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THE JSORTJB CAROJUA STANDARD : yURSDA JAN. 17. ,, 186.
WILLIAM W. HOLD EN,
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RALEIGH t TUESDAY. JAW. 17, 1805.
aioihc vnange or i erms.
The Daily and Weekly papers of this City having
advanced their terms, on account of the deprecia
tion of the currency, we are compelled to do the
same. We regret to have to do this, but it ia ana
voidable. The price of the Standard will hereafter
be as follows:
Semi-Weekly, 6 months, $30
3 months, 15
Weekly, months, . 20
M 3 months, '. 10
Subscribers heretofore obtained for ns by friends,
and subscriptions on the way to us, will be received
at former rates.
Advertisements will be charged five dollars per
square of ten lines, for each insertion.
Bank bills and State Treasury notes will be re-
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ceivea ana credited at tne prices paitr- ior toem oj
the Brokers of this City.
Important War New.
The news from Wilmington is highly important
The Federal fleet has returned, and after a furious
bombardment of two" days, Fort Fisher was as
saulted at four o'clock on Sunday evening last, and
the report is that the enemy was repulsed. We
V Mnvui IwifVtM ftniniv t(l nnDQ
BiMmy ucni wuic irotviv b b r-
It is reported that Gen. Sherman has left Savan
nah with 80,000 men, and that he is moving with
two columns on Augusta and Branchville. The
former place, we learn, will not be defended ; but
a conflict is expected at the latter, as a considerable
number ot Confederate troops have been concen
trated at that point It is conjectued that if Sher
man si oald take Branchville his next movement
will be against Columbia, South-Carolina, leaving
Charleston on his right as he advances. It is sup
posed that his calculation is, if Wilmington and
Branchville can be taken and occupied, that Charles
leston will fall without being regularly attacked.
It is reported that Gen. Hood has fallen back to
Blue Mountain, Alabams. But for his fll-starred
expedition to Tennessee he might now have been at
Branchville, ready to defend that important point
against Sherman.
Every thing quiet around Richmond and Peters
burg. Still Later Fort Fisher ia the hands of the
nemy i
We have just learned that Gen. Bragg telegraph
ed to Gov. Vance on Monday morning last, that
Fort Fisher fell into the hands of the enemy on
Sunday night last We have no particulars. We
apprehend that the garrison also fell into the enemy's
hands. Fort Fisher is on .New Inlet, and com
mands the entrance "to the mouth of the Cape
Fear. We very much fear that Wilmington itself
will now fall into the hands of the enemy. Indeed,
we can perceive but little ground for hoping that
the place can be held.
What route the enemy will take, if Wilmington
should be occupied, can only be conjectured. He
may ascend the Cape Fear in boats, and threaten
Fayetteville; or he may advance towards Golds
borough, meanwhile sending a column from New
born by way of Kinston. Hat " sufficient unto the
"day is the evil thereof."
y The Confederal says the federal Generals are
anxious to "reach that Union feeling so graphically
described as existing in Raleigh." We venture to
predict that if the enemy should ever reach Raleigh,
the Editors of the Confederate, and those who act
with them, will be the first to run, or, if they should
remain, they will be the first to truckle to the ene
my. Why did not these gentlemen, if they are so
anxious to protect the State from the incursions of
the enemy, shoulder their muskets and repair to
Wilmington, when they were invited to do sq by
Gov. Vance f
Laying aside all declamation about this " cruel
war," and all pretensions tosuperiorpbilanthrophy,
we think it due to candor and to truth that the
Standard should say emphatically, with whom it is
going to negotiate, tekat it it for, and uhatit toil
take. Conservative.
We would negotiate with the government of the
United States, and we would obtain the best terms
we could for North-Carolina. Ve would reserve
the right, as a citizen, to say whether we would
"take" the terms agreed upon by the commis
sioners. Any terms that might be agreed on ought
te be submitted to the people for their acceptance
of rejection.
The Conservative says, in the same article, that
the man who proposes te treat w'thout somebody
to treat w'ith, is a fooL" We thought the Conser
vative was in favor of Mr. Pool's resolutions. They
propose commissioners to treat, and yet nobody has
been appointed on the other side to meet them,
Are the supporters of Mr. Pool's resolutions fools ?
Our revolutionary ancestors had commissioners in
Europe for years, and yet there was no " somebody'
-to (treat with them. Were they fools t
The article from which the above quotations are
made is pot in the style of the present or former
Editor .of tiie Conservative. It most probably pro
ceeded fress the pen of . It bears the impress-
of -bis stjleaod genita. ' -- -
Ths Pkopl leswaso. The people have been
greatly in the way of certain leaders, as well be
fore as since this revolution was -commenced. -The
Confederate ef Friday last, referring to what a cor
rupt Senate of Pagan Some did, in order, to van
quish Hannibal, says: '
uOn tbeotion of Fabius, each Senator was in
vested with the power of a magistrate. They, were
to prevent all lamentations to hinder th people
from meeting ia forum, lest they should pass reso
lution in favor of peaee," Ac.
