Semi-Weekly Standard from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 2

1 '1 THE NORTH TUESDAY, 12, I. if It: lf I Si id If ft to THE MAID I LOVE. h. i flash; or alA; BT The maid I lore has violet eyes, -And rose leaf lips of reoV Sho- wear the moonshine" roond her netrs, The surjsbine round her head And she is rich in every grace, Though poor in every guile, And crowned, kings, might envy me The splendor of her smile. She walks the'eirth wjlhsuohgee The lilies turn to lok And wares rise up to catch a.

glance And stir the quiet brook Nor ever will they rest again, But chatter as they flow. And babble'of her crimson lips, And of hertoeast of sno And e'en the leaves upon the trees Are whispering tales of her, And till they grow so warm, That in the general They twist them from the mother branch And through the air they fly, Till, fainting tffch the love.they feel, They down, and die. And what is strangsr still than all The wonders of her grace, "Her mind's the only thing to match The glories of her face. Oh 1 she is nature's paragon All innocent of art And she has promised me her hand. And given me her heart And when the spriifg again shall flush Our glorious Southern bowers, My love will wear a bridal veil, A wreath of orange flowers And so I care not if the sua Should founder in the sea, Por, oh the starbeam of her love Is light enough for mo.

ALTERNATIVE. Southern arms have achieved another groat victory," and we are no nearer to a peace than we were a nv'nth ago. Gen. Hooker will go the way of Mc Ck-U-tn, Pope and Burtaside certain thousands uoldiers on each side have gone the way of all flesh attil what then 1 Our enemies can afford to sustain defeats of this kind, and re tlill making progress towards the ultimate subjugation of the Uonfedera-ev, I ecause the war is still waged upon our soil, not upon theirs. By all their disasters they lose liter illy nothing" at all, save the lives of some mercenaries, whom they can well spare.

Indeed, the business of their country that is tosay.the industry, of the contractors, and the production and sale of sorts of commissary and quartermaster stores, til liiiB trade is even stimulated and improved by an occasional battle. A great victory, to be sure, would be still better for them than a great defeat; but in either case there is vast destruction of stores, arms, equipments, clothing and the traffic of the cnntrai.lors becomes more brisk. Our do not fetl the war as they make us feel it, 6eeing that it is not brought Lome to their doors their towns are not subjected, as so many of our3 are, to the tyranny of a hostile garrison and provost.marshaL Their women not chased from their homes, their ti are not laid waste and condemned to sterility by the destruction of plows, the robbery cfplow horses, the burning of mills, fences and timber; their children are not dragged before an' enemy's military court on a charge of wearing Union colors their railroads and bridges are not cut and blown up; their ports are not subject to a continual blockade and occasional bombardment their citiztns are not forced to take an oath of fidelity to the Confederate government they are not forced, as we are, to purchase their clothing from Confederate merchants, at three or four times the just price; in short, they are suffering nothing but disgrace, military and moral dishonor and they are very willing to take that, and hold themselves well paid for it so long as they know that, in the midst of all this, and in spite of all this, they are still creeping forward, (creeping is the word,) acre by mile by mile, over our country, inflicting all the material evils of war. Our forces, wherever they meet the enemy fairly, drive him back with lss and shame yet, on the whole, they are suffering nothing, and we suffering the whole. If the war is to continue a few years longer, upon thit we shall have "lost all but honor" and they shall have gained all, with the same exception.

Our people are too much disposed, after every Confederate victory, to say to themselves, surely this is to be the last of it; the Yankees must tire of this fruitless work in the long run when they find it vain to try to conquer the Southern forces, then the "peace party" at the North' will grow strong, ia, Any time since the first Manassas rout we have been flattering ourselves after this same manner. Since then they have taken cheer- fully tho carnage of the Peninsula, and the second disaster of Manassas, and the shameful repulses before Vii ksburg and Charleston, and the fierce and bloody vengeance of Fredericksburg, and the slaugh- ter great and grim at Murfreesboro'. And there 1 is not only no relaxation in the urgency and extent and for of the military effort to crush us, but a constant, systematic increase, both in its strength end in its ferocity. The more those cowards sutfer at the bands of our men. the more they make our women and' children suffer at their hands.

Leo thrashes them soundly on the Rappahannock immediately several defenceless towns in Tcp.net-see or Mississippi are given over to ruffian soldiery. Beauregard drives them howling from the ramparts of Charleston; immediately the screw of their rascal provost marshals is tightened at Memphis and Nashville, and helpless families are sent fleeing to the South. Themen of Mississippi trample them the mud before Vicksburg; very well, they can take their revenge oporl the women of Mississippi through a score of unprotected villages. Iu all this the damage falls exclusively upon our people; the profit is all for them their families are undisturbed in their peaceful homes their factories and stores, their looms and workshops, are full and busy their husbandmen till the ground in peace, wiiii none to make them afraid; and while they shut out from us the commerce of all the rest of the world, they absolutely monopolizour foreign trade. then comes the question, how soon trill they tire of this war 1 When will they think it time to make peace And the answer must be, never.

Never, while our country js the sole theatre of the struggle never, so long as we permit Confederate women and children to be tortured and bullied and beggared by rascal mercenaries, while we neither make our enemies feel at home what war is, nor retaliate upon their people who are made prisoners the outrages done upon our helpless never, while we buy and use everything that the Yankee makes for us, and sends to us through a pretended blockade, at a pretended risk, at his never, while they can remain on the offensive all round, both by land and sea, and choose their own and place for attack never. Jot DO war can last literally for ever. Something or other will assuredly bring it to ah end at last ither foreign intervention, after we have been so weakened that England and France can dictate their i. Kim iwr me peace iney win sen us; or else our Tery weariness and exhaustion. We may tire winning victories upon the present system they -fll never tire of sustaining such defeat.

