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THE ISOKTil 1 CAROLINA STOTUXKDT 4 t Vn cam l fuf Pert. !" UK rilot HOLDEN, 1 1 RDiTOH AND VK KOFRIETOK. No. CO. xiir iH'Hll ALFI:: FIUDAYJI'LY 2. 1863. ys OF TUK WEEKLY. Four dollars per annum, 'jToF THE SEMI-WEEKLY.-Six dollars per an- ;n advance Terms of Advertising. .j-m-nts inserted fr 2 per square of 14 lines or first insertion, and l per square for each subse- .,rti,m. Persons tlestrmg to com;., ": '' will be charged tbe above rales with a deduc : per cent, on the whole amount. ,,.-, is conducted strictly on the cash principle. - :n-"- ----- - - " nors are discontinued when the time paid for expires. I . ... -t iho rik of those send- ;il reruiitauces oi uiuucy . Thf Latest News. ri-h we continue our usual heading of latest J Ve really have no late news of importance. L,.. nmnt has complete control of the tele- Ph and sends only such news to the press as it ses to send. The last Richmond Diyatch says : '.The intelligence which we receive from our now operating on the Northern border of the eed.ngly meagre. We have nothing :;V:; Itinite or satisfactory as to the present lo- Ki r" ...r rmv. and only rumors witli rciorence omenta of the enemy. Some of the pas '' who came down on the Central tram yester "'d.'" assert positively that the main body of forces has crossed the Potomac at different M1 , tot the mountains, whilst others maintain K,c is no considerable force of the enemy on !31t.t lL.u r,f the river, and they have only their u'1'51 . .uviroinii Rule. Between these con- .Mt.-mcnts it is difficult to arrive at the truth." O'der lias been restoreu v- - 'hi wrs an order from Washington directs that i-ftln" shall proceed. Large bodies oi soicuers tie .... nfr.-ii thfi streets io kccD down the " p,c conflict at Charleston was in progress up to o-'i In the battle of the 18th, on Morris in which the enemy auempieu iu nine uai--,er. they were repulsed with heavy loss. bad one hundred and fifty killed and wounded, jj, the enemy, it is saiu, uiuuumj jioiit two thousand. Generals Pemberton, Stevenson, Bowen, Barton, c,iih and Cumming, and all the field officers cap- ..! at Vicksburg, have been exchanged. Ihe s j17e straggled all over the country. D Raid on Rocky Mount. Yankee forca of four hundred men from Wash j jon, made a raid on the Wilmington and Weldon & at that place on Monday last They first reached Tarborough, where a part of them, number zz one hundred and fifty, remained, burning ware-b;k-i, Railroad property, &c., while the larger sumlxT proceeded to Rocky Mount, where they com rjticJ more extensive depredations. The Railroad IriJje over the Tar, Battle's cotton factory, mill, tarns and storehouses, and 5,000 bales of cotton were burned by them. A Railroad train, laden with 3',000 pounds of bacon and drawing two cars of ordnance stores, was captured and destroyed. Tt track was uninjured. Negroes, horses, mules. n:i;e,and a large amount of money were stolen from the citizens in the vicinity. The force remaining at Tarboro' was attacked on Monday evening by Major Kcnneday, with one Lundifl men, and routed, with the loss of six kill ed, fifteen wounded, and eight horses killed and furty raptured. Our loss was three wounded, among them Capt Thompson shot through the wrist Thev were pursued by Col. Clairborne and othen, but the latest intelligence is that the whole party has escaped. List of North-Carolina Dead. We "ive below a list of field officers from this State who have fallen in the war, so far as we can recollect them : Gen. J. Johnston Pcttigrew, Gen. W. D. Pen der, Gen. L. O'B. Branch, Gen. Geo. B. Anderson. Col. M. S. Stokes, CoL C. C. Tew, Col. Gaston Meares, Col. R. P. Campbell, Col. C. C. Lee, Col. Solomon Williams, Col. R. M. McKinney, Col. II. K. Burgwyn, Col. G. B. Singeltary, Col. J. C. S. McDowell, Col. J. II. Whitakcr, CoL Charles F. Fisher, CoL Champ Davis, CoL Isaac E. Avery. Lt CoL John A. Graves. Maj. T. L. Skinner, Maj. A. K. Simonton, Maj. John C. Badham, Maj. Thos. N. Crunipler, Maj. E. R. Ross, Maj. A. B. Carmi chael, Maj. Crudup. Four Generals, fourteen Col onels, one Lieut Colonel, and seven Majors. This list is no doubt imperfect We cannot well approx imate the number of Captains and Lieutenants who have been slain, nor the number of privates. North-Carolina has sent 95,000 troops to the field, and of these 40,000 have been killed, or wounded, or disabled for life, or died from disease. Georgia and Virginia, with larger white populations than North-Carolina, have not sent as many troops as she has to the field. It will le seen by the order we publish to-day, that Gov. Vance has withdrawn his call for troops for State defence between the ages of 40 and 45. These conscripts, therefore, are turned over to President Davis. The Editor of the BegittUr says if the people of North-Carolina should pursue a certain course, he will leave the State and cast his lot in some other region. The people are competent to govern them selves, and will not apply to our neighbor for in struction or advice. When does he propose to leave the State? Let him go at once. He invited himself here from Virginia, and, to the extent of his feeble influence, he has been a source of discord ever since he has been here. When he leaves, as we trust he will, and that right soon, he will leave many dry eyes behind him. If a majority of the people of North-Carolina are prepared for submission, and reconstruction for an nforced reunion with the Yankees, let them say so. This is stronger language than we have ever used looking to reconstruction. But the Reguter has been harping on reconstruction for months past, as u anxious to render the people familiar with the ord. The Editor of that paper calls us a traitor because e wrote and published an ni tide containing a true statement of our present condition, and urging our people, while they cor.lii.u. d u fight, and to present liriu