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THE CONFEDERATE. SvhtI 1 o;R?)iitutioO" 'Te nrr no-re sti-fied "f the existence of & ' :il I r-!::'ri'. : r 4:, 1 T.a llT. II- Our n:.it, th.: wijoi: ai'si 1 "'! !. "l-jCt H frW f : iy.r rt:- t ;:!p-.ir; suggests t. tw C t f-nl lh i.z r.-.-tci. T .i nt cncur v-ifh th i'i u iV"nn w rT.:; ost eite to lis- j nt-i'C tacts vchic 1 uie been - ur-The-i o u, nri. JMs Trarn T.d rot tLe pul.T'C 1 its g:ii. ysv hiv;? J?;e tlr irt'j r? aS good ;:u : rt: ? t it KsL-a- Sw the autocrines h i) hai-- t.f- ;ii.t.-; tfi of rh? Si r in their 1 J:, tv 'I lilt S'l! t?? n- r,f. that i'uT:, l :ar o--f!f, oi &f the uis! pro!JI-u.-a; u-.i in 'tie "ire s4?:6--i of the xis '.C'S z'tr.ci vrgrfuiiitiuu in the Slate. i:c t-y- -;! "ie Quii'i -alien t is wp-ju It. asd we .. l.-vj -. ..n. -ct ii3i :is arui c;s anJ Will reach !; r '..- T -atit, it ot its IftdeS W late ia si!:t;'.!i; fr ftn-. ' lit Cary I;etri?t, f 'ere in a-i ;.ui:or, a ,j-:.-tie of lbs peace, i U vfr'l cue wo. T"".- u: 't i: Ci.sham who -'f'.ie i t ) ;t J,i! i'hy-!c':,n t CjhJ nunicate i him the r'j-J- ,r ob::iiaiu3 y,u!;c- proW?- WIi-ii j.u'oii-;"i t'itfe f iCtf. Mr. Hoi lec - : i ti ; r-s il ii j -.u turned cocmn iefor- f;vr?" .Sc.i! L--,!,, tint Mr. Hoi Jen n-iy be -apob'.v ..r f tr-?:'!k rr-.p:ii.e, w9 a?t tvin if fact : uclsiny '-.i'; s:;icty a j'ri-'tT. rc:-itir ;r io t!i .ui.ui" i.. f-s;crst crisis?, are fur:ii-hed to r. he ; I i j.ubMa iirS4, -whst'itr it is not the 'lu-y othe rcoipi'int to coiiiiUQicate thfl T;nj!clr:t9 the IcgU uuti) riti?, and pub ':c!y to 1 it prop! nn their 2"nr e oaM like to i.4Y J!r. Holi?ss replj. V- '.'i-ii liti-.w .7l.at all g i cliis?:: will an wo ,.; .;':. u in thij ruatieror i nifi.i .; y : 'iii.'!..r2 a :m'!1o fluty, and r.itii'-r t -; t'.i.tn p.joute .iy citizun Liit '.r-zhuj) .1 tl.;ruj anfI criminal j'uh... il. :.. A;, i 11 mT a.;iii, wo warn tbce tour f-.IUiw-oiiiii:: wh-. un'ier any Alarm vr tr.wir pcr.wj? or prp''-rty, or h. .:ny nn iur ifillaiicp, r by any isit-scuncepiion. haT .;oue in:. j tiii.- c.;x oitr.it: 0:1, it cr.b ai.d voi !t. Swcn ii their bate ty i?ch : ihtir viuty. Tl.t a'h v.h: h "liey have tak:u, car I ries u bi '.-.li.-i.; ;:r.ct. It a i.vj. se.i witii r.t aut.iori:y :m I vaj -.riininal because isn tr.'jral iu iw., .rj(i . !i .n..bk if il reach to ti.e o!j.'o;s wrioh vre supposu ; 'and to one r-ffc.l t-.Mr ii3 penalty. If any one in tbe ex . '.; in 01 this pei..ily wro to " sh.H;t another thr Kia h-u l," ;.aJ kill Inm, thut aTJ toui.I !. u f---.n a-i'l murilerer, in upon .inviciion vu bj t-iee ited by haninj. Th.ro is, th ; f. r., fvoty ob'iga;i-.:i upo.'j t.oinj.-!, it.f-r, v:t kr4o.v as"!y tiling shout this :,iiir..,ti , to exp'wa it ; tint, it iiuiity ik m jj,' '( br. !; ti-; if in v.icc.:t it m..y be In ti.is c ,n 'oii ;j ric rtiiirk or t'.v:. al ut lis hi hc i.-t S'uml ird. Whuievcr ve kli.i '. v .;.iicti ii r;; h the suspension of trie ha! lis cj; r'ti.i, we h?.ve ;i.-o-.TcJ ar.J Uud M. W t h.ive 1:0 upp.ehenrkM of being " .;urivl by friii-u while we live," for we re in the u.vily receipt of frittering tesiimo u'tM fr-im tijo very best of men and v. orn?n in the Suto, onveyiasj sejitimrnts of esteem Ibr r.s pr.-.)iniIlT, avA exprfsing satisfaction wich our eJitori 11 course ; fur tbe raison Itiat tji.n'.ijh we h ive to ticul with Mr. Ilo'den, we rivt.'ni abn.-v f Iiim, and only comment on Mich matieia as ,.re open totho public. Nor rm we solicitous about our memory ichen tee Cf it tie id. We .ire sur? of one tljin -if com mon Uf'icM 'u d. p.9 us, we shall be held a one who loved bid couulry, wh.o riever deserted her cnuh, and who pronounced in proper tenns on tho?c who did counsel or encourage oe.-iTtion. " Q On theother hand, rren who irraine ttcrr. U r other?, sometimes fail t. preceite their own true, estimate, ar.d rainly fancy that tiie adulation cf a few, acJ thy imt of the Letter sort, ii the esteem f focirty. Thtse mru run no ritki)f bavin; a ' menicry KTeerutttl after death " for they are forgot-t-'u and le.ive no memory at all. The Huinpton Certificate. The qjesiion of veracity, in th matter of thi foret'ing certificate, cs alM the question of Mr. llolden'a purposes in the call c f a Con vention, have been settled, in tbe popular judgment, azainst Mr. Holden. Both Mr. IAtnptou aud Mr. Horton are respectable mu, and they prove the fact poitiveIy. Wo have heard, however, that Gov. Vance has fince referred for confirmation to Mr. Walser of Davidson, and Mr. Sherwood of Guilford. If. so, it mu-it ba d-ue by authority of thee gonikauiii. A correspondent in the Confed erate of yo.