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A Couple of Secrets.

Friend Evans of the Milton Chronicls, having
been obliged to suspend for three weeks for the
want Of paper, which his friends here had sent him
by express" but which, be says instead of being
left at Hsboro was sent to Charlotte or to Texas,
les off his pentup wit handsomely. The follow
ing however, is rather more true than witty:
ave want to tell the people of the South couple
Of secrets, and briefly narrated, they are these
You will never achieve Southern Independence SO
long one. half if not two-thrds of our Southern
men t for the field hold back from it and wait for
draft and, when a draft comes, dodge, squirm
and try to get off, live get liberty and indepen-
dence every man able to kill Yankee must mani.
fest an anxiety to pitch into the fight and his cry
should be- "let NE ut the enemy" instead Of trying
to avoid the field The other secret is equally i'm
portantto our success. This desire Of one half of
our people to make fortunes out of the war by eat.
iEg the other half up, must be stopped. Men having
the necessaries of life to SELL must let them 90 at
moderate prices, and be willing to give them away
to the poor and needy unable to buy. The rich man
able, and generously throw open his pocketbook,
corn-crb and meathouse to his poor neighbors, in
stead of skulking the battlefield, locking up his
money and throwing the key away, and demanding
the most exorbitant prices n cash for every thing
be has to sell. We have too many Shylocks-too
many Southern Yankees, meaner by far than
Northern Yankee ever dared to be. They most he
put down-crushed out-or all our struggles for
independence will be vain. The farmer who has
corn and meat to SELL and who studies how to make
people pay him three prices for them, thinks that
that is helping along to whip the Yankees. He is
fool and is dong more to defeat the cause of the
South than whole Yankee regiment can do. The
same may be said of the merchant whose patri-
otsm consists in asking enormous prices on his
goods. To get Independence We must study how
to make sacriices-how to help each other along
and not how big pile of money We can make by
extortion, gougng, gaing robbing or stealing from
each other You must throw open your corn cribs
and meat houses to the poor, you must open your
pocket books and generously shell out your dimes
to the families Of poor men fighting for you You
must not promise to do great things for poor mans
family to get him to do that which you are afraid to
do for yourselves, and when he has gone to the bat
tie field refuse to half fulfil your copious promises
We speak as unto wise men, judge ye what we say"
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noASokE lslAsD.-Our readers are, perhaps by
TINS t'me growing tired Of any alluson 70 the course
pursued oy some Of the Virginia papers and letter
wr'tess' duplicating, without foundation, the gal.
iantfy OF the North-Csrolna troops 1t Roanoke
Island We give to-day an article from an intelli.
gent correspondent who was in the fght which We
hope will be enough for the present
Justice to the correspondent of tho Richmond
O.pateh, Bohemian, requires us to state that in
reply to the letter of It Col Fowle, published in
. late Standard, be has made the amsnde honorable
and in his reply gives Col. Fowis's letter In full
With explanations which We presume will be salts
factory 80 far as he is concerned His letter is too
long Tor our columns at present He says: ~.
" As far as possible, tried to give fair and
truthful statement Of facts and if failed to do go
1t was because was msled into error and not with
the deliberate intention of writing what was not
true. had no desire to impugn the courage Of the
:lst in saying they ran Immediately to their quar-
ters; for, after the enemy had taken the battery,
what else could they have done My only wonder
was that such panic should have seized the strug-
Cling band of soldiers saw half running, half walk
ing, in very frightened manner towards the upper
end of the island, and which I was told was the
3lst Col. Fowle intimates they were some other
men, and, as bad to depend entirely upon hearsay
as to who they were, have no reason to doubt it
and more especially as know Col. Fowle to be a
reliable gentleman and brave and intrepid officer.
Near the close Of his letter he says:
Hone Of us could speak in too high terms Of
those companies under Major Hill, in the fort who
fought the Navy for two days; Of those companies
who fought in the battery with the Virginians; or
of COL Green and his braves and against such over
whelming Odds Whenever failed to praise those
who deserved it. want Of information was the cause
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Rarains Town. and cities.


