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9 THE Ifltfji-toliiiii Itoki w ii mTm-vvThol p e o XDITOB AND PROPRIETOR. Our Terms. ' i'ersons subscribing for the Standard will please ,brc that our terms are as follows : . Weekly 6 months $10; Semi Weekly 6 months 15 We regretted to have ta advance our prices, but we couMoot possibly afford the paper at for- "r rates. We arc under obligations to those who hive promptly renewed in accordance with our new terms. Advertising: One square of ten lines or less, 3 for each insertion. . - . . RALEIGH. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 1864. Legislature of North-Carolina. The General Assembly of this Slate commenced its regular session in the Capitol, in this City, on Monday last the 21st November. The Senate was called to order at 12 o oleck, M., lv O. B. Thomas, Esq., Principal Clerk. The following members answered to their names ,nd were duly qualified, before Wm. Thompson, vn one of the Justices of Wake coaffty: SiUsrs. W. H. Baglev, D. McD. Lindsey,JEdward t Maim J. B. Odou.. jmes M. Wynn. John Pool, V R Stu'bbs, Mason L. Wiggins, J H, Powell Dr. v T Rlount E J. Warren, N. A. Whitford, Dr. F, iren "ell J P- Speight, W. R Ward, Isaac N. c'.tkrs John W.Ellis, W. B. Wright, William Arcock. TD, Snead, W. D. Jones, iiSS, W. H- Dr. T. jTPitcbford, R W. t iwiter C. S. Winstead. John Berry, Hon. G; es Snl'E. H. Straughn, Dr. J. M. Orump Giles S b Col. W. C. Smith. Robt P. Dick Will.au Ton' D W. Courts, 3T. M. Grier, Dr. J. EMc r cbirnlnenderson Adam,, J. E. Matthews T P. liorton A. M. Bogle, S. F. Patterson, M. L. Me !Sk Dr. W. T J! Miller, M. Patton and S. 0. BrMrnVTiHns, of Halifax,' nomiuafed Hon. Giles Me ane, of Alamance, for Speaker. No other per Inn l,Pint? in nomination Mr. Mebane was elected, having received 4i votes. Mr Mebane voted for Mr. Wiggins. Messrs. Coorts and Wigg ns were appointed to conduct the Speaker to the Chair, who returned his thanks in n short but neat, appropriate and patri- "Dr6PArendell nominated C. R. Thomas for Princi pal Clerk, who was elected by acclamation. For,assistant Crerk the following gentlemen were put in nomination. Mr. Strau. nominated C. C. vjol.iston, of Chathr.ui ; Mr. Miller nominated H. DtK. Cabincss, of Cleaveland, sr.d Mr. Dick nom inated li. C. Badger, of Raleigh. Mr. Badger received a majority of the votes cast, and was declared duly elected For Principal Doorkeeper Wm. J. Page and W. J Saunders wwe put in nomination. Mr. Page re ceived 43 votes and was declared duly elected. For Assistant Doorkeeper the following gentle men were put in nomination : Messrs. C. C. Tally, G A. Graham, Weldon E. Bullock, Wm. Happer, M. II. Russell, A. C. Smith, Jno. H. Loudermilk and Jackson Pace. The roll being called, no one received a majority ol all the votes casl, and there was no election. The roll being called a second time Mr. Tally re ceived 28 votes, and was declared duly elected. On motion of Mr. Courts, Mr. A. M. McPhteters was selected to act for Mr. Badger until he arrive.l, he being at present absent in the army. ' On motion of Mr.-Leitch, a message was sent to tie Commons informing that body of the organiza tion of the Senate and its readiness to proceed to the dispatch of business. " On motion ol Mr. Arendell, the rules bf order of t'tie last session were adopted for the present gov ernment of the Senate. On motion of Mr. Patterson that a committee of five be appointed to prepare and report rules of or der, the following gentlemen were announced as said committee : Messrs. Patterson, Pool, Lassiter, Stubbs and Lwtch. Adjourned. The House of Commons was called to order at twelveVclock, by II. E. Colton, Esq., clerk of the last House. A quorum (97) of members were pres em, ana were quanueu auu iouk. weir vatis. The Hon. Richard S. Donnell, of the County of Beaufort, was unanimously re elected Speaker, and was conducted to the Chair by Messrs. Mann and Cunningham, whence he returned his acknowledg ments in an admirable address to the House. Msj. Rufus S. Tucker, of Wake, was thea elected Principal Cleik by a vote of 61 to 31 over Mr. Col ton, the former Clerk. . John "A. Stanly, Esq., of Beaufort, was re-elected Assistant Clei k by acclamation. Mr. R. N. Kingsbury, of Forsyth, was then elec ted Principal Doorkeeper, and Mr. John Hill, of Randolph, Assistant Doorkeeper.. The Ilouse, after sending message to the Sen ate informing that body of its due organizatiob, ad journed till Tuesday morning eleven o'clock. The Semi-Weekly Standard will be furnished to members of 'the Legislature at three dollars per ses sion. Members wishing the Standard during the session will please call at the office, or hand their orders to our Reporters. Their papers will be sent to their homes as usual, unless we receive orders to the contrary. It is a notable fact that- most of .the evil sugges tions which obstruct the progress of the Confeder ,cy, and militate against the success of the cause, emanate from Georgia. Confederate. The tune of the Confederate has changed. A short time since all the treason was in North Caro lina, but now, it seems, Georgia is obstructing the Confederacy aud operating against the cause. Hon a tins ? The answer is easy. According to the C n. . . . i . i - r .1 T : l 3 ".yturuKi, anu oiuer minions oi me aiuuuiuuu administration, " the cause " and " the Confedera cy" are bound up with, and mean nothing more nor less than Mr. Davis himself and his office holders. Everything which "militates against," or "ob structs" them in their strides to absolute power, or interferes with their control