Carolina Watchman

              carolina watchman wwfkfiv salisbury n c april is 1864 vol xxi numbek 47 1 1 bruner till l 1 1 it an i-iiol-iuk'i ok % mf m mmmm iniwi mm i ia i.m-m i^wa ■■.■■ tkrai-i of this pipkic thres dollar ft,ran months no aubacriptinni received for a longer nine ui present tram op tlivkit itsim tspsr square for the first insertion and fl per square for each iii,.,-,|,i ni publiosiion those lending adrertitsmiutii will also sand ths iumu'-v i pay for ibem notices of 75 am tin or less mil e..at »•■ for ull first nnd si fur eneii iiiliiitioiinl anblioi notioss of larger i»l7.e ui ihe sinne ir i|i.i,l ion k him tin ih north carolina cabi m m:iu orahob v a / a|"il 7th 1864 j april starnst real comfort hopes brightei .,',-- vancs's en //-■ >/■',, t i '■ t t reviews — e "•■• ■ t die a e - - l , ne if 1 . , ,- tt i a chart reals ac !■ teeeral i t - ■ t-t tl weal ber i at . fnlli tnent that it has i eei nnpeissiti - i d , any lh ing « lh talis ■ \ . , ig and tolling t i ns »- » ■ . . - mm i ll ' m fires i'd , - iii in le l ion say ' hi is but i he ,- , i \ -' ir ill tl m . . i i - itito.l ' i ween the fii it an i in d - ni mill i i - t doubt ii ; '" . .« . .-: i ■■ foui 1 .' to for tl.r.e > . . springs lie in t atoi 111 i ' in ime on . - tt . "■ t ti ■ • ■■ per hi \ n . .'- mi sunt . a ■ 92 the second last spring it kredi icksburg ind the third ■ ... i inge ; wheto next we i in nit - t . tu i foi mt mi n part i'n i t • o ui mi ,'•■ w th th winters ml here tl it 1 ." ■ oi ich itxvit git i _- ihem another . ir shake at parting while niv sit itt . ■ • - a • ■ t . i • - - 1 1 1 ' i - . i ; - is hut we have no reason lo complain,—-in : ■ . i ■ , . ihankfu ia i i so wi wit in 1 1 of \ i picket oi ind lorulized t nts as we , - - -'..., '-. io ■ - . 1 l fee | hi u i * | , , lii t ill w i | • it li .' trout • . - ii ' i the i ',- ■ -- i-i ■ t i itt el , ■ . .- 1 r . •'-. i hi is - • r v i - ■ i n i ii t ■ foil oomforl ; far txo hog if i n it • hn evt ii ienced ... - r i n oi ng of i srai i • . . in turn f me better . ■'■,■!':: tii ,,,. ,, lr ,. w.di id belter than al ■ • | d ol tie t ir i ' - i ■ i ok ie --- is almost un , i , if ir i.i i-.ns are abund ml bul - . ii j mm , di ui ii e i barton an > - ■ ■ i cl rtu neat it i t i . «. , • ;.. r . , . - . ■ t i ' i -. • ' , t-jiog av • . ground there is no kind ,•. as e hi r no - ti ' h red en o _- the j - th it - inws from a i icj , a 1 1 ■ 1 fr 1 1 1 1 1 \ - 1 1 1 1 1 ■ d • . . rs a • . ... m a teem full convii ca '. : . •.', - iiirain , te tell thi talc i i i though im b.ir-i bl oi ui tig are ttread d t ■ ■ ti men - tgci ti to begin that ihe ni tv i ,, n t one with whom i have oon vers«d harbours in his breaal i liagiving it>oui tho result and now with the blessing uf i'rovidt nee we can ■•■•. for the t'n-i limn since the be guiliing ■ . le a light i iwiiing -,'.• ul of us mi i nd era in i think tb i more t u ■ v than 1 1 about ii - ,- • i ion bul all u ii see for the a i ■• e ithei it uiot.ths i i aw it , unless torn ■ uulo ik i for and ten i • itustropbo bt ' i 1 s ui m ms hut nol ing i at n n led so much lo in spire ih ■ ..... with i ■ i it i ngih ■ n their t ti l ti in in cause tltt of those ni horns and in u ultimate and • ■ • triumph .. • t , , ivernor vance und in wall timed s lies on -'•: n ilt he addressed an enthusiastic • ' lienoe in 1 1 tn a .,, i on monday foi lowing am lln i in this ramseur'a brigade in th forenoon monday 28th ult the y • iarolina troops in hole's division consist ing of two brigados kimi-nr's and l'liti iela with the l-t und 3d n c regiments atiaclienl to stewart's virginia brigade were muttered in an old field not fur from eauap where the governor was put through ] a grand review in lliu most imposing and warlike manner imaginable i should add tlmi johnson's formerly iverson's brig ade alss belongs to thfa division but at present is absent n detnohed tervico at where i must not aay the news might i contraband well the review closed iti noon ; it was s-ni.l tin musicians hid blower off five years of their allotted time bu no matter (!"