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tmmmm vu mTIk v r Hx flit It liisft 7 " --- I - ?" ; V .' T7" , ! - ' . " rrr : .I" - -. . . . . , T" " 111 II m VI r- II I I YOL! LXU -r--f-: i. Tzi-i-'.tx-l.-l-i. -;:r . . : Nil 29 - .At:--; It OattM Uiplaioft&xr deQflitfal pae - RA.lS.EIGH, N. STUBDAT MORNING, JULT 19, 1862. F COL.' VANCE AS A MIMTAIIY MAN, ,t The.hst unnbir of 'the Sute Joarstl itef the late Bull-fed hut now "Cotaem life" Editor of Ithe 8Undrd & well-deserted j 'exoomtioo for hit tudftcioas Attempt to make, for party pnrposes, Col. ; Vance fAe hereof the gallant, "we Imight almoraj desperate I chargo of Gen. IUnsom'e Brigade against the Yankee battery of 32 pieces of axtillerj, to get at which, according to the 8tandard, he , had 4 to cross a distance ,of one vtile and a quarter (! H) being all the time under the ; fire of the battery. Vance'i regiment,, ao " eording the Standard,"" was "ahead of etery other Southern Regiment, . for no other dead . was found so near the enemy' guns." Now, ' gentle reader,' hbw many of Vance's dead were found "bo near the! enemy's guns !M . "Four,? all told:. When we remember that .Vance and his men eharged. over a spaee of ontnile and a quarter, in the face of -"a bat tery of 32 piece of artillery," and lost only "four of his mei," must it not be conoeded - that this "was the most extraordinary "charge" j recorilod la the i annals of warfare, either ancient or modern ! ! ! ! ,We do not mean to detract from Coll Vance's merits si a milita , ry man, but "jolting is joking, and poking is pokin g," and for one, w e do not belie re the . statenient which Ithe Standard puts forth. We utterly discredit the statement that any regiment, charging ahead of "all other fegi ments" for the space of d mile and aqvar- ter against abattery in full play against if, could . e scape witu the loss of only 'fout ". killed. The statement is, in our opinion, a regularly built thumper, manufactured for the purpose of operatjog on the election, and, put forth careless of the reputation of other . gallant men who participated in that daring ; charge. . !. . ; " '.. . ; i We cannot belie to that Col. Vance would knowingly claim honors .that he never won, pr wear them at the expense of his brethren i I-- - , i in ann- Vgr Since the! abo?o was written, . J I we have read the following'' communication from an Actor in, the Scene," which we re received two days since. ' Had this commu nication been written. with the express objeot of refuting the lying statement of the Stan ard,' it eould not have more effectually done so. What becomes now of Vance with his ' men in "forty yards" of the "battery of 32 : pietes of artillery," and what becomes of I him "ahead of every other Southern legi-: ' ment," as proved by his . having "four men'? dead nearest the .battery ? ! Echo answers what! j . . I WFe have the true name of "An Actor in the Scene," and it is the name of as respon sible a man aa lives, as the Editor of the Standard will find if he ventures to deny the. truth of his statement. & Fob. thk Eegistkk. " , j Dkcbt's Blutt, I j ; Jaly 12, 1862. Me. Kditok: I fee in the Ditpatek and -Ex amine m general aioooant of the action of Ban som's' Brigade, which la couched in very compli mentary terms, nd very deserved y so. Bat is these account no' particular Regiment of the brigade was singled out, which li very natural and right in a genbral detail of the action of the brigade, where the, conduct of all was apparently the tame. By soma means or other, though all acted well, yet some stood to their post longer, and by that meanj the whole brigade has received the credit of some' things, when in all jottice and right, it properly Jelongs to but a part. I refer to the declarations in the IHijxiich and Examiner, from which some N. C, papers have copied, that Ransom1! brigade slept upon the Jield the night after the bat ;le ot Mai Turn's Hill, Tuesday eva, July Jtt, 1862. t don't mean X& detract in the least from the good name which the brigade, as a whole, baa won for-itself; lax from It; my object ' is only to giro the! 49th Regiment, Col. Rammer's, its full share of the glory. It i ssaid the brigade slept upon the field ; this is partly true A prt of the brigade remained all night upon the field. Th4dth remained there; all night, within' two hundred and fifty yards of the enemy's batteries, but when clay dawned npon that bloody field, no other Regiment of the brigade was to be seen, for the simple reason that no other remained all night. A few detached! companies from Gen. Wright's and Xtahone's brigades, commanded by Gene. Wright and MaWie in person, with