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J: ii iBf i 1 4 RVLEIUm WEDNESDAY, MAR. 1, I'' SPECIAL NOTlCE.VTbe Staxbarb u eouducttd etrietl) vpt til eaaa tpetem. ''ALL paptrt are iitemUnvei at the, apirutioA of the time for which tkey fuic bun paid. ib icriben wiU he notifieit roue viuj It "pre- tUir tioM i iy acaow 4a o tktir pprt; itul umlmitke luiucription it reMUX'l tht paper tciil be tiitemutUud-1- TM n triici fif wif 4 W depasture. -. Watch, for the ero fMtrt, and renew your mJtcriplion. " . ' - " '.' WEEKLY STANDARD i per annum, in advance. SEHI- WEEKL Y,'ipr annm, Inadtance. Subscriber desiringtheir papers changed must . mention the Post Office row, as well as the one to, which they desire the change to be made. " ' , ' ' The Latest News. Nkwbmm. The general impression appears to be that the enemy landed 22.000 troops, and that we btriy lhnle over 5.0(H);' this fact "added "to the defective character of the entrenchments,' rendered it almost impossible to make an effective resistance. Brem's and Latham's "batteries u is said did good fighting their batteries were token and most o1 their horses killed. Vance's, Asry's," and Camp bell's regiments fought like tigers. The rumors bout the killed cannot be relied on, as one day con tradicts the statements of the day before. It is reported that Maj. Gen. French has been ap pointed to the command. We hope he is the right man in the right place. Arkansas We are sorry that the rumor so gen erally credited and which caused much joy among our people, that Gen. Van Dorn and Price had whipped the Yankees, taken 15.000 prisoners and 30,000 stand of arms, is not confirmed. At last ac counts it is said that they were safe at Boston Moun tain with their a mies. Tbssesseb. We have nothing from the command of Gen. A. S. Johnston except that he had advanced to Huntsville, Ala. Nashville is said to be occupied by 8,000 Yankee troops. We have nothing from Beauregard's division. A fight is looked for in that quarter daily. West Te.nsf.ssee. The enemy is in force at Cumberland Gap and its vicinity. An early battle is expected. Knoxville is supposed to be the point at which he is aiming Vikgixia.. General Jackson had evacuated Win chester, and fallen back to Cedar Creek, 16 miles from Winchester. The enemy occupied the town. Reinforcements are rallying to Gen. Jackson. Our troops are falling back from the Potomac to Fred ericksburg and the Rjppahanock. All quiet about Norfolk and the Peninsula. South. The enemy have possession of Fernan dina and Jacksonville, Florida. No advance had been made upon Savannah. The papers announce the gratifying intelligence that two vessels have recently arrived with arras for the Confederacy. It is said that 40,000 stand have been received. A collision occured on the Wilmington and Wel don Railroad above Goldsboro', on Sunday last. The cars were much smashed, but no one killed. Public Meetiso rs Raleioh. Avery large num ber of the citizens of Raleigh assembled in the Court House on Monday evening last, to consider wheth er they should apply to President Davis to declare martial law in Raleigh and for ten miles around. Mayor Root pro-ided, and Mr. Gorman acted as Secretary. The matter was discussed at length by M. A. Bledsoe, Esq., for martial law, and H. W. Miller, Esq., against it, when the meeting by an immense majority, and wisely as we think, voted down the proposition of Mr. Bledsoe. Certainly there is no necessity at this time for maitial law in Raleigh. ' Gen. Beauregard. It is possible that Gens. Lee, and the two John stons, Joseph and Albert Sydney, are the equals of Beauregard in some respects, yet, so far, it is evident that none of them are so much dreaded by the Yan kees, and none of them have taken that strong hold upon the feelings and affections of the people that he has. The appointment of Commanding General has no doubt fallen into able hands, in conferring it upon Gen. Lee, yet his name does not inspire in the hearts of th6 people such confidence of success as would have been the appointment of Beauregard. With Lee or Albert S. Johnston as Secretary of War and Beauregard as the Commanding General, the tide of Southern feeling would soon be at the full, and the current of fortune would doubtless set in with redoubled power and energy. President Davis. The Miisippian, an influential paper in Missis sippi, considers that the "great contest for freedom in which the Confederate States are now engaged is to be decided in the valley of the Mississippi." It also expresses the hope that President Davis will take the field in person, and command the army of the West It says : " Let it be known that he was to lead the South ern army in person and our people would flock to his standard from every hill and glen in the Confed eracy. The command, 'Onward toy braves!' from the lips of Jefferson Davis would be woith 20, 000 men." . - - y The West now has Beauregard, whose name is a tower of strength. Mr. Davis perhaps has more hold upon Mississippians. But who is to manage the helm of State, if Mr. Davis takes the field ? The Constitution very properly makes no provision for filling the Chair of the Chief Civil Executive, when the incumbent puts himself at the head of the troops. The union of the Civil Magistrate and the Military Dictator in one man, teems" not to have been thought of by the fratners of the Constitution. Congress has very properly vetoed 6uch an idea, by providing for a commanding General other than the President '' Capt. R. C. Duval. Our sympathies were much excited on reading his last private note to us from this high souled and gallant officer. For months he has been sorely