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. , 'i:'-f:l-r.- -r'VvV:-:- .." y " . ) ( X .'iN.sr.r'--. 1... RALEIGH tWEDNESDAY MOENlNGT JULY 30, 1862 NO 30 ' . ' ' ' , : . '. ' . J' i . ?---"- .- ri - - : . . .... i. u Qaia th pUni of tair 4eligKtful pc Uniwp'd by part j rg to lire Bk brottin. RAIiElGII, y. c. SATURDAY MORNING, JuLT 19, 1862.: VANCE AND THE BATTLE Of, . :.. .r TfEITBERTf.'.' y, .... ... Tha liat Standard contains Col. .Vaice'j official report of the' battle of Newbcni. The Standard, in a snort and very tame pre face, calls'upon those who" HaT aid that Col. Vance Was' not in the fight to "coyer their facei." Now, toe htye never said that Col. Yanee was "not in the fight," bat we eaj note J that while Col. Vancea regiment was. technically sneaking, in the batik of Newbera, but a portion of it waa in the ae- :- 4 tual "fight." .That ; portion was the left, odder the gallant and lamented Major Car- COL. VANCE'S REGIMENT "AND TUB CUABGB OF GEN. HAN SOWS BRIG ADE ON TUB YANKEE BATTERY. In a late issue of this paper we fully ex rosed and refuted : the. Wing aooount which the Raleigh Standard gave or Uol. v ance a mxchaeland with this portion of the regi Regiment in the charge made by Ransom's mem Colonel Vance was not, for hia report ungiae on ius-as oi uijr. .- o ouvwov proves teat ne Knew coming oi 11a operauoua the UatimonV of "An Actor in the Scene, OTti iiiformation was-bronght me by Cap- far wnose rcspecnumvr uwi ; l rain x. uary, my vzaariermaaier. wno we vouched, that Ramseura, and not Vanee'a barely escaped with his life in getting to me; Reranent, was nearest the eoemy a batteries, that cnemy j0 gteat force had turned my ' and that Ramseurt Regiment was tne oniy jefk by tne railroad track at Wood's Brick one Of the Brigade that slept on tne new oi yftrj, hid pillaged my camp, were firing in 'battle, and. we alleged, as we do now, tnai j reyer8e on my left wing, and were several the Standard concocted the account of the hundred yards upu the railroad between me t exploiU of Vance's regiment for the purpose ftnd tfewfcem ; that all- the-, troops on of making votes for V. at tne election, us- te field were in full retreat except my com- terly careless I of the gfbss mjustice it was man(j . This being so, there wasfho alterna- m doing to those; who really did dufingvwA ! tiye ieft me but to order an imhiediate re- tnemseivex iniuu iw j w5"' L treat, or De completely surrounded Dy an Caught and exposed, as ne was, me aiior 0Terwhelming force." After thii there was of tha Standard, in his last number, makes- no fight,.as, according to Col.ance, the noliosion either to what'we said, or to the jat was commenced, and kepS up ."night communication of "An Actor in the Scene.". and da Kinston was reached Col. The potato which he picked up was hot, and Vance speaks in his report of thefenemy be therefore he dropped it., ing driven back "by a steady and well di tto nave not tne sugnies unenuou w uur rectcd foefrom our (his) lines." Now, these parage eucer vw. tere vjoi; V ance's "lines," for tney were tne We believe that he and they are ready to do Iines" of Col. Vance's regiment but Coll their full duty and if, in dointo others the yanoe himself was not in these f lines," as same justice we mete out to them, we allude his report proves. We have read Colonel to stubborn facts, it is not for the purpose ot Vacce's report three-times carefully, and we depreciating their services, but for the pur- now w ttat wniie Col." Vance, with his reg- 4 1 k .tl aU.4 Kai, h 1 . . ' t . . m . rose OI aoinff 10 Oiuers jusiwo m.M. ma in Ihp Mtl a nf Nowhorn. A Am. the Udiur of the Raleigh Standard, for his ttlf wa8nof where the aotual fighting was own miserable purposes, has denied to them. The official account of the "Casualties of tho 2nd Brigade N. C. Troops, commanded by Brigadier jGeneral Ransom, at . Curl's Neck, July 1st, 1862," contains the follow . ing facts : In the 24th RegimentN. C. Troops, commanded by Col. W. J. Clarke, there were 9 killed,' 42 wounded, 12 "missing total 63. la the 25th Regiment, commanded by Col. Ruthdge, there 22 killed, 1C6 wounded, 5 . missing total 133. Io the 26th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Vance, there were 6 killed, 40 wounded, 25 missing total 71. " In the 35th Regiment; commanded by Col. M. W. Ransom!, there were 18. killed, 91 wounded, 18 missing total. 