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. I 1 . A. ' All Utter- on busiuefia oftfcn Office, to t directed to A. 21' GOBKAN & CO.- 3 1VKDXESUAT. .IAXFAJJF 2., 1865. - .ew Bale. PXESCRIPTIOK AKD AtTESTLJl SG Dai! j cne monti. Daily three months, 1 six month?, '.-Weekly three months, ' Tn-Yfcckly six months, Weekly three months, Weekly six mouth?, Advertising per square, $10 20 40 15 80 10 20 5 At a lata ball for dancing aad caroa ah at the Government House, Jlohert Town , Van JJicman's Land, four " Tasra&ciana ' the only Tasmania of the island, appear, as amocs the invite:! guests. It is about fifty years ago only, that-tnese TaFinaaians or aboriginal inhabitant- of that portion of Australasia, known as Van Dieraan'a Land, r.iimltred romo &evea thousand soul.-?. It was Ika that England began to use tleia blacd as a penal Colony ; and trrn that the ravages of this far ell island, in the division of Occanka, began to come ia contact with European civilizr.'.ioa. How advantageous it had been to thtm this contact of two ra ces appears in the remarkable statement we have made above, and which we derive from a London Journal. Out cf the seven thou sand aboriginal inhabitants of Van Dieman's Ie d, the four one man and three woman who appeared at the last ball at the," Gov ernment Hcusc," to pay their respects to His Excellency, are ail that are left of the Tsma manr. The man i the last man of hia race ; and the vrcnien are t ut three. All the -rest, with whatever of increase they may ever .have .had, arc exUrminate-.l perished out of exis tence dead and clean roue forever. They were savages there criminal inhabitants of Ta.-niar.ia very in tub, Mter the kind and color of cur ngroci, before they are civilized by tha institution of slavery.. They were a dark-skinned people, with woolly or kinky hair ; and at ele-scribed as aa artless and con fiding race, who trusted in the strangers and welcomed their coming. They were, of course, Inferior to the white Kngliahrnan, and were awed by hi? power. They were not only inferior, as barbarism is inferior to civiliza tion, but they wre of an intrinsically inferior race ; proving, in the very moment of their contact with the whites, their dependence and inferiority. Had they been duly subor dinated and ccntroAd, it is hardly to ba doubted that they would, at this day, have no tube red a population of thousands, with the natural if.creae of humanhy ; and might have been h tippy, and prosperous, and con tented, undr the supervision f a superior race. Eu British benevolence could not bear to make them slaves; and they have been only exterminated. An English paper, pub lished in Hobyrt Town, called the Mercury thinks there is something " serious, if net very affecting," about this spectacle of tho .;: ?pc.n, and his three ccwpanio?is " the remnant of the unhappy pcsple of whom the race is all extinguished, under th influence cf christian civilized associations. And we think so too. Not only serious and affect ing," but positively distressing. Wo know not ever to have before, come faco to face with a mere sad scene in the drama of life. It is not without an emotion of sympathy, or a pang of regret, that we have read of the dis coveries of geology upturned strata of once living:, but long since extinguished races f animals, above whom, other-, also extinguish ed, lie hurried on each ether rdrat Ftratum. But, here i a we ef humati be ings, in their own country, in population adapted to the proportions of the I. land ; and it? capabilities for subsistence; iu their ewn clime, ore benilicently acvc:.i'i:odated to their welfare abr-olutoty exterminated, and wiped out oil the face cf tho c-ai'h. There is a mourafui lc-.-u . in this story. The same ctfret is giin; oil from the contact cf two races hi New Holland and Australia. It h;is bi-fff more swift in Tasmania, because the Island was of. moler.de s-iz. and there were no means of escape. In New Hollaed, the lame results are hastening on ; and, ia Au.-tralia, in the f-rnall portions which have boen occupied, the vicinity is just as fatal to the infer iar aborigines. Ti e proof is irrefragaU that two races rarmot occupy the same aiiitjry, and meet in daily association, t-xcept en the condition nf the fmal cxlinctiu f ihc inferior, sooner r later. The only except h n to tliis is feui d in trie iustiwitiju of flan ry, which ju-otects, fhei i.-l. and ar.it'.iorati s the condition of ti e lirpet.denl rac.1, u:;der which it multiplier and prr.-pers. It i.