the 49 uh If. C. Reg., were all the Confederate troops to be seen facing the foe the next day. In that memorable' charge, the49lh', the nly raw regiment in the brigade, moved on undismayed, with the coolness of tetefana, in j the .face of afire, before, which humanity was unable to stand, UH within sixty yards of the batteries, where our gallant Col-was wounded, when through tha adrica of a messen , ger from Gen. (Sims, the'; Regiment fell back a short dutance, ut rally ing, followed the colors, gallantly borne aloft by the Adjutant, ttill nearer the enemy. WiiMri fifty , yards of the baUerka our flagtiff was planted again, and onr brave boy rallied arjnnd it, and there remained , till ot a corporal'a'guard upon our right or left was t to found fa 'sarvort n. wasa w tiLW . Short distance, baited and satisfied ourselves by actual observation that no other regiment of the brigade was to be found on the field f near us The Regiment was then marched back some two handred and fifty yards from the batteries, just over the j crest of a small elevation j, where, meeting with Gena. Wright and Ma he tie, wittya few companies fr-m their brigades, same four in all; the Regiment ; was halted, and bpre. we re mained far the night. Gens.-Wrigh t and Ma hone were so well pleased with the good order the Regiment maintained in retiring, that bey both exclaimed, Well done, -45th i you have acted nobly ; you have retired in better order than any Regiment that has left the field.". ' You may de pend upon it, that it did our hearts good to bear luch words from Gen. Wright. AVe knew bka, for wb.had seen bis manly bearing and 'brave conduct the week before in a heavy skirmish on the- Williamsburg- road, and our hearts leaped to know we.' wero nnder such a leader LHaving thrown out pickeU, we bivouacked for the night our pickets firing and being fired at daring the whole time. Within a half hour after tbe fire of the enemy ceased, they began to move away, and from then till daylight, the rumbling of wagons rattling of artillery, and neighing of horses never ceased. Bvery command given could be distinct ly heard, j Then was the time fur au attack. -A' kingdom for an'.army, and MeClellah's. hordes would bave been known no more. ' Had our ar ti lery been able to have held them tn check till dark, and then let us pounce upon them as they moved, the last trace of the Grand Army would have been swept away. As it was, we had to re main there powerless, and shudder . with horror as the deep groans or piercing cry from the' wounded and dying was wafted o our. ears from every knoll and gutter of that bloody field. Tie grey dawn trat revealed oar condition. Before us was drawn up a regiment with a squadron of cavalry ready to pounce upon our little : band.- In vain did we strain our oyea over the 'field to catch a glimpse of some other part of the brigade that had acted so nobly., the evening before. They were not tnere, for those that slept upon the field were not Ransom and his Brigade, but the 49th Regiment N. C. Troops, with a part of Gens. Wright's and Mahone'a commands, some four companies ; nor did they leave the field;' till writ ten orders were received from the Brigadier.-i-And when the wounded and dead wer gathered up next day, it is well known that $he bodies found nearest the batteries belongtd to the 49th These aie facts plainly stated, without any exag geration not to exalt the 49th, or detract from the rest of the brigade, for they all didjweH, but simply to let the true statement, of tire case be known, and to do full justice to the 4jjth. She is proud of her actions, and well the may be ; far she planted her colors nearer the batteries than any others, was the last to retire, and thn not till ft wis evidently madness to 'remain ; slept upon theeil"and tcIJlis-- grcttad dpfie liegHn fire of her deadly toe troa mess tnergtriT 7 AN ACTOR IN THE SCENE. , : ' " ) TUB 'COPSCRIPT LAWUOLDEN'S . PHYSIC WORKING. Avery intelligent gentleman, who has re cently been in the counties of Randolph, Forsythe and Yadkin, informs us tat there is very great dissatisfaction with the Con script law, and that some men swear that they will not yield to its requirements, as they have the opinion of J adge Pearson and Governor Clarke that it is unconstitutional. We have no right to speak by authority on the subject, but we are very sure .that neither Judge Pearson nor Governor Clark ever ex pressed such an opinion, the trathj is, this dissatisfaction with the Conscript Law M the legitimate fruit of the war waged against the Administration of the Confederate Gov ernment by the Raleigh Standard, an if men go into