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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
Gaming to the Rescu, of their Friends.

The villtication and abuse of the loyal people of
North Carolina by the mOrtgaged presses OF this
City and other hirelings and slaves, is bearing its
fruits. For several days couple of men, calling
themselves officers of the army, who have freely
cursed the people Of this State traitors have been
prowlng about this city, no doubt in close fellow
ship with the other reyilers OF people and the
State. Their career was brought to an abrupt ter
minaton on Monday night, however, by heavy
robbery at the Marlborough House.
Dr. Riddick was robbed of 81, 900, and suspicion
resting on two men calling themselves Lieut. W..
j. Spears, of Louisiana, and Capt David Mcdaniel,
of Alabama the defamers Of the State aforesaid the
parties were arrested at house of doubtful proprie
ty in the suburbs of the city. The robbery was
committed about O'clock and the arrests were
made at a much later hour. On the examination
before Mayor Harrison, some two thousand dollars
or more of the money was found in the boot of Lieu
tenant Spears, and the balance in the bed OF the
room occupied by the parties at the Marlborough
House. When the order for search was given Capt.
Mcdaniel remarked that it was I'D hard that an
Alabama Captain should be searched IN such a Id
abolition hole as North Carolina" Just such Ian
guage as the mortgaged presses OF this city and
few politicians of desperate fortunes would have
used. On being demonstrated with he quaihedhis
insult TO the State by conning his offensive remarks
TO porton of the press of the city, in which he was
loud in his denunciat;Ons of the Progress and Stan
ddrd and eloquent in praises of the morgaged con-
Germs. We wish thoSe carflon CROWS much Joy vi
their new allies.
movement is on foot to get up meeting Of
towards and skukers in this city to denounce such
men as Hon. w. A. Graham, Hen Bedford Brown,
Hon. R. S. Donncll, the Editors of the Standard,
Progress and Others and if the scheme succeed, and
the traducers and defmers of honest men carry out
their plans and hold a meeting, we would suggest
that no better orators could be secured for the oc
caSion than these Jail birds, whom we suppose the
Sheriff would let out under guard for q short time
to edy the defamers Of their people, State and coun-
try. These thieves and defamers of our honest old
Commonwealth came from Richmond, where many
more of the same sort may be found They were
no doubt sent here to get up meetng'to denounce
the loyalty of the people ofthis State We congrat-
ulate Dr. Rddick on the recovery of his money,
Mayor Harrison's police on their success in arrest
ing the scoundrels, and the friends of the thieves
here on the present political social and loyal status
of their allies. Their friends here who help them
denounce this State as nest of traitors should stand
by them.-PTOgreSs
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
Public Meetings,

We observe that some of our contemporaries in this
State who refuse to publish the proceedings of the
people looking to peace, eagerly catch at and pub
ish the proceedings of meetings looking to indefn-
lite war, and laudatory of jefferson Davis. One
thing is admitted however and that is the right to
hold public meetings and the policy of holding them
at this time; and this, it must be borne in mind,
applies well to the socalled peace meetings as to
the Jefferson Davis meetings. twill not do to say
that it is not polite for the people to assemble them
selves unless they will speak in certain way
they have right when assembled, to speak as they
please, and to arragn them for doing, to ques
ton their motives is to ipeach not only tt cir in
telligence but the fundamental principle of their
right to govern themselves. If they have right
to assemble to aud Mr.. Davis, they have right to
assemble to censure Mr.. Davis; and the army has
the same right But the private soldier is ignored
in the army meetings, and his right therefore, to be
heard amounts to nothing. HIS voice is stifed un-
less he will surrender his judgment to others, and
think and act as he is told to do by his superors-
And yet he is fighting for liberty-for the right of
thought and free expression!
Politicians and public men are always anxious to
consult the people and to hear their voice in times
of peace But if it be true that the government is
the peoples, and that they and they alone are en-
titled to rule both in peace and war, how much
more important is it that they should be consulted
in revolutions like the present. when every thing
precious is at stake No matter what majority of
them may do no one has right in political sense
to question their action. Their voice is final and
conclusive. They are the masters in this country.
All attempts to mGndge them will fail. They were
managed and deceived into this war, by the aboli-
tionsts on one hand and the original secessonsts on
the other; and that lesson will be fresh in their
minds whenever any attempt is made in the future
to control them
We observe that Destructyes here and there are
holding meetings, made up for the most part of ex
empts, spectators, government contractors. Office
holders and the Ike This is all well enough.
These people who thus assemble to let off steam arc
quite as harmless towards the Conservatives as ther
are towards the Yankees. Let them meet and re
sOOe to their hearts content That is all they will
ever do.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
Fur The Standard
DISCUSSION AT CARTHAGE.