We bsieve those hair Drained people who have
bsen 90 bot for burning the towns aud citis, but
who very generally have no homes Of their own,
either to burn or to fall into the hands Of the enemy,
are growing cooler or scsrcsr. We are glad to zee
that the press very generally condemns such van
dalism. Those Who expect to 80 North as the enc
my advances South, or who expect to be driven into
the Gulf Of Mexico, may very well afford to waste
their gas in talking about burning towns and cities,
and firesides to the bitter end, and who hope to
drive the enemy from the lane, will want their dwell
lings and stores, &C., after the war is over. We
clip from the Charleston Mercury the following:
The New Orleans papers denounce, in bitter
terms, the scheme SO hippantly advocated by many,
of burning every town and city that cannot be kept
from the enemy's grasp The Bee says
"a great deal of crude and undigested stuff has
been written and spoken in reference to this sub
ject, and it is evident that many who press their
opinions do so without having previously taken the
trouble to examine them. There is sort of vague
idea afoat that we should in1ict terrible suffering
upon the Federals by burning those cities which he
is preparing to capture. This notion is founded on
the solitary and exceptional fact of the confagraton
OF Moscow, under circumstances altogether different
from any that can present themselves in our coun-
try. Moscow was given to the flames because it
had been selected as the winter quarters Of Napol
cons grand army because its destruction left that
immense host without shelter at the commencement
Of the terrible frosts of Russian winter. When
Moscow was burnt the French bad no place to fall
back upon but we're forced to turn their faces home
ward, and to begin retreat, the horrors of which
are without PARALLEL in history. The immolation
of Moscow was, therefore, act of the profoundest
wisdom. 1t overwhelmed the foe, and preserved
the Russian Empire from subjugation."
After remarking that the Yankees themselves
would be enrap:ured at the sight of our cities re-
duced to ashes by the burning patriotism Of the
South, the Bee concludes:
"Suppose New Orleans destroyed. Will the Hec-
tors and hot.heads, who so hippantly prate Of the
possibility of this consummaton, tell US where its
vast population its tender and helpless chill
dren, are to be sheltered? What city is there with.
in reasonable distance that could receive them -
Would they not be snatched from the flames to be
surrendered to more lingering death by famine
and exposure? But it is needless to dwell upon an
event which, in all human probability, will never
occur. Any persons attempting SO dagtious crime
as the destruction, by fire, of New Orleans, would
be regarded as the worst of public enemies, and
would be shot down or strung up to the nearest
lamp post with as little conpunction might be
felt at the killing of mad dog"
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A Coon MAN-The venerable Bishop Mead, Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church. died ia Richmond,
Va, on the l4th inst His end was like his life,
calm, peaceful and resigned It is said in his last
hours, he said to friend
"Tell your people to be more determined than
ever This is the most unjust and iniquitous war
that was ever waged. and we must be more deter.
mined than ever-God will give us success in His
own good time" s-,.s
Good, advice May his last words pross to be
prophetio at an early aaT -s,,s; - .r'-.s s~-1-
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Is IT POSSIBLE Our cotemporary of the Will
mington Journal has at length strained itself up to
the point of speaking out its opinion about the
"mltary heads" and "civil ones too" Of this rev.
olution 1t is right; they must be changed, or
their policy and practices changed, and that right
early or we are ruined. The Journal, alluding to
the Newbern disaster, says:
"There is one thing evident. The military heads
of this revolution must be greatly changed and will
he and the civil ones too. A concentration of
forces not less than ten thousand at each of two
points on the railroad could have saved both Roa-
noke Island ard Newbern. When the day of trial
came there was not a soldier at Goldsboro' or
Weldon" ~
Because the Standard has labored, honestly
and faithfully, to keep the people and the govern
ment fully alive to the imminent dangers of our
coast, and because We have complained Of the in
efficiency and stolid indifference of the government
to the condition Of our noble old State, we have
been denounced as disloyal and as doing much
harm, by saared pets and hirelings of the govern
ment, who have not contributed a 1.-THE in promo
ting the war that We have done, and who possibly
At this crisis could not the salt which goes in
their bread, were it not for the patronage Of the
government Such miserable lick -spttles are dis
grace to humanity and q curse to the countryside
mere hangers-on for the public plumber and the
.loaves and fishes," dispensed to them BY parti.
ran faction who seek their support to the damage
of the Southern cause We beg our cotemporary,
the Wilmington Journal, to beware, and nince its
words lest it fall under the ire of the "pilitafy
and civil heads" and be placed in the same cstego
ry with the Standard. ..-,.--,s.s. 80 sssaG
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Mr. DAVIS AND BEAUREGARD.-The Mississippiaa
which few days ago. called loudly for President
Davis to command the Western troops, since the
publication of Gen. Beauregards late order, very
sensbly concludes that he will do about well as
President Davis; indeed says tive not but
that for this particular work, he is more fitted than
the President" We have no doubt the voice of
ninetenths of the people of the Southern Confeder
acy are sure that he is
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1t IS SAID that the fine e. s. steamship Minneso..
to' winch was SO damaged by the Merrimac, sunk
at the Horse Shoe on the Chesapeake Bay, while as
we suppose on her way to Washington City or Bal
timore, for repair She was dsmantlsd before sink.
ing. tits SAID she cost Sl1oo,ooe.
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IRON CLAD VEssEIs-The destruction of the YAM
kee war vessels at Newport News BY the Merrimac,
will doubtless excite the whole Yankee nation to
building iron vessels. The South must do her ut
most to equal the North in this respect 1--we had
had twenty good iron.clsd vessels at the outset
We might have ended the war before this. The Ia
dies of the South, we observe are raising funds for
this purpose ...., a-.s
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WAsHlSaroS.- of our readers are aware
that this place has been evacuated by the Confede-
rate troops, and they have been removed to other
points. At last accounts all was quiet there, the
enemy not having visited the place. Several gun
boats have been seen about the mouth of the river
and it is sad that every water outlet to the people
OF Hyde is blockaded by Yankee vessel. Several
cargoes of corn have been taken by the enemy.
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Levi N Scott, Esq, of Greensboro, has been ap.
pointed Receiver by Judge Biggs under the Seques.
tration Act, for the Counties of Person, Caswell,
Alauance, Rockingham and Guilford, in place Of
Col j. W. Cunningham, Of Person, resigned.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-03-26

