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KALE1GII: FIlIDAY, OCT. 31, 1862.

The News.The. position of Gen. Lee's army was undisturbed

t last accounts. About 1.0C0 Federal cavalry werecmiirin? the country about Manassas on the 28th.BW fcj

Our forces under Gen. Echols, were again in pos- -

jession of Charleston, Kanawha County, and our

scouts had pushed up into Lewis and adjoining

Counties.

We have nothing further from Charleston. The

ywittipyian says that Gen. Van Dorn, with only

bout 10,000 troops, attacked Rosencranz at Corinth,

seU fortified, with 40,000, and 10,000 more at a

convenient point to help. The South-wester- n pa-

pers are down upon Van Dorn, Lovel and Pillow.

Jhey congratulate themselves upon the appoint

ment of Lieut Gen. Pemberton. We hope theywill not see cause to change their opinion. Sterling

Price is the man in the WestGen. Kirby Smith is said to have retreated from

Kentucky with a train of wagons 40 miles long.

with 1,000,000 yards of jeans, and a large amount

of cattle, mules and bacon and other stores. We

re inclined to the opinion if Kirby Smith had held

the command in Kentucky with Bragg's army, he

would have held his position. .

The indications are that the Yankees are prepar- -- i r cj..irll.

ing lor an auvance irom ouuum.It appears from Gen. Martin s dispatch that our

troops are moving in the Eastern Counties.

Bacon. This article is now selling here from 60

to 75 cents ; pushed up in a day or two by specu

lators from 35 and 40 cents, which had been thesettled price for months. We observe that the le

Observer notices a similar game played in

that place. Bacon three weeks ago was rushed up

in Favetteville to 60 cents. Now it only commands;.j to 40 cents. The public ought to know the part-

ies engaged in these transactions. Such conductwill meet its reward before the perpetrators are

tware of it Let them beware !

Salt! Salt!We asked a merchant the other day if he had any

salt, and he replied that he had it at $100 per sack.We presume it was to sell on commission, the owner

demanding that price for it Can the speculators insalt and other articles of prime necessity, hope' for

mercy in the day of retribution, especially whenthe salt makers on the coast are making 3,000 bush-

els per day ?

We learn that Col. T. G. Whitaker, the Salt Com

missioner of this County, has purchased 6,000 bush-

els of salt at the State salt works in Virginia, andwhen delivered hero, it will be sold at 2,50 perbushel. The fear is that it may be delayed incoming. We hope, when it does come, some justrule will be established for the disposition of it, so

that all who need it most will get some of itWe are glad also to learn that the enterprising

commissioner of Orange has obtained a supply forthat County in exchange for provisions.

To wnoM shall they BE sest people areat work for the soldiers. The ladies are getting upclothing, &.c, but they want to know inhere they

shall be sent, and to whom, so the N. C. soldiers

can certainly get them. Ought not Agents to beappointed at a dozen different points in the State toattend to this matter?

Gen. Bragg is in Richmond, having been ordered

there, we presume. Gen. Polk is m command ofthe army during his absence.

Yellow Fevek. The fever Is still bad at Wilmington, yet evidently declining. The mortality,however, last week, was greater than usual, in proportion to the new cases. The bulletin of theJournal gives the following:

New Cam. Deaths.Saturday, October 18, 40 17Sunday, 19, 45 28Monday, 20, 3(5 25Tuesday, 21, 33 13M ednesday, 22, 16 7Thursday, 23, 6 11Friday, 24, 17 10

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Our Needy Soldiers. .

From all quarters the cry comes up from ourtroops, " we are in great need of shoes, clothes,Uankcts," &c No call has ever been made uponthe country more meritorious or more pressing.The call must be heeded at any cost The rich""list give of their abundance, and the poor of theirlittle to relieve the wants of our brave, sufferingwldiers in the army, who literally take Their livesn their hands, to defend our rights, our property,

our lives and our sacred honor.We rejoice at the indications manifested among

our people' to help in this crisis. Some are willingto give carpeting for blankets to stint their famil-

ies for leather and other things, that our soldiersn,iy be supplied. The necessity of the case andthe Hnquent appeal of Gov. Vance, we hope will"H forth the generosity and philanthropy of the peo-Wi- ll

these calls reach the speculators, whotae brought the army and the country to theirpresent condition ? Will the speculators give aWlth, a fifth of their income to relieve the soldiersnd their families ? We fear not .An officer of the 54th N. C. Regiment writes us

thus: ' '. .

The 54th N. C. Regiment in camp six miles of'"chniond, is greatly in need of shoes, blankets and

Jiany of our men are destitute of either,JJ'l unless they are supplied soon, must suffer.

