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N OIL e ..-.WALTER A. THOMPSON
II will leave Greensborough and Hillsborough on the
25th instant for the army Of Northern Virginia Persons
DESTROYS Of sending boxes have them at the depot the
day before, marked and weighed
Lint and old linen are in great demand in anticipation
of the coming battle above Richmond he appeals to all
who haveeither Of these articles forward them to him
by that time All that can be obtained will be needed
---....~- W. A. THOMPSON, Agent
Nay 10, 1864 lgStd.
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CITY OF RALEIGH.
Mayor-Col. VIM. q Harrison.

CITY OF RALEIGH.
Mayor-Col. VIM Il Harrison
COMMISSIONERS
Western Ward-W. II. Tucker, Alex. Creech and Park
er OVERLY. y,
Middle Ward-W. +. Richardson, Augustus L. Lougee
Eastern Ward-Dr W. H. McKee, J. ]. OVERLY and N,
S. Harp.
]. Chrstophers is Clerktp the Board and City Tax
Collector.
W. R. Richardson is City Treasurer
1tw" canstabss-J. j. Belts Chief; N. v. Denton, As
slstant
, K. P. Battle, City Attorney
J. L. Pennington, City Printer.
F. G. King, Weigh haster.
NIGHT WATCH
G1ptain-C. H. Horton.
HGtchnsan-E. A. Johnston VIM. Beeves, VIM G.
Parker, N. c. Luer, G. A. Driver and VIM. OVERLY
The last Wednesday night of each month is the time
liked for the regular meetings of the Board
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MILITARY DIRECTORY,
Majors.
LIEUT.. CoLoxRLs.
CoLoxELs.

FIELD OFFICERS, BRIGADES DIVISIONS AND
CORPS OF NORTH-CAROLINA REGIMENTS
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llHam A Brown,
2lWm R Cox,
siSfanh II Thurafnn

l(Ham A Brown,
2IWm R Cox,
S Steph d Thurston
A Bryan Grimes,
5iThos M Garrett,
6 Robt F Webb,
7IEd Haywood,
stJas N Whitson,
9lWm II Cheek,
lOlStephen D Pool,
III VIM J Martin,
leEH E Coleman,
lslJos H Hyman,
l4|R Tyler Bennett,
15LWm MacRae,
Is VIM A Stowe,
17iWn1 F Martin,
lS'Jno d Barry,
ls|C NJ Andrews,
20IThos F Toon,
% Thos G Galloway
24tWm J Clarke,
25|H NJ Rutledge.
26 Jno R Lane,
27J A Gilmer, jr.,
2sISam D Lowe,
29Wm B Creasman
81, Frank NJ Parker,
81 Jno V Jordan,
S2lEd G BrabbIe.
33IClark M Avery:
saw L J Lowrance,
IS Jno G Jones,
SCI VIM Lamb,
87Wm n Barbour,
3d. VIM J HOke,
39lDavid Coleman,
40 Jno J Hedrick,
Al Jno A Baker,
AL Jno E Brown.
4S|Thos 8 Kepan,
44fPhos G Singeltary
Assam Il Boyd.
$|Wm l. Saunders,
47|Geo q Farribauit
4S| Sam II Walkup,
~ Lee NJ McAfee,
sol Geo WORKMAN,
5iiHector McKethar
53IWm A Owens,
4lKen Z Murchisor
55|Jno K Connally,
S6Paul F Faison,
57Arch G Goodwin,
Sd. Jno B Palmer,
SCI Den D Ferrabee,
60 " ash n Hardy,
6ltJas ID Radcliffe,
63l
64lLawreuce n Allel
6IGeo N. Folk,
Gil Alex D Moore,
67Jno N Whitford,
| 6SlJas. W Hinton,
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TOB-W DIRK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
- neatly and expedslsly executed at the Standard
office. LAND DEEDS, MARRIAGE LICENSES, and ma.
ny other kinds Of blanks now on hand.
May r. 1854. lQ-tf
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MIR. Stephens on Martial Law.

