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i I. JNO. W. 8YME, Editor aad Pipprielor. Omtt th pUnof fkir Ulibtfulpec RAIiEIGHt y C SATFKDAT J40BHINO, MARCH J8, 1863. . TV. nor Nor The lUgittor urges GovS Vn to coaTene the LegUUture exira. son , V7n Vh. neoole from nlanUng cotton Md to Ucco! Whope Got. Vance wfll do no such thing.- and should he deem thabodT necessary for the welfare of the State we waot orders to accompany the Proclamation com nellinr them lo bring their own "forage," M we Ire hirdlj able to feed the .present population i.k luTvnliM oh band. And then, too, wo A ' Ti Kir- .VTnrriM the body at tha ballot box V i.l.'ir IiXTlSlatiOO 1B( SeS ' fo -T,m iL! Sute a exl deal, and before The IXny irtreaa. . - It would have been weU if the Progress, ? 11 . t aaaion to take in OppOBlDg into consiaerauon tuo ; . . it.. f Mimnunir k .n1tiwmtion this Tear of artteies non-es- eent'al to the munteuanw w iiie, . I I:. L.J .... some reason way uo AtL.-..Ti .hnnM nntihiimtaa. m :- . m-avfl one. and Ad- ID) BUUIOU. 10 m o 7 . . a a t a A atmatiM V panoy in tne treatment v. c6a..-6V r i.M Tn tha same issue that eon- Jaios'what is .quoted above U opposition to an extra session, of the Legislature, we find the Editor of the Progress discoursing as follows : nr. i .vi.fe tk.t thm hiht bar dtariind U try th blaokada and sUrration. and, that wa shall bare no rrai aatuea aoruig - " . birr and Maifrw-boro' satUflad them that the South was not to M "runw "7 --7- - - thair timiMtT. 4Tliy bawa na deaira to try araia taa foreaa of Gen. Lea or Oaa. Bragg, bat hav inr many fast Meads in oar speculators andextortion- il T .v:i mMnnimi throark tinm. Ana fjrw VUCJ iaaaaaw ww j O 1... MninBiit cBJi manace soma war to eon- .v. - .arM MmT by far than thoaa wha meet .v. w werr much fear they will UI UI. WBW ' . Tkt.m him Mandf too in tha South in tha per- sons of those wealthy man that are now preparing to raise larra cotton and tobafeoo crops to axciHaion of rraia and preTiiiona. If by keeping np the block ad. and snfferiag the armies to remain atationary the enemy caa eonqaer as by starTation throagh the as eirtanoa of oar own eotton and tobaoeo growars and peculators, it will b- micb cheaper and easier to tham than the attempt to whip as, and they know it Our soldiers have baataa the , enemy whenever and wherever they have found them, and our armiea ean never be eonquerea, ua uerw u -ro gation bvthe lagions marshal! for our omr overtarow, never be conquered, and mere is no oangwr bat without speeay, aiwraua. v- .t.. Mwammant ta ncDiui and overthrow speeu- bQt without speedy, daterounea mo laUon and monopoly la the necessaries of life, the cause is gone and we are hopelessly doomed. The itor of the Progress begins to think that the enemy, have determined to try "the blockade and stamtion," for the purpose of attaining his ends. Well, better late than never,? and we rejoice to see that 'the Editor of the Progress has "begun to think," for it is eminently necessary that the Editor of a paper should be a sentient being, .and not dish up to his readers "unconsidered trifles" upon subjects of grave interest. It is quite evident that the Editor of the Progress is "a ' begmner" at .hmking,,,:iand has not "got lathe hang of it" yet, for while in one column ' of his paper he opposes a call of the Legis lature to "keep the people from planting cotton and. tobaeoo," he in another says : "The enemy have friends too in the South in the persons of those wealthy men that are noxo preparing to raise large cotton and to bacco crops to the 'exclusion of grain and provisions. If by . keeping up the blockade and suffering the armies to remain stationary the enemy can conquer nj by starvation, through the assistance of our own cdtton and tobacco groxcers and speculators, it will be much cheaper and easier to them than the attempt to whip us, and they know it." With this clear admission that the aotion of the "cotton and tobaooo planters' may and will, in conjunction with the "speculators," 'assist the enemy to conquer ua" without . firing a gun at us, or being fired upon by us, the Editor of the Progress is opposed to the reassembling of a Legislature whose aotion would prevent our conquest by the enemy, by . preventing him from getting that assistance from the action of the "eotton and tobaoeo planters" necessary to his purposes of eon quest1. ! In other words, the Editor, of the Progress admits that the aotion or the eot ton and tobacco planters, if unpreyented and unrestrained, will enable tha Yankees to conquer the Southand yet is opposed to the reassembling of the only body of men that ean prevent pr restrain sueh action ! ! Surely the Editor of the Progress is but a "beginner" at thinking. Bat the Progress object to the ex pense of reassembling the Legislature. Now, we