On the jrwent plan, the struggle may last. twenty years. Tet we do not, up to the present complain of the conduct of the war by our authorities and enerals. We have net onlv- beat troops, but he best leaders that the contUMtfithts yst produced. All the glory is ours; the glory of every kind, both in heroic achievement and in patient endarance and forbearance.

Our record will be a trly noble one. be have proved, more than sufficiently, that we tare songht to do no hurt to our enemies, but only uur paerumea rignw, ena proceci our own nntnM a van the fa mAfAMt. a i 'examples in the war of retaliation adontei br na fn' 7h2 l.no "nton of proper persons at Raleigh, bare been slowly, reluctantly forced upon our chivalrous President by tjhe obvious necessity of guarding our people -from unmanly outrage by the only ranueuce which can act upon so base an enemy -i fer; The Confederate jprernment aact i JPpi bars borne and forborne macb'iad long; i 1 the Tain hops that oar foe. wowW, least ervw weary, It has seemed aa ingiEmuck 5 our sufferings tMrf bear andfthere is no limit to their endurance It surely must be plaa at last WsTs to be a war efx7eninatiort Sooner or later we have to -accept this footing In Pennsylvan.a are rich farms an eidea; trnd there is firewood in JW adelphia. It will go Wl upon Soutl ejyofficers a feitr -non this horrible kind of war- fireftHit yet we' must conquer a peace; we must clear a path to it throtgh devastation and carnage, and the ravage- of.

peaceful farms and and tho shrieks and agonies of cities in conflagra-. tion. On our own ground we will never win that so much longed for peace. We must make the foe long for it, and pray for it, or it will never come The only other alternative is submission, reconstruction, infarav. These noble Statss, with their noble people, will bo an "oppre3rntioMlity forever.

1 We shall live slwes shall die slsrea, after begetting slaves to propagate slavery and shame from generation to generation. Ekk Enquirer. FoOtbe StaudarU. THE SMALL POX QUESTION. Mb.

Holds Raving watched the course of the Union Justices, and the controversy growing oat of their action with much interest, I have thought it might be of some interest to -your readers, who do not have access to the medical journals, and more especially to the foreign medieal journals, to state a few facta as have been folly demonstrated by actual experiment, by" the most celebrated physician of the jge. I approach the subject with much diffidence, after having been gravely informed by "A Justice of Union county, that every nmn, woman, and little boy'or girl in Union county know how to vaccinate as well aa the M. D's, and are doing it" A progress in medical so surprising that were it net for the present desolating war, now over the land, that Union county would become the Mecca of the medical pilgrim, in the pursuit of the invaluable informatioii there to be obtained. show how far behind the old countries are in such information, I will state a fewfacts that have been gloaiieU from the late foreign publications. In Sweden, for twenty-eight years previous to the discovery of vaccination, says the London Titnet, 2,050 out of 1,000,000 died anr.ually of Bmall pox, while for forty years after the discovery, the death rate averaged only 158.

In Westphalia it came down, under similar circumstances, from 2.64S to 114; in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, from 4,000 to 200 iti Denmark, the falality of the disease became but an eleventh of what it had been in -Berlin and large parts of Austria, 120. Finally, from observations made for twenty-one years on 40,000 persons, in Bohemia, it appears that the risk of death to vaccinated penspns, if they happen to contract the small pox, is at the rate of five and a half to 100 patients but the risk of death to non vaccinated persona, when they contract the disease, is at the rate of twenty-nino and four fifths for every 100 And the concurrent testimony of London, Vienna and Milan shows, in an experience of nearly 2,000 cases, that small pox after vaccination if it occurs, is but a fifth or sixtlr'as dangerous as the natural disease. And yet the small pox is now increasing; the protecting influence of vaccination has diminished, and cases of small pox after vaccination bave become more numerous, not indeed, because vaccination is a delusion, but because the present process hardly amounts to vaccination. Four reasons are assigned for the recent increase in small pox. First, bad vaccination in respect to the choice of matter employed, and a non-observance of the rules propounded by Jenner.

Unqualified persona have been in the habit of operating with the matter in an imperfect state, and for many years past, until there is reason to believe the perfect vesicle is becoming the exceptional one, and not that which is most commonly seen and resorted to." Secondly, there is reason to believe, that apart from disturbing causes, the cow pox matter itself tends to deteriorate by descent. It has been ascertained that its vesicles are less prominent than formerly that its symptoms are shorter in duration, and that the older scars are much better marked ahan recent ones. In short, a series of observations has established, says Mr. Simon, that certain original properties of the vaccine contagion have very generally declined after its long successive descent from the cow," and it is now very questionable whether an indefinite length of transmission of the vaccine contagion, without renewal from the cow, has not been of public detriment." Thirdly, apart front the fact of the renewal of lymph baring -been omitted by the "National Vaccine Establishment" for a considerable. length of time, there has been such a demand upon itp resources which it was unable I supply with lymph of the best existing quahty and fourthly, there is no government requirement cT vaccination, except in a few of the European nations, and even thcro this is as yet imperfectly enforced.

(J. GoLht'jn, Chatham April 22, 13G3. For the Standard. Mk. IloLnEx: Will you please publish for me an extract of a letter written by my youngest son a short time before he died.

He was eighteen years old the first day of September last, and volunteered the 2itth of the same month, and died the 7th of March last at Charleston, S. O. JAMES WILSON. Wake April 2P, 18G3. EXTRACT.

Dear Father, 2fother, Brolhert and Siter No tongue nor pen can express the desire I have to see you all once more, but there is no chacce of that until the end of this cruel and unjust war, unless you come to see me; for rather than desert my post as a soldier I will lose the laht drop of blood in my veins. If I die, let me die like a hero at my post. If I never see you again in this world, pray for me that I may meet you all in that brighter abode where sorrow and trouble never come, and parting is no more. Remember me when you cast your eyes on my vacant seat beside vour comfortable fire side. WILLIS J.