afflicted, and has been using eve ry effort for his restoration. He has now placed himself under the care ol Dr. Fox of Charlotte, who we fciiicerely hope, under the blessing of Providence, may be able to effect his restoration to health. Prostrated as he is, his soul burns to rush to tho defence of his loved old State. May God bless him. He says : " It grieves me beyond expression that I am laid low and unable to be where my heart is on our unfortunate coast, that I might do something for our poor old State. You have done your whole duty." " The Memphis Appeal publishes a dispatch from Richmond stating that' President Davis is going West, and urging all to rally to his standard. . We find the above item in the papers, given as telegraphic news. - What does it mean T Does the President contemplate an abandonment of the bor der States T And if so, does he! expect tatake'-onr troops with hi m to the Mississippi valley," leaving us naked to our enemies? Our Jtrit duty is to North-Carolina. We will never consent to any; policy which abandons the border States to be oc cupied by the enemy, while the battle is being fuught ia the cotton States. -J Our readers will expect from us a full and reliable account of this' unfortunate disaster to our beloved: State,' but after the moat careful effort to obtain' particulars which "can be relied on, we find that much iyet .'remains unknown. What we stato as ' true, comes from undoubted sources ; rumors can-' not he relied on. - . -- ' ( As early as Tuesday afternoon, the 11th instant,' it is said ten or twelve vessels of the enemy were reported in the river fifteen miles below Newbern. pn Wednesday the number was increased to fifty, some say seventy-five. On Wednesday evening or" Thursday morning it is reported that the Yankees ascended Slocumb's Creek, burnt Dr. Masters' fine -mill, and destroyed the railroad at Croataa and the military preparations which had been made a point nearly midway between Newbern and Caro lina City... Here, we believe, Capt Evans cavalry had been stationed as a picket, who were dri ven off by superior force, two of his men said to have been wounded by the shells. The enemy effected a land ing on Wednesday evening and Thursday hiorning of some 15 or 20,000 troops, either on Slocumb's or Otter creek, but we are inclined to think it was on the former. Previous to landing, the whole region was thoroughly shelled below our batteries, forcing CoL Sinclair with his regiment, sent to prevent a landing, to retire to the entrenchments within four or five miles of Newbern. The shelling was kept up all day Thursday below the batteries."' We have no information that any of the batteries except Fort Thompson fired a shot, as no vessel came in range until Friday, when all of them below Fort Thompson had been out-flanked and rendered pow erless by the enemy in the rear. Thus showing the miserable and ruinous engineering as well as bad generalship, with which Eastern North-Carolina has been literally crushed. The breastworks, where it was intended to give the enemy battle, extended from Fort Thompson westward some two or three .miles across the rail road, to an impassable swamp. Fort Thompson had several heavy guns covering its rear and com manding the entrenchments on the side'the enemy was to approach the fort and entrenchments be ing four or five miles below Newbern. To defend the entrenchments Gen. Branch had Cols. Sloan's, Lee's, Campbell's, Sinclair's, and the Craven (militia) regiments, besides others from Wayne, Lenoir and Johnston, east of the railroad, and Cols. Vance's and Avery's on the west, Col. Avery being in the rear of Col. Vance; though one account is that Col. Avery had been assigned the position at the railroad, that being really the post of honor and of most im minent danger. Besides these, Col. Spruill's cav alry were stationed in the rear, except that the companies of Capts. Hayes and Cole, we learn, had been dismounted and place'd in the trenches to aid the infantry. The artillery companies of Captains Brcn and Latham were assigned positions at some points on the line, of which we are not advised. Bat strange to say, the break in the line of en trenchments at the railroad was entirely unprotect ed either by artillery or infantry. We learn that Col. Thompson, the engineer, commenced on Thurs day morning to place cannon at that point, but did not succeed in getting them in position ; hence, at the railroad there was no impediment whatever to the enemy. One of our informants was ordered to the field on Thursday, being a member of the Craven regiment of the militia. His regiment, strange to say, the militia, was placed nearest the Railroad, being how ever, no nearer than two or three hundred yards. This was really the most exposed and dangerous part of the ground. Col. Vance occupied a position west of the railroad near the swamp, but too far from the railroad to afford it any protection, or to j watch the advance of the enemy through the break. The gentleman above alluded to states, that during the day on Thursday he heard that some ten of our pickets below had been driven in or taken. What arrangements were made for scouts or picket duty in the neighborhood of the enemy on Thursday night, he did not know or hear. The troop, how ever, went to sleep that night not supposing that the enemy was or would be before next day within 6 miles of them. Next morning he arose early, and i I with a friend, a Colonel of one of our regiments, went t - a : '-'-if V - The Fall of Newbern. to a spring to wash. While washing they heard acler 0f KUCh a scheme, unless the river is effectu the discharge of musketry they