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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-12-21
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Grand Tyler, j. NJ. Belts, of Raleigh.

Tue PRINCESS DAeMAR-The Princess Dagmar, of
Denmark, who Is to he the next Empress of Russia,
is just eighteen years old. She looks far short of
that age from the nfantne and innocent loveliness
of her manner, and from her statue. Her eyes and
teeth form the fascinating beauty of her face, her
features being faS from regular. In complexion she
is brunette but the skin is wonderfully clear, and
the roses of health seem ever to bloom her soft
dmpled cheeks. Her stature is rather under mid
die height, shut her form seems perfect and her
bust scarcely yet come to maturity rivals the most
perfect of Thorfwaldens goddesses in the'swanl like
neck, the gracefully dropping shoulders and the
rounded proportions of her arms" To become
Empress of Russia the young lady must change her
religion and become member of the Greek Church.
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WILLIAM w. HOLDEN
RALEIGH FRIDAY, DEC. I6. 1864.
The LEGISLATURE.
OR AND PROPRIETOR

The Legislature.
Our readers will find in our paper to-day, the pro
ceedings of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
The House Of Commons, on Wednesday night,
passed the Revenue Bill through its third reading.
This bill now goes to the Senate.
No definite action has yet been taken in relation
to the Militia or Home Guard
The two Houses were engaged for the greater
part of Thursday in voting for Counselors of State
and Trustees of the University. We did not hear
the names of any elected to these positions before
going to press.
The general impression seems to be that the Leg
islature will adjourn on Friday, the 23d December.
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DEATH OF Col. G. G. BLAcKNALL.-We announce
with profound regret the death Of this gallant and
accomplished officer, which took place recently at
Winchester, Virginia, from wound received in the
battle near that place. Col Blacknail volunteered
at the beginning of the war, and had seen much
service The army contained no more gallant or
heroic spirit His valor, constancy, and endurance
have shed lustre on the County of his birth, and his
name will be treasured as one of the jewels Of this
revolution by his family, his friends, and his coun-
trymen generally.
"How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest"
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SCHEDULE OF PRICES FOR NORTH
CAROLINA.

FENHE PERIOD FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THR
schedule of Prices to govern the Agents Of the Gov
eminent for the next sixty days having arrived the COM
mssoners of the State of North Carolina adopt the last
Schedule with the exception of the few changes shown be-
low The illness of Mr Mordeca depriving Of his
vices We hase called in Mr. W H. James of this city, who
has kindly given US the benefit Of his Judgment umpire
ON the present occasion.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-12-21

