The Greensborough patriot [January 28, 1864]

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DIED,
In Guilford county on tbe 7lh of Jan., 1864,
IS
Leonard in the 24th year of his age. Thi. beloved
I
n suffered a protracted illness of some
and res.gnation. Hi. sorrnwmg parent*' «J "'^
,\e, do not mourn as those without hope for we
humbly trot* hi. redeemed .pint .. a^m.tted into
the realms of everlasting rest. ■
"FUNERAL NOTICE.
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e
HTBTAS COKPU3. a well known and highly re.
j u-irflks Confederacy. Tbe decease
Erafs.,ra ln.aStivve. ool^r.lnagnlad'eside, 9«-.ll-»l>*
of public liberty,
States, where he believed every
,„iSmr.s but being driven thence by the enemies
came to reside inthe Confederate
arrangement had
made to prolong hi. life indefinitely, if not
forever. He wa* about several hundred year, eld
when be died. His loss i> irreparable Hi. funeral
will take place from the office of the Richmond En-qu're^
onMondayn^.,at4,P M.The learned and
Reverend George Fitzhugh will deliver the obituary
tempts at ceereion to a successful issue, as was the
South determined on resistance to the bitter end.
Late intelligence from the North tells us that the
most extensive preparations yet put on foot for the
prosecution of the war are now going on uai iy ; that
these preparations are immense by sea as well as by
land; the most unpleasant feature of whic/i is the
unanimity of feeling pervading all classes to keep
the ball in motion and to open their new and pro-digious
campaign with accumulative fury.
Energetic and money-making as we have ever re-garded
the Yankee individually, as a nation they
are determined and obstinate. Inventive and fertile
in mind, they are ever ready with new trials and
new experiments ; possessed of vast resources and
wealth, and with an immense population besides
that necessary te produce their means of subsistence,
it is idle to ask the question, "How long will they
"fight us?"—"How long till they will beeome sat-
"isfied V
The bill which seems to meet such great favor,
recently introduced in the Yankee Congress, propo-sing
to place one million of three-nunths volunteers
rat the disposal of Mr. LIKCOL* to "carry food and
'•liberty to every captive in Rebel prisons,'" and to
plant tbe Union flag all over tbe cou ltry, prove, the
existence of one of two conditions in Yankee feel-ing—
either that they are becoming vury tired of the
rebellion, and intend with one blow —this time, su-perhuman
in its vigor—to crush it; or else a fresh
outburst of the war fever cot to become abated at the
clo.e of the three months, even thougi, the rebellion
Should still rear its head. The very weight of the
measure, and the fierceness of the un Jertaking may
prove it. own destroyer; but to make the least ot it,
or the most of it, we should expect and be prepared
for any emergency.
.attention and excited a great deal of tary ft,,.,—. „ NS^-SLS ./ MeCUllan
Pall Bearers, Messrs Phslan, Brown, pie of the South are not determined to mee: every
Gartrell and Barksdale. Driver
Mr. Nathaniel Tyler. The friends
The New York Tima has an account of the muti-ny
at Fort Jackson. It grew out of Col-Benedict's
Thetiuth is, the dark hour is around us—the a8king ten negroes coming in from beyond the lines
hour, indeed, to "try men's souls," and if tbe peo- their authority for leaving. They answered insolent-of
the Hearse,
of the defunct
and the public generally are respectfully solicited
to be present. Green weepers, eight feet long, and
black cotton gloves, dy-id in the wool and imported
expressly fro. Baltimore, will be furnished gran,
at the War Department. A mounted guard of 1,600
choice Plugs will be in attendance to preserve or-der.
The editors and employees of the Whig, r.x-amin
»r. Mercury, Confederacy and Appeal art
warned not to molest the mourners, or in any way
interfere with tbe proceedings.
Papers in the Confederacy publish ence and send
bill to Mr- Mcmminger, Secretary of the Treasury.
V)ost <*. M. Office, 6th coaf1. Dirt.
GRAHAM, N. C. January 25th, 1864.
The following instructions hav« been i.sued from
Assistant Q.M. Generals Office, Richmond Va.
J. Seventy pounds of salted pork has been deci-ded
by the War Department to be the equivalent of
sixty pounds of bacon, utder act of December 1863.
Officers authorized to receive the tithe in the vicini-ty
ol Armiej in the field oralong Rail Roads, which
afford facilities of speedy transportation to issuing
Commissaries may at this rate receive salt pork in-stead
of bacon.
II. Farmers are called upon to bring lorwaro:
their quota ot pork immediately as the army need
it for present consumption.
C. R. KING, Capt. Post.
difficulty, to grapple with obstacle, such s.s have
n.ver yet been in their way ; if they are not prepar-ed
for a long series of troubles, and willing, every
man, to put his hand to the pi'-w, especially these
who first raised the war cry, but have found it more
pleasant toting that war cry, than to dance to it—
then far better would it be to calmly and quietly
give up the contest rather than suffer our brave
troops in the field to go through another summer of
hard fighting, all to be of no avail.
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Q. M. «th Dist. N. C.
Ca»r F.SR< LLINO OFFICE, CTII CONU- DISTEICI,
Greensboro, N. C-, January 18th, 1864.
The attention of all concerned is invited to % II,
General Orders No. 141, Adjutant and Inspector
General's Office, Richmond, Virginia, October 29th,
1863.
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II. 'Soldiers returning home on furlough, or on
•reaching places at which they will stay during fur-lough,
will " immediately report to the nearest En-
-olling Officer, who wiil keep a register of their
names, descriptive list, place where stationed, by
whom the furlough was granted, and the time at
which it expires."
Lieut. W. A. Albright, A. E. O , will register for
Alamance county, at Graham, N. C.
