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For the North Carolina Standard

For the North Carolina Standard.
Mr.. HOLDEN: We avail ourself of the columns
of your extensively circulated paper 10 inform the
public that article which appeared in your last
under the signature of "Oxygen' was intended not
as burlesque on, but as faithful mirror of that
great era n our literary Republic-the approach
ing commencement. The approximation OF which
eventfu epoch awakened such ecstatic feelings in
the bosom Of your former correspondent, that i'm
aenaton was distanced, he leaped into the
bouDdless plain of perspective enjoyment. 1t is
universally thought here that some Senior affected
by the glorious thought of speedy emancipation
has been guilty of mounting Pegasas as unruly
as GIlpin's 6Ily, and
ss In his wild career,
Scant reason g wig
Was worn threadbare.'
He has certainly converted this classic spot into the
garden Of the world. His pen has flushed nature
with vegetation, and filled the woods with feather
ed tribes warbling their joyous carols
When Mr.. Editor, individual wishes TO Gre
ate sensation about commencement, ii should not
be done at the expense Of truth. One who would
convert our winiry skies into an Italian canopy,
and these deserted haunts into an universal avl-
ary" oug hit 10 be re-refreshed in the porr of COM
mon sense. When that communications was read
to gaping crowd, a MiLish who priees himself on
being great naturalist, declaimed with vehemence
against that libel upon the sacred groves; the
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Upon this land growing quantity Of timber snitAs
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fault, and was ordered under arrest.
He would make no explanation, and
rendered the Gen. his sword, insis-
ting that if he was arrested he wan
ted to see the charges in black and
white, and trial. Now Dick is
we'll known to have terrible tongue,
and if on trial by way of defence,
might say some very unsavoury
things. SO the Gen. preferred TO
release him if there was any decent
way of doing it, and after enquiring
around, ascertained that Richardson
lad given the Sergeants and Corpo-
rails of the guard the countcrsign at
the right time, and that Wool ex-
pected the sentinels to have it rath-
err early. 1t was cnough,-Richard-
son was Immediately released. Yet
it created quite little hubbub, and
the old Cap. rendered his resigna-
ton, which of course was not ac-
cepted.
The health Of the men is remark
ably good here. David Hausman is
the only sick man in Prentiss' com
pany, and he is recovering rapidly
from pretty severe attack Of fever.
The weather here resembles that OF
August in Illinois. The days little
too warm for real comfort, and the
nights a little too cool. Air very
pure and dry. There has been no
rain for three months, and the il
habitants say there will be none for
5 more. The raincy season is in
July and August. There is seldom
frost here, and tie place is so de-
Tended by mountains, that the pco-
pie never suffer from the sudden
northers. The people are clever to
a degree, and are coming money of
the soldiers. "Sincc the world be-
gam" they have not had such hlr-
vest. | vas among them again to-
day, and had a regular Mexican
dinner at top house; it consisted
Of four or FIVE courseS-thc first
chicken, stewed up in fog Of spices,
among which red pepper was the
predominant. I'd coffee and cakes
Sd sort of hash--again peppered
to kill, 9Th chocolate and cake. and
finally and to conclude as an extra
occasion, brandy and fruit is added.
We ate without a knife or fork, using
q spoon only for the hash. The cof-
fee was good, the chocolate far SUI
perior to anything Of the kind made
in the Estates" The only fault |
find with any part is the extrava-
CANT use Of pepper.
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NO. XIX.
MoYCLoyA, MExIco, }
Nov. %, 1916: (

We leave here tomorrow, and as
an express starts for San Antonio in
the morning, take the opportunity
TO apprise you Of the fact Of our
leaving, as also to give you the
camp news Of the last few days.
We leave tomorrow morning, at
I o'clock precisely, so says the or
ders, but further it spca!;eth not
The movements Of our General are
of so momentous a character and re-
quire SO much precau,ion, that it
would be unsafe to let the command
know one day what disposition is to
be made Of them the next, so lie
wisely keeps it all to himself and
those Immediately around him. 1t
is sufficient to know that we must
be ready to leave, and when we are
to halt again is matter that we will
not fail to discover when we are
halted. The general supposition,
however, is that we shall 90 but 8
or 10 miles, to less disayreeable
place of encampment, there to wait
until the daily expected orders ar
rive from Taylor.
Capt's. PrentiSs' & Morgan's, lst
Reg, and Capt. Whaler's, End Reg.
and 2 Arkansas companies have ia
ken quarters inMonclova, where they
are to be posted probably for the
rest of the year, under command of
Maj. Warren, who thus is made a
sort of military governor of the de-
partment Of Coahuila. The assign
ment of Maj. Warren to this post,
though against his will, is about the
wisest act we have seen in General
Wool. The Major is doubtless one
Of the first men in the command, and
with as little doubt the best qualif-
ed for the post assigned him. He is
mild, but firm, and knows no fear.
If he fails TO keep this province from
lending much aid to the Mexican
government in this war, il will only
be because no man under the cir
cumstances could have prevented it.
There has been a considerable
6H- among the officers in the com
mand again, and as all these things,
though they look very discrcditablc,
will get to light at all events, | will
not withhold them now. mention
ed in note to my last letter, not
intended for publication, the fact of
the arrest of Capt. Richardson, I'M
der circumstance that showed it
was done rather from vindictive feel
ings entertained towards the volun-
tecr officers, than on account Of any
real offence committed. Since then
there has been another arrest and
discharge from the service, that are
more clearly traceablc TO this fail
ing. Tho arrest was that of Capt.
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BENTON, FRANELrN County,
ILLINOIS, Jan. |, 1877.