127. In the 49th Regiment commanded by Col. Ram seur, there were 14 killed, 75 wounded, 16 , inbeinp total 105, ' m From.the abbve it will be seen that in Col. Vance's Regiment 'there were fewer killed and wounded, and more; missing than in any other Regiineni that participated in the en gagement, notwithstanding the lying Editor of the RaleigbS:andard; for the purpose of making political capital for bis nominee, Mr. Vance, represented his regiment as having charged ahead Jof every other regiment on the field. Is not the above report conclusive to ahow that Cpl. Vance's regimen did not charge ahead of every other regiment, and j over -a distance of one mile and a quarter? i . for had it done so, it is manifest that it wonld not have escaped with so comparatively tri fling a list of Casualties. If 'C6I. Vance or his regvnent feel agrieved at our making this comparison, they have the Editor of the Ral eigh Standard o thank for it. We make the comparison, not to detract from their ser vices, for doubtless they did their duty, but to do justice jto others. As a gallant and chivalrous man, Col. Vance should be glad to fee justice done to his companions in arms, and should scorn to wear laurels stolen from the Wow "of others by his unprincipled sup porter, the Editor of the Raleigh Standard, This is not the first occasion on which the Editor of that paper has placed his lately found friend, Mr. Vance, in a position whieh should be very uncomfortable to a high minded man. ; carried on. What' becomes now of the as sertion that Col. V. remained fighting on the field two hours after General Branch had left it ? Will not the Editor of the tand ard "cover his face" with Bbame t No, he will not, for his political profligacy is only equalled by his utter shamelessn'ess. The Report of Col. Vance, we are glad to say, does justice to the young and gallant Lieut. Colonel,-Harry Bargwyh, who was' the last man to cross tne crees on the r retreat, thus manfully covering the retreat which Col. Vance, according to his report, led in per son, he being among the first to cross and aid in facilitating the crossing of his soldiers, only three of whom were drowned. In conclusion, we should like to know how Col. Vance's Report came into the hands of the Raleigh Standard at this particular junc ture, more than four months after it was written, and jast on the, eve of the election. On inquiry, we find that it was not famished by ths Governor or any of the authorities here, and no man can for an instant suppose that General Branch furnished it tb the Stan dard. Can it be possible that "4 military man," not a "political" () Colonel, would jedts of it, and send them to the field with heart's rankling against the Government and the Cause, instead of with bosoms filled , with holy and patriotic feelings and purposes is a traitor who. ought to receive a traitor's doom. It is manifest that unless the ranks of cur glorious .atmy, so terribly thinned by "death, disease and wounds)' are filled, our cause must be lost; and it is no Jess manifest that the Conscript Law was the only means of producing the result so indispensable to oar success in this mightyjitruggle. To denounce it, then, is to denounce such a prosecution of the war as can alone save us from a fate too terrible to be conteumlated . To denounce -. . . it is to say to the. Yankees "Come and take us come and make slaves 'or concubines of, our wives, daughters and sisters come and weld the iron collar of serfdom around the necks of our men: and work them as the slaves of emancipated negroes come and do all this, and, if possible, more than this, for we cannot oppose you in Conititution- aV manner! ! !" And'this is, in substance, the language of men in North Carolina who have dared to present themselves .as candi dates for offices in the gift of the people of a State which is as jet free ! ! - BRUTE BUTLER ALAKMED. : This miserable burlesque on humanity has become alarmed at the indignation which his satanio "order No. 28" has excited through out the civilized world. ! From the other side of the Atlantic the winds have wafted into his ears the execrations of whole nations whose moral Bense has been shocked by his brutality, and he has heard that on the bat tle fields of the. South the war cry of her pallant sons is. "Remember Butler." and his o ; - . - - i coward heart has .shrunk within him. Read the following letter, and say, if you can, which is most detestable, Butler's beastly order, or the miserable cowardice which prompts ah explanation of it which is as grossly insulting to the intelligence of the public, as the order itself, in its true spirit anjl intent, was. to the moral feelings of the world. But this dastardly equivocation will not save the Brute's worthless carcass. The f "THE ROLLING MACHINE." We do" not mean to poach oh the manor ot the otate Journal very extensively,- but only design to say a few words about "the Rolling Machine." Lieutenant Maury , re cently published a letter which he had writ ten to a French Admiral, in which among t From the Iredell Express. i - TAB GOVERNORSHIP. ; t waa hoped that the text Governor of North Carolina