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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17
For the Standard.


Mr. HoLDEN:-0n reading your appeal to your
subscribers to get at least subscriber each for you
went 10 work to discharge my duties in that res
Pech as every one should feel 1t duty incumbent
upon him, and have secured two to your Weekly,
and herein enclose $40 for the same
Recruiting for the Standard would be quite an
easy business were the people fully aware of its
merits that is for the firm and fearless stand it has
taken Tor their rights, and for the truths it enun-
clates, which are so formidable to its enemies and
Rhe VIII now presume to dictate after their corrupt
ana lnlqultous influences have brought the present
miserable state OF affairs upon us. And the Stand
ara should have more extensive circulation at this
time than n any former period for the reason that
every true friend of constitutional liberty can but
admire and commend its course, And again, very
nearly all OF our newspapers at the present day are
SO iui OF talsehoods misrepresentation, and ridioul
Gus speculations, that many of our reading men
nave quit taking any paper at all-having to pay
nlgn ior such STUFF, which only serves 10 irritate
their good sense and judgment But feel assured
no one that can appreciate sound sense and truth,
Jewels so rare IN these days, will ever regret SUBJ
scrlptlon to the Standard but will feel that he is
amply paid for his money in its interesting columns
30 nope your subscription list may run up to its
iull maximum without delay.
I4e Legislature is to assemble again next week,
ana nope during the present intermssion, those
vance DestructiVes have become sufficiently
quanted with the sentiments of their constituents
to convince them that their former course has not
met their approval; and that they may be induced
10 change their tactics, cooperate with the true
Conservatives and be instrumental in accomplish.
ing some good to our distressed eouhtFE,a Many Of
them were elected by true Gonserf valve votes 0ho
no 60 are Vegy much deceiVed In then course,
as they are in The course of their eaier Gov. Vance
who all true Conservatives have given up as gone
beyond redemption-havng firmly allied himself
with the original secessioni.ts whose cOunsels we
all know have invariably proved false, and from
whom none of our people can expect any good 10
emanate. LOVER OF TRUTH.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17

HARD ON THE Poor SoLDTERs.-on yesterday,
says the Augusta ChronicLe we learned of case
wherein q returned Confederate prisoner was com.
peled to lose two hundred dollars, from the fact OF
Congress condemning the hundred dollar bills, old
issue, as worthless, after q certain date
1t seems that he had been captGred prior to the
passage of that law by Congress, and had not the
opportunity while in prison to fund or get other
bills in exchange. Thus he was compelled to hold
on to them until he arrived home, which was a few.
days since As soon as he arrived in Charleston,
he went to the ab-treasury Office in that city, and
demanded payment for the bills and was refused,
but was offered payment or exchange for small bills
of the old issue, at the rate of one-third of.
This is specially hard upon these poor fellows IS
they had not the opportunity to obey the law in
question, and we think Congress should do some
thing in the matter for their benefit,
five mistake not a bill TO this effect was offered
in Congress sonic time SINCE but We do not remem-
Der what was done with it. Their case demands
the attention Of the government in their behalf
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Imnortant War News.

The news from Wilmington is highly important
The Federal feet has returned, and after furious
bombardment of two days. Fort Fisher was as
sauled at four o'clock Sunday evening last, and
the report is that the enemy was repulsed. We
may hear more before going to press
1t is reported that Gen. Sherman has left SavaE-
nah with sO,O 600 men, and that he is moving with
two columns on Augusta and BranchVile. The
former place, we learn, will not be defendedi but
conflict is expected at the latter, considerable
number OF Confederate troops have been concen'
trated at that point 1t is conectued that if Sher
man 81 ould take BranchVille, his next movement
will be against Columbia, South Carolina, leaving
Charleston on his right as he advances. 1t is sup
posed that his calculation is, if Wilmington and
Branchville can bc taken and occupied that Charles
lesion will fall without being regularly attacked.
1t is reported that Gen. Hood has fallen back to
Blue Mountain, Alabama. But for his ilEstarred
expedition to Tennessee he might now have been at
Branchville, ready to defend that important point
against Sherman.
Every thing quiet around Richmond and Peters
burg.
Still Later.-Fort Fisher in the hands of the
Enemy!
We have just learned that Gen. Bragg telegraph
ed to Gov Vance on Monday morning last that
Fort Fisher fell into the hands of the enemy on
Sunday night last We have no particulars. We
apprehend that the garrison also fell into the
hands. Fort Fisher is on New Inlet, and COM
mands the entrance to the mouth of the Cape
Fear. We very much fear that Wilmington itself
will now fall into the hands of the enemy. Indeed,
we can perceive but little ground for hoping that
the place can be held.
What route the enemy will take, if Wilmington
should be occupied, can only be conjectured He
may ascend the Cape Fear in boats, and threaten
Fayetteville; or he may advance towards Colds
borough meanwhile sending column from New
bern by way of KinstOn. Rat Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof"
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Letter to Gov. Vance.

