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The Legislature. We publish to day the proceedings of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The commission authored by the two. Houses to wait on President Davis, and request him to send troops to defend the Eastern part of the State, consists of Messrs. Brown and Arendell on the part of the Senate, and Messrs.

VTaddell and Person on the part of the House. On Tuesday, Col J. P. H. Russ, of Wake County, was elected Secretary of State- On Wednesday the Hon.

Robert B. Gilliam, of Granville, wa elected a Judge of the Superior Courts, and Ralph Buxton, Solicitor for the 5ih Judicial Circuit On Thursday, C. C. Ctarti, of Craven, was rlrcled Solicitor for the 2d Judicial District and Hon. William A.

Graham was elected Oonfed- c. Cuntw hv the following vote Gra- irate i 101, George Davis 45, scattering 2 These are excellent selections. The News. The papers and the telegraph are entirely silent in regard to news from any quarter. Since the arrangement between the authorities of Fredericksburg and Burnsile, that the town would not be every thing has been quiet, and it is apprehended that Burnsi.le is evacuating the position.

The impression appears to prevail that an attempt will be made to more upon Richmond from the south side of Jitnes River. There is no news from the west or south. Gov. Vance's Proclamation. We refer the reader to an important proclamation of Gov.

Vance, in to-day's paper. The crowded state of our columns, with the Leg islative news, excludes much other matter. We are glad to learn that most of the political prisoners at Salisbury, have been released by the Confederate authorities. From the East. With the exception of an occasional skirmish and the shelling of a gun boat now and then, matters remain quiet below, since the raid upon Hamilton.

The impression, however, prevails that the enemy is concentrating forces at Newbern for an advance. We hope our torces will be ready for them. Wilmington. We are glad to learn from the C1U.VC nf Wilmington, who fled from the awful scourge which has severely afflicted that place, are returning. Provisions are selling very high, and the extortioners arc about to use the scourge No.

2, upon that devoted city. The thirst for gain has so absorbed most classes, that nothing short of the last pound of flesh will satisfy them. The salt-makers about Wilmington, verr early set the example While the salt makers extort upon the people, others claim the privilege of retaliation and thus we go. Th" printers of the State are ow about the onr class free from extortion. Tabroro' Soutufrxeu.

L. D. Pender, has assumed the editorial management of this paper. The editor, says the Southerner will be independ ent in politics we intend to support the State and national governments in'all proper and necessary measures," in prosecuting the war to a successful conclusion. We weleome the editor to his new field of labor, and wish him a smoother sea than falls generally to the lot of the profession.

Death ol Jones Gaston. We record with much regret the death of Hugh Jones Gastcn, Adjutant of the 48th regiment N. C. Troops. He was wounded in the battle of Sharps-burg, in his shoulder and face, and died at a farm house near that place about the second week in October last Adjutant Gaston was the youngest son of Alexander Gaston, who was the only son of the Hon.

William Gaston. His only brother, William Gaston, was killed by the Indians, near Fort Walla Walla, some four or 6ve years since, in his first engagement and Hugh received his death wound in his first engagement at Sharpsburg. Hugh Jones Gaston was the last male of the name. His great grandfather, the father of the Hon. William Gaston, fell in the revolutionary war, having bpen "inhumanly murdered by the Tories," in the words of Mr.

Macon, and baptizing, as it were, his son in his blood as he fell AdjuUnt Gaston was physically exempt from military duty, but at the beginning of hostilities he volunteered as a private in an artillery company at Memphis, and remained there until his native State was threatened, when he returned and offered his services to her. He was a young gentleman of fine education, modest, intelligent, and brave. His death adds another to the long catalogue of our bravest and best young men, who have been cut off by thisjsaj, Lieut. Siler. We were pained a few days since to learn that Lieut.

Jesse W. Siler, of Company 1st N. C. Cavalry, was killed in a skirmish with the enemy on the 7th Inst He was gallantly leading a squad of his men on a position of the enemy, when he was shot and instantly killed. Lieut S.

was a truly brave soldier and a gallant officer. We had the pleasure of making his acquaintance when he first entered the service, and can truly say that a nobler and more gallant young man has not fallen in defense of the cause of humanity and'liberty. The county of Macon has lost one of it most promising young men but the blood of our martyrs is the seed of future liberty. The Enemy at Suffolk. The Petersburg Erpress states upon the authority of persons from the neighborhood of Suffolk, that the enemy is being strongly reinforced at that place.

The number is estimated at 30,000 and upwards. Halso says that the Yankees do not conceal-their purpose of attacking Weldon in order to cut off Rnjhroqnd. It is probable that this movement will be made, but we incline to the opinion that most of the force-at Suffolk and Newbern are new levies, judging from their readiness to retreat when met by our forces. aa- J.lt!. Tba Yu)ivK Paclifair and I lUJtlipH'FU P.

the Richmond Eaanirer. The last Register is greatly exercised at the course the Conservatives are pursuing in the Legislature, and, taking its text from the Richmond En-. quirer, it discourses at length on what it is pleased to call proscription." Our reply to all this shall be brief and to the point The people of this Sute, prior to the proclamation of Lincoln, were divided into two parties one pre ferring to break up the c'd governmint, and the other preferring to maintain that government as long as it was possible to do so consistently with honor. The Conservatives, or those who desired to maintain the government were largely in the ma jority. The vote of too State was about and of this they had a majority of at least 80,000.

