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Damage to Cur Gun flight
ing On both Sides.
Chrrano. Eel, l3

Cirra"o. Feb ID
A special de>pa'r!i 10 the Tribune. i.
ed "Cu;.ib-, land River. near For, Donel
sou. f~h l5'h, SAYS tirr9 commences.
again AT da, break. aud continued ~ in,.,
vai~ all day !rrg up to four o'clock. 4
movement or a>s ault u, the land forces had
Is. eli made. NIyhr before last AN ATTEMPT
Wa made bv The rebels to take Ta,inr',
Bat cry Of .glt Artillery, but ,he> were
rel"i>rd In 'wn regiments, AMI driven
back i-y"nd their entertainments. Gu,
mole 'han three or four are dangerously
wounded
Six boats arrived yestesday. and com
,nencr,i an Attack "n til. f,,rt at two o'ri' /
~ The afietn"nn. The firing WA. very
ald and severe, and iasIeu one hour and
twenty minutes, when our gunbUats tel!
,,ark.
The fnur iron cad boa's went within
three hundred var j. OF The fo,l. All The
'et'ei iIser guns, except SIX, were either
'ii>m"rnfe'I or si!enced. The first sh.,
hred from the gunl,oar Louis. lille dis
mounted Tie rebels l2S p"unIer. Tie
Louisville Received ti;'v seven shots, two OF
which l""k eff 81. one striking The star.
h"a'd side Of her deck. and passing th,o'
'te entire iergth of the boat. killing three
nn"', hrraking her iIler rope. "A shot dis,
tai're from rh- pilot house. The rome WA,
then rHanage', 10y some Of tie hand, when
shell tr"". The ,Ier. which lal >nnle dis.
'aIt'e astrrn, fell over The Louisville Scat.
terlng Tie men at The tiIier rope. and So
much disabled the steering tackle that she
WAS compelled to drop a,rvrn One shot
struck the Pitlsburr in the bow, stov. AN
immense ole IN her. hirh caused her to
drop ont. The leak. however. has been
stopped. lie Shot struck the pilo, house
OF The ~. Lonis, passing i',rougil between
the pi'ote legs without injnring him.
Al: OF tie boats We're more or les, inin>
rel, but none but The Louisville seriously.
There were five killed aud two wounded
on the Louisville. She will not be in con
dliIon Ia renew he attack before TO NOR
row morning. vi consequence Of the
height of the hlnff on which The rebel f. :.
ilfcations are bnilt, our SHOT cannot have
rs much effect on them AS those on For,
Henry; therefore We will require much
longer time to reduce this Fort. The reb-
els have raised black flag. II can be
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Growing Desperate.

The secsnt achievements Of our arns
in the South have caused great cons'er-
nation among the people there, and they
are beginning 10 realize the ,,aying ',hers
Is no hope for the wicked" Desperation
seems to have Sc, in smong them. if We
are to julg. from All al iress lately issued
to the people Of Georgi. by HOWELL COBB
ard others. from which we take tue .ol-
lowing extract:
'.T..a foot of the oprressor ia on tie soil
81 GrGrpia. He c"r, es With lust III hi-
eve. poverty III his purse. ard hell IN ms
heart lie c.mrs Il roht'er and a murder
ar. IT-w shall Won meet hi'n' With Tie
~ orI Al the thrr>Lal. With death for
him OF for you,;.!f. But more than this
lie; every woman have torch, every
child firel,rand-let the Lowell homes OF
youth lie made ashes, and the tiel'ls Of onr
hrritsy- ne made desoialr. Let bi>ckhess
anu iuin mark your departing steps. if 'ie'
part Won must. and let de<eft more ter
rib'e than Sahara vel, ONE tie Fandals
Let every CITY be ievrlpd bv the fame. and
every village be lost IN ashes. Let your
fAi'hful >laveS share Your fpr'ure aud ,onI
rru-i Trust wife and children TO the su' G
refuge anl rr"ter'inn "f ti"d--pr-ferring
eyer: for these loved ones Il charnal house
for = home than loa'hsntne vassala0e IL
nation slr-a'v sunk below the cnntempt
nf The civilized world. This NAV he your
,erribIt choice. an1 del ermin4 At ONE and
wi,hpu, dissent. AS honor AID patriotism
and duty 20 G"d require"
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/ A II Il r :.
Capture Of the Fort Rrilliar. Slcco-c
OF Our Troops.
ST. / o'I!> + y lf.

