"Ours are the plans of fair delightful peaea, r
Unwarp'd by party rage to lir like brothers."
RAIiEIGH, IC. C, :
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT4 18, 1861.
SOLDIERS' RELIEF CONCERT. - ;
A concert will be given on Friday even
ing nest, at the Common's Hall, by the La
dies of Raleigh, taie proceeds of which will
be contributed to the General Hospital estab
lished for the soldiers of this State. The
needs of this establishment are pressing (see
Surgeon General Johnson' eommunicition,)
and they most be me. Every consideration
of duty, love of oar kindred and friends,
common humanity, and self interest prompts
us to do every thing within the compass of
oar ability for the relief of the brave men
who have bared their ; bosoms against the
vandal foe who threatens oar subjugation, j
Let, then, the Commons Hall on Friday
night be filled as it was never filled before. ;
TO THE FfllESDS OF THE SOLDIERS.
Rev. Dr. Reid, of New Orleans, recently
a Chaplain in the Confederate Army, will
deliver aa address, on the. religious bearings
of the present conflict, in the Baptist Church, J
at half past seven o'clock, on Wednesday
evening, the 18th inst. At the conclusion of
the address, a collection will be taken np for
the benefit of the sick and. wounded soldiers
in Virginia. The friends of the soldiers are
invited to attend.
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
We mentioned in oar last paper that Geo.
1 T. -1? XT TT t J 1 -1 -
uavis, xjsij., 01 new nanover, nau oeeu eieui
ed Senator to the Confederate Congress.-
On the same day the Hon. Win. T. Dortch,
present Speaker of the House of Commons,
was also elected a Senator to the Confederate
Congress. Mr. Davis is a gentleman of
splendid talents, and under the old party
organizations belonged to the ranks of the
Whig party. Mr. Dortch is a gentleman of
respectable talents, and has heretofore march
under the. Democratic banner. We were
surprised that the two- Senators should be
selected trom tne .bast, and trom adjoining
Districts; but if the West is content, we
shall hail it ds a sign that sectional differences
no longer divide the State.- v
THE LEGISLATURE.
The House of Commons on Saturday fin
ished all the business on its table. In the
nnara wja nnrl Anf Tti4 KatvAATl ft ft w anil
sixty bills are still pending. The Legisla
ture will adjourn in the course of this week,
and it is high time they bad done so.
KENl'UCW.
If the Legislature of this State speaks the
sentiments of a majority of its people, we do
not hesitate to say its neutrality should no
longer be respected. In point of fact, by or
dering Confederate troops out of Kentucky,
or refusing to permit them to enter it, while
Lincoln's troops are granted free ingress on
their march for the invasion of Tennessee,
Kentucky has thrown off her neutrality
and made herself the ally of Lincoln. Let
her territory then be at once invaded by the
Confederate forces and made the theatre of
.war. She would have it so. The eldest child
of Virginia, she has raised her parricidal hand
against her old mother, and 00 matter what
may be her fate, no matter how her fair
and fertile fields may be desolated; she will
have no claim upon the sympathies of the
true and manly portion of the world. Nev
er did we expect to be constrained to use
such language about , Kentucky, a State
which has hitherto been associated in our
mind with gallantry and patriotism, and even
now, we hope that the Legislature has not
spoken the voice of a majority of her peo
ple. Since the above was written, we have re
ceived intelligence that this once honored
State has taken another step on the down
hill of degradation. ; Gov. Magoffin, true to
bis instincts of patriotism, placed his veto on
the degrading action of the Legislature, and
that shameless body passed the bill over the
veto. And this is "Old Kaintuok," "the
dark and bloody ground," the home of Boone
and the tomb of. Clay ! ! ! 0, shame! shame!
shame on this once proud and glorious com
monwealth.
FIRST NEW TESTAMENT PUBLISHED
IN THE SOUTH.
We have seen a copy of the first Testament
ever printed in the South. It was printed at
the office of Graves, Marks, & Co., Nashville,
Tennessee. The-work has been very neatly
executed, both as it regards typography and
paper. It is sold at $12 per hundred.
Speaking of this enterprise, the. Richmond
Dispatch says :
The Biblk for tei Soldiers. The Eev. J
R. Graves, editor of the "Tennessee Baptist," is
now on a visit to our army on the .Potomac to as
certain the number of soldiers who are without
Bibles or Testaments. ' This information is sought
for the purpose of supplying those destitute of the
Scriptures with them, tree or cost. nr. u-. nas
distinguished himself by his zeal in this enterprise
It was throueh his intrepidity as well as devo
tion, that the means of supplying the army with
the BiVe were secured. He first essayed in
Louisville to obtain permission Of Lincoln's watch
dogs to import Bibles ; but they pronounced them
contraband of war, and declined to give the per
mission sought Mr. G. determined to risk the
blockade, went northwardly, purchased the stereo
type plates of a pocket edition and got them
through safely to Nashville in spue of thevigi
x lance of spies and officials. The work was put to
press, and some weeks since the first bound copy
of the Bible ever printed at the South appeared in
the capital of Tennessee. Mr. G. is certainly en-
tilled to the public gratitude for this achievement,
and he is now earning a further title to credit and
s pplause by his zealous and well-directed exertions
to supply the army with the Bible thus printed at
Naehville. The means are liberally provided,
and enough Bibles will soon be printed to supply
all that are destitute in the service.