of the offices and hon crs of 'he country, is regarded as hostile to the Con aerate cause. '. The authorities and Deonle of Georgia need no defence at our hands. They are much truer to the Confederacy than Mississippi, the President's own State. Gov. Brown is ridiculed and reviled because ne desires peace, but he can afford to look with ha scorn on his assailants, whether at Richmond, or Raleigh. History -will take care 'of him. He "i be remembered and honored as the champion "State rights and the friend of peace, long after ' assailants shall have been forgotten. Congress, We have received no Richmond pa Pers for a day or two, and cannot, therefore, give 0Ur Usual ConerreHsinn&l Knmmarv. ... o J e learn from a dispatch in the daily papers of wty, that the Senate, on Saturday last, passed to authorize the exchangs-of registered bonds the fifteen mill; U. r raAn Knndd A left nniAi a n ii fini Ar FA. fes wll'ch provides that they shall-perform ser- miy m tllcip respect;ve stales.. The House w . . e reserves can be ordered to any Wr for duty. Negotiations for Peace. We invite attention to the communication in our paper to-day, over the signature of "Zeta," on the subject of negotiations for peace. It is from the pen of a gentleman of high character and of much and well-deserved influence. Our correspondent does not assail the Executive of the State, nor is he dis posed to do so ; but be reminds him of the pledges he made ire the late campaign as a peace man, in the hope that be will redeem those pledges, aiid thereby aid, as he could very greatly do, in the noble work of restoring peace to our afflicted country. Nor is it our purpose to assail any one, or to at tempt to lecture or advise tho legislature of the State. The members of that body are noUrespon sible to the press for the manner in which they may perform their duties, but to God and their- country. We may be pormitUd to say, however, that a very heavy responsibility is resting upon them, and that it is very largely in their.power to initiate, if they cannot complete such measures as will lead to peace. It is not for us to say what these measures should be. But it is" now apparent to every ono that there is no hope of foreign intervention ; that the war is to be waged against us indefinitely, with undimin ished vigor; that mere fighting cannot close the war, if we may judge of the future by the past ; and that the only reasonable ground for hoping for an early, an honorable, and a permanent peace, is through and by negotiations. But, it may be an swered, Mr. Lincoln would not even receive com missioners to- treat for peace. How do we know that Have we tried hiuir No. When will we try him ? After we shall have deteatea an nis ar mies, and driven them from our soil? When will that be done 1 Will some one tell us ? We hold that the President and the Senate would have no right to make a treaty which would divide any State or States, without consulting those States. A question as to the division of a State would cer tainly come up for consideration before the commissioners- appointed by the two sections -and that question would have to be discussed and decided. Under -this Tiew of the subject alone, without go ing into an argument to show that the States, as sovi ereigns, have a right'to be heard in any treaty which is id finally settle the statm of the two sections, it is clear that tle States ought to be consulted; for their agent, the common government, cannot possess the right, in any event, or for any reason, to dismember a State, and if it possesses no such right, of course it could not, with propriety, even discuss the question of division or dismemberment. Again, in discussing the term3 of settlement, the question of slavery must come up for consideration. The Confederate government has no power over the institution of slavery. It is a subject that pertains exclusively to the States. By the 4th paragraph of the 9th section of the Constitution it is expressly provided that the Confederate government shall do nothing "impairing the right of property in negro slaves." That goverment has, therefore, no power to emancipate slaves, nor to consent to their eman cipation, nor in any way to " impair the right of property " in slaves. Having no such power, it can sot even discuss the question. The States ww!, therefore, be heard as sovereigns, through tt eir commissioners, in an settlement which may affect the institution of slavery. To deny them this right, and to give to the Confederate government the con trol of the institution, would be to disregard the Constitution itself, and would as thoroughly aboli tionize the new government as the old government has been abolitionized by our enemies. We think it exceedingly important that commis sioners should be appointed to treat for peace. Un der the old government, in 1860-61, commissioners were appointed by all the States . to the P&ee Conference in Washington City ; and commissioners were also appointed by the Legislature of this State to go to Montgomery, and confer with a then foreign government. There was no objection raised at that time to this aetion, by those who are now opposed to negotiations for peace. We suggest no hasty action, and no separate State action. We would do nothing for North-Carolina in this crisis that we would not do for all the Confederate States. But we think that the voice of these States tltould be heanl for peace, and some one State must lead off in this most important movement. The appoint ment of commissioners by the States could do no harm, and it might result in the