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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-03-04
The Circulation Of the Richmond ENQUIRER.

The Circulation of the Richmond Enquirer.
MIR. EDITOR AS the Richmond Enquirer boasts
of having such an extensive circulation, should the
proprietors not be satisfied forward the paper to
subscribers on the terms they have heretofore adop
ted as the other Richmond papers DO? You just
ly remarked, few days since, that officers of the
army were compelled to take the paper to get of.
fetal copies Of General Orders of the War Depart
ment This is strictly true, for have heard many
officers assign this as the reason, and only reason,
they subscribed for the paper. The proprietors
are intense Southern men, but are Yankees enough
to keep an eye to the profits, and cunning enough
to take advantage of all the "tricks of the trade"
1t is well known that officers ordered from place
to place every few days hence, many subscribe for
papers by the month or quarter, and renew their
subscriptions they expire, and alter the direction
of their papers, if necessary. The proprietors of
the Enquirer, finding that officers were compelled
to take their paper concluded to alter their terms
and compel them to order and pay in advance for
six months, instead Of one; and if they should be
ordered from Drury's Bluff to Goldsboro', N. c.,
or Vcksburg Miss, that is no fault of the paper,
provided the proprietors get the money IN advance.
Send them subscription for less than six months,
and say, if | am on duty here when the time ex-
pires, 1 will renew-the cool answer is, you are re-
ferred to our terms: no subscription received for
less than six months. Let the War Department
issue an order that orders published in any one of
the Richmond papers will be considered official,
and, my word for it. the Eaquirers list of subscri-
bers will fall off faster than it ever increased.
AN OFFICER.
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Conscxmfion...snhs,;tu,es.


II has been: decided by the District Court in
South Caroliaa, in the case of Mr.. Cohn, that
man who.procured substitute under the first con-
scription, does not become liable himself to con.
seTtion becauss bis substitute becomes liable un-
der the second act
This is doubtless the correct legal and moral
views of the case yet the military authorities have
decided otherwise The decision concludes thus
Considering that the act approved s7h September 1892
does support the construction in General Orders No
g. concerning be liability Of principals who have furnish
ed snbstute and that orderof the President Com
mandern-Chief has been issued touching this matter;
and that the power the Secretary Of War to make
regulations nng substitutes, does not auh2rize him
after be has granted discharge, in where neither
fraud mistake is alleged to impose new condition
upon who has heep BY his order discharged from mill
tay servcs and BY the Of ha! condition i'm
from which the order uf ssa office has exempted him.
of the opinion that the detention Of Leopold Cohn by
the enroing officer Illegal The order will therefore be
entered for his discharge"
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For the Standard.

For the standard.
Mr.. HOLDEN Eight cut Of ten in this County
approve of what you say of the Richmond Engui-
rer John Spelman, Judge Saunders and Dessruc-
tives generally. That the Judge maynot feel hurt,
We will notice him first; beside, he is entitled to
the Distinction because our indignation rises high
est when we think of Judge counselling mob law
from the bench. The Judge thinks you ought to
be mobbed He has read the history of civil wars
to purpose, if he did not learn that those who
adYse mob law apt to be the first victims Of the
mob. Mr. Burke said, during the French revolu-
tien, when the government undertook to feed the
people, that ''the government granaries and store
houses would be broken ntoby the very people for
whom the provisions were boughtH So it was in
France, and SO it hasbeeD with u.s. L alude to the
seizure of salt in Transy lgania county. hope we
may be spared such dsgraceful scenes but there is
no telling what may follow Judge Saunders char
ges. If no impeachment follows, seizing salt and
public stores certainly will. As to the Enquirer
and Spelman, they are already whipped. ~
Mr.. Burke says "revolutionists are always look
ing out for traitors and treason. They are unwii-
ling to admit the power or ability Of the enemy,
and they attribute all his success to tfeachery and
traitors" Hence it was said Fort Doneson fell by
treasoa-New Orleans fell by treason. All our de-
feats will be caused by treason, if you will believe
seceders Maryland and Kentucky, they say, were
betrayed; treason did the work for them. Months
ago you showed, from .spelmans own editorials,
that he was giving up the contest. The truth is,
lock upon all such as the Editors of the EnQui.
yer, Journal Charlotte Bulletia, Wilmington Jour-
nak, &C., &c, rs favoFfng reconstruction or wink
ing at it. If they are not for reconstruction, pray
what are they doing to prevent Lincoln from &C.
| complishingltp Writing about Holden-Holden-
Holden-will not prevent Lincoln from re construc
ting, and they know it When do they mean te
| fight to prevent III Never-neverf After wha,
| haSo said L.. -
should fight or quit talking or they will lose char
acter with the people for courage and candor. 4
leave them now, Judge and all, in your hands. i
you can't get thsm in the army, you can put then
where they ought to be, with the people Z 4
Yours, &c. DIGBY. :
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A Gross Siander.

