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JIALEIGH . WEDNESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 3 1863.
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" Oar I are the plans of lair delightful peace
j "UawspM by party rage to live lilo brothers, j
- RALiEfGH, ,1V C. j
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SATURDAY MOBNINQ. JANUARY 31, 1863.
A. MOST SENSITIVE BODY
; The present "Conservative" Legislature
is, if not the most sensible, certainly the most
sensitive body of men'thatflver sai under the
roof of a Capitol.' So remarkably sensitive
and suspicious are they,' that one must natu
rally conclude that they are.conscious of not
being what they ought to be, and are, there
fore, constantly on the qui vive, and ready
to cry out, We are innocent. s We are not
traitors. We do not desire, reconstauction:
We are for the vigorous prosecution of the
war. We don't wish a confliot with the Con
federate Government,w &.o., &o., &o. Peo
ple truly conscious of ha ring a good chirao
ter, would no more behave in this manner
than atruly Virtuous woman would cry out
in th?. street, "I am- ehaste I am ohaste."
It is only those conscious of not having
good charaeter that are orerswif t to claim
one. " .
These remarks are prompted by the follow
ing proceedings in the Legislature on Tuesday-:
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la the Hoass of Commons on JJTaesdiy last, Mr.
Lore offered the following reflations :
i )
TVhxkkas, imputations upon the loyalty of the
General Assembly or xtorta CJarolina, nave Deen
Commons We. should like to bo present at
the ceremony, for it would bring forcibly to
mind an anecdote connected with the -old
House of Burgesses" in the colonial days
of Virginia. 'An ecoentrie, but very learned
'Scotch lawyer, named Johnf Warden, having
written; and spoken contemptuously of the
House of Burgesses, was apprehended by.
that body, and required, in a prescribed form,
in htr nardon of their miffhtinesses on his
. o r. , - . . ,
bended knees.. Warden duly went through
the form, and after rising, pertinently and
audibly remarked, 'Its a itaned dirty car
pet." The Riohmond EnquiAr , will have
reason, when' it goes through its ordeal, to
say with John Warden, "It's a tfomned dirty
carpet,", for, in spite of the rise in goober
peas, the ''Conservative" House of Commons
is an extensive consumer of tnat natuxent
commodity. :
: current in our own and sister States of the Con-
iederacy, and as the said imputatiozu have teen
made of undue importance by the notice taken
: of tbein, it has become necessary to give them a
full and explicit denial, be It therefore
JUaolvtcL, That the members of thia General
Aasembly, have no hesitation in reiterating their
solemn pledgee of loyalty and fidelity to the South -;
em Confederacy. That their firm confidence in the
final luccess of the present jutt, n'eceuarr and
righteous war, remainiunihaken, audthey pledge
: themaelvea as private citizens, as well as Legisla
tors, to pursue this war to any extremity sooner-
thin accept terms short of a full and uncondition
al independence, political and commercial, of the
U n i ted Sutes of America. .We also emphatically
a&d iineerely disclaim any intention of accepting
a peace which would include reconstruction of
the late Union in any form or modification whatever.-
" ; . .
Resolved. That the Senate concurring, the
The following resolutions, as amended,- passed
the House of Commons on Wednesday by a vote
of 67 to 26: . ' ;
BSaOLXmOKS COKCIRKIKa PIRSONXL LIBXBTy.
Ibutolved That the "people of Nprth Caro
lina value beyond all price their personal liberty
and those constitutional -guarantees which declare
"that no free man ought to be taken, imprisoned
or. dieized of his freehold liberties or privileges,"
or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed
or deprived of his life, liberty cr property, but by
the law of the land," and "that every freeman re
strained of his liberty is entitled to aremedy to
enquire into the lawfulness thereof, and. to remove
the same if unlawful; and that such remedy ought
not to be denied or delayed ;" that "in all crimin
al prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to
a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of
the State and district wherein the crime shall
have been committed, aid to be informed of the
nature and cause of the accusation to be confronted
with witnesses against him, to have a compulsory
process for obtaining witnessss in his favor, and
to have the assistance of ceunsel for his defence."
Resolvtd, That in the opinion of this General
Assembly;- the suspension, of the writ of habeas
corptuby the executive authority or tne confede
rate Suttee, at and in the vicinity of the town of
Salisbury and in this State, (200 miles from any
enemy of the Confederacy,) is in direct contraven
tion of the rights and privileges of our citizens,
as guarantied by the highest authority known to
this State, and surely tends to the subversion of
the liberties of Cur people, ii tne same is submitted
to as a rightful exercise of Con federate au thority ;
and believing that the exercise of such power will
have the effact of rendering the Confederate gov
ernment odious to our people, and tend to alienate
their affections from the Common causa in which
we are engaged, we do respectfully but solemnly
protest against the suspension of said writ at any
Joint within the State, unless the same be in such
anger of attack by the enemy as to require the
THE TEN REGIMENT iHLiY DEFEAT-
: !'.: .-vh'r.- ed. -The
Nullification Bill passed by the House
of Commons, and which was so long pendin
J in the Senate, was defeated by that body 'on-
xuwrsuay, p j a vote o ayes 18, noes 1S7.