immediately ran j aiy blockaded below and the Railroad bridges do to their positions, the Colonel to his command, and j stroyed. In that case the enemy cannot harm him, our friend to his position on the right of the militia j or ne the enemy, except at long taw. regiment, being one or the nearest to the railroad, i xhc disaster is a most sad one. We have looked They ascertained that in their absence the line had for jt, with the certainty of an already demonstrated been formed and the order was given for the men -j tnjtni and sh;ill always expect such results just so to discharge their pieces and load. Whether any j iong as tnc government places the defence of this one, officer or private, knew that the enemy was at j guto in the hands of political gamesters or military that very time within 500 yards of our entrench- f superannuates or nincompoops, who cannot or will mer.ts, is not known. Another account is, that at 7 j not d their duty. That fine old town Newbern, o'clock, three ol the enemy's officers rode up within J 0nce the pride of the State, is gone I Fort Macon, 2 or 300 yards of our lines, and calmly surveyed i Beaulort, Morehead and Carolina Cities arc perfect our entrenchments, and immediately disappeared. ! ly at the command of the enemy, while the Wil- In a few momuQts.after their disappearance, and i the discharge of our musketry, the enemy's artil lery opened upon our lines, and at once the engage ment began on both sides along the line. Our informant says that soon after taking his po sition, casting his eye over his right shoulder, ho saw a large number of armed men creeping in quick time by the railroad into our trenches. lie direct ed the attention of his commander to it, who re marked that he thought it must be Col. Avery's men, who had been assigned that position. But almost immediately the bullets came whistling over their heads, and he discovered the "stars and stripes" rolled up, when the militia was ordered to fire. They continued to load and fire, and in a short time he discovered the militia falling back. Whether they were ordered to do so or not, he docs not know, as he heard no order of any kind from i an officer no one to rally or encourage the men. The Athens Guards, of which he was a member, seemed disposed to stand firmly, and he thinks if the men could have heard a rallying crj from any quarter they would have stood. His company with a few others were the last of the militia to fall back from the entrenchments, and soon he heard the voice of CoL Sinclair ordering his men to follow him. .He called to. the Colonel, asking what was then to be done ? The Colonel replied that the en emy had out-flanked us, and he had been ordered to retreat It was about 10 o'clock, when our inform ant with others of his company arrived at the rail road cars, which 6eemcd to have been kept there to convey the wounded or the retreating to Newbern. Most of the militia were there, and Col. Sinclair's regiment, and Gen. Branch and his staff. He heard something said about making a stand at the Cross Roads, but the excitement becoming more and more intense, the cars started taking all who could crowd ' on, and pushed for Newbern. The fight was at that ; '' kil'i -''it' n v.i nt 'f.UUnit'o hil Vance's, CoL Avery's and Col. Lee's regiments, and the enemy." ' It is said ihat CoL Campbell ordered a charge which was handsomely executed, by which, he drove the enemy. before him like 6heep.v The fear'guns'of Fort Thompson were used upon the enemy. Capts. Brem's and Latham's companies it is said fought well, many of their horses being killed and several of their men being killed; and" wounded,' CoL Sloan' we believe was absent from his regiment," and being in the rear of the entrenchments, is not supposed to have been in the hottest of the fight, though wo have heard allusions made "to the gal lantry of hw men, and of some of the officers. - Cola. Campbeirs,'Vahce"s and Avery Yregimeriti exhibited great gallantry and courage. At an early stage Col. "Vance was surrounded by the enemy. At this juncture, we are told, bis voice was heard above the roar, "Stand firm, my men I am with ' you for victory or death." CoL Avery discovering his position, it is said, gallantly and heroically rushed to his assistance, when both regiments be came fiercely engaged with the enemy, Tne strug gle must have been a severe one, but we are as sured that both of those regiments and CoL Camp bell's cut through the surrounding hosts, and have made good their retreat to Kinston. The loss of those two regiments we fear is severe, yet the state ments are so contradictory, we are not able to give a satisfactory account We are grieved to record the reported death of Col. Avery, Lieut Col. Hoke and Maj. CarmichacL It is reported alue that Capt Rand's company from this County, in Col. Vance's regiment, suflered severcl there are several re ported deaths in that company but we are still in hope all these statements are but rumors. If it be true that Col. Avery, Lt Col. Hoke, and Maj. Car michael are among the 6lain, the State and country suffer a great loss. They were brave spirits and valuable officers. We learn that Col. Lee's, Col. Sloan's, Col. Sin clair's regiments and the militia made good their re treat from the field,' across the Railroad bridge to Newbern. The hour of Gen. Branch's arrival with his staff at Newbern we have not learned, hut we understand he ordered the burning of the turpen tine, cotton, the gunboats building? the Railroad bridge and a portion of the town. Campbell's, Vance's, and Avery's regiments, we learn, were cut off from Newbern by the burning of the "bridge, and they