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For the Standard.

For the Standard.
MeRaANroN, N c., Nov 6, 1851,
IF. ~. Holden, Eq.:
DlAR SIN: Owing to the fact that the State prin.
Ter has NOT published the laws passed by the late
General Assembly, and the further likelihood Of his
never publishing them, we who are bound to obey
and observe the laws whether we know them or not
under the old maxim "gnorantia legis not ercuset,
are now in beautiful state Of doubt and perplexi,y
The Judge on this circuit has recently held court in
Buncombe, Madison and Yancey countless and found
out at the end Of Yancey court that he was "ahcad
Of time" consequently he stopped the train, and
while the engine was cooling, he took little trip
down to Robson county to see his family. He IS
now this far On his way back to hold court in Mitch
ell county Our inferior Judges, the Justices of the
courts OF Pleas and Quarter Sessions, seeing that
Judge has been caught in trap, are getting little
scared themselves and afraid to hold their courts
at the usual times lest they too may be little too
fast and be laughed at by US common folks for not
knowing the proper times to hold their own courts
We can sortsr excuse down the country Judge
for not knowing much, but it will never do for
mountain 'Squires not to know when to hold court
and We are determined if they make mistake to
report them to Mr. Spelmar the Editor of the State
Journal, and let him haul them over the Goals for
their ignorance We know he will do it, and do 1t
we'll too for it is excuse for them that the laws
have not been published, that same old maxim zig
norantia egis," de-, applies to them though it
may not to Judge Of the Superior Courts
LINVILLE.
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PAY OF CHAPLANs.-A Southern journal objects
to the restoration to the pay of Chaplans to $50
month, and insists that $50 month, which is good
deal more than the privates get is amply sufficient.
Well, if the same standard is applied to the pay of
all the officers, we, for one should certainly concur
with our Southern contemporary. We believe that
in the Southern army Colonel gets s175 per
month; Lieutenant Colonel $40; Major $780,
Captain S105; First Lieutenant 500; Second
Lieutenant $50. The question IS, why of all the
officers the Chaplain, whose pay at the best was
only equal to that of Second Lieutenant, should
now be reduced to $50. Doubtless, if the pay of
the other officers were made equal to that of the
men, the Chaplains might be we'll content to share
in the general sacrifice. At the same time whilst
the pay Of officers is nearly double that in the
Federal service we must not be understood as urg-
ing its reduction to that of the private The pay Of
the private however, ought to be increased though
we are well aware that it is not for pay that airy
private has entered the Southern army. There are
few men in our ranks who would ever have entered
for the nominal pay. They willing to serve for
nothing if they can achieve success and so far from
complaining of the adequate pay of officers, they
would be willing to see higher price paid for
the superior military knowledge and experience
which can alone give efficiency and success to their
own movements So far as Chaplans are concern
ed, we know a case in which regiment rather than
lose the service of a most popular and admirable
Chaplain, who was utterly unable to support his
family on the reduced pay, raised themselves the
difference between the old and reduced salary, an
act which redounded to the credit of both the reg-
ment and the ciergyman.-RieA. Dispatch
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We agree most cordially with those Of our cotem-
poraries who have advocated the raising Of the pay
Of the soldiers. The officers are already handsome
~ paid They reap in an especial degree the honors
Of the war. Their names figure conspicuously in
the official dispatches and in the laudatory accounts
of newspaper correspondents. The privates endure
far greater hardships and privations. The great
majority of them poor and have left their ami-
lies at the caof their country to struggle along as
they best could slight addition to the pay Of the
private would not add seriously to the burdens of
the war and its debt while it would augment great
ly the means which the defenders of our soil would
be able to devote to those they love One argument
alone would suffice for the increase 1t Is the rise
in value of nearly all the necessares Of life For
these reasons We feel assured that one Of the very
first acts Of the Confederate Congress- when it re.
assemblies will be to raise the pay Of the soldier in
the ranks. Any delay in this measure Of justice
will provoke feeling of Indignation viii not fail to
take account of those who may stand in the way
Richmond Examiner.