J. he following is the vote : .
na "Conservative faction believes that the
President would suspend the writ of habeas
corpus, but for reasons necessary to the pros
ecution of -this war. It may - be j that ' the
President has reasons for the suspension
this writ at Salisbury whieji, if made known,
wouia sunt up ioe uioa W even w , Aries-Messrs. Adams of Davidson, Arendell,
anu-cavming ouservauyeo, auu, n i iun jiure. jarratt, ienesr ijindsav.
8.me.timelh ; . bo that a toctoure of S f
these reasons would be highly improper ana Whitfordand Wooley I8;i. v i 1 ; K j
imnolitio. Mortifvinff as the reflection is to fi$?ss" fda 1of QMovd,. Brown,
. . - ' " a I . i ,J0Peland, JJickson, JJickerson, Drake,
crery iruo unucu ui tuo uvc, nusio o jv i unu, atsou, wanam, tiaii, Harris, iioieman,
: tul ui:f ,ut . iW- 1 Iine, iLeitch, IMurrill. Neal. Eatton. . Powell.
. :. Ja a fimPs3Di Smith of Anson, Smithof Stanly, Tay-
of "Conservatism',' existing in it is conhned lor . of Hash,. White,- Wiggins, Wright and
to North Carolina that it is looked upon iiuug , ., - , y v . , 4
with minded surprise and abhorrence! by the : Thw bas tlio SUte ken saved from disK
people of every other 8tate of the Obnfede-'M.fttfylroiii the consequenoei
racy, and will have but a brief anllnglori- W011 mighhae ensued from the passage
it has dared to raise its or a bill wiiicti almost in terms sought aeon
head, and' where it has obtained a temporary j flot witn theConfederate Government. More
triumph by the grossest of frauds upon a 00 this subject in our next. j j
people as loyal and true as any under the j ' THE NEWS.
sun, and a people who will drive them from ah was perfectly quiet at andhear Fredericks'
the plaoes which they have disgraoed with burg on Tuesday. The roads are said to be in a
soorn and indignation whenever the opporttt- j dreadful condition, caused by the recent rainy
weather All expectation of an advance of the
nity of doing so Shall be. presented, j
SENATOR SMI Til, OF MACON.
! - We have received the following letter from
the above named Senator : j -.
- Senate Chambbb,V
; ; Jan; 26, 1863.
J. W. Stmb, Esq. : .,
-Dxar Sib: In the Kaleigh Register of Dec.
24th an article appeared, purporting to give the
substance of my remarks, in the Senato, on the
Bill for the reliet of persons in custody and not in
the military service, which does me groes injus
tice. I herewith send- you an article dipt from
the Standard of the 7th inst., which contains my
remarks as prepared by myself at the lime of their
delivery, and request -you, a3 an act of justice to
myself, to insert said. article in your paper.' .
Ybt will please inform me, in writing, by the,
gentleman who. will hand you this, whether you
consent to do so. - . ' ; . - .
! 1 j Yours, &c., '
. i C. D. SMITH.
We comply with the request of Mr. Smith
and publish the following " remarks as pre
pared by himself " : r
"grand army!' are at an end, at least for the pres ;
ent.' ; ;:: . '...r . ' -?..;' j-
The Iiynchburg "Republican." of Tuesday says
that a gentleman who left Knoxville on. Sunday
last, reports that the Kentucky Legislature had
passed,' by a majority of five to one, an ordinance
of secession from the Abolition Union.! He fur
ther states that as soon as this decision was an
nounced,' the Legislative Hall was surrounded
by a regiment j of Pennsylvania soldiers, land
every member ojf the body arrested. . The "Be-
publican" adds : "We are" not prepared to ex
pfes an opinion as to the truth of this report, but
the indications all paint to an early move of the
kind, if ithas not been made as stated."
Advices from Memphis confirm the burning of
Holly Sprihgs, Mississippi, by th Yankees, in
"retaliation for the bitter hostility orthe inhabi
tants." '.'.F ' ' ' : :; i
infused in our men, they plied their - pieces with
redoubled energy, and seemed determined that the
victoryahoold be oars. 0; .v
The gunboats paid their first attention : to the
Harrfet Lane, the' Bayou City leading the attack.
