North Carolina Newspapers

r IE COXFKDEUATE. lVKDSr.SfllY. Ffbruarj H, 1M5I. err. to Ri.l iL sr!c!i-rs in 'he 1 ? j n, the MJv:ir ...v j t - f . -..;. who hava grown ncu . . . , n if ir.n' r . . -.v ... 1 f 1 f .t. und are y f f.n'ia.s in '711.tr- pi r au.; : arid s-iii MUnir, mere hic r rr,fp.?ures, ft only to tiV;.toV I intOlGcCt, but AUO V y u.-iUtlwn, wo l.car very ' ... ...... -.uo I'll' ' ,., ,:.V.Vtc:.s ti III-l'i-i'- .(-,. 1. 1' o.-c ... . l---. it.Et !.NoW, 1 H K t. f. 1--, scr k. b'.t t j-r..!tct lt.c rt;nt-s 01 u.e Oe .-..tiiPi'in troverntnent, ana I .. . t '.i.t,imf r r . 1 1: ilia . O i at '' ' "-'T '' ' , , . I ' :.: is Lt-t th; artf .1 veil to .C":culAr.:ii.:ty. The Llt. ry of the , iaiicc 1 tM-hcy that i tl Will U ' e.hi.e. are careful to roti . 5. v Live in eonten'phit on. ,, 1 , t(.x owned but V7i.cn de ..lVe heretof'. re gone over the 1 1 A- - ' t.t ' C w i f..' lit" .r a." Wj ; :s i aVt .1 1 i 'J'i f': v. ry : Ui I'Ui'.'Al moment I 1 wi" t:.-'ir real intention ; re .::L:i.-h, at the re j. .1 :. . , e ! 11 1 it ri.'.-ui. . f nti- u f'. ifer fjilow- r.t. v. f f j ! y, 1,:. f. e I: V d:f C"'i'.: over T'' 1' h Stli) '.'.-. .'"riis i T' m au " I! ulr I. T'r.r. N. it h Cariiu a. a S' 'V- I.! M.l!i', L.st t., c 'v'- t; ': Y- t "d and future Lippi . . . . . 1 ...i , .. f .. 1 . . I.' s r' 'J ( t.' r CX.'T.S. IMi'i v. U'.-Il imifl i'' i .tw-e-, :t ti.jh.iart de.j..iiofii uitd Ler i 1 .1 " .1 . 1 .1 . .. .t. wi.l 'ii "'i-e uie i.i'.i'.i uiiuuu 11 'iv. nti' ii -f h"f citiAi... l:f-!c(. That we r'.'.ctfir.!y re'i'iesi t." f'.r.' tui.ve i.t" the ite t.j con v i.e the I e':-h''-t.re f"tth-vith, call a Jjtatc Con , r. ti. i:. ;.!'.'. J r iir 1 .ai arrarietnei.tf to 1 filiate ?.'Kh the 'i.:tetl State." 1 r Jea' t ti.r.t we tt'l itt tl" other Sutei tj ttuitc i.i the -vti-f. JlfS-'i-fl, Th:-.t, v:; at hi J'-hti'-al alfairst, r ; w i! .t :Ti rili.crs t : f t to be d-!, can be : ;M an! t'.t', iu r a!::y, t;.'.'re did exists if ..1 ; ' . . f. r ('....rM,.' tF.i- ttl.itaf it I wi.-ked war, ;' cau.-e ulleri b.in t..it-;!y vi"i..iiy, a.'i'l i.'i'. t .1!. J.- xiAct'1, Th.it litis, its ad th r wars, i.s l ai-l'i.ri-Ma:.. a:, i that l.o s i' filler Ai .-tihl 1 e cm..;: r t' r- ra v i- tuaiJe, tu !ett.o nv ..t:i.V r diftVulty wh;ch involves the lu? 1 f t:.c liTr.s tf i:an, air! to avoi-i th i-alaini-t ts always ii.cidvat toils jroecuti"tt, wiietia-r " i j.i ii a it Urf s;.d y.Vs 're That the !i.sai'if.ibatiio: f (J-l i;stsr0!i ill! war.s, and that thos-e wain : ml T(-?mit:t.fr tt.o war, with th-se eia'oraing i r rj J r.'Vh:, will be he'd repin.nsible l-.r ajl t iie li.chat" at.d evil fjruwiii tut of the i n:r, ti ti e fnd i xtti.t o; the r;a-ral law. 'iii'-lctJ, Tt at it this war i j.prsi.-ted in, it will l.e t.i et d ia an extermination of : t leuj-t the ;.bie-lnd:.ed jx.itivii of the white .iaa!f ra- e o!' the S..uth.'' 'Ihua is th" war of tlefenrc in which atc ars e-I as a " cruel and wiefced var, ' wlitc-h we i.-ave no juj-tii.-iMe -cans' t -r iruginz that 4,it is antr-(-'.ristia:i that the tYn-ap toiaUon f ' A " rests up n it, : td tliafthose who :r. wag-ng and piutcut- mg that is. ur (h-ven nient, our (iet.er- aln aia! 01- ers, ur Pohhers, and our people vl,o ;ire ch'thing and ff.-ding the army, and ill h-yal ni"!i and wt:i,' n who approve our -au-e and w ith their moms support if, "will he held rtspi n.-ihle f.-r all the evil an I lu'- chief gr.viug o'.t of the same to the fail n(7 tent of the nior.il 1 iw."' It is 11. v "! st that all this treasonable and Ei d.tii c.i unn y is h-aped "n our owu peo ple, far the staple pre anil !e which originated at the d. hi sti. ii tneeiieg, in whhdi the : f. ay ful ten-it ncy of the Gonfedt rate 1 1 o 't-rnutent t ) a military despotism over ivil law," is used as cause of alarm, and no vshwie in the whole pr -ceilings are the acts of our oivr.iics con dernncd. Hut, on the tvntrary, G.-v. Van- is urged to f rthuith coirveue the L' islature, in or.hrt call a Convention ' to make prop er nt.d legal arrgeintnt' to negotiate v ith the diked States for a pe.v.v." The Standard, which could never be got to publish tin) proet eoir. s v( the meeting at Thompson's S:oie, (tliey being h-yal, ) though it J rofees to pub.i.h tliese meeiings for the genera! inf rmati n, publihes tins llagrantly s.ditio-.ts outbreak in l'.uekhoi n District. '' It 1'Uhhshes them with-tt one word if disap--roval atul.thus disseminates all t'n poison t a V i il, to our sold ers iri ths laid, with no nu-r.tl of antid- -ti t control their einets Yv'hf.reas, on the '22 1 of May, Im'iI, it .re cognized the act t i' Secession r.a cloiioiiscel-cbra-tien of the anr.iversiry of independence and aid ef it, ' wj thhik site (Ncrth Carolina) Las acted wisely from first to last,'' and she tvill make g-Kl h;r aet with her last d -liar and tcr !.;! nu:; ; i: v, u irans.-r.bcs to its col tmius with.mt reproach, hud circulates with apj arw! t." rvt-,: these other scntinunts "that there di I tx'st no real justifiable cause fvr waging this me s. cruel and wicked war." VThimikas, on the vth of October, lStSI, it claimed that ti e "Old Union men made the revt bth.n" and utterly repihued the idea that it is a party war; and moreover asserted: (Se-.- Xau-larJ Oct. Oth, ISf.l.) " It is a war waged by the tfjutVrn people ' f.r their literti.s, and there should be no "party in it;" now :t adepts with tame ac.jui escence the accasatija t'nat the "war is anti chrtun,' and dares not even enter a plea of n-.