Apso1,urE DEsPoTIsM-A correspondent of the
Athens Watchman, writing from Richmond, truly
says:
"A bill is now pending introduced by Mr.: Bland
ford of your State proposing to put every man be.
.u.osn .O the ages of Is and As in the army, and
slowing the President to detail such as he
msv think ought to be kept at home. Pass this
,nonsrous BILL with the impressmenl law as it now
Glands. authorizing the indiscrimiEate plunder OF
nronerty, then superadd the suspension OF the
rt of habeas corpus and the last vestIge OF hber-
~ Is zone. All control over our property, our per.
cons and our liberty will be placed in the hands of
the President. This is unqualified, unmitigated,
md absolute despotism."
Nr. Clay, in his speech at Taylorsville, Va, on
the 10th July, 1s4O, thus defines despotism, un-
der whatever name it may exist:
"The sum of the whole is, that there is but one
,ouer one will in the State All is concentrated
n the President. Through the official agencies,
scattered throughout the land, and absolutely sub
iected to his will, he executes, according to his
pleasure or caprice, the whole power OF the com,
monwealtb, which has been absorbed and engrossed
bv him. And one sole will predominates in, and
animates the whole of this vast community. II
This be not practical despotism, not capable Of
conceiving or defining it. Names are nothing
The existence or non existence of arbitrary govern
ment does not depend upon the title or denomina'
ton bestowed on the chief of the State, but upon
the uuantum of power which he possesses ard
wields. Autocrat, sultan, emperor, dictator, king,
doge, president, are all mere names, in which the
power respectively possessed by them is not to be
found but is to be looked for in the constitution
or the established usages and practices OF the sew
eral States which they govern and control II IN the
Autocrst of Russia were called President OF all tne
Russias, the actual power remaining uncnangeo, us
authority under his new denomination, would con-
tinue undimin,shed; and, if the President Of the
United States were to receive the title OF Autocra
of the United States, the amount of his authority
would not be increased, without an alteration O.
the Constitution"
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tor of the Cape Fear Importing and Exporting Com
sanv w. Passed 1st reading. Referred.
Mr.. AIMS, resolution commendatory OF the o'a'e
Educational Association Adopted.
Mr.. Fason, resolution in favor OF james " Far
rier. Referred. ,o.,.ca v,s cont 70
the Senate, proposing to elect at past ~ O'CLOCK
to morrow five trustees of the University:
dor viz: IA bill to be entitled the Revenue Act,
hicb after the adoption ofsundry amendments pas
cod its second reading.
The Senate by message concurred in the PROPOSE.
t;on to elect Trustees Of the University on tomor-
row. ,,l-DM
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A mistake having occurred in our publication of
the officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons of this
State, we publish the list again. The officers for
the ensuing year are as follows:
Grand Master DR.. John Mccormick, of Harnett
Deputy Grand Master, DR.. Eugene Grissom, of
Granville
Grand Senior Warden, R. W. Best of Greene.
Grand Junior Warden, David H. Stephenson, of
Wake
Grand Chaplain, James Mcdaniel, of Fayette-
Vile
Grand Senior Deacon, R. V. Blackstock, of Bum
combe.
Grand Secretary, William T. Bain of Raleigh.
Grand Treasurer, c. W. D. Hutchings, of Raj
eigh.
Grand Tyler ] M Belts of Raleigh
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Congressional.

RICHMOND, Dec 13.-The Senate has passed the
bill to authorize Transmission of newspapers to SCI
diers free Of postage Also passed bill for the
employment of all free negroes and forty thousand
er labor connected with the defence Of the country.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston occupied the privilege
of seat in the Senate Chamber to-day.
In the House the sequestration and currency bills
were farther discussed.
RICHMOND, Dec. 13.-The Senate passed con.
current resolution for recess from the Oath inst,
until the I'd January.
Mr. Orr, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
reported back Mr.. Henry's resolutions defining the
position of the Confederate States and declaring the
determination of Congress and the people thereof
to prosecute war till their independence is acknowl
edged. The resolutions passed. Yeas IL, nays
none.
In the House the sequestration and currency bills
were discussed.
bill passed increasing the pay of members Of
Congress fifty per cent
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The Latest News,
We have many rumors from various quarters,
but at the time of writing this we have no reliable
of
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have vet been known to the war. 1t is posi-
BILE that even the very Waterloo of the strug-
gle may then be fought. At oil events we may
rely upon it, that a collision between the two
great armies in Virginia, under Grant and Lee,
the ablest commanders of the war, will surely
take place; that Richmond will be the stake OF
the contest, and that both sides will fight with
desperate energy.
Whether there will be any great odds in our
favor, at the great encounter. we will not I'M
dertake to say, in the lack OF any definite
knowledge concerning the strength of Lees
army. But one thing is certain; if we are de-
teated, it viii only be the signal for new
draft, and the provocation to a more tremen-
dous putting forth OF strength than ever
whereas, if the rebels are overwhelmed, they
can never again rally in so strong array, for
their last CONSUMPTION was universal, and they
have drawn upon their resources to the utmost
possibility. We may be defeated and yet fight
again with renewed strength. If they are de-.
feated, they may indeed make new stand,
and perhaps again and again but it must be,
each time, with reduced force, and the end can
only be absolute helplessness. Such are the
unequal conditions of the coming struggle.
No loyal man can escape anxiety concerning
its Immediate vicissitudes, but the grand sequel
may be anticip ted with firmer confidence than
ever
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down Third street, some forty in number,
preceded by white drummer-boy dis
coursing martial music with drum-stick
and sheep-skin. They made a very SOL
dierly appearance, and would have marched
exceedingly well had not each one given
his head sort of downward infection as
though watching his own steps to prevent
any tangle-foot interference with any rear
ward projection Of the pedal basis of his
predecessor. But they will soon get over
this, and in q short time will become fine,
athletic soldiers, and will, no doubt, do
honor to the cause they have espoused.
How much more worthy for these men
to go into an honorable service of their
country, where they may prove their right
to the title of manhood, than like SO many
of that unworthy class who lounge and
loiter about towns and villages. half-clad
and half-starved, and living in old rickety
novels more gloomy and filthy than the
cavernous abodes of certain tribes of the
Upper Nile.
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Governor Bramlette's Visit tn u.
iDgtOn.
From the Frankfort Commonwealth, ap,iII