greatest good. -We believe that if any State should evince a deter mination to act in this matter, that it would haie a powerful effect in inducing tho Congress at Rich mond to appoint commissioners also, 'to act in con cert with the State commissioners. The result of their mission, whatever it might be, could be lard before the Senate for its action, and if approved by lhat body, the treaty, or the terms agreed upeo fey . both sides, could be submitted to the people f the-. Stat os for their ratification or rejection. We are no agitator on this or any other Mbjeet. We speak calmly and deliberately, and wtthrntt pas sion. Our people desire peace and they beSeve it. cannot be obtained merejy by fighting; and w know that they are looking with intense interest to this Legislature, not only to guard all their rights; and maintain their liberties, but to make an earnest, direct and well-considered effort to close the wax by negotiations. If it is necessary, in order to clear the case of the Supreme Court, the Legislature should abolish all 6uch offices as Justices of the Peace, &c Coned- The Editor bf the Ponfederate is a lawyer, and oujrht to know, that the Legislature has no power to abolish the office of Justice "of the Peace. These officers are constitutional officers, and hold their places during good behavior. But the Confederate, gratify its Deslructkt pro pensities, and to prostrate the State at the feet of Confederate power, would evidently be gratified to see the Supreme Court itself abolished. Courts, and civil law, and lawyers are in the way. They .embarass the progress of the " powers that be1' to su preme dominion. The people are already subjuga ted. Patronage, and conscription, and impress ments, and the bayonet have done that; and bow, when there is only a remnant of freedom left,en94i tutional offices must be abolished, and it the Courts cannot "be abolished, they roust at least be tiid up by "clearing" them of cases, so that they may exist only as a matter of form. Ciil yea this liberty r Is it for thi that our State is suffer ing arid erduring,wbat r.o State ever suffered or endured' before I Every step made by such papers as the Confed erate towards 'the destruction of civil liberty p furnishes an additional argument in favor of peace Give us peace, and liberty will reviveandlive again. Give us peace, and .Destructiveism will die. Give us peace, and our people will once raoie be free, prosperous, and happy. - The war news which we publish to-day -from Georgia, is important and exciting. Gen. Sherman, at the had of a large forcj, is advancing on Macon, or Milledeville, and it may be on Augusta. Gen. Hood is unfortunately in - his rear, and teems to be held in check bythe'ede al General, Thomas. We feel bound to say that pe apprehend still further disasters in Georgia- - War's Bloody Harvest. The Southern Al.manac for 1865, published at Lynchburg, gives a statement of the killed, wound ed, and prisoners thus far during the war, from which we learn that 41,770 Confederates have been killed,. 140,843 wounded, and 85,231 made pris oners; total 274,844. Killed, of federals, 107,473, wounded 242,265, prisoners, 119,481 ;-total 469, 419. Confederate losses by sickness, 160,000,' ma king a grand total of Confederate losses 424,844 Federal losses bv sickness. 350.000. making a grand total of federal losses 19.419. Total loss on both' . y sides 1,244,273. And' still the war goes on. And still many persons are found who cry out against nego tiations, and who areTeady-to brand those as traitors who would substitute the mild voice of reason and persuasion for the hoarse tones of the cannon and We the sharp rattle of the death-dealing rifle. sometimes think the country has gone crazy. It really looks so. " And France got drunk on blood to vomit crime. Is it not sb, here and now t Who, now-a-days, is governed by his reason f Hath not passion the up per hand everywhere and on all occasions f "Oh that this people would be wise! oh that they would consider 1" Is there any one statesman amone us. of great moral courage f Then let him exhibit that courage. It is sorely needed. A Conflict Gem. ' Martin in Business The last Salisbury Watchman contains an advertisement signed by Jame3 W. Wilson, Engineer and Super intendent of the Western N. C Riilroid, in which he slates that special order No. 16, from Brig. Gen. Martin, forbidding the shipment of farm products from the Western part of this State, " is unwar ranted by any povwr given him by Congress." that freight on this Road will be shipped as here tofore" and that "agents will obey orders issued by no one except the President or Superintendant." We are not informed of the reasons which have influenced Gen. Martin in this matter, bat, what ever they may he, he is bound to respect the civil law. We take it for granted that every bushel of grain in the Western counties is needed to support the people in that section ; and if any of this grain is being sent to Salisbury to be distilled into .whis key, we cannot blame the General for stopping it by H1Ktr..nr hand. We learn that three hundred o bushels of grain are consume! per day, by the gov ernment distillery at that place, in making whiskey. If this is so. we hone the Legislature will take steps at once to abate this distllery as a nuisance and curse to the people. A Free Press. There was hardly any subject which was not .dis cussed and elucidated by Daniel Websteb, in the course of his long and highly honorable and useful public life. Upon the subjects of educati on, Ih freedom of religious worship, and the