Lieut. Jas. C. Dobbin, A. E.O., will register for
Guilford county, at Greensboro, N. C.
Capt David Barrow, A. E. O., will register for
Forsyth county, at Winston, N. C.
Capt. M. C. Moore, A. E. O., "vill register for
Stokes county, at Francisco, Stokes county, N. C.
Lieut. W. M. R Johns, A. E. O., will register for
Rockingham county, at Leaksville, N. C.
Lieut. H. L. Cobb, A. E. 0., will register forCas
well county, at Yanceyville, N. C.
Lieut. John W. Philpot, A. E. O., will registerfor
Person county, at Roxboro, N. C.
All soldiersnt home on furlough, or whose fur-loughs
have expired and have been extended, will
■ eport to the Enrolling Officers of their respective
counties tor registration.
Endorsements upon furloughs by local physicians,
certifying that recommendations for extension of
furloughs have been forwarded, will not be respec-ted
by county Enrolling Officers, but soldiers whose
furloughs have expired will be sent before the Dis-trict
Examining Board, or the nearest Hospital Ex-amining
Board, for examination.
All applications for Exemption or Detail must be
t irwarded through the Enrolliug Officer for the
tnty fr. m which such application comes. Appli-cations
will not he acted upon without the opinion
^t' the county Officers as to its expediency or neces-fciijr.
J. H. ANDERSION, Capt.
W>-tf and En Office.- for Gth Cong. Pist.N. C.
l&'ool and Furs Wanted.—We wish to
V V buy all the WOOL AND FURS that we can
get. For wool we will pay the HIGHEST MARKET
J'RICES, and for furs as follows : Rabbit $1 and
-_ per doz., according to quality; Muskrat and
Mink, from 26c to 40c each; Raccoon and Fox,
from 5®o io $100.
Wool and furs taken in exchange for hats. Per-sons
having the above articles would do wellto give
us a call We want them to work in hats for the
(i ovei nment.
Our place of business is in Randolph county, 8
miles south of Ashuboro. Post Office address,
Stone Lick.
"' '-w WILEY M. SMITH & BROTHERS
Office C. S Ordnance WorkN,
SALISBURY, JAM ART 21!, 1864.
Contracts will be made for Horse Shoes and nails,
the iron to be furnished by the Government.
No contract will be made for less than 2000 shoes
per month, or 800 lbs nails per month.
A. G. BRENIZER,
*6 -tf Capt. Artillery Commanding.
Surgeon General's Office.
RAtniOH, JANUARY 2lst, 1864.
i >n the first day of every month, I shall send a spe-cial
agent, to the Army of Northern Virginia. AH
packages, &c, sent to meat this place will be
promptly forwarded free of charge.
EDWARD WARREN.
36-8w Surgeon Gen. N. C.
A Liberal Price will be given for Swaim's
Mui of Business, or Every Man's Law Book.
Apply at this office.
O )/|/i Reward.—Ranaway the last of Au-
WJ'OvW." gust, a negro woman named CLARA,
between thirty and thirty-five year, old, tall spare
made and black. She is probably staying in the
upper portion of this county, near Bachelors Hall. I
wiil pay the above reward for her airest and con-finement
so that I can get her.
Iw G. E. KEEN.
THE PATRIOT.
GREEKSBOROHGB, I*. C.
Voi. XXV .'.. No. 1,285.
T1ICRSDAY, ...JANUARY 28, 1864.
Much has been said by different papers since the
commencement of the last session of Congress con-cerning
Mr. FOOTE. of Tennessee, and the conclusion
arrived at, is to the effect that that gentleman has
been doing the Confederacy avast amount of injury,
owing to the tone of his innumerable speeches, and
that he consumes much time that might be better
employed, in twaddling away on topics of little or
no importance.
But Mr. FOOTS is not so guilty in this respect as
certain parties would have us believe. In the con-duct
of our affairs, many grave errors have been
committed, even at the very commencement of the
struggle. Mr. FOOTE is laboring to prevent a repi-tition
oi these errors. Our soldiers have frequently
been badly treated—treated almost inhumanly. Mr.
FOOTS is laboring for their good, and these same
soldiers who have fought from the Peninsula ir. Vir-ginia
to the Valley of the Susquehanna in Pennsyl-vania,
are now but little more than half fed, and the
money with which they have been paid, so far from
ooming to their assistance in this extremity, has
been very little better than so many rags. Mr.
FOOTE, in his "twaddle" has had no little to say
concerning those whose duties are connected only
with the commissary department, and we hope his
labors may prove benefioial there.
We think Mr. FOOTS is perfectly right ia the
course he is pursuing. Let every truth, no matter
what, be brought to light; for strange, indeed, is that
cause, which, to be successfully maintained, must
require prevarication and a timid disposition to
avoid every responsibility, or, for mere boast and
display, to conceal the truth even from our own peo-ple.
If Commissary NORTHROP has not a single
pound of bacon in any of his store-houses to issue to
the army for a week or ten days, which would bo
the best policy, to swear that we have an abundance,
simply to hide the truth from Yankee newspapers
in order to avoid their insult ? or to let the fact be
known so that the people—whose patriotism would
surely be equal to the emergency—might send in
from their own smoke houses until even their sup-plies
should be come exhausted ?
From different sources we learn that since tbo
close of aotive operations by the army in Virginia
the rations issued to the men have been so scant as
to cause some complaint among the troops, inasmuch
that their money will buy such small quantities
of food as to be totally insufficient to make up for
that which the commissary fails to furnish.
We hear of letters being written by soldiers to ther
people at home asking for food to be sent them, and
r-nmplaining in the roundest terms of their rations,
not of the quality, but the quantity. How the mat-ter
really stands, we have no direct information.