But the proclamation came, and at once, to all appearances, party divisions ceased. The Conservatives rallied to the defence of Southern rights, and sent more men to the Geld than the Destructives did. They honestly felt and thought thafc party should be silenced during the war, and they gave to their opponents, who then had control of the State government, a most generous and hearty support They could not think it possible, whatever might have been the course of parties in this respect in the past that men would be punished in the midst of war for their previous opinions, and proscribed from office on account of those opiniogs. But they were mistaken. To their surprise and mortification, all the offices under both the State and Confederate governments of any importance, or that gave tone to government and public opinion, were monopolized by the Destructives, and they were thrust out or kept out They at first complained of this, but they still fought and paid on.

At length they were told plainly that for the most part they were suspected persons i.incolnites in disguise unfit to lead or to have a tne revolution; aim that, in fact those who made rcvoiution were alone entitled to conduct it" When complained of ana uenouncea suca conduct, ttiey next tod that they should not only not hold jjley would be "marked" in historj-, and their nesde-livercd to posterity as enemies to their native id. When they questioned the wisdom or the policy either of the governments, or insisted that Constitutions should be respected, and the military power made subordinate to the civil, they were threatened with test oaths and gag laws aye, with test oaths, under which they might have been banished from the State, and their property sold to defray the expenses of their banishment Still the' fought on and paid on. But from the very commencement of this treatment and during its progre, they warned the Destructives that if they did not cease it, and consider and treat them as fellow-citizens and brethren embarked in a common cause, they would appeal to the people against them. These warnings had no effect except to exasperate the Destructives still more and the appeal inns made. The result was a majority of for Governor, and a Conservative Legislature by at least 30 majority on joint ballot The people, at the last moment, after their patience had been thoroughly exhausted, made the order at the ballot-box that the Destructives should go out of pewer, and the Conservatives go in.

That order the General Assembly of this State is now executing, and we trust it will continue to do so until the last Destructive is deprived of office, or at least until the government at Richmond ceases to set us tho-cxam-plc of proscription and party tyranny. The above are facte, whicH no intelligent and fair-minded person in this State can dispute. The Richmond' Enjuircr, itself the organ of an unmitigated tyranny, is nonqualified to sit in judgment this cue. Mr. Davis has appointed some ur or five foreign Ministers.

Every one of jfiem is a rabid original secessionist He has appointed ten Cabinet officers. Every ono of them is an original secessionist He has appointed a number of officers of various kinds in this State. Every one of them, so far as we know, is an original secessionist No citizen of the Confederate States who was for the Union up to the proclamation of Lincoln, holds any office under Mr. Davis which gives tone to politics or character to the administration of public affairs. His administration is emphatically partizan in its character.

It is as much so as Lincoln's. As a general rule, the black Republicans hold the offices and control the government in one section and as a general rale, the original secessionists lld the offices and control the government in the other section, while the national men, who were opposed to the destruction of the old government are fighting the battles on foot. This is the truth of history. Wc know the fact and we give it only by way of illustration that while the battle was raging around Richmond, and at the very moment when the cannon of the enemy was sounding in the ears of Mr. Davis and his subordinates, that one of these subordinates was engaged in the effort to prove that the occupant of a petty office in this Sute had used language disrespectful to Mr.

i vis and his government at Montgomery, at a time when that government was a foreign one so far as North Carolina was concerned; and if the proof had bedn clear, the office holder would have been proscribed for opinion's sake, for word spoken before North Carolina became a member of tho new government The Enquirer supports an administration thus pro-scriptive and thus partizan, and apologizes for it on all occasions but when we demand simple justice for the Conservatives of this State, and advise retal-liatiou strictly in self defence, it considers our course "very remarkable," and very much to be deplored. Let Mr. Davis change his policy in this respect, and our word for it the Conservatives of this State will meet him half way. Let him at once divide his Cabinet and foreign Ministers between the Conservatives and the original secessionists, and let him cease, and let him instruct his subordinates to cease to ask the question of an applicant for office if he was an original secessionist or a Union man up to Lincoln's proclamation. Such a course would not only go very far to repress party feeling among us, but it would impart new life to the Confederate cause.

But as long as he sets us the example of proscription, by refusing his confidence and a portion of the offices and honors of the country to those who are called Conservatives, and who have suffered and done as much in the common cause as be and his friends, he must expect retaliation in self-defence, if not decided opposition. The Register says Col- Russ is wholly unqualified for the office of Secretary of State. If our cotemporary had told a moderate fib, he might have been believed by a few of the uninformed, while others might have given him credit for sincerity, at least in fibbing; but the above statement is aliUe untrue and ridiculous. We undertake to say tha-Col. Russ is much better qualified to perform the duties of the office than the present incumbent was, when ho entered the office as an assistant, in 1830 and, we go further tnd say, that as soon as he gets the bang of tho he will make as good an officer as Mr.