-terd ly.'froni Granville, refers to W. II. Smith, sheriff of Person, as having heard a similar declaration from Mr. Holden in January or February last. It has also been currently reported here, that Mr. Holden held a sliuIar conversation with Capt John Berry of Orange. Hearing this,aDd anxiou to reach the truth, we addressed a note to CaptTBerry and as we should have used his reply, if it Md been unfavorable to Mr. Holden, we feel bcartd to give him the benefit of Capt. Berry's statement ; which is in these words : "The certificate you allude to, of Messrs. Hampton and others, I have never seen ; but if I am correctly iuformed of their contents, Mr Holden has made no such disclosures to me, as arc indicated in the certificates. We are in receipt of a letter enclosing $12, written by Wm. 11. D. Lindsay, P. M.", in structing us to send the Daily Confederate to Dr. P. A. Hay. The Post date is " Madia Post office, N. C " but as there is no such Y. O. in the State, as we are informed at the P. O. ia this city, the writer will oblige us by giving tho P. O. addrfs- more distinctly. A- ?u'ii Sentiment. Extract of a !e.t-r forn- Johnston county i I-:ncbed 6u J 416. or !h& renewal of my r nbscripti.tu ' the L) i;ly Confedercl, wih - .iaii fhns a wt;cMT? ri-ier. I cat well do witlmtit p.?y roeib", s tb Confcdsfa"', luna fi 301 ontirjn'? t expose the -'tricks . of II -.Men. the er.ensT of ht cotinfry. 1 cm avoirs you tint HoMon st' H greatly de preciitli ia hi &h?ttt. Tnc will carry Ins Cf-UM'y by a corwdenib! nnyrrty. Mhbt thtt Trert? id fi't for II !dn, hare changed, aud are going 4 o .vote for Vane pjxtract wf a Istttr from Surry cunty : " At una 6;r:, 1 thought. Holder; would get h very rcsp'eeiible t3 i j this coa jiv, if not it uiij jrit. U ii public sentiment h very tna'-h oaanged iuc Kolden's Cr7entiao paiicy baa leaked o-jt. Ererybidy brlieTes the certificattj of Mr. Hamptou,NSlr. Horton iutl other, and tome of Hoi Jen' once wafra eat frienda, wh- f hare re-isoo to beliro were theraa'-Wes privy to hU dest'ss, express their SreatSt a.fon:shrocnt a hit dtnying the charf ; and fiy they mz done with hira. Va-.ce v;!i e-wry the cou'ity by a decided ma jority. The" pjp'.e are cot plfascd with the courbr ot the Legislature keeping militia cfii ct rs, j:s' ticca of the peace, crjstabies. &c, out ci the arir.v, wieii there ;i no mire use f. r them at h-'m tbn there was for their own s: :k-, bru:hei's( vriiJ hsv been requirud A letter frosn (amleriand coanty, aays : 1 btlite all enr county cuudidale. are Yancn men. A ILiIdcaite would not black tho board " iu Cunabrland. A gen tl man well informed as to public1 aentimtnt in Chatham county, writes: " To ay that Holden has no friends here, would begoin to far. ;Thereare, I am sorry to "ay, a ood many of his stripe ; but nothing like a majority. 1 suppose about one-third of the roteri wouhl cat their ballots for Holden if the ejection were to-iru.rrw. Six weeks ago ha would h;ie carried the county. But the irp$ are becoming convinced, and are loavi;: him ami hit dangerous proposition ; and by the time trie count t canvas in oer, be will not have, in my opinion, fire hundred who wnl rote ior him. As Holden i wost to say " Mark my prediction." The Haiders inEastern JTortM Carolina. Our Kiuston Correspondent, who is ever prpmpt to fcrep us advised'of movemeBts itl that section,, informs us that on tbe night of the 1st, that town was aroused about mid night by the arrival of a courier at Head quarters, representing that the euemy were advancing in force on the Djver -road, and had driven in our pickets as far as Wise'a Fork, some mx orjright miles from KiuMon, find 'that heavy skirmishing wxs go ng on between the two force. Gd. Folk, of the 6:h N. C. cavalry, commander of tho post, ir.irneilii.teiy repaired to front ard took his position to leeotiUoitie, in advance of the k it- mishers, along with his A'ij itant, Lt. RieVd. Blackwell. The homes of both these f ffions have returned without tneir riders, an I it is feared they have fallen into the hand cf the yauktes, cither killed or captured. In the skirmish, Lt. Kiipatrick,. of the 6th N. C cavalry, is said to have been