The last Raleigh Register, in an article relating
to the punishment Of deserters, says:
"a bill to punish adequately the aders and abettors of
deserers introduced into the Hou Commons and
after all the stringent provisions had been stricken out
passed that body; but when it got the Senate emas.
custed it it strong for Governor Gahams
tender sensbities towards all who suspected Of
thwartng the operations Of the and under his lead
was defeated"
The statement that Gov Graham has slender
thwarting the operations Of the aoar," is delibe.
rate, unmitgated falschood. Gov Graham is a
truer man than John W, Syme, or any of the skulk
ing, factious, speculating Destructives for whom
Mr.. Syme writes. This is plain language, and We
hope our neighbor will understand it. All that
Gov. Graham has, and all that he hopes to be, are
Staked on the Southern cause. And not only this,
but he is Senator elect to the Confederate Con-
gress, in which body it will be his duty, it will
be his pleasure, while he abors to protect the writ
ten Constitution from innovation and violation, at
the same time to sustain the war, and to aid in es-
tablshing our independence on q sure foundation.
The Register charges the contrary and declares, in
substance, that Governor Graham is traitor to his
country. Tho enemy will hear Of this declaration,
made by the Oldest public journal in North Carolina
If they believe it. they will take new courage in the
prosecution of the war against US. They will re-
gard it as good omen for their cause that a Sena
tor from North-C Carolina has tender sensbtiet
towards all who are suspected of thwarting the op
erations' Of our armies. They will press upon vi
with renewed vigor, and the blood of every South
ern soldier who may be slain as the result Of th
declaration, will be the soul of the Editor Of tn
Register, who will thus have given practical ali
and comfort to the enemy"
The Fayetteville Observer, in reply TO the Char
lotte Democrat gives briefly as follows the reasons
which actuated Gov. Graham in opposing the bill
referred to by the Register ...,.
"The Dsnoc,ut is unjust to Gov Graham, in not gviu
his reason for opposing the BILL which in brief tina
the subject was one egtmaely belonging to the Consd
crate Government nnd Courts and not to tLose of tn
States If both governments pass laws on the subjec
there would be that conflict with the Confederate govern
ment" which the Democrat deprecates 1t would not
TO try man twice for the same offence yet he would
suppose State 1--WE don't suppose sach thing Of North
Carolipal-but suppose some State were to pass Ia
imposing fine of sxpence for such an offence Is ne
manifest that ~ trying offender under that law
might be virtually screened from punishment? Better I
the Confederate Government manage its oNn AFFAIRS
see that Mr. bort ch has made motion !" to inquire in
the expedieney Of amending and making more sringe
the laws in regard persons guilty Of aiding and abettr
or harboring deserters from the army"
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GENERAL ITEMS.

