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4 ." ! C"7, O 4 sr. r ' - X -V rX1 r. f4 : IV. r , x - - - 1 3. TTAP:Sls : : : Kditbr. yedrioday4'Jaxi'x57 lb, lfaU7. i ' i - STJK2IkitY CP ISWS. ? The London 2Vm, in-its editorial .Tan. 1, predicts that thtj new year will lu one of general peace. Napoleons spjjech on isew a ears aay pr0pty of thej United States, that he had to the diplomatic corps expressed a wish j coa-ru:ptiy interfered - in elections- and was for peace and eonciliation.Hhe stability oflj Qf other high crimes and misde- thrones and the prosperity oi w A. T. Stewart of New ork, is. ahout business. He is worth rri Sin! The U. S. Senate has passed the bill for negro MiflYage ir the District of Colirmhia, over the President by a vote of '29 to 10, and the House bjf 'a votc of 113 to 38, II isr nftw a law. On Jan. 10, the Virginia AsscmWy rc jeeti'd the Const itiilirtnal Amendment, by a nanimous vote in the 'Senate, and with solitary a43irmative in the lower Ilouee-r Oi Mr. 1j;wi5, uiLc;i levrate from Fairfax. ' Richnio'iiS Examiner is 5i?posed to ftadi very little importance to, ihe reso- .'lution for impeaching the President, offer- ' ed by Mr. Ashlev, of Ohio, anfT adopted by a vote pi 108 Kepreseutatiye., ,ofrf!qniry b'r,Ia to o m the liouse oi and tliiiTksilttc resolujon safe and cojtwnienl insult "istratc. It is not con- to the Chief Ma tern plated t o go bey ond a report perltaps and jt is doubtful whether even '-this step Will be ventured upon. V ' ;' The stock of cotton on hand, in- New jYork issllmateh at 105,0(10 kiles. ; y Tie iJonwti'.utio-ual r Amendment "'was rejected, on the 8th inst., by the Kentucky Legislature, in tlje Senate, b a xpiv. of 24 to 7, and, in the House, by axvete of f2 to 26..'' . ' ": ' , v- The Atlantic Hotel in Norfolk,-'one of the - finest south' -o! troyel by fire on tl The New Y irk Baltimore, was des e merhing of -the. 8th. Tr Prune, Tirnes, and Ilcral i. are opposed to the iinpcachmeiit -of the President. !i t . , , . TTicre is a report that President Gefiiird. of Ilavti,' has been poisoned. . The oil in a full barrel of petroleum is !-nv worthless tlian the' barrel containing it. Guise overjsvu'vlv. During the month of December, 0. CCS - 1 T : emigrants arrived at" .. Castle-' Garden, ' mostly irom Liverpool. j ? Charles Giudot, tlie inrent or of the "Bel gian pavement,' has contracted to; rep ive .Broadway, New York, from the Battery to Fourteenth stre-ct. at a eost.of $:M2,000. :' .General Sheridan is said, to be about to . lead to the altar one of Louisiana's fairest ' daughters. ; , r ' - j " . " - ' .'" I -. Tlie little" French Prince Imperial sp'eaks tlT!O.J'.i"tjl'i ! ... ..... . .. A London noon was turned to midnight v- a fcr, on the 20th .ultimo, V-. ' j . i ; There are more than a Hundred miles oj good sleighing inHhe streets of Boston A pev in a Boston church sold recently for $5,400. Tliree hundre: divorces were srrante'd in Chicago, during - .It is said lhat a divorce was never grant- ed in South Carolina. Sciircelv an villi else can better indicate the Jtrue character of a people. . - " The New York WorltVs denuition of a very liberal body is George peabody. The New Yirk IVatchman ha. suspend ed pablicaiion fur wart of funds. The exat-t mini her of Confederate dead rji.'ied in, the vicinity-of the various cam r;s in Ohio, lias b&en ascertained to be 2,007. . Direct "tiade between Norfolk and .Eu rope has been estahlishel, and the steamer I azilian was to Isail on Thursday for Liv erpool. ; The nine Northern Methodist ' Bishops held their annual, uitetingv in New. rirk last week, and arranged for sixty confer enees: y The missionary contribufons of that lody amouuled last year nearly to ry?1 U(l U is expected that the Cosite nary gifts will amount to $5,000,000,. .iff Francevixx that iu ho case will the the, French .government iTNider the .