killed, ?tnd private Kiipatrick wounded. in the lip. Ono company of the Gth N. C. cavalry, numbering 60 men, are aid to be cut off on the lower Trent road ; but it i3 believed the most, if not all cf ihera, will make their escape fifteen have already come in. The enemy's strength is variously estimated, but it was evidently very small, and wna designed only as arecon noitering and thieving expedition. It was also reported that a heavy column of the enemy was advancing on the north side of the Ncuso. Another report was that they were in force in Oaalow moving towards the Wilmington Railroad at Magnolia. And still another report is that a force was ia tho nsighborh-.od uf Greenville iu Pitt county. Siejis of coursijvere promptly taken to look after them. We have plenty oforce to attend to all the jankce3 in Newborn and Beaufort, if they do not allow themselves to be caught . napping. The whole yankce force below does not exceed two thousand ; and these move ments are predatory parties to rob, reconnoitre our positions, e. Besides Lieut. Kiipatrick killed, menticne.i above, wc hear also of Lieut. Debatt and private Phillips of Folk's cavalry. A correspondent at Kingston, writes us follows: " Tbe secret oath-bound oraaniza tion mentioned in the Conjederate a few days ago, the object of which is to destroy the Confederate Government, is in full blast in this town. I am informed that a Convention cf these tories, representing several counties in this section of the State, was held in Golds boro' on Monday aad Tuesday - last. This county was represented, it is said, by four del egates, who are well known in this commu nity as desperate political characters." Major Gen. Buj-hbod Johnson. The friends of this admirable officer, says the Co lumbia South Carolinian, will be pleased to learn that he has been promoted for his gal lantry from a Brigidier General to his present rank. 'No soldier has fought harder during the war none has won prouder distinction on the field and when the narratives of Fort Donelson, Sniloh, Chickamauga, Knoxville, and more latterly, of the South Side, are writ ten, the part wfeich he has played therein will be among the brightest annals cf our strug gle. ' Traitors. It is said that the parties de tected in Augusta in communicating with the enemy, are females. They should be im pris oned forthwith and kept in ejnfinement till the close of the war. They are probably high 4 in social position, but we hope the authorities have tbe nerve to do their dut. i i If anytbiog wfo wautiog to make all our taitted to eke out the enjoyment of thepridS opto r g f.-rever ?nv rra"ut or trace of for which their aale wa-s effected, ought, that lharv ma ins day of re-as- j " TUs horrid cruelties ; the known fafthleas ,ciation with th yar,k? ratioa, tLi.i thins ; nesabf tho race from whom we hare ' p--rate; anted atir u to figattic jproportiona, 1 should warn all .our people to loen from all the brtiul, teMcios. worse than beastly i though of ererytbing, but the working out wdties which both leaders and foiloweis ; .iong the enemy practice, and boast cf. herever they now advance, ruin, desolation, destruction of property, privatend ptib- track their way. They pause not to ask j he, ir she whom thsy projo) rob, arjd . mar.y. casva outrage and murder, h a ccin- I tant, or the wife, or daughter, or sister of ; j. fur yet even do they stop to ask, if by ; iy possibility there may bo Union syrhpa ' liaer Also, for such misguided wretches, ho have lout the sympathy of their own ' op'e, they have acquired nothing by tho v Ccrifice. The raiding or invading enemy ings no supply train , and he must live upon go land : the food of each and all Is ferreted ut to the -iast morsel, and taken, stolen,, vithont stint of conscience, and devoored without stint of appetite, Public buildings ii privote dwelling, school houses, and hurchep. and farm bouses are given to the iames ; while the thieving villains stuff and ) nrfcit with their ill g tten gsifis. Among I ther instances., no worse nor any better, are p. wo which fall under our observation, and ?omeuj ui with such authority as makes heir truth unquestionable, cue of which in volves a "ruffian who calls bita6lf Gen. Warren." I A p or la4y, a Mrs. Curry, rosided near AAn foa l1i40 1 W 1 021 1 Pfi ;nd hrr house was stripped of everything tho ft. ad. Not so much as a meal's victuals were