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MARRIED, ' On the morning of the 19th inst., atthe residence of Mr B. N- Taylor in Chapel Hill, N. C , by ReT. Mr Wilson, Capt. T. CLANCY KVANS, of the 18th Knr N C. Troops, and Editor of the Milton Chron-icle to Mis. F. AUGUSTA STEVENSON, late of Newbern. On the morning of the 24th ult., at the re.idcnce of the bride's father, in Guilford county. N. C, by Rev. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Q. W. PATTERSON and Miss LIZZIE, daughter of George Foust, Esq. June iOtb, 1863, JAMES M. CLARK from a wound received in the battle at ChancelloriTille. Aged -6 years and 1 month. In Guilford. on the 23d ultimo, by J. W. Patter- -on, Esq , Mr. TANDY MATTHIS, of Forsyth, and Miss SALL1E KERNEB, of Guilford. DIED, At the residence of her father in Chatham, ol 20th ult., MARY WILSON, daughter of M. M. Zilpba Alston, aged 7 mouths. tbe and —5P IiiNurance Office, <iIEK {NSBOROI on, X. C. 25th Dec. 1863 The annual meeting ol this company will take place in the office of the Secretary on Tnesday the 'iCth January, 1864. A full attendance is earnestly regnested at 2 o'clock, P M. THE PATRIOT. GREENSBOROLCiH, S. C. POSTMASTER GENERALS VOL. XXV No 1,262. THURSDAY, ...JANUARY 7, 1804. or "to raise armies" imply armies *ur the rusmAaiin i<t.\tit.\LS REPORT. THE CAPTCRFnp vutxr field ; or does it include M mies of m^-ban- Ab.traet ofthe Po.tma.Ur General: ReportM the JU- ' McCLELL AN'RinSniS Tn nJfmfSr I ics, farmers, doctors, proachers, and ali the j «■* *«*■- fiom th, \.t of July, mS,to the tothof' ^*~J~e OKDER TO Bl TLER various callings of purely the domestic! Junt' 18fi3 ! u A°?" fll8loT of General Butler in1 economy of the country ? " And are all of R«»"»u«» from postage $8,887 858 01 ! *iew °"eane, says the N. Y. Journal of' tnese throughout the extent of our country ExP"""u"» of department 2.W2 804 67 bommeree, contains ranch new matter. It ; soenis that General McClellan to tbe credit for laying -low operations in ibo Southwest X2-4* PETER ADAMS, Secretary. Piano for Sale.—A very handsome Rose-wood Piano, nearly new, made by Gaehle & Co. Baltimore. Has been but little used. Apply-to IT. T. F. COYLE, 82-3w Madison, N. C. Salt ! Salt ! I—I will distribute salt at cost, to soldiers' families and the poor, on Saturday of every week during the winter. All persons having on hand county sacks will re-turn them '.o me. 84_4W JtU H. LINDSAY, Chmn. Mule Molest. OJ iVida^-aight last, the 1st instant, a sorrell mule, 2 years old, medium p in line, good order, was stolen from my stables near Hillsdale, .n tiuilford county, N. C. On the same night a suspicious character was seen riding between my house and Druce's Cross Roads. On arriving »! the Cross Roads he commenced trading and tr-rtioking with some negroes, cheating one out of a pair of socks. He fcsre made inquiry for the direction to Greensboro', whence he said he should travel by railroad. He passed himself off as a sol-dier. The i.resumption'is, that he had ay mule, and on arriving ot Greensboro', or more probably some other pjiot on tbe railroad, be sold it or turned it loose. A liberal reward will be paid for tbe return of the mule to me, near Hillsdale, N. C, where any information concerning it may be addressed. I would also state that the sides of the mule are rubbed bv harness. G. W. BROWN, jan" 88-lvr«e Q. M. OIFICS, GREENSBORO, N. C. December 30th, 1803. "IT* strayed on the 17th inst. a large blsck stud JCi mule, witt. the C S. brand on his left shoulder, at the time of leaving the Government stables had a leather si rap around his neck and was shod in front. The finder of this animal will have all his expen-ses pai 1 and be suitably rewarded by returning him to this post. 8. R. CH1SMAN, 8_'-4w Major and Q M. Residence for Sale.—In the |own of Madison, N. C. The lot contains six acres, well improved, a large and comfcrtable dwelling with six rooms, a nice office in the yard, good kitch-en, negro houtes, well of water, ice house, etablPs, kc. It is agood location for a physician, healthy and (ree from any probability of danger from the enemy. Unless sold privately, will be offered lor sale publicly on the 1st of February. At tbe same time will be sold a good assortment of dc-irable fumiture. Terms Cash Address Dr. T. F-. COYLE, 82- 3w _ Madison, N. C. Q. M. OFFICE, OREISSBOEO, N. C. December 30th, 1863. \lTanted Immediately for Government ? ▼ † work at this post, 100 WAGON MAKERS, 100 BLACKSMITHS, and 100 LABOBERS, to whom liberal wages will be paid, and rations furnished. Application should be made at once. S. B. CHISMAN, BS ; w Major and Q. M. Liit Ol' Letters] remaining in the Post Office at High Point, N". C, January 1st. 1864. Isaac Eerrv, W J Bishop, "3, George H Brown, 2. N M Crow, Mrs E Collins, Calvin Capps, Mary Colenan. Doct 11 W Dorset!. Miss Nannie R Davis, 2 Miss Lizzie Elliott, Miss Mary Elliott. Mrs Llmire Kcrel, W 8 Fowler. UoorgfcGrier, Julius Gordon, Mrs. Susan Gray. William J Hall, Emily A Hiatt, Miss S A Hcdg-eock, W Horton. John King, James F. Laycock. A H McMulen, James A McKee, J McCarter, J McGowin. John O.ikly. John W Kcaels. Mis Virginia Smoot, J Shields. Mrs. John Wright. J M Weith. Walts, Mr — Williams. l'crsons calling for any of the above letters will please say ihev are advert'sed. 82-Iw J. Q. PITTS, P. M. "j^LjotlCC.