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supremacy of the Constitution and TO pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity, equal
ily and rights of the several States unrn-
pairedl" What do we see now? Wherever
the Federal arms prevail, the power acquired
is used not ONLY to overthrow established
institutions" but TO subvert State Constitu-
tions and laws, strip them of their dignity,
equality and rights" and reduce their inhsb
ilanls, whether loyal or dsloyaI, to the con.
dition of conquered people with no prop
er,y or rights except such as the President
chooses to vouchsafs to them! And this
utter reversal of the rightful and only con-
stitutonal object Of the war, is not only
approved and sustained by subservient
Congress, but its leaders tell US that loyalty
to 1.-The Constitution as it is, and the Union
as it was" is a crime!
Is it to be wondered at, that Democrats
and Conservative men Of the North, who
entered with enthusiasm into the war for the
Union which our fathers bequeahed to US,
should feel their ardor cool little when
called upon to fight for a new and untred
Union to be called into being from the chaos
of bloody revolution? Is it to be wondered
at, that those who looked upon the States in
their constitutional relations, as the pillars
of our temple of liberty, should look with
alarm upon their overthrow and begin to
tremble for the entire s,ructurel Is it SUR
prs;ng when revolution, and not the preser-
valion Of our constitutional Union, is the
present object of the Administration and of
Congress, that all patriotic volunteering has
ceased and our armies are fast becoming
black janizaries and white mercenaries-the
latter hired at prices heretofore unknown in
the annals of war! Is it wonderful, after
the border States have been so shamefully
deceived anA betrayed that their loyalty has
herome a mere choice of evils, their inhab.
itants preferring to bs robbed in the Union
to baing buchered in the Southern Confed.
erary? And what is the condition of the
loyal men in the seeded States? Prosecuted
for their devotion to the Constitution. jeered
at by their rebel neighbors as the dupes Of
President Lincoln and his Congress, every
hope dashed bv their perfdy insulted and
robbed 10y the Government which promised
them protection, they have taken shelter in
the rebel ranks or sunk down in mute despair.
If Jefferson Davis himself had been allow
ed to dictate the policy of our Government,
it could not have been better adapted to d.
vide the North ALLEVIATE the Border States,
unite the people of the South, and make
them fight with the energy Of despair.
The process by which affairs have been
manipulated into their present condition,
will form the theme of another letter.
April 1864 AMOS KENDALL.
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Wharf.-The DEAD IN THE WILDER
NESS.