We find the following letter addressed to Gov.
Vance, in the Milton Chronicle The letter will ap-
ply to many of those who voted the yellow ticket
last summer, for it is generally known that all the
bombproof men in the State, especially those for
whom the Governor certified, voted that ticket:
TO GuU Vance
SUR-Pve seen your procklamashun exhortin all
OF US patriotic men out Of the army who are able to
lode and shute gun, to kun to the defence of Will
Dington-and notis that you partikluTly exhort US
felers who "panted for the fray and snufFed the
cusr'd war while it wus fur Off" And agree with
you, Guverner, that they all oght to go, and dod
drot my buttons, if my patrysm hadn't gone up the
spout jest one day beforeI saw your ralying appeal
III etc snakes hadn't have showldurd my gun and
gone down and tit the infurnel yankees as long as
thar wus shot in the locker. You say we are
towards if We don't KUN. That's purity hard to
take, but I'd ruther take it than git ball in the
belly Sur, you sing Sans to q ded hoss when
you kali on US felerS at home tn pitch in. seed
Sefler not long since takin about volunteerin and
the nabers all sed he Oght to be sent to the
assy lum kase he wus krazy. You see tha didn't
know the KOonscrape Officer wus arter him with a
sharp stick.
Yes, sur-ee-my partytism plaed out the day be-
fore you issued your procklamashun. If it wurn't
for that I'd go, sarain, atho have a mighty ailin
abut my inards every time think of fasin the enc
partysm use to bile clean over, and rally thot
| wus the greatest patryot out-abous the time
| painted for the fray" and snuffed the war
But find wurn't in yernest, and the truth is
| never once thot of doin any of the Rghtin my
self, indiwidually-I didn't l thet if the scrim-
ige KUN, thar NUS plenty to do the fghtin with.
out me. So when it did kun, 1 sed "go boys
my korn krib and smoke house shall be thrown
open to yer families" And did throw them open
and keep them open until the boys got almost ought
of sight; and arter that made other people pay
for my liberalty.
Guvernur, ifyou7l give me a fat bumproof Offs,
I'll KUN ktin, but if you don't do this, call fur
stones from the vastly deep, but not fur this chile.
Buy the wal, Guvernur, kan you tell me how so
many able bodyed Home Cards manage to get ex-
hsmpted down thar in Rawley? Iheer of one man
that got of by pain-I don't zackly know who=-
sixty dollars in gold, arter the Medikal bord had
examined him and ordered him to the frunt Anu
ther hale harty young feer got off to the tune of
Three thousand konfederate dollars, and my red
: heded naber Tommy Brandon, ses he was offered
exemption for his likelyest niger feer. Thar
must be a wheel within q wheel down thar sum.
whar, and gud cal of secret kurnudlin. Yol-hst-
ter Ink into it ONE OF 0Rs111-A-.E--=
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17

Newspaper structures do not change the opinion
OF the President while they do have depressing e
effect on the people Confederate
True enough, the President has no respect for
public opinion as expressed through the free presses
Of the country. There are government detectives
without character, and drunken partizans, who
have more influence at Richmond than all the free
presses in the South. A Senator who carries his
private key to the gambling hels of Richmond has
more influence with the administration than score
of such men aa Stephens, Graham, and Foote. We
speak "by the book" We say these things more
in sorroY than in anger.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17