J. WILSON. To Elder James Wilson and family. HooKEit'j Aiixr. From the information furnished by the enemy's newspapers.

Hooker's army contains Keren infantry corps, numbered and commanded as follows 1st Corps, Major-General Reynolds. 2d Couch. Sickles. Mead. Sedgwick.

Slocum. 3d fna 12th In the recent movements. Howard's. Sloeum's and Mead's corps crossed at" Kelly's abore Fredericksburg. Sickles' and Sedgwick's corps secured the lower crossings.

Couch's corps, the remaining one, took a position to cover the United States and Banks' Fords, between Fredericksburg and the mouth of the I-apidan. Besides the infantry corps abore named, there is a largo cavalry corps commanded by Stoneman, and there is also Patrick's brigade ajid the artillery reserve. The aggregate force is a matter of su-iple 'calculation. The number of sick in the army, on the first of April, was stated at' 10,777, and the ratio of sick to the whole number at 67.44 to the thousand. This gives a total force of 159,330.

Aksoh Csops. A friend in Anson writes that the wh'eat and oat crops are very promising. Un-" less rust makes its appoarance "there will be an immense crop saved." Our correspondent adds that there is no scarcity of corn or bacon in Anson, the unheard of prices place those articles beyond the reach of many." Fay. Oburver. AssisTANCt to Refugsks.

It will be seen by reference to one of the letters of bur army correspondent, (hat seventy families are about leaving New-bern. driven from, their homes by the enemy With -nothing of their property but their clothing. The case appeals, as be suggests, to tnoir more fortunate citizens for relief! We hone the matter will or eisewnere, to whom contributions may Je forwarded, and who can give some idea of what and bow much is wanted for that. object! We take it for granted that the railroads, which belong so largely to the State, and which are in -so prosperous a condition, will transport all needy re-ftee free of charge. fey, QbiTMK let area of the Confederate General.

The Richmond correspondent qf the Ttme Wrl-ling on the 21st give ahe JbHowro graphiedescriptiona of the Confederate Generals Lee, Jackson and Longstreet 1 Jen. Lee is, I 50anJfl years of age, but wears years well, and strikes you as the incarnation of health and enduraaoe, as he rears his erect soldier-like fcrm from his seat by the fire side to- greet courteously the stranger. Hia ni.Tiuwr rtilm and statblv. his ercseiiceitiprefisive and impoiug, his dark brown eyes remarkably direct and honcot as thejaeet you lully aQrmIy, and inspire plenary confidence. The shite and typo of tho bead a little Gaaibaldis, but tho features are those ot a mucn nanasemer uiu.

On The rare occasions, wfTen he smiles, and on the still latelj-pjcasionB, Vhcn ho laughs heartily, dis-closiflfa fine unbroken row of white, firm-set teeth, the confidence' and sympathy which he inspires are irresist ible. A child thrown among a knot of strangers would be inevitabla-drawn to Gen. Lee first in the company, and would run to claim his protection. The voice is fine and deep, bu't slightly monotonous in its tone. AltogetberJie most winning attribute of the General is.

his unaffected child like It is very rare that a man of his age, conver-sant with important events, arid thrown to the surface of mighty convulsions, retains the Impress of a simple, ingenuous nature to so eminent a degree. It is impossible to converse with him for ten min-uteB without perceiving how deeply he has meditated upon all the possible eventualities of the cam-Pign in Virginia, and how sound and well considered are the positions which he advances. It is obvious that the most entire and trusting confidence is placed in Gen. Lee by his subordinate officers, whose respect and affection be seems thoroughly to have won. The General is still crippled in bis binds from the effects of a fall, which he sustained so long ago as the 30th of August At dawn of that day, he rode across the historical stream of Bull Run, and observing a patch of herbage, he dismounted and allowed bis horse to graxc, recollecting that tho animal bad carried blm the whole preceding day almost without food.

The General himself sat ilwn vu a aluuip. Tbor Anljp i alry pickets of Confederates between General Lee aid the enemy. Suddenly a charge of a large body of Yankee cavalry drove in the Confederate pickets, aod came close up to the spot where Gen. Lee was. The General ran forward to catoh his horse, and, grasping at the rein as his horse sidled off, be 'ell heavily forward entangled in his cloak, upon both hand and jarred the nerves of the arms right up to the shoulders.

His horse was caught by one of his 6taff, and the Yankee cavalry, not knowing what a valuable prize was close at hand, fell back without approaching more nearly. The General rode throughout the whole of that eventful day, the 80th of August, but for many days and nights he suffered agonizing pain; ana eren now, on the 2 1st of November, be is far from having' wholly recorered the full use of his hand, though not for one day or hour bus he permitted himself to be absent from duty. A similar abnegation of self is risible in erery thought and act of Gen. Loe. If only I am permitted to finish the work I hare on hand, I would be content to lire on bread and beef for the rest of my life.

Occasionally we bare only beef occasionally only bread but if we hare both together, and salt is added to them, we think ourselves Sybarites. Upon tin occasion, 4t was necessary to stop and procure food for some of the younger men. Theso are some of characteristic utterances which truck me as they came from Gen. Lee's line. In reference to the last, it would scetrv as though the ordinary demands of human appetite were in bim subordinated and subjected in presence of the imperious exactions required from his brain.

In all the varied attribute which go to make up the comnun-der-in-chief of a great army, it is certain that Gen. Lee has no superior in the Confederacy, and it may fairly be doubted whether he has any equal. Gen. Leo has three Rons in the rroy the one a -Jeneral under Gen. J.E.

B. Stuart, the second a Colonel, tho third (a lad of IS) who is a private attached to one of the batteries of Gen. Jckou's corps. In reference to the last. Gen.

