Newspaper Page Text
THE' Inrtj)-arolimi. ItaAnrit willTam V. h olden. . Editor and PaoraiKToa. TERMS OF THE WEEKLY J"0 'PoUart annum, Invnnnblv in advance. v rv-, ' TERMS OF THE SE M I-WEEKLY our ZhOart per annum, invariable in advance t it. f AU mpert are dieeouienued t tie expiration of the time for which Hug have 1- -,; ;,. .. Tterms of Advertising in Semi-Weekly Standard: Our rrcular rales of advertising are as follow. : One square, (1 lioes url,!") nrst insertion, - SI 00 Each subsequent insertion, - . . - - - - 25 Longer advertisements m proportion. Contracts will be made with advertisers, at the above regular rate, for six or twelve months, and at the close of the contract SS per cent, will be deducted from the gross "professional or business Cards, not exceeding five lines will be inserted in either the Weekly or Semi-Weekly, for f s for six months, or (10 tor twelve months; or in both papers for $10 fir six months, or $15 for twelve months. Terms of Advertising in Weekly Standard. One dollar per sqnare for the first insertion, and twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion No deduction wiU be made on iceeily adcertieemtnt, no matter koto long they may run. Onlv a limited number of advertisements will be admitted into the Weekly. All advertisements, not other wise directed, are inserted in the Semi-Weekly, and charg ed accordingly.' When the nurabeMnf insertions is cot marked on the advertisement it is inserted until forbid. tST Money sent us by mail is at our risk. R A. LEIGH : FRipAY, OCT. 17, 1862. The Situation. Our last mails bring no additional particulars from our forces under Gen. Lee around Winchester, ex cept from Gen. Stuart's and CoL Imboden's com mands. The mairrbody of our forces remain as they were. We hear no additional particulars from the movements of Gen. SeigeL " Gen. Stuart, it will be seen, has recently made one of those dashing movements for which he has becqme famous. 'Gen. Lee sends the following offi cial account of it to the Secretary of War : Winchester, Va., Oct. 14, 1862. , Eon. G. W. Randolph: The cavalry expedition to Pennsylvania has re turned safe. They passed through Mercersburg, Chambersburg, Emmittsburg, Liberty, New Market, llyattstown, and Burnesvillc. The expedition cross ed the Potomac above Williamsport, and recrossed at White's Ford, making the entire circuit, cutting the enemy's communications, destroying arms, &c, and obtaining many recruits. . R. . LEE, General. On the 6th insL he also communicates to the War Department a successful scout under command of CoL Imbeden, who encountered a small force of Yankees in Hampshire County, Va., captured. 150, and destroyed much of value to the enemy. While on this scout the Colonel's camp was assailed by the enemy, in which Col. Imboden received some damage. . The Yankee force at Suffolk continues to accumu late. About 35,000 Yankee troops are supposed to be in that section. Our telegraphic dispatches will give the latest news from our forces recently, under General Van Dorn. Maj. Gen. Pemberton has superceded Van Dorn and is now in command. Yankee accounts represent our army as still retreating and the enemy pursuing, but-Southern accounts contradict this. From Kentucky all our information is from Yan kee sources. Bad as those sources are, we find the general idea is prevailing,in consequeoce of the de lav of intelligence from Southern sources, that Gen. Bragg has been badly beaten. We hope, however, before we go to press, we shall receive more satis factory accounts. Gen. Bragg's extreme caution and tardiness leave, however, room to fear, that he has suffered a severe reverse. The Election. We again remind the Conservatives of Wake County, .that the election to fill the vacancy in our delegation in the House of Uomurons occasionea oy , the death of the lamented Miller, will be held at the j several precincts in the county on Thursday the 2Zd instant Col. Daniel G. Fowle, our candidate, has not had the time, nor do we suppose it to be necessary, tt visit the people. He is well known as a sound Con servative and a man of ability. No one is more in terested in promoting the welfare of the County and of the entire State, than he, and none are more loyal to the Confederacy. Some of the " peaceable secessionists " seem to be solicitous that Col. Fowle should report himself at the conscript camp'. For their satisfaction we state upon unquestionable authority, that when Col. Fowle ascertained that he was probably defeated for Colonel of the 31st Regiment, he applied to Gen. Martin for permission to visit the up-country for the purpose of bringing his family to Raleigh. This was granted, and he moved into his house on tho 2d instant On the following Monday, the 6th, he reported himself to Maj. Mallett at the conscript camp. Hav ing been nominated for the Legislature by his fellow citizens, he was informed' by Maj. Mallett that he jieed not trouble himself about the camp until after the election. Col. Fowle is the only defeated field officer, so far as we have heard, that has ever reported himself at the conscript camp. We admoaish our friends to be at the polls on the day of election. Let not the apparent quiet and in difference of our opponents keep you from the polls. They are ever active. Let us give Col. Fowle a large majority. ' Fever at Wilmington. The last Wilmington Journal comes to us re duced in size, with the announcement that the edi