Page is now and that is saying a great deaL CoL Russ is highly intelligent-apt and quick in businessindustrious accustomed to labor, and possessed of good judgment We feel suje that he wfli not only mate a popular, but a faithful and able Secretary. So far as Mr. Worth, who is named for Treasurer, is concerned, wo can say with truth that those who know him beak regard him as eminently qualified for the place. Mr. Courts is not the only man in North-Carolina who is fit to be Treasurer.

There are hundreds of others as well qualified, and some of them better qualified for the place than he is. We have no fears that our finances will be lbun2 eled" or ruistnanaiced by Mr. Worth. On the co trary, we believe that he will infuse new lifa energy into the office, and that he will condu in all respects in suoh a way as to promote public interests. The allusion by the Regis the disaffection" in Randolph County, whichl Mr.

Worth in part represents in the Commons, is ly worthy of notice. Jonathan Worth and great mass of the people of that County, are as to the State, and as true to the South as the Reg ter is. Hundreds of the citizens of that Count are now in arms in Virginia, and many of them have sealed their devotion to the South with their lives. But this is one of the Counties, and these are the people whom the Register wished to punish with test oaths and gag laws. Mr.

Courts and Mr. Pago are both identified with the Destructive parly, and they have either actively or passively co-operated with those in the Capitol who have so ruthlessly and unjustly proscribed the Conservatives or old Union men. They have no right to complain, now that the chalice is held to their own hps. Those who will take their places are attached and devoted friends of Gov. Vance, and they will do all they can to tustain his administration.

For the Standard. Mr. Editor: As my report of the operations of the Common School System for the year end'ng in 18(12, has been delayed by causes which all will understand, and as it is important for the public to know at this time, the condition of the system, I send you for publication some general statistics sufficient for this purpose. The state of things during tho past year has been more discouraging to the schools than at any lime since their adoption and it is to be hoped, and we hare reason to expect that they will never again encounter such serious difficulties. It was thought by many that tho war suddenly rorJ on us by a cruel enemy would be of brief on this account and as our people were unused usuch revolutions, it was supposed by some that most the agencies of society and many industrial enterrrjSes, could be suspended until our troubles were served.

As it is knurn, a dividend and a half of the proceeds of the fund had to be temporarily withheld from the conties and this, and the general confusion and exct.Cmen: incident to the first stages of the war of independence, caused much uncertainty and apprehension in the public mind, as to the continuance of the schools. A large number of male teachers were among the first to volunteer in the army of the Confederacy, and their places could not be immediately supplied by females and by males not liable to military duty and, in addition to all this, it was feared by many that the schools could not be supplied wirti tba necessary' books. Notwithstanding these serious enibarrassinenU, the Common School System has been kwt in work ing order, false ideas, imbibed in the first confusion of things, have given place to more correct opinions netr teachers are taking the places of those serving in the army all the book suiled to our want are noie in course oj p-tblieation in our ocn State, and the public mind, becoming accustomed to tho new state of things, and more justly comprehending the true wants of the country, is taking a more decided, hopeful and artMe interest in a system which it regards as essential to our independence and freedom. During the past year there were taught in counties not overrun by the public enemy, over fifteen hundred schools more than twelve hundred teachers regularly examined and licensed, and some sixty thousand children school. Owing to the smallness of the Fund on hand, the average length of the schools was shorter than usual, and this fact alone will account for the non-attendance of a larger number of pupils.

Many parents do not care to send to a short school, when there is hope of a longer one; and it is reasonable to infer, and information in my possession confirms me in the impression that if no unlooked for accident occurs, at least eighty thousand children will attend school during the present year. As it is, and during the worst year of the war, we had more than twice as many pupils at the Common Schools ki attended all our English schools before the public system was establi-hed, and in times of great prosperity and this one fact is a sufficient commentary on the character of the system. This is not the place to go into details as to the manner in which the difficulties of the past year have been overcome but it is proper to give a very short and general sketch of our progress in regard to books. Soon after the war commenced, a large and important meeting of teachers, from all classes of our schools, was convened at my instance, to take into consideration the wants of the country in regard to Text Books, and, if possible, to devise a remedy and then, and since, the whole subject was discussed and the difficulties in our way brought distinctly before us. As it often happens, the greatest impediment was in the minds of many of those concerned, and in the management of this an inventory of our disabilities was made out and presented.

Some believed we did not have types enough to print half the books we needed, and no way to get or make them we were not making paper enough to publish such works, and. even the pasteboard to bind them was not to lie had in the Confederacy. Then it was asked, who was to write the books? and if written, who would assume the cost of publishing, when a speedy close of the war might open the country to an inundation of cheaper and better printed works? To which it was replied, that types could be found sufficient for our purposes that if we did not manufacture paper and pasteboard sufficient for our wants, we ought at once to begin the euterprize that we could write our own school books, and that if we ever expected to become independent 'n fact as well as theory, there was no better time to begin the work. But, it was argued, the schools may stop, and there might be no sale for books to whieh it was replied, that the friends of independence, trusting in God, and laboring in their proper places, must never contemplate contingencies equivalent to our destruction as a people. The latter views prevailed the books, of a superior order, are written and in the course of publication the paper and pasteboard are made at home, and the very difficulties once in our way, have only drawn out our energies, and as it was at first contended, thereby added to our means of self defence and development and increased our confidence in ourselves and in our resources.

