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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-04
The Latest News.
THE GREAT BATTLE OPENED.

THE GREAT BATTLE OPENED.
TWO DAYS FIGHT NEAR RICHMOND.
Gen. d. II. HIPS Division attacked the enemy.
Despsrate fighting Enemy drioen from his Re
dou6ts-7evi6le carnage, dc.
We have used every reasonable effort to obtain
early and reliable intelligence from the great battle
now pending near Richmond, but up to the hour OF
going to press the accounts received are exceeding
~ meagre. We are indebted to the courtesy Of our
friend A. F. Crutchfeld, Esq, of the Petersburg
Eneress for the following dispatches:
First Dispatch
PETERSBURG, June 1, 1862
Editor Standard The battle commenced early
Yesterday below Richmond, near the Chckahominy
Gen. D. H. Hills division made the attack on the
enemy. The battle ragged all day. The fighting
was desperate and the loss fearful on both sides.
We drove the enemy from his redoubts and from
the forest turned his batteries upon him. and took
three batteries driving him one and half miles.
Our troops slept in his camp last night. No esti-
mate Of losses. The battle was not decisive and
will he renewed this morning. G.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-04
Second Dispatch.

PETERSBURG, June 1, 1862
Editor Standard The fight is progressing ft,-
rously to-day, chiefly with musketry. No definite
reports from the field but the general tenor of state
ments of wounded soldiers indicates that the Con-
federates are following up their success of yesterday
Prisoners constantly coming in Mcclellan COM
mands in person. and it is believed that the larger
portion of his army is this side the Chckahominy.
Gen. Hatton, of Tennessee was killed yesterday:
The 18th Virginia regiment chiefly from this
City, Petersburg) was in the fight this morning,
and is reported as badly up. There is great dis
tress here on account of it, G..
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-04
Third DISPATCH.

PETERsBuRG, June g 8 o'clock, P. NJ.
Editor Standard NO trains from Richmond to-
day, papers received, and no kilograms concern
ing army movements. 1t is now two o'clock, and it
is not known whether the lighting was renewed
All accounts, up to late hour last night agree that
We obtained slight advantage in the fight yester-
day. Mcclellan commanded the enemy in 6erson.
The carnage is said to have been terrible. Yankee
loss known to have been double that of the Confed-
crates Richmond is crowded with the wounded.
G.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-04
6 Not in the Ftvb..,,


No sooner was it supposed, by the Charlotte
Democrat and other destructive journals, that Col
Vance would be run by his friends for Governor
than they commenced to assail his reputation As a
soldier and to charge that As pas not in the oht
at Nep6ern"
Now, we say he soas in the 6ght-every private
and every officer in his regiment says he was in the
ight-and every honest man, who knows anything
about the battle of Newborn, also says he was in
the fight The truth is, he fought the enemy for
one hour and half after Gen. Branch had left
the .feh Gen. Branch burnt the bridge while he
was fighting and left him to his fate, surrounded
by thousands Of the enemy. We know this to be
so. and will prove it in due time
We denounce as infamous this attempt to injure
the hard-earned reputation of gallant soldier. It
is bad enough to insnuate that thousands of Col.
Vance's friends are untrue to the South, because
they were opposed to secession or separation until
the proclamation of Mr.. Lincoln; but it is worse
Infinitely worse to attempt for party purposes, to
strip him of the laures which he has calamity and
fairly won on the field of battle.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-04

THE PEOPLES TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
COL. n, b. VA CE,
OF BuNCoABE.
WAKE CoUNTY-FOR THE SENATE:
Col, J. r. H. Il U SIS.
FOR THE COMMONS:
HENRY W., MILLER,
WILLIAM VS.,
GREEN H. AFFORD.
Election on the first Thursday in August
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
HOW TO GROW BEAUTIFUL.

