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THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD . TUESDAY. " DEO. 22. 1863, iahitori. r IV I L L I A M W. HOLDEN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Vol. XIII- No. 102. BALEir.Il: TUESDAY, DEC. 23. 1863. Christmas Holiday, order to give our bands an opportunity to . 11!J.,. s nflA. will Tn participate in the Christmas nsimajs, yi ... be issued from this office on Friday next We shall send a half sheet on the Tuesday sue cceding to our Weekly and Semi Weekly subscri bers. We tender to our numerous readers the comph ment of the season, and trust the feua of Christmas, ltG4, will rise in the blessed atmosphere of Peace. Avekill's Raid The Richmond Exa?iner of the 19ih says : Averill's raid in Southwestern Vir ginia is like to prove on interesting affair. Our latest from him is, that he retreated from Salem on Thursday evening, but re-appeared there yesterlay morning under circumstances that led to the belief that his route to Kariawha had been stopped by otr forces. We are in possession of some facts relativ to th movements of our men, which it is not thought advisable to publish just now. It is be lieved that Averill will attempt to get to Danville and liberate the Yankee prisoners confined there." Rates from Lynchburg to the 20th leave the im pression that Averill was retiring towards Fin castle. Glen Anna School, Tbomasville, will commence on the lt Wednesday in January, 1S6-L Board $50 per month. We are constantly receiving complaints from our subscribers in the army of Virginia that they do not receive their papers regularly. We assure our sub scribers in the army that their papers are mailed regularly, and if they do not receive them the fault is not ours. A private in the army of Virginia writes us as follows : " I have been informed that your paper is stopped in Richmond. Is that so 1 I think it very hard, in deed, that men who have been serving their country for nearly three years in the ranks should be de prived of the privilege of reading a paper published in the capital of their own State. Why don't they say, 'ycu shall read this ptper, ahd none others,' instead of secretly suppressing your paper ?" A s ldier writing from Weldon, says : "I am very anxious to get the Standard, as it speaks my sentiments. We can scarcely get one in our regiment I sometimes buy one from a citizen after it is nearly worn out, at 25 cents a copy, and glad to get it Our officers swear it shall not come here, but I have concluded to risk a subscription. Three fourths of our regiment endorse your course." Ye learn that the Standard H not permitted to circulate in certain Hospitals in the Eastern part of this State, and that soldiers who endorse llolden are refused furloughs when they are entitled to them ! Party spirit, it seems, is every where, cursing and ruining the country. Weather beaten, wounded, sick, exhausted soldiers are punished because they think for thernselvrs! And this in a free country. What are we fighting for ? Liberty ? If so, let us J have it. t - j A Problem for Congress Q. M. D. When , Consress is done with the currency question we ! trnst it will take a neeo into the Quartermaster Da- i partment There is something rotten there, and the I stench is dreadful. All over the army, curses both loud and deep, are hurled against the A. Q. M's. Why ;.s it that quartermasters in the army, as a gen eral thing, ride the finest horses, wear the best clothes I've the highest and drink the deepest? Where docs the money come from, when it takes six months' pay of a captain to buy a suit of clothes f Let Congress liok to it. Napoleon occasionally shot a few quartermasters for the " benefit of the army." He was a very successful commander. Perhaps we had better imitate his example inthis, as in other things. Macon (Georgia) Confederate. The Quartermasters and all other Executive offi- cers are under the control of the 'President, Why is it that he does not compel those of them who are corrupt and negligent to be honest and faithful ? It is a common thing to hear of neglect and corruption on the part of subordinate Executive officers, and of military officers who oppress and trample on the people, and who hold political meetings in the army and mob printing offices ; and yet if the country ' could hear that even one of these officers had been punished by tbe President the country and all hon est men every where would have more confidence in the President " Some Excellent Resolutions.. The following resolutions were introduced in the House of Conriions. on the 12th instant, by Mr. Foust, of Randolph, and postponed on account of want of time to act upon them, till the third Tues day in May. These resolutions embrace three im portant points, and t'tk.e the correct ground in rela tion to them. We regret that time was not allowed to pass thetn : Resolctdhy the General Assembly of Korth Cir chna, That the repeal, by tha Confederate States' Congress, of the laws by which persons skilled in certain trades and professions are exempt from mil itary service, and the substituting therefor of a sys tem of details to meet the wants of the country, would be, in the judgment of this General Assem bly, exceedingly unwise and improper ; because of the danger that the persons entrusted with the pow er of niakinjsuch details, would often execute the duty injudiciously and with partiality. Eesohed, That in the opinion of this General As sembly, the "privilegii" granted to conscripts and Eoldiers in the service by the Congress of the Con federate States, to furnish substitutes, after such substitutes have been furnished and accep'ed, be came a " contract " which the government cannot Constitutionally, or in good conscience, violate. Remitted, That any plan for restoring the cur rency, so