were compelled to retreat up the touth side of Trent We stato these things as we have heard them. One of the most unaccountable thing? in the whole matter, is the failure on the part of the Com manding General to notify the defenceless inhabit ants of Newbern to leave on Tuesday evening when the Yankee vessels first appeared. But lulled to rest as many of them were, no warning was given until Friday morning when the retreating tioops rushed through the town without stopping to warn them of approaching danger. Hundreds of de fenceless, respectable females were left there, while others too fearful of the consequences of re maining, started on foot or by any means they could get off, carrying their helpless children along with them. The Yankees did not attempt to pass a fort until they found our forces had been routed. About midday, or perhaps as late as one o'clock, they came up without hindrance. After all the talk and gammon about sawyers and obstructions in the river below Newbern, and of forts, " and torpedoes, &c. that would blow the Yankes up, after the rout of our little army they came right along, just in the trad vhich had etranjely luen left open for our own vessels, without encountering a single obstruc tion. At once they commenced bhelling the town. What damage was done by that we have not learn ed. It is alio charged that they shelled the cars with women and children in them. We understand the square on which stood the old Washington Ho tel, near the Court House, was all consumed, ex cept the mansion of the late John Stanly, then oc cupied by Mr. Harrison. This we learn was done by citizens or the military by order of Gen. Branch The enemy, it is said, after taking possession, arrest- ed the progress of the fire in the town, and also pi evented the entire destruction of the Railroad bridge. CoL Sinclair it is said, determined to mako a stand this side of Newbern, but the general current of the military forces pressed on out of harm's way, and did not stop until they reached Kinston, SO miles above Newberi., on Neuse river. There, it is i said. Gen. Branch has determined to make a stand, out jt js hoped a superior military eve will be plac- ed there, to convince him of the utterly Utopian char- niington and Weldon Road is within his grasp and the way to Raleigh open to him. Our losses or that of the enemy are not known. It is believed that we have not lost more than 300 men in killed, wounded and missing. Our tents, artillery, equipage, many of our cavalry horses, and commissary stores, we suppose were deserted, and are now in possession of the enemy. We learn that portions of all the regi ments had leported at Kinston. The government was sending reinforcements rapidly to Gen. Branch, supposing that he could at least hold out a day or two ; but the job was over in two hours, so far as tho defence was concerned, and the Commanding General and 6taff were looking for safer quarters. How much damage we have done the enemy, we have had no means of knowing. The belief is, that a number were killed and wounded, and oue pris oner taken who claims to be an officer. P. S. We learn that Col. Vance, with about five hundred of his men, is at Kinston. Capt Oscar Rand, of this County, it is said, was k lied while fighting nobly at the head of his company. He killed two of the enemy after he had been shot down. Some thirty or forty of his men are mis sing among them Fabius and Hamilton Whitakcr, and Silas Hollcman ; but as tho men are still coming . in, we hope they are alive. We havo heard nothing as to the other companies of this regiment, and nothing as to Campbell's and Avery's regiments, except that CoL Haywood and Lieut Haywood are said to bo safe, a d that CoL Avery is missing and thought to be killed. It may be, however, that he 'is wounded and a prisoner, but one report is that he had died of his wounds. We are glad to learn that Lieut Col. Hoke is not among the killed. Our loss in killed, wounded and prisoners is said to be three or four hundred. . '.. ( . . ' V -!' ," ' ''..- , ; We learn .that the House committee at Richmond, ' appointed to investigate the battle of Roanoke Is "land'consists of CoL. B. .S. Gaitber of this Slate, CoL Baldwin of Virginia, 'CoL'.Farr'ow of South Caxolini, Col. Lewis of Georgia, and CoL Singleton of MisstsstppL '101-' Colonel Fowle, bf th81st regiment, was examined as a witness by the com mittee last week. c v - Cea. Ilill Wilmlatton JowrnaU '; ' x Tha WUmmgtonVnmwj of thi'lbth, oot being able to answer our observations inr relation to the removal of Gn, Hill from his : command in- this State, charges us with being' influenced by malice and, personal animosity towards we suppose, Gov.-. 'Cfark and "Jiidge Biggi ' The Journal was never more mistaken. ' It is our habit ta discharge our ' duty to our readers and to the public, without fear, favor, or affection. We cherish malice towards no one, and we have no personal 'animosity against Gov.' ClarkSr Judge Biggs. i -. . , . ' We now Bay to the Journal that wb take back nothing that we have said on the subject We know that Gen. Hill was removed, and Geju Branch appointed in his place, on representations from the 'highest authority ia this State. ; Who this " highest authority " was or is, we do not know. But the Journal ta Judge Biggs denies that he naa any agency in the business. No one has charg ed that he went or wrote to President "Davis on the subject ; but we have heard that when General Hill called out the militia under the order of Governor Clark, Judge Biggs, before he knew that Gov. C. had given the order, spoke in harsh terms of Gen. Hill, and that what he said was largely