-yl, ;.iPynj tne ev t:on of 31exicohy the 1st orrcinV 1 a iv'4i.ivii uti-T iianiui;cii V. Vr. Jll'lil-- ' piinger, the late Confederate Secretary of tlie Treasury - A son ol Albert Sydpey Johhspn has' been elected professor of history and En glish literature in Gen. Lees college. (ien.vDix has arrived in- Paris, and been presented to theEuiperor. '," V , The North Carolina Easiness Director v, , a work highhval uable to eveVy 'business and professional man iu the State, has just ' Ixeeti issued byIessrs Branson tfc-Farrar, Raleigh. Price, $1.00, . , V i The condemned Fenians have been sent to the Kingston penitentiary for a twenty . years? term. Mr. Seward's request fof their trial papers has been reiWsed The iron ero wn oi Lombard v is shortly to resume, its place in Vlouza Catheofral. JThe l estitutirTn is t beatlended with some pomp. When the Prefect-of Milan shall have announced the day fixed for it, a high court functionary will; be despatched to "Mortaa to be present t it, ; Th. jlllPEACHZEEKT Or TELE 1 1 On the 7th mt.,in the U. S. House of Representatives, Mr. Ashley, of OluoVin- jtroduced a resolution impeaching Andrew I Johnson , Viec -President and acting Presi f aDt Spf the TJnhd States, cif : higgcfimcs. Sand misdemeanors., in that i hrt narirtwl ppver anil violated i Ws, that he had made corpipt nse of the appointing power, the pardoning pow:er andtbe vetopower, that be had corrupt Jy disposed of the public ;)rneahors. rI he resolution mstruets the Committee ,on the .Tudiciary: to inqnire 'whether, in the dipchargc of his power and duties, Andrew Johnson, Vice-Presi dent and acting President of the United States, was guilty of acts. designed to 'sub vert the Government of the Uiiited States, or Any department thereof, and whether he ha been gnjlty of -such acts as in lawjry we recird as the parents of man r of woni., e uenprriiBateu mgn crimes auu miS(Temeanorsvhit;h required the lntr position of the House, ami that tho Com mittee have power to send foh persons and papers." - ir ;, T ;. A Presidential impeachment is an alto gether rinpreeedehted and a very solemn precedure. The Constitution of the United States declares ' (Art. 1, Sec. .2) 'that the House ot' Representatives shall have the sole j towcroP im peacnm errr. Tirnr rAr. T Set?, ti) that' the Senafe shall Jiave the sole ipower to try all impeachments. . By Art. 12, Sec. 4, tlie persons made "liable to im penchment, are the president, the vice- president, and all ch il officers of the Unit ed States. Tlie odences for w4iich a sruilt v .'person may he impeached are Art. 2, Sec. 4) 'trcaNon, bribery, and other high crimes ad misdemeanors." Art. 3, Sec. - 8, de Haras that "treason against the United IStates shall consist -only in levvinsr war against theiii, or in adhering to their , ehe mies,j giving them aid and comfort. This would, seem to be a ivery clear, uehnition &f 'treason;" but the House and Senate, being so well qualified to ma'i? biack white, and white black; may make the defi nition embrace vhat?v-er they please, r.n& they iviiat ue at 'perfect liberty to t del ermine t-rimes and misdemeanors.1' The method C'f procedure is laul down' bv the latest : i - - K ; $nlhorities, as follows: ; A .'resolution is otrared,. by" sr.ie . 