Lieutenant Bailey, of the 10th Regiment.
New York Volunteers writes from Anandale
on the l4lh utimo:
did not expect, when left you in
Rochester, and promised to write to you
that should visit the batlle-fields of the
Wilderness again at this early period, if al
all. arrived in camp on Sunday afternoon
after leaving you, and was placed on duty as
officer of the guard; and the day following
was detailed as one of the officers to accom-.
pany an expedition Of 500 cavalry to guard
an ambulance train, and Iescue our wounded
who were yet in the hands of the enemy,
whom they had placed under guard and were
removing to Richmond as fast AS possible,
as prisoners. We arrived at the United
States Ford, on the Rapdan, Friday night;
crossed Saturday morning, and at 10 found
deserted hospital where the trstrhree days
of the battle were fought. To within about
mile of this the dead of both armies had
been buried but from this to the next hos
pilal, about Is miles, the dead remain as
death found them 1t is scene shall not
attemp, to describe, and so utterly awful
that could not do it, 1t is estimated that
$4,000 of our men, and as many or more OF
the rebels lie here unburied; and AS six weeks
have passed since the battle, Imagination
in its widest fancies cannot begin to paint
the spectacle. must pass it. After pas
sing through this wilderness of death. we
found another hospital, surprised the guards,
and took possession, and found about sixty
wounded in charge of one Of our surgeons,
he being prisoner also. We did not stop
to inquire to whom or what side they be-
lonced, whether friend or foe, but commence
ell at once to put them into our ambulances
and to make oar way out of this wilderness
and shadow of death, Fastening on our way
to Washington. An official account Of the
expedition will doubtless soon be made. We
did not allow anv talking with the men
many of them had all they could bear to
endure the transit; and as nearly the whole
Of them were unable to sit up, and as some
of them had limbs amputa,ed, we judged a
portion would die on the way, with all the
care we could exercise, and so they did. Al
to the care they had received, they all say
that AS much had been done for them as
under the circumstances was possible. They
all expressed great satisfaction that we ha'
come after them, and that they were going
with us back under the old flag. One seem
affected me much. 1t was found that on
poor fellow was totally unfit to be removed
and when we told him so he said, take m
with you as far as can 60, and let me die OF
the way home-if you do not, shall craw
after the train as long as life lasts, and the'
die on the field with my comrades" W.
pnt him into the ambulance, and brough
him along until death relieved him, and the
stopped and buried him. His lasts word
were, Nov, know Tn dying, but ! kno'
| shall not be left above ground for vnlture
to feed upon, as my comrades were. N
one had any words, but all had tears here.
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THE OVERLAND EMIcRArIoN-A letter
received in Oregon from Chimney Rock, says:
There is the largest emigration on the ROAD
this year that ever crossed the plains. At
least 10000 wagons, by this route, North
Platte, are bound for Idaho, Nevada, Cali
fornia and Oregon. The number is as great
by South Platte. it is supposed. A correct
estimate cannot be formed of the number
bound for the Pacific coast. A great many
fine horses and mules are going to California
and other points.
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A correspondent of one of the New York
papers, who writes from General Sherman's
army in Georgia, says:
1t is sad to contemplate the fearful suffer
ings of the people, particularly the women
aud children, in those parts of Georgia over
which we have campagned. AS for the
men. the young are in the rebel lines; the
old have fled to the woods. Some few have
ventured to remain at home, these have Jared
the best
Our men have in too many instances burn.
ed down the houses, destroyed their contents,
driving tho wretched inmates houseless,
homeless, starving outcasts, to perish OF
hunger. True, such fendsh acts are no,
tolerated; but stragglers and hangers on
who bring up the rear of large army
destroy everything like a swarm of locusls
particularly when they find houses deserted
have seen frenzied groups of atirlghted
starving women and children huddIed to.
gether in the woods, where many of them
perish of cold and want. Such sad pictures
of old and young-gray, haired matrons and
timid girls -clinging together in hopeless
misery, may be imagined, but cannot be
described. | have seen whole columns OF
brave men melt away before the leaden
storm of shot and shell. | have ridden
among the dead. wounded and dying of many
a battle-fald | have heard the groans of
fearful agony from the poor sufferers under
the scape knife, wher' piles of legs and
arms-lhe grim trophies of war altested
deaths fearful carnage. Yet was not NOV
ed as I have been by the sight of these poor,
helpless, miserable people. Alas! alas! for
this cruel war of blood and tears.
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The KEY OF RrcHMoND.-A wetsern pa
per inquiries: "Whats become Of the key 10
Richmond which Butler had in his pocketl'
BY direction of Grant, Badly Smith took
it away from Butler and carried it around to
the Lieutenant General. Tho trouble with
Benjamin was, that being badly cross'eyed,
be couldn't find the key.hole.
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ADVERTISING AGENCY:
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Montgomery and Washington Streets,
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AMOS KENDALL ON THE CRISIS.

pERFIDY OF THE Administrations AND CON>
GRESS TOWARDS THE DEMoCRATiC AND CON
sEkvATIvE MASSES OF THE NORTH TOWARDS
LOYAL MEN OF THE Seeded STATES-To-
WARDS LOYAL MEN OF THE BORDER STATES
IRIS EFFECTS.
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Hints TO HoUsEKEEpERs. Ants are kept
out of drawers and other places by spirits Of
camphor.
Moths are kept from carpets by sprinkling
salt and pepper, mixed in equal quantities.
about aud under the edges.
Bedbugs are kept away bv washing the
crevices with strong salt water put on with a
brush
Picture frames and glasses are preserved
from flies by painting them with mixture
made by boiling three or four onions in a
pint of water.
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lCumlerland Presbyter,
Pacheco.
4 lamrda Gazette, San
Lpandro.
Solano Herald, Suisun.
Marin Journal, San Ra-
/ fcl.
Oakland Press.
Oregon Democrat, AL
bany.
Oregon Union. Corvallis
Cosmopolitan. Mazatlan'
Orcgor Sentinel, Jack
sonville.
Herald Of Reform, En-
gene City.
Democratic State Jour
nal, Dalles.
Review. Eugene City.
Wa hington STANDARD
Olympia.
British Columbian, West
minister.
lst, 1868.
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San Francisco, May 2lst, 1868.
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The Exports of Treasure from New York
for the first six months of the present year
have been $29, ,26s. 900, against sec. .5s7, 900
during the same period last year, and are
larger than during anv similar period on
record, except 1859. The imports for the
same period were Sl29,3OOOO0. against
500. 100000 during the first six months OF
1858, ard ss4,oOO,oOO, in the first six
months nf 1862.
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Personal advertisements charged full rates.
Obituary. Birth and Marriage Notices. published
without charge.
RS Liberal deductions made 10 monthly or
yearly advertisers.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-10-14