- too late now to nr'.to this before the lurrf public cpis.i t. : but the ut-j;ro the Southern regro in by far t'-.c larger r umber the Southern negro I::-nvs for hirjs?lf this to be the fact; ar, I, ,fh" c u!d have his wish he wrsald raii.tr be let a'e:;C ; b-1 aiiowed to ftav with his ma-t.r and !::;s;r:ss to worl; a'ni t, be clvti.e 1 and fe : ; to have his v. iio a:.d children on his i.r',:ih' t's pl.::ta:iv n, and ta be allowed to vi.-it ti.cm, carrying his wal let en kis back a!:d hi puss in t.is p-xket ; e oca. tonally to le a;'- " i to d a j di for hi.a feirat:d earn a liltle uis own money ; ar.il above all, to st'iy in ' V ranjf, in the locality vhere he was Krn, wl.ere his father and n.jther grew up and died; we Fay if the r,e ro could have his wi.-h, this is the sum cf hff desires. The negro is Lot a f: !. lie is cvr.s'.ious of the hird.ri of care on those V'UJ oeartbem. aEd by his own freedom from -; them ; while the swine answers to his morn- ing ca'il, and the white graia corn is uncover eda he shucks and sings. Not only is this true of the negro ; but he is a good j'-dge of haman character. He soon Bads cut who is his best friend. He has long ago die:v-red that his condition was rapidly improving, be fore abolitionists began to meddle with h:s affairs; and he distrusts an abolitionist, and a yankee, while he confides in the Southern . man. If similar promises were held out to him to-morrow, by us and the Yankee.", rdno hundred and ninety-nice negroes out of a thocsaEd, will prefer to trust tLeir own home people. Fred. Douglas a runaway negro, who hft Maryland -some years ago, and has been a pet of certain strong-minded abolition women of the North made a speech the other dr.y, in New York, which, we are bound to sty, was a very sensible speech ; and ia the course of it he said "I am of opiaicn that such is the confidence which the mastor can inspire over his slave, if Jeff. Davis goes about in ehrne.-t to raise a black army, makisg them suitable premise?, they can be made very efT.-etiwe ia the war for Southern isdepenence. If Jeff. Davis will hold out to the blacks of the South their freedom gurra-itee tneir Tr-edom thi possession of a piece of land tLrr negroes of I the South will fight, and fight vaiinnt'y for this boon.,' We believe that this negro speaks truly the sentiment 'of his people ; and we are satisfied that, ifCengress and the States, had taken steps early last "fall to have given Gen. Lee two hundred thousand rejjroe?, we should scarce to day have had a Yankee foot print on Southern soil. All to tLeir conviction, say we. These are ours they are honest. In the pciils of ihi, hour, a nation must be inventive, quick to discern, quick to reach, and quick to list; it3 resources. Both Houses of Congress have adopted a res olution " to appoint a committee cf three t prepare to the people of tha Confederate States, an address, assuring them of the unalterable determination of Congress to continue, with -ill its energy, the" struggle for independence, bhJ assuring them of its final triurach," &c. Wei! what will this addreB?, or the resolution, be worth ? The whole value of the resolution is destroyed by the fact thrit it passed unanimously . This, alone, shows plajrdy that it means noth ing. There were men who voted for it who are prepared to go back, by recoastruction, into the Yankee government to-morrow; and have as good as said s. Foote, himself, wohI I have voted for the resolution even before he started to Ocoepaan. Resolutions of.Congress, declarisg intentions to maintain the struggle, begin to grow insipid; they taste like weak gruel, wiifu.ut salt cr sugar. They are emphatically bosh. If ihey were evtr so(long long enough to make aJad" der of folly to enable lunatics to erb'mb from Jtiehmond to the moon; tln'y areoosh. What the nation wants to see are " acts of Qongrfss not resolutisns and addresses. The body has been in session near ninety days, at the moat critical period cf the nation's existence. It found the currency in a deep decline sinkir c, day by day, into hoptle?:j vroi tblessness. Has it arrested it, and restore! the financial hcaltfi ? Wher is its remedy 1 The tigfivsive pressure of the eneeny ba3 'Lot-u. approaching "vital parts." All the militarj slriTjtu or u:e n.-itun ought. long since to have been ascertained drawn out and by this tim, cughtto be reay to meet the pre?-ure. Has the measure of re lief been peifcted ? I3 it otcu now being en forced. 