Such is the example held up to us now. There
mast be no " lamentations" the people most not
meet to express their opinions, but the oligarchs
who stand in the place of tin Roman oligarchs who
composed the Senate, must be obeyed. The people
of these States were hurried into this revolution
against their will, as the pea of impartial history
will shew; and they are to be kept in it nntil all
their substance and blood are gone until negroes
are made their equals on the field of battle and in
social life, so far as law can make them so. They
are not to be allowed to decide their own destiny,
but if they should attempt to meet together to con
sult as to their condition, they are to be " hinder
ed," and their " lamentations" are not merely to he
disregarded but "prevented. All this implies
force,' and force, when applied to the action of the
people in a country like this, is nothing more nor
less than despotism. Such is the entertainment to
which we have been invited by the Destructive
leaders. How long can snch a state of things con
tinue? Does the Legislature of North-Carolina
represent free men or slaves ? Are the members of
that body tbfcmselves free men ?
- Arming- the Slaves.
The Confederate, of this City, is out in full blast
hi favor of arming the slaves.! It copies, with marks
of approbation, an article from the Wilmington
' Carolinian, in which that paper says , -
" We would have each State provide a homestead
for the black soldier on his return home this as a
reward. ' And then we would give him freedom as
a means of enjoying the property given him. We
would give him the right, to hold any species of
property which a. white man could hold."
Such is -thedootxine put forth by a public jour,
nalinthe midst of a laveholding people. Aside
from the wretched war policy which it urges, it is
abolition doctrine, and incendiary in ita character.
It is Lincoln doctrine. It is the very doctrine which
this war was commenced to put down. Surely' we
ought to have peace now, since extremes have
metl eince the partisans of Mr. Lincoln and the
partizans of Mr. Davis have united not only in the
advocacy of abolition, but in the same means of
effecting it ! Negroej'are not only to be conscript
ed and placed in camp and on the field on a level
with our white soldiers, but they are to have their
freedom and a homestead at the end of the war, as
their reward ! The negro soldier is to have a home
stead, bat the white soldier is promised nothing 1
No homestead is to be provided for him. ' His wife
and children; already beggared by the war, must
toil on, and the children must grow op in ignorance
ard rags, because he is white; bt the negro is to
have his freedom and a homestead, the negro is to be
the pet, and the gallant whvreteran, with the scars
of fifty battles on his body,so be turned o ff to work
as a tenant, if he have no land, and must be jostled
and insulted in his neighborhood as long as he lives,
by his black comrade, who is to have a "homestead
provided for him by she State ! If this is not ne
grophobia run mad, we know not what is. Why,
our enemies have not yet proposed to divide our
lands among our negroes. Aggressive and harsh
as they are, they have appeared dispjsed thus far
to spare us this humiliation. They offer freedom
to our slaves, but not homesteads. But if they
should go farther hereafter, and tell our slaves that
if they will abandon their masters and fight under
their flag, they will give them our lands as their
reward, they might plead the above ofLr.as an ex
tenuation, of their crime, and declare to the world
that some of our own leading journals bad set them
the example by proposing snch a policy.
The Confederate, in copying the Carolinian's
article, says:
" Without concurring entirely in the sentiments
therein contained, there is much to commend it to
the public. Since the attest of our military leaders
from two points of observation has declared in favor
of the employment of negro soldiers, the spirit of
the press is very properly conforming to this stand
ard authority. Of- the right, we never doubted ; of
the expediency we are now convinced. - If the South
ern negro be appealed to, with the proper moral in
ducements to enlist his sympathies, we doubt not
either his capacity, or his willingness, or his fideli
ty;, and with this element of strength, our inde
pendence is certain. The soldiers are almost unan
inmous in favor of it They need reinforcements,
and thetr teuhss ought to be a controlling inllu- f
ence.
It is not true that the press of the country is
Kinlnrm!nff la filial ct.n4..t antttArWu A iuuip
contemptible, subsidized press, many of whose Ed- j
itors are detailed men, are "conforming" under or- ;
ders, as we admit, to this black "standard," but
the free presses of the land, whose Editors speak
for the people instead of power, regard the propo '
sition with abhorrence. Nor is it trne that the ne j
gro possesses either sufficient capacity, willingness, j
or fidelity to make a good soldier. No race of men
will make good soldiers who do not embrace some, . j
at least, who are capable of commanding. But it j
is admitted on all hands that white officers must
command black soldiers ; otherwise the black sol
diers are worthless. This explodes the idea that they ,
have capacity. As to their willingrless, tbey would
Bhow.it at once by taking to the woods as soon as
(hey heard of the order for their conscription ; and
so far as their fidelity is concerned, the few who
might be forced into the ranks would illustrate that
bydeserting to the enemy. Nor is it true that
the soldiers are in favor of arming the slaves On
the OT the7 regard it not only as an insult '
to themselves, but as fraught with the most alarm-'
ing consequences to their families at home.