would be choseo in view of hia qualifica tions and fitness to discharge the duties of ' that re- career under the delation there was oosuci ttinr ' aa State Righja thtt th South could not U kickod out of the Union; ; But Mr. Editor, io all con science, what rood can grow oat of such ! eon. stroversy Started by the Standard U auch a Um as this, when nil hearts and all hands should be ' sponsibloposiUon, and that party lines would be t tmited aa one man to aaye oar beloTed Coantrr entirely ignored ; but io 4hisr oar reasonable ex-j r . wkl-"nith. iTkt i Wl . "J1 -i. ' " , . . m. l l we areeither right in traggling to maintain peetations are doomed to disappointment., The oar liberty to goyern ourselves according u oar other things, he states that if the enemy ad j tvp candidate before tbe people are &). Johnston J interest, or , we are wrong. There hi no other attacked our army at Bull 'Run a' few days j of jOharlbtte, and Col. Vance of Asheville, now In earlier than they did, they would have found it with only four rounds of caps. ' We have heard that it was owing to a timely jsupply of caps received from this city that our tmops were able to fight and win the battles of iBuli Run and Manassas: jVnd yet, Mr. Wt W. Uolden, a member of the Conven- u c r j : i t , -j . -r, -, . . ci. . I vecui uvugrois, usftue uuutn uirauB "T - ZT -r. , T "T - 7 the mind of the Administration- and his party question or position. Jf we are richL whrthM cast blame upon those who stepped forward In da. fence of our rights a few mntbi before others who could not or'did not see what! was designed against us by our enemies before the proelama tiott.. Ferionally I see ho 'objection asjainst Cot ' Vance, but cannot support him on 'tha ground , upon which he is ostensibly putforWard Ufs Th?. tually condemninr air that has been don w i mgour rights under the Northern dynasty . j now doing to achieve oar tndependbnee. rE?ery. On the contrary Colonel Vance, though a mem-1 toieg worth living tor is now la jeopardy, and w ' fans of knowing ln"Tsirr.T""?1" " lu,ltt w I. th Confederate army, both belonging to .'the old Wpig party. ; f, ; ; v . . j ;- pol. Johnston was a Union man until near the eecessiun of ct he Cotton States and the rejection of all; the compromise measures by the Lincoln party destroyed all hopes of saving the Union, or Bocur- L CITIZEN. gave us the victories ofBull Run and Ma nassas. From the Wilmington Journal. We copy the following extract of a letter to to tho Editors of tho Journal t merely to show the feeling existing amongst the soldiers in camp in and around ."Wilmington. We may add that the writer is from Burke counts- and a soldier. He orderly the Journal to bo sent to a friend, and adds :t - .-'"-'-'. Burnt.' that'thtrt has bullet is moulded now which will send him to the companionship of fiends in hell, who will place him on the worst "eminence" , in their diabolical conclave; for it would be a gross aspersion upon'Sduthern'manbood to suppose that Butler could find any other than a bloody grave : ( y GEN. BUTLER AND THE WOMEN OF NEW ORLEANS. The following letter from Gen. Butler, explain ins his reasons for issuing the celebrated order re sardine tne Jaaies or JNew vneans-. nas been re ceived in Boston : Headq'rs Dkpartmbst op thk Gctlk, 1 New Orleans, July 2, 1862. My Dear Sir : I am as jealous of the good opin ion of my friends as I am careless of the slanders of my enemies, and your kind expression in re- jrara to uraer no. za ieaos me io fay a wora io you on the subject. M That it ever could have been so misconceived as it has been by some portions of the Northern press is wonderful, and would lead one to exclaim with the Jew. '-Of Father Abraham, what, these Chietians are, whose own, hard dealings teach them to suspect the very thoughts of. ot here." Wcat waa tne etate oi imngs io wnicu mo wo man order applied ? We wei e t wo thousand n ve h u nd rea men i n a city KUOWing I .naiKla fintine that will mrmmr.. .1,. ......ix. - ' . . . . - ,1 r. - 1. . . -.- ... . uioAjecuuTOj an pui auiorr csir r demon Wis violently indignant, both m the Conven- touching the South as shadowed forth in their de- stratea the assertion, hut tha frindi nf AJL VAL tiqn and in hb paper, because the Military j bates and distinctly announced in the inaugural I cannot say so much in regard to him; for he is a . Board, aftftr ofrerinir t.n rfinf or hnrr it. k address, held oh to the del asion of recoverine- our m,n UDW1W lDietuT ?A"a,a . , e - -j -- "-1 , - . -. . 9 I uUbieat twice its real value, impressed a Rolling ia8 Kjnwa UDUi Jae prociamauon caxi- Mafthliifl from one afhU tin. ing for 15,000 men. ,,- So far as poetical acts are" . - . I involvvf in thia ftontrovflrKV. thianAVAm lhA wIiaIa a . 