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Even in North. Carolina, the State that has come
most under suspicion the great body OF the people
are sound to the core. In the City of Raleigh,
where the traitor Holden has his rabbfe dupcs and
adherents there not five respectable citizens who
give the least countenance to his disoyal sentiments
and projects. have the authority of distinguish
ed clergyman of that city for this statement, and
my own observations convince nae that it is true
Rich. Cor. Sap. Rep
The above is from the Richmond correspondence
of the Savannah Republican We have seldom seen
so many falsehoods in so few lines North, Carolina
is "under suspicion" because she is Conservative
State, yet this writer admits that the great body
of the people are sound to the core"' She is sus'
pected, and the character of her people injured, on
account of the SANDERS systematically perperated
against her by newspapers edited by persons whl6e
attachments to her are slight and temporary, and
such clergymen as the i" distinguished individual
above referred to. But for the galantry and endu-
rance of the troops of this suspected" State the
correspondent of the Republican would not have had
tie opportunity of inditng the above falsehoods in
Richmond; nor indeed but for the troops of this
same suspected" State, sustained and encouraged
as they are. by the people at home, would he have
had it in his power to travel without moestaton as
q Confederate citizen from his home to Virginia:
for it is not mmodest in to say for our State when
thus assailed that if her strong arm had not been
put forth in the seven days conflict around Rich
mond, as well at other points at which the enc
my has been repulsed in vain would have been the
efforts, however heroic and glorious, of the troops
of other States. But for North Carolina the Con-
tederate cause would have been lost ere this. Yet
she is the State most under suspicion" How is
it with Mississippi Has the conscript law ever
been enforced in that State There were nine hun.
.dred of the citizens of jackson who had solemnly
pledged themselves in writing to meet the federals
when they approached that town. the capital Of the
State; yet when the call was made, and they we're
expected to turn out and fight, but fifteen appeared
in the trenches. Eight hundred and eighty five
original seeessionsts like the correspondent Of the
Republican, and but fifteen Conservatives; yet the
latter were ready to do their duty, while the FORM
.er inglo.iously departed, leaving the city to the
mercy Of the enemy, How many thousands Of bales
of cotton have been sold to the enemy for gold by
people living on and near the Mississippi river ?
We speak Of these things more in sorrow than in
anger; but when our glorious old State is pro-
nounced asuspcious character by cotton State serb
blers and an attempt made pure her in history
after what she has done in this war; we think it but
right that the truth should be told, hurt whom it
may Yet Georgia and Mississippi are great ana
gallant States They have suffered much atst,,e
handa nf -. 80
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3 Prineipals q -substitutes.

- b.
: The following brief Communication from distin-
gmshed. source, viii arrest the attention Of our
Judges and of thepsrties concerned. If the Judges
would meet and decide thequestiou the public mind
wonld &C once be at rest on the suhiect-prncipals
would know their rights or their duties-and- the
decision; whatever itmight be, rendered by ma
jority would be acquiesced in and enforced. If the
principals are togo they ought to know it SO as to
make provision for cutivatng their farms while ab
sent; aad if they are to stay they ought to know it.
80 rs to be able to 60 to work 1t once with con-
tented minds, preparing for the next crop. There
ia no time to lose.
To the Editor of tie StanEord:-
brief article in your paper of the goth instant,
on the subject of Principals of Substitutes, con-
tains suggestion which deserves attention. In
view of the momentous importance of the question,
whether the act of the Confederate Congress requir
ing the enrolment Of principals for service in The
army, is constitutional, you ask whether upon q
writ OF habeas corpus brought to test that question
before single Judge in vacation, it would not be
we'll for all the Judges, Superior and Supreme, to
meet in conference in Raleigh p" / think it would
It is true that such meeting is not provided for
BY law but there is nothing in the law to prohibit
it andthefe is high authority in favor Of its propr.
| ETY.. In the case of John ZegenfassS a writ Of
habeas corpus was issued by of the judges Of the
Superior Courts, which involved an important and
vexed question, arising under the u. S. Bankrupt
act of1S40-upon the return of the writ the Judge
requested the Judges Of the Supreme Court (con-
sistjng at that time of Chief Justice Rufin and
Judges Daniel and Gsston,) to assist him in the
hearing, and they readily sssented. The case was
accordingly argued before and determined by the
four Judges, and the decision had no doubt all the
! weight Of decision Of the Supreme Court (See
the case reported in an appendix to Ired Law,
Rep. 463) If such "a course was proper then, it
would be much more So now. You deserve thanks
for suggesting it INDEX.
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Johnston COUNTY LAND FoR SALE,