But a writer in the Confederate, over the classic
signature of H. K. B., caps the climax of absurdity
by proposing to reward the negro for his services
as a soldier by allowing him " by law a ration of
tobacco, sugar, and whiskey, for life'' an "extra
suit of ornamental clothing once a year," with a
stipulation that he is to have " every Saturday in
the year" to himself 1 Was the like ever heard of
before ? Coffee is to " chaw bisown backer"
drink his own whiskey, sweetened with his own '
sugar ( and he is to have license to do as he pleases
in his ornamer.ts, "every Saturday in the year."
Shades of Washington, ef John Taylor of Caroline!
of Macon, and of all other worthies who, in their
day, possessed some common sense! The whiskey
we imagine, is designed to improve his morals.
Such small things as reading his Bible, and receiv
ing religious instruction, and hearing " old master"
or " old mistress" expound his duties, the duties of
his wife and children, and his relations to bis Maker,
are not accounted worthy of this ornaviental "
negro; bat he is to have whiskey in lieu of all these.
Fortunate 1 African ! tho very kinks in bis head
would become straight under such treatment Of
Course our government chaplains would ask a bles
sing on the whiskey; and all good people would
admonish this " Ornamental" African, with several
scars upoa.hU back, hoaorahly . ralad, in A ma
perate run from the enemy, that he tsust drink at
least as much as the law allowed. And he would
drink It Society would have a jpleisant time with
these interesting relics. They would be " orna
ments" indeed.
The Destructive leaders are certainly very fertile
in expedients to keep themseves out of the war.
first, peaceable secession .was to give us indepen
dence ; then Kiog Cotton was to do it ; then foreign
intervention was to do it ; next, we should certainly
whip the enemy when we got him away from his
gunboats; and now all these expectations having
failed, we are to get our independence' tirough the
negro., Anything iLat wilt keep these same lead
ers out of the range of bullets. But they aro going
after a while. They cannot go just now, but they
will "send a. hand" If the negro should fail to
whip the enemy, which is hardly probable, and if
they should be needed, they will consider the pro
priety of determining at some future day whether
they will 9 ; and if meanwhile any Conservative
should refuse to go, or should make disparaging re
marks about them, or should even intimate that the
administration at Richmond , is not the wisest ad
ministration in the world, they will denounce him
as a traitor -of tha worst stamp call hm "Red
String," and threaten to have him hanged. .It is
thus thai patriotism" is kept alive among ns, the en
emy driven back, and our independence se cured.
But seriously, it is apparent that we are rapidly
approaching that point in our progress which will
involve us, unless some check is interposed, in all
the horrors of the French revolution. Tho two sec
tions are vieing with each other in tUfwork of
emancipation. . , The negroes are to be armed, and
society is to be not merely upset, but destroyed.--Every
evil which followed in the wake of French
emancipation will afflict as here, if this policy be
adopted. We call upon the Legislature of this
State, now in session, to rise to the magnitude of
the occasion, and not only to stamp Uub infamous
.proposition with the seal of its reprobation, bnt to
adopt promptly the most.vigorous measures to en
sure an honorable PEACE, which can alone close this
Pandora's box df ills untold, and put as again in
the enjoyment of prosperity, freedom, and happi
ness. ' I"
Fmi ih Salisbury. We learn from the Watch
man that the principal sufferers by the recent fire
in Salisbury were Messrs. Ennis, Fraley, McNeely
and Young, and the Messrs. HalL The government
loss in leather was about $80,000. The losses in
the quartermaster's and commissary departments
were comparatively small. The fire originated in
a store room of the Ennis building occupied by Mr.
SmitbdeaL It is supposed to have bee the work
of an incendiary.v
Newspaper strictures do not change the opinion
of the President, while they do have a depressing
effect on the people. Confederate.
True enough, the President has no respect for
public opinion as expressed through the free presses
of the country. There are government detectives
without character, and drunken partisans, who
have more influence at Richmond than all the free
presses in the South. A Senator who carries his
private key to the gambling hells of Richmond, has
more influence with the administration than a score
of such men aa Stephens, Graham, and Foote. We
speak "by the book.". Wo say these things more
in sorrow than in anger.
The Confederate expresses the wish that all the
"coadjutors" of the Hon. Henry S. Foote,- and
" all votaries of his kind of peace," were across the
lines amang the Yankees. Not so fast, Mr. Con
federate. The friends of peace intend to stay and
see you out You and your 6et have ruined the
country, and the true and good men among ns will
remain to save what they . can from the wreck.
This is our country. We intend to stand by it to
the last
The Late Freshet.
The recent freshet was probably as destructive as
any that has ever occurred in this State. We learn
that in nearly every portion of the State, mills and
bridges were swept away, and that much damage
was done to fences and lands. The railroads and pub
lio highways were also seriously injured. We learn
that the central part of 'the magnificent railroad
bridge at Weldon was swept away, and we hear
that several bridges were broken on the Piedmont
and N. C. railroads, and a considerable portion of the
trestle work of the former broken and damaged.