1 . . .a ' . " - J 1 - - - v ents, m oraer io use is m tne manutactare distinction. ThU tenacity of OoU Vance for the DerhaDS of the verv rjeroussion cans whifih Union is claimed by his friends as a vital reason lhe ground cf this preference is so fallacious when examined logically, that we could not believe u seriuueiy urged, were it not boldly announced by the Standard and dis'cossed before the people by Col. -Allison and W. P. Caldwell, candidates for the Legislature of Iredell county, as-1 have been informed, for I have not heard either of If the friends of Col. .Vance had urged his elec tion on the grounds of, his qualifications, coaser vative in -his principles, now actively engaged. in fighting for oux rights, we could-give hitu a cor dial and hearty support. " .But when we know the interests of the bouth and North were in con iroversy for tbo last thirty years, the merits of all ibe great questions were ably discussed and fully . understood, that the election of of Mr. LiiHColn .waa considered and claimed by the dominant party at the North as virtually set- . 1 - 11 .1. 1 .J f ' . 1 t . uing an iae uisputeu poiau iu ihtot 01 ine XNonn and against the South,clearly shadowed forth from the seat of pjwer in Washington by the disiainful and naughty rejection or the compromise propor tions of Mr. Crittenden, thougn pressed with. tears and sustained by the masterly arguments of John . - t-i.- n & xt xv. jrnuJBr. yt iieu vra rcueub. iuw voi. vhdcs i; , - . - ,: : . 't was then a member of Congress, heard and saw ali'f ReT Mr. Francis Vintoa for thirty jsarar vii two r that was being determined by the Abolition, party j years at "Weat Point with alia, and laa truly say, a against ine oomn, ior ne was 00 gooa terms wiia more sttUful aypoerlte has never appeared within tha many 01 tnem, out sum nuggeu me rona aeiusion tne U nion under such I send the paper simply to show how beauli fully you are holding the traitor ;Holcen up aud exhibiting his true principles-to your numerous readers. ; . I wish I were able to send every . man in old Burke your paper during the present "campaign for your arguments in lavor oi Uol. Johnston are not only true but sensible. i I iiave known Colonel Vance ever since I was a boy, and know him to be, as yoii say, a clever; witty young man, and.wiii no doubt make a good Colonel, and deserves credit for his patriotism ; but not more than tnonsands or o.hers who. have gone to the defense of their country. It .ia not time for such '"patriots" as "Holdeu1' talks so much about to throw-off their armor. Colonel Z. B. Vance is just where he ought fto stay, and two thirds of this regiment will tell him so on the 31st July. You are doing good work in your country's Gauge though you may not see it as I have in' this regiment ; and I assure you th3t whatever you say against Holden, and other such enemies, will not bring you ceusure from this regiment.; , Let us have "Colonel" Vance, und Governor" Johnston. ' ' - '-. i' -: Foa TBa KxarsTxt.' j THB "BIQOIST LIE" OF TUB TV AR. ;"?'en minlaters ! thay haV bean ken'd J ! : , in noiy raptora. , . . A rousing whid, at tines, to vsa'i an' aait't wt eripure." f W nast all admit, Mr. BdttorJ been some "tall lying" daring' this war. an the part:" of Editors, CorraspondenU, CdBgresvaen, Qeaerali, ColonaU, o., of ths Nortu; bat after penuiar the 1 annexed extract, I doubt not yoa 1 will nadii. agree and confes that "th biggest Ue of the war,"" has lmt perpetrated npon the npjU mitcUd () po-' pie of the good extyjof Gotham, by a praakee Mia ' .later" -of -the Gospel, whlldm eandldatlfor the EpU oopacy, in Newport j and that,too, at a ubli potitit I ' meeting. As a oommeat on the verjf improper aad unobriauaa coadaot of the Rewrwid (jf) Traaols Via ton, of Rhode Island, it is only neoeaiary to say, that the whole mind f the North seema to have been blinded by the' dark and oloady pall ef that uadaasa which precedes destraotioa. " . .'! : The Yankee minister, it hi true, does not like his brother described by Burns, "nail' bis "rousing whidy "wi'scrfpture," but with military authority! aor does' he perpetrate them in ''holy rpture," bat ift po litioal and savage freniy. The writer has known the II. K. B. , O3" The Editor of the Standard asserts that the Confederate press has produced the impression af the North that there is a Union 'party in this State. This charge is utterly false, and proved to he so by the faot that no Yankee paper haa yet quoted from a Confed erate paper published in this State. " When Yankee editors wish to encourage' their friends at the North with the prospect that North Carolina can be restored to the Union, they quote from the Raleigh - Standard, in which Taper thfij find ''oM Union men" .constantly arrayed against Precipitators'' or '('original Sccesaionists."1 Th'ey naturally and logical ly conclude that a charge against Secession ists as such, is an assertion that secession w an (til which ought to be cured by the re-. construction of the Union, and the election' of ftlr. Vance would be "regarded by the iiorin i as a declaration by the people of North Carolina, in fTor of the "reconstnictioo of the union. j .