—Having determiLed to remove to i^l another county. I now propose to sell on the 1-liliof January, 1864. the following property to wit : Mules, cattle 10 Head of sl-ecp, 50 Hogs, some fine Essex Pigs, new Care Mill, 2 or .3 waggons, 2 Buggies, 1 Bockaway, 2 good set of Blacksmith tools, a No. 1 Straw Cutter, 1 Thresher and Horse power, a quantity of salt made 2 years, also, li Fat Hogs, 20 or HO Barrels of Corn, 70 or 80 Bushels of Wheat, Oats, Hay, Fodder, Shucks and Straw. Also, a tract of land, containing 130 or 140 acres, mostly wood land, the cleared being mostly j'resh cleared and in a fine state of cultivation, adapted to the growth of Corn, Wheat, Oats, Tobacco, &c. Also, a general assortment of Household and Kitchen furniture, a good assortment of farming tools anil many other articles too tedious to mention. Terms, note and good security for G months orcash in Confederate funds at the option of the purchaser. t<2--'w B. N SMITH._ IiNt Of Letters remaining in the 7'ost Office J at;Greeusborough, B.C., Jai uary 6th, 1864. .' C Alia i, Thomas H Allen, Sergt David Alexan-der. Miss Amelia C Bowman, Miss Ann Brown, Mrs LewisC Boon, Joseph Benton, D W Bell. 2 O M Barkley, J B Badger, Miss Isabell Brown. Capt. G. B Barns. Mias Saian B Bradford, M B Bohannan, Col II P Urewster. Miss Fannie G Collins, Mrs J H Cummins, Miss Martha Cone, John C Clark. Miss Lauta J Coyle, L B Caiman, W CCook. Mrs Patty Ghapell. Joau Deans, care Capt T F Sites, 7th Ga., M Da-vis. Oli Fuaid. Mrs Eliza Field, Mrs E C Fulton, Miss Tetnpic Fogoman. C i' Gates, Lewis Green, Dr II A Gilmer. B F Haington, Dentist, Messrs N C Harris & Co John W llolton, Jerry Hughs, Montitus Hardie, - H Marly. Dr W II Howston, Moses Hutchins M C Holderby. Miss Elizabeth 11 Johnson, J M Jones, Wm P Jones. Rev I W C Kennett. 4. Mrs Kessy Lewis, Wm Litdsay, DrSamuol Long-ley, BS Lints Ibby Leonard. Miss Bake Mwrtin, H C McGowon. Mrs Maiinda Newel. Mrs II Ozment. Rod R Plyler, a Mrs Cebia Peedin,Green Parson, J D Powell, A J Powell, F. M Powell. New ton Robesoa, JJ 1, Ross. Scott uly, M Simpson, APOLOGETIC.—Wo dislike to issue the Patriot on a half sheet at any time, and certainly nono the leas on tbe beginning of the new year. But sickness among a limited force ol printers ronde-s it noces> sary, and perhaps such may be the case next week—'though wo shall struggle a-gainst it. DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE CITIZEN.—Sir. Francis Ai Garrett one of oar most estima-ble citizens died at his residence in this place on Sunday morning last, at the age of 45 years." GEN. MORGAN.—This distinguished Con, federate officer passed through this place on the 21th ultimo, en route to Danville, Va„ where his wife has been residing for somo months past. Ho was expected in Richmond on Tuesday evening, whore a public reception awaits him. Capt. Hines, who planned tho mods of escaping from the Ohio Penitentiary, we aro sorry to learn, was captured in Tennessoa and was not many steps from Gen. Morgan at the time. Tho General saved himself by con-cealing himself in tho woods near the road- He says most positively that they received no aid whatever from any ono outside the Penitentiary, and as to the dispatch from Toronto, announcing bis arrival there, he attributes it to mere luck, and owes his final escapo to the prayors of his wife in his behalf. For the Patriot. THE PBISONEBS OF THE 6TH BEGIMENT. MR. EDITOR :—My son, Capt. J. Calder Turner, of the Sixth N. C. Regiment, now a p isor.er at Johnson'* Island, desires mo to soy to the friends of bis company that his men were all taken and aro well and unhurt, except Sorgt. J. W. Williams, kill-ed, and Corporal M. H. Irwin and private* S. L. Strader and R. J. Blakely, missing. I believe tho officers are at Johnson's Island and the privates at Point Lookout. Re-spectfully, JAMES. C. TURNER. Scott, Mrs Emily D W W.aoner. M For the Patriot. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT-At a meeting of the Choir of the Methodist Church in Greensboro', on Monday evening, January 4th, th» following preamble and resolutions were unani-mously adopted : Whereas Bro. FRANCIS A. GARRETT has been for many years a faithful and untiring member of this Choir; and whereas God, in his all-wise Providence, has taken our Brother, as we trust, to the enjoy-ment of 'the re.'t that rejnains to ihe people of God," and whereas by this dispensation our hearts Rre deeply troubled, Therefore we. the Choir of the Methodist Church in Greensboro', do Retake That in the death of Bro. Gar-ett wj have lost a most activs, faithful and obliging member, wbo, in all hie iutercouse with us manifested the spirit that should always characterize the gentle-man and Christian. Rttolved, That this affliction not only deprives us of a most efficient member, but bereaves our church of one of her most useful members and leaders. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the af-flicted family of the deceased, and pray that the sustaining grace of God may be given them in this their time of trial. Resolved, That we request the publication cf this Tribute of Respect in the Greensboro' Patriot, Way of the World. Weekly Message, Watchman and Har-binger and Christian Advornte. WM. E. EDWARDS, 1 M. LAMB, J. R. COLE, W. S. B. MATHEWS, Sccietary. I- Com. From the Richmond Whig. A GENERAL CONSCRIPTION. B R Webster, Horace B tVoIf, John Wright, L J Whitener, 2 A D Ward. George W Yarborough. P L Young. Persons calling for any of the above letters, will I MSC ?ay they are advertised. -mlw J. E. THOM, P M. l^ii^liHh Leather. ID doz Knglish CALF AND KIP SKINS, a recent ..nporut.o,, by the Advance, offered in exchange for upper leather suitable for ar/nr shoes, lermsol exchange, market value. JAS. SLOAN, A. Q. M., r?"T „ „ . Greensboro, N. C. Charlotte Buletin please copy daily 1 week, and Sausbury V\ atclunan u weeks. The question of the finances having been turned over for the present to the conside-ration of a special committee, the .attention of Congress has been occupied (<>r somo days past upon the efficiency of tbe army. Tho act admitting substitutes into service was repealed with the utmost expedition. A bill setting aside all contracts with the principal, whose substitute has been receiv-ed, and conscribing him also into service has passed the Ilouso with precipitancy and almost unanimity, and there is but lit-tle reason to doubt will be rushed through tbesenate. A more sweeping conscription, embracing all able-bodied men of all agee and classes, with various modifications, i.i« also been proposed. A frenzy for tbe mo-ment soetns to possess both the Admislra-tive and Legislalivo branches of tho Gov-ernment upon the subject of swelling the muster rolls of our armies. When comes this frantic infatuation ? Is it a symptom of p nic, of trepidation bordering on des-pair! Are we reduced to tho necessity of making such an exhibition to our enemies and to the world, in resorting to such des-perate measures, unparalled in tht; history of wars ? Is it one of the protean f-irras ol demagoguery that has bewitctiod our civil leaders? The "< quality of --very man ;" ergo, "all must go to tbe field !'' Is not our war b:i#ed on the principle and fact, which all history has demonstrated as a truth—the inequality of man —lor policy we say of rates: Or is it. the schemo of tbe d-.-sigtiingand tbe aspiring? This sub-ject demand** the earnest, the cautions, the most deliberate consideration and circum spection of Congress. That every tnun should contribute equal-ly of bis means and services to tbe country; and that all should go into the field who can not better serve ihe cause in some oth-er way, is a proposition broad enough to meot the approbation of every one. Who is to decide the merits of each individual cuss as to his appropriate sphere to dis-charge this duty l Can a corps of irre apousible clerks assembled at tbo capital., exposed to the influences of favoritism* and of corruption, decide t hose cases tor all parts of the country better than the repre-sentatives of each section ? Shall tho ten-ure of the "detail" bo dependent upon the subserviency, sycophancy, the obsequious-ness of tbe recipient to this central court, instead of upon bis merits ? Does the pow-to be parsed upon by some adventurer ol a clerk—a Jow, a foreigner, perhaps a Yan-kee, or a renegade from 1,'ie field*—instead of the responsible representative of the people ? We have heretofore given our views fully upon the substitute question. We seo it stated by one ol our city cotem-poraries that many interested parlies have employed counsel, should the Senate pa-s tho bill before them, to tost whether it is an unwarrantable and unconstitutional breach of faith. Such wa regard it. Adam Smith thinks that a country pure-ly agricultural may at certain seasons fun nish for war one-fifth, or even in case of necessity one-fourth of its entire popula-tion. But a commercial or manufacturing nation would be unable to furnish anything like as numerous » military force. In these relative characteristics bur country enjoys a vast advantage over tbu enemy. liut is the case of necessity so strongly now tefore us as to call for our utmost efforts, and be kept up for an indefinite poriod, perhaps for years ? Why are there now 200,000 strag-glers from our armies ? Why has it occur-red that over sixty per centum of the mon on the muster roll have, i i one instance at least, been absent in emergencies? >* hose fault is it ? W by not bring these back in-stead of violating contracts, or conscribing classes that never before were called into war; depopulating a slave olding people, with