The Salisbury Watchman of the lStb says :
" The late rain storm is said to be the most ter
rible that has fallen here within the memory of the
oldest citisen. The rain fell in torrents, almost in
cessantly for nearly twenty four hours. The water
courses are, consequently greatly swollen, and
much damage has. been sustained. We hear of the
loss of mills, mill-dams, and bridges from all direc
tions. Neither have the railroads escaped serious
daunge. We learn that the Central road has been
materially injured, between this place, and High
Point At different points- within the space of
aboufen half mile the road is destroyed for a dis
tance of two or three hundred yards, all damage
put together, and so complete is the destruction
that the trains will not be able to p2s through for
probably a week or ten days."
The Charlotte Bulletin of the 11th says :
"The embankment two' mjles -cast of Brevard's
Station, six miles bcyon 1 the Catawba river, was
washed away yesterday, and so much injury done
to the Lincolnton, CAR. Road, that the morning
train bound for Cherryville was forced to return.
Sugar Creek, near Charlotte, west of the town,
was Looming yesterday. Gentlemen residing in the
neighborhood were forced to abandon their vehicles
and horses and foot it over the Lincoln railroad
bridge. The flood gates and fences are all washed
away."
The last Fayetteville Observer says :
" The Cape Fear is swollen by the great rains to
an extent rarely witnessed. It backs water up the
Cross and Blount's creeks to the very centre of this
town, passing over several mill and factory dams,
up to the dam ef the Merchant Mills, at Ecclea's
Bridge. . The damage to the machinery of mills and
factories must be very heavy, and the lost of time a
serious drawback. The machinery is submerged it
McLaochlin'8 saw and grist mill, the Cross Creel,
Blount's Creek and Fayetteville Mills, Cotton Fac
tories, and Mr. John Gee's Grist Mill."
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Macon papers state that the railroad betwedV
that place and Atlanta will be completed tbk
month.
Capt Semmes, of the Alabama, was in August
on tne tn. ne was serenaded at bis lodgings aca
maae a speecu.
The grape culture, after years of nartial succesl
will, it is said; have to be given up in the vicinit
of Cincinnati, on account of the vicissitudes of It
climate.
1 '
A writer in Blackwood says thab every man wh
is not a monster, a mathematician, or a mad phile
sopher, is a slate of some woman. -
Generals Beauregard and Hill were in Macon c
the 9th.. . r.
Rwv. Father O'Neill,-of St Patrick's Church
Charleston, died on the 10th, aged S3 years.
It is stated in Richmond that the value of the
" Tax in Kind" of 1863, collected in the States east
of the Mississippi, amounted to two hundred ad I .
A celebrated French woman has said that th
greatest Messing a woman can receive on earth' ii
the continuance of the affection of her huaband
after marriage. .
Fate must trouble itself about a number of foolisl
people ; for -no sooner does a fool eet into troubl
of his own making, than he puts it all down to fate'
A gallant was lately Bitting beside his beloved,
and being unable to tbink or anything to say, ask
ed wby sbe was like a tailor. - " i don t r now,'
said she with a pouting lip, " unless it is because
lm sitting by a goose," , ;.
" This is too grave a matter to make light of,
as tile whale 6aid to the man who was dipping tb
oil out of his head. .
Some ereat renins has discovered that the " een.
tre of gravity "may be found in a Quaker's meeting!
Politicians makes fools of themselves ; pettifog
gers make fools of others ; and pretty girls maker
fools of both. 1
Reynolds, the dramatist, once met a free-and-easy)
actor, who told him that he had passed three festive!
days at the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness of
, without ah invitation. He had gone there or
the assumption that, as my lordand lady 'were not
on speaking terms, each would suppose that th
other had invited him, and so it turned ont
Said Anna's preceptor, a kiss if a noun ;
. But tell me it proper or common, he cried ; .
With cheeks of vermillion, and eyelids cast down,
'lis both common and proper, the pupil replied.
Cincinnatfpaper8 state that Butler's proposition
to exchange Mr. -Pollard, of the Examiner, for A.
1). Richardson, of the New York Tribune, has been
refused. Richardson, it will be recollected, was
captured at Vicksburg, in April 1363. ' a
WAS HEWS. .
Fra Wilaaiagtoft. 1
On Saturday, ISth inst, the Yankee fleet, con
sisting of aboat sixty vessels attacked Fort Fisher.
The bombardment commenced at 7 o'clock ar in.
and lasted all day. .TJie enemy also landed a force
abot&five miles above the Fort
We learn that Got. Vance received a dispatch on
Sunday evening, stating that the bombardment con
tinued until 4 o'clock P. M., when an attempt to
carry the Fort by assault, was repulsed by the gar
rison. Gen. Whiting is in command at the Fort
Front Georgia.
There is no intelligence of further movements on
the part of Sherman. An official dispatch from "Ma-,
con states that the enemy, -two thousand strong,
with wagons and artillery were foraging in the di
rection of South Western Georgia.'
' Frona Tennessee.
Late advices from Gen. Hood's rmy, state that
the crossing of the river was effected as heretofore
stated. The Federal gunboats made attempts to
shell and destroy the bridges used, but owing to
the excellent management of our batteries they
were generally, kept at a respectful distance, and
did but little damage, and the forces were soon plao
ed beyond reach of their fire.