freedom of tho press, he was especially impressive; and he has lefs to Lis countrymen many lessons on these topic which tbey cannot too frequently read or too faith fully follow. In a speech delivered at Worcester on the 12th of October, 1832, he advanced the following very sonnd vi'ws as to the responsibilities, the duties, and the rights of a free press : "In all popular governments, a free press is the most iirmortant of all aeents and instruments. It not onlv expresses public opinion, but, to a very great degree, it contributes to -form that opinion. It is an engine for good or for evil, as it may be directed : but an eneine of which nothing can resist the lorcc The conductors of the press, iu popular government, occupy a place, in the social and poll tical system, of the very highest consequence. They wear the character of public instructors. Their daily labors bear directly' on the intelligence, the morals, the taste, and the public spirit of the country. Not only are they journalists, recording political occurrences, oat they discuss principles, they comment on measures, they canvass characters ; they hold a power over tile reputation, me ieeiings, the haonwess. of individuals. Ihe puolic ear is alwavs ooen to their addresses, the public sympathy easilv made responsive to .their sentiments. It is indeed, Sir, a distinction of high honor, that theirs is the only profession expressly pro'ected and guarded by- constitutional enactments. Their em. pieyment soars so high, in its general consequences it is so intimately connected with the puonc nappi ness. that its security is provided for by the fun damental law. While it acts in a manner worthy of this distinction, the press is a fountain of light, and a source of gladdening warmth It instructs the public nrnd, and animates the spirit Of patriot ism. Its loud voice suppresses every thing which would raise itself against the public liberty ; and its blasting rebuke causes incipieut despotism to perish in the bud. (7 But remember, Sir, that these are the attributes of a free press only. And is a press that is pur chased or pensioned more free. than a press that is fettered ? Can the people look for truths to partial sources, whether renderod partial through fear or through favor 1 W hy shall not a mana'cled press be trusted with the maintenance and defence of pupu lar rights ? Because it is supposed to be under the influence of a power which mny prove greater than the love of truth. Such a "press may screen abuses in government, or be silent It may fear to speak. And may it not fear to speak, too, when its conduc tors, if thcylspeak io-any but one way, may lose their means of livelihood 1 Is dependence on gov eminent for. bread no temptation to screen its abuses? Will the press always speak the truth. , when the truth, if spoken, may be the means ot silencing it for the -future? Is the truth in no danger is the watchman under coiemptation, when he can neither proclaim the approach of national ' eviU, nor seem to descry them, without the loss of his place r Mjr. President, an open attempt to secure the aid and friendship of the public press, by bestowing tho emoluments or office on its active conductors, seems to me, of every thing we have witnessed, to . be the roost reprehensible. It degrades both the government and the press. As far as its natural effect extends, it turns the palladium of liberty into an engine of party. It brings the agency, activity, V energy, and patronage of government ail to bear, wiiu uimeu lorce, on me mens ui general intelli gence, and on the adoption or rejection of political opinions. It so completely perverts the true object of government, it so entirely revolutionizes, our whole system, that the chief business of those in power is directed rather to the propagation of opin ions favorable to themselves,' than -to the 'execution of the laws. This propagation of opinions, through the press, becomes the main administrative duty. Some 'fifty or sixty editors of leading journals have oeen appointed to othce by the present executive. A stand has been made asainst this proceeding, in the Senate, with partial success ; but, by means of appointments which do not come before the benate, or other means, the number has been carried to the extent I hare mentioned. Certainly, Sir, the edi tors of the public journals are not to be disfranchis ed. Certainly they are fair candidates, either for popular elections, or a just participation in office. Certainly they reckon in their number some of the first genius!, the best scholars, and the-most honest and well-principled men in the country. But the complaint is against the tyttem, against the practice, against the undisguised attempt to secure the favor of the press by means addre sed to its pecuniary interests, 'and these means, too, drawn from the public treasury, being no Other than, the appointed compensations for the performance of. official duties. Sir, the press 'itself should resent this. Its own character for purity and indepen dence is at stake. ' It should resist a connection rendering it obnoxious 10 so many imputations. It should point to its honorable denomination in our constitutions of government, and it should maintain the character; there ascribed to it, of a free press. There can. Sir' be no objection to the appointment of an edir to office, if he is the fittest man. .There can be no objection to considtring the services which, in that or in any other capacity, he ay nave rendered his. country. He may have done much to maintain her rights acainst foreign aggres sion, and her