The Heptane ! being much the weaker, soon re
ceived such injuries as to disable her The Bayou
City t however, gallantly continued the fight,-and
running" aboard the Harriet, Lane, swept her
decks by boarding, and took ? possession of the
ship. ? Captain Waihwright and his Lieutenants
having been killed, the ship was surrendered by
the master's mate. , i .-
. The Weetfleld now started off, apparently disa-
b'ed, and made her way over to Bolivar channel,
between Pelican Spit and Bolivar Point. Here
she was subsequently destroyed by the enemy, du
ring, a truce. The propeller. Owassa lay in the
channel about three-fourths of a mile from the
Bayou City and Harriet Lane. As the Lane was
boarded, the Owaeso steamed up to within two or
three hundred yards of them, firing into botb.-r
xije iorce or tn collision drove tne isayoa City's
stem so far into 'and under the wheel and gun
- .While the' enemy were slitUlng Warrenton '
Springs, General R. H. Anderson wished to as-1
certain what divuicmof the army occupied the
pprth bank of the Rappahannock opposite his po
sition He volunteered to bring him the neoessa
ry information, swam the Rappahaanockf sor- .
prised three of the enemy's aimed pickets,- and
brought them across the river jto the .General, '
who gave the crutched hero' a; certificate eompri
monting his skill and gallantry, -At the battle,
df Hazel River, a: minnte ball (broke one of his1
crutches, and, one of the enemy's horses' without
a rider ran against him and broke the other. In
the second day's fight at Manassas, he had a horse
killed under him, and . another the day after at -the
battle cf German town. . While pursuing the ')
enemy's cavalry, a pistpl jhot penetrated his cap. !
grazed nis. temple, and' knocked him from his -
,Speker of each House be lequested to forward a declaration of martial law for its effective defence:
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and we do ' hereby request liia JCxcellency, tne
President of the Confederate States, to revoke any
and all orders suspending said writ at .and In the
vicinity af the town of Salisbury, t
Resolvsi, That in the opinion of this General
Assembly, we have laws upon our ; statute bxks
sufficiently stringent o punish all manner of dis
loyal conduct of recreant citizens of this State,:
and judges of unimpeachable iniegrity to admin
ister the same. (And if the laws of the Confede
racy are insufficient for that purpose, it is the du
ty of Congress to supply the deficiency.)
Besotted. That the Governor transmit a copy
of these resolutions to the President of the Con
federate States, and to each of our Senators and
Representatives in Congress; -The
following, from a series offered by Mr.
Foy, of Onslow, were; incorporated in the forego-
but the first resolution was subsequently
copy of thesa resolutions to oar Senators and Rep
restouUvas in Congress, that they may present
them to that body, and thus place on public re
cord this our final and irrevocable determina:
tion. I
Mr. Grissom proposed the following as a sub
stitute. Whx&xas, various slanderous reports have
been circulated both in the State and out of it,
reflecting on the loyalty of tfie members of this
Legislature and the people of the State, and as
cribing to them hostility to the Confederate Gov
ernment and a desire jto reconstruct the' Union;
Therefore be it unanimously
Resolved, That as the Representatives of the
people, and in our own behalf as individual ciQ
aens of the State, we protest against and denounce
these accusations as entirely false in letter and in
spirit, as calculated to misrepresent the sentiments
cf those who have never ialtered in the support
of all constitutional measures for the prosecution
of the war, and as tending to produce jealousies
and heartburnings among a .people who have
sealed their devotion to the cause cf Southern In
dependence with their, blood, upon the proudest
battlefields of this revolution. That the charge
of a desire on the part of this Legislature or any
portion of it, to conflict with the Confederate
(government, -or to embarrass the President in the
prosecution of the warj is grossly untrue, illiberal
and slanderous. That we hereby pledge ourselves
most heartily and emphatically to the most vig
orous constitutional: war policy, promising in
the name of North Carolina, the most.Hberal con
tribution of men and money to the support of it,
and protesting against any settlement' of the
struggle which, does not secure the Independence
of the Confederate Slates of America
- 'Tne folio wing additional resolution was offered
by Mr. Amis and accepted by Mr. Grissom :
. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to
'communicate a copy Of these "reslutions to the
Governors of the several States of the Confedera
cy, and also, to' our Senators and Representatives
in Congress, to be laid before their respective
bodies. , ,
; We understand that it was the object of
those by whose vote Mr. Grissom's resolu-
. tion was passed, to get rid of Dr. Henry's
resolutions. In fact, we have heard that a
caucus on this subject was held, and the
course of action on Tuesday agreed upon.
ix ow, we uo not imnx. inai mis is exacuy me
proper manner to treatrDr. Henry. His res
olutions were ordered to be printed,and
made the order of the day for, Thursday be
fore last. He being sick ti that day, was
unable to be inTiis seat, and the resolutions
have not since been taken up. Now it has
been determined to smother them.' It is too
bad, and the Doctor should not stand is.
He should, with great solemnity,- protest
against his bantling being thus overlaid and
smothered. The more especially should he
do 86, as the Richmond . Enquirer has not
only scorohed him, but absolutely set the
"Conservative" House of Commons at defi
ance. If, therefore, the Doctor's resolutions
should be smothered,, we may expectib see
the insolent. Enquirer chuckling- ano! tri
umphing in the. idea that it has backed out
the "Conservative"' Honse of, Commons.
We know of but. one remedy should this
.state of things come to pass, and that is, that
the "Conservative" House of - Commons in
struct Governor Vance to demand the Rich
mond Enquirer of President Davis, without
any, the slightest chance of a habeas corpus;
and require it, on bended knees, to "beg par
don of the august 'Conservative" House of
! In the discussion of 'this subject, all the speak
ers on both sides of this question have acknowl
edged that griovous.wrorrganave been committed.