undertake to say, yiat no matter what may be tha expense of reassembling the. Leg islature, 'looking at the awful calamity which its action-may avert, it should be reassembled. But tha Progrus is mistaken as; to the ex pense. If the Legislature on Jts meeting acts .promptly and goes home, its reassem bling will not coat, at tha outside,' more than ? S 0,000. And what is that t If the Progress approved of the bill expending 930,000 for the gratuitous vaccination of tha people,' all thev coulddo anjthlng ail tneooiton n u-v by aw iimitea tne pro auction ot .cotton ibis summons from nis native otate, ne resigned ma reuBumen, ana iteiorm," wno could not keep his "-0 wui.ou.ea, out it win increase nis Sc4fSot year.andVirginiaJiasjustbyl.wlimitedthe Iu!Leabcrcivelegi prodnction of tobacco. ,Why should not enemies of his State and her liberties which into the a, m ohair of the Adjutant General, after tages of the families of qqr defenders at home, we ... xrm verv moeh fear that the msjority . n ... - . .m. threatened her subjugation, came home, and ousting one oftho ablest officers of the State. are really strengthening the'hearU and hapen. WBT: -VV 77 hwrifnntrT. North Car6hna follow bo patnoUo an exam- iKi .K.Mf,fl. .tn shar' Th.,. ,.n- - ....-v-..,-.- ine the blades of our unJauntihrftn thfiW WUUIU A-9 9 " ... 1 r' . ' . I . L I . . I I . " . a.AKti a a w. v1. . . r . i i . .wti aa m. .w jwa.z.asaa. - - a. a n - r a rt ir a rr er i a z w-w . a buium w w k i ir wr frm n a muuD t auau s , I uiblou uiuucii ur iuu siuo v mvi i w w wxv r vuv oumuu ui a "LAJUiHrvaL vh I af whom might and would hare been grata: tonal j Ttopinated- without costing the State a cent, It surely cannot object to the expendi ture of a like Bum, or one twenty times great er for the purpose of preyenting the people from being afiryed and copq06?6'- Again, Ike Progress aays the Legislature could not acfin time to pretent the planUng orcotton tt i . -n . s. i r and tobaooo. Here the Progress is again mis taken. " If the Legislature is summoned at an early day and acts promptly, it may control the amount of cotton and tobaooo to be planted this season. The great bulk. of tha . e.-.. eotton rop in this State is planted after the 5th of May, and fte entire tobaeco crop after J 4. the month of May. Here thin is ample time I so often sneered at in certain quarters, have plat. If she does not, the inevitable conse- .,. . . . . . t 1. . .v. quence Will oe xnas ine limitation ot tuo f nroduotion Of these articles in tne otate re- m: a mi it..1 : : o. . . f . . t i lerraa lii. win hiuiiuaui luo uivuuvuuu ui norm varouua ot tao targea. orwpo u um .aU. ..J .k...v in th. Nf. for T effiilativa aotion if the Legislature is n of tne state,, woo naa awwnguisnea . nimseii. j aie uoionei". wno so unsuccessfully o.w ure ior- jus government,- add lie Jbad's-Trght'io iur xiegiiuv ill-. In the military service of bis country, till, in oa- marshalled his troops in the field, Wt who so sue expect that the arms of his surviving countrymen a.ptlrTr.ewemMcd', ancTaetS Promptly. hehftd maJe a crippled life, afterward -efully m.n.ged h,s parMaansthe Legist 2 Several of the "cotton States"--the 8Ufes K ' . , n.it uiiZ tarSt" Y: niw lYAir- ifc!!?Pri:1he soldier know : , t it unorsa man iqib ia iiik idoui 'iddcus i . I to the natnotism" Of Planters. Nothing leSS I than law will reach them. . The mania for speculation and money-getting is abroad in 1 a w a the land, and has swallowed up all other mo tives' and considerations. In the article of tobacco, the times of Laws' Bant, the South Sea Fund,, the Yazoo Scheme, &c, were as dull as dish water when eompared with the mania for speculation in. this article, Dot only so unneeessary, but so noxious to- human life. As an example of how this mania rages, we cite the following from the Peters burg Express of Tuesday last : . Th TobicCo Mxxia.. Tho mania for specu lation in Tobacco seems to be universal in this city. Old men and young, and even little boys, and wo men by proxy are engaged in the trade. Every store of every description in town is loaded with the article, stored away for speculation. One can bsrdly walk past any door on the street, but he stumbles across a box of the weed in other words Petersburg is one vast depository of Tobacco. We have- '.'' Tobacco to the front of us, Tobacco to the right of us, Tobacco to the lelt of us. and tobacco to tbe rear, above, beneath, and every where else that it can possibly be placed. Tbe one all absorbing question, repeated irora tbe Hps of every man, anasounaea in tne ears 01 every other man daily, is "What is the price of To bacco 1? As it is in Petersburg, so doubtless it is in Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville, Farmville, and every other place in . which tobacco, either manufactured or in the' leaf, is