Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-02-10
WHOLE NUMBER 1909.
Principals Of sDbstisa tes.

PriacipaIs Of sBbstitates.
We publish below the bill which has passed the
House Of Representatives on this subject It is
now pending in the SENATE: ..4a o.:
a o'n 70 % entitled an Act amendatorg of an Act
ens'tsea :. an act to put an end to tie assumption
from mastasy ssroace Of those aho huce heretofore
ga'n's"ea suost'tutes" approved January 8, 1864
e SECTION l. The congress Of. the Confederate
otates america do enact, That the above recited
On the 9Th day Of January, 1854 in tho prediction
o. gram and provisions either by their own manual
hoor or in experimenting the labor of others: Pro
otdcd. The exemption herein CONTEMPLATED is grant
Cd subject to the following conditions: ~.
Rhgan ias na66spp 6a bs7asieg himself thereof shall
control or superintendence exclusively to the pfR pfR
duction of provisions and family supplies
H. That there shall be paid and contributed,
from the farm; or If more than one farm from each
OF the farms which the person thus exempted owns
or snperintends, in addition to the tithe required
by any tax law, an additional tenth of the pork or
bacon produced on said farm or farms, beginning
with the product of last year, for the use of the
| army. ...
Ill That tho person thus exempted will, if so
required, sell all his surplus provisions now on
hand or hereafter raised for the use of soldiers
'eA'oeS va aot Luo uSe VI tue army, ~ pf1ce6 not
greater than those fixed for the time being by the
commissioners appointed under the mpressment
l. act
~. That the person seeking to avail himself Of
the benefit of this act shall haye furnished subst
tute not liable to military duty, who is now in the
service, or who has been legally discharged there.
from, or who has died therein
v. That the benefit Of this act shall not apply to
persons on farms or plantations on which there is
any other male adult not liable to military duty.
SEC 2. Nothing contained in this act shall be
construed as LIMITING the power of the President
under existing laws. to exempt such persons as he
may deem proper, on grounds Of equity justice, or
necessity. - =.
This bill passed the House by A to 81. Messrs.
Arlington, Ashe, Bridgers, Davidson, Gather, Nc
Lean and Smith of this State voted for and Msssrs
Kenan and Lander against it.
In the Senate, on the Sd, Mr.. Sparrow, from the
military committee, reported back to the Senate
the above bill, with accommodation that it do not
pdss No action was taken.
ANOTHER BLAST FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA
TRooPs l-THE TmRrIsru REGIxENr SPEAks.-We
publish with great pleasure the following patriotic
proceedings: s:a. y
CAMP Born NC Troops.)
| Jan. 9th, 1864
Editor Ssntinsl-Dear Sir: Please publish the
subjoned resolutions and oblise your obedient ser
| want j. l. HARRIS,
! .....-... Capt Co. 3Oth N. G. T.
At meeting of the troops Of the 30th N. G. reg
iment held At headquarters the 27th Of January,
| 1854, the following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted: .... s ...
Whara.s, an nninat -.-.-rt At radical party in
tho United States to subvert and overthrow ali con
aptip tn rohI Of
(honestly obtained) did first force US to withdraw
from an alliance no longer binding; and, whereas,
they did deny US that right and have attempted to
drive US back into reunion that we detest, by
wsging war against US unparalleled in history for
its atrocity and vndictiveness ofspirit and where
as, we have learned through Northern papers that
| the despot who reigns at Washington has induced
large numbers of his present army, by the induce
ment of large bountes and broad promises, to re-en
list, and is offering extraordinary inducements to cit
izens of foreign nations as we'll as of the United
States to enlist to fill the ranks Of his army, thus
clearly defining settled determination to subagate
US At all hazards; now, therefore, We do unan
| ousIy,
Rssolos That viewing our cause as a just and
holy one we declare ourselves re,enlisted for the
war in the struggle for that liberty and independ
ence so dear to every patriotic and honest heart
i that our watchword shall be liberty, and we exhor
, our Congress and the President of the Confederate
States to listen to no kind of terms that fall shor
of our complete and untrammeied Independence.
Resoloed That we have the most unbounded con
adence in our gallant chrehain, General Robert E
Lee, and will cheerfully and willingly stand by him
through storm and sunshine. until the prize fol
which We are contending shall be acknowledged BY
ali nations. -.--
We received last evening. too late for publication
the proceedings of the 4thand 47th N G. regiments
also We shall take great pleasurs, in our next il
LAYING before our readers what these glorious mer
have to say Richmond Sentinel
y HoN. JoHN BELL.-Alludlng to the assertion o
the Charleston Mercury that this is an "sge Q