ft to kep life in her body : and she had two r isk children. The pior lone, desolate, plun ,J i(r-jd womn4 in behalf of those little sntfer- j ::ig children, besought permission from this iB-called GaBaral Warren, to buy a few of he stores, her own property, of which she iad been robbed : ad as though ha was the oth-eo' shoddy of a'sofd-out establishment, plotbrii: witW wealth, he replied V we keep Aothiug for aale." Thon, said tha half fran ie wo:uau (as tbe Richiuond Examiner re seats it) " I will bi. Give me,' for God's ake, a meal of meatier my sick children." This was a Southern, a Virginia matron, who lad lived irs comfort on her own property; t wr.d it was lor the small pittance of this sin- na!, f'm hr own stores, that abe was j imploring, for an object that might .well have 'j noved to pity a devil in hell. We c mfes3 f .ur hair rles to end as we record the answer that issued from the lips of this heartless f iliias. " Afadim, tct real that during the ' t? 0 r Jerusalem 1 'too men were reduced to eat i their children."' He had s!.aird th que3- tion had read the history of lik- events, and j forrseein tht in the eiur of his r'dlitary f carr h might fltvl om wek mother, far ' enagh frox sucor, aid suffL'tsatly ia his I power, to enable him to bring to bear tb ac qui.itin of his intlectud labors, lo ! wi.h whai studied, calm, complacent demean ' or he uttered the passage- from hi.otory women were reduced to eat thsir children." r The picture is an impressive ona the lord ?' !y General and his suppliant. It commends 4 if?elf t- every ;na-n with n whrsr9050m lives ' x spark of e nrag or humanity wan is not 1 prepare I to be a do; who is not already ' meaner than a dog. Another instan-je is that "of an interview ' between a Virginia mother and Grant. This ; one was the mother of Confederate sons j and ; Laying fallen within tho yankee lioes, she sought and ootainel an' interview with Geat ! Grant, and asked for a passport to enable her ' to get to Richmond, with her friends. "You, ' are better where you are. When I enter Richmond, women's persons will not be safe.'' Thes scenes are verified. They aro true 1 saith the Examiner. This last was addressed . by the commanding General of the yankee array Grant and thus we are assured that when be enters Richmond, all the acts fore shadowed in the nefarious programme of Danlgren, are to be par formed. Rapine, lust, slaughter, conflagration are to bo let loose like unleashed hell-honnds, to rage and rint when "woman's persons will not be safe.' It is well for us to ponder on these things. There is yet among some, a delusive hope, reaching back by a feint, brittle hold on some possible restoration of union with our ene , mies. These are not they who utter their s thoughts,?rjut keep them locked in, coramit ; ting treason upon their own hearts. There are yet others some base, craven, ; cowards, afraid to look the coming future in the faee ; others, ambitious demagogues, who ; would barter soul, country, family all for j aggrandisement, and hope to save it by sacri- firing to the foe. J And yet others arrant sympathizers with" i our invaders who have never felt a loyal pulsation towards our Government ; who hope disaster may enable the eneuy to reach and shake hands with them. All these clasRes are to be found in that family 0 Rahab the Harlot, of which we spoke a feV days since, aud about which we hate every reason to believe the Government j will take speedy action. They are they who would have shown out tbe "scarlet thread, or raised a brother's cry of distress." Depraved and wicked traitors, and most deceived and deluded people are they. It is notorious, and it to the credit of the yankee who is entitling hfcselftobut little, that he citemns aad despises the betrayer, and the spy, and the pilot. He avails himself of his base instrumen tality, but loathes and hates the tool ; and when his service is at an end, he never fails to receive a more bitter and more des tructive punishment. Of this class, rery few, only such as Andrew Johnson, Brown taw, and thoao who are still needed, are per- cf our compieteaui prrpeiuai separation u independence. When wa undertook 4.hs chief editjrial management, of ta Confederate, tba public miud was in -a state of anxiety and itlarm. A series of peace meetings, "runnirfg through a portion of the past sumnisr, had wrought a naot injurious influence