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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-11
OBITUARY NOTICES.

Capt WILLIAM THOMAS Poole, of Co. E, "Oak
City Guards" l4th Regiment, N. G. T., was killed
in skrmish near Charlestown, Va, on the Oath
of August last aged ~ years months and 10
days.
He fell at the head of his Company, pierced
most instantly. In the words of his Chaplain, in
letter to his widowed mother, " He fell where tho
good man and true patriot would wish to fall-in
the discharge Of duty-duty to you, to his country
and to his God" His serious attention to the sub.
ject of religion, manifested in his punctual atten-
dance on divine worship, his constant reading of
the word Of God his repeated kneeling at the altar
and asking the prayers of Christians in his behalf,
for several months previous to his death, justifes
the hope and belief that loss is his eternal gain.
As he came unscathed from the holly contested
engagement at Spottsylvania G. II blackened with
the smoke of battle he said to of his Lleuten-
ants, "H How can any man thus spared fail to be
grateful to God From this hour am determined
to be better man" His associates bear testimony
to his orderly walk and devotional habits, while
they mourn their loss of him.
Capt Poole volunteered at the commencement of
the war, and except when prevented by illness was
never absent from his company. He.s was Orderly
Sergeant for the first year, and was then elected
Captain. AS officer and as soldier he was a.
ways at his post and ever prompt in the discharge
of the obligations and responsibility of bis station
His constitution was. delicate, and such was tho
state of his health at one time, for some months
that he could have obtained discharge by asking
for it, but he felt that duty called him the service
of his country, and determined to discharge that
duty regardless of all personal considerations An
ardent patriot good officer, and brave man.
none knew him hut to admire these qualities.
blended as they were with kind heart and genial
disposition. For that coolness and courage which
constitute true bravery there werc few if any. who
excelled him. Peace to bis ashesv
Deaths but path that must be trod,
If man would ever pass to God.
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Extract from letter to the Editor. dated

RANDOLPH Co., Jan. 3, lS6o.
All quiet None of Gov Vance's secession
friends have accepted the benefit Of his late proc
iamatlon to vindicate their loyalty by rushing to
Wilmington; and 80 he brands the whole party as
disloyal and towards"
Gov. Vance knows the Destructives, and talks to
them accordingly. They will know him after
while These Destructives are ready enough to
brand their own countrymen as traitors, and to
pen and torture women and children in order to
prove their own loyalty; but when the Governor
singles them out, and calls upon them to shoulder
their muskets and meet the Yankees, and do some
thing for the cause after SO much talk in favor OF
it. they shrug their shoulders and stay at home.
Was here ever such set Of pretenders and hypo-
critics on the face of the earth3 As our correspon
dent states they stand convicted by their own lea
der, Gov. Vance, of disloyalty and cowardice.
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SIMILARITY OF ACTS OF BOTH ADMINISTRATIONS
Under this caption the Augusta Chronicle d &nti.
mel says "A large number of clerks at Washing
ton have been dismissed because they did mot vote
for Lincoln. Residents of the Confederacy who do
not agree with the Richmond powers are treated
the same way. Comparisons are said to be odious
80 we have merely stated facts without "drsw.
ing any comparisons" II our readers want that
thing done they must do it themselves. We think
however that there is strange similarity, in this
instance at least between the Gets of the two I'D.
minstrations Prescription for opinions sake is
not thing which savoss much Of liberty-and LTD.
erty, We believe, is what the South fighting for"
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u.lEIGH WEDNESDAY, JAN. H. 1899

dollar in specie is commanding about forty five
u' IN confederate currency. Of the old Cont.
currency there was issued, from 1776 to 1871,
ns" u.s. three hundred and fifty millions of dollars 1t
~ circulate at par, but it fell in May, 1871,
@ss'D hundred to five hundred for one. From
1.usry, 1777, to December, Its, it ranged from
n six for one; in January, 1880, it was forty
s.s to one, and in December of the same year it
~. ,,e hundred for one. 1t is worthy Of remark,
ur Gouge in his able and interesting work on
sling that "the depreciation of this money never
D .nod the circulation Of it. As long as it retain
s aapv value at all, it passed quick enough, and
-orM purchase hard money or any thing else as
,s1;lv as ever, when the exchange was two hun.