ID offer sse privately, the Of land form
erly owned by zachsrah Hill four miles fom Lowell Fac
tory, and the disapce from Boon Hill, containing
800 acres in the tracis About es is Euod bottom
land and will produce from 10 barrels Of corn to the
acre. The is piney upland and has about
wo- thirds crop of young Turpeutine boxes
:. :''~' =. = JAS N. TowLEs, Aet.
- Raleigh, n. O.
Feb. H. 1884 10
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FhY1NG FROM SEavIcE.--Jews and speculstors
continue to fly from Richmond to escape military
service. The Examiner of Wednesday morning
says; -, :,
now open through to Washington, D. c., Ola the
track Of the York River Railroad. Perfect immu.
nifty froA molestaton by meddlisg pckets, and a
safe transit guaranteed. This route. so generously
left open by the Confederate government is patron
lied daily by of the principals of substitutes
in search Of more heal:hfu localities-Jews and
blockade runners, carrying out gold and running ia
goods and lastly, that largo class Of citizens who
go out for days shooting below, aud extend their
search sfter game across the Potomac
Tickets of leave for this. route to be had at the
passport Office but if that is not convenient, mo-
ticket at oil answers as well, as the conductor
collect his toll when offered In gold in greebacks.
No other currency is desirable on this route. Fare,
from five hundred to; five Thousand dollars, accord
ing to the circumstances of the passenger or the
emergencies Of the moment The directors on this
route have no hesitation in recommending it over
all other routes to the North, as to the unvarying
success of parties patronizing the line amply de-
monstrate. Deserters and Yankee. prisoners esoa:
ping invariably adopt this route and no instance is
recorded Of failure to conduct directly into Abra-
hams BOSOM
Thankful for past favors the dictatorship solicit
continuance Of the same. -
In another paragraph Of the same paper We find
that some Of these abseonding patriots are being
caught and brought back. We are glad of this
They have staid here and made money, but when
military service is required Of them they leave. The
Examiner says: -.
."Withn two weeks past q large number Of fee.
ing lSraelites, Ascending conscripts and runaway
principals of substitute men have been oyerhauled
below Richmond, and on the Black water, in the act
of exercising their ocomotion in the direction Of the
Yankee Ines Their names, il revealed, would be
recognized as the former proprietors Of numerous
groggeries, junk and second hand furniture shops,
now closed or conducted by-other firms, on Main,
Broad and other popular thoroughiares. The par
ties thus detained registered at Castle Thunder
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HoserAL STATls7fcs-4We have synopsis Of the
consolidated reports of the hospitals in the depart
ment Of Virgjaia from September, 1852, to Decem-
bef 1863, Inclusive IS presented by Surgeon w. A.
Carringtgn, Medicrl Director.
Total number admitted, 293165
80 transferred, ~, $40
returned to duty, 9S $40
= q furloughed, 3y6, 65
discharged, 4. Al
deserted r4446
e. died, ,248
=" =" in hospital, January l, 1854 s,4y5
FI0m the total returned to duty, must be deduct
ed 2, 465 prisoners returned to quarters-ieaving
90, s75.
From the total discharged the service, must be de-.
Quoted 1884 prisoners discharged aud sent home On
parole-leaving 2.s07. -. ?
Adding up the n.nh01 accounted for, fretnrnsd
to duty. furlougted, d discharged xnd
on hsnd) aud adding ;, fS1 IGmhsr transferred.
to hospitals out Of ts Stat We have tho true num-
Der of treated in the Virgny hospitals from
September, 1852 to December, 1888, inclusive, l74.
767-giving tina grand ratio Of mortality, as6 per
ceutum.
+ The largest number uadef treatment at any one
time was in January: 1885,, lS, 876.
The smallest aneecarred IN 0ceos,er, 1883,
What is particularly interesting .b.st thes, it,.
ts,ics is the number accounted AZ 'sa .rtsd' from
the hospital-A446. II would seem frf lm thin sxhi.
biton OF the sMedical Director that eur hoepitals
have been the convenient door for 6eaertion Ger.
tainfy it is impossible that snc go .pes should 90.
cur from the stationary confines af a,spi.as unless
from mismAnagemen; through u q most obvious
csrelt Ssnesx Rich E5amixse.
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Feb. Q, 1854.

