Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-12

Win TEfGi.
Ifrom the Richmond Dispatch, Feb 81
NOZZLE, Feb. "A special dispatch 10 the
Evening News, dated 0kolena, No signs
OF the enemy in Northern Mississippi, or ID
west Tennessee, except at Charlestown and
Memphis.
The Yankee programme is All advance from
NioksbGrg into Gen tral Alabama, necessitating,
as they suppose, the abandonment of Mobile.
Oar forces occupy Corinth and Jackson.
Neither have been destroyed, but everything
has been carried off including stock, Farming
implements and household furniture Many
families must go to Memphis or suffer the de-
suuction a everything
The Yankee cavalry, in strong force, crossed
the Big Black yesterday the day before and
were met by .Jackson's cavalry. a lively fight
took place Perhaps this is the coIumeH cement
OF the general advance of the enemy.
The Richmond Dispatch calls Rob: J. Walk
er ga decayed old Yankee politician"
The Dispatch of February I'd, has the follow
ing:
From Charleston.
CHARLESTON, Feb. mo casualties at Fort
Suuiter. he bombardment OF the city con.
tin pes steady. The firing has been more rapid
this eyeEing-two persons slightly woundef.
A fire broke out on Commercial wharf this af-
ternoont which destroyed row Of cotton fac
tors offices.
The North Carolina papers show by their
columns that the leaven of Upionisn is spread
ing throughout tie State:
the proceedings OF TWO large public meetings,
cIe beid at Wilton, Granville county. aud the
Other al Snow Hill, Greene county, both OF
which Were held on the same day. At both
meetings. sets OF IeS olutions wera adopted
unanimously. the character OF which shows
that the People ale getting heartily sick of the
rebellion.
Thu preamble adopted at the former place
sets forth that the alarming and fearful ten
deucy OF the Confederate government towards
the ESTABLISHING Of military despotism by
Iba sltr ftsf nj ~ N irI~f flt,
pressive, and is a Just canse OF complaint and
an earnest desire on part citizens of
sovereign and independent State TO restore
lustice, secure domestic tranquility, perpetu
alta the Dressings of civil and religious liberty
to ourselves aud pros pPrity IS Just cause for
assembling ourselves together.
Me first res olution declares that all political
power is yesteC in and derived from the PEG
pie only, and all acts denying or abridging
these rights are unconstitutional and ought to
be resisted by all constitutional and legal
measures. The second declares the subordna-
ton Of the military to the civil power as a car
dinai principle, and any attempt to destroy it
by suspension of the writ OF hGbeaS corpus, 10
suparsede the civil law upon the plea of mill.
taTy necessity, would be rs volutionary and
despotic. I 1T third declares ne passage OF the
law conscripting the principals OF substitutes
was q sross violation CT plighted faith between
the. Government and her citizens, and cG!c1-
lated TO CestToy the confidence Of the people in
the Government. The fourth expresses tie
opinion that the passage Of the remarkable
propositions presented ny Messrs. Phelan and
Miles, row pending before Congress, would do
more 10 subjngate the South than the armies of
The North. The fifth declares that if North
Carolina is forced 10 choose hetWe cen military
despotism and her Stae sovereignty, she Will
choose the latter by O. Convention. The sixth
requests Governor Vance, in the event the
Confederate Congress adopts meas ures look ing
70 the establishment OF g military despCtsIn, 10
convene the Legislature with view to calling
n Ger yention; and the ss ven1h resolution pro-
tests that, as Missouri and Kentucky have
never become members of the Southern Con-
fedeI&cy, they are unwilling to submit TO the
enactment Of unjust and oppressive laws
passed by the votes Of meXlbers from those
STATES, Unless they can De executed in said
Stass.
At the Greene county meeting the pream BILE
sets forth that crisis has reach that point in
our national affairs in which il benooyes North
Csrp.iua 10 arouse nom her iethaTgY, ris in her
might and say whether her flag, the pride OF
Ga ton, Stanley, and Macon SHAH wave over
her a fTeemen or slaves" The first rss0-
iution declares that the war has lasted long
enough, anG North Carolina, in her sovereign
power should propose cessation OF hostilit.s
until an effort is made through n convention
fer tn honorable peace. The second declares
"NOrth Carolina had no hand in making this
war, EOtVitls tar ding the blood Of her sons
crieth from more Than twenty thousand era yes,
from the battle fields OF Great Bethel to that OF
Chlckamauga." Thirdly, they say the poliEt-
cGi Cenagoeues and spectators should be- con-
scIiht@d IN the army or Cfiven out of the South,
tor they are for prosecuting the war to the last
man and last dollar, regardless Of the " oe and
misery il The Land, opposed 10 all measures of
peace enauatIEg from the people. Fourth,
they declnIe that this government was made
by the people, and they haze the right TO rule,
ard sag what shall or shall not be in defiance
OF traitors or dictators. The fifth asserts that
TIE CONSUMPTION act is breach Of faith, and a
stigma on the Administration, and clearly
shows what The people may expect. The SIKH
resolution endorses Gov. Vance for maintaining
the supremacy Of the civil over the military
law, and appeals TO him to stand by them in
this their hour OF trial and trihulatiou. The
seventh says they regard the Legs latpre as a
sentinel on the watch-tower, placed there by
the people 10 guard their Ii critics, and no
psTIod in the history of the state ever demanded
Their presence more imperatively than the pres
en-. 7 he eieth declares that the desperate
measures introduced before Congress, threaten
ing To weep The last yestiga of tIyi and reIigi-
Gus lhsrty. admcnishes them 10 be more than
vigii@ut. The ninth urges Gov. Vance to con-
we're The Legs ature immediately, and call
that BODY 10 submit the question of ssCou VEN
ton or 10 Convention TO the people The tenth
asserts that there will be no peace until it is
CHAINED through convention, and urges the
people 10 dcma nd convention, and then make
"a long pull, strong pull, and a pull alto
getteT,' mas lasting and honorable peace is
secured. The eleventh declares that in the
coming gubtrnatorial election they will snp-
pnri no man who Is not pledged to 20 with the
people. The resolutions endorse the course of
W. W. Holden and III. Pennington, of the Stand
oT3 and Progress.
The Standard says editorially:
Charlotte Democrat intimates that Gen Hokes'
brigade, recently sent TO this State, may be Or
Ctrr.d TO interfere with the people in the free
expression OF their opinions. We learn that
the bfiga6e comes to this State at the request
OF Gov. Vance, for the purpose of recruiting,
ard a. the same time aid in arresting deserters.
We cannot believe H. possible that the brave
men who compose that brigade would suliy
their welI-earned fame by inaugurating or
taking raTt in scenes not warranted by the
constitution and laws.
The editor Of the Petersburg Register says
ssthe benest and true throughout the Conted-
eracy demand HoIden's arrest and trial" "Hon-
est John ". Syme would do well to pay his
.'honest" debts tc citizens of Raleigh. whom he
siandeTs, before pres aiming to offer advice 10
Shonfet' men. If we have committed treason
or advised resistance to the law, let the grand
jury of Wake county present us for trial. If
tsf are diSloyai or an enemy 10 the Confederate
government, then that government has but
Nv iiiends in this State with the exception of
ne onice holders. for at least three .fourths OF
o.n '.opie agree with us in opinion"
"ai'tr IL. : Taylor, who was formerly one
81 'he principal Clerks Of the Third Auditors
oi"ce heip' ahd who resided IN Georgetown, is
now the Second Auditor of the Coofed. Treas
md a liver sx,