-t guilty when it frcpagates the indictment to the world : AYhcrcr.s, oa the 17th of July, 1861, the Standard i:i a Jng arad ably written- column U edit, rial assume.!, "That God is on our -h'," and expounded the text with cogent and convincing reas uing and 1 gical deeUictiou W N'o'.v, it sr,:cu mis to the unpatriotic diatribe from Backh,rn District, which pronounces the "disapprobation 0f tied" oa this war; which l.ad lt:en Coinnieticod without cause, and the impossibility oi"Jvhi,h is to rest.on those w-ho prcseoute and approve it. It alhpws this meeting to make it (the Stand ard.) the medium of its Communication with the public -.accepts the compliment it bestows, and thus commits to society this Hat Conira- t!ic;L'a,of its cwn previous teaching, without.. protect or explanation. let the .Standard makes the hard demacj upon those who would iite to think better of it, ret to doubt its sympathy with the cause. We cemmit these resolutions of the Vake to the public, as another testiravnj ,M l Yhalil do-sinean"' tDOiher wAruing-to the good a:. J true min of this" Jtate Gevernor Va:.Ct and the C i; federate UoverLmeiit of the peril iu ou' path. Public Execution, J. S. S'ttidy, Lewis Bryan, Mitchell Bu sh k, Wihiitai Irwin aial Amos Arnyett, of Ntthercuti'4 Battalion, lately found as deser ters tothe ectmy, Lavo Lejn tried and hacged thus paying with their lives the penalty of their .-h- cking crime. These rr.en, we believe, were from the county of Jones. They were poor and ignorant men ; btrt some of them had n-ar.relatiTe?, and all nf them had frieuds. The hearts of their kindred have teen sore stricken by their sad and disgraceful end. Are they only to blame ? They left the service and assumed that of the enemy, on the plea of some fancied wrong done by ourovernrflent in the removal of Gal. Nethercutt's command from the outpost service, in which they were engaged in Jotes and Onslow Counties in to G n. Marf l's, and the ordeiing them to Wil mington. This slight suppled grievance, far- I nibbed the excuse Jur their great crime. But was thre no newspaper which, cin mating in that section, aggravated to the'r eyes the inju ry they complained of' Did no newspaper take also the ground, thatadie Government had committed towarda them a breach of laith ? If there were, then that paper exceeded the liberty of the press, to interfere, wan t-. nly and injuriously, with the military movements. That paper instigated the crime, and is re Fponsib.e for tbj coinsMjUtnces its teaching has produced. When any person give?eouu- el which lead immediately to the conmiis.iun of felony, that perj!i is an accessory before the fact. If these poor deluded men hare friends, or kin : and we know Col. Nelhercutt at least to La their friend so far as to see that they have justice ; they ought to search, the prss and if it be found that pernicious counsels have led to this deplorable crime and its a'tending ca'amity, the blood of these rr.en appeals for justice upou ail guilty the- instigator as wel as the actor. There m;.s a repert in this city a fer. days ?ii.ce thai a considerable Yankee face was moving upon A.-h?il!e in this State. The News.of tiiat place, of the 11th, pays of the lUid. that il had leen known for some days ti.at a Yankee laid fi ia Ttnt css e, in the di rection 'of Fr.Tnklin, M.CwU county, was. mnde last week. From the information in our pos-pe-ssion, i was not a pi)ing expedition. It stems a Yankee force estima'ed at COO invaded North Carolina- fay way of the Tennessee Biver, and rot within about 20 miles of Frank lin, lint Cal. Thomas' Indians bustTwhacked them so unmercifully that they turned at that point and hurriedly retreatetl, having had ne Captain, two Lieutenants and a number of privates hilled, and a considerable number wounded. The dead tht-y left lying where they foil, but carried off the wounded. They endued Capt T. P. Siler, 21 miles below Frankii'i, but we Ieary tliat he made his es Cipc 5ul-s-(j'lently. io-I . for the red tdiiris. An olTicer from Gen. Lee's army, informs us that a soldier named King, froiii Randolph county, beh, ruing to C. 11, 4th X. C. Bejii ment, was shot, for desertion, some two weeks ago. A few moments before execution, he ot krvtd, that it was owingAo'tho teaeh iiis of tie- II ileigh Standard, that he was placed iu that disgraced situation, and re gretted that he had been led astray by it. Comment is uunec saiy. Hundreds ofotliTg have been induced 'to crime for which they have had to pay the death pennlty. Kuif? leaves a wife and several .nitll child: en to heap their iia!edirth us upon those -ih- have deprived them of a husband and' father, and branded their name with dishonor. In consequence of the inclemency of the weather I)r Lney's intend 1 Lecture lor last night, has been postponed till this evening. Let every one who desire a rich intellectual acrtl pattiotic entertaiment", be surato be there ami especially all who desire to contr b-ile to the promotion ot the Comfort-of v.- ninded and sick soldiers who are languishing : t oc r North Carolina Hospital.. The news of the taking of Jackson . Miss. again by the Yankees, takfs us by suiprise having received no such intHlige-nce by tele graph. The reason for it is said to be, tbt Gen. Idk has ordered that no telegraphic despatch be cent from that section i-xcept f .-r milit iry purpi-'s. The List- We add to our list of Notables, who are most l"-.n.inr;.s. by the addition of those can'ii lates who since the Ust publication have quahficd themselves, for immortality: Senator B. Ci Jleade. W. V. Jbjlkn, IMLt-.r of t tie Stan l.r J, lr. J. T. L-.-ach, M. , t!eet R. P. l'iek, Guilford county, S un'l. II. Christivi, M. C. fleet, Col. Leoili la? 0. H dwards, Clerk' c! .-'ennte, D. F. Caldwell, Guilford, J. A. Ling, ditto, I'. liv'd M. Patrick, Green county. . The?. P.. I.