Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-10-26
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Ihe Atlanta IH~tetSgencef OF a late /
date, reiterates its former assertion, that
Gen. Benning, Of the Georgia troops,
knew nothing of tue attack upon the
Standard Office, and that it has the assu-
rance of Gen. Beuning himself to that
effect; and then furthermore remarks,
upon the authority sf Gen. Benning:
"The sacking of the Standard office
was dene by a party of North Carolin-
ians, who had been detailed from Gen.
Lees army to arrest deserters, and who
seduced the Georstans into joining them.
Of this the General was not aware until
after the sacking vas committed, and the
soldiers had returned to t1e cars when
the North Caroliuidfs, in the presence
and hearing of the General, Boosted of
what they had done. This is the plain
and u~nvarnished story of the affair as it
came to Gen. Benning's knowledge"
This statement Gsrroborates the follow
ing account given to US: Some three
weeks ago, four soldiers called at eur Of
flee and said theL wished to correct a
misapprehension under which we and
the other papers as this city labored as
to Whdt soldiers mads the assault upon
the Standard Office. They said, "we did
ia detachment lforty men belonging
TO the Ferty-eighth North Carolina Reg
iment, who had been detailed to go to
Union and s~tanlySc1unties in search of
desertsrs. We coacocted, originated and
executed the attack, and the Georgia SOL
disrs who went with us were on the same
train, and heard as arranging our plan
and said they world back us in case we
met with resistance likely to. prove too
strong for our forty men," We asked
: how it was, then, that a Georgia Major,
Tor officer of some Kind, was in command
of them, and ordered them into ranks
e when Gov. Vance made his appearance
9 at the office! They replied" There
e was no 'command' about it. A Geor-
!: gia officer was the first to tell US that Gov.
\ Vance was present and wished to make
: a speech to US; when we formed line to
d hear him." The men remarked that the
h balance of the detachment were then at
0 the Depot, and if<aywould walk there
# with them, their statement wolld be cor
If roborated by the others. They said they
were on their way back to their Regi-
9 ment in Virginia, with the deserters they
. had taken, but hid missed connection
and had to lie aysetil the night train I;
andre-ane~s- h.aL-NA
3 nnent m our paps and send a COPY of
the same to Col. Robt. G. Hill, of the
. 4Sth N. G. Regiment.
e.. We did not cote the Depot with the
d men, because We did not want-to appear
c.15cious 10 any way about the unfortu :
nate affair; and We have RETAINED from
making the statement they requested, for
is the same reason and because ne names
" were given us by the four soldiers who
I'd called upon us, to coroborate their state
ments. But on seeing the above from
10 Gen. Benning, W have concluded to pub.
a llsh this statement, to exonerate the
It Geogians, if they are Innocent of the at
to fair, and perhaps settle the mooted point,
IN as to who it really was that sacked the
~ Standard ofics-especially as this de
tachment of the 4sth N. Z. Regimen
IS were anxious to lift nh blame from the
s. shoulders of the Georgia soldiers.
IS
ID The NORTHERN ELEcTIoNs.-Curtin. thu
Abolition Governor of Pennsylvania, has
IN been reelected by over fifty thousand
at majority, and Brough, the Lincoln can
ct dldate, has beaten Valandigham in Ohio