81. iori> F-h IF
Gen Or'e>hv. VIA has tn. TX ,e,ur r;p,,'
last GIN pushed forward his brirrle tn
Cuml.erlrrh. ard has rlan.el n battery
commanding the river wi:r9 will rhrctu
all; prevrn; the arrival of te;,f,rrenen,s
In f:r', we have them c"mpe'e'v sur
rem leir'l. and can conpI, tie tie jnh At lei,
ur".
\ f rmi}ahle at'amp' was made 's>t
might TO take 1ayl"r'- battery. hv iLe -
envy. VII" apl'roac .r'l u"d,r cover "f 'hr
darkness. hui they were ga!Ianlly repuI>a,!
, II, lie 20 h Illinois
Considerable >kirmi>hing occurred ia
ring Re night. both forces ende.vorino 10
crowd N upon the other
This Inornng II wa. discovered that he
enr'nv had rlacel logs on top of their
bres,'worhs, le",ire l'u'f:i'rlr space for
the" tn -h"o' through. and nnrh dinin
i.hiny their risks from the uneiriny aim
of our >harp>h""'ers.
The casualties among our arriIleris's
thus far are ve,y small
The loss ~ til. eremv. as far as can he
asrer aimed is considerable.
Yesterday afternoon, after the stormirg
parry hai refined and when the relels
had been 'hicki, crowded together Ia re
pei he assault. Capt. Tavnr opened on
them with she'll. with terrible ctf-ct. Hi
praril"e "ar superb, creating The greatest
Consideration III their ranks. aud csnsius
them 10 lake refuge in their entrench.
nIrnts.
The gnnhoat assault was terrific. exceed.
ing even the Fort Henry bnmhardmea,.-
II last d ahoat an honr and halt.
The enemy has ftnnling on the river
Two batteries. the lower one of nine and
'he upper one Of four guns, besides a 10
inci cnumhiad
Two wooden gunl,oa's the TYLER and
C"nnesioga we're engaged ~ he tigh,.
Com. F'"te rfono,hres the engagement
the hniie>t hs ever witnessed
Sewn "f the lower gun. in the lower
tier of the enamv'> battery had been i
l-nced. and everything MAS Progressing
favorllv. when The fudder chain Of The
Carnndnlet was seye ed
The Pittsburgh was also damaged in
th1 wheel. so as TO be unable 10 stem the
current, and the pilot house Of the 81
Louis was knocked away, killing the pilot
and slightly wonnding several others
among them Commodore Foo1e.
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T HE PILOT T.
The Fall of Roanoke.

Public atffn,iou ard expectation, wh'ch
has for some time been withdraw from
The Burnside expedition, by the important
erer.ts which have Occurred recently on
tie Tennessee I..ter. VIII agaiU &c LH!2e-
in th.s j r..,.fiun hy the intelligence Of tie
capture 81 Rn4,,oke island, and the coin
rle'e 81 erlhruu Of the rebels III hat To-
cais,. The result, uf the battle 'hcie are
mort disastrous 10 the rebel caU-e- Tho
the fight was long contested, Being OF
three .iats du,ati"n. The superiority Of tie
federal forces gained the victory. snd The
battle star If The Union il sill in the as
cendani on the eastern cossf.
Roanoke Island il in portion Of CREST
importance, a. its possession gives ihe un-
ion nrmy complete command Of the en-
tauc. To AiheGisr4e Sound, ana fef'der>
further A ivance toward The Sns'it "a com
paratively easy matter. Moreover, II p!a>
ces Norfolk IN imminent danger and gives
access 10 Tany other points 81 great i'n>
pertanr-o in North Caroiina and Eastern
Virginia now held by the rebels.
Tire dispatches state that several rebel
gun boats were completely destroyed in
action, and TWO were rapiurel flis also
supposed that three regiment. If CoEf-de
rate troops are among the prisoners sel
Zel
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Another Great Victory.