Our loss in the' recent campaign is estimated at
from five to six thousand men. The heaviest loss
was at Franklin, and is officially stated at 'thirty
six hurtdred.jThe morale of the army is represent
ed to be goooytjnder the circumstances and it will
take but little time to recover the old soirit if the
proper steps are at once takend'ttp Idea
in those who lead themv
At last' accounts, it was not known whether the
army would fall back to Blue mountain or move to
Corinth.
Congressional.
In the Senate on the 11th inst, Mr. Watson sub-'
mitted a proposition from a joint select committee,
which was agreed to, requesting the President to
appoint a day of fasting hu miration and prayer.
The Senate then resolved into secret session.
In the House Mr. Miles offered resolutions declar
ing that all attempts made for peace with the
United States, by the action or intervention of the
separate States composing the Confederacy, are
unauthorized by the constitution and in contraven
tion of the supreme law of the land, and are there
fore revolutionary ; that the Confederate States are
prosecuting the war to establish their independence
as a separate por, and that Congaess is firmly de
termined to continue the struggle in which we are
engaged nn til the United Slates shall acknowledge
onr independence. The resolutions were ordered to
be printed. The exemption bill was taken up, and
pending its consideration the House adjourned.
On the 18 th the Senate was again in secret ses
sion. The House concurred in Senate amendments to
the bill providing clothing for the officers of the
army and navy. The bill increasing the num
ber of active midshipmen, and several other
naval bills from the Senate passed, also -the
Senate bill providing for the transmission of news
papers to officers, privates and musicians in the
army, also the House bill providing for the payment
of the interest due the Cherokee Ration on certain
State bonds, the payment oi which is assumed by
the Confederate States.
The exemption bill was taken up and further con
sidered until adjournment at 1 o'clock.
President Davis sent in a message reporting the
arrest of Mr. Foote in Northern Virgiuia while en
deavoring to pass our lines on his way to the ene
my's country. Accompanying was a note to the
President from the Secretary of War which says
no special instruction has been given for such an
arrest. The Provost Marshal at Fredericksburg
who made the arrest says iu a telegram dated the
12th :
" I have arrested Hon. Henry S. Foote at Oceo-quao,-on
his way to Washington for the purpose of
negotiating for peace as he avows. I have parolled
him to await instructions."
On motion of Mr. Claik, the matter was referred
to the select committee of four.
Mr. Foote has not occupied bis seat in the House
of Representatives for nearly three weeks. He
went tp words the Potomac for the purpose of send
ing his family across, that they might reach their
home in Nashville.
The Senate was again in secret session on the
14th.
In the House the exemption bill was under con
sideration and the clause in the present law relative
to ministers of the Gospel was read and adopted.
From Virginia.
The telegraph announces the arrival of Frank P.
Blair an Richmond. He is staying at private quar
ters. The Evening Whig says it is reported he had
an interview last night with the Secretary of War.
No developments in regard to the object of his
visit
It is stated that Ex-Gov. Foote was arrested at
Occoquary Prince' William County. The charge
upon v. hich the arrest was made has not been made
public. It is understood to have been without
instructions from the authorities in Richmond.
Froaa the United States.
Northern papers of the 11th confirm the report
of Butler's removal.
A public meeting was held in Philadelphia on the
9th to devise means of relief for the .suffering inhab
itants of Savannah. A committee was appointed
to solicit subscriptions, to purchase and send a ship
load of provisions to that city.
Tbomas is concentrating his army at East Port
Tho Herald advocates that the Union armies
North and South, enforce the Monroe doctrine on
the whole extent of this Continent against England,
France and Spain.
8tl!l Later.
The American says, Butler's farewell address' to
the army of James is in excessive bad taste. It
reads more like a Mexican pronunciamento than the
address of a New England General. His removal it
is said was made by the President at the request of
Gen. Grant Butler tells the troops in his address
be has refused to order the sacrifioe of their lives.
Their blood does not stain his garments.
The Missouri State Convention! by a vote of 60
to 4, passed the ordinance of emancipation abolish
ing -tlnporw- - .-- Hl.t. Tl - l i
A1S relgnuuu.
The Gait House at Louisville, a well known hotel,
was destroyed by fire on the eleventh.
The Uaioo State Convention assembled in Nash
ville on the eleventh. Samuel Rod gers of Knox
county was made President A bitter discussion
arose on the basis of voting. East Tennessee want
ed each county to have ono vote for eveiy hundred
cast against separation in sixty one; this was car
ried amid intense excitement and the Convention
adjourned. . . ' -.
A telegram confirms the report of the evacuation
nf Fort Smith and Van Buren by the Federal forces.
Another telegram says ForV Smith has not been 1
evacuated.
xGold on the. 12th, 219.
Haed on mi Poor Soldiers. On yesterday,
says the Augusta Chronicle, we learned of a case
wherein a returned Confederate prisioner was com
pelled to lose two hundred dollars, from the fact of
Congress condemning tne uur.areu uumr una, vm
issue, as worthless, after a certain date.