-ng. Chatham.' J.'hn H. II u'.ghton, Chatham. A Mir.AtJK ix CitAni r.sTON Bat. A c-r-respondent of the Misisippia;i writit:? fr-.m (harlesti u, uhder un- of ti.e loth, thus de scribes a rare si eclacle: This morning a bcatiful phen'.T.ienon, and ore oi rare ncettrrcnee. was t be seen on fho i uny, which presented the appearance of :u Governmcntjiccount. A few more sacTi cai Loutaiss ocean, wit!: the w vt da:-;ng and g- o would place the c.ULtrv on a .Ptrr- sparkling in the tins-line 35 tar as the to be could reach. Not a, eye ,.3 en above this vast extent of water : th blue ex terminating iu a beautifully dehaed bordcr,the line of which was accurately developed, ak.ne bounded the distant view ; ami so complete was the optical illu.-ien "that it was impossible, f r some Icrg'ii cf time, to imagine anything else than the sea itself had. by some' unac countable merits actually risen above it" natural level. oTet flawed the islands and cov ered the hills. iNuthing coutd exceed the eftect of this beautiful nnftse, which lasted for some time; and then, as if bv made, -the voIUme of misty vapenrin a nia'ss rolled it self up and floated away irMhin and fleecv clouds. r , -. . ' I 1 orrietns. UUentin Hn,hp was elected vesterdav by the Cotntv Cnnrr rf Wake CbantV Atev &e& Bn bee 50, JJ jfj F0w!e 40 ' V T TlltJ '..llt4:- 1-J- nutclunm-as . reelected Count v Trnitcce. j The Chatham Meeting. . Ye are sorry to be oh'.'jged to announce, that these dangerous ar.a agitating meetings con tinjie. There, is relief sometimes, however, fur in the 'midst of.the mischief, the ridiculous fs $o extensively developed as to afford food or mirlh, rather than for wrath. The aboie meeting is one of this number. We ee that Mr. Thomas B. Long explained its object, and introduced 2-lr. John II. Haughton, who addressed the meeting with his usual force and abil ty" fur " an half hour or more." If we ar? not mistaken, we reco.lect to have seen this Mr. Long at I ittsboro' in 1858, on an oc casion 'vhen ice addressed the people of that counfy. We think he replied, and we rejoined. We are glad to see that he is yet alive,. though sorry toee that he slid lives to so little pur p se. As we remember, he was a stout, active, lall young man just such an one.aa would be well fitted to be cow in the field, and ad mirably adapted to carry the flag. We "hope that the " Mr. John II. Haughton" is not our brother Haughton lf the bar. We hope so ; for a ihort time since we met our brother Haughton,-and he was a firm denouncer of these agitations, concurred with tis entirely in sentiment, only that he was rather' fiercer upon the organ of these movements than fe e cared to be. Y'et we fear this is he.- The tiarr.c assimilates and that speech " icith hia usual force and ability." -We veiy much fear, and yet, we have another raj' of hope; thi Mr. Haughton spoke for only " a half hour or more." We never lu:tw our brother Haugh ton to kave any doubt on this score. But this is an inconstant world. The younger Mai ins proclaimed himself at, one lime the son ot Mars ; at another the son of Ytns ; and Tope Boniface is said to have "entered upon the Papacy tlike af ox, to have behaved in it like a lion, and to have died in it like a deg." The more we scytinize humaji action, the more we become convinced of these strange inconsisten cies that make meu to unlike themselves, tha' to-moriow ti.ey are scarcely recognized for what they are to-day. But the iroceeliii(js of this meeting ore worth attention. Among others is this resolu tion : " That it is the least of our intention to give aid and comfort to the enemy, and we would here urge upon eur soldiers the duty they have sworn to perform. Stand by your Cola Us, WIULK YoUIt FKI'ENPS AT HoML TMiE '1HE OLIVE BlIANCII IF l'EACE. Now . Mr. Lot g is a tall man, and strong enough to hoUl up an ordinary sized olive. tkf.k, and tjiiiht make him.-elf seen from an ordinary petition. But. our brother Haughton is not Ion -j (J' M.vTf ue, and it Would be neces sary to put him upon some emiu.nce, like the Hickory .Mountain. Thus, then, we have it. our sohiiejs, reminded " of their duty,-" "stand ing by 'he colors," charging amid the rattle of musketry ami the rear of artillery upon the bayonets of the fee, while Mr.LoLg, in some quiet valley of the county of.Chatham, a? d our brother Haughton on the top of Hickory Mountain, are holding tut, the one an olive tree (for he is strong enough to carry that and a inufkct to ) and the other an olive branch, both v aving their precious insignia to -otne supposed olive hojclrrs of the enemy equally distant in TiiKlu rear : and thus t,ur solt.iers on their side, and Mr. Long and tur brother Haughton pa theirs, are serving the country, as the French say, '"chacun a son gout" each to his taste. This is the purpore of the par ties as set forth iu the resolution word painted but nt t colored. Yv'e commend the picture te he ( hath Ail soI.DIkks for their especial study and contemplation. Ye add to our list ot " Convention Agit.i tor.-'" ftd. Batrit k ; Member i f Legislature from Greene, JoIhi 11. Haughton, Pittsboro'; Thomas B. Long, Chatham. Fked the Soldiers. We. have seen no re commendation, says the Fayetteville Observer, in regard to the existing scarcity cf food in the arrny, that strikes us more favorably than the -following. Yet it is susceptible of one addi tional recommendation, viz : that those who can afford to send more than their own sons may need, should put iu the eame box something that those sons may give to soldiers who hav.o no parents to cre for them, or whose parents . may be unable to spare them anything. Think of th grateful feelings that may be thus inspir ed among the noble defenders of our country ! By an advertisement of Dr. Warren, f ureon Gennral of the State, it will be seen that all boxes delivered to him 'at Knleigh before the 1st day of every month, will on that day be forwarded to the army free of charge. Let us hope that so many will adopt the annexed sug gestion of the " Soldier "jas to require Dr. Waircnto dispatch