In our columns II day Viii be found ne
particular of the capture n' Fort lD"hei-
son on III Cuuleil ani River. hv our
troops This hn- been The greatest battle
in the history 81 thr EeheiIion-botir sides
fgh'ing with desperation for several lays.
Fort Dune!-un was a fortifratinn made Of
earth, aud v "a constituted about tie same
time lat summer IA Fori Henry. Sisua
ted At Dover, on the wet bark Of the
Cumberland, .h-re Iha. riyes WASHES an
obiuse angle. IT is twelve miles s':theast
of The latter tot, and mounted abou, Ten
tw+urr four and ,l,irty-t"o Founders -
Some screen or eight post roads in'erscc'
a, this poir, ami he Memphis and Clsrks
vile rniIrna.l pa~se~ hnl four miles south 0!
II. lie position l. Important A. c"n'roi!-
M the river as tar up as .'ark>vlI'e. and
IN COZ lane ion vi Ii Fort Henry aud Ten
res>ee brld-e, Il, breaking IF from the re-
belo some twenty miles of railroad com
musication.
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EstImates of Thaddeus Stevens.

In speech made in the Federal House
during the pending Of the Treasury note
ID Il in that body. THADDEUs STEVENS. 0!
PENNSYLVANIA. stated that re had already
horrn~e ed for war purposes $3.50 600 600,
and were in d-br besides for a sum not less
than $4,000 600. The daily expense
exceed 50 GEO coo. He estimated thai
5000 600 900 additional would he rrqni-
red Ia carry the government through No
veu'her. The present Congress mns' make
appropriations for the ensuing f, cal year
which must amount 10 81 $50 QUO 600
The estimates of Mr. STEv Ms for the
ensuing fiscal year exr"e! those of Mr.
CnAs@ l,y nenrlv 1900. 100000. I, is
probable that even STEVENS has the sum
to" low.
r.. raising this immense sum, neither
Nungfe-s nor lie Cabinet have vet di>rnv
cred any practical plan. The struggle
thus Car has been mere!, for the pnrp"se
If meeting presrHi necessities. The gov
rrnmeul has alre .dy floating deb, exree.
ding The whole amount To be- provided in
Treasury notes, BY Ike present bill in Con
-re>s Additional Treasury Totes and
government, bonds are regarded as The on
~ resort for the balanre.-M Netcs.
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BlsNxI,L SESSIONS "A resolution for
anru.Iiu. lie Constitution 30 a. 10 provide
for biennial sessions of the Legislature has
passed both IIou-e>. his question wa
submitted quite recently to voc of the
people aud rejected by a large maj 'rirl
The arguments IN tavur Of the measure
are that i, vi ,eud To reduce ie exprud
lures uf he State and prevent much un-
wise and unnecessary legislation We
hope the people will sustain the movement
al tie ballot box. Sinre he State ha-
been in The hands Of the Republicans, our
legislatures have been grand hnntugs-
voting AWAY the people. money for .he
benefit of The hungry mrInher> "f that par
" session IN ever, two wears l. plenty,
and it would he better il We had none al
all, until he people come to their sense>
again. by making Wisconsin Democra'ir
SAFE.
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Total No.
Al 247 IL IA ,00S

