamed of General Butler. ; j j . "We will not venture to anticipate further in telligence, which may reach us even before these lines are printed. None will rejoice more than; than ourselves if it aDtear. hereafter, that Ptresii dent Lincoln has marked, in the mlv effectual way, his sense of tne .vindictive blackguardism of the upstart conquerer oi mew Jr jeans. It is even probable, we would hope, that this has al ready been done, without waiting for further pressure from European publicVpinion. ' - j i ; Lord Palmertson has "poken . so well for ;En-; islishmen oh this' Subject, that it is unnecessary to ,say more respecting the universal feeling of this. 'country.' We do not tnink it at all necessary to exaggerate tne practical consequences whicp the ruffianly Northern Commanaer intended to fol low from the decree he published. It, is probable he mant nothing more than to threaten the Se cessioBist ladies of New Orleans with the most infamous and degrading forms , Of "prison discip line as the penalty for the expression of their, po litical symi'Sithiea. 'The essence of his offence if, that he deliberately , cast about for words suited to inflict the most inioleiable insult on women, with whose husbands and brothers be was at war. Tbat, too, occurs in a civil war, and one fn which" we are desired to bcliete tbat the aggressive party isjsupported by a large I section of opinion in the districts in which it is striving to re-establish its authority ! Therein consists the true gravity of; the incilent. Make what aUowance we may fori the personal brutality of tne author of the order,! it shows now aestituie ue must do oi every Lope ot conciliating popular regard in the Southern j city. . . ; . ::! ,;; . '.: . . , : : That it opens tnis insig t into tbe depth of ha tred tind hostility which the army encounters : at New Orleans is bad enough : the extent to which it tends to increase these feelings, is worse. Gen. Beauregard put a; very fitting estimate on the impolicy of this ! proclamation when be caused it to be read at the head of his own regi- i ments. . :.. -! - ' i The Government which does not signally re pudiate and reverse it will share the diserace it involves, and fully merit all the disadvantages H is calculated to entail, and this is more than, de spite tbe partial credulity of tne ".Daily News," tbe Government of Washington, ia yet known to have done. . . - . FRANCE. ' .'' " 1 , , i TRENCH BKINVORCEMEST8 FOR M KXICO. According to the latest reports tbe strength of the French reinforcements about to be sent to Mexico will not fall short of 12,000 men. Two regiments at Rome were reported to be under or ders to quit for Mexico,! : " I;''--.. The raria correspondent of the Liondon Twtes says that the command will be conferred on Gen. Trocbn or Gen. JVlountauoan ; and tbat 12,000 fresh troops are going out' at once.' Orders; had been sent to Cherbourg. Brest, LorieJit ; and Rochefort to fit out all the ships forming the re serve. -'! !' " : ! - Paris evening pipers Jof .the 20th assert that Gon . Forey had been lappoin ted to tbe command n Mexico. - Some reports say that the army in Mexico is to be increased to 30,000 men, and that the'reinforcements will be I anded at Tauipico in stead of Vera Cruz. : ; : ! "NORTHERN NEWS. CONDrTION OF AFFAIRS IN THE WEST. 1 TFrom the New York World. July 1.1 The militaiy situation at , the West is not what it should be, . GenuiCurtis ia retreating, with a prosprct that he willloee his armyand lave Mis souri undefended. Geo Mitchell is retiring be fore the . Confederates in Tennessee, And Gen, Morgan is marching in the opposite direction from Knoxville. Confederate armies are turning up in every direction, and our . forces are nowhere as 'strong as they should be. The Confederate conscription act, which went 1 n to operation in the Confederate rank and file with men of a more determined stamp than tbe volunteers. It is no ticeable that the Confederates who fought at Shi- oh andL Fair Oaks are not the same troops who be haved so ignobly at Roanoke, Newbern, and Don-" elsom Notwithstanding the draft, however, and the unpromising state of aflairs in the West, if the Confederates are' beaten at Richmond we will have men enough and to spare to finish the rebellion. , . v. THE NORTHERN DEBT. ' , - In a late speech M.