THE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TnR CONFEDERATE
STATES OF AMERICA.
The next Annual Meeting of this body will be
held in Charlotte, n c. on Wednesday, the Oh
day of November next Yielding to the suggestion
of some of its members, recalled the appointment
for its moeting at Atlanta, with the hope that Ia
vorable turn in the affairs Of the Confederacy might
soon offer a more suspicious season for its assem-
tljng. That hope has failed Tie war is still Ia
giHg, with Attls prospect Of its speedy abatement
IN the meantime the interests of the rising geiera
ton SHOULD not be overlooked therRtms invite
the friends Of education to assemble Charlotte.
The Committee appointed at II. meeting in Co.
lnmbia will it is hoped, attend to the matter en-
trusted to their charge.
The following article frou the Constitution sets
forth the terms of meBhorS5ip:
Any male Citizen tnG ConfeG rate States, who
may be engaged in the profession Of teachins, or
who has, in any way, denti6ed himself with me ed
ucational interests vi the country, HAY tecoms 6
member IN the tUliowing tnaune', to wit; He uDust
be nominated at an annual meeting b. u,srEh2r Of
this body, elected by a majority OF the vcies then
present, and sign this corstitu' on"
J. T. REYNOLDS,
Pres .ent Of the Association
Columbia, s O., Sep o., 1851
Hr papers of the. STATE will please copy th'
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-10-14

DETAILED MEN-It will be seen by the order
which We publish to-day that all detailed men, in
cluding those who have entered into bonds 10 furn
ish provisions to the government are at once or
dered into service. The order is to be executed
within the shortest possible time"
To say nothing of this Palpabe breach Of faith
towards the bonded men, this order placing in
vice all detailed men, and the State order placing
the Home Guard in the field, will cause the loss of
large quantity of corn, peas, potatoes, and the
like, and will prevent the seeding Of thousands of
acres in wheat. We cannot hope to cope with the
enemy in numbers We should look rather to
strategy and rapid fighting. If all the able bodied
farmers and mechanics are. taken away and Put in
the army, tie country must, sooner or later, b.
cone a desolation. But it is useless to protcS., or
to argue with those who have the control OF pniic
sfFsirs. They will have their way at ali hHz rdS
and to the last extremity WISE forecas:;ng,
thoughtful persons can only sit down and aw4i; re-
suits, hoping at the same time that Providence will
have mercy the country and overrule every thing
for good.
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Forrest cornered, has captured his transportation
and that the gunboas prevent all retreat across the
Tennessee.
Satisfactory reports Of the operations in progress
before Richmond and Petersburg have been receiv-
ed but their details are not at present proper for
publication
despatch from General Stephenson reports an
officer Of Sheridan's staff just arrived General
Sheridan was still at Harrisonburg His supply
trains were going on all right, occasionally inter
ruPted by guerilla parties, the only rebel force
the road"
The Richmond Dispatch of the 18th says that
Gen. Sherman was on trip to Nashville and that
Hoods flank movement cut him off leaving Thomas
in command Of Atlanta and the Yankee army.
Other accounts say that Thomas is in Nashville
looking after Forrest and organizing the Tennessee
troops, while Sherman remains at Atlanta. The
latter is more probable. Stanton telegrsphs that
Sherman is pressing Hoods rear. We think g
heavy battle cannot much longer be delayed
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RALEIGH: FRIDAY. OCT. IA. 1864.

