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Some Excellent Resolutions.

The following resolutions were introduced in the
House of Commons, on the 18th instant by Mr..
FOust, of Randolph and postponed on account Of
want Of time to act upon them, til! the third Tues
day in May. These resolutions embrace three i'm,
portant points, and take the correct ground in rea
ton to them. We regret that time was not allowed
to pass them
ResOleedby the General assembly Of North Car
OIsna That the repeal, by the Confederate States
Congress, OF the laws by which persons skilled in
certain trades and professions are exempt from mil
itary service, and the substituting therefor of sys
TEN OF details to meet the wants of the country,
would be, in the judgment Of this General Assem-
bly,, exceedingly unwise and improper; because of
the danger that the persons entrusted with the pow-
er of making such Details would often execute the
duty injudlciously and with partiality
ReaOLred, That in the opinion of this General As.
sembly, the "priUitege" granted tV conscripts and
soldiers in the service by the Congress of the Con.
federate States to furnish substitutes after such
substitutes have been furnished and accepted, be-
came contract" which the government cannot
Constitutionally, or in good conscience, violate.
ResolOed That any plan for restoring the cur
rency so far as it contempates compulsory funding
and repudates the contract of the government with
the holders of its notes that they should be receiv
able In payment Of public dues, is impotic; be
cause breach of contract cannot restore but tends
10 destroy all confidence in the government.
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Confederate Finances.

We publish extracts to-day from the report Of the
Secretary of the Treasury, showing the condition of
the Confederate finances.
The Secretary, in urging his forced loan, and the
consequent reputation Of such notes as shall not be
funded, says:
mo contract, however solemn, can require na-
tonal ruin and, in such case, the maxim must pre-
vail that the public safety is the supreme law"
No nation can be saved by Reputation of SOL
emn contracts. The nation that attempts thus to
save itself will be lost Confidence is as indispen-
sable to nations as to individuals and the nation
that loses the confidence of the people who compose
it, can never regain that confidence. Mr.. Memmin-
ger and Mr. Davis advocated secession from the old
government because minority of the American
people threatened to break the "solemn contract"
of the federal Constitutions and now, in three short
years from that period, they propose that the new
government whose affairs they have been called to
administer shall break its "solemn contracts" and
in the language of the most desperate leaders Of the
French revolution "the public safety is to be the
supreme law!" Constitutions and contracts, and
plighted faith nothingI Is this political moral
ity2 Are we to "do evil that good may come" "
If the Confederacy breaks its word today who will
u
present or old issues of treasury notes. who viii
| take its new notes?
| We enter solemn protest against this whole
doctrine We intend to maintain truth and urge
the redemption of plighted faith, happen what may
To break faith-to enact lie on the ground that
the public safety is the supreme law, would be to
disgrace the Confederacy and dishonor the sovereign
States that formed it. Save US, save US, oh some
benignant power, from the political morality of Mem
minger and Benjamin. If the public safety is to
be the supreme law" Mr.. Davis may be crowned
King, or invested with the imperial purple for such
a doctrine would justify that, or any thing else
What would the people of North Carolina have said
if they had known in 1861 that in less than three
years after they joined the Southern Confederacy
it's highest officers would advocate doctrine which
would put under foot Constitutions, plighted faith
and solemn contracts3 So it is. But why dwell
upon it, for
| "Earth is sick,
| And heaven is weary of the hollow sounds,
Which men and nations wheneer they speak
Of Truth and Jus tce "
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Northern News,

Northern papers to thef7th have been received
at Richmond
The correspondent Of the Boston HeraM at Char.
lesion harbor says that Dahlgreen is preparing for
great movement of the ironcadS He will not
leave the department until the old flag waves over
Charleston or its ruins.
In the federal House Of Representatives. on the
1oth Mr. Rollens, of Missouri offered resolution
IN substance the same as the Crittenden resolutions
that the Uar was brought on by disunionists, but
should not be prosecuted for conquest or subiuga.
Iion. When obedience to the Constitution and
Jaws are secured the war ought to STOP
LoVeloy moved TO lay the resolution on the table
Yeas 50, nays ia
IT. "ash6urne, of Illinois, express wish to debate.
Inc resolution was laid over
Oh tuesday, Fernando Wood submitted a reso
tbro lnat the President be requested to appoint
t;nne commissioners, empowered to open negotia.
tbat % Nun tIe authorities at Richmond, to the end
shan haS TINS bloody, destructive and inhuman war
oH"ll cease and the Union be restored upon terms
st;t vi equity fraternity and equality under The Con
he m ioid " "aSnourne , moved that the resolution
0e ,ala upon the table. Yeas 7s, nays SO.
resolution was introduced instrEcting the rom.
m'tee Of the judiciary to report hill rsHoai;n tbe
Fugitive Slave law. Laid on the tablp b,, ei,b,
majority. '@o'e oy ee"'
ths latest quotation of gold 15o.
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$i75 4QS 4Q3 00