the ranks of our army with hearts disaffected and rankling against the Govern ment and the Cause, to its door Will; be traced the fault, and upon its shoulders will the responsibility rest. Tbe Raleigh Stand ard has done, is doing, and will continue to do as much mischief as the wicked sod as lignant heart of its Editor can suggest! ( . THEN AND NOW. . v ; ' ' : ' We must "paraller' lat Holder again. ; If McClellan oould only parallel against Richmond-as effectaally as we do against Holden, that city would oe'rtainly fall. ; .. ., In the Standard of Saturday last; there is an article charging Cot; 'David McNeil, of Cumberland, jrith going; to Richmond to elec tioneer in the camps for -himself as a candi date to represent Cumberland county in the Senate, and against CoL, Vanoe. The Stan ard is horror-struck at ihe enormity of such cemdaot, and wishes ; to , bring oat a man to meet Col. McNeil,' and of all men in the District, pitches upon Edward J Halef: J ast hear what be eajs of Edward t J. Hale now, and what he said in 1846, if you wish to re alise the difference between "then and now script soldiers, "who are going ta 411 up'hel tua &ui6u ana wounueu voiuaieer, with the idea thai they are the victims of ojp pression and! unconstitutional legislation, in stead of men who are going to do 'ho more nor less than their duty to theirr country; THE WEATHER. From ihe Raleigh Star dard, July 12th, 1862 j M Let some good and true man, less a partisan than CoL McNeil, be at once brought out against; him. If xur friend Hale: will pardon as, we would suggest that we know no man - who; from long; public service, devotioa From the Raleigh'Sian ! dari,June 24tb, 1846: EDWABD J. HALE. J During the late ses sion of the Legislature,. Mr. Sbipard, by way of reply to the numerous slanders and false char ges brought against him by Edward J. Hale, the Editor of the Fayette to the public and privateiville Observer tvM forced interests of North Car. to denounce that man as olina, and ardent andja, liar, a scoundrel, and a valuable services ic pro- cowarrf ; ' and subse moting the war, is eo'quently, ; we were com- juatly entitled , to tbetpelled, from a regard for honor of a seat in tneiour own cnaravw, m next Senate of North Carolina, as Edward J Hale, Sr., of Cumber land. We know,-that hia habits and tastes are averso to such apo6ition,;forehead, but the State needs his! Hale ha sorvicps in the Senate and tbe man would hon or the seat. . i strike that paper from qur , exchange list . Smarting under the brand.of infamy which was then fixed upon his Edward not ceased KF" The Standard says that a rep Irt is in'-i L circulation that Col. Vance is a native-born Yankee; We nave never heard suoh a re port, and do not believe that , any report of the kind is in circulation. I But' suppose it was, what right would the Standard have to become indignant,' when but the other day, it, "for party purposes," published the com-i Col. Johnston as a South Carolinian i I Our correspondent is indignant, as everv honest man must be, at thb ehargt that Col. Vance i not true U the South. To j. what depth of degradation will not certain man descend 1. It Col. Vance is not true to his country, tohq' is ? Can he give stronger proof of his fidelity than he Is now giving, by baring bis Jbreaat to 'Yankee bullets ? Shame on the knaves and cowards, who themtelve skulk from the battle, and then charge that Zb, Vance, who 13 ?n the 1 forefront! of tbe hottest of it, is not true to his native land! Ral eigh Standard, July i. . .f ;;. j. Wbyr Mr. Holden, thou art: the man the "knave and coward," according ito your own pub- lished statements. , Bead yonr own record. lV. v.-- A.-.r-27' AlredeUExpressA - Xtsi let him Vead his own record,1" Let him refer to , bis own file of , 1859, : and see bow he- charged Mr. Vance with being un true to the South with' being a co-labourer with the Black Bepublioant, Bat-fwhat of that ?.'; Did it suit his "party ; purposes", to do soy ihe Editor of the Standard would next week, next month or next year, not only re-, iterate this charge, but add to it as many 'uarnnabla charges as his wicked imiatkni ould nr2:':A:A' f:-T--'' ;i'. from that day to calum niate Mr. Sbepar.d and the Editor of thia paper j and If we notice him at all as often as once in ; twelve nionths, it is only lb remind our readers of his despicable character, and to put them on their guard against the.' false-' I hoods Which he is per- Stually pourings forth, is abuse we regard as a high . compliment ; for 'Edward J. Hale abuses jand VilUfieS every man j who stands upas the un flinching advocate of ; popular rights, ji Ot courae Edward J. jHale is opposed to the i Mexican War, and, like the Editor of the Regis ter, looks upon the War ias having - been .."pro-. 