We have occasional correspondents in various bri-gades,
but none of these writers ever allude to the
subject in their letters. If the men are really no
better fed than we have been told they are, and if
the reason does not exist in i h i fact of a low state
of supplies, then the matter is disgraceful. If the
soldiers are as well fed as the state of supplies will
admit, and if that is not sufficient, then help mus; be
given bv planters and all others who have the
means to afford. The men who stand up between us
and the invader, placing their lives in jeopardy for
the safety of those at home, must not be permitted
to suffer for anything that can be supplied them jne
day longer than actual neeessity compels.
ly, and he, seizing a whip, commences lashing them,
and a revolt 'ensued. One hundred negroes seiied
loaded guns and fired on the Union troops wildly,
most of the shots ranging too high. No one is re-ported
hurt. The rioters held possession of the
camp all day and night. The next duy moral force
prevailed. The ringleader, were arrested, and
tried by court martial. The 'writer attaches the
blame to Adjut-nt General Thomas, whese indis-creet
speeches gave the negroes an exalted idea of
their position. AnOhio regiment bai, been ordered
to camp near the Fort, to provide against a recur-rence
of revolt.
FIRE.—We regret to learn that the barn of Mr.
CLEMENT SMITH, eight mile, west of this place, was
burnt on Wednesday last, at noon. The barn was a
new we.l-Cnished building, and contained a heavy
quantity of grain, forage &<.., the loss being estima-ted
at $10,000. Supposed te be the work of an in-cendiary.
HABIAS CORPIS.—From the rather singular Fune-ral
Notice which we copy from the Richmond Whig,
we conclude that Congresr: has suspended the writ of
habeas corput. The deliberations, in secret sessions,
of Congress have not yet been made public.
The Louisville Democrat, of the Cth inst., says
that four 1 undred of the 115th, 117th. and 113th
Indiana six months volunteers were orderei to re-port
at Indianapolis, their term of service having
expired. They were marched over the mountains
from Tazewell, some ol them without shoes and
but with little clothing, and with a scanty sup-ply
of food. In one party of 102 twenty-four died
before reaching camp Nelson, ond fifty men died in
a few hours after their arrival. Out of 500 men who
left Tazewell, 150 died from exposure and the want
of food and proper csre. One night two men of Co.
A, 115th Indiana, fell by the wayside and died cry-ing
for bread! As their term of service had expir-ed
Lincoln had no further use for them, and turned
them out to starve and die.
A correspondence between President DAVIS and
Pope Pius the Ninth, has recently been published
in some of the papers- Further than the letters ex-hibit
a courteous intercourse they are of no
importance. They possess no political or official
significance.
Notwithstanding the great anxiety of all classes
of the people with regard to the length of the war,
and notwithstanding many are even yet hopeful of
vly termination, we have all the time argued
thit utterly groundless was the hope of an early
peace, originating in the belief that public feeling at
rib would soften toward us—that the Yankee
Government would lag in its prosecution of the war,
an I, witn a parting kiss, say to us, "Wayward sis-
'"ters, depart in peace."
The idea that such a sentiment would infuse itsejf
in the Northern mind, prevail in the war councils of
the LlstoLK Administration, and compel the most
GEN. MORGAN.—We lea-a that Gen. Morgan left
Richmond yesterday for Decatur, Ga., where his
command is rapidly organizing. It is said he has
' received a large number of recruits, and that his
i troopers are being equipped in a substantial manner.
ATTIMPT AT ARSON.—At a late hour on Sunday
night last the residenoe of Dr. A. S. PORTER in the
vicinity of this town, was discovered to be on fire, it
having been lighted in two different places. The
flames had made considerable progress before dis-covered
: but were fortunately extinguished before
serious damage was inflicted.
ARBITRARY ARREST.—We understand th..t Mr.
MARCUS WITTT, of this county, who has a leathsr
contract with the Government, and who, recently
Dt of our enemies to regard us with favor, has ! visited Florida for the purpose of purchasing hides,
deluded many Southern people, and none hare been i was placed in arrest by some General, commanding
so misled to ag enter extent than President DAVIS. | in that department, and notwithstanding
Few Southern men were wont to persuade them-selves
that Northern sentiment was fully united
nst us, and while scouting tueir display of "de-ion
to the Union," were blind to the fact that
they were as firmly bent in prosecuting their at-he
had
credentials to show the legitimacy of his transac-tions,
and further, that be was exempt from the per-formance
of military duty, yet he was sent on to a
camp of instruction, where we suppose he will be
detained.
FROM THE ARMY IN GEORGIA.—The Atlanta Con-federacy
of the 20th has the following i i relation to
the army of Northern Georgia and the West:
Matters about Dalton remain monotonously still.
The army is comparatively comfortable, so far as
shelter is concerned, but scarce of leafier and socks.
The Rome Courier has had an interview with a gen-tleman
just from Lincoln county, Tenn., and gathers
from him the following items of news :
He says the Yankees are committing many dep-redations,
but yet generally leave every family a
full supply of provisions for their own subsistence.
The Federals are in a perfect stew in regard io their
troops, whose time of service is about to expire. It
is thought that not more than fifty to tie regiment
will re-enlist. They say they are heartily sick of
the war, and are determined to go home and quit
the service.
Three negro regiment, are garrisoning Shelby vi lie.
The people of Middle Tennessee are very hopeful
and look to Forrest as their liberator. He got be-tween
three and four thousand recruits on his re-cent
trip to West Tennessee. Thousands would join
him if he could but get into that section.