Il ht6ese estimates be extended to embrace the re-
naming six months of the calendar year, they must
be doubled, and that sum added to the undrawn
appropriations would make an aggregate of 81 ,427
BITS, which Congress is formally called upon to
provide. 1t is obvious, however, that the amounts
to the credit of undrawn appropriation cannot be
called for, inasmueh as there remain but three
months Of the present calendar year to be provided
Cor, and the expenditures limited to fifty mil
lions per month. So too as to the estimates. Any
measures which will promptly reduce the currency
will act upon prices and thereby materially reduce
the estimates:
But the larger figures exhibit to us in a distinct
and tangible form the problem which we are now
required to solve. The currency has by this time
attained dimensions of five times its proper size
The estimates. are based upon prices fixed by this
condition Of the currency. If these estimates are
to be supplied by new issues of currency, prices
must again increase and large additions must be
made to the figures which represent both currency
and estimates. 1t is obvious, therefore, that some
other mode of raising supplies must be devised !;
and the necessity is equally obvious of reducing the
currency. We thus distinctly presented with
these two conditions necessary elements of the
problem to be solved, namely reduction of the ex-
isting currency, and supply from some other
source than Treasury notes.
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We are constantly receiving complaints from our
subscribers in the army of Virginia that they do not
receive their papers regularly We assure our SUBJ
scrbers in the army that their papers are mailed
regularly and if they do not receive them the fault
is not ours. A private in the army Of Virginia
writes us as follows:
81 have been informed that your paper is stopped
in Richmond Is that so think it very hard, in
deed that men who have beer serving their country
for nearly three years in the ranks should be de-
pryed of the privilege of reading paper published
in the capital of their own State Way don't they
saw, sycu shall read this paper, and none others,
instead of secretly suppresSing your paper ?"
A soldier writing from Weldon, says
al am very anxious to get the Standard, as it
speaks nv sentiments. We can scarcely get one in
our regiment | sometimes buy one from citizen
after it is nearly worn out at 25 cents copy and
glad to get it Our officers swear it shall not come
here, but have concluded to risk a subscription.
Three fourths of our regiment endorse your course
Ave learn that the Standard is not permitted to
circulate in certain Hospitals in the Eastern part Of
this State and that soldiers who endorse Holden are
refused furloughs when they are entitled to them
Party spirit it seems, is every where, cursing and
running the country. Weather beaten, wounded
sick, exhausted soldiers punished because they
think for themselves And this in free country
What are We fighting for? Liberty? Ifso, let u:
have il,
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For the Standard,


Mr.. EDITOR We were in hopes that the Legis-
lature would take some steps towards peace. The
people of this District White Oak, are for peace,
and judging by the Conservative vote for members
of Congress, so is the State. May l not add
that the Conservative party is gradually permeating
the whole Coniederacy, and that the day is not far
distant when its power will be every where visible.
Let us keep our army in the field, but let US talk
for peace at the same time. Negotiations must
commence, and why should not North. Carolina
commence themS She has more troops in the field,
than any other State in propGrtion to population,
her citizens have ever been foremost in all contri-
buttons for this war, and now why may not she be
first in peace ?" Let US have Convention. We
can then have peace. l remember the Destructive
speeches of Mr.. Lewis & Co., in 1861, just before
the first Convention. He was going to swallow all
fankeedom. Ifyou talk to them now about peace,
they cry out for "the last man and last dollar
Why don't they all volunteer in defeuee of their
bloody principles as there is no law that ever saw
to hinder themg But Mr.. Editor, if we in real.
ity reduced to the last and last dollar what
good has all this strife effected Who is bene6tedH
They remind me of the man. his wife Bette, and the
bear The bear chased them awhile, when the old
man took tree and left Bette to escape as she
could; but Bette killed the bear, and the old man
sliding down the tree bawled out "look here what
bear and Bette killed" They won't fight, but
will be willing enough, should arms be victori-
Gus, to say a0e killed the bear.
But our boys in the army say that when the Yam
KEGS whipped and they return, should they ever
hear no fight war man say aoe whipped the Yam
KEGS, they will whip him. l close for the present
WHITE OAK.
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For the Standard.
To the People of the Confederate states.