It is clear to my mind -. that nothing has' been
proposed, bat-the original bill which provides a
remedy equal to the magnitude of the wrongs
committed. In all vfolent attacks, the physician
applies powerful. remedies. So in the body poli
tic, when the wrongs, are violent, the remedies
must be powerful and stringent. ; ; r
In every instance, where we have attempted, to
assert the supremacy of the civil over the military
authority, we have been charged by implication,
at least, With advocating measures that would
come in conflict with the Confederate government.
This blending military authority with the Con
federate government in the argument' seems to
imply that gentlemen. regard tho two as syno
nymous. If this be b?, we are already under a
military despotism one which is to spread its
arms over the whole 'body politic. !
If t be admitted that the military and Confed
erate government are synonyms, X am for speak
ing out boldly and fearlessly. It matters not to
me from what quarter a military despotism comes,"
wnether , from
Lane's guns, withdrew to a position about a mile
J!.i -T. 1 1 - i . 1
distant., it Dcame piainiy eviaeni mac: unless
the Bayou City' and Harriet Lane could be sepa
rated, the enemy could escape if they wished. To
gain time, therefore, a 'flag of, truce was taken to
theOwasso and Clifton, now lying close'.oirether,
and a demand for a surrender. - Time was asked
to communicate with, Commodore Renshaw, who
was in tne VVestfield. A truce orthree hours was
agreed upon. Previous to-this, the 42d Massa
chusetts regiment, qaarttred on the Kuhn's wharf,
was charged, r They were, ho ever, protected by
barricades, and had taken up the planks from the
wnafl, rendering tnem impassable, and our for
ces withdrew.: . Durnog the truce wiih the ves
sels, the unconditional surrender of these men was
demanded and con plied with. Their colors con
sist of a U. S.I flag of silk, and a white flag, having
tne coot of arms of Joassachusetts painted on it,
"Ense petit placidam sub Libertate Quietam."
"Under freedom the sword seeks peaceful quiet."
Tne appearance of the coat of arms is rather sin
gular. Iri the centre is an Indian with his bow ;
at the right corner of the shield is a single star, at
which he is 'glancing askance. We might say
the savage was coveting the Texas star. Unfor
tunately, the star is in the ascendant, and the re
sult proved to' be the vanity of -his wishes. At
any rate, the sword of the 42d has found peaceful
quiet by the aid of Texas freemen.
Before the truce expired, the Federal gunboats
A fleet of twenty transports Jaden with supplies I drew off and escaped oat of the harbor, utterly
rouiea ana aeieaiea, leaving in our nanas me
tity, the harbor, the Harriet Lane, the two barks
and a schooner, and vast stores, valuable.ariil
lery, etc.. 1 ' . ' , . ' ;
The affair surpasses in brilliancy anything we
have ever read of. The exploits of the Virginia
and the Arkansas have been eclipsed, and Texas
has won a proud pre-eminence on -water, as well
as land, and has even eclipsed on her own soil the
glories of her achievements on other fields.
horse, t Since he has been pronoanced ' iacomne-
tent to perform military duty cn asxount Of his ' i
wounds, and while acting as 4 volunteer on hos .
plul furloughs, he nas captured six prisoners 7
without any assistance, and killed many of the '
enemv. : In different battles hi haiha lr knnM : '
wale of the Lane that she could not be eot out. I killed under him. and I have in don hi hi. hUnA i
The Lane was also so screened that her guns could more of the enemy than any. soldier - in our ' -
not be worked, and were consequently useless. army. U- --.M t V j tj ' t H . ;
They both lay, therefore,- at the mercy of the If skill, courage and hsz&rdbus aiidusefai ser- "
Owasso. " Herculean efforts were made to extri- vice on the battle field deserve; promotion) he has ' '
cate them. The" Owasso, evidently, fearing the noblv earned iL Jjat1 hfm 'th
the Hon. U. W; Randolph he was recommended '
for promotion by Gen. Ewell but so far.his mer '
it has been overlooked, and an "unknown hero,"'. M
capable of drilling and leadingan army to VictoJ .
ry, iS a mutilated private, while scores of cro s ' ' !
road" politicians, unscathed bv ball or uhrmd't :
strangers to tne roar or baltiei!
companies and regiments. 1
It will gratify the friends
uoruea iu war a io juamar xoniaine is tne au;
thor of the beautiful lines which 'have recently
been published in all our papers; ! commencing .
"All quit along the Potomac tp-night." ' " ' !
are commanding
Of oor "unknown -
for Roseaicranz's army had reached N"ashvilie.
There is nothing!' new of movements id Tennes
see.' '.
t Brigadier General Daniel S. Donelson will
succeed Lieut. Gen, . Kir by Smith in command
of the Department of Ei3t Tennessee. It is said
tnat.nis department will also embrace South-west
ern Virginia and that portion of Middle Tennes
see within our lines. , i
The Chattanooga 'Kebel" says the Federal pick
ets extend out of Murfreesboro' a few miles in the
direction of Shelby ville and Manchester. No
further advance has been made except on the Mc
AlinnTilleroad. Hqra they have sent a brigade
sixteen miles to Keedyville. This band is repre
sented to be foraging in a most approved style of
vadnalisrn in Wilson and DeKalb counties.