Large numbers ef men, under Of eats of confisca-tion
and exile, have been forced io tak:; the hated
oath of allegiance to the Lincoln Govern ment: yet at
heart they are true to the South, and will so act
whenever an opportunity is afforded.
Sherman, with some fifteen or twenty thousand
men, (thought to be moving from St>;phenson to
Huntsville,) was at Paint Rock Bridge last week.
The snpposed object is to scatter the Yankee army
for the purpose of obtaining subsistence.
All the Yankee cavalry that had beer at Hunts-ville
had moved Northwest, towards Pulaski and
Columbia.
For the Patriot.
MR. EDiTftk:
per over the
traded much
inquiry. What is the object of the meeting ? Who's
at the head of it 1 is in every body's mouth both from
town and country, and nobody as yet has been found
who can answer these inquiries or give any satis-faction
to the inquiring public. The notice appears
to be a foundling, the paternity or maternity of
which nobody is willing to acknowledge. It re-quests
"all the citizens of (Juilford who believe that
the people have a right to assemble together to con-sult
for their common good, to instruct their repre-sentatives,
and to apply to the Legislature for re-dress
of grievances'' to meet in the court house on
Saturday next. "Variots important questions are to
be considered." What are these important questions,
no intimation whatever is given. The people are to
be got together—are -.o be penned, before they are
allowed to know for what purpose they have been
called together. Frajd and deceit always burrow
in the dark, and disclose their secret workings by
piece meal Tne people must be got into the court
house—then the leaders who have been consulting
and ooncocting measures in secret, bring forth, one
proposition, and another—and another till all the
" important questions" are considered. It is to be
hoped that no man who studies his own peace and
the peace of his State, will be caught in any such
trap. What necessity is there now for consultation
for tt e common good more than there was a month
or three months or six months ago T The Legisla-ture
has adjourned within « month; what grievances
are there now to redress that did not exist, when it
was in session ? It wil. meet again in May, why not
wait till the next session • What special grievances
can there be that require a call of the Legislature
between December and May | These are only pre-texts
and although dressed In fine clothes cannot
conceal the ugly and dirty carcass they are inten-ded
to hide.
It is well known that there is a plan on foot which
originated in Raleigh to call a Convention, and car-ry
the State of North Carolina out ot the Confedera-cy,
and it is very rnucl to be feared that the meeting
on Saturday is oalled to further that design. Sorry
am I that Guilford soil is seleoted for the furtherance
of any such design. North Carolina by a solemn act
of the Convention of her people h. > for woal or for
woe cast in her lot with the people of the Southern
Confederacy, and haa solemnly pledged her faith to
" live or die, sink or swim, survive or perish" with
them and she can take no steps backward without
bringing shame upon her children and disgrace upon
her name. Her escutcheon haa always been bright,
and her name unsullied up to the present hour. It
is to be hoped no citizea of Guilford will lend his
name, his influence er his presence to put a blot on
her untarnished fame-
But suppose the Convention called, and we withdraw
fiom the Confederacy, what then I 'Take our own
affairs into our own hands" is tbe language of the
disturber of the repose of North Carolina. Well
then you have got back your own affairs into your
own hands, what then? Recall our troops, i suppose
would be the next step. But would they come when
you call them ? is the question. Suppose they would
not desert those glorious leaders, under whom they
have so often conquered and abandon that sacred
cause which has been consecrated by the blood of
so many heroes and martyrs, (and we all know they
would not,) what would we then do with our own
affairs in our own hands ? We would then stand ex-posed
to the scorn and derision of all the world.
Suppose they come, what then? Why you make
North Carolina the Kattle field ef the war, and you
will see
A REVIEW OF THE WAR.
Report of .
of In, Campaign, 1 Cvnoui Letter, Etc.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Commercial Jdverttter has baen permitted to see
the advacce sheets of the report of General McClel-lan
of the campaigns on the I'eninanla and in Mary-land,
(now in process of being printed,) covering
the most stirring ardmemnrcble period of the war.
This correspondent has given an abstract and analy-sis
of the report in advance of it. publication, which
is highly interesting. The report is dated New
York, August 4, 18«8. It begin, with an allusion
to the result, of the victories in Virginia, and th«u
goes on to recite the arrival of General McClellan at
Washington after Bull Run ; the organization of
the army of the Potomac; the grand plan laid out
for the general campaign of 1861-2, the final inva-sion
of Virginia in 1862, the Peninsula movement;
ofthe United State* awn the people of every State.
I The time has come when the'Governsient must de-termine
upon a civil and military poliey covering
tae whole ground of our national trouble. The
responsibility of determining, declaring and tup
porting such civil and military policy, and of di-recting
the whole course of national affairs in re-gard
to the rebellion, must now be assumed acd ex-ercised
by you or our cause will be lost. The Con-dilution
gives'you power sufficient even for the
present terrible exigency. This rebellion has as-sumed
the character of war; as such it should be
regarded, and it should be conducted upon the high-est
principles known to Christian civilization. It
•-hould not be a war looking to the .objTigatlon of
the people of any State in any event. It should not
be at all a war upon apotulation, but against armed
forces and political organization. Neither confisca-tion
of property, political executions of persons,
territorial organizations of States, or forcible abo-lition
of slavery, should be contemplated for a mo
m-r t. Iu prosecuting the war all private property
and unarmed persons should be strictly protected,
subject only to the necessity of military operations.