Kentucky has furnished 40 regiments to Lincoln. 1t is
said that under the emancipation proclamation they
dwinding down to mere fragments by desertion.
The New York WorM says that 'Hooker's appointment
to the command ohe army is mporary and that heCle
Ian will be renstated by Lincoln.
The Confederate Congress is hammering away vet at the
Exemption BILL the Currency bil the Supreme Court bl
and the bill to fix flag aud seal for the government.
The latter, believe little older than the permanent
government. bill in Congress is like suit in chancery;
once get it in and you never get it out.
They likely to have lively time in Virginia electing
their next Governor There seems to be not less than half
q dazen candidates.
Companies are forming in Georgia South Carolina and
Alabama which will offer themselves for temporary service
for the defence of Charleston and Savanaah Some Der
sons from heckenburg county, ir thn sse it Is said
have rendered their services - -;
Rt Rev. Henry c. Lay, of Arkansas has consented at
the instance of Bishop Polk perform Episcopal acts in
the Diocese Of louisiana
Tie season of Lent reminds Fulton of the Wilmington
JocrHaI that some has borrowed his umbrella and be
wants it.
Salt was sold in Macon Ga on Monday last at l4ka1e
cents pound and in Atlanta on Tuesday at 16 to 20
cents per pound at auction.
Rev. DR.. Lacy of the Presbyterian Church las become
the Chaplain of the post at Wilson, N. G.
The Editor of the Central Presbyterian has received
present Of five containing 900 Bibles and 500 Tesa-
mens from Mrs George Brown, of Baltimore to be dis.
tribued among the soldiers.
The body of Major Carmichael who fell at the battle of
Newbern has been sent to his bereaved family recently.
The British steamer Rinado ashore in the harbor
Of Charleston and had not been gotten off at last
Mr. John Lockhart, respectable citizen residing in the
northeastern section of Orange county, murdered on
Tuesday of last week by three negroes his empoy-one
belongngto him and two hired The negroes have been
lodged in jul in Hillsborough, to awaittbeir trial.
The Chicago Times gives account of the horrible
death by freezing of twelve Confederate prisoners in the
Yankee prison at Camp Douglass, Or These unfortu.
nate men were huddled together in deraby dirty room
with handful of hay to lie upon, and other provision
They in good health the day before but found dead
next morning frozen sy. Such is the fate of war with
a mercilcss, fanat;cal enemy
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Cen. ID. n. Hill.

We are gratifed to be able to announce that Maj.
Gen. D. H. Hill has been assigned to the command
of the Southern division of this department, and
has established his head quarters at Goldsboro
We observe also that Lieut. Gen. Longstreet COM
mands the entire department from James River in
Virginia, to the South Carolina line
These announcements will be highly gratifying
to our people, ald give assurance to us that if the
enemy should advance upon us, we shall be Dc fen
ded by the highest military skill and ability. We
trust that our Generals in the absence of an actual
advance of the enemy, will give their earnest atten
ton to the condition Of our people within the enc
iny's lines, and will adopt :he most prompt meas
ures for their assistance and relief Let the people
every where hold up their hands, and let our ab
sent soldiers return to their colors.
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US recognise His sovereignty over war and peace and
look to, and trust in Him for success and indepen-
dence These blessings are in His hand alone. Are
we waiting that He may open that hand and give
them to use-RR HenM
FORSYTH County. Very hard things have been pub
lished in and out oftbe State in regard to the loyal
ty of people in Forsyth county. We never believ-
ed these Stories but always regarded them as orig
mating in disappointed political feeling Our opin
ions are confirmed by the last Winston Sentinel,
(which paper is responsible for federation Of SOME
Of the aspersions alluded to- where we find long
article in which it ''protests" against calling into
the field any more conscrpts from that county. OH
the following grounds: "In the first place they
volunteered more freely, than the people in many
other sections. Secondly their soil and climate is
far less productive. Thirdly, they are without
anything like negro population. Fourthly. they
have no means of transportation from abroad"
Again, says the Sentinel -
They have nobly responded to every call. Few
deserters are found here and none In rebellion to
thelaws, but the people cannot perish"
1t gives US pleasure to see justice done, though
tardily, to any portion Of our State.-FayetteuiAe
Obse,0er.
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Rattle ofWifliamsburg.