- "wuiiri an iiianK you ior your iour iu men.. H, and delight to read your paper. They lookto it as their friend."

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Terrible Railroad Accident.A most frightful and distressing accident occurred

on the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, between Hunts-vill- e

and Forestville, on Tuesday morning last,about 23 minutes before 7 o'clock, by which fourpersons were killed, and sixteen or seventeen werewounded. ; -

It appears that a gravel train, under the manage-

ment of Sidney Hinton, engineer, left Raleigh in themorning just in rear of the mail train for the North,when it should have gone earlier in the rearof the freight train. This gravel train met theaccommodation train, filled' with passengers, as itwas coming South towards Raleigh, and the collision

between the two was terrible. Lieut H. J. B.

Clark, of Craven, of the 2d State troops, a Mr. Nes-bit- t,

of Concord, and Mr. J. J. Berryhill, of Char-

lotte, were instantly killed ; and Mr. Thomas Row-

land, of Stanly County, received tnjuries of whichhe died in the course of two hours. The followingwere wounded : .

Col Robt Mowman and son, Newberry, S. C,very slightly.

W. D. Kivvin, Darlington District, S. C, slightly.Serg't Hardy, 59th Jlegiment, Bertie county, N.

C, breast bruised, not seriously.Wm. G. Templeton, Iredell county, N. C, contu-

sion in face.

Andrew J. Wright, Granville county, left legbroken.

Mrs. Jane Hayworth, Davidson county, N. C,badly bruised, no bones broken.

Mrs. Eva C. Roland, Stanly county, N. C, leftleg broken.

Mr. Roscoc Barrus, Pollocksville, Jones county,N. C, breast bruised.

John A. Barrus, ditto, bruised in abdomen, notseriously.

Alexander G. Barrus, ditto, 5 years old, hip andleg bruised.

William Moore, High Point, N. C, arm shattered.L. L. Conrad, Davidson county, N. C, left foot

cut off.

Albert Ellington, Henderson, Granville county, N.

C, both legs broken below the knee.

Dick, servant of Mr. White, Louisburg, N. C,ankle broken.

Henry, brakesman, servant of Maj. Vass, Treas-

urer of the R. & G. R. R. Company, legs bruised.A messenger was sent to Raleigh for medical aid,

when Surgeon General Warren, and Doctors Hilland McKee promptly repaired to the scene of theaccident and did all they could for the unfortunatesufferers. The bodies of the dead were brought tothis City, under the special charge of Mr. John R.

Harrison, and on Wednesday morning those ofLieut Clark, and Messrs. Rowland and Berryhillwere sent to their friends, and the body .of Mr.

Nesbitt was interred in the graveyard near thisCity. Mr. Ellington, at his urgent request wassent back to Henderson, and the rest of the wounded

were brought to this City and kindly cared for.

The most distressing case, perhaps, was. that ot Mrs.

Rowland, of Stanly. She had been to Richmondfor the body of her deceased husband, and thecorpse was on the train, accompanied by Mr. ThomasRowland, his father, and herself. Mr. Rowland was

killed, and the lady referred to had her left leg shat-

tered just above the ankle. She was removed tothe house of Mr. J. G. Bromell, at the old Gastondepot, where she now is, doing well, we are glad to

learn, and receiving every attention from the family

of Mr. Bromell and from sympathizing friends.

Her. leg was amputated on Tuesday evening, bySurgeon General Warren and Doctors Hill andMcKee, and there is every prospect at present thatshe will recover.

Mr. Conrad and several others were removed tothe hospital at the Fair Grounds, under the chargeof Dr. E. Burke Haywood. His leg has been am-

putated, we learn, by Dr. Haywood, and he is doingwell.

The tender of the accommodation train was" drivenback through the first passenger coach, crushingand mangling as it went The wonder is that allwho were in that coach were not killed or wounded,

but there were a number of fortunate escapes.

Capt Mitchell, of Caswell, was in the front part ofthe first coach, and escaped uninjured, while Serg't

Hardy, of Bertie, who was sitting by him, was in

jured. The Conductor, Mr. Williams, was stand-

ing in the aisle of the same coach, and escaped un-

injured. Mr. Barrus, of Jones, and his son and

grandson escaped serious injury, while two persons

sitting by or near them, were killed. Maj. Thomas

D. Hogg, of this City, was in the front part of the

second car, which was broken in. His escape was

a very narrow one.