All private property taken for military use should
the seven days' battles : and the short Maryland ' ** P*"*0' receipted for: pillage and was.e should be
treated as high crimes, all
FROM THB SOUTHWBST.—A gentlemar. who left
the neighborhood of Covington, La, oa the 15th
inst., says that on the 7th two of the enemy's gun-boats
and six transports and schooners h ■ <i appeared
off the mouth of the liver and commenced 'helling the
marsh, when a Confederate picket force of seven
men, under charge of a Sergear.t, started Vom Madi-eonvillc,
in a skiff on a tour of observation, and are
supposed to have been captured. Sergeant Berry, is
the only one known to have escaped. Tho fleet then
proceeded up the river and took possession of tbe
latter place, and four eaw mills, which our forces
neglected to destroy. They threw out pickets on the
Covington road within two miles of that town; also
on the Madisonville road on the east side of the river.
Our informant was at Covington ou the Cth, and
started for Madisonville on the same night, in com-pany
with John Pollock, Frank Peters, and Brugg,
who were ignorant of the near approach of the ene-my,
when the two latter were taken prisoners, and
the former, though repeatedly fired at, escaped un-hurt.
He estimates their forces at not more than two
hundred or three hundred. They are engaged in
raising the hulls of several vessels, sunk on theriv-ertby
our authorities. Our force at the time consis-ted
of one company of guerrilla's and sharpshooters,
stationed at Covington, which withdrew towards
Franklinton. He represents tne trade in cotton, car-ried
on between Amite, Summit and oihe' places on
the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, and Baton
Rouge, as very extensive and without molestation.
Four gunboats were in sight yesterday, and three
were off Round Island. Others proceeded toward
Ship Island.
PRO«BIDINQ9 IS THI YANKII CONORBSI.—In the
Yankee House of Representatives on the 18th, Mr.
Dawson (Democrat), of Pennsylvania, offered reso-lutions
declaring that the war was not waged for
conquest or oppression, and requesting 1. e Presi-dent
to issue a proclamation making known that
when any State now in insurrection, shall submit
to the Federal Government, all hostility against
her shall cease, and such State shall be protected
against all interference with her local laws and in-stitutions.
The resolutions were laid on the table
—ayes 79, noes 68.
Mr. Cox, of Ohio, offered a resolution proposing
to take the exchange of prisoners out of the hands
of General Butler, and refer it to a Board of Com
raissioners. The resolution was summarily laid on
the table by a vote of ayes 91, nays 60.
The Senate resolution providing for the appoint-ment
of a select committee, consisting of three mem-bers
of the Senate and five of the House, on the con-duct
and expeditures of the war, was passed.
Mr. Smith of K y , offered resolutions declaring
that the rebellion is "desperate, wici:ed, and
bloody ;" that "the safety and security of personal
and national liberties depend upon its utter and ab-solute
extinction;" and that, therefore, "it is the
political, civil, moral, and sacred duty of the people
to meet it, fight it, and forever destroy it thereby
establishing perfect and unalterable liberty. The
resolution was adopted. Ayes 112, nay. 1.6.
In tbe Senate, on the 16th, the one million men
bill, to release the prisoners at Richmond was dis-cussed.
Mr. Howe, who offered the bill, assured
the Senate he was in earnest. Mr. Trumbul! thought
one hundred thousand might be raised, but a million
was driving it a little too strong. Mr. Wilson
thought a hundred thousand recruits against Lee's
veterans would stand no chance at all. The subject
was dropped.
In the Senate, on the lSth, a bill was tubmitted
and referred, providing for the establishment of a
Bureau of Emancipation, under the Secrets ry of the
Treasury. The resolution for the expulsion of Sena-tor
Davis, of Ky., was referred to the Judiciary
Committee. Joint resolutions of thanks to Hooker'
Meade, Howard, Banks, and Burnside, wer<! passed.
Coconuts are selling in Mobile at $10 apiece.—
People who can afford to eat them at this price,
ought to be able to stand a pretty heavy tax for the
support of the war.
It is idle for the North te boast of our weakness,
who have, for four years, overmatched the strength
of their numbers by tbe strength of our dt termina-tion.—
Confederacy
Robert J. Walker writes from England that there
is a great revolution of opinion there in favor of the
Tankees.
"Wide over her fields a waste of ruins laid"
Ask those of your fellow citizens who have been to
Northern and Eastern Virginia, to describe its present
condi' ion, ruin and waste and desolation, and pause
before you take the first step toward inflicting a
similar ruin upon your beloved State and happy
homes. But you are told this is a peace mta.ure—
it is all for peace and to stop the war. Be not de-ceived.
It is a measure to aggravate, intensify and
magnify the war and bring it to your doors and your
hearth-stones. Does any man in his reason believe
that if North Carolina seceded from the Confederacy
she could remain neutral/ Not for a day—she
would be occupied immediately as a matter of ne-cessity,
as of self-protection by .Confederate troops,
and these troops would then be hostile troops and
would burn wi h resentment against us for our per-fidy.
But why talk about neutrality and it. consequen-ces?
Nonsense. The object is to carry the State
back into the old union from which we seceded in
1801. What will be the consequences of that move,
if it could succeed ? War to the knife, and the knife
to the hilt here among us ' Father against son,
brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor,
burning houses, violated women, robbery and plunder.
A Confederate army and a Federal army, both on
our soil, both devouring and destroying until they
would nut leave a rail or a blade of grass in the land.
Our people divided, part on one side and part on the
other, engaged in the general business of cutting the
throats of each other ! Be not deceived. I know
you want peace, so do I, so does every body. But
we must seek peaoe in a constitutional and a legal
way—we have an organixed government and w<;
must speak for peace through the organ of the gov-ernment.
Some of the very men who are now head-ing
this movement were secessionists and brought
on the present bloody war. They told you secession
was a peaceful remedy. They told what was not
true, and when !hey tell yau, you can have peace
by calling a Convention, they tell you what is not
true again.