A CAVALRY CoMPANY.-It will be seen, by his
advertisement in the Standard to-day, that Mr.
Henry NJ Miller. of this City, proposes to raise q
cavalry company to be attached to Col. Edmonston's
battalion of light horse. Mr.. Miller has been con-
nected for some months with Capt. Hills company
of cavalry, stationed below Wilmington. He has
received high, and no doubt deserved concentrations
from the officers of his company for his active,
prompt and fearless performance of duty. An ex-
cellent opportunity is here offered to those who may
feel disposed to volunteer.
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Too LATE.-The State and the Confederacy have
spent at least 100000 already, in futile attempts
to defend the Eastern coast Ct North Carolina. If
that sum had been expended last June, in building
four ironclad vessels suitable to the waters on our
coast, all our disasters might have been prevented,
except perhaps the one at Hatteras, and our ports
kept open at least partially, if no: entirely.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-03-26

CoSeREss-This body has done but very little
beyond the selfish work of fixing large salaries for
the pay of its own members and officers. 1t spent
some time in considering and passing bill for the
appointment of Commanding General, which it is
understood the President has vetoed for the reason
that it was unnecessary, the Constitution having
given him ample power to make the appointment
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-03-26

Lead is very scarce, and the Confederate govern
ment is anxious to obtain all that can be had to
make cartridges There are hundreds and thousands
OF houses in the country in which there are from
one to Eve hundred pounds of good lead in the
shape Of window weights, etc., which might be taken
out and made to perform move efficient service
than they are now doing The weights can easily
be replaced with iron or something else, and the
lead put to much better use. If the people
throughout the country would act upon the sugges-
tion, thousands and tens of thousands of pounds
might be turned over to the use Of the Confederate
soldiers aud the very supply thus obtained may
have great influence in determining the issue of the
contest. Will each householder constitute himself
a committee Of one to ascertain and report how
much lead there is about his premises which he can
possibly spare for the use Of the Confederacy p
Charleston Mercury.
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The Charleston "Nercuyy" says Genera! Penn
berton has been assigned to the military district of
South Carolina and Georgia, in place of General
Lee, who has been summoned to Richmond,
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-03-26