'member of it ho House vhariijg ihe party to te - iir.peashed with 91s -supposea ouenea, ami . eu ner- qemarm ihig at' nee his iinpoachmeut, or, what is n:(jre cbmmon, provtiiing.for a committee 6t inquiry. li'tlie '"rsjolu.tKm 13 passed by Jhs llosise, aud it a eommiitce cl inquiry l'i ordered ,'vVho report adversulv to, th iceuedy tnd in iayor of f.n '.1m it;ahrnfeul, i r'i-'. r - - .. i?nvl4thelr report is adopted, a coinmitiee tt,e ame ornnotrr) iJi mfirrfrWti dematid that -that body make due pro-vision for the triaLand inlorm the ?Seimte that articles' of imjeac.imeTif 'will be piOared iyVthe " House and exhibited " biifore the enatle. .The same or another committee is intrusted to prepare articles of impeach-' meiit which, being reported to the Konce, aul ajiproved by fhem, are .transmitted to the t'iiate, by a ; committee who are ap pointed to conduct the trial on the. part of the Ilouae, arid who arc usually styleJ;the managers of ;theimpeachraent. - Vnc pro-; cess summoning the accused then issues Ii om fhe- Senate, and is serve! by their serge;mt-at-arihs ; and on theday therein, appointed, the Senate resoh es itself into a i onrtj. of impeauhmeutj all the Senators behig sworn to tlo justice accor4ing to the Cpnstituii'on and the laws. The person thus impeaclied is then eaik;d upon to. ap pear ami answer. If he makes default, the Senate proceeds ex parte (ne-s:deli v.) If' - i .. . . ' . . A ', .... , - - he appears and dcrjes the charfjes, and juts himself on trial (and he may appear liv attorney.) an issue is formeil, and atime i appointed for the trial, whichthereatter prot eeds according to law aui.usage,a;id much ! trials. in the same wav as common judicial If any 'Question' ; arise among the Senatpr, vvlib now act'as judges, they , are considered with closed idoors, and are de cideddiy yeas and nays 'and only the de eLsionjis ma-Ie public. LArt. l,iSec. 2, Constiththm, Mv iK-s7 uhit no ' pei s of rsim stall le -convicted without tlie concurrence 4 o f t w o-thirds of the m embers. In the present meaHre. tlie Radicals are once more doing all fn their power to originate' desolating' continental revolt) tiom and in case , ihev are iuccesstul. we teel perfectly assured that they themselves will sutler it-iheaviest .disasters." Divine vjngearice Will not slumber I forever; the Sword of instice will shortly descend in OTerwhelming dismay and 1 ruin to the peoide that delight in war. God hath not forgotten to be gnujions such a thouglit is? our! infirmity, hut we! should renieinlker the vears and the works of the right hand ot the . Illis Most High. f purpose shall stand, and He will do all His hol'VVx pleasure. ' ! Nothing is truer than that "pride; goeth heiore destruction, arid a haughty spirit before a iall.?, !A large number of Chinanicn are to be imported to Work on the Central Pacific T -1 .1 ' F ' f i - . . I This is the we K. O our :onnt v co jurt, and notwustandihg the unfavorableness of the weather, i onr citizens have come to town, in great numbers. The legal gentle men in. attendance are jMpssrs Asa Bigg?,, J. G. Oartaway, Henry Gilliam, Jos. j J. Margin, J MM win Moore', William Moore, R. Stnbbs, Jos. T, Waldo, S. YV. Watts, A.' S: Williams! P. IL Winston. A considerable jamoimt of business has lieen 'tram icted J arid the .very efficient 6f3 :era of the Iconrt succeeded in accoirtplish- ing the cxfminal docket in a single dav. We take Occasion, to congratulate our pec pie upon the small number of distnrbances and the general prevalence of- peaceful in dustrial