instrumental ' in exciting feeling among the people and among the militia even, against Gen. UilL , As boob as Judge Biggs got to Raleigh, and learned that .Gov. Clark was responsible for the order, he became very quiet on the subject But, adds the Journal, Gov. Clark has "authoritatively denied" that he had any thing to'do with the removal of Gen. HilL It is true that a newspaper in this City has made this denial, .but there is no proof that it did so " by authority." The newspaper referred to is edited by corrupt men, and is notoriously under corrupt influences. Decent and respectable persons, who are intelligent, believe nothing that it says; and it cannot be possible that Gov. Clark, who is a decent intelligent and respect able person, and who. is also the Chief Magistrate of the State, could have stooped to authorize that paper to make any statement for him. Besides, we beg leave to remind the Journal that tee made, spine time since, a statement "by authority" from Gov. Clark, to the effect that Gen. Hill had called out the militia without authority from him ; and that Gen. Hill promptly replied, and proved by official docu ments that he had full authority for making the call from Gov. Clark and Gen. Martin. After such ex perience as this, tho Journal we know will excuse us for being a little dubious of " by authority " statements. We again assure tho Journal that we havo no wish to prolong this controversy, but the course of that paper has rendered it necessary that we should give more fully " the truth of history " in relation to the removal of Gen. Hill. In October last Gen. Hill visited Roanoke Island, and found the batteries improperly located, the troops out of position, the guns such as to be of little service against the long range pieces of the enemy, and the batteries open in the rear, and liable to be taken by troops landed on the lower end of the island. He gave directions to move up the lower battery, gradually concentra ting the guns at one place, and that a line of en trenchments should be run entirely across the island, to resist a rear attack. A thousand men working vigorously for a month, could have finished the work. On a second visit to the island he found but little had been done, when he applied to have the officer in command of the post relieved, and then called out the militia. He made a third visit to tho island, where the men from several Counties had been ordered to rendezvous. About 500 of the militia of Chowan were there, but the Governor had arrested the call, and the militia of Camden and other Albemarle Counties did not appear. But for this interference of the Governor, the island could have been tnade a Gibraltar of a place in one month. Gen. Hill st forth the importance of this island to the Governor, the Secretary of War, the Secre tary of the Navy, but not a word of encouragement did he receive from any of these dignitaries. All the Governor did so far as we are informed, was to arrest the call for the militia, and to interest him self to have Gen. Hill removed. We tell the Journal that we are thoroughly post ed, and that we know what we state to be trui. If Gen. Hill had remained at Roanoke Island, Burn side would have been repulsed and the island suc cessfully defended ; or, failing in that, our troops, cannon, arms, and munitions would have been saved. If he had remained in command at Newbern, that place would Jjve been saved; or, failing in that, he would have won for our troops a reputation equal to that which was achieved at Bethel and Fort Donelson. We very much fear that Wilmington will be at tacked next Week by week for months past, have we warned the two governments of the probable designs of the enen, and appealed to them to make such arrangements for defence as would protect our coast We have made the same appeals for Wil mington as for Hatteras, Roanoke Island, and New born. We voted in the Convention to devote any amount from the State Treasury to defend Wilming ton, Newbern and Washington ; and we also voted to raise 20,000 volunteers for State defence. Our skirts, at least, are clear. And yet when we appeal, and warn, and charge home incompetency, and ne glect, and sloth upon those to whose hands have been confided our lives and fortunes, the Jovrnal charges that we are governed by " malice " and " personal animosity," and some of the faction with which that paper acts pronounce us untrue to our native State. We repeat what we have heretofore said, that taction, and party ism, and favoritism, and sloth, and drivelling incompetency at Raleigh and Rich niond, are putting in jeopardy our very independ ence; and that, unless a change, and a very mate rial change shall soon take place at both capitals, the enemy will overrun this State and Virginia. Would God it were otherwise 1 Would God that the record of Hatteras, and Roanoke Island, and .Newbern bad no place in tho archives of North Carolina! But at Newbern our troops fought ail alone, while 25,000 of our brave sons were guard ing other States against the enemy; and at Wil mington we fear they will fight alone again, against the swelling hosts of the well-armed, well-clad, and confident Northmen. May God save the cause ! Drunken Officers. If a common soldier is found drunk, he is sent to the guard house and severely punished; but officers may drink to excess, and may be seen time and again under the influence of. ardent spirit, and yet no steps' are taken to remove these officers from their commands, pr evert to cen - sure them.' Strong drink, when excessively indul ged in, blunts the moral sense, unbalances and stupe-, fins the judgment, and renders its nohappj