Permit me to add a single It is good for us, at such a crisis, to have to engage in moral and industrial enterprises for, without recurring to the obvious and unanswerable arguments in favor of their importance now, as well as in the future, the efforts which we put forth in this direction are of infinite service in keeping up our mental energies. The continued and absorbing contemplation of a long war, tends to depress the mind of the country, whilo the occasional diversion of attention to the progress of society, and to the growth of our various industrial and moral interests, expands our views, gives new spring and elasticity to our thoughts, enables us the better to understand the vast interests at stake, and thereby to struggle with the more Unflagging vigor, while we are encouraged and animated with'a view of the immense and varied forces which are silently but powerfully aiding in the causa of independence. For instance, let any one wearied with watching the changing fortunes of arms, and in looking for foreign aid, Took to the springs of life at home, and behold two thousand loyal teachers, giving instruction to a hundred thousand children, all using books made at home, and breathing a spirit of ardent at. tachment to the Confederate cause, and he will and must feci that cren in a tingle State, the great causa "has allies as powerful as an army with banners, and is laying its foundations so broad and deep that the mere shook oi arms can never destroy or move it C. H.

WILEY. Supt Com. Schools, N. November 20, 1863. For the Standard.

SALT FOR CHATHAM Having been appointed Salt Ageut for Chatham county, i visited Saltville on tne zuw uit, ana tie- cared for the county her pnrt it being, according to estimate 5,778 bushels, provided our Superintendent N. W. Woodfin, makes his estimate of 800,000 bushels and I aw now receiving toe first lot of 144 saeks, which I will be ready to distribute as soon as the different agents of the sixteen districts of the county make their reports, which I hope tbey will do without further delay, as the people are anxious to get salt, atni I cannot divide it (as it will have to be scaled,) until 1 ascertain wnat is requires for the whole county. W. S.

GUNTER, Agent. Nov. 19th, 1864. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. yield a large portion of our limited space to Message of uov.

ance, and invite to it tho attention of our readers. It is a comprehensive review of the affairs of the State, and of the part North-Carolina must bear in the present struggle for independence. Governor Vance has done himself credit in this message, and shows a deep and praiseworthy oonccrn for the welfare of the State. Salisbury Watchman. Tub Govsknok's Message.

We printed this important document hastily in our Thursday's issue, and it appears of course in the Weekly Observer to-day. It has been or will be read, doubtless, by almost every citizen of the. State, and its views and recommendations, so far as we know, have met with the favor of all, with a solitary exception, as to the policy of which wc have heard a doubt expressed. We allude to the propriety of laying an embargo upon the productions and manufactures of the State, so often done by the late State administration and now recommended by the Governor If the only effect of thir would be to obstruct speculation in those articles, which is evidently Gov. Vance's intention, there would be no doubt of the advantage of resorting to such a measure.

But can an embargo be laid which will only affect speculators It may be, however, that this recommendation of Gov. Vance is made because other States have already adopted the embargo system. If so, it may be a necessary measure of protection, however injurious in some respects. But we hope betlcr things. Fayetteville Observer.

We publish to-day Gov. Vance's Message to the Legislature of this State. With one or two exceptions we are highly pleased with it It will be seen that the Governor makes some important ommendatinns. That portion of the Message in regard to the impropriety of the Act of the Legislature known as the Stay Law," expresses our sentiments precisely sentiments which we have time and again expressed in these columns, but not with as much force and clearness. We are also pleased with the Governor's remarks about having North-Carolinians to command North-Carolina Brigades, and with the recommendation to continue the prohibition on the of grain.

Charlotte Democrat. Pur the Standard. The late Capt. W. J.

Brown, of the 14th Reg intent N. C. Troops. Mil Editor That the name and character of our worthy dead may be preserved to surviving friends, and transmitted as an heritage to those who shall come after, please gi space in your paper for the following brief sketcii of the accomplished and lamented Capt. W.

Caleb Brows, of the 14th Regiment N. C. TroopSj. The subject of this sketch was born in Dayton, Ohio, March 1st, 1832, but at the age of ten years came with his father to North Carolina, of which State he remained a citizen up to the time of his death. In his earlier yenrs he received an extensive and substantial education, fully qualifying him for an honorable position in any business to which he might have directed his attention.

In ISol he went to California, but returned in 1S55, and in 1837 entered the law office of the Honorable, now Governor Z. B. Vance, in the town of Asbcville, Buncombe County, N. C. His industry and application to study were all that his friends could desire, and he soon became the much esteemed business partner and friend of Mr.

Vance. He continued the practice of law in connection with Mr. Vance until the 'breaking out of the war in 1861. As a lawyerand business man he was accurate, energetic, and persevering, while scrupulous honesty and sterling integrity were ex-cuiplilied in every transaction, and, as a consequence, the confidence and esteem of all were secured and strengthened by an intimate acquaintance. His political principles were strongly conservative, and he stern', resisted the fanaticism, North and South, which he believed would result 'n itl practical workings, in the disruption of the heaven born government of his fathers.