tors are compelled to suspend its publication entire ly for a short time, in consequence of the prevailing epidemic. The editors, however, still remain and will issue bulletins of the progress of the fever. Last Saturday and Sunday are represented to have ' been the gloomiest days since the appearance of the disease. The number el acatns is saia to nave been very large. There are now over 600 cases in the place. . The liberality of several communities, we are glad to learn, has supplied the place with ample provis ions. Truly it is an afflicted' communitf. They have the sympathies of every generous heart. Crop of Cokx ik the East. In our article on this subject in the last Semi-Weekly,' the types made us speak of bushels of corn instead of bdrreh, as we wrote it The reader will, therefore, see that the supposed product of the Eastern Counties is Hie times greater than was stated in that article. The error vas corrected in the Weekly issue. Yarboro Will Case. We leant that Judge Heath hag granted a new trial in this case. We are ratified to learn that President Davis has appointed Gen. Walter Gwynn to make a re connoissanee of the Eastern Counties of this State, with a view to their defence. From Gen. G.'s long experience and skill as an Engineer, we may ex pect the best results. lllii Vol. XXVIII. No. 43. BA Teath of Gen. George B. Anderson Werecord,with unfeigned regret, the death of this gallant and promising young officer. Our rea ders are aware that Gen. Anderson was wounded in the foot at the battle of Sharpsburg, .Md., and was compelled to leave the field. It appears that his surgeon supposed the wound to have been caused by a fragment of a shell which did1 not lodge, and his wound was pronounced to be slight As soon as he could travel he was brought to this place, where his family reside. The wound becora ing more and more painful, his physician, Dr. CX E. Johnson, discovered that the missile was still in his foot, and, as we announced last week, he removed a Minnie ball from it We learn that erisypelas -supervened, either before or immediately after the re moval of the ball, and that the condition of the pa tient was -not only very paiuful, but exceedingly critical. ' On Wednesday last, after full consultation, his physicians determined as a last resort, to amputate the limb above the ankle. He bore the 'operation. though very painful, with much fortitude, but his system had already been prostrated under his pre vious sufferings. Every effort within the compass of human skill and the kindest attentions was made for the sufferer, but all in vain. On Wednesday evening it was discovered that he was sinking. He breathed his last on yesterday morning, at the house of his brother, Col. W. E. Anderson, of this City. Seldom has a death occurred here which has ex cited so much sympathy. Young, brave and skill ful. Gen. Anderson bid fair to be one of the most useful and able of our North Carolina officers ; but ' alas ! how soon he is cut down. His young, devo ted wife and infant child, far from her native home in Kentucky, and surrounded by strangers, are spe cial objects of sympathy. But she will find friends among the friends of her gallant husband who will make ample amends for the loss of her. friends at home. Gen. Anderson was a native of Wilmington, and was, we presume, between thirty and thirty-five years of aee. Confederate Congress. This body closed its session on Monday evening last, to meet again in January. The new conscrip tion, the exemption ami appropriation bills consti tute the really important business of the session. Most of the time was spent in discussing resolu tions of but little practical import, and doing and undoing what had better not have been touched un less better done. Jhe failure of the objectionable forced loan bill, terminated all present attempts at making any provision' to meet the expenses of the Government and to sustain its credit, except the continued issue of Treasury notes. Financial abili ty and statesmanship are scarce commodities in the Congress. The House bill to increase the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates. $4 per month, failed in the Senate upon grounds insufficient and inhumane. The assumption that the rank and file would waste their money, and hence should not be paid more, was as impertinent as it was unjust and ungenerous. If tho Government had not tho ability to pay more than 11, why not say so, in stead of insulting the feelings of those brave men upon whom the hopes of the Confederacy rest Such a plea our soidiers could have appreciated, especially if the obligations of the Government al ready assumed, to feed, clothe and provide for them when sick, were fully discharged. The bills in favor of the Confederate Bible Society and to re-organize the Medical Department of the army,' were vetoed by President Davis, without scarcely an attempt on the part of Congress to sustain its action. i The bill in favor of the Confederate States Bible Society, killed by the President's veto, places Con- j gress in a most ridiculous attitude. That bill had been discussed, considered and passed by both Houses, allowing themselves ample time to consider its constitutionality, propriety and utility. Con gress ought to have known and weighed all the objec tions which could be urged to it That body ought to have known whether it was constitutional, pro per, or not If unconstitutional, or to