Trout to our invaders, at the same time to fcist about them and 6ec if negotiations could not be Eet on foot that might lead to an honorable peace, i And now the Editor comes out and says that if a frajority of our people are prepared to restore the Bis&OTCrnment ,et tnem sa so tave maJe Prisoner '"'J or rcstorat'on or reconstruction, but the 8fJbler fpecirn13 certainly made a tuggestion to that tf- ''The Richmond Enquirer. We noticed in one of our recent issues the ex traordinary position of the Richmond Enquirer in favor of despotism and against liberty. That paper holds that all power ought to be vested in tho President, and it declares that "All laws ought to be silent except military law. We regard all Judges and Courts, State and Con federate, all Congresses and Legislatures as a nwt tanee, save in so far "as they help us to strengthen the hands of the com aiander-in chief of this Con federacy. There ia no interest or institution in the country worth mentioning now, except the army. The government of the Confederacy is the government of tho army ; ad no citizen has any rights which can interfere with or impede its em ciency." Tho meaning of which is that the Courts must be silent unless they will record the edicts of the commander-in-chief; that they have no right to ex pound the laws or interpret Constitutions; that the habeas corpus, which protects personal liberty even in kingly governments, is a nuisance, and must not be allowed; and that civil liberty the right of free speech, of a free prcssand to be se cure, under the law, in our property and persons must give place to the will of one man. What would this be but despotism f Who is ready for it ? The people of North-Carolina have never bowed their necks under the yoke of any man, and by the help of God they never wilL Martial law, which means the absence of law, and military law, which means the absolute subjection of the civil to tho military power, will never be tolerated by our peo ple. With the Richmond Examiner we hold that " No power in this country can put in force mar tial law but a General of an army, and his power to do so is limited by his lines. As to arbitrary gov ernment that is not what the people have made here. If arbitrary power should be inaugurated by the action of a clique, it is revolution, and tho death of tho Confederacy. How many would uphold it longer ? The people are fighting for their consti tutions, laws, liberties. They will never under stand the logic of surrendering them that they may keep them. When they are gone, no matter how, all is gone." The Enquirer of the 20th instant contains an ar ticle in reply to one of ours in favor of peace on hon orable terms, which we propose briefly to notice. The Enquirer, as was to have been expected, garbles the article referred to, and distorts it to make it mean that we are in favor of reconstructing the old government Tho only reference to recon struction in the article was intended to show that that paper had proposed reconstruction in the event of the failure of the Pennsylvania campaign. But tho Enquirer says, "if this newspaper the Standard did, indeed, represent, as we know it does not, the opinion of its State, then the State ought to go out of the Confederacy and male sub mission upon its own account." In reply to this we say that we have a very large circulation, and cur circulation is constantly increasing. We do not as- sume to speak for or represent any one ; but we have no hesitation in declaring that the article on the subject of peace, so violently assailed by the Enquirer, embodies the sentiments of at least two thirds of the people of North-Carolina. We stake oursclf upon it Every public man stands or falls to the people. Let the Enquirer observe the de velopments of public opinion in this State, aud see whether we are sustained or not But if our people are despondent as to tho future, and if they would be glad to have peace on honor able terr.-.s, and if they believe that negotiations and fighting should go on at the same time for that is the gist of our article " then the Stale ought to go out of the Confederacy and mate tubmUtion upon its oicn account." Suppose this State, thus invited to go out, had not gone in, where would the Confederacy have been to-day ? Where would the cotton States have been ? Where would Vir ginia have been ? Overrun and trampled down. Richmond would have been long since in thj hands of the enemy, and the States south of us would have been occupied at every point and their people crushed into the earth. North-Carolina troops saved Richmond when assailed by McClellan ; they won the battle of Chancellorsville ; and during the recent movement on Pennsylvania they defended Richmond under Gen. Hill. Our people and troops Lave done more for Virginia and the cotton States than they have done for themselves. They hjje poured out their blood and their treasure to protect others, while their own territory has been ravaged by the enemy. And now, because they do not act in such a way as to please the Richmond Enquirer in all respects, they are invited to take themselves out of the Confederacy I They will do so, if they choose, in their ovsn good time. They will not bo hurried nor retarded by their enemies. The Enquirer regrets that the President has no power to suppress the Standard. We tell that paper that even if the Congress should again sus pend the habeas cor2us, the President would have no such power; for the Bill of Rights of this State declares, " that the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and, therefore, ought never to be restrained." No matter what the press does in this country, it is responsible only to public opinion so far as public affairs are concerned, and to private individuals whom it may wrong, in dam ages. Our " local Judges," with their " crude opin ions," would sustain the above provision of our Bill of Rights at all