If you were about to take a journey upon a rail-road
train, and were informed that the locomotive
was out of order—some of the axels wrenched, some
of the wheels cracked—that the engineer was
crazy and the conductor drunk, would you go ?
Not a step. Well if you go into the meeting on
Saturday, be certain that the train upon which you
then embark is sound and in good condition and
under the control of sober and comptent officers,
lest a colision or running eff the track or a break
down, may end in broken bones and mangled limbs
and loss of life to many who thought they were only
on a pleasure trip
Be certain you do not "jump eut of the frying
pan into the fire." Lincoln says wo have no Con-federate
Government, no Nationality—but that we
are a State. Now by holding ajConvcntion to treat
with Lincoln as a State do you not ignore tbe exist-ence
of our Confederate Government, and play
directly- into his hand and aid him in hi. great plan
of cur subjugation ?
A TRUE FRIEND OF NORTH CAROLINA.
"We never maintained the doctrine of secession
as practiced by the cotton States, and we resisted
secession up to the last moment."
The above extract is the language of the Raleigh
Standard, which we copy to enquire what kind of
secession that was it advocated ? We weii remember
the time when the Standard preached secession to
the whole South, and advised the people to give the
North a practical touch of the doctrine if the Yan-kees
refused us our territorial righ's. But the
Standard says it " resided secession up to the last
moment." We submit that its "resistance" came
too late 1 like crying "put out the fire," after hav-ing
caused the torch to be applied.—Milton Chronicle.
In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the mo-tion
to dissolve the injunction heretofore granted to
restrain the Provost Marshal from taking drafted
men was granted.
Gold was quoted in New York, on the 18th, at
108* 109.
The Confederate steamer Florida is lying in port
at Brest, France, making ready to leave. She is ly-ing
near the D. S. gunboat Eearsage.
A fire occurred in New York on Saturday week,
destroying property to the amount of $1,250,000.
Gens. Hancock and Burnside are to recruit their
old corps to 00,000 men each.
A couit martial has been called for the trial of
Surgeon-General Hammond, of the federal army.
A banquet was given to the veterans of the Irish
Brigade in New York on the 16th. Gen. Meagher
was the principal speaker.
Col. Fish has retired from the post of Provost
Marshal of Baltimore, and Major Haynes appointed
to the post.
Hendricks and Hart, two Yankee newspaper cor-respondents,
have reached New York, having been
pareled for ninety days by the Confederate authori-ties.
A correspondent inquires what General Grant's
initials "D. S." stand for. From ihe best infor-mation
we have, they stand for an Unmitigated
Scound: el.—Rebel.
The scarcity of shoes in the army, (says the At-lanta
'•Confederacy,") i. wickedly attributed to
the superabundance of leather-heads in Richmond.
canrpaign of September, IMS. Starling from the
1st of November, the time whin General McClellan
was given the chief command of all the United States
forces), the report says :
General McClellan at once began active opera-tions.
The theatre cf war had now extended about
the whole circumference of the South ; and it be-came
necessary, a* well as practicable, to plan a
large and sweeping combination of military opera-tions.
An organization of New England troops for
occupying the coast line of the South on the mid-dle
Atlantic, which had been selected by General
McClellan in September, 1801, took shape in Janii
ary, 1862. as an expedition under General Burn-side,
designed to facilitate the movements of the
main body in Eastern Virginia by an occupation of
the coast-line of North Carolina, General Burnside
being ordered, when he should haveseized Newbem,
to occupy ana destroy the Weldon and Wilmington
railroad as far west as Goldsboro', and, should cir-cumstances
favour, to push as far as Raleigh, Wil-mington
being, however, his ultimate objective
point. " Caution about proclamation" was recom-mended,
the General being urged " to say as little
as possible about politics or the negro," and to state
merely " that the true issue for which we are fight
ing is the preservation of the Union and upholding
the laws of the general Government." At tne sam j
time letters were sent to General Halleck, (appoin-ted
to the command of the department ofthe Missou-ri,)
to General Buell.) to Oenoral Shermaa, (com-manding
In South Carolina and Georgia,) and to
Ge^ralUutler, (comuanding the department of the
Gulf.) General Halleck was charged with the duty
of "reducing chars to order" in his department. In
respect to military operations he was ordered to
hold the State by fortified posts and concentrate his
force oa the Mississippi. General Bueil was in-structed
as to the vast importanoe of the military
occupation of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. In
Kentucky itself he was advised " the conduct of our
pelitioal affairs is, perhaps, more important than
that of our military operation," and he was urged
te bear in mind " that we shall most readily sup-press
this rebellion and restore the authority of the
Government by religiously respecting the constitu-tional
rights of all." In socordance "with the
feelings and opinion of the President," General
McClellan requested General Buell to assure " the
people of Kentucky that their domestic institutions
will, in no manner, be interfered with," and "to al
low nothing bat the dictates of military necessity"
to cause him to "depart from the spirit ef his in
st ructions."
In respect to Tennessee, Qen. Buell was ordered
to throw the mass of his troops, "by rapid marches,
by Cumberland or Walker's Gap, on Knexville, in
order to occupy the railroad at that point," and
"cut the communication between Eastern Virginia
and the Mississippi. Gen. Buell was further coun-seled
to avoid "widening the breach existing be
tween us and the rebels" by 'causeless arrests and
persecutions of individuals." "I have always found,"
adds General MoClellan, "that it is the tendancy of
subordinates to make vexatious arrests on mere sus-picion."