1 vuked" b y ' Presiaent ,PoIk; but; Hale will Although , the weather: for two or three days of the present week has been intensely hot, we' have been visited by raina; which have greatly promoted vegetation. sThe pre sent prospect is very good for an abundant eorn crop. . v V What has become ! of the ordinance against hogs running at large in the city Theycan be found in numbers in divers parts Pretty spicy 'parallels,1 you think so I Dot, then, don't you know that like Graham in 1846 and Vance in 1859, Hale, who would now "honor a seat in the Senate," was slandered by the Standard for "party purposes ?" Io 184ft "Edward J. Hale," according to I the S tandard: was a "coward" a "traitor who would "sell the liberties of his country to-morrow. . In 1862, according to the same authority, this same "Edward J. Hale" would "honor a seat in the Senate." Surely there iV are -mart-able difference between "then and now," and most particularly when "party purposes" are to be subserved- : I t . PAQA1 TICKSBUAG. . BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE OF THE , A STEAM RAM "ARKANSAS." i , ! - m- . - j ... A special dispatch to tbe Mobile 'Advertiser and Register, dltei Jackson, July 1 4th, says that the Miasissippian 'published a report that afternoon from Vicksburg, that Commodore Farragut' had. proposed to withdraw his fleet and cease offensive operations against Vickiburgy provided the guiii boats.' above were permitted' to pas3 down the river without molestation. . The monster steam rain uArkansas," which has for sometime past bee.n fittingjoh the TazoO river, came down the river on the morning.of the I5,lb, (Thursday!) and fought her way successfully through the eaemy's upper. Mississippi fleet, in flicting great damage upon it. The "Arkansas" was exposed to a , terrific fire, but the damsge done to ber is "trifling, only touching her smoke stack. She ia now at Vicksburg. The wounded have been sent,ashofe. j Generals Van Dor Breckinridge and Smith vifeited the the ship aftef the hier arrival at Vicks burg." ' ! .' ;V . .. ;.; '' The Arkansas sunk two of the Yankee gun boats. ' In coming out of the Yazoo river, the Federal neat opened on both sides, pouring in a terrible broadside as she passed. On opening the ports for air, a shell entered, Jcilling nine and wounding several others. The Ram. "Bon ton" attempted io hitt the "Ax kadbas," but missed and was struck by the" Ar kansas." She, put for shore Jn a sinking coridi tien. . ' . .. Another Federal gunboat .was fir&l Wll the transports in." the fleet belqW; left. One mortar .boat grouni was burnt. The "Arkansas'' ia scarcely injured and expects to go down tha rlvor.' ' After tks brilliant achievements of the ilAr- kani-aa,1 the -Yankee fleets both from above and t BECISION OF THE CANDIDATES. -"Just as we wore going to pressj' w received the following for pablicatioh';---1 V A- '; .'" ' ' :A I-', r " ; AcBtray, July 17; 1862. . . - The undersigned, candidates for tha Senate and House of Commons for the County of Wake, with the view of allaying party strife and avoiding- the discussion of diiiurbing topics among tha people, at the earnest suggestioa of sundry patriotic citi ' zeri?, do hereby covenant and agree to and .with each Other to discontinue the can vas from this day to pa Wish no speech nor circular; nor eleo Uoneer publicly or pr. vately, nor attend any pub lic assembly for that purpose, until the day oi election. J. P.H.RTJSS, M. i A. BLEDSOE, G. H. ALFORD, - R. H. JONES, r QTJENT. bus bee, J. a MARRIOTT, 1VILLIAM LAWS, H. W. MILLER. country., ile.is. loo Digr-Riow,- madathea 16 de3poiat!cJn,-coimierrva i I a cowara ior vuai uu i ;he will imite against it ; 1 'and, in our opinion, ho t; would sell its liberties ;to-morrow, if ' he oould , jfor as much gold as i would make him au aris tocrat and grandoe under ithe sway ot some Euro i:poan monai'ch. terrific bombardment upon Vicksburg, throwing liquid shells into the city, and 'burning one, row of buildings. -The two fiaets made. simultaneous efforts to pass; our batteries, but were repulsed. Our batteries! are uninjured1, and no qasuaH.ies are reported. ;;" 1 V . - ' Detibmination ob1 1 McCLJJXLAir.j In bis boastful proclamation to. the "Army of the Poto mac, McClellan ' declares that Richmond shall yet be taken, no matter at what expense. of "time, treasure' and blood." This is. another of those "strategic movements" and "change of position" in speech, for which be j baa become so famous in action. How long is, it