The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-12-03
From, the Raleigh Standard.

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RESIGNATION OF COL. d. x. McR.r
The following letter Of resignation frou
BIOL. McRae to Gov. Vance, will surnris,
oolnany. The reasons he gives for the s,er
lre such as to satisfy his friends and the
public. ifdevotion to the cause, unblench.
dig courage, hard service and hard fiphtinp
atatIne man to promotion, surely Col.
McRae has merted it:
n = Headquarters 9Th N. z. Regiment
Near Sharpsburg, Va, Nov. l4th, 1862.
I'd GOVERNOR: Ihaye, this day, rendered "a
Ehe Adjatant General Of the Confedera,e
Estates, the resignation of INV Commission
speSelved from the Governor Of North Caro-.
E d IA as Colonel Of the 5th Regiment of her
aa3tate Troops.
al am constrained to do so, because. con.
hpstently with my sense Of dignity and self
respect, ! Can no longer serve the govern.
nent OF the Confederate States.
have now been in the service about
Nineteen months. With the exception Of
elhout twenty-five days. sick, I have never,
suen absent from the post Of duty. have
nyfyed under several commanders, and
1--WE never. in. a single instance, encoun 1
sfred reproof. My division commander.
N Major General Hill, endorses upon nv re.
stgnation, in substance" have three
slmes recommended Col. Nc Rae for promo.
cdon. North Carolina has. furnished more
hoops and has fewer general officers than
e1ny. other State. approve Col. McRae's
designation, believing that his self-respectl
acquires it"
. Lieut.. General Longstreet and. Brig. |
no be taken and cesd ~ S9asE All q whSa
or other officer appointed by the law Of his State to
administer oaths land his authority 10 administer oath
must be certified by the clerk of court Of record un.
der The seal Of the court.
AL Assistant Quartermasiers to whom The said lax
is rendered will receive ndrecep for H. and pay The
same into the Treasury of the Confederate States,
without unreasonable delay The enrolling officer
will receive The receipt and forward il TO the Comman-
dant If Conscripts. by whom il will be forwarded 10
the Quariermasttr General, who will charge the AS.
sisant Qunrlermasler with the amount received by
him.
VIII. Provisions against Erforiion.
|. When application for exemption is made by any
shoemaker, tanner, blacksmith, wagonmaker, miller
mill engineer or mwright, not in the employment, of
any company establishment, but working Tor him.
SELF the party seeking exemption shall state IN wit.
ing, under OATH. that he is skilled aud ariall, en-.
poyed ~ his said trade that he il habitually enV,r.
cd IN working for The public; that the products OF bis
labor, while exempt from military service shall mi he
sold exchanged or barered for price exceeding The
cost Of production and seventyfve per cent. profit
thereon; and that he will mol. by any arrangement.
shift ccnrivance. eyadc the law, or receive great
or price or reward than il allows.
2. Where application il made 10 exempt surcrin.
tendcnts and operatives in wool and cotton factories
and paper mills and superintendent and managers
OF wool.cardng machines. soenakets, tanners. black.
smiths, wagon makers millers. mill engineers or mill.
wrghls not working for themselves, but in the EN-.
poyuIent Of some company establishment, The pre-.
sident some director, il The company he incorpnri
ted II not the proprietor Of The business Of II there
be firm, sonc partner therein. shall make oath in
writing that the said supcrintendents operatives man.
ayers or mechanics as the case may be, are skilled
and actually employed in the said vocatons that they
are habituay working for the public; that they are
absolutely necessary for the successful prosecution of
the business of tic concern that tho pfoducs thnrcof