The following excellent letter was written by, Mr..
Vice President Stephens in 1862, on the subject of
martial law. We published it at the time with our
cordial approval and we print it again on account
of the great principles of liberty which pervade is
every line:-
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The chi0ahy hated us and traduced us before
this war; and notwithstanding all that this State
aas done and is doing, they hate and traduce US
still, and defy our authorities and trample upon
our laws, appoint hosts of citizens from other States
to fill all profitable and influential Offices in North.
Carolina. Go to all the counties of the State and
look over the Office holders and behold who they
are and from whence they came. Not only-so, the
people of other States are told that the writ of
habeas corpus was suspended to carry certain elec
tions in North Carolina. Nor is this ALL The War
Department has detailed the Rev. Doctor Pitts, a
Colonel in Longstreets army to canvass this State
and lecture the people of North. Carolina on the
state OF the country and to look alter other matters
He and Gov Vance will speak in the same disaffect.
ed or disloyal regions to the people. 1t will oe
hard matter for the benghted citizens of these tory
counties to tell which is the best at Joke. Gov,
Vance OF the Colonel, Doctor of Divinity The
Rev. Colonel is great mimic and is bound to get
up laugh. But when such men and such means
are taken to degrade our people, and such efforts
made both at home and abroad to fix lasting
stigma upon certain counties, because they honest
" choose to differ. rather maintain the opinions
they did when they voted for Gov. Vance, it is
enough to STIR the blood and to fill the hearts of an
with the sternest resolution, to rebuke the foreign
and domestic calumniators at the ballot box. They
may hang up all in the army BY the thumbs. who
do not vote to suit them, but hope they win not
attempt to do such thing in the State, although
see some ares deBeuncing all those who will net
vote with an open ticket and regretting f4At our
people in and out Of the army are not compelled
to vote ciod uocs. Ali these and many other threats
have been detailed out of the 1lay tosedi cartan
papers in certain strong Conseryatiye districts.
case to thisa -
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What may any man call his own, if not the liberty
Of his person? / am weary Of treading these
ways" Griefs like this drove the people Of Eng
land to rebellion, and ultimately wrung from the
throne the famous habeas corpus act the second
Magma Charta of that mighty Empire, which became
the Inheritance of our colonial youth, afterwards
infused itself into our Declaration of Rights, and
now spreads itself over the most sacred page of
our Code Proudly now do the English people
look back to their struggles against illegal commit
snents by the power armed with the sword and re-
ioes in the fruits of their noble maxim Of liberty,
that public injury offered to the Aumblest Subject
is an insult to the whole people
The apology commonly offered for such arrests
and commitments by the military power is, thatthe
privilege of the writ Of hehsas corpus is suspended
BY competent authority. Admit, for argument,
that it is suspended over the whole State, and it
would excuse bat grain Of the wrong This is
clear to the least reflection; and yet there is a
vague popular notion that such Suspension allows
the seizure of any person, without warrant and
Imprisonment without trial proceed to strip cit
this military cover and define the legitimate co use
.quences Of suspendipg ahe writ The privilege ct
the writ is, that every freeman restrained of his
liberty is entitled speedily to have the judgment OF
the law upon the cause of his restraint and to be
enlarged absolutely if the cause be sufficient or al
lowed bail if the offence charged be baiable The
suspension Of the writ operates therefore to this
extent only: that if the person be committed, his
case shall not be inquired into, and he must remain
aprsoner until his trial. how trivial soeTer may be
his offence. But assuredly this does not allow ar
rests in any new manner forbidden by the Censti-
tuition. The suspension does not suspend those
clauses of he Constitution which prohibit seizures
without warrant issued on probable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation" Neither does the
suspension of the writ suspend that other provision
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-10-06

He had seen siege in the Crimea, and he
was bound to have siege if he had it in a
frog pond t
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CHURCH Nv THE Moo DrspE SsAsHEN.1 Z
Gooly 40 1854