far as it contemplates compulsory funding, and repudiates the contract of the government with the holders of its notes that they, should be receiv able in payment of public dues, is impolitic; be cause a breach of contract cannot restore, but tends to destroy all confidence in the government Northern News, Northern papers to the Vfth have been received at Richmond. The correspondent of the Boston Herald, at Char leston harbor, says that Dahlgreen is preparing for a great movement of the iioncladi. He will not leave the department until the old flag waves over Charleston or its ruins. In e federal House of. Representatives, on the 16th, Mr. Rollens. of Missouri, offered a resolution i Miosiance the same as the Crittenden resolutions i that the war was brought on by disunionists, but i V J oe prosecuica lor conquest or subjuga tion. When obedience to the Constitution and laws are secured the war ought .to Btop, - - Lovejoy moved to lay the resolution on the table ytas52, nays 114. Washburne, of Illinois, express a wish to debate. Ine resolution was laid over. On Tuesday, Fernando Wood submitted a reso won that the President be mree rnmn.;. : ' rtr - t on8 tti.k ,C ".""i"'enr 10 open negou.v that tw- w minorities at Richmond, to the end SalSL instructive inhuman war of enuitv V 1d 1 ? Union be ol "Pn terms JutST " w bKy and cuality under the Coa- SwSrn .J8 . nM moveJ lhl the resolution be laid upon the table. 'eas 78 59 miieTf 7 ,ntroluc' instructing the com Fueiuve Slave law. Laid o lhe tablS by The latest quotation of gold, 150. - a, . AA.. t? We will soon be in th mMaf r . w.i. ter. and the famili f - k ..JY . I . . uc.ciHic yy ouuci uum iu rigors in vtnouB ways. TbeyAvill I want bread, and meat, and clothing, and firewood, ftu Those who formerl nr; ik- .v: r. f , r ,r i..e.u i tre either in cimnn or i. il.. knc.'t.io f uvopuns, ur umuicu by wounds, or in their graves. The tithing law which takes all the farmers lave to SDare and the impressment law which demands more still", will render it exceedingly hard for those who have mrV f httle or nothing, barely to lrve. Bat, by the bless ing oIGod and thjaid of such as bae, they may go through the winter, though their sufferings will he great It is the duty of every slaveholder who has any thing to spare, to divide it among his needy neighbors. See to it, that the needy white peo ple are as well provided for as the slaves. It is a burning-ehame to reflect. that some of our negroes have their Wat once, and twice, and even three times a day.Wd all of them a certain allowance of meat per weVk, while thousands of white people, who lived comWubly before the war, do not taste meat for weekend sonre of them not atalL If this war is to beWinued for the negro, to the im poverishment, staWioo, and ruin of any portion of the white race, it iscerUinly time to take steps to close it honorably ; devoted as we are to this peculiar institution, it knnot be insisted that it shall staiffl m the way of thexistence of the white race. It is to the interest of the" slaveholder to attend to die wants of his needy neighbors. If he refuses to do bo, whether from a spirit of indifference or the promptings of avarice, he will "sow to the wind and reap the whirlwind." We learn that Dr. J. T. Leach, of Johnston Coun ty, the member elect to Congress, sent his negro hands last winter, and i3 doing so this winter, to the houses of the families of soldiers, to cut wood for them, so as to keep the women and children warm, and thus relieve them from the heavy labor of cutting it themselves in the sleet and snow, and carrying it 1 ing distances on their . hips and shoulders. This is practical patriotism. True be nevolence is always thoughtful.- Who will imitate Dr. Leach's example ? Every slaveholder will do it who bis a heart in his bosom, and who properly ap preciates the condition of the families of those brave men, who are staking their lives in our defence. Send jour negro men, gentlemen, or negro man, as their condition may Tequire, and cut down the woo J and cut it up near their houses,' so that they can have a supply in the dead of winter. Do this, and spare them besides what you can of meat, and meal, and clothing, and the God of mercy will bless you, and many a noble-hearted soldier will thank you for it as long as he lives and if be should die in battle or in the hospital, it will be a consolation to him in his last moments to remember that he leaves bin family among those who will think of and provide for them. While on this subject we would invite attention to the communication which we publish to day from CoL Henderson, of Davidson County, in rela tion to the best means of distributing a portion of the tithes. If the plan sussestcd by Col. H. should adcpted, as-we trust it will, the soldier's pay .of ejevcn dollars per month will be of some service to his family at home. The prices of meat and bread- . c , . 0 . . . , stutTri- 43 fixed b tbe Commissioners of Appraise- mcnt for tGis State are 9 follows : Bacon 80 cents to 1 50 per pound beef 45 to 90 cents per pound pork 75 cents to $1 per poqnd corn $5 per bushel flour $32 to $31 per barrel. Let the sold er have the right to give an order for the amount of his pay in favor of his family, to the officer in the County who has charge of these or any other arti cles collected as tithes, and let his family have the benefit of these reduced prices. It is impossible to send all the articles tithed to the army. Much of what is collected will decay, but by adopting this plan no loss would occur, but every pound of meat and every grain of corn and wheat might be saved and used. The officers are allowed to purchase their supplies at government prices tohy not allow the ioldier the tame privilege f Is this a free govern ment of equal laws and equal privilege 1 It