operate mis chievously as Presiderit Davis affirms, it ought not to have passed it But both Houses did pass it, and President Davis kills it at the dash of his pen, and no member was found bold enough to vete for it after the President's veto. The history of this continent does not perhaps afford an instance of a more obsequious yielding to the one man power than this does ; but this only characterises the uni form deportment of that body. The President's will appears to be the rule and the only sufficient rule of action with that body We attach no blame to the President Very prob able, he is right in the positions taken in his veto. We are censuring the course of a body wnose sol emn duty to the people is to legislate wisely anil properly for the good of the nation, and to make such laws for the President to execute, as shall enure to' the public good, whether they exactly suit the Pres ident or not They are amenable to the people and not to the President Officers of the 20th N. C. Regiment. ' We have received a letter from a member of the 26th N. C. regiment in which he says, the officers of that regiment wish to know what Gov. Clark had to do with filling the vacancies in the field officers of. that regiment T It has been said that Gov. Clark had reserved the office of Major of that regiment for Capt Pvand. . They wish to know who gaye to Gov. Clark the power to reserve the office of Major for or confer it upon Capt Rand or any one else ? The law says, that after the re-organization of the vol unteer regiments, 'all vacancies occurring above a third lieutenant, are to be filled by regular promo tion according to teniority. They are content with the law as it stands, and regard any official inter meddling to defeat the law, as impolitic, and opera ting unjustly and often prejudicially to the service. Strop. Early last Spring we urged the planters of our State to plant largely of the Chinese Sugar Cane. We learn from a friend from Iredell County, that a good deal of mOst excellent syrup has been made from the cane in that section. Our informant siysthat he will make three or four barrels and that it is the best substitute for sugar he has tried. Printing Paper. Many of our exchanges come to us in half sheets. ; The price of printing paper is enormous, and from present indications it will be still higher. Publishers must either suspend their papers altogether, or the public must payad in oreased price for subscription. . i. Ifff 11 ' III IM 111 mim. N.. Cl : WEDNES Eloquent and SoaLStirring Appeal. The attention of our readers is invited to the elo quent and soul-stirring appeal of Gov. Vance to the people of the State, which we publish below. We could add nothing to what is so well said by the Governor. . That this appeal will be responded to we have no doubt Now is the time to afford that relief so much needed by our suffering troops : TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH-CAROLINA.. After the most strenuous exertions on the part of its officers, the State finds it impossible to clothe and shoe our soldiers without again appealing to that overflowing fountain of generous charity-tbe private contributions of our people. The rigors of winter are approaching, our soldiers are already suf fering, and must suffer more if our sympathies are not practical and active. The Quarter Master's De partment is laboring faithftilly to provide for them, but, owing to speculation and extortion, will fall short The deficiency must be supplied by the people. We shall have an active winter campaign, and how can our troops, if ragged, cold and bare foot contend with the splendidly equipped columns 'of the enemy ? The articles most needed, and which the State finds it most difficult to supply, are shoes, socks and blankets, though drawers, shirts and pants wcrald be gladly received. If every farmer who has hides tanning would agree to spare one pair of shoes, and if every mother in North Carolina would knit one strong pair of either thick cotton or woolen socks for the army, they would be abundantly supplied. A great lot of blankets also might yet be spared from private use, and thousands could be made from the carpets upon our parlor floors. With good warm houses and cotton bed clothing, we can cer tainly get through the winter much better than the soldiers can with all the blankets we can give them. The Colonels of the M$tia Regiments throughout the State are hereby appointed agents for the pur chase and collection of all such articles as can be spared by our people, who, through their respective Captains, are ordered immediately to canvass every county and visit every citizen in their beats for this purpose. A liberal price will be paid for every thing where the owner feels that h or she is not able to donate it; and active agents will immediate ly forward them to our suffering regiments. Ex penses will tie allowed the officers engaged -in this duty, and transportation furnished the Colonels or their agents to bring the articles to Raleigh. And now my countrymen atnl women, if ydu have any thing to spare for the soldier, in his name L appeal to. you for it Do not let the speculato have it, though he offer you enormous prices spurn him from your door and say to him, that our brave defenders have need for it and shall have it without 'passing through his greedy fingers. Do not place yourselves among the extortioners they are the vilest and most