'I he (Y-iifeskracy is in its greatcs'j danger ireaj the destructive iLliuences among our own perjple. lUs ought been done to control and change these inihieuces ? Why, recon structisn is beginiring to bo as common talk now ai irreu'ar pgaco agitation was montl s ago. CUii th.? country stand up un-d-r coLlliet' within and war without? Are they ignorant of i: at Kichmond ; or is Con gress hcedless'y indifferent? -Wiil wq bo lietier abU to r-pel the enemy after we shall j "nave permitted his advance through these ! States, or prepare to meet him at the thresh- cul, aiul oppose him not with the "pre-, cion:- fw " who hare borne the braat but with the nation's strength ? Wit! it b3 easier to lose and then restore the popular hopes ami confidence, or to keep and preserve themj? Let us see and at once "acts of Con gress :" a military bill, earolliag the mate rial of the land ; a bilf surely to prevent de sertion ; to punish conspiracy and sedition ; to prevent their commission, and, a bill, such as the Score tary of the Treasury gave the wpigat of his great financial ability in favor ofnow thrre months ago to save the na si : mil credit and currency and the hopes of tne people will revive ; confidence will be en .kindicd ; and success will add comfort to cur j t jui tit.(! piuuot e ueiayea. v nite I the doctors are consulting, tho pulse of the 1 patient may grow weaker, and he may die I under their consultation. In Uod's merer : give iii acts, r.cd spare us the rfsoluiions and ! address ! Legislative Summary. 3Ir. Davis was yesterday elected Engrossing Clerk of the (oueral Ass m'ly, on the sixth 1 allot for that 'office. Both houses met at 3 p. ra. in secret session cnsit is understood, the Scat'4 of the country. In the Saia'c, the arming of negroes was dheuss' d for almost tho entire sesne-n. In the flow, an interesting commurdea- ti-.n on the subject of magistrates was re- s-rveral bills were pissed. -- There is nothincr new on the "RiVhmn-1 ! lines; anti a genera! quiet ha3- been restored j sine- the ineffectual fire ef tne enemy upr.n ; our Chesterfield works, in front of Petersburg j li'c'i. Eaminr. 0 I From Richmond. We had the pleasure of a conversation, oa yesterday, with a 'very intelligent gent'emau just arrived fi era lliehmemd, where he had C'Ppoitunities for; ascertaining, with reliable' sccaraey, the condition of- affairs. First, we are -leased to loam that Vice President Ste phens is open and unqualifial in his deoun ciation of rccor.btiuctiun. lie cxpteisss the ! mc-it unbounded - c. nn ience ui our success, ! and is determined very soon to visit Georgia ad addles the people to ure the.n ;iiil further to resist the invader. Vies IVcsi icut j Stephens, by his present earKCStnc.- in the j cause, is attracting the confidence of his as sociate?, and his roo'ii is throned with the' cmiu rd m .n of tho nation. Il is not too late for Sir. Stephens to do much good. Hi can at lea-t d a great-deal to remedy the mis chief which Ifvi unfortunate views have con- 1 tri butod to work. O-ar irerruant also had an interview with tho President. lie bed t:ct beu prejiared to be very partial toI'r' sLdtut Davis, but he j was iuct agreeably disappointed. We would I be .glad to u.-.e the glowing eulogy passed by j or.r iaf-rnninl upon, tho distinguished head of the nation,. It was most eloquent. Among c!htr things, he said with de:p fee-ling, "1 left his presence after a most kind, courteous H and agreeable rCpptior-, defply impressed with the conviction that he is a whoie souled, earnest, devotc-rl, unselfish patiiot, whose life, and heart and mind are yielded up to the caue." This gentleman, aftpr an asciatloa araocp; the very leaders in Richmond, is satisfied " that important events are about to transpire of the most encouraging character ; that Lin coln's government atid people know that our subjugation is impossible." 'Uat,5, says he, i' they are laborir might and'nuia to thro.v their whole strcngtn upon us in the r.xt few wt-eii tnts eta preparations are . 1 . hfw.z made." : f 0 New Ailvfrlkfisents,- Dav.-npo't Female 'C llege Address A.G Stac-ry. Pie-ident. ' - I)r'. L. C .Manly on;s $1000 reward for the apprehension of John. W. A. 15- okram a.lvorti:-e.- that his Tanne ry is now refiv to receive hides. She cling at Auction, by J. M. Towlcs. ' . NEWS ITE3IS. . m ABOUT Tf n.MINGT'JN. We glean tr. fo-iowii! items from th? W-il-rniugton Journal of the 2dd : The Yaide appear to. have h ft their base in front cf MaHJen. II .kfe'? forces on -.cer- hiy ai d cticctnt rated at Fort Fisher. Their lleet ha;r ahp dis-.pj)-ared. They of course held Pi-hr. Whether ihey have re embarked their main b-Uy. we are unah-Ie to sa". They occn y Snuthville, it having beu evacuated. by our loiecs. There-was considera b!e hirraikhirg around Fort Acdereon Saturday evonir.g and Sunday niornit!g. It i supposed the ent-nay aro "anx ious to silerce Av-.h esor., in -jrder to opes the Wfiy up the rive.- for their gunboats. In this attempt we hope and believe they will meet with sad disappointment. Ad pa"iet below last evening at G o'clock.. It appears to us thst crme steps choKld be taken relative to the stinVrings many of tlie po ire-r class of ihits town are undergoing. We are ir.f.