was in tended to bo so. Then let the soldier share equally with the officer in the privilege of purchasing sup plies for his family. Confederate Finances. We publish extracts to-day from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing th condition of the Confederate finances. The Secretary, in urging his forced loan, and the consequent repudiation of such notes as shall not be funded, Says : " No contract however solemn, can require na tional ruin ; and, in such case, the maxim must pre vail that the public safety is the supreme law." No nation can be saved by a repudiation of sol emn contracts. The nation that attempts thus to save itself will be lost Confidence is as indispen sable to nations as to individuals; and the nation that loses the confidence of the people who compose it can never regain that confidence. Mr. Memtuin- gcr and Mr. Davis advocated secession from the old government because a minority of the American people threatened to break the "solemn contract" of the federal Constitution ; and now, in three short years from that period, they propose that the new government, whose affairs they have been called to administer, shall break it$ "Solemn contracts," and in the language of the most dbsperate leaders of the French revolution, " the public safety is to be the supreme law 1 " Constitutions, and contracts, and plighted faith are nothing 1 Is thi political moral ity ? Are we to " do evil that good may come T " If the Confederacy breaks its word to-day, who will believe what it says to morrow f If it repudiates its present or old issues of treasury notes, who will take its new notes T We enter our solemn protest against this whole doctrine. We intend to maintain truth' and urge the redemption of plighted faith, happen what may. To break faith to enact a lie on tbe ground " that the public safety is the supreme law," would be to disgrace the Confederacy and dishonor the sovereign States that formed it Save us, save us, oh some benignant power, from the political morality of Jlem- minger and Benjamin 1 If " the public safety is to be the supreme law," Mr. Davis may bo crowned King, or invested with the imperial purple, for such a doctrine would justify that, or any thing else. What would the Deonleof North-Carolina have said. if they had known, in 1861, that in les3 than three years after they joined the Southern Confederacy its highest officers would advocate a doctrine which would put undef foot Constitutions, plighted faith, and solemn contracts? So it is. -But why dwell upon it, for "Earth iaaick. And hcrtven is weary of tbe hollow- nontids, . Whicb meri and nations use whene'er they speak Of Truth and Justice " CoflRES9.-The committees appointed are regular ly at work, and important reports are expected in a few days. No measure of any importance has been perfected and passed since our last The Army or Tennessee. Gen. Joseph E. John ston has been appointed to the command of the army, and was expected at Dalton. Gen. Hindman, of Arkansas notoriety, had arrived. and resumed! rrovide for the Soldiers' Families. cemmand of his old corps. r i. ' " i ' -:-A.?Tl AS0 tATM.--One of the first acts of L - - ---- - iiu vi huv UIDb v etriaUiiA u iw ' - . ? r' m" w q',e" we uovernor - -irv m aay ior ft general fasting, hnmgiation Fycr, ana the Governor has fixed upon - ,T next the 10th "st., as will be Been by 8 ProcIimation. Nothing could be more proper mra people who acknowledge a Drayer-hearine i. ' . . " prayer ner ug r none can give the victory and incline toe 's of our enemies to peace. To Him alone can We .ok! uPon IIi,n c09 " oar care. Let our whole people do this, in His own recognized way, trusting that He will bring it to pass.-Fay. Obst Dee Si. Therft'n i;r ; k n r-j 1. -."JSrS" E'LSSll: BubdiifH in nv j if it ir suMued in God s good tirae-fty. fibs., Dec.flh. If the people of the Confederacy fail to achieve their independence, it will be awing to their neg lect of the Bible and want of confidence in the God ot the Bible, and in each other. This is the plain and simple truth, reader, and in years after, should you unhappily live to see the South pass under the Northern yoke, and youreejf and children the bond men of abolition, yrii will remember and acknowl edge the justice of God's dealing with you and your brethren in bondage, and own that your and their NEoLKer of the Ood of the Bible and its hallowed precepts, brought the curse of slavery upon you nd your. May Qjd avert the dread calamity from us and our children. Wadetbort? Argus. In our first article on the subject of peace,. July 17tht 1863, we said: " We grope in the dark like children looking for the designs, and endeavoring to interpret the working? of Providence in the af fairs of nations. The birth of a nation on this planet is a great event The decay and death of a nation is a great event If it should please Hjtn to build up and perpetuate this new nation of Con federate States, He will doit; if not, He will not do it This is all we know about it" This, with subsequent articles on the subject of peace, so ex cited the ire of the Oberver that it assailed us for months, questioning our motives, ridiculing the so called peace meetings, and at length, when our of fice had been mobbed, leaving the impression on the tuir.ds of its readers that the mob was not much to be deplored if it would only teach uli the neces sity of changing our course The Observer was confident then that .mm would be able to achieve a great deal in the way of Confederate success ; but now it acknowledges what we said in July last, that we can look only to God for deliverance. But after all, as we are pained to observe, the Ob eerier qualifies its fnith in Providence by its wish to "conquer the croakers." It is evidently of the opinion tht "God's good time " will not come un