Lee told me a btory which seemed to me, for the first and only time during many conversations, to hare elicited from the na rrator faint traces of emotion. Most ccr-tiinly it was difficult to listen to the story without one's self experiencing sutdi emotion. It appears that at tho most critical moiuvut of tho battle of Sharpsburg, when Gen. Lee was ordering up every man to meet the heary masses of Federal artillery pressing on the centre, he observed a single gun harnessed and ready for action, the sole survivor ok a battery which had been engaged earlier in the day, and hvl been roughly handled by the Federals. Gen.

Loe immediately ordered the gun to the front. As it passed to the front, coming close to the spot where Gen. Lee was standing, he recognize! in the postillion mounted on the leading hordes his young son. The boy turned and smiled brightly, on his father exclaiming, "So I see that you are sending us in again." It is a pleasure to add Orat, although slightly wounded, the boy lived to come safely, out of the terrible engagement At a distance of seven miles from General Lee's headquarters, near the little village of Bunker Hill, were the headquirtcrs of the hero of heroes of this struggle, General Stonewall Jackson. We had been taught to expect a morose, reserved, distant reception we found the most genial, courteous and forthcoming of companions.

A bright, piercing blue eye, a slightly aquiline nose, a thin, tall, sinewy, frame, "made all over of pin wire," a great disregard of dress and appoirance these are the characteristics of Gen. Jackson's exterior. There is also about him a very direct and hone- look. The disappointing circumstance, is, thai his voice, whjch is rapid in its utterance, is weak and unimpressive. Passionately attached to the Valley of Virginia, which has for so long been the principal scene of his achievements, idolized by the inhabitants of Winchester and of the Valley, General Jackson has acquired such a fame in that entire neighborhood that it is sad to think whit would happen if the one life round which Buch prestige clings should yield to astray bullet or to the chance of dUease.

Sinewy and wiry as ihe General seems, it impossihjp not to fancy that he is wearing himself terribly hj his restless, sleep activity, by his midnigbf marches, and by the asceticism of his life. The respect and consciousness of presence, and what that presence means, exhibited by his staff, impressed me very strongly, and seemed, to. exceed the respect exhibited towards Gen. Lee. He spok a few hearty words of admiration of Gen.

Lee, saying that he never should wish to serVe under an abler commander. But Jus heartiest and most enthusiastic utterances were in ad ration of the Cathedral edifices of England, and uuiauijr 4 urn -uuubier. uen wun great animation upon the ribratioa of the. air produced by the deep notes of the organ in York Minister, and which he had never heard equaled ejewhere. It is rare to tjnd in a Presbyterian such appreciation and admiration of Cathedral magnificence.

It remains for me to say a few words respecting one other of the most valuable officers of tho Con -v. fedcracy a.n eminently combative man General His frame is stout and heavy, his countenance florid and 'cherry, and eminently English in appearance. In every position which he has occupied first, as coratuan Jing a brigade secondly, as commanding a division thirdly, a torpid? armie he has grown in the affections of his men, and in the confidence of bis commanding officers. As brave and jmpsrturbablo under fire as in his tent, remarkable for LU proriptitudo in thinking correctly when in the grcatnt danger, his ralua to the Confederacy can Rare ly be overestimated; A re-view of some 10,000 of nis men took place when we were at Winchester. Among this body there were no shoeless or barefooted sufferers a finer or more.

Fpirited body of men bare never been assembled together on the North Ami r. can continent In conclusion, I safely say that, although I sw much suffering, great v. ant of shoes, frequently very inadequate clothing, nnong the men of army, I was astonished to observe how confident was tho spirit pervading the entire No such armv has evec yet been assembled to fight for the Any battle into which these men enter is half won when tho first shot is fired. Again and again they bave joined issue under most unfavorable circumstances with their opponents, and have gained victories. It is not likely that the tide wiH be turned now that the Fedjerals are every day fighting with less and.

less 'appetite, and now that the experience of 18 months of war has given such confidence to the Con fedora tea in themselves and in their commanding officers, that the day of battle is surely and triumphantly; on aA necessarily thf day of victory. FROM FREDtRtCKSBUBV Two trains, bearfig sev hundred woav, two hundred sick soldiers, reached thi aty X.er. day morning from Guinea's Station on the A. From wounded officers who catW. a this train we have soiiio' interesting but of the recent sanguinary battles.

On, Thursday Hooker's right wing bad reached a point rear Spotsylvania Court House, his left resting on the Raoidan at Ely's Foal and his ceiftre on Chan- celloraville. ten mthf est of redencksburg. The hostiloJinjrt tmo close cL-irTiiKheywlr freauenr. On Friday eve ning, about six o'clock, General Jackson attacked the enemy's right flank, and the first general battle naAI General Rhodes, commanding D. U.

HiU'a Old division, being on our extreme left, began the fight- The enemy bad, during Thursday night, thrown up formidable breast works to resist an at- i tack from tho direction of Fredericksburg, but our forces advancing- from -a nearly opposite direction, they were, of course, The enemy find- ing himself deserted his works without resistance and fled towards Chancellorsville. Night coming on the pursuit was discontinued. During-Saturday Jackson to press the enemy's riohL nrhiUt General Lee assailed him in front On Sunday morning, shortly after midnight, the hostile armies occupying lines parallel wiw me pi leading from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House, the eoemy advanced and. delivered battle At this critical juncture Gen. Jackson received his wound in the manner detailed by us yesterday.

After one of the most desperate and bloody battles of the war, which lasted until ten o'clock on Sunday morning, Hooker was beaten at all points, and fell back towards the Rapidan at its confluence avilh the. Rappahannock, some sixteen miles above Fredericksburg. TbU was the battle of Chancellorsville. Whilst it was raging, Sedgwick, with an overwhelming force, advanced troiu the Rappahannock below rVedericksbnrg, upon General Early, who, with one division, held the heights of Fredericksburg. After a short but desperate reaiatapce, Early was compelled to retire towards Chancellorsville, and Sedgwick took poesessiou of ine long coveted heights.