The Presidents SPEECH AT GREENsBoRouGH.-
We are indebted to an esteemed correspondent for
sketch of the Presidents recent speech at Green's
borough from which it will be seen that the Pres-
dent SAID the conscrpt law had been more thorough
ly enforced in North Carolina than in any 9TH
er State We have known this all along. North
Carolina has contributed not less than one hundred
and ten thousand men to the Confederate service
One half of Gen. Eaiys army in tie Valley Of Vir-
ginia, is composed Of North. Caroliaians; and one
third of Gen. Lees army around Petersburg and
Richmond are North CarolIians.
We learn that the Governors of the Confederate
States will meet each other and consult the state
of the country at Augusta, Georgia, on Monday
next Gov Vance was expected to leave for Au-
gusta on Thursday night last We have no means
of knowing the particular object OF this consulta.
ton but it should be distinctly understood that
North Carolina hIving done more than her duty in
this contest cannot spare any more men without
leaving her people at home to the depredations of
deserterS and slaves, and subecting her people TO
the utmost distress for food and clothing If these
Governors are 10 meet and consult as to the best
means for enSuriag speedy peace then the prayers
and good wishes of the great body of our people
will attend them; but We fear that war, and not
peace viii form the burden of their consultations.
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Mr., BoYce's Letter.

We find the following in the last Columbia South
CaroliniGn:
MEssEs, EDITORS Permit me through your col
umns to suggest to the people of this District the
proPriety Of public meeting, to discuss the policy
recommended by Mr. Boyce to President Davis, in
his letter recently publl-hed in the Daily South
ern Guardian II the views of Mr.. Boyce are the
views of majority of the people whom he repre-
sents, let us know it. But if his proposed policy is
considered unpatriotic and prejudcial to the sue
cess Of our cause, we believe it to be, no feeling
OF personal kindness should restrain an unanimous
denunciation oft, and demand upon him to leave
his high station and give place to another, who
asking no terms from Northern friends will devote
all his energy and abilities TO the establishment of
Southern independence
lfpo voice of diSapprobation is raised, this dan.
gerous letter will go forth to the world perhaps to
history, as the expression the part of their rep
reSentatve of the sentiments of the Sixth Congress
sional District Of South Carolina
RIGHT AND
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We are truly panied to announce the decease Of
Mrs. MARY SHEPARD, of this City, which took place
at her residence on Wednesday last, an advanced
age the long, aud in many respects oventful life
Of this distinguished lady scarcely be alluded to
in very bret space. a gentleman we'll acquainted
with her remaka1l. traits Of th4rac er, has promised
to furnish for our next issue an obituary in some
degree calculated tc do Justice her many virtues
Her life was ciechercd fIom lis intimate relations
with those who in former Years have shed lusue
on the natiOn as rell as on our beloved State, and
Is, therefore, possessed of degree Of interest at
tachng to but few persons the present generation
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OFFICIAL. @ F
CONSCR RIpT OFFICE,)
RALEIGH, N. e., October ~, l664.
October l3, 1864.

CHcEtHF,
No 40.
4 ENROLLING OFFICERS WILL PRO.
Ne coed at once 10 rigid execution of General Orders
No IT, from the AduIant and Inspector Generals Office
herewith published The exceptions embraced i'll para
graph not constituted TO include producers detailed
under bond for supply of provisions TO The government
Bonds given will be returned il upon the
parties are pronounced BY the select Board at Camp
holmes, fit for the field
H. In pursuance of paragraph ", Of said General Or
ders No. 6, and Of General Orders No H. from the Lieut.
General commanding, Enrolling Officers will That all
recommended for light duty and not assigned report
to Camp Holmes without delay.
III. Enrolling Officers will at perceive the neces
sy for thorough execution of this important order
N" excuse will be admitted for failure to carry it out
to the letter. and within the shortest possible time If
additional fnrce be required Enrolling Officers WILL by d
recon Of the Lieut. General commanding, employ de-
tachmens from the Reserves for the of which,
thority is hereby given
BY Order of the Commandant,
E. J. HARDIN Adiutant.
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We are still anxious to retain the attitude we have
always kept, of defending Gov Vance in MS pairi.
otic purposes, and not TO be harsh upon his short.
comings, for the sake Of the cause. But if (as his
employment of a secret organ, with editor hi
Of sight dscoses) his purpose be to shrink into
the esmal clothes Of petty 10
resort to Shifts small politicians are-his sup
port is not within the scope design Of this Journal
and not in harmony with the feelings of its Eltors
The people of this State have, without dpubt, seen
how loyalty We have reilnquiShej political bias in
our support Of Gov. Vance lG We are obliged to
deviate from our past course, it Will be because our
Glrther support Of him will be Inconsistent with the
interests of the country. 1t will be because he
chooses to be more partizan than patriot Con-
federGte, Oct 1914.
We wish the Confederate and Gov. Vance, and
Gov. Vance and the Confederate good time gen
orally" The entente cOrdials seems to be in dan
ger Of being broken.
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IIeadq'rs. Cavalry Brigade,