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In the rapid exhaustion Of all sorts Of s,rr,;o,
the South, we must look for an alternative or ra's
either in the raising of the blockade or in the nro
and enterprisng aid of Southern capital in the "rp
ducton and manufacture of various articles Of
necessity. We have plenty of corn and Honr rioe
and tobacco, and cotton but very little of arvtbns
else: As winter approaches, many of our snpnj;as
are being fast exhausted Our markets are na,rl,'
bare of candles, cotton, starch soap, OIL bacon rs
fined sugars, salt iron, Shoes clothing and Other
necessary supplies. ''''
The demand for bacon, an article of prime neces.
sity is largely in excess of the supply with exceed
ingly small stocks in the hands Of dealers Rim
Examiner '''
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DECEPTION. -Nine-tenths Of the alleged inhuman-
ity of mankind is owing to their being deceived
hasten to relieve it. BY veracity, we charm in
versstion by trustworthiness we render friends
loving and secure, add to the general confidence of
men in men, and by thus strengthening the foun-
dations Of society, acquire the right of an analogous
personal sense Of worth and firmness. Truth gives
Of security to the feebest man. as lying does
of insecurity to the strongest. The true man has
but one answer to give to interrogators, one story
to tell theIl face Ia, show them, nobody's face
to fear. x
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SECRETARY SCENARIOS ORDER CDNCEKN-
ING SLAVE DESERTERS.
The following order was sent out with the SON.
manders Of the forces ceempanying tl.s great sx'
u Wan DEpxxrxssF, Oct. IA, 1851
SIR: In conducting smiltnry operations within
States declared by the proclamation Of the President
to be in state Of insurrecton, you will govern
yourself 80 far persons held to service under the
laws OF such States are concerned, by the princi-
Piles of the letters addressed by me to Maj General
Butler on the Doth of.May and the 9Th Of August
copies OF which are herewith furnished to you. As
special directions, adapted to special circumstances
cannot be given, much must be referred to your
own discretion as Commanding General OF the ex-
petition You will, however, IN general, avail your
self of the services of any persons whether fugl-
tives from labor or not, who may offer them to the
national government; you will employ such per-
sons in such services as they may be fitted for, eth
as ordinary employees, or if special circumstan-
stances seem to require it, in any other capacity,
with such organization, in squads companies, or
otherwise, as you deem most beneficial to the ser
vice. This, however, not to mean general arming
OF them for military service. You will assure all
loyal masters that Congress will provide just com
pensaon to them for the loss of the services OF the
persons employed 1t is believed that the Course
thus indicated will best secure the substantial rights
of loyal masters. and the benefit to the United
States of the services Of all disposed to support the
government while it avoids all interference with
the social systems local institutions of every State
beyond that which insurrection makes unavoidable,
and which restoration of peaceful relations to the
Union, under the Constitution will Immediately
remove. Respectfully,
SIMON CAMERON, secy of War.
BRIG. GEN. T. W. SHERMAN,
Cong Erp. to Southern Coast.
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The SUGAR AND MoLAssEs CRor-The nrosno
OF the sugar crop which is expected to eSa"s
100000 hhds beingby arthe largest ever tseeed
IS causing some question among planters and daa
as 70 what course will most conduce to the intsrsas
OF al parties concerned An address to the plantes
IN the New Orleans Crescent suggests that onx ,h
nest sugar be thrown en- the market inferior anal. ,Ts
ties beng kept for refining that all the n fu;.
,,3 mo, oe converted INTO rum as domestic spirit
VII. DC paying article; that only three hs Of ,bs
crop be sent to market the remainder bein. b ,s
over that shipments be made early to sn,s,; nea
any hostile interruptions, and that other
depots be established outside of New Orleans '.'1'
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THE PASSION FOR WEALTH--Dr. South often
spoke the truth with scorching tongue. In one Of
his sermons the worshippers Of wealth are visited
with this terrible but just sentence: "They believe
in no god but nammon, no devil but the absence Of
gold mo damnation but being poor, and no hell but
an empty purse"
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SOUTHERN YANKEES.-As We beat back the North
ern Yankees they rising up in our midst in the
shape of statesmen of various kinds. We charge
every man IN the South of being Yankee, worse
than a Simon pure Northern Yankee, who takes ad.
vantage of the blockade in charging extravagant
prices for anything he has for sale While the
soldiers are in camps, and pure, patriotic men and
women are at home laborlng and sacrificing for their
comfort these vampires are charging the most ex-
travagant prices for everything they have for sale
whether is purchased for the poor soldier in the
field for their fellowcitizens at home. This is no
time for speculation; the man who is guilty of it
has no patriotism and is worshipper of mammon.