til the croakers are conquered. - How does 'the Ob server know? It may bo that the "croakers" are doing as much for independence as the unreasoning or selfish realots. iVho knows? The ways of God are not as the ways of men. We know infi nitely less of His purposes than an infant knew of the thoughts of Baron Von Humboldt, the wisest man of his da. The Argus is of the opinion that if we fail to achieve our independence it will be owing to the neglect of the Bible. This may be true. All wars are scourges for sin. Punishments are intended to reform, not destroy. Arc we reformed ? Are our people better than they were before the war f They are worse. There is more sin the country, less con fidence in God, and less regard for human kind, than two years ago. Every body knows this. What then? We do not know we only know that " when the wicked rule tbe people mourn." Near ly every mn wo meet has either "mwried a wife" or " bought a yoke of oxen " or is busy in his "merchandize." The country and its liberties are thus left to take care of themselves. We arc reminded when thinking of these things, of the man with the muck-rake described in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, as follows : "This done, and aler these things had been some what digested by Christiana and her company, the Interpreter takes them a part again; and has them first into a room where was a man that could look no way but down-wards, with a muck rake in his hand. There stood also one over his head. with celestial crown in his hand, and protlored him that crown for his muck rake: but the man did neither look uo nor regard, but raked to himself the atraws. the small t-ticks. and dust of the floor. Then said Christiana. I oursuade mvself that I know somewhat the meaning: of this; forthU m a figure of a man of this wnrld m it not. eood sir ? Interpreter. Thou hast said right said he, and his murk rake doth show his carnal mind. And whereas, thou seest biro rather give heed to rake up straws and stick, and the dust of the floor, than to do what Ha ravs that calls to him from above, with the celestial crown in his hand ; it in to show that heaven is but as a fable to some, and that things here are counted ths only things substantial. Chritlitin. Than said Christiana, O deliver me from this muck rake! Interpreter. That prayer, said the Interpreter, has lain bv till it is almost rusty. "Give me not riches" is scarce the prayer of one in ten thousand. Straw, and stick, and dust, with most, are the great thing now looked aj.'er." The reader will maKo tne application. Useful En-quirt. In the House of Representa tives, on Friday last, Mr. Chilton, of Alabama, of fered a resolution, which was adopted, that the Com mittee on Quartermaster and Commissary Depart ments inquire and report whether the tax in kind may not be garnered and husbanded with more se curity and less expense to the governmentby citizens residing in the respective localities of such provis ions, and who are not liable to military duty, than by tbe present system of collecting and preserving it ; and whether such a change would not, &t the same time, tend greatly to strenghten our army by placing in the field the officers and soldiers now en gaged in that business. Outrage by the Military. jVe continue to receive complaints as to the bad conduct of some of the Confederate troops in the Western part of this State. The ladies of Wilkes County complain that a detachment of troops in the neighborhood of Trap Hill, instead of arresting de- serteis in a proper way, are plundering houses. taking grain, stock, and provisions from women and children, getting drunk, fiddling, dancing, Ac. And a friend writes us from the same County that some of the soldiers have recently driven from thirty to forty bead of .cattle to Jeffjrson. Ashe County, sold them to the highest bidder, and pocketed tbe money. fian this be possible.? If so, we blush to record Rnoh conduct on the part of any of our lave de- tenders. We also learn that the inhabitants of Davidson, Vnravth. Midison. and other Counties are afllrcted in the same way. Now, who. is to blame for this ? We answer, the officers who command thtte troops! We learn that the attention of Governor Vance has been called to these outrages, and that he is making effji ts to pre vent their repetition. But some atonement is due for the past Punish the officers, and our word for it the soldiers will do better in future. We are glad to have it in our powetto say that many of tbe soldiers conduct themselves as tbey should. We appeal to aMof them not to' trample on the weak and helpless. Let them remember that they too have wives, and mothers, and sisters, and that it is wrong to punish the innocent on account of the guilty ; and let them also retnimbir that all their sacrifices in canpandon the battle field will be in vain, if law, and order, and respect for persons and r roperty ar not maintained. . Proposed Inoheasi of thb Arxt. The Peters burg Express,' which affects to be an ultra Southern paper, and which has heretofore lectured us for our comments on the wretched administration of public affairs, is at last coming to its senses, as the follow ing extract from that paper will show : It smacks to much of military tyranny, this pre mature organization of all male citizens between the 5nand 55 'to "serT P3- . Wef ho . ' '? lonS aa one htf of the whole nsmber of sold- ,ers wnose names are now on the muster rolls, are hJ the government to remain absent from tryiii-10 turong the streets of our towns, ana to crowd every rural thoroUIrhfar nd nhhorhood as they do. there in nn nrrauinrv fnr riictnrhintr and harassing elderly men above the age of 45 with these uiierierences 01 tne government, in their pursuits. And what, we would respectfully ask Mr. Sparrow, is to. become of the