his messenger every week instead of every month, as no elaubt he would rejoice to do: Cami'Nkak Orange C. TL, Jan. 31, 1801. To the Editor of the Bxaminer: Believing you to be a friend to the soldier, I trust yow will insert the following goncl suggestion in your valuable' paper, viz: that every family send to their soil, hu-bnnd ur father, hs tlippsisMn-nihc f , , - j i j a box or proviMons. The rations in the aimy j are short, and without aid frem some tiiiartt-r, tlte consequences are a want of food. Allow me to -rgest. al-o, what is proper to send; that is. what a s.,Viier mostly needs. A box should contain bacon, (ham or side,) peas, butter, dried fruit and syi up in quantities to suit the conveni ence of the shipper. Many ether luxuries, under which the home tables groan, might be packed in. but the articles enumerated will be most use ful to the hungry soldier. Surely every family can do this. Such tokens of lovannd affection tend to encourage aud sali-fy the " brave soldier hoy,'" and lure him "on to deeds of noble dar ing." Let all consider this suggestion and act as their consciences may dictate." Every paper in the South will please crpy and confer ft favor on every . SonniEU. Import a .c t A i : ! t i v a l . We have tle irratr fying inlcHillence of the arrival, at a South-, eni poit, within the last day or two, of an ex- tremelv valuable and mnr-b nnn.b-.,! f.r,T. erit tooting from that which it now occupies, and relieve the anxious fears now entertained by many Rich. Knq. - Peatii qf Hon. James B. Clay. A tele gram fn.m Montreal announces the dea'J of Hon. James B. Clay, ex-minister to Portugal ami ex-member of Congress from the Ashland district. Kentucky. Mr. Clay was the son of Hon. Henry Chy, was born in 1817, and inherited his father's' estate, on which lie lived, wi:h his mother un td the breaking out of the war. Mr. Clay toivk the Southern side very -warmly, and' was arrested by the Lincoln authorities. He sub sequently effected his eiit from the country, and Jived in exile in Can via uutil his death. o . bbath.- ihe only existing fn fi n,ew?PaP" writer, ai 1 WRcre the Sabbath is honored." Woul not the South have a strong , The only existing free are d . . ! O V, 1,-,- r .. - . " . - ... Jlllvc l4 awouger guarantee or irccdom, if she honored the Sabbatlrnore P For Ths Confederate. i The proposition to call a State Convention, is full of evil and evil only, to the people of this Siate,, If it is intended only as a po.iti- cal trick to embarrass Gov. Vance and to ar ray abortion of the party whicti placed him in power asainst him, and thus rill the Guberna torial, chair with a radical peace man at the next electien, the end cannot justify the means. A party triumph achieved through the. bitter strife which the agitation f this question jnust engender, will leave the victor tth but a melancholy prospect before him. With a wruel ami barbarous foreign toe occu pying "our territory, plundering, pillaging, rav ishing and murdering our mn and women ; when all should be muted ; when every voice and every arm should speak aud strike to gether, what a spectacle will .North Carolina present if this pestileut issue should be thrust into the next canvass. Discords, divisions, contentions, teuds, nay even bloodshed may follow in the tram of this unadvised and dan gerous Inovencent. That the clamor for a Convention originates wth a ew discontented pr fes.sionaliHjlitieal ag itata -rs,is beyond dispute; that it isdesigned on ly as a party manoeuvre, we may inter from the fact that those whohgan it must know that it takes a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to call a Convention, and they must know furthe r that nothing like that vote can be obtained for any such proposition from the present Legis lature. But if the protest against this im putation and declare-that they lionestly desire to call a Convention so that North Carolina may take the management of her own affairs into her own hands, theysimpiv publish to the world their determination to hold an illegal anil treasonable correspondence and negotiation with the crrmy ; or to secede from the Con federacy, set up for themselves, await the pro gress of events, and at the opportune moment sneak hack into the Confederacy or go bo iily over to Lincoln. Until the State dissol vesher political con rtection with the Gmtederate Government and resumes her sovereignty by the action of a Convention of tile people, all her citizens are bound by, and ail her Legislators arc sworn to observe the Constitution and laws of the Con federate States. That Constitution de. lares in plain terms, that "no State shad enter uto any treaty, aliiance or confederation" that ' no State shall, without the consent of C ti gress, enter into any - agreement or compact h another State or with a foreign power." With these plain "pnjvi-inns of the Cmstitu tiou staring them in the face, how can the few desperate men who h;ve got up this agitation have the effroi.