A BAD WORD. 1
We see that some of. Our contemporaries
speak of persons sent to Fort Lafayette as
having been i$Fayttttd.t This association
of the honored same of a great Champioo of
Liberty with !a prison hole of Des xt is in
execrably bad taste. Let ' this Fort be
known in future as Lincoln's Bastile.
- - i . . ' '
NORTH, CAROLINA. HOSPITAL AT
PETERSBURG.
- The Fair Grounds near Petersburg would
be -a most eligible site for the Hospital which
it is proposed; by this State to establish, at or
near to that city. . There are large buildings,
a plenty of shade and an- abundance of the
purest and coolest water at those grounds,
THE PBKSIDENCY.
The election of a President, Vice-President,
and Congressmen, for the Confederate States, un
der the permanent constitution, will occur on the
first Wednesday of November next.
The Electors of President and Vice-President
are to meet in their respective States and cast
their votes on the first Wednesday iu December
Congress is to assemble on the 18th gay of Feb
ruary, 1862.
The President of the Senate will open and count
the votes for President and Vice-President on the
19th of February.
The President will be inaugurated on the 22d
of February.
IMPORTANT ACTION OF TELE KEN
TUCKY LEGISLATURE THE LEGIS
LATURE.1 GOES HEART AND HAND
WITH LINCOLN.
M . 1 m w ' -
vine jeniucsy House ot .Representatives on
Wednesday last adopted a resolution directing
the Governor to issue his proclamation, ordering
the Confederates to evacuate their forces from the
sou of Kentucky. The resolution was adopted
by a vote oft; to 26. The House refused to sus
pend the rules to allow the resolution to be so
amended as to direct both the Federal and Con
federates troops to evacuate the State.
On Thursday the Kentucky Senat9 concurred
in the House resolution. Unthe sane day Mr.
Hustin, from the Committee on Revised Statutes,
reported a bill to prohibit and punish rebellion in
the State of Kentucky. The bill was made
the special order for Friday. One of its provisions
makes the waging of war on the United States,
or the enlistment of troops for the Confederates,
or inducing others to do so, or the joining or pa
rading with a company with the intent of joining
the Confederate army, a felony, and punishable
with from one to ten years' imprisonment. An-
nother provision makes the invasion of Kentucky
by any of her citizens as Confederate soldiers pun -
ishable by death. The act is to go into effect in
ten days after its passage.
The Senate is composed of 27 Unionist to 11
Southern Rights men, and the House of 76 Union
ists to 24 Southern Rights.
A despatch from Louisviliedatedthe 12th says :
The irritation between the Unionists and the
Secession element in this city is hourly inci easing.
The beet informed politicians hold that the crisis
has been reached, and that the neutrality phantom
will give way in a few days to a hostile collision.
and that a delegation of Tennessee Secessionists,
assisted by Senators Breckinridge and Powell,
ex-Governor Morehead and others, are exerting
their utmost to prevail the, legislative endorse
ment of the fjrma.:n of military camps in the
State. A call for addditional volunteers is urged
by more dicided Unionists.
The Judge of the Cour-ty Court has ordered
the Sheriff to take away ih guns from the several
companies of the State Guard. It is stated that many
of the guns pave been spirited away.
The Hon. 'John Bell's boat, the Tread wear, has
been seized at Smith aeld.
, j . , . . -JOB TH MMISTIB,
A WORD OF : ADVICE. ! ' V
Editors of the Register: i . 4k7yJ. ?
Gintlkxin j---' Although .. 'accustomed
sometimes i to write for publio journals, we
never assume to speak by-way of lecture.--
fl nave ever ten free to express our opin
ions on public questions ; nor' do we at any
time hesitate: to offer advice when our opin-
FOB THE ReQISTEB.
TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA
-The General Military Hospital for taking care
of the sick and wounded of the North Carolina
troops will be established in Petersburg, Virginia,
and will be ready for the accomodation of patients
in a few weeks.
There will be required for the use of this Hos
pital, two hundred and fifty pair of sheets ; two
hundred and fifty pillow ticks, and as many pil
low cases ; two .hundred and fifty pair of blank
ets; as many pair of drawers, and socks of wool
and cotton', and two hundred and fifty shirts ;
two hundred and fifty towels, and any quantity
ot hard soap, such as is made by our house wifes
This latter article is very much needed at this
time in ali i the Regiments.
Besides the above enumerated article?, there
will, of course, be needed Brandy or Whisky,
Wines, Cordials, Tea, Rice-flour, Sago, Mustard,
Aground, or in seed, Red pepper, Sage, and dried
fruits of all kinds. And, if any of our Eastern
friends will send us a supply of Yeoppon, it will
no doubt be found very useful and wholesome,
Money forwarded to this office in furtherance
of the objects contemplated by the establishment
of this institution will be thankfully received and
.properly used.
I shall bo to Petersburg on Thursday for the
purpose, among other tilings, 01 masing arrange
ments for receiving all articles forwarded for the
use of the Hospital by tne citizens of tne btate ;
and also, tor tne purpose 01 arranging aocut trans
nortation.