We have conversed with the Conductor, Mr. Wil-

liams, and the Engineer of the accommodation train,

Mr. Holleman, and we are satisfied that they are

not to blame in any respect for this frightful acc-

ident Mr. Holleman informs us that his fireman

first called his attention to the approaching gravel

train, when about one hundred yards distant He

instantly whistled down the brakes and reversed

his engine, and by that time the gravel train was

within some twenty yards of him. He jumped for

life struck on his feet, then on his head, and as

he recovered himself be heard the crash. The En-

gineer of the gravel train, Sidney Hinton, was run-

ning out of time, and seems to be the one who is

most, if not alone to blame for the calamity. It is

said that he manifested much emotion at Jhe suffer-

ing he had caused, but soon made his escape, as he

was seriously threatened by the passengers.

This is the first accident of any magnitude whichhas occurred on this Road. It has always been

well conducted, and its trains are generally veryprompt to time. We trust it will not be our dutysoon to record a similar accident on any of ourRoads.

'

The revival in this City in the Methodist Churches,

white and colored, continues with much interest.

About 100 in the white charge have professed re-

ligion, and a number in the African church.

The Bank of Cape Fear has declared a dividend

of 5 per cent for thelast si; months. "

A gentleman from our Kentacky army reports

that Gen. Kirby Smith's brigade, since entering

Kentucky, has aocomplisbed much. He says:We have now on our parole books over 6,000

.prisoners. We have captured eighteen pieces ofartillery, 500 wagons, 2,000 mules and 1,500 horses,and small arms in vast quantities.

The Wilmlnglon Journal bulletin remarks' thatthe people of Wilmington are now a law unto them--:

Belves, the lawyers having all left the place. . . .

LEI6B. N. C, WEMES

Speculators and Demagogues. '

There are but two classes of persons in the Northor 'South who are anxious for the continuance ofthis wicked, unnecessary and destructive war. Itis stated, among the thousand rumors, that Gen.McClellan recently remarked, that were it not forthe demagogues; Gen. Lee and himself could end thewar at once. We place but little confidence in therumor, yet of the correctness of the remark attribu-ted to him, we have no doubt

The war was inaugurated and has been perseveredin mainly through the bad counsels of trading dem-

agogues and merciless speculators and extortioners,whose sole aim has been a selfish purpose to secureplace and profit The peculation and speculationwhich have been carried on at the North have sad-

dled that government with a debt which it will nev-

er pay ; and the official thefts and extravagant spec-

ulation upon the government and the people in theSouth, have risen to such a pitch as to threaten Ourarmy and people with starvation and consequentsubjugation.

We have said repeatedly, that the extortion andspeculation now practised in the South are doingmore to hasten our subjugation than every thingelse beside. Every thoughtful person in the coun-

try not involved in the high crime of beggaring thepeople and the government, must see it Look atthe deadening, chilling effect of this speculatingmania upon the largo masses of the people whosesons and brothers are in the army. Every one ismelancholy and dejected, tiot at the ill success ofour arms, but at the certain disaster which is beingbrought upon the country by the speculators. Noone is cheerful but them. They " have never seenbetter times," they say, they " have never made somuch money before."

Many of these land-shark- s enjoy shade offices un-

der the Confederate government, and many otherswere among the most noisy advocates for secession.They nor their sons have gone into the war, and donot intend to. A day's or a week's speculation can

pay for substitutes, whose blood may be spilled aswater, and what do they care ? Verily, Yankee bay-

onets and ball are not so effectually conquering usas they are. The worst enemies of the Confederacyare those who speculate upon salt, flour, bacon, corn,leather, cotton and woolen goods. Many have sud-

denly become rich, both Jews and Gentiles, andthey have no concern except to keep the war ragingthat they, may make money. And what is to bethe result, if they continue it ? Is not the overthrodrof the South the inevitable consequence? Whatearthly power can prevent our being overrun by theYankee hordes, if this state of things continues?And yet they cry, "All's well." Our victories andadvantages gained over the enemy are magnified bythem, and when our reverses become glaring, theytalk of speedy "foreign intervention."

Let them be put down. Patriotism, humanityand the Salvation of the country demand it, and letit be done speedily. There is no good reason underheaven why salt, and flour, and bacon, and corn,and leather, and cotton, and woolen goods shoulddemand present prices. Avarice avarice amongour merchants, farmers, manufacturers and specu-lators, is at the bottom of it, and it is a viper gnaw-ing at the vitals of the country.

For the Standard.The Eastern Comities.