,..d FIR one, and when every hope, and even idea
=, 10 being ultimately redeemed at nominal value
Va entirely vanished" Mr.. Iredell, the father of
late Gov. Iredel, states that in his practice as
.smber of the bar at Nswbern and oth,r places,
n17so. his expenses for board and lodging per day
~.re one hundred and sixty pounds sterling in Con-
...nt,, money about eight hundred dollars and
40. At one Court he received IN fees f4.54O, and
an,rs hard dollars" Hard dollars were scarcer
,,a more priced at that day than now. Indeed
Nothing can be really considered money which is
~, convertible at the will of the holder into specie
a, its equivalent. What gave such value to the
bonds Of this State before the war? 1t is true,
,o, uere considered better than the bonds OF some
49,, States. because our debt was small and our
nsope had high character for honesty; but the
main reason why the bonds were so valuable was,
A.. tho holder was certain that the interest would
he promptly paid in New York, in gold add that
.ho nr;ncpal. when due, would be redeemed in gold.
We yery much fear that all our securities, with the
oxce,,on of these old coupon bonds, will be swept
away.
We ran see no reason to hope that Confederate
money will not continue to depreciate. We. wish
we could. Hopes and fancies have nothing to do
with currency. 1t is stern, solid, matter-of tact
business. A revolutionary currency cannot De per-
manent France tried it in her first revolution, as
our orefathers did, and it only answered, or barely
answered revolutionary purposes. 1t is useless te
censure those who have had the management OF ou'
currency. They injured it and FASTENED its depreca
ton by their reputation OF portion of it, but they
are doing as well with it now, IN all probability, a
could reasonably be expected. 1t is the duty OF al
to sustain the authorities in their efforts to uphold
the currency. But it will be as eagerly sough
when it reaches one hundred for one as it is now
and those who may purchase specie with it then
will regret that they did not purchase at fifty TO
one, as tbey regret now that they did not purchas
at ten and twenty for one.
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For the Standard.

For the Standard.
Nix. EDITOR In the absence of news by the
mails have during the Christmas holidays been
reviewing an old file of the National Intelligencer,
in which are be found many facts of historic in
terest which think it would be well tor legis
tators and leading mon to often recur to.
After waging a war for four years land the loss
of tens of thousands of valuable slaves to save the
institution of slavery which the secessionists SEEM
ed to think was placed in jeopardy by remaining in
the Union, it is we'll for US to take retrospect
rs to what was the condition of affairs Immediately
preceding the dissolution of the American Union
The mistaken judgment and action of these men
NAV enable US to decide how much respect should
be given to their opinions at the present time, when
they are demanding that the most despotic powers
should be placed in the hands of man who at that
time refused his sanction to an amendment of the
Constitution which forbid forever Congress from
abolishing slavery in the States
The National fntelkgeneer of December Goth,
1860, says: Mr.. Seward in the Senate committee
of thirteen offered the following resolution as an
amendment to the Constitution;
"No amendment shall be made to the Constitu-
ton which will authorize OF give to Congress any
power to abolish or interfere in any State with the
domestic institutions thereof including that of per-
sons held to service or labor by the laws Of such
State"
This it is reported was carried by the following
vote:
"YEAs-Messrs. Powell Hunter, Cr,:tenden. Sc
ward, Douglas, Collamer, Wade, BIGGER, Rice, Doc
little and Grimes-l1.
NAYs-kessrs Davis and Toombs."
Is not this enough to make US rouse and reflect
Here we find Jefferson Davis spurning proposition
made by Northern men to save and perpetuae slave
ry in the States forever beyond the control of Con-
gress. Thus it seems that he eudeavnred to pre-
vent the adoption of measure which would have
secured slavery forever and given peace and quiet
to the country. This did not suit his purposes
The terrible consequences of his line of action
now upon the country ....