• occasion demand ed un effort and we <•! rfully made it hut we were 1101 lone yel ; the troops un tier mrnih together with lar h e numbers from other oommands who hoped t hear the eccentric and popular governor speak or nt irast get « | l ill ll io ;||| were j marched lo the soih n c camp where a aland i'h'i been prepared for the occasion m around which ihe immense multitude gathered in regulai military order i'he stand was located in ii mull hollow three ide of which descend gradually in tin centre thus forming a kind of natural am l it benire which waa literally jammed with human souls from tin base to th summit perhaps a down ladies were present tonut ii horseback nnd others in ninbulniices ; l.'it these unsuspecting nd modest ii-i t . though iime ii icome to the audi tier nevertheless a serious slum 1 - i block i ihe speaker when relating some f hi most appropriate and b t an i ee.io'e ; tome of which to my certain knowledge it pars phased mutilated struck out and substituted words out of ■ ■ mi '. to the sensibilities . ij.be gentler ,,'. - who composed a small wtivd not n -:_-!. fi int noil n of ins aupijm ; nud these few w i i they belong n^wt upper . -, i ll inleltigenl ladiesatj always have a verv nice perception of laa^-in-mi n of words in sajuti ver -• . - the in t i used i he s tk.-r knew this ..! course and spiced h^-iori i .• i . il n-'ilt of which iistsiin ii 111 . - « i ihielllelv lllil'i-rniajirs the r nb r may well imagine aflei some stirring music from the iti v t '. ar%j loth v-i bands both of which had endejlyored to lion nd other's horns ott on rwiea ) be oovernor ascended th stage miii the rring shouts of iho n-s,,m!,b«e b le ; t i ii the platform by his side sal 0 netevi - rode ed johnson early stuart and a core ol others of lesser grade while m compact • fficera ot every partv or state ti -, ,"■ r ,! profusely at tie meel ing in i . mi i brigade i .. •■ honor i the oi-i'.i picaenae and nine - u a . 1 ii ii also lbi'i i resume when order nt i,.-i red th speaker began as i his ru-t-iin with sorrw t i drolleries vervj unexpected it is rue i many f in bear ers but then it fixed attention an i that it:i in nun he taul i did hot know in ti ll ■ could make in voice reach so many : il tt it like ill inr famil be on belli 1 it nd of whom never li id ihe meazlea the !■-• i si wat - gave out b fore it got round all 1 lutie to say i ii seme of ton get more than youi s m you must divide with t nr lest fortunate companions when i mi assemble around your i-hioi tir for i ii i hat ( we've don it v — ,) 1 1 • r 1 1 • , rn hn i ) but perhaps | i nk i i n no righl to t " fellow ce i it i i soldier once nn oid shirked ut f it on a little fur lough which you kii i ; t gave me and f i'm profoundly tri.itvful quest we'll extend it one-of thesedayf well if i'.n will ii..t allot in to call ton " fel low inblie-rs 1 krlow iib.it 1 can call ton and ii i '"■ nil righl ; then caising bis ,\ i lii i i /•'. low tie lit i . rlitel i i o i leei ! not iui im,no 1 either for you always slick when the pinch comes prolonged applause i ti in il is ; i but led a herd of grumblers und growlers and th ■.,.!- to ju t ti-it tn ihe confederacy \ rn u thi ' onfederacy you tin sol diers from ti h.it ie mute tor i am happy ... -. ,. in i iv ii ie to day who are not tar hot-it ilidtigh your honor is none the less bi i bt phis visit lo l lie army ol northern v'irgin t has given me more real pleasure im done in u good than anything 1 i i did in mt life except gelling married i i u.m .. i i i now face the living » i which in s " long mid so nobly defended ■ nr homos imi our fire-aides ninl prood inn i ti it after so many storms and fierce battles yet staunch defiant anil 1 ive i may safely add itnpregn tble ii continued in this eloquent strain nearly un bour during which ihe vasi audience u i o till and wrupped-in such close at tention that tie could almost hear our owe hearts beat it is impossible to desciibe the speech much less the effect but the i oi ei i ot in tins iihliino oratory felt ov idently somowhat like a tish nut of water ; so desoendiog from his exalted poaition in continued more on tho colloquial style with occasional outbursts of genuine elo tpiuuce ho bohniiejiit the soldiers to bo patient to sum firm through one