General Sherman was advised that the
favorable moment for a coup dt main against Savan
nah had been lost, and that the best course before
him would be "to isolate and reduce Fort Pulaski "
But the "reduction of Charleston and its defences"
was held up us the great and moral advantage to be
sought for, and this was stated to be an object lor
which General McClellan was actively maturing his
combinations. General Butler was instructed as to
the obstacles to be encountered in reducing New
Orleans, and was ordered, as soon as possible after
the fall of that city, to "seize all tbe approaches
leading to it from the east," and particularly 'Jack
son, in Mississippi," with an ultimate view as well
to the capture of Mobile as to the opening of Miss-issippi.
The instructions thus issued to the gener-als
named comprehend tbe entire scope of the plans
of General McClellan, of which plans tbe movement
of the army of the Potomac, under his own orders,
was the central feature. It was considered by him
necessary to the succe.x of these plan, 'hat they
should be carried out simultaneously, or a. nearly
so as possible, Ihe advance of the Potomac army
upon Richmond by the lower Rappahanock was
kept in hand by him, to be delivered as theder-'-ive
blow in conjunction with all the rest of the general
movement. Passing oviir Gen. MoCledan's full and
elaborate account of the consultations and operations
which preoedsd the advance to Manassas. March 'J,
lb'y>, we find that this cdvance was intended by him
merely to occupy the troops during the preparations
for the Peninsula campaign, then fully decided upon.
The enemy's force at 'i anas'as was estimated at
116,000, with five hundred field guns and three hun-dred
siege guns.
General McClellan reached the Peninsula with
85,000 effectives early in April- He gives his
reason for not assaulting the works at Yorktown,
describes the battle at Williamshurg, and recites
the advance to Richmond. The siege of that city
is narrated at length, nod the "change of base,"
with its attendant battles at Mechanicsville, fought
June 26, to Malvern Hill, fought July 1, 1862.
'-This closed," say. General MoClellan. "the hard
fighting which bad continued from the afternoon of
the 26th Jane, in a series of engagement wholly
unparalleled on this continent for determination
and slaughter on both sides." July 4th the Gener-al
telegraphed to the President that he occupied,
at Harrison's bar, positions "which could be carried
only by overwhelming numbers" "The spirit of
the army," he added, "is excellent; stragglers are
finding their regiments, and the soldi en. exhibit
the best results of discipline." He sums up the
results of the brief but fierce campaign: "I cannot
now approximate to any statement of our losses :
but we were not beaten in any conflict. The enemy
were unable, by their utmost efforts, to drive us
from the field. • • • • We have lost no guns,
except twenty-five on the field of battle, tw«nty-one
of which were lost by the giving way of McCalls
division, under the onset cf superior numbers.
When all the circumstanses of the case are known,
it will be acknowledged by all competent judges
that the movement just completed by our army is
unparalleled in the anna's of war. L'nder the most
dufficult circumstances we bare preserved our trains,
our guns, our materials, and, above all, our honour."
To this the President replied: "Be assured the he-roism
and skill of yourself, officers and men is, and
forever will be, apprecialed. If you can hold your
present position we shall hive the enemy yet." On
the "th General McCle Ian telegraphed : "If not
attacked to-day I shall laugh at them. Flag Officer
Gold.borough is confident he can keep open my
communications by the James.'' Expecting an
attack, he says, as a necessity to the enemy, and
feeling the critical nature of the position, General
McClellan, on the same d»y, addressed to the Presi-den
the following letter:
HEADQCARTIBS ABMT or THI POTOMA'-, I
CAMP SEAR HARBISON'S LARDIHO, VA., I
Monday, July 7, 1862. J
Mr. President: You have been fully informed
that the rebel army is in our front, with the pur-pose
of overwhelming us by attacking our positions
or reducing us by blockading our river communica-tions.
I cannot but regard our condition as critical,
and I certainly desire, in view of possible con-tingencies,
to lay bafore your Excellency, for your
private consideration, my general views concerning
the existing state of the rebellion, although they
do not strictly relate to tae situation of th- *rmy,
or strictly come within the scope of my official du
ties. These views amouct to convictions, mid aie
deeply impressed on my mind and heart, "ui case
must never be abandoned—it is the cause of nee
institutions and self government. The Constitution
and the Union must be pieseived, whatever may be
the cost in time, treasure and blood. If secession
is successful^ other dissolutions are clearely to be
seen in the future. Let neither military disaster,
political faction, nor foreign war shake our settled
pnrpoas to enforce the equal operation of the laws
nign crime*, unnecessary trespass
sternly prohibited, and offensive demeanour by the
military toward citizens promptly rebuked. Milita-ry
arrests should not be tolerated except in places
where active hostilities exist, and oaths, not requtr
ed by enactments constitutionally made, should be
neither demanded nor received Military govern-ment
should be confined to the preservation of pub-lic
order and the protection of political rights.
Military power should not be allowed to interfere
with the rclationr of servaude, either by support-ing,
or impairing the authority of the master, except
for repressing disorder, as in other cases. Slaves
contraband under tbe act tt Congress, seeking mili-tary
protection, should receive it. The right of the
l»o rerniuent to appropriate permanently to it. own
service claims of slave-labour, should be arrested,
and the right of the owner to compensation there-fore
should be recognized. This principle might be
extended, upon ground, of military necessity and
security, to all the slaves within a particular State,
thus working manumission in such State; and in Mis-souri,
perhaps in Western Virginia, also, and possi-bly
e7en in Maryland, the expediency of suoh a
measure is only a question of time. A system of
policy thus constitutional and conservative, and
pervaded by the influences of Christianily and free-dom,
would receive the support) of almost all true
men, would deeply impress the rebel masses and all
foreign nations, and it might be humbly hoped that
» would commend itsel: to the favor of the Almighty.
Unless the principles governing the future conduct
of cur struggle shall be made known and approv-ed,
the effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost
hopeless. A declaration of radical view., especially
upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present
armies.