ALI, COMMISSIONE ED OFFICERS OF
a this Brigade hereby authorized TO act nier ne
;,dsr I,yan Nv me hy Gen l. LEE, of date July 18th,
lSj4, c0ilect =, . II -. -,,,.,,.,,,
IN h bn1s of jhvIams aud other unau horned persons
- ,La ste of North Iarulns when satisfied that such
Arms 60 arc egm.rey the property ct the Gouteder7
ersIa States" - 4. . 4,
hon, The nsm.4 of ALL PARFIES in their respective
Le,; ties knunG to such Arms Equipments aud Ac
o,i,..o,.,Is --ssD-cialiy Nc ;LELLAN SADDLES and
SIlpp.S y, EES and II Illegally held, whether cla'u~
ed by c.p'ure purch or Otherwise they Will selze
.; me- :. ,,m,nIx r BARRiNriER,
" ;''' Brig Gen. Comd'g.
October 3, 81! Oo-S''
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-10-14

Gen. Dix, in speech on the 26th ult.. at San
dusky, Ohio, used the following language:
% will say one word, however, on the subject
which hes nearest the heart Of every loyal mani
mean the rebellion. IL has besn my conviction
from the beginning that We can have no honorable
peace until the insnrgent armies dispersed and
the leaders of the rebellion expelled from the
try. | believe that cessation Of hoStities would
lead inevitably and directly a recognition of the
insurgent States; and when ] say this, / need
hardly add that can have part in any political
basis"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-10-14

The draft for the Home Guard of Wake County
took place in this City on Wednesday last. The
attendance was not so full as it should have been.
We learn that those belonging to the irst class will
serve for thirty days, and then be relieved by the
second class, and the latter relieved by the third
class. None of the officers are exempted, but all
CT them will have to go in one of the claSses.-
With the exception of few State and Confederate
officers, and such actually necessary Rail
roads and in government workshops and a few
printers physicians, and ministers of the Gospel,
the whole of our male population from seventeen
to fifty now under orders for service. The fl
teen negro men belong to the IICrne Guard.
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Who WAS ma report of speech recently
made by President DAVIS in Macon Georgia, rep
resents that gentleman to have used The term
"scoundrel" in reference to some person who had
stated that he, President Davis, had abandoned
having used the expression at all and if So to whom
he designed to apply it, still remains in doubt We
ourselves hardly think he did use it as reported
1t is not his tone; nor provided he did use it.
do we think he intended 20 apply it to Governor
Seph E. Brown. Indcc0rUus enough under any
circumstances, it would he rendered douby so if
piled by the President Of the Confederacy to the
Chief Executive officer of sovereign State
The Atlanta Inte'tigencer is of the opinion that
the term was not designed to apply 10 Goyernor
Brown, but intended apply 10 the wrIttr 81, 81,
article, for that paper, in which the charge so li
ing to the President, made, and which ha / the
effect OF exasPerating him and Seducng him frcrn
his propriety.- Wilmington ,J0u1naL
The word "scOundrel" used by the President i,
the speech referred to, was no doubt meant to ap.
ply to Jared l. Whitaker, Esq, tie proprietor of
the Atlanta Lnteltgencer, who is Safe Commissary
for Georgia under Gov. Brown. The President
struck at Gov Brown through one Of his officers,
who happens to be the Editor who charged the
President with disposition to abandon Georgia to
her fate 1t is significant fact that the President
and Gov. Brown had no interview when the former
was in Georgia on his recent visit, and that the
President made no allusion to Gov. B. in any of his
speeches