hundred thousand stragglers, about whom he does not vouchsafe us a single word ? Does he imply by his silence on this head that he is not in lavor .01 a compulsory process to bring them back to their duty ? Is he for letting them go on in their shirking ways unmolested bythe arm of the government f Here is at once an ample supply of 1 vigorous oone and muscle' to meet tbe oemana lrora the army which he is for satisfying by enrolling a reserve to be composed of young boys (" seed corn," as tbe President calls them,) and old men, just as if ; 11 a. i i j .i : it lu'jugui mat, biiuuiu luture exigencies require . the services of those exempted classes of our popu lation, they would refuse to aid in delivering them selves, their wives, children, property everything dear to the .citizen from total, dire and irretrievable destruction at the bands of a brutal and lawless foe. We call particular attention to the following sec tion of Mr. Sparrow's bilL which is a mere speci men brick of tbe pile : section 5. That all persons liable to duty in the reserve corps shall enroll themselves within such time and at such place or places, in their re spective counties or parishes, as msy be prescribed by the President, and that upon their failure to do so the person so failing shall be eo ascribed to the army tn tnejieUl." we have underscored the exceptionable passages in this section to mark them fcr the reader's reflec tions. Here is an increase of Dower DroDosed to be given to the President, which we protest aeainst as violative of the whole spirit and tenor of the Con stitution. The President is Commander in-Chief of the Army, but citizens between the ages of 45 and 55 form constitutional;? nn nart of the army unless by their own voluntary enlistment in it He has power enough already to enable him by a wise and right exercise of it to conduct the war to a tri umphant conclusion. Let hjui use it in driving back to their places the hundred thousand and upwards of absentees, and then there will not be the least ne cessity for Congress either to disgrace the govern ment by a deliberate and outrageous repudiation of its solemn contract with persons who have furnish ed substituted, or to confer upon the Executive ad ditional and extraordinary authority, which would be susceptible of the grossest and most vexatious abuses, as reccommended by Mr. Sparrow. The idea of his bill becoming a law, in any thing like its present shape, is simply preposterous." We beg the Express not to take so gloomy a view of public affairs. The time has arrived for saving the country, and the country will bo saved. The original secessionists will do it They said, a long time ago, that when it was indispensably necessary tnat they should enter the army, they would do so. The lime has arrived. They also said" that each one of them could whip ten Yankees. There are at least ten thousand of them in this State who have not gone, but who were going when the time came. If one man can whip ten Yankees, ten can whip one . hundred, one huhdri d one thousand, one thousand ten thousand, and ten thousand one hundred thou sand. They are going. Meade's army will be whipped. The tide of invasion will he rolled back from Richmond, and even Petersburg with its worthy Mayor, who is so much distressed at the idea of the Standard newspaper circulating in that ancient borough, will be relieved. Courage, broth er Express. The secessionists of Nortn-O-- f.a rushing to the rescue. They 10 W ?JV: conduct who are th r . . i Publi""Blvi"res 01 rwiouiii-iwiu t v .. Co-id Pe.tersburerians 1 room for them. in Tur , and proTisions for them. for. they are all poor men, not having made quite all the money that has been realized in this Slate by extortion and speculation. Only allow them to luna mcir surplus money iu Confederate oonus oearing six per rem- jmcrcoi pay able in specie, and convince them that they are ac tually needed in the ranks, and they will rush to the conflict as to a festival. Confederate" Victorv. It is stated that John ston's division attacked a force of mounted infantry, about four thousand strong at Bean's Station on Monday, and gradually drove them back', after a stubborn resistance, with heavy loss, in the direc tion of Knoxville. The pursuit continued through out Tuesday and Wednesday during which time we captured a train of seventy wagons, laden with stores and clothing, and ninety prisoners. Our forces are moving in the direction of Knoxville, to which place the Yankees have fled. Our loss in killed and wounded .about three hundred.' Gen. Gracie was slightly wounded in the arm, and is here, on route for Mobile. Two hundred and twenty- five prisoners have arrived nere. Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. Army of Northern Vikoinia, ) December 17, 18(53. j The campaign of 1863 may now be said to be Oyer. 100 iroopa are uuuuucsa in mrir riiiici quarters, and the condition of the weather to day leads us to believe that all warlike operations are now at an end until the vernal suns of 1864 shall bring a more favorable season for military move ments. Tbe enemy is in Culpeper county, with the bulk of his infantry, consisting of four .corps, lying around the Court House and .Brandy "Station, and with his cavalry, pickets reaching out to and beyond Mitchell's Station. One corps is beyond the Rap pahannock, for the purpose of guardiug therail road. It is not true that the enemy have ever de stroyed any part of the railroad, or that they in tend to change their base of operations. On the contrary, as soon as spring opens Meade will either pu9h for Richmond or be forced back to Wash ington. A party of prisoners, five in number, brought in yesterday evening, say that the enemy are busily occupied in constructing mud huts, and in cordu roying the roads so as to make them fit for travel. Our men are similarly occupied, and already have constructed very comfortable quarters ; whilst the pioneer corps have been unremitting in their efforts to improte our roads. The road passing through Orange C. H. has been converted into quite a good pike. Frequent inquiries are made as to how the army is fed.