But Mr. Brown, like, perhaps, four-fifths of his fellow-citizens of the Slate, who, although utterly opposed to the doctrine of secession, after the proclamation of Lincoln, calling on North Carolina for troops to compel the cotton States to honor and obey the Constitution, while laws subversive of, and dishonoring that sacred compact stood in full force on the'statute books of several of the Northern States, refused to obey that proclamation, and, with his brother was one of the original number who composed The Rough and Ready Guards," tho second volunteer company organized in the County of Buncombe, of which Hon. B. Vance was chosen Captain. This company, with others, constituted what was at first the 4th, and afterward the 14th Regiment N.

C. Volunteers. Mr. Brown soon won the confidence and esteem of his Colonel, and held various positions of honor and responsibility in his regiment He acted as Aid to his Colonel in tho battle of Seven Pines was the regular Quartermaster of the Regiment and, at one time, of the brigade to which his regiment was attached and at the time of his demise, held the twofold office of Pay and Quartermaster of his regiment. In all these important positions he exhibited those traits of character, industry, accuracy, honesty, fidelity and punctuality essential to a business man while his gentlemanly manners ar.d deportment rendered him agreeable, and secured the esteem of all.

Capt Brown's moral character, so far as known by tho writer, was irreproachable above suspicion. As an illustration of the noble and generous impulses of his nature, and the susceptibility of his heart to the emotions and sentiments of a refined friendship, in reply to a letter of sympathy touching the death of his brother, Lieut Samuel Brown, who had died a few months before in the camp, in which he had been pointed to the Scriptural sources of consolation, he wrote, in May, to the author of this sketch, You have my most sincere thanks for your very kind sympathy as expressed in your letter. Such letters can never be received by a soldier, who has any feelirtg, without doing good, and making him feel that he has some friends still left behind worth lighting and struggling for, and must nerve him to renewed exertion the hour of trial." His health was much impaired by the climate of the Peninsula, exposure, and overwork the faithful discharge of the onerous duties of his offices, and worn down by work and disease, on the 23d of. June, hs retired to a private house in Richmond, hoping that quietude, rest na kind nursing, in the Providence of God, would soon restore his wasted energies. But his disease soon developed a case of typhoid fever, which baffled tho skill of physicians, and, notwithstanding the kindest nursing, terminated his mortal life.

Soon after his confinement, he expressed to Mrs. Taylor, his kind hostess, nurse, friend, and spiritual adviser, some anxiety about his Official Reports, and bis first care was to put every thing in exact order and when all was arranged to his satisfaction, he remarked "Now I can rcsr." From this time the interests of his soul were his all-absorbing concern. A few days after his sickness began, he said to Mrs. Taylor You have been very kind and done much for tne, bufrl want to ask you to do something more minister to the vantsof my mml. I feel very anxions and troubled about it" His nurse says, "during his illness he thought of his past life, of his mother's prayers, and the holy influence of home, all of which he told me, and seemed heartily to repent of many things left undone that he felt he tmaht tA nave dobe.

I oointed him to the 4 Lamb of God' who taketh away 'our sins, and forgiveth ail our iniquities, and bade bun only A friend cave him a Card, which he keot under his pillow with his Testament containing "The soldier's prayer," and the hymn beginning Just aa am, Wiflioot one pin. Bat that ihv Meo4M tie for mr. And that Ttiou bidd'at tomm to Thus Lamb of God, I come, I com" On one occasion these verses were read to htm by a friend, and he remarked They express just hat I feel. I feel that I am nothing but a little lpless child in the arms of Jesus, but I want more ly to feel that my sins are forgrven want ins aoiy opiru say ir Lt another time a mend made some reierence to business, but he woold not think of it and re ed I feel more concerned about my tnan thing else, I don't care about worldly things, some more from the Holy Bible." lnus every reference to business was thrust aside, and his whole attention given to the great interests of his salvation. When his case became hopeless, and a friend told him the Doctor had given him over, and of his near approach to death, and asked for messages to his friends, Ac, he still spoke of the interests of his soul, and said he cared more about that than all else in the world and as his friend talked of Jesus, the dying sinner's refuge and hope, and read some of Bonar's hymns, he seemed comforted, and made remarks as they suited his case.

He continued to read hia Testament as long as he was able, and then requested a friend to read for him, and as she read the Psalms on the day before and on the day he died, he said tbey were the prayers of his heart On Sabbath morning, the day he died, when the church bells were ringing in the city, he asked Is this the holy Sabbath His friend answered yes, shall I read for you now He replied Ob, yes, whenever you can, I love to hear you." After this he sunk very rapidly, and his mind wandered. A few minutes before he died, during a lucid interval, he said Let cares like a wild delnge come, And storms of sorrow tall. Hero bis memory faltered, and a friend finished the sentence for him. His last dying words were an earnest prayer to God, and at half-past five o'clock, July the 6th, he fell asleep, as we trust, in hope of a glorious immortality. Although none of Capt Brown's relatives were with him during his last sickness, yet God raised up for him the kindest truest friends, who ministered not only to his temporal but also to his spiritual ministers, a number of hiR fellow soldiers, and tender ladies visited him and supplied his wants, while with sisterly affection, women wept around his dying couch, kissed his cold and manly brow, and when in his coffin gently placed a wreath and scattered roses on his bosom.