Persons may outgrow disease and
become healthy by proper attention to
the laws of their physical constitu-
ton. BY moderate and daily excr-
else men may become active and
strong in limb and muscle. But to
grow beautiful, how? Age dims the
lustre of the eye, and pales the roses
on beauty's check while crowfeet
and furrows, and wrinkles and lost
teeth, aud gray hairs and bald head,
and lameness and tottering limbs,
most sadly mar the human form d.
vine. But dim as the eye is, as pal
lid and sunkcn as may be the face of
beauty, and frail and feeble that once
strong, erect and noble form, yet the
immortal soul, just Hedging lis wings
for its home in heaven, may look out
through those faded windows as beau
tiful as the dew-drop of summers
morning, as melting as the tears that
glsten in affections eye-by growing
kindly, by cultivating sympathy with
all human kind, by cherishing forhear-
ance towards the follics and foihles of
our race, and feeding day by day Oh
that love to God and man which lifts
us from the brute, and makes us akin
to angels.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
4ostru.
The Past and Present.

little old woman one dark cold night,
Sat rocking to and fro
In a small rude cabin, whose only light
Would last but an hour or SO.
On rickety couch an invalid sighed
And vainly attempted to turn;
While poking the embcrs, little boy cried
There's nothing to eat nor to burn,
But won't we be rich when Berry and Bright
Come tugging along the road!
/ know they're coming, in the Goals to-nigh
saw such whopping big load"
" Don't speak" said the woman, "of fuel o.
When Freddie is lost on the plain, Gfooc
Ger taken by wolves, i'm ravine or wood,
And dying with phrensy and pain.
The STRIPPING can't stand such tempest as this
As has ragged these three days and more.
And then, that big load and OK team of his, -
Hush Freddie is here at the door,
The seasons have changed, years have passed,
And Freddie Is now man,
The invalid walks in his strength at last,
The little boy mid the van.
Is routing the rebels i'm city and fort,
In camp, and the battlefield;
The little old woman sits rocking, i'm hope
For the day when all traitors will yield
p. A III. II.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06

TEACHERS AND WEALTH There is no
higher Office than that of a teacher of
youth; for there is nothing on earth so
precious as the mind, soul and charac-
ter of the child. No office should be
regarded with greater respect. The
finest minds in the community should
be encouraged to assume it. Parents
should do all but impovcrish them
selves to induce such to become the
guardians of their children. They
should never have the least anxiety to
accumulate property for their children,
provided they can be placed under in.
ilucnces which will awaken their fac
ulties, inspire them with higher prin-
clples, and fit them to bear manly,
useful, aud honorable part in the
world. No language can express the
folly OF that economy, which, to leave
fortune to child, starves his intel
lcct and impoverishes his heart
Claiming.
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---- 49, 77=as '-s5--a s7a.aa -
Mistellanp.
ROBERT BURNS.

Thurlow Weed in a letter from Scot
land published in ls43, gives the fol-
lowing interesting account in relation
to one of the most touching little
things which Burns ever wrote. 1t is
old but will ever be of interest
Within a mile of the village of Tar
bolton, near the river Ayr, is the
scene of Burns last truly affecting in
terview with Mary Campbell. 1t was
of Sunday in May. Their mutual
faith was plightcd, first by laving
their hands in the pure stream, and
then crossing them on Mary's Bible.
Preparatory to their marriage, Mary
visited her friends in Argyleshire, in
returning fell sick and died at Gree
mock. Burns retained through life a
most devoted remembrance of this
early attachment. Mr.. Lockhart, who,
from frequent interviews with the wild
ow of the Poet, derived many inter-
esting facts in relation to Burns,
states among other things that many
years after his marriage, and on the
anniversary of the death of High
land Mary" after working hard all
day in the fields, though much out of
health, he wandered into the barn
yard, where he remained so long that
Mrs. b., alarmed at his absence, went
repeatedly and begged him to come
in, which he promised to do, but re-
stretched upon mass of
straw, with his eyes fixed upon a
beautiful planet, that shonc like an
other moon, until late hour. On en-
tering the house he called for his desk,
and Immediately wrote the following
sublime and pathetic lines:
Thou lingering Star with lessening ray.
That lows to greet he early morn
Again thou ushcr'st in the day,
My Mary from my soul was torn.
o Mary! dear departed shade
Where is thy place of blissful rest'
Seest thou thy lover, lowly laide
Hear st thou the groans that rend his breast9
That sacred hour can forget.
Can forget the hallow'd grove,
Where 10y the winding Ayr We met,
To live one day of parting love!
Eternity will ne'cr efiacc,
Those records dear of transports past
Thy image at our last embrace
All little thought We twas our last
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
WCMAN'S FIDELITY.