-rmcd that th re re many who have in ither food or fuel, nn,l it is Totally oat. of their pewer to protrurethe absolute necessaries I ot life at the present' ctiorfuons pris ask-i-d . i Wc yW nope, il tiirje 1 siuy humanity left in towa, scire attention will be given to this im portant matter. It appears to na that some thing could bo done even at this late day. It is understood thiit (lie Yankees have sent j ofi'ail i he-Con federate prisoners they captured l I'Vi t Fisher. i j Yaxkee Deskrteks. We usulsi stand that ! two Yardee-e (h rsvters who came! into our lines j on Saiurday niht, report that the enemy had j ro-(ninari;ea wi n the exception of a thousand j aien, constitutinga garrison left in Fort Fisher. Ih-s.may he to ; it is at least probable, since the main object of the enemy is already attained by the closing up of our maiu port. Hut wo ought not to forget that now,wlii!eJ-Tc-ry thing stems to favor the enelny, 'desertions fr m them to us ought to be regarded with much suspicion, and tho talcs of deserters re ceived with a great deal of caution. One of two things would suggest itself. Either these men hare been guilty of s. we crime, or they mean toehceive us. They may not, but it would look likens though they did. Te, at least, ought to be on cur gnard. It wiil probably be the policy of the enemy fo appear to conciliate. Tlrey may think that the L g-islature of North Carnlina is in session and may be open to their llandithments. Thejr policy in Savannah appeals 'to differ very much from that pursued by them in Northern Georgia. We have no fears for the loyalty of our State. We understand that official information has been received that the Explosion heard on Friday night lost was in the direction of Bat tery Limb, some distance below Fort Anfer-son.-and within the enemy's lines, v Grjnl's ciders to Puller slow that the movement against this place was intended primarily to effect the capture of Fort Fisher, and the cor,tcnr. ct closMig of the port. Sec ondarily, tbec.pturc f the tov.n oi Wilming ton feiffir, to have been included as partoftL programme if it could he elouc at o:-ce but apparently n-t otherwise. ' : Cabinet. If any nomina ion has been made o l"? fcesse-r, it has not yet been acted on. ! Uicnmohd Examine , There are many ether rumois brought by ; passegers from Pvichmond, hut not yJt sufficiently reliable for publication. liLccKAPK lii-N-N-isc On the night cf the capture ot Fi rt Fisher, the steamer O.r! cm- i manded by Capt. John Slafih?, with' t-ui- I thcr steamer.--, ran into the old inlet nml - u' ! a pilot up to s(e what was the idit j r - - ! iito.. 7 of uaim:s a. Serdon. Seo ! the act authoriamg the removal of tho RETARY- of ar. Vfe are enabled to gd.e Salt Works from Wlmintda to Salt, ilia or poMtively that .Sir. Seddonf c-etary of War, y other point, which passed, its valgus lias res'gnrc his position in Piesidrnt D.w-.s.' readiuffs. the niU-s Vimb.t cnc.n.t r... .1.. . s the fcUte of affair ! Wect,immtdiatf into secret session, conUnu ad fallen, the .hips f ,ng theie tlH iiuT " o'clock. . Ua icaruincr that Either h put tesca atitin. h; r.:r, t.V ff ; ol1i 1 vvii, v.c turoose. i tf.fiftrin - . T. w 1 Another Fhesh Tbe water.- hare scarce ly subsmed, v,-t we have another deluge, whch t hreatens to equal that of a fortnight rince.- CE.NER1L ASSEMBLY OF .0RTU CAROLINA- si;naik. Tuesday, Jin. 21, 1865. Mr. Wiight, from the committer on the judiciary, reported, unfavorably bii's- to allow the uaking of certain contracts by soldiers wjves : to prevent the Collection of debts in specie, ana to make-the robbery of dwelling heiues in the e?r.y time a capital efT'-nce. Mr. L:iteh introduced u dill to allow citV r.;.r.s to cor.:-o'.id:.te tr eir lands. Mr. Drjs. n, a resolution as follows : ''That the committee "or: pre p virions and grievances be i-.structcd to erquire into th practicability of the supplying the Jamiiies of sohi:eis in the field, or the fainilie? of those that h,ave been . killed ia the.ii'Jd, and indigent families in the State withcottou yarn, or sm:: material hr the manufacturing of clftthinjj, at cheaper rates th-n the pretent - high marketable prices ; and to report to this- term of the L-g-itlatcre by bill or orthcrwise. Mr. Ellis, a rosolnuon prop-jsinj a. com mittee ot enq-jiry as to how many railroad coint aides in the State h ive forfeited "or vio lated th;ir charte'is and in what way. 'Post poned till to in -rrcw. Mr. 1111, a resolution that tbeS -uat'e go into secret .