n
Gooly 80, 1864.
Cur class meetins hev ben sumwhat neg
lectid Nv lait. Sunhow it is in our church
ez It is in the hetrodox-we air hot and
cold a1ternitly. Last Sunday we he'd
preshus seezn
Bro. Siples spoak. He he'd his ups and
downs, bad 1t .waz ruff on him. Wen
ever Grant and Sherman he'd success his
faith fale1 him an1 suntim, IS he he'd diff
Guilty in cnmin tn in time even wen Lee
whipt Grant But he he'd recently paid 81
per gallon fer whisky, and that stird him.
With wun hand upon his 2 often empty
jug, and tother pointed to heaven he bed
sworn eternal hostility tn them ez he'd razed
these prices, which is ablishnists. IF con-
venyent he askt the brethr ing to pray fer
him.
Bro. Hopp rz. He he'd his ups and
downs also-rayther more downs than ups.
His sole wuz full wen Forrst killed the mig
gers, but alas, woe wuz on him wen Sher-
man fiaxt EN- at Atlanta Now the skize is
brite. lee holds out bully, and other day
1000 niggers wuz killed at Petersburg
At this pint interrupted bro. Hopp.--
The KILN Nv nigsers is no coz Nv rejoisin.
Wat destruction Nv property! 1000 mig,
gers at 81 ,50oper niger is sS,0o9,Ol0!
This sum NV mummy. even at the present
ablishn prices, wool proi,ose 60,0oo. 900
nips! Wool. 0 WOOL that wuz coudern to
consoom EN- all Sc them niggers hed
been white men wooient hev kecred Wy2
Rekoz, white sogers is all ablishnists -
Don't shake yer he'd, bro Gramp, it's So
Your own son, even, baokslil. H. it wuz
who rit hh d asayin thtt If he had kun
back and found that old hyp ,cfit Nasby
eating chickens about yoor boxse, he'll
plump ounce bill into hin. IIypocritl
Chickens! Sich bascness confirms ne in
my beleef in the doctrin nv totle depravity
am an unobtroosive geSt at the table w
my q ,ct! Troo ete but ws9d eay. y.ueies1t
say that chickings WIS a eqnivaientter rass
inprovin conversashep? Ez fer the paltfy
mummy borror, ailez Civ my noat, wich.
settles them transactions.
2resnom: Every nigger killed inaiins
our brethren powerful Iinagin, my breth-
ren, a suthrin artilrist bringing NV his
peace to bare upon the advansin enemy .---t
He sees their air nigsers, and his hart siaks
Neerer and neerer they cum. Seezin a
glass, he vewS EN- and horror! in the front
rank, clothed in scots nv blu" he beholds
his indivjile niggers! Ncerer! neerer! Fain
would he spare ein, for them very niggers
NAV be the uncles Nv doven Nv his child
ren (which is patriarklel to say nuthin NV
the mummy he has invested in EN-. But
no. The order is given! '.Firer' He pulls
the fatle string, and ez he behoids his own
property beedin o. the plane, he swoons
away. My jentil friends, maik no doubt
that haf the cases reported in the Suthrin
papers ez sun stroke wuz from that coz.
Uther brethrin Civ their experience in.--.
The feelia is improvin senc, the draft, and
| hev faith that ef our groser ries kin hold up
till Sept. 5.under the credit sistim and too
menuy don't run Kanady, we will be able
to whale esny Provo Marshers forse they
ken send agin US, 5aga
PETROLEUM. Y Massey
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prowesslg Well, the General who hides
himself in gunboat, when, his men arc in
battle, is as good man to sue for peace as
any body else.
But shall not abuse your patience by
following in detail the rest ofhis military
career. have not time to prove to you
how he and Fitz john Porter and franklin
loitered at Harrison's Landing, when Pope
vas being driven back by the combined
forces of the South, or how Fitz John Por.
tel was condemned by court martial as a
traitor, eashered and broken of bis com.
mand, when he was no more guilty than
Mcclellan, who gave him his orders, or
franklin who loitered by his side McCel-
Ian fingered for three weeks at Harrison's
After the battle Of ,Antietam he
permitted the enemy TO cross the river un-
der a flag of truce. He fought the battle of
Antietam with 115, 900 soldiers lying idle at
Washington. General Heintzleman told
me only few days since that he besought
Mcclellan to. give him sixty thousand of
them and let him cross the Potomac and
head off the retreat Of the enemy-and Nc
Clellan refused to let HIM go. He even re-
fused 10 let his cavalry follow the enemy,
because, as he said, they were tired. Tired
IF what2 Mercy Of lying still, for they
hadn't moved for six weeks.
a.; GOOD NEW 8 FROM THE ARMY.
have but lately, visited our army. I
nave been through its lines. have talked
with its officers. I haye learned from them
;olne Of the plans now on foot OF these I
I'm not permitted to speak, but I can tell
vou one thlng-treason is played out, and
you'll hear thunder along our line long be-
ore the Presidential election.
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fETRoLEuM v. Massey, ty
Faster Nv sed Church in charge.