FO PRINTERs..FOR SALE, NO. 4
Washington Press, new and complete
ments new and in good order.
previously disposed of they will be sold at auction
on the 10th Of February. Apply to
CREECH &>LIgCHFORD, Aust'.
p Feb. l, lss4. 10-et.
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The Confederate says J" the Standard can pos
!. ply get the proceedings of a meeting held at
.ompson' sstnra, Wake County. !" on aprlieatiea
the Secretary of stste'' Col Russ did not at
pd the meeting referred to, had nothing to do
th the preparation of the resolutions, and has no
Eolutions in his possession passed at that or any
ler meeting On the day the meeting was held
ne was IN his Office, in this City, engaged in his
duties as Secretary Of State. The allusion by the
.Gontsasress to Col. Russ is in every respect un-
called f6r.s
We learn that'a meeting 0as held, and resold-
tons adopted. We have not yet received the pro-
ceedings: Welearn that the meeting was addressed,
among Others bya Confederate osRcer, who shed
many tears over idefsswhich no one at the meeting
entertained but himself
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:It will be seen by the riefGongressional summa-
ry in to-days paper, that. the House has passed a
bill providing that the recent act to put in princ.
pals shall not apply to farmers who were engaged
on the 9Th January, 1864 in producing grain, pro-
visions, &c This is good news We trust the SEN
ate will concur.
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UP AND COMMITTED TO THE

EHtAKEN UP AND COMMITTED TO THE
i jail of Alexander county, N e., on the 18th day Of
January 1884. negro buy who says his is Potter
and belongs William Csnady Greensboro Green,
ville N Says he was purchased by his present
in Richmond. Va, was sent to South Alabama. and was
removed to Cobb county, Ga and hired to rhomas Block
from which place be made his escape Said boy Is % or
years Old about st high, dark and weighs about
IT'S pounds The owner hereby no6ed forward
prove property pay charges and take him away otherwise
>: F. A. CAMPBELL,
- Sheriff of Alexander county.
Feb !, 1854. l' -I0-4tpd.
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MARRIED,

MARRIED,
In This City on the ssh. BY Rev. VIM. E. Pel Mr. PM
THEM to Miss ANNIE BRowN daughter of h ]. Brown,
Esq, all Of this City.
In this City on Tuesday evening, the 2sth by Rev. B.
Craven D. D., Mr. JACOB ALLEN, l2th Reg't. N. c. t.
to Miss MATTE O. GoRxAs, of this City:
In this City on the 81 st u, by NJ. H. Brown ESQ., Mr.:
WILEY JOHNSON to MISS N RI TASr
On the evening of the 7th nt near holly Springs BY
J. A. Norris Esq MARTIN v. B. BRANCH to Miss MALINnA
H. JoSEs daughter of the late W. T. Jones, all Of Waks
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Feb.alss

ToRDAN WOMBLE. COMMlssIOM MEK.,
d CHANT, HARGETT SfKEET, kAtElahs ~ 49,
win "a and se on commission al kinda OF coupty
urodass q other goods a-tter myss1 With On ssps
rience Of more than thirty years in business that n
give satisfsctipp Special attention given 70 'ne ssis :"
fiours .yousigrusnts sdicasd
Aug, II, lsxe. sWA
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FURswANrED. 1--WE WISH

"UUEAND FURSWANTED...W WISH
w to buy, in any quantity, Wool and Furs to make
hats for the government. For Wool will pay the high
est market price, and for Furs, follows: Otter and
Beaver from g 10 81 Rabbit from 81 to 81 per dozen,
according to quality Anskrat and Nina from to 40
cents to 81 Wool end Far tskeu exchange for bats
People having the above articles would do we'll to give
us call Our place Of business is in Randolph county,
miles south Of Ashborough Stone Lick oui Post uice
W. NJ. SMITH 4 BROS.
February Q, 1854. =. 49, 5-w4tpd
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Extract from letter to the Editor, dated
= JINuApy 40 1854

