Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-11-09


"mnofed m, arrests have been made.
ers Pfoceeolngs in the case of the Vermont raid.
onars " oeen transferred to Montreal and the pris
c.. .s.'.oved to that place
bv the .,,etement prevailed in the United States
mart If tha discovery Of election frauds on the
ssn' three Commissioners to W.sh;n,+or y, $500;
gate the charges, washington 70 'nVestl'
Gold 21s.
european advices to the zvu. .eco:,.d p,,;.:..,
ms an'mportant Commercial fsiiS... =; ro",.a
MI Twenty firms have failed III H"s's"o
Ane Duke of New Castle is dead,
"a commercial panic had occurred at Rio .,.,o-;o
closes as vt banks had suspended payment Consols
VI Tue zosh at Ssa for money.
r,T.c The Way Soldiers are Discourazed.v
use small msllasppL,L:-You sn will please permit me to
few items of the your paper to give the publica
heartenine those aSS'st wS and best method of dis
the redemption of our beIsssd sun ~,.ng TO nsnt Tor
On the 9Th of the present s.o.I S"y. ,..,
vas relieved from duty with t.. vu nt'ae - T osnu
tS, ana ordered to report to Geners - ~ % Az
sn;r;,ss se the campaign of North Ge>ra;s .h;ah
we hid %oee, determination prevailed, s,d vhsn
ing cheers were old comrades in arms thret>rous
the hearty deternina,sg again and again. to indeste
the last" We had conttoss f. stand BY each other t.
everything looked bright and sa IN sacn other and
"On the cars the whistle blows
the old leaag with seventeen fields o. On we Co.
engraved upon Its folds floating in the breeze
are cheerful; we are not whipped, though Atlanta
has fallen. So much for the army, where all are
hopefuk Soon arrived at Griffin, where evidences
OF confusion begin to appear. On to Macon, and
arriving there you know nothing more until you get
away. The confusion of Babel was mere cypher.
NO one having the interest of the country at heart
can oe 1ound "Extortioners of every description
throng the houses and Streets" Atlanta would
have blushed for them at the zenith of her extor.
tons. A soldier seems to be the only animal that
receives no attention.
:, Hundreds at the white linen gentry are focking
the strests. What they are attending to, God only
: knows 1t has from the beginning Of the war been
constant source Of wonder to the simple minded
patriot, (whose whole soul has been engaged IN our
revolution, how these men avoid the draft
we lett Macon as soon as possible, with the con-
victlon gradually creeping over US that we were
nazarang our lives for great many worthless men,
fassed through Columbuss the only attractive fea-
ture about this city is the number Of young men
about the railroad depots- They are hardened GUS
toners. With cheeks like brass, you may haloo
conscrlpt, Browns pet &C., but it IS no 20. He
whirls his fob chain, twists his moustache, puts on
look OF dazzling courage, as much as to say, "JeH
Davis regards this as important position and he
knew his man when he selected me to hold it" A
oa1ou oI OueIdW, WISuiuS W encourage our OfOOp-
ing spirits, walks upand down the side track, tell
ing to our boys, be ofgood cheer, Mcclellan will be
elected sure, and that he can raise million of men
to where Abe can one hundred thousand, and that
we are gone up, sure. This man wears blue pants
and white hat, has brown whskers, and supposed
to De, from his general appearance, "a doctor"
Arrived at the famous city of Montgomery, in
dirty and wearled condition, we felt that we had
arrived at the birth place of the Confederacy, and
ctr ulo L.
found within her walls. Alas for human hopes l.
Things have gone from bad to worse stood upon
the streets, and, 10! sea Of human beings pass
. before me. Where are they FROM and whittier are
they gong! To the front? "No," replied bright.
eyed little fellow (who will some day make gene
ral) "they are not. That big fellow you see tend
ing to that store is exempt because he superintends
the Wayside Home; that other one has a contract
for hauling wood to government shops; that one is
the Governors aid that one driving the fine bay is
quartermaster; and that one" &C., &C., continued
the boy, giving descriptions of their business as
each passed before US, until more than double the
number Of our entire company had passed.
turned away disheartened and dsgusted The
little boy interrupted me-"say Mister, you see
that old grey headed man with the linen coat
Well he told some soldiers in the train the other
day that if he was one Of them on that tran and it
was going right into hell that he would not Jump off,
for the Yankees would send them all there, any
how, before the war was over" l left instanter,
and in passing the provost marshals Office, saw two
young men sitting at the desk examining the papers
of an old man (who had served in the war of 1922
to see why he was not in the army.
1. is such influences as these that operate upon
the minds of the soldier. He leaves the army hope.
full and returns disheartened Let me say to you,
men in the rear, that we who do the fighting are not
whipped. and if you will have confidence ir us, we
will whiD the fipht Ra chpprfi,1 ho hoDof,1 opd
with all, let each man be determined whatever his
position may be, to do all he can for the cause We
will win. Napoleon's veterans never waded through
fields of greater carnage than we have DONE I'm pro.
portion to numbers and which We are willing to
do again. Then, in the name of all you hold sacred
whether in money, love or life, conjure you to act
like men.
To the old men would say, speak in the presence
of soldiers hopefully and encouragingly. Let no
croaking be heard in our land, whether from males
or females. To the ladies, God bless them, smile
not on the young man who thinks the President.bas
selected him to hold, at all hazards, bomb-proof
position in the rear They not your protectors,
and would run and leave you to the tender mercies
ofour common foes at their approach on your city.
Your protectors are in the 'front.' Save your smiles
for US, for l think We have earned them. know
we need them. BOON.
INTEMPERANcE-TRADE IN L1QUoRs.-The follow.
ing statement full of very striking facts, was sub.
mitted to committee of the Canadian Parliament,
by Rowland Burr, ESQ.,, of Toronto:
My experience as justice of the Peace an6.
Jail Commissioner for nearly twenty years, shows
that nine out of ten of the male prisoners, and
nineteen out of twenty Of the female prisoners have
been brought there by Intoxicating liquor. have
visited the jails from Quebec to Sandwich, through
the length and breadth OF Canada, and have per.