Capt Brown's body ws brought to Ashe-ville, N. and after a funeral 6ermon by the Rev. Mr. Peck, of Charleston, S. on the 13th of July, was laid beside his brother, Lieut Samuel Brown, who had been deposited in that resting place March the 8th.

Thus has passed away, in the vigor of manhood, one whose prospects of usefulness were of the most flattering kind, and who was, at once, the idol of the home circle, the faithful friend, the honest, upright man nf business, the gallant soldier, and the polished gentleman, beloved by all. And although not a professor of religion, yet having received a Christian education, and having stated to his friends, when in health, that he desired to bo a member of the church, but was restrained by the fear that he might dishonor the cause of Christ and from his patience, resignation and humility during his last illness; his deep sorrow for what was wrong in the past and anxiety that all should be right for the future his banishing all thoughts of the world, and employing his remaining time wholly in seeking reconciliation with God through the Lord Jesus, praying most earnestly, and desiring above all else to hear the Holy Spirit say Go in peace," his friends have reason to hope he found peace' through the blood of Christ by faith, and arrayed in his righteousness, be now shines and sings where the wicked cease from troubling, and the wear" are at rest" The brothers wore lovely and pleasant In their lives, and in their death they were not long divided. To the bereaved father and sister we would say "Sorrow not as those who have no hope it is the Lord, let him do what seemcth him good," for "as I a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." What I do," says the com-1 passionate Jesus, thou Inotoeitt not note, but thou shalt know hereafter." Therefore, affiioted friends, i "be still and wait patiently upon for "all I things shall work together for good to them that love God, who are the called according to his purpose." ANDREW. Nov. 12 th, 162.

VALISE LOST. OST, AT OOLtMROBOUOa, A SHALL VAMSK, A marked mi tli ends K. V. L. A baiidime reward will be (riren for its delivery at this office.

November 28, 1802. 9-tf. PRINT1NO OFFICE FOR SALE. A.p: PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT IS OFFERED FOR ile. the materials of which are nearly new.

Ad- plr at Ibis office. Nov. 23, 1862. tf Bank of Commerce at Newbern, CoMTAST MIOPS, Nov. 28, I DIVIDEND AO.

a. nMW DIRECTORS HAVK TUIS DAY DECLARED JL a eemi-annual dividend of Sj per cent, on tbe Capital Siock. payable at theii Banking room in this place on and after the Sib of December. J. A.

GUION. Cashier. Nov. 2, 1S2. wiw2t.

Register c-py. IIILLSBO'fO' PLC. MILITARY ACADEMY. HUE FIFTH ACADEMIC YEAR OF THIS INS11-' TITION will commence on the first Wednesday ill February, 1803. fr information and circular, apply to SUPT.

ft. ACADEMY, Uilubobo', N. C. November 2S, lgr.S. 9-8m PONY FOR SALE.

4 BOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD, PERFECTLY GEN-tle and a natural pacer. Apply to A. A. WILLARD. Greensboro', N.

Nov. 28, 1862. 9fi dm. $33 REWARD. kl9 was asleep, in the ofiice of the Yarbomogh House, on last Wednesday night, one eight day SILVER WATCH, huntsman case, with a figure of a roan holding a dog by a chain.

The nbove reward will be paid for the return of the-watrh to the clerk at lb Yarborough House, and $25 will be paid for ihe detection of the thief. HENRY JOHNSTON. Raleigh. Nor. 28, 1863.

lt. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. TJNLKSS DISPOSED OF AT PRIVATE SALE, WILL be sold on the first day of January, I "6, at auction, on the prerrriiea at 12 o'clock, the lot sihiatel street immediately soutli'of Lynn Adams' residence, on which is a small tenement, containing three rooms, conveniently arranged for a small family, with a good garden. Tins is a desirable location for a tradesman of small family, as it is near market, and convenient to tie business part of the city. Term favorable, nod will be made known on the dav of sale.

JAS. TOWLES. Agent and Auctioneer. Raleigh, Nov. 28, 1862.

tt SALT I SALT 1 1 ON CONSIGNMENT, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAR-olimi SALT, and for sate by the sack only. JAS. M. TOWLKS, Afent Raleigh. Nov.

2, 1S63. 96-tf. Important Sale of Real and Personal Property in Warren County ON MONDAY, THE 22D DAY OF DECEMBER. I shall sell at Arc iu Ihe County of Warren, situated 15 miles KootheaU of Warrenton, and f.mr mile south of Grove Hill, the following property, belonging to the estate of Ihe late Samuel T. Alston, deceased, to-it; l.Xt.l 4cies of land, known as the Areola Iract, with god inv ppivcmetila; one other traci, containing n-u acies, known as tiie Melton's Crock ti.ict.

This land a adjoining I be tundt of Gen. Samuel A. Williams, John Burgesa. Dr. Mark Terry and id hers.

Tbia ia valuable land, and well adapted lo'the cultivation nf tobacco, wheat, corn aid all the pri ducts of the country, and fur health and good society is unsurpassed. rerauas wishiug to view the land will call on Krttt. Samuel A. Williams, Dr. Hark Perry, or Dr.