vict'mj un fit for any employment Let action be taken ia rela tion to officers as well as soldiers. ;. Let the army be purged ' of profligates , and drunkardij. We bavei suffered greatly already on account of incompetency, drunkeniibea, and sloth; in our armiesT Let tha au thorfeies look to these things. If they should fail ' to apply the remedy, they will be held responsible by an injured and indignant people. . t TkaTrae Crlt ' Wa have asked again W,;gih," ' "wjtera is the man' t tfca crisis in- N(nilCaTolin t Our peo ple, maaj of hem; have ffca piuek and; tM'aeuraga to figb What they lack u? 4b rlgbf w in the right place. ' Out Colonels and Captaini urn, moat of them, new of ptuok, and trill fight, if they have tha the-right men whe uEderstsrfd military strategy and tnanceuvering to load'Ttbein. Con- fdtnet in their leaders, and effottion for them, the subordinate officers and "the men. must have, and then if .they can:be armed and clothed and fed and furnished with ammunition, they'll fight and fight desoeratelv. But ta call -aflftimrd militia without arms or ammtnitibn, and without the equipments I. . ,,. v . j "l of (uildiern nr mm .ruir hml Iroorm. under unin- - - ... structed leaders, what may be 'expected but dis aster and defeat? : ; ' North-Carolina' needs at this moment the right man to lead her troops, more than she' needs men ' or 'munitions. Will the government allow our. noble old State to be overrun for the lack of the H manf We hope not ' Wheever that mar: may be, let him take hold witn a strong hand, determined to drive the enemy back. It can' be done, v And let him imitate the illustrious example of Beauregard in his recent order to the army of tho Mississippi : " Should any one in this army be unequal to the task before us let him transfer bis arms and equipments at once to' braver firmer hands, and retire to his home." Thatbas the ring of. the true BieuL Why band together poorly armed, timid men men who have ho heart for the fight, simply to be shot at and to be captured ? Away with this miserable date-shift policy. We must have men in the field who Kill Jight derperate'y men who have property, a$ well a$ right and familiet and life to fight for. Men of wealth and influence must stand shoulder to shoulder, with poor men to fight this war out Thank God I there are many of them in the field, and others are rallying, but more are needed. Let them come, let them come, and show that they are ready to bear to their full extent the burdens of the war. O ! for the Marions and the Morgans of other days, and for the McCullochs and Prices of this day, to lead North-Carolina's sons to battle and to victory. Let the troopers come from the mountains and the valleys, armed to tho teeth, to charge upon the foe who invades our soiL The Courage or 'oca Troops at Newbern. There are no braver troops in the Confederate States than the North-Carolina troops. Our forces at Newbern, as a general thing, fought welL Enough is known to justify the statement that several of our regiments contended gallantly and desperately agaiirst overwhelming odds, and that the spirit which pervaded our men generally was that evinced by Col. Vance, who was heard to exclaim, in the hot test of the conflict, ' fight on, boys we can die, but will never surrender." It is also stated that CoL Avery, with a heroism worthy of all praise, rushed without orders to the aid of CoL Vance, who was surrounded by thousands of the enemy. But there was indecision, there was incompetency, and a want of foresight on tho part of some one, or on the part of some who had the direction of the battle, which paralyzed the native courage of our forces, and led to the result which we all deplore. Even the militia, we understand, maintained their ground well, and fell back only when outflanked in large numbers by the enemy. But they, it seems, had been placed at that point of the battle array tho centre which ought to have been strongest, and on their right a gap was left, through which the enemy poured themselves and got in our rear. The truth is, our troops at Newbern did as well as any troops could have done, under the circumstances. Any statement that they acted a cowardly part, is, in our opinion, utterly unfounded. The order to retreat is said to have occasioned surprise even among many of the rank and file; but when they were told to retreat, and take care of themselves, of course they did so, and, as was to have been expect ed, they hurried to the bridge and through Newbern in some disorder. One master militarv mind in command of our forces on the occasion, might have changed the whole result; but that mind was not there, or if there, it was overruled by others. Gen. Hill won the battle of Bethel under circumstances as disadvantageous to himself as those which existed against us at Newbern. But he was removed to make room for a political General, who had never smelt powder, and who, when he was appointed, could not properly drill a company. To our knowledge, four of the Colonels on the field were greatly better qualified for the command than Gen. Branch ; and there were five hundred men on that battle-field who could have commanded with more decision, foresight and ability than Gen. Branch displayed. Mr. Bevekhoi't Thompson. It is stated by the Goldsboro' Tribune, on tho authority of Lieutenant Pennington, that tho fortifications erected below Newbern under the direction of the State Engineer, Mr. Thompson, were defective and imperfect There can be no doubt that this is so. We learn that the night before the battle Mr. Thompson was engaged in erecting works about the centre of our line, which ought to have