cowardly of all our country's enemies, and when this war is ended and people come to view the matter in its proper light you will find that the most detested toriesare more respected than they. When they tempt you with higher prices than the State offers, just think for a moment of the soldier and what he is doing for you. Remember when you sit down by the bright and glowing fire, that the soldier is sitting upon the colli earth ; that in the wind which is whistling so fearfully over your roof, only making you feel the more comfortable be cause it harms you not he is shivering in darkness on the dangerous out-post or' shuddering through the dreary hours of his watch. Remember that when you come forth in the morning well fed nd warmjy clad, leading your families toward the spot where the blessed music of the Sabbath-bells tells you of the peaceful worship of the God of Peace, the soldier is going forth at the same moment per haps, half fed, alter a night of shivering and suffer ing to where the roar of artillery and shout of bat tle announce that he is to die, that your peace and safety may be preserved. Oh, remember these things generous and patriotic people of Nprth-Caro-lina, and give freely of yoar perishable goods to those who are giving all that mortal man can give for your safety and your rights. Z. B. VANCE. Raleigh, October 15, 1862. ' For the Standard. ANOTHER APPEAL FOR OUR SICK AND WOUNDED. The condition of our sick and wounded soldiers is most distressing. Thousands are daily forward ed from the armv in a state of utter destitution naked, hungry, lAtilated and suffering. Soma thing must be done for the relief of these brave but unfortunate men these noble patriots' who have sacrificed so much to uphold the honor of North Carolina.. To every true and loyal ton and daugh ter of the State, I appeal, then, in behalf of these bleeding, hungry and dying heroes, urging them in the name of religion, humanity, patriotism and eve ry ennobling sentiment of their natures to con tribute of their abundance or of their poverty the rich man's offering, or the widow's nvte tome thing, at least, for the benefit of this suffering but most gallant army of martyrs. , All donations should be forwarded to the North Carolina Depot either at Raleigh or Richmond, to the -care of the undersigned, EDWARD WARREN, 1 Surg. Gen. of N. C. Staustos, Va., Oct 10, 1862. t3F" The press of this State will please copy the above appeals. Clothing for the Army? We are glad to see the unanimity with which the press of the several States are urging the people to come up to the help of the government in clothing our brave soldjers. The necessity is imperious. It must be done, or the South is undone. While the government has been doing, we sup pose, what it could towards feeding and clothing the army, our people have been doing little; compar atively, this year in aiding it Last year, it is evi dent the army must have suffered vastly but for the immense contributions of the people. Then our people, if possible, were too lavish, and many valuable contributions were wasted. This year but little has yet been done by the people, in providing socks, under garments, blankets, shoes, &&, for their suffering friends. These articles are far scarcer now than they were last year, and the, speculators have caused them to cost two or three times as much this year as they did last Yet much can be done and must be done to relieve the suffering of our brave men. Associations of ladies should be formed in every neighborhood in the State at once for this; purpose. If we can't do what we did last year, let us do what we can. The appeals of Gov. Vance and of Surgeon Gene ral Warren, by no means overdraw the picture of suffering among our soldiers, both now and prospec tively. In the matter of clothing, it is absolutely alarming.' . North-Carolina, in order that her soldiers might .be well and promptly clad, took the matter last year into her own hands, agreeing to receive from the Confederate' Government the commutation of $50 for clothing for each soldier, and supply the clothing herself. This perhaps, has not been done as well as. was desired, but we presume those hav ing charge of this matter have done the best they could. . This, arrangement has been a loss to the State, bat this she has been willing to incur as far as was prudent We hear however, that the" exorbitant DAI, OCT. 22, .1802. charges of our own cotton and wool Manufacturers in the State have arisen to a point so excessive that the State, cannot fnrnish clothing for her soidiers at less cost than two or three times the amount paid by the Confederate government. . .... We understand that some of. our manufacturers have' already signified their determination not to avail .themselves of the benefit of the exemption act in their favor, refusing to sell their goods to the State or Conlederacy at 75 per cent profit on be cost of production. They are determined, 'there fore, to ask their own price, whatever may be the consequences to the Confederacy 1 We hope better things of them. Personal Liberty. ' In the House of Representatives, on the 7th, inst, the special order was taken up, being a bill reported by Mr. Russell, of Va., from the Judiciary commit tee, to authorize .the President to suspend the writ, of habeas eorpu in certain cases. We copy from the Ditpatch the following brief sketch of the de bate on the Subject: 'Mr. Russell made an