Hubert E. Williams. Also, at lijc same thvta and place, So bales of cotton, SS hogsheads tobacco and 20 hkely negroes, of both sxes. Ttaas or sal: Nine months credit, with interest from dale. Bond and nndnnbtsd security will be required before the delivery of the proprty.

A. D. WILLIAMS, Agent for the estate of Samuel T. Alston, dee'd. Warren Co N.

Nov. 28, 181. 98 Ww7id. r-jjj- Richmond Enqnirer and Petersburg Express will please copy for two week. iSJllHtlED, i.i..

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Adam Kmpiof Wilmington. In ft-C. by R. W. Km-E.

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Fields, nf Lfpir County. vwaoa. vi Ida i 7v nr am nuts. UARY NOTICES. Lieut.

CLaas. eldest fun of i. B. Clark, native sliiMirtcin, iu this State, afterwards fi.r some rear a Newbern, but recently of Gm- ham. Was imrawlr ki collision of the cars on- tne and on the 2th of Octufe? last, having jnst complete the list rear of hia age, leav mg ni noting parents, a btetbar and sister and nnmerons relatives and friauds to motm his sad Kite.

And though so young in years, be had wofe distinction in arms bv hie neroic bravery and manly beBfuig, as a soldier -of the old Worth Stele, which entitles hi4tu an honorable record iu ui huii9 oi ibis war. an earlr hm A.iM..i.-in i entered as a cadet inVnititary school nf Capt. ft Lewis, and received the applause of bis commander and hia comrade, for diligence andThnflcicncv in hia pur-aoits. and Tor exemplary morals, xeotreWs arid kindnees of beart, that gave promise of foture distraction and usefulness. On the fall of Fort Sumter, he.

wHh his fellow cadets, the Goldsburo' Rifle aud Neu Caves' rfaemounled) marched under the commend rhis father, rthenM. Clark.) to Fort Macon, and took and held possession ofrtfor the State, until the lamented Cnl C. Tew could cofleet a sufficient force to occupy it. As soon as the State seceded and called for troops, he attached himself to a volunteer company then forming in Newbern, and was elected a Lieutenant in it, and tendered their service to the government, and were assigned position in the 2d regiment of If C. Troops.

On the bloody fields before Richmond, be displayed unusual gallantry and ability to command, for on so young, and on Several occasion during those battles, be was alone in command of his company snJ so won the admiration and esteem of bis companions in alms, that they presented him with a sword. ABer'the close of those battle, a furlough was granted him to return home to repair bis greatly shattered health, esussd by the severity of the duties in camp and in the field, which he had performed. Having recovered bet ter health, he waa on the eve ef returning to the army, when ihe dreadful disaster happened, which deprived h'tn of life. But deatlxihad no stiffs; for him. From childhood, he had seen his Christian parents point to heavi sad lead the Way and hia life attest ed his full appreciation of the value of the religion they inculcated.

Although ho has gone down to the tomb ha the early morning of his days, yet hi mouldering manly form softly whispers Go borne, dear friends and shed no tears, I taunt Ije here, till Christ appears, And at his coming, hope to hsve A joyful rising from the grave." H. Died, in Alamance County. N. on the list last Miss Isxbbllx Cli.ndea.mx, aged 1ft years. Died, in Chapel Hill, on Thursday last, aileron illness of five davs, of pneumonia, Mrs.

Caroline M. Walks, relic. the late Carleton Walker, in tbe Tolh year of her age. She bad jnst returned from a long visit to her children in A sbama, to spend the remainder of her day aro-ng her children in North Carolina Thnt rema.nder haa been brief indeed, but it was illuminated by evidences of preparation for either life or death, as God might ordain. She had been a communicant member the Epis-copal Church for sbont fiftj-fiv years, if.

shewn" trud at the close of" life's' lung pilgrimage, her friends have good hope that she has now entered into that "rest' promised to the people of Gd Her mortal remain were yesterday deposited in the family burial place in Pay etteville. fliy. Oburter. Died, on the 17th oi September, 182, from hot rs ceiicd through the hesd during the memorable and bloody engagement which took place at Sharpxbnrr, lIOKTta A. Vaitt, native of Wake County, in the Ulst year of his age lie was private in company (Raleigh Rifles) 4th N.

C. regiment. lie was the only sou of hi molber, and she waa a widow. With the unble spirit uf true Spartan matron, she viillingly eonaented that her only son, the pride of her old age and tbe staff of her declining rears, should go forth with a burning desire to buttle for Southern independence for the protection of Southern hwui'ea and Southern firesides. Mr Wailt was a youth of generoas impulses and of the most noble beharior.

He had in un eminent deeree, that reverential regard for the purity of the female character, which a well known modern author has declared to be the truest test of real manhood. He was dear to the hearts of all who knew bim, and especially so to his redes in arms. He has gone forever from the sight of loved ones on earth, where No rude sound shall reach his ear, A run it's clang, or war teed champing." He rests his warfare over. Coa. t3Jr Register and Progress please copy.