General Buford, with a large force of cavalry,
is stationed at Beech Grove, eighteen miles this
BEMARKABLE NARRATIVEr-ORIGlN
OP ."ALL QUIET ALONG THE -POTOMAC
TO-NIGHT."
Some time ago, the Richmond correspondent of
the Charleston Mercury, alluding to Bishop Elli
ot's proposition for a monument to the unknown
aeaa, saia "the topic or unxnown Heroes was
frequently introduced in conversation, and men
tioned a number of these heroes, among them a
cavalry man from Texas, who, unable to walk a
. -vi-v ; ; v. died.i;. i,
r At the residence of his kinjman, Mr. P. JT. Poui
on the caorHine of the 21at last , aftsr a llagtrlaf 111
noss, contracted while In ths eryid of his eoaatrv, Mr '
Thos. Pr ChRismaw, Jr., in the 14th ysar of his age. j
He, was a son of ho lata Thos. P. Chrisman, lata of '
Hampton, Va;," and for thres ysavi priot to ths war a
resident of this city, and employed in pesoud's Drug
Store, where he was remarkable for his diligsnc and
activity in the service of hk employor, aa whsrS be
had many friends. He left many relations, inoladiaga ",
b.sv nuv. w iwu vivtuwi vj uouri au oariv uain '
Six of his brothers aro now in tho. army of tho Con- . '
federaoy, and have distingniahed themselves either on
the field of battle or in the faithfal discharge of duty
in offices of trust and distinction. Thomas wa one '
of the first to sacrifice all the comforts ef home when -the
tocsin of war was, sounded, and volunteered in the
Oak City Guards, known now . as company E, 14th
regiment N. 0. Troops," and he had the assoraaees of :
a prominent position in the army, when death called
him away to thai haven of rest whsre there is no use ,
for warriors or the implements of war, bat where his
soul is filled with eneffable joy in Jthe presence of his .
Savloar. ' 1 ..." , f j v' f -. ' -,-: '
It will be a source of. inexpressible comfort - to his :
friends ,to know that during his illness he was deeply . .
concerned for the welfare of his Seal, and throftgh the '
condescending grace and meroy of Christ, he was per ,
mittod to enjoj His love, and to express a foil as- f i
snraQco of a blissful immortality, p- Vhe patbetle and' ' i
earnest manner in which he urged those around him, 1
in his expiring' moments, to flee' from the wrath to
come, will never he effaced from their memories. : '-. - -
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Oar clSy, Petersburg hod Richmond papers are re-
qnested to copy. . r: H-.1-wt'
1
Gkitxral Obdxbs,
wo. s. . r
OOLDSBOao', IfoBTH CAKOIJSA, J
January 23d, 1813.
I COMMANDERS OP BRIGADES T
. will give to the officers detailed for reoraiiln 1
vice, (one from -each Company,) special instructions
'a ! i- . " - ; ' m . -m. a.
side of Murfreesboro , and fourteen from Keedy- I "wp, carries a pair oi cruicnes on norse nacx, ana to arrest and forward to their Companies all eaUsUd'
With them has continued to perform all the ardu- men absent without competent authority. 1 - . , -. .
ville His scouts
noitering duty.
Our cavalry recently
are engaged in active recon
made a dash for a large
! the ' citizen Ignores tho freedom of the citizen,
who is outside of the! military organization, I
shall unhesitatingly oppose; 'Bather than submit
to a military Y'cspotism, the good old State had
better raise the lone star, and go back to her! own
declaration of 1775, and re-assert her pw;n' Inde
pendence." . j
We have eo wish to do &jt. Smithj the
slightest injustice. We did cot hear his re
marks, but derived our information concern
ing the remark which we published and
which Kir. Smith Bays does him injustice', from
a highly intelligent gentleman, who gave it
to us iu writing. We have the paper before
us'now, and again quote from it as follows :
Mr. Smith, of Macon, said that rather than
see the civil authority give way to the mili
tary in North Cor o Una in a single instance,
he would be willing to see North Carolina
hoist tho. lone star 4bd set up'an independent
ing.
stricken out, on motion of Mr. Shepherd :
Jtesolved, That this Legislature hereby request
and instruct their Senators and Representatives
in Congress, to urge and procure, if possible, a re
peal of the law passed,. authorizing the President
to suspend, in his discretion, the . writ of habeas
corpus. . v - !i
Resolved, That the military power is subordi
nate to, and. governed by the civil, authorities ;
and that the General Assembly hereby requires
and directs the Judges of this State" who have ta
ken an oath to administer the law, to see that the
writs' of habeas corpus issued by them are executed.-
, ''
In theSenate a series o! resolutions newpends,
providing for the clothing and comfortable subsis
tence of the prisoners j now confined at Salis
bury. The Confederate prison at Salisbury, contains
men from all of the. Confederate States men
charged with treason and with treasonable prac
tices, . and guilty,' many of them, no doubt, and
yet no one voice is raised in sympathy for them
or fur their aomfort or release, except by the fac
tion called Conservatives, in North Caroling
the only faction, thank God, to be found any
where in the Confederacy. Let the people mark
this. . - , ."-
If we were to charge that the traitors who have
compassed the lives of our troops in this State and
the lives and property of the loyal people within
the reach of the enemy, .have friendsia the Legis
lature, it would give rise to another series of resolu
tions and to much abuse of our humble self.