mum campaign und with goo's blessing we would have peace v he firmly believed il condemned desertion and deserters in the strongest possible terms for a conscript who had never smelt gun powder t desert in theugllt might he excusable but for an old veteran who car iied scars honorable aeara for him lode i serl whs lliu unpardonable sin i|tiw in fo,i-iih-i ute how crimiinil lo doom him self nud ins posterity to irretrievable dis grace ! how can n inn soldier feel who li.i been indue il by soiilt fiil-iiundi'd in dividual or by th complaints and i iniiiiiilih of relatives ninl frlsiids to deser tiis colors ml ins comrades in arm i sjiy lurw can he feel while skulking in the wouds atjioine dodging and hiding from j.ilitia illict-r ! a militia officer i — iljjjiihl there wen men m \. ( '. w l0 tvsmiilild ii rent deal of fu-s llei i -,,, lidered mat their right but when the leal cart)e thtji were alwiiyt found on the right ' side jrh.-y lien like all old fellow down . iii norili carolina who unci tned lo evade ' the " bdjg tux law it n ay look n little green lo some of ami bul it i true tiev ertbtleu that we used to have a law in our parts by which dogs were taxed live dollars perftead ; and a day a s,-,-du 0 fd customer gem before the uuigistrale to u nke liis returns all went ofwtti tidy i so many cattle s () many lioraee •,,, jjiany acres of laud etc and lastly vi when all was do wu he turned lo leave chuckling in himself over hia cuteneaa in ion ductile magistral it of five dollars tax bawiother dog which he hud not given i in " bavllo nt - thesquiie lo his depart ing frieud " you must swuar to ii.i re turn " what's that toll sar |" — " mu swear to this " musi wear to it must i !" " a/.-s toll niusl lie ll to 11 " 1 line lo ittsj t it key !" f igning jreal sur prise ■• well since i must swear to it just put ine 4twu another dog if you please i a rt'-ir of taugbtei followed this am cdote , t he reader can see ihe application " well continued the speaker i am aware that n.,c bi beeu stigiuatized as ihe csf of deserters aafirfw for traitors and all that and i am sorry lo say that there was once a shad of truth connected with these assertions but when the whole truth is mail public it will be found that n c is not more deserving of these detracting . pithels than borne of del s'-t.-r states hut why should i attempt to go farther n giving the outlines of a speech which eonaumed two hours in its delivery i began with the intent in of trivi no only . the must important points ai i could call them to mind from memory bul i find that all ne important alike and the length ot'inv letter already admonishes me that i had best wind up with this land able object iii view i will begin by stating i unit the governor concluded with a touch ing and eloquent appeal lo the feelings of ins bearers re fell confident the end was drawing nigh — that our enemies had stak ed all mi this summer's campaign and that ■ if our brave soldiers were only favored with ' success by an overruling ninl all-wise pro . vidence peace would surely follow tirst ■ then the ratification of treai.es and foreign recognition and finally cur triumphal march borne ; happy greetings joyous meetings and bliss inexpressible almost inconceivable awaited the soldier who is faithful lo the lid he was done and as the s eaker took i his s.tt three loud ill d prolonged cheers were given foi the governor of the • id north mate followed hv lively and tir ring music from the hands this visit of oui executive ami ins apeeches ire woith a corps of troops to us tbe north caroli mans feel their bosoms burn with pride when they remember what a champion , they hate and how ably and powerfully be has vindicated the name and honor nf our mother stale and her sons • after half an hour's intermission du • rine winch hearty nnd cordial congratula tioiis were exchafiged introductjons given music fee gen early tins called for he responded in a few appropriate remarks the gist of which was ibe hope that our ] present governor hhl-iil be reelected to serve another term before this nothing had been sni.l in anywise connected with ■ the subject liodes and johnson respond ed brieflf (" the clamorous