Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-05-26

Ihe NeWDern Progress, no" puo'>i04 y
the Yankees, in its. issue Of the 21st April,
says that Hon. Edward stanly, formerly Of
this State but now of California, has been
appointed by Abe Lincoln Military Governor
Of North Carolina, and that a despatch from
him, dated the 10Th Of April, states that he
will leave Calif,rnia in q .ew days, to assume
the duties of his office!
And the Newbern Progress Of the same
date, (2lst April contains an order from
Gen. Burnside, refusing permission to The
notorious Chas. Henry Foster to address a
political assemblage at Newbern, in which
the following language is used:
The President of the United States has
very wisely appointed a Provisional Govern
or for this State, who ls a native thereof,
and was at one time one of its most proml-
nent and influential citizens, and represents
at this moment, the views and feelings Of a
majority of the people of the State OF North
Carolina.
The Government will doubtless indicate
its civil policy to Gov. Stanly, and | cannot
consent in the meantime to embarraSS either
him or the Government, by Initiating myself
or allowing any one else TO initiate any civil
policy.
And we notice that the New York Herald,
in speaking of the evacuation of Virginia
and the falling back Of the troops further
South, and of the Danville and Greensboro
connection, says:
; "Their flight NAV, therefore, be over this
) route through the Cid North State, where,
] let as hope, they will be met by a sufficient
number of Union men in the Sovereign Con
"vention now assembled to send them further
on without the aid Of national AIMS"
. In the Richmond Enquirer we find the following ex-
tract from the n. Y. Herald of the 18th INST:
o The Hon. Edward stanly, a prominent citizen o.
North Carolina. who was formerly a member OF Con
d gress from the NeWbern district, and was previously
Speaker of the N. c.. Legislature and Attorney Cen
eral of that State, returned from California on the
=, Champion yesterday, and will soon proceed to occupy
the new position assigned to him as Provisional Gov
2 ernOr of North Carolina.
y Is it possible that Edward Stanly will con-
: sent to be the tool of the ABOLITION Ape Lin
Or coin to Cypress and degrade his native town
ID and State; and that some one has been de-
re luding the enemy with an opinion that the
or State Convention Of North Carolina are not
es true to the South! The suppositions are
n monstrous, but who knows what to think
- sW-The Petersburg Express says there is
49, a commendable feeling of security among oul
citizens though half a dozen Yankee gun
o. !Ein mouth of our river
1t is we'll known my caudo Us no harn
where they are and that it is an utter impos
cih;1itv for +hoO, 70 ocoop1 tho AnnOn1.tt0-
Die S'0i'i'y loi ''0ii 10 ASCENT JIG 0pp0""'''
be river. If they attempt to land their forces
on they will gain nothing, for we have a suffi
eS- cient force to repulse them. But there is
No ~ feel ng of great anxiety to know what the,
~, knew beforehand, what will happen, wha
he would we not do The war would soon los
IN ~ the interest that attaches to it.
nd
,av THE INFAMOUS PROCLAMATION OF GENERA
nd BUTLER.-It will be seen by the report in OF
. news columns that General Beauregard,
". an address published to his troops, has re
IN. ferred to the i~nfAiaous and beastly proclaim
ich ton of Major General Butler, of New Oh
leans, with respect to the women of tn;
~ city. TIL terms Of this proclamation are r
r to ported to be Of the most outrageous desert
Or ton. 1t is proposed that the yankee soldie
ner shall revenge themselves for any insult
yor3 'scorn by word, gesture, or movement, whi(
,me the women Of New Orleans may dare to o
fer to the invaders of their homes, by beir
Ger free to treat them in such circumstances
common women or harlots. The proposition
,au bravery and decency is a hide0us, but faitf
full, Characteristic of the Northern mind.
and any appeal was wanting to string the nerv
;v.d of our soldiers and to make them dedica
mes anew all they have Of labour, of blood, al
lest Vi nv ~ 'He uesH "' o"on0'
tho may be found in the vile and brutal proc
the nation of the notorious Ibertine and cowa
avs. who insults the unhappy fortunes Of NJ
The Orleans by a proposition to license in
boIa streets crimes as horrible as those Of
, r Sepoys.
1"s BURNING CoTToN.-Evcry paper from t
South brings us accounts Of the burning
ed it
parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkans
The people are represented as cheerfully
operating with the military in the process
been burning. The stealing yankee scoundr
,r in will therefore fail of their object of plund
ed. and Stewards promise to supply Europe w
IT, cotton from New Orleans, and other SOU
hnt o- ~ ~ l. In NJ. |