hazards; and our worthy Gov ernor would sustain the Courts. We do not fear tbe President It is true, he has the physical force at his command to suppress the Standard; but if he attempts it he will be met with physical force, and a revolution in this State will be the result But the Enquirer, admitting that the President has no such power, calls for mob law to destroy our establishment It says, " to destroy the Standard would no more hurt North Carolina than tho cut ting out of an ulcer would hurt a living man." And again, " there ought to be some remedy for the evil ;" and then it asks, significantly, " why is the Raleigh Standard Buffered to exist ?" We have uniformly opposed mob law, and shall oppose it under all cir cumstances, except in self-defence. We shall not begin itbut woe unto those who do ! We are strong in the confidence of the people of Raleigh, of Wake County, and of North-Carolina ; and if a fin ger should be raised against our office by tho cow ardly assassins who echo the orders of the Enquirer, a sudden and terrible retaliation will fall upon their heads. If they cannot meet us in argument, they will not be allowed to triumph over us by physical force. We fear nothing but assassination and the torch of the incendiary applied at midnight We do not fear the army, for our brave boys know that the Standard has always been their friend, and nine-tenths of the rank and file are our friends and endorse our course. The Richmond Enquirer is edited by John Mitch ell, a foreigncr-aB its echo in this City, the State Journal is edited by another foreigner, John Spel man. These are the men who propose to blot out State lines, to establish a despotic government over our people, and to inaugurate mob law I They, who have no houses of their own, propose to burn down other people's houses; they, who have no character of their own, endeavor to blast the char acter of others j the, who bare no stake in the- country, propose to govern and control the country. We entertain no unjust prejadices against foreign ers. We recognize them as fellow-citizens, and we have friends among them ; but we do.insist that while they enjoy with our native population tho right of suffrage and tho protection of the laws, they ought not to be permitted to dictate to our people and change tbe character of our government Such persons as John Mitchell and John Spelman are a disgrace to our adopted citizens. Secure in their exemption from military duty, they cry con stantly for more blood, and clap their bands for joy as our poor boys are led to slaughter on distant battle-fields; while those who make earnest and honest efforts to arrest this slaughter and pave the way to peace, are held up by them as traitors and enemies to tho country. If the people of this State could have their way with them, they would seize their cowardly carcases and place them in the fore front of the hottest battle, where they would have an opportunity of realizing what it is to prolong the war by culling for more victims for the sacri fice. Of all the public men of Ireland who were tried and convicted for their participation in the last re bellion in that country, John Mitchell ia the mean est and most degraded. He was transported to Van Dieman's Land, but he broke his parole that is, his, pledge of honor and came to this country. Trained by Mr. O'Coonell, who was honestly op posed to African slavery, and opposed to it him self as long as he remained in Ireland, no sooner did he touch our shores than he sighed for a planta tion and a hundred negroes. This, he thought, would commend him to certain oligarchs in the cot ton States; and, ever since, ho has appeared to sympathize with them in their views and to do their bidding. He wandered for two years in Europe until recently, when he obtained control of the Rich mond Enquirer. It is well known that it has long been a cherished wish with Great Britain to divide the Southern from the Northern people, and have them engage in war until both should be exhausted, so as to enable her to step in and re-establish the power she once held on this continent; and tbe fierce and persistent manner in which Mitchell la bors to inflame the two sections against each other, and to prolong the war, leaves room for the infer ence that he is a paid agent in the hands of Great Britain to effect her purposes. But the Standard must be silenced, say these Destructives, or it will lead North-Carolina to her ruin. Mistaken men ! In itself tho Standard is powerless. What influence it has flows from the people. As long as they uphold it, and encourage it by their approval and patronage, it will live ; if they should 6et their faces against it, it would die. The people are not a set of school-children to be led by a newspaper ; but this is the opinion of these Destructives, who thereby show that they neither know the people nor have confidence in their capaci ty to govern themselves. From the outset of this war tho' Editor of the Standard has strained every nerve to render it odious to the people, and we now believe, has had a settled purpose to bring about tbe reconstruction of the Union. Register It is not true that'we have endeavored to render the war odious to tho people. On tho contrary, we votod in the Convention for men and means to pros ecute the war ; and up to the last call for conscripts by the President we have invariably encouraged our fellow-citizens to enter the service, to endure its hardships and privations, and to die, if neeJ.