Therefore we Will not make the charge. "W3
will content ourself with reminding the legis
lature that when they complain of the " poor
prisoners" at Salisbury being compelled to'sleep
upon "a board or on "straw," they should re
member first the brave soldiers in the field who
nave neitner board nor straw to sleep on. And .... .. - , ! . . -L
if they do not know the fact, we. will tell them nntary despotism the good old State, had
that their sympathy is misdirected when applied better raise the' lone listaV &o., would !not
to the "poor prisoners'' at Salisbury. Do they ,. ?,. , , i 1" :!,
know that out of the .whole number confined have been dissented from by-any one who
there sne two or three weeks ago, only one man, heard it, 'and therefore would not have been
out of about three hundred, could be found who . w ... , , ", , . r
was willing toUke the oath of allegiance to the taken . down in wntmg and handed to ns as a
Government of the Southern Confederacy 7 This most extraordinary declaration to oome from
is a tact wmcn cannot oe trotniuuy aemea. -
Now we do not charge the Legislature "with
treasonable purposes or proclivities. W give
them creditor all the good intentions they claim.
But we do charge them with a purpose to quarrel
and .conflict with the Confederate Government;
and we tell them they are instigated to it bv men
who are traitors but who have not the courage
tj avow their treason.. : .
We call upon the 'people to watoh the move
ments of the faction controlled bjr such men.'
; : We copy .the .abore from (bio State Jour
nal. The reader, will see that while tho
"Conservatives" of the Legislature declare
on one day that tb.ey.wiH do all they, can to
sustain the Confederate Government, they on
the Confederate or State govern- 4 ..efa n.u nl
ments, I shall oppose it. Every thing that over-1 ' t . r , ,- , ' . .
rides the civil authority and .crushes the rights of
nessee, causing tnem to tnrow overboard their
cargoes, oi stores and hastily retreat.
Our : troops than crossed to the north side of
Cumberland river by swimming their horses
through the much (wollen stream, overpowedlhe
guard, and captured and destroyed an immense
collection of subsistence just loaded for transpor
tatien to Nashville by wagons. . ;
Certainly our mounted men are opening the
eyes of the enemy, on the water as well as on
the land. I. -: M
THE BATTLE OP GALVESTON. .:
We are indebted to the kindness of a friend for
a copy of the Houston Telegraph, January 5 tb,
which brings us the full particulars in regard to
the battle at Galveston. We make tbeeubjoined
extract: -'j- ! ; '"!'! '.. ''"-'" " "'it
The whole .naval! force was under the command
of Major Leon Smith, who was admirably -fitted
for the command of the, expedition, by his experi
ence as a 6ailor. In fact, better men for all the
stations .could not : nave DeenpicKed ! irom any
1 -
yt . , i. . r wuero.
uovernment ior nerseir." - K He was ordered that the boats should get in po
In writing out'hi, remark, prep b, 1SlS
uiuiseu aiter me puoucauon oi tne article m after midnight arrivea close oy tne neet.i They
tho HabiatT wWli hi m tcAnoa I,; Jo were discovered, and signal lights 'from !the fleet
a . 0. .-
injustice," , but which did not purport to
give the substance' of hia remarks' -but
merely gave a u remark" as repprted to us
at once showed that the enemy were awake and
watching for them.; The: looked anxiously for
the signal from shore. . : , r ;. -
Mhnwhile the f&nd force, consisting of detach
ments from- some four or five regiments under
ator, it is probable that Mr. S. may not have
remembered his" preoise language. - His pub
lished remark that " rather than submit jto a
was in commi nd of the' re-
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a . North Carolina Senator. Submission to
it I the next do :all they oan to embarrasait and 'f entirely ignorant of the fadt that "My Mary-
make it odious in the eyes of the people by
whose confidence) it alone can be sustained.
Nobody but a member of the North Caroli-
in writinff bv an intelligent and truthful en- J command of Brig. Gen. Scurry and Col. X B
rf ; T n.o:.. , A .4. v, . t in
Uksttiay, irn a uiuvvu bi auuuii uai& iruui v trgiuw
Point., This point is on the mainland, and from
it a bridge two miles in length erosses Galveston
Bay to Galvesto Island, being about five miles
distant from the city. The battle took plaea at
the city, the gunboats lying along in front of the
cityn tha bay ou the landward side1 of the Isjandj
Col,- DeBray commanded the attacking forces.
while tienr. pcurry
serves, : i.