In this fight the enemy captured a number of prisoners and five guns of the Washington Artillery battalion. It is said, that two entire companies of the Washington Artillery were taken, but we 'think the report doubtful. When a reverse overtakes us a scape goat is never wanting. In this case it is said we could have held our position but for the pusillanimous conduct of some infantry reg-. iments.

We, however, believe our defeat at this point to have been solely due to the immense odds brought against us. The enemy's triumph was destined to be shortlived. General McLaws being sent to Gen. Early's assistance, in less than two hours dislodged Sedgwick and drove bun into the Valley of the Rappahannock, recapturing, it is believed, the guns just before lost Whether Sedgwick retreated to the town or to some point below, we have been unable to learn. But in either event.

General Lee, having punished Hooker sufficiently to keep him quiet for the balance of the day, turned bis troops towards Fredericksburg, determined to drive Sedgwick beyond the river and get rid of him. This he did. but as we learn, after the dearest bought victory of the day. If our loss in this battle be as great as reported, our columns must have been subjected to the fire of the enemy's artillery, planted on the Stafford hills. Of the operations since Sunday, we have nothing but the vaguest and most unsatisfactory rumor In the series of battles, we have mentioned that our army captured thirty cannon and some ten thousand prisoners eight thousand of which are said to have arrived at Guinea's station.

Official information from Fredericksburg was yesterday received, to the following effect: Hooker left two corps (Tarmee, under Sedgwick, on the Rappahannock, below Fredericksburg. With the main body of bis forces be crossed the Rappahannock and Rapidan. Sedgwick's instructions were to cross the river and attack Gen. Lee's rear as soon as Hooker should engage them in front Sedgwick, for some reason unknown, delayed his crossing beyond the appointed time and did not get over until Hooker was beaten, but yet in time to prevent General Lee from pushing bis victory. Hooker is at United States FortLJourteen miles above Freder icksburg and six or seven below the conflucnee'of the Rappahahannock and the Rapidan, holding a strong position, and strongly entrenched, receiving heavy reinforcements.

Richmond Examiner. What Troop the Veakee States have sent lata the Field. The United States "National Almanac," for 18G3, published in Philadelphia, furnishes some interesting statistics concerning the strength of the enemy. The following table shows the number of troops furnished to the Yankee army from the commencement of Ihe war up to- the first of January, 1863: rvew York Number sent to the field to January, 1803, Pennsylvania, Ohio, (besides over iu the service of other Slates,) Illinois To December 31, 18C2, Indiana To January 1, 1863, Massachusetts To Dec. 1st 1862.

(-iut one to every 13 of her population,) Iowa To December 1, 1862, (m oi than) Michigan December 1, 1802, Wisconsin December, 1862, aside from three months' regiments, Maine, Connecticut To Nov. 10, 1862, New Jersey, Vermont, (nearly one in every 13 of ber entire population,) New Hampshire, up to Nov. 1, 1362, Rhode Island, (one in 6 23 100 of her white male population) Kansas, Minnesota, California, (five full regiments of infantry and two of cavau-y)ay Oregon, no report Maryland, (estimated) Delaware, (estimated) Kentucky, Nov. 1, 1 862, about Missouri, Virginia, Nor. 1, 1862, about 222.S30 200,000 m.o.io i0 C0.OO0 48,000 42,000 30,000 19.000 18,201 14,000 11,887 7,000 65,000 88,000 20,000 Total, 1,356.301 This large number, it will be observed, is besides the three months' regiments" in Wisconsin.

This is not the whole of the host whieh has been sent against us. The following shows the naval force with which the Yankees have AAsaiied us, and gives the strength of the United States navy: Steamer. Screw Steamers, 118 Side-wheel stearoefs, gunboats, transports, Ac, 151 Iron-dad steamers 54 Total, 323 12 20 72 VeueU. Ships-of-the line and frigates, Sloops-ef-war and brigs, Ships, brigs, "barks aud schooners, Total, 104 Total of steamers and sailing vessels, 427 The fleet in commission exceeds that of England by Jity ressels. Over 40,000 men are serving on these ressels.

PUBLIC MEETING IN SURRY. A portion of the magistrates and citizeqs of the county of Surry having assembled at the Court House nn the 27th instant for taxation purposes, aud having finished their assessment, another meeting was organized by appointing Maj. E. Reeves Chairman, and Dr. M.

Y. IWger Secretary: The explained the object of the meeting, and Col. M-. Waugh offered the following resolutions whioli were unanimously adopted Resolved, That although provisions of every kind are remarkably scarce in this county, yet we ap-prere of the plan recommended by the Secretary of War for procuring subsistence for our gallant army in the field, and to this end, the Chairman appointed a committee of three persons from each Captain's District in the county to carry o.ut the plan recommended by the Secretary of War, whose duty it shall be to ascertain and report the amount of subsistence to be had in their several districts, with the names of those furnishing, price. fcc, and also to report the names of all selfish and illiberal persons who shall refuse to elL in order that steps may be taken to Impress xhe ssjb, tod that the nma of all ucbmaYbe published' to tho wrFd'as enemies of with' the resolution the Chairman' appointed the folio wing persons as cmnni 1.

Col Waugh, R. A McGttfBn, L. S. Snow, a VI Klinnen. W.

M. Hdll 1 VtL Thompson, Thompson, H. a-J. Greenwood, Win. J.

Cox, Spradley. S. Gilmer, E. Banner, ooaer. uop.

O. O. Coekerhain, W. folding. Lewis a II.

a D. Eldredge. 0. WnvS. P.

Gadget 10. 11. J. Lews, MarU pjynet jo. Y.