Any runner intormauon on mis snpiect, or in
reeard to tne special wants or our dinerent itegi
ments, will be cneriuiiy turnisned Dy tne cniet 01
this Department, as far as he is able so to do.
Surg. Gen'l N. C.
Hon. L. P. Walker has resigned his posi
tion as Secretary of War of the Confederate
States. Gen. Polk is spoken of as his suo--oeesor.
TRAITORS ON THE COAST.
We saw and conversed witn a gentleman on
Saturday, direct from Hyde county, who informs
us that the federal reports 01 numDersor .Bankers
taking the oath te support Lincoln's Government
is too true, i
He assured us that the rest will soon dc it in
cluding 6 out of every 10 of the citizens ot Hyde
county in self-defence, 11 assistance is not imme
diately sent to their relief. This is a shameful
state of things.
The sea coast was the only portion ot our state
upon which the Federal hoofs could possibly in
trude,and yet that portion if permitted to go unpro-
tected.and after the enemy has got possession 01 tne
most important inlet, two weefcs are permuted
to pass and still no assistance to the people of
Hyde county one. of the most important counties
of the State, has been sent. If the same slow
motioned inactive course is to be pursued for two
a . . . . 1 1 . -It. . ' 1 1 1
weeKt vo eome, in an prooaoimy it win ue im
possible for our troops to enter the county at all.
Immediate action alone can save our State from
an invasion that will cost thousands of dollars and
hundreds of lives to repel. Nevobem Erogress.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
The Petersburg Express of Monday says :
A letter received in this city Saturday from a
son to his father, says our batteries in the vicinity
of the Chain Bridge, had succeeded in so break
ing and mutilating the water pipe which supplies
the city of Washington, as to cut off trom that
now wicked city this very needful article, we
have not mo Ibis letter, out hear from good au
thority that such information has been received,
and give it for what it is worth.
Gem. Josspii R. Akdzbsoh. This officer has
been appointed, by President Davis, to the coast
defence ot North Carolina, and is subordinate to
Gen. Gallin, who has command of the entire Con -federate
force of that Bute. Gen. Anderson baa
reported at headquarters in Newborn, and ia now
j engaged In the discharge of hia dutia.
ions are clear to our own mind, but always
byway of suggestion and argument, and
not by the assumption of dictatorial rights.
In this way, we desire now, respectfully
and earnestly, to offer advice on a subject
that we conceive of paramount importance ;
and so strong are our convictions in the mat
ter, that We wish we could reach, with a
word of kind but solemn admonition, the
ear of every, man, woman and child in North
Carolina and in the Confederate States.
The following dispatch was recently sent
out from Washington, the head quarters of
all hateful j devilish plotting against the
rights and liberties of the people :
IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
j Washington, Sept. 5.
Respectable gentlemen who have ai rived here
from North jCarplina, by a circuitous route, say
thrat the Union prospects in that State are of the
most encouraging character. The acting Gover
nor is a reliable Union man. Secret leagues of
loyal citizens exist in every county, which are
rapidly increasing in strength, and already num
ber one half of the voting population of the State.
A provisional State Government will be put into
operation in la few months. Two full brigades
of loyal merj have been enrolled for the Union
cause. . . . j. j
The Leagues have made extended arrangments
for electing a member of Congress from every
district, and four were known to have been elect
ed on the 21st of August. The latent news is that
the entire eight are elected, each having received
a large vote.; f hey are among the best men in
the State, and will insist upon a vigorous prosecu
tion of the jwar. Their, certificates of election
will bear the! signature of the Governor, and the
broad seal of! the S' ate.
Of course, this statement was known to
its authors j to be false in every particular,
and wholly without the shadow of foundation
in not ; ana'tne question naturally arises,
for what was it fabricated 1
The cunning Yankees do not lie at ran
dom there are, depend on it, a method and
purpose in jail their falsehoods.
Now, it strikes us, that the object of the
fabrication, above, is one of that injurious or
der of wickedness which characterize many
of the movements of the invaders of our soil,
and we cannot too earnestly warn our people
against it.
One apparent purpose of this enormous
tissue of lies is to animate the drooping spir
its of the Yankees, and encourage the people
to volunteer to meet an enemy whom bitter
experience; has Ought them to fear; but there
is, also, a deeper design to our apprehension
an evident; attempt to invade us with a power
which has! proved most disastrous to the
Northern States.
They have encamped in every community,
from Maine to Kansas, the worst enemy that
can attack aoy people, and they will, no
doubt, usei every effort to extend the ravages
of this dreadful infliction into the Southern
1 1
Confederacy. This terrible foe to organized
society has always been invincible. He has
never yet gained a foothold on any soil that
he has not; desolated with ravages of the most
fearful character
This great enemy, to which the Northern
power is njw rapidly succumbiog, is Mistrust;
and the people who would subjugate a neigh
boring nationality find themselves paralyzed
by the destruction of that confidence wbieh
alone gives strength and security to political
organizations
The progress of jealousy among our ene
mies -nas been rapid and tearful, and its
demoralizing and devastating career in Yan
kee-land j' adds another impressive proof to
the many, painful historical evidences of its
epidemic 'character. It is a malignant mala
dy which, in times of national peril and ex
citement, is extremely contageous ; and when
a people, j in the midst of revolution, begin
generally to suspeot the loyalty of each other,
they are,; for the present, at least, hopelessly
ruined. Every reader of history is familiar
with the! incidents of what is appropriately
termed, the reign of teror during the first
French revolution ; and from all appearanoes, j
the course of things at the North is rapidly
tending to atrooities and hcrors which will
rival those of the inoamate fiends who for a
while deluged France with the blood of its
best inhabitants. This general mistrust of
each other on the part of an excited popu
lace, always grows rapidly by its indulgence
in the denunciation and punishment of neigh
bors and acquaintances, for suspected trea
son ; and every despotio arrest, on mere sus
picion, jdiotated by fear and mistrust, lays
the foundation for at least scores of others.