-f-tion this eveni-g at 7 p. m., aud.lhat the ikujc b"e informed thereof. Agretd to. Mr, E lis, a bill to prevent the collection of debts in specie. ' Sir. V7 light, a bill 10 amend, section 119,. chapter o4, Revised Code. .On motion of iir Courts, the re-.oluiion to go into secret session was reconsidered and the hour changed to 3 p.m. The U'.fimshed busides-s of yesterday reso lutions protesting against emancipation for pub lic serv.ee being before" the Snate, Mr. Ellis saru he h d at all tim-s been the friend and supporter of the admhdstratiou. He was so now andjwculd evtr be, but aj such friend he was unalterably opposed to placirg arms in the hands of the frKvee. So far fioui putting negroes in the army he would have e very one thtre wff kicked out and sent where they couli produce spme'biug iV r the sucp-ii-t of the 'coun try. Iu his opinion such a measure as using tae tep;io as a s'Idier wcu'd be a giving up of the wn'.de quet;on of slavery. So far fr.rs doing this bt jwould mike slavery cau-eOraut's army to ground its arms, Sherm'fti's to halt in itca r' r, bring down the Lincoln goverum?rt, and sweii our ranks by Accessions f-em Furope, aad this cjuUI be done tv giving each pr.'tent or future soldier in our arinies a bouniy of rne negro fellow. At the c?cc'udou of Sir. Ellis' remarks. Mr. Hall addressed the Senate at some length arguing stienuou:-ly in fav-r of the employmmt of ih; negro in tbe military siTic. and dwel ling in paiidjuliir cu the b ueats which woulj orsc fro 11 the formation (fan engineer corp ait cf this material. Ten por rent, too, of the. places now occupied by able-bodied detailed men could he filled by slave8, he believed, and sis to their employment e"9 soldierslesscnicg t lie productiveness .ft' the country he would say thut tiuity-live per cent, of the nojirrea never make a bushel i f grain or a pound of meat. The Speaker then C'imbattied the nserti'-'U the army would throw down their arms if associated with ne- ! groes and closed by- declaring the time had ! come to make use of the slave that the salva- -tion of the country dcend?d on iis oe:r:g lone and that eveu if ther did run away from us wc would have at least availed our-eWes of a haiicj in our favor. It miglit succeed, and even its failure wouid leave us no worse off than a refusal to try its effect. Sir. Wiins said he had always endeavor ed to support the Government in every way and regretted now, that Le should have t op pose the Presidents idea ( purchasing 40,000 slaves as soldiers and stimulating thrca to good b havi-r by a promise of emancipation. It was unconstitutional, u unnecessary and he protested against it. !r. Patten said conscription was nothing but He impressment of the service of white rr.n, and, a fortiori J this could be done, he b-f-licvc-d-tho Government had the right to im ps e.-s tho negroas without tho eorut f tho States. Pt-nding a further coiiaideration, the Senate adjourned to 3 p. m. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Proceedings were opened with prayer, by Rev. Sir. Craven, of ihe Mclhoiist Churh. Mr. Little presented a methoiial from tisi-zc-ns of Piehmond county pravi,-.r the enaot- i ment of a law aiaking land trespass a misde meanor. Sir. Fowle, from the Judiciary Committee, reported favorably on the chjm of tho Old D. minion Trading Company. Sir. Loveiiitiaxluced a resolution f enquky as to whether the Judgeship of tho 8:h Judi cial District be not vacaDt, he not residing ia sairl district. ' A communicatiem was received from tho Secretary of S'ate showing the number of Magistrates in the State, etc. Sir. Brown wiovcd it be printed. Not agreed to. Teas 46. nays 52, ana on mctinn of Mr. Fowle, the report was laid on the table. This communication gives a list of the num ber of Slagbtrates in eighty eight counties-of the State, who have qualified and whose re signations have not been accepted, amounting, in the aggregate, to 4036, or -about 45 on an average to a county. Wake has" 120, the highe3t number; Chowan 8, the leas. A message was received from the Senate stating that body would, at 7 p. m.f (afterwards changed to 2 p. m.,) go into secret session, and on motion the House adopted a like reso lution. The House then proceeded to vote for. an Engrossing Clerk. No election. Sir. Person introduced a bill to lnrornnrAt- j the. trustees of the Hill Orphan Fond, which, under a suspension of the rules, pas&ed its va rious readings. On motion of SJr. Grissom a bill to- exempt employees of newspapers from Ilon-e Guard duty was taken up, and, -under a ?uspenun of the rules, pasced,. the Vote bcina upon it third reading yens 57, najs 32. -. 