. It seems that he had been captured prior to the
passage of that law by Congress, and had not the
opportunity-while in prison to fund or get other
bills in exchange. Thus he was compelled to hold
on to them until be arrived home, which wa a few.,
days since. As soon as he arrived in Charleston,
be went to the sab-treasury office in that city, and
demanded payment for the bills and was refused,
but was offered payment or exchange for small bills
of the old issue, at the rate of one-third off:
This is specially hard upon these poor fellows, as
they had not the opportunity to obey the law in
question, and we think Congress should lo some
thing in the matter for their benefit
H we mistake not a bill to this effect was- offered
in Congress sonfe time since, but we do not remem
ber what was done with it Their case demands
the attention of the government ia their behalf.
. Tot taeSUadard.
Ma. HoLDnr : On reading your appeal to our
subscribers to get at least a subscriber each for yoa,
I went to work to discharge any duties.in that res
pect, as every one should feel it a duty incumbent
upon him,- and have secured two to your Weekly,'
and herein enclose $20 for the same.
Recruiting for the Standard would be quite an
easy business were the people fully aware of its
merits, that is for the firm and fearless stand it has
taken for their rights, and for thb truths it enun
ciates, which are so. formidable to its enemies, and
he will now presume to dictate, alter their corrupt
and iniquitious influences have brought the present
miserable state of affairs upon us. And the Stand
ard should have a more extensive circulation at this
lime than It any former period, for. the reason that
every true friend of constitutional liberty can but
admire and commend its course, - And again, very
nearly all of our newspapers arthe present day are
so full of falsehoods, misrepresentation, and ridicul
ous speculations, that many of our reading men
have quit taking any paper at all having to pay
high ior such stuff, which only serves to irritate
their good sense and judgment But I feel assured
no one that can appreciate sound "Sense and truth,
jewels so rare in these days, will ever regret a sub
scription to the Standard, but will feel that he is
amply paid for his money in its'interesting columns
So I hope your subscription list may run up to its
full maximum without delay.
T .e Legislature is to assemble again next week,
and I hope during the present intermission, those
Vance Destructives- have become sufficiently ac
quainted with the sentiments of their constituents
to convince them, that their former course has not
met their approval ; and that they may be induced
to change their tactics, co-operate with the true
Conservatives, and be instrumental in accomplish-,
ing some good to our distressed country Many ef
them Were rfecUed twtriiS f!"nVivtiV. n fp'. who"
owiWjj
as they are in the course of their leader.Gov. Varifee.
who all true Conservatives have given up -as gone
beyond redemption having firmly allied himself
with the original secessionists, whose counsels we
all know have invariably proved false, and from
whom none of our people can expect any good t
emanate. A XOVEP. OF TRUTH.
For the Standard. -Mr.
Editor: In these times when mucilage is
almost out ot the question the following recipe may
be useful to the public, if you think proper give it
space. A CONSTANT READER.
-Jan. &th, 18G5.
Pasts as is Pasts. Dissolve an ounce . of alum
in a quart of warm water ; when cold add as much
flour as will make it the consistence of cream ; then
Strew into it as much powered rosin as will stand
on a shilling, and two or three cloves ; boil it to a
consistence, stirring all the time. It will keep for
twelve months, and when dry, may be softened
with water.
Extract from Jlorry's life of Marion.
"Ambitious demagogues will rise, and the people
mrougn ignorance and love ot change will follow
them. Vast armies will be formed and bloody bat-
lies lougnt. And alter desolating their country
with all the horrors of civil war, the guilty sur
vivors will have to bend their necks to the iron
yoke of some stern usurper, and like beats of bur
den, to drag, unpmed, those galling chains which
they have riveted upon tueniaejves forever.''
" This,", (adds Horry, his biographer,) " as near
ly as I recollect, was the substance of the lut dia
logue I ever had with Marion.. Itwas spoken with
an emphasis which I shall never forget"
Letter to Ger. Vance.
We find the folio -ring letter addressed to Gov.
Vance, in the flflton Chronicle. The letter will ap
ply to many of those who voted the yellow ticket
last summer, for it is. generally known that all the
bombproof men in the State, especially thoie for
whom the Governor certified, voted that ticket :
To Ouv. Vance.
Sur. I've seen your procklamashun exhortin all
of us patriotic men out of the army who are able to
ioue ana snute a gun, to turn to the defeneeof Wil- j
uiington and notis that you partiklurly exhort us t
fullers who " panted for the fray and snuffed the J
curr'd war while it wus fur off." And I agree with j
you, Guverner, that they , all oght to go, and dod 1
drot my buttons, if my patryism hadn't gone up the
spout jest one day before I saw your rally ing appeal, I
I'll etc snakes I hadn't have showldurd my gun and '
gODC down and fit the infurnel yankees as long as 1
tbarwusashot in the locker. You say we are j
towards if we don't kum. That's purty hard to
take, but I'd ruther take it than git a bill in the t
belly 1 Sur, you sing Sams to a ded boss when j
you kail on us feller at home tu pitch in. I seed a j
fctler not long since talkin about volunteerin, and j
the nabers all sed he oght to be sent to the luny tick i
assylum, kase be wus krazy. You see tha didn't
know the Koonscrape Officer wus arter him with a
sharp stick.