-t be, in defence of the country. Our readers rewllect the appeals we have frequently made to absentees and deserters to return to their regiments. Does that look like "straining every nerve to render the war odious to tho people?" But the cause bas been in jured, and the administration at Richmond has ren dered itself odious to our people by its incapacity, its mismanagement of our affairs, and by its prodi gal and wasteful use and misapplication of our re sources, as well as by the haughty manner in which it has insulted and trampled on North-Carolina. We have complained of and resented this, and en deavored to change it ; and because jrc have done so, for the good of our cause, and on account of our own State and people, we have been maligned, mis represented, and abused, not only by the Register, but by every mere puppet of power in the country. If our votes in the Convention could have prevailed, and if the policy in relation to State defence advo cated by this paper had been adopted, Eastern Car olina would not have been desolated, nor would the enemy have been tearing up the Weldon and Wil mington Road, and burning property along its line at pleasure. It is tho policy of the Register and its friends ia this State, and of the administration at Richmond, which has rendered the war unpopular, and opened Eastern Carolina as far west as the Rail road mentioned, to the ravages of the enemy. Nor is it true that we have a "settled purpose to bring about a reconstruction of the Union." Every purpose of a political nature which we have, is frankly announced to our readers. Docs not the Register know that in the event of being overrun and conquered by the enemy, reconstruction would be impossible ? Docs he not know that Mr. Lin coln would say, "Gentlemen, you cannot recon struct what you have not destroyed. Indeed, you have never been out of the Union. You thought you were, but you are mistaken. Resume your duties as members of the Union, on a footing with the most favored States?" We tell the Register that we have been, and still are devoted to the cause of independence ; but, as we stated in the article on tho subject of peace, we fear that the chances are against us. We did not make those chances, and we cannot chango them. We are despondent, but we are not in despair. We tell the people the truth, and for this we are censured. We should feel the humiliation of a restoration of the old gov ernment as profoundly and as acutely as would the Editor of the Register ; but if the people of this State, with subjugation or restoration 'staring them in the face as alternatives, should sadly and reluct antly accept the latter, it would not be in our power to prevent it, even if we would. If the cause of Southern independence fails it will not be our fault, but the fault of the administration at Richmond and its partizans. The Conservatives of this State have done their whole duty in the war, and they have anxiously labored to unite the people, to repel the invader, and to achieve independence, at the same time insisting on the preservation of liberty among ourselves ; but tho Register and its party have pur sued a different course have done all they could to divide our people to fan the flame of internal dis cord, and to encourage our enemies by falsely rep resenting to them that a largo majority of our citi zens aro their friends. All governments on this continent belong to tho people. They can put up and put down when and as they choose. And whatever may happen will be providential. Tbe hand of Providence is continually engaged directing the affairs of nations. Nations rise and fall accord ing to His direction. There is no doubt about that Whatever, therefore, may happen, will- redound in the long run to our good and to the good of man kind. And this we are bound to believe as Christians. Legislation fey 'the Wat Department. : We extract the following from General . Orders No. 98, by Adjutant-General Cooper : rt,"Tne followinS regulation wHl be in addition to those heretofore published in regard to substitutes : Hereafter every person furnishing a substitute, in accordance with existing regulations, shall become liable tOi and be immediately enrolled for military duty, upon the loss of tbe services of the substitute lurnished by him from any cause other than the casualties of war." This is nothing more than legislation, by the War Department Congress has passed -a law providing that substitutes shall be received into the army, and the above order is an addition to the law. Congress has not provided that if the substitute shall desert the principal shall take his place. After the prin cipal puts in his substitute, as he has a right to do under the law, his control over him, and his means of controlling him cease. . We take it for granted, if any case of the kind should arise, that our Courts will declare this order of the Adjutant-General null and void. Among the wounded at Charleston we find the following from North-Carolina: A Branch, 51st N C Co K; L' M White, 51st co. D ; T J Thornton, 51st co B, side; Capt E Suther land, co A, 51st, shot through the thigh. Fort Wagner, July 18. Private N Barber, co F, 51st, wouuded by a shell. Fort Wagner, July 18. Willis Kinlock, 31st, co A, abdomen ; J D Melov, Lt51st, co D, neck ; Arch Graham, 51st, co D ; H Hunter, 51st co O; Sergt McArthur, 51st, co C; Lt U W Thompson, 51st, co F, leg, since dead; Swgt W B Bowdcn, 61st co C, head ; U Bass, 61st, co I, scalp ; S Granthem, 51st, co F, Rcalp ; B Porter, co I, scalp ; J Abner, 61st, co C ; J Henderson, 51st co F, bay onet wound ; J D Johnson, Sl&t, co B ; Jas Jones, 61st, to C, Laud. The Third Dats Fiout at Gettsbubo. A cor respondent of tbe Richmond Sentinel furnishes the following account of the third day's fatal charge at Gettysburg by our troops : " The most of the forenoon of the Sd of July was consumed in manoeuvring and getting batteries in position, but from about 2 o'clock till night that day will ever be remembered by both armies of the Potomac as a day distinguished above all others for unsurpassed strife and carnage. The tight at this time opened with that fierceness and desperation which told that both were battling desperately to win the victory which bad been so long, as it were, poising in the balance. Favorable information comes from Ewell ; he is