4 1 jutiuuRi eu a resolution to SO purpose An eiecttcn fcr Engrossing Clerk being be d, Sir. Davis was duly elected to that oflice. - The bill to albw a Cierk fo the Secretary of folate was then taken up, but pending its cor deration the Houie -took a recess to 3 p. rn. At 0 T- n:.,thc two Ileuses met in pint iftc; & ihe Commons Hall. At 6 tbck t,iC becat3 retired to its Chsrabar and At 3 p. m.,thc two Houses met An ruhmot. n.r . ... - i p . . una cuiumuafu ior remir.o' tn pay a dcciors bill, when he was asLtd wh h refueed to bay. ''T7hat-for sbculd I pay?" said Paddy; " sbure he didu't glTe me anything but some, enr.ities, and the mver a one could I keep in my stomach at all, nt all." . Let cVcfy one who fells dispc-seei to giVe up the good cause, read tho following noble and patriotic sentiment, and o and lake new re solvtf to duty : - (Froia the Moatpomery Advertiser.) Christmas Evfr-on the Front. Trenches Befoke Peterse lkg, ' Christmas Eve, 1804. E!TcrywjiPrc throughout, Christendom, the people are to-night rrjiicirj: and racking preparation fr the marrow, "thchappie-st day cf ail ta.e year' Little children go to bed dreindni of the gift's of goad St. . Nicholes ; maidens in soft whi-j erod words br-'athe 'i;D )d nihi" to tiicir kvi;s; parents think nf the j yous re-tinion around the family fi.'eside of many who have b-en lon absent, and the t il worn man- of buines forgets for the time the cvu.ting house or his office. For it isatimeof feastir.r, a time for preting friends, a time for mating ifeod wishes and (r-vitig pretexts. For tbe soldier none of These things exist, and of all Christian men, he alone 10 dis fr to-m-urow with no pleasing ;:iiticipadan. F-r him no Christmas dinner ilt be .-pread, no n.crry voices of chi'dren, no smiie of loving wife, no- welcome gathc-r-i.-.e c-f ab.-ent friends ; but .".lone he sits bv his cam p fi' . lisieus to t h :T far e fT bvominj f t he heavy guns at Duleb (iap, that comes float-i-.;g-over tlie hilli and valleys ; to tho harp t-raek of the rii'le, th.at has-prohubly relieved some c mirade of duty forever, and thinks sadly A home, ami The past float? up before him. . And the lest coii? ste'alic; back. Yet the true and loyal man feels in his heart that he is doing his duty, and that, al though he may have no merry Christmas himself, yel is confident he is securing for-hia country, for his children, for posterity, ninny a joyous, free and happy Chritm-is holiehty. At' such an hour, with the stars shining as brightly and as glriou.-ly brautiful as on tnat evening-when the'wise men of the East saw His s'ar in the heavens, and tho angels sung ' Peace on earth and gooel Will totuan," the Southern soldier dreams not of piace, thinks not of feasting, but memory calls to life the many h ave comrades who will an swer to roll call ite.ennore, of the cries of the widow and 'fatherleirs, and of the loe who still thirst lor our live s, our homes asd our free elom. If h" pras at all, it cannot be for peace, it must be that God will avtuge him on the.s'who h ive e'rvtse.l all this misery. No mancifi d mot that a violation of a great fundamental law ab-.vHVS brings ifs own ptin i!jm.?nt. The Yar k. e may t-tcapc for a time, at;el may thi;.k himcif not on'iy .above a IT constitutional and international law, but also' the unchangeable laws of the wise. Nemesis, though -slow, is always pertain, and as the ancients said, " walks with Woolen in her shoes, th-ttshe may comesi ently and surely. lusoinoy leading c m to my mind, and the dying prophesy of Ch(nt.e. Ta ctle juftliliuM teqne dquc aloismanct uUor i not forgo: ten. Cherisn jus; ice " should be the motto ui all. If any attempt to wr -tig you, resist with all your mi-iht, for rights that do n- t justify roeitane'o, whosoever and by whomsoever asai!ed, arc but merkery atid laugti-ter, and if you fall 'lis a glorious thing to know "leipif taue aiiosthanet ijr for yell and all otners an avenger remains. At such an hyur t;o, as'tliis, the soldier can hck back on the brief but glorieus history of his c ountry; Four years ago the Confttl rate S ates, were but provinces of the If ankee Gov ernment, equals in name, but vassals and .-laves in reality of a hated despotism. They had uo ptst, they could look forward to no future, .o-day.thi-y stand before the worl daa a .canon o heroes, xnd altbough fo:e.gu nations through either igu -rauce or timidity rrliiie to acknowledge: them, yd impartial history wiil make their n-amea a immortal, as il'tlny were written on yonder vault ed heaven, of httt rs of gold, between Oiiou ami the Piedi des I 'JTauk God we iiavo mad-j a name fr i uitiv. i An army may be dfd'cH'cd, H pui tion of our -territory may he ovc-riuu, private property may he d-..stuyed; but so long as the people remain true to "themselves, nothing cau s'op the onward match of tho Confederates to freedom, to greatness and to g!ry. Sickly sa Dtimco'&licjrj'i is the habit of wcepng over thefated P-ola' I, and thcdcling tfai.j ovrr tho unhappy " lixiies of Eiin," but sound philosophy teaches that no nation c n be sub jugated, except by a highborn and belter tyj e of civilization. Polauel fra . happier coon try under the Czar of Uus.