from the Frankfort Commonwealth, Ap,ilI
1t is generally known that Governor
Bramlette, accompanied by two other oen.
tlemen of this State, on the 22d of March
left this city for Washington, for the pur.
pose of visiting President Lincoln, and con-
sulting with him and the Secretary of War.
Mr.. Stanton, in reference to matters of vi
tai interest and importance to the people
of Kentucky.
The parties returned to Kentucky on the
evening OF the LIST Of April, and it affords
us great pleasure to be able to inform our
readers that on Saturday evening last we
heard Governor Bramlette state that he
was gratified at the visit and with it's re-
suits; that he had been received with the
greatest cordially by President Lincoln
and Secretary Stanton that he had frank
ly and fully presented to the President the
objects Of his visit, and as frankly ex-
planned his views and desires; that he was
listened to with marked attention until he
was through, and was then assured that
he had not asked for any thing but what
was right and just, and that, so far as it
was practicable and conformable to the
law, there would be a full compliance wirh
his wishes.
Secretary Stanton expressed himself to
the same purpose. And when the Cover
nor LETT Washington it was said that Or
ders had already been issued to carry into
effect the conclusions of the President and
Secretary, as agreed upon between tie
parties.
We can not, however. close without es
pecially directing the attention of the peo-
pie to this further example of the zeal
tat our worthy Governor manifests for
the welfare and interests of the lOval peo-
pie OF the State over whose destinies he
so ably presides. With every pulsation of
his heart loyal to his State, and to the
National Government, bu, lie seeks the
prosperity and welfare OF the former. and
the perpetuity of the latter in ali its de-
partmentS
Nor can We torbear expressing our
sense OF the additional debt OF gratitude
which the action OF the President and
Secretary OF War has laid upon the people
OF Kentucky. In tits instance, as in ey-
cry other, has been shown the utter falsity
CT the charges that are being made against
the AdEinist alton, of a will and deter
mination to Cypress tie people Of this
State, and to treat with contempt and in.
suit their interests and wishes. President
Lincoln and Secretary Stanton have added
another, and, at this particular time, a
crushing proof OF TIE utter baseness of
such charges. In the name Of the loyal
people Ut Kentucky. We acknowledge their
kin'lne-s and our gratitude
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Reverdy johnson against slavery.

The speech Of REvERDY JOHNSON, of
Maryland, in the Senate, on Tuesday of
last week, on the proposed constitutional
amendment for the prohibition of Slavery,
is said to have been decidedly the ablest
of the session. 1t was more than two
hours long, but he spoke without notes of
any kind. Unusual attention was paid to
him by the Senate; and at the close he
received the hesrty congratulation of most
of the Republican Senators. He said the
existence of Slavery shocked the sense of
the civilized world. 1t was against God
and Nature, and it will be national dis
grace if we do not end Slavery with the
rebellion. He showed, by quotations
from his speeches sixteen years ago, that
he had foresesn this disaster if provision
was not made for the amelioration or the
gradual extinction of Slavery.
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The Monroe Doctrine.