Blaves already pretty thoroughly de-moralized ? Why extend the age so as to take in those unequal to the hardships of war? At tbe beginning of the French .Revolution the citizen soldiery were ealled out for the national defence. " But these three millions of national guards," saye Jomini, " were useless for reinforcing tho army, and.utterly incapalbe of defending their own firesides." Washington, in his letters to Congress, opposed sweeping re-quisitions of men for service. " ucless in cases of extraordinary emergency, such as could not be expected in the common course of events." That the saving in the articles of clothing, provisions and a thou-sand other things " would amply support a large army, which, well officered, would be daily improving, instead ol continuing a destructive, expensive and disorderly mob." Frederick the Great of Prussia, with a popi ulalion of five millions, successfully oppos-ed a league of one hundred millions. Yet but ono twentieth of his population was on the master rolls during the terrible Seven Years' War. At its close Prussia was weal-thier than when the war commenced, and from that period dates its growth and pros-perity, which has long placed it among tho first nations ol the earth. Besides the incalculable injuries that would in every way result from wholesale conscription, tho agricultural interests of the country would be wholly neglected.— Negroes left to themselves will not make oven a support for themselves. The neat year would be one truly of famine. Alrea-dy wo are experiencing the trials of scan-ty provisions. The greatest suffering felt in our army is from '.his cause. Thj want of food with their families at home is the cause of over half tho desertionB. It would bo a good policy now to detail every skilful (armor and overseer from the ranks and put them to raising provisions. Yet why not in this general conscription go to the full extent, and take slaves to entrench and fjrtify our camps? Do our soldiers now do it? Tho Yankees take Chaitattoo- «a, and in five days make it impregnable. We take Lookout Mountain and Missiona-ry Ridge, hold them for weeks, and alilu' positions infinitely stronger than thoec of tho enomy, there being no negroes there to handle spades, our Generals surrender them at the first assault. Can a people bo a military people, or have any solid claim to tho name, whose atmius require slaves, negroes from the cornfields to entrench tbeiu 1 Human armies wont over tho world and conquered it; throwing an impreg-nable and completo camp at li e ' oi ev-ery day's march. The muster rol i of their consular armies were Ie6si tha twenty thcusand men, less than half of whom were Romans, each man carrying from fifty to eighty pounds on bis back, and march-ing from twenty to thirty, and often mauy raoro miles a day. Congress cannot act with too much de-liberation en these measures. A refined sensejof honor and a fervent spirit of liber-ty are tho characteristics of our Southern people. In our dealings abroad we have endeavored to preserve unquestioned our claim to these scutiments. Shall they be disregarded in our dealings at home?— Shall we till our Treasury by force? and the first step toward adding to the army be by fraud ? Shail wo commence by re-pudiating the debt of thoore,and denying contracts with exempts Irorn tho other ?— Where will such a policy carry us? We may j'Ct realize, from such 'also steps now, the vision of our country "struggling in tho slough of Debt, with Labor resting on her implements, Commerce furling her wings, dejected Trade in prison garments, and the Gonius of Liberty weeping over her people, prostrate, bankrupt and dis graced." ■† » ■ Excels of receipt* over expen-ditures ^ COUNTER .REVOLUTION. The Constitution of the Confederate States ordains three Departments of Gov-ernment— Executive, Legislativa and JB-dietary. They ar< coordinate in dignity Do do do Do do do Do do do Do do do Do do do Do do do Do do do *676,04S 44 Number of mail contractors in Virginia 240 £° *• do N. C ;.180 V° fo do S. C lia do Georgia Ub Florida 3: Tenn 61 A abama 131 Mise 88 Louieian 48 Arkansai 84 Texaa >24 Totaf number! 1,258 Of thij number, 147 obtained contracts up bids for a nominal rate of compensation. Number of post oScea In the Confederate States: Albama 78g Arkansas gig £,orid» ."".,'.'" ".V.V"."."l 67 GeorK.» 816 Louisiana 3(57 Mississippi 668 North Carolina iiil 070 Ponth Carolina, .' .'.'.'.'" '57a Tennessee .'""""956 *•«•-, 710 V'rgmia 1,732 Total ..8,287 Number ef offices filled br Preaidental appoint-ment, 88 rr Number of dead letteys opened, containing $13,700 i*3. ir. money, registered and sent out, from July 1, l«-32, to June 30, 1863 1,618 Number of dead letters opens and filed, containing $15,307 23. in money, not sent out 794 Number of dead letters, containing drafts, checks, bills of exchange, &c , amounting to $691,567 76 regie'ered, and sent out for de- _,iTery 1,813 Total number of dead letters con-taining money and valuables 8,726 Number of unpaid letters held for postage, and returned to the dead letter office 81,896 Number of drop letters held for postage, and returned to the dead letter office il,816 Number of dead letters 476,116 Total namber of dead letters opened from July 1st, 1862, to June 30th, 1863 618,827 Number of quarterly leturns received, and passed to the Auditor, from July 1, 1862, to June 30, 1863 20,999 THE MAONESS OF CONGRESS.