On Tuesday, the 25th ult, the people, of Moore
county were favored with full and able discussion
of principles, by Hon. I. S. Ashe and Col. S. H.
Christian candidates for Congress in the 7th Con-
gressional District, N. c.
The Court by request of the people, took recess
for two or three hours. The deep interest felt by
the people in the momcntous subjects discussed,
was manifest by the stiffness and intensity with
which they listened for three hours, to the recon-
mendatlons Of the candidates. to what course had
best be pursued in the bloody struggle through
which are passing
Mr.. Asbe insisted that this was not the time to
talk about peace that the agitation of the subject
would cause the Yankees to prosecute the war more
vigorously among US; that the only course to be
pursued was to fight on until We convinced the
Lincoln government that the South could not be
conquered
q Col. Christian insisted that fighting would not
stop the present war until one side the other was
entirely exhausted; and if the policy recommended
Sy Mr. Ashe and his friends be pursued, hundreds
of thousands of lives had yet to be sacrificed, and
millions of property to be destroyed and all for
what9 He insisted that all wars heretofore had
been stopped by obtaining an armstce, and appoint
ing commissioners to settle the matters in dispute
between the contending parties and he saw no rea-
son why the present war should be made an excep-
ton 10 the general rule That the war between the
two sections had waged for two years with fierce.
ness and fury unparalleled in the history OF wars;
that our brave soldiers had manifested to the world
that the Southerners were chiValrous nation, and
had crowned themselves with glory on manya bloody
field, and yet the war goes on with increasing mag
ntude he insisted that it was the duty of all good
men, and especially Christian, to do something to
reconcile the contendng parties to stop the further
eusion of blood and destruction of property; that
he was opposed to subugation, and opposed to 60
ing back under Lincoln's government; but that ne
was in favor of making an honest effort to obtain an
honorable and lasting peace and il the Lincoln
Congress refused to hear our propositions then our
people would be united, and would fight the Yam
KEGS to the bitter end.
The discussion was conducted in friendly and
becoming manner. Both the candidates acquitted
themselves in manner entirely satisfactory to their
respective friends.
1t is The impression among the people that Col.
Christian will get decided majority in Moore
county. HEahEh.
August 26th, 1868.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
The Army ADDRESS.

We find in the North Carolina Christian AGOo-
cate, religious paper, the political address ISSUED
by certain officers of the army to the people oil this
State. We have read it carefully. 1t is very
commonplace affair. Several of those who have
signed it affect to be scholars yet the style IS quite
ordinary, and in some respects imperfect. Inere
are thousands of prvates among the North carolina
troops who could have written abler address and
in better style than the one before US. ..
We shall pay our respects to this document IN
our next
We confess to our surprise at seeing this ADDRESS
in religious paper Our respected contemporary
of the AdUoeate has declined to publish the pro-
ceedings of meetings of the people though request
ed in one or two instances to do so; yet ne pub
fishes this document conceived in fraud and purely
political in its character because it did not emanate
from "a small meeting" but from "a convention
of the army" A big political meeting or conven-
ton can have hearing through his columns, but
the small meetings" must find some other organ.
Our cotemporary it seems chershes blg politics in
his columns but he shows no favor to little politics.
There never was a more stupendous political
fraud than this army convention The privates,
in favor of reconstruction-of laying down arms
and submitting Internationally to the federal gov
ernment and that the tendency of its articles, if
not its object was to emancipate our slaves and
place them on level with the whites. The 44th
regiment we learn, was harangued to this effect by
one Of the officers who signed this address. In ad
dition to this, the Standard itself was carefully
concealed real position and sentiments mis-
represented, while garbled extracts from it in
the Richmond Enquirer were read to the men,
and they were told that these garbled extracts,
and nothing else, embodied its views. In short,
all the insidous and unscrupulous appeals to the
men, and all the perversions and misrepresen-
tations which characterize heated political cam
pagns were resorted to for the purpose of inhuen-
cling the men and even then the actors in this fraud
signally failed to carry the men with them, and the
convention, so called was for the most part q self
constituted body that spoke for very small minor
tyof the troops The secret ballot, formidable un-
der despotisms, but seldom resorted to under the
mild operation of free Constitutions and equal laws
was all that was needed to enable the men to ex-
press their views; and if this had been allowed them
the Standard would have been endorsed by at least
three fourths of the army.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
Rockingham County-Mr. Gilmer.
xtract from a letter to the Editor of the Stand