on the public mind Misleading the pcwnle from a relianro upon the Government which is and can be tbe only resort fojr peace, on any right or safe terms, or indeed ou any triB3 at all and causing them to look to some undefined and ilgitimnte source for etfectiug this object. Men sprung up every where, politicians and demagogues, whose hands with a musket in. them would have done more, to accomplish a peace than their heads are ever likely to and thesa men for the mere sake of parly, and personal ad vantage, gulled and deluded the people with tbe idea that the war could be brought to a close by soma action which thy described under the figureof "holding thsolive branch;'' but not one of them let go an idea at all prac ticable; not one did say, or have yet said how by what rneans it what manner, or through what probable or possible instrumen tality the enemy could be approached, or tns offered, or negotutions obtaiaed. Thc3e.inen charged, at the same time, that the Government had done noihing, attempted, uothing, to procure peace ; and some of them wnt so far as to declare that the Presideat of the Confederacy did not defciro peace, tut a prolongation of tbe war ; and the most, bitter invective, abuse and villifioation were Utapcd on our Goverameht aad its repfe?eatalives, while fccarce a isproach was tittered against the enemy. Ia tho meantime, tbe advocatea of the cause remiiadad the psopie of ths utter impracticability of auy such iilegal, unwise and ill-timed movements. It ws shown how tLat the Preside at had availed himself of three iceixrng opportunities for the offering of nego tiations, aad all had been rejected with con tumely and insult. It was also tbown how that Gjngrete, at every sesaioa, and tho Presi iJeat ia every message, had indicated au araeat desire for peace ; and how that Lin coln, bis Coagress, bis pres, his political com- L ven lions, and the whole north, except a very SVaall minority, wholly powerless to perform a political act, had declared, and continued to declare, that there should be no peace, except upou our submisbioa ; aad were still proceed ing to levy armies to devastate our territory are wers still legislating to confiscate our property and attack our liberties and lives. Aud thus matters stood wh.'ti.tlie aew Coa grea met. Aad now where is tha pa6tbt was promised ? We as'kthe people of John ston county, where ia the peace that Dr. Leach told them last fall Would ba forth coming which they were to find at the spring when they went for water, if only u were lected ? He was elected, aod others like him hot quite so muh so as be, but of the &mf stripe and what has he w.hit have j they done, to get pace t promote peace to advaucc it auiota? Why nothiujr. Dr. I3ith introduced a string ot resolutions, that were promptly tabled, which were regarded as ridiculous and absurd, by the wisdom aad character of the house ; and were put aside some of the tii?mber$ voting against laying on the table, only oat of a decent regard for tho feelings of the mover, who, ia spile of all his nonsense, and wo fear a good deal of derna-. gogueir-m and much disloyalty, is entitled to more respect than others of his kidney; for ho has thedoifged pluck to back his opinions, which 1 a quality to -b respected. Ana there this peace humbug ended out f North Carolina. A manifesto,, proper in ts terms, dignified in its tone, and embodying true peace ideas, was introduced, and pasted in secret session. It is said Dr. lieach voted agf.inst it but this is not important. It passed, and the enemy have again been told that we are ready, willing, anxious for peace eager t negotiate and only wait the mo ment when they will hold out the least pros pect that an offr would be accepted. Since the passage of this manifesto, two political conventions have met in the North, to nominate candidates for the Presidency. Oue has nominated John U. Fremont ; the other Abe . Lincoln. Both have announced the determination to prosecute this war until the Federal Government exercises its rule over the whole South. Vet, in face of all this, the pitiful, shameful, injurious cry of peace, is put up from week to week in this town, by two papers the cry however it is believed of one voice to the disgust of the patriotism and intelligence of the Confederacy, and the contempt of the yankees. From day to day the people continue to be surfeited with