Front the bridge they moved down to the city,
but met with unexpected delays; and did hot
reach their position1 until after 4 o'clock. - In the
meantime the boats had withdrawn to Half Moon
Slioals, twelve miles distant, and awaited the sig
nal. At about 5 oclock Geiu J&figrnder says 3,
and a spectator says 4t but we timed it by tele-t
graph and are exact ; it was.8 minutes before 5,
Houston time) all things on shoEebeipg in-readi
ness,the ball opened, Gen.. Magruder firing the
first gun. The boats at once put on steam and
hurried to the scend. They mustbave been an
hour 'or so on the way, during which time the ar
tillery duel between the ships and batteries was
one of the most terrific on record. Darkdess shut
outeverything but the flash of the guns. The
scene wa. at orice! Bublime and appalling. : ""Our
men werecnce 'driven from their guns, but ral
lied'and fought nobly on. As dawn r approached
the fire of the edemy appeared to increase in se
verity, and fearing that .our men would be una
ble to wfthftand it after daylight gave thejenemy
a better -view of our position, orders were prepar
ed to withdraw. . Just as they were about' to bo
issued, however, about 6 o'clock, the welcome .an
nouncement was made at headquarters that the
Biyou City and Neptune had arrived and opened
on the Harriet Lane. Instantly new vigor was
military despotism" conveys an idea Widely
different from willingness in a case of great
emergency when the safety of the people
should be the supreme law, to see the civil
give way for a time, and only for a timej to
the military , authority; ' - - .
1 In conclusion, we repeat our declara
that we had no intention to do Mr. Smith
justice, and we leaVe it to the publio to say
whether or not we nave done so.
ion
in-
.TlTho "Daily Progress" seems to
be
land,'r as it scoffingly
calls a gallant but .
down-trodden State, .has never been a mem
ber of the Southern Confederacy.
ous duties required of him." The correspondent
of the Mercury, we dare say, little dreamed that
this unknown dragoon would prove to be not only
the most heroic of all the heroes of the war, but
a poet of a high order besides. The following
letter addressed to the Mobile Register and Ad
vertiser reads like a romance, yet bears npon its
face the evidence of truth. Wd copy It as a just
tribute to a gallant soldier and as of far .more in
terest than any nmnber of extracts from Yankee
papers: . -
This soldier is Lamar Fontaine, a private in
the "Campbell Bangers," 2d Regiment Virginia
Uavairy. Me is tne eldest son of tne Kev. Ed
ward Fontaine, an Episcopal Minister, residing
near Jackson, Miss., who commanded the Bust
Rifles, of the 18th Regiment MississioDi volun
teers,' in the first battle of Manassas, and who is
honorably mentioned in General Beauregard's
report of it. He was born in Washington coun
ty, Texas, in 1841, while his parents resided
there, and was named . after his father's intimate
friend, General 1 Mirabeau Lamar." Previous to
the present revolution Lamar Fontaine lived in
his native State,, was educated in Austin,, and at
the Military Academy in Bastrop, and. learned
practically the most ' essential duties of a soldier
ai a Texas Ranger and hunter on the frontiers of
Western Texas, wnere he was unsurpassed as a
dexterous rider and skillful marksman. As
as the war commenced he came to Mississippi and
enlisted as a private in the first company organ
ized for the defence of the State, the Mississippi
Rifles, of Jackson, commanded by 'Capt Robert
Smith, the heroic CoU, Smith wbo fell at Mum
fordsville, nty. Under this excellent officer he
served at Pecsacola, as an 'infantry soldier, and
then as an artillerist until he was transferred to
his father's company in the. Army of the Poto
mac. At the battle of Manassas Le was severely
wounded by a cannon shot, which passed under
hls feet, bruising one of them -so badly that he
was unfitted for further duty as an infantry sol
dier. ; Finding that he was nn willing to be dis
charged, his father -procured hiai'a transfer , to
(Japt. Alexanders Uompaoy (1) 2d Regiment
Virginia Cavalry. Under Generals Jackson
E well, he distinguished himself ;in the
Front Royal. Cross Keys, and all the
the Valley. . Near Winchester, in company with
a young gentleman irom uampDeii;eounty,rVa.,
private John Moore, he performed a feat without
a parallel jn the , annals of .war, and which is
mentioned ' with , the highest commendation in
Gen. E well's-ofllcial - report. These two ' young
men, unassistM and alone, charged a piece of ar
tillery planted on Jhe Winchester turnpike, man
ned by eight of the enemy, killed and wounded
twa of their number, drove the rest from f the
gun, and brought, it off in triumph to their com
manaer. . xiear
his horse's head,
mg xtamar s tnign. w nue ms comrades were
carrying him from the field, another shell woun
ded mm severely.
rr A IT i . . - . - i ,
ax. Amy purvon, xces as m onitor or pay fer. ; i
the period vf unauthorized abseno, Is hereby pro, ! !