ara, dated
WENTWORTH Aug. 26, 1858.
"Mr. Gilmer, the candidate in this District for
Congress, made a speech at our Courthouse on
Tuesday being our Court week, and there wasa very
general turn out
Mr.. Gilmer is against any compromise except the
independence of the South is acknowledged, and
warned the people against holding meetings that
were calculated to engender dscord; but said it
was right guaranteed them under the old and new
Constitutions to assemble peaceaby to consult and
determine what public measures tended to their
be done in such way as to show the South unit.
His tone and manner were conciliating. l don't
think word escaped him calculated to offend any
who differed with him; and while great many
differed with HIM the ground that he was not con-
seruatlre enough for them, he was not regarded as
a Destructive.
After the speaking was over, meeting was held
and resolutions passed, (as l understand, did not
remain in the meeting or hear the resolutions read
which were calculated to create discord, notwith-
standing they had been kindly warned against such
acts by Mr. Gilmer. One of the resolutions was to
censure the Editor of the Standard passed by
small party after the most of the meeting had re-
tired thus taking advantage of the friends of the
Standard whom | think to be numerous in this
COUNTY, made SO for the valuable services rendered
by it in sustaining the Executive Of the State and
our Supreme Court against military despotism, &c.
write you this for the purpose letting you know,
as believe the said resolution is not the sentiment
of the County, and as it is calculated to do Mr. Gill
mer harm, and the people who are with you injus-
ticen
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
For the Standard
Casualties in Co. ID, 6Ist N. c. t., from stn
to 3Ist August.

For the StaooaTu
Casualties in Co. ID, 6Ist N. c. t., from Sth
to 3lst August.
August g. Killed-W. NJ Hurley.
August %. Wounded-Lieut Gotten, slightly;
Privates B. F. Wicker, right arm shot off at elbow;
R. Noah, slightly in shoulder.
August 27. Wounded-Corpl. Rollins, slightly
in head.
The following were captured by the enemy at our
rifle pits in advance of battery Wagner. 1t is fear
ed that several of them were killed. Wednesday
night, 26th August:
Lieutenant Gotten, Corpls NJ G Emorc, j d
Straughsn, prvates T F Andrew, Ausley, WIN L
Burke E Crawford, 7 Campbell, NJ Clark, D
Commons, G L Harman, j Lloyd, Mcdaniel, NJ
Names, E Mitchell, W H Minis, P Morgan, N
Perry, S Perry, Pilkenton, David Poe, W Self,
NJ G Thomas. Mortally wounded--M Webster,
j Williams, J Wright and R C Dowdy.
applied for flag of truce last week to learn the
fate of these As yet it has not been granted.
1t happens that none Of them are UorthteSs Gene
rails otherwise flag of truce could easily be had
could mention half dozen or more Generals, that
the country could better spare than either one Of
the men have lost
As soon as get any information of the missing
| will publish it at the earliest day.
N. A. RAMSAY, Capt.
Co. D, 61st N. Z. T.
Sullivan's Island, S. @.
81 Observer and Progress please copy.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
Charleston.

Up to the 1st instant the enemy had not pushed
their works towards Wagner, but were strengthen
ing the position already held Their sharpshooters
were active in picking off our men,
On the night of the 1st the Monitors approached
near Sumter and opened terrific fire OF shot and
she'll and for time the impression prevailed that
the enemy were about to endeavor to pass the OBJ
structions. All our Sullivan Island batteries, in
Guiding Moultrie and battery Gregg at Cummings
Point, opened upon the Monitors, and the roar OF
heavy ordnance was kept up necessarily till day
LIGHT The firing was the loudest ever heard there,
and startled the entire City.
The operations on the I'd were chiefly confined to
.ba sharpshooters on both sides. The Mercury of
the 1st says:
About o'clock Sunday night, the steamer
Sumter was engaged in transporting detachmentS
If the 61st North Carolina, 23d Georgia and Goth
South Carolina from Morris Island to another part
Of the harbor 1t had reached position, coming
in outsde of Fort Sumter, when, by some untortu-
nate blunder, it was fired upon by Mcultrie. A
Shot passed through its hull causing it partially to
S;nk killing at the same time five men and wound
inc several others. Many of the men endeavored
to escape by swimming, and of these twenty, it is
said were drowned Barges were sent to the rescue,
and six hundred were saved from the wreck.
The Mercury reports the following North Caro-
lipans wounded at Wagner, August SOth: Capt
Colt company l, sh regiment slight injury to eyes;
priyate William Barber, company A, 6th regiment,
smputated finger; Capt j. B. Cally, sth regiment,
slight shell wound in chest; private Thomas Har-
rell company E, sth regiment killed by comrade,
occidpntallv
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
Despotism at Kinston.
Extract from letter from soldiers to the Editor
of the Standard, dated -...-l .-as
Camp of the 42d Reg. N. c. Troops,