dealt in upon any scale. The effect of this, upon those whose lands will produce tobacco, can not be doubted. Indeed, we learn that not only lands heretofore deemed suitable for tobaoeo will be devoted to it, bat Isndswhich will bring good corn, but only, a light, j "chaffy" article of tobacco, will be devoted to the latter instead of the former crop it being expected that all kinds of tobacco, whether adapted to chewing, snuffing (im mense quantities of snuff are now made in the South,) or smoking, will command enormous prices. These are palpable facts, to which we call the attention of the Governor of the State. He pay by his action avert a terrible calamity a calamity so terrible that the hu . i - man mind is scarce adequate to its concep tion. We believe if he pursues tbe course indicated, he will be sustained by every right thinking man in North Garolins, and receive the warm commendation of every good citizen of the Southern Confederacy, for the cause of the whole Confederacy is bound up and identified with the question, primary of all other's, of food. , IMPRESSMENT. The decision of Judge Lyons, in the ease of Isaacs & Co., in Richmond, and the certainty of a passage by Congress of a law regula ting impressments, and protecting the proper ty of "citizens from arbitrary seizures by the military authorities without reference to the market value of the article seized, will, we hope, have the effect "of bringing into market articles of subsistence which nave been hid away for fear of impressment, j The passage of this law willjtoo, deprive some of the fanners of the reason they have assigned for amaking tobacco this'year, to wit that they Vvtould not "make corn for fear of its seizure by the military authorities.;.: .- All the information which reaches us f from the Northern border of Virginia,' indicates that active operations for the spring campaign are about to commence. Hooker's army we are told is only waiting an improvement in tha roads, which a few days favorable weather will afford, whilst Milroy, in the Valley, being heavily reinforced, has estab lished his outposts' at Strasburg, -eighteen miles thisjide'of Winchester. It is not improbable that his force has been, or will be sufficiently Increased' to authorize the attempt to advanoa up the Valley as far as Staunton, or at least to hold poisession of . the Shenandoah and Luray Valleys. 1 - 1 j . -i. -ia, AOW Will lfc IQOKf . 7 . , .j ,.- . . , Whea writ in a. book.,. Z . ; V 1 . 511 iM. 1 t- I . THE ADJUTANT GENERALOY. 1 it will be and that boot ; W 1 ' , L .L And "writ" in a book will be one that will circulate freely, among m ito rroniv mini v doodIo of this State, for It will be "writ" in the mlnd3and memories of the honestand patridtici by (m and the tamt person, durioaeriod I ". . , : i i'toxtremoat, t..j ft. -'vJ.. men of Notth Carolina. Ltue, for a moment,' ..l- 4V - Mni..f.ni.. which the Legislature and the Judges of our Sa preme Court have managed to turn out one the very beet officers iri the State, one who nao well tieg j mil wen luinaea extremely oimcuit anu oner uu inn manner beyond even the cavil of his ene- What are tb facts ?-, Capt. J. G. Martin J J ihwi itinuuuu buu v.w . gui3hed himself as a Bureau Officer . . tmrn,n-t to .11 his energies . : 0 ' 0 . " : t her 8ervjce. His 'great expenenceand capaci- tv wero soon put'iiito rcqaisiuon, ana ne was I n Rnroan in ArimnfrA :f ' fo,th-flt,1L, Hia anartrv and ftmacitr utwov vj uo uuim ui . - - e - - - - "H VUVB " J " r I ana equipment, as ttney presentea. iuemeiyeB . . .,..( . j .l I rrt- .nMni.n.. thA nnnfrata fiavernmAnt I wwji z " into Its armies, and.we all remember the admira tion they gained, and the plaudits they elicited from the press, and from all classes, as they marched through the streets of Richmond, on their wuy tb join battle against an enemy equally powerful, ma lignant and treacherous. Soon after, tho Legislature' of the State of North Carolida, recognizing tho eminent abili ties and services tf Gen. Martin, unanimously elected him AJiutant General of the State, for' four years, and never, has the State bad more rea son to be satisfied with tbe appointment of an offi cer than in the one under consideration.' The bu sineis of tbe office, the organization, arming and equipping of thetroops, wn3 carried on with an en ergy, dispatch and perfection, that excited the ad miration of all her sister States, and the en vy and astonishment ot her enemies, contributing not i little to tho reputation of the State and the grati fication of her citizens. All was going well, but here, as oft before, the Tempter came j the fel demon of avarice presented Himself and was accepted by the party who style themselves the "party of Reform and Retrenchment," the "Con rervative party." God help the dictionary 1 Wbikf the