-t tryto tl ny that the very first step their Convention must take, will be to cut loe fre,m the Confederate States! I is not to be supposed that they want te all a Cn vmiion lor any frivolous or insufficient curse. They must be supposed to know that Conven tions of the people, have been rarely called in this State, and then only upon occasions of gnat emergoifoy that the theory of our Gov ernment does not contemplate the assembling ed' such a lotiy except upon the ealm and tie-' liberate determination of the people, and of a v ry lartre ntajority t the people, expressed through t' eir representatives, t a'.teror amend their organic law, or to change or dissolve their relations with the other States. Some thing serious, th' re fore, must be contemplated by the movers in this matteigf Their allegation is, that the Confederate Government has made no effort to negotiate a peace, and thai North Carolina., tired -of this bloody war, will call a Convent ion and make peace on her own account. This is what we must understand Irom the oft-repeated decla rations of the orators and presses of .the peace party, that N rth Carolina must lake the management of . her ow n affairs into he- own bands. Now, .we have already shown th t so h fiir as the State remains. a niem!er of the C 'Ufeili racy, she cannot m.iko peace on her owti account he cannot even make .any agreement about it, either with the authorities at Washington or with any Noi them State, or even with any Southern Sia'.e. The con clusion, therefore, is irresistible, that if the proposed Convention should assemble for the purposes declared by its advocates, at pre's ent, preliminary to ail ot' t r action, an onli mttce of secession from the C n federate States must be passed. North C iroln i woithi then be a fiee. independent, Sovorei -.jf TSnite, unre stiained by any prohibitions' in the Cmiti-de-ra'e Constitution Horn making peace with Lincoln upon any tin a s, and as soon hs Iu r Convention saw proper to do so. . But peace with Lincoln would be wajwith the Confederate States; so that the Con vention woii'd only be getting us' ont.'of the frying-pan into the fire. It would oniy ex change a state of war with our natural ene mies, h r a bio-.ely strife with oiir&ivn breth ren and c-hndrta. North Carolina with t-eventy Regimentsall her lighting men in tl.it armies ot the Confederate SlMrs, after having declarci her indej endonee and 'her abi.hy to manage her a Hairs in her own way, and as a sample of her management having made peace with Lincoln, woual, in our judgrnent, occupy a very foolish and pitiable position. Without troips, wi hont revenue, she would have to depend upon her new ally, Lincoln, for support and protection. Crouch ing at the feet of this gross, vulgar and heart less despot, she would have to beg the crumbs from his table to sust-du life. he very thought of such a thing is enough to sicken tie. Yt these rtsu ts logically follow the proposition made to call a Convention for the put pose of entering into negotiations for pea e. Such negotiations cannot legally be futertaii ed until the Convention sh id first have passed jv.i ordinance of seeesi n and then if they are e ntered iim, and North Car ol, i a makes peace on her own account with Lincoln, war bet ween-her and the Confede rate States.is for the latter nccchsaiy and in evitable. From our Kinstoii Correspondent. Kinstok, Feb. l:, 1SGL Editors Confederate : .1. S. Sta-dy, Lnv is Bryan, Mitchell Busick, Wi liatn Irwin, and Amos Amyeit, of MethercuttV B ttta'ioii, who had vLpsfrfeo their colors and gone to the Yankees at Newbem and taken up arms against, their land and kindred, were hanged in this phtce on yesterday: Tne prisoners were accompanied to - th gallows by Hoke's and Bartovt's Brigades They ascended the scaffold with a firm and elastictep, and set mid to bear up under their trials with much fortitude. They had but lilt it: to say, ux.ept Busick,tfio, I learn, entreated his old comiades in arms to stand by th:ir flag a- d never desert it under any cireun, stances whatever, hst they should come to the ignominious end of those who were then about to die the "felon's death ami fill the felon s. grave. ' " Oh t'nat I had never been born," one of the prisoners was hird to ex cT.iim in his anguish, a moment b foro the trap fell. News from the lines last tight represent all as quiet. - - - Ashore.- We learn that the steamer Spun key has got aground near where the Advance grounded wh.-n last coming in. It is believed that the Steamer and cargo will be "saved. P. S. Since writing the above wa have heard that the Spunkcy is likely to go to pieces. She hs under the guns of Fort Cam- bell, and the greater pare of her cafgo will probably be saved. Wilmington Journal. ' Onfoj: Twelve. A person advertises in theLyifcbburg Republican for six thousand dollars in Confederate money, for which he offers to gay in gold at the rate of one for txcelvc. The address ef the President t ;he "Sol- diers of the armies of the Confederate States," is altogether worthy of the heart of our Chief Magistrate, and is a -fitting response to the patriotic action of our" bra 5 defenders, who volnntarilyre-enlisting for the war, have sig. nailed the nations of the earth oHheir uncon querable determination to achieve their coun try's independence, and notified the enemy of the irresistible temper of the men whom they are destined to encounter. Tlte address of the President is couched in the most eloquent terms of praise , and will carry to the bosom of the soldier the assurance of the national gratitude. It is a paper to be read by all men. While especially dedicated to the faithful men, whoso heroic action has called it forth, it at the same time bears words of comfbrt and encourage ment to the loyal "hearts of the nation. All unite ia ths adoption of its giwing testimo nial, and all teciprocate its hopeful assurances of success. The President is rewarded in the soldiers' spontaneous expression of confidence and regard, for all the abuse which malice heaps upon him nd .although, he may not "press the hand of each war-worn veteran," he makes a historic recognition of their title to the ' love$ gratitude and admiration" of the nation. Our Own Mistake. The following "lapsus pennce" occurs in our article on the habeas corpus of yesterday : " When, because of the subtle evasions of the Common Law, it was sub-equently engrafted In the Petition of Right, after in magna cuauta, " Men are quite frequently translated from time into eternity but the Bold Barons of Kuunymede, who wrested majna charta from the hands of