been thought of and erected weeks before. This Engineer has long been an incubus on our military operations. He ought to be removed forthwith, and an abler man put in his place. CossciHPTroN rs Solth-Carolwa. The last Char leston Mercury says : " The Governor and Executive Council of South Carolina have, we learn, decided to make a radical and important change in the mode of raising troops in this State, whenever they rxay be needed hereaf ter, as long as the war shall last On and after the 0th of the present month, all requisitions upon the State for troops will at once be filled by conscription, which very many persons, well informed on the subject, regard as the most effective aid equitable pin. The conscripts will be mustered inor the tour. Ko volunteer, for any arm of the service, will be received after the 20th inst All field and line officers, from the grade of Colonel down to that of Third Lieutenant, will be appointed by the Gov enior and CounciL The non-coroujissioncLofficers of each company will be appointed by the Captain, with the approval of the commanding officer of tho battalion or regiment These, we believe, are the main features of the new military regulations, which will probably be published in a few days." No more volunteers, it seems, are to be accepted in South-Carolina, but drafts for the war are to be resorted to, and the drafted men ura ta hate no voice A in the appointment of their officer. We regard this as an unwise policy. . The men who fight our bat ties ought to be permitted "to elect their officers j and tq: denj this right, and force" officers on- the men, ,, seems to us to indicate a tendency standing armies and military despotism. ,', M Corh Bctr. Take tie Dint of corn and rktl it until it is soft, add to iV a' pint of molasses and oha- gallon ol water ; shajta them-well together and set it by the fira. andia twentf-four hours tha hWwiil be excellent . When H the beer in. the fug" is isedH ' The same corn' wiU answer for iYrmtBM'tiia beer will U it for use in twelve hour by keeping the jug where it. is warm. In this way the - ingre dients used in-Waking a gallon of beer will hot cost six cents, and it is better and more wholesome than cider. A little yeast greatly forwards the " working of the beer." Auguta(Ga ) Cultivator. One of the Pee Pea TTSd Cats," writing from Camp Branca, Bw Newoerr to i the Wadeaboro' Argue, under data March Tth, ; , "Everybody about here ie'eW pixtn and mad abovC tbBoanokaHeahvtTie and 'other affairs. Happing in Newbern, yeterday; I ta more mad people than I ever did before. Every efd " Guber pear" woman; acdpJpe reader I met, fairly " chawed ma op."' Everybodj; . cursing, somebody about somebody's not. binjrompetf nfc tl atteUdf to some body's own businesaH...'Tberjp jjpatuse "in denying the fact, that we have too: nwey iooonlbetent men pieced atth head of our iniikW departments. We do not doubt their patffotjpn'1 jet! we jknibt their efficiency They.ar placed yvJ&se positions, not because1 of their merit aa tniioary chieftains, but .., t ...... np r".?TMT bodjfrt aHithonty. Whtfliis,?Is tbati . ' J tv 4 L- ... some time to - - . , 7? V -w . select men, presuming, to aV (bey. w ill make "big fellows" after a' while Jf Why not select men already competent," to &U these-offices f . I greatly fear there "will be no end to Roahole'ssnd "Wtll be to ,lamtf,r,V., :i Rtb Cerm.Dr.. L. Robrt;Hn-i-MteT to "the lAQnn'&epoperi frarnS it5e-abrj'gain8t i.lha bseot jluv.49btitatc.fi$e ys : i- :"Thegrain whsnijurnt contains" BwasJaMif fifty per cent, otphtepkoria acieU, which acfc.ftjuf iously upon the whole bot!f stfuctureT ln tlfe'twunE it ' efjTe'cfaan 'prevents thefitfl 'tfeyelphnie'rilf the i osseous ussueay a,na m toe otu, li taysmeynuiaauon for dry gangrene, a It possesses tba power af dissolv ing the phosphate nflmie, which borSsttttfesruwards of fifty per" cent -'of tfio ''bone 'n 'fni4r'b same ' power it exerts over ;uterp ge5ttij)jt iwd&ereby . brings about all thecwcornUaot;evik-abortion. Cases of this kind have com tinder nrt bMfessional h observation dirjipg a fei inorrthV jtjiifl' think . tuc iai;u ougui ii ue presu, sueL p Mjjoujit " ''""' "..-7: ' j, iis ti r O . Edccatio Without Rixicyox Saya-tbej Duke 'of Wellingtmij Educate' men i withouf religion, and you make them but clever devila.' tj. j " ' ' , In Ootlow County.- K. C:, oa the 9uV irtskf ; J. W. Thompson, Esq., Air. Kino Alpbis, u'Snp!iffMta Hit Tihccy Wmtar, uf Onslow- Mr. A.. i 70-yeaieaf age and vu a soldier in tbe war of Ifltt. . v' . . . Wilmington Journal please copy. : rwsl B! . Ia Onflow County, oa the B4tb ult, Mr: faiitctk H. Wil uahs, in tbe ft lid year af Lia age, ieavior tnmd wife and tire children. He was a good man and atuck beloved. He had been a member of the Uetbodiot K. Otoieti for 35 yean, an4 lived a auswtfnt and ptoes rife v Hie last ill ueaa wa hort, but be was read when deatb wauS Wilmington Journal please copy. - AS AFFLICTBD FAMILY. '" & Died at bin residence in Colutntms Cmtnr,"K.-1on the 9th of Jan. last, Mr. Kdwix J. Patk, in . the Mlh rear of h spy Aluo, on tbe' .MS -of Jerf, MtT.'L'ATHARist Asic Pat, m the find year of her agfe, wife.nf the above Also on the Sth of .la:i.. Mis EerncxrA -V.- Pats; inher lath year. AIm on the 15th or Jan.. As K. PAirnTijr 10th year. Also on the l!Uh uf Jan., Misa M KKtfktttX Tate. uWv IStb waivull rian?htra of the above: "'A Dm at bis owi reaidunee. Jtfrt K 31; Pats, in tieo4tbyeifofbUlge,on the Srd of .March, lt!:', a son of tbe above , T xra 1 Thin xtm a pioni family, all ofthero of ripe"yearvbernr, consistent member.