Mb. Editor: Having seen in several of yourlate issues advice to the people in the Eastern Counties, threatened by the Yankees, to break up theirfarms and move their negroes West to a safer loca-

tion, I write to know how it is to be done ? Fromall the information we can get from those who havebeen West of the Weldon and llmington Rail-road, there is a scarcity of corn, meat ?nd flourin fact, of all the necessaries of life, and what thereis, is in the hands of speculators, and held at anenormous price far beyond the abilities of ourwealthiest farmers to pay for any length of time.Now, farmers with us have a sufficiency of all ofthese, except flour, and we cannot see the differencebetween abandoning our homes of plenty, to spendour all in the West, and remaining at home andlosing all. We are broken in either case. Youmight tell us that we can hire out our own negroes.True, our men, boys and girls we might, but whatis to become of our women and children ? Theywould be at a great expense to us, "more than thevalue of the hire of the others. No, we had justas well let the Yankees take what we have, as togive it to those who are worse our own flesh andblood those who would take our last dollar, or ne-

gro, even the bread out of our children's mouthsspeculators men of our own State, and from whomwe should expect better things.

Our State, our government has left us to our-selves. We are like a ship at sea without anchoror rudder, exposed to all the dangers that can ap-

pal the stoutest heart, our men Rilled to battle forsome more favored portion of the Confederacy, andour homes and "our all left to the tender mercies ofthose whose mercy is to destroy.

AN EASTERN MAN.The above contains much sober truth. We have

seen the difficulties which environed our Easternbrethren in any event, and we have desired to pointout and suggest what we conceived to be the leastof the evils. The duty of the government to pro-

tect them, if possible, is plain; but judging the fu-

ture from the past, we have seen little prospect ofentire immunity for them from the dangers and ca-

lamities of war. What our correspondent saysabout the cormorant extortioners and speculators ofour own State, is alas ! to5 true ; yet it might notbe quite so bad to fall into their hands after all, asinto the hands of the Yankees.

Our correspondent, however, does not seem "to

understand our suggestions. Soon after Battensfell, we urged our Eastern people to remove theirnegroes at once upon the advance of the Yankees,

belief ing their first aim would be to corrupt, decoy

and carry the slaves off. Last winter, as soon asthe cropB were housed, we suggested to thera to re-

move the surplus crop up into the country and dis-

pose of it, and then to remove their slaves, males

especially, to the upper Counties, where lands were

idle and vacant, to make the next crop, and thussupply the deficit of labor created by the largenumber oi laboripg white men who had gone intothe army.

Recently we have urged, not the removal of thenegroes only, but all the moveable property, withas much of the corn, &c, as possible. We havenot advised their removal without provisions, to bepounced upon by the speculators. We insisted thatit was the duty and the interest of the governmentto assist the people to remove with their negroes

' and provisions. ' We know that Governor Vance isanxiously concerned that the negroes and largeproducts of the East shall not be liable to fall intothe enemy's bands, and we are sure, so far as hisefforts can accomplish it, every facility will be af-

forded our people, and every means will be used todefend the East to . the last extremity. - Without,however, the active of the common

government, the means in his power must be limited.

DAI. NOV. 5. 1862.

Giving p the Contest. .

We seldom notice the State Journal, but a friendhas called our attention to an extraordinary articlein that paper of the 28th October, which we feel itto be our duty to bring to the notice of our readers.In the first place, that paper draws the followingpicture of the condition of the army and the country :

hjwdy the prices of breadstuffs and meat havea point which threatens our subjugation.

!? xt to possible now to supply the army,and the great mass of the poorer people of theSouth are on the verge of starvation. Thirty dol-lars per barrel for flour, four to eight dollars forcorn, and sixty to seventy cents per pound forbacon, will break down and ruin any people. But,if the evil be not guarded against, we fear thatthese enormous prices will yet be doubled."

The foregoing is, in the main, true; but that pa-per goes on to say :

"This must not be. Better a thousand times toat once withdraw our troops from the field, andgive up tbtiDhtesv voluntarily, than to be driveninto subjugation, as a famine-stricke- n people, bythe bated foe. We believe, however, there is pa-triotism and foresight enough in the South to saveher brave people from such a calamity and such hu-miliation,"

The State Journal m the first place declares, that" it is next to impossible now to supply the army,and that the great mass of the poorer people of theSouth are on the verge of starvation," in the sec-ond place it apprehends that our condition in thisrespect will not improve and it then says, "Bet-ter a thousand times to at once withdraw our troopsfrom the field, and give up the contest, voluntarily,than to he driven into suljugation, as a famine-stfieke- n

people, Jy the haled foe." We leave itwith every fair-mind- reader to say it" the abovelanguage of the State Journal does not amount togiving up the contest If had used such lan-guage, and if the gag law proposed in the Conven-

tion had been passed, and the original secessionistshad carried this State in August last, we would havebeen arrested at once and put in prison.

It is true, we attach no importance to the indi-

vidual opinions of the Editors of the paper referredto ; but they speak for persons of character andproperty who belong to the old secession party, and.no cloubt the above language was carefully weighed,and uttered only after due consultation with those,or some of those who own and control the paper.