-.i send, to be published for tho first $mc in a I seven miles long by two to four wide, of a hundred partizan newspaper now supporting, mm as a candidate for the highest office in the State, an "official account' of his regimejit's trans actions iq such a battle as that of iewbern? It woald be strange if it was so,!; and yet, strange aa it is, we believe it is 8oJ, In order that oar readers may see that we have dealt fairly with Col. Vancefs Report, we shall publish it in our next issue. and fifty thousand inhabitants, alt hostile, bitter, defiant, explosive, standing literally on a maga zine, Skspark only needed for destruction, lhe devil bald entered the hcarts-uf thn women of this town (you know seven of tbem chose Mary Mag dalen for a residence) to stir up strite in every way possible, ijvery opprobious enittiet, every insul ting josturc was made by these bejeweled,- becrin olined and laced creatures, calling themselves ladies, towards my soldiers and officers, from the windows of houses and m tne streets, How long do you suppose our flesh and blood could have stood this without retort"? That would leal to disturbances ar-'d riot, from which we must clear the ttreets with artillery and then a howl that we had. .murdered these fine women. I bad ar rested the men who hurrahed tot Jsoauregard. Could I arrest the women? No. What was to be done? No order could be made save one that would execute itself. With anxious, careful thought, I hit upon this: "V Women who insult my soldiers are to' be regarded and treated ae common : Lrnior, 18th July, 18C2. MKfas'BEifOKS, Sirs: Our company went into the fcghtat the Seven Pines, near iiichmond, i With about one hundred men. ; In that fight we lost 42 killed and wounded our gallant Captain, 1. JJ. Jones,' among the killed, tin the recent fight near .Richmond, our loss was heavy. We have now only eight men on' fhtiy. Two other companies went from this county under Colonel Vance, and in that great charge of "one mile and a quarter, spoken of by Holden, the two compa nies lost oneman kilIod,and several wounded. It will berememberBdthat weareUompaayA,22nd liegi ment N. U. T. ' Uur officers are ail killed or wounded, except Lieut. W. B. Clark, who is still in command pf the company, with one linger shot off. . .- :, . v.- .-. 1 know full well that our other companies from this county did their whole dutyi but I find.that if the N. C. Standard is to be the record of events in this war, we must be in Col. Vance's Kegt. to have the name of good fighting. 1; . ' i JtUU'GH jxHD READY : ; . 22nd NC. T. .; If our troops expert to get justice done by Hol den, they will be awfully deceived. No one but Col. Vance can fight bo regimeilt but hi knows how, or have thevpluck to fight or to charge. Boys, look to your own l&ateh.-State Journa l. ms THE WAR SPIRIT IN -THE IfORTH THE CONSCRIPTION LAW jjN THE ' SOUTH.- - -;- ' ! There can be no doubt now thatothe signal reverses wmon ine .anaees sustained near Richmond will stimulate them to ' renewed and herculean efforts to either suljagate or W9l4en piying their vocation.'; exterminate the people of the Booth. Ava rice, hatred, revenge, and a conviction that with the South finally separated from them apd recognised as an independent nation Yankeedom would be the most beggarly and degraded of nations, all combine to incite Pray, how do vou treat a common woman ply ing her vocation in the streets You pass her by unheeded. She cannot insult you! Asa gentle man, you can and will lake no' notice of her. .If she speaks, her words arejnot opprobrious. It is only when she becomes a continuous and positive nuisance that you call a watchman and, give her in charge to. him. But same of the Northern ed itors seem to mine mat wnenever one meets sucn a them to such a trial of strength with us as 1 woman, one must stop her, talk with her, insult has not yet been witnessed m the progresj of this war, and which, if we would avoid the most dreadful of fates, we must prepare to meet with all the resources at our Command. There can be no doubt that ithis is the ttue position of. affairs. We are to mee and de feat a desperate and at the same time a most powerjui enemy, or we are io oe tnuavea, and with oor wives and daughters become the serfs and vassals of .the i! accursed Yan kee race' 4 This is the1 plaid issufe, and it cannot be blinked or avoided! - 41 " '..'!'