In all mans diversity woman never
forsakcs him. Look at the career of
him whom misfortune visiteth. How
often is he left by his fellow men to
sink under the weight of his Affections,
UNDECIDED, alone One friend of his
own sex forgcts him, another aban-
dons him, third betrays him. But
woman, faithful woman, follows him
in his afflictions with unshaken affec-
tion braves the changes of feeling,
of his temper embittered by the dis
appointments of the world, with the
highest Of all virtue. Resigned pa
ticnce ministers to his wants, even
when her own wants are hard and
pressing. She weeps with him, tear
for tear, in his distrcsses, and is the
first to catch and reflect a ray of joy,
should one light up his countenance
in the midst of his sufferings and
she never leaves him i'm his misery
while there remains one act of love,
duty or compassion to be performed.
And at last. when life and sorrow end
together, she follows him to the tomb
with an affection which death itself
cannot destroy
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NUMBER 10.


freely to her country. It is wonder
ful how quickly she has risen to the
sublime sclf-abnegation demanded by
the times-how calmly, yet resolnte-
ly, she binds his armor upon her boy.
and sends him forth with prayer AMI
blessing. There are few homes from
which has not gone ont a son, and
few Of these in which reluctant
heart is left behind. Our mothers
are equal to their high duty, ard
strong enough for any sacrifice their
country, in this hour of its trial, may
demand. Life is dear but honor and
duty, and the destiny of unborn mill.
ions, are dcarer still. Brave mothers
rear invincible sons. Has the world
seen braver mothers than they of to-
day, all over our land, looking afar tu
camp and army, praying first for vic
tory, and next for the safety of their
beloved ones?
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
THE BLOOM OF AGE.

\ good woman never grows old.
Years may pass over her head, but, if
bcnevolence and virtue dwell in her
heart, she is as cheerful as when the
spring of life first opened to her view.
When we look upon good woman,
we never think of her age she looks
as charming as when the rose of youth
first bloomed on her cheek. That rose
has not faded yet it will never fade
In her neighborhood she is the friend
and benefactor. Who does not respect
and love the woman who has passed
her days in acts of kindness and mer-
cy? We repeat, such a woman cannot
grow old She will always be fresh
and buoyant in spirits, and active in
humble deeds of mercy and benevo-
lence. If the young lady desires to re-
tain the bloom and beauty Of youth,
let her not yield to the sway of fashion
and folly let her love truth and vir-
tue, and to the close of life she will
retain those feelings which now make
life appear a garden of swects-cvcr
fresh and ever new.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
fPuBLIC-No. 22.1