—Tbe Ra leigh Progress says : The present Congress is benton fastening a military despotism on tbe people of those Confederate Stales, and tho people must either submit quietly to receive the yoke, or resist the tyranny. Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God, and tho people of North Carolina will not hesitate as to tho course tbey should pur-sue. Pass tbe bill to enroll the whole pop-ulaiion reported in tbe Ilouso by tho Mili-tary Committee on yesterda}^, and a spon-taneous cry will come up from every nook and corner of North Carolina for a Con-vention, atid unless the military shall tjag the last man in th) State, including the Governor, the Legi&iaturo and other Slate officers, they will have it. Mr. Duvia has the reputation of a patriot and statesman, and as such we implore him to u*« bis influence to arrest tho madness of Congress. Pass ihe tyrunnical bill re-ported by tho Military Committee and tho collision so long talked cf between North Carolina and the Confederate States is up-on iii. Wu may be imprisoned for this de-claration, but believing b' lore God and man that we are doing our duty, we -ap-peal to the President and his Congress t>> pause and reflect before it is too late. North Carolina cannot and will nut submit to have every able-bodied man conscribed and the whole State turned into a military camp. We want to achieve an indepen-dence over the common enemy, but we are not williug to become the vasals of usur-pers at home to achieve that or any other object. We speak the words of truth and soOernofs, because we knowtbe sentiments of tbe great massess of tho people in N. C. This Slate will never willingly submit to a despotism with Jefferson Davis or any one else at its head. EXEMPTIONS FROM MILITARY SERVICE. Tho bill repotted from tho Committee of Military Affairs, repealing tlie Exomption Act, tnougb not qaite so sweeping as vaa intimated by the Chairman of that Cum inittee, some days ago, it would be, is not-withstanding a striking exemplification of ihe tendency of Congress *to consolidate all poW'.-r in tho hands ot the .Executive. The oil I concedes that certain exemptions aro necessary—that certain descriptions of persons can be of more use to the oau-e out ot the licld than in it, yet it is proponed that tho Representatives of the people, wbo know the diverse and peculiar need of each Slate and District shall, divest themselves ol th<? privilege, duty rather, of saying what exemptions aro proper to be made, and devolve it upon the already over bar-thened and (for this duty) far less cc-mpei tent department of the Executive. A dosen Secretaries of War, aided by as many Presidents, would have tbeir hands more thau full of such a task, if tbey bad no other business to attend to—and ii in impossible that their information would enable them to act j diciously in such a matter, even ii the volume of it did not overwhelm theca. Iu the name of the people we protest against their Representatives handing over this great and delicate power to the Exe-cutive branch of the Governmeafc Richmond Whig. CONGRESSIONAL. RICHMOND, Jan. 5.—The House now meets every day at II o'clock. This morn-ing tho Military Committee reported an act to increase tho efficiency of the army by the employment of free uegroes and slaves in certain capacities, which provi-ded that ali malo free negroes between IS and 50 shall bo held liable to perform du ties in connection with the military de- Unco of the country, sLch as work on tho fortifications, government works for the produotian and preparations of materials of war, or in military hospitals, as tho Secretary of Wai may from time to time prescribe, and while performing such du-lies they shall receive rations, clothing atid eleven dollars per montb. The act authorizes the Secretary also to employ as many male slaves as tho wants of tbe service require, furniahing ralioos, cloth-ing and paying the owners eloven, dollars por month. Their loss by act of the enemy, or escape to the enemy, or disease incurred in discharge of service required, tbo own-ev shall bo entitled to receive their value. The Secretary of War is aulhoiized to impress as many slaves as required, from time to lime, where needed. Placed on calendar fct.d ordered to be printed. Tho bill to place in the service citizons of any of the Slates or Territories of tho United State* was taken up and a motion made to -refer back to Commit tee, with in. strociion 10 report earions amendments. Tho bill was discussed til! ihe hour for tbe special order arrived when tht. House went int • secret session on tho tax and currency bills. Great anxiety is manifested to know the provisions of tbo bills, but. the House seems disposed to consider the measures entirely "ti secret session. The Seriate passed a bill declaring the intent and meaning of the IIth section ol the tithing act to be that fanners shall not bo required to pay a tenth of their Straw of wheat, rye, oats, barley, cornstalk* The Senate went session at an early hour. al 3utier had done all that he was ordered to do, we should have bad a very different story from there. General McClellan's genius and foresight are admirably ex-hibited in tbe orders under which General Butler went to Now Orleans, and what-ever credit is due to military operations there clearly belongs to the young Com-mander. in.Chief. The following ar.« t ie orders: Headquarters of tht Army, February 23, 1862 MAJOR GIN. BUTLER, U. S. ARMY : GENEUAL : You are assigned to the com-mand of the land forces destined ioco-op«. rate wiih the navy in the attack upon New Orleans. You wii! use every means to keep the destination a profound secret, even from your staff officers, with the ex-ception of your Chief of Stafl, and Lieut. Weitzel, of the Engineers. The force at your disposal will consist of tbe first thirteen regiments named 111 your memorandum handed to me in per-son, the 21st Indians, 4th Wisconsin, and 6th Michigan (old and good regiments irom Baltimore)—these three regiments will await your orders at Fort Monroe. Two companies of the 21st Indiana an? well drilled at heavy artillery. Tbe cavalry force already en route for Ship Island will be sufficient for your purposes After iu.l consultation with oficers well acquainted with the country in which it is proposed to operate, I have arrived at tho conclusion that three .light batteries folly equipped, and ono without horses will be all that will be necessary. This will make your force about 14,000 infantry, 275 cavalry, S80 ailillery; total, 15,255 men. The Commanding General of the De-partment of Key West is authorized to loan you, temporarily, two regiments; Fort Pick ens can probably give you ar.i oiber, which will bring your lorce to near-ly 18,000. Tbo object of your expedition is one of vital importance—the capture of New Orleans. Tbe route selected is up the Mississippi river, and tho firfct obstacle to be encountered, perhaps the only one, is i 1 tbe resistance offered by Forts St. Philip and Jackson. It is expected that tho navy can reduce the works; in that case, you will, after their capture, leave a suffi. ciont garrison in them to render them per-fectly secure; and it is recommended, that on the upward passage a few heavy guns and some troops be left, at tho pilot station, at tbe forks of the river, to cover a retreat in case of a disaster. Tho troops and guns will of course be removed as soon as the forts are captured. Should the navy fail to reduce tho works, you rill land your forces and siege train, and endeavor to breach the works, silence their fire, and carry there by assault. The next resistance will be ncar the Eng lish Bend, where there are some earthen batteries; here it may be r.cces->ary for you to land your troops, to co-operate with the naval attack, although it is more than pro-bable that tho navy, unassisted, can ac complish the result. If these works ate taken, the city of Now Orleans necessarily falls. J In that event, it will probably be best to occupy Algiers with the mass of your troops also tbe eastern bank ol the river above tbo city. It may be necessary to place some troops in the city to preserve order; though, it there appears sufficient Uni -n sentiment to control the city, it may be best, for the purposes oi discipline, to keep your mon out of ihe city. After obtaining possession of" Now Or-leans, it will be necessary to reduce all the works guarding its approaches from the east, and particularly to gain tboMancbat Pass. Baton Rouge, Berwick's Bay and Fort Livingston, will next claim your atten-tioa. A faint on Galvcstun may facilitate the object wo have in view. 1 need not ca.i your attention to the necessity of gaining possession of all rolling stock you can, on tho different railways and ot obtaining control of tho roads themselves. Tho oc-cupation of Baton Rouge, by a combined naval and land force, should be accomplish-ed as soon us possible after you have gain ed Now Orleans ; then endeavor to open your communication with the Northern column of the Mississippi, always bearing in mind the necessity of occupying Jack-son, Miss., as soon as you can do so with safety, either after or before you have ef-fected the junction. Allow nothing to di-vert you from gaining full possession of all the approaches to New Orleans. When tho object is accomplished to its fullest extent, it will be necessary to make a combined attack on Mobile, in order to gain possession ol the harbor and works, as woll as to control tho railway terminus Ian is entitled , and authority, and each in its sphere eu-rn