Total No. Al 247 IL IA s,0nS
The total receipts of hogs since he
commencement of the packing season in
November add up 56s.7l7 head. OF these
400 $50 have been packed in tina; city.
an, The remainder sold in srall way
sni shipped TO points east an TO Ciucin-
natl.
The number Of hogs received at Cincin-
mai Mi. season foo's up 416 5ol--so thai,
viii e Chicago is far ahead Of that c;i, in
receipts. it is nearly up to her in numbers
packed.
The foiIo~n table shows tie prices of
hogs live and dressed, in the Chicago
IL arket Oh Saturday compared with p,icee
for corresponding day in 1851.
1862 1861,
Live 81 3O.o 50 S. nna5 40
Dressed 2 65a2 60 , 90. 6 20
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GTN STONES AREE.r - In our last We
h'irf, s,a'el that G~r. Stn>F one of oar
most prominent officers, had l-rn ar,,.s' ed
an sent 10 Fort Lafayette. Tie ch"' &C.
against him ate, that he used to have sl">
len interviews with the rebels, an6 that a
package was or NJ Ies<t one occasion seen
to pass from him to them. E,-~i,b sur'y
words. Ieln,eh pass 20 tie widow Ct y
volunteer who wished To geek for the body
OF her husband within he enen,'s lines.
bat in the cast of the rebel lajies. v no "n
frivolous pr-'r,is desired 10 90 and come,
was aI u,baniry, AMI freely gaze passes
which covered trunks rot I" be examined
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RETURN OF THE COMMISSIONERS A
Washington de-patrh Of the H.. say.
d" ii ,,IITo> FISH AMI Bishop Aues r.,u,r..
Fl TO Washington Ia day. and r4purted %
The Governmt ut OF their mission 10 r-;ieye
tbs Union prisoners in the South. 1ls,
repaired 10 Fortress Monroe and made
known their commission to tie 6oyarnor
and authorities "a, Norfolk. hv whom the
M alter was referred 10 Richmond. A ~.
pl, came refu.ing he Commissioners AL
mission TO the Confederate territory. k,,
expressing readiness to negotiate for the
general exchange Of prisoners.
Our Commissioners orened nego,;a,;o,s
which resulted in pertec, success. An
equal exrhauce WAS agreed on, hut the
Conf,'deraies | al three hundred more mis-
on-rs than We have With c1mmen.,al,le
nagnanimiiy the, have proposed to re
lease these also. on condition that our
government would agree 10 release 800 Of
their men that may fall into Our hand. "
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LE The Louisville Democraf saws ,ba,
there !" one awkward aspect OF Je.sE
BIZ 1T zoe, and that is, tia, such rebels
~ SUMNER aud WADE should vote the reb
el B"IGHr out Of their compsny; and
that. too, after all B..GHr's Efforts 20 s,I
them in tie last Presidential ele,rion.-
This Is An ungratefu! world. Never mind
JEssE. ~ ASER and WApE's tim. will ,,,,,.u
ihey feel safe now, AZ did JESSE two Yeas
i.go.
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EE Eru>> ALE, IuCucocK. Of Yer
mont, has been Appointed Maj.r Gpner-
al. lie !, gt.il>ou "f he hero Of Icon
deloga. | IL resides Al ST Louis. AMI WI.
formerly Adj am Grncral t., cen Scorr.
and ~a- tn~i- briga,iisr General IL, hrevrt
IN Mexico. He's renplei 10 he MI accom-
pt,shed military mai
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Chicago Pork Trade.

The receipts of hogs. live and dressed.
during past week inCbicago were 44,217.
sg'st 43 OPT the weak previous The follow
ing shows he receipts If each for the past
week and for the corresponding period
for three Yeafs:
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Fox AHsAn.-liy reference TO alyer-
tIsements IN out columns Ia dav, it vii
be seen slu tao MAX Balls will come
oti-oEe on SATURDAY., March /. and he
other on Tuesday. March T. Both will
bs well attended, and will afford lois Of
fun 20 thus. tho attend.
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/, is reported that one regiment from
Mass was badly cgJ up, bat il Is J. pos'i
bic to ascertain ~hi.h cf the i've II Was
that we've attached; 10 the expedition.
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The Engagement at Roanoke Island.
Fortress M.nroe. Feb 10

Fortress M'nFce. III III
During the night l 900 men wefe land
ell. and SATURDAY morning 1000 more
A masked battery Of three guns was soon
disco, cred by DIR ssi,misl;ers, ar'i was
.,tark.d in f,~n, and an i",k f'a,ks.
ho Psi 25-i. ana 2Otn Mas, .vau--tts:
The Z |, ami 5l>t New York. anal the 10Th
Cohuertitu, suite ed most severely.
- Jennings Wise was shot twice while
endeav"t'ng TO e>ca..e IN boat
Col. Russell OF The 1utl, Connecticut was
killed at the head OF his regiment. Lieut..
Col D. Monte of the Despeneuil Zruave>
whose services were voluntary. WAS killed
No other "i1ic-rs were killed above the
rank OF Lieutenant
The Sea- Bra, which was the fig sip 81
Commodore Lynch, was boarded and 'he
gallant Commodore escaped by swimming
10 the shore.
Young Wise resisted The hoaming par-
ties. hut he WAS wnuni-,! and carried III
when his command rerreared with tie 9th
els 10 the upper part of the Island, where
the, laid down their arms
Elizabeth City WAS about half burned
by the rebel soldiers.
The people sent of Reputation Z
Com Go?d'boro a-k'rg h.m . s"nd :
force To assist i'll ex.ingui>h;rg he flames
td-n'"n was taken p.>tts-i"n at "i
"Wednesday BY Com. Goldsboro, no orpo
| >i,ion being offered.
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Official Dispatches from Commodore
Goldsboro.
W aShing!on. Feb. !