- In response I would say that the ar:ny re ceives an abundance of good flour and beef for five days, and bacon for the other two days of each week. Occasionally there are issues of sweet and Irish potatoes. The army has aUo been receiving during the last ten days supplies of new clothing and some shoes. The troops are well fed, and in the main well clad, the only much needed article to the soldiers comfort being blankets. The lack of them could readily be supplemented if the people only possessed a tithe of the patriotism they ex hibited in the outset of this war.. The field hospital accommodations in this army are as follows: A general hospital for corps No. 2, under Dr". Black ; one for corps No. 8, under Dr. Higginbottom. There, is also a receiving and for warding hospital, under Dr. .Clagsett assisted by Dr. Newton. All -of these are now . located at Orange 0. H. Persons coming here and seeking information of their sick friends can get it. by ap plying at yne of the three departments. . -X The Waahington Republican urges the seizure of Weldon hy tbe Yankees, during the Fall or Winter so as to cut off the "rebels" from supplies by rail beyond the Northern boundary of North Carolina, and leave them to such " lean pickipgs, as can be found in Eastern and Southern Virginia. This step is urged by the Republican in view o the early com pfetion of the' connection between Danville and Greensboro', North-Carolina. T Ifeport of the Secretary of the Treaaory Keccipts aadjlCxpeaaitarea of the Souther n Confederacy. RECEIPTS" TROH JA5CART 1ST TQ SEPT. 30tH, 1863. For eight per cent stock, $107,292,900 70 " 6even " ." 38.737.650 70 x " " " (5,810,050 00 five . call cert, '22,992,900 00 four u no ti it Cotton certificates, act April 21, 'C2. 2,000000 00 interest on loans, 140,210 11 w" tax, . 4,128,988 97 Treasury notes, 391,623,530 00 Sequestration, 1,862,550 21 Customs, 984,798 6S Export duty on cotton, 8,101 78 Patent fund, 10,794 0-t Miscellaneous, (including re-payments by disbursing officers, 24,498,217 93 Total, $001,522,893 12 EXPENDITURES DUlilKO THB 8AUB PERIOD. War Department, $877,988,244 00 88,437,661 00 11,629,278 00 66.836 00 82,212,290 CO 69,044,449 00 $519,868,559 00 601,522,893 00 mvy " Civil, miscellaneous, la, Customs, Public debt, Notes cancelled and redeemed, Total of expenditures, xotai ot receipts, Balance in Treasury, From which is to be deducted the $32,1 54,834 00 amount of Treasury notes which hare" been funded and brought in for cancellation, but have not . been regularly audited, estima ted at, 65,000,000 00 $17,154,334 00 FUNDED. The public debt (exclusive of the foreign loan at the same period, was as follows : E'ght per cents., $ 207,128,700 00 Seven per cents., 42,745,600 OA) Six per cents., 41,006,270 00 Six per cent cotton int. bonds, 2,035,000 00 Total, $292,915,620 00 UNFUNDED. Treasury notes : General currency, Two year notes. Interest notes at 3 65, ... 7 80i Under $5, Five per cent call certificates, Total, Deduct amount of Treasury notes 603,632,798 00 8,477,975 00 627,450 60 122,582.200 00 4,887,095 00 26,240,000 00 $766,447,519 00 lunued and cancelled, abov re ferred to, 65,000,000 00 $701,447,519 00 Tn order to estimate the amount of Treasury notes in circulation at (he date of this report there must be added the further sum of one hundred millions for the two months which have elapsed since the date of the above schedules. The balances of the appropriations already made by Congress, and not drawn on 30th September, stood as follows : . War Department, $395,502,698 00 Navy Department, . 24,413,645 00 Civil, miscellaneous, Ac, 56,240,996 00 Customs, 294,460 00 Total, $476,451,799 00 The estimate submitted by the various depart ments for the support of the government, are made to 1st July, 1864, the end of the fiscal year, and are as follows: Legislative Department, $ Executive " 809,005 00 52.050 00 22,583,359 00 438,078,870 00 13,624,945 00 544,409 00 m.m 06 Treasury it War " Navy " State " Justices " Post Office 44 $475,498,493 00 jYtnese estimates be extended to embrace the re maining six months of the calendar year, they must be doubled, and that sum added to the undrawn appropriations would make an aggregate of $1,427, 448,778, which Congress is formally called upon to provide. It is obvious, however, that the amounts to the credit of undrawn appropriation cannot be called for, inasmuch as there remain but three months of the present calendar year to be provided for, and tbe expenditures are limited to btty mil lions per month. So too as to the estimates. Any measures which will promptly reduce the currency will act upon prices and thereby materially reduce tbe estimates.