It will be recollected that blame was attached TO-
the 2sd N. G. Regiment and its Colonel, COL John
F. Hoke for its failure at the battle near Williams
burg to- support Col. McRae in the fatal attack
which he made upon battery by which the brave
and gallant 9th N. G. was horribly decimated. Col
MsRaes report also, We believe, reflected upon that
regiment.
The Charlotte Bulletin produces report from
Mai Gen. D. II. Hill, of that battle which excner-
ates COL Hoke and the 23d from blame In justice
therefore, to COL Hoke and his regiment, we annex
an extract from that report:
"HEADQUARrERs Hills DIVISION
25h December, 1852.
ain the battle of Williamsburg. it the intention of
Gen. Longsreet gain the rear of the Yankee battery on
our lett Hank by passing through the woods 1t
er intended make front attack upon through an open
aed Iordered Col. John F. Hoke, commanding the 23d
n g. Regiment and another regiment (Ssth Virginia. to
eyse woods Of the enemy skirmishers This aas done
ssg iisofaey and had it nj" been doue the regiment
advancing over the field would have been exposed to
A''N - - D.H. HILL Maj Gen.
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TAKEN UP.

a ND COMMITTED TO THE JAIL OF 0NSLOw
n County, the sOth uIt, q negro man by the name
Of JACK. who says he belongs to Lott Rch Of Sampson
low complexion about five feet eight inches high says
lie bought in Richmond aud sold to Rich by Bar
den abou4 seven months ago. -
eighteen years DID, who say they belong To the heirs of e.
Sarkey JONES' of Jones County and runaway from the salt
works Topsai Sound The owners of said negroes
requested )rward prove property pay charges
and take them away will Be dealt with the law
directs. z AUkkILL, IN, Shift.
Feb. 9th, 1853. -. .g -. 80 10-w6m.
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We publish to-day the majority and minority
reports submitted to the Legislature, on the subject
Of the sale of State bonds by the late Treasurer
Courts and also, just and we'll written article from
the Fayetteville Observer on the subject, to which
we invite the attention of readers. In our next
we expect to submit some observations of our own
oil the subject.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-03-04

V,LIsE AND BIBLs,-On yesterday morning
:, looking out of the window Of our sanctum, we
discovered valise in the garden of the late Mrs.
wheaton. We dispatched our pressman at once to
Id after It. who soon returned with good sized
- With the lock broken and its contents gone,
except solitary bibls-an article which all .neves
escbey. and the card of the owner. Ihe vai'se mas
a. name of DR.. Chas. F. Smith, on ono end. Inc
amner can have it and the bible on application at
fhis Office.
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The Progress says that Capt Winder dld not Or
a.. ,be nnblication of the order in the Wilmington
1ovrnnl to which we alluded in our last he is
not therefore, blamable. The order, however, ~as
an ;mport.nt one and ought to have been puolsneo
n aome form in all the papers which published tne
arde- ,enniriue the militia to drill.
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AbolitiOnism Aroused.

We had, long before the war commenced, an un-
wavering conviction that if ever the South seeded
We should have bloody, exhausting, terrible war.
We knew the stubbornness and perverseness Of the
Yankee character, and hence our conviction. From
the commencement Of the war, sanguine persons and
sensation papers have taken hold of the most shall
low indications and have proclaimed early peace
but while we have earnestly desired such cohsun-
nation, have seen no end to the war, but in the
skillful management of our affairs, and in the most
determined and superhuman bravery and hare light
ing
"A few days ago the Lincoln Senate passed . bill
ordering the enrolment and conscript'on or drait
of every able bodied man from 90 to - years of
aSs iaths Northern and Western States. SepfeIring
tbs most Shlimited power upon the President in
disappointment of officers &C. It is believed the
House will pass the bill without hesitancy. This
movementhas caused great rejoicing among the
Abolition press and those who advocate the prosecu
ton Of the war. 1t will be denounced bitterly by
;he peace party, but the army of the North, of
whom the term Of service of 100000 will expire
the lst of May will submit to it, just as the army
Of the South, for far better reasons, however, sub
mitted to the Confederate conscription. Partizan
feeling and political maneuvcring will run high in
:he Northern States strong efforts will be made
by the Democrats professed peace party to raise
howl Of Indignation against the measure, but the
appliances of the despotic government of Lincoln
and the fears of French intervention will force the
entire North to yield, and what the end is to be
God only knows
Let the South look well to her ways and prepare
for the conflict. We do not believe in the power of
numbers alone. The Southern army, kept up to its
present maximum, is amply sufficient for our pur-
poses What we need most is greater wisdom, skill
and economy in the Quarter-Master, Comm;ssary,
Ordnance and Medical Departments; due considera-
tion for the wants and wishes of the people at home
as we'll as the army return to living prices, and
the forcing ofextortioners into the army and
full outstanding of our means and resources for the
raising of food One Of the most injurious ideas
der which the government has labore, is the notion
that ali white must fight and the slave popula-
ton must make the bread and meat. Never was
there "A more narrow, foolish and ruinous idea
cherished.
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this Office.