King, John, in, A. D. 1215, will b asioniehed when they see our editorial, to find that they lived in the days of Charles the second, A. D. 1670. According to this chronol ogy, these venerable worthies would be quite methusalastic that is, over four huudrcd years of age. We wonder our devil didn't bring it to our attention, for any devil V all versed in history, would have known bt tter than thus to lengthen out the span of lfciinan existence. Mistakes will happen to the "best regulated pens." Still, They Comk M-tRE Comtlathts from thk Raleigh and Gaston Road. We have complaints from Macon lVjot en the Raleigh add Gaston Road, of the failure of our paper of the Monday past of its ap pearance on' Tuesday. What will the Kojite Agent f that day, say to this ? AYas that package sent from Raieigh to Richmond ? We will thank, our friends to keep us advised, prompt1', nf rthe failure of the. Confederate to arrive at its destination promptly. We in tend to 'ft the icofcr.,' till we work a re formation in this particular respect. We hav.- a complaint from S iHsbury, that the Ciuijhknif'ij't the 9di has not reached that oflicei. Yc kuoic. it was put in ihe Post Odice here. V. o will n t cease to agitata until we have tie corrective app'ied to thec mismanagements. The rod is in pickle. MolUl-ii Gov. Watts, of Ala., has te'e-ui:ij-beJ to a ciiizoi of Sc'lma. Ala., that Mobile will rolall ' lie :tt m kill v-i y kuoii- by the enemy, affd as it is eh .-irable "th-t non combatants should be a1 sent during, t be siege, it will be incumbent upon the p-ople o Selma to e.thibit suedi hospitality to those of the un fortunate refugees as the intelligence and ucti erosity of all go-id men and women will dic tate under the circttmstanro's. F.-r The C-Mtfilcrate. From the Aimy of Northern Virginia. . Mfx.ys-. Ill if org : Tie Yankees crossed the river on yesterday, (ihe 0th.) at Morton's Ford, with a lone variously estimated at frmn three-to ten thouand. Quito a brisk fight ensued, and we soon succeeded in ill i v i ng them back ai ross the river. We captured some prisutiers. Our loss was quite small number not yet known. The r;Qls burnt ten houses opposite the Ford, last night. All seems quiet this morning. li. B. GUION, Manlv's Battery. Feb. 7, 1SC4. P S. Col . Cabell's battalion, the only ar tillery on our siile, did s mo very good firing. Nobody hurt i this company.. Fkb. 8. Our hss is one killed, twenty prisoners and ten wounded. We hk twenty prisoners, and killed ten who were left on the field. The Yankees are said to have taken over the'trivi-r a greit many of their wounded. Weath' r quite cold to-('ay. n There is a rumor that General Lee .intends crossing the.- 1 1 vir. B.' B. G. Army Correspondence of tho llichmond Sentinel ihe Operations lie. to re . en hern. Kinston, N. C, Fcb'y 8, 18G4. The expedition against Newborn teturned to this place on the 5th inst., having been absent about sux days. You are well ac quainted with the gcni-ral result, and "while there is leatjou for rof.gratuh.tion, all wa-. not att uneu that was expected when the project w as undertake!!. Toe oi j -et, beyond ih ubt, was the capture of New born, but want ofsuc e ess was n t the result of nTisinanageuient or want uf skill. The hiioi niatioii- acted upon was-found in one' very essential particular iu-i-orrect, inasiifrtcii as the key to ihe position was not properly represented lo tho-e in com mand, eii her from ignorance on ths part of the scouts, er -lse bee au.se very recent lortifi-. ca'iotis had been throAvn up. The surprises attempted were as complete as could have been made; and had the in fotinat oa been reliable', Newbem would most ceitainly have tailen. '1 here was nothing left but to charge the enemy in jheir lortifi. cations, tU fended by heavy siege guns, seeing which, our General very prudently retired lor if all arejiot mistaken we will bave quite as much to contend against, iu open field, dur ing the present year, as will be agreeable, without lightin- the enemy -it such disadvan tage. Ti en- is no disposition amoig those engaged to find fault with the expeaidon, though I doubt jiot there are many critics) w ho were toasting themselves By their mid--winter fires, that will be'losd-mouthed ia their censure and wholesale in their baue. Nothing can proper1' picture the desnlatioit of tiiC counuy hetweenthe Trent river and Ncwleru. T he duelings :;i entire neighbor hooils have been I r.rne t, ;.i:d for mhes not a habitation or sign cf iife can be seen. Ail is a waed and desolated country. Among the captives were some who had de serted our army and joined the enemy. They were easily identified, and two of them have been court-martialed tr.d bung, while some ten cf-twelve others are awaiting sentence to expiate their crimes, and nd their infamy upon the gallows. The Atlanta Appeal sajs that the Yankes in Memphis and in Nashville, afttr robbing the people of their slaves and putting them into the Federal arniy, actually required the former owners to pay- tax on them according to valuation. - FarcttCTillc- We were pleased to sec the distinguished rosi'ion assigned ouaueiiiose, oi rye.n; -, on the roll of merit at the Military Institute of Virginia, at iU late examination. The an cient town of Fayetteville has responded no- ly during the war to the necessities of the country. Lier sons are gloriously associaicee with t e first of our successes in arms. Within our obstervtien they have achieved high renown. Our owa comrade, Capt. Beuj. Rcbinsoii, Ins earned a name for darmg'aud Courageous performance of duty which will descend to ioster:ty as part of the history ol the Revolution. II unselfish disregard of peri', when retiring fro A he bloody field of Williams burg he stopped to yild support to a wounded comrade, was a noble manifestation .of brave and chivalrous nature. Ab"ng with the other aa Sociaiious of that memorable attack, is the satL fate of poor MullHiS who died during that bleak and dreary mghjin the enemy's redoubt, giving utterance in Ids last- moments to the beautifully filial and patriotic, sentiment : Tell my mother that I died as I wished to die, the death, of a brave soldier." Lieut, Anderson, who -was aUo of our compaluon, bears upon his handi;fae and manly brow th maik of his dev.