The people Of Forsyth are getting up memorials
to the Governor to have the Legislature convened,
and have no doubt they. will be signed by nine
tenths of the people of the County. Davidson will
soon move either by memorial or in County most
ing Seven.eighths Of the people Of DAVIDSON are
in favor of q Convention" - =. -.
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NoRTH CAROLINA TRooas ne EHL1sqrNG FOR. THE
WAR-A telegraphic despatch has beenreceiv at
the War Office, conveying the gratifying intelligence
that the Brigade Of Gen. Robsrt D. Johnston,s
North Carolina State troops. attached to Gen. Lees
army, had. on the 9th instant following the ex-
simple Of their Tennessee brothers, re.enlisted for
the waf.-Richmond Enquirer. -
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PUBLIC MEETING IN 6aEENsBoRouGH.-We learn
that the Conservative mass meeting held in Green's
borough on Saturday last was composed Of at least
one thousand persons. Speeches were made by R.
P. Dick and D. F. Caldwell, Esquires. The feeling
was unanimously for State Convention. We
EXPECT the proceedings in time for our next issue
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HlGn PRTosA-Papsrs at the South are now char
ging % per month for daily and 50 per month for,
weskly issueE
, 1864-11-15

Especial Dispatch to the Chieago Tribunc.1
SPRINGFIELD, nl., Monday, Nov. II.
Returns from 90 counties in the State, 81 of
them official, give Lincoln a majority Of So,-
40S. The official minority will be over 81, 900.
Dispatches to the Journal indicatc the cleo
tion Of Jehu Baker oyer Morrison in the 1oth
District by G1 majority.
In the 4tl Senatorial District it will take the
official returns to determine the result, with
the probabilities in favor Of Green. II Green
runs with Kuykcndall in Perry county be Is
elected.
In that county Kuykcndall is reported to
have 442 majority. In 1sG0Cla county gave
4 Democratic majority Of ALI votes. This
year It gives Copperhead majority Of 1,o00.
Union men in that part Of the State soy that
q great number of fraudulent votes were
Tolled By minors, and that Union men were
driven from the polls in some places because
they objected 10 boys voting. In Dolson pre-
cinct, In TINT county, the Judges had twenty
five more tickets than names On the poll
books.
Thornton, Cop, will hnve about $500 ms
'jority In the 10th District. In 1862, Knapp,
Cop, had {, 547 In the same District.
The State :Reoiaer, Copperhead organ for
Illinois, has suspended publication very sud:
denly. a note IN their Inst Issue says 1t Is
hoped the suspension may be only temporary,
but some Democrats inside the ring think
that the disease Of which &he paper died has
been Of long standing, in fact that it did not
pay- The PARTIES who furnished the paper re.'
fused to continued to do so any longer rpon
the news Of the result Of the election. Othn
leading Democrats say 1t was suspended In or
der to procure the services Of an editor, but
surely the man who run the machine during
the late important canvass, could have Kept
on without damage t. the party till his sue
cessor could be appointed.
Next Tuesday will be the twenty-f fifth ami
yersary since Rev. Albert Slate was settled Us
the Pastor Of the Second Presbyterian Church
in this city. He has always been been coll
Gistent anti-slayery man. His friends propose
making him q donation visit.
, 1864-11-15
FROM THE SHENANDOAH.
Stimulating on Friday and Saturday
The Rebels Driven Back With Loss
We Capture Many Horses, Etc.

NEW YonK, Monday, Nov. 4.-The HsralEa
Shenandoah Valley correspondent says: On
Fridny, last the rebel cavalry made their ap-
pearance in front Of Custar and Merritt, ap-
parcntly for the purpose OF feeling General
sherldsn's strength in hey neE position to
miles south Of Winchester. After pretty
heayy skirmIshjng with them for short time,
Custar and Merritt fell back In order to draw
them On, but the rebels, after advancing to
where the Union reserves were In position,
soon fell back hastily before several volleys.
Early on Saturday morning aki1mlshing VS.
opposing cavalry, when the same plan Of
slowly rcccding, as on the preceding day, on
the Union side, Was adopted, it being General
sheridan's design not to bring on a general
engagement, Il possible; but the enemy
could not be induced to follow our pickets.
General Sheridan then ordered General Pow
were driven back with severe loss. They re.
treated In great haste, and we're pursued
through and beyond Front Royal In most
handsome and spirited manner Besides
what they suffered In ki1ltd and wounded,
rowe}l's men captured two Of their cannon,
mndc prisoners OF 15o, and took sercral wag5-
oDs and large number Of horses. Our losses
but cavalry was engaged on either day.
The HTn1ds correspondent says reconnois
sanccs from Shcridan's army failed to find tho
main army Of the enemy anywhere within 40
miles Of our forces. Desertcrs report the
force Of the rebel army at T., coo men. and re-
peat the old story that they are nearly dcsti.
1utc Of provisions and clothing. They scout
the idea Of any offensive movement by the
rebels this winter.
The valley has been thoroughly stripped Of
subsistence, and large numbers of the inllabi-
tants are leaving to avoid starvation. Many
Gsmilies daily come to obtain permission to
purchase supplies Of our Commissary.
was wounded at Cedar Creek, hos reported
for dr1ty.
, 1864-11-15
ITEMS.