since he declared that tbe war was to ba a "hort und desperate one," and that he intended to take the rebel capital without much effusion of blood? Men of his peculiar character ought to hive good memories. ,! But boaster and braggart as he is, we givj him full credit for sincerity in the declaration now an nounced. We believe that, no matter at what "expense ot time, treasure and blood," it is the determination of the North to capture this city, and conquer the South ifj it can. It is "natural f it men to listen to the sjrren song of IIo;.e," but we might as well look for hope in'the dismal jaws of the infernal pit as iajthe malicious heart of our demoniac foe: ' There is no hope, but in our own strong hearts and arms,, save in that benig nant Providence which (has so .often interposed for our deliverance, but which only helps those who help themselves. . Let us not forget the les son of Manassas. Every moment now is more precious than gold. Richmond Dispatch. ' There is little doubt that the latter para graph of the article above quoted contains the truth The Yankee nation, "taken all aback" by the tidings ojf their boasted "Young "Warrior's" defeat a before the long-coveted prize, Richmond, will be for a moment para lized but it will soon wake up aod again re alize the momentous fact that the conquest of the South must be effected to save them from the doom of the most degraded people that ever existed. .. They will try again and again, but if we are i true to ourselves, and turn a deaf ear to croakers and faultfinders, they, will be batHed again and again until (exhausted means andj energies will compel them to hail peace on any terms as a bles aiDg. -: 8uoh bebg the ease, how unpatriotio aye, how treacherous is the ondact of those who are arriving to poison the minds of eoa- FROM MEMPHIS AN INFAMOUS.4 OR DER REPORTED CAPTURE OF CUR TIS WITH 8,000 PRISON ERS TH E RE PORT COffTRADlCTED.- " A special dif patch to the Mobile Tribune, dated Grenada, July 14 states tbUt the Memphis papers cf the li ib, cyntaiu an crder from Geii. Grant, banishing from the city, after five days' notice,tbe .families of all persons . connected in any nianrier. with ihe Confederate army, or holding, office un der the Coniadera te Government, . or ; holding State, county pr municipal offices, and claiming to owe allegiance to the Confederate Spates. The same tyrannical rule is applied to families of those who have come South. This order will expel ful ly two-thirds of the families from Memphis... The Memphis Bulletin (Yankee,) extra, of Friday, sfates that Gen. Hind man has captured Gen, Curtis, with 8,000 prisoners. The officers were detained, but the men wera. paroled 1 Pre parations were making in Memphis for sending Curtis's men home. .:! rv i-.-M-' Per contra, a telegram frorn Jackson, Miss.,' dated July 16, says that Dr. jj P. Kenedy, 14th Miss.; Dr. Thomas B. Elkins, ?0th Miss.; Dr. Ca leb Terry, 17th Ala., have arrived from Camp Douglas, released by the Federar Government. . They say on the authority oif Jeff. Thompson, that Curtis has escaped Uindman- and got to He lena, Ark. Hindman'had Curtis surrounded.but having no ammunition was compelled to5let him escape, although the Federals announced his cap ture. ; .:' I . ; ' !- ':'.. : . ' ' DISPOSITION OF THE YANKEE FORCES - - IN THE SOUTHWEST. ' : . A special dispatch to the Savannah imiiean, da'ted Knoxville, July l5tb, says General Bu ell's forces arescatuered all along the line from Hunts ville to Stephenson, and are said to number .thir ty thousand, including fifteen hundred cavalry. . McCookV division, ten thousand strong, is marching against Chattanooga withV twenty-live pieces of artillery' and Buell's cavalry' Mitchell has certainly been'arrested and order ed to Washington. . ' '-"'' j1-; : r;:.: General Btacll is now in command of ati the Federal forces in East Tennessee. - -" 1. Naw Peojictilb FTJSB.--TheAuguata;Conr sdtutionalist says tbat Capt. I. P. Girardey, of that cifhas raade drawings of a - new Fuse, for the certain and rapid explosion of shells, which .he.jbas invented. These drawings are; to be for warded to the Wa Department, at Richmond, the Captain having offered the invention to the Government without asking any reward.' By means o't this fuse, a shell can be exploded, even if struck against .the Canvas sides of a tent, in sand,oroii the surface of the-water. "..,";'. 