character against insult He may havje honored, as well as defended her; Mid mayr therefore, be justly regarded and selected, in tho choice of faithful public agents. But the ground of complaint is, that the aiding, by the press, ortne election of an individual, is rewarded, by that same individual, with the gift of moneyed offices. Men are turned cut of office, and others put in, and re ceive salaries from the public treasury, ta ground, either openly avowed or falsely denied, that iney nave rendered service -in the election oi use very individual who makes this removal and makes' this, appointment. Everv man. Sir. must see that this is a vital stab at the puritv of the press. It not only assails its independence, by" addressing sinister motives to it, but it furnishes from the puonc treasury the means of exciting these motives. it extends the executivo power over the press in a most oaring manner. It operates to give a airec tion to opinion, not favorable to the government, in tne aggregate ; not favorable to the Constitution and laws ; not favorable to the legislature"; but favorable to the executive alone.- The conseanence often is, just what might be looked for, that the portion of tne presstnus made fast to the executive interest denounces Congress, denounces the judiciary, cotn- ymiua oi tne laws, and quarrels witn tne uonsuiu tion. Thi3 exercise of the rieht of appointment to this end is an augmentation, and a vast ono, of tho executive power, singly and alone. It uses that power strongly against all other -branches of the government, and it uses it strongly, too, for any struggle which it may be called on to make with the public opinion of the-country. Mr. President, I will quit .this, topic. There is much in it, in my judgment, affecting, not only the purity and inde pendence of tne press, but also the character ana honor, the pwe and security, of the government I leave it, in all its bearings, to the consideration of the people. For the Standard. Mb. Editor: The General -Assembly of North- Carolina will soon meet, and doubtless many impor tant subjects will be brought before that body. The situation oi tne whole country requires me best and wisest counsels to prevail ; indeed, unless they do prevail and unless prejudice and ill feeling be buried in the councils of the several States, as nil as in the nation, we are a ruined necnle now ahd forever, and that republican form of iovtrn- inent handed down to us by a noble ancestry will perish without a possibility of rfcot ery. I hazard nothing in saVing that North Carolina has as mum power, nay more, at this time in bringing about a settlement, an honorable settlement of the difficul ty now existing between the Confederate States and the United States, than any other State, North or Sonth. She has it now in her power to lay the corner-stone to the Settlement of the pending difS cutties. Will she do it? Georgia has spoken by her Legislature and ask ed for co-operation. One of Suth Carolina's noble sons has spoken, and now w"l North-Carolina fol low in the wake ? It is well known, sir, and those who advocate the doctrine, cannot deny it, that there was hut one im portant point upon which the Conservatives of Noith-Carolina differed, and that difference caused a split in the Conservative partyat tho Augiist elec tion. That point was this, certain leading gentle men belonging to the Conservative party refused to take any steps towards negotiation until some one of the cotion States should move in the matter, but said, when that should be done, they ould join in and use their influence for negotiation. As I be fore said, that has been done, now will they move ? If they do not, they deserve tne everlasting re proaches of their fellow- citizens. l ean see but one dihVultyin the way to-pro-vent the action of the General Assembly of North- Carolina, and that is this ; iov. Vance in his last election received a heavy vote from the Destructives or Administration party of the State, and if that vote causes him to waiver and not to recomroena the subject of neeotiatiou to the General Assembly according to Uonservauve principles, aim oe nas tne power to control a sufficient number of bis support- ers ana tnereoy prevent aciion, ui court) 11. win ue prevented. Gov. Vance is now banging Upon a Blender thread, and his recommendations to the General Assembly in this matter wilt be pregnant of a great deal of weal or woe. In his canvass for Governor he en deavored to make his old friends believe that be was as good a Conservative as ever ; indeed, he said he. via as good a Uonsenative as- ever, it ne is, ne will reccommend action and prompt action on the part of the General Assembly and cooperation with Georgia; if he does not, and co-operates with the Destructives in their mad course ot ruin, ne ought to find himself lower than the lowest The wheat must be sifted from the chaff, and the members of tho General Assembly of North-Carolina mutt look before tbey leap, if they intend to try to save their - country from utter ruin. Their constituents are watching them with eagle s eyes, and let one ot them who represents a. Conservative constituency, fail to recommend negotiation although he may have been elected (as has been the case) by tho Conservatives and fraud of the Destructives, he will ' be hereafter and forever doomed to ignominy. Let them beware, keep their garments unspotted, and chevish the principles of lioerty and freedom. I think, sir, a Convention of the State of North Carolina ought by all means be called to take into consideration two subjects : 1st, An amendment of its own Constitution, so as to change the election of members of the General Assembly to an annual instead of a biennial elec tion, and for the Assembly to meet annually. The times require members freth from the people. 