Maj. Gen. Barlow, one Of the truest heroes
Of our war, beginning as q private and now at
the head Of division, has sailed for Europe.
Repeated wounds and sharp disease and deep
fatigue have rendered absence and rest nbso-
1utely necessary.
Extensive series Of coal deposits, heretofore
unknown to Europeans, have been recently
found in Kuhshankan, IN China. The Chinese
work these mincg, and succeed in e1trncting
considerable quantities of the mineral, al
though the means employed by them a1e of a
very clumsy and primitive character.
There is story aaoat abroad, that the t.
lustrious diplomat Talleytand, Is the descend
ant Of family, who, In the eighteenth cen
tury, settled on the, Penobscot, river, In
Maine. !.
The statistics cu1led from the British Regis
ter-Cf nc1nlts report 9tve so1ne, cariou@ details
Is to1the nges at which mcn arc likely: to mar
passes twenty, her prospect Of getting bus.
LEGO, 1861, we find that IS gifls we're married
1T 15{years Of age, but no miles. At 1G seven
teen youths entered the state Of matrfImony
and GS7 girls. For both sexes 20 seems to be
most favorite age for marriage. In 1861 the
numbers Of each scx then married were 49, ,405
men, and 5000 women. At Is this proper
tIon wns reversed, the numbers being "a, ,473
men to e, CTS women and at 80 the difference
was still more marked, for while II, GIL men
married ut that age, only 7,Sl0 women found
husbands. The males having once obtained
tue prepondcrnucc maintain it to the last.
at 10 We find go men marrying, ind only 21
women 50 men and 8 women at Is; and
men at 80 toe women."
, 1864-11-15
CHICAGO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1864.

also took several wagons, mules and horses,
aud captured Brig. Gen. Conner.
A rebel flag Of truce reached Paducah yes
tcTday, requesting an exchange Of prisoners
which they had captured On steamboats,. The
request was refused.
Ali is quiet at New Orleans. The papers
are entirely without news. Cotton is stag
nant. Good ordinary is s1.oe14l; fully fair to
prime sugar e cents.
attempting to CROSS the river to Hood g assist
ancc. Gen. Reynolds Of the 8th corps has ono
brigade here, and Asboth's cavalry brigade is
momentarfly expected from VicksbuIg. It is
supposed the rebels have force on the Mis-
sisstppi river side, operating with them. The
movement is formidable, consisting Of Texas
troops and that portion Of the rebel army un-
lieved crossing can be effected.
The Paducah Ftderal Onion learns that on
last Monday night, during q severe rain storm,
several men, composing mob Of citizens Of
Metropolis, Illinois, actually caught up, gag
ged and tied citizen Of that place, carTied
him to The river, put him into boat, rowcd
him out into the middle Of the Ohio, and cast
him overheard, to find watery grave. 1have
not been able to learn who the parties we're
composing this mob, the cause Of tho rash
move, or the name Of the citizen, but learn
that the citizen was d merchant, an2 had
large family.
George c. Mckee, formerly Major Of the
11th III. infantry, LIST Provost Marshal, has
been appointed BY Major Gen. Damn, BIlgadicr
General of the Enrolled Militia Of tue District
Of Vlcksburg, and officially announced rs
such. Brigadier General Mckee names Capt.
A. o. Black, as his Assistant Adjutant Gene
raj, and Capt. NJ. G. Hurlbut Us his 4. @. H.,
and members of his staff.
The following from Col. L. P. Robbs, an off
Ger at Memphis, giYes,most of the deaths Of
Illinois soldiers R3he United States hospitals
In that city during tho week ending Nov. H..
Vim. Stebbins. Co. 1, OH III. cavalry; = An
drews, Co. n, 1.h III. cavalry; Burns Smith, Co.
T. 6th infantry; Isaac 7. Estill, Corporal Go. z,
infButry; Marcus C. HalomaG, Co. F, 11th III.