1 . From the -Western -Democrat. I . COL. WILLIAM JOHNSTON - Inasmuch as the name of CoL Johnston is now prominent before Ihepeopleof North Carolina as a candidate for; the Office of Governor, and foraa much as he is a gentleman of more private worth than public notoriety, itTought not to be consid ered obtrusi ve to offer a short sketch of his life to the public... ,j - -A-'AA: But few men of his age in ihe S tate have accom plished more real good in thequitt walks of private li fa than Mr. Johnstoni' He never appeared to de sire the distinctions of public life, never sought public office, and hence is not ao generally known as many other men in the State f far less merit, worthor ability. , 4 '4' ''',.' v: "'&.,'. William Johnston isla native of Lincoln coun tyi i His father, Robert Jehaston, Esq., resided on the western bank of the Cata.wba river, than whom a man of mora purity of character, integri ty f of purpose, or elevation of sentiment j never lived. Devoted to his agricultural pursuits for 4he was one of the best of farmers he led ! a retired life.revered by a large domestic circle, beloved by his neighbors and respected by all who knew him. His house was the horn? of happiness and hospital -ityt His first care and duty was to educate all of his sonsin the honorable pursuit of agriculture, to which occupation the subject of this notice served an' apprenticeship of several years, learning to handle with commendable dexterity all the im plements of husbandry, "With; this substantial foundation for usefulness; his father graduated foii of his sons at the University of North Caro lina amon? whom was William, who graduated with an honorable distinction in the doss, of 1840, tb largest class up to that period which had ever graduated at our University. Upon leaving Col lege, Mr. Johnston immediately repaired to the Law School of Judge (now Chief Justice) Pear- soWt Mocks ville, in Dayio county, where be pros, ecuted b to studies with' unremitting assiduity, in company with ttow lamented Governor Jno. W. Ellis, Jno. A.Lillington od Jm. W., Burton. He obtained his Hcenso to practice law in 1841, arid, in the fall of thai year, located at Charlotte, wpereha has resided ever since. Here he found mny able and experienced praotitionera to con-1 te d with. The courts of old Mecklenburg;. were th,en attended by as jiiany able lawyers as any bar In the State, with ten resident practitioners at! Charlotte. 'Close application in hls studfes and anj inflexible punctuality io all his duties anf engage meatijn afew Veara rawed' Mr-. - Johnston. to. 'a. high positih"lirtheJl5afTnasecvrredW a leading share in the businoasof the Courts, Hd was well read in the law, possessed a Bound jadg-i ment. a fine discriminating knowletia of human - . -.i. rLi - - a nature, ana an , inaomiuote energy 01 cnaracier possessing these qualities in a degree that mad tow men of his age his equals in the Slate. f in this course he continued to practice abou fifteen years, assuming' many: private trusts and positions of much reponsibility, as guardian, trus tee, executor, administrator, director Of the banki located at,Chariotte,and president of various corpo. Nations,-until his great practical talents Caused birr t be invited, under peculiarly flatteringircum stances, to take charge, &s President, of the Char lotte and South Carolina Railroad in' the year 156; at which time b a abandoned j saecesafu practice of the law and devoted his untiring attenl two to this great work, until, in the short space of Bix years, he has caused tbe stock of the com pany to increase in value uy the enormous 6um of one million of dollars! Iri addition to this; du ring the Ja-tt two years, no b as nearly completed forty-six miles of railroad, extending from the town of Charlotte to iStateaville, without expen ding one hollar of mfduey derived fromState aid of trom taxes imposed upon the people; and the stock of the road is now selling readily at eighty cnis on the dollar, It is believed that the entire rj&ad, when floished, will not exceed a cost of four hundred and ten thousand -dollars, and will be.by iar, me cneapesi rauroaaoi us lengm, woicu nas ever been constructed in tbe Southern Confederacy- ;' ' ' 1 Mr. Johnston has ever been, an active and lead ins spirit in the ronstructfon of every work oif irJ terEal improvement- established in this section of the State. No man has been more thoroughly identified with bis fellow men in their varied pur suits ' Of enlarged views and comprehensive in tellect &lantiring, energy, and -, unimpeaobable integrity; he has discharged the many heavy re sponsibilities committed to his care and attention without ever once incurring the slightest shade of suspicion to blemish the purity of his good name. ' In his manners be is amiable and gtntle.never ob trusive of his acts or opinions, whilst at the samer time he is ever firm, prompt