-.TVallandigbam, of Ohio. said : - ', . ". - , -.' . - . , '- Mr. Vallandigfaam, of Ohio, said the bill before us appropriates two hundred. thousand dollar r, and pledges the faith of , the Jited.Statea to the extent of ten millions. - He ' was opposed to it first, because he thought it uneonstitational ; he would oppose it further because' the debt, liabili ties and expenditures of . the- government to. day are- too great to justify its further assuming such a burdeu aa this bid .contem plates. . ; - - ' ; He could see no reason for peeking to conceal the true facts of the indebtednees of the Govern ment. The gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. Dawe?), wbo was puff forward as the special ad vocate for the Secretary, of the Treasury, siid io the early part of this session that it cost th Gov " I ernment, to support the; war; two millions of dol lars per day. This was wnat gentlemen said who have access to the Departments. . The total of actual! debt and i expenditures, and absolute or contingent liability for which , thia . administra tion is chargeable from March 4, 1861, to July 1, 1862 item by item is $912,560,933,43. At the rate per month of $60,83I,330rsrtid tor every day during tbe whole period of fifteen, months $2,027,311. This does not include the debt pre vjoua to March 4, J861 $72,18900.- . 1 TBKMuaDaaxxBrm.KK.Tbe murder of Humr ford in New. Organs by Butjer U a'deed which : ought never to be forgiven. If such crimes are raed by, there is no knowing what n&W alrocl lies this fiend will commit. The execrable Wretch must be punished for thil murder. .If" deeds to horrible pscape retribution, tbeji indeed has Jut. tice forsaken the earth. - . Mr. Mumford was a native of Onslow county, N. C, and was of very reipeclable parfntage. He leaves a balf brother a most estimable gen tleman who resides near Wilmbgton.l Juktfce" requires that proper notica should be takn cf the brutal deed, and we trust the master will not b ' overlooked by the President. :; ;w j Nsit S.BitpWN.-The Knoxvllle Rrlisier re- 4 lates an incident which followed Hell S. Brown's apostacy, which was calculated to brings! blush io the cheeks of the most hardened renegade. Brown ; has tnree sons ; two of them are in the Oonfeder- ate army, and one, a youth of about fifteen, was at home. Upon bearing of hi father's making a Unionpepch, thia nobie la aougbt him, and. hearing the confirmation from his own lips, not" only expressed his indignation, but declared he could never again set foot beneath 4be parental -roof, but would Join Ma brothers in defence of thrt ' ' South.' It is said he has kept his word, j ' ' i X r MOVEMENTS OF, THE ENEMY Grenada, Miss., July. 7. The St. Loula Re -.. publican of tbe 3d inst, has been received here. Tbe following is a summary of tha news t - i A'despatch dated- Cairo, t Inst., says , that General. Hindman is back at St. Charles with' 5,000 men. ; Colonel Fitz (of the Yankee army) has abandoned his position after spiking his guns. Curtis ia reoorted t j be in'a bal aitunLiom ITu A. plies cannot reach him, and his army had been living on half rations for tea days. . Ha will have fto cut. hie way out or be captured It is reported tbat the Yankees are again retreating frob Hotly Springs. ' ,;i - .-.,f;: ,'".; p. ' l DEATHS- Dij),on the field of battle before Riohnoa A, Thiers, day, Jane 26, , 1882, Major :TRISTRAM Id 8 KIN. NKR, of .Chowan Co., N." C. Li ' - 1 , r . - Some special eommemoration It, dae this iorvsnt of his coontry one of ihe first from his- Sttfe to" offer himself as a defender of her liberties. j ' In May, 1861, he was chosen Captala of aeampaay from his own ooanty, and soon won their affsetlonate esteem by his dovotion to the eaose and to them. Hi. services, in dae time, secured him promotioa to Ue raak of Major in the 1st Regiment ot North Carolina i : and it is a aase of satUfactioa to his friends that here, also he, enjoyed tha entire confidence pf his su periors as well as of his command. . . j j .,. Major Skinner has. for many years bean an attached and earnest member of the Church, and he Was care ful, before going to the field, to attest publicly hU" union with Christ our Lord, by partaking of the com muB ion of Ilia body And blood. " "'-. '. r".k ; s He fell whilst leading a hrge against oae of the enemy's heavy batteries t beneefortit,' his memory is embalmed ia the most glorious annals of his eoon try. ;.'!v!.'