To the People of the Confederate States.
Mr.. HoLDEN:-I have thought much of the dis
tressed condition of the families OF the soldiers and
can conceive but one remedy to prevent them from
suffering seriously.
The fittings, if properly distributed to the fami.
lies of the soldiers would relieve them gceatly-that
IS that part of the fittings that can not be got to
the army, and that will rot and waste in the hands
OF the government officers. Let the common soldier
be given an order on the commissary of his County
for corn wheat or bacon in lieu of such part of his
monthly wages as he may be able to devote to the
support of his family, and his family be entitled to
receive these supplies at government prices By
adopting this plan, much Of the fittings would be
saved, the government would not be required to is
sue so much paper money to pay the soldiers, and
the families Of the soldiers would be provided for
learn that in many localities government officers
are compelled 10 sell articles to keep them from
spelling, and in this way supplies, which are prec-
Gus, are passing into the band of Spectators
verify believe tbnt if the plan herein suggested
should be adopted it would work bene6cally to the
government and to the soldiers and their families.
W. F. HENDERSON.
Rich Fo1k, Davidson Co., n. G.
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CONFEDERATE VICToRY.-It is stated that John
stons division attacked force of mounted infantry
abou: four thousand strong at Beans Station on
Monday, and gradually drove them back, after
stubborn resistance, with heavy loss, in the drec-
ton of Knoxville The pursuit continued through
out Tuesday and Wednesday during which time
we captured train of seventy wagons, laden with
stores and clothing, and ninety prisoners. Our
forces are moving in the direction of Knoxville, to
which place the Yankees have fled. Our loss in
killed and wounded about three hundred Gen.
Oracle was slightly wounded in the arm, and is
here, on route for Mobile Two hundred and twenty
five prisoners have arrived here.
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q. orange Court House. Va, on the SOth of Nov.
IaS from wound received in the left lung on the attic
field on the Rapidan river RANDOLPH D. REESE captain
of Co. H. I'd Cavalry and 18th regiment n e. troops
Captain Reese was native of Northampton county was
twenty nine years DID, and among the first in his county
who volunteered for the war He entered the service
priyate-was appointed conm ssUned officer by his
{apaiu from which he rose Sd Lieutenant then 3D. and
afterwards st and by his Captains resgnng was promo
his repmeptwas kind and generous his men and was
warmly beloved by them In the field he was bold and
dashng and fight, was said Of him BY brother Of
cmnapv Of sharp shooters driving the enemy before him.
The Confederacy has not lost braVer or
than Capt. Reese.
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MARRIED..