- But the larger figures exhibit to us in a distinct and tangible form the problem which we are now required to solve. The currency has by this time attained dimensions of five times its proper size. Tbe estimates are based upon prices fixed by this condition of the currency. If these estimates are to be supplied by new issues of currency, prices roust again increase and large additions must be made to the figures which represenf both currency and estimates. - It is obvious, therefore, that some other mode of raising supplies must be devised ; and the necessity is equally obvious of reducing the currency. We are thus distinctly presented with these two conditions, as necessary elements of the problem to be solved, namely, reduction of the ex isting currency, and a supply from some other source than Treasury notes. The astounding propositions which have signal ized the first days of this present session, for pla cing tbe entire population of the Confederate States in the field, leaving no producers, of food to feed the enormous army so raised, and no tax-payers to find the money to furnish it, have created a con siderable sensation. A feeling of despondency has been produced by them among reflective observers ; Dot by the prospect of the universal cessation of national lite and organization, which the realization of those wild projects would certainly cause for no one can fail to see that there is no danger or realizing a patent impossibility ; but by the singu lar want of discernment which they indicate. It is difficult to believe that many members of the Con gress really intend the establishment of a dictator ship in this country, still less to make Mr. Davis dictator. Yet it requires but little reflection to perceive that such a law lately suggested in his message, a suggestion which members of Congress have takeq in trust from it, is- nothing more nor less than that An entire nation cannot remain in the field more than twenty -four hours, under the penalty of death by starvation. A law requiring the whole popula tion to take up arms and go into camp, is a nullity. Few wjll dispute the remark, and the President blandly proposed that the power and discretion should be given him to 44 detail" such persons as he pleased to continue the pursuits of civil life. The relative numbers of those in the army and those out of it, might not be changed by a law of ; universal enrolment ir accompanies oy mis pro vision. Tbe sole difference between the present and prospective condition ot the military force and nation, would be the change of t details" for 44 ex empts." One of these word3 designates persons who continue the work that must be done in war and peace, under the authority of a law ; the other, those who.eo about their business "because of the Javorofthe President and his office-holders, great and small. This is a preposition to give them des potic control over every individual m this country. and to destroy every check upon their wilL The Darasites of power are pleased with it There ex ists a small faction in this country who have long clamored for this measure, because they expect power, profit and revenge from it Richmond Ex aminer. ' . Ges. Grant. The Yankee Congress have unani mously passed a resolution of thanks to Gan. Grant, and requested the President to cause a medal to be struck with suitable devices and inscriptions, to be presented to nim. A resolution has also been introduceed to confor cpon hinfthe rank of Lieutenant General. Halleck, Banks. Dix. Hooker. Thomas. Sherman and three others will probably.be promoted also to the same rank. (T7ANTKD AT THIS OFFICE IMJtt K- V W diately, 1,0jO or 8,0u0 pamphlet, fur wrapymj: V par, i large or aipaii wia, y For the Standard. To the People of the Confederate States. . Mr. Holdes: I have thought much of the dis tressed condition of the families of the soldiers, and I can conceive but one remedy to prevent them from -suffering seriously. The tithings,.if properly distributed to tbe fami lies of the soldiers, would relieve them greatly that is, that part of the tithings that can net be got to the army, and that will rot and waste iu the hands of the government officers. Let the common soldier -be given an order on the commissary of his County for corn, wheat, or bacon, In lieu of such part of his monthly wages as he may be able to devote to the (.upport of his family, and his family be entitled to receive these supplies at government prices. By adoplipg this plan, much of the tithings would be saved, the government would not be required to is sue so much paper money to pay the soldiers, and the families of the soldiers would be provided for. I learn that in many localities government officers are compelled to sell articles to keep them from spoiling, and in this way supplies, which are preci ous, are passing into the hand of speculators. I verily believe tbt if the plan herein suggested should bo adopted, it would work beneficially to the government and to tiie soldiers and their families. I W. F, HENDERSON. Rich Fwk, Dayidson Co., N. C. t For the Standard. Mr. Editor : We were in hopes that the Legis lature would take some steps towards peace. The people of this District, White Oak, are for peace, and jodging by the Conservative vote for members of Congress, so is the State. May I not add that the Conservative party is gradually permeating the whole Confederacy, and that tbe day is not far distant when its power will be every where visible. Let us keep our army in the. field, but let us talk for peace at the same time. Negotiations must commence, and why should not North-Carolina commence them ? She has more troops in the field, than any other State in proportion to population, her citizens have ever been forenst in all contri butions for this war, and now why may not she be " first in peace f Let us have a Convention. We can then have peace. I remember theDc&t-uclive speeches of Mr. Lewis & Co., in 1861, just before the first Convention. He was going te swallow all Yankeedom. If you talk to them now about peace, they cry out for "the last man and last dollar." ' Why don't they all volunteer in defence, of their bloody principles, as there is no law that ever I saw to hinder them ? But, Mr. Editor, if we are in real ity reduced to the last man and last dollar what good has all this strife effected ? Who is benefited? They remind me of the man, his wife Bettie, and the bear. The bear chafed them awhile, when the old man took a tree and left Bettie to escape as she could ; but Bettie killed the bear, and tbe old man sliding down the tree, bawled out " look here what a bear arid Bettie