. How unwise, how unpatriotic, jay e, how J trcuweruus, inen, is ine conaucs oi men woo, for paltry, mean,, and miserable ''party pur poses," Are denouneinjgv .the ; ony; measure, which will give us the men tb drive back the vandal horde which, will soon be upon us in swarming numbers.. .We do not hesitate to say that Vther Southern man who noVdenoun- eea the Conscript Law, and strives to spread dissatisfaction among those who are the aub- her, or hold dalliance with her; and so, from their own conduct, they construed my order. - The editor of the BostoniCbwrtr may so deal with common women, and out of the abundance of the heart his mouth may speak but so do not I. Why, these she adders of New Orleans themselves were at once shamed into propriety of conduct by the order, and from that day no woman has either insulted cr anhoyed any live soldier or officer, and of a certainty no soldier hasjinsuued airy woman. W-hen I passed through Baltimore on the 23d ot February last, members of my staff were insalted by. the gestures of the ladies (?) there. t Not so in i New Orleans. . . 1 .. ' v.- . .. - Ode of the worst possible , of all these . women showed disrespect to tho remains of the gallant young DeKay, and you will sec her punishment a cony Of the order, which ; I enclose, is at once a vindication and a construction of my order, j ' I can only say that f would issue it again.under likecirQumstanceSj Again thanking you for your 'kind-intOTW,r-'-:5? :'; H r':-?-'"-,: :'s. -- -lam: truly, your friend, "- - ' , BEN J. F. B UTLEK, . . - " JIajor-Generi Commanding "t4''i ' r- " -i ' ; - v . SaizcRKS.-f-Govei'hmeht v officers; last week, seisured a large amount of suar . and some 500 barrels of flour, whicli wera stored" In Chartotta, N. C. Thirty cents per jpound Was allowed for tho augar. The sugar and flour both were taken for the aoidiera. PPvO MOTIONS AND CHANGES IN THE . ARMY. - ; . ' . Major General T. H. Holmes h!a3 been assigned U) the command of the Trans-Mississippi Depart ment. ' . Brig. Gen. It. H. Anderson halljieen promted to the rank of Major General, and; assigned to the command of the Division lately 'commanded by Maj. Gen, Huger. . ; 1 Col.. Jenkin3, of South r Carolina, praaaoted to' rank of Brigadier General, vice K. 11. Anderson, promotei. . ' ' : y '. , , . ' Col. Martin E. Green, of Missduri, promoted to Brig. G?n. . . i : " : - The resignation of GenrJosep VR. Anderson has been accepted. ; l l " The Yankees at SuFJOLKi-The Yankee force at Suffolk, Va., is about 8,000. General Mansfield is in command, aided iby two Provosts Paul de Kay and Van-Webbor - Toe Episco pal Church is used as a negro church by a Yan kee from Massachusetts, who officiates every Sun day. .During the week the vestry is made a se cret bar-room, where the "blockade" is run at so much a glass.; Mansfield has seised the residence of Nathanief Riddick, and supplies his table from Mr. R-'sfarmt iiiS-:,,'- THa'"'CoNTBABANIS" AT THE NOTTH- The Lincoln (Illinois) Sun, of June 27th "says: ' A car-load of contrabands passedbrough Lin-. coin on Monday last, who werej willing to work for ten cents per day and board What chance have the poor of Illinois to make a living when placed in dompetitioc with thieving,' runaway ne-. groes, at ten5 cents' per day ? ' "' . Houen RxBttKED. ilt - give us 1oasure to observe the people of Wake County are begin ni eg to see that the course pursued by the Standard is anything but loyal to the South; 'and in "order to put a stop tathe strife existing- ih. that. cour.ty, a number of - itflunti&l gentlemen have-induced the candidates of Wake to abindo a further can vass durme the contest. We aay it gives us pleas ure to make this' statement, ibr of all things to be deprecated at this lima,is apartynvassfor mem bers to the Legislature, or for Governor. We do not know what others may think, but for our part we lock upon the action of the candidates xt Wake as most honorable, - and 'as the. sever est rebuke "Conservative Holden could have received. " i ' " " Wilmington Journal. Raleigh, July 22nd, j SPEECH OV atv. DR. viatow. This war is a ease of honor or dishonor libartv. slavery or death . to you, and youff ohildran. . XCheera. I have served ourcouotryTiri bar army for'ten years, ani speak to you as si military man. ; We have sot lost an action in thi4 whole war V even Bull; Run, and tbat would not bare aedd so disastrously only for the arrival of powerful rein- forcements to the enemy after the jbattb had been ' won by our noble troops. Cheers. McClellan has conquered the rebels in seven suoclsijve bat- -' ties on seven succee3irig days, and his. army haa discomfited ind oiierthrowu theni whereever the reoeis encountered it. He is nearer Rich mood now thanever be was before. Cheera. With theatrong arm of the country aupporting him the nary-I say he is nearer to 'Richmond than even "1 j ' of obtaining -jU3ticein tne U nion under - sucn a imrty until after the proclamation of Mr. Lincoln. That this tenacity of Col. Vanco for'tke Union in the face of such evidence, daily growing sironger. should be urged as a vital Treason why he should be elected over Col.