-ia than with Stanislaus for her King, and turbulent Nolhs for his coancellors. Ireland is richer happier, frer to-day under Victoria, than she ever would have been under Phcihn O'Neal, or tne Earl of Tyrone. Are the Yankees a nwblcr race than we? Is their civilization, that .strange com pound of lidliry, radicalism auJ mi-ceinu-tion b-tter awd trncr tban ours ? Slume upou t e d.-tard wii would lor a mement admit Mich a slater on his name and race. . Michij'et, the French historian, in that ujenjorafele b-dv L' Amour'' several years ago used the following language mark this well The life of Europe is tho 'life of the world, if it dies, the world dies. America flooded by an rmigratt population at 'war with Catholic civilization is fast lapsing into barbaiism' 1 'qu.te from nieiucry. They were prophetic wrds, not it is true when' applied to us, but to what a European called. Americi, the Northern Stat. L'N.k at thm we-li. Are the olden time Tt.eir liberties havebeeu thrown at the fe-t of Abraham Lincoln faster than he could pick them up. The old safeguards of common law have been set aside, brute force is the only mca-urc of right; insolence towards all feireigu nations has takeo the place of the court ics of civili zation, and ti t ir war policy rf sernbles that of Alariv!, and his Northern horde. Put there was hfe in Amelica that Miche-let knew not of, "brave, struog, young life, that promised many days of usedulne.-s and glory. This war Ins called it, t ot into being,' but before the world, and the seroents will thrive in vaiu to crush the infant Hercules. And now Iron; my crimp tire, with my brave comrades sleeping around, with the clear t-tarry sky ovcraichmg both friend and foe, I bid this ToaiifT nation, a merry Christmas, and with out one fear for ihe future, though, dark clouds may threaten and the lirnid nold back, spread her sails, and promptly, triumphantly ride me riorm. I'-ace, frctei nt, glory, happiness are before her ; degradation, slavery, misery, behind. li ave men are at the helm, and o-iward will be h.-r prosperous course. Once more, merry chiistnans to 't::o Confederate S atrs, aud ere another comes, may peace spiead her wings over a f.ee.aE.d independent Ptcjpie .MUSCOGEE. i KASHN1LLE EEINpr RCEMENTS FCR GEN. UJi- ilAN. Nashville, Jan. 17. Gen. Tfaomas F lieagber, .arrived here last night from Chatta Dcoga with several thousand ? cterau 4raops of the 15th aud 17th Army Corps, organized as thfr Provisional Corps cf lennessee, en route tojoin Gen. Sheiman at Savannah. TELEGRAPHIC. KKl'UUTH OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION Eatered ccordio,? to act of Congreff in tbe year lS63, bv J S. TutisBEa, ia tbe Clerk's ornce of tbe District Court of tfae Confederate Statu fcr the Northern District of Georgia. . No dispatches were received last night up to the hour of putting our paper to prcts. . . Korthfrn Nfws. BAETUttiRivTiui'day, Jan. 17. The American has the followii jr from its rpecial correspondent v ith the Wilmington expedition, who has just anived at Fortrets Slonroe : FoRTr.E-P ShNR"E, Tues'ay Jan. 17. C.20 r M. After thi days and nights of bom bardment, Fort Fisher U ours, with all tho cotnigof-NV works cu'nmauding New Inlet. The assault was made by the'army and tho naval britiade at 3 o'cl.-o!c oa Sunday after I'Co'i. 0::"e cortcr of ihe fort was f ecu red in half an hour, but we had a har.fi to hand fight with the garrison, which lasted until 0 o'clock at n'ght. It-was a vrrv etubb m and bloody resistasice. and the lort appreaci.cn were ftrewu with ilead. The garrison bad been heavily rcinferc il. The t uii.ber of prisoner. tiken was over J. 000. I i.e numU'e tf gnr.s captured was 7LV All ti e fertP, iucititiing Mound and Seeks Islandi baiter:, Ftirrcn dered. The rebel 'o in the asatilt wa GO'dearf, bcfidpthe wounded. Oar. loss (army and navy) is about 900 killed and wounded. FieetLieut. Pioton nrd Lictiicuent Porter, cotrmandant of the flagship, wcte both killed in the assault. General WI iting and Colonel Lamb are both prhoners and wcunded. Ti c rebel pirates Tallahassee aud Chica manga were both iu the light, and were driv en up tho river.- . Oar yunbiAts weul up the river on Monday morning. 7 Our prisouers' will he immediately pen North. . VVe had several days of deligt'iil woatlir. The nnja.