Died, in Onslow County, on the 2lb of October, 1 82, of the typhoid fever, Mart Ellen, youngest daughter uf Isaac Sanders, aged 4 years, 8 months and 28 days. Gentle reader, have you ever stood by the dearh-bed of your dear ones and seen life flow out as gently aa lis aloep comas on or lowed that dear one to its la. treating place, where the solemn and farewell words were earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust Heard the heavy and fall on the lid? Seen the inourotul pruces-eion turn away and. leave the little one nlmie in us ual row bed? If so, you know bow to sympathize with the parent that haa buried his darling, the life and light of bis house. As young as she was, she knew that she wss going to die; she told those that were nursing her only a ft re-days before she died, that she was goo to snd (he was glnd of it for then she could see her saatjtsfj (who died when she was an and she would never is sick strain.

On being asked how she knew, she replied, tb Lord had told her. Parent, know that yon bate not lost your child she has olIv gone to wait with her mother until you come. A. BY THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH-CAROLINA. A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, IN ORDER TO STOP, IF POSSIBLE, the wicked system of speculation which is blighting ihe land, and prevent tbe production of famine act! distress in the niift of plenty, the Legislature of North Carolina, b' joint resolution thereof, ratified on tbe Z2d day of this month. (November,) have authorized me to lay an embargo upon the exportation from the State, of certain srticles of prime necessity, except to certain persons snd for certain purposes: Now, therefore, ZEBULON VANCE, Governor of the State of North-Carolina, do issue this my rrrlema-tion, forbidding all persona, for the space of Ihir'y days from the date hereof, from carrying beyond tbe limits the Stste any salt, bacon, pork, tssef, corn, meal, flour, pi-latoes, shoe, leather, bides, cotton cloth, and yarn nd woolen cloth. Tbe following persons are slone to be exempted from this prohibitum, viz: All Quartermasiers-luid Commissaries, Agents of the Confederate Government and of suy Slate of the Confederacy, exhibiting proper evidence of their official chancier also all Agents of any district, town or corporation of other Slates, wboaha)l exhibit satisfactory pro. of their authority to purchase such articles ia behalf of such town, county, dtstiict or corporation for public uses, or for distribution at cost end transportation, and mil for re-sal -r profit also all persons who mar make oath before the nearest Justice of Ihe Peace that the articles purchased sra for their own private use, aud not for re-sal be lor they are removed also all persons, non residents, who may have bought such articles before the date hereof. Thr exception is to extend to salt made by non-residents on th- sea coast and in their own works, and to cargoes enteritis; say uf our ports from abroad.

Any uf said articles that mar be stopped it. transit from our borders are to be confiscated to ihe use of tbe SUte. Until further order the Colonels of Militia in tbe different counties, are enjoined to see that this procWma-. tion ia enforced. Not inteuding or desiring to prevent the people of oar sister States from sharing with our own citizens whatever we can spare, but to reprevs speculation so fsr as may possible.

I earnestly appeal to all good citizens lo aid and sustain tne in the enforcement of this proclamation for ihe common good. In witness wbceof. Zsbolok Taxes. Gover- L. s.

nor. Captain General, and Commander Chief, hath signed these presents, and caused the great seal of th Stste to be affixed. Done at our Ciiy of Raleigh, this 2th day of November, A. 1862, and in the year of our Independence th tTtk. Z.

B. VANCE. By the Governor: R. K. Battlb, Private StcrsUuy.

Raleigh. Nov. JSth, Ht 05 It J3T All papers in the State will copy twice. PROPOSALS FOR COPPER AFJD IROlf. C.

S. Naw Miartifient. 'f Omcs or Obunaxcc asu HToaooaarrr, Richsosd. Va. Nov.

a. IWi aSJ KALED WILL BE RECEIVED AT this Office until 3 o'clock on Saturday, day of December, IMH, for furnishing nd delivering for th na of tbe Nary for the year ending December 31st, la. the following quantities and descriptions of Copper aud Irva, vix 15 tons of Ingot Copper. l.oOO tons of accepted Gun I'on. 1.5-I0 tons bf Kn.

1 cold blast chareoal Iron. 1 tons of No. 2 do do 1 .0 i Ions of N.i do do 2,000 tuns of hot b'ssr Iron. tons charcoal Bloom. tuns of Iron Plates for coveting vetaeJa, fnasfknaV and finished The whole to be subject to in pec'ion and spprovai.

Persons "ff Tin will state the price per Inn otiiWt Tsaw for the Pig Irou ar.d Bloom, and the pric per pound fertile Ir.jij Plates and Copper, and how So-m they will agrew to deliver within the year. Ihe whole q.tantity of Copper and Iron which Ihjy may offer to famish. The deliveries are to be made to some authorized aflbe i-earest Railroad or Canal Station to tbe place wheie the Copper aud Iron are uuootactured. Each proposal mitat be accompanied by a written uar-safee, signed by two respaasib'e parties, of tbe ability -f the person offering tu comply with hia bid should it be ac-MHkst Bonds, with approve sureties' in twice tbe am on at of the contract, wilt be required Each proposal num be sealed, endorsed Proposal for Copper or twin," a the cue. may be, and directed to Commander GEORGE MINOR, Chief Orduaoee a4 Hvdrography, Richmond, Va.

No -is, 18 i. wAswTt. Bed, oi of the i.