brave soldiers of our State were absent from her borders fightiog battles for her liberties and ignorant of the true position, tbe principles, and the fell spirit of its leadars, this party succeeded in getting into power, it immediately tore w asiue lis declaration of reform, and retrenchment, and no partizansbip, and began to turn out every incum bent of every office that did not join them, eagerly grasping at every office within their reach, till they had in their possession, as they thought, every position of emolument in the State; no services were respected, no abilities considered, the only question asked 4is he one of us?" All that were not so considered, were remorselessly turned out. Still they were not satisfied. An astuto lawyer, one who had found far less success in thejfattf of war, than In the forum of litigationt and who proved himself far more capable of managing his parti- zans in politics, than in manoeavering his troops in battle, bad rett the field for a seat ia the Legis- laiure. This "late Colonel" discovers that the Adjutant General also holds the rank of Brigadier in the Confedejate service (though not drawing a dollar of pay, or emolument) and the party be came jubilant over the idea that one more valuable office may; be" gained by thorn, though the Log islature expressly declared that General Martin should hold that office for tbe four succeeding vears from 1861. and the Statute Law also 'ex pressly declares that a militia office or commis sion should not be considered as one of those which precluded the holding of another office. These plain provisions, though clearly showing the in tention of the Xsgislatufe, was no check to tbis "party of reform and retrench ment.' They at once proceeded, Under the leadership of this "late Col one!," to declare the office of Adjutant General to; be vacant. ''.'-'' . General Martini however, under the advice of his friends,, declined to be thus made a football of, for the "benefit of tohom toe shall shortly .see, but in order to save time to tbe Governor, agreed with him to leave, the -decision to the opinion of tbe Judges of the Supreme Court. .The Court met in this city a short time since, and After hearing argument, decided that the of fice was vacant ; and. on wha t ground, oh ; ye man of plain common sense I on what ground was this decision made think ye? Doubtless you will suppose that these learned men have, by a tho rough investigation of the subtlest rules of law, running through the 'fold black letter law': of En gland to the .Pandects of Justinian, and reason ing together with a power of ratiocination, that, when developed, would have put all the Lord Chancellors of England in the shade, have elim inated a rule "of law applicable to the case, which would have s.tled this and all similarcases forever. ' '. ..ir ' - . ' But no such thing! the whole decision was made to turn upon the meaning of the plain En glish words "compatible" and ''incompatible," words which, -never 'having1 been decided by any rules or decisions of law to have a special, legal bearingdifforent from that given in the Diction ary, you, and 1, and every plain English scholar was last as fit to decide on, as the best lawyer in the land, and as loltheir application isf the present esse, a board ot officers of oaffitary experience would have been far better judges than any law Judges in our own, or any other Slate. - Yes, fellow citizens I though the office of Adju tant General had been filled with such : marked 1 ability. and success during nearly tbe whole war, .V r. ."IT4"' .WJil uo 81 wejoffl. neia tne rans of Rr riii . : . --e-v " p vpicuwaw uriujr ( thoagh without w t,A office he held and filled at th ..mn4;m vnin , v?" 01 "dj't General 1 Yet now; when that Pre la removed, and but little mow than roa- bua business remain bhA. nA ,ft. fLtal nr,J s . V rB.m,eg pfessure, the Judges of the Supreme TA 5 ..Sli'SES? W r J: me omces and Briio, 77 wTlI':-r!T - be heid bv on8 and the TKZZZ . I 7"" pfEOb.r inrmj not a tbe bench of tbe.Supreme Court, nor - y .wuw ui ereoi,. ieei my wntaperings oe heard r T . . vJ :.. 