-, of the Methodist B. Churchy Deeper, more overwhelming affliction 1 bare never knewo'4ittnilr to suffer. Many of thorn were confined at the same time, onable to belp each other.. Death came to their reiief and they met their fate a Christians only can do. The disease which sept thetn off seemed to be of a malignant type. It is remarkable that prior to this affliction, although Mr P. had a large family, be brd not found it necessary to call in a physician before, except twice in thirty years. -.Those who are left behind arc truly bereaved, but thef ''sorrow not as those without hupe Grace sustains them aad they still trnst in God. 'vJjq, B. X3T Spirit of the Age please copy. . , . ' ""' ' CIT V TAXES I -! !--"a . I SHALL ATTENLT AT THE MAtOrfSTOiricE ON' Timdoy. the first day of Aprif, for the purpose of taking the Citv Tax List for 1352. : ,.4 All persons failing to give in their list of taxaWs will subject themselves ta a double tat. ' " ' , Raleigh, March 1 , 1 8fi2. U. If. JWUl, ,MSYr. f3V State Journal copy Id. notice.,, :3 THE DRUG STORE OF IREDELL BROTHKRjUUTILL be closed at he ead of thia wlc and tbetrm dis solved. ...... . . 4 t ..' v .. We have a few Fancr Articles on baDdwbicb'wa-jrill be glad to sell at the old retail prices.. , i All those persons having claims' Vgsfbsl the' Una will please send them in. . ' j . " - " c- 1 hose indebted to tbe firm will be called npbe itv short time for settlement. ; .-... In retiring from basinets' for the present, t beg leave to tender our thanks to oar friends far tbafrJibersl natron age. . 1BEDFAL BBOTHKRS. March 18, 1862. -.-..- ,-SJi-lt. : w BLAST FURWACE AND BLOOMERY. UNDERSIGNED HAS NOVT IN OPERATION A BLAST FURNACE, si Wiles Eastaf Lin colnton andS miles from the Wilmington and Ruther ford Railroad, where be is mnnufactnrtng a good quality of PIG IRON, nil kinds of Machinery and Cooking Wara. He has also a CUPOLA and PLOOMERV at the same place where Wrought Iron is also made of. a good quality1. All articles usually obtained nt such estab'liabmeutscan'be had at reaso nable' prices. TEHMS CASH.'.' V Orders are solicited and will be promptly tilted'.'' . Address, JONAS W. DERR. Snrinir Hill Fnrirp f.inmln Hn V n -.-; March IS, 18K2. $10 EE WARD, TTB ANA WAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBES LAKe8EP- Jtm- tember my apprentice boy, JOHN KEY& il wilt pay a reward of Tcu Dollars far the appreheastua and de livery of said boy to u ia HUlsborn, JiwtB .Carolina. All persons are forwarned from hnrhniing n i aaytn i inii said boy, under tbo penalty of the law.-,4hav Aee hi a tailor by trade, and perhaps may be at work about the City ol Raleigh, or some otber town ia tbe easier part of tbe State. . .. : , LEVIN CARlfiCAAEL. Htllsboro', N. C, If arch 13, 18S. , I f-E-tt. i . mi,! FRUIT TREES FOR COTtON; . fWTLL EXCHANGE FRUIT TREES', ROSE&GlUpE VIXES. aud other Kursery Stock, COTTON, at oiaraei prices. Raleigh, Feb. 11,1352.' THOifASt CARTER. rsrwim. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. RUNAWAY FROM THE 8UBCRlBER")!i B UN day tbe 2th of January last,'- my negw1nTTnimed ANTHONY. He is of a whitish yellow cffmplexfou; about ft feet 6 or 7 inches high, -18 or '2 rears lj and-soppoeed to weight about 4 pounds. He nasi Beayefhair, and talks short wheu questioned, and has a dOWtf fcok. No doubt he is trying to pass for a free boy, ' I will giv tbe above reward for him delivered- to Imr a Prospect Hill, Caswell County, or conBned In nrrtfJi so I get bim. r -: - " " J - VL. WA'KREN. Caswell Co, March 11,1862. ' : - tS-ajrtf. . , - - - ' ' TRINITY COLLEUE. "'"'7 , THE NEXT TERM WILL COMMENCE -712. The: College u in fulh operation, w-Ua jwn)pleta t acuity. cla.e ol good Mze. and evervtbiocneceaMv fur thorough Collegiate education.- ' ' I3V Wbole-exjwo for ten month, about 1 e '1 Address the uudersigned at "Trinity CoReg. Ih fJ? December S.19C1. B.-CRAVES. . 4MHrtf. i'iiHU BATTALION OP XlGttT fcORSEv . THE CNDER8IONW "HAVTSfj BEElC'cpiiMIS aioned by tbe Proauienl.to raise a BATTAUDN Of -LIGHT BpftSB.:.. tb. War. uto too. .voj men ofNortu-CargTioa to come forward and vouiateerfor the purpose. Let Ume who have good horse toot and bring them to aid in tbe defence of tbecountry-v EiTjtbose wbu have horses, bat canao( coma rtemaeWv rVe r Jena them to lb use who can eome, ana thaaeimtribgja ma Urial aid to those who.w-ald.a&ad theft to the enjoy--meat of their homes. .. .' .Zy ",' ! per annnm will be paid 'for each torse latbaJJatte Jion, :n two months inaJalumnt..- Thev- wilrbofcdand tared for at tbe expense of the goremweoL andtf,. killed In action tbe value of the animal will be paiL JSguinaienU .fornian aud horse wjlf be Jnroiahedbat each iuau must bring hir rifled gun,' pTstuI, knife, or- such arms hf mav hare, which Will answer nntn tbe'governmeiitxaa'fiirnish a nni&rm weapon. rrtgrf tfotoa-atiua 'is what toe co no try needs uow andthe aaea of ie country oMMtabow by their, radioes . to .'cciiie forward,. the iftetojjoatiou wth-h actuates them, oever to becunauered..' l The battalion will eoosi'st of six eompnnie ofajxtv meA 1 jNan .S ii.xaea. . ; .-: - r. M. EUiJUJDSTW.'r - - ' CoL Otat-Prw. Arm-C.VA. Company", "deserted frorn tbe same at Cama alcaarafalaear J "v ."Wi. iBcafa rP'W' JUnreo year of age, nni oas a stoppage, jm staoMaeriaai in bis speech, 'espeo; j jwaiedbr ieuor teaanrSMi. Thirty dadurt reward will be paid for tSa afpf" ion aud delivery of said Mvers to me at Camp Uaugura. or to the uearest military Catup in tbe State to which be may be apprehended. C. L. COOK, Capt. Co. B. Sb'th Ucgt. X. O. Vols. Jan. 21, 1 S03. 4 wtl. , .tfyfTHE 2TH.IAY OF DECIBEifiAST, K: : -it I 'i'S-. it ' it r '. ') ' J. ; t , w 6 , i I i ' . ' 1 i i X ! i i t- -l rt. . it