this sort of stuff: "Mr. Holden is the only peace candidate." Yet the 44 peace candidate " this " self-nominated " on the " shortest road to peace," won't condescend to accept an In vitation to go out and tell the people how he will get peace (or them. But when he ie in vited, and the people want to know what plan ho proposes to secure peaee, oh, no, says he, I can't come. Be quiet you will become oxcited you must not ba harangued lor votes." Fortunately for the people, one of his plans has been thoroughly exposed his Convention scheme, to go out of the Confede racy. Had this succeeded, the State aow would have been in tbe agonies of a double war. From this, Mr. Holden has been saved. eitght to be grateful. He Thc Lnst Governor's Election. In his lat issue Mr. Holden says : "Two y tars ago, this VanTfc Cpl.UeRae . deliverrtl a violent harangue to Lb leginierit.ajaiast Gov. Varte." 4 - 7 . . ' ' Wb might apply to this statement the same force of contradiction that .the 0ohse9live does to Mr. Hohten's charge against iuf being bought; but we are uot k disposed. Wheu the day cornea for a personal reckoning be tween Mr. Holden and Cd.McRae, the public wiil not be troubled with the controversy. But Mr.: Holden in whollrTrrfsfafcert. Co!- McRae made no harangue of any sort against Gov. Vance ; nur did he ever mako a political speech in his regimeut ; nor did he ever state to a half dt.xeo privates in hia command how he was goiug to voUj. Tho vote of his regi ment was wholly uninfluenced by CoJ. McRe. Ncr did he ever have a punishment inflicted ou hie men calculated to h amble or degrade them. There were one or two Irishmen -in his regiment who' were good, baave soldiers but they would get drunk scjoeumes,' and were obstreperous They vfere sometimes bucked; but. they wre generally turned over for treatment to their captains. If Mr. Heiden had been in Col. McRaeM command, it is rot improbable that he would have been obliged to buclc him frequently ; but he would have done so with reluctance, for the gtod of o " the regimeut. Wherever Mr. Uuldeu finds a private soldier, of tho old Fifth, he will find a friend to Col. McRaa and he would not ex change the kindly regar tsihat his soldieral have for him, for any office that North Car; him r,r anw .111- tliar lrlh I'or. olina could bestow "ambitious" as Mr. Hoi den considers him. Personalltlts. We knnw it is very hard jfor any cne with the instincts of a geatleniaa, to bear a personal inrult- and we know on the other, hand how much of license the public expects to be al lowed. to. a pre5S.. ' All criticisms of a . public msn conveyed ia decorous langttag, about his conduct, in reference to puhlic affairs, is fair matter of dicussioa... When the discussion- goes beyond fais, and epithets are applied peraor.atiy offensive ia their aature, the legit imacy of -discuasion is broken ; or when oven in a public matter, a man's integrity as a fiscal agent, or his courage as aa officer in military service, is questioned other thao by a duly constituted tribunal, it ia at the hazard of the party calling this in question, and he ought to hold himself answerable. Jf he does thon the party assailed has choice of remedies. But it an Editor offers thi kind of personal injury, and from conscientous scruple or other cause wiil refuse persoual satisfaction ; and so offers his insult that legal redress may not be obtained, or if obtained would not be compen satory ; then there is but oue other step. In such case, a citizee loving the law, and anxious to avoid its violation, will lorbesr as peg as possible. He will note the public sentiment, and defer to it ; and will only act when char acter aad outraged feeling compel it. Thus acting, he will wake a successful appeal to the public, that the consequences are not with him ; and when the peace of society is neces sarily broken, ho will not be to blaato. . 