In this City the evening Of the l5h by Rev Thomas
Quigey, Mr. ALFRED UPCHURCH and Miss Ann ELIZA REI
NoLLS.
In this City Tuesday evening 18th instant, at the
residence of J. Bromell by Rev. Mr. Priichard. Mr. G..
e. HARRSLL, of Wilmington N. c., to Miss R. F. NJ GRIP-
FIN, Of this City.
At the residence of the brides father, in Wake County,
on the 18th by Nathan Ivey, Esq, Mr. n. B. WILL
L1AMs To Miss SARAH. A. PENNELL.
In Wake County, on the 7th December by Haywood
Grfis Esq Mr. LAWRENCE LITrLETON. of the SD Regt.
n G. T., to Miss MARY CREECH of said county.
In Iaruett County the 9th inst by Rev. g. A Rus
sci, Mr. MALCoM A. MCLEOD to Miss MARGARET CANERn"
of lanes Cameron deceased
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AvrRuL's RA1p.-The Richmond Examiner of
the 18th says: Averilrs raidin Southwestern Vir-
snia is like to prove an interesting affair. Our
latest from him is, that he retreated from Salem on
THURSDAY evening but re-appeared there yesterday
morning under circumstances that led to the belief
that his route to Ksnawha had been stopped by OR
forces We are in possession of some facts relative
10 the movements of our men, which 1t IS not
thought advisable to publish just now. 1t Is be-
lieved that Averill will attempt to get to DanVle
and Eberate the Yankee prisoners confined there.
Dates from Lynchburg to the goth leave the i'm
nression that Averill was retiring towards Fin
castle
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Gen. GRANT.-The Yankee Congress have unani.
mousy passed resolution of thanks to Gen. Grant,
and requested the President to cause q medal to be
struck with suitable devices and inscriptions, to be
presented to him.
/. resolution has also been introduced to confer
upon hiufthe rank of Lieutenant General Halleck,
Banks, Dix, Hooker, Thomas, Sherman and three
others will probably be promoted also to the same
rank
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The ARMY oF TENNEssEE.-Gen. Joseph E. john
ston has been appointed to the command of the
army, and was expected at Dalton. Gen. Hindman,
of Arkansas notorety, had arrived and resumed
command of his old corps.
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CoSGREss..-The committees appointed are regular
ly at work, and important reports are expected in
few days. No measure of any Importance has
been perfected and passed since our last.
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Glen Anna School, Thomasville, will commence
on the 1<t Wednesday in January, 1864. Board
$50 per month.
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"ANTE AT THIS OFFICE INN E-
w diatey, ,0VO 2OuO pamphlets for Wrapping pS-
per, Ia large or snail lOta. apply At ones
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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
nnremher II IS62

December II, 1868
The campaign Of 1868 may now be said to be
over The troops are doubtless in their winter
quarters and the condi itiOn of the weather to-day
leads us to believe that all warike operations are
now at an end until the vernal suns of 1864 shall
bring a more favorable season for military move
ments. The enemy is in Culpeper county, with the
hulk of his infantry consisting o. four corps lying
around the Court House and Brandy Station, and
with his cavalry pickets reaching out to and beyond
Mitchell's Station. One corps is beyond the Rap
pahannock, for the purpose of guarding theSrail-
road 1t is not true that the enemy have ever de-
stroyed any part Of the railroad, or that they ln-'
tend to change their base of operations. On the
contrary as soon spring opens Meade will either
push for Richmond be forced back to Wash
ington.
A party of prisoners, five in number, brought in
yesterday evening, say that the enemy are ousily
occupied in constructing mud hutS, and IN cordu-
rowing the roads so as to make them fit for travel
Our men are similarly occupied, and already have
constructed very comfortable quarters whilst the
pioneer corps have been unremttting in their efforts
to improve our roads. The road passing through
Orange G. H. has been converted into quite go0u
pike.
FREQUENT INQUIRIES are made as to how the army
is fed In response would say that the army re-
ce;ves abundance of good flour and beef lot nVe
DAYS. and bacon for the other two days OF eacn
week Occasionally there are issues OF sweet ana
Irish potatoes. The army has also been receiving
during the last ten days supplies OF new clothing
and some shoes The troops are well fed, and In
the main well Clad the only much needed article to
the soldiers comfort being blankets. Inc lack 0l
them could readily be supplemented 1t the people
only possessed tithe of the patriotism they ex-
hibited in the outset of this war.
The field hospital accommodations IN TINS army
are as follows A general hospital for corps NO; =
under Dr. Black; one for corps No. y, under Dr'
Higginbottom. There is also a receiving ana i3r-
warding hospital, under DR.. -Clagsett aSslSteG Dy
DR.. Newton. All of these are now located at
Orange o. n, Persons coming here and seeking
information Of their sick friends can get 1t oy ap-
plying at one of the three departments A.
The Washington Republican urges the seizure OF
Weldon by the Yankees, during the Fail or inter,
so as to cut of the "rebels from supplies oy ran
beyond the Northern boundary of North Carolina,
and leave them to such "lean Pickipgs," as can be
found in Eastern and Southern Virginia This step
is urged by the Republican in view Of the early com
! pletion Of the connection between Danvilte and
Greensboro, North-Carolina
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Dec. 81, 1868.