Mark such men and remember them in future. We
are willing that statesmen should have reasonable
per cent for their articles but take advantage of
the necessities of the people and the Confederate
Government and grind the face Of ALL is the quint-
essence of heartless Iankeeisn. Among the rest
the factories are running up their figures at enor-
nous rates. In free country like this We know of
no way to punish such home vandalism unless by
bringing down, with milestone power, public op,n-
ion upon them, and making them Kissing and
by.word among all patriotic men and women.
We see the press is everywhere holding up these
pocket pirates to public gaze in all their moral de-
formity. Continue to give it to them South
Western Raptist.
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HEADQUARTERS,
LIST CnrnS Army of the Potomac.


Near Centreve, Va, Oct Esd. 1867
GENERAL Orders No. "a.
The General Commanding in communicating to
his army corps General Orders No. AZ, dated Octo-
Der 22d, 1861, from the Headquarters of the Army
of the Potomac, must avail himself of the occasion
to express his confident hope that all of his CON-
nand, officers and men. by the brilliant achievement
of their comrades in Of the 18th Brigade, the
2lst inst, will he assured Of our ability to cope
ces>fully with the foe arrayed against us in whatso
ever force he may offer battle. Under the inspra-
ton of IA just cause defending all we hold dear on
earth, worth living for and with the manifest aid
Of the God of Battles, we can and must drive our
invaders from tine soil Of Virginia, despite their
numbers and their long accumulated war equipage
SOLDIERS OF THE 1sr CoRps-Your enemy is de-
moralized by these defeats; his numbers give but
temporary confidence, which at all times you can
dissipate in an instant when animated by the reso-
luton to conquer or die facing him. After the sue
cess of the 7th Brigade in the conflict Of the 2lst
October, no odds must discourage or make you
doubtful of victory, when you are called upon by
your General to engage in battle.
BY command of General Beauregard
(Signed) THOMAS JORDAN,
A. A. General
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FoRGvENEss. that man whowiii not forgive
remember that he breaks the only bridge over which
he, himself can ever pass to Heaven. -
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NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTION

DEAF AND DUMB AND THE BLIND.
VuNHE NEXT SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTION
u will commence on Monday, the 2nd day Of Sep.
TENDER, and continue TEN MONTHS Pupils should
be sent in puncuny at the of be session.
Having full corps of Teachers in the different Depart
mens, it is to be hoped that the parents and friends Of
receive the benefits of an educaton ANY information
to the method Of admitting pupils, &c will be given
upon application to me, by letter otherwise
WILLIE ]. PALMER, Principal.
Raleigh, August lS, It'll 74-w&swSm
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For the Standard.
LESorR, Caldwell Co., N. G., !
Nov. Z, 1861.
Editor of the Standard :


Editor of the Standard:
DEAR SIR:-As your paper has considerable
circulation i'll our county, the members Of the Sol
ders' Aid Society for Caldwell" will be obliged
to you if you will publish tie following notice,
order that the ctizel's of the county may be ap
priced of the existence of our organization and
what is being done for the Caldwell soldiers
Our companies were we'll equipped before they
left home, and the efforts of the Society form very
small part of what has been done by the people OF
the county. The "Solders' Aid Society for Cald-
well County," has been organized two months
During that time, We have received from members
of the Society and other contributors the following
articles as supplies for volunteers in the field:
Ninety seven blankets, 223 pair socks, la shirts
SO pair pants, 81 pair drawers IL coats, ~ towels,
8 comforters, quilts and comforts, pillows, and
2 overcoats. Also, Hospital stores as follows
1000 feet bandages, 30 pillows 81 pllowcases, "a
sheets. one mattrass, l2 comforts and quilts, 6
blankets, % towels, sets curtains, 26 shirts,
pair pants, coats 20 pair drawers, Is pair socks,
10 handkerchief table cloth, half dozen cups and
saucers and teapot 3 dozen candles, 2 gallons of
brandy, IA bottles wine and cordial, bottles lemon
syrup, gallon honey, 81 gallons vinegar, II lbs.
dried beet, lbs. arrow-root bushels dried fruit,
II lbs. Int - lbs muttonsuet jar pickles, jar
damsons, sponge, dressing gown, 80 copies New
Testament, quantity OF sppery-elm, sage, pepper,
Cayenne mustard, hax-seed, hops, &c.