argument in favor of the passage of the bill, showing the necessity of such an enactment during the pendency of the present war. . ' Mr. Baldwin compared th doctrine advanced by his colleague to that of the Duke of Alma one of the bloodiest tyrants of ancient or modern times. He-was surprised to hear upon this floor an argu ment that citizens might be deprived of their liber ty without proof for reasons of State. Mr. Russell had assumed no such ground. His position was, that a suspension of the writ of ha oeat corput was at times' necessary to prevent the escape of parties plotting treason against the Gov ernment . Mr. Baldwin said that he might have stated the gentleman's position rather' strongly, but it never theless, amounted to the same thing. No inquiry could arise through which a man might be deprived of his liberty, except by the judgment of his peers and the common law of the land. He protested against the doctrine that our Government was framed only for peace or the sunshine of political existence. It was framed for times of war and peace for all emergencies and if fairly adminis tered, it was sufficient for all and fit for all. The idea of living under such a law oppressed him almost with a sense of sultoeation, and he protested against a doctrine which destroyed the very foun dation of civil liberty. He undertook to say that men were imprisoned in this city under circum stances which no British ministry of modern times would have dared to sustain or sanction. Mr. Lyons, of Va. introduced a substitute for the bill ndw before the House. Unremarked that for nearly a year, as Commissioner to examine persons brought to this city under arrest a service which he performed free1 -of charge he had opportunities to acquire some knowledge, of this subject from cases brought before him almost every day. He had thus endeavored to frame a bill to meet the exi gencies of the occasion. He believed there were ' many cases wherein the suspension of the writ of habeas corput was necessary, bilt many others in which such a course operated oppressively. The substitute was ordered to be printed. Mr. Foote, of Tenn, said that he concurred entire ly in the views expressed by the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Baldwin). He was gratified at the opportunity now about to be afforded of voting upon the question whether the people should retain their liberty or be condemned to slavery. lie could not consent to the passage of the bill reported from the committee, for it would be a consent to his own en slavement. The, bill gives to the President full dis cretion to suspend the writ, buPthis was a power that could not bo delegated ; it was exclusively a Parliamentary power. No such discretion was ever bestowed upon any royal personage withm the Brit ish realm." Mr. Gartrcll, of Ga., followed in support of the measure. ' The bill, nnamyided, was then ordered to a third reading, and laid over until Wednesday. If tlie Houso passes this bill, of course the Senate will, for a majority of the latter body seems to have , less regard for Constitutional liberty than the for mer. Such a measure, if passed, would place the personal liberty of. every citizen of the Confederate States at the mercy of the President Can such a measure be necessary ? We do not believe it is. What are we fighting for ? Constitutional liberty. Let us not then, destroy it while we are in the very act of securing it P. S. The bill has since passed in a modified form. Latest Telegraphic News. ' FIRST WSPATCH. Fight in Kentucky Dreadful Slaughter. Chattanooga, Oct. 11. A gentleman through from Franklin, Ky., sutea that he read the Louisville Journal of the 10th, in which was the following: A buttle occurred at Perryville yesterday over which Kentucky will mourn for many years. The Federal loss was twenty-five thousand in killed, wounded and missing. Prentice says it was a drawn battle. Another inan,'a paroled soldier, just arrived at Murfrees bnro' from Kentucky, says that the battle commenced on Wednesday the 8th, which day he was taken prisoner. On that day our forces tell back six miles through the Tal ler, ad planting artillery on either side the fight was re-. sumed on Thursday morning. Our army mowed the ene my down, and the slaughter is represented as awful. SECOXO DISPATCH. Foreign Arrival Battle at Sharpsbnrg. Richmond,. Oct IS.. The Persia at New York brings Liverpool dates to the 28th ult. The news of the battle of Sharpsburg attracted great attention in England. The London Timet and Paris Constitutional discredit the report of a Federal victory. No important change in the markets for American pro duce. Consols closed at ninety-three three-eighths to half. THTOD DISPATCH. From the Southwest Our Army in good Spirits. Mobile, Oct. 14. A.tpecial d'upatch to the Advertiser Register, dated Holly Springs, 13lh inst, says: t " The Yankees have not attempted pursuit Scouts from Ripley report Rosencrantz with his brigade occupied thatplace but retired on Sunday in the direction, of Risenzi and Pocahontas. They destroyed the Court House and County records, and are reported to have com mitted several rapes. Our army is in good health and spirits.