driving them on the left Hill presses them in the centre, so as to well nigh make them yield. On the extreme right Longstrcet is gaining ground. One hill on the right the strongest bold they have, must be carried. The undertaking to carry it by assault is very hazardous, but there is no other way to take it The hill is alive with men four lines deep in support of the powerful bat teries there. This point is the key to the position of the Federal army. Their fortifications must be charged, and with the support of our artillery we must silence their batteries and carry their heights. Pickett's division is selected for this work. They commence steadily and in beautiful line to march upon the fatal spot ; the distance is too far to charge with the yell and rush that generally characterize charges. They press on through fields, over fences and ditches. The enemy can see all of our move ments, and troops are double-quicked up to meet us. Our noble boys charge on through shot and shell ; their ranks melting away as they advance under the murderous artillery fire of the enemy. Our artillery performs excellently. The batteries of the enemy are almost silenced; their three rear ranks are broken and almost annihilated by our well directed artillery fire. On we press to within forty yards of their breastworks when we received from their concealed front rank a fire to mention which almost makes the hesrt to sicken. Surely none can escape. All must perish before such a murderous volley. Not sol our men rise, many wounded, from the cloud of smoke, and press on with their ranks sadly thinned. Somn reach the breastworks; mount them and capture many of their guns. A dark cioud of Yankees show themselves; they have been rein inforced with infantry and artillery. What an aw ful moment Where are our reinforcements ? What i a momentous question 1 Alas, we have none at hand I lhey have either been too slow or basely skulked their duty, when to do so was indeed crimi nal. No help at hand, we are driven out of their I fortifications and forced back by overwhelming num bers I The fighting of the diy over, our thoughts natu rally turned to the wounded and the slain ; many of whom (in Pickett's division, sad to relate,) were left in the enemy's lines, on the field, to languish, per haps t die, in a foreign land, with no " mother's band to sooth the brow ;" die amid the shrieks and groans of their dying comrades ; the whole scene rendred tho more ghostly and ghastly by the dim light of the moon ; and the cries of distress the more piteous by the utter helplesseness of their condition. None but those who have wandered, on a moonlit night, over a battle field, and heard the wailings there, and the half stilled cry for water, can really imagine its horrors I" , Gks. Pettiokkw. A Martinsburg correspondent of the Richmond Dixpalch gives the following ac count of the death of Gen. Pcttigrew : "The army finished the passage of the river about 1 2 o'clock Tuesday night E well's corps ford ed at the upper ferd above Williamsport ; tbe corps of Gens. Hill and Longstrcet crossed on pontoon bridges about five miles below Williamsport which has been built to replace those destroyed by the enemy's cavalry tho week preceding at the same placo. Just before the rear guard left the opposite bank an oflair occurred which lost to the Confed eracy one of its ablest and most gallant officers General Pettigrew, of North-Carolina. A body of the enemy s cavalry, hovering around our rear, ana perceiving his brigade not in line, dashed boldly in among them, hoping to create a panic Our men turned quickly upon them, scattering then like chaff before the wind, killing, wounding, and cap turing nearly all. The prisoners passed through here to day en route to Richmond. Gen. Pettigrew received a mortal wound in tho onset His Adju tant General was also mortally wounded in the same affair, and died here this morning. Our. Dead xiJS0Ut- Gettysburg, in the history of this wir, is to be signalized with Manas sas, Shilob, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Sharps- burc and other places, as a field of blood. All ac counts aeree that Gettysburg was the most severe Pand bloody conflict of the war. J. he enemy doubt less was badly bandied, but our own slam, and wounded and prisoners number thousands. Our own suffering State has mingled with the dust of Gettysburg much of its best blood, t at hers, moth ers, sisters and wives mourn the fall of many a no ble man. slain on that fatal field. Our columr.3 aro too much straitened to name or enumerate them, but we must be content to make a record of . their valor and self-sacrifice. For the dead, news paper panegyric can do no good, nor can our pray ers avail them. They have gone to render up their last account But for the wounded we may care, and urge upon our people, who have heretofore never flagged in their munificence, to remember them in their afflictions. Let all be done that can be to alleviate and restore them. And yet there is no end. War is insatiable in its thirst for blood. Thousands of the brave sons of the South are still to be sacrificed. Our waving fields of corn and wheat are to be displaced by hec atombs and Golgothas. Our land is still. to be drenched in blood, to appease the wrath of man and - to people helL Thousands of human souls are to be rushed into the presence of God, unfurnished and unsaved. And all for what? RtUigh Chris tian' Adoocate. For the Standard. A CARD. We regard the communication in the Standard 'of the 8tb inHt., signed It A., as incorrect, malicious, nod unmer ited bj E. Uimock. lie has been liberal, to soldiers' .wives, giving them Tarns of bis own earning, and to one of tbe three sisters referred to, 10 SO in bucon. (Signed)- NATIIAX STOUT, . Wm. STAFFORD. ALFRED THOMPSON, Wm. M. MILL Id. Clover Orchard, N. C, July 15, 1863. 