calls made from all quarters nfter which oame gen iaimu's turn hut the heroof manassas be in ■ rather disinclined bhuffled ins cork leg off just in titiie to escape the necessity of inakiii a harangue lo ins •• mules — as the soldiers 1 ins ivintnuiid aro some times designated and not altogether in aptly either judging from the size of the knapsacks many of them car'y and the la bor they perform the sun was taking his last lingering peep over tho blue bidge as we returned i io camp and since then his rays have sel dom cheered us snow sleet wind and ruin have been stunning ui day und uitflii until we laid aim . si given lip the hope of balmy ipring'a return hut last evening tbe , dark murky clouds as if frightened at i some hideous spectre in the frigid ones . chased each other southward in a racu for a mure genial clime perhaps theabomi nation lately set up in yankeelniul known as miscegenation new name for amalga mation hud something to du with the scaie iii the elements be that ns it may by liu lime the klin went down not a clou i was visible ; instead of boisterous winds a perfect calm prevailed and when thick darkness came oe ilm stars seemed lathol i a kind of jubilee our the vanquished and retrea m storms nf wiutei ; and today the undimmed rsyi of the l.road sun re animate the whole f.-tce ol nature our camp looks bright and cheerful the sol diers are unusually merrv and full of fun | while flocks of old robin red breasts trot about mi the ground occasionally m pping to turn up their white ringed eyes and ■ itorv hills in nn independent sauci wm as much us to say a plain n holds could i express il " touch me il you dare mosignsofa move except au order to send ; surplus baggage to ihe rear which is g n erully pretty good evidence f a storm ii ' wing act ne prepnrntions arc making i ovel the river under gram's direc-l lions n.r tin coining onslaught which will i inch a shock aa bus never been felt nor a tnessed on this continent if will be lit dying m"s of the old govern meat and /.. rltopi the birth of more t/t'iit i a single new one nat tiik hit ull ikak of tiik m ik to-duy we enter upon the fourth vear ol the war — dating from tho ii..ini.ar ins nt nf lairt sum ter wc have withstood three yours the on sets of a foe mighty in numbers bo und lent in resources desperately pertinacious and remorselessly cruel more than two millions of men on land and a navy equal to half a mill ion more aa ith the tno6t approved machinery of avar ami at an outlay of several thousand millions of dol lars hate furiously striven to over whelm and crush ns at tbeotit st t sn ignorant were n,r foes of the spirit and btrength of our people that thev i fidently expected to consummate in thrne mouths audi with a force less than the numbers they have actually had slain in bat th what the frantic efforts of three tens have only served t ► show they can never accomplish in any tjnm inn of years and tiitli any hosts they can muster that mainly from | their uncontested command nf ihe j water they have won important ad vantages in this long period is not to be deilieil — but that they have fallen infinitely short of their confi dent expectations and swaggering promises that thev have disappoint ed egregiotisly the lookeis-on in oth er countries tl ut tbej hate gained greatly less than we ourselves appre hended are facts equally uiidtiiiiable th.-y migbl bin e overrun as i bu british did arid then have conquer ed ns im more than they did hut to the surprise of europcun specta tors they have come so far bborl of this as to have made advances only where the strength nf tiie c iifeder rv was nol nt forth in resistance it was impossible to defend all i ui wide borders and invasion was easy many places intended originally to ho defended but really minoi iiu i portance bad-,to be abandoned to them because their superior equip ments lllld their navy enabled them to attack be!ore we were ready for them such were 11 t'eras lioan | nke island newborn port royal : fmi 1 ). nelson and i'tin i incomplete i and inadequately maiuipd defences netv orleans fell because its di fen ' cos were not completed and \ i s burg because il was entrusted to in competent