Second IT. C. Cavalry.Having been put in possession of the following

official report of Maj. Andrews, giving an interest-ing account of a recent scout of a portion of thisregiment, we publish it, as well for the gratificationof the friends of the regiment, as to place the gal-

lantry of its men in a proper light, which has beenat times unjustifiably assailed :

Headquarters 19tii Rf.himent N. C T.,)Warrenlon, Va., Oct 20th, 1802.

To His Excellency Got. Vance :Sir I have the honor to report to you the suc-

cess of the 2d N. C. Cavalry in a recent scoutthrough the enemy's lines about Centreville, Va.

With six companies of the regiment, I was or-

dered to make the scout Soon after sun up onSaturday morning, (having ridden for 18 hourswithout r?st,) I advanced to the Cciitievillo pike,and there saw evident signs of a force havingpassed. I learned from citizens that a force olcavalry and artillery had passed early in the night,and that it was followed by a guarded train of Yan-kee wagons. I got the forces all right and com-menced the chase.

After going about one mile we ran up with theirvidetts. They (as we afterwards learned) supposedus to be their rear force, and halted my adyancedguard. I withheld the charge by the guard, andordered forward the first squadron, commanded byCapt Randolph. Atlhocommand, off we dashed,and, alter a chase of about two miles, we got everyman (but one) and all the teams and wagons.

Result 1 Lieutenant, 27 men, 24 mules, 82horses, 7 wagons, loaded with sugar, coffee, pork,crackers and oats. All saved, and nut a man hurton our side.

The prize, worth over $20,000, was pushed inadvance of my force (driven ly miserable Yanlees)before either their advanced force or their force inthe rear, consisting of 1,500 troopers and four piecesof artillery, could catch us. V e had not been inWarren ton more than thirty minutes, till a couriercame dashing in, with news that "the enemy, instrong force, was coming to Warrenton." 1 hadtwo pieces of artillery altaclid to our regimentand with it and the regiment. we made a stand.The enemy did not come, and we put after them,as they were in the road three miles off, but theyskedaddled double quick. TFtf have coffee, andsweetening too, every day note."

Fur the Standard.Svhi. Ges'l's Office, Raleiuh, N. C,

October 20, 1862.The following articles have been received at this

office from the Ladies' Aid Association at Fayette-vill- e,

N. C, for the benefit of the NorthCarolinaTroops in Virginia:

One keg whiskey, one keg brandy, four caseswine, one box honey, three bales shirts and drawers.All expenses paid to Raleigh.

From Ladies' Aid Society, Steel Creek, Charlotte,N. C. One box containing sundry articles, Mrs.Margaret Guion, President

From Miss Maria M. Spears and her pupils; Chanel Hill. Eighteen pair slippers, cotton cushions,medical leaves, roots, rags, bandages, &c, ice.

From Ladies' Aid Society, Salisbury, N. C.Sugar, hams, coffee, crackers, dried fruit herbs, po-

tatoes, sarsaparilla, seventeen new shirts, six pairdrawers, two pair socks.

From Rev. Dr. Smedes, Raleigh, N. C Twentydollars, to be expended according to the discretionof the Surgeon General. v

From A. Browning, Durham's Depot One bar-rel of potatoes for hospitals in Virginia.

The undersigned begs leave to tender his warm-est thanks to those who have thus contributed tothe relief our sick and wounded soldiers in Vir-ginia, and to assure them, that their charity isneither misdirected nor unappreciated. Will notothers come forward and do likewise? Our sicksoldiers are actually suffering for the want of properclothes and food. pants, socks, shirts,drawers, die., are indispensable to their comfort atthis very moment; while vegetables of all kinds,and especially Irish and sweet potatoes, are muchneeded in the hospitals. As great as may be thenecessities-o-f our soldiers generally, the wants ofthe sick and wounded are still more pressing ; andin their name and for their sake, ' I appeal to thecitizens of North-Carolin- a for assistance. If theladies of each town and county in the State willform Soldiers1 Aid Societies, and forward the re--

. suits of their labors regularly to the subscriber, anamount of good will be accomplished which cannotbe estimated in words.

. EDWARD WARREN,Surjrcon General of N. 0. -

A Nice Man for a Smaia Party. A countrymagistrate, noted for his love of the pleasures ofthe table, speaking to a friend one day, said : "Wehave just been eating a superb turkey; it was ex-

cellent stuffed with truffles to the neck, tender,delicate, and of high flavor. Wo left only

"How many of you were there I" . askedhis friend. "Two," replied tbe magistrate. Two f'"Yes, the turkey and myself."

Whole ; Number 1441.

Northern News.Richkoxd, Oct. 89.