Andthqs, as the prisons are filled with the
victhns of insane and malignant jealousy, the
loss of confidence becomes more general, and
the base and cruel fears of a disorganized
imagination multiply in all directions ; and j
soon the whole country has the appearance of
a region given up to the domination of fiends
from the lowest deep of perdition ; the en
tire population are smitten with incurable
madness, and a thousand foul persecutions
render ten thousand more victims necessary
to feed the insatiate appetite of imperial and in
vincible jealousy. Wo? to any people who be
come infected with this most horrible of all the
forms of national madness 3 and let all who
stand off and witness the fearful ravages of
this plague a neighboring nation, pray fer
vently j that God may deliver them from its
death-dealing presence.
This pestilence has invaded the soil of a
oo-terminous people. Throughout all their
borders it now walks in darkness and wasteth
at noon-day, and the cry of its 'victims is
homly heard in our eais. -'
If we are wise, we will nee every exertion
to confine it to its present limits ; if we are
at all impressed with a proper sense of our
dangers and our interests, we will watch for
sporadic oases of this epidemic, and take im
mediate steps to-prevent the infection from
spreading.!. . , . . ;
We are in a condition to be attacked. The
heated state -of the popular mind, from the
great events through which we are passing,
predispose the community to this most dread
ful of all epidemics. We must, in the nature
of things, i meet with occasional reverses in
our efforts; at independence ; and with such
vast and varied, enterprises to accomplish,
there cannot but be a great diversity of opin
ion as to the proper means and appliances. .
The shock ! of the revolution gives uu-
wonted energy to the popular intellect; and
no rational creature can pass through surch
scenes and not be roused to efforts at thought
and investigation.
Now, until the contrary is clearly shown
by .unequivocal acts, let us take it for granted
that all our fellow-citizens who differ from us
on questions of policy and expediency to ae
complish common ends, are as loyal and hon
est as we are j and when our public ofliBials, or
our soldiers, meet with disappointment, let us
be 6low to charge it to treasonable motives.
Recently we met with a great apparent
disaster in the capture of Hatteras by the
Yankees ; and it is perfectly natural that this
loss should excite general enquiry m to the
wisdom and energy of all who have been en
trusted with pur defences. .. Oar crowing and
malignant enemies are weH .ware of this;
they naturally and justly expect that this loss
will excite general interest' and awaken dis
cussion in all parts of 'the country.
And now, -when we. are in the udtt of
those wholesome expressions of epinion, this
Mephistopheles. would give a fatal turn to
our thoughts 3ie would, with hellish inge
nuity,1 avail himself of our general agitation
to excite in our hearts a fiend, whieh, when
once raised, there is no : human power to put
down. He Will scatter on the air a thousand
devilish rumors, such as thewe we have quoted,
until he would poison the climate and render
us a prey to : the malady that is destroying
himself. He is adroitly putting into our
hearts suspicions of the loyalty of our own
people ; he is uttering, as facts, things which
he knows are false, but which he hopes the
excited imaginations of the people will feed
on until they begin to see in every neighbor
hood a secret enemy or a lurking traitor; he
is suggesting to us the kind of arguments
which we are to use against each other, and
if we adopt his plans, God has given us up
to destruction.
We stand on the brink of a precipice, and
with a solemn sense of our common dangers,
we warn the peopleef North Carolina and of
the Confederate States, to beware how they
handle this argument of treason. He is the
traitor, the hateful traitor and knave, the
public enemy, who is ever ready to charge
treason on the honest men who differ with
him, and whoever would stifle enquiry, or
seek to overthrow his enemies by such charges,
should instantly be branded and set off as a
leprous subject, whose association is pollu
tion and ruin.
Let us, like free, honest and sane men,
think for ourselves and express our opinions
with moderation and firmness ; but whatever
be our respective views, and whatever our
former party affiliations and names, let ns
remember that we are now all loyal citizens
of the South, and friends of its independence
and freedom.
Our base and wretched foe, no doubt, con
gratulates himself that he has already in
stilled a secret poision into the heart of our
body politic; and he flatters himself that a
people whom he knew to be the most united of
any on this continent, are now ready to de
vour each other from baneful suspicions
which his -lying tongue, in connection with
the events of our Coast, has excited in our
midst. Let us be warned in time, and for
one, whatever may have been our former dif
ferences with our Executive authorities as to
any questions of policy, we are ready to re
sent and denounce every insination as to their
want of loyalty as a wicked attempt, on the
liberties of the people. We shall brand as a
traitor every one who resorts to the cowardly
Yankee device of trying to carry his own
point, or overcome his opponent, by charges
or insinuations of a want of loyalty; and we
call on every Editor and every public man
who possesses the spirit of a freeman, and
desires to enjoy his rights, to stigmatize all
such persons as victims tf the Yankee pesti
lence that is playing havoc with our Northern
society, and to guard the community against
their infectious example. Every such vie
tim ought,' at once, to be put under the ban:
to be placed in a sort of moral quarantine,
and all wbo fight with Lincolnite weapons,
under whatever disguise, should be marked
and avoided as persons who have contracted
the madness engendered in the depraved
moral centres of the North.