Folger, M. vyork, Lee Barroughs. J. lL Cloud, R. E7eeX M.

G. llarber. Lacy Snow, a Jones, phjiupB. W. Wolff, A.

Mario sfButner. J. Denny, S. H. Taylor, L.AII.

12. 13. 14. 15. 16 Green, a HilL Job xorth." 17.

Bird Lowe, M. W. btricklin, n.jniit0D. 18. J.

Gray. A. G. Lewis, James Deavtraeo. On motion of fcL O.

Hampton, the Uoceedincs were ordered to he nublished in the WiBoori Sen tinel with a request that the N. C. aDd Slate Journal coot. On motion the meeting adjouqicd to meet a gait, in Tuesday of our next County Court M. Y.

Folger, Sec'y. INFORMATION WANTED. DAUGHTER 'AGED ABOUT 15 TEARS. wandered from mr b-itue. naUea went of Greena- huronirh.

on feather Sundar. and 1 bare not as Tet. alter the most diligent inquiry, been able lo ascertain anything of her wborotbouta. Her name ia MARY ELIZA, with light hair, blue eye, fair complexion, aud a notable tooth on each aide of her mouth, in upper jaw. When ahe left aha wore ligbt-Wored rvbe, a bkxmer bat, aod black, close bod ed aack.

I suspect that aba has bto induced to leave her home by evil-disposed persons, who.contem-plate her ruin. Any iuformatMtn concerning ber will be thankfully received aor person aeeing tbe girl, will greatly savor ber dmtreaaed pateuta by seeding ber borne. Mr address is Ureeasboraugu, M. C. JOHN H.

IDDIXGS. April S3, 18R3. tf. UNIVEKSITY- THE EXAMINATION OF THE STUDENTS of the University of North-Caruiinau will begin on Monday the Sot ft instant, aod couuoue until, the day uf Ihe College Commencement, Thursday tbe 4th of June. The Committee of Visitation for tbe veer I8tj3, consist of: Wis Excellency, TAXCE.

Governor tbe State and mc nficit President of tbe BWd of Trustees. Hon. DAVID I SWALV, L. rresiilent uf tbe College. Thomas R.

Ashe, William W. Arerr, Daniel M. Barringer. Kemp P. Bstlle, William A.

Blount, Thomas F. Davidson, William Eaton. Durges Gaiihpr, Jamea F. E. Willism W.

UoIdfO. William Lander, Uat. Moore, Kuftis L. Patterson, IiaridS Keid, Francis Shober, Leunidas r. Siler, DeWitt C.

Stone, Joseph U. Taylor. Mason L. Nicholas L. Williams.

All other Trustee of the University who may attend, will be considered members of this committee. CHARLES HANLV, Sec'r. Mty 6, 18M. 37-t'd. A.

LAVE. CM. VARBISS. LACK FAPtillSS, MERCHANT TAILORS, (PBOCTOa's OLD STAKD,) Fayetterille Street, Italeub, X. C.

WE WOULD INFORM TUB PUBLIC THAT WE bare on fund and ara constantly receiving an assortment of CITIZENS" AND MILITARY CLOTHIXG. Tbe bnsine.a will be carried on under the direct supervision of Mr. M. FARRISS, and satisfaction guaranteed to our An experience hand will go tbe Camps to take measures fur uniforms when ordered. April 14, 18i)3.

81 tf. CAMP OK INSTRUCTION, N. Cams Holmes, April 30th, 1803. Special Order, I no. ACCORDANCE WITfl GENERAL ORDERS NO.

S3, Adjutant and Inspect-ir General'a Office, Richmond, the names of the following alares are published in order that their owners may come forward and claim their pnpvrtv, rix: A Cat, aged about 2 rears, black complexion, 5 feet 4 inches high, property of "George Young, Jones County, N. O. 8IM0V, aged about 12 years, black complexion, 4 feet inches high, property of Samuel Woodley, Washington County, N. LEVIN aged about SS ream, black eomplexinn. 5 feet inches high, property of Samuel Woodley, Washington County.

N. C. M1LLY. aged about 25 years, dark complexion, 6 feet 4 inches high, property of Dr. Edward Haughton, Washington County.

N. C. MARGARET, aged about 14 rears, black complexion, 5 feet iyi inches high, property of Samuel Woodley, Washington Count r. N. C.

Br vrder of Colonel Peru Mallstt, Commnnding Con scripts, X. C. J. N. PRIOR, Adjutant.

Hay 5, 33. 7 lm. IMPORTANT SALE. BT VIRTUE OF A DEED IX TRU-iT EXECUTED to me by M. IL Pernio, on the Sd day of April, 1841, for certain purposes tlierrin eontamed, I "shall expose to public Nile on the 21st day of May nest, at the residence of said Dusues, iu NaA County, EIGHT LIKELY NEGKOKS.

Consisting men. women and children; one Turpentine Distillery and fixtures; one pair ten or fifteen head of Catile; a lot of Hogs; one Buggy aud harness; one Two Horse Wagon and Ox-Carts; one set of Blacksmith's Tools, farming nteusils; Ac household and kitchen furniture. Tkums Si months credit, Jxinds bearing interest from day of sale. Approved security w.ll be required Those who prefer it cu fJ cash, if preferable to bonds. A.

J. TAYLOR, TruMee. Mayl, 18SS. 86-1dpd. ROOMS FOR RENT.

PERSONS WISHING TO RENT ROOMS IX A most desirable pari of the City, cin be aecommndat. on application to J. G. BROMKLL. Kt'eigh.

May 1, 1SS. 81-tf. t3J" Progress copy. BOARD I --UOARD I-BOAKO I HAVING RENTED THE RESIDENCE OF THE la'e John Uuichins, Eq I am prepared to accem-dale a boarders as imf.irtablv and on aa reasonable terms as tbe times will admit of. J.