PugLIC-No. %.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled
An act to regulate trade and inter
course with the Indian tribes, and
to preserve peace on the frontiers" !"
approved June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and thirty-four.
BE II enacted By The Senate and House
af Representatives, ofthe United STATES Of
Anerica an Congress assembled, That the
twentieth section of the Act to reg.
ulate trade aud intercourse with the
Indian tribes, and to preserve peace
on the frontiers" approved June thir-
tietb, eighteen hundred aud thrty-four,
be and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows, to-wit
"SEc. 20. And be 1t farther enacted,
That if any person shall sell, ex-
change, give. barter, OF dispose Of
any spirtuous liquor or wine to any
Indian under the charge of any lndi-
an superintendent or Indian agent
appointed by the United States, or
shall introduce or attempt to intro
duce any spirituous liquor or wine
into the Indian country, such person,
on conviction thereof before the prop
'er district court of the United States,
shall be imprisoned for period not
exceeding two years, and shall be
fined not more than three hundred
dollars Prorided, hoacerer, That it
it shall be a sufficient defence to
amy charge of Introducing or at
tempting to introduce liquor into the
Indian country if it be proved to be
done by order of the War Depart
ment, or of any officer duly authoriz-
: ed thereto by the War Department
And if any superintendent of Indian
affairs, Indian agent or sub-agent, or
commanding officer Of military post,
has reason to suspect or is informed
that any white person or Indian is
about to introduce or has introduced
any spirituous liquor or wine into the
Indian country, in violation of the
provisions Of this section, it shall be
lawful for such superintendent, agent,
sub-agent, or commanding officer, to
CauSc tue poatS, STORES, packages,
wagons, sleds, and places of deposit
: of such person to be searched and
if any such liquor is found therein,
the same, together with the boats,
teams, wagons, and slcds used in
conveying the same, and also the
goods, packages, and peltries of such
person, shall be seized and delivered
to the proper officer, and shall be
proceeded against by libel in the prop.
er court, and forfeited, one half to
the in!ormer and the other half to the
use of the United States and il
such person be trader, his license
shall be revoked and his bond put in
suit. And il shall moreover be law
FIJI for any person in the seHice OF
the United States, or for any Indian,
to take and destroy any ardent spirits
or wine found in the Indian country
except such as may be introduced
therein by the War Department
And in all cases arising under this
act Indians shall be competent wit.
nesscs."
Approved, February l3, 1862.
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from the service Of minors enlisted
without the consent of their parents
or guardians, be and the same hereby
is repealed 4: Prorided, That hereafter
no person under the age of eighteen
shall be mustered into the United
States service, and the oath of enlist
mcnt taken by the recruit shall be
conclusive as to his age.
SEC. B. And be al further enacted, That
no volunteers or militia from any
State or Territory shall be mustered
into the service of the United States
on any terms or conditions confning
their service to the limits Of said State
or Territory, or their vicinitics, be-
yond the number Of ten thousand in
the State of Missouri, and four thou
sand five hundred in the State of Ma
ryland, heretofore authorized by the
President of the United States. or Sec
retary Of War, to be raised in said
States.
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
the second section of the act of the
tenth Of April, eighteen hundred and
six, shall be and the same is hereby so
amended as to read as follows:
" Sec. 2. And be II FURTHER enacted, That,
IN time OF war or rebellion against
the supreme authority of the United
States, all persons who shall bc found
lurking as spies, or acting as such,
: IN or about the Qualifications, encamp-
mcnts, posts, quarters, or headquar-
tiers of the armies of the United
States, or any of them, within any
part of the United States which has
been or may be declared to be in a
state of insurrection by proclamation
of the President of the United States,
shall suffer death by sentence of a
general court-martial."
SEC. 5. And be IL further enacted, That
the fifty-ilth article of the first section
of act of tenth April, eighteen hun
dred and six, chapter twenty, be and
the same is hereby so amended as to
read as follows
Article Fifty-fve. Whoever, be-
longing to the armies of the United
States in foreign parts, or at any
place within the United States, or
their Territories, during rebellion
against the supreme authority of the
United States, shall force a safe
guard, shall suffer death.
Approved, February l3, 1862.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
LITTLE CHILDREN.

L love little children, their sweet,
upturned faces, so full of innocent So
licitation, their natures SO artless and
contiding. Yes, | love them before
they have learned the vices that fol-
low in the wake of years. Yet it Of
ten occurs to me as very strange that
mothers can be SO blinded to the faults
of their children, however glaring
they may appear. Why are children
permitted to do things away from
home that are not countenanced at
home =? There are children that give
me an ague fit when seen approaching
the house especially with their ma
mas. They are quite manageable
when alone, yet the fear of offending
their fond mother is paramount to tho
dire destruction of some choice trim
ket. | have in my mind little flax.
en- head, whose visits were generally
regulated by the dcpredations commit
ted. You could count upon her all
sence a week, if the smash up was
anything serious. One would almost
lose their wits in keeping track of her
rs she fitted from garret to cellar, re-
calling herself with whatever desira-
bic fell in her way. have found her
on our dressing bureau, fitting collars
and gaitcrs, using our tooth brush t.
smooth her ringlcts, and ingeniously
drawing cats aud dogs on the glass
before her with cake Of soap. Again,
she has done whole washings in our
wash bowl, including the cat, and af-
ter oiling and combing old puss, she
would coolly try our best bonnet on
her. All OF these "Topscy" notions
| can forgive; but to see IA child be-
fore its mothers eyes tearing the
leaves of some choice book, and de-
veloping his taste for architecture by
drawing plans on the piano with
pin, and pulling up the keys instead
of down, and tossing marbles that are
sure to land against some pet picture,
or i'll your eyes, and then again for
variety, to come tearing into the house
at pace that would shame the popu-
lar time, 2:40, on ten foot pole for .
horse, at the imminent risk of glasses
vases pictures and heads,--to see
HiotheFS coOiiy SIT ana lauSh al thlS
sport, as they term it, is not what
call comfort.
Why can't mothers do a little as
they would wish to be done by, and not
appear almost disagreeable through
the faults of their children. Thank
Heaven !. they are not all so. Many
little friends have !, whose coming /
hail with rapture, whose gentle, win
ming ways and childish simplicity I
so much love my choicest trinkets
arc at their disposal, for well know
| can trust them. They may keep
house. " visit" or have a mimic qua
drille while at play, enjoying them
selves to the utmost if anything can
do will conduce to it.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
THE MOTHERS OF TODAY.