- Johnston, who had the politi cal sagacity to see in . the gathering storm that all was lost, is tha most'ridicuiouaf and absurd propo sition ever discussed, -v if secession is now right since the proclamation, how could it have been wrong before. How could a mere proclamation change a lundamental principle in politics ? - it is the part ota wise man to foresee ine evil and prepare to avert it, ,but the 'simple pass on heedlessly and are punished. But the friends of Col. Vance say they were deceived by Mr. Lin coin they did not calculate on his making war upon the South. JLet it be admitted in justifica tion of his clinging to the Union until the eleventh hour, that he was deceived as to .Lincoln's policy touching the South. ' ts that a merit ? to be gull. i? HnT .Tn'hnatrtni-.iw nnt Aitei- V.n.h il; lHE V ARMf.The SUtistlOS of the (Jolted had transpired in Congress in the debates of the 'sAteA army show that It Js how composed of 74" , Abolition party to open bis eyes; hut it seems cavalry regiments, of 71.536 men : 17 artlllerv1 nothing short of the thunders of the war proclama- regiments, of 19.477 men : C04 Infantrv rM-imanU. " t oi'Aniinn arnnaa him ffrim hit fc. T i o . . of 503,745 men ; also gome batteries and detached companies, numbering J 7,896 men j makinf a . total' of 617,474 men. With the. jiew. levy of 300,000, the army will number 91,000 iueni tiyn could unseal his eyes and arouse' him from his delusive sluinDers. : And tnis is claimed by nis friends a3. a vital reason why he shou ld be elected over. Col. Johnston. Is that a merit? Ridicu lous! I ' -; ' ' -i ' ' '-- Wm. Yancey made the declaration in a speech in Charlotte, before any State had seceded, that if the South would all. go out united that he could quench with his pocket handkerchief all the blood that would be shed.'" Does Mr. Yancey or his friends claim that error of judgment as a ground of merit and of political promotion r But it is urged, we deny the right of seces sion', but not of revolution, we are - in. a state .of revolution, and the proclamation of Abe Liincoln lUsuues it. ao mucn tne worse then for us ; we would then be rebels found in armed rebellion to overthrow a loyal government. liable to. be bung lor treason, lor tho proclamation wouia noi ju?wiy a revomuon wnicn implies a violent disruption of a legally .constituted govern ment and an expulsion from office those in power. for it merely called for 75,000 men to aid him in enforcing lhe execution of the laws and recaptur ing the property beloging to the Federal govern ment and asked North Carolina to jurnish her part of the men to save the Union in its iotegrily. It did not propose to invade the State of North Carolina or violate the rights of ner citizen, for the State had not then seceded; but the proclama tion would have justified secession, making for war upon the South, which he had no constitutional right to do, as secession does not involve the dis ruption or the old government or interference with those in power, but simply withdrawing peace ably from Chi federal compact and repeating the act by which a State entered into ine federal Union. If secession was wrong in principle be fore the proclamation, it could not become tight after jt, and if; the State of North Carolina dki not go out on principle, she i placed in a raise position- before the world. ; But has the State seceded by withdrawing from the old Union and joining lhe Confederate States, or ia she in a state of revolution? The Convention chosen. by the people of the State did pas3 an ordinance of seces sion almost unanimously, and pray by whom was It done ? It was done by the friends or uoionei Vance it was they who are now Raising the cla mor that repealed the act of Union, Did not. Col. Mitchell and Col. Allison vote for the ordi nance, delegates chsen by the people of Iredeltf If any blame rest Upon any one for the present state of. things it rests upon the friends of Col. Vance, for they had. the power to control the State, and not upon the other side J Why then raise the cry against Col. Johnston that he was a secessionist? "; What ! ? is Col. Vance and hia friends ; are they not seceseionista t i Jt they are not what are they 7" Are thiey clisging to the idea of reconstructiog the old Union- under the Abe Lincoln : dynasty. "Are tbey I w tiling to re turn to bondage again for i the sake of the flesh j pots Of Egypt?' We hope better