claimed to allenluted men, absent without leave, who ' '
may voluntarily return totlwir refpeetlre eotamands ' I i "
on or before the 10th day of -February next. . " . i
f IIL enlisted men who'do not volantarlly re-' ; " i
turn within ths time specified, and all who shall after 1
this date absent themselves from 'their emmaads
without proper authority, will be charged with dtivr
tion and triad by the new Military Court new Is aea '
sion. If found guilty, they will be sentenced to death, ,
whether present or absent," nd commanders will re , ' '
ordered to execute ; the sentence Wherever the oon " 1
demned ban be arrested: . " ' j : . j . .
j IV. In Companies all the enlisted men of which'
are present for 4atj, except thoeei absent under legal' I "
orders Or upon regular sick-leave!, Division, District i
and Department Commanders are authorised to grant; .
furloughs, at the rate of one for every twenty-llre ,
men present for doty in each oomnmv. and fa m. ' l
nods which, deducting the time necessary for traveT, j .
will permit the parties to remain' at home fourteen' i
days. - 'Whenever they are aathoriied by the facte to' I.
appeud a certificate, which will be required in every., 5 ii
instance, that no enlisted man of the Company Is ab- '
sent without competent authority.' Company and ' ' ('
Eegimehtal Commanders will fenrtrd, through the . '
regular channels, at the rate and upon tne conditions
above specified, recommendations of the men most ' .
meritorious and deserving of furlough. j , .- ;
V. All enlisted men who overstay their regular slok
furloughs, or those granted as aboxeJ will bimmedi
ately arrested on their, return, an examination made-
into the facts of each case, and the facts reported to ..
me .Brigade uommanaer, wno will eitner punisn the
l: I - i . i- . ; - i
soon deliuqueneause charges to bo preferred, or reti
a j him to oTutj unpunished, as the. circumstances of
return :
the:
case maj in his judgment require. I I .' . -
VL Major A. P. Coirs Chief QikrtermasteT, will
cause these 'ordws to he .advertised once a week for'
three weeks in every newspaper published fa North '
Carolina, and in the newrpapers nublished In Colnm- ,
bia," Anderson, Greenville ,and YorkyiTle, South Car- ; "
By Command"bf Maj. Gen. G. f . Smith i ' t ' .
SAM." Wi MELTON,
t" -, . Majat and A A. Gen. -Chiev
.QuABTERtfAsrxa's Omci,)
Goldsobo'; January 28, 183.
All the newspapers in the J3tate of i North Caroliaa, ;
and the newspapers in Columbia, dreenviUe 8par. .
tansburg, Yorkville, Sumpter and : Edgefield, South'.
aronna, are requestea to pubUsn.thu notice ia com-
! battles. of . :. .-.; : s.-r:nnvK . : '..
actions- Of r inn 31 l.wSar - k' . . '. 4 " IS. I A" W . V-
) j ; ' i m I 'ii n u.ji
Only Correct Edition! ' "
CONFEDERATE STATES j AlXMY REG
v - . -f.-r-T,. ,'.'JLATlONl V--U a ;.
J W RANDOLPH, KICJIMOND, VA. ,
In aceordanco with a written contract with the
Government, is now publishing (to be ready about s
tne 25 tlv of January) a second and oinly complete edi- '
tien"of the Aaitr RKQCLATieKS, revised and enlarged
and oonuining important forms not An any other. "
nL n; . .
xuo puoucw warnea against an imperJect edition
it ,,rl . Tm Pfl w !T Cfm; 0f work' P8s4ar West" John.,ten, Eichmond,
Strasburg a shell exploded against and sold at $3.00. f . .t .
. blowing it to atoms and break- , Although it is printed from my olid book: (not fven
correcting the plain mieUkes,) - and
one thometnS important error; not
rors of the printer, (as the publisher
eantefniac
typographic U er-
ef the S.OO edU
in the hin" Soon Attar h
wounds were dressed, while lying under a tree, a would have the pablio believe,)- but stupid bluu-
minniff ball penetrated tbe back of his neck; pass- rpers of the publishers,' yet, strange to say, it j offered t
de down nearhis spine and lodged where the:eur- r , "I aIWl,uww ""' oorrecie
geons have not been able to find iL Since then "denlarged ediUon. . : . ; .j r
hi. .?-v 1-.- h.u ."r?-ii ' r. Johnston, without excuse, haei. interfered ia my .
He recovered sufficiently - to obtain leave of ab
sence from the hospital inChar lottos ville for Sev
eral weeks, which, he spent with his company in
performing military duty wittf his crutches tied
to his saddle. In this condition he fou?ht seven
battles-Hazel Biver JBridge, Warreaton Springs,
the Bappahannockor Waterloo B'ide. tne bat
tles of the 29th, 30U and. 31st of Manassas, and"
the battle of Germantown. ; '
business matters, by printing this book, in the' face of
a contract which A tntto to e&ist between the Gov'
eminent and myself; and, undertaking a work- of
which he was ignorant,' and taking no pains to- lnform .
himself, has produced a, book which ts a mislrable
. jan -xir-i .;. y . . -
8 Itt A L iCllT-
CASXOKS at I
January 13, ltti.
CLutSS WARE AND
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