Washington Feb. II.
A special messenger arrived this morn
ing bringing the following dispatches.
u Flag Steamer Philadelphia of
Roanoke Island, Feb 9.h. R,4nnke l.
land is ours. The military authorities
! s'ruek 10 us Yesterday. TIER means u
defence were Truly formidable. and wer.
used with a determination wor h, leirr
cs.n-e.
| They consisted % two elabnra,elv con
strnce'l works, n"n1finy fog-'he ~ lea
" guns, three of them being one hunIr,r
purder> rifi-d. Four OTHER hat,.rie,
mounting together % guns. large PR
portion Of 'i'e'n being Of large cattle and
>o's of them tih,.d.
Eight steamers mnnnfir Z TWO guns eacl
aid each having q 'ifel gun with diam
e'er Of "A 81 pprn'ler.
A prolonged Obstruction of snnken veS>
sA's anl piles :" 'fwsrt "nr advanrp, ard
altogether n iud> 81 rn-n ru,,,,nrrn,,
scarcely less than i've thousand, Of v'ovr
| three Thousand ara now our prisoners
The !i,h iry commenced On The morn
lrr of me IA about II .,',inrk AMI wa
continued un ii dark The follow 'ng NOR
nlne II was RESUMED al an early hour. and
it la>'e1 until late in the n III. sfit.nonn.
when hv bold charge by our army the
rehri TAG WAS made TO ,urrrmb. and or
own was rols'ed avery where OH The island
in It's place
Ne attack could have been more COM
p!eFelv execned, mud IL was earned on,
precisely in accordance with the arrange
nen's rnaG- before the expedition left Cape
IIa',-ras Inlet.
(Siyned) J. NJ. GOLDsBORn.
Flag officer
Sscnnd Dispatch Just as closed mv
dispatch of Yesterday, rrfeivei ,piiahie
Information that the rebel steamers which
escaped had gore To RIrzah c'h { irv, aud
'hrreupon INN. di.reic "det"l Com
Rowan t" take IL of our strsm-r, nnder
his command anal 90 in pursuit o! them,
aud also # prar,icablr 10 execute auoih er
service. namel,, the dtsi ruciion Of North
River, link of the Alabama AMI Che,a-
peake Canal.
The WAY he has already accomplished
the flrsi part oft. his own preliminary re
port. roFv Of which herewith enclose.
Mil inform you. am. e..
j VI. GOLDSBORO.
e. :. steamer Delaware. off Eiiz,h beth
City. Feb l0-S:r: hayS TO report thai,
! have met lie enemy. off this pace, Iii.
morning AZ 9 O'Clock. and after very
>hafp engagement have -ucre-,' e'l in de,
stI"vihg or cap;u'ihgi Iii entire naval force
Az" >'lrnring and de>tro, ing h., battery on
C"bh'. Point. The onv vessel saved from
destfurlion is The Ellis. Capt j, VI Cook
Vas wounded, and is p ;soaer on boar.
this ship have other prisoners.
am happy TO say that our casualties
a'e few. considering The warmth Of The IN
e'ny's fire: say two or three killed and
some wounded.
Tie conduct "f the gallant men have
the honor 10 command. is worthy OF all
praise. None Of our vessels ars severely
injured.
] shall leave bere n smsllforce and vi,i,
the canals. and lake a look into the other
places before re'urn.
have the honor. DC,
&c. ROWAN, u. S.N,
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COOP FAM FoK SALE CHGAP.-See ad,
ver,issnent 10 another column.
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0 See WISrERxEYKR's advertisement,
Of Salvador Beer.
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PHILADELPHIA, Feb ii