2d, According to article 5th, section 1st, of the Confederate Constitution, to j in any other two States and " demand Congress to' " summon a Goat vention of all the Stale to tale into consideration an amendment of the Constitution giving to thv . sovereign States the power of opening negotiations with the A'orth. These are gravo subjects, and will no doubt re ceive their due consideration. This cruel war will never.be stopped by Abraham Lincoln and Jeffer son Davis ; something mutt It dons to start nego tiations. Judging from their acts they have lost their reason, and act as mad men. I hope North Carolina will no longer lag behind, but more for ward in the good work and place- upon her brow the laurels to which she is entitled. More here after. 1 -ZETA. De-kb or Ex-Gov. Hammond. The Hon. James n. HaTEmond, Ex-Qpvernor ot South-Carolina and more recently a Senator from that State, when the Union Survived, died yesterday morning at his rw-' idence on Beech Island. The deceased was well known over all this country as a man of eminent eenius and rare acquirements. ' His intellect was 1 essentially classic large, catholic and masculine, When quite a young man he was elected lrom nia native State to the House of Representatives and be came at once conspicuous as the opponent of John ynincy Adams, on the tiight ot Petition. From that tune forth, until his health became se riously impaired, this remarkable marl filled nearly . all the most honorable and responsible offices of the. commonwealth of South Canttrna. As an author. Gov. Hammond, had few equals. Elegant scholarship, vast and curious information, the acumen of the advocate, the grasp, of the states man, the imagination of the poet all the graces of diction and strength of intellect breathed and burn ed through Ins. composition. His Doepitauty was princely, and there are few who were ndrnitted to Kis intimacy who did not feel the spell of his musi cal voice as be held them, in the thrall of his glitter ing eye,. like tho Ancient Manner and the wedding guest .-'. At the tfme of his decease, Gov. Hammond was within one day of his 57th year. Augusta Reg ister. ' " Postasb Stamps. It is stated that the contractor for printing postage stamps has given up his con tract and that until stamps can be procured, some of the postmasters in the interior towns wiH. mark envelopes paid n for all who wish to sr.ve the trouble of paying for each letter as handed i nte the office. Envelope y the dozen or hundred can thus be marked and answer the purpose of stamps. Rich. Whig. 'WAR HEWS. From Rctmond. Richmond and Petersburg aariees received to the 19th. All remains as quiet as usual along the hos tile lines. . General Grant has assented to all the details pro posed by Commissioner Ould in regard to the sup ply of prisoners on each side with clothing, Ac. One thousand bales of cotion will be bhipped from Mobile to New York and the proceeds expended un der the direction of General Trimble in the purchase of blankets and clothing for our prisoners. It is reported that Sheridan's forces have joined Grant, and Early's have joined Lee. Gen. Picket telegraphs that on the 17th, a por tion of the enemy's picket line in his front was taken possession of and held. One Colonel, two Captains two Llcitenanis, and one -hundred and thirteen private were captured, besi1s the dead and wound ed on the ground. Uur less, one killed and nine wounded. From Lynch Dorr and tbc Valley. The Virginia hstc official intelligence that I.t Col. Witcber, on theotti, nst.. captured and burned two aimed United States stv'mers, the Hirnun and aun, with a quantity of siuau arms, iu Buflaloe shoals of Big Sandy river, and on he same day he captured a large amount of military stores at Wil- iiamsourg. A despatch from New Market of the lfith savs that Lt. Baylor, of the. "12th cavalry, with twelve men, captured ten prisoners, and seventeen borses witnin three miles of Harpers Ferry, and -brought them safely to this place. . i ney report the railroad in running order to Summit Point fifteen miles below Winchester. Exchange ot 1'iiRoiiers. A telegram from Savannah of the 15th lays: "To-night eleven hundiedand tight prisoners were brought up about thirty per cent, of whom are sick or otherwise disabled. The whole number re ceived is a little over thirty one hundred. The delivery of Yankee prisoners commences on Thursday." . r Fiom Georgia. Sherman has inaugurated a winter campaign in Geor gia. We conde-tse as well as we can the scattering items of important news from that qriteter. Macon and other places are in imminent danger, Hood be-' ing far away in Alabama, and Gen Howell Cobb. coiamMiding, having but few regular troops at his Disposal, ine entire population ot Macon capable or bearing arms are ordered out, and we presume oy mis time, most ot the mintia of Georgia also. Snerman bean his advance from Atlanta last week in two columns, one of w hi ;h pursued the Mc- uonougn ana ibe other the Joncsboro roan, hut both heading south towards Macon and Milledgj- villc. His lorce is estimated at 80,000. The Au gusta ilhroMcle of the lUtli, says that a gentleman direct from Stone mountain, which is oniy two or toree miles ironi Atlanta, says that at stone mouu tain they burned all the unoccupied bouse?, com prizing two-thirds ot the town, and were laying waste me couutry as tney