Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-07-23
AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA

There two arrivals at Fortress Monroe on Satur
day from Newbern, North Carolina One Of the vesse
brought Major General Foster and two Of his staff who
relieving Gen. Dix, will command the lately consolidated
departments Of Virginia and North Carolina having hi
headquarters at Fortress Monroe. Gen. Hickman lef
in command in North Carolina.
The latest and rumors from North Carolina ar.
embodied in the following paragraphs furnished by news
paper correspondents:
williamson, on the Roanoke river, was bombarded b,
four of our gunboats, under Capt Fusser, Monday
soyed and the rebels who had recently become quite bold
driven entirely from the river many miles back.
The Wilmington IN. CO. Journal, an original secession
sheet in speaking of the assembling of the North Caro-
lima Legislature upon the call of Gov Vance ostenslby
consider the question Of rebel currency charges that
other and more important objects occasion this called
sion, aud bitterly denounces the observation-disclosures with
intending to use the Legislature Of accomplish
ing their purpose.
The Raleigh IN CO. State Journal alleges the discovery
of secret political organizations whose purposes are most
infamous and reasonable 1t cautions the patriotic peo
pie Of the State to be the alert, and says: "Not
place and power merely involved in this movement
embraces .n the liberty and property and even the lives
ments may shortly be made which will stare the most
apathetic."
Late Raleigh papers speak responding terms of the
prospects of the rebel cause taking the fall of Vcksburc
and the precarious condition Of Lee as their cue.
The Raleigh IN CO. Standard is in favor Of recon
strucon Of the Union and thinks the probable terms Of
reconstruction between the North and South will be the
adoption Of gradual emancipation system by all Of the
rebelIious States which North Carolina IN common with
the other Slave States will accept if the Government in
ss upon the the only terms that can be granted
notwithstanding the life of the institution is not in the
least impaired by this war; generally believed at the
North. Nothing but great standing army between the
masters and the slaves would impair the institution over
which 10 thrown the hied of the State and municipal laws
together with the inherent will OF the Southern people
hence these terms the chespest the Government
offer, and the best the South can accept.
Newbern letter Of the 18th instant refers in the fol-
lowing terms to the current and late reports Of reaction
Of public opinion in North Carolina in regard to the value
and necessity Of the Old Union:
Reports that the North Carolina rebels are making
ovetures OF peace, under scheme of reconstruction
Of the Unon are still current but they emanate not from
omc'ai founains There IT, in fact, truth in them al
though there u no knowing how the necesses Of
the southern Conederacy may require to submit to the
OF part Of its constellation of States There
s no harmony existing between the JEFF Davis Govern
ment and that OF COL Vance, tho Governor OF North Caro-
lima The Davis papers In tho State are wretchedy weak
puere and poverty stricken they are az Contemplate
the conception AZ they weak in the execution or an
enlarged dea On the contrary the Vance papers, such
a. that edited by Holden, n Raleigh for instance arc
fearless defiant intelligent and progressive They sp
pear In good condition too They look a. il mon or sub
stance sustained them, while the othors seem 10 be- sup
ported only BY the psp Furnished them by rotten and
corrupt snd sstsnkDg remnant OF faction Of an ephe.
neral and expiring Government \.