Men, women, girls and boys, feel IN
stinctively when they have fallen in
with dangerous associates; if they
choose to remain amongst them, they
are lost. So in the high tides, barke
of light draft will float over the quick
sands, in summer, at low tide, the ven
turous boys aud young people will
play cricket thereupon; but neither can
remain long in the neigborhood. The
time comes when the sands are COW
cred with a thin surface ofwater, and
beneath is the shifting, loose, wet earth,
m ore dangerous and treacherous than
spring.tide ice; and then it is that to
touch is to be drawn in, and to be
drawn in is death. So it is with bad
company.
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"WiEl you give me them pennies
now9'' said a big newsboy to a little
one, after giving him severe thnmp.
ing. mo, I wont" "Then I'll give
you another pounding" "'sPound away.
Me and DIR. Franklin agrees. DIR.
Franklin says, take care ofthe pence,
and che pounds will take care of them
'selyes.r atil t lsae.
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States Senate Committee on the Conduct Of
the War, he gave the record of Gen. McClel
Ian in the Pen!nsnlar catnpalgH. as develop
ed by sworn witnesses before the committee.
HON. B. r. wApE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Wade--* They (the cop.
perheads) have male me their own witness
now, and It is an old principle Of law that
they cannot dispute my testimony. If they
believe what I said about Lincoln let them
believe what | am about to say Of McClel-
Ian.
Iwant the Democrats to understand, now,
that tell the truth at all hazards, and I
want them to receive and believe what
say about Mcclellan. have announced the
facts about Lincoln, now I will announce
some few facts about Mcclellan, and when
] have done choose ye between them. How
is it we find men so much in the mist about
platforms and issues? Was it not easy, il
the Chieagt convention meant to uphold the
government, for them TO say SO? Couldn't
they have put it upon pape, so that all
could understand IT.? They are either for
war or against it, are they not? Is it not
easy to set that forth? But the Democrats
are divided One part of them are so de
praved and demoralizcd as to be willing to
get down in the dust before tie South and
cry 'peccaci." But the larger portion OF
the pagty had fallen so low asto have, done
il already. They had to reconcile these diff
ferences, and so they put big, shoulder
strapped General on peace platform. And
God knows they couldr't have found more
peaceable General. In war, he is the very
Prince Of Peace. For nearly two years he
was generalissimo OF all the armies Of the
United States. He had staff like regi
ment. | have seen him myself when he
galloped out with bis cavalry strinaing along
behind him, to take some elevated position,
and have his troops march around him. -
That's what he called, .torganizing an ar.
my" You know this ms well as /. We had
battles under Mcclellan plenty Of them
In these battles our boys fought and con
quered and fell as CALAMITY and devotealy
as men ever did. 1t was the duty of com
manding General to lead his troops to bat
tie, and share their danger, of his staff to
carry his orders to and fro, whore death is
thickest. After year and d half of battles
Mcclellan and al his slaff and their horses
came out as sleek and Cat and fair as they
went in. Not one had blood drawn on him.
Why, it was notorious, and at any time
during the last six months of his General
ship could haye gone 70 an insurance Of
flee and insured his life for a less premium
than that on the life of farmer in his wheat
field. Everybody knew that it was safe
enough to be on McClellan's staff. Had he
been pugnacions he might have hurt some
of our Southern brethren. Why did they
chocse.a general to pray for pencep A wo-
man could do that as web.
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= Yours IN haste.
". I. SHERMAN, Major Con.
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The man who trusts in his invest
meuts is frightened at every financial
panic. The man who trusts in God is
always brave. So it happens that the
man of millions, unless he keep up his
courage by giving away freely, is afraid
of poverty, but the man who has only
God is afraid OF nothing, and SO pos
sesses ALI Freeman Clarke. IA
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A clergyman in Perthshire, Scot,
land who is more skillfnl as an angler
than popular as a preacher, having
fallen into conv ers alton with some of
his parishioners on the benefits of early
rising, mentioned. rs an instance, that
hehad that very morning before break
fast composed a sermon and killed q
salmon Ian achievement on which he
plumed himself greatly. "a weel, sir,
observed one of the company, II
would much rather hae yer salmon
than yer sarmon.' ats
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-10-06

Rev. DIR. T.. of Berkshire, is as
well known for his temperance prpci'
pies as for his eminent piety; but, hav
ing suffered from severe attack of
diptheria, during his convalescence
he was advised by his physician to use
a little good brandy. Of course. his
parishioners, most of whom are mt
loyal disciples of John B Cough, re-
sponied to the suggestions by liberal
donations of the ''critter." Charley be-
ing asked, 'EIow is the doctor this
morning." promptly replied, eff he
don't die of the delirium tremens, |
guess he will get well ~
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McCLELLAN,s RECORD.
"A Witness whose Testimony
cannot be Refused by the
COpperheads.