habits among them. In consider ing the fesrftrL condition of some sections even of onr cin State, we cannot but es teem ourselves highly fortunate to live in the tliidst of hso quiet 1 and law-abiding a commnnity, as we do. Peace and Jndns- the sweetfst temporal blessings. Mav they continue to prjevajl,' until our desolav e4 fields rod jhomes once more rejoice and blossom as. tna rosc. ' '7. v ; ' LAST NINETY DAYS OF THI3 TAH. AVe present, in another column, some extracts from! the eoneludirr chapter and appeiidix of this interesting and v aluable wciial Isaf!-. writteii!) by lhj.: Cornelia and with Me assistance of Hon. DaS'id L! Swain, L. L. D'.i thledistinguished and;1 worthy President of our State University. - Upon a careful penpal, we have been much Im- '. ' " ,1. V . ",H'. ' V ' . .... . i pressed by toe torce, truttmilness, and au thenticity oft the enu re narrative. ' No where else liave we seen so correct and - til j -i j . .-n satisSactory an neemmt of . the! closimr scenes of the late fearful strtirrnie in North Carolina, j Miaabpeiicer has succeeded! in exhibit ing'-a v e ry i aith t ul reeor d of those sad and -eventful (lavs. The interests of truth Seem torbquire that sik vohrmes should be procured and ;-pi the instruction. oi the present . erntioris.- : 1 . . ; ! ".' ' i ; ' t- . XJniverkitv of "NortliiOai . . rpi ' t .Lil.'ii ".I," rir "i"' -f ary sfruggleuthe very timejwhena super Hcialt obf;eri er wold . havie thought it enough fip ihe peoplc;to got bread to eat and clothes to wear, our lar-eeing patriots whoknew well that without education no state become great, .aftil jtiiat the weak er we wc'e'physicaily the niore need there Was 'for ttiu-llectunj force and. power to enable us to maintain our stand'among the nations tiiese wise men i projected and laid the foundations of a State literary in- Stit:!tjtn, which, uncontHdled and uncon-taminated.- by party politics, br! religiods oy party ponucs.. or re l)!(;ou es, shculd be an honor and a benefit o tbe corniponwealui - through all tu- tare geuciatiion. ! txeiferal ' IJlavie may lion in the State at-that time manifested aJ deep and cordial interest in its establish- MofToT my! tenders are sufiicientl v fam iliar withMiehistory of the State" to be aware jthC be tore the Revolution, the rnoihecojintry would.) peTniit nil)! college, or mii v ersity r school to be etahlish&?l bU upon certain conditions utterly repug-' naiit tiff .tprihcjp'les : of U civil land I religious tfhertvr The charf er of Queen's Coilene. ounty... (the college, town, and ,-couiity, all three being namer fin lovai corepument to his queen.) sallowe by f George becaus tltfin members; of the Establisbeil was d olhei Churc! i of England were -appointed anion' (he trustees. This act of t vrannv did mon- to aro ise thprevoliutifmary ispiritydian the Stamp 'Act and all other causes combined. The iin')ney tliat belonged to the 3ommon Schuo iund w as sqhamleredIiy thre mother couwtry 111 the erection ofa palace lor the r(al ;berQor-r-the mostsplemld efiiice at the time Otiitho IcontiiienrJ And at.'tKi ciose 01 ine .war loriuuejienpence, so im poverished was thejeountry that the iQen. eratiAfieembly do'old-' coiitribute nothing towartljtlie estHblishment oi tlie Universe tyf bevond endowing it with jdoubtihl itebts, cscheats, antl derelict" property- So that ifptiil had not been giyen from private sources, it would never liave struggled into existence'''- 'Atjtbe first'J meeting ; of, the trustees, Colonel Benja m 1 nv.Sini t h, the aid -decamp of General Washington and