Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-08-07

EnsFesp asntS.
Our correspondent !. Worrel' = Of Wilmington, il
appssls from ~ hllo~iag correspondence, has, ne
doubt not Inadvertently, done injustice to some per-
SOM Who were fdrInsr residents u ilmisstea, and
perhaps incidentally to those xho have bpsidass -
iations with them II iscerninly notonr wish, nor
do We believe it is the wish Of orrell, to do in
justice TO any man living or dead OF the parties
named we, knew nothing, nor did we know to whom
onr correspondent alluded We therefore very cheer.
fully give publicity to the annexed letters in order
to remove the odiun which may have been cast up
on the parties BY the article of our correspondent
1t can hardly be necessary for to say to ali our
correspondents that the Standard cannot be made
the vehicle Of unkind or unjust attacks upon the
character ofany one yes it must be evident to al,
that At time like this, when the words and acts of
persons Of Northern birth are so rgidy scrutiuized
they must be able to show entirely clear record
they expect to escape public criticism.
This criticism is rendered the more necessary, by
fact brought to light by the recent battle At Manas
"a. It's said, that among the killed and wounded
Of the enemy, persons have been recognized who hut
few weeks ago left Virginia, and who had been for
some time residents in5that State
But these facts need not give uneasiness to any
man living in the South, who was born North
That fact of ITSELF does not subject any man to
picion, any more than it does those who were born
in Europe Mems pords and acts determine their
geographical proclivities at once under existing cir
cumstauces. We have among the residents of this
City, number Of gentlemen who were born and
raised at the North and whose relations there are
very adverse to us and to them, but we have not
heard the first word Of suspicion expressed in re-
gard to them. And why? Simply because their
whole demeanor indicates and has for years that
they are gentlemen, and that they are Nth US
Loud-mouthed professions of devotion to the South
or abuse Of the North, by men of Northern birth,
not the only tests to people of their fidelity
They have permanent interests and affiliations here
which inspire confidence, and their position in this
crisis Is not doubtful
WnHNGros, n. G., Aug. 2, 1861.
Mr. w. W. Holden:
DEAR SIR: Your correspondent "Worrell" from
this place, does not always state taets as the
case in his last letter. dated the 9th ult, in which
he states that j. l. u. and j. R. B. sneaked away
lar statement in letter to the Richmond Dispateh
about weeks ago. and to prove that both are un
true, enclose you letter from Col John McRae
President Of the Bank of Wilmington.
Yours respectfully, WIN. R UTLEY.
WILMINGTON. Aug. 2, 1861.
Nix. EDITOR: Ny attention was called to u com
municstion IN your paper of the 3lst ult in which
writer, under the signature of Worrell" reflect.
upon two parties under the initials of j. L. H. ane
| J. R. B., which no doubt mean Jas. L. Hathaway
and Jas. T. Blossom, and in which he does them a
least the injustice of charging that they sneaket
away from this place. Mr.. Hathaway went Norti
before the war had fairly commenced, at the soci
tation of the Bank of Wilmington, and was in it
employ till about the middle of last month. Mr
Blossom left openly and with the consent Of the au
thorities here and both he and Mr.. H.. at that tim
declared their intention of returning; but alege,
that they were subsequently deferred in part, a
least from doing by the feeling of hostility evlnc
I'd against them since their departure from thi
place | make these remarks in justice to the par
ties directly implicated, and more especially for tn
vindcation OF the parties referred TO having chars
of their business, both Of whom are good ana ia.tI
full citizens. JOHN McRAE