OF the Standard, dated I rf
Camp of the 42d Reg. N. @. Troops,
Near KNsToN, Aug. 80, 1863
Having seen an account of meeting held in our
regiment recently, published in the Charlotte But
tettn, in which the Standard is denounced trail
torous and encouraging desertion and afording aid
ana comfort to the enemy, and for these pretended
reasons its circulation has been prohibited in our
regiment by order of the Lieutenant Colonel; we
desire to say that this meeting was gotten up and
put through by official machinery and nothing else.
1t IS true there were a few privates present. two
thirds Of whom endorse the course of your paper,
but when the vote was put in the negative they
were afraid to say no. for fear of being punished,
knowing that there were several pine stumps yet
standing in front of the guard house Notwith-
standing all the efforts made in regiment tosup-
press the Standard, and cast odium on its Editor,
instead of accomplishing that result il has had con-
tary effect in raising two friends where the Editor
only had one before; and if we were allowed to
read the Standard you might expect at once to see
your subscription list largely swelled in this quar-
ter. Twothirds at least of our regiment are with
you, and bid you go on vindicating the freedom OF
the press and Of speech and the honor of our good
old State and we will snstain you against your eE-
emieS."
Officers may read such papers as they choose, but
private soldiers must submit to have their news
papers selected for them. Those foreign Sheets the
Richmond Enquirer, the State Journal and the Will
mington Journal circulate freely in the camp of
the AID regiment but the Standard, published by
native, and devoted to the South and especially to
North-Carolna, is prohibited. What is this but
despotism? Are we expected to submit to it ? But
We warn our people that this despotism will grow
stronger, both in and out of the army and we fear
the day is not distant when the right to print and
to speak will be exercised only by the favOrites of
the administration at Richmond, The last Rich
mond Enquirer advises that "stern measures" be
taken to suppress the Standard. Our answer is,
defy the irresponsible loafer, John Mitchell, who
writes for the Enquirer; and standing on the Con-
stituon of the country and conscious of the recti;
tude of our intentions, we defy not only the pow
er behind the throne, but the throne itself
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
The warliLs Editor of the Marlborough Souther.

The Warlike Editor of the Tarborough S0uther-
ner lays down the following as his programme:
"The unconditional acknowledgement of our in
dependence-a total separation from the North aow
and toreOer-the giving up to us, of every foot of
territory which Of right belongs to us-and stip-
ulation by treaty with the North that they pay for
all private property which they have stolen or wan
tonly destroyed during the prosecution of the war
Tbsoe tl.;.sss--s-1s..~al, end ~e will ooosont-to
take no less"
We think it high time that all the ablebodied spec
ulators and original secessionists Of Edgecombe
engaged in carrying out the above programme.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04
Northern Virginia.

We have nothing new from this quarter, with the
exception of the following from the Enquirer of the
I'd instant:
Passengers by the Fredericksburg cars late last
evening slate that the Yankees have appeared in
large force on the hills opposite Fredericksburg,
their pickets extending down to the river. They
also report that there was considerable commotion
in the Yankee camp on Monday night, as the rum
bling of artillery and the moving of troops could be
distinctly heard and seen at an early hour"
Not word of news from Gen. Lees army.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04

The Charlotte Bulletin contains statement to
the effect that one Thomas W. Lindsay, of Lincoln
ton, recently bought from negro boy on the Gen.
tral Railroad train, the copies of the Standard he
had for sale, paying MIN full price for them, after
which he destroyed them. This statement is not
true 1t was white boy who had the papers for
sale, and Lindsay did not pay him full price for them.
Mr.. Lindsay was guilty of very cowardly act in
thus imposing on poor little white boy. We are
not surprised at the Bulletin endorsing his conduct
That paper is desperate concern in more senses
than one
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04

We invite the attention of our readers the pro-
ceedings of the Forsyth meeting in our paper to-
day, and the substance of the remarks of Gen. j.
NJ. Leach, of Davidson, reported by one who was
present The resolutions and the remarks of Gen.
Leach are excellent They occupy, in our judg-
ment, the true ground in this terrible crisis. We
do not doubt that an immense majority Of the peO-
pie of the 9th District entertain the views well
expressed at the FORSYTH meeting
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04

SD0n ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE
SDOO The attention of persons wishing to invest
their money is called to $50 of land situate six miles
south of Chapel Hill and eight miles southwest of Hill.
borough. The entire tract is well wooded in Chestnut
Oak and part if cleared would do well for cultivation. At
the commencement of the the above tract had it
good Saw Mill and well conducted Tan Yard but owing
to the parties who owned it having their time fully
gagged the fixtures have become out of repair There is
however the Mill and Bark houses and several other build
ings and also O first rate Mill Dam. b.
For further information, application can be made to
A. MICKLE, Chapel Hill,
j. ASHE, Wilmington N. O.
Sent 9. 1863 12-Rt. q