The New YmJl Merald of the 23d has been received.News unimportant. ;

' A large and cDthosiastitf Democratic meeting waa heldat Brooklyn on the se2f. One of the resolutions denouncedibe emancipation proclamation was loudly cheered andAdopted.

Tbe Herald arges McClellan to push on to Richmond.Tbe Board of Brokers, by a very large majority, decided

not to allow any tiausaetioo within the Board in Gold, ordemand notes after tbe 27th inst Gold accordingly fellto 12V, but every, body rushed in to buy, and rates ad-vanced to 132. -

From Charleston.Charleston, Oct 28 '"

Tidings reached here tbia evening of tbe capture iu .BallsBay of the steamship. Anylia, laden with valuable arinystores and bound tor Charleston. '

When the Aiufiia left Nassau news had been received"1 here that tbe Yankees are working night and day on irondads, with the view of attacking Charleston soon.

Our Troops at Plymouth.The following dispatch to Gov. Vance from Geo. Martin

was received here on yesterday (Thursday) moruing: ,Goldsboro', Oct. ?0.

Plymouth is reported to be in the ban? of our troops,by u courier at Wilaou. i. G. MAKTLX.

Northern News.Richmond, Oct. 30.

The New York Herald or tbe 28th says I hat McClellan'sarmy is advancing iuto Virginia. Dispatches from Cairosay iht a desperate fight took place at Waverly, Tenn., onthe iia inst., in which the rebels were routed as usual.

Madame Bishop, vocalist, was burned at St. I'uuls, onthe lothjnst , by ber clothes taking tire, from the effectsof which she died.

Gold selling outside of board at 131. Holders net gen-eial- ly

disposed' to accept these rates. Exchange Ho. '

' The People of Wilmington.We have been kincly permitted by Surgeon Gen-

eral Warren, to publish the following letter, ad-

dressed to him by John Dawson, Esq., the Mayorof Wilmington :

Matob's Office, Wilmington, N. C, )

October 6, 18fi2. .Dear Sib: Your communication of the 80th

ult, is just at hand, expressing, under instructionof the Governor, his heartfelt sympathy for the peo-ple of Wilmington in the dire calamity by whichthey have been visited ; and signifying his willing-ness, and yours, to serve them in any manner mostacceptable at the present time. And I desire, inbehalf of the afflicted people of this city, and formyuelf, to tender to our Governor, and to you, Sir,our grateful acknowledgments for your profferedservices. But the prompt and noble response ofthe city of Charleston, and of Gen. Beauregard, toour appeal for aid the munificent charity and be-

nevolence of our own citizens, and those of the sur-rounding country and neighboring towns, leave usnothing to ask that man can do for us.

Very respectfully and truly,Your obedient servant,

JOHN DAWSON, Mayer.Edward Warrkn,

burg. Gen. of X. C,Raleigh, N. C.

The Future.The Charleston Mercury indulges the following

gloomy view as to the operations of the enemy during the coming season :

" It is possible that battles may yet be fought inNorthern Virginia, between Generals Lee and McClelland, and in Kentucky between Generals Braggand Buell. If such battles are fought, and the Con-federate forces could achieve decisive victories, thereis yet time left for us to hold Kentucky, and at leasta large part of Maryland. But, by preparation oftroops lor the last lour months, the enemy are gaining on us every day, and our armies,already outnumbered and too weak for their work,are getting proportionally weaker. It looks verymuch as if the campaigns in those localities wereclosed, so far as the accomplishment of any substan-tial fruits for the South is concerned. Manoeuvringand checking, and skirmishing, may progress.With our failure to produce any serious impressionon the borders, the war goes on. We may expectthe Black Republican Government to put forth allits strength for our subjugation. The war will betransferred to the coasts of the Cotton States, andSouth Carolina and Georgia are likely to suffer thiswinter."

The Mercury then adds the hint that that Statemay have to take her conscripts between 35 and 45fur State defence, and this with only 10,0U0 troopsfrom that State in Virginia, and some 12,000 re-

serves at home. The Mercury says :

" The authorities and people of South Carolinashould, be putting forth every exertion to be inreadiness for the onset, for we have no idea it willbe child's play. The works for defence here arcgoing on. Gunboats are building. But when anarmy of invasion shall land on our shores weneed not look for succors from the armies ofVirginia or Kentucky. They will have before themother armies to watch and hold in check, Georgiaand South Carolina, we fear, will have to find thegreater portion of their defenders out. of time be-

tween 35 and 43, not yet in camp. Isit not hightime to subject this class to discipline and drill?Are we not admonished by Gen. Mitchell

Seymour and the Southern Epis-copalians.