0. BROM ELL. 8 Raleigh-. N. C.

May 1, 1363. trjjT" Progress copy. SDGARI -f IIHDS. GOOD BROWN SUGAR. m.J For sale by A.

A. WILLARD. Greensboro', N. April 7, 1888. SNUFF I 8NCITI LOR1LLARDM SNUFF IX BLADDERS.

"Rail Road" For sale bv A. A. -WILLARD. Greenbm'( if. CH March an, 1 W9.

27 DESIRABLE TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE HIS house and lot in Greensborangh, N. C. Tbe lot con-, tains two acre, well improved. The dwelling is a commodious, well built house, in good repair, with all necessary outbuildings.

For full particulars, apply to or address J. E. THOM, P. M. Greensboniugb, N.

C. Jan. 80. lo-tf. TWENrr DOLLARS REWARD.

STLEX FROM MY STABLE, OM TUB NIGHT. OF the iust a young horse, fire years old. nnder medium sua, rouo eolor, blase face, and two white feet. I will pay the ah-ive reward, to any one wh't will deliver op tba horse lo me, or give me such information of tbe horse as' will enub'e me ii get him. Mr address Sandy Creek.

Randolph county, X. C. M. L. FOX.

87 8tpd Vtea. Cf4 LBS. GOOD BLACK AND GREEN TEA. atPlP For sale by A. A.

WILLARD. tirceusb-iro', April 7, 1443. s-- 50 REWARD. RAyAWAV FROM THE SUBSCRIBER OX THE mb of October, a negro WES. Said buy is verv black, about 80 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high.

will par the above reward (or hi- apprehension so that I maV get him, or Tor his de iviry tn me at Oak Ridge, Guilford County, N. 0. THOMAS GRAHAM. Jan. S7.

IMS -if. FIFTY DOLLARS REWABD. RAXAWAY FROM THE- SUBSCRIBER OX SAT-URDAY, Sd May, two negro men, HENRY and PHARAOH. Henry is of yellow complexion', medium site, rather slow spoken, is about 85 years of age. Pharaoh) is black, good site, broad month, and stutters badly.

These negroes carried alt their clothes, and perhaps are trying to get to the Yankees. Henry wis hired from a near Washington, X. Pharaoh from a gen-tlemin in Naneemond county, Va. A reward of $23 for each negro will be given for their apprehension or delir-ety. Mr address ia Shallow Ford, Alamance conn tv.

tf. NEWAUCTION AKD COMMISSION Hrii 1 fcalERCH LlTCHFOHn WIS HAVE lHI UAI FOKMhD A (, nentuip in the gentra! Auction au rjT, liuitieesa, via: Ibe sale of ski, Goods. Wares and Merchnadite. RoRi aoeal Property, 8ad Per. Boift of ua bar hit been for aeren teen tiim.

hi the meirhaadw and auction business. n.nki if Ik. i.T7 make llieir wifiKinmeiiU to ua for either lirivat. aioo auction aa es. We refer lo ibejeutire business commoDitr -Baleigb.

N. April 21. 1863. 10O KEWARI). RASAWAY 1KO.M T1IE KEIGHBORnonn Henderson, V.

in the mouth of Julr i. boy SOLOMON, 80 year of age, i ktti or 3 incl! tn quiteHlack, small head and face, prominent evU.i'j of tpeecli. Ue ia aupposed to have passed free txty and goneuS aervant for ome ao'die, probably in camp. Said boy belongs to the cst.ii T- hKinner, auMaaed, and the aubscritw 7 above named reward for his apprehension aadd Wl for h'u conhncment injail so i bat she can am ELIZA K. SKIN ii Oxford Anril 17 mita "ntri -a PLOW CAST-INKS.

SOLDIERS' FAMILIES WHO NEED Tnru be furniAed with PLOW price, by calling at our Fouodrv (Burns' old' uj 414 SrfAY wit 1 Baleigh, X. April 4 iV ajiaus A CO $100 REWARD. ESCAPED FROM ASHBOROUOH JAII n. lltb ofMarch.mv negro boy WILLIAM a 7HE formerly belonged to the estate ol wido Hardr nf 7 County, N. and is about Klttnlr u.1 I i.

beirht. heaid from was making his way towards Favett. at whieh place he had been hired fi.r I will pay the above reward for the boy in any jail where I can get him. 1 DAVID Rtrtttiu Graham's Forge. Wythe Co, Va.

5 Stpd. April 88, 18C3. KITTRELL'S SPRINGS OX THE FIHST DAY OF JUNE THIS Pnnm place of SUMMER RESORT will fcoLTfH reception cfviaikirg. r-wiwit. Owing to tbe very great scareitv of ktnds.

we can only accommodate a liiwted in 1 boarders. We will nse erery effort to ojmfortabie, and promise to spare no pains or supplying our table w.lh the best the market eta JS Our rates or board shall be advertised in due WACKSALi.47;0i P. S. A ffood Rnnptn r. -1'roPr'Ra one whi) has bad experience in a-rrahlit- tent to fill the place, The best of retre.icerJilH? a will be quired.

one others need apply. Write aud SUt- how lone-and wrur. ,1 ia di the pr.ee you require, and the reference you wn April 21, 18C3. CO. 83 1 STOP THE RUNAWAY REWARlT RAXAWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, MOXDtT n.ght the 27th April last; HENRY, aiotato aged about 18 years, and weighing 140 or I5'i pouadi ill wore a low crowned white hat, and a thick out side m-Jl shirt.

He is nd.nga large line biy horse, IB lands abont years u.d, lakn fn.m my stable; and eriJen making liiswT bJck to Richmond, Va, where the a eenber bought him last November OrheraJVstwt to pass to the Yankee lines beyond Richmond "Here' sents himse'f as a serrant, and says he is tubus the h'r to his master in Ihe camp. He rode on a wiruo sadd'c with a blind bridle, baring a large dragoon bit. He pjj, ed tbrongh Salisbury, and will probably pass throng Greensbomuifh. Danville, or Raleigh. 1 will pn, reward of for the recovery of the horse, and the rec ivery of the y.