iiIs LNCeliehCy, a. =. RENCH,
Governor IF Tie State If ILLINOIS,;
SIR: In compliance with your
note Of the 2lSt ult., which came to
hand on the Goth, we proceeded to
Massac county on the eth, and
made all the inquiries and gained all
the information in relation to their
difficulties in that county, that our
limited stay enabled us. We will
not attempt to give you particulars,
in detail, as we heard them; but will
give you, in as brief manner as
possible, general history Of the diff
iicultieS, as we were able to learn
them from various sources. We
were not confined in our inquiries
to either party, which we found
were known by the names of Greg
ulators" and "Flathcads;" but pla-
ced most reliance upon what was
told us by men said to be respecta-
bic, and who had not taken any part
in the difficulties on either side
We were careful not to disclose our
business to but one individual in the
coanty, and to him only as we were
upon the point Of leaving the town.
We gathered our information by in
quiring of individuals alone, and by
asking companies of men, which we
found in taverns, stores, &C.; and
from them all we were told tina, there
was number Of persons that were
engaged in making and passing coun-
terieit money, stealing horses, &c.;
that they had heretofore been able,
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FREMONT HOUSE,
CHlCAG0, III,

GURLEf, co, late Of tho American
- sTenpcrancc House, Chicago, have taken
the fremont touse, corner Lakeland
streets where they will be hnppy to serve, their
friends and ellothcrs who willfvor them " IN =
call, in the bcs, style May I, 1886. G. a5
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The Trouble. ia Nin..ac 10. IlIinoi..

The following communication from the Cav.
cnor, made To the Legislature in regard to the
lhr difficulties in this unfortunate county, is un.
uhtctly the ms; 'rrcct sla,cmrn, of the affairs
there that has yo, been published. The Cover.
nor had secret agents there for the purpose OF
ascerlaIn,ng the true state Of Affairs, aud fr I'm
lhrm This Communication cmrnnin..
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DIR. Horace IL. RasfOys,,

HiVlNG located at Vermllioavilc, offers his
Z L. professional service to the public; and feel.
con iience from hi, long practice in Michigan
and Illinois, in being able 10 render satisfactory
services 10 those who may favor him with a call.
Ottawa, July 10, 1916
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DIR. p. SCHERMERnuRN,

Oilers his Professional services to the citizens
Of culws aud vicinity. Oi'ice on Columbus
street, between canal aRd Clinton.
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Camp near Movctcv,. Max. ;
Nov, 1916. {