• «*• * • ■††††• •
[Signed] GIOROE B. MOCLIILAS.
Early in August the array was ordered to Aquia.
The condition of affairs at Washington during the
campaign of Pope is graphically described. Sep-tember
2d the President directed Gen. McClellan to
take command of hi. own and General Pope', army,
and find the enemy. On the 17th of September An-tietam
was lought. South Mountain and Cramptun's
Gap having been already won by ns. Not a single
gun or colour was lost by us in these battles, ui
our total loss in men at Autictam is stated bv C.-n.
McClellan at 12,46'.'. The advance into Virgi-.ia
after Antictan is related, with an account of :ie
causes by woich that advance was delayed. On
the night of November 7th General McClellan wil
relieved and the command transferred to General
Burnside. Oeneral McCle'.lan thns describes hi.
own repoit :
Instead of reporting a vie or.ou. campaign, it has
been my duty to relate the zeroisni of a reduced ar-my,
sent >'pon an expedition into an enemy's coun-try,
There to abandon one and to originate another
new plan of campaign, which might and would have
been successful if supported with appreciation of it.
necessities, but which failed because o' the repeated
failure of promised sup-win at the most critical, and
it proved, the most fatal moments. The heroism
surpasses ordinary description. Its illustration
must he left for the pen of the historian in limes ot
calm reflection, when the cation .hall be looking
back to the past from the midst of penceful day..
For me now it is sutL.-ient t-> .ay that my comrades
were victors in every field save one. and there the
endurance ol a single corps, accomplished the ob-ject
of its fighting, and by securing to the army ite
transit to the James river, left to the enemy a ruin-ous
and barren victory.
THE CAPTVBE or Gas. VANCE.—We are indebted
to the Asbeville N. C. A'twi for the annexed in ref-erence
to the capture of Gen Vance with a pait of
Henry's battalion, by the Yankees.
CAPTI.BE ov Bain. Gr.s. V/.MCE.—Some days since
Gen. Vance with a pait of Hanry's bcttalion and a
few men from Thomas' Le^icn. started toward Be-vierville,
Tenn. At Gatlinsburg he left his artille-ry
and all his men but about one hundred, dashed
into Sevierville, ard captured a Yankee train of sev-enteen
wagons, with the teamsters and wagon mas-ters.
Six hundred Yankee cavalry were encamped
six miles below town, (o whom information was of
course promptly communicated of what Gen. Vance
had done.
In tbe meantime Gen. V. pushed off towards Cros-by
w, h his prize, stopping at Shuns' Mill about an
hour, having sent a courier ordering the men at Gat-linsburg
to meet him theie. This they failed to do,
«!utin.; that the roate was in. practicable for artille-ry.
At the end of about an uour, and while Gen.
Vance's mcr. were entirely off tneir guard, the Yan-kees
swept down upon them, taking them complete-ly
by surprise. A running Ight ensued, our men
scattering in every direction, and making a stand
wherever a few of them could get together. Gen.
Vance rallied a little squad, and after an ineffectual
resistance against overwhelm.ng numbers, was Cap-tured,
with his Inspector General. Capt. Lucas 11.
Smith, and about thirty others. Major Charlie Rob-erts
w.is in the affair as was llso Or. W H. Mur-doch,
but escaped, with man) other*. The Yankees
recaptured their wagons, and also one ambulance
and about fifty horses from Gen. Vance's commana.
Col. Henry, with his cavalry and artillery, worked
his way through the mountains, and passed over the
battle grouud the next day, and most of the infor-mation
in regard to the oapture of Gen. Vance hi
obtained from people living on the spot. The Yan-kees
did not tarry long, but pushed off rapidly as
possible.
These are substantially the facto as gathered from
the information received here by Col Palmer, ol this
unfortunate affair.
When will our people Wr i the importance of
heeding both ends of the injtnction, "Watch and
pray ?:
Some thirty-four of our cavalry, including a ma-jor
and several lieutenants, arrived in VicksburK a
shor; time since, having been captured nesr Rudnvy
by the Yankees. It was rumo'edin Vicksburg th«t
hey were surprised by the Yankees while enjoying
themselves
Rodney.
at a party ir. lae neighborhood of
The New York Herald', Folly Island correspon-dent
says Gen. Gilmore has eu<:ceeded in improving
the Greek fire shells so that he can shortly com-mence
the regular bombardment of Charleston with
them.
The Republican State Conveition of New Hamp-shire
has nominated Lincoln for the next Presidency.
Gov. Watts, of Ala., asks only flS for loads of
wood for which from $40 to (V'-(>is demanded by eth-er
parties in Montgomery.
After tbe battles around Richmond there were one
hundred and seventy-one wou.ued Jews in the bous-es
of their brethren in that city.
A bill has been in'roduced in the the L'nited States
Congress te prohibit the sale of gold at a higher
price than that paid for L'nited States sixes, inter-est
paid in gold, unless for exprrtation to pay debts.
The railroad from Bristol to Morrieville will be in
readiness for use during the week.
Ex-Governor Alston, of S. C, has presented Gen.
Morgan with a valuable horse.
Dr. P. A. Irinkins, of Columbia, 8. C, died a few
days ago. *
Dr. James Saunders died at his residence in
Lyn<hburg on Thursday last.
Capt. 3. P. Caldwell, of Cabarrn count/, N. C,
was drowned in Coddle creek or- the 12th inst.
Corn brings $2.-r/0 to $276 per bushel in .Mont-gomery,
Ala., while meal sells for $4 per bushel.
One day, as a strong wind was blowing, a little)
boy was -landing at a window. Suddenly he rahed
his' hands and exclaimed, gleefully
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