The supplies for the volunteers have been equally
divided between the COMPANIES The Hospital
stores have been sent-one box to 10Th regiment
N. c. VS., at Transport, one to 26th regiment n.
c. VS. at Carolina City, and one to n. G. Hospital,
at Petersburg, Va. All articles marked for ndvid-
uals, or for particular companies, have been for
warded as directed
LAURA L. NORWOOD, Sec'y.
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PoTAToEs.-We have the finest soil and climate
in the world for the growth of potatoes and vet we
have allowed the Yankees to supply us. Let it be
so no longer.
We have enumerated but few articles: we might
have extend the list indefinitely Everything that
the Yankees supply us with we can produce our.
selves, and let us fall to it at once like men who &C.
cep their position and are not afraid to look It in
the face. We are in favor of trade as free as Dos
sible with all other nations; but let US, if we can.
put an end to all future intercourse with Yankee.
dom. Tax them, say We discriminate against them:
load down their commerce until it sinks beneath the
burthen. They deserve this for the rascally war
they are waging against us.-Rich. Dispatch
Gov. Brown of Ga, in his late message saws that
georgia now has 30 regiments in the ield-recom.
mends the issue of Treasury notes by the State and
an advance to cotton planters to two-thirds of the
crop. He is severe upon the spectators upon ar
tices of prime necessity and urges the adoption of
summary measures. He with Gov. Pickens of S.
G. recommend that the State paw the war tax
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The MORAL OF TUE LEEsBURG VIcToRY.-The vic
tory of Leesburg not only glorious in ITSELF but
is inspiring as brilliant example to army, and
an aninat,ng aud encouraging illustration of what
can he by asmilar spirit resolution
The heroes of that fight have thus rendered their
country double service and Gen. Beauregard in
rendering them the generous praise due to their
gallantry, appropriately and eloquentiy calls upon
his whole command to deduce the legitimate lesson
from SO shining an exploit in the following army
order
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is believed that the great naval feet only car.
ries fifteen regiments.
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I. APPLES. --Here is another article f., u.,.,
have become dependent upon the Yankees "'ich We
is fact that along the whole extent Of ~ne it
road terminating in Richmond, there are ,ryy rail-
cultivated thousands upon thousands Of acrss un-
one Of which could be converted into an every
Is that the Virginia grown apple excel,
IN Don. % 10 a,or 10 greatly that there
They have nothing that approaches s o"r 'n n
(cailed the Abemarle pippin, though it W.. p'ppn'
mon apple when Albemare was scarcely ont as com
forest our Priers red, cheese apple o. the
tw'g and dozen other varieties 1t is well, i,,oer'
that the Yankee apple trahsplanted to this c Hnown
acquires flavor which it never has on It., s nns:
50 finest specimen of apples ever pressn,s sS
there are thousands of orchards, as tbsra' ~here
through that country. Let us have our own are arc all
and 40 not tear hereafter that the Yankees p,es
compete with our own producers-Rieh Nv, VIII
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4 GOOD CHANCE TO BUY CLOTHING
AT FAIR PRICES.
Clothing of all the Different Grades,
AT
HARDING'S.

THE STOCK IS WELL ASSORTED.
SMALL AND LARGE SIZE, MEN CAN BIZ Y1rrED)
WYE HAVE OPENED WITHIN THE LAST WEEK
w the following Garments:
500 BLACK and C0LORED CLOTH FROCK COATS
from $40 to $50
200 FRENCH CASHMERE BUSINESS COATS-from
$l2 to $l5.
100 LOWER PRICED BUSINESS COATs--from IS
to s. so.