the plan of | preme as against the others. The BOCOSfl* ,and if Gener- ; lul attempt of one of these- DDeeppaarrttmmeennttss ttoo subordinate the others would be revolu-tion. The combination of two of them to ^estrcT the other would'bo conspiracy. The Constitution would he overthrown and tho liberties of the people subvertod if such a procedure were tolerated. Is there no occasion to tbink of ibis? Let us seo. j In our issue of yesterday, we mentioned the passage by an almost unanimous vote ot the Senate, of a bill repealing tbe ex-emption of those wbo have placed substi-tutes in the service. This bill, baling been rushed through the Houao, wbe-e it origi-nated, with most undignified if not inde-cent precipitancy, requires now but tha signature ot th- President to hecome an act. Of the raeri» ol the-bill we have »|. ready spoken. Ii may now be regarded as a law. We w-.sh at this time only to make some passing comments upon the tone manifested in CDngress in the debates up-on this measure. A Senator (Mr. Orr of S. C.,) among other objections to tho pass. age ot the bill gravely questioned its legal, ity. " II the pending bill b-comes a law " said Mr. O., •' there will be great difficnlty in executing it, by reason of the decisions of the courts in several of the States. We must acq liesce in tbe decisions of tho courts or resort to measures which be was not prepared fo-." A Senator Irom Mis-souri (Mr Chuk,) representing a consti-tuency wholly beyond tbe action and Con-trol of our laws, replied in urging its pass-age that '• in regard to the action ot tbe courts, steps rtay and should be taken to removo tho su'-ject beyond tbeir jurisdic-tion." The Senator from Miss. <Mr. Brown) goes further: " Wo should not de-fer our legislation to consult the views of every Stato Judge—to ascertain whether ho will overthrow it or not by his judicial decision. We have high duties to perform. Let us perform them without reference to State J udges. There was a remedy agaiust tho interference of tho courts. in tho sus-pension ol the writ ol habeas corpus." The vote of Congress upon this measure shows to what extent too provisions of the Con-etitution aro getting to bo disregarded in the Legislative branch, and how far 1 evo-lutionary sentiment already prevails in that body. Tho strength of tho popular respect for our Government, and the COCu sense of the quiet masses, may lor the mo-ment allow such declarations to pass, W th-out disturbance. The little respect in which substitute men are held may influ-ence a temporary acquiescence in them. But the intelligent and ardent lover of his country cannot witness such proceedings with indifference, nor will ho, with submis-sion. There is as mcch patriotism and intclli. genco out of the Halls of Congress as in it, and the tendency of tho Legislative and Executive deelantiiona so far ibis scs-ion to a subversion cf tto liberties of the coun-try, at.d a miliiaiy despotism, is already *Owiog the seed" of a counter revolution. Our people claim it as their right, as tho duty of ihe peneral Government to ensure to them, as tho basis of the compact by which they have associated toge'her, tout the Confederacy is but a community of Sovereign States. They look to the Con-stitution as the- Stipieine Luw of tbe Con-federacy. They regard it as among the tlessings for wliich they aro indebted to their ancestry, that ihey transmitted to u* a wi-icii Constitution. It recoived tho plighted faith of our fathers. It is tho hope of our posterity. To argue questions out side or above it. is but to assail tho cause of law, of right and order. The wise men who so recently remodeled our pres-ent government m:.y have doubted its pi r-petuity when they saw wreck after wreck floating on tbe tido of time of the short lived Republics which had preceded them. Remodeled, too, alter bitter experience from violations of tho old chart, and at a liroo when clouds and darkness were hov. ering over us, they g„ve it to us, and we look it, as the anchor of hopo to cling to in tho coming storm. We took it as our reliance, as our supreme la\V ; and tho Con-gress or Executive who would now throw it as<de would perjure their oath to ab 1'e by it willingly in letter and spirit; to ren> der it obedience, and to support und main-tain it, and neither in conscience or con-duct to ever transcend it. Should the poison of the doctrines to which we have referred taint tho rewri once of our people for this fundamefal chart—should the insidious councils of our representatives corrupt the very stamina of our Government,—what antidote can re-storo it to bealtb and honor? Should < ar people be brought to drspiso tho weakness of tbeir Government, or sespeet its inten-tions of hostility to tho general Welfare, tho slightest irregularity, tho exercise of any unauthorized power, whether by piir-cipal or subordinate oih'ccrs, will bo huffi-at the city. In regard to this, I will send cicnt to arotiBO their angry clamors, or ah detailed instructions as tbo opera of tbo Northern colu.nn develop There is a spirit o! resistance in tho hearts of our countrymen. They value life not by its convenience*, but by the independ-ence and dignity of its condition. At this moment we appeal only to the discretion of Congress before they amuse tie ieaioos madness of our people.