3 . Ana for whose benefit did all this: coTrri"" 18HU. saw, toatu waa a Pwho, to be sure, but for this "Astute Law. my. who. tn K i Knf kia. t tician this doughty warrior in the cause of 'Ke- LerMtnr. and thi inrnmfiM .t a " ' , rv'"v" ,w the Supreme Court Judges, the. Chief of a most important office is turned ouk and the son-in-law I nf tha f'Mf TiT0t?a v,A c.,- . !. i w... w ui auo uuiu duid uuurt i wirv ia known to ba' tha IadW if nt Utin-- I . .. . . " , ' i-rr" 1 N r nvn, uu jo uwuio . , , ... . ' -un: sjow aoes it iook, When writ in a book." COMPATIBLE. Fob the Bzef stbs. - REV. DR. DEEMS, AND THE ORPHAN- ED SONS OP CONFEDERATE SOL- DIERS. . . . Mr wuu.u ;iut au iue c wzeua M l r rj.:j t i...u i a. .. It Raleigh had been present in the Common's Hall last night, to listen to the patriotic and eloquent address of the Rav. Dr. Deom. This rfUtinirntah divine has been charged by a portion of his fellow citizens, with the magnificent work of amassing an endowment fund for the education of the or phaned boys of Confederate soldiers who have fallen in battle, and tbe sons of thpse totally disa bled in the service of tbeir country. With such a cause, and such an advocate, it isnot diffioult to stir, the sympathies, and to excite the liberality of the people. The fund has already accumu lated to about fifty thousand dollars, and the enter prise still bounds forward. I trust in God that half a million may be writ in good paper before the leaves of the Autumn fall. The Dr. made his appearance last Monday night before an intelligent, select and appreciative audience." 4 Before-proceeding to the presentation of his plan, be indulged in some most just, anima ted and entertaining remarks on the condition of the country. . Not attempting anything like an elaborated oration, cor appealing to the prejudice of his hearers by any partizan political opinions, he nevertheless succeeded, by that high gift of fas cinating speech so eloquent in -him, aid by that accomplished versatility of genius so rare in the noblest orators, in interesting 1 is auditory iq his views, and in impressing them with his conclu sions. This was made manifest by the attention which the discussion received, and by the interest which, all seemed to feal in the enterprise upon which the speaker had embarked. He told: his hearers of the many grounds of encouragement which had been furnished to the heroic population of the South in this war. . How God had been with us through, the thunder and the smoke of the battle. How the selfish and 'money-loving mil lions of tho North, and even the. idtelligent and educated nobles and masses of the Old World, had mistaken our character, and how tbe discovery of that mistake was writing out a glorious history for Us. How the firmness of our rulers and the heroism of our troops had established a reputation fdr the Confederacy unsurpassed among the na tions. How the people, who were devoted to the old, Government, and wedded to the old flag, when the chains of tyranny were -sought' to beJ wrapped around them, were just as - united in all their (resistance to oppression as they had former ly been in their submission to constitutional liber ty and law. How a numerically Inferior popula tion of patriots, cut off from the sympathies of the world, blockaded from the workshops, the war like munitions and provision stores of other coun tries, and haying to struggle with innumerable difficulties, obstacles and disasters, had neverther loss been enabled to fight this fight successfully until now and were improving their prospects every day by the most telling and victorious blows.' '' ". The Dr.; was especially earnest and impres sive in hia exhortation to unanimity among the people ot the South. Batter, said he, that we had never thrown ourselves.into ihe jaws of this rev olution, unless we are prepared and resolved to make every sacrifice for its successful accomplish ment, unless we are willing that bur sons . should lie in the trenches, or 4ie upon the field? that our property should be desolated and consumed ; that we should be driven exiles and refugees before the torches and guns of the invader. There ought to be, he affirmed, no division of sentiment now, whether about the negro or any thing else. The institution of slavery belonged to biblical sociaP ism, as well as to tbe socialism xf the South. It certainly was the very life of our social system. There were but two classes at tho South, nobles .: and serfs all the white men, rich and poor, were the nobles, and all the negroes wero tbe serfs. The negro was a slave in his social relation to every other white man as well aa to his masters And if every citfzen of the Confederacy would only consider the subject, above, his own' little preju dices and necessities, in this philosophic light, there, could be bo injurious difference among nr. The Dr. told his audience, when presenting the merits and details of nis plan how the idea of. this great, patriotic benevolence first broke! upon biro. He said, it was in the fleryHrack of the terrific;' battles around Richmond." He , had tendered his services to tbe proper military au thorities on that exciting occasion, and, flinging ,v , , -v uujr i oeioreaana xna&tnis .debt bl honor will be raid.