progressed. Tbey marcn in noliow squares wun their trains m the centre. " This gentleman says that the view from the sum mit of Stone Mountain of the conflagration of At lanta was awful beyond description. The Gate City was "an ocean of 'flame" as the Rurf w-aves rose and fell throughout its whole extent." They are also reported to have burned Monticel lo, Hitisboro, Decatur, Jonesboro, McDonough and Rome, (the latter is far in their rear.) and to have also destroyed the Chattanooga railroad from Atlanta to the Chattahoochee river, and burned the bridge across that stream. Thi3 indicates no thought of return. The latest news from Georgia says that on Wed nesday last Gen. Wbetler enguged tho enemy at Bear Creek, 10 miles beyond Griffin, but was forced back, and at 10 o'clock that night he was retreating through Griffin, while our infantry was falling back to Barnesvitle. The enemy lhi occupied Griffin on Thursday. Griffin is 60 miles from Ma con ; and Barnesvitle, which our forces occupy, is 42. Milledgeville is about 60 miles in a direct line from Macon, and Griffin is -about equi distant from both places. Sherman may attack Macon and Milledg&ville at the same time, if bis force be large enough to allow, him to do so. Gov. Brown's residence in Canton, Cherokee county, embracing all the outhouses, was burued to the ground a few days ago. A dispatch from Macon of the 19th stys that the excitement in town has somewhat subsided No definite intelligence of the whereabouts oi the enemy . They are supposed to be in the neighborhood of Griffin, burning everything in their way. They will meet a warm reception if they attempt to come here. A second dispatch says that the military author ities are.active S.'id vigilant, and every man is under arms. Confidence ; being, restored. The enemy are believed to be: in' thn'ty miles' from the city. The city will be defended to the last The following are some of tne distances on the different Georgia railroads : Atlanta to Macon, . Mason to Savannah, 103 W0 Atlanta to Savannah, Atlanta to Augusta, Augusta to Charleston, Atlanta to Charleston, Atlanta to Montgomery. " to Columbus, , " to Americus, Atlanta to Augusta, Augusta to Columbia by Railroad, .Atlanta to Columbia by Railroad, Atlanta to Augusta, Augusta to Columbia, (stag?-.) Atlanta to' Columbia, Atlanta to Florence, 2?8 171 137 808 1R0 203 173 171 148 -844 171 75 246 853 Northern News. New York and Baltimore papers of the 14th re ceived in Richmond. , The Herald says sufficient re turns have been received from all the States to war rant the announcement that Lincoln has over three hundred thousand majority, popular vote. Ho has carried all the States veting but three, and will have a majority of one hundred and ninety-two in me Slectoral College. The Yankees crow lustily over the recent sue cess at Cedirtownand claim the cap ture' of two cannon and ene hundred and fifty pris oners, but acknowledge their loss to be considerable. They say nothing of the defeat at MiddletQwn. Nothing later in reference to Sherman's operations is made public. Jacobs, "Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, has been arrested by the government, and is now on his way to Washington. . The Wachusette arrived at Portress Monroe on Friday with the Florida in tow. A telegram from Cairo says the rebels haye disap peared from Johnson ville. Gold in New York, on Monday, 244. The Chicago Tribtihe of the 9th says, Canada dis patches of the 13th say effective measures have been taken to preserve peace on the border. .The Pro pellor Georgia, 6eized at Charoberstown, Canada West, by the collector of the custom is believed to be fitting out as a privateer. " The St Albans' ex amination proceeds Blowly. . The Baltimore American oi the 15lh has been re ceived in Richmond. Gen. Canbv. while ascending White River on tbe gunboat Crockett was shot ly guerrillas from-Uie I shore and wounded in the groin. His recovery is doubtful. The boiler of the gunboat Tulip exploded on tbc Potomac River Friday, killing &'. on board except ten. Sixty lives were lost A Washington telegram 8ays that Sherman has been for several days bevd communication with the Capital, but nothjjog in regard to the direction, he has taken. - European news of the 4th has been received,, . . The Jura was Wrecked off Mersey on her lat trip. Capt Morris of the Florida telegraphed the ciptuie of that vessel to the Confederate agents in London. The Times sa ys the seizure was an act of piracy. Herald recommends all maritime pQwers to in lei fere if the Florida is not. given up. It is staled that the steamer Lttvrel from Liverpool had transferred her Crew, arms and ammunition to ike tfeu Abalniixa flMadena, Tho Cxir after an interview with Napoleon at Nice went to tit it the King of Prussia it Pott dam. Count Richbogs resignation terminated in a cabinet crises at Vienna. Jobn Leech, the well known ar--tist, is dead A hutricane occur red. at Calcutta on October 14th. - One hundred and fifty vessels were driven from their moorings, stranded r damaged. Twelve ihousml persons weie drowoejd. Loss vstianaifd at to hundred million francs. The Baltimore American of the 16th quotes eold at236J, in New Yoik. . , A Telegram from Nashville says Hood's army is still encamped in the vicinity of Florence? One corps is on the notth side of the river. The condi tion f:f the roads prevent active military operations. The relwl army remains tomparatively quiet The Nashville Whig says Judge Wright, of Ga., recently a u.rm'-r of Ihe Richmond Congress, has passed through N-shville to Washington to' see mhat can be. done towards bringing about peace. Butler in a speech at New Yai k, on Monday tven- ny, Mid ?he -government might now proffer the olive branch to ihe rebels,' terdering amnesty to the" rebels and ibcir leaders until the 8th of January. . 