The public enemy has gained a small foot
hold of barren sands on our coast, and may
prove dangerous to the hen-roosts and corn-
cribs in. the vicinity; but we can bear the
losses which may be sustained on a few planta
tions, if we can only escape the influence of
the epidemic moral diseases exhaled by the
presence of those 'myrmidons of a zealous
and grinding despotism.' He can do us lit
tle harm by his material weapons, but if ever
we acquire; the taint of his moral and politi
cal flavor there is no medicine that can pre
serve us frbni social ruin.
The Yankees are on our soil, and they
v.unly imagine that this will create a panic ;
and this fancied trepidation, taken in con
nection with the discussions and differences
of opinion in regard to the coast defences,
and the fact that the Chief Executive Mag
istrate was not directly elected by the people,
will, it is expected, excite, the imaginations
of the populace to a diseased condition, and
a
people the air with legions of those frightful, 1
spectral apparitions which are born into life
from the phrenzy of fevered brains and per
verted minds The atmosphere will be load
ed with the malaria of lying rumors, and
under the influence of these and the causes
named above, it is expected that the Yankee
pestilence will be bred in; our midst, and the
' green-eyed monsrcr, jealousy," will ravage
every community. And, in fact, there is
immiuent danger of this; and the moment
we lose confidence in the loyalty of each other,
we are a conquered people.
The spirit, energy and enthusiasm which
now characterize us wi be instantly blasted
under the baleful influence of a general mis
trust; and for the courage, hopefulness and
generous sympathies which now sustain us,
we would every where be invaded with moral
cowardice1, secret hatred of each other, and a
whole brood of : vague, shadowy and paralys
ing fears.
CREWS-TEMS. ' Ml
The correspondent, of ha Charleston Mercury,
writing from Matanaas, gives a copy of the proc
lamation issued by the .Captain General of Cuba
in virtue of a proclamation from her Majesty the
Queen- of Spain. The following is an extract from
the Ctptain General's procamaiion: M . it
"l nave determined, under date r August 17th
that all vessels occupied in legitimate commerce.
and proceeding from thalForts of the Confederate
States, shtwl be entered! and cleared under tho
Confederate flag. They f shall be duly protected
by the authorities of the Island ; and, further,, all
foreign consuls have been notified that in
terference on their part p will not be tolerated.
The Georgia State .Convention, called irrespec
tive of parties, con veied at Milledgeviile ou
Wednesday. Hon. E. A. Nisbet, of itacon, was
nominated as a candidate for Governor, and the
Convention ako appointed an electoral ticket for
President and Vice-President.
Thf) name of the present Governor, Joseph - .
Brown, was not before the Convention, is it was
LATEST NB VS..
LI
THE-FIGHT BETWEEN GENS. IOYl
AND ROSEXCRANZj J .
The Richmond Dispatch publishes the follow
ing account of the late fight between these two
Generals, furnished by a member of one of the
artillery companies from Richmond, who par
ticipated in the fight :
The fight begun about 3 o'clock Monday after-,
noon. Rosencranz made the attack, driving in
the advance guard and vigorously assailing Gen.
Floyd, in his position a short distance from the
north bank of tho Gauley. The enemy was
successfully repulsed frequently, and finally drew
off near nightfall, witli evidently a severe loss.
The pickets informing Gen. Floyd that the ene
my was making a movement with the view of
Banking him, no immediately withdrew safely
across the ri Our loss was our killed and
a few wounded our informant does not know
exactly how many, but does not believe they
exceed ten or twelve, and none of them seriously.
Six of the enemy were taken nrisoners. and a'c-
wtll understood that he was opposed to the call of rainS wwr axaieraent it appeared tnat tne
a Convention, in the present condition of affairs nemy s losa in Kvued and wounded waa about
The disinfectant against this fearful mala
ria is within our reach, and of easy applica
tion.
TVe have all known our present Governor
as a true man, a loyal friend of the South,
and a faithful advocate of the interests and
honor of North Carolina; whatever contin
gencies may happen under his administration,
and whatever-"differences of opinion there
may be as to the measures to secure common
ends, let us never, for one moment, admit
into our hearts the shadow of a shade of
doubt as to the patriotism of the Executive,
or of his zealous and honest advisers. Let
us view, with the same spirit, the acts ef
other public servants whom we have known
to be true and honorable, whatever' party
names they may have borne; and let us, also,
not forget, but ever recollect with pride and
gratitude, that from the issuing of the edict
to subjugate the South, the people of North
Carolina have been an enthusiastic unit in
favor of Southern independence and freedom.
Until recently, the seat of war was not in
our midst, and there was no practical test of
the character of measures honestly designed
for the common good ; and now that these
have to pass through a searching ordeal, we
should remember that reverses are inevitable.
and that errors must and will be made by all
men enstrusted with responsibility.