9 ' " - - For the Standard. I TU.E DEATH OF GENERAL PETTIGREW. . a. TnuaoBT. BT OST TATLORD. The sky was clad in gloom, for it wept for Pelligrtw, W nose life s ana bad set on bis sad sonnv land. lie was braver than tbe brave and truer than the tma. ' II is bold brigade obeyed bis clarion command. At Gettysburg be fought, sustaining; bis country's caase , Hurled from happy homes the sullen Northland foe; lie bled for a People's right to make tbe people's laws, talked with death on the field to shield tbein from woe. Foremost in all fields of the Sciences and of wars. Tbe smooth paths of Utters and rouak walks of Art. Stood this W S J son of Pallas and irallant arm nf Mar Gentle as a dove, yet with an eagle's heart. flis Stale may suffer most but the world will feel his loss : In Heaven with the blest, unscathed by battle's scan He'll watch the welkin ways and guard our Southern Cross, h.nown as a friend be welcomed home 'midst the Stars. Rhamkatte, July 18, 1863. Oen. Petttirrew first lntmdnimd nt am irmr tha Vxnv : system of drilling by bugle calls I Gen. P. was a thorough T.lnmlat .nil vannl In nln. l.fi- ' goages 5 Modern and 4 Ancient, Oen. P. was believed to be one of the best Astronomer anil Mathematician a of his day, and was thoroughly conversant with the movement of all the Heavenly spheres. Remains or Gen. Psndeb The remains of Msior ; General Pender, of N. 0., who died from the effects of wounds received in the battle of Gettysburg, passed through this city yesterday, en route for his native State. The regret for the death of this irallant officer and wholesouled patriot in this community is general. meters, jyxpress. The Ferocity of the New York Rioters Bra. tality of the military. No single incident in the New York riots better ' illustrates the ferocity of tbe rioters than the death of Col. O'Brien, of the 11th N. Y., who was in command of the military at the point where the deadliest conflict between the troops and people took place. 1 his otbeer was in command of a body of infantry and two howitzers. In front of him. on Second avenue, the streets was densely packed witn men, women ana cmiaren. lie gave the order to the cannoniers to fire, and a volley of canister was sent into the crowd, followed by a rapid fire from the Minie rifles of the infantry. A number of the mob fell dead in their tracks, including three or four women, who were looking on. One woman and the child she held in her arms, were both killed by the artillery. The Herald in its account says : After several rounds bad been fired the people began to disperse, and the police proceeded to another part of the city. CoL O'Brien and his com mand, however, remained. Ihe Colonel dismount ed from his horse and walked into a drug store. Had the commander of this military force taken his departure at this time there is little doubt that his life would have been saved. But fatality had de stined him for its victim and he was a doomed man. Colonel O'Brien stayed in the drug store for some few minutes; it is thought that he went in to get- some refreshments. The crowd were around the door at this time. There was scarcely a word spoken, but the lowering glances of one thousand men looked down in their vengeful spirit upon him as he stood in the door. He then drew his sword, and, with a revolver in the other hand, walked out on the sidewalk in the very centre of the crowd. He was immediately surrounded, and one of the men came behind, and, striking him a heavy blow on the back of the head, staggered him. The crowd then -immediately surrounded and beat him in a most shocking manner. After having been terribly beaten his almost inanimate body was taken up in the strong arms of the crowd and hurried to the first lamp-post, where it was strung up by a rope. After a few minutes the body was taken down, he being still alive, and thrown like so much rubbish in tb street. The body lay in the middle of the street, within a few yards of the comer of S4th st Nature shud ders at the appalling secnes which here took place. The body was mutilated in such a manner that it was utterly impossible to recognize it The bead was nearly one mass of gore, while the clothes were also saturated with the crimson fluid of life. A crowd of some three hundred persons wounded the prostrate figure. These men looked upon the ter rible sight with the greatest coolness, and some even smiled at the gay object. Our reporter walked leisurely among the crowd which surrounded the body, and in company with the rest gazed upon the extended mass of flesh which was once the corpu lent form of CoL U. F. O'Brien. Notwithstanding the fearful process which the soldier had gone through, he was yet breathing with evident strength. The eyes were closed, but there was a very appa rent twitching of the eyelids, while the lips were now and again convulsed, as if in the most intense agony. After lying for somewhat of an hour in this posi tion several of the crowd took hold of the body by the legs, and dragged it from side to side of tho street. This operation was gone through with several times, when the crowd again left the body lying in its original position. Hid Col. O'Brien been a man of weak constitution, he would certainly have ceased to exist long enough before this time, lie was, however, through life, a man of great natural strength, and this fact probably .kept him breathing longer than would any other common person. The crowd remarked this, and watched his every slightest movement with the most intense anxiety. Now and then the head would be raided from the ground, while an application of a foot from one of the crowd would dash the already mangled mass again to the earth. This conduct was carried on for some time, and when our reporter left the body was still lying in the street, the last spark of existence having taken flight The Re-Admission of Louisiana Important Letter from Fresideut JLiucoIu. Executive Mansion, ) Washington, June 19, 1863. 