and decided in h'a own views and opinions. ; During the spring of last year be was unanimously cboeen by the people o:' Mecklenburg as one of their delegates to the State Convention which voted North Carolina out of the United States, and into the Confederate I States, where for three weeks he discharged the duties ot tnat important trust to the entire satis faction of his constituents; when, pressed by a sense of paramount duty to his country, and urged by the solicitations; of many friends, he Resigned his seat in the Convention to accept the post of Commissary General, 'then pressingly tendered to him by his lamented Excellency Governor Ellis.' This honorable position he seems to have hlled without paxtizan feeling, and with universal satis faction to ' soldiers, and to tbe public, until the greater portion of our State troof were turned! over to tne uonteaerateliovernment, when he re signed this office and returned to his" varied pri vate engagements, where bis services have been of great importance and; benefit to tbe country at large. En greased with the pleasing excitement inspired by these engagements, he expected to continiie ia" them, until at least two' thirds of the journals of the Skate, .irrespective of party, spoke favorably of him as a fit person, to flli the Execu tive Chair of North Caro.ina , A testimony of his capacity so flattering, however nndeaerved he may have thought. ftj he Could not' refrain from appreciating, and an appeal to his patriotiaoci so extensive, whatever! might ba the amount of personal sacrifices to .himself in vol vod, be " codld not refuse, and therefore did not hesitate, la become a candidate 1 for - that distinguished hosi4 broken down party hacks te array parttaca jfeallng Against Maw -. i , -.' ';"!' i' ( jit may not ba inappropriate to the aabjaol to remark in conclusion, that his grandfather 1 vu 1 Co. James Johnston, who waa a high toned gen ' t'eman or wen Known .Revolutionary tame in Western North Corolina, and whose father emi grated from Scotland to. Pennsylvania, Where be lived a abort time, and removed thefipe to North Carolina, and settled on ithe weit bai.k- of the Catawba river, where hiaj descendants have vver since resided. His grandfather on tba motber'a jside, waa Capt John Reid,a firm patriot and dar ing whig of the Revolution.who mirrie 1 a Sbarpe, and owned and lived at the Catawba Springs for many years after the dose of tha waf. j. These distingoishod ancestor of the peoples' candidate far. the governorship of North Carolina, were tbe friends and compatriot of the Grahams, the , Alexanders, the .Brevards, the Hunters, the Da vidsons,, tbe Polks, the - Forneys, and others whose history ia identified with the first great re volution for our independence in We-teaa North Carolina". .y. .; i-;'-..i . J'A . ; .:.'., ; : JACK MORGAN AT HIS TRICKS AG aIN . J A special dispatch to the MobUeaW(ier,aad Register dated Knoxvillo, July sUn, says that at Tomkinsille, Monroe county, Ky., CoL Mprgaca squadron surprised and routed the Yth Pennayl- vania regiment, killing 84, wounding 40, and icap tnring 30. . Among the'priaonera is Maj. The. Jor dan, who was carried to Knoxville onthsehJ Our loss was two alighty wounded. The whole camp of the enemy and all there stores fell, into the hands V of Morgan, incjloding 100 . head j of horaea and mules, 100 rifles,! and alarge quantity of ammu nition and clothing. '-''. : , ; I It was pot Capt Lewellen, CoL Morganfarf iar- termaster, who was killed, aa reported, ibut O'Neal, ' LiBiaAi-Tbe employees of the Fayette ville Arsenal and Armory, have contributed $746 for the benefit of tha wounded 'soldieri in the late battles befere Richmond. " 1-' -;-'' ; ' . ,'!; ' Col. Johnston is now before the people of Ncrth Corolina literally and.emphatically as their candi-i date for, the highest office within their giAr and Who doabts-but that he ia- the choice of at. least two-thirds of the voters of Oe State, divested of aR partiaan feeling, notwithstanding the vile and insidious attempts made in certain quartara, by of tbe Texas Rangers. L A ' From the Bute Journal.; MAJOR WEBB AGAIN- WV ITT.' HOLDEN j Uh FAMOUS HYPOCRICTEXPOtjRD ! PASS THIS ROUND. I V ; ' The people of North Carolina have beard tbe tremendous fuss made by the Standard because Major "Webb of the 6th regiment N. Cj. State Troops had not been duly promoted. Judging aa ' an outsider whowas totally Ignorant ofj Cauaea operating in Major Webb a case, we entered our protest against tbe wrong,' as it appeared tons, done him, which: protest of course included Capt. 1 Freeland and every officer affected by the promo tion of