We should be exceedingly cautious not to
attribute differences of opinion or want of
success to treasonable motives; and whenever
it is understood that every defect, in the field
and every difference of opinion at home i
evidence of disloyalty, every strong arm now
lifted in our defence will be unnerved, -and
every generous heart now warm with desires
to do something for the general good, will be
filled with a brood of poisonous serpents.
Honest and zealous men will differ--di
versify of opinion is, in fact, an evidence of
honesty and earnestness ; and whenever the
argument of treason is held in terror over the
heads of the people to produce unnatural and
impossible unanimity of judgment as to men
and measures, there will be a cold, formal,
outward display of harmony, and a universal
inward hatred, restlessness, revenge and anx
iety for new revolutions.
Does any one doubt that scores of thou
sands at the North, who, under the Austrian
lash are forced to , throw up their hats and
shout for Lincoln, are in their hearts contin
ually longing to see the jealous and imperial
despotism under whic 1 they smart, utterly
smashed by some external power ?
Doesnotany one know t bat a system of
espoinage multiplies traitors and that all
unjust and despotio attempts to strangle free
thought and discussion, breed and foster de
sires for the overthrow of the system by any
means, just or unjust ?
Let us then be warned in time ; let us put
our trust in God, and generously believe in
the loyalty of each other, and we having
nothing to fear from a foreign foe, who pays
his taxes under the whip of the tyrant, and
who fights the battles of his country with a
heart made cowardly and treacherous by
fears of his rulers, and suspicious of his offi
cers, suspicions of his neighbors, and an utter
want of those generous sympathies which
flow m the brave hearts of our own people.
VV.
and it was also well understood that Gov. Brown
would be a candidate for re-election, independent
of the nomination of any Convention.'
Another Artili.bt Duel. The Rich
mond Dispatch publishes a highly interesting
account of an engagement which took place on
last Wednesday near 'Muuson's Hill between
about 400 of our troop with four pieces of ar
tillery and from two to three thousand of the
enemy, with eight field pieces, in which our
troops caused almost as;great a stampede among
the Yankees as was caused at , Manassas. In
their flight they left their hats, blankets, can
teens, &c, and six of their dead. The enemy
did not approach within musketry range, and
the light was consequently altogether with ar
tillery. ; " -
Major Fremont, the Superintendentof the Wil
mington railroad, has present d the Conf-drrate
Government with- a m'fef complete and elegant
ambulance car. It affords accommodation for
about twenty patients Its arrangements are
very interesting, and itsWlegantstructure has been
mucn admired by visitors at the depot in .Rich
mond, Va., where it is pjaced for the present.
It is reported that the Confederates ara takins
up the Baltimore and Ohio R til road, and using
the material to extend the track of the Loundoun
Railroad.
William S. Winder, a brolher of General Win
der of the Confederate army, has been arrested in
rniladelpnia, charged with treasonable correspon-
once with tho Confederates. .
Late geological surveys of North Carolina ae
ssid to have d'covered, near the line of the rail
road most extensive and valuable supply of lead
now ready to be taken up.
Tbe Annapolis correspondent oft he New York
Post says it is expected that the Maryland Legia
ture, which met on yesterday will, very probably
Captain Dane, of the Federal steamer Pocahon
tas, has been arrested at Washington on a charge
of maintaining treasonable correspondence with
the Confederates. 1
Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, now confined at
Fort AlcHenry, has been ordered to be seiu to Fort
Lafayette.
The New. York Tribune says that of the 62 pris
oners in Fort Lafayette, all but three are guilty ot
treason. ,
The steamers R. Spauiding and Baltimore have
been sent to Hatter&s. j .
Gen. Reynolds has been appointed to the com
mand of the Yankees at; Fort Hatteras.
The brig Mary MoRae, of Wilminrton. N. C.
arrived at New York pa Thursday, from Liv
erpool wnu ncargu 01 sail, quinine. Kc. one was
immediately seized by the Government under the
confiscation act. !.
1
There are said to be 15,000 Confederate troons
at Columbus, Ky., under Gen. Polk at.d they
vpra Kpflno rlftilv rti n friroA --. i
Captain Newman, of the brig Ocoan Bird
arrived, at New Orleans, reports that the priva
teer Sumter took f.ur fiuely laden American
ships from Trinidad. j
Ex-Minister Faulkner, a prisoner at Wasbine-
ton, has been taken on to Fort Layfaette.
Fourteen females are said to be held prisoners
at Washington. The last arrest was that of the
wife ot Major Tochman, recently of the Confed
erate army.
The New York Tribune says that Mr. Hamil
ton, a Canadian, three months ago offered to the
Government a brigade of 5,000 coloured men to
be raised in (Janada West.
Edw. P. Wilder, a mining engineer by trade.
at Newark, New Jersey, was arrested last Satur
day, charged wkh attempting through a son-in-
law in Virginia, to sell to the Confederate Gov
ernment a rifle battery jin vented by bira.