2Tessrs. E. E. Mathiot, Bradish Johnston and Ihot. Colbman : Gentlemen : Your letter, which follows, has been received and considered : To his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States : Tbe undersigned, a Committee appointed by the planters of the State of Louisiana, respectfully re present that they have been delegated to seek of the General Government a full recognition of all the rights of the State as they existed previous to the passage of an act of secession, upon the principle of the existence of the State Constitution unimpair ed, and no legal act having transpired that could in' any way deprive them of tho advantages conferred by the Constitution. Under this Constitution the State wishes to re turn to its full allegiance, in the enjoyment of all rights and privileges exercised by the other States under the Federal Consti tution. With the view of accomplishing the desired object, we further request that your Excellency will, as Commander-in-Chief of the army of the United States, direct the Military Governor of Louisiana to order an election, in con formity with the Constitution and laws of the State, on the first Monday of November next, for all State and Federal offices. With high consideration and respect, we have the honor to subscribe ourselves your obedient servants. E.'K MATHIOT, BRADISH JOHNSTON, THOS. COTTMAN. ' Since receiving the letter reliable information has reached ine that a respectable portion of the Lou isiana people desire to amend their State Constitu tion, and contemplate holding a Convention, for that object This fact alone, as it seems to me, is a suffi cient reason why the General Government should not give the Committee the authority you seek, to act under the existing State Constitution. I may add, that while 1 do not perceive how such a com mittal could facilitate our military operations in Louisiana, I really apprehend it might be so used as to embarrass them. As to an election to be held next November, there is abundant time withouVany order or proclama tion from me just now. The people of Louisiana shall not lack an opportunity for a fair election for both Federal and State officers by want oi anything within my power to give.thetn, ' . Your oAwdieat servant, - . A. LINCOLN: ' -' v For tlio .Standard, . Mr. Editor: We make no hesitation in saving tint you are undoubtedly the friend of soldiers' wives "if so, we invoke you to insert a f-w lines in votir must valii.ihl i and widely circulated paper in bcbalf of your unworthy servants. We are sorry to stale to you, that we liar a man in tbis county by Ihe name f Spencer Wood, who has been one of the most crazy ot Destructives. He ha been ready at almost any time to see his equal hurried away from their wives and children, and sent to the most re mote parts of tbe Confederacy, while he has been doing his hard fighting at home. He has teen very csreful not to nsk hi worthless carcass in front of Yankee guus and batteries. 1 will inform you that his rage Income so great in the outset of the war, that he said the first time lhat .k -?tIDTa,er" their feet forth Carolina's soil, that if he was eating bis morning's meal when the news forthwith WOU'd Dot fiQi,l, elin- but waol1 sUrt T,.NiJAK r'EdM0r'Tankees nT t,,u m'wt Enable part of tbe old North State, and have b-en raaka.g raids into our country tcannj up railroads, burning bndgrt. and aUsl where .a this man ? He is at home where he in! tends o stay as long M k. can. I w.ll , ate to the public, that at the time of the draft his back ws so bad off at lhat critical period tbut he could not - be a mut.'- and when the men Were ordered to be enrolled Ul, to 4. he was 42 years of age. and since tt bas come to 4 ". he is 47 and if ilekmi i,l,.akb,.,Lh,,d R"?10 s'xt 1 think it quite probable that he would have been sixty iwn We tell the public he is a preacher. He also said that h eould sea Mr. Lincoln stuck full of pine sticks, and then fired and be bftv years dying. We will mention tbt in his hot h iste to hurry men on to the army, be has not done anv thins for any of tbe soldiers' wives, only one, and she lives at the new milL We truly think that b.t could agree with tbe hegitter and Enquirer and other Destructive journals, w e feel assured tbut if onr little children were to r. to bis door aud cry for bread, that he wu!d scorn th.-tnwitb. contempt ; and if we had no better friends than him we would expect to suffer in the absence or our hn-bands Ia conclusion, we truly say that the insertion of ihe above would be very gratifying to the AUTUOR-. Randolph Co., July 12, 1863. tST Patriot please copy. Vor the Standard. r iV: BLurK vyo' Jr- Co'onel 20th reZiment N. C. troops. fWH V F?e, Un..tbe nemT at Oet.ysb.irg, Pa, on the first day or July lass, in the a2d ye.rof his ae. deenlv regretted .s hw death by all hi. oonu.umd ,Tr7wifl record bis worth, and rising generation embalm his mem ory, as one of the patriots and heroes of ihe war. He was . a gallant officer, lived without fear, and died without ra. prch. K. HES&Y HORSAUkY, Ord. Sergt 2 -ih Regt. N. C. T. MARRIED, In the Presbytian "Church at Chapel Hill, on the mora, ing ol the 2!Uh of June, by the Rev. Jumcs Phillip, D. D Rev. R. . Cooper, of Sumter district, S. C , to Ankic E., only daughter of Dr. J. Z. and E. A. Davis, ol Chapel Hill. In Orange County, on the IBth inst . at the residence of Mr. Wm. Lloyd, by J. W. Strowd, Es; . Mr. William Ax- DREWS tO Miss CSLlNA LLOTD OBITUARY. Died, on the 2d July, from wounds received in the bat tle near Gettysburg, July let, 18V Archibald J. Davis, son of Owen and Sarah Davis, of Franklin County, X. C, in tbe 25th year of bis age. lie volunteered Muy, I8fil, in in the ISth N. C regiment, but was aiierwards transferred to tbe 82d, in which be served fuitbfu:ly until the time of his death. Ever quietly submitting l . the hardships and privations attendant on tbe soldier's life, he was a true patriot and brave soldier, and bore his sufferings with heroic firmness. His dying words re " Oh, my God, I die for my country." He was a dutiful son and nff.