things of them, and believe most of them true and good men, tluntgh soma of them eon . i hardly mpprtst their gratification' at tlit defeats of: our army; such, though few, are Liocolnites at heart. -. And it cannot be denied-but whai our enemies are re juicing at. this divisHo in our ranks, and are xf cnlating greatly upon the Standard's followers to aid them in; restoring the Union r v ' ; "There ca be no doubt but if the doctrine of secession had been admitted by all, there never would have been a diaruotioh of bur government, for the Abolition party never would have pushed their aggressive policy upon .the South -ao far as to drive them out, and thus lose the richest trade any people ever enjoyed. They were in their mad TRIBUTE 0 iKSPICT.' : t 3 ' -i 't v Cam 14th N. d Taoora, I ) ' ' - Joly 21ft, Ma. Editoe : It has nvr fallan jto my lot te r. form ao mournful and difficult task' as I aow aadar- - take, the effort to pay a laat Uibntelo the aaary of Lieut. W. M. THOMPSON wh foil in the hard " and glorious battle of' GaLmi4 Milh on tae 27l3i June,' while leading the Cak City Guards to victory. - Lieut. Thompson waa one of the Skat to boalier his musket in the defence of the South and principle, when Abe Linoola called for men aad money to in vade oar noble South." He was elected First Lieaten- . ant of the Qak City Guards at its f organ laation ia ' April, lS62,land remained in (!iat aokitiea aatil the - r day of hia death, lie waa in eommaad of the eom pany at the battle of which he waa a victim, land no bly did he dp his duty. Oar regiment WMardered in conjanotida with the other regtmenU of the brig ade to chargf the enemy- All throegh thU glorloaa -charge, hia vjoioe could be heard animatiaf aad sheer- -. ing his command onward to .victory, juntll a fatal bal let struck hint and cat short hif valuable life. I aay his valuable life: if yoa had known and loved him as bis men did, yon woald call hir life valuable to s aa an officer and brother. I know thai tnamt at aa. In speaking of a deoeaaed friend, are' toe apt to speak . m terms or , too moon praue. au laac X, or any one else could say for hun would never be afilcieaS te portray his virtues and,faU love of country, and self sacrificing patriotism. He waa kind ia the axtreme, noble as man ever could be, and. generoas to a faalt. A more courteous gentleman ' was never found. ; lie waa tho most unassuming man I have ever I eeen. With a refined and highly eultirated '- taien he charmed every ene with his kind aai eleqasat eon- ' versatioo. I have at ; times, when) t peaking of the. South and her trials, seen him rise from bis seat and deliver some of the moat eloquent and toachinr an. . peals to the patriotism of thoe who are ever reedy to feepond a4 any reverse to our amy. . He always ; said he never woald or could despoad atU our aU diers began to offer what ear revolutionary fathers . and oar brave Texaas suffered ia their straggles (or -liberty, v. -;:-;'-1, ,J ,,':. -.-i ; His loss to ua is irreparable. All of as feel that we i Tiave lost a brother. I am positive in earinc. there 1 f m hvp ew jeaeaaa tu aeisp va r w vvaai ye j p ejaaew weisa mw is sot felt bras lie was the gas lore bim as a brother. His loss alone, but by the whole recimeot. eral favorite of all officers and privates. " While his loss is so great to as, what mast it be to sis family, wife, children, father, mother, brothers and sisters? I deeply sympathise with them ia this their hear ef great loss and bereavement, for aone knew better than I how muoh he was devoted to. them. ' fiat while we all deeply moarn his lost, let as remember fee fell la a glorious cause, an J while nobly dolag his duty to his God, country and home. , May Uo4 la his ; wisdom enable all of s to se live and act that we shall, all meet ia . heaven, is' the prayer of his true . riend. M- Jv-- - -f. 4 i N. B." The day after our clorioas victory, we ooea- pied the ground we had won from the enemy, aad ( wishing te bory his 'body as well jas eireasostssece woald admit of, I asked pennissieate go aad find it and consign it to the dost. ,i round "bis tody and we buried it ia the old Sold, near the spot where he aad traly hand- and reality eame to as forever, the felL As I looked ipon hue aoble j some features, and the ad thoaght aero is my Blind that he was lost li tears, hot and scalding,' started from' my" eyes, aad I resolved then and there never io.ail the field aatil ' the hut Taakee seoaadxel ia -drive front oar beleved soil, aad I have avenged his untimely death.-, Kay bis aaaes rest ia peace ia the aeetedsd spet when he tsUid. : 1 j i i h I it i'-.j i I? 1 t t t.i 1 I
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 30, 1862, edition 1
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