- st i &- - a ... i.AtAM it.:.. i . . ... . i . uo liio urok i uwau mu uoueniv warrior in tha rAtna nf Ko i aoa it btmself upoi. the eotv feotti.lrf(. Mna. I mon . r " : . i b i u'uiwusnng' to me warns ot tne wound- ld nihe dfinc H ihnn I W"? C9rge could suffer. He beheld 1 together ib6aP. He held the hands fcf heroic I en &ola8 into current cf the dark r.ive lD Uie.thoaght first ruhed upon him. in vap ani v iv a t aiv i o . I A lOOKea down tntO the avm nfnnrdvin .ol. oM S'Si! th?aS'oftherf off homes... He seem I 60 808 pantea In those solemn tpb. th nfotnra !2P- cabin iaa swampy pi . w: z ; . ' ' . . i lace, a pale' woman !canw,7 ciotnea. wnh orphaned children clasDins- '&n&r?,t and Wmemljered,' tbU is; the h.s t The diatioguished speaker was narticularlv fori ( fcU,,ly. presenung r tne logic of bis scheme, vin tsaiacussingthe reasons why this, endowment fupd ?S ocumniateoVupon us by tb6 blood of our noble dead will not only carry him into the serried ,Ana we we not only doing this but we are mak- me wise arraneemeuU for the futnra iron so- ciety at large; .We are anticipating and prevent- ing me tormatlon and develoDment of revolution- I Sfy elements In the State, elemnnta whinh will W i -t . ; "?.y.,aoiJ nen.?reIi ' MnleM ? P'.- J na noerauiy ot tne people are Suph, MrrEdhor, is a' brief statement of some tun OWerpriW. . of the leading points discussed by tbe Rev. Dr.on this most interesting occasion. And surely, it is not improper for an hnmbla citfzen like mvself to say, tnat x da sincerely trust and devoutly pray. r -- tnat tnese sentiments mav become the onlv politi this eat benevolent 4. I ItPltltlnlAa ikA 1 A ll.t j is so earnestly engaged may go through on wings J of flame. NoV is the time for us at home to do . I inmiifhi.o ak.t .U.lf 11-. . "Vf S. . . t. . I ""v"us ma wait live, iivw ia iuu. uw w burv theoM haffthi nf WliiWi .Nnwr ia thetirhfl j to put North Carolina in advance of her sister J States ; not vainly, jealously; maliciously; but nooiy, generously, gloriously. The soldier is the only truly great man in!the Confederacy.. Bish. ops, Governors, scholars,! poets and all other men, sink into insignificance by the side of the herd who is letting; out his soul for his country. Let bis children then be educated. JOHN a LONG. j Fob the Register. - . HARMLESSNESS OF SHELLS, Our soldiers are rapidly getting to appreciate these mlssils at tbeir true value, and these mons ters which at first threw our inexperienced men into such trepidation that they; could scarce be made to stand up before, them, or even to crocs tbeir line of fire, are now generally regarded as the most harmless of all the i engines of war which our savage enemies have brought against us, and by which . they hope to subjugate and nlunder us. Among the most remarkable instances which have yet been shown off he great inefficiency of these noisy engines, is that: which recently oc curred in the attack on Fort Barrington, opposite Newborn, by the 26th Reg't under Col. Burgwyn, when that gallant Regiment, placed in an open corn field to support the artillery, sustained, with out flinching, a terrible fire of shell and other missies for six long mortal hours; with the loss of. only 17 men killed and wounded.) The following extract from a letter from an officer of the 26tb, -may interest your readers as it must certainly gratify tbe friends and relations of. the gallant men who exhibited such high moral courage and good discipline under such trying circumstances. The fortitude, perseverance and energy displayed by the troops of Pettigrew's Brigade during this terible march, carrying theirrtillery, &c. ,through swamps and quick sands, 'amidst storm, sleet and ice, without food for 12 hours at a time', or a change of under clothing, for two weeks, must convince uS that we cannot be conquered by the Yankees, but must soon secure our liberties and with them, and only with them, our property r ) HiABOUAJtuBS 26th Reg't. N. C. T., 10 miles freco Barrington's ITerry, 1 i March 15, 1863. "Our Rez't was in front and was to do the storming, After driving in the pickets, we ad vanced to within from. 4 to 600 yards of the fort, and remained there 6 hours, f all the time being shelled, upon almost a level platform, by the gun beats. Tbey had a man at their masthead who would direct their fire, and they burst their shells among us, over us, and in front of us with won derful precision, and. yet with .wonderful little loss. We lost only 17 men' killed and wounded. Our regiment acted under this tryir g fire most admirably. ' Gen. f Pettigrew; was highly pleased. Alter we were ordered to withdraw,' which- we did under this fire, we had the roll called, and not a no an was absent improperly." Now, will it not be a j sin, j which should bring upon us the wrath of an indignant God, should we allow such noble troops to languish an suffer for the common' necessities of life ; or by divi sions, or party spirit, or by feeding the develish spirit of avarice, now so rife among us, neutralize their de'vofed efforts, their sacrifices and their pa triotism ? , ;! - - . -.. ' . . Truly,' if .we are; subjugated, and lose our liber ties, our' property, lour position ; if we become a second St. Domingo, and are. to have our negroes made our equals, as the Yankee see-m determin ed, and wili if they have the power ; it will be to ourselves alone that we owe it, for God himself has shgyn us, throughdut I this whole; war, that we canin the open field beat our enemy and d rive him back in disgrace. Away,, then, with evtry other plan or thought but of war; and let us bat tle with strong hearu and arms, and set. determt' nation to drive a savage and malignant enemy from "our countrj.1 No , negotiations with -the Northwest, nor any one: .They are but Ireache roas blinds toi lure os'n io destruction. i Let us regard theL tians not their words. , .: Hf-;i-?'vv!- -i For the Register. , . ' . ilft. fiTMt: bear Siri-rDa pleaae'inform vour many frfendawrhatVhae become of all our Orators. I if mere ever was a udm h L hnrmj it iMini to merit has now dawped dpon.us, to show up in their true light and contempt the f Jxtoruoner,ij3pecuior, w.a and Laggard. - i -1,.'Li ' ye.'i They seem to baspotUiigwlthour destinies as a. pastime, and perfectly regardlesss of everything, save their ease and the almighty dollar, flave they ever, do you suppose, e3Umatea what tnese ill gotten dollars, landr and negroes, would be worth if tha vile fo succeeds in carr; logout his programme? ; If they and a- 1 had as faithfully .... wusvr . W M A VA WMW 'I hA inlniaF rWMiFoH nnf pumueo tneir bleeding country's Weal, " al they bav the dollar,' we ould era this faav been an iJ ln? tn, honM-ble peace, and. separated fronr that fanatical people, with whom wa could pot live in: union. without degradation. , ,Wa are call ed upoo- by every; fe that ennobles lift to . mak a sacnflce, and he who will not, should be forever . - m Dranaea as giving aid and comfort to one of tha bitterest Of enemlef. "So thinks at least one of vour . A splaier . writing from Frederlcksbarg to'ihs Memphis .Appeal'? gives utteranea to sentiments which are no doubt consonantj with the feelings" of the entire army' of the Jtsppahaanock. . . He says: '"U'if-, : ''! , .....j The Southern"' 'peVple,' by jthefr grasping "at . straws, present to the neutral observer the mMir.' anceof a drowning man, .They first make a des . perate lunge at the big cbunck of foreign inter vention; then they plunge forward after the cbi-. merical lullaby ot Northern bankruptcy. While I -now, worse than all; they are clamoring for tha i sweet embrace f hooaiardon iLWhoUlt.laonr country that mikes such apostate asses of them- i selves? I Sm. certain that the noble arm f Northern Virginia has no fepreseniative man to ' nurse such.' an hydraheaded humbue. No. il sprang up in the South; also lnf our own cherished homes aad it brlncrs a sisrb'of trrlef to) think that our army (here, who should be Stimulated by all the power which unflinching patriotism and inflex ible determination can bring to bear.are in a great , measure thrown off their gosrd, and induced to listen io the delusive chants of the syren I - The Southern Confederacy, bjy many of its rep-. " resentatives. some of tbem executive.' too. haa been presented, ever since the wr began, fd the ., disgusting and pandering attitude of a Lazams, and that, ton, at a time when jibe had the vigor of youth and the Hesource of a ballon. We have sat at the crates of Kincs like some offcast Jjastard. .begging to be taken in 'dut of the wet," while we have on every occasion been gif en the cold shoul der. They have turned their backs upon as with7 the cry of mutability, when the! seas have teemed with vessels laden with munitions of war, and aid '.. and comfort for our .foes. - Our. Ministers, who are literally the Government, in their facial ca pacity; have been "8uobbed,oT at. least only" made gaests of ale-house politicians. We have recognized their Consuls and suffered them to per. . form their functions in our cities, where tbe only1 evidence of good will (7 V we see is that they rob bur armies of im domiciled foreigners I A curse upon disinterested'afleclion I I protest in the name of the gallant army of. Northern Virginia, who have spilled tbeir blood like water, not to have themselves presented In the attitude of beg-' , gars, but to establish .an Independence such ae ' freemen are entitled to; and protest, in the name . of the "unknown and unrecorded dead," who have been immolated upon their country's altar, not to present this country in the debasing and grov- v eling posture of serfs, desirous of passing under a . foreign yoke, but for the vindication of those .' rights and immunities which are; held dearer than life.