Hon. f. Wade is, or at least was few
short weeks since, universally admired and
praised by the .copperheads as ian honest
Republican" the particular proof of his hon.
esty being abundantly adduced in his CEN
sure Of Mr.. Lincoln, in the celebrated Wade
Davis manifesto. On the 18th Of Septem-
ber, this same s'honest Republican," made
a. great Union speech at Meadville, Pa.
counselllng the people to vote for Lincoln
and johnson. In the course of the speech
he vindcated the Wade-Davis manifesto,
which has been quoted with so much gusto
by the Copperheads. He differed on mat,
ter of policy with President lincoln, and
exercised his right to crticise him. The
Coppcrheads made witness of Mr.. Wade
against Mr.. Lincoln. He turned upon them
with Tetort, "they (the copperheads) made
me their witness. It is an old principle of
law that they can't dispute my testimony"
Wherefore, as the chairman Of the United
States Senate Committee on the Conduct of,
the War, he gave the record Of Gen. McClel
Ian in the PenInsplar catnpalgH. as develop
ed by sworn witnesses before the committee.
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THE FALL OF 1861.

b .F - U 4 IA
When I speak of Mcclellan, I speak of a
man know, for I was on a committee to
watch him. When he took the reins of
command, the first thing be did was to draw
on the Western army to swell his ma gnif
cent army in the East. For this we have
the oath Of bis officers, and YOU can read it
at yopr leisure in the book.
Things passed on until October, when
Senator Chsndler and myself. feeling that
the nation was disgraced, BY the inactivity
of the Union armies-=the largest and most
magnificently equipped that the world ever
saw, bigger than those Of Bonapafte--while
the rebel flag across the Potomac Haunted
the Presidephnl mansion in the very face,
went to him and said, "For Gods sake save
This nation from this ineffaceable disguke.
Take your magnificent army every man in
it is as good as Bonaparte's old guard bet
ter and t-uer menneyer marched to The field
of battle--and attack the enemy" He said
"Oh. can't do that. They are 22o 900
strong. So = gentleman, fresh from Beau
regards headquarters told me when he
dined with me yesterday !, That gentleman
was probably back to, Beauregard the next
day,
Well. affairs ran on, and there Mcclellan
lay before the Quaker guns on 0Munson's 5
Hill, frightening him into silence. There
they stood. mall the majesty Of paintl--
They really looked like cannon, and Nc
Clellan never got near enough them to see
whether they were wood or iron. He was
again urged to cross the river. But no.
Mcclellan said it would bring on general
engagement--why, in Gods name, was that
not just what he wanted? and hadn't men
enough, and the rebel frtifications were as
strong as Sebsstspol. aaiA !.
So. passed the fall and winter. In the
meantime the rebels made raid on the Bal
tirnore and Ohio railrMd, and carried of all
the locomotives, 90 more disturbed by Me-
clellan's army than by shepherds tending
Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-21
D11ff DE5E5CKTIs


49, = q " - NJ
Fall n,eayisnssky vister's sisi,a, 81 IS.
And sunny summers day,
Are stewly nown on heavy wings.
Sance Minnie pass'd away.
Beaeath Ne krsssy, fsery sod,
Within the churche's shade.
Beside the babe that went before,
Her clay cold form laid.
The kitten plays upon the hssrth,
The deer SKINS Or the lava; =
her heart with gladneSs too; her step
Outvied the agile fawn
Her CHEEKY laugh, her sweet doves voice.
when 'cnderSy she spoke,
let echo through Times gloomy halls,
And on sad thou shis evoke.
Her happy, cheerful, loving ways.
Her lace 70 lily fair,
Her winning smile her bright brown eve
That ne cr Was kialm'd by care, 81, 81
Still rise before me in my dreams,
And sweeten duh repo-e;
They fade Mt with rcTalviny years
Last while iifc's current flows.
Full many q weary winters ni3ht,
And sunny summers dav
And sadly hown OIL rca-y wings,
Since Minnie pas~d awsy.
The blow was stunning, binding, fen,
Which tore her from nv heart
No power ofrisn, no charm % love
Could wsrd aside The dirt.
Time heals al Wounds ard soothas ~ grief.
VIII, iendere-', pitving hand;
Ny chilling. thgn,Ing SORROW bei
Before hopr's magic wor',.
Loves nights not weaker bnt .ubdued
l. passions burning spark
Loves still the helm, that guides TO peace
NJ. wondering !;fc's fra,l ba-k
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LFE's IIArPirsT PERlop. Kingsley gives
his evidence on this disputed point: sThrre
IS no pleasure that have experienced like
child midsummer holiday the time,
mean, when two or three Of US used to go
array up the brook and take our dinners
with rs, and come home ut night tired, dirty,
happy, scratched beyond recognition, with
great nosegay, three little trout, and one
shoe, the other having been used for boat
until it had gone down. will, all hands, out
Of sonndings How poor our Derby days,
our Greenwich dinners, our evening parties.
where there were plenty Of girls after that .
Depend upon it, - man never experiences
such pleasures or giicf after fourteen, as he
does before. unless, in some cases, in his
first love making, when the sensation is new
to him.