There are supposed to be moro than 30,000 Ger-
mai soldiers in the Ftfderal army; 12,000 have
been mustered jn JNew lork.
four Hundred; but our informant thoneht it
greater than that. ' '-
This young gentleman left the camp on the'
morning of Tuesday, and on his way towards
Lewisburg heard heavy firing during the day
in the direction of Gauley. Ho states that It
was understood in Gen. Floyd's camp, that Ro
sencranz had twenty-two thousand men Thi4
we doubt; but if it is true, Floyd's gallant lit
tle army has a greatly superior force in numbers
to cope with, and covered itself with glory In
repelling its first attack.
The Richmond Examiner publishes the follow
ing written by the Postmaster at Lewjsburg, on
the way bill, to the Postmaster at Richmond :
"Gen. Floyd bad another engagement wita the
enemy at Gauley on the 19th, and routed them,
killing 6OO4 wounding 1,000 and taking soma
prisoners. "Ik. few hours after the engagement he
heard thnt the other wing-of the- enemy hid
crussi-d the river a few miles above him in order
10 surround him on this tide of the river. Ha
food fell oack. This report is reliable, as It was
brought by an officer engaged. Our loci, one
killed and eight wounded."
The Examiner also states that passengers from
the west reported thai Grtn. Floyd had affected
a junction with Gen. Wise, and driven him
bhCi with immense loss. The War Department
however, has received no dispatcne from Geu.
Floyd. ,
W HOLESALE ARPJEST.S IN MARYLAN Q.
Baltimore, Sept. U. The Provost Mtrjhal
at daylight on yesterdny arrested Mayor Brown,
liosa Winans, Coarles and F. Lawrence, 8. T.
Wallie, and L. Scott, mouibers of the Legislature,
and delivered them to the commander, of Fort
SlcHenry.
Congressman May and legislators Henry M.
Mortit, and V i G. Uarriron are reported to havo
been arrested. It is also reported that Benj. G.
Howard, the peace candidate for Governor, has
been arrested ; and also Denison Giventeur and
Dr. Lynch, members from Baltimore county, and
J. Hall, the editor of the Baltioaore South.
The Maryland Legislature was to have met on
Tuesday. '
FROM KENTUCKY.
LouibViLLK, Sept. H. Gov. Magoffin vetoed
the resolutions ordering him to proclaim that h
Confederate troops must leave the soil of Ken
tucky. The resolutions, however, were passed
over the veto.
A SUCCESSOR TO GEN. FREMONT.
New Yokk, Sept, 14. Tne Washington cor
respondent of the Commercial Advertiser say that
Gen. Fremont will be succeeded by Gen. Meigs.
DIED:
In Johnston county, on the 9th instant, Nancy
Ann, the only child of Tbos. II. and Martha A. At
kinson, aged eleven amtba and twenty-two days.
"Death lins on her like an untimely frost,
Upon the sweetest fljwer of aU the field."
SPECIAL NOTICE
BATTLE IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
FOR THE REGISTER,
At a meeting of the citizens of Districts 3, 7,
and 14, convened at Greenwood, Scotland Neck,
North Carolina, on the 9th instant, Lejhuol L
Savage was called to the Chair, and Wm. Fenner
was appointed Secretary.
The following persons, 'C. M. Clark. Thos.
Jones, Sam'l Hyman, Alfred White, P. E. Smith,
M. T. Savage, N. G. Pitt, W. R. Smith and H.
B. Whitmore, were appointed a committee to
draft resolutions.
The Committee after retiring for a short time:
reported the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That we have heard with astonish
ment of the Capture of Fort Hatteras, as from the
the assurance of those placed in authority and our
confidence in those, we were induced to believe
that our coast defences were ample indeed more
than ample for our security.
Resolved, That we have reason to believe that
the proper authorities hsve been warned again
and again that our coast defences were totally in
adequate for the purpose, and yet they neglected
them and persisted in teir neglect, although am
ple means and resources were at their disposal.
Resolved, That under such circumstances, we
hold those in authority ou whom the proper
measures for defence devolved, amenable to the
ceosure of the people, and they should be held re
sponsible" for tbe lives and liberty of the gallant
defenders of Fort Hatteras.
Resolved, That we think they have greatly err
ed In tne administration of their offices frem
some cause, and that justice to ourselves and a pro
per regard for our Hv8,ourHberty,and our fortunes
require, that in future, they should act with more
promptness, decision and circumspection.
RexUvcd, That the Editors of tbe Raleigh Reg
ister, Raleigh Standard and State Journal be re
quested to publish thes3 proceedings.
L. L. SAVAGE, Ch'm'n.
Wm. Fraxsa, Sect'y.
Speech bv Ge. M'Clellas. General Mc
Clellan ia-said to have thus addressed a portion of
his troops on Tuesday :
. "Soldiers We have had oar last etret. "We
have seen our last defeat. You stand by me, and
I tll stand by you, and henceforth victory will
crown oar efforts.
TflE FEDERAL ACCOUNT.
Clarksburg, Va., jSept. 13. A battle occur
red at three o'clock oh Tuesday afernoon, near
Summersville. Gen. Koeetvcraz,after makicg a re
connoisance, found Gen.' Floyd, with an army 01
o,uuu, wiin id ueia pieces, enirencnea in a power
ful position, on the top of a mountain on the West
side of tbe river. The! rear and extreme of both
flanks was inaccessible to foot soldiers, The posi
tion was guarded by havy forts and a jungle.