-ctionate brother. His loss will be deeply felt bv big many relatives and friends; for it may with truth be iid "None knew him but to love him, None named him but to piaio." A Fbisko. TO THE VOTERS OF THE FOI'RTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. The imoersiimetl take pleasure in urging upon their f-Hew-citizens of this. Congressional District the name of Lieut. THOMAS C. FULLER as a fit person to represent i hem iu the next Congress. Lieut, iuller has consenu-l to allow his name it be used by his friends. These are t. men irheu platforms are not needed ; all who know Lieut, i tiller know that he ia fully capable of filling the position u-iih lmuor to him self and the people of this District. He lus done his duty well in this war, for after exhausting all means to retain our old Union in its perfection, he w is one of the first, after Lincoln's Proclamation, to volunteer ax a private in the army, in which be is now serving us an officer. WAXY CITIZENS. July 24, 183. 60 tf. FOR SALE. A old, apply to July 24, 1S63, GOOD HOUSE, 4 YEARS Skbgt. J. C. MA ROOM, At Cauip Holmes. 60 2t EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT NORTH- S-J Carolina, Adjutant General's OHi Militia, Kaleigb, July 21st, 1363. General Order, Ho. i. The President of the Confederate Si.iles having called into tbe Military service all between the ages of la aud 45 subject to the Conscript Act, Geners' Order No 13, order ing the Commanding OUicer the Militia to enrol and bring to Raleigh those betweeaiiI 15 jears, is hereby revoked. By order of Governor Yakci : DA X L G. FOWLE, Adjutant General. July 24, 18S3. u w&sw2w. Jl" All daily papers in the Stat" copy one week, and other papers Iwv weeks, and lorwiud Dills to Adjutant General's ollice. AUCTION SALES.-WI1.L BE SOLD AT Towles' Auction and Comniissi'-n Store, on Saturday 2Mb inst , at H, o'clock. 1 large dn.i'lit IJOIvSh', eight years old; 1 new one horse wagon a i l harness complete ; 1 line navy pistol, 1 six shooting, both in giNii or.ler; 1 tine Gold Watch ; 2 Silver ditto; I b x Concentrated ley ; 2 do. Candles; Kice by the bag or less quantity ; Soda, Copperas. Chewing and Smokiug T -b io; lot of prime Corn and a great variety of new Har'wnrs,' c, Ac. JAUES 11 TOWLES. Anct. Raleigh, July 24, 18(53. 60 It. f IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS. Mc Mannen's celebrated improved SMUT ANI SCREEN ING MACHINE, kept constantly on hand and shipped to all accessible points in the Confeder tie Statos My old customers whose machines are worn out, wi.uM do well to renew them, as I ill in order to use portiou of the cast injrs, exchange nvith them on liberal i-rais. JNO A. McMANNEN.. South Lowell, N. C, July 24, 1SB3. 60 4tpd. TT AND DEEDS, MARRIAGE LICENSES jLJ and a few other blanks for sale at this ollice. July 24 1S3. 0 tf. 7rOTICE.-THE BOARD OF COMMISSION- ers of Appraisement for this btate, is new again in session at Raleigh. July 21, 18U3. 60-2L 1P67ILMINGTON & WELD )N R. R. CO. W W Board of Directors, W ilmingi..n. H. C. Jnty 17t&, 1S63. Dividend No. 24. The Direct. -is have this day de clared a Dividend of ten (10) per cent., payable to the. Stockholders on and after 1st August next. Transfer Books closed till day of puvment. L. U. DeROSSET, Sec'y. July 24, 1863. SO wtswlw. NORTH-CAROLINA, CHATHAM COUN ty, Court of Pleas end Quarter Sessious, May Term, 1863. R. C. Council, Adm'r. of Diinpsy Goodwin, . Joshua E. Goodwin, Sarah Goodwin, Mary Goodwin, and Shadrack Cole and wife Nancy and El xabeth Lawrence. In this case it is ordered by the C'-urt that advertise ment be made in the Raleigh SUmdurJ, according to law for Shadrack Cole and wife Nancy, and Elizabeth Law rence, to be and appear at the next term of this Court, to be held for the County of Chatham, in Pittsh .rough, on the second Monday of August, 18'.. then and there to plead, answer or demur to this petition, otherwise judg ment vroeortfesu) will be token ai ito them. Witness, R. C. Colten, Clerk of sai- Court, at offiee, tun tbe 16th July. 1863. . fy J July 24, 1863. 81 W.tpd. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE- Tbe exercises of this School will be resumed on tbe 15th of September. The year is divided into two sessions, one of fourteen and the other of twent v two weeks, with a short vacation at Christmas. Board and tuition for next session $163. The ornamental branches an extra charge. Mr A. Baumunn, assisted by Miss Mavs, will have charge of music, aud Mr. W. J. Myrover will teach French, draw in and naintine. For circulars containing paritcnlara, address Rav. K BUHWEIX. Charlotte, N O. 0 4tpd. July 24, 1363. STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. JOIIN aton County. Heury Sillirmn M. James H. Durham. Attachment. Fall Term of the Superior Court for the County oi jonnsiou, looo. . ... T.0 It appearing to the satisfaction of tb-; Court, that Jamea tt n..!.... zt-fi.nH.nt. resides bevond the limits of this u..... it..' ih.nCir on motion, ordered by the Court, that advertisement be made for sis weeks successively in the Raleigh Utan&urd, notifying the bud James H- Inr bam of th s proceeding, and that nnles ho appears at tbe next term of this Court, and answer, plead or dexor, the same will be taken pro Ws. ' t . Witness, Wm. H. Joyner, Clerk of Raid Court, at office, tb. 18th day of July. A. D.,m , July 84, 1883. (pr. adv. $10.) 81 w6t. TTCEADQUARTERS, 5WTIT REGT. N. C. MO. Ml litia, July 21st, 186S. Conw:ilirnr oiucers ot ChurcN on Friday th. 31-at of July, iSGS. iney win aiso have full nib of the men made out. . 'Col. Cummauding. , IT. J. WeitakrKj Adjutant. July 24,-1363. 60 2tpd, the different Companies of tbe 8"in nwn " by ordered to have all men between the ages ol IS and 50 -T. .t j. .....n.j in Vi Confedera-'e service at talent