.;.i- ji - ;;.' : -At . , , ot only his family, but hjs commanlty and his State, have offered a costly sacrifice upon the altar of Liberty. We monm a true man and an aprlght cltl- , xen. "Greater love hath no man than thU, tbat a man lay down bis life for his friends." i 77 Jnor by the ruthless hand of the Invader, oa th battle field ef Beven Pines, June 1st, JOHN W. NUNNALLY, In the 27th year of his age. T A noble and generous young man, beloved by all who knew him. A true patriot, who never swerved from his duty, and a Christian soldier. Having known him from his cuildfiood op I know that he was all that a sister could . ask for m a brother a falthfot and dutiful child. ' Mother, weep not for him as thoagh be were lost to thee, for while yon' will not see him again in this world, a happy reunion awaits thee In that blessed world where parting is not known. -Rest, dear Willie ! thy 'soul Is now with thy blessed Saviour, and those that have gone before greet your arrival. Tbou art now a soldier of Ood, and the loved ones that mourn thee will seek oomfort In thy gentle bearing while with as. Oh, prepare as, dear Saviour, to Say with Job : "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away f blessed be the name of the Lord.". Died, in Richmond, Va , on Friday, the 27th alt -CHARLES R; EATON, of Warrya county, N. C, ia the 42ad.year;of his age ,-'v--ir."-. X '',-". The deceased was a private ia. eompany A, pf the 14th Regimes t 'of North' Carolina Vol an teers. He was an amiablle and honorable man, pf fine feelings ' and many virtues, greatly esteemed and beloved by ' . his comrades in arms, and by all who knew him well. " In this city, on the 9th July, LILLIE ANN VIC-V TCRIA W0MBLE, infant daughter of .Wm. Ti , A StAan W'omble, aged IS months and 13 days , w . ' ,t Fifty Dollars Reward. POCKET BOOK LOST.LOST Off THE 7th July, 1862,1 my Pocket Book, Containing anout ouu tnree aiuu ouis, one fftu, eleram f ZO's, one $10, and several small tylla, from $1 to (Oe Ae., besides several notes and accounts, and some orders from the committee, for - furnishing 'lodigent faaiiliee of Volunteers ; also a certificate for a substitute, John Johnson, in CapL Godwin's Co., 31st Reg't K. a T. Said Book was lost somewhere between J. Jj LMc Cullers' and Mrs. Banks. -..4' ' : I . I -. . I also forbid any person from palag. any debt due me to any one except my self. ' I , j I will give a reward of Fifty Dollars for the return of said Book with iu contents v ' j - (;! :-f". ' -v "" 3S0. W. ATKINSON. , July gth, 1862. ' ; ' Jy 12 2tpd 7 Interest-Bearing Treasury Notes. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, I v -; Richmobip, June 4, 1S42. XTOTICE IS. HEREBY GIVEN 1 THAT JJi -: the Treasury department is new ready to issue Treasury notes of the denomination of One Hundred dollars, bearing interest at the rate of two cent per day, in payment of dues, or in exchange for Ordinary Treasury notes of every denomination. The exchange ean be made at the office of the Treasurer, or of any Assistant Treasurer or Depositary of the Government, t . - These notes being receivable for all dues In the . same manner as ordinary Treasury notes, offer to the 1 holder tha double advantage of an Interest of $T SO per cent, while retained in his hands, and tha capaci ty of being used as currency whenever he may desire to pay them away.- They thus afford aa opportunity ' for investments of small sums at short dates, at the . .. wffl ef the hot&r. v O. G. MEMMINGBR, ; '; je 14 la ' ( T . - , ' Secretary ef Treasury. ' JJ; CJTATE OP NORTH CABOLINA CALD- S JOt WELL COUNTT Court of Pleas Quarter and ' Sessions May Term, A. V. 1852. ; ' - : Sarah A- Paetf,) ,-'.r:.- , rX, ? t vi " ; PeUUon for Dower. 1 r - It appearing tv the satisfaction of the Court that of the heirs at law of Joseph Paett, deoeaaed, vis : . John W. Pttett, TOmon .'Moore aad hi wife Elvira, .' John A. Puett, Wm- M. Pnett, Joseph K. Poett. Eli-. .' ah 8. Paett . and Pinkney A. . Puett j the following, to wit: John W, Puett, TilmoB Moore and his wife Elvira, and Joseph N. Puett, are sot residents of this . State, bat reside beyond the limit of the same : there fore, it is ordered by the Court that publication be X made In the Raleigh Register, a paper printed la the , . City of Raleigh, for six successive weeks notifying ' the said John W. Puett, . Tilmon, Moore and bis wife , Elvira, and Joseph N. Puett, te be and appear at the ' next term of this Court, to be held for the County of Caldwell, at the Court Hous in Lenob-, en the first , Moaday in August next; then and there to show castas, "4 if any they eao, why paid dower1 shall nqt be laid pt, According to the prayer of tbe petitioner, eat of the . Taste ; J ETHRO R. W1L80N, ql C. my J4 wf w Ay, J 4 , I iif l.r'i. . t !'; i. v , "i if 1 1; I .'-ii lv Xh a .1 f. S- - v. i It !- i " ! - - ' ' ... 1 ' . . I J ' . i : - . , "- .;-..! . . - ' - V ' ' ' - , - "r - ' v'. ' ' -' : n
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