A most important measure was present.
ed and unanimously passed in the House
of Representatives at Washington on Mon
day oflast week, the consequences of which,
should it go through the Senate with the
same celebrity and unanmity, may possibly
have most decided bearing on our future
relations with France The Monroe doc
trine is right in principle, right in theory
and right in practice, and now that events
transpiring in Europe show, beyond
doubt, that monarchy is to be established
in Mexico upon the PROSTATE form of
Republic stricken down by the power of
leading monarchical Government, tor the
avowed purpose of establishing similar
monarchy in Mexico, it is meet and proper
that the United States, the leading republic
in the world, and the greatest Power on
the Western Continent, should speak out
the sentiments Of the people The resolu-
ton which was passed presents a protest
to the world against the acknowledgment
of a monarchical government in Mexico,
and reads as follows:
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives in Congress assembled, That the
Congress OF the United States are unwilling by
silence to leave the nations of the world under
the impression that they are Indifferent specta-
tors to the deplorable events that are now trans
piring in the Republic of Mexico; therefore,
they think it fit to declare that it does not
accord with the people of the United States to
acknowledge monarchical Government erect
ed on the ruins of any republican Government
in America under the auspices of any European
power.
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"A Louisville dispatch says several of For.

"A Louisville dispatch says several of For.
RESTS officers have crossed the Ohio into In
diana ana Illinois for the purpose of melting
the people to revolt One account saws Foe.
REST is trying to get out of Kentucky. and an
other that he intends to remain.
MIR. CoLFAx has moved the expulsion of
Mr.. LONG. of Ohio, for making peace at.apy-
price speech. This LONG is fellow of small
calibre, and if any of his stamp are to be ex-
PEELED it would be better to take FErxAspY
WOOD to begin with.
The cultivation of abandoned plantations
is getting to be dangerous business. There is
an account this morning of the destruction of
one OF the largest in Mississippi, and the burn
ing OF four negroes, who were in one of the
buildings. 1t is said regiment of negroes
charged and repulsed ] 800 rebels We think
our soldiers can be put to better use than guard
ing these plantations, which are only cultiva-
ted for the benefit of private spectators.
There is rumor that Gen. STEELE has
captured Shreveport, La. without firing gun.
Shreveport is the capital of Caddo Parish, and
is situated on the right bank of the Red River.
about 30 miles below the "Great Raft" which
is the limit of navigation for large boats 1t
is in the midst OF a rich planting region. About
10000 bales of cotton were received here an
nually before the war
"A man named Aiken in Southern Illinois
arrested ON suspicion of murder was hung
without trial by his captors
-Suttlers. camp followers and surplus bag
gage OF the Army of the Potamac have been
sent to the rear, which is construed as an indl-
cation of active operations.
Gold closed at 1416M147%
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The Attractions for Honest Industry
ia Minnesota.

The current of events cast out shadow
for moral reflection, and the natural ques-
ton is suggested, are we-all the people
all to be officers? Are we no longer to
look forward to anything but official posi-
ton? Are the mechanics, the artizans,
the farmers and the people who are not
actively engaged in the war all to forsake
the ordinary avocations of life and to look
forward to nothing but some position for
public pay and governmental spoils?
The State of Minnesota exhibits to eve
ry body the most attractive prospect for
all classes We have enumerated. Our
prairies, our valleys, our charmed margins
on stream sides, are all teeming with invi-
tations to the pillow and the sickle. The
tempting verdure waves its welcome for
innumerable cattle and thousands OF herds
to come and eat it. Health dances in our
atmosphere and the seasons smile and
seem to say to all, sit is good to be here |"
We have the best pineries and lumber in
the world, and people hunt and search for
houses in our towns, and there is nobody
to build them! With the most extensive
railroad system, all endowed by the most
liberal governmental land grants, yet peo-
pie turn aside from the occupancy Of the
rich soil along these routes and with
q vague, underlined purpose seek for what
we call but the illusions of chance.
If We are patriots and still sane people
let US at once remember that the soil Of
our mother earth is the only store-house of
wealth in all times, and the most reliable
source of redemption in such times as
these. But if we do not recognize these
great facts and act upon them soon, the
assumption will not be wrong, that in a
short time We shall witness that romantic
condition of affairs, so graphically pictured
by writer of fiction, when the hands and
legs refused to perform their functions, be-
cause, as they alleged, the head did not dig
and the belly swallowed up the proceeds
of their labcrs.
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TenhysOnian Treasure.Treve.