A strong detachment of Confederates was discov
ered out of their camp on this side of tbe river,
and shortly afterwards the scouts discovered them
selves in the face of a parapet battery and a long
line of palisades, whenf tbe battle opened fiercely.
The Confederates poured upon the Federals ater
rible fire of musketryf rifis, canister and shell,
causing some casualties. Col. Settje led several
companies of his Irish to charge the batteries,
when he was brought. down by a shot in tbe ieg.
Col. Smith engaged the Confederates on the left
and Col. Lowe directly: in front. Col. Lowe was
killed. McMullen's howitzer battery and Sny
der's two field pieces pot into the best position pos
sible, and soon silenced two of the Confederates'
guns. Tbe fire slackened at intervals, but grew?
more furious as nigntftpproached, wnen tbe Ger
man Brigade was led vito action byCoi. McCook,
under the direction of Adjutant General Hortzeuf,
Af.er a furious flight, which lasted three
hours, night compelled the , recall ot the
troops. The men lay on their arms, ready to re
new tbe contest in the morning. Gen. Floyd fell
back over the river during the night, sinking his
boats and destroying the temporary bridge. The
depth of the river, and the exhaustion of tbe troops,
rendered pursuit impossible. Tbe Federal loss
was fltteen killed and seventy wounded, tbe
loss of the Confederates is unknown, as they
carried off thelr)dead and wounded. Their loss,
however, must have been serious.
rSKQON-D ptg PATCH 1
Louisvilie, Ky., Sept. 13. Among the names
mentioned for gallantry and soldierly conduct by
Gen. Rosencranz. are Gen. Bahham; Colonel Mc
Cook, Little and Lowe; Caotains HartzafF, Sny
der, land McMnllen, and Major Burke.
Gun. Ro&encrans's official account of the battle
it very similar to that already sent. He says there
were about twenty Federals killed nd about 100
wounded. He found two stand of colors, a few
prisoners, and some camp equipage, wb:ch Gen .
Floyd left whon be, evacuated bis position.
ADVANCE OF CONFEDERATE TROOPS
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Clarksburg, Va.,Sept. 14.
The Confederates commenced advancing yestpr
day morning on both turnpikes towards Elk Ri v
er and Cheat Mountain. They surrounded the
fort on the summit, cut the telegraph wires, and
continued to advance on Elk Rrer until within
two miles, when shell from the Loom is Battery
stoppedjthem. Skirmishing was kept up all night. 1
two H B9 iwmeaeraio oncers, rpying arouna
the Federal camp, were surprised by the Federal
pickets, wbo snot .one, laid to be John A. With-
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A. i eft) rvprivwrp . .
no 14 lm Richmond, Va.
WE ARE REQUESTED TO A If
NOUNCE COL. B. S. OAITHEH, as a can
didate to represent the Ninth Congressional District
of North Carolina in the first regular Congress of the
Confederat States. Election the first Wednesday in -November.
e 18 td t
WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO
Annnounee 0HN H. OOOCH, Esq., as a
candidate to Represent this, the 6th Congressional
Distric, in the next Congress of the Cowdrat
States of America. 14 td
WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO
announce HUUU WADDKuL, Vsq , aa a can
didate td represent the 7th Congressional District, im
the next Congress of the Confederate States-of Amer
ioa. s14 td
NOTICE. BE-IT KNOWN THAT I,
HENRY T. CLARK, Gorernor Kx-Officio of
tne State of i.t orta Carolina, do hereby forbid the expor
tation beyond the limits of this State of all Baoon aad
Leather, except bj and through the orders of the
proper Officers and Agents of the Confederate States.
The Adjutant General uf the Stat has been directed
to take ail proper measures to secure by force, if ne-.
cess'jy, tb faitalul execution of this notice, which
shell continue ia operation till the - further order oX
this Department. -
Done at the City of Raleigh, this 13th or
September, 186L
HENRY T. CLARK.
OTIiE PUBLIC.
On tbe 23d of this month.
T
l I 1 11. S. TUCKER,
Will sell their entire Stock of Dry goods, Hat, Cr
Groceries, te., Ae.,
for CASH at COST, adding Charge. Wa would
prefer to sell tbe whole Block to Mm Mer
hiint who in xt call immediatelv
At W. H. A R. 8. TUCKER'S,
se 18 2t
STATEMENT OF THE MINERS' AND
PLANTERS' BASK, SEPT. 2d, 1861.
Notes discount
ed. 1131,728 8
Foreign Bills, j 11,524 II
Domestic do
N. C. Bonds,
Bank Cape Fear,
AshevUle, ! 410 82
Real Estate, ' 2,331 92
Expense accou't' 4,579 35
Stock paid.
ilDeDonitom,
0A OOrPn.fit A Loss.
42,000 OOfiBank of Cape
Fear,
Kslcigb,
62,486 00
(31,970 0U
8,434 42
28,419 13
129 42
Soecie.
Bills N. C , Va ,!
S. C, Ga , rd
27,310 53!
iogtoo, of Monfit Yeraon.
643 00
$121,438 97-i
Dae by Direc
ton 8,280 62
Itae by Stock-,
holdre, -. J. 3,383 00
Loan to Publi! '
1221,439 07
j M IS It
A T. DAVIDB02T, Preat,