- Reinforcements are coLStantly arriving. It is now as strong as before the battle at Corinth. ' The Mobile & Ohio Rail Road will be held against any odds that , may be sent against us. A considerable force now holds it and reinforcements are arriving rapidly. . FOURTH DISPATCH. Gen. Stuart's raid into Pennsylvania Fight in Kentucky. - Richmond, Oct. 14. ' By Northern papers just received, we learn that Gen. Stuart,, with 8,000 cavalry, crossed the Potomac a few days since at Hancock, marched rapidly northward into Penn sylvania, captured Mercersburg, St Thomas and Cham bersburg. The raid had occasioned much excitement in Pennsyl vania. .' The latest dispatches states that no troops are needed from Philadelphia, as the rebels already appear to be fall ing back. Dispatches of the 10th inst, from Louisville, to the New York Herald, claim signal victory for the Unionists at Perryville, but other dispatches of the same date say. the reports favorable to the Union aide can be traced, to bo au thentic source. , j -. - nrte pnu-ATCH. a Further from Gen. Stuart's Raid. WlMCHlSTBB, Oct 14. Gen. Stuart has just returned from another grand round of McClellan'j army with a force of cavalry and artillery. He passed through Maryland d'rectly northward into Penn sylvania, capturing a number of towns, (Mercersburg and Cbambershnrg amongst the number,) and destroyed a large amount of .ordnance and army stores. He took a large number of prisoners and horses. On returning to the Po tomac he cut his way through General Stone's division and crossed without the lost of a man. , y Whole Number 1439. - GENERAL ITEMS. ' The steamer Snnbeam which was captagtd off New Inlet she was aiming to ran the blockade or the (Japs Fear, on the 87th nit, is said, by fTorthern papers, to eon tain rich cargo of gunpowder, arms, machinery, a large quantity of good tiqaar, Ac. The "Monitor" is at Philadelphia, being refitted, hav ing broken her propelling machinery in her conflict with the Merrimae, which was only partially patched up at Oil Point ' t Congress has been talking about a Confederate flag and seal for two sessions, and has not been able to agree npon either np to Hs adjournment ' . The New York Herald says, that there art 145 members of the Northern Congress to be chosen .this fall. Seven have been already elected, and thirty will not be chosen till next year. A number of military men are candidates. A letter from Baton Rouge in the Grenada Appeal, of the 25th nit; urges the government to protect the coasts above New Orleans from the Yankees who are stealing the sugar, negroes and other property of that region. The Confede racy will be nearly without sugar if that be not done, i The Hillsboro' Recorder sajs, that Mr. Levi Whitted, of Alamance, has presented to the editor a fine bottle of Mo lasses made from the Chinese Sugar cane. The Stcorder says, a number of the people in that count have been quite successful in making syrup. " The Yankees are committing the vilest atrocities npqn the people of Missouri, who sympathise with the South. . - Tallandigham is stumping for Congress in his district in Ohio. He handles Lincoln and his administration with gloves off. . A correspondent of the Charlotte Bulletin complains that the negroes of that town are allowed free intercourse and conversation with the Yankee prisoners passing through that place. A gang of fellows have beenarrested in Jackson, Miss., who lately returned from Texas having bought 7,000 head of cattle there with counterfeit Confederate notes. They were arrested by order of the Governor of Texas. Among the goods recently sold at auction in Charleston, as English goods, prints have been found with Yankee labels. Most of the goods now running the blockade, are undoubtedly Yankee goods. The Confederate stesmer 290, it is said, "has recently captured five Yankee vessels well laden. The 290 u com manded by the intrepid Capt. Semmes. In 1861, Seward, in a letter to Mr. Dayton at the Court of France, said, tLat any effort on the part of the President to disturb slavery as it existed under the Constitution, would be unconstitutional. In 1862, be? of course, endorses Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. A Mr. Mansfield, a druggist in Memphis, Tenn., who had taken the oath of allegiance to Lincoln, has been sent to the penitentiary in Alton, III., for sending medicines to the Confederates, and his entire property' confiscated amount ing to several hundred thousand dollars. Yankee accounts speak of dispersing Gen. Morgan's forces near Frankfort, Ky., on the 9th. We shall hear a different story when Morgan speaks. St. Matthews congregation of Hillsboro, has recently sent $806,50 to Richmond, as a thank offering for the re lief of the sick and wounded soldiers. . H. N. Brown t Co, of Hillsboro', we observe, have jnst opened a case of Garden seed from Peter Lahmon and Son, London. Theceed warranted to be good. Several ladies of Hillsboro', we learn from the Unorder, or-me down the road to Durham's almost every day, to ad minister to the wants of the tick and weunded soldiers on the trains. CiSToa Oil. Joseph-A- Worth, $sq.,of Fsyettville,N.' C, has made nearly 100 bottles of castor oil this year. He is now anxious to purchase Palma Christi Beans from any who may have them. The Philadelphia A'orth American says that 8,000 new Union recruits in Missouri hTe joined the Southern army. The Cincinnati papers state that in consequence nf the great drought in that section, the yield of the late crops will be reduced nearly one-half. A correspondent of the Charlotte HuUelin mentions that "Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill had three horses