W. W. L0XG HuotMville, Yadkin Co X. Mny 5, 1S60. Zl'-tf.

Richmond firamioer and Peaersbur" Kjrpress ccjt daily three Jimes and forward bills to W. W. Lony. VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. TH UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALB TBI following property situated in tbe town of TaTte ville.

C. Ue lot containing itwo acres on which ikew is a large dwelling not yet completed rooms fat building are elegnntly finished the other portion all dergnod nnif and requires but little more work toe plete it the lot is well enclosed, with good well and bonnes thereon. Terms to suit the purchaser. AppW to Col. M.

TEiGCl at Tavlorsville, or Capt. J. H. FUOTE, at Raleigh MayR, 1SU3. jtr LOGAN'S CANCER OINTMENT.

A Positive Core for Ulcerated Ca'acer, Scirr1001 Tumor, Scrofula, Fistula, Piles end all Ha. lisnant Ulcers. THIS IS A BOLD DECLARATION, BIT I All PRE-pared to demonstrate the same. 1 hare nude the treatment of Cancer and kindred diseeses a specialty 3 years, and bare consequently acquired wore practlai knowledge of he nature and treatment uf the disease thai is possible by those engaged in a general practice. Mr very liberal terms of treatment will, I trust induce ibe afilicied to make early application, thus insuring a spedj cure, and avoid the paiu and anxiety attending the pi gress of this terrib'e malady.

Tsaus or Triatmknt. I will visit and treat pal ienls it their residences, making no charge until a cure beeffecttd, or I will forward my Ointment with directions mail on the receipt of ii). Reference to persons cured in this County within tbe past three months will be given on application bj lettci. Letters of enquiry will be answered prorided tbtye tain a postage amnio. Address me at Asbeviile, Nurth-Camlini, until 1st it July.

C. LOGAN, U. D. April 2 1S63. 35 wiswrftpd.

(250 REGARD. LOST, OX THE NIGHT OF THE 33D OF MAECH last, at tbe Depot, Kaleigh, a memorandum book, containing the fallowing papers, asfiru recollected A certificate from th Treasurer, So. liU. is.ned 11th September. lv2, to Samuel J.

I.ihjo, eight per ceut. bond some $-V0 in S.ate Treue? noles, fundable in six and eight percent bund; tvomi hundred dollar, three hit, and sooie twenty dollar Cot-federate bills und between forty and Sixty dollars in Stall bank bills. My name, Capt. John. Murray, Co- ISta volnnteers, was also in the book also, a pper is the book relieviug me of mv cimoiaod in said regin.Tnt.

I hereby warn all persons from trading tor the tbon certificate, as 1 bare applied for a duplicate of tbe stai Any information concerning this loss may be left the Editor of ihe Standi rU; and a reward of tlnti wiHi paid for the recovery of tbe memorandum book, papriw money. JOHN A J1UKKAY, Big Falls, May 5, 1SC3. 87 wAstrin. PILES, FISTULA, TUMORS, Ulcerations of the Womb, Spermatorrhea, p.iilitic Affections, Ac. DR.

J. A. CLOPTON, OF HUXTSVILLE, Alf will be in Raleigh tbe first of July, where he consulted for a few days. He operates with perfect succta for Piles, and guarantees a perfect cure in every coa" Piles, where the Tumors come down when at stool, operated with perf-ct success a few days ago, in 41 years stuudiug, bis tumors comipg down as a larH' large tea cup at every stool. Those who doubt dress Mr.

II. H. Berry, Monticello, Florida. Dr. C.

operated tin some desperate cases in Salisbury year, une of them is known to every citiien Ladies of the Oity and vicinity will be risitrd 'i homes. He will be in JSaliabury the first of June, Oreetr borHgh the 15th of June. March 2'i, 1S63. ii-wksta CITY BATT.I LilOX. LAST CHANCE FOR CONSCRIPTS.

HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED TO RAISE A COS-pany to be attached to Major Elliott's CitJ BaM'0 (25th Va.) I invite the atterfuon of all persons conscription before- being enrolled,) and others to Richmond. -This Battalion is peTuianenily eu iu uoi racas at menmouu. e-'HJ oouuij i vlr( ing given. Quarters and rations furnished fri'in 11 enlistment sgii transportation. Addrew WM.

H. ALLISON', CapU and Recruiting llicer, City Battalion, Kichinuno. Jf April 7. 1888. i-kVW ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD' RUXAWAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER dav the 8Ath hf January last, my eegro boy a- ANTHONY.

He is of a whitish yellow compleiwM feet 6 or 7 inches high, 18 or 20 years old, and to weight abont pounds. He has a heavy bead and Ullcs short when questioned, and hs No doubt be is trying to pans for a free boy. I will give tbe above reward for bim delivered to" Proipccl Hill, Caawell County, or confined in tUVMl UlV. March 97 I KRt 300,000 ACRES OF LAND AirrTinw. THE FLORIDA, ATLANTIC AND GULP Railroad ComnanT has 200.000 acres of Our store la large and frontinv etteufle and Harnett gtreeU, in tbe centre uf tif.

i CI of llie City, and uuiveraally conceded to K. itinn in tbe place fur our buaiuesa. tD tyt FOR SALE 1 was ai -praised in i59, and eonveyed to two secure the payment of Free Land Bonds issue' Company; which I shall offer for sale at Wednesday the 13th of May, 1SSS These lands are valuable for purposes 2Biuf. (many ot them,) others for timber, turpentine situated in the most healthful portion of weo offer great indncements to persons disp" money ia taoda. -Private will be nREt.