The Hon. Horatio Seymour, Democratic candi-date for Governor in New York,' addressed tbeProtestant Episcopal Convention, on the 4th dayof its session. The question was tbe adoption ofa resolution submitted by Hon. Murray Hoffman,declaring:

" That in view of the danger of this countryfrom civil war, the House of Bishops be respect-fully requested to prepare a form of prayer to beused during the session of this Convention."

Mr. Seymour, in the course of his remarks, said" it was his earnest hope, as it was his Bincere con-

viction, that the. influences of the Episcopal Churchwould be a most ready and effective instrument inbringing about the healing up of the wounds andthe restoration of a blessed peace." When he heardDr. Vinton heap denunciation on the South, " hecould not refrain from casting his thoughts forwardfor relief to that period, still three years in the fu-

ture, when this Convention would again assemble,when the whole Church, North and South, wouldagain be gathered around the common altar to offerthere a common sacrifice. .

Let there be nothing, then, placed upon recordto revive rancor in that hour of cordial reunion."

"For his part he has conscientiously andfrankly, under strong convictions of duty to hiscountry, from the very first opposed the extrava-gant action of those especially wedded to this war,yet he desired just as earnestly to Bee the Churchmade unmistakably before tbe South and the wholeworld." He conjured the Convention to "dealwith our Southern brethren as children of the sameFather as members of the same flock as fellow-countrym-

once as such to be again as Chris-tians!" .

Marked sensation (jays the Tribune reporter) ac-companied tbe delivery of the' address, and a veryvisible disposition to applaud was noticed in a por-tion of the house.

The Richmond Whig says : - : ." , :

We copy these extracts from the address to indi-cate the sentiments towards the South entertainedby a public man, occupying a conspicuons positionbefore the people of the North. . Whatever may bethought of his judgment in regard to the future, itwill be admitted that the sentiments expressed byhim contrast strongly with th demoniac revilingsand maledictions of the South, which have ema-nated from nearly every public speaker and writerin the North since the commencement of the. war,it is impossible that a man evincing so much of the" rarity of Christian Charity," can be elevated tooffice in New York, unless the millenium is at hand.

responded with their accustomed liberality for Vbmrelief of the sick and suffering at Wilmington- --'Besides the contributions of bacon, flour. meaL no.

jn cash up to this date ($2,388.15) two thousandtuiee uimuicu auu eiguiy-eign- i uouars anu ntteeucents. &9S5.10 has been ihmnfat In Jnkn TUson, Mayor of Wilmington ; $685.05 has been ex-tended in h.lvm titVono A mJ r J.J. -trusty messenger, with $300, is now absent fn thecontitrv hnvinof fKiAln r k. i jaiaaf V O wum & MM V VU UCMIA4 WXWe,. .fflihiAAt 4a Kn at-- r m v ' 'w.y rw luo mayor i TTummgioo,wi w vajiiucii in bucu provisions as ne neeas -

most He has kept the committee advised everyday of his wants, which we have supolied to theextent of our ability. . .

A list of contributions and disbursements maybe seen at my drug store, the Committee deemingit prudent not to publish them. ,

P. P. PESCUD.Chra'n R. Relief Com.

Oct 28, 1362.. ; : ;

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steeping the wicks in spirits turpentine will make itburn some brighter. ,

A Western paper tells the following exemption sto-- "ry :" Doctor, if the lame foot won't answer, I haveanother reason one that you cannotrefuse me exemption for." "What is it?" askedthe doctor. " Why, the fact is, doctor, I have notgood sense; I am an idiot," solemnly replied thtapplicant. "Ah!" said the doctor, "what proofhave you of that? What evidence can youbring?""Proof conclusive," said the applicant "Why,.;sir, I voted for Jim Buchanan ; and if that isn't

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proof of a man's being a d d idiot, I don't know-ho-

idiocy could be proven."

Lincoln asd his Body Guard. The Washingtoncorrespondent of the New York Express says : 7

Whenever Mr Lincoln now appears in public, enhorseback, or in his carriage, he goes through the :

streets at a rapid pace, escorted by a cavalry gucrdof about twenty men, half of whom are in the ad-

vance, and the remainder in the rear of the Presi-dential chariot For some reason, Mr. Lincoln has .

allowed himself to be persuaded that his life wouldbo endangered, if he rode about " all unarmed andalone," like Lord Lochinvar, and like Mr. Lincoln'sfifteen predecessors in the White House. It certain-ly is a regretable precedent for a chief magis rate otthis Republic to establish, in imitation of tbe despotsof Europe, who have well founded cause to expectattempts to assassinate them, while the Presidentof the United States cannot, in good reason, enter-tain any such reasons. The death of Mr. Lincoln,would simply have the effect to place in the Presi-- --

dential chair, a man far more repugnant to the rebels '

than the present incumbent, from the fact that Mr.Hamlin is not only believed in the South to be moreradical in his leanings than Mr. .Lincoln, but is alsogenerally supposed to have a negro taint in hisblood. However absurd or unfounded this supposi-tion may be, it undoubtedly exists, and at once .

precludes all idea that the rebels can antjf ipate anybenefit to themselves from the assassination of Mr.Lincoln. The truth if, nobody ever thought ofsuch a thing, until the fearful imaginations of offi- -

cious zealots conjured up the shadow of a dangerwithout a substance, and set people to thinkingaboutit ; whereupon, the President, yielding to the solici-tio-

of his alarmed or timorous personal fricnr,consented to this bit of unrepublican ostentation.