The Inquirer has "A spes.isl disps'rh
about Hurn>ldes expedition. saying 'ha'
The enemy we're pul,ue,i for several hours
AMI that Two rnmpie'- regiments. "n Their
way to reinforce he fort. were captured,
very road Was Incl with gus. knsp
sacks. and cln'hirg nf'the dead and dyino
Gov. NlS"'s sun WAS shot through the
back, les, and lu.g., aud died the follow
ing day.
Ac,irg Brig. Gen. Hill. and Co's. Snaev
Gordon and Green. We're captured, with a
large number of >uhnt ,Iira,e officers,
The feieral gnnbna' Com no tors Perry,
Kun down HE rebel fl " ,nlp Seaish. hav
ing on board Commodore Lynch, emitting
her apart.
Our men boarded her.
During the encounter which eEsued, a
portion OF her Officers aud crew lnmped
over board and Others had their brains
Knocked ont with han,iSpikes.
Later rebel accounts state that Com
modore Lynch has n t vet been heard
foo" lie WAS probably drowned during
the fi.hs.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy. Fox
has Also rereel n prlvse letie. in which
it is stated that tie number of kilIe. :"
our Navy Is about twenty, and that OF the
army about thirty.
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IT. L0nls. Fen II
Further official adv,re> from F,rt Don.
nelson ~av that Gen Flr,i ESCAPED dur
ing the nigh. -nd tie rei...ls in the For,
denounced him rs black hearted traitor
aud coward.
The enemy are known To have had 49,
900 troops, Il 900 ef whom are oar pris-
ouer>. Five thousand escaped. ard the
balanre "re ,el"rted killed. wounded or
otherwise Disabled
hur loss /. not stated hu' The slaryi .er
in our ranks is meliivued as L ribly Sc
we're.
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The feet were then obliged to with.

The ffeet were then obliged to With
draw.
rue nf our shells immediately under
one of the enemy'sguns throwing the gun
ard io,iies of the gnuners high in the air.
A qiea. number OF dead and wounded
could be seel. carried mp The hi.
Com Foote's wound is slight.
Tie st l."nis WAS struck fits seven
times, the Loai, vile ,hiri, five. The Pits
baigh twen,, one. aud the Carordo'et
twenty six times.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-07-31

For the Journal
NesSrS Editors The Gubernatoral ele ction IS near Of
hand The day is not far distant when the people of North
Carolina shall assemble st their respective polls elect
their Chief Magistrate The impending crisis requires that
ted energies for the " Old ship Of State
worthy of their confidence, who will guide her safely
through this struggle for Southern independence 1t be-
hooves Us as people fighting for dearest rights in
with unanmtY of feeling aside all past differences and
vote for the and not for party. We have two caDd
dates in the eld Messrs. Johnston and Vance. 1t left
with the good people of North Carolina say who shall be
Governor. Mr.. Vance ia serving his country with great
ability upon the tented fields of Virginia. where he is most
needed Let hin remain here. We in great need Of
good officers and when he shall have secured his county
| independence then he shall receive its reward.
Mr. Johnston s of sound practical sense, scbem
ing politician but the very the crisis. Rememb
the OF cannon may resound again upon Carolinas
plains; that the fall of Newbern may be the destiny
of more of beautiful cities, we shll need
party censure, (" knowing his duty, dares maintain
it." Johnston is the to The Ship of state
in snch crisis FeOw-soldiers designing politician
may say to you, vote Vance, he soldier like
upon the blood sta field of Virginia. while Johnston is
enjoying the sweets Of home Be not deceived. The old
North State needs all such soldiers in the field while she
needs such Johnston ia her councils. Fellow sOr
ders next sday the polls in camp will open consider
WE'LL and give Johnston hearty support. This is no com
electionthe destiny of North Carolina may depend
great the result OF this election Give the
regns to Johnston and rest assured his
gress will be " upward and onward"
We have to face the realities of war now in all its
horrd FORMS and not the clustering jargon of politicians
in times of and you wish your State be the
amongst her sister States to bear herself gorousy through
this of independence, recolect you TO vote loE
to fill her highest Ctce. Der councils require
all the intellect in the State this uncture OF affairs. Go
for and for party Vote for the that would
"''' O''DO '''- W SOLDIER.