"'rhe undersigned. officers Of the Is, and %
Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, have heard with
surprise that on Yesterday. in conversation with
al officer from Illinois respecting sad regiments,
you used substantially the following language.
(Hcrc quoting the language addressed to Cart.
Montgomery
These Insulting expressions respecting TIE
officers are unmcrilcd, unhecnminr a command.
ing officer and would he degrading il we passed
them hy without notice. We have no, made
the military profession the business &c our lives.
hut have recently left the pursuits of private life
10 serve our Country in the field, and we nre con.
sclous 81 having done 80 to The best VI our abil.
iy, aud with an anxious desire If becoming nc.
quainlco with our respective duties. We claim
To have been gentlemen when We Joined the ar.
my ms volunteers, and we intend to hc treated a.
such while we are IL the service. We fully nc.
knowledge your right to command. end will obey
all legal orders issued by you. whatever your
bearing towards us may be. We design no in.
.uhordina,lon or mu,iny. But. sir. your rieh,
10 command does no, include the rsh, to n.ul,
NJ. We therefore demand the unqualified 70.
traction OF the offensive expressions respecting
tho officers OF the Illinois regiments.
awe have the honor 10 DO
Respectfully, yours, &c"
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Before presenting this paper, how
ever, it was determined TO get tie
statement of Maj. Bell, of the dra-
goons, who was present when the
conversation between Gen. w. and
Capt. NJ. took place. That Major
b. would verify the statement of
Capt. NJ, they had little doubt, as
he had related to the 1t. Colonel Of
the Cd Regiment the conversation
nearly word for word as Capt. M.
had stated it. SO note was sent
to Maj. b., cncamped about 10 miles
OF, informing him of what was going
on, and what was desired. The of.
fcers had unlimited confidence in
Maj. b., for if there was a man in
the command that disliked the Gen
cral, they supposed it was he. Maj.
B. read the note and sat down and
wrote reply, the substance of
which was that lie knew all about
the conversation, but could not re-
tail it, unless authoritatively called
upon. This took the officers some
what aback, but they were COM
pletely COMPOUNDED when they found,
at evening, that tie messenger to
Maj. Bell had hardly turned bis back
before the Major mounted his horse,
and came in and informed General
Wool Of all that was going on, and
then, in the presence of Col. Har-
din and several others, positively
denied that he had ever heard any
such conversation whatever, or that
he Lad ever heard Gen. Wool use
such harsh language towards the
Illinois officers on that or any other
other occasion. OF course General
Wool also denied having used the
language imputed to him, and thus
he easily crept out of the diihculty,
and the volunteer officers were foil
cd. There was but one thing left
for them. They nevertheless pre-
sented the papeS to Gen. Woot, who
of course has paid no attention to
it, and cm Major Bell, and there the
matter rests. Tie conduct Of Maj,
b. in this matter is very singular,
though not utterly unaccountable.
His dislike Of tho General may have
been feigncd, TO keep on the right
side of Col. Harney, under whose
command he had been. Or if real.
Col. II. having been sent away, and
Maj. B. put at the head of the dra-
goons, may have been a sufficient
snGriter TO appease him. And then
he doubtless supposed the difficulty
to be one in which the West Point
gentry were again on one side and
the volunteers on the other, and he
naturally few TO the rescue of the
"rottcn institution" and its spawn.
This whole matter-both TIE das.
tardly attempt, on the most limsy
prctcxt, to blast the fair fame of one
of Illinois most distinguished sons,
and the insulting treatment of the
whole body Of volunteer officers, has
created state Of feeling here, that
bodies everything but harmony and
good feeling in the command. What
ever Gen. Wool's qualifications may
be to command, nothing he can ever
do can give the volunteers conf
dence in him; and they will obey
him only as the horse does the ri
der, being constrained by The bride
of discipline, but there is no cheer
FL! acqniescence. or acting upon an
order with implicit confidence that
whatever it may be, it is dictated
by wisdom, and for the best.
The Trouble. Ia Ins.nc 40. Illinois.
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)HN Il. CanTHERs. JESSE $. PlI2ER,
CROTHERS & P.TZER,
Attorneys at Law.

Osr.go, KendaH Cjmty, Illinois.
VIII Practice Law inthe counties OF Kendall
..l = ul., Kane, DE Kalb, viii aud Dupasc,
"a \gracy ~ collecting business entrusted.
.ths IN either Of the above counties, will re-.
sls- pro spt attention. OuregO, April |. lsiG
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DIR. JOSEPH STOUT.

Ofers his Protestant services to the citizens
at ONs~i and vicinity. O,hce on La sale st.,
OF she room occupied hy the late Dr. HurIbu,
OuG-l, Iune II, 1915. Ism
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The streets Of our city have this day been inun
dated with about Vera Cruz. 1t has been said
that the city had surrendered without firing gun-and
that the Castle of San Juan de Uua had been blown up
Neither Of these Is correct far at least a. the
Government is now advised The facts are these
letter, which we have SEEN has been received thi:
day from Havana which states that on the previous eve
ming the steamer Mississippi had arrived from vera
Cruz having taken the place Of the unfortunate Tweed
which has been recently shpwrecked on the coast
From the reliable accounts brought by her IL would sp
pear that santa Anna had ordered the troops be with
drawn from the city leaving the Castle % defend itself
According 70 order Issued by Anna it appears
that his troops 10 make stand a, the Puerto Nscon
altae National Brdgeabout . miles from Vera Cruz
This Is strong military position.
The writer OF this letter has sent also late Havana pa
pers to Washington. We hope 10 have the opportunity
of laying some Transitions before our readers they
should contain anything worthy Of particular notice
We learn, also through the channel of the letter
from Havana, that revolution had broken out in
Yucsan-that the Csmpeachy or Independent party
have been defested-the party favorable to Mexico
which has been suspended since the 18th January has
been restored and all the regulations adopted during
this interval have been abolished.
No news received from the army by this evening 4
Southern mail. No mail indeed. South OF Wilmington
North Carolina The Enquirer OF this morning states
report that q" a bearer OF dispatches to Washington
passed through Richmond yesterday. This Is mis-
take. No passenger through at all from New Or
leans TO Washington. Nor have any dispatches been
received from camps the Rio Grande or West d
IL Wash. Union, 29th
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Mexican Account of the Battle,