A correspondent of the Boston Tran
script has unearthed from an old copy of
the Eaglishman's -Nayazine q some. of
TENNYsoNs. which, he says, is not found
in the American edition OF the poets
works, 1t reads thus, and may be entitled
WHERE TOLD MY LOVE
Check every outfash every ruder sally
or thought and speech: speak low and give ,l wholly
my spirit to mild-ninded melancholy;
his Is the place. Through yOnder poplar a.,cv
Ielow, the blue-green river windeth slowly
But, in the middle of the sombre valley.
Inc crisped waters whisper musically
And all the haunted place is dark ard holy
Inc nightingale, with long and low preamble.
"arbied from yonder knoll Of solemn larches
md In and out the wOOdbine's howery arches
Inc summer midges wOve their wantOn gamboi,
And all the wsite-stemm, pnewood slept above -
When ia this valley first told my love.
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why tho Emancipated Blacks sh Ould
Eulist and Go to the War.

When the rebellion first broke out,
thousands of people at the North, who
were strictly loyal and acting upon consci-
entious convictions of what they supposed
to be right, opposed the using of negroes
in the military service in any manner. 1t
was alleged that they would not fight,
without there being shown, however, any
good reason for the assertion So far from
this being true, repeated instances where
they have since been engaged demonstrate
that they will fight like tigers. In fact,
the effect of discipline alone upon mere
animal nature will bring out its fighting
qualities, as instances have occurred whore
large numbers of military trained horses,
on being abandoned by their riders, have
been seen to form and array themselves in
squadrons against each other, and charge
with all the fury and much of the regu-
larity of human conducted battle.
Another objection urged was the diff
Guilty of disposing of negro soldiers among
white soldiers; but this is a ranged by
placing them in distinct organizations by
themselves. But by far the most serious
obstacles put up were the fears that the
measure would tend to incite servile war,
which would involve the disapprobation,
and perhaps the interference, of Europe an
nations.
But these fears have all proved ground
less and the negro, except where his white
Leliverer has come and taken him by the
hand and led him out of bondage, or has
put the musket in his hand and trained
him to the science and discipline of regular
military organization, has proved as docile
and as Submissive to his old MASTER will
and commands as though no internacine
warfare was laundering and raging over
bis head to crush and blot out slavery for
ever.
Yet we believe the negro ought, for his
own welfare, to devote himself to arms.
He owes it to himself, as he hopes to be a
freeman, to show himself worthy of the
boon, and willing to share some of the tolls
and dangers that the whole country is
enduring for his sake.
HE who would be free
Himself must strike the blow"
1t is, perhaps, the only solution Of the
question as to what shall be done with the
liberated negroes of the South, that they
shall be employed, at least for the present,
in the military service of the government ?
1t is his surest way to win position of
conceded equality beside the white man,
and it is only in this way he is likely, In
these times, to be able to furnish any ma
terial aid to bis county, or to, fitly express
his gratitude to her for his manumission.
We were very much pleased to see the
first instalment of coored troops from
Minnesota depart this morning from Saint
Paul for Jefferson Barracks. They passed
u'----
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what we shalI do n nec..,.I,I

Notwithstanding all the bright anticipa-
tions Of success that are beginning to
cluster around the opening of the summer
campaign, there are some thoughtful per-
sons who dare to look in the face the pos
,sibility of defeat. What will be done in
case such dire misfortune occurs, is well
set forth BY the New York Times:
The next month. May, will, in all .probabili-
ty, witness battles of greater magnitude than