The New York herald., 1862-12-25
IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
rcoHTINuED FROM FIRST PAa1l

ICoNTIMuED FROM FIRST rAdkJ
sstivs 4 North Carolina, representative . ne
sssss legislature recently siaim agent IN ns
sy Of wsshingten He isft The ssss about twelve ysa
&gs and returned about weeks since MI risost
combines with the ripeDess q age the usefai s4Ps-
eenos Of year, residence n ths nsaoss capai
Ano would undoubtedly prove valuable representative
- North Carolina when the time Cor the settlement Of The
lsims cf her loyal citizens sgsnt the federal govern
nsnt arrives Mr.. Pigott is out in card 10 to-day's
Progress Offering himself as candidate, ana avowms MS
Vaasy 20 the constitution and the Union The chAncss o.
n esctur are brighter Of any other candidate
Sss named yet he meets with powerful opposition.
stephen d. wDis citizen, also offers himself as can
diaaie. he good Union man, popular and viii pr0oa
bly, be the strongest opponent Of Mr. Pigott Mr. CsS
from New York, who had some connection WIN an IN
curry the ocrdndi OF managing the euf,ons
Asre shoI time ago is also poken Of candidate"
tber with without his consent s uoi gehefsy hho"a
Charles II. Foster OF This city, tnion man. ~ aso
Ssopesed by his friends candidate hr. FOSTER a.
AsSneet and ndefatigahe prosTesssi he was areSA'c
= ana poa az man The Charleston Convention; ou,
retired when .hs North Carolina delegation, with ihe
Axcopt,cp az Juege Dick left that body. Mr. fosior is
s reality sar,y entitled The distinction oi representing
sh,r r.s.ent OF district Congress- but Is doabfu
vneiher he viii be able 10 prevail against the influence
MAT now opposes him. He has long been party wheel
AUrse in this part Of North Carolina, and before the
ne was rekafueu rs the next
rsc candidate for Congress. Tho war incrfered With
shis arrangelent however, and Mr. Foster has TO rely
upon shaping the present order Of things 10
ne purpose before he reaches further political disiinc
sion He Is little in advance Of the times In other
words, he stands where North Carolina possibly
may ten years hence. He the champion of the free
labor movement North Carolina which, from oil can
1sarn, becoming iavorite notion among the "white
ssash,' the poorer classes accustomed 10 being
slled not, Of course, receive any encou
ssesment the aristocracy; nor can 1t be said ia
those who il precisely know what II is all about
~ q captivating theory, however, among the poor of
North Carolina; they appear to be different style o.
poor from any have heretofore seen in n Southern
s;sa. That schoomaster who is often referred 70 as
being abroad must have emigrated from somo part O.
North Carolina Fourffths OF rhe prisoners taken by
tbs Union troops and rToed not able TO write their
nnmcs When Governor stanly savayely attacked
BY he Northern totion prints Cor closing the doorso
CSiyers Niger school, they should have conceded At
leas; passing thought the ignorance Of the poor
whites But perhaps after all, their Intentions may
have bscn phanthropic and while they demanded that
awhile man should allowed to instruct the blacks,
they meant that black from the North should be
sent hsre the whites. Possibly the little love
shey have poor white might have inclined them
to this of kindness his behalf And who knows
wha; the might have beeni Mr. Foster believes
shat free labor is the best for the interests OF North Caro-
lima: but he docs not tell what be done with the
three hundred and thirty thousand slaves in the
State hs progressive notions meet with There
tive slaves TO every white male in the State
SEwkERS.
NewDern looks GOOD dead like New Egisnd city.
Yen Yankee notions everywhere The supply large,
~ttA many oargoes In the stream unbroken, awaiting
orders from Washington. NeUberp is closed port; but
Beaufort through which its travels js open
ans Much Inconvenience Ii oessscned by the operations
~ the customs regulations tAs account, and tho dis
isscti0n Of merchants and shippers is freely expressed
8eW York has also large share Of the trade sn satler
Hussess heres but New England 10 ahead like the negro
population, which is two Of the whites. Nebern
indeed View England city, and whom reflects upon
the prepanderance Of the colored Inhabitants he
Aelp comparing IL 10 Yankee hasty, pudding garnished
with hsackberrses.
captain t. Mics Jay, Of the CASTOR Gessd North Caro-
itna First loyal regiment, has just returned from
swo days scout into the enemy's country towards
n!nstoa. He captured several rebel prisoners and en
Gain JOY the editor os she Newborn rcoyss and halls
from Cambridge, Mess.
Steamers Dudley Bnek and 0rise arrived today from
New York and The CossacE from Baltimore with mails
and number OF passengers.
portioE OF the advance guard Of General Fosters
expedition returned 10 Newbern this evening. full
report Of the expedition given by the HERAIps cores
ScDdent who accompanied General Foster.
The HfIALD Of the 18th, containing an account OF
enc Union disssier at Fredericksburg, received by
she orislc. The created profound sepsstion nut
. report that Mcclellan had been recalled Washington
70 command OF the aAny hailed with much
satisfaction General Foster have ust fryiyed.
TIE army is all near Newborn.