We learn, with much satisfaction, that Or. Master
wilson Of the Clothing Department in this City,
has arranged scale of prices to increase the pay OF
.ho famales who make up the garments, and that IL
only requires the approval of the Acting -Ad)utant
General to be carried into effect We kno" thas
Gov. Vance and Capt Wilson have been in favor o'
s.4he increace for some time
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f,ua Tssx..-our friends will please observe OUT
,<m terms. Those sending less amount a'1er tue
18th inst, are credited at these rates many ~,,.e
to US as if they expected reply By letter. We H
have no time for correspondence, except "nen y S
absolutely necessary. 80
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D. d. HILL, Maj. Gen.

We publish in to days paper, as q matter Of gen.
cral concernment, An act for the relief of land
lords" This act takes effect thirty days after the
adjournment of the General Assembly. -.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-03-04

u,nv,-About o'clock on Tuesday morning
last our citizens were aroused by an alarm Of nre'
7, vas soon discovered that the kitchen OF Mr. Lynn
Adams. on Davie Street, was being rapidly corsum-
ad Soon it caught the dwellings OF Mr: Adams
nd Mr. VIM. j. Lougee, and the outhouses, which
n short time were entirely destroyed The fur
,;tu.s and other articles Of both dwellings were
a.:ad Mr.. Adams lost considerable quantity OF
80 His entire loss is quite heavy, having no
insurance Mr.. Lougee had partial insurance. ou'
his loss was also heavy.
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The next Yankee Congress. it is thought, will be
extremely close between the Democrats and Repub-
i,cans. 1t will rot meet until December, unless
convened by Lincoln. He will not embarrass him.
self by calling it, if he can avoid it.
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Cor. JOHN A. GILMER, Jk-We had the pleas
ure Of seeing this gallant officer the Colonel ofthe
9th, day or two since. He has nearly recovered
from the wound which he received at the battle Of
Fredericksburg, andexpects to rejoin his regiment
in few days at Charleston.
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COnscription in Poland.
Among the late items Of foreign news We find

Among the late items Of foregn news We Ind
the following:
"The operation of the Russian Military Conscrption or
draft in Poland eventuated general and wide spread
uprising against the authority of the Gar in that ancient
kingdom general of oil the Russian troops in
the country was planned for the night of the esd Of anua.
ry The Poles killed all the found in the houses
where they we're betted. The telegraph wires in the
neiehborheod Of Warsaw destroy Two thousand
conscrpts lately enrolled deserted snd assembled at differ
ent points Three were thus formed
BY bands each about Thousand strong One OF these
bands was dispersed the Others having crossed the Vstus
effected junction with the troops of the insurgents. Com
bats had taken place. but decided impression had been
made on the insurrecton." :
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We are requested to state that A. q. Kirk, who
died recently at Camp Lee, near Richmond, left mo-
new and other valuabes which he desired his wife in
Wake County to have. The property can be obtain
ed by addressing Assistant Surgeon Mendenhaii
Camp Lee, Hospital No. 2, Richmond, Va.
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A NOBLE Assoc1AT1oN.-It has been proposed in
Orange county to form an Association Of such per-
sons as would agree to let the families Of soldiers
and of the poor have the necessaries of life at mod
crate rates-say corn at 81 bushel, wheat at g.
pork at $40 hundred, bacon at 30 cents pound,
beef at Ave cents. In one neighborhood, Oaks"
twelve gentlemen have united in the generous
measure, being all who hare been consulted. so far
among those who have any surplus. The following
are their names, as gissn BY the Hillsborough Re