The following from the Tampico Sentinel gives
the Wexican account Of the battle Of Buena Vista
which TO our mind, is as conclusive proof OF our
victory as tha. which comes from Gen Tayloss
camp. III.
Our city was thrown into great state Of excite
men yesterday by the receipt OF news from gan
Luis Potosi giving the particulars OF Dioouy en-
eaeement between the American forces under Gen
Taylor and those of the Mexicans under Ten
Santa Anna, at a point called Buena Vista.
As these details are from Mexican journal we
of course have 10 receive them such, and give
them lust so much cFedence as each individual may
suppose them TO be worth, making proper allow
ance for the known disposition Of the people 20 ex-
aggsrate everything, from the noble conflict Of two
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II " The NewJersey Ship" or the relief o;
the starving in ireland hes taken in much frcgh
she safely carry the bar and expected
10 leave for Jersey City today. where she will receive
the remainder Of her cargo. which viii follow her to
ths; place ia lighter. The provision now slowed in
her hold consists Of 1916 barrels Of meal beans 10
Of corn So Of wheat d0ur, hnd Of smoked shoulders
Also HOP bags Of meal n OF corn and Of beans-Inak-
Ing Two bags being counted barely l7l9 barrels
Ia all which added 70 800 barrels from the
lighter will increase ths cargo 10 over 200 barrels The
Committee have in their possession 5000 And the pro
mise Of large increase from other parts Of the state
toward frsighting another ship. Newark ADV.
II Mr.. VIM II. Macisriard Of Richmond. Va.
Treasurer OF the fund for the relief OF reand acknow-
lodges the receipt Of S564 s. from various sources
which is 10 be transmitted for the relief OF the sufferers
in relsud.
q We regret TO learn that Senator BEERS
since the death Of his already announced has lost
another and that third was lying AZ the last accounts
dangerously III. Alb. Argus.
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FARTHER FROM TAMPICO AND THE
BRAZQS.

Through the courtesy of gentleman who arrived
ON Monday evening from Tampico, we were placed
in possession Of FL lSoiiddO de Ia PGtrla, dated
eth February, at San Luis Potosi- The paper
opens with sounding editorial headed as follows
Viva Ia Republica Viva ell lllustre Cen santa
Anna "
The article is devoted to the praise of Gen Santa
Anna. and forms the introduction TO the official dis
patch from him and To several letters from ohcers
of his army We have already given a translation
of this dispatch 1t was addressed to haman Ad-
anne. Governor of the State of San LUIS Potosl
The Editor then remarks that other letters nave
been received by private citizens OF San LUIS
written from Aqua Nueya on the cath Feb. These
letters say that two Commissioners had arrived
there from Gen. Taylor demanding their surrender
that Santa Anna exhibited TO them the state OF his
army showing them the enthusiasm and declsiou
that prevailed among the troops who had iaen oach
to that point only for the purpose OF obtaining 1000
and finally gave them as his definite reply, that
unless they surrendered at discretion. he would re
new the battle the following day and continue II
until he had completed their destruction.
Then follows an address of the Governor OF San
Luis 10 his countrymen dated the 27th recapitu
Iating Santa Anna's dispatch and cosgratuatine
the people upon the victory, OF which, IN the most
emphatic language, all the glory is attributed tc
Santa Anna.
Next follows private letter, dated the enemy
camp" P. NJ of the 23d, in which the winter
claims that they have taken four positions, two
standards and three pieces OF artillery. The " Pc
sitons he says were obstinately defended
He thinks only four prisoners are m their posses
sion all the others taken are dead. This letter was
written before Santa Anna fell back 10 Aqua Nueva
Itconfesses that they the Mexicans have lost many
oficers-out of all proportion 10 the men
The letter goes on b say that the Mexican troops
are perishing of hunger and thirst that they had
eaten nothing since leaving Encarnacion' save
Slice of roasted meat at La Naea. II expresses
great fears lest the army should disbsnd that night
on account Of their deprivations
The same letter says that Santa Anna haa
horse killed by grape-shot.
A postscript 10 the letter says: :" Amer closing
nv letter the General in Chief, convinced doubt
that the army would disband unless itobtaned iood
and water. ordered It to move 20 Aqua NueNa a.
where there are cattle and water-wHer before
every thing.
The postscript adds that they have lost about
a thousand men. many general officers killed and
wounded, and among the latter Gen LoTaoaTdtnl.
A letter from Catoros. dated the 2sd ult that an
action was fought at Encantanda ON the Z4th' ID
which Gen. Minon won victory, taking SIX pieces
of artillery killing three hundred and making some
prisoners