killed nnderhim and the heel of his boot knocked off without other injury.' Lieutenants A. J. Stendman and J. L. Doggett, of this State, hare been appointed to the Confederate States Sig nal Corps. The Provost Marshall at Staunton, Va, has been guilty of interfering with the passenger trains from that place to Richmond, in a manner to cause his being presented to the War Department. Hon. James Brooks, of New York, editor of the Zeprett, recently delivered a bold speech in that City, denouncing in unmeasured terms Lincoln's late ptoclamations. "Mt Maryland, my Marylakd," whistled and snng by almost every body capable of these perfor mances, sounds a little flat since the return of Gen. Lee from that unfriendly territory. The population of Frederick city gave him a cautious reception as if fearful of the consequences ; but when Abe Lin coln subsequently visited them, they became en thusiastic in their demonstrations of joy. "My Maryland, my Maryland," is about sung out, we would think, after these signs of submission, to the tyrant Their intimate relations with the money worshippers of New York and Philadelphia, have, we fear, so far corrupted their patriotism as to ren der, the State hopelessly mercenary. Our Govern' ment has petted her people no little, since the be ginning of the war, by crowding them into offices, and, so far, wHbout any important good result Salisbury Watchman. How to Mak Matches. Dr. L. T. Roberts sends the Lagrange Reporter the following receipt for making matches : Take strips of wood and dip them into melted sulphur and let them dry, which will be done in a minute after, dipping them. . Then the points of these sulphured matches must be dipped in a com position made in the following manner, viz : Dis solve, in hot water, gum arabic, four parts, chlorate of.potassa, one part sod phosphorus, one part These are all to be added to the hot water separately, and in the order herein prescribed, and as soon as the first ingredient is dissolved, then add the second, &c, until all are dissolved. This must all be done in a water bath, (like glue is prepared,) and the mixture must be kept in the water bath while the process of dipping is going on. The matches to be thoroughly dried before they are used. Dry in the shade for twenty-four hours. Cover the mix ture closely. - "From the Wilmington Journal. ORDER OF GEN. HILL. Winchestsr, Va., Oct 1862. Editor -Journal: Sis: Will you please make it known through your columns that Gen. 'D. EL Hill has called for the names of all officers who have been absent from their regiments for an unusual length of time, in order that they may be recommended to be dropped. Several names have been sent in fp)m the 20th N. C. V. and more will be forwarded if the officers now. absent do not report in a satisfactory manner im mediately. Charges are to be preferred against all soldiers who cannot furnish full and complete testi mony for the necessity of their continued absence. The Military misdemeanor of "absence without leave" has become so great an evil that stringent neasures most be taken to arrest it Every one in the army knows that if half the absentees who were able to come to-us from home had been prefent the battle of Sharpsburg would have resulted in a deci sive victory for us, and our troops before this would have overrun Maryland. Yours respectfully, ALFRED IVERSON, CoL 30th N. C. T. . HiqPkicss of Nkgrobs. At a sale of negroes in Petersburg, on Friday last, the following prices' were psid: . f , i jaiuttuetu, agea oo, ana cnua, $1,605 Martha. 12. . . . . -780' John Bull; Elizabeth, William, . Emmet, Charlotte, Robert, Sandy, -u 10, . 885' 14, . 1,095 18, (diseased,) . 860 12, - . 1,185 20, . .-. 1,810 42, -(diseased) 605 85,?(injured) 1,000 We hear of a private sale made in this City yes terday of a girl 15 years "f age, at $1,450. v . Several hnndrefe Yankee prisoners passed through' this City on yesterday. We understand their con dition was pitiable, indeed. Ragged, filthy and dis eased, they were objects of pity. We learn that four of them died on Wednesday night ' ' '". i We regret to learn that B. G. Graham, Esq., late Post Master at G.-eensboro', died of diptheria on Friday last He was a good officer , and a highly respected cifJzen." , - ' ' The Directors of the Wilmington arid Weldon Railroad Companyvelectec. Mr. John W. Thompson, Secretary and Treasurer, in the place of Mr. James S. Green, deceased, ' . Ikterksttso axd cccesSful Surgical Opiba tiok. A young soldier named Win. H. Ricketta, belonging to the 13th Virginia regiment, was wound ed at the battle of Gaines's Mill -by a Minnie ball passing through and shivering the bone of the up per arm, near the joint, and splitting it into many fragments nearly down to the middle of the arm. He was taken, to the Moore Hospital, in this city, ' and an operation performed, dividing the. bone near . its middle, and then dissectirig'if upwards and re moving it from its pocket at the shoulder. By this means the whole f the remaining arm was left, the. operation of amputation at the shoulder avoided, and the patient was left with the perfect? use ot his fore arm and fingers, and bids fair, in time, to regain the use of the whole arm in a great degree. The opera tion was performed by Surgeon" O. F. Msason,' of North-Carolina, ,jn charge of the Moore Hospital, and a graduate of the Richmond Medical College. Richmond Dispatch. . ' Lieut CoL J. A. DeLsgnel