-.tion. And these are but a few of Fayettevtle's representatives on the field. Many otlirra share with thrill the honors of a faithful sctfr icc. While her soldiers befoie the enemy -have eloue their duty, her people at home have not been untnindfid of. theirs no community has labored with greater unatVunity or more assid uously or usefully, than she. Her press has been a nvxlel of dignity, of sound instruction atidtxitnpie and ail classes of her citizens, young and old, male and It-male, hive sur rounded the abarof their country with deeds of generous sacrifice and service. The writer of this article claim the privi lege thus to accord a place in history tofhe virtues of a people, among whom, is to-be found sill those clearing qualities of cod morals, refined hospitality, and enlargd liber ality, which give stability to govvrtnueu:, and make populations happy. Shot ry IEK!rt i:p.s. We learn by. a com munication lloin "M li.- ISi tups. in, AdjU'ant in charge at Fowler's tiap, (Jni"!i Clo., N. C." tint on the night, of the 9th inst., t'apt. L. M. Secres V f Co. F, 8lM ltegt. N C. Militia, who had been with his compmy for sometime hunt ing deserters, was attacked at hi home, to rw hieh he bail just returned, hv. ihrtetle.-ertc.s, who tired tive rounds at him, ihe l ist of which poui-tratrd ih" back of his head, and he fell mortally wounded. (or correspondent gives no further particulars. C7mt. liullein. . .We call the attention of the Editor of lha Standard to the Communication addressed to him in thi piper. It was written by one of his warmest personal friends, and is-intended in the kindest spirit of frienihdiip and candor. We hope it will be so received. " Evans & Cog.-wki.i.. We invite the at tention of mr readers to the advertisement f this Id and enterprising publishing. houe, !;iteiyeif Charietton , but lioW of (Jed'.ltnbi.'i, S. C, ve In re they are establisl.t d and. prepar ed t attend to ail orders iu their line entrust d ti their char je. The following is "a palpablo hi: frm Putich.iit producer's wlio wouldn't acknowl edge t he vurn :" m Some patriotic farmers in some Counties of this State, ResolvM they'd sell their produce at the Gov ernment rate ; P.ut when the people washed to buy, 'twas found canv" to tell, That tl.vse "patriae farmers," hadn't any thing to sell ! After several weeks nf extremely dry weather, we were favored with copious rains on yes terday. F AY Eli E V ILLE MARKET. "February 11, 1S64. .2 753 00 Ion.Wl.25- Bacon...". Beef B eswax -. . Butter C tt-n Come Cotton Yiirnt Diie-d Fruit Apples and Peaches ..2.) ..a..r)(l4.00 ..1. .V$ 1. 33 ..1012.00 ..20(fr33 00 ' ...To'i 1.00 ..1 hiyQl.m ..5 00(5 00 i--gg F.xtract Logwood Flour Flaxseed 1.251.45 J 5.00S 00 h Fodder . .....10.(0 10.00 10.00 ......16 00 20 00 15.00 t00 15 00 2.50.-3.00 JH 4.505.00 3. CO Tt 3.50 12.50 10 00 50 00 .... 50.00 ....17 5trfi20 00 3.00.3.50 15.00 ,....15.O0.'2000 12.50 75 ....4 Oo .5 00 1 (.0 liny Shucks Gi ain Cora Wheat . live Oats Pe-.s Hid- s Green Drv Iron Swedes Leather Upper Sole Liqu irs Corn Whiskey....... Apple and Peach Bianiiy Mnla.-ses Nails Onions Potatoes Irish Sweet... Kic Sugar Soap Famlily Bar Toilet 2.00 Fayetteviil 4-4Sheetines prices to the S'ate 1.25 Ketail to others .4n Outsi ers' prices 3.50 Salt 20 OOft'Jj.fjt) j il low .2 )0 Wel ..C.C0 STATK OF NORTH CAROLINA, Wakhes Cocxir, j CO Ult T OF EQUITY: lohn Harrison Hawkins, an infant under the ag or twenty -one years, bv Jamt-s A. Egc-t ton, his guardian and next friend, Charles M. Cook and Jhn L. Miller, executors of the la.t will aud tes tament or Winifred VV. I'awkins, deceased, and Jane B. Miller, Aqnitft . Benjrrnin E. Cook, executor of John H. Hawkins, deceased, John II. L'leming, Jane Vaikr. for meTly Omearv,) Benjamin E. Cook ami Satlv il Cook, his wife-, John H. Kimball, .f the State or Tennessee, F.mnv n. Kimball, of the said State of Tennessee, and .Nancy Power of the Stati of Mis sissippi. . it appearing from the aflidarit filed in thi ofliee of the saia Court, that John 11. Kimball, Fannv H. Kimball and .Nancy Power, three of the defendants in this cause, reside beyond the limits of this State, it 1 therefore ordered that publication be made in the Kalcih Confederate, for six weeks notifying the said defendants of the filing of this bill, and that unless they appear at the next terra of said Court, to be held at the Court Houso in AVarrenton, on the Third Monday aftrthe Fourth llonday of March next, and plead, answerer de mur to th said bill , the same will bu taken as on ssed and heard exparte as to tbein. Witness, Charles M. Cook, Cl-rk and Master of said Court, at othce in NVarrenton. the Third Monday al ter the Fourth Mondar nf September, lb63. Isiti-d 1st day of Fcbrorv, lfCl. 2 wt C. M. COOK, C. M. E. Tayettcvnie, January 13, 1864-Wairtcd.. -- A ladJ who is Tully competent to teach music an the Piano and the English Branches, to take charge of a small school ia a family near Favette ville. Address, a BOX 20'2, ja !8-w3t VAjettevine, N. C. T0BW0RK J OfaU d?3?rfptlon nostly executed at th'n ofllct Schedule of Prices for Nortu Carolina. We, the under igned ComTiresinnert of Appraisement for the State of North Carolina, do hereT declare the following to be the uniform prkW property impressed for the us of the poTerLimfcflt for th next two