Yes, sur-ee my party tism plaed out the day be
fore you issued your procklamashun. If it wurn't
for that I'd go, sartain, all too I have a might yailin
abut my inards every time I think of fasin the ene- 5
my and standin fire. Thar wus a time when my
party iam use to bile clean oner, and I raly thot
f l . . . ..... t
i wus tne greatest, patryot oui-aDout the time
I panted for the " fray " and snuffed the war.
But I find I wurn't in yernest, and the truth is
I never once thot of doin any of the fightin my
self, indiwidually I didn't I that if the scrim- -ige
kum, thar wus plenty to do the fightin with- .
out me. So when it did kum, I sed "go boys .'
my korn krib and smoke house shall be thrown :
open to yer families." And I did throw them open
.n ,k, f,-i i ' W.
of sight ; and arter that I made
r - --"-""- v r
Other people pay
for my liberalty.
Gnvernur, ifyoull give me a fat bum proof Offis, I
Til kum a kitin, but if you don't do this, call fur I
stones from the vasty deep, but not fur this chiTs. j
Buy the wai, Guvernur, kan you tell me bow so ;
many able bodyed Home Uards manage to get ex-
hempted down thar in Rawley 7 I heer of one man
thateotoSby pain I don't sack ly know whor
sixty dollars in gold, arter the Medikal bord had
examined him and ordered him to the frunt Anu-
ther hale, harty young feller, got off to the tune of
Three thousand konfederate dollars, and my red
heded naber Tommy Brandon, ses be was offered
exhemption for his likelvest nigger feller. Thar
must be a wheel within a wheel down thar sum-
wbar, and a gud eal of secret kumndlin.
ter luk into
AUCTION SALES!
N JANUARY 18tb 18- .
1 Boy, 17 years oia.
1 " J - " . .
1 "
l 18 "
1 Girl, 1 " "
1 19 " "
1 " 14 " " .
1 Woman and Child.
1 ' 27 years old, pood Cook, Washer and Ironer.
Tha .hnva nrroea are sold for bo Unit, all No. 1. Tbsy
eaa be seen any day previous today t.f aie
Ane. A Com. Merchants.
Jan. 12, 18S5.
4 ts.
mRS. MILLER CONTINUES .TO ACCOM-
XVJt module Uoaraers oy tiM usy, we, vr .
August I, 1884,
48-tf.
WOOL NOTICE.
Qoartermaster'e DeparUneat, l ..
Kaihgh. N. C, Jun 9, VM. f
I AM NOW PREPARED TO EXCHANGE
COTTON YARN roa WOOL, upon tho followiDj
terms, vis:
One bunch of Yarn for 8 pounds of Washed Wool.
m 4 " " Unwashed "
AGENTS have been appointed to moke the exchaage at
the following places:
Oxford, Tawboro", Kmston,
- Catherine Lake, Cop cord. Kockingham, .
HendersoDville, ' 8.tsville, Roxboro,
AahevlUe, Tittsboro', Loaisbnrg,
. Fsvetleville, Coleraine, Raleigh.
rjgr Pvrsons shipping wool to this place will please
mark on the packa .who tbey are reoa, and cotton yara
will be forwarded inimediaielv.
' I hope tbepwvple will plriiiwHvisn-ni to The above
notice, as the Vool is lor clothing th North.Car
ollna troops. H. A. VOX W
A Q. M., M. UA-
July 184 1864. '
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BACOX-Wo reand
BEEP "
BEESWAX
BUTTER
CANDLES -Tallow
CORN Per barrel
CHICKENS
COFFEE
DUCKS
EGGS
FLOUR Family
" Kxtra sferflne,
Fine,
FODDER Her hundred.
FEATHERS
FLAXSEED
GEESK
UlDiiSDry
. 14 Green
HAY Per hundred
LARD
SYRUP
MEAL
NAILS-Scarce
OATS Per hundred
PORK C,ened-bunrf
POTATOES Irish
PEAS Ground
Ktock
White Table
RAGS
KIQE
KYB
SALT
8 W EET POTATOES
SUGAR Brown,
Crush,
TALLOW
WHEAT
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A--.1t. -
KARKfexV
In
Johnston Conntv. on th ?9th
1864, by John R. Coats, Esq., Mr. Jambs M. Par
ish, of the 31st regiment to Miss Eliza Asa Johs
sox, daughter of James B. Johnson.
Also, by John R, Coats, Esq.. oo the -11th inst. '
Mr. Henry H, Johnson, of the 53rd regiment, to
Miss. Mary Jans S. Coats, daughter of A. Coats
OBITUARY NOTICES.
Died, in Raleigh, December 30th, 1864, in the
Peace Institute Hospital, No. 8, William Ricxktts
Bkooden, of Co. C, Hahr's Battalion.