snb sequeuf Guvetnor ot the fetate, made a donation oi twenty thousand acres ; ot Cliiclikasaw lands. Major Charles Girard, who 1 ud serittd throughout , the perils'ot t in,- i t , j ,ix ntapt- God,i idopteii the newly-born Unh'ersity. and bestowed on it property supposed to be equal in value to iorty thousand.dollars. General Thomas I'eison, the old chief o I the . Regulators, gave in cash ten f hundred anu . tr entyfi ve dollars to the completion of one ot the JmildingSj.this was tbe largest dish; 'donation ever received by the Uni versity; and Girard Hall, Person Hail, and iSjmith. Hall, preserve in their names tle graterul feniembrance 6t' the earliest and most munificent patrons of the instt-J tution. ; It is a striking evidence of theyf povervy 01 ine mnes inai ine jaaies 01 me- - I ; r - : - - .- - i S . ' Jt chiercut v city of IS ortk-Carolina were' able to present only a quadrant in token of their ladies Of Raleigli avsmall pair of globes. In 1795,' theTfirst -stuilent arrived, and irom that day to this the whole course ot the University has been pne of great and steadilys ine easjhg reputation and useful ness. .pr. Josepti Caldwell wa$ president from" 1 4.6 to l?i5, (withj the exception ot four years, when Rev. Ir. Chapman pre sided,) hen thej Hon. Djtvid L. Swain was appointed his iHueceysof, and he still re- mains at hejiead, tho oldest college! presi- m BAT Wit l' :w TUMI I'Tl'.TIIUriltJTI Tl IT 1 ' 'i ft i T T tf-v- It V - wfe . I V-1 ' time when all our istate 'interests lavirrts!' um-Aii n.e . .. . v .y. . ""rvj-w'j J -El., x -Ji iTl.: riL. irate and ftanstod irrim fhU rlfiivnhTt.lrtaltte.r. t -'a j dent in the United StrTS, and xtue of I i?tjs, and .one of) the: It fea remarkable fact. I mvM successful. and onjbj strongly illustrative of the icon- j servatijj tone of our society, and of jour North-Cprolhi: people in general that for j tbo long ! pericjd of seventy years there I have been virtually iimt two presidents' that two! of the senior professors have re-j received the first distinction During his mained for forty' years each, one of them t college life, arid throughout the whole of occupying the same ehair'for that-whole ? his brief but brilliant career, he was as con period. A A not her professor has heltli 1ii$ I spicuous for IiU fidelity to duty aa' for' his chair for) twenty:eight i years, anothe fo-1 inteljectual attaiomexits. : He, too, was., to twenty-lpur, another for seventeen years. ' have conseeMed-his rare gifts to the min I doubt jf any tollcge lift th.-coiintrj)! can'; istrj of the Cliurclw lie ieil, while leading show a similar records Durins the! five 4 charge on the enemvV works', ten miies years imtnediatply prcceiling the war; the: average number oi students was, about four hundred pnd twenty-five-a li nnmher ihan was registered at any similar j institution .in the Union except Yale. "' The average receipts lor tuition exceeded twenty tho.usand dollars per annum ; and ; wyivi ciicuiHsuuwu uicn , pruiiaiuy, ; pa fail e in American colleges. ;that! with a meagre endowment, the rauriifieent ; a graduate of ,159, bearing away the high patronage of the public enabled the an- i est lionors, died in 'Chapel Hill of a decline thonties oi the institution to make, perraar s grounds anji additions1 to the library iand "I ncm. iinproveinetus me eiBceS;ana i apparatus, amounting ih value, as exhibited j nndWual, his energy of, character very mark by the rportaf of. tlie trusteQs, o the um 1 4 In tastes eS schelarly and his attain of more- than ahnndred thousand dollaLr! mentav extensive' ami accurate. Alwavs Thiswijij; ellVctedsby -skillttil-finaticieing, lacultv have 4been authorized-itd receive J anu fy.ivug- ine jiacmiy .very moue.rate f rAqver was a wnisper ui . repioacu.