0 Inother Proposition. Mr. Holden has been speaking lately of our "love of money '' that we have been " bought," and 14 have a master." - Now we do not 44 pretend " to a love of the dear peo ple. It is uot our vocation to pretend ; but we (the senior) desire to test this money ques tion. We propose that Mr. Holden shall have, with two others whom we shall name, the opportunity of a full investigation- of all we have rcoeived, or are to receive, from the State, by our late busioses inEurnpe ; and whatevertho same is found to be, (except that for which we show a voucher as an article o necessaries purchased for our family,) we pro pose to give it to Trustees for the benefit of mutilated soldiers of North Carolina provi ded Mr. Holden will give a like aum dollar for dollar. If this proposition is accepted, the iavsat ment can be made in a week. The Six Per Cent Bnds. The long ad vertised sale of Six Per Ceut. Bonds, from tax able and the coupons receivable in pay of ex port and import duties, took place at Colum bia, S.C., on Tuesday last. Ocly $6G5,000 of the oonds were sold at prices ranging from 150 to 135. The drawback to the sale was the want of money. If the debts due to tbe public had been paid previous to the sale, or the conditions thereihad allowed orders to he drawn on thj Treasury Department by those to whom the Government was indebted, the Columbia South Carolinian expresses the opin ion that probably a million 'more would have been realized. Rather a graphic description of the tiee which bind Mr. Holden to the Conserva tives: Artemu3 Ward In an affecting account of his courting with 4' Betsy Jane," Arternus Ward says : 44 There were many affectin' ties which made me hanker after Betsey Jane. H-r father's farm jined ourn ; their cows and ourn squenched their thirst at the same spring ; our old mares had stare on their fi.r reds ; the mea-les broke out In both families at nparly the same time ; our parents (Betsey Jane's and mine) slep regu'arly every Sun-, day in the same meetin' house, and the na bors used to observe, How thick the Wards and Teasels air 1' Itwas a sublime sight in the spring of the year to see pur several moth ers (Betsey's and mine). with tbeir.gowns pin ned up so thaMhey couldn' sile 'em, affec shunitely billinr soap together and aboosing tbe nlbtiTa." That miserable renegade, Andy Johnson, came very near losing his "light" in Nashville the other day. A drunken yankee officer fired at him with a pitol, the ball grazing the akin aod going through his coat. North Gabolina. Puwonf.ik. A Lttcr .from Lr. G.tCorheit; O Ifi,. 18th N C. T., dated Fortress Monroe, M-ly 10 h. 18tl, tivt the following list of the cfliccrs of tr.at Itegi ment then with -fct.'Owbett at Fortress M "n. roe ; Capts Letvis and W oten, Lieuts. ' r bett, Elkm, Rowland,"; Townsced, Frink. 1 1 11 tosh and Ballard, and Sergeant M jr Mitchell. Lt! Corbf-tt t.is 1 nunti r.s ii .id dition, tho following members of r U C.ntp.o.y whom hehassren: Hergt. J. F. Croi. O r. p ral Pete rf on, Privates I). Ma'(fs.N. L:.v-isL-BriMwi, W. Jit'tier, C. J. Piul, X. Miller,- J. Woodcock, . J. PulWd, M. G. Sudth, W. H. Brnbil!, C. T. n .-r, "u is slightiv wounded. Dalian Marha.l of lh 30tb is a'30 alou. An eitrnet fr-ui u letter fn-tn Lieut -Co'. Win. M. Purvey, 3d N. C. infrairy. d tici LJ. S. Steamer " Utica,' May loth." 'iv; s t) m : folloving mmes as with hiui, uniiurt ,. eti route for Fort Delaware. New .'Hanover nptna CtntwtU :,nd Cowan of the 3 , Lc.iisof the 18:h, Mvii.n of the 7th: Lieuts. Pickett, Mrt.'h iny ,c 1 Crapon of tbe 3d, Frank Mitchell. lSlri. OhsloW Maj'. Eunetr, Lieuts. St IHv, King. Gurganus of the 3d, and Henderssn. Cumberland Capt. Home, Lts. M-iiii'tUnd Anderson. Beaufort C4pt. St're and Lvnr. Borrow. Greene Lieuts. Dardcn and Lane. Bladen Lieut. Lvoo. a . Rndoph Lieut. Loudtrmilk. Vu.'mli j ton Journal. Clinomas's Bbigapf: Tna 51st Reoi mi:nt. Sineo the 12th of My tbi gallant North Carolina brigade has shared to .s -a general engagements, viz: at S.rift Ctvvk, May 12: Drcwry's Binff. Mav If): t-arn. i.'mv' May 16; Bermuda Hundred, M iV 2'.; (,.:, MJ f h Pce, dun- 1; iW.;. In. . . .. . ' suffered heavily. Of the lare I.sM,f thrt brigade mentioned in Gen. C inman's l?t i r published in t'rr Ofccrvtr some fUys...a full share has fallen to the 61st regin'evtfc .l. Hooter McKrthan, ctmposed entirely oi com panies froai this Hctmo: the 8;.Ve. " Twent twoof its ofjjcrts Jiavc Ivcn k'.IIkd, wo-jrided or captured. Of the enlisted men have been kilhd. 225 wounded, aad 143 eaot;mI. The galUnt fellows havo won a j.r u.d rt-ror 1, but at hravy co.-tt in blood and suturing. A letter fr.m Gen. Ciiogmao giej t i Col. McKelban (wounded in tho face) and his fcrave ifgirnent, and to Lieut. Col. W. S. Din ano (also wounded) and a detachment ot the ilt, the glory of the victory which saved IV: burg on Friday Ut. :4But fr tliir v and energetic action' On. Ciingiia'o .,iis, 4,Peter.sburg would have fallen. Two biigu-.i gave way on our right, and but that ourbn gade stootl firm and kept up the light Jo r.