has been appointed to the command of the Arsenal at Fayetteville in place of Capt Booth, deceased. ' AMOS ATKINS' PROVERBS. . ,y Amos Atkins was-very fond of proverbs ; he read proverbs, wrote proverbs, spoke proverbs, and meet him where you would, he always had a proverb on his lips. When be ones betran to SDeak. there, was hardly any stopping to him. When I first met Amos, I was on my way to my uncle's; a long walk it whs, but I told hitn that I hoped to be there be fore night . . " Ay !" said be, "Hope it a good breakfast, but a bad supper. Put your . best fooformost boy, or else you will not be there. It is a good thing to hope, but he who does nothing but hope, Is in a very hopeless way. ".Have a care of vonr tnmnpr fnr einaumntM Wboy rides a pony that runt away with.him. Pas sion tias done more mischief in tht world than all the poisonous plans that grow. in it; therefore, sgain I say, .have a Care of your tetnper. " Remember, that the first spark "uris down the house; quench the first spark of passion, and all will be welL No good comes from wrath ; it puts no money in the pocket an(l n joy n the heart Anger begint Kith folly and ends with repentente. " Look at your feet and fingers, boy, and let both be kept in activity ; for he who does nothing is in a fair way to do mischief. An idle boy makes a needy man, and I may add a very miserable one too. If you put a hot coal -into yenr pocket, it will born its way out Ay t and so will a bad deed that is hidden make itself known. A fault concealed is a fault doubled, and so you will find it all through life. Never hide your faults. " Waste not a moment of your-time, for a mo ment of time is a monument of mercy. " Now step forward, boy, and as you walk along, think of the half dozen proverbs given you by Amos Atkins." Church Chronicle.. To Mxat Applbs ros Wistku Uss. Put them in casks or bins in layers" well covered with dry sand, jach layer being covered. This preserves them from the air, from moisture, and from frost; H prevents their perishing by their own. perspiration, their moisture being absorbed by the sand ; at the same timo it preserves the flavor of the apples and prevents their wilting. Pippins have been kept in this man ner sound and fresh until midsummer ; and bow much longer they would have kept is not known. Any kind of sand will answer, but it must b per flatly dry. - Nine Follies. To think that the more a man eats the fatter and stronger he will become. To believe the more hours children study at school the faster they learn. To imagine that every hour taken from sleep is an hour gained. ... To act on the presumption that the smallest room in the house is large enough to sleep in. To commit an act which is felt in itself to-be in jurious, hoping that somehow or other it may be done in your case with impunity. To advise another to take a remedy which yea have not tried yourself, or without making special inquiry whether all the conditions are alike. TO eat f ithout en appetite, or continue to eat after it, has been satisfied, merely to gratify the taste. ' To eat a hearty supper for the pleasure experienced during the brief time it is passing down the throat, a: the expense f a whole night of disturbed sleep, and a weary waking in the morning. Lincoln's Proclamation. TheaLouisvilleMfottr nal, Prentice's paper, speaking of .the emancipation proclamation, says: . ' . "Kentucky cannot and wilf'not acquiesce in this measure. Revert As little will' she allow it to chill her devotion to the cause thus cruelly imperil led anew. The government our fathers framed is one thing, and a thing above price; Abraham Lin colnthe temporary occupant of she executive chair is another thing, and a thing of comparatively little . worth. The one is an individual, the sands of whose official existence are running fast nd who, when his official existence shall end, w be no more nor less than any other individual. The other is a grand political structure, in which is contained the treasures and the energies of civilization, and upon whose lofty and shining dome, seen from the shores of all climes, centre the eager hopes of man kind. What Abraham Lincoln, as President, does or fails to do, may exalt or lower our estimate of himself, but not of the great and bene'ficient gov ernment of which he is but the temporary servant The temple is not the less sacred and ptecious be cause the priest lays an unlawful sacrifice upon the altar. , - The loyalty of Kentucky is not to be shaken by any mad act of the President" t A mile or so from towrn I man met a boy on horse back, crying with colif " Why don't you cet down and lead the horse t said the man, " that's the way to get warm." "It's a-b-b-borrowed horse, and I'll ride him if I freeze." Colobeo Wit. "My brudders," said a waggish colored man to crowd, " in all affliction, ih all ob your troubles, dar, is one place where yod can .always find sympathy." "Wharf wharf cried severaL "In de dictionary," he replied, foiling his eyes upward. The ticket agents on the N. 0. Railroad are now taking Confederate bills of all denominations. We learn that it was only for a few days that they re fused them at all,, and then only for the purpose of procuring information with regard to the counter-feit-ejrreefl. Pat. At Richmond, on the 10th, Confederate Bonds (100,000,000 issue) were sold $100 and interest North-Carolina six per cent Bonus 118V; Virginia 100, Tennessee 103.