- or ecu i, salaries, liind is . a p strikmg. , least .of fTorth- Carolina thriltfad; caj-efnli j Liutetiant I. Royster, : of Raleigh, was management. Since 1837,' mordoyerjl tel one; bf ; the graduates of. the UnU ersity n-it.hrVn-t eb'arrrfl for "turtioff . nrj-onm-entl.iii'W' L ltv..:fn!ifof tho eidKth of 1K00 totv native ot thb State liossed fit vthe i annuallv have. . availed i.lcmselves, of j . -. -f this n ilege, j and. these have in Tininerot s in- j stam-es won the highest honors oti the ' Utiiverspt oiid atta'uied rtke-'dist1'n'6tin n the various walks ot lite. Two remai!lable ca-seH otj this character! presented luiing the lipis!siyn oilfhe proposition to extend temporary relief jto the University in the last;. General .'Assembly; must!- be freh in the remembrance of nvtny of iriy readers. In add itlph t6 the beneficence oil thislgen - eral ordinance, the two, LiterarV Societies " ? - air : j-V. - i- T . . J..X. a -I 6f the institution! Jiave eacl annuallv trayeti tpe entire xpenses ot one or more tbeneficiaries, dulling tVie,time referred I to, !ie.xeu;iscrvice-.;ana occupy pos:tton.s oi l .mircnsna ustiuhiess which olier the Hrcnnp;' ust;iuhiess which oner the - t-mifSirr.,PMi'nt to nerspvrnno in fc""-b - '5,nfnsRt.ioa. I An - aivonnt' enirpnt 1 .1 TT i.L J" ! uinversiiY lor century, Will show . tfiel3mo!tmtj b tlie tuition and rbomr-reiit 01 those iactious cessOf ail support ueriTeu iroffl 'ine nuuiic ani-nori- ; ties. Nay, more, (that! these suiiis, added reouisiic eimu nieniij, uatu.iai ouu accraireti.-: trt many resnecit a i ciuui nuuib whose eir'cniiristanoes rhjivmake :nniM l as- ''t.elleletnaliv one. of the most sistance necessary.' Alout ten voimglmen Vmeri who ever left these v halls.; young men, adaen to tJie pene- j more freely - dispensed, priae 01 stat u yas the) Societies, is gieatlviii .ex- !i,ibrW(.tren. 'The Supreme Court Jutlge the direct contributions! fori its innd ihe ex-governors, whose sous Ivatl to. the hundred thousand dollar '.resuJtingilTe! benceiorth to their neighbor lien a fmui the net earninirs .of the riititdtiom Vwluile village ponied" in and'- armnd end insolvency of te Bank of NoithlCjirlina, in the stock of which more than the entire endowment was invested. . i. I m ilitary j so 1 rvicejmay be . interred tWm the f . the . cigty;, memtrs,. oil 'the; fact that ot F res ,nl oie remamed- tolco-M tinue nis education, and ire was tncamci ici- tated by - feeble healt vain joining his comraie;s in the neld. Five members of t he lacultv .volunteered for. the 'war; and iiiupc n in.' lcuiAiiicu ill heir cha rs. I omtr cna rs. i-iomg Stafeis Sav as raiidi ? ! I '1 i toftlier as we did ior tour Veai stenrrn 1 Mjlk'pijt r. v r jii..rcrrTtrtitgtr ami irtf.ft TtliiCh the young men rushedTuitb tae nobler and more Generous ini'r..'ulse of our incapicitjated by ag lijr by their sqci ed imstry, econoniv, ingennit-y, patience, -pro fes'nj irom sfervpig iheirj country oth-taitli, fclWitv, and "above all, '-and "final Iv, wise than as teachers:, resolved to kcej) Uiehatriilitv, and a firm resolve hencelorth uL doors ot; the U niversfty open as long! sin A doienvs could he hnmd amid the din 01 arms wno imtmt te i t t i s sta t-ex l rn pon Lro od contuiently ieieved, Hiat thef e vs ijfit a single rekimeiiil-yi the entire Oomederate service iii which could not beiound I one or more old students of Chnpel Hill. Of field officers in tin; Confederate vice, at feast thirteen illustrious' names are among the Alumni of the-Uuiversity, viz : Lieut.