- ij i - But as to this glorious news from Hoosferdom. shall we yell Eureka I especially as tbeir bayonets are still at our throats, and the; smoking brands of our burned homesteads meet; us at eveay turn T God forbid. But work to tho contrary L Let your every thrust be a vital -one. Close your, ears to all whisperings of Union or communion wltu cutthroats and vimans, aad ; ."Strike for your altars and your fires, " 'For God and your native land." This course Is particularlyl necessary at the1 present time, though, you ' will be oid thai the Northern people will not submit to conscription. , Banish that thought at once. So much the better for us if they do refuse, bat it is my earnest coa. viction that they .will submit to this Infraction of their boasted Constitution with the'same grace that they have the thousand violations which have al- ' readv been permitted.! Their leaders have discard. Lded all restraint which Is supposed to be imposed ugou vuulu vy turn iei.ur u ua nw, auu ulj uiaxui to a 'higher law," which will enable them, with out any corhpunctioni of conscience, to override any obstacle which any document may present-' Was fanaticism ever known to be governed or in fluenced by reason ?. The passage of the two acts , which I have above referred to.fe coaclnslve proof;; even if it was not a self-evident proposition, i that out foe will spare no effort to I accomplish their boast. So tbe necessity is apparent for union' oT sentiment and indivisibility of iurposeC ' There is ' no limit to the thne for . which we. are soldiers, -save It be the end of the war, which we are rosolv-' ed shall be glorious. Thank God for the .belief that there is yet sufficient patriotism In the army , to carry us saxeiy tnrougn. THE LATE YANKEE ADVANCE ON TUB RAP .' , PAHANN0CK. v. r. From papers found on the field! Of the late eonflJet it would seem that the recent advance of the ensmy on the line of. the Rappahannock -wm dasigaad as i c something more than a mere reconhoUaaoa. These -papers diselese the fact, If we are correctly inforatd, that the expedition was first, for the dtstraotloo Of tha .Central Road at Gordonsville by tearing Ap as jpnoh of the track of that road, either Way from the br,v ' . point, as might bs found eon vanieot la the time allow- . ed tham. From thenee they wart to proceed to the ' James River and . Kanawha, Caqal, whiek they wera j expected tot strike at or near Colombia, la Tlavanna. . Thence, acrossing the Jamas rivar, their coarse waa laid oat throagh Cumberland ooanty to Farmville, r . th High Bridge ; over the Appomattox; ' near that place. The destraetion of this bridge was one of the pet objeM of the expedltloa. After the aooompllih- ' ment of this feat the expedition was to .work itself : oat.of difficulty y passinjt roapd betwaen Peters burg and the North Carolina line, so as to strike the ' Yankee lines in the neighborhood of Suffolk. . Impossible of aeeompllshmeot as this-, feat wtold , sacra to be, the diatanoe to travel and the risks to ran -, are no greater than, those Incurred byjhe daring If or gan in some of his raids ia Kentucky and Tennessee. fiat the Yankees ao only lacked a Morgaato execbta . this bold scheme, but. met with each men as Staart -' and Lee, whose tignaaee ia a, sarel gaaraatee that b0 1 Yankee raid. in te our lines eaa. ever be saeeaasfally r ; andartaken-cAflKmd JHp,atcK " " ' " '.', ,": DIED I i On Friday, tha 14th of March, 1863, at the real. dance of Mr; Edward Allston, ia Warran Co., N. C BRYAN "GRIMES, the only , ion or ,CoL caraa GaiMxs, . S A aged abont sc v years. ' , - , . 1 , t The death of this interesting tildt iaflioU a srosh-, , Ing blew on many sorrowing hearts. ' ' ' Few, at' hU tender age, el aim from the world morei than a passing smde, or pleaiaat word. Bat gifted as he was by nature, with a manHnass of beaaty ua anal toT bis years j combining, too, ia disposition, the . neble and generous impalse of youth; with the sim plicity and affection of ebJldhood, )t is not strings ... that he was so much beloved. ; V . 7 , BS was alike remarkable for his utaQiginee, vataa- - ity, and devotion to his father. . , t , : , r ' j xi Xlow deep must nave been ata gner, waaa aarrjing home, after aa ardaoas eavpaigiv heuyaat with the hope of soon folding ia his arms once more the idol' of his heart, the terrible tidings fly te him a the" ' wings of the ugatniag, nat au Mtovea bj " -, him forever I We may sympathise, on nhi 9am -eaa tealy know the angoish of the bereft parents. -x 1 Bat there, U consolation in tneajviiia F""- ,,-m. ' v i-.i. - tTi--A. r TT..wn " Than. rrlaT not, heantricksafativ.JV dead ? BetUr that the light eioud should fade away i before the morning's biwath, thaa jrtvat throagh thj -weary day, te gather la darkness, aad ed ta Stom. . ft 2000 1.BS. UG AJf, v till . i i v WHITAJtSltli. . ,,1 ? t . J H . t . : - '
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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