tlons are vieing with each other in tHS work Of
emancipation. The negroes are to be armed, and
society is to be not merely upset, but destroyed
Every evil which followed in the wake of French
emancipation will atflict US here, if this policy be
adopted We call upon the Legislature Of this
State now in session, to rise to the magnitude Of
the occasion, and not only to stamp this infamous
proposition with the seal of its reprobation bnt to
adopt promptly the most vigorous measures to en-
sure an honorable PEACE which can alone close this
Pandora's box Of ills untold, and put US again in
the enjoyment of prosperity, freedom, and happi.
ness. l.
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= The Confederate says the federal Generals are
anxious to "reach that Union feeling so graphically
described as existing in Raleigh" We venture to
predict that if the enemy should ever reach Raleigh
the Editors of the Confederate, and those who act
with them, will be the first to run, or, if they should
remain, they will be the first to truckle to the ene-
my. Why did not these gentlemen, if they are SO
anxious to protect the State from the ncursions of
the enemy, shoulder their muskets and repair to
Wilmington, when they were invited to do SO oy
Gov Vance?
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17

Laying aside all defamation about this cruel
war;" and all pretensions to superior phianthrophy,
we think it due to candor and to truth that the
Standard should say emphaticaliy, with whom 1t is
going to negotiate schGt IL is for, and w6at 1T o't
-C0nserUGtiUe.
We would negotiate with the goVsfnment OF the
United States, aud we would obtain the best terms
we could for North Carolina. We would reserve
the right, as citizen, to say whether we would
"take' the terms agreed upon by the commis
sioners. Any terms that might be agreed on ought
to be submitted to the people for their acceptance
or rejection.
The Conservative says, in the same article, that
"the man who proposes % treat without somebody
to treat with, is a fool" We thought the COnser-
ratire was in favor of Mr. POOLS resolutions. They
propose commissioners to treat, and yet nobody has
been appointed oD the other side to meet them
Are the supporters of Mr. POOLS resolutions fools
Our revolutionary ancestors had commissioners in
Europe for years, and yet there was no somebody
TO treat with them. Were they fools! ,--
The article from which the above quotations are
made is not in the style of the present or former
Editor of the Conservative. 1t most probably pro-
-,eeded fren the pen of -. 1t bears the impress
of bis style aod gsnias.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The Macon papers state that the railroad betwedn
that place and Atlanta will be completed this
month.
Capt Semmes, of the Alabama was in August
on the 9th. He was serenAded at his lodgings an
made speech.
The grape culture, after years of partial suecesl
WILL 1t Is said; have to be given up in the vicinitl
OF Cincinnati, on account of the Vicsstudes of tR
climate. 't .'- '..... 10 800 I'd.
writer in Blackwood says that every man whs
is not monster, mathematician or q mad phila
sopher, Is slaye of some woman.
Generals Beauregard and Hill were in Macon ol
the 9th = ....- .s w. ..'-
Rsv. Father O'Neill, of st. Patrfck's Church
Charleston, died on the 10th, aged So years.
1t is stated in Richmond that the value of the
Tax in Kind" of 1868, collected in the States east
Of the Mississippi, amounted to two hundred and
-tsn- nailiapS- of dollars
A celebrated French woman has said that th
greatest blessing q woman can receive on earth il
the continuance of the affection Of her HUSBAND
after marriage.
Fate must trouble itself about number of foolisl
people for no sooner does q fool get into troubl
of his own making than he puts it all down to fate
gallant was lately sitting beside his beloved
and being unable to think cf anything to say, ask
ed why she was like tailor. AZ don't Fnow,
said she with pouing lip, ~ unless it is becaus
I'm sitting by goose" .ar.
"This is too grave a matter to make light Of
as tile whale said to the man who was dipping th
oil out of his head. ..... -.
Some great genius has discovered that the "c cen
ire OF gravity" may be found in Quaker's meeting
Politicians makes fools of themselves; pettifos
gers make fools of others; and pretty girls max
fools Of both. ...I -.
Reynolds, the dramatist, once met free and -eas
actor who told him that he had passed three festv
days at the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness
-, without an invitation. He had gone there o
the assumption that, as my lord and lady were nc
Oh speaking terms, each would suppose that tn
other had invited him, and so it turned out.
Said Annals preceptor, kiss is noun;
But tell me if proper or common, he cried;
With cheeks of vermiHion, and eyelids cast dowr
lis both common and proper, the pupil repliet
Cincinnati papers state that Buffers propositio
to exchange Mr.. Pollard, of the Examiner, for 4
D. Richardson, of the New York 7riJune, has bee
refused. Richardson, it will be recollected, WI
/ captured at Yicksburg in April 1858.
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For the Standard