-nr hours, alcne and unaided, againt what w; now know to - have been two eutiw corps of the yankee array, all would have been lost. The brigade not only held its own lines, but drove tbe enemy out of the vacant line on our right apd kept them hack until 11 o'clock at night, when they were re-ocenpiei by other tin p. I know of no ueh fisiht during this war ui a Jo -by any brigad.'' Fttv. Ob. Lincoln's New Platform. The first resolution demands the supprrs sioa of the rebellion by ferce of arm. Tho second declares agaiust any compromise with armed rebels, except upon the condition pre cedent of their uucooditional surrender. The third insists that .slavery be utterly extirpated from the soil of the United S'ate, c.tlis for a constitutional amendment to th-u rd. Ti?e fourth thanks ur soldiers and suitors At their gal'ant and glorious service. The fifth approves tho coure uirsu'd by L:nc hi, including his emancipation pr Un.ati n, enlistment of negro soldiers, tc. The fixh calls for harmony in the councils of the nd '.i:i istration, and approve those officials w h .-at-ntimen's and conduct are in lull a.-coi I vrith the valiant measures of tho dmioifra tion. The seventh demands full protection to the soldiers f the Union without regard to color: The eighth declares in far.r of t.reigu iOmigration. The ninth goes for a Pacific railroad. The tenth pleges the national faith for the redemption of the public debt. The eleventh declares, f the maintenance of tho Monroe doctrine. The above platform for the govern nvr.t of Lincoln was unanimously adopted by the Baltimoro Gnivendon. There can ie n compromipB with armed rebels unconditional surrender is necessary to negotiation. Woo in prepared for this? Are the so-called peace raon of North Carolina prepared to advocatu this doctrine of unconditional surremVr?to caT. up-n oariroops to throw down their arms and uorrshtinglj submit to the terms of this platform? . Compromise oun le had on no other terms. Slavery is to be utterly extir pated. The rebellion is to bo Mippis'-d by force of arms This is Lincoln pi ith-rm. Fremont s is the same with one exception. His platform calls for the confirm tio?i .f Southern property after wo are sutotig red. We will do him the justice to say thai he re pudiate. this plank of his platferm. These terms may suit Holdn an 1 his clan, who go for the best teims thev can oet. but they wil not suit the pople of North Caro lina. Wadesbbro- Argus. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Ashe County. Superior Court of Law, Spring Term ISO 4. John C. Plnmner 1 Original Attachment. Ralph Iilcvim. It appearing to the eatisfactien ofthe Court that the dtleadant Ralph Blevina is not with. t jurudiction of this Court : It is ordered that pah- iiciiiuii oe mwc in me wecKir UOBje'ltratt to iix weeks, coamsndinjr the laid defendant to be and apprar at tbe next term of the Superi-r Court J aw to be held for the county of Ash-, at the Court Hoase ia Jefienon, oa the 4th Moartar after the 4th Monday i- August ntat, then and there to plead and replevy iu the taid caus-, oth-rwiw tieal jareraeat will be rendered agiin.t him. Witnena E. C. Bartlette Clerk of taid C art at office the 4th Moadav after the 4th xbicdar ii February, 1864. E. C. BARTLETE, C. ti. C. JuDe29w6t' TO THE CITIZENS, SOLDIERS AND RT FUOEES Or PASQUOTAXE COUXTT.' WE are authorized to aaaoaace GEO. W. HIN'TOX, a candidate to , regreseat Pa quotank county ia the next Heaie of Ceaaaom. a le-M-atwAwf TO THI T07KRS OF CBiTEN COCNTT. FELLOW CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS: I anuoaaee myself a eaadidate for r-electia to the Keoate for the next Terra of oar Legisla tare. Dariag the pait Term, I hate endearored to 4ueharp mr duties faithfully, aad aceer"mg to mj ability. I thank yo for the honor yea have heretofore doue aie, aad hope to merit yoar eoatiaaed confideaee aad au-rport. Tour Obt 8evvt, jaaeU HlHlto NATHAN WIHTFORD. WAKE COTJlTTy. THE SHERIFFALTY. We are authorized and requested to announce W. H. HIGH, Esq., as a candidate for re-eltetioa to the office of Sbtriff, at the election ia AnguaL ju 17-tde-dAvr BCOK AND JOB WORE Veoilx WBunod a4 THIS OFFICII;
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