Now we find him asking Congress to confer upon
him powers equal to those of any European despot,
and greater than our forefathers would have ever
trusted even to the great and wise WASHINGTON
himself
Will you please publish this record which trust
may be a warning az to whom our legislators fruits
with despotic powersf
The people expect that our Legislature when it
meets in January, will protest in the most solemn
and emphatic manner against Congress comforting
despotic powers on the President and if it should
be done that our members of Congress should va.
cate their seats. =.
Salem, Dec. %, 1864
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We have received the manuscript copy f5.Ae
very abs aad eloquent speech of Mr.. Dick the SEN
aor from Guilford, delivered at the recent session
of the Legislature in favor of Mr.. Pools peace reso-
buttons. and shall publish it in our next We shall
also commence in the next number, or in the one
Immediately succeeding, communication on the
subject of peace, Gn the shape Of dialogue between
the President and Earmer) from the pen of one
of our most gifted writer's Copies of the Standard
containing Mr.. Pools speech, Mr.. Dicks speech,
and this dialogue, can be obtained application at
the Office, or they will be seutby mail if requested.
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Important from the NOrth---A Reported Peace
Mission to Richmond,


Mission to Richmond,
despatch from Washington says that "Francis
P. Blair, senior, and Montgomery Blair, junior,
have gone to Richmond on mission of peace " and
lit is understood that the passes and orders which
cover this expedition were received by the Presi-
dent" The New York Tribune, which is probably
the best informed of all the Yankee papers of the
designs and projects of Lincoln's administration,
has q prominent, double loaded editorial on the
subject in which it sa Us:
"Our last dispatch from Washington states that
Messrs Francis P. Blair, senior, and his son Mont
gomery, have gone to Richmond, and that it is un.
derstood that their errand is one of peace-or per-
haps we should more accurately say, to see wheth-
any termination Of our National struggle is now
attainabe. We presume their mission is n2 in
terms official; but it were absurd to pretend-con-
sidering who they are and what are their personal
relations to the President-that it is unauthorized.
While we consider Richmond about the least
hopeful point in the Confederacy at which to seek
an acceptable peace, and regret that the Aessrs.
Blairs had not proceeded, or offered to proceed,
direct to Raleigh instead and while we can scarcely
encourage hopes of any immediate pacifcation IS q
result Of this mission, we rejoice that it has de
parted and confident that its influence will be
salutary and its ultimate consequences benefcent.
Fer the Southern people need above all things, to
be undeceved with regard to the origin, impulses
and purposes of the war for the Union. They have
SO long been necessarily told that the North is
fighting for subjugation-for unrestricted dominion
for spoation, devastation and rapine--that thou
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We regret to learn that our friend, the Hon. J
T. Leach, has been confined at bis home for several
weeks past by serious illness in his family. And
VIC have to record with much pain, the death of bis
estimable wife, which took place on Friday night
last, after a lingering illness. We learn that DR..
Leach himself is in feeble health, occasioned by his
anxiety and attention to his sick family His
generous constituency will accept this statement as
an ample explanation OF his absence from his seat.
An obituary notice Of Mrs. Leach will appear here
after in the Standard
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we mad intended to continue in our paper of 20.
Gay some length, our review of the record of the
last Legislature on the subjects Of peaee and cioil
liberty, but our space is 50 occupied that We must
postpone it until our next issue. -
The Conservative is evidently provoked and
troubled by our exposure of the Vance Conserva-
tives or rather Vance Destructives, in the Legsla
ture. We would remind that paper that we made
no attack on Gov. Vance,-we merely held up the
record of his particular, partzan friends for the
examination of the people. The Conservative says
Gov. Vance is in favor Of peace When has he
shown itf He did not degn, either in his last
message or in his inaugural to allude to the subject
On the contrary, he emphatically said, 81 the thing
that has been is the thing that shall be- God helping
me-" That thing is a0ar-" fight it out now" The
Conservative says the Governor is q Conservative.
When has be shown. it? By defeating Mr.. Reade
for Senator, and COL Russ for Secretary of S.atet
The great body of the Conservatives in the Legis
lature preferred these gentlemen, but Gov. Vance,
acting through his particular, partizan friends
defeated them, as the record will show. Who re-
fused, at the beginning of the session of the Sen
ate, even to allow discussion of Mr. Pools peace
resolutons2 The Destructives, aided by Governor
VancSs particular, portizan friends in that body.