Evil Effects of Dancing. The following aneo-do- te

is related of a tract distribution at the hospitalin Nashville :

A soldier whose legs had been carried away abovethe knees by a cannon ball, and who had been longa patient in the hospital, one day, while sitting upin bed, said to the nurse: " When will those tractdistributors be around again ?" " To day," she re-plied. " When they come I would like somethingto read," he added. A colporteur came in duringthe afternoon and made a hasty distribution of tract,giving one to each bed without stopping to mad thetitles, or to see the fitness of the selection. Thepoor fellow who had lost his legs received a littlefour page message, and began to read with great ea-gerness. The nurse, noticing his interest, stole upbehind him to see the subject of the tracr, when toher astonishment, she read the following title :

"The Evil Effects of Modern Dancing." Repress-pin- g

her laughter, she said to the man: "Thattract is hardly suited to your condition." " Well,madam," he replied, " to tell tho truth, I think mydancing days are about over."

It is an exquisite and Beautiful thing in our nature,that when tbe heart is touched and softened bysome tranquil happiness or affectionate feeling, thememory of the dead comes over it most powerfullyand irresistibly. It would almost seem as thoughour better thoughts and sympathies were charm,in virtue of which the soul is enabled to hold somevague anil mysteriour intercourse with the spiritsof those whom we dearly loved in life. Alas, bowoften and how long may those patient angels hoverover us, watching for the spell which is seldom orso soon forgotten I

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT., At a meeting of the members of the Bar, held athe October terra of the Superior Court of Stokescounty, in the year 1862, the Hon. John A: Gilmerwas called to the chair, and Joseph Masten, Esq.,was requested to act as Secretary.

Mr. Gilmer, upon taking the chair, explained theobject ot the meeting to be lor the purpose of giv-ing expression to the feelings of the bar in regardto the death of one of its members the lamentedLieut Col. Rufus K. Pepper, who was mortallywounded in tbe battle of Winchester.

On motion of A. H. Joyce, Esq., a committee ofthree were ordered to be appointed by the Chair-man to draft resolutions for the meeting.

Whereupon tho Chairman appointed A. II.Joyce, Esq., Gen. John F. Poindexter and John W.Alspaugh, Esq., who, after a short absence, returnedand reported as follows :

Yv'hereas, our highly esteemed brother, LieutCol. Pepper, received a wound in May last, in thehard fought battle at Winchester. Va.'. of which.after fifteen days of inexpressibly severe suffering,he died. Therefore, be it

Resolved, That we cherish a lively recollection ofhis many noble and excellent qualities as a civilianand professional gentleman.

Resolved, That we hold in high esteem the ardentpatriotism which led him to volunteer among thefirst in behalf of Southern freedom and indepen-dence, and the lofty and chivalric courage and val-or which he displayed on the bloody battle fieldwhere he fell mortally wounded.

Resolved, That wc sincerely lament tho loss ofso gallant an officer to our army and cause, andthat we feelingly condole with his aged father andbrothers in their sad and irreparable bereavement. "

Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this,meeting be presented to his Honor the Judge for.ltlL f ir(1l t tlA H1 iUai 41 1 Jma oiguutuic, iiiiu mat me same oe spreau uponthe minute docket of this Court, and also a copbe sent to the father of the deceased and to tht :

Geensboro" Patriot, X. C. Standard and, TrWi 'Sentinel for publication. 'ClT ' "

aiessrs. doyce, scon ana iuoreneaa now proceed- - '

ed to speak in eujngy of tbe character of the de-ceased. in the most eloquent and patriotic manner"unci n uiuu, uu luuuuu ui u. ju. aioreiieao, tud reso-lutions were unanimously adopted. ;

On motion, CoL Wm. L." Scott was appointed topresent the proceedings of Ibis meeting; to hitHonor for his signature to the -- usame.. . r r...i... .: i . ..... .. f jvu lunuoi luuiivu, me meeting sojourned. - '

0I1N.A-- GILMER, Chm'n.Jos. Mastes, SecV. - .