months, subject t Alteration abeuld cirenwktances, meaowhile, occur to make it advisable : Apples, dried, good, peeled, per bush 28 lbs $ 6 fx) Axe?, - Bacon, tt ti Beans, Brandy, i Beef, it with handles, each li ao it a i withoat " " sides per pound, harn'r" shonhler, per poond jowles, " " white or 'cornfield, per bush 60 pound, apple, .per gallon, .reach, " tresh nett, per pound alted, corn, good, per bush 2 lb?, tadow, per pound adamantine, per lb. trac, per pir, ivoolen, for soldiers clolln-s, yard wid-, 10 z. to yd, and pro rgtn as to" greater or rFss weight or width, Eer yard, bt, per pound, .unflie-lledjYor bush of 70 pounds, fuelled, sacks not in cluod. per bush of 5tl pounds sacki, not included, per buh of 50 lbs., Cotton, yards wide, 3 yds. to pound, per ya'rd, extra family, per bbl. of l.lfi pound, extra family, per sack of pounds, superfine, per bbl. of HrtJlN.. superfine, per sack of PS lbs. fine, jkt bM. of 190 lbs. " &aek of 38 lbs. baled, per 100 lb. unhale d, " wool, each baled, per 100 lb. uiibnU.il,-por I'M) lbs., dry, per pound, green, artillery, 1st class, per head . artillery, 2d class, per h--J extra, per head ptz. per t"n of 2.000 12 2 2 2 25 2 1 10 20 25 a tt u It it t II it II Browr. staff, Candlee, . Chains,. Cloth,. 25 2i Coffee,. Corn, 4 Id SO 6 C Corn meaJ( " Drills, . Flour, it 11 SI 60 20 !i 2'. 50 25 4 u tl It II II II II 1" II a Fodder, lists, Hay, 44 Hides,. 1 Horses, Z s b 4 3 1 50 25 7i 700 (00 110 600 600 600 60'J 400 15 C IS 11 2 li t; 4 m 4 In 5 7w 50 401) m . I . 4 4 4 1 1 r.o l" 5 1 fK 2! :s 2 l :. 1 i Ti 15 3n J' I n i( 1 -A 21 Iron, lbs square or rsund per ton, hoop, per ton of 2,000 IbsA flat or bund, per ton of 2,000 pounds boiler plate, per ton ef 2.0IH) pnunda, s I'vireaMe railroal, per ton of 2, 2 10 lb.-.., Csting:, per pound, wool ihxucstic, per vd, oajnp, iron, per lb.," got!, pvr 1 ,000 leet, clean, pouml, sobs " " upper " " " harness, per penmd, can-, gallon, sorghum " " 1st claf S per head, 2,1 . 3d 4 . estra '" per keg. aheaf, uubaled, per 100 lbs., ' baled, pT 100 lbs., slo II, per b.i-hel, Cotti-n. yl. Wide, 1 ox. to yard, per vd, Ctton. yd. wide, A .. to vard. p-r vard cow. per hiihh. ofSnlbs., Irish ' swi-ef," a peeled, per bush, 3 lbs., unp.-eled per buch ?H lb.., fresh, nirit, por pound, salt, geod, jt onnco, n-w, ' pound, old " glllMl Tiu.-ll. Ill M I hi , two bu.-U. osni.burg, each, Cotton, vard wid., il yd, to pe und, -r yard, cotton, ,Ti yd. wide, 'ii yd. to pound, per vard, 3 yd. lb., per yaul, Coact, per bu-L. 50 !t.. Liverpool, per hubel f 50 pnunds, Virph.ia, per buehel ol 50 pound, lift. p r pound, army, per p-tir, flax. 44 pound, soWier' wool per j nir, fat, per head, brown, common, per pound, haul, per p . und, suit, " baled," 100 lbs., go .d, buh of 22 !.., it it o 3- 11 black," pound, green," cotton 10 t. tu yd., per yard, clean, per pound, cid-r, pallon, matiufartured, perpsl goi-n " " htt rate white " hu-h. of CO poiiriiN, fair, p..-r bufib of CO lbs., ordinary, pe;r bu:h. of (0 pi und. bah-d, per K"0 lh., unb-ib-d, per fot) l., WHfhi-d, pound, unwaged," " n Jeans, Kettles Lumber,. Lard, Leather, ti it 11 11 i. ' . 11 a it it u u .. Molasses, 4. Mules, 11 Nnils, Oats, i Osnabmrgs, It II. Peas, Potatoes, li lt II Peachcf,dried," Pork, CSuinrne, ttice. . UVe, . Sacks, Shirting, Cotton stripes,' Salt, 11 it 'a Steel, Shoes, " Shoe thread. Socks, Shee-p, Suuar, Soap, Shucks, Shorts, Ship stuff Tea,. Trnt cloth, Tallow, Vinegar, i Whikey, Vhcat, 'it 11 a. t a it a 11 11 u n a 11 tt it a 11 n 4) 4 v 1 1 s 1 1 .v 2 1 Wheat straw," it Wool, Wagons, ti wood axb 4 br'e, new, each. i''' iron axle, 4 hors,jicw Ml h 4-' wo tl aile, 2 borif, new, each 2 inn axb', 2 !i"r, new, each 2"' per bu-h. of 1" Ih.. cotton, per bunch i lbs., 1 Whatbran, " Yarn, " ' mas or Labor, tkim, wa'ions am n-W Baling long forage, per handred pound. Shelling and bagirinir corn, cm kt lur- ni.died by govcrntnent, per bude l, Hire of two horse lim.n, wami an- tft- ver. rations furnished bv owner, n-r 1. Hire of two horse team?, wazn au f ire ver, rations furnished Ky govcruim tit, l"f dav. Hire of four horse teams, w agon and 'hi ver, rations furnished by owner, prr dav. Hire of four hore t'oatns, wagon ard driver, rations furnblo-d by gvei ijui-r.t, per day, Hire of 6 horse teatn, wsgon snd dri ver, rations furnished by owte rpcr di Hire of C horse teams," wayon auJ dri ver, rations furnilo-d by gurernii.ctt, per day, Hire ofUborer,ratioiiS furniahtd by a"4 it er, per dav, II i r of 1 abor e" r , r a t i n s f u r n i nb ei by : criiment. per day, Hire of laborer, rati-ms furni-htdto owner, per month, Hire of laborer, 'rations furi.i'hrd ry government, per month. ll ' 4 Jl ire or horses, per day, l..f I km Lf......!!,.. ..'full nirfiTlil p."fit . "I lll? Ill Mil I 'H "'I O' " ..j, we publish the folloulrig ii..(iu tioi hof.e that they will be stri tlv ob !. No officer, or aent, shall iinpu.4 "' r"f ry supplies which, anvt.erson nny ''r' !' , con.umptlon of hiiti'f, his farr.ilv 1.:. ,.,j;r.. n;i'ir.r l tiw 1 i-r, vi IK 1AI fj WU Ills iiimii.-i manufactuiiog or set iculttirat emi'Mvtt rJ (Signed) U. V. BI.ACKr-T'HK CWs. Appraiseracnt f-r State"' ;. itm-riKu, rev, 01a, I?t). CharlBtt ntnoi Afhvi'.h! e irtr. rrfnn fn. -1 . . . . . . . .. : O 11 1, . rt-T f, 1. .' mi uu r nrei ic- - ... 2 times in weekly, and itrA bill to MJ. rearce, tunier Quartermaster. Ar'A R..a n i from I'h xm - r r u.i u ii ii n s , ; ( -w nwuiDs ouons oi i ne li. " ,,v o on the 28th of Jan.. 18(1. ih b -v . Said bsy it about 6 feet 10 im het h'--1;, ' riihirnH In... lM..K.k.:. ...A Ii.,4.'' t'a left. He is su prosed to be hit kin? m ":. t A city of Ualeigb.' The shore irwat J '" cflBj for his deliverr to llk'u comnanv '" ' ment in jail. 10-bU t- m . . a i kid r." f f ippij mi line vuiic.