MaJ. Webb. - ; . a I '"'7 ' Our article elided some congratulatory letters of a private character, soma' of which made starts . Eng disclosures; but, being prrivate, we were forbidden to use them publicly. They, however; induced us to make such inquiries aa led to the ', following reliable facta. ' . , ; When the lamented Col. Fisher fell in ibe bat-: tie of ManasaaVthe readers of the Standard well remember that Capt. York of this county! was the j "hero" of the 6th regiment on that memorable 1 field." The lamented Fisher was dead, bat Capt. York was a living "hero" and would perhaps . serve the Standard in a coming day. Therefore, w. W. Holden, wears credibly informed, made appli cation by Utter to ths proper authorities to nave Capt. Tock; fcpyolnied f InlonaLjof the 6th itegl- : ment, tboreby oekihg to ausptrceaa3rxngBt-r foot, Major Webb, Capt Pariah, Capt. FrSetaad, Capt. Tate, Capti Avery, Capt. Wilson aid Capt. Craige. il";1 '?'.." ' ' " i This is asserted as no electioneering trick, bat, as a fact which can unless we have been grossly ' deceived,! be proved by tbe record. It, therefore, heeds no comment The howl raised over Major Webb's case and Capt Freetand's by tbe Standard is all sheer hypocricy, as we proved in our article relating to this subject."; ' j We ask Capt York's pardon for introducing hia name! here. . It was due to truth and tbe proof in our case that we should do so, and he will readily admit its propriety. ; f - , 1. j. ' j .Will not our coteraporarios of al sects and par- . ties throughout the Stata asslft us in exposiag tbta. additional act of despicable political villain v? We commend it to tbe attention of soldiers an 't citi zens every where. ' V ' ! ' ' j THE ANACONDA VDfiFUNCT.', .. The New York Tribune scknpwljedgei that the great Anaconda, which waa to surround and crush put tbia infamoaa rebellion,'! is defunct, . lie Is right, hea'rhim;" .Ay'-AAy-"'- Vr ' Advices from various quarters justify the grati fying belief tbat thai conception of ih&ffabU stupi dity the; grand Union . Anaconda ja defunct; thenceforth, we are confident, the policy of mat ing onr disposable troops into" 009 1 grand army and .hurling it svriftly upon .the chief atrongbolda of the rebellion will be euccessiulry adhered to The Anaconda has cost us a year's time, one hun dred thousands men and five hundred millions of jmoney, and it fruits ara tnot at all wtnmensu tatfvntk the cost '.''''Had it never been conceived, wer should have failed to take New Orleans and sprae other ports quite ao, soon, while jwe should have ere this utterly extinguished the rebellion In' Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. -' , The "Anaconda" makes a present to the rebels of the all but exclusive uae of railroads andlele grapha, It enables' the enemy to choose among our several r my corps tbat one on which be ahali precipitate hia entire movable force. It enables him to bS uniformly auperior at the point, of coW lisioo, though we have more and better troops in the fiild than he has. It enables him to know the result of any conflict within a few hours after its occurrence, while we must wait a fortnight for any.account of it but such as be chooses to give os. In short, the "Anaconda''- U - a' blunder, a numoug ana anuiaancs. Away with him I . PICAYUNE BUTLER AT BATON j ROUGE. , It Saturday morning, aaya the Jackson Jfls-' ' sissippian ot the 6th, Picayune Butler Vlalted the city of Baton Rouge, on board tbe steamer Mc Clellan. He left again Sunday.' H I; He immediately went to work, npon bis arrival, arresting tbe citizens ofthat place: Hon. B. P. .' Bryan, Mayor of the city, waa called before Mm, and required to take tbe oath of allegiance or be consigned ! to Fort Jackson. Mr. Bryan very properly: viewing the oath aa not worth 'more than the paper it was written on, took it, and is now In our city oil bis way to Chattanooga to join Scott's ' cavalry regiment A -A ' ""' ' - Several prominent clUzensof Batoni Rouge were arrested upon the Inwet trivial ehargea by the brdte Butler; and sent down to Fort Jackson.; ' - ..;.y ;.,;"'' rA 1 r ; : . . '-; ' Fwanya BaTTaar at SaraVsrinl -It is now officially announced that the ironrclad float tag battery, Georgia, built by the ladlaa f tbat gallant State, is new complete and ready for ac tion. . The arnumant of the Georgia jcanaists ot ten heavy . guns.! She - will be essmaoded by Lieut J. Pembroke Joixs, of Virginia, A'AS'-'Ax " ' 'A-:.i '.J .' i 1 ' '. !'' I: A - . .The brnte Butler , has arretted several - persona in New Orleans tor reporting JlcCJeUaua de- J fsat. 4vl 1 1 ' Hi -I 1!' z 1 fl f 4-t 11 '; ' . 1 .hi 1 Ai 1 jrmri. w i'i "