-jGeneral' Leonidas Polk, ; Brig.- Generals Geo. B. , nderson; Ruths Bar ringer, li. O'B. Bj-anch,iThos. LCllngnian, Rolert D. Johnston, Gaston Lewisf James Johnstoj) Pettigrew, Matt. W.: Ransom, Ashley ijraight; nd 1 Adjutant-Geii'erals R..O. Ratlin, Jolm F. Ilpke., . t' 1 Genferals'PoIl, Anderson, f Branch; and Pettigrew were killed,! and all tire ot lers '(with -, the exception of the two bureau rf- ncersj severely wounueu, ami most 01 inera more than oncle. H - 1 . . , j ... --. - - . . Of the six tutors e.onnecf f-d 1 vih the tTniVersity at the opening"- oi the war, all of whom volunteered at once .e namely Caiitains Anderson, Brvhh: Jbhnon, Mor the row, and Lieutennnt Royster- tell on baTtle-field,"and theyVwere allj. withnt one narv promise; ; ;- Captain Anderson! o Wihtrifnifton. a brother of General George l.ApI1erjou. He grailuated with'the highes t distinciioni in tVe vear 158, Iis class), consisted oft ss confuted Ot! ninety-four mem1er pearly all of! whona u is oenveu enxereu uuarmy, rwo 01 -1 - ; m . :( ine see wno s inreo ino.nif n Universp,. p4 Jovvd, tlm other Cap - tarn W. C. Lord of Salisburyare m their !V . ""ii ,,"V14V r 1 - J, " graVS.7 , ! I - : CaptaiiwWilli-tm Adams, off Greensboro, t - "I . H whoseiname Occhrs first on the roll of his' r.Wsmnt nra ; Vdled. .fNhirvhnrrtKi!chK v'o. t, nftU 'laUKf.d hTio ' - Captain ILigh T. Browr., (hall-brother to General pordonj) fell at. Springfield ; and Lieutenant Thomas Cowan,! at Sharpsr nurgn. uvmong mose who nave Rurvivea the perils Of the battle-field and the hos f ital, are Lieutenant-Colonels II . C. Jone, A. C. McAllister, , and J. T. MorebesuL OoIonejJohn A. Gilmer and LJkL Mc,li8totical literature of the day. and He a Afee. and General Robert D. Johnaton. r f model of iairness. moderation and imcar- Captain And.cr.-o was a candidate orders in! the Episcopal Church, but jor be- lieved it liisdnty "to. contribute. his share to ;the vindication of the right! of; bis count ry'fe served with conlinuallyin creasini? reuutation. and fell in the battle of the Wilderness Creefe Captain; George Pet tigrew Bryan, of Raleigh, was another most rare spirit. Belonging o the class of I860, enumerated above, he was the youngest of eight who east Jof Richmond. Mortally wounded- (he!foeastthe saiT, Boys, fm killed, but could live to see you take, those works.". In a lew moments tho works were! carried anil the enemy routed. In half jm hour aftf, he died peacefully and calmlv : his promotion to lieutenant colonel arrivipg just auer ms Hjlntiiin fieorireB. Johnson, of Edenton broukiht on bv the hardships ot prison lile iwrote of him: u His powers of mind! were at'oanausfEv, -vhc ms pivnwn jpnrejand upright and truthful and unselfish. who would have shed a lustre on its name whoifSceivea the first- distinction, he was gitted young 1 He telf at i Gettvsbnrgh' .advancing to the charge con- sidej - aUv in front of his Company and sing- mir f'Dixie a he met. his instant death. Captain.E. (graham Morrow, of Chapel' f Hill, fell at Cxettysbiirgli. Another nolOe, i mo' est, gallant, ami true young man. He was aon of North-Cartdina in a particular j scnej for he came of fathers, gratidfathcrs, jlgrvit grand lathers mid ancestors e.vcn ! more remote who liad been. an-, honor to' i the isame soil bvfore him. On. these six m. .:.. slight memorials there is vet a crown to-be 'de-fl'nnUd. Tliese voiinr men were all ChiMs- tians. i That light above any that- e er ihoAe by sea or shore, falls upon their iihebenetits -ot tne pvar m our oiaiti Jshotld not te overlooked, in sumny.ng up sho iiivAiM .1ti1i1 roMrd PfU'Cerilin I it. It itKrAsffd.t nil .1!P!tTH'!irM to each other; mi i L Jl .1... ...... f,..,ilw-... i ne; ricn anu me pwi un i s'll.