Hon. William L. Yancy is said to have arrived
from England and landed at Berwick's Bay, near
New Orleans.
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HARSETT.-An old friend writes to us that Har.
nett is doing we'll. She now has 40 volunteers in
the field, leaving only 216 behind liable to do mill
tary duty. COL Murchison's fine Cavalry Compa
ny is still IN camp at Summerville.
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Gen. Beauregard calls on the planters of the Mis-
sisspp valley to give all their plantation bells to be
cast into cannon
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The total loss in Gen. MeClanands division Of
the Federal army engaged in tie battle Of Dsvsr, b
officially stated To- bs as follows: Kiieis $685.
wounded, 1,o54; missing. $50. Total !, ,5N.
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A MATTER TO BE UNDERsTOOD.-A law Of the
Confederate Congress, approved 1lth December,
1861, makes the following provision for tie pay
ment of bounty of fifty dollars to prvates, nom
commissioned officers and musicians Of the provs-
ional army, who shall serve continuously for three
years, or for tile mar, to be paid as follows:
/. To all n0ao in service for toelue months to be
paid at the time of volunteering enlsting for the
next ensuing tro years, subsequent to the expira-
ton present term of service.
2. To all now in service for three years for tie
soar to be paid at the expiration Of their first ysars
service ..
g. To all who may hereafter colunteer or enlist
for three gears for the war; to be paid ut the tune
Of entry into seruiee
l. Fourloughs not exceeding sizty days, with
transportation home and back to all tsoelre no,ths
men, now in service. who shall prior to the expra-
ton Of their term of service volunteer enlist for
the nest tsoo ensuing years. su6sequent to the exp-
ration of their present term Of service or tor three
years or for the par.
5. In lieu of flrlough the conamutation ealus
in money of the transportation Is the party entitled
to receive it may elect.
6. The act applies to all troops who have volun-
teered or enlisted in the ssrpics OF any tate who
are now in the service of the State and who may
hereafter volunteer or enlist in the service Of the
Confederate States for the periods above stated.
Z. All troops rs.rolunteering or enlisting may, At
the expiration of their present term, re-organize
themselves into companies and elect their company
officers; and the companies may organize themselves
into batalions Of regiments, and elect their field
officers; after the first election all vacancies to be
filled by promotion; but the vacancy in the lowest
grade Of commissioned officers always to be filed
by election.
8. Troops regularly enlisted in the service of any
State prior to the formation Of the Confedsracy, and
by the State turned over to the ConfedesAcy, have
their officers appointed and promoted BY the same
authority as heretofore. -lisisippian
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Lieut. Col O. P. Meares has been authorised by
the Secretary Of War to raise regiment Of inaBtry
for the war, the Field Officers to be elected in the
usual manner. -
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ALIENS II SAvANEAH-Since ths rsquisiiiou on
Gov. Brown by President Davis 5ss twalvs regi-
msnts from Georgia, over one bua1Fed pefseoe in
Chstham county have presented a@dsyits and bad
the same recorded that they are alien. and 90 not
intend to become citizens Of the Consdsate Ssafes
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-03-26

The crop Of lines and lemons Ia Florida u said to
have been very large the past season. but there be-
ing no market they are rotting upon the trees. A
suggestion has been made ,dvising the people to
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CArAw5A BsAvn-CApt A. r. Bak hAjuss
compIsted the organisetioa II NJ sth Company IN
the patriotic little County II CatavSa BE has 100
men. His o66csn ars, Alexandr Reuth, 1at Lieu-
tenant Jsmes II Hoovsr, ID Lieutenant; nd y.
n. Snyer, 3rd Lieutenant His Company wM pass
through this place in . few days, on their way 70
Raleigh. -Sulisbury Watca,aan
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rom that time our cause will prosper.
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UNIVERSITY.
TUNBE EXAMINATION OF THE STUDENTS ot The
University of North Carolina will begin on Monual
the itb inst and continue until the day of tne Coese
commencement, Thursday the ath OF June. .o .,;s,s
The Committee of Visitation for the year @oo|' 0o"'
0i His Excellency, HENRY 7. CLARK,
Governor of the State and er cfc1o Pres' Oh 'ne oo
Hon. DAVID l.. SWAIN, LII: u,
Pres. of the College.
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