Facts are stubborn things. Who kept those reso-
lutlons on the table during the entire session
The same combination of Davis and Vance Destruc
tives. Who defeated Mr.. Sharpe's peace resolu.
tions in the Commons? The same combination.
Who defeated Mr.. Waugb's resolutions protesting
against the passage by Congress of unconstitutional
and Ubiquitous laws, by laying them on the table in
the Senate9 The sane combination Facts are
stubborn things. Who acts NTH the Destrucdoes |?
Gov. Vance, few of his friends, and the Coaserpa
tioe newspaper.
The people of the State want peace, and the army
wants peace. They look to the Conservatives to
close the war, and give them peace They cannot
do this by acting with the Destructives. They
must represent the people truly as Conservatives,
or take their places permanently Nth their allies
| the Destructipes Time flies, the war is consuming
US, liberty is in danger, and they mnst therefore,
do this without delay. TIE record hereafter, as
heretofore, will show where gent leman stand, and
by it every true Conservative is prepared to abide
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PROMPT REspoSsE.-A friend in . Western
County writes US as follows, under date Janua-
ry 5th
In the Standard of the Sd instant, which came
70. 70 hand BY last nights mail, you appeal to your
subscribers to aid you in increasing your list and
that if each subscriber we have will take suf
1cent interest in the Standard to procure just one
more subscriber, we shall able to continue to pub
.,sh Tor some time at present prices" am Que of
nose who desire to keep up the circulation of the
standard, on account of the firm stand it has taken
IN behalf Of the peoples rights Of the supremacy of
Tue civil law Of the land and in favor of taking some
steps consistent with our honor to set on foot nego
1atlons to stop this crue! war land therefore send
sou $50 in this letter for too instead of one sub
Serloer to the Semi Weekly Standard"
we are much obliged to our friend for his prompt
response 10 our appeal. We are proud to have his
approval Of our course.
Inc return of the members Of the Legislature to
Aaelgh on the 18th, will afford to our friends an
excellent opportunity to send money for the STAN
ben!
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FOR COMMISSIONER IN EASTERN WARD.
We are authorized to announce ALFRED UPCHURCH
. candidate for Commissioner in the Eastern Ward
January 8, 1865. Ste.
FOR COMMISSIONER IN WESTERN WARD.
We authorized and requested to announce C. F.
FARRISS Esq, q candidate for Commissioner in Wes
tsrn Ward Ii elected he will serve 10 the hest q bis
ability.
January 9, 1853. 8-te
FOR COMMISSIONER In EASTERN WARD.
HAVING BEEN SOLICITED By MANY FRIENDS.
Ii again announce myself a candidate for Commits.
soner for reelection, promising my friends if .gsin
elected shall endeavor them faithfully and i'm
partially; and in casting votes in Council shall only
vote for such shall honestly believe TO be
for the best interest and welfare Of majority Of the people
of the Ward.
take the present opportunity to return my grateful
thanks to my friends the very large aud atterng vote
which they have heetofre been pleased to give me- and
sincerely trusting they will be kind enough to their
confidence ut the ensuing election, beg to subscribe my.
SELF Your humble and ob't serv't.
jan. 9, 1855. It'd
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A correspondent Of the Charlotte Bulletin, writ
ing from Belfeld, complains that the members Of
the Legislature voted themselves $50 Fer day, while
the soldiers in the Geld haze not been paid dime
since May, 1864. The members Of the Legislature
voted themselves no more than would pay their
expenses. They cannot be expected to neglect
their business at home, aad serve the public for
nothing and then pay their own expenses 1t is
no fault of the Legislature that the soldiers are not
paid, but it is burning shame hhat the Richmond
government does not pay them their wages. 1t
really looks as if it vas the purpose of officials to
Suo1ugate the soldiers by refusing them hat is
'ner due, and keeping them in poverty. Pay the
s0Sa'ers! The money will purchase but little, but
1t is due them, and it ought to be paid
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p4EssHIs AND VELVET HAS
LG. HARBOUR.
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Harrison County Politics.