—fitchmonl Whig. shucks or it.to secret Curran said of the Liberty of the Press: " That great Sentinel ol the State, thai grand detector of public imposture; guard it, because when it sinks, ihere i-inks with it, in one common grave, the liberty of the subject and the security of the crown." more lions themselves. I may simply stato that the general objects of the expedition arc, first the reduction of New Orleans and all its approaches, then Mob'lo and .all its de-fences, then Pensaoola, Galveston, etc. It is probable that, by the time New Orleans is reduced, it will be in tbe power of the Government to reinforce the land forces, sufficiently to accoinpl^h all these objects; 111 the meantime, yon will plenso give all tho assistance 111 your power to tt.o army and navy commanders in your vicinity, never losing sight of the fact that the great object to be achieved is the capture and tirm retention of New Orleans. Very respectfully, y ourobedicnt servant. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. mo^ to make them rise in arms a»ainst it. GLASS FACTORY.—The Cc imbu« Times says that a glass maoufactc.y is about to go into operation in that city, under the auspices of John W. King, esq , president ot tbe company, and J. A. McJMeal, agent Tho company desire* 10 purchase broken g!ar«s of every description, and will thus eoniribute, materially, in saving an artn l« which has heretofore been worlhl ss. U\ like to see such evidences of a disposition to make tho most of our situation and to turn all tho "odds and ei.ds" of hitherto wasted material to some uselul purpos« of domestic economy. This is the true ro^d to independence. Dr. A. L. Acres of Talbot county, Georgi keen successful iu cultivating the tea plant. a, has DOWN OK Hia-.—Tbe Richmond Exam-iner speaking of the demagogues in Con-gress, thus ventilates the representative Irom the Wheel ng, Xv., district: II i? enrioes to tbaeree the competitive zeal of certain demagogues in Congress in all S'*rts of violent and im}>••«,.-it.-le legisla-tion, intended to gratify the blind pas* «io'**vor th-* ignorant c arnors of tho <lay. rhf.^/fst prominent competitor in tbese lists in the ilouso seems to bo the imm-ln- r from Wheeling, who has lately distanced ail his rivals by a proposition to increase »tc aimy by the addition of the cnuie population, always eSO"'-liug his inn white pampered i-areass, nut--'d In broad-cloth aid fastidious shirt collars. It up-pours, ind ed, ibat Ibis man is anxious to make himself quite as supple a tool of military consolidation in Richmond as he was of the Iioncoln government when n* made it bis busiue»s to travel over the rial 1 im' re and Onio ru-lroad to election-eer witii its employees against secession. The Examiner says ii is undent! od that General Braxton Bragg is to be appointed Secretary ol War, and mat he will accept. > - .J
Object Description
Title | The Greensborough patriot [January 7, 1864] |
Date | 1864-01-07 |
Editor(s) |
Ingold, A.W. Clendenin (no first name) |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The January 7, 1864, issue of The Greensborough Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C., by Ingold and Clendenin. |
Type | Text |
Original format | Greensborough [i.e. Greensboro], N.C. : Newspapers |
Original publisher | Ingold and Clendenin |
Language | eng |
Contributing institution | UNCG University Libraries |
Newspaper name | The Greensborough Patriot |
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Object ID | patriot-1864-01-07 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 |
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Sponsor | Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation |
OCLC number | 871562718 |
Page/Item Description
Title | Page 1 |
Full text |
MARRIED, '
On the morning of the 19th inst., atthe residence
of Mr B. N- Taylor in Chapel Hill, N. C , by ReT.
Mr Wilson, Capt. T. CLANCY KVANS, of the 18th
Knr N C. Troops, and Editor of the Milton Chron-icle
to Mis. F. AUGUSTA STEVENSON, late of
Newbern.
On the morning of the 24th ult., at the re.idcnce
of the bride's father, in Guilford county. N. C, by
Rev. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Q. W. PATTERSON and
Miss LIZZIE, daughter of George Foust, Esq.
June iOtb, 1863, JAMES M. CLARK from a
wound received in the battle at ChancelloriTille.
Aged -6 years and 1 month.
In Guilford. on the 23d ultimo, by J. W. Patter-
-on, Esq , Mr. TANDY MATTHIS, of Forsyth, and
Miss SALL1E KERNEB, of Guilford.
DIED,
At the residence of her father in Chatham, ol
20th ult., MARY WILSON, daughter of M. M.
Zilpba Alston, aged 7 mouths.
tbe
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