The subject of this notice was a citizen of Wayne
county, aged about 40 years. He has left a dis
consolate widow and two iniant children, and their
loss is indeed irreparable. Meekness and humani
ty were distinguished traits in his character, and
be was probably as near faultless as. the frailties of
humanity would allow. He earnestly desired to do
right in all things, and ever foared to do wrong in -anything
B
In all the relations of life he was entirely con
scientious, sincere and- true ; and endeavored at all
times to discharge, with, the utmost punctuality and
fidelity, every duty and obligation imposed upon
him. He was a virtuous, unofiending and good
citizen, and sustained the most irreproachable and
spotless character in the county where he resided.
His innate and constant purpose and intention was,
tJ perform all his duties faithfully and in a proper -and
acceptable manner. He was without guile,
pretention or deceit of any kind, and there has pro
bably not fallen a more innocent and harmless
victim to the present war.
Though unaided by rank, genius, education or
wealth, be trusted faithfully and firmly in the bless
ed and everliving truths and promises of the old
and new testaments ; in the holy doctrine of Chris
tianity ; in the infinite and unbounded goodness,
love, mercy and justice of Christ, the Great Re
deemer ; and live1 in the exercise of that faith
"which is the substance" of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen," and "adorning the
doctrine of God his Savior," according to the hum
ble measure-ef bis ability and the best light of his
understanding. '
But he has been removed from the many dangers,
evils and cares of this vain and delusive world of
sin and misery, affliction and suffering,, to a world
of infinite and eternal happiness and joy, to par
take "of the fountain of the water of life freely,"
where saints and angels dwell, and " where Christ
sitteth at the right hand of God." William R.
Brogden is no more on earth, and though Jhis mem
ory will be long, and affectionately cherished by his
family and friends, his immortal spirit has been
translated to the paradise of God, where
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more."
CARD NOTICE.
THERE IS NOW ANOTHER LOT OF
Cotton and Wool Cards (ready for dm) for distribu
tion to Soldiers' families, at $10 per pair. Agents will
please call for them.
EL A. DOWD, A. Q. M , N. C.
January 1, 1355. J-6t.
WAEEESTON FEU COL. INSTITUTE.
rWlHE 48TH SESSION WILL
BEGIN THE
2d ut February, 165.
P" Hoarders anould apply soon.
JUL1C3 WILCOX, Pres.
January 5, 1885. 8 itpd.
D. C. MURRAY & CO.,
AUCTION Sc COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FATmSYILLB STIBBT, HXLZ1QB, X. C.
TCTILL ATTEND PROMPTLY. TO ALL
V w bnsineas entrualed to ihem.
( Their Store rooms are ure ana ssenre. salea room .
i the Store fo. i
nurli ncciinind hr H ' I.. KVASS n.-rt Hiur
j to Mer. Creech k Lilchf rd, and immediately oppos its
the State Quartermaster's Departm ent.
n n Vf T-n hit
jas a. Mecnt,
J. W. HAKKISOX.
1-tt
January 18S5.
TAX INKIND.
THE ASSESSORS FOR WAR E COUNTY
will be in Baleigh from tb 2d January, 1865, until
the 20th, for tba purpoae of assessins; tbs Tax in Kind ot
corn, fodder, molasses, augtr, peas, beans, ground peas. Ac,
We want every eood citiaea J.gire in for the soldiers'
wives, ladies and infirm perjof their neighborhood.
Those wbo hare not listed their Wheat, eata, rye, hay, and
wool, can also list at the above tone.
. F. O FOSTER.
. AUCTIQJSALE.
WEDNESDAY. 18th JANUARY, 185
On. No. l hV0R0 BOY. an xeellent Body
d Din.Bg Room BWEKfo C0..
Ana vom. aieronanis.
4 ts.
Jan 12,1865.
NEGRO AUCTION AND COM
MISS10NHOLSE. ONTnE FIRST DAY OF 'All WARY
next, at the 8kwe formerly occupied by O. W. u.
H0TC11IXGS, on Fayetteville street in the City of Hal
eigh, the subscribers will establish an.
AucUoa and ComnaUskia Hoaae -
for the aale ef SLAVES , v, .
We have provided Safe and Comfortable onartera. and
will be aa moderate ia or charges for boardAe , as tee
uTlarUee of twenty years 'the .
ue advantage oi an exteaswe aeenMBtanee. ate a altar
. ..... tha business : and. witss the
solicit public patronage. r. Afeh-EW w
Jan. 12, 1865. - '
HIDES ! JlIDESiT"
1AM PREPARED TO SUPPLY F ARMERS
with green salted hides, assorted wegars. No dry
hides on hand. ,
Farmers or others orderirg mut tend lXb
the ordtr: Address C, W.OJ
Jaaaary 5, IMS.
2 atpa.
A TEACHER WANTE1,
YOUNG LADY WHO CAN TEACH THI
English brauches tbi-ruursty, au'y take cbawe
taw Vetv
, cn obtain
of a schawl in a private family io Vtak-J ,
a good situation by applying at this. ClS.