The spectacle presented in our coun-
try to-day. in one of its aspects. is
sublime. Sitting in her peaceful home,
with her children safe around her, or
abroad under the sure protection of
just laws, our American mother has
mused wonderingly over the heroism
of Revolutionary times, which armed
the son, and sent him forth to fight in
the battles of his country. Admira-
tion filled her heart-.there was some
thing sanity in the words, "Our Rev.
olutionary Mothers" But she did not
feel strong enough for like trial.
The bare idea of war, in which her
son would be called forth, sent shiv-
cr through her heart. But how is it
now? Where stands the mother of
to-day? Is she holding back her
jewels--is she hiding her precious
things? Not so-but giving them
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
Look on this Picture, then on That.
PICTURE FIRST.

Mr. Black was gentleman of mod
crate means, who had settled in a ru-
raj village in quiet New England. He
was a gentleman of taste and refine
ment, who had, for some ten years,
lived in an unpretending cottage, but
by frugality and untiring industry had
accumulated few thousand dollars
and had concluded to erect a mansion
more in keeping with his altered Cir
cumstances. With this end in view,
he hired a carpenter shop near the
spot selected for his future home; he
also employed man who was recon-
mended to him as first class work
man, to build his house. One frosty
morning in mid-winter, Mr.. Black took
his hired man to the shop aud address
cd him as follows: Carpenter, l wish
you to commence this job by making
the doors. SO that they will be ready
for use when wanted; here you will
find plenty Of the best quality Of pine
lumber; here is the bench, and here is
the tool chest; now You may begin
your job and expect that it will be
we'll done.'
With these remarks he left the shop,
and Mr.. Carpenter proceeded to view
the premises. The floor, never hav-
ing been nailed down, was untitled
for use, half the boards being gone
and the remainder scattered around
heltcr skelter; the windows were with
out glass and the door without hinges;
there were large openings in the roof,
through which the wintry storm found
its way; the bench was an old rickety
affair scarcely able to stand alone; he
opened the tool chest and there found
hammer, saw, jack plane. and a
| a gimlet Here then was his field OF
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
PuBLIC-No. 2l.l

PrBLIc-No. 81.
AN ACT to authorize the construction
of twenty iron-clad steam gunboats.
Bet enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
america an Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of the Navy is hereby
authorized and empowered to cause
to be constructed, by contract or
ot herwise, as he shall deem best
for the public interest, not exceeding
twenty iron-clad steam gunboats for
the use of the navy of the United
States.
SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted, That
the sum of ten million dollars be and
hereby is appropriated, ont of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to. carry out the purpose
of this act.
Approved, February l3, 1862.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-03-06
INTEMPERANCE.

1t is related of RossEAU, that after
he had spent life in teaching and
preaching infidelity, upon his death.
bed he was struck with repentance,
and wished his attendant to write up
on every part of his room Remorse
Remorse SO that, look whichever way
he might, it would still stare him in
the face. 80 let every man engrarc
upon his mind, as with a pen OF iron
upon table of stone, the resolve, TO
touch not, taste not, handle not the
cup that brutalizrs men, and renders
wives widows, children fatherless,
peoples poorhouses and penitentiaries,
victims Tor the gallows,
blasts reputation, makes IA pest-house
of the body, and consigns the soul to
eternal misery.