killed." They" won't fight, but will be willing enough, should our arms be victori ous, to say we killed the bear. But our boys in the army say that when the Yan kees are whipped and they return, should they ever hear a no tight war man say tee whipped the Yan kees, they will whip him. I close for the present WHITE OAK. JHARltlKD, la this City on the eveningof the 15th, by Rev Thomas .Quip!ey, Mr. Alfbrd Upcucbch aud Miss Akx Eur a Rct kolls. in this City on- Tuesday evening, ISth instant, at the residence of J. O Brumeil, bv Rev. Mr. Priichard. Mr. G. V. HaiirivLU, of Wilmington, N. C, to Miss K. F. M. Gair Fix, of t bi City. At lhe residence of the bride's Cither, in Wake County, on the 17th instant by Nathwi Ivey, q , Mr. S. B. Wil liams to MisS SAUAB.A. PeNKELL. In Wake County, on the 7th December, by Hayw.iod Griffis. E-q , Mr. Lawkekcs Littlbtimc. of the 53d Beg't. N. U. T., to Miss Mary Crbech, of said connty. In Harnett County on the 'Oib inst., by Rev. G. A. Bus- . gel, Mr. Malcoii A. McLeodIo Miss Mabgakbt Camebo" daughter of James Cameron deceased-. k AOT1CES. , . urwe Court House, Va., on th3 80th of Nov. last," from a woci.d teceived in the left lung on the battle field on the Rapidan river, Randolph H. Keksb. Captain of C. U, 2d N. O. Cavalry, and If th regiment N. C. troops. Captain Reese was a native of Northampton c unty, was twenty nine years old, and among tbe first in his county who volunteered for the war He entered the service a private was appointed a non commissioned othcer by his. Captai from which he rose to 3d Lieutenant, then id. and afterwards 1st, and by his Captain's resigning was promo ted to Captain, lie was highly respected and esteemed by his regiment was kind and generous to his men. and was warmly beloved by them. In the field he was bold and Huciiinrr nnd ill ft .'ficht. as was said of him by a brother ot- fieer He full eullanily lending a company of sharp shooters, driving the enemy before him. The Confederacy has not lost a braver or a betr soldier than Capt. Reese. BOOKS OPENED! BOOKS' OF SUB SCRIPTION to tbe capital st.ck ol tbe LOCKVILLE MININ AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY will be opened immediately in Raleigh under the superintendence of George W. Mordecai, Esq , and Kemp P. Battle, Esq , aud at Lockville under superintendence of Capt. K Bryan, J. N. Clegg, Esq., and John V". Scott. Esq. -"SK- THOMAS J). HOGG, Pres'nt Board of Commissioners. December 2MS63. ,02-8J;.1 tS State Journal, 'rv?rwrFayetteviUe Obfrmr, Wil mington fjvrnal and Charlotte Bulletin, copy three timea and forward bills Fr.VCTIOJT THE FOLLOWING PER SONS have been appointed to hold an election for Mayor and nine Commissioners ot tne inj oi a.e.Ko, on the third Monday in January. 1864: Mayers box, M. B. Uovster Esq. Western Ward, William Robert Andrews, ST liiddSi Ward! P. F. Pescud. Esq Ea" Ward . Robert Andrews, Esq. - B. KOYaTER. Raleigh. Dec 81, 'g3. 0-2-a. HIDES I HIDES f JUST RECEIVING A BEAU TIFUL lot of HIDES, "f) WEIN,0,W1L GreensboroNC., Dec. 21, 1868." ' ' 10a-4tpd.' mTOTicE.-ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVE- ry month 1 shall send a special agent to the Army of Northern Virginia. All pack "ges. c, e t m thiaDlace will he promptly forwarded, free of charge. idis piace win iic v EDWARD WARREN, Surgeon General of N. C. Raleigh. Dec. 81. I'M ; I0i-m. J ONESVILLE SCHOOL, YADKIN COUX- ' TY N. C., will open tU Spring sessiou the 14th of January', 18tit. J- O Marler, Principal. Parents and guardians who expect to patronize tbit school, should inform the principal of the fact as early aa practicable Young ladies can eoter this school with pro priety, as there will be but few, if any. large boys connect ed with it. Special painsvgiven to those who are preparing themselves to teach in our N. C Common Schools. The Principal is a teacher of experience. TIBMS OF 20 WEKIS. t Tuition and board at tbe old price, if paid in produce at the old price; but if not, or where it is not convenient to do that, our terms in money will be as moderate as we can afford -as cheap as any other school. Payments in advance. Address J. G. MARLEtt Jonesvil le, N. C. Dec.21,?8S3. ' 102-2tpd. EN DOLLARS REWARD. STRAYED away Irom tbe subscriber about tbe first of November last, large white cow with brindle head, no horns, mark ed with two slits and under bit in the left vear, and two slits and crop off tbe right. The above reward will be paid for the delivery of the cow to me, or for any information so that 1 can get her. County Rangers are respect fnlly in vited U notice this advertisement. My residence is two miles East of Yadkin Institute P. O , Yadkiu countty, N. C. ffAKAH A. JARRETT. Dee.21.lSB8. 62 w4tpL WHT ANTED, BY AN EXEHPT SOLDIER, situation as Teacher. in some School or private family, where little walking would be required; could fill some one of the many " shade offices" about to be vaca- v v a ei by tbe present Uongres is a graauaie, n best of references. Address, William Marcom, Raleigh, N. C. ' . . December 21, 1863. . Tog-npa. HOUSES AND LOTS TO Ktai'wiwi be rented to the highest bidder at Towjes auction and commission store on Saturday, 26tn inst, ai izp ck. tbe dwelling house, known as me "eei u"; " " If pied by Mr. 1L Gorman, and the House on tne coper el the lot westot Mr. t- a. ' ir-T ..r ihaCitr Lumtden, both situated in the. Western Ward of the City and convenient to ibe N. C. R- R- PeP? Vnr, . . Dee 81, 1963. . KToVmUVtheir bo.arere. for dehvery .t my office in-lh:i City. gjgoy, a g. , Raleigh. 5. a . .... .,.' 102-8U . on a l U iimflR BUILD F?nl wft h ib,7 oeihooeee, a tine garden, con ...imi'wmte WsWteu? the Eastern Ward of the City. SW3S tb. estate of E C.Belvin.dece.aetlj oulcrWcreech TurDee 24th. BaleJgb.Dee.lfltl'1. -. l-44. L cent. certificates'" . - k DeDOsitarr.