"EN DOLLARS REWARD...STRAYED
awayfrom the subscriber about the first of November
last large white COW with brndle head horns, mark
ed with two sts and under bit in the left and two
Sits and crop off the right The above reward will be paid
for the delivery of the to me- for infnrms on
so that get her. County Rangers respectfully in
vited this advertisement Ny residence is two
miles East Of Yadkn Institute P D Yadkin county. G.
SARAH A. JARRETT.
Dec 81 1863 52-w4tpd.
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$701,447,519 90

$701, ,447,519 90
In order to estimate the amount of Treasury notes
in circulation at the date of this report there must
be added the further sum of one hundred millionsS
for the two months which have elapsed since the
date of the above schedules.
The balances of the appropriations already made
by Congress- and not drawn on 30th September
stood as follows:
War Department. 1896, 500, ,698 90
Navy Department. 24,413,645 90
Civil, miscellaneous, &C., 56,24O,996 90
Customs, 294 46O 90
Total, $47645l, ,799 90
The estimate submitted by the various depart
ments for the support of the government, are made
to lst July, 1864, the end of the fiscal year, and
ar e as follows:
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Christmas Holidays.

In order to give our hands an opportunity to
,ortic,nate in the Christmas hadays, no paper will
No issncd from this office on Friday next
We shall send half sheet on the Tuesday sue
csedipp to our Weekly and Semi Weekly subscri-
berS.
We tender to our numerous readers the compli-
ent of the season. and trust the sun OF Christmas,
1854. will rise in the blessed atmosphere of PEACE.
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uONESVILLE SCHOOL, YADKIN COUN.
oB TY n c. will open the Spring session the l4th Of
January, 1854. ]. G -Marler, Principal.
Parents and guardians who expect t" patronlze TINS
school, should inform the principal of the fact as early AZ
practicable Young ladies enter this school with pro-
pety as there will be but few if any large boys connect
ed with it. Special PAINS given to those who preparing
themselves to teach in our N. c Common Schools The
Principal is a teacher of experience.
TERMS OF 20 WEEKS.
Tution and board at the old price, paid in produce at
the old price, but if not where it is not to
do that our terms money will be mo derae as we can
afford cheap any other school, Payments in advance
Address J. G. MAILER,
JonesvilIe Ie, n c.
Dac eI 7S63 80 l02-2tpd.
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Dec. q, 1853.
= ,,,IG 1SNAIIaCOTTAGE BUILD.

iar mn The necessary outhOuses nne garden con-
1epent water and situate in the Eastern Ward City
The house belongs to the estate Of C. Bevln deceased
aU is64 The house and lot will be rented at
t,i tcv bv Creech Litchfhrd Thursday Dec 24th-
puo''' oU'o'' y X. z FERRELI, Admir-
p.I.,ob Dec. 20 isqs sS-Stpa
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WA ANTED, BY AN EXEA PIT SOLDIER,
w a situation as Teacher in some School or private
family where little walking would be reqHired; could hll
some one of the many shade Offices about to be Vaca
led by the present Congresss graduate, aud has tne
best Of references. Address, William Maroon, Kaegn'
Decer,har o. 1sss 1n9-ltpd
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HOUSES AND LOTS TO RENT-;wILL

III be rented to the highest bidder at Towes suction
aud commission store on Saturday 26th inst at coc
MED nv Mr. IL German and the House the corner eI
the lot West of Mr. E. E. Harris, now 9ccnpea Dy yCt %
Lumsden both situated in the Western "Sru Vi " Wy
"nO ''n' e"'eH' ~ 'D JAS. II. ToWLES, Auc.
- - .,. lO2-
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-1oTICE..,ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVE
~ RY month shall send special agent to the Army
Of Northern Virginia All packages &c. sent to me at
'n'' P EDWARD WARREN,
Surgeon General Of N. G.
D,:L noo OF 1as1 1O2-3m.
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0ITY ELECTION.-THE FOLLOWING PER-
q Sons have been appointed to hold an election for
th tird Monday in january 1884, Mayors box, NJ. B.
Rovster ESQ Western Ward, William Robert Andrews,
Es9 Middle Ward, P. F. Pescud, Esq Eastern Ward,
Robert Andrews, Esq. ID. Is. hoioiEH.
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-TDESI HIDES !-JUST RECEIVING BEAU
TIFUL lot of HIDES, some Of which will SELL
- N D. W. C. BENB0W.
c.onsboro, N c. Dec q, 1863. l02-4tpd