11 they hiM out he would favor an ouspuing pro secution of- the wau McClellan's resignation was cctptcd and Sheridan appointed to the position.- Gtn. gan, of the army of the Potomac, was se verely wounded hy a sharpshooter on Sunday night. Liverpool dates to ihe 5th have been received The Hank oi France has reduced the rate of discount o seven ptr cent Spain has sent an ultimatum to ,ru, if full satisfaction is not given, the Spanish f.juauiuu nin eciic iue-i.cpuo:ic and destroy the jar et Baltimore papers of the 17th have been received i a Richmond. , CoLsiderable excitement prevails at Hagerstown t nd alocg the Pennsylvania border from apprehend- . i d raids. Bermuda advices say the Chiehamauga rrivf d in Five Fathom Hole for repairs on the 7th. ,'. he had destroyed one bark and two schooners in : ddition to those previously reported. The trial of he St AlbaVs raiders was postponed to 'the 14th -Jecembcr. . Later arrivals from Europe bring confirmation of -he dppartuie of Semmes from the Bay of Finchall a an armed vessel called the Xev Alabama. The Baltimore American of the 17th, (afternoon edition) received. It contains, very little news. ' Gold 221. Pope, in an official report of operations in the ilepaitment of the Northwest, says that in settling J peace he intends to do away with treaties. His lan is to make the Indians behave, and require the whites to deal fairly with the Indians. Gen. liurnside arrived at Fortress Monroe oh the t6ih, and proceeded immediately to the front : The official vote of Maryland stands for Lincoln 47,800, fur McClellan 82,000. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. Richmokd, Nov. 17. . In the Senate Mr. Maxwell introduced a resolu u..n requesting tho President to inform tire Senate" whether he was informed of any State of the Uni . ;d States that had, through any recognized aulhori- y, expressed a willingness to go into a convention ith the States of this Confederacy for the purpose f negotiating for peace or consulting on the best -neihod of effecting a -cessation of hostilities. Adopted. - - llr. Seinmes introduced a bill to extend the time uf exchanging old treasury notes for new issue. In the House, a resolution was unanimously adop- ed expelling W. W. Cobb, representative elect '. , Nm the third Distri of Alabama. Tho House 'vent into seciet session. Richhono, November lolSd. In the Senate. Mr. 'Orr's resolutions was adopted questing the committee on foreign affairs to report .e facts so far as can be obtained relating to the .wless seizure and capture of the Confederate -earner Fionda in the bay of B-hia, and what aciion - nould be taken by this Government to redress the t ultra ge. Mr. Henry, of Tennessee introduced resolutions .-eclaring the determination of Congress and the . eople of the Confederate States to prosecute the .ar until our independence is acknowledged. Tho third resolution proclaims the readiness of ,'ie government to. enter upon negotiations for es-'-'"iohing a permanent and honorable peace, upon tie basis of independence. The bill t xiending the tiout for the exchange of Id issue Treasury notes until the 1st of July, 1865, . assed. Nothing of interest i:i the House open session. A pedantic young man who endeavored to imi l ite' the superior writings of Or. Johnson, and b,ad '. ven considered himself in some respects his equal, .ne day said to the do.-tor, ' Wht do you suppose " he world thinks of us ?' ' Why,' says the doctor, I suppose they think me a bull-dog, and you a tin ..ell-! tied to my tail.' . It A LEIGH. MARKET- ar w. a. apcuvacH, crooer. Kaliish, Kovember 21, 1304. ArTLM-Gree-3 Dried BACOX-Ucg round BEEF BEESWAX BUT'! Kit CAJfULKS Tallow Wax, by tbe box CORN -Per barrel . CHICKENS. " COFFEE DUCKS EGGS FLOUB-Familr " Kxtra superfine, " Fine, FODDER Her hundred, FEATHERS FLAXSEED HIDES Dry Grvcn HAY-rer hundred LAR) RYKUP MEAli NAILS-Scaro OATS Per hundred " Clear., ptr bmkal RHOAT POTATOES-Irish PEAS-Groimd " rttock " ' White Table B08 RICE RYE KAI.T SUGAR Brown, Coffee, TALLOW . VIRGIN TA SALT, f bushel, BRANDY New, (15 20 SS S SO s 9 su . t a. a (2 7 7 loo a 4 15 6 ' a t 200 175 150 8 & 8 VS 4 & 5 ie & s 50 7 en a so 10 it & so 8 4 10 & X 8 7 17 0 80 is 18 85 1 SO 13 14 4 an so 8 50 10 lt 5 80 85 50 40 9 50 VlDbK MONEY MARKET. Cnid-a?,-. Silver 25. " Bank Xotea 4 for 1. Confederate Bouda IIS l.onf dates. Confederate Bonds par thort. - Rlata Trrasurv Not?i fundable. 50 par sent. Slate Treasury ,N'jte not fundable, 15 per ecek TAX IN KIND I THE ASS&SOK8 FUR WAKE COUNTY will be in Kaleien on Monday, Tneadav and Wed ielay of each week m November and Dqceniber, for the Vurpuseo atseving the tax in kind of Cora, Fodder, MoI&km, Hngv, Pea Bran. Ground Pa, We waiit everv grxid eitixen to (jive iu ir the Soldiera wire, tudiea ad infirm peTiona o their neighborhood. Truro wb.tui,rA o't listed, their Wb,.OaU, Rye, Hy and Wool, can a!ao Jiat at the above times. F. O FOSTER. I ...- KATHAK 1VKY, f utuan ' Nov. V., 1964, T4-td. HOUSES FOR RENT. - 1WILL KENT FOR TUB ENSUING TEAR !;-, to the insist bidSer. to the City of BValeica, oat WEDNKSI1AY. tb20!h inatan. the rfi known kruura and ) ow-ni by ( I.EY and FRBEMAN, aid now ocsuoied by Pcnuii-gtua a4 Fin oh. V " O. M. COOLEY. 'ov. 17, IS! ' ' 73 tdpd. MRS. MI.r.:B CbNTINUES TO ACCOM mis:: border by the dj, ytx'i, or maflth. AujruM 1, . -.