-'.inc it. tho fort exploded by ac cident ou Monday tn"rtliiir, killiug atid wounding two hun!rel of our 111041 . The Santiago do Cuba brings the hudiesof Lieitts. Prcstoa ;:nd IVttcr, and tl.u woucd cd of the navy. Special Dupateh t: tho New York Titnei. Wa-uiNOTv.N, Tuesday, Jan." 17. Frnncii T. Blair, Sr., am! h?a:ou, Moi.ig mcry, wcra w i 1 1 1 the F t this tnoii.iio;, It Instated that Mr. Fiirtir, while h liiehinoiul, mccredej in 4-btait ii g a poilion f hits pipers, ftolcn from hi h ue at Silver Springs by Breckin ridge, hut all idea of ::r.y t,t::er rer-ult arising from his visit is now c mp1etely exploded. -. ... The Boot oreaiix ICvu. It is stated th.at there arc one humlre 1 thousand absetitees from the aruii: s f the Confederate States. In thin i)ep wtment, we ure credibly informed, t.xjt t!i Ch ath'sion J-:ry, thero. is u single carps of twenty ?ov. n thous'iid the rolls, which does does oot turn out hovei thousand eft' ctive men. Thee facts mi op tt ihe nuternent of President Davis, made in hi. Macon e h, upon hi.returu from a n ?h".v of the ulleo Army of the West titter hit n inoval rd General J.du siou, the bloody rep(il-8ol Houj,and the fullot Atlanta. Why is it that men are t.ot iu the ranks and at ths trout ? Will any oun say that the peoole of the Confederate States ate not patriotic? History tells cf no tdmg gle for iu dependence in which troue general and heroic devotion w.u ever tl-splavtd ' b,huif uf s,Citt cause lt ia tLe pe ,6 , C)f ,l0se StatP8 whirh over a:,d over hare uttr pcopiu jitive mm 4 1:1 tats cxeriious 111 lifted out of the perils eosuin from incompe tent roAl-Hdmin'stratLn the a flairs of the coun try. It is Fna incorrigible intermeddling, mischievous dictation, malignant - prejudice. and p-tty partisanship which make Mcririors apparently endleei and escless. It is these thuigs which weigh liko a pah Upon t 0 fuarfc of the country. It is tbctse t'unjs which in fuse. iu fiiciency everhero, and inspire sel fishness -and indifference. It u thete things which are ch sluying us, and which must bo eialicatrd by the action el Coujjress. Set ma Dispatch. OBFiCAUV. Died, in Jobri.-ttn County, N. ?., 0n the 13th inst., aftt-r a brief illne.-s. JAMKS AOKIl'PA, roungca firn o!' J4.ne.tj .; uj JiSza Mitcbener, in his eighth y.ar. Jimmy was a bright and prom ising child, tbe pi ide of all who knew him, and ia him were clustered the foni(-t hope of future years. But alasltb- ruthh-ai lund ot death came, ati1 in n few imar. t4ie e.othci 'nhop and Utber'n pride, lay cold and eti.T in oatb. Sn mont will bin bvel- veice be heard, nor tbe uoiscof bi fett tall on thr; tbie.-bold; bat weep not 1kar parenti, brother end ti.tfif, thr be has onlv been nnntcbed from this world of fiifTcring to the bopom of II iu who id suCVr little children to ctiu auto mo forof fcueh is tbe Kiugdoiu onvea?eu." Com. j ... NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. S HEKTIiSf AT AUCTION. Wjllbe 6dd nt Towfes Auction and Ceiniiiii 8ion Store, on Friday evsuing :0 7" a' o'clock : 4001 yria h-avy T.n)7n 4-4 arii 7-H Sbeettnj--, by the peice or bale, aud otiier i6d4. , jam hs m. towi.es, jin 2: d2t Auctioneer. O T I C E IIIDESf HIDES! ! HIDES! I! Th well-known Tan-yard, formerly occupied I by J. W. C. Toung & Periu, is now open to re- iiwncimr, luunun Mitre. All WDO W1MJ IU hare their Ilid'-a tann-d at tlili Tard will plea end tbrm in aj early as they can, and I will hav tbeir Leather out ia good time aad in good order. W. A. LOOK KA II, Tanner and Fioiih-r, jan?5-d1t Fratklicton, N. C. DAVENPOUT FEMALE COL LEGE, L Not r., Cai.dwki.l Cocntt, N. C. Charge per Session or half vcar : Board $800 j Tu'.tion $175; llnsie, and ue Plane, $l7.rj, etc. For Hoard and Tuitien, per half vear, if paid ia Provisions at peace prices, $:t"50. An accom plished crj of Instractora will be at tbtdr potta. The uiidT.d'ned will conduct pujil to the Col-ledj-e, leiviag Charlotte bv tbe cveniag train, Kbraary 20, and SalkbaVy, in tbe liiorcinr, February 21. Address A. O. RTACr, Preeidet. P. S. -Pupils will rarnish liffhtf, bhet?, pillow cases, towels and drinkicK c;. tt. j-n 25-d2t K $1000 11 E W A K D The reward of $500 heretofore offered br Chai. Manly, Ftq., lor tbe apprebenaion of hia br JOHN, ia hereby rovoktd, and I hereby offer One Thousand Dollars for the apprrhen ion of paid boy JOHN, eo that I get him. John is thirty-seven vean ofage, hlack. elender frame, wnlks aa if welkin the knees; ia about fir te.;t eiht inches high, and weigh about 13 pounfla. He haa a wiH in lUleigh, aad ia prot-iedv lurking about the city. - ja 25-cu r L. C. MANLY. ft. Wilminjrton Jourral and Danville Appeal copy ore time ahd icad billjto thit oflice. "
The Daily Confederate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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