We are much gratifed to learn that,
yielding to the solicitations of his many
friends, ]. J. DAVIS, Esq, has consented
to be candidate for the House Of Dele.
gates from Harrison county. He and
Mr.. BoGaEss will open the campaign in
Harrison, by addressing the people at
Bridgeport, in that county, next Friday.
Both are splendid orators, both talented
LAWYERS, and both have hosts of friends
They are we'll known far beyond the
limits of their county, and the progress
of the campaign will be watched with
much interest There can be very little
doubt of their election. The Democratic
party is generally putting forward its
best men as candidates this fall and we
hope to see u more respectable array of
talent i'll til, ueNt Legislature than has
characterized thar body during two SEES
sions past With the downfall If radi-
calisIn. we trust that the reign oi mrii-
ocrity will also CEASE
The Democracy of Harrison county
could not have nominated for Delegates
two better mea than McSsrs DAVIS aud
BoGaEss They will, il elected, do HON
or to the county and the people in Har
rison owe it to themselves to give them
an emphatic majority at the polls.
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Anstkor Newspaper Suppressed.
We hoped that the day Of the suppress
sion of newspapers had gone by. We are
not aware of any military necessity"
which now exists fora measure so direct
" at variance with the highest law of
the land and know ofno rebellion against
the authority of the United States gov
ernment either in progress or in contem-
plation. We are therefore much sur
prised to learn that General TERRY, act
ing, we presume, by his own authority
solely, has ordered the suppression of the
Bulletin, a newspaper heretofore pub
lished in Richmond, Virginia. The old
charge of "disloyalty," of which we have
all heard 80 much during the past four
wears, Is the alleged reason for this latest
outrage of private rights and violation of
the constitution of the United States
We have not seen the article to which
General TERRY objected and upon which
he relies for justification of his course,
but we cannot think that any of the
Richmond publishers are endeavoring to
kindle anew the flames of civil war, or
are even opposing in any particular the
policy of the Federal administration. We
hope to see this action of General TER
RVS promptly repudiated by the Presi-
dent, and that the country may be as
sured, over the signature of ANDREW
JOHNSON, that the reign of military des
potism is past.
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q. ID. DoWneY, ESQ.

Our old friend o. d. DowNEY, Esq,
OF the Hampshire Senatorial District as
a candidate for State Senator, in opposi
ton to Mr.. CHAPLINE who represented
in the House of Delegates last winter.
Mr. DowNEY was the Delegate from
Hampshire comfy last winter and was a
very firm and consistent opponent of the
extremely partizan measures that were
adopted by the Legislature. His nomna-
ton for the Senate is an honor worthily
bestowed and we sincerely hope that it
may be ratified by the people on the
Goth.
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IT is stated that President JOHNSON
has telegraphed to the South Carolina
convention stating that its proceedings,
so far, gave him great satisfaction, and
that he hoped that in less than twelve
months the union Of the States will be
completely restored.
Ex-Congressman ORR, of South Carroll
ma, is a candidate for Governor under
the new constitution, and Governor PER-
RY will probably be chosen United States
Senator
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EDUCATIONAL. g--s
I'HE SERVICES OF A HIGHLY
Admission

i ACCOMPLISHED LADY, MADAME
SCHNURRER, have been seeured for tho
Musical and French Departments in ST
Joseph's Academy. She is a pupil Of the
celebrated Moscheles Director of the Lsipsio Nu.
seal Academ{ sn1 - IsLssH al experienced
French Language. For the eonvenience' Of On.
pts residing in North Wbesline, MADAME
SCHNURRER win also gi-e Lessons AT the
Wheeling Hospital Applications to be made at
the Academy, cor. Quincy and 5th streets.
sep25-2w
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TIE editor Of the Iatelligeacsr says he
don't know Mr.. COOPER. We are sorry
for the editor, but our good ouipion u6
Dir. CooPxR IN increased. However, h
our neightor Is DESTROYS of having a mar.
sonal acquaintance with Mr. c. he mat
have On opportunity of acquiring it s.
visiting the Senate chamber almost AMI
day during the session of the next Legis-
latuTV.