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Public Meeting in Wake County At a meeting of the people of Little River District, Wake County, Held at Rosenburg on the 24th July, on motion of B.T. Strickland, Dr. G. M. Cooley was called to the chair, and Harrington Daniel was appointed…

- Bress my heart how am you Jim?
- Dat you Jumbo? yeah, yeah!

- THE BLACK CONSCRIPTION.
- "When black meets black then comes the end(?) of War."

This article describes the execution of two men found guilty of deserting the Confederate Army, and ends by stating that it is hoped their fate will serve the greater good of the Army in the end.

This article focuses on how public sentiment in the North was not entirely with Lincoln, and that as the "unconstitutional" war dragged on, they would northerners would become less supportive of fighting the South.

This article offered news on a new regiment of volunteers. The reader was assured that this particular regiment would serve the Confederacy honorably.

This article highlighted the fact that the burden of conscription laws fell most heavily on the poor, who were also the ones that needed to stay home to work the most. It ends by calling on the wealthy to help provide for the families left behind by…

This article was published the day Jefferson Davis signed the Conscription Acts. It explained what conscription meant to the citizens of the South and highlighted the fact that it was both unconstitutional and against the principles of the…

THE FIGHTING IN FLORIDA. The Savannah papers of Saturday furnish us with some additional and very interesting accounts of the progress and details of the fighting in Florida. The Republicanaccount says: THE RECENT SKIRMISH - THE ENEMY DRIVEN BACK. An…

Weight of Testimony According to the Progress, the mere denint - theipse dixit -- of Mr. Holden should have "as much weight with the masses of the people in North Carolina as that of Gov. Vance, Mr. Hampton, or others." So what Mr. Holden may say…

THE DAILY CONSERVATIVE RALEIGH, N. C., JUNE 8, 1864 JOHN D. HYMAN, EDITOR. FOR GOVERNOR Z. B. VANCE, OF BUNCOMBE The Conservative Ticket for Wake County! FOR THE SENATE Hon. SION H. ROGERS. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WILLIAM LAWS, THOMAS J.…