500 PAIRS OF NEAT AND HANDSOME COLORED
CASHMERE PANTS-from Il to SIC
500 PAIRS BLK DOE SKIN PANTS-from 81 to SO
300 OVER COATS-at various prices.
900 HANDSOME vESTS-Rch vevets, Rick Silks Cas-.
smere and Cashmere, of all the various qualities.
At fair prices.
We sell only for CASH
E. L. HARDING.
Raleigh, n. C., tSov. ], 1861. 96-w&swlm
e4g register copy. "
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PAY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARNy.-What-
ever comparisons may be Instituted between the
pay of army and that Of the regular service in
the old Government, there still remains no doubt
that the standard of pay in army is extravagant,
and founded entirely on false basis. The old regu
lar service furnishes no just criterion for our voun-
teer system. The volunteer does not regard, or
should not regard his military engagement
source of support. He makes temporary sacrifice
Of his welfare and hurres to the aid of his country,
under the impulses Of duty and patriotism.
The compensation allowed officers in army is
little less thai. enormous, in view of all the cOnd
tons and circumstances of our war. To sec wheth
er or not this war is conducted expensive
SCALE let US, for moment, calculate the cost Of
single regimen: in the field for one month. Say
that it is composed of $50 men, which is at least
an average and We find that the aggregate cost per
month amounts to the enormous sum Of $l3,S5O, Of
which sum the prvates, 750 in number, get IS, 250,
very little more than half the amount.
In a single regiment the sum oftwo or three thou
sand dollars might be saved and then the pay of the
officers be ample if not even extravag'nt. This
saving would be considerable In the State of Eir-
ginia tfore are more than sixty regiments in the
field. The amount saved, by the lowest estimate
would be $l2D0O0 per month, which would be
nearly million and a half per annun.
As another instance OF extravaganza in the con-
duct of the war; We have large number of naval
officers employ ed, without any service for them, and
in many instances, simply from the fact that they
were in the old United States service. We are in
formed by gentleman that he has seen employed
at u little battery Of about dozen guns. a naval
captain and his three lieutenantS drill masters
gunner, ship carpenter and an engineer.
The extravagant standard of pay in our army is
another of the false limitations and springs of the old
United States Government, and is to be properly re-
formed basis entirely independent Of Federal
precedents. aud looking severely to the condition
and demands Of new and signal government
Richmond Eranainer
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CAMP WILKES. n. c.. Nov. 8. 1851.

MIX. EDITOR: Presenting that Your numerous
readers in Western North Carolina are anxious to
hear something definite and reliable from the 26th
Regiment again ask room in your paper for few
lines in reference to what has been done in our Reg
iment since my last.
First and foremost among the news items, | must
mention the wreck of the steamer Union. She
went ashore on last Saturday morning about 4
o'clock, seventeen miles south west of Fort Macon.
The vessel had sprung leak in the gale the night
BEFORE and was making her way for Fortress Mon
roe, when by error of the Captain as to the lat
titude of Cape Hatteras, she ran ashore. She was
new vessel, acting transport for the celebrated
fleet, of which SO much has been written. Captain
Garvin was in command, and Mr. Parry of fire
company notorie:y, was the chief engineer. The
crew consisted of seventy five Yankees and two
groes. Twenty-three valuable horses have been Sc
cured by our regiment, together with large guam
tty of harness, and upwards of two hundred blan-
kets. The engine is very fine one, and will do
good service in some capacity. There were two
r,fed cannon on board. but they have not yet been
found, as they threw them off as they found
that they were running ashore Quite number Of
pistols, knives and small arms have been secured.
They broke their rifles before leaving them, but the
barrels are good Three large casks of powder fell
into our hands, and variety of other articles of
value. The Yankees surrendered to our regiment.
From their conversation it that most of them
engaged IN the war LOT the sole purpose OF procuring
| subsistence One of them remarked that if the
Union had not previously been sundered, it had
been that night and into more pieces than two
| From the amount of wood and provisions thrown
out all along the coast the fleet must have suffered
! severely.
| The Albatross and one other vessel are in sight
to-day. No appearance of an attack.
! Our regiment are in fine health and spirits but
tired and restless from inactivity. suppose We
shall shortly change our position to the main land,
in the rainy it will be impossible to re-
| main here In the meantime shall inform you of
| any important occurrence