Mr.. EDIroR:-In these times when mucilage is
almost out Of the question the following recipe may
be useful to the public you think proper give it
space. A CONSTANT READER.
Jan. 9th, 1865.
PASTE AS is PAsTE.-Dissove an ounce of alum
in quart Of warm water when cold, add as much
-four as will make it the consistence of cream then
strew into it as much powered rosin as will stand
on shilling, and two three cloves; boil 1t to
consistence, stirring all the time. 1t will keep for
twelve months, and when dry, may be softened
with water
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17
Extract from Hoyry's lis of Marion.

Ambitious demagogues will rise, and the people
through Ignorance and love of change will follow
them. Vast armies will be formed and bloody bat
ties fought And after desolating their country
with all the horrors of civil war, the guilty sur
vi2ors will have to bend their necks to the iron
yoke of some stern usurper, and like beasts of bur-
den, to drag, unPitied, those CALLING chains which
they have riVeted upon themselves forever
This" (adds Horny, his blographer, "as near
ly as recoIect, was the substance of the list dil
toGHe ever had with Marion. ItWas spoken with
an emphasis which | shall never forget"
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TIE PSorLE IGsoRED.-The people have been
greatly in the way Of certain leaders, as well be-
fore as since this revolution was commenced. The
Confederate Of Friday last referring to what cor
rupt Senate of Pagan Rome did, in order to van
quish Hannibal says
.0n the motion of Fabius, each Senator was in
vested With the power Of magistrate. They were
to prevent all iament2tions-to binder the people
from meeting in ferG Cest they should pass Tss0-
lutions in taOOr Of P<GoH," &c.
Such Is the example held up to US now. There
must be no lamentations" people must not
meet to express their opinions, but the oligarchs
who stand in the place of the Roman oligarchS who
composed the Senate, asast be Obeyed. The people
of these States were hurried into this revolution
against their will, as the pen of impartial history
will show; and they are to be kept in it until all
their substance and blood are gone-until tkOes
are made their equals the field of battle and in
social life, SO Ear SIS Law can make them so. They
are not to be allowed to decide their own destiny,
suit ss to their condition, they are to be "hnder-
ed" and their lamentations" are not merely to be
disresarded but "pIevented." All this implies
force and force when applied to the action of the
people in q country like this, is nothing more nor
less than despotism. Such is the entertainment to
which we have been invited by the Destructive
leaders. How long can such q state of things con-
tiuuef Does the Legislature of North Carolina
represent free men or slaves? Are the members OF
that body themselves free men? ..
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FIRE IN SALIsBUBY.-We learn from the Watch.
ma" that the principal sufferers by the recent fire
in Salisbury were Messrs. Ennis, Fraley, McNeely
and Young, and the Messrs. Hail. The government
loss in leather was about $4,000. The losses in
the quartermaster's and commissary departments
were comparatively small. The FIRE originated in
store room of the Ennis building occupied by Mr.
Smithdeal. 1t is supposed to have besA the work
Of an incendiary., ..r.
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The Confederate expresses the wish that all the
"cOadjutOrs" Of the Hon. Henry s. FoOte, and
AL vOtariss of his kind Of peace" were across the
lines among the Yankees. Not SO fast, Mr.. Con-
Jsdsrdte. The friends of peace intend to stay and
see you out. You and your set have ruined the
country, and the true and good men among us will
remain to save what they Can from the wreck
This is our country. We intend to stand by it to
the last
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MARRTRD.

In Johnston Comfy, on the 29th December,
1854, by John r. Goats, Esq, Mr.. JAMES NJ Pax
IsH, of the 3lst regiment to Miss ELIZA ANN JeHx-
son, daughter of James B. johnson.
Also, by John R. Goats, ESQ, on the -l1th inst.
Mr.. HENRY H. JOHNSON, of the 53rd regiment, to
Miss MARY JANE S. CoATs daughter Of A. Goats
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17
A TEACHER WANEED.