bauds these successes gave them the mississippi hi ver and cut the confederacy in two — but to what practical advantage 1 l'hey canuo use the mississippi for commercial purposes and the two divisions of tbe confederacy tight as well as they did whon one — their successes indeed have demon strated even more forcibly than their failures the impossibility of accoiu . plishing what they have undertaken ; for they have shown hat noil ing seriously hurts ua so vast is our area and so numerous the strategic and defensive points it furnishes the loss of any only necessitates a change of position on oui pail and leaves the enemy to contemplate tlio failure of all the calculations based upon the prospect of winning it — the expected results of success have always eluded them and the fruits of victory have turned to ashes u their lips they have iiowliet touched the vitals of the confedera cy ami never cati ; for tlttfconfede racy has no one point in which if life is lodged every portion of it is instinct with existence — every mountain and valley and plain throbs with inextinguishable vitality as long as ground enough is left to plant a battery or set a squadron in the field tin vital point of the con federacy is not touched the question of most interest with us now is m.t whether the enemy can succeed in their undertaking if indeed hut ever was a question — imt how much longer they will pep sist in the mad attempt the im pression generally prevails that the campaigu which we ate now enter ing is the last that the death grap ple has come and the struggle muet s..nn i e over the army makes do calculations with grim humor and gay defiance worthy of th e cavalier stock from which they come our soldiers volunteer tlir forty yearsor the war hut civilians indulge themselves in speculations the fail ure of which cannot affect men av1i make none whether the fourth year of the war will be the final one depends mainly upon the incidents of the campaign we leave out ot vicav the possibility of other thine-h always possible — such for instance as tbe long delayed but inevitable financial crash at the north of which j tbe upward tendency of gold there in spite fail chase's thimble-rig ging affords improving prospect — tbe counter revolution that has been hoped for and of which the late out break iu illinois i*6 prophetic — for eign intervention rendered more likely of late by the hostile demon stration in washington towards the european arrangements for mexico : ave leave these out of the calculation and speak only of military contin gencies our opinion is that if the campaign is a succest fill one to ut it will end tbe avar though it may not bring immediate peace — peace settled by treaty and declared by proclamation we do not see how it is possible for the enemy if at the end of four years of such gigantic combat as ave have had they find themselves no fnrther advanced to wards their object than they noit are to stand up before the world and insist upon continuing the con test we do not see how the world without shaming the civilization and common sense of the age could per in i t it christian nations would be bound by the faith they hold ninl the humanity they profess to protest against if ami if that did not avail then tti interpose to prevent it — yankee hum hug could not longei deceive mankind as to tbe possibili ty of our subjugation nor yankee mt acity persist in what would be so obviously absurd what is most to be feared all it fact that is t.i l,e feared is that ad vantages of such apparent impcr lance may be rained by the enemy ns will afford them a pretext foi continuing the strife and will enable them yet awhile longer to practice upon the credulity of other countries this would give them a little 1 ngcx respite front the humiliation of ad nut 1 defeat and the more terrible consequences they will have to face among themselves when the appal ling fact strikes the mind of the mas ses that all this bloody ami wasting avar this frightful sacrifice o human life the blood and tears and anguish of a whole people the nightmare of national debt the prostration of nu tional name aud rauk the corrup tion of public morals the subrer