-i-i A' common cause became a common bond ; ot HsvmTathy and kind 3 feeling. -.Chantv was maraien awav in ioe i;imk r-.-ic uv iv.o with those ot.the -day-Iahorer, h it a rloseri -Jr. j miison on the village baysthere was little room for sectaHan feeling. Christians of f every name drew nearer to eacn : ot rier., u l'eopi nntura wcre brought constnntfv into ac- J tibp) stimulate by', the3eroic endm'ance ?' anilplendhlallantry of on r soldiers, and the general .enthhsiasm. w tuch prevailed j:amobg us Heaven ibrbiil v, shotdd fur-,.., . iget theood which .tW'war .brought ft. s, .1 rarnid uch incalculahle evils: and ileaVen ' 1 irU lorladv-wft shonid evr iorn-f. its cssn! hf ibll alone. ! That North-Carolina has within herself jip? to; jprobt W it. fall tje elements d a: larger lite and hope.:." od 3'nhontytmd island a more dilTii'ed prosperity than Vhe 'i lias ever known, is not to hit doubted by those who are acquainted with the wcnlth :pfh;r internal r sourcesand the consum-. mate honesty, indnstav, and resolution of; her jieople ." Time will heal these wounds yet raw and bleeding; the tide ot a new iand Holder lite will yet fill her veins and throy in all her pulses; and taught in the school of adversity .the nohlest of all les sons our people will rise from' their, present dejection when their civil rights have been ' rest red them, and w ith renewed Ihope in Grid will go ntk'to dV their whole duty as leretofore. Last Ninety Iki'ys of the War. ' A Work by Ur, Stevens. J . Hon!. ASex. H. Steven, of Georgia, has tn courier of preparation a work, that will prove an .luvamai ie auoitiorj o cotem por aneotis hist ory. The title of the work will he ft j" History of the WTar between !, the States tracing its Origin,. Causes and He-' suits7' and it' will enibrace a view of the ''j'4 heretofore, attempted by no otl?r i !i' --t-t ' ;..t jiit. ' lie. 4ii?iinguiitj- aiHiiues nniversaiiy decorded to lii r. v STt epliens by friend an d foe j I his intimate aeqiiaintanee with oiigi- naf ing. political eauses, obtaineil by a long and honoi able seviee in the national conn- .jj Wif, . bis iucofrnptiUe integnty; his con- ReKatiBtn an.l fidnlitv thrmmh fhc mn,t ; ntt-in and-rndirvil . rAv'rrfnti nn-nt A . -r--r - - . ....... , j ..... . y.. ilim fiUitifir narrator of his conntrvVhis- j him: as fitting narrator of his i tory.j The eoireagu,e and lr": rory.j Theeolleagu,eand lriend of Clay, civaihOun, and Welter, he is a connecting Uitic! with the mighty past, 'aic I president of the late Souther! d, as V ice- Confeder- ftv la'l-i f-rnhndimrnt lliKiitmrtruurit ; fumishiigih his own person no iiiapt figrire ot the times he proposes to reproduce ! There is perhaps no man now living in j eith of 4te late inimical sections ? who ? excites less animosity ormmands a more -t uonoraoie esteem, ana we teel mat we are neither predicting or expecting too much when we say ' that Mr. Stephens's work 1 will prove a new and welcome era in the - .iiauiy. i it jwill be published bv the. National Publishing Company of this city and Vhil adelphia. RickmonH EripirT- S 1 .1 :x;i r-J -1 1 .V ' ' I ; ! - - Y -
Williamston Expositor (Williamston, N.C.)
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