A YOUNG LADY WHO CAN TEACH The
"A English branches thoroughly, s9s|'e take eesEes
of school in private family in Wax! T. can 01tain
good situation by applying at this oa 1T
January III 1855. fh
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-01-17
WOOL NOTICE.

Quartermaster's Department,
RALEIGH N. c., June 9, 1884.
Fam NOW PREPARED TO EXCHANGE
Il COTTON YARN roR WOOL, upon the following
terms, viz:
One bunch of Yarn for pounds of Washed Wool.
a "Uuwashed q"
AGENTS have been appointed to make the exchange at
the following places:
Oxford, TawbJro', krnston;
Catherine Lake COP cord Rockingham,
HendersonTilIe, S.atesvilie, Rox6oro,
AsheyIIe. Tittsboro, LOuisburg,
Fayetteville, Coleraine, Raleigh.
~ Persons shipping to this place VIII please
mark the packa who they rRoN and cotton yarn
will be forwarded Immediately.
hope the people will p,tr"tcay respond :" me a9ove
oIina troops. Iii. a. DOWD,
A O. NJ, N. ca
JuIy,ls. 1854. &-n.
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HIDES! HIDES !!

zAm PREPAREDTO SUPPLY FARMERS
with green saited hides, assorted weights NO ory
hides on hand. =, ;,L
tba ord.r, Address G.. W. GLUFORn,
'ne O'"e' Richmond, Va
I.~rovv & 1saS 2-atpd
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WARRENTON FEN. COL. INSTITUTE.
VVNHE 4sTH SESSION WILL BEGIN THE
II I'd of February, 1865.
e. Boarders should apply soon.
JULIUS WILCOX, Pres
January 5, 1855 2-4tpd.
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ly extended as may be consistent with
the facts of the case and the peace and
dignity of the United States.
The Secretary of State will establish
rules and regulations for administering
and recording the said amnesty cath, so
as to insure its benefit to the people, and
guard the government against fraud.
In testimony whereof, ] have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the'seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this the
twcnty-ninth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hum
dred and sixty-fve, and of the indepen-
dence Of The United States the eighty
eighth.
By the President:
WM. II. Seward, Secretary of State.
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By the preSidentsof the Emitted States.
AMNESTY PROCLAMATION.

AMNESTY .PROCLAMATlON.
WHEREAS, the President of tho United
States, ON the eigth day OF December, a.
u. eighteen hundred and siXty-thrcc, and
on the twenty-siXth day of March, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty -four, did, with the
object to suppress the existing rebellion,
to induce all persons to return to loyalty,
and to restore the authority of the Uni
cd States, issue proclamations offering
amnesty and pardon to certain persons
who had directly or by implication, par
ticipated in the said rebellion; and
Whereas, many persons, who had so en-
gagged in said rebellion, have since the is
.suancc of said proclamations failed or
neglected to take the benefits offered
thereby;
Whereas, many persons, who have been
Justly deprived Of all claim to. amnesty
:nNl pardon hereunder, byreason OF their
participation, directly or by implication:
in said rebellion and continued hostility
to the Government ofs the United States
since the date of said proclamation, now
desire to apply for and obtain amnesty
and pardon;
70 the end, therefore, that the author
ity OF the Government of the United
States may be restored, and that peace,
order andand freedom may be established,
/. ANDREW Johnson, President of the.
United States, do proclaim and declare
that hereby grand TO all persons who
have directly or indirectly participated in
the existing rebellion, except as herein
after excepted amnesty and pardon, with
restoration Of ;tll1ights of property, eN-
cept as to slaves, and except in cases.
where legal proceedings, under tho laws
of the United States providing for the
confseation of property of persons en-
gagged in rebellion, have been instituted,
but on the condition nevertheless, that
every such person shall take and subscribe
the following oath, or affirmation, and
thenceforward keep and maintain said
oath inviolate, and which oath shall be
registered for permanent preservation,
and shall be ofthe tenor and effect follow
ing, to wit:
il, DO solenlnly swear or affirm
in the presence Of Almighty God, that l
will henceforth faithfully. support and dc
tend the Constitution of the United States
and the Union Of the States.Sthercunder,
and that L will, in like manner, abide by
L